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long farmer. He took great interest in the political history of the country, was an extensive reader, en- dowed with a remarkable memory, and was the person referred to in that locality for the decision of all questions relative to things within the sphere of his investigations. He married, May 19, 1808, Abigail Abbott, daughter of Major Abiel and Dor- cas (Abbot) Abbot. (See Abbot VI). She was born July 13, 1779, and died June 5. 1812. Their children were: Jonathan and Abiel Abbot, who was a prominent clergyman ; he attended the Phillips Exeter Academy, graduated from Harvard in 1833 and from Cambridge Divinity School in 1836; was ordained over the Congregational Church in Keene, November 2, 1836; remained there until 1850; was pastor of Unitarian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1850- 56; Hope Church, Yonkers, New Jersey. 1856-63; for years he was president of Meadville, Pennsyl- vania, Theological School, and was editor of the Christian Inquirer, New York, from January I, 1857, to 1863. He married (first), May 17, 1828, Elizabeth D. Abbot, of Windham. She died Sep- tember 13, 1879. He married (second), June, 1883, Mrs. Mary A. Keating Moore. He died in Wilton, in the fall of 1892.
(VII) Captain Jonathan (5), the elder of the two sons of Jonathan (4) and Abigail (Abbott) Livermore, was born in Wilton, April 24. 1809, and died June 18, 1887. He lived on the old home place, cultivated it, and was also engaged in milling. He built a new residence to replace the old house ; was a prosperous man, a Republican in politics, and one whom the men of his party regarded as a leader and for many years annually elected as moderator. He was a member of the Unitarian Church. He was a member of the militia and was always called Captain Livermore. He married, August 15, 1833, Dorcas, daughter of Daniel and Dorcas (Abbot) Holt, and widow of a Mr. Blodgett, of Nashua. She was born May 23, 1809, and died February 13, 1887, aged seventy-eight. (See Holt VII). They had five children: Abigail Abbot, Abiel Abbot, Henry Harrison, died young : Mary Elizabeth and Henry Harrison. Abigail Abbot, born January 7, IS35. married, August 12, 1858, Eliphalet P. Das- comb; both are deceased. Abiel Abbot, born Feb- . ruary 23, 1838, enlisted, October 25, '1861, in Com- pany B, Eighth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun- teers ; he was wounded in the assault on Port Hud- son on the morning of June 14, 1863, and died at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 3 of that year. The Grand Army Post at Wilton was named in his honor. Henry Harrison, the first of this name, born October 12, 1840, died September 5, 1843. Mary Elizabeth, deceased, born August 29, 1844, married, January 8, 1871, Martin Andrew Rockwood.
(VIII) Henry Harrison, youngest child of Jon- athan (5) and Dorcas (Holt) (Blodgett) Liver- more, was born in Wilton, February 8, 1848, and educated in the common schools. He has always lived on the homestead where generations of his ancestors lived before him, and like his father has been successfully engaged in farming and milling.
His standing as a citizen and his success in business have given him local influence, and the Republican party, of which he is a member, made him select- man. He is a Unitarian in religion. and was clerk of the Unitarian Church Society of Wilton for twenty-five years. He is a member of Advance Grange, No. 20, Patrons of Husbandry. He mar- ried, March 23, 1879, Martha E. Boynton, born in Wilton, September 9, 1850, daughter of Oliver W. and Olive (Barker) Boynton. They have had three children: Abiel Abbot. born December 22, 1879. Leon Jonathan, July 18, 1883, died June 21, 1887. Olive Boynton, December 22, 1886.
This is one of the numerous ortho- HOBART graphies of Hubbard, which has been spelled in various ways by different persons, and by the same person at different times. Whether the family herein written of is of the same ancient lineage as the immigrant Hubbards is not certain. but in the shire of Norfolk, England, are various parishes giving in full the antecedents and data of the family of Edmund Hobart, which the exorbitant fees demanded by custodians have prevented the American genealogist from obtaining. (I) Edmund Hobart was born in Hingham, Norfolk county, England, about 1574, and died in Hingham, Massachusetts, March 8, 1648. aged seventy-four. In May, 1633, he arrived at Charles- town. With him or soon after came his wife, four sons, three daughters, several grandchildren. and his servant Henry Gibbs He was made a freeman March 4, 1634, and admitted to full communion in the First Church of Christ in Boston, August 9. 1634, and stood No. 15 on the freeman's list, and was one of ten citizens who with Increase Nowell, October 13, 1634, agreed that only desirable persons should be allowed to "sit downe and dwell in the towne." He was constable of Charlestown in 1635. This same year he removed to Bear Cove (Hing- ham) ; he assisted in organizing the First Church there, of which his son Peter was the first minister, and was made a commissioner. September 6, 1638, the functions being similar to those of a justice of the peace nowadays, permitting him to officiate at marriage ceremonies, a privilege then denied to many ministers. He was deputy to the general court in 1639-40-41-42, and was generally spoken of as "Edmund Hubbard the elder." He married (first). Margaret Dewey, born in England, in 1597. She died in 1641, aged forty-four. He married (sec- ond) Ann (or Sarah), the widow of Rev. John Lyford, an Episcopal clergyman from Loughgall, Armagh, Ireland, who was banished from Plym- outh Colony in 1624. She was "a grave matron and of good carriage," and died June 23, 1649. The seven children of Edmund and Margaret, all born in England, were: Nazareth, Rebecca, Sarah, Ed- mund, Peter. Thomas and Joshua.
(II) Rev. Peter, second son of Edmund and Margaret (Dewey) Hobart, was born in Hingham, Norfolk county, England, in 1604, and died in Hing- ham, Massachusetts. January 20, 1679, aged seventy-
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five. He graduated at Magdalene College, Cam- bridge University, in 1625, as master of arts, and taught there for a short period, and was ordained by the Bishop of Norwich in 1627. He preached in England for ten years, and left Haverhill, England. in April, 1635, arriving at Charlestown, Massachu- setts, June 8, 1635, with his wife, who died about 1636. and four children, in one of a fleet of seven vessels. He joined the Charlestown church, June 30, 1635. The first entry made in his journal reads as follows: "1635-June 8, I. with my wife and four children, came safely to New England June ye 8. 1635; forever praysed be th God of Heaven my God and King." September 2, 1635, he was made a freeman, and September IS, 1635, he. with twenty- nine others, founded Hingham (the name of which was changed from Bear Cove), Massachusetts, formally drawing their house lots upon that day. From 1635 to 1679, forty-four years, he preached in Hingham. according to the memorial tablet now in the church, which was open for public worship Jan- uary 8, 1682, the land being donated by Captain Joshua Hobart, Peter's youngest brother. Peter was an independent and spirited clergyman, and espoused somewhat too warmly his late sovereign's cause and English customs generally, which oc- casionally brought him up before the general court to answer for his outspoken opinions. In 1646 he was fined £20 for "seditious practices and deroga- tion of and contempt for authority" and was "bound to his good behavior." He defended his brothers Joshua, Edmund and Thomas against charges of in- subordination preferred by Lieutenant Anthony Eames, commanding officer of the "train band." and a member of Rev. Peter's church. This was a bit- ter and disagreeable quarrel, and agitated Hingham for many years. The various active participants were fined a sum total of £155, Ios, to which Joshua contributed fro, Edmund, Jr., £5, and Thomas and Peter £2 each. He signed his name "Hubberd." though it was more commonly spelled "Hobart." By his parishioners he was greatly admired, re- spected and loved. He married first in England, and by that marriage had four children when he landed in America. His first wife died about 1636. Her name is not known. His second wife was Rebecca Ibrook, daughter of. Richard Ibrook, one of the early settlers of Hingham. She died Sep- tember 9. 1693. aged seventy-two. His children were: Joshua, Jeremiah, Josiah, Elizabeth, Ichabod, Hannah, died young ; Hannah, Bathsheba, Israel, Jall, Gershom, Japhet. Nehemiah, David, Rebecca, Abigail and Lydia, fifteen of whom survived him.
(HI) Rev. Gershom, eleventh child and sixth son of Rev. Peter and Rebecca (Ibrook) Hobart, was born in Hingham, in 1645, and died in Groton, December 18. 1707. He was admitted freeman Oc- tober 8, 1662, and graduated from Harvard College in 1667. He preached a short time in Plymouth and other places and was ordained at Groton, Mass- achusetts, November 26, 1679, where he remained until his death in 1707, and was a famous and popu- lar divine. He married, April 26. 1675, Sarah
Aldis, born June 9, 1652, daughter of John and Sarah (Eliot) Aldis, of Dedham, Massachusetts. She died April 14. 1712. The children born of this marriage were: Gershom. Shebuel, Rebecca, Ne- hemiah, Joanna, Peter, Hepzibah and Ruth.
(IV) Gershom (2), eldest child of Rev. Ger- shom (1) and Sarah (Aldis) Hobart, was born in Groton, in 1684. When a little lad he was cap- tured by the Indians. July 12, 1694. He was liber- ated and returned to Groton the following year. He married, February 26. 1714, Lydia Nutting, born June 3, 1686, daughter of James and Lydia (Long- ley) Nutting, of Groton. They were the parents of eight children: Ruth, Gershom, Josiah, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Lydia and John.
(V) Gershom (3), son of Gershom (2) and Lydia (Nutting) Hobart. was born in Groton, July 13, and baptised August IS, 1717. He lived in Groton, Massachusetts, and later in Hollis, New Hampshire. The birth of one child is recorded in Groton, and two in Hollis. He was one of the grantees of Plymouth. and one of the early settlers, going thither in 1764, or early in the spring of 1765. He attended the meetings of the proprietors, and received the several parcels of land awarded him in the successive divisions. In 1778, after a residence in Plymouth of fourteen years, he removed to Cockermouth. In the incorporation of Hebron. 1792, his farm in Cockermouth was included, and after that date he was an inhabitant of Hebron, where he died in 1795, aged seventy-eight. While a resident of Groton, Massachusetts, he married, Jan- uary II, 1743, Mary Townsend, who dicd a few years later. leaving one child. He married (sec- ond), in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, January 18, 1753, Alephia Dodge, born in Lunenburg. June 2, 1734. daughter of Noah and Margaret (Crockett) Dodge. She died about 1780. She was the mother of eleven children. He married (third), October 20, 1783, Abigail Colburn, widow of William Col- burn, of Hollis. The names of Gershom Hobart's children are: Gershom, Mary, died young; Alephia and Mary (twins). Noah, Solomon, Reuben, Hepse- bah. Josiah, Sarah, Asa and Lydia.
(VI) Josiah, tenth child and fourth son of Gershom (3) and Alephia (Dodge) Hobart, was born in Plymouth, September 3. 1765, and died May 14, 1812, aged forty-seven. He was the first white male child born in Plymouth. After 1792 his home was in Hebron. He was a selectman of Cocker- mouth in 1788. and was moderator, town clerk, and selectman of Hebron. In 1805 and 18og he was a representative of the classed towns which included Hebron. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1805, and coroner of Grafton county in 1799 and 1802. He was a deacon, and in 1801, as shown by the records, he sought the advice of the church in regard to his preparation for the ministry. It is well known that he did preach occasionally, and several of his manuscript sermons are preserved, but he never formally entered the ministry. He married, November 29, 1787, Joanna Hazelton, born December 3. 1767, daughter of Samuel Hazelton.
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She died June 8, 1816, aged forty-nine. They had twelve children, thirce of whom died in infancy un- named. Those who survived infancy were: Joanna, Josiah, Noah, Lavinia, Samuel Hazelton, Leonard, Josiah, Sally and David.
(VII) Lavinia. fourth child and second daugh- ter of Josiah and Joanna (Hazelton) Hobart, was born in Hebron, October 31, 1795, and married March 3, 1816, Rev. Stephen Pillsbury. (See Pills- bury VI).
BOYCE This is a name of French origin, and was carried into England by Huguenots who fled from the persecutions of their countrymen in France. The name as originally spelled was Bois, which is equivalent to the English word wood, and belongs to the class called local surnames. On the adoption of surnames by the com- mon people of France, this was taken by many who lived in or near a wood or handled wood.
(I) Joseph Boyce was born about 1609, and is found of record as early as 1640 in that part of Salem which is now Peabody, Massachusetts. He was a tanner by trade. He early associated him- self with the Quakers. His wife, whose christian name was Ellenor, died about 1694. His will was dated September 4, 1684, and was proven February 18, 1695, indicating approximately the time of his death. Their children, born in Salem, were: Mary, Esther, Elizabeth, Joseph and Benjamin.
(II) Joseph (2), eldest son and fourth child of Joseph (I) and Ellenor Boyce, was baptized in Salem, on the thirty-first day of the first month, 1644. He was a tanner and lived on his father's home- stead in Salem, and died between 1709 and 1722. He married, December 4, 1667, Sarah Meacham, who survived him. Their children were: Sarah, Joseplı, Benjamin, Jonathan, David and Esther.
(III) Joseph (3), eldest son and second child of Joseph (2) and Sarah (Meacham) Boyce, was born about 1672, in Salem, and lived on his grandfather's homestead in that town. He was a tanner and miller. About 1695 he married Rebecca (Trask) Potter, widow of Samuel Potter. He died in 1723 and his widow married (second) Benjamin Very, of Salem, whom she survived. Their intention of marriage was published December 4, 1731. The children of Joseph (3) and Rebecca Boyce were: Mary, Re- becca, Joseph, Abigail, John, Samuel and Nicholas.
(IV) John, second son and fifth child of Joseph (3) and Rebecca (Trask) (Potter) Boyce, resided for a time in Salem, having learned the business of tanning from his father. He subsequently became a mariner and removed to Smithfield, Rhode Island. He married, January 18, 1728, Elizabeth Osborne, of Salem, and among their children were: John, William and Elizabeth. John Boyce was an English soldier in the French and Indian war.
(V) Paul Boyce, who was probably a son of John Boyce, acquired the trade of carpenter. In 1772 he removed from Smithfield, Rhode Island, to Richmond, New Hampshire, and became a large land owner of that town. He settled on a lot in
the southeastern corner and there cleared a large farm, which was afterwards occupied by his son Silas and his grandson, Enoch. Paul Boyce was a soldier in the Patriot army during the Revolu- tionary war. He settled his sons on lands adjoin- ing his own, and lived to an old age, dying in 1817, at the age of eighty-one years. His first wife, Han- nah (Staples) Boyce, died in 1803. and he married (second), November 1, 1803, Phyllis Cook, widow of Nicholas Cook. She was born October 31, 1738, and died March 21, 1815. The children, all born of the first wife, were: Micene, Samuel, Gaskill, Cadish, Nathan, Jacob, Stephen and Silas.
(VI) Silas, youngest child of Paul and Hannah (Staples) Boyce, was born in Richmond, in Novem- ber, 1779, and died October 1, 1818. He succeeded to the farm his father resided upon. He had no un- usual opportunities for schooling, but was "a good scholar," had considerable knowledge of the ancient languages and of higher mathematics; studied medi- cal works, and was called doctor, but never prac- ticed medicine. He married Comfort, daughter of Moses Allen, in 1798. She died September 29, 1838, aged sixty-four. They had eight children : Thomas, Enoch, Paul, Jacob, Hannah, Gratis, Phebe and Lydia.
(VII) Thomas, eldest child of Silas and Com- fort (Allen) Boyce, was born in Richmond, June 27, 1800, and died February 9, 1857, aged fifty-seven. He occupied a house and had a portion of land in- cluded in the west end of his father's farm. He married, October 25, 1821, Silvia, daughter of Silas Ballou. She died March 19, 1857, aged sixty-eight. Their children were: Silas B., Rebecca, Sabina, Philander, James and Susanna.
(VIII) James, fifth child and third son of Thomas and Silvia (Ballou) Boyce, was born in Richmond, February 9, 1830, died in Richmond, August 10, 1891, aged sixty-one. He was a mer- chant in Hinsdale for about eight years, and in 1865 removed to Keene, where he was engaged in the real estate business for about twenty years. It was Mr. Boyce, whose power, means and experience pro- vided for Keene its original good water supply through pine logs which were bored and clamped together and served houses the entire length of Church street. He it was, who strongly advocated the securing of the town water supply from the lake at the foot of Monadnock, in Dublin, New Hamp- shire. He was a musical genius and made a num- ber of superior violins, on which instrument he was an excellent performer. For a number of years before his death he was living in retirement at Keene. He married, September 17, 1855. Nancy Adams Todd, born January 17, 1825, daughter of Levi and Nancy (Corey) Todd, of Hinsdale. She resides with her son Leonard O. in Keene. They had one child, Leonard O., the subject of the fol- lowing paragraphs.
(IX) Leonard Ormond, only child of James and Nancy A. (Todd) Boyce, was born in Hinsdale, June 14, 1856. He was educated in the public schools of Hinsdale and Keene, graduating from the
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high school of the latter place in 1874, and subse- quently attended Comer's Business College in Bos- ton. In 1877 he entered commercial life in Keene as a clerk with Knowlton & Stone, dealers in hard- ware. After five years' service with this firm, he filled a similar position four years for the Keene Furniture Company. At the end of that time he entered the railway mail service, where he has since been employed. For sixteen years he was on the line between Keene and South Vernon. Since 1901 he has worked on the division between New- port and Springfield. Mr. Boyce is an efficient and faithful employee, and has a fine record in the government service. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and feels a just pride in his relations with that order. In 1882 he was made a Mason in Social Friends Lodge, No. 42, of Keene, of which he is still a member and past master. He is also a mem- ber `of Cheshire Royal Arch Chapter, No. 4, of which he is past high priest; St. John's Council, No. 4, Royal and Select Masters : Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 7, all of Keene; and Edward A. Raymond Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, thirty-second degree, of Nashua; also of Mount Sinai Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and Asheria Chapter, No. 40, Order of the Eastern Star. He is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Descendants of Colonial Wars, the Redmen, and the Wentworth Club of Keene.
He married, December 15, 18So, Ella E. Howe, of Keene. She was born October 8, 1860, and is the daughter of Albert N. and Emeline E. (Melendy) Howe. They have two children : James A., a grad- uate of Hickox School of Stenography, and a sales- man for the Cheshire Beef Company, of Keene, and Florence E., at home, who completed her education at Lasell Seminary for Young Women, Auburn- dale, Massachusetts.
Mr. James A. Boyce is also a member of Social Friends Lodge, No. 42, Free and Accepted Masons ; Cheshire Royal Arch Chapter, No. 4, Royal and Select Masters: and Hugh De Payen Commandery, No. 7, all of Keene. He is also a member of the Sons of American Revolution and Descendants of Colonial Wars.
Several persons of this name set- HANCOCK tled in Massachusetts in early colonial days. and from them sprang some of the most distinguished men of Massachusetts.
Nathaniel Hancock, one of the "first company," was in Cambridge as early as 1634, and resided on the easterly side of Dunster street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets. He died in early life, about 1648, and his widow Joanna was appointed fifteen years afterwards, in 1663, administratrix of his estate. Their children were: Mary, Sarah, Nathaniel. John, Elizabeth and Lydia.
Nathaniel (2), third child and only son of Nathaniel (r) and Joanna Hancock who reached mature age, was born December 18, 1638, and died
April 12, 1719, aged eighty-one. He was a shoe- maker and inherited the homestead. He was one of the town drummers, and in 1685 recovered judg- ment for fS against the selectmen for drumming, and for the maintenance of drums for sundry years past. He was admitted to the church May 31, 1667, (at which time he was baptized), and elected dea- con June 7, 1705. He married (first), March 8, 1664, Mary, daughter of Henry Prentice, and (sec- ond), December 26, 1699, Sarah Green, who sur- vived him and probably married John Cooper. June 21, 1720. From Nathaniel (2) Hancock are de- scended the family under consideration in this ar- ticle. His children, all by the first wife, were: Nathaniel (died young), Mary, Sarah, Nathaniel, Abigail (died young), John, Samuel, Abigail. Eliza- beth, Ebenezer, Joseph and Solomon.
(1) Jacob, descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, was born early in the eighteenth century. He was a soldier in 1775. in Captain Thomas Tuck's com- pany. of Colonel Joseph Blanchard's regiment, which was raised for the reduction of Crown Point in that year. His enlistment was dated April 24, and he was discharged October 18, of the same year. He was active in a Crown Point expedition in 1757, being a member of Captain Hercules Mooney's company of Colonel Nathaniel Meserve's regiment. His services that year began with March fifth. The records show that he was made a prisoner and that Jacob Dailey acted for him, under power of attorney issued March 31, 1758. Hancock was then spoken of as of Hampstead and his mili- tary service was referred to. In May of that year the Colonial government allowed him eighteen pounds and fifteen shillings, as compensation for loss of arms and clothing at Fort William Henry. He was again a soldier in 1760, serving from March 6 to November 27, in Captain John Hazen's com- pany of Colonel John Goff's regiment. After these wars Jacob Hancock became one of the first settlers in Northfield. New Hampshire. His home was on the east bank of the Merrimack and his land lay on both sides of the stream, near what is now known as Webster Place. then a part of Salisbury. He did not marry Elizabeth Keyser, as related in the History of Salisbury, unless it were as a second wife, as his children were older than she. The rec- ord shows that his daughter Dorothy was baptized in 1752, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. His children are supposed to have included: Joseph, George, John, Abigail, married Colonel Shepard: Kezia, married Captain John Clough; Dorothy. married Charles' Noyes, of Canterbury ; and Alice.
(II) George, third son of Jacob Hancock, was born in 1740. He was the owner of muich land along the Winnepesaukce river, and erected the first saw and grist mill at Sanbornton Bridge. He was preparing to erect another at Meredith when he died suddenly of spotted fever at the age of fifty. Through some delay or chicanery the property was lost to the family, but was always called the "Hancock Mill." He married Sarah Williams, born in Durham, in 1759, daughter of William and Eliza-
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beth (Hills) Williams, of Northfield. She always maintained that she could remember the journey to Northfield, although she was at the time only two years old. Her uncle. Samuel Ifills, carried her on a horse. She died January 14, 1850, at the vener- able age of almost one hundred and one years. She had been a widow sixty years. Eight children were born of this union: Sally, Hannah, Elizabeth, Henrietta, George, Joseph, William and John.
(III) Lieutenant William, seventh child and third son of George and Sarah (Williams) Han- cock, was born Jannary 19. 1786. He resided until his second marriage on what is called the lower in- tervale, and then removed to Mills Corner, now Uplands. He was a lifelong farmer, and for years a lieutenant in the militia. He married (first) Polly Cross. After her death he married (second), Feb- ruary 26, 1818, Sally Wentworth Rand. By the first wife there was one child, William Williams, and by the second, six children: John, Ann Eliza- beth, George, Henry, Sarah and Joseph.
(IV) William Williams, only child of William and Polly (Cross) Hancock, was born in North- field, July 12, 1807, and died February 23, 1885. aged seventy-eight. He resided in Franklin, was a carpenter and builder, and followed that occupa- tion through life. He married, May 6, 1833, Nancy Brown, born in East Andover, October 20. 18II. Her mother's name was Anna Rowell. They had ten children: Mary Jane, married Francis W. Pearson. Caroline, became the wife of James L. Keniston, of Andover. Arthur A., died young. Enoch Brown, lived in Nevada. William G. Par- ker C., who is mentioned below. Nancy E., second wife of James L. Keniston. Frank K., who resided in Franklin. Henry Augustus, who died at twenty. Abbie Susan. married Frank L. Morrison, of Frank- lin Falls.
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