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HISTORY
PLYMOUTH OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE N. H.
VOLUME I. NARRATIVE-VOLUME II. GENEALOGIES
V. 2 pl 2
VOLUME II
BY EZRA S. STEARNS, A.M.
MEMBER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL, NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL AND AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES
PRINTED FOR THE TOWN BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 1906
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1. TOBIAS LANGDON was an early resident of Portsmouth. He m. June 10, 1656, Elizabeth Sherburne, h. August 4, 1638, dau. of Henry and Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne. He d. July 27, 1664. His widow m. second, April 11, 1667, Tobias Lear. They were the great-grand- parents of Tobias Lear, Washington's trusted secretary. After the death of Mr. Lear, his widow Elizabeth m. Richard Martyn.
2. TOBIAS LANGDON, son of Tobias 1, b. 1660. m. Nov. 17, 1686, Mary Hubbard, b. Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 19, 1667, dau. of Richard and Martha (Allen) Hubbard. He was a captain, and often named in the early annals of New Hampshire. They had at least nine children.
3. JOHN LANGDON, seventh son of Tobias 2, b. May 28, 1707. m. Mary Hall, dau. of Josiah and Mary (Woodbury) Hall, and grand- dau. of Hon. Kinsley Hall. She was also a descendant of Gov. Winthrop and Gov. Dudley. He lived on the paternal homestead. He d. 1780. Six children, and among these was Gov. John Langdon.
4. WOODBURY LANGDON, son of John 3, and an elder brother of Gov. John Langdon, b. Portsmouth, 1738. m. March 18, 1765, Sarah Sher- burne, b. March 27, 1748, dau. of Henry and Sarah (Warner) Sherburne. He was successful in shipping and mercantile business, and in public affairs he was a resolute and a dominant factor. He was a member of the house of representatives, 1777-1779, and a delegate to the Continental Congress, attending sessions, 1779-1781; State Coun- cillor, 1781-1783; and under the State Constitution he was a mem- ber of the first Senate, 1784, and president of that body. During the illness of Governor Weare, near the close of his term of office, he was acting governor of New Hampshire. He was appointed justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, 1786, and resigned, 1791, to accept an appointment by President Washington of commissioner to adjust Revolutionary claims. He d. Jan. 13, 1805. She d. 1827.
5. CAPT. WOODBURY LANGDON, son of Hon. Woodbury, b. 1774. Was trained in commercial pursuits in the office and warerooms of his father. Subsequently he was commander of a ship making voyages to and from Portsmouth, having a home a few years in Durham. He m. Mary Woodlock. He d. at City Point, Va., 1822, and was buried in a cemetery one mile from that town. The headstone is inscribed " Capt. Woodbury Langdon of Portsmouth N. II. died 1822 aged 48." His widow subsequently lived in Durham, and several years in the
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family of Rev. Andrew P. Peabody, D.D., of Portsmouth. She d. at the home of Rev. Dr. Peabody, and was buried Jan. 9, 1858.
6. JAMES FOGG LANGDON, son of Capt. Woodbury 5, b. Durham, April 27, 1804. In youth he was employed two years by Ebenezer Coe, Esq., a merchant and an eminent citizen of Northwood, and later he was a clerk in the store of Hon. John Harvey, also of Northwood. Many who remember Mr. Langdon will testify that if he had pursued a mercantile career he would have become successful and distinguished ; but there was a resistless element in his fraternal nature that directed him to a more impulsive and a closer contact with his fellowmen. For thirty years he was a driver and proprietor of stages and mail- coaches. Beginning 1823, he drove four years from Laconia to North- wood, owning a half interest in the properties of the line. From 1827 to 1832 he drove for Robert Morse the stages from Rumney to Con- cord, making three round trips each week. The next four years he was associated with William French. They owned the stages from Haverhill to Stanstead, P. Q. In 1836 Mr. Langdon became pro- prietor of the stages from Concord to Dover, and from Meredith to Dover. He drove the coaches from Concord to Dover. Selling these lines, he bought in 1838 the well-remembered line from Haverhill to Concord, which he conducted until the building of the railroad. He also owned the stages from Plymouth through Franconia Notch to Lancaster and Stanstead. In the carriage of parcels and in doing errands for the public, the drivers of the stages laid the early founda- tions of the express business. When the swifter locomotives drove the stages from the road, Mr. Langdon was associated with Benjamin Pierce Cheney and Nathaniel White in an express business from Boston to Montreal, which was continued until the purchase, in 1881, by the American Express Company. Mr. Langdon m. Oct. 11, 1827, Rhoda Hill, b. Northwood, Feb. 4, 1805, dau. of Daniel and Esther (Caswell) Hill. He lived in Rumney several years, and was a select- man of that town. In 1847 he removed to Plymouth. Representative, 1872, 1873. With the exception of four years in Concord (1855- 1859) he continued a residence here until his death. He d. Jan. 10, 1887. She d. May 22, 1888. Five children.
i. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Sanbornton, Dec. 29, 1828. d. Jan. 19, 1829.
7. ii. WOODBURY FOGG, b. Concord, Feb. 1, 1830.
iii. MARY ESTHER, b. Rumney, May 1, 1832. m. Hiram Hill.
8. iv. JOHN GILBERT, b. Barnet, Vt., Feb. 6, 1835.
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v. JOSEPHINE, b. Rumney, March 19, 1842. m. Plymouth, June 3, 1863, Orlando Leach. He was early connected with the publica- tion of school books and later was of the firm Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, of Boston, Mass., with branch houses in New York and Chicago. He res. many years in Brooklyn, N. Y. He retired from business 1898, and is living in Avon, Mass. Mrs. Leach was a frequent contributor to the literary publications, and after her death Mr. Leach published a memorial volume of her poems. Iler life was devoted to the good of others. She d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1884, and was buried in Trinity cemetery. No children.
7. WOODBURY FOGG LANGDON, son of James Fogg 6, b. Feb. 1, 1830. Pursued a preparatory course of study at Concord and Andover, Mass. Bowdoin College, 1853. He was in business in Minnesota several years, returning to Plymouth, 1869. He was in the express business with his father until 1881. At his suggestion, his father turned his attention to the establishment of the Plymouth waterworks, and he was the constructive engineer. He was the efficient superintendent of the waterworks from 1881 until the plant was sold to the town in 1898. In the mean time he has been a dealer in real estate and has conducted a market garden in Plymouth and one in Holderness. He m. March 1, 1857, Anne E. Merrill, dau. of Phineas Merrill, of Stratham. She d. in Plymouth, Oct. 18, 1880. Mr. Langdon m. second, Jan. 27, 1895, Donna (Gould) Morrill, dau. of Dr. J. B. N. and Maria E. (Stevens) Gould, and widow of - Morrill.
i. FRANK WOODBURY, b. Minnesota, Nov. 25, 1858, was a student at Phillips Academy, Exeter, 1877, and entered Hellmuth College, London, P. Q. He d. at Plymouth, Nov. 9, 1880.
8. JOHN GILBERT LANGDON, son of James Fogg6, b. Feb. 6, 1835, prepared for a collegiate course at Concord and Andover. Bowdoin College, 1857. He read law in Plymouth with William Leverett, but early was persuaded to join with his father in the express business. Selectman. He was energetic and capable. He d. in the early years of a successful career, at Plymouth, May 18, 1869. He m. at Monona, Ia., Sept. 27, 1863, Helen M. Parker, dau. of James and Fanny (Cole) Parker, of Trenton, N. Y., and later of Monona, Ia. After the death of Mr. Langdon she labored for her two children with the heroism of a devoted mother, and now res. with her son at Newton Centre, Mass.
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schools of Plymouth, and graduated at Plymouth High School, 1886, and the State Normal School, 1887. After teaching two years in this town she pursued a collegiate course at the University of Michigan, A. B., 1895; A.M., 1896. She was two years assistant and one year instructor in Michigan University. In the autumn of 1898 she became instructor in zoology, and held the position until her death. While an undergraduate she published in the " Journal of Morphology " a paper on " The Sense Organs of Lumbricus agricola (Hoffin)." At the time of her death she had nearly completed a botanical essay, " On the development of the Flowers of the Asclepiadaceae." She was never robust, and her scientific career was an inspiring struggle, winning fame as a conscientious investigator, an inspiring teacher, and clear and forcible lecturer.
ii. JAMES GILBERT, b. Plymouth, May 1, 1866, was educated in the public schools of Plymouth, three years at the Holderness school, a term at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, Boston, and a special course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He remained at the Institute as assistant instructor in woodwork until 1897. He then entered the office of John Snook & Sons, as architectural draftsman, and has been connected with the most prominent mechanical and landscape architects of Boston and New York. In 1901 he was employed on the park system of the District of Columbia. Ilis talent and handiwork is happily ex- pressed in many private estates and public parks. He is unm. and res. at Newton Centre, Mass.
LAWSON.
1. JOHN LAWSON, son of Ive Lawson. b. Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 30, 1852. Came to America, 1880, and after living a few years in St. John, N. B., and Portland, Me., he came to Plymouth, 1890. He is employed Boston & Maine R.R., res. on Pleasant Street. He m. Oct. 8, 1885, Eliza Connolly, b. March 2, 1863, dau. of John and Nellie (Tobin) Connolly.
i. WILFRED EUGENE, b. July 11, 1886. d. Dec. 11, 1886.
ii. MARIAN GERTRUDE, b. May 11, 1887.
LEAVITT.
1. EDWARD LEAVITT, b. Wolfeboro, 1769. m. Rachel Emery, and was one of the carly settlers of Ripley, Me. Later he lived in Glen- burn, Me., where he d. 1863, aged 94.
2. CHASE PERKINS LEAVITT, son of Edward 1, b. June 10, 1829. m. August 17, 1853, Sarah Morrison Keniston, b. Campton, August 27,
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1834, dau. of David Dustin and Sarah (Cone) Keniston. They re- moved to Plymouth, 1870. Res. South Main Street. He d. Feb. 3,1897.
i. NELLIE SARAH, b. Dec. 21, 1855. m. Feb. 27, 1877, George W. Plummer, b. Gilford, 1845, son of Thomas J. Plummer, a farmer of Tilton. (1) Scott Leavitt, b. March 9, 1883.
ii. IDA MAY, b. August 16, 1859. m. May 23, 1885, Fred M. Sawyer, son of Walter HI. and Sarah (Fifield) Sawyer, of Woodstock, farmer of Laconia. IIe removed, 1897, to Plymouth. Res. on Highland Street. (1) Lela Attwood, b. April 3, 1889.
iii. VENA GRACE, b. March 31, 1869. Plymouth High School, 1887. m. Joseph L. Attwood (see).
LEAVITT.
1. WEARE LEAVITT, son of Joseph Leavitt. b. Meredith, 1791. He m. Mahala -, and lived in Rockport, Mass., in Campton, and in Manchester. Late in life they removed to Plymouth, where he d. Oct. 30, 1872. She d. June 25, 1887.
i. NANCY STEVENS. m. Joel Pierce, cabinet maker, of Woodstock. She d. Feb., 1816. He d. Nashua, Jan. 1, 1889. Two children : (1) May Adalaide. (2) Charles Albert.
ii. SARAH FRANCES, b. May 27, 1835. m. George G. Barnard, of Man- chester. He served in 5th Mass. Infantry. He d. March 20, 1883. She d. Jan. 22, 1885.
iii. LIZZIE. d. aged 4.
iv. EMMA. d. young.
v. MARY. d. young.
vi. HELEN MAR, b. Nov. 8, 1844. m. John Chandler (see).
vii. FRANK. d. young.
viii. GEORGE. d. young.
LEAVITT.
1. STEPHEN LEAVITT, b. 1794. A native of this State. Was a Free- Will Baptist minister, and was settled over the church in Topsham, Vt., 1830-1846. In 1846 he removed to Plymouth and res. here five years. Subsequently he lived and preached in Alexandria. His wife was Olive. Three children were in Plymouth while the family lived here.
i. HANNAH, b. 1828.
ii. CHARLES, b. 1832.
iii. LORETTA, b. 1836.
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1. ELDER THOMAS LEVERETT, emigrant ancestor from Boston, Lincolnshire, England, where the youngest of his sixteen children was baptized, April 12, 1632. Came to America in company with Rev. John Cotton and settled in Boston, Mass., 1633. He became a men- ber of the First Church in October, 1633, and on the fifth of the following month he was admitted freeman. Following the ordination of Mr. Cotton in Boston, Thomas Leverett was made a ruling elder, which office he sustained until death. He m. 1610, Anne Fisher. He d. April 3, 1650. His widow d. Oct. 16, 1656.
2. GOVERNOR JOHN LEVERETT, son of Elder Thomas 1, b. England, July, 1616, and came to America with his father, 1633. He was ad- mitted to the church July 14, 1639, and admitted freeman May 13, 1640. For several years he was a merchant, but the greater part of his active life was devoted to the colony. He was distinguished in military affairs, having been chosen a major-general 1663 and 1666. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and commander, 1652, 1663, and 1670. He was a representative, 1651, and speaker of the assembly a part of the session. He was again a representative, 1652, 1653, 1663, 1664, 1665, and assistant, 1665 to 1670. Deputy-governor, 1671 and 1672, and governor from 1673 until his death. In 1676 he received from Charles II. the order of Knighthood, but on account of his public employments, or for other reasons, he never assumed the title. Governor Leverett mn. 1639, Hannah Hudson, dau. of Ralph Hudson, deceased, of Boston. She d. July 7, 1646. He m. second, Sept. 7, 1647, Sarah Sedgwick, b. 1629, probably a dau. of Major-General Robert Sedgwick, of Charlestown, Mass. She d. Nov. 2, 1704. He d. March 16, 1678/9.
3. HUDSON LEVERETT, son of Governor John 2, b. Boston, May 3, 1640; baptized May 10, 1640. m. 1661, Sarah Peyton, b. Boston, 1643, dau. of Capt. Bezaleel and Mary (Greenough) Peyton. She d. about 1679. He m. second, Elizabeth. He d. 1694. His widow Elizabeth d. 1714. He was a merchant.
i. JOHN LEVERETT, b. August 25, 1662, President of Harvard College, was a son of Hudson and Sarah (Peyton) Leverett.
4. THOMAS LEVERETT, son of Hudson 3, b. Boston ; baptized 1674. m. Dec. 11, 1701, Rebecca Winsor, b. Boston, Nov. 3, 1673, dau. of Joshua and Sarah Winsor. He d. 1706. She m. second, Dec.
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4, 1712, Edward Wilkinson ; m. third, June 12, 1723, Samuel Bridgham.
5. KNIGHT LEVERETT, son of Thomas 4, b. Boston, Jan. 1, 1702/3. m. Feb. 1, 1725-6, Abigail Buttolph, b. Boston, Nov. 23, 1704, dau. of Nicholas and Mary (Guttridge) Buttolph. He was a merchant of Boston. He inherited both lands and money. He d. Jan. 11, 1753. His widow, Abigail, d. Jan. 21, 1774.
6. JOHN LEVERETT, son of Knight 5, b. Boston, Jan. 28, 1726/7. m. Dec. 19, 1757, Mary Greenleaf, b. Nov. 20, 1732, dau. of Stephen and Mary (Goold) Greenleaf. About the date of his marriage he was a line officer in Col. John Phillips' regiment of militia and June 7, 1771, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel in Col. John Erving's regiment. He was subsequently colonel of the regiment. Col. Leverett was a merchant and importer of British goods. His ware- houses and valuable contents were destroyed by the king's troops when they took possession of Boston, 1774. He removed his family to Middleton, Conn., where he d. June 10, 1777. His widow re- moved with her sons to Windsor, Vt., where she d. July 8, 1795. He had sons (1) John named hereafter. (2) William, whose daughter Mary m. Hon. Horace Everett. dau. Elizabeth Hallan m. Hon. George Woodward, of Hanover, and dau. Lucretia m. Jonathan Bliss, Esq. (3) Thomas, Secretary of State of Vermont.
7. JOHN LEVERETT, son of John 6, b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 19, 1754. Harvard University, 1776. He removed from Middleton, Conn., to Windsor, Vt., and through life was an able and trusted lawyer. He was in affluent circumstances and refused all overtures of political preferment. He was a studious gentleman of rare attainment and marked ability. He m. March 3, 1790, Lois Burnham, b. March 29, 1764. She d. Jan. 11, 1791. He m. second, June 7, 1792, Hannah Leverett, b. Nov. 7, 1760, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Gray) Leverett and grand-dau. of Knight 5 and Abigail (Buttolph) Leverett (see). She d. April 29, 1799. He m. third, June 9, 1803, Elizabeth Salisbury, b. August 15, 1772, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Elizabeth (Sewall) Salisbury, of Boston, Mass. She d. April 17, 1848. He d. April 18, 1839. One child by first, three by second, and six by third marriage.
i. LOIS BURNHAM, b. Dec. 29, 1790. m. March 16, 1818, John Nelson, b. Exeter, Jan. 4, 1778, son of Jonathan and Martha (Folson) Nelson, Dartmouth College, 1803. Ile was an able
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lawyer of Haverhill. Their dau. Mary S. m. 1840, Ira Perley, b. Boxford, Mass., Nov. 9, 1799, son of Samuel and Phebe (Dresser) Perley, Dartmouth College, 1822. Res. Concord. Chief Justice of Supreme Court. He d. Feb. 26, 1874. Their dau. Susan Brewster m. William Coombs Thompson, of Plymouth (see). Their dau. Lois m. Dec. 25, 1749. David Dickey, b. Epsoin, Oct. 5, 1806, son of Hanover and Lydia (Osgood) Dickey, Dartmouth College, 1835. Lawyer of Newport and Haverhill. Hed. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 30, 1877. Their dau. Sarah in. May 22, 1850, Samuel Hutchins Goodall, b. Bath, March 31, 1823, son of Ira and Hannah Child (IIutchins) Goodall, Dartmouth College, 1844. He was a lawyer of Portsinouth. She d. Feb. 18, 1866. Their dau. Eliza- beth Salisbury m. Sept. 26, 1867, Samuel Hutchins Goodall. She d. Feb. 6, 1896. Their dau. Anna m. Wm. B. Fox. m. second, George T. Rice. Their daus. Martha and Frances m. William R. Hooper, editor, " Worcester Spy." Their son, Thomas Leverett, University of Vermont, 1846. United States Circuit Judge. Lived in Worcester. Their son Ebenezer Brewster d. in Texas and their son William was in business in St. Louis, Mo.
ii. JOHN, b. March 11, 1793. m. Sept. 1, 1821, Esther S. Wellman and was a merchant in Boston and New York. Ile d. 1843.
iii. THOMAS, b. May 29, 1795. d. June 6, 1816.
iv. HANNAII, b. March 29, 1798. d. Jan. 4, 1826.
V. SAMUEL SALISBURY, b. May 14, 1804. Dartmouth College, 1822. d. April 30, 1828.
vi. JOSIAH SALISBURY, b. Jan. 24, 1810. unm. Merchant of New York.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 3, 1805. m. July, 1836, Rev. John S. Daven- port. He was pastor of the Congregational Church, Francestown, 1839-1812, and subsequently was an Episcopalian clergyman at - Newburyport, Mass., and Syracuse, N. Y. She d. August 18, 1894.
viii. MARTIIA, b. Jan. 2, 1807. m. William Coombs Thompson (see).
ix. MARY, b. June 2, 1808. m. April 30, 1832, Abel Kimball Merrill, b. April 4, 1809, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Haynes) Merrill. He lived in Haverhill. Merchant, town clerk, director of Grafton County Bank and deacon of the Haverhill church. She d. Feb. 24, 1843. He m. second, July 23, 1844, her sister Abigail, who d. Sept. 1, 1875. Dea. Abel K. Merrill d. Nov. 26, 1878. Three children by wife Mary and one by wife Abigail. (1) John Leverett, b. May 29, 1833. Dartmouth College, 1856; Prince- ton Theological Seminary, 1859. Pastor, Presbyterian Church, Chanceford, Pa., 1860-1865; Congregational Churches, Acworth, 1866-1870 ; Marlboro, 1871-1887; Rindge, 1887-1891; Newbury, Vt., 1891-1901. Hle is author of History of Acworth and was president of trustees, Tenney Memorial Library, Newbury, Vt.,
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1897-1901. He m. Sept. 11, 1860, Mary Louise Murphy, b. Chanceford, Pa., July 11, 1839, dan. of John A. and Agnes (Clarkson) Murphy. They res. in Winchendon, Mass. Two children : Mary Leverett, b. June 18, 1862, a teacher, Edgerly School, Fitchburg, Mass., and Charles Clarkson, b. March 3, 1872. Dartmouth College, 1894; Yale Divinity School, 1897. Pastor, Congregational Church, Steubenville, Ohio, 1897-1902, and Winchendon, Mass., since 1902. (2) Benjamin, b. March 25, 1835. Dartmouth College, 1858 ; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1864. Pastor, Barton, Md., 1861-1865; Pembroke, 1866-1870; Ausable Forks, N. Y., 1870-1883 ; Swanzey, 1882-1888. He m. April 28, 1861, Joanna W. Merrill, dau. of Rev. Franklin Merrill. He d. Nov. 16, 1888. (3) Sarah Elizabeth, b. August 8, 1836. unm. Res. Lisbon. (4) Charles Henry, b. June 16, 1845. Dart- mouth College, 1867; Andover Theological Seminary, 1870 ; D.D., 1901; Pastor, Mankato, Minn., West Brattleboro, Vt., fourteen years. Secretary and treasurer of Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, res. at St. Johnsbury, Vt. Ile m. Laura Merrill, dau. of Daniel F. Merrill, of Washington, D. C.
x. ABIGAIL B., b. Oct. 14, 1811. m. Abel K. Merrill (see ante).
8. xi. WILLIAM, b. July 8, 1813.
8. WILLIAM LEVERETT, son of John and Elizabeth (Salisbury) Leverett, b. Windsor, Vt., July 8, 1813. Yale College, 1834. He was a lawyer and respected and influential citizen of Plymouth from 1840 until his death. (See Vol. I.) He m. Oct. 6, 1851, Catherine Russell Spalding, dau. of Joseph Spalding (see). He d. Sept. 18, 1874. She m. second, Francis A. Cushman (see). Three children of William and Catherine Russell (Spalding) Leverett born in Plymouth.
i. CAROLINE RUTH, b. Sept. 30, 1853. Res. in Plymouth.
ii. KATE ELIZABETH, b. April 23, 1855. d. Oct. 7, 1870.
iii. MARTHA HIGGINSON, b. Nov. 23, 1860. m. Sept. 28, 1899, Fred S. Farmer, b. Temple, Me., 1856, son of Samuel Farmer. Res. Rumford Falls, Me.
LEWIS.
1. JONAS LEWIS, m. Susannah Dix and lived several years in New- buryport, Mass. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He removed to Lempster and in 1793 to Littleton, where he d. 1833 or 1834.
2. JOEL LEWIS, son of Jonas 1, b. 1785. m. 1810 (published March 13) Lucy Sawyer, b. August 14, 1784, dau. of William Sawyer. She d. August 1, 1864. He lived in Littleton from 1810 until he d. Sept. 18, 1840.
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3. CALVIN AINSWORTH LEWIS, son of Joel 2, b. Littleton, May 17, 1827. Came to Plymouth in youth. He m. Jan., 1850, Laura Kimball, dau. of Job Eaton Kimball (see). She d. August 5, 1861. m. second, Sept. 7, 1863, Angeline Merrill, dau. of Lemuel Merrill (see). He lived west side of Ward Hill. Sixth N. H. Infantry ; discharged May 26, 1863. V. R. C. Jan. 4, 1864, to Nov. 17, 1865. He d. Plymouth, July 20, 1896. She d. Oct. 5, 1895. Three children by first and two by second marriage.
i. ETHAN ALLEN, b. 1851, left his home in youth. Record unknown.
ii. DE RIZZIO, b. 1853. d. Nov. 1, 1863.
iii. MARVETTE L., b. 1855. d. Jan. 29, 1865.
iv. EMMA ABRA, b. August 27, 1865. m. Charles A. Moulton (sec).
v. INFANT SON, b. and d. 1872.
LITTLE.
1. GEORGE LITTLE, emigrant ancestor, in early life was a tailor on Unicorn Street, London. He came to New England, 1640, and settled in Newbury, Mass., where he d. between March 13, 1693, and Nov. 17, 1694. He m. Alice Poor, who d. Dec. 1, 1680. m. second, July 19, 1681, Eleanor Barnard, widow of Thomas Barnard (see). She d. Nov. 27, 1694. He d. 1693 or 1694.
2. JOSEPH LITTLE, son of George 1, b. Sept. 22, 1653. m. Oct. 31, 1677, Mary Coffin, b. Nov. 12, 1657, dau. of Tristram Coffin. He was a captain and a prominent man of Newbury, Mass. He d. Sept. 6, 1740. She d. Nov. 28, 1725.
3. MOSES LITTLE, son of Joseph 2, b. May 5, 1690. m. Jan. 5, 1715, Mary Hale, b. April 28, 1687, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Sarah (Northend) Hale. He d. August 15, 1725. She d. August 7, 1757. He was a merchant in the part of Newbury now Newburyport. His son Nathan was the father of the wife of Judge Samuel Emerson, of Plymouth.
4. EBENEZER LITTLE, son of Moses 3, b. Oct. 18, 1715. m. 1737, Elizabeth Brown, b. June 8, 1716, dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Emery) Brown. He was a prosperous merchant of Newburyport and one of the promoters of Dartmouth College. He d. July 30, 1768. She d. at the home of her son in Campton, Nov. 13, 1795.
5. MOSES LITTLE, son of Ebenezer 4, b. April 15, 1739. m. August 15, 1757, Mary Milk, dau. of Dea. James and Sarah (Brown) Milk. He removed to Campton, 1769, and was a merchant and a farmer and
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a potent factor in that town. He owned the Governor's farms in Plymouth and in Campton. His homestead was subsequently owned and occupied by Arthur Livermore. His wife d. Sept. 13, 1797. He removed, 1797, to Portsmouth. He m. second, Jan. 15, 1798, Sarah (Titcomb) Fernald, dau. of Caleb Titcomb and widow of Humphrey Fernald, of Portsmouth. While journeying from Portsmouth to Camp- ton, he d. in Dover, August 30, 1798. Of his nine children two are named below.
i. EBENEZER, b. Jan. 25, 1762. m. August 5, 1783, Jane Burbeck, dau. of Edward and Jane (Milk) Burbeck (see). IIe was associ- ated with his father in the store and for several years conducted a store in Plymouth near Livermore Falls. IIe lived in Campton. Selectman and town officer. He d. Jan. 15, 1833. She d. April 29, 1845.
iv. JAMES, b. Sept. 21, 1769. m. Feb. 27, 1794, Elizabeth Greenleaf, b. May 6, 1765. He lived in Campton, Centre Harbor, and again in Campton. He was a merchant and also engaged in wool card- ing and manufacture of pearl ash. Ile d. April 6, 1813. She d. August 1, 1817. Nine children. Their daus. Elmira, b. May 20, 1796, and Eliza Ann, b. April 26, 1800, m. Dr. Samuel Rogers (see). Harriet, b. March 27, 1798, m. Benjamin Noyes (see).
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