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Sanbornton, April 7, 1813. Amelia, married John Stevens, and removed to Boscawen, where she died. Sally, married Levi Colby. Mehitable, married (first ) - Sanborn; (second) - Horn ; (third) Thayer.
(11) Daniel Robinson was for many years an intelligent and worthy citizen of Sanbornton, and during the later years of his life made his home with his son Stephen in Laconia, where he died in his eighty-eighth year. His wife, Betsey Philbrick, daughter of Deacon David Philbrick, (see Phil- brick VI) was born October 21. 1789, and died in Sanbornton, January 6, 1860. They had children : True Philbrick, born December 26, 1817, died in Richmond, Virginia. in June, 1837. Ira, born Feb- ruary 12, 1820, married Caroline Melissa Cleverly ; was a soldier of the Twelfth New Hampshire In- fantry, 1861-65: wounded at Chancellorsville, Vir- ginia, May 3, 1863, and discharged for disabilities. Abigail Marston, born June S. 1822. married Horace Chapman, of Belmont. Sarah Ann, born Novem- ber 23, 1824. married Samuel S. Hersey. Stephen Coffran, born January 26, 1827, died in Laconia. Mary Cotton, born June 1. 1834, died February 8, 1858.
(III) Stephen Coffran, youngest but one of the children of Daniel and Betsey (Philbrick) Robinson, was born in Sanbornton, New Hamp- shire, and was a farmer on his father's home place until 1869, when he took up his residence in Laconia. He married (first) Nancy Maria Odell, born April 1, 1830, died September 4, 1888. dangh- ter of Jacob and Almira (Aiken) Odell (see Odell IV), and by whom he had one child. Frank Orrin Robinson. Mr. Robinson married (second), Octo- ber 24, 1894, Clara A. Harvell, born December 6, 1856. daughter of John W. and Sarah Ann (Jameson) Harvell (sec Harvell II). Stephen Robinson died August 10, 1905, aged seventy-eight.
(IV) Frank Orrin, only child and son of Stephen Coffran and Nancy M. (Odell) Robinson, was born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, January 31, 1854, and died in the city of Newburg, New York, April 23, 1893. His young life was spent in the towns of Sanbornton and Laconia, and he was given a good education in the public schools. In 1874 he went to Newburg and for many years after- ward was ticket agent at that place for the Central- Hudson Railroad Company. After leaving the company's employ he engaged in mercantile pur- suits and was a successful business man. On Oc- tober 25, 1880, Mr. Robinson married Henrietta Scott, of Newburg, who survives him and by whom he had two sons: Royal Herman, born June 9. 1884. and Frank P., born September 3. 1886.
This distinguished English sur- CLIFFORD name is better known in Great Britain than in America. Clifford was originally the name of a ford, later of a town. which grew up by the ford, and lastly, became a surname when added to the christian name of some citizen who migrated from that town.
(I) George Clifford descended from the an-
cient and noble family of Clifford. in England. Hc was born in the parish of Arnold, in Nottingham county, and came to America with his wife Eliza- beth, and son John. and in 1644 settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Late in life he removed to Hampton, New Hampshire.
(II) John, son of George Clifford, was born in England. in 1614. He was of Salisbury. Massa- chusetts, in 1639 or 1640, and was a grantee in the first division of land. He sold his house lot, March I. 1642, and removed to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he died October 17, 1694, "aged 80 years." His first wife was named Sarah. He married (sec- ond). September 28, 1658. Mrs. Elizabeth Richard- son, who died December 1. 1667. He married (third), February 6. 1672, Bridget Huggins. widow of John Huggins. The children of John Clifford were: John, Israel, Hannah, Elizabeth. died young ; Elizabeth, Isaac and Mary.
(III) Israel. son of John and Sarah Clifford, was born in Hampton. about 1647, and died in Rumney. He married. March 5, 1680. Ann Smith, and settled in Hampton. Their children were: Ann, Mehitabel, Samuel, Sarah, Isaac and Richard. (Samuel and Richard receive mention, with de- scendants, in this article).
(IV) Isaac, eldest son and fourth child of Israel and Ann (Smith) Clifford, was born May 24. 1696, in Hampton. He resided for a time in Kingston, New Hampshire, whence he removed to Chester and eventually settled in Rumney. While a resident of Chester he married Sarah, daughter of William Healy. They were the parents of ten children, namely : Sarah, Elizabeth, Bridget, Isaac, Nathaniel, John, Samuel, Johanna, Huldah and one other.
(V) Isaac (2), second son and fifth child of Israel (1) and Sarah (Healy) Clifford, settled in Wentworth, New Hampshire, where he spent a con- siderable portion of his life and probably died.
(V1) Moses, son of Isaac (2) Clifford, was born in 1771, probably in Wentworth, where he died in 1846.
(VII) Ira, son of Moses Clifford, was born in Wentworth. June, 1802, and died in that town, De- cember 20, 1858. He was a farmer by occupation, a Universalist in religious belief and a Democrat in politics. He married Sally Davis, born at Enfield, New Hampshire, December 18, 1809. died at East Tilton, December 20, 1873, daughter of Dudley and Achsah (Blue) Davis. They were the parents of four children: Emily. now Mrs. A. W. Stevens, of Storm Lakc. Jowa; Melvin, Irene and Achsah.
(VIII) Melvin, son of Ira and Sally (Davis) Clifford, was born on his father's farm in Went- worth, New Hampshire, October 3, 1840, and died of apoplexy. June 24. 1807. He was educated in the common schools and at the academy at Warren. and lived on his father's farm until about twenty- one years of age. He learned the mason's trade and worked at it for some years. In 1869 he en- tered the service of the Boston, Concord & Mon- treal Railroad. as a mason, and worked at various stations until 1875, when he left that employment
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and took a place as fireman on a locomotive of the Boston & Albany Railroad, where he remained until 1877. He then returned to the service of the Boston, Concord & Montreal road. There he was employed as assistant roadmaster and foreman of the spare gang, under Superintendent Dodge and Roadmaster Badger. In 1884 he was appointed roadmaster and had the supervision of the track between Woodsville, Vermont, and Concord, New Hampshire. including the Pembroke branch. He discharged the duties of this office until his death, which occurred on a locomotive of train No. 134, between Concord and East Concord, June 24, 1897. He was a worthy member of the Masonic Lodge at Wentworth. He married, 1866, Amanda Maria Judkins, a native of Wentworth, born June 16, 1844, daughter of Jonathan S. and Lucinda (Kimball) Judkins. She died at Lakeport. July 1, 1894, leav- ing one child, Frank V. Jonathan S. Judkins was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, in 18II, and died in Wentworth, April 8, 1880. He was edu- cated in the common schools of Wentworth, was a Congregationalist and a Democrat, and was select- man and school committeeman. He married Lucinda Kimball, born in Wentworth, in 1813. died at Lake Village, June 9, 1874.
(IX) Frank Vern, only child of Melvin and Amanda M. (Judkins) Clifford, born at Lake Vill- age (now Lakeport), February 2, 1877, was edu- cated in the public schools. At the age of sixteen he went into the local office of the Concord & Montreal Railroad and learned telegraphy. For four years he was spare man and performed service at many stations between Concord and Lancaster. Afterward ( 1897) he was employed as night tele- grapher at Lakeport. During 1898 and part of 1890 he was in the train dispatcher's office at Woodsville. Going to New York City he was there employed as ticket agent on the Manhattan Elevated Railway two years. He returned to New Hampshire in Oc- tober, 1901, and has since that time been ticket agent at Laconia. He is a member of Division No. 45, Order of Railway Telegraphers; of Mount Leb- anon Lodge, No. 32, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Union Royal Arch Chapter, No. 7; Py- thagorean Council, No. 6, Royal and Select Mas- ters: Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, of Laconia, New Hampshire; Bektash Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Concord, New Hampshire. Mr. Clifford is one of the trusted employes of the Concord & Montreal road, and has gained his present position by the faithful and intelligent performance of the many duties in- cumbent on a man in his position. He married, at Laconia, October 19, 1898, Ada F. Lane, born in Laconia, daughter of George B. and Jane (Davis) Lane.
(IV) Samuel, eldest son and third child of Israel and Ann (Smith) Clifford, was born March 28, 1689, in Hampton, and subsequently lived in Raymond, New Hampshire, where most of his children were born. He married. February 8, 1712, Sarah, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Abigail (Hobbs) Dow, of Hampton. She was born May 22,
1691, in that town, and was the mother of the following children: Abigail, Samuel, Sarah, Rachel, Benjamin, Hannah and Joseph.
(V) Joseph. youngest child of Samuel and Sarah (Dow) Clifford, was born in 1732, probably in Kingston, and resided in Raymond, New Hamp- shire. His wife's name was Elcanor, but no record of her parentage or maiden name appears. The records of Raymond give two of their children, namely : Daniel and Judith.
(VI) Daniel, son of Joseph and Eleanor Clif- ford, was born May 6, 1774, in Raymond, New Hampshire, and resided in Danville, this state, where his life was devoted to agriculture.
(VII) Daniel (2) was a native of Danville, New Hampshire, and married, December 29, 1832, Clarissa Bartlett. Their children were: Ann, Eliphalet B., Isaac, Sarah, Caroline, Ella, Daniel A. and Susan M.
(VIII) Eliphalet Brown, second child and eldest son of Daniel Clifford, was born in Danville, in 1836. He was educated in the common schools of Danville, and soon after leaving school went to Haverhill, where he was employed as superinten- dent in a shoe factory for a number of years. Later he went to Lynn, Massachusetts, then to Pittsfield, New Hampshire, and in 1872 moved to Manchester, where he was employed as superintendent of a shoe manufactory up to 1878, and then went to Ohio and is now located at Columbus as a superintendent of a shoe manufactory. In politics he is a Republican. He married, in 1862, Lizzie Dearborn, born in Dan- ville, New Hampshire, 1843, died May 15, 1873, aged thirty years and eight months, daughter of James and Sarah (Greene) Dearborn. of Danville. They had two children: Clarence A., in Kansas, and Charles C., the subject of the next paragraph.
(IX) Charles Clifton, son of Eliphalet and Lizzie (Dearborn) Clifford, was born in Danville, August 8, 1865. When he was a child his parents removed to Haverhill, where they sojourned until he was six years old, when he accompanied them on their removal to Manchester. In that city he passed through the grammar schools and two years of the high school course. He then became a clerk in the postoffice, where he was employed two and a half years. Since 1885 he has been engaged in fire in- surance business. After a service of twenty years with the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company as a clerk and special agent, he was made assistant secretary of that company in 1905, a position he now holds. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and votes the Republican ticket. He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason, and a member of the following named bodies of that order: Washington Lodge. No. 61; Mt. Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No. 113: Adoniram Council, Royal and Select Mas- ters; Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, and Edward A. Raymond Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, Thirty-second degree, the latter of Nashua, and Aleppo Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston.
(IV) Richard, third son and sixth child of Israel and Ann (Smith) Clifford, was born March
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26, 1698, in Hampton, and resided in Kingston. New Hampshire. He married, December 26, 1721, Hepsibah. daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bass- ford. She was born June 28, 1699. It is probable that he was married a second time in that town, to Judith Woodman, as the records of Kingston give her as the mother of his children. namely: Israel, Richard, Hannah and Tirza.
(V) Israel, eldest child of Richard and Judith (Woodman) Clifford, was born March 9, 1746, in East Kingston, New Hampshire, and died in 1834, in Dunbarton. He was an early settler of the latter town, his being one of the first frame buildings in the vicinity of Page's Corner. He was one of those privileged to vote for Thomas Jefferson for presi- dent of the United States. His wife's name was Achsah, but her family name cannot now be dis- covered in the records. Their children were: Hannah. Elizabeth, Jonathan, David, Samuel, Rich- ard, Israel, Sally, John and Isaac.
(VI) Jonathan, eldest son and third child of Israel and Achsah Clifford. was born September 23, 1775, in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, at Page's Corner, and died there February 12. 1863. He was also one of the voters of Dunharton who supported Jefferson. He located on a farm of three hundred acres about one and one-half miles west of Page's Corner. where his wife's ancestors had early settled and where his grandchildren now live. He served for several years as tax collector of the town, and some of his old lists are still preserved by his granddaughter. He married Susannah Ayer, daughter of Thomas Ayer, a soldier of the War of 1812, who participated in the actions at Chippewa and Niagara (see Ayer, VI). He was a native of Haverhill, Massachusetts. The children of Jon- athan and Susannah (Ayer) Clifford were: Ste- phen, Thomas. Charles (died young), Polly, James M., Hiram, Sarah, Charles and Caleb. Of these Hiram was a school teacher and lived in Franklin. New Hampshire, surviving to the great age of ninety-three years.
(VII) Charles, fifth son and seventh child of Jonathan and Susannah (Ayer) Clifford, was born July 17, 1817, in Dunbarton. and died in that town, April 5, 1887. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and gave his entire life to farming, in which he was successful. He kept a large number of horses and cattle, and usually had a herd of one hundred sheep. Beside this he gave some attention to lumbering. During the latter part of his life he was incapacitated from labor by ill health. He was an attendant of the Episcopal Church and took great interest in the prosperity of the same. In politics he followed the principles of his ancestors and was a Democrat. He married (first) Rebecca, daughter of Jesse Stevens, of Goffstown, and they were the parents of one child, Asenath Minerva. who became the wife of John Henry McAlpine, of New Boston. He married (second), November 20. 1853. Susan Mills, daugh- ter of John Mills (see Mills, VI), and they had three children: Susan Rebecca, Frank Albert and
Charles Irving. The elder son is deceasch and the younger occupies the old farm in Dunbarton. The daughter, who resides with her brother, has been for thirty-five years a nurse. employed among the best families of Concord. She was educated at Hopkinton and Contoocook Academies; she is an attendant of the Episcopal Church.
The ancestor of the stock of
BUCKMINSTER this name probably came to America to seek an asylum
from religious persecution. From the first the members of the family have heen prominent citi- zens of the communities of their residence with few exceptions.
(I) Thomas Buckminster, a descendant of John Buckminster, of Northampton, England, was a free- man in 1646, and had a house lot in the first di- vision of Sudbury. He did not settle there, how- ever, but resided in Scituate and in Boston. He and his wife Joan, were admitted to the church in Boston, October 4, 1645, by letter from the church at Scituate. He died September 28, 1656. His widow married (second), September 1. 1661, Ed- ward Garfield, of Watertown. Thomas Buckmin- ster had: Lawrence, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Dorcas, Thomas, Sarah, Joseph and Jabesh.
(II) Joseph, son of Thomas and Joan Buck- minster. lived in Brookline, where he died Novem- ber 20, 1668. He married. 1665, Elizabeth Clark, born January 31, 1648, daughter of Hugh and Eliza- beth Clark, of Watertown. Their children were: Joseph and Elizabeth.
(III) Colonel Joseph (2), son of Joseph ( 1) and Elizabeth (Clark) Buckminster, was born July 31, 1666. and died in Framingham, Auguspt 5, 1747. He lived in Brookline, but was a member of the church in Roxbury. Later he moved to Framing- ham. He was a selectman of Framingham seven- teen years, a magistrate, a captain of grenadiers in an expedition to Port Royal. and later a colonel of the militia. He married. May 12. 1686. Martha Sharp, daughter of John Sharp. of Brookline. He married (second), February 7. 1716, Martha Dall. of Boston. The sons of Colonel Joseph and Martha (Sharp) Buckminster were: Joseph and Thomas.
(IV) Colonel Joseph (3), son of Colonel Joseph (2) and Martha (Sharp) Buckminster, was born in Framingham, 1697, and was a foremost cit- izen of his native town. He was a captain. and passed the grades to the commission of a colonel in 1739. Ile was engaged in the French and Indian war, and in the first year of the Revolution. His service in town affairs finds few precedents. He was a selectman twenty-eight years, town clerk thirty-two years, and a representative nineteen years. He died May 15, 1780. IFe married, June 18, 1719. Sarah Lawson, of Hopkinton, who died September 11. 1747. He married (second) Hannah Kiggell, a widow, who died October 25, 1776. The sons of the first wife were: Joseph, William. Francis and Lawson. The second wife had one son, Thomas.
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(V) Rev. Joseph (4), eldest son of Colonel Joseph (3) and Sarah (Lawson) Buckminster, was born in Framingham, March I. 1720. He graduated from Harvard College in 1739, and was ordained over the church in Rutland, September 15, 1742. He died in Rutland, November 3, 1792, while serving the fifty-first year of a successful min- istry. He married, June 30, 1743, Lucy Williams, born in Weston. September 4, 1721, daughter of Rev. William and Hannah (Stoddard) Williams. Their three sons were: Joseph, Solomon and Will- iam Stoddard.
(VI) Solomon, second son of Rev. Joseph and Lucy (Williams) Buckminster, was born in Rut- land, February 19, 1754. He removed from Rutland to Nelson about 1790. He married (first), No- vember 5, 1778, Betty Davis, who was born in Rut- land. October 10, 1759, daughter of Peter and Mary (Howe) Davis. She died September 10, 1780. He married (second), May 5, 1784, Hannah Rice, born in Rutland, July 18, 1759, daughter of David and Love (Moore) Rice. The children by the first wife were: William Stoddard and Joseph; and by the second wife: David Rice and Peter Davis, and perhaps others. (Mention of Peter and descendants forms part of this article).
(VII) William Stoddard. eldest child of Solo- mon and Betty (Davis) Buckminster, was born in Rutland. He removed to Roxbury, New Hamp- shire, when a young man, and resided on a farm two miles north of the center of the town, where he died at the age of eighty-one years.
(VIII) David William, son of William S. Buckminster, was born in Roxbury. He succeeded to the homestead of his father, where he lived sixty-five years. When well advanced in years he removed to Keene, and lived retired until his death. While a resident of Roxbury, Mr. Buckminster was esteemed one of its most valued citizens and was entrusted with as many local offices as he was willing to undertake. His public service covered a period of about forty years and included his incum- bency of the offices of selectman for many terms and as representative in the state legislature for two terms. He was actively interested in Congrega- tional church work, and served for many years as a member of the board of deacons. He married Mary Ann Whitney, daughter of Josiah and
(Ames) Whitney, and they had: Sarah Eliza, Martha Ann, Joseph A., Josiah W., Maria Frances, Millard Fillmore and Milton Elmore, twins.
(IX) Josiah Whitney, second son and fourth child of David W. and Mary Ann (Whitney) Buckminster, was born in Roxbury. July 24, 1846. He received his primary education in the public schools of Roxbury and Sullivan and this was sup- plemented with an academic course at Marlboro. In 1867 he first engaged in the lumber trade in Roxbury and also did some farming. Five years later he removed to Keene, and became a partner in the firm of J. Adams & Company, dealers in meat and provisions. After continuing two years changes were made in the firm which became Buck- iii-5
minster and Bradford and so continued for the en- suing two years. Mr. Buckminster then disposed of his interest and engaged in the livery business, and was the proprietor of a stable for twenty-three years. During this time or the greater part of it, he was also largely engaged in the real estate busi- ness, and also dealt in lumber and wood. He is the junior member of the firm of Putney & Buck- minster, proprietors of the Eagle Hotel, a well- known hostelry of Keene. Mr. Buckminster has al- ways shown good judgment in financial matters, and his deals have turned out well, and today he is one of the most successful business men and one of the largest land holders in Cheshire, county. Mr. Buckminster has been a Republican of the stalwart type. but lias held aloof from office holding, but did serve for three years as deputy under Sheriff Tuttle. He married (first), May, 1875, Ella C. Angier, daughter of Silas Angier, of Alstead, New Hamp- shire. Second. 1896, Anna Cora Chamberlain, of Keene, formerly of Westmoreland, a daughter of John and Almira (Frend) Chamberlain. Third. August 16. 1905, Gladys A. Buckminster, widow of Joseph A. Buckminster, and daughter of Hosea B. Knight of Winchendon.
(VII) Peter Davis, son of Solomon and Han- nalı (Rice) Buckminster, was born (probably) in Rutland, August 10. 1787, and died in Keene, De- cember 9, 1863. In early life he went to Roxbury, New Hampshire, and engaged in farming. He mar- ried Abigail White, daugliter of Colonel Solomon White. Abigail White was born October 28, 1790.
(VIII) Dauphin White, second son and sixth child of Peter D. and Abigail ( White) Buckmin- ster, was born in Roxbury, September 20, 1822. He was educated in the public schools of Roxbury and neighboring select schools, and on attaining his ma- jority he became a clerk in the general store of Messrs. Keyes & Colony at Keene. About the year 1850 he engaged in the gents' furnishing and dry-goods business, having as a partner Mr. E. G. Whitcomb, and some five or six years later estab- lished the clothing firm of D. W. Buckminster & Company, continuing în that line of trade for a number of years, or until 1863, when he was chosen register of probate for Cheshire county. That office he held for the remainder of his life, per- forming his duties with unquestionable ability and faithfulness.
In politics an old-line Whig and subsequently a Republican, and when called upon to render service in a civic capacity he responded with alacrity in spite of the business pressure by which he was al- most invariably surrounded during his mercantile career, representing Keene in the lower house ( f the state legislature in 1858-59, serving as railroad commissioner. and for a number of years served as one of Keene's board of education. In his younger days he was an officer in the state militia, serving as captain of the Keene Light Infantry, which was disbanded in 1850. In Masonry he had advanced to the commandery, and he also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a faithful attendant and generous supporter of
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the First Congregational Church, and an especial friend of poor and worthy pastors and of little children. His life, which was a busy as well as an exemplary one, terminated January 27, ISSO.
On May 16, 1850, Mr. Buckminster was joined in marriage with Harriet I. Mason, who was born in Walpole, this state, August 29, 1824, daughter of Joseph and Harriet (Ormsby) Mason. Her father was born December 14, 1786, and died in Walpole, October 14, 1874. Her mother was born in Wind- ham, Connecticut, March 9, 1795, and died in Wal- pole, January 25, 1864. Joseph and Harriet ( Orms- by ) Mason were the parents of ten children, namely : George O., born September 25, 1818, died May 20. 1903. William H., born October 7, 1820, died De- cember 26, 1905. Charles H., born August 9, 1822. died June 11, 1894. Harriet I., the date of whose birth has already been given. Edwin M., born March 22, 1826, died April II, 1826. Frances E., born August 16. 1827. Joseph Everett, born August 18, 1829, died February 21, 1894. Elen Corrina, born July 30, 1831, died April 2, 1904. Andrew R., born November 30, 1833, in Walpole. married Lucy Lawrence, born December 19. 1833. She died No- vember 28, 1895. Their children were: Harriet L., born September 5, 1862, and Wallace L., born Feb- ruary 7, 1865. Miss Harriet L. Mason is a member of the faculty of Drexel Institute. Philadelphia, holding the chair of English Language and Litera- ture. Mr. Wallace L. Mason is the present ( 1906) cashier of Keene National Bank. Andrew R. Mason saw service in the Civil war in the United States navy from September 27, 1862, until Febru- ary 6, 1864, as landsman on the "San Jacinto," the flag ship of the East Gulf Squadron. His duty was detached service as clerk to the lieutenant com- mander of Wilke's Flying Squadron, the East Gulf Squadron. Mrs. Harriet I. ( Mason) Buckminster's paternal grandfather, Joseph Mason, was a soldier in the Patriot army during the Revolutionary war. a Minute Man at Lexington and a participant in the Bunker Hill battle.
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