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I. Frances Abby, b. Jan. 12, 1845 ; d. Jan. 30, 1877.
2. Caroline Dodge, b. July 21, 1847 ; m., Jan. 11, 1885, George E., son of George and Abigail (Hill) Shepard [154], b. March 28, 1840 ; res. in Franklin. No children.
3. Henrietta Pearson, b. Aug. 19, 1851 ; m., Feb. 21, 1883, Brad- bury Dunbar (a native of West Lebanon) of Malden, Mass., where they res. Mr. Dunbar is commercial traveller for Slatterbeck & Morse, druggists' sundries, of Portland, Me.
4. John Augustus, b. Jan. 2, 1854; m., Jan. 26, 1886, Kate Mackinnon, dau. of Joseph Mackinnon of Charlestown, P. E. I., b. Oct. 13, 1865 ; res. in N. L.
5. Charles Lewis, b. July 11, 1857 ; d. May 5, 1858.
SHEPARD, SAMUEL .- Samuel, third son of Ebenezer and Sally (Burpee) Shepard [152], after his marriage to Phebe, dau. of Eli Haskins of Grafton and a sister of Asa L. Haskins who came to N. L., [349] settled in Grafton, going by spot- ted trees a mile into the forest and making a clearing in the dense woods. In the five years that the family lived there the two oldest children were born, and they then removed to Dan- bury. In 1834 Samuel had returned to N. L., and his father settled on him the home place. The Otis Everett farm was purchased in 1842, and there Samuel res. until his death, May 19, 1861. Phebe d. June 12, 1861. Children :
I. William Haskins, b. July 8, 1824; m. (1), June 20, 1853, Emmeline C., dau. of William Todd of N. L., b. Dec. II, 1828. Emmeline d. Oct. 5, 1854, and William m. (2), Oct. 24, 1866, Frances Maria, dau. of E. Willard Frisbie, M. D., of Phelps, N. Y. In 1846 William went to Nashville, Tenn., to work for his uncle, James G. Shepard, on the Nashville Union. From there he went overland to California in 1849, the wagon train taking one hundred days for the trip from St. Joseph, Mo., to Shasta, Cal. ; and in all that time they saw neither house, tent, nor woman. A few years of this rough life was enough, and returning home he m. and went to live in Alden, N. Y. After the death of his first wife he went to Mankato, Minn., m. a second time, and has since res. there. Children :
(1). Mary Emmeline, b. May 12, 1854; m., Sept. 16, 1874, Thomas Parke, son of George Gere of Chatfield, Minn., and res. in Sioux City, Ia. Their children are,-(a) A dau. who d. in infancy. (b) Margaret Shepard, b. St. Paul, Minn., June 24, 1877. (c) George William, b.
DANIEL S. SEAMANS.
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Sept. 12, ISSO; d. July 28, ISSI. (d) Nellie Crippen, twin to George William ; d. Aug. 2, 1881. (e) Thomas Parke, Jr., b. March 16, 1886. (f) Frances Shepard, b. Oct. 19, 1887. (g) Hedges Champlin, b. June 8, 1889.
(2). Frances Frisbie, b. Mankato, Sept. 22, 1869.
(3). William Frisbie, b. Dec. 4, 1871.
2. Lucina Hill, b. Nov. 5, 1826; m., Nov. 1, 1858, Adna Syl- vester, son of Micajah Fowler of Sutton ; res. in N. L.
3. Sarah Burpee, b. July 10, 1828; m., Jan. 22, 1849, William Slade, a native of Alstead, and res. in Watervliet, N. Y., removing later to Merrimack, Wis., where Sarah d. April 27, 1859. William Slade was a farmer. He was b. March 16, 1822 ; d. Sept. 27, 1889, in Adrian, Minn. Children : (1). Emma Frances, b. Dec. 17, 1849 ; d. Feb. 27, 1851.
(2). Alice Benham, b. Aug. 11, 1852 ; d. Dec. 29, 1868.
(3.) George Shepard, b. July 21, 1854 ; m. Nettie R. Dunham, b. June 22, 1857 ; res. in Adrian, Minn. Children : (a) Roxie M., b. Aug. 30, 18So. (b) Charles W., b. Nov. 12, 1882. (c) Musa, b. July 23, 1885. (d) Max D., b. Nov. 23, 1888. (e) Dorris, b. March 1, 1891.
(4). William, Jr., b. June 22, 1856 ; d. July 4, 1857.
(5). Charles Walter, b. Sept. 19, 1858 ; m. Carrie A. Orvis of Baraboo, Wis., b. May 12, 1862 ; res. in Adrian, Minn. Children : (a), (b) Twins, who d. in infancy. (c) Jes- sie A., b. Aug. 30, 1883.
4. Rhoda Emily, b. Nov. 19, 1830; m., Oct. 20, 1853, James Greeley, son of Capt. Marshall Trayne of N. L .; res. in Merrimack, Wis., where James engaged in farming, and later was a merchant at Baraboo, Wis. Rhoda d. April 14, 1891. Children :
(1). Arthur Tappan, b. March 11, 1855 ; m. Cora Cameron of Michigan, who is deceased, leaving two children.
(2). Mary Shepard, b. Nov. 10, 1857 ; d. Aug. 17, 1864.
(3) . Emma Julia, b. July 7, 1860 ; d. Aug. 25, 1864.
(4). Alice Edith, b. Jan. 15, 1863 ; m., Nov. 25, 1885, Har- rison Case Newell of Baraboo, b. Jan. 13, 1863. They res. in Sioux Falls, So. Dakota, where he is a merchant. Child : (a) Emily T., b. April 9, 1892.
(5). Charles Codding, b. Aug. 6, 1865 ; d. Jan. 9, 1869.
(6). Mary, b. March 19, 1868; d. June 26, 1870.
(7). Frank, b. Aug. 12, 1870.
5. Samuel George, b. March 27, 1833 ; m., March 12, 1857, Mal- vina Abbie, dau. of John Mussey of Sutton, b. Corinth, Me., 26
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Aug. 11, 1832. Samuel is a farmer, and res. in Merrimack, Wis. Children :
(1). Samuel, b. Jan. 26, 1858 ; m., Oct. 4, 1879, Elsie S., dau. of Philip Runyon of Spencer, Ia. ; is a railroad engi- neer, and res. in Minneapolis, Minn. Children : (a) George Philip, b. Aug. 12, ISSO; d. in infancy. (b) Grace Harriet, b. Jan. 9, 1882. (c) Frank T., b. March 16, IS83. (d) James Eli, b. Oct. 24, 1885. (e) Elsie Malvina, b. Nov. 26, ISSS. (f ) Bert Shepard, b. June 27, 1891 ; d. in infancy.
(2). George Bert, b. Nov. 7, 1863 ; d. Jan. 4, 1885.
6. Martha Albina, b. April 14, 1835 ; unmarried. Martha went to Wisconsin in 1861, and since then her life has been spent in the West. She graduated at Ripon college in 1872, held prominent positions as teacher in Ohio, Minnesota, and Dakota, and for seven years was one of four missionaries doing pioneer work among the Sioux Indians in the Normal Training school at Santee Agency, Nebraska. Loss of health compelled her to leave this most interesting work, and when she was again able to labor for the cause she loved, she went to Iowa among the Sacs and Foxes. For seven years, ending in 1895, she was connected with an orphan asylum in Milwau- kee, Wis., serving for five years as matron. Thus her whole life has been one of unselfish service for others.
7. Sylvester Foster, b. Nov. 23, 1837 ; m., Aug. 2, 1876, Helen, dau. of Orsino Comstock, b. Feb. 10, 1849 ; res. in Janes- ville, Minn., and is a farmer. Children :
(1). Helen Comstock, b. April 28, 1877.
(2). George Sylvester, b. Oct. 20, 1878.
(3). John Comstock, b. Nov. 7, 1879.
(4). May Comstock, b. Aug. 12, 1883.
(5). Frank Cleveland, b. July 30, ISS7.
(6). Charles Orsino, b. Feb. 26, 1890.
8. Abigail Seamans, b. Dec. 11, 1839 ; m., April 14, 1862, Jacob H., son of James Todd ; res. in N. L.
9. James Eli, b. March 13, 1842 ; m., Nov. 9, 1863, Lucia, dau. of Mark Nelson ; res. in N. L.
10. Franklin Pierce, b. Oct. 12, 1844 ; d. Oct. 12, 1845.
SHOLES, WILLIAM S .- William S., son of Prentiss and Zer- viah Sholes of Claremont, came to N. L. in 1845, and settled on the Jewett place at Burpee hill. Later he removed to Springfield, near the Fisher farms. William m. Sally, dau. of Edmund and Nancy (Messer) Davis [234], who in 1896 was
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living with her dau. Ellen in Springfield, Mass. William d. Sept. 10, 1860, aged 53 years, 2 months, II days. Children :
I. Albert E., b. Claremont, 1835 ; m. Cynthia Quimby of Man- chester ; served in Second N. H. V .; res in Springfield, Mass., where he d. Child : Edward J. ; res. in N. L.
2. Ellen, m. F. D. Clement, and res. in Springfield, Mass. Chil- dren : Waldo, Frank.
3. Nancy, m. Fred Houseman, and res. 56 Kneeland street, Bos- ton. No children.
4. Sarah, never m. ; res. in Springfield.
5. George P., b. Dec. 1, 1842 ; m., Jan. 1, 1873, Helen, dau. of Newton and Hepsibette (Thompson) Manahan ; res. in N. L. 6. Isabel, m. Edward Johnson, and res. in Sacramento, Cal. Child : Lena.
STACY, AMBROSE .- In 1840 Ambrose Stacy and his wife Dorcas were living in a house opposite the Manahan place in the West Part. Mrs. John Manahan, who cared for them in their age and feebleness, was given the property. Ambrose d. Oct. 23, 1850, aged 76; Dorcas d. September, 1840.
TODD, ELI .- Eli was the youngest of five Todd brothers, natives of Francestown, who removed to N. L. between 1825 and 1850. The earliest ancestor of the Todd families was the emigrant, Col. Andrew Todd, the son of James and Rachel (Nelson) Todd, natives of Scotland. Andrew was b. in Ire- land in 1697, m. Beatrix, dau. of John Moore, and on emigrating to America, about 1720, settled in Londonderry, where he soon became a leading citizen. Samuel, the second of his eight children, b. June 3, 1726, m. in 1762 Ann Cochran (his second wife), and res. in Peterborough. James, youngest of the four children of Samuel, was b. in Peterborough, April 3, 1764, and d. in Francestown, Dec. 8, 1841 ; m. (1) Unity Page of Goffstown, b. May II, 1768, who bore him eleven children, and d. Oct. 21, 1808 ; m. (2) Sarah (Miller) Duncan, and had two more children, thirteen in all.
Six of these children became residents of N. L., and founded families whose names are synonymous with sterling worth and true citizenship. Roxana, the dau., m. Perley Ayer [328] ; Eli, b. July 19, 1804, m., Sept. 15, 1833, Abigail H., dau. of Dea. Asa and Elizabeth (Wadleigh) Nelson of Sutton, b. Oct. I, 1814. Eli was a miller by trade, and coming to N. L. at
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the time of his marriage, settled first on the Harvey farm at Otterville, then lived at Wilmot Flat for a time, and finally set- tled at "Todd corner," where he built the house which was removed to Adeline's hill by Edwin Ashby in 1895. Eli also res. in the Nelson Todd house, which he bought of Israel Hunting. Eli d. April 23, 1881 ; Abigail d. Jan. 22, 1876. Children :
I. Janet Sevira, b. Jan. 20, 1834; m., August, 1854, Benjamin Frank Davis, and res. in Bradford; d. January, 1866. Child :
(1). Elizabeth H., b. Oct. 9, 1856 ; m., December, 1877, Wil- liam G. Hoyt; res. in Bradford. Children : (a) Eva J., b. Aug. 4, 1880. (b) Ina Frances, b. Jan. 14, 1888.
2. Asa Nelson, b. May 24, 1836; m., June 7, 1860, Maroa C. Harvey of Sutton ; res. in N. L.
3. George Sumner, b. Feb. 5, 1839; d. Aug. 10, 1851.
4. Sarah Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1841 ; m., May 1, 1866, Thomas J. Courser of Webster ; d. March 9, 1876. Children :
(1). Emma J., b. Oct. 30, 1867.
(2). George W., b. April 7, 1871.
(3). Fred W., b. Sept. 19, 1872.
(4). Sarah A., b. Feb. 22, 1876.
5. Abby Maroa, b. Dec. 10, 1846; never m .; res. with her parents and brother Nelson ; inherited the Nelson " faculty " for teaching, leaving a record of twenty-five successful terms ; d. Jan. 29, 1890.
6. Harriet, b. Sept. 22, 1851 ; d. April 5, 1852.
7. Frank Walter, b. Feb. 10, 1854; m., April 27, 1878, Ellen S. Kezar of Sutton ; res. in N. L.
TODD, JAMES .- James, ninth child of James and Unity (Page) Todd, was b. July 8, 1802 ; m., Nov. 8, 1831, Mary Starrett, dau. of Jacob D. and Tryphena Dodge of New Boston, b. May 16, 1813. James came to N. L. in 1828, and in com- pany with his stepmother's son, Hiram Duncan, was in trade in the old Woodman store on Summer street until it burned down ; later was associated with his brother-in-law, Perley Ayer. James became an influential citizen in his adopted town, and held numerous public offices. After his marriage he res. on the Edward A. Todd place at the West Part. The Dodges were among the leading New Boston families, and were early set- tlers, Jacob D., b. July 6, 1788, being the son of Nathaniel
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Dodge, b. 1755, and Sarah Bailey, b. 1753. Hon. J. R. Dodge, the eminent statistician of Washington, D. C., is a brother of Mary (Dodge) Todd, and has for many years spent his sum- mers at N. L. with his niece, Rosaline (Todd) Burpee. James Todd d. Nov. 15, 1876 ; Mary d. Nov. 28, 1886. Children :
I. Mary Anstice Bradford, b. Aug. 20, 1832 ; m., Sept. 17, 1855, Oliver K. Russell ; res. in N. L.
2. James Austin, b. July 19, 1834 ; m., Oct. 5, 1864, at Osborn, Ohio, Laura Brake; res. in Springfield, O., and has three children.
3. Jacob Horace, b. Feb. 2, 1837 ; m., April 14, 1862, at Sauk County, Wis., Abigail S., dau. of Samuel Shepard of N. L. ; res. in N. L.
4. Rosaline Parasina, b. Dec. 27, 1838; m., Feb. 15, 1859, at Bradford, Edwin P. Burpee ; res. in N. L.
5. Roxana Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1840; m., Feb. 11, 1861, at Newport, Jonathan L. Loverin ; res. in N. L.
6. Onslow Byron, b. Nov. 7, 1842 ; m. Ella Amanda Batdorf ; res. Springfield, O., and has two children.
7. Harriet Emma, b. July 16, 1844 ; d. June 1, 1868.
S. Hiram Frank, b. Feb. 3, 1849 ; d. Oct. 1, 1851.
9. Charles H. F., b. Aug. 19, 1851 ; d. Aug. 16, 1854.
IO. Edward Ava, b. March 6, 1854; m., Dec. 28, 1875, at Clare- mont, Alice A. Trow ; res. in N. L.
TODD, NATHANIEL C .- Nathaniel, fifth child of James and Unity (Page) Todd, was b. March 23, 1793; m. (I) Sally, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (McPherson) Deane of Frances- town, b. Nov. II, 1794, and removed to Sutton. Both Nathaniel and his older brother, William, res. for some years in Sutton, and the " History of Sutton " says of them,-" They " were people of refined taste, good intellect, and attractive " social qualities, and always considered very honorable in
" their dealings. It was a loss to the town when they moved "out of it." Nathaniel came to N. L. in 1828, lived for a while on the Joseph Fletcher place on the Sutton line, was in Newport for some years, and on returning to N. L. purchased the " old" George Williams house. His first wife bore him three children, and d. April 2, 1825, and Nathaniel m. (2), Oct. 20, 1825, Delia (Fletcher) Gile, sister of Joel Fletcher [244], and widow of Benjamin Gile [251], who was the mother of his three youngest children. In their old age Nathaniel
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and his wife were cared for by Mrs. Todd's granddaughter, Hattie (Farnum) Williams, and her husband, and they re- ceived the property. Nathaniel d. Dec. 5, 1879 ; Delia d. July 15, 1875, aged 87 years. Children :
I. Sarah J., b. June 26, 1817 ; m. George S. Ellis of Frances- town ; res. in N. L.
2. Lucretia, b. April 8, 1819; d. May 23, 1832, of scarlet fever.
3. Benjamin, b. Nov. 16, 1821 ; enlisted in the Civil War (New York Zouaves) ; was regimental color bearer, and was killed while on duty, shot by several balls.
4. James E., b. Aug. 2, 1826 ; d. May 6, 1832, of scarlet fever.
5. Roxana, b. Feb. 28, 1829 ; d. May 22, 1832, of scarlet fever. 6. Mary Adelaide, b. Dec. 1, 1835 ; m. Charles Fletcher, grand- son of Joel Fletcher [244].
TODD, ROBERT .- Robert, eighth child of James and Unity (Page) Todd, was b. Oct. 20, 1800; m., Nov. 16, 1826, Charlotte F. Witherspoon of Antrim, b. April 16, 1803. Robert res. in Mill Village (Francestown) for several years, and removed to N. L. in 1840. He was a shoemaker by trade, an industrious and worthy citizen, and was much respected. He res. on the Prescott farm at Crockett's corner, and afterwards purchased the Jacob H. Todd place of John Gates. His wife, the dau. of Alexander and Janet (Starret) Witherspoon, was of Scottish descent. The Starrets are said to be of Clan Chattan, a dau. of which ran away with a British soldier, who to escape detection took the name of Starret. Charlotte d. in the Jacob Todd house, Oct. 16, 1875, and Robert then res. with his son Henry until his death, Jan. 2, 1880. Children, all b. in Francestown except the youngest :
I. Austin R., b. April 9, 1830; m., Aug. 12, 1858, Sarah Farwell ; res. in N. L.
2. Emily A., b. Sept. 26, 1832 ; m., Oct. 9, 1851, Richard Oren Messer ; res. in N. L.
3. Harriet Frances, b. Dec. 26, 1835 ; m., May 24, 1857, Edwin A. Jones ; res. in N. L.
4. Charles S., b. July 9, 1838 ; d. Nov. 6, 1856.
5. Henry M., b. Jan. 3, 1846; m., Aug. 6, 1875, H. Maria Buswell ; res. in N. L.
TODD, WILLIAM .- The oldest of the five Todd brothers who became citizens of N. L., was William, b. March 12, 1789. He m., Feb. 3, 1813, Mary Center of Goffstown, and from
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1820 to 1822 res. in N. L. The next ten years he lived across the Sutton line, in buildings then standing on the Joseph Fletcher place. It was during this time that he lost the four children then living by scarlet fever. In 1831 William removed to the West Part, opposite the Edward A. Todd place, and many years afterwards to the Smiley Bohanan house on Summer street, to be near his brother, Nathaniel, for whom he seems to have had a strong affection. William d. May 21, 1880, in his 92d year ; Mary d. June 17, 1880, aged 85 years. Children :
I. Frederick, never m. ; was in wool business in New York and Manchester ; d. in N. L., May 19, 1867.
2. Mary Jane, never m. ; res. with her parents and brother Nathaniel ; d. N. L., Aug. 25, 1888.
3. Emmeline, b. Dec. 11, 1828 ; m., June 20, 1853, William H., oldest son of Samuel and Phebe (Haskins) Shepard [384].
4. Hiram, m. Ann Greeley ; res. at Wilmot Flat ; is deceased. Child : Walter.
5. Nathaniel, m. Delia, youngest child of Dea. John and Patty (Cheney) Morse of Newbury ; res. in N. L.
TOWLE, DAVID .- David Towle, son of Isaac and Nancy (Pillsbury) Towle of Francestown, b. March 4, 1797, became a citizen of N. L. in 1830, and built the Newton Sargent house on Burpee hill. David d. April 13, 1872. Mrs. David Towle d. Dec. 19, 1876. Children :
I. George H., b. Oct. 6, 1832 ; m., (1), May 7, 1857, Theoda Ware of Gilsum, b. June 22, 1832, who d. Sept. 18, 1870 ; m. (2), Oct. 26, 1871, Mary A. Goward of Claremont, b. March 20, 1844. George removed to Newport in 1857; was engaged in manufacturing for several years, then pur- chased a farm at Kelleyville (Newport) ; was selectman in 1875-1876 ; d. March, 1895. Children :
(1). George W., b. March 7, 1861.
(2). Charles H., b. Jan. 16, 1867.
(3). Loran D., b. March 25, 1874.
2. Georgianna, b. 1847; m., Sept. 29, 1869, Charles H. Stearns of Manchester.
3. Frank, became a minister.
4. Eliza, m. Darius, son of Samuel Burpee [223].
5. Marshall K., d. April 2, 1869.
6. Charles, is deceased.
TRACY, REV. OREN .- The next settled pastor of the Baptist
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church after Elder Job Seamans was the Rev. Oren Tracy, who came to N. L. in the fall of 1827 and was ordained as pastor Jan. 30, 1828. Mr. Tracy was eminently qualified to succeed the aged man of God who for nearly forty years had walked with this people. In the prime of early manhood, tender and sympathetic by nature, thoroughly educated, and full of enthusiasm, he brought to his task a freshness and vigor of mind that won the hearts of all. Judge Sargent said of him : " He had great sympathy with and influence over young " people. All the children loved Elder Tracy. I was twelve " years old when he came here, and no man did so much as " he to arouse in me a love of learning and a determination to " obtain a liberal education at whatever cost. Mr. Tracy, I " need not say, was my favorite minister; and Mrs. Tracy " was a good, kind, pleasant, motherly woman, who seemed " to take as much interest in the people and children as he " did."
The secret of Elder Tracy's remarkable success was the earnestness and sympathy which he brought to bear on what- ever he undertook. He made temperance the fashion by the force of his own straightforward example. It was under his preaching that the great revival, unparalleled in the history of the church, took place in the winter of 1831-1832. The older people of to-day still remember that special season of Divine grace, and among the hallowed memories of the old church of the early fathers there is none more precious than of the two Sabbaths in that season when Mr. Tracy gave the hand of fellowship to the more than eighty members then added to the church, standing in the shadow of the pulpit where his aged predecessor had so faithfully expounded the doctrines of the Gospel. (Mrs. Mary (Greenwood) Runyon [252] was the youngest person baptized and received into the church at this time.) Elder Tracy did a work in the church and town that will never be forgotten, for it was due largely to his influence that educational advantages were given a prominence that resulted in the excellent school facilities with which the town has since been favored.
Oren Tracy was the son of Cyrus and Hannah (Lillie) Tracy, b. Tunbridge, Vt., June 18, 1798. He fitted himself for the ministry at Waterville college in Maine, and was
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ordained in East Stoughton, Mass., Nov. 9, 1825. During the first year of his ministry he m. Miss Marcia Billings of Royalton, Vt., a strong and true helpmeet in all the labors to which he was called. A little headstone in the village church- yard, with the inscription, " Oren Lane, son of Oren and M. B. Tracy, died April 23, 1832, aet. 4 wks.", tells its own story of a grief that shadowed their early married life. On leaving N. L., Mr. Tracy was settled for two years at New- port, and the succeeding decade was spent in Massachusetts. From 1847 to 1849 he was agent of the American Baptist Missionary union in New England, and from 1851 to 1862 of the American Baptist Home Missionary society, having his home at Concord, this state. The last three years of his life were spent at Greenfield, Mass., where he d. Sept. 6, 1863, in the sixty-sixth year of his age and the forty-fourth of his ministry. Mrs. Tracy, who survived him, res. with her dau., Mrs. Marcia (Tracy) Elliott, of Boston, Mass. Another dau., Susan, m. W. W. Marple, 56 Wollaston Heights, Boston.
TRAYNE, CAPT. MARSHALL .- Capt. Marshall Trayne, who was in trade with Perley Ayer, and later in company with his brother-in-law, Capt. Samuel Greenwood, came to N. L. about 1823, from Weston, Mass., and was the oldest son of Nahum and Louisa (Fiskes) Trayne of that town. In the early days " Brother Trayne's " was a favorite stopping-place with Elder Seamans in his journeys " down country," and it was doubtless through his influence that both the Trayne and Greenwood families became established in N. L. Captain Trayne was a man of pleasant, social disposition, and a great favorite with the young people. He m., Feb. 16, 1827, Mary S., dau. of 'Squire Jonathan and Polly (Shepard) Greeley [105], b. Feb. 27, 1802. They res. in the Smiley Bohanan house, which was built by Captain Trayne. He d. Oct. 25, 1839 ; she d. March 19, 1847. Two little graves beside the parents' contain the dust of Martha L., a " twin daughter," who d. April 13, 1836, and an " Infant daughter" who d. April 1, 1838. The surviving children were,-
I. Harriet, m. Mr. Quigley and res. in Denver, Col.
2. James, b. March 2, 1830; m. Rhoda Emily, dau. of Samuel and Phebe (Haskins) Shepard of N. L. See Rhoda Emily, under same [384] for family.
3. Maria, m. Mr. Remington, and res in Baraboo, Wis.
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TROW, NATHAN .- The " Trow place " near Otterville was occupied in 1828 by Nathan Trow. His sons, Anthony and Elihu, went West; Elihu to California, where he became wealthy. Nathan himself went West about 1870.
TRUSSELL, EZEKIEL K .- Ezekiel Knowlton, son of Moses and Sarah (Knowlton) Trussell [163], m., Feb. 9, 1825, Emily, dau. of Stephen and Miriam (Wood) Colburn of Leb- anon. (Stephen Colburn was a volunteer in the Revolution, and was stationed in Canada, where he nearly lost his life by starvation.) Their children were all b. in N. L., but the parents passed their declining years at Wilmot. Ezekiel d. April 16, 1872 ; Emily d. Feb. 15, 1882. Children :
I. Marcia Jane, b. Nov. 12, IS26 ; m., August, 1854, W. W. Boardman ; d. April, 1891, leaving three children.
2. James Henry, b. Sept. 26, 1828; m., Nov. 18, 1857, Mary Elizabeth Hill ; res. in Champlin, Minn., where he d. March 15, 1895. Children :
(1). Emma Frances, b. Jan 11, 1859 ; d. Dec. 20, 1895.
(2). Sumner L., b. Oct. 29, 1860.
(3). Thomas Ezekiel, b. June 29, 1863 ; m., and res. in Cham- plin, Minn .; d. March 26, 1897, leaving Ralph J. and John W., both under 5 years of age.
(4). Marcia Etta, d. aged 2 months.
(5). Luther M., d. aged 5 years.
3. Charles Francis, b. Nov. 18, 1831 ; m. (1), March 18, 1857, Margaret Ann Goodhue, b. Dec. 9, 1833, dau. of Jacob and Mary (Ayer) Goodhue of Wilmot, and a descendant in the seventh generation of William Goodhue, b. England, 1612-3, and Margery Watson of Kent, who emigrated to America 1635-6, settling at Ipswich, Mass .; m. (2), Nov. 7, 1861, Candace Reed Martin ; is pastor of the Freewill Baptist church at Wilmot, where his children, two by each wife, were born. They are,-
(1). Nellie A., b. Dec. 22, 1857 ; res. at home.
(2). Willie F., b. Dec. 29, 1860; m., Dec. 20, 1895 ; is a minister, and settled at Dodge Centre, Minn. It is through the courtesy of Rev. W. F. Trussell and his father that the facts of the Trussell ancestry can be presented so fully.
(3). Flora Etta, b. April 28, 1866.
(4). Ida Reed, b. Jan. 5, 1875.
4. Marietta Emily, b. Sept. 6, 1833 ; res., unmarried, at Wilmot Centre.
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GENEALOGIES, THIRD PERIOD.
TRUSSELL, JOSEPH .- The youngest son of Joseph and Anna (Hooker) Trussell [163] was Joseph, the last miller at the Hominy Pot, who lived in the low red house at the fork of the road near the bridge. Helen (Kezar) Trussell d. Nov. 7, 1847, aged 31 years, and Joseph m. (2), in 1850, Fannie, dau. of Daniel and Fannie (Fay) Poor. With no surviving children to care for them, Joseph and his wife found a home in their later years with his niece by marriage, Mrs. Fannie (Kezar) Bohanan, who faithfully cared for them as old age and illness came upon them. Joseph d. Nov. 17, 1893 ; Fannie (Poor) Trussell d. June 5, 1888. Children :
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