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ARTICLE 1st. To choose a Moderator to govern said meeting.
ARTICLE 2d. To choose all nesessary town officers to continue in office until the annual meeting to be hol- den in March next, and transact any other business that shall be thought proper when met.
Signed, JOSHUA HARRINGTON, DANIEL W. FARRAR.
Dated Troy, July 4, 1815.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
CHESHIRE SS. July 20, 1815.
Agreeably to the power vested in us by the act of in- corporation of the town of Troy, we hereby certify that
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we have notified and warned all the legal voters of the town of Troy, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes mentioned in the within notification, by posting up the within notification, at the Meeting House in said Troy, fifteen days prior to the above date.
Signed, JOSHUA HARRINGTON, DANIEL W. FARRAR.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, CHESHIRE SS.
At the first legal town meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Troy, warned by Joshua Harrington Esq. and Daniel W. Farrar, who were authorized by the in- corporating said town to call the first meeting, held at the Meeting House in said town, the twentieth day of July A. D. 1815, at twelve of the clock at noon, the meeting being opened by the said Joshua Harrington and Daniel W. Farrar proceeded to business.
ARTICLE 1st. Chose Col. Sylvester P. Flint, Mod- erator.
ARTICLE 2d. Chose Daniel W. Farrar, Clerk, who appeared and accepted of the office, and took the oath of office, before Joshua Harrington Esq. Voted to adjourn the meeting for one hour.
Met agreeable to adjournment. Voted to choose three selectmen. Chose Daniel W. Farrar William Barnard and Sylvester P. Flint, their Selectmen who appeared and accepted the office, and took the oath of office, before Joshua Harrington Esq. Voted that the Selectmen be the overseers of the poor.
Chose George Farrar, Town Treasurer, who appeared and accepted the office, and took the oath of office, before Joshua Harrington Esq.
Chose Abraham Coolidge, Constable and Collector of taxes, who appeared and accepted the office, and took the oath of office, before Joshua Harrington Esq.
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Voted to have two Tything-men. Chose Peter Star- key, and Joseph C. Davenport, Tything-men.
Voted to have two Fence viewers. Chose Joshua Harrington Esq. and James Godfrey, Fence viewers who appeared and accepted the office and took the oath of office, before the Hon. Nahum Parker.
Voted and chose Luke Harris, Sexton.
SYLVESTER P. FLINT, Moderator.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
Attest, DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk."
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CHAPTER IX.
TOWN OFFICERS; BIOGRAPIIICAL SKETCHIES OF RESIDENTS, &c .; FROM 1S15 TO 1830.
1816.
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Representative.
SYLVESTER P. FLINT, DANIEL CUTTING, Selectmen.
WILLIAM BARNARD,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
At the Annual Meeting this year the town "voted to raise $300 to repair Highways and Bridges, to be paid in labor, at the rate of eight cents per hour for a man or yoke of oxen."
"Voted to raise $600 to defray town charges."
At this meeting, the following By-Laws for prevent- ing horses, mules, neat cattle, and swine, from running at large, were reported by a committee and adopted :
"That the owners, or those having the care of any horse, horses, or horse kind, or any mules, and suffer them to run at large, on any highway or public place within the town of Troy, from and after the first day of April next, to the last day of October next, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar for each and every horse,
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or horse kind, or mule so found running at large, ex- cepting colts under the age of six months.
That the owners or those having the care of any neat- cattle and suffer them to go at large as aforesaid, within the above specified time, shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty cents for each and every creature, so found going at large as aforesaid. That the owner or person or persons having the care of any swine, and suffer them to go at large, without being yoked and ringed according to the regulations of the laws of this State, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty five cents for each and every swine so found going at large; and each of the above penalties to be recovered by action of debt before any justice of the peace, to and for the use of the person who shall sue for the same with cost of suit.
Signed by SYLVESTER P. FLINT, CALEB PERRY, WILLIAM BARNARD, Committee.""
In January, this year, the proprietors of the Meeting- House relinquished to the town all their interest in the same, excepting the pews which had been sold to indi- viduals. The deed was as follows :
"Know all men by these presents: That we Isaac Fuller, George Farrar, Daniel W. Farrar, Daniel Cut- ting and David White of Troy, in the county of Chesh- irc and State of New Hampshire, in consideration of the sum of twenty dollars paid by the said town of Troy, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have re- mised, released, and forever quitclaimed, and do by these presents remit, release, and forever quitclaim unto the said town of Troy, a certain house lately built in said town of Troy for public worship, and for a public meeting-house, situated near the former town line be- tween Fitzwilliam and Marlboro', excepting the pews which have been sold and are the property of individuals as follows, viz. :
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BODY PEWS:
AUMBER. OWNER'S NAME.
1. Joshua Harrington.
2. Daniel W. Farrar.
19. Henry Tolman.
3. Elnathan Gorham.
20. James Godfrey,
4. Daniel Farrar.
21. Silas Wheeler.
5. Elijah Fuller.
22. Daniel Cutting.
7. William Barnard.
23. Samuel Farrar.
8. Caleb Winch.
24. Luke Harris.
9. Isaac Fuller.
25. Asa Brewer.
10. Silas Fife.
26. Salmon Whittemore.
27. A. Coolidge & L. Ward.
12. John Lawrence.
13. Daniel W. Farrar.
29. Jacob Daggett.
14. Ebenezer Wright.
30. Sylvester P. Flint.
31. Daniel W. Farrar.
32. Zopher Whitcomb.
WALL PEWS:
35. George Farrar.
43. Talmon Knights.
36. Thomas French.
44. William Farrar.
37. Caleb Perry.
45. Samuel Morse.
38. Daniel W. Farrar.
46. Joseph Haskell.
39. Josiah Lawrence.
47. Nathan Winch.
40. Pelatiah Hodgkins.
48. Joseph Forristall.
41. Easman Alexander. 49. Edmund Bemis.
42. Solomon Alexander.
50. Ebenezer Nurse.
GALLERY PEWS:
1. Daniel W. Farrar. 17. Daniel W. Farrar.
2. Nathan Newell.
18. Joseph Butler.
3. Joshua Harrington, Jr.
19. Joseph Wheeler.
4. Thomas French.
20. Daniel W. Farrar:
5. Joseph Cutting.
21. Joseph Alexander.
6. Stephen Farrar.
7. Aaron Holt.
8. Moses Aldrich.
24.
9. Daniel W. Farrar.
25.
10.
11
27.
28.
29.
66
14. Daniel W. Farrar. 15. 66
30.
31. 66
16.
32. William Lawrence.
66
26.
66
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13. Levi Starkey.
22. Daniel Lawrence, Jr
23. Daniel W. Farrar.
15. Jacob Osborne.
16. John Starkey.
17. Samuel Rockwood.
NUMBER. OWNER'S NAME.
18. David White.
11. Samuel Starkey.
28. H. Jackson & T. Godding.
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To have and to hold the same together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said town of Troy forever.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this thirty first day of January eighteen hun- dred and sixteen.
In presence of us, ISAAC FULLER, L. S.
WILLIAM BARNARD, GEORGE FARRAR, L. S.
SYLVESTER P. FLINT, DANIEL W. FARRAR, L. S.
ABRAHAM COOLIDGE, DANIEL CUTTING, L. S.
CALEB PERRY.
DAVID WHITE. L. S."
About this time, Levi Daggett settled on the farm now owned by Lemuel Brown. He is a descendant of John Daggett who settled in Attleborough about the year 1666, and was one of the proprietors of that town- ship. Joseph Daggett, son of John, built the first corn- mill in Attleborough, but at what time is not known. Ebenezer Daggett was the third generation, and had two sons, Naphtali, who was president of Yale College from 1766 to 1777, and John, who, says the historian of At- tleborough, "was one of the principal public characters and leading men of the town, especially during the try- ing period of the Revolution. He and Col. May were the two, on whom the town placed the utmost reliance. He was possessed of a strong and sound mind, and was marked by a resolute and decided character." Joal . Daggett, son of John, was possessed of considerable property, and he obtained possession of the Daniel Cut- ting farm, by virtue of a mortgage from one Robbins. He died March 7, 1816; and his son Levi bought out the other heirs, and took up his residence in Troy. He boarded in different families about two years, but April 15, 1818, he married Abigail, daughter of Joseph But- ler, and resided in the house he had purchased till 1823, when he sold his farm to Abel Brown. In 1825, he
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returned to Attleborough, where he resided till 1846, then moved to Jaffrey. In 1854, he returned to Troy, and resided in Mrs. Hayden's house one year, and a like period in the Newell house, but in 1856, he bought the Starkey farm of Asa Butler, and in 1858, he sold this and moved to Rindge. Children: 1, Abigail, born Feb. 11, 1819, married B. J. Tenney, May 17, 1847; 2, Levi, born July 3, 1820, married, Nov. 17, 1847, died April 18, 1857; 3, Joab, born Aug. 7, 1822, married, April 21, 1844; 4, Emeline, born Sept. 3, 1824; 5, Cordelia, born May 15, 1830; 6, Caroline, born Nov. 2, 1832.
Cyrus Fairbanks was born Nov. 17, 1786, at Har- vard, Mass. His parents, however, soon removed to Ashburnham, and here he spent a large proportion of his minority. In his younger days he had the misfor- tune to lose the use of his lower limbs, in consequence of which he learned the shoe-maker's trade, came to Troy in 1816, and worked one year with Preston Bishop, who had, a little more than a year previous bought of Sam- uel Garey a carpenter's shop which stood where Mr. Fairbanks' house now stands. In the fall of 1815, the shop was burnt, and Bishop being very much esteemed, his neighbors, out of sympathy, assisted him in building the present house. In 1817, Mr. Fairbanks bought Bishop's location, and, the third day of July, the same year, married Betsey Jackson of Westminster, Mass., and immediately took possession of the house in which he now lives. Children: 1, Eliza, born March 22, 1818, married Ransom Ingalls, died Aug. 15, 1857; 2, Silas H., born Dec. 7, 1819, married Catharine Al- drich, died at Jaffrey, Oct. 24, 1858; 3, Mary. Ann, born Dec. 3, 1822, married E. P. Kimball of Troy; 4, George, born Oct. 22, 1825, married first, Abby Wright, who died Aug. 27, 1848: second, Nancy Watkins, who died July 27, 1858; 5, Charles, born March 15, 1827,
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Anos Sibley
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died June 18, 1843; 6, Walter A., born Jan. 5, 1830, now a clerk in D. Whittemore's store at Fitzwilliam; 7, Sarah W., born May 8, 1832; 8, Caroline A., born Jan. 6, 1836.
Amos Sibley, scythe-maker, was born Oct. 19, 1783, at Sutton, learned his trade of his brother at Athol, where he afterwards married and settled. His wife's maiden name was Prudence Harward, and she was born July 27, 1793. Capt. Sibley soon left Athol, and after residing a short time at Oxford, Sutton, and Dudley, successively, came to Troy in 1816, and bought the scythe-shop built by Aldrich and Barnard, and com- menced scythe-making. In 1826, he built a new shop in which he carried on business till 1844. When he commenced scythe-making here, it was considered a good day's work for one man to make six scythes, and these were worth $10 per dozen, but when he closed, by the improvements in machinery, one man could make nine quite as easily in the same time, but these were worth ouly $7.50 per dozen. He lived in the small house near the shop till 1832, when he built the large house now owned by Elliott Whitcomb. In.1856, he sold his scythe-shop to Whitcomb and Forristall, who converted it into a pail-shop. The next year, Capt. Sibley sold his house to Elliott Whitcomb and moved to the village, into a house which he bought of John J. Wrisley. Children: 1, Willard, born Sept. 29, 1810, died March 28, 1812; 2, Lucy, born May 6, 1812, died Feb. 2, 1832: 3, Harrington, born June 4, 1814, married Ma- ria R. Buttrick, Feb. 16, 1837, lives in Fitchburg; 4, Abigail, born Feb. 3, 1818, married Benjamin M. Stan- ley, Feb. 7, 1839; 5, Emily, born March 13, 1820, married George A. Kendall, Oct. 1, 1840, lives at St. Maria, Wis .; 6, Elvira, born March 19, 1822; 7, Amos W., born Nov. 13, 1824, died June 8, 1826; 8, Caro- line M., born Sept. 3, 1827, married Edwin Mann, Sep-
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tember, 1845, who was drowned April 29, 1846; 9, Amos W., born April 13, 1831, died Sept. 22, 1849; 10, Delano H., born June 22, 1834, married Martha 1 .. Garfield, Dec. 23, 1857; 11, Gideon, born Sept. 3, 1837.
1817.
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Representative.
DANIEL CUTTING,
CALEB PERRY, Selectmen.
SALMON WHITTEMORE,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
This year, George Farrar, eldest son of George, mar- ried Naomi Starkey, and settled on the farm formerly owned by Ichabod Shaw. He bought the farm of one Piper, who had it of Thayer, and the latter had it of Moses Kenney, who had it of Shaw. Mr. Farrar has lived on this farm ever since he came in possession of it, and although now advanced in years he is still able to perform considerable labor. Children: 1. Naomi E., born 1818, died 1829; 2, Martha, born 1820, married Henry Haskell of Marlboro'; 3, Harriett Newell, born 1822, died 1825; 4, Nancy, born 1824, died 1825; 5, George Elliott, born 1826, died 1829; 6, George E., born 1830, died the same year. Mrs. Farrar died in 1842, and Mr. Farrar afterwards married Sally, daugh- ter of John Whitney.
In the spring of this year, Solomon Goddard, potter, came to Troy and commenced work in the pottery owned by D. W. Farrar. This stood where the house stands,
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now occupied by Mrs. Stephen Starkey, and was built by Col. Farrar in 1812. Capt. Goddard was a descend- ant of Edward Goddard .* farmer, who was born and lived in Norfolk county, England; was once very weal- thy, but afterwards much reduced by oppressions during the civil war. He being on the Parliament side, his house was beset and demolished by a company of cavaliers, who also plundered his house. He escaped through the midst of them in disguise, but died soon after. William, the seventh son of Edward, married Elizabeth Miles and settled in London, where he carried on an extensive trade. He came to New-England in 1665, for the purpose of securing a debt, and the plague then raging in London was probably the occasion of his concluding to tarry here, and sending for his wife and children, who came over in 1666. They had six children born in London, three of whom died young; the other three came to New-Eng- land, viz. : William, Joseph, and Robert. They had, also, six children born in Watertown, where they settled, but three of these only grew to manhood, viz .: Benja- min, + Josias, and Edward. Edward was born March 24, 1675, married Susannah Stone in 1696, and settled in Framingham, where he was employed several years as a school-master, at a salary of forty pounds per an- num, and he subsequently distinguished himself in some
* Godard, a proper name, derived from the Saxon of God or Good, and the Dutch of Nature, signifying one endowed with a compliant and divine disposition of mind. Goodiard is per- haps a variation of the same name. Dr. Goodiard lived in England, and was chaplain to the Earl of Warwick at St. Paul's Cross, A. D. 1470 .- Bailey's Dictionary.
+ " It is curious to remark that the three sons born in Eng- land, from whose line direct proceeded the present Brookline family, had light complexions and red hair, and those born in Watertown, dark complexions and black hair. The latter, for distinction, were called Indian boys. Every second generation, descending from the former to this period, has had some red hair in the family."
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of the most responsible offices, being frequently select- man and moderator, for a long series of years town clerk, and for several years representitive in the General Court. He died Feb. 9, 1754. He had nine children. seven sons and two daughters. Edward, the eldest son, was born May 4, 1698, married Hepzibah Hapgood; was one of the first proprietors and owned five rights in the town of Shrewsbury, Mass., and died there Oct. 13, 1777. He had twelve children: David, the third son, was born Sept. 26, 1730, married Margaret Stone of Watertown and settled in Orange: had seven children, four sons and three daughters. John, the youngest son, was born April 30, 1768, married Hannah Forristall. by whom he had fourteen children. Solomon, the second son, was born May 2, 1796, and resided with his parents during his minority and learned his trade in his father's shop. In 1818, he and Jonathan B. French hired the pottery before mentioned, and they carried on business together about three years, after which time Capt. God- dard built a pottery on land which he had before pur- chased of Joshua Harrington, Jr. This purchase con- sisted of about two acres of land, with the buildings thereon, and the same that have been mentioned as hav- ing been built by Mr. Harrington. French, in 1821, built the house, since known as the Winch house, now owned by Buttrick and Farrar. After quitting the pot- tery, French and Moses Ballou rented Col. Farrar's store, and traded there a short time, but they soon relin- quished trade, and French moved to the West. The old pottery in which Goddard and French formerly worked, was removed a few years since and converted into a dwelling-house, and is now the one occupied by Levi Whittemore. May 9, 1821, Capt. Goddard married Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Nurse, and resided in the house first purchased till 1839, when he built the brick- house now on the premises. He continued to make
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earthen ware till 1843, when he sold the pottery to E. J. Spaulding. In the spring of 1845, he formed a co- partnership with Edwin Buttrick, and they built the pail-shop now owned by Mr. Buttrick, and carried on the business of tub and pail-making till the death of Capt. Goddard, Jan. 8, 1854. Children: 1, Elliott, born Dec. 24, 1823, married Mary Norcross, August, 1847, is now residing in Keene; 2, Josiah, E., born Feb. 19, 1825, learned the trade of cabinet-maker in Lynn, died in Manchester, Mass., July 18, 1846; 3, Sarah L., born Aug. 15, 1830, graduated at the Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, 1851, married A. M. Cav- erly, M. D., Nov. 30, 1854.
1818.
SYLVESTER P. FLINT, Representative.
SYLVESTER P. FLINT, - DANIEL W. FARRAR, Selectmen.
GEORGE FARRAR,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
February 7th, Isaac Fuller, eldest son of Elijah, mar- ried Temperance Hinckley of Barnstable, who was born Nov. 11, 1792. He lived some years in the house with his father, but in 1830, he moved into the house owned by Josiah Wheeler, where he resided two years, then came to the village and resided in the house near Ira Boyden's, where he died Dec. 14, 1833. Children: 1, Martha H., born March 15, 1819, married Peleg Sher- man of Mount Holly, Vt .; 2, Isaac Richardson, born
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Aug. 13, 1820, married Laura Jackson of Mount Hol- ly; 3, Lydia, born June 12, 1822, married Winthrop Knights, April 6, 1843; 4, William, born March 15, 1824, died April 12, 1825; 5, Charles, born April 13, 1827, died Feb. 1, 1832; 6, Harriet E., born Nov. 1, 1829, married Joseph E. Lawrence, Nov. 12, 1851.
March 9th, Joseph M. Forristall married Fanny, daughter of Benjamin and Sally Brigham, and located on the farm formerly owned by Caleb Winch, where he resided six years. After this he lived on the Sanders' farm two years, then leased the tavern built by Josiah He resid- Morse, and kept the public house two years.
ed a short time in the Whipple house, but in 1829, he built the Flint house, now owned by Clark and Bemis, and resided there six years. In 1833, he purchased of Asa Porter, the saw-mill built by Silas Wheeler. At that time, there was a high sand bank at the junction of the two roads near the mill, and Mr. Forristall levelled this and built upon its site the house in which he now resides. He is a very athletic, industrious man, and has done much to improve the condition of the town, and probably no man shares more fully the confidence of his fellow-citizens. He has been promoted to many offices, and the last two years has represented the town in the State Legislature. Children: 1, Czarina, born March 18, 1819, married Henry A. Porter, April 7, 1842; 2, Franklin Brigham, born Dec. 15, 1821, married Martha Ann Lawrence, Sept. 15, 1846; 3, Samira, born Oct. 31, 1823, married A. B. Gates, Sept. 19, 1844; 4, Joseph N., born April 19, 1826, married Mary Ann Haskell, Sept. 10, 1851; 5, Benjamin Brigham, born May 2, 1830, married Harriet Shannon, March 23, 1853; 6, Alpheus M., born Jan. 1, 1833, married Sarah M. Adams, Jan. 1, 1856; 7, Henry M., born Sept. 6, 1835; 8, Sarah Jane, born May 18, 1838, died March 30, 1851.
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April 2d, Joseph Haskell married Ruth White and settled on the home farm, where he lived ten years, then moved to Marlboro' and resided there till 1846, when he bought the Tolman house, and moved to the village in Troy. Children: 1, Mary Ann, born May 21, 1820, died 1822; 2, Eliza, born Nov. 14, 1822, married Cy- rus Thompson; 3, Elenor, born Jan. 12, 1824, married George A. Nutting; 4, Mary, born May 21, 1826, married A. W. Baker; 5, Lymon, born Sept. 21, 1828. died 1829; 6, Harriet, born Nov. 11, 1830; 7, Joseph, born Aug. 6, 1832, married Mary J. Starkey; 8, Ma- ria, born Aug. 4, 1834, married David Wheeler, resides in Momence, Ill .; 9, Sarah, born June 12, 1339; 10, Lucy Jane, born Feb. 9, 1841.
October 20th, William Haskell, brother of the pre- ceding, married Sarah White and located on the home- stead farm, where he resided a short time, then lived five or six years on the farm now owned by Henry A. Porter. He also lived in Rindge one or two years, but in 1833 he built the house now owned by Joseph Kendall, and died there Jan. 26, 1841. Children: 1, Ezekiel, born Feb. 6, 1820, married Mirintha Demary of Rindge, lives in Troy: 2, Joseph, born Oct. 28, 1822, married Anna Cleaves, is a Baptist clergyman in Shutesbury; 3, Alonzo, born Feb. 16, 1824, married Betsey Marshall of Jaffrey, lives in Cavendish, Vt .; 4, Albert, born March 10, 1826, died Aug. 6, 1846; 5, Sarah Ann, born Feb. 26, 1830, married Horace Knapp of Boston; 6, Lydia, born March 6, 1832, married Addison Mar- shall of Jaffrey; 7, Mary, born June 29, 1834, married Augustus Adams of Cavendish, Vt .; 8, Charles, born May 14, 1840.
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1819.
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Representative.
DANIEL CUTTING,
SALMON WHITTEMORE, Selectmen.
TIMOTHY KENDALL,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
This year, Charles Tolman, son of Benjamin, returned to Troy, and took up his abode with his parents, who lived at that time, where Stephen Tolman now resides. At the commencement of the last war with Great Brit- ain in 1812, Mr. Tolman was at Hudson, N. Y., and on the 9th of July of that year, he enlisted as a soldier and joined the American army at Plattsburg. The next spring he was with a detachment of the army sent to Sacket's Harbor. On the 25th of April, he accompan- ied Gen. Dearborn, who embarked with seventeen hun- dred men, on board a flotilla, under command of Com- modore Chauncey, from Sacket's Harbor, for the pur- pose of attacking York, the capital of Upper Canada. On arriving at the place of debarkation, about two miles from the enemy's works, an attempt was made to oppose their landing; but the British were thrown into disorder, and fled to their garrison. Mr. Tolman was one of the number selected by Gen. Pike to attack the enemy's fortifications, and he stood but a few feet from that offi- cer at the time he was killed, by an explosion of a mag- azine. After the capture of York, Mr. Tolman was sent to Fort Niagara, where he remained about one month; he assisted in the reduction of Fort George, af- ter which he came down the St. Lawrence with the force
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under Wilkinson, and retired into winter quarters at French Mills. Early the next spring he returned to Plattsburg, and on the 11th of March, received the com- mission of Ensign in a company commanded by Capt. Humphrey, and took an active part in the battle there on the 11th of September following. After the battle he was appointed Provost-Marshall and sent to Crabb Island, about three miles from Plattsburg, to assist in taking charge of the prisoners. The 22d of November he was promoted to the rank of third Lieutenant, in which capacity he served to the close of the war. Jan. 1, 1817, he married Alta Anderson of Albany, N. Y., and resided there till 1819, when he returned to Troy. In 1820, he removed to Richmond, where he stopped two years; after this he lived in Fitchburg three years, then again returned to Troy, where he has ever since resided. Children: 1, Chester, born Nov. 13, 1817, married Lucinda Felton of Shelburne Falls, Mass., Nov. 29, 1844; 2, Cornelia, born June 8, 1820, married, Dec. 26, 1842, died April 25, 1845; 3, Mary Ann, born April 27, 1822, died Dec. 26, 1826; 4, Orville, born Jan. 4, 1825, married Louisa Bowers, Dec. 20, 1851, lives at Shelburne Falls; 5, Angeline, born Sept. 2, 1827, died Feb. 8, 1849; 6, Albert, born Oct. 24, 1829, married Sarah Briggs, Oct. 23, 1856, lives at Shelburne Falls.
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