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When he came to Suncook in 1857, there being no Baptist Church in that place, he took a letter from the Free Baptist Church of Epsom and joined the First Methodist Church in Suncook, since which time he has been an honored and official member, class leader, and superintendent of the Sunday school for several years. He has been a trustee of the church for more than forty years and its secretary several years. He has been a teacher in Sunday school forty years or more, and has always taken an active part in promoting the cause of temperance, believing this to be the duty of every Christian man and woman. He is a member of Jewell Lodge, No. 94, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is a past grand of Howard Lodge, No. 68, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Suncook; past chief Patriarch of Hildreth Encampment, No. 17; and was a charter member of General Stark Canton and Mary Gordon Bartlett Rebekah Lodge, No. 69. Mr. Bartlett has been a busy man all his life and now, though seventy years old, devotes most of his time to the cultivation of a two acre lot about his house, and there the ex- tent, neatness and order of his garden are testi- monials to his industry and constant care, none be- ing better kept.
He married (first), in Lowell, Massachusetts, October 31, 1858, Mary Elizabeth Gordon, who was born in Suncook, November 29, 1836, daughter of Joseph Quincy and Lydia Fowler ( Ilayes) Gordon. She was born in Chichester, and died in Allenstown, August 5, 1894. Mary Gordon Bartlett Rebekah Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which was instituted in 1897 was named in honor of Mrs. Bartlett, who was a lady of many admirable traits of head and heart. The following is an account of her ancestry in Pembroke:
(I) Joseph Gordon was born November 5, 1763, and died May 20, 1832. He was a farmer, and re- sided in Pembroke. He married, September 27, 1809, Lovely Woodman, who was born December 23, 1776, and died August 3. 1853. Their children were : Alma Woodman and John Quincy Adams.
(II) John Quincy Adams, second child and only son of Joseph and Lovely ( Woodman) Gordon, was born in Pembroke, November 18, 1812. and died February 20, 1877. He resided in Pembroke and was engaged in farming. He married, January 10, 1833, Lydia Fowler Hayes, who was born in Allens- town, February 29, 1812, and now ( 1906) resides with her daughter, Cora Lynda Gordon, in Man- chester, New Hampshire. They had eleven children : George Washington,
Mary Elizabeth, Emma Frances. John Quincy (died young), Annie Ruth, John (died young), Calvin Webster, Lydia Caroline, Eugene Irving, Charles Fremont and Cora Lynda. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett : Ada E., born in Lynn, Massachusetts, December 10. 1859, married Dr. James B. Pettengill, and lives
in Amherst. Henrietta, who was born February II, 1862, married George W. Fowler of Pembroke. George Franklin, who is mentioned at length below. Mr. Bartlett married (second), in Pembroke, Oc- tober 30, 1898, Mary A. Langley, who was born in Deerfield, March 31, 1856, daughter of Isaialı and Sarah B. (Dow) Langley, of Deerfield.
(V1) George Franklin, youngest child of John F. and Mary E. (Gordon) Bartlett, was born in Allens- town, March 4, 1868. He attended the common schools and Pembroke Academy, and finished his studies with a course in the Manchester Business College, from which he graduated in 1888. He was a clerk in a store in Boston for a time, but after having a severe attack of sickness he did not choose to return to his place, but engaged in busi- ness for himself in Suncook, where he carried on trade fourteen years. For three years past he lias been in the employ of George Y. Georgi. of Suncook. He is a Baptist, and votes the Democratic ticket. He married, in Concord, March 27, 1889. Viola A. Page, who was born in Concord, April 1, 1808, daughter of Benjamin F. and Ophelia Page. They have three children: Edith May, born in Pembroke. August 23, 1896; Doris Page, March 21, 1898; and Gordon Edward, July 4, 1902.
(Fourth Family.)
The Bartletts of New England are BARTLETT numerous and of various stocks. The immigrant ancestor of the family of this article has left no record of the place of his nativity or the date of his arrival in America. but it is probable that he was born in England, and had been in Massachusetts only a short time before 1668.
(I) Joseph Bartlett was an early settler in New Cambridge, New Town or Newton, Massachusetts. The cellar hole of his dwelling house was still vis- ible upon the hillside occupied by the Baptist Theo- logical Seminary near the railroad station in New- ton Centre, when Francis Jackson wrote the "His- tory of Newton" in 1854. Joseph Bartlett mort gaged his house and four acres of land to Thomas Prentice, senior, in 1675. He married, October 27. 1668, Mary Waite, and they had six children : Mary. Joseph and Mercy (twins), Elizabeth, and probably John and Sarah.
(II) Joseph (2), second child and chilest sou of Joseph (1) and Mary (Waite) Bartlett, was born in Cambridge. March 5. 1763, and died June. 1750, aged seventy-seven years. He married (first) Hannah - , and they had : Thomas, Benjamin. Elizabeth, Joseph and Ebenezer. The first wir died December, 1730; and he married (sec ml), 1732. Mercy Hyde, who died in 173.4.
(III) Ebenezer (son of Joseph (2) Bartlett, probably). of Newton, was born in 171 and died in 1788. aged seventy-seven. He married (first). June 24, 1736. Ann Clark, who died in 1,12. Ile married (second) .Anna Ball. The children of the first wife were: Eunice, Sarah, Mary, Enoch ( died young), and Enoch. The children of the second wife were: Jonathan, Anna Mercy, Elisha, Esther, Moses, Thaddeus, Mary Sarah. Stephen, Abigail. and Peregrine. Enoch, Moses. Thaddeus, Stephen, Jonathan and Peregrine settled in Bethel. Maine, on the Androscesgin river.
(IV) Jonathan, sixth child of Ebenezer Bart- lett, and first by his second wife, Anna Ball, was horn March 16, 1716. In 1770 he went to Bethel. Maine, with Nath niel Segar. the pioneer, and after- ward settled on the south side of the river, below Bean's Corner, where a grandson lately lived. He married Mary Shaw, of Fryeburg, and died April
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14, 1798. Their children were: Anna, Elijah, Elias and Samuel.
(V) Elias, third child of Jonathan and Mary (Shaw) Bartlett, was born in Bethel. Maine, Au- gust 10, 1791. He married (first) Eliza, daughter of Nathan Adams, and (second), Judith, daughter of David Farnum, of Rumford, who survived him and married Rev. Dan Perry. The child of the first marriage was Eliza. There were six of the second wife : Sylvia, Porter, Mary, Elias Shaw, Jonathan Madison and Harriet.
(VI) Elias Shaw, fourth child of Elias and Judith (Farnum) Bartlett, was born in Bethel. No- vember 26, 1823. He was a farmer, and resided on the ancestral acres, was a member of the board of selectmen several years, and held other offices. He married Hester Ann Bartlett, who was born in Bethel. November 24, 1827. She was the daughter of Elhanan and Joanna (Willis) Bartlett, and granddaughter of Stephen, who was a brother of Jonathan (V). The children of this union were: Elhanan P., Mary E., James M., F. Dayton, Olivette, Zemas Willis, Flora E., and Elias S.
(VII) Fremont Dayton, fourth child and third son of Elias S. and Hester ( Bartlett) Bartlett, was born in Bethel, Maine, April 30. 1856. He attended the common schools and Gould Academy, and at eighteen years of age entered the employ of the Berlin Mills Company in Berlin, New Hampshire, as a marker, and when not thus employed attended school fall and spring, and taught in the winter. Honest, acceptable work and plenty of it wrought him promotion through the grades of surveyor and yard foreman to the position of superintendent of the plant. His business qualifications have brought him to public positions. He is a director and vice- president of the Berlin Building and Loan Associa- tion. He was elected on the Republican ticket to the board of selectmen two terms, during one of which he was chairman. He was also tax collector one year, and member of the board of education from 1885 for eleven successive years. By his in- dividual efforts the schools of the city have been much improved. June 24, 1894, he was appointed justice of the police court but resigned. He is
much interested in fraternal orders, and a member of the following: Sabatis Lodge, No. 95, Free and Accepted Masons. of which he is a past master ; North Star Royal Arch Chapter; and North Star Commandery, Knights Templars, all of Berlin; Mt. Abram Lodge, No. 31, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Bethel, Maine, and Coos Lodge, No. 25, Knights of Pythias. of Berlin, of which he is a past chancellor commander. He married, Septem- ber 12, 1880, Martha Vell Brown. They have three children : Leon Oscar. Harry Elhanan, and Nellie Evelyn. Leon married May Jones, and they have one child, Evelyn L.
John Joseph Bartlett, wholesale
BARTLETT grocer. Concord. was born in Bradford, New Hampshire No- vember 31, 1855.
His father, John Flaherty, was born in the city of Galway, Ireland, about 1831, and came to Amer- ica in IS48, landing in New York. He removed shortly to New Hampshire, and was employed for some time by a drover of Warner, named Joshua George. From there he went to Bradford. and was in the employ of Joshua Jewett. a drover. Subse- quently he worked upon the estate of Hon. Mason WV. Tappan. He assisted in the construction of the old Passumpsic, Concord and Claremont railroads; and was afterward one of those who tore up the rails between North Weare and Henniker, one
Sunday, when Governor Gilmore was the chief executive of New Hampshire. Mr. Flaherty mar- ried, in New York City, in 1850, Maria Lyons, a native of county Galway, Ireland, who came to New York when a young girl. Five children were born of this marriage: Maria, who died young ; John J .; Margaret, now a Sister of Charity ; Thomas. and Peter. Mrs. Flaherty died at the birth of her youngest child, in 1861. Mr. Flaherty died in March, 1905, at Elizabethport, New Jersey, where he had spent all the latter part of his life.
Thomas Flaherty married Mary O'Toole, of Newark, New Jersey, and they had children : Sadie, Stephen, Frank and Aloysius. Thomas died about 1895.
At the age of five years, John Joseph Flaherty's mother died, and her children for a time found homes with strangers. John was bound out to a family to remain till he was twenty-one years old, and in exchange for his services was to receive his board and clothes and one hundred dollars when he came of age. Misfortune in the family of his adopted parents caused him when ten years old to go to live in the family of Parker and Eleanor Bart- lett, farmers in Francestown, who were kind and loving foster parents to the homeless boy, who then assumed the name of Bartlett.
Parker Bartlett born in Deering, New Hampshire, November 20, 1811, and died April 6, 1896. He married, April 9, 1840, Eleanor Bartlett, born April 22. 1817, died Angust 27, 1899; and they had children : Rotheous Edson, born June 10, 1841 ; Rosilla Arlett, April 23, 1843; Erastus Harvey, March 17, 1846; John, April 11, 1848; and Sarah Elizabeth, April 23, 1854.
After staying some years with the Bartlett fam- ily, John Bartlett went to visit his father and other members of the family in Elizabethport, New Jer- sey. He scon discovered that it was the intention of his father to keep him there and not allow him to return to New Hampshire. But after three years had passed, the youth found his love for the Bart- Ictts and the granite hills so strong that he left New Jersey without taking leave of his relatives. and made his way as best he could to his former home. He had very little money, but he had a strong body and a brave heart, and by abstemions living and hard walking he reached Warner again, where he was warmly welcomed. The succeeding three years he worked for Erastus H. & A. J. Bart- lett, excelsior manufacturers, in Warner. Every day after work hours he studied such books as were necessary to promote his education, and recited his lessons to one of the Bartlett brothers, who kindly assisted him in his efforts to learn. At the age of twenty he went to Manchester, and after attending the business college there three months he found himself in possession of the fundamental elements of a business education. Returning to Warner he worked in the general store of A. C. & E. H. Car- roll, as clerk, for six years. In 1881 he came to Concord and was employed by Patterson, Davis & Company, dry goods dealers, who had a store where David Murphy is now. From this time forward he never had time to ask for a job. After a year with this firm he was with J. Frank Hoyt, grocer, as clerk, for five years. In March, 1887, he took a position as traveling salesman with the wholesale grocery house of Dickermann. Leavitt & Company. This house afterward took the name of Dickermann & Company, and under this name was incorporated in 1902. Mr. Bartlett became a stockholder at that time, and since 1903 has been president of the com- pany.
John J. Bartlett early in life learned what it
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was to be poor and lonely, and almost friendless, but his natural disposition to be cheerful. indus- trions, and useful made him staunch, true, and un- failing friends. His energy and industry have made him one of the foremost tradesmen in Concord and he ranks among the leading citizens of the capital city.
He was made a' Mason in 1877, and became a member of Harris Lodge, No. 91, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Warner, of which he is now (1906) junior warden. He is a member of Trinity Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2, Horace Chase Council, No. 4, Mount Horeh Commandery. Knights Temp- lar, all of Concord. and of which last he is captain general. He is also a member of Edward A. Ray- mond Consistory, of Nashua, New Hampshire, and has attained the Thirty-second degree in Masonry. In church relations he affiliates with the Unitarians. He is a Republican, and takes a warm interest in politics, but has no time for political office holding. Mr. Bartlett married, October, 1880, Carrie Palmer, daughter of James M. and Eliza (Durgin) Palmer, of Sutton, born June 25, IS57.
AVERY The origin of this name in England has not thus far been fully determined, some authorities stating that it was derived from Aviarus, which means a keeper of birds, while others assert that the storehouse in which the forage for the king's horses was deposited was called the avery prior to the conquest. It is quite probable, however, that the Saxon personal name Alberic, which became Latinized into Alberi- cus, was softened during the Norman rule into Aubrey and finally acquired its present form of spelling.
(I) Christopher Avery, who probably established the name on this side of the ocean, was born in Eng- land about the year 1590, and is thought to have come from Salisbury. Wilts county, in the "Arbella," which arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, June 12, 1630. About 1644 he went from Boston to Glouces- ter, where he was made a freeman in 1652, and he served as selectman there for the years 1646-52-54, and also officiated as constable and clerk of the market. In 1658 he sold his land in Gloucester and returning to Boston purchased a small lot on what is nov Devonshire street. the site of which is now occupied by the central portion of the Bos- ton postoffice. This property he sold for forty pounds in 1663 and removed to New London, Con- necticut, where his son had previously settled, and there he purchased of Robert Burrows, in 1665, a house and lot containing an orchard. He was ad- mitted a freeman of the colony in 1669, but some two years previous had claimed exemption from watching and training duties on account of old age. His death occurred in New London probably March 12. 1679. He was married in the old coun- try but his wife did not accompany him to America, and in 1654 he was relieved of a fine which had been imposed for living apart from her, he having given good and sufficient reasons for her absence.
(II) Captain James, only son of Christopher Avery, was born in England, about the year 1620, and came with his father to Salem in the "Ar- bella." In or prior to 1650 he went from Gloucester to New London, where he was granted land, shared some three years later in the Pocketannuck grants. in what is the town of Ledyard. and in 1656 settled permanently in the present town of Groton, erecting a dwelling house which he occupied for the remain- der of his life. This dwelling is still in a good state of preservation and is occupied by some of his
descendants. He was a selectinan in Groton for twenty years, was twelve times elected representa- tive to the general court, and was equally prominent in church affairs. His military title was acquired in the colonial militia. and an item in the records states that in 1678 he was granted by the commis- sioners the sum of forty pounds for his services in assisting the government of the Pequot Indians "for sundry years past." Captain Avery died Au- gust 18, 1700. His first wife, whom he married No- vember 10, 1643, was Joanna Greenslade, of Boston, who was admitted by letter from the church in Boston, to that in Gloucester in 1644. and her death
occurred after 1693. July 4, 1698, he married for his second wife the Widow Abigail Holmes, who was the mother of his daughter-in-law. She had already been twice married, first to Samuel Cheese- boro, of Stonington, who died in 1673, and second to Joshua Holmes, who died in 1694. Her daugh- ter, Abigail Cheeseboro, became the wife of Cap- tain Avery's son Jolin. Captain Avery was the father of nine children, namely: Hannah, James, Mary. Thomas, John, Rebecca, Jonathan, Christo- pher and Samuel. all of whom were of his first union.
(III) Samuel. youngest son and child of Cap- tain James and Joanna (Greenslade) Avery, was born in Groton, August 14, 1664. He was active in public affairs, having served as moderator at the meeting in 1704 at which the town was legally or- ganized, and from 1705 until his death, which oc- curred May 1, 1723, he officiated as first townsman. He seems to have inherited from his father a taste and capacity for the military service, and for a number of years was captain of a "train band" on the east side of Groton. He was married in Swan- sey, Massachusetts, October 25, 1686, to Susanna Palmer (born in 1665. died October 9, 1747), daughter of William and Ann (Humphrey) Palmer. She bore him eleven children, namely: Samuel, Jonathan, William, Mary. Christopher, Humphrey, Nathan. Lucy. John, Waitson and Grace.
(IV) John. seventh son and ninth child of Samuel and Susanna (Palmer) Avery, was born in Groton, September 17. 1705. He came to New Hampshire when a young man, settling in Stratham, and he died September 9, 1792. He was married in this state, probably in the spring of 1724, to Brid- get Higgins, who was born June 17, 1702, and died June 23. 1798. They had a family of seven chil- dren, five of whom were sons, and the names of the latter were: Samuel, John. Jeremiah and Josh- ua and Josiah twins. (Joshua and descendants re- ceive mention in this article.)
(V) Samuel, eldest child of John and Bridget (Higgins) Avery, was born about 1719-20, and settled in Barnstead, New Hampshire, where he died in 1705. No further record of him appears.
(VI) The records contain mention of Benjamin Avery of Barnstead, who is assumed to have been a son of Samuel. About all that appears about him is a mention as parent of his children, or part of them.
(VII) Moses, son of Benjamin Avery, was born 1759, in Barnstead, and settled in Ellsworth, New Hampshire. where he died in 1824. He mar- ried Betsey Colbath of Barnstead.
(VIII) Stephen, son of Moses and Betsey ( Col- batiı) Avery, was born 1786, in Ellsworth, where he lived through life, and died October 3, 1873. He married Bridget Moulton.
(IX) Caleb Avery was born in Ellsworth, New Hampshire, about the year 1820. He was an in- dustrious farmer, and spent much of his life in
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Rumney, this state. He married Lucinda Willey, a native of that part of Rumney which is known as Thorington, and she bore him five children, namely : Stephen, Annette, Jackson, Imogene and Dora.
(X) Stephen, eldest son and child of Caleb and Lucinda (Willey) Avery, was born in Rumney, May. 1848. He was under the legal age for enlist- ment at the commencement of the civil war in 1861, but being determined to enter the army he enlisted without the consent of his parents by de- claring to the recruiting officer that he was of the required age, and he was enrolled in the Sixth Regi- ment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. At the battle of Bull Run he received a severe wound in the hip, which confined him in the hospital for six months, and at the expiration of that time he was honorably discharged on account of physical dis- ability. For a period of fifteen years after his re- turn from the army he was in charge of a ladder factory in Rumney, and going from there to La- conia he became proprietor of the Elmwood Hotel. He was subsequently for some time a travelling optician, residing for a time in Burlington, Ver- mont, whence he removed to Barre, same state, and he died December 25, 1894. In 1863 he mar-
ried who was born in Rumney in 1845. and she died in Laconia. While residing in Barre he married for his second wife Mrs. Ruth -, a widow. She survived him.
(XI) Oscar Jackson, son of Stephen Avery, was born in Rumney, May 16, 1865. Having con- cluded his attendance at the State Normal School in Plymouth, he engaged in the trucking business at Laconia. He next entered the grocery and provision trade, in which, under the firm name of Peirce & Avery, he transacted profitable business for four years. and selling his interest in that establishment he went to Johnstown, New York, where for the ensuing two years he was in charge of a force of men engaged in laying asphalt pavement. Return- ing to his native state he spent some time travelling in the interest of his father's optical business. but finally located permantly in Effingham, the home of his wife. For several years he has been engaged in lumbering, cutting an average of a million feet annually, and he owns and controls many hundred acres of timber land in the Pine River section. He is now closing up his affairs with a view of retiring from active business pursuits. In politics Mr. Av- ery is a Republican, and while residing in - he served as strect commissioner. Since settling in Effingham he has been prevented by business pressure for participating actively in public affairs. In 1906, however, he was a candidate for represent- ative to the legislature, with a good prospect of being elected, but owing to illness and death in his family he withdrew from the contest. He was mainly instrumental in securing the establishment of a postoffice in his neighborhood, and upon being requested by the department to name the new office, he selected that of Pine River. He also started a petition which resulted in the extension of the rural free delivery system to that locality. Per- ceiving the advantage of telephone connection with the business centres, and being unable to obtain a sufficient number of subscribers to induce the com- pany to extend the line to the desired point, with his characteristic enterprise, he caused five miles of wire to be strung at his own expense, thus se- curing the much needed means of quick communica- tion with the outer world. In his religious faith he is a Baptist. At Effingham, Mr. Avery was united in marriage with Bell Granville, daughter of
Jolın V. and Olive I. (Huckins) Granville, of that town. Her parents were industrious and thrifty farming people, and she comes of a race which is noted for longevity, her mother having lived to be nearly one hundred years old. The old Gran- ville residence, which Mr. and Mrs. Avery now oc- cupy, is a landmark in Effingham, and was erected by her ancestors one hundred and one years ago. It was substantially constructed of excellent mater- ial, and the spacious dining-room is ceiled with finished boards measuring from eighteen to thirty- six inches in width. During the summer of 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Avery traveled through the western states, and they visited some of the principal cities, including the national capitol.
(V) Joshua, fifth son and sixth child of John and Bridget (Higgins) Avery, was born October 23, 1740, in Stratham, and died November 25, 1829. November 28, 1768, he married Hannah Clark, who was born December 18. 1747, and died February 15. 1838. Their children were: Daniel. Anna, Hannah, Joshua, Mary, John and Samuel.
(VI) Samuel (2), youngest son and child of Joshua and Hannah (Clark) Avery, was born in Stratham, May 9, 1785. He attended Phillips Acad- emy, Exeter, and for some time after leaving that institution he continued to reside in his native town. About 1813 he went to reside with his elder broth- er, Daniel, at Meredith Bridge (now Laconia). and shortly after his marriage. which took place January 13, 1814, he settled in Wolfboro. Possess- ing some four or five hundred dollars he purchased a piece of land containing a small one-story house, a barn, a store and a carpenter shop. The two latter he immediately utilized by opening them for busi- ness. The store was destroyed by fire in 1824, but he erected another, in which he continued in trade for many years, and was succeeded by his sons. In addition to the coopering business he was at different times engaged in blacksmithing, shoe- making, harness-making, milling and farming. In company with Messrs. S. and D. Pickering and Hon. Nathaniel Rogers he for some time conducted a woolen mill. Although beginning life with prac- tically no capital and compelled to struggle for many years under the disadvantage of impaired health, he attained success in business, becoming one of the most prominent residents of Wolfboro. As a young man he was officially connected with the state militia, holding a lieutenant's commission in a Stratham company. In Wolfboro he served four terins as a member of the board of selectmen and five terms as town clerk. He rendered im- portant financial aid to the Wolfboro and Tufton- horo Academy, of which he was a trustee, during the infancy of its existence, making possible the success that it ultimately attained, and it was his custom to provide hoard for some of its students who were struggling to obtain an education. Among the latter was the Hon. Henry Wilson, vice-president of the United States, whom Mr. Avery also assisted financially in obtaining an edu- cation. In various other ways he was instrumental in forwarding the interests and general welfare of the town, and his death, which occurred October 5. 1858, was universally deplored as a sevcre loss to the community.
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