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On December 1, ISS9, he married Alice M. Stin- son, daughter of William and Catherine (Carr) Stinson, of Goffstown, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are the parents of six children: Craig T., born July 4, 1890; Helen C., born August 6, 1891 ; Burns W. and Bruce W. (twins), born December 23, 1892: Hazel J., born December 25, 1893; and Kachel MI., born December 5, 190I.
Upton, spelled in ancient records Uppe- UPTON ton, is a place in Cornwall, England. About the time of the Norman Con- quest a family designating itself De Uppton was living at that place. From the twelfth century the descent of the Uptons of Upton is traced in an un- broken line down to John Upron, de Uppton, of Upton, Cornwall. The "de" or "of" denotes gentle breeding, and history shows that these Uptons were people of quality. Whether all of this name are from the one stock in Cornwall is doubtful, as there are other places in England called Upton, and per- sons of that name are found in their vicinity, and in all parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as they are found in all parts of the United States to- day. Family tradition states that the ancestor of the Uptons of this sketch came from Scotland. but there is little or no other evidence of his having been born there or even having come there to America.
(I) John Upton is first mentioned in the Mass- achusetts records, as far as is now known, in con- nection with the suit of Edward Winslow against John Askew, of Cambridge. It seems that at that tinie he was but a youth or very young man, and was in the employ, probably as an apprentice, of Edward Winslow, of Salisbury. He became his own master as early as 1639. The next mention of him shows that he held the office of constable and
performed important duties in connection with the Narragansett expedition, 1645, 1646.
John Upton is first mentioned in the Salem records under date of December 26, 1658, when Henry Bullock, of Salem, for the consideration of four pounds, conveys to John Upton "sometime of Hammersmith forty acres of upland within the limits of Salem." Sometime between 1072 and 1678, probably not before 1075, he removed into the town of Reading. As early as 1664 he began to purchase land in that town, and to his first purchase there of two hundred and seventy-seven acres he continued to add adjoining and neighboring land as long as he lived. He made many purchases of land in Salem, Danvers, and Reading, and in all the convoyances of land he is described as "husband- man," the terms "yeoman" or "gentleman" always being avoided. He appears to have had little if anything to do with the Congregational Church, and is supposed to have been a Presbyterian, which, if a fact. may account for his not being admitted free- man until April 18, 1691, about eight years before his death. There is no evidence of John Upton or any of his family having been involved in any way in the witchcraft delusions of 1692 and after. The estate tipon which John Upton settled in Reading, and which was his home the remainder of his life, was in what is now North Reading, and was owned and occupied by his descendants until 1849 or later, perhaps to the present time.
John Upton died July II, 1699, aged, as is sup- posed, a little more than seventy. His will is dated November 16, 1697, and was proved July 31, 1699. The inventory of his estate shows that he was an unusually prosperous man. It is as follows: The homestead in Reading. £322. Farm at Woodhill one hundred and twenty acres, £120. The lot Ezekiel lives on, one hundred acres, £25. A lot of upland, one hundred and seventy acres, £43. The land situated in the Gusset, £50. A lot of upland. forty- seven acres, £23 IOS. Twenty acres of meadow on the river by the homestead. fSo. Twenty acres of meadow lying in Bear Meadow, £30. Seven acres of meadow called Strawberry Meadow, £20. Six acres of meadow, £15. Eight and one-half acres of meadow, £21 5s. Eight acres of meadow, £20. Seven acres of meadow, £14. Nine acres of meadow, £813.5. The total of his real and personal estate was fo81 4s 6d.
"A general view of John Upton's life shows. a vigorous, active, self-reliant man, self-respecting and self-contained, steadily and successfully pursuing the purpose which brought him to the new world, asking little of the clerical oligarchy which domi- nated the affairs of the colony, and apparently hav- ing little sympathy with their theological tenets." His steadfast purpose and ruling passion seem to have been to establish his posterity upon a secure foundation as landed proprietors. In twenty-nine years he made nineteen purchases of land, besides receiving a grant for the town. Four of the four- teen tracts of land mentioned in his inventory con- tained about six hundred and seventy-five acres of land
The name of John Upton's wife was Eleanor. They had thirteen children, all it seems born in Danvers: John, Eleanor. William (died young), James, Mary, William, Samuel, Ann, Isabel. Eze- kiel, Joseph, Francis, and Mary.
(II) John (2), eldest child of John (1) and Eleanor Upton, was born probably in Danvers, then
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a part of Salem. about 1654. He resided in the northeast part of North Reading, north of Ipswich river, on a farm given him by his father. He died in the summer of 1727, being then upwards of seventy years of age. His will is dated August 29, 1720, and was proved November 6, 1727. He mar- ried. December 14. 1680, Sarah Thompson. She was the daughter of George Thompson, and died October 12. 1719 Their children were: Sarah. John, Mary. Joseph, Ezekiel, Jonathan, Elizabeth (died young ), Francis, Elizabeth, and Hephzibah.
(III) Joseph, fourth child and second son of John (2) and Sarah ( Thompson) Upton, was born in North Reading. September 8. 1687. He married. February 2, 1718, Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Gray, of Salem ; probably that part of Salem which is now Danvers. They lived in North Read- ing. September 24, 1726, they sold to Samuel Browne. Esq .. of Salem, one-third of the homestead of Samuel and Abigail Gray, of Salem. The chil- dren of Joseph and Abigail were: Jeremiah, Isaac, Joseph. Jacob. Abraham. John, David, and Amy.
(IV) Joseph (2), third son and child of Jos- eph (I) and Abigail (Gray) Upton, was born in North Reading. March 25. 1725. He resided in North Reading until about 1780; and then removed to Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, where he died in ISIo, aged eighty-five. He was surveyor of high- ways in 1768. He was taxed for land owned by him in Andover in 1780-SI, but not later. He mar- ried. July 19. 1774. Mrs. Elizabeth Lovejoy, of Andover. Their children were: Elizabeth, Joseph, Jonathan, Jeremiah, and Peter.
(V) Jonathan third child and second son of Joseph (2) and Elizabeth ( Lovejoy) Upton, was born in North Reading, March 16, 1780, and died in Dunstable, August 16, 1830. When he was a child his father moved his family to Tyngsborough, which was until June, 1789, a part of Dunstable. Jonathan Upton was a farmer, and resided in Tyngsborough and Hudson. New Hampshire and Dunstable, Mass- achusetts. He was married in Tyngsborough, Mass- achusetts, by Rev. Samuel Lawrence. December I. 1803. to Nancy Whittemore. She was born in Malden, Massachusetts, September 25. 1786, and died in Nashua, New Hampshire. September 10, IS51. They had twelve children: Nancy, Joseph, Jonathan, Mary, Abigail, Sarah Whittemore. Peter, Ebenezer, Andrew. John Green, Susanna, and Julia Ann.
(VI) Peter, seventh child and third son of Jonathan and Nancy ( Whittemore) Upton. was born in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, October 1. 1816. or ISI7. He acquired his education in the common schools of Tyngsborough and Dunstable, and at Pepperell Academy, in Massachusetts, and New Ips- wich Academy, in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. On leaving school he had fully made up his mind to devote his life to commercial rather than agricul- tural pursuits, and in August, 1836, he entered a store in New Ipswich, where he was employed as a clerk until October 0. 1837. He then went to East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, where he took a position similar to the one he had lately left, in the store of Hiram Duncan. where he was employed until the spring of 1840. when he was admitted as an equal partner with Mr. Duncan, and the business was conducted under the firm name of Duncan & Upton. Before the close of that year the senior partner died, leaving the whole charge of the business in the hands of Mr. Upton, who continued it successfully until January, 1851. In addition to carrying on the
store he settled his partner's estate, which was quite large and complicated, and accomplished the task in a manner so satisfactory as to receive the hearty approval of all interested. He then sold a part of his interest in the establishment to one of his clerks, Charles H. Powers. On January 1, 1851, the Monadnock Bank in East Jaffrey, went into opera- tion. with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, and he was chosen cashier, and continued in that position until 1865. when the bank became the Monadnock National Bank, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. He was then chosen cashier of the new institution, and held that office for thirty years. For twenty-six years he was treasurer of the Monadnock Savings. Bank, which went into operation January, 1870, resigning that position Jan- uary 1, 1896. From 18So to the present time (1907) he has been president of the National Bank.
In early manhood Mr. Upton was a Whig in politics, but when the Republican party was estab- lished he joined it, and has ever since been one of its loyal supporters. He served as town treasurer two years, declining to serve longer. and was post- master twenty-four years. He represented the town in the legislature in 1848, 1849 and 1850, and was a member of Governor Currier's council from June, 1885. to June, 1887. At the first session he ob- tained the charter of the East Jaffrey Fire Engine Company ; at the second, the charter for the Monad- nock railroads, and at the last the charter for the Monadnock Bank. After securing the charter for the railroad which ran from Winchendon, Mass- achusetts, to Peterboro, New Hamphire, he ob- tained subscriptions of thirty-five thousand dollars to the stock and negotiated its bonds. He was one of the incorporators of each of the Monadnock railroads, the Monadnock Bank, and later of the Monadnock Savings Bank, and was chosen one of the directors of the Monadnock railroad at its first meeting, and still holds that position.
Mr. Upton has lived more than ninety years, and is still hale and hearty. A remarkable feature in his life has been his health. From the time he set- tled in Jaffrey until the present, he has never lost a whole day by sickness. His whole life has been an almost uniform success. Starting as a young man with sufficient education to successfully transact commercial business, and possessing plenty of cour- age and perseverance, and above all a sterling char- acter and an unblemished reputation, he has devoted his energies for seventy years to the building up of a fortune. Long since he attained a competency of this world's goods. and for many years he has lived to enjoy the fruits of a well spent life. And yet he has not lived for himself alone ; he has taken great interest in building up and improving the town of Jaffrey : and for more than fifty years most of the new public buildings and many private ones have been to a greater extent the result of his plans and efforts. In many ways he strongly resembles John Upton, the immigrant, and founder of the Upton family, who was a very successful man through his own exertions. He attends the Congregational Church, and always responds cheerfully and liberally when requested to assist financially in the promotion of its work.
Mr. Upton was married in Townsend, Massachu- setts, by Rev. Stillman Clarke, June 28, 1853. to Sarah Miller Duncan, who was born July 8, 1833. daughter of Hiram and Emeline (Cutter) Duncan. of East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, an intelligent and accomplished lady. She died July 28, 1907. Three
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children were born of this union: Mary Adelaide, Hiram Duncan and AAlice Whittemore. Mary A. was born November 4. 1856, and graduated from the Union School in Lockport, New York. She married Walter L. Goodnow, of Jaffrey (see Good- now), and died October 8, 1901, Hiram D. was born May 5, 1859, graduated from Dartmouth Col- lege in 1879, and died December 1, 1900. At twenty- one years of age he was made cashier of the Monad- nock National Bank, of which bis father was presi- dent, and discharged the duties of that position for five years. Feeling that he could fill a larger sphere in life elsewhere, he removed to Manchester, where he entered the political field and soon became promi- · nent in local and state politics. He was speaker of the house of representatives in 1889, and was for several years treasurer of a large loan company in Manchester. He married Annie E. Perkins, who was born in Marlow, New Hampshire, daughter of Dr. Marshall Perkins, of Marlow. Six children were born to them: Donald P., October 18, 1882 : Loyd P., December 10, 1883; Hiram D., December 21, 1886; Irene. November 26, 1888; Marguerite. October 3, 1890; and Dorothy, August 29, 1892, de- ceased. The first two were born in Jaffrey; the others in Manchester. Alice W., born July 3, 1863, was graduated from .Wellesley College in 1883. She married Sumner B. Pearmain, of Chelsea. son of William R. Pearmain, cashier of the First National Bank of Chelsea. Mr. Pearmain is a graduate of Harvard, class.of 1883, and is a partner in the firm of Pearmain & Brooks, brokers, of Boston. Four children have been born of this marriage: William Robert, born in Chelsea, March 17, 1888; Edward P., died young; John Duncan, born in Chelsea. March 12, 1891; and Margaret, born in Boston, Feb- ruary 24, 1893.
Persons of this name were early
TOBEY settlers New England. Francis Tobey was in Massachusetts in 1635. and he may have been a relative of the progenitor of the family of this article.
(1) Thomas Tobey, who was born about 1620. in Wales or the West of England, came to America and settled on Long Island before 1640; in that year he removed to Massachusetts and settled at Sand- wich, on Cape Cod, and there raised a family. The name of only one child has came down to posterity. That one was James, whose sketch follows.
( Il) James, son of Thomas Tobey, was born probably in Sandwich, in 1041. He was in Eliot, Maine, in 1675. He settled on a tract of land near Frank's Fort, the grant of which he received from the town, June 24, 1687. On this lot he resided some time before it was granted to him. The land is deseribed as extending from Richard Green's land to the Bay land next the water, provided, "the said James Tobey leave a sufficient highway to the landing place at the West Cove." James Tobey is supposed to have before 1700. No record exists of his wife. His three sons were Stephen, John and James ; the last named was killed by the In- dians in 1705.
( III) Stephen, eldest son of James Tobey, was born about 1664, and died after 1742. In company with David Libbey, Matthew Libbey. Daniel Fogg and Joseph Hammond, between 1690 and 1700 he purchased the Bay Land, extending from Frank's Fort to Watts': Fort by the river, and back to Marsh Hill. His shore was set off on the southeast side of the lot. lle built ships at Mast Cove. IV -- 6
About 1688 he married Hannah Nelson, by whom he had: Catherine, Samuel, James, John. Stephen and Hannah,
(IV) Samuel, eldest son and second child of Stephen and Hannah ( Nelson) Tobey, was born January 31, 1692. lle married Mary Spinney, De- cember 29, 1721. Their children were: Mary. Abi- gail, Nathaniel, William, and Samuel, whose sketch follows.
(V) Samuel (2), third son and youngest ehild of Samuel (1) and Mary ( Spinney ) Tobey, was born in 1734, and died March 5, 1807. He married, about 1766, Mary Paul, who was born in 1738, and died November 20, 1801, daughter of Samuel Paul. They had: Stephen, Abigail, James, Samuel ( died young), William ( died young), Sarah and Mary (twins ), John, William, Samuel and Mary (twins). Mary, twin to Sarah, died young.
(Vl) James, son of Samuel (2) and Mary ( Paul) Tobey, was born June 22, 1700. He married, November 5, 1792, Hannah Shapleigh, daughter of James Shapleigh. They had: Lydia, Olive. Abi- gail, Isabel Shapleigh, James Shapleigh, Mary, and. William, the subject of the next paragraph.
( VII) William, youngest child and second son of James and Hannah ( Shapleigh ) Tobey, was born November 19, 1807. It appears that all the heads of families of this name in Eliot have been members of the Congregational Church except the first Jame., and in his day there was no organized church in Kittery. William 'Tobey married. December 18, 1827. Polly Goodwin. They had nine children. among whom were: James W., Rosa G., John G .. llenry C .. Matilda I., and Franklin O., who is next mentioned.
( VIII ) Franklin Owen, youngest child and fourth son of William and Polly ( Goodwin) Tobey. was born in Eliot, Maine, February 10. 1845. At the age of eighteen he went to Boston and worked in an iron foundry and later in the moulding de- partment of a brass foundry. In 1875 he went into the employ of what is now the Union Shoe Machin- ery Company of Boston, Massachusetts, and was employed by it as a private agent for thirty years and while there he made several inventions upon which the company obtained patents. Hle was a skillful machinist, much liked by his employers, and at the time of his death, 1905, was the oldest employe in length of service with the company. lie was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of Boston. lle married. April 9. 1871, Louise Cham- berlain, who was born in Northampton, Massa- chetts, June 15. 1850, and died February 2. 1902, daughter of Freeman and Matilda ( Adams ) Chamberlain, of Brookfield, New Hampshire. They had one son, Frederick C., whose sketch follows.
(JX) Frederick Chamberlain Tobey, M. D., only son of Franklin O. and Louise ( Chamberlain ) Tobey, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. January 12, 1878. At six months of age he was taken to Wolfboro, New Hampshire, where he was raised. lle attended the common schools, and in 1898 grad- uated from the Brewster Free Academy, and three years later completed the course in the Maine Medi- cal School, graduating in June, 1901. Following that he became on interne of the eye and ear depart- ment of the Portland Infirmary, where he spent a year perfecting his knowledge of his profession In 1903 he established himself in Wolfboro as a phy- sician, where he has since resided and built up a fine reputation and a flourishing practice. In the same year he became part owner of a drug store
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In 1907 lie bought his partner's interest, and is now sole proprietor. He has a large trade, and is a wealthy and leading citizen of Wolfboro. He is a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society and of the Carroll County Medical Society. He is a Mason of high degree, and a member of the following named branches of that order: Morning Star Lodge, No. 17, Wolfboro; Carroll Royal Arch Chapter, Wolfboro: Orient Council, Rochester ; Royal and Select Masters; Palestine Commandery, Rochester, New Hampshire: Knights Templar; Ed- ward A. Raymond Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, of Nashua; and also Warren Chapter, No. 10, Order of the Eastern Star ; Fidelity Lodge, No. 71. Wolfboro, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Kingswood Encampment, Wolfboro ; Myrtle Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, Wolfboro. For four years past he has been a member of Lakeside Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. June 24, 1903, Dr. Tobey married Margaret May Shattuck, who was born in Newcastle, Maine, January 2, 1876.
( X) Louise, datighter of Frederick C. and Mar- garet M. (Shattuck) Tobey, was born May 6, 1906.
The American immigrant of this fam- WILSON ily was John Wilson, from whom sprung many prominent citizens, not only of New England but of other states. All of this name seems to have been excellent citizens who contributed to both moral and material prog- ress.
(1) William Wilson, the earliest known ancestor of this family, was born in England, in the year 1500. (II) William (2), was a son of William (1) Wilson.
(III) Rev. John, third son of William (2) Wil- son, and nephew of Bishop Edmund Grindall, was born in Windsor, England, in 1588, and was edu- cated at Kings College, Cambridge. He came with Winthrop to Massachusetts, in 1630, and was installed as pastor of the First Church in Boston, August 27, 1630, and died August 7, 1667, aged seventy-nine.
(IV) Joseph Wilson was the son of Rev. Jolin Wilson.
(V) James, son of Joseph Wilson, was born in 1703. (VI) James (2), was a son of James (1) Wil- son.
(VII) Captain Jesse, son of James (2) Wilson, was born January 20, 1729. He was a captain in the Revolution, and fought in the battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington. Ilis wife was Abigail Gage. (VIII) Benjamin, son of Captain Jesse and Abi- gail (Gage) Wilson, was born in Pelham, March II, 1771, and died July 17, 1849. He resided in Chester until well advanced in life, when his build- ings were burned, and from that time he lived with his son Benjamin in Chester. Ile married Annie Poor, of Atkinson, who died February 12, 1861. Their children were: Benjamin (died young), Me- hitable, Andrew J., Benjamin F. and Charles A.
(IX) Benjamin (2), eldest son of Benjamin (1) and Annie ( Poor) Wilson, was born February 14. 1805, and died 1870. Ile married Rhoda Einery, who died January 17, 1869.
(X) Benjamin Franklin, fourth child of Ben- jamin (2) and Rhoda (Emery) Wilson, was born May 19, 1839. He married, July 4, 1866. Annie Abbott, who was born in Deerfield, November 24, 1850. Their child was Fannie M., born at Ches- ter, New Hampshire, June 11, 1869, and married,
February 22, 1893. William Henry Benson, of Derry. (See Benson, III).
(Second Family.)
The immigrant Scotch-Irish settlers WILSON of Londonderry and contiguous towns were in many respects a remarkable people. They were plain, frugal, frank, and some- what rough, yet they possessed great vivacity and quickness of parts. They were ever distinguished for their hospitality, their valor, firmness and fidel- ity, and no people sustained a higher degree of moral and political respectability. The descendants of the Scotch forefathers inherit many of the highest and best characteristics of their ancestors. Among the brave and hardy band who settled Londonderry were the Wilsons. They were not leaders of the people, but that they were persons of character, means, and education is amply shown by the records of the settlement. John Wilson was one of the pioneer school teachers and taught in 1733. In 1721 Benjamin Wilson was one of six petitioners who asked the grant of Aiken's brook and an acre of land, "in order to the setting up of a saw-mill there- on." Their request was granted and the mill built and operated. William Wilson, of Petersborough, a member of Londonderry family, was one of a party of eight of which six were killed by Indians near Lake George in 1755. The first person com- missioned as justice of the peace in Petersborough was Hugh Wilson, Esq., a respectable magistrate. James Wilson, of Londonderry, had the honor of being the maker of the first pair of terrestrial and celestial globes ever made in America.
In the memory of the Scotch residents in Ireland to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, in 1718, ex- pressing to the governor their "hearty Inclination to Transport ourselves to that very excellent and re- nowned Plantation upon our obtaining from his Excellency suitable encouragement," are the names of David Willson, Robert Willson, Samuel Willson, M. A., Thomas Wilson, William Wilson, John Willson, David Willson, Thomas Wilson and Wil- liam Wilson.
(I) Alexander Wilson, the emigrant ancestor, was of Scotch blood, born in 1659, probably near Londonderry, Ireland. He was of heroic mould and rendered valiant service in the celebrated siege and defense of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1688- 89. In 1719, at the time of the first settlement in Londonderry, New Hampshire, he came from Lon- donderry, Ireland, and settled on a farm on what is known as the south range of that town. On ac- count of his service to the crown, his farm remained exempt from taxation as long as the colony of New Hampshire continued under British rule. He lived to a good old age and died March 4. 1752.
(II) James, son of Alexander Wilson, was born in 1702 in Ireland, and was very young at the time of the memorable siege in which his father participated. He came with the latter to New Hampshire and succeeded him in the ownership of the farm in Londonderry, where he died June 12, 1772, at the age of seventy years. His wife, Jane Taggart, was also of Scotch blood but probably of Irish birth. She survived him many years, dying January 12, ISoo, at the age of ninety-seven years. They were the parents of thirteen children, all born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, namely : Agnes, George, Alexander, James, Mary, Jeanette, John, Samuel (died young), Annis, Margaret, Eleanor, Samuel and George. The first George was killed in a gristmill when a young man.
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