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(IV) William Albert, eldest son and second child of Joseph and Nancy ( Walker) Jenkins, was born in Barnstead, January 10, 1822, and died July 21, 1890. He was educated in the common schools. In political sentiment he was first a Republican and in later life an Independent. In his young manhood he was a lieutenant in the state militia. He was a man whose sound judgment and good common sense were relied on by his fellow citizens, who elected him to the office of county treasurer, in which he served in 1873-74. He married Maria Garland Berry, daughter of Samuel G. and Mary (Chamberlain) Berry. She was born February 9, 1821, and died April 7, 1875. They were the parents of nine children: Samuel Franklin, Albert Thomp- son, Nancy Maria, William Gilmore, William Edgar, Solon Berry, La Forest, Clarence S. and Elizabeth Belle.
(V) Samuel Franklin, eldest child of William A. and Maria G. (Berry) Jenkins, was born in Barnstead, October 7, 1847. After completing his attendance at the common schools he went to Ne- braska and took up a farm in that state, in the val- ley of the Platte river. After a residence of several years there he returned to his native town and bought and operated a saw mill. In 1888 he re- moved to Pittsfield, where he has been the local representative of the Manchester Union for fourteen years, and did considerable other newspaper work. He has filled the office of judge of the police court for fourteen years, and justice of the peace and member of the school board. He is independent in politics, and attends the Baptist Church. He mar- ried in Fremont, Nebraska, May 7, 1868, Martha
Zelanda Eaton, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Eaton. Her father was a millwright and machinist. She received a common school and academic education. Their children are: Winifred Ella, born in Barnstead, January 7, 1879, gradu- ated from the Pittsfield high school, and now teaches in the village schools; and Arthur Eugene, born in Barnstead, November 20, 1882, a graduate of the Pittsfield high school, who is now a salesman in a boot and shoe store in Pittsfield.
(IV) Oran Jerome, fifth child and fourth son of Joseph and Nancy (Walker) Jenkins, was born in Barnstead, October 2, 1829. He attended the com- mon schools, and a short time at Pittsfield Academy. He was born and brought up on the farm, and has always followed that calling except for a few years when he was conducting a potato starch factory in Bombay, New York. In 1880 he settled perma- nently in Pittsfield. He has a farm and a comfort- able home on Concord hill, which commands a pleasant view overlooking the village. He was brought up a Republican, and adheres to that faith. He attends the Baptist Church. He married, in Bombay, New York, December 27, 1856, Mary Adelaide Sweet, born in Bombay, New York, De- cember 19, 1839. Her parents were Stephen C. and Mary Sweet. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have three children: Aston S., Wilber E. and Alvira L. As- ton S. was born September 15, 1858, and has three children: Gertrude, Catherine, and Bessie May. Wilber E., born September 16, 1861, is a mer- chant in Amsterdam, New York. He married, in Amsterdam, Minnie Snyder, of that place, and they have one son, Volney G. Alvira L., born May 5, 1863, married George Salter and died in 1898, leaving two children, Grace and Mildred Alice.
(III) William, son of John and Abigail (Var- ney) Jenkins, by deed dated February 19, 1806, transferred land in Barnstead to his son John. His wife was Joanna Foss.
(IV) William, son of William Jenkins, was born January 4, 1799. He married Abra H. Hans- comb, daughter of John and Hannah (Foss) Hans- comb, who was born August 5, 1807. They had four children born to them: John Hanscomb; Frank, died in childhood; Mary Augusta, died in childhood; William Albert, died at age of eleven years. William Jenkins died May 13, 1882; his wife, December 25, 1890.
(V) John Hanscomb, son of William and Abra H. (Hanscomb) Jenkins, was born September 24, 1832, at Barnstead, New Hampshire. He was edu- cated in the public schools at Barnstead, at Pitts- field Academy, a select school at North Barn- stead, taught by Dr. Walker, at Pembroke and Gilmanton academies and the McGaw In- stitute where he a the was student 1855-56. He began teaching school in fall of 1853 and so continued for nearly twenty-five years, being engaged in six different towns in New Hamp- shire, also Maine and Massachusetts. He taught the grammar school in Newmarket three years, 1860-62. He was also assistant for a time in Pitts- field Academy and at the McGaw Institute. In political faith he has always been a staunch Demo- crat, casting his first vote in 1854. With the excep- tion of two he has been honored with all the offices of the town. He owns a farm about three-quarters of a mile from Barnstead Centre, which he has culti- vated in connection with his teaching. In his church affiliations he has been connected with the Congre- gational Society. He is a Free Mason, having been connected with the order for nearly fifty years; a member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 17, Wolf-
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boro. He is also a member of the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and has been a member of Sons of Temperance. He was a member of the state and national societies of Sons of Temperance.
He married, December 16, 1858, Alvira R., daughter of Jacob and Emma (Richardson) Wilker. Her twin sister was married the same day occasioning a double wedding. His wife traces her lineage back to John White, who came to America in 1620. Their children are: I. Mary Augusta, born at Newmarket, New Hampshire, September 15, 1861, married Llewellyn H. Emerson (his sec- ond wife), December 16, 1893, and has one son, Ray J. Emerson, born August 18, 1894. 2. Frank Albert, born January 22, 1864, died October 30, 1869. 3. William Augustus, married Margaret A. Foss, daughter of James L. and Eliza Foss, De- cember 25, 1889; their children are: Clarice A., born August 4, 1890; Evelyn Agatha, December 22, 1892; Harvey Foss, February 1, 1894; Asahel May- land, August 28, 1897. 4. Emma Abra, born March 7, 1868. 5. Grace Darling, born March 31, 1870, married Llewellyn H. Emerson, son of Charles F. and Emily J. (Hall) Emerson, December 25, 1888, and died May 12, 1892. 6. John J., born May 6, 1872, married Mary Edith Maxfield, daughter of Henry W. and Harriette L. (Mellen) Maxfield, April 25, 1898, and their children are: Earle Max- field, born January 4, 1899; Grace Darling, January 19, 1900; Nina Harriette, December 30, 1900, died August 20, 1901; Harriette Neva, April 26, 1902. Mary Edith (Maxfield) Jenkins died October 9, 1903. 7. Warren Washington, born May 10, 1874, died June 24, 1879. 8. Joseph Mayland, born April 25, 1876, died June 24, 1879. 9. Mirie Abbie, born May 28. 1880, married Frederick P. Frame, son of Henry L. and Ellen M. (Alley) Frame, June 18, 1906. 10. Warren Mayland, born November 14, 1881, died March 19, 1882.
HANSON The surname Hanson is of very ancient origin, and was handed down by the Flemings to the English speak- ing people. The root of the name was Hans, which is the only one of the abbreviations of the original Johannes, and from the latter we derive the familiar Hansons, Hankins, Hankinsons, Hancocks and others.
The family has been traced through many centuries and generations in the Old World. For the purpose of this article we shall begin by num- bering the American ancestor I. The generations which appear to be authentic in the Old World begin with I. Roger de Rastrich, living in 1251, time of Henry III, in Wapentake of Morley, York- shire, England; held lands in Rastrich, Skircoat, Clayton, Bradford, etc. II. Hugh de Rastrich, III. John de Rastrich, IV. John de Rastrich, V. Henry de Rastrich, VI. John de Rastrich, called "Henry's son," then Hanson. VII. John Hanson, VIII. John Hanson. IX. John Hanson, whose de- scendants founded the family in New Hampshire.
(I) Thomas Hanson had a grant of one hundred acres of land (II, IImo. 1658) near Salmon Falls, in the province of New Hampshire. He came to Dover, New Hampshire, in 1639, and died 1666. He was admitted a freeman, May 4, 1661, and in 1664-65 lived at Cochecho, where he was taxed as Thomas, Sr., 1664-65. His name does not appear again on the list of taxables, but his widow was taxed in 1666 and 1672. "Old Widow Hanson," as the record reads, was killed June 28, 1689. The will of Thomas Hanson was admitted to probate June 27, 1666, and his wife Mary was named in that
instrument as his executrix. He gave money to his two daughters, and divided his real estate and other property among his sons, Tobias and Thomas, and two others then under age, Isaac and Timothy. The children of Thomas and Mary Hanson were : Thomas born about 1643; Tobias; Isaac, taxed at Cochecho in 1672; Timothy, and the two daughters who are not named. (Tobias and descendants re- ceive mention in this article.)
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas Hanson, of Dover, and Mary, his wife, was born about 1643, and was taxed at Cochecho from 1664 to 1667. He married and had children, but the name of his wife is not known. His children were: Thomas, born about 1680; John, Nathaniel, Nancy, Eliza- beth, James and Abigail. (John and descendants are noticed at length in this article.) The will of this Thomas (2) was dated February 4, 17II, and mentions his wife as Mercy, also all of the children above noted except his son John.
(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas and Mercy Hanson, was born about 1680, and married for his first wife Margaretta Maul; second, Hannah His children were: Thomas, born 1702, married Patience Mason; Robert, married Lydia Varney ; Timothy, married Keziah ; Maul, mar- ried (first) Sarah Twombley, (second) Mary Can- ney, (third) Anne Austin; Jonathan; Sarah; Samuel, born July 19, 1717, married Sarah French ; Solomon, born January 29, 1719, married Anna Varney ; Abigail, born December 23, 1821; Ebenezer, born June 4, 1726, married (first) Anne Hodgdon, (second) Hannah , and was a member of the Society of Friends.
(IV) Solomon, born January 29, 1719, eighth child of Thomas and Margaretta (Maul) Hanson, married Anna, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Otis) Varney. Mary was born June 5, 1718, and both she and her husband were members of the Society of Friends. Solomon died December 13, 1780. Their children were: Zaccheus, born Sep- tember 17, 1742, married Sarah Sawyer; Abijah. Jacob, married Phebe Perkins; Solomon, married Mary Chase; Otis, married Ruth Gove; Mercy, married Nathaniel Meader; Sarah, married Oliver Winslow and had eleven children; Judith, married James Torrey ; Ann and Martha.
(V) Solomon (2), born in Dover (date un- known), the fourth child of Solomon and Anna (Varney) Hanson, was a tanner and farmer in Kensington, New Hampshire, but later in life re- moved to Pittsfield, New Hampshire. He married Mary Chase, of Kensington, and had three chil- dren : Annie, Abial, married Jonathan Chase, and Nathan.
. (VI) Nathan Hanson was born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, in 1784, and died in Weare in 1861. Like his father he was a farmer and tanner. He removed from Pittsfield to Weare in 1842, and from that time devoted his attention to farming alone. He bought and settled on what was known as the Stephen Dow farm, about one-half mine west of Weare Center, which was one of the best farms in the town and was brought to a high state of culti- vation through his patient toil. He was a con- sistent man in all that he did, whether as a farmer or in the private walks of life. His life as a farmer was rewarded with substantial success, and he raised many fine cattle and grew fruits of superior quality. By inheritance and personal inclination he was a very pious man, and like his ancestors was a devout member of the Society of Friends. Nathan Hanson married (first) Lydia Allen, of Maine ; (second) Sarah Austin, of Maine, died in
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1836, aged thirty-five years; (third) Mary Paige, of Weare; she died in 1862. In all he had three children, one by his first wife and two by his sec- ond wife. They were Sabina, who became the wife of Daniel Paige, of Weare; Alvin, who was born February 18, 1826, and died single in 1848; and John W.
(VII) John Winslow Hanson, of Weare, New Hampshire, has been a prominent character in the industrial and business life and history of that town for a full half century, and now although virtually retired from active pursuits is still in close association with the best interests of the lo- cality and of Hillsborough county. He has not achieved prominence in the sense that he has been conspicuous in either county or town politics, but in the ordinary business sense in that he has been an important factor in building up and maintaining manufacturing and business enterprises, and thereby furnishing employment to many working men and adding to the population of the town and the value of its property and promoting the welfare of all its people. A glance at the town records shows that whenever occasion has arisen in which public inter- ests were concerned and public action became ad- visable, John W. Hanson was generally a member of the special committee appointed to investigate and determine upon the proper action to be taken.
Mr. Hanson is a native of Pittsfield, New Hamp- shire, and was born September 22, 1830. He was eleven years old when his parents moved from Pitts- field to Weare, and has lived in the latter town sixty-five years. He received his education in pub- lic schools, Pittsfield Academy, Cartland's school at Clinton Grove, and what is now Moses Brown School of Providence. Rhode Island. He worked on his father's farm until he reached the age of eighteen years, and from 1848 to 1857 engaged in the stove and tinware business at Weare Center, selling annually from five thousand to ten thousand dollars worth of merchandise. He moved to North Weare in December, 1857, and in partnership with Lindley M. Sawyer carried on a shoe business in the shops of Allen Sawyer until June, 1865, when he began the manufacture of shoes on his own ac- count, a business he continued with gratifying suc- cess until 1891, when he retired. For many years he was the most extensive manufacturer in the town of Weare. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1897 was a member of the legislature and served on the committee on banks. Mr. Hanson was one of the incorporators of the Weare Mutual Fire Insurance Company in 1856. In 1886 Mr. Hanson, Charles A. Jones and L. M. Sawyer established a hosiery factory upon the site of the old Weare Woolen Mills, and Mr. Hanson was treasurer and manager, and so continued until the closing up of the business. Since retiring from active business Mr. Hanson has been solicited and served in the settling of a number of estates in Weare; his advice is frequently sought upon matters of this character, and he has devoted considerable time to these mat- ters. He was a member of the Union League at the time of the Civil war, and has been a member of the Derryfield Club in Manchester.
Mr. Hanson married. November 17, 1852, Mary Jane Sawyer, who was born May 13, 1832, daughter of Allen and Anna (Osborne) Sawyer, of Weare (see Sawyer).
(III) John Hanson, second son of Thomas (2) Hanson, lived at Nock's Marsh. Quint's "Ancient Dover" states that, as he was a Quaker, he de- clined to leave the exposed place where he lived when the Indian troubles of 1724 began, and his
home was marked for an attack by thirteen Indians and French Mohawks, who lay several days near it in ambush, waiting until Hanson and his men should be away. Then when he had gone to the week- day meeting of his church, August 27, 1724, and his two sons were at work at a distance, the Indians entered the house. Mrs. Hanson, a servant and four children, were in the house, of which one child the Indians immediately killed to terrify the others; two other children were at play in the orchard and would have escaped, but just as the Indians had finished rifling the house, the two came in sight and made such a noise that the Indians killed the youngest boy to stop an alarm. They then started for Canada with Mrs. Hanson (who had been confined but fourteen days prior), her babe, a boy of six years, and two daughters, one fourteen years old, the other sixteen, and the servant girl. All reached Canada, but the party was repeatedly subdivided during the journey. The first person who discovered the tragedy was Hanson's eldest daughter, on her return from meeting. Seeing the children dead, she uttered a shriek which was dis- tinctly heard by her mother in the hands of the enemy. and by her brothers at work. Pursuit was instantly made, but the Indians avoided all paths and escaped undiscovered. After this disaster Hanson removed the remainder of his family to the house of his brother, "who," says Belknap, "thoughi of the same religious persuasion yet had a number of lusty sons and always kept fire-arms in good order for the purpose of shooting game." Mr. Hanson, soon after the attack, went to Canada to ransom his family. The following item from the News Letter of 1725 is of interest in that connec- tion :
"Newport, August 27th (1725). On
Tuesday last, (Aug. 24) arrived here, Mr. John Hand- son, of Dover, Piscataqua, and about a Month's time from Canada, but last from New York, with his wife & three children and a Servant Woman; as also one Ebenezer Downs, having a wife & five children at Piscataqua; also one Miles Thompson, a Boy, who were all taken Captives about Twelve Months since, by the Enemy Indians, and carried to Canada, except the above said Handson; who at the same time lost Two of his Sons by the Indi- ans; & now it hath cost him about f7oo for their Ransom, including his other necessary charges. He likewise informs, That another of his children, a young woman of about Seventeen Years of Age was carried Captive at the same time with the rest of the family, with whom he convers'd for several Hours, but could not obtain her Ransom: for the Indians would not consent to part with her on any terms, so he was obliged to leave her."
Mr. Hanson reached home September 1, 1725, but he could not content himself while his daughter Sarah was in Canada; and about April 19, 1727, he started in company with a kinsman who with his wife was bound on a similarly sad errand to redeem children; but he was taken sick on the journey, and died about halfway between Albany and Canada-one account says Crown Point. The daugh- ter married a Frenchman, and never returned. So far as records are obtained, John Hanson's family were as follows: He married 23 5mo. 1703, Eliza- beth Their children were : Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth, John, Isaac, Daniel, Ebenezer, Caleb, and a daughter whose name is not given.
(IV) John (2), fourth child and eldest son of John (1) and Elizabeth Hanson, was born in Do- ver, 17 I mo. 1712. He married (first) 27 12mo. 1735, Phebe, daughter of Nathaniel and Catherine
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(Neale) Austin, who was born March 14, 1718. They were Quakers, or Friends. Their children were: Sarah, Patience, Plebe, Jolin, and Catherine. He married (second) 21 4mo. 1750, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Brackett) Tuttle, who was born 16 4mo. 1727, and died 12 IImo. 1804. He died 9 IImo, 1784. Their children were: James, Elizabeth, Mary and Isaac.
(V) John (3), fourth child and eldest son of John (2) and Phebe Austin, was born 17 IImo. 1746.
(VI) Samuel, son of John (3) Hanson, was a man of great strength and courage, and was nick- named "Cat" Hanson from the circumstance of his having drawn from its den in the rocks a Canada lynx, colloquially referred to as a "cat," while holding its feet with his hands.
(VII) John (4), son of Samuel Hanson, mar- ried Elizabeth Emerson and resided in Unity, New Hampshire.
(VIII) Hezekiah Emerson, second son and sec- ond child of John (4) and Elizabeth (Emerson) Hanson, was born in Unity, New Hampshire, Au- gust 18, 1819, and died October 4, 1897. He was educated in the common schools, and possessed a natural aptitude for mathematics. He owned and cultivated a farm, and also operated a saw mill for many years at Croydon, New Hampshire. He was a lifelong Democrat, and was honored by his fel- low townsmen with the office of selectman, and was chairman of the board of selectmen of Croydon for three years. He married, in Claremont, February 27, 1848, Cornelia Clark Taylor, who was born in Brockport, New York, February 10, 1817, and died in Goshen, New Hampshire, November 28, 1894, aged seventy-seven years. She was the daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Bixby) Taylor.
(IX) Frank Llewellyn, only son and only child of Hezekiah E. and Cornelia Clark (Taylor) Han- son, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, Janu- ary 18, 1856. He grew up on his father's farm, and was educated in the common schools and in the high school of Newport, New Hampshire, and at Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Manchester. Until twenty-two years of age, such time as he was not in school he was employed in work on the farm or in saw mills in Croydon, and spool and bobbin shops in Lowell, Massachusetts. Subsequently he was employed five years as a clerk in the freight department of the New York & New England rail- road at Boston, Massachusetts. Then returning to Croydon he was engaged in the lumber business with the firm of Hanson & Walker. From Croydon he removed to Goshen, and engaged in farming until 1906, when he bought a country store which he has since successfully conducted. Politically Mr. Han- son is a Democrat. He has served his fellow citi- zens faithfully in the following capacities: Town clerk of Croydon five years; town clerk of Goshen ten years, and now holds that office; delegate to the constitutional convention of 1902, and was for several years member of the library committee of the Olive G. Pettis Free Library of Goshen, and is now (1907) member of the legislature, having been elected in 1906.
Mr. Hanson married, in Boston, Massachusetts, March II, 1883, Hannah Ann, widow of Albert J. Darrah, who was born in Vienna, Maine, April IS, 1852, daughter of Timothy Varney and Mercy Ann (McFarland) Wight, of Vienna, and granddaughter of Asa Wight, a soldier of the war of 1812. Mrs. Hanson has a son by her former marriage, Fred A. Darrah, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, September 20, 1877. He was educated in the com-
mon schools, and is now a clerk at Goshen. He married October 22, 1904, Lena G. Cozzens, of Natick, Massachusetts, who died August 6, 1905.
(Il) Tobias, second son of Thomas llanson, of Dover, was killed by the Indians, and his wife captured May 10, 1693. They had children: Jo- seph, Benjamin, and Tobias, whose sketch fol- lows.
(III) Tobias (2), son of Tobias (1) Hanson, was born in Dover, where he lived and died. He married (first) Lydia Canney; and (second ) Anni Lord, of Berwick, Maine. The children by the first wife were: Benjamin and Elizabeth; by the sec- ond: Mercy, Tobias, Judith, Joseph, Nathaniel, Isaac, Samuel and Aaron.
(IV) Joseph, fourth child and second son of Tobias (2) and Ann (Lord) Hanson, was born January 15, 1705. He was a potter and lived in Dover until his death, September 5, 1758. He mar- ried (first), November 23, 1727, Rebecca Sheppard, who was born in 1708 and died April 19, 1736; (second), May 25, 1737, Sarah Scammon, who died September 2, 1738; (third), June 6, 1739, Susanna Burnham, who was born March I, 1715, a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Burnham. She died March 4, 1758. By the first wife there was one child, Ephraim; by the second, one child, Humphrey; by the third, two children, Rebecca and John B.
. (V) Humphrey, only child of Joseph and Sarah (Scammon) Hanson, was born May 27, 1738, was baptized September 3, 1738, and died November 13, 1766. He married Joanna Watson, and they had four children: Dominicus, born March 19, 1760, not married; Sarah, December 22, 1762, mar- ried Richardson; Joseph, December 18, 1764, married Charity Dame; Elizabeth, December 12, 1767, married Gilman.
(VI) Joseph (2), son of Humphrey and Joanna (Watson) Hanson, was born on what is now Han- son street, Dover, December 18, 1764, and died at Rochester, New Hampshire, December 19, 1832. He married, March 4, 1798, Charity Dame, of Rochester, who was born September I, 1755, and died February 3, 1833. They had : Humphrey, born January 3, 1799, died July 20, 1826; Mary Dame, April 23, 1800, died April 25, 1853; Hannah, May 23, 1802, died February 9, 1803; Joseph Scammon, July 27, 1803, died April 21, 1828; Meribah, Febru- ary 4, 1805, died November 18, 1863; Johanna, March 10, 1807, died October 10, 1884; a child, November 18, 1808, died November 22, 1808; Hester Ann, January 20, 1810, died March 31, 1856; Dominicus, mentioned at length below. Asa P., of Newton, Iowa, was born April 20, 1817, married Rooxbe Kimball, and their children were: Henry A., born March 23, 1841; Emma, Ella, Mary and Belle, de- ceased.
Joseph Hanson came to Rochester from Dover, New Hampshire, when a young man, and im- mediately engaged in the general grocery and mer- cantile business, which he successfully followed until within a few years of his death. He was a man of excellent judgment, good common sense, shrewd, cautious, industrious and economical. He built in Rochester the first brick store ever erected in Straf- ford county, which they came to see from far and near. It was two story with pitch roof tinned and the door and window shutters were also tinned, there being no fire apparatus in those days in the vil- lage. This building stood opposite the present (1907) McDuffee block and where now stands Went- worth block. At a very early day he made a brick vault on his land behind his store for the deposit of his and other people's papers, etc., there being
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