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 69

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

USA > New Hampshire > 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 69

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

Joseph Barrett, youngest son of Nathaniel and Mary (Winter) Barrett, was born in Westford, Massachusetts, in 1770. He was a captain in the state militia of Maine. He removed from Temple- ton, Massachusetts, to Dublin, New Hampshire; from thence to Ludlow, Vermont; from thence to Fairfield, Maine; from thence to Canaan, Maine, where he died January 29, 1817, aged forty-seven years. He married and had five sons and two daughters. The sons were: I. Joseph, born March 7, 1798, in Ludlow, Vermont. 2. Silas, born in Tem- pleton, Massachusetts, August 22, 1800, died in Au- gusta, Maine, February, 1845, aged forty-five years. He married Ann Moore, an English lady. by whom he had five children, two sons and three daughters ; the sons were Franklin, died in childhood, and Silas, now living. 3. Levi, the subject of the following paragraph. 4. John, died in 1813, aged five years. 5. Harrison, born 1814.

Levi, son of Joseph and Barrett, was born in Fairfield, Maine, November, 1804. He was a resident of Canaan. Maine, and active in promot- ing its welfare and development. He married L11- cinda Corson, by whom he had thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters, namely: Levi S., Alonzo C., Albion Dudley, William Henry. Frank A., Edward W., John W., George F., Lucinda S., Caroline L., Louisa O., Isabel A. and Elizabeth P. Four of the sons-Alonzo C .. Albion Dudley, Wil- liam Henry and Frank A .- served in the Civil war, and all returned home safe and well. William Henry was a captain and brevet major at the close of the war.

Levi S., eldest son of Levi and Lucinda (Cor- son) Barrett, was born December 14, 1830. He was a resident of Canaan, Maine, and was in the lumber business: He was an exemplary citizen in every respect, and faithfully performed all the duties al- lotted to him. He was united in marriage with Hannah Holmes, of Canaan, Maine, born August 4, 1833, and died January 1I, 1888. Five children were born to them: Kate M., wife of Havilah Burritt Hinman; Alonzo D., Carrie L., Hattie, died in in- fancy. and Ensign H. Mr. Barrett is living at the present time (1907) in Gorham, New Hampshire.

The name Fifield is a contraction of "finefield," the place by which the first FIFIELD Fifield lived, first using the expres- sion "finefield" to designate his place of residence, and later as his surname. The Fifields of this sketch are not shown by the records to be con- nected with the pioneers of Massachusetts from whom they are probably descended.

(I) John Fifield was born in Brentwood, New Hampshire. May 27, 1799. About 1840 he removed

from Brentwood to Fayette, Maine, where for many ycars he was engaged in farming and carpentering. He died in February, 1882. He was a man of strong religious convictions and a member of the Baptist Church. He married, November 14, 1826, Mary Morrill, of Brentwood, who was born April 25, 1798, and died October 4, 1861. She was a de- scendant of Captain William and Mary (Gordon) Morrill, of Brentwood. (See Morrill, VII). Their children were: Sarah, John Morrill. Mary Ann, Hubbard, killed in Civil war. The only living child is Mary Ann Watson, of West Boxbury, Massa- chusetts.

(II) John Morrill, son of John and Mary (Mor- rill) Fifield, was born in Brentwood, May 6, 1830. He was educated in the public schools of Fayette, and at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill, Maine. He engaged in trade at Mount Vernon, where he remained twelve years. In 1866 he went to Portland, where he was associated with different dry goods firms, including Locke, Meserve & Com- pany. Deering, Milliken & Company, Locke, Twitch- ell & Company, and Twitchell, Chapman & Com- pany, having an interest in some of these firms, and in others serving as a clerk or commercial traveler. For Albion. Little & Company he was collecting agent for four years. About 1887 when the store of Twitchell, Chapman & Company was burned, he re- moved to Conway, and there in company with F. W. Davis and H. B. Fifield purchased the store of Ros- coe Flanders, and from that time till his death, October 7, 1896, he carried on business with them as partners, under the name of J. M. Fifield & Company. He married, December 14. 1854, Eliza- beth A. Boardman, who was born in New Sharon, Maine, May 6, 1832, and who is now living in Conway. She is the only surviving child of Holmes Allen and Betsey T. (Titcomb) Boardman, of New Sharon. Five children were born of this union, three of whom died in infancy, and only two of whom are now living, Holmes B., who is mentioned below, and Horace P., who was born June 28. 1862. For a number of years he was a clerk in his father's store, following that employment up to the time of the death of his father. Afterward he was man- ager of the business, of which he was part owner. In 1904 he removed to Lynn, Massachusetts, where he is now in business as general merchant. He married Alice Ward Burnham, daughter of Albert W. and Ellen (Ward) Burnham, of Lowell, Massa- chusetts. They have two children: Dorothy B. and Donald Morrill.

(III) Holmes Boardman, eldest surviving child of John Morrill and Elizabeth A. (Boardman) Fifield, was born in Mount Vernon, Maine. Decem- ber 22, 1855. He attended the common and high schools of Portland, and at the age of twenty en- tered Bowdoin College, from which he was grad- uated in 1879. During the six years following he was employed as a clerk in a wholesale dry goods house in Portland. In 1884 he went to Conway, New Hampshire, and there formed a partnership with Frank W. Davis under the firm name of Davis & Fifield, dealers in dry goods and men's clothing. This partnership continued thirteen years and then dissolved, each partner taking certain lines and con- tinuing in business. Mr. Fifield was one of the firm of Fifield Brothers, grocers, till 1904. and since that time is of the firm of H. B. Fifield & Co. He was president of the Conway Water Company for sev- eral years, and is now one of its directors and was for several years vice president of the Conway Say- ings Bank. In politics he is a Republican. He has filled the office of moderator three years, was a

1788

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

member of the legislature in 1893, has been a mem- ber of the board of education for six years, and special justice of the police court since its estab- lishment. He is a member of the Congregational Church at Conway and has been its clerk for twen- ty-three years. Fraternally he is a member of Mt. Washington Lodge, No. 87, Free and Accepted Masons, of North Conway, of which he is a past master; of Signet Royal Arch Chapter, of North Conway; of Swift River Lodge, No. 84, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Conway. He mar- ried, June 20, 1888, Helen M. Gibson, who was born in Paris, Maine, 1864, daughter of James M. and Martha (Eastman) Gibson. (See Gibson, VII). Mrs. Fifield is a member of Anna Stickney Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of North Conway. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fifield are: Ernest G., Martha B., Lillian and Mil- dred.

The name Jones is of Welsh origin, JONES being in the possessive case, so to speak, and is derived from the christian name

John. The Welsh distinguished themselves one from another by employing the Welsh preposition "ap," which literally rendered means "the son of," If a Welshman named John had a son named Thomas, the son called, . for distinction, "Thomas Ap Jon" or Thomas, the son of John, Later an "s' was added, also an "e" inserted, for the sake of euphony and the "h" dropt (Johns, Johnes, Jones). The great warrior and crusader, Sir Hugh Johnys, or Jones, derived his name in this way.

Jones, or Ap John, was the name of one of the princely tribes of the Cimbri. They ruled as independent princes when Wales was free. This was the name of one of fifteen nobles, or princely houses of Wales. Their possessions were in the north of Wales. chiefly in Denbigh. Here they lived for several generations, and in the time of Henry the Eighth were active in public life during the troubles that arose so thickly about the latter part of King Henry's reign. A part of the family went into England, others went to Ireland and in the history of the Jones family in Ireland we quote :

"The family of Joneses were able men in every department of public life, great statesmen, great prelates and victorious generals. There is that equal blending of the physical, mental and the moral, never found but in pure races of people." The transmission of physical conformation and facial expression of the Jones family has been an interesting study to the philosopher. In some fami- lies one can trace for centuries the same expression, features and color. Captain Jones, Royal Navy, M. P. for Londonderry, Rear Admiral Sir Tobias Jones, the Rev. Thomas J. Jones, of Armagh Dio- ccse, have the same class of features, type of expression, etc.

(I) Lewis Jones, born 1600, and Ann his wife, came to Roxbury, Massachusetts, from England, about 1640, bringing with them two children. The late Amos Perry said they came from county Berk- shire, England, in the ship, "Increase." Their names are on the records of John Eliot's church in Rox- bury. Lewis lived in that part of Roxbury called "the Nookes, next Dorchester." In 1650 he moved his family to that part of Watertown called "the Farms," and now part of the town of Weston, where he had commercial transactions, bought and sold land and owned much real estate, some of which is still in the hands of his descendants. A monument has been erected by his descendants to

his memory in Mount Auburn cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He made his will January 7, 1678, and died April II, 1684. His wife died May 1, 1680. He brought from England a silver tankard, on which is engraved a coat-of-arms, which is now in possession of a descendant, Mrs. Octavius Newell, of Kenosha, Wisconsin. His children were: Lydia, Josiah, Phoebe and Shubael.

(II) Josiah, first son and second child of Lewis and Ann Jones, was born about 1640. He married Lydia, daughter of Nathaniel and Sufferance (How) Treadway, of Watertown, Massachusetts. October 2, 1667. He procured a tract of land near the center of the town of Weston, Massachusetts, which was then a part of Watertown. He was ad- mitted freeman April 18, 1690. Bond's "History of Watertown" says : "About 1691-2 the town was di- vided into three military precincts. The third was the precinct of Lieutenant (Josiah) Jones's com- pany of those who belonged to the Farmer's pre- cinct, now Weston." He was later appointed cap- tain of the militia. He was one of the original members and one of the first deacons of Weston Church, to which office he was elected January 4, 1709-10. He was selectman in 1685-87-90, 1702-09. The record of Captain Josiah's grandchildren and great-grandchildren contains numerous facts of in- terest. A good number of his descendants were graduates of New England colleges and some were benefactors. Josiah died October 3, 1714, aged sev- enty-four years. His widow died September 16, 1743, aged ninety-four years. His children were: Lydia, Josiah, Mary, Nathaniel, Samuel, James, Sarah, Anna, John and Isaac.

(III) Samuel, third son and fifth child of Jo- siah and Lydia (Treadway) Jones, was born July 9, 1677. He married Mary Woolson, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Hyde) Woolson, of Weston, May 19, 1706. He settled on the east side of his father's farm. His will, dated January 14, 1717, was proved April 9, 1718. He died January 6, 1718. On his gravestone he is called "Ensign." His children were: Samuel, Moses and Mary.

(IV) Moses, second son and second child of Samuel and Mary (Woolson) Jones, was born in Weston, June 20, 1709. Married Hannah Bemis, July 20, 1737. He died July 21, 1755. His children were: Moses, Joseph, Solomon, Mary, Hannah.

(V) Solomon, third son and child of Moses and Hannah (Bemis) Jones, was born April 20, 1742. Married. March 14, 1764, Beulah Stratton, daugh- ter of Jonathan and Dinah (Bemis) Stratton. He was a sergeant in the Revolutionary war, after which service he moved to Hillsboro, New Hamp- shire, where he died February 18, 1806. His widow died in Washington, New Hampshire, June 28, 1832. His children were: Moses, Lydia, Sally, Solomon, Joseph, Martha, (died eight months old).

(VI) Moses (2), first child of Solomon and Beulah (Stratton) Jones. was born in Weston, June 20, 1765, and married (first), May 12. 1786, Hepzi- bah Dillaway. Directly after his marriage he moved to Hillsboro, New Hampshire, and after residing a short time on Bible Hill, settled in the same town, on the highlands, a mile and a half south of East Washington Village. The farm, though long since deserted, is still known as the "Tenney Place." In 1817 he removed to the east part of Washington. His wife died in Hillsboro, January, ISO1. and he married (second), Catherine, daughter of Deacon William Graves, of Washington, New Hampshire, February 9, 1802. He died in Washington, May 7, 1840. Catherine, his wife, died January 21, 1865. His children were: (first wife) Moses, Charles,

Joseph to. forces

Bolaman Teforces

1789

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

William, Isaac, Mary, Martha; (second wife) Solo- mon E., Simon W., Nathaniel G., Hiram, Catherine M., Amos B. and Eliza A. (Mention of Solomon E. follows in this article).

(VII) Charles, second son of Moses (2) and Hepzibah (Dillaway) Jones, was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, September 25, 1789. Married Abigail Seaverns. of Westford, Massachusetts., re- siding a short time after marriage in Roxbury, Massachusetts, but removed to Washington about the year 1812, and settled on the hill, two miles south of East Washington. He was the first settler on the farm, and was a respected and prominent citizen and often held town office. A short time before his death he removed to Hillsboro with his son, William F., with whom he resided, and died there December 12, 1872. His wife died in Hills- boro, October 4, 1878. His children were: Abigail S., Adaline B., Charles, Samuel. Martha, Catherine, William F., Henry. D., Joannah, Mary D., Joseph C., Nancy A. Eliza N. and Moses G.

(VIII) Joseph Clark, fifth son and eleventh child of Charles and Abigail (Seaverns) Jones, was born in Washington, New Hampshire, May 25, 1825. Married Clara H. Dow, of Washington. January 28, 1847. She died in Washington, September 16, 1865. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Mary F. (Carr) Morrill, October 16, 1866. He resided many years in Washington, where he was an influential citizen. He served as selectman 1861-62-64, also as town clerk 1859-60, and represented the town in the legislature 1866. He was a captain in the state militia. He moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, and carried on the grocery business until his second marriage, when he removed to Claremont, New Hampshire, where he still resides. and has been en- gaged in the mcat, milk and cattle business. He is a noted sportsman, and few are his equal with the gun and rod. His children were: (First wife) Clark C., born in Washington, December 28. 1847, died November 14, 1859. Mary E., born in Wash- ington, August 4, 1852. Fred D., born in Wash- ington, November 6, 1861, died April 29, 1863.

(IX) The only child of the second wife, Gertrude B., born in Claremont, New Hampshire, September 9, 1871, married, December 17, 1890, Charles H. Bartlett, son of Gustavus and Susan A. (Nichols) Bartlett, of Milford, New Hampshire. Was educated in public schools in Claremont, New England Conservatory of Music and Boston Uni- versity. Upon her marriage she went from her na- tive town to Manchester, New Hampshire, where her home was until 1895, when she removed to Bos- ton, and has since resided there. She has taught music for many years, and her compositions have been well received by music publishers. She is a member of various organizations, among them the Manchester Musical Club, where she held the office of president ; New Hampshire's Daughters' Club, in which she has held office, and is a member of the Portia Club of Boston, an organization composed of women lawyers of Massachusetts.

(VII) Solomon E., fifth son of Moses (2) Jones, and eldest child of his second wife, Catherine Graves, was born September 12, 1803, in Hillsboro, and removed to East Washington with his parents in youth. There he spent the remainder of his life. In early manhood he was a successful and popular teacher in the district schools of Washington and vicinity. For a short time he was engaged in farming, and purchased a store at East Washington of Cooledge, Graves & Company, which he con- ducted successfully. He was an influential citizen, and always took a deep interest in everything that

pertained to the town of Washington, and was called to fill all the important offices of the town. He was the friend and promoter of all worthy causes. and was cordial with all whom he met, thus winning their respect and love. He died July 19, 1871, near the close of his sixty-eighth year. He was married June 9, 1831, to Harriet Louise Smith, of Sharon, Massachusetts, who survived him more than twenty years, dying early in January, 1892. Following is a brief account of their children: Har- riett A., the eldest, died at the age of three years; Amos B., the second, graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege, was an officer in Berdan's famous regiment of sharp shooters during the Civil war. and has been engaged in various mining and railroad enterprises in the southern states of this country and in Mex- ico. He resided for a time in Duluth, Minnesota, in Seattle, Washington, and is at present in Havana, Cuba.

(VIII) Julia Ann, youngest child of Solomon E. and Harriet L. (Smith) Jones, was born January 3, 1841, in Washington, and graduated at New Lon- don Literary and Scientific Institution (now Colby Academy) in 1861, as valedictorian of her class. She was class historian two years later. For some time she was principal of the Rumford Grammar School in Concord, New Hampshire. She has been frequently invited to speak before women's clubs and teachers' associations, and has met with very flattering success in that line. She has traveled ex- tensively, has resided in Washington. D. C .; in Brooklyn, New York; and Englewood, New Jer- sey. Since 1900 her home has been in the Borough of Manhattan, Greater New York. She was mar- ried, December 25, 1867, to General Samuel A. Duncan, a native of Meriden, New Hampshire, a distinguished and brilliant man, who died October 17, 1895. Their children were: Frederick S., Rob- ert J., Mabel T., Alice B. and Ruth H. The first is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School, and is a practicing lawyer in New York. The second son died at the age of thirty- five years, and the eldest daughter in her twentieth year. The second daughter is the wife of Mc- Gregor Jenkins, who is connected with the manage- ment of the Atlantic Monthly .. The youngest mar- ried Judge John Duff, of Boston, Massachusetts.

(Second Family.)

Many branches of this family are scat-

JONES tered throughout the United States, while but few lines can be traced to the original American ancestor. The one herein treated is among the oldest, and has contributed many use- ful citizens to New England and the United States.

(I) Thomas Jones, of Gloucester, Massachu- setts, was born about 1598, probably in England or Wales, and is found in Gloucester as early as 1642. when he owned a house near the burying place in that town. He was made a freeman in 1653, and died September 2, 1671, leaving an estate valued at £147, 15s. He went to New London, Connecticut, in 1651, and returned the same year. His wife Mary, daughter of Richard and Ursula North, survived him about ten years, and died February 4, 1681-82. Their children included Thomas, North and Ruth (twins), Samuel, Ephraim. Benjamin, Remember, Susanna and two other daughters whose names are not preserved.

(II) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas (1) and Mary (North) Jones, was born March 15, 1640, in Gloucester, and died August 6, 1718, in New London, Connecticut, where he was buried. He dis- appears from the records of Gloucester soon after attaining his majority, and probably removed at that

1790

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

time to New London. He lived at first near Alewife Cove, but moved to the north parish. He was among the original proprietors of Colchester. same colony. Ile was married, June 25, 1677, to Cather- ine, daughter of Thomas Gammon, of Newfound- land. They were the parents of a son Thomas and two daughters, and probably others about whom the records are silent.

(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and Catherine (Gammon) Jones, was born probably in New London, Connecticut, and settled in Colches- ter, where he died October 27, 1729. He married, Mary Potter, and their children were: James, Ja- bez, Jonathan, Joshua, Rachel, Sarah, Susannah, Mary and Lucy.

(IV) Jabez, second son of Thomas (3) and Mary ( Potter) Jones,, was born Colchester Connecticut, and undoubtedly passed his life in that town. He was married in 1730 to Anna Ransom, and they were the parents of the following chil- dren : Thomas, Jabez, Amos. Anna. Israel, Asa, Hazel, Jehiel, Ariel, Sarah and Abigail:

(V) Lieutenant Asa, fifth son of Jabez and Ann (Ransom) Jones, was born January 9, 1739, in Col- chester, Connecticut, and was married April 19, 1761, to Sarah Treadway, who was born March 3, 1742, daughter of Josiah and Emma (Foot) Tread- way. He removed to Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1768, being one of the pioneer settlers of that town, and died there June 19, 1810. After the Rev- olution, with his family he became affiliated with the Union Church at West Claremont, and his body was buried in the churchyard there, where five gen- erations of his descendants also lie. The follow- ing is the inscription upon his tombstone: "Here lies Lieutenant Asa Jones, one of the first settlers of the town of Claremont, who died June 15, 1810, aged 71 years." Sarah (Treadway) Jones died at the home of her son Edward, in Richmond, Vermont, and was buried there. They were the parents of seventeen children, and thirteen of these followed his body to the grave. He built the house in which his descendants have lived, and which was kept in the family until very recently. It then passed into the hands of Captain George Long, and was destroyed by fire in September 1906. His farm lay on the banks of the Connecticut river. He was a soldier in both the Colonial service and the Revo- lutionary war. His children were: Asa, born July 18, 1762; Josiah, August 28, 1763; Sally, March 5, 1766: Jerusha, July 28, 1767; Jabez, November 10, 1768; Eunice, July 30, 1770: Lovice, November 13, 1771 ; Edward and Lucy, January 24, 1775; Thomas, December 25, 1778; Ansom, July 6, 1782; Ramson, July 23, 1784; Anne, May 3, 1786. Some of his sons were graduates of Dartmouth Colege, and one of these, Thomas, of Chelsea. Vermont, was a lawyer, a fine scholar and business man. The home stead passed by deed of gift to the eldest son May 4. 1787. In this deed the father is styled "gentle- man" and the son, "yeoman."

(VI) Asa (2), eldest child of Asa (1) and Sarah (Treadway) Jones, was born July 18. 1762, in Col- chester, Connecticut, and was six years of age when the family settled in Claremont. He received from his father's estate a tract of land on which now stands the Claremont Junction Station, of the Bos- ton & Maine railroad. He was a fine business man, and added to his inheritance. He was married Jan- uary 20, 1783, in Claremont, to Mary Pardee, daugh- ter of Benjamin (2) and Hannah ( Beecher) Par- dee, of New Haven, Connecticut. The last named was a daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Farring- ton) Beecher, a relative of Rev. Lyman Beecher.

They were the parents of eleven children: Worces- ter, born November 8, 1783; Zabina. June 20, 1785; Asa, February 22, 1787; Mary, October 18, 1788; William, February II, 1791; Augustus, June 6, 1793; Fanny Beecher, April 28, 1795; Sally Rosetta, July 13. 1797: Nancy Malinda, September 17, 1799 ; Philander, August 13, 1801; Eliza Maria, March 9, ISO1.

(VII) William, fourth son of Asa (2) and Mary (Pardee) Jones, was born February II, 1791, in Claremont, New Hampshire, and lived on the es- tate inherited from his father, to which he added until it embraced about four hundred acres. He was active in securing the completion of the Sulli- van railroad, whose station stands on his farm. In 1854 he built a large brick house on the side of the original homestead. While on a visit to his eldest daughter, Harriet P. Jones, he died in West Salis- bury, Vermont, July 24, 1874, and his body was in- terred in the Union churchyard at. West Claremont. He married (first), Harriet Patrick, who bore him two children, and was married (second), May 19, 1830, to Elisabeth Mary Mann, daughter of Stephen and Alice (Ainsworth) Mann. Stephen Mann came from Randolph, Massachusetts, and was one of the first settlers in Claremont. She was the mother of four children Harriet Patrick, born Feb- ruary 6, 1833; Lucien Eugene, May 26, 1834; Alice Ainsworth, January 9, 1836; Helen Elisabeth, Au- gust 29, 1838.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

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 69

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