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 24

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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Born in the county of Derry, Ireland waton The Gamble , were among the car iest of the Seach iam- ilies to take refuge in Ireland. William Starrett and his wife came to this country in 1728, and set- tled first at Pomaguid Maine: and in 1735. at Up- per St. George's, now Warrm, Maine. On the breaking out of King George's war, they r. moved to Wohurn. Missachusetts, and finally to. De lham, where he died March 8, 1,69. Ilis widow returned to St. Georg 's, Maine, where she died April 12. 1756. They had five children: Margaret, married (first ) Hugh Scott, ( second) Dr. D. Lo.ks, (third) Steplien Peabody. lived and died at Warren, Maine. Ilugh, born in Irelan 1, 1 st at sea D. vil, marri d


MeC intock, lived and died at Francestown, New


Hampshire. Colonel Thonis born in Warren, Main ., in 1738, married Rebecca Lewis, and died January 31. 1922. William, whose sketch follows.


( II) William, fourth son and youngest of the ive children of William and Mary Man 'I . ) Star- rett, was born in Warren. Meine, Av 4. 1713. He lived for a time in Dedham, Massachusetts, where le married. Ile and His wife left Dedham for New Bost n, New Hampshire, where they arrived May 12, 1770, after a journey of three days. They rented the Carson place for three years, and on February 21. 1773, they ran ved to Francest WI, New Ilamp- chi: with besame their permanent home. They livel in the south part of the town on the farm : Perwards owned by their grandson. James Il av ird Starred William Starrof sevel in the K volu- ti mary war. He was one of the founders of the Cour straal Church in Frage stown, and for forty-eight years served as dearm Ile d'! mas town (fices. He died in Fratestown, Nagut 3. 1820, from an attack ly y savan ball He married. December to. 197, Aligual. daughter of Day ' and Deborah Fi her, of Dedham. Massa lesers She was born in Declam, Jme 15. I'm weil in


i en children, all form in Francest carent the eldesst, why was born in' Dech m. The ch'llren


of that var. Willim orn November 1, 1770. married Ln y Baldwin, in September, 177, hvor in Antrim, Nex Matchin, and in Waliret n, Maine . Here he ci 1 August 25, 817 I a. g. bern August 12. 1772. 0 .d June 14. 770. Da idl \ hose ·ketch Collowy. Vier, kon Septuml r _ 1770. married Himla Dare, of New halen. New Hampshire, an I ded in Harlem, Maine. . Voust 14. 18I. Vally, or Other 22 1758, 1 wrid G rry Whiting, Setregler & IN die in New Boston. April 1, 1531 IT- 117h. horn Jemary 2. 178t, died in Francese wi, Cotaler 24, 18.30. D.l "ah, Forn December 20. 1782, marrid Samuel war of Francestown, February 5. 1822, and died in Francis- town, October 21, 1820. Polis, born January 2. 175. died in Francestwa Setember 20, 1862. Iother, bern January 8. 179. died in France-town, May 24, 1815 S vella, born June 12, 1780, married Cynthia Gay, of Francestown, February 13, 1816, succeeded to his father's farm, was a salesman and


for twohy-fourmed In the 1.


Jan 12. 1750, ferried Isaac Heaton, of Dutyun. Waine, J.n mary 23. 1815, died there May 24, 1822. Calvin, i'm Jul, 28, 1701, 11. fried Betsey Clark, Oct ber 7 14 7, 5.mov 1 to Putnam, now Wash- ington, Maine, where he died March 17, 1876.


( III) David, third son and fourth child of Wilham an! Abigail ( Fisher ) Starrett, was born in Francestown. New Hampshire, April 21, 1774. He married Nabby E. Appleton, of North Brook- field, Massachusetts, in Sedemer, 1803, and died in Arkansas, June IoIO.


(IV) Joseph Applein, son of David and Nabby E. (Appleten) Stirfett, was beri af fil-borough, August 3, 804. At the ag . vi nine years he moved to Mont Vern n, New Hampshire, where he was a tanner and currier. He was a dacon in the Con- gregational Church, and h repeat This town in the legislature. He married Marit In. daughter of John and Dolly (D rent ) Bric .. . Min Ver- in. There were five children: Henrietta M., bern September 2% 1834: William S. A., whose sketch follow .: M ry J., June 17, 1840: Emily J., D .c mm- Per 14, 140: I'm V. November 25, 1858. Deten Jesmole A. Stirret died May 22, 1844. at the ad- vance lage of ninety years and nine months.


(V) Willi'm Sullivan App cion, son of Joseph il tm and Maria J. (Prue . ) Starrett, was born At Mount Vernon, New Trump hire, June 4, 1838. He v & chicated in the wenn on sein Is, and liter ·ult Von a farm containing som cons. He marriel France, Flen Mccullomy daughter ,f Vi imd S parm. ( Trow ) MeCuMl m, of Mont Vermm. There were to o chilly 1: Familie Cutter Anget n and Henriet's Maria. The latter married Frederick Aureaisen, of New York. He is a . wvil ti gineer anl assi tant brid engineer o, th. I. ng


Ne chill Fighth, Forn June 11. 1005.


Among the carly settler of the east ALGER of Maine were Andrew and Arthur Alger, brothers. Though one authority says they came from Dunst m, Somaretshire, F .- land. it is more probable they are . fr gi Diy ton, Norfolk county, as it is certainly kiown that a family of that name was for a long time > - ttl. d there. Andrew was living in Saco. Min;, in 10go. He was styled a "surveyor." and 16 4-15 h- 1 a company of 11en on Stratton's Island ony rol in fishing. In 1651 he and his brother Arthur bought it fr. ct of land containing marly a th


of the Indians in what is now Scarb. roush. M ine. They gave the place the name of Dunston in memory of their old home in England, which is still borne by a flourishing village there. They set- tled there in 1654, and Andrew was constable and -electman of the town in 1668. In October, 1075. the In lians attached their garrison hou , but fagy y to capture it, after destroying the empty hi - if Andrew's sons-in-law, they retired to the woods.


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Andrew, however, in .the attack was shot dead and Arthur mortally wounded, dying at the house of William Sheldon in Marblehead, October 14, 1675. Andrew's family fled to Boston, and his widow mar- ried Samuel Walker. Arthur was a constable in Scarborough in 1658, grand juror in 1661, and repre- sented the town in the general court in Boston in 1671 and 1672. Andrew married Agnes -, by whom he had John, Andrew, Matthew, Elizabeth, who married John Palmer, Joanna, who married ( first) Elias Oakman, and ( second) John Mills, of Boston, and a daughter who married John Ashton, or Austin. Arthur married Ann -, by whom he had children, but their names have not been learned. From one or the other of these brothers the present line of Algers has doubtless descended.


(I) Alexander Alger was born in Maine. His occupation was that of a mason. He married and had a son Alexander.


(II) Alexander (2), son of Alexander Alger, was probably born in Maine. Like his father his occupation was that of a mason. He came to Man- chester, New Hampshire, in 1844, and took up his residence there. Politically he is an Independent. In 1860 he married J. Rose, daughter of Martin Conner, of Ireland, who was educated in the paro- chial schools and for a time was teacher. His wife is a member of the Catholic Church. Twelve children have been born to them, ten of whom died in infancy. Among them were William Francis, and Frederick, born September, 1862.


(III) William Francis, eldest son of Alexander and J. Rose (Conner) Alger, was born in Man- chester, July 21, 1861. He was educated in the parochial and public schools. He has been con- nected with the weaving department of the Amos- keag Mills for thirty-six years, and as second hand for five years. He bought the place in Goffstown where he now resides, and has erected thereon new buildings. Politically he affiliates with the Repub- licans. Mr. and Mrs. Alger are both members of the Catholic Church. He married, March 10, 1885, Kate E., daughter of John and Catherine (Mc- Derby ) Gavin, of Montreal, Canada. His wife was educated in the public schools. Their children are: Arthur, born October 16, 1886; William, November 6, 1887; Leonard, February 18, 1889, died the same day; Silvia, October 3, 1890; Annie, December 30, 1891; Rosa, March 11, 1894; Walter, February 9, 1897; Leonard, 2d, born and died February 2, 1898; Jenevieve, July 18, 1899, who died young; Robert, January 5, 1903; and Katie, August 20, 1905.


This old French name, which was


BUSHEY originally spelled in quite a different form, was brought into New Hamp- shire from the province of Quebec by Isaac Wilkes Bushey, now a successful and respected citizen of Concord. His parents were Louis and Rebecca Bushey, of Richmond, province of Quebec, natives respectively of Montreal and of Yorkshire, England. The name of Louis Bushey's parents are not now obtainable, but it is known that his mother lived to


a great age. He learned the trade of carpenter in Montreal, and settled at Richmond, province of Quebec, where he was extensively engaged in build- ing operations, and died at the age of more than seventy years. He was a very active and rapid worker. and accomplished more in a day than most carpenters of the present day in this section would attempt to perform in two days. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Church. The latter was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann Boast, who came from England and settled in Rich- mond, where they lived and died, the father being a blacksmith. Mr. and Mrs. Bushey lived as man and wife for more than fifty years, and the latter survived her husband some years. They were the parents of ten sons and two daughters. Elizabeth, the eldest, died unmarried, at the age of about twenty-four years; Joseph and William are farmers, residing in Iowa; Isaac W., is the fourth; Louis died in Boston in May, 1905; Alfred died, a young man, at Richmond; Robert died in Butler county, Iowa; Edward Henry died in Lancaster, New Hampshire, November II, 1904; the ninth and tenth died in infancy; Thomas George is a resident of Toronto, Canada; and Emmeline, the youngest, who is married, resides at Melbourne in that province.


Isaac W. Bushey was born November 8, 1842, in Richmond, province of Quebec, and left home at the age of twelve years to live with his grand- father, Joseph Boast, who conducted a blacksmith shop in Richmond, and from whom the grandson acquired the trade. They made a specialty of the manufacture of agricultural implements, and did a general blacksmithing business. Having decided to try his fortune in the United States, he arrived in Concord the first day of August, 1865, and here he completed his trade with Harvey, Morgan & Co., where he perfected himself in carriage ironing. This occupied his time in Concord until the inhala- tion of coal gas at his forge caused the breaking of his health and he was compelled to abandon the work. In the meantime the business had changed hands, and he had long been in the service of the Abbott-Downing Company, which he left in 1873. He then located on Pleasant street, and for eleven years conducted a successful livery business, which he sold out in 1884. Having developed much skill in the handling of horses and a great love for these noble animals, he has since been steadily employed in breaking colts and the care of horses for others. In 1893 he bought a farm on South street in Con- cord, and in the following year built thereon a very handsome home and commodious and convenient barns for the care and handling of horses. In this connection he tills nearly forty acres of land. Mr. Bushey accepts the faith of the Methodist Church. Though not a member of any organization, he was a regular attendant during the life of his wife of the Baptist Church in Concord. He is a member of Capital Grange, of which he has served as steward, and in which he received the largest vote ever given for the office of overseer, but declined


Isaac W Bushey


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to accept the office. In political affiliations he is a Democrat. He married, November, 1869. Elizabeth Maria Morrill, of Danville, province of Quebec, who died in May following. He married, December 25, 1878, Henrietta M. Carr, born November 26, 1839. in Unity, New Hampshire, daughter of Harris and Leah Thurber, and widow of Hial Carr. Mrs. Bushey had a daughter, Ida Jane Carr, who died at the home of Mr. Bushey at the age of twenty-six years, and one daughter is the fruit of the second union, namely, Elizabeth Etta Bushey, now aged twenty-five years. The mother died September 16, 1905, and was buried in Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord.


BABB The Babbs of New Hampshire are prob- ably descended from Philip Babb, who was of Kittery, Maine, in 1652, and the next year was associated under the commissioners from Massachusetts, with Major Bryan Pendleton, Nicholas Shapleigh, and others in the government of the Isle of Shoals, and a few years later lived there.


(I) William Babb was born in Barrington, New Hampshire, in 1765, and died in Strafford in 1846. He settled on a farm in Strafford which is still in the family name. He worked at his trade of mason and built the first chimney in Strafford above the Blue Hills. He married Sarah Leighton, and they had James, Sampson, Dennis, William and Isaac.


(II) Sampson, son of William and Sarah (Leighton) Babb, was born in Strafford in 1790, and lived on his father's homestead. He was a farmer and mason. He married Hannah Mills, and they had five children: Daniel L., Sarah J., Mary Ann, and two children who died young. Sarah J. married Nathaniel Brewster, and Mary Ann married Ebenezer H. Holmes.


(III) Daniel L., son of Sampson and Hannah ( Mills) Babb, was born in Strafford, October 1, 1810, and died April 14, 1888. He lived on a farm in the Strafford Blue Hills, and was a brick and stone mason. He was a man of good business ability and common sense and was for some time a member of the board of selectmen. In religion he was a Free Will Baptist. He married Mehitabel B. Lyford, who was born August 27, 1816. Five chil- dren were born of this marriage: John ( died young ), Nancy L., Hannah A., John L. and Eliza M. Nancy L. married (first) Asa Clark, and ( second ) William Clough. Hannah A. married Jaines Whitmarsh. John L. is mentioned below. Eliza M. married Henry Lord.


(IV) John Lyford, son of Daniel L. and Mehit- abel B. (Lyford) Babb, was born in Strafford. April 17, 1842. He followed the industrial lines of his ancestors, resided on the old homestead and in addi- tion to carrying on farming worked at the mason's trade. He married (first) Mary .1. Nutter, hy whom he had two children: an infant, died young : and Arthur C., born March 31, 1869, who is a mason in Strafford. He married ( second) Abbie Ham, who was born in Rochester, daughter of Downing and Mary Ham, of Rochester. By her he had three


children : Frank H., mentioned below; Mary A., who died young; Hattie E., who married William J. Moore. He married (third) Jennie L. Jones, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Jones, of Barn- stead.


(V) Frank Ilam, son of John L. and Abbie (Ham) Babb, was born in Strafford, May 7. 1872, and educated in the public schools of that town. Ile is the fifth in line of descent in this family to fol- low the mason's trade, which he learned of his father. At the age of twenty-one he settled in Rochester, where he has since become a prosperous mason contractor, and has erected some of the largest and finest buildings in the county, among which are the Dodge Block, Ilotel Hayes, Sal- niger's front, and the Gonic shoe factories. He also built the library of the State Agricultural College at Durham, the pulp mill at West Derby, Vermont, and is now (1907) erecting the brick work of the city hall at Rochester. He is a Republican in poli- tics, and was a member of the city council in 1906. He is a member of Montolina Lodge, No. 18, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Rochester. He married, June 28, 1893, Lillian M. Wentworth, who was born in Strafford, New Hampshire, December 31, 1863, daughter of Alonzo P. and Lydia .1. ( Sanders) Wentworth ( See Wentworth VII ). They have three children: Tilford F., Raymond S. and Everett W. Two others died young.


This name is one of those which MCELWAINE do not occur in the early history of New England. The immi- grant ancestor of this McElwaine family was one of those who came to America almost a century ago and helped to lay the foundations of the present prosperity of this nation.


(I) Joseph McElwaine was born in the county of Derry, Ireland, about 1780. He emigrated to America about 1830, and settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After residing there about five years he returned to Ireland and spent the remainder of his life there. He died in May, 1866. He married Charlotte Lenox, who came to America after the death of her husband with her daughter, and died in Philadelphia in 1888, aged eighty-four years. The children of Joseph and Charlotte ( Lenox) Mc- Elwaine were: Sarah. Ellen, who married William Anderson, of Philadelphia. Robert, who died soon after coming to America. Mary Ann, who married Michael Hanney, of Philadelphia. Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Sweeney. Margaret, wife of Wil- liam Balbirnie. George B., mentioned below. Ma- tilda, who married William Sheppard, of Phila- delphia. John of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Char- lotte, deceased. Helena, deceased.


(II) George Balbirnie, second son and seventh child of Joseph and Charlotte (Lenox) McEl- waine, was born in county Derry, Ireland, Septem- ber 5, 1838, and in July, 1862, came to America and settled in Buxton, Maine, where he was employed for a time as a laborer. Later he took a place in the woolen mills of that place, learned the dyer's


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trade, and remained there is. years He then re- moved to Great Falls where he worked as foreman of the dyeworks until 1889. In the latter year he removed to Gonic, New Hampshire, and became overseer in the dyeing department of the Gonie Man- ufacturing Company's mill, and has since he d that position. He is a thirty-second der Mason, and has been a member of that Order since 1873. He is a m nifer of Lihanus Lodge, No. 49, of Somers- worth: Elwards Royal Arch Chapter, No. _ I. of Somersworth; Orient Coline I, Royal and Seket Masters: Palestine Commandery Knight- Tem- plar: and Edward A. Raymond Consis wy. of Na wa. Wetarried (first), in 18or, Nancy Her mall, the way I un m county Fyrvite, Ireland. Three chil- dren were born of this marriage: Ih una -. 1. w 11 California. David, born in Pop dieiin ins itu, bern in ISO7, married S. Grant, and live, in Van- couver, British Columbia. He mani . 1 ( -: cond ) Maria S. Lee, who was born m Erglial. July 14, 1843. Of this marries theri Qu lil: Willia'11 La born in ING. what is foreman i the die works in North Berwick.


SPRINGFIELD


Owing to the fact that Wir


was S


the grandfather of the ruprecht are of the family in the present par matin, in per ference this isit logy and early history cannot be :- certain : For considera dy more than half a catury they have been setively identified with the s. a len n nul a tura! meu Dry of New Hampshire and M.n.c. and they have also been prominonly ass ciate ' mit. agricultural, political and offer important intre ts of the Granite State.


(I) Hon. Isac Woodbury Sprisd ld w. Torn in Rochester, New Hampshire 1874. After cup ud- ing what may be termed a good practical education he learned the weaver's trade service, his appren- ticeship in the mills of the wild Mechanic's Corper- ation at Rochester, and in 1847 established himself in the woolen manufacturing business at East Rochester. Commencing operations with one set of looms he gave his attention to the production of blank to and flannel, and continued on that modest scale for a period of ten yerrs, or until his factory was destroyed by fire. Removing to Wolfboro he established the Wolfboro Mills, installing four acts and employing an average force of seventy oper- atives. Here he continued to manufacture blankets and flannes of a sup rir quality for over forty years, and realized one at financial result . He in- vested quite cas d', iar le-tate, ine ulling val- uable wild lands from which he ent and hauled birge quantities of timber anne Wy and manuf .cture 1 it at his own saw-mills. He was also interested in agriculture, owning a well cynipp. I tarm, to the cul- tivation of which he devote I cmsthrable time and energy, and he made a specialty of rusing thorough- bred horses. He was one of the organizers of the Rochester Agricultural and Mechanical Association.


was chosen its first president and continued in office through successive re-elections for more than twenty years. Politically he supported the Republican party and rendered his share of public service by representing his district in the state legislature with marked ability. In his younger days he affiliated with the Methodists, but during his latter years his conception of religious matters became more liberal, and he favored the Unitarian belief, con- tributing generously toward the support of that church. He was a prominent Mason, Odd Fellow and Granger. Ile was one of the charter members of Temple Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and was of. of the first four initiated inn Montolina Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the first ma ter of the Rochester Gran, et was one of the in- corporators of the Rochester Savings Bank, and a director of The Like National Bank of Wolf r . and for four years was president. ile married Clara Nutter, daughter of Isaac Nutter, a well-to-do farmer of Rochester and a representative of one of the pioneer lamiles of that town. She became the mother of five children, three of whom are living, namely: Charles W., Jennie is. and Ifattie L. The latter is now the wife of Themiss L. Thurston, of Wolfboro, and has two daug .fors, Cara L' use and Vivet. Mr. Springned diul January 7. Man sur- viving las wife, whose death occurre l Jan.t. ry 13. ISSS, at the age of sixty-four.


(II) Charles Weofary, son of Hon. Isaac W. and Clara (Nutter) Springh ld, was born in Ro- chester, April 18, 1844. His preliminary studies were pursued in the public school, of his native te wn, and he completed his education at the academy in West Lebanon, Maine. Entering the office of the Rochester Review as an apprentice he remamed there until ISor, when he relinquished the printer's trade in order to engag in mercantile pursuits, and after spending a year as a clerk in a Rocac. ter dry- goo Is store established a general o untry store in Wantboro. A year later he dispose of mi mer- cantile business and entered his father's factory as an operative, mastering in turn every detail of the woolen manufacturing industry from the loom to the counting room, and being thus equipped he engaged in business on his own account in Crafts- bury, Vermont, in 1864, having a mill with three sets and producing besides Hannels other woolen cloths for custom trade. After remaining in Ver- mout some two and one half years he sold his plant, and returning to Wolfbor bec im . superintendent of his father's mill, in which capacity he c numnued for a number of years. Going to Alfred, Maine, in 1879, he leased a woolen mill which was equipped with improved machinery of the most modern type, tid for over twenty years he gave his attention exclusively to the manufacture of the finest grade of woolen blankets, employing an average force of forty operatives and attaining profitable results. The death of his father necessitated his removal from Alfred and for the past seven years he has given his entire attention to the Wolfboro plant. In 1889 he engaged in the manufacture of lumber at Alfred


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as a side speculation, entering the firm of J. H. Littlefield & Company.


In politics Mr. Springfield is a Republican. Ile is a member of Kennedy Lodge, No. 57, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows: Rising Sun Lodge, No. 7, Knights of Pythias ; Runnawitt Tribe, No. 9, Improved Order of Red Men; and the Daughters of Pocchuntas Association, all of Rochester; and of C rro 1 Lodge. No. 7, Ancient Order of United Workmen of Wolfboro. On September 6, 1863, he married Mary F. Cate, daughter of Hon. E. R. Cate, of East Alton, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Springfield are broad-minded and their religious ideas are optimistic. The greater part of their mar- ried Life has been spent in Rochester, where they still reside.


Ridel, Riddell, Riddle, the latter spell- RIDDLE ing having been ad pted by the Bed- ford branch about 1790, is an old name derived from Ryedale, that is, the dile or valley of the river Rye, whence the family first tock the name, that being the place of residence of the stock at the time the name was assumed. The family was Scotch and a branch of it settled in the north of Ireland.


(1) John and Janet Gordon Riddell lived in Ballymeath, county Londonderry, Ireland, and were t1 fareits of Giwn, Hugh, Robert, John and Margery.


(II) Gawn, oldest child of John and Janet Gor- don Rildell, was born May 10. 1683 (Badlymeath record) ani fe nf Bedford, December 22, 1779, aged ninety-one. Wita his three brothers and one sister above named, he came to Londonderry, New Hampshire, and from there all except Robert re- moved to Bedford about 1738. Gawn settled on and impr. ved a piece of land, and his nam appears upon the town records as tythingmm, constable, selectman, clerk of market, committee to build meetinghou e, and so forth. He married Mury Bell, who was born in 1724, and died January 7, 1813. ared ci_My-nine. She was the daughter of John and Katherine Bell, who immig rated from Ireland to Beferd alboat 123%. Gawi and Mary had six children: Join, David, Sustin b, Huh, Isaac and Williamn.




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