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. IV, Part 10

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: 878

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BURBANK There is a tradition that the family name Burbank is of ancient Ger- man origin, but whether much im- portance attaches to vague tradition of this charac- ter is questionable, although certain renditions of the name as discovered in old English records bore semblance and possible relation to the names known to be of German origin. In "Doomsday Book" the name Burbank is found just once in a list of ten thousand land owners in Great Britain, butt that of Bowerbank, which is one of the various forms of expressing the name of some of the same family as the Burbanks, is found in several counties in England. It also appears as Borebancke, Bow- bank and Burbancke, and some of these crossed the Atlantic with early immigrants and have found per- manent lodgement in American nomenclature. It is believed, however, that the original of all these renditions is Bowerbank, a name well known both in England and in America, but it does not follow that the Burbanks and the Bowerhanks are in any way related ; nor is. the subject one of vital im- portance to the peace and well being of the Ameri- can Burbanks who have been known in New Eng- land history for almost three centuries.

(I) John Burbank, the immigrant ancestor of a numerous progeny, settled in Rowley. Massachu- setts, where he was made a freeman May 16. 1640, and was granted a house lot on Bradford street in 1643. The christian name of his (first) wife was Ann, and the second was named Jemima, but nothing appears to show the family name of either. The latter died March 24, 1693, having survived him nearly twelve years. He died 1681, "Aged and Decreped." His will was made April 5th of that year, and was probated on the tenth of the same month. In this instrument he mentions his wife, Jemima, sons John and Caleb. and daughter Lydia Foster. Three of his children, Timothy, Lydia and Mary, died young.

(II) Caleb, second son of John Burbank, was born May 19, 1646. in Rowley, Massachusetts, where he lived. The time of his death is approximated by the dates of executing and proving his will, which were February 15, 1688, and March 25, 1600. In it he mentions "my honored and aged mother."

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He was married May 6, 1669, to Martha Smith, born February 5, 1648, daughter of Hugh and Mary Smith. She survived him and was married (sec- ond), July 3, 1695, to Jolin Hardy, of Bradford. The children of Caleb Burbank were: Caleb, John, Mary, Timothy, Martha, Eleazer, Samuel and Eb- enczer.

(III) Eleazer. fourth son and sixth child of Ca- leb and Martha (Smith) Burbank, was born March 14, 1682, in Rowley, and settled in Bradford, Mas- sachusetts. The christian name of his wife is known to have been Lydia, although it appears in one place as Hannah in the Bradford records. She survived him and died June 26, 1771, in her eighty- seventh year. Their children were: Daniel, Elea- zer, Caleb, Sarah, Nathan, Moses, Martha. John, Lydia, and Abraham. (Mention of Abraham and descendants appears in this article).

(IV) Moses, son of Eleazer and Lydia Bur- bank, of Bradford, was born February 6, 1717, in that town, and was one of the earliest settlers of Boscawen, New Hampshire. The year of his set- tlement was 1733, and after coming to the town he married Sarah Emery, believed to have been a sister of Edward Emery, the latter also being one of the pioneers of Boscawen. The children of Cap- tain Moses and Sarah were: Moses, born June 26, 1741, married Sarah Danforth; Samuel, August, 1745, married Eunice Pettengill; Nathaniel, Decem- bēr 14, 1747, married Mary Durgin; Molly, Febru- ary 22, 1749, married Cutting Noyes and lived in Boscawen; David, July 4, 1754, died November 4, 1815; Wells, August 8, 1756, and was a school teacher; Sarah, September, 1758, married Benjamin Blanchard; Betty, December 1, 1760, married Ben- jamin Bolter; Eleazer, January 19, 1763, married Abigail Burbank.

(V) David, fourth son and fifth child of Captain Moses and Sarah (Emery) Burbank, was born July 4, 1754, and died November 4, 1815. He built and lived in the parsonage on Boscawen plain, and re- moved from thence to Bashan, where he was a farmer, and still later to "Schoodic," in Warner, where he died. His first wife was Mary Little, daughter of Enoch Little, and by whom he had eight children. His second wife was Dorothy Low- ell, who bore him two children. The children of David Burbank by both marriages were: Sarah, born February 9, 1779. married Moses Smith, of Salisbury, New Hampshire: Abigail, born March 20, 1780, died July 18, 1816; Abraham, born No- vember 16, 1781, died January 14, 1856; Eliezer, born January 1, 1785, married Drusilla Flanders. of Boscawen; Little, born February 2, 1787, died November 17, 1870; Jesse, born June 13, 1790, died in the United States navy; Enoch, born July 20, 1703, moved to Michigan; Judith, born July 10. 1798, married Benjamin Carter of Boscawen.

(VI) Abraham, third child and eldest son of David and Mary (Little) Burbank, was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, November 16, 1781. He learned the trade of blacksmith from his father, and carried on business with Jesse Little on Little hill. He was adept in making axes, giving them a shape and weight much preferred by woodchoppers and of such keen temper that "Abe Burbank's axes" were known all through the region and found ready sale with the merchants, much to the profit of the maker. He afterwards settled on a farm in Bashan and carried on lumbering. His operations in this direction became quite extensive, and at one time, in company with his son Friend. he had mills on Blackwater river, Knight's meadow and 011 Pond brook, and nearly every mill in Boscawen

was at one time employed in sawing his lumber, which was rafter down the Merrimack river to Lowell and Boston markets. He was much re- spected by his fellow townsmen, and was repeat- edly elected to represent them in the state legisla- ture. He was a cheerful supporter of religious and charitable organizations, and always alive to every measure proposed for the public welfare. Abraham Burbank was twice married. His first wife was Mary Call, and his second Polly Jackman, daughter of Benjamin Jackman, of Boscawen. He had five children by his first and seven by his second mar- riage, viz: Friend Little, born June 29, 1806; Jo- anna Call, born March 5. 1808, died February 19, 1843; Mary Little, born November 16, 1809, married Woodman Jackman. of Boscawen; Sophronia Ger- rish, born August 25, 1812, died February 22, 1847; Judith Call, born November 2, 1815, married J. Warren Jackman, and died November 21, 1847; George Washington, born June 29, 1819, died May 16, 1873; David Emory, born May 16, 1822; Bitfield Plummer, born March 1, 1824, died in California in 1860; Abraham Pettingill, born November 2, 1825, married Augusta Runnels. of Boscawen, and removed to California; Azro Sheridan, born Au- gust 29, 1827 ; Ezekiel Webster, born June 16, 1829, married (first) Martha A. Pillsbury, of Boscawen, (second), Emelie Hunkins, of Sanbornton, and died on the Mississippi river in 1863; during the civil war; Amanda Jane, born June 11, 1831, married Horatio N. Webber, of Boscawen.

(VII) Friend Little, eldest son and child of Abraham and Mary (Call) Burbank, was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, January 29, 1806. His principal occupation in life was lumbering, which he began with his father and continued it long after the latter had passed from the field of business activity. He also took an earnest interest in town affairs, and was selectman in 1844. 18.16 and 1848, and represented his town in the state legislature in 1852 and 1853. He married Dorothy Jackman, daughter of Joshua Jackman, of Boscawen, and had five children: Lucretia Little, born May 21, 1840, died August 10, 1861; William Wirt, born Septem- ber 13, 1842; Joanna Clough, born June 22, 1846, died December 23. 1848; Irvin Abram, born April 18, 1854; Almon Friend, born October 17, 1857. (Irvin A. and descendants receive mention in this article).

(VIII) William Wirt, eldest son and second child of Friend L. and Dorothy (Jackman) Bur- bank, was born September 13, 1842, in that part of Boscawen which is now Webster. Beginning at the age of four years he attended the common schools of his native town, and afterwards studied at Elmwood Literary Institute. In 1865 he became partner in the lumber business with his father, the firm name being F. L. Burbank & Son. After a period of fifteen years this connection was dissolved in 1880, and he continued business alone two years, after which time he formed a partnership with his brother Irvin A., and since that time the firm of Burbank Brothers has continued business and has engaged quite extensively in the manufacture of boxes and other enterprises connected with lum- bering business in their district. Mr. Burbank is a man of much executive ability, and is ready in grasping opportunities and pushing business ad- vancement. He was one of the originators of the Kearsarge Telephone Company. and has been its president since its incorporation. For more than a quarter of a century he has served as one of the directors of the Merrimack County Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Burbank is a courteous gentleman,

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and his ability and integrity have led them to select him for many important official positions. For fifteen years he was selectman of the town, was moderator twelve years, town treasurer three years, and representative in the state legislature in 1881. He is a steadfast and straightforward Republican in politics. He joined the First Congregational Church of Webster in 1858, and has been superin- tendent of its Sunday school for thirteen years, and clerk of the church since 1895. He has for many years been a member of Harris Lodge, No. 91, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons of Warner, New Hampshire, and is a past master of that body. He is a charter member of the Daniel Webster Grange, and was its first master, serving five years in that position, and has also filled the lecturer's chair. He is a charter member of Merrimack County Po- mona Grange, and a past master of that body. He was president of the New Hampshire Grange Fair Association two years, and was four years superin- tendent of its fair.

Mr. Burbank was married, September 26, 1865, in Penacook (then Fisherville), to Ellen Maria Dow, daughter of Enoch Hoyt and Judith Walker (Chandler) Dow, of Concord. Judith W. Chandler was a daughter of Captain John (5) Chandler, (See Chandler VII, Rolfe VIII, and Hoyt V). Mr. Dow was a selectman of that town in 1837 and 1840, and was captain in the Third Infantry Mi- litia from February, 1832, to February 19, 1835. He was engaged in the lumber business. He was a son of Moody and Joanna (Hoyt) Dow. Moody was a son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Wilson) Dow, and Ebenezer was a son of John and Eliza- beth (Moody) Dow. Mrs. Burbank was educated in the schools of Concord, and Elmwood Literary Institute at Boscawen. She is the mother of four daughters, all born in Webster. Ellen Lucrecia. the eldest, was educated at Penacook Academy, the high school at Warner, and the New England Con- servatory of Music in Boston. She is the wife of Samuel Howard Bell, a pharmacist of West Derry : Sarah Chandler, the second, died in her twenty-third year; Alice Mabel was educated at Pembroke Academy and Wellesley College and became the wife of William Bradford Ranney, now residing in Penacook: Annie Florence, the youngest, was edu- cated at the Concord High School, Framingham Normal School and the Teachers' College of New York City, and is head of the household science de- partment at Northfield Seminary, Northfield, Mas- sachusetts.

(VIII ) Irvin Abram. second son and fourth child of Friend Little, and Dorothy (Jackman) Burbank, was born in the town of Boscawen, New Hampshire, April 18, 1854, and for the last thirty and more years has been engaged in active busi- ness pursuits. His early life was spent at home, and he was given a good education in the town schools and the academies at Warner and Penacook. After leaving school he began work with his father and older brother in their lumbering and milling enterprises, anl in 1882 he became partner with his brother in the same line. This partnership has continued to the present time, and the members of the firm are numbered among the prosperous and substantial business men of northern Merri- mack county. Mr. Burbank is always a busy man, but has found time to devote to public affairs in his home town, having served in various offices of a political character, and represented the town of Webster in the state legislature in 1903. He is a Republican in politics, attends the Congregational Church, is trustee of the Webster Public Library, and member of the order of Free and Accepted

Masons. He married. October =4, 1883, Ellen A. Little, who was born August 19, 1863, a daughter of Sherman and Mary A. (Austin) Little (see Lit- tle VII) of Webster, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Burbank have three children: Lucretia L., born December 15, 1884; Henry Irvin, born Jan- uary 6, 1886; Ray C., born December 31, 1887.

(IV) Abraham, youngest child of Eleazer and Lydia Burbank, was born November 18, 1727, in Bradford. Massachusetts, and died there September 9, 1775, in his forty-eighth year. He was married April 25, 1753, to Abigail, daughter of Robert and Rebecca Savory. She was born April 1, 1733, and dicd less than a month after her husband, October 6, 1775, in her forty-fourth year. The records of Bradford show only two children, Eliphalet and Abigail.

(V) Captain Eliphalet, son of Abraham and Ab- igail (Savory) Burbank, was born June 22, 1760. in Bradford, Massachusetts, and passed his life in that town. He was married in January, 1781, to Susanna, daughter of Jedediah and Sarah (Stick- ney) Barker. She was born December 21, 1763. No record of either appears. Their children were: Sarah, Abraham, Abigail, Jedediah, Susanna, Eli- phalet. John and Barker.

(VI) Barker, youngest son of Captain Eliphalet and Susanna (Barker) Burbank, was born in Brad- ford, Massachusetts, September 8, 1795, and died December 23, 1867. He settled in Shelburne, New Hampshire, where he had a large farm, and was for many years the most prominent man in all that region. He was a practical farmer, a successful merchant, and a lawyer of considerable ability. His dwelling was a large two-story house erected by him about 1840, which, now somewhat modern- ized, stands in the center of an ampitheatre of rare and peculiar beauty. He married Polly Ingalls, daughter of Fletcher and Mercy (Lary) Ingalls. and raised a family of fourteen children: Mercy Ingalls, Robert Ingalls, Mary Ann, Emerline, Alcan- der, Sarah F., Martin L., Deborah C., Edward P., Barker L., Parker C., Buchanan B., Helen and Helen Mar.

(VII) Edward Payson, son of Barker and Polly (Ingalls) Burbank, was born in Shelburne, January 14, 1832. He was a prosperous farmer and resided in Shelburne until a few years ago, when he moved to Gorham, New Hampshire, where he now lives in retirement and comfort. He held all the principal town offices except that of treasurer, and served two terms in the legislature. He married Mary Smith, who was born August 22, 1834, and who was the daughter of Potter and Sarah Smith of Shel- burne, New Hampshire. They had six children : Edward Adelbert, Elmer Ellsworth, Nelson F., Abraham Lincoln, Sarah Myrtilla, and Barker L.

(VIII) Edward Adelbert, eldest child of Edward Payson and Mary (Smith) Burbank, was born in Shelburne. New Hampshire, August 30, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of Lewiston, Maine, which he left at the age of sixteen years and began to learn the trade of tinsmith. In 1881 he became a journeyman tinsmith and then re- moved to Richmond, Maine, where he worked till 1883, and then he moved to Bethel, Maine, and then to South Paris, Maine, then to Mansfield, Pennsyl- vania, where he was in business two years ; then to Port Chester, New York, two years; Gorham, New Hampshire, one year, and in 1888 settled in Berlin, New Hampshire, where he has since resided. He had charge of the plumbing and heating department of Hodgdon & Crowell works until 1901, and then he formed a partnership with Lyman U. Cole, un- der the firm name of Burbank & Cole, and engaged

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in the hardware business. In 1902 he bought his partner's interest, and since then the firm name has been the Burbank Company, with Mr. Burbank at the head of the business. He has been a prosperous business man, and he is a stockholder in the City National Bank of Berlin. His place of business was burned at the time of the Clement Opera House fire, January 4, 1905, and he lost a large amount, but he got to work at once and secured new quarters and was able to hold his business. A little later he bought out one of the older business houses, which gave him additional trade. He never was much in- terested in politics, but devoted much of his spare time to secret societies, holding high offices in sev- eral. He is a member and a past grand of Berlin Lodge, No. 89, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was for several years secretary. He served as district deputy grand master for Coos district, and was instrumental in forming Berlin Encamp- ment, No. 35, Independent Order Odd Fellows, and was the first chief patriarch and was afterward ap- pointed district deputy grand patriarch. He mustered Canton City of Berlin No. 19, Patriarchs Militant, Independent Order Odd Fellows, and was elected the first captain. He was afterward appointed ban- nerett on staff of the department commander, ser- ving in that capacity for six years. He assisted in forming Maida Rebekah Lodge, No. 75, Independ- ent Order Odd Fellows, and was voted the Decora- tion of Chivalry by the department council for his services in the cause of Odd-fellowship, being the first voted to any chevalier in the state. He was charter member of and assisted in forming many other orders and held high offices in each. He be- longed to the Knights of the Maccabees, Royal Ar- canum, Red Men, Uniform Order Pilgrim Fathers, Golden Cross, and Independent Order of Foresters, and was a past chief ranger and deputy supreme chief ranger for several years. He formed the New Hampshire Brigade of Royal Foresters, and was their first brigadier-general. He represented the state of New Hampshire at the dedication of the Foresters Temple at Toronto in 1896. He was the first captain of Mt. Washington Division No. I, Knights of the Maccabees, and for several years was organizer for Maine and New Hampshire of the Uniform Rank Knights of the Macca- bees. He a member Industry Lodge, No. 2. Knights of

Pythias, of Lewiston, Maine, and was a charter member of Starr King Commandery, No. 21, Lancaster, New Hampshire, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, and got a dis- charge to become a charter member of Androscog- gin Commandery, No. 28, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, at Berlin, and was elected second lieuten- ant; shortly after being elected was appointed bat- talion adjutant of the Third Battalion, second reg- iment of the New Hampshire Brigade. He was a charter member of Berlin Lodge, No. 618, Benevo- lent Protective Order of Elks, and its second exalt- ed ruler, and was elected as delegate to the na- tional convention at Salt Lake City. He was a member and past master of Sabatis Lodge. No. 95, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Berlin, New Hampshire, a member and past patron of Starr King Chapter, No. 32, Order Eastern Star, a member of North Star Royal Arcanum Chapter of Lancas- ter, New Hampshire: Evening Star Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Colebrook, New Hampshire ; Edward A. Raymond Consistory, thirty-second de- gree, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, of Nashua : Bektash Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Concord. He is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution,

gaining that privilege from Captain Eliphalet Bur- bank, who served in the Continental army. He mar- ried, February 13, 1880, Minnie G. Dingley, of Lew- iston, Maine, who was born July 19, 1859, in Law- rence, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of George and Carrie (Black) Dingley, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and a distant relative of Governor Nelson Dingley, of Maine. They have three chil- dren : Arthur F., Eva G. and Lester H.

This name is of the class called locative LANE surnames, that is, those showing where the person lived, "John atte Lane," "William at Lane," are often found in English records of four hundred years ago, and show that the person named lived in a narrow street. Lane is of English origin, but for hundreds of years has been found in all four quarters of Great Britain.

Among the early settlers of New England there were at least a dozen named Lane. There is a tradi- tion that William Lane of Boston had two brothers, cordwainers in Beverly, or Gloucester, Massachu- setts, and in Maine, were nephews of William Lane, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who in 1635 came from Norfolk county, England, whose two adult sons, Andrew and George, settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. The Lane family of this article is notable for the number and local prominence of its members in military affairs, three generations having been captains in the revolutionary war. Since the revolutionary period the Lanes have been equally prominent in the pursuit of peaceful occu- pations.

(I) William Lane, referred to above as of Hing- ham,was probably an old man when he came to this country with his sons, and is found at Dor- chester as early as 1635. In 1637 he received sev- eral grants of land there amounting in all to eight acres. He was among the seventy-one accepted inhabitants of the town in 1641, and on December 7 of that year he relinquishel his grant to Thomp- son's Island for the purpose of a public school. The first public school in America was established at Dorchester, in 1639, and William Lane with others relinquished their grants on Thompson's Is- land that it might be devoted to school purposes. He was evidently a man of means and a very good citizen who enjoyed the esteem of his fellows. His last years were spent in the home of his daughter Mary, who was the widow of Joseph Long, and he died in 1658. His will was dated December 28, 1650. The inventory amounted to £82, 10 shillings and 81/2 pence, and the daughter was made residuary legatee after paying bequests of £32. His children were Elizabeth, Mary. Annis, George, Sarah and Andrew.

(II) George, elder son of William Lane, was born in England, and was one of the early planters of Hingham, Massachusetts. He was among the thirty proprietors of that town, and on September 18, 1635, drew his house lot of five acres, situated on the main street, which is now North street. His lot is described as "No. 21, from the cove on the north side of the road to Fort Hill." In the next three divisions his land was increased to twenty acres besides thirteen acres in the common lands. He was a shoemaker by trade, and was ev- idently prominent in the community as shown by his rating of six pounds, six shillings and eight pence for the building of the new meeting house, which rate was laid October 9, 1680. Upon the assignment of seats in the new building he was as- signed to "seate under ye pulpit" and his wife to a "sitting in the fore seate for the women in the body

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of the meeting house." He died June II, 1688, and was survived nearly eight years by his widow, who passed away March 26, 1695. She was Sarah, daughter of Walter and Mary (Frye) Harris, and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Walter Harris came to America in 1632, and was about twenty years at Weymouth, Massachusetts, and died in Dorchester, November 6, 1654. He was survived by his widow less than three months. The chil- dren of George and Sarah Lane were baptized in Hingham, namely: Sarah, Hannah, Josiah, Sus- anna, Elizabeth, John, Ebenezer, Mary and Peter.

(III) John, second son and fifth child of George and Sarah (Harris) Lane, was born January 20, 1648, in Hingham. He was known in that town as "John Lane, shoemaker," to distinguish him from John Lane, carpenter, of the same town. He served as constable of Hingham in 1689. About 1694 he removed to Norton, Massachusetts, and settled on the boundary between that town and Attleboro. It is apparent that he owned land in Attleboro, as he was taxed one pound for the town debt, there in 1696, and was chosen grand juryman March 22, 1697. In 1710 he was rated in Norton for building the first meeting house, and was on a committee in I7II to secure the incorporation of the precinct of Norton. He died in that town November 23, 1712. His gravestone gives his age as sixty-two years, which would make him born about 1650. He was married (first). June 18. 1674, to Mehitable, daughter of Jonathan and Jane Hobart. She was born in Hingham, July 4, 1651, and baptized when two weeks old. She was seated January 5, 1682, "in the fift seate next ye pew of the wife of John Lane, shoemaker." She died February 15, 1690, in Hingham, in her thirty-ninth year. John Lane married (second), about 1693, Sarah Briggs, who was admitted to the church in Norton, on profes- sion of faith in 1718, and died November 12, 1727, aged eighty-three years. John Lane's children are recorded in Hingham, Rehoboth, Attleboro and Norton : baptisms are in the Rehoboth church rec- ords. By his first wife there were: Samuel, Pris- cilla, Mary. Asa, and a child who was drowned September 16, 1692. By Sarah Briggs he had Ephraim. John, Benjamin, Sarah, Meletiah and Elizabeth.

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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. IV, Part 10

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: 878

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: 878