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 37

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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(VI) Ezra, third son and fifth child of Nathan and Lydia (Stevens) Tucker, was born March 22, 1793. He went from Salisbury to Grafton, where he resided until his death, the date of which is not given in the records examined. He married Judith Burbank, of Boscawen, and was the father of twelve children: John, Daniel, George W., Lydia, Mar- tha. Oliver, Nathan, Elsie, Alice, Sophronia, Mary and Judith.

(VII) John, eldest son and child of Ezra and Judith (Burbank) Tucker, was born at Salisbury in 1812. When a young man he went to reside in Springvale, Maine, where he was engaged in farm- ing " for a short time, and going to Dover, New Hampshire, was connected with the Manufacturing Company for the rest of his life, which terminated May 14, 1852. In 1832 he was married to Eliza Huzzey, of Springvale, who survived him many years and died in 1887. She became the mother of six children : Mary Eliza (who died young). George H., Edward Martin, Sarah J., John and Mary Eliza.

(VIII) Edwin Martin Tucker, M. D., second son and third child of John and Eliza ( Huzzey) Tucker, was born in Springvale, April 22, 1839. His early education, which was begun in Dover, included a commercial course at a mercantile school in Boston, and his preliminary medical studies were directed by Dr. L. G. Hill, of Dover. At the break- ing out of the civil war he suspended his profes- sional preparations, and on September 5. 1861, en- listed in Battery C, Massachusetts Light Artillery. September 20, 1862, he was severely wounded dur- ing an engagement at Shepherdstown, Virginia, and was conveyed to a military hospital in Phila- delphia, where he subsequently received an honor- able discharge from the service on account of phys- ical disability. Having sufficiently recovered, in 1864 he re-enlisted, was accepted by the examining surgeons, and assigned to duty as hospital stew- ard in the Twenty-fourth Regiment, Veteran Re- serve Corps, with which he served until the close of the war. In December, 1865, he was appointed a hospital steward in the regular army by General Grant, and served in that capacity for a period of six years, or until December, 1871, when he re- signed in order to complete his professional studies. Prior to leaving the army he was a medical student at Georgetown, District of Columbia, University, and entering the medical department of Bowdoin College in 1872 he was graduated in July of the following year. Locating for practice in Canaan, he found in that town and its environments a most promising field for professional advancement, and

availing himself of the excellent opportunities open to him he built up a large general practice, which he has ever since retained. In politics Dr. Tucker is a Republican. He formerly served upon the school board, also upon the board of health and for many years has acted as a justice of the peace. His professional society affiliations are with the New Hampshire State and the White River Med- ical societies. He was made a Mason at Dover in 1865, and is now a member of Summit Lodge of Canaan. and also of Belknap Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Dover. He joined the Knights of Pythias forty-one years ago, and at the present time is a member of Mount Cardigan Lodge of Canaan. He also belongs to Helping Hand Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Sons of the Revolution, is a comrade of Admiral Farra- gut Post, No. 52, Grand Army of the Republic, of Enfield, and was in 1895 medical director of the department of New Hampshire. He is an ardent Baptist, a member of the First Baptist Church of Canaan, New Hampshire. Dr. Tucker married Miss Mary Albina Kimball, daughter of Peter and Nancy A. (Adams) Kimball, of Grafton, this state. He has one daughter, Luie Albina, who was born April 28, 1884. Dr. Tucker is of Revolutionary de- scent. His great-great-grandfather, Moses Bur- bank, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and his son, Jonathan Burbank, served from 1776 to the close of the war.

(VI) Caleb, fourth son of Nathan and Lydia (Stevens) Tucker, born in Salisbury, November 6, 1789: died in Wilmot, March 29, 1834, was a sub- stantial and prosperous farmer. He married, De- cember 26, 18II, Dorothy Bean, second daughter of Jeremiah and Mehitable (Garland) Bean, of Sal- isbury. They had ten children: Samuel Reed (died young), Samuel Reed, Joseph Bean, Mehit- able Bean, Mercy, Hannah Hackett, Judith Emeline, Lydia Cox, Charles Walter and Thomas Brown. whose sketch follows.

(VII) Thomas Brown, youngest child of Caleb and Dorothy (Bean) Tucker, was born in Wilmot, August 17, 1830. He attended the common schools until fifteen years old, and then began to serve an apprenticeship at the machinist's trade in Manches- ter. After a residence of about five years in Man- chester he removed to Providence, Rhode Island, where he rose by successive promotions to the po- sition of superintendent of the works in which he was employed. Failing health forced him to give up this place, and he then engaged in mercantile business in Rhode Island until 1857, when he re- turned to New Hampshire and succeeded Hiram Bell in the management of the old National Hotel at Henniker. In 1859 he returned to his former occupation of manufacturer of fine tools and builder of machinery at Providence, where he remained until ill health again compelled him to give up that business, some years later. He returned to New Hampshire and immediately purchased the Kearsarge House at Warner. which he conducted for the ensuing six years. The seven years fol- lowing this period he operated the Washington House at Pittsfield, whence he moved to Peter- borough, where he pursued the same calling for many years, until he transferred the business to his son. Although compelled by circumstances over which he had no control to relinquish one line of business, Mr. Tucker achieved a success in enter- taining the traveling public equal to that which he attained in making machinery. He was a genial and agreeable host, always ready "to welcome the coming and speed the parting guest," and widely

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and favorably known. His house acquired the rep- utation of being a model place for the entertain- ment of the public. In financial matters Mr. Tucker has been successful. He owns valuable land and some of the principal buildings in Peterborough, and has been a director in the savings bank. In politics a Democrat, he took early an interest in public affairs, and has filled various political offices. While residing in Pittsfield he was sheriff, county commissioner, etc. He has been active in local affairs in Peterborough and has filled the office of president of the board of water commissioners. He retired from active business, and is now enjoy- ing the leisure and comforts that a successful life has brought him. He married, in Rhode Island, Susan Ruth Cross Clarke, born in Kingston, 1835, and died September 5. 1901, aged sixty-six years, eight months and three days, daughter of Samuel C. Clarke of Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. They have one child, whose sketch follows.

(VIII) George Samuel, only child of Thomas Brown and Susan R. (Clarke) Tucker, born in Henniker, New Hampshire, July 12, 1858, was ed- ucated in Providence, Rhode Island. His whole life since attaining the required age has been de- voted to hotel management. While yet a boy he left school to aid his father in this line of employ- ment, and with the exception of two years spent in completing and managing the new hotel at Dart- mouth College. he was associated with his father until the latter retired about 1890. Since that time he has managed Tucker's Tavern with such care and skill as to increase the comforts and the pat- ronage and extend the reputation of that already well known hostelry. Mr. Tucker is an able, en- ergetic and progressive man of the younger gener- ation, abreast of the times in all that pertains to public matters, and as a citizen occupies a promi- nent place in the community. His political affilia- tions are with the Democratic party. He is a mem- ber of Peterborough Lodge, No. 15, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, of Peterborough, and of Union Encampment, filling all the chairs in the latter. He married in Boston, December 25, 1886, Evelyn' Gen- evieve Barker, born in Exeter, Maine, May 12. 1865, daughter of John and Clarinda (Ginn-Robin- son) Barker. They have one daughter, Marguerite Clarke, born July 17, 1888.

(II) Joseph, third son and fifth child of Morris and Elizabeth (Gill) Tucker, was born in Salis- bury. February 20, 1672, and died June 30, 1743. On November 27, 1735. he gave his son, Moses, of Kingston, his homestead, which was on the road from "the mills" to Hampton, in consideration of maintenance. This was deeded back by Moses July J3, 1738, and on the same date the father deeded the homestead to his son James, for three hundred dollars in province bills of credit. This deed also included other land. In 1729 the father deeded to James forty acres on which the latter then lived. He married, 1695 (published October 14), Phebe Page, born November 17, 1674, daugh- ter of Joseph and Martha (Dow) Page, of Haver- hill. She died December 29, 1736. A Phebe Tucker was admitted to the Salisbury church. June 18, 1718. The children of this marriage were: James, Samuel, Joseph, Moses, Ebenezer, and Phebc.

(III) James, eldest child of Joseph and Phebe (Page) Tucker, born in Salisbury, April 25, 1697. died July 7, 1769, in his seventy-third year, and was buried in the South Plain cemetery. The in- ventory of his estate exceeded £500. He married. June 15, 1721, Hannah True, born in Salisbury, Au- gust 28. 1698, daughter of Deacon William and

Eleanor (Stevens) True. She died July 18, 1773. Their children were: Henry, Elizabeth, Jabez, Martha, James, Eleanor, Ebenezer and Henry. (Mention of Ebenezer and descendants appears in this article).

(IV) Jabez. second son and child of James (1) and Hannah (True) Tucker, was born January 6, 1727, and died March 6, 1781. Ile married in Salisbury, January 5, 1748, Ruth Morrill, born Au- gust 27, 1727, in Salisbury, 'and died December 6, 1819, daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (Allen) Morrill (see Morrill, IV). and they had children : Jabez, Benjamin, Ruth (mother of Ralph Waldo Emerson), Hannah (died young), Molly, Miriam, Micajah, James, John and Hannah.

(V) James (2), fourth son and eighth child of Jabez and Ruth (Morrill) Tucker, was born April 15, 1766, and died in Pittsfield. June 26, 1841. Hannah Cram Tucker, his wife, born March 7, 1769, died February 8, 1842; they had children : Ruth, Jabez, Benjamin, Sally (died early), David, Jona- than, Sally, James, Hannah. Only two, Ruth and Hannah, the oldest and youngest, lived till twenty- one years of age.

(VI) Hannah, daughter of James (2) and Han- nah (Cram) Tucker, married John S. Tilton, of Pittsfield, and died in Pittsfield, November 10, 1891, leaving no children. Had one child that died in infancy.

(IV) Ebenezer, son of James (1) and Hannah (True) Tucker, was born on the Tucker home- stead in Salisbury. Massachusetts, June 18, 1737, and spent his entire life in that town. He died August 14, 1814. His will, dated April 15, 1814, with that of his father, is now in possession of his grandson, James Tucker, of this sketch. He mar- ried (first), December 5, 1758, Mary Adams, and (second), December 6, 1811, Hope Present, of Ken- sing. New Hampshire. He had children as fol- lows all by his first wife: Sarah, born October 6, 1759. William, December 26. 1760. Stephen, Jan- uary 12, 1763, died previous to 1814, leaving a son John. Betty, May 4, 1765, married William True. Samuel Adams, May II, 1767. Ebenezer, January 8, 1769. James, August 21, 1771. Han- . nalı. September 23, 1773; never married. Mary, October 9. 1775, married Moses Gill, died Novem- ber 23, 1821. Martha, November 2, 1777, married Samuel Huntoon. Benjamin, February 29, 1780, died July 23, 1801.

(V) James (2), seventh child and fifth son of Ebenezer and Hannah (True) Tucker, was born in Salisbury. August . 21, 1771, and died June 16, 1842, aged seventy-one years. He succeeded to the ownership of the ancestral homestead, which had been in the Tucker family since 1690, and followed agriculture, the calling of his ancestors, throughout his life. He married, April 24, 1803. Nancy Fifield, who was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, October 0, 1783 daughter of George and Mary ( Marston ) Fifield, of Hampton Falls. She died April 20. 1852, aged sixty-nine years. Twelve chil- dren were born of this marriage. Of these, two died young, and ten grew to mature age. They were : Benjamin, Mary Adams, Ebenezer. Nancy, Clarissa, Ruamy Dodge, Sally Brown Lavonia, So- plironia and James, who is mentioned below. Ben- jamin married Betsey Q. Gale; Mary \. married Asa F. Kimball: Ebenezer married Ethelinda Wadleigh: Nancy became the wife of Hiram Col- lins . Clarissa married Charles Morrill; Ruamy D. married Jolin C. Jewell ; Sally B. became the wife of Enoch Morrill : Lavonia married Benjamin S. Blake: and Sophronia, Moses Morrill.

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(VI) James (3), fourth son and twelfth child of James (2) and Nancy (Fifield) Tucker, was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, December 6, 1823. He was educated in the public school and after leaving school served an apprenticeship of three years and four months at the blacksmith's trade at Haverhill. He then worked a short time in Amesbury, and afterward went to North An- dover, where he was employed for a year in Miller & Blood's machine shop. During the seven or eight years following he worked in the shops in New Hampshire, being employed successively at Salmon Falls, Great Falls, and Conway. May 8, 1848, he became an employe of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company, and was stationed at Somers- worth, New Hampshire, where he remained until November 1, 1855, when he was made foreman of the repair shop of the Northern Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company at Sanborn- ville, in the town of Wakefield, New Hampshire, and has charge of seventy men. He has been in the employ of the Boston & Maine for sixty years, and is now ( 1908) eighty-four years old, and the oldest man in the employ of the company, yet he is as active as a man of fifty, and can always be found in business hours at his office or about the yards of the place. His geniality and fund of anecdote and humor make him popular wherever he is known. In 1870 he served as selectman of the town of Wakefield. For well on three score years he has been a member of the most ancient of existing fraternal organizations-the Free Masons-having been inducted into Libanus Lodge, No. 49, Free and Accepted Masons, in Somersworth, New Hamp- shire, May 16, 1854. He was master of Unity Lodge, No. 62 the first eight years of its existence. He is also a member of Carroll Royal Arch Chap- ter, No. 23, of Wolfeboro, and of Dover Lodge, No. 84, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and an honorary member of all the organizations of engineers. He was a charter member of Songo- nombe Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men. in 1888. James Tucker married, June 8, 1848, Mary E. Hale, who was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, March 18. 1822, and died March 2, 1895, daughter of Sam- · uel and Anna (Plummer) Hale. Five children were born of this union: John Chandler, April 21, 1849; died June 3, 1849. Willis Herbert, Frances Hale, James Fifield, and Sophronia. John Chandler was born in Somersworth and died in Haverhill, Massachusetts. I. Willis H. was born in Somersworth, New Hampshire. 2. Fran- ces H. was born in Somersworth and married Wil- liam F. Hanson, by whom she has one child, Willis C. Hanson, a locomotive engineer. 3. James F., also born in Somersworth, is also a locomotive en- gineer. He married Mary F. Brackett, by whom he has eight children : Charles H., Grover C., James C., Willard B., Morris A., Willis F., Harris W. and Mary Elizabeth. 4. Sophronia, born in Wake- field, is the wife of Irving .D. Rice, of Sanborn- ville, by whom she has one child, Dorothy Fran- ces, living, two having died in infancy.

This name is found early in MARSHALL Massachusetts, and has been identified with New Hampshire in a conspicuous way. It has been borne by a very considerable number of men of prominence in this country. A chief justice of the United States Court, an orator and statesman from Ohio, and a prominent lawyer from New Hampshire are among the leading citizens of this name.

(I) John Marshall appears at Billerica, Massa-

chusetts, in 1656-7 but the place of his origin has not yet been discovered. On February 4 of that year he was granted a six acre lot in Billerica. His first allotment of the common lands was twenty acres, lying partly on the township and partly on the commons; bounded by John Sheldon, north ; by the commons, east; by Peter Bracket, south; by Mr. Whiting and William Pattin, west; also a parcel of land reserved for "ye ministry on ye west and partly on ye south and partly by East street on the south west." The last bound is a reminiscence of the ancient Andover road, before it was added in 1660 to its present place; and the location is east of the narow gauge railroad line as it runs south from the street. When the road was altered he was allowed a private way across Sheldon's land to reach his own. He received later grants further east and sold his first grant, as above described, to Dr. Samuel Frost. The road running east across Loes' Plain was early known as Marshall's Lane, and a house lot, which was occupied by the family on the east road near the turn of this lane, was standing as late as 1883. According to a deposition made by John Marshall, as found in the Massachusetts Archives, he was born about 1617, the time of his death, November 5, 1702. He was styled in the record Sargeant John Marshall. He was married November 19, 1662, to Hannah Atkinson, who was probably a daughter of Thomas Atkinson, of Concord, Massa- chusetts. She was born March 5, 1644, and died September 7, 1665. John Marshall married (sec- ond) November 27, 1665, Mary Burrage, a daughter of John Burrage, of Charlestown. She died Octo- ber 30, 1680, aged thirty-nine years, and he married (third) November 30, 1681, Damaris Waite, a widow, of Malden. She was married (third) July 14, 1703, to Lieutenant Thomas Johnson of Andover. John Marshall's children were: John (died young), Mary (died young), Johanna, John, Mary. Hannah, Thomas, Isaac and Mehitabel.

(II) John (2), second son and fourth child of John (I) and Mary (Burrage) Marshall, was born August 1, 1671, in Billerica, and resided in that town where he died January 25, 1714. He was married December 8, 1695, to Unis Rogers, a daugh- ter of John (2) and Mary (Shedd) Rogers, and granddaughter of John (1) Rogers of Watertown, Massachusetts. His children were: Mary, John, Daniel, Unise, Thomas, Samuel, William and Isaac. (III) Thomas, third son and fifth child of John (2) and Unis (Rogers) Marshall, was born March 28, 1706, in Billerica, Massachusetts, and lived in Tewksbury, where he died September 8, 1778. His first wife, Ruth (surname unknown) died July 5, 1741, and he subsequently married Mary (surname unknown), who died July 7, 1770. He married (third) Phoebe Phelps, widow of Francis P. Pep- perell. She died January 15, 1779. Their children were: Thomas, Samuel, Joseph, John, Abel (died young), Jonas, Ruth, Joel, Silas, Rufus, Mary, Daniel, William, Hannah (died young), Hannah and Abel. (Samuel and Joseph and descendants receive mention in this article).

(IV) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas (I) and Ruth Marshall, was born November 23, 1729, in Tewksbury, and was one of the foremost citi- zens of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He was a man of excellent ability and respected. for his upright character and example. He was a soldier in the Revolution and the town records attest his worth thus: "Thomas Marshall died very suddenly much lamented, March 25, 1800." He was married in Chelmsford, February 22, 1753, to Hannah Frost.

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(V) Isaac, son of Thomas (2) and Hannah (Frost) Marshall, was born December 25, 1757, in Chelmsford, and was a soldier in the revolution and pensioner. In 1790, he removed from Chelms- ford to Pelham, New Hampshire, where his first wife died. He was a farmer in that town where he died November 15, 1840. He married (second) September 5, 1809, Mehitabel Tenney, who was born February 28, 1779, in Pelham, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Dole) Tenney. She died September 22, 1849.

(VI) Daniel, son of Isaac and Mehitabel (Ten- ney ) Marshall, was born November 9, 1816, in Pel- ham, where he was a prosperous farmer and a highly respected citizen. He was educated in the common schools, and was raised and spent his life a farmer. He was a member of the Congregational Church in which he was a leader. In politics he was a Democrat, and being a man of natural ability and possessing the confidence of his townsmen, he was elected to various public offices. He was jus- tice of the peace for years, selectman, and repre- sentative in 1862-3 in the New Hampshire legisla- ture. Member of the constitutional convention. He was often called upon to give his neighbors counsel and advice, and was frequently employed in the settlement of estates and other probate business. He was married January 9, 1838, to Hannah Jane Campbell, who was born August 3, 1817, in Wind- ham, New Hampshire, daughter of Captain William and Margaret (Hughes) Campbell. They lived to celebrate the golden anniversary of their wedding and nearly ten more years were added to their wedded life. He died September 11, 1897. His widow died March 4, 1907, aged ninety years. They were the parents of five children, and also one, Isaac C., who was adopted. He is now living in Pelham, a retired farmer. Three of these children are living: William O., who lives in Laconia; Louise, who married Edwin Bell, and lives in Low- ell; and Moses R., whose sketch follows next.

(VII) Moses Runnel, second son and fourth child of Daniel and Hannah Jane ( Campbell) Mar- shall, was born in Pelham, May 17, 1848. He was educated in his native town and New Hampton Institute and business college., and assisted his father on the farm until he was eighteen years old, leaving school at that time, when he went to Nashua, where he was a salesman in a clothing store for three years until he came of age, when he engaged in the clothing business in Low- ell, Massachusetts, where he remained ten years. From Lowell he removed to New Hampshire, and settled in Meredith, and represented that town in the legislature in 1883. The following year he settled in Manchester, and for the next ten years dealt in ice and fuel. In 1898 he bought the in- terest of the heirs of Aretas Blood in the B. H. Piper Company, of which he is treasurer. This company was organized in 1850, and incorporated in 1890. It employes about twenty men, and manu- factures handles, spokes, and base ball bats and otlier wooden utensils. Mr. Marshall's enterprise and industry have brought him ample financial re- turns, and his frank and open-hearted manner has made him a wide circle of friends. He married, August 1, 1872, Emily C. Brown, who was born in Nashua, March 2, 1851, daughter of William W. and Caroline (Belterley ) Brown of Nashua (See Brown). They have one child, Ethelyn Louise. Mrs. Marshall is a lady of culture and re- finement, and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and one of the board of managers of Molly Stark Chapter

of that organization. Ethelyn Louise married Allen E. Cross, of Brooklyn (See Cross family). They have two children. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall attend the Franklin Street Congregational Church.

( IV) Samuel, second son and child of Thomas (1) and Ruth Marshall, was born May 10, 1732, in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. He was an active and useful citizen of Chelmsford, in the same state. His descendants are many and widely scattered. He was married January 2, 1755, to Esther Frost, of Billerica, who was born February 17, 1730, in that town, daughter of William and Elizabeth ( Wilson) Frost.

(V) Abel, son of Samuel and Esther (Frost ) Marshall, was born September 9, 1764. in Chelms- ford, Massachusetts, and lived in that town and in Lyme, New Hampshire. In his last days he re- turned to his native town and died there. He was married March 11, 1788, to Polly Flint, and their children were: Abel, Micajah, Polly, Hannah, Sally, Samuel, John, Rhoda, Harriet and George.

( VI) Micajah ( Macaiah), second son and child of Abel and Polly ( Flint) Marshall, was born January 30, 1790, in Chelmsford, and died in Lyme, New Hampshire, May 23, 1882, at the age of ninety- two years. When eighteen years old he removed with his parents to Lyme, where the remaining seventy-two years of his life were spent. He was a well-to-do farmer, and much respected. He was ever a true friend to the poor, and in his long record of years many a deed of charity and whole- souled benevolence is warmly remembered by a large circle of friends. His public enterprise led him to assist in building churches and school- houses, and he contributed liberally of his means in every way for the public good. He belonged to no church; but was nevertheless a man of Christian spirit and deeds. At the time of his death he left five brothers and sisters, the oldest of whom was ninety-two and the youngest seventy-three. He married (second), Martha Southard, who survived him. He was the father of sixteen children, none of whom are now living.

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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 37

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