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I. Jerusha, b. Attleboro, June 7, 1783 ; d. April 29, 1785.
2. James, b. Attleboro, April 3, 1786 ; m. Olive Fuller of West- moreland, and res. at N. L.
3. John, b. N. L., Sept. 14, 1788; m., June 12, 1814, Abigail, dau. of Solomon and Molly (Bancroft) Adams, and res. in N. L.
4 and 5. Chloe and Zebedee, b. May 20, 1790; d. March 5, 1797. 6. Jonathan, b. Sept. 4, 1794 ; d. Oct. 20, 1794.
HERRICK, JONATHAN .- The Herrick family in N. L. is of English descent, the oldest known ancestor being Henry Herrick, who was (probably) the son of Sir William Herrick of Leicester, England. Henry Herrick was b. in England in 1604, and came first to Virginia, then to Salem, Mass., he and his wife, Editha (Laskin) Herrick, being among the thirty con- stituted members of the First church, Salem, founded in 1629. Henry finally located in what is now Beverly, and settled his sons-Zacharie, Ephraim, Joseph, John-on farms near him. John Herrick, b. 1650, m., in 1674, Mary Redington, of Tops- field, Mass., and d. in 1680. Their son, John, b. 1675, m., in
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'1696, Sarah Kimball, and d. in 1722. John and Sarah (Kimball) Herrick had a son, Jonathan, b. 1710, who m. Mary Dodge in 1731, and in 1781 came to Hopkinton, whither their son, Jona- than, Jr., b. 1736, had removed two years previously. Jonathan Herrick, Jr., m. Rachel Allen in 1759. She d. in 1838, at the remarkable age of 103; he d. in Manchester, Mass. Their son, the third Jonathan Herrick and the sixth in descent from Henry Herrick, was b. 1760, making him 19 years old at the time of the family's coming to Hopkinton. In 1783 he m. Betsey Sargent and came to N. L. He purchased land in the vicinity of the Dr. Morrill cottage, between Lakeside and Hastings's shore, where Edmund Davis had made a clearing on first com- ing to town. His farm lay to the south from the beautiful cove now known as Worthen's, but familiar to the earlier residents of the town as Herrick's. In 1818, Jonathan conveyed this farm to his son Nathan, who removed to Maine six years later. Stephen, a younger son, then had the homestead for a year, and when he, too, went to Maine in 1825, his father accompanied him. Jonathan d. in Corinth, Me., in 1844. The Herrick farm lay in the path of the great hurricane which swept across Lake Sunapee in 1821,-a fact which, perhaps, was influential in the later removal from town of so many members of the Her- rick family. The children of Jonathan and Betsey (Sargent) Herrick were,-
I. Nathan, b. March 14, 1784; m., June 18, 1805, Lois, youngest dau. of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent, b. March, 1781, and res. in N. L.
2. Jonathan, Jr., b. April 4, 1786 ; m. (1), Nov. 28, 1811, Sarah, dau. of Lieut. Joseph and Anna (Heath) Colby, b. July 24, 1790; m. (2), 1824, Rhoda, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Messenger) Everett, b. Aug. 21, 1798 ; res. in N. L.
3. Joshua, b. Jan. 29, 1789 ; m., Feb. 6, 1812, Betsey, dau. of David and Phebe (Mastin) Gile, b. Sutton, Jan. 21, 1789 ; had one child,-David Gile, b. N. L., Oct. 31, 1812,-but removed later to Corinth, Me., where Betsey d., Oct. 20, 1870. They had in all nine children.
4. Ruth, b. April 8, 1791 ; m., Dec. 2, 1818, Capt. Nathaniel W. Knowlton, son of Ezekiel and Susanna (Smith) Knowlton, b. Sept. 23, 1794, and res. in N. L.
5. Stephen, b. June 11, 1794; m., March 15, 1824, Mary D., dau. of Ruel and Mary (Hurd) Keith of Newport, b. June 11, 1799.
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(Eunice (Keith) Pike, wife of Capt. John Pike, was an older sister of Mary Herrick.) Stephen and his wife res. on the homestead about two years, and their oldest child, Charles Henry Herrick, was b. there, Sept. 9, 1825. The following winter the family removed to Corinth, Me.
6. Zenas, b. June 28, 1796 ; was a saddle-maker, and in 1820 was living in Sutton ; m., Nov. 7, 1822, Sally, dau. of Penuel and Hannah Everett, b. April 13, 1798, and res. in Corinth, Me.
7. Betsey, b. March 12, 1800; m., Jan. 29, 1823, Nathaniel, son of David and Catherine Smith, b. April 12, 1797. Nathaniel was " of Sutton " at the time of his marriage.
8. Charles, b. Sept. 16, 1803 ; went to Corinth, Me., and about 1824 was killed while felling a tree ; unmarried.
9. Hannah Sargent, b. Dec. 3, 1806; m. Henry Dexter of Cor- inth, Me.
HOLT, NICHOLAS .- The children of Nicholas and Achsa Holt, of the northeast district, recorded among the N. L. vital statistics were,-Fanny, b. March, 2, 1793 ; Benjamin, b. Jan. 7, 1795. He served as highway surveyor in 1793.
HUNTING, DEA. EBENEZER .- There arrived in Dedham, Mass., 1638, John Hunting, b. 1597, who had been a " rul- ing elder " of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, England, and who brought with him his wife, b. Hester Seabourne (a second cousin of John Rogers), one son, and four daus. The son, John, b. about 1628, m. Elizabeth Paine, April 18, 1671, and d. Sept. 19, 1718, having had seven sons and three daus. His son Stephen, b. May 14, 1688, m. Rebekah Woodward, April II, 1709, and had at least four sons,-Samuel, Stephen, Daniel, Israel. Of these, Israel, b. Dedham, 1723, m. his cousin, Abigail Hunting, June 11, 1747, and had two sons,- Ebenezer, b. May 3, 1748, and John, b. July 25, 1753. John
d. Dec. 7, 1754. Ebenezer m. (1), March 19, 1770, his cousin Lois, dau. of Samuel Hunting mentioned above. Lois d. at Dedham, Aug 1, 1775, having had one son, Enoch,-b. July 9, 1773 ; d. Aug. 8, 1773. Ebenezer removed to N. L. soon after Lois's death, and built a log cabin not far from the site of the recently removed John Trussell house. On his way hither his halting steps (for he was lame) had been watched by Hannah Ordway, who lived in Warner not far from the Hop- kinton line (or vice versa), and the womanly interest thus expressed was remembered gratefully by the weary traveller.
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The following March he visited at her home, and gained her hand in a marriage which was solemnized April 2, 1778. The return to N. L. from this romantic expedition, a picture of the home life afterwards, and also the experiences and environment which Mr. Hunting had in common with most of the early N. L. settlers, are sketched vividly in a letter written by his son Enoch, printed here through the courtesy of Mr. Albert Hunt- ing :
" My first recollection of my grandmother is that she was " blind, and I used to delight to lead her to visit the neighbors. " I used when a little boy to go into their room, and kneel at the " great arm chair behind which grandpa stood for his family " devotions. I remember, when a very little boy, she was sick " and died. Their good Presbyterian minister from Newport, " 20 miles distant, came to visit her in her sickness. My father " was the second man who settled in New London, N. H., " domiciliating his newly married wife in a log hut covered " with spruce bark, the floor of split logs raised enough from " the ground so that they could sit before the fire, the ground " for a hearth and a few stones protecting the wall (logs) from " the fire, with an opening at the top for the smoke to escape. " It was December [April], and an ox team could only go to " within three miles of their camp. They put on snowshoes. "A handsled (wide splits for runners) loaded was drawn by " my father, my mother carrying all she could in her hands. "A bedstead,-framed with an augur, and basswood bark for a " cord,-table, etc., to match, adorned their one room in the " clearing which he had commenced soon after the death of " his first wife. When on his way thither he first saw my " mother about 12 or 15 miles short of the spot where he pitched " his tent. At the door of a log house in a new country stood " a black-eyed woman watching the steps of a lame, " weary, sickly-looking wayfarer. He passed on, and the " gossip of the neighbors was, ' That cripple will be your hus- " band.' He went on, and in due time took her on snowshoes " to his humble cot. They lived a pious life ; they died a " happy death." The "grandmother " referred to in the first part of the above, was Abigail Hunting, who, with her hus- band, Israel, passed her latest days at Dea. Ebenezer's. Israel d. at N. L., April 15, 1802 ; Abigail d. July 17, 1798, aged 84 ;
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the bodies of both repose in the village cemetery on Summer street. After a few years residence on his first location Eben- ezer built a more commodious dwelling-house not far from the Sutton line, on land now owned by James E. Shepard and nearly opposite the house afterwards erected by his son Israel. He lived there until Feb. 8, 1821, when he d., full of years and honors. He was chosen deacon of the church Jan. 8, 1789, and served till death-more than 32 years. Hannah d. Dec. 2, 1820, aged 73. Children :
I. Jonathan, b. Jan. 23, 1779 ; m., June 12, 1804, Sally, dau. of Lieut. Ebenezer and Jane (McCordy) Shepard, b. 1776, and took up his residence on that part of his father's farm which lay in Sutton. Jonathan d. Oct. 1, 1861 ; Sally d. Jan. 9, 1835 ; they are buried in the N. L. cemetery. Children :
(1). Israel, b. May 10, 1805 ; m. Lydia Blaisdell of Auburn, where they res. and where Israel d., Oct. 21, 1844, leaving two sons,-James B. and Samuel H .- who res. in Auburn.
(2). Polly, b. April 21, 1807 ; never m. ; res. at Malden, Mass., with her brother William, where she d. May 28, 1883.
(3). Jonathan G., b. Oct. 5, 1809; m., Oct. 6, 1835, Harriet Rowe of Chester, and res. in N. L.
(4). William S., b. May 7, 1812 ; never m .; res. at Malden, Mass., where he d.
(5). Enoch, b. Jan. 15, 1815 ; m. (1), in 1846, Mary A. Rowe of Chester (sister of Harriet above),-no children ; m. (2), Oct. 5, 1851, Mary A. Sloan of Boston, and res. at Maple- wood, Mass. Children : (a) Mary E., d. in infancy; (b) Amelia V., m., Feb. 4, 1886, W. L. Cushman, and res. at Maplewood ; (c) Herbert E., never m., res. with his parents.
(6). James, b. Sept. 28, 1818; m. Elizabeth Pearson of East Malden, Mass., where he res. and d. No children.
2. John, b. Oct. 8, 1780; m. (I), Jan. 4, 1803, Dorcas Pearson of Sutton, and removed to Corinth, Me. Dorcas bore him two sons, and d. March 30, 1841. John m. (2), July 25, 1841, Sarah C. Rollins of Corinth. He d., 1866, in the West, having had six children.
3. Nehemiah, b. May 28, 1782; d. March 3, 1798. Elder Sea- mans's diary, under date of March 5, gives these facts : " This " youth, of about 15 or 16 years old, went to bed the Fryday- " night before [March 2], well, for aught any one knew; and "in the night was heard, and then found in the agonies of " death : and hardly gasped after he was discovered."
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4. Abigail, b. May 7, 1784; went to Corinth, Me., where she m. twice, and d., having had children. Her first marriage, Oct. 29, 1810, was to Joseph Bragdon of New Ohio, Me .; her sec- ond husband was Mr. Wheeler.
5. Israel, b. April 12, 1786 ; m., Aug. 28, 1808, Lucinda, dau. of Levi and Lucy (Titus) Everett, b. April 26, 1788, and res. in N. L.
6. Hannah, b. March 25, 1788 ; moved to Corinth, Me .; m., Oct. 6, 1814, Elder Henry Hale of New Charleston, Me., and had children.
7. Enoch, b. Feb. 14, 1790; m. Joan Hobart of Hebron, and moved to Corinth, Me .; was a Baptist clergyman, and received ordination from the N. L. church, March 15, 1814; d., Jan. 22, 1878, at Madison, O., having had eleven children, all b. in Maine.
8. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 19, 1793; m., Feb. 8, 1815, Susan, dau. of Phinehas and Mehitable (Philbrook) Stevens of Sutton, and moved to Charleston, Me., where he d., March 2, 1826, having had six children.
HUTCHINS, JAMES .- James Hutchins was the oldest son of Lieut. William and Abigail (Flood) Hutchins mentioned below. He was b. in Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 9, 1770 ; was a soldier of the Revolution, and came to N. L. with his father in 1780. Was a resident of the town until 1799, when he removed with his family to Sutton. In 1817 his son James returned to N. L., res. here until 1821, and again became a citizen at a later period. James, the younger was joined by his brother John in 1819, and the two owned the Daniel Seamans farm together for a few years, when James sold out to John. The older James lived with his sons until his death, and both he and Susanna, his wife, are buried here, together with their dau. Sarah. James d. Sept. 28, 1826; Susanna d. Jan. 10, 1858, aged 96. Children :
I. Ednah, b. Nov. 14, 1784.
2. John, b. April 15, 1786 ; m., and res. in N. L.
3. Sarah, b. April 25, 1787 ; d. May 3, 1787.
4. James, b. April 6, 1788 ; m., and res. in N. L.
5. Susanna, b. Jan. 7, 1790.
6. Betsey, b. Oct. 5, 1791.
7. Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1793.
8. Amos, b. June 17, 1794.
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9. Isaac, b. May 20, 1797.
IO. William, b. March 27, 1799.
HUTCHINS, LIEUT. WILLIAM .- The Hutchins families in N. L. were direct descendants of the John Hutchins and Frances his wife, aged 30 and 26 years respectively, who in May, 1638, set sail from Southampton, England, in the good ship Bevis, for America. They res. in Newbury and Haverhill, Mass., and had seven children. Their second son, Joseph Hutchins, b. Nov. 15, 1640, m., Dec. 29, 1669, Joanna Corliss of Haver- hill, and had seven children. John, the oldest child, b. May 5, 1671, m., Nov. 11, 1695, Sarah Page of Haverhill. James was the fourth of their ten children, and was b. Feb. 7, 1705 ; m., Nov. 12, 1729, Ruth Greeley. Lieut. William Hutchins of N. L. was the youngest of the five children of James and Ruth (Greeley) Hutchins. He was b. March 16, 1739, and m. (I) Abigail Flood of Haverhill, March 27, 1760. From 1762 to 1780 the family res. in Weare, and kept a tavern, but at the N. L. March meeting, 1781, Lieut. William Hutchins was chosen highway surveyor. At this time he was living on the Mrs. Phebe Morgan farm, and thus it was that the road from the Four Corners to the old meeting-house gained its name of " Hutchins road." About 1790 he removed to Sutton. In the " History of Sutton " his name appears in the list of new tax- payers from 1790 to 1800, in the list of land-owners in 1792, and on the subscription-list for the building of the meeting house at North Sutton, dated Aug. 28, 1794. In 1798 quite a large party of Sutton people went to Canada, and Lieutenant Hutchins and his family were probably among them. His wife, Abigail (Flood) Hutchins, d. there, Aug. 29, 1809, aged 71 years, and in a few months he returned to New Hampshire. Sept. 18, 1810, he m. (2) Widow Hannah Belknap of Salem, who d. April 2, 1824, and is buried at Salem with her first husband. Lieutenant Hutchins then returned to N. L., and Oct. 3, 1824, m. (3) " Widow Mary Shepard of Spring- field," b. Mary Gile, dau. of Ephraim and Mary (Simons) Gile of Sutton, March 24, 1754. Lieutenant Hutchins was her third husband, she having m. (I), about 1777, Stephen Abbot of Concord, becoming the mother of Theodore Abbot of N. L .; (2) Jonathan Shepard of N. L., father of Dea. Jonas Shepard. In 1825 Lieutenant Hutchins and his wife
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were living with Theodore Abbot, and he was taxed for a horse. He also lived with Zaccheus Messer, who had m. his daughter Hannah, and at Manning Seamans's, where he d., June 3, 1826, aged 87 years, and is buried in the cemetery. Mary, his widow, m. (4) Simeon Blood, great-grandfather of Gen. R. A. Blood of Charlestown, Mass.
The above facts relating to the ancestors of Lieut. William Hutchins, as well as the military record which follows, were obtained through the courtesy of Miss Marantha Messer of Woburn, Mass., and Mr. Moses Messer, of Onarga, Ill., grand- children of Zaccheus and Hannah ( Hutchins) Messer.
Lieutenant Hutchins began his military career before he was twenty, and was at Crown Point, Ticonderoga, and other places, under General Amherst, going from Weare ; and was in General Washington's army in New York. In May, 1775, he volunteered for eight months, and was appointed sergeant, under Capt. Moses McFarland, in the regiment commanded by Col. John Nixon. Marched to the siege of Boston, and was stationed on Winter hill. March 28, 1776, he was appointed ensign in the Fourth regiment, commanded by Colonel Nixon ; in 1777 was appointed second lieutenant, under Capt. Nathaniel Hutchins, in the First regiment, commanded by Colonel Cilley. He had a large family dependent on him, and on that account resigned his position June 23, 1779. While living in Salem, in 1818, he was granted a pension for his services.
Children of Lieut. William and Abigail (Flood) Hutchins, b. in Haverhill and Weare :
I. James, b. Dec. 9, 1760 ; m., and res. in N. L.
2. Judith, b. Nov. 28, 1763.
3. Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1766.
4. Joseph, b. March 21, 1768.
5. Abigail, b. April 1, 1770.
6. Hannah, b. Sept. 15, 1772 ; m., May 13, 1794, Zaccheus, son of Lieut. Samuel Messer, b. Dec. 6, 1770, and res. in N. L.
7. Ruth, b. Jan. 17, 1775.
8. William, b. Aug. 15, 1779.
Two of the daus. d. in Canada, between 1800 and 1810.
IDE, JOHN .- Among the marriages solemnized by Elder Seamans during his connection with the Baptist church of Attleboro, Mass., was that of John Ide and Abigail White, who
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were m. Jan. 2, 1783. They came to N. L. prior to 1794, for his name is on a list of petitioners for a coroner that year. The wife of John Slack of N. L. was Betsey Ide of Attleboro, a dau. of John Ide by a former wife, and it was with the Slacks that the Ides made their home as age crept upon them. John d. April 13, 1800, aged 75 years ; Abigail d. Sept. 17, 1810, aged 69 years. Child :
I. Edward, b. 1785 ; m., Feb. 11, 1808, Betsey, dau. of Jesse and Phebe (Farmer) Dow, b. July 14, 1781, and res. in N. L.
JEWETT, JEDEDIAH .- This pioneer purchased from Capt. Jonas Minot a part of lot No. 100, May 30, 1776 (see p. 51), the date establishing him as among the earliest settlers. Later he became the owner of part of lot No. 120, and the larger share of his two purchases constitute the Horace Hurd farm of to-day. He was b. probably in Nelson, and there m. his wife Mary, who accompanied him to N. L. The early records bear witness to the interest he took in town affairs, and his descendants through three successive generations have proved themselves worthy citizens. Jedediah conveyed the homestead to his older son Feb. 12, 1819, and d. April 20, 1820, aged 79 years ; Mary Jewett d. Jan. 30, 1828, aged 82 years. Chil- dren :
I. Jedediah, b. 1783 ; m., Jan. 7, 1806, Mary, dau. of Jacob Wheeler of Nelson, and res. in N. L.
2. David, b. 1785 ; res. in N. L.
KEZAR, EBENEZER .- Ebenezer Kezar and Polly Hadley, " both of New London," were m. by Rev. Job Seamans, Nov. II, 1795. It is quite probable that Ebenezer was the oldest son of Simon and Mehitable (Foster) Kezar of Sutton, b. Feb. 4, 1770, and named for his grandfather Kezar. (See " History of Sutton," p. 783.) Simon Kezar was early connected with the church in N. L., and Elder Seamans makes frequent mention of preaching at his house in Sutton. Several of his sons and daughters removed to Canada about 1798, and Eben- ezer and his wife may have been of the party.
KIDDER, NOAH .- Noah Kidder signed the petition for incor- poration Jan. 22, 1779, but his name does not appear otherwise on the town records. Tradition has it that he went to Enfield, and became one of the family of Shakers in that town. The fact that Noah Kidder, musician, and Nathaniel Merrill, pri-
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vate, served in the same company in the War of 1812, would perhaps indicate a residence in Acworth, where Merrill (men- tioned below) is supposed to have located.
KNOWLTON, EZEKIEL (I) .- In the early days there were in N. L. three families of Knowltons, all of whom came from Hopkinton and were descendants of the original Knowlton family of Manchester, Mass. Two of these Knowltons, Eze- kiel and Robert, were brothers; and the third, an older Ezekiel, would appear to have been their cousin. This Eze- kiel, who was a soldier of the Revolution, was the pioneer settler on a part of the present John D. Pingree farm, and the house which he built has the distinction of being the oldest now standing. He d. Sept. 6, 1806, at the age of 49, leaving a wife, Mehitable, who became the second wife of Dea. Zebe- dee Hayes, May 11, 1815, and d. Jan. 20, 1824.
KNOWLTON, EZEKIEL (2) .- The earliest known ancestor of the Knowlton brothers, Ezekiel and Robert, was a Robert, whose son Ezekiel was an early resident of Hopkinton. The first Ezekiel was a farmer, and had by his wife (b. Elizabeth Woodbury) Ezekiel and Robert, who came to N. L .; Betsey and Mary, never m., res. in Hopkinton ; Sarah, m. Moses Trussell, and res. in N. L .; Nathaniel, a prominent citizen of his native town. The younger Ezekiel was b. May 9, 1768, and on first leaving home settled in Sunapee. June 5, 1791, he exchanged clearings with James Lamb, the first settler of N. L., and thus became the owner of part of the present Nathaniel Knowlton farm. In the deed from Lamb to Knowl- ton, John Austin (see p. 72) is mentioned as a former adjoining land-owner, so it is quite possible that he lived at the West Part before locating near Lake Pleasant. In 1793 Ezekiel m. Susan, dau. of Stephen and Rachel (Hunt) Smith, b. Nov. 29, 1774. (Rachel Smith d. in N. L., at the residence of her grandson, Samuel Smith Knowlton, Aug. 18, 1834, aged 80 years.) For 56 years this worthy couple were spared to each other, and became the ancestors of a line of useful and industrious citi- zens. Ezekiel d. Jan. 3, 1850; Susan d. March 27, 1869. Their children were,-
I. Nathaniel Woodbury, b. Sept. 23, 1794 ; m., Dec. 2, 1818, Ruth, dau. of Jonathan and Betsey (Sargent) Herrick, b. April 8, 1791, and res. in N. L.
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2. Samuel Smith, b. Feb. 22, 1796 ; m., Sept. 3, 1822, Martha, dau. of James Witherspoon of Newbury, b. February, 1796, and res. in N. L.
3. Susanna, b. Aug. 14, 1798 ; d. Sept. 10, 1806.
4. Polly, b. May 22, 1800; m., July 11, 1820, John Hastings of Newbury, and res. in N. L.
5. Rachel, b. March 25, 1807 ; m. Gideon, oldest son of Dea. Gideon and Sally Wilkins, b. Dec. 1, 1800, and res. in N. L.
6. Belinda, b. Dec. 14, 1811 ; m. Stephen Gordon, and res. in N. L., Groton, and Bristol.
KNOWLTON, ROBERT .- Robert, the younger of the Knowl- ton brothers, came to N. L. from Hopkinton about 1788, and settled on the White lot, along the northerly side of King's hill. For a number of years his home was on the N. L. side of the border line, but for a short time he res. on the farm now owned by Joseph Fletcher, which lies on the Sutton side of the same line, and finally went West. His family, however, remained here, though of the children nearly all m. and settled in other towns. The children of Robert and Jemima Knowlton were,- I. Jemima, b. Hopkinton, Feb. 17, 1787; m., about 1807, The- ophilus, son of Benjamin and Judith Adams, b. Feb. 18, 1789, and res. in N. L.
2. Robert, b. N. L., May 24, 1789.
3. Samuel, b. June 16, 1791 ; m. Betsey, dau. of Lieut. Thomas and Phebe (Brocklebank) Pike, and became the father of Dennis, Moses, and Capt. John P. Knowlton, all of Sunapee.
4. Betsey, b. March 18, 1793 ; m. Mr. Flanders of Sunapee.
5. Sally, b. Feb. 5, 1795.
6. Josiah Smith, b. March 12, 1796; m. (1), Feb. 18, 1823, Susan Smith, who d. Sept. 11, 1836 ; m. (2), March 15, 1839, Rox- ana Wilcox, who d. May 15, 1871. Josiah was a merchant and farmer, and res. in Hopkinton; was deacon of the Bap- tist church for many years, and representative to the General Court in 1841 and 1842. He d. Dec. 4, 1874.
7. John, b. March 8, 1798.
8. Julia, b. May 26, 1800; went to Indiana.
LAMB, JAMES .- The first permanent settler of N. L. was James Lamb, who came in 1775, and made his clearing on the Nathaniel Knowlton farm. In 1791 he exchanged it for one in Sunapee (Wendall) belonging to Ezekiel Knowlton, and removed with his family to that town. His son, John Alexan-
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der, is generally believed to have been the first child b. in the town limits. Some of Lamb's family d. during their residence here, and were buried near the clearing, a white stone still marking their resting-place. There is also on the Knowlton farm a stone supposed to have been hollowed out by the Lambs for baking purposes. Lamb's autograph, together with that of Lieut. William Hutchins, has been preserved in a legal docu- ment given by Capt. Jonas Minot to Jedediah Jewett, and a fac-simile of their signatures is presented herewith.
Delivered in presence of 1 William Hutchins James Lame
LYON, ELIPHALET .- Tradition makes Eliphalet Lyon the second permanent settler of N. L. It will be noticed, however, in the sketch of Dea. Ebenezer Hunting, that his son Enoch claims the same honor for him. Eliphalet was evidently an old man, as his taxes were abated yearly from 1781 to 1784, and on the latter date "forever." Nothing definite is known regarding his family.
LYON, JOHN .- In the conveyance by Nathaniel Fales to Joseph Trussell, Nov. 3, 1798, of Trussell's original purchase, mention is made of John Lyon as a former owner of the land lying east of Lyon brook and south of the old highway from Woodbury's corner (Crockett's) to Minot's square (Hominy Pot). From this it would appear that John was the son of Eliphalet, and succeeded to the land originally owned by the latter. There was also a Betsey Lyon baptized by Elder Sea- mans, March 30, 1793, who was perhaps the dau. of John.
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