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 63

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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(HI) George, third child and second son of Joseph and Mary (Coffin) Little, was born in New- bury, January 12, 1682, and died July 2, 1760. In 1709 he bought of William Isley a riverside lot on the Merrimack, and probably lived in that part of Newbury. He was a lieutenant in the militia. His name occurs among the proprietors of Boscawen, New Hampshire. Some time after the birth of his children he removed to Haverhill and Plaistow, New Hampshire. In his will, dated April 4, 1754. he calls himself yeoman. He married (first), Feb- ruary 22, 1711, Edna, daughter of Captain Thomas and Sarah (Northend) Hale, of Newbury. She was born November 21, 1684, and died October 15, 1732. He married (second), October 19, 1736, Widow Me- hitable Clement, of Haverhill. She died November 3, 1754 (?). Their children were: Thomas ; George ; Oliver; Edna; Alice; Ezekiel; Bartholomew and Joseph. (Mention of the last named and descen- dants forms part of this article).

(IV) Thomas, eldest child of George and Edna (Hale) Little, was born in Newbury. October 27, 1711, and died November 8, 1766, in Plaistow, New Hampshire. He early moved from Newbury to Haverhill. In 1746 he and his brother Joseph were

appointed by Governor Wentworth to make a plan of Timberlane, now Ilampstead. He was a tanner and farmer, and his land with that of Captain George Little formed the western boundary of Hampstead when its charter was given. His descendants have as a whole been noted for their size of body and phy- sical strength, especially those in the line of his son Bond. In his will dated November 5. 1766, he calls himself of Plaistow, and makes bequests to all his surviving children. In it there also occurs this para- graph : "Item-I give to my well beloved wife my servant boy Lot." He married, January 12, 1738, in Haverhill, New Hampshire, Mary Bond, of that town, who was born October 1, 1721, and died June 29, 1801. The children of this marriage were: Bond (died young), Bond, Elizabeth, Alice, Thomas, Mary and Sarah.

(V) Bond, eldest child of Thomas and Mary (Bond) Little, was born in Haverhill, November II, 1741, and died in Hatley, Stanstead county, Canada, July 10, 18II. He served under Captain John Hazen in the expedition against Crown Point in 1758, and not long after settled in Weare, New Hampshire. About 1775 he removed to the adjoin- ing town of Deering, where he held several town offices and cleared a large tract of land. In 1786 he went to Newbury, New Hampshire, where he had mnade extensive purchases of land. He was a promi- nent citizen there, held the commission of justice of the peace, and solemnized numerous marriages. About 1801 he removed with several of his children to Hatley, Stanstead county, Canada, where he died. He was a man of great energy, and, writes one of his descendants, "Noted for his wit and mirthful- ness."He married, March 16, 1762, Ruth Atwood, who was born May 20, 1742, and died May 14, 1814. She was of a sedate disposition, a pious and excel- lent woman. Their children who lived to mature age were: Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, Ruth, Alice. Taylor, Abijah, Ezekiel and Bond.

(VI) Thomas (2), third child and second son of Bond and Ruth ( Atwood) Little, was born in Weare, New Hampshire, September 16, 1708, and died in Newbury, August 11, 1803. He was a farmer and lieutenant in the militia. He married, March 26, 1795, Jenny MacMaster, of Fishersfield, now New- bury. His widow married, second, June 19, 1806, Jonathan Ewins, by whom she had six children and died July 18, 1858, aged eighty-one. The children of Thomas and Jenny ( MacMaster) Little were : Sally, Ruth Atwood, Jane, Thomas and William.

(VI) Ruth Atwood, second child and daughter of Thomas and Jenny ( MacMaster ) Little, was born in Newbury, September 24. 1797, and married De- cember 22, 1819, Lothrop Shurtleff. (See Shurtleff VI).

(VH) William, youngest child of Thomas and Jennie (MacMaster) Little, born December 5, 1803, was a farmer of Newbury, New Hampshire, where he died February 19, 1840. He married Eveline, daughter of Stephen and Ruth ( Osgood ) Kinsman, who was born at Landaff, New Hampshire, June I, 1808, and died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 1. 1866. She was a descendant in the eighth generation from Robert Kinsman, who sailed from Southampton, England. in March, 1634. and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. This couple had four children-Hiram Kinsman, Cyrus Baldwin, William and Thomas. Of these, Cyrus Baldwin was born December 21, 1831, and died August 23, 1853. He graduated at Francestown Academy, and commenced the study of medicine. A very promising young man,

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he was cut down in early manhood. William was born January 31, 1836, and is now a resident of Warner, New Hampshire. Thomas was born June 15. 1838, and resides at Peterborough, New Hamp- shire.

(VIII) Hiram Kinsman, the eldest of these four children, was born May 27, 1830. He was a farmer by occupation, and was a popular and highly re- spected citizen of Sutton, New Hampshire, where he was several times elected a member of the board of selectmen. Many of the older Republicans of the state who recall the stirring events connected with the birth of that party in New Hampshire, remem- ber him as one of its pioneers in Merrimack county, who rendered it valuable service. He recruited over thirty men in the town of Sutton, who served in Company F, Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, in the Civil war. He went to the front as second lieutenant of that company, being commissioned Sep- tember 4. 1862, and was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant January 30, 1863. He took part in the battle of Fredericksburg and in the Mississippi and East Tennessee campaigns, and was in all the battles from the Wilderness to Petersburg. On June 20, 1864. in front of Petersburg, he was mortally wounded, the bullet penetrating his neck and ren- dering him speechless. After that terrible slaughter, with some eight or nine hundred wounded men, he was carried on board the United States floating ho -- pital. "New World," then lying at Point of Rocks on the Appomattox river, and taken to the govern- ment hospital at David's Island, New York harbor, where he died July 4. 1864. His body was subse- quently carried to his old home at Sutton, and there buried with military honors. Colonel Walter Harri- man said of him, "He was one of the most efficient and valuable officers in the service, and died a pa- triot's death." He married, in 1856, Susan Harvey Woodward, who was born October 8. 1835, and died September 4, 1864. They had one child, Cyrus Har- vey, who was left an orphan at the carly age of five years MIrs. Little was a daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Harvey) Woodward, of Sutton. Her grandfather. Stephen Woodward, was an early settler of that town, coming there from Sandown, New Hampshire. On her mother's side she was connec- ted with the Harvey family of New Hampshire. of which the late Congressman Jonathan Harvey and Governor Matthew Harvey were members.

(1X) Cyrus Harvey Little was born August 14. 1859, in Sutton, and was educated in the public schools of his native town, and prepared for Bates College at New Hampton Literary Institution. He received the degree of A. B. from Bates in 1884. and after leaving college was engaged for several years in mercantile business. He afterwards com- menced the study of law in Manchester. New Hamp- shire, with Hon. James F. Briggs and Hon. Oliver E. Branch. From there he entered Boston Uni- Versity Law School, where he graduated after a three years course, in which he distinguished him- self as one of the finest students in his class. Ini- mediately upon his admission to the bar of New Hampshire he began the practice of law in Man- chester, and has attained an unusual degree of suc- cess.

Ile takes an active interest in all matters per- taining to the public welfare, and has served with ability in various offices of trust and responsibility. While a resident of Sutton, he was a member of the school board for four years from 1885 to 1889. He is one of the board of overseers of New Hamp-

ton Literary Institution. In 1896 he was elected to the legislature from ward three, Manchester, and during the session of 1897 served on the committees on judiciary and journal of the house. Re-elected in 1898, during the session of 1899 he served on the committees on judiciary, national affairs and rules. He took an active part in the discussion upon the floor of the house, and never failed to exert a strong influence in all matters which he advocated or op- . posed. He was again re-elected in 1900, and upon the opening of the session of 1901 was nominated by the Republicans as their candidate for speaker, receiving the solid vote of his party, and was elected to that position. As a presiding officer he was ready, painstaking and efficient, making a record that com- pares favorably with those of a long line of dis- tinguished predecessors. In 1902 he was a member of the constitutional convention, where he rendered excellent service, especially when called upon to direct the course of debate as chairman of the com- mittee of the whole. Since March 27, 1903, he has served as chairman of the state board of license commissioners. In the arduous and perplexing work of this position he has acquitted himself with credit and maintained his reputation for ability. honesty and fearlessness.

Mr. Little is a graceful orator, and is often in- vited to speak before Grand Army posts, and at fairs, political meetings, etc. He has delivered several Memorial Day addresses which have been much admired. In all political campaigns, state and na- tional, of recent years, he has taken an active part and contributed greatly to the success of his party. In religion he is a Congregationalist. He is a mem- ber of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, of Manchester; of the New Hampshire Society, Sons of the American Revolution; and of the Massachu- setts Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion.

(IV) Joseph (2), youngest child of George and Edna ( Hale) Little, was born June 22, 1727, in New- bury, and died in ISHI, in Goffstown. He engaged in farming in Plaistow and Henniker, New Hamp- shire, where his children were born. About 1770 he removed to Goffstown, and was there the first deacon of the church and was prominent in town affairs. He was known as Captain Little, doubtless on account of his service in the militia. He was married (first), to Elizabeth Ingalls, who died De- cember 6. 1764, aged thirty-nine years. Captain Little married ( second), March 19, 1766. Sarah Mills, who was the mother of his youngest child, James. There were ten children of the first wife, namely: Hannah, Edna, Elizabeth, John. Abiah, Ruth, George, Caleb, Sarah and Eliphalet. (Men- tion of the last named and descendants is made in this article.)

(III) Enoch, third son of Joseph and Mary ( Coffin) Little, was born December o, 1685, and died April 28, 1766. His residence was in West New- bury. He married. May 10, 1707, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Webster) Worth, born Au- gust 17, 1688; and died December 28, 1766.

(IV) Edmund, son of Enoch and Elizabeth ( Worth) Little, was born September 5. 1715; and ‹lied August 20, 1803. West Newbury was his resi- dence. Fle married (first ), March 18, 1736, Judith, daughter of Dr. Matthew and Sarah (Knight) .Adams. born April 2, 1710: died September 7, 1784; ( second), November 2, 1789. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Jolin Noyes of Newbury, born 1731, died September 22, 1817. Ile had ten children.

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(V) Enoch (2), son of Edmund and Judith (Adams ) Little, was born June 7, 1748, and died August 15, 1820. He also resided at West Newbury. He married Mary, daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (Sargent) Hale, born 1751; died August 15, 1820. They had three children.

(VI) Enoch (3), son of Enoch and Mary (Hale) Little was born May 11, 1773, and died March 23, 1816. Like his ancestors for generations before, he resided at West Newbury. He married, Septem- ber 15, 1796, Mary Brickett, born May 12, 1771; died September 12, 1855.

(VII) Dr. Elbridge Gerry Little, son of Enoch and Mary ( Brickett) Little, was born in Bradford, August 5, 1807; and died in New Lisbon, Wiscon- sin. He studied medicine with Drs. Eddy and Mc- Collom, at Lewiston, New York, and later graduated from a medical college. Going west in 1844, he set- tled in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, and there spent the remainder of his life in the practice of his pro- fession. In religious views he was a Presbyterian, and in politics a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he became a Republican. He married Sophronia Phelps Peabody, daughter of Thomas and Judith (Dodge) Peabody and sister of George Peabody, banker and philanthropist, born in Danvers, Massachusetts, November 4, 1809; died in New York, 1869. They had six children, the first born in Pembroke : Sophronia, George Peabody, Jeremiah Russell, Allan Fitch, Henry Clay and Mary Gaines.

(VIII) George Peabody, second child and oldest son of Dr. Elbridge G. and Sophronia P. ( Peabody ) Little, was born in Pembroke, Genesee county, New York, June 20, 1834. He was educated in the com- mon schools and at Lewiston (New York) and Pem- broke, (New Hampshire) academies, and at the Military Institute at Pembroke, a branch of the Norwich Military Academy of Vermont. At the age of eighteen he taught school. The following year he went to Portland, Maine, where he was engaged in mercantile business six years. He then went to Boston where he stayed for a short time. The ten years next following he spent at Palmyra, New York, where he had charge of a photograph gallery. In 1868 he returned to Pem- broke, purchased the present homestead and engaged in farming over seven hundred acres of land and mak- ing the raising of Jersey cattle a specialty for a time. In 1866-67, while in Palmyra, Mr. Little was deputy collector of United States revenue. He was town treasurer of Pembroke in 1881-2, selectman 1885-6-7, representative in the house of representatives of New Hampshire, in 1876-7, when the elections were an- nual, and in 1890; was a member of the constitu- tional convention in 1888; was county treasurer four years ; member of the state senate 1901, and justice of the peace twenty-five years. He is trustee of the Guaranty Savings Bank of Concord, and also of the Pembroke Academy. For many years he was chair- man of the executive committee of the latter, and has been its secretary and treasurer. He is a member of the Concord Historical Society, and the New Hampshire Club of Boston. He is a member of Jewell Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Trinity Royal Arch Chapter No. 2, Horace Chase Council No. 1, and Mt. Horeb Commandery, Knights Templars, all of Concord, and of Edward A. Ray- mond Consistory, Nashua, having attained the thirty- second degree, and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Encampment at Suncook.

He is a lifelong Republican. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and has been deacon since 1890. Mr. Little is a leading citizen not only in his town but in the county and state. lle has long been identified with the agricultural, financial, legislative and educational institutions of New Hampshire, and has stood with the progressive members in all the bodies with which he has had relations. He has always been prompt to act, and he has never put off till tomorrow matters of importance he could dis- pose of to-day.

He married, August 22, 1854, Elizabeth Ann Knox, daughter of Daniel McClintock and Eliza- beth Mary Knox, born August 22, 1836, in Quincy, Massachusetts. They have had the following named children: George Willard, born in Pembroke, Oc- tober 9. 1855, died March 25, 1859. Clarence Belden, born November 18, 1857, educated at Dartmouth College ; read law with General Frank Streeter, of Concord, and Judge William M. Chase, and studied in Howard Law School; commenced the practice of law at Bismarck, North Dakota; is president of the First National Bank of Bismarck. North Dakota, and has been a state senator since Dakota became a state; married Caroline Gore Little. Mary Georgi- anna, at Palmyra, New York, born January 16. 1860, married Rev. John E. Odlen, of Lynn, Mas-acht- setts. Elizabeth Ellen, born at Palmyra, New York, July 13, 1862, wife of L. F. Thurber, of Nashua. Nettie Knox, born at Palmyra, New York. Sep- .tember 14, 1865, married June 20, 1894, Frank Emory Shepard, of Concord. Lucy Bowman, born at Pal- myra, New York, February 28, 1868. Clara Frances born November 16, 1870, in Pembroke, married Sep- tember 5, 1894, Harmon Schultz Sult, of Brooklyn, New York.

(V) Eliphalet, fourth son of Joseph (2) Little, and youngest child of his first wife, Elizabeth ( In- galls) Little, was born December 5, 1764, in Hamp- stead, New Hampshire, and died February 28. 1798. Ile settled in that part of Boscawen, which is now Webster, previous to 1791. His residence was on Battle street near Corser Hill. He had a fair edu- cation and engaged in teaching school. He was married November 25, 1790, to Dolly Hunt, of San- bornton, New Hampshire, who was born May 25, 1770. After the death of Mr. Little she became the wife of Timothy Eastman, of Boscawen, and sur- viving him married Douglas Stackpole, of that town. She died in Webster, January 2, 1852. The children of Eliphalet Little were: Sarah Mills, John and Eliphalet.

(VI) Eliphalet (2), second son and third child of Eliphalet (1) and Dolly ( Hunt) Little, was born August 10, 1798, in Boscawen, New Hampshire, died July 2, 1884. He was a boot and shoe maker and continued to follow that occupation until old age compelled him to retire from active labor. About 1823 he moved to Coos county and lived four years in Stewartstown, and a like period in Colebrook. Here he owned some land, and in 1831 sold out and removed to Salisbury, New Hampshire, where the remainder of his life was passed. This move was partly induced by the desire to provide his children with good educational opportunities. He played the snare drum as a member of the Twenty-first Regi- ment, New Hampshire militia, and was especially skillful as a performer on that instrument. lle was a Universalist in religious faith, and as there was no church of that sect in his neighborhood he was a regular attendant of the Congregational Church of Salisbury. He was married (first), in 1823, to

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Meele, daughter of Moses and Sarah ( Stevens) Fel- lows, natives of Kingston, New Hampshire, who resided in Salisbury. She was born April 3, 1802, in the latter town, where she died October 20, 1853. Mr. Little was married ( second), April 15, 1855, to Amanda B., daughter of Daniel and Susannah ( Stevens) Pressey. She was born April 3. 1804. Mr. Little's children, born of the first wife, were : Moses Fellows, Salome Fellows, John Pierce, Sarah Elizabeth and Ebenezer Langdon.

(VII) Moses Fellows, eldest child of Eliphalet and Meele (Fellows) Little, was born August 31, 1823, in Boscawen, now Webster, New Hampshire. His educational advantages were excellent and he was fitted for college at Salisbury Academy. He never, however, entered upon a college course but determined to see something of the world and en- gaged in business. His first undertaking was a four years voyage on the whaling vessel, "Arnolda," of New Bedford, Massachusetts, which went in pursuit of sperm whales, and in this voyage he visited many of the ports and islands of the Pacific. Returning to his native place he was employed for several terms as a school teacher in Davisville. During one winter. 1848-49, he conducted a store in Salisbury. In March, 1849, he joined the "Sagamore Trading and Mining Company" consisting of fifty persons, with headquarters at Lynn, Massachusetts, whence he proceeded to Booneville, Missouri. The company was divided at that point and started for the Pacific coast with ten six-mule teams, in September, 1849, a part going by way of Salt Lake. Mr. Little was a member of the party going by way of the head waters of the Sacramento river in Washington ter- ritory. The Salt Lake party never succeeded in get- ting there. Mr. Little's party went down the Sacra- mento and he was one of the eight who succeeded in completing the trip. For a time he was engaged in mining on the American river, and then engaged in ranching in partnership with Jonas Call, of Bosca- wen, about a mile from San Francisco. They were the first Americans to sell milk in that city. For this they received three shillings (37)2 cents ) a pint, and they gradually increased their stock from one cow to a dozen. Previous to this all milk sold in the city had been brought, in by Spaniards in water skins on the backs of mules. Mr. Little also kept a number of hens and sold eggs for twenty-five cents a piece. In 1853 he returned to New Hampshire expecting to be married, but his fiancee could not be induced to go so he settled up his affairs in Cali- fornia and returned to Salisbury. After his marriage he settled in Hill and for twelve years conducted a store there. He subsequently entered the employ of the Northern Railroad, and was express and sta- tion agent at Hill until he retired in 1900. He was assistant postmaster during Franklin Pierce's ad- ministration. Previous to the Civil war he was a Democrat, but became a Republican upon the organ- ization of that party. Ife was several years select- man of Hill and also town clerk. He is a member of the Christian Society of Hill, of which he is secretary, and belongs to Hill Lodge, No. 51, In- dependent Order of Good Templars, of which he is secretary. He also served several years as secre- tary of the Pemigewasset Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry, of Hill. He was married (first), February 19, 1852, to Mary Caroline, daughter of Dimond and Rachel (Dresser) Shaw, of Salisbury (see Shaw, VII). She was born January 6. 1828, and died Jan- uary 22, 1856, in Hill. Mr. Little was married (second), to Lucy Jane, daughter of Sanborn and

Nancy A. (Sherburn) Shaw, a cousin of his first wife ( see Shaw, VII). She was born November 22, 1833, and died February 17, 1869. Mr. Little was married (third), October 4, 1869, to Mary Turrill Payne, daughter of Adonijah and Polly (Fitzgerald) Fellows, of Livonia, New York. She was born Oc- tober 29, 1824. The first wife was the mother of two children and the second of five, namely : Carrie Louisa Maria is the wife of John Hickey, and resides in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her children are: Minnie, Edith, Joseph J., John James, Mabel, Flor- ence, Mary Amelia and Etta. Mary Amelia died in infancy. Carroll Eliphalet, born October 5, 1860, resides in Baltimore, Maryland, where he is super- intendent in a toy manufacturing company. Fanny May, born October 2, 1862, is the wife of Daniel Wright, and their children are: Lucy Amy, Carroll S., Raymond D., Amie E., Elsie. C., and Bernice L. Moses E. S., born December 23, 1864, conducts a store in Hill, New Hampshire. Lucy Anna Meele, born May 8, 1868, widow of Hadley P. Foster, has one child, Dolly Anna.

( VIII) Carroll Eliphalet, eldest son of Moses F. Little and eldest child of his second wife, Lucy Jane ( Shaw) Little, was born October 5, 1860, in the town of Hill, New Hampshire.

(II) Moses, third son and fourth child of George and Alice ( Poore) Little, was born March II, 1657, in Newbury, and lived on the parental homestead in that town. He served as a soldier in the King Philip's war, and is said to have been town collec- tor. He died of smallpox, March 8, 1691, and was buried in the vicinity of his home. It is a family tradition that he was infected with the disease while passing a house where clothes were exposed from the windows, and that his physician was intoxicated at the time and administered medicine that hastened his death. According to the practice of that time, during his illness he was kept in a room so heated that one's hand could not rest on the walls without discomfort. At the time of his death he was execu-' tor of the estate of Joseph Morin. His estate was appraised at £1,065, 7 shillings. He married Lydia, daughter of Tristram and Judith ( Greenleaf) Coffin, who was born April 22, 1602. She married (second), March 18, 1695, John, son of John and Mary Pike, by whom she had five daughters and one son. Moses Little's children were: John, Tristram, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth and Moses. ( Mention of the last named and descendants forms part of this article).

(III) Tristram, second son and child of Moses Little and his wife Lydia Coffin, was born December 6, 1681, in Newbury, and died November II, 1765, in that town. He was a farmer and built a portion of the house subsequently occupied by his descen- ant, William Little, of Newbury. There he resided until his death. He was married October 30, 1707, to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Saralı ( Brokle- bank) Dole of Newbury. She was born February 12, 1690, and died about 1780. Their children were: Sarah, Henry, Samuel, Apphia, Jane, Elizabeth, Na- thaniel, Richard, Enoch, Mary and John.

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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 63

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