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 44

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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(V) Augustine Rogers, eldest child of Jon- athan (3) and Mary (Rogers) Ayers, was born in Gilmanton, September 28, 1839. He was educated in the common schools of Canterbury, and in the New Hampton Seminary. He remained on the homestead farm with his father until 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company G, Fifteenth New Hampshire Volunteers. a nine months' regiment, and was at the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, where he was wounded at the first assault, returning as a sergeant. In 1863 he took employment in a store in Concord, where he remained until 1865, when he went west as far as Minneapolis. He returned in 1867 and was employed two years as a clerk in a grocery store in Concord. In 1869 he formed a partnership with Charles W. Stone, and under the firm name of Stone & Ayers they conducted a general store in 'Concord for the next three years. After disposing of his interest in this business he became partner with A. S. Hammond, buying the carpet store of C. G. Pressey. which they conducted for the following eight years, when Mr. Ayers bought his partner's interest. After carrying on the business alone for eleven years more, Mr. Ayers disposed of the stock and removed to North Boscawen, where he has since been engaged in various branches of agricul- ture. He has a farm of three hundred and twenty- five acres, seventy-five of which is intervale and two hundred and fifty in woodland. For five years he devoted his attention to breeding fast horses and registered Holstein cattle, and afterward turned his energies to fruit culture and the production of milk for the city market. Mr. Ayers is a member of the South Congregational Church of Concord, where he holds his residence, and votes as he shot, or in other words, he is a Republican. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, of Capitol Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and is overseer of Merrimack County Pomona Grange. He married,

June 4. 1873, Clara Maria Kimball, born in Law- rence, Massachusetts, March 20. 1848, only child of Hon. John and Maria (Philips) Kimball. Mr. Kimball, identified with the history of New Hamp- shire in politics and finance, is a descendant of Richard Kimball, who settled in Watertown, Mass- achusetts, in 1634, and of Joseph (6), who moved from Exeter, New Hampshire, to Canterbury in 1793. Mrs. Ayers' childhood was spent in Concord, where her parents moved. She was graduated from the high school in 1865, and three years later from Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Massachusetts. A de- voted wife and mother, Mrs. Ayers is also fitted by education and endowment for social service. An active member of the Woman's Relief Corps, she has held corps, department and national office. An efficient worker and leader in the Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union, she was for three years president of the county organization. A member of the Congregational Church, she has been president of Merrimack County Woman's Board of Missions, and is now county director of the Home Missionary Union. In the Grange she has been a useful men- ber, holding responsible office, and as state presi- dent of the Sunshine Society sends joy to many households. To lend a hand to any good work Mrs. Ayers never refuses. Children of Augustine and Clara (Kimball) Ayers :

(1) Ruth Ames, born March II, 1875, was grad- uated from high school in 1893; after a year at Wellesley College took a special course in English at Cornell University. Being impressed with the importance of manual education, she entered the Sloyd Training School in Boston, and is now teach- ing in the manual training department of education in Newton Center, Massachusetts.

(2) John Kimball, born July 9, 1876, was edu- cated in Concord and Franklin. At the age of twenty-one he went to Denver, Colorado, and the next year to the Klondike, where he was success- fully engaged in mining for six years. His health becoming undermined by his strenuous life, he re- turned home in August, 1904. and died September 7.

(3) Helen McGregor, born October 26, 1878, was educated in Concord high school, 1897; Wheaton Seminary, 1900. Married, October 10. 1905, Robert J. Graves, a successful physician of Concord; one child, Katharine Graves, born August 3, 1906.

(4-5) Joseph Sherburne and Josiah Phillips. died in infancy.

(6) Augustine Haines, born March 1, 1883. graduated from Dartmouth College, 1906; Thayer School Civil Engineering, 1907. He at once re- ceived an appointment in the civil engineering de- partment of the Pennsylvania railroad, but soon re- signed to accept a more desirable position as in- structor in hydraulics in the University of Wis- consin.

(7) Benjamin Kimball, born March 28. 1888, is a member of class 1911, Dartmouth College.

(V) Helen McGregor, daughter of Jonathan (3) and Mary (Rogers) Ayers, born in London, December 26, 1843. was reared in Canterbury. Her education, begun in the country school, was con- tinued under instruction of her father, and after academic preparation in the Tilton Seminary and Boscawen Academy, her work as a teacher began at the age of fifteen, in her home district. The report of that first school read: "Miss Avers's literary qualifications are of a high order and with more ex- perience she will become what she earnestly desires to be, a good teacher." This promise it was her ambition to fulfill, and in her two decades of faitk- ful work in the grammar schools of Concord, New

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Hampshire, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Denver, Colorado, her ideals were high both for herself and her pupils. In later life Miss Ayers has been active in church, social and club life, holding positions of honor and giving valuable service. In the Wo- man's Relief Corps she has been patriotic instructor, national and department secretary.

(V) Mary Adelaide, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Rogers) Ayers, was born in Canterbury, June 27, 1850, educated at Tilton Seminary and Concord high school, taking high rank, graduating in 1870, was a successful teacher in Concord for four years, when she married William M. Leaver, youngest son of Rev. Thomas Leaver, late rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Concord. Of magnetic presonality and decided executive ability, Mrs. Leaver's usefulness extends to church and philan- thropie interests; especially worthy of mention is her service as secretary of the Woman's Auxiliary Y. M. C. A., and president of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Congregational Church, to which she belongs. The three children of William and Mary (Ayers) Leaver were born and educated in Concord: 1. Thomas McGregor, born October 30, 1875, was graduated from the high school, 1893; is now in charge of the Philadelphia branch of Baker, Ayling & Co., bond brokers, Boston, Massachusetts. 2. Mary Llewellyn, born December 15. 1879, grad- uated 1899, studied music under the instruction of John Herman Loud, Boston, the noted piano and organ master, and is now a teacher of piano and organist of the Congregational Church in Penacook. 3. Henry Ayers, born August 23, 1885, on leaving high school in 1905, took a position in a wholesale commercial house in Boston. He has recently gonc to the northwest with the view of locating there.

(V) Samuel Haines, son of Jonathan and Mary (Rogers) Ayers, was born in Canterbury, October 16. 1853. Removing to Concord, he was admitted to the high school in advance of requirements the youngest member but one of his elass. At fifteen he was employed in a store, gaining a quick insight into business. In 1872 he entered the general ticket office of the Northern Pacific railroad, in the employ of George G. Sanborn, formerly of New Hampshire, and two years later went to Toledo, Ohio, becoming passenger accountant of the Toledo, Wabash & Western railroad. Removing with the Wabash offices to St. Louis, Mr. Ayers continued with the Wabash system till called back to Toledo in 1882 as auditor and secretary of the newly in- corporated Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad, holding during the same period other positions of trust. Strong in intellectual ability, he was always a stu- dent, his reading covering a wide range of subjects. He gave much time to the study of railroad law, in which he was deeply interested. Mr. Ayers mar- ried. October 7, 1877. Amanda Ridenour, of Toledo, daughter of Dr. William T. Ridenour. He died in Denver, December 2, 1890, aged thirty-seven years. The children of Samuel and Amanda (Ridenour) Ayers are: I. Augustine Ridenour, born in To- ledo, October 26, 1878. He was graduated with honor from Cornell University, 1900. having spe- cialized in electric and railroad engineering, became an employe of the Lake Shore & Michigan South- ern Railroad Company, and is now the general foreman of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern shops at Elkhart, Indiana. 2. Helen Beach, born January 11. 1880, in Toledo, was educated in the high school, was a special student at Radcliffe Col- lege, 1900, after which she took the normal course at the Toledo Training School for Teachers. She lives at Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her

mother. 3. William Tarleton, born in St. Louis, July 28, 18SI; was educated in Toledo High and Manual Training School, class 1899. He is secre- tary and treasurer of a company manufacturing parts of automobiles, in which he is a stock holder. 4. Oliver Garrison, born in Toledo, July 5, 1883; went west at an carly age, and opened a successful business in Seattle, Washington.

CARLTON In the very early settlement of

Southwestern New Hampshire this name hore an honorable and con-

.spicuous part. It was also among the first in Mass- achusetts, and is traeed from a very old English ancestry.

(1) Edward Carlton was a freeman and promi- nent citizen of the town of Rowley, Massachusetts, for several years. His wife's name was Ellen, and the first recorded birth in the town of Rowley was that of their son, Edward. The senior Edward re- turned with his family to England and there died before 1678.

(II) John, son of Edward and Ellen Carlton, went with his father from Rowley to England. but came again to this side of the water, and resided for a time in Rowley. He subsequently lived in Bradford and Haverhill, and died in the latter town, November 22, 1668. He married Hannah Jewett, daughter of Joseph Jewett. She survived him, and was married (second) to Christopher Babbidge. John Carlton had sons, Thomas and Edward, besides other sons and daughters.

(III) Thomas, eldest son of John and Hannah (Jewett) Carlton, resided in Bradford, Massachu- setts, where he was probably born. His wife's name was Elizabeth, and their children were: Thomas, Bethiah, George, Elizabeth and John.

(IV) George, second son and third child of Thomas and Elizabeth Carlton, was born Septem- ber 26, 1702, in Bradford, Massachusetts, and lived in that town until about 1767, when he removed to Boxford. He married, November 9, 1725. Mary Hale, born May 27. 1705, a daughter of Samuel and Martha (Palmer) Hale. She died in Boxford, No- vember 28, 1780, and was survived over two years by her husband, who died February 13, 1783, in that town. Their children were : Samuel, George, Thomas, Oliver, William, Mary and Sarah.

(V) Deacon Oliver, fourth son and child of George and Mary (Hale) Carlton, was born Sep- tember 11, 1732, in Boxford, Massachusetts, and settled in the northwestern part of Amherst. New Hampshire, now Mont Vernon, where he died in 1800. He was an active and useful citizen in the formative period of his section, and served as dea- con of the church and in various civil official sta- tions. He married Emma Washer, daughter of John Washer, of Amherst. They had these chil- dren who lived to maturity, namely : Deacon John, Enoch, Stephen and Olive.

(VI) John, eldest child of Deacon Oliver and Emma (Washer) Carlton, was born in Amherst. October 22, 1762, and died December 20, 1838, aged seventy-six. He was a prominent citizen of the northwest parish, now the town of Mont Vernon. and a deacon of the church. He was married (first), March 8, 1781, by Abel Fiske, to Judith Weston, horn in Amherst, March 30, 1763, daughter of Daniel and Mary ( Hartshorn) Weston. She

was a descendant of John Weston, the immigrant, who settled in Reading. Massachusetts, before 1653. She died, and he married (second), March 30, 1825, Tabitha (Wilkins) Gilmore. She was a grand- daughter of Rev. Daniel Wilkins, and was born Oc-

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tober 28, 1774, and died in South Marlow, Septem- ber 16, 1848, aged seventy-four. The twelve chil- dren of John and Judith Carlton were: Clarissa, Judith, Emma, John. Mary, Daniel Weston, died young ; Daniel Weston, second of the name, also died young; Achsah, George, Lucy, Oliver and Daniel.

(VII) John (2), fourth child and eldest son of John (I) and Judith (Weston) Carlton, was born July 26, 1787, and died January 14, 1868, aged eighty-one. He lived all his life in Mount Vernon. and was a man of means.

(VIII) John E., son of John Carlton, was. born on his father's farm in Mount Vernon, Au- gust 8, 1826, and died May 29, 1898. As a young man he was employed in the manufacture of fancy boxes. Subsequently he bought a farm in the southern part of Mount Vernon, where he engaged in agriculture until his death. He married, June 14, 1848, Amanda Wilson, born in Norwich, New Hampshire, January 29. 1827, daughter of William Wilson. Nine children were born of this marriage: Ella A., John W., of Manchester; Charles F., Lilla A., who married William F. Eastman, of Nashua; Elmer E .; Joseph G., who is mentioned below ; Wil- liam S., of Manchester; Fanny L., wife of George F. Averill, of Medford, Massachusetts; Charles G., of Nashua.

(IX) Joseph George, fourth son of Jolin E. and Amanda (Wilson) Carlton, was born in Mount Vernon, May 20, 1863. As a boy he learned farm- ing, and is now engaged in that employment, in connection with lumbering. He has a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he cultivates, and also operates a saw mill. His fellow citizens have recognized his fitness for public employment, and in the service of the public he has filled the offices of road commissioner, supervisor, selectman (six years), and representative to the state legislature. He married, in Mount Vernon, November 25, 1891, Minnie B. Spaulding, born in Milford, New Hamp- shire, September 1, 1869, daughter of Otis and Han- nah E. (Swimington) Spaulding. They have five children : George O., born April 29, 1894; Elmer E., April 25, 1896; Alwin C., April 7, 1897; Oliver W., April 10, 1901; Abbie T., December 7, 1902.

CARLTON The Carlton line of this sketch is probably descended from the pioneer American ancestor, Edward Carlton, who sought religious freedom in the wilds of New England in the early settlement of the country.

(I) Samuel Carlton was born in Claremont, Sul- livan county, New Hampshire, about 1750, and lived for a time in Lyme, New Hampshire. He was mar- ried. November 6, 1781, in Bow, to Rebecca Mc- Collister.

(II) James Augustus, son of Samuel and Re- becca (McCollister) Carlton, was born in Bow, Merrimack county and died August 2, 1846. He re- sided in Bartlett, where he was a farmer and in- fluential citizen, who served for a number of years as selectman. He married Mary E. Heath, of Barnet, Vermont, who died 1869. They had chil- dren : Silas, Rodney, Andrew McCollister, Otis, Mary, Betsey and Almira.

(III) Andrew McCollister Carlton, son of James A. and Mary E. (Heath) Carlton, was born in Bartlett, May 10, 1816, and died November 12, 1887, in Conway .. He lived some years in Eaton and then moved to Conway, where he was successfully en- gaged in agriculture, owning a farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres. He was a man of domestic turn, had no desire to ramble, was willing to earn

by hard labor every dollar he got, and so spent a life time in tilling the soil that gave him an honest return for every day he devoted to cultivating it. He married, in 1844, Nancy Mary West, who was born in Barnet, Vermont, daughter of Samuel and Salina West, of Lyme, New Hampshire. Five chil- dren were born to them: James A., who resides in Crawford county, Kansas. Lena West, who married William Hammond, and resides in Lawrence, Mass- achusetts. Sarah Jane, who married Horace M. Thompson, and resides in Portland, Maine. Elijah B., whose sketcli follows.

(IV) Elijah Burbank, third child and second son of Andrew M. and Nancy M. ( West) Carlton, was born in Conway, July 6, 1851. He acquired a practi- cal education in the common schools by the time he was seventeen years old, and during the eight years following he was employed in teaming for the Fabyans, Crawford and others. Then leaving that business he carried on general farming and lumber- ing for five years in the town of Eaton. In 1881 he removed to Conway and bought a store and stock of goods and embarked in the grocery business, which he carried on alone until 1896, when he took into partnership his son-in-law, Frederick Thoms, and since that time the business has continued under the firm name of Carlton & Thoms. Mr. Carlton has been prosperous, and keeping in view certainty of profit in the rise of lumber has for some years owned more than one thousand acres of farm and timberland which is rapidly appreciating in value. Although his school life was brief, he has had always a love for books and learning, and by study and obser- vation has become a very well informed citizen, en- ergetic, enterprising, and interested in whatever is beneficial to the town. In politics he is a Republi- can. He has served seven successive years as select- man, and six years of that time has been chairman of the board. He has been a member of the school board, and is now serving his third term as county commissioner. Since 1902 he has been assistant treasurer of the Conway Savings Bank. He is a valued member of the Methodist Church, of which he is one of the chief financial supporters. Fra- ternally he is a member of Mt. Washington Lodge, No. 87, Free and Accepted Masons, of North Con- way; of Swift River Lodge, No. 84, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand ; and of Chatque Tribe, No. 23, Independent Order of Red Men, of Conway. Elijah B. Carlton married, July 4, 1872, Lorena L. Sanborn, who was born November 28, 1856, at Baldwin, Maine, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza Sanborn, of Conway. They have four children: Nannie W., who married George W. Russ, and lives in Conway, one daughter Blanche. Andrew N., who resides with his parents; he mar- ried Alice Bickford, and has one daughter Lurene. Minerva, who married Frederick Thoms. Sarah J., who married Charles W. Page.

This old Colonial family has

BARTLETT branches extending to every state in the Union, and has produced numerous representatives who have occupied po- sitions of distinction, not only in New England but in many of the central and western states. There are several other families of the name repre- sented in this country, but this one is believed to be the earliest and most prominent. The name is found under various spellings in the New England records.

(I) Richard Bartlett, the immigrant ancestor, was a shoemaker, born about 1575, in England, and came to America with six children, and settled in

GOV. JOSIAH BARTLETT HOUSE, KINGSTON.

BUILT 1774.

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Newbury, Massachusetts, in or before 1637. He died there May 25, 1647, four days after making his will. In 1612 he purchased a "Breeches Bible," which has been preserved and is in possession of his de- scendants. In this appears the record of births of his children. They Joane (or Joanna), John, Thomas, Richard, Christopher and Anne.

(II) Richard (2), third son of Richard (1) Bart- lett, was born October 31. 1621, in England, and came with his parents to America. He died in New- bury in 1698, having made his will April 19, 1695; this was proved July IS, 1098. He subscribed to the oath of allegiance at Newbury in 1678, and was representative of the town the next year and also later. The baptismal name of his wife was Abigail, but her family name has not been preserved. They were the parents of the following children: Samuel, Richard, Thomas, Abigail, John, Hannah and Re- becca. (Mention of Richard and descendants ap- pears in this article ).

(III) Samuel, eldest child of Richard and Abi- gail Bartlett, was born February 20, 1646, in New- bury, and died in that town, May 15, 1732. He was evidently a careful and painstaking man, as his will was made almost twelve years previously on August 9, 1720. It was probated seven days after his death. He subscribed to the freeman's oath in May, 1773, and to the oath of allegiance at Newbury in 1768. He inherited land in Amesbury from his father, and probably engaged to some extent in till- ing the soil. He is alluded to in the records as a cordwainer. He was married, May 23, 1671, in New- bury, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Titcomb. Their children were: Elizabeth, Abigail, Samuel, Sarah, Richard, Thomas, Tirzalı and Lydia.

(IV) Thomas, third son and sixth child of Sam- uel and Elizabeth (Titcomb) Bartlett, was born August 13, 1681, in Newbury, where he continued to reside. He was married, February 14, 1710, to Sarah Webster, daughter of John (3) and Bridget (Huggins) Webster, and granddaughter of John (2) and Ann (Batt) Webster. (See Webster, II). She was born December 28, 1685, in Newbury and was not living in 1732. Her husband was alive in 1720, and probably much later. Their children were: Israel, Tabatha, Enoch, Dorathy, Nehemiah, James, Thomas and Sarah.

(V) Israel, eldest child of Thomas and Sarah (Webster) Bartlett, was born April 30, 1712, in New- bury, and was one of the early settlers of Notting- ham, New Hampshire, where he was a farmer and died May 5, 1754. He was married May 7, 1738. to Love Hall, daughter of Esq. Joseph Hall, and they were the parents of six children, namely: Joseph H., Sarah, Thomas, Israel, Mary D. and Josiah D.

(VI) Thomas (2), third child and second son of Israel and Love (Hall) Bartlett, was born Octo- ber 22, 1745, in Newbury, Massachusetts, and died in Nottingham, New Hampshire, January 30. 1805. His death was caused by heart failure, and occurred while he sat in his chair reading his Bible. He had previously been in apparent good health. Gen- eral Bartlett was educated in the public schools of Massachusetts, and was especially apt in mathe- matics, which led him to the study of surveying. He was employed for many years in surveying the lands through the tangled woods of Nottingham, and his estimate of the number of acres in any tract was very accurate. His nature was very positive, and when he had once formed an opinion nothing could change him. He was something of a student of the law, and after the Revolution he was much employed in the drawing of writs and with prosecu- tions before the justices of the peace. In due time

he was appointed associate judge, and his familiarity with the courts made his services valuable in this capacity. He was clear-headed, and was ever found on the side of justice. He was elected chairman of the board of selectinen of Nottingham, in 1769, when he was but twenty-three years old and was annually re-elected to that position with the ex- ception of the years 1782 until 1802, a period of thirty-four years. He was elected town clerk in 1776, and continued to serve in that capacity until 1802; a period of twenty-seven years. In neatness of penmanship, clearness of statement and careful spelling, the records are the equal of any in the state. These records were made in the midst of arduous labors in other capacities in the care of his personal affairs. No man in Nottingham was ever more popular with the people or more honored by them than was General Bartlett, and he never be- trayed the confidence placed in liim. A little be- fore seventeen hundred and seventy he built a store at the northwest corner of the square in Notting- ham, and in this he conducted a general merchan- dise business until his death. When the people of Nottingham began to talk about resistance to the tyranny of the mother country, their meetings were invariably held at this store, and were warmly wel- comed by its proprietor. At that time General Bart- lett was a lieutenant in the militia, and he always had the latest news from Portsmouth and Boston concerning the important events that preceded the attack of the British forces on the Americans at Lexington and Concord. General Bartlett was not an orator or mnuch given to speech-making, but he was a good talker and was able to express his views in a forcible manner whatever the occasion. The drilling of troops by his cousin, Dr. Henry Dear- born, later a colonel in the Revolutionary war, took place in front of the Bartlett store on the square. On the 20th of April they received news of the bat- tle of Lexington, and before sunrise had organized a company with Dearborn as captain, and started on the march to Cambridge

General Bartlett began his military service as a private, and was subsequently a minor officer in the Tentli foot company of the Fourth regiment of the Province militia, beginning about 1767. He became a first lieutenant June 11, 1771, being then twenty- five years of age. His commission, signed by Gov- ernor John Wentworth, is preserved by his grand- son, Hon. John C. Bartlett, of Lee. In 1775, in the fourth congress of New Hampshire, he was the representative from Nottingham, and was then called Lieutenant Thomas Bartlett. He was an in- timate friend of General John Sullivan, and helped to secrete powder stored by the colonists which was later used in the prosecution of the Revolutionary war. He was later known as Major Bartlett. and on July 4, 1776, was appointed by the provincial legis- lature as muster master for certain sections of the state. With others he joined General Washing- ton's army in Pennsylvania, and assisted in the cap- ture of the Hessians at Trenton, and participated in the battle at Princeton, New Jersey. Among the officers in charge of the regiment raised by New Hampshire in the summer of 1777 to reinforce the army of the north was Colonel Thomas Bartlett. He was subsequently a general of the state militia. He was a man of fine appearance, with dark hair, dark eyes, a high forelicad and fine face. He was of medium height, stout built, weighing about two hundred pounds. His manners were kind and courteous and he was universally esteemed. He was married August 19. 1773, to Sarah Cilley, born October 16, 1757, daughter of General Joseph Cilley,

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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 44

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