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(III) Roscoe G., eldest child of Joseph Y. and Abbie N. (Libby) Blanchard, was born in West Cumberland. Maine, July 24, 1853. He was six years of age when his parents moved to Saco. He gradu- ated from the Biddeford high school in 1871. He then took a commercial course at Gray's Business College in Portland, and for seven years acted as bookkeeper and cashier for Chadburn & Kendall, dry goods dealers of Portland. In his spare hours he read medicine with Dr. Edward Kimball, and attended lectures at the Portland Medical College. Later he entered the Medical School of Bowdoin College, from which he was graduated in ISS4. He began his professional career at Dover. New Hamp- shire, where he has remained ever since, having built up a large and successful practice. He is a member of the Maine Medical Society, of which he was president for two years; the Strafford District Medical Society, of which he was secretary for two years and of the Dover Medical Society. He was sec- retary of the latter organization for five years, and president for two years. He is a member of New Hampshire Medical Society and the American Medi- cal Association. Dr. Blanchard is prominent in Ma- sonic circles. He is a member of Strafford Lodge and Belknap Chapter, past thrice illustrious master of Orphan Council, and Knight Templar of St. Paul's Commandery, of which he was eminent com- mander for two years. He is a member of Bektash Temple. Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In Scottish Rite Masonry Dr. Blanchard has received the fourteen degrees of the Lodge of Perfection, the two of the Princes of Je- rusalem, two of the Chapter of Rose Croix, and all those of the Consistory of New Hampshire, in- cluding the thirty-second. September 16, 1902. he was honored by the Supreme Council of the . Nor- thern Jurisdiction, in session at Providence, Rhode Island, with the thirty-third and highest degree of the Order creating him a soverign grand inspector general and member of the supreme council. Dr. Blanchard belongs to Beacon Lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Portland, Maine, and is also a member of Portland Encampment. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Wentworth Hospital, and is on the surgical staff. He married Laura B. Hodgdon, duaghter of Zina H. and Rinda ( Reed) Hodgdon, of Westport, Maine (see Hodg- don). They have one child, Florence L., born February 27, 1883. She is a graduate of the Dover high school, and of Bradford Academy, Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Sibley
Lydia I Sibley .
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SIBLEY The surname Sibley may be compound- ed of the words sib and lea, the form- er meaning relationship or alliance, or in earlier times peace, and the latter a field ; hence the words used in combination may mean kinsmen's land. Perhaps several kinsmen lived together in the same place, or on the same lea. If the earlier meaning of the word be adopted the interpretation may be peace-lea, or land of peace ; perhaps because of the harmony of the people, or because of the place was exempt from war. This interpretation of the meaning of the name is conjectural, but is in harmony with the deductions of scholars who have made careful study of the origin of patronymic sur- names both in Great Britain and on the continent.
The description of the Sybly arms in "Burke's General Armory," is "Per pale azure and gules a griffin passant between three crescents argent." In heraldry the griffin, which is an imaginary animal. half eagle and half lion, denotes strength and swift- ness. The close agreement of the armorial bearings of the families of Sileby and Sybly seems to show that one of the names is a variation of the other, the latter probably being a corruption of the former ; but it is certain that Sibley is of considerable an- tiquity, as it is found in the "Rotuli Hundredorum" of the reign of Edward I ( 1272-1307) in the counties of Huntington, Kent, Oxford, and Suffolk, where it is spelled Sybeli, Sibeli, Sibely, Sibili, Sibilie, Sibli; and where the nanie Sibley does not seem to occur. The Public Records published by the records com- mission spell it Sibille. in the reign of Richard II (1377-1399) ; and Sybile in that of Henry V (1413- 1422); and in that of Elizabeth (1558-1603) it is Sybley, Sibley and Sibly; and once (with an alias) Sybery. (Extracts from Sibley genealogy).
The first Sibleys in America came over in the fleet of 1629 and settled in the plantation at Salem. It is said that they were from the north part of Eng- land or the south part of Scotland or that they came from Northamptonshire. Their names were John and Richard Sibley, both having wives, and they all united with the church at Charlestown, Massachusetts. December 21, 1634. (Richard and descendants receive extended mention in this ar- ticle. )
(1) John Sibley is the sixteenth on the list of members of the first church in Salem, Massachus- etts. In 1636 he was selectman of Salem, and in the same vear he had half an acre of land granted to him at Winter Island Harbor "for the fishing trade and to build upon," and another grant of fifty acres at Manchester, Massachusetts. where he settled in 1636. and was selectman and at one time deputy at the general court. He was an extensive land- owner, and died there in 1661, the inventory of his property mentioning nine children, five girls and four boys. His widow Rachel brought the inven- tory into court, and "ye Court doe order that ye estate be left in ye widoe's hands to bring up ye children till ye Court take further order." The names of the four sons of John and Rachel (one authority mentions her name as Mary) were John, horn March 4, 1648, and was captain, selectman, etc .; William, born July 8. 1653, yeoman and butcher ; Joseph. born 1655 and was a fisherman; Samuel, born February 12, 1657.
(Il) Joseph, son of John Sibley, was a fisher- man and on his return from a fishing voyage was impressed on board a British frigate and put to hard service for seven weeks before he was released and allowed to return home. His wife was Susanna
Follet, by whom he had seven children, six sons and one daughter. This Joseph was the father of the Sutton family of Sibleys, and it appears that all the brothers settled in that town and three of them- Joseph, John and Jonathan-were among the thirty families who were entered as settlers in the four thousand acres. Samuel's name appears soon after as occupying a place with his brother Joseph. In the order of birth the children of Joseph and Susan- na (Follet) Sibley were as follows: Joseph, born November 9, 1684; John. September 18, 1687; Jona- than, May 1. 1690; Samuel, 1697; William, Septem- ber 7, 1700: Benjamin, September 19. 1703; Hannah, married. August 10, 1722. Ebenezer Daggett.
(III) Joseph, son of Joseph and Susanna Sib- ley. inarried a wife Mary and had children, and but little else is known of him. His children were: Jo- seph, born 1709; John, August 2, 1711 ; James, 1714; Jonathan, September II, 1718.
(IV) Jonathan, youngest son of Joseph and Mary Sibley, married, December 3. 1739, Hannah Burnap, and had children: Jonathan, born February 10. 1741 : Reuben, February 20. 1743, died November 17, ISIO: Huldah, September 13, 1745; Paul, born April 26, 1748; Gideon, November 20, 1750; Tarrant, Sep- tember 1, 1754.
(V) Reuben, second son and child of Jonathan and Hannah (Burnap) Sibley, married, January 30, 1765. Ruth Sibley, who died November 30, 1814. Their children: Reuben, born October 25, 1765; Phoebe. November 5. 1767; Solomon, October 7, 1769; Jonathan. February 4. 1772, married, April 8, 1798. Tirza Lamson; Martha, February 24, 1774; Nathaniel, April 20, 1776. died March 31. 1859; Hannah. March 27. 1778, married, May 3, 1798, Amasa Roberts; Ruth. March 13, 1780. married, July 5, 1803, William Warren Rice: Huldah, Au- gust 6, 1782, married, December 10, 1804, Moses L. Morse.
(VI) Reuben, eldest of the nine children born to Reuben and Ruth Sibley, was born October 25, 1765. married. November 16, 1784, Elizabeth Mar- ble, who died December 22, 1804. They had chil- dren : Jonathan, horn February 5, 1785; Ezra, Sep- tember 21, 1787: Phœbe, July 2. 1789; Betsey, Oc- tober 22. 1791: Simeon, January 29. 1794; Abigail, November 20, 1804.
(VI) Ezra, second son and child of Reuben and Elizabeth (Marble) Sibley, was born September 21, 1787, and was a scythemaker, an occupation which appears to have heen followed by various other members of the family, although Reuben Sibley, Ezra's father, was a farmer in Sutton, Massachus- etts. and also in the town of Jay. Maine, where he afterward moved; and with his farm Reuben Sibley also conducted a ferry. Like his father, Ezra Sib- ley was an excellent man, industrious and honest, and lived an upright life. He died March 13, 1830. His wife was Marcia Taft, born December, 1783, and died September, 1820. They had two children, Ezra T. and Eveline Sibley. Eveline Sibley was horn December 9. 1819, and died December. 1872. She married Lowell Sweetzer, of Wakefield, Massa- chusetts.
(VIII) Ezra Taft, only son and elder child of Ezra and Marcia (Taft) Sibley, is a descendant of the eighth generation of John Sibley. of Salem and Manchester, Massachusetts, and one of the many of his descendants whose endeavors in life have been rewarded with substantial success. He was born in Auburn, Massachusetts, February 3, 1817, and when a boy attended school in Millbury and Ashbridge,
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Massachusetts, but was still quite young when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of scythe making. He served out his apprenticeship in Millbury and became a practical, competent workman. After leaving Millbury he went to New London. New Hampshire, and was twenty-eight years old when he left the latter town and took up his residence in Newport, New Hampshire, and entered into part- nership with Sylvanus Larned in operating a scythe factory at Northville. This was in 1845, and three years afterward, in 1848, Mr. Larned died and Mr. Sibley then formed a partnership with Mr. William Dunton, which was continued until 1851, when Mr. Sibley became sole proprietor. As sole owner and manager Mr. Sibley continued the manufacture of scythes in Newport more than twenty years, and in 1873 enlarged the works and took his son as partner. After that the business was continued on a larger scale than ever before and brought good returns to its owners. The firm was not materially changed until 1891, when the senior partner. Ezra T. Sibley. he who had been its practical head in every detail of both manufacture and business for half a century. retired from active pursuits to enjoy the comforts of a well earned competency. Many years ago Mr. Sibley took considerable interest in public and polit- ical affairs in Newport, and in 1853 was one of the selectmen of the town. In 1872-73 he represented Newport in the state legislature. He still retains his old time interest in public affairs, but because of his advanced age is content to stand aside in favor of the younger element of the townspeople. For many years he has heen one of the directors of the First National Bank of Newport. Mr. Sibley is ninety years old, and up to the time he was seventy- five was a hardworking man, whether as employee, partner or sole proprietor. On July 19, 1838, he mar- ried Lydia D. Gay, of New London, New Hamp- shire. She was born March 10, 1820, and died in Newport. September 19, 1904. Of seven children horn of this marriage only two are now living, Ame- lia R. and Frank A. Sibley.
( IX) Amelia Roxana, daughter of Ezra T. and Lydia D. (Gay) Sibley, was born at New London, New Hampshire. April 7, 1840. She married, November 2, 1857. Samuel W. Allen, of Wells, Maine, born there November 7, 1834. In August. 1855. Mr. Allen removed from Wells to Newport and was employed in the Sibley scythe factory until 1871. when he built and afterward operated a saw mill at Northville. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Allen: Fred A .. Carrie B., Cora D .. George A., Hattie S., Mary G., Gertrude E .. Bertha A. and Leon Allen.
(TX) Frank Arthur, younger of the children of Ezra T. and Lydia D. (Gay) Sibley, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, January 28, 1851, and re- ceived his education in public schools and the acad- emy of New London, New Hampshire, also attend- ed the high school of Providence, Rhode Island, and Boston Conservatory of Music, and was proficient both on the piano and violin. He is the most ex- pert organist in the state. He began business as partner with J. H. Brown in the hardware trade in Newport, and later was partner in the same line with M. E. Hatch until 1873. when he joined his father and took a working interest in the scythe works of which the latter was then sole proprietor. His connection with the works still continues. and since the retirement of his father in ISor he has been its active managing head. Mr. Sibley married. June 19. 1884. Mary Matilda Putnam, born March 27,
1860. daughter of Marshall and Mary Matilda Putnam. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley have three children : Homer Taft, Helen and Dean Sheridan Sibley. Ho- mer T., born March 1, 1887, is a graduate of Dart- mouth College, class of 1907, with degree of A. B., (Phi Beta Kappa) ; Helen, born August 8, 1889. is a student at the Elms School, Springfield, Mas- sachusetts, and after 1907, will continue her studies at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massa- chusetts. Dean Sheridan. born Oct. 25, 1894. is a student in the Newport high school. Mrs. Frank A. Sibley is a graduate from Kimball Union Acad- emy, class of 1883. and was a successful teacher, in the public schools of New Hampshire both before and after her graduation.
(Second Family.)
(I) Richard Sibley, "trailmaker," was
SIBLEY in Salem in 1656. What relation, if any, he sustained to John of Salem
15 not known: perhaps both were sons of John of Charlestown. He and his wife Hannah were in Salem in 1656, as appears from the charges against them in an old account book of Curwen Head, ear- ly in 1676, his inventory being of June 30, 1676, when all his children and his wife were living. The children of Richard and Hannah were: Samuel, Hannah, Sarah, Damaris, John, Mary and Eliza- beth.
(II) Samuel, eldest child of Richard and Han- nah Sibley, was born 10, 1, 1658. He is named in his father's will as being the eldest son, and had a double share of the property. There is a tradition that he was killed at Haverhill. Massachusetts, while throwing water on the meeting-house, which had been set on fire by the Indians, August 29, 1708. He resided in Salem and was probably under Major Turner, upon the arrival of whose men the whole body of the enemy commenced a rapid retreat. Many persons from Salem were then killed. He had no children born after that time. The inventory of his estate is dated December 8. 1710. July 7. 1712, letters of administration were "granted unto John Sawyer and Sarah Sawyer, alias Sibley, former widow." He married in Salem. Sept. 13, 1695, Sarah Wells. She afterward married John Sawyer, of Newbury, blacksmith, to whom she was published, November 26, 1710, perhaps the John Sawyer who died in Newbury, March 27, 1756. She spent her last days with her son Jonathan Sibley, at Stratham, New Hampshire. Children of Samuel and Sarah, as rec- ollected. are Hannah, Richard, Sarah, Jonathan, Sanittel (died young), Samuel.
(III) Jonathan, fourth child and fourth son of Samnel and Sarah (Wells) Sibley, was born No- vember 26, 1701. and was probably taken by his mother after her second marriage to Newbury. He resided in Amesbury in 1723 and in Newbury in 1726. After his marriage he settled in Stratham, New Hampshire, where he was a farmer and a maker of chairs and wooden heels. The hill where he lived is still called Sibley Hill, and the inhabi- tants to this day gather pond lilies from the roots which he planted in a running brook in the vicinity. Many amusing and some ridiculous stories are told about him. It is even asserted that he whipped his beer barrel because it worked on Sunday; and his cat because she caught a mouse when he was at prayers. Becoming embarrassed, and indebted to a physican and Baptist preacher, named Shepard, he exchanged with him his farm for one in Poplin, where he died December 18, 1770. about a year af- terward, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. He
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Dean Sheridan Sibley.
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is said to have been quite petulant, and his wife to have been a very worthy. pious woman. There is a tradition that a short time before his wife died, the question was put to her whether she thought her husband was a Christian, and she replied. "If he marries after I am gone, and his wife pays all my debts. he will probably die a Christian." He married (first), November 27, 1730, Hannah Good- ridge, of Newbury, born February 1, 1713, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Frazer Goodridge, of New- bury. Samuel Goodridge, born August 15. 1681, was son of Benjamin, who married (second) No- vember 16. 1678, Sarah Croad; and Benjamin was son of William Goodridge. Hannah Frazer, born August 31, 1692, third child of Calin Frazer, who married Anna Stuart, November 10, 1685, married Samuel Goodridge, June 30, 1710. Not long before his decease Jonathan Sibley married an "crecrable" woman, born November 15. 1719, named Patience Thurrell, probably from Newbury. Her extravagant profession of Christian conversion and reformation prevailed more with him, as he became somewhat childish, than the advice and opposition of all his friends and neighbors. She died November 16. 1820, over 100 years old, at Poplin, where she had been a pauper twenty-seven years. If tradition . is true, before her husband died she paid all the first wife's debts, with compound interest. The children of Jonathan and Hannah were: Abigail, Hannah (died young), Jonathan (died young), Hannah (died young ). Daniel (died young). Anna, or Nancy, Mol- ly or Mary. Jacob, and Samuel whose children fol- low :
(IV) Samuel (2), ninth and youngest child of Jonathan (1) and Hannah (Goodridge) Sibley, was born February 23, 1751. His father gave him land at Meredith, where he was one of the earliest set- tlers, and died September 16, 1838. aged eighty- seven. He married, October 30. 1775. Sarah Don, of Kensington, who was born December 17, 1757. He was short, and his wife was tall. At the wed- ding, a young woman, not fancying this inequality. in a moment of delay while they were on the floor, seized a wooden oven-lid about two inches thick, and pushed it against his heels. He stepped upon it, and thus the pair stood at equal height while the ceremony was performed. When Mr. Sibley moved to Meredith there was but one log cabin at Mere- dith Bridge. His nearest neighbors were three miles on one side, and four on the other. He carried his corn ten miles on his back to mill. He got his salt from Exeter on horseback after he was able to hire or keep a horse. In 1789 he went to Exeter for salt. Neighbors were then nearer and he got Ben- jamin Perkins, who lived within a half mile, to assist his wife, if need be, in keeping off the bears, which made dreadful havoc in his corn. It was a beautiful still moonlight evening in the month of October, that she heard a destructive crashing in the cornfield. Leaving her four children in bed, Mrs. Sibley called to her aid Mr. Perkins, and with his loaded gun he went into the field, found the bear, and discharged his weapon at it. The bear, badly wounded, moved off as fast as he could. Mrs. Sibley pursued him, caught him by the leg as he was climbing over a log, and held on till Perkins came up and dispatched him by cutting his throat with a jackknife. The children of Samuel and Sarah were: Josiah Dow. Richard, Mary, Sarah, Benja- min and Nancy.
(V) Richard (2), third child and second son of Samuel (2) and Sarah (Dow) Sibley, was born in
1782. He was a rafter from Exeter and Ports- mouth, and was drowned in a squall while picking up driftwood on the Piscataqua river. He mar- ried in 1808, Polly French, of Newmarket. Their children were: Josiah, Nancy, Mark and Sophia.
(VI) Mark, third child and second son of Rich- ard (2) and Polly (French) Sibley, settled in Wake- field, and there married Mehitable Wiggin, by whom he had ten children : Richard. Abial, Mark, John, Charles, Addie, Sarah, Mamcy, Adah, and Clara.
(VII) Richard Frederick Dow, eldest child of Mark and Mehitable (Wiggin) Sibley, was born in Wakefield, in 1832. After attending the public schools for a time he went to Boston, and was em- ployed in the meat business about sixteen years. After the death of his father he returned to Wake- field and took control of the homestead farm. which he carried on till his death, which occurred June 20, 1892. in the sixtieth year of his age. He bought and sold farms, and in that way acquired a good property. For many years he cultivated two large farms. In politics he was a Republican, and as such was repeatedly elected selectman. Toward the end of his life he became a member of the Ad- vent faith, and did much for his church. He mar- ried, at Springdale, Maine, in 1855, Emma Buswell, of Acton, Maine. The children of this union, all born in Wakefield except Fred D., are: Cora, Nel- lie. Forrest, Mehitable, Addie. Frank, Ida, Fred D., Ernest.
(VIII) Fred Dow, eighth child and fourth son of Richard F. D. and Emma (Buswell) Sibley. was born in Boston, Massachusetts, November 4. 1875, and was taken when he was two years old to Wake- field, New Hampshire, where he attended school. At seventeen years of age he engaged in farming, but a year later he left that employment and be- came a dealer in ice. Two years later he exchanged that business for employment on a railroad. After seven years service he had saved sufficient money in 1903 to purchase the wood and coal business of C. A. Wiley, and has been successfully engaged in that line since that time at Sanbornville, Wakefield. In politics, like all his family. Mr. Sibley is a Re- publican. He is a member of Syracuse Lodge, No. 27. Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancel- lor and past representative to the grand lodge. He married, in Norway. Maine, September 18, 1902, Sarah Longley, daughter of Luther Longley, of Raymond, Maine.
This name, originally spelled
STEWART Steward, is derived from the oc- cupation of him who first used it. The steward of an estate was a man of consequence in the days when surnames were assumed as well as since. One family of Stewarts furnished four kings of England.
(I) Jonathan Stewart. born in Dunbarton, Au- gust 5. 1780, died in West Concord. September I, 1873. aged eighty-four. His early years were spent in Dunbarton, from which he removed to Andover, where he lived from 1833 to 1864. From the last date to his death, in 1873, he lived in West Con- cord. He was a lifelong farmer. His political creed was Republican. He married Sarah Hazzard, born in Springfield. March 6, 1798, who died in West Concord. December 3. 1875, aged seventy-seven years. They were the parents of ten children: Sophronia, Eri W .. Annie, James (died young). Betsy, Jona- than Morrill, Susan, James, Marion S. and Benja- min, who died young.
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(II) Jonathan M1: (2), son of Jonathan (1) and Sarah ( Hazzard) Stewart, was born in Allenstown, October 30. 1826. and died in Concord. December 31. 1889, aged sixty-three. He attended the com- mon schools for a number of years, and at the age of eighteen went to Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, where he learned the trade of carpenter. After a residence of six years at that place, he went to East Cambridge, where he was employed two years in an organ factory. From there he went to Westfield where he was employed the two following years in similar work. Returning to New Hampshire he settled in Andover, where he kept a store three years, and then removed to West Concord, where he was engaged in farming for the following four- teen years. In 1880 he bought Bryant Stearns' car- pet store, and the following year bought out and combined with it Young Brothers' furniture store, and carried on the large business thus founded with success until his death, in 1886. After death of Mr. Stewart a stock company was formed to continue the business under the name of J. M. Stewart and Sons Company, in which Mrs. Stewart is now the owner of a controlling interest. Mr. Stewart was a good business man, a high-minded citizen, and a consistent member of the North Church (Congre- gational). His political faith was Republican, and for two years he was assessor in ward three, in Concord. He married Marietta E. Sanborn, born in Lempster, March II, 1838, only child of Stephen S. and Mary (Shepherdson) Sanborn (see Sanborn. VID). and they had two children: Arthur C .. born in West Andover. July 12. 1858, is a partner in the firm of J. E. Symonds & Company, of Penacook. He married, July 8. 1886. Helen Speed, of Concord, and they have three children: Arthur R., Russell and Louise Abbott. Elmer M. Stewart, the second son, born in West Andover. June 22, 1861, died in Concord, August 28, 1892.
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