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 68

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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Thomas Shirley, of Goffstown; second to Mary Houston, daughter of Deacon John Houston, of Bedford. The children of his first tinion were: Daniel, born in 1808; James, born in 1809; Nancy, born in 1812, died in 1817; and Joshua, born in 1815. Those of his second marriage are: Nancy A., born in 1829, married, in 1857, John O. Parker and resided in Manchester, died November 25, 1904. John Gilman, who will be again referred to. Jus- tin E., born in 1835, died in 1894.

(VII) John Gilman Vose, second child and eld- est son of Joshua and Mary (Houston) Vose, was born in Bedford May 26, 1832. After graduating from the West Manchester Academy he engaged in lumbering, but later turned his attention to farming, which he carried on with energy and success on the homestead of his father where he spent the re- mainder of his life, and died there, and where his widow and family still reside. The homestead set- tled by their father over one hundred years ago is still in the possession of the family. In politics he acted with the Republican party and was prom- inent in local civic affairs, serving as selectman for a number of years. His church affiliations were with the Presbyterians and he was an attendant of that body. John Gilman Vose died February 15, 1904. On June 3, 1860, he married Mary Elizabeth Keniston, daughter of Morrill and Sarah ( Pher- son) Keniston, of Manchester. She became the mother of three children : Joshua, born June 14, 1863, died October 14 of the same year. Mary Frances, born February 17, 1865. married John Mc- Alister, of Manchester, in 1888. Annie Morril, born October 6, 1875. Mary Frances was graduated with honors from the Manchester high school in 1884, and prior to her marriage was a successful teacher. Her children are: Richard Vose, born March 9, 1892; William Roy, born May 7, 1895; John Parker, born October 31. 1897; and Elizabeth, born February 9, 1904. Annie Morril Vose was graduated from Wellesley College with the class of 1898; she is the only college graduate in the town of Bedford. She has taught in the Manchester high school for six years.

(VI) John, fifth son and child of Lieutenant Samuel and Phebe (Vickery) Vose, was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, July 10, 1766. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795, taking high rank in a class which included such men as United States Senator Judah Dana, Congressman Heman Allen, Abijah Bigelow and Luther Jewett, Judge Nicholas Emery and Drs. Samuel Worcester and Thomas Snell. Mr. Vose excelled in mathe- mathics and philosophy, and his commencement ex- ercise was a "Philosophical Oration on Thunder Storms." After leaving college he became preceptor of the academy at Atkinson, this state, where he re- mained twenty-one years. This is one of the oldest schools in New Hampshire, and had considerable note in its day. In 1820 Mr. Vose moved to Pem- broke, this state, and became principal of the acad- emy there, where he remained eleven years. In 1831, at the age of sixty-five, he returned to Atkin- son, where he spent the remainder of his days. In 1801 Mr. Vose was appointed justice of the peace, and in 1815 of the Quorum, and was continued in office till his death. In . IS16 he was elected state senator from the third district. He was for many years deacon of the church in Atkinson. and at his death was president of the board of trustees of the academy in that town. He was president of the Merrimack County Temperance Society from its formation till he left the county in 1831: and for many years was one of the vice-presidents of the

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American Sunday School Union. "A11 these trusts," according to Rev. Dr. William Cogswell, "he fulfilled with great propriety, faithfulness and acceptance." Mr. Vose published an oration deliv- ered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Dart- mouth College in 1805; an oration delivered on the Fourth of July, 1809, at Bedford, New Hampshire; and an oration delivered before the Rockingham Agricultural Society at Derry in 1813. In 1827 he published a "System of Astronomy," containing two hundred and fifty-two octavo pages, and in 1832 a "Compendium of Astronomy" for common schools, issued in 12mo form. These are not merely compilations, but original and valuable works.

On February 24, 1800, John Vose married Lida Webster, of Atkinson, and they had five children. His last illness was a gradual decline, and he died much lamented, April 3, 1840, at the age of seventy- four. He was a modest, exemplary christian gen- tleman. and at his funeral an appropriate discourse was delivered by Rev. John Kelley, of Hampstead, this state, from Acts 8:2: "And devout men car- ried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamen- tation over him."

The name of Dole is believed to be of DOLE French origin, and may have been de- rived from the ancient city of that name. There is evidence that it was brought into Eng- land at the time of the Norman conquest, and was then written De Dole. The emigrant ancestor of the New England Doles, and in fact of nearly all who bear the name in America, was Richard Dole, son of William and grandson of Richard Dole, of Ringsworthy, near Bristol, England. He was bap- tized in Ringsworthy, December 31, 1622 (O. S.), and at an early age was apprenticed to John Towle, a glover of Bristol. In 1630 he accompanied the Towle family to New England, and in 1639 went with them to Newbury, Massachusetts, continuing in their employ as a clerk for some time after their settlenient in that town. Being a young man of activity and enterprise, he embraced the first op- portunity to engage in business for himself, and became a prosperous merchant and an extensive landowner. He left at his death, the date of which is unknown, an estate valued at eighteen hundred and forty pounds. His first wife, who died Novem- ber 16, 1678, was Hannah (Robie) Dole, of New- bury. His second wife was Hannah, widow of Captain Samuel Brocklebank, of Rowley, Massachu- setts. His third wife was Patience (Walker) Dole, of Haverhill, same state. His children were: John, Richard, Anna, Benjamin, Joseph, William, Henry, Hannah, Apphia and Abner.

(I) Henry Dole, a descendant of Richard Dole, the emigrant, was born in Newbury, February 4. 1780. At the age of twenty-four years he went from his native town to Limerick, Maine, where he engaged in farming, and resided there for the greater part of his life. His death occurred April 21, 1855. He married Sarah Butler, who was born March 3, 1785, died March 21, 1826, and she bore him eleven children, namely : Albert, Luther, Henry, Almira, John, Ira, Silas, Edmund, Erastus, Phebe and Moses C.

(II) Erastus, eiglith son and ninth child of Henry and Sarah (Butler) Dole, was born in Lim- erick, May 15, 1822. In 1840 he went to Campton, New Hampshire. where in company with Moses Cook he engaged in the manufacture of woolen clothing, and a short time later he became associated with his brothers, John and Moses C., in the same line of business under the firm name of Dole

Brothers. Ezekiel Hodgdon succeeded John Dole, Henry Cook was also admitted to the firm and at the latter's death the other partners purchased his interest. Erastus Dole continued at the head of the firm of E. Dole & Company for the remainder of his life which terminated August 2, 1902, and he was a successful manufacturer. He served with ability as a selectman and also as town treasurer, represented his district in the lower branch of the legislature, and in politics supported the Republican party. On June 26, 1850, he married for his first wife Samantha Cook, who was born in Campton, January 31, 1822, and died in Lowell, Massachu- setts, in August, 1880. His second wife was be- fore marriage Flora E. Hoyt, born in Wentworth, August 25, 1844. His first wife bore him two sons: Moody C. and Herbert E.

(III) Moody Cook, eldest son of Erastus and Samantha (Cook) Dole, was born in Campton, May 17, 1853. Having acquired a good practical educa- tion, which was completed at the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, he entered his father's factory as an apprentice and acquired a good knowledge of the business. including the financial as well as the industrial departments. At the present time he owns a third interest in the enterprise, which is still carried on under the old firm name of E. Dole & Company. This concern manufactures clothing of an excellent quality, and is widely known in that line of trade. In addition to his interest in the above-mentioned enterprise Mr. Dole owns the Campton Electric Light plant and acts as its su- perintendent. As a Republican he was chosen a representative to the legislature, and for a period of five years served as town treasurer. He is an Odd Fellow and past noble grand of the local lodge. Mr. Dole has been twice married. His first wife was Laura A. Blair, a native of Campton, who died August 29, 1882, and for his second wife he married, April 22, 1886, Lillian F. Merrill, of Thornton, born October 27, 1857, daughter of William and Sarah (Whitney) Merrill. His children, all of his second union, are: Erastus, born March 16. 1889; Florence E., November 28, 1891; Roland, Janu- ary 7, 1893; Olive, October 24, 1896; Sarah, Octo- ber 12, 1897; Dorothy, September 27, 1900.

HINMAN The name Hinman is found in Eng- land, Ireland and Scotland. and also in Germany, where it terminates with two n's (Hinmann). It has been spelled in- differently with or without the initial H, Hinman and Inman. This article deals with the first Hin- man family in New England, its founder being first found in Connecticut, and not in Massachusetts, as most of the early settlers were. Many of this stock have been soldiers, and thirteen of the name from the town of Woodbury, Connecticut, were in the Revolution, including a captain.

(I) Sergeant Edward Hinman was at Stratford, Connecticut, between 1650 and 1652, but when he came from England or in what ship he came is un- known. Family tradition states that Edward Hin- man was a sergeant of the bodyguard of King Charles I, and escaped to America in the time of Oliver Cromwell, who sought to do him harm. If he was a member of the King's Guard, he must have been a respectable Englishman, and if he was loyal to his King he was a true and trustworthy man. Sergeant Edward is supposed to have been one of the company of Captain Underhill, whose services were offered to fight the Mohawks and rejected by Governor Stuyvesant. This company was disbanded at Stamford soon afterward, and

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from Stamford Edward Hinman went to Stratford and located. About 1650 or 1651 he had a house-lot in Stratford. He had several lots of land by di- vision of the town lands, and by purchase, as the record shows. He was a farmer while at Strat- ford, and an extensive landholder, and took a stand, which is now approved, in the church quarrel at Stratford. He was the first owner of the old tide mill between Stratford and what is now Bridge- port, and some of his descendants have owned the mill and been concerned in milling there ever since. He sold his homestead in Stratford in 1681, and removed to Woodbury, and soon after died, No- vember 26. 1681. He married, about 1651, after he went to Stratford, Hannah Stiles, daughter of Francis and Sarah, who removed from Windsor to Stratford. Their children were: Sarah, Titus, Samuel, Benjamin, Hannah, Mary, Patience and Edward. (Mention of Edward and descendants ap- pears in this article).

(II) Captain Titus, the eldest son of Sergeant Edward and Hannah (Stiles) Hinman, was a mili- tary man, and a person of prominence. He was a member of the general assembly in 1715-16-19-20. He married (first), Hannah Coe, of Stamford, (second), January, 1702, Mary Hawkins, of Woodbury. He died April, 1736, aged eighty The children by his first wife were: Ephraim, Joseph, Andrew and Titus ; and by the second wife : Ebenezer, Titus, Eleazer, Timothy, Mary, Hannah and Patience.

(III) Joseph, second son and child of Captain Titus and Hannah (Coe) Hinman, was born in June. 1687. He married in November, 1714, Esther Downs, and had children: Ebenezer, Joseph, Ta- bitha, Esther, Eunice, Mabel, Amos, Elijah, Daniel and Lois.

(IV) Elijah, the third son of Joseph and Esther (Downs) Hinman who attained manhood, was born April 8. 1733, married and removed to Vermont. He had Elijah. Amos and other children.

(V) Elijah (2), eldest son of Elijah (1) Hin- man, was baptized in Woodbury, Connecticut, Au- gust 22, 1763, and removed with his father's family to Vermont.

(VI) Joseph (2), son of Elijah (2) Hinman, is said to have been born in Canterbury, Connecticut ; with more propriety it may be thought that he was was born and resided in Vermont. He was one of the early settlers of Stratford, New Hampshire, where he settled soon after 1800, and was a farmer and also engaged in the manufacture of cloth. He married Diana, daughter of Elijah Blod- gett.

(VII) George Washington, son of Joseph (2) and Diana (Blodgett) Hinman, was born in North- umberland, New Hampshire, April 4. 1816, and died in Stratford in 1903, aged eighty-seven years. He was a blacksmith and a millowner, and as there was no village in the town at the time he started in business, he selected a site near the center of the town, and there established his industries which he carried on for a number of years. He was an industrious and energetic man, and attended closely to his own affairs. In politics he was first a whig and an Abolitionist, and on the establishment of the Republican party one of its supporters. His party was always in the minority in Stratford and Mr. Hinman consequently held no political offices. He married Mary Ann Curtis, and eight children were born of this marriage : George, now of Groveton: Mary L., who resides in Northumber- land : Charles D .. a dentist in Portsmouth : Emily H., the wife of Thomas Sweetser; Rose Ann, who

married James H. Prince; Frank, deceased ; Fred- erick A., who is mentioned below; and Hattie, who married Abram Bryant.

(VIII) Frederick Albert, seventh child of George W. and Mary Ann (Curtis) Hinman, was born in Stratford, November 6, 1855, and obtained his education in the district schools of that town. Subsequently he became a clerk in a store at Strat- ford Hollow, on the Connecticut river, where he was employed winters, and during the remainder of the year worked at home on the farm. In 1877 he engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own ac- count, and now owns a farm of about one hundred . and seventy-five acres which he cultivates with suc- cess and lives independently. In politics he is an Independent Republican occasionally giving his suffrage to a deserving Democratic candidate rather than support an unworthy member of his own party. He has been a member of the Baptist Church, and was superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School for twenty years, resigning that office in January, 1906. Mr. Hinman is a man of strict integrity, regards his word as good as his bond, and is a per- son whose influence and example have long been for good in the community where he resides. He married, 1902, Abbie Larrabee, of Canterbury, Ver- mont.

(II) Edward (2) Hinman, youngest son of Ed- ward (I) Hinman, the Pilgrim, and his wife, Han- nah Stiles, was born at Stratford, in 1672, and was the only son of Edward (I) who settled at Strat- ford with his father. By the request of his father he was brought up to a trade by Jehial Preston, of Stratford, with whom he remained until he attained his majority. He drew eighteen acres of land in the land division in Woodbury in 1702; hence, may have been of that town for a short time. He lived and died in Stratford, where all his children were born. He was one of the first Episcopalians in Connecticut, and signed the petition to segregate the churchmen from the Congregationalists in Con- necticut about the time that Rev. Mr. Pigot began to preach the doctrines of the Church of England to the people of Stratford. He sustained a high character of integrity and moral worth, and his memory is much honored by his descendants. He married Hannah Jennings and had : Jonah, Han- nah, Zachariah, Samuel, Justus, Ebenezer, Saralı, John, Rachel, Ebenezer, Amos and Charity.

(III) Ebenezer, sixth or tenth child of Edward (2) and Hannah (Jennings) Hinman, was born probably October 5, 1709, and died November 18, 1795, aged about eighty-six years (says the record). He moved his family to Woodbury to take charge of the old tide mill and a farm of his grandfather, Sergeant Edward. now

the property of his cousin, Captain Timothy Hin- man. He married, June 4, 1739 (O. S.), Obedience Jennings, who was born in 1720 and died December 15, 1812, aged ninety-two years. Their children were : Ephraim, Eben. Edward, Sarah, Michael, Philo, Hannah, Betty, Molly, and Ithuel or Bethuel.

(IV) Eben, second son and child of Ebenezer and Obedience (Jennings) Hinman, was born at Stratford, January 25, 1742, and died in 1810. He married Eunice Chatfield, of Derby. Connecticut, who died at the house of her son Elijah. in Otsego county, New York, in 1823. The children of this union were: Sarah, Solomon C., Eunice, Lucy and Elijalı.

(V) Solomon Chatfield, second child and eldest son of Eben and Eunice (Chatfield) Hinman, was born in Derby, Connecticut, December 23, 1779. He resided in Southbury, Roxbury, Derby, Bristol, and

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other places in Connecticut, and then removed to Brunswick, Vermont, but during the Indian troubles in the year 181I returned to Connecticut, where he remained two years. Going again with his family to the Green Mountain State, he lived a few years in Brunswick, and then settled in Bristol, Connecti- cut, later removing from that place to Cincinnati, Ohio, and finally to Westchester and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he died December 29, 1861, aged ciglity-three years. He married, in Oxford, Connecticut, Urania Hawkins, who was born in May, 1781, and died in Philadelphia, March 6, 1866, aged eighty-four years. They had three chil- dren: Daniel B., Harvey, and Havilah Burritt.

(VI) Harvey, second child of Solomon C. and Urania (Hawkins) Hinman, was born in Bristol, Connecticut, September 15, 1803, and was reared and . educated partly in Connecticut and partly in Vermont. He followed farming on his own account in Brunswick and Canaan, Vermont, and later re- moved to North Stratford, New Hampshire. There he lived thirty-five years and a large part of that time kept a tavern. He died there March 20, 1886, aged eighty-three years. He married Harriet Hugh, who was born in Brunswick, Vermont, April 5, 1812, and died December, 1884, aged seventy-four years. She was the daughter of John and Abigail (Hall) Hugh. Their children were: Solomon C., died in infancy; Urania, deceased; Phoebe N., a resident of Stratford; Mary W., deceased; and Havilah B. All were born in Canaan, Vermont.

(VII) Havilah Burritt, fifth child and second son of Harvey and Harriet ( Hugh) Hinman, was born in Canaan, Vermont, February 19, 1851, and educated in the public schools of Stratford, New Hampshire, whither his parents had removed when he was twenty-two months of age. In 1867 he en- tered the employ of the Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany as a clerk, and remained four years and then resigned. At the age of twenty-one he began life on his own account as a farmer, livery man and hotel keeper at North Stratford. For thirty-five years he has carried on a flourishing business, sup- plying country produce to the various market men. He is extensively engaged in real estate and pulp wood, but still attending to the other lines of busi- ness. In politics lie is a Democrat, and has taken a prominent part in town affairs and filled various offices. He was collector of taxes of Stratford three years; selectman eighteen to twenty years, and chairman of the board a number of years; rep- resentative to the legislature in 1879; delegate to the constitutional convention in 1903; and deputy sheriff of Coos county ten years. He is a member of many fraternities, among which is that of the Masons, in which he has attained the Thirty-sec- ond degree. He is a member of Island Pond Lodge, No. 44, Free and Accepted Masons, of Is- land Pond, Vermont ; North Star Royal Arch Chap- ter, No. 16, and North Star Commandery, Knights Templar, of Lancaster, New Hampshire, and of Edward A. Raymond Consistory, Royal and Select Masters, of Nashua. New Hampshire; also Coos Grange, No. 30, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he is a past master; Stratford Lodge, No. 30, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancel- lor: Coos Lodge, No. 2533, Knights of Honor, of which he is a past dictator ; and grand dictator of New Hampshire. He married, December 28. 1873, Kate M. Barrett, who was born in Canaan. Maine, January 1. 1853, daughter of Levi S. and Hannah (Holmes) Barrett, of Canaan, Maine. Ten chil- dren have been born to them: Harvey L., Harriet H., Carrie, died in infancy, Burritt H., John H.,

Harold P., Mary H., Hazen B., Hal Stearns, died in infancy, and Alice H. Harvey L. graduated from Norwich University in 1894, took a course in East- man's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, was in the employ of the Berlin mills for a time, held a position in the revenue postal service be- tween Island Pond and Portland, Maine, and is now a postal clerk on the Grand Trunk railroad. He married Emily McBride, of Somerville, Massachu- setts, and they have one child, Doris H. Burritt H. was a student at Colebrook, New Hampshire, and Exeter, New Hampshire, Phillips Exeter Academy three years, and then at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1904, and after three years attendance at Michigan University graduated from the law department of the institution in 1907. He is now in the law office of Amy & Hunt, Island Pond, Vermont. John H. graduated from the Stratford high school with the class of 1902, and from Dartmouth in the class of 1908. Harold P. graduated from the Stratford high school in 1906, and is now a student at Dartmouth, class of 1910, Harriet H. was educated in music in California and since October 1, 1905, has been postmistress of Coos, New Hampshire. Mary H. graduated from the Stratford high school in 1906, and is now at Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Massachusetts. Hazen B. is in high school at Stratford, sophomore year. Alice H. is a student in the grammar school at North Stratford.

Kate M. (Barrett) Hinman traces her ancestry on the paternal side to natives of England, from whence they emigrated to this country and were among the first settlers of Concord, Massachu- setts.

The first of the family of whom there is au- thentic record was Nathaniel Barrett, a native of Concord, Massachusetts, from whence he removed to Westford, same state, and continued to reside there until his death. which took place in 1772. He mar- ried Mary Winter, of Acton, Massachusetts, who bore him four sons and four daughters, all born at Medford, Massachusetts. The sons were: I. John, born about 1762, settled in Dublin, New Hampshire, where all his children were born. He removed from there to Maine and died in Dover, that state, about the year 1815. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was at the taking of Burgoyne. He married Susanna Chalmers, of Boston, Massachusetts, by whom he had three chil- dren : William Chalmers, Arathusa and Lucinda. William Chalmers Barrett married Betsey Davis of Fairfield. Maine, by whom he had several chil- dren, among whom were John, now deceased, and Charles, who with one or two brothers reside in California. William C. Barrett removed from Fair- field to Dover, Maine, where his death occurred. 2. Nathaniel, Jr., was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was at the taking of Burgoyne. He mar- ried (first), Lydia Atwood, of Temple, New Hamp- shire, by whom he had four sons and four daugh- ters, all of whom were born in Temple. in which town he. settled. His sons were: Charles, Oliver, Alvin and Nathaniel, Jr. Charles settled in Lowell, Massachusetts, died there, and left a widow and children. Oliver settled in New Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. Alvin, supposed by his relatives to be de- ceased. Nathaniel, Jr., resides in Temple, New Hampshire. Nathaniel Barrett married (second). Sybil Spaulding, by whom he had three sons and one daughter. His sons were: Artemas, William and Hiram. Artemas died in infancy. William died in the United States army, August 13, 1862, aged forty-three years. He married Eliza Russell,

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of Norridgewock, Maine, by whom he had five children, four of whom are now living, one son and three daughters. Hiram, resides in Clinton, Maine ; he married Maria Ellis, of Fairfield, Maine, by whom he has three children now living, one son and two daughters. Nathaniel Barrett. second son of Nathaniel Barrett, and father of these children, died December 29, 1853, aged eighty-nine years. 3. Levi, who was a captain in the drafted militia in the war of 1812, and was stationed on the seaboard at Edgecomb, Maine. He also served as justice of the peace. He removed from Templeton, Massachu- setts, to Fairfield, Maine, in 1802, and died there October 10, 1851, aged eighty-four years. He mar- ried Rebecca Sawyer, of Templeton, Massachusetts, by whom he had two sons and four daughters. The sons, Joseph and Levi, both died unmarried. 4. Jo- seph, the subject of the following paragraph.

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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 68

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