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Children :
i Rosaline, b. Oct. 11, 1857, d. Nov. 14, 1862.
ii Charles A., b. Oct. 12. 1859, d. June 7, 1862.
iii Jeff. D., b. 1863, m. Adelaide R. Haynes.
iv Florence L., b. 1864, m. Hiram T. Richards of Mexico.
V John, b. 1867.
vi Kate M., b. 1871.
vii Emma P., b. 1874.
BENJAMIN P. THOMAS married Rachel A
Children :
i Charles P., b. Sept. 13, 1850. ii Prentice C., b. July 8, 1853.
PEREZ THOMAS from Hartford, came to Rumford about 1833, and bought an interest in land near East Rumford. He did not remain long but returned to Hartford. He was born in 1810, and his wife, Mary Sampson, of Hartford, was born in 1814. They were married in Rumford in 1834. Their children in 1850, were as follows :
i Augusta S., b. 1836. ii Benjamin F .. b. 1838. iii Moses S., b. 1840. iv Dorcas R., b. 1843. v Mary W., b. 1845. vi Priscilla C., b. 1848.
THOMPSON.
ISAAC THOMPSON, EsQ., of Middleboro, Mass., who married Lucy Sturtefant, was the son of John and Lydia (Wood) Thompson, and a descendant of John Thompson from the north of Wales, who came to Plymouth in 1622, and married Mary, daughter of Francis Cook of the Mayflower. Isaac Thompson and associates were large land-owners in the county of Oxford. June 10, 1792, Isaac and William Thompson and Joshua Eddy, all of Middleboro, Mass., and James Sprout of Taunton, bought of the Massachusetts com- mittee, a tract of land situated south of Androscoggin river, con- taining 24,750 acres, according to the survey of Samuel Titcomb in 1787, and known as No. 1, (now Peru). The price paid was $245.74. In 1801, the proprietors divided their domain, and about forty select lots became the property of Isaac Thompson. One condition of the sale was that the grantees should give a deed of one hundred acres to Daniel Lunt, William Widgery and John Fox, who it seems, had settled on the tract prior to 1784. A portion of the land sold to Isaac Thompson and others, proved to be in the town of Jay which had been previously granted to others, and the
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grantees decided to commence an action against the Commonwealth for the value of the lands granted them by mistake of the surveyor, and so the Massachusetts committee concluded to ease them by granting them other lands. The new grant was part of No. 2, (now Franklin and Milton Plantations) which had been surveyed the year before by Abel Wheeler. The new grant is thus described : "Beginning on the easterly branch of Concord river on Rumford line, thence south 183° east one mile ; thence south 712º west, two miles and forty rods ; thence north 29º east 478 rods to Rumford line ; thence north 712º east one mile on Rumford line to first bound." There was a provision that all squatters on the territory prior to 1784, should have one hundred acres of land each, on the payment of five dollars. The territory here described is now within the limits of Milton Plantation, which was organized as such in 1842. It was called "Thompsontown" previous to its organization as a plantation, and previous to that, with Franklin Plantation, was known as No. 2. A grant of half a township of Maine land was made to Milton (Mass.) Academy in 1798, and in 1811, the equiv- olent of the grant was deeded to the trustees out of the territory of Number 2, that portion which is now Milton Plantation, and hence its name.
JOHN THOMPSON, son of Isaac Thompson preceding, born in Middleboro, March 22, 1775, inherited a portion of his father's lands in what is now Milton Plantation, purchased also a piece of land in Rumford upon which he erected a large mansion house still standing above Abbot's Mills, and became a resident of this town. He was a Justice of the Peace, a surveyor of land and conveyancer, and was ever prominent in town affairs. He was a man of sound judgment, social, genial and kind and highly respected by all. He married first, Sarah Austin, second, Belinda Dean, third, Jane Rich- ardson and fourth, Elizabeth M. Eustis.
Children :
i Isaac, b. - , m. Emily Valentine, d. California.
ii Peter A., b. Hartford, Aug. 10, 1803, m. Wealthy Stevens.
iii Leander, b. Rumford, June 14, 1807, m. Harriet Burnham.
iv Sewall, b, -- , m. Mabel Stevens.
v Deborah, b. - -, In. Oren Reynolds.
vi George, b. , d. in infancy.
By second wife :
vii John Dean, b. Dec. 30, 1817, m. April 6, 1848, Phebe Burt, b. Feb.
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22, 1828. He resides in Raynham, Mass., and has Ella Belinda, b. March 30, 1851.
By third wife :
viii Robert Richardson, b. - . He was killed in the late war.
ix Sarah Jane, b. , m. Cyrus Small, d. Rumford.
x Belinda Dean, b. -, m. George L. Beal, r. Norway.
xi Thomas Edwin, b. -, r. Nebraska.
xii Margaret Richardson, b. -- , d. Norway, unmarried.
xiii Charles, b. -- , d. Norway, unmarried.
PETER AUSTIN THOMPSON, second son of John Thompson, mar- ried Wealthy Stevens, who was born at Livermore, Me., July 23, 1802. He was a farmer and lived in Rumford, and died there Feb. 26, 1887.
Children :
i Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1829, m. Ajalon Godwin.
ii Eliza I., b. Jan. 23, 1831.
iii John, b. May 10, 1833, m. Sarah E. Moody.
iv Emily, b. Nov. 1, 1835, m. Otis Wyman.
V Ezra. b. Oct. 1, 1841. d. Bethel, Ill., Feb. 20, 1878.
SEWALL THOMPSON, brother of the preceding, married Mabel W., daughter of Stephen G. Stevens.
Children :
i Eliza E. Tufts. b. Aug. 7, 1850. ii Sarah E., b. Apr. 28, 1856. iii May F., b. May 11, 1858. iv Susie A., b. Aug. 14, 1860. v Irving S., b. Apr. 14, 1862. vi Jeaneatte L., b. Sept. 3, 1864.
LEANDER THOMPSON, third son of John and Sarah Thompson, was born at Rumford June 14, 1807. After receiving such educa- tion as the common schools afforded, he studied awhile at Hebron Academy and then at "Maine Wesleyan Seminary" which latter institution he left in 1829, before graduation. The spirit of travel and adventure had seized upon him, and he yielded to its seductive influences ; and so, one bright spring morning in 1830, he bade his home, kindred and friends farewell, to join the tide of emigration seeking homes and fortunes in the youthful and inviting West. He made his first stop in western New York, where he remained about a year and taught a term of school. Then pushing westward, he went to Michigan and stayed a while at Ann Arbor, and from thence to south-western Michigan, lingering for brief periods at various points in St. Joseph, Kalamazoo and Cass counties. He then took
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a journey to the Mississippi Valley, visiting the principal places from Dubuque, Iowa, to St. Louis, Mo. Returning to South-western Michigan in a year or two more, he purchased the tract of land in 1837 in Cass county, which afterwards became his home. The next four years were spent partly in that vicinity and partly in northern Indiana. He was occupied during these years at teaching school and as a farm laborer. April 25, 1841, he was married to Miss Harriet Burnham, a native of Middletown, Vt., and they at once settled on their land to make a home. He died on Dec. 11, 1851, of dropsy and rheumatism, after a four weeks illness. His widow never remarried, but continued to reside on the home place till her death, May 3d, 1889. There were four children born of this mar- riage, but the first two died in infancy. The oldest, now Mrs. Laura Lamb, resides on the old farm, while the other, Merritt A., is a lawyer now living at Lyons, Kansas. Leander Thompson was plain and modest in manner, and of a practical turn of mind. He was remembered among his neighbors for his sterling qualities of mind and heart ; for his candor and uprightness, his strong practical common sense and devotion to princple. This latter quality was shown by the aid he gave to the black bondmen who came in his way, while fleeing from pursuing masters to homes of freedom in Canada. He and his wife not unfrequently gave food and shelter to the slave fugitive, although at their own grievous peril, if dis- covered.
JOHN THOMPSON, son of Peter Austin Thompson, married June 30, 1858, Sarah Elizabeth, daugliter of John and Eleanor (Crocker) Moody of Strong, Me. He is a farmer in Rumford.
Children :
i Flora Ellen, b. May 4, 1859, m. Dec. 12, 1886, Geo. D. Houghton.
ii Abbie May, b. JJanuary 30, 1864.
iii Emma Moody, h. Apr. 28, 1868.
iv John William, b. Dee. 1, 1870.
THURSTON.
TRUEWORTHY THURSTON, son of Trueworthy and Priscilla (Royal) Thurston of Peru, born in Monmouth, Apr. 15, 1819, married Rachel Fisher Welch of Monmouth, and moved to Rumford.
Children :
i Samuel Royal, b. July 2, 1847, m. Carrie A. Whitmarsh of Boston, Mass .. r. Chicago.
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ii William Henry, b. Dec. 12, 1848, m. Salome F. Glover of Rumford.
iii Granville True, b. Oct. 13, 1850, m. Ada E. Lufkin.
iv Robert Lamont, b. Feb. 28, 1852, m. Anna O'Connor, r. Chicago.
V Lydia May, b. May 24, 1854, m. John E. Goggin, r. Lewiston.
vi Lizzie Odell, b. Jan. 1, 1857, m. Thomas H. Burgess of Peru.
vii Daniel Adams, b. Dec. 16, 1859, m. Jenette Jewell, daughter of Loammi B. Peabody.
viii Franklin Marston, b. January 7, 1861, resides Rumford, unmarried.
TRUMBULL.
JOSEPH TRUMBULL, JR., was born July 12, 1812, and his wife, Hannah J. Howe of No. 2, was born Aug. 25, 1813.
Children on town records :
i Abi, b. April 16, 1832. ii Foster, b. Nov. 1, 1837. iii Stephen W., b. January 5, 1839.
TWOMBLY.
JOHN F. TWOMBLY, son of John B. and Polly (Fall) Twombly, born in Bethlehem, N. H., Jan. '23, 1825, married Maria E., daughter of Caleb Eastman, and resides in Rumford.
Children :
i Walter E., b. Jan. 2, 1853, m. Annie G. Collins.
ii Francelia A., b. May 26, 1854, m. Joseph L. Webster.
iii Granville C., b. Apr. 15, 1860.
VIRGIN.
The name of Virgin has ever been prominent in Rumford. Some six or more were among the early settlers, all from Concord, N. H.
EBENEZER VIRGIN, the ancestor of the New England family of this name, came from England to Salisbury, Mass., thence to Dun- stable, and finally to Concord, N. H., being a proprietor, an early settler and one of the foremost men in town. He died in 1766. By wife Hannah he had :
1 Phineas, b. Nov. 21. 1733, m. Abiah i
2 ii Ebenezer, b. May 25, 1735. m. Dorcas Lovejoy.
3 iii William, b. July 4, 1737, m. Mehitable Stickney, d. Aug. 21. 1803.
iv Jonathan, b. Oct. 29. 1740, d. Feb. 8, 1755.
V Miriam, b. May 23, 1744.
vi Elijah, b. June 17. 1747.
4 vii John, b. Aug. 8, 1749, m. Betty -. d. May 19, 1786.
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1
PHINEAS VIRGIN, oldest son of the preceding, married Abiah
Children :
i Ruth, b. Dec. 7, 1775, m. Jacob Hoyt; d. July 29, 1803.
ii Abigail, b. Feb. 20, 1777.
iii Phineas, b. Aug. 12, 1779.
? EBENEZER VIRGIN, JR., brother of the preceding, married Doreas Lovejoy.
Children :
5 i Jonathan, b. Nov. 23, 1758, m. Sarah Austin, d. May, 1813.
ii Molly, b. Jan. 3, 1761, m. Israel Glines, r. Rumford.
iii Elijah, b. March 7, 1763.
iv Hannah, b. June 5, 1765.
6 V Daniel, b. May 5, 1767, m. Mary or Polly Wheeler, s. Rumford.
vi Phebe, b. Aug. 5, 1769.
vii Henry, b. Nov. 19, 1771.
7 viii Simon, b. Sept. 21. 1779.
8 ix Peter Chandler, b. July 23, 1783, m. Sally Keyes, s. Rumford.
3 WILLIAM VIRGIN, brother of the preceding, married Mehita- ble Stickney, and had in Concord, N. H., the following children :
i Sarah. b. Dee. 10, 1762. d. June 4, 1797.
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ii Jeremiah, b. Sept. 7, 1765.
10 iii Ebenezer, b. March 15, 1767, m. Ist, Elizabeth Quinby, 2d, Polly Gibson.
11 iv William, b. Apr. 22, 1769.
V Abial, b. Feb. 21. 1771.
vi Betty, b. Jan. 15, 1773.
vii Bethiah, b. Feb. 23, 1775.
viii Miriam, b. April 6, 1777.
ix Molly, b. May 23. 1779.
x Simeon. b. Nov. 11. 1781.
xi Hannah, b. January 18, 1784.
4 JOHN VIRGIN, brother of the preceding, married Betty Children :
i James, b. Feb. 18. 1775, d. March S following. ii Susanna, b. Sept. 4, 1777. iii Sally. b. May 30, 1780. iv John, b. January 14, 1783. v Joel, b. Nov. 30, 1785.
5 JONATHAN VIRGIN, oldest son of the second Ebenezer. mar- ried Sarah Austin. He died in Concord, May 9, 1813, and his widow in East Rumford, Sept. 17, 1825.
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Children :
i Patty, b. March 21, 1783, m. Wm. Wheeler, s. Rumford.
ii Hazen, b. March 20, 1785.
12 iii Aaron, b. Apr. 28 1787, m. 1813, Polly Farnum, s. Rumford.
iv Isaac, b. July 14, 1789.
13 v Rufus, b. January 2, 1792, m. 1814, Susan Abbot, s. Rumford.
6 DANIEL VIRGIN, brother of the preceding, married Mary Wheeler of Concord, N. H., daughter of Jeremiah Wheeler. He came to, Rumford prior to 1793, and died here in March, 1813. His widow survived him many years, and died in Oct., 1856.
Children :
i Judith. b. 1788. m. Enoch Burnham.
ii Dorcas, b. 1791, d. in Concord, in 1809.
14 iii Ebenezer. b. 1793, m. Sarah Farnum.
iv Lucy, b. 1795, d. young.
V Jeremiah, b. 1796, m. Persis Russell of Bethel.
vi Daniel, b. 1797, m. and moved to Massachusetts, d. 1875.
15 vii Peter C., b. 1801, m. Mary Ann Draper.
16 viii Jonathan, b. 1804, m. Hannah Wheeler.
ix Lucy, b. 1806, m. Hazadiah Silver.
x Mary, ) m. Daniel Farnum.
¿twins, b. 1808.
xi William, d. 1829.
xii Sarah, b. 1810, d. 1814.
xiii Emeline, b. 1812, d. 1814.
SIMON VIRGIN, brother of the preceding, married and settled in Rumford on the farm next above the Keyes place. He sold out to James Small in 1826, and returned to New Hampshire.
Children :
i Phebe, b. , was never married.
ii Clarissa, b. -, n. 1826, Enos Dillingham of Portland.
iii Hannah, b. -, m. 1831, Henry Lane of Sanbornton, N. H.
iv Charlotte, b. , d. unmarried.
V Hazen, b. - , d. unmarried.
8 PETER CHANDLER VIRGIN, (see personal notice) was the youngest son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Lovejoy) Virgin of Concord, N. H., and grandson of Ebenezer Virgin, the emigrant and early settler in Concord. He married Sally, daughter of Francis Keyes. Children :
i Maria Louisa Caroline, b. Apr. 13, 1814, m. Otis C. Bolster.
17 ii Patrick Henry, b. Aug. 29, 1816, m. Lavina Bean.
iii Joseph W., b. Sept. 5, 1820, d. Aug. 7, 1822.
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18 iv William Wirt, b. Sept. 18, 1823, m. Sarah H. Cole.
V Theodore F., b. Feb. 5, 1831.
vi Dorcas Courtney, b. June 24, 1833, m. James Dingley, Jr., of Auburn, and died without children.
9 JEREMIAHI VIRGIN, son of William and Mehitable (Stickney)
Virgin. Married -..... He lived on Swift river, on the Rumford side.
Children :
i Jonathan Stickney, b. ---. ii John, b. -. iii Harriet, b. m. Jeremiah Richardson.
10 EBENEZER VIRGIN, son of William and Mehitable (Stickney) Virgin, b. March 15, 1767, married Elizabeth Quinby. He was one of the early settlers in Rumford, his seventh child being born here. For second wife he married Mrs. Polly Gibson of Brownfield, Me. Children :
i Charles, b. Hopkinton, N. H., May 6. 1787 ; he was a preacher.
ii Esther, b. Concord, N. H., Apr. 6, 1789, d. Oct. 21, 1804.
iii Nancy, b. Feb. 1, 1792, m. Francis Porter, s. Roxbury.
iv Leavitt Clough, b. Jan. 13, 1794. m. 1817, Hannah Osgood.
19 V Osgood Eaton, b. June 4, 1795, m. Clarissa Taylor of No. 7.
vi William, b. January 28, 1797.
vii Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1799, d. Oct. 7, 1800.
viii Eliza, b. Oct. 23, 1803, d. March 17, 1817.
ix Hannah, b. Sept. 6, 1807.
By second wife he had :
X Emily, b. Jan. 18, 1814, d. May 4, 1818.
20 xi Ebenezer. b. Sept. 6 1815, m. Ruth P. Brown.
xii Joseph B., b. Aug. 15, 1818.
xiii Sophronia E .. b. Feb. 4, 1820 d. Oct. 9 following.
xiv Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1821.
XV Solon. b. Feb. 15, 1826.
11 WILLIAM VIRGIN married Mary -. He was thrown from his wagon and killed in the town of Wayne, many years ago.
Children :
i Uriah HI., b. Apr. 29, 1803 m. Mary Roberts of Wayne.
ii Sally, b. Dec. 13 1804, m. Stephen Faruun.
iii Diantha, b. Oct. 2, 180G, m. 1833, Charles E. Virgin.
iv Mary Jane, b. May 12. 1818.
v Emily Aun, b. Apr. 4, 1821.
12 AARON VIRGIN, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Austin Virgin, married in January, 1813, Polly Farnum, who was born August 21,
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1791. He was a farmer and a mechanic, and an ingenious worker of wood.
Children :
i Alvira J., b. Noy. 3. 1813. m. Isaac W. Cleasby.
21 ii Benjamin F .. b. Oct. 20. 1815, m. Eunice Kyle.
iii Sarah Farnum, b. Dec. 25 1816, m. Cornelius H. Whitman of Mexico.
13 RUFUS VIRGIN married Susan Abbot. He came to Rum- ford and occupied the farm next above the Falls. He died June
THE RUFUS VIRGIN PLACE.
3d, 1858, and his widow, Nov. 1, 1868. He was a mill-wright and with Nathan Knapp, built the first mill on Rumford Falls. He was also a farmer and house-wright.
Children :
22 i Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, 1817, m. Nancy K. (Elliot) Whitman, s. Hanover.
ii Chaplin, b. Oct. 24, 1820, r. Rumford Center, unmarried.
23 iii Abbot, b. Oct. 28, 1822. m. 1857, Caroline H. Moody.
iv Susan M., b. June 10, 1829. d. May 28. 1863.
V Albert, b. Apr. 13, 1831, m. 1861, Sophila W. Scott.
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14 EBEN VIRGIN married Sarah Farnum. He was a farmer and lived at Rumford Corner. He was a noted fifer, and was in great demand at May trainings and musters.
Children :
i Ambrose, b. Aug. 9, 1828, d, 1847.
ii Sarah Elizabeth, b. January 20, 1840, m. Samuel Marston.
Four children died young.
15 PETER C. VIRGIN, 2D, son of Daniel and May (Wheeler) Virgin, married Mary Ann Draper. He was a farmer and mason.
Children :
24 i George D., b. Dec. 22, 1827, m. Lucy A. MeKenney of Phillips.
ii Sarah, b. - , d. aged 6 years.
iii Edwin. b. March 6, 1828, left town when young ; r. Portland, Oregon.
25 iv Charles K., b. Apr. 18, 1833, three times married, r. Mexico.
V Florina, b. June 22 1837, d. young.
vi Diantha A., b. Oct., 1840, d. Oct .. 1858.
vii Lucy, b. May 20, 1844, m. and lives in Haverhill, Mass.
viii Benjamin F., b. April 5, 1847, m. Jan. 16, 1866, Ella F. Raymond.
ix Maria C., b. Aug. 7, 1848.
16 JONATHAN VIRGIN, son of Daniel and brother of the pre- ceding, married Hannah, daughter of Abel Wheeler. He was long in trade at Rumford Corner. HIe has deceased and his widow resides at Rumford Center.
Children :
i Caroline Hill, b. Aug. 24, 1829, m. Charles H. Rolfe, and second, John C. Graham.
ii Ebenezer Frank, b. Jan. 14, 1830; he went to California.
1: PATRICK HENRY VIRGIN, married Lavina, daughter of Luther Bean of Rumford. He was a farmer and resided below Rumford Corner. He died in 1887.
Children :
i Charles C., b. Sept. 26, 1847, d. Sept. 13, 1873.
ii
William Wirt, b. April 6, 1854.
iii Milford F., b. June 15, 1856.
18 WILLIAM WIRT VIRGIN, brother of the preceding, (see personal notice) married Sept. 18, 1851, Sarah H., daughter of Horatio G. and Parmelia (Stowell) Cole of Paris. He lived in Norway and then moved to Portland, where he now resides. Children ;
i Harry R., b. Aug. 25, 1854; he is an Attorney at Law and resides in Portland.
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19 OSGOOD E. VIRGIN, son of Ebenezer Virgin, married Clarissa Taylor, who died in 1880, Feb. 26, aged 80 and 1-3 years.
Children :
i Leavitt, b. Apr. 22, 1818, d. Oct. 1, 1839. ii Stephen, b. Jan. 29, 1820, d. Jan. 7, 1859. iii Eliza, b. Jan. 29, 1820. iv Mary A., b. Oct. 7, 1821. v Isaac G., b. Feb. 17, 1823. vi William B., b. March 29. 1824. 26 vii Stanley M., b. Feb. 18, 1827. viii Surepta P., b. Oct. 10, 1828. ix Hazen G., b, Sept. 28, 1829, d. young. X Hazen G., b. June 20, 1834.
20 EBENEZER VIRGIN, JR., married Ruth P. Brown in 1841. He was the son of Ebenezer and Polly (Gibson) Virgin.
Children :
i Solon, b. Oct. 11, 1842. ii Mary K., b. Apr. 19, 1844. iii Sarah M., b. Ang. 16, 1846. iv Susan M., b. Jan. 5, 1848. v John W., b. Nov. 5, 1849.
21 BENJAMIN F. VIRGIN, son of Aaron Virgin, m. Eunice Kyle. He moved from Rumford to Lewiston and thence to Con- cord, N. H.
Children :
i Clara F., b. June 20, 1844.
ii Frank P., b. Oct. 13, 1850,. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1875, studied medicine and after graduating, settled in Rochester, N. H. He married Annie Edgecomb of Great Falls, N. H.
22 JONATHAN VIRGIN married first, Nancy K. (Elliot) Whit- man, and second, Phebe Hutchins. He moved to Hanover and operated mills there for several years. He still resides at Hanover Village.
Children :
i George Albert, b. Nov. 15, 1851.
ii Rufus John, b. January 13, 1857, m. S. Marcella, daughter of Prentiss M. Putnam. He is at South Bethel, and proprietor of the mills there.
23 ABBOT VIRGIN married Caroline A. Moody.
Children :
i Mellen A., b. Aug. 23, 1858.
24 GEORGE D. VIRGIN, son of Peter C. Virgin, 2d, married Lucy A. McKenney of Phillips. He died suddenly while riding in a sleigh. He had sons and daughters but only the following are found on Rumford records.
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Children :
i George A., b. Oet. 14. 1854. m. - Richardson. ii Fred E., b. Jan. 23, 1857. iii Cincinnati A., b. March 17, 1859. iv Wallace C., b. March 12, 1861.
25 CHIARLES K. VIRGIN, son of Peter C. Virgin, 2d, has been three times married. He married first, Sarah Jane Blood, second, Mrs. Abigail Mclaughlin, and third, Mrs. Mary E. Richardson. He lives at Mexico Corner.
Children :
i Charles Edwin, b. May -, 1860. ii Ella F., b. Sept. 13, 1862. iii John S., b. April 15, 1864. iv Arthur R., b. - , 1866.
26 STANLEY M. VIRGIN married Lenora -
Children on town record :
i Cora M., b. Sept. 11, 1855. ii Anna M., b. Apr. 16, 1857.
CHARLES E. VIRGIN married Diantha Virgin. He was the son of Abial Virgin of Concord, and his wife was his cousin, and the daughter of William.
Children :
i Rebecca B., b. Apr. 21, 1835.
ii Charles M., b. June 30, 1845, d. March 19, 1849.
iii Valora Ann, b. July 7, 1850, d. Oct. 26, 1851.
WALCOTT.
WILLIAM WALCOTT was a resident of Rumford for a few years and was a clothier. His only children recorded here were :
i Edward Alfonso, b. Oct. 1, 1824, d. Oct. 28, 1825.
ii Harriet Emily, b. Sept. 19, 1826, d. Sept. 12, 1828.
WALKER.
No family in Concord, N. H., was more influential and more highly respected than that of Walker. The first of the name there and who has a numerous descent, was Rev. Timothy Walker, the first minister of the town, who was the son of Dea. Samuel Walker of Woburn, Mass., and was born there July 27, 1705. He grad- uated at Harvard College in 1725, married Nov. 12, 1730, Sarah, daughter of James Burbeen, who was born in Woburn, June 17, 1701. He died Sept. 1, 1782, and his wife died Feb. 19, 1778.
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They were buried side by side in the old Concord burying ground. His pastorate in Concord covered a period of more than fifty years. Children :
i Sarah, b. June 18, 1732, d. Dec. 21, 1736.
ii Timothy, b. June 26, 1737, m. Esther Burbeen of Woburn.
iii Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1739, m. first, Benj. Rolfe, and second, Benj. Thompson (Count Rumford).
iv Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1742, m. Dr. Ebenezer H. Goss.
V Judith. b. Dec. 24, 1744, m. first, Capt. Abial Chandler. and second, Nathaniel Rolfe, Jr.
COL. TIMOTHY WALKER, son of the preceding, was a distinguished citizen of Concord. He graduated at Harvard College in 1756. He studied theology and was licensed to preach in 1759, and in the summer of 1765, preached in Fryeburg. He then went into mer- cantile pursuits and settled in Concord. He was a member of the first Provincial Congress, a member of the Committee of Supply, and was Commissioned Colonel of the 3d New Hampshire Regiment Sept. 5, 1775. He was afterwards a member of the Council, and also served in the Continental Congress again in 1778, 1782 and 1784. He was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and subsequently was candidate for Governor, but was defeated by Ex. Governor Gilman. It was through his influence that the grant of Rumford, Me., was made to citizens of Concord who had suffered loss on account of the settlement of the boundary line between Mass- achusetts and New Hampshire. He died in 1802. He married Esther Burbeen, daughter of Rev. Joseph Burbeen of Woburn. They had fourteen children. The oldest son, Timothy, b. Feb. 2, 1767, lived in Coneord, excepting that before his marriage he spent a year or two in Rumford, where his father had large landed interests, having purchased rights until he owned nearly one-fourth of the township. Timothy Walker, Jr. was three times married.
CHARLES WALKER, second son of Col. Timothy Walker, born in Concord, Sept. 25, 1765, graduated from Harvard College in 1789. He was the first teacher of Aurean Academy in Amherst, studied law with Hon. John Pickering of Portsmouth, and in 1796, married his daughter Hannah. He was the second Postmaster in Concord, Solicitor for Rockingham county, and for several years President of the upper Concord Bank. He died July 29, 1834.
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HISTORY OF RUMFORD.
Children :
i Charles, b. March 31, 1798, graduated at Harvard College, studied law, on account of ill health resided at. Key West and Porto Rico, returned to Concord and died of consumption Sept. 30, 1843.
ii Lucretia Pickering, b. July 15. 1799, m. Sept. 29, 1818, Prof. S. F. B. Morse, L.L. D., r. New Haven, Conn.
iii Susan Burbeen, b. Oet. 24, 1801, in. Feb. 14, 1826, Hon. Wm. Pickering of Concord.
iv Augustus Willard, b. July 10, 1803, m. January 15, 1836, Abigail A. Hanson. s. in Atkinson, Me., a merchant.
v Timothy, b. July 10, 1813, n. Luna Abbot, s. Rumford.
HON. TIMOTHY WALKER (see sketch) came to Rumford when a young man and married April 16, 1835, Luna, daughter of David Abbot.
Children :
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