Meredith, N.H. : annals and genealogies

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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

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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.

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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
Benja 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
Abran Clark
Joseph Rawlin
Robard Cotton
Oleuer Smith
Tilton Lawrence

SIGNERS

Joseph Clark
Captain John Shaw
James Scammon
Daniel Gale
Sam1 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
Nathn Batchelder
John Smith
Elisha Smith
John Smith

Jonath 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 "Dochd" 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

EBENr 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

Eben1" 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 Novr 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

EBENr 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 Ebenr
Smith.

Copy of conveyance from Ebenr 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 Ebenr 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

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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;

32 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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 highwray 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,

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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.

42 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

FRACTIONS OF HISTORY 45

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.

Jonath Smith, with his wife Sarah . . . Reuben Marston . . . ditto Mary. —
Pain Smith at the same time; Joseph Roberts was recd.

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
recd.

At a meeting of the Chh Lords day Octr 14, 1792, were recd 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, Octr 16, voted that the installment be on the 7
day of NoV ensueing . . . nor. concured . . .

At a Chh meeting held this day Octr 23, 1792, Unanimously agree that Wed-
nesday the 28th of Nov appoint'1 for the Installment of the Revd Simon F.
Williams, to the Pastoral care and charge of sd 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 sd Town in sd matter, if sd Town non
concur for sd Town then to appoint such day as shall be most agreeable for
sd purpose . . .

Octr 28, 1792. — John Ran recd to full Communin".

NoV 28, 1792. — Simon F. Williams, Installed to the Pastoral care of this
Chh and people.

Decr 16. — Sarah Quimby wife of James Quimby, recd to full Communion.

At a Chh meeting Feb-V 11, 1793, opened by prayer recd to full communion
by virtue of a dismission from Epping Chh, Lydia Robinson.

Also to occasional Commun" Rebeca Tosser, by a recom11 from ye Chh of
Hawk — a . . .

At the same time Lieut Joseph Roberts, was unanimously chosen to the
office of a Deacon Ap1 14.

FRACTIONS OF HISTORY 47

Recd 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 reqr ym to be made the whole Congrega11 as
circumstans may be necssy.

1795, July 28, Sam1 Cram and wife recd to full Com".

Sepr 1, Jesse Stordivant, and wife Susan", his wife recd to full Com11 for
furnishing the Communion Table.

Octr 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, Jno Cate & Wife recd to full Com".
June 8, Widow Elisabeth Neal recd to full Commu".

Stephen Fog and wife recd to full Commn.
1795, Sepr 28. — Dismissed in good standing John Karr, and his wife.
Ocf 11. — Lieut' Mosses Senter and wife recd 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 sd 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, Sam1 Cram, Step" Fog, John Rand.

Voted to adjourn this meeting to 22 Inst, 5 O'clock aftr 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 Majr 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 Revd 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 4cl afternoon
at the meeting house.

Met acording to adjournment 28 June.

Voted to adjourn the meeting to Deacon Joseph Roberds at 5cl.

Met to Deacon Joseph Roberds acording to adjourn.

Voted to adjourn to the 28 of August at the North Meeting House at 4ck
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 Sm1 Cram and wife; Oct 27.

Novr 10. Nancy

Polly

Thomas French, Children of Jno & Nancy Cate,

John

Ebenr Febius

I lannah
Decr 15. Xabby wife of Benjn Foss

Stephen Fogg

FRACTION'S OF HISTORY 49

22

Khenr

Benjamin

John

James Children of Benjn and Naby Foss

Betsey

Xabby

Walter

1794

Jan 18

Sally Children of Davd 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 Daughr of Mr Sawyer & wife. Gunstock.

July 27

Susa Chilu of Cap" Jno Roberds

Dan' Smith

Unice

Sally

Dec 14,

Sally Wife of John Weeks

1795

Feby 15. David son of Stephen Fogg

Mch 22. Betsey Daugher of Jno & Nancy Cate

Apr - Eastman, Child of Mr Sawyer & Wife, of Gilmanton

May 31. Molly Dauf of Joshua Norris

1795 Sally Daughter of Benj" Foss and Wife

Octr 18, Sally Daughter of Simon F. Williams Wife
1796

Feby 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 Revd 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.

50

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
Sam1 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
Sam1 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, Sam1 Robie, Jonathan P. Cram, Sam1 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.
Xath1 Pease
Ebenr Boynton
John Peters
Xancy Pease
Phebe Pike
Mary Pease
Benj. Pease
Theodore Hart
Sam1 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
Eberr 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

64

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
Nath1 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
Nath1 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)
Nath1 Batchelder
Daniel Piper (died)
Noah Robinson
Philbrick Perkins
Ebenr 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

FRACTIONS OF HISTORY

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
Ebenr 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
Ebenr Bickford

Stephen J. Pitman
Newel Richardson
John Rundlet, Jr., .^d

Mary Robinson
Priscilla Swain
Mrs. Mary Marston

68

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
Ebenr 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

70

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

72

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, 11>2U
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.

FRACTIONS OF HISTORY 81

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

GENEALOGIES

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 wrere 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.

100 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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 sevrall 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, Nathaniel2, 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, Nath1 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, Samuel2, born January 10, 1681, married Eliz-
abeth Davis of Newbury, Mass. They settled in Hampton, N. H.

Their tenth child, Carter Batchelder3, 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, W7illiam4, 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, Josiah5, 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

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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.

GENEALOGIES 115

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

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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.

GENEALOGIES 119

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:

Henry2, 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:

John3, b. 1668. Eight others.

John3 (Henry2, Ralph) was born May 27, 1668; married in
1692 3, Elizabeth Challis, daughter of Philip and widow of John
Hoyt; died in 1793. Children:

Philip4, b. 1700. Four others.

Philip4 (John3, Henry2, Ralph), born August 9, 1700; married
Elizabeth Goodwin. Children:

Jacob5, b. 1735. Two others.

Jacob5 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.

Philip6, b. Mar. 16, 1762; m. Lydia Randlett.

Thomas.

John, b. Mar. 31, 1765; m. Elizabeth Sanborn; second,

Esther Kelley.
Elliott, 1767.
William6.

Judith, b. 1771; m. Henry Sanborn.
Rhoda6, b. 1773; m. John Rice Smith.
Joshua, m. Olive York.
David, m. Rachel Randlett.
Jacob6, b. 1780; m. Deborah Barker.
Betsey, d. single.

John6 (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 (Betsey7), b. Jan. 21, 1795; m. Stephen Boynton.
William7, b. Dec. 30, 1798; d. June 12, 1854.
Hannah, b. Sept. 21, 1800; m. Isaac Farrar.

Second wife's children:

Daniel7, 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 Blaisdell7 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 Napoleon8, 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 Napoleon8 (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.) Richard5 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. Stephen6 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 Dresser6 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

124 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

GENEALOGIES 125

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.

GENEALOGIES 127

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

Ebenr 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.

Walter2 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.

John2 settled in Pembroke; was a member of the legislature from
Bow and Dunbarton. He was prominent in church work.

Mary2 married Edward Smith, son of Benjamin Smith and wife,
Jemina, she a daughter of Edward Hall.

Anne2 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.

GENEALOGIES 131

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.

Nath1 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 Nath1 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 Nath1 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.

GENEALOGIES 145

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 \ Chase2, William Dame3,
Lowell Chase4). 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 (Thomas1, Chase2, William Dame3,
Lowell Chase4, Henry Morrill5). 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 (Thomas1, Chase2, William Dame3,
Lowell Chase4, Annie May5. 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 ! , Chase2, William Dame3,
Lowell Chase4, Fannie Louise5). 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 (Thomas1, Chase2, William
Dame3, Amanda Dame4). 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 (Thomas1, Chase2, William
Dame3, Francis Moses4. 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.

Edward1 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. Thomas2, born in 1646. Jona-
than 3, born in 1683.

William4, 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
William6, 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 Robert1. 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

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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

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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.

GENEALOGIES 165

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

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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 wras
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 Crockett2, 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 Dolloff1, Samuel2, Samuel3
(born February 1, 1703), Samuel4 of New Hampton, John5, John
and brothers and sisters6, their children7, grandchildren8, great-
grandchildren9.

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.

Christian1 Dolloff, Samuel2, Samuel3, born February 1, 1703,
went from Salisbury, Mass., in 1770 to New Hampton, N. H.

Samuel Dolloff4 went from Exeter to New Hampton. He
married Rhoda Flanders.

Mary5 married Deacon Joseph Sanborn. They had eight
children.

John5, 1761-1833, married Elizabeth Preston, 1762-1846.
They had ten children :

Samuel6, 1785-1824.

William Preston, 1788-1817, m. Mary Emmons; their

son, George8 A. Dolloff, m. Laura A. Ward.
William Preston8 m. Phebe T. Smith, 1840, dau. of John

Smith.
Mary7, 1790-1865, m. Jonathan Judkins in 1814. Five
children.
John2 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.

John3, 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.

Samuel4 Dolloff and wife, Rhoda Flanders went to Meredith
from Exeter, or Poplin, with his mother, Esther (Beard) Dolloff;
she widow of Samuel3 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.

Jonathan7, 1796-1831, m. in 1822 Patty Copp of Tufton-

boro.
Betsey7 Simpson, 1798, m. in 1816 Joseph Palmer; both of

New Hampton.
Sally7 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.
Elijah7 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, Phillip1,
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.

190 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

192 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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:

196 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

John2 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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John3 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, Francis4, born in 1712, married before 1737 Mary, daughter
of Joseph and Sarah (Davis) Hicks of Madbury ; she born in 1725.
Their sixth child, Andrew5, 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 Avis6,
born August 15, 1801; married Samuel S. Baker of Holderness;
she died May 27, 1875.

Andrew Drew5, 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.

GENEALOGIES 203

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.

204 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

GENEALOGIES 205

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, Elisha1 Eaton, born in 1768, married Betsey
Sherburne. He was a farmer and died in 1794, leaving one child,
Elisha2, 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 Susan1, 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

220 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

John4 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.

Abraham5 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, Abraham6
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: John6, 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 Folsom1, 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 John1, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel3, John4,
Rev. Nicholas5.

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 John1, 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.

Abraham5 Folsom (Abranr1, Abram3, John2, John1), 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.

Abraham0 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 Joseph7
L. Folsom, 1816-1855. He graduated at West Point, and was
stationed in San Francisco, Calif.

Rev. Nicholas Carr Folsom (John4, Nath3), 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 Folsom1.

Peter2, married Susanna Cousins.

John3, married Hannah Gilman; second, Sarah Lyford; third,
Mary Eastman Burley.

Peter4, born in 1718; married Hannah Morrison and lived in
Newmarket.

Benjamin5, 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 Fullington7, 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 Harrison8, 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 Folsom9, 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.

Josiah2 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 Asahel5 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 Jeremiah5 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. Edward4 Gilman married
Mary Clark, June 3, 1614, who died in 1681.

Their daughter, Mary2, 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.

Jeremiah4 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 son5, 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, Bradbury5 Gilman, born November 5, 1755,
died in 1842, married his cousin, Hannah Gilman, born in 1757,
daughter of Biley Gilmanfi 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: Moses1, James2, Timothy3, James4, David5,
James6, who was a son of David and wife, Sally (Clark) Gilman,
and a grandson of James4 and wife, Deborah (Goodhue) Gilman,
born at Meredith in 1813.

James4, 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.

David5, 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, David5, took his grandchildren and their mother
home.

James6 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 Gilman2 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, Joseph1,
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 wras 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. HawTkins 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.

248 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

252 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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

James6 Huckins (James5, James4) 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.

GENEALOGIES 253

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.

254 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

Thomas3 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.

256 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

GENEALOGIES 257

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

258 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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

GENEALOGIES 259

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 NewT 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.
Samuel2, 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.

Samuel3 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; Lewris and Lewris, died
young.

262 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

Samuel2 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.

268 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

Daniel2 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.
Daniel4, 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 :

Daniel5, b. 1742; m. Judith Lyford.
Nathaniel, b. 1745; m. Mary Ayers.
Jeremiah, m. Tamison Sias.

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Daniel5, 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 LTriah Lamprey and wife, Abigail (Batchelder)
Lamprey, in 1871. Their children:

Orry Gerry, b. 1873.
Edward Gould, b. 1876.
Merton Freeman, b. 1880.

Edward3 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.

Isaac4 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.

Dudley7 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.

Thomas7 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-

GENEALOGIES 281

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.

Robert1 Lang (Stephen2, Stephen*, William4, Josiah5) was
at Greenland in 1772, also recorded at Portsmouth in 1797
and Tuftonboro in 1816. He was a cordwainer.

Josiah5 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, Josiah7, 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,

284 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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 W7hidden, 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

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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.

294 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

296 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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

Joshua5 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:

Dudley6, 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 (Henry1, John2) 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 Samuel2 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.

Reuben4 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.

Reuben4 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 (Reuben1, Reuben3, Samuel2, 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 Reuben4, 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 Ebenr 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 Reuben5
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 wras 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.

Reuben5 Marston (Reuben4, Samuel3, William2, William1),
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

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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, Wrilliam 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. Stephen2,
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 Wm Mead (b. 1766)

went to Meadville, Pa. Joshua — Polly dec.

This \Vm Mead is son of 1st Wm Mead in Meredith.

Wm 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)

Wm P. (Abbie Boynton)
Wm 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 Crowrell. 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 Wrebster, 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

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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

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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 (Jacob3, John2,
John1). 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.

Samuel2 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. Joseph7 Neal Moulton (Jonathan6, Benning5, Jonathan4,
Jacob3, John2, John1) married in 1853, Sarah J. True. He served
in the Civil War. They had two daughters.

Jonathan6 Moulton (Edward B.5, John4, Jacob3, John2, John1)
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. Walter2 Neal is buried. I drove down
there in May and tried to find the grave of Capt. Walter2, 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. Walter2 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. Walter2 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. Walter2 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 Samuel2, 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, Samuel3 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 Walter4
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.

338 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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

Joseph3 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, Samuel3, Capt.
Walter1), 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 Wralter 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

Walter2, 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 writh 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 wras interested in.

Walter2 Neal in 1653 resided on Heard's Neck, Portsmouth.
In 1678 his son, Samuel Neal, appears, and in 1673 Walter2 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.
Samuel5, b. 1720; m. Catherine Burley.
John 5, b. Apr. 5, 1722, d. 1806; m. Lydia Wiggin.
Ann5, 1724-1736.
Ebeneezer 5, b. 1726, m. first, Lydia Clark; m., second,

Elizabeth Perkins.
Walter5, 1731-1820; m. Lydia Parsons.
Deborah5, b. 1733; m. as second wife of Walter Wiggin of

Stratham.
Ann 5, b. 1736; m. Joshua Robinson.

Hubartus5, 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:

Samuel4, 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. Hubartus5,
son of Walter4, married in 1742, Mary Perkins.

350 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Samuel5, 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
Ebenr 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 Samuel3.)

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

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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 Walter11 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.

Samuel5 Neal (Walter4, Samuel3, Walter2, 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.

Samuel3, born in 1661, married Jane Foss. Walter2 (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.

356 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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. Samuel2
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.

Samuel3 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.

360 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.
WTilliam, 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

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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,
Robert6, 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, Daniel5, 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, Stephen5, 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, Samuel4, Nicholas3,
Moses2, 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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Daniel5 Xorris (Daniel ', James3, Moses2, 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 Daniel5, 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:

JosiAH6, 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-

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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 LTpper 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.

376 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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 (Benjamin1, Nathaniel1) lived on the farm later occu-
pied by his son, Simeon, and now owned and occupied by his
grandson, Loring S. Pease.

Benjamin'2 (Benjamin1, Nathaniel1) lived on the farm later occu-
pied by his only son, Noah, and now owned by Will Roberts.

Simeon (Benjamin1, Nathaniel1) lived on the farm settled by
his father and later occupied by his son, Moses, and now owned
by Nathaniel Piper.

Joseph (Benjamin1, Nathaniel1) was born in Newmarket, March

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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.

Benjamin2 (Benjamin1, Nathaniel1) was born in Newmarket,
December, 17, 1775; married Polly Cram. Their only child,
Noah, was born April 20, 1811.

Simeon (Benjamin1, Nathaniel1) 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, Benjamin2, Joseph and Deacon Simeon,
who were brothers. These three cousins were nearly the same
age.

Noah (Benjamin2, Benjamin1, Nathaniel1) was the only son of
Benjamin2 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, Benjamin1, Nathaniel1) 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, Benjamin2, Nathaniel1) 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 Samuel3; 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, Benjamin5 (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, Simeon6
(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

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Ward and lived in New Hampton, in 1844) and Moses7 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.

Charles8 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

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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.

GENEALOGIES 393

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.

394 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

Jn0 Perkim

Ly Prescott

1773

GENEALOGIES 397

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

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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.

Robert2, 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, Robert5 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.

404 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

Elisha2, 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

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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:

Asa6, 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.
Stephen6, 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.
Sarah5, 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, Senf.

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 Thomas3 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.

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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

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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 Piper4 (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 Piper5,
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 29r
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

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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.

422 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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.

Jonathan5 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:

John3, 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.

John3 married Mehitable Stanyon. Their children:

Lydia, m. Morrison.

Sarah, m. Palmer.

Jonathan4, b. 1720; m. Mercy Chase, 1737/8.

Jeremiah.

Daniel.

Mary, m. Follansbee.

Jonathan4, 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 :

Chase5, 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.

Chase5 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 :

John6, 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.

Jonathan6, 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.

Thomas6, 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.

John7 Langdon Robinson, 1809-1897, married Rachel C.
Smith in 1831, daughter of Ebenezer Smith and wife, Sarah
Spiller. Their son, John8 Henry, married in 1869, Hannah
Blaisdell, a daughter of David Blaisdell and wife, Eliza. They
had a daughter, Elnor B., born in 1878.

Peter7 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.

Noah6 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:

Susan7, b. 1785; m. Abram Swain of Meredith Center.
Ebenezer, b. 1787; m. Betsey Shaw. Their children:
Munroe8 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.

Jonathan7 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.

Chase7 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:

Nathaniel8, 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 Jane8 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

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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. .

Peter7 Robinson, son of Thomas6, 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.

Nathan4 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.

458 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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

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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.

Nathan4 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:

Impr 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 prt 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 "ye" 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

470 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

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,
Joseph3, James2, John1), 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.

Jacob6 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,

GENEALOGIES 477

Thomas4, Joseph \ James2, 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:

Laura9 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 Samue1 Neal of Stratham and wife, Elizabeth Haley. (See
Neal family.)

Ebeneezer4 Smith, 1735-1807 (Daniel 3, Richard2, 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

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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, Wrilliam 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

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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,

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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 wTould 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. John3
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:

Peter7, 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.

Abigail7, 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.

Hannah7, b. Nov. 28, 1793; m. Thomas Abbott. Their
children:

Esther m. Austin Shaw.

Thomas Perry d. young.

Anna.
Samuel7 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.
Daniel7 Marston, b. 1801; m. Hannah Abbott. Their
children:

Mary Charlotte Hodgdon m. J. H. Wilkinson.

Naomi Jane.

Benjamin Abbott.
Esther7, 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

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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 Benjamin6 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. John2 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:

GENEALOGIES 503

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:

Jno Perkins

Ly 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 sorcalled "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,
Benjamin, Edward and John; daughters, Ann (who married

Clark), Mary, Elizabeth, Patience, Comfort and Abigail.

Another will recorded, dated February 26, 1753, of Nicholas
Smith, son of Nicholas; wife, Susanna Mudgett.

Nicholas Smith married . Their children:

Nathaniel, b. June 9, 1660.
Nicholas, b. Sept. 3, 1661.
Anne, b. Feb. 14, 1663.
Theophilaus, b. Feb. 14, 1667.

Nicholas * was selectman in Exeter in 1658. As his will states,
he died in 1715. Nicholas 2, born in 1661, married Mary Leavitt,
daughter of Samuel. Their children :

Richard.

Nathaniel, b. Sept. 15, 1695.

Daniel.

Daniel.

Nicholas, m. Judith, dau. of Moses Gilman of Exeter. This

Nicholas and wife, Judith, deeded land in 1749 to Josiah

Ladd.
Benjamin, m. Mary Swasey in 1760, at Exeter.

516 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Edward, m. Mary , Jan. 13, 1668/9.

John.

Mary, m. Daniel Lovering; was his wife in 1729.

Elizabeth, m. Thomas Mudgett.

Patience, m. Joseph Eastman.

Comfort, m. William Lovering.

Abigail, m. Clark.

Nicholas3, born in 1749, received land from his mother, Mary
(Gilman) Smith. This land was in Epping (as deed and will).
He married Susanna . Their children:

Nicholas, 1723-1814.

Robert, 1724-1815; m. Abigail Cass of Exeter.

Edward.

John.

Susanna.

Anna.

Abigail.

Judith, m. Daniel Veasey.

Mary.

Nicholas4 married Sarah — (as will dated in 1755).

Their children:

Elisha, b. Jan. 2, 1755; m. Sarah Huse; came from Brent-
wood and settled near Beech Hill in New Hampton.
Ebenezer.
Hezekiah, m. Clarissa ; she d. 1732.

A will, dated in 1775, made in Brentwood, gives two acres of
land to his wife, Susanna; mentions children, Nicholas, Robert.
Edward and John ; daughters, Susanna, Anna, Abigail, Judith and
Mary Leavitt, aged 7 years in 1759. It looks as though Nicholas
married first Sarah, as she was the mother of Elisha, who was
born in 1755 and a Revolutionary soldier. His wife, Susanna,
married, first, John Mudgett of Gilmanton (was his wife in 1746).
He died and she married, second, Nicholas Smith, and after he
died she married Abner Thurston (which makes quite a puzzle to
sort out). Susanna, as old wills state, was the daughter of Ithiel
Smith and wife, Catherine (as will) in 1767. They had children:
Ithiel, Hannah and Susanna (who married, first, John Mudgett;
second, Nicholas Smith; third, in 1763, was the wife of Abner
Thurston).

Another will, dated January 16, 1812, made by one Nicholas

GENEALOGIES 517

Smith of Brentwood, witnessed by Rich'1 York, Henry Veasey
and Wentworth Cheswell. Nicholas gives "all goods to present
wife, Elizabeth, that she brought with her before our intermar-
riage, and other provisions." To sons, Elisha, Ebenezer,
Hezekiah, Nicholas; to daughters, Mary Mudgett (daughter of a
former wife), Juda Yeasey and Mehitable Larrabee; to grandson,
John Smith, son of Hezekiah, deceased, and grandson, Smith
Lamprey; to granddaughter, Betsey Hodgdon; to four grandsons,
( rilman Smith, Josiah Smith, Richard Smith and Hezekiah Smith,
sons of Ebenezer Smith, certain things named in the will.

Robert Smith (Nicholas 3, Nicholas 2, Nicholas l, Robert) of
New Hampton, the pioneer, born July 10, 1724; died in 1815. He
married Abigail Cass in 1758, daughter of Joseph Cass and
wife, Phebe Nason. The Nason family came from Bainsford
County, England, where some of the Smith family came from.
Robert Smith went to New Hampton in 1779 from Epping. He
was a Revolutionary soldier and was first lieutenant in service.
In 1760 he gave a bond of 1,000 pounds to either pay for or dis-
pense with a sawmill and dam, before 1762. (From tracing other
papers, the connection runs to the early sawmill at Meredith
Center. From records, he gave it up to the Dows, who ran it
for a time.) Children:

Deacon Joseph, b. 1760; m. Elizabeth Marston, dau. of

Reuben, Jr.
Phebe, b. 1762; m. Captain William Pike, a Revolutionary

soldier.
Deacon Nicholas, b. 1764; m. Mary Marston, dau. of

Reuben, Jr.
Moses, b. 1767; m. Susanna Marston, dau. of Reuben, Jr.

Three Marston sisters, daughters of Reuben, Jr., and wife,
Sarah Batchelder, married the three Smith brothers. Reuben
Marston, Jr., and father, Reuben, came to Meredith in early days,
where Reuben tended the "Pound" for a time. They bought
land on Marston Hill in Meredith and built the old homestead in
1803, which is still standing and is occupied by the sixth genera-
tion of Marstons, and the old Robert Smith home is occupied by
Joseph W. Smith of the sixth generation of Smiths. The York-
shire Escutcheon was most honorable; the lion emblem signifies
connection with the crown, and runs back to the tenth century.
Reuben Marston and wife, Sarah Batchelder's children were:

518 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Reuben, b. Apr. 19, 1746.

Sarah, b. 1747.

Jane, b. 1749.

Stephen, 1751-1851.

Abraham, b. 1752; d. young.

Mary, b. 1759; m. Deacon Nicholas Smith.

Elizabeth, b. 1763; m. Deacon Joseph Smith.

Jeremiah.

Susan, b. 1767; m. Moses Smith.

Hazen Marston died, aged 86 years. He had lived in the old
home over 60 years. His wife Mary died, aged 81 years. Their
children:

Mrs. Noah (Mary) Marston.
Mrs. Albert Gilman.
Joseph Gilman of Somerville.

Noah Marston, only son of Hazen Marston and wife, Tryphena
(Ray) Marston, died in 1908. Their children:

Mrs. Charles Prescott.

Cora A.

Phena R.

Leon G., who has a son.

Record of those buried in the field on the Robert Smith farm.
The graves are marked only by field stones, and many of them are
sunken out of sight. The farm is now owned by Joseph William
Smith, of the sixth generation, since the pioneer, Robert Smith,
settled there.

Abigail, daughter of Deacon Joseph Smith, 1783-1857, married
Deacon Theodore Hart.

Theodore Hart, also his father, mother and three children.
The Harts came from Lee, a town near Dover.

Polly (Mary), born in 1842, daughter of Deacon Joseph Smith.
She married Robert Pease, and he and three children were laid
there. She later married John Boynton, and she also was laid
beside her first husband, Robert Pease; also three of their
children are buried there.

Robert Pease Drake, son of Joshua Drake and wife, Smith,

who lived near by.

Robert Smith and Abigail (Cass) Smith were laid there, and
removed to the Smith yard and stones put up.

GENEALOGIES 519

Deacon Joseph Smith (son of Robert and Abigail (Cass) Smith),
who married Elizabeth Marston, daughter of Reuben Marston
and wife, Sarah Batchelder. Their children:

Joseph, 1803-1861; m. Charlotte, dau. of Deacon Nicholas
Smith and wife, Mary Marston. Their children:
Rufus, 1829-1841.

Henry Lyman, 1835-1920; m. Mary E. Brown, dau. of
William Brown and wife, Eliza (Smith) Brown.
Their children:

Charlotte Josephine, 1870-1886.
Joseph Henry, 1872-1873.

Joseph William, b. 1875; m. Florence Hawkins, dau.
of Albert S. Hawkins and wife, Clara A. (Wood-
man) Hawkins. Their only child living, Esther
F., b. 1909, is in Boston University.
Abigail, m. Theodore Hart. They had four children.
Mary, m. Robert Pease; second, John Boynton.

Nancy, m. Whicher.

Susan, m. Meader: two children, Joseph and Deborah.

Elizabeth.

Matilda, 1797-1873; single.

Phebe, b. 1 799 ; m. Joseph Whicher. Their children : Joseph,
David and Daniel.

Phebe Smith, born in 1762, married Capt. William Pike, a
Revolutionary soldier.

Nicholas Smith, born in 1764 (a Revolutionary soldier), married
Mary Marston. Their children:

Robert, 1788-1857; m. Sarah Merrill, 1790-1866. Their
children:

Harrison, m. Sarah Ann Hawkins.

Eliza, 1817-1885, m. 1842, William D, Brown, 1816-
1889. They lived in Campton. Their dau., Mary E.,
m. Henry L. Smith, son of Joseph Smith of Winona,
N. H. Another dau., Nellie E., m. John B. Adams;
both dead. Another dau., Josephine A., m. Daniel B.
Whicher. Their children:

Phebe M., m. Harry E. Flanders.
Mary E., m. Joseph S. Gordon. Four children.
Mina J., m. Carl M. Meader.
Milton J., m. Algie D. Whicher; live in Maine.
Polly, 1790-1865; single.

Nicholas, 1794-1859; m. Lavina, 1794-1871, dau. of Capt.
Elisha Smith and wife, Sarah Huse, of New Hampton.
Their children:

520 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Sarah Elizabeth, 1823-1886; m. Smith Neal of Meredith.

They had one dau., Mary E. Neal, who m. J. P.

Hanaford.
Nicholas Marston, 1825-1898, m. first, Lydia Kimball,

1829-1860. They had one dau., Francis Lydia,

1856-1879, who m. John P. Hanaford. She died,

leaving one dau., Francis Lydia, who m. Spencer.

One son, Earl, lives in Canada.
Lewis Cass, 1829-1911; buried with his parents in

Meredith.

Dr. Jeremiah Smith, 1796-1863, married in 1823, Charlotte,
1810-1856, daughter of Phillip Smith of New Hampton. Their
children :

William Prescott, 1826-1886; m. 1853, Mary Jane Bartlett,

b. 1828, of Meredith.
Henry.
Francis A., 1839-1907; m. William Fogg. Their children:

Clara, m. Bacon.

Edward.

Susan, a fine teacher in Manchester.
Charles Darwin, 1838-1912; lived in Mississippi.
Frank.

Charlotte Smith married Joseph Smith. Their children:
Rufus, Henry Lyman. (See elsewhere.)

Moses Smith, 1767-1848, married Susanna Marston, 1 767—
1845, one of the three Marston sisters. Their children:

Haven.

Moses G , 1808-1826.

Samuel, had children Electa and Abel.

Mahala.

Clarissa.

Nancy.

Aseneth.

Jane.

Excerpts from Old Smith Deeds and Wills

September 13, 1706, Robert Smith's will, allowed of Hampton.
His children were: John, Joseph (Exec), Jonathan and Asahel;
one daughter, Maribah Smith.

1706. One-half of an island of three acres Robert sold his son,
Jonathan, near the clam-banks in Hampton.

March 27, 1760, Robert Smith of Epping received land from
Josiah Gilman of Exeter, land being in Epping.

GENEALOGIES 521

Susanna (Smith), wife of Nicholas Smith, Brentwood. She
was a former wife, in 1746, of John Mudgett. After his death she
married Nicholas Smith, and in 1763 was the wife of Abner
Thurston.

1767. Susanna Smith, daughter of Ithiel Smith, whose wife
was Catherine. Their children: Ithiel, Hannah, Susanna (who
married Nicholas Smith), Catherine, Anne and Motte.

1715/16. Mary, wife of Nicholas Smith, deceased. Their
daughter, Mary, married Daniel Lovering. She was his wife in
1729.

January 17. 1729 30. Nicholas Smith. Comfort, wife of
William Lovereign, was a daughter of Nicholas Smith in 1729.
Mary, the widow. Nicholas, Edward and John of Biteford,
Maine; a daughter, Mary, wife of Dan Lovereign; Patience, wife
of Joseph Eastman; Abigail Smith; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas
Mudgett.

December 15, 1730. Nicholas Smith, grandfather of Richard
Smith. Reference to salt marsh and flats which Nicholas bought
of James Wall at Broad Cove.

June 9, 1736. Nicholas Smith of Exeter and his wife, Judith
(Gilman) Smith, daughter of Moses Gilman. They deeded land
to Zebulon Giddings.

March 28, 1749. Nicholas Smith and wife, Judith (Gilman)
Smith, deeded land in Exeter to Josiah Ladd.

Captain Elisha Smith Branch

Nicholas Smith of Brentwood, N. H., as will dated January 16,
1812, bequeathes to wife, Elizabeth (Jennis), all articles and
goods she brought that belonged to her before "our intermarriage. "
As data, they were married in 1790. From other data he had
previously married Mrs. Mary Mudgett, as he wills the Mudgett
daughter a cow. In a will dated 1812, he gives his son Elisha,
born in 1777, a certain sum. To his son Nicholas, a certain sum.
To his son Ebenezer, certain land. To Mary Mudgett (wife's
daughter by a former husband, John Mudgett), certain article.
To Juda Yeasey (she a sister of Elisha and Juda, married Daniel
Yeasey), a cow. To his grandson, John Smith, son of Hezekiah
Smith, a certain amount of money, also to grandson, Smith
Lamprey, certain land. To granddaughter, Betsey Hodgdon,

522 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

a cow, and to four grandsons, sons of Ebenezer Smith, Gilman,
Richard, Hezekiah, certain things.

Copy of Moses Smith's Bible of New Hampton

As it appears in the old Bible

Capt. Elisha Smith's family

My father, Elisha Smith, b. Jan. 2, 1755; Revolutionary soldier.
My mother, Sarah (Huse) Smith, b. May 4, 1754.
My mother-in-law, Lydia Smith, b. Mar. 3, 1766.
My brother, Elisha Smith, b. Aug. 10, 1777 (m. a Harper).
My sister, Sally Smith, b. Oct. 17, 1778 (m. Reuben Smith).
My brother, Hezekiah, b. Jan. 3, 1780 (m. Polly Sinclair).
My brother, Ebenezer, b. Jan. 7, 1782 (m. Abiah Stevens).
My sister, Anne, b. Oct. 6, 1783 (m. George Rand).

My brother, Huse, b. Oct. 10, 1785 (m. Perkins).

My sister, Molly, b. July 14, 1787 (m. Sawyer).

My sister, Betsey, b. 1790 (m. Johnson).

Myself, Moses, b. 1792 (m. Hannah Cram).

My sister, Lavina, b. Mar. 3, 1794 (m. Nicholas Smith).

Captain Elisha Smith, born at Exeter, enlisted with Massa-
chusetts soldiers and sailors. He was lieutenant from New Salem
(Meredith), also in service in the 1812/14 War.

Elisha Smith married Sarah Huse. Their children:

Elisha, m. Harper.

Moses, b. 1792; m. Hannah Cram, 1790-1815. Their
dau., Sally, 1816-1898, m. 1844, Samuel Cram. Their
children:

Elisha Smith, b. 1846; m. Annie Batchelder; second,

Almena Averv.
Charles Henry, 1849-1863.
Lucinda Jane, 1854-1883.
Hezekiah, m. Polly Sinclair.

Ebenezer, 1782-1846; m. Abiah, dau. of Peter Stevens.
Their children:

Betsey, b. 1809; m. Daniel Veasey.
Relief, 1813-1878; m. Noah Woodman, 1809-1888.
Their children:

John H., b. 1837; d. young.

Mary Abiah, b. 1843; m. George C. Lawrence.

Sarah Francis, b. 1846; m. Noah Ward. They had

sons Charles and Clarence, who m. Webster.

They have a son and dau., both m.
Clara A., b. 1853; m. Albert S. Hawkins. Their
children:

Elmer W., 1874-1886.

GENEALOGIES 523

Florence E., b. 1879; m. Joseph W. Smith.

(See Smiths.)
Arthur W., 1881-1901.
Bessie M., 1889^1894.
George F., 1814-1846; m. Ruth Leavitt.
Mary, 1821-1853; m. Ira Taylor.
Ruth C, b. 1828; m. Richard Shephard, 1826-1864.

Their dau., Ella Florence, b. 1860, lives in Exeter.
Simeon, 1837-1885.
Anna, m. George Rand; lived in Lowell, Mass.

Huse, m. Perkins; lived in Vermont.

Molly, m. Sawyer; lived in Vermont.

Betsey, m. John Johnson. He d. and she m., second,
Deacon David Sanborn. Their dau., Elizabeth, b. 1822,
m. Aaron Hill in 1846. Their son, Charles K. Hill, b. 1847,
m. Ruth Hunkins. They had a son, Adna, who m. Ina
Johnson. Their son, Harold, 1892-1914. They also had
a son, Waldo, b. 1868; m. Francis Pickett. They had a
dau., Eveline, b. 1906; m. Hilton Noyes, b. 1903. Their
children:

Hilton, b. 1927.
Waldo Hill, b, 1929.
Herbert, b. 1930.
Moses, b. 1792; m. Hannah Cram. Their children:
Sally, 1816-1898.
Charles B., 1820-1847.
Elisha, 1822-1845.
Lavina, 1794-1871; m. Nicholas Smith, son of Deacon
Nicholas. Their children:

Sarah Elizabeth, 1823-1886; m. Smith Neal.
Nicholas Marston, 1825-1898; m. Lydia Kimball. One
dau., Francis, m. John P. Hanaford. Nicholas m.,
second, Clara Ferrin. Three children.
Lewis Cass, 1829-1911.

George Sanborn Hill, born in 1851, married Emma Barrett in
1873. Their children:

Lucius, b. 1874.
Arthur S., b. 1876.
Clarence, b. 1878.
Orbut, b. 1880.

Frank D. Hill, born in 1853, married Mary Jane Dalton in
1879. She died in 1914. He married, second, Mrs. Adelaid
(Codman) Young, born in 1860. He and the two wives are dead.

Fred Aaron Hill, 1860-1908, married Mattie A. Hackett.
Their son, Forest Hill, born in 1892.

524 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Mary A. Hill, married Frank Dalton. He died and she mar-
ried, second, Nelson. Children by F. Dalton:

Ross, b. 1885; m. Mildred Southwick. Five children.
Ethel G., b. 1888; m. Everett Sanborn.

Another grandson of Robert Smith, the pioneer, and his wife,
through Deacon Nicholas Smith, who married Mary Marston of
Meredith, daughter of Reuben Marston, Jr., and wife (another
pioneer of Meredith), who first lived on the "Province Road"
and was pound keeper when the first wooden pound was built,
opposite the first burying ground on Meredith Parade. This
grandson was Dr. Jeremiah Smith, whose ancestry runs back to
Joseph Cass and wife, Phebe Nason, whose ancestors came from
Bainsford, England, in 1648, and settled in Exeter, later in Brent-
wood, a subdivision of Exeter. He was born March 24, 1796,
married Charlotte Smith, daughter of Phillip Smith, who lived
in West New Hampton and married Anna Jewell, daughter of
Daniel Jewell and wife, Sarah Sanborn of Holderness. Their son,
William Prescott, 1826-1886, born in Illinois, a noted singing
master, who married in 1853 Mary Jane Bartlett, daughter of
Joseph Bartlett and wife, Elizabeth Leavitt, she a daughter of
Dudley Leavitt and wife, Judith Glidden of Meredith. (Dudley
Leavitt was the astronomer.)

Joseph Bartlett was a son of Abial Bartlett and wife, Marie
Goodhue. Abial Bartlett was a Revolutionary soldier and pioneer
of Meredith. Abial Bartlett and wife are buried in the burying
ground on the Richard Neal farm, now owned by William Joseph
Neal of Grange and stock renown. (The William was for William
Lock, a grandfather four generations back.)

A daughter of Dr. Jeremiah Smith and wife, Charlotte, named
Francis Ann, of Meredith, 1833-1907, married William Fogg, a
descendant of Stephen Fogg, the Revolutionary soldier and
pioneer of Meredith, who lived on Cass Hill, one of Nature's
beauty spots, located on the old Stage Coach Road to Center
Harbor and on to the mountains, an old abandoned farm. The
hill is hard to climb. Their children:

Clara, m. 1893, Francis H. Bacon, and lived in Brookline,

Mass. She was an experienced teacher.
Edward, a man of fine business ability, d. 1926, aged 66

years.

GENEALOGIES 525

Susan, a teacher, and connected as councillor with the
Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, the art school
of northern New England, also president of the natural
science department of that institution.

Joseph Smith, Sr., in 1748 lived in Epping. He drew Lot
No. 18, for 100 acres of land, after signing the "Petition," and
was one of twenty-three men from Stratham, N. H. His son,
Elisha Smith, who married Lydia Norris, settled in Epping and
the lot fell to him. "He used to walk back and forth from
Epping by spotted trees, to clear the land, and built a log house."
In 1774, on one of his trips, he broke a willow cane in four parts,
and stuck them in the ground in front of his log house. One of
them grew and became the famous "willow tree" which blew over
in 1880, but the outside of the tree remained and sprouted again,
and is a pretty tree today. The State Forestry marked the tree,
"Under protection of Philip W. Ayers, N. H. State Forester,"
and it stands a historic landmark. Elisha Smith bought more and
more land until he had 700 acres, which extended to the Meredith
line. He gave each son 100 acres and kept 100 for himself.

John Smith, 1792, buried in the Swasey yard at Meredith,
married Mary Mudgett, 1798. Their children:

Priscilla M., b. 1818; m. Cotton; second, Down-
ing; third, Eastman.

Timothy, 1821-1822.

Mary, b. 1823.

Esther, 1825-1844.

Abigail P., b. 1828.

Huldah P., b. 1829; m. Hiram Bixby; buried in Swasey yard.

John, b. 1831.

Benjamin M., b. 1833. He gave the Meredith Library.

Layina, b. 1835.

George S., b. 1837.

Hannah, 1842-1908; m. Moses Gilman Webster. They
were the parents of Mrs. Clarence Ward.

Old Deeds and Records at Concord

1751. In John Smith's will of North Hampton (he a brother of
Elisha and Philip Smith). Legatees: John, his son and executor;
his sons, Benjamin, Sylvanus and Paul ; daughters, Ruth Page and
Abigail Thomas; Paul Smith Marston, son of late daughter,
Jerusha (Smith) Marston; Christopher Smith, a grandson; Paul

526 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Smith, father or grandfather of Charlotte Smith, who married
Dr. Jeremiah Smith, over Beech Hill.

1729/30. Benjamin Smith of Exeter. Right from William
and Comfort. Sovereign right in the estate of "our father,"
Nicholas Smith, late of Exeter. Benjamin Smith, Exeter, from
Thomas Mudgett and Elizabeth (Smith) Mudgett, she a daughter
of Nicholas Smith, late of Exeter, 1743.

1756. Benjamin and Christopher Smith of North Hampton,
from Sarah Smith, land that belonged to Benjamin Smith of
North Hampton and his wife, Mehitable; estate intestate.

1762. Estate wife, Mehitable, Exeter. Joseph, Benjamin,
Nicholas, Timothy, Sarah Smith Hoit, Rhoda, Mary, Betty
Smith.

1755, June 11. Will of Benjamin Smith, North Hampton.
Will allowed May 26, 1756. Wife, Sarah. (My wife's daughter,
Mary Thomas.) His wife was Sarah Tappan, daughter of Chris-
topher Tappan. Benjamin Smith's children: Benjamin, Christo-
pher, Abigail (Smith) Moulton, Theodate (Smith) Batchelder,
Mary Smith, and grandsons, Josiah Moulton and Josiah Bat-
chelder.

SOMES
Family Records in Somes Bible

Old Bible Bought of Dudley Leavitt in 1825

Timothy Dexter Somes, born at Meredith in 1774, died at
Meredith, March, 1833, aged 59 years.

Nancy Leavitt, born at Meredith in 1782, died at South Dan-
vers, October, 1856, aged 74 years. (Probably his wife; not
stated.) Children:

Betsey, b. and d. in Meredith; m. Isaiah W\ Mudgett.
Benjamin, b. in Meredith, 1801; d. in Manchester; m.

Rheuhannah Stevens.
Timothy D., b. Sept. 3, 1805; d. 1884; m. Ann Ranlet,

1806-1868.
Thomas J., b. 1803; d. young.
John Langdon. (No dates given.)
Nancy, m. Jonas Reid.
Daniel Eaton, m. Laura Chase.
Mary, m. James S. Anderson.

GENEALOGIES 527

Timothy D. Somes (lived on Somes Court, Laconia), born
September 3, 1805, died in 1884; married Ann Ranlet, 1806-1868.
Their children:

Flavilla A., b. Apr. 5, 1827; m. John T. Coffin, Jr., Apr. 17,

1853; d. 1907.
Charles H., b. Mar. 1, 1829; d. 1895; m. Abra W. Moulton

in 1853.
Mary E., b. Oct. 5, 1832; d. 1836.
Rixaldo R., b. July 23, 1836; m. Anna M. Peabody, Oct. 23,

1859.
Mary E., b. Oct. 4, 1838; m. L. D. Young, Dec. 7, 1865.
George R., b. Dec. 17, 1840; d. 1842.
Sarah J., b. Aug. 3, 1843; d. 1845.
George R., b. Dec. 13, 1845; m. Belinda C. Whipple, Sept.

2, 1867.

Children of Charles H. Somes and wife, Abra W. Moulton:

Charles Frank, b. 1856; m. Dora Cheever Hunter, June

28, 1881.
Will Wyman, b. Dec. 13, 1857; m. Caroline Thompson in

1907.
Fred Moulton, b. 1870; m. Blanche Hamilton, Jan. 29,

1896. She d. and he m., second, Leona Carter Luse,

widow of Charles Anderson Luse, in 1923.

Henry Hamilton Somes, son of F. M. and Blanche, born in
1902, married Alice Smith, June 2, 1923.

STANTON

Richard Stanton married Eliza Wiggin of Wakefield in 1838.
They located near Meredith Center. She is buried on their old
farm near the Bay (no stones). He married, second, the widow
of Benjamin Robinson, in Meredith. Their children were: Jane,
Lydia, Olive, Mary, Priscilla (who married Sylvester Pickering
of Meredith); probably other children.

John C. Stanton of Meredith married Catherine Y. Young of
Canterbury, in 1843, at Plymouth.

In Meredith is an account of Mary Dow Sibley, who married
Paul Harford Stanton of Bartlett, at Strafford, in January, 1813.

528 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

STEVENS

From a Memorial History of Hampstead, Vol. 2, Congrega-
tional Church, 1752-1902, with an appendix to Vol. 1 by Har-
riette E. Noyes, Boston, G. B. Reed, 1903.

Page 252. For thirty years that Rev. Mr. True was pastor of
the church were years of trying experience to minister and people.
Early in his work the Provincial Army of New Hampshire was
calling for recruits to protect the colonies against the invasion of
France. From 1755 to 1762 thirty-three stalwart sons and
fathers from the parish who had been taught the qualities and
traditions of the soldier, true to their ancestral training, marched
to Lake George, Crown Point, and other places of defense. The
Rev. Mr. True, as their good shepherd, went with them as chap-
lain in 1759, and again in 1762. His "Journal of Events" as he
arrived home reads: "May I never forget ye goodness of ye Lord
in ye land of ye living," rejoicing that he was once more among
his people.

Page 719. Otho Stevens, born at Gloucester, Mass., in 1722,
son of Otho and Abigail (Kent) Stevens, married Abigail Emerson,
born March 20, 1737, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Watts)
Emerson, October 28, 1752. They owned the covenant, April,
1754. He died September 21, 1759, aged 37 years. He was with
Wolfe at the storming of Quebec While climbing the Heights of
Abraham his foot slipped and he fell to the bottom, which caused
such injuries as to result in his death. He was taken back to
Oswego, N. Y., where he died. Capt. Jacob Bayley's journal
reads: "Oswego, Friday, Sept. 21, 1758, cool morning but pleas-
ant. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon dies Otho Stevens after a
long and tedious illness of 22 days, which was much lamented
by his relations and friends, he being a loving brother and a faith-
ful friend. He was sensible to the last breath he drew, and sen-
sible of his approaching near another world, which did not in the
least ruffle his spirits, but he seemed to have hope firmly placed in
God."

They had children born in Hampstead:

Abiah, b. Aug. 23, 1753.

Simon, b. Mar. 14, 1755; m. Elizabeth Boynton; lived in

Canterbury.
Jesse, b. Jan. 22, 1757.
Jacob, b. Mar. 16, 1787; d. aged one year.

GENEALOGIES 529

After Otho Stevens' death, Abigail, his wife, married Deacon
David Morrill of Canterbury, December 28, 1763, and moved
there with her children. The old house is still standing and
owned by a descendant, Charles Sargent of Canterbury, and is in
good condition. Abigail (Emerson) (Stevens) Morrill died June
30, 1833, aged 95 years and seven months, and was buried in the
Center Cemetery at Canterbury. She has been noted as a
"remarkably fine woman." Her children, born in Canterbury,
were Reuben, Hannah, David, Betty, Sarah, Abigail, and Ruth
(1764-1778.)

Page 772. William Stevens, from Gonsham, Oxford County,
England, came to Newbury, Mass., probably in the ship "Con-
fidence" in April, 1638. He married Elizabeth - - in New-
bury, of whom the eldest son, John, was born November 19, 1650.
He married Mary, daughter of Aquilla Chase. John and Mary
Chase had a son, Otho, born in 1702, who married Abigail Kent.

Page 345. John Stevens in will, dated 1715, mentions children
by name and age: John, aged 19 years; Samuel, aged 16 years;
Otho, aged 13 years. Otho was a farmer, a constable in Hamp-
stead, and lived on the eastern shore of the pond. He died in
Hampstead, May 4, 1771, aged 69 years.

Major Ebenezer Stevens was an early settler in Kingston, N. H.
He received his title in the French and Indian War. He married
in 1710, Elizabeth Colcord; they had four sons. He died in 1749.

Their second son, Col. Ebenezer, born in 1715, married in 1736,
Mary Colcord. He married, second, in 1768, Dolly Stevens of
Newmarket. Their children:

Ebenezer, Jr., b. 1739, was a deacon in Kingston Church.
John, b. 1770.
Moses, b. 1771.
Peter C, b. 1773.
Paul, b. 1775.

A legend of Col. Ebenezer Stevens runs thus: When seven years
of age he with others was taken captive by the Indians and
carried across Lake Winnipesaukee to Canada. After a year he
was ransomed by his father paying 100 silver pistareens ($17).
The story runs that they demanded more, because he wore a
better hat and clothes than his companions. Colonel Stevens
was said to be a very polite man. When riding home from

530 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

church on horseback, he carried his cocked hat under his arm,
bowing to all the people on the way. He took the father of
Daniel Webster when nine years old to bring up, and promised
he should learn a trade, but, liking the boy, he kept him on the
farm until he was 21 years old, then gave him a farm in Andover.
As age weakened him, Mr. Webster took advantage of him, and
demanded more, as he did not teach him a trade, and the colonel
gave him the farm in Salisbury where Daniel Webster was born.

Paul Stevens, the youngest son of Colonel Ebenezer and Dolly
Stevens, born in 1775 at Kingston. He married in 1796, Sally,
daughter of Dr. Howe. He removed to New Hampton, later to
Gilford, where he died in 1846, aged 71 years. Their son, Col.
Ebenezer Stevens, was born in 1810. When seven years old he
went to live with a farmer back of Belknap Mountain, in what was
called "The Cellar." In a year he left and worked on a farm
until he was 14 years old, then he learned the blacksmith's trade of
his brother, William. He prospered, and in 1831 he married
Therina, daughter of John S. and wife, Leah (Prescott) Osgood,
and granddaughter of Colonel Prescott of Gilmanton. They had
four children. In 1837 he removed to Meredith Village and
worked as blacksmith until 1845, when he went into partnership
with Joseph W. Lang for six years. He married in 1846 Cas-
sandia, daughter of John B. and wife, Alice (Ladd) Swasey of
Meredith. They had one daughter, Alice S., who married Henry
W. Lincoln. They had three children. It was said of him, "He
was a self-made man."

Eben Stevens was a resident of Hill, where his father was very
active as a farmer. His mother was one of the sturdy Hampton
mothers who lived to be over fourscore and ten. Their children :

Hiram studied to be a Baptist minister in Meredith Village.

Lorenzo D. lived on a farm in Franklin.

Cutting settled west.

Chase was in business in a Manchester woolen mill.

Col. George W. was a prominent lawyer in Laconia. He
was b. in Hill in 1814; d. in 1877. When young, his father
desired him to farm, but like many a boy he did not look
at life that way and persisted in his studies, and taught
school. After earning something to help him farther on
in an education, he read law in Judge Nesmith's office.
After he was admitted to the bar he went to Meredith
and bought Judge Lovell's practice, then went to Laconia

GENEALOGIES 531

in 1855 and formed the firm of Elkins and Stevens, and
later with O. A. Vaughan. After a time he was connected
with C. F. Stone until he retired in 1873. He married
Sarah A., daughter of Thomas Davenport of Meredith,
one of the pioneer settlers. Their children:

Georgianna, m. M. C. Boynton of Boston.

Ella, m. M. K. Harkness of Utah.

George Edward, resided and d. in Laconia.

STONE

Deacon Mathias Stone settled in Claremont. His son, John
Stone, and brothers went to Cabot, Vt., then a wilderness, and
cleared land, built homes and raised their families there.

John Stone married Betsey Huntoon of Unity, N. H. They
had ten children, among them four sons who studied to be Con-
gregational ministers.

The second son, Rev. Levi Stone, 1806-1892, preached in
several places. He was a good orator and popular as a speaker.
He married Clarissa Osgood. They had eight children. She
died at the birth of the last one.

Charles F. Stone was born at Cabot, Vt., in 1843. His grand-
parents took the babe and cared for it and, living on a farm, he
became strong and healthy. After attending school for a time
he began to teach, and earned some money teaching singing
school. In 1870 he went to Laconia and read law in Judge
Hibbard's office. In 1880 he went in with E. P. Jewell, under
the name of Jewell and Stone, who were known as very successful
in business. He married in 1870 Minnie A. Nichols of Sudbury,
Vt. She died after some years, leaving a daughter, Flora M.
Stone. After many years, in 1896, he married Mrs. Isabella
(Smith) Munsey, daughter of Col. Noah E. Smith of Gilmanton.

Col. Noah Smith was born in 1808 at Meredith. His grand-
parents were among the earliest settlers. Col. Noah Smith
visited many foreign ports, also Mexico, and went to Sacramento,
Calif., during the gold discovery. He was awarded a pension
for his services during the Mexican War. He died in 1887.

STURDEVANT

Church Sturdevant went to Center Harbor. He was one of the
pioneers, going there from Halifax, Mass. He had several sons.

532 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Hosea served in the Revolutionary War. He had a son,
Joseph Sturdevant, who was in Halifax in 1770. In 1784 he
went with his parents, who settled on wild land in what was later
called Center Harbor, At the time there were only two small
houses and a gristmill where the city of Laconia now stands, but
farther on were a few farms and homes on Meredith Parade.
Meredith Village had only two farm homes, a gristmill and what
was called a "dugout," in the side of the hill, that the miller
called his home. The farm Joseph helped clear fell to him from
his father, Hosea Sturdevant. Joseph married Dorothy Towle.
Their children:

Elsie, m. Jonathan Clark; settled in Moultonboro.
Olive, m. James Jackson of Eaton, N. H.
Ward C, 1798-1879, was b. on the old homestead and in-
herited it from his father. He was one of the organizers
of the Congregational Church at Center Harbor and was
elected deacon, which position he held for many years.
He m. Lucetta, dau. of Joseph Dalton of Deerfield. Their
children:

Julia A., m. Alner Z. C. True; settled in Center Harbor.
Martha, m. William Gordon; settled in Boston, Mass.
Henry, lived on the old farm.
Mary, d. young.

Josiah Towle Sturdevant attended school at home and in
Meredith. When some 14 years old he learned the blacksmith's
trade; later he went into the piano factory in Meredith and
worked as painter and varnisher. In 1858 he bought a traveling
photograph outfit of a migratory man, who wanted to unload,
and went to Concord to learn the business, which he had used in
the home towns. He found a party who wanted his outfit, so he
sold to him. He then opened a gallery in Meredith and worked
there until 1864, when he went to Laconia and followed the
photography business there. He married Mary A., daughter of
Dr. J. L. Perley of Laconia.

Samuel Sturtevant came to Plymouth, Mass., about 1640, from

Rochester, England. His wife's name was Ann . They

had nine children. They lived in Plymouth, later called Plymp-
ton, and later Halifax, Mass. He was a prominent man and did
much public business. Their son, Samuel, 1645-1736, the fourth
child, married Mercy - — . They had nine children, among
them Josiah, born about 1690. He married Hannah, daughter

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of Nathaniel Church. They had eleven children: Josiah, Jr.,
Charles, Zadock, William, Hannah, Church, Mercy, John, Lucy,
Independence and Samuel Stafford.

Church Sturtevant, 1730-1814, removed from Halifax, Mass.,
to Center Harbor, N. H., about 1785. After serving in the
Revolution, he married Sarah Leach. They had children:
Joseph, Benjamin, John, Hosea, Perez, Church, Jr., and Lucy.

Many of the family were laid to rest in the "Bean yard," in
Center Harbor, near each other.

Church Sturtevant and his six sons cleared land and lived on
seven farms that joined on "Squaw Neck," lying between Squaw
and Winnepesaukee Lakes.

Joseph Sturtevant, the oldest son, was born in Halifax, Mass.,
in 1770, and the family settled on wild land in Center Harbor,
and cleared the land for their homes. At that time there was a
small settlement on Meredith Parade, but the present village of
Meredith had only two homes, a mill and a "dugout," in the hill,
where the miller made his home. The farm that he and his
father cleared fell to him. He married Dorothy Towle. Their
children:

Elsie, m. Jonathan Clarke of Moultonborough.
Olive, m. James Jackson of Eaton, N. H.
Ward Cottox, 1798-1879, was a good business man and one
of the founders and a deacon of the Congregational Church
at Center Harbor. He married Lucetta, daughter of
Joseph Dalton of Deerfield, N. H. This is the church
that one of the deacons, Mr. Coe, said should be raised on
"cold water"; no rum. (Story follows.) Their children:
Julia Ann, m. Abner Z. C. True.

Josiah Towle, 1827-1907, m. 1871 Mary A., dau. of
Dr. John Langdon Perley and wife, Dora (Rundlett).
He was a good business man and strictly honest. He
died in Laconia.

Raising the Center Harbor Congregational Church

Deacon Coe of Center Harbor, after the men had the lumber
ready to raise the building, did not approve of buying rum for the
raising, as was the custom then, and he said they should not have
any rum "to get tipsy on to raise God's house." Some of the
outsiders who were always ready to help stood back and said
they would not help if they could not have the customary drinks.

534 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Deacon Coe kept quiet after he saw how the matter hinged.
After supper he hitched up his horse, and went up the hill west-
ward. (Then the road went over "Cass Hill.") All remained
quiet for the night. In the morning, about five minutes before
nine, he drove down the hill into town with two men in his wagon.
Several wagons followed, filled with Meredith men, who hitched
their horses in the shade, took off their coats and proceeded to
start raising the lumber. The strikers were ashamed and at once
started in to help. The Congregational Church at Center Harbor
was raised with ample help, on cold water to drink, and today is
prospering under God's care.

SWAIN

Abraham Swain walked to Meredith with a pickax on his
shoulder and a bundle of clothes. He had a deed of land in 1777 ;
also Hezekiah had a deed in 1780 (relationship unknown).

Abraham6 Swain, 1744-1821, was a Revolutionary soldier,
who came from Brentwood. He was a deacon in Elder Nicholas
Folsom's Church, the first church in Meredith. He had a
brother Caleb who lived with him, who was drowned through the
ice; also a brother Ebenezer. They are buried on the old farm.
(No stones.) Ebenezer was a Revolutionary soldier.

Abraham Swain married in 1788 Mary Small of Gilmanton;

married, second, — , had a son, Joseph Priest; married,

third, Lucy Hatch in 1803. Children:

Sarah, b. 1771.

Lydia, b. 1773; m. Phillip Dow of Meredith.

Abraham, 1779-1850; m. Susan Robinson.

Joseph F., b. 1789; m. Sarah J. Heath in 1841. Joseph had

a son, Sylvester, who m. Weeks, a sister of Mrs. Dr.

Wiley.
Ebenezer, b. 1794; m. Abigail Wadleigh in 1816. Their

son, H. A. Swain, b. 1821, m. 1846 Lydia Thorne; m. 1893

Hattie A. Easter of Center Harbor.

From David Swain's Bible, printed in Concord, N. H., in 1839
Abraham Swain, 1779-1850; married in 1807, Susan Robinson,
1786-1864. Their children:

Stephen Farrar, 1808-1848; m. 1831 Eliza Jane Roberts,
1811-1899. They had a son, Noah Robinson, whom. Mary

GENEALOGIES 535

Weeks, dau. of Thomas Weeks. Stephen F. Swain d.
and his widow m. Eben Pitman. He d. and she went to
live with her son, Noah, in Massachusetts. Their
children:

David, b. 1810; m. Phebe Straight in 1843.

Abraham, b. 1812; m. Emanda Stowell; second, Sarah

Tucker.
Noah, 1815-1837.
Susan, 1818-1820.
Susan, 1821-1825.

John M. L., b. 1824; m. 1850 Hannah L. Folsom, b.
1826. He d. 1890; she d. 1898. Hannah Lavernia
Folsom was a dau. of Joseph L. Folsom, who was a
son of Nicholas Folsom, and he a son of Elder Nich-
olas Folsom, a son of John Folsom.

A daughter of John M. L. Swain and wife, Hannah L. Folsom,
was Sarah H. Swain, who married a Crocket and had a son, Ed-
win Charles Crocket. She married later Frank Sargent. She
had a brother, Frank W. Swain, born in 1858, who married Alice
E. Neal, daughter of Smith Lock Neal and wife, Eliza Heath.
Sarah Hannah Swain, daughter of John M. L. Swain, born in
1851. They had three boys. One was Ebenezer, who married
Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel Wadleigh and wife, Elizabeth
Ray of Meredith.

Elias, Abraham and Hezekiah, all came from Brentwood.
They signed the Association Test in Meredith.

As history states, the Plumer girl who married George Clem-
encea is the fourth generation from Elder Nicholas Carr Folsom
of Meredith.

Abraham Swain, first in Meredith, married Mary Small in
1788 at Gilmanton.

Elias Swain lived on the island. Four children:

Mercy Ann, m. John Champlain of Laconia.

Hosea.

Charles, lived in Lake Village.

Mary, m. Richard Sanborn of Sanbornton.

This Elias and Benjamin were brothers (as tradition), and are
buried on the old farm (no stones) ; said to be cousins to Abraham
first.

John B. Swain and wife, Mary, had a son, Edgar, who was a
temperance lecturer. Other children were: Frank, George and
Arthur.

536 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

John Alvah Swain works in the casket factory at Meredith.
He has a son, Charles Alvah. He has a sister, Myrtle (Swain)
Palmer, who lives in Meredith.

Josiah Swain, 1789-1861, married Abigail Wiggin, 1794-1859.
Their children:

Abigail.
Ruth, b. 1815.
William B., b. 1817.

Charles R., 1823-1886; m. Sarah Jane , 1832-1915.

Their son, Herbert Swain, 1859-1903.

Ebenezer, a brother of Josiah. Children: George, Darius,
Mary Jane, Melissa and Ira. He had granddaughters: Mrs.
John Jackson of Meredith, Mrs. Plum of Meredith, and Mrs.
Harry Dow of Laconia.

Charles I. Swain, born at Warren, has been in the employ of
the Boston and Maine Railroad over 44 years and has served as
agent at Meredith, 22 years.

Charles Swain was Harrison Swain's oldest child, who lived
near Pickerel Pond in Meredith.

George A. Swain married in 1850 Lydia A. Flanders; both of
Meredith.

This record from Mrs. Pluma {Szvairi) Merrill, a descendant of

Benjamin

Benjamin Swain, one of the pioneers of Meredith, is buried on
his old farm, joining the farm once occupied by Abraham Swain.
There are no stones, but said to be thirteen buried in this old en-
closed yard.

Benjamin Swain married in 1812 Polly Davis.

John Swain married in 1864 Frances Ann Dockham; second,
Hannah Weeks.

Alvah5, 1804-1890, married Sarah Weeks, a sister to George,
Eben, Phineas and Abram. They lived on Oak Street, Laconia.
She died, and he married, second, Mrs. Mary V. Jewell, 1827-
1883. They were married in 1872; she a daughter of Nathan
Sanborn and wife, Polly Roberts.

George married Elizabeth Pitman; lived on North Main Street,
Laconia.

Benaiah married Sarah Kelley in 1851. She died and he mar-
ried, second, Mrs. Emma A. Clough, a daughter of Noah Folsom

GENEALOGIES 537

and wife, Mary F. Batchelder of Meredith. Their children:
Mary Frances, Isabel le and Walter (born in 1860).

Isaiah married Rosetta Hall of Sandwich. They lived in New
Hampton. Their children: Susan, Lucia, Sarah, Alvah, Charles
and Henry.

Stephen went to Sherbrook.

Mary M. married John B. Swain. They had seven sons. One
son, Frank J. Swain, born in 1861, married Augusta Bennett.

Amanda married Frank Holt of Fisherville.

Nancy, 1819-1899, married in 1843 Charles William Crockett,
son of William Crockett and wife, Nancy Randlett. They had
a son, George A. Crockett, who married Sarah A. Swain.

Dolly (Dorothy) Swain married Reuben Sanborn; second,
Arthur Atwood. She was one of several children of Benjamin
and Polly Davis. The daughter of Arthur P. Atwood and wife
was Pluma Ann Atwood. Their children :

Emma J. Carlton (a half sister) d. 1912, aged 75 years.
Pluma Ann, 1842-1930; m. Dudley Merrill. One son.
Ellen, b. 1843; m. Levi Kimball, twin of Warren Kimball.
Alcira, b. 1844.
Mary A., b. 1847; m. Dana Hines. They had a son, George

Hines, who m. Frank Smith's dau. Her mother was a

Lawrence.
George A., b. 1849.

Arthur T. Atwood died in 1891, aged 75 years. His wife,
Dorothy, died in 1888, aged 75 years.

Caleb5 Swain (son of Caleb4, William3, William2, Richard)
married Anna Fellows. Their children:

Lucy, b. 1742; m. Josiah Sanborn of Sanbornton. They
lived on the Smith Neal farm, and are buried there with
the Sanborn family, who were pioneers. The yard has
been ploughed over by the present owner. There are no
stones; only field stones marked the thirteen buried there.
Their children:

Abigail, b. 1770; m. 1802 Benjamin Johnson; lived in

Vermont.
Sally, b. 1772; m. 1820 Robert Morrison; m. second,

Samuel R. Smith.
Elizabeth, b. 1773; m. Zebulon Smith.
William, b. 1775.
Simon, b. 1776.
Anna, b. 1778; m. Samuel Calef.

538 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Henry D., b. 1779.
David, b. 1783.
Nathan, 1786-1786.

Susanna, m. Major Ebenezer Gove, a tailor; moved to Ver-
mont.

Ichabod, 1748-1825, settled in Sanbornton, about opposite
the place of Josiah Sanborn, whom his sister, Lucy, married.
Later he moved to the Patterson farm and d. there (as
tradition), and is buried in one of the unknown graves in
the William Burleigh yard. He was a Revolutionary
soldier, also his brother. He m. Mrs. Betsey (Stevens)
Galley.

Dudley, b. 1760; m. 1793, Molly Ghase of Sanbornton.
After the father's death in 1753, the family was in Hamp-
ton Falls, in 1778. The mother rode up to Sanbornton,
alone, on horseback, and bought 100 acres of land, east of
Steele Hill, the land now owned by John Morrison. She
took the four above children and moved up there, not far
from where her two sons and daughters later settled.

Jeremiah (as history a son), b. 1759; m. Elizabeth Calley;
a Revolutionary soldier.

Caleb Swain married Mehitable Lyford at Epping, in 1779.
(The Swain records vary so in the same families that we are not
sure unless we get "old Bible records.") In Caleb Swain's will it
states that there were eight children.

Another record gives: Dudley 6 Swain, born in 1760, married at
Sanbornton in 1793, Molly Chase. Children: Dudley, Hezekiah,
Thomas, Asa and six daughters (no names given), as in early days
they were not considered of much account.

Joseph B. Swain married Lucinda (Batchelder) Sanborn, born
in 1819. She married, first, Newell Sanborn of Meredith in 1840.
In 1844 she married Joseph B. Swain, born in 1853. Her mother
married Dr. Wells.

Elias Swain, born at Brentwood in 1753, married Sarah Rogers,
born in 1752. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Their children:

Hannah, b. 1778.
Ruth, b. 1780.
Susanna, b. 1782.
William, b. 1784.

Ebenezer Smith deeded to Elias Swain in 1774 a home lot.
The deed was witnessed by Abraham and Hezekiah Swain.
(Their relationship, as tradition, was cousins. I cannot figure it
all out.)

GENEALOGIES 539

Hosea I). Swain, born at New Hampton, son of Elias and wife,
Elizabeth Crengue, married, second, in 1885, Esther A. Bickett,
daughter of Joseph Colcord of Newmarket.

Elias Swain, born at New Hampton, married Elizabeth
Cragin of Londonderry. They had a son, Hosea D. Swain, born
at New Hampton, married in 1859 Sarah Jones in Manchester.

Hosea Swain, 1838-1888, had a daughter, Edith L. Swain, who
teaches in Laconia.

Harrison Swain, 1802-1876.

Chase Swain of Gilford married Emily Morrill ; she was born in
Hill. They had a son, Rufus \V. Swain, who married Flora J.
Richardson in 1866, she a daughter of Henry Richardson and wife,
Angeline Bond of Gilford. Another son of Chase Swain, James
Harrison Swain, married in 1859, Susan Williams, born in Ireland,
daughter of Thomas Williams and wife, Honoria Kilery.

Chase Swain, born in 1795, was a son of Dudley and wife,
Molly (Chase) Swain. Molly Chase was born at Sanbornton in
1793. Chase Swain married, second, Hannah Jackson of Gilford
in 1821.

Chase M. Swain, 1795-1865, died in the Civil War. His son,
James Harrison Swain, 1837-1909, was the father of Mrs. Rich-
ardson. It is said that the grandmother, Emily Morril Swain,
said that she sent five boys (all she had) to help the Civil War.

A brother of Harrison was Asa Swain, who married Lydia
Wadleigh in 1829; second, Nancy Rowe, in 1836. They had a
daughter who married Stephen Ayer on the White Oaks Road.
They had the Stephen Ayer farm.

A son of James Swain was Rufus W., 1846-1888, who married
Hannah Hill.

John Swain, brother to Harrison, lived in Lakeport. They had
a daughter who married Joseph Odell; parents of Rev. Willis
Odell.

Hezekiah Swain lived and is buried on his farm, which later
was called the Abram Dow farm, and is now owned by Mr.
Corlis. Captain Foss located his grave in 1926 and put up a
marker. We do not know where his wife is buried, but probably
in Canaan. The pension records show his age, 1762-1838. He
enlisted in the spring of 1777 at Meredith and served three years,
and came home and enlisted again for one year. After his death
in 1838, a pension certificate was issued to his wife, Miriam

540 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

(York) Swain of Meredith. They had a daughter, Judith Swain,
who married Joshua Crocket in 1822. Judith was born in 1800
and died in 1863 (as gravestones in the Robinson yard at Mere-
dith Center). Their children :

Loenza, b. 1823.
Almira, b. 1826.
Sulden, b. 1830; m. Lucy Staples. Their dau., Ella J.,

m. Henry Clark.
John Frank, b. 1833.

Caleb Swain married Sarah P. Bryant. Their son, Sergt.
Samuel B. Swain, born in 1844; married in 1862, Olive Jane Gil-
man, daughter of Samuel Gilman and wife, Hannah Durgin,
daughter of Richard Durgin, 1785-1863. Sergt. Samuel B. had
no children. He was wounded in the Civil War. Tradition
states that both his grandfathers, Hezekiah Swain and Robert
Bryant, were Revolutionary soldiers.

John Langdon Swain, 1816-1898.

Mrs. Gould of Meredith was Mary Swain, a daughter of George
Swain, he a son or grandson of Hezekiah Swain.

Jeremiah Swain, born June 1, 1759, married Elizabeth Calley,
daughter of William. They were married in 1782. He married,
second, Sarah Rawlins in 1787. Their children:

Rebecca, b. 1783; m. Samuel B. Rider; moved to Vermont.

Jeremiah, b. 1785; m. Catherine, dau. of Deacon Josiah
Sanborn. They removed to Vermont and had six
children.
Jeremiah Swain and Sarah Rawlins' children were:

Marcy, b. 1784; m. Philip Carter of New Hampton in 1808;
went to Vermont.

Rachel, b. 1792; m. Philip Carter as his second wife. No
children.

Caleb, b. 1793; m. in Danvers, Mass. He died of consump-
tion, leaving one dau., Eliza Ann.

Jeremiah and his brother, Dudley, were on the pension rolls in
1832. They lived on Lots 32 and 33, in the second division,
in Sanbornton.

Old Farm Burying Ground Records

Jeremiah Bennett Swain, 1801-1885. His wife, Mehitable
Mudgett, 1799-1873. Their daughter, Mehitable, 1827-1908,

GENEALOGIES 541

wife of Alvah Smith, 1824-1899. Their sons, George H. Smith,
1858-1864, and William B. Smith, 1852. His wife, Frances J.
(Brown) Smith.
Jonathan Glidden, 1783-1830.

Levi Smith Swain had sons, Austin, James and Orrin Freeman,
who lived on the Chemung Road.

Arthur Swain married Clark.

Jeremiah Swain married Eunice Smith in 1816, and Catherine
Sanborn in 1820.

Elias Swain, Jr., married Rachel Bennett, born at Sandown,
N. H. Their children:

Levi, b. 1788; lived and buried at Weirs.

Josiah, 1790-1861; m. 1814 Abigail Wiggin, 1794-1859;

she b. in Sandwich.
Sally, b. 1792.
Polly, b. 1794.
Betsey, b. 1796.
Charlotte, b. 1797.
Henry, lived on the Chemung Road.
Jeremiah Bennett, 1801-1885; buried on the farm at foot of

Marston Hill, Meredith; m. Mehitable Mudgett in 1824.

His second wife was Nordway. She is buried in

Concord.
Hannah, m. Ashel Sanborn. Their children were: Polly,

Sarah, Ruth, Hannah, Hibbard, Moses, Ashel and Gilman.

John L. Swain, married, first, Ann Dockham. Their children:

Frances, m. Charles Hoyt.

John D., m. 1869 Esther Yeaton, dau. of Joseph and wife,

Melisa Yeaton.
Josephine, m. Henry Whitney.
Nettie, m. George Whiting.
David Langdon, b. in Gilford, m. Kate Green; a dau., Kate

Marion; m., second, in 1890, Mrs. Kate Robinson.

Stephen G. Swain married Eliza Jane Roberts of Meredith in
1831.

John Langdon Swain married Sarah Batchelder. She died and
left a son, John Warren Swain. He married, second, her sister,
Olive Batchelder; third, Mrs. Hannah S. Grant, daughter of
John Weeks and wife, Judith E. Weeks. The first wife's son:

John Warren, b. 1838; m. Sarah F. Tilton in 1858. He was
in the Civil War and injured.

542 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

The second wife's (Olive) children :

George W., b. 1840; d. 1863; wounded in battle.

Frank B., b. 1843; m. Jennie Tucker in 1866; two daus.,

Mary and Emma.
Morrill, b. 1850; m. Helen A. G. Robinson. Their chil-
dren:

Ida Mary, b. 1878.
Mabel Frances, b. 1881.
George Morrill, b. 1884.
Marion O., b. 1890.

John Swain, a brother to Hezekiah, married Priscilla Bickford.
Their son, Hezekiah Monroe, 1821-1894, was born in Meredith
and died in Hanover.

Adeline Swain, born in 1818, married David Hatch. Their son,
George Hatch, was a druggist in Laconia for many years.

John Bickford Swain married Mary Elizabeth Swain of Warren
in 1846. Their children:

Hezekiah Edgar.

George Orrin, m. Ada Rossiter.

Russell.

Henry.

Frank James, m. Augusta Plumer of Manchester. Their

son, John, lived at Meredith Center.
Warren.

George Orrin Swain, born in 1869, married Ada Rossiter, born
in 1869 in England. Their children:

Alice Maud, b. 1890; m. Gould.

Eva Beatrice, b. 1891.
Leo Rossiter, b. 1892.
Granville O., b. 1893.
Clarence E., b. 1894.
Mary, b. 1895.
Gladys C, b. 1897.
Beth Estella, b. 1898.
George Dewey, b. 1899.

John L. Swain, son of Caleb Swain and wife, Sarah R. Bryant,
died October 27, 1878, aged 82 years, in Meredith.

Caleb Swain married Sally Bryant of Meredith, January 13,
1813. (Perhaps this Caleb was a son of Hezekiah and wife,
Marion York, of Meredith.)

John L. Swain, born March 17, 1816, married Olive C, born
April 6, 1819. Children:

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JOHN \V., 1). June 17, 1838.
George, b. Dec. 4, 1840.
Frank B., b. Sept. 12, 1843.
Mary A., b. Apr. 10, 1845.
Emma, b. May 18, 1848.
Morril, b. Sept. 14, 1852.
Lora, b. Mar. 11, 1854.
Morgan, b. Apr. 10, 1857.
Mary H., b. Aug. 3, 1859.

Frank Swain's children:

Abbie J., b. June 12, 1867.
Florence A., b. Mar., 1870.
Ida Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1878.
Mabel T., b. June 13, 1881.
Mary O., b. Sept. 21, 1890.

John Swain, born June 26, 1770, died in 1823, married Ruth
Smith, born in 1773, at Meredith. They lived on the Chemung
Road, where four generations were born. Their son:

Smith, b. May 5, 1801; m. Polly Smith of Gilford; d. 1878
and was buried in Chemung. Later the body was moved
to New Hampton. It was petrified and so heavy it re-
quired two pairs of oxen to draw it from place of burial in
the field to the road. Children:
Thomas, 1802-1803.
Henrv, b. 1804; m. Asenath R. Willey of Gilford, 1829-

1857.
John, b. 1806; m. Rachel Lane of Arlington in 1834.
Jane, b. 1808; m. Hiram Lovering of Leominster, Mass.,

in 1851.
Sallv M., b. 1810; m. Alvah Downing in 1835. She d.

1853.
Levi Smith, b. 1814; m. Rachel Ann Smith of Meredith.
Their children:

Clara Ann, b. 1849.

Orin Freeman, b. 1852 ; m. Annie E. Perkins in 1873.

Austin James, b. 1861; lives on the old homestead

on the Chemung Road, where four generations

were born. He m. Rose May Hemmings.

Augusta Anna, b. 1865; m. Nathaniel Manson in

1894.
Fred Everett, b. 1869; buried in Swain yard, near
Austin Swain's.

Rachel Ann (Smith) Swain, widow of Levi Smith Swain, had a
half sister, Melvina Taylor (her mother's first husband's child),

544 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

who married William Chase of Meredith in 1858. Rachel Swain
married, second, Charles C. Swain of Vermont in 1876.

Stones in the Robinson yard at Meredith Center mark the
graves of Josiah Swain, 1789-1861, and his wife, Abigail (Wiggin)
Swain, 1794-1859. She was born in Sanbornton. Their chil-
dren:

Ruth, b. 1815.
William B., b. 1817.

Charles R., 1823-1886; m. Sarah Jane - -, 1832-1915.
Their son, Herbert, 1859-1903.

History states that Josiah S. Swain was the fifteenth soldier
enlisting in the Civil War from New Hampshire. He served
three years.

Harrison Swain lived at the head of Pickerel Pond in Meredith.
He married Hannah Mclntyre. His brother, Cyrus, born in
1835, married Mary A. Robinson in 1880. Harrison's son,
Josiah Sanborn, born in 1840, married Frances Paulina Gordon,
born in 1846, of New Hampton. They were married in 1867.
Their children:

Julia Mae, b. 1868.
Clarence G., b. 1870.
Sallie Kate, b. 1872.

Harrison Swain married Lavina B. Farrar, a daughter of Na-
than Farrar, who was a brother to Isaac Farrar.

Abby L. Swain, born in 1860 at Gilford, was the fourth child of
Harrison Swain and wife, Lavina B. (Farrar) Swain.

Stephen Farrar Swain, 1808-1848, married Eliza Jane Roberts,
1811-1896, daughter of Betsey (Sinclair) Roberts. They had a
son, Noah Robinson 1838-1914, who married Mary, daughter of
Thomas Weeks, a relative of Mrs. Dr. Wriley. Stephen died and
his wife married Eben Pitman.

Mr. Carter, on Lyford Street, stated that Samuel B. Swain of
Meredith, who was a son of Joseph Swain and wife, Sarah (Bry-
ant), married in 1862, first, Olive J., born in 1844, daughter of
Samuel Gilman and wife, Hannah (Durgin) Gilman of Sanborn-
ton, who was a farmer and shoemaker in Belmont.

Caleb Swain married Sally Bryant in 1813 at Meredith. Their
son, John L. Swain.

GENEALOGIES 545

Sergt. Samuel B. Swain, born at Sanbornton in 1832, was a son
of Caleb Swain and wife, Sarah (Bryant) Swain. Both of his
grandfathers were in the Revolution, Robert Bryant and Hezekiah
Swain.

Robert Bryant had a son, Robert, who lived in Vermont, also
a son, John Bryant, who was a soldier in the War of 1812.

Asa Swain rebuilt a mill in 1826 on Salmon Brook, which later
passed into other hands and burned.

Cyrus Swain was a director in the Sanbornton Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. in 1874. He was among those who helped cele-
brate the town centennial in 1876. His farm was included in the
water privilege on Salmon Brook, near "Turkey Brook." He
married Mary A. Robinson.

Dudley and Jeremiah Swain were in the Revolution from San-
bornton. They were sons of Caleb Swain, who married Anna
Fellows, and died in Hampton, in 1770.

Betsey, b. 1755; m. William Eaton. She d. 1833, aged 77

years.
Jeremiah, 1759-1841.
Dudley, b. 1763.
Olive, b. 1769; m. Lieut. Benjamin Calley in 1789. He

was styled "Stiffkneed Ben Calley" to distinguish him

from others of the same name.

Jeremiah Swain, son of Caleb, married, first, Elizabeth Calley,
daughter of William Calley. He married, second, Sarah Raw-
lins in 1787.

Dudley Swain married Molly Chase in 1793. She died in 1840,
aged 65 years.

Alvah T. Swain married Sarah Weeks. She had a sister,
Caroline, who married Dr. Munsey, both sisters of Dr. Wiley,
and another sister married Taylor Batchelder of Laconia.

Tradition states that Benjamin had a brother, Elias, who lived
on the Island in Great Bay. Elias' daughter, Mercy, married
John Champlain.

George A. Swain married Lydia A. Flanders in 1850 at Mere-
dith.

Charles A. Swain married Sarah A. Edgerly of New Hampton
in 1876.

Dudley T. Swain, born at Denmark, Maine, married Com-
fortable Ann Bean in 1849.

546 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

George W. Swain married Ann Pitman in 1840.

Stephen Swain married Eliza Jane Roberts in 1831.

Asa Swain married Nancy Row in 1836.

Hezekiah Morrill Swain married Hannah Pitman in 1847.

Jeremiah Bennett Swain married Mehitable Mudgett in 1824
at Meredith.

Jeremiah Swain married Emma Smith of Sanborn ton in 1816.

Joseph Swain, born in 1789, married Sarah J. Heath in 1841.

Frank James Swain, son of John S., married Mary Swain and
lived at Meredith. John S. was a brother to Hezekiah Swain.

Frank James Swain married Augusta Plumer and lived in Hill,
later in Franklin.

Caleb Swain married Mehitable Lyford at Epping in 1779.

Orrin Freeman Swain, son of Levi of Meredith, married in 1873
Annie E. Perkins, daughter of Jacob F. Perkins.

Nancy Swain, born in 1819, married in 1843 Charles William
Crockett, son of William Crockett, and wife, Nancy Randlett.
Their son, George A., married Sarah H. Swain.

Levi Swain, 1788-1859, married Hannah , 1789-1879.

A daughter, Melinda, 1823-1845.

Levi Swain of Meredith married Rachel Bennett of Loudon
in 1812.

Levi Swain married Sally Eaton of Gilmanton in 1827.

Levi, Jeremiah, Bennett and Henry were brothers. Henry
lived in Chemung.

Abraham Swain, according to Mrs. Sargent, his granddaughter,
had a brother Caleb, who broke through the ice and was drowned.
He is buried in the Swain yard on Abraham's old farm (no stones).
He was a Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Swain owns the yard, as
it was reserved when the place was sold to Miss Daisy Gardner.

Jeremiah Bennett Swain of Meredith died March 25, 1885,
aged 84 years. He was a son of Elias Swain and wife, W. J.
Bennett. Another son was Hosea Swain, who died May 7, 1888,
aged 50 years. His daughter, Mrs. Richardson of Laconia,
states that her father, Hosea, was born in New Hampton and
that he was a son of Elias D. Swain and wife, Elizabeth Cragin,
born in Londonderry, N. H., according to her records.

September 4, 1838, Miriam Swain of Meredith, Strafford
County, 76 years of age, deposed, that she is the widow of
Hezekiah Swain, Revolutionary soldier, who served in the spring

GENEALOGIES 547

of 1777 under Lieut. Nathan Hoyt for three years; that he
marched from Meredith through Xo. 4 (now Charlestown, N. H.)
to Ticonderoga; was in the battles of Hubbardstown and Still-
water and went with General Sullivan through the Indian coun-
try; returned home to Meredith in the spring of 1780; that she was
married to Hezekiah Swain, November 27, 1782, and that her
husband died April 9, 1813. (Signed by a mark.)

October 13, 1838, Nicholas Folsom of Meredith, 60 years of age,
testified that his father was a settled minister in Meredith, and
that since his father's death he has the custody of his papers; that
among them he finds the recorded marriage of Hezekiah Swain
and Miriam York by "Nicholas Folsham," November 28, 1782.
On the back of the record the certificate was signed by the (then)
Town Clerk Ebenezer Smith that their intentions have been
properly published.

The original marriage record, evidently cut from a book, is on
file in the case.

October 10, 1838, Ebenezer Pitman of Meredith, 63 years of
age, testified to acquaintance with Miriam Swain for more than
forty years, and knows that she never married since the death
of her husband.

Her claim was allowed, as was her subsequent claim made
March 23, 1843. She was aged 81 years when Nicholas M.
Taylor, J. P., and John Russell certified to her identity, the cer-
tificate being 1837, Portsmouth, N. H., agency issued July 21,
1843, under Act of March 3, 1843. According to the census of
1840, Miriam Swain, 78 years of age, was living at that time in
Meredith. This was the only Revolutionary soldier named
Hezekiah Swain for whose services a pension was obtained or
applied for.

SWASEY

Benjamin Swasey married Lydia Ladd, 1784-1858, of Mere-
dith. Their children:

Lydia, b. Dec. 4, 1809.
Darius Ladd, b. Feb. 4, 1811.
Alice Jane, b. Mar. 23, 1812.
Emily, b. Aug. 28, 1813, d. 1906.
Edwin, b. May 20, 1815.

548 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Mary Park, b. Aug. 22, 1818; m. Ira Davis.
Lydia Ann, b. July 7, 1820; buried in Ipswich.
Benjamin, Jr., b. Jan. 31, 1822.
Eliza Smith, b. May 15, 1824, d. 1863.

Benjamin Swasey, 1754-1783, from Exeter. His wife, Jane
Bond, 1759-1840. Their children:

Jane, 1778-1842; m. Rice.

Sally, b. 1780; m. Rev. Henry Kendal.
John Bond, 1782-1825; m. Alice Ladd in 1809.
Benjamin, 1784-1863; gave land in Meredith Village for
Swasey yard.

John Bond Swasey, 1782-1828, married in 1809 Alice Ladd,
1779-1875. Their children:

Mary Park, 1811-1850; m. John Chapman.

Jane Bond, 1813-1897.

George Bond, 1814-1865.

Cassandra, 1818-1901 ; m. as second wife of Colonel Stevens.

Alice Asenath, 1820-1830.

Eliphalet Ladd, 1755-1827, a Revolutionary soldier, from Atkin-
son, N. H. His wife, Mary Park, 1756-1824, from Windham.
Children:

Alice, 1779-1875.

Joseph Park, 1781-1830.

Timothy, 1783-1854.

Lydia, 1784-1858; m. Benjamin Swasey.

Alexander Park, 1786-1875; m. Charlotte — -, 1796-

1861.
Darius, 1788-1872.
Mary Jane, 1789-1874.
Aseneth, 1791-1792.
Aseneth, 1793-1880.

John Swasey of Meredith married Sally Robinson of New
Hampton, November 23, 1809.

Ebenezer Swasey of Meredith married Vestia N. Eager, June
26, 1820. Married by Elder Nicholas Folsom of Meredith.

Daniel C. Swazy of Sanbornton married Hannah Prescott of
Gilmanton, March 22, 1821.

Frank P. Swazey, aged 24 years, born at Gilford, lived in
Laconia, married Carrie M. Hutchins of Concord in 1871. He

GENEALOGIES 549

was a son of Henry \Y. Swazy of Gilford; she a daughter of
Ebenezer Hutchins of Canterbury.

Col. Ebenezer Stevens, 1810-1901 , married Therima Osgood of
Gilford. He was a son of Paul Stevens and wife, Sally Howe, and
one of thirteen children born at Gilford.

Rev. Daniel Mattison was the first husband of Miss Gordon of
New Hampton. After his death she married, second, Shephard
Yittum. She was a sister to Joseph Neal's wife.

Benjamin Swazey married Lydia Ladd, 1784-1858, of Mere-
dith. Their children:

Lydia, b. Dec. 4, 1809.

Dairus Ladd, b. Feb. 11, 1811.

Alice Jane, b. Mar. 23, 1812.

Emily, b. Aug. 28, 1813, d. 1906; buried in Meredith.

Edwin, b. May 20, 1815.

Mary Park, b. Aug. 22, 1818; m. Ira Davis.

Lydia Ann, b. July 7, 1820, buried in Ipswich.

Benjamin, Jr., b. Jan. 31, 1822.

Eliza Smith, b. May 15, 1824; buried in Meredith.

From Mrs. Lincoln's Bible

Benjamin Swazy, 1754-1783, came from Exeter. His wife was
Jane Bond, 1759-1840. Their children:

Jane, 1778-1842.

Sally, b. 1780; m. Rev. Henrv Kendall.
John Bond, 1782-1825; m. Alice Ladd in 1809.
Benjamin, 1784-1863; he gave land for Swazy yard on Lang
Street.

John Bond Swazy, 1782-1828. His wife, Alice Bond, 1779-
1875. Their children:

Mary Park, 1811-1850; m. John Chapman.

Jane Bond, 1813-1897.

George Bond, 1814-1865.

Cassandra, 1818-1901 ; m. as second wife of Colonel Stevens.

Alice Asenath, 1820-1830.

Cyrus A.' Stevens, 1831-1906. His wife, Mary A., 1830-1899.
Their children: Blanche, Edith May, Marion, Louise, Mary and
Renie.

LADD

Eliphalet Ladd, 1755-1827, came from Atkinson. His wife,
Mary Park, 1756-1824, came from Windham. Their children:

550 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Alice, 1779-1875.

Joseph Park, 1781-1830.

Timothy, 1783-1854.

Lydia, 1784-1858; m. Benjamin Swazy.

Alexander P., 1786-1875; m. Charlotte , 1796-1861.

Darius, 1788-1872.
Mary Jane, 1789-1874.
Aseneth, 1791-1792.
Aseneth, 1793-1880.

John O. M. Ladd, 1817-1855. His wife, Ruth W., 1817-1845.
Nancy J., 1822-1842.

LINCOLN

Henry Williams Lincoln, 1842-1901, born in Norton, Mass.,
went to Meredith from Windham. He married Alice S. Stevens,
a daughter of Colonel Stevens, 1810-1901, and wife, Therima
Osgood, of Gilford, and granddaughter of John Swazey. Their
children:

Ebenezer Stevens. His dau., Mrs. Lincoln, a dau. of

Colonel Stevens and grdau. of John Swazey.
Mary Alice, b. Mar. 23, 1882.
A dau., b. Apr. 7, 1886, a teacher of note.

TASKER

John Tasker came from England in 1680 and settled in Mad-
bury. The descendants drifted inland, took up land and made
homes.

John Tasker of Northwood married Fannie Clark. Their
children: William Gilman, James, Rodolfus, John Jefferson,
Wyman, Henry, Sarah, Elizabeth, Drusella and Henry2.

John Jefferson Tasker, 1822-1879, married Lydia A. Collins,
1821-1913. He died in Laconia. Their children:

William Gilman.

Fannie Elizabeth, m. John Stuart Ames.
John Franklin, m. Annie Kenney from Ireland.
James, d. young.

Drusilla, m. George W. Wiggin, son of Washington Wiggin,
and grandson of Chase Wiggin. Their children:

Mabelle, m. Frank Mead of Lakeport; second, E. Bean
of Lakeport.

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Isabella, m. Arthur Woodward; settled in Maine.
Mattie, m. William Wells of Lynn, Mass.
Lydia Jane, m. David Conrad.
Nellie Grace.

George Thomas, b. on the old Joseph Neal homestead in
Meredith; m. Sarah Augusta (Carter), b. 1857, widow of
George E. Anderson, she a dau. of Charles S. Carter and
wife, Sarah J. Gould.

Parson Carter of Holderness was a Revolutionary soldier. He
married Mary Elizabeth French. Their son, Daniel Carter,
born at Holderness, died at Laconia. He married Mary Carr, a
sister of Robert Carr. Their son, Charles Sargent, born at
Gardiner, Maine, married Sarah Jane Gould, born in Vermont.
Their children:

Charles S., Jr., d. young.

Sarah Augusta, m. George J. Tasker.

TAYLOR

Moses Taylor married Susan, daughter of John Ladd of Bel-
mont. He was one of the early settlers of Meredith Bridge and
built one of the first mills there. Their children:

Zilpah.

Stephen L., b. 1822; attended school in Belmont, later
worked on his grandfather's farm (John Ladd). In 1868,
he built "Bay View House" for a summer hotel.. He m.
in 1842, Almira B., dau. of Jonathan Brown, a deacon
of the Congregational Church. The Brown ancestry
traces back to England. Her grandfather, James Brown,
was b. in Seabrook; m. Rhoda Perkins of Pittsfield.
They had nine children. Stephen Taylor and wife had
children:

Jennie, m. John M. Peabody; lived near Boston.
George.

Edward, settled in Boston; bought the Thomas Durrell
homestead, enlarged it for "Home for the Aged" and
endowed it for old people of the county, with a small
admittance; a beautiful location.

TORREY

Samuel Torrey, a Revolutionary soldier, lived down near the
lake, opposite the so-called "Roller Coaster Road." He was

552 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

buried in his field on a knoll of dry land, where since a road has
been built by the side of their graves. His wife was laid beside
him. The present road passes Mr. Watson's. Their children:

Samuel, Jr., b. 1751.
Daniel, b. 1752.
Mercy, b. 1756.
Hannah, b. 1759.
William, b. 1761.
Martha, b. 1764.

TUTTLE

Stoten Tuttle of Nottingham enlisted in the "Old French War"
when he was 16 years old and served five years. In 1755 he
married Lydia Stevens of Lee and they settled in Nottingham;
later he lived on the "Old Mast Road." He was a son of Nicho-
las Tuttle, who was born September 30, 1739, and died in 1812.
Stoten and wife had a son, Stoten, born in 1780, who married
- Stokes. Their children were: Lydia, Hannah, Benjamin,
Mary and Bradbury Cilley. Stoten Tuttle married, second,
Sarah Bean. They had three children.

TETLEY

William Tetley, born in Bradford, England, was a weaver, as
his father was, and an overseer of weaving. He came to America
in 1851, worked and looked around the country, and returned to
England for his wife and child. He settled in Lawrence, Mass.,
and also was in other cities. Their son, Edmund Tetley, born in
1842, was 12 years old when he reached America. When he was
15 his parents were residing in Gaysville, Vt. He decided he
would strike out for himself, and went to Amesbury. After he
had reached 19 milestones he enlisted in the U. S. Marines at
Portsmouth, N. H. He was in the attack on Fort Jackson and
at St. Philip by Admiral Farragut at New Orleans, being on board
the "Portsmouth," sloop of war, which was a sailing vessel, and
later this boat was for four years stationed at New Orleans. He
had no furlough from the time he enlisted until he was discharged,
in 1865. He was promoted to sergeant. After his return he
drifted to different places, and in Lowell he went into the business
of making paper boxes. In 1873 he went to Laconia and was

GENEALOGIES 553

employed by F. P. Holt Paper Box Co. After five years he suc-
ceeded Mr. Holt. Being successful, he had a factory of his own in
Laconia, also in Lakeport. In 1878 he had a promotion to
Lieutenant and a year later the honor of captain by Company
K, Third Regiment, N. H. N. G. In 1892 he organized a new
company and was chosen captain, and later promoted to his old
rank of major. In 1868 he married Ella F. Merrill of Lowell.
Their children: Edward B., Guy M., L. Gertrude, Blanche and
Charles.

TILTON

History tells us that three Tilton brothers came from Tilton
Hill, England. One, Daniel, settled in Hampton. He was
born about 1648, and married Mehitable Sanborn, in 1669. He
learned the blacksmith trade, and when he was 21 years of age
he was allowed to set down as a smith. They had ten children.
Their descendants through David, who married Deborah Batch-
elder, and down through Eben, who married Miriam, daughter of
Jonathan Prescott of Epping.

Their son, Elbridge, born in 1798, married Melinda, daughter of
Sewell Deaborn. Among their four children was Mary M.
Tilton, born October 1, 1830, at Nottingham, in that part called
Deerfield, who married Jonathan G. Dow at Meredith (now
Laconia). They had a daughter, Myra Dow. She died in 1893,
and a son died aged two years.

Capt. Joseph Tilton, buried in the Jonathan Dow yard, came
from Stratham or Hampton.

John Tilton married Caroline Wadleigh, born in 1791, a daugh-
ter of John Wadleigh, 1753-1842, and wife, Molly Fox, 1757-1827.
They came from Epping to Meredith. Abraham Tilton married
Sally Wadleigh, born in 1793, and a sister to Caroline.

Stephen Tilton, born in 1793 at Loudon, died in California in
1867. He lived on Cass Hill in Meredith. He married Julia
Batchelder, who was born in Northfield, in 1799 and died in 1881.
One of their thirteen children, Joseph Sullivan Tilton, born in
1818 at Northfield, was taken to California when young, but
returned to Meredith in 1857 and went into the hosiery business
in Laconia. He did much during the Civil War helping raise
the 12th Regiment, and was himself in some battles. He married

554 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Betsey Ham, 1820-1907. Their children were: Frank Sullivan,
Nancy A., Emma Susan and George Henry, born in Dorchester
in 1845. He enlisted in the Civil War and served three years.
He married in 1866, Marietta Randlett, born in 1844 at Gilman-
ton, who died, leaving one son, Elmer Stephen. He married,
second, in 1883, Calista Brown, 1862-1901, daughter of David
Brown and wife, Hannah Densmore Fox; she born in Meredith.
They lived for a time in New Hampton and later moved to La-
conia. George Henry Tilton married third, his cousin, Julia
Caroline Green of California.

George Henry Tilton, born in 1845, was a descendant of Wil-
liam Tilton, who, with his brother John, came in 1630/40 and
settled in Lynn, Mass. William lived in Lynn and died there in

1653. He married Susanna . She married, second, Roger

Shaw, and moved to Hampton, taking Samuel and Daniel Tilton
with her. She died in 1654. From William Tilton the line de-
scended through Daniel, born at Lynn in 1646. He married
in 1669, Mehitable Sanborn, and through them descended the
New Hampshire Tiltons. Mehitable was born at Hampton in
1677 and died at Kensington in 1777.

Newell J. Tilton married Mary Jane WTadleigh, born in 1828.
She was a daughter of Simeon Wadleigh and wife, Abigail Hayes.
Their children:

Frances Imogene, b. 1850; m. George N. Clouse.
Emma Jane, b. 1852; m. L. C. Alvord.

Capt. Joseph Tilton, born in 1677 at Hampton, died at Kensing-
ton. His second wife was Mrs. Hilliard Shaw. Their second
son, born in 1718, married Martha Boynton. Their third son,
Nathan Tilton, 1757-1814, died in Loudon.

Joseph S. Tilton was one of the first manufacturers of hosiery
in Laconia. He served in the Civil War as first lieutenant in the
12th N. H. Regiment, and was wounded at Chancellorsville. He
married Betsey Ham of Strafford, N. H. Their son, George H.
Tilton, married a daughter of Osgood Randlett. Their son,
Elmer S. Tilton, married in 1892 Lillian G., daughter of E. B.
Harrington. Their children: Charles Henry and Elmer H.

Major Abram Tilton, 1763-1851, was buried in the Jonathan
Dow yard, with his wife, Deborah, 1768-1827.

Capt. Joseph Tilton came from Stratham or Hampton.

GENEALOGIES 555

Stephen Tilton, born in 1748 at Hampton, settled on Cass Hill
in Meredith, was a son of Nathan Tilton, born in 1709. He had
brothers, David and Newell.

John Tilton, 1787-1863 and his wife, Eunice Ladd, 1791-1857,
are buried in Meredith Bridge Cemetery.

John Hamilton Tilton was born in 1887.

TOWLE

From David Perkins' Record

Levi Towle, 1768-1845, married Sally, daughter of Richard and
wife, Molly (Persons) Perkins, born in New Market in 1774 and
died in 1861. They were married in 1796 and removed to Mere-
dith, in that part called the third division. He was a farmer, a
man of sound judgment and clear perception, was called strictly
honest, and through life maintained a consistent Christian char-
acter. From early life they were members of the Baptist Church.
Their children born at the homestead in Meredith:

Levi, 1797-1804.
Hiram, 1799-1804.
Sally, 1801-1803.
James, 1803-1815.
Sally, 1806-1854.
Polly, 1809-1813.
Eunice, 1812-1815.
Levi b. 1816.

Sally Towle, daughter of Levi and wife, Sally (Perkins) Towle,
was born at Meredith in 1806, and married James M. Payne of
Center Harbor in 1834. He was a farmer and an industrious,
prudent man. They settled in Center Harbor. Their children:

Arthur L., b. 1835; m. Ellen M. Hill; he d. in St. Louis.
Abbie A., b. 1846; m. Charles Cook.

Levi Towle, youngest son of Levi and wife, Salley (Perkins)
Towle, wras born at Meredith in 1816 and died in 1842. No
children. He married, second, Eliza Corliss, born in Sandwich
in 1823 and died in 1893. They were married in 1844. He was
a farmer and lived on the homestead many years. After his
mother died he sold the farm and removed to Lewiston, Maine,
and later to Manchester, N. H. Their children, born in Meredith:

556 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Levi Lewis, b. 1846; m. Jennie Carr in 1871.

John Edwin, b. 1848; m. in 1871 Sophronia S. Garrett, 1838-

1891.
Ella May, b. 1852; m. Joseph S. Gilman in 1876.
Sarah Abbie, 1861-1893.
George Willis, b. 1863; m. Ida L. Perkins in 1886.

Levi Lewis Towle married, second, Jennie Carr. Their son,
Lewis Henry, born in 1883.

John Edwin Towle, son of Levi Towle and wife, Sally Perkins,
born in 1848, married Sophronia Garrett in 1871 He removed
to Manchester and was a dealer in meats with his brother,
George Willis, under the firm name of John E. Towle & Co.
Their children:

Edwin L., b. 1872.
Eliza Isabel, b. 1879.

Ella May Towle, daughter of Levi Towle and wife, Elizabeth
Corliss Towle, born at Meredith in 1852, married Joseph L.
Gilman in 1876. He was born in Meredith. They resided in
Somerville, Mass., where he was in the government employ as a
letter carrier.

Abbie S., daughter of Sally Towle and husband, James M.
Payne, was born at Center Harbor in 1846, and married Charles
Cook in 1873. He was a son of. Nelson B. Cook and wife, Adeline
S. Cook, born in Moultonboro in 1843. He was a farmer, and
they resided on his paternal homestead. Their children:

Lillie May, b. 1875.
James Nelson, b. 1876.

Levi Towle was of the fifth generation of Towles in New
England. They came from Canterbury to Meredith.

Levi Towle, 1768 1845, married in 1796 Sally Perkins, 1776-
1861. Their children:

Hiram, 1799-1804.

Sally, 1801-1803.

James, 1803-1815.

Sally, 1806-1854; m. James M. Paine in 1834 at Center

Harbor.
Polly, 1809-1813.
Eunice, 1812-1813.
Levi2, 1816-1902; m. Lavina Smith in 1836; she d. in 1842.

He m., second, Eliza Corliss in 1844 at Sandwich. Their

children:

GENEALOGIES 557

Lewis Levi, b. 1846; m. 1871 Jemima J. Carr, 1851-
1907. Their children:
Lewis Henry, 1873-1926.
Lila May, 1877-1899.
John Edwin, 1848-1926; m. Sophronia S. Garnett in
1871 at Manchester. Their children:
Edwin Levi, b. 1872; lives in California.
Belle.

Ella May, m. 1876 Joseph L. Gilman, 1851-1925.
George Willis, m. 1887, Ida H. Perkins; second,
1898, Florence G. Freese; third, Josie Keniston.

Inscriptions in the Old Towle Yard in Meredith

John \V. Towle (brother to Levi, pioneers of Meredith).

John W. Towle, Esq., 1771-1857. His wife, Hannah B.,
1780-1854. Second wife, Nancy W., 1820-1841. Daughter,
Lavina, 1818 1849, married J. E. Stanyan; second, Isaac H.
Burnes, born in Meredith; died in Minnesota.

Charles P. Towle, 1820-1875, son of John W. Towle and wife,
Hannah B. Towle. His wife, Ann L. Coe, 1826-1863.

From Lewis Levi Towle of Pittsfield

Charles Towle was a brother of Levi Towle, 1768-1845. They
settled near each other in Meredith. Children: Charles, John
(lived in Nebraska), Fred and Lavina.

Jeremiah Towle married Sally .

Caleb Towle, born in 1801 at Center Harbor.

Jeremiah Towle, born in 1809, married Mary Copp. Their
son, John C, died in 1882 at Meredith.

Caleb Towle, 1800-1873, born in Moultonborough, died in
Meredith. He married Mary Jane Ambrose in Moultonborough.
Their daughter, Ann D., 1831-1891, born in Center Harbor.

Joseph G. Towle of Porter, Maine, was a farmer.

James F. Towle, born in Porter, Maine, was in the lumber
business. He married Emma Jane, daughter of John S. Moulton
of Sandwich.

Their children:

Irving, 1862-1888.

Frank Leslie, b. in Parson field, Maine, 1868. He was in
Center Harbor for a time, then moved elsewhere, but re-
turned to Center Harbor, and was one of the firm of
Simpson & Towle. In 1893 he m. Eliza Sutton Graves,
dau. of Joseph S. Graves and wife, Sarah Webster, of

558 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Center Harbor, who for a time was the caretaker of the
Sutton estate there. Their children :

Ruth Graves, m. Nathan Moulton, son of Austin Moulton
and wife, Laura A. Burleigh Moulton. They have
one son, Edwin W. Moulton, and a dau.
Mina E., m. Wilber Green of Moultonborough. Three

children.
Doris, m. Roland Avery. One son, Lawrence Avery.
Joseph Irvin, m. Abbie Perkins of Meredith.

James Towle, 1737-1815, a Revolutionary soldier from Mere-
dith, and his wife, Tryphena, 1747-1815, are buried in the First
Congregational Yard in Meredith.

TRUE

The early True family came from Huntsford, Yorkshire
County, England, about 1653, and settled in Salem, Mass. The
Salem history states that they later went to Salisbury, Mass.

The fifth generation through Henry, born in 1620. His son,
Capt. Henry True, born in 1644 at Salisbury; Deacon William,
born in 1670; Benjamin, born in 1693; Deacon Abraham, born
in 1721 at Salisbury, died in Deerfield, N. H., in 1812. His son,
Winthrop True, 1768-1851, born in Deerfield, married Sarah
Gale, born in 1774, daughter of John Gale and wife, Susan
McCarty. He was the youngest son, and settled in Meredith
just over the Sanbornton line, near the Ebenezer Eastman farm.
He was a farmer.

Abram True, born in 1800 at Meredith, died in 1884; married
Mary Brown Lawrence in 1827, she a daughter of Capt. Noah
Lawrence and wife, Priscilla Marston (1783-1847), she a daughter
of Hazen Marston. Their son, Noah Lawrence, M.D., 1828-
1896, married Mary Elizabeth Tucker in 1850, she a daughter of
Warren Tucker and wife, Irene Marsh of Gilford. Dr. N. L.
True practiced in Laconia several years. Their children:

Ida May, d. young.

Emma Frances, 1857-1900; m. Horace Durgin. Their son,

Frank True Durgin.
Jennie Alma, b. 1862; m. Joseph H. Gingrass.
Walter Harrison, 1865-1927, a physician in Laconia;

m. Mabelle Hill in 1899.
George Harrison, b. 1867, of Massachusetts.

GENEALOGIES 559

TUCKER

History states that James Tucker and wife, Hannah (True)
Tucker, lived in Salisbury, Mass. His ancestors came from

England. Their son, Henry Tucker, born in 1742, married

Robinson and settled at Deerfield in 1760. They had eight
children, among them being Daniel Tucker, who settled at Mere-
dith Bridge (Laconia). He had three children. He was elected
the first president of the Winnipesaukee Bank and held the
otifice during his life.

A son of James was John Tucker, who married Betsey Rowell
and settled in Hopkinton. Two of their sons, Warren and Alvah
Tucker, came to Meredith Bridge and were among a company
with their uncle, Daniel Tucker, and other leading citizens, who
started a cotton factory which was the first one in northern
New Hampshire.

Daniel Tucker built a house on Beacon Street, called the "Man-
sion House," and had a factory to make farm implements on
Mill Street, near his home. He was a member of the Congrega-
tional Church. His nephews, Warren and Alvah, helped form
the Universalist Church.

Morris Tucker of Salisbury, Mass., married in 1663 Elizabeth,
daughter of John Gill, born in 1646. Their son, Joseph, born in
1671, married Phebe Page in 1695. Their son, James, born in
1697, married Hannah True, daughter of Deacon William True,
a soldier, in 1702. Their son, Henry, born in 1742 at Northfield,
married May Robinson of Brentwood. His father gave him
land in Nottingham in 1767. Their son, John, born in 1767,
married Betsey Rowell and settled in Hopkinton. Their son,
Warren, born in 1806, married Irene Marsh of Gilford in 1829.
Their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born in 1831, married Dr.
Noah Lawrence True in 1850.

A legend of romance runs with the father of Susan McCarty,
who came from Ireland. His parents were wealthy, and both
died when he was very young. An aunt, who wanted to get the
property that belonged to the boy, after the parents' death, took
him and gave him to a sea captain, with the promise to take him
to parts unknown. He was finally left in Exeter. After he grew
to manhood he married and, as history states, could not return
to Ireland. Through some way the aunt learned where he was,

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and repented when near death and sent for the boy. (He was in
Sanbornton before 1768 and, as history, was living in 1778 west
of the wooded hill in Franklin (New Boston), which location has
since borne his name.) He died in 1802 and his wife died in
1815. They had ten children. The oldest, Susanna, born in
1763, married Capt. Aaron Sanborn of Meredith. They had
ten children. The third child, Anna, born in 1770, married
Bradbury Morrison of Sanbornton. Phebe, born in 1774, the
fifth child, married as her third husband Jesse Plummer of
Meredith as his third wife. Sarah, the sixth child, married
Winthrop True of Meredith. Patty, the seventh child, married
Theophilus Sanborn, Jr., of Meredith. They had ten children.
Deborah married Samuel Sanborn of Meredith.

TUTTLE

Bradbury Cilley Tuttle died in Meredith, November 25, 1885.
He was born in Nottingham, November 11, 1809. He went to
Meredith in 1883 and there married Betsey C. Wallace of San-
bornton. She was born May 15, 1812, at Meredith on the Jesse
Plummer farm and moved to Calef Hill in Sanbornton on the
Nathaniel Burley farm, where her father, Stephen Wallace, died
April 30, 1832, aged 49 years. His wife was Abigail Tilton.
Bradbury C. Tuttle married Elizabeth Wallace, February 24,
1834.

VEAZEY

The New Hampshire Genealogy states that the earliest Veazey
settler was William of Braintree, Mass., who was a freeman, in
1643. The name was then spelled "Phese." He died in 1681.

Daniel Veazey of Stratham, married Rachel Clark, 1758-1822.
He died at Bridgewater, N. H.

Daniel 2, son of Daniel x was born in Stratham. His intention
of marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Amos Leavitt of Mere-
dith, was filed August 21, and they were married August 24,

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1806, by Salmon Hebard. Their children, all born in Bridge-
water :

Simeon, b. Aug. 3, 1807.
Amos, b. Jan. 14, 1809.
Judith, b. Dec. 15, 1811.
Sally, b. Feb. 7, 1813.
Liza, b. Feb. 1, 1815; d. young.
Daniel, b. May 23, 1817.
Liza, b. Feb. 4, 1819.
Aaron, b. June 24, 1821.

Murray, b. July 24, 1823; m. Elizabeth Daniels. She m.
second, James Cawley.

Amos Veazey, born January 14, 1809, died in 1887 at Bridge-
water, the second son of Daniel ~ and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Veazey,
was married in Meredith, by Thomas Perkins, October 25, 1834.
Their children:

Gustavus of Franklin.
Damon L. of Natick, Mass.
Jennie, m. Charles E. Buzzell of Lakewood.
Rose, d.

William E., lived in Belmont.

Charles Addison, b. in Bristol, 1842; m. 1870, Ruth Jane
Eastman, b. in Benton, 1845, dau. of Sylvester and wife,
Louisa (YVhicher) Eastman. Their children:

Jennie Frances, b. 1874; m. Willis Brown; lived in

Vermont.
Daniel, d. young.
William Damon.

Charles A. Veazey and wife, Ruth J. (Eastman) Veazey, she
born at Benton, July 7, 1871. He was a prosperous lawyer of
the firm of. Jewell, Owen & Veazey of Laconia.

Daniel Veazey, son of Simeon, died March 18, 1889, aged 53
years, at New Hampton. He married Josephine Bliss, aged 34
years, of Whitefield in 1881.

Daniel Veazey died January 16, 1824, at Bridgewater. Mahala
(Dolloff) Veazey, his wife, died September 29, 1849, aged 26
years.

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M. G. Veazey, aged 74 years, of Meredith, who died December
27, 1888, was a daughter of Amos Dolloff Veazey and Nancy
Dolloff of New Hampton.

Extracts from Old Deeds

May 28, 1716. Thomas Veazey, Stratham, to Nicholas Smith
estate, by Mary (Leavitt) Smith, Exeter, land granted to "Our
Father, Samuel Leavitt."

Samuel Veazey, son of Thomas, 1721.

1727. Thomas Veazey, Stratham, from James Leavitt, Exeter,
administrator of the estate of Samuel Leavitt, father, a portion
of the estate of Thomas Veazey's wife.

1727. Thomas Veazey (wife, Mary Leavitt), Stratham, to
Benjamin Veazey of Hampton, 44 acres in Exeter, "which I had
of Lieut. James Leavitt, in part of my wife's portion."

1732/3. Thomas Veazey and wife, Mary (Leavitt) Veazey,
deeded to George Veazey land and buildings in Stratham after
their decease.

1733. Thomas Veazey deeded to John Veazey land in Not-
tingham.

1734. Thomas and Mary deeded to son, George, land and
buildings in Stratham. Mary Veazey, daughter of Samuel
Leavitt.

1739. Thomas Veazey, Jr., and wife, Sarah, from George,
Jr., and Hannah, land and buildings in Stratham.

1753. Thomas Veazey, Jr., Stratham, received from Nathan-
iel and Mary Leavitt land in Stratham.

1757. Thomas and Hannah Veazey to Joseph Clark land in
Epping.

1760. Thomas Veazey (executor, son-in-law of Joshua Neal,
Stratham). Thomas, Jr., married Anna, daughter. of Joshua
Neal of Stratham.

Jan. 12, 1762. Thomas Veazey, Jr., of Stratham, received
from Samuel Cate and wife, Abigail Cate, 15 acres of land
"formerly owned by our father, Joshua Neal."

1 763. Thomas Veazey's will of Stratham. His wife, Hannah ;
Eliphalet, Thomas, Henry, sons; Sarah Warson, Abigail, Agnes,

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Elizabeth, daughters; Elizabeth, "my late wife" (probably a
second wife), and executor, Theophilus Smith.

Daniel Yeazey, 1752-1840, was a Revolutionary soldier. He
was in Col. Isaac Wyman's Regiment, July, 1776, Capt. William
Harper of Brentwood. He married Judith Smith, 1750-1832
(dates as gravestones). They moved from Brentwood to New
Hampton in 1790. (In census they had one male child over 16
years, and four under 16 years, and three females.) Judith
Smith was a daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Smith of
Brentwood. Their children:

Judith, 1750-1832; m. Daniel Veazey.

Mary, m. Mudgett.

Elisha.
Nicholas.

Ebexhzer, had children: Gilman, Josiah, Richard, and
Hezekiah (as will).

Nicholas, son of Daniel and Judith (Smith) Veazey, born May
24, 1782, and died in 1806. He married Betsey Edgerly, 1781-
1871. They had a son, Daniel, Jr., 1804-1887, who was deacon
of the Oak Hill Church in New Hampton. On June 3, 1828, he
married Betsey Smith, 1809-1855, daughter of Ebenezer Smith,
1782-1846, and wife, Abiah Stevens, 1792-1872, she a daughter of
Peter Stevens, a Revolutionary soldier, who was a son of Samuel
Stevens and wife, Susanna Griffin. Peter Stevens married Molly
Pillsbury. Children of Daniel and Betsey (Smith) Yeazey:

Rufus, b. May 9, 1821.

Lizzie, b. Apr. 4, 1833; m. Thomas Smith of New Hampton.

Lyman F., b. Sept. 2, 1837; had a dau. who m. Homer

McCartney. She lives in Laconia.
Hosea Q., b. June 30, 1840.
Charles M., b. Aug. 17, 1846, d. 1849.
Johx L., b. July 17, 1844; m. Emma Chase. Their dau.,

Iva Pearl, m. Walter Turner; live in Laconia.
Elbridge O., b. June 23, 1852, d. 1855.

Rufus Yeazey married — Smith of Alexander. A son,
Willie E., married Edith D. Keller at Meredith in 1893. He
married, second, Lulu Turtle, who lived for a time with Addie Doe.

Lyman F. Yeazey, 1837-1913, married in 1860 Laura S. Smith,
who died in 1920. She was a daughter of Daniel P. Smith of
Meredith Center and a sister to Joseph Smith.

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From Bible Record of Mrs. Elizabeth {Veazey) McCartney
Their children :

Albion A., b. Mar. 31, 1861; m. Alma L. Sleeper of Bristol
in 1897, she a dau. of Roswell Blake and wife, Sarah M.
Dickson.
Frank L., b. May 24, 1866, d. 1895.
May Belle, b. Nov., 1869, d. 1903; m. William H. Fifield

in 1825.
L. Grace, b. Apr. 9, 1874 ; m. Herbert Plumer in 1894. Their
children:

Merton Plumer, b. Nov. 7, 1896; m. 1922, Ethel G.

Warner. Their son, Warner M. b. 1925.
Laura A., m. Frank Wilkey, Jr., in 1824. Their son,
Richard F., b. Aug. 14, 1925.
Elizabeth, b. Nov., 1876; m. Homer C. McCartney in 1899.
He d. Feb. 3, 1926. Their dau., Pauline Elizabeth, b.
1900; m. Louis K. Felker. Their son, Kenneth L., b.
Mar. 18, 1919.
Sarah E., b. Oct. 18, 1879, in Meredith.

Hosea Q. Veazey, born June 30, 1840, married Georgiana Tay-
lor. A son, Byron, born June 13, 1875, lives in Warren; married
in 1897 Lulia May Whicher, daughter of Charles A. Whicher
and wife, Mary Ellen Batchelder of Bristol. A daughter, Mar-
garet, born at Bristol.

John L. Veazey, born July 17, 1844, married in 1868 Emma
Chase of New Hampton, she a daughter of James and Susan
Chase. Their daughter, Iva Pearl, born in 1872, married Walter
Turner. John L. Veazey married, second, Julia A. Foss of
Campton in 1886.

As gravestones in a small yard, buried with Deacon Daniel
and wife, Betsey: Charles M. Veazey, born August 17, 1846, died
1849. ElbridgeO., 1852-1854.

As state records: Daniel Veazey, aged 65 years, of New Hamp-
ton, married in 1869 widow Malisa Yeaton, aged 49 years of
Tamworth. She had sons by her first husband, Nathaniel
Yeaton and Rufus Yeaton.

Another record: Etta married Clifton Tilton; Carrie married

GENEALOGIES 565

James Huckins; Sadie married John Battis; Alice married -
Wiser; Byron married Whicher; Geneva married

Brown.

Gravestones in yard on old farm of the pioneer and Revolu-
tionary soldier (stones are down) : Daniel Veazey died November
13, 1840, aged 88 years. His wife, Judith (Smith) Veazey, died
May 14, 1832, aged 82 years. Sally Veazey died March 28,
1868, aged 87 years. (Probably their daughter, single.)

Another old yard, near by: Nicholas Veazey died June 19,
1806, aged 24 years. His wife, Betsey Edgerly, died June 9,
1871, aged 90 years. After Nicholas died she married, second,
Benjamin Copp. She is buried between the husbands.

Woodman yard (stones) : Nicholas S. Veazey died January 2,
1877, aged 54 years, in New Hampton. Mary Veazey, wife of
G. M. Veazey, died February 5, 1901, aged 75 years, 5 months.
Elisha Veazey died December 8, 1846, aged 54 years, 6 months,
14 days. He married Lucinda Randlett of Meredith in 1841.
Noah D., son of Elisha Veazey and wife, Alice, died May 27,
1810. He was 20 years old.

Gravestones on old farm (Daniel Veazey place) in New Hamp-
ton: Simeon Veazey died May 21, 1870, aged 74 years. Polly,
his wife, died September 26, 1871, aged 79 years. They had
daughters: Emily, died July 19, 1869, aged 48 years; Lavina;
Mary, who married George Hadley.

Disconnected

Amos K. Veazey, who married Laura Smith, had a daughter
born December 6, 1868.

Elisha Veazey of New Hampton married Alice Dolloff of
Meredith in 1810. They had a son, Thomas D., who died July
3, 1887, aged 73 years.

Wilbur E. Veazey of New Hampton married at Meredith Cen-
ter, in 1872, Alice Moulton, born in Holland, Vt.

Simeon Veazey married Polly Denfris of New Hampton in 1817.

Simeon Veazey married Polly Durgin, born in Holderness. He
had a son, Daniel, who died March 18, 1889, aged 58 years.

566 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Elisha Smith Veazey died in 1890, aged 79 years, at Whitefield.
He was a lumberman, a son of Elisha Veazey and wife, Lucinda
Randlett.

Gustavus Veazey had a daughter born in 1872 at Meredith.

Thomas Veazey married Marion G. Dolloff in 1835, both of
Meredith.

Elisha Veazey of New Hampton, who married Alice (Ellis)
Dolloff, had a daughter, Mahala D , who married Jeremiah C.
Smith. A son, Arthur, born in 1845, lives in Laconia. Mahala
D. Veazey is buried in Miss Baker's lot in Lakeport, and Jeremiah
Smith is buried in Sanborn ton.

Amos Veazey, 1837-1900, son of Thomas D. Veazey and wife,
Irene Dolloff, is buried at Meredith Center.

Will of Daniel Veazey, Recorded at Dover

1st. My beloved wife Judith —

2d. Son Elisha Veazey, $1, in one year.

3d. My son Jeremiah Veazey, $1.

4th. My dau. Sally Veazey.

5th. To my gr-son Daniel, son of my son Nicholas.

6th. " " " Simeon, eldest son of my late son Daniel Veazey.

7th. I give unto the children of my dau. Judith Edgerly, now dec, $1.

8th. Lastly I give to my son Simeon all the rest.
Dated January 17, 1828.

Daniel Veazey bought 150 acres of land, Lot No. 12, in 1783,

of Johnson. He had a son Nicholas. His son, Daniel

Veazey, married Betsey Smith, daughter of Ebenezer Smith and
wife, Abiah Stevens of New Hampton.

Amos Leavitt Veazey, second son and child of Daniel 2 and
Elizabeth (Leavitt) Veazey, was born January 14, 1809, in Bridge-
water. He married Mahala Dolloff of Meredith; married by
Thomas Perkins, October 25, 1834. They had children:

Gustavus of Franklin, N. H.

Damon L. of Natick, Mass.

Jennie, wife of Charles E. Buzzell of Lakewood.

Rose, deceased.

William E. of Belmont.

Charles Addison, b. in Bristol, Mar. 23, 1842; m. Mar. 20,

CxENEALOGIES 567

1870, Ruth Jane Eastman, 1). in Benton, Sept. 7, 1870,
dau. of Sylvester and wife, Louisa (Whitcher) Eastman.
Their dau. Jennie, b. Apr. 13, 1874, m. Willis Brown;
lives in Vermont. Daniel, d. young. William Damon,
eldest child of Charles A. and Ruth J. (Eastman) Veazey,
b. in Benton, July 7, 1871, a prosperous lawyer of the firm
of Jewell, Owen & Veazey of Laconia.

Daniel Veazey died January 16, 1824, at Bridgewater. His
wife, Mahala Dolloff, died September 29, 1849, aged 26 years

M. G. Veazey, aged 74 years, of Meredith, died December 27,
1888, she a daughter of Amos Dolloff and wife, Nancy Dolloff
of New Hampton.

Daniel Veazey, 1752-1840, was a Revolutionary soldier under
Capt. William Harper of Brentwood. He married in 1828
Judith Smith, 1750-1840 (as gravestones). They moved from
Brentwood to New Hampton in 1790. The census of 1790
states that they had one male child over 16 years, and three
females. Judith Smith was a daughter of Nicholas Smith and
wife, Elizabeth, of Brentwood. Their children:

Judith, 1750-1832; m. Daniel Veazey.

Mary, m. a Mudgett: Elisha, Nicholas, Ebenezer, who had

children: Gilman, Josiah, Richards Hezekiah (as will of

Nicholas Smith).

Daniel Veazey and wife, Judith (Smith) Veazey, had a son,
Nicholas, 1782-1806, who married Betsey Edgerly, 1781-1871.
They had a son, Daniel, 1804-1887, wrho married in 1828, Betsey
Smith, 1809-1855, daughter of Ebenezer Smith, 1782-1846, and
his wife, Abiah Stevens, 1792-1872. Their children:

Rufus, b. 1829; m. Smith, born Alexander.

Willie E., m. Edith D. Kelley at Meredith in 1873; m.

second, Lulu Tuttle, who lived for a time with Addie Doe

of Meredith.
Elizabeth, b. 1833; m. Thomas Smith. Their son, Charles.

(See Smiths.)
LYMAN F., 1837-1913; m. Mar. 31, 1860, Laura S. Smith,

who d. 1920, she dau. of Daniel P. Smith and wife of

Meredith Center. Their children (from Bible records of

Mrs. Elizabeth (Veazey) McCartney):

568 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Albion A., b. Mar. 31, 1861; m., Feb. 3, 1897, Alma L.
Sleeper, who d. 1920, of Bristol, she dau. of Roswell
Blake and wife, Sarah M. Dickson.
Frank L., 1866-1895.

May Belle, 1869-1903; m. 1825 William H. Fifield.
L. Grace, b. Apr. 9, 1874; m. Herbert Plummer in 1894.
Their son, Merton, b. 1896, m. Ethel G. Warner.
Their children: Warner M. Plummer, b. 1925; Laura
A. Plummer, m. Frank W7ilkey, Jr., in 1924. They
have a son, Richard F. B. Wilkey, b. Aug. 14, 1925.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1876; m. Homer C. McCartney
in 1899. Their dau., Pauline Elizabeth, b. 1900, m.
Louis K. Felker. Their son, Kenneth L. Felker, b.
Mar. 18, 1919.
Sarah E., b. Oct. 18, 1879, in Meredith.
Hosea Q., b. June 30, 1840, lives in Warren; m. Georgiana
Taylor, b. in Laconia. A son, Byron, b. June 13, 1875,
m. 1897 Leila May Whitcher, dau. of Charles A. Whitcher
and wife, Mary Ellen Batcheldor. They have a dau. Mar-
garet, b. in Bristol.
John L., b. July 17, 1844; m. Emma Chase of New Hampton,
she dau. of James Chase and wife, Susan Chase. Their
dau., Iva Pearl, b. 1872, m. Walter Turner of Laconia.
John L., m., second, 1888, Julia A. Foss of Campton.

As gravestones in a small yard with Deacon Daniel Veazey
and wife, Betsey (Smith) Veazey: Charles M., 1846-1849;
Elbridge O., 1852-1854.

From state vital records: Daniel Veazey, aged 65 years, of
New Hampton married in 1869 Widow Melisa Yeaton, aged 49
years, of Tamworth. She had sons, Nathaniel and Rufus
Yeaton, by her first husband.

Deacon Daniel Veazey and wife, Betsey Smith, daughter of
Ebenezer Smith and wife, Abiah Stevens, had a son, John L.
Abiah Stevens was a daughter of Peter Stevens and wife, Molly
Pillsbury. Peter Stevens, a Revolutionary soldier, was a son of
Samuel Stevens and wife, Susanna Griffin.

Gravestone Inscriptions

On the Old Farm of Daniel Veazey, the Revolutionary soldier

Deacon Daniel Veazey died November 13, 1840, aged 88 years.
Judith, wife of Deacon Daniel, died May 14, 1832, aged 82 years.

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Other Old Yard Inscriptions on Another Farm

Nicholas Yeazey died June 19, 1806, aged 24 years. His wife,
Betsey Edgerly (of Gilmantown), Nicholas Yeazey 's widow, mar-
ried, second, Benjamin Copp (there buried), died June 9, 1871,
aged 90 years.

Sally Yeazey died March 28, 1868, aged 87 years. (Probably
daughter of Daniel and Judith (Smith) Yeazey.)

Elisha Yeazey died December 8, 1846, aged 54 years, 6 months,
14 days. He married Lucinda Randlett, September 15, 1841.
Both of Meredith.

Noah D., son of Elisha Yeazey and his wife, Alice (Ellis), died
May 27, 1810, aged 20 years.

Mary Yeazey, wife of George Yeazey, died February 5, 1901,
aged 75 years, 5 months.

Stones in Another Old Yard

Simeon Yeazey died May 21, 1870, aged 74 years. Polly, his
wife, died September 26, 1871, aged 79 years. Children: Lavina
and Mary, who married George Hadley.

Amos K. Yeazey, who married Laura Smith, had a daughter
born in 1868.

Elisha Yeazey of New Hampton married Alice Dolloff of
Meredith, December 2, 1810. They had a son, Thomas D., who
died July 3, 1887, aged 73 years.

\\ ilber E. Yeazey of New Hampton married Alice Moulton
(born at Holland, Yt.) at Meredith Center in 1872.

Simeon Yeazey married Polly Denfris, December 25, 1817,
both of New Hampton.

Simeon Yeazey married Polly Durgan, born in Holderness.
He had a son, Daniel, who died March 18, 1889, aged 58 years.

Elisha Smith Yeazey died June 18, 1890, aged 79 years, at
Whitefield, a lumberman, son of Elisha and Lucinda Randlett.

Gustavous Yeazey had a daughter born March 7, 1872, in
Meredith.

Thomas Yeazey married Marion G. Dolloff, June 14, 1835,.
both of Meredith.

Amos Yeazey, 1837, son of Thomas D. and Irena Dolloff, both
of Meredith Center, buried at Meredith Center.

Elisha Yeazey of New Hampton, who married Alice (Ellis)

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Dolloff, had a daughter Mahala D., who married Jeremiah C.
Smith. Jeremiah had a son, Arthur, 1845, who lives in Laconia.
Mahala D. (Veazey) Smith is buried on Mrs. Baker's lot in Bay-
side at Lakeport.

THE VITTUMS OF MEREDITH

Where They Came From and What Became of Them

By David Vittum

A book has been published by western descendants of this fam-
ily under the title of "The Vittum Folks," which gives a very
complete history of the race, consisting of nearly 2,000 persons,
and from this list I have compiled such facts as apply to those
of my ancestors who migrated to the town of Meredith in early
days. I was the last to leave the town and perhaps may be
able to give some satisfactory account of their origin and history.

From the first settler of the race in this country to the time of
my birth there have been seven generations (I am of the seventh).
The first emigrant was from France, of that noble race known as
Huguenots, but by marrying in the succeeding generations with
those other nationalities, particularly with the English, I find
myself one-half English of the lines of Beedes and Foxes, one-
fourth Scotch of the Gordon line and one-fourth French Huguenot.
These were honorable races, but after recounting the almost un-
believable sufferings from persecution my heart goes out to my
French ancestors with fervor.

Many others have been in exactly my position in this particu-
lar, and among them I am proud to note the names of Paul
Revere. Peter Faneuil, Richard Dana, James Bowdoin, Francis
Marion, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton; the poets Thoreau,
Longfellow and Whittier; Matthew Vassar, Thomas A. Bayard,
President Garfield, Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, General
Fremont, Admiral Schley, Admiral Dewey and Theodore Roose-
, velt.

On arriving in America, my ancestor settled in Hampton,
N. H. He had escaped from France on account of the persecu-
tions emanating from the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and
a penalty of death awaited him if caught. He brought with him

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his wife, who was French, and bore the name Jeane. There were
also two children, Tabitha and William. Whether these children
were born in France or in some other country while in hiding is
uncertain.

We will call this first ancestor William Vittum 1st. His name
in France was, without doubt, Guillaume Yieuxtemps, but it
was the custom of the Yankees to spell names as they sounded,
and they commenced to write it Vittom. It seems to be a habit
of the Huguenots to accept and adopt such transformation, and
this was the case with my ancestor. His son spelled it Yittum,
as it has been spelled since. His history from the best infor-
mation obtainable is as follows:

William Yittum 1st was born in France, date unknown; mar-
ried to Jeane somewhere between 1685 and 1690; settled in
Hampton, N. H., somewhere between 1690 and 1695. Tabitha
was born before reaching this country. William Vittum 2d
was born about 1695. William 1st died between 1717 and 1727.
Jeane Yittum, his wife, died in 1737.

W'illiam Yittum 2d was married on December 17, 1715, to
Abigail Lane, who was born in Boston. They had several
children, of whom William Yittum 3d was born July 7, 1728.

William Yittum 3d, when 18 years of age, joined the Colonial
Army in their campaign against the French at Cape Breton. He
was married December 17, 1747, to Sarah Page. He remained
with his father at Yittum's Corner in Hampton until his migration
to Sandwich. They had six children born in Hampton and three
in Sandwich. The date of this migration was 1768. William 2d,
after the death of his wife, moved to Sandwich to spend the re-
mainder of his days with his son, William 3d. He died and was
buried in their garden, but after the cemetery was opened on
Yittum Hill his body was taken up, and was the first Yittum to
be buried in the new cemetery.

William Yittum 4th was born September 15, 1750. He was in
the Revolutionary War and married Elizabeth Jewell, by whom
he had several children, among whom was David (my grand-
father).

David Yittum was born in Sandwich, January 29, 1790. He
lived with his parents until maturity, when he married Dolly
Beede, who was born January 16, 1787. She was of English de-
scent and was one of the lines of Beedes who had settled in Sand-

572 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

wich. One of these lines sent three families to Meredith : Hanson
Beede living on Plymouth Street and who for several years was
sheriff of Belknap County; James Beede, who was for many years
station agent of the B., C. & M. Railroad and Daniel Beede, who
was a popular hotel landlord, running the Meredith Tavern on
the Main Street Hill. These men called my grandmother Aunt
Dolly, and I think were quite nearly related.

To David and Dolly were born eight children, all of whom lived
a portion of their lives in Meredith. Their names were: George,
Delwin, David Sands, Josiah Shepard (my father), Lindley Mur-
ray and Benjamin Franklin; also three girls, Asenath E., Caro-
line M. D., and Patience B. In 1830 my grandfather moved
with his family to Meredith Neck, on the farm which is reached
by a lane near the present Community Club House. He had
learned the shoemaking trade, and as his children grew up he
moved into the village and carried on his trade, which was then
known as the cobbler's trade. I am sure he lived for a time in
the Thomas Lang house on Water Street, but later built his home
on High Street. This was the second house from the Baptist
Church on the left. When the Freewill Baptist Church was
established he was chosen as one of the first deacons. All eight
children were so well known that it will be of interest to many to
know what became of them.

George Delwin Vittum was born February 20, 1812. At man-
hood he went to Ashland, N. H., where he married Caroline C.
Perkins, and for a time resided in that place. After this he moved
to Dover, and began a mercantile life running a store in that
city. After this he moved to Boston and became a member of
the firm of Vittum, Wentworth and Faxon ; Shapleigh Yittum and
Co., and Vittum and Talbot. After a term of years he retired,
returning to Ashland where he, with his wife, lived a retired life
which culminated in the death of both within a short period.

Asenath E. was born on October 15, 1815, and lived to woman-
hood in Meredith. She was married to Stephen Bartlett in 1836
and they moved to Bristol, Vt., where Mr. Bartlett began the
manufacture of plows under the firm name of Bartlett & Cain.
When I was a boy the Bartlett plow was commonly seen on
Meredith farms.

David Sands Vittum was born on October 21, 1820, moving to
Meredith at the age of ten years. On reaching manhood he at-

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tended Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1845,
and was the first Yittum in America to receive a degree. He
studied law in Laconia and was admitted to the bar in 1847,
practicing in Laconia and Meredith for four years, after which
in 1851 he moved and settled in Baraboo, Wis. He served in
both branches of the Wisconsin Legislature. He enlisted in the
Wisconsin Cavalry in the Civil War, was made captain and by
promotion became colonel. He was interested in manufacturing;
was the head of the Baraboo Woolen Mills and the Baraboo
National Bank. He was master of a Masonic lodge and, at the
time of his death in 1880, was grand treasurer of the Grand Lodge
of Wisconsin. He was married, first, to Mary Elizabeth George
Hall and had one son; after her death he married her sister,
Amanda Page Hall, by whom he had two sons.

Patience Vittum was born October 26, 1823. She was married
and lived in Meredith, her husband being John B. Towle. I am
sure that he was connected with Charles and Levi Towle, and
that at his death his body was buried in the family burial lot on
the Charles Towle farm. They had two sons, both born in
Meredith, and I remember their living in the house recently
occupied by Mrs. John S. Roberts. After the death of her hus-
band she, with her children, moved to Bristol, Vt. She died at
Brooklyn, Wis., in April, 1891.

Caroline M. D. Vittum was born September 15, 1815.* She
moved to Baraboo, Wis., and was married to Truman Wood.
They had two children.

Lindley Murray Vittum was born August 21, 1821. He mar-
ried Caroline Derby and had three children, one of whom died in
infancy and was buried in the Vittum lot in the Plymouth Street
cemetery. They moved to Huntington, Yt., and later to Bristol,
Yt. One daughter married Ernest Hatch, a prominent musician
of Salem, Mass. Their son, A. D. Vittum, became an eminent
musician.

Benjamin Franklin Yittum was born September 5, 1827. He
moved from Meredith to Dover and was married on July 25, 1851,
to Elizabeth Pierce. She was a descendant of the famous Gov-

* These dates were taken from "The Vittum Folks," and some of them must
be incorrect, for we find that Asenath was born in just a month from Caroline.
This discrepancy is, however, not of vital importance in this narrative.

574 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

ernor Wentworth of Colonial days, and was a sister of Thomas
Pierce of Topsfield, Mass. They had four children.

Josiah Shepard (my father) was born February 2, 1814. He
always lived in Meredith and died June 30, 1862. When he be-
came a young man he attended the school at New Hampton, and
part of the time was a clerk in a store there. Sophia Gordon of
New Hampton, a descendant of the Clan Gordon of Scotland and
of the Fox family of England, married a minister by the name of
Mattison, who preached in the Baptist Church in Meredith for
a time. He later died and was buried in the Swasey burying
ground in Meredith Village. Later the widow became the wife
of my father and, of course, my mother. The marriage took place
on March 27, 1847. My father entered mercantile life and had a
store in what is now the post office. He built the brick house on
Water Street and we lived there for years, my brother, John C,
and my sister, Grace E., being my seniors by several years. There
was a daughter by my mother's first husband, Mary Elizabeth,
who was a loved member of our family. She died before I was old
enough to remember her, but I have heard many people speak of
her almost angelic disposition. There are, no doubt, people living
who remember her, two of whom come to my mind as among the
possibilities: Mrs. Jane Perkins and Mrs. Wadsworth Coe, now
living in Center Harbor.

My father later gave up the store and for years was clerk in
other stores. He was for many years town clerk in Meredith.

My grandfather died on June 30, 1862, and we moved to his
home on High Street to care for my grandmother.

The old farm on Meredith Neck was sold by my grandfather to
a man named Babb, who later sold it to the town of Meredith for a
farm where the town paupers were cared for. About 1868-69 the
town decided to discontinue the town farm and send the poor to
the county farm at Laconia. My father bought the farm and,
after repairs and a thorough renovation, we moved there. My
grandmother died July 31, 1874, and my father on September 29,
1881.

My mother died at the home of my sister, Grace, who had
married Charles Smith and moved to Tilton, September 29,
1890.

I was the last Vittum to leave Meredith. I was married
September 25, 1880, to Maria A. Cilley. My daughter, Mar-

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gareta, was born in Meredith, April 18, 1884, and my daughter,
Helen, in Meredith, February 18, 1888. We are living in Man-
chester, N. H.

William Vittum

May 14, 1834, William Vittum of Sandwich, Strafford County,
N. H., 83 years of age, deposed: That he enlisted in February,
1776, at Moultonboro, N. H., under Lieut. John White, marched
toOrford, N. H., "where we put on snowshoes and went (thirty of
us) to Onion River. Our officers were Captain Green of Lyme,
N. H., Lieutenant Colonel Wait and Colonel Bedel. We crossed
Lake Champlain for St. Johns and Chambles to Quebec; we left
Quebec in May, having been drove out by the British, and arrived
at Sorrel River. There we met General Sullivan and went to
fortifying. Sometime in November was dismissed at Ticonderoga
after having served eight months or more."

Rev. John Pinkham and William Cogan, both of Sandwich,
certified that "it is the general belief in the neighborhood in
which William Vittum lives that he has been a soldier in the
Revolution, in which opinion we concur."

July 10, 1834, Israel Glines of Moultonborough, Revolutionary
pensioner, testified to service in 1776 in the same company with
William Vittum, as stated, for eight months.

Hon. Benning M. Bean certified that Israel Glines has lived in
same town with him many years, and he believes him to be a
creditable witness.

Claim allowed.

March 30, 1835, Paul Wentworth of Sandwich returned the
pension certificate of William Vittum with the statement that
pensioner received pay for September, 1834, and died a few days
after the fourth.

(Only Revolutionary pensioner named William Vittum from
any state on file.)

WADLEIGH

In 1630 John Wadleigh was of Saco, Maine. In 1684 Robert,
Joseph and John were of Exeter, N. H. Joseph had a son,
James, who had seven sons. His sons, James and Joseph, settled
in Sanbornton; Enoch and Deaborn in Exeter; John, Simeon and
Josiah in Meredith.

576 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

From Mrs. Barton's Records

John Wadleigh, 1753-1842, married Molly Fox, 1757-1827.
They moved from Epping to Meredith. Their children:

Deaborn, 1778-1853; m. Polly Hayes, dau. of William

Hayes and wife, Mary Plummer of Epping.
Polly, b. 1780; m. Gordon Lawrence.

Betsey, b. 1782; m. John Neal, brother of "White Oak Joe."
Hannah, b. 1784; m. Daniel Cass.
Nancy, b. 1787; m. Noah Robinson.
Caroline, b. 1791 ; m. John Tilton.
Sally, b. 1793; m. Abram Tilton.
Cyrene, b. 1799; m. John Sanborn.

Deaborn Wadleigh had a son, John Wadleigh, 1806-1873, who
married Mary Ann (Wentworth) Hanaford, 1810-1866, daughter
of Bradley Hanaford, 1775-1869 (buried in Wadleigh yard), who
married Anne F. Cheswell, 1782-1859. Anne F. Cheswell,
daughter of Wentworth Cheswell, lived in Newmarket. Children
of John Wadleigh and Mary Ann (Wentworth) Wadleigh :

Le Roi B., 1833-1918; m. Catherine Pollock.
Martha Abby, 1838-1864; m. G. F. Bricket.
John Deaborn, b. 1849.
Mary Ann, b. 1852; m. Frank P. Lefhngwell.

Gen. John D. Wadleigh, 1849-1871, died at West Point, Neb.
He married in 1856 Emma A. G. Robinson, daughter of Thaddeus
Pulaski Robinson and wife, Eliza Ann (Farnham) Robinson, born
at Newmarket, 1824-1907. Their daughter, Jennie Deaborn,
born in 1872, lives in Meredith.

The first Wadleigh, as tradition, settled on the present "Green
Acres." The descendants settled near there on the "Old Prov-
ince Road." It is said that every house belonged to a Wadleigh,
so that the section was called " Wadleigh boro."

Simeon Wadleigh, 1762-1843, settled in the valley west of the
road, and was possessed of a good farm. He married in 1785
Abigail Hayes, 1763-1849, daughter of William Hayes and wife,
Mary Plumer, a relative of Governor Plumer of Epping. Wil-
liam Hayes was in Sanborn ton before 1773. He was one of the
first soldiers that went to Charlestown in 1775. Afterward he re-
enlisted to take the place of his son, William Hayes, who was in
poor health and died in service at Ticonderoga. WTilliam Hayes
left two sons and six daughters. He descended from Robert

GENEALOGIES 577

Hayes of Ipswich. Mass. Huldah Hayes. 1760-1835, a sister of
Abigail Hayes, who married Simeon Wadleigh, is buried beside
her sister on the old Wadleigh farm. Children of Simeon
Wadleigh and wife, Abigail Hayes:

William P., 1786-1855; m. Lydia, dau. of "Red Oak
Joseph" Neal and wife, Nancy Perkins. Their children:
Joseph, m. Lydia Moore. Their children:

Julia, m. William Cole; settled in Swampscott, Mass.
Mary Etta, m. William Severance. Their children:
Fred and Leroy.

Simeon, m. Emily Cox. Their two children d.
William, m. Rebecca Ladd.
Nancy, m. Charles Wadleigh.
John, m. Betsey Sanborn. Their children:

Martin L., m. Susan Parker of Meredith in 1845.

Their son, Fred, m. Hattie of Battle

Creek, Mich. He was a lawyer. They went to
California, where he d. They had a dau.,
Louise, who m. Mathew J. Bedell.
Stephen G., 1789-1863; m., first, Polly Neal, 1794-1825.
Their children:

Charles, m. Nancy Wadleigh, his cousin.
Abigail, m. Benjamin Wiggin. Their children:

Stephen, m. Rebecca Smith. Their dau., Abigail

Edith.
Edward F., m. Carrie Canney. Their children:
Florence M., m. Edwin H. Burleigh.
Hollis, m., first, Elizabeth Hall; second,

Ethel, single.
Stephen G., m. second, Olive Neal, 1802-1885, sister to
Polly Neal. Their children:

Polly, m. Charles Henry Weeks. No children.
Jane, b. 1860; m. John Mead Neal, son of John Neal
and wife, Lois Mead, she a dau. of Stephen Mead.
(See Neals.)
Olive, 1835-1916; lived single.

James M. Wadleigh, 1762-1843, married Nancy Neal in 1813,
daughter of "Red Oak Joseph" Neal and wife, Nancy Perkins.
Their children:

John Calvin, m., first, Mary Nealley, a sister to John Nealley;

second, Sarah Way. No children.
Nathan B., m. Sarah W. Lang. (See Lang family.)

578 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Martha Jane, m. Newell G. Tilton, son of Daniel Tilton
and wife, Sally Clough of Laconia.

John W. Wadleigh married Betsey Sanborn. Their children:

Mary and John d. young.

Marton, m. Susan Parker. Their son, Fred M., m. Hattie
Foster of Vermont. They had one dau., Louise.

Nathan B. Wadleigh, son of James M. Wadleigh, 1762-1843,
and wife, Sarah W. Lang. Their daughter, Martha Jane,
married Newell G. Tilton of Laconia. Their children:

Frances Imogene, m. Dr. George Carpenter.
Emma Jane, m. Lawrence C. Alvord of California.

Nathaniel Wadleigh (as history) came from Candia and settled
in Meredith, at head of Pickerel Pond. He was the great-grand-
father of Mrs. Trojano, who was a Wadleigh, and lives in the old

home. He married, first, Betsey ; second, Polly H. Ray,

December 21, 1819, of Meredith, daughter of Lieut. William Ray
and wife, Elizabeth Neal, she a daughter of "White Oak Joseph "
Neal and wife, Hannah Smith, she a daughter of Jeremiah Smith
and wife, Hannah (Lock) Neal. Mr. and Mrs. Wadleigh were
married by Elder Moses Cheney. Nathaniel W'adleigh married

in 1827, Nancy Pickering. Children: A daughter married

Richardson and lives in Laconia; a daughter married

Peabody. He has seven children by Mary Ray.

Elmira Jane Wadleigh married James Filgate, who came from
England. They lived for a time in Manchester; later he bought
the Nathaniel Wadleigh homestead. They were the parents of
Mrs. Trojano.

James4 Wadleigh, (James3, Joseph2, Joseph '), who married
Mary Blake, of Epping, born in 1775, moved to Sanborn ton in
1782, located on the Daniel Piper farm that had been conveyed to
his wife's father, Thomas Blake, and then conveyed to James
and John in part. They later divided the land from east to west,
and (as history) James took the south half. His son, James, Jr.,
1781-1835, married Eunice, daughter of Barachias W. Farnham.
He settled on the New Hampton Road in Sanbornton. She
married, second, John Folsom, son of Elder Nicholas Folsom of
Meredith, who died in 1870, aged 88 years. Their son, James C,
1805-1879, married Hannah Piper Pearsons in 1831, she a
daughter of Jethro Pearsons, 1767-1837, and his second] wife,

GENEALOGIES 579

Hannah Smart, who lived on the Jacob Smith farm on Meredith
Parade. James C. Wadleigh was a mason and farmer. His
great-grandson, born in 1843, was a tailor in Meredith Village for
many years. (John Stearns Wadleigh.)

John r' Wadleigh, 1788-1850, son of James 4, who married Mary
Blake, born in 1 755 at Epping. He married Sally Taylor, born in
1791, daughter of Jonathan Taylor and wife, Theodosia Gale, she
a daughter of John Gale and wife, Susan McCarty. A romantic
legend is told of Susan's father. It is written that he was sent
away from Ireland when a boy by an aunt, who wished to get
possession of a large property that this lad should have inherited.
The boy's parents both died and the jealous aunt sent him by a
sea captain to countries far away to get rid of him. He was said
to have drifted around to many ports and finally landed in Exeter,
N. H., after many years. This aunt on her death bed repented
of her cruel actions and, after learning where he was, she sent for
him. He had married at Exeter, and for some reason did not go
back to his old home then. He and his wife went to Sanborn ton
and settled just west of Franklin, before 1778, in the wooded hills
of Franklin, at what was named by him "New Boston," and
which has since borne his name. He was called "Dutchman
Gale," but his name was McCarty, as was later found out. He
died there in 1802. Their children:

Susanna, b. 1763 in Exeter; m. Capt. Aaron Sanborn.

Theodosia, b. 1765; m. Jonathan Taylor in Sanbornton.

John, b. 1767; settled in Holderness.

Daniel, b. 1769; settled in Effingham.

Tudor, b. 1771.

Sally, b. 1773; m. Winthrop True, ancestor of Dr. True.

Patty, b. 1776; m. Theophilus Sanborn, Jr., of Meredith.

Betsey, b. 1779.

Deborah, m. Samuel Sanborn, a brother of Theophilus.

Their third child had a son, John Blake Wadleigh, born in 1829.
He married Helen M. Parker, daughter of I. T. Parker. She
died and he married, second, Ruthena Tilton, born in 1842,
daughter of Rev. Jeremiah D. Tilton and wife, Abigail. Their
children:

Oscar Stearns, b. 1865.
John Parker, b. 1869.
Fred Tilton, b. 1870.
Helen Abbie, b. 1872.

580 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Benjamin Wadleigh, who married Hannah Diezon of Sutton.
Their son, Simeon, born in 1754, was in the Revolution, enlisting
from Epping. He married Dorothy Row, in Canterbury.
Their children:

Mary, b. 1752.

Simon Deaborn, b. 1754; m. Nancy D. Smith, dau. of Col.

Noah Smith of Gilmanton (Meredith). Their son, Capt.

John Smith Wadleigh, m. Ellen Sanborn, dau. of Capt.

Winborn A. Sanborn (captain of the boat, "Lady of the

Lake") and wife, Lavina (Hoyt) Sanborn of Meredith.

From Mrs. Barton's Records
John Wadleigh, 1753-1842, married Molly (Fox) Wadleigh,
1757-1827. They came from Epping to Meredith. Their son,
Deaborn, 1778-1853, married Polly Hayes, daughter of William
Hayes and wife, Mary Plumer of Epping. Their children:

Polly, b. 1780; m. Gordon Lawrence.

Betsey, b. 1782; m. John Neal, brother of "White Oak

Joseph" Neal, who walked up from Stratham by spotted

trees to Meredith.
Hannah, b. 1784; m. Daniel Cass; lived on Cass Hill.
Nancy, b. 1787; m. Noah Robinson.
Caroline, b. 1791; m. John Tilton.
Sally, b. 1793; m. Abraham Tilton.
Cyrene, b. 1809; m. John Sanborn. All of Meredith.

Deaborn Wadleigh had a son John, 1806-1873, who married
Mary Ann (Wentworth) Hanaford, 1810-1866, she a daughter of
Bradley Hanaford, 1775-1869. He was a son of Thomas Hana-
ford, the Revolutionary soldier, and buried on his old farm in the
field, with a single stone in the yard, on the Province Road.
Bradley Hanaford is buried in the General Wadleigh yard with
his wife's family. Deaborn Wadleigh married Anne F. Cheswell,
daughter of Wentworth Cheswell, who lived in New Market.
Children of John Wadleigh and wife, Mary Ann (Wentworth)
Wadleigh:

Le Roi B., 1833-1918; m. Catherine Polluck.
Martha Abby, 1838-1864; m. Dr. G. F. Bricket.
John Deaborn, 1849-1871.
Mary Ann, b. 1852; m. Frank P. Lomngwell.

Gen. John D. Wadleigh, 1849-1871, died at West Point, Neb.
He married in 1856 Emma A. G., daughter of Thaddeus Pulaski

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Robinson and wife, Eliza Ann (Farnham) Robinson, born in New
Market in 1824, died in New Hampton in 1907 and buried in
Meredith Village Cemetery. Their daughter, Jennie Deaborn.
born in 1872, lives in Meredith.

Deed from Neal to Wadleigh in 1851 : Dexter E. Wadleigh of
Dorchester County, Norfolk, Mass., deeded his right and interest
in land in second division of land in Meredith to Dexter Wadleigh,
by Josiah Wadleigh, ten acres. Dated January 12, 1830, recorded
in Strafford County records. Bounded northerly by land of
William S. Wadleigh, southerly by land of Dexter E. Wadleigh,
easterly by land of William S. Wadleigh and westerly by land of
Stephen G. Wadleigh. Signed by Joseph Neal and Lucy Neal.
Witnessed by Joseph S. Neal and Lydia A. Neal.

Josiah Wadleigh, 1771-1822, one of the pioneers of Meredith,
settled on the Province Road, not far from Ladd Hill. He
cleared land and built a part of the so-called Ballard house. He
hewed the timbers by hand, as at that time there was no sawmill
near by, and shaved the shingles by hand. He married Sally
(probably daughter of Joseph Chapman and wife, Phebe) . There
are three stones in the little yard on his farm. The center one
has his name and age, hardly discernible. On one side is a stone
with Sally (dates worn off), and the stone on the other side of his
is not readable, but is probably their son, Dexter Wadleigh.
There are other stones. On one is Joseph Chapman, 1800-1842.
His wife, Phebe, 1798-1867. Another stone has William R.
Chapman, 1833-1858. His wife, Martha Ann, 1841-1859.

A daughter, Betsey Wadleigh, 1805-1867, married Nathaniel
Maloon. 1810-1874. Their daughter, Sophia Wadleigh, 1836-
1885, married L. Ballard.

Nathaniel Wadleigh came from Epping. He went to Boston
and enlisted in 1781, and was discharged March 12, 1791 (as
Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. No. 2). He served as private in Capt.
Robert Pike's Company, Col. Joseph Senter's Regiment. He was
called "Major" later in life. After his discharge he went to
Meredith. Vital records state that he married Polly H. Ray in
Meredith, December 21, 1819, daughter of Lieut. William Ray.
They were married by Elder Moses Cheney. Their children:

A dau., m. Chase Robinson.
A dau., m. William Farrar.

582 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

A dau., m. Allen Peabody.

A dau., m. Green Pickering.

Betsey, m. Daniel Pickering, June 2, 1820; m., second,

Richardson.

Nathaniel, the youngest child.

Nathaniel Wadleigh married, second, Nancy Pickering,
December 9, 1827. He died April 4, 1834, at his old home and
was buried in the first burying ground, opposite the stone pound
in Meredith. His home was at the head of Pickerel Pond and his
land ran to Great Bay on the west and south to Reuben Morgan's
land. After his death the farm was sold. Children:

Andrew.

Mary Ann, m. Charles Prescott.

John, d. young.

Nathaniel Wadleigh was the great-grandfather of Mrs. Trojano.
The farm was sold and for some years was in other hands, but later
was bought by James Filgate. Mrs. Trojano was born near the
Province Road, but had lived on her great-grandfather's old farm
over thirty years in 1926.

Nathaniel Wadleigh 2 married — . Their children :

Mary Robinson, m. William Barrett. He was a captain in

the Civil War.
Eliza, m. Plumer Cheswell in 1845. They lived at Barring-
ton; m., second, William Thompson.

Isaac N., m. Abbie . He d. at Ludlow, Vt.

Almira Jane, b. 1829; m. James Filgate in 1850 at Manches-
ter. They moved to Meredith. James Filgate came from
England. After a time he bought the old home of Nathan-
iel Wadleigh, his wife's grandfather. James Filgate and
wife's children:

Charles James, b. 1851.

Mary Elizabeth, b. 1854; m. Enoch Colby, son of
Perry Colby of Sanbornton. They had a son, Leroy
Goss Colby, b. 1878, who m. Mildred Allen. They
had five children. Mary Elizabeth (Filgate) Colby
m., second, Dominick Trojano. Their children:
Isaac Wadleigh, b. Mar. 3, 1884.
Henry Albert, b. Sept. 16, 1886.
James Roscoe, b. June 7, 1888.
Blanch Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1895; m. Albert

Magee. One child.
William Joe, b. Jan. 26, 1889. He was in the
World War in FYance. At one place he slept

GENEALOGIES 583

with others in the tomb of Bluebeard, where is a

sealed room that has never been opened.
Chase Wadleigh.
William, who was named for an uncle, William

Farrar, who m. a sister to Nathaniel Wadleigh.
Katherine Wadleigh, m. Amos Tebbetts.
Horace Leroy, m. Hattie ; died at Ludlow,

Yt. Three children.

Edmund Leroy Filgate married Ella Robinson, daughter of
Washington Robinson and wife, Abby (Blaisdell) Robinson.
Their children:

Levander Nathaniel, m. Eva Jones.

Annie Laurie, m. William Smith, son of Miland Smith.

Henrietta Laura, m. Elmer Moody; second, Robert

Nitschke.
William Isaac, went into the Spanish American War, came

home and died in a few weeks with malaria.

Mrs. Trojano's great-grandfather, Nathaniel Wadleigh, was in
the Revolutionary War. Her grandfather, Nathaniel Wadleigh,
had a son, Isaac, who was first lieutenant in the Rebellion. Her
father, James Filgate, was in the Mexican War. Her brother,
William J. Filgate, was in the Spanish-American War. Her son,
William Joseph Trojano, was in the World War in France.

Nathaniel W'adleigh, who was buried in Meredith Bridge
Cemetery, lived on Water Street in Laconia. His wife was a
sister to Orrin Tebbetts.

Minnie Woodhouse, Mr. Tebbetts' niece, married J. F. Weeks
of the Nezcs and Critic paper. They lived on Gale Avenue.

Nathaniel Wadleigh had a daughter, Ann, who married

Charles.

Simeon Wadleigh, 1762-1843, a Revolutionary soldier who died
in Meredith, married in 1785, Abigail Hayes, 1762-1849. Their
children:

William P., m. Lydia Neal, dau. of Richard Neal and wife,
Elizabeth Smith Neal, she a dau. of Joseph ("White Oak"
Joseph) and wife, Hannah Smith, she a dau. of Jeremiah
Smith, 1733-1794 (a Revolutionary soldier) and wife,
Hannah Lock, 1737-1815, she a dau. of Deacon William
Lock and wife, Hannah Knowles of Rye. They had a
dau., Lydia, 1784-1871, who m. William P. Wadleigh, son
of Simeon and wife, Abigail Hayes of Sanbornton.

Stephen G., m. Polly Neal; m. second, Olive Neal, sister.

584 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

James, m. Nancy Neal; d. 1872. (These were grandparents

of Mrs. Hall. Her mother was Martha Wadleigh.)
John F., m. Betsey Sanborn.

WARD

Rev. Jeremiah Ward went into the wilderness, later set off as
New Hampton, and cleared a farm. The places were found by
spotted trees. He built a log house for a shelter from wild ani-
mals and for safety. History tells us that he preached some and
was the first settled minister in the town. When he delivered his
last sermon he was so feeble that his son assisted him into the
pulpit. He was called a good man. His son, Noah Ward, was
born in the pioneer homestead and there spent his life. He
married Nancy Sanborn. Their children were: Samuel, Aaron,
Noah, Sally and Polly.

Benjamin Ward, born in 1806, staid on the homestead. He
married Sally, born in 1806, daughter of Simeon Pease of Mere-
dith. Their children were:

Simeon P., who served in the 12th N. H. Regiment of the

Civil War.
John F.
George.
Mary A.

Noah Simpson, b. 1837, owns the old Ward homestead. He
m. Frances, dau. of Noah Woodman of New Hampton.
They had children:
Charles.

Clarence E., b. 1874; m. 1897, Ida R. Webster. They
reside in Laconia. Their children:
Everett G., 1901-1918.

Ralph L., b. 1904; m. Barbara La Mere in 1930.
Helen W., b. 1906; m. Emerson B. Trask in 1928.

Benjamin W7ard, 1806-1857, of New Hampton, married in 1834
Sally, daughter of Simeon Pease and wife, Mehitable (Wedge-
wood) Pease, 1807-1871, of Meredith. Their children:

Simeon P., 1835-1879.
Noah S., 1837-1899.
John F., 1839-1907.
George, 1841-1902.
Mary Ann. 1845-1870.

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Noah Ward, 1837-1899, married Sarah Frances Woodman,
1846-1924, daughter of Noah and wife, Relief Rogers (Woodman)
Smith, in 1865. Their children:

Charles S., b. 1865; m. Mary E. Greenfield of Rochester.
Their children:

Jasper Greenfield, b. 1897.
Richmond Earle, b. 1900.
Vernon Charles, b. 1903.
Clarence E., b. 1874; m. 1897 Ida Rosetta Webster of
Meredith. Their children:
Everett Gilman, 1901-1918.
Ralph Lester, b. 1904.

Helen Frances, b. 1906; m. 1928 Emerson B. Trask of
Laconia.

WATSON

David Watson went to Gilford from Meredith. He cleared
some land in 1798 on Gunstock River near what is now called
Gilford. He had sons:

Jonathan, b. in Gilford; moved to Meredith.
Job, b. 1781 in Meredith; m. Elizabeth Fish, she b. 1792.
Their children:

Eliza.

Sarah, m. John Smith.

Nancy, m. Thomas Smith; she d. 1896.

Mercy.

David.

John P., 1826-1887, b. in Gilford; studied and was or-
dained as a Presbyterian minister ; was a great student.

Elizabeth, m. Frank Malone.

Laura, m. Moses Merrill.

William, m. Mary E. Emerson. They had six children:
Nellie E., Charles, Winifred, Abbie, Willie and Alice.

Charles.

Samuel 1 . .

Orren ) twins-

Willis Guy Watson, born November 19, 1874, was an adopted
son of John Watson and wife, Hannah Elizabeth (Clifford)
Watson, she a daughter of William Clifford, born in Sanbornton.

John Watson was a son of William Watson, who had children:
Jacob, Andrew, Daniel, John, Margaret, who married - - Freeze
of Tuftonboro; Mehitable married Oliver Leach of Moultonboro;

586 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Sarah married Stephen Wentworth of Center Harbor; Hannah
married Tobias Trafton of York, Maine; Daniel married Mehit-
able Watson, a cousin of Pittsfield, and lived there.

William Clifford came from Sanborn ton, a relative of Thomas
Mason, who was blind.

W. G. Watson married Nettie Webster, born in Laconia on the
Crocket farm, now owned by the State School. She was born in
1876, a daughter of Jacob Gilman Webster and wife, Eliza Jones
Smith, of Sandwich. Their son, Raymond Leroy Watson, born
in 1898, married Mary Clark, daughter of David Henry Clark
and wife, Ada (Grant) Munsey, she of Gilford, but lived in
Meredith after marriage.

John Watson and William Clifford are buried in Meredith
Village yard.

Inscriptions on stones: James C. Clifford, 1816-1903; his wife,
Nancy C, 1816-1911; Alfred G., 1859-1900; Sophia Leavitt,
1855-1917; William G., 1840-1909.

Mary Ann (Clifford) Smith, daughter of William and wife,
Rhoda Clifford, born in Gilford (now Weirs), February 7, 1830,
lived for some years at Meredith Bridge. She married in 1830
George W. Smith of Sandwich, where they lived until 1893, then
they bought the Rowe farm on Cotton Hill and lived there until
he died in 1902. She later made her home with her son, Freeman
G., some two miles from Meredith, until she passed on in 1907.
When they lived near Laconia they were active members in the
Methodist Church. They have four children buried in Union
Cemetery, Laconia.

John Watson lived on the road opposite the "Roller Coaster
Road " that runs to the Lake above the Weirs. He was 80 years
old when he died. He had lived in Old Meredith, now Laconia,
about forty years, was a successful farmer, of strict integrity,
upright in his dealings and respected by all who knew him. He is
buried in Meredith Village yard.

WEBSTER

John Webster of Ipswich, Suffolk County, England, born about
1614, died in 1646, settled in Ipswich, Mass. He was made a
freeman in 1635, and married Mary Shatswell. They were

GENEALOGIES 587

grandparents of Hannah Dustin of Indian fame through their
daughter, Hannah Webster, who married Michael Emerson and
settled in Haverhill, Mass. Their children:

John, b. 1633 at Ipswich, Mass.; m. Anna Batt.

Mary, m. John Emery in 1648.

Hannah, m. Michael Emerson.

Stephen, b. 1638; m. Hannah Ayer in 1663.

Eliza.

Abigail.

Israel, b. 1644; m. Elizabeth Brown; m., second, Elizabeth

Lunt.
Nathan, b. 1646; m. Mary Hazeltine.

Hannah Webster, daughter of John Webster and wife, Mary
(Shatswell) Webster, married in 1656 Michael Emerson, son of
Thomas Emerson and wife, Margaret Frol, in the parish of
Codney, Lincolnshire, England. They settled in Haverhill,
Mass. They had fifteen children. Among them was Hannah
Webster, who married Thomas Dustin, and who saw one of her
infants killed by Indians when they captured her and took her up
the Merrimac River. Later she killed the Indians, scalped them,
carried the scalps back with her and got free.

Nathan Webster, born in 1646, son of John Webster and wife,

Mary Shatswell, had a son, Nathan, who married Mary .

Their son, Nathan, married Martha Blaisdell. Their son,
Nathan, married Elizabeth Clifford. Their son, Rev Josiah,
married Elizabeth Knight. Their son, Eliphalet Knight, married
Emily Webster, daughter of Col. Ebenezer Webster, and Daniel
Webster's youngest sister.

Ebenezer Webster (John1, Stephen2, Stephen3, Ebenezer4,
Ebenezer5), born in 1744 at Haverhill, Mass., died at Pelham,
N. H., in 1823. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He married in
1770 Rebecca Baldwin; married, second, Martha Baker; married,
third, in 1778, Elizabeth Bradford of Beverly, Mass., born in
1754, died in 1845. Their children by Rebecca Baldwin: Sarah,
Ebenezer and Rebecca. Children by third wife, Elizabeth Brad-
ford, married in 1778: Roxanna, Betsey, Asa, John, Nancy, Sally
and Isaac, 1787-1859, who married Sybil Kelley, 1788-1868.
The eighth child was Rebecca. Others were Mary, Catherine,
William G., Harriet and Benjamin, making thirteen children by
Elizabeth Bradford.

588 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Isaac Webster, born in 1 787, married Sybil Kelley. He was the
first Webster who settled in Meredith in the Edgerly district. He
was buried in 1859 in the old Plumer yard, later called the Picker-
ing place. Their children:

Moses, b. 1814 in Meredith; m. Mary Dolloff, dau. of
Samuel Dolloff and wife, Mary Dolloff. Moses Webster
d. at Center Harbor in 1898.

John, m., first, ; second, Sarah Harper.

Samuel.

Isaac.

Mary, m. Samuel Dolloff; buried in Plumer yard.

Maria A., d. 1852, aged 40 years.

Belinda P., d. 1857, aged 32 years.

Moses Webster, son of Isaac Webster and Sybil Kelley, born in
1814, married Mary Dolloff, born in 1813. Their children:

Amos D., 1833-1909; m. Julia Merrill in Meredith.
Moses Gilman, 1835-1920; m. 1860 Hannah Smith, dau. of
John Smith and wife, Mary Mudgett. Their children:

Marietta, 1861-1883; m. 1881 Alonzo Corliss; d. 1884.

Daniel F., 1864-1897; m. Alice M. Lincoln.

Edith E., b. 1868; m. Francis J. Robinson in 1889.

Nellie E., b. 1871 ; m. Herbert W. Cox.

Ida Roberta, b. 1874; m. Clarence Ward.

Emma Jane, b. 1876; m. Edwin Bickford of California.

Isaac Webster, born December 17, 1787, died in 1859, married
Sybil Kelley, 1788-1868. Their children:

Polly H., b. Sept. 12, 1812.

Moses, b. Dec. 28, 1814; d. 1878.

Isaac, b. Apr. 16, 1817; m. Wealthy Chase, father of George

M. Webster.
Phebe, b. Mar. 14, 1819; d. 1820.
Sybel F., b. June 1, 1821; d. 1862.
Samuel K., b. Mar. 1, 1823; d. 1902.
Belinda P., b. Mar. 23, 1825.
Rebecca and Betsey, b. Mar. 23, 1827.
John A., b. May 13, 1830; d. 1903.

Isaac Webster, son of Isaac and Sybil Kelley, born in 1817.
His wife, W'ealthy A. Chase. Their children:

George M., b. Jan. 29, 1848; m. Etta Sanborn; lives in

Laconia.
Aaron C, b. June 9, 1851.

GENEALOGIES 589

Isaac Webster married, second, Widow Hannah (Perkins^
. They had two children who died young.

From the old Chase Bible, Published in 1S55

John Chase lived in the Edgerly settlement in Meredith. He
was born September 23, 1786. His wife, Sally Leavitt Chase,
was born March 26, 1790. Their children:

Luther, b. Apr. 26, 1811.

Aaron, b. May 16, 1814.

William, b. May 15, 1816.

John, b. Oct. 14, 1818.

Stephen, b. Mar. 17, 1821.

Wealthy, b. Dec. 9, 1823 ; m. Isaac W. Webster of Meredith.

Maria, b. Dec. 8, 1826.

Hosea, b. Jan. 9, 1832.

SMITH

John Smith, born in 1792, married Mary Mudgett, born in
1798. Their children:

Priscilla M., b. 1818; m. Cotton; second,

Downing; third, Eastman.

Timothy, b. 1821; d. 1822.

Mary, b. 1823.

Esther, b. 1825; d. 1844.

Abigail, b. 1828.

Huldah P., b. 1829; m. Hiram Bixby; buried in Swazey

yard, Meredith.
John, b. 1831.

Benjamin M., b. 1833; gave the Meredith Library.
La yixa, b. 1835.
George S., b. 1837.
Hannah, b. 1842 ; m. Moses Gilman Webster, mother of Mrs.

Ward.

WEBSTER

Hannah Webster married Michael Emerson. Their daughter,
Hannah Emerson, married Thomas Dustin of Indian fame.

John Webster was one of the first settlers in Ipswich, Suffolk
County, England. He was a freeman in 1635, and married Mary
Chatswell. Their son, Stephen, 1638-1694, a freeman in 1668,
married Hannah Ayer, born in 1676. Their son, Stephen,
1672-1748, married Mary Cook. Their son, Ebenezer, born in

590 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

1711, married Mehitable Kimball of Bradford, Mass. Their son,
Ebenezer, 1744-1823, married Rebecca Baldwin. He was the
father of Isaac Webster, 1787-1859, who married Sybil Kelley,
1788-1868. Their son, Moses, 1814-1898, married Mary Dolloff,

daughter of Samuel Dolloff and wife, Mary . Their son,

Moses Gilman, 1835-1920. His daughter, Edith Eldora, born
August 4, 1868.

Moses Gilman Webster, born in 1835, son of Moses Webster
and Mary Dolloff, married April 7, 1860, Hannah Smith, daughter
of John Smith and wife, Mary Mudgett Smith. Children of
Moses Gilman Webster and wife:

Marrietta, b. 1861; m. Alonzo Corliss, 1881-1883.
Daniel Frank, 1864-1896; m. Alice Lincoln of Haverhill in

1889.
Charles Gilman, 1866-1867.
Edith E., b. 1868; m. Francis S. Robinson.
Ida Roberta, b. 1874; m. Clarence Ward in 1897.
Nellie E., b. 1871; m. Herbert Cox in 1893.
Emma Jane, b. 1876; m. Edwin Bickford in 1899.

Moses Webster and wife, Mary Dolloff, born in 1813. Their

children:

Amos D., b. 1833; m. Mary Smith, sister of Benjamin Smith,

who donated the library.
Moses G., b. 1835.
John F., b. 1841.
George H., b. 1847.
Martha A., b. 1849.
Almira, b. 1855.
Ella Annette, b. 1858.

Isaac Webster, 1785-1858. Children:

Polly W., b. 1812.

Moses, 1814-1898; m. Mary , who d. 1896.

Isaac, b. 1817.

Phebe, 1819-1820.

Sibel F., 1821-1868.

Samuel K., 1823-1902.

Balinda T., 1825-1859.

Rebecca and Betsey, b. 1827.

John A., 1830-1903; m. Lucietta Piper in 1859; m.f second,

Sarah Harper in 1865.
Maria A., 1822-1862.
Lucietta A., d. 1854.

GENEALOGIES 591

John Webster married Lucietta Piper in 1859. Their daughter,
Carrie E., married John F. Pickering in 1883. Their children:

Ervin F., b. 1883; m. Amy Hawley in 1907.

Clarence E., b. 1888; m. Lois Hawley; second, Elfleda

Taylor.
Stella L., b. 1891; m. Frank M. Mudgett in 1910. Two

children.
Lewis E., b. 1892.
Raymond V., b. 1896.

Olen J. Pickering married Lelia L. Rand in 1910.

Mrs Julia A. Webster, who was the wife of Amos D. Webster,
was a daughter of Jacob L. Merrill and wife, Mary Smith Merrill
of Center Harbor. She was born in Holderness, but lived later in
Center Harbor.

WITHAM

The Withams came to Meredith from Nottingham.

Asa Witham, 1819-1899, married Mary B. Fox from Notting-
ham. She died in 1897. They are buried in Meredith Bridge
yard. They lived in Meredith Village. A daughter born in
Meredith, Sarah E. Witham, married Frank Ford, born in 1851;
lived in Laconia.

Asa Witham moved to Laconia, on Baldwin Street, where his
daughter lives. His brothers, who served in the Civil War:
Jacob, John, Joseph, Hazen, Bradbury and Peletiah.

A. Witham married Clara J. Hawkins, born at Meredith in
1844 and died at Candia in 1865.

Elizabeth, daughter of Peletiah Witham, married Hillyard
Shaw of Chichester. He served in the War of 1812 from Mere-
dith, and is buried near Meredith Center. Their children were:
Greenleaf, Elijah, Daniel, and Eliza Shaw, who married Dudley
Sanborn Piper, born in 1811. They had seven children.

A daughter, Eliza Jane, married in 1811 Warren Kelley Kimball
of Meredith, born in 1844, a son of Thomas J. and wife, Betsey
B. (Dolloff) Kimball, who was a son of Joseph Kimball, she a
daughter of Samuel Dolloff. Joseph Kimball and wife, Betsey
Dolloff, had 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.

592 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Warren Kelley Kimball and wife, Eliza Jane Piper, had chil-
dren:

Nettie Eldora, m. Lester Flanders. They reside in

Manchester.
Herman Leroy.
Frank Blake.
Irville Warren.

WEDGEWOOD

John l Wedgewood was one of fourteen among the twenty-four
men from Ipswich, Mass., in 1637 to join the Salem men under
Captain Trask to help protect against the Indians. From an old
diary kept by Robert Perkins: "John Wedgewood helped chase
a set of Indians into a swamp. The men returned with scars,
but saved many lives of white people." His will probated April,
1655, mentions five children, the oldest, John 2, born before 1654,
was one of the first settlers of Hampton. He went there with
Rev. Stephen Bachilor, from Massachusetts.

John 3 Wedgewood, born before 1700, lived at North Hill
and declared the peaceable intention of the North Hill parish in
1739. In 1759 he was one of the petitioners for the bridge at
Newmarket. He was one of the original proprietors of Gilman-
ton in 1727 (a part of what is now Meredith).

His son, John Wedgewood, born in 1733, married Molly Pike,
daughter of Robert Pike and wife, Elinor Perkins. They lived
a while in Newmarket. His will, dated 1736, named legatees:
Abigail, wife of Abram Bennick; Mary, wife of Benjamin Glidden;
Catherine, Ann and Salome, single; Sarah, wife of Samuel Rich-
ards.

John Wredgewood, Jr., was in Newmarket in 1738. His wife
in 1764 was Elizabeth (Mathais) Wedgewood. He signed the
Association Test in 1776 at Leavitts Town (Effingham).

In 1853, as Belknap County records at Laconia, John Wedge-
wood wills his land and property to his son, John True Wedge-
wood, under 14 years old, " he to have the property if he lives to be
21 years old; if he dies it goes to his brothers, Samuel and Jere-
miah, and their heirs." Witnesses: Russell S. Doe, Moses C.
Pease and Elbridge G. Knowles. Thomas C. Hart of Meredith
was appointed executor.

John Wedgewood died at Lowell, Mass., July 24, 1718.

GENEALOGIES 593

Simeon Pease married his daughter, Mehitable Wedgewood,
in Meredith. She died September 13, 1840.

John Wedgewood married Moley Drake. She died August
21, 1823. He died July 24, 1798.

Jeremiah Wedgewood died November 21, 1826.

Anna Wedgewood died January 5, 1838.

Nathaniel Gilman Wedgewood died in 1862.

WEEKS

"The old Brick House," said to be one of the oldest in New
Hampshire, stands on the Weeks farm, a little west of the Parade
in Greenland. It is said to be 36 feet long and 22 feet wide. The
walls of the lower story are 18 inches thick and it was formerly
used as a protection from the Indians. The bricks were burned
in different shades and colors, which makes the building spotted.
History states that an earthquake in 1755 caused a crack in the
wall, but later it was filled with cement. The lower story is 8^"
feet high, and the second story is 8 feet high. The timbers were
all hewed by hand and are 12 by 14 inches. The sleepers used
are of red oak, 10 inches in diameter, and some of them still have
a little bark on them. There has been some discussion about the
age of the house, but one point seems prominent. Col. Jeremiah
Folsom was born in the house in July, 1719, before it was finished.
The Weeks Genealogy states that it was built by Capt. Samuel
Weeks in 1710/12. We called at the old homestead in 1926 and
the occupant stated that he was of the tenth generation that had
lived there by the name of Weeks, and no papers or deeds had
been made or passed down since the original grant of land was
given.

From inscriptions on Weeks stones in Gilford, ancestors of Dr.
Wiley: Capt. Benjamin Weeks, 1749-1829, one of the pioneers of
Gilford, who was buried on the old homestead in Gilford. Daniel
Weeks, 1775-1853. His wife, Hannah Weeks, 1779-1852. A
daughter, Hannah G. Weeks, 1822-1842.

History states that the descendants of Leonard Weeks came
from Wells, Somersetshire, England. A. M. Haines, Esq., wrrote
that in 1886 he found this entry: "Baptized, 1639, August 7th,
Leonard, son of John and Anne Wyke of Moreton." This was
taken from the Compton, Martin, register in Somerset County,

594 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

situated on the "Chew" River that empties into the Avon River,
England.

History states that there were many people spelling their name
Weeks in different ways. One instance in 1619 records the burial
of Thomas Weeks, alias Collins, who took the name of his mother
in preference to that of his father. (The same was true of the
father of John Folsom, born in Hingham, England, who signed his
name, "Adam Foulsam, alias Smith.")

As history, Leonard Weeks came to Portsmouth, N. H., and
settled in the sub-division called Greenland, about 1660, lived on
Captain Champernoon's farm one year, and received grants of
land later and settled on them. In 1667 he married Mary,
daughter of Deacon Samuel Haines, a neighbor. He soon became
prominent in business, and in 1669 he helped to lay out a road in
Greenland and "Bloody Poynt." They raised eight children.
From these children many branches have scattered and gone in
many directions. Some of the branches went to Meredith and
near-by towns.

Phineas 4 Weeks (Leon 3, James 2, Leon l), born in 1745, was a
cooper in Greenland and removed to Loudon. Among his
children was Abram 5, who married and settled in Meredith. His
children:

John6 Henry, 1832-1878, born at New Haven; m. 1854
Araminta D. Robinson of Meredith. Their children:
Fred R., 1855-1856.
John Henry was an engineer.
David.
Frederick.
Sarah.

Mary Elizabeth.
Mary Emeline.

The above all passed in 1886. The remaining five children
of Phineas went elsewhere.

Joanna4 Weeks, baptized 1751, daughter of Mathais Weeks.
He was born in 1708 at Greenland, married Sarah (Sanborn)
(Ford) Weeks, and late in life followed his children to Gilmanton.
Joanna married Levi Folsom, 1753-1844; lived in Tamworth.
They had nine children.

Their third child, John Folsom, born in 1814, married in 1839

GENEALOGIES 595

Mary P. Swasey of Meredith. He was a lawyer in Missouri, and
died there in 1845.

Joanna's brother, Mathais Weeks, Jr., born in 1740, married at
Exeter in 1760 Judith, daughter of Dudley Leavitt of Exeter,
born in 1741. He was a tanner. In 1778 he removed to Gilman-
ton, where she died in 1810. He died in 1821, aged 81 years.
They had fourteen children.

Another brother of Joanna was Benjamin (called Esquire),
born in 1749, moved to the lower parish of Gilmanton and in 1787
moved to Gilford. In 1774 he married Sarah Weed of Sandwich,
born in 1755, died at Gilford in 1829. They had seven children.
He was a man held in high esteem and owned much land.

Deacon Noah Weeks, another brother of Joanna, born in 1754,
was married by his brother, Rev. Samuel Weeks, at Gilmanton in
1782 to Betsey Elizabeth Meed, 1759-1825. They were called a
good family.

Benjamin4 Weeks, son of Mathais, 1751-1829, married Sarah
Weed of Sandwich. They lived in Gilford. Their children:

Isabella 5, b. 1804 at Portsmouth; m. Morrill Thing in 1828

at Gilford.
Julia M., m. 1829 Benjamin Frank, son of Capt. Frank.

Five sons.
George William5, m. 1838 Mehitable, dau. of Capt. B.
Weeks. Their children :

Winfield Scott, m. 1866 Clara M. Philbrick; b. 1847.
George W., m. Mary Sinclair of the Lakeside House at

Weirs.
Levi R., m. Narcissa Fellows. Three children.
Thomas Benton, m. 1873 Jennie S. Morrill; settled in
Laconia. Their children:
Albert Morrill.

George Isaac; settled in Laconia.
John G., m. Sally H., dau. of Capt. Benjamin Weeks in
Gilford. Their children.

Carrie E., m. 1847 Charles Swain. Four sons.

John S., b. 1838; m. Lizzie A. Kelley.

Sarah J., m. Sylvester Swain. They went to Illinois.

Lydia A., m. William T. Batchelder.

Mary E., b. 1841 ; studied medicine; m. 1864 Dr. Barton

Munsey. Both physicians.

Hannah G., b. 1843; m. 1863 J. W. Follet. He b. 1838.

Elvira Josephine, b. 1846; m. 1865 Jewell Gove, b. 1838.

Rebecca W., b. 1848; m. 1868 Rev. Fred L. Wiley, b.

1836. Graduated at North Hampton University

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School of Medicine in 1882 and settled in Laconia.

They had one son, Maurice G., prominent physician.
Susan.

Emily C, m. Cummings.

Daniel.

Albert Gallatin, b. 1819; m. Mary, dau. of Meshek
Sanborn.

Noah5 Weeks (John4, Mathais 3, Sam2, Leon), born in 1771
at Greenland, married at Gilmanton in 1793, Sarah Morrill.
Their children:

Susanna, b. 1794.
Henry, b. 1796.
Susanna, b. 1798.
John S., b. 1799.
Nathaniel, b. 1802.
Noah, b. 1804.

From Mrs. Weeks Bible

Noah Weeks, born in Gilford, married Mary Jane Dudley of
Meredith Bridge. Their children:

Charles Henry, m. Betsey, dau. of Stephen Wadleigh and
sister to John Neal's wife, Jane Wadleigh of Meredith.

Betsey Mariah, m. Ellis.

Alva P.

Mary Jane.

Ellen.

Lyman N.

Adeline.

Anna, m. William Lamprey of Laconia.

Sarah, m. Emerson.

Hazen Prescott.

Hazen Prescott Weeks, born on Liberty Hill in Gilford in 1840,
was a son of Noah Weeks and wife, Mary Dudley. He was one
of eleven children. He served in the Civil War and after his dis-
charge was a successful farmer. In 1870 he married Mary F.
Roberts of Belmont. She was a sister to Mrs. Dana Elliott and
also to John L. Roberts of Laconia. Their children:

Walter Scott, d. 1917, a Spanish War Veteran. He m.

1899 Eliza Ann Weeks, b. 1874.
Bessie Evelyn, b. 1884; m. Benjamin Frank Drake, Jr., of

Lakeport.

GENEALOGIES 597

Another record of Phineas Weeks states that he married Mercy
Page and was among the earliest settlers of Meredith.

John S. Weeks, born at Meredith in 1808, died in 1893. When
15 years old, he walked to Boston to get work. He found a job
in a brickyard, then learned the carpenters' trade, at which he
worked for some years, and then he bought a fish and lobster busi-
ness at East Boston. In this he prospered and added to his
wharfage until he owned seven acres. He married Lydia A.
Flanders of New Hampton; married, second, Phebe, daughter of
Nathaniel Sanborn and wife, Sally Roberts, who was a daughter
of Joseph Roberts of Meredith; buried at the Smith Yard.
Their children :

Mary R., m. John Jewell; second, Alvah T. Swain.

Phebe A.

Olive E., m. Langdon Morgan, son of John S. Morgan, who

bought the homestead of Reuben Morgan, an old settler.

Langdon Morgan and Olive had children: Ida and Everett

C., who m. Annie May Cawley.

John S. Morgan married Lottie S. Gilman. Their children
were: Convert, Hannah and Benjamin.

John G. Weeks, born in Portsmouth, was a graduate from
Gilmanton Academy. He was in business as a hatter in Gilford.
He married Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Weeks, born in Gilford.
They had twelve children.

One daughter, Rebecca Webster Weeks, born in 1848, named for
her father's mother, was a relative of Daniel Webster. She
married Rev. Frederick L. Wiley in 1868, a minister who adhered
to the Free Will Baptist Church. He graduated in 1868 at the
New Hampton Theological School. He served in pastorate at
several places. His health gave out and he was obliged to give up
preaching.

In 1879 Mrs. Wiley went to Boston University and took a three
years' course in medicine, graduated in 1882 and had the honor of
being the first graduated physician in New Hampshire north of
Concord. She was a careful homeopathic physician, and had
a large practice. They settled in Laconia, where both practiced.

Their son, Maurice G. Wiley, was born at Sutton, Vt., in 1870,
where Rev. Frederick L. Wiley was preaching at the time. After
his education he graduated at the Baltimore Medical College.
He later settled in Laconia and assisted his mother in her increas-

598 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

ing practice. He married in 1904 Mary Josephine, daughter of
Ezra A. Page and wife, Emma (McLoughlin) Page of Tilton.
(Mrs. Maurice Wiley was born in California.)

Mr. Page was a painter by trade, and his wife, Miss McLough-
lin, was born in England. She came with her parents to America
when two years of age. There was a family of thirteen children ;
seven lived to grow up to maturity. One of her brothers ran the
McLoughlin Foundry on Fair Street. He died in 1925. Mrs.
Wiley's grandfather was Samuel McLoughlin, who married
Hannah Davenport in England.

Noah Weeks, 1754-1825, born in Greenland; settled in Gilford
in early days. He married Betsey Meade, 1759-1820. They had
nine children:

William, 1782-1839, settled in Portsmouth; m. Abigail

Hubbard.
Mary, 1784-1806.

Sally, b. 1786; m. Daniel Kelley; settled on Guinea Ridge.
Mathais, b. 1788; m. Betsey Thing. They had three

children.
Asa, b. 1790; m. Jemina Marston.
Betsey, 1792-1818; m. Ephraim C. Mason.
Hannah, 1794-1813.
Noah, b. 1797; m. Mary Dudley.
Eleanor, b. 1804; m. John G. Sanborn of Laconia.

Noah Weeks, born in 1797, married in 1820 Mary Dudley.
Their children:

Betsey, m. Ellis.

Charles H., m. Polly Wadleigh of Center Harbor.

Alvah T., m. Salina Blanding; settled in Rumney.

Mary J., m. Frank Naton.

Lyman M., m. Mary A. Thing; settled in Gilford.

Hannah A., d. young.

Noah D., m. Emma Jewell; settled in Laconia.

Serepta A., m. Lamprey.

Hazen P.

Sarah F., m. Hiram Emerson.

Leonard Weeks, born in England in 1635, came to New Eng-
land in 1656 and settled in 1660 at Winnicut River, a division of
Portsmouth, now called Greenland. He married in 1659 Mary,
daughter of Deacon Samuel Haines. Their son, Samuel, born at
Greenland in 1670.

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Their son, Mathais Weeks, 1708-1777, born at Greenland.

His son, Benjamin, 1749-1829, born at Greenland. In early
life he moved to Gilmanton (later set off as Gilford) and there he
bought 200 acres of land. He was called "Squire Ben." He
lived for a time in a log house, until he could build a frame house,
which he made of split planks, four inches thick and locked to-
gether; later he built a modern two-story house. He was a genial
and popular man in his deportment and kept an open house,
where no one was turned away for want of help. He had a
tannery which, with his farming and other business, required
several helpers. He married Sally Weed, who was a bright, cheer-
ful helper. They raised seven children, who were all well edu-
cated.

Elisha, m. Miss Potter of Gilford. They had three children.

Daniel, m. Hannah Gale of Salisbury, Mass.

Benjamin, Jr., 1788-1863, b. in Gilford. He was owner of
the mine of iron ore, near Mount Belknap. He married
Betsey Hoitt. Their children were: Hazen, Franklin,
Sarah, Mehitable, Thomas, Harriet, Nathan and Betsey.

Hazen Weeks married Prudence Sleeper.

Franklin Weeks married Julia Weeks. They had children:
Charles, Francis, Julia A., Ellen, George F., Henry and Parker.

Sarah Weeks married John G. Weeks. Their children were:
Caroline, John H., Sarah, Lydia Ann, Josephine, Rebecca, Rufus
and Clara.

Mehitable Weeks married George W. Weeks. Their children
were: Scott, George W., Jr., a hotel keeper, and Levi R.

William Weeks, 1812-1878, had over 300 acres of land. He
filled many offices of trust. He married Eliza, 1811-1880,
daughter of Elijah Hutchinson of Gilmanton. Their children
were :

Elizabeth, m. James R. Morrill.

Lewis, d. in Nevada.

William Harrison, m. 1866 Mary G., dau. of William

Potter.
Oren H., m. Arvilla Page; lived in the old home.
Annette, m. Edwin Munsey.
Fred, m. Laura Gilman of Providence, R. I.
Arthur, m. Carrie Robinson.
Rufus, m. Luella Hoitt.

600 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

The children of Oren H. Weeks and Arvilla (Page) Weeks were:
Natt H. of Providence, R. I.; Julia A., who married Ansill Gove;
Millie F. and William Stark.

Benjamin Weeks settled at Gilford in 1792. He bought land
and was a prosperous farmer. Children :

Mathias, who read law, but later went into business.
William, fitted for college, he was the first from Guilford to

graduate from a college. He d. 1810.
Sally, m. Henry Wadleigh; d. young.

Benjamin 2 was given the title of captain. He had nine
children; among them was Hazen, who had a son, Ben-
jamin, and William, who had a son, William Harrison.
Hazen 3, m. Prudence, dau. of Nathaniel Sleeper. She d.
aged 52 years. Their children:
John M., left one son, Willis E.
Betsey S.

Harriet, m. Benjamin Gale.

Benjamin, b. 1836, was a prosperous farmer. He m.
Hannah (Rollins) White, widow of Llewellyn White.

Phineas and Ebeneezer Weeks bought land in Meredith of
Jonathan Bickford in the year 1803, but there is reason to believe
that they were there long before that date.

Ebenezer is mentioned as a citizen in 1797, and the first census
gives John Weeks and wife, with two sons under 16 years of age.
These might have been Phineas and Ebeneezer W'eeks.

Phineas was born in 1777. He bought land on the road leading
from the Weirs to Meredith and lived in a home just over the
Meredith and Laconia line. He married Mercy Page, daughter
of Benjamin, and lived there until 1815, when he moved with his
family to Weeks Corner, in the town of Laconia. He died August
26,1843. Children:

Ebeenzer, b. June 2, 1802.
Phineas, b. June 7, 1803.
Abraham, b. Oct. 28, 1806.
John S., b. Jan. 21, 1808.
Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1810.
Thomas, b. May 3, 1812.
George, b. 1815.

John S., son of Phineas and Mercy (Page) Weeks, was born
January 21, 1808, at the old home, near the Laconia-Meredith
line, but came to the Weeks farm in town of Laconia when 3

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years of age. He lived here until 14 years old and then, with his
sole possessions tied in a handkerchief, walked to Boston to work
for his uncle, Eben. He then worked in a brick yard and as a
carpenter. After some years he bought out a fish and lobster
company with wharf at East Boston. He remained in this busi-
ness all his active life, coming every summer to the old home in
Laconia. He was twice married, first to Lydia A. Flanders of
New Hampton and, second, to Phebe A. Sanborn, daughter of
Nathaniel Sanborn of Meredith. He died at East Boston, April
21, 1893. Children of first wife:

John Frank, b. Mar. 1, 1834.

Elizabeth, b. Mar. 26, 1837; d. same year.

John Frank Weeks, born in Boston, March 1, 1834, spent most
of his boyhood at the old farm in Laconia, being brought up by his
aunt, Sarah, his mother having died when he was 7 years old. He
attended school both in Boston and Laconia, graduating at New
Hampton. He engaged with his father in the fish business in East
Boston, living at 26 Saratoga Street. He also spent much of his
time at the old home in Laconia. He married in 1854 S. Elizabeth

Smith, daughter of Charles Smith and wife, Annis . (They

are buried in the Washington Smith burying ground (Opeechee)).
John Frank Weeks and wife, S. Elizabeth (Smith) Weeks, had two
children:

Mary Isabel, b. Feb. 24, 1857; m. Charles C. Hook. She
d. Aug. 5, 1923. Besides her husband, she left a son,
Russell W., and a dau. (Mrs.) Hazel E. (Hook) Pratt.

John Herbert, b. June 1, 1859; m. June 30, 1862, Mary R.
Strate, dau. of Asa Strate of Enfield. She d. Nov. 30,
1893. They had one dau., Grace E., b. Aug. 13, 1863,
who m. Frank N. Blaisdell and lives at her grandfather's
farm. Had one son, Carl Blaisdell.

John Frank Weeks married August, 1901, Mary S. Blaisdell.
He died August 8, 1908, at 762 North Main Street, Laconia.
She died September 30, 1920.

John Herbert Weeks, born in East Boston, June 1, 1859, re-
ceived his education in the public schools of that place and at
Bryant & Stratton's Business College. He was employed by his
father as bookkeeper. Later in life he became a broker. He
married Addie Chandler of Plymouth, Mass., by whom he had

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three children. She died September 26, 190-. He died in
Brookline, Mass., in 1915. Their son, Junior, born October 3,
1883, married and has two children living in Roslindale, Mass.

Noah Weeks, 1754-1825, born in Greenland, was the first
Weeks to settle in Gilford. In 1780 he married Betsey Meade,
1759-1820. Their children:

William, 1782-1839; m. Abigail Hubbard; settled in Ports-
mouth.
Mary, 1784-1806.

Sally, b. 1786; m. Daniel Kelley of Gilmanton.
Matthias, b. 1788; m. Betsey Thing of Gilford.
Asa, b. 1790; m. Jemina Marston.
Betsey, 1792-1918; m. Ephraim C. Mason.
Hannah, 1794-1813.
Noah, Jr., 1797-1872; m. Mary Dudley.
Eleanor, b. 1804; m. John G. Sanborn of Laconia.

Noah Weeks, Jr., was a prosperous farmer and deacon of the
Free Baptist Church. He married in 1820 Mary Dudley. Their
children:

Betsey M., m. Ellis of New York.

Charles H., m. Polly Wadleigh; lived in Center Harbor.

Alvah T., m. Selina Blanding; lived in Rumney.

Mary J., m. Frank Naton; lived in Gilford.

Lyman M., m. Mary A. Thing; lived in Gilford.

Eleanor P., m. Albert Rogers.

Hannah A., d. young.

Noah D., m. Emma Jewell of Laconia.

Serepta A., m. Lamprey.

Sarah H., m. Hiram Emerson.

Hazen P., m Mary F. Roberts of Gilford.

Etta E., m. Dana Elliott of Laconia.

Charles and James were in the machine business for a time.

WELD

Luther Weld, born at Gilford, Vt., in 1803, died at Cohocton,
N. Y., in 1861. He was a schoolmaster. He married in 1829,
Frances Sargent, 1797-1880, born at Boothbay, Maine. He
died in Meredith. Frances Sargent was a daughter of Edward
Brown Sargent, 1764-1846, born at Amesbury, Mass. He mar-
ried in 1795 Sally Parsons, 1775-1847; she was born at Rockport,

GENEALOGIES 603

Mass. Luther Weld had a daughter, Frances Eliza, born at
Boothbay, Maine, March 23, 1831, and died in 1906 at Beres, Ky.
Albert Weld, son of Elmer F. Perkins and wife, Annie M.
Perkins, born August 19, 1900, died August 19, 1900.

WENTWORTH

Among the old "Rambles," one tells of Governor Wentworth
losing his wife and three sons while he was in office in 1759. He,
being very lonely, saw a young lady, Molly Pitman, to whom he
took a fancy and proposed marriage to her, but she was more in-
terested in a mechanic by the name of Shortridge and married
him in preference to being a governor's wife. The governor did
not forget her refusal and, by adopting " David's unwise example"
(of Bible lore) to conquer, made trouble. An English frigate was
anchored near by and a press gang was sent to the house of
Shortridge, which took him by force on board the boat, and from
his wife and home. For seven years did his faithful wife mourn
his absence. He was removed from ship to ship, until one day
he told the chief officer the way he was taken. The officer said,
" Run off, and we won't pursue you," and he soon took the chance
and went home to his faithful wife, who would not be tempted by
wealth.

Their descendants are still among us.

WHITTEN

Reuben Whitten of Holderness (now Ashland), as 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. He was a pioneer of Holderness and the son of a Revolu-
tionary soldier. Holderness lies in the foothills of the beautiful
White Mountains of our Switzerland of New Hampshire. The
legend runs that in the cold, sunless year of 1816, Reuben Whitten
succeeded in raising his wheat when the crops of his neighbors,
who lived on lower ground, were all drowned out, and many
families starved in the section of country, but Mr. Whitten
gathered his wheat so as not to lose a kernel and dried it around
his fireplace. Each week he gave some of neighbors a little, as no
vegetables were raised. With the fish and wild game these neigh-

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bors managed to live through the cold, rainy summer, and in early
fall a hard blizzard came and froze many cattle in the pastures.
The people were so hard up that they gathered the frozen meat for
food.

In 1847 the descendants of the families which Reuben Whitten,
1771-1849, had helped save through sacrifice to his own family,
erected a monument on "Christian Hill " in his memory, where he
and his wife were laid to rest, also his son Calvin and his wife,
overlooking beautiful Squam Lake. This was in gratitude for
saving them from starvation.

Reuben Whitten had a daughter, Sarah Whitten, who married
John Sawyer Roberts of Meredith Neck. He was a son of John
Roberts, one of the early settlers and a highly respected citizen
of Meredith.

WIGGIN

By Eleazer D. Cawley

Bradstreet Wiggin of Stratham married in 1746, Martha Coker.
Their children:

Coker.

Winthrop, b. Mar. 17, 1749.

Chase, b. Sept. 1, 1751; m. Nov. 10, 1774, Molly Perkins.

Martha Coker.

Comfort, d. young.

Ann.

In 1757 Andrew Wiggin of Newmarket deeded to Chase Wiggin
land bordering on Great Bay in New Salem (Meredith). This
land later was sold to Moody Smith, son of Capt. Elisha Smith of
New Hampton.

In 1757 Bradstreet Wiggin's will mentions Martha (Coker)
Wiggin, his wife, and children Coker, Winthrop, Chase, Martha,
Comfort and Ann.

Chase Wiggin, born in 1751, died November 3, 1850, aged 99
yrs. He was a Revolutionary soldier, who settled in Meredith on
the " Roller Coaster Road." Later in life he made his home with
his son, Joshua, and is buried on Joshua's farm, just beyond and
opposite the " Wakitatina." He was a carpenter. His son,
Joshua, 1775-1862, married in 1819, Lucinda Pease, 1799-1827.
He was a carpenter.

GENEALOGIES 605

Benjamin Franklin Wiggin, 1819-1900, son of Joshua, married
in 1844, Abigail, daughter of Stephen Wadleigh and Polly Neal,
daughter of "Red Oak Joseph" Neal. Their children:

Stephen.

Edward Franklin, m. Carrie E. Canney, 1815-1923, dau.
of Frank Canney and wife, Laura J. Russell. They had
children:

Abbie Edith, b. 1876; d. young.

Florence M., b. 1878; m. Ned Burleigh; they live on the

home farm.
Hollis G., b. 1882; m. Elizabeth Hall; second, Mabel

Bennett.
Edith F., b. 1886.
A son.

Charles Pease Wiggin, 1820-1886 (a half brother to George
Wiggin), married Louvisa Black, 1819-1911. She was an aunt
to i\lzada Black, who married Hollis Fernald, son of Stephen
Fernald and wife, Elizabeth Hudson of Melvin Village.

Walter Fernald, son of Stephen, married Emily Campbell of
Chester. (Polly, 1789-1879, who married Daniel Chase, 1785-
1895, was a daughter of Sarah Wiggin Chase of Center Harbor.)

Ethel, daughter of Walter Fernald, married Albert Bennett,
proprietor of the "Garnet Inn" in Center Harbor. Their
children:

Hazel, b. 1902.
Alzada, b. 1917.

Children of Stephen Fernald:

Deaborn, d. aged 18 years.
Sarah, m. Daniel Caverly.
Almeda, m. John Stackpole.

Lydia, m. James Caverly, an ancestor of Deaborn Caverly of
Meredith.

Joshua Wiggin married second, in 1828, Almira, daughter of
Jonathan Chase. They had a son, George Washington, who in
1874 married Drusilla, daughter of John Tasker. She died in
1892 and left one daughter, who lived with Judge Beckford. She
married Mr. Whitehouse, a nephew of Orin Tebbetts, a former
banker in Laconia.

Chase Wiggin, 1779-1857. Children:

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Bradestreet, b. Mav 3, 1776.

Chase, b. Sept. 21, 1778; m. 1802; d. May 25, 1852.

Winthrop, b. Apr. 19, 1781; m. Hannah Cate, dau. of
Simeon Cate, 1788-1854; d. 1859. They lived on eleven
acres near the brook, near his father's. Winthrop's
children:

Betsey, m. Thomas Hart.

George, m. Annetta Knowles. Their children :
Carrie, m. Otis Davis.

John, 1865-1912; m. Eva S. Lovejoy, b. 1871, dau.
of Cyrus and Nancy Lovejoy of Meredith Neck.
Nancy, m. Thomas Roberts. They had children:
Orrin, m. Julia Smith; Eben, m. Lillian Peabody;
George, m. Hattie Sanborn. They had children:
Eben Ezra, Lucy May and William.
Smith, m. Rebecca Bryer.
Martha Rust, b. July 14, 1783.

Richard Rust, b. Jan. 23, 1786; m. Eunice Mead, 1789-
1870. Their son, Deacon John Mead Wiggin, 1810-1884;

m. Gilman. Their children:

Dr. Chase Wiggin, lived in Providence, R. I.
Eunice Jane, 1854-1882; m. Sullivan Mead.
Richard R., 1864-1882. (He was a half brother to
Daniel Alexander.)
Molly, b. Apr. 12, 1788.
Josiah P., b. June 2, 1790.
Comfort, b. May 15, 1792.
Joshua, b. June 19, 1795.

Abigail Wiggin, 1804-1871, married John C. Mudgett, 1800-
1882.

Charles S. Wiggin, 1831-1916, married Emma A. Perkins, 1839-
1887.

Chase Wiggin, born September 21, 1778, died May 25, 1857;
removed from Stratham to Meredith with his parents, Chase and
wife, Polly (Perkins) Wiggin, about 1785. He married in Mere-
dith Mary, daughter of Jacob Eaton and wife, Mary (Dudley)
Eaton; she was born September 21, 1782, died in 1851. Their
children:

Daniel 8, b. Oct. 6, 1803, d. 1872, in Meredith.
Nancy, b. Aug. 11, 1805, d. 1882, in Meredith.
Joshua 8, b. Aug. 5, 1811, d. 1860, in Meredith.
Bradstreet, b. June, 1814, d. 1860, in Laconia.
Mary, b. Apr., 1816, d. 1824, in Meredith.
Adeline, b. 1818, d. 1889, in Ashland.

GENEALOGIES 607

Chase, b. June, 1821, d. 1890.

Richard R., b. Sept., 1824, d. 1899, in Janesville, Wis.

Daniel s Wiggin, married January 10, 1830, Sarah, daughter of
Joseph Robinson and wife, Judith (York) Robinson of Meredith;
she was born in 1803, died in 1851. Their son, Daniel 9 Wiggin.
Married, second, Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Josiah Smith and
wife, Sally (Watson) Smith of Moultonboro, born in 1822, died in
1855. No children. He married, third, October 16, 1855, Mrs.
Susan (Seaver) Alexander, daughter of Robert Seaver and wife,
Hepzibah Seaver of Brookline, N. H., 1821-1886.

Daniel 8 Wiggin and wife, Sarah (Robinson) Wiggin. Their
children:

Catherine 9, b. Sept. 5, 1830, in Meredith.
Mary Ann, b. Aug. 7, 1833; d. 1918.
Sarah, b. June 17, 1838; d. 1856.
Susan Maria, b. July 17, 1841.

Children of Daniel Wiggin by his third wife, Mrs. Susan
(Seaver) Alexander:

Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 19, 1856.
Richard, b. Feb. 13, 1862.

Catherine 9 Wiggin, married October 1, 1854, John Colby
Thompson, son of Levi B. Thompson and wife, Mehitable (Brown)
of Topsham, Maine. He was in Gilford in 1829; died at Meredith
in 1906; buried in New Hampton. Their children, born in
Brunswick, Maine:

Ella, 1856-1916 \T •„
Emma, 1856-1923 J lvvins'

Mary 9 Ann Wiggin of Meredith, married in 1855, George
Sylvester, son of Bracket Bickford and wife, Mary Bryant Bick-
ford. Their children:

Daniel Parker, b. May 17, 1858; d. 1860.

Mary Ellen, b. 1861; d. 1864.

Ella Mabel, b. 1868; d. 1874.

Susan Maria, m. Aug. 9, 1860, Francis Moses Cawley, son
of William Cawley of Gilford and wife, Nancy (Sandborn),
1832-1889, in Gilford. He d. in Allegheny City, Pa.,
where his family reside. Their children:

Eleazer Davis, b. Nov. 28, 1862, in Meredith.

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Sarah Maria, b. July 22, 1864, in Laconia.
Nancy Lucinda, b. 1866; d. 1874.

Katie Elizabeth, b. 1869; d. 1874; buried on Meredith
Neck.

Sarah Elizabeth Cawley, born in 1856, married November 19,
1873, Solomon, son of Jesse Lovejoy and wife, Eleanor (Bickford)
Lovejoy of Meredith. He was born in 1844; died on Meredith
Neck. Their son, Ralph Miner, born May 25, 1884.

Richard 9 Wiggin, born in 1862, of Mexico, married in 1883
Ada Mae, daughter of Abner P. Hubbard, and wife, Lucy
(Bradford) Hubbard of Barre, Vt., born in 1864. He married,
second, Elizabeth . Children:

George, b. at Winslow, Ariz., in 1901.
Eva M., b. at Winslow, Ariz., in 1905.

Joshua8 Wiggin, born in 1811, son of Chase and wife, Polly
Perkins, married in 1839 Nancy Neal, daughter of "W'hite Oak
Joseph" Neal and wife, Hannah Smith, 1810-1855, she a daughter
of Jeremiah Smith. She died and he married, second, in 1859,
Mrs. Charlotte B. (Leavitt) Smith, daughter of Stephen Leavitt
and wife, Charlotte (Sargent) Leavitt of Gilford, born in 1825.
Their daughter, Ada Eldora, born July 31, 1858, in Meredith.

Bradstreet 8 Wiggin, married in 1839, at Laconia, Susan
Worcester, daughter of Worcester Boynton and wife, Mary (Gil-
man) Boynton of Laconia, she born in 1855. Their children:

Mary 9 Frances, b. Oct. 24, 1846, in Boston, Mass.
Fred B., b. Sept. 7, 1887, in Laconia.

Bradstreet Wiggin married, second, May 8, 1859, Mrs. Lucia

A. (Moore) Osgood, daughter of Stephen Moore and wife, Mary

B. ("Boice") Moore, 1825-1892, of Canterbury.

Mary 9 Frances Wiggin, born in 1846, married in 1872 Alfred
Lewis, son of Daniel and wife, Mary W. (Carr) Carter. He was
born at Sandwich in 1842. Their son, Guy Carter, born May 26,
1875, in Laconia.

Adeline 8 Wiggin, born in 1818, of Holderness, married in 1845
Henry, son of Robert Huckins and wife, Deborah (Gordon)
Huckins of New Hampton, born in 1817. Their children:

Henry A., 1852-1852.
Leroy, 1854-1854.

GENEALOGIES 609

Addie Eldora, b. 1855; m. 1876 Daniel Spaulding, son of
Rev. Daniel Batchelder and wife, Mary Plummer of
Ashland. Their child, Erville, b. 1884.

Chase s Wiggin, born in 1821, of Moultonboro, married in 1851
Mary Jane, daughter of Robert Seaver and wife, Hepzibah
(Gilson) Seaver, 1828-1874, of Brookline, N. H. Chase married,
second, in 1876, Julia, daughter of Jonathan and wife, Abigail
(Batchelder) Copp, 1827-1891, of Moultonboro.

Children by Mary Jane (Seaver) Wiggin:

Arthur Chase.
Albe Richard, d. 1882.
Charles Henry, d. 1867.
George Seaver, d. 1873.

Charles 9 Henry Wiggin, son of Chase of Moultonboro, married
in 1888 Ruth Curtis, daughter of Dudley Blake Gerald and wife,
Martha Ann (Jesseman) Gerald. Their daughter, Lena Ger-
trude, born in Concord, June 21, 1890.

Nancy Wiggin, 1805-1882, of Moultonboro, married in 1826
Ebenezer Dow of Meredith. He was born dn Meredith and died
in Moultonboro in 1881. Their children:

Ebenezer Lawrence, b. 1827.

Smith, b. 1830.

Lucian, b. 1836.

Mary Adeline, b. 1843. (See Dow family.)

Smith Dow, born in 1830, married in 1853 Louisa Ann, daughter
of Stephen Boardman and wife, Sarah (Clark) Boardman of
Meredith, she born in 1834. Their daughter, Sarah Ann, born in
1856, married in 1875 Elon, 1846-1926, son of John Clark, and
wife, Martha (Roberts) Clark.

Lucian 9 Dow married in 1856 Harriet Ann, daughter of David
and wife, Belinda (Chase) Lovejoy of Meredith, born in 1834.
Their children:

Henry Albert, 1857-1859.

Emma E., b. 1860, m. 1881 James L. Chase, son of Madison
Chase and wife, Nancy (Roberts) Chase of Meredith, b.
1855. Their children:

Harold J., b. Oct. 26, 1882, in Moultonboro.
Annie Beatrice, b. 1890, in Meredith
Helen Maud, b. 1895 in Meredith.

610 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Mary 9 Adeline Dow, born in 1843, daughter of Ebenezer Dow
and wife, Nancy 8 Wiggin, married in 1861 James E. Bickford,
son of James and Lucinda (Bryant) Bickford of Meredith. He
was born on Bear Island, Lake Winnipesaukee, in 1841. Their
children:

Henry 10 W., b. 1862; d. 1879.
Clara E., b. 1865; d. 1890.
Lizzie E., b. 1881.

Clara E. Bickford, born in 1865, of Holderness, married in 1882
Hiram E., son of Alonzo and wife, Hannah (Evans) Cook of
Moultonboro. He was born in 1860. No children.

Her sister, Lizzie E. Bickford, born in 1881, married A. Thomp-
son. They have children:

James V. Howard, lived on Meredith Neck in 1927.
Richard Wiggin Bickford, b. in Meredith, removed to
Wisconsin.

WILCOMB

The early spelling of Wilcomb was "Wicom." The family
emigrated from England and settled on Star Island, among the
Isles of Shoals, the first part of the seventeenth century; the
settlement was later called Gosport. As New Hampshire rec-
ords, early members of the family were there in 1666.

Captain John Smith established a colony in 1614 on Star Island,
where the old stone church and graveyard are, and named the
islands "Smith's Islands." Professor Charles P. Wilcomb found
there in the ancient graveyard, on a piece of stone, part of the
name "Wilkom." This yard is thought to be the oldest in
America. The Star Island contains about 150 acres, and near by
is the home of Celia Thaxter, on the Appledore Island, one of the
group.

During the Revolution the British invaded the islands and
plundered the property, and the Provincial Congress in 1776
ordered them and their property to the mainland. Later a large
territory south of the "Smile of the Great Spirit" was granted to
the Laconia Colony, and another tract lying north of the lake was
granted to General Moulton, which included Moultonborough
Gore.

GENEALOGIES 611

The State Library has records which show that the will of
Ellinor Wellcom was dated September 16, 1699, and that she was
the wife of William Yurine, and that later she married Richard
Wilcone. Her will states that she had five children, but the name
of only one is given, Zaccheus. She had a fishery business and
lived at Gosport. Her early ancestry is not known. At her
decease the grandchildren, William, Richard and Deborah,
children of Zaccheus, were put in the care of Henry Spiller of
Ipswich, Mass., who was appointed their guardian.

Richard Wilcome, at the age of 20 years, married Elizabeth
Hodgkins. They had seven children, most of whom died young.

Deborah YVicom, at the age of 21 years, married Daniel Smith
of Ipswich, son of Richard Smith.

Ebenezer Smith, who married Sarah Spiller, a son, and another
son, Jeremiah Smith, were early pioneer settlers of Meredith.

Moses Wilcom 5 (Joseph \ William 3, Zaccheus 2, Richard l), son
of Joseph and wife, Anne (Titcomb-Warner) Wilcomb, born at
Ipswich, Mass., August 16, 1753. He was the oldest of six chil-
dren. When he attained manhood he married, in 1776, Sarah
Johnson of Haverhill, Mass. He was a cooper by trade and was
a Revolutionary soldier. They settled in Gilford in 1800, where
they bought a few acres of land, near the foot of Mount Gunstock,
and lived in a log cabin. After a time they decided to return to
Haverhill, Mass., in 1788, but later the lure of "The Smile of the
Great Spirit" region tempted them back, and they bought a few
acres near what is now Gilford Village. Here he ran a cooper
shop. They were members of the old "Gunstock Church," and
reared their eleven children.

Their second son, Nathaniel, born June 5, 1779, married
Johanna Bickford of Meredith in 1814 and went west.

Sarah, born March 24, 1781, married Samuel Crockett, eldest
son of Capt. Joshua Crockett. He and Ebenezer Smith, who
married Sarah Spiller, were some of the first settlers of what is now
called Meredith and later Laconia.

James P. Wilcomb, born August 2, 1795, the ninth child, mar-
ried Nancy Presby Hunt, daughter of Abel Hunt of Gilford.
They lived at the " W'ares," and are buried in the Wilkinson yard,
near what was called Davis Island. He was one of the seven
sons of Moses Wilcomb and wife, Sarah (Johnson) Wilcomb.
When first married they went to Boston and lived a while, he

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working as a cooper, but the lure of the Winnipesaukee region
was so strong they started north on the old stage, a one-hundred-
mile trip. When they reached "Bow" a position was open there
to take care of the toll bridge, and James, thinking he could com-
bine this with his cooperage business and make a good job, ac-
cepted. When he was busy in the shop Nancy would go out and
collect the toll. He being busy one day, she gathered her two
small children, William and Cynthia, in her arms and they, like
many other cross babies, set up a howl, which embarrassed her,
and amused the travelers, and one of th( m recited this couplet to
her:

"Crying children to maintain;
Oh! that I were a maid again."

A little later the lure of the lake overcame them and they went
to Gilford. Later they moved to the Weirs and lived in a house
north of the railroad bridge, before the railroad came. The
story goes that the Squire Gordon house, where they moved in,
was haunted, and they soon moved out to another home.

When Moses Gordon married, his father, Squire Gordon, gave
him the house with land for farming. While living in the old
house, James built the James Wilcomb homestead, about 1839,
on an acre of land he had bought, and with his trade and running
freight between Weirs and Lake Village with the old "gundalows"
and the first steamboat, "Belknap," he also ran freight to Alton
Bay. James Wilcomb and wife, Nancy, had four children:

William Johnson.
Cynthia Wilkins, b. 1822.

Francis Fisk, b. 1829; m. Eliza Jane Saltmarsh, dau. of
Thomas 2 Saltmarsh and wife, Sally Gilman of Gilford.
He was station agent at the Weirs nearly 40 years and died
at Lake Milage. They had five children :
Edgar Harlan, b. Jan. 16, 1856.
Annie Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1858.
John Frank, b. Mar. 3, 1860.
Charles Presby, b. Aug. 13, 1865.
Owen Victor, b. June 4, 1870.

William Wilcomb, twin brother of James, kept the "Old Red
Store" at the Weirs. He died in 1880, single. The rest of the
children scattered to other places.

GENEALOGIES 613

WILKINSON
By Mrs. Fifield

We have found in records at Exeter that Benning and Mary
Wilkinson were executors of the will of their father, Samuel
Wilkinson, and that there were two other children at least.

Benning Wilkinson of Epping and Deborah Langley of Notting-
ham were married December 4, 1786, by Edmand Pilsbury of
Korthwood. Children :

Bradbury, m., first, Mary Perkins, who lived only a short
time; m., second, Hannah Huckins of New Hampton,
and made the first home on Stonedam Island in Lake
Wlnnipesoqee.
Benning, Jr., who m. Clarissa Johnson and lived in Camp-
ton.
Johnathan, who moved to Connecticut.
Jacob R., who for a time lived with Bradbury on a farm on
Stonedam, m. Leah Rundlett or Randlett, and they lived
on the mainland near Governors Island bridge, and are
buried near the home. They had at least five children:
Leonard, whose son, Frank, has a summer boarding

house near the old house.
Mark, who twice m.: first, Mary Saltmarsh, sister of the

late Dr. G. W. Saltmarsh; second, Clara Hersey.
Mary Armanda, m. George H. Wilkinson, son of
Bradbury Wilkinson.

Jane, m. Cummings and lived and died in Ashland.

Deborah never m., and cared for her parents, but d.

before her mother.
Another girl, Ella, m. - - Beckford of Meredith.
The family are all buried across the road from the old
home.
John, m. and lived in Gilford.

Samuel Bradford, m. Eliza Smith of Holderness, and they
lived in Laconia, having twro sons, Oliver and Henry, who
also lived and d. in Laconia.

Rhoda, m. Libby, and for sometime was in Gilford.

Charlotte, m. Fogg and lived in New Hampton.

Leah, of whom I have no record.
Hannah, of whom I have no record.

Susan, m. - - Huckins and lived in New Hampton and had
several children, one of whom was Lyman Huckins, who
for years drove about the country selling extracts. Prob-
ably you can trace it in the Huckins history.
Rachel, m. — - Hadley, and it was at her home that her
father and perhaps mother died, and both are buried on

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the Hadley burying ground, so-called, on the farm now
owned by Herman P. Smith, near West Center Harbor.
Grave has D. A. R. Marker.

Returning to Bradbury and Hannah Huckins Wilkinson, whose
children were:

Warren Ward, m. Mary Moses of Campton.
John Huckins, m. Mary Charlotte Smith, dau. of Daniel
Marston and Hannah Abbott Smith of New Hampton.
(John and Mary are my parents.)
Mary Perkins, m. Albert Chandler and lived in Vermont.

One son; family all dead.
Lavina, m. Alfred Page of Wentworth, but soon d. No chil-
dren.
Charles Henry, who was three times m., but only one son
lived, and his mother was Martha Colby, dau. of Anthony
Colby of Sanbornton and his wife, Esther Smith, dau.
^ of Benjamin, b. 1757, and Judith, of New Hampton.
George H., m., first, Mary Armanda Wilkinson, dau. of
Jacob and Leah Wilkinson of Gilford; m., second, Eliza-
beth Tyler. They had four children:

Lewis Howe, b. at Laconia, July 18, 1880.
George Damen, b. at Laconia, July 4, 1882.
Caroline Mary, b. at Laconia, Dec. 6, 1883.
David J., b. at Laconia, June 1, 1885.

Lewis H. is an undertaker. Caroline married Carleton and
lives in East Bridgewater, Mass. The other two boys are in
Kansas.

I think that only Warren and John were born in Gilford and
possibly Mary was also, but am sure the three youngest were
born in Campton.

WILLOUGHBY

In his history of Salem, Mass., Perley mentions Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Willoughby. She married George Colcough,
and, second, in 1663, Isaac Bartholomew of Newbury, England.
They came to New England on the "Mayflower."

Isaac Bartholomew was born in 1630, in Plymouth, Mass. His
mother's name was Fear, she a daughter of Elder William
Brewster, who married in 1626 Capt. Allerton Bartholomew.
Isaac was a graduate of Harvard in 1650.

CxENEALOGIES 615

Governor Francis Willoughby of Ipswich, Mass., married
Bethiah, born in 1672, daughter of John Gedney and wife, who
married in 1662 Hannah Clarke. Governor Willoughby had a
son, Nehemiah, born in 1644.

John Willoughby was in Billerica and Salem, Mass., and
according to history a second John was there in 1735-45. He
later removed to Hollis, N. H., where he died February 2, 1793.
He married at Billerica, in 1735, Anna Chamberline, born in 1712,
a daughter of John and wife, Margaret (Gould) Chamberline.
He married second, at Hollis, in 1774, Elizabeth Sprake (Sprague),
born in 1727, a daughter of Nicholas and wife, Elizabeth (Burge)
Sprake. He had twelve children. He was one of the grantees of
Plymouth, N. H., and one of the exploring party who went to that
territory in 1762. There were three Johns in the family an-
cestors. The Willoughby farm at Squam Lake is now owned by
Mr. Webster.

John Willoughby when 16 years of age was in the battle of
Bennington. He married Abigail Davis in Billerica. They had
ten children:

John, m. Abigail Huckins at Plymouth in 1847.

John and Joseph, both named their children the same names.

They called John "the honest miller" in Ashland, where he

lived.
Isaac, m. Abigail (Ruby) Page of Sandwich in 1816.
Luther, m. Affa Glines; second, Abba Woodstone.
(apt. Calvin, m. Jemina Page.
Polly, m. Michael Moulton; went to Iowa.
Phebe, m. Richard Whiteman of W'arren.
Betsey, m. Josiah Gale of Lowell, Mass.
Azuba, m. Stephen Carter of Warren; moved to Michigan.

Sarah Willoughby, youngest daughter of Capt. Calvin and wife,
Jemina Page, married William Harrison Brown of Holderness in
1865.

Tradition, through Mrs. Sarah Brown, states that her grand-
mother, Mrs. Abigail Davis of Dover, used to feed the Indians.
At one time there was to be a massacre and the Indians saved her
by leading her away.

Capt. Calvin Willoughby was a captain of the militia. He
married Jemina Page, daughter of David Page of Dexter, Maine.
Capt. Calvin helped build Minot's Ledge lighthouse. He was a
stonecutter. Children:

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Abigail and Caroline, twins, b. 1826.

Hastings, b. 1836.

Several children d. young.

Sarah, m. William H. Brown. Their children:

Harry Leslie, b. 1866; m. Mary Webster of Center
Harbor. She d. and he m., second, Mrs. Emily
Wilson.
Bertha Brown, b. 1871; m. Ira Powers. Their son,
Bernard, b. 1905.

WILSON

David Wilson and wife, Rebecca , had these children:

Naomi, b. Sept. 12, 1794.
David, b. June 30, 1797.
Lydia Butterfield, b. June 3, 1799.
Rebecca Butterfield, b. May 16, 1802.
John Butterfield, b. Oct. 16, 1804.
La vina Butterfield, b. Jan. 1, 1808.
Miranda Cleaves, b. probably 1809 or 1810.
Mary Jane Cleaves, b. Feb. 10, 1811; m. Dana Woodman
of New Hampton.

WITHAM

Asa Witham, 1819-1899, died in Laconia and is buried in
Union Cemetery. He was a son of Asa Witham and wife, Avis
Brown. He was born in Nottingham and was a mechanic by
trade. Their daughter was Mrs. Frank Ford. Asa's wife is
buried in Meredith Village.

Clara J. Hawkins, 1844-1896, born in Meredith, married

Witham. She died in Candia, N. H.

Jacob Witham, 1810-1898, born in Nottingham, died in
Deerfield. He was a son of Asa Witham and wife, Avis (Brown)
Witham.

Asa Witham, 1810-1899, married Mary B. Fox of Vermont.
She died in 1897 and is buried with her husband, Asa Witham.

Laura Witham married Frank Dusha of Vermont.

Sarah E. Witham married Frank Ford, born in 1851 at Quincy,
Mass. He is a grandson of the Ford buried in the "Ford-Doe"
yard, on Bay Road in Sanbornton.

Joseph and Thomas married Sabra Cumings and her sister.

Brad and Joseph Witham were born in Nottingham.

GENEALOGIES 617

WOODMAN

Archelas and Edward Woodman came from Malford, England,
to Newbury, Mass., in 1635, on the boat "James." Edward was a
prominent man and held many commissions, among them a state
commission to see people marry. In 1681 he spoke of it as un-
profitable, as it had cost him many a bottle of sacke and liquor,
where friends had been concerned. He married Joanna - — ;
she was born in 1613. Their children:

Edward2, b. 1628 (and John, who is the ancestor of the
branch of the family in Sanbornton). Their children:
Ruth, Jonathan, Sarah, Mary, Joshua and John.

Jonathan, b. 1643; m. 1668, Hannah M. . They had

children: William, Mary, Ichabod, Jonathan, Ruth, Sarah
and Hannah.

Jonathan 2 married Abigail; second, Martha Tappan in 1726.
Their children: Hilton, Joanna, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah,
Jonathan 3, Abigail and Hannah.

Hilton Woodman, born in 1712, married Hannah W. in 1741
and lived in South Hampton. Their children: Jeremiah, Martha,
Nancy, Mary, Abigail, Thomas, Hannah, Samuel and Jonathan 4.

Thomas, 1750-1843, a Revolutionary soldier, married Lydia
Drake in 1780. He married, second, Ann Carr in 1803. Their
children: Levi, Ann, Lydia, Nathaniel, Thomas and Hannah.

Thomas, 1785-1855, married Polly Pease in 1808. Their
children: Hiram, Henry J., Nathaniel, Maria L., Thomas P.,
Sarah, Benjamin, Nancy, Polly, Rebecca and Noah.

Jonathan4 had children: Oliver, Martin, Rodney, Samuel H.
(who married Ruth Harper), John, Sarah A., Julia A., Israel D.
(who had children, Addie and Park).

Hiram S. Woodman, 1834-1862, served in the Civil War.

Henry L., born in 1831, married Yessie Jenkins. They had
children: Frank (died young), Mary, Florence and Ray, who
married Ruth Hawkins. Their children: Frank, Eleanor and
Phillip.

Nathaniel died in 1829, aged 2 years.

Maria, 1826-1859, married G. W. Stevens.

Thomas P., born in 1822, married Elizabeth Robinson of New
Hampton. Their children:

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Jessie, m. Marcena Blake of Ashland; they had two children,

who d. young.
Sarah, 1820-1850, m. Joseph Boynton; a dau., Sarah E., d.

young.
Benjamin, 1819-1891, m. Elizabeth Hill. Their children:
Kate, m. Frank Cram. Their dau., Lena, m. Orville

Smith of Center Harbor.
Emma, m. Edmund Quimby. Their children: Harold,

John and others.
Nancy S., b. 1815; m. George Haynes. Their children:
Nathaniel had Chester and Elmer; Olive; George had
Daisy and Bessie.

Mary, born in 1813, married William D. Boynton. They had
children: Ira Boynton, who had Bessie, and Laura Jane Boynton.
William D. married, second, Amanda Hawkins. They had
children: Marietta, McCrillis, Jewell and Emma Reynolds of
Meredith.

Rebecca, 1811-1840.

Noah W'oodman, 1809-1888, married Relief Rogers Smith,
1813-1878. Their children:

John S., d. 1841, aged 4 years.

Mary Abiah, 1844-1920; m. George Chapman Lawrence.

Their children: Sarah Frances, m. Noah Ward. They

had a son, Clarence Ward.

Clara A. Woodman married Albert Hawkins. He died in
1926. They had one daughter, Florence, who married J. W.
Smith.

YORK

Benjamin C. York, at Winona, had a daughter, Amanda. A
son, Oscar, married Mary Brown, an aunt to Mary (Brown)
Smith, wife of Henry L. Smith and a sister to William Brown,
Mary's father. Also they had a son, Walter York. Oscar York
died and Mary (Brown) York married her husband's brother,
Walter York. A son of Oscar York and wife was Perley York,
who married Vina Hawkins. She was a daughter of Freeman
Hawkins, who was an uncle to Albert Hawkins.

GENEALOGIES 619

ADDENDA

From Joseph Pease Bible, Published in 1816, of Meredith

Benjamin Pease married Anna Sanborn.

Benjamin Pease married Rebecca Pike, daughter of Capt. Wil-
liam Pike and wife, Phoeba Smith, she a daughter of Robert
Smith and wife, Abigail Cass, of Winona, N. H., married April 26,
1778. Their children:

Benjamin, b. Aug. 2, 1743; d. Feb. 26, 1802.
Rebecca, b. Feb. 29, 1752; d. Dec. 9, 1839.
James, b. Oct. 15, 1764; d. Mar., 1804.
Sarah, b. May 2, 1766; d. Jan., 1844.
Joseph, b. Mar. 10, 1774; d. May 4, 1862.
Benjamin, b. Dec. 17, 1776; d. Apr. 3, 1831.
Simeon, b. Jan. 15, 1778; d. July 20, 1843.
Nancy, b. Oct. 30, 1779.
Robert, b. Dec. 24, 1782.
Rebekah, b. Nov. 28, 1786; d. Nov. 4, 1842.
Nathaniel, b. Apr. 9, 1789; d. July 26, 1836.
Polly, b. June 6, 1791; d. Feb. 18, 1863.

Joseph Pease, born March 10, 1774; died May 4, 1869. His
wife, Hannah Folsom, born January 29, 1772; died April 12, 1850.
Their children:

Benjamin, b. Sept. 26, 1797.
Lucinda, b. June 15, 1799; d. Nov. 5, 1827.
John A., b. Mar. 6, 1801; d. July, 1875.
Betsey, b. Oct. 29, 1802; d. Feb. 20, 1878.
Rebekah, b. May 11, 1805; d. Apr. 11, 1864.
William P., b. Sept. 18, 1806; d. Sept. 8, 1871.
Joseph H., b. Oct. 6, 1808; d. aged 81 years.
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 5, 1810; d. July 17, 1825.
Simeon D., b. Julv 1, 1812; d. Jan. 21, 1883.
Robert, b. June 18, 1814.
Hannah, b. June 19, 1811.

Old Bible Records Published in 1855 at Meredith

Simeon D. Pease, born July 1, 1815; died January 26, 1885.
His wife, Betsey Batchelder, born April 25, 1817; died July 8,
1898. Their children:

Arzelia J., b. Apr. 1, 1845.

Laura E., b. Feb. 10, 1847; d. Mar. 29, 1930.

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Mary R., b. Nov. 10, 1849; d. Nov. 14, 1882.
Hannah A., b. Feb. 22, 1854; d. July 14, 1914.
Frank B., b. Dec. 25, 1855; d. June 27, 1907.
Simeon S., b. Aug. 26, 1859.

From the Old Batchelder Bible, Printed in 1816

(Batchelder, of Northwood, lived in Meredith)

Nathaniel Batchelder, born May 16, 1786; married March 2,
1811, Patience Page, born January 5, 1788. Their children:

Abigail B., b. Mar. 20, 1813; m. M. Taylor of Manchester.
Mary, b. Apr. 17, 1814; m. Simeon Pease of Meredith.
Betsey, b. Apr. 22, 1817; lived in Manchester.
Lyman, b. Sept. 4, 1819.

Nathaniel Batchelder and wife are buried in the Pease yard, in
field.

Asa Page was a brother to Patience Page.

Abraham Batchelder, born August 13, 1750. His wife, Naby,
born in 1752, died July 11, 1802. Their children:

Naby, b. Jan. 22, 1774.

Moly, b. July 22, 1775.

John, b. July 27, 1777.

Betsey, b. Feb. 1, 1779.

Abraham, b. Mar. 21, 1780.

Solomon, b. Feb. 7, 1782.

Samuel, b. June 2, 1784; d. June 24, 1784.

Nathaniel, b. May 16, 1786.

Mehitable, b. Nov. 19, 1788.

Sally, b. June 16, 1792.

Nathaniel Batchelder, born May 16, 1786, married, second,
Mary (Neal) Robinson, widow of Joseph Robinson of Portsmouth,
she a daughter of Joseph Neal and wife, Hannah (Smith) Neal of
Meredith.

GENEALOGIES 621

THE OLD OAK TREE
By E. H. Clough

There is no landmark in Meredith, that has been admired by
three generations past, more prominent than this "Old Oak
1 ree.

The legend runs that an old resident, Sydney S. Baker, and
Minnie Fernald were married under this old tree.

This tree stands on E. H. Clough's Park, surrounded by histori-
cal, unique stones, gathered from all over the world.

In this park is a bronze eagle that came from the flagship
"Raleigh," which entered Manila Bay in 1898 under Admiral
Dewey.

Nearby is the statue of Hiawatha and his sweetheart, Minne-
haha, who have been reunited and who stand on the "Happy
Hunting Grounds" of former days, where the deer and moose
came to graze and partake of the "Smile of the Great Spirit."

Pocahontas also is nearby, with Chocorua, standing as sentinel,
on a little island guarding other members of the tribe.

Also several meteors, some donated by Mrs. Coe of Center
Harbor, which are of historical value, and others from other
donors surround the bronze deer, contributed by Mrs. Frederick
Smyth, widow of a New Hampshire governor of the Civil War.

Descendants of John Hawkins of Barnstead, 1775-1792,
Center Harbor; born April 7, 1744(F); died Center Harbor,
December 30, 1820; married Lydia Bunker, born May 1, 1745;
died November, 1817.

Stephen Hawkins, born in 1768; died in 1825; married February

23, 1797, Polly Huntress(P), Mary (?); lived at Center

Harbor. Children:

Jacob, m. Sally Smith of Moultonborough, Dec. 30, 1818.
Stephen, m. Jane B. Plaisted of Center Harbor, b. 1810 (?),

d. 1884.
Levi (?), b. 1796, d. 1816, buried Canny Hill Cemetery,

Center Harbor.
Abigail (?) of Center Harbor, June 16, 1822, published to m.

Moses Hall of Center Harbor.
Amisa (?), taxed Center Harbor, 1820.
Moses (?), taxed Center Harbor, 1821.

622 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Clement Hawkins, born in 1770; lived at Center Harbor,
1798-1815, 1821-22. Children:

Lydia, d. before 1831 ; m. 1827 Charles G. Dow, who later m.

sister. One child, Lebern Dow.
Comfort, b. Feb. 14, 1810; d. May 26, 1888; age 78; m. Dec.

21, 1831, Charles G. Dow of Moultonboro.
Benjamin T., b. Aug. 12, 1812; d. Dec. 18, 1889; m. Nancy

J. Sinclair, b. 1813; d. 1875.
Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1812; m. Calvin Dresser, near Montreal.
John Smith, b. May 4, 1815; d. Feb. 4, 1875; m. Abigail

Chase; lived Postville, la.

Jane, m. Lincoln.

Rosetta (?) m. Jonathan Ellis, near Montreal.
John (perhaps) d. young.

Elijah Hawkins, born in 1770; died in 1851 ; married August 23,
1793, Sarah Dudley; born 1777; died 1862; lived at Center Harbor,
1793 to 1811; perhaps later. Children:

Timothy Dudley, b. 1795; d. 1871; m. Susan Piper, 1817;

sheb. 1793; d. 1873.
Nellie, b. 1797.
Jacob R., b. 1800.

Stephen, b. 1806; m. Sarah Dudley, a cousin.
Elijah, Jr., b. 1808.
Sarah, b. 1811.
James M., b. 1814.
Jonathan C, b. 1818.
Angelina, b. 1826.

Lovey Hawkins, born in 1773; died in 1853; married Leavitt
Roberts, born 1772; died January 17, 1850. Children:

Benjamin, b. 1809; m. Polly Leavitt; lived near Pine Hill,

Sanbornton; parents d. here.
George Washington, b. 1816; m. Lydia C. Howland.
Nine more children?

Hannah Hawkins, born in 1775; died in 1860; married Stephen
Kenney of Meredith and Center Harbor. Children:

Mehitable, b. 1800; d. 1869; m. Capt. David Robinson of

Meredith.
Trueworthy, b. 1804; d. 1846; m. 1825, Lettice Alls Bean

of Meredith.
Patience, b. 1808; d. 1888; m. first, Josiah Leavitt; second,

James M. Prescott.

GENEALOGIES 623

Ebeneser Hawkins, born in 1777 (?); died December 14,
1779; drowned.

John Hawkins, Jr., born in 1779 (?) ; taxed at Center Harbor in
1802.

Sally Hawkins, born March 10, 1781; probably died young.

Comfort Hawkins, born in 1783; died 1850; married Benjamin
Sturtevant.

William Hawkins, born in 1785; died in 1870; married Abigail
Thompson; born in 1791; died in 1854; lived at Center Harbor.
Children:

Aseneth. b. 1809; d. 1888; m. Mark Davis.
Rhoda, b. 1813; d. 1862; m. Nathan Cotton.
Sarah Ann, b. 1815; d. 1890; m. H. C. Smith.
Adeline, m. John Randall.

Benjamin S., b. 1824; d. 1863; m. Mary Boynton.
Otis Freeman, b. 1827; d. 1909; m. Emaline Fogg.

Francis Hawkins, born in 1786; died in 1879; married Polly
Sturtevant, April 16, 1809; she born in 1789; died 1872. Chil-
dren:

Mahala, b. 1809; d. 1848; m. Salmon Farrar.

Sarah Ann, b. 1812; d. 1812; d. young.

Laura R., b. 1814; d. 1851; probably unmarried.

John S., b. 1816; d. 1890; m. 1839 Elizabeth Lane of Oregon.

Sarah S., b. 1819; d. 1897; m., first, Joshua Merrill, second,

J. C. Mudgett; no child.
Millard, b. 1823; d. 1825; d. young.
Tryphena, b. 1828; d. 1828; d. young.
Hosea Francis, b. 1833; d. 1908; m., first, Sarah A. B.

Mudgett; second, Mary E. Homan; third, Elvira J. Bemis.

NEAL FAMILY

From John W. Haleys's Records

Walter2 Neal married Mary Ayers in 1660. Their children:

Samuel, b. 1661 ; d. 1702.

Mary, b. 1668.

John, b. 1680; m. Margaret Lovett.

John Neal and wife, Margaret Lovett. Their children:

624 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Abigail, b. 1719.

John, b. 1720.

Walter, b. 1722; m. Hannah - — . Their children:

William, b. 1750.

Mary.

Joshua, b. 1756; m. Mary Tarlton.
John, b. 1725.
James, b. 1727.
Sarah, b. 1729.

Samuel Neal married Elizabeth Locke, February 28, 1710/11.
Their children :

Thomas.

Walter, b. ; d. 1755; m. Ann Mattoon

Samuel, m. Elizabeth Haley, Feb. 7, 1754, she dau. of
Andrew Haley and wife, Mary Briar. Andrew Haley was
an extensive fisherman and called "King of the Shoals."

Jeremiah, m. Martin.

John, m. Whitten.

Joshua, m. Abigail Haines.

UNITY NEALS

By Mrs. Emme Neal Brigham, Massachusetts State Representative

Samuel Neal in 1792/3 bought land at Unity, N. H. He mar-
ried Polly, daughter of Deacon Abraham Sanborn and wife of
Unity. Their children:

James, 1793-1850; m. Peggy Glidden.

Alfred, 1795-1868; m. Cynthia Lawrence; m. second, Clara
Fish. When Alfred Neal was 21 years old he went to
Vermont and bought a farm in Hartford, where the fourth
generation now live; he also built the first store in White
River Junction. In later years he filled many offices of
public trust.

Deborah, b. 1796; d. 1886; m. Joshua Huntoon.

Laura, b. 1798; m. Eastman.

John, b. 1900; m. Lucy - -; second, Sarah Dewey.

Mary, b. 1802; m. - —Perkins.

Samuel, b. 1804; d. 1892; m. Abigail Twitchell.

Solon, b. 1805; d. 1865; m. Huldah Copeland.

Lewis, b. 1807; m. Orpha Currier.

Jacob \ ,-.• ,

Abigail ) Died >roun^

Walter Neal \ married Ann Mattoon in 1715. Their children:

GENEALOGIES 625

HUBARTUS, b. 1717; d. 1805; m. Mary Perkins.

Samuel5, b. 1720; d. 1760; m. Catherine Bradley in 1739.

John, b. 1722; d. 1806; m. Lydia Wiggin.

Ann, b. 1724; d. 1736.

Ebenezer, b. 1726; m. Lydia Clark; second, Eliza Perkins.

Walter, b. 1731; m. Lydia Parsons.

Deborah, b. 1733; m. Walter Wiggins.

Ann, b. 1736; m. Joshua Robinson.

Samuel Neal 5, married Catherine Bradley. Their children:

William, a Revolutionary soldier.

John.

Joseph.

Samuel.

Mary.

Margaret.

William Neal of Newmarket, N. H., purchased land at Unity in
1798, also in 1801. The deed dated 1801 was witnessed by
Walter Neal.

In 1790 William Neal was the only Neal listed in the census as
head of a family. He had three males over sixteen years old and
three under sixteen years and four females.

In 1791 William and Samuel Neal signed a petition to the Gen-
eral Court from Unity.

In 1794 William Neal, Jr., signed a petition. Children of
William Neal:

Samuel, b. 1770; m. Polly Sanborn.

William, Jr.

James, b. 1786; m. Elizabeth Ayers.

The invoice of Unity, N. H., for 1818-1834, shows William,
Samuel and James as paying taxes.

William Neal's Revolutionary Record

He was a private in Capt. Robert Ford's Co. at Kittery Point,
November 5, 1775, and on pay roll of Capt. Nathan Brown's Co.
in Col. Long's Regiment, December 7, 1776, also January 7, 1777.
He also signed a petition at Portsmouth, Ft. Washington, June
14, 1779, also April 8, 1780. Also was in Capt. Dearing's roll of
returned men April 10, 1781, and on pay roll for company
stationed at New Castle, October 13, 1785-1787.

626 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Stratham, N. H., Town Records

Samuel Neal, a Revolutionary soldier, married Elizabeth
Haley, February 7, 1754. She died in 1785. Their children:

Samuel, b. Mar. 22, 1755.

Andrew, b. 1758; settled in Maine.

Jeremiah, b. 1759; d. young.

Joseph, b. Mar. 23, 1762; m. Hannah Smith in Meredith,

N. H.

John, b. Mar. 10, 1764; m. Ray.

Elizabeth, b. May 29, 1768.

Mary, b. June 1, 1770; m. - - Watson; lived in Topsham,

Vermont.
Sarah, b. June 23, 1773; m. Joshua Stackpole in 1800.
Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1775; m. - - Cheney; lived in Liming-

ton, Maine.
Deborah, b. Jan. 22, 1778; m. - Small; lived in Cornish,

Maine.

Joseph Neal, born March 23, 1762-1851, married Hannah
Smith, daughter of Jeremiah Smith, 1771-1851. Their children:

William, b. Mar. 27, 1789, a ship builder.

John, b. 1790; d. 1861.

Elizabeth, b. 1793.

Joseph, b. Sept. 15, 1797; d. 1854.

Hannah, b. 1799; d. 1855; m. Rev. Mark True.

Smith, b. Feb. 6, 1806; d. 1887; m. Sarah Elizabeth Smith.

Nancy, b. Sept. 15, 1810; d. 1854; m. Joshua Wiggin.

Irene, b. Sept. 26, 1813; d. 1902; m. Charles Smith, Esq.

RECORDS

RECORDS

MARRIAGES IN MEREDITH

June 5, 1781, James Wadleigh to Mary Blake of Epping.

Jan. 1, 1849, John C. Wadleigh to Mary A. Nealey in Meredith.

Oct. 13, 1833, Joseph N. Wadleigh of Meredith to Almira A.
Moore at Loudon.

Nov. 26, 1805, Theophilus Wadleigh of Meredith to Sarah Clark
of Candia.

In 1816, Deaborn Wadleigh to Phebe Chase of Sanbornton.

Sept. 24, 1845, Martin L. Wadleigh of Meredith to Susan D.
Parker.

Dec. 9, 1827, Nathaniel Wadleigh of Meredith to Nancy Picker-
ing.

Dec. 21, 1819, Nathaniel Wadleigh of Meredith to Polly H. Ray.

Sept. 3, 1853, Andrew P. Wadleigh of Meredith to Calista Lavoy.

Dec. 21, 1857, Nathan B. Wadleigh of Meredith to Sarah Whitten
Lang.

1813, James Wadleigh of Meredith to Nanny P. Neal.

Oct. 27, 1785, Simeon W. Wadleigh of Meredith to Abigail Hays.

Josiah Wadleigh to Sally Chapman.

Olive Jane Chapman to Boynton. Their Son, Mark

Boynton.

William, Simeon and Joseph Wadleigh were brothers. Joseph
married Francis Esther Prescott. They had a daughter, Julia
Wadleigh, who married - - Cole of Meredith. She is buried at
Swampscott, Mass.; died at the home of Mrs. Burleigh in Sanborn-
ton, who was caring for her.

James Wadleigh married Mary Blake, June 5, 1781, in Epping.
Their children: Nathan married Hall; Calvin; Martha

married Tilton.

William Wadleigh. Children: Simeon married Emily Cox;
William married Rebecca Wood; Nancy married Chas. Wadleigh.

Stephen Wadleigh, married Olive Neal, daughter of "Red
Oak" Joseph Neal. Children: Abigail married Ben Wiggin;
Charles married Nancy Wadleigh; Polly married Henry Weeks;
Jane married John Neal; Olive lived single.

John Wadleigh married Betsey Batchelder; John Wadleigh
married Miss Tom.

630 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Joseph Wadleigh. Children: Julia M. married Cole;

Mary Etta married Severance.

John Mooney Cate married Hannah — — . He son of Thomas;
he son of John Cate. Their daughter, Mary Cate, married
Norman Corliss. Their son, John Lyman Cate.

William Cate was father of Simeon Cate and a brother to
Winthrop Cate.

Simeon Cate married a daughter of Jeremiah Smith.

David Cate was father of Joseph Chase's wife of Laconia, a
tinsmith.

Marriages in the Town of Meredith

March 10, 1805, Enoch Danford of Meredith to Hannah Flanders

of Gilmanton. Elder Nicholas Folsom. Daniel Smith,

Town Clerk, Strafford County, N. H.
March 20, 1805, Capt. Simeon Taylor of Gilmanton to Deborah

Flanders of New Hampton. John A. Harper, Justice

Peace.
Sept. 27, 1810, Jonathan Cram to Anna Gale, both of Gilmanton.

John A. Harper, J. P.
May 23, 1811, Hazen Lawrence to Sally Smith, both of Meredith.

Elder Nicholas Folsom.
Feb. 26, 1812, Samuel Potter, Jr., to Abigail Crosby, both of

Meredith. Daniel Smith, J. P.
Jan. 7, 1813, Paul Harford Stanton of Bartlett to Mary Dow

Sibley of Meredith. John Mooney, J. P.
Oct. 4, 1818, Nathaniel Drake, 3d, of New Hampton to Nancy

Cate of Meredith. Elder Nicholas Folsom.
Feb. 31, 1819, William Prescott to Hannah Fogg, both of Mere-
dith. Elder Nicholas C. Folsom.
March 3, 1819, Benjamin Foss to Mehitable Gale, both of

Meredith. Elder Nicholas C. Folsom.
Nov. 19, 1809, Nathan S. Farrar to Polly Marston, both of

Meredith. Elder Nicholas Folsom.
April 5, 1818, Henry Whitcher of Gilford to Mary Whidden of

Meredith. Elder Moses Cheney.
May 10, 1818, John Boynton of New Hampton to Widow Polly

Pease. Elder Moses Cheney.
May 25, 1818, Josiah Prescott of Bridgewater to Dolly Leavitt of

New Hampton.

RECORDS 631

June 10, 1819, Thomas Cass of Holderness to Hannah Cate of
Meredith. Elder Moses Cheney.

The Following Married by Elder Moses Cheney
June 10, 1818, Samuel Shores to Susanna Woodman, both of

Sanbornton.
June 11, 1818, Samuel Swain of Meredith to Margaret Huntres of

Center Harbor.
Aug. 4, 1818, John Page of Holderness to Betsey Clement.
Aug. 9, 1818, John S. Morgan of Meredith to Charlotte Gilman of

Gilmanton.
Aug. 12, 1818, Josiah Bean of Meredith to Nancy Tibets of Center

Harbor.
Oct. 4, 1818, Josiah Sanborn of New Hampton to Eliza Drew of

Holderness.
Nov. 1, 1818, Noah Dolloff to Nancy McCrillis, both of Meredith.
Nov. 17, 1818, George Meeder of Rumney to Polly Morrill of New

Hampton.
Dec. 8, 1818, Noah Nichols to Susan Bryant, both of Meredith.
Dec. 30, 1818, Jacob Hawkins of Center Harbor to Sally Smith of

Moultonborough.
Dec. 31, 1818, Levi Leavitt to Widow Hannah Beede, both of

Gilmanton.
March 2, 1819, Isaac Currier to Hannah D. Smith, both of

Meredith.
March 4, 1819, John Peas to Betsey Whitcher, both of Meredith.
April 19, 1819, Benjamin Sanborn of Gilford to Sally Smith of

Meredith.
April 27, 1819, Ebenezer Cate to Hannah Tilton,both of Meredith.
June 3, 1819, Nathaniel Hart of Meredith to Susan Woodman of

New Hampton.
July 18, 1819, Joshua Wiggin to Lucinda Peas.
July 28, 1819, Abel Chase to Susan Ressel, both of Meredith.
Nov. 25, 1819, William Wiggin to the Widow Sally Wiggin, both

of Meredith.
Dec. 2, 1819, Jacob W. Fifield to Sally Chase of Sanbornton.
Dec. 21, 1819, Nathaniel R. Wadleigh to Polly H. Ray.
Dec. 26, 1819, James Perkins to Rossannah Lawrence, both of

Meredith.

632 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Nov. 28, 1819, Jacob Perkins to the Widow Nancy Crocket, both

of Meredith.
Feb. 20, 1820, Benjamin Boynton of Thornton to Sally Robie of

Meredith.
Feb. 24, 1820, Edward Hall Nurse of Meredith to Betsey Steel of

Sanbornton.
Jan. 29, 1820, Abraham Ward to Lydia Sanborn, both of New

Hampton.

Attest of Elder Moses Cheney.

Daniel Smith, Town Clerk.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Thomas Perkins of

New Hampton

Sept. 26, 1818, Gilman L. Ranlet to Mary Smith, both of Mere-
dith.

Feb. 9, 1819, David M. C. Hanes of Sanbornton to Susan Randlet
of Meredith.

Dec. 6, 1818, John Leavitt to Sarah Edgerly, both of Meredith.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Nicholas Folsom

Nov. 9, 1809, Ebenezer Seavey to Vestia W. Eager, both of
Meredith.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Moses Cheney

March 26, 1820, Jeremiah Cotton of Gilford to Lovina Peas.
March 27, 1820, Ebenezer Chapman to Adline Neal, both of

Meredith.
Aug. 20, 1820, James Quimby to Sally Stevens, both of Meredith.
Aug. 20, 1820, Leonard Smith of Dover to Sarah Brown of

Portsmouth.
Aug. 30, 1820, Charles Hodgdon to Hannah Rogers, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 9, 1820, James McCrillis to Sally Fogg, both of Center

Harbor.
Nov. 26, 1820, James Prescott of Loudon to Jennie Boynton of

Meredith.
Dec. 4, 1820, Charles Smith of Gilmanton to Annis Smith of

Meredith.
Jan. 21, 1821, William Cummings to Susan Swain, both of

Meredith.

RECORDS 633

A Record of Marriages by Elder Nicholas Carr Folsom

Feb. 11, 1822, Jonathan Sandborn to Gevene Wadleigh, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 28, 1821, James Gordon to Susan Blaisdel, both of Meredith.

Attest: John Boynton, Town Clerk.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Parker Fogg

May 8, 1821, Amos Cram to Jane S. Prescott, both of Meredith.
Aug. 27, 1821, Elias Philbrick to Nancy Kenney, both of Mere-
dith.
Oct. 24, 1821, Chase Fogg to Sally Leavitt, both of Meredith.

John Boynton, Town Clerk.

May 15, 1821, Daniel Page of Holderness to Sobrina Clement of

Center Harbor.
Nov. 21, 1821, William Norris of Winchendon, Mass., to Mary

Graves of Moultonborough.
April 7, 1822, Ira Adams of Meredith to Mary Senter.
June 21, 1822, Abel Fogg of Meredith to Mary Richardson.
Sept. 1, 1822, Andrew Willey of Ellsworth to Susan Dockham of

Meredith.
July 4, 1822, Josiah Perkins to Lydia Johnson, both of Meredith.
Nov. 17, 1822, Jesse Dolloff to Nancy Huckins, both of Meredith.
Oct. 21, 1822, Gilman Fose of Meredith to Susan Boardman of

Center Harbor.
Oct. 24, 1822, Robert Sargent of Bridgewater to Diborah Gilman

of Meredith.
Nov. 20, 1822, Stephen Leavitt to Charlotte Seargent, both of

Gilford.
Dec. 18, 1822, Charles Robinson to Clarisa Ramsey, both of

Holderness.
Jan. 28, 1823, Benjamin Batcheldor to Ruth Mudgett, both of

Meredith.
Feb. 27, 1823, Joseph W. Follet of Gilford to Mary B. Towle of

Center Harbor.

A Record of Marriages by David Smith

April 18, 1819, John Wiggin to Hannah Doton, both of Moulton-
borough.

634 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

June 6, 1819, Moulton Hackett of New Hampton to Rhoda Lain

of Center Harbor.
July 4, 1819, John Avery of Gilford to Hannah Prescott of Mere-
dith.
Sept. 14, 1819, William S. Prescott to Elizabeth G. Doten, both of

Moultonborough.
Feb. 1, 1820, Samuel Bean of Meredith to Sally Norris of Center

Harbor.
April 20, 1820, John Morrison to Lucy Black, both of Moulton-
borough.
July 23, 1820, Stephen Hodgdon to Polly Batcheldor, both of

Moultonborough.
Aug. 6, 1820, William Pain of Center Harbor to Sally Webster of

Sandwich.
Aug. 13, 1820, Nathaniel Piper to Polly Hill, both of Meredith.
Nov. 9, 1820, Nathaniel Sawyard to Betsey Leavitt, both of

Meredith.
Dec. 11, 1820, Samuel Richardson to Rebecher Clark, both of

Moultonborough.
April 12, 1821, Oliver Lee to Nancy Hawkins, both of Center

Harbor.
Sept. 26, 1821, Benjamin Batcheldor to Edner Morse, both of

Center Harbor.
Dec. 6, 1821, Jonathan Brown to Rhosilla Fox, both of Center

Harbor.
Feb. 11, 1822, Daniel Hilton to Eliza Moulton of Center Harbor.
March 18, 1822, Stephen Clough of Holderness to Henrietta

Sturtevent of Center Harbor.
April 11, 1822, Leonard Fox to Lucy Merrill, both of Center

Harbor.
July 21, 1822, Moses W. Hall to Abigail Hawkins, both of Center

Harbor.
No date. Simeon True of Holderness to Lucy Sturtevant of

Center Harbor.
March 25, 1823, Ebenezer S. Hunt to Hannah Sergent, both of

Gilford.
April 22, 1823, Capt. Josiah Norris of Center Harbor to Mary

Bean of Moultonborough.
July 9, 1823, Nathan L. Richardson of Sandwich to Mary Smith

of Meredith.

RECORDS 635

Sept. 28, 1823, John Coe of Center Harbor to Lavina S. Senter of
Meredith.

Attest: John Boynton, Town Clerk.

Record of Marriages by Elder Parker Fogg

March 17, 1823, William D. Robards to Phebey Robey, both of

Meredith.
March 25, 1823, Calvin Morrison of Alton to Mary Nason of New

Durham.
May 1, 1823, Edward P. Swain to Sally Cram, both of Center

Harbor.
June 3, 1823, Joshua Crockett to Judith Swain, both of Meredith.
Aug. 3, 1823, Benning Wilkinson, Jr., to Clarissa Johnson, both of

Meredith.
Dec. 18, 1823, John W. Clark to Panson Davis, both of Center

Harbor.
Nov. 20, 1823, Daniel D. Prescott of New Hampton to Esther B.

Clough, both of Meredith.
Dec. 3, 1823, Benjamin Mudgett to Hannah Pitman, both of

Meredith.
Jan. 6, 1824, Daniel Goss of Gilford to Rachel Towle of Center

Harbor.
March 7, 1824, Sewall Leavitt to Hannah Fogg, both of Meredith.
June 20, 1824, Stephen Boynton to Betsey S. Blaisdell, both of

Meredith.
July 12, 1824, Joseph Bond to Dorothy Nichols, both of Gilford.
Sept. 3, 1824, John P. Bickford to Nancy Bryant, both of Mere-
dith.
Oct. 28, 1824, Ira Sanborn to Abigail P. Conner, both of Meredith.
Oct. 28, 1824, Elijah Brown to Miriam Merrill, both of Center

Harbor.
Nov. 11, 1824, Ithamer E. Blake to Sidney L. Whidden, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 24, 1824, Nahum Doton of Moultonborough to Lucinda

Paine of Meredith.

A Record of Marriages by Stephen Perley, Justice Peace

May 1, 1825, Gater Chapman of Peterborough to Mary Burnham
of Meredith.

636 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Parker Fogg

Jan. 12, 1825, Sanders Roberts to Sophronia Hawkins, both of

Moultonborough.
Feb. 12, 1825, Elijah B. Dolloff of New Hampton to Sally Bryant

of Meredith.
Feb. 24, 1825, James Foss to Dorothy Johnson, both of Meredith.
March 3, 1825, Samuel T. Cram to Sally D. Jenness, both of

Meredith.
June 2, 1824, Noah Robinson to Widow Taylor of Sanbornton.
Oct. 11, 1825, Daniel Allard to Mariah H. Brown, both of

Moultonborough.
Oct. 11, 1825, Josiah Goodwin to Betsey Allard, both of Moulton-
borough.
Dec. 25, 1825, Nathaniel Sanborn to Sally Roberts, both of

Meredith.
Dec. 29, 1825, Joseph H. Clark to Lavina Boardman, both of

Meredith.

Attest: John Boynton, Totcn Clerk.

A Record of Marriages by Samuel M. Senter, Esq.

Aug. 28, 1823, Job J. Kelley of Meredith to Eliza Blackey of

Moultonborough.
May 15, 1825, Samuel W. Merrill of Conway to Martha Green of

Moultonborough.
Sept. 28, 1826, John Blackey of Moultonborough to Priscilla

Gordon of Tarn worth.

Samuel M. Senter, Justice Peace.

A Record of Marriages by Elder David Moody
May 29, 1826, John Cotton to Belinda Sinclair, both of Meredith.
Aug. 18, 1826, John Moody, Jr., to Eliza Mudgett, both of Gil-
man ton.

Attest: John Boynton, Town Clerk.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Parker Fogg

April 5, 1826, Edward Chase to Hannah Blake, both of Meredith.
May 24, 1826, John Paine to Betsey Lovejoy, both of Meredith.
June 8, 1826, Stephen G. Wadleigh to Olive Neal, both of
Meredith.

RECORDS 637

June 15, 1826, Thomas Chase, Jr., to Mehitable Lovejoy, both of

Meredith.
Aug. 10, 1826, Jeremiah Sanborn of Campton to Clarissa Smith of

New Hampton.
Sept. 18, 1826, Daniel Chase to Polly Wiggin, both of Meredith.
Nov. 2, 1826, Ephraim Doton to Mary Dudley, both of Moulton-

borough.
Nov. 23, 1826, Jacob Gurdy of Bristol to Susanna Doton of Moul-

tonborough.
Dec. 5, 1826, Benjamin B. Moulton of Holderness to Mary

Mooney of Sandwich.
Dec. 12, 1826, Ebenezer Dow to Nancy Wiggin, both of Meredith.
Dec. 25, 1826, John Garlande, Jr., of Meredith to Hannah

Blacyey of Center Harbor.
Dec. 25, 1826, Isaac Leavitt of Meredith to Sarah Smith of New

Hampton.
Jan. 23, 1827, Joshua Dockham of Wentworth to Mary Brown of

Center Harbor.
Jan. 28, 1827, John Bartlett of Morgan, Vt., to Charlotte Hill of

Meredith.
Jan. 29, 1827, James Mathes of Dorchester to Betsey Nealy

Bachelder of Meredith.
Feb. 24, 1827, Waldo Maloon of Bethleham to Abigail Dockham

of Meredith.
Feb. 27, 1827, Charles G. Dow to Lydia Hawkins, both of Moul-

tonborough.

Attest: John Boyxtox, Town Clerk.

April 10, 1827, Merrill Cox of Holderness to Ruth Mooney of

Sandwich.
April 23, 1827, William Page to Abigail C. Morrill, both of

Meredith.
July 5, 1827, Joseph H. Watson to Priscilla H. Senter, both of

]\ I oultonborough .
Aug. 7, 1827, William Randall of Sandwich to Oliss Moulton of

M oultonborough.
Oct. 23, 1827, David S. Emery of Moultonborough to Ruth S.

Norris of Meredith.
Oct. 25, 1827, Charles Rogers to Mary L. Gordon, both of

Holderness.

638 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Nov. 7, 1827, David Plumer of Meredith to Deborah Cooley of

New Hampton.
Feb. 10, 1828, Church Sturtevant to Hannah Brown, both of

Center Harbor.
Feb. 25, 1828, James Roberts to Nancy Chase, both of Meredith.
March 6, 1828, John Avery to Lucinda Osgood, both of Meredith.
March 16, 1828, David Whitcher of Warren to Phebe P. Smith of

New Hampton.
June 3, 1828, Daniel Veasey, Jr., to Betsey Smith, both of New

Hampton.
June 12, 1828, John G. Davis to Lydia T. Fox, both of Center

Harbor.
June 12, 1828, Leonard Fox to Clarisa Chase, both of Center

Harbor.
June 18, 1828, Joshua W. Wiggin to Almira Chase, both of

Meredith.
June 18, 1828, Ebenezer Bickford, Jr., to Jerutia Lovejoy, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 5, 1828, Samuel Osgood to Profinda R. Follett, both of

Gilford.
Nov. 9, 1828, Isaac Brown to Hannah Follett of Gilford.
Dec. 23, 1828, Joseph Neal, 3d, to Lucy Dow, both of Meredith.
A true copy. Attest: John Boynton, Town Clerk.

A Record of Marriages by Warren Lovell, Esq.

Oct. 29, 1829, Jacob Barnard, Jr., of Bridgewater to Mary H.

Paine of Meredith.
Nov. 18, 1829, Reuben M. Prescott to Hannah B. Batchelder.

Attest: John Boynton, Toun Clerk.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Parker Fogg

March 15, 1829, Moses Lund of Groton, Vt., to Betsey Batchelder

of New Hampton.
April 2, 1829, Moses Chase to Sarah Susanna Blood, both of

Meredith.
April 7, 1829, Simon Pottle to Nancy Quimby, both of Meredith.
July 9, 1829, Jonathan Fox to Lydia Crawford, both of Center

Harbor.
Sept. 7, 1829, Robert C. Straw to Mahala Moulton, both of

Meredith.

RECORDS 639

Oct. 4, 1829, David Griffin to Mary Ann Bones, both of Somers-
worth.

Attest: John Boynton, Town Clerk.

Jan. 10, 1830, Daniel Wiggin to Sarah Robinson, both of Mere-
dith. Married by Lewis C. Caswell.

Attest: John Boynton, Town Clerk.

Marriages by Elder Lewis C. Caswell

Nov. 17, 1829, Abraham Perkins, Jr., to Susan French, both of

Sandwich.
April 3, 1830, James W. Lane to Nancy Cram, both of Center

Harbor.
April 5, 1830, Curtis C. Willey of Holderness to Sally Batchelder

of Meredith.
Dec. 18, 1831, Capt. John Wadleigh to Mary Ann Wentworth

Hanaford both of Meredith.
March 8, 1832, Stephen W. Mead to Mrs. Betsey Ladd, both of

Meredith.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Benj. S. Munson

Oct. 3, 1830, Daniel P. Smith to Abigail Dolloff, both of Meredith.
Feb. 19, 1831, Joseph Edgerly to Miss Abigail Robinson, both of

Meredith.
March 10, 1831, Jonathan Coffin to Sally F. Blaisdell, both of

Meredith.
April 24, 1831, David Philbrick to Eliza Dockham, both of

Meredith.
Oct. 3, 1831, John L. Robinson to Rachel C. Smith, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 6, 1831, Stephen Leavitt to Zilpah Pain, both of Meredith.
Nov. 15, 1831, Stephen G. Dolloff of Meredith to Abigail Smith of

New Hampton.
Jan. 18, 1832, James M. Marston to Abigail Dolloff, both of

Meredith.
Feb. 19, 1832, Samuel Dolloff to Mary H. Webster, both of

Meredith.
Feb. 28, 1832, Smith Swain of Meredith to Polly Smith of Gilford.
The above were married by me, Pastor of the F. W. Baptist

Church of Meredith, N. H. (A True Copy.)

John Boynton, Town Clerk.

640 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N.H.

A Record of Marriages by Elder Stephen J. Pitman

Nov. 27, 1831, Jacob Smith to Louisa Robinson, both of Meredith.

Dec. 14, 1831, John G. Robinson to Lucinda Roberds, both of
Meredith.

Dec. 14, 1831, Stephen G. Swain to Eliza Jane Roberds, both of
Meredith.

April 15, 1832, Abram Bryant to Mabel Bickford, both of Mere-
dith.

Oct. 29, 1832, Joseph A. Pickering to Eliza Rowe, both of Mere-
dith.

Nov. 15, 1832, John G. Quimby to Priscilla B. Swain, both of
Meredith.

Nov. 15, 1832, Nathan Collins of Gilford to Nancy Smith of
Meredith.

Jan. 4, 1832, Stephen Colcord of Candia to Sarah Ann Smith of
Meredith.

Dec. 4, 1832, Elbridge G. Leavitt to Sally T. Bickford, both of
Meredith.

Jan. 15, 1833, Increase Batchelder to Susan Hart, both of Mere-
dith.

Feb. 19, 1833, Samuel Philbrick of Sanbornton to Mary S.
Roberds of Meredith.

March 7, 1833, Josiah B. Batchelder of Sanbornton to Lois San-
born of Meredith.

March 17, 1833, Robert Currier to Eliza Jane Hans, both of
Meredith.

March 21, 1833, Francis Russell to Elizabeth Glidden, both of
Meredith.

Aug. 11, 1833, Jonathan Bickford to Priscilla Bickford.

Sept. 8, 1833, Joseph Johnson to Eliza Edwards.

Nov. 34, 1833, Jonathan Dow to Eliza Glidden.

Dec. 1, 1833, Moses Sanborn to Dorothy Swain.

Jan. 12, 1834, Stephen Pickering, Jr., to Olive Sargent.

Feb. 10, 1834, Richard Brown to Eliza Ann Sturtevent, both of
Center Harbor.

Feb. 20, 1834, John. Buntin to Comfort Batchelder.

A true copy Attest: Ebenf Bickford, Town Clerk.

RECORDS 641

Married by Elder Benj. Munson

Nov. 24, 1833, Stephen J. Pitman to Olive B. French, both of
Meredith.

Record of Marriages by Elder A. Wheeler

Jan. 14, 1834, Daniel N.Lovejoy of Meredith to Belinda Chase, of

Center Harbor.
Jan. 14, 1834, Joseph Ela to Salley M. Moulton, both of Meredith.

Attest by Eben1 Bickford, Town Clerk.

Record of Marriages by Elder L. E. Caswell

May 9, 1833, Solomon Rowe of Campton to Mrs. Dorothy Eaton
of Meredith.

June 2, 1833, Reuben Wyman of Concord to Lovina Young of
Meredith.

Sept. 29, 1834, Joseph M. Doe of Lowell to Laura Page of Mere-
dith.

April 14, 1834, Thomas Chattle to Nancy Woodman; were
married by Hiram Stevens, Minister.

Record of Marriages by Elder G. C. Wheeler

Oct. 17, 1834, Jeremiah C. Smith of Moultonborough to Elsea

Jenness of Meredith.
Feb. 17, 1835, Nathaniel H. Wheeler to Mary Jane Durgin, both

of Sanbornton.

Record of Marriages by Abraham Wheeler

Nov. 15, 1834, Guril Curtis to Mary Smith, both of Meredith.
Nov. 27, 1834, Blaisdell Bartlett to Catherine L. Greenleaf, both

of Plymouth.
Dec. 24, 1834, Joseph C. Smith to Mary Edgerly.
March 4, 1835, Nehemiah L. Rogers of Moultonborough to Abiah

A. Jenness.
March 14, 1835, Calvin Fogg of New Hampton to Elmira B.

Cram of Meredith.

Attest by Eben1- Bickford, Town Clerk.
Oct. 22, 1835, Rev. Joseph P. Atkinson of Dover to Martha

Maria Perley.

642 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, X. H.

Record of Marriages by Rev. A. Wheeler

May 4, 1834, James M. Paine of Center Harbor to Sally Towle of
Meredith.

Apri! 7, 1835, Life Haselton to Caroline Senter, both of Concord.

Sept. 20, 1835, Jonathan Gove of Nottingham to Lydia Norris
of Center Harbor.

Oct. 14, 1835, James Jackson, 2d, of Eaton to Olive M. Sturtivant
of Center Harbor.

Jan. 15, 1835, Moses Shaw of Holderness to Mrs. Mary Richard-
son of Meredith.

Attest: EBEXr Bickford, Tcicn Clerk.

Record of Marriages by Elder John Hill

June 4, 1835, Thomas A. Veazey to Mariam G. Dolloff, both of

Meredith.
Sept. 3, 1835, Theophilus R. Dockham to Mary Wiggin, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 26, 1835, David P. Cotton to Charlotte Boynton, both of

Meredith.
Jan. 3, 1836, Joshua W. Paine to Miss Maria Hart, both of

Meredith.
Feb. 7, 1836, Luther M. Chase of Meredith to Roxanna Gordon of

New Hampton.

Attest: EBEXr Bickford, Toun Clerk.
Feb. 9, 1826, Austin Blake of Franklin, Mass., to Sophia C.

Littlefield; married by Robert Bartlett, Minister, at Hopkin-

ton.

Record of Marriages by Elder Stephen Pitman

Nov. 5, 1836, Israel Perkins of Warren to Mary Folsom of Mere-
dith.

Feb. 28, 1836, Asa Swain to Nancy Row, both of Meredith.

March 9, 1836, James H. Mead to Abigail Merrill; married by
Elder John Pettingell.

Record of Marriages by Elder Stephen J. Pitman

June 5, 1836, John R. Huckins to Dorcas Smith of New Hampton.
June 13, 1836, Richard Clements to Mary Jane Horn, both of
Meredith.

RECORDS 643

R] cord of Marriages by Elder John Hill

June 18, 1836, Lucian H. Davis to Jane S. Whitcher of Sanborn-

ton.

June 5, 1836, John Buzzell to Maria Batchelder of Meredith.
July 17, 1836, Jeremiah VY. Leavitt to Elizabeth Hanaford, both

of Meredith.
June 26, 1836, David How to Mary J. Sinclair, both of Meredith.

Record of Marriage by Elder Johx Smith

Dec. 29, 1836, Charles Hacket to Lucinda Quimby, both of
Meredith.

Record of Marriages by Elder Stephen Pitman

Jan. 26, 1837, Otis K. Drake to Athaliah Hanaford, both of Mere-
dith.

June 26, 1836, David How to Mary J. Sinclair of Meredith.
Jan. 20, 1837, Jesse Plumer of Loudon to Lydia Goss of Meredith.
Jan. 26, 1837, George W. Potter of Loudon to Abigail Pitman of

Meredith.
Feb. 26, 1837, Thomas Batchelder to Sarah Wiggin of Whitefield.
March 7, 1837, John C. Huse of Sanborn ton to Sally Robinson of

Meredith.

May 28, 1837, William Boynton of Meredith to Mary Woodman
of Xew Hampton.

June 19, 1837, John Dow to Betsey Farrar, both of Meredith.

June 25, 1837, Loami Libbey to Mary Ann Farrar, both of
Meredith.

Aug. 1, 1837, William Edgerly to Lydia Fogg, both of Meredith.

Aug. 10, 1837, Samuel Prescott to Mary Hunt, both of Meredith.

Oct. 24, 1837, George W. Roberts of Meredith to Lydia E. How-
land of Lisbon.

Oct. 26, 1837, Smith Glidden to Nancy Dow, both of Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk.

Record of Marriages by Elder John Pettixgfll
Oct. 7, 1837, Jesse Plumer to Phebe Sanborn of Holderness.
Jan. 3, 1838, John W. Potter of Gilford to Hannah Edgerly of
Meredith.

644 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Record of Marriage by Rev. Hiram Stevens

Jan. 6, 1838, Jonathan Jonson to Nancy Mudgett, both of
Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk.

Record of Marriage by Elder John Sinclair

May 7, 1837, Noah Sinclair to Hannah Cotton, both of Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Record of Marriages by Elder Stephen J. Pitman

Nov. 19, 1837, Thomas Clark to Nancy Poukford.

Dec. 10, 1839, Salmon H. Sanborn to Eliza Jane Mead, both of
Meredith.

Dec. 7, 1837, Lewis W. Bean to Sarah Stanton, both of Meredith.

Dec. 31, 1837, Aaron Rand to Hannah Randlett of Meredith.

Jan. 1, 1838, Alva Graves to Sally W. Sanborn, both of Meredith.

Jan. 28, 1838, John L. Swain, to Sally Batchelder, both of Mere-
dith.

Aug. 3, 1838, William Lewis to Hannah Pickering, both of Mere-
dith.

Sept. 15, 1838, Sanborn Roberts to Mary Cate, both of Meredith.

Sept. 18, 1838, Ebenezer H. Smith to Sarah Cram.

Oct. 18, 1838, Daniel Robinson to Deborah Samborn, both of
Meredith.

Nov. 12, 1838, Thomas J. Robinson to Eliza Glidden, both of
Meredith.

Dec. 23, 1838, Jacob Watson to Rachel Whitcher, both of Mere-
dith.

Oct. 21, 1838, Oliver Hill to Nancy Robinson, both of Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk.

Married by Jacob P. Huntington

Aug. 10, 1837, Joseph Straw to Mary Hill, both of Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk.

Married and Recorded by Stephen J. Pitman

David Philbrick of Center Harbor to Abigail Roberts of Meredith.
March 26, 1839, Jonathan Atwood to Mary E. Thurston, both of
Meredith.

RECORDS 645

July 3, 1839, Loami Bean to Mary R. Pickering, both of Meredith.
Aug. 15, 1839, Charles Worthen of Charleston to Rossanna T.

Cram of Meredith.
Oct. 21, 1839, John L. Swain to Olive C. Batchelder, both of

Meredith.
Dec. 5, 1839, John Brooks to Harriet Sterns, both of Meredith.

Married by Elder Hosea Quimby

June 26, 1839, John S. Hawkins to Betsey Lane, both of Meredith.
Dec. 3, 1839, William U. Gibson of West Rumney to Harriet P.

Smith, both of Meredith.
Feb. 5, 1840, Stephen Andrews of Manchester to Eliza Ann Smith

of Meredith.

A true copy. Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk.

Record of Marriages by Elder Daniel Jackson

Nov. 4, 1840, Isaac M. Towle to Faubank, both of Center Harbor.
Dec. 27, 1840, George R. Hilliard of Holderness to Harriet G.

Brown, of Meredith.
March 26, 1841, Senecca Ladd to Susan Yilton, both of Meredith.
April 7, 1841, Josiah Robinson of Deerfield to Betsey P. Cram of

Meredith.
Sept. 12, 1841, Joseph Boynton of Brighton to Sarah Woodman

of New Hampton.
Sept. 21, 1841, Deacon Simeon Pease to Polly Hill, both of

Meredith.
Sept. 26, 1841, Lorenzo D. Davis of Somersworth to Sarah P.

Smith, both of Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Record of Marriage by Elder Eli W. Taylor
Aug. 31, 1842, John Chapman to Mary Swasey of Meredith.

Record of Marriage by Elder William Blaisdell

Nov. 8, 1842, Samuel S. Blaisdell to Susan Smith, both of Mere-
dith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

646 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Record of Marriages by Elder Stephen J. Pitman

May 3, 1840, John Piper to Sarah H. Moses of Sanbornton.
June 2, 1840, Daniel Leavitt of Meredith to Olive Bartlett of

Center Harbor.
June 8, 1840, Jacob Tenney to Sarah Farrar of Meredith.
June 9, 1840, Josiah Burley to Fanny F. Graves, both of Meredith.
March 28, 1840, George W. Swain to Elizabeth Ann Pitman, both

of Meredith.
Jan. 3, 1841, Joseph Moses of Alexandria to Mary Piper of Mere-
dith.
Jan. 26, 1841, David Corliss to Betsey Boynton of New Hampton.
Feb. 16, 1841, Stephen S. Andrews of Boscawen to Sarah L. Swain

of Meredith.
April 9, 1841, Warren Roberts to Abigail Drake, both of Meredith.
April 14, 1841, Harrison Swain to Hannah C. Macinton, both of

Meredith.
Sept. 15, 1841, Elisha S. Veasey to Lucinda Randlett, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 23, 1841, Asa Mallard to Mary Ann Crockett, both of

Meredith.
March 5, 1842, Rufus Smith to Nancy P. Lovejoy of Meredith.
Sept. 25, 1842, John Randlett to Adalin Hawkins, both of Center

Harbor.
Oct. 4, 1842, William Bachelder to Ann W. Sanborn, both of

Meredith.
Oct. 18, 1842, Edwin Fuller of Vermont to Nancy S. Grant of

Meredith.
Nov. 15, 1842, Moses C. Hadley of Meredith to Jane Hadley of

Gilmanton.
Dec. 24, 1842, John S. Glidden to Sarah D. French, both of

Meredith.
Dec. 27, 1842, John P. Johnson of Concord to Sarah Crockett of

Meredith.
Jan. 21, 1843, William Parsley of Meredith to Lois E. Fellows of

New Hampton.
Feb. 9, 1843, Simeon D. Pease to Betsey E. Batchelder, both of

Meredith.
Feb. 11, 1843, John C. Gove to Nancy B. Harper, both of New

Hampton.

RECORDS 647

Record or Marriages by Rev. Silas Gaskett

Jan. 8, 1844. Albert II. Noble to Sophia M. Quimby at Meredith.
Jan. 11, 1844, Ashley D. Pomeroy to Eliza Jane Pickering at
Gilford.

Stephen J. Pitman, Toijh Clerk.

Record of Marriages by Elder J. D. Stewart

Sept. 16, 1843, Francis E. Cleaves of Sanborn ton to Sarah A. Fogg

of Meredith.
Feb. 21, 1844, Moses C. Pease of Meredith to Betsey M. Ramsey.

Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk,
Married and recorded the following:

Jan. 21, 1843, William Parsley to Lois E. Fellows of New Hamp-
ton.

Oct. 5, 1843, John Richardson to Mary Jane Glidden of Meredith.

Oct. 10, 1843, Charles W. Crockett to Nancy Swain, both of
Meredith.

Dec. 3, 1843, Alvah T. Swain to Sarah K. Weeks, both of Mere-
dith.

Nov. 23, 1843, Joseph E. Mudgett to Olive Jane Pickering, both of
Meredith.

Nov. 7, 1843, David P. Hatch to Adeline N. Swain, both of
Meredith.

Dec. 1843, David Randlett to Betsey Weeks, both of Meredith.

Feb. 29, 1844, Alpheus Dolloff to Eliza Jane Chase, both of
Meredith.

March 5, 1844, George W. Shores to Susan Dow of Meredith.

Dec. 21, 1835, Benjamin E. Thurstin of Gilford to Susan S. Brown
of Gilford.

Dec. 31, 1835, Lyman P. Lawrence to Sarah S. Guile, both of
Meredith.

Jan. 19, 1836, William R. Gale to Lucia Badger, both of Gilman-
ton.

March 21, 1836, Asa T. Parker to Eliza H. Baker of Meredith.

Oct. 11, 1836, Joseph Hill to Maria B. Parker, both of Meredith.

Jan. 4, 1837, Simeon Hoyt to Louisa Thurston, both of Meredith.

June 10, 1837, Stephen C. Lyford of Meredith to Emily Heywood
of Orona, Maine.

648 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

June 14, 1837, Charles W. Winen of Boston, Mass., to Hannah B.

Haven of Meredith.
Aug. 21, 1837, John S. Sanborn of Baltimore, Md., to Laura

Swasey of Meredith.
Sept. 5, 1837, Jonathan Horn of Meredith to Mary Jane Bean.
Oct. 3, 1837, Isaac Buzzell to Abigail Sanborn, both of Gilford.
Dec. 4, 1837, John W. Towle to Nancy C. Everett, both of

Meredith.
Dec. 7, 1837, Nathaniel Edwards to Rachel Randlett, both of

Gilford.
Jan. 7, 1838, Ezekiel Rowe to Fanny Bowman, both of Gilford.
Jan. 27, 1838, James V. D. Wardwell to Huldah Cate, both of

Meredith.
Feb., 1838, Meshach Sanborn to Susan Potter, both of Gilford.
Jan. 30, 1838, Eleazor Davis of Gilford to Mary A. Gilman of

Moultonborough.
July 12, 1838, Josiah Randlett to Sally F. Goss, both of Meredith.
Sept. 18, 1838, George W. Evans of Gilmanton to Eliza Folsom of

Meredith.
Feb. 20, 1837, John L. Perley of Meredith to Dorothy P. Randlett

of Gilmanton.
June 20, 1837, Coffin Cook of Salisbury to Hannah Swasey of

Meredith.
July 17, 1837, William E. Wording of New Hampton to Catherine

Lawrence of Meredith.
Sept. 17, 1837, Albert Taylor to Mary A. Batchelder, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 3, 1837, Asa S. Johnson to Zilpha Taylor, both of Gilmanton.
April, 1840, Joseph W. Sargent to Elvira C. Wilson, both of

Meredith.
July 1, 1840, Enoch W. Noyes to Mary L. Bean, both of Meredith.
No date, J. Furnald to - - Hunt, both of Gilford.
Nov. 9, 1840, Joshua Lane of Gi'.manton to Elizabeth Rowe of

Gilford.
March 22, 1841, Simeon Moulton of Campton to Sarah Sanborn of

Meredith.
April 18, 1841, George Webster to Caroline Danforth, both of

Gilford.
May 9, 1841, Joseph P. Pitman to Charlotte A. Parker, both of

Meredith.

RECORDS 649

Dec. 23, 1841, John W. Busiel to Julia M. Tilton, both of Mere-
dith.
Jan. 19, 1842, William W. Littlefield of Lowell, Mass., to Almira

Ranlet of Gilmanton.
April, 1842, Charles W. Russell to Sarah Dimond, both of

Meredith.
Aug., 1842, Joseph Knowles to Olive Jane Ladd, both of Mere-

' dith.
Nov. 3, 1842, Lyman B. Pulsifer of Meredith to Sarah Sawyer of

Gilmanton.
Nov. 22, 1842, Joshua B. Robinson of Meredith to Sarah Hall of

Gilmanton.
Dec. 31, 1842, Joseph Parshley to Betsey J. Hodgdon, both of

Meredith.
July 12, 1843, William E. Merrill of Holderness to Hannah P.

Smith of New Hampton.
July 31, 1843, Lucian A. Ladd to Mary Jane Smith, both of

Meredith.
Sept. 27, 1843, Edward F. Buxton of Boscawen to Lois Jewett of

Gilford.
Oct. 11, 1843, Luther Bean to Mary Ann Nichols, both of Gilford.
Nov. 26, 1843, Benj. P. Symons of Danvers, Mass., to Mary A.

Robinson of Meredith.
Dec. 28, 1843, Abram M. Morrison of Meredith to Susan H.

Whipple of Gilford.
Dec. 31, 1843, John Hanaford of New Hampton to Abigail Hunt

of Meredith.
June 13, 1844, Jeremiah Glidden to Mrs. Susan Haynes, both of

Meredith.
June 16, 1844, Samuel Ward of New Hampton to Nancy Pease of

Meredith.
Nov. 14, 1844, William T. Crockett to Miss Susan N. Leavitt,

both of Meredith.

Married by Rev. John K. Young

Jan. 11, 1844, Moses Whittier of Boscawen to Olive Jane Eager of

Gilford.
Feb. 22, 1844, William Moses of New York City to Susan Rand-

lett of Gilford.

650 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

March 14, 1844, Royal Winter of Concord to Martha Ann

Swasey of Gilford.
March 11, 1844, Gustavius Dow to Sarah F. Evans, both of

Meredith.
July 9, 1844, Josiah F. Toby to Olive J. Rowell of Gilford.
July 31, 1844, John Boynton of New Hampton to Eliza Tilton of

Meredith.
Aug., 1844, Ira Taylor of Meredith to Mary Smith of Holderness.
Sept. 25, 1844, Green Osborn to Nancy Hatch, both of Pittsfield.
Nov. 16, 1844, David Slaniels of Salem, Mass., to Martha S.

Moulton.
Dec. 17, 1844, Independence Gile of Hooksett to Adeline Crockett

of Meredith.
Dec. 25, 1844, Benjamin F. Whipple of Gilford to Sarah J. C.

Melvin of Plymouth.
Jan. 1, 1845, David B. Allison to Paulina M. Lane, both of Gilford.
Feb. 12, 1845, Jonathan Ladd to Hannah Ladd.
March 4, 1845, Samuel L. Lawrence to Annie Y. Hunt, both of

Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Rev. Giles Leach

Dec. 31, 1844, John F. Whitten of Holderness to Betsey A. Marsh

of Gilford.
Feb. 26, 1845, John Deaborn to Elizabeth E. Robinson, both of

Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by W. H. Waldren

Oct. 1, 1844, James M. Robinson to Sarah M. Smith, both of
Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Rev. John K. Young

Aug. 14, 1844, Ira Taylor of Meredith to Mary Smith of New-
Hampton.

Married by Stephen J. Pitman

June 27, 1845, Josiah Goodwin to Julia Mariah Elliot, both of
Meredith.

RECORDS 651

Sept. 24, 1845, Isaac Webster to Worthy Ann Chase, both of
Meredith.

Jan. 28, 1846, John B. Swain to Mary Elizabeth Swain, both of
Meredith.

Feb. 10, 1846, John S. Dolloff to Harriet S. Kimball, both of
Meredith.

Feb. 19, 1846, Jacob Farrar of Meredith to Mrs. Sarah S. Phil-
brook of Sanbornton.

Married by Rev. Giles Leach

April 30, 1845, Levi Leach of Bridgewater, Mass., to Susan C.

Sanborn of Meredith.
Feb. 6, 1846, Abert H. Jewett of Meredith to Mary P. Morse of

Sandwich.
Nov. 26, 1845, Ephraim A. Harwood of Westford, Mass., to

Loiza Cook of Meredith.

A true copy. Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Rev. John K. Young

May 2i, 1845, James Tatlor of Salem to Abby Tilton of Gilford.

June 19, 1845, Silas Chase of Concord to Lvdia Woodman of
Gilford.

Aug. 19, 1845, Daniel E. L. Somes to Laura Chase, both of
Meredith.

Sept. 14, 1845, James Dame to Mary Pickering, both of Gilman-
ton.

Sept. 24, 1845, Martin L. Wadleigh to Susan D. Parker, both of
Meredith.

Sept. 28, 1845, Lyman Piper to Elizabeth Dame, both of Mere-
dith.

Feb. 8, 1846, John J. Bennett to Eliza J. Jewett, both of Gilford.

March 15, 1846, Benjamin Calef of Ohio to Emily C. Weeks of
Gilford.

Married by W. H. Waldron

Nov. 12, 1845, Edmund Moulton of Ellsworth to Sarah M. Folsom

of Meredith.
Jan. 25, 1846, John H. Fifield to Elvira Jane Kimball, both of

Gilmanton.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

652 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Married by Rev. Samuel Cook

May 8, 1845, Joseph H. Clark to Jane Quimby, both of Meredith.
Nov. 10, 1845, George M. Quimby of Campton to Sarah Jane

Piper of Gilford.
Nov. 15, 1845, Darius Robinson to Susan Philbrick, both of
Meredith.
. Jan. 12, 1846, Stephen H. Crockett of Center Harbor to Lucy M.
Fogg of Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Giles Leach

Jan. 14, 1847, James Moulton to Matilda A. Annabel, both of
Meredith.

Dec. 14, 1846, Charles B. Hall to Nancy Taylor, both of Center
Harbor.

Nov. 25, 1846, William J. Wilson to Reuhamah A. Leavitt, both
of Meredith.

Nov. 4, 1843, John Little to Lettice A. Robinson, both of Mere-
dith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Elder Smith Fairfield

B. M. B. Silingham of Thornton to Ruth T. Carr of Gilford.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Elder John Sinclair

March 13, 1847, Joseph Hart to Mrs. Hannah Sinclair, both of
Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Benjamin S. Tuttle, J. P., for Belknap County

Oct. 27, 1846, John S. Leavitt of Sanbornton to Lucy Ann Cheney
of Campton.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Stephen J. Pitman
May 26, 1846, Washington Mooney Baker to Martha Ann Baker.

RECORDS 653

Married by Samueel Cook

July 20, 1846, Timothy S. Edgerly of Sanborn ton to Margaret

Page of Meredith.
Nov. 26, 1846, John Nelson True of Center Harbor to Mary E.

Neal of Meredith.
Dec. 4, 1846, John B. M. Rogers of Holderness to Sally G. Smith

of New Hampton.
March 27, 1847, Josiah Shephard Vittam to Mrs. Sophia G. Mati-

son, both of Meredith.
July 17, 1847, B. C. Osgood to Nancy Davis; married by Dyre H.

Sanborn, J. P.

Married by Stephen J. Pitman

March 8, 1848, Francis Shaw to Rachel Jane Leavitt, both of

Lowell, Mass.
Nov. 26, 1847, William E. Gordon to Lovina P. Dolloff, both of

Meredith.

Married by Rev. Smith Fairfield

Aug. 1, 1847, Augustus Merrill to Melvina Pickering of Lake
Village.

Married by Stephen J. Pitman

Oct., 1847, William M. Webster to Nancy Dolloff, both of Mere-
dith.

Oct., 1847, Stephen K. Philbrook to Abigail Fogg, both of
Meredith.

Oct. 28, 1847, Hezekiah Munroe Swain to Hannah Pitman, both
of Meredith.

Nov. 11, 1847, William L. Benitt of Bristol to Lauretta Jane Dol-
loff of Meredith.

Nov. 24, 1847, Stephen S. Kimball to Turza Ann Dolloff, both of
Meredith.

Nov. 25, 1847, Noah Lawrence to Polly Marston, both of Mere-
dith.

Feb., 1848, Lorenzo D. Dolloff to Sudan P. Smith, both of
Meredith.

Oct. 10, 1847, William Heddle of Meredith to Louisa Hadley of
Dover; married by Benjamin S. Tuttle, J. P.; also

654 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Oct. 10, 1847, William Henry Harrison Leavitt of Sanbornton to
Rachael M. Prescott of Washington, Yt.

Married by James Gordon, Justice of the Peace

Dec. 4, 1838, John S. Caswell of Moultonborough to Sally Dock-
ham of Meredith.

July 27, 1839, John S. Webster of New Hampton to Lovina
Dockham of Meredith.

Oct. 11, 1840, Lyman W. True to Mary J. Hilliard, both of
Meredith.

Oct. 20, 1845, John Dockham to Priscilla Kelley, both of Mere-
dith.

Nov. 25, 1847, Henry Moulton to Catherine Hilliard, both of
Meredith.

Married by John L. Sinclair

Sept. 17, 1847, Nemiah Leavitt of Meredith to Judith G. Huntress

of Center Harbor.
Oct. 18, 1847, Lorenzo D. Davis to Abby R. Smith, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 17, 1847, Freeman J. Weed of Brattleborough to Caroline

M. D. Vittum of Meredith.

Attest: Stepehn J. Pitman.

Married by S. C. Lyford, Justice of the Peace

Aug. 25, 1847, John S. Mudgett of Meredith to Mary Jane
Nichols of Sanbornton.

Oct. 15, 1847, Michael Mathanus to Elizabeth Kimball, both of
Meredith.

March 25, 1848, Ira Simes to Mary Jane Hadley, both of Mere-
dith.

Married by K. R. Davis

Oct. 24, 1847, Sulivan Crosman to Margaret Colby, both of
Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Elder Strong

March 20, 1842, Jacob Severance of Sandwich to Susan R. Rob-
erts of Meredith.

RECORDS 655

Married by Stephen J. Pitman

March 15, 1848, Obadiah Kimball of New Hampton to Elizabeth

Flint.
March 17, 1848, Timothy Chase of Campton to Sally Huse of

Meredith.
No date, Noah S. Rollins of New Hampton to Elvirah Bickford of

Meredith.
April 1, 1848, Andrew J. Tucker to Hannah Chase, both of

Meredith.
Oct. 15, 1848, Levi Stevens, Jr., of Charlestown, Mass., to Abby

P. Nichols of Meredith.
Oct. 19, 1848, David F. Fellows of Bristol to Mary J. Copp of Xew

Hampton.
Dec. 18, 1848, Charles R. Boynton to Lucy H. Thompson, both

of Center Harbor.
Jan. 8, 1848, Abram S. Dow of Meredith to Mary J. Moses of

Alexandria.

Married by John L. Sinclair

Jan. 1, 1849, John C. Wadleigh to Mary A. Nealey, both of
Meredith.

Married by Hugh Bede

Nov. 21, 1848, Luther G. Flanders of Xew Hampton to Mary E.
Smith of Meredith.

Married by Samuel Cook

June 22, 1848, James Munroe Beedee to Isabelle Lane, both of

Meredith.
July 4, 1848, George W. Quimby of Campton to Leena X. Eaton

of Bethleham.

Married by Smith Fairfield, Minister

March 20, 1849, Job H. Burleigh of Acton, Maine, to Miranda M.
Marston of Meredith. Married at Lake Village.

Married by James Gordon, Justice of the Peace

Jan. 6, 1850, Thomas V. Hilliard of Meredith to Abigail Dockham
of Gilford.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk.

656 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

Married by John Prince, Minister of the Universale st Church

Nov. 7, 1850, Lorenzo D. Perry of Boston, Mass., to Sarah M.
Messer of Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Francis Reed

Nov. 26, 1850, Joseph B. Smith, age 30 years, to Melvina Haw-
kins, age 28 years, both of New Hampton.

Married by Phineas Richardson

Nov. 17, 1850, Charles H. Adams, born in Meredith, May 12,
1827, son of H. Adams, to Miss Mary F. Parker, born New-
castle, Maine, August 23, 1827, daughter of J. Parker.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman.

Married by Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk

July 4, 1850, George W. Payne of Center Harbor to Mary A.

Smith of Meredith.
July 4, 1850, Elmer A. Haskins of Nashville to Hannah J. Ring

of Northfield.
Oct. 9, 1850, George W. Hawkins to Susan R. Fogg, both of

Center Harbor.
Oct. 19, 1850, Lorenzo W. Lovett of Gilford to Abba Amanda

Page of Center Harbor.
Oct. 23, 1850, Samuel Leavitt to Betsey Edgerly, both of Mere-
dith.
Oct. 27, 1850, James Pike to Lucy Ann YYiggin, both of Meredith.
Oct. 16, 1850, Ebenezer Pitman to Mrs. Eliza Jane Swain, both of

Meredith.
Nov. 13, 1850, Phineas Danforth of Warner to Clara Copp of New

Hampton.
Nov. 28, 1850, John O. Prescott of Meredith to Lydia B. Randall

of Center Harbor.
Nov. 29, 1850, John M. L. Swain to Hannah L. Folsom, both of

Meredith.
Dec. 22, 1850, Josiah Moulton to Elizabeth A. Hilliard, both of

Meredith.
Dec. 22, 1850, Nathaniel Whittier to Mahala Straw, both of

Meredith.

RECORDS 657

Jan. 11, 1851, Ebenezer P. Mudgett of Boston to Louisa Ann

Leavitt of Meredith.
Jan. 27, 1851, James B. Tuttle to Caroline McGrillis, both of

Center Harbor.
Feb. 5, 1851, Samuel H. Weston to Betsey Edgerly, both of

Meredith.

Attest: Stephen J. Pitman, Town Clerk.

Marriages in the Town of Meredith

May 22, 1835, David Blaisdell to Elvira Gilman, both of Mere-
dith.

Aug. 13, 1837, Joseph Swain to Mary Hill, both of Meredith.
Attest: Jacob B. Huntington.

April 8, 1852, at Plymouth, Josiah B. Rogers of Plymouth to
Almira Yeaton of Meredith. Married by Elisha Scott,
Minister.

Nov. 7, 1850, John Prince to Sarah M. Messer. Married by
Lorenzo D. Berry.

Sept. 1, 1849, Charles Hanson of Sandwich to Sarah E. Fowler of
Meredith.

March 1, 1850, George B. Gordon to Hannah Flanders of New
Hampton.

Nov. 26, 1850, Joseph B. Smith, age 30 years, to Melvina Haw-
kins, age 28 years. Married by Francis Reed.

Aug. 23, 1847, John L. Mudgett of Meredith to Mary Jane
Nichols. Married by S. C. Lyford.

March 25, 1848, Ira Smith to Mary Jane Hadley, both of Mere-
dith.

Births and Marriages

John Henry Robinson, born in Barnstead July 29, 1820, son of

Noah Robinson of Meredith and wife Susan Horn of Dover.
John P. Robinson, born Oct. 3, 1805, son of John Robinson of

Meredith.
Simeon Cate, son of Ebeneezer and wife Mary Cate, born Feb. 20,

1763, in Greenland.
Sept. 11, 1859, William H. Cate of Meredith to Mary M. Smith.
Jan. 17, 1813, Simeon Cate to Lydia Durgin. Married in

Sanbornton.

658 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

April 29, 1819, Ebenezer F. Cate of Meredith to Hannah Tilton.
Aug. 17, 1823, John Cate of Meredith to Sally Sanborn of San-

bornton.
Jan. 3, 1819, Simeon Cate to Polly P. Hill, both of Meredith.
Feb. 23, 1852, Charles Chase of Groton to Sarah Boynton.

Notes. — There are old stones in the Swazey yard in Meredith
from which the letters are worn off. I asked Mrs. Swazey Lincoln
who they were. Acsah Patten; on back of stone is Currier.
Two Bryant children. John Ford, who run a stage line out of
Meredith, is buried there.

"Ladd Hill" or "Mile Hill," south of Meredith, was named for
Park Ladd.

Marriages in "Old Meredith"

1810, Nathaniel Batchelder of Northwood to Patience Page.

March 7, 1862, Nathaniel Batchelder, age 75 years, of Meredith
to Mary (Neal) Robinson, daughter of "White Oak"
Joseph Neal, she age 66 years, both second marriages.

Jan. 30, 1844, Joseph E. Robinson of Newcastle to Mary Neal of
Meredith.

Oct. 30, 1831, John L. Robinson to Rachel C. Smith.

Dec. 14, 1831, John G. Robinson to Lucinda Roberts.

Sept. 16, 1852, John G. Robinson to Eunice E. Little of Warren.

March 26, 1856, John Robinson of Meredith to Lucinda Sever-
ance.

Aug. 2, 1841, Joseph W. Robinson of Gilford to Matilda G.
Crockett of Meredith.

Nov. 22, 1842, Joshua Robinson of Meredith to Sarah Hall.

Oct. 1, 1844, James M. Robinson of Meredith to Sarah M. Smith.

March 17, 1829, Jonathan Robinson of Meredith to Charlotte
Smith.

May 15, 1869, John H. Robinson of Laconia to Hannah G.
Blaisdell.

July 2, 1895, J. S. Robinson, age 63 years, of Meredith to Priscilla
Bickford, 49 years.

Jan. 18, 1882, Joshua B. Robinson, age 61 years of Laconia to
Harriet A. Pitman, age 38 years, born in Danville, Yt.

Aug. 31, 1899, John S. Robinson, age 21 years of Laconia to Mabel
( '•. Moses, age 16 years. lie son of Joseph L. Robinson and
wife Clara A. Edwards, age 51 years. She daughter ol

RECORDS 659

Mathew Moses of Chester, England, and wife Elizabeth
Hutton, age 46 years of Conway, England.

Marriages from the Farmer's Visitor of 1842

Feb., 1852, in Meredith Bridge by Rev. Young, Caleb G. Brier to

Eliza M. Gale of Gilmanton.
Feb., 1852, in New Hampton by Rev. Dr. Smith, Thomas P.

Woodman to Nancy E. Robinson. Also by the same,

George P. Smith to Elizabeth A. Taylor.
Feb., 1852, at Lake Milage, Ralph Adams to Maria C. Gilman,

both of Gilford.

Marriages

June 5, 1859, John Webster to Lucetta A. Piper.

Nov. 17, 1865, John Webster to Sarah Harper.

Feb. 28, 1883, John F. Pickering to Carrie E. Webster.

Feb. 9, 1907, Frank Ervin Pickering to Amy Hawley.

Feb., 1910, Stella L. Pickering to Frank M. Mudgett of Meredith

Center.
Oct. 19, 1910, Olin J. Pickering to Lela L. Rand.
No date, Clarence E. Pickering to Lois Hawley. Divorced 1922.
May 6, 1922, Clarence E. Pickering to Elfleda Taylor.
Dec, 1843, David Randlett to Betsey Weeks of Meredith
May 11, 1856, Gilman S. Randlett of Meredith to Placentia

Mudgett of Center Harbor.
July 12, 1838, Josiah Randlett of Meredith to Sally T. Goss.

Deaths from the Farmer's Monthly Visitor, 1852

At Center Harbor, Jan. 5, 1852, Lettice A., wife of Samuel M.

Senter, Esq., aged 78 years.
In Meredith, Jan. 3, 1852, Moses Langley, aged 64 years; also

Joanna, wife of Aaron Robinson, aged 60 years.
In Meredith, Dec. 31, 1851, of consumption, Mrs. Lettice B.Lang,

aged 44 years, wife of Hon. George W. Lang of Philadelphia

and daughter of John Towle, Esq., of Meredith.
In Meredith, Dec. 29, 1851, Mrs. Peter Robinson, aged 77 years,

of Meredith.
In Meredith, March, 1852, Charles F., son of Nathaniel and

Mary Batchelder, aged 22 years; also Deacon Joshua Perkins,

aged 84 years.

660 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.

In Gilmanton, March, 1852, Abraham Parsons, aged 96 years, 2
months. He was the oldest person in town, if not in the
State, and was born before any child in Gilmanton.

Mrs. Deborah French, March, 1852, widow of Israel French, aged
86 years.

In New Hampton, March, 1852, Stephen Morse, Esq., late of
Holderness, aged 84 years.

Meredith Data

From old Meredith books

John Cate died March, 1853, aged 95 years.

Jonathan Quimby, aged 85, died June 18, 1869.

Polly Quimby died Sept. 23, 1870, aged 79 years.

Stephen Farrar, wife Sarah, died 1791-1813.

John Perkins from Stratham, N. H., died Nov. 15, 1818.

Old Bible Records

Eleanor Hill Bickford, born in Greenland, June 25, 1770,
married John Bryant, born Nov. 29, 1767, at Meredith.

Priscilla Bryant, born June 12, 1793, in Meredith.

Sarah Ray Bryant, born June 22, 1796, in Meredith.

Joseph Bickford Bryant, born Dec. 25, 1797, in Meredith.

John Stevens Bryant, born April 11, 1800, in Meredith.

Samuel Bickford Bryant, born Dec. 13, 1803, in Meredith.

John Bryant, died March 23, 1849. His wife was Eleanor
Bickford.

Priscilla W. Bryant, died Aug. 20, 1809.

Almira, wife of Samuel B. Bickford, died at Lowell, Jan. 12,
1828.

John Bryant married Eleanor H. Bickford, at Epsom, Nov. 27,
1791.

Sarah R. Bryant married Caleb Swain, April 9, 1822, at Sutton,
Vt.

Joseph B. Bryant married Cynthia Norris at Gilmanton, Sept.
22, 1822.

John S. Bryant married Hannah P. Elevard.

Samuel B. Bryant married Almira Moseley, Sept. 27, 1826,
at Hill.

INDEX TO FRACTIONAL HISTORY

INDEX TO FRACTIONAL HISTORY

Accidents. 20, 108, 204, 211, 219, 315,

325, 528
Alameda, 230
Algonquian, 29

Antipedobaptist (name adopted), 36
Aquadochitan, 3

"The Weirs," 3

unfortunate events, 3
Army, 7

large quota, 7

enlistment, 7
Ashland. 93, 96

first call to arms, 93
selectman, 93

hole in the wall, 95

voted to name, 90
Asquedankenash, 30

"fish weir," 30
Association Test, 99, 132, 144, 163, 209,

237
Automobile, First, 238, 239, 240

Bands, 95
Banks, 115, 116

Baptisms, 33, 30, 44. 45. 48. 56, 57, 58,
65, 66, 67, 68, 122, 232, 234, 286,
366
Bay State Grant, 3
Bear Hunt, A., 91. 92
Bear Island Legend, 15
Bear Story, 247, 248, 470, 472
Bell, 42, 43

Black Cat Brook, 109
Blockhouse, 3
Boarding house, 99
Boats, 100, 105, 121, 156, 158
Bonus, "first birth," 5
Boscawen Plains, 322
Bound boy, 170, 209, 233
Boundary, 3, 32

Massachusetts-Xew Hampshire, 4

Endicott Rock, 3
Bounty, 124, 242
Boys, 5, 6

preference, 6
B rickyard, 177, 178, 202
Bridge, "toll," 12
Building, 54, 55, 78, 138
Burying Ground, Opeeehce, 232

Camp, 148, 169, 366

Carpenters. 120, 121, 131. 137

Carroll County History. 28

Car Shops, lol

( !atastrophies, 7. 20

Catholic, '•first." II

Cave, The Moore, 322

Cemetery, 16, 32, 77, 78, 79. 82. 92, 109.

110." Ill, 124. 125. 128, 141, 14".

103, 170, 171, 183, 184, 193, 221
Charter, 3, 94, 328
Civil War, 93
Claim, staked, 479
Clemenccau, Mary Plumer, 182
Clough, Free, 12

Eugene, "singer," 12
Committee, "safety," 0, 99
Convention, "delegates," 7
Conveyance, "copy," 16, 35
< ram, John, "Good Old," 162, 163
Crotch-town, 32
Crystal Hills. 334
Curiosity, 415

Davis. Malachi, 18

Declaration of Independence, signed, 6

Deeds, 16, 17, 55. 85, 86, 122, 179, 190,
227, 228, 235, 292, 307, 308. 319,
352, 410, 520, 521, 5o2, 581, (>S2

Deeds, Indian, 335, 341, 487, 489, 532

Disciple, The Thirstv, 210

Doctors, 18, 22, 25, 35, 43, 125, 134, 140,
148, 149, 156. 160, 204, 208, 209, 216

Dollar, lohn, 182

Dustan, Hannah, 199, 203

Early pioneers, 18, 19
Eastman, Mary Butler, 31
Eaton, Sama, first child born, 5
Editors, 113. 222
Elopement, 327
Emigrant, "first." 323. 493
Endicott Rock, 3
Engineer, 160

actories. 12. 10, 93, 109, 115, 147, 270

irst Church Meredith, 50, 51, 52

irst Constitution. 7

irst Fire Co. ( [840), 7. 210

irst President, 7

irst White Child, 479, 480

ish Story, 228

ishing, 3, 29

olsom Mills. 230

ort. 4. 170, 189. 209

orty-niner, 230, 301

oulsam vs. Smith. 230, 231

ree Baptist Cyclopedia, 43

Garrison, 105. 117, 163, 196, 201. 233,

24 X
(■host Story, 22, 24, 164,214.215
( rilmanton, 32
( rrange, 25. 2s

664

INDEX TO FRACTIONAL HISTORY

Grants, land, 3, 10, 11, 30, 31, 94, 119,
128, 202, 235, 254, 258, 263, 270,
328, 335, 353, 379, 427, 493, 494

Grave, desecrated, 98

Harriman, Dr. Alpher Haven, 625
Hawkins, Dr. Frederick, 244
Hermit, 414, 415
Highways, 12, 15
Homan, Rev. Charles, 244
Homestead, The Old Fogg, 222, 223,

224, 225, 226
Hospitality, 383, 384, 385

Indians, 3, 30, 185, 186, 199, 200, 201,

202, 374
Industries, 12, 16, 93, 109, 138
Inventions, 302

Kidnaping, 185, 186

Laconia, 3

Lake Village, 10

Lawyer, 121

Lafayette, General, 197

Lease, 208, 209, 292

Leavitt, Dudley, 76, 103, 105

Leavitt, Isaac, 76

Legend, 15, 42, 43, 86, 87, 108, 109, 174,

214,215,433,529,530
Lightning, a freak bolt, 129, 481
Log house, 109, 112, 124, 154, 170, 179
Lumber business, 161

Masonian Proprietors, 233
Masonic, 95, 216
Mechanic, 153
Meeting, town, 6, 12, 163

Meeting, proprietors, 4, 5
Mills, 160, 161, 205, 209, 230, 233, 252,

467
Mines, 104
Minute Man, 100
Missionary, 104
Mob, tore down church, 100
Monument, 202
Mormons, 232, 233
Murders, Indian, 248, 366, 374, 380
Music, 95. 107, 109, 113
Musters, 258, 259

Neal, "White Oak" Joseph, 356, 357,

358
New Salem incorporated, 11

Oak Hill Free Baptist, 56-65

founded, 56

signers, 57

members, 61-65
Odd Items, 129, 484

O'Hare, Bridget, haunted mansion, 22
Old Cart Path, 12, 13
Organizations, 7, 12

Passaconaway, "Great Medicine Man,"
30

Pension, 139, 140

Pension Declaration, 467

Perley, Dr. John Langdon, 265

Pews, 43, 54, 131, 348, 353

Pioneers, 18, 117, 158, 193, 304, 236,
512

Poetry, 18, 19, 21, 29, 31, 32, 42, 283,
361, 362, 358

Population (1775), 6

Pottle Meeting House, 56

Pound. 17. 124, 303, 305, 517, 524

Preacher, A Pioneer, 33, 42

Printers, 18, 113, 143, 152

Prophecv, 177

Proprietors, 94, 105, 139, 140, 174

Proprietors, meeting, 4, 5
Book of Township, 8

Proverb, 307

Province of New Hampshire, alle-
giance withdrawn, 7

Public building, 18

Punishment, 42, 43

Quaker, 303, 308, 374, 381, 428

Raid. Indian, 311
Railroads, 155, 158
Ransom, 185
Record, 50, 55

Copy of original, 8, 9, 10

Enlistments, 7, 11, 12, 99, 100

Non Enlistments, 11

State, 6
Recruits, 398
Register, town, 30
Revolutionary period, 6, 7
Roads, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 170, 172, 176
Roller Coaster Road, 228

Saw mill, first, 4

Schools, 94, 95, 106

Scout, 106

Selectmen (1775), 6

Senator, 207

Senator, U. S., 222

Settlement, first actual, 4

Settlers, early, 31, 162, 169, 170, 198.

204
Shad Path. 228
Sheriff. 208
Shops, B. & M., 168
Smallpox, 394

Smith, Daniel, second child born, 5
Soldiers, 11, 12, 100, 106, 115, 194

INDEX TO FRACTIONAL HISTORY

665

Spindle Point, 41, 228

Squa Cove, 86, 87

Stage, route, drivers, 325, 326

Stories. 132. 141, 153. 174, 186, 210,

222. 22o. 2S3. 284. 461, 470, 471,

472. 496, 497
Strawberry Bank, 209, 334
Strike. 158. 159
Surgeon, 209
Survevors, 35, 41, 130, 132, 155, 161,

189, 194, 228

Tailors. 119. 205. 22,7

Taverns. 18. 124, 126, 140, 155, 168,

219. 221
Tax, 4, 10. 209
Teacher, 12
Telegraph, 95
Timber, first cut. 161
Tithing, "tidy man," 33
Toll bridge. "12
Town clerk, 122
Town order, copy, 201
Trade name, "shearman," 467
Traditions, 230, 231, 258, 259

Tree, old oak, 621
Tribes, Indian, 3, 30, 87, 374
Tutor, 231
Twins, 207

"Wanackwamack," head sachem, 487
War, Civil, 93

Revolutionary, 6, 7
Weare, Hon. Meschic, First President

U. S.. 7
Webster, Daniel. "Story," 167
Wedding, 469, 472
Weir, Dr., 272

Weirs, The, origin of name, 3
Wentworth, Governor, one ox for

19,442 acres, 32
Wiley, Dr., 238
Wills, 133, 194. 195. 235, 255, 256, 317,

318, 351, 379, 410, 463, 467, 473,

485, 486, 489, 516, 520, 521, 525,

529, 566, 592
Winnipeseogee, 28. 29
Winnipisioca Pond, 230
Witchcraft, 402, 503
Wolves, 112

INDEX OF NAMES

l\Di:X OF NAM IS

Abbott, Anna, 492, 495

Abbott, Esther, 492, 495

Abbott, Hannah, 253, 492, 496

Abbott, Martin L., 175

Abbott, Xaomice (Carr), 496

Abbott, Paul, 496

Abbott, Pratt, 213, 216

Abbott, Ruth, 274

Abbott, Sarah Jane (Tilton), 451

Abbott, Thomas, 492, 495

Abbott. Thomas Perry, 492, 495

Ackerman, Deborah (Lang), 285

Ackennan, Mark, 285

Adams, Cora A., 464

Adams, Ellen, 500

Adams, George H., 501

Adams, George Herbert, 501

Adams, George Herbert, Jr., 501

Adams, Henry, 91, 92, 254

Adams, Ira, 92

Adams, Jane B., 93

Adams, John, 129

Adams, John B., 519

Adams, John Q., 91, 92

Adams, Louisa Jane, 501

Adams, Nancy, 253

Adams. Polly, 165

Adams, Rebecca, 481, 514

Adams, Stephen, 92

Adams, Walter Blair, 501

Adams, William, 93

Aiken, Albert,9 155

Aiken, Betsey P., 155

Aiken, Clement, 155

Albe, Olive, 250

Albe, Zuriel, 250

Alden, John, 121

Aldrich, Harriet, 161

Aldrich, Harriet C, 162

Alden, Priscilla, 121

Alexander, Amy, 432

Alexander, Daniel L., 432

Alexander, Maria, 192

Alexander, Mattie L.. 432

Alexander, Susan (Seaver), 607

Allen, David, 455

Allen, John, 402

Allen, Martha. 161

Allen, Mary, 384

Allen. Mildred, 582

Alvord, Lawrence C, 578

Ambrose, Adele Victoria, 340, 360

Ambrose, Betsey, 227, 23,2, 406, 407

Ambrose, David, 340, 355, 360

Ambrose, David Edward, 340, 355

Ambrose, Dorothy, 360

Ambrose, Dorothy Blanchard, 340

Ambrose, Edward, 252, 360
Ambrose, Emily M., 134
Ambrose, John, 134, 419
Ambrose, Mary Jane, 557
Ambrose, Mary R., 360
Ambrose, Capt. Nathaniel, 403
Ambrose, Oliver, 477
Ambrose, Paul T., 360
Ames, David, 231
Ames, John, 129
Ames, John Stuart, 550
Anderson, George E., 142, 551
Anderson, James S., 526

Andrews, , 402

Andrews, Neal Tyler, 341
Andrews, Richard T., 341
Andy, Ella Madeline, 386
Ansboro, John, 438, 482

Anthony, , 178

Anthony, Bessie, 178
Appleton, Daniel, 207

Applevard, , 252

Arnold, , 401

Arnold, Carrie, 412
Arnold, Frank, 409, 412
Atkinson, Joseph P., 267
Atkinson, Joseph Plummer, 267
Atkinson, Orville A., 267

Atwood, , 484

Atwood, Alcira, 537
Atwood, Arthur, 537
Atwood, Arthur P., 537
Atwood, Arthur T.. 537
Atwood, Dorothy, 537
Atwood, Ella F., 244
Atwood, Ellen, 537
Atwood, George A., 537
Atwood, Mary A., 537
Atwood, Pluma Ann, 537
Atwood, William B., 426
Avery, Almena, 522
Avery, Charles, 212
Avery, Chester. 251
Avery, Ezra, 156
Avery, John, 457
Avery, Lawrence, 558
Avery, Martha J„ 426
Avery. Roland, 558
Ayer, Hannah, 587, 589
Ayer, Samuel, 201
Ayer. Stephen, 539

Avers, , 416

Avers, Elizabeth. 625

Avers, Mary, 271, 334, 336, 348, 350,

408, 411. 623
Avers, Philip W., 525
Avers, Sarah, 161, 189

670

INDEX OF NAMES

-, 574

Babb, —

Babb, Amy J., 187

Babb, John, 187

Babb, Joshua, 118

Bacheldor, Rev. Stephen, 487, 488

Bachiler, Anne, 448, 458

Bachiler, Deborah, 105, 106

Bachiler, Nathaniel, 10b, 107

Bachiler, or Batcheldor, Rev. Stephen,

105, 107, 111, 448, 458, 460
Bachiller, Nathaniel, 490
Bachiller, Theodate, 490
Bachilor, Rev. Stephen, 493, 592
Bacon, Clara, 520
Bacon, Francis H., 524
Bacon, Francis Henrv, 216
Badford, Elizabeth, 587
Badger, Capt. Joseph, 424
Badger, Nancy, 138, 267, 268, 275
Badger, Sarah J., 501
Badger, Thomas, 267
Badger, Timothy, 419, 501
Bagley, Martha J., 166
Baglev, Rhoda (Witham), 467
Bagley, Sally G., 467
Bailev, Jane, 98
Bailey, Dr. William, 160
Baker, Andrew, 94, 96, 331, 333
Baker, Angeline W., 96
Baker, Anna, 96, 98
Baker, Avison, 93
Baker, Bert, 94
Baker, Betty, 96
Baker, Betty Jane, 97, 448
Baker, Caroline, 448
Baker, Charles, 98
Baker, Charles Albert, 97
Baker, Charlotte, 96
Baker, Daniel S., 97
Baker, Ebenezer, 96
Baker, Esther Jane, 97
Baker, Ethel L., 97
Baker, Frances O., 96
Baker, Francis, 98
Baker, George, 98
Baker, George W., 448
Baker, George Washington, 96, 97, 210,

448
Baker, James, 93, 94, 96
Baker, James S., 333
Baker, Jason, 448
Baker, Jennie E., 97
Baker, John, 98
Baker, John Sanborn, 98
Baker, John Smith, 98
Baker, Jonathan, 97
Baker, Joseph, 94, 96
Baker, Kozza, 96
Baker, Leonard H., 97, 333
Baker, Luther, 448

Baker, Margaret, 97

Baker, Mariah, 98

Baker, Martha, 587

Baker, Mary Mooney, 96

Baker, Mary Mooney Smith, 97

Baker, Matthew Piper, 98

Baker, Minnie, 97

Baker, Nathan, 96

Baker, Nellie, 98

Baker, Norman Clyde, 97

Baker. Phebe, 448 "

Baker, Sallv Ann, 97, 448

Baker, Samuel, 96, 197

Baker, Samuel H., 94

Baker, Samuel Hazen, 97

Baker, Samuel S., 96

Baker, Sarah, 96

Baker, Sidney Fernald, 97, 448

Baker, Sidney Sanborn, 97, 210, 448

Baker, Stephen, 96

Baker, Sullivan. 98

Baker, Sydney S., 621

Baker. Thomas, 96

Baker, William Henry, 98

Baldwin. Cyrus, 120

Baldwin, Nathan, 477

Baldwin, Rebecca, 587, 590

Ballard, Alice J., 99, 302

Ballard, Charles Hartwell, 99

Ballard, Frank L,, 99, 302

Ballard, Teremiah, 98

Ballard, L., 581

Ballard, Llewelvn, 99, 301

Ballard, Nathan, 181

Ballard, Wilbur W., 432

Ballard, Wilbur Weston, 99, 301

Barker, Abigail, 204

Barker, Deborah, 120

Barlow, Julia E., 339, 341

Barlow, Winnifred, 183

Barnes, Judith, 119

Barnes, Lydia Morrill, 119

Barnes, William, 119

Barrell, Desire, 125

Barrett, Emma, 523

Barrett, William, 582

Barron, F., 501

Bartholmew, Capt. Allerton, 614

Bartholmew, Isaac, 614

Bartlett, Abbie E., 114

Barlett, Abial, 100, 102, 103, 524

Bartlett, Abigail, 99

Barlett, Adam, 102

Bartlett, Arvilla, 101, 102

Bartlett, Betsv, 101

Bartlett, Clifton J.. 407

Bartlett, Dorothy, 204

Bartlett, Dudlev, 101, 382

Bartlett, Elizabeth R., 101, 102

Bartlett, Ellen. 340

INDEX OF NAMES

671

Bartlett
Bartlett

Barlett.
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett

524
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Bartlett
Barton,
Basford
Basset,
Bassum

Emily Jane, 101, 102
F. A"., 340
Frank, 355

Frank A.. 101. 103, 369
George, 382
George W., 101. 103
Grace B., 407
Tames, 101, 103
Fames 1)., 101. 102
Jane, 296
John, 99. 100
John G, 101, 102
John, "John Tertius," 100
Joseph, 99, 101, 102, 103, 296,

Josiah, 100, 251
Tosiah Hall. 100
Josiah R., 102
Judith Maria. 101
Lorenzo, 101
Lucinda, 101, 102. 300
Lvdia R. (Hubbard), 101, 102
Maria, 101. 103
Mary Jane, 101, 102, 520, 524
Mirrila, 101
Moses, 100, 101, 102
Nathaniel, 230
Xorris P., 355
Richard, 99, 100
Samuel G., 101. 102
Sarah, 10L_ 103
Stephen, 572
Col. Thomas, 213, 422
Lieut. Thomas, 100
Hannah, 218
Caroline, 97, 448
Elizabeth, 503
Sarah, 118

Bast, Eugene N., 319
Batchelder,
Batchelder,
Batchelder,
Batchelder,
Batchelder,
112, 620
Batchelder,
Batchelder,
Batchelder,
Batchelder.
Batchelder,
Batchelder,

137, 141
Abbie, 111

Abigail, 110. 114, 275
Abigail B., 620
Abraham. 106, 110, 111,

Deacon Abraham, 318

Albert, 110

Albion, 110

Alice. 212

Alvin. Ill

Alvin Jav, 420
Batchelder, Ann, 212
Batchelder, Anne. 212
Batchelder, Annie, 512, 522
Batchelder, Benjamin, 107, 111, 452
Batchelder, Bertha. 212
Batchelder, Betsev, 110, 111, 114, 383,

619, 620
Batchelder. Burley, 107
Batchelder, Carter, 451

Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder

454, 620
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder

409, 411,
Batchelder

113
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder

360, 383
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder

620

Capt. Carter, 106, 108
Charles, 110
Charles S., 187
Clarrissa. 110, 111 _
G tmfort Mason, 107

Rev. Daniel, 609

1 huiiel Spaulding, 609

David. Ill, 437

Deborah. 553

Edith, 111

Edward 15., 484

Elisha, 489, 506

Eliza. 11(1

Erville, 609

Frank A., Ill

Hannah, 107. 160, 417, 437

Hannah C, 318

Henrietta, 110

Henrv, 187

Herbert P., 212

Increase, 110, 111

Jane Orissa, 107, 109, 113

Job, 449

John, 110, 111, 188, 437,

Deacon John, 420
John Huntress. 159
Joseph, 107, 272
Josiah. 108, 506, 526
Josiah B.. 107, 108, 451
Julia. 272, 553
Laura Ann. 107. 109, 113
Lucinda. 454
Luella Belle,
Lyman, 110,
Maria. 110
Martha. 484
Marv, 110,
620
Marv Elizabeth, 107, 109,

159

114.

620

114, 304, 306,

Marv Ellen, 564
Marv F., 537
Marv (Xeal). 397
Mehitable. 620
Moly, 620
Moses. 290
Naby, 620
Nancy, 106, 111
Nancy D.. Ill
Nathan, 107. 272
Nathaniel. 110. 112, 114,
485. 498, 620
Nellie, 111
Olive. 541

Rachel. 107. 109, 113
Ruth G. Ill
Sallv, 620
Samuel, 106, 107, 108, 188,

672

INDEX OF NAMES

Batchelder,
484, 512,
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batchelder
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor

504
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
488, 504
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batcheldor
Batt, Anna,

Sarah, 294, 303, 309, 310,
517, 519, 541
Sherburn D., Ill
Simeon, 212
Solomon, J 10, 452, 620
Stephen, 303
Susanna, 163
Tavlor, 545
Theodate (Smith), 526
William, 106, 107, 108, 452
William D., Ill
William T., 595
William W., 110
Abraham, 112
Alice, 113, 114
Alvin, 112
Annie E., 164
Betsey, 112, 162, 163
Burton L., 113, 114
Edward W., 113, 114
Emma, 113
Frank A.. 113, 114
Frank B., 113
Freeman H., 113, 114
George W., 113
Henry, 181
Hezekiah Drew, 113
Increase, 112
John, 112, 113, 114
Deacon John, 450
Tohn F., 114
John W., 113
Joseph, 256
Joseph Burleigh, 113
Josiah, 113
Josiah B., 197, 265
Laura J., 113
Lilla, 496

Lucinda, 114, 197, 264
Lvman P., 113, 114
Mabelle, 113
Mary, 107
Mary A., 113
Alary (Carter) (Wyman),

Mary Ellen, 568
Mary H., 113
Mary T., 256
Morrill S., 113
Nathaniel, 112, 337, 486,

Olive, 113
Rachel, 197, 265
Sally, 113
Samuel, 113
Solomon, 112
Deacon Stephen,
Rev. Stephen, 486
587

163

Battis, John, 564

Baur, Deborah, 118
Bayard, Thomas A., 570
Beach, Daniel, 369
Beach, Nathaniel, 369, 371
Beaman, Alexander, 115
Beaman, Edward F., 115
Beaman, Emma J., 115
Beaman, Fred L., 318
Beaman, George Otis, 115
Beaman, Otis, 115
Beaman, Peter, 115

Bean, , 375

Bean, Alpheus L., 115

Bean, Alvah, 282

Bean, Hon. Benning M., 575

Bean, Betsev, 115, 142, 481, 483

Bean, Calep M., 282

Bean, Clara, 140, 142

Bean, Comfort, 142

Bean, Comfortable Ann, 545

Bean, Rev. David, 134

Bean, Daniel Q., 134

Bean, E., 550

Bean, Elijah, 115

Bean, Elizabeth, 188

Bean, Ellen C, 355

Bean, Ellen Catherine, 115, 340, 360

Bean, Erastus, 115

Bean, Fanny G., 115

Bean, Frank A., 116

Bean, Fred, 359

Bean, George, 260

Bean, Hannah, 282, 449

Bean, Henry, 134, 140, 142, 338

Bean, Jeremiah, 417

Bean, Joseph, 115, 188

Bean, Joseph M., 115, 340, 355, 360

Bean, Lettice, 261

Bean, Lettice Alls, 159, 622

Bean, Levi, 142

Bean, Lydia, 241

Bean, Mary, 369, 371

Bean, Marv E., 399

Bean, Matilda A., 115

Bean, Mattie Mav, 116

Bean, Ruth, 134

Bean, Samuel, 371

Bean, Samuel G., 260

Bean, Sarah, 552

Bean, Sophia M., 260

Bean, Susan, 282

Bean, Susan P., 188

Bean, True, 282

Beard, Esther, 187

Beatty, Georgiana, 477

Beatty, John, 477

Beckford, , 613

Beckford, Judge, 605
Beckford, Mariana, 172
Bedel, Colonel, 575

INDEX OF NAMES

673

Bedell, Matthew J., 577

Beede, , 222. 373

Beede, Daniel, 572
Beede, Judge Daniel, 116
Beede, Daniel S.. 162, 208
Beede, Dolly, 571
Beede, Frances M., 116
Beede, Fred, 222
Beede, Hanson, 116, 572
Beede, J. Fred, 116
Beede, James, 572
Beede, John A., 116
Beede, John Fred, 116
Beede, Tolin \Y., 116
Beede, Nellie, 208
Beeres, Richard, 487
Belanger, Albion, 95
Belden, Charles, 482
Bell, Jacob, 251
Bell, Mary, 251
Bemis, Elvira J., 244, 623
Bemis, Lyman, 399
Bemis, Mary Elizabeth, 399
Benckes, Bryan, 487
Bennet, Kate J., 276
Bennett, Albert, 605
Bennett, Alzada, 605
Bennett, Augusta, 537
Bennett, Hazel, 605
Bennett, Mabel, 605
Bennett, Rachel, 541, 546
Bennett. W. J., 546
Bennick, Abigail, 592
Bennick, Abram, 592
Bernard, Thomas, 487
Bernel, Angeline, 363
, 243

Bettis, Ann Cornwell, 2.^2

Bern-
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berry
Bern-
Berry
Berry
Berry
Bern-
Berry
Berry
Berry
Berrv
Berry
Berry,

Asa, 117
Charles H., 117
Comfort, 352
Dexter, 117
Electa, 117
Francis, 352
Genea, 352
George, 117
Horace W., 117
James, 352
Jeanette, 117
John Howe, 117
Jonathan, 116, 426
Jonathan Neal, 352
Lavina, 117
Lottie E., 314
Mary Jane, 117
Melissa, 117
Napoleon B., 117
Parker, 117
Perris, 117
Sarah, 117
Vera, 509

ckett, Esther A., 539

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ford
ford
ford
ford
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Abbie, 433

Abigail, 117, 118, 130

Alonzo, 118

Amenda, 119

Ann, 119

Anna, 119

Augusta, 119

Benjamin. 117, 118

Bracket, 118. 130, 607

Captain, 150

Charles. 119

Charles H., 119

Clara, 118

Clara A.. 192

Clara E.. 610

Daniel Parker, 607

David. 166

Deborah, 118

Dorcas, 193

Eben, 119

Ebenezer, 118, 130, 451

Edward, 500

Edwin, 588. 590

Eleanor. 117, 119, 298

Eleazer. 119

Elizabeth, 118

Ella Mabel, 607

Emeline H., 451

Esther, 197

Frank. 314

Frank P., 119

George Sylvester, 607

Grace, 314

Henry, 119, 610

Henry A., 118, 192

Hezekiah, 119

James, 117, 118, 136

Tames A., 192

James E., 118, 610

Johanna. 61 1

John. 117, 118, 130, 242

Jonathan, 117, 118, 130, 600

Joseph, 119, 430

Joseph H., 117

Lizzie E., 192, 610

Love (Cromwell), 197

Lucinda (Bryant), 610

Lvdia, 118, 130, 242

Mabel. 119

Mahala. 131, 481

Mary, 117, 118,314

Mary A.. 118

Mary Brvant. 607

Mary Ellen. 607

Mercv, 117

Moses, 118

Oliver, 118

Phebe, 118, 130

674

INDEX OF NAMES

Rickford

. Priscilla, 118, 166, 211, 130,

Blaisdell, John Clark, 121

241, 446, 542

Blaisdell, Joshua, 120

Bickford

. Sallv, 117, 119

Blaisdell, Judith, 120

Bickford

, Sally P., 435

Blaisdell, Laura, 120

Bickford

, Samuel, 117

Blaisdell, Mahala, 176, 178

Bickford

, Sarah, 425

Blaisdell, Marv, 120

Bickford

, Sarah A., 193

Blaisdell, Mary S., 601

Bickford

, Solomon, 118

Blaisdell, Marv Susan, 121

Bickford

, Susan Maria, 607

Blaisdell. Philip, 119, 120

Bickford

, Sylvania S., 451

Blaisdell, Philip D., 121

Bickford

, Thomas, 117. 118

Blaisdell, Phillip O., 452

Bickford

, Winthrop, 197

Blaisdell, Ralph, 119

Bisop, John, 487

Blaisdell, Rhoda, 120, 333, 478

Bixby, F

liram, 500, 525, 589

Blaisdell, Sallv. 120

Bixby, V

William, 500

Blaisdell, Samuel S., 289

Black, Alzada, 60S

Blaisdell, Stephen Bovnton, 121

Black, Arthur Merrill, 509

Blaisdell, Susan, 120

Black, Clarendon, 392

Blaisdell, Thomas, 120, 178

Black, Edmund, 392

Blaisdell, Elder William, 465

Black, Emeline, 394

Blaisdell, Rev. William, 280, 283

Black, James, 391, 392, 394

Blaisdell. William, 120

Black, Joshua, 392

Blaisdell, Winchell. 121

Black, Josiah Perkins, 394

Blake, Almeda. 147

Black, Lou visa, 605

Blake, Edmund R.. 378

Black. 1

^ary Elizabeth, 394

Blake, Elizabeth, 188, 365

Black, Olive, 392

Blake, Emma A.. 188

Black, Perkins, 392

Blake, Fannie, 273, 277

Black, S

abre Hill, 394

Blake, Ithamer, 159

Black, Sally, 392, 394

Blake, Marcena

Blair, Tosephine, 329

Blake, Marv, 578, 579

Blaisdell

- -, 173, 397

Blake, Marv Ann. 159

Blaisdell

Aaron, 441

Blake, Mos'es, 481

Blaisdell

Abbie, 121, 441

Blake, Roswell, 564, 568

Blaisdell

Beatrice, 122

Blake, Stephen, 1_88

Blaisdell

Bertram, 121

Blake, Thomas, 578

Blaisdell

Betsev, 120

Blanchard, A. V., 355

Blaisdell

Carl, 397, 507, 601

Blanchard. V., 340

Blaisdell

Carl Forrest, 121

Blanchard, Victorine, 360

Blaisdell

Charles Henry, 121

Blanding, Selina, 598, 602

Blaisdell

Cynthia, 280, 283, 285

Bliss, Josephine, 561

Blaisdell

Daniel7, 120

Blith, Ann, 147

Blaisdell

David, 120, 438, 507

Blodgett, Asahel, 234

Blaisdell

David Napoleon, 121

Blodgett, Caleh, 235

Blaisdell

Dorothy, 122

Blodgett, Catherine, 234

Blaisdell

Eliphalet, 452

Blodgett, Ebenezer, 234

Blaisdell

Eliza, 438

Blodgett, Isaac, 234

Blaisdell

Eliza Anna, 121

Blodgett, Jeremiah, 234

Blaisdell

Eliza ( Gilman), 507

Blodgett, Lois, 235

Blaisdell

Elizabeth, 119

Blodgett, Sarah Porter, 234

Blaisdell

Elizabeth (Betsey), 120

Blodgett, Sibyl, 234

Blaisdell

Elliott, 120, 176, 178

Blood, Asa, 152

Blaisdell

El nor B., 438

Blood, Asa B., 152

Blaisdell

Frank N., 507, 601

Blood, Frances M., 152

Blaisdell

Frank Napoleon, 121

Blood, Hannah A., 152

Blaisdell

Hannah, 120, 438

Blood, Jonathan, 152

Blaisdell

Hannah Gilman, 121

Blood, Martha. 152

Blaisdell

Henrv, 119

Blood, Sally, 152

Blaisdell

Hugh, 121

Blood, Sarah Susanna, 150

Blaisdell

Jacoh, 119, 120, 121

Boardman, Frederick, 273, 277

Blaisdell

John, 119, 120

Boardman, Louisa Ann, 609

INDEX OF NAMES

675

Bond,
Bond,

Bond,

Boardman, Louise, 192
Boardman, Sarah (Clark), 609
Boardman, Stephen, 609
Bodwell. Lydia, 133
Bogardus, Eliza, 136
Boker. Elizabeth, 116
linker, Isaac, 304
Bokeson, Susanna. 265
Bond, Alice. 54'*

Angeline, 539

I. Waldo, 463

Jane. 548. 549 _
Bonney, James I).. 407
Bonney, Lillian I... 407
Bonyman, Caroline Lavinia, 145
Booth, Mary, 492
Booth. Mary E.. 496
Borden. Mollie (Mrs.). 174
Bosworth, Abigail. 207
Boulter. Mary. 422
Bouton, Richard I., 157
Bowden, John. 317
Bowdoin, Elizabeth, 258, 259
Bowdoin, James, 258. 570
Bowdoin, Peter, 258
Bowdoin, Samuel, 258
Bowdoin. William, 258
Bowers, Carrie, 290, 291. 292
Bowers, Jane (or Tennie), 291
Bowers, Mary J., 289
Bowers, Mary Jane, 292
Lowers, Xellie, 460
Bowker, Isaac, 309
Bowker, Sarah. 349
Bowles, Mary. 396
Bowman, James P.. 273, 279
Bover, Thomas, 487

Boynton, , 221, 430

Bovnton, Abbie. 317

Boynton, Abigail H.. 314. 316

Boynton, Albert C, 126

Boynton, Ann B., 128

Boynton. Ann Maria, 275

Bovnton, Anna. 125

Boynton. Arthur W., 126

Boynton, Augusta B., 127

Boynton, Bessie, 618

Boynton, Bessie I., 126

Bovnton, Betsev, 123, 128

Boynton, Betsey S. (Hart), 314

Bovnton, Carl, 127

Boynton, Charles H., 124, 141

Bovnton, Charles M., 127

Bovnton, Charles R., 127

Boynton, Charlotte. 123, 124, 371, 462

Boynton, Clarence, 127

Boynton, Colburn, 126

Bovnton, Capt. Coburn R.. 125, 126

Boynton. David. 122. 123, 124, 125, 463

Boynton, David B., 127

Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
I '.' ynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
I ti ynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Bi >ynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Bovnton

127
Boynton
Bovnton

249. 3
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
I ti ijmton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton
Boynton

David V., 127
1 >esire, 125

!•:. W., 165

Ebenezer, 124, 128, 314

Eddie, 127

Eddie V., 127

ElbridgeG., 127

Elizabeth, 528

Ella A.. 123

Elmer, 127

Emma A., 127

Emma Reynolds. 618

Francis Worcester, 123

George C, 314

George E., 124

George H., 125

George Henry, 126

Harrv C. 127

Hattie, 462

Hazel Elizabeth, 126, 291

Henry. 221

Hosea, 125, 127

Ira, 126, 618

Tames M., 125

Jewell, 618

Joan S., 127

Tohanna L., 126

John C, 125

John S., 125

Joseph, 123. 125, 127, 511, 618

Josiah B., 125

Laura Jane. 618

Leslie Mead. 126, 291

Lewis W., 123. 124

Lizzie B.. 125. 127

Luther, 126, 291, 314. 317

M. C, 531

McCrillis, 618

Marietta, 618

Mariette E., 126, 127

Marion, 291

Marion Mead, 126

Mark. 125, 127. 221

Mark C. 126

Mark W., 125

Mark Wentworth, 125. 126,

Martha, 143, 554
Mary, 122, 123, 124. 125.
7, 623

Mary E., 314
Mary Etta, 125
Mary G. 124
Mary fGilman), 608
Mary Jane. 221
Mary Newell, 244
Mary O., 141
Matilda. 124
Mead. 126, 291, 314
Nancy, 123, 125

126,

676

INDEX OF NAMES

Boynton,
Boynton,

249
Boynton,
Boynton,
Bovnton,

Nancy B., 127
Nancy (Davis),

128, 244,

Nathan, 126
Xathaniel, 1

1.

127

Xathaniel Batchelder,
Boynton, Oliver Otis, 125
Bovnton, Phebe R., 125
Boynton, Richard, 122, 123, 124,
Bovnton, Rufus, 127
Boynton, Sallv, 122, 124
Boynton, Sally (Davis), 128
Boynton, Samuel, 126
Bovnton, Sarah, 127
Boynton, Sarah E., 317, 511, 618
Bovnton, Sarah Mead, 291
Boynton, Stephen, 120, 122
Boynton, Susan, 124, 128

125

450

Susan
Susan

Boynton, Susan

Boynton, Susan

Boynton,

Boynton,

Boynton,

Boynton,

Boynton

Boynton,
Brackett,
Bradbury,
Bradburv

B., 123
Ranlet, 123
T., 125
Worcester, 608

Susanna, 123

Thomas R., 125

William, 123, 244
Bovnton. William B., 124, 127
Boynton, William D., 128, 246, 511, 618
Boynton, Worcester, 608

Worcester Francis, 462

Samuel, 235
Helman, 402
Molly, 463
Bradlev, Catherine, 354, 625
Bradley, Hannah, 202
Bradley, Joseph, 201
Brewster, Fear, 614
Brewster, John H., 266
Brewster, Elder William, 614
Briar, Marv, 336, 624
Bricket, Dr. G. F., 580
Brier. Abigail, 350
Brinig, Mary Fulton, 148
Brookin, Sarah, 128

Brown, , 564

Brown, Abbie, 101

Brown, Abigail, 419

Brown, Addie, 204

Brown, Almira B., 551

Brown, Avis, 616

Brown, Benjamin, 129

Brown, Bertha, 616

Brown, Bertha Beatrice, 129

Brown, Betsey, 205

Brown, Calista, 554

Brown, Charles N., 370

Brown, Charles W., 227, 231

Brown, Chase Proctor, 231

Brown, Daniel, 128, 129

Brown, David, 109, 204, 227, 231, 554

Brown, Dorcas A., 4o4

Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown

618
Brown
Brown
Brown
Brown

Edward, 129
Eliza ( Smith), 519
Elizabeth, 443. 446. 587
Elizabeth Moses, 231
Ella A., 216
Ella E., 164, 165
Ellen, 101, 496
Elmina J., 129
Enoch, 420
Ephraim, 205
Ethel Florence, 145
George E., 370
George N., 370
George O., 433
Harrv L., 320
Harry Leslie, 129, 162, 616
Hortense, 253
Jacob, 128. 129
James, 551
James H., 332
Jennie H., 370
John, 128, 129
John X.. 370
Jonathan, 370, 551
Josephine A., 519
Joshua (or Xathaniel), 231
Lucinda, 231
Marvin, 366

Marv, 128, 129, 420, 421, 618
Marv E., 176, 519
Marv Elizabeth, 129
Marv F., 370
Mehitable. 607
Nancy, 129, 319
Xancv Augusta, 395, 396
Xellie E., 129, 519
Nicholas. 129
Xoah, 445
Xoah B., 461
Xoah F., 231
Ora. 94
Oscar, 109

Polly Mehitable, 128, 129
Russell, 401
Sallie, 370
Sally, 204
Samuel, 204

Sarah (or Elizabeth), 129
Sarah E., 370
Sarah J., 129
Sarah Morrill, 231
Stephen, 129
Susanna, 231
Svlvester, 204
William, 129, 319, 369, 519,

William D., 519
William H., 162, 320. 616
William Harrison, 129, 615
Willie D„ 119

INDEX OF NAMES

677

Brown, Willis, 561, 567
Bruce, Charlotte, 101
Bruce, Eleanor E., 170
Bruce, Judge Robert, 261

Bryant, , 392

Bryant, Abigail, 118, 131

Bryant, Abram, 118, 130, 131

Bryant, Adam, 131

Bryant, Anne, 130

Bryant, Arvilla, 131

Bryant, Arvilla J., 118, 130

Bryant, Benjamin, 130

Bryant, Carrie A., 483

Bryant, Charles, 131

Brvant, Emma F., 252

Bryant, Harriet, 118, 130

Bryant, Harriett B., 131

Brvant, Hazen, 130

Bryant, Henry, 130

Brvant, Hosea H., 118, 130

Bryant, James, 101, 130, 131

Bryant, Jessie, 101

Bryant, Tohn. 117. 130, 545

Bryant, Lorenzo, 118, 130, 131

Brvant, Mahala, 118, 130

Bryant, Mary. 130, 131

Bryant, Nathaniel, 117

Brvant, Robert. 118, 129, 131, 540, 545

Bryant, Sallv. 181, 187, 542, 544

Bryant, Sarah P., 540

Brvant, Sarah R., 542

Bryant. Walter. 130, 131

Brvden. Catherine. 299

Bryer. Rachel. 234

Brver, Rebecca, 606

Buck, Marv. 448

Buck, Robert, 448

Bucklin, Eva Belle^ 183

Bullman, Minnie, 372

Bunker, Benjamin, 248

Bunker, Eli, 156

Bunker, Jacob, 352

Bunker, Joseph, 248

Bunker, Lvdia, 242. 621

Bunker, Martha, 488

Bunker, Susanna, 242

Buntin, Hannah B., 107

Buntin, Tohn, 107

Buntin, William M., 107

Burgess, Eddv Hall. 130

Burleigh, Ada Belle, 133

Burleigh, Albert, 313

Burleigh. Albert B., 464

Burleigh. Alfred. 455

Burleigh, Anna Nancy, 257

Burleigh, Barnard H.. 455

Burleigh, Benjamin, 144

liurleigh, Bertha, 313, 464

Burleigh, Betsev. 257

Burleigh, Clara" H., 510

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eigh, I >aniel Smith. 133

eigh, David, 132. 25<>

eigh, Edwin 1 1.. 57/

eigh, Elbridge, 217

eigh, Emeline S., 217

eigh, Gordon, 454

eigh, Gracia Josephine. 133

eigh, Hannah (Prescott), 448

eigh, Jacob Thompson, 133

eigh, James Creighton, 330

eigh, James Pike. 133

eigh, Jeremiah, 256, 257, 505

eigh, Laura Ann, 330

eigh, Laura Esther, 429

eigh, Loretta, 97, 448

eigh, Loretta S., 210

eigh, Mehitable, 198

eigh, Nathaniel, 256, 257

eigh, Ned, 605

eigh, Stephen, 198. 448

eson, William C, 177

ey, Andrew, 133

Ann, 134

Annette, 134

Benjamin. 134

Betsey, 134

Brainerd Willis. 135

Catherine, 348

Catherine (Bradley?), 350

Charles, 134

Charles Lewis, 135

Chase, 135

Clarence Edwin, 135

Daniel, 132, 134, 135

David, 106, 108, 132

David Silsbv, 135

Elizabeth, 132. 133, 365

Elvira, 134, 135

Emily, 134

Evelyn, 134

Frances Elizabeth, 135

Frank E., 134

Giles, 132. 133

Hannah, 134

Harriett, 135

Horace Webber. 135

James, 133

Jerusha, 405

John, 133, 134

John Curtis. 134

John Henry. 135

Jonathan, t^?

"Joseph, 132. 133

Joshua Prescott. 134

Josiah, 133, 134

Josiah Leeds. 134

Laura Amanda, 135

Laura E.. 429

Loretta Wilhelmina, 135

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Burlev, Maria Langdon, 135
Burley, Mary, 106, 108, 204
Burley, Mary Eastman, 232
Burley, Mercv, 134
Burlev, Molly, 134
Burley, Nathaniel, 132, 560
Burlev, Olive, 135
Burley, Polly, 134, 405
Burley, Priscilla, 134
Burley, Ruth, 134
Burley, Sally, 134
Burley, Samuel, 134, 135
Burley, Samuel H., 134
Burley, Samuel Melvin, 135
Burley, Samuel Norris, 134
Burley, Sarah A., 365
Burley, Stephen, 134, 135
Burlev, Thomas, 133, 134, 135
Burley, V. Smith, 106
Burnes, Isaac H., 557
Burnham, Alta, 238
Burnham, Hannah, 321
Burpee, Augustus, 136
Burpee, Augustus Ross, 151
Burpee, Betsey, 136, 137
Burpee, Catherine, 137
Burpee, Cynthia, 136
Burpee, Eliphalet, 137
Burpee, Eliza, 136
Burpee, Elizabeth, 136, 137
Burpee, Esther, 136, 137
Burpee, Ethel Theodate, 151
Burpee, Ezra Scott, 137
Burpee, Hester, 137
Burpee, James R. W., 136
Burpee, Jeremiah, 136
Burpee, Joshua Francis, 136
Burpee, Joshua W., 135, 136
Burpee, Judith, 136
Burpee, Judith W., 136
Burpee, Lewis Sheridan, 137
Burpee, M. E. (Chase), 392
Burpee, Manley, 151
Burpee, Mrs. Mary A., 136
Burpee, Mary S., 136
Burpee, Nancy, 137
Burpee, Nathaniel, 136, 137
Burpee, Phebe E., 136
Burpee, Ross, 395
Burpee, Roxy, 136
Burpee, Thomas, 137
Burpee, Zerah, 137
Busiel, Lewis, 290
Buswell, Ann E., 418
Butler, Capt. Henry, 422
Butler, John Edward, 438
Butler, Rev. Oliver, 438
Butler, Ralph E., 438
Buzzell, Abigail, 110, 111, 112
Buzzell, Charles E., 138, 561, 566

Buzzell, Charles W. Veazey, 138
Buzzell, Clara, 117
Buzzell, John, 110, 137
Buzzell, Jonas, 117
Buzzell, Noah, 408, 411
Byron, Evelyn, 245

Calef, Teremiah, 138

Calef, Mary (Fogg), 294, 295

Calef, Molly (Mary), 138

Calef, Oliver, 175, 233, 372

Calef, Samuel, 138, 537

Calley, Benjamin, "Stiffkneed Ben,"

545
Calley, Betsev (Stevens), 538
Calley, Eliphalet, 139
Calley, Elizabeth, 139, 140, 538, 540,

545
Calley, Jonathan, 139
Calley, William, 540, 545
Campbell, Emily, 605
Campbell, Sarah, 258
Canaan, Wales Dole, 235
Canney, Alice, 246, 247
Canney, Carrie, 577
Canney, Carrie E., 605
Canney, Charles, 246, 247, 249
Canney, Charles H., 243, 246
Canney, Frances H., 246
Canney, Frank, 141, 605
Canney, Hosea, 242, 246, 247
Canney, James, 365
Canney, John, 242, 243
Canney, John H., 246
Canney, Louis Hawkins, 247
Canney, M. J., 159
Canney, Sophronia, 246
Cannon, Mrs. Catherine, 136
Card, Archie, 306

Carleton, , 614

Carlie, , 173

Carlie, George, 173, 295

Carpenter, Alexander, 258

Carpenter, Dr. George, 578

Carpenter, Lilian, 258

Carr, Abial, 226

Carr, Ann, 617

Carr, Captain, 468

Carr, Dolly, 141

Carr, Elisabeth, 142

Carr, Harriet B., 142

Carr, Hattie F., 142

Carr, Jemima J., 557

Carr, Jennie, 556

Carr, John L., 141

Carr, Mary, 551

Carr, Alary W., 142

Carr, Nicholas, 226

Carr, Dr. Orren M., 140, 141

Carr, Capt. Richard L., 141

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679

Carr, Richard S.. 142

Carr, Robert, 140, 141. 142. 551

Carr, Ruth, 134, 140. 141

Carr, Simon, 142

Carr, Thomas, 94

Carr, William, 403

Carson, Joseph, 478

Carter, Alfred Dana, 143

Carter, Alfred Lewis, 143, 608

Carter, Alice, 513

Carter, Augusta L., 142

Carter, Betsey, 142

Carter, Charles S., 551

Carter, Charles Sargent, 142, 551

Carter, Daniel, 142, 143, 551, 608

Carter, Daniel Parsons, 142

Carter, Guy, 143, 608

Carter, John Martin, 142

Carter, Deacon Levi, 405

Carter, Mary, 142

Carter, Marv Frances, 143

Carter, Mary W. (Carr), 608

Carter, Parson, 551

Carter, Philip, 540

Carter, Roxanna Clara A., 143

Carter, Russell, 143

Carter, Russell Hoyt, 143

Carter, Sarah Augusta, 551

Carter, Stephen, 615

Cass. Abigail, 220, 304, 516, 517, 619

Cass, Betsev, 448

Cass, Daniel, 213, 576, 580

Cass, Joseph, 304, 459, 517, 524

Cass, Lewis, 459

Cass, Mary, 128

Caswell, Elder Lewis, 313

Cate, Abigail, 352, 562

Cate, Asa Piper, 408

Cate, Ebenezer F., 143

Cate, Ebenezer H., 143

Cate, Hannah, 431, 606

Cate, John Lyman, 130""

Cate, John Mooney, 143, 160

Cate, Lvman H., 205

Cate. Mary, 143, 160

Cate, Nancy, 143

Cate, Naomi P., 143

Cate, Polly, 143

Cate, Samuel, 352, 562

Cate, Simeon, 143, 337, 408, 411, 414,

606
Cate, Stephen, 352
Cate, Thomas, 205, 313
Catlin. Dr. Arnold Wells, 145
Catlin, Winnifred Morris, 145

Caton, -, 267, 268

Caverly, Annie Maud, 143
Caverly, Carrie Lenora, 143
Caverly, Charles, 143
Caverly, Dan, 143

Caverly, Daniel, 605

Caverly, Dearborn, 605

Caverly, Elizabeth, 143

Caverly, George A., 143, 175

Caverly, James, 605

Caverly, Jennie L., 143

Caverly, John C. Ervin, 143

Caverly, Nellie May, 143

Cawley, Ada Verbena, 145

Cawley, Amanda Dame, 145, 146

Cawley, Annie May, 145, 146, 597

Cawley, Arnold Wells Cattin, 145

Cawley, Charles Wilbur, 145

Cawley, Chase, 144, 145, 146

Cawley, Eleazer Davis, 145, 146, 607

Cawley, Emma Sarah, 145

Cawley, Fannie Louise, 145, 146

Cawley, Francis Moses, 145, 146, 607

Cawley, Frank Bonyman, 145

Cawley, Frank Lowell, 145

Cawley, George Lowell, 145

Cawley, Henry Lowell, 145

Cawley, Henry Morrill, 145

Cawley, James, 561

Cawley, Jonathan, 144, 499

Cawley, Josiah, 144

Cawley, Katie Elizabeth, 608

Cawley, Katie Lizzie, 145, 147

Cawley, Lowell Chase, 145, 146

Cawley, Mahala, 144

Cawley, Nancy, 144

Cawley, Nancy Lucinda, 145, 147, 608

Cawley, Nathaniel, 449

Cawley, Olive Eva, 145

Cawley, Ruth Wiggin, 146

Cawley, Sally, 144

Cawley, Sarah Elizabeth, 608

Cawley, Sarah Maria, 145, 147, 608

Cawley, Thomas, 144, 146

Cawley, William, 607

Cawley, William Dame, 144, 146

Center, John White, 236

Challis, Elizabeth, 119

Challis, Marv, 189

Challis, Philip, 119

Chamberlain, Allen, 222

Chamberline, Anna, 615

Chamberline, Ebenezer, 329

Chamberline, John, 615

Chamberline, Margaret (Gould), 615

Chamberline. Mary, 364, 365

Champernoon, Captain, 594

Champernowne, Capt. Francis, 347

Champlain, John, 535, 545

Chandler, Abigail, 423

Chandler, Addie, 601

Chandler, Albert, 614

Chandler, Ann, 414

Chandler, Anna, 405, 409 _

Chandler, Ephraim A., 253

680

INDEX OF NAMES

Channon, Tomarine, 196
Chapman, Anna, 148
Chapman, Christopher, 125
Chapman, Ebenezer, 147, 360
Chapman, Edward, 147
Chapman, Elizabeth, 194
Chapman, Dr. Frank H., 148
Chapman, George, 148
Chapman, Hannah, 366
Chapman, Horace, 442
Chapman, J., 278
Chapman, Jennie Alberta, 147
Chapman, John, 291, 548
Chapman, Joseph, 125, 581
Chapman, Josephine, 125
Chapman, M. J., 273
Chapman, Martha Ann, 581
Chapman, Mary B., 147, 365
Chapman, Moses, 147, 148
Chapman, Moses E., 147
Chapman, Nellie, 147
Chapman, Olive Jane, 125
Chapman, Phebe, 581
Chapman, Polly, 125
Chapman, Robert, 147
Chapman, Sally, 301, 581
Chapman, Sarah P., 147
Chapman, William R., 581

Charles, • , 583

Charles, Alphonso, 198
Charles, Willie, 198
Chase, , 408, 411, 439

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Aaron, 127, 149, 589

Abel, 149, 150, 183, 185

Abigail, 151, 152, 243, 622

Albert A., 149

Almira, 151, 395. 605

Annie Beatrice, 609

Aquilla, 148, 151, 436, 461, 529

Augusta, 152

Avis Ann, 151, 395

Belinda, 152, 297

Betsey, 150, 267, 268, 275

Clarissa, 151

Cynthia, 151

Daniel, 150, 605

David P., 151, 395

Ebenezer, 267, 405

Edward, 150, 407

Eleanor, 150

Eli, 298

Eliza, 150

Eliza Jane, 183. 185

Emma, 149, 563, 564

Ethan, 149

Frank, 149, 150

George Saunders, 149

Hannah M.. 151

Harold J., 609

Harriet, 194

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Harriet M.. 447
Harrv, 306
HarrV S., 149
Helen Maud, 609
Henry Albert, 298
Henrv Eugene, 146
Hosea, 150, 589
Ida, 149
Ida M., 466

James, 149, 150, 192, 564
James L., 192, 297, 609
Jane, 454
Jennie, 400. 456
Joana (Palmer), 436
John, 149, 150, 151, 306, 395,
589

John B., 149, 150, 466
John Busiel, 150
John D., 151
John S., 150
John Veasev. 149
John W., 150

Jonathan. 148. 151, 436, 605
Col. Jonathan, 490
Laura, 526
Lillian Irene, 150
Luther, 589
Luther M.. 149, 482
Lvdia L. 151
Lvdia P., 395

M'adison, 150, 152, 192, 429, 609
Mahala, 184
Marguerite, 298
Maria, 150, 589
Mark, 150
Martha, 298

Marv, 151, 185, 204, 529
Mar> Ann. 151, 298
Mary Eliza, 151, 395
Mary Frances, 150
Mattie Ann, 146
Mercy, 436
Molly, 538, 539, 545
Moses, 150. 151
Moses Russell, 149, 150
Myra Ella, 151
Nancy, 151
Nancy (Roberts), 609
Nathaniel, 150, 187
Nellie, 150
Nelson J., 149
Noah A., 149
Olive, 149
Otho, 529
Polly, 126, 449
Sally, 151
Sally Leavitt, 589
Salmon S., 152
Samuel, 174
Sarah, 126

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681

Chase, Sarah Wiggin, 605

Chase, Silas, 298

Chase, Stephen, 589

Chase, Stephen L., 150

Chase, Susan, 150, 176, 298, 564

Chase, Thomas, 148, 150, 151, 179, 297,

298, 407
'Chase, Trueman J., 236
Chase, Yettie M., 192
Chase, Wealthy, 150
Chase, Wealth'v A.. 588, 589
Chase. William, 148, 149, 184. 405, 406,

413, 456, 482, 544, 589
Chase, Wilson, 145, 146
Chase, Zachias, 457
Chatfield. Fred W.. 457
Chatswell, Mary, 589
Chattle, Dr. Thomas, 403
Cheever, Sally, 234
Chellis, Sophia, 408
Cheney, Abigail, 152, 626
Cheney, Catherine A., 330
Cheney, Daniel, 152.203
Cheney, Elizabeth, 152
Cheney, Hannah, 152, 478
Cheney, Israel, 152
Cheney, John, 152, 297
Cheney, Jonathan H., 330
Cheney, Marah, 152
Cheney, Martha, 152
Cheney, Moses, 152, 153
Cheney, Elder Moses, 149, 578, 581
Chenev, Rev. Moses, 382
Chenev, Xathan Smith, 382, 383
Cheney, Nathaniel, 152, 153, 203, 297,

478
Cheney, Rebecca, 152, 267
Cheney, Ruth, 390
Cheney, Sarah, 297
Cheney, Simeon Pease, 383
Chenev, Thomas P., 95
Cheswell, Anne F., 576, 580
Cheswell, Plumer, 582
Cheswell, Wentworth, 517, 576, 580
Chritchet, Lucy, 446
Church, Abigail, 404
Church, Hannah, 533
Church, Nathaniel, 533
Chute, James, 411
Cilley, Abigail, 490, 494
Cillev, Irene, 157
Cilley, Col. Joseph, 388
Cilley, Maria A., 574
Cillev, Martha, 156

Clark, , 541

Clark, Abigail, 516
Clark, Adaline, 331, 332
Clark, Alfred, 492, 496
Clark, Ann, 515
Clark, C. Henry, 338, 359

Clark

Carlie, 115, 340, 355, 360

Clark, Charles F., 432
Clark, Clarence, 338, 359, 394
Clark, David Henry, 586
Clark, David Leslie", 109
Clark, Elon, 192. 609
Clark, Fannie, 550
Clark, Fannie M., 432
Clark, Flora Ann, 109
Clark, Frank, 217
Clark, Gilman, 499
Clark, Hannah, 299, 615
Clark, Harold, 359
Clark, Harold J., 338
Clark, Helen, 359
Clark, Helen N., 338
Clark, Henry, 540
Clark, Horace W., 162
Clark, Jane C, 162
Clark, Jennie, 461
Clark, Joe. 211
Clark, John, 432, 609
Clark, Jonathan, 532
Clark, Joseph, 317, 394, 562
Clark, Lydia, 348, 354, 625
Clark, Martha, 394
Clark, Martha (Roberts), 609
Clark, Mary, 235, 586
Clark, Mary Jane, 116
Clark, Melthro, 101
Clark, Moses, 236
Clark, Moses Eton, 432
Clark, Nellie, 213, 217
Clark, Otis, 115, 340, 355, 360
Clark, Rachel. 560
Clark. Rufus. 107, 109, 113
Clark, Sally, 107, 113, 236
Clark, Sarah A., 432
Clark, Satchel, 448
Clark, Zervia Eliza, 232
Clarke, Hannah, 615
Clarke, Jonathan, 533
Clarke, Nellie L., 217

Clay 220

Clay! Charles, 164. 221
Clay, George F., 164
Clay, Harrv E., 164
Clay, Nathan. 191
Clay, Sarah, 168
Cleaves, Annie, 216
Cleaves, Charles Stanley, 216
Cleaves, Edwin Chase, 216
Cleaves, Rev. Francis E., 216
Cleaves, William Perley, 216
Clemenceau, M., 260
Clemenceau, Mary Plumer, 182
Clement, Elmira, 431
Clement, Louise Page_, 155, 156
Clement, Nathaniel, 154
Clement. Robert, 154, 324

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INDEX OF NAMES

Clement, Sarah, 324
Cleverly, Caroline M., 442

Clifford, , 115

Clifford, Alfred G., 586

Clifford, Betsey, 141

Clifford, Clarissa, 322

Clifford, Elizabeth, 587

Clifford, James C, 586

Clifford, Joseph, 322

Clifford, Capt. Joseph, 422

Clifford, Nancy C, 586

Clifford, Rachel, 422, 476

Clifford, Rhoda, 586

Clifford, Sophia Leavitt, 586

Clifford, Susan Frances, 322

Clifford, William, 586

Clifton, John P., 191, 193

Clifton, Laurelia, 510

Clock, Benson, 120

Clough, Bessie M., 156

Clough, Charles B., 157

Clough, Charlotte, 157

Clough, Daniel, 450

Clough, E. H., 621

Clough, Edward Hamlin, 157

Clough, Elsie, 157

Clough, Emma A., 536

Clough, Eugene F., 261

Clough, Frank, 370

Clough, Frank E., 157

Clough, George S., 157

Clough, Harriette, 158

Clough, Henry Byron, 157

Clough, John, 156

Clough, John F., 261

Clough, John Freeman, 157

Clough, John Kennev, 157

Clough, John P., 158

Clough, Lizzie, 157

Clough, Alae, 157

Clough, Oliver, 156

Clough, Oliver Kennev, 157-158

Clough, Oliver P., 158

Clough, Oliver T., 158

Clough, Phillip, 156

Clough, Sallv, 578

Clough, William O., 157

Clouse, George N., 554

Coe, Ann L., 557

Coe, Annie, 159

Coe, Curtis Senter, 159

Coe, D. W., 270, 278

Coe, Daniel Wadsworth, 159

Coe, Deacon, 533

Coe, Ebenezer, 514

Coe, Ellen L., 159

Coe, Harber D. Wadsworth, 272

Coe, John, 158

Coe, John Lyman, 159

Coe, Joseph, 158

Coe, Airs., 621

Coe, Robert, 158

Coe, Rufus L., 159

Coe, Airs. Wadsworth, 574

Coffin, Cyrus, 120

Coffin, Hannah W., 138

Coffin, James, 487

Coffin, John T., 527

Coffin, Judith, 459

Coffin, Peter, 487

Coffin, Tristram, 459, 487

Coffing, James, 487

Cogan, William, 575

Coker, Alartha, 604

Colany, Alarv, 287, 288

Colby, Abbie, 492, 496

Colbv, Angeline B., 205

Colby, Anthony, 253, 263, 492, 496, 614

Colby, Benjamin, 492

Colby, Benjamin Smith, 496

Colbv, Bernard, 275

Colby, Elizabeth, 188

Colby, Enoch, 582

Colby, Gilman, 495

Colby, Hiram, 496

Colby, Isaac, 400

Colby, Lerov Goss, 582

Colby, Alartha, 253, 492, 496, 614

Colby, Alary, 492, 496

Colby, Alary Elizabeth (Filgate), 582

Colby, Alercv ( Judkins), 263

Colby, Perrv, 582

Colbv, Samuel, 491, 496

Colbv, Samuel Pottle, 492

Colby, Sarah, 297

Colby, Sylvania, 275

Colcord, Elizabeth, 529

Colcord, Joseph, 539

Colcord, Alary, 529

Colcord, Steven, 481

Colcough, George, 614

Cole, B. J., 240

Cole, Betty, 140

Cole, Goodv, 503

Cole, Alargaret, 188

Cole, Alehitable, 457

Cole, William, 577

Coleman, , 411

Coleman, Thomas, 487
Collins, Harriet A., 453, 459
Collins, John, 439, 441
Collins, John S., 435
Collins, Lewis, 441
Collins, Lydia A., 550
Collins, Afarv Ann, 391, 451
Collins, Nathan, 478
Collins, Nettie S., 435
Collins, Ralph, 441
Collis, Charles, 159
Collis, Daniel, 159

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683

Collis, David, 159

Collis, Frank, 150

Collis, George, 150, 159

Collis. John, 159

Collis. Woodbury, 159

Conant, Eunice, 256

Conley, Martha M., 257

Conner, Abigail, 354

Conner, Caroline F., 409

Conner, Eliza, 455

Conner, George, 306

Conner, Mahala J. (Marston), 307

Conrad, David, 551

Constantine, Lizzie, 484

Constantine, Washington, 484

Conway, Dr., 221

Conway, Dr. James F., 462

Conway, Robert Francis, 462

Cook, Addison G., 161

Cook, Adeline S., 556

Cook, Albert, 118

Cook, Alonzo, 610

Cook, Charles, 555, 556

Cook, Charles C, 160

Cook, Eben, 160

Cook, Ephriam, 161

Cook, Frank D., 161

Cook, Franklin, 447

Cook, Gardner, 161

Cook, Hannah E., 118

Cook, Hannah (Evans), 610

Cook, Hiram A., 192

Cook, Hiram E., 610

Cook, Jacob, 161

Cook, James Nelson, 160, 556

Cook, Lillian May, 160

Cook, Lillie Mav, 556

Cook, Mary, 589

Cook. Melissa, 395

Cook, Nelson B., 160, 556

Cook, Rebecca, 196

Cook, Reuben, 421

Cook, Samuel, 160

Coombs, Nancy, 274

Copeland, Hul'dah, 624

Copp, Abigail ( Batchelder), 609

Copp, Adeliza, 363

Copp, Adeliza J., 361, 364

Copp, Arvilla, 365

Copp, Belinda, 365

Copp, Benjamin, 565, 569

Copp, Dearborn, 365

Copp, Edmund, 452

Copp, Elizabeth A., 365

Copp, Isaac N., 364, 365

Copp, John L., 365

Copp, Jonathan, 609

Copp, Julia, 609

Copp, Langdon, 365

Copp, Lydia, 365

Copp, Martha, 181

Copp, Martha A., 365

Copp, Mary, 557

Copp, Mary Elizabeth, 364

Copp. Patty, 187

Copp, William, 365

Copp, William H., 365

Copp, William R., 364

Corliss, Alonzo, 500, 588, 590

C. Orrill. 435

Charles G., 378

Clarence, 143, 160

David, 284

Delwin, 160

Eliza, 555, 556

Ellen, 159
Mrs. Emily A. (Whidden),

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206
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Frank, 159
Harry R., 160
Jane, 149, 150
John S., 159
Laura J., 159
Martha, 271
Mary, 435
MarV A., 159
Millie M., 159
Nancy M., 160
Norman, 143, 160
Olive, 159
Reuben S., 160
Sherburne, 159
Corning, Anderson, 120
Cornish, Chester, 157
Corwin, Jonathan, 402

Cotton, , 589

Cotton, Dorothy, 514
Cotton, Isabel Sinclair, 477
Cotton, John, 475, 477
Cotton, Marion, 338, 359
Cotton, Mary, 477, 481
Cotton, Mary E., 109
Cotton, Nathan, 623
Cotton, Priscilla M., 525
Cotton, William. 109
Couch. Miriam, 136
Cousins, Susanna, 232
Coval, E. C. 211
Covell, Bethiah, 485
Covell, James, 485
Covell, Lydia, 485
Cowperthail, Caddie, 213
Cox, Abigail, 161
Cox, Ai Otis, 162
Cox, Alanson, 129
Cox, Alanson E., 161
Cox, Albert, 169
Cox, Alice L., $K)
Cox, Andrew Smith, 162
Cox, Benjamin F., 443

684

INDEX OF NAMES

Cox, Carrie Belle, 160, 272

Cox, Charles, 134

Cox, Clara, 162

Cox, Clara Belle, 143

Cox, Clarence Edward, 162

Cox, Colby Dana, 162

Cox, Cora, 163

Cox, Daniel, 164

Cox, Edwin, 162, 384

Cox, Eliza A., 332

Cox, Emily, 577

Cox, Emma L., 162

Cox, Emma Wilson, 129

Cox, Frank Dudley, 161

Cox, Frank P., 384

Cox, Frank Pierce, 162

Cox, Fred John, 161

Cox, Corp. Freeman, 161

Cox, George Burnham, 326

Cox, Heman Alanson, 161

Cox, Herbert, 500, 590

Cox, Herbert W., 588

Cox, Jacob, 161

Cox, Jonathan, 162

Cox, Louis E., 326

Cox, Lulu Belle, 162

Cox, Alary E., 247

Cox, Moses, 303

Cox, William, 161

Cox, William G., 161

Cox, Zelma, 161

Coxe, Sarah, 368

Coy, Jane, 274

Cragin, Elizabeth, 539, 546

Cragin. Sarah, 102

Cram, Alberto J., 169, 170

Cram, Alfred, 163

Cram, Almira, 164

Cram, Almira A., 219, 384, 386

Cram, Almira Adams, 169

Cram, Amos, 168, 169

Cram, Capt. Amos, 418

Cram, Annis, 166

Cram, Argentine (Cromwell), 165

Cram, Benjamin, 163, 165

Cram, Betsev T., 165

Cram, Charles H., 165, 169

Cram, Charles Henry, 220. 512, 522

Cram, Charles W., 164, 169, 165

Cram, Clara A., 217

Cram, Clara J., 169

Cram, Climena, 221

Cram, Climena B., 164, 168, 219

Cram, David, 163, 165, 166

Cram, David C, 164, 219

Cram, David Wadleigh, 163

Cram, Eleanor B., 505

Cram, Elena B., 500

Cram, Elisha Smith, 164, 220, 512, 522

Cram, Eliza W., 219

Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
220
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram
Cram

Enoch, 166

Ephraim, 168

Estelle, 166

Frances H., 505

Francis, 170

Francis H., 500

Francis Henry, 169

Frank, 618

G. H., 217

George Henry, 165

George S., 169

George T., 165

Gladys. 217

Hannah, 220, 509, 512, 522, 523

Harriet Lucinda, 166

Harriet M., 166

J. Franklin, 164

Joel, 163

John, 162, 163, 165, 167

John James, 217

Jonathan, 164, 166, 169, 218, 219,

Jonathan Theophilis, 165, 167

Jonathan W., 168, 169, 418

Laura, 510

Lena, 618

Lincoln, 166

Lucian, 147

Lucinda, 164, 219

Lucinda Jane, 220, 512, 522

Lucius Samuel, 166

Lucius W., 165

Maria L, 169

Martha X., 217

Mary, 164, 383

Mar'y C, 170

Mary C. (Woodman), 505

Mar'y E., 164, 165

Mary H., 219

Mary lane, 220

Mary R., 125 ^

Nancy Chase, 220

Nanc'v W., 164, 219

Polly, 382

Sally, 164, 165

Samuel, 125, 220, 522

Samuel B., 164, 168, 219

Samuel Tilton, 165

Sarah, 220, 509

Sarah B., 164, 219

Sarah E., 147

Sophronia, 382

Wadleigh, 163
Crane, Simeon, 330
Crawford, Mary, 162
Creig, Lydia, 134
Creighton, Martha, 342
Crengue, Elizabeth, 539
Crocket, Almira, 540
Crocket, Anna W. Chase, 438

INDEX OF NAMES

685

Crocket, Edwin Charles, 535

Crocket, Ella J., 540_

Crocket, George A., 537

Crocket, Georgia, 295

Crocket, John Frank, 540

Crocket, Joseph, 256

Crocket, Joshua, 540

Crocket, Loenza, 540

Crocket, Matilda G., 440

Crocket, Samuel, 170, 171

Crocket, Sarah H. (Swain), 535

Crocket, Sulden, 540

Crocket, William, 546

Crockett, Betsey, 171

Crockett, Charles H., 172

Crockett, Charles \\\, 172

Crockett, Charles William, 537, 546

Crockett, Chase, 437

Crockett, Clarissa, 173, 480

Crockett, Elder, 149

Crockett, Elizabeth, 377

Crockett, Elmira, 173

Crockett, Ena Estella, 173, 295

Crockett, Frank, 295

Crockett, George A., 172, 546

Crockett, George Smith, 173, 295

Crockett, Grace H., 171

Crockett, Hiram, 171, 173, 295

Crockett, James, 171, 173

Crockett, John, 173

Crockett, John Frank, 171, 173

Crockett, John T., 171

Crockett, Capt. Josiah, 172

Crockett, Joshua, 118, 295, 479

Crockett, Capt. Joshua, 170,171,173,611

Crockett, Lorenzo, 171

Crockett, Lucy E., 171

Crockett, Martha E., 295

Crockett, Martha Etta, 173

Crockett, Mary, 173, 437

Crockett, Marv Jane, 173

Crockett, Matilda, 173

Crockett, Melvina, 171, 173

Crockett, Moses, 171

Crockett, Polly, 438

Crockett, Samuel, 611

Crockett, Sarah Ann, 173

Crockett, Sarah W., 171

Crockett, Seldon, 17L 390

Crockett, Solomon, 172

Crockett, Solomon, 171

Crockett, Stephen, 172

Crockett, Sulden, 171

Crockett, Susan E., 171

Crockett, Warren, 171

Crockett, Warren Lovell, 173. 295

Crockett, William, 170, 172, 537

Crockett, William W., 170

Cromett, , 441

Cromwell, Argentine, 163, 165

Cromwell, Love, 197
Cromwell, Oliver, 163, 410
Crossman, Alice Mariah, 394
Grossman, Jane II., 394
Crossman, Jesse O., 394
Crossman, M. P.., 394
Crossman, Sally Elizabeth, 394
Crowell, Charles, 319
Crowell, Ellen, 319
Crowell, Newman, 129, 319
Crowell, Roxy, 319
Culver, Edward M. S., 156
Cumings, Sabra, 616

Cummings, , 596, 613

Cummings, Anne, 385
Cummings, Emma, 134
Cummings, Frank, 384
Cummings, Isaac, 385
Cummings, Mary, 102
Cummings, Nathaniel, 162
Cummings, Pingree, 274
Currier, — — — , 290
Currier, Addie, 466
Currier, Asenath, 188
Currier, Mrs. Charles, 168, 220
Currier, Clinton, 261
Currier, Elizabeth, 290
Currier, Emily S., 245
Currier, Enoch, 111
Currier, Florence, 261
Currier, Hannah, 154
Currier, Harvey L., 261
Currier, Jacob, 424
Currier, Lottie, 116
Currier, O., 107
Currier, Orpha, 624
Currier, Mary, 261
Curry, Betsey (Jennes), 253
Curry, George W., 253
Cushing, Daniel, 226
Cutler, Jennie, 378
Cutting, Edwin, 295
Cutting, Josephine, 361
Cutting, Josephine D., 339

Dacre, Ralph de, 327
Dalton, Abigail (Gove), 449
Dalton, Ethel G., 524
Dalton, Flora E., 172
Dalton, Frank, 524
Dalton, Joseph, 172, 532, 533
Dalton, Lucetta, 532, 533
Dalton, Marv Jane, 523
Dalton, Philemon, 449
Dalton, Ross, 524
Dalton, Samuel, 491, 494
Dam, William Drew, 196
Dame, Elizabeth, 409
Dame, Mehitable. 207
Dame, Richard, 463

686

INDEX OF NAMES

Dame, Sally, 463
Damm, John, 118
Damm, Zebulon, 118
Dana, Dr., 256, 494
Dana, Richard, 570
Danford, Apphia, 423
Danforth, Mary A., 339
Danforth, Sarah, 304, 309,
Daniels, Elizabeth, 561
Daniels, Esther Belle, 160
Daniels, Kenneth, 160
Daniels, Richard, 160
Daniels, Theda, 160
Daniels, Virginia, 160
Darios, Herbert J., 510
Davenport, Hannah, 598
Davenport, Sarah A., 531
Davenport, Thomas, 531

-, 396

310

Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
I )avis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis
Davis,

430

Abigail, 615

Alvah, 166

Charles, 166

Charles A., 453

Clara, 166

Daniel, 166

Dollv, 251

Dorothv. 115

Eliza, 150

Elizabeth, 101, 103, 106, 108

Ephraim, 197

Eugene Hackett, 274

Frank, 115

Gertrude Marv, 234

Hannah, 197

Harriet, 165, 166

Harriet M., 165, 166

Ira. 274, 548, 549

James Orr Monroe Ladd, 274

John Lovell, 234

Joseph Park Ladd, 274

Mark, 623

Marv, 166

Marv D., 257

Mollv (Bovnton), 462

N. S., 231, 441

Nancy J., 162

Nathan, 101, 103, 122

Nellie M., 339, 361

Otis, 606

Pollv, 172. 274, 536

Rhoda, 478

Ruth, 197

Sally (Graves), 441

Sarah, 197

Sylva, 166

Sylvia, 273, 278
Davis, Thomas, 166
Davis, Timothy Bovd Ladd, 274
Davis, William, 462
1 >u\ ison, Pauline A., 339

Day, —

Dav, Rev. H., 323
Day, Sarah M., 323
Deaborn, Anna Smith, 499
Deaborn, Daniel Marston, 499
Deaborn, Jane, 373
Deaborn, Joseph Jewell, 195
Deaborn, Josiah, 498, 499
Deaborn, Josiah Smith, 499
Deaborn, Melinda, 553
Deaborn, Samuel, 195
Deaborn, Samuel John, 499
Deaborn, Sarah Freese, 499
Deaborn, Sewell, 195, 553
Deaborn, Thomas. 488
Dean, Abbie J., 169
Dean, Jeremiah, 169
Dean, Susie, 94
Dearborn, Abigail, 165
Dearborn, Adelle, 384, 386
Dearborn, Dudley, 421
Dearborn, Henry, 96
Dearborn, Melinda, 195
Dearborn, Sewall, 195
Dearth, Lester, 501
Demeritt, Dorcas, 114
Demond, Sally, 264
Denfris, Pollv, 565
Denfris, Polly, 569
Dennett, William, 209
Derbv, Caroline, 573
Derby, Edward M., 262
Dewey, Admiral, 570, 621
Dewey, Sarah, 624
Dickson, Sarah M., 564
Dickson, Sarah M., 568
Diezon, Hannah, 580
Dilschneider, Mike, 513
Dimock, Andrew, 318
Disinger, Emily L., 503
Dockham, Ann, 541
Dockham, Frances Ann, 536
Dockham, Isabel, 475
Dockham, John, 474, 475
Dockham, Nancy, 205
Dockham, Poll\\ 168, 418
Dockham, Smith, _400
Dodge, Samuel, 376

Doe, — , 430

Doe. Abbie F., 176

Doe, Addie, 563, 567

Doe, Addie Maria, 178

Doe, Alonzo W., 176

Doe, Augustus, 176, 333

Doe, Charlotte, 176

Doe, Charlotte Moulton, 176

Doe, Deborah, 171, 175

Doe, E. L., 333

Doe, Eliza. 177, 178, 221

Doe, Eliza Jane, 177, 217

INDEX OF NAMES

687

Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe

194
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe
Doe

Elizabeth. 174, 176

Elizabeth M., 176

Ezra, 176

Ezra Wilmarth, 477

George S., 176

Helen M., 176

Tacob, Jr., 177

John. 175, 188, 194

Jonathan, 174, 175, 191, 194

Joseph Merrill, 175, 176, 188, 189,

Laura Jane, 176

Lizzie M., 176

Louisa Jane (Lockwood), 477

Lydia E., 178

Lydia Ellen, 177

Mahala, 175

Martha A., 176

Mary, 175, 190

Mary Adelaide, 177

Mary Ellen, 177, 178

Mary H., 306

Melissa, 477

Morrill, 333

Morrill B., 177, 178

Xabby, 175

Nicholas, 174

Russell, 178, 221, 222

Russell S., 217, 592

Russell Sanborn, 177

Sally, 175

Sam, 394

Sampson, 174

Samuel, 175

Samuel Merrill, 176

Sarah Ann, 175

Sarah Smith, 175

William Frank, 177
Doggett, John, 487
Dole, John, 506
Dollar, Sarah, 182

Dolloff, , 150

Dolloff, Abigail, 184, 185, 188, 305, 481,

483
Dolloff. Addie M., 426
Dolloff, Alanson. 307
Dolloff, Alice, 565. 569
Dolloff. Alice (Ellis), 566,569
Dolloff, Alonson, 185
Dolloff, Alonzo, 180
Dolloff, Alonze Franklin. 181
Dolloff, Alpheus, 183. 185
Dolloff, Amos, 184, 567
Dolloff, Armena. 183
Dolloff, Asahel. 184
Dolloff. Augusta, 185, 426
Dolloff, Benaiah, 187
Dolloff, Beniah. 181, 187
Dolloff, Benjamin. 182
Dolloff, Betsev A. Harvey, 181

Dolloff, Betsev B., 183.3.2

Dolloff, Betsey Simpson, 181, 187

Dolloff, Carl, 183

Dolloff, Carl Fred, Jr., 183

Dolloff, Catherine, 178, 185

Dolloff, Charles H., 187

Dolloff, Christian. 178, 185, 186, 235

Dolloff, David. 182. 187. 206

Dolloff, Edwin Allen, 181

Dolloff, Elice, 307

Dolloff, Elijah Blake, 181, 187

Dolloff, Eliza, 295, 478

Dolloff, Eliza A., 188

Dolloff, Elizabeth, 188

Dolloff, Elizabeth Perkins, 181

Dolloff, Ella Annette, 183, 184

Dolloff, Ellis, 184

Dolloff, Emeline E., 188, 305

Dolloff, Emma P., 206, 207

Dolloff, Erma, 179

Dolloff, Erma Perkins, 181

Dolloff, Rev. Eugene Dinsmore, 183

Dolloff, Florence Winnifred, 183

Dolloff, Frank F., 207

Dolloff, Fred, 187

Dolloff, Freda A., 183

Dolloff, George A., 186

Dolloff, Irena, 569

Dolloff, Irene, 566

Dolloff, Jacob Thomas, 181

Dolloff, Jesse, 183, 184

Dolloff, John, 180, 181, 186

Dolloff, John L., 188

Dolloff, John S.. 182, 183

Dolloff. John S. S., 207

Dolloff, John Samuel Simon, 187

Dolloff, Tohn Simpson, 181

Dolloff, John Stephen, 178, 184

Dolloff. Tonathan, 181, 187

Dolloff, Joseph, 183, 206

Dolloff, Joseph P., 181

Dolloff, Joseph Preston, 181, 186

Dolloff, Joseph Y., 207

Dolloff, Julia Ann, 181

Dolloff. Lavinia P.. 207

Dolloff, Lawrence Stanlev, 183

Dolloff, Leavitt, 150

Dolloff, Lorenzo, 188. 481

Dolloff, Louvina P.. 186

Dolloff, Lurenia. 181

Dolloff. Lydia M. Perkins. 181

Dolloff, Lvman Perkins. 181

Dolloff. Mahala, 184, 5ol. 5<>2, 566, 567

Dolloff. Marilla. 184

Dolloff, Marion G., 566, 569

Dolloff. Martha Tane (Elliot). 426

Dolloff. Martha M.. 207

Dolloff. Mary, 178, 180, 182, 185, 186,

235, 588, 590
Dolloff. Marv lane. 188

688

INDEX OF NAMES

Dolloff, Maurice Eugene, 183

Dolloff, Miriam, 188

Dolloff, Nancy, 562, 567

Dolloff, Nancy D., 188

Dolloff, Noah, 184, 307

Dolloff, Phebe Ann, 178

Dolloff, Phebe Ann Plumer, 184

Dolloff, Phebe Smith, 182

Dolloff, Phineas, 188

Dolloff, Polly H., 180

Dolloff, Prudence, 178, 185

Dolloff. Richard, 178, 185

Dolloff, Rozina, 185

Dolloff, Ruth Marjorie, 183

Dolloff, Sally Veasey, 181, 187

Dolloff, Samuel, 178, 179, 180, 184, 185,

186, 187, 206, 262, 588, 590
Dolloff, Samuel S., 182, 183, 184
Dolloff, Stephen, 193

Dolloff, Stephen G., 187

Dolloff, Susan Perkins, 181

Dolloff, Sylvester, 188

Dolloff, Thomas, 182, 183, 184, 185,

187, 307. 483
Dolloff, William, 180
Dolloff, William P., 207
Dolloff, William Preston, 180, 186
Doloff, Manila, 390

Dook, Hiram E., 118
Dow, Abigail, 193, 194, 375

Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow-
Dow
Dow-
Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow-
Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow-
Dow
Dow
Dow
341
Dow
Dowr
Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow
Dow-

Abraham Swain, 191, 192, 193
Albert D., 194
Albert E., 192
Anna M., 191, 193
Benaiah, 190
Calvin, 194
Charles, 196, 495
Charles G., 622
Charles Glidden, 191
Charles Gordon, 193
Charles H., 253
Dana D., 194
Daniel, 194
Daniel B., 194
David, 193
Dolly, 194
Dorothv, 307

Ebenezer, 190, 191, 192, 193, 337,
, 609, 610

Ebenezer Lawrence, 192, 609
Edith, 188
Eli, 476
Elihu, 435
Eliza, 382
Elizabeth A., 252
Elbe May, 191, 193
Emma, 192
Emma E., 297, 609
Emma G., 195

Dow, Ephraim, 190, 194, 196

Dow, Ervin Lawrence, 192

Dow, Esther, 189

Dow, Ethel Mildrid. 195

Dow, Evelvn, 126. 291

Dow, Ezekiel, 189, 194, 195, 196

Dow, Feda L. Baun, 195

Dow, Frank, 192

Dow, Frank Gilman, 191, 193

Dow, George Harry, 192

Dow, George Henry, 193

Dow, George L., 252

Dow-, George W., 192

Dow, Gilman, 191

Dow, Gustavus, 195

Dow, Hannah, 194, 490, 504

Dow, Hannah Susan, 191

Dow, Harry, 192

Dow, Mrs. Harry, 536

Dow, Henry, 188, 189, 195, 196, 388

Dow, Henry Albert, 609

Dow, Henrv W., 195

Dow, Herbert E., 192

Dow, Hosea Q., 194

Dow. Jabez, 189, 194, 195

Dow, Jane, 190

Dow, Jemima, 189

Dow, Jemima Morrill, 194

Dow, John, 95, 188, 193, 194

Dow, John Gilman, 192, 193

Dow, John M., 252, 262, 591

Dow, John Moonev. 191, 192, 193

Dow, Jonathan. 191, 192, 193, 194, 392,

554
Dow, Jonathan Dolloff, 193
Dow, Jonathan G., 553
Dow, Jonathan G. (Mrs.), 196
Dow, Joseph, 115, 188, 189, 194
Dow, Lebern, 622
Dow\ Lorenzo W., 195
Dow, Lucian, 192, 297. 609
Dow, Lucv, 189, 191, 337, 339, 341, 360,

431, 434
Dow, Lydia, 189. 194, 195, 267, 268
Dow, M'arv. 190, 457
Dow, Mary A., 192
Dow, Mary Adeline, 609, 610
Dow, Marv M„ 183
Dow, Marv (Page), 504
Dow, Minnie, 192
Dow, Myra, 553
Dow, Myra E.. 196
Dow, Nancy, 475
Dow, Nathan, 189, 190, 193
Dow, Octavia, 192
Dow, Patience, 189
Dow, Perrin, 495
Dow, Perrin P., 252
Dow, Peter, 252
Dow. Phillip, 189, 190, 191, 192, 196,

534

INDEX OF NAMES

f)K<)

Dow
Dow-
Dow

I low
I )i i\\
Dow

Dow
Dow
Dow

I )()W
I )c IW

495
Dow-
Dow
Dow
Dow
I )ow
Dow
Dow
Dow-
Do wr
Dow-
Dow
Dow-
Dow
Dow-
Dow

Phineas, 190

Pollv, 191

Pollv"- G., 115

Richard, 194

Rutus, 495

Rufus P., 253

Sabrina, 196, 251

Sabrina T., 191

Sally, 457

Sally Dearborn, 195

Deacon Samuel, 504

Sarah, 194, 452, 470, 472, 491,

Sarah A., 432

Sarah Ann, 609

Sarah F., 195

Sewell, 192, 196

Smith, 191, 192, 193, 609

Stephen, 194

Susan Emma, 195

Thomas, 188, 196

Walter, 196

Walter A., 195

Walter Weare, 195

Weare, 196

Willie M., 195

Winthrop, 190

Zebulon, 190
1 )owe, Elizabeth, 255

Downing, , 589

Downing, Alvah, 543

Downing, Amanda, 129

Downing, Cotton, 500

Downing, George, 113

Downing, Jeremiah, 161

Downing, Nancy, 171, 1/3, 184, 295

Downing, Priscilla M., 525

Downing, Raymond, 291

Downing, Roland E., 291

Downing, Ronald E., 126

Downing, Rosamond, 126

Downs. William, 205

Drake, Abbie M., 169

Drake, Abraham, 189, 256, 257, 493,

504, 505, 506
Drake. Ann, 511

Drake, Benjamin Frank, Jr., 596
Drake, Elizabeth, 492, 496
Drake, Frank M., 492, 496
Drake, George, 492, 496
Drake, Joshua, 518
Drake, Luther, 258
Drake, Lvdia, 617
Drake, Martha. 493, 499, 504
Drake, Mary, 506
Drake. Mary Ann. 492. 496
Drake, Minnie, 127
Drake, Moley, 593
Drake, Nancy, 326, 327, 428
Drake. Nathaniel, 428, 492, 496

Drake, Robert Pease, 518

I )raper, Lillian, 94

I Iraper, Marguerite, 501

Dresser, Calvin, n_'_>

Dresser, Sarah, 123

Drew-, Andrew-, 197

Drew^ Ann, 296

Drew, Avis. 96, 197

Drew, Ellen K., 197

Drew, Emily W., 197

Drew, Francis, 197

Drew, T. H., 416

Drew. John. 196, 197

Drew, Lydia, 166, 289

Drew, Nicholas, 197

Drew, Sophronia, 197

Drew, William, 196

Drowne, Deacon Thomas, 209

Dudlev, Dorothv, 103, 105

Dudley, Hannah, 499

Dudley, Horace, 117

Dudley, James, 198

Dudlev, Joseph, 198

Dudley, Mary, 198, 598, 602

Dudley, Mary Jane, 596

Dudlev, Marv Susan, 143

Dudlev. Sally, 246

Dudley, Samuel, 198. 305, 310

Dudley, Samuel C, 499

Dudley, Sarah. 243, 622

Dudlev, Stephen, 198

Dudlev, Thomas, 197. 247

Dudlev, Winthrop, 479

Duffee. Henry, 205

Dunham, Mellie, 441

Dunnells, Sabrina, 408

I hinning, Richard L., 302

Dunning, Wvlliam, 302

Durgan, Polly, 569

Durgin, Agnes, 457

Durgin, Drusella, 264

Durgin, Frank True, 558

Durgin, Hannah, 540

Durgin, Horace, 558

Durgin, lohn, 264

Durgin, Lydia, 408

Durgin, Polly, 565

Durgin, Richard, 540

Durgin, Ruth, 408

Durkee, Dr. John, 266

Durrell, Adeline, 198

Durrell, Ann Maria. 198

Durrell. Augusta, 198

Durrell. Charles, 198

Durrell. Eliza, 198

Durrell, Fisk, 198

Durrell, Inez, 198

Durrell, Toseph B., 198, 199

Durrell. Lewis. 198

Durrell, Lorrain. 198

690

INDEX OF NAMES

Durrell, Martha, 198

Durrell, Thomas, 198

Dusha, Frank, 616

Dustan, Abigail, 203

Dustan, Elizabeth, 203

Dustan, Hannah, 199, 201, 203

Dustan, John, 203

Dustan, Jonathan, 201, 203

Dustan, Lydia, 203

Dustan, Martha, 203

Dustan, Mary, 203

Dustan, Mehitable, 203

Dustan, Nathaniel, 203

Dustan, Sarah, 203

Dustan, Thomas, 199, 201, 202, 203

Dustan, Timothy, 203

Dustin, Hannah, 297, 587

Dustin, Thomas, 587, 589

Dustin, Vashti, 253

Duston, Hannah Emerson, 152

Dye, John, 487

Eaden, Katherine, 436
Eager, Lucv Jane, 277
Eager, Vestia N., 548
Eastman, . 500, 589

Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman

455
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman
Eastman

Abel, 205, 508

Abel Brown, 204

Ada M., 355, 360

Ada Maria, 340

Angie May, 205

Benjamin H., 320

Charles W., 320

Daniel, 204

Ebenezer, 204, 558

Edward, 204

Fred F., 205

Fred W., 508

George Prescott, 421

Hannah, 204

Hannah Elizabeth, 421

Horace, 397, 508

Horace Hook, 205

Huldah. 226

John, 204

Joseph, 516, 521

Laura, 624

Louisa (Whicher), 561, 567

Mary Belinda, 455

Marv Susan, 205

Mehitable, 331

Obadiah, 144, 204, 260, 421,

Patience, 521
Priscilla M., 525
Ruth, 419

Ruth Jane, 561, 567
Ruth Marion, 204
Sarah Woodman, 204
Stephen, 448

Eastman, Sylvester, 561, 567
Eastman, Thomas, 204, 419, 450, 455,

508
Easter, Hattie A., 534
Easton, Sarah, 490
Easton. William, 490
Eaton, Deacon Charles, 339
Eaton, Daniel, 285
Eaton, Daniel B., 205
Eaton, Daniel E., 206
Eaton, Eleanor J., 318
Eaton, Elisha, 205
Eaton, Emeline T., 205
Eaton, Deacon Frederick, 250
Eaton, George N., 241
Eaton, Jacob, 606
Eaton, John, 205
Eaton, John D., 205
Eaton, John S., 206
Eaton, Joseph S., 206
Eaton, Joseph W., 205
Eaton, Julia A., 206
Eaton, Laura A., 205
Eaton, Martin B., 205
Eaton, Mary, 192, 205, 606
Eaton, Mary (Dudley), 606
Eaton, Mary S., 206
Eaton, Mira Abby, 152
Eaton, Miriam, 205
Eaton, Reuhamah G., 205
Eaton, Sally, 546
Eaton, Sarah J., 206
Eaton, Sarah Jane, 205
Eaton, Mrs. Susan Smith, 206
Eaton, Thomas, 485
Eaton, William, 545
Edeerlv, Abraham, 160
Edgerlv, Betsey. 563, 565, 567, 569
Edgerly, Betty, 241
Edgerlv, Charles, 160
Edgerlv, Daniel, 206
Edgerly, David, 206, 391, 451
Edgerly, Florence, 160
Edgerly, Frank G.. 206
Edgerly, George C, 206
Edgerly, Hannah, 206
Edgerly, Harriet, 160
Edgerly, Hosea, 241
Edgerly, Jane, 206
Edgerly, John, 206
Edgerly, John P., 207
Edgerly, John W., 206
Edgerly, Joseph, 206, 440
Edgerlv, Joseph W., 206
Edgerly, Mary, 160, 481
Edgerly, Polly, 206
Edgerlv, Samuel, 206
Edgerly, Sarah, 172. 206
Edgerly, Sarah A., 545
Edgerly, Thomas, 160

INDEX OF NAMES

691

Edgerly, Walter H., 159
Edgerly, William. 206
Edgerl'v, William F., 159
Edgerly. William M., 206

Edwards, , 375

Edwards, Arthur, 331

Edwards, Edward, 438

Edwards, Truman. 482

Ela, Charles H., 208

Ela, Daniel, 207

Ela, Ednah. 207. 208

Ela, Elizabeth. 152. 297

Ela, Israel. 207

Ela, Jacob, 207

Ela. John, 207

Ela, John W., 208

Ela, John Whittier, 207

Ela, Joseph, 207

Ela. Laura E, 208

Ela, Luella, 208

Ela, Lvdia, 207

Ela, Nathaniel. 207

Ela, Nathaniel W., 207

Elder, John, 185

Elkins, Anna, 238

Elkins, Bertha, 366

Elkins. Dr. John P.,_366, 367

Elkins, Jonathan, 117

Elkins, Sarah Jane (Nichols), 367

Ellenthrope. ^Iargaret, 98

Elliot, Lucy, 171

Elliot, Thomas. 171

Elliott, Dana, 602

Elliott, Mrs. Dana, 596

Elliott, Frances S., 359

Ellis, , 596, 602

Ellis, Alice, 569
Ellis, Tonathan, 622
Ellis. William, 427

Emerson, , 377, 596

Emerson, Abigail, 203, 528

Emerson, Benjamin, 203, 528

Emerson, Corinne, 389

Emerson, Hannah, 201, 203, 589

Emerson, Hannah (Watts), 203, 528

Emerson, Hiram, 598, 602

Emerson, Lois, 286

Emerson, Mary E., 585

Emerson. Michael, 201, 587, 589

Emerson, Samuel, 286

Emerson, Sarah, 305

Emerson, Susan, 274

Emerson, Thomas, 587

Emery, Alphonso C, 370

Emery, Dr. Anthony, 328

Emery, Betsey. 137

Emery, Rev. Charles E., 438

Emery, David S.. 369, 371

Emery, George, 370

Emery, Helen M.. 245. 249

Emery, John, 587
Emery, Jonathan, 245
Emery, Molly, 313
Emery, Sarah, 328, 369
Emery, Sarah L., 371
Emery, Smith L., 371
Emery, Stephen, 369
Emery, Stephen N., 371
Emmons, Mary, 180, 186
Ennis, Stephen, 162
Funis, Stephen Herbert, 162
Etheridge, Hannah, 135
Evans, Benjamin, 320
Evans, Edward, 195
Evans, Elizabeth, 320
Evans, Mary ( Field ) , 320
Evans, Rose, 274
Evans, Susan, 195
Everett, Ella E., 206
Everett, George, 326
Everett, George H., 325
Ewer, Augusta, 115

Fairbanks, Moses, 330
Fanuiel, Peter, 570
Farnham, Barachias, 208, 578
Farnham, Capt. Barachias W.. 429
Farnham, Benjamin, 208, 405, 407
Farnham, Eliza Ann, 443
Farnham, Eunice, 429, 578
Farnham, Martha, 260
Farnham, Susanna, 406
Farnsworth, Jonas, 166
Farnsworth, Lucinda, 165

Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar
Farrar

450

Addie M.. 199
Alfred P.. 199
Arthur M., 199
Charles W., 199
Christiana, 199
Eliza A, 199
Emalie A.. 199
Frances Susan, 199
George W., 199
Isaac. 120, 305. 544
Israel, 199
James Marston, 305
Josiah, 194
Lavina B., 544
Mary Jane. 199
Nathan. 544
Perlev. 199
Salmon. 152, 244. 623
William. 581, 583
Favor. Sarah. 180
Fecteau, Nora Eva, 97, 448
Felker, Andrew L., 389
Felker, Dorothv Eva, 389
Felker, Harold Perkins. 389
Felker, Kenneth I... 568

692

INDEX OF NAMES

Felker. Lewis Heath, 389

Felker, Louis K., 564, 568

Felker, Marjorie Clvde, 389

Felker, Morris Harold, 389

Felker, Walter Andrew, 389

Fellows. Anna, 537, 545

Fellows, Ezekiel, 237

Fellows, Hannah, 237

Fellows, Laura A., 193

Fellows, Narcissa, 595

Ferguson, Elizabeth, 217

Ferguson, Joanna Elizabeth, 455

Ferguson, John, 217

Fernal, Harrv, 212

Fernal, W. H., 212

Fernal, William, 135

Fernald, Almeda, 605

Fernald, Betsey, 210

Fernald, Carrie, 211

Fernald, Charles, 209

Fernald, David Smith, 211

Fernald, Deaborn, 605

Fernald, Dr., 208

Fernald, Emma, 211

Fernald, Ethel, 212, 605

Fernald, Gertrude, 212

Fernald, Hattie Wilmina, 97, 210, 448

Fernald, Hollis, 605

Fernald, Ida L., 211

Fernald, Jane, 211

Fernald, John, 209, 211

Fernald, Capt. Joseph, 209

Fernald, Luke, 209, 210,211

Fernald, Lydia, 605

Fernald, Mary, 446

Fernald, Mary Elizabeth, 210

Fernald. Mary Worcester, 211

Fernald, Minnie, 621

Fernald, Renald, 208

Fernald, Dr. Renald, 209

Fernald, Samuel, 209

Fernald, Sarah, 407, 605

Fernald, Stephen, 605

Fernald, Thomas, 208, 209

Fernald, Walter, 605

Fernald, William, 208, 209, 212, 448

Fernald, William H., 97

Fernald, William H. H., 209. 210

Ferrin, Alfred, 513

Ferrin, Clara, 513, 523

Ferrin, Nancy (Hold), 513

Ferrin, Sarah (White), 418

Ferris, Frances, 298

Ferro, John, 194

Ferry, Avis E. ( Shalluck ) , 432

Field, Darby, 196, 347

Field, Sarah, 196

Fields, John, 114, 454

Fifield. Abigail, 322

Fifield, Arthur, 95

Fifield, Capt. David, 322
Fifield, Jennie Wilkerson, 493
Fifield, William H., 564, 568
Filgate, Annie Laurie, 583
Filgate, Charles James, 582
Filgate, Edmund Leroy, 583
Filgate, Henrietta Laura, 583
Filgate, James, 578, 582, 583
Filgate, Levander Nathaniel, 583
Filgate, Mary Elizabeth, 582
Filgate, William Isaac, 583
Filgate, William J., 583
Fish, Clara, 624
Fish, Elizabeth, 585
Fitts, Kezia, 366
Fitzgerald, Clara Ann, 513
Fitzgerald, Lewis Marston, 513
Fitzgerald, Mary Blanch, 513
Fitzgerald, Morris Alfred, 513
Fitzgerald, Thomas, 513
Fitzgerald, Thomas Franklin, 513

Flanders, , 388

Flanders, Abbie L., 212

Flanders, Abigail, 179, 267, 279

Flanders, Daniel, 421

Flanders, Daniel Bailev, 421

Flanders, Ellen, 505

Flanders, Emma, 212

Flanders, Eunice. 421

Flanders, Ezekiel, 423

Flanders, Frank, 332

Flanders, Hannah, 495

Flanders, Harry E., 519

Flanders, James, 212

Flanders, Jesse, 423

Flanders, John, 260, 423

Flanders, John M., 332

Flanders, Capt. John M., 179

Flanders, Jonathan, 423

Flanders, Judith, 421

Flanders, Lemuel, 421

Flanders, Lester, 592

Flanders, Loamba Elizabeth, 412

Flanders, Loanda, 262

Flanders, Lucy, 421

Flanders, Luther, 262, 412

Flanders, Lvdia, 421

Flanders, Lydia A., 536, 545, 597, 601

Flanders, Alary, 179

Flanders, Mary Frances, 421

Flanders, Mehitable, 179, 226, 227, 231

Flanders, Moses, 421

Flanders, Moses F., 423

Flanders, Nancy, 421

Flanders, Oliver, 423

Flanders, Onesiphorus, 179

Flanders, Rhoda, 179, 186, 187

Flanders, Richard C, 423

Flanders, Robert, 262, 412

Flanders, Rufus, 262

IXDKX OF XAMhS

693

Flanders, Ruth, 423

Fogg,

Flanders, Samuel, 179

Fogg,

Flanders, Sarah. 421, 42,1

Fogg,

Flanders, Sarah Ann, 421

Fogg,

Flanders, Stephen, 423

Fogg,

Flanders, William Mudgett, 421

Fogg,

Flanry, John, 274

Fogg,

Fletcher, Carrie, 237

Fogg,

Fletcher, Rhoda, 313, 316, 464

Fogg,

Floyd, Mabel, 393

Fogg,

Fogg

01 ?

Fogg,

, , \t 1 *J

Fogg

Al.hv, 218

Fogg,

Fogg

Abel, 222

Fogg,

Fogg

, Abigail, 213, 369, 371

461

Fogg

. Albert C, 142, 143

Fogg,

Foo'O'

Amanda Gause, 213

Fogg,

T*r\<ycr

Asa, 220, 221

Fogg,

Fogg

Calvin, 164, 218, 219, 220, 221

Fogg,

Fogg

Caroline, 116

Fogg,

Fogg

Fogg,

Fogg

Catherine R., 216

Fogg,

Fogg

Charles Gilman, 216

Fogg,

Fogg

Charles N., 217

Fogg,

Fogg

Charles S., 217, 218

Fogg,

Charles W., 222

Fogg,

Chase, 213, 216, 217, 218, 250

F)g»,

Fogg

Clara, 520. 524

Fogg,

Fogg

Clara S.. 216

1 u&&»

Fogg

Daniel, 212, 218

Foccr

Fogg

David, 206, 207, 213, 220, 221,

Fogg,

222

Fogg,

Fo^o"

Davis Howard, 216

Fogg,

Deaborn. 220

Foo'O*

Fogg

Dexter. 218

Fogg,

Fogg

Ehenezer, 218

Fogg,

Fogg

Edith Adele. 216

Fogg,

Fogg

Edward, 520, 524

Fogg,

Fogg

Edward Harvev, 216

pnacr

Fogg

Elbridge B.. 217

Fogg,

Emaline, 623

Fogg,

Fogg

Eliza, 177, 217

Fogg,

Fogg

Ella Archie. 216

Fogg,

Fogg

Esther B., 215

Fogg,

Fogg

Flora M., 217

Fogg,

Fogg

Frances. 162

Fo^o-

Fogg

George, 222

Fogg,

Fogg

George C, 207

Fogg.

Fogg

George Gilman, 222

Fogg,

Fogg

George S., 207, 221

Fogg,

George W., 217. 218

Fogg,

Fogg

Gilbert Xorris, 213

222.

Fogg

Gilman, 216

Fogg,

Fogg

Gilman B., 217

Fogg,

Fogg,

Greenleaf, 191

Fogg,

Fogg,

Hannah, 213

Fogg,

Fogg,

Hannah Gilman (Vickery), 222

Fogg,

Fogg

Harrv Havne, 216

261,

Fogg

Harvev L., 217

Fogg,

Fogg,

Horace, 213. 217

Fogg,

Fogg,

Horace E., 217

Fogg,

Huldah Tane. 366

Isaiah, 212, 213, 218

J. J-, 217

Jane, 125

James, 212

Jennie C, 216

Jeremiah, 186, 213, 216, 218

Jeremiah L., 218

Jeremiah Leavitt, 175

John, 221

form A.. 217. 218

John C, 45o

John Calvin, 168, 219, 220, 221,

John S., 217, 218

Jonathan. 213, 215, 218, 236, 237

Joseph, 213, 218. 237

Josephine Brooks, 213

Josiah, 213, 217. 218, 371

Major Josiah, 369

Katherine G., 216

Levi, 120. 220. 221

Lulia, 218

Lydia, 206, 207, 218

Lydia Hanscomh. 222

M. Elizabeth. 213

Margaret. 164, 169, 218, 219, 220

Martha, 221

Mary, 220, 243, 373

Mary A., 143

Marv Ann. 220

Mary Elizabeth. 216

Mary Jane, 164, 168, 220. 221

Mary X.. 217

Marv Sanborn, 186

Mesech. 220

Nancy L., 216

Nancy Leavitt. 210. 250

Nathan, 220, 221. 243. 266

Newell. 218, 219,220. 221

Noah, 220

Parker, 213, 217. 218. 221

Elder Parker, 150

Phebe, 217

Phineas. 218. 220, 221

Polly, 213

Roxanna C, 142

S. G., 217

Sally, 213. 218, 261

Samuel, 164. 212. 218, 219, 220,

309

Sarah, 221. 414

Sarah Adams, 216

Seth. 212. 222

Simon, 220. 221

Stephen, 212. 213. 215. 218. 226,

369, 524

Stephen Morris, 212. 213, 217

Stephen Xorris. jr., 213

Stephen \Y., 218

694

INDEX OF NAMES

Fogg, Susan, 520, 525
Fogg, Susan Gilman, 216
Fogg, Susie C, 216
Fogg, Thomas, 213
Fogg, William, 520, 524
Fogg, William T., 218
Fogg, William Taylor, 216

Follansbee, , 436

Follansbee, Cutting, 93

Follansbee, Marv, 403

Follet, J. W., 595

Follett, William, 196

Folsom, Abbie Blaisdell, 228

Folsom, Abel, 229

Folsom, Abiel, 229 _

Folsom, Abigail, 256

Folsom, Abraham, 226, 227, 230, 231,

313
Folsom, Agnes, 382
Folsom, Amelia, 232
Folsom, Andrew, 134
Folsom, Benjamin, 232, 382
Folsom, Benjamin, Jr., 232
Folsom, Caroline, 111, 112, 114
Folsom, Charles N., 228
Folsom, Chase Proctor, 227
Folsom, Colonel, 311
Folsom. Deborah, 230
Folsom, Elizabeth, 130, 131, 229, 442
Folsom, Eunice, 305
Folsom, George P., 230
Folsom, Hannah, 227, 229, 231, 382, 619
Folsom, Hannah L., 172, 535
Folsom, Hannah Laverna, 228, 230
Folsom, Harriet Amelia, 233
Folsom, Henry, 478
Folsom, Hiram G., 230
Folsom, Hyrum, 233
Folsom, Jeremiah, 312
Folsom, Col. Jeremiah, 130, 593
Folsom. John, 128, 226, 227, 229, 231,

232. 368. 535. 578, 594
Folsom, John C, 228
Folsom, Jonathan, 271
Folsom, Joseph, 228
Folsom, Joseph G., 230
Folsom, Joseph L.. 227, 230, 231, 535
Folsom, Joseph Seecomb, 229
Folsom, Josiah, 256
Folsom, Judith. 229
Folsom, Judith (Perkins), 230
Folsom, Levi, 594
Folsom, Love, 183
Folsom. Lyman, 198
Folsom, Martha. 271
Folsom, Mary, 227, 229, 271, 405, 407,

413
Folsom, Mary F., 112
Folsom, Marv Gilman, 226
Folsom, Mary M., 230

Folsom, Mary (Robey), 36b
Folsom, Mary (Sanborn), 111
Folsom, Mehitable, 229
Folsom, Moses P., 232
Folsom, Nathaniel, 227, 229_, 231, 317
Folsom, Gen. Nathaniel, 271
Folsom, Nicholas, 229, 547
Folsom, Capt. Nicholas, 451
Folsom, Elder Nicholas, 535, 578
Folsom, Rev. Nicholas, 112, 113, 183r

227, 228, 235, 405, 407, 413
Folsom, Rev. Nicholas Carr, 227, 231
Folsom, Elder Nicholas Carr (Smith),.

228, 229, 232, 535
Folsom,
Folsom,
Folsom,
Folsom,
Folsom,
Folsom,
Folsom,

Noah, 112, 227, 450, 537

Peter, 232

Polly, 230

Ruth, 368

Sallv, 313

Sally M., 230

Samuel, 227, 229, 231, 368

Folsom, Col. Samuel, 271

Folsom, Sarah, 229

Folsom, Sarah Morrill, 227

Folsom, Col. Shephard, 437

Folsom, Capt. Thomas, 342

Folsom, Susanna, 229

Folsom, Tirza Fox, 227

Folsom, William, 229

Folsom, William Fullington, 232

Folsom, William Harrison, 232

Folsome, Jeremiah, 317

Folsome, Mary, 317

Ford, Frank, 591, 616

Ford, Governor, 233

Ford, Capt. John, 138, 233

Ford, Nancv, 372

Ford, Sally." 138

Ford, Thomas, 233, 376

Ford, William, 138, 175, 233, 372

Foss, Eunice T., 260

Foss, Jane, 336, 349, 354

Foss, Tulia A., 564, 568

Foss, William, 148, 211

Foster, Aurelia, 135

Foster, Hannah, 240

Foster, Hattie, 578

Foster, Mary, 366

Foulsam, Adam, 594

Foulsam, John, 230

Foulsham, Adam, 228

Foul sham
Foulsham
Foulsham
Foulsham
Foulsom,

, John, 226, 227,
, Lydia, 226

, Moses, 226
, Sarah, 226
Joshua. 190

235

Four nival, Josephine, 274

Fox, Adeline, 444

Fox, Chester, 166

Fox, Daniel T., 107, 109, 113

INDEX OF NAMES

695

Fox, Deacon Edward, 45(1

Fox, Eunice Gale, 204

Fox, Hannah Densmore, 109, 554

Fox, John, 166, 365

Fox. Jonathan, 101, 102

Fox, Mary B„ 591, 616

Fox, Mollv, 553, 57(>

Fox, Polly, 450

Frank, Benjamin, 595

Frank, Captain, 595

Freese, Florence G., 557

Freese, Jonathan, 189

Freeze, , 585

Fremont, General, 570
French, Asa, 142
French, Betsey, 314
French, Charlotte J„ 455, 464
French, Elizabeth, 194
French, Ezekiel, 421
French, Jemima, 450
French, John, 421
French, John B., 464
French, Levi, 272
French. Louisa, 501, 502
French, Margaret, 155
French. Mary, 462
French, Marv Elizabeth. 551
French, Marv (Polly), 142
French, Polly, 457, 459
French, Sally, 316
French, Samuel, 190
French, Sarah, 190, 194, 205
French, Susan, 394
Frol, Margaret, 587
Fuller, Franklin R., 250
Fullerton, Elizabeth, 370
Fullerton, Capt. John, 164
Fullington, Agnes, 232
Fullonton, Anna, 373
Fulton, Jennie C, 148
Fulton, Jennie Chapman, 148
Fulton, Rev. Justin D., 148
Furber, Bridgett, 117
Furber, Frank H., 416
Furgeson, George A., 107, 109
Fuyat, Leonard N. J., 298

Gage, Abigail, 263

Gage, Josiah, 270

Gale, Benjamin, 600

Gale, Betsey, 444, 579

Gale, Charles G., 276

Gale, Daniel, 467, 579

Gale, Deborah, 107, 108, 113, 451, 579

Gale ( Dutchman ) , 579

Gale, Ednah (Little), 207

Gale, Hannah, 599

Gale, John, 108,_558, 579

Gale, Josiah, 615

Gale, Mary, 251

Gale, Mehitable, 274, 275, 279, 267, 377

Gale, Menta Belle, 265

Gale, Patty, 449, 579

Gale, Sally, 579

Gale, Sarah, 558

Gale, Susanna, 579

Gale, Theodosia, 579

Gale, Tudor, 579

Gardner, Abi, 166

Gardner, Eliza E., 483

Gardner, James, 117

Garfield, President, 570

Garland, Edgar Drew, 445

Garland, Irving R., 445

Garland, John, 333

Garland, Samuel A., 445

Garland, Sarah, 333

Garmon, Fannie E., 251

Gannon, Jabez, 251

Garnett, Sophronia S., 557

Garrett, Sophronia S., 556

Gates, General, 403

Gause, Amanda, 213

Gault, George, 142

Gault, John, 172

Gault, Marv, 142

Gault. Rosv M„ 172

Gauthier, Wilfrid, 221

Gauthier, Wilfried, 462

Gay, George H., 162

Geddon, John, 421

Gedney, Bethiah, 615

Gedney, John, 615

George, Anna, 469, 471

George, Benaih Sanborn, 234

George, Edmund Hodgdon, 234

George, Gideon, 471

George, Grace Marion, 234

George, Jonathan, 278

George, Jonathan F., 273

George, Josiah, 233, 234

Gerald. Dudley Blake, 609

Gerald, Martha Ann (Tesseman), 609

Gerald, Ruth Curtis^ 609

Gerrish, Caroline, 376

Gibbs, Ida May, 320

Gibbs, William. 262

Gibson, James, 254

Giddings, - -. 179

Giddings, Zebulon, 521

Gilbert, Timothy, 269 _

Gilcrest, Frank G., 157

Gilcrest, Tulia Marion, 157

Gilcrest, William Oliver, 157

Gile, Betsey, 222

Giles, Ann, 135

Gill, Elizabeth, 559

Gill, Tohn, 325, 559

Gill, Phebe, 325

Gilman, , 606

696

INDEX OF NAMES

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman

G

lman

G

lman,

G

lman

G

lman

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

403

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

Gi

lman,

Gi

lman,

G

■lman,

G

lman,

Gi

lman,

G

lman.

Gi

lman,

Gi

lman,

G

lman,

Gi

lman,

Gi

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

Gi

lman,

Gi

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman,

Gi

lman,

Gi

lman,

G

lman,

G

lman.

306

G

lman,

Gi

lman,

Abigail, 236

Albert, 306, 307

Mrs. Albert, 518

Ann, 271

Benjamin, 236

Betsey, 369, 371

Biley, 215, 235, 237

Bradbury, 215, 235, 237

Burlev, 237

Catherine, 272, 274

Charles, 236, 237

Daniel, 236

David, 150, 236, 478

David Frank, 237

David Robinson, 237

Deborah, 236, 237

Edward, 226, 235, 271

Eliza, 421

Eliza Sanborn, 120

Elizabeth, 237, 271, 277, 481

Ellen Lill, 237

Eunice, 236

Ezekiel, 457

Fanny M., 237

Fred, 168, 220

George E., 208

Gertrude B., 236

Granville B., 237

Hannah, 215, 232, 235, 237,

491

Hannah (Durgin), 544

Hannah Sanborn, 120

Henry, 217

James, 235, 236, 237, 317

James Marshall, 237

Tennie, 341

Jeremiah, 120, 235

Jerome, 217

John, 236

Capt. John, 422

Hon. John, 271

Joseph, 236, 306

Mrs. Joseph, 518

Joseph F., 306

Joseph L., 557

Joseph Mead, 236

Joseph S., 556

Joseph T., 306

Joshua, 236

Josiah, 236, 520

[udith, 213, 237, 515

Laura, 599

Lewis W., 374

Lottie S., 597

Martha, 236

Martha Jane, 237

Marv, 123, 227, 235, 237, 271,

444, 445, 463, 481

Marv Clark, 226

Mary E., 306, 462

Gilman, Mary Ellen, 236

Gilman, Mary Susan, 237

Gilman, Moses, 235, 236, 515, 521

Gilman, Olive J., 544

Gilman, Olive Jane, 540

Gilman, Polly, 236

Gilman, Ruth, 163

Gilman, Sally, 612

Gilman, Samuel, 136, 236, 540, 544

Gilman, Sarah, 236

Gilman, Sarah Francis, 237

Gilman, Stephen, 236

Gilman, Stephen Smith, 236

Gilman, Susan, 213, 236

Gilman, Susanna, 215, 236, 237

Gilman, Susanna G., 236

Gilman, Timothy, 236

Gilman, Uriah, 236

Gilman, William, 236

Gilman, William Mead, 236

Gingrass, Joseph H., 558

Glidden, Abigail, 271

Glidden, Benjamin, 592

Glidden, Daniel, 271

Glidden, Eliza, 191, 192

Glidden, Elias, 305

Glidden, Eliza, 191, 437, 439

Glidden, Elizabeth, 271

Glidden, Elsie A., 456, 461

Glidden, Jacob, 271

Glidden, John, 271

Glidden, Jonathan, 541

Glidden, Judith, 101, 104, 296, 524

Glidden, Marv, 450, 592

Glidden, Moody, 271

Glidden, Nancy, 171

Glidden, Peggy, 624

Glidden, Steven, 271

Gline, Georgianna, 262

Glines, Affa, 615

Glines, Israel, 575

Glines, Polly, 417

Goldwver, George, 402

Goldwyer, Martha, 402

Good, Lilla, 276

Goodell, Marv, 385

Goodell, Robert, 385

Goodhue, Deborah, 236

Goodhue, Marie, 100, 101, 102, 103, 524

Goodwin, Charles, 162

Goodwin, Clarence Knowlton, 265

Goodwin, Elizabeth, 119

Goodwin, Hannah, 130

Goodwin, John M., 265

Goodwin, Reuben, 136

Gordon, , 135, 259

Gordon, Albert, 240, 496
Gordon, Albertus Stanford, 238
Gordon, Alexander, 182
Gordon, Anna, 492, 496

INDEX OF NAMES

697

Goshen
Goshen

Annie L., 234

Charles H., 187

Curtis, 496

Capt. Daniel. 213

Elisha, 193

Elizabeth, 252, 355, 360, 443,

Elizabeth K, 340
Elmer C, 495
Emma, 496
Everett, 495
Erances Paulina, 544
George, 492. 495
Hannah. 260
Harriet, 499
Ida, 496

James. 234, 492, 495
Joseph S., 519
Leavitt, 496
Leonard, 492, 496
Levi S., 238
Lydia, 212

Margaret (Moses), 499
Manila, 495
Mary, 289, 453
Mary Jane, 499
Moses, 612
Roxanna, 149
Sarah, 492, 496
Smith, 192. 492, 496
Sophia, 574
Squire, 612
Stephen, 184
William, 499, 532
William E., 187, 207
Willis, 496

Gordon
( ionlon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
446
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon
Gordon,
Gore, Hattie M. (Leavitt), 318

261

. Isabel, 480
Goss, Eunice, 260, 261
Goss, Hannah, 406, 413
Goss, Marv, 211
Goss, Unis, 409, 412
Gould, Anna M., 384
Gould, Everett Henry, 98
Gould, Kenneth Everett, 98
Gould, Malcom Piper, 98
Gould, Mary Jane, 142
Gould, Patience, 321
Gould, Sarah J., 551
Gould, Sarah jane, 551
Gourd, Almatia, 500
Gove, Ansill, 600
Gove, Benjamin, 277
Gove, Benjamin Page, 238
Gove, Ebenezer, 237
Gove, Major Ebenezer, 538
Gove, Capt. Edward, 449
Gove, Jeremiah, 470
Gove, Jewell, 595

Gove, John, 237

Gove, Lydia, 194

Gove, Xancy, 238

Gove, Rhoda, 277

Gove, Richard, 237, 238, 240, 483

Grant, Anna L., 500, 505

Grant, Daniel B., 505

Grant, Hannah S., 541

Grant, Henry, 282

Grant, Jennie M. B., 282

Grant, Reuben, 117

Grant, William H., 282

Granville, James, 318

Graves, , 140

Graves, Alvah, 441, 449
Graves, Eliza Sutton, 557
Graves, Elizabeth, 137
Graves, Joseph S., 557
Graves, Mary, 371, 463
Gray, Charles, 241
Gray, Clara, 462
Cray, Daniel, 462
Gray, George, 121
Gray, Phillis, 432
Greege, Elizabeth, 367
Greelev, George I., 507
Greeley, Hattie F., 507
Green, Captain, 575
Green, Florence N., 185
Green, Isaac, 128
Green, Julia Caroline, 554
Green, Kate, 541
Green, Wilbur, 558
Greenfield, Mary E., 387, 585
Greenleaf, Mary, 154
Greenleaf, Stephen, 487
Gregorv, Elizabeth, 233
Grendall, Mary, 500

Griffin, , 190

Griffin, Hannah, 189
Griffin, Stella, 195
Griffin, Susan, 378
Griffin, Susanna, 563, 568

Griffith, , 405

Griffith, Elizabeth, 352

Griffith, Julia, 332

Griffith, Olive. 352

Griffith. Rachel (Sanborn), 149, 406

Gross, Love, 489

Gross, William, 303

Grove, Ebenezer, 143

Guards, Susie, 160

Guilford, Susannah, 255

Hache, John, 241
Hache, Samuel, 241
Hacket, Charlotte, 273
Hackett, Charlotte, 278
Hackett. Mattie A., 523
Haddon, Jarrett, 119

698

INDEX OF NAMES

Haddon, Mary, 119

Hadley, - -, 613

Hadley, Clarissa,_408

Hadley, George, 565, 569

Hadley, Polly, 419

Hadley, Stephen A., 275

Hadlock, Dorcas, 255

Haight, Robert, 256, 257

Haines, A. M., Esq., 593

Haines, Abigail, 352

Haines, Daniel Jewell, 256

Haines, Eleanor, 256

Haines, Frederick, 256

Haines, George Washington, 256

Haines, John, 117, 256

Haines, Mary, 594, 598

Haines, Olive, 117

Haines, Samuel, 352

Haines, Deacon Samuel, 594, 598

Haines, Thomas Jeferson, 256

Halev, Andrew, 336, 624

Haley, Elizabeth, 336. 337, 355, 356,

358, 425, 479, 624. 626
Halev, Rev. John W., 413

Hall, , 122

Hall, Alfred F., 283

Hall, Alfred Francis, 280

Hall, Amanda Page, 573

Hall, Edward, 130

Hall, Elizabeth, 577, 605

Hall, George H., 221

Hall, Jemima, 130

Hall, John, 418

Hall, Josiah, 418

Hall, Rev. King Solomon, 418

Hall, Margaret Ellen, 280, 283

Hall, Mary Elizabeth George, 573

Hall, Moses, 621

Hall, Mrs., 441, 584

Hall, Rosetta, 537

Hall, Sarah, 440, 476

Hallihan, Martha, 169

Hallowell, Grace, 460

Ham, Aaron, 241

Ham, Ann, 241

Ham, Ann Maria, 241

Ham, Asa, 285

Ham, Belle, 441

Ham, Benjamin, 241

Ham, Betsey, 554

Ham, Charles E., 241

Ham, Clara, 134

Ham, Emma Etta, 241

Ham, Frank, 441

Ham, George, 441

Ham, George H., 241

Ham, Georgia, 441

Ham, Hannah, 241

Ham, Haven, 241

Ham. Ida. 441

Ham, Tames, 241

Ham, John, 241

Ham, Joseph, 240

Ham, Joseph, Jr., 240

Ham, Joseph O., 241

Ham, Lucv Adrian, 285

Ham, Lydia, 241

Ham, Mary Caroline, 241

Ham, Oliver, 241

Ham, Sally, 241

Ham, Samuel, 241

Ham, Sylvester, 241

Ham, Thomas, 240

Ham, Capt. Tobias, 241

Ham, William F., 241 ^

Hamilton, Alexander, 570

Hamilton, Blanche, 527

Hamlin, Edward, 157

Hamlin, Hannabal, 570

Hammond, John, 245

Hammond,. Rufus, 491, 495

Hanaford, Bradley, 576, 580

Hanaford, Eleanor, 338, 359

Hanaford, J. P., 520

Hanaford, John P., 341, 361, 513, 520,

523
Hanaford, Mary Ann (Wentworth),

576, 580
Hanaford, Marv Elizabeth, 341
Hanaford, Mary Elizabeth (Neal), 513
Hanaford, Peter
Hanaford, Sally, 193
Hanaford, Sarah, 338, 359
Hanaford, Thomas, 580
Hanes, Elnora A., 447
Hanson, Charles, 393
Hanson, Ellen S., 393
Hanson, James M., 375
Hanson, John, 374
Hanson, Laura, 393
Hanson, Lvdia, 135
Hanson, Mary Abby, 393
Hanson, Mary Elizabeth, 233, 374, 375,

376
Hanson, Mary Ellen, 384
Hanson, Phillip L., 393
Harkness, M. K., 531
Harmon, Gladys, 412
Harmon, Gladys I., 263
Harper, Ezekiel, 321
Harper, Ruth, 511, 617
Harper, Sallv, 171
Harper, Sarah, 588. 590
Harper, Capt. William, 563, 567
Harriman, Dr. Alpher Haven, 265
Harriman, Haven Perley, 265
Harriman, Katherine, 265
Harriman, Nathaniel Joy, 265
Harriman, Peggy (Margaret), 98
Harriman, Susan, 185

INDEX OF NAMES

699

Harrington, E. B., 554 Hawkins,

Harrington, Earl P., 97 Hawkins,

Harrington, Lillian G., 554 Hawkins,

Harris, Anna, 274 Hawkins.

Harrison, John, 119 Hawkins,

Hart, Abigail (Smith), 518 Hawkins,

Hart, Charles D., 127 Hawkins,

Hart, Elmer W., 127 Hawkins,

Hart, Fred A.. 127 Hawkins,

Hart, John, 127 Hawkins,

Hart, John S., 246 Hawkins,

Hart, Joseph S.. 477 Hawkins,

Hart, Lilla A., 127 Hawkins,

Hart, Xellie Louisa, 127 Hawkins,

Hart, Sands M., 127 Hawkins,

Hart, Susan, 111 Hawkins,

Hart, Theodore, 519 Hawkins,

Hart, Deacon Theodore, 311, 518 Hawkins,

Hart, Thomas, 606 Hawkins,

Hart, Thomas C, 592 Hawkins,

Hartford, Clementine, 236 Hawkins,

Harvell, Clara A., 442 Hawkins,

Harvell, John W., 442 Hawkins,
Harvell, Sarah Ann (Jameson), 442 Hawkins,

Harvey, Margaret, 299 Hawkins,

Hatch, Betsev, 241 Hawkins,

Hatch, David, 241, 542 Hawkins,

Hatch, Emily, 440 Hawkins,

Hatch, Ernest, 573 Hawkins,

Hatch, George, 542 Hawkins,

Hatch, George A., 242 Hawkins,

Hatch, Isaac C, 440 Hawkins,

Hatch, Lucy, 534 Hawkins,

Hatch, Nancy, 241 Hawkins,

Hatch, Simeon, 241 249, 261

Hatch, William Henry, 242 Hawkins,

Haven, Elbridge G., 420 Hawkins,

Haven, John, 420 Hawkins,

Hawes, Julia Ann, 323 Hawkins,

Hawkins, , 98 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Abbie (Jones), 512 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Abigail, 242, 249, 621 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Adeline, 623 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Albert, 126, 618 Hawkins.

Hawkins, Albert S., 522 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Albert Sumner, 245, 249, Hawkins,

512, 519 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Alonzo, 128, 24<> Hawkins,
Hawkins, Amanda. 124, 128, 246, 618 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Amisa. 621 248, 249

Hawkins, Amy Eunice, 244 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Angelina, 622 Hawkins.

Hawkins, Angeline, 240 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Ann, 242 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Arthur, 245, 250 Hawkins,

Hawkins. Arthur Stanley, 244 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Arthur \\\, 512, 523 Hawkins.

Hawkins. Aseneth, 623 Hawkins.
Hawkins, Benjamin, 126, 242, 249, 622 Hawkins,

Hawkins, Benjamin S., 623 Hawkins,

Benjamin Sturtevant, 244

Bessie, 245

I'.c^ie M.. 512, 523

Charles, 249

Charles Homan, 244

Clara. 245

Clara A. (Woodman), 519

Clara J., old

Clarence Ellsworth, 245

Clement, 243, 622

Comfort, 2_43, 622, 623

Daniel, 135

David M., 482

Ebeneser, 623

Ebenezer, 243

Edwin, 126

Edwin Newell, 245, 249

Elijah, 243, 246, 622

Elijah. Tr.. 246

Elizabeth. 242

Elmer W., 245, 512, 522

Emaline, 249

Ethel, 245

Florence, 245, 519, 618

Florence E., 250, 512, 523

Francis, 243, 248, 249, 623

Frank Alliston, 244

Freda, 245

Dr. Frederick, 245

Freeman, 249, 618

George, 242

George Washington, 622

Gertrude Ruth, 245

Hannah, 242, 243, 247, 248,

. 022

Harmon Curtis, 244

Harriett T., 128

Hattie M., 482

Helen, 245

Hosea, 248. 249

Hosea F., 244. 248

Hosea Francis, 623

Jacob, 021

Tacob Eaton, 246

Jacob R., 022

James, 245. 622

James Madison, 246

Tane, 622

John. 242. 245. 246, 247,

. 201, 021. (<22

John, Jr., 023

John S., 023

John Smith. 244, 622

Jonathan. 245

Jonathan C, 022

Jonathan Cheslev, 246

Laura, 245, 249

Laura Ella, 244

Laura R., 623

Levi. 621

700

INDEX OF NAMES

Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins

248, 261
Hawkins

244
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins

247, 249
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins

246, 247
Hawkins
Hawkins
Hawkins

023 _
Hawkins
Hawkins

Lorenzo, 245

Louisa, 243

Louisa H. Piper, 246

Louise, 249

Lovey, 243, 429, 622

Lucy, 127

Lvd'ia, <>22

Lydia (Bunker), 243, 247,

Lyman Smyley (Jacobs),

Mahala, 244, 623

Mary, 242, 246

Mary Ella, 126, 249

Melissa, 245, 248

Melvina, 246

Millard, 623

Moses, 621

Nellie, 622

Otis, 249

Otis Freeman, 623

Rachel, 242

Rhoda, 623

Rosetta, <>22

Rufus, 126

Rufus Colbv. 245, 512

Ruth, 126, 245, 512, 617

Ruth E., 244

S. Jennie, 128

Sallv, 243, 623

Sarah, 242, 622

Sarah Ann, 519, 623

Sarah S., 244

Stephen."242, 243, 245, 246,

, 621, 622

Susan, 127, 128, 249

Susan R., 246

Thomas, 242

Timothv Dudlev, 128, 243,

, 249, 622

Tryphena, 623

Vina, 618

William, 242, 243, 246, 249,

William H., 245
William Newell, 245

Hawley, Amy, 591

Hawley, Grace, 406, 411

Hawley, Lois, 591

Haves. Abigail, 316, 554, 576, 577, 583

Hayes, Abigail W., 313

Haves, George Snell, 242

Haves, Huldah, 577

Haves, John P., 313

Haves, Polly, 576, 580

Hayes, Robert, 577

Hayes, William, 576, 580

Haynes, Bessie, 618

Haynes, Chester, 618

Haynes, Daisy, 618

Haynes, David, 475

Haynes, Elmer, 618

Haynes, George, 511, 618

Haynes, Mehitable (Hilton), 475

Havnes, Nathaniel, 618

Haynes, Olive, 618

Haynes, Olive Eastman. 475

Haynes, Samuel, 347

Hazeltine, Marv, 587

Head, Albert, 457

Head. Captain, 406, 413

Heagan, Sally, 451

Healev, Anna, 421

Healey, Daniel, 340, 355, 360

Healey, Daniel F., 115

Heard, Benjamin, 428

Heard, Elizabeth, 428

Heath, Abiah Gile, 250

Heath, Addison, 93

Heath, Anna Gile, 250

Heath. Charles H., 95

Heath. Daniel Kellev. 250

Heath, David, 250

Heath, David Brainard, 250

Heath, Edward Warren, 216

Heath, Eleanor Watson, 250

Heath, Eliza, 339, 361, 535

Heath, Elizabeth, 163

Heath, John, 201

Heath, Josiah, 201

Heath, Judith Sargent, 250

Heath, Miriam Sargent, 250

Heath, Parmenas, 216

Heath, Parmenas W, 250

Heath, Parmenas Watson, 216

Heath, Roy, 93

Heath, Ruth Watson, 250

Heath, Samuel R.. 339

Heath. Sarah Harvev, 250

Heath, Sarah J., 534, 546

Heath, Selwin Chase, 216

Hebard, Salmon, 561

Hemmings, Rose May, 543

Herrick, Sarah Smith, 185

Hersey, Clara, 613

Hersey, Mary, 312

Hersey, Captain Peter, 209

Hersey, Samuel S., 442

Hersie, Elizabeth, 235

Hersie. William, 235

Heson, Marv Jane, 188

Hibbard, Charles B., 251

Hibbard, David, 250

Hibbard, Ellery A., 250

Hibbard, Jennie O., 251

Hibbard, Laura B., 251

Hibbard, Silas. 250

Hibbard, Tenny, 465

Hicks, Joseph, 197

Hicks, Mary, 197

INDEX OF NAMES

701

Hicks, Phebe, 259
Hicks, Robert, 2~^>

Hill, , 111. 137

Hill, Aaron, 523

Hill, Adna, 523

Hill, Arthur S.. 523

Hill, Cbarles, 247

Hill, Charles K.. 523

Hill, Clarence, 523

Hill, Ellen M., 555

Hill, Elizabeth, 511, 618

Hill, Elizabeth N., 169

Hill, Eveline, 523

Hill, Fanny, 199

Hill, Forest, 523

Hill, Frank D., 523

Hill, Fred Aaron, 523

Hill, George Sanborn, 523

Hill, Hannah, 539

Hill, Harold, 523

Hill, Herbert, 247

Hill, Rev. Jeremiah, 158

Hill, Rev. John, 169

Hill, Jonathan, 194

Hill, Dr. Jonathan, 417

Hill, Joseph, 352

Hill, Laura A., 464

Hill, Lucius, 523 «

Hill, Mabelle, 558

Hill, Mary A., 524

Hill, Orbut, 523

Hill, Polly, 409

Hill, Sally, 196

Hill, Sarah. 194, 352, 408

Hill, Waldo, 523

Hill. Winthrop, 408

Hilliard, Catherine, 251

Hilliard, Freeman S., 251

Hilliard, George, 191, 196, 251

Hilliard. Hannah. 431 _

Hilliard, Harrv Francis, 251

Hilliard. Lydia, 251

Hilliard, Mamie Sabrina, 251

Hilliard, Orrin G., 251 _

Hilliard, Thomas E.. 251

Hillman, Jonathan. 485

Hillon, Amanda. 251

Hilton, Ann, 271

Hilton, Betsey, 233

Hilton, Colonel, 233

Hilton, Daniel. 330

Hilton, Capt. Daniel, 251

Hilton, Maj. Daniel, 251

Hilton, Dudley. 271

Hilton, Edward, 335

Hilton, Eliza, 251

Hilton, Elizabeth, 372

Hilton, George, 251. 340, 355, 360

Hilton, George S., 252

Hilton, Ichabod, 312

Hilton. Major, 252

Hilton, Mercy, 271

Hilton, Richard Neal, 251

Hilton, Susanna, 312

Hilton, Winthrop, 312

Mines, Dana, 537

Hines, George, 295, 537

Hobbs, James, 189

Hobbs, Mary, 208, 489, 490, 504, 505,

50.,
Hobbs, Morris, 490, 504, 506
Hobbs, Theodate ( Batcheldor), 504
Hodgdon, Betsey, 517, 521
Hodgdon, George, 94
Hodgdon, Hiram, 93
Hodgdon, Lillian, 280, 283
Hodgdon, Peace, 234
Hodgdon, Mrs. Sam, 495
Hodgdon, Sarah, 118
Hodgen, Ellis, 252
Hodgen, Samuel, 252
Hodgkins, Elizabeth, 611
Hodsdon, Alice Robbins, 509
Hodsdon, Charles Kent, 509
Hodsdon, Ebenezer, 134
Hodsdon, Emily Bracket, 509
Hodsdon, John Wesley, 509
Hodsdon, Marshall Sinclair, 509
Hodsdon, Matilda, 343
Hodsdon, Sallv, 134
Hodsdon, Waldron W., 509
Hoit, Hannah, 274, 275
Hoit, Hannah L., 204
Hoit, James W., 318
Hoit, Mary, 109
Hoit, Sarah Smith, 526
Hoit, Stuart, 204
Hoitt, Betsey, 599
Hoitt, Joseph, 163
Hoitt, Luella, 599
Hoitt, Sarah, 163
Hoitt. William G., 465
Holden, Annie, 329
Holden, Ellen, 329
Holden, Francis, 329
Holden, Gladys. 329
Holden, Gwendolvn, 329
Holden, Joshua B., 329
Holden, Joshua B., Jr., 329
Holden, Marv B., 329
Holden, Xatoli. 329
Holdred, Mehitable. 514
Holman, Richard. 485

Holt, , 192

Holt. Frank, 537
Homan, Rev. Charles, 244
Homan, Mary E., 623
Hoinan, Marv Evina, 244
Hook, Charle's C, 601
Hook, Russell W., 601

702

INDEX OF NAMES

Hook. William, 403

Hopkins, Bernice Margaret, 372

Hopkins, Daris Olive, 372

Hopkins, Herbert A., 372

Hopkins, Mary Emily, 323

Hopkins, Orvis Herbert, 372

Hopkins, W. C, 260

Hopkins, William C. 480

Hopley, Elizabeth, 197

Hopley, Robert, 197

Horn, George, 296

Horn, James W., 208

Horn, Stephen, 296

Home, Susan, 439

Houston, Melvina, 173

How, Hannah, 316

How, Stephen, 500

How, Stephen B., 320

Howard, James, 101, 102, 349

Howe, Aaron M.,_326, 327

Howe, Betsey, 327

Howe, Betsey Elizabeth, 325, 326

Howe, Celestia, 227, 231

Howe, Mrs. E., 454_

Howe, Ebenezer, 117

Howe, Elizabeth, 327

Howe, George W., 326, 327

Howe. Harriett S., 326, 327

Howe, Henrv D., 326, 327

Howe, Horace F., 326, 327

Howe, Horace P., 429

Howe, James, 325, 326, 327

Howe, James M„ 326, 327

Howe, Tosiah S., 320, 327

Howe, Lewis, 290

Howe, Lorenzo G., 326, 327

Howe, Martha D., 326, 327

Howe, Mary. 172

Howe, Nancy, 116

Howe. Nancy D., 326, 327

Howe, Otis, 290

Howe, Rebecca (Wyett), 325

Howe, Sally, 530, 549

Howe, William G, 326, 327

Howland, Lvdia C, 622

Howland. R Y., 231

Hoyt, Addie, 447

Hovt, Annie Maria, 323

Hovt, Charles, 541

Hovt, Clara, 384

Hoyt, Eben, 326

Hovt, James, 176

Hovt, John, 119

Hoyt, Lydia, 126

Hovt, Mrs., 495

Hoyt. Polly, 389

Hovt, Corp. Samuel Baker, 323

Hubbard, Abigail, 598. 602

Hubbard, Abner P., 608

Hubbard, Ada Mae, 608

Hubbard,

Hubbard,

Hubbard,

Hubbard,

Hubbard,

Hubbard,

Huckens,

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

Huckins

564
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Huckins
Hudson,
Huff

Catherine, 419, 501
Tohn, 419

Lucy (Bradford), 608
Marv, 419
Rodnev, 101, 103
Susan, 419, 420, 456, 458
Eunice, 331
613

Abigail, 495, 615

Abigail (Smith), 307

Addie Eldora, 609

B. Smith, 491, 495

Caleb, 93, 495

Daniel, 193

David M.. 429

Deborah, 332

Deborah (Gordon), 608

Dorcas (Bickford), 193

Ella, 2o 1

Esther. 307

Eunice. 244, 332

George, 261

Hannah, 253, 613

Henrv, 608

Henry A.. 608

lames, 193, 252, 491, 495,

211

Mrs. James Ford,

Tohn, 495

Jonathan Dolloff, 187, 307

Leroy, 608

Luther, 495

Lyman, 613

Margaret Ann, 407

Marv Sewall, 484

Nancy P.. 183

Nathan C, 407

Nathaniel, 505

Orlando G., 332

Robert. 331, 608

Rufus, 307

Ruth. 252, 495

Samuel, 188

Sarah (Whidden), 407

Stephen P., 332

Elizabeth, 605
Lovina, 233

Huggins, , 430

Hughes, Alice, 127
Hughes, Barnet, 93, 95
Hughes, Francis M., 93
Hughes, George K.. 93
Hughes. Thomas, 95, 448
Hull. Charles E., 185
Hull, Ruth. 185, 438, 482
Hunkins, George W., 295
Hunkins, Lewis, 109
Hunkins, Marv E., 295
Hunkins, Ruth, 523
Hunkins, Sarah B., 109

INDEX OF NAMES

703

Hunt. Abel, 611

Hunt. Abraham Perkins. 396

Hunt, Anna Perkins, 143

I hint. Ann Violetta, 296

Hunt. Charles Albert, 143

Hunt. David, 396

Hunt. Eliza, 396

Hunt. Eliza A., 393

Hunt, Fred Oscar, 143

Hunt. George P., 393, 396

Hunt, Harry Frederick, 143

Hunt, Tesse, 396

Hunt, lohn. 396

Hunt, Lvdia, 396

Hunt, Mary, 396

Hunt, Nancy Presby, 611

Hunt, Philip. 143

Hunt, Richard, 396

Hunt, Stephen, 143

Hunter, Dora Cheever, 527

Hunter, Hannah, 173, 295

Huntoon, Betsey, 531

Huntoon, Joshua, 624

Huntoon, Phillip, 258

Huntoon, Sarah, 258

Huntress, Elizabeth A., 161

Huntress, Horace, 310

Huntress, Nancy A., 299

Huntress, Polly, 243, 621

Huntress, Trvphena, 417

Huse. Abel, 508

Huse, E. J., 211

Huse, John, 211

Huse. John C, 439

Huse, Marv, 234

Huse. Sarah, 296, 508, 516, 519, 522

Huse, Thomas, 508

Huse, William, 234

Hussey. Christopher. 486, 487, 488,

493, 504
Hussev, Capt. Christopher, 105, 490
Hussey. Huldah, 488, 491, 504
Hussey, John, 488
Hussev, Joseph, 488
Hussev, Mary, 488, 490, 491
Hussey, Mary (Ward), 488
Hussey, Nabby, 363
Hussey, Stephen, 488
Hussey, Theodate, 488
Hussey, Theodate (Bachiler), 105

Hutch'ins, , 495

Hutchins, Arthur. 192
Hutchins. Carrie M., 548
Hutchins, Ebenezer, 549
Hutchins, Mary Jane, 399
Hutchins, Samuel, 199
Hutchinson, Elijah, 599
Hutchinson, Eliza, 599
Hutchinson, Hubbard C, 136
Hutchinson, Margaret Ann, 451

[ngalls, Polly, 263

J ackson,

405

Jackson, Charles, 1 17

Jackson, Elian A., 387

Jackson. Hannah, 539

Jackson, James, 532. 533

Jackson. Mrs. John, 536

Jackson, Mary, 436

Jackson, Stanford, 478

Jacobs, Hannah, 399

'lames, Albert, 433

James, Elizabeth, 105, 296

James, Jonathan, 447

James, Sarah B., 447

Jaques, Jeremiah, 277

Jarvett, Hannah, 316

Jay, John, 570

Jenkins, Bessie, 245, 512

Jenkins, Vessie, 617

Jenks, George S., 432

Jenness, Albert, 254

Jenness, Alonzo, 254

Jenness, Alonzo, Jr., 254

Jenness, Anna, 253

Jenness, Betsey, 253

Jenness, Charles, 254

Jenness, Diantha, 253

Jenness, Ella, 254

Jenness, Elvira, 253

Jenness, George, 253

Jenness, John, 254

Jenness, John H., 253

Jenness, John Henry, 254

Jenness, Capt. Jonathan, 163, 180, 186

Jenness, Joshua, 253

Jenness, Josiah, 254

Jenness, Julia E., 131

Jenness, Lydia, 254

Jenness, Martha Ann, 253

Jenness, Orin, 254

Jenness, Orrin, 254

Jenness, Permelia Ann, 253

Jenness, Prescott, 254

Jenness, Sally, 254

Jenness, Sally D.. 165

Jenness. Samuel, 253, 254

Jenness, Sarah. 254

Jenness, William, 253

Jensen, Elsie Yanzandt, 145

jewel. John T.. 453

lewell. Abigail, 255

Jewell, Anna. 194. 195, 255, 524

Jewell, Anna (Nancy), 2?(\ 505

'[ewell, Anna (Smith), 505

Jewell, Asa, 255 __

Jewell, Barnes, 255

Jewell, Benjamin, 255

lewell, Benoni, 255

Jewell. Betsey. 256

704

INDEX OF NAMES

Jewell, Daniel, 255, 256, 257, 505, 524

Jewell, David, 255

Jewell, Dorcas, 255

Jewell, Dorothy, 255

Jewell, Elizabeth, 255, 571

Jewell, Emma, 598, 602

Jewell, Enoch, 255

Jewell, Ezra, 255

Jewell, Freeman, 125, 127

Jewell, George Washington, 256

Jewell, Hannah, 255

Jewell, Henry, 255

Jewell, James, 255

Jewell, lames Madison, 256

Jewell, John, 254, 255, 257, 597

Jewell, John Haines, 256

Jewell, John T., 459

Jewell, Jonathan, 255

Jewell, Joseph, 255

Jewell, Judith, 255

Jewell, Lydia, 255, 256

Jewell, Martha, 255

Jewell, Mary, 255

Jewell, Mary V., 536

Jewell, Miriam, 255

Jewell, Nancy, 256

Jewell, Nathaniel, 255

Jewell, Polly, 255

Jewell, Ruth, 255

Jewell, Sally, 256

Jewell, Samuel, 255

Jewell, Sarah, 255

Jewell, Susannah, 255

Jewell, Thomas, 254, 255

Jewell, Timothv, 255

Jewett, ,"441, 469

Jewett, Andrew, 408, 411
Jewett, Benjamin, 316
Jewett, Hannah, 314
Jewett, Joanna, 315, 317
Jewett, Rebecca, 316
Jewett, Hon. S. S., 416
Jocelyn, Henry, 347
Johnson, Benjamin, 537
Johnson, Betsey, 509
Johnson, Charles, 174
Johnson, Clarissa, 613
Tohnson, Colonel, 279
Johnson, Effie, 283, 284
Johnson, Herman, 454
Johnson, Ina, 523
Johnson, J. Frank, 172
Johnson, John, 523
Johnson, Lieutenant, 283
Johnson, Lydia, 393, 396
Johnson, Mary, 332
Johnson, Mary H., 175
Johnson. Pearn, 279, 283
Johnson, Sarah, fill
Johnson, William, 172

Johnson, Zachara Taylor, 172

Jones, Abner, 257

Jones, Addie, 245

Jones, Billdad, 257 _

Jones, David D., 257

Jones, Dorothy, 255

Jones, Edgar A., 456

Jones, Eugene, 390

Jones, Eugene D., 257

Jones, Eva, 583

Jones, Huldah, 257

Jones, Ida Frances, 257, 390

Tones, Jacob, 257

Jones, John, 257, 396

Jones, John T., 104

Jones, Jonathan, 257

Jones, Joseph, 257

Jones, Mary, 257

Jones, Nathan, 257

Jones, Ruth, 257

Tones, Sally, 396

Jones, Sarah, 168, 219, 539

Jones, Sarah Thurstin, 177

Jones, William H., 245

Jose, Zoe, 510

Judkins, Augusta Ann, 393

Judkins, Tonathan, 163, 180, 186

Judkins, Sally, 492, 495

Judkins, Susanna, 450, 456

Jupe, Anthony, 487

Jupe, Thomas, 487

Keaser, Abigail (Ladd), 268
Keazer, Frank, 370
Keazer, Henry F., 370
Keene, John, 410
Keller, Edith D., 563
Kelley, Abigail S., 260
Kellev, Alice S.. 260
Kelley, Maj. Gen. B. F., 480
Kelley, Benjamin, 456
Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 261
Kelley, Benjee, 461
Kellev, Benoni G, 260
Kelley. Betsey, 259, 417, 420
Kellev, Betsev Bowdoin, 259
Kellev, Daniel, 598, 602
Kellev, Daniel C. 194
Kellev, Darby, 258, 259
Kelley, David Tilton, 260
Kellev, Edith D., 567
Kellev, Eliza, 134

Kellev, Eliza H. (Skidgell) (Good-
win), 162
Kellev, Elizabeth, 260, 366
Kelley, Esther, 120
Kelley, Fannie, 366
Kelley, Frank, 261
Kelley, Hannah (Avery), 456
Kelley, Hannah (Avery), 461

INDEX OF XAMES

705

Kelley, Isabel, 260

Kelley, Jacob, 134

Kelley, lames, 120

Kelley, Janet, 260

Kellev, John G., 261

Kelley, Jonathan, 260, 261, 409, 412

Kelley, Jonathan F., 2o0

Kellev, Joseph, 134

Kelley, Joseph R., 2_60

Kelley, Josephine, 253

Kellev, Lizzie A., 595

Kellev, Lucy E., 260

Kellev, M. Belle. 261

Kellev, Martha Belle. 260, 480

Kelley, Martin V., 254

Kelley, Mary, 261

Kellev, Mary Ann, 260

Kellev. Man- Eliza, 289

Kellev, Mary (Smith), 261

Kellev, Nathaniel, 259

Kellev, Polly, 461

Kellev, Robert, 254

Kelley, Roger, 128

Kelley. Ruth, 128

Kelley, Sadie Marion, 261

Kelley, Samuel, 134

Kelley. Samuel Bowdoin, 260

Kellev, Saxah, 536

Kelley, Sarah A., 161

Kelley, Sarah J., 461

Kelley, Sarah Jane, 454, 456

Kellev, Solomon, 254

Kellev. Susan, 231, 260, 289, 290, 292,

293". 294. 419. 480
Kellev. Sophia M.. 412
Kelley, Sybil, 587, 588, 590
Kellev, Col. W. B., 479. 480
Kellev, William, 162. 290
Kellev, William B., 259, 261
Kelley, William C, 366
Kellev, William P., 260
Kelley, Wright, 261
Kelly, Elizabeth (Bowdoin). 258
Kelly. Samuel, 258. 259. 260, 261
Kelsey, Nancy Piper. 363
Kelsey, Tryphena, 363
Kendal, Rev. Henry, 548
Kendall, Edna Jane, 265
Kendall, Rev. Henry, 549
Kendall, William Sawyer, 265
Kendrick, Daniel. 402
Kendrick, John, 478
Kendrick, Lydia, 478
Keniston, Josie, 557
Keniston, Phebe, 442, 446
Kenney, Anne Lettice, 261
Kenney, Annie. 550
Kenney, Annie L., 157
Kenney, Dudley. 261
Kenney. Eliza, 261

Kenney, Frances H., 261

Kenney, George W., 261

Kenney, Lewis. 261

Kenney, Lorinda C, 440

Kenney, Mary II.. 261

Kenne'v, Meh'itahle. 248. 2(>\. 622

Kenney, Patience. 248, 297, 622

Kenney, Sally, 157

Kenney, Stephen, 243, 247, 248,

261,622
Kenney, Trueworthy, 248, 261 , 622
Kenney, William P., 261
Kent, Abigail, 529
Kent, Charlotte Porter, 509
Kerby, Frank, 211
Keyes, Orlando, 96
Keyser, Arthur J., 262
Keyser, Carrie Etta, 396
Keyser, Charles W., 262
Keyser, Edwin W., 262
Keyser, Elizabeth, 262
Keyser, Emma, 2o2
Keyser, Henrietta, 262
Keyser, Henrietta C., 396
Keyser, Mary, 262
Keyser, Nancy, 262
Keyser, Nathaniel, 262, 396
Kevser, Sadie, 262
Keyser, Walter H., 262
Keyzer, Emily, 95
Keyzer, Lucy, 95
Kezar, Joseph, 268, 275

249.

K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K

lery, Honoria, 539

lpatrick, Nellie, 172

mhall, Lieut. Abner, 263

mball, Betsey B. (Dolloff). 591

mball, Betsey Frances, 262, 591

mball, C. A., 399

mball, Charles, 188

mball, Charles Lafavette, 188

mball, Charlotte. 400

mhall. E. A., 183

mball, Edwin, 188

mball, Elvina. 2b2. 591

mball, Emogene E., 183

mball, Frank Blake. 263. 412. 592

mball, Harriet S., 182

mball, Herman Leroy, 263, 412, 592

mball, Irville, 263

mball, Irville Warren, 412, 592

mball, Joseph, 188, 262, 591

mball, Levi, 262. 537

mball. Lydia, 513, 520, S2^

mball, Mehitable, 590

mball. Nellie. 191, 192

mball. Nettie Eldora. 262. 412. 592

mball, Sarah Ann. 2h2, 591

mball, Thomas, 2(>2

mball, Thomas L. 183, 591

mball, Warren, 191, 263, 466, 537

706

INDEX OF NAMES

Kimball, Airs. Warren, 466, 467
Kimball, Warren Kelley, 262, 412, 591,

592
King, Hattie, 366
King, Sarah, 255
Kingsbury, Joseph, 201
Kingsbury, Thomas, 201
Kipling, Bryan, 487
Knapp, Daniel, 342
Knapp, Elizabeth, 342
Knapp, Enoch Wedgewood, 342
Knapp, George, 199
Knapp, Joshua Neal, 342
Knapp, Sally, 342
Knight, Dorothy Hathaway, 156
Knight, Edwin, 263
Knight, Eliphalet, 587
Knight, Elizabeth, 587
Knight, Elizabeth W. T. Vaughn, 264
Knight, Enid Louise, 156
Knight, Francis, 263
Knight, Dr. Greenwood H., 156
Knight, John, 263
Knight, Weston Clement, 156
Knight, William, 263
Knight, William, Jr., 263
Knight, William Franklin, 264
Knill, Elizabeth, 108

Knowles, , 192

Knowles, Annetta, 606

Knowles, Annie J. Whittiman, 217

Knowles, Dr., 312

Knowles,
Knowles,
Knowles,
Know

les.

Elbridge G., 592

Ellen M., 156

Flora May, 217
. Hannah, 426, 583
Knowles, Jane L., 420
Knowles, Jemima (Austin), 426
Knowles, John, 426
Knowles, Joseph, 156
Knowles, Dr. Joseph, 269, 420
Knowles, William, 420
Knowlton, Amy, 264
Knowlton, Amy Cora, 107, 113, 197,

265
Knowlton, Anna, 96
Knowlton, Clara L., 266
Knowlton, Clara Louisa, 107, 113, 197,
_265

Knowlton,
Knowlton,
Knowlton,
Knowlton,
Knowlton,
Knowlton,
Knowlton,
Knowlton,
197, 265
Knowlton, Hettie, 264
Knowlton, Jennie Laura, 107, 113, 265

Clarence, 113

David, 264

Ebenezer, 256, 264

Eliphalet D., 264

George, 264

George W., 264

Harnett, 264

Herbert Clarence, 107, 113,

Knowlton, Jennie Louisa, 197
Knowlton, John. 107, 109, 113, 136, 197,

265
Knowlton, Jonathan, 264
Knowlton, Lydia, 264
Knowlton, Marion Louise, 265
Knowlton, Oliver, 107, 113, 197, 264
Knowlton. Rhody. 264
Knowlton, Samuel, 264
Knowlton, Sophronia, 423
Knowlton, Thomas, 264

Lacon,

Ladd

Ladd

Ladd

Ladd

Ladd

Ladd

Ladd

548
Ladd

549
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd

272
Ladd"
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd

377
Ladd
Ladd

Elizabeth, 334
— , 165

274, 278,
279, 548,

Abigail, 267, 268, 275, 377
Addie, 273
Addie R., 277
Adelia B., 277
Albert Warren, 272
Alexander Park, 273,
550

Alice, 271, 273, 278,
550

Allen Young, 276
Ann, 269, 271, 277
Annette, 274
Arthur Stuart, 276
Asa, 142, 274, 449
Asa, Jr., 274
Aseneth, 279, 548, 550
Austin, 273
Austin S., 277
Avis, 263

Barnard H., 267, 268
Barnett H., 275
Benjamin F., 272
Betsey, 316
Betsey Lawrence, 420
Candace Porter, 276
Carrie, 272
Charles, 276

Charles F., 270, 272, 278
Charles Joseph, 272
Charles P., 273, 278
Charles S., 276
Charlotte, 276, 316, 548, 550
Clara Belle, 274
Clara J., 276
Curtis B., 276

Daniel, 263, 267, 269, 270, 271,
273, 275, 277, 377
Capt. Daniel, 368
Daniel G., 268, 447
Darius, 279, 548, 550
David G., 268
Drusilla, 277

Dudley, 267, 268, 271, 275, 276,
, 419

Edith Silvina, 276
Edward, 267, 268, 271, 274, 455

INDEX OF NAMES

7()7

Ladd, Edward < iould, 275

Ladd, Elbridge Gerry, 275

Ladd, Elias, 271

Ladd, Eliphalet, 273, 274, 278, 279,

548, 54')
Ladd, Eliza, 267, 268, 37 7
Ladd, Eliza J., 275
Ladd, Eliza L., 268, 275
Ladd, Elizabeth. 270. 271, 274
Ladd, Elsa, 272
Ladd, Emeline S., 275
Ladd, Emma Frances, 274
Ladd, Emma J., 276
Ladd, Eunice, 267, 268, 275, 377, 555
Ladd, Eunice L., 275, 294
Ladd, Ezekiel, 271
Ladd, Fannie, 159
Ladd, Fannie C, 270, 278
Ladd, Florence Emma, 276
Ladd, Florence M., 273, 277
Ladd, Frances A., 296
Ladd, Frances Caroline Augusta, 272
Ladd, Frances E., 277
Ladd, Francis A., 276
Ladd, Frederick J., 276
Ladd, George Plumer, 399
Ladd, George S., 276
Ladd, George W., 274
Ladd, Gideon, 269, 272, 277, 278
Ladd, Goold, 377
Ladd, Gould D., 267, 268
Ladd, Gould Dimond, 275
Ladd, Grace Colby, 276
Ladd, Hannah Plummer, 419
Ladd, Harlan Page, 275
Ladd, Harriet, 275, 276, 444, 455
Ladd, Henry, 276
Ladd, Horace Parker, 274
Ladd, Isaac, 268, 274, 276
Ladd, James, 272
Ladd, James Gilman, 272
Ladd, Jason J., 275
Ladd, Jennie, 143
Ladd, Jennie B., 273, 278
Ladd, Jeremiah, 271
Ladd, John, 138, 263, 267, 268, 271,

272, 273, 275, 279, 377. 551
Ladd, John C, 277
Ladd, John Lawrence, 268
Ladd, John Lyford, 277
Ladd, John O. ML, 550
Ladd, John Plummer, 274
Ladd, John S., 439
Ladd, John Sturdivant, 440
Ladd, John \Y., 276
Ladd, Jonathan, 268, 274, 275. 276,

418, 420
Ladd, Joseph Park, 273, 278, 548,

550
Ladd, Joseph Warren. 272

Ladd
Ladd

Ladd
I .i.l.l
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd

547
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd

279
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd

275
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd

279
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd
Ladd

Josiah, 271, 515, 521

Judith, 272

Julia A., 275

King, 267

Langdon, 275

Louisa B., 274

Love, 271

Lucian, 269, 312

Lucian A., 296

Lucian Augustus, 276, 420

Lydia, 270, 271, 273, 278, 279,

548, 549, 550

Lydia (Rundlett), 447

Marietta R., 447

Martha A., 276

Mary, 267, 268, 270, 272, 275,

376, 377

Mary C, 439, 440

Mary J., 276

Mary Jane, 274, 277, 548, 550

Mary Park, 548

Mary Taylor, 274

Mehitable, 266, 268, 275

Mercy, 271

Merton Freeman, 275

Minnie, 273

Minnie E., 278

Moses Taylor, 268

Nancy, 275

Xancy J., 550

Nathaniel, 267, 271, 272, 274,

277

Newell Corser, 272, 277, 278

Olive Jane, 269, 276, 420

Olive Maria, 272

Orry Gerry, 275

Paul, 271

Philander M.. 272

Plummer, 290

Ransom S., 238, 277

Rebecca, 577

Rosina Ann, 272

Ruth M., 282

Ruth \V., 550

S. A., 484

Samuel, 267, 268, 269, 271, 273,

417

Col. Samuel, 266, 274, 275, 276

Sarah, 271

Seneca, 159, 272

Seneca A., 270

Seneca Augustus, 269, 272, 278

Sophronia J., 274

Stephen, 267. 377

Stephen G., 268, 275

Susan, 267, 2 72. 275, 377, 551

Susan Augusta, 276

Thema, 268

Thing, 268

Thomas, 275, 277

708

INDEX OF NAMES

Ladd, Thomas E., 277

Ladd, Thomas Eager, 277

Ladd, Timothy, 273, 278, 548, 550

Ladd, Timothy Boyd, 274

Ladd, Virginia B., 270, 278

Ladd, Waldo B., 273

Ladd, Waldo E.,^278

Ladd, Warren, 277

Ladd, Wendell P., 277

Ladd, Wendell Phillips, 273

Ladd, William, 274

Lafayette, General, 197

Lambert, Georgia, 459

La Mere, Barbara, 584

Lamphrey, Simon, 388

Lamprey, - — 598, 602

Lamprey, Abigail, 340

Lamprey, Christanna, 318

Lamprey, Georgia, 340, 355, 360

Lamprey, Georgianna, 110, 114

Lamprey, Henrietta, 275

Lamprey, Henry, 199

Lamprey, Josephine, 110, 114

Lamprey, Lauretta, 114

Lamprey, Lourette, 1 10

Lamprey, Sally, 416

Lamprey, Smith, 517, 521

Lamprey, Uriah, 110, 114, 275, 340

Lamprey, William, 596

Lancaster, Hannah, 257

Lancaster, Judith, 255, 257

Lancaster, Thomas, 257

Lane, Abigail, 571

Lane, Alonzo, 452

Lane, Betsey, 249

Lane, David, 325

Lane, Elizabeth, 244, 623

Lane, Fanny, 456

Lane, Hannah, 106, 325, 326

Lane, Hannah Perkins, 204

Lane, Hollis Yenson, 395

Lane, Jesse P., 395

Lane, Joseph Hilliard, 204

Lane, Joshua, 368

Lane, Lydia C., 395

Lane, Lvdia Melissa, 395

Lane, Mary, 204, 368

Lane, Mary Elizabeth, 395

Lane, Paul', 395

Lane, Rachel, 543

Lane, Sally, 498

Lane, Sally A., 167

Lane, Deacon Samuel, 392

Lane, Samuel J., 175

Lane, Sophia J., 395

Lane, Thomas, 106

Lane, William, 368

Lang, Alice, 285

Lang, Annie Gertrude, 280

Lang, Charles Alvah, 282

Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang

Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang
Lang

Cora E., 285

Daniel, 279

Deborah, 279

Eliza, 272

Elizabeth W., 285

Elizabeth Whidden, 281

Fred A., 282

George Ehvin, 282

James W., 282

Jane, 280

Jennie B. (Bean), 282

Jennie M. B., 282

Joe E., 282

John, 281

John A., 285

Joseph, 148

Joseph W., 530

Joseph Whidden, 279, 281, 282

Joseph William, 280

Capt. Joseph William, 285

Josiah, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284

Mrs. Julian (Perkins) (Taylor),

280, 281

Lucy Barker, 323
Martha H., 282
Robert, 281
Sarah,- -,279,281

Sarah W., 577, 578
Sarah Whidden, 280, 283
Stephen, 279
Thomas, 280, 572
Rev. Thomas, 282
Thomas E. (Bean),' 282
Thomas Elwyn, 279, 280, 283, 285
William, 279, 281
Zabeth, 279

Langdon, Abigail, 266

Langdon, Clare E., 266

Langdon, D. Augusta, 266

Langdon, John, 238

Langdon, Dr. John, 266

Langdon, John L., 266

Langdon, Lewis S., 266

Langdon, Louisa, 266

Langdon, Martha Maria, 266

Langdon, Mary P., 266

Langley, — — , 430

Langley, Abigail (Leathers), 287

Langley, Adalad, 286

Langley, Adeline Demount, 287

Langley, Benjamin, 286. 288

Langley, Christopher, 287

Langley, David, 288 _

Langlev, Deborah, 253, 613

Langley, Elihu, 288

Langley, Elisha, 288

Langley, Hannah, 288

Langley, Hannah Martin, 287

Langley, Jesse, 287

Langley, John Osborne, 287

INDEX OF NAMES

709

Langley, Jonathan, 287, 288

Langley, Joseph, 286, 288

Langley, Joseph Longfellow, 286

Langley, Josiah, 286

Langley, Judith, 286

Langley, Levina (ioldsmith, 287

Langley, Louis Folsom, 287

Langley, Lovey, 286

Langley, Mary Jane, 286

Langley, Moses, 288

Langley, Noah Webster, 287

Langley, Olive Jane, 288

Langley, Phillip Rowell, 288

Langley, Richard Martin. 287

Langley, Rowel, 287

Langley, Rufus, 288

Langlev, Sally, 286

Langley, Sally M., 288

Langlev, Samuel, 288

Langley, Stephen, 287, 288

Langley, Thomas, 286

Langley, Thomas Jefferson, 287

Langley, Vowel, 465

Langley, YVinthrop, 286, 287, 288

Langmaid, Edward, 319

Larned, Susan, 171

Larrabee, Mehitable, 517

Lassey, Sarah, 252

Lawrence, Abbott W., 296

Lawrence, Alice Mary, 126

Lawrence, Alice May, 291

Lawrence, Almenah Jane, 290, 293

Lawrence, Ann, 290

Lawrence, Ann Maria, 293

Lawrence, Betsey, 276, 292, 417, 418,

420
Lawrence, Betsey A., 171, 173
Lawrence, Betsey Ann, 295
Lawrence, Betsey Smith, 293
Lawrence, Carrie (Bowers), 460
Lawrence, Carrie E., 292
Lawrence, Catherine, 289, 290, 291,

293
Lawrence, Charles, 290
Lawrence, Charles Henry, 293
Lawrence, Clara Ellen, 267
Lawrence, Cynthia, 624
Lawrence, Daniel Smith, 420
Lawrence, David, 288, 289, 295, 296,

304, 309, 479
Lawrence, Ebenezer, 292
Lawrence, Ebenezer Smith, 289, 290,

293, 419
Lawrence, Edward, 294, 417
Lawrence, Edward E., 294, 400
Lawrence, Edward Eastman, 295
Lawrence, Edwin True, 296
Lawrence, Ella A., 399, 400, 401
Lawrence, Ella Ann, 296
Lawrence, Ethel Blanch, 291

Lawrence, Eunice (Ladd), 268

Lawrence, Ezekiel, 260

Lawrence, Ezekiel Brown, 289, 290,

292, 293, 294, 419, 480
Lawrence, George, 296
Lawrence, George C, 512, 522
Lawrence, George Chapman, 289, 290,

291, 618
Lawrence, Gordon, 289, 292. 417. 418,

419, 576, 580
Lawrence, Grace Edith, 291
Lawrence, Hannah P., 293
Lawrence, Harriet Grace, 291
Lawrence, Harriet S., 290, 291, 2()4
Lawrence, Hattie Grace, 292, 460
Lawrence, Hazen, 292, 417. 419
Lawrence, Herman Edward, 295
Lawrence, Iantha Annie, 265
Lawrence, Capt. James, 288
Lawrence, Jane, 267
Lawrence, Jennie R., 295
Lawrence, John, 171, 267, 294
Lawrence, John A., 275
Lawrence, John E., 295
Lawrence, John P., 268, 294
Lawrence, Joseph, 288, 383
Lawrence, Josiah, 296
Lawrence, Julia, 290
Lawrence, Julia A., 293
Lawrence, Leavitt M., 289
Lawrence, Leila May, 295
Lawrence, Lyman P., 289
Lawrence, Alary A., 294
Lawrence, Mary Ann, 289, 290, 291, 293
Lawrence, Mary Brown, 295, 558
Lawrence, Mary Burleigh, 419
Lawrence, Mary Olive, 295
Lawrence, Mary Susan, 295
Lawrence, Mehitable, 288
Lawrence, Miranda, 295
Lawrence, Nancy, 296
Lawrence, Nancy B., 446
Lawrence, Nancy Boynton, 419
Lawrence, Nellie, 478
Lawrence, Nellie Frances, 295
Lawrence, Nettie, 295
Lawrence, Noah, 292, 294, 305, 310,

417, 419, 440
Lawrence, Capt. Noah, 558
Lawrence, Olive Ann, 295
Lawrence, Otis Smith, 267
Lawrence, Priscilla, 296
Lawrence, Priscilla (Marston), 292
Lawrence, Rosalie Etta, 295
Lawrence, Rufus King, 293
Lawrence, Sally, 293
Lawrence, Sally S., 290
Lawrence, Sally Smith, 420
Lawrence, Samuel, 289, 290, 292, 293,

417, 419, 479

710

INDEX OF NAMES

Lawrence, Major Samuel, 294
Lawrence, Samuel Abbott, 296
Lawrence, Samuel Henry, 289,

291, 292, 460
Lawrence, Samuel L., 296
Lawrence, Sarah, 111, 289, 293
Lawrence, Sarah Frances, 618
Lawrence, Smith, 173, 294, 440
Lawrence, Smith Marston, 295
Lawrence, Susan, 292, 294
Lawrence, Susan Relief, 291
Lawrence, William Wording, 292
Leach, Edward Giles, 458
Leach, Elizabeth, 421
Leach, Elizabeth H., 458
Leach, Elizabeth Hervey, 456
Leach, Rev. Giles, 281, 456
Leach, Levi, 421, 456, 458
Leach, Lucy A., 281, 285
Leach, Oliver, 585
Leach, Robert Milton, 458
Leach, Sarah, 244, 533
Leach, William Eugene, 458
Leach, Willie S., 458

Leathers, , 430

Leathers, David, 466
Leathers, Dolly, 466, 467
Leathers, Freeman, 466
Leathers, Jonathan, 466
Leathers, Samuel, 466
Leavit, Almira, 288

290,

Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt

Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt

560
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt
Leavitt

391

Abigail, 153, 187
Alice, 104

Alice (Woodman), 441
Amos, 182, 187, 560, 567
Anna (Dole), 506
Arthur, 104
Arthur E., 296
Benning, 256
Betsey, 296
Charles, 329
Charles Edward, 296
Charles P., 101, 102
Charlotte (Sargent), 608
Dudley, 101, 103, 104,
296, 297, 324, 524

Ebeneezer, 256

Elise, 187

Elizabeth, 101, 102, 349,

105,

524,

Elizabeth R., 101, 102, 103

Ellen, 457

Elsey, 182, 183, 187

Enos, 297

George A., 441

Gladys, 445

Grace, 441

Huldah, 104

Huldah Jane, 296

Leavitt, Isaac, 296, 338, 359

Leavitt, James, 562

Leavitt, Jane, 297

Leavitt, Jane B., 121

Leavitt, Jeremiah, 107

Leavitt, Jesse, 187

Leavitt, John, 172, 256, 297, 303

Leavitt, Deacon John, 297

Leavitt, Lieut. John, 391

Leavitt, John R., 187

Leavitt, Jonathan, 506

Leavitt, Joseph, 102, 187, 208, 263.

297
Leavitt, Joshua, 105, 296
Leavitt, Josiah, 297, 622
Leavitt, Judith, 297
Leavitt, Lavina S., 359
Leavitt, Lavina Smith, 296, 338
Leavitt, Livilla, 297
Leavitt, Mahala, 187
Leavitt, Marion, 104
Leavitt, Mary, 187, 297, 515
Leavitt, Mary Alice, 296
Leavitt, Moses, 103, 105, 153
Leavitt, Nancy, 526
Leavitt, Nathaniel, 562
Leavitt, Noah, 187
Leavitt, Polly, 429, 434, 622
Leavitt, Ruth, 523
Leavitt, Sally, 149, 297, 391, 405
Leavitt, Sally B., 213, 216, 250
Leavitt, Sally (Lovet) 328
Leavitt, Samuel, 562
Leavitt, Capt. Samuel, 163
Leavitt, Sarah, 187, 303, 309, 329, 506
Leavitt, Sarah Ann, 256
Leavitt, Sarah (Hobbs), 303
Leavitt, Sarah Marion, 296
Leavitt, Smith, 227, 232, 406, 407, 451
Leavitt, Sophia M., 391
Leavitt, Stephen, 289, 459, 608
Leavitt, Susan R., 172
Leavitt, Thomas, 319
Leavitt, Governor Thomas, 103, 187
Leavitt, Tom, 391
Leavitt, Ursula, 256
Leavitt, W. H., 161
Leavitt, Washington Dolloff, 185
Leavitt, William, 256
Lee, Sarah H., 320
Leeds, Rebecca, 134
Leighton, Edward, 116
Leighton, Edwin, 115
Leighton, Freeman, 116
Leighton, Ira, 116
Leighton, John Frank, 384
Leighton, Lydia, 115
Leighton, Mary, 428
Leighton, Moses, 115
Leighton, Samuel, 115

INDKX OF XAMKS

711

Leighton, Thomas, 428
Leighton, Wesley, 116
Leister, Jacob, 189
Lennardson, Samuel. 200, 201, 202

Leonard, , 388

Lewis, Ann, 172

Lewis, C. Burnham, 172

Libbey, Abigail, 325

Libbey, Frank F., 455

Libbey, John, 156

Libbey, Martha, 156

Libbey, Mary, 109, 227, 230, 231

Libbey, Octavia, 192

Libbey, Olive, 101, 102

Libbey, Sarah, 369

Libby, ■ , 613

Libby, Jacob, 309
Libby, Sarah, 212, 213, 371
Light, John, 351, 402
Light, Robert, 351

Lincoln, , 622

Lincoln, Abraham, 207
Lincoln, Alice, 500, 590
Lincoln, Alice M., 588
Lincoln, Ebenezer Stevens, 550
Lincoln, Henry W., 530
Lincoln, Henry Williams, 550
Lincoln, May Alice, 550
Linwood, Jesse, 407
Liston, Nora L., 429
Little, Eunice R., 438
Little, John, 325, 326
Littlefield, Betsey Ann, 394
Littlefield, George, 471
Lock, Elizabeth, 356
Lock, Hannah, 333, 337, 339, 349,

478, 479, 583
Lock, Jeremiah, 479
Lock, Richard, 363
Lock, Deacon William, 352, 356, 478,

583
Locke, Abigail, 426
Locke, Cora E., 430
Locke, Deacon Elijah, 388
Locke, Elizabeth, 336, 426, 624
Locke, Francis, 117
Locke, Hannah, 117, 354
Locke, Jane (Berry), 426
Locke, Capt. John, 426
Locke, John C., 430
Locke, Mary, 425
Locke, Mary (Clark), 336
Locke, Mary T., 430
Locke, William, 425, 426
Locke, Deacon William, 336
Lockwood, Louisa J., 176
Loffingwell, Frank P., 580
Lok, Elizabeth, 366
Lok, Henry, 366
Lone, Ruth, 447

Long, Luther E., 313

Longfellow, , 228

Longfellow, Henry, 570
Look, Thomas, 487
Lord, Lucy, 316
Lord, Nancy, 343
Lord, Richard, 343
Lougee, Ann, 450
Lougee, Frank, 444
Lougee, Ormon J., 251

Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love

oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
oy
I. "

431

Lovely,

Abigail, 393
Belinda (Chase),r609
Caleb, 297, 298, 483
Cyrus, 606
David, 297, 609
Eleanor (Bickford), 608
Emeline, 298
Eva, 299, 431
Eva S., 606
Ezra, 298
Fannie R., 435
Harriet Ann, 297, 609
Harriet J., 192
Herbert, 299
Jesse, 298, 608
Julia Ann, 299
Juliette, 299
Loyal, 297
McDaniel, 298
Martha, 298
Mehitable, 298
Nancy, 299, 483, 606
Nathan, 298
Obadiah, 297
Ralph, 298
Ralph Miner, 608
Sarah, 298
Solomon, 298, 608
William Smith, 299
Judge, 222

212

Lovereign, Comfort, 521
Lovereign, Dan, 521
Lovereign, Mary, 521
Lovereign, William, 521
Lovering, Daniel, 516, 521
Lovering, Hiram, 543
Lovering, John, Jr., 319
Lovering, William, 389, 516
Lovett, James R., 164
Lovett, Margaret, 623
Lovett, Sarah, 477
Lunt, Ellen, 157
Lunt, Elizabeth, 587
Luse, Charles Anderson, 527
Luse, Leona Carter, 527
Lyford, Eliza, 126
Lyford, Elizabeth, 473
Lyford, Eunice, 275, 277

712

INDEX OF NAMES

Lyford, Francis, 126

Lyford, Frank, 400

Lyford, Judith, 269, 271, 272, 277

Lyford, Mehitable, 538, 546

Lyford, Sarah, 232

Lyford, Stephen, 403

Lyford, Thomas, 473

Lynn, Elsie, 482

Machon, Maria, 240
MacMurphy, Henry, 469
Macv, Sarah, 486
Macy, Thomas, 486, 487
Magee, Albert, 582
Maguire, James Flenry, 370
Maloon, Charles W., 169
Maloon, David, 434
Maloon, Jessie, 434
Maloon, Jonathan, 301
Maloon, Nathaniel, 99, 301, 581
Maloon, Lieut. Nathaniel, 301
Maloon, Sophia, 99, 301
Maloon, Sophia Wadleigh, 581
Maloon, Stephen, 434
Manahan, Ellen, 185
Manahan, John, 185
Manahan, Winnie, 185
Manning, Anne, 188
Manship, Paul, 260, 480
Manship, Pauline Frances, 480
Manson, Nathaniel, 543
Mansur, Sarah, 465

Marden, , 161

Marion, Francis, 570

Marrett, Mary M., 424

Marsh, Ellen J., 296

Marsh, Henry E., 416

Marsh, Irene, 558, 559

Marsh, James W., 296

Marsh, John A., 495

Marsh, Mrs. John A., 497_

Marsh, Onisiphorus, Jr., 271

Marsh, Mrs. Sally, 212

Marsh, Sarah, 213

Marshall, Anna R., 217

Marshall, Emily, 273, 278

Marshall, James, 317

Marston, Abigail. 138, 307, 488, 499

Marston, Abraham, 304, 309, 518

Marston, Anna, 499

Marston, Augustus, 310

Marston, Benjamin, 310

Marston, Caleb, 303, 307, 489

Marston, Deacon Caleb, 455

Marston, Carrie, 306

Marston, Chare, 310

Marston, Chase, 305

Marston, Christopher, 499

Marston, Cora, 306

Marston, Cora A., 518

Marston, Daniel, 491, 498, 506

Marston, David L., 305, 310

Marston, Ebenezer, 138

Marston, Ebenezer Smith, 499

Marston, Eliphalet, 303

Marston, Lieut. Elisha, 506

Marston, Elizabeth, 304, 306, 309, 381,

492, 517, 518, 519
Marston, Ellen J., 307
Marston, Emerson, 185
Marston, Emerson S., 307
Marston, Emily Farnsworth, 165
Marston, Ephraim, 449
Marston, George, 307
Marston, Hannah, 163, 309
Marston, Hazen, 149, 150, 305, 306,

307, 310, 518, 558
Marston, Isaac, 491, 499
Marston, James, 449
Marston, James M., 185, 307
Marston, Jane, 304, 305, 309, 310, 426,

518
Marston, Jane P., 310
Marston, Jemima, 598, 602
Marston, Teremiah, 188, 294, 304, 305,

309, 310, 417, 419, 488.J18
Marston, Jeremiah L., 307
Marston, Jerusha (Smith), 525
Marston, John, 303, 304, 305, 309, 310,

506
Marston, Jonathan, 488
Marston, Josiah, 304, 305, 309, 310,

437, 443
Marston, Leon, 306
Marston, Leon G., 518
Marston, Love, 303
Marston, Lovina, 306, 310
Marston, Lucinda, 455
Marston, Lucv, 304, 309, 310
Marston, Mahala, 305. 306, 310
Marston, Mara A., 310
Marston, Margaret, 310
Marston, Maria, 309
Marston, Alartha, 304
Marston, Mary, 256, 303, 304, 305, 306,

309, 310, 417, 433, 505, 512, 517, 518,

519, 524
Marston, Mary H. (Doe), 307
Marston, Mary W., 294
Marston, Melissa, 307
Marston, Molly, 498
Marston, Nancy, 305, 310
Marston, Nancy E.. 443
Marston, Noah, 306, 518
Marston, Mrs. Noah (Mary), 518
Marston, Paul Smith, 525
Marston, Phena R., 518
Marston, Pollv, 294, 442, 498
Marston, Priscilla, 305, 306, 310, 417,

419, 558

INDEX OI NAMES

713

Marston, Prudence, 303

Marston, Rebecca. 303, 309, 418, 481,

514
Marston. Reuben. 304. 306, 309, 310.

489, 518. 519
Marston, Reuben, Ir.. 256, 294, 303,

304, 433. 505. 512, 517, 524
Marston, Reuben, Sr., 303, 512
Marston, Reuben Page Smith, 499
Marston. Robert, 302
Marston, Samuel, 163, 165, 309
Marston. Ensign Samuel, 303
Marston. Capt. Samuel, 309
Marston. Sarah, 303, 304, 305, 306, 309,

310. 478, 518
Marston, Sarah Ann, 149, 150
Marston, Sarah D., 310
Marston, Smith, 305, 310, 499
Marston, Stephen, 304. 305, 309, 310,

518
Marston, Susan, 282, 304, 309, 518
Marston, Susan E., 155
Marston, Susanna, 517, 520
Marston, Thaddeus, 310
Marston, Thomas, 303
Marston, Tryphena, 303, 306
Marston, Trvphena ( Rav ) , 518
Marston, William, 309, 481
Marston, William. Sr., 308
Marston, Capt. William, 303
Marston, Capt. William, Jr., 309

Martin, , 150, 624

Martin, Clara, 399

Martin, Clarinda M., 399

Martin, Hannah, 287

Martin, Hester, 428

Martin, John, 428

Martin, "Mary, 408

Martin, Philena, 465

Martin, Elder Richard, 171, 226, 287,

310, 465
Martin, Samuel, 481
Martson, Emerson, 427

Mason, , 133, 405

Mason, Catherine. 418
Mason, Daniel, 352
Mason, Elizabeth, 428
Mason, Elizabeth (Xeal), 352
Mason, Ephraim, 602
Mason, Ephraim C, 598
Mason, Gorges, 350
Mason, Jerry, 342
Mason, Jerusha, 446
Mason, Capt. John, 209
Mason, Nancy, 106
Mason, Nancy S., 133
Mason, Noah, 394
Mason, Sally, 394. 395
Mason, Samuel B., 454
Mason, Samuel Xeal, 352

Mason, Sarah, 454, 459
Mason, Thomas, 586
Mason, William, 106
Masterson, Jane, 176
Mastin, Bertha, 366, 367
Mastin, Frank, 366. 3<>7
Mather, Cotton, 199
Mathes, Francis. 289
Mathes, T. W., 453
Mathes. Tohn W., 391
Mathes. Ruth. 289
Matthews, Francis, 196
Mathews, Francis, 196

Mattison. , 574

Mattison, Rev. Daniel, 549
Mattoon, Ann, 348, 352. 624
Mattoon, Anne. 352, 353
Mattoon. Tane (Hilton), 348
Mattoon, Richard, 348, 352, 353
Maxfield, Elizabeth. 136
Mayhew, Jedidah, 485
Mayhew, Jerusha, 485
Mayhew, John, 485
Mayhew, Matthew, 485
Mayhew, Thomas, 485
Mayhew, Thomas, Jr., 485
Mayhew, Thomas, Sr., 487
Mayo, George, 149
Mayo, George, Jr., 149
Mayo, Katherine Olive, 149
McCabe, Catherine A., 146
McCarthy, Mary, 135
McCartney, Homer C, 568
McCartney, Homer, 563, 564
McCartney, Kenneth L., 564
McCartnev, Pauline Elizabeth, 564,

568
McCarty, Susan, 108, 558, 559, 579

McClelland, , 261

McCrillis, Andrew, 299

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

McCrillis

Asenath. 299
Benjamin, 299
Charles, 125
Daniel. 299
Deborah. 299
Georee. 125. 299, 300
George S„ 300
Harrv Irvin. 300
Henry, 299
Hiram, 299, 300
James, 299, 300
John, 299

John R„ 101, 102. 300
Mary, 299
Mary lane, 300
Millard, 300
Phillip, 299. 300
William, 299

McDonald. Edward K.. 122

McDougal, Sarah, 32<)

714

INDEX OF NAMES

McElwaine, Alice S., 480
McElwaine, Capt. D. B., 260
McElwaine, Capt. David B. M., 480
McElwaine, Frank Kelley, 480
McElwaine, Isabel Goshorn, 480
McElwaine, Mary Clare, 480
Mcllwain, D. B., 261
Mcintosh, Julia, 173, 295
Mclntyre, Hannah, 544
Mclntyre, lulia, 482
McKie, Beulah, 313
McKie, Wilson, 313

McKinlev, , 128

McKinley, Edwin, 128

McKinley, Emily, 128

McLosky, Tennie D., 399

McLosky, William, 399

McLoughlin, Samuel, 598

McMillan, John F., 480

McMillan, John Foster, 260

McMurphy, Edward, 468

McMurphv, Jeanette ( Shearman) , 468

McMurphy, John, 468, 469

Mead, Abigail, 316

Mead, Abigail Fletcher, 313

Mead, Albert Frank, 318

Mead, Arthur Clarence, 314

Mead, Arthur J., 314, 318

Mead, Asa, 312

Mead, Asa Lewis, 313

Mead, Asa Woodman, 315

Mead, Benjamin, 312, 314, 315

Mead, Betsey, 315

Mead, Betsev C, 313

Mead, Betsey (Elizabeth), 313, 464

Mead, Charles Fletcher, 313

Mead, Charles William, 314

Mead, Daniel, 314, 316, 389, 391

Mead, Eliza, 391

Mead, Eliza Ann, 313

Mead, Eliza Jane, 389, 453

Mead. Elizabeth, 235. 312. 317

Mead, Eunice, 313, 314, 316, 606

Mead, Frank, 550

Mead, Frank Albert, 314

Mead, Frank Arthur, 314

Mead, Frank X., 313

Mead, George, 312

Mead, George L., 276, 312

Mead, George Lawrence, 420

Mead, Hannah, 316

Mead, Herbert, 318

Mead, Illevia Ann, 313

Mead, J. Walter, 314

Mead, Jeremv, 312

Mead, John, "235, 311, 312, 314, 315,

316, 317, 337, 359
Mead, John, Jr., 317
Mead, Toseph, 315, 316
Mead, Joseph R., 313, 314, 316, 317

Mead, Joseph Roberts, 316

Mead, Toseph Willis, 314

Mead, Joshua, 313, 314, 315, 316

Mead, Levi, 312

^Xlcaxl Lizzie 31 —

Mead! Lois, 313~337, 338, 359, 577

Mead, Louise Woodman, 315

Mead, Lucy, 316

Mead, Mary, 312, 314, 317

Mead, Mary Ella, 313

Mead, Mary Octavia, 313

Mead, Melinda, 315

Mead, Minnie, 314

Mead, Nellie Maria, 314

Mead, Nicholas, 317

Mead, Polly, 316

Mead, Polly (Mary), 313

Mead, Polly S., 315

Mead, Rebecca, 316

Mead, Rhoda, 175, 307, 312

Mead, Ruth, 317

Mead, Sallv, 313, 316

Mead, Sally E., 314

Mead, Sarah E., 126, 128, 317

Mead, Solomon, 314

Mead, Stephen, 312, 315, 317, 420, 577

Mead, Capt. Stephen, 312

Mead, Stephen W., 316

Mead, Stephen Woodman, 418

Mead, Sullivan, 606

Mead, Susan, 128, 236

Mead, Susanna, 315

Mead, Thomas, 315

Mead, William, 236, 313, 314, 315, 316,

317
Mead, William H., 316
Mead, William Henrv, 313, 464
Mead, William P., 314, 316, 317
Mead, William S., 314, 317
Mead, William W., 316
Mead. Willie, 314
Meade, Betsey, 598, 602
Meader, Carl' M., 519
Meader, Deborah, 519
Meader, Joseph, 519
Meader, Susan, 519
Meed, Betsey Elizabeth, 595
Meed, Mary, 474
Melcher, Ella S., 329
Melcher, Martha B., 116
Melcher, Woodbury, 116
Mellor, Bessie, 412
Melvin, Caroline, 236
Melvin, Julia E., 386
Mercer, Helena, 107
Mercer, Hester, 106

Merrill, , 493

Merrili, Albert Rowe, 318
Merrill, Betsey, 409, 414
Merrill, Daniel, 166

IXDKX OF XAMKS

715

Merrill, David. 319, 320

Merrill, David Lee, 320

Merrill. Dudley, 537

Merrill. Edmund, 166

Merrill, Eliza, 175. 199, 320

Merrill, Ella F.. 553

Merrill, Emily Ann. 318

Merrill. Eva Lillian, 319

Merrill, Frank Carlton, 318

Merrill, Frederick Dimock, 319

Merrill, Georee Boardman, 318

Merrill. Hannah (Batchelder), 318

Merrill, Harry Bernard, 313

Merrill, Hepzabah, 320

Merrill. Hollis W., 318

Merrill, Jacob, 319, 320. 493

Merrill, laeob L., 591

Merrill. Jacob Lee. 319, 320

Merrill, John, 319, 320

Merrill, John F., 447

Merrill, Tohn Franklin, 318

Merrill, Joseph, 349

Merrill, Joshua. 244, 623

Merrill, Julia, 319, 588

Merrill, Julia A., 320

Merrill, Laura. 159

Merrill, Lillian G. (Lee), 166

Merrill, Lucinda. 146

Merrill, Lulu, 182

Merrill, Marv, 493

Merrill, Mary A.. 320

Merrill, Marv Augusta, 318

Merrill, Marv E., 451

Merrill, Marv Smith, 591

Merrill, Moses, 319, 406, 585

Merrill, Nancy, 184

Merrill, Nathaniel, 318

Merrill, Olive, 256

Merrill, Orvis, 166

Merrill, Oscar, 277

Merrill, Pluma (Swain), 536

Merrill, Samuel. 310

Merrill, Sarah. 272. 414. 519

Merrill, Susan Maria, 318

Merrill, Warren, 310

Merrill, William, 318

Merrill. William Elliott, 320

Merrow, Joseph, 500

Messer, Betsey, 262

Messer, Harrison, 123

Messer, Lucy Ann. 188

Messer, Stillman, 2<<2

Messervey, Clement, 240

Messervey, Jean, 240

Messervey, Maria (Machon), 240

Messervey, Jamson. 240

Miller, Augusta (Horn). 296

Miller, Charles, 370

Miller, Earle W., 370

Mills, Charles E., 359

Mills, Ellen A., 182
Mills, Harry C, 338, 359
Mills, Harry X., 359
Mills, Lizzie O., 447
Mills, Lois, 359
Mitchell, Alice, 368
Mitchell, Ermina, 501
Moody, Elmer, 583
Moody, Frances Susan, 338
Moody, Rev. John, 130
Moody, Rev. Joshua, 349
Moody, Mary. 130. 402, 416
Moody, Sarah, 403
Moody, Stephen, 416
Mooney, Lieut. Benjamin, 321
Mooney, Elizabeth, 321
Mooney, George H., 149
Moonev, Hannah, 321
Mooney, Hercules, 94, 320, 321
Mooney, John, 321, 479
Mooney, Jonathan, 321
Mooney, Obadiah, 321
Mooney, Russell, 482
Mooney, Solomon, 321
Mooney, Susanna, 321
Moor, Archelius, 322
Moor, Ensign John, 321, 322
Moor, Samuel, 322
Moore, Abigail, 408
Moore, Archiau, 203
Moore, Charlotte Libbey, 444
Moore, Curtis L.. 262, 591
Moore, D. F., 203
Moore, David, 491, 494
Moore, David Fifield, 322
Moore, Dorothy, 323
Moore, Edwin Forrest, 323
Moore, George Franklin, 323
Moore, Hannah Frances, 323
Moore, Henrv, 273, 278
Moore, Howard P., 203, 321
Moore, Howard Parker, 323
Moore, Joanna, 321
Moore, John, 199, 203
Moore, Jonathan Lovejoy, 444
Moore, Joseph. 193
Moore, Joseph Clifford, 323
Moore, Josephine Clifford. 323
Moore, Juilette Frances, 323
Moore, Julia, 157
Moore, Julian Perkins, 444
Moore, Juliette. 203
Moore, Mark, 444
Moore, Martha D., 339
Moore, Marv, 481
Moore, Mary B. ("Boice"), 608
Moore. Marv Ellen, 323
Moore, Mary Jane, 191. 192. 193
Moore, Mattie, 361
Moore, Rufus A., 203

716

INDEX OF NAMES

Moore, Rufus Reed (Choate), 323
Moore, Stephen, 608
Morgan, Ann Louise, 146
Morgan, Benjamin, 597
Morgan, Charles Everett, 145, 146
Morgan, Convert, 597
Morgan, Everett, 146
Morgan, Everett C, 597
Morgan, Hannah, 597
Morgan, Harvey Frank, 146
Morgan, Henry Langdon, 146
Morgan, Ida, 597
Morgan, John S., 597
Morgan, Kathleen Olive, 146
Morgan, Langdon, 597
Morgan, Langdon C, 459
Morgan, Langdon Gilman, 146
Morgan, Reuben, 582, 597
M organ, Roland Douglas, 146
Morrill, Aaron, 324
Morrill, Abigail, 529
Morrill, Abigail (Emerson)

(Stevens), 529
Morrill, Abraham, 323, 324
Morrill, Addie L. (Leighton). 115
Morrill, Albert, 295
Morrill, Bernard, 324
Morrill, Betsey, 405
Morrill, Bettv, 529
Morrill, David, 529
Morrill, Deacon David, 529
Morrill, Emily, 539
Morrill. Frank, 116
Morrill, Frederick Osborne, 145
Morrill, George W„ 325
Morrill, Hannah, 365, 374, 529
Morrill, Henry, 144
Morrill, Hepsibah, 324
Morrill, Isaac, 205, 295, 323, 324
Morrill, Isiah C, 205
Morrill, Jacob, 324
Morrill, James R„ 599
Morrill, Jennie S., 595
Morrill, John Barnard, 324
Morrill, John B. Sanborn, 324
Morrill, John Dudlev, 325
Morrill, John J„ 324
Morrill, Lydia, 324
Morrill, Marjorie, 145
Morrill, Moses, 324
Morrill, Reuben. 529
Morrill, Richard, 324
Morrill. Ruth. 52"
Morrill, Sally, 129
Morrill, Sarah, 324, 343, 529, 596
Morrill, Sarah (Clement), 324
Morrill, Stark, 324
Morrill, YYilber, 295
Morrill, William, 325
Morris, Nathaniel, Esq., 107

Morrison,

436

Morrison, Abraham L., 326, 327
Morrison, Abraham Libbey, 325
Morrison. Bradbury. 420, 560
Morrison, Curtis, 326
Morrison. Flora Abby. 318
Morrison. George A., 326
Morrison, Hannah, 232
Morrison. John, 325, 538
Morrison, Jonathan. 324
Morrison, Judith, 324
Morrison, L. A., 472
Morrison, Louisa, 442
Morrison, Luther, 227, 231
Morrison, Mary Adelaide, 198
Morrison, Nathaniel, 195
Morrison, Nellie Maria, 326
Morrison, Phebe, 420
Morrison, Robert, 537
Morrison, Susan. 195
Morrison, William J., 177, 178
Morse, E„ 215
Morse, Hannah F.. 123
Morse, Harold, 215
Morse, Mary, 331
Morse, Nathan, 215
Morse, Randolph. 215
Morse, Sarah, 271
Morton, George, 258
Morton. John. 258
Morton, Phebe, 258
Moses. Betsey. 409. 411, 412, 418
Moses, Deborah, 408
Moses, Geneva, 245
Moses, Joe. 412
Moses, John, 253
Moses, John F., 376
Moses, Joseph, 153
Moses, Lucy Ann, 187
Moses, Margaret, 212
Moses, Mary, 614
Moses, Marv A., 110, 114
Moses, Pollv, 444
Moses, Sarah, 409, 411. 412
Moses. Thadeus S., 245
Moses, William, 123

Moulton, -, 98, 119, 309

Moulton. Abigail, 506
Moulton, Abigail (Smith), 526
Moulton, Abra W., 527
Moulton, Abra Wentworth, 330
Moulton, Adeline, 160
Moulton, Alice, 331, 565, 569
Moulton, Alvin. 330
Moulton, Amanda Melvina, 330
Moulton, Andrew McCleary, 330
Moulton, Anna. 506
Moulton. Austin, 558
Moulton. Mrs. Austin. 329
Moulton. Austin S., 330

INDEX OF NAMES

717

Moulton,

506
Moulton,
Moulton,

Moulton,
Moulton,
Moulton,
Ah mlton,
Moulton,
Moulton,
Moulton.

Benning, 160, 328, 329, 330,

Charles Smith, 330
Edwin Carroll, 329
Edwin W., 558
Edwin Winfield, 330,
Elizabeth, 330, 506
Emma Jane, 557
Frances Maria, 330
General, 610
Georgia, 122

331

Moulton, Harriet A., 454
Moulton, Hattie May, 331
Moulton, Helen, 329
Moulton, Henry, 251
Moulton, Horatio Francis. 329
Moulton, Huldah. 106, 108
Moulton, Ida L„ 329
Moulton, Jacob Smith, 506
Moulton, Tohn C, 329
Moulton, Tohn Carrol, 328, 329
Moulton. John H., 330
Moulton, Tohn S., 330. 354, 557
Moulton. Jonathan. 208. 327, 329, 331,

496. 506^
Moulton, Col. Jonathan, 422
Moulton, General Jonathan, 160, 327,

328, 330. 489, 490. 494
Moulton, Jonathan Smith, 328. 329,

330
Moulton, Joseph, 506
Moulton, Joseph Neal, 330
Moulton, Lieut. Joseph Xeal, 331
Moulton, Josiah, 506, 526
Moulton, Laura A. Burleigh, 558
Moulton, Margaret. 327
Moulton, Margaret (Page), 449
Moulton, Martha. 388
Moulton, Mary, 303, 460, 506
Moulton, Mary (Page), 458
Moulton, Michael, 615
Moulton, Nancy,
Moulton, Nathan, 558
Moulton, Xathan Smith, 330, 331
Moulton, Nellie S., 387
Moulton, Otis Monroe, 330
Moulton, Richard. 144
Moulton, Robert. 108
Moulton, Sally Miller, 208
Moulton, Samuel, 329. 330, 331
Moulton, Samuel Moore, 329
Moulton, Sarah, 331, 506
Moulton, Sarah Ann, 330
Moulton, Susan, 371
Moulton, Susan B., 282
Moulton, Susan H., 369
Moulton, Thomas, 160
Moulton, Thomas de, 327
Mi mlton, Thomas L., 329
Moulton, Tim F., 331

Moulton, Walter C, 331

Moulton, William, 108, 272, 449

Moulton, William Carroll, 330

Moulton. William Hale. 329

Moulton. William P., 387, 506

Mudgett, — -, 563. 567

Mudgett, Abbie A.. 332

Mudgett, Abigail, 331

Mudgett, Adaline, 332

Mudgett, Albert M., 332

Mudgett, Alvin Barnard, 400, 401

Mudgett, Benjamin, 111

Mudgett, Bernard, 398

Mudgett, Betsev, 115

Mudgett, Cakim W., 332

Mudgett, Charles H., 332

Mudgett, Clara S., 332

Mudgett, Edward, 115, 421

Mudgett, Edward Gould. 421

Mudgett, Elizabeth, 521

Mudgett, Elizabeth (Smith), 526

Mudgett, Ellen Maria, 332

Mudgett, Elsie, 400, 401

Mudgett, Elsie E., 398

Mudgett, Ezekiel, 332, 401

Mudgett, Ezekiel E., 331

Mudgett, Frank, 398, 400, 401

Mudgett, Frank B., 161

Mudgett, Frank M., 591

Mudgett, Franklin S., 332

Mudgett, George M., 332

Mudgett, Grace E., 505

Mudgett, Grace E. W„ 332

Mudgett, Hannah, 111, 331

Mudgett, Hannah H.. 332

Mudgett, Isaiah W., 526

Mudgett, J. C, 623

Mudgett, J. E., 452

Mudgett, John, 115, 516, 521

Mudgett, John C, 244, 606

Mudgett, Tohn P., 332

Mudgett, Joseph, 331, 400

Mudgett, Joseph E.. 332

Mudgett, Toshua, 111

Mudgett, Laura L., 332

Mudgett, Leon, 332

Mudgett, Levi. 331, 332, 505

Mudgett, Martha, 369

Mudgett. Mary, 115, 324. 491. 493, 495,

499; 500. 517, 521, 525, 588, 589
Mudgett, Mary Adelaide, 332
Mudgett, Mary C, 332
Mudgett. Mary M. T., 332
Mudgett. Mehitable, 331, 332. 540, 541,

546
Mudgett, Mvra Emma, 332
Mudgett, Olive, 401
Mudgett. Orinda M., 332
Mudgett. Orris, 401
Mudgett, Plasenta, 332

718

INDEX OF NAMES

Mudgett, Polly (Mary), 320 Neal,

Mudgett, Richard, 115 Neal,

Mudgett, Sallv. 115 Neal,

Mudgett, Samuel, 115, 421, 478 Neal,

Mudgett, Sarah, 331, 333 Neal,

Mudgett, Sarah A., 244 Neal,

Mudgett, Sarah Ann, 332 Neal,

Mudgett, Sarah A. B., 623 Neal,

Mudgett, Sarah E., 248 Neal,

Mudgett, Scribner, 115 Neal,

Mudgett, Susan. 115, 453 Neal,

Mudgett, Susanna, 515 Neal,
Mudgett, Thomas, 324, 516, 521, 526 Neal.
Mudgett, William, 115, 244, 331, 332 Neal,

Mullen, Bessie, 263 Xeal,

Munsey, Ada (Grant), 586 Neal,

Munsey, Dr. Barton, 595 Neal.

Munsey, Caroline, 545 354,

Munsey, Edwin, 599 Neal,

Munsey, Isabella (Smith), 531 354.

Murdock, John, 258 Neal,

Murdock, Phebe, 258 Neal,

Murray, Ellen F., 416 Xeal,

Murray, George W., 416 Neal,

Murray, Hannah, 155 Neal,

Murray, Margaret S., 359 Neal,

Neal,

Nanus, John T., 135 355,

Nash, John, 333 Neal,

Nash, Moses, 333, 478 Neal,

Nash, Sally (Lewis), 333 Neal,

Nason, Elizabeth, 424 Xeal,

Nason, John, 424 Xeal,

Nason, Phebe, 304, 513, 517, 524 Xeal,

Xaton, Frank, 598, 602 Xeal,

Xeadam, William, 255 Xeal,

Xeal, Abbie, 340, 355, 360 Xeal,

Xeal. Abby, 114 Xeal,
Xeal. Abigail, 337, 348, 355, 359, 624, Xeal,

626 Xeal,

Xeal, Adeline, 147, 355, 360 Xeal,

Xeal, Alfred, 624 Neal,

Neal, Alice E., 339, 361, 535 Xeal,

Xeal, Alice (Xeal), 343 Xeal,

Xeal, Anna (Mattoon), 336 Xeal,
Xeal, Andrew, 335, 337, 349, 355, 476, Xeal,

626 Xeal,

Xeal, Ann, 348, 350, 354, 625 Xeal,

Xeal, Anna, 562 Xeal.

Xeal, Arthur Mortimer, 341 358,

Xeal, Arthur 1., 361 Xeal,

Xeal, Arthur Joseph. 339 Xeal,

Xeal, Bartholomew, 349 Neal.

Xeal, Bertha, 339 360,

Xeal, Betsev, 115, 340, 342, 369 Xeal,

Xeal. Betsey (Elizabeth). 358, 363 434

Xeal, BetseV M., 338, 359 Neal,

Wal, Betsey (Neal), 360 Neal,

Neal, C. L., 343 Xeal,

Xeal, Caroline, 349 ''2d

Carrie, 370

Catherine, 340, 355, 360
Charles, 110, 114. 343, 355, 360
Charles Ames. 338, 359
Charles E., 361
Charles Everett, 339
Charles R., 355
Charles Richard, 340, 360
Charles W., 340
Clara, 340, 355, 360
Clara E., 252
Clarence. 339
Clarence E., 361
Clarence Ermah, 339
Darius J., 338, 359
Darrell Walter, 340, 361
Deborah, 328, 330, 337, 348, 350,
355, 360, 624, 625, 626
Ebeneezer, 348, 349, 350, 352,
625

Ebenezer, 336
Edgar. 343
Edith, 296
Edith L.. 359
Edith Leavitt, 338
Elisabeth, 361

Elizabeth, 336, 337, 340, 349,
359, 425, 427, 578, 626
Elizabeth (Haley), 352
Elizabeth Smith, 583
Elliott, 359
Elliot Jav. 338
Elsie May, 341
Emma lane, 338, 359
Enoch. 341, 342, 343, 349
Enoch, Jr., 343
Ezra D.. 359
Ezra Dixi, 296, 338
Frank P., 361
Franklin Pierce, 339
Fred E., 355
Frederick E., 360
Frederick Eastman, 340
Frederick W., 364
George, 342

George Elmer, 339, 361
George F., 355
George Franklin, 340, 360
George Richard, 114, 340, 355,
360

Grace L., 338, 359
Grace Lavina, 296
Hannah, 115, 340, 352, 355, 357,
363, 369, 624, 626
Hannah Jane, 339, 341, 360, 430,

Hannah (Lock), 352, 578
Hannah S.. 337, 338, 361
Hannah (Smith), 110, 114, 358,

INDEX OF NAMES

719

Xeal, Harriet. 359 Xeal.

Neal, Harriet X., 338 353,

Xeal. Hattie. 343 625,

Xeal, Hattie I.. 343 Xeal,

Xeal, Hazel Dell, 341 Xeal,

Xeal. Helen. 349 Xeal.

Xeal, Herbert. 343 Xeal,

Xeal. Herbert F., 339 Xeal,

Xeal, Herbert Frank, 361 Xeal,

Xeal. Hubartus, 348, 349, 353, 625 Xeal,

Xeal. Irene, 269, 337, 361, 397, 626 Xeal,

Xeal, Isaac B., 364 Xeal,

Xeal, Jacob, 624 Neal,

Xeal, James, 339, 624. 625 577,

Xeal, James H., 361, 363, 364 Neal,

Xeal. Jeremiah, 337, 348, 349, 350, 355, Xeal.

624. 626 Xeal,

Xeal. John, 313, 335, 336, 337, 338. 348, Xeal,

349. 350, 352. 354, 355, 356, 357, 359, Xeal,

361, 363, 364, 427, 576, 577, 580, 596, Xeal,

623,624,625,626 Xeal.

Xeal, Dr. John, 343 Xeal.

Xeal, John Frank, 338, 358, 359 Xeal,

Xeal, John Glidden, 349 Xeal,

Xeal, John L., 363 Neal,

Xeal. John Mead, 338, 359, 577 Neal,

Xeal. Joseph. 110. 114, 191, 336, 337, Neal,

339, 342, 352, 353, 356, 357, 358, 360, Neal,
425, 431, 434. 581. 020, 625. 626 Neal.

Xeal, Toseph, Jr., 337, 341, 357 Xeal,

Xeal, Col. Joseph, 252, 340. 355. 360 358,

Xeal, Joseph "Red Oak," 328, 330, 337, Xeal,

340, 354, 358. 359. 577, 605 Xeal,
Xeal, Joseph S.. 581 Xeal.
Xeal, Joseph Smith, 349 Xeal,
Xeal, Joseph Warren, 339, 341 Xeal,
Xeal, Joseph "White Oak." 269, 340, Xeal,

341, 355, 356, 358, 359, 397, 424, 425, Xeal,
427, 445, 479, 513, 578, 580, 583, 608 349,

Xeal. Joshua. 348. 349, 352, 353, 362, 358,

363, 364, 562, 624 Xeal,

Neal, Joshua A., 363 Xeal,

Xeal. Katherine. 369 Xeal,

Xeal, Kimball Ladd, 338, 359 Xeal,

Xeal. Laura. 024 523,

Neal, Lewis, 624 Xeal,

Xeal, Lorenzo, 343 Neal,

Xeal, Louise Ray, 341 Xeal,

Xeal, Lucy, 581* Xeal,

Xeal, Lucy M. R„ 339, 361 Xeal,

Xeal, Lucy W. R., 374 Xeal.

Xeal, Luther. 343 Xeal.

Xeal. Lvdia, 341, 342. 354, 360. 361, 345,

577, 583 353,

Xeal, Lydia A., 581 Xeal,

Xeal, Lydia Ann. 343 Xeal,

Xeal, Margaret, 338. 625 354

Xeal. Martha, 338. 342. 359 Xeal.

Xeal, Martha A., 338, 359 Xeal.

Xeal. Martha (Creighton), 342 354,

Mary, 337, 341, 342, 348, 349, 351,
354, 355, 360, 363, 445, 623, 624,
626

Mary A., 363
Mary Ann. 349
Mary E., 340, 355, 360, 520
Mary Elizabeth, 341, 361, 513
Mary Jane, 338, 359
Mary (Smith), 349
Mehitable Berry, 363
Molly, 349
Moses, 343

Nancy, 337, 343, 354, 360, 361,
584, 608, 63,
Nancy Hilton, 342
Nathaniel, 342
Nellie, 343

Nellie Davis, 340, 361
Olive. 348, 355, 360, 577, 583
Otis, 343
Phebe, 338, 359
Polly, 355, 577, 583, 605
Polly (Mary), 342, 360, 363
Rachel L, 355
Rachel Irene, 340, 360
Ralph, 361
Ralph David, 361
Ralph Davis, 339, 340
Ralph Frank, 340
Richard, 110, 115, 337, 340, 355,
359, 360, 363, 369, 524, 583
Richard B., 363
Robert, 343
Robert J., 355
Robert John, 340, 360
Roland, 361
Ronald Howard, 340
Samuel, 335, 336, 337, 347, 348,
350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356,
425, 479, 623, 624, 625, 626
Sarah, 337, 349, 355, 624, 626
Sarah E., 338
Sarah Jane, 359
Smith, 337, 341, 361, 513, 520,
626

Smith Lock, 339, 341, 361, 535
Solon, i>24
Stephen Shores, 342
Susan Maria, 338, 359
Thomas, 348. 349. 350, 624
Thomas W., 363
Walter. 336, 341. 342, 343. 344,
346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352.
354. 623, o24. <>25
Walter. Ir.. 342
Capt. Walter, 333, 334, 335, 336,

Walter Creighton, 342
William, 112, 337, 339, 341, 342,
359, 360, 624, 625, 626

720

INDEX OF NAMES

Neal, William H., 357

Neal, William Howard, 339, 358, 361,

364
Neal, William Joseph, 339, 361, 364,

524
Xeale, Mary, 256
Xealey, Andrew, 147
Nealey, John, 147
Nealley, Andrew, 365, 401
Neallev, Deacon Andrew, 365, 366
Nealley, Elizabeth (Kelley), 366
Neallev, Jane, 366
Nealley, John, 260, 365, 366, 577
Nealley, Joseph, 365
Nealley, Alary, 366, 577
Nealley, Mathew, 365
Nealley, William, 365
Neff, Mary, 199, 201, 202
Neil, Thomas, 94
Nele, Abigail (Brier), 353
Nele, Jeremiah, 353
Xele, John, 353
Nele, Sam", 353
Nele, Thomas, 353
Nele, Walter, 353
Nelson, Ina, 409, 412
Nelson, Ina J., 407
Nelson, Mary A., 524
Nelson, Sunvald, 513
Nenton, Alonzo, 274
Xewbegin, Sylvia, 378
Newell, Stephen A., 188
Xewhall, Susan, 149, 150
Xichols, Charles, 285
Xicliols, Dolly (Bryant), 131
Xichols, Elizabeth, 366
Xichols, Elizabeth Lovejoy, 195
Xichols, George Franklin, 367
Xichols, Huldah Jane Fogg, 367
Xichols, James Edwin, 367
Xichols, Isaac, 366
Xichols, John, 366
Xichols, Lydia, 366
Xichols, Mary, 366
Xichols, Minnie A., 531
Xichols, Robert, 366
Xichols, Robert More. 366, 367
Xichols, Sarah Jane, 366, 367
Xichols, Thomas, 366
Xichols, William, 366
Xicholson, Governor, 202
Xickerson, Helen Davis, 194
Xickerson, Mary B., 440
Xitschke, Robert, 583
Xoble, Sarah Jane, 275

Xordwav, , 541

Xorris, Dr. A. L., 266

Xorris, Ada Rogena Brockman, 370

Xorris, Adelaide, 370

Xorris, Albert P., 266

Xorris, Alice, 369

Xorris, Betsey, 368, 369, 371

Xorris, C. Maud, 266

Xorris, Caroline P., 369

Xorris, Daniel, 368, 369, 370, 371

Xorris, Major Daniel, 368

Xorris, Dolly, 437

Xorris, Dolly (Folsom), 437

Xorris, Dudley, 369

Xorris, Ellen, 340, 369

Norris, Emma Isabel, 370

Xorris, George, 369

Xorris, Grace M., 266

Xorris, Hannah, 143

Xorris, Jane, 395

Xorris, James, 368

Xorris, James Henry, 370

Xorris, James Shapley, 370

Xorris, John, 371

Xorris, John H., 369

Xorris, Jonathan P., 340, 360

Xorris, Jonathan Perkins, 355, 369,

371
Xorris, Joshua, 368, 369, 371
Xorris, Josiah, 369, 371
Xorris, Julia, 355, 360
Xorris, Julia A., 369
Xorris, Lucy, 369
Xorris, Lucy C, 340
Xorris, Lydia, 109, 231, 370, 525
Xorris, Mary, 167, 301, 368, 369
Xorris, Mary Elizabeth, 370
Norris, Mary Jane, 370
Norris, Maria Louisa, 370
Norris, Mercy, 133, 135
Norris, Moses, 368
Norris, Nathaniel, 143
Xorris, Xicholas, 367
Xorris, Polly, 165
Xorris, Proctor, 370
Xorris, Proctor T., 370
Xorris, Rhoda, 368, 369, 371
Xorris, Rhoda L., 371
Xorris, Ruth, 369
Xorris. Ruth S., 371
Xorris, Sally, 368, 371
Xorris, Samuel, 301
Xorris, Sarah, 213
Xorris, Mrs. Dr. (Sibley), 471
Norris, Smith F., 369
Xorris, Stephen, 369, 371
Norris, Steven, 368
Xorris, Thomas, 437
Xorrv, - — , 369
Xorton, Melanie T.. 338, 359
Norton, Ruhamah, 352
Xorton, William, 352
Norwell, Martha, 313
Noyes, - —.491, 495
Noves, Harriett E., 528

INDEX OF NAMES

721

Noves, Herbert, 523

Noyes, Hilton, 523

Susie E., 462, 463
Susie Eliza, 372

Waldo Hill. 523
William, 371. 463
William
William
William

Noyes,

\oves,

Noyes,
Noyes,
Noyes,
Noyes,
Noyes,

372
Nudd,
Nudd,

F., 123
F. G., 462
Furnace Graves,

371,

Enos G.,
Flora J.,

408

408

Nudd, Joane, 188
Nudd, Roger, 188
Nutter, Abigail, 428
Xutter, Elder Hate-evil,
Nutting, Edwin, 457

428

Obear,

Odell,

Odell,

Odell,

Odell,

Odell,

Odell,

Odell,

Clark H., 273, 27S
Almira (Aiken), 442
David, 372

3/1

Ebenezer,

Ira, 372

Jacob, 372, 441, 442

Tames, 372

John, 372
Odell, Joseph, 372, 441, 539
Odell, Toseph Lowe, 373
Odell, Marv Anna, 373
Odell, MarV E., 373
Odell. Nancy, 373
Odell, Nancy Maria,
Odell, Noah, 372
Odell, Sadie, 295
Odell, Sarah, 373
Odell, Thomas, 372
Odell, William, 295
Odell, William Patterson
Odell, Rev. Willis, 539
Odlin, Joseph, 199
Oliver, Andrew, 333
Ordwav, Beatrice W.,
Bert G., 212
Christian W.,
Martha, 212
100
May, 212

442

372

373

Ordway,
Ordway,
Ordway.
Ordway, Mary,
Ordway. Retta

Osborne, — ;

Osgood. -

Osgood,

Osgood,

Osgood,

Osgood,

I Osgood,

Osgood,

Osgood,

Osgood,

Osgood,

Osgood,

Osgood,

l\2
212

376
-375
Abiah, 374
Addie M., 318
Ann, 374
Anna, 373
Annie M., 318
Asa, 374
Benjamin, 373
Betsey, 373, 374
Charles, 374, 375
Charles E., 464
Clara H. 318

Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood
Osgood

Clarissa, 531

Daniel, 373, 374

David, 373

Dudley, 373

Dudley Prescott, 374

Ebenezer, 373

Elena, 464

Elisha, 373

Eliza C. (Hyde), 318

Fannie, 374

Frank J., 115

Fred Hanson, 374

George B., 318

Georgia, 275

Georgia Serena, 374

Greenleaf, 374

Isaac, 374

Tacob, 374

John, 373

Capt. John, 374

John Hazen, 374

lohn Miner, 464

John S., 420, 530

Jonathan, 373

Joseph, 373, 374

Judith (Lyford), 272

Julia, 374

Kate J., 318

Leah (Prescott), 530

Livonia, 420

Lucia A. (Moore), 608

Lucinda, 374

Malinda, 374

Mary, 374

Molly, 373

Moses, 373

Nancv, 373, 374

Newell S.. 464

Oliver, 374, 421

Perley, 374

Polly, 269, 272, 277, 278, 373

Rachel, 373, 375, 420

Ralph, 464

Ray Susan, 374

Reuben, 373

Ruth, 374

Sally. 373 ^

Samuel, 373

Samuel James, 318

Sarah, 374_

Stephen, 373

Therima, 549, 550

Therina. 421, 530

Capt. Timothy, 373

True, 373

William, 373, 374

Page, Abigail, 108

Page, Abigail (Ruby), 615

Page, Abigail (Tilton), 504

722

INDEX OF NAMES

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Alfred, 25$, 614

Arvilla, 599, 600

Asa, 620

Betsey, 240

Christopher, 108, 490, 504

D. William, 371

David, 176, 489, 615

Dr. David, 125

Deborah, 134, 194

Eliza, 129

Emma (McLoughlin), 598

Enoch, 154

Ephraim, 154

Ezra A., 598

Francis, 303, 514

Hannah, 154, 155, 189

Jemima, 615

John A., 378

Jonathan, 489, 490, 506

Laura, 176

Lucia, 309

Lucy, 303

Luther, 155

Mary, 399, 489, 490, 498, 499,

504, 506
Page, Mary Josephine, 598
Page, Mary (Molly), 494
Page, Mercy, 597, 600
Page, Meribah, 478
Page, Patience, 110, 111, 114, 383,

620
Page, Phebe, 559
Page, Rachel, 207
Page, Rebecca, 303, 309, 481
Page, Robert, 303, 309, 449, 481
Page, Ruth, 264
Page, Sabrina, 303
Page, Sally (Durgan), 122, 125
Page, Samuel, 253
Page, Sarah, 571
Page, Shubael, 490, 504, 506
Page, Stephen, 388
Page, Thomas, 490
Page, Willard C, 433
Page, Dr. William A., 369
Paine, Abbie A., 160
Paine, Addie A., 160
Paine, Arthur L., 160
Paine, D. Stillman, 298
Paine, Edward S., 298
Paine, Ellen Abbie, 298
Paine, Essie Emeline, 298
Paine, Ethel Glesca, 298
Paine, Florence A., 298
Paine, Fred Warren, 298
Paine, George Edward, 298
Paine, George W., 298
Paine, Harriet B., 163
Paine, J. Elizabeth, 298
Paine, James Harries, 298

Paine, James M., 160

Paine, Jane, 485

Paine, John, 160

Paine, Jonathan, 160

Paine, Marv Jane. 298

Paine, Mattie, 298

Paine, Sally, 204

Paine, Sarah, 244

Paine, Smith H., 298

Paine, Wilma, 298

Palmer, - — , 436

Palmer, Henry, 284

Palmer, John, 407

Palmer, Joseph, 181, 187

Palmer, Myrtle (Swain), 536

Palmer, Samuel, 427

Palmer, Sarah, 98

Palmeter, Rev. Nathan, 359

Park, Joseph, 273, 278

Park, Mary, 273, 278, 549

Parker, Alice, 386

Parker, Flora, 135

Parker, Hannah, 135, 256

Parker, Helen M., 579

Parker, I. J., 579

Parker, Louisa, 323

Parker, Priscilla, 134

Parker, Robert, 135

Parker, Susan, 577, 578

Parker, Rev. Thomas, 100

Parker, William H., 323

Parkhurst, Deborah, 485, 487

Parkhurst, George, 485, 487

Parkhurst, Phebe, 485

Parkins, Mary, 387

Parks, Mary J., 161

Parsons, Abraham, 341, 342

Parsons, Eunice (Sargent), 341, 342

Parsons, Louisa, 408

Parsons, Lydia, 341, 342, 348, 354,

625
Parsons, Molly, 391
Parsons, Sally, 602
Parsons, Ensign Stephen, 408
Pattie, - -, 260
Payne, Abbie A., 555
Payne, Abbie S., 556
Payne, Arthur L., 555
Payne, Elizabeth, 478
Pavne, James M., 555, 556
Peabody, - -,578
Peabody, Allen, 582
Peabody, Anna AL, 527
Peabody, Colonel, 213
Peabody, Hepzibah, 423
Peabodv, James H., 136
Peabody, John M., 551
Peabody, Lillian, 606
Peabody, Lydia S., 314
Pearson, Caroline G., 377

INDEX OF NAMES

72.<

Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson

376
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Pearsons
Pearsons
Pearsons
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease

382
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease

Pease

Pease
I Vase
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease

Clarence H.. 377

Dorothy, 376, 377

Edmund, 376, 378

Fanny, 376, 377

Frank, 267

Fred S., 378

Hannah, 378

Hattie L., 377

Henrietta, 376, 378

Henry, 267

Henry M., 268, 275, 279,

Henry Morrill, 377

James, 376

Jennie, 378

Jethro, 499

John, 377

John S., 499

Mary, 376, 378

Mary (Ladd), 268

Nancy J., 193

Nathaniel, 376

Oscar, 378

Samuel D., 377, 378

Sarah, 102

William, 267, 376, 378

Winthrop, 267

i Hannah Piper, 578

, Jethro, 578

, Rachel, 108
Abbie, 110, 114
Abigail, 379, 385
Abraham, 385
Alice M., 386
Ann, 379
Anne, 385
Arthur D., 386
Arzelia J., 162, 619
Augustus E., 386
Augusta Emeline, 384
Azelia Jane, 384
Bathsheba, 379, 385
Benjamin, 169, 220, 380, 381,
383,384, 385, 475, 619
Benjamin J., 169
Benjamin L., 383
Bertha, 509
Betsey, 382, 619
Carrie, 386
Carrie Evelyn, 384
Charles Henry, 383
Charles R., 386
Charles Rogers, 384
Charles S., 169
Dollv, 380, 385
Eddie \Y., 386
Eddie Wendall, 384
Edith, 383
Edwin Brooks, 383
Eleanor, 380

Pease
Pease
Pease
['ease
I 'ease
1 'case
I Vase
Pease
I Vase
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease

I V.IM'

Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease

Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease

385
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease

584
Pease
I 'east-
Pease
Pease
Pease
Pease

382
Pease
Pease
Pease

617

Elinor, 385

Eliphalet, 380, 385

Ella, 382, 383

Ellen YY., 386

Ellen Wheeler, 384

Emma J., 383

Emma L., 169

Francis K., 386

Frank, 110, 114

Frank B., 384, 620

George D., 383

Hannah, 101, 232, 382, 619

Hannah A., 620

Hannah Abbie, 384

Harriet, 383

Isaac, 385

James, 380, 385, 619

Jennie, 110, 114

John, 379, 380, 386

John, Jr., 385

John A., 619

John O., 169

John S., 191, 193

John Shepard, 382

John YV., 382, 386

Jonathan, 385

Joseph, 110, 380, 381, 383,

511, 619

Joseph Freeman, 382

Joseph H„ 619

Laura, 110, 114

Laura E., 384, 619

Leonette 384, 386

Loren, 110, 114

Loring S., 381, 384

Lucinda, 382, 604, 619

Luella Belle, 384, 386

Margaret, 385

Mark, 380, 385

Martha E., 386

Martha Elizabeth, 384

Mary, 110, 114, 382, 384, 385

Mary A., 385

Mary Ann, 382, 386

Mary C, 169

Mary Elizabeth, 383

Mary R., 620

Mehitable YVedgewood, 220,

Moses, 125, 381, 383, 385

Moses C, 386, 592

Moses Cheney, 382, 383, 384

Nancy, 381, 385, 619

Nancy B., 382, 385, 386

Nathaniel, 311, 379, 380, 381,

383, 384, 385, 619

Noah, 381, 382, 383, 385

Phebe, 379

Polly, 169, 381,403, 511, 512,

619

724

INDEX OF NAMES

Pease, Polly (Mary), 518 Perkins

Pease, Polly (Smith), 311 Perkins

Pease, Rebecca, 311, 381, 382, 385, Perkins

619 Perkins

Pease, Rebecca (Pike), 475 Perkins

Pease, Robert, 311, 381, 385, 518, Perkins

519, 619 Perkins

Pease, Robert Folsom, 382 Perkins

Pease, Ruth Haskell, 488 Perkins

Pease, Sally, 382, 385, 386, 584 Perkins

Pease, Samuel, 379, 380, 385 Perkins

Pease, Sarah, 379, 385, 475, 619 Perkins

Pease, Sarah Frances, 383 Perkins
Pease, Simeon, 110, 114, 162, 191, 220, Perkins

311, 380, 381, 382, 383, 475, 584, 593, Perkins

619, 620 Perkins

Pease, Deacon Simeon, 384, 385 Perkins

Pease, Simeon D., 619 Perkins

Pease, Simeon Dana, 382, 383 Perkins

Pease, Simeon S., 620 Perkins

Pease, Thebe, 285 Perkins

Pease, W., 386 Perkins

Pease, \V. Scott, 169 Perkins

Pease, William P., 382, 619 Perkins

Pease, Zebulon, 379, 385 Perkins

Peaslee, John, 499 Perkins

Peavey, Alvin, 208 Perkins

Peeks, Harry, 149 Perkins

Penfold, , 374 Perkins

Pepper, Addie, 387 Perkins

Pepper, Daniel, 387 Perkins

Pepper, Emma M., 387 Perkins

Pepper, John, 93 Perkins

Pepper, William, 465 Perkins

Pepper, William H., 387 Perkins

Perine, Charles, 296, 338 Perkins

Perine, Dudley L., 296 Perkins

Perine, Judith, 296 Perkins

Perkins, Abbie, 558 Perkins

Perkins, Abbie Marilla, 390 Perkins

Perkins, Abigail, 387, 388, 393 Perkins

Perkins, Abram, 395, 396 Perkins
Perkins, Abraham, 180, 186, 387, 388, Perkins

391, 393, 394 Perkins

Perkins, Albert Weld, 603 Perkins

Perkins, Alice, 408 Perkins

Perkins, Alonzo, 262, 396 Perkins

Perkins, Andrew, 391 Perkins

Perkins, Andrew L., 392, 393 Perkins

Perkins, Anna, 388 391,

Perkins, Annie, 397, 507 Perkins

Perkins, Annie E., 543, 546 Perkins

Perkins, Annie Emmabelle, 390 Perkins

Perkins, Annie M., 603 Perkins

Perkins, Annis, 269 Perkins

Perkins, Avis O., 393 Perkins
Perkins, Benjamin, 388, 389, 390, 391, Perkins

453, 470, 472 Perkins

Perkins, Benjamin Franklin, 388 Perkins

Perkins, Betsey, 389 Perkins

Caroline C, 572
Charles, 389
Charles Alverd, 390
Charles H., 396
Charles S., 396
Clara Ida, 390
David, 387
David P., 393, 395
David L., 395
David V., 395
Deborah, 394
Ebenezer F., 396
Elinor, 403, 592
Eliza, 354, 393, 395, 625
Eliza R., 391
Elizabeth, 348, 389
Elmer, 457
Elmer F., 184, 603
Elmer Freemont, 390
Elvert G., 313
Emeline, 393
Emeline P., 396
Emma A., 606
Emma Y., 391
Eunice, 391
Eva, 389
Eva W.,391
George S., 396
Grace, 257, 390
Hannah, 461, 589
Harrieson, 126
Harrison, 249
Hiram, 393
Huldah, 388
Humphrey, 387, 388
Ida H., 557
Ida L., 556
Inez, 501
Isaac, 461

Jacob, 140, 389, 390
Jacob F., 546
Jacob Fred, 184, 257, 390
James, 387, 388
James H., 387
Jane, 574
Jesse, 396
Jesse F., 391
Jesse S., 393, 395
John, 269, 348, 388, 389,
393, 397, 418, 507_
Lieut. John, 435
John Andrew, 393
Capt. John B., 280, 281
John Swasey, 393, 394, 395
Jonathan, 387, 388, 396 _
Deacon Jonathan, 368, 370
Joseph, 388

Josiah 391, 392, 394, 395
Josiah, Jr., 393, 396
Judith, 391

INDEX OF NAMES

725

Perkins
Perkins

Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
I 'erkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
1 'erkins
353. 3
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins

Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins
Perkins

Laura, 393
Lemuel. 396
Lizzie, 110
Lizzie I.. 140. 141
Lucretia, 177, 178, 222
Lucy, 368, 370, 43S
Lucy ( Prescott), 397
I .like, 387

I.veiia. 391, 392, 393. 394
Lydia A., 395
Lydia ("Kitty"), 359
Martha, 388
Martha S.. 395
Mary, 150, 151, 190, 348. 349,
81, 3S7. 393, l')5, 613, 624, 025
Mary Eliza, 395
Mary Frances, 389
Mary M., 393
Mary (Polly), 389
Mehitable, 129, 403
Molly, 391, 392, 604, 608
Molly (Parsons). 392
Molly ( Persons ), 555
Moses, 309
Nancy, 359. 389. 577
Nancy ("Kitty"), 354
Oscar. 370, 395
Paul, 396
Rev. Paul, 222
Philbrick, 389
Pollv. 008
Rebecca, 488
Rebecca ( Smart) , 348
Rhoda, 551

Rhoda ( Sanborn ) , 368, 370
Richard. 391,392, 393. 555
Richard O'Brian, 394
Robert, 592
Ruth, 186. 389_
Sabra Ann, 395
Sally, 389, 391, 393, 394, 555,

Salmon N.. 391

Sarah, 387, 388^389, 396

Sarah Eliza. 395

Thomas. 561, 566

Rev. Thomas, 381

Timothy. 222. 387, 396

Viola Octavia, 313

William, 391

William J.. 396
Perlev. Abigail, 266
Perley. Allen. 3.5. 266
Perley, Augusta, 463
Perlev. Dora I Rundlett), 533
Perlev, Dr. 1. L.. 5^2, 533
Perley, John L.. 463
Perley. 1 )r. John Langdon, 2<>5. 266
Perley. John Russell. 2<<?
Perley. Joseph, 204

Perley, Lew Knowlton, 265
Perley, Lewis Stephen, 265
Perley, Louisa. 266
Perley, Louise. 221
I Yrley, Lucile, 265
Perley, Martha Maria. 266
i 'erlev, Mary A., 532, 533
Perley, Nathaniel, 204
Perley, Stephen, 265. 266, 2/?
Perley, Stephen Jefferson. 2
Perrine, Charles H., 359
Perrine, Dudley Neal, 359
Perrine. Judith Grace, 359
Peters, Peter, 311
Philbrick, Elder Abel. 313
Philbrick, Ann, 303, 309
Philbrick, Anne, 428
Philbrick, Betsey, 165, 442
Philbrick, Clara" M., 595
Philbrick, David, 160
Philbrick, Deacon David. 442
Philbrick, Hannah, 376, 460
Philbrick, James, 428
Philbrick, James, Sr., 309
Philbrick, Lieut. James, 461
Philbrick, Joseph, 126
Philbrick, Joseph A., 461
Philbrick, Joses, 426
Philbrick, Mary J., 125. 245
Philbrick, Mehitable, 143, 271, 277
Philbrick, Tryphena, 425, 426
Philbrick, Walter, 354
Philbrook, Margaret (Neal), 352
Philbrook, Monroe H., 378
Philbrook, Sarah, 379. 385
Philbrook, Walter. 352
Philbrook, William, 351

Pickering, , 478

Pickering, Alanson, 399
Pickering, Albert J., 399, 400, 401
Pickering, Amanda, 400
Pickering, Andrew. 399, 401
Pickering, Arthur Francis, 399
Pickering, Cassanda, 401
Pickering, Catherine, 400
Pickering, Charles F., 399
Pickering, Charles H., 400
Pickering, Charles W., 399
Pickering, Clarence E., 398, 590
Pickering, Comfort, 401
Pickering, Daniel, 399. 400. 401, 582
Pickering, Edward E., 399, 401
Pickering, Ervin F„ 398. 591
Pickering, Frank, 296, 400, 401, 409,

412
Pickering, Frank A., 399, 400, 401
Pickering, George F., 399. 401
Pickering, George W, 399, 400. 401
Pickering, Green, 582
Pickering, Hannah. 399, 400

726

INDEX OF NAMES

Pickering, John, 397, 400
Pickering, John C, 399, 401
Pickering, John F., 398, 591
Pickering, Joseph, 399
Pickering, Joseph A., 399, 400, 401
Pickering, Leon E., 399
Pickering, Lewis E., 398. 591
Pickering, Lyman D., 399, 400
Pickering, Alary, 483
Pickering, Alary E., 294
Pickering, Alary Elizabeth, 295, 400
Pickering, Mary Tane, 409
Pickering, Aleh'itable, 399, 401
Pickering, Aloses, 399, 400, 401
Pickering, Nancy, 578, 582
Pickering, Olen J„ 591
Pickering, Olive, 399, 400, 401
Pickering, Placentia, 400
Pickering, Raymond V., 398, 591
Pickerin.o, Sally, 399
Pickering, Sarah, 400, 401
Pickering, Stella, 400, 401
Pickering, Stella L., 398, 591
Pickering, Stephen, 295. 398, 399, 400
Pickering, Sylvester, 398, 399, 400. 401,

527
Pickering, Thomas, 398
Pickering, Walter D., 399
Pickett, Francis, 523
Pickney, Charles C, 274
Pierce, Cyrus, 135
Pierce, Daniel, 486
Pierce, Elizabeth, 573
Pierce, Esther, 366
Pierce, Frank, 1 '» 1
Pierce, Gad, 366
Pierce, Capt. Gad, 366
Pierce, Joshua, 402
Pierce, Theresa, 134
Pierce, Thomas, 574
Pike, Ann, 402
Pike, Clara Minnie, 133
Pike, Daniel, 194
Pike, Dorothy, 402
Pike, Elizabeth, 403
Pike, Ezekiel, 194
Pike, Israel, 402
Pike, James, 133
Pike, John, 395, 402, 403
Pike, Rev. John, 182
Pike, Justice, 380
Pike, Luther Martin, 261
Pike, Alartha, 454
Pike, Alartha Susan Perkins, 395
Pike, Alary, 402
Pike, Alercv, 403
Pike, Milo, 261
Pike, Molly, 592
Pike. Molly (Mary), 403
Pike, Aloses, 403

Pike, Nancy, 311, 403, 474

Pike, Phebe ( Smith ) . 403

Pike, Randolph Kellev, 261

Pike, Rebecca, 220, 380, 385, 619

Pike, Robert, 402, 403, 592

Pike, Capt. Robert, 581

Pike, Alajor Robert (Tohn), 402

Pike, Sadie (Kelly), 258

Pike, Sarah, 402 '

Pike, William, 403

Pike, Capt. William, 140, 220, 311, 517,

519, 619
Pillsbury, Molly, 563, 568
Pilsbury, Edmand, 613
Pilsbury, Lucinda, 482
Pilsbury, Stephen. 4X2
Pinkham, Rev. John, 575
Piper, Abigail, 149, 405, 406, 408, 409,

411. 412. 413. 414
Piper, Albert B.. 409, 412
Piper, Anna, 405, 406, 413
Piper, Asa, 408
Piper, Benjamin, 407, 409, 411, 412,

413
Piper, Bowdoin. 260
Piper, Charles A., 408
Piper, Charles Weslev,
Piper. Daniel, 405, 407, 578
Piper, David, 409, 411, 412, 413
Piper, Donald, 407
Piper, Dudley, 260, 409
Piper, Dudley S., 413
Piper, Dudley Sanborn, 262, 411, 412,

466, 467, 591
Piper, Earl G., 407
Pioer, Earl K., 412
Piper, Earl R., 409
Piper, Elisha, 208, 227, 232, 405, 406,

407, 413
Piper, Eliza Jane, 262, 466, 467, 591,

592
Piper, Eliza Shaw, 312, 412, 413
Piper, Elizabeth, 408, 411, 414
Piper, Emily, 409
Piper, Emma, 409, 411
Piper, Fred Harold, 409, 412
Piper, George W., 365, 409
Piper, Gideon, 149, 232, 389, 405, 406,

407, 409, 413, 464
Piper, Gooding, 396
Piper, Hannah, 405, 407
Piper, Hannah Goss, 413
Piper, Hanson, 408
Piper, Harold B., 407
Piper, Hephzibah.408,411,414
Piper, Ida A., 413
Piper, Israel, 408, 411
Piper. lames, 408
Piper, John, 407, 409, 411, 412
Piper, Josiah, 407

INDEX OF NAMES

727

Piper, Josiah S., 409

Piper, Lilla,

Piper, Lloyd. 407

riper, I.orinda A.. 382

Piper, Lucetta, 411

Piper, Lucetta A.. 413

Piper. Lucietta, 590, 591

Piper, Lyman, 409

Piper, Martha Thurston, 413

Piper, Marv, 411

Piper, Marv E., 411, 413

Piper. Marv P.. 408

Piper, Mehitable. 208, 405, 407

Piper, Molly, 407

Piper, Moses, 227, 406, 407

Piper. Nancy, 399, 408

Piper, Nathaniel, 233, 381, 404, 405,

406, 407. 408. 409. 410, 411, 413. 414.

491, 498, 506
Piper. Xellie Chase, 414
Piper, Xelson Bonney, 407
Piper, Oscar G., 407
Piper, Oscar Guv. 409. 412
Piper, Oscar J., 407. 409, 411, 412
Piper. Patience, 408, 411
Piper, Pelatiah, 408
Piper, Phebe, 149
Piper, Pollv. 409. 411, 412
Piper. Rachel, 407
Piper, Ralph L., 407
Piper, Ralph X., 409
Piper, Ralph Nathaniel, 412
Piper, Richard S., 399
Piper, Sarah. 310, 405. 407. 408, 411
Piper, Sarah Moses, 409
Piper, Stephen, 407, 408, 41 1,414, 498
Piper. Susan. 246, 247, 249, 409, 411,

412, 413, 622
Piper. Susan S.. 399
Piper, Susanna. 227. 411
Piper, Susanna P., 232
Piper, Susanna Plummer, 407
Piper, Tabitha, 408. 411

Piper, Thomas, 149. 406, 407, 408, 411,

413. 414

Piper, William, 413
Pitman, Ann, 546
Pitman, Eben, 535, 544
Pitman, Ebenezer, 437, 476
Pitman, Edwin M.. 182
Pitman, Elizabeth, 536
Pitman, Hannah, 495, 54'.
Pitman, Harriet A., 437
Pitman. Harriet A. (Hatch). 440
Pitman, loshua Robinson. 47n
Pitman, Lvdia, 437, 439
Pitman, Molly, 603
Pitman, Stephen. 306
Pitman. Susan ( Mackrice ) . 437
Pitman, Susanna. 264

Plaisted, Amanda, 299

Plaisted, Eaton, 93

Plaisted, Jane, 240

Plaisted, lane B., 245, 021

Plum. Mrs., 536

Plumer, Abigail, 452

Plumer, Ann E., 41o

Plumer. Augusta, 542, 546

Plumer, Benjamin F., 102

Plumer, Carrie E., 416

Plumer, Charles E., 416

Plumer, Daniel \Y., 102

Plumer, Etta J., 41'.

Plumer, Francis, 102, 414

Plumer, Gertrude M., 399

Plumer, Oilman, 481

Plumer, Governor, 576

Plumer, Herbert, 564

Plumer, Ida G., 464

Plumer, Jesse, 413, 414, 450, 452

Plumer, Jesse, Jr., 102

Plumer, Joseph. 414, 415, 416

Plumer, Joseph L., 182

Plumer, Laura, 416

Plumer, Mary, 576, 580

Plumer, Mary E., 416

Plumer, Merton, 564

Plumer, Molly, 413

Plumer, Nathan, 464

Plumer, Warner M., 564

Plumer, Wayne M., 416

Plumer, William A., 416

Plummer, Abigail. 275, 276, 457

Plummer, David, 27o

Plummer, Emma, 277

Plummer, Henry J., lol

Plummer, Herbert, 568

Plummer, Jesse, 227, 231, 405, 560

Plummer, Laura A., 568

Plummer, Mary. 232. 576

Plummer, Mary G., 161

Plummer, Merton. 5<>.X

Plummer, Molly, 405, 407

Plummer, Nathaniel, 231

Plummer, X'icholas, 231, 260

Plummer, Parker, 419

Plummer, Sally. 227. 231

Plummer, Sally Morrill, 231

Plummer, Warner M., 568

Plummer. Zorada, 161

Pollard, Catherine, 234

Pollard, Lois, 234

Pollock, Catherine. 5/'.

Polluck, Catherine, 580

Porter, Abbie, 505

Porter, Albert E., 332

Porter, Ellen M., 27b

Porter. Wilbert E.. 332

Potsam, Sally, 316

Potter, , 599

728

INDEX OF NAMES

Potter, Betsey, 265

Potter, Elizabeth, 266

Potter, Lucy (Kelley), 2(14

Potter, Mary G., 599

Potter, Sarah. 483

Potter, William, 599

Pottle, Adclie, 495

Pottle, Eliza, 495

Pottle, Jennie (Piper), 491, 494

Pottle, Judith, 252, 491, 494, 496, 497,

506
Pottle, Julia, 495
Pottle, Laura, 495
Pottle, Marv, 495
Pottle, Samuel, 491, 494, 495
Pottle, Susan, 495
Powell, Sarah, 132
Powers, Bernard, 616
Powers, Bernard L., 129
Powers, Hannah, 253
Powers, Ira, 616
Powers, Sarah, 395
Powers, Sarah Marv, 129
Pratt, Hazel E. (Hook), 601
Pratt, John, 437
Pratt, Priscilla, 437
Pratt, Priscilla Thurbee, 437
Preadly, Hannah, 288
Prentice, Adrastus P., 434

Helen M. (Smith), 434

Jennie M., 434

Annie, 134

Asa, 204, 421

Betsey M., 383

Charles, 297, 306, 582

Mrs. Charles, 518

Cora Ellen, 421

David, 417

David S., 420

Dr. David S., 269

Dr. David Sanborn, 420

Dr., 312

Dorothy (Tilton),449

Col. Dudley, 276, 416

Ebenezer, 422

Elizabeth, 417

Emily Augusta, 273, 279

Emma (Jenness), 423

Enoch Brown, 420, 421

Enoch True, 421

Erastus W., 417

Frank, 263

Frank G., 237

Frank R., 423

Fred S., 237

Hannah, 134, 135, 180, 417,

Prentice
Prentice
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott

548
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott

Harry S., 237
Horatio Gates, 417
Howard, 384

Prescott, T. Freeman, 444

Prescott, James, 301, 309, 422, 449, 459

Prescott, James M., 622

Prescott, Jane S., 166. 169, 418

Prescott, Jeremiah, 418

Prescott, John, 417, 419

Prescott, John Freeman Thing, 421

Prescott, John Oliver, 420

Prescott, Jonathan. 422, 553

Prescott, Jonathan Bean, 420

Prescott, Joshua, 134

Prescott, Josiah, 297, 417

Prescott, Judith, 419

Prescott, Leah, 374. _420

Prescott, Leo F., 237

Prescott, Lizzie, 263

Prescott, Lucy, 269, 418, 507

Prescott, Ly, 396

Prescott, Major, 418

Prescott, Mary, 252. 417, 418, 419, 421

Prescott, Marv E., 285

Prescott, Micah, 419

Prescott, Miriam, 553

Prescott, Newell, 433

Prescott, Col. Parker, 134, 135

Prescott, Perrin, 461

Prescott, Pollv, 437

Prescott, Rachel, 275, 276, 417

Prescott, Rebecca, 457, 459

Prescott, Reuben. 437

Prescott, Ruth, 134, 135, 418

Prescott, Sally, 452

Prescott, Samuel, 420, 421, 422

Prescott, Samuel W., 421, 423

Prescott, Samuel Washington, 420

Prescott, Solomon, 304, 310

Prescott, Stephen, 373, 375

Prescott, Susan Adda, 421

Prescott, Susanna, 204, 373, 375, 421

Prescott, Capt. William, 422

Preston, Elizabeth, 180

Preston, Ruth, 389

Prince, Frank, 166

Prince, Lee, 166

Prince, Rav, 166

Prince. Ruth, 166

Prince, Ruth Marston, 166

Proctor, Charles, 313

Proctor, Frances Hawes, 323

Proctor, Franklin. 323

Proctor, Moses, 2<>2

Proctor, Susan M., 323

Prouty, Etta P., 157

Provender, Miriam, 234

Prowse, Hannah, 255

Pulsifer, Deacon Samuel, 301

Pulsifer, Susan, 301

Puterbaugh, Henry S., 102

Pvke, Robert, 487

Pvnn, Gilbert, 423

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729

Pynn, Leander I.. 245
I'vnn. Mary, 423
Pyper, Nathaniel, 410, 411
Pyper, Solomon, 410

Quimby, Achsah, 286
Quimby, Anna, 255
Quimby, Betsey. 317

Quimby, Carrie. 2N8
Quimby, Charles, 287
Quimby, Rev. Daniel, 135
Quimby, Edmund, 618
Quimbv, Hannah, 135
Quimby, Harold, 618
Quimby, James, 287
Quimby, John. 286, 287, 618
Quimby, Joshua, 317
Quimbv. Marv, 121
Quimby, S. J.", 159_
Quimby, Sarah, 287
Quinby, Rev. Daniel. 134
Quinby, Hannah, 134

Ramsey, Betsey, 384
Ramsey, Betsey Elizabeth, 386
Ramsey, George, 306, 310
Rand, Edward G., 116
Rand, George, 508, 523
Rand, Lelia L., 591
Randall, Hannah. 241
Randall, James, 241
Randall. John, 623
Randall, Lydia B., 420
Randlett, Abigail, 375
Randlett, Abra T., 375
Randlett, Alice, 375
Randlett, Amanda. 233, 376
Randlett, Ann, 375
Randlett, Augusta, 329
Randlett, Belle, 329
Randlett, Charles, 329, 375
Randlett. Daniel, 134, 440
Randlett, David, 329
Randlett, Eliza G., 375
Randlett, Erving B., Ill
Randlett, Henrv W., 375
Randlett, John," 191. 391. 451
Randlett, Jonathan, 437
Randlett, Joseph, 375
Randlett, Josephine, 329
Randlett, Josiah, 111
Randlett, Luanda, 565, 566, 569
Randlett, Lydia. 120. 2<>7. 268
Randlett, Marietta. 554
Randlett, Marv, 375
Randlett, Marv L, 111
Randlett, Molly, 456
Randlett. Nancy, 537, 546
Randlett, Nathaniel J., 123
Randlett, Xoah, 375

Randlett, Osgood, 554
Randlett, Prescott P., 375
Randlett, Rachel, 375
Randlett, Serena, 465, 466
Randlett, Trew O., 375
Ranlet, Ann, 526, 527
Ransom, Ruth, 511
Rawlins, Serg. Joseph, 163
Rawlins, Rachel, 271
Rawlins, Sarah, 540, 545

Ray, , 626

Rav, Archie Marston, 426

Ray, Caleb. 423, 424

Ray, Daniel, 423

Ray, Ebenezer Bickford, 425, 426

Ray, Edward Eben, 426

Ray, Elizabeth, 424, 535

Ray. Ethel Tryphena, 426

Ray. Everett Augustus, 426

Rav, Fabius, 424

Ray, Frank Hubert, 426

Ray, George Thurman, 426

Rav, Hannah C, 424

Rav. Tohn. 424

Ray. John Hibbard, 426

Ray, Joshua, 424

Rav, Marv, 578

Rav, Nathaniel, 425, 427

Rav. Pollv H.. 578, 581

Ra\ . Rufus Dolloff, 426

Ray, Sarah ( Bickford), 425

Ray, Silas, 427

Ray, Susie Jane, 426

Ray, Tryphena, 149, 305, 306, 307

Rav. William. 423. 427. 578

Rav, Capt. William, 149, 300, 336, 337,

355, 357, 358
Ray. Lieut. William. 424, 425, 581
Ray, William Frank, 426
Ray, William Hover, 426
Rav, Zorabel. 424
Read, Abbv. 217
Read, Lydia, 217
Reid. Jonas, 526
Renou, Lucy M., 399, 401
Revere, Paul. 570
Reynolds, Tohn L 124. 127
Rice. Tane. 548
Rich. Richard. 428 _
Richard. Thomas, 178
Richards. Samuel, 592
Richards. Sarah, 592

Richardson. , 578. 582

Richardson, Major Bradbury. 246
Richardson, Caleb, 270
Richardson. Esther, 490
Richardson, Flora J., 539
Richardson. PL. 198
Richardson, Henrv. 53''
Richardson, Marv. 222, 270

730

INDEX OF NAMES

Richardson, Moses, 297
Richardson, Royal P., 245
Richardson, Ruth, 270
Richardson, Susanna, 297
Ricker, Octavia J., 185
Ricker, Tobias, 342
Rider, Samuel B., 540
Rindge, Olive, 349
Rinea, Rachel, 442, 445
Ring, Phebe, 501
Robbins, Emma J., 115

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Robe, Huldah, 388

Roberts
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434
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Frank G., 313
Zachariah, 115

Abby, 430

Abiah C, 434

Abigail, 258, 260, 261

Abigail Nutter, 428

Ada, 433

Alice J., 433

Almeda, 433

Ann, 431, 435

Anna A., 364

Arthur, 360, 431

Arthur S., 434

Arthur Sidney, 339

Benjamin, 429, 433, 434

Benjamin F., 435

Benjamin Franklin, 429

Benjamin R., 430, 435

Bertie C, 432

Betsey (Sinclair), 544

Calvin, 429

Carlton E., 434

Catherine, 321

Charles, 428

Charles C, 360

Charles Cutter, 430. 434

Charles H., 339, 360

Charles Hezekiah, 339, 431,

Charles N., 432, 434

David Moody, 430

David W., 433

Dixi Guy, 339, 360, 431, 434

Eben, 435, 606

Eben Ezra, 606

Eben Fisk, 431, 432

Eliza Jane, 476, 534, 544, 546

Ella, 434

Ellen P., 429

Emma, 433

Emma N., 99, 301, 452

Eunice, 236, 314, 315, 317, 446

Eunice (Leavitt), 462

Fannie, 430

Frances, 434

Frances Pauline, 339

Frank, 431

Fred S., 432

Roberts, George, 431, 432, 606

Roberts, George S., 435

Roberts, George Smith, 431, 432, 450

Roberts, Harriet J., 429

Roberts, Harry F., 432

Roberts, Hatevil, 428

Roberts, Henry Joseph, 339

Roberts, James, 429, 430, 431, 435

Roberts, James Frank, 432, 435

Roberts, John, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432,

433, 435, 604
Roberts, John L., 596
Roberts, Dr. John Leavitt, 429
Roberts, John S., 431
Roberts, Mrs. John S., 573
Roberts, John Sawyer, 433, 604
Roberts, Joseph, 316, 360, 428, 430, 434,

435, 446, 453, 459, 462, 597
Roberts, Lieut. Joseph, 317, 430
Roberts, Joseph Xeal, 339, 360, 431
Roberts, Joseph R., 430
Roberts, Joshua, 476
Roberts, Julia Ann (Smith), 434
Roberts, Leavitt, 243, 432, 434, 622
Roberts, Leavitt Sylvester, 429
Roberts, Levi, 429, 431, 434
Roberts, Lieutenant, 236
Roberts, Lloyd E., 434
Roberts, Lovey, 434
Roberts, Lucinda, 438
Roberts, Lucy Jane, 360, 431, 434
Roberts, Lucy May, 606
Roberts, Lydia Melvina, 429
Roberts, Martha, 432
Roberts, Martha A., 430
Roberts, Mary, 294. 304, 313, 314, 317,

430, 435
Roberts, Marv (Daniels), 360, 430, 434
Roberts, Mary F., 596, 602
Roberts, Alary Jane, 339
Roberts, Molly (Davis), 462
Roberts, Moody, 432, 434
Roberts, Nancy, 192, 435
Roberts, Nancy Ann, 43
Roberts, Nancy C, 431
Roberts, Nancy G., 434
Roberts, Nancy Leavitt. 429
Roberts, Nathaniel, 428
Roberts, Newell. 432
Roberts, Oren. 302
Roberts, Oren Nason, 432, 434
Roberts, Orrin, 606
Roberts, Otis, 433
Roberts, Otis S., 430
Roberts, Phebe, 435
Roberts, Polly, 316, 317, 476, 536
Roberts, Sallv, 457, 597
Roberts, Sanders, 429. 434
Roberts, Sarah, 428, 453, 459, 462
Roberts, Sarah E., 314

INDEX OF NAMES

731

Roberts, Sarah (Whiddin), 431
Roberts, Smith, 431
Roberts, Sophronia, 248. 429
Roberts, Thomas, 427, 428, 429, 43

432, 434. 606
Roberts, Warren, 430
Roberts, Washington, 429
Roberts, Will, 434. 381
Roberts. William, 606
Roberts, William S., 430, 434
H., 288
— , 117, 173

(Blaisdell), 583
. 375. 440

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Abbie

Abigail

Abigail Marston, 442

Angeline. 445

Ann, 437

Anna, 437

Anna M., 437

Annette, 441

Araminta D.. 594

Barbara. 438

Belle, 184, 185

Benjamin, 399, 401. 443, 446,

Bessie, 441
Betsey, 435, 491,
Betsev Jane, 439
Betsey K., 440
Bradbury, 437
Carrie, 599
Carrie Blanche
Chase, 296, 436

495

445

437, 438, 439,

Chase E.. 445
Christiana, 439
Clara, 441
Daniel, 436, 442
Robertson, Lieut. Daniel, 451

David, 436, 437. 442, 443
Capt. David. 622
De La Favette, 439
Dollv. 441'
E., 452

Ebeneezer, 464
Ebenezer, 439. 440
Ebenezer S.. 289
Ebenezer (Sullivan), 141,

Edward R., 207

Eliza A.. 437

Eliza Ann (Farnham), 57<>.

Elizabeth, 237, 436, 437, 443,

Ella, 441, 583
Ellen Wadleigh, 445
Emma A. G., 576, 580
Emma G., 443
Emma Rachel, 438

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Ephraim, 443, 446

Esther, 436

Ettie E., 443

Findlav, 306, 310

Francis J., 588

Francis Joseph. 187.440. 500

Francis S.. 590

Frank Orrin. 442

Frank P.. 442

George, 441,491,495

George B., 445

George W.. 440

Capt. H., 438

Hannah, 437

Hannah E., 443

Hannah S., 439

Helen A. G., 542

Henrv Harrison, 237

Ira, 442

Isabel, 438

Isabelle, 482

Jabez S., 446

James, 435, 436

Capt. James, 444

James M., 446

Jeremiah, 436, 437, 438, 442,

Joanna, 443, 446

Jabez S., 211

Jazreel. 166

Tohn, 237, 399, 436, 437, 439,

491, 494

John D., 446

John Greenleaf, 438

John H.. 121

John Henrv, 438

John Langdon, 438. 439, 476

John M., 445

John P., 439. 440

John Pratt. 440

John S.. 445

Jonathan. 44. 436, 437, 442,

Joseph, 111, 296, 436, 607,

Capt. Joseph. 444
Joseph E., 337, 360. 445
Joseph R.. 436. 443. 446
Joseph Til ton, 441
Joseph W., 419, 435, 439
Joseph Wadleigh, 440
Josephine, 443
Joshua, 354, 440. (^25
Joshua Alford, 444
Toshua B.. 435. 440
josiah, 165, 437. 442. 446,
, 499

Josiah Smith. 495
Judith Ann. 445
Judith (York), 607

732

INDEX OF NAMES

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310, 437
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440. 476,
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607

Kate, 541
Langdon, 480
Langdon G., 453
Laura T., 4_44
Lavina, 325
Lavinia, 439, 440
Levi, 442, 445, 446
Levi, Jr., 443, 446
Lillian S., 314
Lois, 399
Lottie, 464
Louisa, 478, 495
Louisa C, 333
Lvdia, 399, 436
L'vdia G., 461

Mrs. , 204

M. Agnes A., 458

Mahala, 491, 494

Mark D. L., 439

Mark Moore, 444

Marquis D., 218

Mary, 436, 437, 438, 443, 495

Mary A., 499. 544, 545

Marv Ann, 441

Mary C, 438

Marv Caroline, 438

Mary D„ 436

Mary Jane, 491, 494

Mary (Neal), 110, 111, 112,

Mary R., 446

Marv S., 435, 445

Matilda, 435

Mav, 559

Mehitable, 443

Mercy, 237, 304, 305, 309,

Alolly, 437

Monroe, 477

Munroe, 439^ 441

Nanny, 441

Nancy, 443

Nancy Pratt, 439

Nathaniel, 440, 442, 443, 444,

491, 494
Nellie, 439, 440
Noah, 435, 437, 439, 440, 443,

576, 580

Noah M. W., 439
Pauline, 445
Peter, 438, 441
Phebe, 491, 495
Pollv Crocket, 438
Priscilla, 399, 400, 438
Pulaski, 445
Rachel, 438
Roval Herman, 442
Sally, 548
Sarah, 146, 436, 443, 461,

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Sarah Ann, 142

Sarah B„ 435

Sarah G., 136

Sarah J., 439

Sarah Jane, 440

Sarah R., 446

Stephen, 442

Stephen Coffran, 442

Susan, 439, 534

Susan Howe, 439

Thaddeus Pulaski, 443, 576

Thomas, 310, 437, 438, 441
Capt. Thomas, 305
Thomas J., 184, 439
Thomas Jefferson, 438
Thomas P., 438
Thomas S., 443
True Philbrick, 442
Washington, 441, 583
Winthrop, 437
Zodoc Bowman, 444

Robey, Abigail, 189

Robey, John, 446

Roby, Charles Warren, 447

Roby, Harold William, 447

Roby, Henry, 446

Roby, James, 446

Roby, Jane, 222

Roby, Lorenzo, 222

Robv, Marv. 446, 447

Roby, Mary Alice, 222

Robv, Nancy, 447

Roby, Phebe, 430

Roby, Samuel, 446

Roby, Samuel Hastings, 447

Roby, Susan, 447

Roby, Thomas, 447

Robv, William, 447

Roby, William R., 447

Rogers, , 256, 257

Rogers, Albert, 602

Rogers, Betsey, 256

Rogers, Daniel, 242

Rogers, David, 364

Rogers, Judith, 100

Rogers, Eleanor, 364, 365

Rogers, Hannah, 364

Rogers, James, 364

Rogers, Jane, 365

Rogers, John, 325, 364

Rogers, Margaret, 424

Rogers, Mary, 364

Rogers, Mary Conner, 364

Rogers, Nancy, 364

Rogers, Nathaniel, 348, 364

Rogers, Phoebe C, 365

Rogers, Samuel C, 364

Rogers, Sarah, 538

Rogers, Susan, 364

INDEX OF NAMES

733

Rogers, William. 364, 365
Rogers, William C, 364
Rolfe, Frances Ann, 451
Rollin. Mary. 256
Rollins, Andrew, 383
Rollins, Calvin, 205
Rollins, E., 438
Rollins, Frank M., 400
Rollins, Fred, 244
Rollins, Tohn, 111
Rollins, Phebe, 148
Rollins, Simeon D., 117
Rollins, Tabitha, 411
Roosevelt, Theodore, 570
Ross, Lucy A., 158
Rossiter, Ada, 542
Row, Dorothy, 580
Row, Lazarus, 427
Row, Nancy, 546
Rowe, Abbv, 401
Rowe, Abby R.. 400
Rowe, Charles H., 447
Rowe, Charles M., 447
Rowe, Danforth, 400, 401
Rowe, Daniel M., 447
Rowe, Deborah, 110
Rowe. Dorothv, 481
Rowe, Eliza, 399, 400, 401
Rowe, Ezekiel, 101, 447
Rowe, Flora A., 447
Rowe, Jeremiah, 447
Rowe, Leon G., 447
Rowe, Leoria, 401
Rowe, Leoria J., 400
Rowe, Alary J., 447
Rowe, Mary S., 324
Rowe, Merton C, 447
Rowe, Morrison, 447
Rowe, Nancy, 539
Rowe, Ruth L., 296
Rowe, Sally. 101, 102
Rowe, Sarah (James), 318
Rowe, Simon, 324
Rowell. Betsey, 559
Rumsey. Eveline, 343
Rumsey, John, 343

Rundle'tt," , 376

Rundlett, Anna, 271
Rundlett, Betsey (Potter), 463
Rundlett, Catherine, 271
Rundlett, Charles, 271
Rundlett, Daniel P.. 419
Rundlett, Dora, 2*6, 266, 463
Rundlett, Eliza Jane. 374
Rundlett, Hannah. 417. 419
Rundlett. Josiah, 266, 419, 463
Rundlett, Leah, 613
Rundlett, l.ydia. 271
Rundlett, Mary, 271

Rundlett. Marv (James). 419
Rundlett, Nathaniel, 271
Rundlett, Pollv, 419
Runnells, Hannah Follett, 121
Runnells, Israel, 121
Runnells, Marv lane, 121
Russell. Amy. '188
Russell, Chester C, 4o4
Russell, lohn, 149
Russell, Lang, 188
Russell, Laura J., 605
Russell, Moonev, 184
Russell, Susan,' 149, 150
Rust, Margaret, 99
Ryder, Nettie, 282

Safford, Dudley, 237
St. Armand, Mary, 162
St. Clair, Charles P., 476
Salmond, William. 273
Saltmarsh, Eliza Jane, 612
Saltmarsh, Dr. G. W.. 613
Saltmarsh, Mary, 613
Saltmarsh, Thomas, 612
Samborn, Dr. Benaiah. 280, 281
Samborn, Comfort, 280. 281
Samborne, Rev. James, 105
Sampson, Charles W., 165
Sampson, Mabel E., 165
Sanborne, John. 460

Sanborn, ■ , 184

Sanborn, Aaron. 156, 449, 45_1_, 464
Sanborn, Capt. Aaron, 560, 579
Sanborn, Abial, 420
Sanborn, Abigail, 449. 452, 481, 537
Sanborn, Abigail A., 161
Sanborn, Abigail (Prescott), 301
Sanborn, Aimer, 431
Sanborn, Abraham. 422
Sanborn, Deacon Abraham, 624
Sanborn, Allen I.. 370
Sanborn, Alma Ann, 451
Sanborn, Almira J., 389
Sanborn, Almira Jane, 453
Sanborn, Alonzo Ray, 42(>
Sanborn, Andrew. 408. 411. 414
Sanborn, Ann. 110
Sanborn. Ann Fliza. 97. 210. 448
Sanborn, Ann W.. 452
Sanborn. Anna. 184. _385, 537, 619
Sanborn. Anna C, 453
Sanborn. Anna Comfort. 4o2
Sanborn, Anne Maud, 452. 457
Sanborn. Annette. 134
Sanborn, Annie M., 456, 462
Sanborn, Annie, 134, 380
Sanborn, Annie Theresa, 134
Sanborn, Arthur Lincoln, 452
Sanborn, Arvilla, 452

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Sanborn, Asahel, 180, 453 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Ashahel J., 180 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Aschel, 451 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Ashael, 390 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Ashel, 391, 451, 541 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Asa, 411 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Augusta, 221 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Augusta L., 456, 461 Sanborn,

Sanborn, B. M., 113 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Belinda, 452 Sanborn,
Sanborn, Dr. Benaiah, 450, 455, 491, Sanborn,

498, 506 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Dr. Benaih, 204 Sanborn,
Sanborn, Benjamin, 420, 448, 449, 454, Sanborn,

455 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Bert, 313 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Betsey, 180, 257, 452, 509, Sanborn,

^ 577, 578, 584 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Betsey Dearborn, 120 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Betty, 450 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Carl Collins, 453, 459 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Carrie E., 452 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Catberine, 540, 541 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Charles, 161, 370 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Charles F., 462 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Charles Francis, 453, 462 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Charles Leach, 452 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Charlotte, 463 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Charlotte Clara, 372 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Charlotte J., 464 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Christopher, 143, 175 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Clara, 463 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Clarence, 463 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Clarence Herbert, 372 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Coffin, 431 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Cynthia, 452 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Daniel, 275, 301, 444, 452 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Col. Daniel, 455 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Deacon Daniel, 405, 409 451, 45

Sanborn, David, 454, 538 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Col. David, 455 Sanborn,

Sanborn, David S., 454 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Deacon Davis, 523 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Deborah, 451, 560 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Dinah, 449 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Dudley, 111, 113, 449, 450 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Earl, 460 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Eben S., 455 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Edwin, 455, 456 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Edwin F., 461 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Edwin N., 416 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Electa J., 450 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Eliphalet, 456, 461 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Eliza W. Fogg, 164 463

Sanborn, Eliza L., 450 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Eliza Ann, 455 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Eliza Ruth, 453 Sanborn,
Sanborn, Elizabeth, 120, 271, 523, 537 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Elizabeth Thompson, 456 Sanborn,

Sanborn, Ella G., 462 Sanborn,

Ellen, 580
Elmira, 98
Elvena, 463
Emily, 454

Emma J. Carlton, 537
Emma Valora, 453
Emmeline B., 455
Enoch, 463
Ernest, 460, 463
Ernest Xoyes, 372
Esther, 455
Etta, 588
Eunice, 450
Eva R., 454
Evanah, 391
Evanah T., 389, 453
Everett, 524
Florence Jane, 267
Frank D., 454
Frank Herbert, 372
Frank M., 462
Freeze, 294
Fred, 441
Fred C, 456, 462
Fred Milton, 462
Fred Walter, 404
Frederick Milton, 453
Dr. George, 134, 454
George C, 459, 453
George E., 456, 462
George F., 463, 464
George Freeman, 455
George H., 454
George Washington, 204, 455
Giles Leach, 456
Gilman, 391, 541
Gladvs Augusta. 221, 462
Hannah, 243, 301, 391, 449,
2, 459, 541
Hannah Ladd, 455
Harriet, 452
Harriet Eleene, 464
Harriet Whitman, 450
Harrv Arthur, 459
Hattie, 221, 606
Hattie Leach, 456
Helen, 221
Helen Mav, 462
Henry, 120
Henrv Arthur, 453
Henry D., 538
Herbert, 465
Herbert Nathaniel, 372, 462,

Herman L., 456, 462
Hibbard, 541
Huldah. 204, 450, 455
Ida, 454
Ida L., 454
Ira, 452, 457

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Sanborn, J. C. 508

Sanborn, Jacob, 2o6, 463

Sanborn, Jane, 456

Sanborn, Jeminab, 124

Sanborn, Jennie, 409, 411

Sanborn, Jeremiah, 97, 448, 450

Sanborn, Jeremiah Freeze. 267

Sanborn. Jesse Appleton, 458

Sanborn, Jesse Fremont, 453

Sanborn, Joe B., 464

Sanborn, John, 379. 385, 422. 450. 452.

45m, 457, 458, 461, 576, 580
Sanborn, Dr. John, 419, 420
Sanborn, Lieut. Tohn, 449
Sanborn, John G.. 278, 598, 602
Sanborn, John Henry, 421, 455, 458
Sanborn, John J., 273
Sanborn, John M., 450
Sanborn, John Mooney, 464
Sanborn, John S., 452
Sanborn, John Shaw, 452
Sanborn, John Shaw, 464
Sanborn, John Smith, 455
Sanborn, John Taylor, 452, 457
Sanborn, John Y., 454
Sanborn, Jonathan, 451
Sanborn, Joseph, 180, 186
Sanborn, Joseph, Jr., 422
Sanborn, Joseph Xoah, 291, 453, 459,

462
Sanborn, Josiah, 124, 237^537, 538
Sanborn, Deacon Josiah, 540
Sanborn, Julius Edwin, 313
Sanborn, Lavina, 451
Sanborn, Lavina (Hoyt), 580
Sanborn, Lawrence, 267
Sanborn, Leroy Freeze, 267
Sanborn, Levi, 180
Sanborn, Levi W., 451
Sanborn, Lillian Jane, 221, 462
Sanborn, Loanda, 262
Sanborn, Lois, 449
Sanborn, Louis Bullman. 372
Sanborn Louisa, 108, 265. 267, 451
Sanborn, Louise, 107, 108, 113, 156, 197
Sanborn, Lowell, 144
Sanborn, Lucinda (Batchelder), 538
Sanborn, Lucinda M., 455
Sanborn. Lucretia, 450
Sanborn, Lucy, 440
Sanborn, Lucy L., 452, 464
Sanborn, Lucv J., 444
Sanborn, Luther. 450, 454. 492. 495
Sanborn, Lvdia, 272, 394
Sanborn, Lydia A.. 389, 464
Sanborn, Lvdia Ann, 390, 453. 464
Sanborn, Lydia (Rollins), 392, 458
Sanborn, Mahala, 449
Sanborn, Maria, 452
Sanborn, Martha Ann, 113

Sanborn, Marv, 174, 189, 190, 204, 337,

341. 431, 596
Sanborn, Mary A., 454
Sanborn, Mary Belinda, 204
Sanborn, Mary E., 389
Sanborn, Mary Elizabeth, 452, 453
Sanborn, Mary F., 450
Sanborn, Mary (Gove), 422
Sanborn, Mary J., 143
Sanborn, Mary Johnson, 175
Sanborn, Mary Judith, 454
Sanborn, Marv Marden, 144
Sanborn, Mary R., 453, 459
Sanborn, Mary Rosetta, 462
Sanborn, Mary Simpson, 455
Sanborn, Mary (Tuck), 422
Sanborn, Mehitable, 108, 553, 554
Sanborn, Mesech, 324
Sanborn, Meshek, 596
Sanborn, Mildred Laura, 454, 459
Sanborn, Molly, 418, 455
Sanborn, Moses, 221, 391, 451, 454, 456,

461, 541
Sanborn, Moses Salmon, 453
Sanborn, Xancy, 274, 324, 449, 584
Sanborn, Xancy J., 144
Sanborn, Xathan, 457, 459, 536, 538
Sanborn, Xathan P., 452
Sanborn, Capt. Xathan. 450
Sanborn, Nathaniel, 453, 457, 459, 462,

597, 601
Sanborn, Ned B.. 396
Sanborn, Newell. 114, 449, 450, 452.

454, 464, 538
Sanborn, Xoah W., 451
Sanborn, Odell Batcheldor, 114. 454
Sanborn, Olive, 146
Sanborn, Olive E., 460
Sanborn, Olive Esther. 453, 459, 462
Sanborn, Orrin X.. 454. 460
Sanborn, Oscar, 164
Sanborn, Oscar C, 456, 462
Sanborn, Oscar V., 221
Sanborn, Otis Lawrence, 267
Sanborn, Parker, 180
Sanborn, Pearl, 463
Sanborn, Pearl Smith, 266
Sanborn, Phebe, 379, 385, 450, 452, 45'..

597
Sanborn. Phebe A., 601
Sanborn, Phebe Ann, 453, 459, 4"2
Sanborn, Phebe C, 461
Sanborn, Plummer. 180
Sanborn, Polk, 180,227.391,450.451,

459. 463. 541, 624. 625
Sanborn, Pollv F., 112. 113. 231
Sanborn, Rachel. 405, 409
Sanborn, Rachel (Shaw), 431
Sanborn. Ray. 4<>(>
Sanborn, Reuben, 537

736

INDEX OF NAMES

Sanborn, Rhoda, 180

Sanborn, Ricbard, 448, 454, 535

Sanborn, Robert, 460

Sanborn, Roscoe C, 454

Sanborn, Royal W., 464

Sanborn, Rovdon W., 455

Sanborn, Ruth, 114, 391, 451, 541

Sanborn, Ruth Leonette, 372

Sanborn, Sally, 449

Sanborn, Salmon, 451

Sanborn, Salmon Hibbard, 389, 391,

453, 464
Sanborn, Samuel, 107. 108, 113, 197,

265, 449. 451, 452, 560, 579
Sanborn, Samuel, Esq., 463
Sanborn, Samuel Gilman, 454
Sanborn, Samuel P., 452
Sanborn, Sarah, 256, 257, 303, 309, 390,

436. 449, 451, 458, 524, 541
Sanborn, Sarah Ann, 454
Sanborn, Sarah Jane, 453, 455, 459, 462
Sanborn, Shubael, 448
Sanborn, Stephen, 448, 451, 453, 454,

459, 460, 462

Sanborn, Stephen Richard, 454
Sanborn, Susan, 456, 461
Sanborn, Susan C, 455, 456
Sanborn, Susan Catherine, 421, 458
Sanborn, Susan Lillian, 456
Sanborn, Susanna, 422
Sanborn, Susanna (James), 422
Sanborn, Simon, 537
Sanborn, Theoplis, 108
Sanborn, Theophilus, 449, 450, 451,

460, 479

Sanborn, Theophilus S., 451
Sanborn, Thomas J., 175
Sanborn, Timothy, 237, 418, 452
Sanborn, True, 451
Sanborn, Walter, 454, 456, 461
Sanborn, Warren, 450
Sanborn, Wesley, 291
Sanborn, Wesley C, 456, 462
Sanborn, Wesley Curtis, 453, 462
Sanborn, Wesley D., 292, 454
Sanborn, Wesley David, 460
Sanborn, Wilber Clarence, 372
Sanborn. William, 114. 303, 309, 448,

456, 458, 463, 464. 4X2
Sanborn, William C, 46 1
Sanborn, William Chase, 454
Sanborn, William Henry, 455
Sanborn, William Tenney. 452
Sanborn, William Thompson. 453
Sanborn, Rev. Willis. 459
Sanborn, Willis J., 454
Sanborn. W. A., 463
Sanborn, Capt. Winborn A.. 580
Sanborn, Zadoc, 450. 456, 461
Sandborn, Xancy, 607

Sanders

, Betsey, 465

Sanders

, Christopher, 465

Sanders

, Ethelyn M., 387

Sanders

, Francis, 465

Sanders

, Frank C, 466

Sanders

Franklin Everett Bradway,

323

Sanders

, George, 464, 465

Sanders

George A., 387, 465, 466

Sanders

, George W., 465

Sanders

Hannah, 465

Sanders

Henry, 465

Sanders

Isiah, 465

Sanders

J. Frank, 465

Sanders

John, 450, 465

Sanders

Joseph, 465

Sanders

Joseph S.. 465

Sanders

Mary, 465

Sanders

Olive, 465

Sanders

Orrin, 465

Sanders

Philena, 465

Sanders

Pollv, 450

Sanders

Richard, 465

Sanders

Roscoe M., 465

Sanders

Rubamah, 465

Sanders

Ruth, 465

Sanders

Samuel, 465

Sanders

Sarah, 402

Sanders

Thankful, 465

Sargent

Abigail, 424

Sargent

Amy Ann, 313

Sargent

Charles, 529

Sargent

Edward Brown, 602

Sargent

Elder, 95

Sargent

Frances, 602

Sargent

Frank. 172

Sargent

H.. 250

Sargent

Tudith, 250

Sargent,

Lydia. 481

Sargent,

Polly, 295

Sargent,

Proctor, 313

Sargent,

Robert, 237

Sargent,

S., 250

Sargent,

Susan, 240

Sargent,

Zebadiah, 240

Sattalee

Catherine, 457, 459

Saunder

s, Abigail, 425

Saunder

s. John, 425

Sawver,

, 253

Sawyer, Abigail O., 253
Sawver, Molly, 523
Scale, Edward, 487
Scammel, Colonel, 427
Scammon, Col. James, 336
Scammon, Richard M., 473
Sceggel, Lucy, 126
Schley, Admiral, 570
Scott, Henrietta, 442
Scott, Lydia A., 363
Scribner, , 421

INDEX OF NAMES

737

Scribner, Ambrose, 93
Scrihner, Edward, 421
Scribner, Martha, 436
Scribner, William, 421
Seaver, Hepzibab, 607
Seaver, Hepzibab (Gilson), 609
Seaver, Marv lane, (>(>6
Seaver, Robert, 607, 609
Seaver, Susan, 607

Seavey, -, 188

Seavey, Charlotte Wilson, 244

Seavey, Closes, 184

Senter, Col. Joseph, 329, 581

Senter, Lavina V., 159

Senter, Linda S., 160

Senter, Nellie B.. 328, 329

Senter, Priscilla, 134. 135, 330

Senter, Samuel, 330

Senter, Samuel R., 329

Senter, Samuel M., 159, 160

Severance, Fred, 577

Severance, Jacob J., 435

Severance, Judith (Glidden), 445

Severance, Leroy, 577

Severance, Lucinda H., 445

Severance, Mary R., 435

Severance, Peter, 445

Severance, Susan R., 435

Severance, William. 577

Sevmour, Rev. John L., 104, 297

Shabbott, Fred C. 306

Shackford, Nat, 93

Shannon, Abigail, 198

Shatswell, Marv. 586, 587

Sbattuck. Avis K, 432

Shattuck, Rev. Calvin S.. 432

Sbattuck, Rev. Charles W., 432

Shattuck, Rev. Frank, 432

Shaw, Abigail. 488. 489, 490, 504, 506

Shaw, Ann, 489. 490

Shaw. Anna, 450, 451

Shaw. Anne. 449. 489

Shaw, Austin, 492

Shaw. D. Austin, 495

Shaw, Benjamin, 488. 489, 490, 504

Shaw, Betsey, 439. 446. 441

Shaw, Daniel, 262, 412, 591

Shaw. Dr., 458

Shaw. Edward, 490

Shaw. Elijah. 2u2, 412. 591

Shaw, Eliza, 262, 409, 466, 467. 591

Shaw, Eliza Greenleat, 412

Shaw, Eliza Jane, 2<>2

Shaw. Esther, 489, 490

Shaw, Esther ( Richardson ) , 504

Shaw, Greenleat". 2<,2, 591

Shaw. Hilliard. 2(,2, 412. 466, 4'. 7, 591

Shaw, Mrs. Hilliard, 554

Shaw. John. 259

Shaw, Jonathan, 259

Shaw. Joseph, 489, 490

Shaw, Josiah, 449

Shaw, Margaret, 489

Shaw, Martha S., 156

Shaw, Marv, 489, 490, 501

Shaw, Mary A.. 400

Shaw, Mercy, 425

Shaw, Nancy, 159

Shaw, Nathan B., 176

Shaw, Phebe, 258

Shaw, Polly, 464

Shaw, Polly F., 452

Shaw, Roger, 489, 490, 554

Shaw, Ruth, 490

Shaw, Samuel, 156, 449

Shaw, Sarah, 258, 261, 490

Shaw, Sarah E., 260

Shaw, Theophilus, 451

Shea, Agnes, 172

Sheaf, Mehitable, 397, 507, 514

Shearman, Henry, 467

Shearman, Reuben, 468

Shedd, Horace, 161

Shedd, Myra J., 161

Shephard, Calvin West, 375

Charles, 505

Ella, 511

Ella Florence, 523

Grace, 192

John, 93, 94
510
443

Shephard,
Shephard,
Shephard,
Shephard,
Shephard,
Shephard, Joseph,
Shephard, Mercy,
Shephard, Richard, 511. 523
Shephard, Major Richard, 443
Shephard, Smith, 306, 310
Sherburne, Betsey, 205
Sherburne, Jane, 418
Sherlock, Arthur, 452
Sherman, Janetle, 469
Sherman, Ruth (Smith), 469
Sherman, Rueben, 469
Shields, Harry F„ 245
Shores, George, 191, 391
Shores, Mary. 342

Shortridge, , 603

Sias, Hannah, 321
Sias, Capt. Joseph, 289
Sias, Lydia, 289
Sias, Tamison, 271
Sibley, Amos, 471
Siblev, Avis Mellissa, 393
Sibley, Eben. 393
Sibley. George L., 123
Sibley, Hannah, 470
Sibley, Jacob, 469, 471. 472
Sibley. James, 471
Sibley, Jonathan, 471
Sibley, Josiah Dow, 470
Sibley, Lydia, 123
Sibley. Mark, 470

738

INDEX OF NAMES

bley, Mary, 470
bley, Mary Dow, 527
bley, Nancy, 393, 470
bley, Oscar, 393
bley, Richard, 470
bley, Samuel, 470, 472
blew Sophia, 470
bley, William, 123
lsby, Betsey Bowker, 134
lsby, David, 134
mpson, Alexander, 375
mpson, Hiram, 136
mpson, Lydia J., 375
mpson, Sarah, 118
mpson, Thomas, 259
nclair, - — , 434

nclair. Captain, 424

nclair, Belinda, 475. 477

nclair, Benjamin, 381, 475

nclair, Betsey, 437, 440, 476

nclair, Constantine, 474

nclair, Emma Belle, 192

nclair, Isabel Dockham, 474

nclair, J. L., 474_

nclair, Jacob, 475

nclair, James, 475, 477

nclair, John, 477

nclair, Rev. John Langdon, 475

nclair, John Meed, 477

nclair, Joseph, 474, 475, 477

nclair, Joseph Haynes, 475

nclair, Laura Etta, 477

nclair, Mary, 475, 595

nclair, Myrtle Beatrice, 477

nclair, Nancy J., 622

nclair, Nathaniel, 380, 475

nclair, Noah, 477

nclair, Noah Leroy, 477

nclair, Polly, 522

nclair, Polly (Mary), 508, 509

nclair, Richard, 476

nclair, Capt. Richard, 213

nclair, Sally, 311

nclair, Thomas, 314, 475, 476

nclair, Thomas J., 1/0

nclair, Thomas Jefferson, 477

nclair, William, 475

nclair, Zebulon, 476

ngletery, Lydia, 270

nkler, Deborah, 473

nkler, Etta, 178

nkler, James, 473, 474

nkler, John, 473

nkler, Joseph, 473

nkler, Mary, 473

nkler, Thomas, 178, 473, 474, 475
Skidgell, Eliza H., 162
Skidgell, Harriett C. (Aldrich), 162
Skidgell, Horace, 162
Skinner, Hannah, 232

Sleeper, Alma L., 564, 568

Sleeper, Elizabeth, 492, 494

Sleeper, Elizabeth Marston, 494

Sleeper, Hezekiah, 465

Sleeper, Jeremiah D., 313

Sleeper, Levi, 115

Sleeper, Nathaniel, 600

Sleeper, Nemiah, 465

Sleeper, Prudence, 599, 600

Sleeper, Stephen, 492, 494

Sleeper, Viola Rogers, 313

Small, Amos, 180

Small, Deborah, 626

Small, James, 93

Small. Mary, 534, 535

Small, Susan, 286

Smalley, Eunice E.. 123

Smart, Hannah, 579

Smart, Josiah, 209

Smart, Nancy, 209

Smart, Wilfred Smith, 482

Smart, Wilfred, 438

Smith, , 173, 178, 261

Smith, Abel, 520

Smith, Abbie, 482, 500

Smith, Abbie Haseltine, 501

Smith, Abbie Maud, 438

Smith, Abby, 483

Smith, Abby R., 375

Smith, Abiah Stevens, 511

Smith, Abigail, 140, 187, 193, 208, 226,
252, 311, 328, 329, 399, 481, 483, 485,
488, 489, 490, 491, 493, 494, 495, 496,
499, 500, 506, 514, 515, 516, 519, 521,
525, 589

Smith, Abigail (Cass), 310, 403, 518,
519

Smith, Abigail Norris, 227

Smith, Abigail Thomas, 525

Smith, Addie, 492

Smith, Addison, 514

Smith, Adeline, 482

Smith, Agnes, 227

Smith, Albert W., 495

Smith, Alfred,

Smith, Alice, 245, 497, 527

Smith, Alice C, 495

Smith, Alice W., 510

Smith, Alvah, 482, 541

Smith, Andrew Jackson, 258, 390

Smith, Ann, 489, 490, 506, 515

Smith, Ann Maria, 397

Smith, Anna. 420. 490. 491. 493, 494,
496, 501, 505, 508. 516, 523

Smith, Anna G., 478

Smith, Anna (Jewell), 505

Smith, Anna M., 480

Smith, Anna Nancv, 257

Smith. Anne, 478, 515, 521

Smith, Annie, 499

IXDKX OF NAMES

739

Smith, Annie (Perkins), 507

Smith, Annis, 269, 276. 296, 337, 397,

5ii7. 514. oOl
Smith. Anzel, 484
Smith, Arthur, 510, 570
Smith, Arthur L., 510
Smith. Arthur Willis. 510
Smith. Asahel, 520
Smith, Aschel, 514
Smith, Aseneth, 520
Smith, Augustus M., 510
Smith, Barbara W., 482
Smith, Beatrice, 510
Smith, Benjamin, 130, 208, 252. 328.

485, 488, 489, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496,

497, 498, 501, 504, 505, 506, 515. 590.

614
Smith, Deacon Benjamin. 360
Smith, Benjamin Abbott. 492. 496
Smith, Benjamin M., 500, 525, 589
Smith, Deacon Benjamin N., 339
Smith, Bernard Cady, 126, 291
Smith, Bernard Cadv, Jr., 126
Smith, Bessie, 510
Smith, Bessie Elizabeth, 126
Smith, Betsev, 134, 206, 256, 257, 289,

290, 293, 417, 478, 481, 495, 509, 510,

522, 523, 563, 566, 567
Smith, Betsey (Elizabeth). 505
Smith, Betty, 526
Smith, Cadv. 126
Smith. Caleb, 491
Smith, Carrie, 115
Smith, Carrie E., 477, 510
Smith, Carrie L., 510
Smith, Catherine, 477. 516. 521
Smith, Catte ( Catherine ) , 479
Smith, Giarles, 112. 184, 296. 337, 361,

420, 440, 482, 484. 507, 508. 514, 574,

601. 626
Smith. Esquire Charles. 269, 276. 397
Smith, Charles B., 523
Smith, Charles Brooks, 510
Smith, Charles Darwin, 520
Smith, Charles Frank, 394
Smith, Charles Hamilton, 393
Smith, Charles Harvey. 102
Smith, Charles Lauren, 390
Smith, Charles O.. 510
Smith, Charlesina Edna, 390
Smith, Charlotte, 216. 256. 257, 440.

505, 514, 519, 520, 524, 526
Smith, Charlotte B. Leavitt, 608
Smith, Charlotte E., 102
Smith, Charlotte Josephine, 519
Smith, Chase, 481
Smith, Child, 490
Smith, Christopher, 455. 488, 489, 490,

491, 492, 493, 494. 496, 501, 502, 504,

505, 506, 525, 526

Smith,
^ 500
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
478,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
614
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
487,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
289,
441,
508,
522,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith.
517,

438,

Deacon Christopher, 280, 450,

Lieut. Christopher, 498, 499
Clarence, 510
Clarence C, 102
Clarissa, 516, 520
Clark, 432
Colleen J., 115
Comfort, 515. 516, 521
Cornet Winthrop, 130
Curtis F., 482
Daniel, 184. 240. 337, 427.
479, 480. 481, 483, 515. 611
Col. Daniel, 418
Daniel French, 502
Daniel K., 483
Daniel M., 253
Daniel Marston, 492. 494. 496,

Daniel P., 483. 563, 567

Daniel Pike. 181, 184

Daniel Thomas, 482

David, 453, 459. 484, 501, 515

Rev. David, 211

David F„ 502

David French, 501, 502, 503

David French, Jr., 503

David Page, 484

Deborah, 106, 107, 485, 486,
488, 498, 503, 504

Delma W., 502

Donald French, 503

Doris B., 394

Dorothy Lydia, 390

Dwell v Turner, 451

E. E.," 272

Earl. 478

Ebenezer. 170. 254, 259. 269,
290, 293, 333, 352, 397, 419. 438,
476, 477, 479, 480, 491, 506, 507,
509, 510, 511. 514, 516, 517, 521,
563, 566, 567, 568, 611

Ebenezer, Jr., 479

Col. Ebenezer, 424

Hon. Ebenezer. 417. 418

Judge Ebenezer, 417

Ebeneezer Lock, 478

Ebenr L., 305

Edith. 510

Edna M., 393

Edward, 130, 131, 515, 516. 521

Edward Otis, 509

Edwin K.. 258

Edwin Parry, 193

Electa, 520

Eliphalet, 130

Elisha. 389. 501, 506, 508. 516,
521. 523. 525

740

INDEX OF NAMES

Smith

Capt. Elisha, 104, 109,

227, 231,

Smith,

296,

338, 440, 501, 508, 509,

510, 512,

Smith,

-, 5J9'

522, 604

Smith,

Smith

Lieut. Elisha, 488

Smith,

Smith

Eliza, 129, 483, 492, 507, 509,

Smith,

„ 5l9'

613

Smith,

Smith

Eliza Jones, 586

Smith,

Smith

Elizabeth, 98, 188, 479,

482, 515,

Smith,

, 516,

517, 519, 563, 567, 601

Smith,

Smith

Elizabeth Ann, 607

337,

Smith

Elizabeth (Gennis), 5

21

484,

Smitli

Elizabeth M., 510

521,

Smith

Elizabeth ( Marston) ,

311

626

Smith

Ella M., 495

Smith,

Smith

Ellen M., 333

Smith,

Smith

Ellen Maria, 510

Smith,

Smith

Ellen McC, 231

Smith,

Smitli

Emily, 514

Smith,

Smith

Emma, 546

Smith,

Smith

Emma Francis, 245

Smith,

Smith

Emma May, 102

Smith,

Smith

Emmons, 484

Smith,

Smith

Ernest, 484

Smith,

Smith

Ernest Parrv, 193

Smith,

Smith

Esther, 253, "492, 493,

494, 496,

Smith,

500,

512. 525, 589, 614

Smith,

Smith

Esther F., 245, 519

Smith,

Smith

Ethel W., 477, 510

Smith,

Smith

Eunice, 541

Smith,

Smith

Eunice Woodbury, 484

Smith,

Smith

Evelyn, 484

Smith,

Smith

Evelyn A., 477

Smith,

Smith

Flora L., 509

„ 5!7'

Smith

Francena Curtis, 510

Smith,

Smith

Frances, 501

Smith,

Smith

Frances Ann, 216

Smith,

Smith

Frances Esther, 509

490.

Smith

Frances Helen, 502, 502

Smith,

Smith

Frances J. ( Brown),

541

Smith,

Smith

Frances Lydia, 513

Smith,

Smith

Francis, 197, 265. 487

, 523

Smith,

Smith

Francis Ann, 524

Smith,

Smith

Francis F., 245

Smith,

Smith

Francis Fisk, 125

Smith,

Smith

Francis Lvdia, 520

Smith,

Smith

Frank, 295, 478, 520, 535,

Smith,

Smith

Frank Marston, 533

Smith,

Smith

Frank Percy, 509

Smith,

Smith

Frank \\\, 510

Smith,

Smith

Fred, 314, 424

Smith,

Smith

Fred Herbert, 510

481,

Smith

Frederick, 438, 482

Smith,

Smith

Freeman G., 586

Smith,

Smith

George, 493, 500, 589

Smith,
Smith,
Smith,

Smith

George F., 511

Smith

George Frank, 166, 509

Smith

George H., 482, 541

Smith

George Henry, 483

Smith,

Smith

George H. Sumner, 510

Smith,

Smith

George S., 500, 525

Smith,

George W., 476, 586

Gilman, 184, 481, 482, 484, 517

Gladys. 484

Grace, 438. 505

Grace E. W. (Mudgett), 500

Guv, 510

Guv L., 166

H.'C, 623

Hannah, 159, 183, 187,211,269,
341, 355, 358, 405, 414, 478, 479,
491, 493, 495, 498, 500, 506, 516,
525, 578, 583, 588, 589, 590, 608,

Hannah Abbott, 614

Hannah P., 499

Hannial P., 509

Harold B., 394

Harrison, 246, 519

Harrv L., 483

Hattie M.. 492

Haven, 520

Helen Louise, 502, 503

Henry, 97, 102, 520

Rev. Henrv, 514

Henrv L, 480

Henrv L., 129, 512, 519, 618

Henry Lyman, 519, 520

Henry M'artin Bartlett, 102

Hepsibah Rolinda, 484

Herman A., 482

Herman P., 614

Hezekiah, 475, 508, 509, 516,
521, 522

Horace Wellington, 510

Howard A.. 482

Huldah, 280, 450, 455, 488, 489,
491, 493, 498, 500. 501, 506

Huldah P., 500, 525, 589

Huse, 508, 523

Ida, 510

Ida B., 513

Ira Sinclair, 477

Irene (Xeal). 112

Isabel, 267, 337

Israel, 481, 514

Ithiel, 481, 514, 516, 521

J. Rovdon, 394

J. Sewall, 484

j. W., 618

Jacob, 193, 333, 448, 478, 479.
51-1

lacob Sheaf, 514

James, 321. 483

James P., 293

Jane, 96, 98, 520

Jean Alice. 509

Jeddidah, 488

Jennie R., 502

Jenny Wycoff, 502, 503

INDEX OF NAMES

"41

Smith.

578,
Smith.

333,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,

303,

481,

491,

504,
^ 520,
Smith,

. 506,
Smith,
Smith.
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith.
Smith.
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
320,
563
Smith,
Smith,

„ 519

Smith,

Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,

523
Smith,
Smith.
Smith,
Smith.
Smith.

607
Smith,

Jeremiah, 339. 357, 358, 478,
583, 608, 611, 626
Dr. Jeremiah, 216, 256, 257.

337, 505. 520, 524. 526

Jeremiah C. 5' id. 570

Jeremiah M., 295

Jeremiah Morrill. 188, 478

Jerusha, 303. 489

Jessie, 418, 509

John, 106, 107. 159, 186. 187,
307, 309, 320, 397, 418, 455, 479,
4S4, 485-486, 4S7, 488, 489, 490,
492, 493, 498, 499, 500, 501, 503,
505. 506, 507. 514, 515, 516, 517,
521, 525. 585, 588, 589, 590

Capt. John, 131, 208. 303, 504,
610

Lieut. John, 498

John B.. 509

John Coleman, 502, 503

Lieut. John "Cooper," 504, 506

John Frank, 510

John H., 337, 393

Mrs. John H., 391

John Morrill. 478

John Nicholas, 513

John P., 483

John Parker, 495, 507

John Parker. Sr.. 492

John Pickering, 238

John Pickering, Jr.. 483

John Rice, 120, 333, 337, 478

John ("Shaving John"), 504

Jonathan, 514, 520

Jonathan Page, 505

Joseph, 185, 207, 304. 309. 312,
349, 381, 481, 483, 514, 519, 520,

Joseph, Sr., 525

Deacon Joseph, 311, 517, 518,

Joseph B., 246

Joseph C. 481

Joseph Chase. Jr.. 481

Joseph F„ 438. 482

Joseph Frank. 184, 185. 438

Joseph G.. 183

Joseph Gilman, 481

Joseph Henrv, 519

Joseph L., 394

Joseph P., 205. 465

Joseph \V., 245, 250, 512, 517,

Joseph William, 513, 519

Josephine, 217

Joshua, 477

Toshua R.. 480

Josiah, 489, 490, 491, 494, 517,

Judith, 501, 516, 563, 567, 614

Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
. 509.
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smtih
Smith
499,
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
454,
490,
501,
526,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith.
Smith,
Smith.

Judith (Gilman), 521

Julia A., 302, 402. d06

Julia Ann, 432

Kate. 502

Katherine, 149

Kendrick \\"„ 492. 495

Laura, 482, 402. 569

Laura S., 563, 565, 567

Lauren William, 390

Lavina, 337, 361, 493, 500, 501,
512, 513, 519, 523. 525. 556, 589

Lavina (Smith ) , 341

Leah, 481, 514

Lee, 484

Lelia. 484

Leonora L., 102

Levi. 493

Levi S., 499

Lewis, 477, 502. 510

Lewis Cass, 513, 520, 523

Lilla M., 513

Lindie C, 510

Linwood, 510

Lorna Tarbett, 102

Louisa F., 501, 502

Louise, 491

Louise Charlotte, 390

Love, 506

Lucy J., 483

Lvdia, 227, 231, 243. 484, 493,
506

M. A., 217

M. J., 296

Mabel E., 477

Mabel Josephine. 394

Maggie Louise, 502, 503

Mahala. 520

Margaret, 503. 514

Mariam S., 184

Maribah, 520

Marion K.. 509

Martha. 478. 484, 499, 493

Martha B., 317

Martha Ermina. 502

Martha (Drake), 505

Martha S.. 21 1

Martin Luther, 491

Mary, 259. 311, 320, 349, 397,
461, 476, 481, 482. 484. 488. 489,
491, 492, 493. 494. 498, 499, 500,
506, 511, 515, 516, 519, 521, 525.
589, 590

Mary Alice, 390

Mary Ann, 478. 483

Mary Ann (Clifford), 586

Man- Ann P., 238

Mary ( Brown), 618

Mary C, 253

Mary Charlotte. 496. 614

Mary Charlotte Hodgdon. 492

742

INDEX OF NAMES

Smith, Mary E., 339, 482

Smith, Mary Elizabeth, 240

Smith, Mary E. (Brown), 512

Smith, Mary Ellen, 509

Smith, Mary Esther, 360

Smith, Mary (Gilman), 516

Smith. Mary H., 502

Smith, Mary Hannah, 503

Smith, Mary Jane, 276, 420

Smith, Mary Leavitt, 516, 562

Smith, Mary M., 509

Smith, Mary Mudgett, 590

Smith, Mary W., 514

Smith, Mary Susan, 184

Smith. Matilda, 519

Smith, Mattie, 237

Smith, Maud Augusta, 166

Smith, Maud Badger, 501

Smith, Maurice P., 482

Smith, Mehitable, 481, 514, 526

Smith, Mehitable (Sheafe), 397

Smith. Melba E., 393

Smith, Melissa, 482

Smith, Melvina, 149, 482

Smith, Meribah, 514

Smith, Mertie F., 510

Smith, Miland, 583

Smith, Mildred E., 510

Smith, Milton, 166

Smith, Molly, 523

Smith, Moody, 604

Smith, Moody Huse, 509

Smith, Morris, 490

Smith, Moses. 129, 164, 220, 304, 309,

509, 512. 517, 518. 520, 522, 523
Smith, Moses B., 509
Smith, Moses G., 520
Smith, Motte, 521
Smith, Xabbie, 506
Smith, Xancv, 98, 109, 337, 478, 505,

509, 519, 520
Smith. Nancy D., 580
Smith, Nancy Elizabeth, 184
Smith, Naomi Jane, 492, 496
Smith, Nason, 142
Smith, Nathan L., 98
Smith, Nathaniel, 270, 503, 515
Smith, Nellie J., 125
Smith, Nellie L., 394
Smith. Nicholas, 306, 337, 341, 361,

433, 509, 512, 513, 515, 516. 517, 519,

521, 523, 526, 562, 563, 567
Smith, Deacon Nicholas, 256, 304, 309,

505. 512, 517, 518, 519, 523, 524
Smith, Nicholas Marston, 513, 520, 523
Smith, Noah. 332, 500, 505, 506
Smith. Col. Noah, 580, 584
Smith, Col. Noah E., 531
Smith, Olive (Knowlton), 459
Smith, Orville, 618

Smith, Orville Parker, 500, 505, 506

Smith, Page, 256, 257

Smith, Parker, 256, 257, 505, 507

Smith, Patience, 515, 516

Smith, Patty, 506

Smith, Paul", 303, 489, 525, 526

Smith, Pavne, 478

Smith, Pearl Phebe, 390

Smith, Peggy, 98

Smith, Perley Blair, 502

Smith, Peter, 243, 491, 494

Smith, Phebe, 220, 307,' 311, 448, 517,

519, 535, 619
Smith, Phebe T., 186
Smith, Phillip, 256, 257, 485, 488, 505,

520 524
Smith. Polly, 226, 311, 381, 397, 479,

480, 493, 506, 507, 519, 543
Smith, Priscilla, 493, 500. 589
Smith, Priscilla M., 500, 525
Smith, R. G., 217
Smith, Rachel, 98, 476, 480, 482
Smith, Rachel Ann, 543
Smith, Rachel C, 438, 439
Smith, Ralph M., 493
Smith, Rebecca, 577
Smith, Rebecca M., 502
Smith, Rebecca Margaret, 503
Smith, Relief, 522
Smith, Relief R., 511
Smith, Relief Rogers, 250, 618
Smith, Reuben, 501, 508, 509
Smith, Reuben F., 502
Smith, Reuben Fernand, 503
Smith, Reuben P.. 502
Smith, Reuben Page, 491, 501, 502,

506
Smith, Rhoda, 478, 526
Smith, Richard, 333, 337, 478, 479, 515,

517, 521, 611
Smith, Richard Hawlev, 502, 503
Smith, Robert, 129, 220, 226, 272, 277,

303, 304, 310, 311. 381, 403, 481, 508,

513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520,

524, 619
Smith, Robinson, 185
Smith, Robinson W., 482
Smith, Dr. Robinson W., 438
Smith, Rolf S., 477
Smith, Rolfe, 510
Smith. Rosev, 183
Smith, Rufu's, 299, 483, 519, 520
Smith, Ruth, 468, 489, 543
Smith, Ruth C, 511
Smith, Ruth K., 453
Smith, Ruth Knowlton, 459
Smith, Ruth Page, 525
Smith, Sallv, 125. 256, 257, 317, 418,

455, 481, 492, 494, 495, 505, 508, 512,

522, 523, 537, 621

INDEX OF NAMES

743

Smith, Sallv R., 220

Smith, Sallv Huse, 509, 510

Smith, Sallv (Watson), 607

Smith. Samuel, 98, 134, 149, 390, 485,

488, 520
Smith, Samuel B., 149
Smith, Samuel L., 477
Smith, Samuel Lawrence, 480
Smith, Samuel P., 483
Smith, Samuel Potter, 507
Smith, Samuel Pott_le^492
Smith, Samuel R., 537
Smith, Sarah. 104. 164, 272, 277, 338,

359, 441, 465, 479, 483, 496, 506, 516,

526
Smith, Sarah Ann, 481
Smith, Sarah Catherine. 501
Smith, Sarah E., 446, 477
Smith, Sarah Elizabeth, 337, 341, 361,

513, 520, 523, 626
Smith, Sarah (Glidden). 349
Smith, Sarah Huse. 296. 499, 501, 502,

508
Smith, Sarah Luella, 509
Smith, Sarah M., 435
Smith, Sarah Spiller, 289, 290, 293,

397, 418, 441, 476, 507
Smith, Sewall. 211
Smith, Shoebal Page, 501
Smith, Simeon Dana, 511
Smith, Simeon P., 509
Smith, Solomon, 319
Smith, Stephen, 184, 481, 482, 488
Smith, Stuart, 126
Smith, Susan, 172, 205, 397, 417, 419,

478, 483, 507, 519
Smith, Susan M., 333

Smith, Susanna, 98. 289, 290, 293. 312,

479. 481. 514. 516

Smith, Susanna (Smith). 521

Smith, Sylvanus, 489, 525

Smith, Thomas, 184

Smith, Timothv, lr., 144

Smith, Washington, 289, 290

Smith, Wilbert H.. 102

Smith. William. 296

Smith, William Prescott, 102

Smith, Theodate, 488. _489. 490, 506

Smith, Theophilus, 515. 563

Smith, Thomas. 467, 482, 563. 585

Smith, Thomas L., 483

Smith, Thomas M., 509

Smith, Timothv, 493, 500, 525, 526, 589

Smith, Una E., 513

Smith, Vernon, 394

Smith, Vina, 483

Smith, Wallace, 390

Smith, Walter, 510

Smith, Washington, 476, 479, 480

Smith, Capt. Washington, 441

Smith, Wilfred, 390

Smith, William, 389, 390, 583

Smith, William B., 482, 541

Smith, William E., 510

Smith, William Prescott, 520, 524

Smith, William S., 453

Smith, Zebulon, 537

Smyth, Mrs. Frederick, 621

Snow, W. L., 195

Somes,
Somes,
Somes,
Somes,
Somes,
Somes,

375

Benjamin, 526
Betsey, 526
Charles Frank, 527
Charles H., 330. 527
Daniel Eaton, 526
Somes, Flavilla A., 527
Somes, Fred Moulton, 527
Somes, George R.. 527
Somes, Henry Hamilton, 527
Somes, John Langdon, 526
Somes, Martha A., 116
Somes, Mary, 526
Somes, Mary E.. 527
Somes, Nancy, 526
Somes, Rinaldo R., 527
Somes, Sarah J., 527
Somes, Thomas J., 526
Somes, Timothy D., 526, 527
Somes, Timothy Dexter, 526
Somes, Will Wyman, 527
Southwick, Irene Gage, 146
Southwick, Mildred, 524
Sparks, Jared, 150

Spencer, Earl
Spencer, Fred
Spicer, Grace,
Spiller, Henry
Spiller,
Sprake,
Sprake,
Sprake,

513.

513,

480

611

Sarah, 438,

520
520

479, 480, 611

Elizabeth, 615

Elizabeth (B_urge), 615

Nicholas, 615
Stackpole, John, 605
Stackpole, Joshua, 626
Stacy, Rebecca, 133
Stacy, Thomas, 133
Stanley, Leonard Lovejoy, 260
Stanton, Jane, 527
Stanton, John C, 527
Stanton, Lois, 251
Stanton, Lydia. 527
Stanton, Mary, 527
Stanton, Olive, 527
Stanton. Paul H., 470
Stanton, Paul Harford, 527
Stanton, Priscilla, 527
Stanton, Richard, 471, 527
Stanton, Sarah, 471
Stanyan, J. E., 557
Stanyon, Mehitable, 436
Staples. Jane. 188

744

INDEX OF NAMES

Staples, Lucv, 540
Starbrick, Mary, 486
Starbuck, Edward, 487
Stark, Colonel, 465
Stark, General, 269,_444
Stark, Gen. John, 474
Stark, William, 473
Staten, William H., 395

Stearns, , 238

Stevens, , 208, 401, 430

Stevens, Abiah, 203, 508, 510, 511, 522,

528, 566, 567,568
Stevens, Abigail (Kent), 528
Stevens, Alice S., 550
Stevens, Allal, 172
Stevens, Ann, 421
Stevens, Betsey E. (Howe), 326
Stevens, Blanche, 549
Stevens, Cassandra, 548, 549
Stevens, Charles, 326, 327
Stevens, Chase, 530
Stevens, Colonel, 550
Stevens, Cutting, 530
Stevens, Cyrus, 421
Stevens, Cyrus A., 549
Stevens, Dolly, 529, 530
Stevens, Eben, 273, 278, 530
Stevens, Ebenezer, Jr., 529
Stevens, Col. Ebenezer, 421, 529, 530
Stevens, Major Ebenezer, 529
Stevens, Edith, 549
Stevens, Elizabeth, 529
Stevens, Elizabeth (Howe), 327
Stevens, Ella, 531
Stevens, Fann, 110
Stevens, Freeman, 172
Stevens, G. W., 511, 617
Stevens, George, 93
Stevens, George Edward, 531
Stevens, Col. George W., 530
Stevens, Georgianna, 531
Stevens, Hiram, 530
Stevens, Ida, 401
Stevens, Jacob, 528
Stevens, Jesse, 528
Stevens, John, 529
Stevens, Lorenzo D., 530
Stevens, Louise, 549
Stevens, Lydia, 552
Stevens, Mary, 408. 549
Stevens, Mary A., 549
Stevens, Marion, 549
Stevens, May, 549
Stevens, Moses, 529
Stevens, Nellie M., 326
Stevens, Ortho, 203
Stevens, Otho, 528, 529
Stevens, Paul, 421, 529, 530, 549
Stevens, Pelestina, 421
Stevens, Peter, 522, 563, 568

Stevens, Peter C. 529
Stevens, Renie, 549
Stevens, Samuel, 529, 563, 568
Stevens, Simon, 528
Stevens, Sydney, 401
Stevens, William. 529. 530
Stevens, Victor E., 236
Stewart, Edith Fulghum, 146
Stewart, Rev. Isaac Dalton, 470, 472
Stewart, Mary, 123
Stewart, Rev. Robert,
Sticknev, Jeremiah, 310
Stickney, Samuel. 492, 495
Sticknev, Col. Thomas, 269, 474
Stinson, Abner P., 349
Stockbridge, Esther P., 459
Stockbridge, George, 463
Stockbridge, Sophronia B., 463
Stockbridge, Sophronia D., 454
Stockman, John, 402
Stockridge, Esther P., 453

Stokes, , 552

Stokes, Deborah, 330

Stone, — , 135, 251

Stone, Charles F., 531
Stone, Flora M., 531
Stone, Mary, 115
Stone, John, 531
Stone, Rev. Levi, 531
Stone, Deacon Mathias, 531
Stone, Rhoda C, 238
Stout, Tennie R., 501, 502
Stowe, Clyde, 101
Stowe, Elizabeth, 101
Stowe, Emogene, 101
Stowe, George, 101
Stowe, Horace E., 101
Stowell, Emanda, 535
Stowell, Eugene, 298
Strate, Asa.^Ol
Strate, Marv R., 121, 601
Stratton, Elizabeth, 192
Stratton, James Herbert, 192
Streeter, Carrie E., 282

Sturdevant, , 249

Sturdevant, Henry, 532
Sturdevant, Hosea, 532, 533
Sturdevant, Julia, 532
Sturdevant, Martha, 532
Sturdevant, Marv, 532
Sturdevant, Polly, 244, 248
Sturdevant, Sarah, 248
Sturdevant. Ward, 532
Sturtevant, Ann, 532
Sturtevant, Benjamin, 533, 623
Sturtevant, Charles, 533
Sturtevant, Church, 244, 531, 533
Sturtevant, Church, Tr., 533
Sturtevant, Elsie. 532, 533
Sturtevant, Hannah, 533

INDEX OF XAMES

745

Sturtevant, Hosea, 244
Sturtevant, Independence, 533
Sturtevant, John, 533
Sturtevant, Joseph, 532. 533
Sturtevant, Josiah, 266, 532
Sturtevant, Josiah, Jr., 533
Sturtevant, Josiah Towle. 532. 533
Sturtevant, Julia Ann, 533
Sturtevant, Lucy, 533
Sturtevant, Mercy, 532, 533
Sturtevant, Olive", 5_32, 533
Sturtevant, Perez. 533
Sturtevant, Polly. 244. 623
Sturtevant, Samuel, 532
Sturtevant, Samuel Stafford, 533
Sturtevant, Ward Cotton, 533
Sturtevant, William, 533
Sturtevant. Zadock, 533
Suitor, Dr. Friend C, 503
Sullivan, General, 213, 575
Sullivan, J. C, 261

Swain, , 185

Swain, Abbie, 373

Swain, Abbie J., 543

Swain, Abby L., 544

Swain, Abigail (Wiggin), 544

Swain, Abram, 439

Swain, Abraham. 190, 191, 192, 414,

534, 535, 536, 538, 546
Swain, Adeline, 241, 542
Swain, Albert B.. 114
Swain, Alice Maud. 542
Swain. Almira, 295
Swain. Alvah, 536, 537
Swain. Alvah T„ 545, 597
Swain, Amanda, 537
Swain, Arthur, 535. 541
Swain, Asa, 538, 539, 545, 546
Swain, Augusta Anna, 543
Swain, Austin, 541
Swain, Austin James, 543
Swain, Benaiah, 161
Swain, Benaih, 536
Swain, Benjamin, 172, 251, 535, 536,

537, 545
Swain, Bennett, 389, 391, 441, 546
Swain, Beth Estella, 542
Swain, Betsey, 331, 332, 389, 541, 545
Swain, Caleb. 147. 534, 537, 538, 540,

542. 544, 545, 546 _
Swain, Caroline, 545
Swain, Charles, 172, 535, 536, 537, 595
Swain, Charles A., 545 _
Swain, Charles Alvah, 536
Swain, Charles C, 544_
Swain, Charles E., 145
Swain, Charles I., 536
Swain. Charles R., 536, 544
Swain. Charlotte. 331, 322, 541
Swain. Chase, 539

Swain, Chase M., 539

Swain, Clara Ann. 543

Swain, Clarence C., 544

Swain, Clarence E., 542

Swain, Cyrus, 544. 545

Swain. Darius, 536

Swain, 1 >avid, 535

Swain, David Langdon, 541

Swain. Dolly (Dorothy ). 537

Swain, Dorothv, 147, 454

Swain, Dudley, 142, 538, 539, 540, 545

Swain, Dudlev T., 545

Swain, Ebene'zer, 190, 414, 534, 535.

536, 538
Swain, Edgar, 535
Swain, Edgar Clarence, 172
Swain, Edith L.. 539
Swain, Elias, 389, 535, 538, 539, 545,

546
Swain, Elias, Jr., 541
Swain, Elias D., 546
Swain, Eliza Ann, 540
Swain, Emily Morrill, 539
Swain, Emily W. Ordway, 333
Swain, Emma, 543
Swain, Emma B., 161
Swain, Eva Beatrice, 542
Swain, Florence A., 543
Swain, Frances, 541
Swain, Frank, 361, 535. 543
Swain. Frank B., 542, 543
Swain, Frank J., 537
Swain, Frank James, 542, 546
Swain. Frank W., 339, 535
Swain, Fred Everett, 543
Swain, George, 466, 535, 536, 540. 543
Swain. George A., 536, 545
Swain, George Dewey, 542
Swain, George Morrill, 542
Swain, George Orrin, 542
Swain, George W., 542, 546
Swain, Georgia Anna, 114
Swain, Gladys C, 542
Swain, Granville O., 542
Swain, H. A., 534
Swain, Hannah. 390, 391, 451, 453. 538,

541, 546
Swain, Hannah Mead, 331
Swain, Harrison, 536, 539, 544
Swain, Henrv, 537, 541. 542, 543, 546
Swain, Herbert, 536, 544
Swain, Hezekiah. 171, 173, 295. 554.

535. 538, 539, 540, 542, 545, 546, 547
Swain, Hezekiah Edgar, 542
Swain, Hezekiah Monroe, 542
Swain, Hezekiah Morrill, 546
Swain, Hosea, 535, 539, 546
Swain, Hosea D.. 539
Swain, Ichabod. 237. 538
Swain. Ida Mary, 542, 543

746

INDEX OF NAMES

Swain, Ira, 536

Swain, Isabelle, 537

Swain, Isaiah, 251, 537

Swain, James, 539, 541

Swain, James B., 454

Swain, James Harrison, 539

Swain, Jane, 543

Swain, Jeremiah, 331, 532, 538, 540,

541, 545, 546
Swain, Jeremiah B., 482
Swain, Jeremiah Bennett, 540. 541, 546
Swain, John, 241, 536, 539, 542, 543
Swain, John Alvah, 536
Swain, John B., 535, 537
Swain, John Bickford. 542
Swain, John D., 541
Swain, John L., 113, 541, 542, 544
Swain, John Langdon. 540
Swain, John M. L., 228, 535
Swain, John S., 546
Swain, John W., 543
Swain, John Warren, 541
Swain, Joseph, 534, 546
Swain, Joseph B., 114, 538
Swain, Joseph Priest, 534
Swain, Josephine, 541
Swain, Josiah, 390, 391, 536, 541, 544
Swain, Josiah S., 544
Swain, Josiah Sanborn, 544
Swain, Judith, 171, 173, 295, 540
Swain, Julia, 296
Swain, Julia Mae, 544
Swain, Kate Marion, 541
Swain, Langdon, 172
Swain, Lavina B. (Farrar), 544
Swain, Levi, 331, 541, 546
Swain, Leo Rossiter, 542
Swain, Levi Smith, 541, 543
Swain, Lora, 543
Swain, Lucia, 537
Swain, Lucv, 537, 538
Swain, Lydia, 191, 192, 534
Swain, Mabel Frances, 542
Swain, Mabel T., 543
Swain, Marcy, 540
Swain, Marion, 438
Swain, Marion O., 542
Swain, Martha, 276, 416
Swain, Mary, 454, 535, 542, 546
Swain, Mary A., 543
Swain, Mary Elizabeth, 542
Swain, Mary Frances, 537
Swain, Mary (Gould), 540
Swain, Mary H., 543
Swain, Mary Jane, 536
Swain, Mary M., 537
Swain, Mary O., 543
Swain,- Mehitable. 331, 482, 540
Swain, Mehitable M., 332
Swain, Melinda M., 331

Melissa, 536

Mercy, 545

Mercy Ann, 535

Miriam, 546, 547

Miriam (York), 295, 540

Molly (Chase), 539

Morgan, 543

Morrill, 185, 542, 543

Nancy, 172, 537, 546

Xathan, 417

Nettie, 541

Noah, 476, 535

Noah Robinson, 534, 544

Olive, 545

Olive C, 542

Orrin Freeman, 390, 541, 543

Polly W„ 331

Rachel, 331, 453, 540, 544

Rachel Ann (Smith), 543

Rebecca, 540

Richard, 147

Rut us \\\, 539

Russell, 542

Ruth, 536, 538, 544

Sallie Kate, 544

Sallv, 409, 541, 543

Samuel B., 147, 540, 544, 545

Sarah, 150, 534, 537

Sarah A., 172, 537

Sarah (Bryant), 544, 545

Sarah H., 535, 546

Sarah Jane, 536, 544

Smith, 543

Stephen, 537, 546

Stephen Farrar, 534, 535, 544

Stephen G., 541

Susan, 414, 535, 537

Susan J., 251

Susanna, 237, 538

Susanna S.. 331

Sylvester, 534, 595

Thomas, 538, 543

Walter, 537

Warren, 542

William, 536, 538

William B., 544

, William, 303
Swan, Sarah, 123
Swasev, Alexander Park, 273
Swasey, Alexis, 273, 278
Swasev, Alice, 273
Swasey, Alice Asenath, 548
Swasey, Alice J., 278
Swasey, Alice (Ladd), 530
Swasey, Alice S., 530
Swasey, Asenath, 273, 278
Swasev, Benjamin, 273, 278, 279, 547,

548/549
Swasey, Cassandria, 273, 278
Swasey, Cassandra, 530, 548

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INDEX OF NAMES

747

Swascy, Daniel Ela, 417 Tarlton,

Swasey, Darius. 273, -78 Tarlton,

Swasey, Darius Ladd. 547 Tarlton,

Swascy, Dorothy, 376 Tarlton,

Swasey, Ebenezer, 548 Tash, C

Swasey, Edwin, 273, 278 Tasker

Swasey, Eliza, 273. 278 Tasker

Swasey, Emily, 273, 278 Tasker

Swasey, Esther F., 91. 92 _ Tasker

Swasey, George B„ 273, 278 Tasker

Swasey, George Bond, 54S Tasker

Swasey, Jane, 548 Tasker

Swasey, Jane B., 273, 278 Tasker

Swasey, Jane Bond, 54S Tasker

Swasey, John, 548, 550 Tasker

Swasey, John B., 273. 278, 279, 530 Tasker

Swasey, John Bond, 548 Tasker

Swasey, Laura, 273, 278 Tasker

Swasey, Lydia, 273. 278 Tasker

Swasey, Lydia Ann, 548, 549 Tasker

Swasey, Martha Ann, 417 Tasker

Swasey, Mary, 515 Tasker

Swasey, Mary Jane. 273 Tasker

Swasey, Mary P., 595 Tasker
Swasey, Mary Park, 273. 278, 548, 5h9 Tasker

Swasey, Sally, 548 Taylor

Swayne, Richard, 487 Taylor

Swazey. Alice Jane, 547, 549 Taylor

Swazey, Benjamin, Jr., 549 Taylor

Swazey, Darius Ladd, 549 Taylor

Swazey, Edwin, 547, 549 Taylor

Swazey, Eliza Smith, 548. 549 Taylor

Swazey, Emily, 547, 549 Taylor

Swazey, Frank P., 548 Taylor

Swazey, Lydia. 547, 549 Taylor

Swazy, Alice Asenath, 549 Taylor

Swazy, Benjamin, 450. 549 Taylor

Swazy, Cassandra, 549 Taylor

Swazy, Daniel C., 548 Taylor

Swazy, George Bond, 549 Tavlor

Swazy, Henry W., 549 Taylor

Swazy, Jane, 549 Taylor

Swazy, Jane Bond, 549 Taylor

Swazy, John Bond, 549 Tavlor

Swazy. Mary Park. 549 Taylor

Swazy, Sally, 549 Taylor

Swett, Benjamin. 490 204

Swett, Esther, 205 Taylor

Swett, Moses, 205 Taylor

Symonds, Mary, 147 Taylor

Taylor

Taber, Martin, 274 Taylor

Tappan, Christopher. 526 Tavlor

Tappan, Martha, 617 Taylor

Tappan, Sarah, 526 Tavlor

Tarbel. Mary, 273, 278 Tavlor

Tarbett, Eleanor A., 102 Taylor

Tarlton. Elizabeth, 364 Taylor

Tarlton, Hannah. 364 Taylor

Tarlton, John, 364 Taylor

Mary, 349. 363, 364, 624
Mary*, 364

Richard. 364

Ruth, 364
ol. Thomas. 422
Charles E., 142
Drusella, 550
Drusilla, 550, 605
Elizabeth. 550
Fannie Elizabeth, 550
George J.. 551
George Thomas, 551
Henry2, 550
James, 550
John, 550, 605
John Franklin, 550
John Jefferson. 550
Lydia Jane, 551
Mabelle, 550
Nellie Grace, 551
Rodolfus, 550
Sarah, 550

Sarah Augusta (Carter), 551
William Gilman, 550
Wyman, 550
Abbie, 149
Abigail, 198
Albert, 110, 114
Anna, 110
Arthur C, 455
Betsev. 107
Blanche, 127
Rev. C. W„ 206
Caroline Evelyn, 146
Caroline J., 406, 413. 414
Charles. 290
Capt. Chase, 474
Daisv, 290
David, 175, 482
Edward, 359, 551
Edwin R., 338
Elfleda, 591
Fannie E., 264
Flora E., 149
George, 551
George Washington Jefferson,

Georgiana, 5<>4. 5<i8

Hannah L., 277

Ira, 511, 523

J., 185

James, 264

Jennie, 551

Rev. John, 297

John Doe, 175

Jonathan, 275, 579

Jonathan H., 280, 281

Joseph. 489

M.. 620

Martha Rundlett, 175

748

INDEX OF NAMES

Tavlor, Melvina, 543
Taylor, Moses, 2(>7, 275, 551
Tavlor, Nellie R., 460
Taylor, Rhoda Ann, 175, 216
Taylor, Rosamond, 443
Tavlor, Rosanna, 446
Taylor, Sally, 579
Taylor, Sarah, 436
Taylor, Sarah Woodman, 175
Taylor, Stephen. 551
Tavlor, Susan (Ladd), 268
Taylor, William, 204, 413
Taylor, Zilpah, 551
Tebbetts, Amos, 583
Tebbetts, Oren, 605
Tebbetts, Orrin, 583
Templeton, Elizabeth, 286
Tenney, Betsey, 452
Tenney, D. W.. 453, 459
Terry, Emily, 273
Tetherly, Mary (Spinney), 370
Tetley, Blanche, 553
Tetley, Charles, 553
Tetley, Edmund, 552
Tetlev, Edward B., 553
Tetley, Guy M., 553 .
Tetlev, L. Gertrude, 553
Tetley, William, 552
Thaxter, Celia, 610
Thev, Lucy M., 298
Thing, Betsey, 294, 598, 602
Thing, Catherine, 271, 274
Thing, Hannah G., 421
Thing, Hannah Gove, 420
Thing, Mary A.. 598, 602
Thing, Morrill, 595
Thomas, Charles A., 509
Thomas, Elisha, 190
Thomas, Hannah B., 298
Thomas, Jacob, 180. 186
Thomas, Martha, 174
Thomas, Mary, 526
Thomas, Nancy, 180, 181, 186
Thomas, William, 401

Thompson, , 243, 288

Thompson, A., 610

Thompson, Abigail, 243. 246, 494, 623

Thompson, Ai Baker, 93, 95

Thompson, Arabelle, 182

Thompson, Benjamin, 204, 419

Thompson, Caroline, 527

Thompson, Eben S., 338, 359

Thompson, Elbridge P., 192

Thompson, Ella, 607

Thompson, Emma, 607

Thompson, Esther, 451, 453, 454, 459,

462
Thompson, George, 182
Thompson, Hannah, 166, 204, 421
Thompson, Hosea, 95

Thompson, Howard F., 192
Thompson, Jacob, 133
Thompson, James, 94
Thompson, James A., 192
Thompson, James M., 262, 591
Thompson, James V. Howard, 610
Thompson, John C, 93
Thompson, John Colby, 607
Thompson, John Haze, 93
Thompson, Jonathan, 256, 257
Thompson, Josiah G., 319
Thompson, Levi B., 607
Thompson, Mary F.. 150
Thompson, Mattie (Xeal), 361
Thompson, Moses, 204
Thompson, Polly, 133
Thompson. Richard Wiggin Bickford,

610
Thomnson, Thomas, 137
Thompson, William, 204, 418, 582

Thoreau, , 570

Thorn, Tohn, 448
Thorn. "Mercy, 499
Thorne, Lydia, 534
Thoroughgood. Mr., 214, 215
Thurber, Nathaniel K„ 299
Thurston, Abner, 516, 521
Thurston, Rev. Benjamin, 328
Thurston, Benjamin E., 329
Thurston. Martha B., 329
Thwing, Tosephine P., 267
Tibbetts, Eliza Wells. 198
Tibbetts, Isiah, 198

Tilton, , 388

Tilton, Abigail, 108, 194, 490, 560, 579

Tilton, Abram, 576

Tilton, Major Abram, 554

Tilton, Abraham, 553, 580

Tilton, Arthur A.. 333

Tilton, Catherine, 115

Tilton, Charles Henry, 554

Tilton, Clifton, 564

Tilton, Daniel, 108, 553, 554, 578

Tilton, David. 449. 555

Tilton, Deborah, 554

Tilton, Eben. 553

Tilton. Elbridge. 195, 553

Tilton, Ellen M., 333

Tilton. Elmer H., 554

Tilton, Elmer S., 554

Tilton, Elmer Stephen, 554

Tilton, Emma Jane, 554

Tilton, Emma Susan, 554

Tilton, Frances Imogene, 554

Tilton, Frances J.. 150

Tilton, Frank Sullivan, 554

Tilton, George Henry, 272. 554

Tilton, Hannah. 449"

Tilton. T. H.. 507

Tilton. Rev. Jeremiah D.. 579

INDEX OF NAMES

749

Tilton, John. 441, 455. 553. 554, 555,

576, 580
Tilton, John Hamilton. 555
Tilton. John Sanborn, 150
Tilton. Capt. Joseph. 553, 554
Tilton, Joseph E., 286
Tilton, Joseph S., 554
Tilton, Joseph Sullivan, 553
Tilton, Judith, 455
Tilton, Lydia, 451
Tilton. Mary M., 195, 553
Tilton, Meribah (Page), 449
Tilton, Nancy A., 554
Tilton, Nathan, 554, 555
Tilton. Newell, 555, 578
Tilton, Xewell J., 554
Tilton, Polly, 151
Tilton, Rutliena, 579
Tilton. Samuel, 449, 554
Tilton, Sarah F.. 113, 541
Tilton, Stephen, 271, 553, 555
Tilton, Susan. 270. 272,_ 278
Tilton, Susanna, 489, 554
Tilton, William, 489. 554
Tobins, Emily L., 172
Torrey, Daniel, 552
Torrey, Hannah, 552
Torrey, Martha, 552
Torrey, Mercy, 552
Torrey, Samuel, 551
Torrey. Samuel, Jr., 552
Torrey, William, 552
Torry. Emily, 278
Tourclot, Frank J., 318
Towle, Ann D., 557
Towle, Belle. 557_
Towle. Caleb, 557
Towle, Charles, 557, 573
Towle, Charles^ P., 159, 557
Towle, Doris, 558
Towle, Dorothy, 532, 533
Towle, Edwin L., 556
Towle, Edwin Levi, 557
Towle, Eliza Isable, 556
Towle, Eliza Sutton (Graves), 331
Towle, Elizabeth Corliss, 556
Towle, Ella May. 556, 557
Towle, Eunice, 555, 556
Towle, Frank Leslie, 557
Towle, Fred, 557
Towle, George Willis. 556, 557
Towle, Hannah B.. 557
Towle. Hiram. 555, 556
Towle, Irving, 557
Towle, James. 555, 556, 558
Towle, James F., 557
Towle, Jeremiah, 557
Towle, John, 427, 557
Towle, John B., 573
Towle, John C, 557

Towle, John Edwin. 556, 557

Towle, lolm S., 452

Towle, John W., 557

Towle. Joseph G., 557

Towle, Joseph Irvin, 558

Towle, Lavina, 557

Towle. Levi, 160, 501, 555, 556, 573

Towle, Levi Lewis, 556

Towle, Lewis Henry, 556, 557

Towle, Lewis Levi, 557

Towle, Lila May, 557

Towle, Mina E., 558

Towle, Nancy. 342. 349

Towle, Nancy W., 557

Towle, Polly, 555, 556

Towle. Ruth Graves. 331, 558

Towle, Sally, 160, 555, 556, 557

Towle, Sally (Perkins), 555

Towle, Sarah Abbie. 556

Towle, Tryphena, 558

Towne, Toanna, 366

Towne. Mehitable, 273, 278

Trafton, Tobias, 586

Trask, Anna. 444

Trask, Captain, 592

Trask, Emerson B., 386, 584, 585

Trobridge, Carrie D., 165

Trojano, Blanch Elizabeth, 582

Trojano, Chase Wadleigh, 583

Trojano, Dominick, 582

Trojano, Hattie, 583

Trojano, Henry Albert, 582

Trojano, Horace Leroy, 583

Trojano, Isaac Wadleigh, 582

Trojano, James Roscoe, 582

Trojano, Katherine Wadleigh, 583

Trojano, Mrs., 582

Trojano, William. 583

Trojano, William Joseph, 582, 583

Truckly. Elizabeth, 436

True, Abner Z. C, 532, 533

True, Abram, 295

True, Abraham, 419

True, Deacon Abraham, 558

True, Benjamin, 558

True, Edward N., 340. 355, 360

True, Emma Frances, 558

True, George Harrison, 558

True, Henrv, 558

True, Ida May, 558

True, J. X.. 340, 355, 360

True, Jennie Alma, 558

True. Rev. Mark. 338. 528. 626

True. Marv R., 340. 355. 360

True, Dr. X. L.. 558

True. Xoah L., 419

True. Dr. Xoah Lawrence, 559

True, Sarah J.. 331

True, Walter Harrison, 558

True, Deacon William, 558

750

INDEX OF NAMES

True, Winthrop, 558, 560, 579

Tuck, , 392

Tuck, Mary, 449, 458

Tuck, Robert, 449, 458

Tucker, Alvah, 323, 559

Tucker, Andrew J., 307

Tucker, Arthur, 456, 462

Tucker, Daniel, 559

Tucker, Edna M., 390

Tucker, Elizabeth, 197

Tucker, Hannah, 307

Tucker, Hannah (True), 559

Tucker, Henry, 323, 559

Tucker, James, 559

Tucker, Jennie, 113, 542

Tucker, John, 559

Tucker, Joseph, 559

Tucker, Mary Elizabeth, 558, 559

Tucker, Mary J. (Bean), 323

Tucker, Maud, 166

Tucker, Morris, 559

Tucker, Nellie, 427

Tucker, Sarah, 535

Tucker, Warren, 558, 559

Tuckerman, ■ , 284

Tufton, Maria, 370
Tufton, Samuel, 370
Turner, Walter, 563, 564
Tuthill, Lydia, 256

Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttle
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369

Benjamin, 134, 552

Benjamin Stokes, 390

Bradbury Cilley, 552, 560

Deborah Jane, 390

Eliza Ann, 257, 390

Emma, 465

Hannah, 372, 552

John B„ 390

Tonas, 300

Lillian, 412

Lillian V., 263

Lulu, 563, 567

Lydia, 330, 552

Mary, 369, 552

Marv Frances, 390

Nicholas. 552

Sarah, 375

Stoten, 372, 425, 552

Stoughton, 330
Twitched, Abigail, 624
Twombly, Alice, 192
Twombly, Bernice E., 146
Twombly, Elizabeth Oranna, 192
Twombly, Samuel Amos, 192

Tvler, , 144

Tyler, Elizabeth, 253, 614

A'arney, Mehitable, 408
Yassar, Matthew, 570
Vaughn, Elizabeth, 263

Vaughn, Henry, 263
Vaughn, Joseph, 263
Vaughn, Lu*'10'- 9A^
Vaughn, Po

Vaughn,

Veasey
Veasey
Veasey
Veasey
Veasey

ighn, Joseph, 263
ighn, Luther, 263
ighn, Polly Ingalls, 263
|0+>" Silas T., 263
-. 314
126,

Aaron, i^so,
Albert, 184
Alma, 184

Amos, 184

291

Veasev, Clarissa, 181
Veasey, Daniel, 516, 521, 522
Veasey, Deacon Daniel, 181, 510

Elza. 184
Henry, 517

Veasey, Henry, 517

Veasev, Joshua, 352

Veasey, Juda, 517, 521

Veasey, Kendal, 184

Veasey, Lizzie, 184, 291, 483

Veasey, Lyman, 181

Veasey, Mary, 352

Veasey, S. Eliza, 126

Veasey, Samuel, 352

Veasey, Thomas, 184, 352

Veasey, Deacon Thomas, 474

Veasey, Verdee, 192

■ Aaron, 561

.-\aron, ooi
Abigail, 562
Agnes, 562

Veazey.

Veazey,

Veazey, _

Veazey, Albion, 564

Veazey, Albion A., 568

Veazey, Alice, 564, 565

Veazey, Amos, 561, 566, 569

Veazey, Amos Dolloff, 562

Veazey, Amos K., 565, 569

Veazey, Amos L., 138

Veazey, Amos Leavitt, 566

Veazey, Arthur, 566

Veazey,^ Benjamin, 562

Veazey, Betsey, 564

Veazey, Betsey (Smith), 568

Veazey, Byron, 564, 568

Veazey, Carrie, 564

Veazey, Charles A., 567

Veazey, Charles Addison, 561, 566

Veazey, Charles M., 563, 564, 568

Veazev, Damon L., 561, 566

Veazev, Daniel, 560, 561, 563, 565, 566,

567, 569
Veazey, Deacon Daniel, 564, 568
Veazey, Ebenezer, 563, 567
Veazey, Elbridge O., 563, 568
Veazey, Eliphalet, 562
Veazey, Elisha, 563, 565, 566, 567, 569
Veazev, Elisha (Smith), 566, 569
Veazey, Elizabeth, 482, 563, 564, 567,

568

Veazev

568
Veazey

Elizabeth (Leavitt), 561, 566
Emilv. 565

v ca/cey, -cnzauein (
Veazey, Emily, 565
Veazey, Etta, 564

INDEX OF NAMES

751

Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey

Veazey, Gustavus, 56
Veazey, Hannah. 562
Veazey, Henry, 562

Veazey, Henrv, 562

Hezekiah. 563, 567
Hosea D.. 563. 564, 568

Veazey

Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey

Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey

Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey.
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazev

569
Veazey
Veazey
Veazey
Veazev
V

\

Frank L., 564, 568
G. M., 565

Geneva, 564

562, 569

?e,

George,

Gilman, 563, 567
Gustavus, 561, 566,

569

Hosea D., .
Iva Pearl, 563, 564
Jennie, 138, 561, 567
Jennie Frances, 561
John L.. 563, 564, 568

lrtfioU CAT C^*7

John L., 563, 564, 568

Josiah, 563, 567

Judith, 561. 563, 567, 568

Judith (Smith ), 565, 569
Veazey, L. Grace, 564, 568
Veazey, Laura A., 564
Veazey, Lavina, 565, 569
Veazey, Liza, 561
Veazey, Lizzie, 563
Veazey, Lyman, 482, 567

Lvman F., 563

M. G., 562, 567

Mahala, 565

Mahala D., 566. 570

Mahala D., 566, 570
Mahala (Dolloff), 561
Margaret, 564, 568

Margaret, 564, 568

Mary, 563, 565, 567, 569

May Belle. 564,568

Murray, 561

Nicholas, 563, 565, 566, 567,

^%j. ui i a v ,

Nicholas,

Noah D., 565, 569

Pollv S6S

Polly, 565
Richard, 563.
Rose, 561. 566

567

eazey, Rose, 561, 566

eazey, Rufus, 563, 567
Veazey, Ruth J. (Eastman), 567
Veazev, Sadie, 564
Veazey, Sally, 561, 565, 569
Veazev, Samuel, 562
Sarah E.,

Veazey, sany, ooi, ooo, oov
Veazey, Samuel, 562
Veazey, Sarah E., 564, 568
" "eazey, Sarah Marson. 562
"eazey, Simeon, 561, 565, 569
Va7Pv Thomas. 562 566 569

\ eazey, saran Aiarson. ooj:
Veazey, Simeon, 561, 565, 569
Veazey, Thomas, 562, 566, 569
Veazey, Thomas D., 565, 566, 569

Veazey, Thomas, 562, 566, 56'

Veazey, Thomas D., 565, 56i

Veazey, Wilbur E., 565, 569

Veazev. William, 560

William Damon, 561, 567
William E., 561, 566

Veazey, Willie E., 563. 567

Vieuxtemps, Guillaume, 571

Virgin, Charlotte, 274

Vittum. A. D.. 573

Vittum, Asenath E., 572

Vittum, Benjamin Franklin, 572.

Vittum, Caroline M. D., 572, 573

Vittum, David, 570, 571

72. 573

Vittum, David Sands, 572

Vittum, Dehvin, 572

Vittum, George, 572

Vittum, Grace E., 574

Vittum, Helen, 575

Vittum, Jeane. 571

Vittum, John C, 574

Vittum, Josiah Shepard, 572. 574

Vittum, Lindley Murray, 572, 573

Vittum, Margareta, 575

Vittum, Patience B.. 572, 573

Vittum, Shapleigh, 572

Vittum, Shepard, 549

Vittum, Tabitha, 571

Vittum, William, 571, 575

Vohr, Grace, 482

Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle

400.
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle

575.
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle
Wadle

gh, Abbie, 582

gh, Abigail, 534, 535, 577, 605

gh, Almira Jane, 582

gh, Andrew, 582

gh, Ann. 583

gh, Ann Marie, 198

gh, Annie G., 283

gh, Benjamin, 580

gh, Betsy, 99, 301, 354, 359, 399,

401, 576, 580, 581, 582, 596

gh, Calvin, 366

gh, Caroline, 553, 576, 580

gh, Charles, 577

gh, Cyrene, 576, 580

gh, Deaborn, 575, 576, 580

gh, Dexter E., 581

gh, Ebenezer P., 231

gh, Eliza, 582

gh, Elmira Jane, 578

gh, Emma Jane, 578

gh, Enoch, 575

gh, Mrs. Eunice, 227, 231

gh, Frances Imogene, 578

gh, Fred, 577

gh, Fred M., 578

gh, Fred Tilton, 579

gh, General, 443

gh, Hannah. 576, 580

gh, Hattie, 577

gh, Helen Abbie, 579

gh, Henrv. 600

gh, Huldah. 144

gh, Isaac, 583

gh, Isaac N.. 5S2

gh, Jacob, 455

gh, James. 227, 231, 354, 360,

584

gh, James, Jr., 429

gh, James C. 578, 579

gh, James M.. 577, 578

gh, Jane. 338, 359, 577, 596

gh, Jennie Deaborn, 576, 581

gh, Jennie Dearborn, 445

752

INDEX OF NAMES

Wadleigh, John, 417, 422, 553, 575, 576,

577, 578, 579, 580, 582
Wadleigh, John Blake, 579
Wadleigh, John Calvin, 577
Wadleigh, Gen. John D., 580
Wadleigh, John Deaborn, 580
Wadleigh, John Dearborn, 443
Wadleigh, John F., 584
Wadleigh, John Parker, 579
Wadleigh, John S., 579
Wadleigh, Capt. John Smith, 580
Wadleigh, John W., 578
Wadleigh, Jonathan, 427
Wadleigh, Joseph, 449, 575, 577, 578
Wadleigh, Josiah, 99, 301, 575, 581
Wadleigh, Julia, 577
Wadleigh, Leah Prescott, 417
Wadleigh, Le Roi, 580
Wadleigh, Le Roi B., 576
Wadleigh, Louise, 577, 578
Wadleigh, Lydia, 539, 583
Wadleigh, Lydia Moore, 577
WTadleigh, Marston, 578
Wadleigh, Martha, 584
Wradleigh, Martha Abby, 580
Wadleigh, Martha Jane, 578
Wadleigh, Martin L., 577
Wadleigh, Mary, 163, 165, 578, 580
Wadleigh, Mary Ann, 580, 582
Wadleigh, Mary Etta, 577
Wadleigh, Mary Jane, 554
Wadleigh, Mary Robinson, 582
Wadleigh, May Flora, 198
Wadleigh, Molly (Fox), 580
Wadleigh, Nancy, 576, 577, 580
Wadleigh, Nathan B., 198, 280, 577,

578
Wadleigh, Nathan Batcheldor, 283
Wadleigh, Nathaniel, 440, 535, 578, 581,

582, 583
Wadleigh, Noah, 231
Wadleigh, Olivia, 198
Wadleigh, Olive, 577
Wadleigh, Oscar Stearns, 579
Wadleigh, Polly, 417, 576, 577, 580, 598,

602
Wadleigh, Robert, 575
Wadleigh, Sally, 439. 440, 553. 576, 580
Wadleigh, Simeon, 432, 554, 575, 576,

577, 580, 583
Wadleigh, Simeon Deaborn, 580
Wadleigh, Stephen, 355, 360, 596, 605
Wadleigh, Stephen G., 577, 581, 583
Wadleigh, Terza Fox, 231
Wadleigh, Thomas Lang, 283
Wadleigh, William, 354, 360, 577
Wadleigh, William P., 577, 583
Wadleigh, William S., 581
Wainwright, Francis, 411
Wait, Colonel, 575

Wait, Capt. Jason, 388

Waldron, Caroline, 296

Waldron, Colonel, 213

Walker, Andrew J., 125

Walker, Francis, 313

Walker, Katherine E., 265

Walker, Martha G, 447

Walker, Sarah, 177

Walker, William A., 147

Walker, William A., Jr., 147

Wall, James, 521

Wallace, Betsey C, 560

Wallace, Caesar, 409, 411

Wallace, Catherine S., 270, 272, 278

Wallace, Elizabeth, 560

Wallace, Alary M., 272

Wallace, Stephen, 560

Wallace, William, 272

Wallace, Esq. William, 270

Wallaston, Captain, 254

Wallingford, Rachel, 242

Wallis, John Shannon, 198

Wraltz, George, 313

Waltz, Madeline Ella, 313

Ward, Aaron, 584

Ward, Benjamin, 382, 385, 386, 584
Ward, Carrie, 382

Ward, Charles, 522, 584

Ward, Charles H., 387
Ward. Charles S., 386, 585

Ward, Clarence, 500, 522, 588, 590, 618

Ward, Clarence E., 386, 584, 585

Ward, Daniel, 476

Ward, Everett G., 584

Ward, Everett Oilman, 386, 585

Ward, George, 382, 386, 584

Ward, Helen Frances, 386, 585

Ward, Helen W., 584

Ward, Jasper Greenfield, 387, 585

Ward, Rev. Jeremiah, 584

Ward, John, 382

Ward, John F., 386. 584

Ward. Laura A., 186

Ward, Lucretia, 495

Ward, Marv, 382

Ward, Man- A., 584

Ward, Mary Ann, 386

Ward. Nellie, 382

Ward, Noah, 382, 386, 449, 512, 522,

584, 585, 618
Ward, Noah S., 386
Ward, Noah Simpson, 584
Ward, Polly, 584
Ward, Ralph L., 584
Ward, Ralph Lester, 386, 585
Ward, Richmond Earle, 387, 585
Ward, Sally, 584
Ward, Samuel, 382, 386, 584
Ward, Sarah Fannie Woodman, 386
Ward, Simeon, 382

INDEX OF NAMES

753

Ward, Simeon P.. 386, 584
Ward, Vernon Charles, 387, 585
Wardwell. Abiel, 137
Wardwell, Amos, 137
Wardwell, Ehon, 137
Wardwell, Isaac, 137
Wardwell, Jese, 137
Wardwell, Jose, 137
Wardwell, Marion, 121
Wardwell, Phebe, 137
Wardwell, Polly. 137
Wardwell, Reuben, 137
Wardwell, Sally, 137
Warner, Caroline, 509
Warner, Ethel G., 564, 568
Warner, O. P., 177
Washington, George, 409
Watkins, Andrew, 276
Wats. Elizabeth, 203
Wats. Samuel, 203
Watson, Abbie, 585

Alice, 585

Andrew, 585

Benjamin, 135

Betsey, 195_

Charles. 585

Daniel. 585, 586

David, 585

Eleanor, 250

Elijah, 438

Eliza, 585

Elizabeth. 585

George, 259

Hannah, 110, 586

Hannah Elizabeth (Clifford),

Watts. Hannah, 203
Way, Sarah, 577
Weare, Alary. 489
Weare, Mesheck, 195
Weare, Nathaniel, 341, 350

Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson

585
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson
Watson

Jacob. 585
Job, 585
John, 585, 586
John P., 585
Jonathan, 585
Margaret, 585
Mary, 626
Mehitable. 586
Mercy, 585

Miriam (Sawver), 438
Molly, 130
Nancy, 585
Nellie E.,_585
Orren, 585
Phebe, 259
Raymond Lerov. 586
Robert, 259
Samuel, 585
Sarah, 585, 586
Susan, 135
W. G.. 586
William. 110. 195, 585
Willis Guy, 585
Winnifred, 585

Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster

591
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
W'ebster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster

590
Webster
Webster.
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster

589
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster
Webster

589
Webster
Webster,
Webster
Webster
Webster

150. 522,615

Aaron C, 588

Abigail, 587

Almira, 590

Amos, 129, 493

Amos D., 319, 320, 588, 590,

Ann, 508

Asa, 587

Belinda, 588

Belinda P., 588

Belinda T., 590

Benjamin, 587

Betsey, 587, 588, 590

Carrie, 400, 401

Carrie K, 398, 399, 590

Carrie F., 401

Catherine, 587

Charles, 101

Charles Gilman, 500, 590

Daniel, 167, 530, 587, 597

Daniel F., 588

Daniel Frank, 500, 590

Ebenezer, 589, 590

Col. Ebenezer, 587

Edith E., 588, 590

Edith Eldora, 187, 440, 500,

Edward Everett, 320

Eliza, 587

Ella Annette, 590

Emily, 587

Emma Jane, 500, 588, 590

Fred Everett, 320

George H., 590

George M., 588

Gilman, 500

Hannah, 201, 440, 508, 587,

Harriet, 587

Ida R., 584

Ida Roberta, 386, 500, 588, 590

Ida Rosetta. 585

Isaac. 587, 588, 589, 590

Isaac W., 589

Israel, 587

Jacob Gilman, 586

lames R., 136

John, 401, 413, 586, 587, 588,

John2. 508
John A., 588. 590. 591
John F.. 590
Joseph W.. 136
Rev. Josiah, 587

754

INDEX OF NAMES

Webster, Julia, 320

Webster, Julia A., 591

Webster, Lettie T., 188

Webster, Lucetta Piper, 409

Webster, Lucietta, 590

Webster, Maria, 588

Webster, Maria A., 590

Webster, Marietta, 500, 588

Webster, Marrietta, 590

Webster, Martha A., 590

Webster, Mary, 129, 215, 235, 237, 587,

588, 616
Webster, Mary A., 135, 136
Webster, Mary E., 320
Webster, Mary Edna, 320
Webster, Mary Ella, 320
Webster, Mary (Dolloff), 500
Webster, Mary H., 182. 184
Webster, Moses, 187, 500, 588, 590
Webster, Moses Gilman, 187, 500, 525,

588, 589, 590
Webster, Moses S., 440
Webster, Mrs., 288
Webster, Nancy, 587
Webster, Nathan, 587
Webster, Nathaniel F., 136
Webster, Nellie E.. 588, 590
Webster, Nellie Eveline, 500
Webster, Nettie, 586
Webster, Phebe, 136, 588, 590
Webster, Polly, 590
Webster, Polly H., 588
Webster, Rebecca, 588, 590
Webster, Roxanna, 399, 587
Webster, Sally, 587
Webster, Samuel, 588
Webster, Samuel K., 588, 590
Webster, Sarah, 557, 587
Webster, Sarah D., 399
Webster, Sibel F., 590
Webster, Stephen, 587, 589
Webster, Sybel F., 588
Webster, Thomas, 188
Webster, William G., 587
Webster, William M., 188

Weddell, , 330

Wedgewood, Ann, 592
Wedgewood, Anna, 593
Wedgewood, Catherine, 592
Wedgewood, Elizabeth (Mathais), 592
Wedgewood, Euola, 165
Wedgewood, Jeremiah, 592, 593
Wedgewood, John, 403, 592, 593
Wedgewood, John True, 592
Wedgewood, Josiah, 342
Wedgewood, Mary, 342
Wedgewood, Mehitable, 382, 385, 386,

593
Wedgewood, Nathaniel Gilman, 493
Wedgewood, Polly, 220

Wedgewood, Sally, 126, 220, 221
Wedgewood, Salome, 592
Wedgewood, Samuel, 592
Weed, Sally, 599
Weed, Sarah, 595

Weeks, , 441

Weeks, Abram, 536, 594

Weeks, Abraham, 600

Weeks, Adeline, 596

Weeks, Albert Gallatin, 596

Weeks, Albert Morrill, 595

Weeks, Alva P., 596

Weeks, Alvah T., 598, 602

Weeks, Anna, 596

Weeks, Annette, 599

Weeks, Arthur, 599

Weeks, Asa, 598, 602

Weeks, Capt. B., 595

Weeks, Benjamin, 595, 597, 599, 600

Weeks, Capt. Benjamin, 593, 595

Weeks, Benjamin, Jr., 599

Weeks, Bessie Evelvn, 596

Weeks, Betsey, 598," 599, 602

Weeks, Betsey M., 602

Weeks, Betsey Mariah, 596

Weeks, Betsey S.. 600

Weeks, Caroline, 599

Weeks, Carrie E., 595

Weeks, Charles, 599

Weeks, Charles H., 598, 602

Weeks, Charles Henry, 577, 596

Weeks, Chase Cawlev, 193

Weeks, Clara, 599

Weeks, Daniel, 593, 596, 599

Weeks, David, 594

Weeks, Eben, 536, 601

Weeks, Ebenezer, 600

Weeks, Eleanor, 598, 602

Weeks, Eleanor P., 602

Weeks, Elisha, 599

Weeks, Eliza Ann, 596

Weeks, Elizabeth, 599, 601

Weeks, Ellen, 596, 599

Weeks, Elvira Josephine, 595

Weeks, Emily C, 596

Weeks, Etta E., 602

Weeks, Francis, 599

Weeks, Franklin, 599

Weeks, Fred, 599

Weeks, Fred R.. 594

Weeks, Frederick, 594

Weeks, George, 536, 600

Weeks, George F., 599

Weeks, George Isaac, 595

Weeks, George W., 595, 599

Weeks, George William, 595

Weeks, Grace E., 121, 507, 601

Weeks, Hannah, 172, 536, 593, 598, 602

Weeks, Hannah A., 598, 602

Weeks, Hannah G., 593, 595

INDEX OF XAMFS

755

Weeks, Harriet. 599, 600

Weeks, Hazen, 599. 600

Weeks, Hazen P.. 598, 602

Weeks, Hazen Prescott, 596

Weeks, Henry, 596, 599

Weeks, Isabella, 595

Weeks. J. F., 583

Weeks. I. S., 453

Weeks, T. Frank, 121

Weeks, fames, 594, 602

Weeks, Joanna, 594. 595

Weeks, John. 541, 596. 600

Weeks, John Francis, 121

Weeks, John Frank, 601

Weeks, John G., 595, 599

Weeks, John H., 599

Weeks, John Henry, 594

Weeks, lohn Herbert, 507, 601

Weeks, John M., 600

Weeks, John S.. 459, 595, 596, 597, 600

Weeks, Josephine, 599

\\\eks, Joshua, 312

Weeks, Judith E., 541

Weeks, Julia, 599

Weeks, Julia A., 599, 600

Weeks, Julia M., 595

Weeks, Junior, 602

Weeks, Leon, 594. 596

Weeks, Leonard. 593, 594, 598

Weeks, Lewis. 599

Weeks, Levi R., 595, 599

Weeks, Lydia, 595

Weeks, Lydia Ann, 599

Weeks, Lyman M., 598, 602

Weeks, Lyman X., 596

Weeks, M. Frances. 325

Weeks, M. Isabel, 507

Weeks, Martha, 312

Weeks, Mary, 535, 544. 598, 602

Weeks, Alary E., 595

Weeks, Mary Elizabeth. 594

Weeks, Mary Emeline, 594

Weeks, Mary Isabel, 601

Weeks, Mary J., 598, 002

Weeks, Mary lane. 596

Weeks, Mary R.. 597

Weeks, Mathais, 594, 595, 596, 598, 599,

600, 602
Weeks, Mehitable, 595, 599
Weeks, Millie F.. 600
Weeks, Nancy (Hill), 325
Weeks, Nathan. 599
Weeks, Nathaniel. 596
Weeks, Natt H., 600
Weeks, Noah, 596, 598, 602
Weeks, Noah, Jr.. 602
Weeks, Deacon Noah, 595
Weeks, Noah D., 598, 602
Weeks, Olive E., 597
Weeks, Oren H., 599, 600

Weeks

Weeks
Weeks

Weeks
Weeks

Weeks

Weeks
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Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
. 599,
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks

600
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks

Parker. 599
Phebe A., 597
Phineas. 536, 594, 597, 600
Polly, 442
Rebecca, 599
Rebecca W.. 595
Rebecca Webster, 597
Rufus, 599
Sallv, 598, ^00, 602
Sally H., 595
Sam, 596

Capt. Samuel, 593. 598
Rev. Samuel, 595
Sarah, 536, 545, 594, 596, 597,
600, 601
Sarah F., 598
Sarah H., 602
Sarah J., 595

Sarah (Sanborn) (Ford), 594
Serepta A., 598, 602
Scott, 599
Susan, 596
Susanna, 596
Thomas, 325, 535, 544, 594. 599,

Thomas Benton. 595
Walter Scott, 596
William, 598, 599, 600, 602
William Harrison, 599
William Stark, 600
Willis E., 600
Winfield Scott, 595

Weir, Dr., 272

Weir, Lorette, 102

Welch, Albion. 161

Welch, Colonel, 403

Welch, Ella M., 161

Weld. Emily H., 452. 457

Weld, Frances, 439

Weld, Frances Eliza, 440, 603

Weld, Luther, 602, 603

Wellcom, Ellinor, 611

Wells, Apphia, 198

Wells, Dudley, 198

Wells, Eunice, 198

Wells, James Dudley, 198

Wells, Tames Webster. 198

Wells, John, 198

Wells. John Webster. 198

Wells, Nathaniel, 198

Wells. William. 551

Wentworth, Governor, 574, 603

Wentworth, Grace, 134

Wentworth, Levi, 134

Wentworth, Col. Lewis, 135

Wentworth, Mary, 134

Wentworth, Paul, 575

Wentworth, Sally, 134

Wentworth, Stephen, 586

Wentworth, Theresa, 134

756

INDEX OF NAMES

Wescott, Sarah D., 400
Westwood, Margaret, 147, 148
Weymouth, Dr., 457
Weymouth, Herman C, 482
Whalev, Cesta W., 400. 401
Whaley, George W., 401
Wheeler, Anna, 151
Wheeler, John, 151
Wheeler, Jonas R., 399
Wheeler, Maggie, 217
Wheeler, Dr. Phineas H., 384
Wheeler, Rebecca, 250
Wheelwright, John, 341, 350

519

Algie D., 519

Charles A., 564

Charles W., 408

Daniel, 129, 519

Daniel B., 519

David, 355, 360,

David M., 369

Eleanor, 196

Ellen A., 369

Ellen W., 355
cher, Joseph, 519
cher, Lucy, 355

Lulia May, 564

Mary E., 519

Aiilton J., 519

Mina J., 519

Nancy, 519

Norris Bartlett,

Perkins Norris,

Phebe M., 519

Charles E., 431

Daniel, 284

Elizabeth Ann,

Emily Ann, 284

Ezra S., 431

Fanny, 284

Frances, 285

Hannah, 284

Hosea M., 431
dden, Joseph, 284
dden, Margaret, 284

Margaret Sarah, 284

Mark, 206, 284

Mark A., 284

Mary, 284

Mary Elizabeth, 284

Michael, 284

Reuben, 430

Samuel, 284

Sarah, 279, 281, 282, 284,

Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
Wh
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431
Whiddin,
Whidden,
Whiddin,
Whidden,
Whidden,
Whidden, William, 284

cher,
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cher,
cher,
cher,
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cher,
cher,
cher,
cher,

cher,
cher,
cher,
cher,
cher,
cher,
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dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
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dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
dden,
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360
369

284

Sarah J., 430
Susan E., 285
Susan H., 431
Svdna L., 159
Thomas, 284

Whipple, Belinda C, 527
Whipple, Susan, 326
Whipple, Susan H., 325
Whitcher, Charles A., 568
Whitcher, John, 304, 309
Whitcher, Leila May, 568
White, Gladys, 361
White, Gladys S., 339, 340
White, Hannah (Rollins), 600
White, Rev. Howard, 361
White, Jennie G.. 245
White, Lieut. John, 575
White, Llewellvn, 600
White, Nellie (Lincoln), 361

Whitehouse, , 605

Whiteman, Richard. 615
Whiting, George, 541
Whitney, Henry, 541
Whittaker, Gilman, 341, 361

Whitten, , 624

Whitten, Calvin. 604
Whitten, Elmer C, 162
Whitten, Reuben, 433, 603, 604
Whitten, Sarah, 433, 604

Whittier, , 570

Whittier, Ruth, 207 _
Wicom, Deborah, 337, 611
Wiggin, Abbie Edith, 605
Wiggin, Abigail, 536, 541, 606
Wiggin, Abigail (Church), 408, 411,

414
Wiggin, Abigail Edith, 577
Wiggin, Abram Moore, 151
Wiggin, Ada Eldora, 608
Wiggin, Adeline, 606, 608
Wiggin, Albe Richard, 609
Wiggin, Almira, 211
Wiggin, Andrew, 317, 604
Wiggin, Hon. Andrew, 133
Wiggin, Ann, 604
Wiggin, Arthur Chase, 609
Wiggin, Ben, 382
Wiggin, Benjamin, 577
Wiggin, Benjamin Franklin, 605
Wiggin, Betsev, 606
Wiggin, Brads'treet, 123, 604, 606, 608
Wiggin, Carrie, 606
Wiggin, Catherine, 607
Wiggin, Charles, 211, 382
Wiggin, Charles Henry, 609
Wiggin, Charles Pease, 605
Wiggin, Charles S., 606
Wiggin, Chase, 192, 312, 317, 550, 604,

605, 606, 607, 608, 609
Wiggin, Dr. Chase, 606
Wiggin, Coker, 604
Wiggin, Comfort, 392, 604. 606
Wiggin, Daniel, 145, 146, 606, 607
Wiggin, Daniel Alexander, 606
Wiggin, David, 205

INDEX OF NAMES

/ 5i

Wiggin, Edith F., 605

■in. Edward F., 577
Wiggin, Edward Franklin.
Wiggin, Eliza, 527
Wiggin, Elizabeth, 608
Wiggin, Ethel, 577
Wiggin, Eunice J., 314
Wiggin, Eunice lane. 606
Wiggin, Eva M.. o08
Wiggin, Florence M., 577. 60S
Wiggin, Frank. 211
Wiggin, Fred B., 608
Wiggin, George, 299, 431. 477. 605, 606,

608
Wiggin, George Seaver, 609
Wiggin, George W., 550
Wiggin, George Washington, 211, 605
Wiggin, Grace H.. 244
Wiggin, Hannah, 133
Wiggin, Hollis, 577
Wiggin, Hollis G.,_605
Wiggin, Isabella. 551
Wiggin, Jane, 151
Wiggin, John, 151, 408. 411. 414, 431,

606
Wiggin, Deacon John Mead, 606
Wiggin, John W.. 299
Wiggin, Jonathan, 352
Wiggin, Toshua, 337, 361, 382. 424, 604,

605, 606, 608, 626
Wiggin, Joshua W., 151
Wiggin, Josiah P., 606
Wiggin, Lena Gertrude, 609
Wiggin, Lizzie S., 298
W'ic°in, Lucv Ann, 133
Wiggin, Lydia, 348,_625
Wiggin, Lydia P., 176
Wiggin, Mark, 363
Wiggin, Martha, 151
Wiggin, Martha Coker, 604
Wiggin, Marv Frances, 143
Wiggin, Martha Rust, 606
Wiggin, Mary, 606
Wiggin, Mary Ann, 607
Wiggin, Mary Frances, 143, 608
Wiggin, Mattie, 551
Wiggin, Molly, 606
Wiggin, Nancy, 191. 192, 431. 439, 606,

609. 610
Wiggin, Nancy C., 432
Wiggin, Nancy (Xeal). 424
Wiggin, Olive" Chandler, 144, 145
Wiggin, Pollv (Perkins ), oOo
Wiggin, Richard, 314, 607, 608
Wiggin, Richard R., 606. 607
Wiggin, Richard Rust, 606
Wiggin, Sally, 477
Wiggin, Sallv Swain. 144. 145
Wiggin, Sarah. 151. 205. 607
Wiggin, Sarah Elizabeth, 607

Wiggin, Sarah ( Piper), 40S, 411

Wiggin, Smith, 606

Wiggin, Stephen, 577, 605

Wiggin, Susan C, 434

Wiggin, Susan Maria, 607

W iggin, Susan Marie, 145, 14*

Wiggin, Thomas, 335

Wiggin, Capt. Thomas. 347. 4<)4. 408

Wiggin, Walter. 34*. 354

Wiggin, Washington, 550

Wiggin, William II., 145

Wiggin, William Henry, 146

Wiggin. William Whitehouse, 144, 145

Wiggin, Winthrop, 431, 604, 606

Wiggin, Zoa, 193

Wiggins, Walter, 625

Wight, Clark, 96

Wilber, Mattie G., _2s2

Wilcock, George, 252

Wilcomb, Anne (Titcomb-Warner),

611
Wilcomb, Annie Sarah. 612
Wilcomb, Charles P., 610
Wilcomb, Charles Presby, 612
Wilcomb, Cynthia, 612
Wilcomb, Cynthia Wilkins, 612
Wilcomb, Deborah Wicom, 478
Wilcomb, Edgar Harlan, 238, 612
Wilcomb, Francis Fisk, 612
Wilcomb, James, 612
Wilcomb, James P., 611
Wilcomb, John Frank, 612
Wilcomb, Joseph, 61,1
Wilcomb, Moses, 170
Wilcomb, Nancy, 612
Wilcomb, Nathaniel, 611
Wilcomb, Owen Victor, 612
Wilcomb, Richard, 611
Wilcomb, Sallv. 171
Wilcomb, Sarah, 170, 611
Wilcomb, William, 611.012
Wilcomb, William Johnson, 612
Wilcomb, Zaccheus, 611
Wilcom, Moses, 611
Wilcone, Deborah, 611
Wilcox. Albert W.. 318
Wiley, Dr., 238, 545, 593
Wiley. Rev. Fred L., 595 _
Wiley, Rev. Frederick. 597
Wiley. Mrs. Maurice, 598
Wiley. Maurice G., 597
Wilkenson, Eleanor I... 119
Wilkerson, John Hutchins. 496
Wilkev, Frank, Jr.. 564, 568
Wilkev, Richard F.. 564
Wilkey. Richard F. B.. 568
Wilkins, Sarah, 366
Wilkinson. P.enning, 2:3. '43
Wilkinson, Bradbury. 253, 613, 614
Wilkinson, C. IL. 492

758

INDEX OF NAMES

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lkinson, Caroline Mary, 614

lkinson, Charles H., 253, 496

lkinson, Charles Henry, 614

lkinson, Charlotte, 222, (A3

lkinson, David J., 614

lkinson, Deborah, 613

lkinson, Ella, 613

lkinson, Frank, 613

lkinson, George Damen, 614

lkinson, George H., 253, 613, 614

lkinson, Hannah, 613

lkinson, Hannah Huckins, 614

lkinson, Henry, 613

lkinson, Ira, 101

lkinson, J. H., 492

lkinson, Jacob, 253, 614

lkinson, Jacob R., 613

lkinson, Jane, 613

lkinson, John, 613

lkinson, John H., 253

lkinson, John Huckins, 614

lkinson, Jonathan, 613

lkinson, Lavina, 253, 614

lkinson, Leah, 253, 613, 614

lkinson, Leonard, 613

lkinson, Lewis Howe, 614

lkinson, Mark, 613

lkinson, Mary, 613

lkinson, Mary A., 253

lkinson, Mary Armanda, 613, 614

lkinson, Mary P., 253

lkinson, Mary Perkins, 614

lkinson, Oliver, 613

lkinson, Rachel, 613

lkinson, Rhoda, 613

lkinson, Sadie, 143

lkinson, Samuel, 613

lkinson, Samuel Bradford, 613

lkinson, Susan, 613

lkinson, Warren W., 253

lkinson, Warren Ward, 614

Hand, Lulu M., 503

lley, Asenath R., 543

lley, Nancy, 113

Hiatus, Fannie, 323

lliams, Loren, 295

lliams, Roger, 391

lliams, Simon Finley, 122

iams, Susan, 539
lliams, Susannah, 122, 124
lliams, Thomas, 539
His, Joseph, 318
lloughby, Abigail, 616
lloughby, Annie, 94
lloughby, Azuba, 615
lloughby, Betsey, 615
lloughby, Caroline, 129, 616
lloughby, Capt. Calvin, 615
lloughby, Elizabeth, 614
lloughby, Governor Francis, 615

Willoughby, Hastings, 616
Willoughby, Isaac, 615
Willoughby, John, 615
Willoughby, Joseph, 615
Willoughby, Luther, 615
Willoughby, Nehemiah, 615
YYilloug-hbv, Phebe, 615
Willoughby, Pollv, 615
Willoughby, Sarah, 320, 615, 616
Willoughby, Sarah E., 162
Willoughby, Sarah Elizabeth, 129
Willoughby, Thomas, 614
Wilson, Benjamin, 162
Wilson, Daniel, 325, 326
Wilson, David, 294, 325, 326, 616
Wilson, Delma, 503
Wilson, Emily, 616
Wilson. Fred'B., 162
Wilson, Hannah, 102, 325, 326
Wilson, John Butterfield, 616
Wilson, Lavina, 294
Wilson, Lavinia Butterfield, 616
Wilson, Lydia Butterfield, 294, 616
Wilson, Mary Jane, 294
Wilson, Mary Jane Cleaves, 616
Wilson, Miranda, 294, 295
W'ilson, Miranda Cleaves, 294, 616
Wilson, Myra, 325, 326
Wilson, Naomi, 294, 616
Wilson, Rebecca, 294, 616
Wilson, Rebecca Butterfield, 616
Wilson, Rebecca (Wvett), 327
Wing, John, 105, 106
Wing, Joseph, 485
Wingate, Col. Josh, 209
Winter, Royal, 417
Winthrop, Governor, 330
Wise, Anna, 401
Wise, Hannah Francilla, 161
Wise. Martha, 161
Wise, Robert L., 161

Wiser, , 564

Witham, A., 591

Witham, Asa, 466, 467, 591, 616

Witham, Brad, 616

Witham, Bradburv, 591

Witham, Elizabeth, 262, 412, 466, 591

Witham, Hazen, 591

Witham, Tacob, 616

Witham, John, 591

Witham, Joseph, 591, 616

Witham, Laura, 616

Witham, Nathan. 467

Witham, Peletiah, 262, 412, 466, 467,

591
Witham, Sarah E.. 591, 616
Witham, Thomas, 616
Withey, David Earl, 509
Withev, Moses A., 509
Wood," Horace A., 298

INDEX OF NAMES

759

Wood, John, 115
Wood, Joshua, 115
Wood, Mary Melissa, 395
Wood, Stone Abba, 615
Wood. Truman, 573
Woodbury. Norman, 134
Woodhouse, Minnie, 583
Woodman, Abigail, 617
Woodman, Addie, 511, 617
Woodman, Amos C, 511
Woodman, Ann, 617
Woodman, Archelas, 017
Woodman, B. L., 435
Woodman, Benjamin, 617, 618
Woodman, Benjamin P., 169, 511
Wi iodman, Clara, 245
Woodman, Clara A., 522. 618
Woodman, Clara Ann, 249, 512
Woodman, Dana, 294, 610
Woodman, Lieut. Daniel, 435
Woodman, Deborah, 312, 315, 316
Woodman, Edward, 435, 61/
Woodman, Eleanor, 617
Woodman, Eleanor Ruth, 245
Woodman, Eliza, 204, 205
Woodman, Elizabeth, 617
Woodman, Emma, 618
Woodman, Eunice W., 435
Woodman, Fannie S., 512
Woodman, Florence, 512, 617
Woodman, Frances, 584
Woodman, Frank, 512, 617
Woodman, Frank Henry, 245. 512
Woodman, George, 435
Woodman, George F., 511, 523
Woodman, Hannah, 617
Woodman, Hannah M., 617
Woodman, Hannah W., 017
Woodman, Harry, 435
Woodman, Henry J., 617
Woodman, Henry L., 617
Woodman, Hilton, 617
Woodman, Hiram, 617
Woodman, Hiram S., 511, 617
Woodman, Ichabod, 617
Woodman, Israel, 443, 511
Woodman, Israel D., 017
Woodman, Jeremiah, 617
Woodman, Jessie, 618
Woodman, Joanna, 617
Woodman, John, 617
Woodman, John H., 522
Woodman, John Kelley, 511
Woodman, John S., 618
Woodman, Jonathan, 617
Woodman, Joshua, 315, 316. 017
Woodman, Capt. Joshua, 312
Woodman, Julia A., 017
Woodman, Kate, 618
Woodman, Laura J., 128

Woodman, Levi, 382, 617
Woodman, Lois, 274, 276, 312
Woodman, I.ydia, 451, 511, 617
Woodman, Mara, 511
Woodman, Maria L., 617
Woodman, Martha, 017
Woodman, Martin, 511, 617
Woodman, Marv, 128, 314, 512. 523.

617,618
Woodman, Marv A., 51 1. 512
Woodman, Marv Abiah, 289, 291, 522.

618
Woodman, Mary C, 169
Woodman, Mary Catherine, 500
Woodman, Mary O., 511
Woodman, Mary P., 511
Woodman, Nancy, 017
Woodman, Nancy S., 511, 618
Woodman, Nathaniel, 511, 017
Woodman. Noah. 25(1, 291, 386, 511,

522. 584, 585, 617, 018
Woodman, Oliver, 511, 617
Woodman, Park, 017
Woodman, Phillip, 617
Woodman, Phillip Colby, 245, 512
Woodman, Polly, 617
Woodman, Ray, 244, 512, 617
Woodman, Raymond Pease, 245
Woodman, Rebecca, 511, 617, 618
Woodman, Relief, 291
Woodman, Relief Rogers, 386, 585
Woodman, Relief (Smith), 511
Woodman, Rev.. 405
Woodman, Rodney, 511, 617
Woodman, Ruth, 617
Woodman, Ruth C, 523
Woodman, Ruth Elinor, 512
Woodman, Samuel, 511, 617
Woodman, Samuel H., 617
Woodman, Sara Frances, 585
Woodman, Sarah, 511, 617, 618
Woodman, Sarah A., 617
Woodman, Sarah F., 380, 511
Woodman, Sarah Francis, 522
Woodman, Simeon, 523
Woodman, Susanna, 122
Woodman, Thomas, 169, 381, 451, 511,

512, 617
Woodman, Thomas P., 617
Woodman, William, 617
Woodman, William D., 128
Woodward, Arthur, 551
Woodward, Lizzie E., 429_
Worcester, Anna. 2 Id. 237
Worcester, Hepsibah, 211, 484
Worcester, Noah, 218
Worcester, Susanna, 133, 403
Worcester, Rev. Witham, 133
Wording. William E., 291
Wormwood, Susan M., 174

760

INDEX OF NAMES

W orthen, Capt. Ezekiel, 213, 218

W orthen, Jemima, 194

^ urthen, Stephen, 492, 495

Wright, Emma, 282

Wyatt, Alfred C, 314

Wyatt, Xellie, 318

Wyett, Deacon, 325

Wyett, Rebecca, 325, 326

VWke. Anne, 593

Wyke, John, 593

Wyke, Leonard, 593

Wyman, Col. Isaac, 563

Wyman, Alary (Carter), 106, 108, 498

W yrnan, Sylvester, 499

Wyman, Rev. Thomas, 106, 108

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Yeaton, Esther, 541

Yeaton, Airs. Fred, 298

Yeaton, Joseph, 541

Yeaton, Malisa, 564

Yeaton, Melisa, 541, 568

Aeaton, Nathaniel, 564, 568

A eaton, Rufus, 564, 568

York, Amanda, 618

York, Benjamin C, 618

York, Daniel, 176

York, Judith, 444

York, Marion, 171, 173,542

York, Alary E., 176

York, Olive, 120

York, Oscar, 129, 618

York, Perley, 618

York, Richard, 517

York, Walter, 618

Young, Abbie M., 457

Young, Adelaid (Codman), 523

Aoung, Adeline, 457

Young. Amy A., 457

Young, AnnAIaria (Chase), 456, 457

1 oung, Annie, 457

Young, Ansel C, 457

Young, Ansel F., 457

Young, Bailey, 419

Young, Deacon Bailev, 456

Young, Benjamin, 28*1

Young, Benjamin G.. 151

^ '>ung. Betsev, 181. 186

Young, Brigham, 232, 233

Young, Catherine Y.. 527

Young, Charles A., 457

Young. Charles S., 457

Young, Charlotte, 457

Young, David, 481

Young, Emeline. 457

Young, Fostina E., 456, 457

Young, Fostine, 462

Young, George B., 457

Young, Harold Herbert, 146

Young, Harriet. 457

Young, Hattie A., 457

Young, Herbert Rufus, 145, 146

Young (Infant), 146

Young, John, 457

Young, Rev. John Kimball, 397, 514

Young, John S., 457

Young, L. D., 527

Young, Louisa, 457

Young, Lucy Ann, 407

Young, Alary Jane, 457

Young, Alarv S., 318

Young, Alehitable C, 280, 281

Young, Aloses, 456, 457

Young, Oscar T., 457

Young, Ray, 146

Young, Rebecca, 281

Young, Rufus, 145

Young, Rufus W., 146

Young, S. E., 444

Young, Sarah E., 457

Youngman, James, 114, 340, 355, 360

A. urine, William, 611