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 5

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 at Madison, Maine, where they now live. George L. Collis.

(V) George L., only son of Marcus M. and Jo- sephine (Griswold) Collis, was born July 16, 1873, and received his education in public schools in Ports- mouth. For twelve years he was a clerk in his father's store, and afterward was a student in Bos- ton University Law School. In 1902 he was ap- pointed deputy sheriff of Rockingham county, New Hampshire, and is now serving in that capacity. He married, June 8, 1904, Carrie L. Brown, of Rye, New Hampshire.

HARVELL The early history of this noted New Hampshire family is not easily dis- covered from existing records and genealogical references to the surname are very few. The history of Amherst, New Hampshire, gives the name of John Harvell, who was born in 1736 and died in 1821, and furnishes a reasonably complete record of his children and some others of his de- scendants, but nothing of his parentage and the earlier generations of the family in New England. The descendants of John Harvell are quite numer- ous in Hillsborough county, and others of them are scattered throughout the cast.

James Harvell was a brother of John Harvell, but whether older or younger is not known. The "History of Plymouth" mentions James Harvell as one of a family prominent in the early annals of Litchfield, in Hillsborough county. and the year of his removal to Plymouth is given in 1767. He was an intelligent and honored man, selectman of Plymouth in 1774-75-76; coroner of Grafton county by appointment dated January 9, 1789; one of the committee of safety in 1775 and grand juror from Plymouth in 1805.

James Harvell, of Plymouth, died December 13, 1819. He married (first ) Mary Snow, May 10, 1770, daughter of Joseph Snow. Married (second), December 23, 1784. Anna Flagg. Married ( third). in Rumney. New Hampshire, November 26, 1794, Mary Morey, of Rumney. In the written papers used in connection with the settlement of his estate appear the names of four children: Mary (or Polly ), who married (first) James Keyes, and (sec- ond) Johnson. Betsey, married Hough. Gershom and Esther. The mention only these names is not conclusive evidence that James Harvell had no other children and there is good reason for the belief that he had a son James, who is known to have lived in Plymouth at a time contemporary with that of the children whose names have been mentioned, although the scene of his life was chiefly laid in the province of Quebec in Canada.

(I) James Harvell lived at one time in Plym- duth. New Hampshire, and removed from that town 10 Compton, Canada. Of his early life little is known, but it is certain that he was a person of superior education and attainments, and family tradition has it that he was a school teacher of con- siderable note; and upon the same authority it is be-

lieved that he came of a military family, as his bear- ing indieated an association with men in that arm of the service. During his residence in Canada he was for a number of years connected with the militia of the province. and when the so-called Patriot war was in progress (1838) he held a cap- tain's commission. Later he was commissioned major and was so known and addressed. He also was invested with the title and office of Esquire, in- dicating a connection with the judicial branch of government and a familiarity with the laws of the province and their administration. In private life he was a farmer, and his home in Compton was on what is known as Sleeper hill. His wife before marriage was Pettie Spafford, and she bore her hus- band four children: John W., born (probably) in July, 18IS, and died in Coadicook, August 28, 1906. Charles, who removed when a young man to New York. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point and afterward served in the Union army during the Civil war. He married and his family now lives in New Jersey. Spafford, whose business life was spent in the cities of Boston and New York, and who died of fever in a Boston hospital. Amanda, who died in childhood.

(II) John W .. eldest child and son of Major James and Pettie (Spafford) Harvell, was a school teacher during the carlier part of his life and later became proprietor of a paint shop and business. He retired from active pursuits several years before his death. About 1845 he married Sarah Ann Jameson, daughter of William and Nancy Margaret (Armstrong) Jameson, and had four children : 1. Mary, died at the age of seven years. 2. James, a skilled mechanic, who died unmarried August 15, 1895. In April, 1875, he went to California and frem there to Gold Hill, Nevada, where he worked at his trade in connection with the operation of the famous Belcher mine. After about five years in that region he returned to New Hampshire and lived in Laconia until about 1883 and again went west. locating in Arizona. After something like a year and a half in that territory he came back to Laconia, much broken in health, and after recovery worked as a machinist in the car shops until a short time before his death. Mr. Harvell was a Mason, having become a craftsman in Coadicook, province of Quebec, in 1874. and afterward demitted to the lodge in Gold Hill, Nevada. He also was a Knight of Pythias. 3. Clara A. (twin), born in Compton, province of Quebec, December 6, 1856, married. Oc- tober 24, 1894, Stephen Coffran Robinson (See Robinson III), of Laconia. New Hampshire, who died August 10, 1905. 4. Charles A. (twin), born in Compton, province of Quebec, December 6. 1856. now lives in Laconia. Mr. Harvell has been a member of the Laconia police force more than ten years and since September, 1906, has been assistant marshal. He married Emma Burbank, of Upper Bartlett, New Hampshire. Four children have been born of this marriage: Ralph, born Feb- ruary. 1805: child, died in extreme infancy ; Ruth, born 1890: Eddie. born 1903. died February, 1905.

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The origin of this name is traced

IIASELTON to the Hazelton (now town) where hazel bushes grew. This was in the early history of England. Hazelton was sometimes added to the single name of some citizen of that place, or some person who had come from there, as a distinction, and finally became fixed as the surname of the family. The same license has been taken with the orthography of this name that was common in centuries past, and it is spelled Hazelton, Hazleton, Haseltine, Hesselton, Hezzle- ton, and in divers other ways. The forbears of the race came to Massachusetts in 1637, and founded a family which has an enviable record for the piety and sturdy probity of its members.

(I) The immigrant ancestor, John Haselton, is first found in Bradford. Massachusetts. Late in life he removed to Haverhill, same colony. While re- siding in Bradford, he gave an acre of land for the site of the meeting-house in that town. He mar- ried Joan Auter, who died July 17, 1698, having survived her husband incre than seven years. He passed away December 23, 1690, in Haverhill. Their children were: Samuel. Mary, Deacon John, and Nathaniel. (John and descendants receive extended mention in this article).

(II) Lieutenant Samuel, eldest son of John and Joan (Auter) Haselton, was born February 20, 1646, and died August 10, 1717, in his seventy- second year. He lived on the paternal homestead in Bradford, and was an ardent member of the church in that town. He married, in Haverhill, December 28, 1670, Deborah Cooper, of Rowley, born August 30, 1650. in that town, daughter of Peter and Emma Cooper. Their children were: Deborah, Elizabeth, Samuel, John, Nathaniel, died young : Hepsebah and Nathaniel.

(III) Samuel (2), eldest son and third child of Lieutenant Samuel (1) and Deborah (Cooper) Haselton, was born May 30, 1676, in Bradford. He married. June 10, 1701. at Newbury, Emma Kent, daughter of John and Sarah (Woodman) Kent. She was born April 20, 1677, and died September 7, 1735, in Tewksbury. She was admitted to the church in Bradford in 1711, and her husband the following year. In 1723 they removed to Billerica, and lived in that part of the town which is now Tewksbury, where he died May 29, 1760. His chil- dren were: Judith, Sarah, Hannah. Stephen, Emma, Samuel, Tabitha, Rebecca and Deborah.

(IV) Stephen, eldest son and third child of Samuel (2) and Emma (Kent) Haselton, was born January 28, 1707, in Bradford, and in manhood set- tled in the town of Hollis, New Hampshire, where he died in 1801. He was twice married, and his first wife was the mother of the son, mentioned in the succeeding paragraph.

(V) Samuel (3), son of Stephen Haselton, was born 1735, in Hollis, and removed to Hebron, New Hampshire, where he died January, 1812. He married (first) Mary Farley, and (second) Mary Graves, who died December 12, 1801, and both are buried in the private cemetery on his farm in

Ilebron. The children by the first wife were: Ben- jamin. Mary, Rebecca, Betsey, Samuel, Sally, Lucy, Johanna and Daniel.

(VI) Benjamin, eldest child of Samuel (3) and Mary (Farley) Haselton, was born February 25. 1762, in Hollis, and died October 8, 1812, in Hebron. He married, November 20, 1788, Deborah Cross, born 1761, in Methuen, Massachusetts, and they had the following children : Benjamin, Deborah, died young ; Mary, William, David, Jonathan and Deb- orah.

(VII) William, second son and fourth child of Benjamin and Deborah (Cross) Haselton, was born June 20, 1794, in Hebron, New Hampshire, and died December 31, 1838, in Dorchester, same state, where he was a shoemaker. He enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812, and was drum major, and served in the battle of Plattsburg. He was an old line Democrat, and a man of firm principles. He married, May 22, 1821, Sally Elliott, born No- vember 14, 1800, who survived him many years. dying June 5, 1877, in Canaan. After his death she became the wife of Josiah Clark, Jr., with whom she removed to Canaan. William Haselton's chil- dren were: William, Sarah, Deborah, Elizabeth, Charles, David and George W.

(VHI) David, third son and sixth child of William and Sally (Elliott) Haselton, was born in Dorchester, September 2, 1832, and educated in the common schools of Groton and Canaan. Leaving seliool at the age of twenty-one, he was engaged in farming for nine years in Canaan. He then sold his farm and became a bridge builder for the Bos- ton & Lowell Railroad, and followed that occupa- tion twenty-five years, retiring in 1890 after the road passed into the hands of the Boston & Maine. He had charge of the bridges and buildings of the entire system, and had his office in Boston, but re- sided in Winchester, Massachusetts. After his re- tirement he moved to Concord, and now (1906) re- sides with a daughter in that city. He cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce as a presidential candidate, but since that time has acted with the Republican party. He is a consistent and generous member of the Advent Church. He married, in Canaan. August 20, 1854. Paulina Dean, born August 18, 1830, in Danbury, New Hampshire, and died April 13. 1902. She was the daughter of Joel and Mary (Sleeper) Dean, of Canaan. At the time of her death she and her husband had been wedded forty- eight years. Two children were born of this union, one of whom died in infancy. Mary Esther, the surviving child. was born January 17, 1857, and married, in Concord, November 28, 1876. Isaac Franklin Mooney, of Concord. He was born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, October 28, 1852, and is a son of Isaae F. Mooney, who was born in Sand- wich, December 11, 1808. and died December II, 1802, aged cighty-four, and his wife Mary Ann (Vickery) Mooney, who was born July 25, 1822, and is now living in Concord. Isaae F. Mooney has been a conductor on the Boston & Maine Rail- road for twenty-five years, and is now on the

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Woodsville division. Mr. and Mrs. Mooney have had four children: Edward Frank, died young ; Emma Mary, Edward Franklin, deceased ; and Harry Haselton.

(II) John (2), third child and second son of John (I) and Joan (Auter) Haselton, was born probably on that part of Rowley, now called Brad- ford, in 1650. By occupation he was a carpenter and ship builder. He was a deacon in the First Church in Haverhill, where he made his will which was dated June 16, 1732, and proved April 23, 1733. He was eighty-two years old at the time of his death. He married, July 17, 1682, Mary, daughter of Philip Nelson, and they had eight children: John, Philip. Sarah, Mary, Joseph, Benjamin, died young : Elizabeth and Benjamin.

(III) Philip, second son and child of John (2) and Mary ( Nelson) Haselton, was born March 13, 1685. He was mentioned in his father's will in 3732, but had probably left Haverhill before that time. He married, January 9, 1718, Judith Web- ster. They had ten children: John and Philip (twins). James, Tryphena, Ann, Lois, Joseph and Benjamin (twins), Stephen and Asa.

(IV) James, third son and child of Philip and Judith ( Webster) Haselton, was born March 28, 1721. He married (first), at Haverhill, Massachu- setts. November 13. 1741, Elizabeth Hutchins. who died July 12, 1750. Married ( second), November 5. 1751. Ruth Ladd. His children were: Asa, Philip, Annie, James, John. Elizabeth, Ruth, Ladd and Tryphena.

(V) Asa, eldest child of James and Elizabeth (Hutchins ) Haselton, was born June 15, 1742. He lived in Atkinson and elsewhere, but died in Manchester, New Hampshire. He married, Decem- ber 6. 1763, Mary Ober. and they were the parents of ten children: Asa, David, Philip, John, James, Stephen, Polly, Betsey, a daughter unnamed, and Nancy.

(VI) John (3), fourth son and child of Asa and Elizabeth (Ober) Haselton, was born in Atkin- son, and died in Manchester, aged seventy-seven. He settled in Manchester and owned a farm near the Londonderry line. He frequently engaged in teaming. and hauled lumber to Newburyport and brought back loads of provisions, using oxen to draw the load. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Lydia Flint, of Reading, and they had twelve children: Lydia. Stephen. Kadmiel, Caleb, Betsey, John, Lucinda, Lavina, Washington, Ada- line. Leonard and Reuben.

( VII) Stephen, eldest son and second child of John (3) and Lydia Flint Haselton, was born in Manchester, December 25. 1800, and died in Man- chester. March 15, 1872. He purchased a home near the paternal homestead, and resided there all his life. Ile, like his father, was a Democrat. He married. 1810. Mary Malvina Messer, daughter of John and Sally ( Hadly ) Alesser. of Goffstown. John Mexer died in 1820, aged seventy, and his wife died in 1844, aged about seventy-two. Mrs. Haselton died at the house of her son Henry in

Manchester, in 1882. aged seventy-five. Two chil- dren were born of this marriage: George W., long time superintendent of the cotton mills at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, now superintendent of the Pittsfield Mills, Pittsfield, New Hampshire; and Henry I., the subject of the next paragraph.

(VIII) Henry Irving, seeond son and child of Stephen and Mary (Messer) Haselton, was born in Manchester, March 1, 1847. He attended the district schools until he was seventeen years old, and then (1864) became an employe of the Man- chester Mills. There he worked till 1880, when he was offered better wages to go to the lower Pacific Mills, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, which he accepted, and was employed there as second hand two years. At the end of that time he was invited to return to Manchester to take charge of the worsted combing department in the then Manchester, now Amoskeag Mills, at an increased salary. He accepted the offer and is still holding this position; he has since re- sided in Manchester. By a diligent use of his ability for the benefit of his employers. Mr. Hasel- ton has gradually worked his way from size-boy, card grinder, section hand and second hand to his present position. He is now overseer of the worsted washing, carding, combing and drawing depart- ments of the Amoskeag Mills. Mr. Haselton is a Republican, and has been a member of the school board one year, and of the common council one year, but he is not inclined to take a part in politics, and the offices came to him unsought. In religious sentiment he inclines to Universalism. and attends the church of that faith. He is a Thirty-second degree Mason, and is an honored member of the following named divisions of that body: Lafayette Lodge, No. 41; Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No. IL; Adoniram Council, No. 3. Royal and Seleet Masters ; Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he is a past commander, all of Manchester ; and Edward .1. Raymond Consistory, of Nashua. He is also past grand master of the Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of New Hampshire.

He married, in Manchester, January 1. 1877, Emma French, born in Norwich, Vermont, Febru- ary 4, 1854. daughter of George and Ellen (Critten- den ) French, and great-granddaughter of Nathaniel French, who removed from Connectient and settled in Vermont. George J. French and wife removed to Plainfield, New Hampshire, and he died after a residence there of more than fifty years. She is still living. Mrs. Haselton is a member of Ruth Chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, and is a promi- nent worker in that order, and in the Universalist Church. Of this marriage there is one child, (George Irving, the subject of the next paragraph.

(IX) George Irving, only child of Henry I. and Emma ( French) Haselton, was born in Man- chester, July 19, 1878, and educated in the common schools. When twenty years of age he entered the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company's Mills, and was employed in the dye house until the fall of 1006. For two years he was a second hand. After leaving the mill he went to Washington, D. C.,

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where he is now (1907) taking the law course in the George Washington University. He is a Re- publican. and takes an active interest in politics. He was made president of the common council of Manchester, and was also ex-officio member of the school board. and served in these bodies front 1904 till 1906. He is a past master of Lafayette Lodge, No. 41, Free and Accepted Masons, a member of Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No. 11. Adon- iram Council, No. 3. Royal and Select Masters, Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, and Bek- tash Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine. He married. in 1905. Fanny Tren- holm, born in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, May 15, ISSI, daughter of Robert Trenholm.

It is probable that John Hasel- HASELTINE tine, who was born November 19, 1780, was a native of Haver- hill, Massachusetts, or that his father was, but noth- ing can be found in the vital records of New Hamp- shire or cf Haverhill to locate him. The record of his birth is found in his own handwriting in his family Bible. He died August 5. 1865. in Amherst. He married (first) Betsy Batchelder, daughter of Captain John Batchelder, who was born in that part of Amherst, now Mont Vernon, June 19, 1825, and died April 20, 1842. He married (second), Febru- ary 25, 1845, Mrs. Hannah Smith, born 1793. who survived him nearly twelve years, dying March Io, 1877. The children of the first wife were: Charles, Eliza. John, Roxanna, Frances, Mary A .. Caroline and James G.

(II) James G., youngest child of John and Betsey (Batchelder) Haseltine. was born February 22. 1825, in Amherst, and died May 7, 1903. He at- tended the district school and an academy. Early in life he learned the trade of blacksmith and be- came a machinist. He also engaged in farming, and was an auctioneer. He married at Milford, New Hampshire, Mary J. Ilinds, born March 19. 1822. in Sandwich, New Hampshire. daughter of Barzillai and Patience Hinds (see Hinds, II).

(III) John Edward, eldest son and second child of James G. and Mary J. ( Hinds) Haseltine, was born April 9, 1860, at Chestnut Hill, in Am- herst. New Hampshire. His education was supplied by the common schools and Mont Vernon Acad- emy, and he abandoned the school-room at the age of eighteen years to engage in farming upon the homestead, where he continued until he was twenty- two years of age. For one year he was a clerk in a grocery store at Amherst, and then removed to Reed's Ferry in the town of Merrimack. where he was for five years a clerk in the general store of I. A. Porter. At the end of this time he purchased the store from his employer, and conducted the business for eight years with a partner under the style of Haseltine & Co. They erected a building on the corner opposite that occupied by the old store, and in this continued business until 1898. when Mr. Haseltine bought the interest of his part- ner and became sole owner. On January 1, 1903.

the business was consolidated with the Fessenden & Lowell Manufacturing Company, and Mr. Hasel- tine has continued as manager of the store and is vice-president of the corporation. For eight years he was assistant postmaster, and September 20, 1894. was appointed postmaster, which post he has continued to fill until the present time. Mr. Hasel- tine is a member of the Congregational Church. He has been the school treasurer of the town since 1897, and takes an active interest in every move- ment calculated to promote the welfare of the com- munity. He is a Republican in politics. and was a member of the Grange from the time he was eighteen years old until 1902. He was a member of Hillsboro Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, of Manchester, and became a charter member of the lodge at Reed's Ferry, in which he has filled all the principal chairs. In 1905-06 he constructed a handsome residence at Reed's Ferry. He mar- ried. November 22, 1892, Mabel Lucrecia Lowell, born November 15, 1870, daughter of Levi F. and Hannah B. ( Hutchinson) Lowell, of Reed's Ferry. (See Lowell VIII). She was educated at McGaw Institute and Tilton Seminary, and is a member of the Congregational Church. They have three chil- dren. Hazel Louise, born June 14, 1804; Franklin Lowell, born April 10. 1896; and Elizabeth Hinds, born November 4, 1899.

The name of Brackett, the antique

BRACKETT spelling of which was Brocket, originated in Wales and became distributed through England and Scotland. Among the nine hundred colonists who embarked with Governor Winthrop at Yarmouth, England, April 7. 1630, were four brothers of this name, said to have been natives of Scotland. They were Captain Rich- ard, who first settled in Boston but afterwards went to that part of Braintree which is now Quincy ; Peter. who located in Connecticut; William and Anthony. who came to Portsmouth with Captain Jolin Mason, in 1631. The Bracketts of Plymouth now being considered are probably descended from one of these brothers, and there is some reason for believing that their original American ancestor was Captain Richard.

(I) Samuel Brackett, probably a descendant of Captain Richard. the immigrant, was residing at Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1762. The christian name of his wife was Elizabeth.

(II) William. son of Samuel and Elizabeth Brackett, was born in Dedham. May 7. 1762. IIe married, November 22. 1784. Anna Lauchlen, born December 26, 1765, daughter of Samuel and Sarah ( 1laws) Lauchlen, and settled in Sudbury, Massa- chusetts.

(II) William (2), eldest son and child of Will- iam and Anna (Lauchlen ) Brackett, was born in Sud- bury, October 9. 1785. In 1799 he went to Little- ton, New Hampshire, as a lad of fourteen years, and in early manhood engaged in trade, opening a general store on the meadows. He subsequently transferred his business to the village. where he

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became a prosperous general merchant and one of the most prominent residents of the town. When Andrew Jackson was nominated for the presidency he withdrew his allegiance from the Federalists in order to support the hero of New Orleans, and he was thenceforward allied with the Democratic party. He served as town clerk from 1814 to 1826, as selectman in 1817 and as representative to the legis- lature in 1819-20. He was a staunch Free Mason, belonging to Morning Dawn and Burns lodges, and is said to have deserted the Federal party on ac- count of its anti-masonic attitude. In his religious belief he was a Congregationalist. Mr. Brackett died December 7, 1850. February 10, 1811, he mar- ried Lorana Campbell, born June 12, 1791, daughter of Hector Campbell, of Chester, Massachusetts. Her death occurred May 11, 1874. She bore him six children, namely: William C., Cephas, Laura, Charles W., George S. and Caroline A.

(IV) William Campbell, eldest son and child of William and Lorana (Campbell) Brackett, was born in Littleton, October 1. 1812, Having ac- quired a good knowledge of mercantile pursuits as clerk in his father's establishment, he opened in company with his brother, Charles W., another gen- eral store, which prospered as the population in- creased, and he also engaged quite extensively in lumbering. After withdrawing from trade he be- came local express agent and continued in that capacity until his death, which occurred February 14, 1863. In politics he was originally a Whig and later a Republican. He married, January 8, 1842, Mrs. Julia A. Hutchins (nee Ross), born in Bath. New Hampshire, February 9, 1817, daughter of Samuel Ross, and widow of George Hutchins, by whom she had two daughters, Julia and Emma R. Mrs. Brackett married for her third husband Col- onel Cyrus Eastman, of Littleton, and died in Bos- ton, May 15, 1898. William C. and Julia A. (Ross- Hutchins) Brackett were the parents of four chil- dren, namely : William R., who is referred to in the succeeding paragraph ; Edward Dudley, born No- vember 6, 1845; Horace, born May 8, 1848, died June 18, 1849: and Harvey Smith, born December 22, 1852.

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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 5

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