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 56

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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(11) Joseph, fitth child of Samuel and Re- bekalı Carroll, was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, January 3. 1732. He married, in 1761, Judith town, Chase. born in the samo daughter of Philip and Mary ( Follansbee) Chase. Joseph Car- roll lived in the town of Sutton until his death on August 9, 1803. They had nine children, all born in Sutton: 1. Mary, born January 17. 1762; married on her twentieth birthday, Gideon Walker; they came to Croydon, New Hampshire, in 1792. 2. Jo- seph, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born January 31, 1706. 4. Lucy, born March 7, 1768; was married February 17. 1787, to David Woodbury; they came to Croydon in 1793. 5. Follansbee, born November, 1769, married Sarah Carroll, August 2, 1789. 6. Han- nah, born March 31, 1773. 7. Deborah, born Decem- ber 18, 1775. 8. Judith, born August 5, 1781. 9. Nancy, born September 5. 1785.

(III) Joseph, eldest son and second child of Joseph and Judith (Chase ) Carroll, was born at Sutton, Massachusetts. December 10, 1763. He mar- ried. April 6, 1788, Mary Prince, daughter of Stephen and Abigail ( Perkins) Prince, who was born in Sutton, August 30, 1703. They came to Croydon, New Hampshire, in 1792, and settled in the Ryder Corner district, where Mrs. Carroll died July 10, 1822. Joseph Carroll died March 18. 1845. They had six children: 1. Stephen, born at Sutton, Massachusetts, June 8, 1788. 2. John Prince, born at Croydon, New Hampshire, September 2, 1793, mar- ried, November 20, 1817, Rachel Powers. 3-4. Polly and Nancy, twins, born September 27, 1797; Polly married Alpheus Crossman in January, 1816, and Nancy married George Jackman, June 7, 1820. 5. Sarah, born September 4, 1798. died January 29, 1802. 6. Asenath born April 20, 1800.

(IV) John Prince, second son and child of Joseph and Mary ( Prince) Carroll, was born at Croydon, New Hampshire, September 2, 1793. On November 20, 1817. he married Rachel Powers, daughter of Ezekiel and Hannah (Rice) Powers. who was born at Croydon, February 27, 1797. She died May 6, 1839, and he removed from Croydon. but their nine children were born there: 1. Susan, i11-26

horn December 27, 1818, married February 16, 1836, James B. Wakefield of Croydon. 2. Sophronia, born October 27. 1820, married January 29, 1840, George Stockwell. 3. Eliza, born January 12, 1823, mar- ried Moody Ilook of Cornish, New Hampshire. 4. Celanie, born July 24. 1824. 5. Alonzo Cylon. mentioned below. 6. Eleanor Jane, born July 19. 1829. 7. Amanda Melvinia, born August 6, 1832, married John G. Brockway. 8. Lysander Herbert. born October 8. 1835, is now commissioner of labor at Concord, New Hampshire. 9. Rachel, born 1838, died 1839.

(V) Alonzo Cylon. eldest son and fifth child of John Prince and Rachel ( Powers) Carroll, was born in Croydon, New Hampshire, November 24. 1826. He was educated in the common schools of that town, and then went into the stove business. which he followed for many years. He came to Warner, New Hampshire, in 1869, and was a suc- cessful merchant for the remainder of his life. He was a Republican in politics. He was a Blue Lodge Mason, and attended the Congregational Church. He married Lucy A. Hale, daughter of Hale, of Grafton, New Hampshire. A. C. Carroll (lied April 1, 1894. They had two children: Clar- ence F. and Edward Herman.

(VI) Clarence F., elder of the two sons of Alonzo C, and Lucy ( Hale) Carroll, was born April I, 1851. in Grafton, New Hampshire. He was edu- cated in the common schools and at New London Academy. He was graduated from Yale University in 1875. Hle was principal of the high school in Oil City, Pennsylvania ; principal of the high scho: 1 in East Orange, New Jersey, for two years; and was at Long Island City for two years. He was princi- pal of the State Normal School of Connecticut for ten years. He has been superintendent of the schools at Rochester, New York, since 1902. He married Julia, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy Lord Webster of Boscawen. New Hampshire, and a collateral descendant of Daniel Webster. They have four children: Stella Webster, Harry, Carl H., and Margaret Webster. Clarence F. Carroll is a member of the Congregational Church. He is author of several text-books that have had a large sale.

(VD) Edward Herman, younger son of Alon-> and Lucy A. (Hale) Carroll, was born in Sutton. New Hampshire, October 30, 1854. He came to Warner in his thirteenth year. At the age of eight- een he entered into business with his father, after completing his education at Simonds free high school school in Warner. He was in general merchandise for twenty-four years. In 1894 he went to Man- chester, New Hampshire, and was with A. J. Lane & Company in the real estate and insurance busi- ness for two years. le was postmaster of Warner from 18;7 to 1884, when he resigned. He was a member of the school board from 1886 to 1880. He was treasurer of Merrimack county from 1800 to 1802. In 1803 he was representative from Warner. and while holding this office was chairman of the committee on incorporations. He was also the Carroll highway bill, relieving town- and cities from liability for accidents upon highways. In Ises he was appointed national bank examiner, which In - sition he held till 1905, when he resigned. He was on the board of trustees of the Union Guarantee Savings Bank at Concord, New Hampshire. fr several years. For twenty years he has been more or less interested in the humber business as a side line: and he is now in the lumber and real ( tt.

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business with his son, Edward Leon. They are also engaged in the manufacture of lumber on a large scale and own about ten thousand acres of timber land. Mr. Carroll is a Mason and has taken council degrees. He attends the Baptist Church. On the 13th of August, 1877, he married Susie C., daughter of John and Lucinda ( Robertson) Putney, who was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1858, and is a de- scendant of Ben Evans and Harrison D. Robert- son. They have two children: Edward Leon,

born December II, 1880; and Alonzo, born February, 1895, and died aged eleven months, Ed- ward is in business with his father. He married, June 5, 1900, Edith Emerson, daughter of J. F. and Harriet (Parker) Emerson, the former of New Hampshire. the latter of New York. A son was born to Edward L. Carroll and wife on August 8. 1907, which is named for the grandfather, Edward H. Carroll second, and a peculiar coincidence in this birth is that for each twenty-six and one half years since 1827 there has been a male child born in the family. Mrs. Carroll is an accomplished singer and player, and is active in church societies.

CHAPIN The origin of the Chapin family and name is uncertain. Some authorities would have it Welsh, but later and more reasonable testimony points to France. Ac- cording to one investigator, familiar with French surnames, "it is one of the oldest and best names in France, dating from the Carlovingian era, going back at least to the tenth century, perhaps carlier." Again, in 1906, one of the family while in England failed to find the name in the directories of either London or Liverpool; but in Paris he became ac- quainted with one Georges Chapin, who said that his father came from Normandy, where the Chapins were. "as thick as the leaves on the trees." On the supposition that Deacon Samuel Chapin was born about 1595. it is fair to assume that the family. be- ing adherents of the Protestant faith, removed either to Holland or to England after the night of St. Bartholomew, 1572; and that the progenitor of the American family was born in exile.

(I) Deacon Samuel Chaplin. undoubtedly the American progenitor of all who bear the name in this country, was among the founders of New Eng- land, and a leading spirit in sowing the seeds of civilization in the Connecticut valley. Unfortunately the place of his birth and the date of his emigration cannot be found in any colonial record thus far brought to light, but it is quite probable that he ar- rived from England shortly after the settlement of Bo-ton in 1630. He may have been a brother of the John Chapin, who is mentioned in the records of Massachusetts Bay in connection with the building of a moveable fort in 1033 34. It is quite certain that Deacon Samuel located first in Dorchester. He was admitted a freeman in Beston June 2. 1641. and in the following year he and his family made the perilous journey through the wilderness to Spring- field. thus casting their fortune with the infant set- tlement established by William Pynchon and others · some six years previously. Being a man of ability and intelligence, he was frequently employed in a public capacity ; was appointed a magistrate in 1652, and in 1654 his commission as such was extended indefinitely. lle died November 1, 1675. The Christian name of his wife was Cisily and her death occurred February 8. 1803. Their names appear on the Apostle Eliot's list of members of the church at Roxbury. Their children were: Japhet,

Henry, Catherine, David, Josiah, Sarah and Han- nah.

(II) Japhet, eldest son and child of Deacon Samuel and Cisily Chapin, was born in 1642, prob- ably in Dorchester. In 1667 he sold his interest in the Chapin home lot to his brother-in-law, Deacon John Hitchcock, and appears to have removed to Milford, Connecticut, as in 1669, according to a deed of conveyance on record in Hampden county, "the worshipful Captain John Pynchon of Springfield conveyed to Japhet Chapin of Milford, in Connecti- cut Colony, a small strip of land near Connecticut river in Springfield, bounds east on Deacon Samuel Chapin's land." Other records show that he re- turned to Springfield, and in 1673 he received from his father a deed covering a tract of land lying in the valley between Chicopee river and William- sett brook. He built a dwelling-house at the upper end of Chicopee street. He participated in the memorable battle with the Indians at Turner's Falls during King Philip's war, and the following brief account of this event was written by himself on the outside leaf of his account book, which is still in existence: "I went out volenteare against the injens the 17th of May, 1676, and we ingaged batel the 19th of May in the morning before sunrise and made Spoil upon the enemy and came of the same day with the Los of 37 men and the Captain Turner, and came home the 20th of May." Japhet died February 12, 1712. He was married for the first time July 22, 1664, to Abilenah Cooley. who died November 17, 1710, and on May thirty-first of the following year he married for his second wife Dorothy Root of Enfield, Connecticut. His ten children, all of his first union, were: Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, John, Ebenezer, Hannah ( who died young), another Hannah, David, Jonathan ( who died in in- fancy ) and a second Jonathan.

( 111) Ebenezer, fourth son and fifth child of Japhet and Abilenah ( Cooley) Chapin, was born in Springfield, June 26, 1677. He was married in De- cember, 1702, to Ruth Janes, of Northampton, Mas- sachusetts, and appears to have subsequently re- sided in Enfield, Connecticut. He died at the ad- vanced age of ninety-five years December 13, 1772. His children were: Rachel, Ebenezer. Noah, Seth, Catherine, Moses, Aaron, Elias, Reuben, Charles, David, Elisha and Phineas. (N. B. Ebenezer Chapin, son of Ebenezer and Ruth, married Eliza- beth Pease. daughter of Jonathan Pease, and their daughter Elizabeth Chapin became the wife of Abel Allen in 1756. Abel Allen was born in Windsor, Connecticut, and died in Surry, New Hampshire, August 13, ISOS.)

(IV) Aaron, fifth son and seventh child of Ebenezer and Ruth ( Janes) Chapin, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, September 28, 1714. He set- tled in Somers, Connecticut, and died there April 19, 1808, at ninety-four years. He married Sybil Markham, of Enfield, who died March II, 1791, aged seventy-two years. Their children were : Sybil, Hiram, Azubah, Aaron, Justus, Gideon, Jeremiah, Oliver, Delight and Joseph.

(V) Oliver, sixth son and eighth child of Aaron and Sybil (Markham) Chapm, was born in Somers, February 26, 1759, and died November 23, 1840. He served in the revolution. He acquired posses- sion of his father's homestead in Somers, and de- voted the active period of his life to general farm- ing. He married, December 28, 1785, Elizabeth Allen of Surry, New llampshire, an immediate descendant of Abel and Elizabeth (Chapin) Allen,

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previously referred to, and had a family of eight children : Elizabeth, Oliver, Sybil, David, Persis, Noah, Lovice and Jesse.

(VI) David, second son and fourth child of Oliver and Elizabeth ( Allen) Chapin, was born in Somers, June 23, 1793. lle resided in Enfield, Con- necticut. His death occurred July 10, 1839. On June 3, 1817, he married Sarah Powell, who was born in Sullivan, New Ilampshire, February 1, 1798, and died in Bloomfield, July 29, 1857. She was a daughter of Thomas and Sally ( Baker ) Powell, the former of whom settled in Surry about the year 1815, coming originally from Sullivan. In 1825 he removed to Mt. Tabor, Vermont, where he spent the remainder of his life. His wife Sally, born in Keene New Hampshire, April 25, 1778, was a daughter of Jonathan Baker and a descendant of John Baker, who came from England in the ship "Rose" and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts, in

635. Her father, who was born on Cape Ann, June 15, 1749, went from Topsfield, Massachusetts, to Keene, about the year 1775, and later settled in Gilsum, New Hampshire. His death occurred in Sullivan, October 13, 1833. He married Sarah Holt, born February 3, 1758, and had a family of fifteen children, of whom Sally was the second born. David and Sarah ( Powell) Chapin were the parents of six children : Maria, Oliver, Arvilla, Sarah Ann, Lyman Rockwood and Densmore David.

(VII) Rev. Densome David, youngest son and child of David and Sarah ( Powell) Chapin, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, January 19, 1833. He was a student at Trinity College, Hartford, in the class of 1856, defraying his expenses by teaching, and upon leaving college he engaged in educational pursuits in Chicago. Deciding to enter the Protest- ant Episcopal ministry, he began his studies at the Nashotah (Wisconsin) Theological Seminary in 1859, remained there three years, and was ordained a deacon by Bishop Kemper in 1862. In the autumn of the latter year he sailed from New York for the Pacific coast, thus braving the danger of being captured by Confederate privateers which infested the seas for the purpose of destroying the commerce of the north during the civil war, but the voyage terminated without incident, and shortly after his arrival in San Francisco he went to Sonora, Cali- fornia, where he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Kıp. He began his labors in San Jose, from whence he went to Grass Valley, and while officiat- ing in the last-named place be accepted a call to the rectorship of St. Peter's Church, San Francisco. He also became edtor of the Pacific Churchman. Although his regular church duties, augmented by his editorial work, proved extremely arduous, he continued his combined labors as long as his strength would permit, and when at last his health collapsed under the severe strain, he was reluctantly compelled to relinquish them. Leaving California, he finally returned to New England, and is now residing in Brandon, Vermont. On September 1I, 1862, Mr. Chapin was united in marriage at Geth- semane Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, with Elizabeth Sheldon Fitch, daughter of the Rev. John Ashley and Lucia Miranda ( May) Fitch, of Shel- don, Vermont, the former of whom officiated at the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Chapin have had five children : Mary, born July 16, 1863 ( died May 25. 1864) ; Nelly Pitts, born November 27, 1864; David Densmore, born February 10, 1867 ( died in Still- water, Minnesota, February 14, 1879) ; Elizabeth

Sheldon, born July 4, 1869; and John Ashley. AA11 were born in California.

(VIII) Rev. John Ashley, youngest son and child of Rev. Densmore David and Elizabeth S. (Fitch ) Chapin, was born in San Francisco, Septem- ber 1, 1872, and the house in which his birth took place was destroyed by the recent earthquake. Dur- ing his boyhood he went to Maysville, Kentucky, where he prepared for his collegiate course, and he was graduated from the University of the South at Sewance, Tennessee, in 1894. He went to the General Theological Seminary in New York City, where he completed the regular course in 1898, and having received ordination to the Episcopal ministry was appointed curate of Calvary Church in the metropolis. From 1899 to 1902 lie officiated as curate of Christ Church, Detroit, Michigan, and for the succeeding two years was in charge of Epiphany Church in Detroit. In 1904 he accepted a call as rector of the Church of St. John the Baptist at Sanbornville, New Hampshire, where he is still laboring, and his untiring energy and personal magnetism are proving excellent factors in augment- ing the membership of that church and increasing its usefulness. Mr. Chapin is a Master Mason, and a member of Unity Lodge, No. 62.

CAPRON No information has thus far been gathered relative to the origin and history of the Capron family prior to its establishment in America. The numerous families of this name in New England are all de- scendants from one common ancestor, and the story of his secret flight across the ocean, briefly narrated in the succeeding paragraph, will serve to show that the stowaway passenger on the trans-Atlantic steam- ships of the present day is not entirely a modern innovation.

(I) In 1674 Banfield Capron, probably born in Chester, England, in 1660, conceived an ardent de- sire to seek his fortune in America, but the funds with which to pay his passage, as well as the neces- sary permit to leave the country, were beyond the reach of the venturesome youth. He was deter- mined, however, to cross the sea, and, in company with three other impecunious youths secreted him- self in the hold of an emigrant ship about to sail for New England. When the vessel was well out to sea, the quartette of adventurers discovered themselves to the astonished captain and crew, but the master was unwilling to disobey the stringent law against transporting passengers who had failed to procure the required license, and would have turned back had not the mate and crew interceded in behalf of the stowaways with such earnestness as to cause him to relent and proceed westward. Soon after young Capron reached Boston a family named Callender, whom he had known in England, arrived there, and going with them to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, remained in their family for a num- ber of years, eventually marrying one of the daugh- ters. He subsequently removed to Attleboro, where he acquired a large tract of land, and this, together with considerable property which came to him through his first wife, whose parents, the Callenders, were in affluent circumstances, made him wealthy. Ile resided in Attleboro for the remainder of his life, which terminated August 20, 1752, at the ad- vanced age of ninety-two years. His second wife was Elizabeth Blackington, of Attleboro, who died May 10, 1735, and his third wife, whom he married

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December 16 of the latter year, was Mrs. Sarah Daggett, widow of Deacon John Daggett, of Attle- boro. His children, all of whom were of his first union, were: Banfield, Joseph, Edward, Walter, John, Jona- than, Betsey, Mary, Hannah, Margaret, Sarah, and another child who died in infancy. To each of his surviving children he gave a farm of about two hundred acres.

(11) Banfield, eldest child of Banfield Capron the emigrant, was born in Attleboro, July 16, 1683. He was a mason by trade, and also a weaver, and for some years resided in Bellingham. Massachu- setts, where he is recorded as having served as a grand juror. His death occurred in Cumberland, Rhode Island, August 16, 1752. For his first wife he married Hannah Jenckes, daughter of Nathaniel Jenckes, Esq., of rawtucket, Rhode Island, and she died in 1738. Ilis intention to marry Sarah Brown of Attleboro, his second wife, was published in Bellingham, February 2, 1744. His first wife was the mother of all of his children, whose names were : Nathaniel, Charles, Philip, Benjamin, Jona- than, Hannah, Betsey, Lydia, Oliver, Leah, Sarah and Elizabeth.

(III) Colonel Oliver, sixth son and ninth child of Banfield, Jr., and Hannah (Jenckes ) Capron, was born in Cumberland, July 1, 1736. lle married his cousin, Esther Freeman, daughter of Ralph Free- man, of Bellingham, August 21, 1757, and about the year 1765 settled in Richmond, New Hampshire, where his death occurred August 1. 1810. His children were: Nathan, Otis, Oliver, Thaddeus, Alpheus, Hannah and Elizabeth.

(IV) Oliver (2), third son and child of Colonel Oliver and Esther ( Freeman) Capron, was born in Cumberland, in 1760 or '61. He grew to man- hood upon a farm in Richmond. The maiden name of his wife was Hannah Work. A complete record of his children is not at hand, but he had a son Oliver, and a daughter Hannah, who married a Mr. Cleveland.

( V) Oliver (3), son of Oliver (2) and Hannah (Work) Capron, was born in Richmond, December II, 1791. When a young man he located on a farm in Winchester, this state, but afterwards went to Chesterfield, and in 1830 he settled in West Swan- zey, where he died March 4, 1875. He was married March 29, 1816, to Lois Wilson, who was born April 9. 1794, daughter of Abel Wilson. She died August 31, 1852. The children of this union are: Adeline, born October 8, 1818, died November 7, 1836; Lucy, died September 28, 1825; Hannah S., born Septem- ber 14, 1821, died October 20, 1843; Augusta W., born July 16, 1823, married Franklin Wheelock, of Winchester ; Lucy, born April 14, 1826, married Oliver F. Lakin, of Springfield, Massachusetts; Al- zina, born May 26, 1828, died August 12, 1850; Sarah W., born August 17, 1830, chied October 12, 1834; Martha, born April 18, 1833, died May 22, 1850; and George O., the date of whose birth is given in the succeeding paragraph.

(V1) George Oliver, youngest child of Oliver (3) and Lois ( Wilson) Capron, was born in West Swanzey, May 4, 1835. He was reared and edu- cated in his native town. When a young man he entered the railway service, and for about three years was station agent at Newington, Connecticut. For the succeeding twelve years he was engaged in farming in West Swanzey, at the expiration of which time he resumed for a short time his connection with the railway service as freight agent at Wil- limantic, Connecticut. He finally purchased the

old Capron homestead where he now resides, and is still actively engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was formerly quite prominent in local civic affairs, having served with ability as a selectman iu 1871 and 1881: represented his district in the lower branch of the state legislature in 1875 and '76; has served as highway agent, and in various other ways has made himself useful to the community. He is a member of the local grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry. In his religious belief he is a Universalist. On November 5, 1856, Mr. Capron married Roselle B. Francis, who was born in that part of Wethers- field, Connecticut, which is now Newington, October 9. 1836, daughter of Newman and Octavia ( Strick- land) Francis, the former of whom was born June 24, 1793, and died August 13, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Capron are the parents of four children, namely : Carroll F., born January 29, 1860; Oliver W., June II, 1862; Annie L., April 25, 1872; and Lyle H.,. October 30, 1876.

This name is probably of Scotch ori-

DUSTIN gin, as it does not appear among the early English immigrants, and is first found in Haverhill, Massachusetts. It is best known. perhaps through the heroic exploit of Hannah Dustin, wife of Thomas Dustin, who receives further mention in the history of the Emerson family, to which she belonged. The family has furnished industrious, intelligent and useful citizens to New Hampshire, employed chiefly in agriculture and in the industries. The spelling of the name varies at present usage.

(I) Thomas Duston is found of record early in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he was married December 3, 1677, to Hannah, daughter of Michael and Hannah ( Webster ) Emerson, presumably also of Scotch blood ( see Emerson, I). Nineteen years later his house was besieged by Indians and he succeeded in saving seven of his children, but his wife was carried away captive. The story has been too often told to need repetition here. They had thirteen children.

(Il) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) and Hannah ( Emerson ) Dustin, was born January 5, 1683. in Haverhill, and there resided. He had four sons, Thomas, Joshua, Caleb and Obadiah. All ex- cept Joshua settled in what is now Salem, New Hampshire. The transition occurred when the re- gion was so new that record does not seem to have been made concerning them in either town.

(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Dustin, lived in Salem, where record is found of his second marriage. The baptismal name of his first wife was Abiah, and their children were: Thomas ( died young), Moses, Mary, Stephen, Ebenezer, Amos, Thomas and Abiah. He married ( second ) in Salem, Ruth Morse, who bore him: Obadiah, David and Simeon.

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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 56

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