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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01096 3715
Gc 974. 202 H554b v. 2 Browne, George Waldo The history of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921
EX-PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE
THE HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1735-1921
BY GEORGE WALDO BROWNE, *
AUTHOR OF "HISTORY OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER," "THE RIVER OF BROKEN WATERS : THE MERRIMACK," "AMOSKEAG MANU-
- FACTURING COMPANY," "WOODRANGER TALES," "RUEL DURKEE," "LEGENDS OF YESTERDAY," "FAR EAST AND NEW AMERICA," ETC., ETC.
PUBLISHED BY THE TOWN.
SAMUEL W. HOLMAN
WILLIAM H. STORY
FRANK E. MERRILL FRED BROCKWAY
GEORGE W. HASLET Committee on Publication.
VOLUME TWO
BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY.
JOHN B. CLARKE COMPANY, Printers. Manchester, N. H. 1922.
Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
Copyrighted 1922. BY G. WALDO BROWNE.
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INTRODUCTION
A recent writer, in speaking of family histories and grave- yard inscriptions, says : "To read a genealogy may be to a think- ing and reflecting mind, like walking in a cemetery, and reading the inscriptions on the gravestones. Each of the names in the table of one, or on the stone in the other, is the memorial-per- haps the only memorial-of a human heart that once lived and loved ; a heart that kept its pulsations through some certain period of time and then ceased to beat, and has moulded into dust."
Each had its joys and sorrows, its cares and burdens, its afflictions and hopes, its conflicts and achievements, its oppor- tunities wasted or improved, and its inevitable hour of death. Each of these dates of birth, marriage, death, how significant! What a day was each of these dates to some human family or to some circle of loving, human hearts! And the presence of death drives the mind to thoughts of immortality. Memorials of the dead are not of death alone, but of life also. They died, there- fore they lived. And as the mind thinks of the dead gathered to the fathers, it cannot but think of the unseen worlds which they inhabit.
All these names are memorials of human spirits that have passed from time to eternity, ready or unprepared; in youth or maturity of manhood; in childhood or in old age; they went into eternity as we are going.
"So, beyond the river of time that flows between, walk the brave men and beautiful women of our ancestry, grouped in twi- light upon the shores. Distance smooths away defects, and with
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gentle darkness rounds every form in grace. It steals the harsh- ness from their speech, and every word becomes a song. Far across the gulf that ever widens, they look upon us with eyes whose glance is tender, and which lights us to success. We acknowl- edge our inheritance, we accept our birthright, we own that their careers have pledged us to noble action. Every great life is an incentive to all other lives."
Sir Walter Scott, in his "Old Mortality," describes a reli- gious itinerant of the time who went from burial ground to burial ground with the chisel of the engraver to clear away the moss that had collected upon the tombstones and restored the names and epitaphs Father Time had well-nigh concealed with the gathering cobwebs of dust and matter. It concerned him nothing if those who slept away the years beneath the headstone had been rich or poor, known or obscure, if it were the resting place of a martyr or child, sinner or saint. It was his joy to do the unbidden work of restoring to memory the name of him who had passed into the Great Unknown, an example of man's nobility or God's goodness.
So we, pen in hand, pass from family to family to clear away the gathered moss of forgetfulness, and refurnish the ancient name with a passing touch, blending past and present, as we do it reminding ourselves anew of a fellowship that is not ended in death but interrupted for a little while.
G. WALDO BROWNE.
CONTENTS
Abbott
I7
Burbank 98
Adams
18
Burtt
99
Allen
19
Burnham
IOI
Andrews 2I
Butler
105
Appleton
3I
Buxton
107
Atkinson
32
Campbell 108
Carr
IIO
Carter
II5
Bachelder
35
Bailey 36, 603
Baker
38
Chapman I20
Baldwin
42
Chase I20
Bard 49
Cheney
I22
Barden
49
Childs I26
Barker
50
Clapp
129
Barns, Barnes
52
Clark 129
Baxter 60
Beard
62
Codman
I33
Belcher
64
64
Colby I39
Bennett
65
Collins
140
Bickford
66
Coolidge 140
Bixby
67
Colton 150
Black
70
Conn 150
Booth
71
Crain, Craine 154
Boyden 74
Crosby
159
Bradford
76
Cummings
I61
Briggs
86
Brockway
89
Curtice
164
Brown
93
Curtis
164
Bruce
96
Buck
97
Dane
165
Bowers 73
Crooker I55
Boynton
75
Cross
I60
Brickett 84
Cunningham 163
Currier
163
Atwood
32
Ayers, Eayers
34
Chadwick
119
Chandler
I19
Clement I3I
Bell
Colburn I37
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Danfield
165
Gaddas 223
Danforth I66
Gage
223
Dascomb 170
Gammell
224
Davis 172
Gardner 228
Denison 174
Gay
229
Dennison 174
175
Gerry 235
Devoy
176
Gibson 237
Dickey
176
Gilbert 243
Dodge
177
Gilmore
248
Dowlin 179
Gleason 249
Dresser
179
Goodale, Goodell 13, 249
Dunbar 180
Goodwin
261
Durant 18I
Gordon 262
Dustin
18I
Gould
262
Dutton
18I
Gove 267
Dwinnells I86
Graham
267
Eastwood
187
Eaton 187
Eggleston 193
Ellinwood
193
Emerson
194
Gross
284
Emery
194
Estey
197
Farley 198
Farnum
20I
Farrar
20I
Favor
205
Felt 206
Hart 289
Hartshorn 289
Fisk 207
Hartwell
290
Flint 209
Harvey 296
Haslet 297
Foot
213
Hatch
298
Foss 213
Hazen
30I
Foster 214
Fox
219
Francis 220
French
220
Hill
303
Fuller 22I
Hoit
308
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Gray 268
Green, Greene 269
Gregg
27I
Griffin 272
Grimes 273
Grout
284
Hadley 284
Hall
285
Hamlin 286
Harriman 287
Flanders 209
Heath
302
Hicks 604
George 235
Densmore
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CONTENTS.
Holden
308
McColley 384
Holman
312
McCoy
388
Hosley
313
McKean
388
Houston
315
Mckellips 389
Howard
316
McMurphy 389
Howe 318
McNiel 390
Howlett
320
Maguire
394
Hoyt
32I
Manahan
395
Hunt
324
Mann
400
Huntley 324
Mansfield
40I
Marcy 40I
Marshall
407
Martin
408
Jackman
325
Mathews
410
Jenison
334
Johnson
334
Millen
415
Jones 337, 604, 605
Miller
416
Keith
35I
Minot
416
Kellom, Kilham
352
Kelso
355
Mixer
Monroe
419
Kendall
3,56
Moore
428
Keyes
3,58
Morrill
430
Kidder
358
Kimball
359
Nelson
44I
Newell
445
Latham
367
Lawton
367
Lewis
368
Lincoln
371
Livermore
375
Love
376
Patten
450
Lovejoy
376
Peaslee
45I
Loveren, Lovering
377
Pendleton
452
Perry
452
Phillips
453
Pierce
453
McClintock 380
Pike
47I
McClure 383
Pope
476
Huse
325
Hutchinson
325
Merrill 41I
Mitchell
418
Kemp
356
Murdough
43I
Lacy 366
Newman
445
Nichols
447
Page
448
Parker
448
Lyon 378
McAlpine 378
McClary 379
Parmenter
449
419
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Porter
477
Sullivan
550
Potter
477
Symonds 550
Powers
478
Taggart 555
Taylor
560
Prichard
483
Temple
561
Priest
486
Thompson
563
Proctor
488
Tolbert
563
Ray 488
Towne
563
Richardson 489
Train
565
Riley
491
Tutherly 567
Ring
49I
Tuttle
567
Robbins
492
Rolfe
500
Varney
57I
Rowe
50I
Rumrill
501
Russell
502
Saltmarsh
503
Sargent
503
Sawyer
507
West
605
Senter
508
Wheeler
577
Shattuck
509
Whipple
578
Shedd
510
Whitaker
578
Silsby
514
Whitcomb
579
Silver
516
Whitford
579
Skinner 517
White
580
Sleeper
517
Whitney
581
Small
518
Whittemore
581
Smart
518
Whittle
582
Smiley
519
Wilder
583
Smith
519
Wilkins
584
Spalding, Spaulding. . 537
Wilkinson
591
Starrett
538
Willoughby
591
Stephenson 54I
Wilson
593
Stevens 54I
Wood
595
Story
543
Woodhead
596
Stow, Stowe 545
Woods
597
Straw
548
Worthley 599
Sturtevant
549
Wyman
.600
Vickery
572
Walker
572
Ward
573
Watson
575
Watts
575
Scruton
508
Webber 576
Trask
566
Preston 479
PORTRAITS
Pierce, President Franklin
Frontis.
Goodell, Dr. John Opp. p. 13
Allen, James S.
20
Andrews, Samuel
66 25
Henry 66 27
66 John H.
Christopher C. 30
66
Atwood, Sylvester 66
34
Bickford, James
66
Boynton, Roy J., M. D.
66
75
Brickett, Rev. Harry
66 84
Rev. Harry Leroy
66 86
Brockway, George 91
Himan 66
66 92
66 Fred 66 93
Burnham, Abel C., M. D.
66 104
Butler, James S. .
66
106
Buxton, Willis, Esq.
" 108
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Childs, Alba Opp. p. 127
Ruthven
128
Conn, Charles W. 152 " Granville, M. D. 153
Felt, Marcellus H., M. D.
66 206
Flanders, Charles S. 209
Fuller, Mark W. 222
John G. 226
Gammell, Corp. Pliny " 228
Gay, William E.
232
Gilbert, John 60
246
66 Elizabeth (Frost)
248
Ellen L. (Humphrey) 248 Goodale, Levi 253
Goodell, Dr. John
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Gould, George E.
" 265
Grimes, Francis 273
Mrs. Francis 275
James W., U. S. S. 66
277
Col. James Forsaith 279
Adm. John Grimes Walker 281
Frank C. 282
Mrs. Abbie J. 283
Haslet, Eliza A.
297
George W. " 298
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PORTRAITS.
Holman, Judge Samuel W. Opp. p. 312
Jackman, John W. . 333
Kelso, Walter L., M. D.
355
Kimball, Charles
364
Lincoln, George W. 379
Manahan, William H.
397
William H., Jr. 66
399
Mansfield, Alfred Lathrop 66
40I
Marcy, Joshua, Jr. 404
66
Merrill, William
413
Frank E. 66
414
Monroe, Orvan Payson
426
Pierce, Governor Benjamin 454
President Franklin Frontis.
Col. Frank H. Opp. p. 470
Kirk D., Esq.
471
Pike, Justus 66
473
Robbins, Capt. George A.
499
Shedd, John L.
510
John S. 512
Smith, Governor John B. 525
“ Lieut. Archibald L. 66 528
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Stephenson, Albe Opp. p. 541
66
" 543
Story, William H.
Mrs. William H. 66
544
Walker, William E. and Charles E. 66
66 573
Webber, Hon. Brooks K.
66 576
Whittaker, Henry P.
66
66 578
Whittemore, Jacob B.
66 582
Wyman, S. Dow
" 600
JOHN GOODELL, M. D.
JOHN GOODELL, M. D.
It seems fitting that the following sketch, prepared by one who knew him well, should appear here at the head of this vol- ume .- EDITOR.
The subject of this sketch, was born with the blood of the heroes and pioneers of the town in his viens, and spent his long life of eighty-five years here ; he was educated in the town schools and at Washington and Meriden Academies. Upon attaining his majority, he decided to study medicine and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, in 1859; then married and settled in Webster this state for about a year. An opening being offered, he returned to town purchasing the home and practice of Dr. Elisha Hatch; being the third genera- tion of physicians to occupy the stand, and where he lived until his death, being in active practice for fifty-three years.
He was a student, keeping fully abreast of the times, espe- cially in things Medical, using the best of the new preparations while not discarding the old; he had a high sense of profes- sional honor, and no trust reposed in him was ever revealed.
He delighted in his work for the Town History, struggling along alone with it for years as his time and strength would per- mit. Much of his gathered material on the old families was published in the Hillsboro Messenger some years ago, and could not be secured by any one at this date had it not been put into shape when it was ; as a matter of history his work is priceless, as
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no one living today knows the town and its people of the past as did Dr. John Goodell.
As the result of two serious accidents, he was never free from pain for more than thirty years, yet was always ready to listen to the troubles and complaints of others or to ease their pain if pos- sible; he was often called upon for advice other than professional, and settled many estates ; he was painstaking and methodical, per- haps sometimes seeming slow and over cautious, yet decided in action, firmly adhering to what he believed to be right.
He was a Republican in politics, but never sought public office, though he represented his town in the Legislature of 1889.
He loved his profession, his home, and his little farm and its surroundings, and was faithful in his devotion to them, until a painful illness, beginning with neuritis, laid him aside from active duty and brought to its close a long and useful life-the life of an "Old Fashioned Country Doctor," leaving the world richer for his labors in it and poorer because of his taking away.
ERRATA
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VOLUME I.
Page.
II2 Insert opposite should read From an old painting by Franc Marcy Clement.
306 Wirt K. Fuller should read Mark W. Fuller.
308 Bowling Farm should read Dowlin Farm.
310 Fanny Batchelder should read Fanny Baxter.
310 Elmwood district should read Ellenwood District.
310 Bond Homestead should read Barnes Homestead.
3II Elmwoods should read Ellenwoods.
345 Baptist Church should read sold at auction, Aug. 15, 1906, and taken down that year. The Lower Village Chapel was built in 1886 and dedicated in 1887, twenty years previous to the destruction of the old church.
383 William G. Fess should read William G. Foss.
386 Lower Village Post Office should read discontinued April 15, 1918.
389 Harrison Perry should read Harrison Ferry.
397 Lewis W. Gallond should read Lyman W. Gallond.
400 Railroad to Peterboro should read was finished 1878. First train run Aug. 25, 1878, by Henry C. Morrill.
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400 William P. Childs should read W. P. Grimes.
405 John Foster should read William Foster.
405 O. W. Procter should read E. W. Proctor.
405 Leon O. Proctor should read Leon B. Proctor.
412 William P. Grimes should read Warren P. Grimes.
412 William L. Kelso should read Walter L. Kelso.
412 Dr. Horace G. Pike should read son of Justus and Mary (Barker) Pike; he d. Nov. 8, 1888.
422 Sarah Ellen Whittemore should read Mary Ellen Whitte- more.
425 Kneeland Burtt should read Rolland Burtt.
466 Simon Atwood should read Sylvester Atwood.
472 Reed P. White should read Reed P. Whittemore.
475 Arthur Duval should read Arcade Duval.
493 George Russell should read three barns burned by light- ning but no house.
493 James Witt should read James Wilt.
520 Simon Atwood should read Sylvester Atwood.
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NOTE .- To save space, the following abbreviations have been adopted in giv- ing the Genealogical accounts of different families: Born, b .; married, m .; son, s .; daughter, dau .; resides, residing or resided, res .; removed, rem .; unmarried, unm; died, d. The Roman numerals are not arbitrary, but given to enable the reader to follow more easily the succeeding generations. The first member of a family that has been traced is designated as I, and so on. The name of the state is omitted when the town or city is in New Hampshire; otherwise it is given. H. is made to stand for Hillsborough.
The practice of adopting hereditary sirenames, designated today as surnames, and taken from manors and localities where the persons lived originated in Normandy about the close of the tenth century, or the beginning of the eleventh. The custom of taking names from towns and villages in England is sufficient proof of the ancient descent of the families who bear them. Many families in England copied after the example of the conquerors and prefixed "de" to their names. Generally speaking this par- ticle was dropped about the time of Henry Sixth, though a small minority has been retained to this day.
ABBOTT.
FRANCIS B., s. of Thomas and Anna (Eaton) Abbott; b. in Concord, Aug. II, 1821 ; m. Aug. 1, 1844, to Nancy A., dau. of Alvan and Polly (Metcalf) Goldthwait, b. in Croydon ; he was an engineer, farmer and blacksmith; res. in Andover, Concord, Nashua, Northfield, and came to H. in 1869; located in northeast part of the town.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Mary F., b. Andover, December 20, 1845.
2, Augusta, b. Concord, August 2, 1850; d. Northfield, Vt., April 13, 1873.
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3. Fred., b. Northfield, Vt., June 24, 1855; m. first Etta, dau. of Eli and Hannah F. (Colby) Carter; she d. August 4, 1885, and he m. second, October 17, 1886, Ella M., dau. of Calvin and Lorraine (Newman) Adams.
4. Kate M., b. Northfield, Vt., April 26, 1859; m. March 15, 1876, Nathan E. Farrar. (See)
EPHRAIM, m. Orpha Wilkins, and lived at one time in H. The record of this family is very incomplete, as far as I have been able to get it.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Phebe; 2. Amos; 3. Sarah L .; 4. Albert, m. Fanny Colby of Bradford; he d. June 4, 1873.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Almina F., b. November 4, 1845.
2. Carlos A., b. April 15, 1847.
DR. WALTER, b. in Bradford, 1871; s. of Benjamin and Mary (Choate) Abbott; was a grad. of Hanover Medical College, and after practicing his profession a short time in Brad- ford came to H. in 1902, remaining here until 1910, when he rem. to Warner.
DR. CHARLES, bro. of Dr. Walter, b. in Bradford, Mar. 1874; studied at Hanover Medical College, class of 1902, and began the practice of medicine in Suncook, where he remained until he came to this town in 1910, and has remained here ever since. He m. in 1904, Mrs. Lina Reece of Derby Line, Vt., the dau. of Emery and Mary (Forbes) Kingsbury.
ADAMS.
DANIEL C. ADAMS, b. in Washington, Mar. 30, 1830; m. in W., June, 1857, to Mary, dau. of Woodbury and Lorinda (Lewis) Dresser, b. Mar. 18, 1837. He d. Dec. 12, 1915; she d. Feb. 7, 1907.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Henry, b. September 30, 1867; m. Alice Robinson, of Lawrence, Mass., b. August 7, 1869, dau. of William P. and Mary E. (Whipple) Robinson; father b. in Waterbury, Vt., May 15, 1843; d. in Methuen, Mass., July 19, 1901; mother b. in Goffs- town, February 13, 1846; d. October 12, 1879.
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III. CHILDREN.
1. Henry W., Jr., b. December 28, 1907.
2. Helen May, b. January 19, 1909.
3. Irene Robinson, b. November 11, 1911.
2. Helen N., b. June 4, 1873 ; m. September 11, 1898, Leon Stillman Hill, of Westbrook, Me., station agent since December 6, 1902.
III. CHILD.
1. Alice May, b. August 19, 1905.
ALLEN.
JOHN, s. of Josiah and Deborah (Day) Allen,; b. in East Sudbury, now Wayland, Mass., Aug. 20, 1777; came to H. in 1806, and set. on the farm since known as the "Allen Farm," and occupied until within a few years by Leonard F. Martin. He m., in April, 1809, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Chandler) Danforth), b. Oct. 12. 1787; she d. Mar. 3, 1847 ; he d. Sept. 13, 1860.
III. CHILDREN.
1. John, Jr., b. May 30, 1811. (See)
2. Jonathan, b. May 27, 1813 ; d. August 24, 1818.
3. William, b. April 19, 1819; d. October, 1819.
4. Abigail, b. July 24, 1820; d. ; unm.
JOHN, JR., s. of John and Sarah (Danforth) Allen b. May 30, 1811 ; m. first in 1835, to Susan Gleason, of Medford, Mass. ; she d. in 1836, and he m. second on Oct. 12, 1837, Susan, dau. of Samuel and Abigail (Floyd) Teel, b. in Medford, June 7, 1812. He res. in Medford several years, and then ret. to H. in 1846, and bought the Eben Sargent farm, about one mile north- west from the Centre and near the brick school house; he d. Jan. 21, 1880.
IV. CHILDREN, ALL BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
1. Abbie F., b. in Medford, Mass., June 10, 1839 ; m. October 22, 1863, P. Payson Floyd, b. in Winthrop, Mass., Oct. 13, 1840; res. in Winthrop.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Charles P., b. May 30, 1865.
2. Nellie M., b. January 8, 1871.
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2. Carrie A., b. in Medford, Mass., November 17, 1841; m. October 23, 1863, Albert Floyd, b. in Winthrop, Mass., October 15, 1838; res. in Winthrop.
V. CHILDREN.
1. James A., b. May 31, 1870.
2. Ellis A., b. July 21, 1874.
3. James J., b. in Medford, Mass., June 27, 1845; m. December 12, 1877, Hattie B. Teel, b. in Medford, February 14, 1849 ; res. in Boston.
4. Charles H., b. in H., August 21, 1847; m. Sept. 19, 1877, Mollie Greenwood, b. in Chestertown, Kent Co., Md., July 6, 1848; res. in Camden, N. J.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Emma G., b. August 16, 1878.
2. Florence, b. September 29, 1879.
5. Mary G., b. in H., January 27, 1850; m. September 24, 1873, Ellis J. Pitcher, b. in Belfast, Me., April 30, 1840; res. in Wey- mouth, Mass .; she d. March 17, 1912.
V. CHILDREN.
1. George E., b. January 24, 1875.
2. Florence M., b. September 22, 1881.
3. Eloise, b.
6. Florence S., b. in H., December 21, 1854; m. June 16, 1880, M. Austin Belcher, b. in Winthrop, Mass., December 8, 1854; res. in W.
v. CHILD.
1. Bessie M., b. May 19, 1887.
JAMES S., b. in Malden, Mass., May 10, 1810; at the age of 21 began to drive the Fall River stage, and upon the open- ing of the railroad became express messenger between that place and Boston. In 1869, rem. to Manchester, N. H., and in 1881 purchased the Kendall farm on "The Flat" in this town, now owned by George Tuttle. Mr. Allen m. first a woman in Fall River, who had one dau., Abbie, who m. a Mr. Boyden, and d. when about 30; Mrs. Allen dying in 1850, he m. second Mary, dau. of William and Mary (Wilson) Dickey, of Deering, who d. April 17, 1898; Mr. Allen d. April 19, 1892.
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JAMES S. ALLEN
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ANDREWS.
ANDREWS.
ISAAC, the first to bear this surname in town, was a direct descendant of Lieut. John Andrews, b. in England about 1618, the s. of Thomas, and who came to New England with his parents in 1635. He was b. in Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 18, 1729; rem. to Concord, Mass., when a young man, and from thence to this town about 1765. He settled on Bible Hill, upon the farm since occupied by Erickson Burnham, and was the agent for the inhabitants in procuring the charter of the town. Chosen its first Town Clerk, he held the office for three years, being for the same period the chairman of the board of Selectmen, as well as a member of the Church society at its formation. He m. Lucy Perkins, of Ipswich; he d. Dec. 30, 1796, aged 66 years. First five of children b. in Concord, Mass., and the others in H.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Isaac, Jr., b. November 11, 1755; m. Rebecca Symonds. (See)
2. Lucy, b. September 7, 1757; m. John McNiel. (See)
3. Solomon, b. April 4, 1759 ; m. Sarah Bradford. (See)
4. Perkins, b. May 18, 1761; came to H. when young ; m. October 4, 1790, Lucy, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Lucy (Kimball) Symonds.
III. CHILD.
1. Betsey P., b. October 20, 1791.
5. Asa, b. June 11, 1764; d. unm.
6. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17, 1767; m. Benjamin Pierce. (See)
7. John, b. May 27, 1769 ; m. September 25, 1794, Olive Taylor.
8. Abraham, b. January 25, 1772; m. Oct. 14, 1794, Mary Chandler.
9, Hannah, b. September 22, 1774; m. June 11, 1792, Samuel Hodge of Francestown.
10. Rachel, b. April 25, 1776 ; m. May 22, 1794, Nathaniel Cooledge.
ISAAC, JR., better known as Major Isaac, s. of Isaac and Lucy (Perkins) Andrews ; b. in Concord, Mass., Nov, II, 1755; came to H. with his parents when a small boy. He served in the Revolutionary War. He m. first April II, 1782, Rebecca, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Lucy (Kimball) Symonds, and settled on a farm near the Centre which has remained in the hands of his descendants until recently ; his w. d. Sept. 7, 1820, and he m. sec- ond Mrs. Abigail Woodbury Beard; she d. Jan. 30, 1823 ; he d. May 4, 1843. He was Justice of the Peace for Hillsborough County and member of the State Legislature.
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HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH.
III. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Sarah, b. March 13, 1783; m. June 11, 1804, Col. Henry, s. of Ephraim and Rebekah Train, and rem. to Washington, where he d. September 18, 1846 ; she d. September 28, 1873.
2. Cyrus, b. June 29, 1784. (See)
3. Isaac, 3d., b. January 20, 1786; m. Sarah
4. Lucy, b. November 16, 1787; m. Dr. Reuben Hatch. (See)
5. Pamelia, b. May 7, 1790; m. Dr. Harvey Studley, of Washington, who afterwards rem. to Bradford, where he was Town Clerk for several years.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Henry M., b. in Washington, March 5, 1819.
2. Edward A., b. in Bradford, November 18, 1820.
3. Pamelia A., b. in B., September 5, 1822 ; d. aged 19 months.
4. Joseph S., b. in B., January 29, 1825 ; d. May 4, 1825.
5. Robert P., b. Feb. 10, 1826.
6. Olive P., b. April 24, 1828; m. Rev. C. C. Hart, Logan, Ohio.
6. Rebecca, b. September 25, 1792; m. Eliab Kellom. (See)
7. Apphia, b. March 5, 1794; m. Dr. Mason Hatch. (See)
8. Nancy, b. March 12, 1796 ; m. Daniel Priest. (See)
9. Abigail, b. November 28, 1798 ; d. unm.
SOLOMON, s. of Isaac and Lucy (Perkins) Andrews; b. in Concord, Mass., April 4, 1759; came to H. with his parents; m. in 1786, to Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Putnam) Bradford; settled on the farm situated on the road leading to William Temple's and known as the Wall Place; he was a shoemaker by trade and held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years ; well educated for his time he was noted for his quaint and original manner of expression. A few years after his marriage he rem. to Windsor, where he d. Mar. 29, 1840; wid. d. Nov. 16, 1856, at Warner.
He served in the Revolutionary War from July 20, to Sept. 20, 1777, in Capt. Ebenezer Webster's Co., Col. Thomas Stick- ney's Reg., Gen. John Stark's Brigade.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Abraham, b. December, 14, 1786. (See)
2. Isaac, b. February 15, 1789; d. October 12, 1804.
3. Lucy, b. July 4, 1791 ; m. Walden Sanborn, of Sanbornton.
4. Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1793 ; m. Ransom Bixby. (See)
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ANDREWS.
5. Hannah, b. August 3, 1796 ; m. January 3, 1838, Joseph Souther, of Charlestown, Mass .; he d. June 6, 1866; she d. November 7, 1875 ; no children.
6. Elizabeth B., b. July 30, 1798 ; d. unm. September 8, 1865.
7. Rebecca, b. November 29, 1800; m. George D. Goodell. (See)
8. Rachel, b. September 9, 1802; m. Foster Jones. (See)
9. William B., b. January 13, 1805 ; m. July 23, 1840, Louisa Horton, of Clearfield Co. Penn .; no children.
JOHN, s. of Isaac and Lucy (Perkins) Andrews ; b. May 8, 1769, in H .; m. Sept. 25, 1794, Olive Taylor, b. in Merrimack, Dec. 22, 1776.
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