Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 1

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876


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شاملة طبع


Marc, Baker Cada


GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY


OF THE


STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE


A RECORD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER PEOPLE IN THE MAKING OF A COMMONWEALTH AND THE FOUNDING OF A NATION


COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF EZRA S. STEARNS


EX-SECRETARY OF STATE, MEMBER AMERI AN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, NEW ENGLAND HISTORY -GENEALOGR AL. SOCIETY, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CORRESPONDING MEMBER MINNESOTA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: MEMBER FITCHBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY


ASSISTED BY WILLIAM F. WHITCHER


TRUSTER NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE LIBRARY, MEMBER NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND NEW ENGLAND METHODIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND EDWARD E. PARKER JUDGE OF PROBATE, NASHU 4


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CAMPBELL This is a name famous in Scotch history and it has contributed in no small measure to the honor and glory of America. It has long been well repre- sented in New Hampshire, and is widely and cred- itably known throughout the United States.


(1) Sir John Campbell, as duke of Argyle, as- sisted at the coronation of James the First of Eng- land. He was an officer of William the Prince of Orange in 1690, and participated in the battle of the Boyne Water in the north of Ireland. He later settled in Londonderry, Ireland, where he married and became the father of several children, one of whom was Henry.


(II) Henry, son of Sir John Campbell born 1697. married, 1717, and in 1733 came to America, accompanied by his wife and five children, and set- tled in Windham, New Hampshire.


(III) Henry (2), son of Henry (1) Campbell, married Jeanette Mack, who was born on the ocean and died 1776. In 1765 the family moved to Lon- donderry, New Hampshire, and later Henry Camp- bell resided in Fletcher, Vermont, where his death occurred in 1813. He was the father of five sons, among whom was John.


(IV) John, son of Henry (2) Campbell, born 1786, was a blacksmith and farmer at West Henniker, and was among the best known and most respected citizens of the town, his influence for good being felt throughout the community. He was honored by his townspeople with many offices of trust, the duties of which he performed in an efficient and creditable manner. He married, December 23, 1812, Sarah, daughter of Oliver Noyes, and their children were: Eliza, Cyrus, James, and John C. John Campbell, after an active and useful life, died Sep- tember 7, 1863. His wife died April 30. 1858.


(\') John C., son of John Campbell, born in Henniker, New Hampshire, January II, 1822, was reared on the homestead and received his education in the district schools. In 1861 he removed to Hillsborough and accepted a position as cashier in the Hillsborough National Bank, which he held up to the time of his death, 1896, the unusual period of thirty-five years, his tenure of office being noted for ability and integrity.


His active career was characterized by the sterling qualities which insure good citizenship, and he won and retained the es- teem and confidence of those with whom he was brought in contact, either in business. political or social life. For more than two decades he served as town treasurer, and during the greater portion of this time was elected by both parties, this fact amply testifying to his popularity. He was a di- rector in the Petersborough & Hillsborough Rail- road and was instrumental in having the line com- pleted from Hillsborough to Petersborough. He was treasurer of the Society of the Congregational Church, and was a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter of Masons at Henniker, in which he held many offices and took great interest. Mr. Campbell


married Julia Darling Butler, born in Boston, Mas- sachusetts, who bore him six children, namely : E. Jennie, married Almon Oate, of Manchester. Mary E., married George A. Upton, formerly a lumber dealer of Townsend. Massachusetts, who died 1899. Julia D., married Walter Steele, of Stoneham. James H., died in infancy. James H., see forward. John B., born December 21, 1866, en- gaged in the express business in Concord, New Hampshire. The mother of these children died in 1898.


(VI) James H., son of John C. Campbell, was born in Hillsborough. July 27, 1865, was reared in Hillsborough Bridge and attended the schools there, also high school and business college of Manchester, New Hampshire. Prior to entering the insurance business in Manchester, in which line of work he is engaged at the present time (1907), he served in the capacity of teacher, for which calling he was thoroughly qualified. Mr. Campbell married Sarah Louise, daughter of Bush- rod W. Hill (q. v.). Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have two children: Bushrod Hill, born July 12, 1893; John Clifford, April 6, 1897.


This is unquestionably of English


RIXFORD descent and was early planted in New England. It is probably an offshoot of the Connecticut family of Rexford, but the connection has not been established by exten- sive research. The family was strongly represented in the Revolution by William Rixford and his sons, in Massachusetts.


(I) William Rixford was found in Medway, Massachusetts, as early as 1751. The records of Mendon, Massachusetts, show that he was married November 13, 1751, to Anna Thayer. He is then styled of Medway and he resided in that town until March, 1761. when he removed to Grafton, Massa- chusetts. At the Lexington alarm in 1775 he served in Captain Luke Drury's company of Minute Men, and marched April 19, and remained under arms sixteen days. He was still living in Grafton in 1782, and it is conjectured that he removed to Hardwick, Massachusetts. Five children were born to him in Medway, namely: Elizabeth, William, Samuel, Henry and Simon; and six in Grafton, namely : Anna, Phoebe, Samuel, Elijah, died young ; Joseph and Elijah.


(II) William (2), eldest son and second child of William (1) and Ann ( Thayer) Rixford. was born December 7, 1754, in Medway, Massachusetts, and lived a few years after 1774 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He served three enlistments in the Revolution from that town, and about 1782 he re- moved to Winchester, New Hampshire, accom- panied by his brothers Henry and Simon, and set- tled there permanently. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and in the Massachusetts rolls is credited with having marched from Grafton in Captain Luke Drury's company of Minute Men, belonging to Col-


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onel Artemas Ward's regiment. April 19, 1775. Ilaving cleared some ten acres and erected a log cabin he returned to Grafton for the purpose of bringing to their new habitation his family which consisted of his young wife, an infant son and his aged mother, all of whom journeyed thither on one horse. He reclaimed from the wilderness and brought to a good state of cultivation the farm which is now or was recently owned by A. A. Put- main, and the primitive log cabin that originallly sheltered the pioneer family, stood directly opposite the present dwelling house. It contained a Dutch fire place capable of holding a log eight feet long, and afforded ample protection from the wolves which frequently besieged it at night, but finding it impregnable they contented themselves by devour- ing the sheep. lIe married, January 28, 1779, Lucy Wilson, of Northboro, Massachusetts and his chil- dren were: Luther, Lucy, Ephraim, William, Sally, Artemas, Harriet, Solomon, and Finis. all of whom were natives of Winchester except the eldest.


( III ) Captain William, third son and fourth child of William and Lucy ( Wilson) Rixford, was horn at Winchester. It is quite probable that he ac- quired his title in the militia. He remained upon the homestead farm, and having assisted his father in erecting a more pretentious frame dwelling. he was left in possession of the cabin, which he continued to occupy for some years, or until completing an- other frame dwelling. Some twenty-five years later he removed to his father's residence, and his death occurred at the old homestead in 1869. He was an upright, conscientious man, a good neighbor and an honored citizen. He married Betsey Willard, daughter of Lieutenant Amos Willard. . and was the father of tive children: Eliza, now the widow of Clark Dodge and resides in Keene. Emily, who married (first), Willard Farrington, and (second) Ebenezer Clark, of Keene, where she spent the re- mainder of her life. William, Jr., Willard and Lucius, the two last named being twins.


(IV) Willard, of the children of Captain Wil- liam and Betsey ( Willard) Rixford, was born in Winchester, July 25, 1812, and died July 16, 1906. He grew to manhood as a farmer at the homestead, and his active years were devoted to that indepen- cent calling. Fle resided in the house erected by his father nearly one hundred years ago. up to his clecease, when he had attained his ninety-fourth year. He married Rhoda Coombs, and she became the mother of five children : Emily E., Henry W., Harriet E., Mary C. and William, who died in in- fancy. Of these the only survivor is Henry W., of Winchester.


(V) Henry W., second child of William and Rhoda (Coombs) Rixford, was born in Winchester, January 9, 1842. He attended the public schools, and at an early age began to assist his father in farming. Like his ancestors he has found agriculture an agrecable and satisfactory occupation, and for many years he has ably managed the homestead farm. Mr. Rixford has always refused to hold office, although he is a Republican of the stalwart type. The family attend the Universalist Church. On January 1. 1868, he married Elsie P. Stowell. born in Winchester, January 18, 1847, daughter of Roswell Stowell, whose birth took place in Ches- terfield, this state. November 17, 1815. Mr. and Mrs. Rixford are the parents of three children :


Della G., Nellie R. and Jessie P. Della G. married Burton G. Willard, and has two children: Elsie M. and Ella R. Willard. Nellie R. married Jesse Loreno Putnam, and they have six children: Willard A., Harold R., Marshall H., Bertha M., Marian B. and Clarence E. Jesse P. married P. H. Willard.


The original bearer of this cognomen


MOSELEY took it without doubt from the lo- cality in which he dwelt. The as- sumption of the name indicates that he was one who dwelt permanently at that place, and was a person of settled habits. When the religious troubles of the seventeenth century arose, a de- scendant of the first Moseley found his environ- ment made intolerable by fanatical oppression and removed from England to the freedom of the New England forest, and settling there was the first of five generations who lived contentedly, like their de- scendants, in the same town. The name and the record of the family both show that the Moseleys were (and still are) of that class of citizens who are well thought of by their neighbors, love home and can succeed wherever they choose to make their abiding place.


(I) John Moseley, whose name in the ancient records is spelled with many variations, as Mawdes- ley. Modesley, Madesley, but has long been fixed as Moseley, came probably in the ship "Mary and John," which sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20, 1630. settled at Dorchester, Massachu- setts, in 1630, was admitted freeman, March 14. 1639, and died there August 29, 1661. He married ( first ) Elizabeth (surname unknown), and by her had a son Joseph or John, born 1638, but whether any more children or not is unknown. His second wife, Cicely , died November 3, 1661. She named in her will three children: John, Elizabeth and Thomas.


( Il) Thomas, youngest child of John and Cicely Moseley, was born in Dorchester, where he died Oc- tober 22, 1706. He was admitted to the church in 1658. lle married, October 28, 1658, Mary, daugh- ter of Thomas Lawrence, of Hingham. She died April, 1723. They had nine children : Increase. John, Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth, Unite, Ebenezer, Nathaniel and Joseph.


(1]]) Ebenezer, fifth son and seventh child of Thomas and Mary ( Lawrence) Moseley, was born in Dorchester, September 4, 1673, and died Septem- ber 19, 1740. He was constable, 1705, town treas- tirer, 1720, town clerk, 1721, and selectman, 1719-21. He married ( first) Elizabeth, daughter of William Trescott, and (second) Hannah, daughter of John Weeks.


(IV) Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Elizabethi (Trescott ) Aloseley, was born May 19, 1695, mar- ried. May 29. 1718, Elizabeth Atherton, born April 14. 1701, daughter of Humphrey and Elizabeth Atherton, of Dorchester.


(\') Thomas, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth ( Atherton) Moseley, born in Dorchester, June 2, 1728, married. April 23, 1752, Esther Davis, born in Dorchester, November 7. 1731, daughter of Jona- than, Jr., and Sarah Davis. She died April 21, 18II.


(VI) Samuel Moseley, son of Thomas and Esther ( Davis) Moseley, born in Dorchester, Mas- sachusetts, October 3. 1765, died in Weathersfield, Vermont, June 20. 1828, aged sixty-two years. When


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a young man he went with his brother Ebenezer to Weathersfield, where he resided and carried on the business of tanning. He married, December 29. 1793, Priscilla Baker, daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail Baker. Mr. Baker died May 24. 1798, aged fifty-seven years. His wife died January 24, 1780. The children of Samuel and Priscilla (Baker) Moseley were: Baker, Fanny, Elmira, Laurena, Franklin and Francis (twins), Abigail Preston, Es- ther Christia and Eleanor.


(VII) Franklin, second son and fifth child of Samuel and Priscilla (Baker) Moseley, was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, August 4, 1804, and died January 12, 1894. in Concord. His boyhood was passed in his native town. where he went to school and between terms rendered such aid as he could to his father. When about sixteen years of age he went to Boston, and as he had but little money, but was possessed of a sound physical constitution and plenty of energy, he made the journey on foot, as was not an uncommon thing in those days. On his arrival in Boston he took a place as clerk in a dry goods store, where he worked for a time. From Boston he went to New Chester, now Hill, New Hampshire, and in January. 1828, he and his twin brother Francis entered into a partnership and opened a general store.


In those days money was not plenty, and many who bought goods could only pay for them in work. To accommodate this class of customers the Moseley firm bought palm leaf strips which the wo- men wove into hats that were sent to Boston to be sold. After the partnership had existed some years, Francis Moseley died June 30, 1833, and Franklin continued the business alone, and also had other stores at Sanbornton and Danbury. In addition to the mercantile business he engaged in the manu- facture of shoes. He had a shop in which he em- ployed twenty or thirty men, and this constituted a large business in those days, when all the goods were hauled by teams between Hill and Concord, twenty-seven miles distant, and transportation be- tween Concord and Boston was principally done by the Boston and Concord Boating Company, which ran a line of boats between those two cities by canal and the Merrimack river, a distance of eighty- five miles, until 1842, when the Concord Railroad was finished. Mr. Moseley's business ability and personal integrity are made evident by the fact that while a resident of Hill he was elected to and filled the offices of town clerk, selectman, justice of the peace, and representative in the state legislature.


In 1852 he removed to Concord and entered the employ of J. A. Gilmore & Company. wholesale dealers in flour and grain, and October 30. 1854, he and David T. Watson bought out the interest of J. A. Gilmore (afterward governor), but kept the old name of J. A. Gilmore & Company. This firm then consisted of Asahel Clapp, John H. Pearson, Benja- min Grover, David T. Watson and Franklin Mosc- ley. Subsequently the name of the firm was J. H. Pearson. Barron & Company, Barron, Dodge & Company, J. V. Barron & Company, Howe, Moseley


& Company, John H. Barron & Company, and Moseley & Company.


After his removal to Concord, Mr. Moseley never sought official recognition at the hands of his fellow citizens. He attended the South Congrega- tional Church, of which he was a liberal supporter. His political affiliations were Democratic. He was emphatically a business man, and his life was one of steady and active devotion to business and family. He retired from active mercantile pursuits about 1870. with success achieved through long years of faithful attention to business and upright dealings.


He married, in Hill, February 24, 1835, Lydia Rowell Hoyt, born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, April 12, 1806. (see Hoyt VII) and their children were: John Francis and Carroll and Carlos Beck- with (twins).


(VIII) John Francis, oldest of the three sons of Franklin and Lydia R. (Hoyt) Moseley, was born in Hill, July 20, 1838, and died in Concord, August 12, 1905. He received a common school education. and learned how to transact mercantile business in his father's store. On the removal of his father's family to Concord John F. accompanied them, and from 1853 to 1898 was actively engaged in the flour and grain business, from which he re- tired in 1900. During this period he was associated either as clerk or as partner in most of the firms of which his father was a member in Concord. For several years before his death he was interested in the firm of G. N. Bartemus & Company, though not in an active personal sense.


Mr. Moseley was a good business man and took a pride in doing things well. He was a man of high principles and sterling character. Of a natur- ally reserved and retiring disposition, the number of his acquaintances was not large. Those who were brought into his favored circle speak in terms of highest admiration of him. Without display he acted well the part of an exemplary citizen, and found true success in business by giving every man his due. In the sphere where he was best known he is greatly missed and truly mourned. His prin- ciples were thoroughly established, and he was a sincere Democrat, though he took no active part in political movements. While he shunned often- proffered official responsibility, he never shirked his duty as a citizen. always expressing his convictions at the polls, and leaving political preferment to others who might desire it.


He married, August 23, 1880, Abbie Fletcher, born June 6, 1845, in London, New Hampshire, daughter of James and Catherine (Orr) Fletcher, the former a native of Loudon and the latter of Chester or Auburn. James Fletcher was a son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Chase) Fletcher, who were married in 1799. and Joshua was a son of James Fletcher. Mrs. Moseley resides in the beautiful home erected in 1899-1900 by her husband, located on Warren street, Concord.


(VIII) Carlos Beckwith. youngest son of Franklin and Lydia R. (Hoyt) Moseley, was born July 15, 1843, in Hill, and educated in the common


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schools of that town and in Concord, after the re- moval of his father to the latter place. In 1860 he was appointed to a clerkship in the Concord post- office and filled that place a year. From 1861 to 1863 he was employed as a telegrapher, and the following seven years as a clerk in the offices of the Concord Railroad Company. In 1870 he took a position in the flour and grain business, where he was steadily engaged for the following thirty years, devoting his time and energy to that business, first as a clerk and later as a partner, and meeting with well deserved success. He retired in 1900, at the same time as his brother John, and has since that time heen interested in real estate at York Beach. Maine. Diligence in business, reliability, and an affable manner have been three important factors in Mr. Moseley's success. He is a Democrat, but takes no active part in political affairs, and attends the South Congregational Church.


Carlos B. Moseley was married in Concord. No- vember 28, 1872, by Rev. F. O. Ayer, pastor of North Congregational Church, to Helen A. Morgan, daughter of Charles L. and Josephine A. (Spiller) Morgan, of Concord. They have two children : Charles Franklin, the elder, married Lida B. Knowles. of Fort Fairfield, Maine. Lydia Jose- phine, married Frank Webster Sanborn, and has one child, Waldo Moseley Sanborn. All reside in Concord. In IS98 Mr. Moseley began the erection of his handsome home, on Merrimack street, Con- cord. It was completed in 1900, and is fitted with the appointments, adornments and comforts of a thoroughly modern dwelling.


DUNLAP The Scotch blood which is borne by many citizens of New Hampshire has done much to maintain the high moral standard of the state, and has also been active in clearing away the forest and developing its re- sources and industries.


(I) Archibald Dunlap removed from the north of Ireland and was among those to early arrive in New Hampshire. settling in' Chester. He located on home lot No. 26 of that town. In 1741 he mar- ried Martha, daughter of Joseph Neal, of that town, and their children were: Joseph, James, John, Mary, William, Sarah. Samuel and Martha. The father and the three daughters died within a period of three weeks of a throat disorder, which was probably diphtheria.


(II) Samuel, youngest son and seventh child of Archibald and Martha (Neal) Dunlap, was born in Chester, and was bound out to learn the carpenter's trade. While residing in Chester he worked largely at his trade in Concord. and assisted in erecting the steeple of the first church built in that town in 1783. Soon after attaining his majority he married Nancy Corcoran and settled first in Henniker. In 1797 he removed to Salisbury. New Hampshire, and there died August 2, 1830. On December 30, 1806, he bought a half interest in the saw mill of David Pettingill, on the site of the present Prince Mill. and on the tenth of the following March he pur-


chased the other part of the property. thus becoming sole owner. To this he added a gristmill and the records show that on April 13, 18II. he sold saw and grist mills to his sons, John and James. His. children were: Sarah, Joseph, Samuel, John, James, William, Mary, Thomas (died young), David, Nancy, Thomas, Daniel and Joel.


(III) David, seventh son and ninth child of Samuel and Nancy (Corcoran) Dunlap, was born April 2, 1794, in Henniker. New Hampshire, and early in life went to Schenectady, New York, where he learned the trade of saddler with his uncle, Will- iam Dunlap. He settled in Newburyport, Massa- chusetts, and died there in November, 1829. He married in that town, February 4. 1824, Fanny, daughter of Abel and Bridget (Smith) Bartlett. She was born January 15, 1801, in Newburyport, where she died September 24. 1829. Their children were : Joseph D., William and Henry S. The eld- est son resides in Westfield, Massachusetts. The- second in Salisbury and the third in Concord. New Hampshire.


(IV) William, second son of David and Fanny (Bartlett) Dunlap, was born August 23, 1826, in Newburyport, Massachusetts. and went to Salisbury, New Hampshire, when three years of age to live with his uncle, James D. Dunlap, and remained with him sixteen years. In the meantime he had the ad- vantages of the excellent schools of Salisbury, and at the same time learned the milling business which he continued for many years. He was a student for a time at Tilton Academy and then entered the employ of Cyrus Gookin at West Salisbury. At the age of eighteen years he went to Concord and for two or three years was employed in the manufacture of sash and blinds, which was conducted by Daniel H. Dunlap. Returning to Salisbury he became a partner of Cyrus Gookin, January 1, 1857. and for seventeen years they conducted a mercantile busi- ness at West Salisbury. After the death of Mr. Gookin Mr. Dunlap continued the business alone and purchased the interest of his partner from his heirs, and thus continued until old age compelled his retirement from active labor. He died Febru- ary 23, 1897. For many years succeeding the estab- lishment of a postoffice at West Salisbury he was the postmaster in charge. He was several years clerk of the town, and in 1893 represented the town in the legislature. In political principles he was a Democrat. He married (first), May 22. 1851, Emelia T. Severance. daughter and thirteenth child of Joseph and Anna (Currier) Severance, of Andover. She was born April 12, 1826, and died March 31. 1855, in Concord. Mr. Dunlap married (second), May 2, 1858, Ellen C., daughter of Rich- ard and Alice H. (Watson) Fellows, of Salisbury. She was born 'July 16, 1834. She is the mother of all of his children, namely: Frank H., Willie G. and Fred A. The second resides in Concord and the third in Antrim.


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was a student at Proctor Academy in Andover, after which he was employed as a clerk in the store of his father at West Salisbury. In 1857 he went to Meredith, New Hampshire, and was there em- ployed by J. W. Bead & Company, grocers, until 1880. In that year he was engaged by J. T. Taylor, of Tilton, with whom he continued four years. He then returned to Salisbury, and was engaged in his father's store until the death of the latter, when he became his successor and is still conducting the business. In 1884 Mr. Dunlap established a poul- try business in Salisbury, beginning with twenty hens and has now five hundred and out of their earnings has built thirteen houses for them. Since 1880 this business has netted him about ten thousand dollars. This is a very positive, affirmative answer to the oft-repeated question in agricultural journals, "Do hens pay?" Mr. Dunlap is a Democrat in prin- ciple, but is independent in political action and is popular with his townsmen. For four years he served the town as treasurer and was elected repre- sentative in 1889. He is a member of Merrimack Lodge, No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Franklin, and of the Royal Lodge, Ancient Or- der of United Workmen, of the same town. He is a regular attendant and supporter of the Baptist Church. He has been successful in business as a result of his industry and correct calculations.




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