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 87

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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(III) Alexander (2), second son and third child of James and Jane ( Taggart) Wilson, was born May 5, 1731, in Londonderry, and settled in Wind- ham, where he erected the first saw-mill in the town. He served as selectman in 1781-82-83-84. About 1796 he sold out to Samuel Senter and removed to Francestown, where he died in December, 1821, in his ninety-first year. He married Jane Mckean, and their children, born in Windham, were: Agnes, James, Samuel, John, Alexander, Hugh and Jean- ette.

(IV) Samuel, second son and third child of Alexander and Jane ( McKean) Wilson, was born 1761, in Londonderry, and died in New Boston, at the age of more than one hundred years. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a very vigorous mian even in his last years. After he had completed his hundredth year, he went out fishing. He was engaged in farming, and cleared a farm in the northern part of New Boston, being one of the early settlers of the town. He was liberal in religious views but affiliated at one time with the Baptist Church. His wife, Hannah, was about eighty-one years old at the time of her death. They were the parents of nine children, namely : James, William, Joseph, Charles, Samuel Robert, Jane, Elbridge and Elizabetlı.

(V) Robert, sixth son of Samuel and Hannah Wilson, was born 1792, in New Boston, and died in that town, 1876, aged eighty-four years. He was reared upon his father's farm, and received his edu- cation in the public schools of his native town where he spent his life, chiefly employed as a cultivator of the soil. He engaged to some extent in lumber- ing and in teaming. retaining his home in the mean- time upon the farm. His religious faith was that of the Baptist Church, and his political affiliations were with the Democratic party. He was married to Fanny Jones, daughter of Jonathan Jones, of Londonderry. The children of this marriage were: Fanny, Margaret, Mary, Hannah, Rebecca, Sarah, Daniel and Hiram L.

(VI) Hiram Lull, youngest child of Robert and Fanny (Jones) Wilson, was born November 17, 1833, in New Boston. He was educated in the dis- trict schools and then worked on a farm for a few years. In 1883 he removed to Merrimack and bought a farm of three hundred and ninety acres upon which he has since resided. He is an inde- pendent Democrat in politics, and in religion a Baptist. He has been a land surveyor for many years. He married, February 18, 1864, Maria Sun- bury, who was born May 22, 1844, daughter of Henry and Martha ( Waldron) Sunbury, of Canada, and died December 15, 1904. They have had six children: Harry C., born July 22, 1867; Mary L., June 13, 1874: Electa M., December 27, 1879; George H., November 30, 1881; and two died in infancy. Harry C., married Nora Read, of New Boston. Electa M., married Bartlett Lynch, of Man- chester. George H., lives on the homestead.

(Third Family).

The Scotch-Irish colony which set- IVILSON tled Londonderry, this state, included three men by the name of Wilson all of whom were citizens of good repute and held various offices in directing the affairs of the people. At this late day it is difficult to distinguish be- tween them always, and the line of descent of many of their posterity is untraceable. There were two James Wilsons who had thirteen children, but the list of those in this line does not appear of record.

(1) James Wilson. born 1703, died 1777, was among those who petitioned to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, for a township of land, and was among those who took up residence at Londonderry in1 1719. He was married November 10, 1727, to Elizabeth Taggart, born 1692, died . September 17, 1756, and they became the parents of Agnes, George, James. Alexander (died young), Robert and Alex- ander.

(II) Robert, fourth son and fifth child of James and Elizabeth (Taggart) Wilson, was born April 25, 1733, in Londonderry, where he died June 14, 1825. He was a prominent citizen, and served as colonel of militia. He was married March 8, 1762, to Jane Thompson, who died February 14, 1792. Their children were: Thomas. James, Samuel, Robert, Margaret, Janet, Thomas, Alexander, Jane, John and Betsy.

(Il]) Thomas, son of Robert and Jane (Thomp- son ) Wilson, was born September II, 1785, in Lon- donderry, where he spent his life, engaged chiefly in agriculture. He was an intelligent man. with an interest in human progress. He was a member of the Whig party as long as it existed and then be- came a Republican. He died in 1862. He married, February 4, 1807, Rebecca Pinkerton, who was born in Derry, and two of their children attained years of maturity, Robert and John Pinkerton.

(IV) John Pinkerton, youngest son and second child of Thomas and Rebecca ( Pinkerton) Wilson, was born in Londonderry, January 23, 1818, and died there July 21, 1901. He was educated in the public schools and grew up on his father's farm. He followed the vocation of his ancestors, and be- fore his death owned a farm of three hundred acres-one of the best in that locality. Eight years of his life he lived in Manchester, the remainder in Londonderry. He was a Republican in politics, and he and his wife were members of the Universalist church. He married, April 14, 1844, Adaline Annis, who was born in Londonderry, February 19, 1823, and died in Londonderry, October 27, 1903, daugh- ter of John and Delilah (Coburn) Annis. April IS, 1894, they celebrated their golden wedding, which was the occasion of a display of much re- gard for the aged couple by their friends and rela- tives. To them were born nine children, four of whom are living at the present time: George, in Everett, Massachusetts. Abbie D., wife of Clar- ence N. Garvin. May B., married Frank A. Ben- son. D. Brewster, resides in Brentwood.

(Fourth Family.)

This branch of the Wilson family is

WILSON probably descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors. who settled in Londonder- ry nearly two hundred years ago. It has been chiefly identified with agriculture.

(1) Joseph and Abigail Wilson, of Hudson, had children as follows: David, see forward; Molly, Huldah, Benjamin and probably several others.

(II) David, eldest child of Joseph and Abigail Wilson, was born March 30. 1771. He was a citi- zen of Pelham, New Hampshire, before the close of the Revolution.

(II]) David (2) son of David (1) Wilson, was born in Pelham. New Hampshire, and died there at the age of fifty years. He married in that town, November 12, 1812, Sarah Young, Rev. John H. Church officiating at the ceremony. Their children were : Sarah, Martha, Polly, Aaron G., see for- ward, David and Allen.

(1\') Aaron G., fourth child and eldest son of

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David (2) and Sarah ( Young) Wilson, was born in Pelham. New Hampshire, and died in 1889. When about thirty years of age he removed to Salem with his widowed mother, who resided with him until her death at the age of eighty-six years. He set- tled on the farm now occupied by his son, Frank D., and resided there until his death. He married Abbie Bailey, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, March 10, 1828, daughter of John Bailey, of that town. They had children: Abbie J., Araminta, leceased : Alonzo G., Frank D., see forward, and George, deceased.

(V) Frank D., second son and fourth child of Aaron G. and Abbie (Bailey ) Wilson, was born in Salem, February 15, 1858. He attended the coun- try schools of the vicinity as he had opportunity to do so, and remained on the farm with his father until he was twenty-one years of age. He then accepted a clerkship in the store of C. I. Bowker, at Salem Center, and was employed in that capacity for a number of years. He then associated himself in partnership with Fred. C. Buxton, in Salem, in 1883, under the firm name of Buxton & Wilson. and they carried on a general merchandise business for a period of two years. Mr. Wilson then sold out his interest in this enterprise and became a clerk for F. C. Wilson & Company, grocers in Haverhill, Massachusetts, for whom he worked for five years, returning to the family homestead in the spring of 1890. In that year he associated himself with his brother. Alonzo G., and has since been profitably engaged in the farming and dairy business. In ad- lition to these undertakings he again engaged in mercantile business at Salem Depot, June 1, 1905. Mr. Wilson commenced to take an active part in political matters early in his career, affiliating with the Republican party, and is one of the most earnest members of that body in Salem. He has now ( 1907) been for seven years a member of the board of selectmen, serving for four terms as chairman of that body, and was elected to represent Salem in the legislature in 1895, serving one term. He is a member of Spickett Lodge, No. 85. Free and Ac- cepted Alasons of Salem, and of Salem Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He married, December 25. 1800, Etta L. Foster, horn in Salem, daughter of John P. Foster. of that town.

VAUGHAN In various parts of this country some of the representatives of this ancient surname have changed its spelling from the original, and in some of the states, particularly those of the west, the name frequently appears as Vaughn, Vahan, and Vahen ; but in New England the original name has been faithfully preserved in all generations from the time of George Vanghan, who was baptized in 1615. married Mary Boxall, and died in 1096. He came of the Welsh family of the same name and the lat- ter is said to have been first known in Sir George Vaughan of Glamorganshire in Wales.

Throughout the New England states the surname has many representatives, and while all of them are believed to have descended directly from the same ancestral head much difficulty is encountered in connecting the several branches and in tracing their lines to this George or any of his immediate de- scendants. Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island appear in the records to have original Vaughans, which is accounted for in the fact that during the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turies and especially during that which is known

as the "period of emigration" from one province to another no record of such changes was made, thus making it exceedingly difficult to trace the rela- tionship of the seveal generations.

The Vermont branch of the Vaughan family was seated in that state previous to the revolution. and in the counties of Rutland and Windsor the name has been conspicuously known in civil and military history for considerably more than a cen- tury and a half; but there is no authentic record by which we may trace the connection of the Vanghan pioneers in that region with those of the present generation in Belknap county in this state. ( I) Lathrop Vaughan was born in Woodstock, Vermont, January 24. 1811, and was the son of a farmer and stock raiser of the old town of Pom- fret : and like his father Lathrop, engaged in farm- ing pursuits and also in cattle growing. He mar- ried three times. His first wife, Addie Thomas, was born in Woodstock in 1824. He married sec- ond, Elvira Bailey, and third, Marilla Lampheir, a native of Woodstock. By his first wife Mr. Vaughan had two daughters Lucy and Susan Vaughan, and by his third wife he had two sons George and Charles Lathrop Vaughan.

(II) Charles Lathrop, younger son of Lathrop and Marilla ( Lamphier) Vanghan, was born in Woodstock, Vermont, September 3, 1863, and re- ceived his education in the schools of that town. After leaving school he took up farming, continued at that pursuit about ten years and then removed to Manchester, New Hampshire. and for several months was employed in the Stark mills in that city. In 1891 he moved to Laconia, New Hamp- shire, worked about one year as a journeyman car- penter, and since then to the present time in the shops of the Laconia Car Company. On May 20. 1803, Mr. Vaughan married, in Gilford. New Hamp- shire, Eva Crosby, who was born September 15. 1872. daughter of George and Sarah ( Muncey ) Crosby.

It is probable that all persons bear-

FROHOCK ing the name of Frohock in New England, and perhaps in the United

States, are descended from one ancestor who came to Massachusetts in the time of the American Rey- olution.

(1) Andrew Frohock was born and died in England. Nothing further is known of him than that he married and had a son.

(II) Thomas Frohock was born about Septent- her 1. 1749. At the age of seventeen he was im- pressed into the English military service and was brought to America with the troops which attempt- ed to enforce British authority in the revolution. He deserted and joined the forces of General Wash- ington. and served until the close of the war, when he was given a tract of land in Meredith, New Hampshire. Following are some extracts from Revolutionary Rolls referring to him.

"Thomas Frohock was one of twenty men un- der command of Captain john Moody who joined Washington's army and marched to New York, serving at that time three months and eight days. Thomas Frohock was one of the soldiers who marched from Maine to Canada in the winter sea- son 1775-76 in Colonel Benedict Arnold's detach- ment, which suffered untold hardships and priva- tions, being reduced to eating dogs, moccasins and harness to sustain life.

"Thomas Frohock was a soldier in Lieutenant

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Eastman's detachment sent to throw up intrench- ments on Breed's Hill on the night of June 16-17. 1775. There the men worked with energy. The rule adopted was, that there should be a relief every two hours, but Frohock was one of those who re- fused relief and continued digging until the dawn of day when the redoubt was completed.

"Thomas Frohock, age 26, Gilmanton, N. H., laborer, late Reg. 7th Stark's Co. 6th private, re- ceived 2 months' wages £4.

"Thomas Frohock was on the pay roll of Cap- tain Henry Dearborn's company. Colonel Arnold's detachment for Canada, September 1, 1775, and drew pay for three months and twenty-three days at £2 per month, amounting to £7, 105, 8d. He was also allowed fr, 6s in lieu of a coat and blanket, and mileage at one penny a mille ; total, fo, 12s. IId.

"Thomas Frohock was a private in a company raised in Meredith, New Hampshire, by Lieutenant- Colonel Ebenezer Smith, to march for the relief of the garrison at Ticonderoga on the alarm of July 7. 1777. He entered the service July 7. and was discharged July 15, after nine days' service at the rate of £4 tos. per month: amount due £1. 7>; sixty-four miles travel at 3d, per miles out, and 2d home. £1. 6s, Sd: total amount, £2. 135, 8d."

Thomas Frohock married Catherine Kelley, and settled in Meredith. Their children, fifteen in num- ber, and born between 1779 and about 1802, were : Anna, Solomon, Jonathan, Thomas, Nancy, Job, Daniel. Jane. Comfort, William. Catherine, Betsey. Richard, Polly and Lucy.

(III) Daniel Frohock was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Esther Leavitt, October 26, 1815, and had seven children: Nancy, Daniel, Rich- ard. Polly Jane, Jacob, Benj. L. and Freeman,

(1V) Richard Frohock was born June 17. 1823. and died October 20. 1896. He was married to Abi- gail R. Kelley, January 1, 1846. She died March 15. 1885. They had four children: Daniel, Esther. Thomas C. and William H.

(V) Thomas C., son of Richard and Abigail R. ( Kelley) Frohock, was born in Gilford. October 1I, 1854, and died May 3. 1893, aged thirty-eight. He was a farmer, and had a fine place overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. He was a Republican in poli- tics. an Adventist in religion, a good neighbor, and an upright and respected citizen. lle married, Feb- ruary 12, 1876, at Laconia. Lillian Flanders, who was born in Gilford, April 7. 1858, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Leavitt) Flanders, of Gilford. They had three children: George F., born December 5. 1876: Eugene B., born December 15, 1881, and Benjamin L .. born September 16. 1883. Since the death of their father the sons have been successfully engaged in farming. They are Republicans in poli- tics. George F., was a member of Company K. First New Hampshire Volunteers, in the Spanish War ( 1898), and was discharged November Ist of that year, after being in the service four months.

The line of this name following is STEVENS no doubt entirely independent of those originating in Amesbury and Salisbury. Massachusetts, which are elsewhere treated in this article. Its representatives in New Hampshire have been no whit behind those of other Stevens families in citizenship and mental and moral worth.

(I) William Stevens, a ship-carpenter, was one of the first settlers of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and is entitled to honorable mention for his me-

chanical skill, his inflexible honesty, and his serv- ices in various public offices. He came to New England before 1632, and probably had his residence in Boston or its vicinity. From his ability as a mechanic it may be inferred that he was the Mr. Stevens who in March. 1634, was to receive by or- der of the general court ten pounds for seeing to the erection of a movable fort to be built in Bos- ton. He was in Salem in 1636, where in 1639 his children Isaac and Mary were baptized, and in 1641 his daughter Ruth. He was admitted a free- man in 1640; and in 1642 appears in Gloucester as one of the commissioners appointed by the general court for ordering town affairs. His standing among the carly settlers, and the importance of his aid in promoting the prosperity of the town, are sufficiently indicated by the extraordinary grant he received of five hundred acres of land lying be- tween Chebacco and Annisquam rivers. He also had a grant of six acres on the Meeting-house Neck. but his residence was at the Cut, near the Beach, where he had eight acres of land. He was selectman several years, commissioner for ending sinall causes, town clerk. and four years represen- tative. He is supposed to have built many excellent ves- sels, among them the "Royal Merchant." "a ship of 600 tonns." He had a New England fame, and was undoubtedly the "very sufficient builder." men- tioned by Johnson, one of our early historians. He was a member of the general court in 1665, when the colonial government made a noble resistance to the proceedings of the commissioners sent over by the king to interfere in the legislation of the colony in a manner which was justly esteemed to be an in- fringement of colonial rights and privileges. It was a grave offense in those days to speak evil of rulers and discretion would have counselled silence ; but the honest indignation of William Stevens found utter- ance in no softened tones of dislike. Four of his neighbors testified at a quarterly court in Salem, in 1667. to his declaring "that he would bear no office within this jurisdiction, nor anywhere else, where Charles Stewart had anything to do; that be cared no more for Charles Stewart than any other man. as king; and that he abhorred the name of Charles Stewart as king." For this bold and rash expres- sion he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment : to pay a fine of twenty pounds and costs, and to be deprived of his privileges as a freeman. Soon his wife, in a petition to the general court for re- lief, represents him to be deranged and herself as aged and having a family. There is no record of his death or the settlement of his estate, for he again "grew to poverty." having mortgaged part of his property in 1667. to Francis Willoughby, of Charles- town, from which it never returned to him. The property conveyed to Willoughby was the five hun- dred acres near Chebacco. Another portion of his property consisting of a new house and land was put into the hands of his sons James and Isaac, in trust for their mother Philippa, who died August 31. 1681. No other mention of Isaac. Mary mar- ried John Coit. Ruth married William Glover.

(II) James, son of William Stevens, received a grant of land on Town Neck, near Trynell Cove, in 1658. He married Susannah, daughter of Sylvester Eveleth. December 31. 1656, and died March 25. 1697, leaving an estate of two hundred and thirty-nine pounds, nineteen shillings. He probably followed the trade of his father and repeatedly held the high- est public offices in his town. Ile was a deacon in the church, a military officer, selectman in 1667 and

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from 1674 to 1691 inclusive. and representative ten years. He had eleven children, of whom William, Samuel, Ebenezer, David, Jonathan, Mary (the wife of Francis Norwood), and Hannah were living at the time of their father's death.

(III) William (2), son of James and Susannah (Eveleth) Stevens, married Abigail Sargent, June 15, 1682. He was lieutenant of the military com- pany, selectman two years. and representative in 1692. He died September 24, 1701, aged forty-two leaving an estate which consisted in part of an interest in three sloops, a negro woman and a boy, and the privilege called the "Cut," the latter valued at thirty pounds. A full record of his children does not appear, but the names of two sons, James and Samuel, are known.

(IV) Otho Stevens, probably born about 1695. was in Gloucester, Massachusetts, about 1720, and is supposed to have been a son of William (2) and Abigail (Sargent) Stevens. It is claimed by some of his descendants that he was an emigrant from Wales. After 1726, he settled in Hampstead. New Hampshire, where he was a farmer and highly re- spected citizen, and died May 21, 1758. He was married in Gloucester, March 21, 1723. to Abigail Kent, who was born July 9, 1697, in that town, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Lufkin) Kent, and an aunt of Hon. Jacob Kent, of Newbury, Vermont. Their children were: Samuel of Hampstead ; Jo- siah of Enfield; Simeon of Newbury, Vermont : Daniel of Haverhill; Otho, Archelaus. Abigail and Susan. . Five of the sons were soldiers in the French and Indian war.

(V) Otho (2), fifth son of Otho (1) and Abi- gail (Kent) Stevens, was born 1726, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and was taken in childhood by his parents to Hampstead, New Hampshire, where he grew up. He enlisted in 1759 for the French and Indian war. in Captain Jacob Bayley's company. of Colonel Zaccheus Lovewell's regiment, which marched under command of Lieutenant Colonel Goffe for the reduction of Fort Niagara. They went by way of Dunstable. Worcester. Springfield and Albany. While at Oswego. Captain Bayley made this entry in his journal: "Friday, September 21, 1750, about two o'clock in the afternoon, died Otho Stevens, of a long and tedious illness, of 22 days, much lamented by his relations and friends. hie being a loving brother and a faithful friend." He was married at Hampstead in 1752 to Abigail Emerson, who was born March 20. 1737. daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Watts) Emerson, of Hampstead. She was married ( second) Decem- her 28. 1763, to Deacon David Morrill, of Canter- bury, whither she removed with the surviving chil- dren of her first marriage. Deacon Morrill died June 10. 1700 (see Morrill, V), and his widow sur- vived him thirty-four years, passing away June 30. 1833. Her children by Otho Stevens were: Abiah. Jacob (who died young), Simeon and Jesse. By Deacon Morrill, she was the mother of Reuben, Hannah. David, Betsey. Sarah, Abigail and Ruth.

(VI) Simeon, eldest surviving son of Otho (2) and Abigail ( Emerson) Stevens, was born March 14. 1755. in Hampstead. and was eight years old when he removed with his mother and step-father to Canterbury, in which town he lived. There he died June 10. 1825. His children were: Otho, Ed- man, David, Betsey. John, Jesse, Polly, Abyah, Moses. Abigail. Thomas Jefferson and Simeon.

(VII) Jesse. fifth son and sixth child of Simeon Stevens, was born September 29, 1788, in Canter-

bury, and resided most of his life in that town. His education was supplied by the common schools of his native town. Being of studious mind and in- dustrious habit, he made the best use of his oppor- tunities and was long known as a successful teacher He taught in Canterbury and Concord, being em- ployed for several terms in the last named town, and subsequently settled on a part of the paternal homestead and engaged in farming. He was a mem- ber of the Canterbury Congregational Church, and was a Democrat of the old school. Frequently chosen to fill official positions, he served his towns- men with ability and satisfaction. acting many years as selectman, and laid out and constructed many of the roads. On one occasion, after transacting some town business, he arrived home late at night, after which he missed his wallet, containing a consider- able sum of town funds. After a restless night, he retracted his steps, early in the morning, and found the missing wallet at a spring where he had knelt to drink. He died September 2, 1849, at his home in Canterbury. He was married November 30, ISI4. to Abigail Sherburne. who was born March 16. 1793. in Epsom, New Hampshire, and died July 9. ISSo, in Canterbury. Their children were: Har- riet, Mary Ann, Sylvester. Caroline, Susan T., Nancy V., Albert and Sarah S. The first became the wife of Gardner Mason, and died in Loudon. The second is the widow of Rufus Virgin ( see Vir- gin, V). The fourth married Stephen Clark, re- sided in Concord and died while temporarily at Lit- tleton. Susan T. died in East Concord, while the wife of David A. Morrill (see Morrill. VII). Nancy V. is the widow of Moody S. Farnum, now resid- ing in Loudon. The eighth died when small. A sketch of the youngest son follows.

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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 87

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