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Resolved : That the selectmen of Plaistow, person- ally and in behalf of our constituents, do most heartily endorse and commend the efforts and labors of the Village Improvement Society, for the many noble deeds and works towards the embellishment and improve- ment of our streets and sidewalks, and for which we extend the heartiest thanks of the entire citizenship of this town. Be it further
Resolved: That we extend to the Hon. Arthur G. Pollard, of Lowell, Massachusetts, the fullest grati- tude of the inhabitants of the town of Plaistow which it is possible to extend and express, for his many acts of kindness and financial assitance, and particularly for his generosity in defraying the expense of plac- ing our public square and the grounds of the town hall in their present condition. May his memory long be cherished by generations to come and perpetuated by the public square in the center of the town that bears his honored name. Also be it
Resolved : That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Hon. Arthur G. Pollard and also to the Village Improvement Society with the request that they be spread upon its minutes.
Given under our hands this 31st day of October, 1903.
ALLEN M. GOSSELIN, HARRY R. SEAVER, CHARLES E. DAY, Selectmen of Plaistow.
Mr. Pollard married, October 14, 1869, Martha Moriarty Fuller, born January 31, 1847, daughter of George G. and Martha (Dean) Fuller, of Keeseville, New York. Martha (Dean) Fuller was a daughter of Charles and Loretta (Monson) Dean, and granddaughter of Silas Dean, members of an old and highly respected family. Four chil .. dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Pollard, two of whom died in infancy. The surviving chil- dren are: I. Harry Gilmore, born February 19, 1875, educated in the public schools of Lowell ; in 1892 entered his father's store, and in 1898 was admitted to the firm. He is a trustee in the Central Savings Bank, also a trustee of the Proprietors of the South Con- gregational Meeting House, and a prominent and active business man, standing high in the estimation of his fellow citizens. He is also quite prominent in Masonic circles, and is the present master of Ancient York Lodge; emi-
nent commander of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, and a past Thrice Potent master of Lowell Lodge of Perfection. He married, April 29, 1903, Leah, daughter of Frederick and Esther W. Parchert, of Buffa- lo; children: Arthur Gayton, born March 7, 1904; Harry Gilmore, Jr., born June 29, 1907. 2. Edith Frances, born January 27, 1879. She married, November 25, 1903, William Trull Sheppard, a graduate of Harvard Law School, practicing his profession in Lowell. Mr. Sheppard is a son of William D. and Jose- phine M. Sheppard, of Springfield, Missouri. They have one daughter, Edith Martha, born April II, 1905.
Thomas Webster, progeni-
WEBSTER tor of the Webster family, married Margery, baptized at Ormesby, Norfolk county, England, No- vember 20, 1631. He died in Ormesby, and was buried April 30, 1634. Margery, his wife, emigrated to America shortly after the death of her husband. She married (second) Dea- con William Godfrey; married (third) John Marrian. She died at Hampton, New Hamp- shire, May 2, 1687, aged seventy-eight years. Children of Thomas and Margery Webster: I. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. John, bap- tized September 22, 1633, buried November I, 1633: 3. Thomas, baptized August I, 1634, buried August 3, 1634.
(II) Thomas Webster, son of Thomas and Margery Webster, baptized November 20, 1631, at Ormesby, came to America, proba- bly with his mother, and settled in Hampton, New Hampshire. He married Sarah, daugh- ter of Thomas Brewer, of Ipswich. Dow says in his "History of Hampton, New Hamp- shire": "Ould Goodman Brewer died March 23, 1690." Thomas and Sarah Webster had nine children, of which Isaac was the sixth child.
(III) Isaac Webster, son of Thomas and Sarah (Brewer) Webster, born April 2, 1670, at Hampton, New Hampshire, died February 21, 1718, at Kingston, New Hampshire; mar- ried, April 1, 1697, Mary Hutchens. Chil- dren: John, mentioned below; Jonah, Han- nah, Elizabeth, Sarah, Samuel and Gideon.
(IV) John Webster, son of Isaac and Mary (Hutchens) Webster, baptized June 27, 1697, at Hampton; died. 1766, at Kingston; mar- ried, in Rowley, Massachusetts, December I, 1719, Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer and Eliza- beth (Johnson) Stuart, both of Rowley, and granddaughter of Duncan Stuart. John Web-
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ster's will made February 17, 1763, proved August 27, 1766, at Kingston. Children: Isaac, married, December 29, 1747, Sarah Downing; Sarah, mentioned below; Eliza- beth, Hannah, Mary.
(V) Sarah Webster, daughter of John and Sarah (Stuart) Webster, probably baptized with her sister Elizabeth, 1723; married, ac- cording to Kingston town records, Septem- ber 6, 1747, Francis Pollard, but the diary of Rev. Joseph Seccombe states that they were married by him November 6, 1745-46. The "diary" is the best authority, as the old town clerks were not very authentic in those days. Francis Pollard's name is spelled in almost every way possible in the old town records. Francis Pollard wandered from some town or city into Kingston, and while at the Webster homestead met and married Sarah Webster. At the death of her father he sold his claim on the homestead, and is granted land on Rocky Hill, near Barbay Pond, "near Beaver Damm" so called, on the road that went to Haverhill. Francis Pollard served in the Revolution as a privateer under James Bar- ret. He was mustered into service, and re- turned home 1777-78, at the age of fifty, more or less. Children of Francis and Sarah Pol- lard: I. John, born April II, 1748, probably died young. 2. Jonathan, born August 9, 1749, married his second cousin, Sarah Web- ster (5); only two descendants bearing the name of Pollard are living at the present time. 3. Molly, born July 28, 1751, probably died young. 4. Betsey, born August 22, 1753, the direct ancestor on the mother's side. 5. Mary, born February II, 1756, married Benjamin Eastman; descendants living at the present time. 6. Isaac, born "March the first day" 1758, died January 20, 1836. Married, Apri. 28, 1797, Lucy Smith.
NOWELL The surname Nowell or Noel is of French-Norman origin, perhaps a place-name first. The English Nowells trace their ancestry to the time of the Conquest. Noel, the progeni- tor, joined William the Norman before York in October, 1069, for his services was given the manors of Millmess, Hilcote and Ellen- hall, Staffordshire, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Lord of the Manors (1086). He was also on the Battle Abbey Roll.
(II) Robert, eldest son and heir of Noel (I), was bishop of the Orkneys, never conse- crated, curate under Bishop of York, and
friend of Archbishop Thurston; led the Eng- lish armies at the battle of the Standard at Northallerton ; signed himself Nowellus Epis- copus ; living in 1154.
(III) Adam Nowell, son of Bishop Robert Nowell (2), married a daughter of Stephen de Merlay, of Great and Little Merlay, heir of her father, descendant of a sister of Wil- liam the Conqueror; held the estate of Great and Little Merlay, Lancashire, in right of his wife; was living in II35.
(IV) Richard Nowell, son of Adam, is mentioned in various wills, charters and post mortem records.
(V) Adam Nowell, son of Richard Nowell (4), exchanged the manor of Great Merlay for Reed ( ?)
(VI) Roger Nowell, son of Adam Nowell (5), married Eleanor Felton, daughter and co-heir of a third part of the manor of Great Harwood ; he held the third part of the manor of Great Harwood in right of his wife; Great Harwood was in her family for five centuries ; he also had the manor of Great and Little Merlay, all of Lancashire.
(VII) Adam Nowell, son of Roger Nowell (6), was living in 1278, when he was witness to a charter of Whalley Abbey granted for his service to the king in the wars with Scot- land ; owned Great Harwood.
(VIII). Richard Nowell, son of Adam No- well (7), married Johanna - -; was living 1357, when he witnessed a deed in Whalley ' Abbey.
(IX) Lawrence Nowell, son of Richard Nowell (8), married Katherine ; ex- changed in 1586 the manor of Magna Merlay with Sir Gilbert Greenacres for a moiety of the manor of Reed; died 1398; sons John, Ni- cholas and Gilbert named in deed of settle- ment, the first at Reed. The family remained there until 1764, when the estate was sold by Act of Parliament.
(X) John Nowell, son of Lawrence Nowel (9), married Margaret - -; he died May 23, 1433; held Reed forty-five years. Chil- dren: Arthur, Nicholas.
(XI) Nicholas, son of John Nowell (10), died 1434, before his father, and left a son Alexander, next heir to his father.
(XII) Alexander Nowell, son of Nicholas Nowell (II), married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Barmaster, was living 1467.
(XIII) Roger Nowell, son of Alexander Nowell (12), married first Margaret Hasketh. of Ruffort: divorced in 1463, reasons un- known; married second, March 7, 1468, Grace, daughter of Sir John Lownley of
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Lownley. He was Lord of Reed and Great Harwood in Lancashire, and of Arkensey in Yorkshire .. He founded a charity in All . 1688, bequeathing to wife Lydia; children Mi- Saints, Wakefield. He was accounted a very clever man. He had seven sons and seven daughters recorded in the window of Whalley Church. destroyed during the Reformation.
(XIII) John Nowell, son of Alexander Nowell (12), married first --- , a Hasketh, of Rufford; second, Elizabeth Kay. He died March 8, 1526. Children: Roger, John Alex- ander, Robert, Nicholas and Lawrence.
(XIV) Lawrence Nowell, fourth son of John Nowell (13), married Mary Glover. He was a celebrated Saxon scholar; Dean of Litchfield. He died 1567. Sons : Samuel, born 1560. 2. Lawrence, born 157I. 3. Alexander.
(XV) Alexander Nowell, son of Lawrence Nowell (14), was born at Litchfield, England.
(XVI) Hon. Increase Nowell, son of Alex- ander Nowell (15), was born in Sheldon, Au- gust 10, 1593. He was a member of the Massachusetts Bay Company, and came over as secretary to Governor Winthrop in 1630, in the "Arabella." He settled at Charlestown, and with his wife joined the first church there July, 1630, and the re-organized church 1632. He was elected ruling elder July 27, 1639; assistant to the governor, deputy to general court: secretary of colony, elected to many positions of trust and responsibility in the town. He died November 1, 1655. His will dated July 23, 1655, proved December 25, 1655, bequeathed to wife Parnell, mother Coitmore, sons Increase, Alexander and Sam- uel, daughters Mehitable and Mary, and per- sonal friends. His widow died March 25, 1687, aged eighty-four years. He married, in Boston, Parnell, daughter of Thomas Grey, mariner, of Harwich, England, by his first wife Katherine, daughter of Robert Myles, of Sutton. Children: I. Increase, born Novem- ber 19, 1630, died young. 2. Abigail, born April 27, 1632, died 1634. 3. Samuel, bap- tized 1634. 4. Eliezer, born and died 1636. 5. Mehitable, born 1638. 6. Increase, bap- tized May 23, 1640. 7. Mary, born May 26, 1643. 8. Alexander. 9. Mary (?).
· (XVI) George Nowell, immigrant ancestor of the family given in this sketch, undoubted- lv of this family, was probably grandson of Alexander Nowell (15) and nephew of Hon. Increase Nowell, mentioned above. He was born in England, 1636, and settled in Boston before 1662, when he was a member of the Boston Artillery Company. He was a black- smith by trade. His wife Lydia died Decem-
ber 8, 1704, aged sixty-eight years. He died in 1688. His will was dated February 8,
chael, Joseph, George, Hannah, and Lydia. Children: I. George Jr., mentioned below. 2. Michael, born March 24, 1663, in Boston, mariner; married Lydia , whose grave- stone in Copp's Hill burial ground gives the date of her death August 27, 1696, and her age as thirty-three and a half; a guardian was appointed for Robert, his son, aged ten, in 1705; two children: i, Michael, born August 18, 1686; ii. Robert, August 22, 1695; mar- ried June 25, 1717, Mary Foster, born Au- gust 15, 1696, daughter of Captain John Fos- ter (3), John (2), Thomas (I). Child Robert, born September 3, 1720; widow married Jan- uary 15, 1732, Samuel White. 3. Joseph. 4. Hannah. 5. Lydia.
(XVII) George Nowell, son of George Nowell (16), born in Boston, 1668, died there June 8, 1742, aged seventy-four. His will, dated March 17, 1741-2, probated July 13, 1742, bequeaths to wife Elizabeth; to children John, Zachariah, Michael, Elizabeth, Lydia, and children of his deceased son Joseph. Chil- dren: I. Joseph, mentioned below. 2. John. 3. Zechariah, mentioned below. 4. Michael. 5. Elizabeth, married Thomas Gouge. 6. Lydia.
(XVIII) Zachariah Nowell, son of George Nowell (17), born in Boston, about 1710. He and his cousin Samuel Nowell removed to Newbury and Newburyport, and are ancestors of all of the name in that vicinity. He mar- ried first, August 8, 1732, Mary York of Ips- wich, Massachusetts; second, at Newbury- port, November 27, 1735, Mary Carr. Zach- ariah was a boat builder. Elizabeth Nowell, widow of George (2) Thomas Gouge, painter, son-in-law, and Zachariah Nowell of New- bury, executors of the last will of George Nowell of Boston, applied to court for leave to sell a piece of land at the north end on Lynn street to Thomas Goodhue, February 7, 1742-3, and deed was made April 8 following. The surviving heirs Zachariah, his sister Ly- dia Nowell and brother-in-law Thomas Gouge quitclaimed to the same Thomas Goodhue, January 27, 1748, the dwelling house in the north part of the town, and land bounded on the south by land of Walter Goodridge, and Edward Hutchinson, No- vember I, 1749. The same parties deeded other property January 27, 1748, to Goodhue. These deeds established beyond question the identity of Zachariah, of Newburyport. Chil- dren: I. John, born at Ipswich, July 13,
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1733; father of: i. Samuel York, born March 4, 1754; ii. Elizabeth, January 18, 1758; iii. Martha, October 4, 1765. 2. Moses, born Feb- ruary 4, 1737: captain of. Newburyport com- pany in Revolution; removed to Dracut later in life, and settled; married Catherine
and had i. Moses Jr., born March 16, 1764; ii. Catherine, June 16, 1765; iii. William, August 9. 1769; iv. George, May 2, 1771. 3. Mary, October 14, 1739; married February 5, 1755- 6. Henry Chapman. 4. Elizabeth, born Sep- tember 20, 1741. 5. Sarah, born November 3. 1743; married July 29, 1762, Eben Morri- son. 6. Lydia, born November II, 1745.
(XVIII) Joseph Nowell, son of George Nowell, (17), born in Boston, about 1690, died before 1742, the date of his father's will. His children are provided for in the will of their grandfather.
(XIX) Samuel Nowell, son of Joseph (18) and nephew of Zachariah Nowell (18), was born in Boston, about 1720. He was a dis- tiller and ship chandler, and quite wealthy. He died in 1784 intestate. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Nowell born in Newburyport: I. Joseph, January 27, 1747. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, September 27, 175I. 4. Michael. April 2, 1753. 5. Elizabeth, August 8, 1755. 6. Anne, April 22, 1757. 7. Michael, December 5, 1759; died at sea August, 1802. 8. Mary, April 20, 1760. 9. George, June 5, 1764; resided in Newburyport; married September 14, 1786, Hannah Chase, of Newbury; children, born in Newburyport: i. Prudence, December 18, 1788: ii. George, July 30, 1790; iii. Stephen, November 12, 1792; iv. Hannah, January I, 1798: 10. Richard, April 25, 1769.
(XX) Samuel Nowell Jr., son of Samuel Nowell (19), was born in Newburyport, De- cember 18, 1749. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Newburyport, in the com- pany of Captain Moses Nowell, mentioned above. April 19, 1775: also in 1776, stationed at Newburyport: also in Captain Simeon Sampson's brig "Independence," captured by the British; exchanged in 1777. He married Sarah, daughter of George and Sarah (Foster) Hanners, granddaughter of Hopestill Foster. Her mother married second, 1762, Joshua Hersey, born December 22, 1704, died No- vember 1, 1784, son of Joshua Hersey, grand- son of William, son of the immigrant William Hersey. She was his third wife, and her will dated Januarv 3. 1795, mentions Sarah Now- ell. her daughter. Sarah, widow of Joshua Hersey, of Hingham, gave a power of attor- ney June 4, 1787, to her "beloved son Samuel
Nowell" to sell land in Boston on which the buildings were burned in a recent fire. Sarah Hersey, of Hingham, mentioned above, "Samuel Nowell of Newburyport," boat builder, and Sarah, his wife, for fifty-five pounds ten shillings, sold to Samuel Phillips, of Boston, painter, land in Boston, on Hollis street, bounded 37 feet easterly by land of Hopestill Foster, 158 feet northerly on land of Jonhonnet and Etheridge, 56 feet west on land of Joseph Sprague 156 feet. This proper- ty came to Sarah Hersey on the division of her father's estate, Hopestill Foster, grandfather of Mrs. Nowell, (lib. 85. fol. 373), date of deed June 9, 1787. Sarah Hanners is mentioned in the will of her grandfather. The Hollis street lot originally set off to Mrs. Hersey was 337 by 150 feet (vol. 85, fol. 742, Suffolk deeds). Children: I. Samuel, Jr., died at
Newburyport, 1823. 2. Sally. 3. Foster, mentioned below. 4. Charles. 5. George. 6. Michael.
(XXI) Foster Nowell, son of Samuel Nowell, (20), born 1782, died Decem- ber 8, 1842, at Worcester, aged sixty; married at Worcester, September 16, 1802, Lydia Chadwick. He bought land about 1825 in Worcester, where he settled and lived the rest of his days. Leonard Gates administered his estate in 1842. Children: I. Foster Jr., mentioned below. 2. Julia Ann, married A. J. Simpson. 3. Elvira. 4. Per- sis. 5. Maria. 6. Sarah (or Sally), born March 23, 1804, at Worcester. 7. Mary F., born about 1816; married March 26, 1839, Leonard Gates ; son Otis died 1907-8. 8. Ly- dia, married April 4, 1832, Jonas Spaulding of Townsend, Massachusetts.
(XXII) Foster Nowell Jr., son of Foster Nowell (21), was born in Worcester, Feb- ruary 12, 1814. He lived during his childhood with his grandfather Chadwick, and was edu- cated in the public schools of Worcester. He learned the business of carpet manufacture, and became superintendent of the Lowell Manufacturing Company, subsequently be- coming a partner in the firm of Lane & Now- ell, manufacturers of wool carding machines. In 1866 he removed to Wilton, New Hamp- shire, and became superintendent of the erec- tion of a mill for the manufacture of woolen carpets, becoming agent and having charge of the business for several years. He finally re- turned to Lowell and was employed for ten years in the wood shop of the Merrimac Man- ufacturing Company, and then retired from active labor and business, spending his last days with his son, Charles H. Nowell. He
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died at Reading, June 16, 1896. He married · Mary Kimball, born in Concord, New Hamp- shire, December 25, 1814. Children : I. George, born February 14, 1840; machinist; married Anna Knight, of Wilton, New Hampshire. child, Mary Frances. 2. Charles Henry.
(XXIII) Charles Henry Nowell, son of Fos- ter Nowell (22), was born in Lowell, October 15, 1843. He was educated there in the public schools, at the age of nineteen became a clerk in the office of the Baldwin Manufacturing Company, of North Chelmsford, and later was connected with the firm of John S. and Eben D. Wright & Company, of Boston. In 1864 he enlisted in Company H, Sixth Massachu- setts Volunteers, under Captain Moses E. Ware and Colonel Follansbee, and went into camp at Arlington Heights, Massachusetts. Later he served on guard duty at the Confed- erate stockade at Fort Delaware on the Dela- ware river where he remained until the period of his enlistment expired. In 1871 Mr. Now- ell became paymaster of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company, and has held that position ever since. Mr. Nowell has resided in Read- ing, Massachusetts, since 1872. He is a Re- publican in politics, a citizen of public spirit and influence. He has been a member of the Reading board of selectmen; was a member of the legislature, 1902-3 and 1904, and the latter year chairman of committee on banks and banking; also served on committee on constitutional amendments, and all three years on banking committee. In 1904 he was alternate delegate to the Republican na- tional convention at Chicago. He is an ac- tive member of the Reading Congregational Church. He is a director of the F. H. Gilson Music Printing House of Boston. He is a member of Post 194, Grand Army of the Re- public, of Reading.
He married, October 11, 1866, Anna Maria, daughter of Deacon John K. and Adeline Ann (Titcomb) Chase, of Lowell. She is a lineal descendant of the immigrant Thomas Chase, who settled at Hampton, New Hamp- shire. (See Chase family.) Her mother was a descendant of William Titcomb, of New- bury, Massachusetts, one of the early settlers. Children: I. Margaret Grace, born in Low- ell, October 7, 1867 ; married Joseph L. Gra- ham, claim agent of Georgia Southern Rail- road Company, now living in Savannah, Georgia; children: i. Gregory Nowell Gra- ham, born November 3, 1896; ii. Catherine Montague Graham, born September 30, 1898. 2. George F., born in Salem, Massachusetts, January 23, 1870; treasurer's clerk of Boston
& Lowell Railroad, and assistant cashier of St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad, with offices at North Station, Boston; married Mary Alice Knight, of Wakefield; children: i. Foster 3d., born August 26, 1898; ii. Bartlett, April 2, 1900; iii. Helen, October 25, 19 -. 3. John C., born August 14, 1872; superintend- ent of Bell Telephone Company of Philadel- phia; married Sybil Hale Hall, of Brookline; only child, Sybil, born July 18, 1899. 4. Wal- ter G., born July 15, 1876; living in Augusta, Georgia. 5. Lawrence, born March, 1878, died April, 1879. 6. Harold T., born Octo- ber 4, 1883. 7. Ernest Prescott, born May 29, 1880; exchange manager New England Telegraph and Telephone Company.
James Anderson, the immi- ANDERSON grant ancestor, was of Scotch ancestry, born in the Province of Ulster, Ireland, about 1690. He was one of the first sixteen settlers at Nut- field in 1719. Nutfield, later Londonderry, New Hampshire, was settled by a party from the vicinity of Londonderry, Ireland, of the parish of Rev. Mr. MacGregor, who came with them. They established a Presbyterian church, and to the town of Londonderry and vicinity came many hundred of Scotch-Irish in the next fifty years. Allen Anderson, a brother of James, settled in Londonderry, but left no children. John Anderson, perhaps a relative also, came a few years later and has many descendants in the vicinity of Derry. James Anderson settled in what is now Derry, New Hampshire, then Londonderry, east of the turnpike in the Double Range. Children: I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Robert, married Agnes Craig and they had nine children. 3. James, married (first) Nancy Woodburn. (second) Elizabeth Burnett. 4. Thomas, mar- ried Mary Craig. 5. David, married Wilson and had sons Robert, James and An- drew. 6. Jane, married Elder James Tag- gart. 7. Nancy.
(II) Samuel Anderson, son of James An- derson (I), was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, about 1730. He married Martha Craig. Settled on his father's second division or "amendment" land in the southern part of Londonderry. His farm was on Beaver brook and is at present owned by the estate of Wil- liam H. Anderson, of Lowell, mentioned be- low. Children : I. James, married Nancy Armstrong and had James Armstrong, now of Windham, New Hampshire. 2. John, married Anna Davidson ; (second) Mary Williams. 3.
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Samuel, mentioned below. 4. Margaret, mar- ried John Graham ; children : William, Martha, Jane and Elizabeth Graham.
(III) Samuel Anderson, son of Samuel An- derson (2), was born about 1755. He resided on his father's farm on Beaver brook near the Windham line, now owned by his descendant, William H. Anderson. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Joseph Finlay's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Welch's regiment, under Brigadier-General George Whipple in the northern army at Sara- toga in October, 1777. His only child was David, mentioned below.
(IV) David Anderson, son of Samuel An- derson (3), was born in Londonderry about 1780. He inherited the homestead on Beaver brook and lived on it all his life. He married, April 12, 1804, Rebecca Davidson, daughter of Francis and Rebecca (Richardson) David- son. She died June 17, 1826, aged forty-five years. He died August 5, 1819, aged thirty- six. All their children died of spotted fever (spinal meningitis) excepting Francis David- son, born 1807, mentioned below.
(V) Francis Davidson Anderson, son of David Anderson (4), was born in 1807 in Londonderry, married Jane Davidson, daugh- ter of William Davidson, whom the historian of Windham calls a "modest, gentle, refined lady, greatly beloved." She died March 13, 1880. Mr. Anderson possessed an excellent judgment, strong common sense and good ex- ecutive ability. He had the homestead, and was an industrious and well-to-do farmer. He was honored by various offices of trust and re- sponsibility by his townsmen. He was a rep- resentative in the state legislature in 1850. He died March 6, 1866. Children : I. Charles L., born October 13, 1842, married, September 15, 1857, Mary J. Anderson, of Londonderry ; resided in Lowell and for many years was a faithful employee of the Lowell machine shop; died at Lowell, January 31, 1865. 2. William Henry, born January 12, 1836, mentioned be- low.
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