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. II, Part 100

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: 874

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Lieutenant Manning married, November 7, 1723, Mary White, of Charlestown, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Rand) White, born January 30, 1702, died May 15, 1774, aged seventy-two years. Lieu- tenant Manning and wife were buried in the old cemetery by Harvard Square. Their children were: William, Thomas, Samuel, Joseph, Mary, William, Sarah, Rebecca and Ebenezer.

(VI) Samuel, third son and child of William and Mary (White) Manning, was born at Cam- bridge, August. 26, 1729. He inherited his father's homestead, and always lived there, in the same house. By occupation he was a cordwainer. He was elected warden, 1777, '84; sealer of weights and measures, 1789; juryman, 1791, '99; hayward, 1792, and sealer of leather, 1778, '79, '81-'96, '98, 1801-2. a total of twenty-one years. Family tradition says he was a Revolutionary soldier, and fought at

Bunker Hill. The rolls of that war contain service under the name of Samuel Manning, which from want of proper data has not been allotted with any certainty. How much of that service belongs to Samuel Manning of this sketch is unknown, but it may be accepted as certain that he was the Samuel whose name appears in a "list of men that served in the Canadian expedition, credited to the town of Cambridge." His brother William was in the same list. Samuel was prosperous financially, loaned money on mortgages extensively, and was also a considerable purchaser of land. He owned the covenant in 1777. He died April 3, 1824, in his ninety-fifth year, and it is a tradition that his life was ended by accidentally inhaling gas from a chiar- coal stove. His property was sold for twenty-six thousand, five hundred and forty-seven dollars. By will he divided his possessions among the children of his deceased son, Samuel.

At the age of forty-seven he married (first), August 2, 1777, Mary Woods, who died October 15, 1788, in her fifty-first year. Married (second), De- cember 29, 1791, Sarah Woods, who died April 16, 1812, aged seventy-two years. He and his wives were buried in the old cemetery by Hanover Square. He had but one child, Samuel.

(VII) Samuel, only child of Samuel and Mary (Woods) Manning, was born May 28, 1778, at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. He graduated at Harvard College in 1797, became a physician, and as such practiced in several places in the state, having re- sided at Cambridge, Westford, Billerica, Harvard and Lancaster. In 1806 he lived at Cambridge and was appointed prison physician to Cambridge prison. At Lancaster, where he resided from 1811 to 1821, he was selectman for five years, 1813-17; and was several times appointed by the town to serve its interests on special committees. Prior to July 14, 1821, he removed to Cambridge, and there resided until his death. He married (first), September 29, 1801, Lucy Cogswell, daughter of Jeremialı and Sarah (Fletcher) Cogswell, born November 5, 1778, at Westford, died October 4, 1817, at Lancas- ter. Married (second) March 20, IS22, Mrs. Eliz- abeth Bell (Warland) Abbott, widow of Rev. John L. Abbott. She was born August 26, 1783, and is said lived to be past ninety years of age.

Dr. Manning died at Cambridge, of "pulmonic fever," October, 1822, aged forty-four years. The children of Dr. and Lucy Manning were: Samuel, Mary Wood, William, Joseph Cogswell, Rebecca, Pratt and Charles Pratt.

(VIII) Joseph Cogswell, son of Samuel and Lucy (Cogswell) Manning, was born at Lancaster, September 13, 1812. He was educated at the acad- emies in Lancaster and Lexington, and began his business career, at about the age of fifteen, in the hardware store of Lane & Reed, Dock Square, Bos- ton. When about twenty he removed to Baltimore, Maryland, where he first engaged as a bookkeeper, and then as a paying teller in the banking house of Cohen & Company. About 1838 lie formed a part- nership with Hughes Armstead in the hardware

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trade; later was in business with S. S. Lee, Howell & Poor and Manning & Company. their line being a general iron and coal shipping and commission business. From 1850 to 1857 he owned and man- aged the Avalon iron and nail works, on the Pa- tapsco river, about nine miles from the city, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. In the financial crisis of 1857 he met with reverses from which he never fully recovered. In religion he was Unitarian. He was an honest, straightforward, generous-hearted man of strong character, and was much beloved by all who knew him.

He married. August 24, 1841, Rebecca Parkman Jarvis Livermore, born December 3, 1819, at Mil- ford, New Hampshire, died October 9, 1886, at the same place, although buried at Baltimore. Her father was Solomon Kidder Livermore, a graduate of Harvard, 1802, and later a lawyer at Milford; her mother's maiden name was Abigail Atkins Jar- vis. Her father's ancestry was Rev. Jonathan and Elizabeth (Kidder), her grandparents; Deacon Jon- athan and Abigail (Ball) of Westboro, Massachu- setts; Jonathan and Rebecca (Barnes) of Water- town; Samuel and Anna (Bridge) and John and Grace Livermore, the last of whom came to this country in 1634, in the ship "Francis" from Little Thurloe, Suffolk, England, and settled at Water- town.

Mr. Manning married, June 17, 1884, at Balti- more. The children, the first of whom was born at Milford, and all the others at Baltimore, are: Mary Elizabeth, born August 25, 1842, died unmarried, February 19, 1872. Charles Henry, born June 9, 1844. Jarvis Cogswell, born November 30, 1845, died October 21, 1846. Joseph Cogswell, born July 26, 1847, died February, 1886. Rebecca Liver- more, born July 8, 1849, died unmarried, March 15, 1885. Henry Livermore, born January 11, 1852, died unmarried, December 1, 18So. Cleveland Pratt, born May 28, 1854, lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Leonard Jarvis, born May 18, 1856, Master of Med- ford. ( Massachusetts) High School. Samuel, born February 19, 1859, died March 2, 1859.

(IX) Charles Henry, second child and oldest son of Joseph C. and Rebecca Parkman Jarvis (Liv- ermore) Manning, was born at Baltimore, Mary- land, June 9, 1844. He was educated in that city, at the Cambridge (Massachusetts) high school and in the Lawrence Scientific School, class of 1862, but was obliged to give up at the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion and did not graduate. He then served one year's apprenticeship as machinist with Charles Reeder, of Baltimore, and in February. 1862, was ap- pointed third assistant engineer in United States reg- ular navy. From that date to 1865 he served on spe- cial duty, and on United States ship "Adelaide," North Atlantic Squadron, and was present during a part of the bombardment of Charleston, South Caro- lina. In March, 1865, he joined the United States ship "Dacotal," at Boston, and went to the South Pacific station, returning in September. 1868. In the two years next following he was on the "Semi- nole," North Atlantic Squadron, and in September,

1870, was ordered to the Naval Academy, Annapo- lis, as instructor in steam engineering. He was de- tached from that position in the summer of 1875, and ordered to the United States ship "Swatara," North Atlantic Squadron, but was ordered back to duty at the Naval Academy two years later. In September, 1880, he was ordered to the United States ship "Despatch," on special service, chiefly on the president's yacht. In addition to this duty he served as a member of the first advisory board for rebuild- ing the navy. In August, 1882, he was granted a year's leave of absence, having been on continuous duty twelve years, and in June, 1884, was placed on the retired list on account of partial loss of hearing "in line of duty." He had been promoted to the grade of second assistant engineer in 1866, and that of past assistant engineer in 1872, and was retired with that grade, though he served as chief engineer of the "Despatch." Promoted to chief engineer on retired list, June, 1906. When the "Jeannette" res- cue party was being formed to go to the polar re- gions in search of Lieutenant Greely and the other survivors of that vessel, he was one of those chosen by Chief Engineer George W. Melville, but the sec- retary of the navy, knowing he was otherwise fully occupied, declined to send him. After being de- tached from the "Despatch," on leave of absence, he settled at Manchester, New Hampshire, as en- gineer of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, the largest cotton mills in the world. Remaining there he was afterwards appointed general superin- tendent of the whole business, an industry em- ploying eight thousand operatives and still holds the position. In 1906 this plant consolidated with the Lancaster mills and the Emery Manu- facturing Company and now has thirteen thousand employees. In the recent war with Spain he was ordered back to active duty as chief engineer of the United States Naval Station at Key West, and re- mained until the end of the war, when he resumed his occupation at Manchester.

Since Mr. Manning became a resident of Man- chester, he has been a member of the school board eighteen years, and president of the water board for five years. He is a Republican, served in the New Hampshire house of representatives, and was a member of the last constitutional convention. He is a past grand commander of the Loyal Legion. Mr. Manning has spent much time and labor in compiling a genealogy of the Manning family, which reflects much credit on him as a compiler.

He married, January 17, 1871, Fanny, daughter of Charles Leonard and Ilarriott ( Plummer) Bart- lett, born at Ilaverhill, Massachusetts, May 29, 1849, a sister of the late Major-General William F. Bartlett. a distinguished officer in the war of the Rebellion. The children of this marriage are: Rob- ert Livermore, born January 19, 1872, at Annapolis. He graduated at Harvard University, 1895. and is now practicing law in Manchester. firm of Burn- ham. Brown & Warren. He married, October, 1901, Frances Fay Sawyer, and they have one daughter, Margaret, born October, 1903. Charles Bartlett,

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born at Annapolis, August 4, 1873. He was edit- cated in engineering at Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University, and was located in New York till 1901, when he came to the Amoskeag Company as assistant mechanical engineer. During the war with Spain he went with his father to Key West, as clerk. He married. June 21, 1905. Mary E. Carpenter, daughter of F. P. Carpenter (see Carpenter family ). John Kafer, born in Manchester, July 5, 1883. died January 10, 1884. Harold Joseph, born in Manches- ter, June 7, 1885. Francis Bartlett, born in Man- chester, February 10, 1892.

FOLSOM The earliest period at which this

name appears in history is the first half of the fourteenth century. There was a John Foulsham, of Foulsham, prior of a Car- melite monastery in Warwick, England. He was a prominent ecclesiastic. and his brother Richard was more prominent. The word foule (fowl) signified a bird, and the country seat called Foulesham prob- ably took its name from its being the home (ham) of many foules (birds).

(I) The first traceable ancestor of the imini- grant John Foulsham is Roger Foulsham, of Nec- ton, county of Norfolk, England, whose will is dated 1534.

(II) William Foulshamn, son of Roger, married Agnes Smith, alias Foulsham, of Besthorpe, by whom he had children.

(III) Adam, son of William and Agnes (Smith) Foulsham, owned lands in Besthorpe, Wymondham (Windham ). Bunwell, Hingham, and Hockford. He married Emma , and had children.

(IV) Adam (2), son of Adam (I) and Emma Foulesham, baptized in 1560, resided in Hingham, and had lands in Besthorpe. He died in 1630. He married Grace -

-, and had children.

(V) Adam (3). son of Adam (2) and Grace Foulsham, and known as Adam of Hingham, died in 1627. In that year he made his will naming three sons, John, Adam and Peter. His wife's name was Agnes.

(VI) John, son of Adam (3) and Agnes Foul- sham, ¿was baptized in Hingham, a place ninety- seven miles northeast of London, in 1615. He was the first Anglo-American John Foulsham, and from him are descended, so far as known. all the Folsoms in America, with the exception of one family which is found in South Carolina. On the 26th of April, 1638, the ship "Diligent of Ipswich," England, of three hundred and fifty tons burden. John Martin, master, set sail from the month of the Thames for Massachusetts Bay, having on board one hundred and thirty-three persons. Twelve families of these were from old Hingham. and all had embarked for the purpose of joining a colony settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. Among those thus emigrating were John Foulsham, or Folsom, as the name is now spelled, of Hingham, then twenty-three or twenty- four years old, his young wife, to whom he had been married about a year and a half, and their two ser- vants. His wife's father and mother (Edward and Mary Clark Gilman, of Hingham), three younger

brothers (Edward. not quite twenty-one years old, John and Moses), two younger sisters (Sarah and Lydia, who married Daniel Cushing. 1645), and three servants of the family. were fellow passengers. The rector of the parish, Rev. Robert Peck, with his family, also formed part of the company. The immediate occasion of their departure seems to have been trouble in ecclesiastical matters.

The party having landed at Boston, Massachu- setts. August 10, 1638, immediately proceeded to their place of destination. John Foulsham received, in 1638, a grant of land, and soon built himself a house. This home, or one built soon after by him, stood nin- til 1875, when it was taken down. John Foulsham dwelt in Hingham twelve or fifteen years, and while there was elected one of "the seven or nine men chosen to order the prudential affairs of the town" 1645, and he and Captain Joshua Hubbard were al- lowed to "have liberty of the two rivers, Rocky Meadow and Bound Brook Rivers, so far as the town hath property, to build and maintain a sawmill or inills."

In the trouble which arose out of the selection of a captain for the militia of Hingham, John Foul- sham took a prominent part in opposition to the governor, and he and ninety others were fined one hundred and fifty-five and one-half pounds, of which John Foulsham was sentenced to pay twenty pounds, but by some means he seems to have been exempted from the payment.

Not earlier than 1650 he removed to Exeter, New Hampshire, whither his father-in-law had gone soon after 1647. He lived on the west side of the river, where the first settlements in Exeter were made, but three of his sons lived in the east part of the town. His sons and grandsons owned much land upon what was called "Rocky Hill." He was engaged as a surveyor in running the lines between Exeter and Dover, and while in this business discovered a mead- ow some eight or ten miles northwest of the village, which was supposed to be of much value on account of the hay which could be made on it.

The first authentic mention of his name in that town is 1655. The name of "Goodman Folsom" ap- pears in 1659, on the list of selectmen. He obtained a grant of land in 1660, and his sons all obtained similar grants in years following. In 1662 he was a juryman, and in July, 1665, one of a committee representing Dover, Portsmouth, Exeter, and Hamp- ton. to consult on certain political grievances. In advanced life he became unfortunately involved in his pecuniary affairs, but his sons assisted him to retain a home for himself and his aged wife, who lived about ten years after his death, in 1681.

"Judging him in the light of the period when he lived, we must consider him a very intelligent, earn- est. enterprising man. He may have been some- times more enthusiastic than judicious, and so have been found in advance of his age, but he was a de- cided Christian, ready to sacrifice wealth, ease, and popularity for the sake of principle and he success- fully trained up six sons to become efficient laborers in laying the foundations of New Hampshire."

He married. as before stated, October 4, 1636,

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Mary, eldest child of Edward and Mary (Clark) Gilman, and they were the parents of seven chil- dren : Samuel, John, Nathaniel, Israel, Peter, Mary and Ephraim.

(VII) Deacon John (2), second son and child of John (1) and Mary (Gilman) Folsom, was bap- tized October 3, 1641. He made his will November 24, 1715, and died before December 6, 1715, aged about seventy-five years. He is called "Deacon John" to distinguish him from his son, his nephews, and his grandsons, named John. He was a man of high standing and good property, active botlı in church and political affairs. He is among the worthies of the first centuries of Exeter of whom Judge Smith, in his centennial address, July 4, 1838, says that "They filled acceptably the municipal and public offices conferred upon them." He was fre- quently sent to the general assembly. He married, November 10. 1675. Abigail Perkins, daughter of Abraham Perkins, of Hampton, and they had chil- dren : Abigail, John, Sarah, Mary, Lydia, Mercy, Abraham, Jeremiah and Jonathan. (An account of Jonathan and descendants forms part of this ar- ticle).

(VIII) Abraham, second son and seventh child of Deacon Jolin (2) and Abigail (Perkins) Folsom. was born about 1678 in Exeter, where he lived and died December, 1740, and was possessed of much property, as shown by the record of his will. He married (first) Anna, daughter of Aquila Chase, of Newbury (see Chase, V). At his death his widow Elizabethi shared in the distribution of his estate. His children were: Daniel, Jonathan, Abraham and Mary.

(IX) Daniel, eldest child of Abraham and Anna (Chase) Folsom, was born about 1704. in Exeter, and died in Epping, in 1756, of fever. He was a man of great physical strength, and was active in clearing away the forests of his native state. His first wife is supposed to have been his cousin, a daughter of Nathaniel Folsom, of Exeter. She was the mother of three of his children. He married (second). August 17, 1742, Huldah Eastman, daugh- ter of Jolin Eastman. She was born October 1, 1714. and was the mother of six children. They sold their farm in Exeter, March 4. 1749, and moved to Ep- ping. His family moved to Gilmanton about 1775, and his descendants are numerous in that locality. His children were: Daniel, Ann, Abigail, Betsey, Mercy. Huldah, Abraham. Jonathan and John.

(X) John (3), youngest child of Daniel and Huldalı (Eastman) Folsom, was born 1752, in Ep- ping, and passed most of his life in Gilmanton, where he was an early settler, and died 1822. He married, August 27, 1778, Mary Connor. eldest daughter of Jeremiah Connor, of Exeter. . Mr. Con- nor was one of the first in Gilmanton, locating there in January, 1764, and endured many hardships of pioncer days. The daughter, Mrs. Folsom, was born 1754. in Exeter, and died at the age of ninety years. in 1844. Her children were: Hannah, Huldah, An- na, John, Dudley Connor, Mary. Betsey and Sally.

(XI) Huldah, second daughter and child of

John (3) and Mary (Connor) Folsom, was born August 6, 1781. in Gilmanton, and became the wife of Nathaniel Avery, born 1782, died 1826. She died 1859. Their children were: Nancy, Sally, Betsey, Huldah, Nathaniel, Daniel F., Mary, Hannah and John.

(XII) Hannah R. Avery, sixth daughter and eighth child of Nathaniel and Huldah (Folsom) Avery, was born November, 1820, and married George W. Fletcher (see Fletcher, VIII).

(VIII) Jonathan, fourth son and ninth child of Deacon John (2) and Abigail (Perkins) Fol- som, was born about 1685, in Exeter, and died there 1740. He inherited the homestead in the east part of the town, and became wealthy and influential. At his death he left a large estate, which was admin- istered upon by his widow. He was the father of General Nathaniel and Colonel Samuel, prominent citizens of Exeter. He married Anna, daughter of Nathaniel Ladd, the granddaughter of Hon. John Gilman, and they had twelve children: John. Mary, Lieutenant Jonathan, General Nathaniel, Anna, Col- onel Samuel, Trueworthy, Josialı, Sarah, Lydia, Elizabeth and Abigail.

(IX) Josiah, sixth son and eighth child of Jona- than and Anna (Ladd) Folsom, born in Exeter. November 5, 1735, died at the house of his son Na- thaniel, in Portsmouth, February 12, 1816, aged eighty-one, he was a hair dresser and wig maker. His home was in Dover, on the rising ground south- wardly from the village, and had a fine outlook over the fields and village, and toward the river. sky, and distant hills. He was fond of travel and had a rich fund of anecdote, the result of observation and mingling with men, making him one of the most entertaining men of his day. He married, May 27, 1762, Elizabeth Gilman, born April 23, 1742, daugh- ter of Dr. Josiah Gilman, of Exeter, son of Judge Nicholas Gilman. She died August 3. 1812. aged seventy. They had seven children: Josiah. Eliza- beth. Nancy, Samuel, Abigail, Jonathan and Na- thaniel.

(X) Jonathan, third son and sixth child of Jo- sialı and Elizabeth (Gilman) Folsom, born in Dover, June 12, 1779. died in Laconia, January 22. 1872, aged ninety-three. He moved to Gilford before 1802. After his marriage he moved across the Win- nipiseogee river, into what is now Laconia, and set- tled on a large farm running down to the bay, still continuing his trade as house carpenter. As early as 1813 he opened a tavern on Pleasant street, La- conia (then Meredith Bridge). and this he con- ducted with success for a number of years. The house is still standing and is known as the Atkin- son residence. He owned land on Main and Pleasant streets, above the present railroad tracks. He was a very popular citizen, and represented Meredith in the legislature in 1832. "He was tall, large, and a thoughtful man, intelligent, righteous, and good, be- loved by his nephews and nieces as sincerely as by his own family." He married, October 20, 1802, in Gilford, Sarah Rowe, born May 27, 1778. died May 9, 1845. She was the daughter of - Rowe, and

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lived in Gilford. There were nine children of this marriage: Jeremiah, Saralı, Josiah Gilman, Eliza. Mary, Albert Gallatin, Adaline, Olivia Ann and Charles.

(XI) Albert Gallatin, third son and sixthi child of Jonathan and Sarah (Rowe) Folsom, born at Meredith Bridge, October 12, 1816, was educated in the public schools. His health was delicate, and his school attendance was desultory and limited, but he was quick to learn and made up by care and study in after life what he had not been able to ob- tain in school. When ten or eleven years old his parents, hoping a change would benefit his health. sent him to Portsmouth, where his older brother, Josiah, kept a store. Here the boy performed such tasks as his health permitted. His physical condi- tion somewhat improved, and he began to feel an interest in commercial life, and an ambition to be a merchant. Josiah Folsom went west about 1835 and bought a large amount of wild land, in Indiana, but died in New York on his return. Albert G. had charge of the store while his brother was absent, and closed up the business after Josiah died. Re- turning to Laconia, in IS36. he entered the store on Mill street kept by James Molineaux. which he pur- chased about three years later, and in six months made money enough to pay for it. He afterwards took George T. Bosher as a partner, and this part- nership relation continued until 1860. In 1857 Mr. Folsom purchased and moved into the Gove block on Main street, and later had a clothing store at Cerro Gordo place. He accepted S. B. Smith as a partner, in 1861, and eight years later sold out his interest in the business and retired from mercantile life.

Mr. Folsom was identified with the business in- terests of Laconia longer than any other man living in 1907. As early as IS4I he became one of the board of trustees of the Meredith Bridge Savings Bank, now the Laconia Savings Bank, and for near- ly a third of a century was its president. The Peo- ple's National Bank was incorporated in May, 1889, and from that date till his death he was president of that institution. In real estate business and building he was as prominent as in mercantile and financial matters. He built Folsom block in 1861, and was associated with Mayor S. B. Smith in erect- ing Smith block on the opposite side of the street. He built the Folsom Opera House in 1862. and was one of the organizers of the Laconia Street Rail- way Company. He was the principal stockholder in that concern, and built its road, which was first operated by horsepower.

His connection with secret societies dates back to early times. He was the oldest Odd Fellow in Laconia, having joined Winnipeseogee Lodge, and subsequently filled all the chairs of that lodge. He was also a member of Laconia Encampment, and he was a thirty-second degree Mason, his membership in this body having begun with his initiation into Mt. Lebanon Lodge, July 4, 1860. He was also a member of Union Royal Arch Chapter, and Pilgrim

Commandery, Knights Templar, Laconia, and Ed- ward A. Raymond Consistory of Nashua.

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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. II, Part 100

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: 874

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: 874