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Gc 974.202 SA54R V.2 RUNNELS, M. T. 1830-1902. HISTORY OF SANBORNTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Nathan Jay tor.
HISTORY OF SANBORNTON,
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Bu Two Volumes.
VOL. II. - GENEALOGIES.
BY Rev. M. T. RUNNELS.
" There is a history in all meu's Ilves, Figuring the nature of the times deevas'd : The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life." SHAKSPEARE.
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BOSTON, MASS .: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1881.
Allen Coninty Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
PAGE
Introduction
vili
III. Ichabod Branch
Explanations
xi
IV. Charles Branch 78
Summaries .
xiv
The Calef Families (Two Branches) 79
The Abbott Families (Six Brauches)
I. Ezra Brauch
1
II. Oliver Branch .
IL. James B. Brauch
3
The Call Family .
84
IV. Paschal Brauch
5
I. Thomas Brauch 87
The Abrams Family
7
III. William Branch 95
The Adams Families
The Carr Families (Two Branches)
The Aldrich Family
L John Branch 96
The Atkinson Family
The Badger Family .
15
The Baker Family
15
The Bamford Family
19
The Batchelder Families ( Five Branches)
I. William Branch
II. Abel Branch 23
III. Benjamin Branch 25 The Caverly Family 109
IV. Fleury Branch . V. Jolmu Branch
26
The Chapman Families (Three
27 Brauches) 111
I. Edmund aud Edward® Branch 111
1. John Branch 27
II. Elisha Brauch 113
II. David Branch 29
III. Samuel Branch . 114
IIL Jeremiah Brauch 30 The Chase Families (Two
The Beckman Family .
32 Branches)
I. William Brauch 1144
II. Jonathan Brauch 121
'The Cheney Family .
122
The Clark Families ( Four Branches) 129
I John Branch 129
II. Ebenezer Branch 147
The Bodwell Family 40
III. Alexander T. Brauch 148 IV. Fleury Branch 150
'The Clay Family .
152
The Clement Families (Two Branches) 156
I. Daniel Il. Branchi . 136
11. Benjamin Branch . 51
II. Joseph W. Branch 157
The Clough Family . 150
The Cogswell Family 161
The Colby Families ( Three Branches) 161
I. Anthony Branch 161
11. Ebenezer Branch 171 III. John Branch
I. Noah Branch
77
The Coleman Family .
1,0
11. Elias Brauch
1
L. Jeremiah Brauch
III. Alfred W. Brauch
+
The Calley or Cawley Families (Three Brauches) . 87
V. Job Brauch . VI. Joseph Branch
5
IL Thomas (2d) Branch . 94
The Aiken Family
9 10 12 12 II. Moses Branch 98 The Cass Family (Two Branches) . 99
I. Moses and Jonathan Brauch 99
II. Chandler Branch 101
20 20
The Cate Families (Two Brauches), 102
I. James Branch . 102 Il. Thomas J. Branch 108
The Bickford Families (Two Branches)
33
I. Isaac Branch 33
The Blaisdell Family
Il. Thomas Branch 35 35 30 59
The Blake Family
The Blanchard Family .
The Boutwell Family 44
The Bowers Family 40
The Brown Families ( Five Branches)
47
1. Sammel Branch 47
IN. Daniel Branch . 54 1V. Jolm Brauch 55 V. Benjamin B. Brauch . 56 57
The Bruker Family .
The Burley or Burleigh Family
58
The Buswell Families ( Four Branches)
Tho Comerford Family
177
115
The Bean Families (Three Branches) . 27
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PAGE
The Conner Family . 179
The Copp Family 182
The Cram Family 187
The Critchott Family 189
The Crockett Family (Two Branches) 189
1. John Branch 189
II. David Branch 195
The Cross Families ('Two Branches) . 196
I. Stephen Branch 196
IL Robert aud Moses Brauch 200
The Currier Families (Two Brauches) . 201
1. Samuel Brauch
201
II. Richard Branch
The Curry Families (Two Branches)
202
I. James Branch 288
204 IL. David Brauch 288
The Gage Family
288
The Gale Families (Four
Brauches) 292
I. John Brauch 292
II. Stephen Branch 204
III. Daniel Brauch . 295
IV. Joseph Brauch . 296
The George Family . 296
215 The Gibson Family
298
The Gile Family :
301
The Giles Family
302
The Gilman Families (Five Branches) . 304
I. Moses Brauch 3055
II. Simon Brauch 306
III. Joseph Branch . 309
IV. Andrew Brauch 313
V. Caleb and Charles Brauch 314
The Grant Families .
318
The Green Families (Two Branches) 318
I. Eliphalet Branch 318
II. William Brauch 319
The Hackett Family
319
The Haines Family 321 The Hanaford Family 323
The Hancock Family 325
249 The Harris Family 328
The Harvey Family . 320
The Hlayes Family 330
The Hazelton Family 333
The Head Family
334
The Hicath Family 335
The Herrick Families (Two Branches) 336
I. Nathaniel Branch
II. Marcellus A. Branch . 337
The Emerson Family 268
The Emery Family . 269
The Evans Family 273
The F'arnhamn Family 274
The Fifield Family 276
The Flanders Family 278
The Fogg Family
The Folsom Families (Three
Brunches) 280
I. John Branch 280
IL John (2d) Branch . 282
III. Johu (3d) Branch . 282
The Ford Family
283
The French Families (Two Brauches) . 285
I. Jeremiah Branch 285
II. Timothy Brauch 286
The Fuller Family
287
202 The Fullington Families (Two Branches) . 288
I. Robert Branch . II. William Brauch
202
The Curtice Family .
205
The Cutler Family
206
The Dalton Family
207
The Danforth Family
209
The Daniell F'amily .
211
The Daniels Family
213
The Darling Family (Two Brauches) 215
I. Benjamin Brauch
II. Abraham Branch . 216
The Davis Families (Two Branches) .
L. Samuel Branch 217
II. Eleazer Brauch 218
The Dearborn Families (Five Brauches)
I. Josiah Branch 219
II. Phinchas Brauch 222
IIL John Branch 223
IV. Shubael Branch 24 The Goodline Fanily 314
V. Winthrop Branch 226 The Gove Family 314
The Doe Family .
226
The Dolloff Family . 227
The Donovan Family 229
The Dudley Family .
230
The Durgiu Families (Two Branches)
I. William Branch 231
231
II. Richard Brauch 245
The Dustin Family
245
The Dyer Family
248
The Harper Family .
326
The Eastman Family
The Eaton Families ( Three
Brauches)
L. William Branch 256
IL William (2d) Branch . 258
III. Reuben Branch 261 The Edgerly Family 261
The Elkins Family . 263
The Elliot Family 265
336
The Ellsworth Family 265
256
PAGE
279
The Ilersey Family
337
217
219
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
The Hill Families ( Four Branches) 350
L. Joseph H. Branch . 350
11. Renben Branch 353
III. Thomas P. Branch 353
IV. James Branch 353
The llobbs Family 354
The llodgdon Family 355
The Hodge Family. 355
The Holmes Family.
356
The llowe Families (Two Branches ) . 357
I. Rufus Branch
357
IL. David II. Branch
The lloyt l'amilies (Four Branches)
II. Baruard Branch 361 Ill. Nathan Branch . 363 IV. John Branch 364
The Hankins Family ( Three Branches) . 364
I. Jonathan Branch 365
II. David Brauch 366
111. Robert Branch . 371 Branchies )
1. Philip Brauch 377
Il. Samuel Brauch . 384 The Huse Family 384 The Ingalls Family 389 The Jacobs Families (Two Branches) 392
I. Samuel Branch II. Solomon Branch
The Jaques Family
394
The Jewell Family
399
The Jewett Family
400
The Jolmson Family 402 The Johuston Family 408 The Jones Families (Two Branches ). 410
1. Amos H. Branch 410
II. William Branch 411
The Judkins Family
411
The Keasor Family .
413
The Keniston Family
413
The Reuttield Family 416
The Kimball Families ( Two Branches ) 417
I. Abner Branch 417
II. Caleb Branch 418
The Knapp Family .
422
The Knowlton Family 424
The Knox Family 425
The Ladd Families (Three Branches)
I. Edward Branch 427
427 Il. Dudley F. Brauch . 429 Ill. Nathaniel Brauch . 430 The Lakeman Family 431
The Lakin Family 432 The Lancaster Family 433
The Lane Family (Two Branches) . 436
I. John Branch 437
Il. Jeremiah Branch 451
The Lang Family
452
The Leavitt Family .
455
Tho Leighton Family
461
The Lord Family .
T'he Lougce Family . 440
The Lovejoy Family 470
The Mace Family
474
The March Family
474
The Masou Families ( Three
357 Branches) . 477
I. Edward Branch 477
I. Joseph Brauclı . 358 IL. Lemuel Branch 479
358
III. Reuben Branch
481
The Merrill Family.
481
The Miles Family
482
The Moody Family
483
The Moore Family
485
The Morgan Family
The Morrill Family.
The Morrison Family
493
The Moses Family
The Moultou Family 528
The Neal Family . . 5322
The Odell Family 5:32
The Ordway Family 535
The Osgood Family .
537
The Page Families (Three Branches) 540
I. Simeon Branch . 540
392 II. John' Brauch 541
III. Benjamin Branch 542
The Palmer Family .
543
The Parker Families
544
'The Payne Family .
545
The Peabody Family
546
The Pearsou Families
546
The Perkins Family
548
The Perley Family
553
The Philbrick or Philbrook Fami- lies ('Three Branches) 554
I. Benjamin Branch 555
IL Thomas Branch 568 III. Joseph Branch . 570
The Pike Family
570
The Piper Families (Two Branches) 522
1. Stephen Branch 572
Il. Gideon Branch . 576
The Plumer Family .
578
The l'ottle Family
5.5
The Prescott Family
586
The Quimby Family 596
The Randall Family 598
The Roberts Families 599
The Robinson Families (Three Branches) 600
1. Benjamin Brauch 600
11. John Brauch 604
111. John (2d) Branch .
607
PAGE
The Hunt Families ('I'wo
377
394
487
489
462
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The Rogers Family .
The Rollins Families (Three
Branches) . 610
I. Joshua Branch . 611
II. Jothmm Branch
613
The Tenney Family
773
ILI. Aaron Brauch . 615
The Rowen Family .
The Rundlet or Randlet Families (Three Branches) . 618
1. Jacob Branch 618 III. Elisha Branch
IL. Josiah Branch
The Thompson Family
778
The Thorne Family .
791
The Tilton Families (Four Branches) 795
L. Nathaniel Branch . 795
Il. Daniel Branch . 805
III. Jeremiah D). Branch 808 IV. John S. Branch 809 The Titcomb Family 810
The True Families (Two Branches), L. Abraham Branch 811
811
II. Elijah Branch 812
The Tuttle Family
812
The Varney Family
814
The Wadleigh Family
815
The Wallis or Wallace Families (Three Branches) . . 821
I. Reuben Branch 822
II. John Branch 825
III. George Branch . 827
The Ward Family
827
The Webster l'amily
831
The Weeks Family
832
The Wells Families (Three Branches ) 840
I. John Branch 840
IL. Philip Branch 841
III. Enoch Branch 841
The Wheelock Family .
842
The Whipple Family 843
The Whitcher Family 844
The White Family . 846
The Wiggin Family 846
The Wilson Family .
848
The Wingate Family
850
The Woodinan Families ( Three Branches) 850
I. Edward Branch 51א
II. John Branch 860
III. Mark Branch 864 The Woodward Family 865
The Wyatt Family
865
Appendix I : The Bennett, Bruce, Greenleaf, Hubbard, Lary, Nutt, Reed, Rowe, and Severance Fain- ilies 869
Appendix IL .: Cemetery Inscrip tions . 873
Appendix IIL: Addenda and Er-
Il. Ebenezer Branch 746 rata 876
111. Ichabod Branch 747
Index I. 882 The Swan Family 748
The Taylor Families ('Two Branches)
[. Nathan Branch 74%
II. Jonathan Branch 771
The Thomas Families (Three Brauches ) 775
I. Jonathan Branch 775
II. Joseph Branch .
III. Theophilus Branch 619 The Russell Family . 621
The Sanborn Families (Two Parts), 621
Part I. The Sanborn Grantees and their Descendants 622
Sixth Generation : John Branch . . 627
Sixth Generation : Willian' Branch . 633
Seventh aml Subsequent Gen- erations : John Branch 638
The Tucker Family .
812
Seventh and Subsequent Gen-
erations : William Branch
.
664
Part II. Other Sanborn Families not ilescended from the Grant- eus (Seven Branches) . 685
I. Coffin Branch 685
II. Nathan Branch . 699
III. Zadok Branch 691
IV. Jeremiah G. Branch 692 V. William B. Branch 69.3 VI. Jethro Branch 693
VII. Dea. John Branch . 694
The Sanders Family 695
The Sargent Family 698
The Shaw Family
099
The Shirley Family
704
The Shute Family
707
The Silver Family
710
The Smart Families (Two Branches) 713
I. Dudley and Jonathan Branch 713
II. Robert Branch . 715
The Smith Families ( Eight Branches)
715
L. Joseph Branch . 715
II. Jacob, Branch . 731
Ill. Jonathan Branch 734
1V. Timothy Branch 736 V. Renben Branch 736 VI. Christopher Branch 789 VII. Peter Branch 741 VILL. Nathan Branch 741 The Soames Family . 741 The Steele Family 743
The Swain Families ( Three Branches) 74.3
1. Caleb Branch 743
Ludex 11.
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THE PERKINS GROUP. PAGE 551. "One generation passeth away and another generation cometh."
INTRODUCTION.
As promised in the " Prospectus for the Sanbornton Town Ilis- tory," under date of March, 1880, the "genealogieal records of more than two hundred [223] family names of the original town" are given in this volume, besides briefer notices of nine others, in Appendix I. The object of the work was then stated to be " to communicate to present and future generations some knowledge of the noble fathers of old Sanbornton ; to transmit some just idea of those later upon the stage to those who shall come after us, and to show what the influence of Sanbornton has been, through her emi- grating sons and daughters, in the varied walks of life, upon other communities of the land and the world."
When the author first came to the town in 1865, be found numerous families bearing the same name in the church and parish over which he was pastor. Prompted by curiosity, and as a means of aiding him in funeral services and other pastoral duties, he began to inquire into the connection of these families. Before he was aware, he had col- lected records and scraps of information, which increased in interest as he proceeded, and soon convinced him that if the same work could be continued and amplified, so as to embrace all the families of the town without partiality, it might prove a task pleasant in itself, grati- fying alike to present residents and absent descendants, and promotive of God's glory.
Ile early discovered, from the details of family and individual experience, that the genealogies of the town were well worth pre- serving, and that its history should be written ; to which he was further encouraged by the earnest and repeated recommendations of the late Dr. N. Bouton, of Concord (" make it rich in genealogical material ! "), as also by several of the venerable men of the town, since passed away. He found less than half the old families represented ou the town books, and most of these but partially; which, however, he determined to take as a basis, leaving nothing out which those public records contained. Then, by consulting the registers in many a well- worn family Bible, by interviews with aged people, and by extensive correspondence with the scattered descendants of these families. : mass of material was soon collected which might have seemed appall- ing but for the enthusiasm it awakened. This work did not hinder
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but rather aided the pastor's labors in his own parisli, while it opened up many avenues of usefulness abroad. It was afterwards resolved to incorporate into these genealogical records what could be gathered and condensed from such obituary notices as came to hand, as also from all the monumental incriptions in the older cemeteries of the town, and all the earlier records of marriages and deaths, both public and private, some of the most valuable of which came to light quite providentially.
The author's aim has been to cinbrace what could be obtained both of the ancestry and posterity of all the older and many of the later families, though of course he found it necessary to exclude many whose resi- dence in town was only temporary, or who, within the last thirty years, have become residents, especially of the new towns of Franklin and 'Tilton ; excluding also his own family, so that the usual charge against genealogists, of egotism in parading their own personal or family histories, might not be brought against himself. IIe wislied to produce a record of such impartiality that none of the original and older families nor their descendauts could complain of being neglected, and of such fulness that other local historians and genealogists might lind in this work all they could expect to obtain by corresponding with the town clerk or visiting the town in person ; viz., whatever informna- tion the public records, the cemeteries, and the oldest inhabitants might afford them.
The records, as now presented, arc, from the nature of the case,. imperfect. The author has labored under the conscious disadvantage of not being a native of Sanbornton; besides, the work of a genealo- gist is never finished. It is like the photographier's endeavor to take a picture of a moving procession : before his instruments can be adjusted, or his impression, caught at a given instant, can be prepared for exhibition, the procession may be presenting altogether a different aspect. The humiliating conclusion is also forced upon the writer of a book like this, that there must be errors, omissions, and redundan- cies upon almost every page : for of some families no written records could be obtained ; the uncertain memories of the aged had to be trusted for names and dates ; the random guesses of some individuals would be given by word of mouth or letter, instead of facts; the stolid indifference of others must needs be confronted. The author can, however, honestly say, there is not an imperfect record of a San- bornton family in the whole work (excepting a few in the Appendix) which he has not attempted. and in many cases repeatedly, by visita- tions, or correspondence, to make more full than it is.
In regard to the epituphs, he is aware that many of them are nneouth and unpoctie, while some may seem to detract seriously from the lit-
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crary merits of the volume. But having determined to take any, all must in justice be included. The quaintness or roughness of au epitaph is often its chief recommendation. The sentiment is usually devout. The propriety of giving these epitaphis in connection with the deaths of individuals whose records are transmitted, appears from the fact that some hearts were once moved to choose such expressions, with reference to the same individuals, as their buried friends. Their publication is no breach of courtesy, since they were all originally designed for the public. They belong peculiarly to, are in fact a part of, the literary history of the town ; while many of them, fast crum- bling to decay, will in this volume be preserved for the precise purpose for which at first designed, - the perusal of future generations.
It was proposed in the Prospectus that the " Sketches" should be merely " occasional or incidental," - thrown in " to relieve the monotony of genealogical detail," - and applied " principally to those public or professional men who were several years resident in town, and to other sons of Sanbornton either at home or abroad, of whom (1) previously printed sketches or obituaries have been found, whose friends (2) have voluntarily furnished such notices, and who (3) have been personally known to the author during his fifteen years of resi- dence here as pastor of the Congregational Church." Beyond these limitations it was not possible to go, while it is freely admitted that many, to whose names only a brief record is appended, may have been equally worthy of a fuller notice. But the work is strictly genealogical rather than biographical. Many excellent citizens and sons of the town had passed away during its first century, with whom no personal acquaintance was possible ; of many of these, no printed memorials have been found ; and of others still, their surviving friends have shown no desire that particular mention should be made. Where much was not given, much cannot reasonably be required.
All efforts have been made which were possible, under the circuin- stances, to ascertain pedigrees and ancestral connections with fulness and accuracy. To this end the published " Genealogies " extant have been studiously consulted ; but these are comparatively few in number. The records of other towns have also been, to some extent, inspected, though these, in many places, are defective. Where other means of information failed, recourse could only be had to the tradition of aged people belonging to different families, and in most cases no certain light bas been obtained back of the Sanborntou iminigrant ancestor, or the first of a given name who settled in the town. The author has, however, scrupnlously distinguished between fact and probability in the statements made, at the headings of the various families.
More time might have made the records, especially of some families
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in the Appendix, more full and satisfactory. The "twenty years" assigned by Dr. Bouton for this work are not yet completed. But space would not have allowed the swelling of this volume much beyond its present size ; and therefore, such as it is, with a full con- seiousness of its imperfections, many of which arise, as before hinted, from the very nature of the enterprise, the obscurities of handwriting, and the various and unsatisfactory ways in which the material has been brought to the author's hands, he deems it best, without further delay or attempts at improvement, to give it to that publie which has patiently awaited its appearance.
The numerous " sonrees of information," and the many individuals to whom the author feels indebted, are usually noticed under their respective records, as referred to from Index II. An exception is found in the ease of Mr. Stephen G. Taylor, of Brooklyn, N. Y., whose manuscript records of the Taylor Family - the result of several months of patieut labor- were of essential value. Separate mention should also be made of the venerable Perkins Brothers, Capt. Chase, who gave the earliest encouragement for this history, and his older brother, Capt. John B., whose valuable aid was providentially con- tinued nearly to the completion of the manuscript. The aged Mr. Peter Burley, Mr. Jeremiah Weeks, so lately departed, and several others, are also entitled to grateful remembrance ; while to the youth- fil James HI. W. Abbott, the author stands indebted for the genea- logical papers which he left upon a few of the Sanbornton families ; and to his father, the lamented James B. Abbott, M. D., for his " Sketches of the Sanbornton Physicians," most of which are incor- porated in the records of the present volume, under their several names.
EXPLANATIONS.
I. The genealogical arrangement employed in this volume is simple and easily explained, as follows : Heads of families are given in the larger type ; children, or descendants, immediately after, in the sinaller type. Through each family name, in all its branches, consecutive numbers are found on the left margin of the printed page. These numbers, preceding the heads of families, are followed (except the first), after the name, by smuller bracketed numbers, each referring buck to that consecutive number at which the same individual appears as a child. Those children, or names in smaller type, who are after- wards to appear as heads of families, are followed, after each name, by larger bracketed numbers, referring forward to the places where they thus appear. It was first contemplated that all parents, especially in the male lines, should thus reappear, even to the latest generations. A few of the records which were earliest prepared, like the Hunkins and Odell families, were arranged chiefly upon this principle ; but it was found that the same carried out would swell the volume to an inordinate size, so that the arrangement was modified, as now appear- ing in the Sanborn, Morrison, and most of the smaller families, and generally in the tracing of female lines ; viz., that not the last generation but one of a given family should be the last to be thus transferred, but the second or third before the last. By this arrangement not only children are entered under their proper consecutive numbers, but grandchildren and great-grandchildren under the same conseentives, the grandchildren appearing after the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3, etc., the great-grandchildren after the Roman numerals I., II., III., etc. ; and in a few cases, even great-great-grandchildren after Arabies in parenthesis, -(1), (2), (3), etc.
II. Pedigrees are indicated, after the several heads of families, by a list of names in parenthesis, with small exponent figures, as on p. 1, the first over the name in question, thus, " Ezra5," showing the generation to which the individual belongs ; the next being the father, "Samuel4," with exponent one less ; then the grandfather, with expo- nent one less, etc., back to the first known ancestor, whose name appears with the exponent 1, thus, "" George1." It must be noted. however, that this first exponent does not indicate the "original ancestor" of the individual, nor even, in most cases, the earliest in
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this country (as with the Abbotts), but simply the carliest as kumnon to the collector of these records, which often go no further back than the first ancestor in this town, though in a few cases, as with the Gilmans, to previous centuries in the old country.
III. A few records coming in late, after the families had been arranged for the press, were necessarily entered, like the female lines, with two or more generations under the same consceutive number, instead of being transferred, like corresponding branches of the same family. Instance, p. 438 [47]. In other cases, for the same reason, one or two consecutive numbers must needs be entered fractionally, as on p. 241, because the numbering had been completed, and could not well be changed, after the new material was received.
IV. The parenthesis (-) has other peculiar uses in this work besides those already indicated ; e. g., (1.) After the Christian naine of' a female, her maiden surname is frequently given in parenthesis before her married surname, as on p 2, line 8. (2.) In giving the children of a female line, the family surname thus appears after the Christian name of the first child, as on p. 1 [8, 1]. (3.) If two different dates were found, as of births or town conflicting with private records, or if a sim.lar uncertainty existed as to names, etc., the more probable is given first, and the other directly after, in paren- thesis. (4.) In numerous instances, after the date of a marriage, the surname of the officiating clergyman is given in parenthesis, and the honored names of " Woodman," "Crockett," and .. Bodwell" thus appear most frequently. All others are the ordinary uses of the parenthesis, which, from the sense, will be readily understood.
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