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 70

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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(VI) Luther, youngest son and seventh child of John (3) and Mary (Lakin) Phelps, was born June 17, 1787, in Hollis, New Hampshire. He was styled in the record of his birth, "Luther, Jr." He settled in Deering, New Hampshire, where he resided for many years, and was a farmer. He was married, October 22, 1813, in Hancock, New Hampshire, by Rev. Reed Paige, to Betsey Brooks, both then styled as of Hollis. Their children were : Luther, Betsey, John Lovejoy, born in Hollis. It is apparent that his first wife died and he had a second wife, Mary, whose children, born in Deering, were: Mary, Wil- liam, Almira and Andrew Jackson.

(VII) Andrew Jackson, youngest child of Luther and Mary Phelps, was born March 23, 1833, in Deering, New Hampshire, and resided in Goffs- town1. His principal occupation has been working at his trade of stone mason. In politics he is a Democrat. He married Almira Pierce, of Goffs- town, New Hampshire; both are living and they were the parents of five children: Mary E., wife of Walter Colby; George A., Charles E., Eugene L., Lena J.

(VIII) George Andrew, eldest son and second child of Andrew Jackson and Almira ( Pierce) Phelps, was born January 23, 1865, in Goffstown, New Hampshire. He was educated at Goffstown graded school. He began when very young to work at the saw mill business, and was a good sawyer when sixteen years old. At the age of twenty-three lie owned a saw mill, and has been in the saw inill and lumber business ever since. He is a suc- cessful business man, conducting a portion of each year an extensive business, employing on the aver- age about forty hands. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and he and his family are members of the Baptist Church. He was married, November 9, 1892, to Gertrude Whipple, who was born in Goffstown, a daughter of Otis E. and Orozina (Heseltine) Whipple, of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps have a son, Chase Whipple, born January 1I, 1896. Otis E. Whipple was born October 18, 1841, at Goffs-

town, New Hampshire, and his wife was born Oc- tober 30, 1852. Mr. Whipple has followed farming all his life. They are the parents of five children : Gertrude, Arthur E., Moses O., Ethel E., died in infancy ; Alice May.

POORE This name appears among the early names of New England and of New Hampshire, in which state it has been honored and is still borne by many worthy citizens. The line which traces to the early settlement of Goffstown was located in northwestern Massachu- setts until the close of the Revolution.

(1) John Poore, emigrant ancestor of those bearing the name in this country, was born 1615, in Wiltshire, England, whence he came to America in 1635. He settled in Newbury, on the south side of Parker river, on that portion known as "The Neck." In 1661 he had sixty-one acres assigned to him, and in 1678 built a house which was still stand- ing and in possession of his descendants in 1878. Eight generations were born in it down to that time, and it had been used at one time as an inn. He served as juryman in 1654-55-58-61-70-74-78. He acted as attorney for Daniel Poore, of Andover, (sup- posed to have been his brother) in an action tried March 26, 1667, and again in 1681. He subscribed to the oath of fidelity in 1678, and served on import- ant committees. In the seating of members he was assigned to the front seat in the church. He owned over one hundred acres of land, and was among the most substantial citizens. He died November 21, 1684, from exposure, while lost on a hunting ex- pedition. Before the distribution of his property thirty pounds was reserved for debts and "legacyes." His widow died December 3, 1702. Their children were named: John, Hannah (died young), Eliza- beth, Hannah, Henry, Mary (died young), Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Edward and Abigail. The last two died in infancy.

(11) Henry, second son and fifth child of John Poore, was born December 13, 1650, and was made a freeman, March 7, 1681. He settled in the south- ern part of Newbury, a part of his farm lying in Rowley. In 1693 he sold out and purchased a farm in the western part of Rowley, and his descendants were still occupying this land in 1879. He was drafted as a soldier in King Philip's war, Deceni- ber 6, 1675, was often tythingman in Rowley, bought and sold much land and often assisted in settling estates. His will was dated April 2, 1741. He was married September 12, 1679, to Abigail Hale, who was born April 8, 1662, and died before 1729. She was a daughter of Thomas Hale, Junior, who was born in England about 1633, son of Thomas and Thomasin Hale. His wife, Mary, was a daughter of Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson, and was baptized December 28, 1630, in North Muskham, Nottinghamshire, England. Henry and Abigail ( Hale) Poore had the following children : Abigail, Henry, Jeremiah, Mary (died an infant), Mary, Hannah, Sarah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Daniel, Sam- uel and Lydia.

(III) Samuel, fifth son and eleventh child of Henry Poore, was born April 28, 1706, in Rowley. He was a housewright, and had land inherited from his father. besides some which he purchased. He seems to have been possessed of sixty-eight acres and a pew in the upper meeting house in Rowley. He died September 21, 1748, exactly one week after making his will, which indicates that he died of fever or some acute disease, his age being over

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forty-two years. He was married, November 10, 1730, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Searl. She was born January 20, 1712, and after the death of Mr. Poore, married George Little and went to New Boston, this state, where she died May 28, 1779. Samuel Poore's children were: Elizabeth, Hep- zibah, Joseph, Sarah and Eliphalet.

(IV) Joseph, elder son and third child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Searl) Poore, was born August 24, 1737, in Rowley, and settled on the west part of the homestead of his great-grandfather, John Poore. He secured the other half by purchase from his brother, Eliphalet, April 4, 1767, for one hundred and twenty pounds, and thus had a farm of one hundred acres. The records show that he pur- chased many small parcels of land adjoining his own, and in 1782 purchased one hundred and forty acres in Goffstown, being lot 3 in the range north of the Piscataquog river. He was a cordwainer by trade, but became an extensive farmer, often served as selectman, and was frequently called upon to settle estates. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and was at Lake George in 1757. His life was often in peril, and on one oc- casion he was stripped of his clothing by the sava- ges. He served in the Revolution, and was captain of a company that marched to Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, April 20, 1775. He was a deacon of the Byfield Church, and received a shock of paralysis while attending divine services February I8, 1795, from which he died the same day. Deacon Poore was married April 22, 1756, to Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Boynton) Bailey. She was born January 28, 1738, not far from her hus- band's birthplace, in the east parish of Bradford, and was akin to the families of Webster, Trumbull and Halstead. She died January 28, 1818. Their children were: Elizabeth, Samuel, George, Ruth, Jesse, Job, Joseph and John. (Mention of George and descendants appears in this article).

(V) Samuel, eldest child of Joseph and Mar- garet (Bailey ) Poore, was born December 13, 1758, in Rowley. in that part of the town which was then called New Rowley, and eighty years later was in- corporated under the name of Georgetown. He was a Revolutionary soldier and served with General Gates at Saratoga in October, 1774, when he cap- tured General Burgoyne's army. Samuel Poore set- tled in Goffstown. New Hampshire, in that part of the town which is now the southwestern portion of Hooksett. He was a farmer, and appears to have been a man of some education as indicated by his signature which has been preserved. He was mar- ried October 21, 1784, to Anna Bridges, of Rowley, who was born February 1, 1762, and died April 21, 1853, over ninety-one years of age, having survived her husband nearly twelve years. He died August 21, 1841. Their children were: John, Samuel, Job, Benjamin, Peggy, Jesse, Ira, Erie. Asa and Joseph.

(VI) Joseph, youngest child of Samuel and Anna (Bridges ) Poore, was born November 9, 1805, in what is now Hooksett. He resided on the home- stead of his father until 1853, when he removed to Manchester and for eighteen years lived on Orange and Bridge streets. About 1871 he moved on his farm about two and one-half miles south of the Manchester City Hall, and there he died aged about sixty-five. He was married December, 1832. to Arria, daughter of Nathaniel and Alice ( Parker) Mitchell, of Hooksett (see Mitchell, VI). She was born January 8, 1804, in Hampstead, New Hamp- shire, and was remotely related to her Husband

through his grandmother. Their children were: Silena, Winter, Julia S., Joseph Augustus and Frank Pierce. The elder daughter became the wife of Samuel Alexander, of Hooksett. The second died before she was four years old. The younger son died when three months old.

(VH) Joseph Augustus, elder son of Joseph and Arria (Mitchell) Poore, was born June 26, 1840. in Hooksett, and resided on the homestead of his father and grandfather in the southwestern part of that town until 1866, when he removed to the southern part of Manchester and lived in the vicin- ity of his father until he died May 14, 1902. His education was limited to that supplied by the dis- trict school, but he was an intelligent and well in- formed man. He became a voter soon after the organization of the Republican party, and he gave his allegiance to that organization in matters of public policy. He was a member of the school committee in Hooksett a number of years, also a member of the Amoskeag Grange, in which he took an active interest. He was married September 15, 1871, to Mary Vienna, daughter of his cousin, Samuel Poore, Junior, of Boston. She was born July 21, 1844. and her children were: Charles Mar- shall. Joseph Lewis and a son who died in infancy.

( VIII) Joseph Lewis, second son of Joseph Augustus and Mary V. (Poore) Poore, was born August 18, 1874, in Manchester. He was educated in the public schools of the city of Manchester, and learned the electrical business at Lynn. Massa- chusetts. He was employed for a time at electrical work in Manchester, and spent a year on a farm near San Francisco, California, and six months in that city following the electrical business. Return- ing to his native town he went on the home farm which he is still engaged in cultivating. His chief industry is market gardening, and he maintains a hot house in which plants are rapidly advanced for the early markets. He also owns another farmi nearhy. Mr. Poore is a progressive citizen and endeavors to keep abreast of the times; lie is a member of the Amoskeag Grange. He is also identified with the Congregational Church, and is an earnest Republi- can in political principle. He is occupying the home- stead where his grandfather lived, and is a worthy representative of an honorable ancestry.

(V) Lieutenant George, second son and third child of Joseph and Margaret (Bailey) Poore, was born January 22, 1761, in Rowley, and settled in the northeastern part of Goffstown, that portion which was set off to Hooksett in 1822. He lived on several farms in that section and subsequently built a house at Goffstown Centre. Later he located on a farm on the plains, one mile southeast of that village, his land lying on both sides of the Pisca- taquog river. This was sold by his son to Hills- boro county in 1849. He died there April 20. 1833, and was survived over sixteen years by his widow. He was married December II. 1783, to Mary, daugh- ter of Moses and Polly ( Stevens) Little. She was born June 5. 1764, and died September 16. 1849. Their children were : Moses, Joseph. George, Thomas, Stephen, Noyes Lydia, Polly, David Mor- rill and Jane Wallace (twins), Ebenezer Parsons and Betsey. The last died in infancy. The eldest daughter married (first) David L. Morrill, and (second) Nathaniel Goodhue. The second daugh- ter married David. Worthley. David Morrill, one of the twins died when ten years old and the other became the wife of Isaac Parker.

(VI) Noyes. sixth son and child of George

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and Mary ( Little) Poore, was born June 2, 1795, and became one of the leading citizens of his town and county. He was a large farmer and was exten- sively engaged in lumbering for about forty years. As his means increased he purchased land adjoin- ing the paternal homestead, which also became his by purchase, and had about three hundred acres at the time he sold to the county of Hillsboro in 1849. He immediately purchased a lot in the village of Piscataqnog. in the town of Bedford, upon which he erected a home and moved in April 1, 1850. This was subsequently included in the city of Manches- ter. so that his death occurred in that city, July 6, 1855. He filled many positions . of responsibility, such as captain of militia, selectman and justice of the peace. He was seven years in the state legis- lature, being representative from Goffstown in 1834- 35 and 1842-43, from Bedford in 1853 and was a member of the senate in 1847-48. Mr. Poore was married April 3, 1817, to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Kennedy) Chamberlain. She was born September' 1. 1799, in Cavendish, Vermont, and died May 2, 1862, at the home of her daughter in Newport. this state. She had only two children, namely: Harrison, who died at the age of seven years, and Nancy Frances.

(VII) Nancy F., daughter of Noyes and Mary (Chamberlain) Poore, born June 22, 1819, in the town of Goffstown, was married June 12. 1838, to John Little, of Newport, New Hampshire, who died March 7, 1841. She was married (second) May 5. 1842, to William Butler Johnson (see John- son, VI).

(Second Family.)

(1) Samuel Poore, "perhaps a brother of John," of Newbury, was one of the early settlers of New- bury. He hought a house and land of Tristam Coffin. April 15. 1652, but the description of the land is so indefinite that it is now impossible to locate it. He died December 31, 1683. aged sixty. The name of his wife is not known. His children were: Rebecca. Mary (died young), Samuel, Ed- ward. Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah, Benjamin and Mary.

(11) Samuel (2). third child and eldest son of Samuel (t) Poore, was born October 14. 1653. and died November 29. 1727, aged seventy-tour. He owned a house and land on the west bank of the Merrimack river, afterward occupied as a ship- yard. The narrow wav. now Merrimack Court, was formerly known as Poore's Lane, and is so designated in deeds written in the eighteenth cen tury. The records show a sale of land in Newbury by him to his son, March 9, 170S. His will. dated January 20, 1726, and proved January I, 1728, gave all his real estate and most of his personal property to his wife Rachel. On the same day the will was proved, Samuel (3) Poore. Sarah, widow of Jo- seph Brown. Timothy and Eleanor Putnam, Thomas and Rebecca Smith. conveyed "to our mother, Rachel Poore, the widow of our father Samuel Pocre, our interest in our father's estate, real and personal." Samuel Poore married. February 16, 1680. Rachel Bailey, and they had children: Re- becca (died young), Samuel, Judith, Sarah, Eleanor and Rebecca.

(III) Samuel (3). second child and eldest son of Samuel (2) and Rachel ( Bailey) Poore, was born in Newbury, June 3. 1682, and died July II. 1760. aged eighty-five. He lived for several years after his marriage with his father, in the old homestead near the Merrimack river. The deed

records of Newbury show purchases of land by him. The first land which he bought in the vicin- ity of Indian Hill was called the "rate lot." Other lots were added later, and now constitute what is known as the "Indian Hill" Farm. The house formerly standing on this lot was probably erected during the years 1700 and 1710, and Samuel Poore and his family were living there in 1729. Some years later the house was struck by lightning and burned. A new house was built on the same site, and Samuel Poore continued to reside there the remainder of his life. His will, dated December 19, 1768, and proved August 28, 1760, after making some small bequests, gave the remainder of his estate, includ- ing the farm upon which he then lived, to his son Benjamin. He married, in September, 1705, Han- nah, daughter of Benjamin Morse, and they had (IV) Samuel (4) Poor, probably a son of Sam- uel (3) Poor, born in West Newbury, died in Ray- mond. New Hampshire. He removed about the time of the Revolutionary war with his sons Ebe- nezer and Samuel from the vicinity of Indian Hill, in Newbury, Massachusetts, to Raymond, New Hampshire, where he cleared a large tract in the wilderness in what is called the Branch district, which on his death went to his two sons. He was an energetic and industrious man, an upright and worthy citizen and many of his descendants have been local leaders. He married in Newbury, and had children, two of whom, Samuel and Ebenezer, settled in Raymond.

(V) Ebenezer. son of Samnel (4) Poor. was born in Newbury. Massachusetts, March 2, 1752, and died in Raymond, New Hampshire, February 16, 1810. aged sixty-seven. He came in young manhood with his father and brother to Raymond, and received from his father half of his land. He was a thrifty, hard-working man, and enlarged the estate he inherited. He married Sarah Brown, who was born in Poplin (now Fremont), New Hamp- shire, November 20, 1757, and died January 8, 1852, aged ninety-four, daughter of Captain Nathan Brown, who was a soldier of the Revolution. She was a woman of unusually vigorous constitution, lived to a great age, and was of assistance in as- certaining dates and facts of ancient times for the town history. The children of this union were: Mary, Nathan. Sally, Ebenezer, Rebecca, Ruth, Ben- jamin and Dennis.

(VI) Benjamin, seventh child and third son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Brown) Poor, was born Sep- tember 24. 1795, and died aged ninety-seven years. six months. When a boy he had a strong desire to learn to be intelligent and improved all his opportunities to get an education. One day he found a torn copy of the New Hampshire Pa- triot, which interested him, and desiring to have the paper cach week he earned money by hunting muskrats and selling their skins, and with it paid the subscription for the Patriot. of which he was many years a subscriber. He served at Portsmouth in the war of 1812, and afterward drew a pension from the United States on that account. Farming was his occupation through life. He resided all his life in Raymond, on the farm now occupied by his grandson, Ben. F. Poor (sce sketch below). He had a substantial estate and was satisfied with his calling. He was a cooper and charcoal burner. He hurned considerable charcoal, and took it by ox-team to the Newburyport (Massachusetts) market, where he exchanged it for goods he required on the farm. In 1852 he traveled in the west for the pur-

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pose of locating land claims which he had bought of former United States soldiers to whom they had been granted. He was a staunch Democrat, and once entertained Franklin Pierce as an over-night guest, while he was a candidate for the presidency. in 1852. He was active in political affairs and filled public office for many years. He was elected and filled the office of selectman, 1829-30-31 and 1842; moderator, 1836-42-47; justice of the peace. of Raymond, in which office he served many years; road commissioner of Rockingham county, 1843-4. He married Alice Moore, of Chester, daughter of Lieutenant William Moore. They had four chil- dren: Sarah J., married Stephen Moar; Rufus, Melinda K., and George S., the subject of the next paragraph.

(VII) George Shepard, youngest child of 'Squire Benjamin and Alice (Moore) Poor, was born in Raymond, March 28, 1828, and died there August 4, 1905. He was educated in the common schools, and when a young man went to Wisconsin, where he remained a short time. After his return he resided on the home farm, which contained be- tween three hundred and four hundred acres. He was a citizen in good circumstances, a member of the Congregational Church, and in politics a Demo- crat. He married Nancy Marden Stevens, who was born in Chester died in Raymond. aged forty-two years, daughter of John and Roxanna (Marden) Stevens. They had one child, Ben Frank, next mentioned.

(VIII) Ben Frank, only child of George S. and Nancy Marden (Stevens) Poor, was born on the old homestead in Raymond, April 1, 1867. He at- tended the common schools in Raymond, and later in Lowell. Massachusetts, where he lived for a time with his aunt. Mrs. Moar. He then returned to the ancestral abode, where Poors have lived for one hundred and thirty years, and has since had charge of the farm. He is a Democrat of the school of Jefferson and Jackson, like his ancestors, but is not a politician. He has served as chairman of the board of supervisors, but has steadily refused to fill any other office. He attends the Congregational Church. His father's sisters, Sarah J., the widow of Stephen Moar, and Melinda K., reside on the same farm.

( Third Family.)

(I) Daniel Poor came from the south of Eng- land in 1638 as a passenger in the ship "Bevis." and joined his older brothers John and Samuel, who were already residents of Newbury, Massa- chusetts. Six years later he was one of the first settlers of Cochichewick, which in 1646 was called Andover. Massachusetts, after the English town whence so many of its inhabitants had migrated. Daniel Poor built a garrison home for his family on the vast bank of the Shawsheen river, a mile above its junction with the Merrimack. He was an honest, industrious and deeply religious man, one of the early selectmen of the town, and a member of the first military company for protection againt the savages. Daniel Poor married Mary Farnham, who had come to Andover from England in 1635, and they had eleven children, two sons and nine daughters, among them Daniel (2), whose sketch follows. Daniel Poor died in 1713, aged eighty-five years.

(II) Daniel (2), son of Daniel and Mary (Farn- ham) Poor, lived at Andover, Massachusetts, where he was born about 1656. He married Mehitable Osgood, and they had nineteen children, including

five sons : Daniel, John, Samuel, Joseph and Thomas. One of these sons, John. lived to the age of ninety-four, and ate seventy-two Thanksgiving. dinners with his wife after their marriage. Daniel (2) Poor died in 1735, aged seventy-nine years.

(III) Thomas, one of the nineteen children of Daniel (2) and Mehitable (Osgood) Poor, was born near the beginning of the eighteenth century, at Andover, Massachusetts. He was at the siege of Louisburg under General Phipps, afterwards Sir William Pepperell. The name of his wife is un- known, but there were several children, including five sons. These were Colonel Thomas, who lived at Methuen. Massachusetts; General Enoch, whose sketch follows; Deacon Daniel, who lived in the South Parish of Andover ; Deacon Joseph, of Danvers, and Ahraham.

(IV) General Enoch, son of Thomas Poor, was born at North Andover, Massachusetts. June 21, 1736. His early life was that of a farmer's boy of the time with plenty of hard work and little school- ing. He served his time as a cabinetmaker, and a desk which descended to his grandson, the late Bradbury Poor Cilley, of Manchester. New Hamp- shire, gives fine evidence of his skill in woodwork. This desk is elegantly finished in cherry wood, and the seven secret spring drawers betoken great pa- tience and ingenuity. Another priceless relic of General Poor, owned by Mr. Cilley, is a miniature portrait of Poor, painted by his fellow-officer, Thaddeus Kosciusko. In 1755 Enoch Poor as a private, and his brother Thomas as a captain, en- isted in the French and Indian war, joining the ex- pedition under General Winslow for the subjection of the French inhabitants of Nova Scotia. About 1760 Enoch Poor removed to Exeter, New Hamp- shire. and there engaged in shipbuilding, a flourish- ing business at that time and place. His name ap- pears in connection with various patriotic petitions and committees, and in 1775 was a member of two of the Provincial congresses. Upon the breaking out of the Revolution, Enoch Poor was appointed colonel of the Second New Hampshire Regiment, and Joseph Cilley. of Nottingham, two of whose sons afterwards married Poor's daughters, was ma- jor. From the receipt of his first commission, dated May 24. 1775, until his lamented death in 1780, Enoch Poor was always in command of a regiment or a brigade. Of the New Hampshire troops only Stark's and Reed's regiments were at the battle of Bunker Hill, while Poor's soldiers were assigned the duty of guarding the sea-coast and Exeter river. During the fall and winter of 1775-76 the New Hampshire regiments were with the forces near Boston. and after the evacuation in March they were ordered to New York. Then came the invasion of Canada and Crown Point and Ticonderoga. In March, 1777, the Continental congress made choice of Colonel Enoch Poor for brigadier-general. Upon this Colonel John Stark resigned, claiming that the position belonged by right to him, as senior officer. There has been a long and bitter controversy over the matter, though it is said there were never other than cordial and friendly relations between the two men themselves. Poor's brigade was in the thick of the fight at Stillwater, and in the second battle of Saratoga, most hard fought in the Revolution, Poor and his- men bore a leading part. It was this battle that de- termined the surrender of Burgoyne, ten days later. Poor's brigade was then ordered to join Washing- ton at Philadelphia, and they spent the succeeding

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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 70

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