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tioned below; and Lizzie Miranda, born June 14, 1860, who married Everett W. Willard.
( VIII) Frank Lawrence, oldest child and only son of Hon. Enoch and Miranda (Lawrence) Ger- rish, was born on his father's farm, May 19, 1855, and educated in the public schools, at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and at Chand- ler Scientific School, at Hanover. At the age of nineteen he took a place in the New Hampshire Savings Bank, in Concord, where he remained one year. He then settled on the ancestral homestead, where he has since resided and successfully culti- vated the rich acres that constitute one of the best farms in the Merrimack valley. In politics a Re- publican, and being a man of good judgment and executive ability, he has spent many years in the public service. He was county commissioner in 1885, has served as selectman twelve years, and as treasurer of Merrimack county four years. Ile is a member of the Congregational Church, and of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. lle mar- ried Isabelle Scavey, born in Moultonboro, June 29, 1858, daughter of John and Almira Seavey, of Moultonboro.
The following is a sketch of a branch of the ancient family of Gerrish, earlier generations of which are traced in the preceding pages.
(1) John Gerrish was born in West Lebanon, York county, Maine. He was a farmer and lived and died in his native town. His wife's surname was Fur- bush. Their children were: John J., Nathaniel, George James, Joseph, Eliza, married Hiram Han- son.
(11) George, third son and child of John Ger- rish, was born in West Lebanon, Maine, March 3, 1785, and died December 9. 1878, aged ninety-three, and was a lifelong farmer. He began farming for himself near Jamaica pond in Massachusetts, where he resided eight years. Afterward he returned to West Lebanon, where he continued farming the remainder of his life. He married Ann Damon, who was born February 4. 1804. and died July S, 1849. Their children were: Catherine T., Ebenczer T., Henry T., Benjamin 11., Leonard S., Eliza A., George K., John K., Alfred W .. Daniel W.
(111) Ilenry Thomas, third son and child of George and Ann (Damon) Gerrish, was born in West Lebanon, December 14, 1828. At the age of seventeen he went to Boston and worked at the shoe business for a time and then learned the carpenter's trade and worked at that, doing a large amount of contract work in Boston during eighteen years. He built two of the largest bundling. on Rutland Square, two on Pembroke street, two on Brookline street, two on East Concord street and two on West Newton street. In 1872 he removed to Rochester, New Hampshire, and built the house he has since occupied. Since settling in Rochester he has done a little carpentering and some farming. He mar- ried in Portland, Maine. November 12, 1807. 1lattic Blackmar, who was born September 11, 1839. and died May 31, 1904, daughter of Ebenezer and Anna (Lord ) Blackmar, of Berwick. They had four chil- dren: Ida M., born January 23. 1872, married Henry Greenfield; Ilarriet, born November 6. 1876, mar- ried Elmer A. Garland; Lilhan, born January 15, 1880, married George Torr: Winthrop R., born Oc- tober 6, 1883, a graduate of Rochester high school and Bryant and Stratton's Commericial College,
Boston; is now a bookkeeper for the Studley Box Company.
The emigrant of this family, Henry (1) WAY Way (or Waye), was born about 1583,
and emigrated to this country from Bris- tol, England, in company with Roger Williams, Feb- ruary 8, 1631, in the ship "Lyon." He was named with the first recorded grantees of land in Dorches- ter, Massachusetts, in 1633. He died in Dorchester in 1667; his wife Elizabeth died in 1665. Their three children were: Richard, George and Aaron.
(11) Ensign George, son of Henry Way, was born in England. He married Elizabeth Smith, only child of Jobn and Joanna Smith. George Way received a portion of the neckland in Dorchester in 1637. but he lived probably the greater part of his life in Lyme, Connecticut. His last home was in New London, at West Farms near Lake's Pond, where he died in February, 1717. His body was kept twelve days because of the "Great Snow" and was finally carried to the cemetery by men on snow sboes. They had two sons: George and Thomas.
(III) Thomas, youngest son of George and Elizabeth (Smith) Way, was doubtless born in Lyme. Connecticut, but it is evident from available data that he lived in New London, Connecticut, from early childhood. No date of his birth is given, but he died in East Haven, Connecticut, in 1726. whither he had removed about 1720. He married Ann, daugh- ter of Andrew Lester. Their children included, Daniel, Ebenezer, Thomas. Elizabeth, John. David James, Mary and Hannah.
(IV) Ebenezer Way. born October 30, 1603, in New London, Connecticut, married Mary Ilarris, probably of New London.
(V) William, son of Ebenezer and Mary ( Har- ris) Way, was born in New London, May 15. 1720. He married, May 3, 1765, Mary Lathrop.
(\1) George (2), son of William and Mary Lathrop Way, was born June 18, 1771. In New London, Connecticut, December 5, 1793 he married Sarah Douglas, a descendant from the distinguished family of Douglas, of Scotland, which has figured conspicuously in English, Scotch and Welsh history for centuries. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas was a cul- tured relative of Sarah Douglas. The children of George and Sarah ( Douglas) Way were: George, Sallie. Gordon, Roderic, Joseph. Lucy, Emily. Chris- topher, and Truman.
(\'ll) Gordon, son of George and Sarah ( Douglas) Way, was born July 30, 1798, in Lemps- ter, New Hampshire, and died in Claremont. July 30 1880. Mr. Way and his family rem ved from Lempster, where he was an extensive cattle dealer and farmer, to Claremont in 1844. where he bought a large farm and was engaged in general agricul- tural pursuits. Although he did not take an active part in the civic affairs of his town, he was ever es- teemed a citizen of high moral werth. He married ( first). June 28. 1810. Abigail Perley, daughter of Captain Edmund and Abigail (Bailey) Perler Isce Perley. VI). She was born in Haverhill. Massa- chusetts, in 1798, and her family removed to Lemp- ster. New Hampshire, when he was eight years old. One of her sisters married Bishop Osman C. Baker, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and another Rev. A. A. Miner. LL. D., the distinguished Univer- salist clergyman. She died October 11, 1848. in Claremont. Mr. Way married (second). October II, 1840. Sophia Lovell. The children of Gordon and Abigail (Perley) Way were: Mary Eliza.
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Alonzo Gordon. Abigail Eveline, Sabrina, Edmund Perley. Sarah P., George Osborne, Edwin Franklin, Emily Maria, Orlo Fiske, Osman Baker and Louisa Mehitable.
(VIII) Osman Baker, sixth son of Gordon and Abigail (Perley) Way, was born March 22. 1840, in Lempster. New Hampshire. He was four years old when his parents removed to Claremont. He worked on the farm and attended the district school mean- time. At the age of seventeen years he entered the old Claremont Academy. Three years later he be- came a student at Kimball Union Academy at Meri- den, New Hampshire, where he fitted for college, but greatly to his disappointment he was obliged to abandon his cherished project in consequence of ill health. He soon after, in 1862, began the study of medicine with the late Dr. Nathaniel Tolles, of Claremont, and Professor A. B. Crosby, the eminent surgeon and professor in Dartmouth College. He was awarded as a prize a valuable work on the "Practice of Medicine" for the best examination in all the departments of medical science taught in the college. While pursuing his studies he taught school every winter the larger part of the time in the ad- vanced grammar schools in Claremont. He taught · for a time in Claremont Academy, and was also superintendent of schools for fifteen years. He was enabled to meet the entire expenses of his education. On January I, 1866. Dr. Way opened an office as physician and surgeon in South Acworth, New Hampshire. After remaining there one year and a half he returned to Claremont and resumed the duties of his profession in July. 1867. In addition to Claremont, his practice in outside towns has been limited only by his physical strength. For several years he has made a specialty of chronic dis- eases, and has given much attention to microscopy and bacteriology. Dr. Way is the oldest practi- tioner in Claremont, and one of the most successful and talented physicians of southern New Hamp- shire.
Dr. Way has borne no small part in the civic af- fairs of his town, and has been honored with various positions of trust. He was for twenty-six years a member of the Stevens high school committee, a period much in excess of that served by any other person. He is treasurer of the board of trustees in charge of the Paran Stevens fund and the Helen R. Healey fund, the two amounting to over $150.000 for the benefit of Stevens high school, and hic is the only member of the board of trustees of the Fiske Free Library who has served continuously from its opening. more than thirty years since to the present time (1907). He has been a director of the People's National Bank since its organization. In connection with Hon. George H. Stowell and Hira R. Beck- with. the well-known architect, Dr. Way built Union Block, one of the finest business blocks in New Hampshire. each having one-third interest, and the Doctor acting as treasurer. Dr. Way has been twice a member of the New Hampshire legislature and was a member of the last constitutional con- vention. He is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church of Claremont, and for more than thirty years has been president of the Church Society, and nearly as long has acted as chairman of the board of trustees.
On December 24. 1867. Dr. Way married (first) Martha L. Wightman, of Cambridgeport, a popular school teacher of her day. She died one year after her marriage. on December 25, 1868. He married (second), February 22, 1882, Mary J. Wightman, a
sister of his first wife. She is liberally educated, having graduated at Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, New Hampshire. and later continued her studies in the French and German languages. She was a teacher in the famous Dr. Gannet's School in Boston until ill health compelled her to resign her position. Mrs. Way is a woman of great intelligence and broad culture. She is in constant touch with the best literature, being a member of the Fiske Free Library book committee, and in this relation her judgment in the selection of standard works is considered invaluable. There were no children by either marriage.
HATCH This is a name derived from the lo- cality where the original Hatch lived in England. It was one time written 'de la Hache,' and Hatch, like Hatcher and Hatchman, took his name from the simple bar across the wood- land pathway by which he lived. Among the oldest of Massachusetts families. this has been very pro- lific, its descendants being now scattered over many states and territories of the Union. It was founded in Massachusetts by two brothers, William and Thomas, who are supposed to have come from Kent. England, and.were both active in the settlement of the Plymouth Colony. The family was active in the Indian and Revolutionary wars, and has con- tributed its portion to the development of civil af- fairs in New Hampshire.
(I) Elder William Hatch was a native of Sand- wich, county of Kent. England, and was probably a member, with his brother Thomas. of Governor Winthrop's Colony, which came to Massachusetts' shores in 1630. William returned to England and came out in the ship "Hercules" in 1635, accon- panied by his wife Jane. and six children and five servants. Ile was a man of means and business ability, and was a merchant at Scituate, Massachu- setts. He was a ruling elder of the Second Church there, which was founded in 1644. and was a lieuten- ant of the militia. His children, all born in Eng- land, were: Jane, Anne, Walter. Hannah, William and Jeremialı.
(II) Walter, eldest son and third child of Elder William and Jane Hatch, was born about 1625, and died in Scituate in March, 1701. He was a ship- wright by occupation. He was married (first ). May 6. 1650, to Elizabethi, daughter of Thomas Holbrook. of Weymouth. The date of her death does not ap- pear, but he was married (second), at Marshfield. August 5. 1674. and the christian name of his wife was Mary. The surname is not known. His chil- dren, born of the first wife. were: Hannah. Sam- ucl, Jane, Antipas. Bethia, John, Israel and Joseph.
(III) Samuel, eldest son and second child of John and Elizabeth ( Holbrook) Hatch. was born December 22. 1653, in Scituate, and was a ship- wright and farmer. He died in June, 1735. in his eighty-first year. No record of his wife appears. His children were: Samuel, Josiah, Hannah, Ebene- zer. Isaac, Elizabeth, Elisha, Ezekiel and Desire.
(IV) Jesiab, second son and child of Samuel Hatch. was born May 30. 1680, in Scituate, and died January 12. 1715, in Rochester, Massachusetts, in his thirty-fifth year. The christian name of his wife was Desire and their children were: Desire, Edmund, Zeruiah. Jabez and Ebenezer.
(V) Jabez, second son and fourth child of Josiah and Desire Hatch, was born May 21, 1709. in Rochester, Massachusetts, and died in April. 1763, in Boston. He was buried on the twenty-first of
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that month in the cemetery attached to Trinity Church. of whose society he was one of the earliest members. It is possible that he went to sea in early life, as his marriage occurred in Barnstable and no record is found of the birth of his first three chil- dren. He was permanently located at Boston as carly as 1740, as he was elected constable there at the town meeting on April 8 of that year. He was excused from service. In the same year he pur- chased land and had wharves on two sides of his estate at what was known as Windmill point and later as Wheeler's point. His will was made Jan- uary 18. 1763. He was married at Barnstable, Feb- Tuary 8, 1730, to Mary Crocker, daughter of William and Mary Crocker. She was born August 12, 1714. probably at Barnstable, and was buried at Trinity church yard. Boston, November 1I, 1785. Their children were: Desire (died young), Sarah, Jabez, Harris. Mary, Elizabeth. Desire, Haws, William, Christianna, Lucretia, Lydia, Christopher, Hannah and Lucy. The births of all except the first three are on record in Boston. It is probable that some of the sons followed the sea, and one of them settled in New Brunswick.
(\'I) Jacob Hatch was born in Maine, and was one of a family of eleven children, all educators. He married Martha Maxwell, a native of the same state, who was also a teacher in Maine, where part of their children were born. He was a member of the Continental army and was present at the sur- render of Burgoyne, October 17. 1777. He subse- quently removed with his son. Jacob (2) Hatch. from Maine to Vermont, settling first in Newbury and going from there to Groton as a pioneer. He had three sons and three daughters. The sons, Moses, Jacob and John, lived and died in Groton : Phoebe married Hiram Meader, and lived and died in Walden, Vermont: Lucretia (Mrs. James Dus- tin), lived and died in Groton, as did Mehitabel, wife of James Mitchel.
(VII) Jacob (2), second son of Jacob (1) and Martha ( Maxwell) Hatch, was born 1795, in Groton, Vermont, where he continued to reside through life and died September 4. 1873. aged about seventy- eight years. By occupation he was a stonemason. He married Sally Morrison, who was born May 7, 1707. and died December 9. 1875, in Groton.
(VIII) George, son of Jacob (2) and Sally ( Morrison) Hatch, was born April 1, 1820. in Groton, Vermont, and early in life learned the shoe- maker's trade. He settled at Wells River in the town of Newbury, Vermont, which he made his permanent home and where he manufactured shoes and conducted a retail store, in which he disposed of a large part of his product. His entire time and energies were devoted to his business and this so overtaxed his strength that his health was ruined and he died at the age of fifty-two years. September 20. 1872. By means of his devotion to his business he was successful and accumulated considerable real estate He was married December 8, 1847, to Hannah Vance, who was born August o. 1824, in Groten, Vermont, and survived him less than two morths, dying in Newbury. September 20. 1872. They were the parents of four children: Oscar C .. the ellest, is the subject of the succeeding para- graph . Fred B. resides at Woodsville. New Hamp- shire: is engaged in mercantile business; Amelia B., former wife of Adna F. Mulliken (deceased). late of Woodsville, New Hampshire: Martha J., wife of Clarence H. Carpenter, of Montpelier, Vermont.
(IX) Oscar Cuttler, son of George and Han-
nah (Vance) Hatch, was born November JI. 1848, in Newbury. He attended the common schools of his native town and also a select school, and left school at an early age to engage in some lucrative employment. For two years he was a clerk in the general store of Deming & Baldwin at Newbury, and the succeeding four years were spent in the National Bank at Newbury, where he was a general clerk. At the end of this period he was chosen cashier of the Orange County Bank at Chelsea. Vermont, where for two years he was actively and faithfully engaged. In 1872 he was elected cashier of the Littleton National Bank at Littleton, New Hamp- shire, and simultaneously was made treasurer of the Littleton Savings Bank. This bank was organized in 1871. so that Mr. Hatch may be said to have been a part or factor in the development of that institu- tion. Through his upright and straightforward dealings he has won the respect and friendship of business men of Littleton and adjoining towns. In 1887 he was elected president of the National Bank and for twenty years has continuously filled that position with honor and credit to himself and ad- vantage to the bank and the town and its people. Mr. Hatch is a man of generous nature and is just to all, which is one of the qualities essential in a successful banker. He made his own beginning in the world and appreciates the effort of every one who is trying to help himself, and is ever ready to encourage every honest and worthy effort. He fills many posts of responsibility and care, but his duties weigh lightly upon his shoulders and he is ever ready to greet his friends and the general public with the utmost affability and consideration. Mr. Hatch is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. and in politics an earnest Republican. He has served the community for three years, 1885-86- 87. as a member of the board of education, Union School District. He was state senator in 1899 and 1900, and a colonel on the staff of Governor Rollins during the same years. He has been a member of the board of trustees of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire since 1898. He is a justice of the peace and notary public, and is a director of the Littleton Shoe Company. He was president of the Littleton Musical Association in 1891-92-93. He is a member of Burns Lodge, No. 66. Free and Ac- cepted Masons. Franklin Chapter, No. 5. Royal Arch Masons, and St. Girard Commandery. Knights Tem- plar. He received the thirty-third degree of Free Masonry at the Supreme Council at Boston, Massa- chusetts, in 1804, and is a member of Aleppo Shrine. of Boston. He was past commander of St. Girard Commandery, of Littleton. This activity in one of the greatest fraternities of the world indicates the broad and generous nature of Colonel Hatch. He occupies a beautiful home at No. 11 High street, which is surrounded by handsome lawns and the accessories of a comfortable country home.
lle was married January 4. 1871, to Flora L. Adams, daughter of Henry W. and Nancy J. Adams, of Wells River. Vermont. She was born July 6, 1851. at Cooperstown, New York, and is the mother of four children: Leslie A., the eldest, is a resident of San Bernardino, California, where he removed with his family in 1002 for the benefit of his health : Henry O. is engaged in banking, holding the posi- tion of secretary of the Littleton Savings Bank: Marguerite E. recently graduated from the Quincy Mansion School, Quincy, Massachusetts; Oscar Cut-
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ler is in the public school of Brookline, Massachtt- setts.
(Second Family.)
(I) Joseph Hatch, immigrant ancestor of the Newport family as well as of most of the name in this country, arrived from England in or prior to 1630, coming here in common with the majority of Puritans, solely for the purpose of enjoying unre- stricted religious rights. Going to the southern coast of Massachusetts he purchased of the Indians a large tract of land called by its original owners Succammesset, lying on the north-eastern shore of Vineyard sound and afterwards incorporated as the town of Falmouth. There he resided for the re- mainder of his life, which terminated at an advanced age. He is credited in the records as having reared three sons. Joseph, Benjamin and Jonathan, but the maiden name of his wife is omitted.
(II) Joseph (2), eldest son of the preceding, was born in Falmouth in 1652.
(III) Ichabod, son of Joseph Hatch (2), was born in Falmouth, October 12, 1691, and went to Connecticut. He married Abigail Weeks.
(IV) Joseph (3), son of Ichabod and Abigail (Weeks) Hatch, was born in Tolland, Connecticut, August 15, 1718. About the year 1770 he brought his family to Alstead, New Hampshire, and was one of the first settlers in that town. His wife was be- fore marriage Sarah Stearns, born February 29, 1720, in Tolland, daughter of Shubael (2) and Rebecca (Lariby) Stearns, of Tolland (see Stearns, III).
(V) Mason, son of Joseph and Sarah (Stearns) Hatch, was born in Tolland, August 23, 1762, and accompanied his parents to Alstead when a child. He married Mitty (probably Melissa) Brooks.
(VI) Dr. Mason, son of Mason and Mitty (Brooks) Hatch, was born in Alstead, March 3, 1791. His preliminary medical studies were di- rected by Doctors T. D. Brooks, of Alstead, Reuben Hatch. of Hillsboro, and Charles Adams, of Keene, and his professional preparations were completed at Dartmouth College. Locating at Hillsboro in 1818 he practiced there successfully until 1836, when he removed to Bradford, and in 1838 succeeded to the practice of his brother, Dr. Isaac Hatch, in New- port. He died in Newport, December 2, 1876, after spending nearly forty years of his professional life there and incidentally devoting much time to its gen- eral welfare. He was a member of the lower house of the state legislature for the years 1854-55. His religions affiliations were with the Congregational- ists. On March 5, 1818, he married Apphia An- drews, his first wife, who was born March 5, 1795, and died September 18, 1855. He was married a second time. November 12, 1856, to Mrs. Mary R. Ray, of Cornish, New Hampshire, who survived him. His children, all of his first union, are: Emily T .. born April 1, 1819; Abigail, February 6, 1821; Leonard, died in infancy; Sarah S., June 19, 1824; Louisa F., April 10, 1827; Charles M .. who also died in infancy ; Ellen M., who will be again referred to; and Caroline, who did not live to maturity.
(VII) Ellen M., fifth daughter and seventh child of Dr. Mason and Apphia (Andrews) Hatch, was born in Hillsboro, September 19, 1834, and died in Newport, February 27, 1872. She married Will- jam Nourse (see Nourse, III).
(I) Nathan Hatch was born in Halifax Mas- sachusetts, in 1783, and removed to Gilford, New Hampshire, in early life, where he died March, 1848, at the age of sixty-five years. He was an early settler in Gilford, where he made a farm of fifty
acres in the woods, and contributed abundantly of his services in clearing the, forest, making roads and per- forming the many other duties necessary to make the wilderness habitable. He was a member of the Uni- versalist Church, and his political affiliation was with the Whig party. He married Phebe Thurston, who was born in Gilford, where she died in 1846. Their children were: Ichabod, Benjamin, Martha, Abiah, Mahala, and Nathan, whose sketch follows.
(II) Nathan (2), youngest son of Nathan (I) and Phebe (Thurston) Hatch, was born in Gilford, October 2, 1821, and died August 10, 1888. The common schools of Gilford afforded him all the op- portunities for education that he ever had. He fol- lowed the occupation of his father and owned and cultivated a farm of fifty acres. In the time of the Rebellion he was drafted and sent a substitute in his place, as at that time he had a family of small chil- dren to support, and he preferred to take care of them. He was a loyal citizen and attested his re- gard for the great war president by naming his youngest son in his honor. He was married in Gil- ford, January 15. 1844, to Mary Sanborn Webster, who was born May 24, 1825, daughter of William W. and Sallie (Sanborn) Webster. Their children were: An infant, Mary O .. David, Eva, Walter Wil- liam and Abraham Lincoln.
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