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HISTORY
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VOLUME I. NARRATIVE-VOLUME II. GENEALOGIES
V. 2 Pt.l
VOLUME II
BY
EZRA S. STEARNS, A.M.
MEMBER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL, NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL AND AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES
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PRINTED FOR THE TOWN BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 1906
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"These were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of the times "
OLD TESTAMENT
PREFACE.
U NDER the direction and with the assistance of the Town History Committee, Rev. Moses T. Runnels, an accom- plished genealogist, was actively employed two years in the col- lection of material for the registers of Plymouth families. In this work he was a devoted and a tireless laborer. Before the col- lection of material was completed, and before any of the registers were prepared for the press, his faithful labor was suddenly arrested by his death. Many of the pages of this volume are memorials to his industry and intelligent investigation.
In a research for the earlier American generations of the Ply- mouth families, in extending the record of the registers and in preparing them for the press, I have written over two thousand letters, and have labored without interruption two years.
The constant types of mental and moral forces which have characterized many of the families of Plymouth through suc- ceeding generations, and the influence for good or ill effected by intermarriage, present an interesting study of the law of inher- itance. And in the same connection a study of the manners, customs, and usages of the early settlers in the valley of the Pemigewasset, compared with those of the present generation, will present abundant evidence of the intellectual progress and the improvement in the conditions of life which have attended the succession of years.
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With unalloyed pleasure and with grateful and enduring mem- ories I freely acknowledge the efficient and constant assistance of all the members of the Town History Committee and of Louisa V. George, Charlotte E. Dearborn, Martha M. Clark, Helen M. Clark, - all of Plymouth. To the New Hampshire State Library, the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the New England Historic Genealogical Society I am indebted for free access to their accumulating volumes of genealogy. It is a part of the pleasure attending the completion of this volume that I am per- mitted to express my gratitude to Rev. John L. Merrill of Fitch- burg, Mass., for his efficient assistance in compiling the Merrill register, to C. F. Burge of Hollis and Guy S. Rix of Concord for polite attention to repeated inquiries. From Dexter D. Dow and Russell T. Bartlett, custodians of county records, and from George A. Gordon, corresponding secretary of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, I have received many valuable favors which have been incorporated in this volume.
EZRA S. STEARNS. FITCHBURG, Mass., 1905.
HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH, N. H.
ABBOT.
1. JOHN ABBOT, b. Loudon, about 1762 ; was a soldier in the Revo- lution, serving as a drummer in the 3d Continental Regiment, com- manded by Col. Scammell, from July, 1779, to the close of the war. There was a John Abbot in Col. Stark's regiment, 1775, in Col. Wyman's regiment, 1776, and in Col. Stickney's regiment, 1777. It is possible that he served before July, 1779. After the Revolution he settled in Warren, and was a fifer in the militia, a school-teacher, and a shoemaker. He m. May 20, 1793, Phebe Wells, dau. of Win- throp Wells (see). He enlisted in the War of 1812, and d. at Concord, of scarlet fever April 13, 1813. His widow, Phebe, d. Warren, 1854.
i. SALLY, b. Oct. 1, 1793, m. George Libbey, b. August 22, 1792, son of Luke Libbey. They lived in Warren ; seven children.
ii. NANCY, b. Jan. 31, 1795, m. Nathaniel P. Libbey, b. March 2, 1795, son of Luke Libbey. They lived in Warren.
iii. POLLY, b. June 30, 1796, m. Thomas Hobart (see).
iv. BETSEY, b. Oct. 15, 1797, m. Samuel Brown, son of William Brown of Orford. He d. May 25, 1835 ; she m. second, 1848, James Morrison of Plymouth (see).
v. SUSAN, b. Feb. 7, 1799, m. George Copp, of Warren. They removed to Newfield, N. J.
vi. RUTH, b. Oct. 6, 1800, d. 1802.
vii. HANNAH, b. Jan. 18, 1802, m. Cotton Hall. They lived and died in Piermont.
viii. RUTH, b. August 21, 1803, m. John Lowe. They removed to Walden, Vt.
ix. COTTON, b. August 12, 1805. d. young.
x. ENOCH MERRILL, b. August 13, 1807. d. young.
xi. LOUISA, b. Oct. 25, 1810, m. Washington George, of Plymouth (see). ABBOT.
1. JOHN HUSE ABBOT, son of Charles and Lucy A. (Bunton) Abbot, b. Hookset, Feb. 16, 1842 ; came to Plymouth, 1867. He was the village barber, and was familiarly called "Johnnie Abbot, the barber." He d. Feb. 12, 1898, unm.
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ADAMS.
1. WILLIAM ADAMS, the ancestor of a substantial branch of the Adams families of America, was of Cambridge, Mass., 1635, freeman 1639, and removed to Ipswich, Mass., 1641. In 1646 he was a selectman, and the following year he was excused from military duty on account of age. He d. 1661 ; his widow was living 1681. His homestead was in the part of Ipswich now Hamilton. Seven children.
2. JOHN ADAMS, son of William 1, b. about 1631, was a farmer of Ipswich and was a lieutenant. His first wife, Rebecca, d. Dec. 31, 1666. He m. second, 1667, Sarah (Woodman) Brocklebank, dau. of Archelaus Woodman, of Newbury, and widow of John Brockle- bank, of Rowley ; she d. May 31, 1676 ; he m. third May 8, 1677, Dorcas DeWitt. He d. 1703. His widow d. Nov. 9, 1707. Six children.
3. ARCHELAUS ADAMS, son of Lieut. John2 and Sarah, b. about 1673. He was a soldier, 1695. He was a farmer and at times an innholder in Newbury and in Salisbury. He m. March 18, 1697/8, Sarah (Coker) March, b. Newbury, Nov. 28, 1676, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Hathorn) Coker, and widow of Hugh March, of Newbury. She d. in Newbury, March 4, 1717/8. He m. second, March 4, 1718/9, Sarah Green, a widow, and third, April 20, 1742, Mary Pearson, widow of James Pearson. He d. 1753. His will is dated May 24, 1753, and proved Sept. 27, 1753. The first wife was the mother of his eight children.
4. ARCHELAUS ADAMS, son of Archelaus3, b. Nov. 21, 1714, lived in Salisbury. He was a joiner and shipwright. He m. April 28, 1737, Mercy Dow, b. prob. 1718, dau. of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Perkins) Dow, of Hampton, N. H. He d. in Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 1, 1783. Mercy, his widow, d. Sept. 25, 1784. Twelve children. Their son, Archelaus, Jr., settled in Salisbury, N. H. He was the grandfather of Ezra E. Adams, D.D., and James O. Adams, well known in New Hampshire.
5. JOSEPH ADAMS, son of Archelaus 4, b. in Salisbury, April 19, 1745. He m. 1768, published August 13, Mary Currier. See Massa- chusetts War Rolls for an honorable record of service in the Revo- lution. He d. 1803, and was buried at Salisbury, Mass. It is supposed by some that he lived a few years immediately previous to his death in Salisbury, N. H., and by others that he was in Ply- mouth a short time. Seven children.
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6. JOHN ADAMS, son of Joseph 5, was born in Salisbury, Mass., Oct. 9, 1771. He m. 1796, Sally Currier, b. Newton, August 1, 1777, and removed to this town, 1801, and settled at Adams Hill. He was collector of taxes, 1817-1819 ; a postrider or mail-carrier from Ply- mouth to Portsmouth, 1821-1823 ; a deputy sheriff, 1831-1836. He removed to West Plymouth about 1836, where he d. Oct. 11, 1863 ; his wife d. April 15, 1858.
7. i. JOHN, b. March 12, 1798. m. Cordelia Bailey.
ii. BARTLETT, b. Nov. 30, 1799. m. Mary C. Kimball, b. in Groton, Feb. 17, 1806, dau. of Joseph and Nancy (Currier) Kimball (see). He was an ironer of steam-boats, and an active and successful man in business. He lived at St. Louis, Mo. He d. April 4. 1874; she d. Dec. 23, 1869. Four children.
iii. PHILENA, b. Jan. 4, 1803. m. Jonathan George Cummings (see).
iv. MARY C., b. Jan. 12, 1805, lived in Plymouth; d. unm. Oct. 20, 1881,
v. ALMIRA, b. Sept. 23, 1807. d. March 10, 1826.
vi. JAMES MADISON, b. Nov. 21, 1809. He was a farmer of this town; d. unm. August 3, 1841.
vii. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 23, 1811. He was a cabinet maker ; lived in Boston, Mass. m. Mary Call. He d. August 2, 1864.
viii. SARAH JANE, b. July 5, 1813. d. April 13, 1816.
ix. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Nov. 5, 1815. d. March 13, 1816.
X. SARAH JANE, b. April 13, 1817. m. Thomas Bradford, lived in Boston, Mass. She d. August 2, 1880.
xi. EMILY GRACE, b. May 20, 1819. m. 1816, Alvin C. Hill, of Rumney. She d. May 15, 1878.
8. xii. THOMAS JEFFERSON, b. Nov. 5, 1822. m. Jan. 5, 1848, Mary Jane Remich.
7. JOHN ADAMS, son of John 6, b. March 12, 1798. m. 1823, Cor- delia Bailey, dau. of Solomon Bailey, of Hopkinton and Plymouth (see). In town records he is styled Capt. John Adams, Jr. He was a farmer. He d. in this town Dec. 2, 1850. Seven children.
i. JULIA MARIA, b. August 20, 1824. m. - Butler. Four chil- dren : (1) Cordelia, (2) Lucia, (3) Carrie Ella, (4) Orrie Godfrey.
ii. ALMIRA PETERS, b. June 1, 1826. m. Dec. 12, 1847, Charles D. Rowell. She d. June 22, 1850, leaving a daughter Charlotte.
iii. ANNETTE HALL, b. June 27, 1830. m. Dec. 1, 1849, William Levan Ellsworth. m. second Calvin M. Andrews. She is living in Ashland. One child by first and three by second marriage : (1) William Ellsworth, (2) Fannie Andrews, (3) Cora Andrews, (4) George Andrews.
iv. JOSEPH ALBA, b. Dec. 24, 1835. d. March 18, 1836.
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v. CARLOS ALPHONSO, b. Feb. 4, 1837. d. Jan. 15, 1839.
9. vi. EDGAR ALONZO, b. April 27, 1839.
vii. ADELAIDE VICTORIA, b. July 21, 1844. d. Jan. 6, 1850.
8. THOMAS JEFFERSON ADAMS, son of John 6, b. Nov. 5, 1822. m. Jan. 5, 1848, Mary Jane Remich, b. May 9, 1816, dau. of James and Sally (Hayes) Remich, of Berwick, Me. He was in the provision business several years in Boston, Mass. Returning to Plymouth, 1850, he was a drover and engaged in forwarding and selling cattle in Brighton, Mass. He was a good townsman and deeply interested in the prosperity of Plymouth. Their silver and their golden wedding anniversaries were observed, and many friends and relatives tendered words of friendship and congratulation. He d. April 22, 1900 ; she d. April 15, 1901.
9. EDGAR ALONZO ADAMS, son of John7, b. April 27, 1839. m. Oct. 30, 1861, Marietta Louisa Norris, b. Groton, Feb. 20, 1841, dau. of John and Myra (Holden ) Norris (see). He enlisted 1861, 6th N. H. Regiment, and served three years. For many years maintaining a home in Plymouth, he was engaged in teaching vocal music. He d. Nov. 8, 1885. Six children.
i. WILLIAM FREDERIC, b. Hampton, Va., Nov. 27, 1864. m. August 31, 1893, Glennie Anne Bartlett, b. Bethlehem, Oct. 17, 1872, dau. of Charles L. and Martha E. (Brown) Bartlett, of Bethlehem. She grad. State Normal School, 1893. He was a popular employé in the Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, several years, and from 1897 to 1902 he was associated with Mr. Elliot in the joint management of this well-managed hotel. He is now proprietor of the Senate restaurant, Washington, D. C.
ii. FLORA MAY, b. April 19, 1866. m. June 27, 1894, Fred LeVerne Spalding, a teacher, and for several years principal of Franklin St. Grammar School in Manchester. (1) Frederick Noyes, b. Jan. 29, 1897.
iii. EDGAR VERNON, b. June 22, 1868. d. Sept. 12, 1871.
iv. LILLIAN MAUD, b. Feb. 24, 1872. m. Oct. 22, 1891, Frank Eugene Wadleigh, ticket agent, B. & M. R.R., Concord, N. H.
v. MYRA HOLDEN, b. July 20, 1873. m. Charles Cheney Wright (see).
vi. ALMON EDGAR, b. Oct. 22, 1879. Columbia University, 1903.
10. MOSES ADAMS, son of Joseph 5, and brother of John 6, b. Jan. 2, 1790. m. Nov., 1817, Miriam Rideout, dau. of John and Sarah (Marsh) Rideout (see). He was a farmer in Plymouth, first at West Plymouth and later at Adams Hill. He d. August 29, 1855 ; his widow, a native of this town, d. April 5, 1885. Eight children.
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i. SAMANTHA, b. Jan. 12, 1819. d. young.
ii. CLARK W., b. Sept. 11 or 19, 1821. d. young.
iii. RUTH, b. Sept. 12, 1823. d. Sept. 26, 1824.
iv. FLORETTA ROSE, b. July 8, 1825. m. Jan. 11, 1853, Samuel Bin- ford, a carpenter, in Chelsea, Mass. He lived a few years in Plymouth, and d. here April 30, 1866. She d. Nov. 28, 1874.
V. GEORGE CLINTON, b. March 4, 1827. d. Nov. 7, 1859.
vi. CHARLES W., b. March 26, 1829. d. Concord, Nov. 5, 1874.
vii. LOUISA. H. d. young.
11. viii. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Jan. 19, 1835.
11. WILLIAM HENRY ADAMS, son of Moses 10, b. Jan. 19, 1835. m. Nov. 2, 1862, Romenia Coolidge Wells, dau. of Henry Wells (see). He was a carpenter and a farmer, living the later years of his life at Ward Hill ; selectman, 1892-1893. He d. by an accident Nov. 5, 1901. Two children.
i. GEORGE FRANCIS, b. Dec. 28, 1864. m. June 3, 1891, Alice Ella Mignault. He res. a farmer in Plymouth. Three children.
(1) George Henry, b. April 19, 1892; (2) Harry, b. July 20, 1894; (3) Edna Pearl, b. Oct. 12, 1898.
ii. FLORA ESTELLA, b. June 28, 1872. m. Jan. 27, 1892, Justin F. McClure, b. Feb. 11, 1866, son of George W. and Mary A. (Merrill) McClure, of Hebron.
12. NATHANIEL ADAMS, son of William 1, and brother of John 2, b. in the part of Ipswich now Hamilton, Mass., about 1641; freeman May 27, 1674. He inherited his father's farm. He m. June 30, 1668, Mercy Dickinson, b. 1646, dau. of Thomas and Jennet Dickin- son of Rowley. He d. Ipswich, April 11, 1715; she d. Dec. 12, 1735.
13. NATHANIEL ADAMS, son of Nathaniel 12, b. July 11, 1670, was a farmer of Ipswich, Mass. He m. Jan., 1693/4, Abigail Kimball, b. Ipswich, 1668, dau. of Caleb and Anna (Hazeltine) Kimball. He d. August 31, 1736 ; she d. May 30, 1755.
14. WILLIAM ADAMS, son of Nathaniel 13, b. Nov. 26, 1696. m. 1715, Mary Warner. He was a farmer in Ipswich until 1771, when he removed to Moultonboro'. His will, dated July 3, 1775, was proved, Strafford Co., Sept. 21, 1775. He names sons William Nathaniel and John, and daughters, Mary Whipple, Abigail Bolles, and Sarah Low.
15. JOHN ADAMS, son of William 14, b. Ipswich, July, 1731. m. 1754, intentions July 20, Mary Lamson. He settled in
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Moultonboro', 1768. In a list of settlers and improvements made in Moultonboro', 1771, the brothers, William and John Adams, jointly, were proprietors of three dwelling-houses, a store, a barn, a smith-shop, a wharf and warehouse, one hundred acres of improved land, twenty-five head of cattle, ten sheep. At this time there were eleven persons in both families. In the Revolution he was commis- sioned, 1776, a lieutenant in the sixth company of Col. Badger's regiment of militia, and the following year he was a lieutenant in Capt. Chase Taylor's company, Col. Stickney's regiment, Gen. Stark's brigade, from July to September. He was a selectman of Moulton- boro', 1779, 1781, 1784. He d. 1814.
16. ISAAC ADAMS, son of Lieut. John 15, b. Ipswich, 1765, bapt. Feb. 10, lived in Moultonboro' from 1768 to 1788, when he removed to Campton. He m. Sarah Eaton. He d. about 1844.
17. JACOB ADAMS, son of Isaac 16, b. Nov. 7, 1787. m. Jan. 21, 1817, Mary Foss, b. Sept. 28, 1796. He was a farmer and a respected citizen of Campton, and was one of the founders and a life-long adherent of the M. E. Church in Plymouth, and in politics he was one of the pioneers in the cause of anti-slavery. He d. in Campton, March 15, 1869. She d. May 14, 1866.
18. ISAAC LAMSON ADAMS, son of Jacob 17, b. Campton, Jan. 12, 1820. m. June 1, 1847, Louisa Cox Blair, dau. of Judge Walter Blair (see). He was a farmer and lived in Campton. In his social and church relations he was intimately associated with the people of Plymouth. He was frequently elected to office, and represented Campton in the legislature 1857 and 1858. He d. Dec. 20, 1889.
19. GEORGE HERBERT ADAMS, son of Isaac Lamson 18, b. Campton, May 18, 1851. Dartmouth College, 1873. He is a lawyer of Ply- mouth, and has resided in this town since 1877. See biographical sketch in Vol. I. He was a delegate from Campton in the Constitu- tional convention, which convened Dec., 1876 ; representative from Plymouth, 1883; State senator, 1899 ; county solicitor for Grafton Co., 1895-1899. He was Judge Advocate-General on the staff of Gov. John B. Smith, 1893-1895, and is president of the Pemigewasset National Bank. Gen. Adams m. June 14, 1877, Sarah Katherine Smith, b. Meredith, Sept. 21, 1850, dau. of John and Sarah Jane (Badger) Smith. Two children.
i. WALTER BLAIR, b. Dec. 13, 1887.
ii. GEORGE HERBERT, b. April 12, 1800.
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AHERN.
1. WILLIAM AHERN, a resident of Queenstown, Ireland, came to America, 1849, and lived in Black Brook, Clinton Co., N. Y.
2. JOHN AHERN, b. in Ireland, March 14, 1836, was thirteen years of age when the family emigrated to America. He m. Nov. 13, 1859, Julia Ann Lawliss, b. May 22, 1838, dau. of Laurence and Catherine Mary (French) Lawliss. He was a farmer. He d. in Manchester, Nov. 22, 1893. The family purchased the Reed place, on the Lower Interval, 1897, and removed to this town.
i. WILLIAM, b. Black Brook, N. Y., May 17, 1861. m. Bertha M. Young. He is an engineer at Clinton, Mass.
ii. LAURENCE ANDREW, b. Dannamora, N. Y., March 7, 1863. d. April 16, 1883.
iii. JOHN, b. Peru, N. Y., May 12, 1865, a farmer of this town.
iv. RICHARD, b. Peru, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1867. d. May 30, 1886.
v. DAVID PETER, b. Black Brook, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1869. m. July 3, 1899, Margaret Emily Casey, of Milford. He is a stone mason at Three Rivers, Mass.
vi. HENRY, b. Saranac, N. Y., March 27, 1872. He is a carpenter in Plymouth.
vii. ELLEN ELIZABETHI, b. Saranac, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1874, res. in Plymouth.
viii. HANNAII, b. Saranac, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1876. State Normal School, 1901.
ix. STEVENS EMMETT, b. Saranac, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1879. Grad. Ply- mouth High School, 1901.
x. MARY AGNES, b. Dannamora, June 19, 1883. Plymouth High School, 1903.
AIKEN.
1. BENJAMIN AIKEN, son of John, b. Wentworth, April 13, 1796. m. Jan. 19, 1817, Sally Phillips. He removed to Eden, Vt., where he d. May 2, 1869.
2. ORRIN LIVINGSTON AIKEN, son of Benjamin 1, b. Dec. 3, 1822. m. July 8, 1845, Laura Edmunds, of Albany, Vt. He removed from Hyde Park, Vt., to Plymouth, 1878. He d. Oct. 8, 1879.
3. REV. EDWIN JOSEPH AIKEN, b. Hyde Park, Vt., May 3, 1849. He came to Plymouth, 1865, and removed to Pittsfield, 1869, where he was engaged several years in the clothing and dry goods business. He was ordained and settled over the Congregational church at East Concord, 1885. In 1893, he asked for a dismission, which
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was granted, and he became secretary of the New Hampshire Bible Society, res. in Concord. He m. May 20, 1869, Anna Elizabeth Green.
i. JULIA MILDRED, b. Nov. 3, 1871. d. Dec. 13, 1878.
ALDEN.
1. JOHN ALDEN, b. England, about 1599, came to Plymouth, Mass., in the Mayflower, 1620, and soon after settled in Duxbury. He was a representative 1641 to 1649, and many years an assistant, and beginning 1653 for several years he was one of the Council of War. He m. Priscilla Mullens, dau. of William Mullens. Eight children.
2. JOSEPH ALDEN, son of John Alden 1. m. Mary Simmons, and was one of the original settlers of Duxbury, where he d. Feb. 8, 1697. Three sons.
3. JOSEPH ALDEN, son of Joseph Alden2, b. 1668. m. 1690, Hannah Dunham, dau. of Daniel Dunham. He lived in South Bridgewater, Mass., where he d. Dec. 22, 1747. Ten children.
4. DANIEL ALDEN, son of Joseph Alden 3, b. 1690. m. 1717, Abigail Shaw, dau. of Joseph Shaw. About 1750 he removed from Bridgewater to Stafford, Conn., where he d. 1767. Ten children.
5. JOSEPH ALDEN, b. 1718. m. Susanna Packard, dau. of Solomon Packard. He was a magistrate of Stafford. He d. May 3, 1768.
6. ZENAS ALDEN, b. Stafford, July 1, 1748. m. Lydia Pinney. He settled in Lebanon, N. H., with other emigrants from Connecticut. He d. 1833.
7. ZIBA ALDEN, son of Zenas Alden 6, b. in Lebanon, and lived there many years, but d. in Illinois. He m. Sybel Allen.
8. PHINEAS ALDEN, son of Ziba 7, b. Lebanon, Jan. 17, 1806. m. Jan. 18, 1830, Martha Parkhurst, dau. of Ebenezer Parkhurst, of South Royalton, Vt. He lived in St. Johnsbury, Vt. d. in Lyndon- ville, Vt., Dec. 10, 1877.
9. HORACE ALLEN ALDEN, son of Phineas Alden 8, b. Feb. 16, 1832. He was master mechanic of Passumpsic R. R., 1852-1872, res. at St. Johnsbury ; mechanical superintendent Canada Central R.R., 1872-1878, res. at Brockville, P. Q .; also South Eastern R.R., 1879-1883, res. at West Farnum, P. Q. After a short residence in Peoria, Ill., where he was manager of the Acme Hay Harvester, he came to Plymouth, 1891, where he was superintendent of the pulp mill at Livermore Falls. The mill was burned, 1895, and
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he removed to Laconia. He m. Dec. 11, 1860, Elizabeth M. Eaton, b. Feb. 26, 1839, dau. of Stillman and Mehitable A. (Watson) Eaton. Four children.
i. FRED HORACE, b. Sept. 28, 1861. d. Oct. 12, 1867.
ii. FRANK EATON, b. June 30, 1864. Grad. St. Johnsbury Academy, 1884. m. June 2, 1888, Lucy M. Woods; res. in Stoneham, Mass.
iii. PARK HENRY, b. Sept. 15, 1866. d. August 15, 1868.
iv. HERBERT WATSON, b. Dec. 20, 1870. Grad. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, 1893. Mechanical Engineer of Electric Co., Hartford, Conn. He m. Dec. 27, 1893, Madelaine HI. Greer, of Boston.
ALLS.
1. DAVID ALLS, probably from Merrimack or vicinity, came to Plymouth, 1790, or the preceding year. He m. in this town March 18, 1790, Lydia Wells, dau. of Benjamin Wells (see). He was con- tinuously taxed from 1790 to 1834. Tradition asserts that he was a good marksman, and that his skill was richly rewarded at the expense of the animal kingdom. A gun, once his favorite and still having a wise and solemn appearance, is now one of the treasures of Mr. W. G. Hull. This name is frequently written Alld and Allds. Ten children b. in Plymouth.
i. JACOB MARSH, b. June 18, 1791. Taxed 1819-1821.
ii. SARAH, b. March 20, 1793. m. Isaac Shute (see). m. second Peter Draper '(see).
iii. - WILLIAM, b. April 18, 1795. Taxed 1818-1821.
iv. DAVID, b. Feb. 10, 1797. Taxed 1821-1822.
v. MELISSA, b. August 21, 1800. m. July 25, 1831, Hart Davenport, of Boston.
vi. ROSILLA, b. April 8, 1802. unm. d. Plymouth, August 27, 1869. vii. MARY, b. May 13, 1805.
viii. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. March 12, 1807. Taxed 1833-1835.
ix. WESTON, b. May 28, 1810.
x. HORATIO, b. May 26, 1814.
2. ALFRED S. ALLS, son of -, and grandson of David1, b. Sept. 14, 1821. m. Dec. 2, 1844, Sally F. Eastman, b. Hopkinton, July 11, 1824, dau. of Samuel and Jemima (Flanders) Eastman. He settled in Columbia, and there his children were born. In 1863 he removed to Coaticook, P. Q. His wife d. in Coaticook, July 3, 1888. He then
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removed to Charlton, Mon., and is there a prosperous farmer. Seven children.
i. ELSIE J., b. June 12, 1846. d. Jan. 16, 1863.
ii. MIMA A., b. Sept. 4, 1849. m. Jan. 25, 1866, Alexander O. Fletcher, b. Barnston, P. Q., April 29, 1842. He was a dealer in groceries and provisions in Coaticook several years. He now resides in Auburn, Me. They have six children.
iii. HENRY N., b. June 8, 1851. d. May 23, 1870.
iv. WILLIAM O., b. March 20, 1853.
v. GEORGE WYMAN, b. Oct. 26, 1855. m. 1873, Lizzie Andrews. Lives in Coaticook, P. Q.
vi. FLORA J., b. Dec. 12, 1857. m. 1875, Burnham Converse, of Barn- ston, P. Q. She d. May 22, 1885.
vii. CHARLES W., b. Nov. 14, 1861. m. May 7, 1888, Ella Choute. She d. 1889. He res. with his father in Montana.
AMBROSE.
1. SAMUEL AMBROSE, b. 1753, came to Plymouth in youth. He was annually taxed from 1774 to 1782. In the autumn of 1775 he enlisted with the Hollis men in Capt. Noah Worcester's company, which was one of the thirty-one companies raised in this State to reinforce the army at Boston. The term of service was three months. In the record at Hollis of his marriage he is called " of Hollis." But at the date of his enlistment and of his marriage he was a legal and actual resident of Plymouth. In 1777 he was a soldier from Ply- mouth, in Capt. Willoughby's company, which happily shared in the capitulation of the army of Gen. Burgoyne. He began preaching to an association of Baptists in Sutton and New London, and he removed to Sutton, 1782. Nathaniel Everett," of New London, was paid for removing the family of Elder Samuel Ambrose from Plymouth to Sutton. (See Histories of Hollis, Sutton, and New London.) He was ordained in April, 1782, and lived in Sutton almost continuously, preaching much of the time, until his death, May 30, 1830, aged 77. He m. in Hollis, Feb. 20, 1776, Mary Goodhue, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Abigail (Bartlett) Goodhue. She d. Jan. 5, 1830, aged 76. They had ten children. Without birth dates it is impossible to determine which of them were born in this town.
i. ABIGAIL, m. April 30, 1799, Thomas Persons.
ii. POLLY, b. May 15, 1777. m. David Davis, b. Jan. 20, 1770, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Blaisdell) Davis, of Sutton. She d. Feb. 17, 1863. He d. 1861. Five children.
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