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 67

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876

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(IV) Jonathan, eldest child of Samuel (2) and Abigail ( Pratt ) Hall, was born August 22, 1686, in that part of Taunton which became Raynham. Mass- achusetts. He was deacon of the First Congre- gational Church of Raynham. He was twice mar- ried. His first wife was Sarah Ockinson, who was born October 28, 1690, in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died March 28 1726. His second wife was Sarah Smith, daughter of Asabel and Elizabeth Smith. of Dedham, who was born in August, 1700, and died in July, 1754. Deacon Jonathan Hall's will mentions the following children: Jonathan, whose sketch follows: Sarah, Amos, Rebecca, John and Mason, all belonging to the first marriage. By the second marriage there were two daughters: Eliza- b th and Hannah. Deacon Jonathan Hall died April IO. 1750, in that part of Taunton which became Raynham.

(\') Jonathan (2), eldest child of Deacon Jon- athan ( 1) and Sarah (Ockinson) Hall, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. May 3. 1716. He lived in Rayol'ump, where he was a farmer. Like his father he was deacon of the Congregational Church, and was selvetman and town treasurer for many years. On December 28, 1738. he married Lydia Leonard. who died Jaimary 26, 1764, aged forty-two. They hal eleven children: Jonathan. Seth, whose sketch follow -: Silas, Prudence, Lydia, Jemima, Jonathan, IIezekiah, Obed, Ebenezer and Abigail. Deacon Jonathan (2) Hall married for his second wife Mrs. Ilannah ( Keith ) Hall, widow of Philip Hall, and daughter of John and Hannah ( Washburn) Keith. There was one child by the second marriage : Linns. Deacon Jonathan (2) Hall died February 25. 1780.

(VI) Seth, second son and child of Deacon Jonathan (2) and Lydia ( Leonard ) Hall, was born October 4 17440. at Raynham, Massachusetts. He cume to Westmoreland. New Hampshire, April 10. 1703, and bought of a Mr. Simmons seven hundred acres of land at forty coppers an acre. This land was situated in the northern part of the town. just

west of East Westmoreland, and part of it remained in the possession of the family until near the end of the nineteenth century. Seth Hall first came up alone. but later went back to Massachusetts and brought his family in an ox-cart. He cleared most of the land and replaced the log cabin by a frame house. He also built a saw mill. He was a colonel in the militia and was commissioned during the Revolution to recruit men and supplies. It is said that he carried supplies from Westmoreland over the Green Mountains to Bennington, Vermont, at the time of the battle. He gave each of his sons one hundred acres of land with the exception of Gaius. to whom he gave two hundred acres. as he stayed with his father and cared for him in his old age. Many anecdotes are told of Seth Hall. He once got lost and stayed in a tree over night, and in the morning he discovered his whereabouts by the bark- ing of a dog near a neighbor's house. He said he was troubled only by the lack of tobacco over night. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church and a very religious man. Seth Hall married, in 1769, Diadama Leach, who was born in Raynham, Mass- achusetts, in 1751, and died April 30, 1842, at the age of ninety-one years. There were ten children : Elijah A., Augustus. Abigail. Lucinda, Joshua, Gaius. Seth, Camillus, Diadama and Lucinda. Dea- con Seth Hall died at Westmoreland, February 12, 1824. in his eighty-fourth year.

(VII) Gaius, fourth son and sixth child of Dea- con Seth and Diadama (Leach ) Hall, was born in Raynham, Massachusetts. 1781. He lived with his father at Westmoreland, New Hampshire, and in- herited the old place. He was a Whig, and repre- sented the town in the legislature in 1829. also in 1838, and was also selectman: he was a prominent citizen. He attended and helped to build the church of the Christian denomination in Westmoreland. He was twice married. His first wife was Esther Mason, of Westmoreland, and his second wife Lucinda Balch. daughter of Andrew Balch, of Keene. There were four children: Esther M .. who married Prentiss Daggett: Gaius K .; Lucy S., who married Flisha Shelley, and Seth C., whose sketch follows, all by the second union. Gains Hall died in 1871.

(\'III) Seth Chandler, youngest son and child of Gaius and Lucinda ( Balch) Hall, was born in Westmoreland. New Hampshire, October 28, 1822. He attended the common schools of Westmoreland and then was employed by the Cheshire railroad for a few years. In 1852 he bought one hundred and fifty acres of land near where his father lived and where his son now dwells. Here he carried on gen- eral farming till 1882, when he moved to Keene. New Hampshire. He was a strong Republican, but was unwilling to hold office, though often urged to de wo. He attended the Christian Church, and was its clerk at one time. Seth Chandler Hall married Alfreda Patten, daughter of William Patten, who was born in Pomfret, Vermont. There were five children : Lucinda E., William C., George E., For- re-t W. and Frank P. Lucinda E. married Isaac W Rawson, and lives in Winchester, New Hamp- shire. They have one child, Wilson William Chan- dler, lives in Keene, where he is ticket agent for the Ruston & Maine Railroad. George E. died young. Forrest W. is the subject of the next paragraph. Frank Prentiss died July 8, 1004, in Westmoreland, where he lived. Seth Chandler ITall died May 4. 1802. at Keene, New Hampshire.

(IX) Forrest Webster, third son and fourth

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child of Seth Chandler and Alfreda ( Patten ) Hall. was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. Octo- ber 20, 1855. He attended the common school of his native town. With his brother. Frank P., he bought the farm owned by their father, and added to it till he now owns about three hundred acres. lle carries on general farming. The farm produces a quantity of fruit. especially apples, sometimes yielding one hundred barrels a season; there are also pears and plums. F. W. Hall is a Republican in politics: he served as selectman for four terms at different times, was representative to the legislature in 1903, was elected county commissioner in 1906. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and was made deacon in 1896. This is an office which seems almost hereditary in the Hall family, for it has been held by no less than three of the early generations of Deicon Hall's ancestors. He is a charter mem- ber of Great Meadow Grange. No. 138, in which he has held office. Forrest Webster Hall married. Sep- tember 4. 1883. Alice Holman, daughter of David and Sarah ( Hamilton) Holman. both of Chester- field. New Hampshire. Mrs. Hall was born in Chesterfield. July 16, 1862, and was a very successful school teacher before her marriage. They have four children: George Forrest, born April 15, 1889. died young. Esther Lucinda. December 28, 1800, died at the age of three years. Murray Frank, January 31, 1897. Gaius William, January. 1899.

This branch of the Hall family, whose HALL members have heen and are among the best citizens cf Epsom. is descended from but not yet traced to one of the early Puritan im- migrants.

(I) Stacey Hall was a lifelong resident of Ep- som, where he was engaged in farming. His wife was Anna Lake. of Chichester.

( II) John C., son of Stacey and Anna (Lake) Hall was born in Epsom, January 26, 1806, and died in Epsom, May 31, 1885. in the cightieth year of his age. He owned a small farm which he cul- tivated. did carpentry when called on, and also car- ried on a country store. He was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. and in politics was a Re- publienn. He married Martha Rand, who was born in Chichester. February 25. 1813, and died in Epsom. 1868. aged fifty-five years. Their children were: Sarah, James W., Martha E. Amanda S., Deborah J .. John H .. Georgia A., Luther T., and Charles S .. whose sketch follows. Amanda S., unmarried, who was born on the homestead. September 1, 1839, and Luther T., born September 8, 1857, reside on the old farm.

(III) Charles S .. ninth and youngest child of John C. and Martha ( Rand) Hall, was born in Epsom, June 3. 1854. and educated in the town schools and in a commercial college in Manchester. He got a good knowledge of business in his father's store, and after his father's death succeeded to the business. He now resides at Gossville, where he has a place containing ten acres on which he has erected a fine house and other buildings. Ile is a partner in Silver & Hall, grocery and general merchandise, Gossville. He does a large lumber business, and owns about four hundred acres of woodland in Epsom, and operating over two thousand acres of timber in towns adjoining. He has built several houses in Epsom. and is known as an energetic business man whose word is as good as gold, a good neighbor. and a progressive citizen. He is a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, and votes the Republican ticket.

He has filled the offices of town clerk, and repre- sentative. In 1880 he joined Evergreen Lodge, No. 53. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand. He is also a member of Epsom Grange, No. 102. Patrons of Husbandry. He mar- ried, December 17, 1876, Ellen M. Dolbeer, who was born in Epsom. December II. 1855. daughter of Cal- vin and Abbie L. (Goss) Dolbeer. Mr. Dolbeer was born in Epsom. July 18. 1818, and died 1893. He was a farmer, a member of the Congregational Church, and a Republican. Abbie L. Goss was born in Epsom. 1818, and died in Epsom, 1897.

The family. of this name in New GEROULD England is descended from'one im- migrant ancestor, who was of Hu- guenot stock, his forefathers heing by occupation silk manufacturers who possessed great wealth. which was confiscated by the Catholic authorities after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The immigrant came to the United States not only to escape the religious persecution to which those of his faith were subjected, but to find a land of civil liberty and religious freedom.

Perhaps no better statement of what the people of this family have been can be made than that of Samuel A. Gerould. Sr., who in 1873 wrote of them in his family record as follows: "It appears from a general survey of our race in this country, that those who have gone before us, have acted well their part in the walks of life. In these we notice the well-to-do farmer, mechanic, merchant, teacher of youth and physician, which latter profession largely predominates; also clergymen of the Congre- gational order-pursuits composing staminal sup- port in society, imparting strength and solidity to the body politic. In regard to the present living race. I can hear testimony in scripture phraseology. I have been young and now am old (80) yet have I never seen any of the seed' of our immigrant patriarch 'begging bread.' or degraded by vice. All are above board, so far as ever I have known, and many wealthy. In the honorable professions. the Christian Church, and responsible pursuits of life. indeed, in most of the departments and vocations of civilization, the descendants of our common ancestor are well represented. Eminent physiologists say that traits of character descend from generation to generation through centuries. May the virtues of our ancestry descend to their latest posterity."

The spelling of the name of the immigrant an- cestor was Jerauld. Two of his descendants in the second generation, Gamaliel and Stephen, first changed the "J" to "G" and afterward the "" to "o." Thus the orthography of the name became Gerould in two branches of his descendants. The other branches of the family uniformly follow the spelling of the name like their common ancestor, viz : Jerauld.

(1) James Icrauld. M. D. one of a family of twenty-one children, was born in the province of Languedoc. France, in the year 1678 He acquired a knowledge of medicine, and came to America in 1700, landing in Boston, where it is supposed his first year in this country was spent but he settled in Medfield. where he practiced medicine until his death. October 25. 1760. at the age of eighty-two years. The house in Medfield, in which he lived and died, was standing in a good state of preservation in 1873. During his voyage to America, Dr. Ierauld became acquainted with a family of French Hugue- nets named Dupee. While on the occan Mrs. Dupee

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gave birth to a daughter, and Dr. Jerauld was the accoucheur on that occasion. This daughter was named Martha, and when she was sixteen years old she was married to Dr. Jerauld. then thirty-eight years of age. They were the parents of eight chil- dren : James, Martha. Gamaliel, Stephen, Dupee, Mary, Joanna and Susanna.

(II) Gamaliel Gerould, second son and third child of Dr. James (Jacques) and Martha (Dupee) Jerauld, was born in Medfield, September 23, 1719. For some reason not stated he and his brother Stephen, changed the family name to Geronld, and this form of spelling has been followed by their de- scendants. Gamaliel was a farmer and resided in Wrentham, Massachusetts. December 25, 1741, he married Rebecca Lawrence. who died January 12, 1751, and he was again married October II of the same year to Jerusha Mann, who was born Novem- ber 12, 1724. and died November 6, 1762. His third wife, whom he married August 10, 1763, was Mrs. Mary Everett, of Dedham, Massachusetts. He died October 18. 1795. and his widow died January 4, 1810. The children of his first union were: Gamaliel. Rebecca (who died young), Katie, Rebecca and Jabez. Those of his second marriage were: Ebene- zer, Elias, Samuel, Benona, Jacob, Jerusha and Theodore. ( Mention of the last named and de- scendants forms part of this article).

(III) Samuel, third son and child of Gamaliel and Jerusha (Mann) Gerould, was born in Wren- tham, July 28. 1755. When twenty-one years of age he became a soldier in the Revolutionary war, en- listing for four months in '1776 to "go northward," as the records state, and on April 6. 1777, he re-en- listed for three years in Captain Knapp's company. Colonel Shepard's regiment, which formed a part of General Stone's brigade, and was honorably dis- charged at the expiration of his term of service. In 1786 he settled in Stoddard. New Hampshire, ar- riving there May 5 of that year and erecting a log house on one of the highest eminences. He wit- nessed the growth of the town from a sparsely set- tled plantation in the wilderness to a prosperous farming community, and he died there January 13, 1824. April 30. 1786, he married Azubah Thompson, who was born in Medway, Massachusetts. March 3, 1763. and died June 13, 1851. Their children were: Samuel, Clarissa, Cassandra, Roxie, Jerusha, Electa, Moses, Rhoda, Lyman, and Susan A.

(IV) Rev. Moses, second son and seventh child of Samuel and Azuhah (Thompson) Gerould, was born in Stoddard. New Hampshire, May 5, ISO1. Having pursued the regular four years' course at the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, being one of the first students at that institution, he studied theology with the Rev. Seth S. Arnold, of Alstead. New Hampshire, and on May 22, 1828, was ordained pas- tor of the Congregational Church at New (now East) Alstead, remaining there until 1844. when he resigned. From the latter year to 1853 he occupied the Congregational pulpit in Hinsdale. this state, was acting pastor in Canaan for the ensuing ten years, and from 1863 to 1865 he preached in Stoddard Called to the pastorate of the Congre- gational Church at Langdon. New Hampshire, in 1865. he labored there until April, 1860, when he re- tired from the ministry, having devoted more than forty years of his life to the zealous propagation of Christianity. His last days were spent in Canaan, where he died June 21. 1874. He was married, Feb- ruary 5, 1820, to Cynthia Locke, who was born May 2, 1804. daughter of Calvin and Sarah (Jewett)

Locke, of Sullivan, New Hampshire. She bore him seven children: 1. Sarah Cynthia, died in infancy. 2. Samuel L., born July 11, 1834, married, Decem- ber 5. 1865, Laura E. Thayer, of Acworth, New Hampshire, and they have seven children: Mary Clementine, educated at Mt. Holyoke Seminary ; John Hiram, a graduate of Dartmouth College, now assistant professor of biology: James Thayer, a graduate of Dartmouth College, now librarian of the University of Minnesota; Harriet Dupee, a graduate of Middleburg College and School of Do- mestic Science of the University of Missouri at Columbia : Gordon Hall, a graduate of Dartmouth College and Oxford University. England now pro- fessor at Princeton University, Princeton. New Jer- sey; Marion Locke, a kindergarten graduate. now engaged in settlement work in Boston and Washing- ton. D. C .: Leonard Stinson, educated at Dart- mouth College and Boston School of Technology, now in the electrical business in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania. 3. John Calvin Locke, born August 29, 1837. 4. Sarah A., who will be again referred to. 5. Mar- tin Luther. born July 14. 1841, married Helen Bart- lett. of Auburn, New York. 6. Ann Clementine, born November 5. 1843. died December 11. 1851. 7. Edward Payson, born October 13. 1845. John Calvin Locke, a resident of Texas, entered the Con- federate army in 1862 and was drowned at Clarks- ville river. October 8. 1862. Martin Luther served as acting medical cadet at the Columbia Hospital in Washington from April to September, 1863: as act- ing assistant surgeon, United States navy, until 1865 ; was graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1866: practiced medicine in Webster Grove and in Kirkwood, Missouri, and died in the latter place December 4. 1903. Edward Payson, a photographer in Concord. New Hampshire, married Harriet M. Proctor, of Portland, Maine: she died in May. 1896.

(V) Sarah Azubah, second daughter and fourth child of Rev. Moses and Cynthia (Locke) Gerould, was born in Alstead, April 13, 1839. She was edu- cated in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Northfield, Massachusetts, the Canaan Academy and Mt. Holyoke Seminary, graduating from the latter insti- tution in 1859. Being thus well equipped for an ed- ucational career, she was at one time associated with Judge Chase in teaching at Henniker. this state, and was later connected with a young ladies' school in Con- cord. On May 24. 1861, she became the wife of Isaac N. Blodgett, now deceased, a prominent lawver of Canaan and afterwards a justice of the New Hamp- shire supreme court (see Blodgett, VIII). Mrs. Blodgett is now dividing her time between Frank- lin and Canaan, spending her summers in the last named town. She has been interested in philan- thropic work, and to her the state of New Hampshire owes the law forbidding the detention of children at the Alms House, the creation of State Board of Charities and State Conference of Charities and Corrections and has heen for two years president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. She has one daughter, Anna Geraldine, who was born Au- gust 13. 1862, and is a graduate of Wellesley College.

(III) Theodore, seventh and youngest child of Gamaliel and Jerusha (Mann) Gerould, was born in Wrentham. September 11, 1761, and died March 2. TSAS. aged eighty-six years. He settled near his father's homestead where he and his wife lived a long and happy life. He married. February 19, 1788, Ruth Bowditch, born July 28, 1767. died January 30, 1861. aged ninety-three years. Her parents. Samuel and Rebecca (Byram) Bowditch, came from Brain-

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tree and settled in Wrentham, where they lived and died at advanced ages. The children of Theodore and Ruth (Bowditch) Gerould were: Rebecca. Mary, Samuel Allau, Susanna. James Harvey. Joseph Byram, Jerusha Mann, and Elizabeth Rowe.

(1V) Samuel Allan, third child and oldest son of Theodore and Ruth (Bowditch) Gerould, was born in Wrentham, July 27. 1793, and died in Keene. New Hampshire, September 21, 1887, aged ninety- four years. He was brought up on a farm; was an industrious student and reader : bought his time of his father at seventeen: taught school; attained the rank of lieutenant in the militia ; came to Keene in ISIo and engaged in trade where E. F. Lane's upper block now stands; built his brick store, on the west side of the square, in 1825; extended it to the south in 1835 for George Tilden's store : and took his son, Samuel A., Jr., as partner in 1844 (S. A. Gerould & Son). In 1857 the firm bought and the next season rebuilt the south half of the old brick courthouse. adjoining his block on the north. His brick house on West street was built in 1861, under the direction and plans of his son. Mr. Gerould was chairman of the committee in 1867 to establish the town water- works which were finally laid in accordance with the plan suggested by him. He was one of the early stockholders of the Cheshire Railroad, was interested in the Cheshire Provident Institution, and was active in projects for the benefit of the community. He was in business nearly fifty years. In political faith he was a Whig while that party lasted. and then logically became a Republican. His religious faith was Congregational, and he was one of the committee having charge of the alterations of the old First Church. He was much interested in obtaining a knowledge of his ancestry, and when, in 1867, Dr. Henry Gerould. of Pennsylvania, began to seek the facts necessary to compile the genealogy of the Gerould family in America, he found a warm friend and an ardent supporter of the project in Samuel A. Gerould, through whose influence and by whose aid a very complete genealogy of the descendants of James Jerauld was compiled. He married. May 3. 1820. Deborah, daughter of Hon. Samuel Holmes Deane, of Dedham. Massachusetts. She was born June 20, 1700, and died January 15. 1865. aged seventy-four years. Their children were: Samuel Allen (2) and Deborah Deane.

(V) Samuel Allen (2), eldest child and only son of Samuel Allan (I) and Deborah (Deane) Gerould, was born in Keene. February 1, 1821, and died in that town, March 26, 1800, aged seventy- eight years. He was educated in the common schools and Academy of Keene, early learned the jeweler's trade in his father's general store. and at the age of twenty-one became his partner. Samuel A .. Sr., retired in 1867, and the son continued in business, as a jeweler, associating with him J. C. Richardson and A. B. Skinner. under the firm name of Gerould. Richardson & Skinner. Mr. Gerould was not a strong man and in 1869, three years sub- sequent to his father's retirement, he. too, went out of business. He was a practical jeweler, was fond of mechanical employment and machinery. He made a watch for himself when a lad, also an electrical machine which was bought by the academy in Fitzwilliam, and once having a French clock with which he was not satisfied. he separated the parts, removed some and altered others and thus changed the clock proved to be a valuable timekeeper. He was a Republican, and as such served as councilman one or two terms. He was a member of the 'Con-

gregational Church, and clerk of the church for many years. In all the relations of life he was a quiet, pleasant gentleman, always desirous of being on the right side and helpful in the community, and seldom erring in judgment.

He married. November 14, 1850, Susan Fales Fiske. of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, born January II, 1831, daughter of Henry Fiske and Susan H. (Fales) Fiske. The children were: Frances. Eliza- beth, Henry Fiske and Joseph Bowditch.

(V1) Henry Fiske, second child and oldest son of Samuel A. (2) and Susan F. (Fiske) Gerould, born in Keene, January 30, 1853, was educated in the public schools and at Meriden ( New Hampshire) Academy. When a young man he was employed for about three years as a clerk in his father's store, and subsequently took charge of his father's affairs. which were principally entrusted to his care. He is a Republican in politics, and a man of quiet and studious habits.

(VI) Joseph Bowditch, third and youngest child of Samuel A. (2) and Susan Fales (Fiske) Gerould, was born in Keene, February 20, 1856. He was educated in the common schools, at New Lon- don Academy. Dartmouth College, and he took the degree of M. D. at Harvard Medical College in 1881. He settled in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, where lie has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. He married, April 16, 1800. Grace Rose Ely, of Westfield, Massachusetts. She died January 20. 1895, aged twenty-eight years, leaving one child, Dorothy, born March 15. 1891. On April 18, 1806, he married (second) Florence R. Whiting, daughter of William D. Whiting, who was a silverware manufacturer in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, a great many years.

This name was early established in

BINGHAM New England, and has been con- spicuous in the annals of New Hampshire jurisprudence, past and present, and has contributed to the progress and welfare of the nation in many localities, especially throughout New England.

(I) The first of whom record has been found was Henry Bingham, who was admitted as a master cutler of the Cutlers' Company of Sheffield. England, December 21, 1614, and he was granted a trademark by that organization. This has now come to be something of a social organization, but in his day it was a league of craftsmen. He married July 6. 1631. Anna Stenton, and had children, Abel. Steven, Edward, Robert. Elizabeth, Thomas and Ann.

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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 67

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