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below. 6. Aaron, born 1716; removed to Walpole, New Hampshire, before 1750, and is the progenitor of one of the largest and most respectable families of that town; mar- ried in Saybrook, Connecticut, or vicinity, and brought several children with them. (See "History of Walpole, New Hampshire" for children.) He died August 8, 1814, aged ninety-two years; his wife Phebe died March 20, 1813, aged eighty-five years. 7. Lydia. 8. Mary. 9. Phebe. 10. Sylvanus.
(IV) Abner Graves, son of Deacon John Graves (3), was born in Connecticut, in 1714 ; was soldier in the French war with Phineas `and Josiah Graves, in Captain Bezaleel Bris- tol's company. He removed to the Ashuelots, from which was established the towns of Wal- pole and Keene, etc. There he and Joshua Graves (brother or cousin), obtained the lib- erty to turn the stream of the East Branch, May 29, 1759, for building a saw mill and corn mill.
(V) Ezekiel Graves, son (or nephew) of Abner Graves (4), was born in Killingworth, about 1748, and was killed at Acworth in an accident in June, 1813, and was sixty-five years old. He married; children, all baptized at the same time in 1794 in Walpole, New Hampshire : I. Sylvanus, named for his uncle ; died unmarried, in 1841, at Burlington, Vermont. 2. Abner, had a cousin of the same name ; mentioned below. 3. Orange (this odd name is found among the descendants of Thomas Graves of Hartford, Connecticut) : married Sykes. 4. Hannah, married Thomas Cunningham. 5. Pamelia, born August II, 1791 ; died January 13, 1766; mar- ried Dr. Anson Dayton, of Harpersfield, New York.
(VI) Abner Graves, son of Ezekiel Graves (5), was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, or vicinity, about 1780. He removed from Walpole, New Hampshire, to Strafford, Ver- mont, where he married Katherine Kibling, of Ashburnham, Massachusetts. This name was originally Kiblinger, of German origin. Jacob Kibling, the immigrant, was born in Germany, in 1753, and came to Ashburnham, Massachusetts ; died at Strafford, Vermont, in 1839; married Sarah Coolidge, who died at Strafford at the age of ninety-one years ; their children : i. John Kibling, born May 9, 1778, died at Ashburnham, Massachusetts; ii. Sarah Kibling, born February 3, 1780; mar- ried Bundy, of Ludlow, Vermont; iii. Catherine, born May 3, 1782; mentioned above ; married Abner Graves; iv. Jacob Kib- ling, Jr., born November 9, 1784, married
Miss Slyfield; v. Betty Kibling, born March 16, 1793, married Benjamin George; vi. Sylva Kibling, born October 15, 1795, mar- ried Thomas Hazeltine ; vii. Stillman Kibling, born March 26, 1800; married Amelia Hatch ; viii. Nancy Kibling, married Luther Fay, of Sharon, Vermont. Abner Graves was a far- mer and veterinary surgeon widely known in his section of the state, and he practiced till within a few years of his death. He died in 1860, his wife in 1863. Children: I. Cather- ine, died 1876; married first, George W. Brockway, of Sutton, Vermont, and had chil- dren: George W. Brockway, of Penacook, New Hampshire, and Jerome B. Brockway, of Williamstown, Vermont; Catherine married second, Joel Bolster, of Barre, Vermont. 2. George Washington, born February 14, 1805 ; mentioned below. 3. Willard, died October 9, 1882; married Elizabeth Walker, of Heb- ron, New Hampshire; son, Dr. Frank Graves, of Woburn, Massachusetts. 4. Sarah, died 1876; married Horace Smith, of Williams- town, Vermont; children: i. Willard Smith, of Rome, New York; ii. Solon Smith, of Washington, Vermont ; iii. Belle (Mrs. Flury), of St. Albans, Vermont. 5. Pamelia, died aged fifty-four; married Ambrose Ris- ing, at Barre, Vermont. 6. Emily, born 1820; married Nathan Brown, of Strafford, Ver- mont; daughter Kate married Rev. T. Thompson, of Lynn, and resides in Norwood, Massachusetts. 7. Sylvanus, born 1815, at St. Johnsbury, died 1883, aged sixty-eight ; married Frindy C. Ide, of St. Johnsbury, Ver- mont: one child living, Helen. 8. Orange, born 1822, lived with his son at Nicolaus, California ; married Loretta Chandler, of Straf- ford, Vermont; four sons are farmers in Cali- fornia. 9. Wilder, died young. 10. Royal, died aged two years. These children are not given in the order of their birth.
(VII) George Washington Graves, son of Abner Graves (6), was born in Strafford, Ver- mont, February 14, 1805. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and married October 17, 1833, Laurinda Watson, born January 15, 1812. (See sketch of the Watson family.) After living a few years at Strafford he removed to West Fairlee, Ver- mont, and thence to Chelsea, Vermont, where he kept a hotel for several years before the railroads displaced the stage lines. He re- moved thence to East Randolph, Vermont, and continued in the hotel business until the gold discovery in California in 1849. After three years in the gold fields he returned in 1852 to East Randolph, and engaged again
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in the hotel business, and became postmaster and selectman. He was a man of wide in- fluence, highly esteemed by his townsmen, and a useful citizen. He died at East Randolph, July 26, 1879. After his death his widow lived with her son George, at Malden. She died while on a visit to her daughter at Gran- ville, Ohio, January 2, 1887. Children : I.
Frances Jane, born in Strafford, Vermont, July 7, 1834; died in Worcester, November 6, 1893; married Benjamin F. Parkhurst, of Royalton, Vermont, who served four years in the Union army during the civil war; chil- dren: Helen Marcella, lived with her father in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts ; married Syl- vester Dwight Judd, Ph.D., now deceased, of the biological survey of Washington, D. C., and professor of biology in Georgetown Uni- versity. Mr. Parkhurst married (second) Harriet Maynard, and lives in Florida. 2. Laura, born July 5, 1837, died in infancy. 3. Susan Marcella, born at Strafford, Vermont, July 23, 1839; became teacher in a female college in Granville, Ohio; married William P. Kerr, the principal, now deceased ; she lives with her three children in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts ; children: i. Hattie B., born April 2, 1870; ii. William P., born October 17, 1874; iii. George H., born November 19, 1880; iv. Paul, died in infancy. 4. George Henry, born in West Fairlee, March 10, 1844; see forward. 5. Charles, born January 16, 1847, died in infancy.
(VIII) George Henry Graves, son of George Washington Graves (7), was born in West Fairlee, Vermont, March 10, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of Ran- dolph, Vermont. In 1861 he entered the army, civil war, as a member of Company G, Eighth Vermont Volunteers, at the age of seventeen; 1862, transferred to signal corps, regular army, Department of the Gulf; 1864, honorably discharged from the regular army at New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1865 he graduated from Comer's Commercial College, Boston. In 1865 entered the service of J. J. Walworth & Co., Boston; 1888-1892, director of Prudential Fire Insurance Company, Boston ; 1892-1897, director of Malden Board of Trade (resigned) ; 1892-1902, director of Malden Co-operative Bank; vice-president, 1903-04 (resigned) ; 1898-1900, master of Winslow Lewis Lodge (Masons), Boston ; 1901-1902, president of Vermont Veterans' Association ; 1903-1904, trustee of Home Sav- ings Bank, Boston (resigned) ; 1904, com- mander of Edward E. Kinsley Post, No. 113, G. A. R., Boston; since 1886, treasurer of
Walworth Manufacturing Company (J. J. Walworth & Co., Inc.) ; since 1889, director of Walworth Manufacturing Company ; since 1890, trustee for bondholders of the Kern- wood Club, Malden; since 1896, director of Kernwood Club, president, 1903-04; since 1897, director of Boston Credit Men's Asso- ciation, president, 1907-08; since 1900, mem- ber of
the Past Masters' Association (Masons), Boston; since 1901, Sinking Fund Commissioner, City of Malden; since 1902, director of National Association of Credit Men; since 1904, trustee of Malden Savings Bank; 1907, member of Grand Lodge of Masons, grand sword bearer.
Mr. Graves married, June 26, 1880, Annie J. Rollins, who died the following summer, leaving no children. He married (second), June 20, 1888, Stella Hadlock, born in Jay, Vermont, September 22, 1861, daughter of Orrison Pratt Hadlock (see Hadlock). One child was born of this marriage, George Elwyn Graves, born in Malden, November 29, 1889, he attended the Oxford private school in Malden, and Noble and Greenough School, Boston, and entered Harvard in 1907, at the age of eighteen years.
The surname Watson is de- WATSON rived from "Wat," the fa- miliar form for Walter, with the termination "son," signifying, therefore, "son of Walter." It is of English origin, though the family for some generations be- fore coming to America lived near London- derry, in the north part of Ireland, and inter- married with the Scotch-Irish people there. The Watson family of England bore arms, and members of the family were barons of Rockingham. To this branch of the family it is believed that the American family's de- scent may be traced.
Edward Watson of Lydington, Rutland county, had fifteen children. His eldest son and heir died in 1530, leaving a son Edward, of Rockingham Castle, county Northampton. His son, the second Baron of Rockingham, married Lady Anne Wentworth, eldest daughter of the Earl of Stafford, and had two sons: Lewis, who became the Baron of Rockingham; and Thomas, who took his mother's name, Went- worth. The son of this Thomas (Watson) Wentworth became Earl of Malton, and later also the heir of the Barony of Rochester. The arms of the family, brought to America by the first emigrant, are: Parted pr. pale
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first argent on chevron azure, three crescents or between three martletts sable. (See "Watson Family of Leicester," printed for the family.)
(I) Matthew Watson, the immigrant an- cestor, was from Londonderry, coming to Boston in 1718 with his wife Mary Orr. Her father was a victim of the Catholic soldiers at the time of the siege of Londonderry. He was not only killed, but his head was severed from the body and borne on a pike. A branch of this Orr family settled in New Hampshire, where the largest number of the Scotch-Irish immigrants settled. The Wat- sons spent the first season in Framingham, Massachusetts, and in 1720 settled in Leices- ter and built their home. In that year Mr. Watson introduced the potato in that section. Before the year was closed he was killed by a falling tree, and his widow and children had to take up the task of carrying on the farm. In Ireland he had been a manufac- turer and dealer in linens and cloth. He married there in 1695, and eight of their nine children were born in Ireland, the youngest being born on shipboard on the voyage. Watson was buried where the Leicester Con- gregational church now stands. Children: I. Matthew, born March, 1696; died at Barring- ton, Rhode Island, January 17, 1803, aged one hundred and seven years ; married Bethia Reed ; had a remarkable career; left an estate worth $80,000, a fortune for his day. 2. Samuel, born 1698; mentioned below. 3. Patrick, born 1706. 4. Robert. 5. William. 6. Elizabeth, born 1709; died December 1, 1815. 7. Margaret, married McNeal. 8. John, born November, 1716; died at Palmer, November 9, 1795. 9. Oliver, born 1718; died December 20, 1804.
(II) Samuel Watson, son of Matthew Watson (I), was born in Ireland, in 1698, and died in Leicester, Massachusetts, March 19, 1776. He married Margaretta
who was born in 1703 and died August 6, 1780. He was a farmer at Leicester, Massa- chusetts, all his life. Children, born in Lei- cester: I. Elizabeth, born July 22, 1723; married November 23, 1752, Robert Paul. 2. William, born February II, 1724; died at Ox- ford, Massachusetts, August 9, 1775; married Mary Gibson of Voluntown, Connecticut; second, in 1752, Abigail Pierce, widow of Jacob, June 8, 1773. 3. Samuel, born De- cember 9, 1728; married his cousin, Abigail Watson, daughter of Mathew Watson (2). 4. John, born December 8, 1730. 5. Daniel, born October 2, 1732. 6. Matthew, born
April 22, 1740; married April 27, 1762, Mary Taylor, born September 9, 1744, died January 5, 1762. 7. Johnson, born 1741; died Sep- tember 30, 1777; married March 29; 1764, Lydia Sargent. 8. Benjamin, born 1746; died December 4, 1831, aged eighty-five; married Ruth Bancroft, who died September 13, 1834.
(III) John Watson, son of Samuel Watson (2), was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, December 8, 1730, and died at Spencer, Massachusetts. He removed to Spencer in 1766, and lived there the rest of his days. He married April 9, 1761, Dinah Viles, who died November 2, 1802, aged sixty-five years. His farm was lately owned and occupied by Warner Livermore, of Spencer. Children, born in Leicester and Spencer, the first two in Leicester: I. John, March 6, 1762. 2. Jacob, January 1, 1765. 3. Enoch, August 30, 1767. 4. Lydia, October 1, 1769. 5. + Leonard, January 13, 1772. 6. Henry, Octo- ber 29, 1774. 7. David, October 2, 1776; mentioned below. 8. Sally, December 8, 1779.
(IV) David Watson, son of John Watson (3), was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 2, 1776; married January 21, 1799, Anna Elliot, a descendant of John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians, who came to Massachusetts in 1631. She was born Janu- ary 14, 1779. David was a tanner and inn- · keeper at Williamstown, Vermont. He died there February 27, 1865; his wife died No- vember 18, 1862. Children, born in Will- iamstown, Vermont: I. Anna, born Decem- ber 12, 1799; married Abner Nichols, Jr. 2. Joseph Elliot, born September 16, 1801. 3. Arnold Lamb, born July 26, 1803. 4. Eliza- beth, born September 21, 1805; married Keene W. Davis. 5. Catherine, born Febru- ary 19, 1810; died March 8, 1810. 6. Laur- inda, born January 15, 1812; married George Washington Graves (see sketch of Graves family herewith). 7. David, born May 3, 1813; died October 2, 1813. 8. Charles Dwight, born April 15, 1815; married Abi- gail Smith. 9. Susan, born June 5, 1817; married George L. Simonds. 10. Leonard Kittridge, born December 13, 1818. II. George Henry, born December 24, 1820.
James Hadlock, the immi- HADLOCK grant ancestor, was born in England, and settled in Salem and Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married three times. The name of his first.
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wife is unknown; he married second, May 19, 1669, Sarah (Hutchinson) Draper, widow of Draper, and daughter of Richard Hutchinson. He married third, before 1678, Rebecca He made his will in Salem, November 14, 1678, proved at Boston, June 13, 1685. Children : 1. James : mentioned be- low. 2. Mary, married December 30, 1689, John Wothen. 3. Hannah. 4. Rebecca, born 1657. 5. John, born 1658; married Sarah Pasco, and lived in Salem. 6. Sarah, born December 26, 1670.
(II) James Hadlock, son of James Had- lock (1), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and settled in the adjacent town of Ames- bury, Massachusetts. He married, about 1680, Abigail Martin, daughter of George Martin. He was taxed at Salem Village in 1682. His will was dated September 8, 1714, and proved July 2, 1716. He left a widow Abigail. Children : I. John. 2. Sarah, married
George. 3. Abigail, married Lowe. 4, 5 and 6. Three sons not mentioned in will. 7. Samuel, fifth son, born May 18, 1688-9. 8. Hannah. 9. Mary. 10. Damaris, mentioned in will. II. Joseph, born November, 27, 1700; mentioned below. 12. Ruth, born July 15, 1705.
(III) Joseph Hadlock, son of James Had- lock (2), was born in Amesbury, Massachu- setts, November 27, 1700. He settled in Amesbury; married Prudence Chil- dren, baptized in the First Church of Ames- bury: I. Jonathan, baptized July 9, 1732; mentioned below, 2. Elizabeth, baptized March 16, 1734-5. 3. Joseph, Jr. (See "His- tory of Weare, New Hampshire," giving de- scendants).
(IV) Jonathan Hadlock, son of Joseph Hadlock, (3) was born in Amesbury, Massa- chusetts, in 1732, and baptized there in the First Church, July 9, 1732. He settled with his brother Joseph in Weare, New Hamp- shire, and married Betty Pettee. He re- moved later in life to Bath, New Hampshire, and finally to Jay, Vermont, where both he and his wife died. Children, born at Weare: I. Abigail, born March 19, 1769; died April 4, 1769. 2. Samuel, born June 18, 1770, married Miriam Hadlock, removed to De- Kalb, New York. 3. Hezekiah, born August IO, 1772, died at Guildhall, Vermont. 4.
Jonathan, Jr., born November 28, 1774. 5. Joseph, born March 4, 1777; mentioned be- low. 6. Betty, born March 24, 1779. 7. Peter, born September 17, 1781, married Polly Straw, and removed to Shipton, C. E. 8. Miriam, born March 1784. 9. Rhoda,
born 1786. 10. Stephen, born February 20, 1790.
(V) Joseph Hadlock, son of Jonathan Hadlock (4), was born at Weare, New Hamp- shire, March 4, 1777. He settled at Jay, Ver- mont, with his father about 1800; married Olive Sanborn. He had a son: Joseph, Jr.
(VI) Joseph Hadlock, son of Joseph Had- lock (5), was born in Jay, Vermont, about 1800; married there Alvira Bailey; was a farmer, member of the Orthodox Congrega- tional Church. He had two children: Ar- vesta, married Hollis Baker, of Newport, Vermont, and Orrison Pratt.
(VII) Orrison Pratt Hadlock, son of Jo- seph Hadlock (6), was born in Lyme, New Hampshire, October 21, 1833. He followed farming in youth and early manhood, then conducted a mill at North Troy, Vermont, and became one of the most substantial and prominent men of that town. He held many offices of trust and responsibility, and was selectman many years. He married Aurilla Manuel, born in North Troy, Vermont, De- cember 3, 1839, daughter of Gardner and Susan (Morse) Manuel. Her father was a carpenter and builder, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and in politics was a Whig. Children of Orrison Pratt and Aurilla (Man- uel) Hadlock: I. Stella, born September 22, 1861; married George H. Graves; (see Graves). 2. Ida Susan, born April 15, 1863; married C. M. Verbeck; reside in Malden; five children. 3. Rosetta Eliza, born August 31, 1866; married Charles O. Fowler; reside in North Troy, Vermont; three children. 4. Edson Orrison, born April 25, 1869; mar- ried Edith Courser; reside in Los Angeles, California ; two children. 5. Harold Gardner, born May 1, 1880; unmarried; resides in North Troy, Vermont
Alexander Simpson, the im- SIMPSON migrant ancestor, was progen- itor of most of the Simpsons of New Hampshire. He was of Scotch ances- try, and came with other Scotch Presbyterians from the province of Ulster, near London- derry, in the North of Ireland, to Windham, New Hampshire. He bought a farm of James Wilson, November 24, 1747, and settled in a meadow about forty rods southeast of Robert Simpson's house. His brother-in-law, Adam Templeton, came with him, and both reared log houses upon the surface of the ground, without cellars, within a few rods of each other. Simpson was a weaver, and a highly
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skilled workman. He often said that he could weave anything, when the warp was strong enough to bear the weight of his beaver hat. Warner Livermore, of Spencer. Children, Templeton was a maker of spinning wheels, and he carried his wheels on horseback through the Scotch settlements, where he found a ready market for his handiwork. Simpson followed his trade also, while clear- ing off the land and opening up his farm. A slight depression in the soil yet marks the spot where Simpson and Templeton excavated for the spring from which they procured water. After several years Simpson moved about fifty rods southwest and erected a frame house on what is now Marblehead road, a few rods south of the Deacon Dana Richardson house, on the opposite side of the road, and the cellar place of his house is yet discernible. He died December 12, 1788, aged sixty-seven years. He married Janet Templeton, who died July 28, 1787, aged sixty-eight years. Their chil- dren, born in Windham: I. William, born March 22, 1745, died young. 2. Agnes, born April 29, 1747; married Boardman ; resided in Chelsea, Massachusetts. 3. William, born February 5, 1748; married three times ; died October 15, 1830. 4. Janet, born Janu- ary 22, 1750; married George Wilson, who lived near Bissell's Camp. 5. Sarah, born February 9, 1753; removed to Vermont. 6. John, born November 8, 1754, of whom further. 7. Alexander, Jr., born November 28, 1756; lived in Bow, New Hampshire. 8. Samuel, born 1760; married Sarah Smith ; died August 4, 1806.
(II) John Simpson, son of Alexander Simpson (I), was born at Windham, Novem- ber 8, 1754, and died November 18, 1824. He had a house in the field a few rods west of the highway, at the head of Golden Pond, and the ruins of a house there were still visible at last accounts. He built on the opposite side of the road a small one-story house (the cellar of which is yet to be seen, 1908), and lived there until his death. He was a soldier in the revolution, and at the battle of Bunker Hill two of his fingers were shot away by a cannon ball, and for this injury he received a pension during his last years. Also, as attested by Dr. Isaac Thom, of Windham, he was placed upon the invalid list and received half pay from Jan- uary, 1776, to September, 1786, to the amount of £127. He prospered, and was one of the wealthiest farmers in the southerly part of the town, and was regarded as a man of much
. natural ability and broad influence. He mar- ried Mary Hennessy, of whom the historian
of Windham says: "She was a conscientious but high-tempered woman. In those days jus- tices' courts were often held to settle neigh- borhood difficulties, and when she was brought on as a witness she was often too honest and outspoken for the good of her side of the con- troversy." She died January 3, 1804. He married (second) Margaret Smith, of Salem, who died October 22, 1809, aged forty-nine years. He married (third) in 1810, Mrs. Jane Wilson, who died May 10, 1854, aged nine- ty-six years; she was the widow of Thomas Wilson, who died at Francestown in 1808, and had eleven children by her first marriage. Children of John and Mary Simpson : I. John, Jr., born February 27, 1781; married Mar- garet Smith, of Salem; removed to Pelham, New Hampshire, then to New York, where he died. 2. Sarah, born November 21, 1783; . married Alexander Smith, of Salem, and re- moved to Delaware, Ohio. 3. Alexander, born January 12, 1786; died May 22, 1804. 4. Jesse, born December 6, 1787 ; see forward. 5. Abi- gail, born December II, 1789; married Levi Creasy ; went to Ohio. 6. Persis, born July 15, 1793; married March 14, 1816, John A. Wilson. 7. Alice, born December 18, 1795 ; married, April 18, 1815, Thomas Wilson.
(II) William Simpson, son of Alexander Simpson (I), was born February 5, 1748. He owned and lived upon a farm east of the T. W. Simpson mill. His house stood a few rods west of the present highway, and the old cel- lar remains to mark the site. After the death of his first wife he sold (1786) the place to one Cole, who in turn sold it to George Simp- son, of Greenland. He then moved to the farm now or lately owned by Mrs. Eva Cutting, and built the house that was lately demolished by S. W. Simpson. In 1825 he moved to a small place owned by Alfred Lewis. He was killed by falling from a load of wood, October 15, 1830. He was married three times, and had sixteen children : first, Ruth Dow, died July 16, 1786, aged thirty-eight years; second, Widow Grizzel Wilson, died August 23, 1810, aged sixty years ; third, June 1I, 1811, Sarah Morgan, died September, 1837, aged eighty years. Children, born in Windham: I. Alex- ander, born March 16, 1769 ; sent to Haverhill, Vermont. 2. William, born February 25, 1771. 3. Sarah, born December 18, 1772, died young. 4. Sarah, born December 18, 1773. 5. Eliza- beth, born January 16, 1775; married John Hunt ; resided at Bow, New Hampshire, and Lowell, Massachusetts. 6. David, born No- vember 29, 1776; went west. 7. John, born May II, 1778; went to Bradford, Vermont. 8.
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James, born December 16, 1779 ; went to Ver- mont. 9. Daniel, born July 29, 1781 ; went to Vermont. 10. Robert D., born June 29, 1783 ; married, December 3, 1812, Betsey Shedd. II. Molly, born November 14, 1784. 12. Moses, born July 6, 1786. 13. Samuel Wilson, born November 14, 1787; died unmarried, August 15, 1873; he was a prominent citizen, and held various town offices-was collector of taxes, selectman in 1832 to 1838 inclusive, treasurer in 1840, representative in 1839, 1840 and 1857; was much interested in the schools of Windham, and in 1852 gave to district two a school fund of $1,000, and offered to give five hundred dollars to each of the other six dis- tricts provided they should raise a like amount, two of which accepted the offer ; he owned and occupied the farm now (1908) known as the Prescott farm, in district two. 14. Ruth, born April 23, 1789; married Jacob Myrick. 15. Rebecca, born October 29, 1790 ; married Jesse Simpson, mentioned below. 16. Hannah, born October 28, 1792; married Samuel Simpson.
(III) Jesse Simpson, son of John Simpson (2), was born in Windham, December 6, 1787, and died March 13, 1849. He bought the Hugh Clyde farm in Windham, and lived on it until his death, dying on a town meeting · day, while eating his dinner at the tavern. He married Rebecca Simpson (3), born October 29, 1790, died April 7, 1868, daughter of Will- iam Simpson (2) mentioned above. Children, born in Windham : I. Jesse, Jr., born October I, 1810; see forward. 2. Abigail Hannah, born May 24, 1813, died January 25, 1899; resided in Lowell. 3. Harriet Smith, born March 22, 1815, died June 5, 1890, resided in Lowell. 4. Alonzo, born May 22, 1817, see forward. 5. Margaret Ann, born September 5, 1819, died September 2, 1842. 6. Emeline Augusta, born February 13, 1822, died July 4, 1852. 7. Sarah Rebecca, born September 26, 1824; died January 29, 1852. 8. John William, born April 29. 1827; lived with his uncle, Samuel W. Simpson, and died October 25, 1860, aged thirty-three years; married Eliza- beth, daughter of Jonah and Elizabeth (Pat- ten) More, of Boston; she was born May 12, 1829, and died March 18, 1900, at Salem, New Hampshire; had child, Eva, born June 12, 1856, married Walter P. Cutting, born in Boston, November 20, 1852; resided on S. W. Simpson farm. 9. Olinthus Ager, born March 31, 1829, died in Lowell, Massachu- setts, December 3, 1895; married, December 30, 1860, Emma Jane Stickney, daughter of Jonathan Stickney; children: i. George Co- nant, born at Windham, November 2, 1862,
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