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(VIII) Ethel Eastman, third child and second daughter of William L. and Julia (Eastman) Sim- mons, was born in New York City, December 26, 1878, and married, October 17, 1899, Dr. John H. Gleason, of Manchester, New Hampshire. (See Gleason).
(V) Stephen, third child and second son of Ebenezer and Mary (Butler) Eastman, was born in Gilmanton, November 21, 1778, and died September, 1847. His life was spent in the town of his birth. He married, August 21, 1807, Hannah Page, daugh- ter of Deacon Winslow Page, and they had three children : Ira Allen, Henry Franklin and Artemus Stephen.
(VI) Ira Allen, eldest of the sons of Stephen and Hannah (Page) Eastman, was born in Gilmanton, January 1, 1809, and died March 21, 1881. He grad- uated from Dartmouth College in the class 1829; was speaker of the New Hampshire house of repre- sentatives in 1837 and 1838; was elected to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh congresses; was judge of the court of common pleas from 1844-18.49; was judge of the supreme court from 1849 to 1859; trustee of Dartmouth College in 1859. In 1858 he received from his alma mater the degree of LL. D., and his picture adorns one of the walls of that great seat of learning. He married, February 20, 1833, Jane, daughter of John N. Quackenbush of Albany, New York. They had two children: Anna Quackenbush and Clarence.
(VII) Anna Quackenbush, eldest child and only daughter of Ira Allen and Jane ( Quackenbush) Eastman, was born in Gilmanton, Jannary 3, 1836, and married, October 7, 1858, Judge David Cross, of Manchester. ( See Cross, \'II).
(V) Samuel Connor, fourth child and third son of Lieutenant Ebenezer and Mary (Butler) East- man, was born in Gilmanton, March 12, 1780, and died November 8, 1833. He resided in Gilmanton, and is said to have been a doctor. He married Dorothy Kimball, who was born June 12, 1789, and died February 4, 1859. She was the daughter of Trueworthy and Hannah (Gilmon) Kimball of Gil- manton. She married (second), June 3, 1843, James Lane, who was born August 15, 1780, and died No- vember 6, 1865. The children of Samuel C. and Dorothy Eastman were: Wealthy, William Butler, Charlotte and Mary Ann, who is next mentioned.
(VI) Mary Ann, fourth and youngest child of Samuel C. and Dorothy (Kimball) Eastman, was born in Gilmanton, October 17, 1826, and married in Pittsfield, August 31, 1847, Nathaniel Greeley Foote. (See Foote).
DANFORTH The pioneer New England family
of Danforth has descended from the immigrant, William Danforth, who is believed to have come to this country in the ship "Griffin." Unable to longer endure the oppres- sion of a tyrannical king, he came for the sake of liberty to a land strange and wild, inhabited by fierce and formidable animals, and by men even fiercer and more formidable. He was a man of ex- cellent character, possessed a good property, was much respected by his fellow citizens, and left be- hind him a race, many of whom have emulated his his virtues and held prominent positions among their fellows.
(I) William Danforth, the earliest known an- cestor, was of Framingham, England, and had a wife Isabel; he died in 1512. Their children were: Paul, James, Reynold, Isabell and Elizabeth.
(11) Paul, eldest child of William and Isabel Danforth, was born at Framingham, and died in 1538. His wife's name was Katheryne, and they had : Nicholas, Thomas, Robert, Richard, Isabell, Mar- garet, Agnes and Olive.
(III) Nicholas, eldest child of Paul and Kath- eryne Danforth, was born in Framingham, where he died in 1585. He married Alice, and they had : Thomas, Anne, Johanc, Margaret, Elizabeth and Olive.
(IV) Thomas, "yeoman," eldest child of Nicholas and Alice Danforth, was born in Framingham. He married, January 24, 1585, Jane, daughter of Thomas Sudbury, of Kellshall, county of Suffolk. She was born March 21, 1601. Their children were: Nicho- las, died young; Nicholas, Robert, died .young; Robert, Mary and Jane.
(V) Nicholas (2), the immigrant, second son and child of Thomas and Jane ( Sudbury) Danforth, was born in Framingham, where he was baptized March 1, 1589. His father and maternal grandfather are each styled "yeoman," yet he possessed wealth and exhibited qualities that show him to have been a man of standing. The church registers show that Nicholas was one of the leading men, being a "church warden" in 1622, at least. He was also a member of the "Court Baron" or the "Borough Leet Jury," in 1629. The marriage registers are wanting from 1615 to 1620, the period which included his wedding; the baptismal register gives the christian name of his wife as Elizabeth. Some time before his death (1625) King James created a new title of rank, that of baronet, which he granted to any who would pay a high price. As a last resource to. raise money, which he greatly needed, his successor, Charles I, compelled all persons who had an income of forty pounds or more derived from landed prop- erty to accept knighthood (thus incurring feudal obligations and payments), or purchase exemption by a heavy fine. Mr. Danforth, when compelled to elect which he would do, chose to pay the fine rather than accept the title. The famous Rev. Cot- ton Mather, in speaking of him says: "Mr. N. Dan- forth; a gentleman of such estate and repute in the world that it cost him a considerable sum to escape the knighthood K. Charles I imposed on all of so much per annum; and of such figure and esteem with church that he procured that famous lecture at Framingham in Suffolk, where he had a fine man- nour ; which lecture was kept by Mr. Burroughs, and many other noted ministers in their turn; to
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whom, especially to Mr. Shepherd, he proved a Gaius, and especially when the Laudian fury scorched thein." He was for a time in harmony with the "standing order," until he became a sym- pathizer with the Puritan party, and this sympathy was the cause of his migration to America, for he doubtless lost prestige among his friends in the Episcopalian Church, when they discovered his charge in religious views. Nicholas Danforth and his wife Elizabeth had children: Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, Thomas, Lydia, Samuel and Jonathan. Elizabeth died and was buried in Framingham, "22 Feb. 1628," three years after the birth of her youngest child. After the death of his wife, Nicholas Danforth, tiring of the conditions under which he lived, took his children and came to New England, and settled in Cambridge, in 1634. He is mentioned in the town records of Cambridge as a proprietor in 1635. He bought lands and houses of John White, John Tayl- cott, William Spencer, and Edward Stebbinge, and of Rev. Thomas Hooker, in October, 1635, and May, 1616, all these gentlemen having removed to Connecticut. His residence was on what is now called Bow street, near Mt. Auburn street. He was chosen a deputy or representative to the general court in 1635. March 3, 1636, he was, with others, "deputed to sett out the bounds of the newe plantacon above Charles Ryver" (Concord). The committee reported 13 April, 1636. In September following he was appointed to a similar duty, "to measure and sett the bounds of Roxberry ;" and to sett those between Dedham and Dorchester, November 15, 1637. When the important committee to "take order for a colledge at Newetowne" was selected November 20, 1637, Mr. Danforth was one of those selected. Another land boundary was submitted to him with associates 6 (1) 1637-8. He was also one of the eleven men (one in a town) whom the court by its vote March 12, 1638, allowed "to sell wine & strong water"-"No man else to sell by retaile without li .- cense from the counsell." So great was the pres- sure upon the government to provide places where these articles could be bought, and so many the abuses of the retail traffic, that they sought to place the traffic in the hands of their first citizens. Hc died in April, 1638. He left valuable property, but no will or description of his property remains.
(VI) Captain Jonathan, youngest son of Nicolas (2) and Elizabeth Danforth, was born in Framing- ham, England, and baptized March 2, 1628. When about six years of age he came with his father and brothers and sisters to Cambridge, where he was brought up. When he reached manhood he entered heartily into the scheme of the Cambridge people to build up the new town of Billerica, and there he constructed a house which was still standing in 1878. He was selectman, town clerk, representative, and captain of the militia company. He became a land surveyor and laid out farms, towns, and high- ways; was called to do this service to several other towns and counties ; transacted a large amount of business in town and state. "His descriptions fill two hundred pages in his clear, handsome writing in the Billerica volume of Land Grants. Many of his plots are preserved in the state archives. At the age of eighty-two years he made his will, April 23, 1712, and it was probated October 27, 1712. In it he disposes of the property left to him after having made deeds to sundry pieces of land to his children in former years. In the inventory of his estate he is called "Captain Jonathan Danforth, Gent." He mar- ried (first), in Boston, "22nd-gth month, 1654." "Elizabeth Powter, the daughter of Good Powter, de- ceased, of Billerickey ;" recorded also in Billerica.
The bride's father was John Poulter, who came from Rayleigh, England, about 1651, with wife Mary and children John and Elizabeth. Elizabeth Dan- forth, born perhaps in Rayleigh, September, 1633, died in Billerica, October 7, 1689. Captain Dan- forth married (second), November 17, 1690, Esther, daughter of Elder Richard Champney, of Cam- bridge, and widow of Josiah Converse, of Woburn. She died soon after her husband, April 5, 1713. He and his two wives were buried in the old cemetery in Billerica. His children, all by the first wife, were: Mary, Elizabeth, Jonathan, John, died young ; John, Lydia, Samuel, Anna, Thomas, Nicholas and Sarah.
(VII) Ensign Jonathan (2), third child and eld- est son of Captain Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poul- ter) Danforth, was born in Billerica, February 18, 1659, and died January 17, 1711, aged fifty-two. He lived east of Long street, opposite his father's place. He gave his personal property to his wife, December 30, 1710. He married, June 27, 1682, Rebecca. daughter of Jacob Parker, of Chelmsford. She was born May 29, 1661, and died March 25, 1754, aged ninety-three. Their children were: Rebecca, Thomas, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Samuel, Nicholas, Ja- cob, Sarah and John.
(VIII) Samuel, fifth child and third son of En- sign Jonathan (2) and Rebecca (Parker) Danforth, was born September 16, 1692, and died about 1749. On the estate of Samuel Danforth, of Billerica, yeoman, administration was granted August 17, 1749, to Samuel Danforth. Jr. The inventory in- cluded "one right in a township granted to the soldiers that weare in the Narraganset wars." He married, August 5, 1714, Dorothy Shed, born January 14, 1692, daughter of John and Sarah (Chamberlain) Shed. They had twelve children : Dorothy, Rebecca, Samuel, died young ; Joseph, Samuel, Thomas. Benjamin, Sarah, John, Joshua, Lucy and Jonathan.
(IX) Lieutenant Joseph, fourth child and second son of Samuel and Dorothy (Shed) Danforth, was born in Billerica, June 20, 1720, and died March 30. 1795. He removed to that part of Dunstable, now Tyngsborough, where he became a leading citizen. "Joseph Danforth, of Tyngsborough, gent," made his will December 20, 1794, and it was probated April 21, 1795. He married Mary A. Richardson, born May 26, 1722. and died December 1, 1789. Their children were: Mary, Abigail, Hannah, Jo- seph. Josiah, Rebecca, Lucy and Rhoda.
(X) Josiah, fifth child and second son of Lieu- tenant Joseph and Mary A. (Richardson) Danforth, was born in Dunstable (Tyngsborough). January 18, 1757, and died there March 8, 1838, aged eighty- one. He resided on the old homestead, was a prominent man in the affairs of the town, and held the office of justice of the peace for many years. He married, November 10, 1777, Sarah Blodgett, born in 1755, and died in 1842, aged eighty-seven. Their ten children were: Sarah and Josiah, twins. died young ; Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Josiah, Cath- erine, Jolin, Asa and James.
(XI) Asa Danforth. M. D., ninth child and fifth son of Josiah and Saralı ( Blodgett) Danforth, was born in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, August 18, 1795. and died in Norway, Maine, June 16, 1883. He received a good English education, studied med- icine under the tutorship of Dr. Thomas, of Tyngs- borough, attended medical lectures at Dartmouth College, and at Harvard, and July 20, 1820, was granted by the censors of the Massachusetts Medical Society a certificate authorizing him to practice "physick and surgery." The following year he settled in Norway, Maine, and commenced the prac-
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tice of his profession, and spent the remainder of his life there. "No citizen of Norway," says the historian of that town. "was ever more highly or deservedly respected than Dr. Danforth. He was pre-eminently the good physician. Ever genial, sympathetic and kind hearted, his partners not only had confidence in him as a physician, but could safely regard him as a faithful friend. His practice was large in Norway, and in all the country round about his name was a household word. He prac- ticed medicine in the town for more than half a century. He also engaged in the paper manufac- ture at the Falls, was the pioneer to manufacture paper from wood, and took a deep interest in every- thing pertaining to the welfare of the village and town. He served one term in the Maine legisla- ture. This was in 1852, and he was a union candi- clate. He married, December 6, 1824, Abigail C. Reed, of Norway, born January 11, 1801, and died December 8, 1874, daughter of Hon. William and Elizabeth Reed. Their children were: William Reed, Josiah, Joseph Henry, Sarah Elizabeth, Fran- cis Augustus, John, James and Asa.
(XII) Joseph Henry, third son and child of Dr. Asa and Abigail C. (Reed) Danforth, was born in Norway, Maine, April 8, 1829, and died at North Stratford, New Hampshire, September 29, 1890. He was educated in the public schools and at the Norway Academy. For a time he was a clerk in the store of J. B. Brown, a successful merchant of Steep Falls, Norway, and during the period of the construction of the Grand Trunk Railroad, he, with his elder brother, William R., carried on a merchandise business, moving their store as thie work of construction progressed. until it reached Coos, on the Connecticut river, in the town of Stratford, and there they settled and engaged per- manently in business. The brothers were partners in an extensive and profitable lumber business, which they carried on together until William removed to Saxonville, Massachusetts. Joseph H. was post- master at North Stratford (Coos) for twenty-five years from the time of his appointment, during the early part of President Lincoln's administration. He was a Republican, a prominent and highly re- spected man, and a successful merchant. He was too busy to seek political positions, was not a mem- ber of any church, but was one of those men who have the respect and confidence of a community and attract friends and secure the business. He knew the value of schools and churches, and after the destruction of the Baptist Church by fire, he assisted materially in the rebuilding, and always contributed liberally towards its support. For many years he was one of its trustees. He mar- ried, November 16, 1857, at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Drusilla R. Wiley, born in Fryeburg, Maine, January 28, 1833, daughter of America and Mary C. ( Chandler) Wiley. She survives him. Three children were born to them: Ola Henry. Harley Hall and Zilla May. Ola H., and Harley H. are mentioned below. Zilla May was born No- vember 3, 1872, and died August 31, 1884.
(XIII) Ola Henry, eldest child of Joseph H. and Drusilla R. (Wiley) Danforth, was born in North Stratford, June 19, 1858. He was educated at Lynden Biblical and Literary Institute at Lyn- den, Vermont. He is a thirty-second degree Ma- son. He has resided since 1891 in Oldtown, Maine, where he is engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. He married, October 24. 1885, Annie Gray, born in Oldtown, September 1, 1858, daugh- ter of Alexander and Mary ( Barton) Gray. They have two children : Joseph Henry, born
May 6, 1888, and Herbert Gray, December 9, 1889. (XIII) Harley Hall, second son of Joseph and Drusilla R. (Wiley) Danforth, was born in North Stratford, May 13, 1864. He was educated at Eaton's School for Boys at Norridgewock, Maine. He was a thirty-second degree Mason. He afterward re- sided in Gorham, New Hampshire, and Boston (Dorchester), Massachusetts, where he died May 14, 1905. He married Jennie Grant, born in Nor- way, Maine, daughter of James and Charlotte (En Earl) Grant, and they had one child, Pauline En Earl, born in Gorham, July 15, 1896.
(Second Family.)
DANFORTH
Danforth is an early name in Massachusetts annals. From two unrelated ancestors in the seven-
teenth century a multitude of descendants. have sprung. whose character for energy, diligence, so- briety, economy, courage, patriotism and good citi- zenship has been such as to make the namne an honored and respected one.
(I) William Danforth or Danford, as it was commonly spelled in the old colonial records, was at Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1660, or before. Not far from 1675 he removed to Byfield (village) in Newbury and the remainder of his life and those of several of his children seem to have been passed within hailing distance of Byfield meeting house, so that the family is properly termed "The New- bury Family." William Danforth took the oath of allegiance along with other Newbury men, in 1678. There is a record of an abatement of his tax in 1788. He sold land that had been granted to him by the proprietors, July 15, 1709, and March 27. 1721, he sold a woodlot. He died after that date, but when his wife died is not known. He married (first), in Ipswich, March 20, 1670, Hannah, daugh- ter of the pioneer Robert Kingsman, or Kinsman. She was born in Ipswich, about 1644, and died in Newbury, October 18, 1678. He married (second) Sarah, daughter of Francis and Ann Thurloe (or Thorla). The children by the first wife were: Wil- liam (?) and Mary, and by the second : Rich-
ard, John, Jonathan, Thomas, Francis and Joseph.
(II) John, second son and child of William and Sarah (Thurloe) Danforth, was born in Newbury, December 8, 1681, and died October 1, 1772, "in his 93d year ; he had been very helpless for a year past." He seems to have spent most or all of his life in Newbury. The name of his first wife is un- known. He married (second), November 24, 1713, Dorcas White, who was a member of the Byfield church in 1744. and died March 26, 1788, "aged 90 or 91." His children were: Nathaniel, Thomas, William, Samuel, John, Oliver, Moses, Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth.
(III) William (2), third son and child of John Danforth, was born in Newbury, in 1708, and was a settler at Boscawen, New Hampshire, as early as 1733, and aided in the erection of a saw mill. He owned at one time the mill at the head of King street. He was one of the "Contoocook" soldiers who petitioned Governor Wentworth, November 29, 1743, to give John Rollins a captain's commission. He married a sister of Richard Flood, one of the first settlers of the town. Their children were: William, Jedediah, Mary and Susan.
(IV) William (3), eldest child of William (2) and - (Flood) Danforth, was born in Boscawen, August 18, 1748, and died October 13. 1838, "aged 92." He was a corporal in Captain Samuel At- kinson's company "at Coos in Haverhill, New Hampshire, December 1, 1776." He was also ser- geant in Captain Peter Kimball's company, Colonel
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. Stickney's regiment, "in General Stark's brigade, made out of the Thirteenth Regiment, New Hamp- shire militia, July 20, 1777, which joined the Con- tinental army at Bennington and Stillwater." For his services he received a pension. He was re- ported on the pension rolls of the year 1834, as "of Merrimac county, New Hampshire, 86 years old." He married Olive Elliott, who died November 12, 1840, "aged 92." Their children were: Mary, Enoch, Ruth, William, John, died young; John, and Ed- mund, who is mentioned next below.
(V) Edmund. youngest child of William (3) and Olive (Elliott) Danforth, born in Boscawen, July 8, 1791, died October 24. 1854. He was a farmer. He was a member of the Congregational Church. He married, September 3, 1818, Rhoda Clough, and they were the parents of eight children : Haman, Rhoda, died young; Enoch, George Sullivan. Reu- ben Clough, Charles Spaulding, Edmund, and Ro- setta R., next mentioned.
(VI) Rosetta R., youngest child of Edmund and Rhoda (Clough) Danforth, born March 11, 1843, married Josiah C. Shaw. (See Shaw, III.)
This name figures conspicuously in the
HAM records of Southeastern New Hampshire and Southwestern Maine, all of which was Massachusetts territory at the time of its plant- ing in New England. Most of its bearers have been engaged in agriculture, and have been in- dustrious, upright and respected citizens. Their descendants are still very numerous in the region referred to. William Ham was an English immi- grant, and was settled in Exeter, New Hampshire, as early as 1646, removing thence to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1652. He had a grant of fifty acres of land from the last named town in that year, located at what is now called Freeman's Point, just above Portsmouth Bridge. He subscribed one pound for the support of the ministry in Ports- mouth in 1658, and this sum, as compared withi other subscriptions would indicate that he was a man of some substance. He had at least two chi !- dren. His son Matthew had a grant from the town of Portsmouth in 1654, and another in 1660. His daughter Elizabeth married a Cotton. He died in 1672. and his will is recorded in Exeter. His son William was at that time deceased, and he be- queathed his property to Elizabeth Cotton, and to his grandsons, William, Thomas and John. It seems he had a grandson Matthew, whom he did not mention in his will.
(1) John, probably a son of William Ham. was born in 1649, and appears on the tax list of Dover in 1665. His first homestead was at "Tole end," near the second Falls of the Cocheco in Dover, He removed to another site below Garrison Hill, and there died in 1727. His will is recorded in Ex- eter. He was a juryman in 1688, was town clerk in 1694, and had the title of Lieutenant. He married, in 1668, Mary, daughter of John Heard, of Dover. She died in 1706, having been the mother of the following children: Mary, John, Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Triphena. Sarah, Martha and Benjamin.
(II) John (2), eldest son of John (1) and Mary (Heard) Ham, was born in 1671, and lived on the first homestead of his father near the second Falls of Cocheco. He also bore the title of Lieutenant and had one full share of the common lands, which were divided among the freeholders of Dover in 1732. He was assessor and lot layer in 1735, and died June II, 1754. Ilis wife, whose Christian name was Elizabeth, died in 1739. Their children were : John, Ephraim, Elizabeth, Mary, Samuel, Nathaniel, Joanna, Dodovah and Patience.
(III) Samuel, third son of John (2) and Eliza- beth Ham, was born in 1708, and had one-third of a full share of the common lands of Dover in 1732. IIc was baptized "on a sick bed" August 26, 1739, and died before the close of that year. The christian name of his wife was Lydia, and their children were: Samuel, Stephen and Lydia.
(IV) Samuel (2), eldest child of Samuel (1) and Lydia Ham, was baptized August 26, 1739, at the same time that his father received baptism upon his death bed. Samuel (2) married (first) Sarah Wingate, and second, Sarah Morse. His children were : Sarah, Lydia, Samuel, Jeremy W., George J., William, Mehitable and Ebenezer.
(V) Samuel (3), eldest son of Samuel (2) Ham, was born about 1766, probably in Dover, and appears to have resided for a time in Portsmouth. He was married there, but the family name of his wife is not preserved. Her baptismal name was Betsy. On April 30, 1789, they settled in Shapley, Maine, where they remained during the rest of their lives. Their children were: William, Jacob, Thomas, John, Betsy. Abigail, Daniel, Samuel and Benjamin.
(VI) John (3), fourth son and child of Samuel and Betsey Ham, was born December 25, 1779, in Portsmouth, and was ten years of age when his par- ents removed to Maine. He married Polly Patch, who was born in 1784, in Shapleigh. Their children, born in Newfield, were: Nancy, David S., Lavina, Eliza, John, Jacob, Charles, Polly and Susan.
(VII) John (4), second son and fifth child of Jolin (3) and Polly (Patch) Ham, was born April 19, 1814, and died September 22, 1865, in Biddeford. Maine. He was married November 27, 1834, to Paulina H. Dorman, and resided in New- field, where he was a miller. She was born March I, 1802, and died December 14, 1848, a daughter of Charles Dorman. who was born in Kennebunk, and was a pioneer settler of Newfield. He was a ship carpenter, and was twice married, the name of his first wife being Susanna (surname unknown.) His second wife was Abigail Libbey, the mother of Paulina H. Her children were: Mary A., Su- sannah D., Benjamin A. and John C. The second became the wife of Daniel S. Dutton, of Hookset, New Hampshire (see Dutton, VIII).
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