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(3.) Polly Baker, b. Nov. 16, 1813, d. Aug. 16, 1815.
(4.) Lawson, b. July 16, 1816, m. (first) Nov. 13, 1838, Mary Fisk Lovett, b. July 13, 1816, daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Standly) Lovett of Beverly. She d. Nov. 9, 1840, and he m. (second) Oct. 27, 1841, Ellen Maria Lovett, b. Jan. 18, 1819, sister of his first wife ; she d. April 23, 1849, and he m. (third) Nov. 21, 1849, Elizabeth Gage Masury, b. March 2, 1828, daughter of John and Sally (Hull) Masury of Beverly. Mr. Lawson Walker had (by second wife) five children, all b. in Beverly : 1. "Horace Lawson," b. Aug. 28, 1842, m. Sept. 6, 1864, Annie Maria Quimby Smith, b. Sept. 28, 1843, daughter of Francis A. and Sarah R. (Brown) Smith of Mar- blehead ; they have had three children, b. in Beverly : I. Frank Lawson, b. Oct. 5, 1865 ; 2. William Porter, b. Nov. 6, 1868; 3. Ellen Maria, b. Nov. 12, 1871. 2. "Mary Ellen," b. March 19, 1844, d. Aug. 3, 1844. 3. "Mary Louise," b. May 16, 1845, d. July 30, 1846. 4. "Josiah Lovett," b. Oct. 18, 1847, d. Feb. 13, 1850. 5. "Ellen Maria," b. March 19, 1849, d. Sept. 22, 1849.
(5.) Parker Davis, b. Aug. 26, 1820, m. 1840, Margaret Jaynes, and d. May 7, 1875. They had six children : I. "Willie," d. ; 2. "Grace ;" 3. "Parker ;" 4. "Albert ;" 5. "Ellen," d. ; and 6. "Charles."
(6.) Caroline Baker, b. May 3, 1822, m. Nov. 4, 1841, John B. Merrill, b. July 15, 1818, son of Pardon Hubbs and Emily (Taylor) Merrill, of Hinsdale, N. H. They had two children : I. "Gertrude Emma," b. Sept. 9, 1842, m. June 10, 1873, Horatio Pratt, b. July 31, 1837, son of Horatio and Ann (Bushnell) Pratt of Westbrook, Conn. Mr. Pratt is a coal merchant, and r. Chicago, Ill .; has had two children : I. Caroline Merrill, b. at Beloit, Wis., Oct. 9, 1875, d. Feb. 18, 1880 ; 2. Anna Bushnell, b. June 25, 1878. 2. "Isabel Walker," b. Oct. 31, 1849, m. Aug. 14, 1876, Charles Lin- coln Morgan, b. Jan. 31, 1849, son of David and Marian Morgan of Boston. Mr. Morgan is a clergyman, residing at Moline, Ill. (1883.) One child : 1. Carl Merrill, b. Jan. 15, 1880.
(7.) William Porter, born Feb. 4, 1825, m. August 19, 1851, Anna C. Peale, of Salem, Mass., b. Oct. 21, 1826 ; had one child : 1. "Nellie Peale," b. in Portsmouth, N. H., April 2, 1862.
5. BETSEY, b. Oct. 28, 1786, was twice m., (first) to - Cham- berlain, and (second) Jan. 12, 1815, to Joseph Dewey of
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Hanover, N. H. She d. at Hanover, Sept., 1828. Mr. Dewey d. June 30, 1872. They had two children :
(1.) Gardner Walker, b. at Hanover, Jan. 22, 1816, m. Sept. 16, 1839, Marcia Ann Clark of Enfield, N. H .; he d. May 25, 1872 ; his widow, Marcia A., is now living (1883) in Des Moines, Iowa. They had two children: I. "Walter Whipple," b. July 18, 1841, m. Julia Hess of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and now r. Des Moines, Iowa. One child : I. Ernest, b. July 7, 1880. 2. "Carrie E.," b. July 22, 1848, m. March 12, 1871, Addison L. Day of Utica, N. Y. They have one daughter : 1. Daisy, b. Dec. 7, 1879, r. Utica, N. Y. (2.) Catherine Elizabeth, b. at Hanover, April 5, 1826, m. April 29, 1852, J. Appleton Melcher of Alabama. .They r. (1883) in San Francisco, Cal. ; have one son : I. "Eugene Appleton," b. 1853, r. San Francisco.
6. PHILA, b. April 21, 1790, m. Feb. 28, 1810, Ebenezer Robert- son, b. July 7, 1787. She d. April 10, 1876 ; he d. April 22, 1882. They had four children :
(1.) Stratton Walker, b. Feb. 19, 1812, was twice m., (first) June, 1834, to Lucy Ann Curtis, b. May 13, 1813 ; (second) June, 1868, to Mrs. Margaret J. (Noyes) Norris. He died in Salem, Mass., March 25, 1881. Children (by first wife) I. "Lucy Ellen," b. April 24, 1837 ; 2. "William Walker," b. May 28, 1843, m. Oct. 31, 1868, Mary Jane Symonds, b. Nov., 1843.
(2.) Arabell, b. April 12, 1815, m. Nov. 13, 1838, John Boyle Fisk, b. April 10, 1816, son of Thomas and Lucinda (Trow- bridge) Fisk of Chesterfield, N. H. Mr. Fisk r. in Chester- field (1883), is a farmer, a justice of the peace, and has served his town as selectman. Mrs. Fisk d. Oct. 3, 1876; had three children, b. in Chesterfield : 1. "Harry F.," b. May 15, 1840, m. Oct. 16, 1865, at Winchester, N. H., Mary Wyman, b. Aug. 6, 1845, daughter of Timothy and Eliza Wyman of Wardsborough, Vt. They have one child : I. Fred Nathaniel, b. at Hinsdale, Aug. 16, 1867 ; they r. in Spring- field, Mass. (1883.) 2. "Martha Davis," b. Sept. 9, 1843, m. (first) Nov. 8, 1865, Henry Cleaves Walker, son of Horton Dudley Walker of Portsmouth (see page 640). She had two children : 1. Horton Dudley, b. June 9, 1869 ; 2. Mary Ellen, b. July 6, 1874. She m. (second) Edward Stebbins of Hinsdale, N. H., where she r. (1883.) 3. "Frank Delos," b. Feb. 17, 1846, m. Jan. 5, 1870, Celina Emily Aldrich, daugh- ter of Alfred Aldrich of Westmoreland. He is postmaster and telegraph operator at Hinsdale. Children : I. A son, b. July 22, died August 15, 1874; 2. Pauline, born July 13, 1875 ; 3. Marion, b. March 30, 1877; 4. Florence, b. Oct. 18, 1878.
(3.) Noyes, b. Nov. 4, 1818, m. (first) Nov. 2, 1842, Eveline Melissa Day, b. Feb., 1823, daughter of David and Phebe
Autoglyph Print, W. P. ALLEN, Gardner, Mass.
MRS. BATHSHEBA WALKER EGERTON. From a portrait by THos. WARE, 1822.
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(Fletcher) Day of Chesterfield. She d. Jan. 29, 1852. He m. (second) June 9, 1853, Helen Maria Cobb, b. Feb. 12, 1830, daughter of Richard Cobb of Saxtons River, Vt. He is a farmer, of Chesterfield. Children : 1. "Edgar Francis," b. June 24, 1844, m. July 26, 1866, Sarah Jane Amsden, b. Aug. 28, 1845, of Hinsdale, where he r. He d. Nov. 13, 1879. They had three children : I. Chrissie Eveline, b. April 13, 1869; 2. Winthrop Samuel, b. July 10, 1875 ; 3. Clinton Edgar, b. April 15, 1877, d. Sept. 8, 1877. 2. “Gertrude Eveline," b. Oct. 2, 1855. 3. "Cadmen David," b. Nov. 23, 1863.
(4.) James Frederick, b. Oct. 1, 1824, m. March 17, 1846, Mary Emeline Cobleigh, b. Dec. 8, 1823, daughter of Jona- than and Harriet (Hastings) Cobleigh, of Chesterfield. He d. March 6, 1865, in Chesterfield. They have had three children : I. "Emma Frances," b. Sept. 22, 1847, m. Nov. 26, 1868, Webster Lucius Rixford, b. Aug. 6, 1848, of Winch- ester, N. H. They have two children : I. Willie Lucius, b. Feb. 3, 1870; 2. Emma Frances, b. June 28, 1873. 2. " Freddie Stratton," b. Oct. 22, 1855, d. Feb. 28, 1857. 3. "Cora Adell," b. Sept. 23, 1858, m. Sept. 5, 1878, Henry Hamilton Pratt, b. March 15, 1858, of Winchester, N. H. They have one child : 1. Fred Wells, b. Oct. 20, 1879.
7. STRATTON, b. May 18, 1795, d. Oct. 10, 1811.
II. MARY, b. in Shirley, March 10, 1755, m. Jonathan King of Alstead, N. H. (pub. Nov. 21, 1784.) After a short residence in Alstead, they removed to East Windsor, Conn., where they d., leaving descendants. Mrs. King d. March 8, 1801. They had two children, both of whom were m. and had families ; beyond which facts we have been able to obtain little information.
1. LYDIA, m. Epaphroditus Grant of East Windsor.
2. JOEL, m. and lived in Connecticut.
III. BATHSHEBA, b. in Shirley, Feb. 25, 1757, m. Feb. 27, 1783, James Egerton, b. at East Bridgewater, March 1, 1753, and settled in Langdon, N. H. They had seven children. (See Egerton family, pp. 399 to 408.) She was a woman of genial and kindly disposition, of rare force and beauty of character. She managed her household affairs with wisdom and prudence, and passed an active and useful life, idolized by her children, and esteemed by her neighbors, for her many good qualities of mind and heart. She d. March 9, 1849, her life having been prolonged through ninety-two years. She lived to count over forty grand- children and thirteen great-grand-children ; and her residence in the town of Langdon extended from its settlement over a period of two generations. Mr. Egerton died Oct. 15, 1813.
IV. ABEL, b. in Shirley, July 11, 1759, m. Feb. 22, 1783, Hannah Page, b. March 24, 1757, daughter of Simon and Hannah (Gilson)
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Page of Shirley. He was one of six brothers and sisters who mar- ried and left their native town to make homes for themselves in the wild forests of New Hampshire. He settled in the town of Lang- don, (then Charlestown,) where he became a skillful and success- ful farmer, and a worthy and respected citizen. He died April 16, 1833, at the age of seventy-three, and his widow died July 20, 1841, aged eighty-four. They had ten children, all born in Langdon :
1. GILSON, b. April 12, 1784, m. Abigail Carter of Needham, Mass., b. April 16, 1792. He was a farmer of Langdon, where he d. Nov. 14, 1860, aged seventy-six. His wife, Abigail, d. March 1, 1850. They had eleven children, all b. in Lang- don :
(1.) Otis, b. Jan. 24, 1814, m. April 4, 1859, Orpha W. Thurs- ton, b. Nov. 14, 1835, daughter of Moses H. and Charlotte (Fifield) Thurston of Orange, Vt. ; was a farmer of Langdon, was often called to the transaction of town affairs, and d. Oct. 17, 1870. He had two children, b. in Langdon : I. "Ellery Otis," b. Nov. 1, 1860, r. Bellows Falls, Vt., unm .; 2. "Etta Maria," b. Oct. 3, 1863. Mrs. Walker r. Alstead, N. H. (1883.)
(2.) Calvin Warren, b. March 29, 1815, m. Sept. 20, 1843, Emily Parker Scripture,. b. Nov. 18, 1822, daughter of Hills and Patty (Parker) Scripture of Nelson, N. H. Mr. Walker r. at Bellows Falls, Vt., where he was the principal owner and manager of the Fall Mountain brewery. He died Jan. 5, 1883: He had one daughter: I. "Eva Louise," born in Charlestown, N. H., Nov. 19, 1847, m. Sept. 2, 1880, Charles Marshall Blake, b. July 21, 1849, son of Seth and Martha Jane (Glover) Blake of Bellows Falls. She has one child : I. Emily Isabel Walker, b. Jan. 27, 1882. They r. Bellows Falls. Mrs. Walker r. with her daughter (1883).
(3.) John, b. July 25, 1816, m. Nov. 13, 1862, Evelyn Sarah Upton, b. Nov. 13, 1840, daughter of Alson and Sarah (Scott) Upton of Stoddard, N. H. He was a farmer, and an active and influential citizen of Langdon, where he d. Nov. 20, 1869. He had one child : I. "John Everett," b. in Langdon, Dec. 18, 1864, d. at Nashua, N. H., Sept. 25, 1876. Mrs. Walker r. Nashua (1883).
(4.) Samuel, b. Feb. 9, 1818, m. Sept. 12, 1848, Nancy Waitt Peirce, b. Aug. 21, 1827, daughter of James and Nancy (Waitt) Peirce of Marblehead. Mr. Walker is an oil merchant of Boston, and r. in Watertown. He has had six children : 1. "Abbie Melissa," b. in Boston, Sept. 19, 1849, m. June 6, 1872, Charles Bartlett Gardner, and r. Watertown ; has one child : I. Roy Richardson, b. March 6, 1873. 2. "Ella Pierce," b. in Boston, Jan. 12, 1851, d. May 1, 1862. 3. "Walter Warren," b. in Boston, April 8, 1853, r. Watertown. 4. "Alma Carter," b. in Watertown, Jan. 22, 1855, m. Oct.
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6, 1881, Walter Channing Whitney, an architect, r. Minneap- olis, Minn. ; has one child : 1. Marion, b. Aug. 16, 1882. 5. "Mabel Waitt," b. in Watertown, Nov. 5, 1858, m. April 12, 1877, John Dana Dickinson, a dentist, of Boston, r. Water- town, has two children : 1. Mabel Draper, b. in Watertown, March 17, 1878; 2. John Walker, b. Oct. 20, 1879. 6. "Mary Eugenia," b. Oct. 19, 1860, d. June 23, 1861.
(5.) Caroline, b. Jan. 11, 1820, m. Dec. 15, 1842, Samuel H. Grinnell, b. Oct. 27, 1811. Mr. Grinnell resides in Charles- town, N. H.,-selectman in 1854, '55 and '56. Mrs. Grin- nell d. in Langdon, Jan. 1, 1846, of consumption ; one child : I. "Abbie Walker," b. March 17, 1844 ; resides Charlestown. (6.) Nancy, born Dec. 6, 1821, m. Oliver Campbell, and resides in Cambridge, Mass. One child : I. "Emma," b. in Alstead, N. H., Aug. 5, 1849.
(7.) Sophia, b. Feb. 14, 1823, m. William Murphy, son of Wil- liam and Laura (Shumway) Murphy of Langdon. She d. in Alstead, N. H., Sept. 20, 1864, of consumption. They had two children : I. "Carrie Walker," who is married and r. in Cambridge ; 2. "a son," d. in infancy.
(8.) Jarvis Columbus, b. Dec. 14, 1824, m. Jan. 4, 1862, Mar- cia A. Hammond, b. (in Reading, Vt.,) Sept. 7, 1839, daughter of Luther and Amanda (Currier) Hammond of Weathersfield, Vt. They r. in Langdon, N. H .; he is a farmer. Two children : 1. "Mary Abbie," b. at Alstead, Nov. 11, 1866 ; 2. "Della Carrie," b. at Alstead, Nov. 20, 1869.
(9.) Harriet, b. Dec. 5, 1826, d. Dec. 19, same year.
(10.) Alvah, b .. July 17, 1828, m. Isabel Flanders, b. in Cam- bridge, July 27, 1840, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Oakes (Coburn) Flanders. Mr. Walker is an oil merchant of Boston, and has had two children : I. "Guy Warren ;" b. in Boston, Oct. 5, 1869 ; 2. "Blanche Bel," b. in Swampscott, July 24, 1872.
(II.) Ira, b. April 28, 1831, d. in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 21, 1863, unm.
2. JOHN, b. Nov. 20, 1785, d. unm. in Boston, Aug. 27, 1806.
3. HANNAH, b. Sept. 12, 1787, m. June 2, 1806, Marvin Way, b. at Newport, N. H., March 24, 1781, son of Raynolds and Irena Way. Mr. Way became a resident of Langdon, N. H., where he followed the occupation of a farmer, and d. there Oct. 6, 1856. Mrs. Way d. April 16, of the same year. They had seven children :
(1.) Warren Walker, b. in Windham, Vt., Nov. 4, 1807, m. Nov. 21, 1836, Mary Ann Osgood, b. Oct. 1, 1816, daughter of Manassah Osgood. Mr. Way was a farmer in Charles- town, N. H., where he d. March 25, 1872. Mrs. Way d. Oct. 6, 1869. They had two children, both b. at Newport, N. H .: I. "Mary Maria," b. April 15, 1840, m. Oct. 9, 1860,
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George Sumner Bond, b. March 2, 1837, son of Silas and Alice (Abbott) Bond of Charlestown, N. H. ; child : 1. Her- bert Warren, b. July 30, 1861, r. Charlestown. 2. " Alvah Charles," b. Dec. 5, 1843, m. Sept. 30, 1867, Catherine Jane Putnam, b. Sept. 15, 1845, daughter of Oliver and Catherine (Dunsmoor) Putnam of Charlestown, N. H. Children : I. Stella Augusta, b. April 17, 1870 ; 2. Frederic Elwin, b. June II, 1872 ; 3. Byron Oliver, b. 1874, r. Charlestown.
(2.) Sophronia, b. at Windham, Vt., April 2, 1810, m. Jan. I, 1833, Asa Smith, b. March 6, 1807, son of Ebenezer and Susan (Durant) Smith of Langdon, N. H. They reside in Langdon, in the enjoyment of a good old age, having passed over fifty years of wedded life together. He is a farmer. One child : 1. "Ira Persons," b. in Langdon, May 29, 1835, m. Jan. 24, 1860, Melissa Maria Hurd, b. Aug. 9, 1842, daughter of Moses and Adelia D. (Barton) Hurd of Newport, N. H. ; r. in Langdon.
(3.) Samuel Walker, b. in Newport, April 17, 1812, m. Ange- line Turner of Maine, settled at Nealesville, Clark county, Wis., where he r. at last accounts (1872), a farmer. Children : I. "Arthur ;" 2. "Nettie ;" 3. "Seward."
(4.) Cynthia Maria, b. in Newport, N. H., July 4, 1815, m. May 26, 1838, Joseph Burt, b. in Milford, N. H., July 22, 1814, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Abbott) Burt. He is a carpenter. They r. in Charlestown, N. H. (1883), and have had three children : 1. "James Elliott," b. in Putney, Vt., Sept. 24, 1839, m. in Worcester, Fanny Driscoll of New Bed- ford, r. Somerville, is a news-dealer ; 2. "Joseph Ellery," b. in Alstead, N. H., Feb. 7, 1843, m. in Philadelphia, Ara Banner DeMille, r. Washington, D. C .; 3. "George Marvin," b. in Charlestown, N. H., Feb. 11, 1857, m. in Boston, Bessie Chapin.
(5.) Jonathan Brown, b. in Newport, N. H., May 29, 1818, m. May 13, 1852, Emily Sartwell, b. Oct. 21, 1827, daughter of Simon and Betsey (Elwell) Sartwell of Langdon, N. H. He died at Alstead, N. H., July 14, 1869. Children : I. "John Sartwell," b. in Alstead, Oct. 9, 1854, m. Jennie Humphrey, daughter of Thomas and Jennie (Moulton) Humphrey of Bos- ton, resides in Boston ; 2. "Emily," b. Dec. 3, 1858, d. April 15, 1859 ; 3. "Minnie Etta," b. Oct. 28, 1860, d. June 26, 1862; 4. "Freddie Marvin," b. May 22, 1863, d. Aug. 15, 1865; 5. "Ida Betsey," b. Aug. 22, 1866; 6. "Gertrude Abbie," b. March 4, 1869. Mrs. Emily Way, widow of Jona- than B., (now Mrs. Ansel Glover,) resides in Alstead (1883).
(6.) James Egerton, b. Nov. 27, 1820, d. Sept. 2, 1824.
(7.) Elvira, b. Sept. 19, 1823, d. Dec. 21, 1827.
4. ABEL, b. Oct. 3, 1789, m. Rachel Perkins. He d. in Langdon, July 22, 1825. He had two children :
(1.) John L., b. in Langdon, 1825, d. June 3, 1826, aged four- teen months.
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(2.) William, b. in Langdon, 1826, m. and r. in Cambridge (1883).
5. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 12, 1791, d. in Langdon, Jan. 5, 1792.
6. LUCY, b. Aug. 31, 1793, m. Feb. 13, 1811, Calvin Dinsmore, b. Feb. 7, 1788, son of Thomas and Sally Dinsmore, of Alstead, N. H. Mr. Dinsmore was a farmer, of Alstead, where he d. June 26, 1860. His widow, Lucy, d. Aug. 18, 1863. They had eleven children :
(1.) Mary Ann, b. in Langdon, July 27, 1812, m. March 16, 1838, Frederick Willard Scovell, of Walpole, N. H. She d. at Walpole, July 26, 1848. Mr. Scovell r. in California (1883). They had five children, all born in Walpole: I. "George Henry," b. Dec. 23, 1838, m. Caroline O. Mason of Walpole, has one daughter : I. Lillian Mason, born Aug. 4, 1876. Mr. Scovell deals in butter and cheese, at Faneuil-Hall market, and r. in Boston ; 2. " Albert Dinsmore," born March 30, 1840, m. Carrie Wright of Walpole, has one son : I. Homer, and r. in Manchester, N. H .; 3. "Mary Ellen," b. April 27, 1842, m. Martin Van Buren Clark, who is a grocer of Keene, N. H. They have three children : 1. George Henry, b. Nov. 17, 1867 ; 2. Nellie Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1872 ; 3. Lena Agnes, b. June 13, 1877. 4. "Ozro Addison," b. June 6, 1845, m. Emma F. Drew, daughter of A. S. Drew of East Boston; they r. in Chelsea, and have three children : 1. Edith Aileen, b. March 16, 1876 ; 2. Clifford Addison, b. May 15, 1877; 3. Orzo Mortimer, b. Aug. 6, 1878. Mr. Scovell is in the provision business in Faneuil-Hall market, Boston. 5. " Frederick S.," b. July 9, 1848, went to Nevada, and m. there.
(2.) Caroline, b. in Langdon, Feb. 11, 1815, d. March 14, 1816. (3.) John Green, b. in Alstead, Jan. 29, 1817, m. Sept. 29, 1846, Mary Elizabeth Spencer, b. in Springfield, Vt., Nov. 26, 1826, daughter of Guy and Mary (Warren) Spencer of Spring- field, Vt. One child : I. "William Warner," b. in Alstead, Feb. 12, 1857. They r. in Alstead.
(4.) Caroline, b. in Alstead, Nov. 5, 1818,-fatally injured by a fall from a carriage,-d. at Alstead, March 31, 1842, unm.
(5.) Thomas, b. in Alstead, March 4, 1821, m. March 27, 1844, Mary A. Graham. Mr. Dinsmore is in the butter and cheese business at Faneuil-Hall market, Boston, but resides in Alstead, N. H .; has been railroad commissioner for the State of New Hampshire, and was elected a member of the New-Hampshire Senate for 1883. He has two children : 1. " Arthur Thomas," b. in Boston, Sept. 25, 1857, m. Sept., 1880, Lizzie Buchanan, daughter of John Buchanan of Brooklyn, N. Y. He is in business in Faneuil-Hall market, Boston ; has one child : I. Artie Agnes, b. Feb., 1881. 2. "Mary Graham," m. Charles G. Maynard. Mr. Maynard is proprietor of the Dinsmore House, Walpole, N. H.
(6.) Sumner, b. in Alstead, Aug. 24, 1822, d. Aug. 14, 1824.
(7.) Lemuel Willis, b. in Alstead, March 24, 1824, m. Jan. 10, 1855, Clarissa Maria Egerton, b. Jan. 23, 1820, daughter of
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Samuel and Clarissa (King) Egerton of Langdon. He is a farmer, and occupies the Calvin Dinsmore homestead in Alstead.
(8.) Lucy Jane, b. in Alstead, Feb. 28, 1826, m. June 2, 1846, George Addison Brooks, b. April 15, 1826, son of Frederick and Susan H. Brooks of Stoddard, N. H. Mr. Brooks is a manufacturer of edged tools, and r. at Alstead. They have had two children : I. "George Eugene," b. April 19, 1849, d. April 23, 1862 ; 2. "Addie," b. May, 1853, d. in infancy.
(9.) Ellen Sophia, b. in Alstead, Nov. 16, 1827, m. Dec. 30, 1852, James Egerton King, b. May 13, 1822, son of Samuel and Sophia (Egerton) King of Acworth, N. H. Mr. King d. Oct. 16, 1861, and she m. (second) Jacob Richardson, a merchant of South Acworth. Her children (by first husband) were : I. "Emma Eliza," b. at Ottawa, Canada, April 25, 1856; 2. "Clarissa Elmira," b. at Ottawa, Oct. 20, 1860, d. in Alstead, Sept. 20, 1865.
(10.) Edmund, b. in Alstead, Jan. 18, 1832, m. Jan. 31, 1861, Arvilla L. Barrett, daughter of Asa and Arvilla (Wheeler) Barrett. They r. in Alstead ; have had four children : I. "Elmira E." b. Nov. 19, 1861, d. Mar. 19, 1864 ; 2. " Myra," b. 1863, m. March 26, 1883, Ernest Mack of Marlow, N. H .; 3. "George Calvin," b. 1866; 4. "Gertie May," b. May 23, 1872, d. Dec. 14, 1874.
(II.) Elmira, b. in Alstead, Oct. 9, 1833, m. Sept. 30, 1854, Elisha Smith Kent, son of Isaac and Susan (Ware) Kent of Alstead. She d., Sept. 10, 1860, in Alstead. Two children : 1. "Charles," b. Dec. 9, 1854, a blacksmith, r. Alstead ; 2. "Carrie," b. May 2, 1856, m. Norman Howard, son of Stephen Howard of Alstead ; has had three children : I. Ber- trand Elisha, b. in Alstead, March 19, 1878 ; 2. Bertha Sarah, b. in Alstead, Feb. 24, 1880, d. aged eleven months ; 3. Mabel Jane, b. in Alstead, May 24, 1882.
7. SAMUEL, b. June 10, 1795, d. Dec. 20, same year.
8. EDMUND, b. in Langdon, N. H., Jan. 5, 1797, m. April 14, 1822, Adaline Howard, b. June 15, 1799, daughter of Jeremiah and Sally (Humphrey) Howard of Langdon. He was a farmer, and resided in Langdon, where he d. April 20, 1859. His widow d. April 21, 1872. They had five children, all b. in Langdon, viz. :
(I.) Harriet Elizabeth, b. Jan. 19, 1823, m. Nov. 24, 1842, Almon Franklin Cooper, b. June 27, 1819, son of Horatio and Betsey (Gale) Cooper of Alstead, N. H. Mr. Cooper was a blacksmith. His wife d. at Langdon, Dec. 25, 1860, leaving one daughter : I. "Emma Anna," b. at Alstead, March 30, 1843. She m. July 14, 1862, Bernard Harrington, b. Sept. 4, 1818, son of Nahum and Rachel (Miles) Harring- ton of Northborough, Mass. They have had three children, b. in Keene, N. H., where she still r. (1883.) Children :
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GENEALOGY .- WALKER.
I. "Mary Emma," b. Nov. 28, 1863, d. Feb. 27, 1864; 2. "Edith Rachel," b. Oct. 28, 1865 ; 3. "Helen Eliza," b. Sept. 14, 1869.
(2.) Sarah Adaline, b. Nov. 19, 1825, m. Sept. 9, 1847, Winsor Gleason, b. Jan. 19, 1817, son of Curtis and Betsey (Randall) Gleason of Langdon. Mr. Gleason is a produce merchant, and r. in Boston. Mrs. Gleason d. March 17, 1881, leaving three children, all b. in Boston, viz .: I. "Haskell Winsor," b. May 26, 1848, m. May 17, 1870, Nellie Foss, daughter of Alfred and Sophronia (Parker) Foss of Woodstock, Vt. ; 2. "Edmund Walker," b. May 12, 1853, m. Jan. 14, 1878, Hannah E. Paige, daughter of John Paige of Plymouth, N. H .; 3. "Walter Howard," b. Jan. 28, 1864.
(3.) Edmund Howard, b. August 12, 1828. He is a merchant in Boston, and r. in Melrose (1882), unm.
(4.) John Stratton, b. March 28, 1831, m. Oct. 10, 1861, Emma Evans, daughter of Peter Allan and Theodosia (Wil- lard) Evans of Charlestown, N. H. He is a farmer, and r. on the homestead formerly occupied by his father, in Langdon. He has one child : 1. "John Stratton," b. March 20, 1867.
(5.) Frances Adelaide, b. April 25, 1839, m. March 8, 1882, Winsor Gleason, b. Jan. 19, 1817, son of Curtis and Betsey (Randall) Gleason of Langdon, N. H. (being his second wife.) They r. in Boston.
9. JONAS PAGE, b. Sept. 6, 1800, m. in Charlestown, N. H., June II, 1826, Eliza Spaulding, b. June 15, 1805, daughter of Alpha and Elizabeth (Tyler) Spaulding of Leominster, Mass. He set- tled first at Westport, N. Y., but soon removed to Essex, N. Y., which place he made his home for life, following the occupation of a farmer. Mrs. Walker d. June 15, 1853; he d. May 12, 1861. They had six children :
(1.) Eliza Ellen, b. in Westport, May 9, 1827, m. March 10, 1851, Melville Sheldon of Essex. She died Feb. 5, 185-, of consumption, leaving no children.
(2.) Gardner Fonas, b. in Westport, Oct. 24, 1828, m. June 26, 1853, Camilla Royce, daughter of Calvin and Abigail W. (Mather) Royce of Essex. He is a farmer of Whallonsburgh, Essex county, N. Y., (1883) and has four children : I. "Jonas Gardner," b. June 13, 1854, m. Feb. 9, 1882, Charlotte Ursula Fisher, b. Nov. 3, 1863, daughter of William J. and Armenia Southwell (Skinner) Fisher ; 2. "Howard Calvin," b. June 13, 1859, m. April 12, 1882, Alma Augusta Stafford, b. Nov. 24, 1858, daughter of Adam and Elvina (Brasted) Stafford ; 3. "Asaph," b. April 27, 1862 ; 4. "Ellen," b. May 10, 1865. (3.) Sophia, born May 27, 1830, died Jan. 12, 1833.
(4.) Asaph T., b. Nov. 8, 1832, m. Oct. 8, 1855, Abbie Sophia Claflin of Leominster, Mass. He died at Essex, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1865, leaving no children.
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(5.) Abel Page, b. Sept. 7, 1835, m. July 5, 1866, Abbie Bald- win, daughter of Philip and Abigail (Spaulding) Baldwin of Essex, and has children ; he resides at Essex (1883).
(6.) Myra Estelle, b. May 5, 1840, m. April 23, 1864, John Wilson, and resides (1883) in Westport, N. Y. She has three children : I. "Wallace," b. Dec. 31, 1864 ; 2. " Addie," b. Dec. 17, 1866 ; 3. "Minnie," b. July 13, 1868.
10. HARRIET, b. April 2, 1805, m. June 8, 1826, Elisha Garfield, b. Jan. 1, 1802, son of Elisha and Polly (Vance) Garfield of Langdon, N. H. Mr. Garfield became the owner of the Abel Walker homestead in Langdon, where he followed the occupa- tion of farming till 1846, when he removed to Fitchburg, and was for eighteen years connected with the Fitchburg Sentinel printing establishment. During his residence in Langdon he was much engaged in town affairs, being often chosen to represent the town in the legislature, and to perform the duties of select- man and town clerk. In 1865 he removed to Chicago, which city he made his future home. He d. while on a visit to Sara- toga, Oct. 25, 1873. Mrs. Garfield r. with her daughter, at Hartford (1883). They had six children :
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