Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 102

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876

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(VI) Samuel S. Ring was born at Ring's Cor- ner in Pittsfield. He married (first) January 12, 1811, Eliza Ann Roby, by whom he had two chil- dren, George and Adaline. He married (second ), September 15. 1847, Hannah A. Prescott, by whom he also had two children, Ellory and Edgar. The latter was born January, 1860, and has never mar- ried.

(VII) Ellory, son of Samuel and Hannah .1. ( Prescott) Ring, was born in Pittsfield, June. 185) He was educated in the district schools of his native town, and in its academy when under the charge of Professor D. K. Foster. After complet- ing his education in the schools he engaged in the hardware business at the old "John Berry" stand, and so continued till his death, June 18, 1900. He was one of the directors of the Pittsfield National Bank, and assisted in its reorganization. He was a member of the Suncook Lodge of Odd Fellows. In his political faith he was a Republican. He was a member of the Congregational Church, and its treasurer seven years. He was also superintendent of the Sunday school, succeeding Reuben L. French. He married Anna, eldest child of Nathaniel K. and Elizabeth (Emerson) Moss, of Chelsea, Vermont. Her father was born in 1819 and came to New Hampshire in 1846, and was for a time a merchant in Concord. He died August 31. 1895. in Pitts- field. Her mother was born on Emerson Hill in West Hopkinton, July 14. 1834, and is still living. Ann Moss received her education in the schools of Concord. . She is a member of the Congregational Church in Pittsfield, and an active worker in the various benevolent societies connected with the church. Her great-grandfather. Joseph H. Emer- son, was born on Emerson Hill, West Hopkinton. and married Susanna Harvey, who was a sister of Judge Harvey, of Concord. He had a brother, Bodwell, and a son Jeremiah, who married Judith Parker, by whom he had two daughters, Elizabeth and Susan. After his death at West Hopkinton, his widow married for her second husband John Hoyt. by whom she had one daughter, Margaret, who

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married Warren Stetson and became the mother of five children: William, Mabel, Ella, Arthur and Edward. Elizabeth Emerson, the daughter of Jere- miah and Judith ( Parker) Emerson, mother of Mrs. Ellery Ring, married Nathaniel K. Moss. Her brothers and sisters are William H., married Ber- tha Foss. Cora Belle, married Albert Yeaton, and has had two children, Ivan and Conrad. Albert J., Frederick E., married Sadie Jenkins ; Leland J. The Moss family have been identified politically with the Republicans, and religiously with the Baptists. The family was in this country as early as 1639, John Moss at that date settling in New Haven, Connect- icut. By her husband. Ellory Ring, Anna Moss had a son, Arthur Prescott.

(VIII) Arthur Prescott, son of Ellory and Anna ( Moss) Ring, was born in Pittsfield, October 10, 1881. Ile received his education in the Pittsfield schools, and his preparation for the mercantile busi- ness under the instruction of his father in his well- established hardware store, where he soon gave evi- dence of his possession of an ability of a high order, and ever keeping himself well posted in every thing pertaining to the business became a valuable assistant to his father. He is a member and one of the chief officers of Suncook Lodge, No. 10, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In the direct line of his great-grandfather. Samuel Ring. he is the only survivor to perpetuate the name of Ring, and at his mother's death the only heir to the Ring e-tate.

The name of Dore is most unusual in

DORE this country. It is sometimes written Door or Dorr, but one line appears to have preserved the spelling Dore for at least two centuries. The family first appears at Portsmouth. New Hampshire. Some of the descendants moved to adjoining towns, but the original branch appears to have migrated to Lebanon. Maine. The first American ancestor was probably Richard Dore, who was at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. as early as 1075. His will was proven March 17. 1715-16. ITe married Tamsen -- , and they had children. but their names are not given. It is probable that Phil- ip Dore, who lived at Portsmouth in 1714, and in Newington. New Hampshire, in 1717. was one of them. Philip's son. John Dore, baptized at Newing- tion, July 5, 1730, married Charity Wentworth daugh- ter of Joseph and Sarah ( Allen) Wentworth, of Great Falls, New Hampshire.

John and Charity (Wentworth) Dore moved to Lebanon, Maine, and became the parents of fourteen children. These children established a most remark- able record for longevity. Several of them lived to be nearly a hundred, and their ages at death aver- aged eighty years. Three of the sons were in the Revolution: John. Jonathan and Benaiah. John lived and died at Lebanon. Maine : Jonathan and Be- maiah moved to Milton. New Hampshire.

Philip Dore probably the elder brother of John Dore, also lived at Lebanon, Maine, and had an in- teresting history. When a hoy of eleven, living near what is now Rochester. New Hampshire, he was cap- tured by the Indians and carried to Canada, where he remained till a grown man, when he made his escape. Returning to the neighborhood of his old home he became one of the first settlers of Lebanon, Maine. When he was carried off the Indians stopped several days at Gully Oven. a remarkable cavern near West Lebanon. Philip Dore became a seleet-

man of Lebanon in 1769. This is the story as given by the History of York County, Maine. The His- tory of Rochester, New Hampshire, presents a some- what different version. The name there is given as Jonathan instead of Philip Dore. The incidents of the captivity are essentially the same, also the re- turn and the ultimate settlement in Lebanon. The Rochester History says that Jonathan Dore, while in captivity, married an Indian wife and became one of the tribe. After the massacre of his wife and children at the time of the destruction of one of the Indian villages by the whites, he lost his inter- est in savage life and returned to civilization. This account says that he was always called "Indian Dore" in Lebanon, and that he spent his winters in hunting.

Without question the members of the family whose history follows, are descended from Lebanon Dores. but the connecting links have not been fur- nished.

(I) Charles A., son of Oliver Dore, of Maine, was born in Alton. New Hampshire, in 1839. For some years he was engaged in trucking near Dover. Later he went into the shoe manufacturing business at Dover, a business which he conducted for several years. In 1882 he purchased the Kimball Hotel at Dover, of which he has been the proprietor ever since. He is a Mason of the thirty-second degree. He married Jemima Leavitt. Two children have been born to this union: Charles O., a farmer in Tuftonborough, New Hampshire. and Harry, whose sketch follows.

(II) Harry, younger son of Charles A. and Jemima (Leavitt) Dore, was born May 3, 1875, at Dover. He was educated in the public schools of Dover with two years at Phillips Academy, Exeter. New Hampshire. He has always been associated with his father in the hotel business, becoming a partner in 1809. The firm name is now C. A. Dore & Son. Harry Dore is a member of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks of Dover. He married. June 7, 1800 Marcia L. Tarbox, daughter of Harry Tarbox, of Concord. They have one child, Albert, born February 22, 1901.

CRAM The name of Cram is unusual in this country. It is spelled Cramme in the early records. This family is one of the carly ones of southern New Hampshire, and its members are principally found in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Their lives have been quiet ones, but characterized by good citizenship.

(I) John Cram was of Exeter. New Hampshire, and one of the signers of the Combination, soon after the settlement of that town. Not long after he removed to Hampton and settled on the south side of Taylor's river (now Hampton Falls), near the site of the Weare monument. He died March 5, 1682. In the record of his death he is styled "good old John Cram, one just in his gen- cration." In his will two sons, Beniamin and Thom- as, are mentioned. and two daughters, Mary and Lydia. His wife's name was Hester. She died May 16. 1677. Their children were: Joseph. Ben- jamin, Thomas. Mary and Lydia.

(II) Benjamin, second son and child of John and Hester Cram. married November 28. 1662, Argen- tine Cromwell. possibly widow of Thomas Crom- well. one of the grantees, about twenty-one years old at the time of grant, who appears to have been in Hampton a short time with the first settlers, and

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is said to have died in Boston in 1649. Their chil- dren were: Sarah, John, Benjamin, Mary, Joseph, Hannah, Esther. Jonathan and Elizabeth. .

(III) John (2), second child and eldest son of Benjamin and Argentine (Cromwell) Cram. was born April 6. 1665. He married (first) Mary Wad- leigh, of Exeter ; (second), January 13, 1730, widow Susanna Batchelder. daughter of Francis Page. The children, all by the first wife, were: Argentine, Abigail, Benjamin, Wadleigh, Jonathan, John and Mary.

(IV) Jonathan, fifth child and third son of John and Mary (Wadleigh) Cram, was born August 22. 1706, and died May 3, 1760. He married, November 28, 1728, Elizabeth, daughter of Nehemiah and Mary (Gove) Heath. She was born June 26, 1709. and died 1772.

(V) John (3), son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Heath) Cram, was born at Hampton Falls, Novem- ber 12. 1730, and died in Pittsfield, August 30, 1803. He was the first settler of Pittsfield; he was granted a large tract of land now contained in the whole village of Pittsfield. in consideration of his building a mill and dam. This tract included the farm now occupied by his great-grandson, F. E. Cram, and this property has never been out of the family since his time. He was a very prominent man in his time and held office of justice of the peace. He married. December 13, 1750, Abigail Sanborn, born at Hampton Falls. May 3, 1731. daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Sanborn) Sanborn. She died in Pittsfield, May 4, 1802. Their children were: Elizabeth. Sarah, Reuben, Jonathan. John, Ebenezer, Abigail, Tristam and Nchemiah.

(VI) Tristam, eighth child and fifth son of John and Abigail (Sanborn) Cram, was born in Hampton Falls. August 21. 1770, and died in Pittsfield, March 20, 1838. He married in Hampton Falls, August 20, 1793, Patience Leavitt, born December 10, 1771, died June 23, 1849, daughter of Benjamin and Es- ther (Towle) Leavitt of Hampton Falls. Their chil- dren were: Esther, Abigail, Abraham, John, Rach- el Mitty. Reuben and Benjamin.

(VII) Reuben, eldest son and second child of Tristam and Patience (Leavitt) Cram, was born September 27. 1797. and died December 12, 1874. He married in Pittsfield. November 28. 1833. Polly Berry, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Lane) Berry. Their children were: Eunice, Charles T., Mary, Jane, Eliza, Frank E., the subject of the fol- lowing paragraph, and Ellen A., wife of Lewis Porter.

(VIII) Frank Edward, son of Reuben and Polly (Berry) Cram. was born on the old homestead in Pittsfield, where he now lives, January 5. 1847. He was educated in the common schools and at Pitts- field Academy, while Professor D. K. Foster had charge of it. He is a man of worth and sound judg- ment, and has been elected to various offices on the Democratic ticket. He has filled with credit to him- self the offices of selectman, road agent, tax collec- tor, member of the legislature and county commis- sioner. He is a member of Cadamount Grange. No. 97. Patrons of Husbandry, Pittsfield, Red Men Lodge, Norris, Knights of Pythias. and Suncook Lodge, No. 10. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Pittsfield, and has passed through the principal chairs. He married, Thanksgiving Day. November 24, 1870. Ida A. Young, born in Pittsfield. April IO, 1850, daughter of Andrew and Dorothy ( Blake) Young, of Pittsfield. They have three children: Natt. Allen, Frank Guy and Alvoy Blake.

(IX) Natt. Allen, eldest child of Frank E. and lda A. (Young) Cram, was born in Pittsfield, October, 1871. He was educated in the public schools, and graduated from Pittsfield high school. After leaving school he was a bookkeeper. and later read law two years with Pattee & George, attorn- neys, Manchester. April 1, 1899, he was appointed postmaster of Pittsfield, and served four years, and was then re-appointed and is now serving out his second term. He is a member of Corinthian Lodge. Knights of Pythias, of Pittsfield, and An- cient Free and Accepted Masons. He married. June 3. 1893. Edith Swett, of Pittsfield, daughter of David Knowlton and Elizabeth (Lane) Swett (see Swett, VIII). They have one child, Clifton Swett, born in Pittsfield, April I, 1905.

(I) Nathan Cram, with three of his sons-Ezek- iel. Nathan and Thomas-settled in Weare, New Ilampshire, some time before the Revolution. It is not known where they came from or what was the maiden name of Nathan (I) Cram's wife. The three sons all served in the Revolution.

(II) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (1) Cram, lived at Weare, New Hampshire, on the same farm with his father. This was located in what is called the Gore. Nathan (2) married Nason, and had six children: Ezekiel, whose sketch follows: Na- than. Samuel, Jonathan, James and Abigail. Nathan (3). Samuel and Jonathan all married and settled in Weare. James married Lydia Lull, and removed to Lowell, Massachusetts; Abigail married Robert Balch, and went to Vermont to live.

(III) Ezekiel, eldest child of Nathan (2) and (Nason) Cram, lived in Weare, on what is now the town poor farm. He afterwards moved to Wethersfield, Vermont. He married Mary Kin- son, and they had ten children: Hilliard. whose sketch follows : Hannah, John. Ezra. Jesse, Eliphalet. Daniel, Nathan. Lowell and Richard. Three of the sons, Hilliard. Ezra . and Jesse, settled in Acworth, New Hampshire: John went to Unity, this state ; while Eliphalet, Daniel and Lowell lived in Weare and reared two children each.

(IV) Hilliard. eldest child of Ezekiel and Mary (Kinson) Cram, was born at Weare. December 5. 1773. In 1779, he moved to Acworth, New Hamp- shire. where he was married, March 14, 1799, to Sarah, daughter of Elijah Gove. They had nine chil- dren: Elijah, John Shepard, whose sketch follows: Willard, Sabra, Julia, Joseph P., Samuel G., Mar- ietta. and Samuel G.

(V) John Shepard, second son and child of Hil- liard and Sarah (Gove) Cram, was born probably in Weare, New Hampshire, about 1802. He went to Hanover, this state, where he was a silver-smith by trade, and lived and died there. He married Sally. daughter of Joseph Gregg. of Aeworth. The Greggs were good old Scotch-Irish stock. Joseph Gregg was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1763. and was the great-grandson of James Gregg, who emigrated from Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1718. John Shepard and Sally (Gregg) Cram had six children: Daniel, Charles Hilliard, mentioned below. Clara, Sarah, Harriet and John. His wife died in Chi- cago. Illinois, about 1891.

(VI) Charles Hilliard, second son and child of John Shepard and Sally (Gregg) Cram, was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, March 22, 1832. Ile was educated in the common schools of that place. and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1854. He then went to Chicago where he became asso- ciated with the house of Ward. Daggett & Com-

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pany, manufacturers and wholesalers of boots and shoes. He served as clerk for fourteen years, and then was taken into partnership, which continued till his death in 1881. On April 30, 1856, Charles Hilliard Cram married Harriet Blaisdell, daughter of Timothy and Harriet ( Merrill ) Blaisdell, of Haverhill, New Hampshire. (See Blaisdell, III). They had nine children whose sketches are given in connection with their mother's record. Charles Hilliard Cram died at Chicago, March 21, 1881.

LOUGHLIN Loughlin or Laughlin is a name of Scotch origin, and is found occa- sionally in Ireland, but previous to the Revolution none of the name seem to have been in America.

(1) Hugh Loughlin was a native of County Armagh, Ireland, where he passed his entire life. His wife's surname was Katnes.

(II) James, son of Hugh Loughlin, was born in 1826, at Crosdenedd, County Armagh. Ireland, and died there in March, 1905. at the age of seventy-nine. He was a farmer. He married Elizabeth Nugent, of the same place, and they were the parents of six children; three living.

(III) Thomas, third son ond third child of James and Elizabeth (Nugent) Loughlin, was born at Crosdenedd, County Armagh, November 1, 1859. He was educated in the common schools of his native place, and at the age of twenty-two came to America, and first settled in Dover, New Hamp- shire where for a time he was employed in the print works. In 1882 he settled in Portsmouth, and entered the employ of the Frank Jones Company, where he continued five years. He then established himself in the business of bottling mineral waters, light drinks, and so forth, which he has since carried on with success. He is a Democrat, and has taken an active part in politics for years. In 1904 he was elected senator from the twenty-third district, and served the following session in the state senate.

Mr. Loughlin married, April 9, 1900, Mary ( Molbenden) Paul, widow of William Paul, of Portsmouth. By her first marriage she had two children : Theresa and Bernard; and by the second, Thomas, John and Harry.

GROVER The first of the Grovers who immi- grated to America is said to have been Jolin Grover, who was of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1634. He had a son John, born 1640, whose eldest son John was in And- over, Massachusetts. James Grover, who is said to have been a son of the last mentioned John, was born at Andover, married there and after the close of the Revolution moved with his family to Maine and settled in the town of Bethel. In the family of James were five sons-James, Jolin, Jedediah, Eli and Elijah, and three daughters, Sarah, Olive and Naomi; and from these sons have descended the Grovers of Maine and a part at least of those of New Hampshire, who in later years crossed over into the state last mentioned.

The foregoing is the statement of one of the chroniclers of early Grover family history in New England, and while written in perfect sincerity some of the statements therein contained are at variance with the facts proved by more recent in- vestigation of the family history. From the later and perhaps more authentic account it appears that the immigrant ancestor of the Grover family was Thomas, who came from England and settled in

Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the Malden side, in 1642; that this Thomas and his wife Eliza had several children, the names of some of whom are not known, but one of whom was Thomas, Jr., born 1653, married Sarah Chadwick and had, among their children, three sons, Thomas, Andrew and Ephraim, who in 1702 bought what is known as the "West Purchase" of Norton, Maine; that Andrew Grover, the second mentioned of these sons, by his wife Mary had a son James, who married Sarah Austin and had a son Jamies, Jr., who was Deacon James Grover, who settled in Nelson (as now known), New Hampshire, and subsequently removed to Bethel, Maine. This Deacon James Grover is iden- tical with the James referred to in the. preceding paragraph as father of the eight children therein mentioned. There is hardly room for doubt that the late Josiah Grover, of Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, the period of whose life ran from 1834 to 1892, was a descendant of one of the sons of Thomas and Eliza Grover, although from records now ex- tant that relationship cannot be definitely established. (I) Josiah Grover was born York, Maine, May 19, 1834, and died in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, June 21, 1892. His early opportunities to gain an education in the schools were very limited, for he was compelled to make his own way in life, but he always was a close, careful reader and by that means came to be a well informed man. When old enough to work he learned the trade of painting with Marcellas Bufford, of Ports- mouth, and worked for him about ten years, then for a short time at the Portsmouth navy yard. By industry and frugal habits he saved enough money to start in business for himself, and in the

course of time was placed in comfortable circumstances, and he also WON the respect of a wide circle of acquaintances.

He took

an interest in public

and political affairs, but never would consent to run for office. Mr. Grover married Helen Augusta Stackpole, daughter of George E. Stackpole, of Portsmouth. Their eight children were: John H., George W., Albert E., Charles E., Mary A., Joseph W., Frank H. and Henry C. Grover.

(II) John Howard, eldest son and child of Josiah and Helen (Stackpole) Grover, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 9, 1855, and after gaining a good early education in the public schools he took up painting with his father. He became a practical workman at that trade and also at paperhanging, and in 1884 started in business on his own account. Later on he became interested in real estate and gradually turned his attention to that branch of business. His efforts in life have been rewarded with good success, and he is re- garded as a substantial business man. For many years Mr. Grover has been prominently identified with various fraternal organizations in Portsmouth, and is a Mason, Red Man, member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Ancient Order of United Work- men. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, one of its trustees and official board, and an ex-member of the common council from the second ward of the city. He married, February 14, 1877, Mary Hannah Gove, daughter of George W. and Sarah Young (Lucas) Gove, granddaughter of Joseph Langdon and Mahala (Crockett) Gove, and great-granddaughter of Edward Gove, who was of English birth and ancestry and came to America many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Grover have one son, Fred H. Grover.

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The name Furbish is allied to Fro-

FURBISH bisher, Farbisher and Farber. It is thought to be derived from the occu- pation of scouring or preparing ( furbishing) armor in the days of the tournaments. The family is of Scotch origin, but the name is not numerous, either in this country or Britain. The American name during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries seems to be confined to the neighborhood of Dover, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine. William Fur- bish was one of the earliest settlers of this state, and so far as known he is the only American immi- grant of this family.

(1) William Furbish, who was probably born in Scotland, was in Dover, New Hampshire, as early as 1648. He owned land in Kittery, Maine, in 1664, which is still in the family and owned by Howard B. Furbish. His wife's name is not known. but seven children are recorded. These were Daniel, men- tioned below. John, died in Kittery in 1701. Hope- well, married ( first), Enoch Hutchins (2), and ( second), William Wilson. Katherine, married Andrew Neal. Sarah, married Thomas Thompson. Bethia, married Josialı Gould. William, Married Sarah and went to South Carolina.

(II) Daniel, eldest child of William Furbish, was born about 1664-65, probably in Kittery, Maine. About 1688-89 he married Dorothy Pray, of Brain- tree, Massachusetts. He was a Quaker, and liis house was a garrison in 1722. He died in Kittery, January, 1745.

(III) Joseph, son of Daniel and Dorothy (Pray) Furbish, was born in Kittery, Maine, about 1709-10 He married Elizabeth Meads, May 20, 1734, and died in Kittery, April 5, 1795.

(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) and Eliza- beth (Meads) Furbish, was born in Eliot, Maine, July 17, 1735. On December 17, 1769, he married Hannah Stacy, daugliter of Benjamin and Sarah (Tidy) Stacy, of Kittery. She lived but three and one-half years after her marriage, dying May 12, 1773. He died in 1808.

(V) Stephen, son of Joseph (2) and Hannah (Stacy) Furbish, was born in Eliot, Maine, April 12, 1770. On April 23, 1797, he married Catherine Hill, daughter of John and Martha (Rogers) Hill, of Kittery. He died in Eliot, October 5, 1826. She died in 18.44.

(VI) Joseph, son of Stephen and Catherine (Hill) Furbish, was born in Eliot, York county, Maine, February 26, 1805. He was a carpenter by trade, and followed that in connection with farming until his death. He was twice married. His first wife was Hannah Wadleigh, and they had five chil- dren, one of whom died in infancy. The four daugh- ters who lived to marry were: Elizabeth, married Charles Jenkins. Hannah J., married Albert Shap- leigh. Martha A., married Isaac Pindree. Charlotte H .. married William Johnson. Joseph Furbish mar- ried for his second wife. December 22, 1845, Caro- line Baker, of Portland, Maine. Of this union eight children were born: Joseph H., now living in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. Frederick B. also of Cam- bridge. Fannie E., married Calvin Brickett. How- ard B., born July 18, 185.3. lives on the old homestead. Charles F.,

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 102

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 876

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876