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(IV) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (I) and Elizabeth (Dustin) Emerson, was born Feb- ruary 23, 1701, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was one of the original members of the North Parish Church in 1730, and was admitted to the parish of Hampstead by letter from there, June 3, 1752. About 1762 he removed from Hampstead to the eastern part of Weare, New Hampshire, where he died. When the province line was established in 1741, he found himself to be outside of Massa- chusetts, and petitioned for the establishment of a new parish in Hampstead. He was a resident of the West parish in 1740. The records of Hampstead church would seem to indicate that he had strayed somewhat from the narrow path, as shown by the following entry : "May, 29, 1761, voted that Stephen Emerson should again partake with them on his aeknowledgement that he had gone con- trary to ye Gospel in forsaking their com- munion." He married Hannah, daughter of James and Abigail (Webster) Marden, of Rye, New Hampshire, who was born in 1716. She was an original member of the North Parish church in 1730, and was admitted to the Hampstead church, June 3. 1752. Their children were: Ensign Stephen, Lieutenant Marden, Susannah, Abigail, Elizabeth, Moses, Mary and James.
(V) Deacon James, youngest son of Stephen (2) and Hannah ( Marden) Emerson, was
born January 10, 1739, in Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, and went with his father to Weare in early life. He resided for a time in Hamp- stead, and removed after 1760 to Weare. He and his wife owned the covenant in the Hamp- ton church, January 11, 1761. He was deacon of the church at Weare, and was very striet about keeping the Sabbath. On one occasion while going to chureh, he observed a fox pur- suing a rabbit, and was urged by his wife to scare away the fox and relieve the frightened bunny, but he insisted that such an act would be a profanation of the Sabbath, and refused to do so. In relating the circumstance his wife said that she was in doubt as to whether he was too pious or too lazy to dismount and do this act of kindness. He died in Weare in 1814. He married Lydia, daughter of Moses and Mary (Carr) Hoyt, who was born April 6, 1740, in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The records of Hampstead church show that both James Emerson and his wife were admitted there from the church in Weare, August 30, 1778. Their children were : Moses, Hannah (died young), Susannah, James, Lydia, Polly, Hannah and Stephen.
(VI) James (2), seeond son of James (I) and Lydia (Hoyt) Emerson, was born May 26, 1767, in Weare, and settled on part of lot 27, range I, of that town, not far from the spot where his father first settled. About 1799 he sold his land and moved to Newbury, New Hampshire, where he died. He married Polly Cilley and their children were : Jonathan, Stephen, James and Lydia.
(VII) Jonathan, eldest son of James (2) and Polly (Cilley) Emerson, was born Aug- ust 25, 1792, in Weare, New Hampshire. He later removed to Newport, and finally settled in Lebanon, where he died February 12, 1872. He was a farmer by oeeupation, and a highly respected eitizen. He married, in 1813, Polly Collins, of Danville, New Hampshire, born July 3, 1787, died September 8, 1861. Their children were: Hiram, Susan, Jonathan, Arvilla B., James, Moses W., Albro V., Lucena A. and Lucina M., the last two being twins.
(VIII) Hiram, eldest son of Jonathan and Polly (Collins) Emerson, was born May 17, 1813, in Weare, New Hampshire. He spent his boyhood on the farm with his father, after which he learned the blacksmith trade, and was for several years engaged at that business in the town of Newport. From Newport he removed to New London, New Hampshire, and from there to Jefferson, where, with his
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brother-in-law, Hartford Sweet, he engaged in the lumber business. After about three years he removed to Littleton and was engaged in the manufacture of scythes until 1856. From there he removed to St. Johnsbury, Ver- mont, where for twelve years he was agent for the Ely Hoe & Fork Company. From there he removed to Lebanon, New Hampshire, where he was engaged in the manufacture of scythes and axes, being associated with his brother, Albro V. They continued in business until 1870, when he retired, and where he died October 17, 1898. He married, October 5, 1837, Lydia K., daughter of Hon. Jeremiah D. and Zilpha ( Bowman) Nettleton, who was born May 15, 1817, in Newport, died at Lebanon, New Hampshire, October 25, 1900. ( See Nettleton VII). Their children were: Zilpha E., died young, Fanny A., Willie, Z. Elizabeth, Ellen B., Edwin B., Marietta B. and Frederick H.
(IX) Edwin Brooks, son of Hiram and Lydia K. (Nettleton) Emerson, was born May 22, 1847, in Littleton, New Hampshire. When he was but six years old, his parents removed to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and he received a good education at the excellent academy in that town. When seventeen years old he entered the employ of E. & T. Fair- banks & Company, scale manufacturers, and on attaining his majority went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained twelve years as a trusted employee of the old firm of Brown, Dutton and Company, after which he removed to Salisbury, New Hampshire. There he was engaged for a period of three years in the mercantile business and returned to Massachusetts, spending nine years in Holyoke, whence he removed to the city of North- ampton in 1891, where he purchased a wall- paper and paint business, which has been wonderfully successful under his management, having increased four-fold, and he is now con- ducting a large wholesale and retail trade. During the entire year he employs twenty men on contract work and during the summer months, this force is very largely augmented. His well-stocked store is situated in the heart of the city, in Main street, where he caters to a steadily growing and desirable trade. Aside from business, he has devoted some time to public affairs, having been elected a member of the common council in 1900, and in 1901 was president of that body. Since 1900 he has been one of the overseers of the poor for the city, and is now (1908) a member of the city hall commission, which has under way
the consideration of a new city building. He was made an Odd Fellow in 1870 in Franklin Lodge, of Boston, and subsequently became a member of the encampment, but has now withdrawn from that order. He is now engaged in forwarding the high fraternal principles which he there learned and occu- pies an exalted position in the Masonic order. He is a member of Springfield Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is an active member of the First Congregational Church of North- ampton and has held a position on the board of church assessors, being for three years chairman of that board. In all these activities, Mr. Emerson has demonstrated the breadth of his nature and has gained and maintained the respect of a large number of contempor- aries. He married, July 6, 1871, at Lebanon, New Hampshire, Mary L., daughter of Will- iam B. and Elizabeth (George) Parsons, the latter a daughter of True George, of Salisbury. He was for many years keeper at the state prison in Concord, and was a member of the state senate from about 1845 to 1850, and was otherwise prominent in public affairs. Mrs. Emerson was born November 24, 1848, at Salisbury, was educated at a seminary in New London, New Hampshire, and was a teacher in the public schools of Salisbury. She is the mother of a son and a daughter, namely : Edward Nettleton and Ella May Emerson.
(X) Edward Nettleton, only son of Edwin Brooks and Mary L. (Parsons) Emerson, was born July 12, 1873, in Salisbury, and gradu- ated from the high school of Holyoke, as president of his class. He subsequently entered Amherst College and was graduated from the class of 1896, being class day orator. During his college life he was identified with various activities among the students, being a member of the college Glee and Dramatic clubs. In 1897 he graduated with high honors from the law school of the College of New York, and immediately became identified with the law firm of Bissel & Emerson, at 50 Broadway, New York, where he is still engaged in practice. He married, October 20, 1908, Florence Boyce, whose home was next door to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, and who was a graduate of Bryn Mawr, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(X) Ella May, only daughter of Edwin Brooks and Mary L. (Parsons ) Emerson, was born June 17, 1877, in Salisbury, and is a graduate of the Northampton high school. She married, June 20, 1900, Dr. Payn B. Par- sons, son of the Rev. E. B. Parsons, of Will-
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iams College of Williamstown, Massachusetts. Dr. Parsons is a member of the Bacterialogi- cal Commission of New York.
The Nettletons of New- NETTLETON port, and sullivan county, New Hampshire, are all descendants of Jeremiah Nettleton, who made a settlement in the town of Newport in the year 1779, and lived there about thirty-five years, and at his death left a large family of children from whom in later years has come a numerous line of descendants, and in each succeeding generation from the time of the settler there have been men of prominence in the civil, political and industrial history of the state.
(I) John Nettleton, of Kenilworth, Eng- land, is mentioned in history as the founder of this particular branch of the Nettleton family of New England, but of his antecedents contemporary genealogists give little informa- tion of value. It is known, however, that he lived about fifty miles west of the city of London. and after his immigration to America was one of the early colonists of Connecticut. He married, and among his children was a son, Joseph.
(II) Joseph, son of the ancestor, John Net- tleton, married, February 18, 1712, Hannah Bushnell, and had a son Jeremiah.
(III) Jeremiah, son of Joseph and Han- nah (Bushnell) Nettleton, was of Killing- worth, Connecticut, which appears to have been the principal seat of the family of that state. The family name of his wife is not mentioned by any of the earlier chroniclers of Nettleton history, but it is known that he mar- ried and that one of his sons was Jeremiah Nettleton, progenitor of the family of that surname in New Hampshire.
(IV) Jeremiah (2), son of Jeremiah (I) Nettleton, was born October 17, 1738, prob- ably at Killingworth, Connecticut, and died in 1815, in Newport, New Hampshire. He settled in Newport in 1779, having come from Connecticut during that year with his wife and eight children, the eldest of whom was then less than seventeen years old. He set- tled on what afterward became known as the Paul farm, and owned Bald mountain and the land extending thence southward to the river. He married, November 19, 1761, Love, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Post) Buell, and granddaughter of Samuel and Judith Buell, great-granddaughter of Samuel and Deborah (Griswold) Buell, and great-
great-granddaughter of William and Mary Buell. They were the parents of nine chil- dren, all except the youngest was born in Connecticut, namely : Mabel, Charity, Aaron, Jeremiah, Nathan, Rachel, Deborah, Joel and Daniel.
(V) Aaron, eldest son of Jeremiah (2) and Love (Buell) Nettleton, was born No- vember II, 1766, in Kenilworth, Connecticut. He removed with his parents to Newport, New Hampshire, at the age of thirteen, and lived and died on the spot where his father first settled. He was an excellent farmer, and also engaged largely in public affairs, being the first sheriff of Sullivan county. He mar- ried, March 5, 1793, Mehitable Dow, of Exeter, New Hampshire. Their children were : Jeremiah D., Lydia K., Fanny, Aaron and Mehitable.
(VI) Jeremiah D., eldest son of Aaron and Mehitable (Dow) Nettleton, was born April 10, 1794, in Newport. He lived on the farm which had been occupied by his father and grandfather all his life, and died December 8, 1852. He was a representative in 1837-39, state senator two years and selectman thirteen years. He was a member of the Baptist church, was ever courteous in his manner and enjoyed the confidence of his fellow towns- men. He married (first) in 1815, Zilpha, daughter of Zadoc Bowman, and (second) Orpha Sweet. His children were: Lydia K., Fanny E., Jeremiah and Orpha.
(VII) Lydia K., eldest child of Jeremiah D. and Zilpha ( Bowman) Nettleton, was born May 15, 1817, in Newport, and married Octo- ber 5, 1837, Hiram Emerson, of Lebanon, New Hampshire. (See Emerson VIII).
The surname Whitte- WHITTEMORE more is identical with Whitmore, which is a more common spelling in the English family. The name is of local origin the original family taking their name from the manor of Whit- more or Whytemere of Staffordshire, Eng- land. This manor was granted by the Con- queror to Ricardus Forestarius, according to the Domesday Book (1086) and he had as tenants Ulfac, Aldwin, Arnulf and Avisa. It is supposed that Avisa was the Saxon owner of the place. Avisa de Whitmore also held lands from the Conqueror in the hundreds of Pirchill. Staffordshire, and Brodford, Salop. The English ancestry of the family as given in this sketch is an abstract from the private records of Eli J. Whittemore, of Worcester,
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and D. J. Whittemore, formerly chief engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road, who collaborated in a very extensive research in England. The family was orig- inally designated by the name de Botrel ( Botreaux, Boterel, or Boterell) from a Nor- man estate. The first Duke of Brittany, God- frey, was of this family. When Whitmore came into possession of the family the mem- bers were distinguished by the designation de Whitmore which later became a surname.
(I) The lineage is traced to the father of William de Botrel ( 1100-1135) and his brother Peter, mentioned below, but the father's name is not known. William de Botrel had a son William ( 1158-63).
(II) Peter de Botrel of Staffordshire, had a son Radulph or Ralph.
(III) Ralph de Botrel (1152-1171) mar- ried twice. His son William by the first wife married Avisa de Whitmore ( 1179). William (4) (1174) had a son Reginald (5) who had a son Robert (6) (1238) who had a son Rob- ert (7) (1260). This was not the American line. That descends from the second wife, by her son Ralph de Botrel, mentioned below, and not by Rad Fitz Wetmore (1220-40), an illegitimate son. Rad had a son Will le Burgvyllon ( 1242-54).
(IV) Ralph de Botrel had a son John.
(V) Sir John de Whitmore married Agnes ( 1252-76) and about this time bought of Robert (7), Lord of Whitmore, all lands and titles, the original deed being on parchment and signed with Robert's seal. It is written in old law Latin. Sir John had at least three sons : I. John, mentioned below. 2. William, married Alice Ferrars, and had son Philip who founded what is called the Claverly branch. 3. Ralph.
(VI) John Whitmore, the heir of Sir John, married Margerie ( 1270-1301). He was founder of what genealogists call the Caunton line.
(VII) Richard of Whitmore married Susan- nah Draycote, daughter of Philip Dray- cote, of Painesly, knight. Children: I. Jane, married John Blunt. 2. Mary, married John Gifford. 3. Beatrix, married John Chetwind. 4. Christina, married Richard Fleetwood. 5. Philip, mentioned below.
(VIII) Philip Whitmore, married Thomas- ine, daughter of Richard Okeover.
(IX) Richard Whitmore, son of Philip Whitmore, married (first) a daughter of Sir Ralph Bagot; (second) a daughter of Sir Richard Devereaux; (third) a daughter of iii-21
Simon Harcourt, probably of Ellenhall, Staf- ford. By his third wife he had a son Nicholas.
(X) Nicholas Whitmore, son of Richard, married Anne, daughter of Thomas Aston, of Tixhall, Staffordshire. Children: I. Mary, married William Lusone. 2. Anthony, men- tioned below.
(XI) Anthony Whitmore, son of Nicholas Whitmore, married Christina, daughter and heir of Nicholas Vaux. Children: I. Joan. 2. William, mentioned below.
(XII) William Whitmore, son of Anthony Whitmore, had a son John.
(XIII) John Whitmore, of Caunton, sec- ond son of William Whitmore, in the reign of Henry VI, married Alice Blyton, daughter and heir of Robert Blyton, of Caunton, county Notts. He married (second) Catherine Comp- ton, daughter and heir of Robert Compton, of Hawton ( Visitation of York 1563). Children : I. William. 2. Robert, mentioned below.
(XIV) Robert Whitmore, son of John Whitmore, was the heir of Caunton and mar- ried Catherine Claye, daughter of George Claye, of Finningly, county Notts ( Visitation of Yorkshire), and had a son William, the heir, who married a daughter of John Ridley ; was of Rotterdam and died 1568. Robert mar- ried (second) Alice Atwoode, of Harlington, Bedfordshire, and died at Caunton in 1540. Children of the second wife: I. Richard, died s. p. 1559. 2. John, living in 1545. 3. Charles, died 1568, mentioned below. 4. Thomas, liv- ing in 1559 and probably died about 1603. 5. Edmund, living in 1559. 6. Rowland, living in 1591. 7. James. 8. Randall, and three daughters. Edmund or Rowland Whitmore (Robert (14)) had a son who was Thomas Sr. of Hitchin, the parish where the immigrant, Thomas Whitmore, was born. Thomas Whit- more, the immigrant, was the son of another Thomas Whitmore, as will be seen later.
(XV) Charles Whitmore, son of Robert Whitmore, died in 1568. He lived at Tux- forth, county Notts. Children: I. William, died 1582 in county Notts. 2. John, supposed to have lived in Staffordshire and died 1571. 3. Robert, died 1608. 4. Richard, died 1578. 5. James, died 1614. 6. Thomas, the elder, mentioned below. 7. Roger, of Hitchin. 8. Christopher, of county Bed, died 1640. Four daughters and a posthumous child supposed to be George. Three of the sons. spelled the name Whittamore, three spelled it Watmore, and one Whitmore, the spelling which has pre- vailed in England.
(XVI) Thomas Whitmore, son of Charles
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Whitmore, lived at Hitchin, county Hertford, England. He married Mary and died 1649. His two sons emigrated to New Eng- land; Thomas to Malden, Massachusetts, and Jolin to Stamford, Connecticut. Thomas of Malden is the ancestor of most of the Amer- ican Whittemores. John of Stamford had a daughter Elizabeth and son John Whittemore who was of age in 1649, and lived at Stamford and Middletown, Connecticut .-
(XVI) Roger Whitmore, son of Charles Whitmore and brother of Thomas Whitmore above, of Hitchin, was the father of Nicholas Whitmore; Nicholas had two sons who also emigrated to New England: Francis Whit- more to Boston and Thomas Whitmore to Middletown, Connecticut. From these are descended the American Whitmores. Their father was first cousin to the Malden emigrant, Thomas Whittemore, mentioned below.
(XVII) Thomas Whittemore, son of Thomas Whitmore, was born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. He came to New England prior to 1640, for at that time he was in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the Mystic side, which later was the town of Malden, and signed a petition with neighbors for better privileges in 1640. In 1645 he bought of Rev. John Cotton of Boston "meadow for two cow's grass." This piece of land adjoined his own farm, and is now included in the city of Everett. It remained in the Whittemore family until May I, 1845, over two hundred years after he had bought it. He married (second) April 14, 1623, in England, Sarah Deardes, who was buried November 17, 1628. He married (third) Hannah -- -, who, according to her own deposition, was born in 1612. She married ( second) June 3, 1663, at Chelmsford, Benjamin Butterfield. Thomas Whittemore died at Malden, May 25, 1661. His will was proved June 25, 1661. Children: I. Sarah, baptized April 14, 1616. 2. Mary, baptized May 12, 1624. 3. Thomas, baptized October 6, 1626, lived in England. 4. Daniel, baptized July 13, 1633, married Mary Mellins, March 7, 1662, daughter of Richard Mellins, of Charlestown. 5. John, baptized April 27, buried 29, 1635. 6. Nathaniel, baptized May 1, 1636, married Mary Knower and left no male descendants. 7. John, baptized February II, 1638-39, mentioned below. 8. Elizabeth. 9. Benjamin, married Elizabeth Bucknam and died July 16, 1726. 10. Thomas (one of the cases of two sons of the same name living at the same time ) the elder Thomas Whittemore was in England and never came over) mar-
ried Elizabeth Pierce, of Woburn, November 9, 1666, and had son Thomas, born August 14, 1667. II. Samuel, married Hannah
and removed to Dover, New Hampshire, thence to Somerville, Massachusetts; both he and his wife buried at Cambridge. 12. Peletiah. 13. Abraham, served in the army in King Philip's war in 1676; died January 14, 1690-91.
(XVIII) John, son of Thomas Whittemore, was baptized February II, 1638-39, at Hitchin, England, and settled in Massachusetts. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 8, 1694. He resided in Charlestown and was a wheelwright by trade. Late in life he removed to Menotomy (West Cambridge) where he leased a farm of Lieutenant Gov- ernor Danforth. He married (first) Mary Upham, daughter of Deacon John and Eliza- beth Upham. He married (second) Mary Miller. Children: 1. John, born 1662. 2. Thomas, September 1, 1664, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, January 29, 1667. 4. Benjamin, September 1, 1669. 5. Elizabeth, 1671. 6. Nathaniel, 1673. 7. Joel, 1675, died April 27, 1676. 8. Joel, June 15, 1677. 9. Mary, Octo- ber 24, 1678, died young. 10. Peletiah, May 7, 1680. II. Amos, July 25, 1681. 12. Mary, September 26, 1683. 13. Daniel, December 28, 1685, died March 27, 1686. 14. Rebecca, March 3, 1686-87. 15. Hannah, February 10, I 688-89.
(XIX) Thomas, son of John Whittemore, was born in Charlestown, September 1, 1664, died at Watertown, August 10, 1717. He lived at Menotomy and owned the lease of the estate there, under Mr. Whitney of Concord- doubtless the farm leased of Governor Dan- forth by his father. He married Mary Pease, of Boston. All their children were baptized together May 29, 1709. Children, born at Cambridge: Thomas, March 18, 1694, mar- ried, March 25, 1715, Dorothy Thomas. 2. Francis, September 5, 1696. 3. Samuel, Sep- tember 22, 1698, mentioned below. 4. Mary, September 4, 1700. 5. Daniel, February 22, 1701-02, married, November 25, 1745, Abigail Knower. 6. Hannah, 1703. 7. Ephraim, 1705. 8. Sarah, 1707. 9. Martha, April 17, 1709, married Edward Goodnow.
(XX) Samuel, son of Thomas Whittemore, was born in Cambridge, September 22, 1698, died in 1790. He lived at Cambridge ; married there, December 5, 1722, Peternal Mitchell, who died in 1729. Children, born at Cam- bridge: I. Samuel B., December 13, 1723, mentioned below. 2. l'eternal, February 23, 1724. 3. Abigail, January 21, 1726, married,
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November 25, 1749, Daniel Knower. 4. Edward, August 29, 1728, died February 24, 1729.
(XXI) Samuel, son of Samuel Whittemore, was born in Cambridge, December 13, 1723, married, January 19, 1746, Mary Coombs, at Chelsea (Rumney Marsh). His widow Mary administered his estate, which was distributed in 1796. She died May 18, 1804. He lived at Roxbury. Children, born at Roxbury: I. Samuel, 1747, died August 7, 1816; married, November 13, 1771, Ann Derby. 2. Jacob, baptized February 21, 1752, died March 15, 1823; married, October 7, 1772, Elizabeth Champney, who died September 10, 1835. 3. Michael, baptized April 23, 1757, mentioned below. 4. Abigail, baptized August 15, 1759: married, November 15, 1774, Ebenezer Smith, who died September 8, 1829; she died August 7. 1837. 5. Ruth, baptized May 20, 1764, died March 3, 1824; married, March 17, 1803. Simon Keyes. 6. Daughter, married
Williams. 7. Elizabeth, baptized 1762, mar- ried, May 3, 1797, David Sloane; she died March 7, 1836. 8. Mary, died October 8, 1779; married Ralph Smith. 9. Eleanor, married Noah Baker, of Roxbury. 10. Joshua, bap- ized July 6, 1770.
(XXII) Michael, son of Samuel Whitte- more, was born in Roxbury, April 23, 1757, lied February 16, 1854. He was a farmer at Roxbury and was prominent in church and own affairs. He was for many years teacher of music and chorister of the Unitarian church f which he was a member. He assisted in arrying fagots to build the fortifications on Dorchester Heights at the time of the evacua- ion of Boston by the British army, March 7, 1776. He was a soldier in Captain Lemuel lay's company, Colonel McIntosh's regiment rom March 23, 1778, to April 5, 1778, serving t Roxbury in the revolution. (p. 698 Mass. oldiers and Sailors in the Revolution). He as a farmer. He married, in West Roxbury, ebecca Nightingale, a native of Massachu- etts, of English parentage. She died soon fter 1840. She was a capable and energetic oman and whatever prosperity the family ijoyed was attributed mainly to her. Chil- ren, born at Roxbury: I. Rebecca, Septem- er 8, 1779, married Ephraim Cheney, of Rox- iry, a farmer of that town. 2. Michael Jr., ecember 23, 1781, mentioned below. 3. Ruth une, January 24, 1784, died September 23, 329; married, May 5, 1803, Stephen Whit- y. 4. Mary, March 24, 1786, died January ), 1826; married, January 3, 1813, Sabine
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