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Charles W. Thompson, son of John C. and Susan (Fosgate) Thompson, was born February 20, 1841, at Sandwich, N. H., and married Julia E. Barrett, of Marlow, N. H., February 9, 1863. He has four sons and three daughters, namely : Daniel M., Frances J., Pearley C., George W., Ray M., Gladys M. and Agnes M. Mr. Thompson is a farmer and resides on road 12.
James M. Allen, son of Joseph, was born in Vermont, in 1833, married Mary A. Lyman, in 1854, and lived one year in Deerfield, Mass. Mr. Allen enlisted in Co. F, 34th Mass., Vols., served three years, and came to Win- chester in 1866. He bought the Orlando Smith place, and died May 5, 1871, from the effects of a disease contracted in the army. He had born to him one son and three daughters, of whom Willie J. and Celestia A. reside with their mother, Ada A. married Charles H. White, of Keene, and Eme- line M. died at the age of eighteen years.
Charles Mansfield was the son of Capt. Joseph Mansfield, a Revolutionary soldier. He entered the service with his father, as a musician, and drew a pension. He came to Winchester about 1784, locating near the outlet of Forest lake (Humphrey's pond), married twice, first, Molly Howard, of Win- chester, in 1792, and had born to him one son and three daughters, viz .: Hannah P., who married Christopher Bullock ; Betsey, who married Ira Bene- dict; Riley, and Polly born in 1800 who married Henry Snow, of Mich. Mrs. Mansfield died in 1800, and he married for his second wife, Elizabeth How- ard, a sister of his first wife, in 1802, and his children were as follows: Mar- tin, Mary, and Charles. The latter, born February 12, 1809, married Lucy B. Burbank in 1839, and had born to him three sons and two daughters. Of these, Josephine L. married Andrew T. Sprague, of Greenwich, N. Y .; Henry M. lives in Boston ; and Charles B., born in 1857, married Hattie L. Frank- lin in 1882. Charles Mansfield died November 24, 1884, aged seventy-five years.
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Amos Adams was born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., August 16, 1773, and his father's family was one of many that sought refuge in the fort at Wyoming, Pa., at the time of the memorable Wyoming Massacre, and were among the fugitives of that event. Amos came to Winchester previous to 1800, became a Methodist at the age of sixteen, and a pioneer of New England Method- ism. He married twice, first, Mary Fassett, of Richmond, in 1798, and sec- ond, Thankful Hiscock, of Townshend, Vt., who bore him children as fol- lows : Joab T., Lettie, now the widow of S. Tucker, of Greenwich, N. Y., Noah, Asa, Elizabeth, David, Anna, now a widow of Clark Sweetland, Lucy and Dennison, the latter born in 1823. Noah married Eunice Stearns, of War- wick, Mass. His son Ebenezer married Rosetta Palmer in 1861, and has one daughter, Ethel May. Mr. Adams has been selectman several years, and resides on the homestead farm of Noah Adams.
Daniel H. Thompson, son of John C., was born in Sandwich, N. H., in 1843, came to this town in 1859, and located on the farm formerly owned by Stephen Baker. He married Jennie N. Barrett, in 1867, and has had born to him nine sons, namely : Eddie C., John C., Melvin A., Olie R., Winfield A., Archie L., Samuel V., Guy M., and Grover Cleveland. Mr. Thopmson is proprietor of a saw-mill, is a farmer and a milk dealer, and resides at Lake Village.
Ames C. Eaton, son of Loring, was born in Winchester in 1823, married Eugenia Howard in 1847, and had born to him seven sons and five daughters, viz. : Ellen E., Edgar A., Prescott W., Emily J., Frank E., Warren H., Ma- riett L., Charles O., Lloyd S., living at home, Myrta B., a school teacher, Rose Estelle, and Leon R. Mr. Ames Eaton died April 23, 1885.
Daniel T. Sabin, born in this town in 1819, married Sophronia Shaw King- man, in 1845, and has one daughter, Flora S. (Mrs. Twitchell). Mr. Sabin is an extensive manufacturer and dealer in staves and lumber, and resides in the eastern part of the town.
Charles E. Slate, son of Obed, born in Massachusetts, in 1847, married Mary J. Putnam in 1868, and has one son, Fred C., who was born in 1871. Mr. Slate is leader of Slate's orchestra band, of nine pieces, and is manager of the Monadrive Mountain House during the summer season. He resides on his farm at Forest Lake.
Eugene Burpee, son of Merrick M., was born in Sterling, Mass., in 1855, and came to Winchester in 1859. He married Ellen L. Russell, of Vermont, and has one son and one daughter, Henry H. and Ada May. Mr. Burpee owns a place near Mansfield Mill, on road 30.
Jedediah Buffum, born in Richmond, in 1786, married Nancy Wilder in 1806, and had born to him five sons and two daughters. His son, Sampson W., born in 1807, came to Winchester in 1828, and married Mary E. Tower, of Lancaster, Mass., in 1842. He has had born to him four sons and three daughters, namely : Charles S. W., George T., Fred, Mary E., a graduate of Mount Holyoke, Jennie G., also a graduate of Mount Holyoke, and now
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engaged in teaching, Phylina, a graduate of Wellesley college, became the wife of Willard Jennings, and Wilder S., a graduate of Amherst college, class of 1884. Dea. Buffum is engaged in farming, and resides on road 50, one mile south of the village.
Jacob Ware came to this town early in the present century. Of his four sons and one daughter, Ziba, Phineas and Joseph are living. Ziba, born in 1817, married Eliza Olcott, in 1839, and had born to him three sons and three daughter. Of these, Maria, Sarah M. and Arthur Z. were buried Jan- uary 5, 1863, in one grave. James R. married Eugenia C. Fosgate, of this town. He lives with his father on road 26. Lucina became Mrs. M. W. Hale.
Elisha Smith came to this town as one of the early settlers, locating in the southwestern part of the town, on the place where Homer M. Smith now lives. He had born to him four sons and four daughters. Of these, Noah married Rebecca Cook, and reared four sons and two daughters, namely: Leonard, Preserved, Elijah, John C., Elizabeth (Mrs. Park Wright), and Sophia. John C. married Chloe Day in 1833. Of his three children, Maria married Henry Pierce, of Connecticut, and Homer M. married Caroline S. Holton in 1867. Homer has three children, George A., Pearl A. and Har- rison P. Mr. Smith resides on the home farm of his grandfather, which place has always been in the Smith family.
Joel Fosgate, son of Robert, was born in Berlin, Mass., and came to Win- chester, as near as can be ascertained, about 1815, and located on the place where his son James was born, and now resides, on road 24. He married Abigail Wheelock, who attained the great age of eighty-six years. He died at the age fifty-six years, both dying on the homestead where they first settled. Mr. Fosgate had born to him three sons, vis. : James, a farmer, who resides on the home farm, John, deceased, and Gilbert, who resides in Keene. James married twice, first, Charlotte Bolles, and second, Martha L. Holman, and has two children, Eugenia and Edward H. The former is the wife of James R. Ware, and Edward H. married Nellie Kingman, and resides in the little hamlet of Scotland.
Charles, son of Theodore and Mary (Smith) Holton, was born in 1823. He resided at Northfield, Mass., until twenty years of age, and learned the carpenter's trade. For his first wife he married Hepzibah Flint, August 11, 1847, who died in 1852. The following year he married Caroline M. Guilford, of Lanesboro, Mass., who bore him one son and three daughters, viz .: Alice L. (Mrs. L. Huntley), of New Haven, Conn., Carrie H. (Mrs. L. H. Johnson), also of New Haven ; George W., who resides with his father ; and Lida G., who died at the age of two years. Mr. Holton has resided in this town, on road 48, since 1879.
Christopher Bullock, born in 1788, came to Winchester about 1814 and located upon the farm now occupied by his son, William R. He married Hannah P. Mansfield, in 1817, who bore him one son and two daughters.
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The son, William R., was born January 11, 1822, married Sarah W. Part- ridge, and has had born to him five children, as follows : Ellen, Hattie M. Willie S., Edson T., and George W.
Nehemiah Healy, from Newton, Mass., came to Winchester about 1780, and located in the central part of the town, upon the place now owned by J. L. Coxeter. He had born to him one son and two daughter .;. The son, Ne- hemiah, Jr., born in 1785, married Mary, daughter of Jonah French, in 1808, and had born to him one son and three daughters-Delilah, Mary G., Na- thaniel F., and Mary G., 2d. Nathaniel F., born in 1814, married Letitia Kelly, daughter of David and Hannah (Healy) Kelly, in 1841, and located on the homestead. He has had born to him one son and four daughters, viz .: Mary G. (Mrs. S. A. Stearns) of Orange, Mass., Ellen L., born in 1846, died in 1865; Abbie I., born in 1849, died in 1850 ; Hermon N., born in 1852, resides with his father ; and Addie E., born in 1856, taught school several years, was prominent member of the Franklin Literary and Musical Union, and died. August 31, 1884. Mr. Healy still resides on the old homestead, on road 48.
Moody Towns, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Ray) Towns, was born in Keene, in 1816, and married Sylvia Field, who bore him seven children, as follows : Frances M., George H., Amanda H., Nellie A., Emma J., Willie M., and Flora S. Mr. Towns came to Winchester in 1866 and purchased the George Hutchins place, where he now lives.
John G. Morse, born in Winchester in 1799, married Eliza Mariam, who bore him one daughter, Mrs. J. A. Lasure. For his second wife he married Sybil Kingman, in 1824, who has borne him three sons, Virgil K., Sidney M., and Lucian G. Mr. Morse and his wife now reside with their son Sidney, on on road 51, aged respectively eighty-six and eighty-eight years.
David Kelly, from Upton, Mass., married Hannah Healy and located in the southern part of the town, upon the farm now occupied by Daniel Smith, and reared a family of eight children. David died in 1828, aged fifty-five years, and Hannah died in 1852, aged seventy-two years. The only mem- ber of the family now living is their daughter Letitia, the wife of Nathaniel F. Healy.
Anthony Combs from Massachusetts, came to this town soon after the Revolutionary war. He reared a large family of children, of whom Anthony, born in 1791, married Abigail Aldrich, in 1811, who bore him five sons and six daughters. Of these, George W. resides at Winchester ; David A. in Iowa ; William in Vermont ; and Maria, the wife of Sumner A. Baker, in Winches- ter. George W. married Abigail Baker, in 1839, who bore him three sons, George W., Jr., of Iowa, Stephen B., of Winchester, and Louis C., of Ver- mont. For his second wife Mr. Combs married Mary Danforth, and for his third, Sarah F. Frink, who has borne him two sons and a daughter-Charles H., Earl A., and Clara A. Mr. Combs resides on road 50.
Elijah, son of Paul and Sarah (Butler) Willard, born here in 1816, married Hellen Mead, of Chesterfield, in 1844, who bore him five children, of whom
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Charlotte married William Phillips, of Keene; Augustus G. married Celia Murdock and resides in Winchester; Mabel married Charles W. Walker, of Lawrence, Mass .; Jennie F. died in 1860, aged nine years ; and Sarah H. died in 1859, aged three years. Mrs. Willard died in 1859, and for his second wife Mr. Willard married Laura M. Jones, January 1, 1861, who has borne him two children, Cora H. and Frank J.
Amos B. Atherton, son of Jonathan B. and Mary (Read) Atherton, born here in 1840, married Abbie Williams, of Millford, Mass., and has two daughters, Mary A. and Salome W. Mr. Atherton served in Co. H, 36th Mass. Vols., during the late war, and now resides on road 63.
Clark, son of Ebenezer Stearns, was born in Warwick, Mass., in 1813, and came to Winchester in 1881. He married Mary Adams in 1839, who bore him two sons, Samuel A., of Orange, Mass., and David C., of this town. The latter, who resides on road 63, married Sophia D. Taft, of Warwick, Mass., who bore him three sons, Warren H., Fred R., and George E. Mrs. Stearns died in 1854, and for his second wife Clark married widow Channell, who died in 1881.
Asa C. Lewis, born in Potsdam, N. Y., came to Winchester in 1843, mar- ried Matilda J. Homes, and reared three sons and three daughters, viz .: Eu- gene F., Addie M., Stella M., Fred, Arthur, and Clara E. Willie H., an adopted son, resides on road 52.
George C. Snow, son of Samuel, was born here in 1829, married Agenette Griswold, of Dover, Vt., and has one son, Stillia L. Mr. Snow owns the Silas Lewis farm, about a mile south of the village.
Charles B. Field, son of Frederick H., born here in 1854, married Mary McHugh, of Northfield, and has two sons, Arthur C. and Frederick W.
Eliphalet Doolittle, son of Otis, was born in Hinsdale in 1808, married Phebe E. Bolton, of this town. in 1832, and located here in 1838. Ellen E., one of their eight children, is the wife of Thomas W. Kendrick. They have one son, Warren.
Ambrose W. Swan, born in Richmond in 1836, came to Winchester with his father in 1839, locating on Pudding Hill. He married Lizzie Cole, and has three children, Nellie, Alma I. and Katie L. Alma I. married E. L. Pickett.
Seth Hammond, son of David, born here in 1777, married Nancy Bent in 1802, and reared six sons and three daughters. Of these Elisha H. resides on the Page place. His twin brother, Elisha H., married Mary L. Evans in 1851, has had five sons and four daughters born to him, and resides on road 54.
John Manning, son of Joseph, born in 1796, married Gratia Haywood in 1823, and had three sons and two daughters born to him, of whom Martha H. became the wife of O. L. Howard, Joseph H., born on the homestead, where he now resides, married Mary J. Thomson in 1826, and has one daugh- ter, Clara J.
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Russell W. Boyce, son of Robert, born here in 1831, married Emily A. Whipple in 1855, and bought the Calvin Lyman farm in 1873. They have four children, Emily L. (Mrs. A. H. Lyman), Flora J. (Mrs. Ernest S. Cad- well), Eugene R., and Addie M.
Henry A. Tower, son of Ashel, born February 5, 1821, married Valeria. C. A. Burton, of Boston, March 6, 1846, and has had born to him four chil- dren-Charles H., William A., Burton L., and Eve V. Mr. Tower was a manufacturer of palm-leaf hats.
Joshua Lyman, a Revolutionary soldier, married Catharine Hammond, and came to Winchester about 1785. He was a deacon of the Congregational church, and reared four sons and three daughters, viz .: Ashel, born in 1790, married Lucy Bartlett in 1819, and reared four sons and three daughters ; Elias, born in 1819, resides at Northfield, Mass .; Clark, born in 1821, died in 1844; Leonard, born in 1824, died in 1878; Henry, born in 1826; Juli- ette, born in 1828, married Amasa B. Davis, and died in 1852 ; Angenette, born in 1830, married Simeon T. Hamilton, and died in 1862 ; Clarissa, born in 1833, married C. S. Stearns. Henry married Susannah S. Cobleigh, in 1851, who bore him three children, Frank L., Juliette, and Lucy C., a school teacher. For his second wife he married Theresa A. Fuller, in 1867, who has also borne him three children, Emma T., May F., and Henry S. Mr. Lyman was a member of the state legislature in 1879, '80, '81, and '82, and is an extensive dealer in stock and country produce, and owns the old home- stead of 450 acres on road 54.
J. Byron Cass, son of James, was born in Richmond, March 28, 1849, and married Emma J. Bowen, of that town, January 1, 1882. Mr. Cass is a breeder of Jersey and Guernsey cattle and owns the Roswell Hutchins place on road 51.
Jonas P. Putnam, youngest son of Amos Putnam, was born on the old homestead in 1830. He married Jane Whipple in 1855, who has borne him six children, as follows : Amos O., Alice A., Alice J., James A. and Emma S., twins, and Grace R. Mr. Putnam is first selectman and a prosperous farmer.
John Burbank, recently of this town, but now of Springfield, Mass., was a manufacturer at Forest Lake, and married Caroline Cady, of Ludlow, Mass. He had but one son, Arthur M., who married Ella M. Swan. He is the pro- prietor of the beautiful summer resort of Forest Lake, located about two miles north of the village, and only half a mile from a station on the Ashuelot railroad.
Artemas Rixford, son of William, married Rachel Prime in 1816, and set- tled where William J. Hunt now resides. He lived nearly all his life in Win- chester, though he died in Swanzey. He was the father of seven children, Ephraim, Harvey, Marshall, Sophia, Emeline and Bradley, the youngest dying in infancy. Bradley owns and occupies the farm known as the Nathan- iel Lawrence place. He married Angeline U. Howard, and has two sons, Artie W. and Charles G.
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Cyrus Greenwood, born in Nelson, June 4, 1792, married Anna Wright, born July 9, 1797, November 12, 1816, and removed to Winchester in 1818. He was one of the earliest manufacturers in the place, making a cloth called satinette. His wife, Anna Wright, died February 9, 1826, leav- ing five children. He then married, November 9, 1826, Olive Kingman, born July 26, 1790. They resided in Winchester until 1840, when they removed to Nashua, N. H. He died June 23, 1864, and she survived him until March 6, 1867. They had one daughter, Sylvia Hawkins Greenwood, born April 16, 1829, and who died August 18, 1871.
Samuel Atherton, born March 26, 1812, son of Jonathan and Azuba Ather- ton, married Avaline Greenwood, born November 9, 1821, they being mar- ried November 17, 1841. They lived in Winchester all their married life, and had one daughter, Alice Lerana, born May 17, 1851, who died Septem- ber 7, 1869. Mr. Atherton held the positions of selectmen, county commis- sioner, overseer of the poor, &c. He died September 4, 1878. He was also distinguished in his military career, having passed through the several grada- tions from private to colonel, to general satisfaction.
Rev. John Felch, was born March 17, 1780, probably in Reading, Mass., and came to Royalston, where he resided for a number of years, and, in August, 1827, removed to Winchester, N. H., where he purchased, with his son William, and Samuel Pickering of Winchester, 300 acres of wild land on Broad brook, where he built two saw-mills. He was a local Methodist minis- ter, laboring week-days, and preaching Sundays. He died in Winchester, February 4, 1841. William Felch, son of John, was born August 5, 1805, in Reading, Mass., removed to Royalston, Mass., and then to Winchester, in 1827, where he was engaged in the lumber business till within a few years of his death, which occurred September 26, 1871. He married Mary R. Gould, by whom he had six children, viz. : Wm. La Roy, born January 1, 1836; Theresa M., born July 6, 1837, married Ansel Dickinson ; Helen R., born August 1, 1839, married J. T. Colony, of Keene ; Emeroy A., born February 13, 1844, married Andrew H. Woodbury ; J. Eugene, born September 29, 1849, and Julian P., born November 22, 1854.
Timothy Willis was born in Bridgeport, Mass , in 1761, married Lavina Pratt, of Middleborough, Mass. Soon after his marriage he came to Win- chester, and located as a farmer on the hill in the north part of the town, and built the large two-story house where B. O. Hale now lives. He had a large family, many of whom died in childhood. Three sons and one daugh- ter arrived at adult age. At the time of his conversion, in 1807, there were but few Methodists in all these regions, and these were hated by all the world ; but Mr. Willis opened his doors to receive them, and gave their ministers a home and place to preach in. His good neighbors became greatly concerned about his property. Some said, "The Methodists will eat him out of house and home." But he was not only able to support his family and keep the preachers when they came along, but from time to time spare a little to help,
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those very kind and anxious neighbors. After he was eighty years old he read his Bible through by course twice each year, and during the last six months of his life he read this "good old book" through three times. He died July 20, 1848, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Timothy, his oldest son, married Hannah Snow, of this town, and settled on the homestead with his father, where he remained until approaching old age, when he sold the farm and removed to the village, where he now lives, at the ripe age of eighty-five years. He was the father of seven children, but one now lives in this town, Fayette Willis, a merchant. Alfred Willis, son of Timothy, Sr., was twice married, first to Mary Latham, who was the mother of five children, and settled as a farmer and manufacturer of lumber near the home of his father. In 1844 he removed to the village of Ashuelot, and became a more extensive dealer in lumber, giving his whole time to this enterprise. In 1847, two years after the death of Mrs. Willis, he married Miss Charlotte A. Alexander, of Winchester, who became the mother of a daughter, who died aged seven years. In 1856 he removed to the village of Winchester, where he continued his business as lumberman and dealer in timber lands, until the year before his death, which occurred in March, 1871. He was highly respected and honored by his towns- men, and held the position of selectman several years, and also represented his town in the state legislature two terms. Isaac P. Willis, son of Timothy, Sr., was a physician, commenced the practice of medicine in Richmond, N. H., where he tarried but a short time, but eventually went to Roylston, Mass., where he continued in his profession twenty-eight years. Dr. Willis was a faithful laborer and studious physician, and although devoted to his profession, he was not indifferent to the interests of the community in which he lived- to the prosperity of the commonwealth, or the honor and integrity of the republic. He died at his home June 28, 1863.
The Congregational church of Winchester .- Preparatory to the settlement of the town in 1733, one of the conditions in the grant given by the general court of Massachusets was " that within three years after the confirmation of the grant, they should "build a convenient house for the public worship of God, and settle a learned and orthodox minister." Another condition was " that three of the sixty-seven lots of the town be for public uses, with all future divisions belonging to such-one lot for the first settled minister, another for the ministry, another for the use of schools, otherwise for the first three settled ministers successively." Thus carefully at the very outset was provi- sion made for the fundamental elements of prosperity-religion and educa- tion.
The first meeting-house was built on what is still known as " Meeting-house Hill," in the village. It was forty feet long, thirty-two feet wide, and eight- teen feet posts. The first preaching in the town of which there is record, is that of Rev. Edward Billing, (afterwards spelled Billings), in 1735, to whom the proprietors voted £16 for preaching eight Sabbaths. A Miss Billings, of great age, now living in Greenfield Mass., is said to be a great-granddaughter
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of this first preacher in town. On November 24 a church of twelve mem- bers was organized, and Rev. Joseph Ashley was ordained as its pastor.
The religious earnestness of the early settlers may be seen in the following vote, passed June 10, 1736 :-
"Voted, That the Committee, Col. Josiah Willard, Jeremiah Hall, and William Symms, wait upon some of the neighboring ministers, three or four at least, to ask their advice, [as to] who may be a proper person to give a call to, in order to settle with them in the gospel ministry, and to request the assistance of some of them to assist in a day of fasting and prayer, to ask the direction and blessing of God in this affair, and not defer their waiting upon the ministers, for the ends aforesaid, further than sometime next week."
These inquiries and fastings resulted in the call and settlement of " the worthy Mr. Joseph Ashley" as mentioned above. They gave him £150, money or bills of credit, towards his settlement, also the ministerial lot of land, {130 annually. The generosity of this settlement and salary is seen when we learn that at that very time the Governor of the province was re ceiving only £100 salary, and the pastor at Portsmouth, then the capital, but £130. Mr. Ashley continued pastor ten years or a little more, till the Indian eruption in 1746 and'47, when the settlement was burned, including the meeting-house, and the inhabitants were dispersed. During this period there had been added to the church, counting the original twelve, sixty-three members.
The second meeting-house was built in 1760, on the site of the former one, and was 44x34 feet, with twenty foot posts. The second pastor, Rev. Micah Lawrence, was ordained over the church November 14, 1764. The society was now gathered anew, consisting of twenty-seven members, eight of them former members and nineteen new ones. The town gave Mr. Lawrence a settlement of land and fifty pounds sterling, and salary the first year of forty- five pounds, to be gradually increased to the maximum of sixty pounds. A great falling off from the former settlement and salary. Mr. Lawrence's pas- torate continued twelve years, during which time ninety-one members were added to the twenty-seven with which his pastorate commenced. He was dismissed February 19, 1777, because of his sympathy with the Crown rather than with the colonies in their struggle for independence.
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