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(111) Justice Nathaniel, second child and son of Captain Timothy and Anna (Flint) Dwight, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, November 20. 1666. He removed to Hatfield, same state, and about 1695 located in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he passed the remaining sixteen years of his life. He was a farmer and traded, also justice of the peace, and a surveyor of land on a large scale. He was a man of considerable wealth and large
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influence Like his father and grandfather be- Core him and like many of his descendants, he was
decidedly religious in thought and conduct. He married. December 9, 1693. Mehitable Partridge, daughter of Colonel Samuel and Mchitable ( Crow) Partridge, of Hatfield, Massachusetts, born August 26, 1075. Nathaniel Dwight died November 7, ITII, aged forty-five years, at West Springfield, Massachusetts, while there on business, as is be- lieved, and was buried there. His wife lived in widowhood for forty-five years, at Northampton, and died there October 19. 1756, aged eighty-one years. Their children were: 1. Colonel Timothy, born at Hatfield, October 19, 1694. 2. Captain Samuel, born June 28, 1696. 3. Mehitable, born November 11, 1697. 4. Rev. Daniel, born April 28, 1699. 5. Seth, born March 3, 1703. 6-7. Elihu and Abiah, twins, born February 17, 1704. 8. Mehitable ( second). born November 2, 1705. 9. Jonathan, born March 14, 1707. 10. Anna, born July 2, 1710. JI. Captain Nathaniel J., born June 20, 1712.
( IV) Captain Nathaniel, Jr., youngest child of Justice Nathaniel and Mehitable ( Partridge) Dwight, was born June 20, 1712, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he resided until about 1734. He then located at Cold Spring (now Belchertown), Massachusetts, where he was a farmer on an ex- tensive scale, owning about a mile square of land, and including the tract upon which the village of Belchertown now stands. lle was among the first settlers in the town; kept public house and was surveyor; was agent for Belcher, for whom the town was named; and was prominent in all town and religious affairs. "He was commissioned cap- tain August 9, 1757, having received an order from Colonel Williams, of Hatfield, to march without delny for relief of Fort William Henry, near Lake George, which was attacked by a party of French and Indians numbering eleven thousand. The com- pany had marching orders the same day, met the regiment at Westfield, and marched to Kinderhook. where they learned that the fort had capitulated and returned home. Captain Dwight was active and useful in the revolutionary war, and in pro- moting the best interests of the early settlers, and did much to advance the settlement." Captain Dwight was an earnest, practical, straight-forward man, and a devout christian. He married, January 2, 1735, Hannah Lyman, daughter of Lieutenant Benjamin and Thankful ( Pomeroy) Lyman, of Northampton; she was born July 14, 1709, and died December 25, 1792, having survived her husband who died March 30. 1784. Their children were: 1. Elijah, jorn November 30, 1735. 2. Elihu, born March 31, 1737. 3. Captain Justus, born January 13, 1739. 3. Eunice, born May 28, 1742. 5. Jonathan, born April 3, 1744. 6. Susanna, born October 20, 1746. 7. Colonel Elijah, born January 4. 1749. 8. Josiah, born January 5. 1750. 9. Pliny, born Angust II, 1753.
(V) Captain Justus, third son and child of Captain Nathaniel and Hannah (Lyman) Dwight, was born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, January 13, 1739. He resided there, was a farmer, and a man of considerable wealth for those days. He served as town surveyor. lle was one of the leading men of the town, especially in church affairs, and left behind him many essays on religious subjects. He married, January 19, 1763, Sarah Lamb, daughter of Daniel and Martha Lamb. of Springfield, Massa- chusetts. She was born in 1736, and died February 25. 1832, aged ninety-six years, her husband having
died July 27, 1824, aged eighty-five years. Their children were: 1. Elihu, born October 22, 1703. 2. William, born September 18, 1765. 3. Clarissa, born January 30, 1768. 4. Jonathan, born January 21, 1770. 5. Nathaniel, born November 21. 1772. 6. Daniel, born September. 1775. 7. Sarah, born No- vember 5, 1778. 8. Justus, Jr., born August 20, 1-81.
(VI) Nathaniel, fifth child and fourth son of Captain Justus and Sarah (Lamb) Dwight, was born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, November 21, 1772. He followed farming in his native town, and for.nearly fifty years was a member of the Congre- gational church. He married August 12, 1804. Elizabeth Dunbar, daughter of Robert and Eliza- beth Dunbar, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. She was born May 6, 1783, and died March 8. 1860, aged seventy-six years, and he died November 16, same year, aged eighty-eight years. Their pastor, the Rev. George A. Oviatt, said of them in a letter : "Mr. Dwight was an extremely diffident and unosten- tatious man, but a man of great good sense, great kindness of heart, and unbending integrity. Hc was one of the most conscientiously honest men I ever knew, a sincere, humble, consistent christian, and a firm supporter of good order and of the institutions of religion. His children may well revere his memory. Mrs. Dwight was also of a retiring disposition, but possessed great worth of character, was a devoted wife and mother, and a genuine christian. The distinguished name of Dwight has been honored as borne by this family." Their children were: I. Harrison Dunbar, born July 12, 1806. 2. Josiah Graves, born November 30. 1809. 3. Eliza, born July 6, 1812. 4. Mary, born November 30. 1814. 5. Clara, born September 6. 1818. 6. Nathaniel. Jr., born August 29, 1820. 7. Delia Maria, born November 30, 1823.
(\'Il) Harrison Dunbar, eldest child of Na- . thaniel and Elizabeth (Dunbar) Dwight, was born at Belchertown, July 12, 1806. Ile was educated in the common school and the lladley Academy. He resided with his father assisting upon the farm until his young manhood, when he went to Hartford, Connecticut, to learn gunsmithing. After complet- ing his apprenticeship he returned to his native town and set up a gun factory on the homestead. and be- came known far and wide as an accomplished gun- maker, the demand for his rifle, of superior make, extending to the far west, and the south as far as New Orleans, Louisiana. He was also extensively engaged in the lumber business, operating a saw mill as well as a carriage and wagon manufactory, and also conducted the homestead farm. When the railroad was built through his property the station and postoffice were named Dwight in his honor, and he was railroad and express agent for many years. lle was a leader in all community affairs, of great public-spirit, large ability and inflexible integrity, and was held in the highest esteem by all. lle never aspired to public office, and when sohcited to enter upon a political career declined for the reason that his time was fully occupied with his varied business interests. Ile was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, with which he became actively identified from the first. He was affiliated with the Masonic lodge at Enfield, Massachusetts, and was a member of the old artillery company of Belchertown. He married, November 9, 1837, Sophia Almira Cook, daughter of David White and Salome (Cady) Cook. She was born in 1818, and died January 11, 1902, long
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surviving her husband, who died July 13, 1878. Their children were: 1. Josiah Edwards, born May 17, 1839. 2. Eliza Root, born May 16, 1841. 3. Clara Lamb, born March 8, 1843. 4. Mary Jiellen, born July 22, 1848, died in infancy. 5. Mary Court- land, born August 26, 1850, died 1854.
(VIII) Josiah Edwards, eldest child of Harri- son Dunbar and Sophia Almira (Cook) Dwight, was born at Belchertown, May 17, 1839. He re- ceived his education in the public school and Am- herst Academy. He remained with his father until his sixteenth year, when he became a clerk in the fancy dry goods store of Estes H. Sanford, at Worcester, Massachusetts. After faithfully serving his employer for seven years he was received into partnership with him, and the association was main- tained for three years. In 1865 Mr. Dwight located in Concord, New Hampshire, and on July 15 of that year entered into partnership with James R. Hill, acquiring a one-third interest in the business of James R. Hill & Company, harness manufacturers. The business rapidly expanded and became one of the most extensive of its class in the country. Mr. Hill died in 1884, and in ISSS the business was incorporated under the name of James R. Hill & Company, of which Mr. Dwight was treasurer until 1902, when he retired. He is a director and vice-president of the Hill Associates. He is also actively identified with various other industrial and financial enterprises, being president of the Rum- ford Building and Loan Association of Concord ; director of the London Harness Company of Boston ; and a stockholder and vice-president of the J. C. Derby Company. The last named corpora- tion manufacture Christian Science emblems, as authorized by Mary Baker G. Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science. Mr. Dwight has rendered efficient service to the community in various important official positions, having served as a member of the board of aldermen of the city of Concord for two years, and as councilman for a like period. He was appointed on the board of police commissioners by Governor Buzell, in 1895, and has been twice reappointed; he is a member of the board at the present time (1905), and is serv- ing as chairman of that body. He is a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Concord, and is one of the three trustees of the church build- ing fund. He is a Republican in politics, and an able supporter of the principles of his party, and has served as chairman of the Eighth Ward Re- publican Club from its organization to the present time. He is a member of Rumford Lodge, No. 46, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is chairman of its board of trustees. Mr. Dwight is a worthy representative of the honored name which he bears. having the lofty traits of character which marked his ancestry. He is of genial disposition, a warm and sincere religious nature, refined tastes, and tender sensibilities. Mr. Dwight married, De- cember 25, 1862, Lucy Jane Hill, daughter of James Riggs and Priscilla Merrill ( Chapman) Hill. She was born December 12, 1842, and was educated in the public schools of Concord, New Hampshire, and Oread Institute, at Worcester, Massachusetts. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight are Mabel Sophia and Harrison Hill Dwight.
(IX) Mabel Sophia, eldest child and only daughter of Josiah Edwards and Lucy Jane ( Hill) Dwight, was born in Concord, New Hampshire, February 15, 1867. She was educated in the
schools of her native city, and at Bradford (Massa- chusetts) Academy, and Mrs. Stearns's private school at Amherst, Massachusetts. She married Charles F. Conn, son of Dr. G. P. Conn. They reside in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and have one child, Dwight Conn, born October 7, 1890.
(1X) Harrison Hill, second child and only son of Josiah Edwards and Lucy Jane (Hill) Dwight, was born in Concord, New Hampshire, February 21, 1870. He was graduated in the public schools of his native city, graduating from the high school, and took a course in a commercial college in Boston. He began his business career as a bookkeeper in the branch store of J. R. Hill & Company, of Boston. In 1897 he formed from this branch store the London Harness Company, in- corporated, of which he is treasurer, and which transacts an immense business. He is Republican in politics. He married, November 5, 1896, Mary Ella Underhill, daughter of George F. and Eliza- beth (Danforth) Underhill. She was born in Con- cord, New Hampshire, February 8, 1875. Of this marriage were born two children: Harrison Win- throp, born in Concord, November 27, 1899; Carroll, born in Boston, Massachusetts, November 8, 1901.
LUND The origin of this name is very ancient, and the lineage has been traced to Wil- liam Du Lund, whose name appears in 1313 on the list of persons who were pardoned by the King of England for participating in a rebellion. The name has been identified with the Merrimack Valley from the very earliest period of its history and is still in this state.
(1) The first found of record in America was Thomas Lund, a merchant who came to Boston in 1646, bringing with him authority from certain per- sons in London to collect debts. He was probably the ancestor of the next namned, although no record can be found to make this sure.
(II) Thomas (2), probably a son of Thomas (1) Lund, above named, was born about 1660, as established by other dates connected with his his- tory. We first find him of record in old Dunstable which included the present town of Nashua. New Hampshire. He had children, Thomas, Elizabeth and William.
(III) Thomas (3), eldest child of Thomas (2) Lund, was born September 9, 1682, in Dunstable, and was killed by the Indians, September 5, 1724, at the age of forty-two years lacking four days. flis wife's name was Elizabeth and their children were: Thomas, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Ephraim and Phineas. (Ephraim and descendants receive ex- tended mention in this article.)
(IV) Jonathan (I), second son and third child of Thomas (3) and Elizabeth Lund, was married April 2, 1741, in Dunstable, to Jean Barnum, and evidently spent his life in his native town. His children were: Olive, Johanna, Jonathan, Mary, Oliver and Mehitable.
(V) Jonathan (2), elder son and third child of Jonathan (1) and Jean (Barnum) Lund, was born July 24, 1747, in Dunstable, and made his home in that town through life. He was known as Cap- tain Jonathan, and probably derived this title from service in the state militia. He was married, Oc- tober 22, 1765, in Dunstable, to Olive Sargent, and their children, recorded in Dunstable, were: Na- thaniel, Josepli, Olive Sargent, Elizabeth and James Taylor.
(VI) Joseph, second son and child of Jonathan
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(2) and Olive (Sargent) Lund, was born December 24, 1707, in Dunstable, and undoubtedly lived all his life in that town. There is authority for the statement that his wife's baptismal name was Bet- sey, but no record of their marriage appears in the vital statistics of the state, neither are their chil- dren on record, but the family record shows that they had a son, Joseph S.
(VII) Joseph S., son of Joseph and Betsey Lund, was born in Nashua in 1800, and died in Concord, December 27, 1882, aged eighty-two years and ten months. He grew to manhood on a farm, and acquired such education as he could in the common schools of his time. Soon after attaining his majority he bought a farm in the southeast part of Concord, where he remained the remainder of his life. He was a man of rare shrewdness and financial acumen, and was prosperous in all he undertook. He added largely to his real estate by the purchase of woodlands. For a time after going to Concord he was engaged in boat building. After he had accumulated considerable property he had a large amount of money loaned out, and also had bank stock and interests in manufacturing con- cerns. In politics he was a Democrat, and in re- ligion a believer in the Universalist creed. He died possessed of a handsome property, after a residence of sixty years in Concord. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Stephen Swett. She died in 1840, leaving one child, Charles Carroll. He was married (second), in Manchester, Novem- ber 23, 1846, by Rev. Cyrus W. Wallace, to Phebe C. Abbott, of Concord. He was married the third time, in Manchester, April 21, 1877, by Rev. C. WV. Wallace, to Widow Amanda J. Nutting. of Portsmouth, who survives him. She is the daugh- ter of Moses and Betsy W. Allen, and was born in Hebron, Maine.
(VIII) Charles Carroll, only child of Joseph S. and Mary (Swett) Lund, was born December 9, 1832, and died December 4, 1880. He prepared for college in Orford and Pembroke academies, and in 1851 entered Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1855, after having completed a classical course. He was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa society. On returning to Con- cord he taught a year in the high school of that city, and also studied law in the offices of Hon. L. D. Stevens. and Judge Fowler, and was admitted to the bar in 1856. Soon after his admission he opened a law office in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he practiced eight years, having for partners John B. Sanborn and Theodore French, both New Ilampshire men, the style of the firm being San- born, French & Lund. In 1864 he returned to Concord and became the law partner of Hon. Ly- man D. Stevens, his former law preceptor, the firm being Stevens & Lund. This relation lasted until 1870. Notwithstanding Mr. Lund had entered the profession of law, which he did not like, at the instance of his father, he was very successful in it, patent office cases being favorites with him, as he was fond of mathematics and mechanical employ- ment and things pertaining to machinery.
Before going to college he had studied civil engineering, in which he was deeply interested and highly proficient ,and spent part of a season in actual work with Mr. Adams, the chief engineer of the Concord & Montreal railroad, which he greatly enjoyed. In 1870 he accepted the invitation of a friend, a civil engineer, to spend his vacation in the sunumer of that year with him in surveying the pro-
posed railroad between Concord and Roche-ter. This employment afforded him so much satisfaction that he determined to abandon the .practice of law, and he accordingly closed his office and went to the l'acific coast, where with a corps of forty men he surveyed a line for a railroad between Port- land, Oregon, and Puget Sound, which was after- ward accepted and built upon in preference to sev- eral other lines which were subsequently surveyed by others. When this survey was completed he returned to Concord, and was assistant engineer in chief of the construction of the Concord water works system. He also constructed the water works system in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was af- terward made chief engineer of the Concord & Montreal railroad. and as such had charge of the construction of various extensions of that road in the White Mountain region and above, including the Wing road to the base of Mt. Washington, the road to the Profile House, and the road to Lan- caster, the successful and economical construction of which required engineering skill of a high order and the completion of which placed Mr. Lund in the front rank of engineers and brought him much deserved credit. Mr. Lund died at the compara- tively early age of forty-eight years. Had he de- voted himself to this profession earlier in life, or had his life been spared a few years longer he would, doubtless, have attained great celebrity as an engineer. He was a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, and of the Knights of Pythias. He mar- ried, in Concord, June 17, 1860, Lydia French, who was born in Concord, March 26, 1838, daughter of Theodore and Lydia (Pollard) French, of Dun- stable. Massachusetts. She was prepared for. a higher course in private schools, and graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1857. Three children were born of this union: Mary ( died young ), Fred B., and Joseph W.
(IX) Fred B., son of Charles C. and Lydia (French) Lund, was born in Concord, January 4, 1865, prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy, entered Harvard University in 1884. and graduated summa cum laude in ISSS. He is a mem- ber of the Phi Beta Kappa society. Following his graduation for the literary department of Har- vard he matriculated in the Harvard Medical School, where he completed the four years' course in three years, and became an interne in the Mas- sachusetts General Hospital, and remained there three years. In 1893 he entered the general prac- tice of medicine with offices in Boston, and im- mediately took high rank as a physician and sur- geon. lle now has a large and lucrative practice. He is a surgeon on the staff of the City Hospital of Boston.
(IX) Joseph Wheeler, youngest child of Charles C. and Lydia (French) Lund, was born in Concord. March 14, 1867. and attended the com- mon and high schools of Concord, and subsequently graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1886, Harvard University in 1890, and Harvard Law School in 1893. Since the latter date he has been engaged in a successful law practice in Boston.
(IV) Ephraim, third son and fourth child of Thomas and Elizabeth Lund, was born August 3. 1720. in Dunstable, and resided in that town. His wife's name was Rachel, and their children were : Rachel. Ephraim, Elizabeth, Stephen, Joseph, Noa- diah. Susannah and Silas.
(V) Ephraim (2), third son and fourth child of Ephraim (1) and Elizabeth Lund, was born
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August 25, 1745, in Dunstable, and made his home in that town through life. He was married May 12. 1772, to Alice Wheeler, of Hollis, who was born December 1, 1745, daughter of Peter and Hannah Wheeler of Hollis. Their children were : Hannah. Sarah, Alice, Mary, Ephraim, Stephen and Ebenezer.
(VI) Stephen, second son and sixth child of Ephraim and Alice (Wheeler) Lund, was born March 3. 1789, in Hollis, New Hampshire, and passed his life in that town. He was married, June 2, 1813, in Hollis, to Mary Hardy, of that town. She was born May 9. 1793, and died Oc- tober 15, 1872, a daughter of Nehemiah and Abigail Hardy of Hollis, who were married March 29, 1780. Stephen Lund resided in Merrimack, and died there December 14. 1831.
(VII) Benjamin, son of Stephen and Mary (Hardy) Lund, was born in Merrimack, September 9, 1818, and died in Nashua, April 9, 1881, aged sixty-three. At the age of sixteen he became a sailor, and followed the sea five or six years. In 1838 he settled in Milford, where he resided until 1859, when he removed to Nashua. In 1849 he went to California with the gold seekers, and re- mained about eighteen months. While in Milford he followed the business of wheelwright. He married. November 25, 1841, Elvira Duncklee (see Duncklee, V), who was born in Milford. August 26, 1819, daughter of David Jr. and Grissel (Burns) Duncklee, of Milford. Their children were: Mary E., Sarah Jane, John, Anna Maria, Harriet Gisey, Abbie Sophia, Charles T., Frederick, Emma Lo- rinda. Willie and Frederick C. Of these Mary E., Harriet G., Charles T. and Frederick C. are living.
(VIII) Charles Tyler, seventh child and second son of Benjamin and Elvira (Duncklee) Lund, was born in Milford, June 3, 1852. After attending the common schools and Crosby's Academy he went into the employ of the Nashua Lock Company, where he remained six and a half years. He next learned the carpenter's trade and formed a partner- ship with Horace Ashley, under the firm name of Ashley & Lund. During twelve years this firm did a large contracting business, constructing the Odd Fellows' Building. the Whitney Block. the Masonic Temple, and other well known edifices. October 3. 1893, Mr. Lund bought out the establish- ment and business of A. J. Rockwood, undertaker, established forty years before, which he has since carried on. Mr. Lund is a Republican in politics, and was president of the common council in 1888; representative to the legislature in 1898-99, and is a director of the Edgewood Cemetery. He is a reliable citizen, a good neighbor, and a pleasant companion. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. He is a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts State Embalm- ing Associations, and is a graduate of the Oriental School of Embalming of Boston. He is a member of Ancient York Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, a Sir Knight and Scottish Rite Mason, and member of the Bektash Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine : also of Granite Lodge, No. 1, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand; Nashua Lodge, No. 5, Knights of Pythias. and Eagle Council. American Mechanics. He married, July 3. 1873. at Lowell, Massachusetts, Vesta E. Nutting, who was born in Groton, Massachusetts, January 16. 1853. daughter of J. Parker and Hester R. (Lawrence) Nutting, of Groton. Massachusetts.
They have two children: Bertha E. and Lester P. Mrs. Lund is treasurer of Nashua Council, No. 25, Daughters of Liberty, and past noble grand of Olive Branch Lodge, No. I, of Rebekahs.
The name Pierre (Peter) which
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Pier, or Piers, is the word from which comes the nanie Pierson or Pearson. The family bearing this patronymic includes many citizens of high standing.
(I) John Pearson came from England and settled in Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1643. and then set up a fulling mill, the first mill for this purpose in America. He was a man of property, and active and prominent in the community. His first grant of land was in the "uplands laid out in the field called Batchelder's Plaine" and was "one house lott Containeing an Acre and an halfe lying on the South side of Richard Lighton." His name ap- pears often in the town records as grantor and grantee of land. He was made freeman probably in 1647, and was one of the "five men," or select- men, and as a representative of the town opposed the tyrannous acts of Sir Edmond Andros, and was fined. He was representative in 1678, and was made deacon, October 24, 1686. He died De- cember 22. 1693. His wife's name was Dorcas. She survived him ten years, and died January 12, 1703. Their children were: Mary (died young), John, Elizabeth, Samuel, Dorcas, Mary, Jeremiah, Joseph, Benjamin, Phebe, Stephen, and Sarah.
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