A history of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917, Volume I, Part 70

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.]
Number of Pages: 888

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56. The old Warren farm from which the buildings were long since removed. This land was sold by Thomas Packer to Thomas Packer, Jr., Sept. 5, 1788, and by the latter to WILLIAM WARREN, June 29, 1790. This was lot 4, range 7. Mr. Warren bought lot 3, range 7, on which the house stood, of Thomas Packer, Sr., of Portsmouth, Feb. 14, 1793. Mr. Warren was a great landowner. He also bought lot 3, range 8, Feb. 14, 1811, of James Sheafe of Portsmouth (who had bought it of Thomas Packer, June 30, 1795). Mr. Warren also bought lot 4, range 8, Dec. 10, 1813, of "Hepsy " Kidder, widow and ad- ministratrix of Isaiah Kidder of New Ipswich, who had obtained it of the Packers. This purchase included so much of that lot as lay south of the old Gilsum line. His purchases also included so much of lot 4, range 9, as was south of the old Gilsum line. Mr. Warren sold the home farm to SILAS BROWN, who had lived in Temple, but came here from Dublin, Apr. 23, 1794. He was a twin brother of the wife of Zadoc Nims. Mr. Brown remained only two years and sold back the place to WILLIAM WARREN, Sept. 26, 1796. Mr. Brown died at Putney, Vt. Mr. Warren did not retain all of this large landed property. He sold to John Wilson, June 25, 1817, all that he owned in lot 4, range 9. He also sold to Jeremiah Mason, May 7, 1818, the south half of lot 3, range 8. All of these lots are shown upon the map. Mr. Warren mortgaged the farm to Samuel Osgood of Sullivan, Feb. 6, 1822, and Anna, wife of Mr. Warren, sold her rights in the place to the same Mr. Osgood, Feb. 16, 1826. Mr. Warren finally disappeared from the town, leaving his family. After necessary legal steps had been taken, Nathaniel Osgood of Nelson was appointed attorney to sell the farm, and it was purchased by Josiah Osgood of Nelson, Mar. 29, 1831. Mr. Osgood did not live on the farm. It was occupied by Dea. Joseph Felt (formerly, Joseph Felt, Jr.), as a tenant for nearly fifteen years, from about 1825 or 1826 until about 1839 or 1840. He was followed by Alanson Bingham, who lived here a few years. Mr. Bingham's second daughter was born here, in 1842. Others lived here as tenants for short lengths of time. Josiah Osgood sold the farm to Jeremiah Mason, Jan. 1, 1847, but repurchased it of Mason, a year later, Feb. 24, 1848. The portion of the farm where the buildings stood was purchased of Josiah Osgood by Samuel Osgood of Nelson, May 1, 1848. It continued to be owned by him and his heirs, and was finally purchased by Henry D. Taylor of Nelson, Mar. 13, 1878, of the widow of H. M. Osgood, acting as the latter's administratrix. A large part of the farm was sold to Messrs. Lucius Nims, D. W. Buckminster, and Caleb Goodnow, Mr. Nims eventually acquiring all this portion, much of which his heirs sold to T. A. Hastings. Portions of the Nims purchase had been previously sold to Oliver Wilder; also to Dauphin Spaulding, 2d. Selim Frost also owned a part of the farm near the former buildings, which was purchased by Samuel Osgood and joined with his other 74

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purchase. It is not expedient to carry into detail the many sales of the separate portions of this large farm. Mr. H. D. Taylor still owns the portion where the house stood.

Besides those persons mentioned as having been tenants in one or another of the different houses in this district, several men employed for short lengths of time in the tannery and the mills at East Sullivan have occupied tenements for brief periods. It would be almost impossible to recall all of them, but they did not become voters and were not citizens, but merely temporary sojourners, with proper residence, if any, elsewhere.

It is proper to take notice of the Band Stand, immediately east of Union Hall, on the same side of the street. It has been built several years. It was constructed by the joint efforts of neighbors. It has served its purpose well.

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FAMILY HISTORIES CONTINUED.

DISTRICT NO. 2.

This district is bounded east by the Spaulding Brook ; north by Chapman Brook, Chapman Pond, lot 7 in range 9, west line of lot 6 in range 9, and north line of lot 5 in range 8 as far as the road; west by the middle of the road lead- ing past houses numbered 104, 236, 230, 228, and others, to the old Gilsum line; and south by the old Gilsum line, as far as the Masonian Monument, then around the western, southern, and eastern sides of the farm of M. A. Nims, who lives at 108, thence by the southern line of the old C. F. Wilson (later the Hub- bard) farm, to the Spaulding Brook. For school purposes, District No. 6, has, for many years, been a part of this district. The bounds of this united school district, as they were constituted in 1843, may be seen on pages 487-8 of this volume. The farm of M. A. Nims, as it now is, is at present included in this district. In this chapter, we shall consider only the second civil district, as bounded at the beginning of this paragraph.

57. Site of an old grist-mill erected by the brothers, Erastus and Roswell Hubbard, on land then belonging to Daniel Wilson. Erastus Hubbard under- stood the operation of such a mill and worked in it at different times. The mill was built about 1789. Abijah Wetherbee operated the mill between three and four years, from about 1789 to about 1793, when he moved to Surry. He lived at 5712. He was the father of the late Capt. Thomas T. Wetherbee, who per- sonally gave to the writer the facts in this paragraph and the next one. We have no positive information that the mill was used after Mr. Wetherbee left it. The town laid a road to this mill, Aug. 27, 1792, from the house site at 59, where Martin Rugg afterwards lived, as indicated upon the map. Joshua Osgood built

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a grist-mill at 163, about the year 1794, to which two roads were built shortly after by the town. Probably the mill at 57 was not afterwards used.

5712. Site of the house in which ABIJAH WETHERBEE lived while he operated the Hubbard mill at 57. We learn from a recorded deed that he pur- chased some land about this mill of Daniel Wilson. He obviously surrendered his deed to the Wilsons, for they continued to own all the land for many years. His son informed the writer that he had not paid for his land, was dissatisfied with the location, and returned his deed to Mr. Wilson. He moved to Surry, where he lived many years, but finally returned to Sullivan and died at the house of Capt. T. T. Wetherbee, at 117, where his widow also died.

58. The site of an old house on the farm later occupied by Martin Rugg. The house on this spot was built by Ezra Osgood. He had bought this farm of Rev. Clement Sumner, who had drawn it under the Gilsum grant, but the legis- lature decided that Gilsum properly was bounded east by the Patent Line. This land came into Packersfield and was sold by the Packersfield proprietors to other persons and Osgood's deed was rendered invalid. It was not recorded and we do not know the date. Osgood had previously owned the Keith farm, at 137, which he sold in 1787, and doubtless built a log house here, or a rude framed house, the same year. He had already gone on Aug. 27, 1792, when the old mill road was laid, for the "lay-out" marks the beginning of that road as " a little west of the place where Ezra Osgood's house stood". Ezra Osgood's second child, Henry, was born on that spot and died there. Mr. Osgood next settled upon the farm where M. A. Nims lives, at 108, and was the first settler there. He finally settled at 167. As the record speaks of the "place where Ezra Osgood's house stood " it may be that it was burned. It is hardly likely that it was worth moving.

59. The Martin Rugg, later the Comstock, farm. We have seen, in the preceding paragraph, that Ezra Osgood had attempted to purchase it of Rev. Clement Sumner, a Gilsum proprietor, whose right to sell could not carry a clear title. The Packers had conveyed this land to Isaiah Kidder of New Ipswich, and he sold it, May 27, 1808, to Samuel Seward and Josiah G. White of Sulli- van. The nominal rights of Rev. C. Sumner had descended to his son, William Sumner, of whom they had been purchased for a merely nominal consideration by Dea. Josiah Seward. The latter sold his interest in this particular land, the west half of the second lot in the eleventh range of the Gilsum arrangement, to his brother, Samuel, Feb. 27, 1810. S. Seward and White then gave a clear title to NAHUM HAVEN of Sullivan, Oct. 20, 1812, who lived here two years and prob- ably built the front part of the present house. Haven sold to ELEAZAR HATHORN, who came from Nelson, Oct. 19, 1814. Hathorn purchased of Dea. Josiah Seward the building, or a part at least of the building, in which the deacon had lived before he built the mansion that is now the house of Mr. Fifield at 139, and this became the ell of the house at 59. Hathorn lived here eleven years. He was one of the few men in that part of the town who attended the Baptist church. He sold the place, March 2, 1825, to MARTIN RUGG, who lived here until his death, Oct. 21, 1858. His body was the first buried in the Meetinghouse Cemetery. He was an honest, quiet, and industrious man. His son Andrew J., was in the Civil War and died in the service. He had intended

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to manage this farm. Mr. Rugg willed the farm to his widow, LUCINDA RUGG, who owned it for fourteen years longer. Henry Davis, who married her daugh- ter, lived here with her. Like her sister, Mrs. Harrison Rugg, Mrs. Lucinda Rugg was trained in the olden school of housekeeping, and could spin, weave, make carpets, and perform all of those manifold duties of women of her time. Modern machinery has revolutionized the home life. There is no woman in town today who can weave, in all probability. Fifty years ago, there were many still left who could make good broadcloth or flannel, and some who could spin flax. Mrs. Rugg sold this farm, Nov. 4, 1872, to IRA EMERSON COMSTOCK, who had been living at 147. He immediately moved here, where he lived until his death, Nov. 10, 1889. His heirs still own the farm. Mrs. Comstock continued to live here until recently. She married, for her second husband, MASON G. GUILLOW, who came here to live with her. They moved a few years ago to Marlborough, Mass. The house has been rented since to two or three different families. Leslie L. Haskell came here in 1904, shortly after the Guillows moved, and remained a year or more. William J. Reid is living on the place at the present time.

60. Site of the old Sartwell house. This was a part of the old farm which Thomas Morse, then living at 74, bought of the original proprietor, Rev. Clement Sumner, May 27, 1788. Morse sold the eastern end of his lot to Joseph Taylor of Gilsum, who does not appear to have ever built upon the lot. Taylor sold the same piece, July 20, 1790, to MICHAEL (or MICAH, as sometimes spelled) SARTWELL, of Sullivan, who had lived a short time on the Rugg place at 145, in a log house. Sartwell built this house at 60. July 22, 1790, two days after his purchase from Taylor, Sartwell bought more land of the farm from Mr. Morse. Shortly after, Apr. 1, 1793, JOSIAH GOULD WHITE, who had come from Uxbridge, Mass., bought the place which Sartwell had purchased from Taylor and Morse. Mr. White lived here ten or a dozen years or more, then moved to the site of 61. See next paragraph.

61. Site of the second house occupied by JOSIAH G. WHITE. See the preceding paragraph. On Apr. 1, 1795, Silas Rawson of Uxbridge, Mass., had purchased a large portion of the old Thomas Morse farm, next west of this, as we shall see under paragraph 65. Mr. Rawson was the father of Mrs. J. G. White, and this land came into possession of the Whites by inheritance. Shortly after, early in the eighteenth century, Mr. White built a house here which stood many years, very nearly upon the site now occupied by Samuel S. White, at 62. There was a tradition that Ezra Osgood had occupied a rude house built of logs between this one and the road, and that his son, James W. Osgood was born here. Upon careful investigation, we find that this is not so. James W. Osgood was born on the Keith place, at 137. Henry, second son of Ezra Osgood, was born and also died at 58. Mr. Osgood's purchase did not include any part of this farm. Mr. J. G. White died here, and his widow out- lived him many years. He died, Nov. 16, 1839. She died, at No. 63, June 2, 1857. Mrs. Pompey Woodward, a negress, lived here several years and helped Mrs. White some about her work.

62. This house was built for SAMUEL S. WHITE, and stands upon a large portion of the site of 61. Mr. S. S. White, who succeeded his ancestors on the farm (see next paragraph), has lived here since his marriage.

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63. House built for JUDSON WHITE, son of Josiah G. White. We have seen, under 60 and 61, how that Josiah G. White gradually came into possession of this farm. After the death of James Rowe (see No. 65), J. G. White, between Sept. 18, 1811 and Apr. 14, 1812, purchased of his numerous heirs, at different times, much of that farm, which was joined to this. Capt. Samuel Seward also acquired some of the Rowe farm. Judson White was married in 1813. On Apr. 10, 1817, he purchased the Rowe land of his father and Capt. Seward. Shortly after, he occupied this house, which was built about 1821, when George White was in his second year. Judson White died, Oct. 30, 1836, shortly before his father. Each had owned portions of this farm, but without formal division, and both had lived upon it. After their deaths, their widows continued to reside on the place several years. Mrs. Mercy White, widow of Josiah G., died in the house at 63, on June 2, 1857, and Mrs. Judson White, at John Dunn's, Feb. 16, 1856. GEORGE WHITE purchased the rights in this farm of the heirs of his grandfather's daughter, Mrs. Sally (White) Rawson, Sept. 1, 1857. She and Judson White were the only children of Josiah G. White. GEORGE WHITE also purchased the rights of his sisters and brother in this farm, March 11, 1854. He thus became the sole owner. He lived in the house at 63. He was an honest, reliable man, a good neighbor, and a supporter of the old church. He was a good singer, as are his son and grandson. He served the town two years as a representative to the General Court and held most of the important town offices at different times. At his death, he was one of the largest land- owners in the town. He died, in this house, Sept. 22, 1886. His widow died in the same house, Apr. 25, 1906. On Apr. 21, 1874, SAMUEL S. WHITE bought an undivided half of this farm, and, after his father's death, on July 3, 1888, he purchased the remaining half. He lives at 62. He is one of the substantial and influential citizens of the town, who has a great love for the place and is a loyal supporter of the centre church, as is also his son, WINFRED J. WHITE, who purchased an undivided half of the farm of his father, Dec. 25, 1895, and tives at 63. He is an estimable young man, a kind friend and neighbor, and an excel- lent singer. Mrs. S. S. White has been very active in the ladies' part of the church work at the centre of the town. Her father, JOHN LOCKE, the oldest man in town, spent his last years in her family. Mrs. George White, who recently died, lived to be the oldest member, both in years and membership seniority, of the old church at the centre. She was a worthy, industrious woman, who, like others of whom we have spoken, was well versed in the ways of the old New England housekeeping. She was a good milliner. "This farm has been in the White family since 1793, being 114 years to the present time (1907), the longest period that any farm in Sullivan, as a farm, has remained in one family, with no change of surname.

64. The Daniel, John, and C. Franklin Wilson place, later the George Hubbard farm. DANIEL WILSON bought this place of Rev. Clement Sumner, by whom the land was drawn in the division among the Gilsum proprietors. It was in the portion of Packersfield which was annexed to Sullivan, but Mr. Wil- son was never disturbed by the Packersfield proprietors. Perhaps he purchased the claims of the Packersfield claimants, but no such deed ( or deeds ) can be found in the Cheshire registry. As this land was all taxed to the Packersfield

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proprietors in the early years of the town of Sullivan, it is very probable that Mr. Wilson bought their claims, most likely for a very small sum. We know that he purchased his original farm of Rev. Clement Sumner of Keene, Aug 10, 1791. JOHN WILSON, March 22, 1804, received the farm, by deed, from his father, giving the customary bond to maintain his parents. By subsequent purchases, on June 19, 1822, from Samuel Osgood, and on June 25, 1817, from William Warren, the original farm was extended east as far as the Warren farm. Daniel Wilson (great-grandfather of the writer of this history) was a housewright, as carpenters were then called. He made handsome pieces of cabinet furniture and could do almost anything in the mechanical line. He was the first pound-keeper, keeping the strays at first in his own barn-yard, later in the old hackmatack pound. See No. 67. John Wilson, son of Daniel, was a justice of the peace and one of the most important and substantial men of the town. He was a representative to the General Court, as were both of his sons at a subsequent time. He died Dec. 3, 1830, leaving the farm to his two sons, C. F. and D. W. Wilson. CHARLES FRANKLIN WILSON purchased the rights of his brother, D. W. Wilson, Mar. 15, 1844, and continued to occupy the place many years. He was one of the most valuable and highly esteemed citizens of the town. He was for many years the town clerk, a captain of the militia company, representative to the General Court, and a useful man in many ways. His son and daughter were educated at Meriden. The latter was an accom- plished scholar, and the former lost his life in the battle of Opequan. See page 525. On March 14, 1868, Mr. C. F. Wilson purchased a fine house on Marlboro Street in Keene and moved there. For a short time, this house, at 64, was rented to Daniel Towne, who was living there when his eldest daughter was

married to Albert Davis. GEORGE HUBBARD of Gilsum took posession of the farm, March 1, 1869, having purchased it of Mr. Wilson, Nov. 9, 1868. Mr. Hubbard is a veteran of the Mexican War. His family was an important acquisition to the town. His son, HENRY W. HUBBARD, resided on the farm with him. Henry served as a select-man and as a representative in the legisla- ture. The latter's brother, Arthur J. Hubbard, has established an excellent reputation as a singer and teacher of vocal music. See page 588. Mr. Hubbard sold this farm, Jan. 22, 1904, to Gustave Polzer & Co. (Gustave Polzer and Leslie L. Haskell), and moved to Hanover, N. H. Polzer and Haskell pur- chased the farm for its wood and lumber and erected a portable saw mill on the place in which they sawed their logs. This firm (at that time, of Winchester) sold the farm July 5, 1905, to George H. Giffin of Keene, who cut most of the wood remaining on the place and worked up the "trimmings" into kindling wood, which he sold at his wood yard in Keene. He sold the farm to the Giffin Coal Co. of Keene, Sept, 29, 1906. He died very suddenly shortly after the sale. His widow, Mrs. Ella S. Giffin, purchased the farm of the Giffin Coal Co., June 5, 1907. PEDER JANSON (Peter Johnson in English) has recently, in 1907, moved to this farm, which he has arranged to purchase of Mrs. Giffin.

A half mile below the dwelling on the farm described in the preceding para- graph, on the old Haven Road leading from 64 to 26, is the remarkable " Triple Tree", which consists of a maple, beech, and lever-wood tree, with their trunks united into a single trunk. The location is indicated upon the map.

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65. This is the old Thomas Morse or Rowe place. It was the second place of residence of each of the two men named. This land was claimed by both Packersfield and Gilsum proprietors. If the former ever pressed their claims there are no recorded deeds to show that they ever received anything for them. Rev Clement Sumner of Keene drew many acres (including this farm) under the Gilsum grant. THOMAS MORSE, who had been living at 74, purchased of Mr. Sumner, May 27, 1788, the lower portion of what eventually became this farm. He lived here but a short time before removing to Canada. He sold this farm to four persons, a portion to Joseph Taylor of Gilsum, on Feb. 14, 1789 ; a portion to Michael Sartwell of Sullivan, on July 22, 1790; another portion to James Rowe of Sullivan, Aug. 23, 1790; and a large piece to Hon. Daniel Newcomb of Keene, Nov. 10, 1790. The part purchased by JAMES ROWE contained the buildings and the best part of the farm. Mr. Rowe had already, on June 2, 1789, purchased of Rev. Clement Sumner of Keene a large piece of land immediately north of his Morse purchase. The two pieces made a pretty good farm for him. Mr. Rowe continued to live here until Oct. 10, 1805, when he was burned to death in his own fireplace. See page 358. The farm was divided into small parcels among the heirs of Mr. Rowe. These par- cels were eventually all purchased by Calvin Locke, J. G. White, and Capt. Samuel Seward. A strip along the northern part of the farm was incorporated into the Locke farm, the remainder was all, at last, joined to the White farm, which now also includes the whole Locke farm. ESTHER ROWE, widow of James, remained here for a short time only after her husband's death. On Dec. 10, 1805, two months to a day, from the tragedy, she purchased of James Wilson what is now the town farm, on which she had formerly lived, but in another house (see 68 and 70). She is supposed to have moved to the latter farm in the spring of 1806. Jonathan Powell lived at 65, with the Rowes, from his marriage in 1802 to the removal of Mrs. Rowe in 1806. He then moved to Chittenden, Vt. So far as known, this house at 65 was never again occupied.

66. Site of the first meetinghouse in Sullivan. The details concerning the erection of this building are given on pages 21 and 22 of this history. See also pages 386 and 387. The building was practically completed and first actually used for a town meeting, July 19, 1791, when materials for its construction which had not been used were sold at auction. The structure was probably used regu- larly for town meetings and religious services after this date, but it was not offi- cially completed until Mar. 13, 1792, at which time the building committee was discharged. There was no formal dedication. The last service for worship was on Christmas, Dec. 25, 1808. The building had been in use seventeen years. On Aug. 24, 1905, a memorial tablet was unveiled with fitting ceremonies to mark the site of this first meetinghouse. See page 424.

67. Site of the old hackmatack pound, the first pound built in town. Pre- vious to 1789, no provision was made by the town for impounding stray animals. Probably any man into whose yard animals had wandered would endeavor to care for them until the owner was found. At the March meeting of 1789, Daniel Wil- son was chosen pound-keeper, At first he impounded the strays in his own barn- yard. On Mar. 8, 1796, an appropriation was made for a town pound, a complete description of which may be seen on page 284. It was built on land owned, then

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and now, by the town. It served its purpose until 1809, when the more substan- tial pound was built at 230. For list of pound-keepers, see page 193.

68. The original Olcott or Rowe place, the site of the second house in the town, as is supposed. In the division of the Gilsum land among the proprietors, this lot was drawn by Seth Hayes of East Haddam, Conn., who sold it, Feb. 27, 1764, to William Markham, of the same place, who immediately sold it, Mar. 2, 1764, to Humphrey Lyon, also of East Haddam. BENJAMIN OLCOTT, who also came from East Haddam, and had already established himself upon this lot, which is the fourth in the ninth range, bought an undivided half of it of Mr. Lyon, June 22, 1768. He and Stephen Griswold were the first settlers of what is now Sullivan. Olcott came in 1768, and bought his place on the twenty- second of June in that year, Griswold, also from Conneticut, settled on the lot which he drew, at the division of the land among the proprietors, and probably came with, or just before, Olcott. It is supposed that they came the same year and that Griswold's house, on the site of 102, was really the first house in the town and Olcott's, at 68, the second. Both houses were probably built in the same year. Griswold held a town office (in Gilsum, of course, which then con- tained his farm) in 1771. Olcott lived a little more than four years at 68. James Comstock told Atwell C. Ellis that a still-born daughter of Benjamin Olcott's wife was the first child born in what is now Sullivan, but Mr. Comstock himself was the first living child born within the present town limits. Mr. Olcott sold his half interest in this farm, Sept. 2, 1772, to Samuel Gilbert of Hebron, Conn., one of the largest landed proprietors of Gilsum, the first syllable of whose name forms the first syllable of Gilsum. The Olcotts then moved to Swanzey, where they and their descendants lived. On Mar. 15, 1773, Mr. Gilbert deeded this half in- terest in the lot which Olcott sold him, to his son-in-law and daughter, Rev. Cle- ment and Mrs. Elizabeth Sumner, of Keene. JAMES ROWE (whose last name is often spelled Row) bought the same half interest in this lot, Apr. 11, 1774, of the Sumners, who were then living in Thetford (now in Vermont, but then claimed to be in New York). Mr. Rowe was from Hebron, Conn., and an old neighbor of the Gilberts. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe had no children, and, as they be- came advanced in years, wanted to settle their farm upon some one who would "see them through", as life maintenance was described in those days. Accord- ingly, upon Mar. 11, 1795, they deeded their farm to Jehiel Wilcox, then living in Sullivan, who gave his bond to maintain them, but, on the following day, owing to some dissatisfaction, not now understood, Wilcox deeded the farm back to Mr. Rowe. The undivided half of this farm which Humphrey Lyon retained was claimed by his heirs after his decease. By the judge of probate, a committee was appointed, May 22, 1799, consisting of Moses Hale, Esq, of Alstead, Lemuel Holmes, Esq. of Surry, Capt. Thomas Harvey of Surry, David Blish, Esq. of Gilsum, and Capt. Ebenezer Kilburn of Gilsum, to set off to the heirs of Mr. Lyon a half (considering quality as well as quantity) of this farm. On May 29, 1799, they set off the northern part of the farm to these heirs. The judge of probate approved their decision on the eleventh of June following. The heirs of Mr. Lyon sold this land to William Matson of Lyme, Conn., Oct. 2, 1799, and Mr. Rowe purchased the same of Mr. Matson, on the same day, making com- plete his title to the whole farm. On Dec. 15, 1800, Mr. Rowe deeded this farm

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A history of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917, Volume I, Part 70

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917 Publication date: 1921 Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.] Number of Pages: 888

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.]
Number of Pages: 888