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1853 .- Samuel G. Congdon, John B. White, John Q. Adams, David Chase, George W. Cromb, Jr.
1854 .- John Q. Adams, Lucian B. Drury, I. D. Palmer, John B. White, J. J. Peach.
I855 .- George F. Slocomb, John B. White, Henry B. Fairbanks, George Cummings, Charles Moore, S. D. Hall, James W. White, W. Forehand.
1856 .- George F. Slocomb, James W. White, Henry B. Fairbanks, Willard D. Wheeler, Ezra Church- ill, A. W. Rice, Nelson Ferry.
1857 .- George F. Slocomb, W. D. Wheeler, J. W. White, H. B. Fairbanks, Walter Forehand, Bar- nabas Newton, Nelson Ferry.
1858 .- H. B. Fairbanks, J. B. Sibley, W. D. Wheeler, Joseph W. Leland, B. Newton, George W. Cromb, Jr., Jonathan Carey.
1859 .- J. B. Sibley, W. D. Wheeler, George W. Cromb, Jr., H. B. Fairbanks, David Chase, W. Forehand, George W. Harrington.
1860 .- W. D. Wheeler, H. B. Fairbanks, J. H. Wright, S. D. Hall, Walter Forehand, David Chase, Joshua Congdon, J. B. Sibley.
1861 .- J. B. Sibley, S. D. Hall, W. D. Wheeler, Walter Forehand, H. B. Fairbanks, David Chase, Joseph W. Leland.
1862 .- S. D. Hall, George W. Cromb, Jr., Barnabas Newton, Charles Fowler, L. M. Sargent.
1863 .- S. D. Hall, W. D. Wheeler, S. C. Knox, C. C. Willis, William G. Palmer.
1864 .- S. D. Hall, H. B. Fair- banks, Stephen R. White.
1865 .- S. D. Hall, H. C. Green- wood, S. R. White, S. A. Knowles, Henry H. Merriam.
1866 .- S. D. Hall, F. M. Marble, Walter Forehand, R. D. Chase, James A. Morse, Sumner Packard.
1867 .- S. D. Hall, Silas Vinton, Walter Forehand, R. D. Chase, Clark C. Willis, R. A. Smith.
1868 .- S. D. Hall, W. C. Bassett, Ezekiel Fowler, E. C. Thurber, James W. Mckenzie, Aaron Elliot, B. Newton.
1869 .- S. D. Hall, H. M. Davis, Henry K. Cady, George R. Newton, Perley Goddard, Sargent Daniels.
1870 .- S. D. Hall, George R. New- ton, Lucian B. Drury, E. Fowler, Charles F. Sisson.
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HISTORY OF GRAFTON.
1871 .- S. D. Hall, L. H. Bigelow, | George F. Jourdan, James Gleason, H. C. Fuller, James Gleason, Wil- Henry Mann, Simeon E. Cromb. liam Holbrook.
1872 .- James Gleason, L. M. Gassett, H. K. Cady, S. D. Hall, J. H. Chickering, A. J. Ford, L. S. Davis.
1873 .- S. D. Hall, James Gleason, L. M. Gassett, Ezekiel Fowler, J. H. Chickering.
1874. - George F. Jourdan, Amos G. Getchell, D. W. Norcross, Henry Mann, J. H. Thomas, Simeon E. Cromb, S. D. Hall.
1875 .- S. D. Hall, Robert Scott, D. W. Norcross, Amos G. Getchell,
1876 .- S. D. Hall, D. W. Nor- cross, S. E. Cromb, Robert Scott, J. B. Sibley.
1877 .- M. M. Goodnow, J. B. Sibley, D. W. Norcross, S. E. Cromb, Ezekiel Fowler, S. D. Hall.
1878 .- S. D. Hall, D. W. Nor- cross, Richard Long, Charles Jen- nings, S. E. Cromb, Lucian B. Drury, J. B. Sibley.
1879 .- B. Fish, S. D. Hall, L. B. Drury, J. B. Sibley, Alfred Lowell, William C. Fletcher, Thomas J. Hall.
TOWN CLERKS.
NEHEMIAH HOW, 1736, '37, '38. SAMUEL COOPER, 1739.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, 1740, '41.
Capt. JOSEPH WILLARD, 1742.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, 1743, '44, '45, '46, '47.
ABNER STOW, 1748, '49, '50, 51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56.
TIMOTHY DARLING, 1757, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72.
- NATHANIEL S. PRENTICE, 1773, '74.
JOHN PRENTICE, 1775.
BENJAMIN GODDARD, 1776, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90.
BENJAMIN WALKER, 1791, '92.
BENJAMIN GODDARD, 1793, '94.
JOSEPH WOOD, 1795, '96, '97, '98, '99.
WILLIAM LAMB, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10.
JOSHUA HARRINGTON, 1811.
JONATHAN WHEELER, 1812, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18.
HARRY WOOD, 1819.
JONATHAN WHEELER, 1820, '21, '22.
HARRY WOOD, 1823, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35.
CHARLES PRENTICE, 1836, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52.
JOHN B. WHITE, 1853, '54.
JAMES W. WHITE, 1855, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74.
A. A. BALLOU, 1875, '76, '77, '78, '79.
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DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
LOVELL BAKER, appointed Nov. 19, 1838; May 31, 1841; May 1, 1844; March 31, 1849.
SUMNER DINSMORE, appointed July 23, 1851.
LOVELL BAKER, appointed Nov. 11, 1851.
GEORGE F. SLOCOMB, appointed- | 1878.
JOHN WHEELER, appointed -
JONATHAN B. SIBLEY, appointed Jan. 8, 1857; Jan. 4, 1860.
S. DAVIS HALL, appointed March 18, 1862; Feb. 20, 1863; Jan. 20, 1866; Jan. 15, 1869; July 29, 1871; Jan. 3, 1872; Jan. 6, 1875; Jan. 3,
FACTS AND FIGURES.
In 1865, the value of boots and shoes manufactured in this town was $307,208; value of cotton goods made the same year, $1,180,948, only one other town in the county (Clinton) exceeded Grafton in this line; value of leather goods made, $192,000, the second in the county in this department.
MANUFACTURES AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS IN GRAFTON IN 1875.
Manufactures.
Number of Establishments.
Capital
Value of goods
Invested. made and work done.
Boots and Shoes.
3
$90,000
$187,000
Boots and Shoes, Men's
1
70,000
160,728
Boota, Misses' and Children's laced.
1
500
1,850
Clothing, Men's
2
7,000
17,000
Cotton cloth
3
317,670
264,830
Print cloth .
1
175,000
110,000
Shoes, Men's and Women's .
1
50,000
100,000
Toola, boot and shoe
2
2,500
8,000
OCCUPATIONS.
Blacksmithing
2
825
3,750
Harness and aaddle repairing .
1
300
1,500
Tinsmithing, etc. .
2
1,700
5,400
AGGREGATES.
Manufactures (goods made) .
.
14
712,670
849,408
Occupations (work done) .
.
5
2,825
10,650
19
$715,495
$860,058
In 1875, 1,268,715 pounds of cotton, valued at $194,420, was owned here; leather was estimated at $274,910; shoe
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findings, $14,220; number of establishments used for manufacturing purposes, 14 ; valne of buildings, $133,300; valne of average stock on hand, $151,425; value of ma- chinery, $167,970; number of steam engines, 1; water wheels, 8 ; hand motive power, 5 ; foot motive power, 15; engines, nominal horse-power, 20; actual horse-power, 15; water wheels, nominal horse-power, 563 ; whole number of persons employed in manufacturing, 806; males, 529; females, 277 ; married females, 57; males between 10 and 15 years of age, 33; females between 10 and 15 years of age, 25; number of women furnished with work at home, 5 ; whole number of persons employed for whom yearly wages were given, 600; wages, $235,852; males above 15, 379 ; wages, $173,517; females above 15, 196; wages, $59,814 ; both sexes under 15, 25; wages, $2,521 ; whole number of persons employed on boots and shoes, 309; males, 277 ; females, 32 ; married females, 8 ; males above 15, 274 ; females above 15, 30; males from 10 to 15, 3; females from 10 to 15, 2 ; hours worked per day, 10; days that establishments were open, 249; number of spindles, 26,724 ; power looms, 604.
VALUATION AND PRODUCTS FOR 1875. .
Valuation of personal property, $593,160 ; valuation of real estate, $1,292,323 ; products of mannfactures and fisheries, $860,058 ; products of agriculture and mining, $179,259 ; total valuation, $1,885,483 ; total produets, $1,039,317; population-males, 2,186; females, 2,256; total, 4,442 ; persons employed in manufactures-males, 768 ; females, 237 ; total, 1,005 ; number of manufacturing establishments in 1865, 22 ; value of goods made, $1,740,- 056, the tenth town in the county ; capital invested, $547,100; value of stock used, $1,146,120; males em- ployed, 394 ; females, 404.
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Domestic and Agricultural Products, 1875. DOMESTIC PRODUCTS.
FOR SALE.
Quantity.
Value.
Blacking, leather, .
gallons, 11,400
$1,710
Butter, .
pounds, 10, 124
4,178
Carpets,
yards,
21
6
Cider,
gallons, 19,842
2,561
Dried Fruit,
pounds,
975
114
Firewood,
cords,
2,561
6,768
Maple Molasses,
gallons,
95
150
Quilts,
3
12
Railroad Sleepers,
1,298
621
Shoes (work on),
pairs,
1,500
250
Telegraph Poles,
200
250
Vinegar,
gallons,
400
120
Wine,
gallons, 50
70
FOR USE.
Butter,
pounds, 4,880
1,859
Carpets,
yards,
25
12
Cheese,
pounds,
168
28
Cider,
gallons,
3,976
492
Dried Fruit,
pounds,
367
45
Firewood,
cords,
551
2,577
Gloves,
pairs,
2
2
Quilt,
1
5
Shoes,
pairs,
4
10
Socks,
pairs,
15
11
Wine,
gallons,
57
55
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Quantity.
Value.
Apples,
, bushels, 14,700
$7,335
Asparagus,
bunches,
153
23
Beans, .
bushels,
187
418
Beans, string and shell,
bushels,
36
57
Beef, . .
pounds, 44,483
3,559
Beets, table,
bushels,
433
219
Beets, Mangel Wurzel,
bushels,
713
177
Blueberries,
quarts,
105
11
Buckwheat,
bushels,
47
59
Butternuts,
bushels,
32
25
Cabbage, .
heads, 24,434
1,222
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HISTORY OF GRAFTON.
Carrots,
bushels, 1,126
499
Cherries,
bushels,
12
35
Chestnuts,
bushels,
11
14
Chickens, dressed,
pounds,
3,615
816
Corn, green,
bushels,
670
668
Corn, Indian,
bushels, 8,215
7,791
Corn, Pop,
bushels,
13
30
Crab-apples,
bushels,
16
24
Cranberries,
bushels,
123
323
Cucumbers,
busliels,
418
783
Currants,
quarts,
296
31
Eggs,
dozens,
5,581
1,674
Feathers,
pounds,
85
14
Fodder, corn,
tons,
111
1,250
Fodder, oat,
tons,
53
950
Grapes,
bushels,
146
198
Hay, English,
tons,
2,641
49,318
Hay, meadow,
tons,
505
5,380
Hay, clover,
tons,
27
457
Hay, millet,
tons,
17
296
Honey,
pounds,
100
80
Hops,
pounds,
10
6
Huckleberries,
quarts,
1,905
150
Ice,
tons,
120
525
Lettuce,
heads,
100
2
Maugols,
bushels,
30
17
Manure,
cords,
1,883
8,401
Milk,
gal'ns, 223,003
41,480
Mutton,
pounds,
100
13
Oats, .
bushels, 2,668
1,834
Onions,
bushels,
191
286
Parsnips,
bushels,
79
46
Peaches,
bushels,
20
36
Pears,
bushels,
353
599
Pease,
bushels,
18
30
Pease, green,
bushels,
105
171
Peppers,
bushels,
47
97
Plums,
bushels,
2
11
Pork,
pounds, 25,212
2,521
Potatoes, Irish
bushels, 14,159
9,594
Poultry, dressed, other than chickens, geese and turkeys,
pounds,
285
64
Pumpkins,
pounds, 33,650
325
Rye, . .
bushels,
718
788
Shellbarks,
bushels,
22
60
25
2
Melons,
OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY.
437
Squashes,
pounds, 15,095
320
Straw, .
tons,
133
1,739
Strawberries,
quarts,
1,906
300
Tomatoes,
bushels, 214
113
Trees, Fruit, in Nurseries
2,488
2,728
Turnips, .
bushels, 4,865
1,260
Vines, in Nurseries,
105
105
Wheat, .
bushels, 9
14
Wool, other than Saxony or Merino, . . pounds,
65
30
AGGREGATES.
Domestic Products, for sale, .
$ 16,810
Domestic Products, for use, .
5,096
Hay, 3,190 tons .
55,451
Other Agricultural Products,
101,902
$179,259
This amount stood eighteenth iu the list of the county.
FARM PROPERTY.
FARMS.
Number.
Value.
Under three acres, .
1
From five to ten acres
2
Above ten acres, .
139
142
$750,310
BUILDINGS.
Number.
Value.
Houses
156
Barns,
155
Sheds,
31
Shops,
13
Carriage Houses,
16
. Granaries,
4
Corn-cribs,
22
Out-buildings,
9
406
$287,310
438
HISTORY OF GRAFTON.
LAND.
Acres.
Value.
Land under crops, .
3,676
$209,912
Market gardens,
5
410
Nurseries,
1
75
Orchards (the land),
1954
13,785
Seed gardens, .
1
100
Unimproved land, .
4,664
145,888
Unimprovable land,
324
Woodland,
3,202₺
92,800
11,7774
$163,000
FRUIT TREES AND VINES.
Number.
Value.
Apple trees,
8,674
$11,312
Cherry trees,
12
21
Peach trees, .
904
860
Grapevines,
470
601
$12,794
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Number.
Value.
Ass,
1
$80
Bees (swarms of),
17
84
Calves,
261
2,649
Colts, .
15
1,450
Dogs,
39
310
Ducks,
9
7
Goats,
2
7
Guinea fowls,
6
2
Heifers, .
150
3,896
Hens and Chickens,
2,976
1,739
Hogs,
173
3,292
Horses,
201
19,815
Lambs, .
5
40
Milch Cows,
736
89,370
Oxen,
80
6,750
Pigeons,
53
49
Pigs, .
305
1,891
Sheep, Merino,
4
20
Sheep,
3
40
Steers,
52
2,625
Turkeys,
2
5
$83,571
439
OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY. AGGREGATES.
Land,
$463,000
Buildings,
287,310
Fruit Trees and Vines,
12,794
Domestic Animals,
83,571
Agricultural Implements,
23,889
$870,564
The twelfth town in the county in this respect.
CHAPTER ELEVENTH.
GENEALOGICAL NOTICES
OF THE EARLIER INHABITANTS OF GRAFTON, AND THEIR FAMILIES, VIZ :-
. Adams. - Aldrich. - Allen. - Andrews. - Axtell .- Baker. - Barnard .- Batcheller. - Bigelow. - Bowman. - Brigham. - Brimblecom. - Brooks. - Brown. - Bruce. - Child. - Clark. - Cutler. - Drury .- Elliot. - Farnum. - Fay. - Fisk. - Flagg. - Fletcher. - Forbush. - Goddard. - Goodale. - Goulding. - Greenwood. - Grout. - Hall. - Hammond .- Harrington .- Heywood .- Holbrook .- How .- Keith. - Kimball .- Kingsbury .- Leland .- Leathe .- Mcclellan,Merriam. - Miles. - Morse .- Peirce .- Pierce .- Phillips .- Pratt. +Prentice .- Putnam .- Rawson .- Reed .- Rice. - Robbins .- Rosborough .- Sher- man .- Sibley .- Slocomb .- Smith .- Southwick .- Stearnes .- Stone. Stow .- Tainter .- Thurston .- Turner .- Wadsworth .- Ward .- War- ren. - Wheeler .- Wheelock .- Whipple .- White .- Whitney .- Wil- lard .- Wing .- Wood : seventy-nine different families.
A DESIRE to trace a lineage and to perpetuate its remembrance, seems to have been so prevalent among enlightened and semi-civilized people, and even among barbarians, of all ages, even the remotest to which either history or tradition extends, that it may be regarded as an instinct of human nature-an innate principle, im- planted for wise and benevolent purposes. If so, ought it not to be cherished by the wise and the good ?*
It cannot be doubted that the practice, founded on a kindred principle, lately adopted by some of our collegiate
* Bond.
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institutions, of watching and noting the course of the lives of their sons, and placing the prominent points of their history on record, will be beneficent to those institutions, and exercise a salutary influence upon those whose names may be enrolled in their archives. It will produce a more lively mutual interest between the Alma Mater and her sons, and it may awaken in the latter a stronger desire that their names in the record be not followed by a blank or a blot. Genealogies, besides gratifying a natural and enlightened curiosity, may exercise a similar salutary influence, tending to maintain in their social position, families already elevated, and to elevate the lowly. When persons affect an utter indifference to their lineage, or a history of the past gene- rations of their families, and deride any attention to them as a foolish weakness and vanity, they are contravening an innate principle, and it may be generally suspected that they have some knowledge of a lineage which they would consign to oblivion, because it is untitled, and without a good renown. Some such persons build costly ostentatious monuments to procure present distinction, and a lasting memorial for themselves, while they never inquire for the burial-place of their ancestors, and leave their graves to utter and most disrespectful neglect. Let the visitor, who has been admiring the costly, tasteful memorials in Mount Auburn Cemetery, extend his excursion half a mile farther, and he may find graves decayed, and ancient gravestones sunken or dilapidated, and overgrown with weeds and brambles, where were buried the Puritan ancestors or some of the builders of those admired monuments. Some per- sons become so engrossed with sordid interests, and the indulgence of the animal instincts, so insensible to the ties of a consangninity and the happiness derived from the cul- tivation of the domestic affections, that in them this innate principle is not merely dormant, but so dead that it would require a miracle to revive it. They will not make the smallest sacrifice, nor forego a trifling indulgence out of
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respect to the memory of an ancestor. They would ex- change an old family portrait for that of a danseuse, or a popular partisan, and part with the old family Bible for the flashy outside of a soulless annual, or perhaps for a dollar, if it could be invested at a good percentage.
In most persons, however, this principle-the affinity of consanguinity-does not lack vitality ; it only acts in a nar- row sphere, or slumbers for want of incitements to awaken it, or the means and opportunities to manifest it. They will listen with eager attention and gratification to records and traditions relating to their ancestors, and their interest will increase with the enlargement of their information. To many such persons, it is hoped, that this work will be an acceptable offering and service, doing for them what it is not in their power so fully to accomplish. Its prosecution has afforded the author a very interesting occupation to many otherwise unoccupied hours. This statement will be appreciated only by those who have been engaged in similar pursuits.
ABBREVIATIONS.
b. born, bap. baptized, m. married, d. died, unm. unmarried, dau. daughter, wid. widow, res. resides or resided, rev. removed; ail towns are understood as being in Massachusetts, unless otherwise designated ; pub. publication of the intention of marriage; s. p. (sine proie) with- out issue.
FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
ADAMS, (sometimes spelled Addams).
GEORGE ADAMS, the aucestor, was a glover, and settled in Water as early as 1645. He subsequently moved to Cambridge Farms, Lez ton, about 1664, for at this time he sold " my dwelling-house in W town, and land adjoining."
NATHANIEL ADAMS, (George, George), bap. June 12, 1698, m. 20, 1738, Eunice Stearnes, b. Dec. 23, 1715. She was the dan. of I Samuel and gr. gr. dau. of Isaac, who came to America in 1630. 1. EUNICE, b. Oct. 7, 1739 ; 2, MARY, b. Dec. 12, 1741.
ANDREW ADAMS was the son of Samuel, who was b. and . Ipswich. He was & descendant of William of Cambridge, who, ac ing to Dea. Leland of Sutton, was probably one of the eight so Henry. Andrew was undoubtedly of the fourth or fifth gener from William of Cambridge.
Andrew settled here, and m. Oct. 15, 1741, Elizabeth Hunt, of Con d. Ang. 9, 1770; m. 2nd, May 30, 1771, Mrs. Sarah Torry, of Mer Children,
1. ELIZABETH, b. March 4, 1744, m. - Waters.
2. RUTH, b. April 25, 1746, m. Johu Whipple (W).
3. MARY, b. Dec. 28, 1748, m. Daniel Grout (G), and removed to worth, N. H.
4. ANDREW, Jr., b. Oct. 21, 1751, m. Lucy Merriam.
5. SARAH, b. April 30, 1754, m. - Raud, and resided in Rindge, :
6. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 1, 1756, m. Mary Harrington.
7. MARTHA, b. Dec. 23, 1759, m. Daniel Whipple (W ), and resid Walpole, N. H.
1-4 ANDREW ADAMS, Jr., (Andrew), b. Oct. 21, 1751, m. Lucy Me (M), dau. of Jos., b. Dec. 30, 1755, d. March 19, 1842. He d. Au 1841. Children,
1. JASPER, b. July 12, 1776, m. Jerusha Sibley, of Sutton, b. May 3, 2. Lucy, b. Marchi 14, 1778, m. Solomon Brigham (B).
3. POLLY, b. Dec. 8, 1779, m. Joshua Harrington (H).
4. ANDREW, Jr., b., Oct. 6, 1781, m. Susan Leland, rev. to Bostor finally to Phila.
5. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 9, 1783, d. Oct. 19, 1783.
6. NANCY A., b. Aug. 18, 1784, m. Jonathan Sibley (S).
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7. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 25, 1787, m. Martha Haven and Mrs. Sarah J. riam.
8. BETSEY, b. Dec. 29, 1788, m. Hon. Sherman Leland (L).
9. JOHN, b. Dec. 1, 1790, d. at Charleston, S. C., July 26, 1812.
10. HANNAH P., b. March 5, 1793, in. Hon. Samuel Wood (W).
11. PATTY, b. May 16, 1795, d. unin.
12. NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 16, 1798, m. Mary Stevens, and res. in Brai
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2-6 | NATHANIEL ADAMS, (Andrew), b. Jan. 1, 1756, m. Feh. 28, 1784, Mary Harrington (H), b. April 11, 1763, d. Sept. 24, 1845. He d. Jan. 24, 1829. He was deacon of the Congregational church for nearly twenty years, and d. greatly respected. Children,
4 1. NATHANIEL, Jr., b. March 16, 1785, m. Polly Merriam .and Persis Greenwood.
2. MARY, b. May 4, 1766, m. Charles Leland (L),
3. ABIJAH, b. Aug. 20, 1787, d. Ang. 15, 1791.
4. SALLY, b. Nov. 27, 1789, m. Timothy Merriam (M).
5. ABIJAH, b. March 2, 1793, rev. to Alexandria, S. C.
5 6. MosEs H., b. Feb. 2, 1795, m. Sally Prentice.
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7. OTIS, b. Feb. 13, 1798, m. Sylvia King.
8. ANDREW H., b. June 27, 1799, rev. to Alexandria, S. C.
9. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 17, 1802, m. Samuel Redding.
3-7 JOSEPH ADAMS, (Andrew, Andrew), b. Jan. 25, 1787, m. Martha Haven, b. April 1, 1789, d. Dec. 11, 1828; m. 2nd, Mrs. Susan J. Mer- riam. He d. June, 1868. Children,
I. MARTHA H., b. March 6, 1816, m. May 16, 1838, Lewis W. Dodge. Mr. Dodge was born in Swanville, Me., May 16, 1811, and left there with his parents for Sturbridge, Mass., in 1818 ; here he resided for five years, and at the end of this time removed to Palmer, where he resided for nine years. While in Palmer he worked five years for William Mason, and learned the tanning and eurrying trade. In Dee., 1833, Mr. Dodge came to this town and was employed by Bigelow & Paine, and E. B. & A. M. Bigelow, for five years. In 1838, he started in business for him- self, subsequently purchasing the building owned by Joseph F. Riee, in which place he condueted a successful business for nearly thirty-tive years and accumulated a handsome property. Finding the building too small for his inereased business, in April, 1873, he ereeted a large shop, in the rear of the Bigelow's, where he is at present located in company with his son, Joseph A. Dodge. His children are
1. Martha E., b. April 25, 1841, m. Rev. George S. Biscoe, the son of Rev. Thomas C. Biseoe, who was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., Sept. 22, 1835. He fitted for college at Grafton Academy, and entered Amherst College in 1853; graduated in 1857; entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1857 and graduated in 1860. He has labored as a Congregational minister at Troy and West- field, Vt., six months, ending April 1, 1861 ; Cottage Grove, Minn., six years, ending April, 1867; Tipton, Iowa, eight years, ending Jan. 1, 1876; Shullsburgh, Wis., three years, ending April 1, 1879 ; now laboring at Clarksville, Neb. He was married Oct., 1861, to Martha Eliza Dodge, of Grafton, Mass., who died at Tipton, Iowa, April 20, 1870, leaving three children : Horace A., Ellen D., and Lucy W. Biscoe. Mr. Biscoe married again Sept. 16, 1873, his wife being Emma R. Ensign, of Tipton, Iowa, by whom he has had three children, two of whom are now living.
2. William H., b. May 15, 1849, d. May 14, 1850.
3. Joseph A., b. April 21, 1846, m. Jau. 20, 1874, Ella G. Wood, b. Aug. 11, 1840, ch. Irving Bigelow, b. Jan. 5, 1876; Kathrina A., b. Feb. 22, 1879.
4. Lucy, b. Feb. 29, 1851, m. Henry M. Riggs, son of Rev. Stephen R. Riggs, the celebrated Indian missionary. They res. iu Fort Sollie, Dakota.
5. Susan E., b. Ang. 9, 1855, unm.
7 2. JOSEPH B., b. Aug. 21, 1824, m. Ann Dresser.
3. SUSAN M., b. Aug. 24, 1843, d. Sept. 16, 1843.
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FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
2-6 | NATHANIEL ADAMS, (Andrew), b. Jan. 1, 1756, m. Feb. 28, 1784, Mary Harrington (H), b. April 11, 1763, d. Sept. 24, 1845. He d. Jan. 24, 1829. He was deacon of the Congregational church for nearly twenty years, and d. greatly respected. Children,
4 1. NATHANIEL, Jr., b. March 16, 1785, m. Polly Merriam and Persis Greenwood.
2. MARY, b. May 4, 1766, m. Charles Leland (L),
3. ABIJAH, b. Ang. 20, 1787, d. Aug. 15, 1791.
4. SALLY, b. Nov. 27, 1789, m. Timothy Merriam (M).
5. ABIJAH, b. March 2, 1793, rev. to Alexandria, S. C.
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6. MOSES H., b. Feb. 2, 1795, m. Sally Prentice.
6 7. OTIS, b. Feb. 13, 1798, m. Sylvia King.
8. ANDREW H., b. June 27, 1799, rev. to Alexandria, S. C.
9. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 17, 1802, m. Samuel Redding.
3-7 JOSEPH ADAMS, (Andrew, Andrew), b. Jan. 25, 1787, m. Martha Haven, b. April 1, 1789, d. Dec. 11, 1828; m. 2nd, Mrs. Susan J. Mer- riam. He d. June, 1868. Children,
1. MARTHA H., b. March 6, 1816, in. May 16, 1838, Lewis W. Dodge.
Mr. Dodge was born in Swanville, Me., May 16, 1811, and left there with his parents for Sturbridge, Mass., in 1818; here he resided for five years, and at the end of this time removed to Palmer, where he resided for nine years. While in Palmer he worked five years for William Mason, and learned the tanning and currying trade. In Dec., 1833, Mr. Dodge came to this town and was employed by Bigelow & Paine, and E. B. & A. M. Bigelow, for five years. In 1838, he started in business for him- self, subsequently purchasing the building owned by Joseph F. Rice, in which place he conducted a successful business for nearly thirty-tive years and accumulated a handsome property. Finding the building too small for his increased business, in April, 1873, he erected a large shop, in the rear of the Bigelow's, where he is at present located in company with his son, Joseph A. Dodge. His children are
1. Martha E., b. April 25, 1841, m. Rev. George S. Biscoe, the son of Rev. Thomas C. Biscoe, who was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., Sept. 22, 1835. He fitted for college at Grafton Academy, and entered Amherst College in 1853; graduated in 1857; entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1857 and graduated in 1860. He has labored as a Congregational minister at Troy and West- field, Vt., six months, ending April 1, 1861 ; Cottage Grove, Minn., six years, ending April, 1867; Tipton, Iowa, eight years, ending Jan. 1, 1876 ; Shullsburgh, Wis., three years, ending April 1, 1879; now laboring at Clarksville, Neh. He was married Oct., 1861, to Martha Eliza Dodge, of Grafton, Mass., who died at Tipton, Iowa, April 20, 1870, leaving three children : Horace A., Ellen D., and Lucy W. Biscoe. Mr. Biscoe married again Sept. 16, 1873, his wife being Emma R. Ensign, of Tipton, Iowa, by whom he has had three children, two nf whom are now living.
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