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 52

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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whom a direct lineage can be traced. He died in Roxbury, now a part of Boston, July 23, 1712. He married, in Roxbury, December 2, 1685, Anna Heath, widow of Isaac Heath, of Roxbury, daughter of Cornelius and Leah Fisher of Dedham. Their eight children were: Jonathan, Cornelius, Ebenezer, Anna, Elizabeth (died young), Elizabeth, Leah and John.


(11) Ebenezer, third son and child of Francis and Anna (Heath) Youngman, was born in Rox- bury, November 2, 1690. He was a feltmaker, and carried on his trade near the bridge at the corner of Hanover and Blockstone streets (as they are now called). He lived in a brick house on Fisk street, with the rear on Clarke's Square (now North street and North Square). In 1728 he left Boston, giving his wife, her brother Thomas and Joseph Rix, a full power of attorney. His property was heavily mortgaged. He probably died away from home. His wife administered on his estate in 1734. He was married by Dr. Cotton Mather, January 8, 1712, to Mercy Jones, daughter of Matthew and Susanna Jones. After the death of her first hus- band she married, August 21, 1735, Samuel Rylands, but was a widow again in 1740, when she sold one- fifth of her estate on Milk street, probably a part of the postoffice site, for one hundred and fifty pounds. The nine children of Ebenezer and Mercy were: Ebenezer, Mercy, Susan, Cornelius, Sarah, Nicholas, Thomas, John and Tames.


(111) Nicholas, sixth child and third son of Ebenezer and Mercy (Jones) Youngman, was born in Boston, October 18, 1723, and died in Hollis, New Hampshire, September 24, 1814, aged ninety- one. He learned the weaver's trade, afterward be- came a farmer. When he left Boston is uncertain, but he finally settled in Old Dunstable, New Hamp- shire, in the westerly portion which was set off to Hollis in 1773, as his name appeared in a petition in 1756, for that object. He married Mary Wright, who was born in 1724, and died in Hollis, January 10, 1802, aged seventy-eight. She was the daughter of Samuel Wright of Springfield, Massachusetts. He married (second), September 16, 1805, Lydia Hobart, who died in Hollis, September 24, 1814, aged ninety-one. At the time of his second mar- riage he was eighty-two years old and his wife of the same age. The children of Nicholas and Mary were eight in number. Their names and supposed order of birth are: Ebenezer, Mary, John, Thomas, Rhoda, Jabez, Stephen and Hannah. Nicholas Youngman's family did excellent service in the Revolutionary war. He himself enlisted in the patriot army in 1776 at the age of fifty-three, for six months, and went with his son John in the expedition against Ticonderoga. His eldest son gave his life for his country, and all the sons except the two youngest (who were too young to serve), and all his sons-in-law, served six months to four years each; making a combined service for the whole family, of about eighteen years.


(IV) Jabez (1), sixth child and fourth son of Nicholas and Mary (Wright) Youngman, was born in Hollis, March 4, 1764. and died in Lempster, April 30, 1839, aged seventy-five. He enlisted July 15, 1782, and served the remainder of the war. Ile was the last soldier of the Hollis quota. He lived in Hollis until about 1798, and then removed to Lempster, where he died. He married, March 24. 1785, Susannah Powers, who was born in Dun- stable, August 28, 1768, daughter of Jonathan and Susannah (Willoughby) Powers of Dunstable. She


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died May 3, 1839, three days after the death of her husband, in the seventy-first year of her age. Their children were : Jabez, Noah, David, Susannah, Hannah, Lucy, Stephen, Nathan. Willard, Hannah, Alden and Mary.


(\') Jabez (2), eldest child of Jabez (I) and Susannah ( Powers) Youngman, was born in Hollis, June 26, 1786, and died in Dorchester, October 1862, aged seventy-six. He was educated in the common schools, where he got sufficient book learning to qualify him to teach, and he was a teacher for a series of years. In politics he was a Democrat and in religious belief a Universalist. He was a farmer and became quite independent. He settled in Wil- mot and afterward lived in Dorchester. His judg- ment was excellent, as was also his business ability, and he settled various estates, held the principal town offices, and was a representative in the legis- latire eleven terms, and a delegate to the constitu- tional convention of 1850. He married, March 4, 1888, Emma Baldwin of Antrim, daughter of Isaac and Bathia (Pool) Baldwin, born July 13, 1792, died November 13, 1878. They were the parents of twelve children: David, Isaac, Fanny, Nahum, Emma B., Mary B., Milton, Harriet B., James, Walter S., Alden and Bertha P. Mr. Young- man died October 11, 1862.


(VI) Alden, eleventh child and seventh son of Jabez (2) and Emma (Baldwin) Youngman, was born December 24, 1832 at Wilmot, New Hamp- shire. At seventeen years of age he left school, and for the following fourteen years was engaged in mechanical work in Manchester and New Boston. In 1863 he removed to Dorchester, where he set- tled on his father's farm which he carried on for twenty-one years. In 1884 he sold this property and removed to Merrimack, where he bought a farm of thirty acres and later bought the property known as the Danforth farm. He has done a good deal of carpentry since settling in Merrimack. He is a Republican and has served six years as select- man. He is a member of the First Church of Christ (Scientist). He married, September 14, 1856, in New Boston, Maria S. Smith, who was born in Hillsboro, September 1I, 1832, daughter of Sandy and Susan ( Eayrs) Smith. She was educated in the common schools and Francestown Academy, and was a member of the Baptist Church. They had one child, Charles F., born October 7, 1858, at New Boston, and died November 7, 1904, aged forty-six. He married Jennie H. Hill, daughter of Bradford and Jennie (Delaite) Hill, of Amherst, who sur- vives him.


BIXBY This surname is taken from a town in the eastern portion of England, where the original nominee lived. "By" signi- fies town, and Bixby was originally Biggsby- "Bigg's town." The family has been long in Amer- ica and has furnished many pioneers and valuable citizens.


(1) Sergeant Joseph Bixby was a carpenter in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1647. He removed to Boxford in 1660, and was a soldier in King Philip's war, 1676. He was a freeman in 1690, and died April 19, 1700. His estate was appraised at £167, 16s .. 10 d. He married Saralı (Wyatt) Heard, widow of John Heard, and she died June 3, 1704, aged eighty-four. Their children were: Joseph, Sarah, Nathaniel, Mary. George, Jonathan, Daniel, Ben- jamin and Abigail.


(II) Daniel, fifth son and seventh child of Jo-


seph and Sarah (Wyatt) Bixby, was born in Box- ford about 1650, and died in Andover, in 1717. He was a carpenter and farmer, and lived in Andover inany years. He married, December 2, 1674, Han- nah Chandler, born in Andover, daughter of Captain Thomas Chandler. (See Chandler II). Their chil- dren were: David, Joseph, Mary, Thomas, Sarah, Hannah and Mephibosheth.


(III) David, eldest child of Daniel and Hannah (Chandler) Bixby, removed to Chelmsford, where the remainder of his life was spent. Some of his children removed to Litchfield, New Hampshire.


(IV) Thomas (I), son of David Bixby, lived in Chelmsford. He married, December 8, 1703, Deborah Elkins, and died in Chelmsford, December 5, 1754. Several of his children went to Litchfield, New Hampshire.


(V) Thomas (2), married Phoebe (surname un- known) and lived in Chelmsford from 1744 to 1746, settling in the latter year in Litchfield, New Hamp- shire. He died in that town in 1761, at the age of thirty-eight years. His wife died in 1766. Their children were: Edward, Daniel, Asa. Thomas, Sarah and William. (William and descendants receive mention in this article).


(VI) Daniel, second son and child of Thomas (2) and Phœbe Bixby, was born August 31, 1746, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and was carried to Litchfield by his parents when an infant. He grew up there and married Lydia Parker, daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy Parker. He was a farmer, and died in Litchfield, June 29, 1803. His wife was born 1749, and died September 22, 1811.


(VII) Dorothy, daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Parker) Bixby, was born 1777, in Litchfield, and became the wife of Francis Chase. (See Chase, X). She died October 9, 1861.


(VIII) Margaret, daughter of Francis and Dorothy (Bixby) Chase, was born July 14, 1819, in Litchfield, and became the wife of Isaac Mc- Questen. (See McQuesten, IV). She died Sep- tember 20, 1899.


(VI) William, youngest child of Thomas (2) and Phoebe Bixby, was born April 19, 1757, in Litch- field, and died in that town, November 20, 1828. He was a farmer, and flourished under the condi- tions incident to a newly settled country. He mar- ried (first), November 10, 1783, Sarah Thompson, of Litchfield, born September 20, 1785, died June 4, ISII. They were the parents of twelve children : James, Sarah, William, John, Thomas, Phebe, an infant unnamed, Polly, Thomas, Jane, Parker and Lydia. He married (second), February 14, 1814, Elizabeth Nahor, daughter of Joseph Chase, and widow of Hugh Nahor. She died June 16, 1856. Four children were born of this marriage: Eliza- beth and Julia Ann (twins), Lucretia and Edward, whose sketch follows.


(VI) Edward, youngest child of William and Elizabeth (Nahor) Bixby, was born in Litchfield, December 10, 1818, and died November 27, 1866. He engaged in farming and devoted a portion of each year to transporting wood through the Merri- mack canal between points near his residence and Lowell, Massachusetts. He became a member of the Republican party when it appeared in New Hampshire, and ever afterward voted that ticket. He attended the Presbyterian Church. He married, November 3, 1853, Lucinda Caldwell, born in Litch- field, January 27, 1824, died November 24. 1886, daughter of James and Sarah (Thomas) Caldwell, of Litchfield. They were the parents of four chil-


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dren : Lucretia, born 1854: Julia Ann, born Decem- ber 14, 1856; Selah C., born June 19. 1860; all in- married, and Walter E., born August 4, 1862, died March 17, 1884.


This one of the oldest families in the


PINNEY country, no less than five generations of Isaac Pinneys having lived in Con-


necticut. The family came originally from Broad- way, Somersetshire, England, and the name is some- times spelled Pynney, or Pinne. The forefathers of this race sleep in Broadway Church, Somerset- shire, a small, ancient, but beautiful structure set in a churchyard adorned with yews. By the will of Edmund Pinney, uncle of Humphrey, the first American ancestor, which will was dated 1631, an- nual payment is made on the Pinney tomb of certain annuities devised to poor persons of the name Pin- ney or of Standerwicke, in Somersetshire, England.


(1) Humphrey, son of John Pinney, came to America in 1630. with Rev. Mr. Wareham's company in the "Mary and John." He first settled in Dor- chester, Massachusetts, and was an original member of the church there, removing in 1635 to Windsor, Connecticut, his permanent home. He married Mary llull, a fellow passenger on the voyage over, and they had seven children: Samuel, Nathaniel, Mary, Sarah, John, Abigail and Isaac, whose sketch follows. Ilumphrey Pinney died at Windsor, Au- gust 20, 1683, and his widow died Angust 18, 1684. (11) Isaac (1), fourth son and youngest child of Humphrey and Mary ( Hull) Pinney, was born in Windsor, February 24, 1663. He married Sarah, daughter of Daniel Clark. October 6, 1684. They had nine children : Isaac (2), mentioned be- low : Jonathan, Mary, Sarah, Humphrey, Elizabeth, Noah, Hannah and Daniel. In the Windsor records of September 24, 1709, is this entry: "Sargent Isaac Pinney died on board a vessell coming from Al- bany" during Queen Ann's war. Connecticut had contributed three hundred and fifty men to assist in the rebellion of Canada, Acadia and Newfound- land. General Nicholson had command of the prov- incial army, which lay in camp at Wood Creek, ncar Albany awaiting the arrival of the British flect, which failed to come. Great mortality prevailed among the Americans in camp, and more than one- quarter of the men died of disease.


(111) Isaac (2), eldest child of Isaac (1) and Sarah ( Clark ) Pinney, was born January 17, 1686-7, at Windsor, Connecticut. He married Abigail Fil- ley, was born in December, 1685. at Suffield, fon- necticut, and they had four children. : Prudence, Anne, Oliver and Isaac (3), whose sketch follows. Isaac (2) Pinney died August 12, 1717, at the carly age of thirty. llis widow lived till November, 1761, dying at the age of seventy-six.


(IV) Isaac (3), second son and youngest child of Isaac (2) and Abigail (Filley) Pinney, was born January 15, 1716-7. There is some confusion in regard to this generation. According to a record in an old family Bible belonging to Mrs. Martha A. Gaylor, Isaac (3) Pinney married Susanna Phelps, born at Hebron, Connecticut, September 23, 1731, who died at Stafford, Connecticut, September 13. 1795, aged sixty-four. They had six children : Sus- anna, Oliver, Lydia, Sarah, Isaac (4), mentioned below; and Daniel. This record says that Isaac (3) was judge of probate over thirty years, and that he died at Stafford, Connecticut, September, 1791, aged seventy-four.


(V) Isaac (4), second son and fourth child of


Isaac (3) and Susanna (Phelps) Pinney, was born December 18, 1758. He married Mary Parkhurst, and they had ten children: Susan, Isaac (5), Mary, Tillie, Sally, Daniel, Betsey, Julia, Columbus and Ziba. Isaac (4) Pinney died February 15, 1841, or according to another record, February 16, 1842.


(V1) Isaac (5) Pinney, eldest son and second child of Isaac (4) and Susanna ( Phelps) Pinney, was born June 10, 1793. He married Roxanna -, and they had eight children: Isaac S., Eliza, For- dyce, mentioned below : Columbus, Charles A., Charlotte, Jason R. and Charlotte A.


(VII) Fordyce, second son and third child of Isaac (5) and Roxanna Pinncy, was born De- cember 3. 1817. He married Dorcas Walker, and they had four children : James W., Isabella S., Frank F., whose sketch follows; and Charles W. Fordyce Pinney died November 27, 1884.


(VIII) Frank Fordyce. second son and third child of Fordyce and Dorcas (Walker) Pinncy. was born at Royalton, Vermont, May 7, 1846. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and at the Academy at Royalton, Vermont. He fol- lowed farming most of his life, but in 1874 he came to Lebanon, New Hampshire, and until his death eleven years later, he was traveling salesman for the firm of Adriance Platt & Company, agricultural implements. Mr. Pinney attended the Baptist Church, and belonged to Mascoma Lodge, No. 20, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the En- campment, and to Mount Support Lodge. No. 15. Ancient Order United Workmen, and to the Leb-


anon Grange. He was a Republican in politics, and had been a member of the school board. On December 29, 1867, Frank Fordyce Pinncy married Celestia .A. Owen, daughter of Merrell Owen, of Bethel, Vermont. They had three children: Fred Fuller, Edward Everett and Arthur Jason, whose sketch follows. Frank F. Pinney died August 3, 1906, at Lebanon. New Hampshire.


(IX) Arthur Jason, youngest of the three sons of Frank Fordyce and Celestia (Owen) Pinney, was born in Royalton, Vermont, October 5, 1876. He was educated in the schools of Lebanon, New Hampshire, and became an oil merchant. With his brother Edward E. Pinney as partner, he began busi- ness in 1898, handling oil, both wholesale and retail. They buy the product from independent companies and keep several teams on the road all the time, covering an area of about twenty-five miles about Lebanon. Mr. Pinney attends the Baptist Church, and is a Republican in politics. On November 9, 1903, he married Nina, daughter of William and Bessie (Mansfield) Crozier, of Lebanon.


This old English family planted its SANGER seions very early on the New England shores, and has contributed its por- tion to the development of civilization on the West- ern Continent. It was early identified with New Ilampshire and Vermont, and some of the leading citizens of both states at the present day are off- shoots from this family.


(I) The pioneer ancestor, Richard Sanger, a native of England. removed to America in 1636 and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, where he died in 1661.


(II) Richard (2), son of Richard (1) Sanger, was born in England, 1620, and embarked at South- ampton in April, 1638, in the ship "Confidence" of London, John Jobson, master. He shipped as a servant to John Roaff. (See Rolfe). Soon after


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arriving in Massachusetts he settled in Sudbury, that colony, where he took the oath of fidelity in 1647. He removed thence to Watertown. Massa- chusetts, in 1649. With two sons and three others. lie guarded the mill at Watertown, Massachusetts. during King Philip's war, He married Mary, second daughter of Robert Reynolds, and their children were: Mary, Nathaniel, John, Sarah, Richard and Elizabetlı.


(III) Nathaniel, eldest son and second child of Richard (2) and Mary ( Reynolds) Sanger, was born Feb. 14, 1652, in Watertown, and resided first in Sherburn and later in Roxbury. Massachu- setts, whence he removed to Woodstock, Connecti- cut, being one of the first settlers of that town. He was one of the twenty soldiers impressed for the Colonial war in 1675, and died in 1735. He was married in 1679 to Mary Cutter, daughter of Richard Cutter, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and they were the parents of ten children. His second wife's name was Ruth, and she died and was buried November 20, 1711. in Woodstock.


(IV) Eleazer, youngest child of Nathaniel and Mary ( Cutter ) Sanger, was born in 1698, and re- sided in Hardwick and Petersham, Massachusetts. He was one of the original grantees of Keene, New Hampshire. in 1753, and removed to that place, where he died March 24. 1765. He was married June 24, 1731, to Mary Jackson, and they were the parents of four children.


(V) Eleazer (2), son of Elcazer (1) and Mary (Jackson) Sanger, was born 1740, in Peter- sham, Massachusetts, and resided in Keene. New Hampshire. With two of his brothers he joined in the expedition against Canada in the French and Indian war in 1759, and was present at the cap- ture of Quebec and Ticonderoga. His name also appears with those of the same brothers on the Keene muster rolls, August 3, 1775, in a foot com- pany sent to Bunker Hill. The battle was over. however, before they arrived and they did not participate. He was married May 24, 1765, to Han- nah Sherwood, of Gloucester, Massachusetts. and they had five children.


(VI) Eleazer (3), son of Eleazer (2) and Han- nah (Sherwood) Sanger, was born September II, 1766, in Keene, New Hampshire, and moved to St. Johnsbury. Vermont, in 1790. Before his marriage he made explorations in northern Vermont and selected a locality which seemed to him suitable for a settlement. He purchased a large tract of land which included the site of St. Johinsbury, where he made a clearing and immediately began the cultivation of the soil. He built a log house at what was known as the four corners, but later settled at St. Jolinsbury Center, where he built saw and grist mills, the first built in that locality, and the village was known as Sanger's Mills as late as 1848. He was a typical pioneer and cleared away about two hundred acres of forest, in the meantime manufacturing large amounts of lumber at his mill. He was of hospitable disposition and often entertained travelers in the large house which he built in the village, though he never opened a tavern. This house had what was known as a "hopper roof," which was probably a hip roof. Mr. Sanger was prominent as a business man and con- tributed in every way within his power to the development of the village of St. Johnsbury. His death occurred in 1836, at the age of seventy years. and he was widely mourned. He was married be- fore 1790 to Sahrina Whitney, of Winchester, Mas- 11-IS


sachusetts. who survived him about two years, dying 111 1838. Of their twelve children four grew to maturity, namely: Ezra, Betsy, Sabrina and Rhoda.


(VII) Ezra, son of Eleazer (3) and Sabrina Whitney Sanger, was born , 1804. in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. When a young man he en- tered the store of John Clark as a clerk, and sub- sequently opened a store of his own, the first in the Center Village. He soon sold this business and removed to Troy, Vermont, where he engaged in the manufacture of potash and of shoes, and also conducted a general merchandise store. He dis- posed of these interests in 1834, and removed to Honeoye Falls, in New York, where he was a mer- chant until his death, of consumption, 1840. His wife. Sarah M. (Brown) Sanger, was an adopted daughter of John Clark, having been left an orphan in childhood. She was born September, 1807, at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and died May 10, 1860, at Delta, Ohio. Their children are accounted for as follows: Maria, Ellen, Thaddeus E., mentioned be- low; Mary Ann, Benjamin. Several years after the death of Mr. Sanger his widow married Thomas Gleason, to whom she bore one daughter, Fanny. The mother died at the age of fifty years. Ezra Sanger, like his father before him. was an old line Whig, but did not care for any political preferment. He was liberal in religious faith and was a respected and esteemed citizen. Sarah M. ( Brown) Sanger, was a granddaughter of John Ide, who was a soldier from Massachusetts during the Revolution. Her paternal grandfather. John Brown, was also a soldier of the Revolution.


(VIII) Thaddeus Ezra, eldest son of Ezra and Sarah M. (Brown) Sanger, was born March 12, 1832. in Troy, Vermont, and prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy. His intention of pursu- ing a collegiate course was abandoned because of the changing fortunes of the family, and he left school at the age of eighteen years to pursue some avocation which would sustain him. He did not, however, abandoned the hope of securing an educa- tion, and went bravely to work and paved the way for such a career. He taught school for a time, then went to Toledo, Ohio, where he was employed for a period of years as clerk in a drug store, and having decided upon the medical profession utilized every moment of available time during this period for study, often taking time that should have been devoted to rest. After this he continued the study of medicine in Philadelphia, where he attended a course of lectures and was subsequently a student under the direction of Doctors Stone and San- born, of St. Johnsbury. He also studied in the office of Dr. Darling, at Lyndon, Vermont. He then entered the Hahnemann Homeopathic Medical College at Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1856 and immediately located for practice at Hardwick. Vermont, where he continued two years. Thence he proceeded to Littleton, New Hampshire, arriving July 12. 1858. where he continued practice till his death. He did much to raise the standing of the Homeopathic School of Medicine, both with the profession and the public, and his long and varied practice in and about Littleton was a successful one. He was a pioneer of the school in this section of the state, being the first in northern New Hampshire, and always showed great enthusi- asm for his profession. His pleasing personality and keen interest in the science and the welfare of his patients necessarily brought success His


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reputation had long been established, and he was many times called in consultation by members of both allopathic and homeopathic schools over the entire regions of Northern New Hampshire and Vermont. Dr. Sanger always stood in the front rank with those who have developed the town and made it what it is. He was ready for ser- vice, at any time and anywhere that the public good demanded, but his profession was the one important thing. To it he brought an exceptional amount of natural ability, and to this was added an unusu- ally bright, quick, intelligent mind which fitted him so well for any emergency. Probably no one in this state was better read in medical lore. and few more familiar with current literature and the latest books. He was always reaching out for new things, and possessed a remarkable power of discernment and selection. He was wise and cauti- ous, and seldom made mistakes in his profession. Hi- manner in the sick room carried with it healing ; for though the case was critical, taxing his brain and heart to the utmost, only cheerful looks and words were his inside the house, no matter how worried and careworn he felt.


It was natural that his standing and keen inter- est in his profession led him into many associations for the promotion of science and the public health. From the year 1865 he was a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society, and held many of the important offices of that organization, being president for three years, 1878-79 and 1880. In IS70 he became a member of the American Institu- tion of Homeopathy. In 1871 he was appointed by the general government to the position of pension surgeon for the United States pension bureau, and held that position until the assumption of office by President Cleveland, when he resigned. To Dr. Sanger more than to any other individual was due the organization of the Connecticut Valley Homeo- pathic Medical Society of Northern New Hamp- shire, and for two years he was its president. He was for a long time medical examiner of the Knights of Honor and the Provident Mutual Asso- ciation of New Hampshire.




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