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II. Joanna, b. Oct. 2, 1821; m. Hiram Withington, Titusville, N. J.
III. Charles Henry, b. Jan. 17, 1824; died Aug. 1, 1825.
IV. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 13, 1826; m. John Mount, Hightstown, N. J. v. Caroline Matilda, b. July 11, 1828; m. M. William B. Blackwell, Hightstown, N. J.
VI. Charles Ezra, b. Feb. 20, 1831. For many years he has been a drug- gist in Germantown, Pa.
VII. Emily Susan, b. June 14, 1834; m. Oscar H. Brown, Providence, R. I.
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VIII. William Henry, b. Dec. 16, 1836; m. Rachel Jane Taylor of Wash- ington, Vt. Their children are: Carrie Elsie, b. Nov. 2, 1876; resides Titusville. Henry Clinton, b. June 26, 1878; student in Butler Hospital, Providence, R. I .; Mary Garland, b. Aug. 9, 1880, at home. Mr. Davis has been a lifelong resident of Hamp- stead. (See military and church record.)
THE OLD GEORGE HOUSE in West Hampstead was built on land bought by William George, then of Hampstead, but formerly of Haverhill, from Samuel Stevens, Nov. 8th, 1751, and of Ebenezer Keazer, May 2, 1755. A brother, Austin George, who is recorded as a son of " William of Haverhill," located nearly opposite the place bought by William, his brother. From this place have descended many of the name of George, and their descendants are found in all parts of the United States. William, the pioneer to Hampstead, born in 1737 (said to have been in Bradford, Mass.), married Ruth Hastings. Their son, born (by the tombstone in Plymouth, N. H.) in 1767, was one of the early settlers of Ply- mouth, where his descendants yet reside. A son, Jonathan, remained on the old homestead, as also his son Dudley, the father of Warren Dudley, and brother, I. William George, who removed the old house and built the residences repre- sented by illustration, the residence of Isaac William George being on the same location. In the George group is seen four generations : Warren Dudley, residence in Hampstead ; his son, Charles Warren, residence Haverhill, Mass. ; his son, Dr. Arthur Phillips, a graduate from Haverhill (Mass.) high school, Dartmouth Medical College, 1886, a practising physi- cian in Haverhill, and his son, Albert Warren.
Annie E., daughter of Warren Dudley George, has been a successful teacher in our town. At present she is master's assistant in the Williams school at Newton, Mass., comple- ting her thirtieth year as teacher.
BARTHOLNEW HEATH, born 1709, son of John and Fran- ces (Hutchens) Heath, who was son of John, sr., of Haver- hill, Mass., married Hannah Kelly; was one of the pioneers of
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Hampstead, where their twelve children were born; one of them, Jesse, born Nov. 16, 1766, married Abiah Merrill, made a home nearly opposite the house now occupied by Mr. Sew- ell Johnson, in No. 6 District. During the memorable Sep- tember gale (Sept. 28, 1815), which was without a parallel in New England, and which swept trees from their roots in many places in this town, was especially severe on the east- ern side of the Darby Hill Brook. The locality where the Heath family lived was laid in ruins, and large timber trees were prostrated. Jesse Heath had contemplated building a new house, and seized the opportunity to use the timber which " the Lord had felled for him," and built the house where Mr. Sewell Johnson now resides. He was a Revolu tionary soldier. One of their eight children, John, born Sept. 28, 1783, married Abigail Wadleigh, and lived where a grand- son, John H. Heath, now resides, where he died in 1856.
Capt. John and Abigail (Wadleigh) Heath had children :
I. Martha, b. Oct. 21, 1807; m. James H. Durgin, (b. in West Newbury, Mass.), Jan. 20, 1831, and moved to Hampstead. He was captain of the Hampstead Light Infantry. Removed to West Newbury in 1838, where he manufactured shoes forty years. An active deacon in the Second Congregational church forty-five years. He died Sept. 25, 1897, aged 89. Mrs. Martha (Heath) Durgin is still living in West Newbury, aged 92 years. A son, James H. Durgin, b. iu Hampstead, is senior member of the shoe manu- facturing firm of J. H. Durgin & Son, established in 1840 in Haverhill, Mass.
II. # Eliphalet Knight, b. June 3, 1809; m. Betsey Emerson; second, Alice Shannon; residence, Hampstead. Children were: John Henry, m. Christie Rolfe of Salem, N. H., and had children, b. in Hampstead, where they reside: Mary Frances, teacher in Ep- ping, N. H .; Charles Henry, student high school; Abbie Alice; Annie Mabel, who died at four years, and Christie Rolfe. An- nie E., m. Calvin Merrick; residence, Hampstead. Mary E., m. Mariner Chase of Salem (deceased).
III. Louisa, b. June 18, 1811; m. James A. Calef; d. Apr. 26, 1891; resi- dence, Hampstead.
IV. Abbie R., b. Jan. 14, 1824; d. Sept., 1896, unmarried.
v. Elizabeth A., b. June 12, 1826; m. Nathaniel C. Smith; residence, Hampstead; d. Apr. 11, 1858.
VI. Mary Jane, b. June 12, 1826; m. Dea. William Sanborn; residence Hampstead.
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HORACE BAILEY, born Nov. 16, 1803, in Salem, descended from Rev. Abner Bailey, the first pastor of the North Parish in Salem, N. H., whose grave is marked by a plain large slab of slatestone, six feet in height and two wide, and bears the following tribute to his reverend memory.
To perpetuate the memory of the Rev. Abner Bailey, who, like a shock of corn fully ripe, departed this life, March 10, 1798, in the eighty-third year of his age and in the fifty-eighth of his ministry. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them."
Mr. Bailey married Esther Hall April 10, 1827. They had children :
I. Elizabeth Frances, b. Mar. 23, 1828.
II. Onslow, b. Apr. 21, 1831.
III. Hannah Jane, b. Nov. 16, 1835, died; teacher in Concord, N. H.
IV. Adeline Harriet, b. Sept. 3, 1845; resides in Haverhill.
v. Charles Woodbury, b. Sept. 18, 1847, m. Ruth J. Dustin of Salem.
CHARLES WOODBURY BAILEY, son of Horace and Esther (Hall) Bailey, was born Sept. 18, 1847, and married Ruth J. Dustin of Salem. They have children :
I. Horace, b. July 12, 1870, m. Grace E. MacDonald, 1898; resides in Haverhill, where he is a contractor and builder.
II. Laura Abbie, b. July 12, 1870, m. John E. Tabor; resides in Haver- hill.
III. Charles, b. Sept. 30, 1871, m. Grace M. Given; resides in Hamp- stead.
IV. David Dustin, b. Apr. 30, 1873, m. Eva M. Clark; resides in Haver- hill, as clothier's clerk. Children: Doris Hazeltine, b. Dec. 25, 1896; Preston Clark, b. Nov. 2, 1898.
v. Lillian May, b. July 17, 1879; at home.
VI. Esther Gertrude, b. Apr. 6, 1881; attending Bridgewater, Mass., Normal School.
VII. Eldridge Leroy, b. Nov. 26, 1883.
VIII. Fred Onslow, b. Dec. 21, 1887.
IX. Forrest Osman, b. Dec. 21, 1887.
Mr. Bailey has been selectman of Hampstead, in '75, '90, '91 '92, '93 ; collector of taxes in '70, '71, '81, '82, '83, and treas- urer in '71, 75, '80, '96, '97, '98, '99. He is a farmer and dealer in wood and lumber.
CHARLES HENRY GROVER, born in Quincy, Mass., Feb.
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26, 1843, was a son of Charles Henry and Abigail (Bartlett) Grover, born at the old Grover homestead in Atkinson, N. H., a son of Timothy, married Lois Whitehouse. They had chil- dren :
I. Charles Henry, Jr., b. Sept. 9, 1867, m. Alma E. Sears, and has children: Eugene Sears, and Dorris. He was a graduate from Hampstead High School, a member of the firm of W. H. Floyd & Co., clothiers of Haverhill, Mass. He was one of the afternoon speakers at the 150th celebration.
II. Bessie G., b. Mar. 21, 1869, m. E. Cecil Mills; resides in Hampstead.
III. Frederick S. C., b. Jan. 28, 1872; clerk at Haverhill.
IV. Abbie C., b. Oct. 13, 1879; teacher in Sandown, N. H.
THE DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN and HANNAH (Watts) EMERSON have for one hundred and seventy-five years been among Hampstead's most honored citizens. Robert, their son, and Mary (Webster) Emerson, settled on the farm now known as the Moody Brickett place, or in later years, Miss Brown's farm. They had eight children of whom Caleb, born Apr. 7, 1770, married Betsey Nichols, and their son, Daniel, born July 28, 1802, married Ruth Kimball Connor of New York, and lived at Emerson's corner, now the home of a son, William A. They had children :
I. Daniel Hazen, b. July 25, 1828, m. Sarah, Apr. 27, 1852, daughter of John B. Richardson, b. in Groveland, Mass., Oct. 14, 1814, and died in Hampstead, Jan. 3, 1852, and son of John, of West New- bury, Mass. They have children: 1. Laura Annette, b. Feb. 6, 1853; resides at home. 2. Albert Hazen, b. Sept. 23, 1861, m. Susie Holt Stimpson, Sept. 26, 1893; they reside in Haverhill and have children: Dorothy, b. Sept. S, 1894; Mildred, b. Mar. 1, 1896; Floyd Stimpson, b. Jan. 30, 1899. 3. Emma Eliza, b. Feb. 4, 1865, m. Elwin A. Edgerly, Sept. 10, 1889; re- side in Haverhill, and have children: Hazel Louisa, b. Jan. 11, 1895; Janet Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1897.
A nephew of Mrs. Emerson's, William T. Richardson, born in Hampstead, Nov. 27, 1847, was given a home from his childhood, in her family. He married Sarah Meserve of Haverhill, and removed to California about twenty years ago, where he is now the most extensive bee keeper in Ventura county. His apiaries of about one thousand colonies of bees
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at Simi, yield sixty-five tons of honey, from which Hamp- stead friends are occasionally remembered.
II. James Henry, b. Sept. 5, 1830, m. Saralı Ann, daughter of Dr. Woodman, for several years a physician in town. They have children: 1. Charles Henry, b. Sept. 22, 1860, m. Anna Eliza- beth Bartlett; reside in Hampstead and have children: Louisa Woodman, b. July 6, 1896. George Henry, b. Nov. 15, 1897. 2. Ruth Ann, b. Dec. 22, 1866, m. Arthur Hazen Little, May 27, 1891. One child: Maurice Emerson, b. May 14, 1892, d. May 31, 1892. 3. Mary Lizzie, b. Dec. 16, 1871, m. Harry Isaac Noyes of Atkinson, resides at Atkinson. Children: Caroline Ruth, b. Dec. 8, 1895; Harold Emerson, b. Mar. 12, 1897; Roland Isaac, b. Sept. 15, 1898.
III. Horatio Bartlett, b. Apr. 2, 1836, m. Lizzie Neal of Boston; second, Sarah Jeffers of Haverhill; resides in Malden, Mass. Children: David, Chauncey, Lilla.
IV. William Alonzo, b. Sept. 7, 1842, m. Abbie, daughter of Francis V. and Mehitable (Hoyt) Dow of Hampstead and Haverhill, and granddaughter of Moses Hoyt, Esq. They have children. 1. Daniel, b. Dec. 2, 1863, m. Esther Plunkett. Have child: William Arthur, b. Sept. 2, 1888. 2. Frank W., b. Jan. 18, 1866, m. Minnie E. Stevens. 3. Arthur Mahlon, b. May 10, 1870, mar- ried first, May L. Henwood; has twins, Ella May and Alice Mabel, b. Mar. 31, 1889; married second, Alice M. Hamlin, and has Clifford Daniel, b. Sept. 27, 1892. 4. Myron Eugene, b. Dec. 10, 1883, student at Phillips academy, Exeter.
This family constitutes the firm of William A. Emerson & Sons, of the shoe factory at Hampstead.
John, son of John and Betsey (Nichols) Emerson, born June 27, 1778, married Betsey Emery, and settled on the present residence of a grandson, A. P. Emerson. Their son Jesse, born Oct. 29, 1805, married Mary S. Morrison, and their only child, Alfred Perry, b. 1841, married S. Francena, daughter of Israel and Hannah (Garland) Dimond of Danville. Have children :
I. Ada Aldesta, b. Dec. 25, 1865, m. Charles W. Garland of Hampstead.
II. Albion Dimond, b. Feb. 29, 1868, m. Mary Grace Calderwoud of At- kinson, b. June 9, 1874, m. Sept. 6, 1899, resides in Hampstead. John Herbert, b. July 28, 1869, m. Emma Josephine Hill of Derry (b. June 9, 1874), June 9, 1898, resides in Boston.
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IV. George Short, b. Sept. 7, 1871, m. Ella May Hill of Derry (b. June 9, 1874), June 9, 1898.
v. Fannie Casandria, b. Mar. 23, 1873, m. Adin Sidney Little, Sept. 31, 1892; resides in Hampstead.
VI. Jesse Morrison, b. Dec. 19, 1877, resides in Hampstead.
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COL. BENJAMIN EMERSON, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Watts) Emerson, b. April 23, 17-, married Ruth Tucker, and resided at the residence of the late Dr. Josiah Calef East- man, which place he built. He had a mill near by, and the famous Emerson spring for medicinal water was on that place. They had six children, of whom
I. Benjamin Dudley, b. Apr. 20, 1781, was founder of Hampstead High School (See Ed. work), and author " English Reader."
II. Frederick, b. Nov. 28, 1789, was author of Emerson's North American arithmetics and spelling books, and instructor in Bos- ton schools.
THE CORSON FAMILY came to Hampstead about fifty years ago from Lebanon, Me., their grandparents being Daniel and Bathsubah (Mills) Corson, whose son was Nathaniel, who married Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy (Remick) Fernald. They had children :
I. Avender, b. Feb. 17. 1830, m. Laura A., daughter of Thomas R. and Abigail (Little) Wheeler. Their children: Ella Viola, b. Dec. 30, 1853, m. Albert W. Little; resides in Cliftondale, Mass. John S., b. Jan. 1, 1856, m. Mary E., daughter of John H. Clark, of Hampstead, and have children: Edwin Leroy, b. Dec. 7, 1875; resides in Boston, Mass., and Harold Eugene, b. July 23, 1877; re- sides in Boston, Mass. Flora A., b. Dec. 14, 1858, m. James W. Sanborn. Abbie May, b. Dec. 13, 1864, m. Henry W. Tabor, re- sides in Hampstead. Fred W., b. May 29, 1869; resides in Hav- erhill.
II. Benjamin, resides in Minn.
III. Daniel, a twin brother, resided in Mc. (deceased).
IV. George, m. Nellie McCrillis; resided in Hampstead, later in Me.
V. Augustus, resided in Hampstead for a time, died in the West.
VI. Sabrina D., b. Dec., 1840, m. Washington Noyes; resides in Hamp- stead. Her twin sister, Delana, m. Anson J., son of Amos Ring, of Hampstead, d. in Newtonville, Mass.
VII. Mary, m. McCrillis, of Lebanon, Me. (deceased).
VIII. Nathaniel, m. Mary Fielding, daughter of Joseph J. and Clarissa (Lyman) Fielding, of Hartford, Conn. Had children: Lewis Clement, b. 1861, d. at the age of twenty-one in Minn. Lulu Josephine, at home in Hampstead.
REV. MYRON P. DICKEY was born in Derry, N. H., Feb. 19, 1852, graduated at Pinkerton Academy, 1870; at Dartmouth College, 1874. Taught school at Three Rivers (Palmer),
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Mass., fall and winter of 1874-5. Assumed the principalship of Hampstead High School, May 4th, 1875, and resigned to accept the principalship of Newmarket High school in the summer of 1879, remained to the close of winter term of 1880. Graduated from Yale Theological school at New Haven, Conn .. in 1883. Pastor of Congregational church at Ludlow, Mass .. for ten years. He was called to the pastorate of the Congre- gational church, at Milton, N. H., April, 1893. . . In 1898 he was elected a member of the board of education of Milton, for three years.
He married Louise Ripley Shumway, of Three Rivers, Mass., Aug. 3, 1876. They have three children :
I. Maurice Woodburn, b. at Hampstead Oct. 23, 1878. Graduated at Nute High School of Milton, 1895. Graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege, 1899. At present employed at the large Worcester Public Market, in Worcester, Mass.
II. Orinda Sophia, b. in Ludlow, Mass., June 22, 1883; attending the Milton High school.
III. Mark Shumway, b. at Ludlow, July 2, 1885; attending the Milton High School.
From the KENT FAMILY Genealogy we find that "Stephen Kent, born in England, 1607, was a prominent man in New- bury, Mass., from 1638 to 1676, when he moved to Haverhill, Mass. He had five children, one of whom was Stephen, born March 6, 1648, who married Jane Seott, and was con- sidered to be one of the proprietors of the undivided lands in Haverhill, as heir of the original purchasers." The lots in the fifth division of land in Haverhill, were drawn Nov. 30, 1721, when Stephen Kent became possessor of the section in Hampstead known as " Kent's Farm," for one hundred and seventy-eight years. He made many conveyances of his land in the following years, and seems to have been also interested in other land in town, but had not a home of his own here.
In the southwestern part of the town, near the residence of Joseph C. and Sarah Jane (Hall) Brown, came John Kent, born in Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 10, 1723, son of 3Josiah, 2Thomas, 'Thomas, of Gloucester. John Kent and wife, Mary
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Godfrey, had seven sons whose names commenced with the letter J. The youngest was Job, born Mar. 31, 1743, mar- ried Alice Little, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bond) Lit- tle, of Hampstead. He died in Hampstead Dec. 26, 1837, aged ninety-four years and nine months. In Rev. John Kel- ly's sketch of Hampstead he is mentioned. They had ten children, one of whom, Dea. Jonathan, born June 4, 1783, married Clarissa Page. He was prominent in town and church office for many years. Their children were :
I. Thomas, b. Apr. 8, 1808, m. Mary A. Moors; resided in Hampstead. Children : Ann L., Clara E., Laura A., and Mary A.
II. Nabby Kimball, b. Nov. 9, 1809, m. Richard K. Brickett.
III. Lorenzo, b. Sept. 3, 1812, m. Susan Chapin; resided Woodstock, Vt. Six children.
IV. Jonathan P., b. Sept. 1, 1814, m. Ann Taylor; resided in Boston, Mass. Children: Elbridge L., of Lawrence, Mass .; Annie, Clara A., Charles E., and Albert L.
v. Elbridge Gerry, b. Feb. 8, 1817, m. Martha Nutting; resided in Hol- land, Wales Center, N. Y. Children: George N., Mary J., Polly, and John.
VI. Robert Emerson, b. Mar. 13, 1820, unmarried.
VII. Edwin Alina, b. July 15, 1823, m. Abbie F. Ward; resided in Cali- fornia. Children: Walter E., Eva L., Amy F., and Clara A.
VIII. Clarissa Ann, b. Dec. S, 1826, m. John Henry Clark.
IX. Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 26, 1833, m. John D. Irving; second, Col. Albert L. Eastman.
WILLIAM SANBORN was son of Jeremiah and Martha San- born, of Chichester, N. H., born Feb. 10, 1812, and died Sept. 18, 1893. He removed to Hampstead about 1840, and held offices in town, was also representative to the Legislature, and an officer in the Congregational church many years. He was three times married: First to Mary Greenleaf, of Canter- bury, N. H., Sept. 20, 1837, and had one child, Martha, mar- ried Charles Day, of Derry. Second, Lois Calef, of Hamp- stead, Ang. 18, 1846, and had children :
I. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 29, 1847, d. Aug. 25, 1869.
II. James William, b. Apr. 30, 1853, m. Flora A. Corson, and daughter of Avender and Laura A. (Wheeler) Corson. They have a daugh- ter, Ethel Lois, b. Feb. 22, 1878; graduate of the Hampstead High School. They reside at the homestead of his father.
III. Susan Emma, b. Apr. 25. 1857, d. June 5, 1863.
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IV. Jolin Calef, b. Sept. 29, 1863, m. first, Lillian R., daughter of Alon- zo, and grand-daughter of Capt. Wm. Griffin, of Hampstead. She d. May 2, 1897. Second, m. Annie B., daughter of George W. Fitts, of Hampstead, June 22, 1899.
WILLIAM MOULTON, of Hampton, bought a tract of land in Hampstead early in the settlement of the town, and was one of the petitioners for the town's incorporation, but the name was not very prominent in town until the marriage of William, of Yarmouth, Me., and Sally Harriman, and the birth of their son Caleb H., born Oct. 3, 1787, who married Sophia Hardy in Nov., 1812. Their children were :
I. William H., b. Dec. 16, 1812, m. Mary L. Langley; resided in Salis- bury, N. H., and d. in 1890.
II. Sally, m. Edmond Morse; resided in Hampstead. Children: Thomas W., and Florence A. Thomas W. now resides in Sandown.
III. Caleb, b. Jan. 3, 1818, m. Abigail Morse in 1844.
IV. Sophia, resides in East Hampstead, the veteran teacher of the town from 1840 to 1844, teaching one hundred and eight terms of school in this and other towns in New Hampshire.
V. Mary J., m. Charles Jones. Children: Leslie, Rosa L., wife of Frank P. Webber, now living in Danville, and Mabel, died young.
VI. Bruce, m. Philena W. Hadley; resided at the old home, and d. 1867.
CALEB and ABIGAIL (Morse) MOULTON resided in Hamp- stead, where he held many offices. Was high sheriff twen- ty years, county commissioner three years, and deputy sheriff fifteen years. He died May 17, 1878. They had children :
I. Andrew J., b. May 30, 1845, d. June 7, 1846.
II. Andrew Morse, b. June 2, 1847, m. Carrie A. Smith, b. June 26. She d. Apr. 3, 1895 (see town officers). They had children: Wal- ter H., b. Dec. 22, 1874, m. Gertrude Rogers, and d. Nov. 5, 1898. Clara E., b. Jan. 8, 1876, m. Frank E. Darling; resides in Hamp- stead. Children: Louis C. b. Feb. 26, 1898.
III. Isabel, b. Nov. 14, 1848, m. Orren Vittum, of Sandwich, N. H.
IV. Annie S. b. Apr. 4, 1850; a teacher in Lawrence, Mass. several years, and d. June 26, 1886.
V. Ellen, b. Apr. 29, 1855, d. Jan. 7, 1856.
VI. Ellen Abbie, b. Mar. 4, 1857, d. Jan. 26, 1864.
BRUCE and PHILENA (Hadley) MOULTON have children :
I. Grace H., m, Russel K. Hook, of Sandown. Children: Jennie M., Vina D., and Elsie G. .
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II. Everett, m. Nellie L. Hadley, and resides on the home farm that has been in the family six generations. Children : Bertha Grace, and Bernice Amy.
III. Marilla, m. Anson B. Kimball, of Hampstead.
IV. Charles Bruce, b. Feb. 5, 1857, m. Georgia A. Colby. Children: Lena A., m. Albert Faxon, resides in Hampstead; and John L. and William C. Moulton.
V. Newell G., m. Mabel Sargent, of Danville. Children: Maud C., Myrtle L., Emeline B., Alice M., Faith L., Dean C., and Bruce.
The name of JOSEPH HADLEY, Sr. and Jr., is often found in old deeds of land conveyances before the incorporation of the town. March 30, 1747, they bought a tract of land of Richard Collins of Newbury, who was also a large owner of land in the Peak section of the town in the early days of the settlements. The Hadleys of Hampstead descended from Jo- seph, Sr., who occupied the farm where Mr. Gilbert Verburght now resides. The old Hadley house was located near his present residence. Here Mr. James Hadley was born, who was one of the vice presidents of the centennial celebration. He married widow Williams, and resided in the present house of Ellsworth Hadley, and died there. He married, second, a Mrs. Swetzer; no children.
BENJAMIN GARLAND, born July 10, 1767. The first of the name in town came from Barrington, N. H., to Hamp- stead, with his wife, Mary Balch, born June 11, 1770, and several children, among whom were John, Susan, Emily, and Benjamin Balch, born Feb. 2, 1793. They lived at the " Old Mitchell place " for about seventy years, later known as the " James Noyes house," (as represented in the snow scene), where the father died. Benjamin B. married Mary Hazen Calef, born April 14, 1796, daughter of William and Mary (Little) Calef, and granddaughter of Hon. John Calef of Hampstead, also granddaughter of Hon. Richard Hazen, of whom mention has been made in the sketch of Rev. John Kelly.
Benjamin B. and Mary Garland resided for many years near the parental homes of the Calefs, Littles and Hazens, at
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Garland's Corner, where he died, Aug. 8, 1872. His wife died March 22, 1879. They have children :-
I. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 28, 1820; m. Frederick A. Pike, Feb. 25, 1818; resided at the home now occupied by Eugene L. Spinney, at Pike's corner, opposite Garland's corner. He died there.
II. John William, b. Feb. 15, 1828; m. Emily Ann, daughter of Amnos Ring, one of the original trustees of Hampstead high school. They have children: Charles Wilbur, b. July 13, 1859; m. Ada E., daughter of Alfred P. and Francena (Dimond) Emerson, April 21, 1885. Had children: Leona Casandria, b. Apr. 22, 1886. Mildred Ring, b. June 5, 1887. John Alfred, b. June 6, 1889. (See town and church officers.)
One of the earliest families to settle in the " Peak district'' was the CLARKS, who came from Amesbury, Mass. He built his house on nearly the same spot where the new Clark resi- dence, which was built about 1846, stands.
The first family was Amos, son of Edward of Amesbury, who married Sarah Kelly. Their children were born from 1740 to 1756. The fifth Amos succeeded to the home farm, married Hannah Howard, and their son John married Mary, daughter of John Harriman, also an early settler in that sec- tion. John H. married Sarah Ann Noyes, and they were the parents of the Misses Mary A. and Sarah A. Clark, the pres- ent owners, who have improved the home of their ancestors with a noble pride.
John Henry Clark, son of Joshua and Eliza (Spollett) Clark, was born in Derry, N. H., married Clara Ann Kent, daughter of Dea. Jonathan Kent, resides in Hampstead. Their children were Clarence L., died young; Mary E., born Oct. 27, 1856, married John S. Corson; and Frank, died young.
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