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He married. June 20. 1875. Sarah Jane, daughter of Michael Boynton, of England. His wife was ed- ucated in the Bedford and Manchester schools. She was a member of the Good Templars. the Grange, and the Baptist Church. Mr. Tirrell died July 28, 1902, and Mrs. Tirrell died July 6, 1905. Two children were born to them, Louis O., born August 19, 1877, and Burton Gilmore.
(VII) Burton Gilmore. youngest son and child of Clinton H. and Sarah Jane (Boynton) Tirrell, was born in Goffstown, September 3. 1879. He re- ceived his carly education in the district schools and afterwards graduated from the Business College of Manchester. His . occupation is farming and team- ing. He has a farm of one hundred and twenty- seven acres. In 1900 hc bought a milk route and after keeping it for two years sold it. and now, in company with his brother, is carrying on the home farm, milk business and lumbering. He is politi-
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cally a Republican. and religiously a Baptist. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and past chancellor commander, and is also a member for ten years of the Grange at Grasmere, and is now master. He married. August 29, 1906, Anna B. Kelsey, born in Manchester. daughter of Edgar Kel- sey, also of Manchester.
The Stiles family is of Anglo-Saxon STILES origin and was in England prior to the conquest of William, the Con- queror, as is evident from the name and the most ancient localities that bore it. The family first located in the present counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent. Essex, Sussex and Northampton in south- eastern England. The earlier home. however, in the fifth century was in the northern portion of the Jutland peninsula which divides the North sea from the Baltic.
The first of the family emigrating to this coun- try were four brothers-Henry, Jolin, Thomas and Francis-who embarked in the "Christian," at Lon- don, March. 1635, locating first at Dorchester, Mass- achusetts, but soon going to Connecticut. But William. the ancestor of the family under consider- ation, appears to have been a later emigrant.
(I) William Stiles located in Dover. New Hampshire, but the date of his arrival is not known. His name first appears in the Dover records as one of the selectmen. April 25, 1715. Afterwards it occurs several times at different dates. He was by trade a blacksmith. He married Deborah
and died just prior to July 30, 1740. Their children were: Elizabeth, born March 6. 1702. Abigail. born July 1, 1703. Deboralı, born March, 1706, married, in 1730, James Kielle, emigrant from Ire- land. horn April 15, 1708, from whom comes the name Kelly. Mary, born March 1, 1708. William, born March. 1709, married (first) Tryphenia Baker, and (second) Lydia Hanson. Samuel, born August IO, 1710.
(II) Samuel. second son and youngest child of William and Deborah Stiles, was born in Dover, August 10. 1710. In the division of lands in Dover he received "one-third of one full share." He lived successively in Dover, Durham, Barrington and Strafford. and was by occupation a blacksmith. His death, which occurred later than July 19, 1773. was occasioned by the accidental discharge of a loaded gun barrel which he was cleaning, living but one day after the injury. He married, November 24. 1754, at Durham, Mary Huckins, by whom he had Samuel. born about 1758, married Anna Foss ; Moses, and probably others.
(III) Moses, second son of Samuel and Mary (Huckins) Stiles, was born in that part of Barring- ton which is now Strafford, about 1762. He after- wards lived successively in Kingston, Barnstead and Gilmanton. He was the third trader in succession in Barnstead. He married a Miss Daniels. Their children, some or all of whom were born in Gilman- ton, were: Deborah. born in 1787, married. in 1809. John Clark, of Montville, Maine. Daniel, born in
1789, married Martha Sanborn. Moses and Aaron (twins), born August 1, 1791, Moses marrying Lucy Lamprey. Samuel married Susan Hewett. Mehita- ble married. February 9, 1817, Clark B. Foss, of Gil- manton. Eliza, who went to Iowa to live with a brother and married when nearly sixty years old, Mordecai Gilbert, and died at Muscatine, Iowa.
(IV) Aaron, third son and fourth child of Moses and (Daniels) Stiles, was horn in Gilmanton. August 1, 1791. He was by trade a hatter. In 1812 he located at Amesbury, Massa- chusetts, but soon after marriage removed to Ches- ter, New Hampshire. He, however, in 1817 re- turned to Amesbury, where he ever after resided. dying there December 9, 1836. His wife died Jan- tiary 4, 1872. He married, in 1813, Nancy Trussell, by whom he had: Moses, born January 1I, 1814. married, May 9, 1839, Susan Jones, born in Wil- mington, Massachusetts, February 29. 1815, and died in Lynn, Massachusetts, May 19, 1873. Nancy, born in Chester, New Hampshire, July 18, 1817, died in Amesbury, Massachusetts, December 19, 1835. Mary M., born August 20, 1822, died Decem- ber 10. 1840. James, born in Amesbury, Massa- chutsetts, September 21, 1825. Sarah Jane, born September 30. 1830. married, March 16, 1853, Ben- jamin Osgood, of Salisbury, Massachusetts.
(V) James, second son and fourth child of Aaron and Nancy (Trussell) Stiles, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, September 21, 1825. Prior to 1850 he removed to Goffstown, New Hampshire, where he ever afterwards resided. In 1869 he bought the farm of William Smith on Pat- tee Hill and took up his residence there, remaining till death. By occupation he was a farmer and miller. Politically he was a Democrat. and de- nominationally an Episcopalian. He was a member of the Grange. He died February 19, 1891. He married, November 28, 1850, Martha Jane, daughter of Philip and Lucinda B. (Clogston) Hart, of Thornton, New Hampshire. Their children were: Susan Jane, born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, October 22, 1851, married Enoch W. Breed, of Weare. James G., born December 8, 1852, died May 7, 1861. Philip Hart. died young. Philip Hart, born January 13, 1856, married (first), July 12, 1881, Umatilla Andrews, who died April 24. 1882; married (second), January 20, 1886, Lizzie A. Rogers. Charles H., who died young. James Henry, born February 28. 1861. Mother of these children is living in Weare.
(VI) James Henry, sixth son and youngest child of James and Martha Jane (Hart) Stiles, was born in Goffstown, February 28, 1861. He was educated in the public schools. He gave himself to farming and running grist
mill for four years. Afterwards was in the employ
of Swift's Beef Company for a year and half. He then had charge of a mill in New Bos- ton for three years. Later he located on the farm of his wife's father and has given his attention to general farming, the production of milk, and team- ing. For a time he was road agent. He is a mem-
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ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grange, in both of which he has filled all the chairs. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is a trustee of Order of Protection. Politically he affiliated with the Democrats, and religiously with the Congregationalists. He married, February 9, 1888, Luella, daughter of Jabez and Lorinda (Jones) Pattec, of Goffstown. His wife was educated in the public schools, and graduated from the Man- chester high school in 1875. Afterwards she fol- lowed teaching for ten years. She is a member of the Congregational Church, also of the Order of the Rebekahs, and the Grange, and in the latter has filled some of the chairs. Their children are: George Henry, born December 18, 1891, deceased, and Harlan Pattee, born March 22, 1894, died April 5, 1904.
Some authorities have erroneously COUCH given this as a Welsh name, but it has been directly traced to Cornwall, Eng- land. It has been long honorably identified with New England and New Hampshire, and has many worthy sons in this state at the present time.
(I) The first of whom we have any account is William Couch, who resided in Cornwall, England, and probably died there.
(11) Joseph, son of William Couch, came to America in youth or early manhood and was ap- prenticed to John Bray, the early ship-builder, of Kittery, Maine, March 30, 1662. He was appointed one of the executors of John Bray's widow Joan, who subsequently married Clement Dearing. In that document he is called, "my brother, Joseph Couch." The wife of the latter was Joanna Dear- ing, daughter of Roger and Joan Dearing of Kit- tery, and a sister of Clement Dearing. She died about 1700, and he married (second), the christian name of his wife being Katherine. He died about 1712, and the inventory of his estate was filed Jan- uary 22, 1713. His children were: Joseph, William, Roger, Mary, Sarah and Joanna.
(III) William, second son and child of Joseph and Joanna (Dearing) Couch, was born about 1695, in Kittery, Maine, and removed to Newbury, Mas- sachusetts. In 1717 he was one of the petitioners for the township in the Chestnut region, which was preferred by men of Hampton and vicinity, but he did not join with the second petitioners to whom Chester was granted. It is probable that he con- tinued to reside in Newbury. He was married there January 1, 1719, to Elizabeth Richardson, a native of that town, where their children were born, namely : Joseph, Mary, Sarah, John, Elizabeth and Joanna.
(IV) Joseph (2), eldest child of William (2) and Elizabeth (Richardson) Couch, was born August 17, 1721, in Newbury. In 1778, with his wife and five children, he removed from that town to Boscawen, New Hampshire, where he died in 1784. He was one of the carly settlers of that town and shared in the severe labors and other hardships of the pioneer period. He married, in Newbury,
April 25, 1744, Alice Rowell, whose name was some- times written Elsie. She was living in 1768 and with him removed to Boscawen. It was another Joseph Couch who married a second wife and is confounded with this one by the history of Bosca- wen. His children were: John, Elsie, Benjamin, Joseph and Mary. ( Mention of Joseph and descend- ants appears in this article).
(V) Benjamin, third child and second son of Joseph (2) and Alice (Rowell) Couch, was born June 25, 1753, and died April 26, 1816, aged sixty- three. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and fought at Bunker Hill, where he was wounded. The New Hampshire record of the Revolutionary sol- diers states that Benjamin Couch, aged twenty-two, joiner, credited to Hampstead in Rockingham county, was a private in Captain Hezekiah Hutchins' company, of Colonel Reed's regiment, June 9, 1775- The pay roll of August 1, 1775, credits him with service of three months and five days, from May 4, and on that date he received wages £6 7s 2d, and allowance for forty miles travel, a coat and blanket, £1 16s. His residence was on Battle street, in Bosca- wen, now Webster. He married Rachel Heath, of Hampstead, and they had: Nathaniel H., Joseph, Polly P., Benjamin, Samuel and Sally.
(VI) Nathaniel H., eldest child of Benjamin and Rachel (Heath) Couch, was born in Boscawen, No- vember 5, 1777, and died July 10, 1844, aged sixty- seven. He married Elizabeth Calef, of Salisbury, and they had three children : Nancy A., Polly, and John G., whose sketch follows.
(VII) John Gilman, youngest child of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Calef) Couch, was born in Bosca- wen, April 26, 1809, and died October 31, 1882, aged seventy-three years. He was a farmer and lived on the ancestral homestead. He was the father of three children: an infant, who died very soon ; David N. and John B.
(VIII) David Nathaniel, second child of John G. Couch, was born in Webster, July 23, 1846. His early life was spent on his father's farm, which descended to the son, and has always been his home. His early education was limited to the public schools, but a course of reading throughout his life since he passed from the schoolroom has made him a well-informed and public-spirited citizen. He has a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, and is pro- fitably engaged in general farming. He is not married.
(V) Joseph (2), third son and youngest child of Joseph (1) and Alice (Rowell) Couch, was born in December, 1755, an died in Boscawen, February 7, 1821, aged sixty-six. He succeeded to his father's homestead, where he resided until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolution, enlisting from New- buryport. In Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls Joseph Couch is credited to Captain Rodger's com- pany in the list of recruits for the new establishment in Colonel Baldwin's regiment, December, 1775, also as private in Captain Ezra Badlain's company, Col- onel Loammi Parker's Twenty-sixth regiment. His name is on the pay abstract for December, 1775,
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dated New York, April 19, 1776. He enlisted De- cember 25, 1775, and served six days. The pay abstract for the same company and regiment shows he received advanced pay, etc., for January, 1776, and another abstract shows record of pay from Feb- ruary to June, 1776. He was also one of the men who agreed to tarry six weeks from the last of December, 1776; abstract dated at Trenton, January I, 1777. He married Sarah Pillsbury, of Newbury- port, and they were the parents of six children : Enoch (died young), Sally, Joseph, Enoch, Phebe and Eunice.
(VI) Enoch, fourth child and third son of Joseph (2) and Sarah (Pillsbury) Couch, was born in Boscawen, April 12, 1793, and died April 23, 1867, aged seventy-four years. His education was that afforded by the district schools of his time, which was in session a few weeks each winter. His physical training was far better, and he grew up on the homestead of his father and grandfather, which he inherited, strong and active in body, and by pru- dence and industry added much to the old home farm. He was farsighted in business affairs, yet strictly honest and upright in his dealings. He was much esteemed by his fellow citizens, and regarded by his acquaintances as a Christian, though he was not a church member. He married (first), Nancy Eastman, who died without issue; and (second), Jane O. Stickney, of Brownfield, Maine, who died July 30, 1877. The names of the children of the second wife are: Nancy Eastman, mentioned below. Joseph, born March 22, 1837, died March 14, 1872. Mary S., born June 12, 1844, married Orlando Whitney, and died April 17, 1876, leaving one child, Herbert C., born November 16, 1867.
(VII) Nancy Eastman, eldest child of Enoch and Jane O. (Stickney) Couch, was born February 12, 1835, upon the paternal homestead which she inherited, and upon which she still resides. (See Macurdy IV).
The name of Hartshorn is not HARTSHORN numerously represented in this country, though the first settlers came here before the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury. Like several other old English patronymics, it is supposed to have a medical connection. As is well known, the ancient restorative, ammonia, was originally made by distilling shavings from the antlers of the hart or buck deer. The drug is now commonly made from calves' bones, and the ancient name, like the ancient process, has fallen into dis- use. The surname, however, has been worthily borne by several generations in America.
(I) Thomas Hartshorn, the first American an- cestor, was born in Reading, England, about 1620. He came with others from his neighborhood and settled in what is now Reading, Massachusetts, which they named for their old home. He was a freeman in 1648, and was also one of the select- men. In 1647 he married his first wife, Susanna, of Reading. They had seven children, six sons and one daughter : Thomas, born September 30, 1648; John,
born May 8, 1650; Joseph, born 1652; Benjamin, born April 18, 1654; Jonathan, born August 20, 1656; David, born October 18, 1657; Susanna, born March 2, 1659. Mrs. Susanna Hartshorn died in 1659, and her husband married for his second wife, Sarah, widow of William Lamson, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and they had one son, Timothy, whose sketch follows.
(II) Timothy, only son of Thomas and Sarah (Lamson) Hartshorn, was born February 28, 1661. He married Martha, of Reading, Massachusetts. They had ten children: Timothy, born September 30, 1688; Thomas, born June 10, 1691, died young ; John, born August 30, 1693, died in 1695; Martha, born January II, 1696, married Frances Nurse, 1717; John, see forward; Mary, born February 18, 1701; Hepzibah, born April 10, 1703, married, 1721, James Pearson, of Lynn, Massachusetts; Samuel, born March 25, 1708; Hannah, twin of Samuel, married Joseph Boutell, July 5, 1733; David, born March 3, 1710.
(III) Jolin, fourth son and fifth child of Tim- othy and Martha Hartshorn, was born March 20, 1698, probably in Reading. He married Abigail Bancroft, July 1, 1721. Nothing further is known about this except that they were the parents of several children, among them James, see forward.
(IV) James, son of John and Abigail (Ban- croft) Hartshorn, was born August 8, 1730, prob- ably in Reading, Massachusetts. He married Tabitha Pratt, November 29, 1753, and they had eleven chil- dren. She was born January 25, 1734, died July, 1805. About 1765 James Hartshorn removed with his family to Amherst, New Hampshire, where they lived in a log house. He was the first of his name in this state. Children of James and Tabitha (Pratt) Hartshorn were: James, Jr., born March 17, 1755, married Martha Stewart, of Amherst, New Hampshire, died about 1780; Timothy, born April 8, 1757, died November 2, 1838, unmarried; John, born June 21, 1759; Tabitha, born September 23, 1761, married George Jolinson, May 25, 1784, died in New York; Edward, see forward; Ebenezer, born May 22, 1766; Abigail, born September 16, 1768, married Samuel Parsons, December, 1790; Samuel, born February 26, 1771; Thomas and David (twins), born May 3, 1773, died young; Sarah, born February 26, 1775, married Lewis Stratton, September 28, 1797, died August 29, 1840.
(V) Edward, fourth son and fifth child of James and Tabitha (Pratt) Hartshorn, was born June 23, 1764, at Reading, Massachusetts. When ten years of age he came with his father to Am- herst, New Hampshire, where he grew up in a log house. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Amherst. He was an estimable citizen, and lived to the advanced age of ninety years. Edward Hartshorn married Lucy Elliott, Decem- ber 25, 1787. She was born March 25, 1769, daugh- ter of Francis and Phebe (Wilkins) Elliott, early settlers of Amherst, who came there from Mid- dleton, Massachusetts. Edward Hartshorn in- herited the homestead from his father, James, the
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original settler. Four generations of the family have since been born on the very spot where James built the original log cabin. Edward and Lucy (Elliott) Hartshorn were the parents of four chil- dren.
(VI) Levi Hartshorn, son of Edward and Lucy (Elliott) Hartshorn, born in 1789 was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1813 and became min- ister of the First Church in Gloucester, Massachu- setts, in October, 1815. He married Hannah, daugh- ter of Deacon Amos Elliott, and died in September, 1819, at the early age of thirty, "greatly lamented by his church and people." Rev. Levi Hartshorn left two sons: Edward and Samuel.
(VII) Edward, eldest son of Rev. Levi and Hannah (Elliott) Hartshorn, was born in June, 1817. He received his medical diploma in 1843, and became a practicing physician at Berlin, Massa- chusetts. He married Elizabeth Howe, and their children were: William Henry, born 18446, a manu- facturer of medicines and flavoring extracts, with an office at No. 71 Blackstone street, Boston, Massa- chusetts. Edward H., born 1842, died in 1887. Ed- ward Hartshorn died August 22, 1854, and his wife May 30, 1837, from the effects of injuries received by being thrown from a carriage.
(VI) Jotham, youngest son and child of Edward and Lucy ( Elliott) Hartshorn, was born March 23, 1803, at Amherst, New Hampshire. He was farmer, carpenter and manufacturer of lumber. He represented Amherst four years in the state legis- lature and was selectman for several terms. I-Je was a member of the Congregational Church. In politics he was a Whig until 1847, when he left that party for the Free Soil, or what is now the Republican party. At that time there was only five men in Amherst allied with the Free Soilers. Jotham Hartshorn married Elizabeth Blodgett, born September 11, 1802; married, May 25, 1825; died January 2, 1875. They had four children: Eliza- beth, born September 3, 1826, died at the age of two weeks; Levi, born September 3, 1827, died September, 1872; Charles, born January 21, 1830, died July 28, 1858, unmarried; Frank, whose sketch follows. Jotham Ilartshorn died September 21, 1878, at the age of seventy-five years.
(VII) Frank, youngest child of Jotham and Elizabeth (Blodgett) Hartshorn, was born at the old homestead in Amherst, New Hampshire. Sep- tember 6, 1833. He was educated in the district schools. He is a farmer and lumber manufacturer and has prospered in business affairs. Like his ancestors, he is a respected and influential citizen of his native town. He represented Amherst in the New Hampshire legislature of 1877. He is a director of the Souhegan National Bank of Milford, New Hampshire. He attends the Congregational Church. On February 2, 1860, he married Elizabeth P. Knight, of Amherst, daughter of Jonathan and Lucy (Putnam) Knight. They have had four chil- dren, of whom three are living: Lucy A., married A. M. Wilkins, of Amherst, New Hampshire: Hat- tie Moore, born April 25, 1863; Lizzie E., born July
19, 1875, died in infancy ; and Levi J., born October 10, 1877.
One of the early colonial families. SEWALL from which have sprung numerous members who have been more than ordinarily successful.
(I) Benjamin Sewall, born 1776. for many years a farmer in Gilford, and subsequently in Wil- mot, was a Whig, and later a Republican in politics, and in religious faith was for many years a Baptist. He married Mary Brown, born 1782, died 1869. in Wilmot. He died December 2, 1830, in Wilmot. They had four children: Stephen, George, Clara and Mary Helen.
(II) Stephen, son of Benjamin and Mary (Brown) Sewall, born in Gilford. January 12, 1815, died in Concord, February 10, 1904, aged eighty- nine years. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and at an early age began life for himself. He removed to Concord, at sixteen years of age. and was employed about the Phoenix Hotel, and subsequently at the railroad station. He was one of the first expressmen in the city, having been more than fifty years in that employment at the time of his death. In 1850 ( deed dated Novem- ber 25) he bought a place on Warren street. which is now in the possession of his daughter, Clara. He was an industrious and prudent man, and was able to accumulate a comfortable property. Like his father he was a Baptist, and was over fifty years a member of the First Baptist Church of Concord. In politics he was a Republican. He married, May 16, 1841, Rhoda Ann Hoyt, daughter of James Hoyt, horn in Concord, September 11, 1821, died March 26. 1895. (See Hoyt VII). They had six chil- dren : Mary Helen, died in infancy; George Frank and James Edward, residents of Concord; Charles H. married Ella M. Holt, died in Concord; William A. married Lulu Ames, died in Concord ; Clara A., born in Concord, January 7, 1844, occupies her father's homestead.
(VI) James Hoyt, eldest son and second child of Joseph and Polly (Elliot) Hoyt, was born in Boscawen. September 17, 1788, and died in Feb- ruary, 1861. He was brought to Concord in his in- fancy or youth and lived on Horse Hill. He learned the blacksmith's trade. and was the proprietor of a shop in Concord. He married, March 30, 1818, Nancy Abbot, and they had four children: Mary Marble, Rhoda Ann, James Franklin and Amanda Putney.
(VII) Rhoda Ann, second daughter and child of James and Nancy (Abbot) Hoyt, was born in Concord. September 11, 1821, and married, May 16, 1841, Stephen Sewall. (See Sewall).
The family of this name came from
MARSH England within twelve years subse- quent to the first settlement of Massa- chusetts. The record of the American ancestor and that of the family into which he married shows plainly that they sought a home in the wilderness of America to escape religious persecution in their
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native land, and were prepared to endure all the hardships and privations their removal necessitated, provided they could enjoy the freedom they sought. The sterling traits of the ancestors are still visible in the descendants, not a few having made records which entitle them to great credit, notable among these being Professor Othniel C. Marsh, the cele- brated naturalist of Yale College.
(1). John Marsh was born in England, prob- ably in 1618, and resided in Essex county. and is believed to have come to Cambridge, Massachusetts, when seventeen years old. According to Barber he was one of the one hundred men, women and chil- dren led by Rev. Mr. Hooker, in 1636, from Massa- chusetts Bay through the woods to Hartford, Con- necticut. The record states: "Lands were recorded to John Marsh February, 1639-40 part whereof did belong to John Stone. and were by him given to Samuel Stone, and hy said Stone to John Marsh of Hartford, and now belongeth to him and his heirs." Other lands were also given him about the same time. He soon had four allotments in all, amount- ing to one hundred and seventy-two acres. He lived at Hartford from 1636 to 1660. In 1660 he was one of the company which left Hartford and moved up the Connecticut river, some forty miles, and founded Hadley, Massachusetts. There he lived twenty-eight years. He was one of the original members of the church at Northampton, organized June 18, 1661, but how it came about is not clear. The first notice of John Marsh in the Hadley records is at the first town meeting held October 8, 1660, when he had land allotted to him. In 1675 he was one of the selectmen.
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