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Haynes married Lydia Sprague, of Hingham. Massachusetts, now living in St. Charles, Minne- sota. They have three children.
Calvin married Louise Kendall, of Woodstock, Vermont. He lives and keeps a livery stable in Lebanon. He is a hunter and has a pack of hounds, and has been complimented by a note in a public gathering as the "happiest many in town. They have three daughters: Ada, who married George Perkins; Nellie, and Sarah, at home, and all liv- ing in their father's house on Bank street.
Olive was born April 16, 1796, and married Le- ciester Emerson, of Reading. Vermont, and is still living at the age of eighty. They have had five children.
Susan, born March 29, 1798, and September 16, 1824, she married Luther Alden, born August 19, 1797. Mr. Alden was a cabinet maker and carried on that business many years at Lebanon Centre. Many of the older inhabitants have specimens of his work in the form of old fashioned side-boards, ete. He finally gave up his trade, turned farmer and settled on the old Dr. Parkhurst or Priest Foord farm, near West Lebanon, where, in con- neetion with his farming. he cultivated grapes and other fruits with success. He was a son of Daniel Alden, one of the early settlers in town, and brother of Ezra, lately deceased. Their children were as follows: Joseph, married Jeanette Tucker, of Hartford, Vermont, now living in Nebraska, and has four children.
Sarah married James Hubbard, of West Leban- on. She died in 1873, leaving one son and four daughters-Ida, Eva, Lney Susan and Fred.
Charles went west, married and settled in that country. He has one child.
Fannie seems to have adopted the "better" part and lives at home with her mother.
Mr. Alden is still in her usual health, aged seventy-eight.
Jeremiah, son of Joseph, was born in the year 1803. He lived with his father during his minority, built a house with the assistance of his father, and when completed for occupation he married Mary L., daughter of Stephen Kendrick, Esq. She was born February 2, 1806, and became his wife Decem- ber 27, 1826. After their settlement the house was opened and kept as a tavern several years. But that business eventually proved unprofitable. and it was closed as a public house. Its location was south of the lower bridge on the Mascoma river and is the same now owned and occupied by Joseph Wood. Jeremiah died December 26, 1839, aged thirty-six. Their children were as follows : Joseph born in 1827, died in 1842. aged fifteen.
Sarah married Lucius Groves, November 13, 1844, and they are now living in Concord. They have two sons and one daughter.
Charlotte married Martin Baker in September, 1856. They have one child.
Jeremiah, Jr., married and settled in Minnesota, and had three children.
Lizzie married William Moses and had eleven children, six of whom are living.
After the decease of Mr. Wood, his widow mar- ried Arnold Porter of Lebanon, July 6, 1850, and in the year 1851 her husband died. at the age of seventy-three, leaving his wife a widow the second time. She is now residing with her daughter, Mrs. Moses, on Elm street.
Emma was born in October, 1806, and married Egbert B., Kendrick. He owns and lives in the "Rising Sun" house in Lebanon. Their children were :
Joseph, born September 25, 1829, died August 28, 1848.
Sarah, born February 14, 1831, married Samuel Chamberlin, June 1, 1849, and settled in Three Oaks, Michigan. Both died several years ago, leav- ing three children-Lee, Martha and Helen.
Emma D., born January 27, 1835, married N. B. Marston, in 1860. They have had three children- Harry, George and Ina.
Clara, born December 14, 1836, married Thomas Marston in 1865, and had one son. Charles.
Richard, born July 14, 1840, died April 16, 1867. Unmarried.
Frances B., born January 27, 1842, died young. Frank, born March 25, 1845, married Belle Goff, of Hartford, Vermont, February, 1867. No children. Harlan, born October 29, 1848, married Ellen H. Huse, of Enfield, February, 1872. One child,
Mr. Kendrick, the father, is a close reasoner upon many subjects and particular a weather wise man. His observations and records are made and preserved with great care, and many years of ex- perience have enabled him to judge very correctly, so much so that he is a fair match for "Old Prob- ability."
Samuel, the youngest son, who had always lived with his father, was born in September, 1807, and married his cousin, Lydia Gerrish, daughter of Isaac Gerrish, of Boscawen, in 1837. The fam- ilies formed one household until the death of old Mrs. Wood, which occurred August 24, 1839, at the age of seventy-three. Samuel continued in posses- sion of the old homestead and the old gentleman lived on with him during life.
January 8, 1866, Samuel's wife died at the age of forty-eight, leaving two children-Joseph, who died young and Sarah Augusta, born in 1846. She graduated at Tilden Ladies' Seminary, and Septem- ber 5. 1866, she married her cousin, the Rev. Edward Thurber, of Monroe, Michigan, a Congre- gationalist minister. They spent the first two years in Walpole, Massachusetts, and then removed to Syracuse, New York, where he continues his min- isterial duties to the present time. Two children.
Deacon Wood married the second time, Mrs. Mary Gerrish Thurber, September 5. 1871. widow of Jefferson Thurber, Esq., of Monroe, Michigan, and mother of the Rev. Edward Thurber. She has two daughters with her and the Deacon, with his family, is now quietly residing in the old homestead at West Lebanon.
Recapitulation.
The first column contains the names of Captain Wood's children, eleven in all.
The second column gives the number of Cap- tain Joseph Wood's grandchildren.
The third column gives the number of Captain Joseph Wood's great-grandchildren.
Sarah 14
33
Martha
II
23
Joseph, Jr.
2
O
Polly
S
6
Henry G.
6
.36
Hannah 4
12
Olive
5
0
Susan
4
IO
Jeremiah
5
18
Emma 8
8
Samuel 2
2
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In all lands and in all ages circumstances
ADAMS have created opportunities for gifted men to distinguish themselves above their fellows. In some instances inherited talent has made it possible for men in successive genera- tions of the same family to fill high positions in the same general line, as in finance, literature or statesmanship. This is true of the Rothschilds of Germany, the Lees. the Harrisons, the Astors and the Adamses, in the United States. In the case of the last named family, like that of Daniel Web- ster, it is not certainly known from what part of the mother country they came, or when they landed in America. But latent natural ability was developed in the individual when his opportunity came and his environment demanded it; and that ability coupled with strength of character made the Adamses, Samuel, John, John Quincy and others of the stock, the great leaders they were. This ability to see opportunities and this strength to per- form great labor was not a fortuitous gift to the in- dividual, but is a characteristic that has often de- veloped in this great family-for nearly all the Adamses of New England are of one stock. Its individual members have, as a rule, been persons of ability. industry, energy, honor, honesty, sobriety, of genial disposition, good neighbors and steadfast friends, persons of substance and influence. From this sturdy family that landed on the shores of New England nearly three centuries ago have come a host, who as yeoman, bankers, manufactur- ers, lawyers. doctors, clergymen and statesmen have served well in the situations they have been called to fill.
(1) Henry Adams, of Braintree, is called thus because he was one of the earliest or first settlers in that part of Massachusetts Bay designated "MIt. Wollaston," which was incorporated in 1640 as the town of Braintree, then including what is now Quincy, Braintree and Randolph, Massachusetts. He is helieved to have arrived in Boston with his wife, eight sons and a daughter, in 1632 or 1633, but whence he came is a matter of conjecture, ex- cept that he was from England. The colonial au- thorities at Boston allotted to him forty acres of Jand at "the Mount," for the ten persons in his family, February 24, 1640. The name of his wife is not known, nor where or when she died. Henry Adams died in Braintree, October 6. 1646. It is known that he was a maltster as well as a yeoman or farmer, and a plain, unassuming man of tact and ahility who came to America for a better opportunity for his large family. His sons were: Lieutenant Henry, Lieutenant Thomas. Cap- tain Samuel, Deacon Jonathan. Peter. John. Jo- seph and Ensign Edward. (Mention of Peter and Joseph and descendants appears in this article. )
(Il) Captain Samuel, third son of Henry Ad- ams, was born in England in 1617. He was admit- ted a freeman May 10, 1643. After residing in Charlestown for a time he went to Concord, and in 1653-54 penetrated the wilderness to what is now Chelmsford, where he was granted a large tract of land in 1656 with the exclusive privilege of erveting and operating a saw-mill. provided he would sell boards at three shilling per hundred fect. He was also granted the exclusive right to operate a grist-mill. He was commissioner of the court in 1667. His death occurred in Chelmsford. January 24. 1688-89. His first wife, who was hefore mar- riage Rehecca, daughter of Thomas Graves, dicd October 8, 1662 or 64, and on May 7, 1688, he mar-
ried Esther Sparhawk, daughter of Nathaniel Sparhawk of Cambridge. She survived him many years and died at an advanced age November 4. 1745. The children of his first union were: Samuel (died young), Rebecca, Thomas and Catherine, twins, ( the latter died young), Catherine. Susanna, Mary, Nathaniel (died young), Martha and another Nathaniel. Those of his second wife were: Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin and Esther.
(III) Captain Joseph Adams, second son of Captain Samuel and Esther (Sparhawk) Adams, was born in Chelmsford, November 27, 1672. He possessed considerable real estate in Chelmsford. His will was made January 20, 1717. and his death occurred two days later. The Christian name of his wife was Mary. She bore him nine children: Sam- nel, Joseph, Benjamin, Esther, Mary, Rebecca, Jonas, Sybil and Hannah.
(IV) Benjamin Adams, third son and child of Captain Joseph and Mary Adams, was born at Chelmsford in December, 1701. He died in the prime of manhood October 30, 1738-9. The christian name of his wife was Olive, and the names of his children were: Olive, Benjamin, Oliver, William and Abijah.
(V) Oliver Adams, second son and third child of Oliver Adams, was born in Chelmsford, October 27, 1729. He served in the war for national inde- pendence. In the Massachusetts rolls he is credited with having been a private in Colonel Loami Bald- win's regiment May 1, 1775, and from September 27, to October 20, 1777, he served in Captain John Ford's company of Colonel Jonathan Reed's regi- ment. December 2, 1756, he married Rachel Proctor of Chelmsford ( see Proctor), and his children were : Rachel, Olive, Sybil, Hannah, Oliver, Nabby and Colonel Benjamin.
(VI) Oliver Adams, fifth child and eldest son of Oliver and Rachel ( Proctor) Adams, was born in Chelmsford, January 7, 1767. In his youth (1788 or 9), he went to Rindge, New Hampshire, to reside with his sister Sybil, wife of Moses Ilale. He sub- sequently married Betsey Marshall of Chelmsford. and owned and occupied the farm which, at a more recent date, became the property of Willard C. Brigham. He was an industrious and respected citizen. His death occurred in Rindge, December 29. 1813. His first born child died in infancy. [li- other children were; Marshall and Fanny, who married Thomas Baker of Johnson, Vermont. Mrs. Betsey Adams married for her second husband Jonathan Parker of Chelmsford and she died some- time in 1852.
(VII) Deacon Marshall Adams, son of Oliver and Betsey (Marshall) Adams, was born in Rindge, March 14, 1801. After serving an apprenticeship in the cloth dressing mill of Deacon Ebenezer Brown he went to New Boston, this state, where he success- fully engaged in the woolen manufacturing business until 1852; and then turned his attention to agri- culture. He was a deacon of the Presbyterian Church in New Boston, and as one of its most substantial and upright citizens was highly esteemed by his fellow townsmen. He was married May 9. 1826. to Sarah G. Richards, born in Newton, Massachusetts. October 21, 1803, daughter of Thaddeus and Dorothy (Coolidge) Richards, who settled in Rindge in 1820. They were the parents of thirteen children: Mar- shall C., Sarah Elizabeth, William Richards, John R., Frances B., Mary N., Joseph G .. Henry Parker. Charlotte R., James C., Ellen MI., Charles A. and George A., all of whom have been noted for their high moral character.
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(VIII) Joseph G. Adams, fourth son and seventh child of Deacon Marshall and Sarah G. (Richards) Adams, was born in New Boston, December 12, 1836. When a young man he engaged in mercantile busi- ness at Natick, Massachusetts, whence he removed to New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and he finally settled in Manchester. As a merchant he was up- right, conscientious, attentive to his patrons and therefore successful. His citizenship was typical of his race and breeding. In politics he was a Re- publican. His religious affiliations were with the Congregationalists. May 10, 1858, he married Martha WV. Perry, daughter of Samuel and Martha ( Stone) Perry. She became the mother of six children, five of whom: Eugene F., William S. (of Nashua), James G., Charles J. and Grace P., are now living. The latter is now the wife of Charles E. Sanborn of Somersworth, New Hampshire.
(IX) Eugene Francis Adams, eldest son of Jo- seph G. and Martha A (Perry) Adams, was born in Natick, October 14, 1859. His education was obtained in the public and high schools of Natick, which he attended for eleven years without missing a day, and was concluded with a commercial course at a business college. His practical training for the activities of life was acquired in a country store. In ISSI he came to Manchester and for the ensuing two years was in charge of a grain mill. Accepting a position as bookkeeper for Swift & Company in New York City he retained it for three years, and during that time attained a very high place in the estimation of the firm, who regretted his leaving them. In 1887 with his brother, William S., he went to western Nebraska and took up three claims con- taining four hundred and eighty acres in all and raised cattle and horses. During his three years residence there he was elected and served as elder of the Lacota Presbyterian Church. Upon his re- turn to Manchester, New Hampshire, he engaged in the hay, grain and feed business, which had been in the family for a period of fifty-seven years, and continued in that line of trade successfully for about twenty years, the last twelve of which he has been with his brother a member of the firm of Adams Brothers. In politics Mr. Adams is a Re- publican, and while residing in New Ipswich was clected town clerk, and also ser ed as first assistant foreman of Tiger Engine Company, No. I. He is affiliated with the Ancient Order of United Work- men, and holds the responsible position financier of Amoskeag Lodge, No. I, of Man- chester, and grand receiver of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire since its was founded. He also has served as president of the Workmen's Benefit Asso- ciation of New Hampshire. In religions affairs he is an active participant. being assistant superintend- ent of the Hanover Street Congregational Church Sunday School for the past eight years.
In 1892 Mr. Adams married Annie P. Felch, daughter of William P. Felch. She was a music teacher of recognized ability, and was interested in Sunday school work. She died September 9. 1906, aged fifty-six, leaving one daughter, Beulah, born March 9, 1894.
(II) Peter, fifth son of Henry Adams, born in England, in 1622, died about 1690 in Medfield, came to America with his parents and brothers and sisters about 1632 or 1633. In 1652 he removed from Brain- tree to Medfield with his wife and eldest son. His house was burned with others by the Indians in 1676. He married Rachel (surname unrecorded ), and they had eleven children: John, Rachel, Dr. Peter. Hannah, Mary, Jonathan, Jonathan, Ruth, Joseph, Dr. Samuel and Henry.
(III) John, eldest son and child of Peter and Rachel Adams, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1651, died February 26, 1724, was a farmer. He is said to have married, 1677, Dorcas (Watson) Dwight, daughter of John Watson, of Roxbury, and widow of Timothy Dwight, and removed to Canter- bury, Connecticut, "not to Ipswich." Certain it is that he married, April 2, 1685, Michal Bloice, of Watertown, Massachusetts, recorded at Watertown as "Mychall," daughter of Richard and Mychall (Jennison) Bloice, also "Bloyce," born April 3, 1604. Their children, all born at Medfield, were: Samuel, Mary, Patience, Ruth, Josiah, Captain John, Isaac, Richard, Joshua, Abigail, Bethia and Captain Michael.
(IV) Captain John Adams, sixth child and third son of John and Michal (Bloice) Adams, was born in Medfield, December 14, 1695, and died January 16, 1762, in his sixty-sixth year. His last years were spent in the North Society of Canterbury, Connec- ticut, west of Buck Hill. He :married, 1733, Mrs. Abigail (Cleveland) Brown, daughter of Josiah and Abigail (Paine) Cleveland, born in Canterbury, June 3, 1715, died December 19, 1782, in her sixty- eighth year. Their nine children, all born in Canter- bury, Connecticut, were: Lois, Mary, Captain John, Lydia, Deacon Cornelius, Deacon Ebenezer, Abigail, Samuel and Ruth.
(V) Samuel, eighth child and fourth son of Captain John and Abigail (Cleveland) Adams, was born in Canterbury, May 16, 1753, and died in Wil- liamstown, Vermont, November 1827, aged seventy-eight years. He served in the army of the Revolution seven years and was one of the body guard of General Washington. In 1786 he removed to Putney, Vermont, and in 1803 to Williamstown, where he was a farmer. He married, May II, 1777, Betsey Litchfield, born in Canterbury, 1756, died in Williamstown, August 4, 1820, aged sixty- four years. They were the parents of twelve chil- dren: Samuel, Jr. (born in Canterbury), Elisha, Elijah, Luther (died young), Betscy (born in Put- ney, Vermont), Polly (died young), John, Abigail, Luther, Parker, Polly and Louisa.
(VI) Luther, ninth child and sixth son of Sam- ttel and Betsey (Litchfield) Adams, was born in Putney, Vermont, October 29, 1791, and died in Randolph, Vermont, February 20, 1872, aged eighty years. He had a small farmi and was a carpenter and bridge builder. He married, in Brookfield, Vermont, December 1, 1814, Lydia Reed, daughter of Jonathan and Polly (Humphrey) Reed, born in Brookfield, September 20, 1795, died December, 20, 18SI, aged eighty-six. They had ten children, as follows: Rev. Elisha, Rev. Henry Wright, Luther, Jr., Richard Reed, Hon. Bailey Frye, Maria Lydia, Laura Lucinda, Albert Cornelius, Adelaide Cor- nelia and Mary Frances. Elisha and Mary Frances were born in Williamstown; all the others in Brook- field.
(VII) Rev. Elisha Adams, D. D., eldest son and child of Luther and Lydia (Reed) Adams, was born in Williamstown, Vermont. July 29, 1815. and died suddenly of apoplexy at Concord, New Hamp- shire, August 15, 1880. He was educated in Norwich University, and Newbury Seminary. He was ad- initted a member of the New Hampshire and Ver- mont Methodist Episcopal conference in 1836, and held numerous stations; was presiding elder of the Dover district, 1849-1853; of the Claremont district, 1860-1862; and of the Concord district, 1863-1866. From 1858 he made his home in Concord, New Hampshire, where he was elected a member of the board of education in 1868 and president in IS71.
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He was the building agent of the Methodist Semi- nary at Tilton, New Hampshire; was extensively known and highly respected and esteemed. He was a high degree member of the Masonic fraternity at Concord, and commanded a large influence wherever he was known,
He married (first), in Manchester, June 19, 1838, Mary Ann Merrill, daughter of Captain Israel and Nancy (Farmer) Merrill, died in Concord, Decem- ber 8, 1868. Married (second), January 13, 1870, Sarah Jane Sanborn, daughter of James and Lydia (Prescott) Sanborn, born in Concord, June 20, 1828. The children of the first marriage were: Henrietta Maria, born in Bradford, Vermont, August 28, 1839, married, January 4, 1871, at Concord, New Hampshire, Charles A. Bradeen, of Waterford, Maine, born March 27, 1838, residence Toledo, Ohio. She died August 14, 1876. Henry Clinton, born in Danville, Vermont, May 21, 18.42, died at Tilton, May 1, 1850. Sarah Jane, born in Corinth, Vermont, February 1, 1844, married, October 2, 1871, in Con- cord, New Hampshire, John Chamberlain Ordway, of Concord. (See Ordway, VII). Clara Belle, born in Manchester, New Hampshire, November 13, 1854, died December 1, 1854.
(II) Joseph, seventh son and child of Henry Adams, was born in England in 1626. He was a maltster by trade; was made freeman in 1653, and held the office of selectman in 1673. He died in Braintree, December 6, 1694, aged sixty-eight. He married in Braintree, November 26, 1650, Abigail Baxter, who was the daughter of Gregory and Margaret (Paddy) Baxter, of Boston. She died in Boston, August 27, 1692, aged fifty-eight. Their children were, Hannah, Joseph, John (died young), Abigail, Captain John, Bethia, Mary, Samuel, Mary, Captain Peter, Jonathan and Mehitable,
(III) Joseph (2), eldest son and child of Joseph (1) and Abigail (Baxter) Adams, was born in Braintree, December 24, 1654, and dicd in Brain- tree, February 12, 1737. Joseph Adams and John Bass were credited to Braintree for services in the war with the Indians, August, 1676. Joseph Adams was selectman in 1673 and in 1698-99. Ile married (first), February 20, 1682. Mary Chapin, born Au- gust 27, 1662. She died June 14, 1687, and he mar- ried (second), Hannah Bass, daughter of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass. She was born June 22, 1667, and died October 1705. He married (third), Eliza- beth Hobart, daughter of Caleb Hobart, of Brain- tree. She died February 13, 1739, aged seventy-one. The children of the first wife were Mary and Abi- gail; by the second wife, Rev. Joseph, Deacon John, Samuel, Josiah, Hannah, Ruth, Bethia and Captain Ebenezer ; and by the third wife Caleb.
(IV) Rev. Joseph (3), eldest son and child of of Joseph and Hannah (Bass) Adams, and uncle of John Adams, second president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Jannary 4, 168S. He graduated from Harvard College in I710; was or- dained and settled in Newington, New Hampshire, November 16, 1715, and remains as pastor for sixty- six years. He was a man of culture and spotless character and was very influential and widely known. He was called by Hon. Jeremy Belknap "my old friend, the Bishop of Newington." He died in New- ington, May 21, 1783, in his ninety-fifth year. He married (first), October 13, 1720, Mrs. Elizabeth Janvein, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Knight) Janvein, of Newington, New Hampshire. She died February 10, 1757, and he married (second), Jan- uary 3, 1760, Elizabeth Brackett. of Greenland, New Hampshire. The children by the first marriage were: Elizabeth, Dr. Joseph, Ebenezer, Deacon
Benjamin and a daughter. (Mention of Ebenezer and descendants forms part of this article).
(V) Dr. Joseph (4), second child and eldest son of Rev. Joseph (3) and Elizabeth Knight (Jan- vein) Adams, was born in Newington, January 17, 1723, and died in Barnstead, March 22, 1801, aged seventy-eight. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1745; became a physician, contrary to his father's wishes, and settled in Newington, but re- moved in 1792, to Barnstead, where he lived the last nine years of his life. He married Joanna Gil- man, daughter of Major Ezekiel Gilman, of Exeter, commander of the New Hampshire forces at the tak- ing of Louisburg in 1745. Their children were : Ezekiel Gilman, Captain Joseph, Ebenezer, Dudley, Gilman, William, John, Elizabeth, Abigail, Ben- jamin, Nathaniel and Polly.
(VI) Ezekiel Gilman, eldest child of Dr. Joseph and Joanna (Gilman) Adams, was born in Barn- stead, November 17, 1749, and died in Gilmanton, August 27, 1831, aged eighty-two. He was a house carpenter by trade, and a useful and influential man in the communities where he lived. He settled some- time after his marriage in Gilmanton. He married (first), December 24, 1771, Mary Hoyt, of Newing- ton. She died May, 1798, and he married (second), November 17, 1801, Drusilla Ewer, born in 1780, daughter of Captain Ewer, of Barnstead. She died in April, 1877, aged ninety-seven. The children of Ezekiel and Mary (Hoyt) Adams were: William, Mary, Nancy, Ezekiel, Elizabeth and John, and those of Ezekiel and Drusilla (Ewer) Adams were : Rufus, Thoda, Jeremiah, Abigail, Ezekiel, Drusilla and Sarah B.
(VII) William, eldest child of Ezekiel and Mary (Hoyt) Adams, was born in Newington, New Hampshire, baptized July 17, 1774, and died in 18.42, aged sixty-eight. He was a carpenter and resided in Barnstead all his life. He supported the Whig party, while his religious belief was that of the Congregational denomination. He married Hannah Jacobs, who lived to about the age of eighty years. Their children were: John, Samuel H., Alfred Ezekiel and Deacon William Clark.
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