Gazetteer of Grafton county, N. H. 1709-1886, Part 23

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- comp. cn
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Syracuse, N. Y., Syracuse Journal Company, Printers
Number of Pages: 1266

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Jeremiah Hutchins, one of the early settlers of this town, came here from Haverhill, Mass., in 1783. He brought with him his family of twelve chil- dren, five sons and seven daughters, and settled in Bath Upper Village, on road 21. He engaged in the mercantile trade and keeping tavern, and was succeeded in business by his two sons, Samuel and James. The other members of the family settled in this town and vicinity. Eliza H., daughter of James, married Andrew S. Woods, a lawyer who practiced here many years. Mr. Woods was born in 1803, graduated at Dartmouth col- lege in 1825, readlaw with Ira Goodall, and was admitted to the bar in 1838. He entered partnership with Mr. Goodall, and continued with him until 1840, when he was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court. This office he held until March. 1855, when he was appointed chief justice of the State, which position he held two or three years. In 1859 he formed a part- nership with Harry and George Bingham, of Littleton. He died in 1863. His widow resides with her son at his late residence Edward Woods, son of Andrew, studied law with his father, after having graduated from Dart- mouth in 1856. He was of the firm of Woods & Bingham, this firm having an office in Bath and one also at Littleton. Mr. Woods is now the only law- yer in town, his office being located at Lower Village. He obtained the title

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of colonel, being on Governor Weston's staff, when the latter was Governor of the State. He married Mary, daughter of John Carlton.

William Eastman, one of the early settlers of Bath, was a son of Jonat an and Hannah Eastman, who resided in Haverhill, Mass., at the time the Indi- ans invaded the town, about 1697, killing many, and taking others captives, among the latter of whom were Hannah Dustin and Hannah Eastman. The infant of the latter was killed, and she carried to Canada, where her husband found her about three years later. William Eastman was born in 1814 or '15. married Ruth Chase in 1838, who died in 1844, leaving three children-Ruth, Stephen and William, Jr. His second wife, Rebecca Jewett, had eight chil- dren -- Obadiah, Hannah, Azubab, James, Moses, Jonathan, Peter and Amos. William Eastman located in Bath about 1767, in the northeast part of the town, where he died November 23, 1790. William, Jr., died in Haverhill, leaving Stephen and Miriam. The latter married Captain John Barber, a Hessian soldier of the Revolution, and Isaac Barber, of Lisbon, is their grand- son. Stephen Eastman married Lydia Ford, spent most of his life in Lyman, and reared seven children-Pamelia, Clarinda, Eber, Stephen A., Abbie S., Dan and Solenda. Dan and Eber held in succession, most of the local offices in Lyman. Stephen A. was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman. Obadiah Eastman, son of William and Rebecca, married Elizabeth Searles, of Temple, N. H., and had children, as follows: Betsey, Hannah, Rebecca, Wil- liam, Jonathan, Seaborn, Peter and Stephen R. He served in the Revolu- tionary war three years. Jonathan, son of Obadiah, married and spent his life in Haverhill, but his descendants are now widely scattered. Hannan Eastman, daughter of William and Rebecca, married Deacon John Ladd, of Haverhill, and afterward removed to Hanover, where some of her posterity now live. Azubah, daughter of William, married Nathan Judd, and lived in Landaff. Her daughter. Azubah, married David Brunson, and their daughter Rebecca W. is the wife of George E. Eastman, of North Haverhill. James, son of William, born September 24, 1753, with him came to Bath in 1767, and was the one to whom descended the paternal homestead. He married Mary Searles, had seven sons and one daughter-James, Moses, Amos, Searle, Mary, William, Joel and Eber, all now gone except Eber, whose age is eighty- two years. James Eastman lived to the age of ninety-nine years and three months. Of his children, Amos died in infancy, James, Jr., and William, unmarried. Moses married Sally Smith, of Bath.

His children were Melissa, Hubert, Wilbur F., Calista, Su an, Lucia, Henry, Ruth and Abbie. Melissa married Solon S. Southard, and now lives in Bristol. Hubert married Louisa Rice and has one son, Wilbur F., residing with him in Haverhill, and one daughter, Mrs. John Chamberlin, of Bath. Lucia, daughter of Moses, married Moses Abbott, of Bath, and died, leav- ing one son, Chester Abbott, of Woodsville. Henry, son of Moses East- man, is a railroad man in Indiana. Searle, son of James Eastman, married Rebecca Bailey, and second, Sally Moulton, and had nine children. His

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widow still lives in Lisbon, aged ninety-three years. Priscilla M., daughter of Searle, is still living in Lisbon, the widow of Ebenezer C. Stevens. Orrin Eastman, son of Searle, resides at Swiftwater. Joel, son of Searle, married Ellen Moulton, of Lyman, where he became one of the selectmen, died in Lisbon in 1882, where his widow still lives. Joel, seventh son of James Eastman, married Lucretia Rix, had one son, Alfred W., and both of them died in Washington, D. C. Eber Eastman, son of James, the only sur- vivor of this generation, resides at North Haverhill, aged eighty-two. He has been a teacher, school superintendent, and town representative in 1843 and '44 One accomplishment of which he is justly proud is his penman- ship. He has, since eighty years of age, written distinctly the Lord's Prayer on one-twentieth part of an inch surface. Moses, son of William and Re- becca, came to Bath soon after his father, and was "sealer of leather " in 1784. He married Azubah Snow, and second, Lois Martin, and had a large family, most of whom live in Massachusetts. He lived to the age of ninety- seven years. Jonathan, son of William and Rebecca, lived and died in Lit- tleton, tearing four sons-Jonathan, Simeon, Lewis and Arza. Amos, the youngest son of William and Rebecca, lived and died in Haverhill.

Samuel Lang came to this town in 1783, and settled on the farm now occupied by his grandson, William H. Lang, who married, first, Ellen Titus, of Lyman, who died in August, 1870, leaving one child, and second, Emily Titus, sister of his first wife, who has also one child.

Heury S. Lang, a son of Sherburne and Mehitable (Ricker) Lang, was a native of this town, born in 1825. His first wife was Martha, daughter of Henry H. Lang, and his second wife, Martha Jane, daughter of John Hib- bard, also of this town. He has a family of two sons and two daughters, and is located on road 19.

William H. Lang was one of the early settlers of this town, having removed hither from Lyman, and having previously came from Portsmouth, his native place. He had a family of nine children, of whom his son Daniel, married Hannah Page, of this town. They had two sons and two daughters. Moses married Calista Clough for his first wife, and Jane Kimball for his second. Dudley C. married Ruth M. Cooley, also of this town, and had a daughter and a son, both of whom are married, the daughter living in Lisbon, and the son in Webster. Mr. Lang now resides on road 21, Bath Upper Village.

Amasa Buck came from Woodstock, Conn., to this town in the winter of 1786, by ox-sled conveyance, with his wife and three small children, one .an infant in arms. Mrs. Buck rode on a meat barrel, with quilts for cushions, and the barrel is now doing service in the cellar of Timothy H. Buck, having been in constant use for a hundred years. Mr. Buck first settled at Swift- water, but remained there only a short time, when he removed to road 13, to the farm now occupied by his grandson, Timothy H Buck. Five children were born to him in this town. Two sons, Horatio and Timothy, settled here and spent their lifetime. Silas settled at Napoli, N. Y. Amasa went

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to Nunda, N. Y., and taught school for many years. He founded a college at Milwaukee, Wis., where he died. Timothy H. married Alice Lang, and resides on the old homestead. His children are the fifth generation living in the same house.

John Hibbard was born in Bath, September 4, 1792, of parents who came here at an early date from Connecticut. He married Abigail Child, also a native of this town. He had thirteen children, seven of whom are now living, only two residents of this town. Arthur married Mina E., daughter of Eben- ezer Deming. He died February 17, 1883, leaving six children. Mrs. Hib- bard still resides on road 28.

William A. Woods was born in this town, of parents who came from Ire- land in 1795. He lives on road 7, married Martha, daughter of Samuel Minot, a native of this town, and has had nine children, of whom only three are living, viz .: Arthur, who married Adaline B. Weeks, daughter of Dudley Weeks, Andrew J., who lives in Bernardston, Mass., and Luella W., who married Charles W. Leighton, and resides in Greenfield, Mass. Two child- ren died in childhood, and the other four were residents of this town, except- ing Emily, who died in Bernardston, Mass. Arthur Woods has four children- three sons and one daughter.

Frederick Hibbard was born in this town, his father Aaron Hibbard hav- ing been one of the first settlers, taking up a farm which was an unbroken forest, and building a log hut, on road 3. His grandson, Charles M. Hib- bard, married Harriet E. Mills, of Boston, Mass., and now resides on road 20. They have three children, two sons and one daughter.

Timothy Hibbard came to this town at a very early date from Connecticut, and settled near Swiftwater. They had six sons and six daughters, all of whom lived to manhood and womanhood. Two of them only are now liv- ing, John C., in Pennsylvania, and David, who lives in this town. One son, Aaron, married Lydia Morse, of this town, and had a family of nine children, of whom three sons and two daughters are still living-B. Franklin, in New York city, Linus M., in this town, and David, in Warren. One daughter, Mary C., married John Hastings, who died in August, 1878. His widow now resides with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Haddock, on road 8. Lydia Hibbard married L. F. Ash, and resides in Lisbon.

Phineas Chamberlin, one of the three brothers who came to this town from Newbury, Vt., and settled on adjoining farms, was grandfather of Charles P. Chamberlin, who resides on road 15. Phineas had seven children -three sons and four daughters. The three sons, Abial, Isaac H. and George, all settled on adjoining farms, and the four daughters all married and settled so near that their father could visit all his children in a single day- Isaac married Jane Lang and had seven children, of whom only Charles P. is living in this town. He married Sarah M. Parker, of Haverhill, and they have one son. He enlisted in Co. G, 11th N. H. Vols., August 12, 1862, and served nearly three years. He was taken prisoner at Poplar Grove

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Church, Va., and was confined at Saulsbury prison five months. He was wounded in the hip at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, from which causes he is a pensioner.

Seth Chamberlin removed from Newbury, Vt., in 1810, locating on the west side of Mount Gardner, near the Connecticut. Two of his brothers, Martin and Phineas, also settled on adjoining farms. Seth had a family of four sons and three daughters, Martin and James in this town. One of the three brothers, Martin, was drowned in the Connecticut river in August, 1820. Phineas had five children, of whom John and Harry live on road 30. John married Martha Eastman, of Haverhill, Mary is the wife of Samuel Ross, who lives on road 25. James Chamberlin married Elizabeth Whiting, of Willington, Conn. They have three children living, of whom Julia A. E. married Samuel Smith, who resides on road 28. Mr. and Mrs. James Cham berlin are the only couple now living who were in this town and married in 1833.

Martin C. Powers was born in this town, in 1806, at West Bath, and lived there until after his marriage, in 1826, to Mary Weeks, daughter of David and Matilda (Child) Weeks. His grandfather was Aaron Powers, whose name is mentioned as moderator of town meeting in 1787. His father, Walter Powers, was also born in this town, and pursued farming. Martin Powers had seven children, six of whom are now living, viz .: Charles resides at Toledo, Ohio ; Ellen M. married H. B. Deming, who lives in Lisbon ; Laura W. married Reuben Dow ; John M. married Fanny Mandeville; Walter married Ellen Cheever, and H. H. who married Lucia Weeks, and resides in this town.

William V. Hutchins was a native of this town, and all his life a resident here. His death occurred in 1875, at the age of seventy-three years. From twelve years of age he was clerk in a store, and after his majority, carried on a general mercantile business in Bath village for forty years. He built the brick store now occupied by D. G. A. Foster, and was for many years post- master and town clerk. His wife was Martha Newell, of Windsor, Vt. They had five children, three of whom are living-Zebina N., who lives at Little- ton ; James R., in Kansas ; and Martha A., who occupies the old homestead in this village

William Southard, was born at Fairlee, Vermont, October 17: 1805. When eleven months old his father was drowned at White River Junction. When five years old the family removed to the village of Bath, then one of the most thriving places in New Hampshire. Mr. Southard says there is not an individual now living within a mile of Bath village who was then living within the same bounds. After he became of age he engaged in log- ging on the Connecticut river for eight years. He has walked from Hartford, Conn., to Bath fourteen times, often accomplishing fifty miles per day. In 1838 he located on a farm near Swiftwater, and ten years ago he bought a starch factory on road 38, which, after he run two years, was carried off by a freshet in the Wild Ammonoosuc river. He married Annie Barron, of this town,

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and has a family of eight children, of whom one daughter is in Wisconsin, a son and daughter are in Bay City, Mich., one son is in Texas, two daughters are in Detroit, Mich., and Lemuel J. and Timothy B. are residents of this town. The last named resides with his father, on the homestead at Swift- water.

Dan Clough was a native of Lyman, born in 1814. His parents were Abner and Nancy Clough. From Lyman the family moved to Bath, in 1821, and located near the Lisbon line, where they lived for a number of years. Dan married Betsey Hutchins, of Bath, and had only one child, Solon H., who now resides with his father, on road II. The latter married Lizzie Week, of this town, and has four children.

George Morrison was born in this town in 1821, his father, William Morri- son, having come here from Post Mills, Vt., in 1808. He was a saddler and car- ried on the trade for a number of years in both the upper and lower villages, and was deputy sheriff sixteen years. George also carried on the same busi- ness from 1839 to 1858. From 1858 to 1874, he was deputy sheriff. In 1855 he was selectman, and was elected deacon of the Congregational church that year, and has held the office since. He married Susan Ricker, a native of Bath, and they have had no children. An adopted daughter died in 1883, at the age of twenty-four years.

Moses Lang, a native of Bath, was born in 1816. His father, Daniel Lang, was also born in this town, and his grandfather came here at a very early date. Moses married, first, Calista Clough, of Landaff. She died in 1856, leaving two sons and an adopted daughter. The two sons live in Wor- cester, Mass., and the adopted daughter married William Clough, of Som- erville, Mass. His second wife was Jane H. Kimball, of this town, a twin and one of a family of fifteen children, of whom nine are still living. He was captain of Company C, 15th N. H. Vols., in the late war, and was mustered out in August, 1863. He resides on road 27.

Dwight P. Child was born in 1810, John Child, his father, having come hither from Woodstock, Conn., about 1786. John had a family of ten chil- dren who lived to an adult age, and all settled in this town and have all died here, excepting two, Dwight P. and Bradley G., who are still residents, and reside on road 27. Dwight P. married Nancy Child, of Exeter, and has a family of seven children, William is a physician at New Hampton, Henry L. is a dealer in agricultural implements at Sparta, Wisconsin, Parker M. is in the same business at Neponset, Ill., John D. married Julia Dow, of this town, and is a farmer with his father, Adaline H. and Jennie M. are also residents with their father, Juliette married William H. Thom, of Westboro, Mass. Mr. Child has served his town a number of years as selectman, col- lector, and overseer of the poor. He was its representative in the State leg- islature in 1875 and 1876. Dudley Child was born in this town in 1819, a son of Dudley Child, who came here from Woodstock, Conn., in 1797, and settled on road 17. He had a family of twelve children, four of whom died

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in childhood and eight grew up, and all but one of whom settled in this town. Dudley, Jr., married Hannah E. Hibbard, of this town, and has three children living. Lizzie J. married S. W. Belden, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., Franklin L. resides with his father, and Edwin W. lives in Iowa.

Bradley G. Child was born in 1818, and married Hannah Child, a native of Exeter. They had eight children, only three of whom are living-Charles, residing with his father, Myra, who married Dr. H. H. Hollister, and Flora, who married S. W. Plimpton, both residents of this town. Alice married H. H. Jones, and died October 1, 1884, leaving three children. Bradley G. Child represented his town in the State legislature in 1871 and 1872, and was selectman and overseer of the poor a number of years.

Samuel Smith, who lives on road 28, married Julia A. E. Chamberlin, and has two sons and four daughters. Mrs. Smith has in her possession a round table more than two hundred years old, which is in a good state of preserva- tion, and is in constant use. In the family, also, is a silver spoon of peculiar value, considered as a relic. It is now the property of their daughter Eliza- beth, who is the seventh generation of the name of Elizabeth who has owned it. The first presentation of it was more than one hundred and fifty years ago, or in 1734.

David S. Reed was born in Barnet, Vt., but, excepting two years, has all his life resided in this town. His wife was Huldah Moulton, of Lyman, and their family consists of six sons, of whom Horace E. married Emma Lang, and is a farmer on road 13 ; Elmer E., Albert M., Abiel S. and Henry S. L. reside at home with their parents ; and James B. is at Taunton, Mass. The house in which Mr. Reed lives is one of the first built in town. Ninety years ago a Mr. Hatch, of Boston, came here and bought four hundred acres of wood land, and on it built this house, with a view to its use as a summer resort. Soon after the house was finished Mr. Hatch died, and the farm was sold in parcels. Rev. David Sutherland, the first settled minister in the town, bought the house and a large farm adjoining, and here he lived while he preached in the old meeting-house, and died here. His son John occupied the farm a number of years after his father's death. The farm has changed hands but four times in eighty years.

Ephraim Thayer was born in Lisbon in 1806, and came to this town in 1869 and located on road 34. He married Ezuba Quimby, of Franconia, and five of their eight children are now living, of whom Willis lives at Vic- tory, Vt. Lydia married Levi Bisbee, and Henry, Hibbard and Levi G. all live in Bath. Ephraim Thayer, now seventy-nine years of age, has never been eighty miles from his native town, has never been inside a railroad car, and since ten years of age has not missed a season's work in the hay-field, and has used the scythe in mowing every year since he was fifteen.

Joseph Snow was born in Landaff, in 1798, where he lived until 1838, when he removed to Bath Upper Village, where he engaged in tavern keep- ing for three years. He afterward built a dwelling on road 25, and resided

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there thirty years. He married Hannah Noyes, of Landaff, and had a family of ten children, eight of whom lived to an adult age, and four are now living. Sarah married William Simonds, who lives on road 34, with whom her widowed mother now resides, at the age of eighty-four years.

James C. Noyes was born in Landaff, in 1820. His father, Rufus Noyes, was a son of one of the first settlers of that town. He lived in Landaff forty-two years. In 1866 he came to this town and settled on a farm on road 34. His first marriage was to Betsey E. Coggswell, of Landaff, and his second to Maroa E. Bowles, of Lisbon, who has one son, a student. Arabella F., a daughter by the first marriage, married Timothy B. Southard, of Swift- water.

Joshua M. Nutter was born in 1818, at Portsmouth, where he lived until six- teen years old, when he went to Boston, and was there engaged as clerk in a grocery store for eight years. He came to Bath twenty-eight years ago, loca- ting where he now resides, on road 35. He married Sarah Heath, of Bath. and seven of their twelve children are now living, all in this town, viz. : Jo- seph M., who married Sarah French, and is one of the selectmen, William S., Joshua, a blacksmith at Swiftwater, Walter, Sarah Corinne, Nathan and James H.

Darius W. Simonds was born in Landaff in 1809, where he lived until after his marriage, in 1834, and the birth of two children. His wife was Betsey Poor, also of Landaff. In 1866 he removed to this town and has since been located on road 34. Their daughter Lizzie died in 1881. The only surviving child, William, married Sarah Snow and resides with his parents.

Capt. Stephen Morse was born in Newburyport, Mass., in May, 1751. He removed to Haverhill about 1790, after having served in the Revolutionary war. He settled on Brier Hill, on the farm now occupied by David Hunt. He married Sarah Bailey, a native of France, and they were the parents of Moses N. Morse, who was born and died on the same farm. His son John F. now lives on road 40. He married Susan W. Johnson, and their children are Harry M., a lawyer of Lisbon and for a number of years a partner of the late Judge E. D. Rand, and Frank O., a student at Lawrence, Mass.

William Waddell was a native of Barnet, Vt., born in 1806. In 1840 he married Emaline Bass, of Lyman, and settled on road 39, in this town. He died in 1864, leaving six children, one having died before the death of the father. Emma married Lemuel Southard, of this town, Emily married Payson New- comb, of Orford, and Harry married Katie Moore, of Haverhill. In 1868 the terrible scourge, diphtheria, visited the family, and in four weeks carried off four of the children and one grandchild. Among those who died were Mrs. Southard and Mrs. Newcomb, mentioned above. Mrs. Waddell's father died the same year, making in that short period six deaths in the household. Mrs. Waddell, with her daughter Martha, still reside on the old homestead.

Isaiah P. Kimball was born in Peacham, Vt., January 12, 1819, his parents being Isaac and Betsey (Fellows) Kimball. She was a direct descendant of

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the noted Hannah Dustin, and it is said that Mrs. William Varnum, of Mal- colm, Iowa, a sister of Mr. Kimball, has in her possession the home-made cloth in which Hannah Dustin carried home the scalps of the Indians she slew when she escaped. The savages, on entering her cottage, had torn off and carried away the end piece of the web she then had in her loom, and this was the piece of cloth she took for the purpose above named. Mr. Kimball married, March 26, 1844, Lydia B. Page, of Landaff. They had four daughters, of whom Annette married Pliny E. Crafts, of Bradford, Vt., Eliza- beth married George W. Forbes, of Greenfield, Mass., Ella F. is a teacher and resides with her mother in Bath village, and Kate J. is a graduate from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Mr. Kimball was an architect and builder and died May 26, 1881, at Formosa, Florida, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health.

Samuel Ross came to this town, from Gilmanton, at an early date, and established himself in the business of cabinet-making, which he carried on for several years. Afterwards he removed to Lisbon, where he kept tavern for a few years, when he again returned to Bath. He established a line of stages from Hanover to Lancaster, and another from Littleton to Plymouth, through the Franconia Notch, which he run until the building of the White Mountain railroad, which supplanted the use of stages, and he was one of the directors of the old White Mountain railroad company. He married Fanny, daughter of Jonathan Smith, who was one of the early settlers of the town, for his first wife, and his second wife was the widow of Oliver Smith, of Lebanon, who is still living. By his first marriage he had four sons and two daughters. of whom three of the sons are dead. Julia married Cyrus Eastman, of Littleton, Seraphina married D. K. Jackman, of this town. now dead, and Harvey P .. the surving son, married, first, Eliza Balch, of this town, and second, Lucia W. Eastman, of Littleton. He has two sons and one daughter by his first wife. He is station agent of the Boston & Lowell railroad, and ran on this road as express messenger for fifteen years, and was afterwards United States mail agent from Boston to Littleton for a year and a half, which office he resigned for his present business, which he has pursued for the past eighteen years. He is also agent for the United States & Canada Express Co., and manager for the Western Union Telegraph Co., in which he is assisted by his son, Elwood J. His other son, Samuel, has been a con- ductor on the B. & L. R. R. two years, between Boston and Fabyans. He is now a farmer on road 25, married Mary, daughter of Phineas Chamber- lin. Mary, the only daughter of H. P. Ross, married F. H. Rollins, of Plymouth.

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Gazetteer of Grafton county, N. H. 1709-1886, Part 23

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- comp. cn Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Syracuse, N. Y., Syracuse Journal Company, Printers Number of Pages: 1266

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- comp. cn
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Syracuse, N. Y., Syracuse Journal Company, Printers
Number of Pages: 1266