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This old Irish name was first given
READY to O'Rodoighe, whose ancestor was Ficheallach, and has been anglicized O'Roddy, Roddy, Reddy, Ready and Ruddy.
(I) Morris Ready was born in the county Kerry, Ireland, January 16, 1789. He was engaged in farming, and had what was there considered a large farm. He married Mary Horan, of county Kerry, and they were the parents of seven children : Dennis, Catherine, Ellen, Mary, Daniel, Joanna, and John, all of these came to America.
(II) Daniel, fifth child and second son of Morris and Mary (Horan) Ready, was born in Bunleitrim, in county Kerry, Ireland, June 24. 1834. At the age of nine years he came to America on the ship "Edward Stanley" with three sisters- Ellen, Mary and Johanna-and settled in Manches- ter, New Hampshire. There he was educated. His first occupation was as a spinner in the Manchester woolen mills. Afterward he worked in the Stark mills. He afterward bought a place on North Elin street, and has been a milkman supplying Man- chester with milk for thirty-five years. He has an extensive route, is the oldest established man in his calling in Manchester, and by hard work and long hours has made his business a success and laid by a tidy sum for his old age. In religion he is an old-fashioned Irish Catholic, and lives up to the teachings of his faith. In politics he is an Inde- pendent. He has been a member of the board of trade. Ile married, 1885, Sarah Lynes, born in the county Galway, Ireland. They have eight chil- dren : Daniel, Morris, Sarah, Elizabeth, Willianı, John, Leman, and Thomas.
This name, which was originally
APPLEBEE Appleby, is from the Danish set- tlement in England, so called from the number of apple trees found about the place where its founders located their town. Thomas Appleby, of Rye, 1662-72, who died perhaps at Woodbury, in 1690, is the earliest of the name
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mentioned in any current New England history. (I) Nathan (I) Applebee settle in Lancaster in 1792, removing from Franconia, and lived there until the time of his death, about 1812. His wife Catherine married second, Ephraim McIntyre. The ten children of Nathan and Catherine were: Eliza- beth, John, Ann, Benjamin, Nathan, Warren, Rhoda, Hosen, Jehiel, and Dolly Skeel.
(II) Nathan (2), fifth child and third son of Nathan (1) and Catherine Applebee, was born in Littleton, June 29, 1792, being the first of his father's children born in that town. He died in Lancaster, September 11, 1868, aged seventy-six. He was a farmer and resided all his life in his native town. In political faith he was a Democrat, and in religious belief a Methodist. He married first. about 1810, Emeline Bemis : second, May 25, 1829, Ruby Farnum, who was born in Lisbon, An- gust 6, 1797, and died November 22, 1887, aged ninety, daughter of Stephen Farnum. She was a member of the Methodist Church. The children by the first wife were: Nathan, Willard, Willian, Alvira, Amos, Eliza, Catherine, and by the sec- ond wife: Amaritta, Lorinda, Emeline, Annette and Warren.
(III) Nathan (3), eldest child of Nathan (2) and Emeline (Bemis) Applebee, was born in Lit- tleton, November 29, 1812, and died there November 18, 1880. Like his father he spent his entire life in Littleton. He resided first in South Littleton, then removed to Littleton, where he was employed by Brackett & Abbott in a saw mill for a few years. He then returned to South Littleton, and was employed by Peter Paddleford some years, and then returned to Littleton and was engaged in manufacturing lum- ber until 1860. From that date until 1865 he was re- pairman for the Hale woolen mill. He and his son Charles then purchased the Alderbrook mill in Bethlehem, which they operated until 1868. Na- than Applebee lived on a farm in Bethlehem a few years, and then returned to Littleton, and passed the rest of his life there. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Church. He married, February 23, 1837. Marilla Farr. who was born in Littleton, August 21, 1814. and died in Plymouth. August 21, 1887, daughter of Titus and Abigail ( Whitney ) Farr. Their children were: Mary, Charles H .. Ellen. Delia and Kate.
(IV) Charles Henry. second child and only son of Nathan (3) and Marilla ( Farr) Applebee, was born in Littleton, September 27, 1840. He was educated in the common schools, and after com- pleting his school life he went to work with his father. continuing till 1860. He then worked for Peter H. Paddleford, of South Littleton, as a wood- worker, and again in saw milling at at Littleton. In 1862 he was again in the employ of Mr. Paddle- ford, and in August of that year he enlisted in Company D. Thirteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. He remained with his com- pany until November, when he was detached and placed in the ambulance corps as a stretcher bearer. After eight months service at that he became driver in the ambulance corps which followed the Thir- teenth Regiment up to the reorganization at York- town. He was with the ambulance corps at Ports- mouth, Virginia, about two years, and then joined his regiment at Richmond, Virginia, where he was mustered out June 21, 1865. The Thirteenth Regi- ment rendered service in the campaign against Fredericksburg, at Suffolk, and on garrison duty at Portsmouth, Virginia ;; at Cold Harbor; Peters-
burg; Bermuda Hundred; Fort Harrison; Fair Oaks; and in the campaign which ended at Ap- pomattox.
At the close of the war Mr. Appleby returned to Littleton, and was with his father in the lum- ber manufacturing business until 1871, when they sold their mill to H. C. Libbey. He then returned to Littleton and bought a woodenware factory which he operated a year. From 1874 to 1878 he was in the employ of the Waumbeck Lumber Company and other lumberers. In 1888 Mr. Applebee and J. T. and S. F. Simpson formed a partnership as contractors and builders. In 1882 he pur- chased the A. W. Streeter blacksmith shop, which he operated for a year, when he leased it and bought the old stone blacksmith shop on Main street, Littleton, in which he has since carried on his trade. In politics he is a Republican. For some years he was a member of the police force. He is a member of Burns Lodge, No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons, of Littleton; Franklin Royal Arch Chapter, of Lisbon; the Council of Royal and Select Masters; St. Gerard Commandery, Knights Templar, Littleton, of which he was emi- nent commander in 1887-88; and Mt. Eustis Chap- ter, Order of the Eastern Star; also of White Mountain Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; Coos County Pomona Grange; Marshall Sanders Post, Grand Army of the Republic; and the Coshockee Club. He married first, August 22, 1862, Hattie L. Randall, who was born in Lyndon, Vermont. February 9, 1842, and died in Littleton, August 5, 1873. daughter of Daniel Randall; second, June 13, 1874, Mary Osgood, who was born in Lebanon, August 5, 1844, daughter of William and Eliza ( Kenney) Osgood (see Osgood, VIII). By the first wife there were two children: Minnie, born July 9. 1866, died in Littleton, March 30, 1880; Fred Henry, born in Bethlehem, December 27, 1869, died in Lebanon, February 16, 1878. By the second wife, one child, Grace Osgood, born September 10, 1875.
The Buzzell family dates back to
BUZZELL early days. The first American an- cestor appears to have been Isaac Buzzell, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, who was a freeman in 1640. The first one of the name to settle in New Hampshire was John Buzzell, who prob- ably came from the Isle of Jersey before 1604. and settled in Dover. Two of his great-grandsons, Rev. John and Rev. Aaron Buzzell, were with Rev Benjamin Randall, the founders of the Free Will Baptist denomination. The name, which is also spelled Buswell, Bussell and Busiel, has been numerous in Strafford county for many years. Solomon Buzzell, son of John and Phebe Buzzell. of Barrington, was born January 5, 1761. He served in the Revolutionary war, and became a prominent citizen of Northwood, New Hampshire. He served five years in the legislature, was selectman and justice of the peace for many years. He married (first) Mrs. Elizabeth Burnham, of Barrington : and (second) Susannah Clark, of Northwood. He had three children by each wife. It is probable that the second branch is descended from John Buzzell. of Barrington, father of Solomon, but gencalogical records are lacking.
(1) John Buzzell, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Buzzell, was born in Barrington, New Hampshire, April 30. 1804. He was educated in the common schools of that town. He moved to Meredith, New
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Hampshire, where he lived on a farm for a while, and then went to Sandwich, New Hampshire, and bought a farm. He next went to Dover, where he learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked for a short time, and then moved to Lakeport. at that time called Lake Village, where he built a house and made himself a permanent home. He went into the contracting business, in which he continued until his death in 1902. He was a Re- publican in politics, and a member of the Advent Church. He married Abigail Marston, daughter of Eben Marston. She was born at Tamworth, New Hampshire, in 1812. They had eleven children : I. Horatio W., born January 18, 1823, in Barring- ton. married Grace Huntington ; he is now de- ceased. 2. Gilbert, born February 28, 1825, died in Concord, 1906. 3. John G., born November I, 1827, at Barrington, was twice married, and is living in Lynn, Massachusetts; has two living chil- dren. 4. Mary E., now deceased, was born Oc- tober 5, 1829. married Charles Felch, and lived in Lynn. 5. Albert S., born June 18, 1837, at Mere- dith. married (first) Orissa Sanborn; and (sec- ond) Julia Blanchard, of Vermont. Albert S. Buz- zell had following children by first union: Ellen, wife of Frank Sanders; Emma, wife of Edwin Hutchins; Annie, deceased wife of Bert. E. Curtis; Herman; Allie Etta, wife of Harley Loewl, of Con- cord, New Hampshire. Albert Buzzell enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment. New Hampshire Volun- teers, under Captain Aldrich in 1862. He was at the siege of Port Hudson. 6. William H., born at Meredith, New Hampshire, December 25, 1839. He married Sarah Dow, and they had one son, Herman H., now living Denver, Colorado. 7. Charles Edwin, mentioned in the succeeding para- graph. S. Ransom D., born May 25, 1846, married Frances Atkins, deceased. He enlisted in 1863 in Company K. Fourteenth New Hampshire Volun- teers, and was stationed on the Gulf and in the Shenandoah Valley. He was wounded in the head at the battle of Cedar Creek. He is now a carpenter in Laconia, New Hampshire. 9. Eben Marston, born February 5, 1848, married B. Jennie Dolloff, who was born in Meredith. He enlisted in Com- pany K, Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, at the same time with his brother. He was wounded in the head at Fisher's Hill. He was discharged, and then joined the regular army. He is now a farmer in Meredith Centre, and has a son, Mor- timer Rockfellow, and a daughter Edna, who mar- ried George Quimby; they have one son Langton. 10. Julia M., born July 3. 1849, at Laconia. New Hampshire, married Zachariah T. Wiley, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and they had a daughter, Lena May, who married Arthur Crafts, of Malden, Massachu- setts; she died January 1, 1906; the Crafts have two children, Marian and Ellsworth. Zachariah T. and Julia M. Wiley also had one son Robert, residing in Lynn, unmarried. II. George H., born October 19, 18544. at Laconia, married Linda Brown, and lives at Lakeport. Of the nine sons of John Buzzell four served in the Civil war, an unusual record for one family.
(II) Charles Edwin, sixth son and seventh child of John and Abigail (Marston) Buzzell. was born October 13, 1844, at Sandwich, New Hampshire. When three years old he came with his father to Laconia. He was educated in the common schools, and worked for his father at the carpenter's trade and on the farm till he was sixteen years of age, when he enlisted December 17, 1861, in Company
F, Eighth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, under Captain Flanders. He sailed with his regi- ment to Ship Island, remained there several months, and then went to Fort Macomb, and after the surrender of New Orleans was stationed at Camp Parapet above the city of New Orleans. He went up the Mississippi river to Donaldsonville and Belle Fourche to Georges Landing, where his regi- ment was in an engagement October 27, 1862. Then up to Alexandria and from there to Sabine Cross Roads, and returning was engaged at the siege of Port Hudson, where he was wounded in the left side, May 27, 1863. After the war he returned to Laconia and settled thicre as a contractor and builder with his father. Later, when his father died, he took charge of the business himself. Fle is a Re- publican in politics, and served in the legislature of 1881. He was made postmaster of Lakeport in 1900, and is a member of the board of super- visors. In 1899 he was sergeant at arms of the New Hampshire house of representatives. He was a member of the Republican state committee. He was captain of a militia company for a number of years. Ile is an Odd Fellow, and belongs to Cho- corua Lodge. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and has been through the chairs. He belongs to Post 36, of the Grand Army of the Re- public, and was department commander in 1895, post commander three years, of Post 36, quarter- master for the past fifteen years. He attends the Baptist Church. He married S. Jennie Veazie. daughter of Amos L. and Mahalie (Dolloff) Veazie, who was born at Meredith in 1841. They have one child, Charles W., born January 19. 1867, at La- conia. He was educated in the public schools of Laconia, supplemented by courses in Tilton and New Hampton academies, graduating from the latter. After completing his education he was em- ployed for a short time in the store of his father at Lakeport. Then learned the carpenter trade and now follows that occupation in Lakeport. He mar- ried Georgie Trombly, of Laconia, and they have one daughter. Bertha J., a graduate of the high school of Laconia. Charles W. Buzzell is a member of the Knights of Pythias: he and his wife attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which their daughter is a consistent member.
BELLE The family of Belle is long established
in Canada. but none of its members are recorded as residents of New Hamp- shire previous to those of this sketch. It is of French origin and its members are useful citizens. (I) Oliver Belle was born in St. Johns. Pro- yince of Quebec, and during the active period of his life was a prosperous merchant. In polities he is a conservative, and in religion a Catholic. He married Adelaide Charest. Seven children were born of this marriage, five of whom are living : Amanda, Ilector, Stanislaus, Cordelia and Philias. (II) Philias, third son of Oliver and Adelaide (Charest) Belle, was born in Lacadie, Province of Quebec, December 9. 1870, and attended the com- mon and high schools of Montreal until eighteen years of age. For fifteen years he was engaged in the manufacture of shoe stock at Montreal, Canada. He always had a fondness for machinery and an aptness for invention. During his Icisure hours he studied labor-saving machinery, and as a result of his labors he has developed machines that have revolutionized certain processes in the manufacture of shoes. In 1904 hie settled in Nashua,
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New Hampshire, and organized the Belle-Charest Manufacturing Company, which manufactures im- proved patented machines for making insole and heel stock leather, counters, etc., for shoe factory use, and also makes improved patented heels, moulded counters and inner soles for the trade. Four floors equipped with the best facilities are occupied, and fifty hands are employed. The ma- chines manufactured are all the invention of Mr. Belle, and are revolutionizing the production of the goods named, enabling their owners to undersell concerns not using them. They are known as the pasted leather stock machine, which weighs seven tons; the leather board cementing machine, which weighs twenty-eight pounds; and the shoe counter blank machine, a patented invention for chopping leather. This last named machine for making count- ers is sixty-five feet long, works on two floors by an endless chain, and weighs five tons. Mr. Belle has made his inventions a financial success in a very short time. He is a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters, and of the Independent Order of Foresters. He married, in Montreal, January 21, 1896, Marie Touchette, who was born in L'pton, Province of Quebec, March 21. 1875, daughter of Joseph and Octavie ( Larose) Touchette, of Upton, They have six children: Alberic, Wilfrid, Adrean, Florette, Andree and Lillianne.
JENKS This name is traced traditionally from an ancient Welsh family of importance. The American branch were evidently people of enterprise and some substance and, bet- ter still, of splendid physique and fibre, fitted for the struggle of life in a new world. The descend- ants partake in a large incasure of the same quali- ties and are useful and respected citizens of the several communities in which they live.
(I) Joseph Jenks, an inventor or high order, was born in 1602, either at Hammersmith, Houn- slow or Colubroke, in the neighborhood of the city of London. England, and came to Massachusetts in 1643, it is supposed with John Winthrop the younger, who brought from England in that year stock and divers workmen to begin an iron works. Joseph Jenks is thought to have been one of the workmen engaged to establish the iron works on the Saugus river. the first in New England. At least he was employed there soon after the begin- ning of the enterprise. He is said to have been "the first founder to work in brass and iron on the American continent" and, although this is possibly an exaggerated statement it is no doubt true that he was the first highly skilled worker in metals to begin operations in the English colonies in North America. In 1646 the Massachusetts general court granted him a patent for three important inventions, namely: a water mill, or wheel; a machine for making seythe, and other edged tools; and a saw mill. Ile then built a forge at the iron works for the manufacture of scythes. He was the first coiner. and made the first piece of coin. He had married in England, but his wife died previous to his departure for America. He had two sons who were left in care of the mother's family. The elder i- supposed to have settled in Virginia, but the younger, Joseph Jenks, Jr .. according to the in- struction of his father, was to join him in America when he became of age. The senior Joseph married the second time in Lynn, Massachusetts, before 1650. By this union he had five children, three sons and two daughters.
Joseph (2) Jenks is said to have been born in 1632, and is reported to have been at Lynn in 1647, in which event he must have come to New Eng- land long before he arrived at manhood. He probably remained at Lynn until his removal to Providence Plantation. He was the first white man to build a home at Pawtucket. Rhode Island, where he was probably induced to locate because of the water power to drive his forge and saw mill. Ac- cording to family tradition he settled there in 1055, but there is no authentic evidence that he was there at such a date. The first mention of him in the records of Providence is in the deed of land he purchased at Pawtucket Falls, October 10, 1671. He is referred to in this deed as an inhabitant of the town of Providence. On March 25, 1669, he had been granted land on both sides of the Paw- tucket river. In January, 1670. his name appears on the Warwick records as foreman of the jury. Some of the family traditions point to his original residence in Warwick. Mr. Jenks built his forge below the falls. on the south side of the present Main street of Pawtucket. He was a man of much enterprise. and an active and influential business man as well as a public spirited citizen. He was a member of the town council in 1680, moderator of the town meeting in 1079-80, and one of the tax assessors at the same period. He was chosen April 28, 1679, to represent Providence in the gen- eral assembly at Newport, was a speaker of the assembly from October. 1698, to February, 1699, and is referred to constantly in the town and colony records from 1684 to 1698 as "assistant," in which capacity he acted as a justice and performed mar- riages. Before Mr. Jenks left Lynn he had mar- ried Esther Ballard, and three sons and six daugh- ters were born of this union. The sons were: Nathaniel, Ebenezer and William. The latter suc- ceeded his father in business, and all took promi- nent positions in the town and colony. The daugh- ters were: Elizabeth, Sarah, Esther, Johanna, Mary and Abigail.
(II) Daniel, youngest of the sons of Joseph (1) Jenks, of Lynn, was born in 1633, and settled in Cumberland. Rhode Island, under the protection and with the assistance of his half-brother Joseph (2). He was prosperous in his affairs, and left numerous descendants. From the foregoing sprang the numerous Jenks, Jencks. and Jenckes families of Rhode Island. It is probable that the line herein traced is descended from Daniel, the last above men- tioned.
(III) The records of Cumberland. Rhode Island, show the marriage of Daniel (2) Jenks to Mercy Sprague, which occurred February 14. 1727. There can be no doubt that this Daniel was a son of Daniel (1) above mentioned, who settled in Cumberland. His children were: Catherine. Jeremiah. Ilannah, John, Phoebe, Mary (died young ). David. Daniel and Mary.
(IV) John, second son' and fourth child of Daniel (2) and Mercy ( Sprague) Jenks, was born November 2, 1734. in Cumberland. Rhode Island The records of Cumberland show that John Jenks, of Smithfield, was married in 1766 to Ann Bishop, of Cumberland. They also show that John Jenks, of Cumberland, was married July 4, 1762, to Thank- ful Robinson, of AAttleboro, Massachusetts. This is probably the same John, and represents two mar- riages. (V) Welcome, son of John Jenks, was mar- ried March 14, 1790, to Elizabeth, daughter of John
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Brown, and their children, according to the Cum- berland records were : Sabra, Levi, Lewis and Eunice.
(VI) Levi, eldest son of Welcome and Eliza- beth (Brown) Jenks, was born November 4, 1792, in Cumberland, Rhode Island, and probably re- sided in Smithfield. He married Cynthia Staples, and they had a large family. The first child died in infancy, unnamed. The others were: Levi, Amy, Julia, Welcome. Perlia. Joseph, Hannah, and Cynthia. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in Paw- tucket in 1874. He was a member of the Congrega- tional Church, a Whig in politics, and was promi- nent in town affairs. His wife died in 1856.
(VII) Welcome (2), second son and fifth child of Levi and Cynthia ( Staples) Jenks, was born August 22, 1821, probably in Smithfield, Rhode Island, and died December 13, 1891, in Manchester, New Hampshire. His education was supplied by the public schools of his native place, and he was early employed in a cotton mill at Pawtucket. That he was active, industrious and capable, is indicated by the fact that he was overseer of a spinning room at the age of seventeen years. After three years he went to Manton and from there to Reading, Pennsylvania, where he was employed three years in the same capacity. In 1854 he went to Hook- sett, New Hampshire, and took charge of the cotton mills, in which relation he continued until March, 1860. From that time until 1891 he was superin- tendent of the Langdon Manufacturing Company's mills in Manchester. Mr. Jenks was the inventor of the ring spinning frame. Ile built a house in Manchester in 1870. He was not only active in his chosen line of endeavor. but he was prominent in the management of public affairs wherever he resided, and was a member of the Congregational Church. He was early a supporter of the prin- ciples maintained by the Republican party, and was one of the first to join that organization when it was formed. He was married, August 22, 1841, to Clarissa Billington, daughter of Robinson and Clarissa Billington, of Rhode Island. Her ancestor came over in the "Mayflower." They were the parents of eight children, namely: Welcome, died at the age of eleven years; Sarah, deceased ; Eliza- beth, Melissa, Alonzo Daniel, Welcome, William K., Clara C., and Etta J. The mother of these children died in 1902, at eighty-one years.
(VIII) Welcome (3), third son and fifth child of Welcome (2) and Clarissa ( Billington) Jenks, was born December 11, 1854, in Providence, Rhode Island, and received his early education in the public schools of Manchester. HIe subsequently took a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business Col- lege, from which he graduated in 1867. He was early accustomed to the cotton mills, and was em- ployed with his father, and rapidly acquired a thorough knowledge of the business of making cot- ton goods. At twenty years of age he was over- seer of the spinning room, and after his father ob- tained a patent upon the spinning frame the son went on the road in the interest of its adoption by cotton mills generally. Ile continued seventeen years in this capacity, and put on a pair of over- alls and demonstrated the advantages of his ma- chine in every cotton mill in the United States. Subsequentliy he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, in which he was successful. He is a Re- publican in politics, but takes no active part in the conduct of public affairs. He was married Janu- ary 4, 1881, to Georgia Washington Robinson,
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