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have had five children: Millie E., born April 29, 1865, married George W. Shattuck, of Whitefield, one child, Helen Woodbury. Ernest H., born February 25, 1867, married Lillian Barnett, one child, Lettie Mary. Amy Ann, died August 1, 1878, aged six years. Eugene Parker, born August 27, 1873, resides at home. Lettie Mary, died August 11, 1878, aged three years.
The Crusaders had not only a great
ELLIOTT influence upon the educational, inili- tary and commercial features of European countries, but also upon the people's
names. As the Crusaders lay before Acre, the remembrance of Elijah and the prophet Carmel must have often recurred to their minds. Elias, in its many forms, once bid fair to become one of the most familiar names in England. Out of the many forms to be found in ancient records are "Ellis," "Elys," "Elice," "Ellice," "Elyas," "Helyas," and its diminutive "Eliot."
(I) William Elliott was born probably near Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he spent his life in farming. He was the son of a British soldier who after his term of service in America received from his government a grant of land on which he settled near Halifax. He was a Presbyterian.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) Elliott, succeeded to his father's homestead and spent his life there as a farmer. He and his wife were mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. He married Jane Blair, daughter of James and Sarah (Cotton) Blair, and they had six children : James B., William, Rob- ert R., Eleanor, Edmund and Jemiah.
(II) James Blair, oldest child of William (2) and Jane (Blair) Elliott, was born in Onslow, Nova Scotia, April 6, 1836, and was educated in the dis- trict schools of that town until he was twelve years old. He was then apprenticed to a blacksmith and served five years. At the age of nineteen years he came to the United States, and first worked at Chelsea, Massachusetts. In 1855 he went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked as a blacksmith for six months, and then worked in Cambridge. Re- turning to Nova Scotia, he started a blacksmithing business for himself, and carried it on eleven years. He then returned to Massachusetts and worked at the carpenter's trade one year as a journeyman, and then set up in business for himself, and was in Somerville the six years following. In 1875 he sold his property and removed to Merrimack, New Hampshire, where he has since operated a machine shop. He owns a plot of three acres of land, and on that has a residence which he constructed. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and votes the Republican ticket. He married, October 22, 1857, in Nova Scotia, Elmina Higgins, who was born in Nova Scotia, April 3, 1839, and died November 17, 1884. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Higgins) Higgins, of Onslow, Nova Scotia. They had six children : Richard P., Jennie, William, Hat- tie, Etta and Mada. Richard P. married M. E. Richardson, of Roxbury. Jennie married Herbert Quimby, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. William mar- ried Amy Baker, of Milford. Hattie married Frank Twombley, of Manchester, and Etta married Victor Kohler, of Haverhill, Massachusetts.
The line of Elliott of this article is
ELLIOTT of the country about New Bedford, Massachusetts, where for generations it has furnished hardy seafarers to both the mer- iv-32
chant marine and the government service. The absence of authentic records has prevented the tracing of any of the earlier members of the Elliott family.
(1) Albert Elliott, son of Joshua and Mercy (Gifford) Elliott, was born January 26, 1813, and died in Tilton. New Hampshire, January 13, 1891. He followed the sea in his younger days, sailing from New Bedford, Massachusetts, upon long whaling voyages to the Arctic ocean, and gradually rising from a position as a man "before the mast" to mate. He lived is various places, among which were New Bedford, Massachusetts; Augusta, Maine, where both his children were born; and Tilton, New Hampshire, to which he removed in 1856, and where he was engaged in the provision business for fifteen years and where his latter years were spent retired from active business life. He and his wife were attendants at the Episcopal Church. He married in Sidney, Maine, October 6, 1842. Adeline Water- man Blackburn, born in New Bedford, Massachu- setts, March 3, 1823, daughter of John Carter and Hepsibah Chase (Baker) Blackburn. She died at Tilton, October 29, 1907. They had children : I. Horatia Anna, married (first) Levi W. Hill, by whom she had one child, who is now the wife of William King, of Tilton, and they have one daugh- ter, Alice Gertrude King. She married (second) Harley A. Brown, deceased, by whom she had one daughter, Hallie. Mrs. Brown resides in Tilton, New Hampshire. 2. Alonzo, see forward.
Mrs. Elliott traced her ancestry to a very anci- ent family. Francis Baker, son of Sir John Baker, was born in 1611, in St. Albans. Herfordshire county, England ; he came to America in the ship "Planter" in 1635. He married Isabel Twining, daughter of William and Elizabeth ( Dean) Twining. Francis Baker died in 1696 and his wife died May 16, 1706.
Stephen Dean, the father of Elizabeth (Dean) Twining, came to America in the ship "Fortune" in 1621. He came of a very strong ancestry which can be traced to the year 600. He had children : I. Nathaniel, born March 27, 1642. 2. John, born May 1, 1648, married Alice Pierce. daughter of Abraham Pierce. 3. Samuel, twin of John, married Mary Pierce, daughter of Abraham Pierce. 4. Daniel, see forward. 5. William, married Mercy 6. Elizabeth, married John Chase, son of William Chase, Jr. 7. Hannah, married Pierce. 8. Thomas, married Bathsheba
(2) Daniel Baker, son of Francis and Isabel (Twining) Baker, was born September 2, 1650. He married, May 2, 1674, Elizabeth Chase, daughter of William Chase, Jr., and had children : I. Daniel, born 1675, married Mary 2. Shubal, see forward. 3. Elizabeth, born 1678, married Na- thaniel Baker, Jr., November, 1705. 4. Hannah, married. March 19, 1714, Joshua Nixon. 5. Thankful, married, January 5, 1728, Jabez Snow, Jr. 6. Ta- bitha, married. December 19, 1717, Joseph Kelly, son of Jeremiah Davis.
(3) Shubal, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Chase) Baker, was born in 1676. He married Patience (4) Shubal (2), son of Shubal (1) and Patience Baker, was born March 24. 1710, married, 1733, Lydia Stuart. (5) Shubal (3). son of Shu- bal (2) and Lydia (Stuart) Baker, was born No- vember II, 1741, married ( first). November 15, 1764, Rebecca Chase; married (second), 1787, Eliza- beth Chase. (6) Shubal (4), son of Shubal (3) and Rebecca (Chase) Baker, was born July 10,
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1772, married, March I3, 1795, Mercy Smalley. (7) His daughter, Hepsibah Chase, born March 3, 1801, died September 10, 1878, married, July 16, 1820, John Carter Blackburn, born in England, February 1, 1797, died in Augusta, Maine, March 12, 1827, and was the mother of Mrs. Albert El- liott.
(II) Alonzo, only son and second and youngest child of Albert and Adeline Waterman (Blackburn) Elliott, was born in Augusta, Maine, July 25, 1849. At the age of eight years he was taken by his parents to Sanbornton Bridge (now Tilton), where he was educated in the common schools and later at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary. At the age of fourteen years he became clerk in a country store at Tilton, and later went to Colebrook, Coos county, far up in the "North Country." From there he changed to Wentworth, where he continued in the same line of business until September, 1869, when he accepted the position of telegraph opera- tor and ticket seller at Manchester on the Concord, and the Manchester and Lawrence railroads. He succeeded to the position of ticket agent in 1870. Here he became known as the most expert ticket seller and one of the ablest telegraphers on the line. He held this position until 1893, when he resigned in order to engage in the banking and insurance business. His insurance business became very extensive, his agency representing some twen- ty-five leading fire, life and accident insurance com- panies. He continued in this line until 1896, during the winter of which year he was thrown from a sleigh and so severely injured that he was unable to attend to business for a year, and at this time sold his insurance business and relieved himself of all business possible.
He was the organizer and one of the incor- porators of the Granite State Trust Company, sub- sequently known as the Bank of New England, of which he was treasurer, and which went out of business in 1898. He was president of the Man- chester Electric Light Company, and a trustee and one of the organizers of the Guaranty Savings Bank. He is now (1907) vice-president, director and clerk of the People's Gaslight Company, was secretary of the Citizens' Building and Loan Association and was a director of the Garvin's Falls Power Com- pany. He secured the necessary funds to build the first electric light plant in Manchester; or- ganized the Elliott Manufacturing Company, manu- facturers of knit goods, having a capital stock of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and employ- ing five hundred operatives, was its first treasurer and is now its vice-president. He has been actively interested in other business organizations, and through his ability to secure the necessary capital has brought to Manchester many of its most im- portant industrial enterprises, including the F. M. Hoyt, Eureka, Cohas, East Side, of which he is president, and West Side Shoe companies, and the Kimball Carriage Company. He is treasurer and director of the Pacific Coal & Transportation Com- pany, which owns large coal deposits at Cape Lisbon, Alaska, and gold mines at Nome, Alaska, also the steamship "Corwin," which has been the first vessel to arrive and to deliver United States mail at Nome in the spring for several years; this is a great event in that section and is also considered of importance in the annals of steamboating and the steamship world. In company with the late Ex-Governor Weston and John B. Varick, Mr. Elliott owned the valuable hotel property known as the Manchester House. He is a tireless and persistent worker, and his labors and influence have contributed materially
in making Manchester the business center which it is åt the present time.
Mr. Elliott is an Independent Democrat in poli- tics. Feeling that a change of law regarding the liquor question would be a benefit to the state, Mr. Elliott, together with a number of other prominent citizens, endeavored in 1902 to compel the Republican party to nominate a man for governor who would declare himself on this issue. Failing in this, Mr. Elliott was selected and nominated as an independent candidate for governor, and the result of this was the overthrow and repeal of the prohibition law and the enactment of local option, high license law, which was passed by the next legislature. Not only in the state, but in local politics, Mr. Elliott takes an interest, and endeavors at all times to use his influence for the good of the greatest number of people. He became member of Washington Lodge, No. 61, of Manchester, in 1870, and is also a member of Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No. II; Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar ; Bektash Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and charter member of the Derryfield Club. He attends the Unitarian Church. Among the most luxurious modern residences in Manchester is "Brookhurst," occupied by Mr. El- liott and his family, situated on the North river road, and built in 1893. The estate surrounding the house includes a part of the original historic Stark farm (which belonged to General John Stark of Revolutionary fame), comprising eight acres and commands a beautiful view of the valley of the Merrimack. Mr. Elliott married (first), 1873, Ella R. Weston, born in Manchester, a daughter of.Amos, Jr., and Rebecca J. (Richards) Weston, and niece of Ex-Governor James A. Weston. Mrs. Elliott died in 1876, at the age of twenty-three years. Mr. Elliott married (second), 1878, Medora Weeks, born in Manchester, January 2, 1855, daughter of George W. and Sarah (Mead) Weeks, and they have had four children : Lucille Weeks, who married Harry Gilman Clough, a sketch of whose family is to be found elsewhere in this work. Laura Medora. Mildred Weeks. Alonzo, Jr., a pupil at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Elliott is descended from Leonard Weeks, born in Somersetshire, England; he built the first brick house in New Hampshire, in 1638, and this is now standing in Greenland (se: Weeks). He had a son Captain Samuel. Matthias Weeks, son of Captain Samuel Weeks, married Sarah Sanborn.
(4) Josiah, son of Matthias and Sarah (San- born) Weeks, was born about 1756, and died in Gilmanton in 1802. He was a shipwright by trade. He sold his property in Exeter, November 8, 1779, and two years later removed to Gilmanton, "near the upper parish Meeting House," where he spent the remainder of his days. He married in Exeter, Abigail, daughter of Dudley James, also of Exeter. She was a descendant in direct line from Governor Thomas Dudley, second governor of Massachusetts (see Dudley). She survived her husband, and March 14, 1812, made a will bequeathing her estate to her two sons: Dudley J. and Jolin.
(5) Dudley J., son of Josiah and Abigail (James) Weeks, was born in Gilmanton, 1788, died in October, 1868. He was a cooper by trade, and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He mar- ried Lucy Sampson, born 1791, died in Boscawen, August 1, 1825, and had children: Mary Jane, Ar- villa L., Charles, Elizabeth F. and George W.
(6) George Warner, son of Dudley J. and Lucy (Sampson) Weeks, was born in Boscawen, August 12, 1824, and died in Manchester, Septem-
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ber 10, 1903. He was the eighth in line from Edward and Susanna (Fuller) White, of the "Mayflower." Mr. Weeks' grandmother was Rachel ( White) Samp- son. At the time of the death of his mother he was less than a year of age, and was taken into the family of Rev. Parker O. Fogg, whose wife cared for her motherless nephew until he was about twelve years old. He was known as George W. Fogg. He secured work in the mills of Manchester about 1839. Afterward he went as a sailor in the East Indies for two years, where he met with various adventures. Upon his return he qualified himself for the po- sition of teacher. In this capacity he served in Manchester for some years, then for some thirty years was engaged in the shoe business, and finally turned his attention to the real estate and insurance business. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all the chairs, including that of noble grand; was also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Blue Lodge, chapter, council, commandery and Scottish Rite up to the thirty-second degree. The family were members of the Unitarian Church, in which Mr. Weeks took a prominent part. He took an active interest in school matters, and served for several years as a member of the board. He was a patron of music and the fine arts, a man of considerable literary ability and took an active part in all the affairs of his day. He mar- ried, September 27, 1846, Sarah E. Mead, born in Hopkinton, November 13, 1827, died October 25, 1903, daughter of Albigence and Susan Clough (Dow) Mead. They had three children : 1. Laura A., died young. 2. Medora W., married Mr. Elliott, as men- tioned above. 3. George Perley, born February 22, 1863, was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1885. He became a shoe manufacturer in Haver- hill, and is a Mason. He married Carrie Foote Everett, of Bradford. Mrs. Weeks was of the Goodman Mead family of Dorchester, who came over in 1635. Her grandmother on her father's side was Scilence Atherton, of the old James Atherton and Major Simon Willard stock, of Lancaster, Massa- chusetts.
This is an old English name which KNOWLES has been identified with the history of New Hampshire from a period very soon after the original settlement within the territory of the present state, and has been. honor- ably connected with the progress and events from that time down to the present. It is now repre- sented by one leading citizen of Barnstead.
(I) The American ancestor of this family, so far as records appear, was John Knowles, a mariner, who settled in Hampton, where he was married, July 10, 1660, to Jemima, daughter of Francis and Isabella (Bland) Asten of Hampton. On March 25, 1666, he bought of Giles Fifield one dwelling-house and house lot containing ten acres, together with six acres of marsh. This house lot lay on the south side of the common in Hampton, and entitled him to two shares of the commonage. This homestead con- tinued in the possession of his descendants down to the seventh generation, and is perhaps still held by them. He became blind during the last ten years of his life, and died December 5, 1705. His children were: John, Ezekiel, James, Joseph, Sarah and Hannah.
(II) Simon, fourth son and child of John and Jemima (Asten) Knowles, was born November 22, 1667, in Hampton. His wife Rachel died November II, 1696, and he married (second), August 23, 1700, Rachel Joy. Their children were : Simon, Rachel,
Joseph, Ruth, Jonathan and Abigail (Jonathan and descendants receive mention in this article.)
(III) Simon (2), eldest child of Simon (1) and Rachel Knowles, was born March 18, 1696, in Hamp- ton, and died in North Hampton, April 22, 1753. He lived for a time in Rye, New Hampshire, where record appears of one child. His wife's baptismal name was Rachel, but her family name is not of record, and only one child is recorded in New Hampshire, namely, Joseph.
(2) (IV) Joseph, only son of Simon and Rachel Knowles, was born December 13, 1727, in Rye, and resided in that town, where he was mar- ried March 3, 1748, to Love Brackett. Ile died November 7, 1823, in Ryc. His children were: Si- mon, Samuel, Deliverance, Love, Rachel, Joseph and John.
(V) Deacon John. youngest child of Joseph and Love (Brackett) Knowles, was born April 8, 1760, in Rye, New Hampshire, and served as a Revolu- tionary soldier. After that war closed he settled in Centre Harbor, New Hampshire. A petition for the incorporation of that town was signed in June, 1788, but was not granted. A second petition was sent to the general court in 1797, which resulted in the incorporation of Centre Harbor, previously a part of New Hampton, on December 7 of that year. The name of John Knowles was signed to the sec- ond petition, and he was probably a resident of that region for several years previously. He was select- man of the town in 1813. No record of his marriage appears in New Hampshire, but his wife's bap- tismal name is known to have been Phebe. Their children were : Lois, Sally, Isaac, Polly and Jo- seph.
(VI) Joseph (2), youngest child of Deacon John and Phebe Knowles, was born May 25, .1802, in Centre Harbor, where he lived through life, following agriculture as an occupation. He mar- ried Betsey Smith, and they were the parents of four children: Mary Annette, born July 29, 1831, died January 21, 1888; John Maines, May 29, 1833; Orissa Margaret, January 16, 1837; Ellen Nancy, October 27, 1843.
(VII) John Haines, son of Joseph and Betsey (Smith) Knowles, was born at Centre Harbor, New Hampshire, May 29, 1833. In early life he moved to the neighboring town of Meredith, where he was a merchant till 1883, when he began to lose his sight. He is a Democrat in politics, and served several terms as selectman, and represented his town in the legislature of 1883 and 1884. He mar- ried Lovisa Merrill, daughter of Jacob and Mary Merrill, of Centre Harbor. They had three chil- dren: Herbert Smith, whose sketch follows; Lula, born March 22. 1873, married W. A. Hopkins, of Bridgeton, Rhode Island; Mary Blanche, born July 7, 1888, lives at home.
(VIII) Herbert Smith, only son and eldest child of John Haines and Lovisa (Merrill) Knowles, was born at Meredith, New Hampshire, July 4, 1871. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and at the New Hampton Institution, mean- while clerking two years in Sanborn's drug store. In 1889, when eighteen years of age, he went to Bethlehem as clerk for C. G. White & Son, and in 1903 he bought out the store from the estate of the former owner. Mr. Knowles is a Republican in politics, and was town treasurer and treasurer of the precinct for several years. He is a trustee and steward of the Methodist Church. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of Little- ton Lodge and Lisbon Chapter. On June 26, 1895,
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Herbert Smith Knowles married Lillian Foss, daugh- ter of Daniel W. and Ella M. Foss, of Pittsfield, New Hampshire.
(III) Jonathan, third son and fifth child of Simon Knowles and fourth child of his second wife, Rachel Joy, was born August 22, 1710, in Hampton, and lived at Little River. The christian name of his wife was Sarah and they were the par- ents of Jonathan, Richard, Abigail, Josiah, Sarah and two others, who died in infancy.
(IV) Josiah, son of Jonathan and Sarah Knowles, was born September 10, 1754. He was married, September 9, 1779, to Esther Blake, who was born October 7, 1761. He married ( second) Martha Cate, of Epsom, who was born June 9, 1775. He resided in Epsom, and died there in 1840. (V) Jonathan, son of Josiah and Esther ( Blake) Knowles, was born September 24, 1788, in Epsom. He married (first) Peggy Locke, who was born February 22, 1785. He married (second) Ruth Philbrick, who was born September 4, 1788. She died 1843, in Epsom.
(VI) Samuel B. Knowles, son of Jonathan and Peggy (Locke) Knowles, was born September 23, 1811, in Epsom, New Hampshire, and died 1880, in Barnstead. He was educated in the public schools, and was captain in the militia. He was married September 23, 1835, to Olive (Stevens) Bunker. Their children were : Martha, John Henry, Samuel Parker, Jonathan Cyrus and Olive Thomp- son.
(VII) George Franklin, third son and fourth child of Samuel B. and Olive (Stevens) Knowles, was born January 25, 1849, on the paternal home- stead in Barnstead. He attended school only eight weeks, and is wholly self-educated, having been forced to labor for his own support from the age of eleven years. At this time he began to learn the shoemaker's trade with Lewis Swain, but continued only six months. He was next employed for a period of eight months by J. R. Towle, a farmer, and for this service received one hundred dollars in wages. He lived in Northwood four months, and was employed as a teamster at a salary of four and one-half dollars per week. At the age of six- teen he decided to seek for better opportunities, and went to Lynn, Massachusetts, where he was em- ployed at a salary of twelve dollars per week by the Rev. H. M. Brant, who was engaged in the manufacture of shoes as well as in the propagation of the gospel. After a year in this employment Mr. Knowles was engaged by Breed & Drake as a machinist, continuing with this firm two years, at a salary of fifteen dollars per week. He spent the ensuing three years in fitting stock by the piece for P. A. Chase, a shoe manufacturer of Lynn He was subsequently employed as a journeyman by Luther Johnson, with whom he remained a short time at a weekly salary of twenty dollars. Having been industrious and careful of his wages, he now prepared to engage in business upon his own account. Being invited to become a partner with John H. Stevens, he accepted and the firm began a very successful career in the manufacture of shoes. After a time Mr. Knowles sold out his interest to his partner and engaged in the manufacture of women's shoes by contract. In 1883 he patented a lady's sporting shoe and engaged successfully in its production, and when he sold out this business its valuation was placed at thirty-four thousand dollars. Mr. Knowles next took charge of J. R. Towle's shoe factory in Northwood at a salary of five thousand dollars per year, but this engagement lasted only a short time, as he was induced by
Governor Tuttle and other citizens of Pittsfield to establish a shoe factory in that town. On November I, 1891, in company with A. W. Poole, he began busi- ness in a new building erected for the purpose in Pittsfield. This building had a ground dimension of one hundred fifty by forty-five feet and was two stories in height. The business soon increased so that they were forced to extend the capacity, and secured two-thirds of an adjoining building, two hundred by thirty-five feet and four stories high. The concern has been in continual operation, keep- ing up the average output through dull times, and employs an average force of three hundred fifty hands, and the amount of business transacted an- nually foots up half a million dollars. On ac- count of failing health Mr. Knowles retired from this business and purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres in Barnstead, just below the paternal homestead. On this he erected a modern residence with all the necessary outbuild- ings, and provided water works to supply the same. The buildings are commodious and attractive in appearance, and cost five thousand dollars. Mr. Knowles is a lover of good horses, and has made a specialty of rearing fine stock, and has the finest herd of Jersey cattle in Belknap county. He is extensively interested in lumber operations, and now gives his time chiefly to that business, in which he employs twenty-five men. He has cut from his own farm one and one-half million feet of timber, and his annual cut now amounts to three million, which is sawed in his own mill. He has added to the original farm, and his holdings now include about seven hundred acres. Mr. Knowles is a steadfast Republican in political principle, but has never as- pired to any office. He is fraternally associated with Everett Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Pitts- field. He was married, November, 1896, to Miss Agnes Whitten, daughter of Gustavus Dana and Madeline G. (Porter) Whitten. The former was born in Holderness (now Ashland), October II, 1835. His wife was of Scotch origin. They were the parents of five children : Mary S., Charles P., Frank B., Agnes and Annie M. Gustavus D. Whitten was the son of Ezra Sawyer and Susan Shackford ( Stur- tevant) Whitten, the latter born March 21, 1811, in Center Harbor; she was a daughter of Hosea and Sally (Paine) Sturtevant.
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