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He married, February 27, 1842, (by Rev. Mr. Cogswell) Hannah Jane Freeman, born at Brewster, Massachusetts, August 10, 1820, died at Provincetown, December 14, 1895, daughter of John and Phebe (Myrick) Free- man of Orleans, Massachusetts (see Myrick). We quote from an obituary notice: "Mrs. Nickerson was for many years a member of the Universalist church, and her faith in the goodness of God and the certainty of the fu- ture was unswerving. She was until the last few years an earnest worker in the church and. Sunday school, and her interest in the temper- ance cause was always strong, and she never failed to give it her most earnest support. A woman of sterling integrity and most unsel- fish life, she always sought the welfare and happiness of others before her own, and her faithfulness to her home and her dear ones* there was of the best and truest character. Full of trust in the love of the Father in heaven, she bore with unswerving patience the long and severe suffering incident to her last days and died in perfect confidence that she should meet all her friends in a better world." Her father, John Freeman, son of John Free- man and Bethiah, born November 10, 1794,
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died at sea, July 20, 1824, in Bay of Mexico, of yellow fever, at the age of thirty years.
Children : I. Walter I., born July 29, 1845, died October 6, 1850. 2. Herbert M., born November 16, 1848, died May 19, 1849. 3 Walter Irving, see forward.
(IX) Walter Irving Nickerson, son of Cap- tain Atkins Nickerson (8), was born at Brew- ter, Massachusetts, July 4, 1850. His early home, however, was at Provincetown, where he was educated in the public and high schools. He also attended Comer's Commercial College of Boston. He began his business career in the employ of William F. Parker & Company, wholesale grocers, at 181 State street, Boston, early in 1869, and in July of that year became bookkeeper for George H. Yeaton & Com- pany, and continued with their successors, Joseph H. White and Joseph H. White & Son, commission merchants and wholesale dealers in produce, at 18 North Market street, until 1872, when they located at No. 7 Black- stone street. After filling the position of book- keeper for this house with credit and ability for a period of twenty-four years and one month, he resigned to accept the position of cashier of the Melrose National Bank, at Mel- rose, Massachusetts, succeeding as cashier Mr. John Larrabee, who organized the bank the year previous. Mr. Nickerson has held this position since, and the institution has grown to large proportions. Mr. Nickerson is a Re- publican in politics, and an earnest and faith- ful supporter of his party. He cast his first vote for president for General Grant, and has voted at all the presidential and state elections since he came of age, and also at municipal elections. He was one of the organizers of the Municipal League of Melrose, and was its first secretary, serving from October 4, 1897, to December 14, 1901. He was town auditor of Melrose from 1885 to 1891. He was audi- tor of the Melrose Savings Bank from Janu- ary, 1893, to January, 1905; a charter mem- ber of the National Bank Cashiers' Associa- tion of Massachusetts, organized in 1895, and secretary from May, 1903, to the present time.
Mr. Nickerson is a Universalist. Before leaving home in 1869 he attended the Church of the Redeemer at Provincetown. He at- tended the First Universalist Church at Mel- rose, and became a member of that church on confession and by baptism, Easter Sunday, April 5, 1874 ; served as treasurer and collec- tor of the parish 1873 and 1874, as collector 1877 to 1885, and as clerk 1885 to 1892. For the past fifteen years he has been connected
with the Orthodox Congregational Sunday school which his son attended, and from 1898 to 1905 Mr. Nickerson was treasurer of that Sunday school.
Mr. Nickerson is well known in Masonic circles, a member of Wyoming Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, raised May 28, 1873 ; was master of that lodge from 1889 to 1891, and active officer of the lodge for ten years continuously ; was made an honorary member in 1891, and is at present a trustee of the char- ity fund. He is also a member of Waverly Royal Arch Chapter since April 5, 1882. He became a member of Melrose Council, Royal and Select Masters, June 21, 1882, and of Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights Temp- lar, receiving the Order of the Temple, De- cember 19, 1882, and the Malta degree June 13, 1883. He has been a member of the Franklin Fraternity of Melrose since July, 1873, and its treasurer from March 25, 1886, to the present time. He joined Bethlehem Council, No. 131, Royal Arcanum, in June, 1886, and is at present one of its trustees. He became a member of the Massachusetts So- ciety Sons of the American Revolution, in 1908. He has been a resident of Melrose since January 1, 1869.
He was married, at Windsor, Vermont, Oc- tober 6, 1885, by Rev. William Greenwood, to Charlotte Almira Bishop, born Novem- ber 30, 1850, daughter of Rev. Nelson and Susan (Converse) Bishop. She was educated at Tilden Seminary, West Lebanon, New Hampshire, and at Mt. Holyoke Seminary, class of 1871. Her father, Rev. Nelson Bishop, born in Connecticut, November 20, 1803, died at Windsor, Vermont, January 7, 1871 ; a Congregational minister; editor and pub- lisher of the Vermont Chronicle, the leading religious paper of that state; associate editor of the Boston Recorder until it was merged in the Congregationalist. Susan Converse was born at Weathersfield, Vermont, February 14, 1815, died December 22, 1891, at Burling- ton, Vermont, daughter of Rev. James Con- verse, who was settled for forty years as min- ister over the Congregational society at Weathersfield, Vermont, his first and only pastorate. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Nickerson is Atkins, born at Melrose, Octo- ber I, 1887; attended the Melrose public and high schools and prepared for college at Worcester Academy; entered Dartmouth Col- lege in 1906 and is a student there at present, class of 1910.
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Lieutenant William Myrick,
MYRICK or Merrick, as many of the family spell the name, was the immigrant ancestor, the eldest of four broth- ers who came among the first settlers to New England from England. He came to Charles- town, Massachusetts, sailing in the ship "James," in 1636. He was born in Wales, we are told, in 1603. He removed to East- ham, in. the Plymouth Colony, and was active in the little army there under Captain Myles Standish for six years. He was in Eastham as early as 1641 ; was a proprietor of East- ham and Duxbury ; was a surveyor of high- ways in 1646; constable in 1647; admitted freeman May 22, 1655, at Eastham. He was ensign in the militia. His will was dated De- cember 3, 1688, and proved March 6, 1688- 89, about eighty-six years old; bequeathing to wife Rebecca, sons William and Stephen; and "the rest of my Children." He married, 1642, Rebecca Children: I. William, born September 15, 1643. 2. Stephen, May 12, 1646. 3. Rebecca, July 28, 1648. 4. Mary, born November 4, 1650; married Stephen Hopkins, Jr., son of Stephen Hopkins, of the . "Mayflower." 5. Ruth, born May 15, 1652; married, January, 1677, Edmund Freeman. 6. Sarah, born August 1, 1654; married, De- cember 18, 1672, John Freeman, son of Major John. 7. John, born January 15, 1656-57. 8. Isaac, born January 6, 1660-61. 9. Joseph, born June 1, 1662; mentioned below. IO. Benjamin, born February I, 1664-65.
(II) Joseph Myrick, son of William My- rick (I), was born June 1, 1662, at Eastham, and died there June 15, 1734. He married, May 8, 1684, Elizabeth Howes, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mayo) Howes. Her father was born in England, son of Thomas and Mary (Brown) Howes. Myrick married second, Elizabeth (Freeman) Remick, daugh- ter of Samuel and Mercy (Southworth) Free- man, widow of Abraham Remick. She was born in 1671, and had two daughters by her first marriage, Elizabeth and Mercy Remick. Elizabeth (Mayo) Howes was the daughter of Rev. John Mayo, of Yarmouth. Joseph Myrick was a legal inhabitant of Eastham in 1695. Children, born at Eastham, all by his first wife: I. Elizabeth, January, 1685; mar- ried - Young. 2. Mary, July 7, 1687. 3. Joseph, March 8, 1689; married October 21, 1716, Elizabeth Twining. 4. William, January 26, 1692-93; mentioned below. 5. Hannah, 1695; married Nathaniel Freeman,
son of Nathaniel and Mary (Howland) Freeman. 6. Isaac, August 12, 1697. 7. Phebe, married Richard Paine.
(III) William Myrick, son of Joseph My- rick (2), was born at Eastham, Massachu- setts, January 26, 1692-93 ; died there Decem- ber 14, 1754; married there, October 20, 1715, Elizabeth Harding. Children, born at East- ham : I. William, born January 15, 1716; died young. 2. William, born April 8, 1718, men- tioned below. 3. Betty, born June 6, 1720;
married Brown. 4. Joseph. 5. Jos- iah, married Rachel Doane. 6. Heman. 7. Hannah, married, March 22, 1744, Hatsel Nickerson. 8. Rebecca, married
Brown. 9. Mary, married, November 23, 1749, John Mulford. 10. Elizabeth.
(IV) William Myrick, Jr., son of William Myrick (3), was born April 8, 1718, at East- ham; wife Phebe Smith. Children mentioned in his father's will: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Joseph. 3. Betty. 4. Rebecca. 5. Hannah. 6. Mary. 7. Elizabeth.
(V) John Myrick, son of William Myrick, Jr., and Phebe (Smith) Myrick, was born in Eastham, Massachusetts, April 1, 1757; died at Orleans, Massachusetts, August 11, 1839. He married Thankful Linnell, July 11, 1780. Children : I. Priscilla, born May 20, 1782. 2. Lucy, born June 3, 1784. 3. Samuel, born March 9, 1786. 4. Phebe, born March 30, 1788. 5. Thankful, born October 4, 1790. He married second, Hannah Knowles, No- vember 17, 1793. Children by this marriage : I. Thankful, born December 1, 1795. 2. Han- nah, born March 21, 1798. 3. Lucy, born November 5, 1800. 4. John, born July 31, 1802. 5. Abigail, born January 2, 1806. 6. Eliza, born September 13, 1808. Hannah (Knowles) Myrick died March 25, 1838, aged seventy-two years. John Myrick served in Captain Joseph Smith's company at Truro in September, 1776; also in Captain Abijah Bang's company, Colonel Dike's regiment, December 13, 1776, February, 1777. ("Mass- achusetts Soldiers and Sailors," vol. XI p. 262). He enlisted March, 1777; served nine months; rank private; serving under Captain George Webb and Colonel Shephard, and was at the capture of Burgoyne. He applied for pension May 26, 1818; claim allowed, age at that date sixty-one years. In 1820 he stated that his wife Hannah was fifty-five years old, and his children, Lucy, nineteen and Eliza eleven years of age. He was father of Phebe (Myrick) Freeman, who married John Free-
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man, son of John and Bethiah Freeman, who was born November 10, 1794, and died at sea, July 20, 1824.
Humphrey Barrett, the im- BARRETT migrant ancestor, was born in England, in 1592, and died November 7, 1662, aged seventy years. He came to Concord, Massachusetts, from England, about 1640, and settled on the Abel B. Heywood place. He was admitted a free- man May 6, 1657. He had three hundred acres of land, house lot number twelve, on what is now Monument street, Concord. He married Mary who died in 1663, aged seventy-three. Children, born in England : I. Thomas, drowned in the Concord river in 1652; had son Oliver, who died 1671; his widow Elizabeth married (second) Edward Wright. 2. Humphrey, born 1630; mention- ed below. 3. John, of Marlborough (accord- ing to Shattuck). 4. James, of Charlestown.
(II) Deacon Humphrey Barrett, son of Humphrey Barrett (I), was born in England, in 1630, and died January 3, 1715-16. He married first, July 17, 1661, Elizabeth Paine, who died 1674. He married second, March 23, 1764-65, Mary Potter, who died November 17, 1713, daughter of Luke Potter, one of the first settlers of Concord. Children: I. Mary, married Josiah Blood. Children of the sec- ond wife: 2. Captain Joseph, born 1678; died April 4, 1763, aged eighty-five; married, 1701, Rebecca Minott, who died June 23, 1738; had eight children. 3. Benjamin, mentioned below.
(III) Benjamin Barrett, son of Deacon Humphrey Barrett (2), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, May 7, 1681, and died October 25, 1728, aged forty-seven. He married, Jan- uary 3, 1705, Lydia Minott, sister of Rebecca Minott, and daughter of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott, of Concord. He was a deacon in the church, and was admitted a free- man May 24, 1762. He was a member of the general court in 1691, and was ensign of the foot company. In May, 1685, General Good- win reported to the general court: that Con- cord train band "had but one commissioned officer that officiates in that company, viz : Left. Buss, who is very aged and not well able to conduct the affairs of ye great com- pany, therefore having informed himself as to the fittest man to supply the place of ensign for that company, and did propose to the court, Humphrey Barrett, who was a freeman,
and of ye church at Concord, a sergeant of that company, that the court would make him ensigne of Concord foot company." The re- port was accepted and approved October 14, 1685. Children: I. Benjamin, born Novem- ber 5, 1705; mentioned below. 2. Deacon Thomas, born October 20, 1707; died June 20, 1779; married, 1730, Mary Jones; chil- dren : Thomas, Charles, of New Ipswich, Samuel, Amos, Ruth and Mary. 3. Colonel James, born July 29, 1710; died April II, 1779; married, December 21, 1732, Rebecca Hubbard; member of general court, 1768 to 1777; superintendent of military stores at Concord; colonel of regiment in March, 1775, and in command on April 19, though sixty- four years old ; on various committees to raise men, supplies, etc., for the Revolution ; chil- dren : James, Nathan, Lydia, Rebecca, Persis, Stephen, Peter and Lucy. 4. Lydia, born August 2, 1712; died June, 1802; married, January 13, 1732, Deacon Samuel Farrar. 5. Rebecca, born March 29, 1714; died young. 6. Timothy, born January 2, 1716; died Janu- ary 4, 1800; married first, Mrs. Dinah Will; second, Anna Vaughn; third, Rebecca Brown. 7. Mary, born December 27, 1717; married Aaron Parker. 8. Stephen, born April 18, 1720; married, May 15, 1750, Elizabeth (Hub- bard) How.
(IV) Benjamin Barrett, son of Benjamin Barrett (3), was born November 5, 1705, and died at Concord, October 23, 1738. He married, about 1730, Rebecca Jones. Chil- dren: I. Rebecca, born February 14, 1730- 31; died March 30, 1803; married, 1750, Na- thaniel Boynton. 2. Lydia, born March 16, 1732-33; died March 24, 1733. 3. Benjamin, born January 9, 1734-35; mentioned below. 4. Lieutenant Jonas, born September 24, 1737; died January 31, 1803; married, No- vember 19, 1776, Mary Fletcher, born 1739, died 1777; married second, Uranah Locke, born 1758, died 1838, daughter of James and Hannah Locke.
(V) Benjamin Barrett, son of Benjamin Barrett (4), was born at Concord, January 9, 1734-35, and died September 14, 18II. He married, November 14, 1761, Sarah Merriam, born 1735, died 1781; he married second, Hannah Jones, born 1742, died 1831, daughter of William and Sarah (Locke) Jones. He was in the Revolution, serving as private in Captain Samuel Stone's company, Colonel William Prescott's regiment, on the Lexing- ton alarm, April 19, 1775. The time of ser- vice was fifteen and one half days. Children,
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born at Ashby, Massachusetts: I. Benjamin, born June 21, 1762; mentioned below. 2. Jonas Prescott, born September 2, 1764; died October 31, 1781. 3. Mary, born March 25, 1767; died August 22, 1841; married, Feb- ruary 18, 1790, Josiah Whitney. 4. Cynthia, born November 7, 1769; died February 20, 1784. 5. John Beaton, December 5, 1774; died April 5, 1800. 6. Joseph Merriam, born September 30, 1778; died January 21, 1806; married, May, 1803, Sally Green.
(VI) Benjamin Barrett, son of Benjamin Barrett (5), was born at Ashby, Massachu- setts, June 21, 1762, and died November 6, 1842. He married first, Bridget Lawrence, who died in 1793. He married second, Rhoda Stearns, born 1756. Children, born at Ash- by: I. Jonas Prescott, born March 10, 1783; married, December 30, 1803, Sally Foule. 2. Benjamin, born June 18, 1786; died August 3, 1837; married, February 7, 1809, Nancy Stone. 3. Colonel Charles, born February 21, 1788 ; died June 8, 1855; married, Septem- ber 19, 1811, Sarah Hastings; second, August 5, 1817, Betsey Johnson. 4. Oliver, born January 31, 1790; mentioned below. 5. Ezra, born May II, 1791; died January 1, 1843; married, November 17, 1817, Rhoda Johnson. 6. Polly, born August 29, 1792; died Febru- ary 8, 1857 ; married, December 3, 1820, Sam- uel Wiggins; second, June 24, 1834, William Richardson. 7. Thomas, born 1793 ; died Sep- tember 26, 1793. Children of the second wife: 8. Sally, born 1795. 9. Cynthia, born May 26, 1797 ; died March 15, 1881 ; married, December 5, 1816, Isaac Foster.
(VII) Oliver Barrett, son of Benjamin Barrett (6), was born at Ashby, Massachu- setts, January 31, 1790, and died 1880. He married first, January 14, 1812, Betsey Stone, born 1792 and died 1842. He married second, Mrs. Sophia Wheeler; third, Widow Jefts. Children: I. Oliver, born July 13, 1812; mentioned below. 2. John Otis, born April 18, 1815; married, April 30, 1839, Harriet Richardson, born 1816, died 1882, daughter of Josiah and Betsey Richardson. 3. Cyn- thia Eliza, born March 24, 1843; married Joseph Jackson Waters, born 1806, died 1880. 4. George Benjamin, born May 10, 1819; died 1870; married, November 24, 1857, Nan- cy Haradan, born 1820, died 1861; second, Anna Potter. 5. Clarissa Davis, born May 22, 1821 ; married April 17, 1850, Rodolphus Priest, born 1828. 6. Thomas Parker, born July 5, 1823 ; died January 27, 1872; married, March 26, 1848, Sophia Sawtelle, born 1829.
7. Ephraim Cobleigh, born July 26, 1828; married first, Martha Tenney; second, Mrs. Howard Nutting; no issue. 8. Emily Augus- ta, born August 8, 1827; died July 3, 1829. 9. Henry A., born September 7, 1830; died June 2, 1831. 10. Emily Ann, born Novem- ber 14, 1831 ; married William H. Potter. II. Nancy Stone, born May 2, 1835; married, April 17, 1857, Oliver W. Norris, born 1830, died 1861 ; married second, Amasa Whiting, died 1887. 12. Oliver Tracy, born October 5, 1838; died November 5, 1879; married Louisa Stone.
(VIII) Oliver Stone Barrett, son of Oliver Barrett (7), was born at Ashburnham, Mass- achusetts, July 13, 1812, and died in Malden, Massachusetts, January 2, 1891. He mar- ried, September 2, 1834, Lucy Wyman, born 1814, and died 1877. Children, born at Ash- burnham: I. Elizabeth, born June 10, 1835; died May 2, 1844. 2. Henry Oliver, born June 28, 1843; mentioned below. 3. Charles Gregg, born December 15, 1847; died March 13, 1848. 4. Clara Adelaide, born June 16, 1850; married November 18, 1875, John E. Staples. 5. Ella Sophia, born August 1, 1854; married, June 3, 1880, Earl S. Sloan.
(IX) Henry Oliver Barrett, son of Oliver Stone Barrett (8), was born at Ashburnham, Massachusetts, June 28, 1843. He resided in Malden, Massachusetts, and is a most prom- inent and respected citizen. He is a mem- ber of the firm of Braman, Dow & Co., steam fitters, Causeway street, Boston. In politics he is a staunch Republican, but notwithstand- ing repeated invitations would never accept a nomination from his party. He is a member of Converse Lodge of Free Masons, and a di- rector of the Malden Trust Company. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Malden. He married, July 9, 1863, Mary Forsythe. Children : I. Lizzie May, born September 24, 1865; married December 25, 1884, Charles W. Seavey, son of Malcolm B. Seavey; resides with her father. 2. Henry Wyman, born October 25, 1867; mentioned below. 3. Nellie Louise, born June 30, 1869 ; married January 14, 1891, William C. Keen. (X) Henry Wyman Barrett, son of Henry Oliver Barrett (9), was born at Malden, Massachusetts, October 25, 1867. He re- ceived his education in the Malden schools, and at the age of nineteen entered the employ of Braman, Dow & Co., of which firm his father was a member. He is now a member of the firm. He is a Republican in politics, but has no ambition to hold public office. He
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is a member of the First Congregational Church of Malden ; of the Kernwood Club ; of Converse Lodge of Free Masons, of the Royal Arch Chapter, of Beauseant Commandery, Knights Templar, and of Melrose Council, S. P. R. S. His home is on Greystone Road, Malden.
Mr. Barrett married first, October 25, 1888, Harriet M. Bishop, born in Gardiner, Maine, died October 24, 1895, daughter of Hudson MI. and Olive (Rogers) Bishop; he of Harle- well, Maine, she of Bowdoinham, Maine. He married second, November 17, 1897, Gertrude A. Ring, born in Somerville, daughter of Gardner W. and Anne S. (Walden) Ring, of Somerville, Massachusetts. Child of the first wife: I. Dorothy B., born February 23, 1894; children of the second wife: 2. Made- leine, born November 4, 1900. 3. Henry Oli- ver, born January 22, 1903.
There are three known NESMITH branches of this family in America. Thomas Nes- mith, a rigid Presbyterian, lived near Phila- delphia, in 1730. A grandson of his, James H. Nesmith, was living in 1867 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier county, West Virginia, and was of the opinion that this Thomas Nesmith was a brother of James, the ancestor of the London- derry, New Hampshire, family. Another branch is descended from John Nesmith, who was contemporary with Thomas in Pennsyl- vania and James of Londonderry. There was much communication between the New Hamp- shire and Pennsylvania settlements of the Scotch-Irish in the early days and it is not un- likely that the three immigrants mentioned were brothers.
(I) Deacon James Nesmith, immigrant an- cestor of the New England family of this name, born in 1692, was one of the first six- teen settlers and founders of Nutfield, New Hampshire, later called Londonderry, April 22, 1719. He was one of the signers of the memorial to Governor Shute sent from Lon- donderry, Ireland, under date of March 26, 1718, for a suitable grant of land in Massa- chusetts. The Nesmiths were of ancient Scotch ancestry. The name was also spelled Nasmyth and the family is found in Berwick- shire and Peeblesshire, Scotland, before the year 1300. The ancestors of Deacon James are said to have removed from Scotland to the valley of the river Bann, province of Ul- ster, Ireland, in 1690. The family were
staunch Presbyterians. Deacon Nesmith mar- ried in Ireland in 1714 Elizabeth McKeen, daughter of Justice James and Janet (Coch- ran) McKeen, and sister of Janet Cochran, wife of the immigrant, John Cochran, of Windham, New Hampshire. She was born in 1696 and died in Londonderry, New Hamp- shire, April 29, 1763, aged sixty-seven years. Two of their children were born in Ireland, the remainder in Londonderry, New Hamp- shire; the eldest was buried in the old coun- try. Deacon James was a proprietor of the new Londonderry and was prominent in town affairs. At the formation of the West Parish Church in 1739 he was chosen elder.
Children : I. Arthur, born in Ireland, died young. 2. James, born in Ireland, August 4, 1718, married Mary Dinsmoor, of Windham, and settled in North Londonderry; was in the battle of Bunker Hill; died July 19, 1793. 3. Arthur, born April 3, 1721, married Mar- garet Hopkins, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Dinsmoor ) Hopkins, of Windham, and settled in North Londonderry. 4. Jean, born April 12, 172-, probably died young. 5. Mary, born January 29, 1726, probably died young. 6. John, born February 6, 1728, mar- ried Elizabeth Reid, sister of General George Reid, of Londonderry, settled in the south part of Londonderry. 7. Elizabeth, born January 8, 1730. 8. Thomas, born March 26, 1732, mentioned below. 9. Benjamin, born September 14, 1734, married Agnes Gilmore, sister of Colonel James Gilmore, of Windham, daughter of James Gilmore, of Londonderry ; settled in Londonderry, "Cánada."
(II) Thomas Nesmith, son of James Nes- mith (1), was born in Londonderry, March 26, 1732. He married, 1761, Annis Wilson, daughter of James and Jennet (Taggart) Wilson, and granddaughter of Alexander Wil- son, of Londonderry. Both her father and grandfather came with the Scotch-Irish pio- neers. She was born September 23, 1743. They settled in Windham, a town adjoining Londonderry, and the house in which they lived stood a few rods in front of the house now or lately of Horace Berry; a depression in the ground is all that remains to mark the site of the old house. They were industrious and frugal, shrewd and far-seeing, accumulat- ing by their joint efforts a large property for those days. They were generous to the poor and unfortunate among their neighbors and their home was a refuge for the needy. He (lied November 30. 1789, in his fifty-eighth year ; she survived him thirty-four years, and
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died January 4, 1824, aged eighty-one years. Children, all born in Windham: I. John, born March 29, 1762, mentioned below. 2. Eliz- abeth, married Jonathan Wallace; resided on the English Range, Derry, and in 1814 re- moved to Essex county, New York, near Lake Champlain. 3. James, died young.
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