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 87

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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(IV) David (2) Nims was married January I, 1768, to Jemima Carter, who was born September 14, 1747, in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and died in Roxbury, New Hampshire, January 29, 1832. She was the daughter of Samuel and Jemima (Hough- ton) Carter. David Nims lived in Roxbury, on the farm originally granted to his father, already mentioned. He had a family of ten children.


(V) Roswell Nims was married January I, ISIO, to Sarah Wilson, who was born April 16, 1789, in Sullivan, New Hampshire, and died Oc- tober 24, in Keene. Thomas Wilson was the first English settler in Dublin, New Hampshire. Ros- well Nims was a prosperous farmer, spending his early life in Sullivan, and his last days were passed on the Beech Hill Farm. He was the father of twelve children.


(VI) Chester Nims was born February 20, 1817, in Keene, and died in that town April 26, 1872. He succeeded his father on the old Becchi Hill Farm, and was a successful farmer and promi- nent in public affairs. He was a man of broad ideas, inflexible integrity, and good administrative ability. He was repeatedly chosen by the town to fill im- portant municipal offices. He served ten years upon the board of selectmen, several years as its chair- man. His term of service covered the anxious years of the Civil war. During that period, he was most efficient in procuring enlistments and attend- ing to the wants and needs of wives, widows, and


children of the soldiers. His sound judgment of values and the care which he exercised in super- vising appropriations and expenditures were highly appreciated throughout his official carcer.


April 4, 1842, he married Cynthia Maria Wilder, who was born March 16, 1820, in North Leomin- ster, Massachusetts, and died August 11, 1881, 11 Keene. Their children were: I. Emilv W., born May 23, 1845, married Henry W. Nims, of Keene, has one child, William Chester. 2. Frank W., born September 14, 1848, married Jennie I. Munroe, has two living children : James Alexander and Gladys. 3. Charles R., born July 25. 1851, died May 3, 1855. 4. Mary Elizabeth, born September 23, 1853. 5. George Adams, born November 6, 1855, died April 23, 1906. 6. William Frost, born September 17, 1857, died November 25, 1903. 7. Louis A .. see forward. 8. Frederick C., born February 4, 1866, married Harriet Parker, no children.


(VII) Louis Arthur Nims was born October 24, 1862, in Keenc. He was educated in the schools of Keene, and fitted himself for an active business life rather than for a profession. He inherited from his father a natural aptitude for business, being a man of sound judgment with respect to values, and a careful calculator in buying and selling. He established a market in Keene, in connection with his brother Fred C., in 1891, and has built up a highly prosperous trade. He has been careful to maintain the highest standards, not only with res- pect to the quality of the goods which he sells, but also as respects the character and quality of his help and his general methods of doing business. In this way, he has won the respect and good will of the community, which has implicit confidence in him and in his business methods. About two years ago, in 1905, in conjunction with his brother Fred. C., he succeeded to the livery business of his de- ceased brother, George A., near the Cheshire House, in Keene. Louis attends to the business of the market and Fred. C. manages the stable. Louis has one son in the Worcester ( Massachusetts ) Polytechnic Institute. He has a handsome resi- dence upon Park avenue, provided with every com- fort, where he dispenses a kind and liberal hios- pitality. He has been much interested in the fire department of Keene, of which he has been eighteen years a member, and has been its chief for two years. He has added greatly to its efficiency and brought it to a high degree of perfection. He is a useful man in many ways and much esteemed by his fellow townsmen. He belongs to several social orders, including the Patrons of Husbandry. the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Odd Fellows. He is also a member of the Unitarian Club of Keene. He was married October 14. 1885, in Keene, to Martha A. Cutler, who was born in that town July 14, 1865, daughter of Charles H. and Eliza (Burnham) Cutler. Mr. and Mrs. Nims are the parents of three sons : Stewart A., born April 2, 1887: Robert C., born March 29, 1890, died February 13, 1906; and Oscar B., born February 15, 1892.


This good old English name appeared POND in New England at an early date. and its bearers are now numerous in both castern and western states. Many of them have won distinction, and all have been reputable citi- zens.


(I) Robert Pond and his wife Mary were early arrivals at Dorchester, Massachusetts. They had sons Daniel and Robert. The latter settled in


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Milton. Mary survived her husband and was mar- ried a second time to Edward Shepard, of Cam- bridge.


(II) Daniel, son of Robert and Mary Pond, settled in Dedham, Massachusetts, about 1652, and on March 30 of that year he purchased land of Nathaniel Fuller. He also owned land in that part of Dedham which was set off as the town of Wrentham in 1661. He died February 4, 1697-98. In 1651 he married Abigail Shepard, daughter of Edward Shepard (previously referred to) by the latter's first union. She died July 5, 1661, and on September 18 of the same year Daniel married for his second wife Ann Edwards, who survived him. The children of his first union were: Abigail, born at Dedham, Massachusetts, May 9, 1652, married March 26, 1678, John Day. Daniel, died March 4. 1661-62. John. Ephraim, baptized July 6, 1656. Rachael, baptized September 5, 1658. Hannah, born July 27, 1660. Those of his second union were: Daniel, born February 17, 1663. Robert, born Au- gust 5, 1667. William, born September 20, 1669, probably the William Pond who died in Dedham, November 16, 1723. No record of marriage. Caleb, born December 13, 1672. Joshua, born March II, 1674, died February 24, 1676. Jabez, born January 6, 1677. Sarah, born May 10, 1679, married, June 14, 1698, Eleazer Holbrook, of Sherborn.


(III) Robert, fifth son and eighth child of Daniel Pond, was born in Dedham, August 5, 1667. He resided in Wrentham, where he followed the oc- cupation of a house carpenter, and he became the owner of considerable real estate. In certain records of deeds he is called captain. His death occurred July 31, 1750, and on August 22 following his son Baruch was appointed executor of his will, which disposed of property valued in the inventory of one hundred and eighty-four pounds. The date of his marriage with Joanna Lawrence, his first wife, does not appear in the records of either Dedham or Wrentham. On January 16, 1728-29, he married for his second wife Abigail Fisher, and his third wife, whom he married November 17, 1747, was Mrs. Sarah Shuttleworth, a widow. His children were: Anne, Sarah, three Roberts, each of whom died young; Ezra, Ichabod, Baruch and Eunice, all of whom were of his first union.


(IV) Ichabod, fifth son and seventh child of Robert and Joanna (Lawrence) Pond, was born in Wrentham, May 31, 1699. In January, 1722, he received by conveyance from his father the latter's . estate on Mine Brook, Wrentham, consisting of a valuable farm and a new house, together with the cattle, farm implements and all personal property therein contained. He married (first), May 30, 1721, Milcah Farrington, who was the mother of all his children; (second), May 25, 1747, Deborah Thurs- ton ; and (third), September 28. 1762, Mehitable. widow of John Aldis. Her death, which occurred February 26, 1785, was speedily followed by that of her husband, who died in Franklin, May 2, of the same year, leaving no will. He was the father of twelve children: Mercy, born June 11, 1723; Elisha, March 25, 1725; Ichabod, December 3, 1726; Nathan, October 27. 1728; Meletiah, September 12, 1730; Benjamin, March 21, 1732; Esther, March 14, 1734: Eunice, March 1, 1736; Lois, September 17, 1737. married, January 6, 1757, Henry Daniel ; Jonathan, October 19, 1740; Eli, February 16, 1743; Amos, June 2, 1745.


(V) Jonathan, sixth son and tenth child of Ichabod and Milcah (Farrington) Pond, was born in Wrentham, October 19, 1740. He settled in


Keene, New Hampshire, where on May 12, 1766, he purchased of Daniel Kingsbury two lots of land, and is supposed to have resided there for the re- mainder of his life. He was married October 6, 1763, to Thankful Thomson, of Bellingham, Massa- chusetts, who died at Keene, September, 1820, aged seventy-seven years. She was the mother of seven children, all of whom were probably born in Keene, and their names were: Matilda, Phineas, Thank- ful, Fransena, Rhoda, Philester and Pamelia.


(VI) Philester, second son and sixth child of Jonathan and Thankful (Thomson) Pond, was bap- tized in Keene, September 17, 1780. The greater part of his life was spent upon a farm in Keene, but he resided a few years in Orange and he died in Walpole, New Hampshire. He married Rhoda Howard, daughter of Nathan Howard, of Surry, this state, and her death occurred in that town. Their children were: Luman, Thankful, Jonathan, Amos, Henry, Theodocia, Pamelia, William and Mary E.


(VII) Henry, fourth son and fifth child of Philester and Rhoda (Howard) Pond, was born at Keene, in September, 1818. He was first apprenticed to a blacksmith, but not liking that calling he tried the printer's trade in the office of the Keene Sentinel, with which he was also dissatisfied, and lie finally learned the hatter's trade. Establishing himself in the hat manufacturing business at Win- chester, New Hampshire, he remained there a few years. Upon returning to Keene he purchased the Anderson Hat Manufactory where he had learned lis trade, and he subsequently acquired large inter- ests in that line of trade, having branch stores in Burlington, St. Albans, Brattleboro, and Rutland, Vermont; in Claremont, New Hampshire, and Greenfield, Massachusetts. He also engaged quite extensively in the manufacture of brick at Keene, and was a successful as well as an able business man. About 1864 he sold the Anderson business on account of failing health and went abroad. Among the changes made in Keene in the decade ending 1860 was that of the Cheshire House, pur- chased and remodelled by Mr. Pond, who added the south wing with stores on the ground floor and a hall above, forty by seventy-six feet, seventeen feet high, also large stables in the rear. In 1862 Mr. Pond served as representative to the state legislature. He was always interested in the welfare of his town, and no one was more active in promoting its business prosperity than he, attempting more than his health would permit of, and his death occurred in Roxbury, Massachusetts, January, 1866. at the age of forty-eight years. Beaver Brook Lodge, No. 36, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was insti- tuted at the town hall in Keene, March 17, 1851. "Henry Pond and nine other candidates were at this time initiated into the mysteries of the order." After the initiation the lodge was fully organized for the work of the order, and Henry Pond was appointed left supporter noble grand. About July 14. 1852, the lodge moved into a new hall that Mr. Pond had fitted up in the brick block at the head of Central Square, he having purchased it and added fourteen feet to the west end thereof. This hall was occupied by the lodge until 1883. Mr. Pond was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. In April, 1842, he married Amelia N. Wilson, daughter of Oliver and Nancy Wilson. She died shortly after- wards and he married her sister Harriet, who sur- vived him. Of his second union there were two sons, Charles H., born January 1, 1844, died August 18 of the same year, and Herbert. Mrs. Harriet


Herbert Pond,


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Pond was married a second time to a Mr. Briggs, of Keene. She died March 2, 1895, aged sixty-six years, eight months and twenty-eight days.


(VIII) Herbert, second son and child of Henry and Harriet (Wilson) Pond, was born in Keene, August 7, 1848. He was educated at Miss Julia Hall's private school, the public schools of Keene, including the high school, Powers' private school, Boston, and Bryant and Stratton's Business Col- lege, New York City. Since attaining his majority he has devoted his energies to the care of his finan- cial interests in Keene, and he has given consider- able attention to improving real estate and the erec- tion of buildings. Politically he acts with the Re- publican party. He attends the First Congregational Church, of which his wife is a member. Septem- ber 22, 1897, he married Mrs. Mertie Eliza Tyler, nee Seaver, who was born in Harrisville, February 18, 1868, daughter of Sewall Abijah and Maria Lucy (Derby) Seaver, the latter of whom was born in Dublin, this state, October 9, 1838.


Robert Seaver came from England in the ship "Mary and John" in 1633-34, and settled in Rox- bury, Massachusetts. He had a numerous family. One of the sons, Nicholas, dropped the a from the name, and possibly others may have done the same. His son William settled in Kingston and built the house now standing and used for a summer home, in 1760. The Seaver genealogy is very imperfect. It follows out the lines of only three of the sons of the original Robert Seaver and those not in full. Robert Seaver had four sons and three daugh- ters ; one daughter died in infancy. One line as near as it has been able to be traced it is as follows : Rob- ert I., Nathaniel 2., John 3., Nathaniel 4 .. Abijah 5., Benjamin 6., and Benjamin 7., born in 1795, who served in the capacity of mayor of Boston. The line from which those of the name in this sketch trace their ancestry, was Robert I., Nathaniel 2., John 3., Nathaniel 4., Abijah 5., Benjamin 6., Wil- liam G. G. F. 7., William S., Sewall A. g., Mertie E. 10. (Seaver) Pond. William Seaver, first of the name above mentioned, lived in Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, and owned considerable property for those days, Seaver street, so called, being a part of the old Seaver estate. He married. December 14, 1795- 96, Lucy Heath, and their children were: Eliza- beth C., born October 2, 1797, married a Hayward, of Dublin, New Hampshire, and died April 2, 1835. William, born December 31, 1798, died March 23, 1867. Abijah, born October 4, 1800, died May 5, 1823. A son born January 9, 1803, died January 24, 1883. Lucy Heath, born August 4, 1805, died August 14, 1805. William Seaver, Jr., son of Wil- liam and Lucy (Heath) Seaver, of Roxbury, Mas- sachusetts, came to what was then called Nelson, New Hampshire, now Harrisville, when quite a young man. He purchased a large farm which was considered one of the best in the town, and which now belongs to one of his grandsons. He married, July 15. 1823, Susan Gurler, of Keene, New Hamp- shire, daughter of Thomas Gurler and


Farwell. The Gurlers and Farwells were among the earliest settlers of that section, coming from Marblehead, Massachusetts, to Nelson, now Harris- ville, and taking up adjoining farms as early as 1772. Afterward the Gurlers removed to Keene, New Hampshire. Children of William and Susan (Gurler) Seaver: George W., born in Nelson, No- vember 2, 1823; Lucy Ann, born in Nelson, May I, 1825: Charles C., born in Nelson, August 26, 1826; William W., born in Nelson, July 15, 1831 ; Sewall Abijah, born in Nelson, November 12, 1833, died at Harrisville, New Hampshire, June, 1875;


Edward Lorin, born in Nelson, May 3, 1836, died unmarried at Harrisville, New Hampshire; Albert Andrew, born in Nelson, May 17, 1841, died at Harrisville, New Hampshire.


Among other things tradition tells PINKHAM us that the ancestor of the Pink- hams of this article came from the Isle of Wight, but there is no historical evidence to support it. However, Richard Pinkham early and his descendants to the ninth and tenth genera- tion are inhabitants of New Hampshire. Staunch dispositions have been characteristics of the mem- bers of the race.


(I) Richard Pinkham, the settler, was at Dover as early as 1640, for on October 22, 1640, the in- habitants of Dover established or renewed a formal government, and the name of Richard Pinkham is attached to the document they then prepared. Quint's History of Dover, edited by John Scales, speaking of him in I852; says: "The spot where he early dwelt is said to be the same on which stood the Pinkham garrison, which Richard after- wards made his habitation. The precise situation of this is easily pointed out, insomuch as it con- tinued to be the dwelling house until one side fell down seven and twenty years ago; that event ren- dered it necessary for the family to remove, which they did as soon as possible, into a new house about five rods from the old one." This fortress was on Dover Neck, and there Richard lived and died. His character must have been good, else he would not have been placed in the public position he was. The town records of Dover show under date of "27 of the 9mo., 1648:" It is this day ordered at a publique Towne meeting that Richard Pinkham shall beat the drum on the Lord's day to give notice for the time of meeting and to sweepe the meeting- house for the which he shall be allowed six bushels of Indyan corn for his pay this yeare, and to bee free from rates." Richard Pinkham's name is on the list of those of Dover Neck and Cocheco who were assessed the "Provision Rate" in 1675. His name was also on the list of those similarly taxed at Oyster River, but opposite his name and the names of some others the word "nothing" was entered, showing he was not required to pay the rate there. Richard Pinkhom was granted lot 24, containing twenty acres, within the division of land on the west side of Back river, in 1642. June 12, 1671, Richard Pincom granted to John Pincom (his son) his house, lands, meadow, orchard, household goods, cattle, etc., for which John agrees to support his father "in a christian Way" and give him every year four pounds. June 22 following, Richard granted John his three and one-half acre lot with orchard, for twelve pounds. After this he is heard no more. So far as known he left three children : Richard, John and Thomas.


(II) John, son of Richard Pinkham, was born about 1644, and died August 27, 1724, aged about eighty. He was first taxed on Dover Neck in 1665. "He first assumed the care of his father. legally. and took possession of the homestead in 1671, just before the time it became necessary to build garri- sons and carry guns to meeting. He was a man of good ability, acquired property and distributed it as follows: To his eldest son Richard, land at Cohoes, June 19, 1714; to his son Otis, land March 16, 1722; to his son Amos, July 4, 1715, certain lands on condition that he pay to each of his sisters five pounds. This land and conditions were trans- ferred to his brother Otis, August 8, 1720. He married Rose Otis, daughter of Richard Otis, of


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Cocheco, who was a prominent man and an officer of the colony whose name appears often on the records of his time. Rose Otis was one of the inhabitants of the Otis garrison which was captured by the Indians; and after the peace of Casco, Janu- ary 9, 1699, she ( with others of her family ) was re- turned, and later married John Pinkham. They had at least nine children : Richard, Thomas, Amos, Otis. Solomon, James, Rose, Elizabeth and Sarah. ( HH) Otis, fourth son of John and Rose (Otis) Pinkham, inherited the old homestead and resided there until the time of his death about 1763. The inventory of his estate was returned November 30, 1764, by his widow. He married "22 9mo. 1721," Abigail Tibbetts, who was born "12 6mno. 1701," daughter of Ephraim and Rose (Austin) Tibbetts. Their children were: Samuel, Ann, Rose, Paul, and John, whose sketch follows.


(IV) John (2), youngest child of Otis and Abigail (Tibbetts) Pinkham, was born August 29, 1739, and died August 14, 1815, aged seventy-six. He inherited from his father the homestead, garri- son and all. He married Phebe Tibbetts, who was born in Rochester, April 5, 1744. and died January 24, 1823, aged seventy-nine. Their children were: Elizabeth, Otis, Edmund, Elijah, Joseph and Benja- min (twins), Enoch, Sarah, Nicholas, Abigail, Phebe. John and Samuel.


(V) Joseph, fifth child and fourth son of John (2) and Phebe (Tibbetts) l'inkham, and twin of Benjamin, was born January 18, 1772, and lived in Tuftonborough, where he died April 18. 1842, aged seventy. He married Sally Young, of Dover, who was born May 2, 1775, and died September 5. 1868, aged ninety-three. They had children : William, Martha. Enoch, Hannah, Mary (died young), Richard. John, Mary, Charles, Lewis, Hollis, David and George Washington.


(VI) John (3), seventh child and fourth son of Joseph and Sally (Young) Pinkham, was born in Wolfborough, January, 1804, and died in New- market, August 3, 1832, aged twenty-eight. He married Mrs. Betsey ( Smith) Doe, who was born May 22, 1790, and died August 31, 1866, aged seventy- six. Their children were: Aun Elizabeth, Joseph, Ilollis Handen and Lydia Miranda.


(VII) Hollis Hamden, third child and second son of John (3) and Betsey (Smith) (Doe) Pink- ham, was born in Newmarket, September 22, 1829, and died March 9, 1897. He was educated in the common schools of Newmarket, and learned the carpenter's trade, and later the tailor's trade with his brother Joseph. Finally he went into the re- tailing of shoes, and followed that occupation until his death. Originally a Jacksonian Democrat, he kept pace with the progress of the world, and at the outbreak of the Rebellion became a Republican and adhered to that faith as long as he lived. He married, October 9, 1854, at Casco, Maine, Abbie Meserve Pinkham, who was born in Dover, Sep- tember 29. 1833. daughter of William and Martha (Hill) Pinkham. She died April 5. 1901. Their children were: Frank Herbert and Ernest Percy, both of whom receive further mention below.


(VIII) Frank Herbert, eldest son and chikl of Hollis H. and Abbie M. (Pinkham) Pink- ham, was born in Casco, Maine, October 9. 1854, and educated in the common schools of Newmarket and at Tilton Seminary, Tilton, New Hampshire. He learned the printer's trade, and in 1875 founded the Newmarket Advertiser, Newmarket. New Hamp- shire, which he has since successfully edited and published. He is senior partner in the firm of Pinkham & Neal, proprietors of a restaurant and


lunch room at Newmarket. In politics he is a Republican. He has filled the office of town treas- ttrer eight terms, and is now ( 1907) serving his eleventh year as treasurer of the school district. He is a member of numerous fraternal and social organizations. He is a member of Rising Star Lodge, No. 47, Free and Accepted Masons, of New- market, of which he is a past master, and is now serving as secretary; Pioneer Lodge, No. I. Knights of Pythias, of Newmarket; Lamprey River Grange, No. 240, Patrons of Husbandry; is a member of Pocasset Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men; past warden and past supreme representative of the New England Order of Protection, with membership in Piscataqua Lodge, No. 72; member of North Star Lodge, No. 259, Knights of Honor, of Dover; and the Pascatoquack Club of Newmarket. He mar- ried. April 22, 1875, at Lake Village, now Laconia, New Hampshire, Marion L. Ritchie, who was born March 13, 1854, daughter of William K. and Ade- laide (Kent) Ritchie, of Everett, Massachusetts. They have two children : Bessie Mae, born March 30, 1880; and Ada Marion, May 23, 188. Bessie M. is the wife of Clarence if. Neal, and Ada M. is the wife of Amede Magnon, both of Newmar- ket.


(VIII) Ernest Percy, second son of Hollis H. and Abbie M. (Pinkham) Pinkham, was born in Newmarket, February 9, 1862. He learned the printer's trade in the Advertiser office in New- market, and later was foreman of the Cape Elisa- beth Sentinel, at what is now South Portland, Maine. From January, 1884, to January, 1889, he was a clerk in the shoe store of the late John L. Board- man in Newmarket. On the latter date he bought his employer's stock in trade, and has since con- ducted a successful and constantiv increasing trade. In December, 1892, he bought out the fire insurance business of the late Timothy Murray, and since that time has also conducted an insurance business. His political faith is Republican, and he has been elected to various offices by his party. He was town clerk in 1903-04; representative in the general court, 1898-99; selectman, 1902-03; has been secretary of the school board since March, 1904; and was elected town treasurer on the Citizen's ticket in 1006. He is socially and fraternally connected with many orders whose object is the enhancement of the happiness of mankind. He is a member of Swamo- scott Lodge, No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Newmarket, of which he was elected noble grand in 1889, and of which since July, 1890, he has continuously been secretary; member of Star of Hope Rebekah Lodge, No. 19; a member of Rising Star Lodge, No. 47, Free and Accepted Ma- sons; a charter member of Lamprey River Grange, No. 240, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he was the first secretary, and of which he was master in 1902-03. June 11, 1903, he joined Pioneer Lodge. No. I, Knights of Pythias, in which he served two terms as chancellor commander. and in which he is now keeper of the records and seals; member of Pascatquack Club. a social club of Newmarket. He married, in Saco, Maine, November 10, 1886, Estella Merrow Ham, who was born in North Shapleigh, Maine, March 31, 1868, daughter of Norris S. and Mary A. (Milliken) Ham, of Saco, Maine. They have two children: Beatrice, born in Saco Maine, June 15, 1891; and Helen, in New- market, New Hampshire, December 21, 1895.




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