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 105

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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(VI) Ezra Thomson. sixth child and fourth son of Lemuel and Priscilla (Thomson) Sturtevant, was born January 23. 1788. He had some water power with which he ran machinery for wool card- ing at Craftsbury, Vermont. and made cabinet work, coffins. and other wooden products. He also was a carpenter and erected buildings. He was a land- owner, but was not much engaged in agriculture. He was a thoroughbred Democrat, and a deacon in the Congregational Church for many years. He married Lucy Merrifield, born 1791, died April 17, 1861. He died May 1, 1872. They had four chil- dren : Lucy, Hiram. Maria and Laura.

(VII) Hiram. only son of Ezra and Lucy (Merrifield) Sturtevant, was born in Craftsbury. June 18. 1819. He was educated in the common schools. Early in life he was a farmer in Crafts- bury, but in 1853 sold his farm and removed to Bar- ton, Vermont, where he resided about twelve years. He moved to Lebanon, New Hampshire. in 1865. and bought an interest in a manufactory of sash, doors and blinds, carried on by J. C. Sturtevant, a cousin, and remained in this business four years. lle then sold his interest to his partner and started a shoe store, which he carried on until he retired from business. He married. May 3, 1843. Eliza Scott Corey, born February 27. 1822. He died De- cember 8, 1894, and she died June 11. 1905. Their children were: 1. Edward H., born in Craftsbury, April 27, 1845. 2. Mary E., August 25, 1847. widow

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of David G. Thompson, for many years superin- tendent of the Montreal Transportation Company, at Montreal. 3. Ezra T., May 28. 1849, a lumber dealer in Chicago, Illinois. 4. Henry H., April 19, IS51, proprietor of a department store in Zanesville, Ohio.

(VIII) Edward Hiram, eldest child of Hiram and Eliza S. (Corey) Sturtevant, was born in Craftsbury, Vermont. April 27. 1845. He attended the common schools until he was twelve years of age, and then spent four years in Barton Academy, from which he graduated at the age of sixteen. The following winter he taught a district school, and in the spring entered the employ of William Joslyn and Sons, with a view to learning the busi- ness. Two years later he went to Wellington, Ohio, where he took the position of head clerk in a drug store, and remained two years, the last year making all the firm's purchases, and having general man- agement of the business. The ill effects of the cli- mate upon his health compelled him to leave Ohio, and he came to Lebanon, New Hampshire, and opened a drug store in April, 1866. The business was a success. and in a few months he sold it to Dr. I. N. Perley at a good profit. He then accepted an offer of his former employers, Joslyn and Sons, and joined them in establishing a drug store at Colebrook, New Hampshire, which he managed for two years, and then sold his interest to G. S. Jos- lyn, one of the sons. Mr. Sturtevant then pros- pected through Michigan and Iowa for a business location, but met the same climate influences as in Ohio, and returned to New England. Early in 1869 he engaged in the drug business in Wood- stock, Vermont, taking his brother Ezra as a partner. and adding boots and shoes as a part of the business. In April, 1874, the brothers disposed of the business, and E. H. Sturtevant went to Franklin, New Hampshire, where he bought two drug stores, one in Franklin and the other across the river in Franklin Falls. The latter store he sold to Frank H. Chapman, and the former, some time later, to WV. M. Woodward. In 1883 he bought a half interest in the Franklin Needle. Com- pany, of which he was elected treasurer and man- ager. The business opened with twenty-five em- ployees, and has enlarged until it has at times em- ployed two hundred hands. The product is sold throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. Mr. Sturtevant is a director in the Franklin National Bank, trustee of the Frank- lin Savings Bank, director and vice-president of the Franklin Power and Light Company, president and director of the Franklin Falls Company, di- rector in the Sulloway Mills Company, director in the Kidder Machine Company, director in the Franklin Building and Loan Association, director. secretary and treasurer of the Hemphill Manu- facturing Company, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In 1893-94 he represented the town of Franklin in the legislature of New Hampshire, and in 1896 was mayor of Franklin. He is a member of Meridian Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of

Franklin : St. Omar Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Franklin; Mount Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, of Concord; and Edward A. Raymond Consistory, Nashua ; Bektash Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Concord. He is a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Franklin; Webster En- campment, and Canton, Franklin. He is a con- sistent Republican. In religion he adheres to the Unitarian faith.

He married, May 12. 1869, Ada E. Martin, daugh- ter of Joseph A. and Elvira L. Martin. of Stratford, New Hampshire. They have two children: Eva E., born October 25, 1875, married, October 12, 1901, George L. Hancock, who is connected with the Franklin Needle Company; and Ruth B., born Oc- tober 1, 1881, married. October 7, 1903. Arthur Murry Hancock, superintendent for G. W. Griffin and Company, manufacturers of hacksaws, etc., Franklin.

Mr. Sturtevant has been a resident of Franklin since 1874, and during a large part of that time has been reckoned among its leading citizens. Al- though busy with the cares of business, he has taken a successful part in the political and social life of the city, and has done mitch to promote its welfare. He has been among those most active in securing a creditable public library building for the city, and one of the most generous donors to the enterprise.

(III) Josiah. son of Samuel and Mercy Sturte- vant, was born about 1690, and died February 17, 1774. He was of Plympton and Halifax, Massa- chusetts. In 1731 he was prosecuted for refusing to serve as constable, and was coroner in 1740. In 1719 he married Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel Church. She died March 14, 1788. They had eleven children, as follows in order of their birth: Josiah, Jr., Charles, Zodock, William, Hannah, Church. Mercy, John, Lucy, Independence and Samuel Stafford.

(IV) Church, son of Josiah and Hannah (Church) Sturtevant, was born April 4, 1730. He removed from Halifax, Massachusetts, to Centre Harbor, New Hampshire, about 1785, where he and his six sons cleared and occupied seven adjoining farms on what is called Squaw Neck in the town of Centre Harbor. and lying between Squaw and Winnepesaukee lakes. He died here in 1814. He married Sarah Leach, who died at Centre Harbor. They had seven children: Joseph, Benjamin, John, Hosea, Perez. Church, Jr., and Lucy. All died at Centre Harbor except Perez, who died in Illinois, and Lucy.

(V) Joseph, son of Church and Sarah (Leach) Sturtevant, was born in Halifax. Massa- chusetts, in 1770, and was fourteen years old when his parents came'to New Hampshire and settled on a tract of wild land at Centre Harbor. This was about the year 1784, at a time when there were only two small houses and a grist mill on the site where now stands the city of Laconia. A small settle- ment had been made in the vicinity known as Mere-

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ditlı Parade, but the town of Meredith then con- tained only two dwellings, the mill and a "dugout" in which the miller made his home. The farm which his father cleared and brought into cultiva- tion eventually fell to Joseph and there he lived throughout his life. His wife was Dorothy (Towle) Sturtevant, and by her he had three children : Ward C., Elsie and Olive. Elsie married Jonathan Clarke, of Moultonborough, and Olive became the wife of James Jackson, of Eaton, New Hampshire.

(VI) Ward Colton, eldest child and only son of Joseph and Dorothy (Towle) Sturtevant, was born at Center Harbor, in Belknap county. New Hampshire, in 1798, and at the death of his father succeeded him in the ownership of the farm prop- erty at that place. He was a thrifty farmer, an ardent Whig and one of the founders and for many years deacon of the Congregational Church at Cen- ter Harbor. He died in 1879. His wife was Lucetta Dalton, daughter of Joseph Dalton, of Deerfield, New Hampshire, and by whom he had five children : Julia A., married Abner Z. C. True, and is deceased. Josiah Towle. for many years an active business man but now retired and living in Laconia. Martha, who became the wife of William Gordon, of Boston. Henry, who lives on the old home farm at Centre Harbor. Mary, who died in infancy.

(VII) Josiah Towle, elder of the two sons of Ward Colton and Lucetta (Dalton) Sturtevant, was born at Centre Harbor, New Hampshire, June 22, 1827, and was given a good common school ed- ucation. When fourteen years old he began work- ing as a blacksmith and followed that occupation about seven years. and for the next three years was employed as painter and varnisher in a piano fac- tory. In 1858, while on a visit to his old home at Centre Harbor, he chanced to fall in with an itiner- ant photographer who was travelling about the country with his gallery and equipment on a wagon built for the purpose. Having an inclination for that line of business Mr. Sturtevant bought the entire outfit, received some instructions from the former owner and then started out on his own ac- count. Later on he went to Concord for more practical knowledge of photography, and afterward moved about with his portable studio between Cen- tre Harbor and Meredith until 1860, when he sold out the establishment and opened a permanent gallery in Meredith village, remaining there four years, and in 1863 began spending his winter sea- sons in Laconia. In 1867 he discontinued photo- graphing because of impaired health, and soon after his recovery found employment in a drug store. In 1870 he began dealing in real estate and con- tinued in that line until his retirement from active pursuits. He died May 14, 1907, in Laconia. Throughout the entire period of his active life Mr. Sturtevant was a careful business man, perfectly straightforward in all his dealings, and his efforts were not without substantial reward. He was an Odd Fellow, member of Winnipesaukee Lodge of Laconia, member of Winnepesaukee Grange, Pa-

trons of Husbandry, and in politics a Republican.

On September 19, 1871, Mr. Sturtevant married Mary A. Perley, daughter of the late Dr. John Langdon and Dora R. (Rundlett) Perley (see Per- ley VI), of Laconia and Gilmanton.

LAMBERT The ancestors of the Lamberts of New England came early to Massa- chusetts, where their record has been an honorable one. This name came to Eng- land through the Flemings, who preserved the Christian name, later a surname, a memorial of the Patron of Liege, St. Lambert, who was mar- tyred in the eighth century.

(I) Francis Lambert, one of the early settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, was a native of Eng- land. and was married in that country to Jane Barker. She was a sister of Thomas Barker, one of the wealthiest of the pioneers of Rowley. Francis Lambert 'was among the first settlers there, and was admitted freeman, May 13, 1640. He died in 1647, and was survived about twelve years by his wife, who passed away in 1659. They had children, John, Thomas and Ann, born in England ; the second died in 1644. Those born in Rowley were, Jonathan. Gershom and Thomas.

(II) Thomas (1), youngest son of Francis and Jane (Barker) Lambert, was born April 3, 1645, in Rowley, and was deprived of his father's care at the age of two years. By the terms of his father's will he was committed to the care of liis uncle, Thomas Barker. The latter died when Thomas Lambert was but five years old, and the latter was generously provided for in his uncle's will. He inarried, November 4, 1669. Edna Northend, born July I. 1649, and was a daughter of Ezekiel and Edna (Halstead) Northend. He was an active and useful citizen, serving in various town offices, and was lieutenant of the militia. He died September 13, 1685, and his widow married (second), Jan- uary 22, 1689. Ensign Andrew Stickney. She died February 7, 1722. The children of Thomas Lam- bert were: Mary; Rebecca, died young; Nathan, died young ; Thomas; Rebecca; Nathan, and Jane.

(III) Thomas (2), second son and fourth child of Thomas (1) and Edna (Northend) Lambert, was born April 8, 1678, in Rowley, and was among the leading citizens of that town. He was for thirty- five years town clerk. served as justice of the peace and representative, and met ably all the duties of a good citizen. He died June 30, 1755. He married, December 19, 1699, Saralı Hammond, born January 20, 1683, in Watertown, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas and Sarah Pickard, of that town. The last named was a daughter of John and Jane (Crosby) Pickard, of Rowley. Sarah (Hammond) Lambert survived her husband four years, and died July 11, 1759. Thomas (3) and wife were the parents of nine children, namely : Mary, Sarah, Hannalı, Edwin, Thomas, Jane, Nathan, Joseph and Lucy.

(IV) Thomas (3), eldest son and fourth child of Thomas (2) and Sarah (Hammond) Lambert, was

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born August 14, 1711, in Rowley. Partaking of the qualities of his honored ancestors, he was a worthy, respected citizen, and his strong mind and char- acter are reflected in his distinguished children and grandchildren. He died April 17, 1775, two days before the inauguration of the American Revolu- tion. He married, October 13, 1732, Elizabeth Hobson, born March 26, 1713, in Rowley, daughter of Deacon Humphery and Mehitable (Payson) Hobson. The last named was a daughter of Rev. Edward and Elizabeth (Phillips) Payson. Eliza- beth H. Lambert died July 6, 1749. Mr. Lambert married (second). January 1I, 1760, Anna (Lord) Kimball, widow of Joseph Kimball, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She survived him more than thirty- one years, dying April 28, 1806. The children of Thomas (4), all born of the first wife, were: Elizabeth; Saralı; Mehitable, died young; John, died young; Thomas; Mehitable; Jonathan, and Nathaniel.

(V) Jonathan. third son and seventh child of Thomas (3) and Elizabeth (Hobson) Lambert, was born December 2, 1763, in Rowley, and lived in that town. He served in Captain Mighill's com- pany in the Revolution. He married Hannah Gage, a native of Rowley, daughter of Thomas and Ap- phia Gage, of Rowley. Their children: William Gage, Frederick, Thomas, Ann, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mehitable, Mary.

(VI) William Gage, son of Jonathan and Han- nah (Gage) Lambert, was born March 29, 1798, in Rowley. He was a successful merchant in Boston for many years. He was first a member of the firm of Lambert & Slade, located on Kilby street, and was later associated with Albert and Amos Law- rence. He was director of the Atlantic Bank, and prominent among the able merchants of his time. In 1840 he removed to New York City and there established a commercial house. He resided in the city and had a summer home at Chappaqua. He married, May 8, 1820, Sally Perley, born January 28, 1779, in Boxford, Massachusetts, daughter of Phineas and Sally (Gould) Perley. She died De- cember 31, 1875, and was survived almost seven years by her husband, who passed away in New York, December 24, 1882. Their children were: Alfred, William Gage. James Henry, Edward Wil- berforce, Sarah Perley and Ellen Louisa.

(VII) Dr. Edward Wilberforce Lambert, fourth son and child of William Gage and Sally (Perley) Lambert, was born February 15, 1831, in Boston. He was graduated from Yale College in the class of 1854. He was subsequently a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, from which he took the degree of M. D. in 1857. He immediately entered upon an active prac- tice of his profession in New York under most flattering auspices. In 1859 he was one of the founders and subsequently a director of the Equit- able Life Assurance Society, and immediately as- sumed sole charge of its medical department, which position he held until his death, which occurred July 17, 1904. He was an active member and a

director of many medical societies and associations of the city, and in every calling of business and duty displayed unusual sagacity and executive ability. He married, September 9, 1858, Martha Melcher Waldron, born September 14, 1832, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, daughter of Samuel W. and Martha (Melcher) Waldron. Their chil- dren were: Samuel Waldron, Mary, Alexander, Elliot Cowdin. Sally, Katherine, Edith, Ruth, Adrian V. S. and Gertrude.

(VIII) Elliot Cowdin, third son and child of Edward W. and Martha M. (Waldron) Lambert, was born May 9. 1863, in New York. He grad- uated from Yale College in 1886, and took a posi- tion in a commission house in New York, where he remained one year, and then went into the employ of the Willimantic Linen Company at Willimantic, Connecticut, where he began to learn the business. In 1892 he entered the employ of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of . Manchester, New Hampshire, where his first labor was repairing ma- chinery. His superior intelligence enabled him to make rapid progress in learning the business, and in 1893 he was promoted to overseer, and in 1895 was made assistant superintendent. In 1907 he was made general superintendent of cotton manufactur- ing in the Amoskeag mills. Mr. Lambert is a man of many responsibilities, but his natural ability and thorough preparation for the place he holds enable him rapidly to dispose of all matters that come to him for adjustment. His continuous service with the Amoskeag Company is a sufficient testimonial as to his competency and personal social fitness. He is a member of the Derryfield Club. of Man- chester, the University Club, of New York, and National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. Hc is a Republican in politics, and served ten years on the board of election of Manchester. He mar- ried, January 16, 1895, Annie Maynard Thompson, born in Weymouth, April 25, 1866, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Eaton) Thompson. of Weymouth, Massachusetts. They have two chil- dren, Mary E. and Edward W.

LIVERMORE

A11 the Livermores in the

United States claim descent from

a single ancestor, who no doubt, as he was a very early immigrant, came to America on account of religious troubles in England. The name has been spelled by the poorly educated clerks of colonial times Leathermore, Lithermore, Lyver- more, Lyvermer and Levermore.

(I) John Livermore, the immigrant, was bap- tized in Little Thurlow, Suffolk county, England, September 30, 1604, and died in Watertown, Massa- chusetts, April 14, 1684. aged about eighty years. In April, 1634, he embarked at Ipswich, England, for Massachusetts, in the ship "Francis," John Cutting, master. He was a potter by trade. He was admitted freeman May 6, 1635, and was re- peatedly a selectman, and held other offices of trust. It is not probable that he settled in Water- town at first, as his name is not on the list of

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proprietors "then inhabiting," February, 1637, but he was there in 1642. Tradition has it that he came over without his wife, and that afterward she came over, with one or more children. His will. dated January 10, 1683. was proved June 16, 1684. His inventory. dated March 2, 1684. mentions the "Cow- pen Farm." consisting of forty acres upland, twelve acres meadow. purchased for his son John and con- firmed to him by his will; two acres of meadow; four acres Pigsgusset meadow: six acres salt marsh ; one acre at Chester brook; five acres upland at the Rocks. He had previously conveyed by deed to his son Samuel, as a recompense for dutiful obedience, comfort and support, his homestead, thirty-four acres, with a dwelling house and ap- purtenances. The name of John Livermore's wife was Grace. She died in Chelmsford at the home of her daughter, Martha, wife of Abraham Parker. She made her will December 19, 1690, and it was proved June 16, 1691. Their children were: Han- nah. Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Nathaniel, Samuel, Daniel, Edmund and Martha.

(II) Samuel, sixth child and third son of John and Grace Livermore, was born about 1640, and clied December 5, 1690. He was a maltster, and was admitted freeman May 31, 1671. At his death he left property valued at £256. He married, June 4, 1668. Anna Bridge. horn about 1646 or 1647, daugh- ter of Matthew and Anna (Danforth) Bridge, of Cambridge. She married (second) Oliver Welling- ton, and died August 28, 1727, aged eighty-one. The children of Samuel and Anna were: Anna, Grace, Samuel. Daniel, Thomas. Jonathan. Matthew, John, Abigail, Nathaniel, Lydia and Anna.

(III) Jonathan, sixth child and fourth son of Samuel and Anna (Bridge) Livermore, was born April 19, 1678, and died November 8, 1705, of an injury to his stomach. He was a tanner and re- sided in Watertown. He married, November 23, 1699, Rebecca Barnes, who died December 9, 1765, aged eighty-five. They had four children: Jona- than, Samuel, Rebecca and Grace.

(IV) Deacon Jonathan (2), eldest child of Jonathan (I) and Rebecca ( Barnes) Livermore, was born August 16, 1700, and died April 2, 1801, aged one hundred years, eight months and five days, having touched three centuries. After he was one hundred years old he was able to ride out eight miles from home on horseback, and return the same day. About 1727 he moved to that part of West- borough which was afterward set off as a separate township, and called Northborough, of which he was the first town clerk. He was deacon of the Congregational Church, and much engaged in public business as a surveyor, and in laying out new town- ships. He was a man of great respect and ability and much thought of in his latest years on account of his patriarchal age and his unusual mental and physical rigor. He married (first), June 23, 1723, Abigail Ball, born June 5. 1702, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Fiske) Ball. Married (second), November 16. 1775, Jane Dunlap. His children, all by the first wife, were: Abigail, Elizabeth, Lydia,

Rebecca, Jonathan, Silas, Rebecca, Nathan, Thomas, Susan and Grace.

(V) Rev. Jonathan (3), fifth child and eldest son of Jonathan (2) and Abigail (Ball) Livermore, was born in Northboro, December 7, 1729 (O. S.), and died in Wilton, New Hampshire. July 20, 1809, aged eighty. He entered Harvard College in 1756, and graduated in 1760. He was much interested in religious matters and a professed Christian before going to college; and it was with a view to fitting himself for the ministry that he went to college. He was ordained to the ministry in Wilton. New Hampshire, December 14, 1768. In his public performance he was distinguished as a plain, practical preacher, who preached the truth to save souls rather than sermons adorned with the flowers of oratory to please his auditors. In his private walks he obeyed the golden rule, and mani- fested a concern for the people of his charge whether in the pulpit or out of it. Personally he was a pleasant companion, and his conversation was plain and instructive. He continued in the ministry at Wilton but little more than thirteen years, during which time his labors were crowned with singular success, one hundred and fifty-two persons being added to his church. Towards the close of this term, in consequence of the war with Great Britain, the situation of Mr. Livermore, as well as that of clergymen in general, was rendered extremely un- pleasant. A chain of events which he could not control finally developed such a state of affairs that he found it expedient to take a dismission. Ac- cordingly in the month of February, 1777, he re- signed the office of pastor and teacher of the church in Wilton.

An ecclesiastical council was convened, which approved of the separation, while it supported his ministerial character by recommending him to other churches. He afterward preached occasionally in various places, as opportunity presented, but never had a settled pastorate. He was an exemplary hus- band. and a father whose tenderness and care for his children were expressed by providing for their support, for their education, and by endeavoring to train them up in the way they should go. As a friend he was one in whom confidence was never misplaced. On the evening of his death, as his custom was, he read a portion of Scripture, com- mended himself and family to God in prayer. and then retired to rest. About two hours afterward, without any apparent struggle except a little diffi- culty in breathing, he slept the sleep of death.

He married, September 14. 1769, Elizabeth Kid- der, of Billerica, Massachusetts, who died Decem- ber 12, 1822, aged seventy-nine. Their children were: Jonathan. Elizabeth, Mary, Nathan. Solo- mon Kidder, Anna, Samuel, died young; Samuel, Sarah White and Lydia.

(VI) Jonathan Livermore (4), eldest son of Rev. Jonathan (3) and Elizabeth (Kidder) Liver- more, was born in Wilton, July 10, 1770, and died suddenly, December 24. 1845, aged seventy-five. He succeeded to the paternal homestead and was a life-

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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 105

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