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Colonel Martin was a faithful member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, but was not allied with other organizations. His heart was wide enough for the whole world, and he was ever ready to help any worthy movement. His political prin- ciples led him to act with the Republican party, and he contributed liberally of time and means to the furtherance of good government. as he construed it. In 1857-58 he served his city as member of the common council, and as alderman in 1860. In the same year he was a delegate to the national conven- tion at Chicago which placed Abraham Lincoln in nomination for president. In 1863-64 he was repre- sentative in the legislature, and acted as colonel on the staff of Governor Gilmore.
He was married January 3. 1836. to Mary Ann Rice, of Newton Falls, daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Smith) Rice. Mrs. Martin was born at Newton Falls and was one of ten children, eight of whom lived to be over seventy. Mrs. Martin is the only one living now ( 1907), ninety-four years of age. Of the three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Martin only one survives, namely: Fanny R., widow of George Byron Chandler, of Manchester (see Chandler. IX). Colonel Martin, one of the most successful and progressive citizens of Manchester. passed away at his home in that city June 16, 1886, and the city mourned his loss as a useful citizen and an ex- emplary man. He exemplified in eminent degree the New England character. being industrious, prudent. far-sighted. benevolent, and kind in manner and thought. He had inherited these qualities from old Colonial ancestry, and never caused a stain to rest on an honorable name.
MARTIN The Martin name is numerous, but it has not been possible to connect the following line with those whose his- tory has previously been written. The present fam- ily is not recorded in the Martin Genealogy. They may possibly be connected with Deacon Reuben Martin, of Bradford. Vermont, who lived there in the latter part of the eighteenth century, but they are not directly descended from him.
(I) Hiram Martin was born in Ilaverhill. New Hampshire, or Bradford. He was a farmer, and married a Miss Willis. They had three children, among them Alden Edison, whose sketch follows.
(II) Alden Edison, son of Hiram Martin, was born at Haverhill, New Hampshire, July 17. 1825. He was a farmer, and lived in Bath. New Hamp- shire, most of his life. but moved to Colebrook in his later years after his son had become established there. Alden Edison Martin married Emily C. Woodman. daughter of Nathaniel and Betsey Wood- man, of Thornton, New Hampshire. There were
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seven children, of whom five are living: George Woodman, mentioned below ; Charles E., William A .. Nellie . May and Orran. Alden E. Martin died at Colebrook, May 15, 1907, and his wife died August 19, 1891.
(III) George Woodman Martin was born at Bath. New Hampshire, March 19, 1855. He was educated in the common school of his native town, and farmed at home till 1876, when he moved to Colebrook where he has since lived. He has a fine tract of land containing four hundred acres in all, on which he does general farming. He began at an early age with little capital, and he has acquired an excellent property. all by his own efforts. He is a Democrat in polities and is active and influential in the party. He has served as road agent, and was selectman in 1889 and 1890. and representative in 1903. serving on the railroad committee. He was a member of the school board for six years from 1901 to 1907. He belongs to the Grange, and attends the Methodist Episcopal Church of East Columbia. On April 9, 1881, George Woodman Martin married Etta J. Gilman, daughter of Jonathan and Lizzie Gilman, of Colebrook. There are three children: Royal G., born October 31. 1885: Neil G., born January 22, 1888; and Truman G., born November 28, 1890.
McALLISTER In the colonization of the north- ern part of Ireland by the Eng- lish. a large number of people went from the Westerly part of Scotland. Argyle- shire sent many, and among them were representa- tives of the family of McAllister, who settled in Londonderry and its immediate vicinity. Angus McAllister and his wife, Margaret Boyle, with their eight children. came from Ireland to New England. and settled in Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1718. They moved to Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1731 and settled on a farm near the meeting houses and town house. This farm has been in the posses- sion of the McAllister family since that time, and is now owned by their descendant, George I. Mc- Allister.
(I) Angus McAllister was undoubtedly near of kin to Richard McAllister. of Bedford, (who is mentioned with descendants in this article), and John McAllister, of New Boston. Angus had been a soldier in the wars of Ireland, and had an ear shot off in an engagement at Pennyburn Mill, and was exempted from taxes on account of his military services. At his death his body was carried six miles to the cemetery at East Derry on a bier sup- ported on the shoulders of four men, which was the custom in those days. Thomas Wilson, an old com- panion in arms, met the funeral procession and took off his hat and shouted, "Auld Ireland forever ! Weel. Angus, they're na taking the lug (ear) aff your head at Pennyburn Mill the day, mon."
The children of Angus and Margaret (Boyle) McAllister were: William, David, John, and five daughters. William married Jannette Cameron. and settled on the farm immediately adjoining that of his brother David, and which for considerable more than a century has been owned by the Mack family. He had seven sons and one daughter, and died in 1755, aged fifty-five years. The names of his sons were: John, David, William, Peter, Hugh, Thomas and Andrew. After his death his widow and chil- dren removed to Jaffrey, New Hampshire. John, son of Angus, returned to Ireland. Of the daugh- ters of Angus not very much is known. Mary Ann married David Morrison, one of the proprietors of
Londonderry. Another daughter married John Tag- gart and went to Colerain. Massachusetts. Another daughter married Thomas Knox, who was one of the first settlers of Pembroke, New Hampshire. The other two daughters married brothers by the name of White. James and John, and they settled in Pem- broke.
(II) David McAllister, second son of Angus and Margaret, married Eleanor Wilson, a daughter of Alexander Wilson, of Charlestown, Massachu- setts, and lived on the homestead. They had four sons : Alexander, John, Archibald and George, and two daughters-Jannette and Margaret. David died in Londonderry in 1750, aged forty-six years; his widow married William Addison. and had one child, Eleanor, who married Charles Cavender. of Greenfield, New Hampshire. The oldest son, Alex- ander, married Abigail White, of Goffstown, and lived on a part of his father's farm. He died about 1777, after which his widow and children removed to Goffstown. Archibald, a son of David and Eleanor, married Jane Irwin, of Manchester, and settled on a part of his father's farm, which was afterwards owned for many years by Abner Camp- bell and his son. John Campbell, and Elwin C. Pea- body. Archibald and Jane had three children, viz. : David, Lydia and Margaret Clarke. Archibald died in 1778. His widow married Mr. Arbuckle, and went to Vermont. George, son of David and Eleanor, married successively Sarah Gorrill, Sarah Henderson and Ednah Emerson. He lived on a farm in the northern part of Londonderry, which was afterwards owned for a long time by William Plummer, and given by him to the Baptist Society for a parsonage, and owned by Sidney A. Webster in 1907. George McAllister sold his farm in 1834 and went to Nashua to live with his daughter, Mrs. James Atwood. He died there in 18440 at the age of ninety-four years. Margaret, daughter of David and Eleanor, married Alexander McCoy, of Goffstown, and had a family of children. Jannette, a daughter of David and Eleanor, married Michael Archer and removed to Henniker.
(III) John McAllister, second son of David and Eleanor (Wilson) McAllister, married Mrs. Rebekah (Henderson) White, of Bedford. in 1770, and died in 1780, aged thirty-six years. His widow died in 1839, aged about ninety-six years. She was the girl who went with Hon. John Orr after the cows in the early history of Bedford. He was about fifteen and she somewhat younger. They encountered a bear, and she picked up stones for Johnny to throw at him. Bruin stood the annoyance for a while, and then went for his tormentors. He treed Johnny. and Beckie ran, and, while Bruin looked after the more offensive party she escaped and got help. The chil- dren of John and Rebekah (Henderson) McAllister were: Sarah, Isaac, Benjamin and John. Sarah died in youth. Benjamin was a school teacher, and was drowned in the harbor of Charlestown. South Carolina, in 1814. John, son of John and Rebecca, married Jane Caldwell, of Hudson, New Hamp- shire, and they lived in Londonderry. Their chil- dren were: Henderson, who was drowned at sea. Benjamin and Andrew. Andrew was married and had one child. He died in 1812 and his widow re- moved to western New York about 1830.
(IV) Isaac. son of John and Rebekalı McAllis- ter. was born in Londonderry, January 19, 1776, and married Sarah Harriman, of that town. in 1814. He lived on his father's farm, and his children were: Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin and Sarah. His wife
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died February 16, 1854, aged seventy-six years. and he died August 30, 1858, at the age of eighty-two years and seven months. Isaac,, son of Isaac and Sarah, lived many years with his brother Jonathan, and died in Londonderry, March 21, 1869, at the age of fifty-three years and five months. He and his sister Sarah were never married. Benjamin, son of Isaac and Sarah, was born in Londonderry, March 25. 1819, and died December 14, 1887. He married Caroline Savory, of that town, who was born March 14, 1821, and died October 25, 1883. They had three children: 1. Thomas Savory McAllister, born in Londonderry, July 10, 1847, died May 3, 1880, at Amesbury, Massachusetts, leaving a widow. Ellen (Ayer) Mc Allister, formerly of Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, surviving him. He attended school at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, studied medicine, attended lectures at Bowdoin Med- ical College, Brunswick, Maine, and practiced his profession with great success for several years at Amesbury, Massachusetts. 2. George McAllister. born August 4. 1850, in Londonderry, resided for many years in Boston, and was a wood turner by trade: he married, in May, 1896, Lizzie M. Harlow, and died in Boston, September 9. 1899, and was buried at Everett, Massachusetts. He did not have any children. He was an active and prominent Odd Fellow, and a very capable man. 3. Charles Mc- Allister, born in Londonderry, November 10, 1852, graduated from Kimball Union Academy at Meriden in 1872, and was a member of the class of 1876 at Tuft's College, Medford, Massachusetts, for one year. Ile taught school in Londonderry, carried on a large farm, and dealt extensively in apples for many years. . Charles was a selectman for two years, and also a member of the school committee. He was an able and successful business man. On July 21, 1885, he married Mary Graves. of Derry, and they resided on the old Humphrey homestead in Londonderry until his decease on October 22. 1905. ITis children are: Thomas Savory McAllister, born May 5. 1886, graduated at Pinkerton Academy Derry, in 1904, and is a member of the class of 1908 at Dartmouth College ; Linda Graves, born February 13, 1800; Donald, May 21, 1895; Paul. January 7, 1808: Ruth, April 20, 1900. After the death of Charles, his widow sold the farm and removed with her family to Auburndale, Massachusetts.
(V) Jonathan McAllister, second son of Isaac and Sarah (Harriman) McAllister, was born in Londonderry, March 12, 1817. He was educated in the common schools and at Pembroke Academy, and was for many years a capable and successful school teacher. He taught in Bow, Derry. Nashua, and Londonderry, and was thorough instructor. Possessed of a strong mind, he was noted for sound judgment and practical common sense; he was a well informed man, honest and sincere in his con- viction, loyal and faithful to his political party, of great executive ability, an able speaker, and took an active and leading part in town meetings, held the offices of town clerk and town treasurer, was one of the auditors for many years, settled many estates, and enjoyel the respect and confidence of his neigh- bors and follow citizens. Ile married. November II. 1852, Caroline Choate, daughter of Deacon James and Abigail (Cogswell) Cho te born in that part of old Londonderry now known as Derry, April 8, 1823. When a young woman she was a school teacher. She foll wel this occupation for several years and won a good reputation. She ded August 4. 1002. leaving a large circle of friends and relatives, whose
love and respect she had enjoyed, to mourn her de- parture. Mrs. McAllister was a noble woman, a good mother, a faithful wife, a genial companion. a kind neighbor, and was greatly interested in the wel- fare and prosperity of the community in which she resided. Jonathan McAllister moved to Derry in May, 1906, where he died January 22. 1907, at the age of eighty-nine years, ten months and ten days, and is buried in Glenwood cemetery in Londonderry.
(VI) George Isaac McAllister, only child of Jonathan and Caroline (Choate) McAllister, was born on the ancestral homestead in Londonderry, December 11, 1853. He attended the public schools in his native town, and was a student at Pinkerton Academy at Derry, graduated from Kimball Union Academy at Meriden in 1873, from Chandler Scien- tific Departinent of Dartmouth College in 1877, came to Manchester October first of that year, and studied law with Cross & Burnham, and later with Hon. David Cross, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1881, and has since practiced his profession in Man- chester. He was in partnership with Hon. Henry E. Burnham, present United States senator, for nearly three years. He was a candidate of the Dein- ocratic party for county solicitor, was deputy collec- tor of internal revenue from November 1. 1885. to December 1. 1889, and a member of the constitu- tional convention in December, 1902. He was ap- pointed assignee of the Bank of New England by the supreme court in July, 1899, and has been a trustee of the Hillsborough County Savings Bank. He disagreed with the majority of his party on the free silver issue in the presidential campaign of 1896, and has been since that time a member of the Republican party. Mr. McAllister has delivered orations on many public occasions, and has taken a great interest in Free Masonry. Since he was made a Mason, June 21, 1881, in Washington Lodge, he has been worshipful master of his lodge, king in Mt. Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, eminent commander of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, and most worshipful grand master of the most worshipful grand lodge of the ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons in New Hampshire. and right eminent grand commander of the grand commandery of Knights Templar in this state. He is a member of the committee on jurisprudence in grand lodge, grand chapter and grand commandery. Mr. McAllister is a member of New Hampshire Consistory Ancient, Accepted Scottish Rite at Nashua. Ile received the thirty-third degree in the supreme council of the Ancient, Ac- cepted Scottish Rite of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of Amer- ica in Boston, September 18, 1900, and has been recorder of Adoniram Council of Royal and Select Masters since March 21, 1800, recorder of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, since June 24, 1891. grand senior warden of Aaron P. Hughes Lodge of Perfection for several years, and has been president and treasurer of the Masonic Home and is chair- man of the trustees of that institution. He is also a member of Oak Hill Lodge of Odd Fellows. General Stark Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Manchester Historical Society, Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, and attends the First Baptist Church.
On December 22, 1896, he married Mattie M., daughter of Hon. John M. and Susan E. Hayes, of Manchester, who was born at New London, Septem- ber 14. 1857, and they have two children: Bertha Hayes McAllister, born September 27. 1887, and
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who was graduated at Manchester high school in June, 1905, and Harold Cleveland McAllister, born March 28, 1893.
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(I) Richard McAllaster and Ann Miller were married in Ireland. They came over to this coun- try in the winter of 1738-39, and at once found their way to Londonderry, New Hampshire, as we con- clude, for he was a citizen in full standing there in 1741, but soon afterward there was quite a migration from Londonderry to the promising settlement of Narragansett No. 5 (now Bedford), and Richard McAllaster seems to have been one of the number. He settled on a farm west of Bedford Centre and now known as the Hadley Stevens farm. He came to Bedford probably in the spring of 1743, and was one of the principal landholders of the town at the time of its organization in 1750. His name appears among the petitioners of Bedford, then called "Sou- hegan East," to the governor and assembly for pro- tection against the Indians. June 12, 1744. His wife died March 12, 1776, in her sixty-seventh year. The children of Richard and Ann ( Miller) McAllaster were nine in number, viz .: Archibald, born in Ire- land, settled in Wiscasset, Maine. and lived to a great age. John, born on the ocean, January 18, 1739. William, born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, July 14. 1741. Susannah, August 20, 1747. Richard, Jr., October 20, 1749. James, February 29, 1752. Benjamin, May 31, 1754. Two died young.
(II) William, son of Richard and Ann ( Miller) McAllaster, married, in 1765, Jerusha Spofford, of Rowley (now Georgetown), Massachusetts, and set- tled in Wiscasset, Maine. They removed from there to Bedford, New Hampshire, in 1779, making the passage in a vessel bound for Newburyport. He was a soldier of the Revolution and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. He died at Bedford, Feb- ruary 17, 1787. His wife was a woman of rare per- sonal qualities and mental attainments. She was born May 17, 1742, and died November 6, 1812, while on a visit at Newport, New Hampshire, where she was buried, her gravestone being still well preserved. Their children, all born in Bedford, were: Sarah, Ann, William, John and Martha, twins, Polly (Mary). James, Benjamin and Apphia S.
(III) John and Martha McAllaster, twins, chil- dren of William and Jerusha (Spofford) McAllas- ter, were born in Bedford, New Hampshire. Decem- ber 25, 1774. Martha married. December 29, 1797, Andrew Aiken (see Aiken II), and John married, March 13, 1800, Jane Aiken and settled in Bedford.
PEABODY In the early New England records this name has various spellings, and the descendants of the original Amer- ican ancestors are found under names varying con- siderably in orthography. Many now use the form, Pabodie. The name is said to have its origin about the year 61, in the reign of Nero, the tyrant Roman, at which time the ancient Britons were in a state of vassalage to that emperor. Queen Boadicea, the wife of Parsutagus, was located at Icena, Britain. Being a woman of valor and ability she opposed the proceedings by which Nero's officers seized the prop- erty of her husband. the king, and as a punishment she was ordered to be publicly whipped. This en- raged the Britons, and with the queen and the as- sistance of her kinsmen they fought many battles and made great massacre among the Romans, and would have expelled them from England had not strong reinforcements arrived from Italy The
queen's forces being conquered, she put herself out of the way with poison. When Boadie, her son, with the remnant of the Britons, took refuge in the craggy heights of Wales, a section which was never con- quered by the Romans, he had captured and carried with him the helmet and armor of a Roman officer, which were preserved and handed down for centuries in the family. Upon this helmet was a Roman badge of honor and distinction. The name Boadie among the ancient Cambri or Britons signifies "man," or "great man." This name being combined with "Pea," signifying a hill or mountain, was the foun- dation of the present name Peabodie, or mountain man. In the sixth century a compromise was made between these mountain people and their neighbors. and an assimilation began. In the reign of King Arthur, a patriarch by the name Peabodie, a man of much influence and wealth, aided the king's forces in expelling the North Saxons, and as a reward his badge upon the Roman armor which had been handed down by his ancestors was registered as a coat-of- arms of Peabodie. With some branches of the fan- ily the original name, "Boadie." became anglicized and this is the origin of the present well known name Mann, while others kept the name "Pea," which being also anglicized became Hill.
(I) The first of the family in America as far as can be ascertained was John Paybody, who appears to have emigrated to New England about the year 1635. His name does not appear in the list of pas- sengers which includes that of his son Francis, and it is probable that he came at another time, perhaps with his youngest son William. The names of these two are found in the list of the original proprietors of Plymouth. In 1637 John Paybody was the owner of ten acres of land at Bluefish. He was admitted a freeman January 2, 1638, and with his son. William, was among the original proprietors of - in 1645. His will is dated 1649, and he died about 1666. His wife Isabel survived him. Their children were: Thomas, Frances, William and Annis.
(II) Lieutenant Francis, second son of John and Isabel Paybody, was born about 1614, at St. Al- bans. Hertfordshire, England, and came to New England in 1635, and his name is enrolled in the list of those "imbarqued in the 'Planter,' Nicholas Trarice, master. *
* certified from the name * Great St. Albans, in Hertfordshire, attestacons from the justice of peace, according to the lord's orders" Lieutenant Peabody resided first in Ipswich, Massa- chusetts, and was one of the original proprietors of Hampton (now New Hampshire) in 1638, whither he went with the Rev. Stephen Bachilor and twelve others. He resided there several years, having served on the grand jury and the jury "for tryalls." He was made freeman in 1642, and was chosen by the town in 1647 as one of the three men "to ende small causes," which office was equivalent to that of jus- tice of the peace of the present day. Lieutenant Peabody desired to reside nearer Boston, and sold his estate in Hertfordshire in 1650, and shortly after took up his residence in Topsfield, where he is found to have owned a farm in May, 1651. His farm in Hertfordshire consisted of fifty-five acres. and for this he received twenty-five pounds thirteen shillings. He was one of the most prominent men of Tops- field, both as a land owner and a public-spirited citi- zen. He also held land in Boxford and Rowley. He lived to an advanced age, dying February 19, 1698. His will was made three years previously, and proven August 7. 1698. His widow survived him more than seven years, passing away October 9.
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1705. Her maiden name was Mary Foster. Many of their descendants have been men eminent for piety and distinguished for their patriotism and their achievements in literature and science. Mary Fos- ter was the daughter of Reginald Foster (or For- ster), who-e family is honorably mentioned in some of Sir Walter Scott's poems. The children of Lieutenant Peabody were: John, Joseph, William. Isaac, Sarah. Hepsebah. Lydia, Mary, Ruth. Damaris. Samuel, Jacob. Anna and Nathaniel. ( William and descendants are mentioned at length in this article ). ( III) Captain John, eldest son of Francis Pea- baily, was born in 1612. He settled in Boxford. Mas- sachusetts: was admitted a freeman in 1674: was representative to the general court from 1689 to If)1: captain of the Boxford company : selectman many years: twenty-four years town clerk, and the leading citizen. He married. November 23. 1665. Hannah Andrews, daughter of Robert and Grace .Andrews; he married ( second ) Sarah Moseley, of Dorchester. November 26. 1703. She died July 5, 1720. He joined the Boxford church February 21, 1703. llis house stood on the site of the summer home of Julius A. Palmer, Mrs. Palmer being a lincal descendant. The house itself was torn down about 1865 by Mr. Palmer. It was a large two- story square mansion, and according to the custom the walls were filled with brick. On the front the second story projected about a foot over the lower story. While in the last days of its existence it presented a most forlorn and dreary appearance. It stood in an open field alone, and in front, near the end, was an old wall over which there was a tangle of vines. Children: 1. John. born August 28. 1666. 2. Thomas. July 22. 1670. 3. Mary, April 6. 1672. 4. Lydia. March 9 1673. 5. David, July 12. 1678, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth. August 13, 1680. 7. Nathan, July 20, 1682. 8. Hannah. 9. Ruth. No- vember 13. 1684. 10. Moses, February 27. 1687.
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