Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. II, Part 37

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 874

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(VI) Captain Cornelius W., youngest child of Simeon and Rachel ( Wasgatt) Milliken, was born on Mount Desert Island, March 21. 1821, and died at Trenton, January 9, 1872, aged fifty-one. He was brought up by the sea, heard the tales of seafarers from infancy, and at an early age embraced the life of a sailor. In course of time he was promoted to captain and for years commanded a full rigged clipper ship which was engaged in the fruit trade between the Mediterrancan ports and Boston and New York. For some years he commanded the "Caroline Nesmith," an oil painting of which his son, Dr. Clarence, now has. He married ( first ) Clara S. Foster, of Trenton, who died August 27, 1853: and (second ) Cassilda Cousins, who was born June 17. 1846. and died at Portland, Maine, Novem- ber 12, 1892, aged forty-six. She was the daughter of Captain Elisha and (Wasgatt) Cousins, of Mount Desert Island. Two children were born of this union: Clarence W., and Mary Cordelia, who married Lincoln R. Weld, now of Chesterville, Maine. In 1877, after the death of Captain Milliken, his widow married Harry A. Ross, and lived in Deering.

(VII) Dr. Clarence Wilton Milliken, only son of Cornelius W. and Cassilda ( Cousins) Milliken, was born in Trenton, Maine. October 27. 1806. ]lis father died when he was five years old. lle first attended the country school at Deering and prepared for college at Westbrook Seminary. In 1894 he was graduated from Dartmouth College with the degree of M. D. He made his way through school by his own efforts. Soon after his graduation he open- ed an office and practiced eight years at Thetford, Vermont. In 1892 he removed to Manchester. New Hampshire, where he has worked hard at his pro- fession with gratifying success. He has a good practice and for two years (1905-06) has held the office of city physician. Ile is a member of the American Medical Association, the New Hampshire Medical Society, the Hillsboro Company Medical Society. the Manchester Medical Society, the Ver- mont Medical Society, Hillsborough County and Manchester Medical Association. He is a visiting

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physician and on the staff of the Elliott Hospital. He is a past master of Jackson Lodge, No. 60. An- cient, Free and Accepted Masons of Thetford, a past grand of Crystal Lake Lodge, No. 34. Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows, and past chief patriarch of Ridgley Encampment at Post Mills village. He is also a member of the Calumet Club and treasurer of the Maine Association, the two latter of Man- chester, He is a member of the First Congrega- tional church. He married, March 12, 1895, Ger- trude Chapman, born December 12, 1866, in Bethel, Maine, daughter of William L. and Eleanor (Frost) Chapman. She is also a member of the Congrega- tional Church, and active in missionary and char- ity work.

(III) Samuel, sixth son and child of John and Elizabeth (Alger) Milliken. was baptized in Brat- tle Street Church, Boston. September 21, 1701. He was admitted to the First Church in Scarborough, Maine, by letter from a church in Boston, Septem- ber 17. 1732, the year after his settlement. He was a saddler by trade, and carried on business in Bos- ton as old letters prove. He served in the French war, and on his return from Louisburg, in 1745, died while singing a hymn of praise to God. According to Boston records he married Martha Fyfield. An- other account names his wife Martha Dodge, of Rowley, Massachusetts. His widow was living in Scarborough, March 22, 1764. and kept a tavern where public meetings were held. Their children were: Elizabeth, Martha, Jemima (died young), Samuel, John A., Jemima and James.

(IV) John A., fifth child and second son of Samuel and Martha Milliken, was born September 13. 1738, and settled in Scarborough, Maine, and was later a grantee of Trenton, Maine. He married Abigail Smith, of Truro, Massachusetts, April 21. 1763, and they had six children or more, as follows : Samuel, Isaac, Alexander, Dorcas, Jemima and Rachel.

(V) Samuel (2), eldest child of Jolin A. and. Abigail (Smith) Milliken, was born in Scarborough. He married, June 30, 1785, Ann Andrews. and had four sons: Jolm, Isaac. Amos and Arthur.

(VI) Amos, third son and child of Samnel (2), and Ann (Andrews) Milliken, was born Feb- ruary 22. 1788. He married Sally, daughter of Na- thaniel Milliken, December 18. 1809, and settled in Eaton. New Hampshire. (Mention of his son, Abram and descendants appears in this article).

(VII) David, third son of Amos and Sally (MFil- liken) Milliken, was born in Eaton, New Hamp- shire, November 17, 1824, and died in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, October, 1888. When a young man he worked in the cotton mills of the York Manu- facturing Company at Saco, Maine. In 1864 he enlisted in the Twenty-second Illinois Volunteer In- fantry, and was commissioned captain of company. After the close of the war he was a dyer in the cot- ton mills at Three Rivers, Massachusetts. He mar- ried Jane P. Johnson, who was born in Denmark. Maine, December 31, 1825. She was the daughter of James Johnson, of Denmark, Maine. They had nine children: Nettie, infant son. James Irving. Almon Augustine, Roscoe Smith, William Ree, Frank Ar- thur. Jennie, and an infant son. (Mention of Ros- coc S .. and descendants appears in this article).

(VIII) Almon Augustus, third son and fourth child of David and Jane P., (Johnson) Milliken. was born in Lewiston, Maine, June 13. 1854. He attended school until he was seventeen years of age, and then worked a few years for his father's

Columbian mills at Greenville, New Hampshire, whence he went to Taunton, Massachusetts." where he was employed in the cloth room of the Whitten- ton mills, and then to Holyoke and later to Palmer and Lowell. At the last named place he was over- seer of the Lawrence mills for thirteen years. He was next an overseer for two or three years at the Falls Mills at Norwich, Connecticut, and in 1900, became superintendent in the Jackson Mills, in Nashua, New Hampshire, where he has since been employed. He is a member of Granite Lodge, No. I. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Nashua, and of Chevalier Lodge, No. 2, Knights of Pythias, of Lowell. He is a member of Crown Hill Baptist Church, is its clerk and superintendent of its Sun- day school. He married, in North Bradford, Maine, October 1. 1898, Emma Gowen, who was born in North Bradford, Maine, March 16, 1863, daughter of Samuel and Maria (Jenks) Gowen, of North Brad- ford. They have an adopted son, Wilber.

(VIII) Roscoe Smith, fourth son of David and Jane P. (Johnson ) Milliken, was born in Saco, Maine, April 13, 1856. He was educated in the com- mon schools and at Limerick Academy (Maine), from which later institution he graduated in 1873. After keeping books for a time in Three Rivers, Massachusetts, he became a traveling salesman and sold dyes for five years, traveling in the United States, and also in England and Scotland. On his return to the United States he took the position of overseer of dyers at Thorndyke, Massachusetts, and afterward filled a like position at Three Rivers. In 1896 he was made superintendent of the Pember- ton Cotton Mills, at Lawrence, where he served till May 16, 1899, when he accepted the superintendency of the Nashua Manufacturing Company of Nashua, New Hampshire. His duties were performed in such a manner as to meet the cordial approval of his employers, and in November, 1903, he was made agent of the concern which place he has since filled. He is a director in the New England Cotton Man- ufacturing Company. He was made a Mason in Thomas lodge at Palmer, Massachusetts, in 1881. He is a member of Monadnock Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. of Lawrence. He married, December 24. 1880, at Worcester, Massachusetts, Mary E. Perkins, who was born at Pembroke, New Hampshire, July 13, 1860, daughter of John P. and Lucy P. (Rowell) Perkins, of Pembroke. They have two children: Jane Pearl and Hazel May.

(VII) Rev. Abram H., seventh child and fifth son of Amos and Sally ( Milliken) Milliken, was born in Eaton, New Hampshire, July 12, 1828: and died in Nashua, February, 1896, aged sixty-eight. His first employment was in a cotton mill at Saco, Maine, where he worked for eight or ten years. Subsequently he engaged in the retail shoe business at Mechanic's Falls for years, and then removed to Laconia, New Hampshire, where he was overseer in a dye house. He enlisted in Company H, Twelfth, New Hampshire Volunteers as a private, August 14. 1862; was appointed second lieutenant, September 8. 1862; and was mustered in as second lieutenant. September 9, 1862. He participated in the campaigns in which his regiment was engaged, and was in the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. March 3, 1863. There he was the only commissioned officer not killed or disabled, and though wounded. took command of the regiment and brought it off the field. For gallantry in action he was next day promoted to first lieutenant and as such served until August 23, 1864, when he was honorably discharged.

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Afterward he attended Bates Theological Seminary. at Lewiston, Maine. two years and fitted for the ministry. He became pastor of Free Baptists at Parker's Head. Maine, and afterward preached for terms of varying lengths at different points in New England. He married Rosalind C. Woodman. daughter of Eben G. Woodman. Two children were born of this marriage: Edward B. and Woodman A.

(VIII) Edward Brown, son of Rev. Abram H. and Rosalind C. (Woodman) Milliken, was born February 23. 1867, in Poland, Maine. He was educated in the common schools and Myndon Insti- tute. St. Johnsbury, Vermont. At the age of about seventeen years he began work in the dye house of the cotton mills, at Three Rivers, Massachusetts. where he was employed several years. He was later employed at Thorndike, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island; in the later place occupy- ing the position of superintendent of the Copp Dye- ing Company, resigning to become superintendent of Otis Company's dye house at Three Rivers. Mas- sachusetts. He was a traveling salesman for a time. In November, 1891. he returned to his former trade and took the position of superintendent of dyeing in the employ of the Nashua Manufacturing Com- pany. When he took charge of the department the amount dyed in a week was one thousand two hun- dred pounds ; its is now from seventy-five thousand to one hundred thousand pounds. Since Mr. Milli- ken has been a partner in the firm of Hartman & Company. dealers in automobiles. He was a thirty- second degree Mason and Knight Templar. He was also a member of Granite Lodge, No. I. Independent Order of Odd Fellows: Nashua Lodge, No. 5. Knights of Pythias: and of Watanonnuck Tribe. Improved Order of Red Men. He was a member of the First Congregational Church, and cast his lot politically with the Republican party. He married, November 24. 1892. Elsie MI. Warriner, who was born in Monson, Massachusetts, July 5. 1865. daughter of Andrew A. and Sarah J. ( Wood) War- riner. of Monson, Massachusetts. They have three children, Blanche W., James R. and Bertha May. Ædward Brown Milliken died December 4. 1906.

STAPLES One account of the origin of this name states that it is derived from the village of Estaples, in France. and that the descendants of the first ancestor of the family in England, who probably crossed the chan- nel with William the Conqueror, changed it to its present form. Another account declares that its origin in England antedates the Norman conquest, and asserts that the first ancestor of the family to adopt a surname was either the inventor of the iron staple, or a maker of that useful appliance. An Irish family of considerable distinction bears the name of Staples. Among the early colonizers of New England were several of this name; all are supposed to have come from old England. John Staples settled in what is now North Weymouth. Massachusetts. as early as 1636, and an Abraham Staples, who was of Dorchester in 1658, was married in Weymouth, September 17. 1660, to Mary, daugh- ter of Robert Randall, and shortly afterwards went to Alendon, Massachusetts. In 1640 three brothers Tamed Staples-Peter. Thomas and another whose 'Christian name is now unknown-arrived at Kit- ery. Maine. Thomas removed to Fairfield. Con- necticut, and Peter remained in Kittery. The name was long written Staple.

(I) Peter Staple had a grant of land in Kittery

in 1671, and on July 4, three years later. he pur- chased land of Thomas Turner. He deeded land to his son and namesake in 1694. Five acres were measured and laid out to Peter Staple on March 9. 1619. His will was made June 6. 1718, and pro- bated April 7, 1719, which indicates approximately the time of his death. His wife Elizabeth was prob- ably a widow of Steaven Edwards. She survived him and was alive in 1720. His will mentions his three sons, Peter, John and James.

(II) Peter (2), son of Peter (1) Staples, was married January 8, 1696, to Mary Long, who was born in 1678. He was a carpenter by occupation, and died December 17. 1721, leaving a widow and several children, namely: Mary. Peter, Elizabeth, Robert. Anne, Enoch, Grace and Joshua.

(III) Joshua. youngest child of Peter (2) and Mary Staple. was born September 16, 1712, in Kit- tery and resided in that town. He was married January 17. 1735. to Abigail, daughter of John and Sarah Fernald. She died in August, 1761. and he subsequently married (second). Mary Ross. The children by the first wife were, Joshua, Abigail. Stephen. Mary. Lydia and Nathaniel. The children of his second marriage were, Elenor, Peter, John and Margaret.

(IV) Joshua (2). eldest child of Joshua (1) and Abigail ( Fernald) Staple. was born December 12. 1738, in Kittery, and resided in Berwick, Maine. He was married January 27, 1761, to Hephsibah Hanscom.

(V) Stephen, son of Joshua (2) and Hephsibah (Hanscom) Staple, was born in Berwick, and lived in that part of the town which is now South Ber- wick. The maiden name of his wife was Hill, and his last days were spent in Tamworth. New Hamp- shire.

(VI) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (1), born in Berwick, married Fanny Burns (or Barns) of Ips- wich. Massachusetts, and died in Boylston, that state. in 1872. He was the father of six children, namely : Marian, born in Great Falls. New Hamp- shire; John, died March 10, 1875; Samuel. died in infancy; George, of whom there is no information at hand: Lucy Frances, who became the wife of Selden Crockett: and Stephen, who is referred to at length in the succeeding paragraph.

(VII) Stephen (3), youngest son and child of Stephen (2) and Fanny ( Burns) Staples, was born August 28. 1837. He was a stone mason, and set- tling at Laconia in 1862, he followed his trade there for a number of years. Included among his build- ing operations was a residence for his own occu- paney, which he subsequently sold, and purchasing a farm. he devoted some ten years to tilling the soil. He was in every way an exemplary citizen, and his death, which occurred November 16, 1893, was the cause of general regret. On August 29. 1861, he was united in marriage, by the Rev. G. F. Warren. with Betsey E. Campbell, daughter of William and Mary Ann ( Wood) Campbell. After the death of her husband she removed to the city of Laconia, and is still residing there. Mrs. Staples is the mother of eight children: Georgiana, born June 3. 1862. became the wife of Frederick G. Lougce, and has one son, Earl F., born December 2, 1887; Frank Albert. born January 24. 1864, married Anna O. Currier. June 29. 1887, and has three children- Bessie MI .. Helen and Marguerite: Ellen Jane, born October 26. 1867, became the wife of George C. Clark, and died March 21. 1895, leaving one daugh- ter, Lelia Amy Clark, born January 13. 1888; Clara

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Alice. horn August 16. 1870, became the wife of Benjamin Sargent, of Plymouth; Arthur Thomas, born December 17. 1872. married Saralı E. Davis, December 27, 1897: Charles Nelson, born April 10, 1875, died the following day: Etta Evelyn, born May 31, 1876, is now the wife of Henry Baker ; and Nina Maud. born April 13. 1883 (?). married William E. Clement.

APPLETON The name Appleton is of Saxon origin ( Apleton-Saxon, orchard) and was used to distinguish the names of places before the Norman conquest, as it occurs in different parts of "Doomsday Book" both in York and Norfolk, England, as "Appletuna, Appletona," etc. It began to be used to designate names of persons as early as 1216, during the time of Henry III, when mention is made of one Mabilia de Apleton, etc. The christian names being all Norman. such as William, John, Henry, Edward, the family also is probably of Norman descent, and took the name from the place where land was granted to some of its members; and is variously spelled Apylton, Apilton, Apelton, Apeltun, Apulton, Appulton, Apetone, and in some of its various forms occurs quite frequently in the old county histories of Kent and Essex.

Hasted's "History of Kent" says "these Apul- tons or Appletons are supposed to be descended from a family seated in Great Waldingfield, in Nor- folk" (diocese) and also that "Edward Isaac, de- scendant of William Isaac, Esq., gave the manor of Upper Garwinton to his two daughters namely- Mary, married to Thomas Appleton, Esq., of Suf- folk, and Margaret. married to a son of John Jermyn." The parish registers of Little Walding- field between 1574 and 1640 make frequent allusion of the Appletons, and in some heraldic notices of the family of De Peyton of Payton Hall, Suffolk, it is stated that "Sir Roger de Payton, who died 25th of Edward III (1351) married Lady Christiana de Apleton, who was heir to land in Boxford and Hax- well, and who died 19th of Edward II, and was buried at Stoke, Neyland, Suffolk, with great pomp." At the Herald's Office is a record signed Robert Appleton. at the visitation in 1664, and mentions Thomas Appleton. Esq., of Little Waldingfield, John Appleton, Esq., of Chilton, and Robert Appleton of Preston, barrister at law. Preston is about ten miles from Waldingfield.

Not all of the name of Appleton in this country are of the ancient line founded by Samuel Appleton, who came from Waldingfield, England, in 1635. 11e has a numerous progeny scattered throughout Amer- ica. The line herein traced begins at a considerable later period in this country. and with a name which was not Appleton. This line arose in a family which changed the name after arrival in this country, from Alcock to Appleton.

(I) Robert Alcock, born 1743, in London, Eng- land, was a merchant in that city, and later in Salem. Massachusetts. He removed from Salem to Weare, New Hampshire, in 1775, being then thirty-two years of age, and in the following year settled in the town of Deering. There he was a store keeper and farmer, and was much employed in town and state affairs. He signed the associa- tion test in Weare, and in the summer of 1777, in response to the Ticonderoga alarms. he served in Captain Ninian Aiken's company of Colonel Daniel Moor's regiment of the militia. He was a select- man and town clerk of Deering many years, and

beginning with 1794 he was a representative eleven consecutive years. He was a state senator four years, and in the year 1804 he was chosen both a representative and senator. His legislative service was terminated by his appointment in 1809 to the office of judge of Hillsboro county court, and this position he continued to fill until he was disquali- fied by age. Judge Alcock was a man of sturdy traits of character and of good ability. Of him George C. Patton wrote, "As a member of the church, in a private and public capacity, no man ever more drew the confidence and esteem of his fellow townsmen." He was three times married. The wife of his younger years was Elizabeth Ma- rong ; later he married Elizabeth Currier, and his third wife was Mary Currier. He died in Deering i11 May, 1830, aged eighty-seven years. His chil- dren were: Mansil, Robert, Elizabeth, John, James, Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel, William, Betsy, Nancy, Sally and Ann. Most of the children of this family changed the name to Appleton and as such it has come down to the present time.

(II) James Appleton, one of the elder sons above named of Robert Alcock-Appleton, was a native of Deering. and settled in Hillsboro. His first wife was Polly Stuart, and the second was a Taylor. His children were: Nancy, Henry, James M., Mary, Aura, Clarissa and Charles.

(III) James M., son of James Appleton, was born at Manselville, New Hampshire, 1811, and was a boy when his parents removed from that town to Deering, New Hampshire. He was brought up to, farm work, and after marriage bought a farm in that part of the town known as West Deering, where he afterwards lived and died, May 20, 1886. In 1839 he married Caroline McCoy. of Antrim, born in 1818, and died August 24, 1901. She was a daughter of Thomas and Betsey (McCalley) Mc- Coy, granddaughter of Ensign John and Margaret McCoy, and great-granddaughter of Deacon Alex- ander McCoy, whose ancestors went from Argyle- shire, Scotland, to Ireland, and from there came to

this country, settling in Londonderry, New Hamp- shire, and in the part of that town which afterward was set off to form the town of Windham. James MI. and Caroline (McCoy) Appleton had three children : Alfred Appleton, born March 19, 1841 : Frank D. Appleton, born January 14, 1849, and died December 18, 1904: Fred E. Appleton, born April 10, 1855.

(IV) Frank D .. second child and son of James M. and Caroline (AleCoy) Appleton, was born in the town of Deering, the place where his father lived after his re-

moval from Hillsborough, and which since that time has remained in the family. He was edu- cated in public schools and Deering Academy, and lived at home on the farm until 1876, when he se- cured a position in the passenger service of the Boston & Albany Railroad Company. He was in that employ ahout ten years, and on the death of his father in 1886 returned to his home in Deering. took charge of the farm and afterwards became its owner. It is one of the historic places of the town, and is associated with many interesting memories, for once it was the site of a famous hostelry, "Appleton's Inn." a popular place of rest and enter- tainment during the days of the mail and passenger stages. However, during the ownership of Mr. Ap- pleton the buildings were remodeled, the farm greatly improved and the surroundings changed and made more modern. Mr. Appleton was a thrifty

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farmer, and made his occupation a success. He served as postmaster at West Deering eighteen years, and his father served about fifty years. He married, January 25, 1881, Anna Lucetta Tuttle, who was born in Antrim, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 1, 1855. She is a daughter and youngest of three children of Isaac MI. and Sophronia (Chase) Tuttle, granddaughter of Benjamin and An ( McAllister) Tuttle, great-granddaughter of Sampson and Submit (Warren) Tuttle, and great- great-granddaughter of Samuel and Martha (Shat- tuck) Tuttle. Samuel Tuttle was born in 1709, and married Martha Shattuck in 1729. She was a daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Shattuck, the first minister of the church in Littleton, Massachusetts. Isaac M. Tuttle, father of Mrs. Appleton, was born in Hillsborough in 1813, removed to Antrim in 1840, and purchased the Houston and McAllister places. His children are: Miles Benton Tuttle, born June 22, 1845, married Lizzie A. Marshall, and died March 5, 1906; Lucy A. Tuttle, born October 24, 1849, married Scott Moore; and Anna Lucetta Tuttle, who became the wife of Frank D. Appleton. No children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Appleton.

PRATT Numerically speaking, the Pratt family as a whole is a large one and has many branches. Many of these are the pos- terity of one common ancestor-Mathew Pratt of Weymouth, Massachusetts-and his male descend- ants established branch families in various towns in Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol counties. The Pratts of America are undoubtedly of English origin, but thus far little or no investigation has been made relative to their history prior to the settlement of New England.

(I) The cmigrant ancestor was Mathew Pratt, who settled in Weymouth before 1628, as the town records state that he married there and had a son born prior to that year. He evidently landed at Plymouth, but there is no record of his arrival there or any where else. He may have come with the company of colonists sent over by Thomas Weston in 1622, as lis land was located among the grants of the original settlers, or he was perhaps a mem- ber of the Gorges expedition. At all events he was one of the carliest settlers in Weymouth, and a prominent resident, serving frequently as a towns- man (or selectman), and is referred to in Cotton Mather's "Magnalia" as a very religious man. llis death occurred August 29, 1672. He married Eliza- betli Bate (probably Bates) and had a family of seven children, namely: Thomas, Matthew, Jolin, Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth and Mary.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. II, Part 37

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 874

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 874