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(VI) Rufus (2). fourth child and third son of Rufus (r) and Dorcas (Strout) Libby, was born in Limington, Maine, April 18. 1802. He and his brother went to Bridgton at the same time and set- tled on farmis. In 1840 he removed to Newfield, and five years later to Great Falls, where the remainder of his life was spent in the cotton mills. He died December 29, 1848. He married. June 25, 1833, Martha Blake, daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca ( Higgins) Blake, of Gorhanı .. Their children were: Francis B., Charles Wesley, and one who died young.
( VII) Francis Blake, eldest child of Rufus and Martha (Blake) Libby, was born in Newfield, May 9. 1834. He worked at first in the cotton mills, but after the war of the rebellion learned the shoc- maker's trade, and for the most part worked in shoe shops. He and his brother each enlisted in 1863, in Company A, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, and served two years, till the end of the war. Francis died in June, 1898, at Somersworth. He married, November 27, 1851, Mary Jane, daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Littlefield) Hanson, of Sanford. She was born September, 1834. and diced December 26, 1906, at Lynn, Massachusetts. They had five chil- dren : Emma Etta (died young), and Frank Eu- gene (twins), Ida Belle, Emma Etta, and Harry. Frank E. is the subject of the next paragraph. Emma Etta, the second of that name, married Els- worth Whitten, of Farmington, New Hampshire. Harry is foreman of a shoe factory in Lynn. Massa- chusetts.
(VIII) Frank Eugene, first child of Francis Blake and Mary Jane (Hanson) Libby, was born in Somersworth, New Hampshire, January 12, 1856. He attended the public schools of Somersworth and one term at South Berwick Academy. In May,
1872, he entered the employ of the Great Falls Man- ufacturing Company as office boy, was later made clerk, and in 1888 was made paymaster, and since that time has been clerk and paymaster of the cor- poration. In the same year he was made clerk and treasurer of the Great Falls Light Company, and still holds that position. He was one of the in- corporators of the Somersworth Savings Bank. In politics he is a Republican, and has been a member of the school board six years ; chairman of the board of library trustees, and alderman two years. He was elected to the state senate from District No. 12. in 1906. and served with credit at the following session. He was a member of the committees on labor, revision of the laws, Soldiers' Home, state hospital, incorporations and military affairs. He is a past master of Libanus Lodge, No. 49, Free and Accepted Masons; past high priest of Edwards Royal Arch Chapter. No. 23; a past commander of Stephen J. Wentworth Camp, Sons of Veterans, and past commander of New Hampshire division. He and his family are members of the Methodist Church. He married (first). October. 1877, Ida L. Fountain, who was born in Somersworth, 1855. and died April, 1888, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Scella) Fountain, of Maine : and (second), Decem- ber. 1890. Emma J. Estes, who was born in Lynn, February. 1872, daughter of James E. and Rose (Foss) Estes, of Lynn. Massachusetts. The chil- dren by the first wife were: Roy, died aged nine- teen ; Everett; Carl, died aged twelve; Paul, and an infant, deceased. Everett is employed in the woolen mills in Somersworth. Paul is a student in the Maine State University at Orono. The children by the second wife are: Ethel, Carl, and Ben F.
(II) Anthony, sixth child and fifth son of John Libby, was born in Scarborough, about 1640, and was a carpenter. He lived in his native town until some years after King Philip's war. In May, 1681, he was one of a committee chosen to purchase tim- ber for building a "fort." Scattow's garrison. In November following he was taxed for fifty acres of land, six acres of marsh, one cow. two hogs, and one mare. In the first part of 1682 he moved to Falmouth. There he met and married Sarah Drake, who was born August 20, 1656, and died June 12, 1716, daughter of Abraham and Jane Drake, of Hampton, New Hampshire. In 1685 he moved to Hampton and settled in the northeast part of the town. subsequently set off to Ryc. He married (second). January 6. 1718, Jane Racklay. of Ports- month, and lived only a few weeks. His will, made February 20, 1718, was proved March 5, 1718. His inventory amounted to two hundred and twenty-five pounds. His children, all by the first wife. were: Sarah, Mary. Abraham, Isaac, Hannah, Josiah and Jane.
(III) Abraham. third child and eldest son of Anthony and Sarah (Drake) Libby, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, about 1688, and spent his life as a cultivator of the soil. He lived in Hampton until 1718 or 1719, and then bought and settled on a farm in Portsmouth. In 1757 he re- moved from there to North Hampton, and within a vear he moved to Exeter, where he lived two or three years, near the old "pickpocket mill." From that place he removed to Epsom, where he died in the spring of 1767. aged seventy-nine. He married, January 14, 1713, Sabrina Philbrick. daughter of Joseph and Typhene Philbrick, of Hampton. She died probably before he left Portsmouth. Their seven children were: Betty, Joseph, Saralı, Phebe,
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Abraham, Anthony and Ephraim. The last four probably died young.
(IV) Joseph, eldest son and second child of Abraham and Sabrina (Philbrick) Libby, was born in that part of Hampton which is now Rye, August 15, 1715, and was a lifelong farmer. From Rye he removed to Portsmouth, where he lived some years, and, probably in 1758, removed thence to Barring- ton. Removing from there he became the second settler of New Durham, which was probably in 1767. His farm was on the Durham Ridge, and from 1767 till the middle of July, 1778, he was cutting trees and clearing away the virgin forest, making fields to raise crops and putting up buildings to shelter his family and his stock.' He married, February 23, 1741, Margaret Abbott, who was living as late as April, 1794. Their children were: Reuben, Mary, Jane, Abraham (died young ), Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Ephraim, Olley, Anthony, Benjamin and Margaret.
(V) Benjamin, eleventh child and eighth son of Joseph and Margaret (Abbott) Libby, was born in Barrington, June 12. 1761, and died in Alton, An- gust 26, 1835, aged seventy-four. He grew up on a farm on New Durham Ridge, and succeeded to the paternal acres, which he cultivated till the latter part of his life when he gave this farm to his son Asa and settled on another in Alton, which after his death became the property of his daughter Sarah. He married Sarah 'Mason, daughter of John Mason, of Alton. She died May 19, 1834. Their children were: Joseph, Moses, David, Thirstin, Asa, Betsey, Daniel, Sarah, Mary, Nancy and Martha.
(VI) Captain Daniel, sixth child and fifth son of Benjamin and Sarah (Mason) Libby, was born in New Durham, September 15, 1796. He lived in Alton a short time in 1817, and then removed to Tuftonborough, where he followed the time honored occupation of his ancestors, farming. Ile was a highly respected member of the Christian Baptist Church, and a good neighbor. He was fond of mil- itary discipline, and for six years commanded a local company of militia. He died on a small farm in Wolfborough, August 3, 1862. He married, March 10, 1817, Ada Clough, daughter of Isaac Smith and Joanna (Carr) Clough, of Alton. They were the parents of thirteen children: John Mason, Ann Carr, Leonora, Moses, Sarah M., Daniel. Nancy J., Isaac C. (died young), Isaac Smith, Elizabeth J., Charles F. (died young), Charles A., and James W. (V11) Moses, fourth child and second son of Captain Daniel and Ada (Clough) Libby, was born July 26, 1824, in AAlton. He was brought up in Tuf- tonborough, and there he resided until 1870, when he removed to Manchester, lowa, where he lived until 1878, and then returning to Wolfboro, he has since resided there. He has been a hard working farmer and is in good circumstances. He was class- leader in the Methodist Church, and a highly re- spected citizen. Ile married, 1847. Vesta R. Wiggin, who was born in Tuftonborough, daughter of Will- iam and Dolly (Snell) Wiggin, of Tuftonborough. Five children were born of this union: Asa H., llenry Forest, Elizabeth C., Willie S., and George A. Asa Herbert, ellest son of Moses and Vesta (Wiggin) Libby, was born in Tuftonboro, July 14, 1848. Ile received his early education in that town, and in the Wolfboro Academy. Later he went to Vas-a College, New York, to learn bookkeeping and graduated in 1867. In the following year he went to Boston. where he was a very successful book- keeper until the time of his death, March 20, 1871.
He was an active member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and of the Tremont Temple Society. He was unmarried.
(VIII) Henry Forest, second son and child of Moses and Vesta R. (Wiggin) Libby, was born in Tuftonborough, April 7, 1850. He was educated in the common schools and at Tuftonborough and Wolfboro Academy. At the age of twenty he began the, study of dentistry under the preceptorship of Dr. Oliver Dowlin, of Wolfboro, and completed his education in the Harvard Dental School. He opened an office in Boston, Massachusetts, and has met with so great success that he now stands at the head of his profession in that city. During the early part of his practice he gave considerable attention to sculpture, and carved several groups which were ex- hibited and won favorable notice from the Boston press, but as his practice increased he abandoned the art. In the line of his business and in other lines, Dr. Libby's quick perceptions and ingenuity have developed various useful inventions. Among them are a rubber dam clamp and a dental heater and annealer. patented in 1895; a plaster tablet, used as a mount for the Blaschka glass models of the Wane collection in Harvard University, 1897; plaster mounts in cases. 1901; glass cylinders for preserving bird skins, 1902; implement for boring a straight hole and gauge device, 1906. His ardent love of art and the beautiful in nature led him in 1881, to purchase in Wolfboro, on the shore of Lake Winnepiseogee, a tract of land upon which he con- structed such buildings as he thought necessary. and furnished his cottage as only an artist who has plenty of mean- can furnish one. This cottage. into which he moved in 1883, commands a comprehensive view of Tuftonborough bay, on Winton Harbor, and other parts of New Hampshire's largest and love- liest lake, and is filled with beautiful works of art; stuffed animals and birds, and curios, from distant places, are placed in a building suitable for their ex- hibition. Over the fireplace in the cottage dining room is the Libby coat-of-arms, including a cre-t designed by Dr. Libby, a very appropriate design, representing the arrival of three Libbys at sunrise and their amicable meeting with the Indians. A log cabin with the smoke curling from the chimney and a cow standing near, are prophetic of peace and prosperity in agriculture that are to follow this meet- ing. Manufactures are represented by Industry at a spinning wheel. The Libby cottage has always been well and favorably known for its hospitality, and in June, 1889. an entomologist of Boston was taken to this home to spend a few days for the purpose of collecting moths. It was then that the study of the fauna and flora of the locality began. All sorts of beautiful and interesting things found lodgment in the cottage, and in a few years it was too small for other scientific collections, so after parting with the steam launch "Mohawk," the various collections were removed to the boat house. The interest in research had now taken possession of every member of the family, including that dearest friend and sympathizer of the Doctor and his wife. Philip Henry Savage. It was his deep earnestness in the work that gave them the incentive to increase the capacity for more extended investigation and quiet study : and acting under the influence of love for and devotion to the pursuit of scientific knowledge in this di- rection, they chose, in 1805, the site upon which the lodge now stands. Philip's master mind and poetic passion is expressed in every little detail in design- ing and furnishings, and it is especially shown in the
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fireplace. The creation of the details in the lodge's completion was thought out by the family. Philip Savage claimed- the window overlooking Muskrat Cove, and to get the view he helped to clear away the brushwood and timber. Grandma named the ten standing pines in front of this window the ten commandments. Grandpa would have the two largest of them, "Thou shalt have no other God be- fore me." and "Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." Their greatest sorrow was when the angel of death called from the midst of this family circle Philip Savage, June 4, 1899. May the seed sown here live after him. In 1901 the plaster and art work which had occupied space on the first floor were moved to the attic. Dr. Libby's museum of birds and animals is large and interesting. A cabi- net of ten Louisiana heron, mounted in graceful at- titudes, were taken April 5, 1905. on the banks of the Myakka river, in Florida, while Dr. and Mrs. Libby were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Dcan, on board the "Aroostook," is particularly prized. Other valued specimens are a seven-foot alligator, a tarpon six feet long, and a rattlesnake four feet two inches, taken by the Doctor on Rattlesnake Island. In 1904 in cooperation with Allen Chamber- lain and Philip W. Ayres, state forester, Dr. Libby began to take an active interest in forestry, and since that time his efforts to show the good results of arboriculture have been of much 'interest to him and those similarly inclined, and promise to be of valute to the people of the state generally. In the begin- ning, little trees were dug up in a pasture where they were not wanted, and transplanted, and the process showed the great possibilities of profit if the work was properly done on a large scale. A nursery has been established, and a plantation made of white pine seedlings. Dr. Libby has transplanted fifteen hun- dred native seedlings from a neighboring pasture into a permanent forest, and three thousand cthers obtained from Illinois. In 1906 he set aside a por- tion of land surrounded by trees of fine specimen value for an arboretum, in which an effort will be made to grow a few specimens of every tree that is indigenous to the shores of Lake Winnepesaukec. The site is located on the shore of Mirror lake, three miles north of Wolfboro. In 1901 Dr. Libby pur- chased Rattlesnake Island, two miles long, shore line four and nine-tenths miles, height three hundred and ninety feet. After examination it was pronounced by Forester Ayres to be a very valuable tract, and is now under forest management. A large price was offered for the timber on it, but Mr. Ayres decided more profit could be realized by letting the timber grow. and selecting only the best later for cutting. In 1903 the Doctor purchased a farm adjoining his place and containing two hundred acres, and in 1906 a tract of land known as the Hersey lot, containing thirty-five acres. The object of the museum and the arboretum is to illustrate the fundamental prin- ciples of evolution in the animal and vegetable kingdoms.
In 1904 a path between the lodge and the Poet's Privilege was completed by Uncle Charles Libby. which was named in honor of Philip Henry Savage. "The Savage Path." In 1904. in order that his farm might contribute to the happiness of a greater number of persons, Dr. Libby threw it open to the Ellis Memorial Club, an organization of boys and girls. Dr. Libby, by diligence and a proper use of the faculties nature bestowed upon him, has made life a success, and by the course he has taken with regard to many things in connection with his estate
on the great lake, has shown that he is a public benefactor willing to do his share to add to the wis- dom and pleasure of mankind and lighten their bur- dens where he can. Henry Forest Libby was mar- ried, May 28, 1874. to Hattie E. Horne, of Wolfboro, who was born August 23, 1848, daughter of Fred- erick Woodbury and Elizabeth (Allen) Horne. She was educated in the common schools and at the Wolfboro and Tuftonboro Academy. After leav- ing the academy she taught in Grafton, and attended Salem Normal School. Subsequently she taught kindergarten under Madam Cregor, who introduced that method of instruction into Boston. Mrs. Libby is a lady of refinement and broad culture, and not only feels a cordial interest in her husband's work. but also assists in many ways. Of this union there is one child. Arthur Allen, next mentioned.
(IX) Arthur Allen Libby, only child of Dr. Henry F. and Hattie E. (Horne) Libby, was born October 7. 1875. He was educated in the Boston public schools, graded from the English high school in 1894. and from the Harvard Dental College in 1899, and became associated with his father in the profession the same year. He married, October 3, 1901, Florence Adaline Hunt, who was born Jan- tiary 7, 1879. daughter of Edgar Norman and Ada- line Hunt. They have two children : Arthur Allen, born September 3, 1902; and Madeline, born May 31, 1904.
(VIII) George Albert. youngest son of Moses and Vesta (Wiggin) Libby, was born in Tufton- boro, October 11. 1858. He received his education in the schools of that town and of Manchester, Iowa. He came to Boston in 1875 and entered the hard- ware store of Bigelow & Dowse, where he has risen to the height of a leader with a commanding in- fluence. He was married to Eva Lunn. of Boston. June 8, 1887, who died March 17, 1889. He was again married to Emma Hood, also of Boston, June 3. 1891. They have one son. Ralph Burton Libby, born May 16, 1802. He had been educated in the public schools of Everett until the year 1906. when he entered the Boston Latin School.
(II) David, tenth child and sixth son of John Libbey, the immigrant, was born in Scarborough, Maine, in 1657, and died probably in 1736. for in December of that year his will was proved. Febru- ary II. 1681, he and four others were chosen to renew the bounds between Casco (afterward Fal- mouth, and now Cape Elizabeth) and Scarborough, and about that time he received several grants of land. When the town was deserted in 1690 he went to Portsmouth, where he lived ten years. In De- cember. 1699 David Libbey. Matthew, his brother, Daniel Fogg, his brother-in-law, Joseph Hammond, and Stephen Tobey bought what was known as the Knowles purchase, in that part of Kittery which is now Eliot. It fronted on the Piscatauqna river. at the "Long Reach." about three-quarters of a mile, and stretched back into the town a long distance. The following spring it was divided lengthwise. so that each had a portion fronting on the river. A division line between the portions of David Libbey and his brother passed over a piece of rising ground since known as Libbey Hill. On this hill. within a few rods of each other, they built their houses. They laid out a lane between their lands, reaching from the river to their northeast boundary, and portions of this lane are still open. David Libhey built a two-story house which stood until later than 1807. the date of the death of his great-grandson. Joel Libbey. There David lived the remainder of
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his life, a farmer in comfortable circumstances. In his will, dated May 6, 1725, he provided for his wife and those of his children not already provided for. The amount of his inventory was thirteen hundred and twenty-nine pounds and five shillings. He was buried on his own farm, and with him now lie five generations of his descendants. His wife's name was Elinor. Their children were: David, Samuel, Mary, Solomon. John, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Eleanor and Abigail.
( III) David (2), eldest child of David (1) and Elinor Libbey, was born probably in Scarborough before his parents were driven away from their home in 1690. He lived on a part of his father's homestead, in Kittery, now Eliot, until about 1731. During a portion of that time he was a licensed re- tailer. From Kittery he moved to Scarborough and settled on a farm on Scottow's Hill. His house was a garrison, and there Nathaniel Dresser was killed by the Indians. David Libbey shot the Indian who did the deed, and wounded him so severely that he died soon after. David Libbey married Esther Hanscom, daughter of Thomas and Alice Hans- com, of Kittery. He died in February, 1765. and was buried on the sixth of that month. Both were doubtless buried a few rods northeast of the house of his descendant, Lemuel Libbey. This spot was for many years the principal burying ground of the inhabitants of that locality, and more than two hundred persons are said to have been buried there. It is now covered by a dense growth of shrubs and underbrush, and not more than three or four graves are discernible. The children of David and Esther Libbey were: Alice, Josiah, George, Esther, Tim- othy. David. Eleanor and Thomas.
(IV) Timothy, fifth child and third son of David (2) and Esther (Hanscom) Libbey, was born about 1724, in that part of Kittery which is now Eliot. He was taken by his father to Scarborough when a child. He grew up and settled on a farm on Scottow's Hill, where all his children were born. In 1763 he became one of the first settlers of Machias. Following is the account of the cause of the settlement of Machias as given by Henry A. Libbey, of Machiasport. Writing of his grandfather he says: "He told me one day when I was at work with him how his father came to settle in Machias. When he lived in Scarborough it was his practice in the winter to go cast in a small vessel on a sealing voyage. It was on a return voyage, some hundred and fifteen or twenty years ago, that he encountered a gale and storm and tried to make what is now called Cutler Harbor. He made a mistake in the headland, ran ashore in a small cove, and lost his vessel and cargo. Then he had to get home in his small boat. In following along to the coast, as was necessary for him to do, he rowed into the Machias river. Struck with its beauty, he followed it to its head. Here he found the natural facilities so good that he determined to make it his future home. He returned to Scarborough, and the next spring. tak- ing his own family, and getting some eight or ten families more, they moved to their new abode. He received as one of the original settlers a seven-acre lot, where the village of Machias now stands. Here he made his residence, and a few years later (pre- vious to June, 1766), died. He married, October 9. 1746, Sarah Stone, of Scarborough, who was living on the little farm at Machias as late as 1787. They had seven children: Sarah, Esther, Timothy, Mary, David, Obadiah and Daniel.
(V) David (3), fifth child and second son of
Timothy and Sarah (Stone) Libbey, was born in Scarborough, August 31, 1755, and died December 21, 1833. He settled on the east side of Machias river on a farm still occupied by his descendants. He married, January 23, 1783, Abigail Fitts, born October 31, 1763. heir and probably daughter of Ebenezer Fitts, of Machias. She died in April, 1841. Their children were: Elizabeth, Mary, Ebenezer. Mariner, Anna, David, Phineas, Abigail D., George and Susan P.
(VI) Lieutenant Ebenezer, third child and eld- est son of David (3) and Abigail (Fitts) Libbey, was born in Machias, now Machiasport. May 27. 1787. He settled on a farm near his father. He was a lieutenant of a revenue cutter at the time of his death, which took place suddenly August 7, 1831. He married Parmela Andrews, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Cheever) Andrews. She died Sep- tember 4. 1867. They had eight children: Mary Ann C., Charles E., Henry A .. Jane M., Parmelia A., Clarissa F., Eben F., and Alonzo B., who is next mentioned.
(VII) Alonzo Bradford, fourth son and young- est child of Ebenezer and Parmela ( Andrews) Lib- hey, was born in Machiasport, September 29, 1829. He was a school teacher until his marriage, and since that time has been a farmer in Machiasport. He married, October 2, 1852, Ann Judson, who was born May 13. 1833, daughter of Rev. Charles and Elizabeth (Foster) Emerson. Six children were born to them: Lizzie A., Addie M., Nellie MI .. Annie B., Mason A. and Charles E.
(VIII) Mason Allen, fifth child and elder of the two sons of Alonzo B. and Ann Judson (Emer- son) Libbey, was born in Machiasport, March 10, 1869. He attended the common schools of Ma- chiasport until he was fourteen years of age. and then went to Waltham, where he attended school and later learned photography. After a residence of eight years in Waltham he settled in Nashua, New Hampshire, where he is now doing a prosperous bus- iness. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Nashua, and is its clerk. Both Mr. Libbey and his wife, who assists him in business. are members of the National and New England Photographers' Associations. He married, October 26, 1800, Dorothy Trickey, who was born in Dover, New Hampshire. July 21, 1860. daughter of Charles A. and Ellen F. ( Page) Trickey.
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