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Mr. Whitcomb married, September I, ISSo, Grace Nims, born October 18, 1854, in Keene, daughter of Lanmon and Elizabeth (Ilosking) Nims. Lanmon Nims was born in Sullivan, February 3, ISII, and died September 20, 1887. His wife was born De- cember 11, 1826, in Saint Austell, England. Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb are the parents of five chil- dren : Edson Gerry, the eldest, is a shipper of the Faulkner & Colony Manufacturing Company of Keene. Ralph Nims received the degree of Bache- lor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 1905, and is employed by the James G. White Company of New York and London. Margaret, teacher in one of the grammar schools of Keene. James Lanmon, now in high school. Everett Newcomb, a student in the grammar school. (11) Jonathan, fifth son of John and Frances Whitcomb, was probably born in Lancaster, Massa- chusetts. He was assigned a part of the paternal estate there, and died in 1690. He married, No- vember 25, 1667, Hannah (whose surname is not given in the record). Two years after his death she was killed by the Indians. Their children were : Hannah, died young; Jonathan, Hannah, Abigail, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, Ruth and John, born from 1668 to 1684.
(III) Jonathan (2), eldest son and second child of Jonathan (1) and Hannah Whitcomb, was born February 26, 1669, in Lancaster, and lived in that town, Groton and Littleton, Massachusetts. He was three times married, the third time in Concord, Massachusetts, September 4, 1710, to Deborah Scripture, of Groton. She died in Littleton, April 10, 1715. Jonathan had eight or more children, among whom were: Jonathan, Ephraim and Benja- min.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Jonathan (2) and De- borah (Scripture) Whitcomb, was born December 31, 1711, in Groton. He lived in Stow, Massachu- setts, where he died September 11, 1791. He mar- ried Dorcas Heald, who was born 1711, and died 1791, daughter of Oliver (1) and Hannah (Gates) Heald, of Stow (see Hale, ffl). They had the fol- lowing children, born in Stow: Dorothy, Jacob,
Charles, Reuben, Simeon, Benjamin, Oliver, Silas and Zaccheus.
(V) Jacob, eldest child of Benjamin and Dor-
cas (Heald) Whitcomb, was born September 13, 1743. He was the eighth settler in the town of Henniker; he was there as early as the winter of 1764-65. and after living there a few years moved across the line into the town of Warner, where he died May 27, 1823. He married, May 10, 1764, Olive Weatherbee, daughter of Thomas and Han- noh Weatherbee, of Stow, Massachusetts. She died October 2, 1828, and was buried beside her hus- band in Henniker. Four of their children were born in Henniker. and six in Warner, namely : Benjamin, Sarah, Olive, died young; Betsey, Jona- than, died young, Lydia, Olive, Mercy, John and Jonathan.
(V1) John, third son and ninth child of Jacob and Olive ( Weatherbee) Whitcomb, was born March 29, 1785, in Warner, and resided upon the homestead where he was born and where he died May 21, 1878. During his entire life he was never two months away from this spot. He was always actively identified with the town and its affairs. He mar- ried, January 21, 1808, Polly Gibson, of Warner (see Gibson, VI). Their children were: Laura, Imri, Lucinda, Almira and Elizabeth.
(VII) Imri, only son of John and Polly (Gib- son) Whitcomb, was born August 28, 1810, and resided with his father. He was killed by an ac- cident in the woods, February 10. 1846. Ilis wife, Mary A. (Connor) Whitcomb, died December 10, 1854. Their children were: Mary L., William H., Maris E. and Paulina S. The last two named be- came successively the wives of Levi Woodbury.
(VIII) Mary L., eldest child of Imri and Mary A. (Connor) Whitcomb, was born September 5, 1838, and married, April 1, 1860, Francis E. Davis, of Warner (see Davis, VIII).
HUSE (I) Abel Huse, the immigrant ancestor, was of Welsh ancestry. He came from London in 1635; settled at Newbury, Massachusetts, early, and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642 .. His wife Eleanor died March 27, 1663. He married, second, May 25, 1663, Mary (Hilton, alias Downer) Sears, widow of Thomas Sears, of Newbury. He died at Newbury, March 29, 1690, aged eighty-eight years, being born, there- fore, in 1602. He and his wife were members of the Newbury church in 1674. Children of the sec- ond wife: 1. Ruth, born February 25, 1664. 2. Abel, born February 19, 1665; mentioned below. 3.
Thomas, born August 9, 1666; married Hannah children : i. Mary, born March 23, 1691; ii. Israel, born October 23, 1693; iii. Ebe- nezer, born January 16, 1696; iv. James, born June 29, 1698; v. Hannah, born November 5, 1700; vi. Ruth, born February 14, 1703. 4. William, born October, 1667; married 1699. Anne Russell; chil- dren : i. Anne, born May 22, 1700; ii. William, born October 30, 1701. 5. Sarah, born December 8, 1670. 6. John, born June 20, 1670 (?). 7. Amy, born September 9, 1673; died May 18, 1675. 8. Ebe- nezar (a daughter according to town record), born August 10, 1675. 9. George, of Salisbury (perhaps son by the first wife), married Mary Allen and had sons : William, born June 27, 1672; Solomon, born January 2, 1674-5, married Mary Calef, of Boston, in 1700.
(II) Abel (2), son of Abel (1) Huse, was born in Newbury, February 19, 1665; married Judith Emery, daughter of John and Mary (Webster) and
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granddaughter of John Emery, born February 5, 1073. He died in Newbury, March II, 1758, aged ninety-three. Children, born at Newbury : I. John, October 31, 1694. 2. Abel, November 18, 1696. 3. Stephen, November 16, 1702, graduate of Har- vard in 1726; married Mrs. Judith Emery, widow of Daniel Emery; removed to Haverhill; married January 2, 1785. 4. Samuel, born March 30, 1705. 5. Judith, February 13, 1709. 6. Sarah, born Janu- ary 29, 1712; married Caleb Kimball. 7. Mary, born March 16, 1716; married Enoch Davis.
(III) Dr. Nathan, nephew of Abel (2) Huse, perhaps son of William Huse (2), was born about 1716. He was a well known physician in Ames- bury, Massachusetts, who "practised a great many years in the West Parish," and died April 23, 1809, in his ninety-third year. He married, December 5, 1738, Rachel Sargent, who was born February 22, 1721, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Carr) Sargent, of Amesbury. Her father was called the "snow shoe man." Thomas Sargent, father of Jo- scph, born 1643, was lieutenant in the train band; son of the immigrant William Sargent, of Salis- bury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Children, born at Amesbury: I. Sargent, born August 22, 1739, soldier in Revolution. 2. Elizabeth, born February 25, 1741. 3. Hannah, January 12, 1742. 4. Nathan, February 13, 1747, died young. 5. Joseph, March 2, 1749. 7. Ebenezer, December 25, 1750. 8. Rachel, May 6, 1755. 9. Sarah, February 19, 1757. 10. John, October 31, 1758. He was a private in Captain August 22, 1760. 12. Nathan, August S, 1769, de- scendants living at Amesbury.
(IV) John, son of Dr. Nathan Huse, was born October 31, 1758. He was a private in Captain Robert Dodge's company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' regiment in 1776; also in Captain Oliver Titcomb's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, in 1777 and 1778; was on guard duty of the Burgoyne pri- soners of war; also Captain Richard Titcomb's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment, raised to reinforce the Continental army in 1780. His brothers Joseph and William and he settled in Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Joseph went first about 1782; he built and owned the first mills in Sanbornton. John moved to Sanbornton also in 1782; he settled near his brother Joseph in the First Division, in what is now or was lately Arthur Taylor's pasture. In 1801 he moved down near the Bay, Lot 21, Second Division, where. his youngest son was living in 1880. He married Molly Bean, who was born August 3, 1764, and died July 25, . 1833; he died September 15, 1832. Children : I. Abigail, born June 19, 1783; married Joshua Brown, removed to Knox, Maine. 2. Elizabeth, born October 2, 1785, married Elisha Johnson. 3. Rachel (twin) born August 3. 1787; married Elisha Johnson. 4. Molly (twin), born August 3, 1787; married Joseph Cummings, of New Hamp- ton. 5. Stephen, born June 25, 1790. 6. John, born March 25, 1800. 7. Sally, born May 8, 1802; married Bradbury Morrison. S. William (according to family), born 1806; mentioned below. 9. Daniel, born June 10, 1807.
(V) William, son of John Huse, was born in 1806, and died September 27, 1870. He married, July 14, 1835, Sarah Maria Verbeck, who was born January 21, 1815, at Alcott Falls, Vermont, now Wilders; and died September 12, 1861. Children, horn in Enfield, New Hampshire: 1. Frank Ver- beck. 2. Everett Byron, mentioned below. 3. Wil- liam Gardner.
(VI) Everett Byron, son of William Huse, was born in Enfield, New Hampshire, November 2, 1837. He married, December 5, 1861, Caroline Frances Day, who was born July 4, 1837, and died Septein- ber 29, 1892. He was a citizen of Enfield, New Hampshire.
Everett Byron Huse was educated at the pub- lic schools and Kimball Union Academy of Meri- den, New Hampshire. He became a clerk in the general store, telegraph operator in the employ of the railroad company, and finally engaged in busi- ness on his own account in the firm of Carr & Huse, dealers in meats, groceries and provisions, and conducted this business with success for many years. He was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting in Company C, Fifteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, September 1, 1862, and was mustered into service October 8, 1862, and detailed later as clerk in the office of General Badeau, chief muster- ing officer for the Department of the Gulf. He was mustered out at Concord, New Hampshire, with his regiment, August 15, 1863. He was active in public affairs. In 1876 he was elected delegate to the state constitutional convention; in ISSo he was United States census enumerator, and in 1890 was enumerator and state supervisor of the census. He was prominent in the Grand Army of the Re- public, and in 1891 was department commander; in 1895 aide to the commander. In 1895 he was elected president of the New Hampshire veteran Association at the meeting at The Weirs, New Hampshire. He served as town clerk of Enfield, and member of the school committee several years. He was for a number of years supervisor of the check list, resigning in the fall of 1906 on account of ill health. For two years he was chairman of the water commission of the town, and supervised the introduction of a water works in the town. He was past commander of Post Admiral Farragut Post No. 52, Grand Army, and past master of Social Lodge, No. 50, Free Masons, of Enfield, and secre- tary of that lodge for twenty years. He was in- strumental in organizing the Grand Army post, and was one of its mainstays. For a number of years before his death he was actively engaged in the real estate and fire insurance business; was a justice of the peace, notary public and convey- ancer, and transacted much of the pension business of the vicinity. He died January 30, 1907. He was highly esteemed by his townsmen, a man of sterl- ing character and abilities, a leader in public senti- ment and of great influence and usefulness in the community. Children: 1. Charles Everett, born February 4, 1865, now a dry goods merchant at Mason City, Illinois : formerly in the meat and pro- vision business in Enfield. 2. Stella Maria, born at Enfield, June 26, 1869; resides on the home place at Enfield, and continues her father's insurance business.
This family has the distinction of be-
DUNCAN ing the first one of the name estab- lished in New Hampshire. Its im- migrant progenitor was one of those who left Ire- land because of oppressions and privations suffered there on account of his religion, and like most of his co-religionists made a good citizen in early New Hampshire, and left a worthy progeny.
(1) George Duncan was a native of Scotland, and at the time of the great exodus of the Scots of Argyle to Ireland, he accompanied them.
(II) George (2), son of George (1) Duncan,
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the Scotchman, was born, lived and died in Ire- land.
(111) George (3), son of George (2) Duncan, was born in Ireland, and was the first Duncan in New Hampshire. He brought over his second wife. Margaret Cross, and seven children: John, George, William, Robert, Abraham, Esther, and James.
(IV) John, eldest son of George (3) Duncan. and only son of his first wife. married Rachel Todd. in Ireland. He brought with him five children, and had five in this country. They were: John, George, Abraham, Margaret, William (born on the passage over ), James, Naomi, Polly. Rachel, and Rosanna. He lived all his days in Londonderry, was an elder in the church, enjoyed the confidence of all, and died in good old age.
(V) John (2), first child of John (1) and Rachel (Todd) Duncan, married Hannah Henrey. Though hardly more than a boy, he was engaged to marry her before the voyage to this country. He came over, prepared a place to live. and then sent for her. Her brother there paid her passage, and agreed with the captain to land her in Boston, but he took her to Nova Scotia, and sold her to pay her passage, and left her among strangers. But after a time John heard of her sad fate, hunted her up, and married her. The false captain was eventually punished for his crime. "All the circumstances of this case," says the historian of Antrim, "her cour- age, her forlorn condition in slavery for debt among strangers, her resene by her lover, their beginning in the wilderness, and their long and happy life, their early betrothal, and their old age together, would form a story more marvellous than any fic- tion." John Duncan and his wife were both noted for personal beauty. He kept the first store in the present town of Londonderry. . Many of the race were merchants. John and Hannah had a large family, among whom were: John and Robert, the subject of the next paragraph.
(VI) Robert, son of John and Hannah ( Henry) Duncan, was born in 1763, and 1787 removed to Antrim. He settled in a valley. There was a cleared spot and a small log house a few rods north of the present dwelling, though it seems it was never occupied. He bought of Daniel MeFarland, but was sued by parties from Weare who claimed the land, and he had to pay for it a second time. After all was settled he married Grizzy Wilson, of Londonderry, lived a quiet and industrious life, and died on the spot he had settled. September 26, 1837, at the age of seventy-three. His children were: Thomas W., Hannah. Sarah, died young, John, Grizzy, Sarah, Jane, and William, the subject of the next paragraph.
(VII) William, youngest child of Robert and Grizzy ( Wilson) Duncan, was born in Antrim, Oc- tober 30, 1806. In 1830 he built on the east part of his father's farm, where he cleared most of the land, and resided there until his death. He married, February 13, 1831, Betsey W. Rice, of Henniker, an excellent woman, who died August 26, 1870, aged sixty-one. Their children were: George, Wil- liam H., John E., Caroline E .. and Moses G., sub- ject of the paragraph next following.
(VIII) Moses G., known as "Granville," fourth son and youngest child of William and Betsey W. ( Rice) Duncan, was born in Antrim, July 20. 1841. Ile received only a common school education, and as a hoy worked for neighboring farmers. His first prolonged employment was with a Mr. Woods, where he worked side by side with John McLean,
now ( 1906) governor of New Hampshire. Being an industrious worker, and having good judgment in the use and investment of money, Mr. Duncan has prospered from his youth, and is now one of the leading men of his town. He lives on the old homestead about three miles from Antrin vil- lage, where he has about two hundred and twenty- five acres of farming land, and seventy-five acres of woodland. In addition to this he has a large tract of land in Dakota. He has a large stock of fine bred cattle, and carries on farming on a large and profitable scale. He is a Democrat, but pays little attention to politics. He married. October 3, 1872, Augusta Spaulding, born March 30, 1843. daughter of Leonard and Edith (Torrington) Spaulding, of Francestown. They are the parents of five chil- dren : Edith A., Annie E., Harry, Ethel and Grace M. The daughters are all graduates of the An- trim high school. Edith also graduated from Ash- burnham Academy, and is now a bookkeeper. Annie has a prosperous dressmaking establishment. Ethel is a school teacher in Antrim, and Grace resides with her parents. At the age of sixteen Harry entered the employ of the Spaulding Smith Com- pany, shoe manufacturers, then of Wolfboro, and later of Lowell, Massachusetts. He was a traveling salesman for a time, and is now manager of the Boston office of the firm. Ile married. December 25. 1905, May Kimball, of Hancock, and they re- side in Lowell, Massachusetts.
GILMORE
(J) James Gilmore, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, married, 1725. Thank- ful Tyrrell. of Abington, Massachu-
setts. They had six children : dam, Agnes, Thankful, William, Tyrrell and Whitefield.
(11) Lieutenant Whitefield Gilmore, so11 of James and Thankful (Tyrrell ) Gilmore, born No- vember 12, 1745, was killed May 12. 1780. There was in a field on his farm, in Bedford, a boulder partly buried in the earth. This had been raised to the level of the surrounding earth by oxen and levers. In trying to remove the latter the bank on which the stone rested caved in, and it fell back on the levers, and one of them few back against Mr. Gilmore with such force as to cause his death. lle was one of the Bedford men who served in the Revolution. He married Margaret Gilmore (not a relative), born in Bedford, November 6. 1743, and they had five children: Janet, born August 26. 1771; Martha, born January 1, 1773; James, born January 15. 1775; Mary, died September 10, 1777 : and John.
(JII) James, son of Whitefield and Margaret ( Gilmore) Gilmore, was born January 15. 1775. He married Ann MeAllaster, daughter of William and Jerusha ( Spofford) McAllaster, born August 10, 1769. James died February 28, 1839: his wife died November 10, 1838. They had eight children born in Bedford: William, February 1, 1798: Whitefield. August 20, 1799: Freman, May 20, 1801 : Robert, January 12, 1803: Sally, January 25. 1805; Margaret, January 8. 1807; Mary Ann. December 16. 1808; James. April 5, 18I1.
(IV) William, son of James and Ann (Mc- Allaster ) Gilmore, was born February 1. 1708. He married Matilda Eaton, born in Hopkinton. Novem- ber 23. 1797, died March 6, 1879. He died May 13. 1862. They had five children: George Clinton, born in Bedford. September 25. 1826; Nancy Vose, Sep- tember 8. 1828: William A., born in Goffstown. June 18, 1830; Elizabeth A., June 9. 1832; James
Gres le, Gilmeren.
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S., August 27, 1835, now residing in Philadelphia, who with subject are the only ones living.
(V) George Clinton, one of the most progres- sive citizens of Manchester, was born September 25, 1826, in Bedford. With his parents he moved to Amoskeag in Goffstown, January 27, 1832, and in 1846 to Manchester. He attended the public schools until sixteen years of age. Being ambitious to make his way in the world, he then secured em- ployment in the Amoskeag Mills and steadily worked his way upward till he was given charge of a room on April 12, 1852, and was subsequently several years overseer of the weaving room. His next promotion was to the position of agent of the Souhegan Mills at Milford, which position he took in 1867 and continued there until the mills were destroyed by fire six years later. He then became superintendent for the Stark Corporation, and re- mained in that capacity until he retired from active connection with the cotton manufacturing in 1882. He has taken active part in many matters cal- culated to promote the growth and welfare of the city of Manchester, and served as a member of the city council in 1860, and as alderman in 1861-62. He represented ward one, Manchester, in the state legislature, 1856-57-75-77-79; ward four, 1885-93; represented the town of Milford, 1872. Was a mnem- ber of the constitutional convention for ward one, 1876, and for ward four, 1889-1902. He was a member of the state senate, 1881-82. He has been a trustee of the State Library since 1888, and was ten years chairman of the board. He was three years president of the New Hampshire Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and has always been deeply interested in the study of historical subjects and in the preservation of American gen- ealogy. To these kindred matters he has given much of his time and labor, and his enthusiasm never wanes. He published in 1884 a Manual of the New Hampshire Senate, covering the period from 1784 to 1884, giving the vital statistics per- taining to each member, a work which required a great amount of research and patient labor. In 1900 he represented the New Hampshire Society, Sons of the American Revolution, at national con- vention. He also published by appointment of the state a roll of New Hampshire soldiers at the bat- tle of Bennington ; a roll of New Hampshire soldiers at Bunker Hill, and also a roll of New Hamp- shire men at Louisburg in 1745. He has been twenty-five years a member of the Amoskeag Vet- erans, of which he was colonel. He is also a mem- ber of Mechanics Lodge, No. 13, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Manchester, and is now in the fifty-seventh year of his membership, during which time he has never reported sick. He has passed the principal chairs of the lodge, and has been an active member of the Grand Lodge, and is now a member of the Veteran Odd Fellows Association. In religious faith Colonel Gilmore is a Universalist.
He married, June 21, 1853, Lucy A. Livingston, born March 1, 1830, in Walden, Vermont, the daughter of Wheaton and Matilda (Goodenough) Livingston. Of their four children three died in infancy, the survivor being Waldo Eaton Gilmore, now connected with the Amoskeag Corporation in Manchester.
The McDuffee family of Roch- McDUFFEE ester is descended from a Scotch- Irish ancestor, who preferred the liberty of the woods of New England with all their 11-15
privations to the oppressive government and disa- greeable surroundings he had to endure in Ire- land. From him have descended some of the lead- ing men of Rochester and prominent men of New Hampshire.
(I) John McDuffee, of Scotch ancestry, lived in Ireland, where he married and liad a family. In 1729, about eleven years after the Scotch settle- ment of Londonderry, New Hampshire, John Mc- Duffee settled in Rochester on land on the east side of Cocheco river, adjoining Gonic Lower Falls. The farm of eighty-five acres he then took has de- scended from one generation of his progeny to an- other in the family name to the present day. John McDuffee and his wife Martha had four sons : Mansfield, Archibald, John and Daniel. Mansfield went to London, England; the other three came with their parents to America.
(II) Captain Daniel, the fourth and youngest son of John and Martha McDuffee, is recorded in the Revolutionary War Rolls as captain in Colonel Stephen Evan's regiment which marched from New Hampshire and joined the Northern Continental army at Saratoga, and is credited with service from September 8 to December 15, 1777.
(III) John (2), son of Captain Daniel Mc- Duffee, was the adopted son and heir of Colonel John McDuffee, brother of Captain Daniel, and a gallant officer in the old French and Revolutionary wars, Lieutenant-colonel in Colonel Poor's regi- ment. This John McDuffee was a farmer in good circumstances. He married Abigail Torr, daughter of Simon and Sarah (Ham) Torr. One of their children was John, the subject of the next sketch. Richard, born 1796, was probably another son (see later paragraph).
(IV) John (3), son of Jolin (2) and Abigail (Torr) McDuffee, was born December 6, 1803, on the farm once belonging to the colonel, about a mile and a half from Rochester village, on the Dover road. He was educated in the public and private schools of the locality, having for schoolmates Thomas C. Upham, Nathaniel G. Upham, Noah Tebbetts and John P. Hale. In 1818 he began his attendance at Franklin Academy, Dover, on the very first day it opened, and there fitted to enter college as a sophomore, but returned home at the age of eighteen, and became an employe of his uncle, John Greenfield, who then had a large general store at Rochester. Two years later he engaged in the same business for himself on the same square, and after two years of successful merchandising took his uncle, Jonathan H. Torr, into partnership. He was not yet of age when he was appointed to the postmastership of the village, which he held until Jackson became president. In the spring of 1831 he removed to Dover and enlarged his busi- ness, which he carried on with success, but in February, 1833, he sold out and returned to Roch- ester to settle the large estate of his wife's father, Joseph Hanson, who, dying in December previous, had made him executor of his will. Mr. Hanson had been one of the three wealthy merchants of Rochester, but the settlement of his extended estate and business was completed by Mr. McDuffee in seven months.
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