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In March, Stephen Wheeler bought the Hotel built by Josiah Morse, and about seventy acres of land ad- joining, and commenced keeping a public house. Mr. Wheeler was born in Boxborough, Mass., Sept. 5, 1786; and in 1808, he married Polly Wright of Fitzwilliam, who was born Jan. 30, 1788. He resided in his native town, with the exception of two years, during which he was in Troy, N. Y., until he came to Troy, N. H. Soon after opening the public house, he commenced trade in the northern part of the Chapman house, and engaged in the staging business, also, carrying on at the same time, the public house, trade in the store, staging, and farming. He built the house and store south and ad- joining the Hotel, the house now owned by Jacob Boyce, and the house and other buildings near the Town Hall. In January, 1855, he removed to Illinois, and now re- sides in Momence in that State. Children: 1, Stephen, born Sept. 1, 1809, married Harriet Gorham, Dec. 10, 1829, died in Richmond, July 19, 1837; 2, Mary, born Feb. 26, 1812, married Brown Nurse, Dec. 15, 1831; 3. Lucy, born Jan. 22, 1814, married David Wilder. December, 1835, died at Manchester, July 14, 1842; 4. Catharine, born June 22, 1816, married Timothy Kendall, May 10, 1839; 5, Hannah, born March 17, 1919, married David W. Farrar, June 29, 1841; 6, Harriet, born July 3, 1821, died March 26, 1823; 7, Abby T., born Jan. 22, 1824, married David Frost, August, 1843; 8, Ephraim, born April 23, 1826, mar- ried Louisa A. Nutting, Aug. 29, 1842; 9, Nancy, born March 7, 1829, married George P. Makinstry, June 1, 1848, lives at the West; 10, David, born July 24, 1832, married Maria, daughter of Joseph Haskell, Oct. 12, 1856, lives at Momence, Ill.
This year, Joseph Kendall, the sixth son of Nathaniel, married Mary Ann Thurston of Marlboro', and located on the Rahn farm which had before been occupied by
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his father. Mr. Kendall resided there a few years, then moved to the farm formerly owned by Daniel Farrar, sen., but now owned by Col. D. W. Farrar, and situated south of S. B. Farrar's. In 1852, he bought the farm on which he now lives, of Mrs. Sarah Haskell. Chil- dren: 1, John, born Dec. 7, 1827, died June, 1842; 2, Rebecca, born Sept. 12, 1829, married Hayward Bigelow of Princeton, Mass .; 3, Mary Ann, born Dec. 23, 1831, married Moses Cudworth of Rindge; 4, Helen M., born Jan. 7, 1834, married John Hosley of Spring- field, Mass .; 5, Joseph W., born Aug. 4, 1839; 6, Cornelia J., born Oct. 31, 1840; 7, Lucy A., born March 5, 1843; 8, John A., born Aug. 13, 1845; 9, Caroline E., born Oct. 30, 1848; 10 and 11, Edwin and Edwina, -twins, -born April 20, 1351.
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1828_
DANIEL CUTTING, Representative.
DANIEL W. FARRAR,
LYMAN WRIGHT, Selectmen.
TIMOTHY KENDALL,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
Thomas Wright came here this year, and moved into the house built by Calvin Davis. He was the son of Joel Wright, and was born at Fitzwilliam, Aug. 28, 1796, married Sarah Coan of Wrentham, April 8, 1824, and settled in Jaffrey. In 1826, he bought the Davis house in Troy, but did not move here with his family until two years after. In 1833, he sold this house 15*
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to Stephen Wheeler, and with his cousin, Col. Lyman Wright, bought the Barret farm and divided it between them, he taking the westerly and his cousin the easterly half. Soon after this, he built the brick-house in which he now resides.
Levi Whittemore came to Troy about this time, and located on the farm formerly owned by John Godding, and afterwards by Samuel Starkey. He was born at Templeton, June 12, 1787, and married Mary Blodgett, and settled in Dublin in 1810. From Dublin he moved to Marlboro', and resided there a short time, then came to Troy, and after changing locations several times, he purchased the farm upon which 'his son, Luther, now resides, and died there Feb. 8, 1847. Mrs. Whittemore lied Jan. 31, 1858. Children: 1, Mary A., born Nov. 12, 1811, married Brockway, April 10, 1832, died April 7, 1846; 2, Maria, born Aug. 20, 1813; 3, Levi, born Nov. 19, 1815, married first, Lucy Alexan- der, April 12, 1841, who died Aug. 10, same year: second, Mary Rockwood; 4, Luther, born Sept. 17, 1817, married Abby Alexander, Dec. 31, 1846; 5, Roancy, born Feb. 6, 1820, married Sylvester Drury, Jan. 13, 1854; 6, John, born Nov. 13, 1822, married, Nov. 18, 1845, lives in Templeton; 7, Susan, born Sept. 27, 1829, married Thomas Perry, Sept. 27, 1848; 8, Martha, born March 27, 1826, died Dec. 8, 1832; 9, Caroline M., born Feb. 25, 1828; 10, Sarah M., born May 30, 1832, married Elbridge Coolidge, May 24, 1855, died Feb. 7, 1859; 11, Cyrus, born Aug. 20, 1832, married Lawrence, Oct. 20, 1853; 12, Lucy A., born March 30, 1835, died the next day.
This year, also, Amasa Aldrich of Richmond, bought the Whitcomb farm of Abel Baker, and located here with his family. He was born in 1799, and married Ann, daughter of Benjamin Tolman, April 24, 1825, and settled in Richmond, where he resided three years.
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Children: 1, Angeline, born Feb. 26, 1827, died April 11, 1851; 2, Andrew J., born Nov. 13, 1829, married Sarah W., daughter of Abel Garfield, Oct. 15, 1851.
November 20th, Joel Holt, second son of Aaron, mar- ried Thirza Baker of Marlboro', and located in Troy. In 1835, he moved to Princeton, Mass., and resided there till 1858, when he bought the Barker farm, and again located in Troy. Children: 1; Mary B., born Sept. 8, 1829, died July 8, 1833; 2, Thirza Maria, born March 8, 1832, died Jan. 16, 1851; 3, Eunice Abigail, born Nov. 11, 1834, married Alvin S. White of Shirley, Mass .; 4, Mary Jane, born Oct. 16, 1839.
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1829.
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Representative.
DANIEL CUTTING,
CALVIN STARKEY, Selectmen.
LUKE HARRIS,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
CHAPTER X.
TOWN OFFICERS; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF RESIDENTS, &c., CONTINUED; FROM 1830 TO 1855.
1830.
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Representative.
DANIEL CUTTING,
LUKE HARRIS, Selectmen.
ABEL BAKER,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
It appears that up to this time no provision had been made for warming the Meeting-House, but this year the town "voted that a stove might be placed in it, if indi- viduals should see fit to put one in at their own expense."
This year, Isaac Aldrich came to Troy, and settled on the farm south of the Morse tavern, the same that has been mentioned as the residence of Peter Starkey, Jr. He was the son of Ananias Aldrich, who was a native of Mendon Mass., but settled in Richmond at an early period, where the most of his children were born. Isaac was born in 1777, and married Abigail, daughter of Levi Aldrich, March 12, 1802, and resided a short time in Richmond, then moved to New-York, and from thence to Pennsylvania, in each of which places he stop-
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ped one or two years, then returned to Richmond, from which town he came to Troy as above mentioned. Af- ter residing on five or six different farms in Troy, he came to the village in 1844, and has lived the most of the time since with his son Isaac. Mrs. Abigail Aldrich died Aug. 21, 1858. Children: 1, David, born Aug. 10, 1801, married Phebe Decker, lives in Pennsylvania ; 2, Ananias, born April 2, 1803, married Mary Davis, was killed in Pennsylvania by blasting stone; 3, Joel, born Jan. 9, 1805, married Julia King, died in New- York; 4, Louisa, born Feb. 1, 1807, married William Marshall; 5, Levi, born Feb. 23, 1809, married Mary McCarty; 6, Sophronia, born Feb. 25, 1811, married James Capron; 7, Abigail, born Jan. 30, 1814, died March 25, 1838; 8, Isaac, born March 11, 1817, mar- 9, Judith E.,
ried Abby M. Everett of Fitzwilliam; born May 22, 1819, married Benjamin F. Perry; 10, Julius C., born June 6, 1822, married Catharine Wood, died July 21, 1855; 11, Joseph E., born Jan. 29, 1828, married Mary T. Hitchcock, resides in Boston.
Charles M. Tolman, eldest son of Henry, was born Jan. 21, 1807, and married Lydia Lovejoy, May 29, 1828, and resided in Fitchburg till 1830, when he re- turned to Troy, purchased the old school-house which stood near the Marshall barn, moved it to the westerly side of the village, and converted it into a dwelling- house. He died Dec. 27, 1830.
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1831.
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Representative.
ABEL BAKER,
CALVIN STARKEY, Selectmen.
JOHN LAWRENCE,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
Benjamin F. Grosvenor-a hatter-came here about this time, and commenced hat-making in what is now the red house over the mill-pond. He was a native of Pel- ham, married Mary J. Titcomb of that town, and on coming here, formed a co-partnership with Edward Tol- man, and they built the house now owned by Thomas Goodall, in 1832. The following year Grosvenor sold his interest here to Tolman and moved to New-Boston, where he resided one year, and then went to Hillsborough Bridge, but returned to Troy in 1836, and resumed the business of hat-making. In 1837, he built the shop which stood some years near what is now Mr. Goodall's stable. In 1842, he removed from Troy to Dracut, Mass., and a few years since he moved to Methuen, where he now resides. He had three children: Mary Jane, Hannah A. S. D., and Josephine.
April 19th, Jotham H. Holt married Miriam Bartlett of Berlin, Mass., who was born Nov. 26, 1804. Mr. Holt resided about two and a half years on the farm now owned by Luther Whittemore, but in 1834, he purchas- ed of Zopher Whitcomb and heirs, the farm upon which Joseph Cutting had long resided, and he still owns and
* This was removed in 1856, and converted into a dwelling- house, the same that is now owned by John U. Beers.
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cultivates this early-settled farm. He is one of the most prominent men of the town, has the confidence of his fellow-citizens, and has been promoted to numerous offi- ces of trust and responsibility. Children: 1, Ellen P., born March 8, 1832, married Charles Lewis of Cincin- nati, Ohio, June 22, 1853; 2, Milton J., born April 7, 1834, went to Cincinnati in August, 1851; 3, Levi B., born Nov. 9, 1835, went to Cincinnati in 1857; 4, Sarah D., born Oct. 7, 1838, went to Cincinnati in 1857; 5, Frederick A., born June 23, 1841, died March 19, 1842; 6, Joel, born Oct. 27, 1843; 7, Frederick, born Oct. 29, 1845, died Aug. 10, 1846; 8, Edwin T., born July 27, 1848.
Daniel Buttrick became a citizen of Troy this spring. He is a descendant of Samuel Buttrick* of Concord, Mass., who was one of the early settlers of that town, and late in life, gave to each of his six sons a farm with- in one mile of the centre of the town; and some of their posterity occupy four of these farms at the present time. Daniel, t one of the grand-sons, who was born May 13, 1748, married and had eight children, five sons and three daughters. Daniel, Jr., was born in Winchendon, Mass., Jan. 23, 1783, and married Mary, daughter of William Knightt of Fitzwilliam, Dec. 23, 1810, and resided some years in Marlboro'. In 1825, he bought the farm on which he now resides, of the administrator of the estate of Josiah, son of David Wheeler, but did not remove there with his family till six years after. Children: 1, Eunice, born Sept. 26, 1811, married Still- man Woodward of Marlboro'; 2, Edwin, born June 18, 1813, married Lucy Wetherbee of Swanzey, March 31,
* Samuel Buttrick of Concord came from England.
t Died May 17, 1848, aged one hundred years, four days.
Į William Knight was in the battles of White Plains, Still- water, and Stony Point.
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1835; 3, Daniel, born Oct. 4, 1814, died March 25, 1815; 4, Mary Ann, born Jan. 11, 1816, married Al- ton Blodgett of Gardner, Nov. 9, 1837; 5, Martha C., born Jan. 18, 1818, married Osgood Collister, Feb. 15, 1837; 6, Maria K., (twin), born Jan. 18, 1818, married Harrington Sibley, Feb. 16, 1837; 7, Lydia R., born Feb. 4, 1820.
August 25th, Jonas Bemis, son of Edmund, married Fanny, daughter of William Lawrence, and resided a few years on the farm now owned by Levi L. Pierce, but eventually sold that farm and went to reside with his father, and is now one of the most successful farmers in the westerly part of the town. Children: 1, William L., born Nov. 2, 1834; 2, Warren B., born March 12, 1839; 3, Mary E., born Oct. 20, 1840; 4, Frederick W., born April 28, 1852; 5, Frank H., born May 3, - 1857.
1832.
LYMAN WRIGHT, Representative.
DANIEL CUTTING, ABEL BAKER, Selectmen. .
DANIEL BUTTRICK,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
This year, Asa Porter located in Troy, and purchased the mills formerly owned by Silas Wheeler. He was a native of Marlboro', married Sybel Osborne of Troy, and settled in Weathersfield, where he resided till he came to Troy. In 1833, he sold his real estate here to Joseph M. Forristall, and moved to Marlboro'. Afterwards he
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returned and resided one year on the Flint place, and two years on the farm now owned by Daniel Starkey, then moved to Waltham, Mass., where he resided ten years; but in 1855, he went to Oregon, where he soon died. Children: 1, Henry A., born Oct. 12, 1817, married Czarina Forristall, April 7, 1842; 2, Leonard W., born Sept. 14, 1820, married Mary Howard of Hopkinton, Mass., resides in Boston; 3, Almira, born Jan. 1, 1823, married Luke Bemis of Waltham; 4, Lo- renda, born Dec. 25, 1828, married Amos W. Buttrick of Winchendon; 5, Louisa, born Merch 14, 1831, mar- ried Oliver Smith of Waltham.
James Capron-shoemaker-was born at Winches- ter, March 16, 1808, and learned his trade of James L. Sanborn of Concord. Nov. 1, 1832, he married So- phronia, daughter of Isaac Aldrich and located in Jaf- frey. Afterwards he resided a short time in Troy, Keene, Marlboro', and Swanzey, in succession, but in 1846, he returned to Troy, where he has since resid- ed: and he is one of the most industrious men in the town. Children: 1, Foster, born Sept. 29, 1833, died in 1837; 2, Joseph, born June 9, 1837; 3, George, born Nov. 25, 1841; 4, David, born Feb. 6, 1847.
Alonzo B. Harrington, son of Elijah, married Betsey, daughter of John Lawrence, and has since resided in various places, the most of the time, however, in Troy. In 1857, he bought a part of the Ichabod Shaw farm of Welcome Ballou, and has since resided on this purchase. Children: 1, Edward, born March 15, 1833, died March 27, 1856; 2, Charles B., born April 23, 1837, died April 20, 1859; 3, Eliza Jane, born Oct. 13, 1839, died June 13, 1840; 4, Adliza, born June 17, 1841, died July 21, 1842; 5, Sarah A., born Jan. 23, 1843; 6, Duane C., born July 6, 1846; 7, Noyes G., born Oct. 13, 1848; 8, George, born July 8, 1851; 9, Irene L., born Oct. 13, 1855.
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1833.
LYMAN WRIGHT, Representative.
DANIEL CUTTING,
DANIEL BUTTRICK, Selectmen.
JONATHAN CLARK,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
December 5th, Ira Godding, son of Timothy, married Eliza White of Fitzwilliam, and resided on the home- stead farm with his parents until his death, Dec. 10, 1849. Mrs. Godding died the same year. They left but one son, Rufus, who is a machinist, and resides in Winchendon.
1834.
CHESTER LYMON, Representative.
DANIEL BUTTRICK,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Selectmen.
CALVIN STARKEY,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
September 23d, William Marshall-shoemaker married Louisa, daughter of Isaac Aldrich, and located on the premises before occupied by his father. He resid- ed there, working at his trade, till his death, April 11.
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1855. Children: 1, Emeline Louisa, born June 19, 1837, married Milton Putney; 2, Abby Ann, born March 29, 1840, married Lyman Putney.
November 27th, Nathaniel Parker married Eliza, daughter of Zopher Whitcomb, and located on the Ward farm, which he purchased of Col. D. W. Farrar. Chil- dren: 1, Hamilton, born Feb. 2, 1836, married Eunice Sweetzer, December, 1857; 2, Minerva, born Aug. 4, 1838, died June 4, 1854; 3, Ellen, born Dec. 24, 1846. Mrs. Eliza Parker died June 28, 1848, and Mr. Parker married Nancy Whitcomb, sister of his former wife, in 1849; and he died Oct. 30, 1857, aged fifty-one years. He was an honest, upright man, and an excellent citizen. Mrs. Nancy Parker is now residing in Jaffrey.
1835.
CHESTER LYMON, Representative.
DANIEL CUTTING,
JONATHAN CLARK, 1 Selectmen.
DANIEL FARRAR,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
This year it was found necessary to rebuild the bridge near Harrington's mill, and at a special meeting on the 18th of June, the town chose Joseph M. Forristall. Daniel W. Farrar, and Lyman Wright, a committee to superintend the building of the bridge. This committee caused an arched, stone bridge to be built: and at a meet- ing in January following, the town "voted to accept the doings of the committee in building a stone bridge," also
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voted to raise $450, by special tax, to defray town charges.
March 31st, Edwin Buttrick, only son of Daniel, married Lucy Wetherbee of Swanzey, and resided on the Wheeler farm with his father two years; afterwards he bought the Flint farm, to which he removed and re- mained there two years. In 1845, he and Capt. S. Goddard built the pail-shop now owned by the former. In 1846, Mr. Buttrick bought the house he now occu- pies, of John Whittemore, and continued the business of pail-making in company with Capt. S. Goddard, until the death of the latter, Jan. 8, 1854; he then bought the share of the shop formerly owned by his partner, and has since carried on the same business alone. Chil- dren: 1, Warren W., born Sept. 27, 1840, died Jan. 5. 1843; 2, Ellen Ann, born April 12, 1844.
November 5th, Brown Nurse came to Troy and es- tablished himself as a merchant. He is a descendant of Dea. David Nurse, who married Rachel Barrett of Con- . cord, Mass., and who was a recruiting officer for the American army in the Revolutionary war, and the Cap- tain of a company of minute men which he called out on the alarm being given, that the British were at Concord: but having some twelve or fourteen miles to march, he arrived too late for action, the British having retired. David Nurse-a farmer-and eldest son of Dea. David, was born Oct. 1, 1762, married Lois Brown, Dec. 14, 1793, and located in Harvard. He was called out in the Shays' insurrection, and was offered the post of Aid to the commanding officer, which he declined, preferring that of the soldier. He endured some hardships on ac- count of the severe cold, while in pursuit of Capt. Shays and his party, but came to no engagement. Brown Nurse, the fourth son of David, was born at Harvard, June 24, 1804, came to Troy in August, 1829, stopped about ten months, taught school in District No. three.
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went to Richmond in June, 1830, and there commenced trade. He married Mary, daughter of Stephen Wheel- er, Dec. 15, 1831, and resided in Richmond till Novem- ber, 1835, when he came to Troy, purchased a stock of goods of his father-in-law, and resumed trade. He has held the office of Post Master nearly fourteen years, and represented the town in the Legislature of the State in the years 1850 and 1851. He is a man of ability, and takes a deep interest in whatever relates to the prosperi- ty of the town. He has but one child, a daughter, Ma- ry Jane, born Aug. 2, 1833. Dr. Amos Nourse of Maine, has made some investigations far back in English History, and his impression is, that the race of Nourses is of Welch origin; and the name in England is, and always has been, spelled Nourse; the o was for a time generally dropped from the name in this country, but is now as generally resumed.
December 3d, Harvey Blanding married Mary, daugh- ter of Zalmon Howe, and located in Troy. He was born in Richmond, May 1, 1809, and after coming to Troy he worked for Charles Coolidge in the pail-shop some time, and just before his marriage, built the house in which his family now reside. In 1849, he built the pail-shop near the depot, and manufactured pails there till his death, March 22, 1859. Children: 1, Mary Jane, born April 3, 1837, married James Robb, April 20, 1853; 2, Joel Oscar, born Feb. 26, 1842; 3, Jan- ette Adeline born Nov. 11, 1846.
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1836.
DANIEL CUTTING, Representative.
DANIEL CUTTING, JONATHAN CLARK, Selectmen. DANIEL FARRAR,
DANIEL W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
October 26th, Daniel Starkey, son of Luna, married Sarah O. Holbrook and resided a few years in the Bush house, and worked at shoe-making. Afterwards he re- sided on the Whitney farm, but a few years since he bought the Nurse farm, on which he now resides. Chil- dren: 1, Daniel Alden, born July 10, 1838, married Elizabeth L. Ward, April 20, 1859; 2, Sarah Diana, horn March 20, 1841, died July 25, 1842; 3, Laura Diana, born Feb. 27, 1844, died Sept. 7, 1845; 4. Vienna O., born April 19, 1848.
In November, Edward P. Kimball came to Troy and commenced hat-making with Benjamin Grosvenor. Hc is the son of Col. Retyre Kimball, who was born at Hillsborough, Feb. 4, 1789, and married Mary Bell of Tewksbury, March 23, 1818, and died at Hillsborough, Dec. 10, 1830; his widow now resides with her son at Troy. Edward P. was born at Hillsborough, Feb. 23, 1820, and married Mary Ann, daughter of Cyrus Fair- banks, July 9, 1844. In 1848, he bought of David W. Farrar, the store which had been built a few years before by S. G. Whitney, and there he commenced trade. and has continued in the same business to the present time. In 1853, he bought the house in which he now resides, and about two years since, he opened a livery
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stable near the house, and he is now actively engaged in the store, livery stable, and farming. Children : 1. Charles E .. born July 10, 1847; 2, George F., born April 1, 1851; 3, Warren W., born March 1, 1857.
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1837.
DANIEL CUTTING, Representative.
JONATHAN CLARK,
ABEL BAKER, Selectmen.
JOHN COLBURN,
BROWN NURSE, Town Clerk.
Jedediah Putney came to Troy about this time, and bought the Calvin Starkey farm, * to which he removed his family; and he resided there seven years. He was a native of Ashfield, Mass., where he was born in 1777, and he married Abigail Knights of Fitzwilliam, in 1805. located in Fitzwilliam in 1810, and his wife died there in 1832. The following year he married Mrs. Hannah Rockwood of Fitzwilliam, with whom he is now living. In 1844, he bought the place upon which he now lives, of Horatio Lawrence, but since he came to the village, on account of his advanced years and feeble health, he has been able to perform but little labor. Children: 1. Jonas, married Phebe Flagg; 2, Joseph, married Mary Winch; 3, Leonard, married Woodworth; 4, Ma- nasseh, died in early life; 5, Nathan; 6, Moses, married Pratt; 7, Nahum, married - Chase; 8, Sew- ell; 9, Charles.
* This was the farm on which John Godding first located.
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June 23th, George W. Brown, son of Abel, married Mary, daughter of Edmund Bemis, and moved into the house he had built the year previous, and the same he now occupies. Soon after this, he built the shop near the house, in which he turned bed-posts, mortars, and fancy dishes; and more recently he has manufactured wash-boards, mop-handles, and clothes-pins. Children: 1, George, born April 21, 1839; 2, Mary E., born Oct. 17, 1843.
November 16th, Charles Carpenter married Elvira Wadsworth of Roxbury, and located in the house now owned by Bailey Starkey. He is a descendant of Wil- liam Carpenter, who came over from England and set- tled in Rehoboth in 1640, and a few years later removed to Woodstock, Conn. William's grand-son, Eliphalet, married, settled in Woodstock, and had children, one of whom, Ebenezer, settled in Keene, N. H., and his son, Ebenezer, was father of Charles, who was born May 19, 1808. . On coming to Troy, Charles worked for Mr. Coolidge in the pail-shop till 1849, when he bought his present house and mill of Horatio Lawrence. A few years since he enlarged the mill and commenced the manufacture of rakes, a business in which he has been very successful. Children: 1, a daughter, born Jan. 16 and died Jan. 18, 1839; 2, Mary Elizabeth, born Feb. 7, 1841; 3, Maria Louisa, born Sept. 3, 1843, died May 4, 1853; 4, Charles Wadsworth, born June 9, 1845, died May 9, 1850; 5, Sarah Elvira, born May 2, 1850; 6, Susan Pamelia, born June 14, 1853; 7, Esther Maria, born April 14, 1857.
November 30th, Elisha H. Tolman, son of Henry, married Rusina Beard of Fitzwilliam and located in Ster- ling, Mass., where he resided till 1841, when he moved to Fitzwilliam; but in the spring of 1843, he bought the Cameron farm of Rev. Ezekiel Rich, and returned to Troy, where he now resides. , Children: 1, Ellen R.,
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born Sept. 14, 1838; 2, Sidney E., born Nov. 14, 1844; 3, Sarah Ann, born March 4, 1847; 4, Mary A., born Feb. 10, 1849; 5, Minnie P., born Nov. 25, 1852; 6, Charles Henry, born July 10, 1855.
1838.
JONATHAN CLARK, Representative.
ABEL BAKER,
THOMAS WRIGHT, Selectmen.
JOHN W. BELLOWS,
DAVID W. FARRAR, Town Clerk.
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