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GENEALOGY 974.202 SU54S v.2
A HISTORY
OF THE TOWN OF
SULLIVAN
NEW HAMPSHIRE
1777-1917
BY
REV. JOSIAH LAFAYETTE SEWARD, D.D.
VOLUME II,
Copyrighted 1921. J. L. SEWARD EST., KEENE, N. H. All rights reserved.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
ATWELL C. ELLIS
Opp.
954
HON. AUSTIN A. ELLIS
955
STEPHEN FOSTER
976
EPHRAIM FOSTER 977
JOSEPH FOSTER 978
HOSEA FOSTER
979
CARLTON P. FROST
985
CALEB GOODNOW 992
LESLIE H. GOODNOW 993
DANIEL W. GOODNOW
994
WILLIAM HASTINGS
1005
THOMAS A. HASTINGS AND FAMILY
1006
ROSWELL HUBBARD, JR. 1036
ELLSWORTH HUBBARD 1037
GEORGE F. HUBBARD, MINOT W. HUBBARD,
J. MILTON HUBBARD, CHARLES W. HUBBARD 1040
CHARLES FREDERICK JEWETT AND FAMILY 1044
RUFUS MASON 1132
CHARLES MASON 1133
LEVI F. MASON 1138
SYLVANUS A. MORSE 1167
JOSEPH N. NIMS 1237
LUCIUS NIMS 1258
WILLIAM H. PRECKLE 1343
WASHINGTON PROCTOR
1351
HENRY C. RAWSON 1357
FRANK L. RAWSON
1359
HISTORY OF SULLIVAN.
HON. DANIEL WILLARD RUGG
1380
DAVID SEWARD
1397
JAMES B. SEWARD
1400
HOSEA TOWNE
1428
DAUPHIN W. WILSON
1472
CHARLES F. WILSON
1473
THOMAS WINCH 1480
CHARLES WINCH
1481
GENEALOGIES.
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HISTORY OF SULLIVAN.
DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE GENEALOGIES.
All families which have resided in Sullivan, so far as we have been enabled to procure a record of them, will be registered in the following genealogies in the alphabetical order of the surnames of the families. We are not aware that we have omitted any family. It is possible that some family which has lived at East Sullivan, or possibly elsewhere in the town, without acquiring any legal residence, has been overlooked. Hired men who have simply paid poll taxes in town have not usually been registered. We think that we have omitted no family that rightfully belongs here, but would be glad to be notified if we have done so. Of some families, however, our information is less complete than we could have wished. This is not through any lack of effort on our part. There are some persons who never answer letters, some who cannot do so, and others whose addresses we could not find.
We have aimed to give true dates, even if the dates given by the family registers differed. Dates on headstones are often inaccurate. Family registers in Bibles and elsewhere are not infallible.
Surnames are generally spelled according to the custom of the family, except in the case of certain families of foreign birth, who did not know how to spell their names. Individual names are here correctly spelled in all cases. Scores of "pet names " ending in "ie " are disallowed, as are all slang names and false names. Our forefathers were not consistent in their spelling. Their names are here spelled as they should have been, not always as they ignorantly were in the habit of spelling them. It is no compliment to them to publish to all the world the fact that they could not spell their names. We best honor them by ignoring their false spellings, which were often barbarous, and writing the true names as they should be written. Names like Lavinia, Eleanor, Hephzibah, Tirzah, Eleazar, Zadok, Jedidiah, and scores of other old fashioned names, as well as many which are more modern, are misspelled in records and registers in all conceivable ways. We have endeavored to give the true spelling in all cases. The fashion of turning all names into some form ending in " ie," such as Flossie, Allie, Sadie, Billie, and the like, is now discarded by most persons of culture and is considered very vulgar, though much in vogue among the "masses." Such names are not allowed in this work, unless it is known that the rite of baptism fastened it upon the person assuming it. In all cases we have written the true name of which such a form is simply a pseudonym.
The following abbreviations are used : ae. for aged. born. pub. for published marriage intentions. quem (or quam) vide (whom see) q. v.
b.
bap. 66 baptized. in family of that name.
ch. .. child or children.
d. died. res.
dau. 66 daughter. S.
Sullivan.
inf. infancy. unm. unmarried.
J. P. 66 justice of the peace. W. wid. 66 wife. m. married. oc. occupied.
widow.
Other abbreviations will readily be understood.
Names followed by heavy figures are referred to the paragraphs, belonging to that family, which begin with those figures, where the family of that person will be noticed more fully.
The small, superior figures refer, in each case, to the number of the genera- tion represented by the person, reckoning from the generation of the person from whom the family is derived.
Sic. (so), means that a date or fact is known to be as given, though differing from other authorities.
resided.
residence.
h. husband. s. p. sine prole (without children).
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
ABBOTT.
I. NATHANIEL1 ABBOTT, then of Westford, Mass., m. Phebe (or Phœbe) Cummings. Among their ch. was James Cummings2 Abbott, 1, b. (according to the marriage license of his elder dau., recorded in Keene, N. H.) in Tyngs- borough, Mass., Aug. 5, 1805. Statements that he was b. in Stoddard are prob- ably wrong.
1. JAMES CUMMINGS2 ABBOTT, son of Nathaniel1, I., m., Mar. 20, 1832, Lucy Barrett ; b. in Packersfield (now Nelson), Dec. 8, 1808; d. at South Vineland, N. J., Aug. 8, 1891 ; dau. of John and Lucy (Nichols) Barrett. In- formation that she was b. in Stoddard is doubtless inaccurate. He r. in Nelson and S. Oc. farming. He lived, 1858-80, at 210. He died in S., Apr. 26, 1880. Ch., all b. in Nelson : 1. Sarah Jane3, b., Dec. 25, 1832, 2; 2, Sylvester Cummings3, b. about 1834, enlisted at 27, in 6th Reg. N. H. Vols., d. of disease, at Hatteras Inlet, N. C., Feb. 3, 1862, unm., body not returned ; 3. Esther Lyseda3, b., Feb. 28, 1839; m. Lucius M. Butler, q. v.
2. SARAH JANE3 ABBOTT, dau. of James C2, 1, d. in South Vineland, N. J., May 17, 1893. She m. Ist, Apr. 26, 1850, Galinas Thayer, a blacksmith, b. in Richmond, Oct. 13, 1821 ; d. in Richmond, probably; son of Ellis and Lois (Swan) Thayer. She was divorced and m. 2d, Jan. 15, 1861, Ivory Perry Wilder, b. in Dublin, Aug. 17, 1815 ; d. in Winchester, May 18, 1892; son of Abel and Deborah (Perry) Wilder. Res., Peterborough. Two ch. by Mr. Thayer ; I. Letitia Jane4 (called Lettie), b. in Nelson, Sept. 28, 1853; m. John H. Boody, q. v .; 2. Lillia Lucy4, b. in Harrisville, Dec. 12, 1855 ; m. Melvin John Barrett, q. v. Mr. Thayer m. 2d, Oct. 11, 1862, Miss Ann E. Graves, b. in Otsego, N. Y., May 24, 1838. She is now Mrs. J. E. Brett of Winchester. She had two ch. by Mr. Thayer, Ellis and Leona, who d. young.
ADAMS.
I. FAMILY OF EPHRAIM ADAMS.
I. JOHN1 ADAMS, with his wife, Anne, lived at Menotomy (now Arlington), Mass. It is not believed that he was of the same stock as the ancestors of the Jonas Adams family. II. JOSEPH2 ADAMS, son of John1, I., m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Blanchard) Eames. He was b. and d. at Menotomy (Arlington), Mass. III. JOHN3 ADAMS, son of Joseph2, II., b. at Menotomy, lived in Lincoln, Mass. He m. Love, dau. of James Minot, Esq., of Dorchester and Concord, Mass. IV. JOHN ADAMS, son of John3, III., b. at Lincoln, Mass.,
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d. there, in 1809; m. Lucy Hubbard of Concord, Mass. Among their ch. was Ephraim5 Adams, 1, b. in Lincoln, Mass., Aug. 11, 1767 (1769, given in some records is probably a misreading of a 7 for a 9).
1. EPHRAIM5 ADAMS, son of John4, IV., lived in S., 1793 -- 1804, at 3. He then moved to central New York and afterwards to Ohio. He d. in or near Texas township, Seneca Co., Ohio, Oct. 20, 1820 ae. 53. He m., Ist, Martha Mason, b. in Dublin (now Harrisville), Dec. 20, 1777 ; d. in Homer, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1813; dau. of Joseph and Ann (Prentiss) Mason, and sister of Joseph and Nathaniel Mason of S. He m., 2d, in 1814, a Mrs. Ludden, who, after his death, took her two daughters and went to the Mormons. He was a farmer. Eight ch., first three b. in S., next three in state of New York, and last two in Ohio ; first six by Ist w., last two by 2d w. : 1. Anna6, b. in S., Mar. 23, 1799 ; d., probably in Ohio, Mar. 6, 1828; m. Noah Baker ; 2. Bulkeley6, b. in S., Apr. 18, 1801 ; killed by the falling of a tree, in Knox Co., Ohio, Jan. 5, 1823, unm. ; 3. Eli6, b. in S., Mar. 18, 1803, 2; 4. Cyrene6, b., Nov. 18, 1805, possibly at Homer, N. Y .; m. Horace Call ; 5. Angelina B6., b. probably at Homer, N. Y., June 3, 1809 ; d., Apr. 3, 1852 ; m. Erastus Sheldon of Sandusky, Ohio; 6. Ephraim6, b. probably at Homer, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1811, 3; 7. Martha6, b. in Ohio, about 1816, went to the Mormons with her mother; 8. Harriet6, b. in Ohio, about 1818, went to the Mormons with her mother. Mr. Adams m. Ist, Oct. 15, 1795.
2. ELI6 ADAMS, son of Ephraim5, 1, d. at Lambertville, Marion Co., Ohio, May 18, 1888, ae. 85. He m., Nov. 27, 1827, Martha Jane Andrews, dau. of James Andrews of Seneca Co., Ohio. She d. at Blooming Grove, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1875. Eight ch., all b. in Ohio: 1. Margaret Angelina7, b., June 28, 1829; m., Ist, Ezra McCollister and had two ch .; m. 2d, Wm. Bradley ; 2. Ephraim H.7, b., Sept. 7, 1831 ; m. Letitia Brown ; two ch .; 3. Frances Ann7, b., Sept. 22, 1833; d., Aug. 22, 1834 ; 4. James M.7, b. May 3, 1835; m. Lucy A. Fitzcharles, was in the Civil War, 9 ch .; 5. John7, b., Nov. 24, 1837 ; m. Lucy Brown ; no ch. reported ; 6. Ruth Amanda7, b., May 24, 1840; d., Mar. 3, 1880; m. James McCollister ; 2 ch .; 7. Arthur7, b., Oct. 5, 1843; m. Della Shaw; no ch .; 8. Erastus Sheldon7, b., May 16, 1847; m. Mary Rader ; 4 ch.
3. EPHRAIM6 ADAMS, son of Ephraim5, 1, m., Oct. 3, 1840, at Sandusky, Ohio, Caroline Allen ; who was b., July 22, 1821. He was a tanner and currier. Res. at Norwich, Ohio; Cedar Lake, Mich. ; 9 ch .: I. Eli Abner7, b. at Milan, Ohio, July 16, 1841; was in 123d Ohio Reg. in Civil War; d. at Washington, D. C., Dec. 13, 1862 ; 2. Angelina7, b. at Milan, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1845 ; m. Enos Greene; 3. Hiram Mason7, b. at Milan, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1848 ; m. Emma Thompson ; res. at Spring Lake, Mich. ; 4. John Quincy7, b. at Milan, Ohio, July 25, 1850; mn. Nellie O. Johnson ; 5. Mary Jane7, b., Oct. 17, 1852 ; d. in 1880; m. Melvin Jameson ; 6. Ephraim Bulkeley7, b., Nov. 9, 1855; m. Grace E. Robinson ; res. at Ontonagon, Mich .; 7. Martha Ellen7, b., June 4, 1857, m. John Hodgkins ; 8. Ezra M.7, b., March 17, 1860; killed, Aug. 3, 1891 ; 9. Jessie D.7, b., Dec. 31, 1862 ; m. John Wiggins.
II. FAMILY OF JONAS ADAMS.
I. HENRY1 ADAMS, an immigrant from England, settled at Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., and was the ancestor of Presidents John and John Quincy Adams. II. SAMUEL2 ADAMS, son of Henry1, I., lived first at Concord, Mass.
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then at Chelmsford, Mass. He m. Ist, Rebecca Graves of Charlestown, Mass., 2d, Esther Sparhawk of Cambridge, Mass. III. BENJAMIN3 ADAMS, son of Samuel2, II., b. in Chelmsford, Mass., May 22, 1679; d. there in 1762; m., Ist, Mary Parker, m., 2d, Abigail Parker. IV. JOHN4 ADAMS, son of Benjamin3 III., and Mary, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., Dec. 6, 1753; d. there; m. Esther Perham. V. DEA. EPHRAIM5 ADAMS, son of John4, IV., b. in Chelmsford, Mass., Jan. 13, 17591, d. in Stoddard, Apr. 28, 1823; m., Ist, Mar. 6, 1777, Betsey Pierce; b. at Chelmsford, Mass., Jan. 17, 1751 ; d. at Stoddard, Oct. 1I, 1804; dau. of Stephen (3d of name in lineal descent) and Betsey (Bowers) Pierce. She was a first cousin of Gov. Benjamin Pierce of New Hampshire who was the father of ex-President Franklin Pierce of the United States. He m., 2d, Dec. 26, 1805, Mrs. Anna (Adams) Kenney, b. at New Ipswich, Oct. 14, 1754 ; d. at Stoddard, Mar. 13, 1844; widow of Rev. Isaac Kenney, a Baptist clergy- man, who had preached in Stoddard. His ch. were Ephraim6, Jr .; Benjamin6 of Marlow; Stephen6 of Stoddard, who d., s. p .; Betsey6, who m. Wm. Pitcher of Stoddard; Lydia6, unm .; Esthers, who m. Rev. Isaac Robinson, D. D. of Stoddard ; Abel6 of Stoddard and Dublin ; Joel6 of Belfast, Me .; and Jonas6, 1, b. in Stoddard, Dec. 6, 1794.
1. JONAS ADAMS6, son of Dea. Ephraim5, V., d. in S., June 14, 1861. He m., Oct. 19, 1819, Betsey Miller Davis, b. in Hancock, Nov. 10, 1792 ; d. in S., Apr. 22, 1872 : dau. of Isaac and Rachel (Adams) Davis. He r. first in Stoddard, but moved to S., Nov. 10, 1851, where he lived until his death in 1861, at III, and where his widow lived until her death in 1872. One ch. : 1. Nancy7, b. in Stoddard, Nov. 6, 1820 ; m. Atwell C. Ellis, q. v.
ALDRICH.
According to Read's His. of Swanzey, the line of descent of Rev. T. Aldrich of S. was through : I. GEORGE1; II. JACOB2; III. JACOB3; IV. NOAH4; and V. JESSE5. Among the children of Jesse was Tristram6 (the true spelling, but he wrote it Tristan), 1, b., Oct. 13, 1781, place not stated, perhaps in New Salem, Mass., whence he came to Swanzey, about 1822 or 1823.
1. REV. TRISTAN6 ALDRICH (as he wrote his name, instead of the more proper Tristram), son of Jesse5, V., lived at New Salem, Mass., and Swanzey, N. H. He came from Swanzey to supply the Baptist church of S., through the calendar year of 1844, living in the Hosea Foster house, at 196. He was the seventh (and an acting) pastor of that church. He returned to Swanzey and died there, Dec. 31, 1870. He m. Ist, Sept. 7, 1806, Polly Sampson, who was b. and d. in Prescott, Mass. He m. 2d., Nov. 20, 1823, Betsey Cross, b. in Swanzey, Dec. 20, 1799; d. there, Jan. 12, 1876; dau. of Nathan and Betsey (Lawrence) Cross. For an account of Mr. Aldrich, see page 433. He had 7 ch., three by first w., all b. probably in New Salem, Mass. (possibly some in Prescott, Mass.), four by the second w., b. in Swanzey : I. Maria7, b., Oct. 21, 1807 ; m. Moses Howard; 2. Alice S.7, b., Mar. 12, 1811 ; m. Alfred Britton ; 3. Tristan7, (more properly Tristram), b., Aug. 24, 1817; d., Aug. 26, 1838 ; 4. Priscilla7, b., Feb. 2, 1825 ; m. William Moore ; 5. Adoniram Judson7, b., Sept. 18, 1826; d., Feb. 13, 1827, in Swanzey ; 6. Adoniram Judson7, (2d of name), b., Jan. 9, 1830 ; m. Maria, dau. of Joshua Wyman of Keene; 7. Ellen E.7, b.,
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Mar. 3, 1842; m. Dec. 31, 1863, Orleans S. Eaton, b., Dec. 17, 1833 ; r. in Swanzey. She d. in Swanzey, Feb. 16, 1877. She had four ch., b. in Swanzey : I. Herbert J.8, b., Nov. 25, 1864; 2. William O.8, b., Aug. 27, 1869 ; 3. Mabel L.8, b., Mar. 5, 1873; d., Sept. 4, 1888; 4. Cora Ellen8, b., Feb. 10, 1877.
ALLEN.
1.
FAMILY OF ABEL ALLEN.
I. LEWIS1 ALLEN of Watertown Farms (now Weston), Mass., first came to America in 1665. He m. Ist, Sarah Ives; m. 2d, Mary, wid. of Henry Freeman. II. EBENEZER2 ALLEN, son of Lewis1, I., and Mary, lived also at Watertown Farms (now Weston), where he d. in 1770. He m. Ist Elizabeth Eddy, 2d Sarah Waight. III. EBENEZER3 ALLEN, Jr., s. of Ebenezer2, II., and Sarah ; b. at Weston, Oct. 31, 1722, moved to Lancaster (now Clinton), Mass., where he d., Jan. 26, 1812 ; m., March 30, 1742, Tabitha Fuller of Watertown, Mass. Among their ten ch. was Abel4, 1, b. in Lancaster (now Clinton), Mass. Apr. 26, 1756.
1. ABEL4 ALLEN, s. of Ebenezer3, Jr., III., lived in S., 1787-1796, at 256 ; also, from 1796 to 1818, at 232. He was a blacksmith, with shops at 254 and 91. He sold the place at 232 in 1817, and moved, in 1818, to Crown Point, N. Y., and, in the following year, to the town next north, Moriah, N. Y., where he died, Apr. 2, 1843, ae. 87, lacking 24 days. He m., in Lancaster, Mass., Aug. II, 1785, Mary Symmons (written also, in records, Simmons or Symonds), who d. in Moriah, N. Y., Apr. 5, 1855, ae. 95 yrs. Six ch., the first two b. in Lan- caster (probably now Clinton), Mass., the next two in S., at 256, and the last two in S., at 232 : 1. Mary5 (also written Polly), b., June 11, 1786; m. Jonas, Jr., (more probably than James, as given in the church marriage lists), son of Jonas Stevens, q. v .; 2. Daphne5, b., Dec. 30, 1788, 2; 3. Abigail5 (also called (" Nabby "), b., July 4, 1791 ; m. Roswell Hubbard Jr., q. v. ; 4. Lucinda5 (who is probably the one called Lydia in the baptismal records, where the date should probably be 1795 instead of 1792, for Rev. Mr. Muzzy wrote very illegibly and Mr. and Mrs. Allen did not join the church until 1794), b., Jan. 2, 1795; m. Martin Leland, q. v. ; 5. Abel5, b., Nov. 14, 1798, 3; 6. Amasa5, b. Jan. 10, 1801, 4.
2. DAPHNE5 ALLEN, dau. of Abel4, 1, was engaged to marry the brilliant young Dauphin White, s. of Col. Solomon. Dauphin d. in 1810. Her name was perpetuated among the descendants of the Whites. She d., probably in Moriah, N. Y., in 1848. She m., Aug. 8, 1816, James Lewis of Roxbury ; b. in Marlborough, Apr. 25, 1784 ; s. of John and Rebecca (Upham) Lewis. They went to Moriah, N. Y., to live, and he d., probably there, in 1851. They had 4 ch., whose families we cannot trace minutely : 1. Dauphin6 (evidently for her former lover), 2. Allen6 (of Hazelton, Iowa), 3. Daphne6; 4. Mary6.
3. ABEL5 ALLEN, Jr., son of Abel4, 1, d. in Moriah, N. Y., in 1848. He m. Mary Strong, who d. at Moriah in 1839. They had three sons : 1. Leander6, whose s., Albert H.7, r. at Crown Point, N. Y., having two ch., Walter8 and Lily8. Judson7, another s. of Leander6, r. in Moriah, N. Y., who had three ch., Harry8 Howard8, and Sophia8. A dau. of Leander6, Sarah7, m. David Meacham, and had 3 ch., Edith8, Amanda8, and a son8 younger than these. 2. Alamander6,
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who left a son, Allison7, res., Aurora, Buchanan Co., Iowa. 3. Walter6. It has been impossible for us to trace this family further.
4. AMASA ALLEN, s. of Abel4, 1, d. at Storm Lake, Iowa, in 1890, ae. 89. He resided in Moriah, N. Y., until 1855, then in Clinton, Iowa, until 1868, when he moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and from there to Storm Lake, in 1883. He m., Apr. 9, 1826, Margaret Curtis, b. in Moriah, N. Y., about 1808; d. at Storm Lake, Iowa, in 1891 ; dau. of Joseph and Mary Curtis. He was a shoe- maker and a class leader in the Wesleyan Methodist church. He had 2 sons and 8 dau. Ilis dau., Mrs. Lodisa6 Stanton r. in Storm Lake, Iowa. His descendants to the fourth generation are scattered all through the West. We cannot trace them.
II. JAMES ALLEN.
1. JAMES4 ALLEN, then of Needham, Mass., bought the Franklin Buck- minster farm, at 24, of the Bullards, Mar. 28, 1879. He owned it until Sept. 26, 1907, when he sold it to Almon P. Tyler. Mr. Allen was unmarried and lived here by himself at short intervals before the house became unfit for habitation. It can never be inhabited again without being repaired at great expense, or rebuilt. James4 Allen was b. in Burlington, Mass., Dec. 23, 1833; son of James3 and Sophronia (Cottle) Allen ; grandson of James2 Allen, and great-grandson of James1 Allen. He never married.
ALVORD.
I. ALEXANDER1 ALVORD, who came from England, d. in Northampton, Mass., Oct. 3, 1663. He m. Mary Vore (or Voar). II. THOMAS2 ALVORD, son of Alexander1, I., b. at Windsor, Conn., Oct., 27, 1653; d. in Northampton, Mass., Mar. 22, 1681 ; m. Joanna Taylor. III. JOHN3 ALVORD, son of Thomas2, II., b. in Northampton, Oct. 19, 1685; d. at South Hadley, Mass., Nov. 21, 1757; m. Dorcas Lyman. IV. GAD4 ALVORD, son of John3 III, d. in Wilming- ton, Vt. He was b. about 1729. He m. Lydia Smith, Ist w., and the widow Holland, 2d w. V. GAD5 ALVORD, Jr., son of Gad4, IV., and Lydia (Smith), b. at South Hadley, Mass., June 27, 1759; m. Phebe White; lived at Granby, Mass., where their son, Alanson6, 1, was b., June 29, 1803.
1. REV. ALANSON6 ALVORD, son of Gad, Jr., V., was pastor of the First Cong. Ch. of S., from Feb. 24, 1844 until May 18, 1845, living meanwhile in the parsonage, then the old Muzzy house, at 87. He d. at Mallet Creek, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1862. For a further account of him, see page 413. His wife was Adeline . While in town, they had one ch., Edward Alanson7. b. in S., Jan. 13, 1842; d. in S., July 8, 1843.
APPLIN.
I. JOHN1 APPLIN, the first of the family known to have been in America, was m. in Watertown, Mass., in 1671, to Bethusa Bartlett. John was a school teacher and taught in Groton, Mass., perhaps in Littleton. II. JOHN2 APPLIN, Jr., son of John1, I., b., May 3, 1692, probably in Watertown, was a blacksmith and lived in Palmer, Mass. His w. was Rebecca. III. THOMAS3 APPLIN, son of John2, Jr. II., was b. in Watertown and went with his father to Palmer. He m., Nov. 19, 1752, Mabel Brown, and moved to Swanzey, N. H. in 1764. IV. JOHN4 APPLIN (3d of name), son of Thomas3, III., b. in Palmer, Nov. 27, 1753; m.,
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Feb. 8, 1776, Mary Sabin, dau. of Thomas of Uxbridge, Mass. Their 3d ch. was Ephraim5, 1, b. in Swanzey, Oct. 10, 1783.
1. EPHRAIM5 APPLIN, son of John4, IV., lived from 1813 (the owner after 1811) until 1819, at 236, and, from 1819 until his death in 1822, in the house marked " D. Cummings site" on map, opposite 253. When the FAMILY HISTORIES, pages 628-779, went to press, we supposed that this old house stood on the site of 253. We have discovered that it was on the opposite side of the road. Statements in paragraph 253, page 774, as well as the correction for that paragraph on page 811, must be corrected accordingly. Mr. Applin d. at the " D. Cummings site," Dec. 21, 1822. He m., May 17, 1813, Lucy Spauld- ing, b. in Hancock, Nov. 21, 1787 ; d. in S., Feb. 17, 1832 ; dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Brown) Spaulding. She d. in the same house, which was not afterwards occupied. He was a carpenter, wheelwright, coffin maker, and farmer. Four ch .: 1. Lucy6, b., May 16, 1814; m. Geo. Washington Nims, q. v. ; 2. Hannah6, b. in 1815 or 1816; d. (or burial), June 27, 1818; 3. Harry6, b. about 1817; d. (or burial), Jan. 26, 1819; 4. Hannah6, b. about 1819; d. (or burial), Apr. 12, 1819. These ch. were b. at 236. The 2d and 3d d. there probably. The fourth may have d. at the " D. Cummings site." It has been almost impossible to obtain any record of this family. The births of the ch., except the oldest, are not recorded on the town books. Mr. Muzzy's church records usually gave the funeral dates instead of the death dates. He distinguished " child " from " infant," which aids in any case in determining the probable year of birth. Mr. Ashley Spaulding informed us that Harry6 was deformed in having extra fingers upon each hand.
ARCHIBALD.
1. REV. HENRY2 ARCHIBALD supplied the Baptist church in Sulli- van through the calendar years, 1847, 1848, and 1849, with what preaching the society had in that time. He was the son of John1 and Barbara Archibald and was b. in Muselburg, Scotland, Aug. 14, 1786; m. at East Haddam, Conn., March 5, 1820, Rebecca, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca Marshall. She was b. at East Haddam, Jan. 20, 1787; d. at Bristol, Vt., Aug. 1869. He died at Mount Holley, Vt., Dec. 4, 1859. During the time of his supply of the Baptist church, he lived in Gilsum. As he was not a resident of S., we shall not elabor- ate his family record. For a further account or him, see page 433. We know of one ch .: Thomas Henry3, b., in Killingworth, Conn., Oct. 2, 1821, 2.
2. REV. THOMAS HENRY3 ARCHIBALD, son of Rev. Henry2, 1, m., March 3, 1847, Susan W., dau. of Dea. Samuel and Margaret S. Tuck; b. in Dorchester (we are uncertain whether N. H. or Mass.), Aug. 8, 1823; graduated at New Hampton Institution in 1845; lady principal of the Hancock Scientific and Literary Institution in 1846. He was ordained at Concord, N. H., March 3, 1847. He had 4 ch .: I. Rev. Samuel Henry4; 2. Wilberforce Erving4 ; 3. Frank Cary4; 4. Susan Elizabeth4.
ARTHUR.
1. EUGENE ROLAND2 ARTHUR, son of Samuel1 and Achsah Louisa (Symmes) Arthur ; b. in Poultney, Vt., Aug. 30, 1860 (correcting the age in S. records) ; m. Ist, Jan. 1, 1875, (before he had completed his fifteenth year), in
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Hampton, N. Y., Jane Wheeler; b. in Rutland, Vt., Feb. 14, 1858; d. in Pitts- ford, Vt., Sept. 15, 1892 : dau. of George Clyme and Ann (McCabe) Wheeler ; m. 2d, Oct. 18, 1904, in Parkhill, N. H., by Rev. Mr. French, Alice Grace Ellis, b. in Roxbury, Jan. 15, 1880, dau. of George Henry and Marian L. (Eveleth) Ellis. He has r. in Chittenden, West Rutland, Mendon, Rutland, and Pittsford, all in Vermont, also in Westport, S., and Roxbury, in N. H. Four ch. by Ist w., three by 2d w. : I. Franklin Leroy3, b. in Chittenden, Vt., July 22, 1880 ; m. and r. in Rutland ; 2. George Clyme3, b. in West Rutland, Vt., Feb. 28, 1883; 3. Guy Royal3, b. in Mendon, Vt., March 2, 1886; 4. Harold Gerould3, b. in Rutland, Vt., Mar. 2, 1889 (three years to an hour from the birth of the preced- ing) ; 5. A son3, stillborn, Apr. 3, 1905, in a cabin marked " choppers' shanty " on the map, in S. ; 6. Walter Clayton3, b. in Roxbury, (house of George H. Ellis), Apr. 8, 1906 ; 7. Samuel Eugene3, b. in Westport, July 10, 1908; d. in Roxbury (house of Geo. H. Ellis), Jan. 24, 1909; burial in Nye Cemetery in Roxbury. In S., he lived in the shanty mentioned and, after that, a few months in the C. F. Wilson house, at 64.
ATWOOD.
I. JOHN1 ATWOOD was one of four brothers, three of whom, John1, Josiah1, and Philip1, came from England to America. John1 settled in Woburn, Mass., and was drowned in the Mystic River, about 1745. II. JOHN2 ATWOOD, Jr., son of John1, I., was b. in 1728 or 1729 ; d. in Nelson, Dec. 31, 1814; m. Elizabeth Lawrence of Woburn, Mass., who d. in Packersfield (now Nelson), May 9, 1797, ae. 67. III. PHILIP3 ATWOOD, son of John2, Jr., II., b. at Woburn, Mass., Jan. 4, 1756 ; d. at Nelson, Oct. 8, 1841, ae. 85. He m., Sept. 30, 1782, Ruth Gates of Bolton, Mass. ; b. at Bolton, May 5, 1757 ; d. at Nelson, Oct. 7, 1819; dau. of Cyrus and Ruth (Graves) Gates. Among their 8 ch. was Silas4, b. in Packers- field (now Nelson), Nov. 23, 1785, 1.
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