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Seminary for a period of nine years. Ile made a trip abroad in 1866, visiting the principal art centers of Europe, Jater returning to the semmary. He located at Nashua in the fall of 1809, where he became pastor of the Universalist Church, and re- mained four years. From this place he was called to Akron, Ohio, in 1872. In that city he became the president of Buchtel College, and for six years filled this position acceptably and with honor. llis health again failing, he went abroad a second time to recuperate, and upon his return went to his native town and purchased the McCollester liome- stead, where his great-grandfather had first settled. For three years, 1878-81, he was pastor of the Universalist Church in Bellows Falls, Vermont, where a church edifice was erected throughi hiis personal efforts, and soon after this work he was called to the pastorate of the Pierce Memorial Church of Dover, New Hampshire, where he con- tinued three years, completing the edifice, and placing the church upon a substantial working and spiritual basis. At the close of this period he went abroad with his family, remaining one year; then returning to the homestead in Marlboro, where lie has resided since that time, There he built a hand- some modern residence, which is the scene of cheerful hospitality and the abode of cultured re- finement. Dr. McCollester occasionally fills the neighboring pulpits in Swanzey, Westmoreland and other towns. In 1887-88 he went 'round the world. Ile is a Knight Templar Mason, has served his native town as school supervisor and as representa- tive in the legislature, attended the session at Con- cord in 1889, and served as chairman of the board of Education. For a period of forty years he has contributed voluminously to current journalistic and magazine literature, and has also published "After- thoughts on Historie Lands and Capitol Cities ;" "'Round the Globe;" "Babylon and Nineveh through American Eyes ;" "Mexico, Old and New." Dr. McCollester's years of travel have also placed him before the public as an interesting lecturer on foreign lands. He lias preached more than two thousand sermons, officiated at fifteen hundred funerals, and lias lectured more than one thousand times. His devotion to the cause of education has been life long and well-directed. As an author his fame rests in a great measure upon the truth and vividness of his descriptions. To attain this result he spent much time in personal visits to churches, schools, prisons, hospitals, markets, plantations and ranches, and his histories are based upon facts. He has not been merely a traveler, but a thinker and a student during his travels. He has been gifted with keen powers of observation, and this has enabled ·him to depict in a graphic manner the scenes which he has witnessed.
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Dr. McCollester married (first), November 23, 1852, Sophia F. Knight, born October 12, 1829, in Dummerstown, Vermont, died in 1899, daughter of Joel and Fanny M. (Duncan) Knight. They had children : Eda Sophia; Carrie Knight; Sullivan Lee, who is a famous preacher; and Edwin Fay. He married (second) Emma J. Parker, who died four months after her marriage. He married (third) Elizabeth E. Randall, born in Preston, New York, January 28, 1837.
This name is not very numerously
PECKER represented in this country or in New Hampshire. It was identified with the first settlement of Concord, and has been connected
with the history of that town ever since. Some of its representatives have been among the most prominent citizens and have acquitted themselves with credit.
(1) With Pecker, of Boston and Haverhill, was born about 1622, undoubtedly in England. The exact date of his arrival in America cannot now be determined. The records show that he agreed to become an inhabitant of Haverhill by June, 1603. Land was granted him there in 1051-52 and 1654 and 1667. Land was granted to one of that name in Charlestown in 1667-68. He was probably a man of considerable means, and was financially interested in more than one town. He was a selectman at Haverhill in 1669, and was first surveyor of boards in 1674. He probably removed to Boston about 1682, and died May 15, 1696. His wife Elizabeth was a daughter of John Friend. According to the Haverhill records she died before him in Boston. Their children were: James, Mary, Susanna, a daughter who died at the age of sixteen days in Haverhill, and probably other children.
(II) James (2), eldest child of James (1) and Elizabeth (Friend) Pecker, was a resident of Haverhill, where he was an inn holder, and was known by the title of Cornet. No record appears of his birth or death. He is known to have been living in 1734, and probably in 1744. Adminis-
tration upon his estate was granted to his son John, December 17, 1748. He took the oath of allegiance at Haverhill November 17, 1667. He married Ann Davis, and both were members of the first Haver- hill church in 1723. Their children were: Ann (died young), James, John, Daniel, Mary, Ann, Susanna and Jeremiah.
(III) John, second son and third child of James (2) and Ann (Davis) Pecker, was born December 15, 1687, in Haverhill. He was a ship- chandler and an inn holder, and was one of the founders of the new North Church in Boston in 1712, He removed to Haverhill about 1722 or later. Ile was admitted to the first Haverhill church July 2, 1738, by dismissal from some other church. He died before January 10, 1757, on which date the administration of his estate was granted to his son James. He was prominent among the original pro- prietors of Penacook (Concord), New Hampshire. It is not probable that he lived there himself, though he was on committees and a surveyor there from 1727 to 1730, and had a house built to inhabit there in 1731. He was married (first) June 16, 1709, in Boston, to Elizabeth Kelly and (second), April 4, 1723, in Newbury, to widow Hannah Wain- wright. She survived him. His first four children were born of the first wife and the others of the second. They were: Ann (died young), Elizabeth (died before 1733), Ann, James, John, Daniel and William (twins; the latter died in infancy, the former before 1736), William, Mary, Charles, Eliza- beth, Sarah, Jeremiah and Daniel.
· (IV) James (3), eldest son of John and Eliza- beth (Kelly) Pecker, was born about 1717. Ile was educated as a physician, and practiced in Ilaverhill, where he was admitted to the church July 6, 1746. He served as a soldier of the revo- lution, and died at Valley Forge. One record states that he died September 22, 1778, and another record that he had been dead nearly six years in March, 1785. Ile was married (first), December 13, 1744, in Haverhill to Hannah or Susanna Cogswell of Haverhill (see Cogswell, VII). She was born in 1722, in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a daughter of
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John and Susanna (Low) Cogswell (sce Cogs- well, IV), and died March 15, 1761. He was mar- ried ( second), November 12, 1761, to Ruth Brad- ley, who died September 1, 1806. There were ten children of each marriage, but no record of those born of the second wife is now obtainable. The children of the first marriage were: Hannalı (died young), Susanna, John, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, James. William, Jeremiah, and one whose name is not given. James and William were soldiers of the revolution.
(V) Captain Jeremiah, fourth son and ninth child of Dr. James and Susanna (Cogswell) Pecker, was born in Haverhill, and died August 12, 1843, at the age of seventy-one, it is reported. While a young lad he went to East Concord, New Hampshire, and lived with his aunt, Mrs. Robert Eastman, she and her husband having no children. He was an intelligent and well behaved boy, and was much loved by his foster parents, who left him all their property, including a valuable farm and buildings. There he lived all his life. He did a larger amount of farming than any other person in East Concord, and was the largest taxpayer in the highway district in which he resided. He was also extensively engaged in rafting logs down the Merrimack river. It has been written of him "he was a man of quick wit, of much mechanical in- genuity, facetious in conversation, and a respected and useful citizen." During his life time he held many public offices, and for many years took a prominent part in public affairs. Like other young men of his day he was required to prove his ability in small official positions before being elected to those of greater importance, and he seems to have served a full-course apprenticeship, as he was highway surveyor, 1799, 1809-10-14; hogreeve, 1802-04; field driver, 1805; auditor of accounts, ISI0; fence viewer, ISII; and fireward, 1811-13-14. He was
next elected selectman and served seven years, 1820-1-2-3-4-5-6. He elected representa- tive in 1827-34-35. In response to the call of Gov- ernor Gilman in 1814 he was one of those citizens who being exempt from military duty by law, volunteered to form a company for the purpose of home defense in case of necessity from invasion. In 1816 Albe Cady, William Low and Jeremiah Pecker were . appointed superintending building committee of the state house, the erection of which was then begun. ' In 1822 Jeremiah Pecker. Robert Davis, third, and Josepli Low were appointed super- intendents to remove, remodel and fit the old town house for the accommodation of the supreme court. In 1826, at the annual meeting in March, Joseph Walker, Robert Davis, and Jeremiah Pecker were chosen "a committee to sell all the personage lands and the school lands belonging to the town," and were directed "to vest or secure the proceeds of the sales of said lands to be a permanent fund-the interest of which shall be applied for the purposes for which said lands were reserved." He was one of a committee which superintended the construc- tion of the first state prison in Concord. In 1830 a meeting of the citizens of Concord was held to consider the project of a railroad through the state of Vermont, to connect the business of the great western lakes with the tidewaters of the Atlantic. Jeremiah Pecker was one of a then ten prominent citizens appointed on that committee.
Mr. Pecker married Ruth Kimball, who was born in Concord, March 12, 1779, daughter of Captain Reuben and Miriam (Collins) Kimball, who lived
at Sugar Ball hill, Concord. Captain Kimball was an officer in the revolution. Ruth died February 26, 1815, aged thirty-six. He married second, Mrs. Mary Lang, widow of Samuel Lang, of Boscawen, and daughter of Jonathan Eastman, Sr., of Concord. The children by the first wife were: Mary East- man, Robert Eastman, William and Jeremiah. The children by the second wife were: Samuel, Ruth Maria, Seth Eastman, George Bradley, and Mary.
(VI) Robert Eastman, eld st son and second child of Jeremiah and Ruth ( Kimball) Pecker, was born April 29, ISo7, in East Concord, and passed his youth on the paternal farm, his education being obtained in the public schools. In 1832, in partner- ship with Jonathan E. Lang, he opened a store on North Main street, Concord, where they did a wholesale and retail business in West India goods. The completion of the railroad into Concord caused the rapid declination of commerce at the north end, and the business was discontinued in 1818. Mr. Pecker then removed to Boston, where he con- tinued in the same line of business until his death, which occurred September 19, 1867. About the time they began business, Messrs. Pecker and Lang pur- chased the large house nearly opposite their store which was built in 1799 by Philip Carrigan (long known as "Carrigan's Folly"), and divided it equally, making a large residence for each. Mr. l'ecker was not a member of any organization, but was a regular attendant of the Congregational Church. He was married (first) about 1831, to E-ther J. Lang, daughter of Samuel and Mary ( Eastman) Lang of Concord. She died April 2, 1847, at the age of thirty-seven years, and Mr. Pecker married (second ) about 1848, Mrs. Emeline ( Abbott) Estabrook. There were six children of the first marriage. Francis H., the eldest, became a railroad man and died at Rutland, Vermont. Ellen and Mary died in girlhood. Robert L. was associated with his father in Boston, where he died. William died at the age of sixteen years. (\'1I) Harriet Esther, youngest child of Rob- ert E. and Esther J. (Lang) Pecker, was born October 6, 1846, and became the wife of Dr. Wil- liam G. Carter (see Carter, IX).
The ancient family of Plumer has
PLUMER since the period of the Barons been always mentioned in reputable fami- lies among . the gentry of England, and is found in counties of Hertfordshire, Bedford, Norfolk and Kent. These families have similiar blazen coats- of arms, which indicates them of same origin of different branches of the Plumer family. Walter Plumer, born in London, in 1607, has Plumer arms similar in crest to Sir William Plumer, knight,, of Radwell, county Hertfordshire, and Hill, county Bedfordshire, whose son, William Plumer, sheriff of Hertfordshire, was an eminent lawyer and jus- tice of the court of King's Bench. In the time of the rebellion he was committed to the tower, for asserting his loyalty to his prince. He was kept in the tower a long time, and this probably caused him, about 1650, to sell the manor house of his ancestors. About this same troublesome time of the rebellion, Francis Plumer, from Woolwich, Eng- land, emigrated to America with his wife Ruth and sons Samuel and Joseph. They came in 1633. Francis Plumer was made freeman in Boston in 1634, and in 1635, with some dozen families, was one of the grantees to take up his residence in Newbury, Massachusetts, and is the ancestor of the
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numerous descendants of the Plumer family in America. Tradition is uniform in stating these families came by water from Ipswich, around Plum Island, up the river Quaseacuyneu, now Parker's river, to the place they had selected for the future home, and landed on the north bank of the river, about one hundred rods below where the bridge now stands. The descendants of Francis Plumer still own the land which was once his, near Parker river. About 1785 one of them, Simeon Plumer, found a quantity of gold, calling forth exaggerated statements, but was not quite three hundred dol- lars. The first piece was found by a child, and then other pieces were picked up, and this amount was found in a cellar, by whom deposited, will probably never be known.
In the division of land, the first settlers recog- nized the Scripture rule "to him that hath shall be given." The wealth of each of the grantees can be estimated by the number of acres granted them, giving each two hundred acres for fifty pounds put in the common stock. Every person who trans- ported himself and family across the seas was to have fifty acres of land. In 1639 Francis Plumer was licensed to keep an ordinary tavern. Five of his descendants have been members of congress, one of them, George Plumer, son of Jonathan, born in Pennsylvania, was the first white child born west of the Allegheny mountains. Governor William Plumer, of New Hampshire, and others of the family, were men who ranked among the noblest characters; their descendants have reason to trea- sure, with just pride of ancestry, such an inherit- ance.
(I) Francis Plumer or Plummer, "linen weaver," born in 1594, came some say from Wool- wich, England, others from Wales, about 1633. He took the freeman's oath in Boston, May 14. 1634, and settled, 1635, in Newbury, of which town he was one of the original grantees. September 2, 1635, Francis Plumer was licensed by the general court "to keep an ordinary in Newbury ;" and this, was, undoubtedly, the first tavern opened to the public within the limits of the town. Land was granted Francis Plumer in 1645, and at other times, and land owned by him is still in the family. His first wife Ruth died August 18, 1647. He married (second), March 31, 1648 or 1049. Widow Ann Palmer, who died October 18, 1665; (third), No- vember 29, 1665, Beatrice, widow of William Cantle- bury, of Salem, Massachusetts. He died January 17, 1673, aged seventy-nine. His children were : Samuel, Joseph, Ilannah and Mary.
(II) Samuel, eldest son of Francis and Ruth Plumer, was born in England in 1619, and died in Newbury, in 1702, aged eighty-three. lle came to America probably with his parents, and resided in Newbury. He married, about 1646. Mary Bit- field. Their children were: Samuel, Mary, John, Ephraim, Hannah, Silvanus, Ruth, Elizabeth, Deb- orah, Joshua, Lydia and Bathshua. ( Mention of Joshua and descendants appears in this article.)
(111) Ephraim, fourth child and third son of Samuel and Mary (Bitfield) Plumer, was born in Newbury, September 16, 1655, and died August 13, 1716, aged sixty-one. He married, January 15. 1680, Hannah Jaques, and they had eleven chil- dren, born between 1681 and 1704. as follows : Mary, Hannalı, Samuel, Elizabeth, John, Ruth, Daniel, Richard, Bitfield, Sarah and Emma (men- tion of Bitfield and descendants forms part of this article ).
(IV) John, second son and fifthi child of
Ephraim and Hannah (Jaques) Plumer, was born November 7. 1688, in Newbury, and probably re- sided in that town through life. He died in 1762. Ile was married in 1728 to Hannah Burpee, and their children were: Jolin, Hannah, Mehitabel, Thomas, Ephraim, Jeremiah, Bitfield, Nathan, and two who died in infancy.
(V) Thomas, second son and fourth child of John and Hannah (Burpee) Plumer, was born March 30, 1736, and died October 10, 1786, in his fifty-first year. He was married March 28. 1776, to Joanna Muzzy, who died probably before 1767. He was married (second) November 3, 1767. to Ruth Dole, who died in August, 1805, surviving him nearly twenty years. His children, all born of the second marriage, were: Ruth, John, Joanna Muzzy, Richard. Moses and Nathan, besides twins who died in infancy.
(VI) John (2), eldest son and second child of Thomas and Ruth ( Dolc) Plumer, was born Au- gust 29, 1769, in Newbury, and settled in Windham, New Hampshire, where he died in August, 1811. He resided on the site of the present village of Windham, and his barn stood where the present Town House is located. He gave to the town three acres of land of this site and was voted as a compensation for the loss of the apple trees there- on the sum of fifty dollars. He was married in January, 1791, to ' Nancy Bayley, and their children were : Thomas, John, Katherine and Priscilla.
(VII) John (3), second son and child of John (2) and Nancy (Bayley) Plumer, was born Decem- ber 17, 1796, in Windham, and settled in Goffs- town, where he engaged in tilling the soil. He was married in Goffstown, February 2, 1816, by Rev. David L. Morrill. to Mary McFerson. Their chil- dren were: John, Joseph Trask, William Henry, Danicl A., Augusta, Mary, and another daughter who probably died in infancy.
(VIII) William Henry, third son and child of John (2) and Mary (McFerson) Plumer, was born in Goffstown, January 24, 1831. He was edu- cated in the common schools. When a young man he went to Manchester, where he was engaged in the clothing business for many years. In politics he is a Republican, and represented Manchester in the house of representatives. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and a Mason of the degree of Knights Templar. He married . Charlotte Cheney, who was born July 3, 1829, daughter of Jesse and Alice (Steele) Cheney, of Manchester (see Cheney, VII). Their children were: William Steele and Herbert D.
(IX) William Steele, son of William II. and Charlotte (Cheney) Plumer, was born October 4. 1865, in Manchester. He attended the school of Manchester until he was fifteen years of age. and then learned the tailoring trade and followed that till going to Boston, where he was engaged in a wholesale neckware house for five years. In 1891 he returned to Manchester and opened a merchant tailoring establishment in company with his father. and has built up a successful business. In political sentiment he is a Republican. He married, Oc- tober 1. 1902, in Manchester, Gertrude Hope Per- kins, born March 17, 1865, daughter of David and Annette (Stanley) Perkins.
(IV) Bitfield, son of John and Ilannah (Jacques) Plumer, was born February IT. 1742. IIc went from Newbury to Boscawen, and settled on land still held by his descendants. He was killed by a falling trec, November 19, 1788, at the age of forty-six. Ile married Priscilla Richardson, of
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Chester, October, 1769. Their children were :
Ephraim, John and Priscilla.
(V) John (2), second son and child of Bit- field (I) and Priscilla ( Richardson) Plummer, was born in Boscawen, August 10, 1774, and died Febru- ary 24. 1827, aged fifty-two years. He married, January 1, 1799, Hannah Jackman, and they had, between 1799 and 1821, nine children: . Bitfield, Nancy, Jeremiah, Mary, Hannah, Frederick P. (died young), George W., Frederick P. and Na- than.
(V1) Bitfield (2), eldest child of John (2) and Hannah (Jackman) Plummer, was born in Boscawen, November 9, 1799, and died October 23, 1875. aged seventy-six years. He was a tanner and lived on Water street. He married, November 9, 1835, Susan Chadwick, who was born May 16, 1804, daughter of Samuel and Sarah ( Morrill) Chad- wick, of Boscawen, who died October 27, 1882, aged seventy-eight years. They were the parents of two children: Hannah M., and Frank J., whose sketch follows.
(VII) Frank John, second child and only son of Bitfield (2) and Susan ( Chadwick) Plummer, was born in Boscawen, February 16, 1847. He was educated in Boscawen. He is a farmer, and lives in the west part of Boscawen. He married, Sep- tember 17, 1868, Abbie D. Knowles, who was born in Milo, Maine, October 23, 1836, daughter of George W. and Abigail (Davis) Knowles, of Milo, Maine. They are the parents of six children: Hannah Louise, Mary Abbie, Charlotte M., George Bitfield and Inez Eva, twins, and Sarah Angen- ette.
(VIII) George Bitfield, fourth child and only son of Frank J. and Abbie D. ( Knowles) Plum- mer, was born in Boscawen, August 23, 1876, and was educated in the district school and at the Con- cord Business College. He grew up a farmer boy, and knows how to conduct a farm. For two years past he has been employed in the summer season on the farm of Mrs. F. Coffin, and during the winter has been learning the trade of machinist in Nashua. He is an industrious and respected young man.
(III) Joshua, fifth son and tenth child of Samuel and Mary ( Bitfield ) Plummer, was born July 2, 1668, in Newbury, and resided in that town where his six children were born. He was married, November 6, 1699, to Elizabeth Dole, who was born December 21, 1680, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Greenleaf) Dole. Their children were: Samuel, Stephen, Joshua, Nathaniel, Enoch and Elizabeth. (IV) Nathaniel, fourth son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Dole) Plummer, was born June 19. 1708, in Newbury, and lived in that town, as had his ancestors.
(V) Joseph, son of Nathaniel Plummer, was born July, 1753, and was married December 15, 1774, to Mary Foster, of Rowley. Massachusetts. They resided in Newbury, where he died on Christ- mas day, 1809, having survived his wife more than ten years. She died August 1, 1799.
(VI) Abraham, son of Joseph and Mary (Fos- ter) Plummer, was born September 1, 1787, in Newbury, in that part which is now called Parker River. He was married May 1, 1809, to Hannah Hale, of Newburyport, who was born March 27, 1790, and they removed to Rindge. New Hampshire, and afterward to Northfield in the same state. In Northfield he bought a part of the Jesse Cross property on the intervale, where he resided until death. They had a family of thirteen children,
three of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Plummer died April II, 1869, and her husband died September 24 of the same year. Their children were: llannah Matilda, born November 29, 1809, became the third wife of Aaron Breed, Sr., of Boston, Massachusetts, the father of her sister's husband, and a manu- facturer of mathematical instruments. Charles E., married Clarinda Rugg, of Rindge, New Hampshire, and resided at Winchendon, Massachusetts. Mary Ann, married Obadiah Glines, of Northfield, and became the mother of ten children. Sarah Stocker, inarried (first) Charles Goodrich, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and (second) John Curry, of Tilton, New Hampshire. Eliza Lawrence, married Ransom Chesmore, of Lowell, Massachusetts. Maria Maden, married Aaron Breed, Jr., of Boston, Massachu- setts. Abraham Foster, married (first) Catherine Huntoon, of Boscawen, New Hampshire, and ( sec- ond) Mrs. Bryant, of Andover. William II., mar- ried Mary S. Winslow, of Northfield, and always lived on the home farm. Caroline A., married John Stevens Winslow. Benjamin Ward, mentioned be- low. Isaac Augustus, born November 24, 1830, died June 2, 1832. Clementina Sabrina, and Ange- lina Saphira, twins, were born September 22, 1832, and died September, 1833.
(VII) Benjamin Ward, seventh child of Abra- ham and Hannah (Hale) Plummer, was born at Rindge, New Hampshire, January 16, 1828. He was educated in the common schools of Northfield, and at sixteen years of age went to Keene, New Hamp- shire, where he worked at the trade of carpenter. Later he lived at Bennington, New Hampshire, where he did carpentering and farming. He was a Republican in politics, and attended the Congre- gational Church. In 1859 he married Almeda Wright, daughter of Captain Wright, of that place. She died in 1861, leaving one child, Carrie Al- meda, who died in the following year. On Sep- tember 6, 1863, he married Sarah Emily Huse, of Northfield, daughter of Daniel M. and Eliza (Dud- ley) Huse. They settled on a thirty-acre farm at ' Tilton Highlands, New Hampshire, where he lived until his death, May 28, 1898. They had four chil- dren: Clarence Ward, mentioned below; Carrie Emily, born August 8, 1871; Milan Huse, born May 8, 1878; and Orvis Akron, born June II, 1880.
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