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(II) Benjamin (1), ninth child and fifth son of John and Dorcas Pearson, was born in Rowley, April 1. 1658, and died in Newbury, June 16, 1731. In 1704, he removed to Newbury, where he bought. April 2, 1705. of Francis Wainwright, a saw mill and yard on the Falls river. August 10, 1709, Eldad Cheney and others sold to Benjamin Pearson, of Newbury, "carpenter," for forty-six pounds and ten shillings. twenty-four acres of land "on ye southerly side of the Falls river." He erected a fulling mill which was in operation for many years, and soon afterward a house. which is still stand- ing, and was recently owned and occupied by Benjamin Pearson, a descendant of the original Benjamin, who erected the house and succeeded the Cheneys two hundred years ago. Benjamin Pearson married, January 20, 1680, Hannah, daugh- ter of Daniel Thurston; and they were the parents of: Hannah. Phebe, Daniel, Ruth, Abigail, Benja- min. Sarah, Jedediah, Mehitable, Jonathan, David, Oliver and Bartholomew, of whom all but two were born in Rowley. Hannah (Thurston) Pearson died within ten weeks after her husband.
(III) Benjamin (2), sixth child and second son of Benjamin (1) and Hannah (Thurston) Pearson, was born in Rowley, August 12, 1690, and died April 5, 1774. He lived in the homestead built by his father in Newbury, and carried on the business he had established. In 1710, Benjamin Pearson, prob- ably Benjamin (2), was one of Captain Noyes' snowshoe men. i. e: "men belonging to the North Regiment in Essex, appointed to keep snowshoes and 'Mogginsons' for use in winter campaigns against the Indians." He married Dorothy Moody, and they had two children, Isaac and Jeremiah, next mentioned.
(IV) Jeremiah, younger son of Benjamin and Dorothy (Moody) Pearson, was born and died in Newbury, where he was a farmer. He married
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Elizabeth Pearson, and they were the parents of three children: Nathan, Samuel and Polly.
(V) Nathan, eldest child of Jeremiah and Eliza- beth (Pearson) Pearson, was born January 23, 1766, in Newbury. and died in January. 1850, in Boscawen, New Hampshire. His education was obtained in the common schools of his time and locality, and one of the incidents of that locality was "Shay's rebellion," which occurred when he was a young man of twenty-one years and in which he bore a part. In 1795 he settled on Blackwater river, in the northwestern part of Boscawen (now Webster), and purchased at first a small farm, which was ultimately increased to four hundred acres. Here he spent the remainder of his active life in the usual agricultural employments, making a feature of growing and buying cattle which he drove to the markets, chiefly at Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was the first in this locality to import from Spain pure-blood Merino sheep, and did an ex- tensive business in rearing them for breeding pur- poses. His stock was scattered all over the west and southwest, and the purity of the strain was kept up by his son and grandson until about 1876. Mr. Pearson married Elizabeth Thurlow of West Newbury, and they were the parents of: Polly, Betsy. Paul (died young), Paul and Nathan.
(VI) Nathan (2), youngest child of Nathan (1) and Elizabeth (Thurlow) Pearson, was born Sep- tember 22, 1802. and died October 8, 1868. He had the usual common school education, resided with his father until the death of the latter, and then bought out the other heirs and continued on the homestead the remainder of his life. He was a man of few words, did his own thinking, and was independent in his opinions. He was a good friend and citizen, a constant attendant on public worship, and endeavored to supply by reading and observa- tion the lack of opportunity for education in his earlier years. In religion he was a Congregation- alist, and in politics a Whig until the dissolution of that party, when he joined the Republicans. He was elected selectman in 1841 and 1842, and repre- sentative in 1843 and 1844. Upon the division of the town, he was elected chairman of the first board of selectmen of Webster. He married. May 26, 1827, Eliza Couch, born in Salisbury, December 8, 1807, died August 17, 1877, daughter of John and Lydia (Bean) Couch, natives of Salisbury. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson had one child John C., the sub- ject of the following sketch.
(VII) Hon. John Couch Pearson, only child of Nathan and Eliza (Couch) Pearson, was born in Boscawen. May 25, 1835. He began his education in the common schools of his native town, and con- tinued at Kimball Union Academy and at Merri- mack Institute, leaving the latter institution at the age of nineteen. After his school days he remained with his father on the old home farm until 1867, when he removed to Concord and took a position in the freight office of the Concord railroad. He stayed there but a short time, as his father's failing health necessitated his return to the homestead. After the death of his father he remained on the farm about three years, and then in 1871, in part- nership with George Little, of Webster, bought out the country store at Corser Hill, in the town of Webster, where he remained in trade five years. At the end of that time (1876) he removed to Pena- cook, where he has since resided. His first busi- ness in the village was also in the mercantile line, in the store in the Batchelder building. He bought
out J. P. Hubbard. but continued there only one year when he disposed of the business to John Mc- Neil. After retiring from trade he engaged in the western loan business, which he made his principal occupation for a number of years. In this pursuit he was particularly successful, for every loan which lie placed was paid, both principal and interest com- plete, so that no customer of his ever lost a dollar on the business placed with him.
For a quarter of a century he has given much of his time and attention to public business. He has been moderator of town meetings several times, an officer of the school district most of the time, a selectman of the town of Boscawen a number of terms, a deputy sheriff of Merrimack county six years, also county commissioner, representative in the New Hampshire legislature several terms, and state senator. He is a life long Republican, and has been a member of the state central committee. He is a leading member of the Congregational Church, to which he is a liberal and prompt contributor. In addition to his labors as a public officer, he has done much work as administrator, executor, and assignee of estates, his ability, experience and sound judgment qualifying him very thoroughly for such trusts. In all these years he has been to a large extent a land owner, and carried on more or less farming. His home in Penacook, is situated on an elevation and commands a fine view of the village and its environs. He married, November 27, 1856, Elizabeth S. Colby, born in Warner, February 21, 1836. daughter of Nathan and Esther (Darrah) Colby of Warner and Bedford, and they have had four children: Carrie E., deceased ; Edward N., Jolin Walter and Harlan Colby. The sons are graduates of Dartmouth College. The eldest is secretary of state of New Hampshire. The second is engineer in charge of the Taunton division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, residing in Boston, and the youngest is city editor of the Monitor and Statesman at Concord.
(VIII) Hon. Edward Nathan Pearson, second child and eldest son of John C. and Elizabeth S. (Colby) Pearson, was born in Boscawen, September 7, 1859. He acquired his elementary education in the common schools, and his intermediate and pre- paratory education in Warner High School and the Penacook Academy, from which he went to Dart- mouth College, where he graduated in the class of 1881, with commencement honors of high rank. In the same year he became a teacher in the public schools of Washington, District of Columbia, where he remained one year, and then returned to New Hampshire and settled in Concord, where he took the position of city editor of the Concord Evening Monitor. He was soon inade associate editor, and in 1800 was promoted to managing editor, which position he held until 1898. He was also business manager of the Republican Press Association from 1892 to 189S. January Ist of the last named year hie resigned these two positions to become manager of the Rumford Printing Company, a corporation organized by him to assume by purchase the general printing business of the Republican Press Asso- ciation. He was elected public printer by the legis- lature in 1893, and re-elected in 1895. In March, 1899, he was elected secretary of state, and has since filled that place with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people of New Hampshire. He entered heartily into the plans of Governor Rol- lins to make "Old Home Week" a success, and rendered efficient aid to that end. He takes an
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active interest in the grange organization. and is a member of Capital Grange, of Concord. Like his ancestors before him for generations, he attends the Congregational Church. Mr. Pearson's record as a journalist is that of a bright, vigorous, out- spoken and honest man, who has led rather than followed current thought. Ilis official life has been marked by courtesy and efficiency. As a citizen he takes a pride in upholding the highest type of American institutions.
Mr. Pearson married, December 6, 1882. Addie M. Sargent, daughter of Cyrus E. Sargent, at Leb- anon, New Hampshire. (See Sargent). They have four children : Edward N., Robert H., John W. and Mildred.
RUNNELLS This name is derived from Regi- nald, and appears in Domesday Book as Ragenald and Rainold. It is most frequently written in modern times as Reynolds, which is varied in the early New England records by the forms Renold and Renolds. Another variation is that of Runnells, which is followed by the form herein treated.
Bowditch, who is not recognized by Greek and Latin scholars as an authority upon the origin of names, has a tradition which is accepted by some members of the family. According to him the name is of Scotch origin, derived from the word Runnel, which means a small brook or rivulet. The word is found in the poetry of Sir Walter Scott, and also in the later writings of Hugh Miller. In his "Suffolk Surnames" he calls Runnells "A name taken from the face of nature." The family tradi- tion insists that this tribe is of Scotch extraction. while those of similar names are for the most part English and Irish. There is little doubt, however, that they all came from England into Scotland and Ireland.
(1) Samuel Runnells, born about 1674, near Port Royal, Nova Scotia, was of Scotch descent, his grandfather probably having been one of the band of Scotch settlers who migrated to Nova Scotia with La Tour in 1628. They landed at Port Royal and built the "Scotch Fort." which was captured and dismantled by Sir William Pipps and English troops from Massachusetts, May 20, 1690. The defenceless inhabitants were soon after attacked by pirates, the crews of two vessels, and among these who escaped in boats are said to have been Samuel Runnells and his brother. He settled in Bradford, Massachusetts, where he married and built a home, which was standing as late as 1810. He accumu- lated considerable property in Bradford, and later was interested in the settlement of Concord, New Hampshire, although he never lived there for any length of time. However, he purchased some real estate there and built a house which he afterward sold. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Bradford, and bore the title of sergeant. His death occurred in Bradford. October 27, 1745. He married, in 1700, Abigail Middleton, of Haver- hill, Massachusetts, who was born in Boston, March 22, 1680, and died in Bradford, October II. 1753. She was the daughter of William Middleton, the immigrant, and his wife Elizabeth. His gravestone was found in 1850 in the wall of the tower of the Old South Church. The children of these parents were: Stephen, born May 14, 1703; Samuel. De- cember 17, 1706; Jolin, March 9, 1710, died within a year; John, born April 8, 1711, died July 6, 1713; Job, born June 18, 1712; Sarah, October 31, 1,16;
Abigail, November 11, 1722; Ebenezer, November 20, 1726.
(II) Ebenezer, ciglith child of Samuel and Abi- gail (Middleton) Runnells, was born in Bradford, November 20, 1726, and died in Haverhill. August 4, 1795. Ile was a blacksmith and lived in Haver- hill. He was engaged in ironing vessels, and was also a partner in a firm of shipbuilders at Newport. He was successful financially, and purchased much real estate in Haverhill. In Hollis, New Hamp- shire, February 5, 1777, he purchased the property, a part of which has ever since been kept in the fam- ily, but he did not live there, at least to the extent of settling his family. During the Revolution he served on committees to care for soldiers' families, but his trade made him exempt from actual service. He married ( first), Abigail Sollis, of Beverly; (second), Hannah Smith, of Haverhill, who was born May 31. 1742, daughter of Samuel Smith and Hannah Page, granddaughter of Samuel Smith and Abigail Emerson, great-granddaughter of Nathaniel Smith and Elizabeth Ladd; and therefore a de- scendant of John Page, Ezekiel Worthen, George Martin, Michael Emerson, Daniel Ladd. Thomas Whittier, and John Webster, all well known char- acters in the early history of Massachusetts. She clied in Haverhill, March 29, 1814. The children of this marriage were: Samuel, born March 15, 1767; Thomas, February 7, 1769; Nathaniel Stevens, June 23, 1771; Daniel, October 22, 1773, died September 22, 1774; Daniel, December 18, 1775; Ebenezer, 1778: Hannah, April 22, 1783, died February 22,. 1787: Hannah, born July 12, 1787.
(III) Samuel (2), first child of Ebenezer and Hannah (Smith) Runnells, was born in Haverhill, March 15. 1767, and died in Hollis, New Hampshire, June 5, 1834. He inherited from his father a farm in Hollis, New Hampshire, where he afterward resided ; also, the mill site on the Nashua river where he built saw, grist and carding mills, known . as Runnells' Mills near the bridge called Runnells' Bridge. Ile married, in Hollis, September 20, 1795,, Abigail Smith, who was born in Plaistow. New. Hampshire, January 29, 1768, and died in Hollis, December 30, 1848, aged eighty-one. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Smith, a Revolutionary sol- dier, and her paternal ancestry was the same as that of Hannah Smith, her husband's mother. Her mother was Lydia Page, a descendant of John Page. The children born to Samuel and Abigail were: Frederick, born June 28, 1792: Ebenezer, July 8, 1704; Hannah. July 27, 1796, died March 18, 1836; Persis, born August 29, 1798; Bethia. De- cember 1, 1800; Susan, January 29, 1803: Samuel, June 22, 1805, died July 27, 1806.
(IV) Ebenezer, second son of Samuel and Abi- gail (Smith) Runnells, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, July 8, 1794, and died there September 26. 1865, aged seventy-one. He inherited the farm and mills from his father, and carried on the mill business. The mill privilege was sold to the Nashua Manufacturing Company, in August, 1865. shortly before his death, but the farm still remains in the family. He married, December 30, 1828. Lydia Lawrence, of Littleton, Massachusetts, who was born in Littleton, November 9, 1794, and died in Hollis, December 8, 1857. She was a daughter of Timothy Lawrence and Molly Sawtell, granddaugh- ter of Jonathan Lawrence and Tryphena Powers, a descendant of John Lawrence, Richard Sawtell, Walter Powers, Simon Stone, John Wilson, John Poulter, Henry Farwell, Samuel Morse, Ralph Shep-
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ard, Thomas Foster and Francis Eliot. Her father and both grandfathers were in the Revolution, and one at least of her great-grandfathers served on committees during that war. Ebenezer and Lydia had six children: Lydia Abigail, born July 12. 1830, died April 1, 1833: Charles Smith, born June 7, 1831: Daniel Frederick, born March 25, 1833, see forward; Mary Abigail, born July 5, 1835, died March 25, 1859: Lydia Ellen, born October 30. 1837; Sarah Elizabeth, born October 14, 1840, died Sep- tember 1, 1845.
(V) Charles Smith, eldest son of Ebenezer (2) and Lydia (Lawrence) Runnells, was born in Hol- lis, June 7, 1831, and died in Hollis, October 30, 1886. He was educated in the common schools of his native town. He learned the milling business in his father's mills, and succeeded him in the mill- ing industry, living his entire life in Hollis. politics he was a Democrat, and he attended the Congregational Church. He was a man of indu -- trious habits and high character, and successful in business. He married, at Hollis, February 6, 1867, Fidelia A. Wheeler, who was born in Hollis. June 22, 1843, daughter of Silas S. and Joanna ( Bridges) Wheeler, of Hollis. They had one child, Charles Henry, who was born in Hollis, May 17, 1871. He married, October 27, 1897, Mattie M. Foss, who was born in Stanstead, Canada, November 6, 1871, daughter of Hiram M. and Martha B. ( Davis) Foss, of Stanstead, Canada, where they passed away.
(V) Daniel Frederick, second son and third child of .Ebenezer (2) and Lydia (Lawrence) Runnells, was born in Hollis, March 25, 1833. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Hollis and at the academics in Hancock and Francestown. At the age of twenty-one he became a member of the firm of Sawtell & Runnells, of Hollis, and continued there until the firm dissolved. shortly before he removed to Nashua in 1858. In 1860 he established a clothing business at the corner of Main and Water streets. In 1863 he accepted Charles L. Chase as a partner and the firm took the name of Runnells & Chase. In 1865 the business required larger quarters and was moved to the Noyes Block, and in 1872 the firm built a section of the new Merchants' Ex- change block, and moved into it. In 1878 Mr. Chase retired and Mr. Runnells continued the busi- ness alone. In 1883 Luke A. Farley was admitted to a partnership in the business. After a few years Mr. Farley retired from the business and Mr. Run- nells has since continued it alone. Mr. Runnells has been continuously in business longer than any other merchant in Nashua. He is a gentleman of spotless character and reputation, of sterling worth and excellent business standing. He has always taken an active interest in the affairs of the city, its growth and various public enterprises, and has always stood ready to help in all charitable and philanthropic movements, financially and otherwise. In politics Mr. Runnells is a Democrat, but he is not a politician. lle represented Ward Seven in the legislature, and received the nomination in his district for senator. Ile attends the Pilgrim Con- gregational Church, and is interested in several public institutions. He is a trustee of the Nashua Public Library, of the Woodlawn Cemetery Asso- ciation, and of the Hunt Home for Aged Couples. Ile is a member of Rising Sun Lodge. No. 39, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons; Meridian Sun Royal Arch Chapter, No. 9: Israel Ilunt Council, No. 8, Royal and Select Masters; St. George Com- mandery, Knights Templar ; Edward A. Raymond
Consistory, Scottish Rite, Thirty-second Degree, of Nashua: and Bektash Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Concord. He is also a member of Pennichuck Lodge, No. 44. In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, in Hollis, September 9, 1858, Sarah E. Farley, who was born in Hollis. June 9, 1834, and died in Nashua. June 5. 1906. She was educated in the public schools of Hollis and at Milford Seminary. From the time of leaving the seminary until her marriage she taught in the public schools of Hollis, New Hamp- shire. and Dunstable, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Enoch Farley and Abigail Hardy, and granddaughter of Benjamin Farley and Anna Mer- rill. Her four great-grandfathers, Ebenezer Far- ley, Phincas Hardy, David Merrill and Thomas Wheat, were all in the Revolution, two of them having fought in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. Her great-great-grandfather, Lieu- tenant Benjamin Farley, also did service in the Revolution, though he won his title during Indian troubles in the first military company of West Dun- stable. Another great-great-grandfather, Stephen Merrill, died in the service at Fort William Henry, 1756.
FARLEY The first of the family in this country was George ( 1) Farley, son of Fabian and Jane (Hungerford) Farley. a de- scendant of a younger brother of William the Con- queror. He was born about 1617 and came to Mas- sachusetts, and settled in Woburn in 1639. but was one of the first settlers of Billerica. He was a sol- dier in King Philip's war. and was prominent in both Woburn and Billerica, and served on important committees. He married Beatrice Snow, February 9, 1643, and died in Billerica, December 27, 1693.
( II) Caleb, son of George and Beatrice (Snow) Farley, was born in Woburn, April 1, 1645. and married. November 3. 1669. Lydia More, daughter of Golden More. He lived in Billerica and Rox- bury, and was instrumental in the first settling of the town of Bedford. Ile died in Roxbury. March 16, 1712.
(III) Benjamin, son of Caleb and Lydia (More) Farley, was born in Billerica, February 8. 1685. and died in Roxbury, March 12. 1717. He married Anna Dunton. October 29, 1707.
(IV) Lieutenant Benjamin, son of Ben- jamin and Anna (Dunton) Farley, was born in Billerica, August 28. 1708. Ile married Joanna Page. daughter of Christopher Page, and died in Hollis, New Hampshire, December 23, 1789.
(V) Ebenezer, son of Benjamin and Jo- anna (Page) Farley, was born in Hollis. Septem- ber I9,
1747. He married. in 1766.
Betty Wheeler. daughter of Simon and Dorothy (Wor- cester) Wheeler, of Concord, Massachusetts. lle died January 28. 1827.
(VI) Benjamin, son of Ebenezer and Betty ( Wheeler) Farley, was born in Hollis, February I, 1767. Ile married, in Tewksbury. Massachusetts, January 1, 1,80, AAnna Merrill, daughter of David and Mary ( Watson) Merrill. He died in Hollis, .April 27. 1827.
(\'11) Enoch, son of Benjamin and Anna (Mer- rill) Farley, was born July 22, 1798. He married, April 16, 1822. Abigail Hardy, daughter of Moses and Abigail (Wheat) Hardy. He died April o. 1840. le was the father of Sarah E. (Farley ) Runnells, who numbered among her colonial an- cestors, George Farley. Thomas Hardy. Nathaniel
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Merrill, Moses Wlieat, George Wheeler, John Gage. Abraham Temple, John Bailey, Thomas Flagg. Rev. William Wooster. Richard Wait. John Kent, Rich- ard Kimball, John Wright, Joseph Dakin and Na- thaniel Page. the last being the owner of the "first battle flag of America," now preserved at Bedford, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Runnells was active and prominent in society. church and organized charitable and benevolent work. She was an interested member of the ladies' organiz- ation connected with the Pilgrim Church, which she attended. and in former years was an active worker in the Pearl Street Congregational Church before its union with the present Pilgrim Church. In later years her efforts were especially directed to the work of the Woman's Relief Corps and the Nashua Home for Aged Women. She had been president of the local Woman's Relief Corps. was department president of the order for New Hamp- shire in 1891, and was a member of the National Council. Woman's Relief Corps, in 1892-93. At the time of her death she was president of the Home for Aged Women, an office she had held for over fifteen years, and had contributed largely to the suc- cess of that institution. She was one of the trustees of the John M. Hunt Home for Aged Couples, and was a member of the Nashua Woman's Club, of the Fortnightly Club, and of the Matthew Thorn- ton Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution. She was identified with various other public and private charities, and kept abreast with the times in all matters of social, literary and educational in- terest. As an individual she was of a quiet dispo- sition, but as a member of several organizations her influence for good was far reaching. She was a woman of the truest type. a devoted wife and mother. and one who through the organizations with which she was affiliated and in the daily walks of life. constantly proved her worth as a woman. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Runnells. all in Nashua. Four of these-Belle Maude, Myrta Belle. Nellie Grace and Josie-died young.
(VI) Florence Abbie Runnells, second child of Daniel F. and Sarah E. (Farlev), married, July 18. 1888. Edward F. Bryant, of Chicago, Illinois. now president of the Pullman Loan and Savings Bank. She is a graduate of Wellesley College. She is prominent in society and club work, and has been president of the Chicago Wellesley Alumnae Asso- ciation. The children born of this marriage. all born in Chicago, are: Donald Runnells, student at Dartmouth College, class 1910: Dorothy Frances. student at Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wisconsin ; and Marian Farley.
(VI) Katherine Lawrence Runnells, fourth child of Daniel F. and Sarah E. (Farley) Runnells, was educated at Wellesley College. She has writen some interesting short stories and articles, and is prominent in club and educational work, and an officer in several charitable organizations. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, and also of the Society of Colonial Dames. She is said to have thirteen ancestors who were pafriot soldiers in the Revolutionary war. With the ancestry from which she is descended it is na- tural that she should be interested in genealogy.
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