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 9

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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(I) Richard Willard was a man of substance in the village of Horsmonden, and was residing there at the time of his death, February, 1616 (Old Style). He was married three times, his last wife surviving him only a few days, and being buried on the 25th of the same month. Seven children sur- vived him; they were: Margery, Simon, George, Mary, Richard. Elizabeth and Catharine.

(11) Major Simon Willard. son of Richard Willard, was born at Horsmonden, probably in the early part of the year 1605. and was baptized in the church at that place April 7. 1605. His mother died before he reached the age of four years, and when he was twelve years old his father and stepmother died. He seems to have been well educated, and was probably engaged in active business during the years of his majority at Horsmonden. He en- barked from England in April, 1634, in company with his sister Margery. and her husband, Captain Dolor Davis, and arrived at Boston about the mid- dle of the month of May, after a short and very prosperous voyage. Six ships arrived at Boston about this time, and there is no record to show in which of these Simon Willard crossed the Atlantic. Soon after his arrival he established himself at Cambridge. He is entitled "Merchant" by Governor Winthrop in 1635. He dealt also extensively with the Indians of the interior, and engaged in the pur- chase and exportation of furs. August 4, 1634, a tract of land was granted him, consisting of one hundred acres, upon which he had a dwelling house. This was bounded on the east by Charles river. In the village of Cambridge he had a house lot, which he sold, probably about 1639. By trading with the Indians he had become acquainted with the situa- tion of Musquetaquid, a place of pleasant aspect and

easy cultivation and to this he directed his attention. A grant was made by the general court, September 2, 1635. of "a plantation at Musquetaquid * *

* six myles of land square to belonge to it." Winthrop says that this grant was made "to Mr. Buckly (Bulkeley ) and (Simon Willard), mer- chant, and about 12 more families," and was named Concord. Here he was one of the leading men of the town, being town clerk till 1654, and representa- tive fourteen years. He was chosen assistant twen- ty-two years from 1654 to his death, and was very much employed in the public business of the coun- try. As a surveyor he was celebrated. About 1652 he was sent as a commissioner to establish the northern boundary of Massachusetts at the head of the Merrimack river, and it is said that the letters S. W. which some years since were found upon the Bound Rock near Lake Winnepesaukee are probably the initials of his name.

For prominent service in the settlement of Lan- caster he was presented with a large tract of land, and it is supposed that he moved to that town in 1659. Subsequent to his removal he acquired a strip of territory in Groton, now situated in the town of Ayer. This land has been known as the Nonas- coicus grant, it being adjacent to a brook of this name. Upon this tract he erected a house, probably in 1671. This house was attacked and burned by the Indians, March 13. 1676. The family were ab- sent at the time, warning having been given of the approach of the Indians. The more prominent mil- itary service of Simon Willard as related to the public began when, in 1653, he was appointed ser- geant-major of the forces of Middlesex county. In October, 1654. he was made commander-in-chief of a levy of a little more than three hundred footmen and horsemen who were sent out by the united colonies in an expedition against Ninigret, the Sachem of the Niantics, returning to Boston with his troops by October 24. The result of the ex- pedition was the obtaining of a satisfactory agree- ment with Ninigret and also with the Pequod In- dians.

In the early part of King Philip's war he organ- ized the Colonial troops, and one of his first acts in the field was the relief of the Brookfield garrison. Soon after he was in command of a considerable force sent to range the country about Brookfield. In this service he was employed from September 20, 1675. to April 18. 1076. An old record states "the Major was employed about the country business, Settling of Garrisons in towns and settling of In- dians at Concord and Chelmsford. and other busi- ness." For several months Major Willard was oc- cupied in the various towns assisting in their de- fense, and soon after the return of the Narragan- sett expedition at the arrival of Canonchet in the Nipmuck country, the council ordered him to raise a large force of mounted men to do duty in the vi- cinity of Groton, Lancaster and Marlboro. Ile re- turned from the war and went to Charlestown, where he died April 24. 1676. He was not an ultra religionist, and was a very useful man in the colony.

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He married (first), in England, Mary Sharpe, born at Horsmonden in 1614, daughter of Henry and Jane (Feylde) Sharpe. Married (second) Elizabeth Dunster, sister of Rev. Henry Dunster, of Harvard College. She died about a year after marriage. Married ( third) Mary Dunster, a cousin of Eliza- beth. She survived the major and married Deacon Noyes, of Sudbury. To Major Willard were born seventeen children, of whom nine sons and five daughters arrived at mature age. The children of the first wife were: Mary, Elizabeth (died young), Elizabeth, Dorothy, Josiah, Samuel and Sarah. By the third: Abovehope, Simon, Mary. Henry, John, Daniel, Joseph. Benjamin, Hannah and Jonathan.

(IH) Henry, fourth child and second son of Major Simon and Mary (Dunster) Willard, was born at Concord, June 4, 1655, and died in Lan- caster, August 27, ITOI. He died, leaving a good estate, and a large heritage of children. He resided first in Groton, but spent the greater part of his life in Lancaster. He married, July 18, 1674. when at the age of nineteen, Mary Lakin, daughter of -

Lakin, of Groton. She died probably not later than 1688, and he married (second). about 1689, Dorcas Cutler. She survived him, and married (second) Benjamin Bellows, for many years a resident of Lancaster. There were seven children born to Henry Willard by his first wife, and seven by the second. They were: Henry, Simon, John. Heze- kialı, Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Samuel, James, Josiah, Jonathan, Abigail, Susanna and Tabitha.

(IV) Henry (2), eldest child of Henry (I) and Mary (Lakin) Willard, was born at Groton. April II, 1675. He resided in Lancaster, and by a change of town lines in Harvard after 1732. He married (first), July 21, 1798, Abigail Temple. Married (second), previous to 1810. Sarah Nutting. He had twelve children, as follows: Abraham, Henry, Simon, James, William. Daniel, Benjamin, Mary, Abigail, Sarah, Lydia and Ruth.

(V) Henry (3), son of Henry (2) and Abigail (Temple) Willard, was born at Lancaster about 1700, and died in Harvard, January 6, 1774. After 1732 he lived in Harvard, where ten or eleven chil- dren were born. He married, May 24. 1726, Abigail Fairbanks, of Lancaster. Among his children were sons Oliver, Timothy, Jacob and John, who were residents of Ashburnham.

(VI) Deacon John, son of Henry (3) and Abi- gail ( Fairbanks ) Willard, was born in Harvard, July 26, 1739, and died July 3, 1793. He moved to Ashburnham in 1708. and settled on a farm. He was a leading man in town affairs until failing health prevented a continued service. In 1772 he was chosen a deacon, and in 1788 expressed a desire to be relieved of the duties of the office. The esteem of his brethren is reflected in their respon- sive vote: "That the church thank him for his past services, and they wish him better health, and that he would officiate as often as his health will admit." He died after a lingering illness of consumption. He married, in 1765. Sarah Willard, born Novem- ber 14, 1746, died November I8, 1834. Their mar-

riage intentions were recorded in Harvard, January 6, 1765. Their children were: John, Silas, Simon. Sarah, Henry, Susannah, Abigail, Elijah, Ezra and Jonas.

(VII) Captain John (2), eldest child of Deacon Jolin (1) and Sarah (Willard) Willard, was born October 26, 1766, and died March 23, 1850. aged eighty-three years. He was a farmer, a captain of militia, and a selectman several years. He married, April 5. 1792, Deborah Wilder, born in Lancaster, in 1774, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (Wood- ward) Wilder, of Ashburnham. She died October 24, 1850. aged nearly eighty-six years. Their chil- dren were: John, Caleb, Deborah (died young), Emery, Nelson, Elizabeth, Merrick. Deborah. Susan, Abigail, and an infant which died May 16, 1816.

(VIIf) Emery, fourth child and third son of Captain John (2) and Deborah ( Wilder) Willard. was born in Ashburnham, November 24, 1800. He lived in Brighton. He married Irene Benjamin, daughter of Daniel and Tamezin (Felton) Benja- min, of Ashburnham. She was the youngest of ter. children, born February 20, 1805. They were the parents of eleven children.

(IX) Louisa Maria, daughter of Emery and Irene (Benjamin) Willard, was born in Ashburn- ham, and married Edward M. Simmons (see Sim- mons III).

The name of Lovewell, or Lovell.

LOVEWELL is connected with some of the most hazardous and daring acts recorded in the history of New England; and the name and services of Captain Lovewell will not be forgotten as long as the history of Indian warfare is read.

(I) John Lovewell is said to have been an en- sign in Cromwell's army about 1653, and to have died about 1754. at the remarkable age of one lun- dred and twenty years, but there is perhaps no cer- tain proof of his military service or of his remark- able longevity. However. he witnessed a will in Boston in 1660; and if he was then twenty years old. which is probable. he was one hundred and sixteen when he died. He probably settled first at Wey- mouth, Massachusetts, and later at Dunstable, in that part of the township (near Salmon brook ) which afterward fell within the town of Nashua, New Hampshire, where he was one of the first permanent residents. He was with the famous Captain Church during King Philip's war, and in the great Narragansett swamp fight. December 19, 1675. He was one of five persons whose indomit- able courage prevented the abandonment of the town of Dunstable by its white inhabitants on account of Indian troubles, not many years after its settlement. His name frequently appears in the town records. and he held the office of selectman and other offices. He was a man of remarkable courage and physical vigor. "In 1745, when he must have been about one hundred and ten years of age," says a writer, "he was very constant in attendance at church, and after 1752, 'used to chase the boys out of his orchard

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with his cane.'" He had four children : John, men- tioned below: Zaccheus, a colonel in the French war; Jonathan, a preacher, and afterward a judge: and a daughter Hannah, who married Lieutenant Josiah - -, who was killed at Pequawket.

(II) Captain John (2), eldest son of John (1) Lovewell, of Dunstable, was born October 14. 1691, and died at Pigwauket, May S. 1725, aged thirty- four. Ile grew up in a very new country, inhabited by Indians and wild beasts, and was a typical man of his age and locality. Like his father, he possessed great courage and was fond of engaging in adven- turous and daring enterprises. He was particularly successful in hunting wild animals, and in time of war was engaged in exploring the wilderness to find the lurking places of the Indians. There is a tradi- tional account of his attacking and killing seven In- dians on Lovewell's mountain in the town of Wash- ington. in the southeast corner of Sullivan county, but there is no proof to substantiate the legend. The whole township was once the property of the Lovewell family, and the mountain takes its name from them-or him.

The story of Captain Lovewell's expeditions against the Indians is intensely interesting, but as it is part of the history of New England and is to found in various published works, it will be given only in brief form here. The depredations of the In- dians had caused the deaths of many settlers in Mas- sachusetts shortly before 1724, when, thoroughly aroused, Captain Lovewell and others petitioned the general assembly for leave to go against the enemy. The various earlier expeditions which had gone out from Dunstable and the surrounding towns had met with such poor success that Lovewell could raise only thirty men instead of "near 40 or 50" as he desired, but with these he started on an excur- sion to the northward of Winnepiseogee lake. On December 10, 1724, the party killed an Indian and captured a hoy, and returned home. January 27. 1725. Lovewell with a company now of eighty-seven, but later reduced to fifty-seven by sending away thirty, went up the Merrimack and before daylight of the 21st stole forward and killed an entire party of ten well armed Indians, who were on their way to ravage the New Hampshire frontier. As a re- ward for this signal success the company received in Boston a bounty of one thousand pounds from the public treasury. On April 16, 1725, Captain Lovewell, with forty-six men. started against the bold chief Pangus at Pigwauket, now Fryeburg, Maine. After building a fort and leaving a garrison at Os- sipee, with thirty-three men besides himself pro- seeded to Pigwauket where they ambushed and killed a lone Indian, but not before he had shot and killed Captain Lovewell. The command soon after engaged with thrice their number of Indians. The battle was a desperate one and lasted for ten hours. At sunset the enemy drew off the field, and at mid- night the English started on their retreat to the set- tlements. The battle was stubbornly fought ' to a draw. What the issue would have been if Captain Lovewell had lived can not be decided now. Forty Indians including the chief, Pangus, were killed on

the spot, eighteen more died of wounds later, and about twenty escaped unharmed. Of the Colonists twelve were killed on the battlefield. eleven were badly wounded and nine others less seriously wounded. The percentage of mortality on both sides was very high. Captain Lovewell's body and the bodies of his dead comrades were left on the field. This battle was a disaster severely felt in all the communities sending forth men on this daring ex- pedition. but these brave men did not perish in vain. The forces of the Indians were broken up and the remnant driven to seek other settlements, thus largely destroying their power to do harm. The fame of Captain Lovewell and his men has come down to us in song and story; his memory is per- petuated in the local nomenclature of the country. The pond which was the scene of the exploit in Wakefield, at the head of a branch of Salmon Falls river, has ever since been known as Lovewell's pond. The body of water on the banks of which the fight at Pigwauket took place is also called Lovewell's pond, and the battle is often referred to as "Love- well's fight." The several expeditions against the Indians are often referred to as Lovewell's war. Only one other person in New England has had a war named for him, and that one is King Philip. June 8, 1726, the widow of Captain Lovewell, in a petition to the general court represents that by rea- son of his expense in raising volunteers to go against the Indians, &c., his estate is so much in- volved that it cannot pay the debts without selling the real estate. The inventory of his property, taken November 22. 1725, amounted to four hundred and forty-four pounds, five shillings and six pence. His lands and meadows were estimated at two hun- dred acres, and these and the buildings thereon, and the half part of a saw mill, were appraised at four hundred and twenty pounds. Another inventory of personal property at Chelmsford, made June 29, 1725, contained a list of property valued at fifty pounds and nineteen shillings. The general court responded to the widow's petition with a resolution to pay fifty pounds of Captain Lovewell's debts, and later made other appropriations for the relief of his widow. Suncook was granted in 1728 to those men who took part in the Pigwauket expedition as a reward for their services.

Captain Lovewell married Hannalı -, and they had three children: John, Hannah, and Ne- hemiah (a posthumous child). His widow married (second) a man named Smith. She died January 5, 1754.

(III) Hannah, only daughter of Captain John and Hannah Lovewell, was born in Barnstable, July 24. 1721, and married Lieutenant Josiah Farwell, and settled in Pembroke, New Hampshire. (See Baker IV).

An immigrant from England to

HAYNES America, as early as 1638, was the ancestor of a numerous progeny of this name, now scattered throughout the United States. The character of the family seems to have been excellent from the beginning of the record.

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(I) Walter Haynes was born in England in 1583, in the town of Sutton, Mandeville, county of Wilts. Ile also owned a house and outbuildings in the village of Shaston, situated on the island of Purbeck, in the southeastern portion of Dorset- shire. He, with family and servants, arrived in Boston in 1638, in the ship "Confidence." In the same ship came Peter Noyes, yeoman, of Penton, county of Southampton, with children and servants, Walter Haynes was a linen weaver, and was fifty- five years of age when he came to this country. About a year after his arrival, he with others re- moved from Watertown, having obtained a grant for a township named Sudbury, where they settled, December 22, 1639. He was made freeman 1640. was representative in the years 1641. 1644, 1648, and 1651, and was one of the selectmen of Sudbury for ten years. He died February 14, 1665, aged eighty- two. Nothing is known of his wife Elizabeth. They had children (date or order of birth un- known) : Thomas, John, Josiah, Suffrance, Mary, and another. name unknown.

(II) Josiah (1), son of Walter and Elizabeth Haynes, was born in England. He married, No- vember 13, 1646, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Noyes, widow of John Freeman. They had chil- dren : Josiah, Caleb, Joshua, Deborah and Abigail. (1) Peter Noyes came from England in 1638. in the same ship with Walter Haynes, bringing with him three sons and three daughters. At this time he was forty-seven years of age. His children were: Thomas, Peter. Josephus, Dorothy, Elizabeth and Abigail. (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Noyes, married first. John Freeman, had one son, Joseph. and a daughter, who married Thomas Gats (?), of Stow; and after the death of Freeman, married (second) Josiah Haynes, as above stated.

(III) Josiah (2), eldest son and child of Josiah (1) and Elizabeth (Noyes) Haynes, was born in Sudbury. April 27, 1655. He married Abi- gail Stark, and they were the parents of several children.

(IV) Josiah (3), son of- Josiah (2) and Abi- gail (Stark) Ilaynes, born 1701, died about 1793-5. (V) Josiah (4). son of Josiah (3) Haynes, born December 31, 1732, died December 29. 1814. He married Susannah (probably Willis), born Sep- tember 26. 1733, died January 15. 1818.

(VI) John. son of Josiah (4) and Susannah (Willis) (?) Haynes, born September 10. 1762. died November 21. 1820. He married, October 27. 1785, Sally Forbush, born January 12, 1765, died March 31, 1826.

(VII) Reuben, son of John and Sally (For- bush) Haynes, born April 2 1789, and died May I, 1854. married, September 26. 1813, Roxana Puffer, born October 31, 1795. died April IS. 1826. He re- sided in North Sudbury, was a master bnilder, owned a farm and kept a tavern.

(VIII) Sarah and Roxana, daughters of Reuthen and Roxana ( Puffer) Haynes, became suc- cessively wives of Daniel Holden. (See Holden VI).

SULLIVAN Michael Sullivan, a native of county Kerry, Ireland, emigrated to this country and settled in Leb- anon, New Hampshire, from whence he removed to Bradford, and in 1859 took up his residence in Manchester. He was a trader throughout the active years of his life. He married Julia Kane, a native of county Kerry, Ireland, and nine children were born to them, three of whom are now living: Michael J., Roger G., see forward, and Mary B., wife of Benjamin J. Spaulding ; all reside in Man- chester. Mr. Sullivan and his family are members of the Catholic Church.

Roger G. Sullivan, son of Michael and Julia (Kane) Sullivan, was born in Bradford, New Hampshire, December 18, 1854. He obtained his education in the public schools of Bradford and Park grammar schools of Manchester. He began work in the Manchester Print Works at an early age, and continued thus employed until fourteen years of age. He then went to South Amesbury, Massachusetts, and served three years' apprentice- ship at the trade of carriage painting, which line of work he followed for two years thereafter. In 1874 he returned to Manchester and engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigars, employing but one man, but by industry, thrift and rare good manage- ment he steadily built up the business, and at the present time (1907) ranks as the largest manufac- turer of a ten cent cigar in the New England states. In 1889 hie built his first factory ; in 1895 his business had increased to stich an extent that he was obliged to make a large addition to his factory; in 1906 he opened a branch factory at the corner of Auburn and Canal streets, Manchester, and now (1907) he gives employment to four hundred hands, his pay roll amounting to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year. He manufactures twelve million cigars annually, ninety-eight per cent of which are of the brand known as "7-20-4," which are hand- made and composed of pure Havana filler and im- ported Sumatra wrapper. This make of cigars is widely known and very popular, as is evidenced by the immense sale thereof. Mr. Sullivan pays to the United States a tax of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually.

Mr. Sullivan is a director in the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company, Amoskeag National Bank, Manchester Traction and Power Company, and a trustee of the Public Library. He is a member of the Derryfield Club and of the Knights of Colum- bus. He attends the Catholic Church, and gives his allegiance to the Democratic party, but has no time to devote to politics except in a quiet way. Mr. Sullivan has achieved success by understand- ing his business thoroughly and strictly attending to same. He has been alert and quick to discern his customers' likes and dislikes, and by paying due regard to them and by industry, perseverance and square dealing has built up an extensive and lucra- tive business, one of the principal industries in the. city.

Kager &Sullivan

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Mr. Sullivan married, 1871, Susan C. Fernald, daughter of Trie O. and Susan G. Fernald, of Man- chester. They have three daughters : Mima E., Susan A, and Frances E.

This old New England name has THAYER been borne by some of the ablest men of New Hampshire, and appears to have had some prominence in old England before brought to the Western World in its early settle- ment. A coat-of-arms was conferred at an early date upon Augustine Thayer, of Thaydon, a village in the County of Essex, England, about eighteen miles north of London. In early days the name had various spellings, as is common among the colon- ists of New England, and is found in the old world as Thear, Their, Theyer, and in its present form, as conforming to that used in the coat-of-arms. Its representatives have been potent factors in the development of the new world in various walks of life, and have been found ready to support the up- lifting influences of the world generally.

The first of the name to come to America were Richard and Thomas Thayer and their families. The first record of these two families is that Richard Thayer was made a freeman in 1640, and Thomas Thayer was a freeman and received titles of lands in 1635. From the best information obtain- able Richard and Thomas Thayer and their families must have come with the Massachusetts Colony in 1630 or thereabouts, as they were with other fami- lies that came from Braintree, County of Essex, England, and who named their town in the New World the same as the one they left in their native land. ( Thomas and descendants are noticed in this article),

(1) Richard Thayer, the ancestor of this par- ticular branch of the family, was born probably in the county of Essex, England, and came to Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and three sons. He lo- cated with his family in the town of Braintree, Mas- sachusetts, where he became a freeman in 1640, as above mentioned, and was one of the worthy citizens of his town, residing there until his death, August 27, 1695. He must have been a man of more than the ordinary mental endowments as the history of his descendants in each generation has shown men of remarkable attainments and executive ability. ( 11is son, Nathaniel and descendants receive mention in this article).

(II) Richard (2), eldest son and child of Rich- ard (1) Thayer, was born in England, probably in the county of Essex, and came to America with his parents, landing at Boston, and settled at Brain- tree. He married, October 24, 1651, Dorothy Pray, and seven children were born to them: Dorothy, June 30, 1653; Richard, July 31, 1655; Nathaniel, January 1, 1658; Abigail, February 10, 1661 ; Joanna, December 13, 1665; Sarah, December, 1667; and Cornelius, August 18, 1670. The deaths of Richard and Dorothy (Pray) Thayer occurred December 4. 1705, and December II. 1705, respectively.

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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 9

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