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22, 1740. Children of Thomas and Abigail Starbird : 1. Jethro, named for his grandfather, born August 28, 1689. 2. Thomas, October 19, 1691, named for his father, mentioned below. 3. Agnes, October 4, 1693. 4. Abigail, Sep- tember 29, 1695. 5. Elizabeth, February 15, 1699. 6. John, March 10, 1701, seems to have been the John of Falmouth (Portland). 7. Samuel, April 22, 1704, mentioned below.
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(IV) Thomas Starbird, Jr., son of Thomas Starbird (3), was born at Dover, October 19, 1691. Married Margaret Probably this Thomas Starbird was baptized by Rev. Jonathan Cushing, August 25, 1723, at Dover. Children, all born at Dover : I. Thomas, named for father and grandfather, born March 23, 1713-14. 2. Nathaniel, April 27, 1716, also an old family name. 3. Jethro, June 29, 1718. 4. Hannah, January 31, 1719-20. 5. John, No- vember 16, 1721. (A John and Sarah ; both were baptized December 13, 174I, at Dover church; they had children John, Abigail, Sarah and Hannah, baptized October, 1742, probably older than this John). 6. Samuel, November 16, 1723. 7. Margaret, May 31, I725.
(IV) Samuel Starbird, son of Thomas Star- bird (3), was born in Dover, April 22, 1704. Married Rebeckah He and his wife were baptized in the Dover church, April II, 1742. Children : I. Elizabeth, born at Dover, July 4, 1725. 2. Samuel, May 29, 1727. 3. Richard, mentioned below. 4. John, settled at Brunswick, Maine, on Lot 50.
(V) Richard Starbird, grandson of Thomas Starbird, and probably son of Samuel Starbird (4), was born about 1730. The first public record of him is found in Harpswell in 1755. He settled in that vicinity, at Merriconeag Neck. Children : I. John, mentioned below. 2. William, soldier in the Revolution from Harpswell. And other children probably.
(VI) John Starbird, son or nephew of Rich- ard Starbird (5), was born in Harpswell or vicinity about 1760. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He located at Bowdoin, Maine, and was administrator of the estate of Jona- than Williams, of Bowdoin. (See Lincoln County Wills). He married Ridley. Children : Daniel, John, Sallie, Isaac, mention- ed below, and a daughter who married a Her- rian and settled in Hartland, Maine.
(VII) Isaac Starbird, son of John Starbird (6), was born at Bowdoin, Maine, April 2, 1803. He settled at Bowdoinham, Maine ; married Eliza Torrens, born in 1806. Chil- dren: I. Elizabeth, born October 27, 1825,
married Henry Jaques ; children : Isaac, Otis Alphonso, Gilbert, George, Charles, Lizzie, Etta, Maud. 2. Rufus J., born June 22, 1827, died in 1896; married twice and has three daughters and one son; resides at Columbia and Sonora, California. 3. Nancy, born July 24, 1829, married Alfred Quimby ; children : Charles, Carrie, George, Frank, Walter. 4. Isaac S., mentioned below. 5. George M., born April 27, 1833, mentioned below. 6. Mar- garet. 7. Maria. 8. Emily. 9. Hannah. 10. Harriet.
(VIII) George M. Starbird, son of Isaac Starbird (7), was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, April 27, 1833. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town. At the age of sixteen he located in Charles- town, Massachusetts, and was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade. He worked as a journeyman there until March 27, 1860, when he engaged in business on his own account as a contractor and builder in Charlestown, built up a very large and flourishing business.
He employed for many years a force of fifty men or more and did an aggregate business of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, During late years he has been less active in business and has taken time for travel and other recreation. He made a trip to Cuba in 1887; visited his brother Rufus in California in 1890, and traveled some ten thousand miles in various parts of the United States and Can- ada. He went abroad in 1895. He is a con- stant and appreciative traveler.
Mr. Starbird has had a notable public career. He was in the board of aldermen of the city of Charlestown when it was consolidated with Boston, and served in the board of aldermen of Charlestown in 1872-73. He declined a nomination for the general court in 1873, but was elected in 1879 and served on the commit- tees on harbors and public lands during the session of 1880. He removed to Somerville in 1881 and since then has made his home there. He was elected to the common council of Somerville in 1887-88. He is a trustee, vice-president and member of the investment committee of the Charlestown Five Cents Sav- ings Bank; director of the Mutual Protective Fire Insurance Company ; director of the Som- erville Electric Light Company ; trustee of the Somerville Hospital. He is a member of Soley Lodge of Free Masons; of the Somerville Council, Royal Arcanum. He is an active member and for twenty years has been deacon of the Perkins Street Baptist Church of Som- erville. He was for four years superintendent of the Sunday school at the Bunker Hill
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Church, Charlestown, in 1878-79-80-81. His residence is at 102 Pearl street, Somerville. He is one of the most influential and substan- tial citizens of the town; universally admired not only for his business success and ability, but for his integrity and high character, his attractive personality.
He married ((first) Mary Jane Brown in 1861. She was born in 1838 and died in 1892, without issue. He married (second) Lillian May Hills, born March 13, 1869, who bore him two children : George M., Jr., born October 13, 1896; Arthur Hills, December 13, 1900. Lil- lian May (Hills) Starbird is the daughter of George Henry and Ann Eliza (Crane) Hills, of West Cambridge, who were the parents of the following named children: Ella Frances, George E., Arthur A., Frederick W., Lillian May, mentioned above, and Mabel B., married Charles C. Stroud. George Henry Hills was born in Surry, New Hampshire, June 7, 1826, married, October 27, 1853, Ann Eliza Crane, born in Arlington, Massachusetts, March 27, 1833, daughter of Charles Austin Crane, who lived and died in Arlington ; he married Susan Leach, daughter of Alpheus and Eunice (Rus- sell) Leach, the latter of whom was the daugh- ter of Noah and Eunice (Bemis) Russell. Noah Russell was the son of Jason and Eliza- beth Russell, and he was in direct line of Lord Russell, of England. George Henry Hills is a son of Samuel Hills, of Keene, New Hamp- shire.
(VIII) Isaac S. Starbird, son of Isaac Star- bird (7), was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, April 29, 1831, and died at Lisbon, Maine, February 7, 1907. The early years of his life were spent in Bowdoinham and he was occu- pied part of the time in the shipyard at Rich- mond. After his marriage he cleared a farm in the virgin forest and erected the buildings on the place he sold later to Henry Jacques, of Lisbon, and then he moved to the Captain Buker place. When a young man he set out and grafted the orchard on the homestead in Bowdoinham, since become famous for its productiveness. It has a record to be proud of that he was so careful in his work that nine- ty-nine out of a hundred scions he grafted were sure to live. This carefulness and thorough- ness were characteristic of him throughout life. After going to Lisbon he made his farm among the best in that section. His father, Isaac Starbird, lived with him until his death in March, 1890. For the last five years of his life the father was confined to his bed because is often mentioned by friends and neighbors who had opportunity to observe him. Through
all the years of the residence of the Starbird family in Lisbon, the name was synonymous with hospitality. Mr. Starbird always enjoyed good health until the last year of his life, and even on the day of his death was able to be out of doors.
The Lewiston Evening Journal said of him: "In referring to the life of Mr. Starbird it is not possible to refer to the offices which he has held, as his whole life has been devoted to his family. Several times the opportunity had been offered him to serve in some public ca- pacity, but he always felt that home duties came first. He was a life-long Democrat in his politics, and simply performed the duties of a private citizen by doing his duty as he thought best. He was an honored member of Pine Tree Grange at Lisbon. At the time when Pine Tree was about to give up its charter, he was one of six who stood by and helped put it into a flourishing condition again."
He married (first), in 1858, Elvira A. Buker, daughter of Captain Edward and Mary Jane Buker, of Richmond, Maine, and they lived in Richmond until the death of his wife in 1870. He married (second), in Richmond, 1871, Mrs. Georgis Higgins Babb, of Webster, Maine. She survives him. In 1872 he settled in Lisbon where he lived the remainder of his life. He owned the Flech farm, which he bought of Jacob Whitney. Children : I. Mrs. C. D. Smith, of Lisbon. 2. Mrs. G. E. Hus- kins, of Auburn, Maine. 3. Edward P., of Boston. 4. Everett G., of Medford, Massachu- setts. 5. Mrs. F. F. Prosser, of Lisbon Falls, Maine. 6. Minnie O., who died 1869. 7. I. Corrin, lives on the homestead at Lisbon: 8. Mrs. Walter Jordan, of Lisbon. 9. Annie E., resides in Lewiston. 10. George M., died in 1877. II. Charles C., died 1877. 12. Charles C., died in 1892. 13. Herbert L., resides in Lewiston. 14. Flora B., died in 1885. Sixteen grandchildren were living at the time of his death.
HILLS Joseph Hills, the immigrant an- cestor of the Hills family, was born in the parish of Great Bur- stead, Billericay, Essex, England. The record of his baptism reads, "1602, March, Joseph Hilles the sonne of George, was baptized the third day." His father was a linen draper, and his mother was Mary Symonds, widow of William Symonds. They were married Oc- tober 13, 1596. Joseph Hills married, July 22, 1624, in Great Burstead, Rose Clark, and there his elder children were born. Not later than
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March, 1632, the family moved to Maldon, Es- sex county. In 1638 he embarked on the ship "Susan and Ellen" arriving at Boston, July 17, 1638. He settled at Charlestown in that part of the town north of the Mystic river, and call- ed "Mystic Side." It was in that part of Charlestown which is now Malden. He was selectman in 1644 and in 1646 was deputy to the general court, being Malden's first deputy. In 1647 he was speaker of the house of depu- ties. He served on many important commit- tees, but his greatest public service was that of the leading member of the committee that in 1648 reported to the general court the first codification of the laws of the colony. That he was the actual compiler of the laws, that he prepared the copy for the press and supervised their printing, is clearly proved. For this ser- vice, besides a money payment, he was granted five hundred acres of land on the Nashua river, and the remission of taxes in his old age. Rose Clark, the first wife of Joseph Hills, died at Malden, March 24, 1650. He married (sec- ond), June 24, 1651, Hannah (Smith) Mel- lows, widow of Edward Mellows, of Charles- town. He married (third), in January, 1656, Helen or Eleanor Atkinson, daughter of Hugh Atkinson, of Kendall, Westmoreland, England, who died at some time between January 8, 1661, and November 10, 1662. In connection with this marriage a noteworthy incident oc- curred. In the early days of the colony all marriages were solemnized by the magistrates, the clergy having no part in them. In 1641 Governor Bellingham, as magistrate, married himself to Penelope Pelham, and when called on to come down from the bench and plead to a complaint against him for the act, he refused to do so. Joseph Hills was a magistrate "for the trial of small causes," and followed the governor's example in his marriage to Helen Atkinson. The records of Middlesex county show that, April 1, 1656, "Mr. Joseph Hills of Mauldon being presented to the grand jury for marrying of himself, contrary to the law of this Collony page 38 in ye old Booke. Hee freely acknowledged his offence therein, and his misunderstanding the grounds whereon he went wch he now confesseth to be vnwarrant- able, And was admonished by the Court." Oc- tober 8, 1665, he married (fourth), at New- bury, Anne Lunt, widow of Henry Lunt, of Newbury.
Children of the first wife : I. Mary, baptized November 13, 1625, died at Malden, November 25, 1674. 2. Elizabeth, baptized October 21, 1627. 3. Joseph, baptized August 2, 1629, mentioned below. 4. James, baptized March
6, 1631, probably died young. 5. John, bap- tized at Malden, March 21, 1632, died June 28, 1652. 6. Rebecca, baptized April 20, 1634, died June 6, 1674. 7. Steven, baptized May I, 1636, died before 1638. 8. Sarah, baptized August 14, 1637, died August 14, 1637. 9. Gershom, born at Charlestown, July 27, 1639, died between 1710 and 1721. 10. Mehitable, born at Malden, January 1, 1641, died July, 1653. Children of the second wife: II. Sam- uel, born July, 1652, died at Newbury, August 18, 1732. 12. Nathaniel, born December 19, 1653, died 1664. 13. Hannah. Children of the third wife: 14. Deborah, born March, 1657, died October 1, 1662. 15. Abigail, born Oc- tober 6, 1658, died October 9, 1662.
(II) Joseph Hills, son of Joseph Hills (1), was baptized in Great Burstead, Billericay, Es- sex, England, August 2, 1629, and died at Malden, Massachusetts, April 19, 1674. The inventory of his estate shows a house and about fifty acres of land in Malden and about sixty acres to be laid out in Bil- lerica, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Smith, who died at Malden, July 11, 1674. Children : I. Joseph, born October 19, 1655. 2. Hannah, born March 20, 1657, died May 30, 1674. 3. Ebenezer, born 1660, died 1727. 4. Elizabeth, born 1661, died January 19, 1699. 5. John, born March .16, 1666, died 1690. 6. Dorothy, born April 13, 1667. 7. Samuel, born December 16, 1669, mentioned below. 8. Jo- seph, born July 3, 1674.
(III) Samuel Hills, son of Joseph Hills (2), was born in Malden, Massachusetts, December 16, 1669, and died at Dorchester, Massachu- setts, January 7, 1704. He married Sarah who in 1718 was the wife of one "Ferrer" (probably Farrar), of Dorchester, Massachusetts, now Boston. Children : I. John, born May 13, 1695, died young. 2. John, born May 20, 1696. 3. Hannah, born October IO, 1697. 4. Jabez, born June 4, 1699, men- tioned below. 5. Ebenezer, born February 15, 1701, died December 1, 1732. 6. Samuel, born July 16, 1702, died at Swanzey, New Hamp- shire.
(IV) Jabez Hills, son of Samuel Hills (3), was born at Malden, June 4, 1699, and died at Wrentham, Massachusetts, July 18, 1742. He settled in the west part of Wrentham, which was incorporated as the town of Franklin, March 2, 1778. He married at Wrentham, January 31, 1727, Martha Metcalf, born Au- gust 27, 1699, daughter of Eleazer and Mele- tiah (Fish) Metcalf, and twin sister of Mary Metcalf. Children : 1. Jabez, born November 16, 1727, died at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, De-
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cember 6, 1768. 2. Joseph, born April 20, 1730, died at Franklin, Massachusetts, June IO, 1815. 3. Benjamin, born March 16, 1732, mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer, born January 7. 1735. 5. David, born January 24, 1737. 6. Samuel, born March 25, 1739.
(V) Benjamin Hills, son of Jabez Hills, was born at Wrentham, Massachusetts, March 16, 1732, and died at Grafton, Massachusetts, after January, 1764, and before December, 1766. He married (first) at Providence, Rhode Isl- and, August II, 1757, Molly Metcalf. He mar- ried (second), after January 2, 1764, Elizabeth Stevens. After 1766 she married Nathan Morse. Children of the first wife: I. Molly, born at Wrentham, October 25, 1758, married Moses Sherman. 2. Benjamin, born probably at Westborough, Massachusetts, 1760. The only child of the second wife of which any rec- ord is found. 3. Samuel, born at Grafton, Massachusetts, March 9, 1766, mentioned be- low.
(VI) Samuel Hills, son of Benjamin Hills (5), was born March 9, 1766, and died at Sur- ry, Cheshire county, New Hamshire, May 24, 1827. He married Lucy Thompson, born at Alstead, New Hamshire, June 23, 1766, and died at Surry, New Hampshire, August 22, 1850. Children : I. Lucy, born March 23, 1788, married Dean Robinson. 2. Polly, born March 27, 1790, died March 4, 1803. 3. Ben- jamin, born October 24, 1793, died October 29, 1859. 4. Salmon, born June 8, 1796, died June 8, 1796. 5. Samuel, born July 9, 1797, mentioned below. 6. Ilock, born August 23, 1799, died about 1800. 7. Isaac C., born De- cember 9, 1806, died December 9, 1806. 8. Elizabeth S., born August 6, 1808, married George Joslin.
(VII) Samuel Hills, son of Samuel Hills, (6), was born at Surry, New Hampshire, July 9, 1797, and died at Framingham, Massachu- setts, October 24, 1889. He married at Sur- ry, about 1821, Clarissa Dunn, born at Rock- ingham, Vermont, April 4, 1803, and died at Brookline, Massachusetts, December 13, 1854. He married (second) Elizabeth B. Hyde. Children, all by the first wife: I. Mary A., born at Surry, November 27, 1822, died July 14, 1866. 2. Ilock, born April 30, 1824, died November 6, 1881. 3. George H., born June 7, 1826, mentioned below. 4. Samuel D., born March II, 1828, died August 21, 1858. 5. Elizabeth, born May 21, 1831, married John P. Lindsay. 6. Sarah R., born Februray II, 1833, married Charles R. Hardwick. 7. Clara L., born at Brookline, April 1I, 1841, died January 18, 1880. 8. William, born Septem-
ber 17, 1843, married Ida Whitney. 9. John, born January 12, 1846, died January 12, 1902.
(VIII) George Henry Hills, son of Sam- uel Hills (7), was born at Surry, New Hamp- shire, June 7, 1826. He married, at West Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, October 27, 1853, Ann Eliza Crane, born at West Cam- bridge, March 27, 1833. Children: I. Ella F., born at West Cambridge, September 19, 1854, died December 4, 1891. 2. George E., born December 19, 1856. 3. Arthur A., born February 10, 1859. 4. Frederick W., born December 20, 1860. 5. Lillian M., born at Billerica, Massachusetts, March 13, 1869, mar- ried George M. Starbird; see sketch of the Starbird family in this work. 6. Mabel B., born May 5, 1874.
(I) Henry Robie or Roby, as it ROBY was oftener spelled on the old rec- ords, was the immigrant ancestor, coming from England to Dorchester in Massa- chusetts in 1639 and settling in the same year at Exeter, New Hampshire. He signed the famous Exeter Combination and was a select- man of Exeter in 1660. Soon afterwards, however, he located in the adjoining town of Hampton, New Hampshire, where he was a selectman in 1656 and three terms afterward; constable in 1661 ; justice of the peace many years, sitting as judge in the court for the trial of Joshua Moody, the pastor of the church at Portsmouth. He was also a standing jury- man in the trials of Mason vs. Richard Wal- dron and sundry other persons in New Hamp- shire for holding lands which he claimed as proprietor of the Province. Mr. Robie kept the ordinary (hotel) in Hampton about ten years. Henry Robie is said to have been born in England in 1618. His wife Ruth died May 5, 1673, and he married (second), January 19, 1674, Elizabeth Garland, widow, daughter of Thomas Philbrick (I). He had a third wife, Sarah, who died January 23, 1703. He died April 22, 1688.
Children: I. Thomas, born at Exeter, March 1, 1646, married, December 8, 1687, Martha Eaton, who died January 26, 1720, aged sixty-two years. 2. John, born Febru- ary 2, 1649, mentioned below. 3. Judith, born about 1650, had a son John, born December 6, 1671 ; married Samuel Healy ; died January 17, 1725. 4. Ruth, born at Haverhill, March 3, 1654. 5. Deliverance, born March 29, 1657. 6. Samuel, born August 4, 1659, died August IO, 1677; married Mary Page. 7. Ichabod, born November 26, 1664, died May 15, 1757;
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married (first) Lucy Page; (second) Lydia 8. Sarah, born April 19, 1679, mar- ried, October 21, 1702, Samuel Clough. 9. Perhaps also Joanna, married Jonathan Elkins.
John Roby, son of Henry Robie or Roby (I), was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, Febru- ary 2, 1649, was killed by the Indians June 16, 1691, and his son Ichabod, who was with him at the time, was taken captive, but subse- quently escaped. John had seven children, all under twelve years of age at the time of his death. He removed to Haverhill in January, 1675, and lived in that part of the town which fell to New Hampshire at the establishment of the "Mitchell Line." His house was within the limits of the present town of Atkinson. He married Mary -
Chase says, in his history of Chester, New Hampshire, "June 16, 1691, he set out to move his family, consisting of seven children, the oldest not quite eleven years old (his wife hav- ing died a few days before) to a place of ref- uge,where Benjamin Clement lately lived, at the North Parish. He was returning with the family in a cart, and he got opposite the bury- ing ground, near Jesse Clement's, where he was killed by the Indians, and his son Ichabod, probably the eldest, was taken captive by the Indians and carried off. There are two tradi- tions, one that he was ransomed, and the other and most probable that by the aid of a friendly Indian he escaped and returned home." (See Chase's Haverhill, p. 160). Children : I. Ichabod, born 1682, mentioned below. 2. Deliverance. And others.
(III) Colonel Ichabod Roby, son of John Roby (2), was born in 1682 in Haverhill. He settled in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, where he followed the trade of tanner. He was a member of the Society for selling the Chestnut Country, attended the first meeting and was one of the committee to lay out the home lots and also of the old hundred-acre lots, and also for running the lines. His name appears so often on the records of Nutfield and Chester that we might infer that he re- moved to Chester. He probably built his house on his home lot, No. 116, where John Robin- son's old house was located, and spent consid- erable time in Chester, but never permanently resided there. His home in Hampton has been known ever since as the "Robie Farm." His will was dated October 10, 1752, and proved September 26, 1753. The legatees are his wife Mary; sons, John, Henry, Samuel ; and daughter Sarah Tilton. John had a sil- ver-mounted sword which descended to Hen- drick Dearborn, late of Chester. Colonel
Stephen Dearborn, son-in-law of John Roby, was an officer in the militia for more than thir- ty years and commanded at the battle of Ben- nington, using this sword. He left his pistols and holsters, the cap, the brass-hilted sword, and the silver-headed riding cane to his son Samuel. Henry had the homestead, including the tanyard and was residuary legatee. He married, January 10, 1707, Mary Cass, daugh- ter of Joseph Cass. Children: I. Anne, born February 10, 1708, died January 27, 1725. 2. Ruth, October 18, 1709, died February 28, 1725. 3. John, August 5, 1712, married Ann Williams, settled in Chester. 4. Henry, Octo- ber 19, 1714, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, Oc- tober 17, 1717, married (first) Per- kins ; (second) Phebe Butterfield, widow, lived first in Chester (Raymond) then moved to Goffstown. 6. Mary, August 19, 1720. 7. Sarah, October 2, 1722, married John Tilton.
(IV) Henry Roby, son of Ichabod Roby (3), was born in Hampton, October 19, 1714 (family record gives date 1715). He married, October 9, 1734, Abigail Butler. He inherited the homestead and his descendants owned it until recently, if not at the present time. Chil- dren, born in Hampton: I. Daniel, born 1734, lived in Raymond. 2. Ichabod, mentioned be- low. 3. Susan, 1738, married William French, of Seabrook. 4. John, 1742, lived in Weare. 5. Samuel, 1745, lived in Chester. 6. Anna, 1748, died 1841. 7. Abigail, 1749, died 1839. 8. Henry, 1752, died 1788. 9. Nathan, 1758, owned and occupied the ancient homestead at Hampton where his grandson, Hon. Nathan Robie, lately lived.
(V) Ichabod Roby, son of Henry Roby, (4), was born in Hampton, May 25, 1737. He settled in Chester, New Hampshire, on lot No. 61, third division, where his grandson, Samuel B. Roby, lately lived. He was a soldier in the Revolution, sergeant in Captain Samuel Mc- Connel's company, Colonel David Gilman's regiment, raised from a regiment commanded by Colonel H. Webster in 1776; he was also in Captain Runnell's company, Colonel Thomas Tasker's regiment later in 1776: again he was in Captain Stephen Dearborn's company, Colonel Thomas Stickney's regiment, in 1777, and took part in the battle of Bennington. He was a prominent citizen in Candia-a town set off from Chester. Children: 1. Levi, married Anna Ordway, daughter of Richard; lived on the homestead in Candia. 2. Lowell, men- tioned below.
(VI) Lowell Roby, son of Ichabod Roby (5), was born in Candia, New Hampshire. He removed to Weare, New Hampshire, where
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he lived near the old town-house in the woods. He married Margaret Kinson and afterwards removed, about 1807, to Fifield hill in Bridge- water, New Hampshire, and again, about 1823, to Alexandria, New Hampshire. He was a famous bear hunter and trapper. He used a stell trap that some ancestor brought from Scotland, it is said, which is still in the posses- sion of his family. At one time he set his trap on Tenney hill in Hebron and caught a troublesome bear that weighed four hundred and fifty pounds. At another time he caught a bear near the present site of the stable of John W. Wilbur & Company in Bristol Village, New Hampshire. In all he killed or trapped forty-nine bears. He died September 28, 1858, at Alexandria. Children: I. Sarah, born at Weare, March 10, 1806, died young. 2. Ol- ive, born at Weare, July 20, 1807, married Timothy Taylor. 3. John, born June 20, 1809, mentioned below. 4. Levi, born Sep- tember 28, 1813. 5. Eldred, born at Bridge- water, 1818, married, July 13, 1844, Eliza A. Sanborn, daughter of Josiah Sanborn. She married (second) John Ray ; children of El- dred : Sarah Alma, born June 12, 1845, mar- ried William T. Taylor ; Clara Albertine, born in Lowell, February 19, 1847, married Joseph N. Dickinson. 6. Lowell Rufus, born at Bridgewater, August 28, 1821, married, Janu- ary 29, 1848, Nancy Stickney Flanders; he died in Hebron, January 2, 1902. She resided in Hebron ; eight children. 7. Charles.
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