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 126

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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(IV ) Bradbury, son of James and Ruth (Moody) Carr, was born July 27, 1713, in Newbury. Massa- chusetts, and was among the pioneer settlers of Chester, New Hampshire. In 1741 he located on additional lot, number seventy-one, of Chester, and there cleared up a farm and passed his life. He was married November 6. 1734. according to York rec- ords, to Anne Richardson, of Newbury. Their chil- dren included : Bradbury ( died young ), Anne. Ruth, Joseph, Morry, Parker and Judith.

(V) Parker, third son and sixth child of Brad- bury and Anne ( Richardson) Carr, was born May 29, 1750, in Chester, New Hampshire, where he re- sided.

(VI) Peter, son of Parker Carr, was born Oc- tober 9. 1773, in Chester. New Hampshire. No rec- ord is found of his marriage, but his children were : William, Hazen, Peter, Jesse, Parker, John and Philip.

(VII) Peter (2), third son of Peter (1) Carr, was born in Chester, and married Sally Mitchel, of Andover. New Hampshire. He was an early settler in Grantham, New Hampshire, and died there. He had a family of ten children. William, the eldest, resided in Concord, and was a soldier of the Civil

war. Hazen, the second, was a miller at Orford, New Hampshire. Peter was a farmer in Haverhill. Roxanna, wife of Philip Little lived in Cornish. Sarah married (first) a Webster, of Enfield, and (second) a Pierce, of Fairlee, Vermont. Parker, of Plainfield. Jesse. was a farmer in Orford. John P. is mentioned below. Anne was the wife of Fred Noyes, of Concord. Philip resided in Plainfield.

(VIII) John P., son of Peter (2) and Sally

(Mitchell ) Carr, was born March 20, 1815, in Gran- tham, and was educated in the public schools of that town. When a youth he went to Enfield, New Hampshire, as an apprentice to his Uncle Hazen, where he learned the wheelwright trade, and while there engaged at carpentering, carriage man-

ufacturing. hotel business and as stage the driver. and also started in hame bits-

iness. 'The latter business was conducted

by the firm of Baker, Carr & Company, which removed from Enfield to Andover in 1803. and there continues. In 1863, he removed to An- dover, same state, where he died May 7, 1889. He was a good business man and was successful in his undertakings. Mr. Carr early took prominence in

the temperance movement, and was an active mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity. He was first a Uni- versalist and later a Unitarian in religious faith. liberal in his views and aided the society to propo- gate them, serving as a trustee of the Unitarian Church at Andover from its formation till his death. He was a Democrat in politics and took an active part in promulgating his ideas and was frequently called upon to serve the public. While in Enfield he was long the overseer of the poor, and was twice representative of Andover in the general court. He was married March 31, 1830, to Emily Abigail, daughter of Robert Cochran. of Enfield who was a prominent citizen of that town, which he represented in the general court, and was the first in New Hampshire to engage in the manufac- ture of linseed oil. His wife was a Currier. Mrs. Carr was active in church work, and was a highly re- spected and esteemed woman and helpmeet of her husband. They were the parents of five sons: Rob- ert C., engaged in business with his father and was subsequently with the J. K. Hill Company at Con- cord. Ile was one of the founders of the firm of Baker, Carr & Co., the original manufacturers of Concord hames. He twice represented Andover in the general court, and was a member of the senate. serving on the railroad committee in the last named body. He died in 1892. John P., the second, dis- tinguished himself in the practice of the law, and died in Tipton. Mi-souri, in 1874. Walter S., is the subject of the succeeding paragraph. George I., is engaged in the practice of law in New York. Clar- ence E., the youngest, is a lawyer and is also inter- ested in the manufacturing business with his brother, Walter S., at .Andover.

(IX) Walter Stephen, third son of John P. and Emily A. (Cochran) Carr, was born May 1, 1848. in Enfield, and was educated in the public schools of Andover and at New London Academy. At the age of nineteen years he left the school room to en- gage in business with his father. He first went into the factory and labored with other hands in the work of preparing wood hames for the harness trade. Bv steady attention to his duties and prudent care of his earnings, he soon was enabled to acquire an interest in the business, and in 1869 purchased a one- sixth interest. He later acquired a five-ninths inter- est and owned more than one-half of the business from 1877 till in 1902 the establishment was merged and incorporated with others as the United States

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Hame Company. Upon the first organization of the corporation 1901-02 Mr. W. S. Carr was presi- dent. He is now and has been since 1902 vice-presi- dent and director. The concern employs at its va- rious factories about six hundred hands, of which number one hundred are located at the Andover fac- tory. Mr. Carr gives nearly all his time and atten- tion to the business and part of it to the branch in Andover. He has, however, other interests. He at- tends and supports the Unitarian Church, and like his ancestors for many generations is an ardent ad- vocate to Democratic principles and policies. Through his influence and that of others in the community, the town of Andover, has always main- tained a strong Democratie majority. He represented the town in the legislature in 1889-90. He was mar- ried June 1. 1869, to Maria E. Thompson, who was born September 8. 1849, in Andover, daughter of George W. and Narcissa (Bowman) Thompson, natives respectively of Andover and Springfield. New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Carr have one daughter, Emily A., who is now the wife of Joseph Odlin, of Andover, superintendent of the Andover factory. They have one child, Dorothy Odlin, born February II, 1904.

(Second Family. )

(1) The emigrant ancestor of this branch CARR of the Carr family was John Carr or Ker, as the name was formerly spelled. a native of the north of Ireland, and a certificate of character given by a clergyman or a church official of the parish in the old country in behalf of himself and wife is still in existence. This ancient docti- ment reads as follows: "That John Ker and his wife Elizabeth Wilson lived within the bounds of this congregation from their infancy, behaving themselves soberly, honestly and piously, free from any publie scandall. so that they may be received as members of any Christian congregation or society, where his providence may order their lot, is certified Bally Wollin, June 23, 1736, by Ja. Thompson." John and Elizabeth (Wilson) Carr were in all probability a newly married couple when the above certificate was issued, and they emigrated immediate- lv after their union. settling at Chester. New Hamp- shire. They were residing in Chester in 1737 and it is recorded there that on February 28, 1738, John Talford sold to John Karr two houselots, Nos. 21 and Q, these lots constituite the old Carr homestead which is now owned by his great-great-granddaugli- ter, Florence C. Carr. The lives of these God-fear- ing people who founded in New Hampshire a home wherein they could enjoy their religious freedom unmolested, were undoubtedly identical with those of their compatriots who came to this state for a similar purpose, and they proved themselves indus- trious, exemplary citizens as well as strict observers of Presbyterian precepts. John Carr died in Chester, October 22, 1782, aged seventy-five, surviving his wife, whose death occurred September 22, 1781, at the age of seventy-six years. Their children were: John, born in Chester in 1737. died in 1813. Mark. who is referred to in the succeeding paragraph. Joseph, born in 1744, died July 30, 1783. John Carr who served three years in the Revolutionary war, married Mary Wilson, and had a family of six children, whose names are not at hand.

(II) Mark, second son of John and Elizabeth (Wilson) Carr, was born in Chester about the year 1743, and died there July 26, 1782. He married Eliz- abeth Gilchrist, daughter of William Gilchrist, and left one son, Samuel. His widow married for her second husband Abraham Silver, son of Captain James Silver, and went to reside in New Chester,

but afterwards returned to Chester and died there August 15. 1834, aged eighty-six years.

(III) Samuel, only child of Mark and Eliza- beth (Gilchrist) Carr, was born in Chester, February II, 1778. He was a prosperous farmer and a well-known cattle dealer of Chester, and resided there his entire life, which ended February 13, 1850, at the old homestead. In politics he was a Democrat and took an active part in local public affairs, holding some of the important town offices. In his religious faith he was a Presbyterian. He married Mary Stinston, of Londonderry, and she died September 144, 1858, being the mother of nine children. namely: Eliza (died young), Matthew, John (also died young), Mark, John, Samuel, Eliza and Jane (twins), and Nathan.

(IV) Samuel (2), fifth son and sixth child of Samuel and Mary ( Stinson) Carr, was born in Ches- ter, May 31, 1812. He occupied the homestead which he improved by erecting new and substantial build- ings of a modern type, and in addition to tilling the soil carried on quite an extensive business in buying and selling livestock. He was a Democrat in politics, and a Universalist in his religious belief. His death occurred August 17, 1877, aged sixty- five years. October 27. 1840, he married Lydia Hall, daughter of Henry and Lydia ( Marston) Hall, of Chester. She died November 27, 1902, aged eighty-one years. Their children are : 1 Mark, born May 22, 1842: he enlisted September 19, 1862, from Haverhill. Massachusetts, to serve nine months as a private of Samuel Duncan's Company F, Fif- tieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was honorably discharged August 24, 1863. He re-enlisted at Chester, New Hampshire, April 14, 1864, to serve three years. Was appointed sergeant of Captain Edwin Vaughn's Company A, First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry. He was severely wounded at White Oak Swamp, Vir- ginia. June 13, 1864. He was promoted to lieuten- ant, but the appointment did not reach him until after he was wounded. He was always to be found at his post of duty, bore a gallant part in all engage- ments of his command until wounded and achieved a proud record for efficient service and bravery in action. He died at the old homestead, September 22. 1903. 2. Charles P., born January 21, 1845, died at the old homestead in Chester, September 22, 1906. 3. Ellen A .. married Warren A. Stewart, of Haver- hill, Massachusetts, November 20, 1868-was killed by lightning in that city. July 29. 1885, she left two daughters. 4. Mary E., born December 12, 1848, died November 27, 1869. · 5. Florence C., see for- ward. 6. Warren M. All these children were born in Chester.

(V) Florence C., third daughter and fifth child of Samuel and Lydia (Hall) Carr, acquired a good education at a neighboring academy, and is a lady of munich ability and enterprise. She resides at the homestead in Chester, is extensively engaged in agriculture, and has attained success in keeping summer boarders, her estate being widely and fav- orably known as a pleasant resort. Miss Carr has in her possession a part of the red silk riding-hood worn by her great-great-grandmother on her return to Chester on horseback on a pillion, such being the mode of conveyance for long journeys.

People of this name were very early

SMART in New Hampshire but they seem to have been much more busily occupied in clearing away the forest and developing farms and workshops than in recording their progress. A thor- ough search of the vital records of New Hampshire

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fails to reveal their abiding places or their births and deaths. The founder of the family in this state was a man of considerable ability and prominence, and his descendants, where record of them can be found, seem to have partaken of his character and worth.

John Smart. the ancestor of those in New Hamp- shire bearing the name, was a native of the county of Norfolk, England, whence he came to Massa- chusetts in 1635. He was accompanied by his wife and two sons and settled in Hingham, where he drew a house lot in 1635. He soon removed to Exeter. New Hampshire, and received an assignment of one acre and twenty-six poles of meadow "next the town." from which it would appear that he was the owner of cattle or goats. His homestead was on the cast side of Exeter river, in what is now Strat- ham, but he removed thence to the northern part of Exeter, now Newmarket. His descendants still live in that town. He did not sign the "Combina- tion," for the government of Exeter, but was a pub- lic-spirited man and participated in the purchase of the Wheelwright house for a parsonage. His name first appears on the town books January 16, 1645. On February 3. 1698, he was chosen by the town meeting as a member of the committee for seating the people in the meeting house. (More than one line of his descendants are mentioned below.)

(I) Daniel Smart, who was undoubtedly a de- scendant of John Smart, was born June 10. 1779, probably in Newmarket, but the family record gives no place. The vital records of the state have no account of it whatever. This much is known: In IS19 he removed from Newmarket to that part of Effingham, New Hampshire, now Freedom, and en- gaged in agriculture. He died September 24, 1824, in Freedom, aged forty-five years. His wife, Han- nah Langley, was born March 25. 1788, probably also in Newmarket, and died October 31. 1851. in Eaton, having survived her husband more than twenty-sev- en years. Their children were. Levi, Osborn, Dan- iel, Joseph, Abigail, Mary, Sophronia, who married Leavitt Alley : Everett, Lydia and John. Everett was a soldier of the Merican war.

(II) John, youngest child of Daniel and Han- nah (Langley) Smart, was born October 10, ISIS, in Newmarket, and was a babe when his parents moved to Freedom. He succeeded to the ownership of his father's farm, where he resided and cared for his mother until after her death, when he sold and bought the "Cushing farin." one of the largest in town, situated near Freedom village, where his children could get the benefit of the village school and there he resided until his death, May 31. 1892. He was a Free Will Baptist, and aided in building what is known as the "White Meeting House." He was married December 22, 1842, to Amanda M. Tackson, who was born December. 24, 1820, in Eaton, daughter of Walter P. and Sally ( Durgin) Jackson. Walter P. Jackson was born 1800 in Ea- ton, and died in Missouri about 1837. His wife was born in August, 17os, in Eaton, and died December. 1877. in Madison, New Hampshire. Walter P. was a son of Daniel and Abigail (Merrill) Eaton, the latter a native of Conway, this state. The former died in Eaton, over seventy years of age. John and Amanda M. Smart were the parents of five children, accounted for as below: Mary E .. horn December I. 1843. married Albert Andrews, of Augusta, Maine. Sarah Vina, November 26, 1845, married Alonzo G. Fowler, April 30. 1865. John O., July 10. 1851. is in the livery business at West Newton, Massachusetts. Cora A .. December 18, 18:8. is single. Elmer J, the subject of the next paragraph.

(III) Elmer Joseph, youngest child and second son of John and Amanda M. (Jackson) Smart, was born in Freedom, September 4, IS61. He was edu- cated in the public schools, graduating from the New Market high school. After teaching thirty-three terms of common and high school with great suc- cess, he studied law in the office of Hon. Albert G. Ambrose, of Augusta, Maine, and with Worcester & Gaffney, of Rochester, New Hampshire, and was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in July. 1887 and United States courts, 1888. He soon afterward opened an office in Rochester, where he has since built up a large and successful practice. He is a Re- publican in politics, but has never sought office. He is a director of the Rochester Loan and Banking Company, was one of the organizers of the Roches- ter Building and Loan Association, and has been one of its directors from the beginning. He was two years on the school board in Freedom, and was chos- en town clerk of Rochester in 1888. He is a mem- ber of the Church of Unity. He is also a member of Humane Lodge, No. 21, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of Rochester : Temple Royal Arch Chapter, No. 20; Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar : also of Motolina Lodge. No. 18, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Rochester; and Norway Plains Encampment, of Rochester.

He married, in Conway, August 26, 1884, Ger- trude M. Heath, who was born in Conway. Septem- ber 14. 1863, daughter of George A. and Elizabeth (Harriman) Heath. George A. Heath was born August 16, 1836, and died January 21, 1900. Ilis parents were George W. and Mary ( Lang) Heath. the latter born in 1804. Elizabeth Harriman was born July 26. 1841, and died October 3, 1880, daugh- ter of Amos and Hannah ( Hawkins) Harriman. Amos Harriman was born April 15, 1819, and died January 9. 1881: his wife was born October 24. 1815, and died November 24. 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Smart have two children: Guy. born March 15, 1888; and Blanche Elizabeth, June 2, 1890.

(I) William P. Smart was a pioncer settler of northern New Hampshire, and was a farmer in Campton at the earliest period of which knowledge is now obtainable. He led a somewhat roving life. and died in Ossipee. this state, May 20. 1860, aged seventy-six years. His body was deposited in the "Chick" cemetery in Ossipee. He was married in Campton, November 17, 1808, by Rev. Peletial Chap- in, to Annie Percival, said to have been a native of Connectient. She survived him, and died in Ossipee. October 3, 1865. They had ten children, only two of whom ever married. A daughter married a Mr. Blaisdell, and resided in Campton.

(II). Luther, son of William P. and Annie ( Por- cival) Smart, was born February 13. 1814. in Thorn ton, New Hampshire, as shown by the family re- ords. He grew up in Campton, obtaining his e luca- tion in the public schools of the town. Early in 'iie he was employed in a sash and blind mill. au 1 all his business activities were identified with the line of work. He built a mill near his home in Can p- ton, and made blinds which he was obliged to haul on a wagon to Concord to get them to market He stthsequiently removed to Lowell. Massachusetts, where he was in business two or three years. La- ter he spent some years at Goffstown, this state, and was two years in Manchester. In 1858 he went In Ossipee, New Hampshire, and bought a mill above Moultonville, which he rebuilt and operated. In company with another he built a mill at what is known as Chickville, but this was soon washed out by a freshet. Going a little farther down the Beach river he built a mill at Center Ossipee, which is still

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standing and operated by his son and grandsons. This was about 1865. Mr. Smart was a very indus- trious man, and was actively engaged in business until a short time before his death. He passed away at Ossipee. August 6, 1800. In religious faith he was a Second Adventist, and in politics a Repub- lican. He was an intellectual man, interested in in- ventions, and was a grantee of several patents. Of quiet and domestic disposition, he did not seek any part in the management of public affairs. He was married September 5, 1844, in Sandwich, by Rev. Enoch J. Prescott, to Mary Dore, of Ossipee, a na- tive of Wakefield, this state. She survived him, dy- ing May 23, 1891. She was a religious woman, a Baptist in faith, and was respected by the community. Of their three children only one survived the period of childhood, Charles II.

(III) Charles Herman, only surviving child of Luther T. and Mary (Dore) Smart, was born June 8, 1845, in Campton. New Hampshire. Much of his time prior to attaining his majority was devoted to study. He was a student of private schools, the Sandwich high school, and New Hampton Literary Institution. In the meantime, in vacations, he was acquiring a knowledge of his father's business, and immediately after leaving school became his father's assistant. When but a small boy, he commenced work in the sash and blind factory of J. Austin, in Goffstown, this state, and to the present time, has been interested in the same line of business. During twenty years of this time, he made a specialty of in- side blinds. the chief markets being Portland, Bos- ton and Fall River. This branch of the business proved remunerative and laid the foundation for a competency. The business now is manufacturing doors, windows and blinds, window and door screens in connection with a saw mill, cutting rough lumber, shingles. lathes etc. Like his father, Mr. Smart is industrious, and continues to look after the details of his business, though much has been resigned to his sons. About 1877 he built his handsome and commodious residence at Center Ossipee. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and an carn- est Republican, but prefers the quiet of domestic life to a participation in the strifes of political serv- ice. He was married September 14, 1876, to Helen Folsom, who was born August 15. 1854, in Tam- worth. New Hampshire, daughter of John T. D. and Asenath (Whipple) Folsom, of New Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Smart have three children, namely : Annie May, Charles Ellis and Harry Preston. The daughter is the wife of C. Archie Horne, of Haver- hill, Massachusetts. The elder son married Mildred Blaze, of Parsonfield. Maine, and has two children, Preston Blaze and Charles Edward. The younger son married Hattie Coll my. of Farmington, New Hampshire, and has a daughter, Helen Folsom.

KNAPP The two earliest American ancestors of this name appear to be Nicholas and William Knapp, both of whom were proprietors of Watertown, Massachus tts, in 1636-37. It is not known that they were brothers or other- wise related. William Knapp. a carpenter by trade, was born in England in 1578, and settled at Watertown in 1630. His wife was named Pris-

cilla, and there were three sons, William, John and James, beside several daughters. Nicholas Knapp was born in England settled in Watertown. and in 1648 moved to Stamford, Connecticut, where he died April 16, 1670. His first wife, Elinor, died June 16, 1658. There were four sons, Jonathan, Timothy. Joshua and Caleb, beside several daugh- ters. Nicholas Knapp's second wife was Unity

(Buxton) Brown, widow of Peter Brown. Still another New England Knapp was Job, born in York- shire, England, in 1669, who settled in Sutton, M:Is- sachusetts. Owing to lack of records it is not known from which of these early settlers the fol- lowing line is descended.

(I) George Knapp, born in Franconia, New Hampshire, was a son of Oliver Knapp, who came from Massachusetts. He was a farmer all his life, and in 1841 moved to Colebrook. He married Fanny Chandler, and they had seven children: George. Perley, Alonzo, Melissia, Joseph, William, Ezra.

(II) George (2). son of George (1) and Fanny (Chandler) Knapp, was born in Franconia. New Hampshire, December 6, 1826. At the age of thir- teen his father moved to Colebrook, and that place became his permanent home. He was a farmer all his life. On June, 1856, George (2) Knapp married Elvira, daughter of Caleb Little, and they had three children: Perley, who sketch follows; Annie, who married Charles Tewksbury, of Colebrook; and Kelsey. who lives in Colebrook. George (2) Knapp died January 26. 1907, and his wife is still living. (III) Perley, eldest child of George (2) and El- vira (Little) Knapp, was born in Colebrook, New Hampshire, September 23, 1857. He was educated in the common schools and began farming at an carly age, and also went into the lumber business at Stewartstown. He has a saw mill on Mohawk stream, where he makes shingles and clap boards and runs a planer for custom work, also operates the starch factories and cheese factory. at this place. He is a Republican in politics, and is the most influential man of his party in the town. He was county com- missioner for six years, beginning in 1893. He served in the legislature of 1896-97. and was select- man of Stewartstown in 1002-03. For several years he was a member of the school board. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Red Men. In May, 1880, Perley Knapp married Helen Smith, (laughter of Reid and Cordelia Cummings, ot Cole- brook, who died, 1891, leaving two children : George, born I881; and Annie, 1887. On August 27, 1892. Perley Knapp married his second wife, Lillian Flan- ders, daughter of Mason and Elizabeth Flanders, of Stewartstown. They have one son, Perley, born 1898.

At the time men were providing them-

KNAPP selves with surnames, and making use of the prominent features of the land- scape near which they lived for that purpose, Knapp took his name from his place of residence at or near the summit (Knap) of a hill. just as How took his name from a small hill, and Low and Law took theirs from still smaller hills.

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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 126

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