Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. I, Part 112

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 858

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(IX) William Francis, younger son of Dexter and Louisa Frances (Hatch) Richards, was born January 28, 1867, in Newport, and attended the public schools of that town until he was thirteen years old. He next went to a private school at Newport, Rhode Island. for one year and then en- tered Phillips-Exeter Academy, from which he grad- pated in the class of 1885. Entering Harvard Col- lege he graduated from that institution in the class of 1889, and spent the succeeding year in travel in Europe. Returning to his native town he became one of the proprietors of the Sugar River Mills in 1891. This was incorporated at that time under the style of Dexter Richards' Sons & Company. In 1896 he made another tour of Europe, occupying ncarly a year, spending a considerable portion of the

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time in Sweden. During this time he wrote many interesting letters, which were published in the Newport Argus and were enjoyed not only by his friends but also by a wide circle of readers who were unknown to him. He has taken an active part in local affairs, as did his ancestry, and has borne his share in the responsibilities which fall upon the leading members of any community. He represented the town in the state legislature in 1902-03, and was a member of the board of education for some years. He is at the present time trustee of the Newport Savings Bank. He is a member of the Congrega- tional Church and officer of the Congregational So- ciety. He is also president of the Newport Electric Light Company. He is a member of the New Hamıp- shire Historical Society, of the Sons of American Revolution, of the New Hampshire Club of Boston, the Pennewan Club, of Newport, and is a trustee of the Richards Free Library, of Newport. Mr. Rich- ards is also a prominent member of the Masonic Or- der, of the Knights Templar degree, and has served on Governor Jordan's staff, of Colorado, in 1900-01. The greater part of his time is now passed in Colorado. and he is present secretary of the Hu- mane Society, of Colorado Springs, and member of prominent social clubs of that city. He is treasurer of the Savings Institution of Colorado Springs and director of the First National Bank, of Colorado City. Mr. Richards cherishes a sentiment of warm regard for his native place and continues to maintain his home there in summer, like many another of New Hampshire's loyal sons. He participates in the strong character and mental forcefulness for which his ancestors have been noted, as is amply evidenced by the affiliations, associations and busi- ness connections above noted.

(II) Nathaniel, second son and fourth child of Edward and Susan (Hunting) Richards, was born November 25. 1048 (baptized on the twenty-sixth of the same month). in Dedham, and died there Feb- ruary 15, 1727. He was a freeman in 1690. He was married December 12, 1678, to Mary Aldis, who was born September 29, 1657, in Dedham, daughter of Deacon John and Sarah ( Elliott ) Aldis. Their children were: Nathaniel, Jeremiah, James. Edward, William, Mary, Dorcas and Elizabeth.

(III) James, third son and child of Nathaniel and Mary (Aldis) Richards, was born February 24, 1683, and married Hannah Metcalf, who was born March 10. 1687, daughter of Deacon Jonathan and Hannah ( Kendrie) Metcalf. She was deeply afflicted by total blindness for nineteen years prior to her death, and was eminent for her piety and patience in affliction. She was a granddaughter of John Ken- drie, who was in England in 1605, and was a resi- dent of Boston in 1639, and subscribed to the free- man's oath there in 1640, and died in 1686. She died February 8, 1770, and her husband passed away May 22, 1760. James Richards' children were : Han- nah. James, Jonathan, Samuel, Mary, Ebenezer, Eli- phalet (died young), Mehitable, Abigail, Eliphalet and Elizabeth.

(IV) Mehitable, eighth 'child of James and Hannah (Metcalf) Richards, was born January 26,

1727, and died May 6, 1785. She became the wife of Nathan Richards. (See Richards IV in this article).

(IV) Elizabeth, youngest child of James and Hannah (Metcalf) Richards. was born November 9, 1730, and died August 3, 1814. She became the wife of Abiathar Richards ( see Richards V).

BULLOCK This ancient name has been traced to a very early period in England, three hundred years before the gen- eral adoption of surnames in that country. Its coat of arms is very ancient, and is characterized by sev- eral bullocks amid other figures and emblems. There is a family tradition which seems rather mythical and is not sustained by records, regarding the find- ing of a child in a bull's manger, as the origin of the name. This name was very early identified with the history of New Hampshire, and has been borne by numerous prominent citizens in other states. Among the distinguished men of the name who are de- scended from a common ancestor may be mentioned Alexander H. Bullock, of Worcester. one time gov- ernor of Massachusetts; Stephen Bullock, of Reho- both, member of congress under Jefferson's adminis- tration, and his son, Dr. Samuel Bullock, a member of the Massachusetts legislature; Richard Bullock, a merchant of means and high standing in Provi- dence ; Nathaniel Bullock, lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1842; Jonathan R. Bullock, lieuten- ant-governor of Rhode Island in 1860.

(I) Richard Bullock was born in 1622 in Essex county, England, and died in Rehoboth, Massachu- setts, November 22, 1667. He was accompanied in his migration to America by two brothers, one of whom settled in Virginia. He was in Rehoboth as early as 1643, and left the town soon after 1644. The Colonial records show that he was made a free- man in May, 1646. but do not indicate his residence at that time. In 1656 he removed to Newton, Long Island, but soon went back to Rehoboth and resided there till his death. He was one of the fifty-eight landed proprietors of Rehoboth. June 22, 1658, "At a townmeeting lawfully warned, lots were drawn for the meadows that lie on the north side of the town, in order as followeth, according to person and es- tate." Richard Bullock drew No. 19. and he bought the governor's lot valued at two hundred pounds. His name appears on the records of the town in 1643, and he came there, it is said, with Roger Wil- liams. The town record recites: "30th of the 11th mo. (January ), 1659, voted to agree with Richard Bullock to perform the office of Town Clerk; to give him 16s. a year, and to be paid for births, burials and marriages besides." He married, August 4. 1647, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Ingraham, of Rehoboth, and their children were: Samuel, Eliza- beth, Mary, Mehitable, Abigail, Hopestill, Israel, Marcy, John and Richard.

(Il) Samuel, eldest son of Richard and Eliza- beth (Ingraham) Bullock, was born August 19, 1648, in Rehoboth, and died there March 10, 1718. He was a large landholder and a farmer, and contributed liberally in defraying the expenses of King Philip's war in 1675-76. He was married (first). November

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2. 1673, to Mary Thurber, of Swansea, who died Oc- tober 4, 1674. He was married (second), May 16, 1675. to Thankful Rouse, of Rehoboth.

(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) and Thankful (Rouse) Bullock, was born November 7, 1683. in Rehoboth, and lived in various towns in that vicinity, dying in Rehoboth in April, 1746. He was a trader and housewright, and built the second Congregational Church at Rehoboth. He was also proprietor of a saw mill, and his various dealings and building operations caused him to move about considerably. He was married June 2, 17II, to Anna. daughter of William and Ann (Cole) Salis- bury, of Swansea ( now Warren). Rhode Island. The birth of but three of his children is on record in Rehoboth, and the births of others, which probably occurred in neighboring towns, have not been dis- covered.

(IV) Christopher, who was probably a son of Samuel (2) and Anna ( Salisbury ) Bullock, was born about 1720, supposedly in Cumberland, Rhode Island. He lived in Cumberland and in Scituate, and had children born in both towns. He with his brothers, Ebenezer and Nathan, bought land in Royalston, Massachusetts, about 1770, which en- braced lots 77, 79, and 80 in that town, covering three hundred and forty-five acres. It may be inter- esting to note in passing that the land was valued at eight English shillings per acre. It is situated in the extreme northwestern corner of the town of Royalston adjoining Richmond, New Hampshire. These brothers were of stalwart build and they were hardy pioneers. All of them except Christo- pher moved farther west within a few years, and he went into the town of Richmond, New Hamp- shire. At that time he was an old man and he did not survive many years. The baptismal name of his wife was Sarah, and their children were seven in number, namely: Jeremiah, Ebenezer ( died young ), Sarah, Nathan, Ebenezer, Katherine and Christopher.

(V) Jeremiah, eldest child of Christopher and Sarah Bullock, was born August 7, 1748, in Cum- berland, Rhode Island, and accompanied his parents to Massachusetts and ultimately to New Hampshire. He remained on the paternal homestead in Rich- mond until old age, and finally died at the home of his son Christopher, in Winchester, New Hamp- shire. He was married December 22, 1771, to Adah Cass, who was born July 16, 1750, in Richmond, daughter of Deacon John and Alice (Brown) Cass, of that town. Deacon Cass was a pioneer settler in Richmond, and was the first inn keeper. Ten children were born to Jeremiah Bullock and wife, namely: Nathan, Lovel, Sarah, Adah (dicd young), Joel. Cass, Jeremiah, Adah, Christopher and Sus- anna.

(VI) Jeremialı (2), fifth son and second child of Jeremiah (1) and Adah (Cass) Bullock, was born July 3, 1783, in Richmond, New Hampshire, and resided in that town. He married Esther Jill- son, who was born April 21, 1727, in Richmond, daughter of Paul and Martha (Clark) Jillson. Paul Jillson was born December 6, 1752, in Cumberland,

Rhode Island, son of Uriah Jillson. The last named was a son of Nathaniel, whose father, James Jillson, was the first of the name in this country. Paul Jillson was married January 8, 1778, to Martha Clark, of Smithfield, who was born April 14, 1755. They had seven children, namely: Rachel. Sarah (married Nathan Bullock), Silas, Esther, Paul, Clark and Mercy. The father died April 27, 1823, and his wife survived him more than five years, dying September 15, 1828.

(VII) Silas Jillson, son of Jeremiah (2) and Esther (Jillson) Bullock, was born June 9, 1805, in Richmond, New Hampshire, and died in Pitts- field, Vermont, February, 1876, aged seventy-one years. He was buried in Sheffield, Vermont. Much of his active life was passed in Richmond, where he was a carpenter and contractor and erected many buildings. He was married in Richmond, Septem- ber 3, 1829, by Benjamin Newell, to Parney Martin, daughter of Hendrick and Prudence (Handy) Mar- tin, of Richmond, and granddaughter of John (2) and great-granddaughter of John (1) Martin, a native of Smithfield, Rhode Island, who was among the earliest settlers of Richmond. Silas Jillson Bul- lock and wife were the parents of four children, namely : William, Parney Jane, Silas G. and Silas W.

(VIII) Silas Warren, youngest child of Silas Jillson and Parney (Martin) Bullock, was born April 7. 1837, in Barton, Vermont. At the age of six years he was taken to Blackstone, Massachusetts, where he resided until he was eighteen years old. Returning to Vermont he resided in Sheffield, and there learned the trade of carpenter. He continued in this occupation until 1862, when he enlisted at Sheffield and became a member of Company G. Fifteenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry commanded by Colonel Redfield Proctor. This regiment was enlisted for nine months, and Mr. Bullock was mustered in the United States service October 22, 1862, as a private. His company was commanded by Captain Stephen W. McCaffey and participated in the battle of Gettysburg and numerous skir- mishes. After a service of eleven months Mr. Bullock was honorably discharged at Brattleboro, and returned to Sheffield and took up his trade. In 1866 he settled in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he has since resided. He continued there in building operations until failing health compelled their abandonment, and in 1879 took a position as stationary engineer with the Amoskeag corporation. After twenty-three and one-half years in this em- ployment he retired from active labor. He is a member of Louis Bell Post. No. 3. Grand Army of the Republic. He was married in Manchester, De- cember 6, 1863, to Cynthia Anna Eaton, who was born September 1, 1845, in St. Charles, Illinois, daughter of Ebenezer and Cynthia ( Miles) Eaton (See Eaton V). Mr. and Mrs. Silas W. Bullock are the parents of three children: Jane Amanda, Lillian Gertrude and Blanche Ethelynde. Jane A. was born November 10, 1864, and died October =I, 1800. She married Fred C. Woodbury, of Man- chester, New Hampshire, and left one son, Walter Abram. Lillian G. is mentioned below. Blanche

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Ethelynde was born August 28, 1874, and married, September 12, 1900, Harry E. Wheeler of Manches- ter. They have two children: George Warren and Edward Bullock.

(IX) Dr. Lillian Gertrude Bullock, second daughter of Silas Warren and Cynthia Anna (Eaton) Bullock, was born in Manchester, May 13, 1867. She was educated in the public schools of Manchester, graduating from the high school in 1886, and at the Eclectic Medical College of New York City, from which she was graduated with the class of 1895. The following year she spent in hospital work. In 1896 she opened an office in Manchester, and has built up a large and lucrative practice. She is a member of the National Eclectic Society, of which she was third vice-president in 1906, and of the Massachusetts Eclectic Society, of which she has served as president; and is also a member of the New Hampshire Eclectic Medical Society. She has contributed various valuable es- says on subjects of interest to the medical profes- sion. She is active in the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, is a member of the Federation of Woman's Clubs, the Woman's Relief Corps, and of the Daughters of Veterans. She is a member of and has been actively identified with the Universtlist Church for the past twenty years.

DOUGLAS The origin of this name, which is one of the most famous in the an- nals of Scotland, has never been definitely determined, and the ancient legendary horder tales relative to the subject, formerly sung by the bards, are now considered an unsatisfactory solution of the problem. Its great antiquity, how- ever, is unquestionable and history records many gallant and chivalrous deeds performed by bearers of this name, which for centuries has been one of the most prominent in the Scottish nobility.

(I) The family now under consideration is the posterity of Robert Douglas, who was born in Scot- land about the year 1588, but all efforts to ascertain the name of the city or town where his birth took place have thus far failed.

(II) Deacon William, son of Robert Douglas, was born in Scotland in 1610. He was married at the parish church in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, Eng- land, in 1636, to Ann Mattle, only daughter of Thomas Mattle, and four years later (1640) they emigrated to New England, accompanied by their two children-Ann and Robert, going first to Glou- cester, Massachusetts, and shortly afterwards to Boston. The early records of Boston contain an entry made in 1640, stating that "William Douglas is allowed to be a townseman, he behaving him self as becometh a Christian man." In 1641 he removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts, but in 1645 returned to Boston, where he followed the cooper's trade, and in 1646 he purchased of Walter Merry and Thomas Anchor a dwelling-house, together with a shop. He afterwards bought and sold other property in Bos- ton. In 1659 he purchased of William Hough, of New London. Connecticut, a dwelling-house in New street, that town, whither he removed in the fol-

lowing year, and upon his arrival bought another house located on the south side of Meeting-house Hill. He became a wealthy and prominent resident of New London, and in 1670 was chosen one of first deacons of the church. His education and ability were such as to cause his selection to various town offices, including those of recorder, moderator, sealer, packer, etc. He was one of the "townsmen" for the years 1663-1666-67; and was chosen as deputy to the general court at Hartford for the first time in 1672 and served one or two terms more in that capacity. His death is characteristically noted in the diary of the Rev. Simon Bradstreet as follows : "1682 July 26, Mr. William Douglas one of ye deacons of this church died in ye 72 year of his age. He was an able Christian and this poor chh will much want him." His widow, who died in New London about the year 1685, made the long journey to Boston when sixty years old for the pur- pose of proving her right of inheritance to her father's property. She was the mother of five chil- dren, namely: Ann, Robert, Elizabeth, Sarah and William.

(III) Deacon William (2), second son and youngest child of Deacon William (I) and Ann (Mattle) Douglas, was born in Boston April 1, 1645. He inherited a farm of sixty acres in New London, which was originally granted his father in 1660, and March 29, 1706, he was granted a tract of land in Voluntown. With his first wife he was admitted to the church in New London in 1670, and he succeeded his father as deacon, serving in that capacity for upwards of fifty years, or until his death. December 18, 1667, he married Abiah Hough, who was born September 15, 1648, died February 21, 1715, daughter of William Hough of New Lon- don, and granddaughter of Edward Hough of West- chester, Cheshire, England. His second wife, whom he married in July, 1715, was Mrs. Mary Bushnell, a widow, and she survived him. His children, all of his first union, were: Elizabeth, Sarah, William, Abiah, Rebecca, Ann, Richard and Samuel.

(IV) Deacon William (3), third child and eldest son of Deacon William (2) and Abiah (Hough) Douglas, was born in New London, February 19, 1672-3. He united with the church in 1698, and in the following year removed from New London to Plainfield, Connecticut, where land was granted him on the east side of the Quinnebaug river, and having assisted in organizing the church in that town he was selected to officiate as its first deacon. His death, which occurred in the prime of life, August 10, 1719, was greatly lamented. His wife, who was before marriage Sarah Proctor, survived him and was living in 1729. She became the mother of these children, namely: Hannah, Samuel (died young), Abiah, John, Sarah, Jerusha, Samuel, Ben- jamin, James, Thomas and Asa.

(V) James, sixth son and tenth child of Deacon William (3) and Sarah ( Proctor) Douglas, was born in Plainfield, May 20, 1711. In his youth he divided his time between assisting his father in farming and attending school, and the knowledge thus acquired he used at a later period for the

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benefit of his neighbors. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Cornwall, Connecticut, having purchased fifty acres of wild land there in 1738, and the same year he bought of Timothy Pierce, an original pro- prietor, two individual land rights, for which lie paid the sum of four hundred pounds. In 1739 he built a primitive dwelling in Cornwall, moved his family thither and began the work of clearing his land. In 1748 he erected a two-story house, which was burned two years later, but he immedi- ately rebuilt upon the same site, and this house was still standing as the oldest dwelling in Cornwall as late as 1877. He was not only a pioneer farmer in Cornwall, but was the first educator there as well, opening the first school and continuing, with the assistance of his wife, to instruct the children of the neighboring settlers for many years. The dis- covery of gold-bearing quartz upon his farm caused him to devote considerable time. to the investi- gation of its value, but the project proved unpro- fitable owing to the great expense of mining the ore. His death occurred August 18, 1785. He was mar- ried December 4, 1732, to Rachel Marsh, of Plain- field, who in addition to a good education possessed unusual energy. She died April 13, 1790, aged seventy-eight years, having been the mother of nine children, whose names were: Susannah, Wil- liam, Asa, Sarah, James Marsh, Eunice, Olive, Mary and John.

(VI) James Marsh, third son and fifth child of James and Rachel (Marsh) Douglas, was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, in 1746. 1Ie resided in his native town until several years after his marriage, and in 1784 settled in Cornwall, Vermont, where his death occurred August 28, 1790. He married Rhoda Burnham, a sister of Judge Burnham, of Litchfield, Connecticut, and his children were : Elias, John, Benajah, Burnham and James, the last named of whom was natives of Cornwall, Vermont.

(VII) Colonel Benajah, third son of James M. and Rhoda (Burnham) Douglas, was born August 5, 1780, in Cornwall, Connecticut. He was a pio- neer settler in Cornwall, Vermont, which received its name through the influence of himself and other settlers from Connecticut. He made his way by blazed trees from Middlebury to Cornwall and was subsequently driven away from there by the Indians. After the latter were quieted he returned to his settlement there and cleared up and developed a farm which is still in the possession of his descend- ants. He was a very active member of the Con- gregational Church, and was prominently identified with the state militia, in which he rose to the rank of colonel. On account of growing deafness he de- clined to accept a commission as brigadier-general of the militia. He built a large square house upon his land there, and kept a hotel and was a prosper- ous farmer. He died before the completion of his forty-eighth year, July 23, 1828. He was married in July, 1803, to Saloma Scott, who was born March 27, 1783, and died August 16, 1810. Their children were : Amia, Amos and Laura Hart. Colonel Doug- las was married (second), February 19, ISII, to Elizabeth Preston, who was born March 3, 1787,

and survived her husband many years, dying Sep- tember 24, 1871. She bore him eight children, namely : James Marsh, Edwin Benajah, Julius Pres- ton, Elizabeth Louisa, Lucy Fidelia, John Carlyle, Nelson Burnham and Francis DeLong.

(VIII) Amos, eldest son and second child of Colonel Benajah and Saloma (Scott) Douglas, was born August 13, 1806, in Cornwall, Vermont, where he grew up, receiving his education in the common schools. In early life he was a teacher. He was an earnest reader and a well-informed man, possessing more than ordinary intelligence. He engaged in farming and lumbering and operated two saw-mills which were driven by water power. He was a regu- lar attendant of the Congregational Church, of which his wife and four children were members, three others joining the Baptist Church. He was very prominent in the support of schools and public education, and thought never a "politician" he was a stanch Whig-Republican, a strict temperance man and in his time president of a Temperance Society. It was said of him, "he was an honest man, the noblest work of God." His last days were passed in Dakota, with three of his children. He died at Lake Preston, November 18, 1882, in his seventy- seventh year. He married, April 17, 1832, to Almira Balcom, who was born January 28, 1805, in Corn- wall, and died August 28, 1858. They were the parents of seven children. Statira, the eldest, died at the age of fourteen years. Orlando is the sub- ject of the succeeding sketch. Louisa Fidelia be- came the wife of Ezra Chapman and died in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, in 1866. Hortensia Saloma married Asa Felton and died in Plainville, Minnesota, in . 1863. Harriet Ama married Safford E. Thompson, has one son, Wayne, and now resides in Wichita, Kansas. Clinton was a soldier in the Union army, wounded at the battle of Shiloh, then a corporal in the Eighteenth Missouri Volunteers, being but six- teen years of age. He was afterwards first sergeant in the Sixteenth Massachusetts Regiment. He or- ganized a church in Kingsbury county, Dakota, and was its first pastor. For a number of years he was pastor of the Second Congregational Church at Des Moines, Iowa. His health failing from over work, he removed to Ceres, California. Here he organized a church and served as pastor for several years. Ile died there December 8, 1906. He was distinguished for his zealous and successful work among boys. Edward resides at Brattleboro, Ver- mont, and is connected with the National Corre- spondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He married Maria Bixby, in 1853, and they have a family of eight children.

(IX) Orlando Benajal, eldest son and second child of Amos and Almira (Balcom) Douglas, was born September 12, 1836, in Cornwall, Vermont. After attending the local schools he was a student at Brandon Seminary, and began teaching school at the age of eighteen years. In 1858 he went to Missouri, where he began the study of medicine with Dr. Blue, and was employed by an uncle, an apothecary, at Brunswick, Missouri. He spent one year subsequently in a branch of the Merchants'

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. I, Part 112

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 858

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 858