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(VI) Artemas, eldest child and only son of Captain William and Hannah (Goodard) Barnes. was born in Berlin, June 7, 1796. He was an un- usually prosperous farmer, tilling the soil on quite an extensive scale, and morally, intellectually and religiously speaking he. represented the very highest type of the New England country gentleman. His interest in the welfare and prosperity of his native town was always apparent. although much of his active life was spent elsewhere, and in addition to donating the land for the town house, he presented the town with two beautiful monuments perpetuat- ing the memory of the Rev. Dr. Puffer and Lieuten- ant Timothy Bailey, and an excellent portrait of himself, commemorative of his generosity, now occupies a conspicuous position in the Berlin town hall. Artemas Barnes died in Worcester, Massa- chusetts, February 2, 1877. His first wife, whom he married April 15. 1822, was Nancy Merriam, of Leominster. Massachusetts, and she died July 16, 1832. On September 3, 1839. he married for his second wife. Alice Stetson, of Boston. and her death occurred in Princeton, Massachusetts. No- vember 16, 1849. He reared a family of five chil- dren, all of his first union: Martha W., born Janu- ary 20, 1823, became the wife of George A. Cham- berlain, of Worcester; Captain William M., who will be again referred to; Betsey Maria. born August 25, 1826, became the wife of John C. Tabor, of Montpelier, Vermont, and died January 1, 1883 ; Nancy Jane, born February 14, 1828. became the wife of William H. Brown, of Princeton, and died
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May 26. 1854; and Sarah Ellen, born April 15. 1832, became the second wife of William H. Brown.
(VII) Captain William Merriam, second child and eldest son of Artemas and Nancy ( Merriam) Barnes, was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 23, 1825. At the Leicester ( Massachusetts) Academy, where his early education was concluded, he stood at the head of his class, and displayed to a marked degree that untiring industry and capacity for learning which, throughout his entire life, were predominating features in his character. Prior to his majority he made himself useful to his father in the latter's extensive farming operations, but an un- quenchable desire for a seafaring life made agricul- ture uncongenial to him. and on attaining his twenty-first birthday he sailed from New Bedford before the mast on a whaleship, bound for the Arctic ocean on a three years' cruise. His natural ability. regular habits and firm determination to work his way aft to the quarter-deck, soon enabled him to gratify his ambition, and having acquired the neces- sary experience and other qualifications constituting the principal equipment of a master mariner, he found no difficulty in obtaining the command of a New Bedford ship engaged in the whaling industry. His many voyages to the far north were always at- tended with excellent financial returns, and his good seamanship and unceasing vigilance for the safety of his crew obtained for him the somewhat unusual record of never having lost a man by ac- cident. Applying his leisure time on shipboard to his books he not only became proficient in the various departments of science, but also acquired a good knowledge of history and other branches of learning. He was familiar with the islands of the central and northern Pacific, also with the northern shore of Alaska beyond Point Barrows and had sailed through Behring Straits more than thirty times. During his last voyage to the Arctic ocean he was seized with a severe affection of the heart, which proved to be of an organic nature. He was, however, permitted to reach his home in Nashua, where he went to reside shortly after his marriage, and his exemplary life, which slowly ebbed away in the presence of his grief-stricken wife and daugh- ter, terminated March 8, 1887. It has been truth- fully said that "no thoughtless act or word of his ever caused a moment's pain to others. His court- esy and sympathy were as spontaneous as the pulsa- tions of his kindly heart, and his generosity was equally apparent." His affection for his wife and child was unfathomable in its depths and his last thought was for their welfare. On April 3. 1875. Captain Barnes married Emily Frances Cummings, of Nashua. daughter of Richard Montgomery and Almira (Nichols) Cummings, of Woodstock, Con- necticut. The only child of this union is Anna Frances, who is now the wife of Oliver P. Hussey, of Nashua, and was the mother of one child : Oliver Webster, deceased. Mrs. Barnes is a member of the Church of the New Jerusalem ( Swedenbor- gian), which was the religious faith of her late husband.
(Second Family).
The earliest traces of the Barnes BARNES race are found in the southeast part of England, and those who first bore the name are supposed to have come into England under the Norman kings, 1066-1154. Whether the name is a corruption of the Norse bjorn, signifying warrior, or of Baron, is a matter of conjecture. Records of the church in Surrey, England, show that Barnes families lived there five hundred years ago, and that the name is extant there now. Pre- vious to 1638 three men of the name, Thomas Barnes, migrated from England to America, who have since been known as Thomas Barnes of Hartford, Thomas Barnes of New Haven, and Thomas Barnes of Hingham. They were the ancestors of three large branches of Barnes families in America. (I) Thomas Barnes was an original proprietor of Hartford, Connecticut, where he located soon after the first settlement in 1635. He had six acres of land allotted to him in the land division of Hart- ford in 1639. In 1640 he resided quite in the north- west part of the village, where the intersection of Albany avenue and High street now is. He was one of the soldiers in the Pequot battle of 1637. when ninety white men exterminated the Pequot tribe of six hundred Indians, the most hostile and powerful of the New England savages. For his service he was granted fifty acres of land in 1671. He also had lands distributed to him east of the river in 1663. In 1641 he removed to the new set- tlement of Farmington, where he lived until 1689 or 1601. In 1688 he disposed of his estate by deeds. He was appointed sergeant of train band, October 6. 1651, joined the church in Farmington January 30. 1653, and was admitted freeman in 1669. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Andrews, of Farmington, and they had Benjamin, Joseph, Thomas, and Ebenezer. next mentioned.
(II) Ebenezer, fourth Thomas and Mary (Andrews) Barnes, was a deacon in the church, and is said to have resided in Waterbury, Connecticut. He became blind before he died. His wife's first name was Deborah.
(III) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (1) Barnes, was born in Farmington, Connecticut. The town records show that in 1718 Ebenezer Barnes, of Farmington, was paid six shillings for killing wolves: also Ebenezer Barnes was appointed ensign of a train band at the parish of Southington. in Farmington. in 1737, and appointed captain in 1742. The number of the name Barnes and the incom- pleteness of the records make the history of the in- dividual members of this family very difficult to trace ; but as family tradition refers to this member as Captain Ebenezer, there is little doubt that he is the person who received the appointments noted.
(IV) Daniel. son of Ebenezer (2) Barnes, is the next in the line of descent. Daniel Barnes was born April, 1701, and died May 24, 1775. He was a deacon in the church and captain for a train band. He married Zuriah, daughter of Abraham and Lydia Edgar. Asahel and Bill were two of their children.
THE BILL BARNES HOMESTEAD, CLAREMONT.
EUGENE SUMNER BARNES.
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(V) Bill, son of Daniel Barnes, was born in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1753, and died Febru- ary 24, 1842, in the ninetieth year of his age. It has been said that Daniel Barnes had a son William that died in infancy, and Bill, born later, was called Bill to escape the fatality supposed to follow naming a second child for one deceased, but still to hold in memory the child that was taken. Bill Barnes removed to Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1722, when nineteen years old, and bought a tract of land on the north side of Sugar river, opposite the present village of Claremont, which had de- scended in the family and is now owned by de- scendants in the fourth generation from him. After having done some clearing and built a house hie re- turned to Farmington, where he married, and took his wife home by ox-team. He combined the voca- tions of farmer and innkeeper, and soon after his marriage built the large two-story house now stand- ing on North street, about midway between Han- over and North streets, and opened it as a tavern. When the second New Hampshire turnpike was opened, about 1800, this tavern was left some dis- tance from the principal thoroughfare of travel, and he had it moved to its present location on North street. Near the present junction of Spring and North streets was a swinging sign on which was a lion, painted in colors unknown to natural history, pointing the way to "Bill Barnes's Tavern." In this house was a large hall in which the Masons held their regular meetings for a time, Mr. Barnes being an active member of the order, and it was used for balls and other festivities. By industry and thrift he accumulated a considerable fortune, and when a special tax was laid for the support of the govern- ment during the War of 1812 he was the third largest tax payer in town. At one time he owned what was known as the Lafayette mill privilege, which he sold in 1828 to Arvad Taylor.
The family of Bill Barnes were members of the Episcopal Church, which was much persecuted by the patriots during the Revolution on account of their pastor's keeping up public service for the King and royal family. Mr. Barnes was a prominent member of this church. and one of its first wardens. In 1785 he was chosen to represent the church in Claremont at the adjourned convention to be held in Boston, "Oct. 26, inst." Although an Episco- palian, Mr. Barnes was not a Tory, and subscribed the Association Test in 1776. A statement of the bounties and hires given to soldiers in the Conti- mental army and militia during the Revolution by the inhabitants of the town of Claremont credits him with the payment of nine pounds. He was one of the board of selectmen in 1787 and 1790. He married (first), in Farmington, Eunice Andrews. After seventeen years of married life she died July 22, 1793, leaving no issue. He married ( second). May 4, 1794, Esther, daughter of Captain Dyer and Elizabeth (Parkhurst) Spaulding, of Cornish. The six children of the marriage were: Eunice, William A., Ira K .. Orilla, Lyman S. and Ovid D. William was killed by a falling tree, and Ira was fatally scalded while boiling sap.
(VI) Lyman Spaulding, fifth child and third son of Bill and Esther ( Spaulding) Barnes, was born on his father's farm June 18, 1809, and died November 18, 1888. He was educated in the public schools, and always lived on the old farm he in- herited from his father. He was brought up an Episcopalian. In his early years he was a Whig. After the formation of the Republican party he was a member of that organization. Ile neither sought nor held office. Ile was an upright citizen, a good neighbor. and an honest man. He married Nancy Ann Kidder, died in Claremont. The chil- dren of this union were: Eugene Sumner, Edna Marion, Isabelle Angeline and Imogen Eliza.
(VII) Eugene Sumner, eldest son of Lyman S. and Nancy Ann (Kidder) Barnes, was born in Claremont, December 9, 1838. He was educated in the public schools and at Kimball Union Academy. For years he was in the employ of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad at Hyde Park, Massachu- setts, and later of the Old Colony Railroad in Bos- ton. Since 1891 he has been in the insurance busi- ness in Claremont. He is a Republican, and a member of the Episcopal Church. He married (first), July 32, 1861, at Pomfret, Vermont, Linda J. Child, who died the following spring; and (sec- ond) in Fairmount, now Hyde Park, Massachusetts, December 17, 1863, Lucy Emeline Bean, daughter of Phinehas B. and Rebekah Houghton (Worster) Bean (see Bean VII), born at Crown Point, New York, December 11, 1843. She was educated in the public schools and at Kimball Union Academy. They have one child, Fred Eugene Sumner Barnes, who was born in Claremont, October 10, 1864. He acquired his education in the schools of Claremont and at the Eastman Business College of Poughkeep- sie, New York. , He is associated with his father in the insurance business and manages the Claremont Ice Company. For five years he was in the loan and investment business at Rapid City, South Da- kota. He married, November 2, 1888, Ellen Eliza- beth Macomber.
(VII) Edna Marion Barnes was born August 17, 1840. Belle Angeline Barnes was born July 22. IS45; married Levi B. Judkins. November 13, 1866, and died December II, 1876. Imogen Eliza Barnes, born June 15, 1852, still lives on the Barnes home- stead in Claremont, where four generations have been born. She has been prominent in connection with benevolent enterprises.
Aodh (or Hugh) Balbh, of ancient BARNES Irish fame, was the ancestor of O'Beirin, which name is anglicized O'Beirne, Beirnes. Barne. Barnes. Barnewall, and Barnawell. The family herein mentioned is of re- cent arrival in America.
(I) Barnabus Barnes was born probably in county Fermanagh, Ireland, and was subsequently in England, whence he removed to Canada and set- tled in West Farnham, province of Quebec, where he was a farmer. He died December 3. 1868, at the age of about ninety years. Ile married Ellen Mullen, who was born probably in Ireland or Scot-
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land. After the death of her husband she married (second), at the age of sixty-eight, Joseph Garner, of Farnham, where she died two years later.
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(II) John, son of Barnabus and Ellen ( Mullen) Barnes, was born at West Farnham, province of Quebec. September 12, 1836, and died in Man- chester, New Hampshire, February 10, 1894, aged fifty-eight. At the age of twenty-one he left Can- ada and settled in Vermont, where he learned the blacksmith's trade. In July, 1857, he removed to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he lived the remainder of his life except about a year, which he spent at West Farnham. For eight years he worked at his trade in the employ of the Stark Mills, and then built for himself a shop at the corner of Walker and Main streets, West Manchester, where he carried on business until 1893. He was a skillful and industrious mechanic. and a prudent and thrifty citizen. From his earnings he saved money and bought lots adjoining the lot occupied by his shop, which are now of considerable value. He and his family were all members of the Catholic Church. In politics he was a very pronounced Democrat, tak- ing an active part in political affairs, but never holding office. He married, in Manchester, Novem- ber 2, 1857, Martine Archambeau, born in St. Vin- cent de Paul, province of Quebec, August 23, 1836, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Mathieu) Ar- chambeau. The father was born in St. Vincent de Paul, and the mother in St. Henry in Maschouche, province of Quebec. Ten children were born of this union. Those now living are: Mattie G., Lizzie A., and Israel H. Mattie G. married George F. Bowen, now of Bedford, and has one child, George J. Lizzie A., for years a saleswoman in Manchester, now resides with her mother. Israel H. is a painter in the employ of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. He married, August 20, 1900, Armandine Poris, who was born in St. John, province of Quebec. daughter of Lubin Poris, now of Manchester. George B., born in West Farnhanı, province of Quebec, August 3, 1861, died in Man- chester at the age of thirty-three years. Joseph B., Daniel N. and Rosie E. M. all died young.
The immigrant members of this family
IIEALD were residents of Massachusetts and pioneer settlers of Concord in less than fifteen years after the settlement of the Puritans at Plymouth. The Healds have always been found among the steady and progressive citizens of the country.
(I) John Heald came from Berwick in North- umberland county, England, and settled as early as 1635 in Concord, Massachusetts, where he was with the Rev. Peter Bulkeley. Elder John Jones and other first settlers of the town. He was made a freeman June 2, 1641. In 1655 he had four lots of land containing eighty-six acres. He made his will, and died five weeks later. May 24, 1662. His wife's name was Dorothy, his children included: John, Amos, Timothy, Ebenezer, Samuel, Israel, Ephraim,
and Dorothy. John and two or three others may have been born in England.
(II) John (2), eldest child of John (1) and Dorothy Heald, horn perhaps in England, is spoken of as John of Chelmsford. He was made a free- man in 1680. John Heald, of Concord, was a soldier under Major Simon Willard. August 7, 1675, to January, 1676. April 19, 1689, during the trouble with Governor Andross. Lieutenant John Heald mustered the military company of Concord and started for Boston to assist in the expected revolt. He married at Concord, June 10, 1661, Sarah Dane, and they had Elizabeth, John, Gershom, Sarah, and perhaps other children.
(III) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and Sarah ( Dane) Heald. married, 1690, Mary Chandler, and died November 25, 1721. They had nine chil- dren, Mary, John, Timothy, Josiah, Elizabeth, Samuel. Amos. Ephraim and Dorcas. (Mention of Ephraim and descendants appears in this article).
(IV) John (4), eldest son and second child of John (3) and Mary (Chandler) Heald, married a Hale and settled in Acton, Massachusetts, where he died in 1775. aged eighty-two. He had five sons, John, Joseph, Oliver, Israel and Asa.
(V) Oliver, third son of John (4) and (Hale) Heald, was born in Acton, Massachusetts, and died in Sliptown, New Hampshire, in January, 1790, aged fifty-six. He removed to Sliptown in 1759 and settled on Lot 4, Range VII. "So great was the distance then considered and the means of communication so limited, that his friends despaired of ever seeing him again." He married, in 1759, Lydia, daughter of Deacon Isaac Spaulding, of Townsend, Massachusetts. She died in March, 1802, aged sixty-five. They had eleven children, Daniel, and three daughters all at one birth, who died in infancy-the first deaths in Temple; Amos, David. Lucy. Lydia, Asa, Abigail (died young), and Abigail.
(VI) Amos, fifth child and second son of Oliver and Lydia (Spaulding) Heald, was born in Temple, New Hampshire, June 16, 1765, and settled in Nelson, New Hampshire. He married, in 1789, Sybil Brown, of Temple. and they had five sons : Amos, Oliver, David, Asa and Jefferson; and two daughters: Anna and Lydia.
(VII) Oliver (2), second son and child of Amos and Sybil ( Brown) Heald, was born in Tem- ple, October 1, 1790. He was a cloth dresser and farmer, and resided in Nelson. In 1849 he removed to Milford, where he lived until 1857, when he re- moved to Peterboro, where he died October 5. 1867. He was familiarly known as major, and was the family's representative in the War of ISI2. He served as selectman of Nelson and held cthier offices of trust. He became a Whig, and a Republican when the party was formed, and was a staunch anti- slavery man. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He married (first), April 30, 1816, Patty Wright, who was born in Nelson. March 28, 1704. daughter of Oliver and Martha (Dunster) Wright.
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(See Dunster VII). She died in Milford, August 19. 1854. He married (second), March 16, 1858, Relief Little, who was born in Peterboro, December 3, 1800, daughter of Thomas, Jr. and Relief (White) Little. She died April 27, 1886. The children of Oliver and Patty (Wright) Heald were: Addison, Albert, Sarah Dunster, Emily, Henry, Lydia, Wil- liam. David, Almira and Edwin.
(VIII) David, eighth child and fifth son of Oliver and Martha ( Wright) Heald, was born in Nelson, October 6, 1832. His boyhood was passed in his native town, where he obtained a common school education. At the age of fourteen he began to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, and three years later removed to Milford, where he worked some years as a journeyman. In 1856 he began business for himself, and in a short time employed five or six men. He was the sole proprietor until 1888, when he associated himself with C. H. French. now of Malden, Massachusetts, and J. W. Howard, of Nashua, the three forming the firm of Howard, French & Heald. Mr. Howard retired from the firm in 1893 and since that date the business has been conducted under the firm name of French & Heald, employing more than one hundred opera- tives. They have a factory equipped with all the late facilities and turn out annually about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of goods, consisting of chamber suits, chiffoniers, sideboards, book cases, etc., for the trade only. They have display rooms in Boston, where they exhibit a large and attractive assortment of the products of their factories. In business hours Mr. Heald has generally devoted his time to his business, but he has not felt that the accumulation of money is the one great object in life, and has taken a deep interest in the welfare of his town and immediate environment. He has looked after the educational affairs of the town, be- ing for years a member of the school board and later holding the position of chairman of the build- ing committee which had charge of the plans and construction of the new high school building. In politics he is a Republican, and for one term rep- resented his town in the state legislature. At the age of about twenty-four years he became a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, and for many years has demonstrated the compatability of a successful busi- ness career with faithfulness in every other relation of life. Mr. Heald has always believed that money laid out for the improvement of the educational de- velopment and moral and social elevation of the community is money well spent, and has always freely contributed his share to these ends.
He married (first), November 17, 1856, Mary Susan Frost, who was born in Ashburnham, Massa- chusetts, March, 1833. daughter of Ebenezer and Sally S. Sawyer Frost. She died in Milford, No- vember 0, 1858. He married, October 22, 1862, Mary Elizabeth Stone, who was born in Marl- borough, New Hampshire, June 19, 1840, and died in Milford, March 15. 1892. She was the daughter of Calvin and Elvira (Wallingford) Stone. Ile married (third), November 19, 1896, Lucretia A.,
widow of Edward A. Burns, and daughter of Still- man S. and Emeline G. ( Lull) Hutchinson, born in Milford. November 19, 1837. His children are : Ella Frances, Edward Stone, Frank Herbert, Florence Mabel, Clara May, Mary Susan and Harriet Louise. Ella Frances and Clara May died young. Edward is the subject of the next paragraph. Frank H. is with the Corbin Cabinet Lock Company, New Boston, Connecticut. Florence Mabel married Charles F. Morse, civil engineer, of Malden, Massa- chusetts. Mary Susan is the wife of Frederick N. Hutchinson, of the firm of Hutchinson & Averill, grocers of Milford. Harriet Louise married Dr. George W. Tong, of Brooklyn, New York. The children were by the second wife with the exception of Ella Frances, she being by the first.
(IX) Edward Stone, eldest child of David and Mary Elizabeth (Stone) Heald, was born at Mil- ford. January 31. 1864, and was educated in the schools of Milford, graduating from the high school in 1882. Following his graduation he took employ- ment in the furniture factory, of which he became superintendent in 1886, retaining that position until the present time (1907). He is familiar with the details of the business, both mercantile and me- chanical, and is always alert to save expense and improve the quality of their products. He is fond of music, excels as a singer and is in great demand at all places, in that locality, where music is a feature. He is a member of Benevolent Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Milford, and also of the Milford Golf Club. He married, in Mil- ford. October 6, 1886, Annie L. Epps, born in Francestown, November 9, 1862, daughter of Henry D. and Cynthia A. C. (Hardy) Epps, of Frances- town. They have four children : Edna G., born August 16, 1887: Emory D .. April 4. 1800: Hermann L., March 15, 1896; and Mary E., April 20, 1900.
(IV) Ephraim, sixth son and eighth child of John (3) and Mary (Chandler) Heald, was born February 19, I711, in Concord, Massachusetts, and reared a family of seven children.
( Mention of his son John and descendants forms part of this article).
(V) Ephraim (2), eldest child of Ephraim (1) and Eleanor Heald, was born September 29, 1734, and died September 12, 1815, in Temple, New Hampshire, where he was a pioneer settler. He was married November 17. 1757. to Sarah Conant, and they were the parents of eleven children.
(VI) Nathan, youngest of the eleven children of Ephraim (2) and Sarah (Conant ) Heald, was born April 25, 1779, in Temple. He married (first) Annie Stickney.
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