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and was a member of Governor Weston's staff in 1874, with rank of colonel. Municipal politics have not been overlooked by him, and he has served two terms in the council of the city of Dover. He was made a Mason at the age of twenty-one years, and has attained the thirty-second degree in that order. He is a member of Strafford Lodge, No. 29, of Dover; Belknap Chapter, No. 8, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; Orphan Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters; St. Paul Commandery, Knights Templar ; and the New Hampshire Consistory of the Scottish Rite, of Nashua. He is a member and past chan- cellor commander of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 6. Knights of Pythias, and a Knight of the Uniform Rank. He is a member of the Fraternal Insurance Order of the Improved Order of Red Men.
Albert F. Seavey married, July 31, 1883, Mari- etta, a daughter of Charles F. and Rebecca (Web- ster) Fogg, of Eppen, New Hampshire. They have five children: Alice M., born June 26, 1884; Marion W., February 10, 1887; Harold L., De- cember 29, 1889; Helen Grace, October 22, 1891, deceased ; Catherine F., May 27, 1895.
(VII) Charles Henry, fifth son and seventh child of Samuel F. and Eliza K. (Ham) Seavey, was born in Rochester, May 27, 1851. He grew up on the old farm, was educated in the common schools and at Rochester Academy, and after leav- ing school turned his attention to market gardening, in which he was engaged exclusively until 1886. At that time, in company with his brothers, under the firm name of Charles H. Seavey & Company, he began to carry on an extensive lumber milling business in Maine and New Hampshire, operating most of the time five mills and cutting about ten million feet of lumber annually. This partnership terminated in 1900, and since that time Mr. Seavey has operated independently. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and in ISSS-89 represented Rochester in the legislature. He was elected mem- ber of the town council from ward three, and served the four following years. He was a charter member of Cocheco Grange, No. 86, Patrons of Husbandry, organized in 1876, in which he still retains his membership. At twenty-one years of age he be- came a member of Motolina Lodge, No. 18, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and is now also a member of Norway Plains Encampment, and also of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 7, Knights of Pythias, and Dover Lodge, No. 184, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks.
He married (first ), April 29, 1879, Clara A. Allen, who was born in Rochester, May 20, 1855, and died April 19, 1894, daugliter of Amasa and Elizabeth (Blaisdell) Allen, and granddaughter of William and Sarah Allen, of Rochester. He mar- ried (second), October 26, 1898, Sadie Flagg Kel- ley, who was born-in Madbury, December 10, 1869. The children by the first wife are: Ralph F., married, January 20, 1902, Ada Eldora White, and they have one child, Walter Allen. Ruth K., died June 3, 1886. Maud B., born July 23, 1885. Charles S.
(IV) Samuel (3), second son and child of Samuel (2) and Abigail Seavey, was born May 18, 1714, in Rye. No record of his wife appears, His children were: Deborah, Hannah, Isaac (died young), Margaret, Isaac, William, Sarah, Ruth, Henry Dow and Benjamin.
(V) Isaac, second son and fifth child of Samuel (3) Seavey, was born 1752, in Rye, and was a pioneer settler of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. He
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was a Revolutionary soldier and was captured and hield sometime a prisoner by the British forces. He served in New Hampshire under Governor Wentworth and was known as "Governor's Isaac." to distinguish him from other members of the family bearing the same name. Ile married Abigail Worcester, and their children were: Dr. Joseph, 1. Rachel, Samuel and Betsey.
(\'I) Betsey, youngest child of Isaac and Abigail ( Worcester) Seavey, was born 1796 in Pittsfield and died in that town, December 6, 1872. She was the wife of Joseph Elliott (see Elliott, IlI), and was the mother of twelve children.
(I) Joseph Seavey, probably a son of Andrew Seavey, the brother of James, Sr., resided in Pel- ham. New Hampshire.
(II) Nathan Butler, son of Joseph Seavey, was born in Pelham, August 3, 1802, and died in Pelham, March 11, 1885, aged eighty-three years. He was a wheelwright by trade, and resided all his life in Pelham. He married Elmira F. Swan, born in Andover, Massachusetts, June 17, 1814, daughter of Joseph B. and Elizabeth (Allen) Swan, and died June 18. 1885. They had three chil- dren : Henry, deceased. Charles Leora A., deceased.
(III) Charles L., second son of Nathan B. and Elmira F. (Swan) Seavey, was born in Pel- ham, March 26, 1839. He was educated in the public schools, learned the trade of wheelwright from his father, and followed that occupation until 1895. He has been a successful business man, and is highly respected by his fellow townsmen. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1883 was elected selectman and again in 1896, and still fills that place. In 1887 he was elected to the lower branch of the state legislature, and was a member of the committee on elections. He is fond of the so- ciety of his fellows, and is a member of St. Mark's Lodge, No. 41. Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of East Derry, New Hampshire; and of Mer- rimack Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Mr. Seavey married (first), 1866, Clara A. Spaulding, born in Pelham, 1811, daughter of Abra- ham and Elizabeth (Gibson) Spaulding, of Pel- ham. She died 1903. He married (second), July 13. 1905, Emma Matilda Hubley, born in Halifax. Nova Scotia, November 11, 1867, daughter of David and Sarah (Hubley) Ilubley, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
This name is traced back in Wales HAINES to A. D., 607. In the fifteenth and the early part of the sixteenth cen- turies it was variously written in England as Eines. Eynes, Heynes. Heanes, Haines, and Haynes, but the pronunciation was probably the same in all. Einion, Prince of Powys. was distinguished in the wars against Henry I of England, A. D., 1100-1135. Some members of the family served with the Cru- saders, and were granted coats of arms, in token of appreciation of their services; the first was con- ferred about A. D., 1300.
(I) Deacon Samuel Haines came to New Eng- land in 1635, with John Cogswell, of Westbury, Wiltshire. England, a cloth manufacturer, with whom he had "served his time." learning the trade, as was the old custom. They came on the ship "Angel Gabriel" which sailed from King's Roads. Bristol, England, June 4, of that year, and from Mil-
ford Haven, Wales, on the 22d of the same month. After a voyage of ten weeks and two days from Bristol, they were wrecked at Pemaquid, now Bris- tol, in the "great hurricane" of the following Au- gust 15. An account of this wreck is given in the genealogy of Cogswell in this work, which see. Samuel Haines accompanied his master to Ipswich. Massachusetts, and remained with him one year to. complete his apprenticeship, and then went to Dover and settled with Captain Thomas Wiggin's Con- pany on Dover Neck. There he remained two years, and then returned to England and married Ellenor Ncate, in the church at Dilton, Wiltshire, near Westby, where he had previously lived. The old parish register of Dilton, hamlet of Westbury, county of Wilts, Anno Domini, 1638, has this : "William Hucketts and Jane Pierce were marryed the first day of April. Samuel Haines and Ellenor Neate were marryed the same day." It is probable that Samuel Haines made that visit on purpose to be married, as the ceremony in the church occurred a few weeks after his arrival there. After passing the "honey moon" in his own home, the young couple sailed for New England, and in the course of several weeks arrived at Dover Neck and set up housekeeping in a house he built on ten acres of land the town had granted him on Low street near the Old Meeting House. Later the town granted him twenty acres on the west side of Back river. He had for neighbors William Furber and John Tuttle. In 1640 the citizens of Dover formed a combination for government, as there was then no well estab- lished government to rule over them. Samuel Haines was one of the signers, on October 16 of that year, and remained on Dover Neck ten years or more, as he was taxed there in 1649. He took a deed November 18, 1650. from Captain Francis Champernoon, of Portsmouth, then called Straw- berry Bank, a farm "by ye name of Capt. Champer- noon, his ffarme, lying and being on ye southeast side of ye Greate baye, for and in consideration of the sum of Ninetie pounds Sterling," etc. On Sep- tember 12, 1653, the town granted him ten acres 'at the bottom of Great baye over against Capt. Champernoons." July 5, 1660, he was granted nine- ty-one acres more. Later he received other grants of land, so that he became possessed of several hundred acres, all in the vicinity of Great Bay, in that part of old Portsmouth. now Greenland. On that farm he spent the years of his life, from 1650 till his death, about 1686; a most beautiful locality, the village of Greenland. In 1671 he was ordained deacon of the North Church by the "im- position of hands and prayer." Henceforth he was known as Deacon Haines. During his thirty-six years' residence on Champernoon farm Great Bay, Deacon Haines took an active part in the public affairs of the town. In 1653 he was elected one of the selectmen of Portsmouth, which office he held ten years in succession. In 1675 the town granted to "Deacon Haines ye privilege of hitching his horse in ye Pound on Sundays for shelter and protection." It was a long distance from his farm to the North Meeting House, which stood where the North Church now stands on Market Square, Portsmouth, and the vote of the town indicates that the deacon attended meetings in rough and stormy weather, and took good care of his team. The date of the deaths of Deacon Haines and his good wife is not recorded, but they were both dead before 1690, and they were buried on a bold prom-
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ontory, jutting a little into the Winnicut river, in the ancient burying ground of the first settlers, but a short distance from the old Haines home- stead. To Deacon Samuel and Ellenor (Neate) Haines were born three children: Mary. Samuel, and Matthias, whose sketch follows :
(II) Matthias Haines, youngest child of Deacon . Samuel and Ellenor (Neate) Haines, was born on the Champernoon farm in 1650. He settled on a farm near his father. He was not only a farmer, but also a lumberman, and owned a part of a sawmill on the Winnicut river, where in the spring of the year, when the snow was melting and the pond had a good head of water, he did a rushing business sawing logs into boards and other merchantable shape. He was juryman in 1683, and from time to time held various town offices. He was a member of the North Church, Portsmouth, where he and his brother and sister had been baptized. The records show that he was a good citizen and caused no trouble that brought him into courts. He mar- ried, December 28, 1671, Jane Brackett. daughter of Anthony Brackett, of Portsmouth. They had four children : Samuel, Joshua, Matthias and Jane.
(III) Matthias (2) Harris, third son and child of Matthias (1) and Jane ( Brackett) Haines, was born on the farm in Greenland, about 1680, and died in 1771, aged ninety-one. He served his time as usual, and learned the "joiner" trade, and was a famous houschuilder in his day. He resided in Greenland all his life. In various legal trans- actions, deeds. etc., he is called "housewright." He owned a quarter part of the grist mill on the river there, but does not appear to have been a "miller." He deeded this to his son John, April 15, 1755. He married, about 1716, Hannah Johnson, daughter of John and Hannah ( Lewis) Johnson. Mr. John- son was a miller. Hannah died May 4, 1755. The eight children of this union were: Lewis, Hannah, Matthias, Eleanor, Jane, Martha, John. and Abner, whose sketch follows.
(IV) Abner Haines, youngest child of Matthias (2) and Hannah (Johnson) Haines, was born in Greenland village in 1724, and died about 1788. aged seventy-four years. He was a farmer and resided in Greenland until 1772, when he bought in Canter- bury one hundred and twenty acres of land from Jeremiah Clough. In the same year he removed from Greenland to Oxford, but did not remain there long, for the next year he settled on his land in Canterbury, where he resided the remainder of his life. In Greenland he was one of the respected and trusted citizens. He held various town offices; he was one of the committee of the North Church to provide for the ordination of Rev. Samuel McClin- tock, which occurred November 3. 1756. IIc was ex- ceutor of his father's estate in 1771. May 28, 1772, he and his wife deeded ninety acres of land in Win- nicht river and Great Bay to Ichabod Weeks, brother of Mrs. Haines, a physician in that town. He mar- ried, July 27, 1746, Sarah Weeks, who was born in 1727, and died in 1795. daughter of Walter Weeks, of Greenland. They had nine children: Samuel, Richard, Matthias, Walter, Stephen, Josiah. Hannah, Sally and Mehitable.
(V) Stephen Haines, fifth son and child of Ahner and Sarah ( Weeks) Haines, was born in Greenland, May 23. 1759, and died in Northfield, February 3, 1807. When his parents removed to Canterbury hic went with them, married there, and settled on a farm in Northfield, a few years later. He was one
of the prosperous and respected citizens. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and one of the patriotic men of the town who aided the cause in various ways besides carrying a musket. He mar- ried. December 12, 1779. Hannah Carter, horn July 20, 1759. They had five children: Walter, Sally, Stephen, Hannah, and Thomas Clough, who is next mentioned.
(VI) Thomas Clough Haines, youngest son of Stephen and Hannah (Carter) Haines, was born in Northfield, June 19, 1798. On August 12, 1846, he went under his mill to take a bath early in the morn- ing. The miller in the grain room, being ignorant of Mr. Haines' bathing in the millrace, hoisted the gate and started the mill; the flood of water drowned him. Mr. Haines was a farmer and a mil- ler, a man of great business ability and excellence of character. He was especially fond of horses. and had the best that could be had in that town or the country around. He married, February 17, 1820, Deborah Drew Rogers, born May 13, 1800, and died June 29, 1868, daughter of Samuel Rogers, of Northfield. She was of the ninth generation from John Rogers, the martyr. They had two daughters: Hannah and Alice Allen. Hannah was born May 20, 1821. She married (first), Darius Winslow, September 26, 1843, and they had one daughter, Ella Laville, born June 1, 1846, who married Hon. WV. H. C. Follansby, of Exeter. She married (second), December 30, 1850, John Smith Dearborn. (See Dearborn, VII). Alice Allen was born March 28, 1822. She married, January 1, 1847, Cutting Follansby, of Sanbornton Bridge. He died Sep- tember 14, 1875, leaving one son, Charles Haines Follansby.
BASS The list of original members of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, which was organized. as early as 1632, contains the names of Samuel Bass and his wife Anne. These emigrants, who were the first of this name in New England, arrived from England probably in 1630, and settled in the vicinity of Hog Bridge. Roxbury. It is thought that they brought with them at least one child and perhaps more. Samuel was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634. A letter of dismissal and a recommendation from the Rox- bury church to the church in Braintree, dated July 5, 1640. was given them, and they removed to that part of Braintree which is now Quincy. Being a man of considerable mental vigor Samuel Bass bc- came a leading spirit in the public affairs of the settlement, which he represented in the general court for twelve years from 1641, and he lived to the advanced age of ninety-four years. He was chosen the first deacon of the church in Braintree, and at the time of his death which occurred De- cember 30, 1694, he had served in that capacity for more than fifty years. His wife died September 5, 1693, aged. ninety-three years. Their children were : Samuel, Hannah. Mary, John, Thomas, Joseph and Sarah. The births of one hundred and sixty-two of his descendants, including children, grandchil- dren and great-grandchildren, took place during his life, and it is quite probable that Deacon Bass was the progenitor of all who bear the name in Amer- ica. As they increased in numbers they scattered themselves throughout New England, and are now to be found in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp- shire and Vermont.
(I) The first Bass of the line herein traced
WITH HIS FAMILY AND THEIR HOME IN 1857.
LULLWOOD, HOMESTEAD OF O. W. LULL, ESQ.
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found of record in New Hampshire, was War- ren Bass, who resided for several years in Lyman, New Hampshire, where his children were born. The records give 110 clew as to his own place or time or birth other than that approximated by the death of his children. They were: Marietta A., Elizabeth Ann, Emeline, Naomy, Warren, Billings Hobart, LaFayette, Pebueus, Cornelius Vanness, born from 1813 to 1827. The records of Lyman. show that Warren Bass of New York, was married in Bath by Rev. D. Sutherland, to Naomy Hall, of Lyman. These are probably the parents of the above named children.
(]]) LaFayette, third son and seventh child of Warren and Naomy (Hall) Bass, was born August 15. 1825, in Lyman. New Hampshire. In 1861 he went to Detroit, Michigan, but returned to his na- tive state the following year, locating in Haverhill, and in 1876 he removed to Fremont, where he re- sided until his death, which occurred in 1891. He was twice married and his first wife was Alice C. Hobart, daughter of Frank L. Hobart, of Bath. For his second wife he married Jane Lindsey, sec- ond child of Justin Lindsey, of Newbury, Vermont, the latter having been the fourth child of Samuel Lindsey, who settled at Newbury in the year 1800. Mrs. Jane (Lindsey) Bass became the mother of three children, namely: Justin Lindsey, Jennie (who is the wife of W. H. Merrill) and Van Ness.
(III) Justin Lindsey Bass, eldest son of LaFay- ette and Jane (Lindsey) Bass, was born in Haver- hill, April 23, 1863. Provided with a good educa- tion and a sufficient amount of natural ability to make his own way in the world, he, in 1885, went to Lancaster, where he occupied the position of clerk at the Lancaster House for the succeeding five years. He next engaged in mercantile pursuits as a traveling salesman for a Whitefield concern, handling crackers and kindred products, and was thus employed for a period of two years. Return- ing to Lancaster in 1893 he purchased a grocery establishment and has ever since applied himself to that line of trade, building up a flourishing business and realizing good financial results.
Mr. Bass is a prominent Mason, belonging to North Star Lodge. chapter and commandery, and to Mount Sinai Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine. He also affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church. He married Miss Patcher, daughter of Charles J. Patcher of Whitefield; their children are Donald, Priscilla and Lucia.
LULL This old family is numerously repre- sented throughout the United States, but the name is rarely found in the New Hampshire records. A few facts, however, have been gleaned which are herewith noted.
(I) David Lull resided in Weare, New Hamp- shire, with his wife, Mary Cilley, who was a native of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Their children were : David, John Cilley, Mary, Moses, Sarah, Nathaniel, Jesse, Betsey. Lewis, Willard (died young), Gilman, Jefferson and Willard.
(II) Moses, third son and fourth child of David and Mary (Cilley) Lull, was born April 17, 1789, in Weare and resided in that town. His wife's name was Lucinda Caldwell, but no record of their chil- dren appears.
(III) Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Woodbury Lull,
son of Moses and Lucinda (Caldwell) Lull, was born in Weare, New Hampshire, January 14, 1826, and was killed at Port Hudson, Louisiana, May 27, 1863. Until eighteen years old he lived on the farm with his parents. attended the schools while they were in session and assisted in the farm work the remainder of the time. In 1844 the family removed to Manchester, and there the young man continued his pursuit of knowledge, and "graduated from the public schools in that city and Framingham, Massa- chusetts. While in the latter town he read law in the office of Train & Esty. Returning to Manches- ter, he continued his law studies in the office of Hon. David Cross, for whom he ever cherished un- bounded esteem and admiration, and whose influence over him was most salutary. In May, 1851, he was admitted to the bar of Hillsboro county, and opened an office and began practice at Milford. He was also admitted to the Massachusetts bar. He was a hard student, was capable of intense application and concentration of mind, had a good memory, an an- alytical mind and pursued his studies with a logical and assiduous pertinacity that made him master of ever proposition he took up. His pursuit of his profession was zealous and successful. "As a law- yer," says one in writing of him, "considering his age and experience, he had few. if any superiors." He infused into his practice the same enlivening energy and strong determination as that which had marked his previous career. Although an unflinch- ing and tireless opponent, he was a considerate and faithful counselor. He commanded a large share of business in his vicinity, and his practice was success- ful to an eminent degree. He was a good citizen, a kind and faithful husband, an indulgent parent, a true friend. He possessed the highest social qual- ities and no one enjoyed life better than he, and no one was calculated to make those about him more happy. When the war began, he realized that if the South was successful in its effort to dissolve the Union, the consequences to both parties would be very harmful and far reaching. He was patriotic and determined to do all he could for the preserva- tion of the Union as it was, and at once became an able and efficient supporter of the loyal cause. At an informal meeting of the citizens of Milford, held on April 22, 1861, a committee consisting of George Daniels. William Ramsdell, Oliver W. Lull. Daniel Putnam and Clinton S. Averill was appointed to act in behalf of the town in relation to all matters con- nected with the enlisting and equipping of a com- pany of volunteers, and furnishing aid and support to the families of such enlisted members as belong to the town." At a legal town meeting on May II, the committee made a report of their labors up to that time, which was sanctioned by the town, and the committee retained in office for further service. But work merely of this kind was not entirely satis- factory to one whose ardent and patriotic nature longed for active participation in suppressing the rebellion. He was one of the first to offer his ser- vices to the state, and his influence was felt far and near in raising recruits. October 1, 1861, he was commissioned by Governor Berry, lieutenant colonel of the Eighth New Hampshire Regiment. Before starting for the front his fellow townsmen presented him with a sword, sash and belt, and General Stark with thirty other citizens of Nashua gave him a splendid horse. Captain John M. Stanyan drilled the Milford recruits of the Eighth New Hampshire in Milford. He received his military training in the
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academy in which Clinton S. Averill was educated ( The Norwich, Vermont ). The regiment was mus- tered at Manchester. From there it went first to Fort Independence, Boston harbor, and thence in two divisions under General Butler sailed for Ship Island, where it remained until after the surrender of New Orleans. They then went to Louisiana, where Colonel Lull was appointed provost judge of Thibodeaux, and discharged the duties of the office with fidelity and credit. He was afterwards ap- pointed to a place on the staff of General Weitzel, by whom he was mentioned with great praise. The regiment took part in several engagements, among which were the battle of "The Cotton" and the battle of "Besland." Colonel Lull was a large man and rode a white horse, and the two made a very conspicuous mark. Rebel sharpshooters often tried to shoot him but failed. Once while riding along a large shell passed very close to him: coolly taking off his hat he saluted the messenger of death. On the morning of May 27, 1863, a general advance was ordered on the rebel works at Port Hudson for the purpose of driving the enemy within their inner works. Lieutenant Colonel Lull was temporarily serving on the staff of General Emory, but Colonel Fearing being in charge of the brigade, he volun- tarily returned and took command of his own men. The contest was sanguinary. The Federal first line of battle was almost destroyed, then the Eighth was ordered to charge. With a wild yell they swept forward over the bodies of the fallen, drove the Confederates in confusion through the tangled abat- tis and almost annihilated the Tenth Arkansas which occupied the position. Much of the fighting was hand to hand, and the slaughter was fearful. While waving his sword and shouting "Forward, Eighth New Hampshire!" Lieutenant Colonel Lull fell mor- tally wounded. As he was carried back from the field, he forgot his sufferings and the danger he was in, and said "Don't let the regiment break ; we .must conquer them." He had been shot by a minic rifle ball. which entered his thigh and ranged into the abdomen. He was shot at ten o'clock in the . forenoon and died about two of the same day, hay- ing suffered intensely in the meantime. When in- formed by the surgeon that he must soon die, he said "Thank God! I die for my country." His body was brought to Milford the next autumn, and buried with impressive military honors. The prin- cipal address of the occasion was made by Colonel Lull's old law preceptor and bosom friend, Judge David Cross. Over his remains is a tall shaft of white marble inscribed "I am willing to give all that I have, all that I am, or expect to be, for my country in this, her hour of danger, asking only that the dear old flag may be my winding sheet," words which he had written in response to the address of the citizens of Nashua who had presented him with the white steed. On June 25, 1868. a post of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized at Mil- ford, and in honor of their courageous and patriotic townsman who had given his life for the Union, the veterans who constituted its merbership named it Oliver W. Lull Post No. IL.
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