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 75

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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(II) Robert (2), eldest son of Robert (1) and Mary (Waite) Lord, was born in 1631, and died November 1I, 1696, aged sixty-five years. He had a share in Plum Island in 1664, was a voter in town affairs in 1679. and was one of twenty-four of "the young generation," who joined the church by taking the covenant, between January 18 and February I, 1673. He was a selectman, and held other offices in the town of Ipswich, being marshal of the court as early as 1669, and holding that office ten years. He is usually designated Marshal Lord. He mar- ried Hannah Day, who survived him. Their sons were: Robert, John, Thomas, James, Joseph and Nathaniel.

(III) Thomas, third son of Robert (2) and Hannah (Day) Lord, married, May 24. 1686, Mary Brown. Their children were : Thomas, John, Jonadab, Mary and Robert.

(IV) John, second son and child of Thomas and Mary (Brown) Lord, settled in the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, and on October 31, 1712, married Abigail Gilman, who was born July 24, 1693, daughter of Moses and Anne Gilman, by whom he had sixteen children: Anne, John (died young), Mary, Abiel, Robert (died young), John (died young), Edmund, Abigail, John, Robert (died young), Elizabeth (died young), Jonathan, Eliphalet, Robert, Samuel and Elizabeth.

(V) Robert (3). ninth son and fourteenth child of John and Abigail (Gilman) Lord, was born in Exeter, April 8, 1733, and died in ISor. He was a farmer in Exeter and lived there in a garrison house during the Revolutionary war. Robert Lord is credited in the Revolutionary War Rolls of New Hampshire with service in Captain Peter Coffin's

company of minute-men, mustered by Joseph Cilley, muster master at Portsmouth, November 24, 1775. He married a Miss Crane, of Sanbornton, and they had ten children : Hannah, John, Deborah, Abigail, Anna: Robert, Samuel, James, Nathaniel and Polly.

(VI) Robert (4), sixth child and second son of Robert (3) Lord, was born in Exeter, and removed to Ossipee, where he dwelt the remainder of his life. He married, September 30, 1789, Mary Davis, of Poplin, and they had: Robert and Abigail, and others.

(VII) Robert (5), third son of Robert (4) and Mary (Davis) Lord, was a farmer and resided in Ossipee. He married Nancy Goldsmith, and her line of descent is as follows :

(1) Richard Goldsmith, who was a grantee of land in Wenham, Massachusetts, June 23, 1644, was killed by lightning May 18, 1673. His wife's bap- tismal name was Mary.

(2) Zacheus, son of Richard and Mary Gold- smith, was born in 1662, and died October 30. 1747. He married Martha Hutton, of Wenham.

(3) Zacheus (2), son of Zacheus (1) and Martha (Hutton) Goldsmith, was born April 7, 1701. He removed from Wenham to Ipswich, and thence to Essex, Massachusetts. He married, De- cember 14. 1724, Tabitha Dodge, who died October 8, 1726. He married (second) Mehitable Kimball. (4) John, son of Zacheus (2) Goldsmith, was born in Wenham, February 23, 1736. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and served in Cap- tain Dodge's company, of Colonel Little's regiment. He married, in Ipswich, March II, 1761, Martha Lamson, and in 1777 settled in Ossipee. New Hamp- shire.

(5) Benjamin, son of John and Martha (Lam- son) Goldsmith, was born March 13, 1764, and died May 1, 1841. He married Abigail Rogers, and their daughter Nancy married Robert Lord, as above stated. Their children were: John R., Alvah, Mary R., Francis H., William H., Jesse and Vesta. (Fran- cis H. is mentioned at length in this article).

(VIII) Alyah, second son and child of Robert (5) and Nancy (Goldsmith) Lord. was born in Ossipee. He was a farmer. In politics he was a Democrat, and in religious faith an Adventist. He married Betsey Moody, and they had two children : Edwin Francis and William Henry.

(IX) Edwin Francis, son of Alvah and Betsey (Moody) Lord, was born in Tamworth about 1852. He was a successful farmer. He voted the Demo- cratic ticket, but had no taste for politics and pre- ferred the independence of life he enjoyed as a farmer to all the official positions he might have been elected to. He was an Adventist in religion and a faithful worker in his church. He married,

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1872, in Moultonboro, Julia A. Hodsdon, daughter of Eliza Hodsdon, of Moultonboro. Two children were born to them: Lester W. and Ralph S.

(X) Lester Winslow Lord, M. D., son of Ed- win F. and Julia A. (Hodsdon) Lord, was born in Tamworth, October 2. 1874, and at an early age showed an aptitude for study and an ambition for knowledge. He entered the Nute high school at Milton at sixteen years of age, and two years later passed the examination required before entering Bowdoin College, but he did not enter college until 1894. After completing the freshman year in the literary course he became a student at the Baltimore Medical College, from which he graduated in 1897, having taken a four years' course in three years. He began practice in Tamworth, New Hampshire, in 1897, and remained there until 1899, except while absent studying dentistry at the American Dental College of Chicago, practicing medicine while there. At the outbreak of the war with Spain he was ap- pointed assistant surgeon with the rank of first lieutenant. He spent the greater part of his term of service in the Philippines with General Funston's and General Otis' commands, in the Ninth Regiment of infantry, whose colonel was E. N. Liscum, later killed in the Chinese campaign, who was a warn personal friend of Dr. Lord. Dr. Lord took part in some of the campaigns of the war and was in that famous advance of the Ninth Infantry in pursuit of Aguinaldo. He participated in many running bat- tles and skirmishes. notable among them being the engagement at Tarlac, Luzon. In 1899, when or- dered to the Philippines, he went via the Suez canal and the Mediterranean sea, visiting various parts of Asia, Africa and Europe on the voyage. In 1902, while still in the service, he sailed from Manila, Philippine Islands, and visited Japan. At the close of his term of service he returned to the United States, and took a course in the Ohio Institute of Pharmacy, from which he graduated in 1903. He also took a course in advanced ophthalmology in Golden Cross College, Chicago, taking his diploma in 1905. In 1903 he resumed his professional prac- tice, bought and rebuilt an old grocery store at West Ossipee and converted it into a drug store, adding a splendidly equipped operating room, and making surgery a specialty. The thoroughness and care which characterized his work while in the army rapidly built up his practice, and recently he has added a new and larger operating room which is as near perfect for the work for which it is designed as modern equipment can make it.

He is a member of Manila Lodge, No. 342, Free and Accepted Masons, of Manila, Philippine Islands; Passaconaway Lodge, No. 84, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Tamworth; Syracuse Lodge, No. 27. Knights of Pythias, of Sanbornville, and Charles N. Willey Commandery, No. 25, Uni- form Rank. and is also captain and assistant sur- geon of the First Brigade of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and member of Dover Lodge, No. 184. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Dr. Lord is a fellow of the American University Association, vice-president of the Association of Physicians and Surgeons of America, member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Carroll County and New Hampshire Medical societies, and New Hampshire Pharmaceutical So- ciety. He is an active member of that exclusive military brotherhood, the Military Order of the Carabao, which claims as members Otis, Funston, Wheaton. Grant, Bell. Chaffee, of the regular army, and of the Regular Army and Navy Union. He married, in October, 1906, Rena A. Thompson, of

Lawrence, Massachusetts, who was born in Law- rence, January 6, 1880. daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Kenyon) Thompson.

(VIII) Francis Hubbard, fourth child and third son of Robert, Jr., and Nancy (Goldsmith) Lord. was born in Ossipee, April 6, 1825. In his earlier life he was engaged in agriculture and was also a drover. Later he became a dealer in lumber and timber lands. He married, in 1887, Hannah Blais- dell, who was born in Tamworth, New Hampshire, 1835, daughter of Stetson and Sally (Emery) Blais- dell. (See Blaisdell. VIII). The children of this marriage are: Frank Stetson, Addie L. and Effie. Frank S. is the subject of the next paragraph. Addie L. was born in Ossipee, July 21, 1862, and was educated at Fryeburg, Maine. She married George F. McIndoe, and resides in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She is a member of the New Hamp- shire Daughters, and Daughters of the Revolution. Effie, who was born in Ossipee, September 22, 1873, was educated in Fryeburg, Maine, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and is now a stenographer at the Boston Exchange.

(IX) Frank Stetson, only son of Francis H. and Hannah ( Blaisdell) Lord, was born in Ossipee, April 18, 1858, and obtained his education in' New Hampton, New Hampshire, Poughkeepsie, New York, and New York City. He taught school, and was a member of the school board of Ossipee for several years. He is a civil engineer and subse- quently was employed in making various surveys and in engineering enterprises in the states of Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Florida. In 1883 he became a real estate dealer and lumber manu- facturer, operating mills at Albany, West Albany, Bartlett, West Ossipee, and Tamworth, and doing a large and profitable business. In politics Mr. Lord is a Republican and for a time took an active part in politics, holding various town offices and serving as county commissioner for six years. In 1906 he was offered the nomination for another term, but declined it on account of the amount of his private business. He was elected to the state senate in 1906, and served at the following meeting of the general court on the most important committees. He is fraternal and a member of various orders. He is a member of Saco Valley Lodge, No. 21, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Ossipee Valley Lodge, No. 74, Free and Accepted Masons ; Columbia Royal Arch Chapter, No. 18, of Farming- ton; and St. Paul Commandery, Knights Templar, of Dover.

(Second Family.)

The family under consideration in this

LORD article has been distinguished by men and women of brains, has included scholars and divines, and is still contributing much to the progress of the nation along uplifting lines. It is undoubtedly of English origin, but the place of birth of the first ancestor or the exact time of his coming to America has not been discovered. It has been conspicuous in New Hampshire and is still so.

(I) Nathan Lord is found of record in Kittery. Maine, as early as 1652, when he with others signed an agreement as follows: "We, whose names are underwritten, do acknowledge ourselves subject to the government of Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land." There can be no doubt that he was English, as that locality was settled at that time exclusively by English people. Nathan Lord was a planter and appears to have dealt in real estate. Previous to 1662 he was located in a district called Sturgeon's Creek, where he received a grant of land. This

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location is now in the town of Elliott, once a part of ancient Kittery. After 1662 Nathan Lord seems to have owned a homestead at or near what is now called Mt. Pleasant, in South Berwick. In 1676, with his son and namesake, he took possession of an estate of seventy-seven acres, on which was a house and barn, and this was held about five years in joint ownership, when the father transferred his right and title to his son. This was located in the district known as Oldfields in South Berwick. Upon this place a garrison was maintained during the Indian troubles, and was occupied as a residence as late as ISI6. This was a unique and extensive edifice and had a door through which could be driven a yoke of oxen and cart. The door was sur- mounted by a carved figure head, representing the prow of a ship, while many wood carvings on its interior added to its adornment. Nathan Lord died in 1733, and in his will bequeathed to his minister a gold ring, and he also left twenty pounds for the purchase of communion plate. His estate was val- ued at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six pounds, two shillings and two pence. He was twice married, but the name of his first wife does not ap- pear. She was a daughter of Abraham Conley, who made Nathan Lord executor of his will and gave to him the latter's land at Sturgeon's Creek. He was married (second), November 22. 1678, to Martha Tozer. daughter of Richard and Judith (Smith) Tozer. She appears to have been the mother of his children, namely: Martha, Nathan, William, Rich- ard, Judith, Samuel, Mary, John, Sarah, Anne and Abraham. (Mention of Samuel and descendants appears in this article).

(II) Nathan (2), eldest child of Nathan (1) and Martha (Everett) Lord, was born about 1657. and died in 1733. He was married November 22, 1678, to Martha, daughter of Richard and Judith ( Smith) Tozier. Their children were: Martha, Nathan, William, Richard, Judith, Samuel, Mary, John, Sarah, Anne and Abraham.

(III) Abraham, youngest child of Nathan (2) and Martha (Tozier) Lord. was born October 29, 1699, in Kittery, and continued to reside through life in that town. His will was dated April II, 1772, and was probated April 20, seven years later. He probably died about the close of the year 1778. He was married April 10, 1717, to Margaret, daughter of Nicholas and Abigail (Hodsdon) Gowen. She was born March 19, 1699, and died February II, 1775. Their children were : Simeon, Benjamin Meads, Abraham, Jeremiah, David, Solomon, Elisha, Margaret and Sarah.

(IV) David, eighth son and child of Abraham and Margaret (Gowen) Lord, was baptized April 30. 1732, in Kittery, where he made his home through life. He was married December 6. 1759, to Phoebe, daughter of Dr. Edmond and Sarah (Bartlett) Coffin. She was born March 15, 1735, in Kittery, and died June 30, 1832. aged ninety-seven years. She survived her husband about twenty-five years ; he died in 1807. Their children were: Shuah, Enoch, Humphrey, Susanna, Margaret, Edmond, Sarah and Mary.

(V) Mary (Polly), youngest child of David and Phoebe (Coffin) Lord, was baptized April 8, 1779, and became the wife of Maturin Abbott (sce Abbott, VII).

(II) Captain Samuel, fourth son and sixth child of Nathan and Martha (Tozer) Lord. was born June 14, 1689, in what is now Berwick, Maine, and lived in that town, where he died about 1763. His will was dated February 23, 1761, and was iv-36

proven soon after. Ile was married October 19, 1710, to Martha Wentworth, who was born Febru- ary 9, 1684, daughter of Catherine and Paid Went- worth, and granddaughter of Elder William Went- worth. (See Wentworth, XX). His children were: John, Nathan, Abraham, Samuel, Ebenezer and Mary.

(III) Abraham, third son of Captain Samuel and Martha (Wentworth) Lord, resided in Ber- wick, Maine, where he died in 1783. His will was dated May 12, of that year and proven June 10, following. He married Betsey Davis, and their children were: Tozer, Abraham, Daniel, Went- worth, James and Nathaniel.

(IV) Rev. Wentworth, fourth son of Abraham and Betsey (Davis) Lord, was born September 14, 1755. in Berwick, Maine, and became a Baptist clergyman. He was pastor in Ossipee, New Hamp- shire, and Parsonsfield, Maine. He was a sergeant of the Colonial forces in the siege of Boston, in 1775. He was married in February, 1777, to Patience Brackett, who was born August 6, 1754, and died February 8, 1841. He survived her four years, dying February 28, 1845. Their children were: Noah, Wentworth, Abraham. Hannah, Lydia, George, Patience, Margaret, Sally and Jemima.

(V) George, fourth son and sixth child of Rev. Wentworth and Patience (Brackett) Lord, was born November 22, 1793, and resided in Ossipee, New Hampshire, where he died July 1, 1863. He was a farmer and also the proprietor of a wool carding mill at Water Village. He married Patience Tit- comb. George and Patience (Titcomb) Lord had Daniel, who resided in Dunkirk, New York. where he was in the hardware business. He was killed on a boat on the Ohio river. Abraham B., a dentist who practiced many years in Manchester, where he died in 1864. Also three daughters: Patience and Margaret, each of whom married a man named Haines, and Susan, who married a man named Brown. All these children are dead.

(VI) Calvin L., son of George and Patience (Titcomb) Lord, was born in Ossipee, 1822, and died November 9, 1861, aged thirty-nine years. He lived in Francestown, where for

some years he was second hand in a otton mill. About 1855 he engaged in farming for about two years, and then went into trade and occupied the Long store until nearly the time of his death. He married, November 10, 1847, Nancy A. Taylor, of Francestown, who was born May 17, 1826, and died in Francestown, December 17, 1873, aged forty- seven. She was the daughter of William Taylor, who was born December 9, 1797. He was an honest and respected farmer. He first lived in Lyndeboro. then in Francestown. Late in life he removed to Troy, where he died November 6, 1876. He mar- ried, December 30, 1821, Mary L. Balch, of Frances- town. The children of Calvin and Nancy A. Lord were: George C., mentioned below, and Ida F., who was born in Francestown, December II. 1851, and married. September 28, 1875, Edward Richardson, of Lyndeboro, now dead, and she now resides in Manchester.

(VII) George Calvin . Lord, only son of Calvin and Nancy A. (Taylor) Lord, was born in Man- chester, November 30, 1848, and was educated in the common schools and Academy at Francestown. He was a clerk in the store of Whipple & Atwood, three years, at New Boston, New Hampshire. He then came to Manchester and filled a like position in the store of Stearns & Palmer for five years. Then he went to East Wilton and was in the employ of

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S. H. Dunbar for three years, at the end of which time he returned to Manchester and took charge of the meat department of Poore & Rowell two years. August 1, 1881, he bought out Woodbury Q. Sar- gent's grocery store, at the corner of Lowell and Maple streets, which he carried on profitably until May, 1906, when he sold out after a quarter of a century in business for himself. He has been suc- cessful and has a very comfortable fortune. He resides at No. 336 Myrtle street, where he has built a commodious house, and busies himself during the warm season in cultivating vegetables, fruits and flowers, of which he has an abundance.

He is a Republican in politics and has held the office of selectman four years. He attends the Franklin Street (Congregational) Church, of which Mrs. Lord is a member. He is a member of Pacific Lodge, No. 45, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Francestown, and of Wilde Lodge, No. 45, and Mt. Washington Encampment. No. 16, of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Manchester, and of Delta Lodge, No. 84, Royal Arcanum. He mar- ried, October 15, 1879, Addie S. Brown, of Greens- boro, Vermont, who was born June 14, 1855, daugh- ter of Timothy C. and Martha B. (Curtis) Brown.

LORD It is probable that the present family is descended from the Lords who have been prominent in the region of the Saco Valley, Maine, for several generations. Abraham Lord came from Ipswich, Massachusetts. to Kittery, Maine, as early as 1670, and was undoubtedly a re- lative of other Lords in that state. The family has been numerous and influential at Hiram, Kenne- bunkport and especially at Berwick, Maine, where a reunion of Lords is held every summer. It is from the Berwick branch that President Nathan Lord, of Dartmouth College, who held the office from 1828 to 1863, is descended, and it was at Ber- wick Academy that he fitted for college. On ac- count of lack of records it has not been possible to connect the following line with those branches of the family, whose history has previously been written.

(I) John Lord, son of Andrew Lord, was born at Shapleigh. Maine, about the beginning of the nineteenth century. He was a merchant and hotel- keeper. He married Frances Hubbard, who bore him eight children: Hope, Andrew J., Fanny, John (2), whose sketch follows; Moses, Charles E., Love, Martha. Hope married John Calvin Marsh, of Ac- ton, Maine. Andrew J. married Hannah Hall, and they had one child, Ida May. Fanny married Alonzo Templeton, of Louisville. Kentucky. Moses married from Clifton, New York, and they had four children : James, Margaret, Stella and Lloyd; the family now lives in Memphis, Tennessee. Charles E. married Vesta Earl, and they had four children: Harvey, Winifred, Frank and Elizabeth: the family lives in Acton, Maine. Love married Stephen Adams, of Newfield, Maine. and they had one child, Clement. Martha married Luther F. Lary, of Acton, Maine, and they had three children : Fanny, Daisy and Claudius.

(II) John (2), son of John (I) and Frances (Hubbard) Lord, was born in that part of Shap- leigh now called Acton, Maine, in August, 1836. He attended school and helped on the farm till the age of nineteen, when he was left with the care of the homestead. and also of his mother. He managed the farm from 1856 till 1872, when he engaged in the express business, which he followed for two years. He then opened a store, which he conducted till 1884, meanwhile taking his son, William M.

Lord, into partnership. After giving up his mer- cantile business in 1884, he returned to the farm. John (2) Lord was active in politics, and served his town many years as selectman, and also as collector for the Democratic party. He belongs to the Con- gregational Church, and also to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. About 1856 John (2) Lord married Fidelia A. Sanborn, daughter of Veasie and Phoebe (Tibbetts) Sanborn, of Acton, Maine. They had four children: William M .. whose sketch fol- lows : Eva O., Exa L., and Andrew Jackson. John (2) Lord is still living at Acton, Maine.

(III) William Marshall, eldest child of John (2) and Fidelia A. (Sanborn) Lord, was born at Acton, Maine, April 10, 1857. He lived on the home place and attended school till the age of seventeen, when he went into business with his father under the name of John Lord. In 1884 he succeeded his father, and carried on the business till 1891, when he removed to Union, New Hamp- shire, where he bought out the store which he still conducts. In 1902 he formed what is known as the WV. M. Lord Company and bought an excelsior mill. whose annual output of two thousand tons is mar- keted in New York and the west. The firm also does a big lumber business, cutting a million or more feet each year. Mr. Lord is a man of sound business judgment and pleasing personality, which is shown by the fact that in a town strongly Re- publican he was elected Democratic representative 111 1900. He has also served as member of the school board. He is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, a member of Unity Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and treasurer of his Masonic lodge. On February 24. 1880, William Marshall Lord mar- ried Julia Rowell, daughter of Charles and Frances (Hemenway) Rowell, of Fairfield, Maine. There are no children.

Three centuries seem like a lifetime, HEARD but nearly that number of years have elapsed since the progenitor of this line, strong of body, brave of heart and devout in spirit. sought the wilderness of New England to worship God in his own way and founded an hon- ored family.

(I) William Heard, of the Devonshire family of England, was probably the American ancestor of the Heard family of Massachusetts. He was among the emigrants who arrived at Plymouth, Massachu- setts, on the ship "Ann" in August, 1623. In 1624 he was granted an acre of land in the north part of Plymouth.

(II) Zachariah Heard, born 1675, died Decem- ber 27, 1761, is the next of the family of whom we have record. "In August, 1707, he was the owner of a homestead and clothier shop in Cambridge, on the Watertown road." About 1709 he moved to Wayland, where he was prominent in the affairs of the town and held many town offices. He married. 1707, Silence Brown, of Wayland, by whom he had a considerable number of children.

(III) Richard, fifth child of Zachariah and Si- lence (Brown) Heard, was born April 2, 1720, died May 16, 1792. He was captain of a company of troopers under George III, represented Sudbury in the first provincial congress which convened at Salem, October 7, 1774, and was sent by his towns- men in East Sudbury to represent them in the gen- eral court in the sessions of 1780-81-83. He mar- ried Sarah Fiske, of Wayland. by whom he raised a family.

(IV) David, son of Richard and Sarah (Fiske) Heard, was born June 2, 1758, died January 22, 1813.

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He married (first), May 24, 1784, Eunice Baldwin, of Wayland, who died September 5, 1785, and ( sec- ond). March 31, 1789, Sibyl Sherman, of Wayland, who died September 2, 1845.

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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 75

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