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VI. JOHN B., born Dec. 17, 1787; married, Aug. 15, 1810, Anna Harvey of Marlborough; died Oct. 14, 1854.
VII. MARY, born April 14, 1790; married William Winch.
VIII. SALLY, born Feb. 16, 1792; married Abishai Collins; died Sept. 25, 1843.
1X. WILLIAM, born Feb. 18, 1794; married, March 20, 1816, Betsey, born Sept. 26, 1793; died Dec. 2, 1881, daughter of Josiah and Luey (Snow) Whittemore of Phillipston, Mass .; died Jan. 7, 1870. Removed to Monroe County, N. Y., and from there to Hadley, Lapeer County, Mich., where both died. They had four- teen children, of whom twelve lived to maturity and eleven married.
x. NANCY, born Jan. 5, 1797; married A. Rawson ; removed to Vermont. X1. TRYPIENA, born Oct. 21, 1799; married Robert Fitz of New Ipswich, where she died in 1842.
GEORGE FARRAR, brother of Daniel, born in Lincoln, Feb. 1, 1760; married - Bruce of Sudbury, Mass .; died Nov. 1, 1824; his widow died March 26, 1825.
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1. GEORGE, born Dec. 8, 1784; married, 1st, Naomi Starkey, who died Sept. 2. 1842; married, 2d, Sally, daughter of John Whitney. Died Oct. 3, 1860.
1I. NAHUM, born Nov. 7, 1786; died 1812.
HII. STEPHEN, born Jan. 1, 1789.
IV. PATTY, born April 21, 1793; died 1810.
SALLY, born Sept. 11, 1797; married Luther Bemis; died March 24, 1845.
GEORGE FARRAR, son of George, born Dec. 8, 1784; married, 1st, 1817, Naomi Starkey and settled on the farm formerly owned by Ichabod Shaw. He bought the farm of one Piper, who had it of Thayer, and the latter had it of Moses Kenney, who had it of Shaw. Mr. Farrar lived on this place until his death. Mrs. Farrar died in 1842, and he married, 2d, Sally, daughter of John Whitney.
I. NAOMI E., born 1818; died 1829.
II. MARTHA, born 1820; married Henry Haskell.
11. HARRIET NEWELL, born 1822; died 1825.
IV. NANCY, born 1824; died 1825.
V. GEORGE ELLIOTT, born 1826; died 1829.
VI. GEORGE E., born 1830, and died same year.
STEPHEN FARRAR, son of George, born Jan. 1, 1789; married, Dec. 17, 1815, Delila, daughter of Jonathan and Delila (Rhodes) Bemis; died March 2, 1841.
I. CHARLES, born April 6, 1817; died 1838.
HI. JOHN, born Feb. 3, 1819; died July 24, 1831.
III. STEPHEN BEMIS, born May 18, 1821; died June, 1826.
IV. STEPHEN BEMIS, 2d, boru Ang. 23, 1826.
STEPHEN BEMIS FARRAR, son of Stephen, born Aug. 23, 1826; married, June 2, 1846, Persis Twitchell of North- field, Mass., born Sept. 16, 1827; died April 15, 1874. He located on the home farm, the place now occupied by Carlos M. Barnard, where he lived until his death, Nov. 15, 1870, which was caused by falling from a building.
1. JOHN S., born May 23, 1848; died Nov. 28, 1860.
HI. CHARLES, born Ang. 10, 1850; died Nov. 28, 1860. Both drowned.
HI. JULIA CORA, born Jan. 24, 1862; married, April 9, 1884, Fred S. Schnell, born April 8, 1859.
DANIEL FARRAR, son of Daniel, born Nov. 10, 1782; married, Dec. 30, 1806, Lucena, born April 11, 1780,
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daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Goodrich) Mellen. He died Nov. 26, 1867.
I. HANNAH GOODRICH, born Oet. 11, 1807; died Sept. 14, 1824.
II. LUCENA, born May 15, 1810; died Dec. 12, 1855.
III. BETSEY, born April 22, 1813; died Jan. 6, 1892, unmarried.
IV. DANIEL M., born Nov. 7, 1815.
V. LEONARD, born Sept. 20, 1817; died June 1, 1876.
VI. JAMES, born June 29, 1820; married Clara Brown of Warwick, Mass .; died in Adrian, Mich., Dee. 8, 1890.
VII. HANNAII, born April 25, 1825; died Jan. 30, 1826.
DANIEL MELLEN FARRAR, son of Daniel, born Nov. 7, 1815; married, Feb. 15, 1838, Sophronia Keith, born Dec. 10, 1810; died April 3, 1872; he died March 28, 1870.
I. DANIEL WARREN, born Nov. 7, 1839.
II. JOHN LYMAN, born Oct. 6, 1841.
III. CHARLES ADELBERT, born April 24, 1844.
IV. ABBIE LUCENA, born Dec. 10, 1848; married Charles E. Kimball ; died Sept. 20, 1893.
DANIEL W. FARRAR, son of Daniel M., born Nov. 7, 1839; married, Nov. 7, 1860, Nancy A., born April 9, 1842, daughter of Luther F., and Harriet Piper; died July 14, 1881. Children born in Fitzwilliam.
1. LULA ESTELLA, born Dec. 4, 1866; married, Jan. 19, 1887, Henry H. Buekwold.
II. EDITHI MAY, born July 24, 1871; married Perley A. Hale.
III. ADELBERT WARREN, born May 29, 1876.
JOHN LYMAN FARRAR, son of Daniel M., born Oct. 6, 1841 ; married Ellen Josephine Piper, born May 10, 1845; died April 1, 1875. His widow married, 2d, Feb. 3, 1879, William W. Webster.
I. WALTER DANIEL, born April 20, 1867.
II. STEPHEN MELLEN, born Feb. 6, 1869.
III. JAMES HENRY, born Jan. 30, 1871.
IV. FRANK WARREN, born May 4, 1873.
CHARLES ADELBERT FARRAR, son of Daniel M., born April 24, 1844; married, April 3, 1865, Charlotte E. Bemis.
I. MARY ABBIE, born March 11, 1866; married, Dee. 18, 1888, Fred IV. Fuller of Westmoreland.
11. LEONARD ADELBERT, born Sept. 28, 1869; married, September, 1894, Mary Bennett. One child, Leonard Charles, born Nov. 13, 1895. Resides in Malden, Mass.
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III. FRED JONES, born July 28, 1871; married, Nov. 12, 1896, Ida E., daughter of Levi A. and Emily L. (Adams) Fuller of Marlborough.
IV. NELLIE IDA, born Oct. 28, 1875.
V. CHARLOTTE BEMIS, born June 10, 1877.
ELIAS FRENCH FARR, was born in Windham, Vt., June 30, 1831; married, 1st, Nov. 24, 1857, Janette Weir, born in Victor, Nova Scotia, Jan. 17, 1833, who died Aug. 9, 1892; killed by the cars on the railroad bridge at the North end. Mr. Farr, married, 2d, Nov. 24, 1896, Mrs. Angelia Burpee.
1. GEORGE HENRY, born Oct. 22, 1858; married, June 11, 1881, Ella M., daughter of William N. Watson. One child, William Henry, born in Troy, Oct. 30, 1885.
Il. JOHN THOMAS, born Oct. 12, 1860; married, June 17, 1885, Flora G. Coburn of Jaffrey. Children: 1. Gladys; 2. Ralph.
111. ETTA, born Jan. 17, 1862; married, June 4, 1884, Edwin Ray of West Gardner, Mass. Children: 1. Vurwill Maynard Ray ; 2. Ethel Idell Ray.
IV. JAMES, born Dec. 30, 1864; married, June 17, 1891, Martha M. Emery of Jaffrey. One child, Leila.
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FLORINDA, born Dec. 8, 1867; married, Aug. 1, 1892, Earl H. Whit- ney of Athol, Mass. One child, Harold Francis Whitney.
FASSETT. Patrick Fassett and his wife Sarah, came from Rock Fassett Castle, Ireland, and settled in Lexing- ton, Mass. There is a tradition that the ancestors of the family were refugees who fled from Scotland to escape religious persecution, and that the name Fassett was assumed to conceal their identity, the original name being Macpherson. The proper English pronunciation of the name Fassett gives the broad sound to the a, and in England as well as in this country, some branches of the family spell the name Fawcett or Fossett, as being less liable to mispronunciation. The final consonant is often written single. The oldest children of Patrick and Sarah were :
Joseph, born Oct. 2, 1672; died June, 1754; resided in Lexington. By wife Mary had a son,
Joseph, born Dec. 6, 1701; died Aug. 14, 1755; married Amity Willard, whose father was from Wales. Had six children of whom the fourth,
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John, born Dec. 7, 1739; married Isabel Bogle of Natick, Mass. They came to Fitzwilliam about 1768, their third child, Joseph, being the first white male child born in that town. They had eight children, Willard, John, Joseph, Obil, Thomas, Isabel, Benjamin and Lucy.
Obil, born Aug. 25, 1771; married, Sept. 28, 1794, Lois, born April 5, 1768; died Aug. 11, 1847, daughter of Levi and Ruth (Darling) Bixby of Winehendon. He died Nov. 14, 1842. They had Joseph, Benjamin, John, Francis Benjamin, Isabel, Stephen Franklin, Clarissa, Obil William, two sons, twins, Eunice Bixby, Dr. Thomas Willard.
JOSEPH FASSETT, son of Obil, born May 1, 1795; married, March 3, 1820, Tabitha, born Sept. 12, 1791; died Sept. 6, 1871, daughter of Joel and Tabitha Wright of Fitzwilliam. Was in the woodenware and lumber business in Fitzwilliam; removed January, 1836, to Jaf- frey ; built the first half-way house on the Monadnock.
I. TABITHA B., born Aug. 26, 1820; married Edward B. H. Stewart. JOSEPH WRIGHT, born June 7, 1822.
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III. LOIS BIXBY, born Nov. 1, 1823; married Abel Thompson, born Dec. 13, 1815; died Oct. 7, 1846.
IV. JOIIN BENJAMIN, born Oct. 12, 1825; married, Nov. 23, 1851, Lydia Ann Phelps of Winchester; died in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1886.
JOEL E., born Aug. 8, 1827; went to Boston when quite young and lived there until the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in Company E., Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, where he saw much service. After the war he returned to the old homestead in Jaffrey, where he died May 11, 1864.
VI. EDWARD GARDNER, born Sept. 16, 1829; died May 20, 1850.
VII. LUTHER W., born Nov. 12, 1831; married, Sept. 24, 1856, Sarah E., daughter of Dr. Thomas Willard Fassett. He served in Second Regiment and was killed at Evansport, Va., April 2, 1862. One child, Carrie.
VIII. DANVERSE C., born May 2, 1834.
IX. CLARISSA C., born June 9, 1836; married Sumner Wilbur ; died Dec. 26, 1856.
DANVERSE C. FASSETT, son of Joseph, born May 2, 1834; married, Aug. 18, 1855, Hannah Hammond, born Jan. 12, 1836; died Nov. 15, 1895.
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F. GARDNER C., born Oct. 19, 1857; married, 1st, Annie Brine; married, 2d, Josie Luther; resides in Reading, Mass.
II. ELLSWORTH L., born March 11, 1863; married, 1st, July 4, 1882, Jessie M., adopted daughter of Henry A. Spofford; married, 2d, Aug. 4, 1891, Elleanor Mabel Robinson, born Oct. 26, 1870.
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JOSEPH WRIGHT FASSETT, son of Joseph, born June 7, 1822; married, 1st, Nov. 16, 1847, Sarah A. Putney, who died Dec. 13, 1873, from injuries received by being thrown from a carriage on Ward Hill; married, 2d, Nov. 5, 1874, Mrs. Emily L. (White) Dunn of Sullivan, who died April 7, 1888; married, 3d, Mrs. Eliza N. Powers. Mr. Fassett died July 23, 1891, caused from
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having his neck broken by being thrown from a mow- ing machine while at work in a field near his house. After his first marriage, Mr. Fassett lived for a few years in this town and in Boston, Mass .; but in 1854, he returned to Jaffrey and bought the old homestead farm, on which he resided until his death. He was chosen and appointed to many offices of honor, trust and responsibility. Children born, I and III in Troy, II in Boston.
I. CHARLES WRIGHT, born Dec. 3, 1848; married, Oct. 5, 1876, Adelia P., born Jan. 14, 1847, daughter of Thomas and Marietta (Cut- ter) Upton of Jaffrey, where he resides. One child, Fred Wright. 11. ABBIE Axx, born Jan. 14, 1851; married, Oct. 10, 1878, Alvin H. Simonds of Fitchburg, Mass .; died Nov. 22, 1879. One child, Susan Ethel Simonds, born Oct. 22, 1879.
III. FRANK P., born March 2, 1853; died Dec. 19, 1863.
IV. HENRY J., born Dec. 19, 1863, in Fitzwilliam. (Adopted).
DANIEL A. FIELD, son of Dexter Field, born in Leverett, Mass., July 17, 1839; married, August, 1866, Mary E., daughter of George W. and Mary (Bemis) Brown. Children born, I, II, III, IV, V, and VIII in Troy, VI, VII in Jaffrey.
I. LIZZIE IDELLA, born Dec. 1, 1866; married, May 30, 1889, Charles H. Cornell.
1I. GEORGE EDWARD, born July 21, 1889.
III. WYNNA MABEL, born Jan. 6, 1873.
IV. WARREN DEXTER, born April 13, 1875.
v. FRED BROWN, born Aug. 31, 1876.
VI. CHARLES ARTHUR, born Ang. 9, 1879.
VII. JOHNNIE WASHINGTON, born Nov. 9, 1881.
VIII. CLIFFORD ENNIS, born July 2, 1883.
FIFE. "The surname Fife claims to be descended from a younger son of Fife Maeduf, Earl of Fife, from which title they have the name and carry the arms."-(Lowers' Family Names of the United Kingdom.) "It is not doubted that those of the name of Fife are descendants of Fife Macduf. They have the paternal arms of Macduff." -(Old Manuscript furnished by Joseph Bainbridge Fife, M. D.) While it is true that the name had its origin in the foregoing manner, it is believed to have also been
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assumed by natives of the county of Fife, Scotland, other than descendants of Fife Macduff, and, as applied to their descendants, is a local surname. The county is spelled Fife, but in Scotland the surname is most often spelled Fyfe.
This is one of the oldest families in Scotland, as is shown by its frequent and honorable mention in Scotland's history from the very commencement of the use of sur- names, and by traditions handed down in the family from generation to generation. James and William were the ancestors of the Fife family in this country. They were natives of Fifeshire, Scotland, and were among the early settlers of Bolton, Mass. James married Patience Butler, a native of Bolton. They had twelve children, among whom were Silas and Robert.
DEA. SILAS FIFE, son of James and Patience (Butler) Fife, born in Bolton, Mass., Oct. 4, 1743; married, Aug. 15, 1772, Abigail Houghton, a native of Bolton. He was one of the earliest settlers in this region. He united with the Congregational church in Marlborough in 1779, and was made one of the deacons, June 22, 1791, and continued to hold the office until Sept. 3, 1815, when he withdrew from the Marlborough church in order to unite with the church here, on account of its being nearer his residence. He held various positions of honor and trust in town with credit to himself and advantage to his fellow citizens.
I. SAMUEL, born June 27, 1773.
II. BETSEY, born May 3, 1775; married William Tenney; died June 22, 1821.
HI. SILAS, born April 21, 1777; married Abigail Johnson; removed to Halifax, Vt., where he died April 12, 1834. One child: Otis, born July 17, 1810; married, Oet. 15, 1832, Temperance Pearce ; died in Oswego, N. Y., May 2, 1843.
IV. JOHN, born Feb. 6, 1779.
V. JAMES, born Nov. 14, 1780; married Mrs. Coy; died in Troy, 1840.
VI. ABIGAIL, born Dec. 2, 1782; died in childhood.
VII. BENJAMIN, born March 24, 1786; married Betsey Newton; died in Troy, Nov. 24, 1842.
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VIII. AMos, born Oct. 14, 1790; married Nancy, daughter of Reuben Ward; he died in Boston, Dec. 18, 1830.
IX. TIMOTHY, born April 24, 1792.
x. NATIIAN, born Feb. 22, 1795; married Margaret Bird; died at Isle- an-Haute, Me., October, 1834.
SAMUEL FIFE, son of Deacon Silas, born June 27, 1773; married, 1st, Sept. 6, 1806, Anna, daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Collins) Emerson of Marlborough, born May 27, 1782, and died in Jaffrey, July 28, 1818; married, 2d, April 1, 1819, Sarah Thayer, born in Richmond, Aug. 15, 1776, and died in Elmore, Vt., June 20, 1847. He died in Elmore, Oct. 15, 1851. Children: I, II, III by first wife; IV and v by second wife.
I. ALMOND, born March 4, 1811; married, Jan. 5, 1841, Marinda Peck ; died Sept. 3, 1868.
II. ABBA, born July 5, 1814; married, Jan. 28, 1836, Charlotte Courser ; resides in Iowa.
III. MIRA, born April 19, 1818; married Jason M. Kendrick of Wilming- ton, N. Y .; died April 5, 1848.
IV. EMERSON, born Nov. 13, 1819; died November, 1853, unmarried.
V. SILAS, born April 20, 1825; married, Jan. 1, 1857, Sarah Allen ; resides in Chicago.
JOHN FIFE, son of Deacon Silas, born Feb. 6, 1779; married Sarah Seward, born March 27, 1774; died in Peterborough, Aug. 24, 1858; he died there May 7, 1843.
I. ABIGAIL, born July 29, 1800; married, Oct. 12, 1823, Samuel Strat- ton; resided in Jaffrey.
II. WILLIAM, born Nov. 23, 1803; married, 1st, April 27, 1833, Ruth Gott; married, 2d, Dec. 22, 1847, Sarah Sellers; died at Ells- worth, Me., June 2, 1857.
III. JOHN, born Jan. 31, 1807; married, Nov. 4, 1830, Caroline Stone ; resides in Charlotte, N. Y.
IV. MARY, born June 27, 1808; died 1828, unmarried.
V. ELMIRA, born Aug. 11, 1811; died March 16, 1895.
VI. ELVIRA, born Ang. 11, 1811; died Dec. 8, 1894. Both lived and died in Peterborough, unmarried.
TIMOTHY FIFE, son of Deacon Silas, born April 24, 1782; married, 1821, Mary Jones of Framingham, and located on the farm with his father, and resided there till the death of the latter, when he came into possession of the farm. In 1848, he sold this place to William A.
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Harris, and purchased of George Bemis the farm now owned by John Tatro, where he lived until his death, Dec. 12, 1871. Mrs. Fife died Feb. 10, 1856.
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DANIEL JONES, born Ang. 11, 1823; married, 1st, Sept. 23, 1851, Lony Alzina, born July 8, 1833; died Dee. 1, 1862, daughter of Enoch and Luey (Hodgkins) Garfield; married, 2d, March 24, 1864, Lizzie H., born Jan. 27, 1840, daughter of Jabez, Jr., and Mary Jane (Perkins) Morse. Children: 1. Arthur Frederick, born Feb. 27, 1866; 2. Grace Frances, born April 24, 1872; died Oct. 16, 1884.
II. BETSEY T., born Dec. 24, 1824; married Jacob N. Harrington; died May 29, 1868.
III. SARAH E., born May 23, 1826; married William A. Harris; died July 28, 1897.
IT. MARY M., born Ang. 18, 1827; died Aug. 19, 1847.
V. RACHAEL, born Oct. 30, 1828; married, Jannary, 1862, Joseph Bailey, who died June 26, 1888; died March 14, 1892.
ROBERT FITTS was a native of Rovalston, Mass., and came here in 1809 or 1810 with his widowed mother, and resided several years in the Whipple house. Married, 1825, Tryphena Farrar. He was a mechanic and was represented as being a very ingenious man and given to new inventions. Soon after coming here he built a shop which stood near the old blanket mill, and in this he constructed several machines which were pro- pelled by water. This shop was burned in 1825. He lived here until about 1827, when he went to Mason and afterwards to New Ipswich.
1. ROBERT, lived in Ashburnham.
II. MARY, married - White of New Ipswich.
III. KEZIALI, married - Kenyon; lived in Ashburnham.
IV. SAMUEL, lived in Ashburnham.
V. LUCY, lived with her father.
VI. GEORGIANNA, died in infancy.
FORRISTALL. Jesse and Joseph Forristall, sons of John and Thankful (Jones) Forristall of Holliston, Mass., came to this region in the spring of 1781. Joseph settled on land now within the limits of Troy.
JOSEPH FORRISTALL, born 1758; died April 12, 1848; married, 1778, Hannah, born 1764; died May 2, 1849;
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daughter of Joseph and Mary (Parker) Mellen of Hol- liston, Mass.
BETSEY, born Dec. 31, 1780; married Sammel Hemenway of Fitz- willianı.
II. KEZIAH, born Sept. 17, 1782; married, Feb. 2, 1809, Thomas Gould of Swanzey; died May 11, 1844.
HI. JOHN, born Feb. 23, 1786; married Mary Parker; resided in Win- chendon.
IV. HANNAH, born Sept. 9, 1789; married Samuel Stone of Fitzwilliam ; resided in Swanzey.
v. POLLY, born March 6, 1792; married Rufus Gould; resided in Cavendish, Vt.
VI. JOSEPH MELLEN, born Oct. 18, 1794.
VII. JONAS, born Oct. 18, 1794; married Lucy Blanding; resided in Sutton, Mass.
VIII. DEXTER, born July 22, 1797.
IX. EZRA, born Sept. 20, 1799; married, April 12, 1825, Betsey, daughter of George and Betsey (Lawrence) Starkey; died March 3, 1872; resided in Boston, Mass.
x. BELINDA, born 1802; died Jan. 7, 1808.
XI. ALEXANDER, born 1805; married, Jan. 9, 1831, Mary L., danghter of George and Betsey (Lawrence) Starkey; died at Woodbury,
L. I., June 25, 1847; she died at Chelsea, Mass., July 31, 1875. XII. THOMAS J., born 1807; married Jane Chamberlain ; died Feb. 4, 1850. XIII. SVLVENDER, born 1809; married, 1st, Hannah Knight; 2d, Harriet Gorham; resides in Chelsea, Mass.
JOSEPH M. FORRISTALL, son of Joseph, born Oet. 18, 1794; married, March 9, 1818, Fanny, born Dec. 22, 1797, daughter of Benjamin and Sally (Haskell) Brigham; died Oet. 14, 1864. His wife died April 12, 1889. After his marriage he located on the farm formerly owned by Caleb Wineh, where he resided six years. After this he lived on the Sanders farm two years, then leased the tavern built by Josiah Morse, and kept the public house two years. He resided a short time in the Whipple house, but in 1829, he built the Flint house, now owned by E. F. Adams, and resided there six years. In 1833, he purchased of Asa Porter, the sawmill at the North end, built by Silas Wheeler. At this time there was a high sand bank at the junction of the two roads near the mill, and Mr. Forristall levelled this and built upon its site the house now owned by Leonard Boyce. He was a very
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athletic, industrious man and did much to improve the condition of the town, and enjoyed the full confidence of his fellow citizens. He held many town offices and represented the town in the Legislature for two years.
JOSEPH M. FORRISTALL.
1. CZARINA, born March 18, 1819; married Henry A. Porter.
I !. FRANKLIN BRIGHAM, born Dec. 15, 1821.
III. SAMIRA, born Oct. 31, 1823; married Austin B. Gates; died May 26, 1882.
IV. JOSEPH N., born April 19, 1826.
BENJAMIN BRIGHAM, born May 2, 1830.
ALPHEUS MERRILL, born Jan. 1, 1833.
VII. HENRY M., born Sept. 6, 1835.
VIII. SARAH JANE, born May 18, 1838; died March 30, 1851.
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BENJAMIN B. FORRISTALL, son of Joseph M., born May 2, 1830; married, March 23, 1853, Harriet E. Shannon.
I. EDWIN B., born Ang. 18, 1862; married, Dec. 21, 1886, Elberta G., daughter of George and Nellie (Converse) Brown.
II. FREDERICK G., born Dec. 10, 1868; married, July 8, 1889, Catherine C. Downie of Fitchburg. Children: 1. Fred E. B., born Jan. 18, 1891; 2. Ralph D., born April 14, 1894.
ALPHEUS M. FORRISTALL, son of Joseph M., born Jan. 1, 1833; married, Jan. 1, 1856, Sarah M. Adams; resides in Cliftondale, Mass.
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I. HERBERT M., born Aug. 14, 1859; married, Sept. 30, 1886, Emma J. Radden of Cliftondale.
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II. STEPHEN A. D., born Sept. 10, 1861; married, May 6, 1884, Kath- erine P. Cross of Keene; resides in Cliftondale, Mass .; he is at present superintendent of telegraph of the Boston & Maine rail- road system. One child : Phillip M., born Feb. 19, 1888.
III. ANNA L., born Nov. 9, 1863; died Oct. 12, 1880.
FRANKLIN B. FORRISTALL, son of Joseph M., born Dec. 15, 1821; married, Sept. 15, 1846, Martha Ann, daughter of William and Patty (Haskell) Lawrence; died May 5, 1884. His widow died Oct. 7, 1890.
I. MARIETTA M., born Dec. 12, 1847; married Levi Randall of Keene; died Nov. 21, 1890.
II. HANNAII E., born Jan. 20; died April 3, 1851.
III. SARAH JANE, born April 13, 1852.
IV. GEORGE H., born Sept. 17, 1853.
JOSEPH N. FORRISTALL, son of Joseph M., born April 19, 1826; married, Sept. 10, 1851, Mary Ann, daughter of Abner and Laura (Lawrence) Haskell; died June 1, 1871.
I. WILLARD NOYES, born in Swanzey, Sept. 19, 1865; married, Nov. 15, 1888, Lucretia Marshall of Stamford, Conn .; resides in Hart- ford, Conn. One child: Joseph Marshall, born Aug. 4, 1891.
II. E. VIOLA, adopted daughter; died June 2, 1863, aged eight years. HENRY M. FORRISTALL, son of Joseph M., born Sept. 6, 1835; married, Dec. 25, 1859, Helen M. Ormsby, at Elkhart, Ind. He returned to Troy where he lived until 1862, when he located in Edwardsburgh, Mich., remaining about two years, when he went to Grinnell, Iowa, where he died Jan. 31, 1867. His widow resides at Tecumseh, Mich.
I. LINCOLN M., born in Troy, Oct. 18, 1860; died in Tecumseh, Dee. 31, 1891; mmarried.
II. FANNIE MAY, born in Grinnell, July 3, 1865; died March 4, 1868. FRANCIS FOSTER was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1812; married, March 11, 1835, Susan W. Packard. Mrs. Foster's father, Jonathan Packard, was born in Oakham, Mass., in 1790, and died in 1856. Her paternal grand- father, Caleb Packard, was born in Oakham, in 1764, and died in 1847. Her great-grandfather, Ichabod Packard, was a native of Bridgewater, Mass. Her mother, whose maiden name was Susan Crawford, was a native of Oakham. Her maternal grandfather was
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born in Oakham, her great-grandfather in Rutland, Mass., her great-great-grandfather in Ireland. Her great- great-great-grandfather was a native of Scot- land, where he remain- ed till he married; he then set out for Amer- ica, but the laws were such at that time as to prevent his coming, and consequently he went to Ireland, where his son, the ancestor of Mrs. Foster, was born. The Fosters, it has been said, descended from the re- nowned Miles Standish, but the statement is not authenticated. Calvin Foster, the father of Francis, was born in Dudley, Mass., in 1782, FRANCIS FOSTER. married and resided some time in Worcester, but died in Colebrook in 1830. Calvin Foster's father was a native of Harvard, and died there in 1782. Francis Foster became a citizen of Troy in the early part of 1843, and resided some time in the house afterwards owned by Edwin But- trick. He was a tanner and currier, and carried on the business for several years under the name of Wright & Foster. He sold his interest in 1860, to Leonard Wright and moved to Keene, where he con- tinued in business till within a year of his death. The business was afterwards carried on by his son until a few years since. Mrs. Foster died in Keene, April 13, 1877. Mr. Foster died July 23, 1877.
1. SUSAN MARIA, born Aug. 8, 1836; married, Aug. 20, 1863, James Ruby Sibley of Stafford Springs, Com .; resides in Lynn, Mass. Children: 1. Frederick James Sibley, born Feb. 3, 1866; 2. Charles Ruby Sibley, born March 21, 1869; married, July 29, 1891,
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Georgie May Pierce of Lynn. Children: Edna R., born April 22, 1892; Charles R., Jr., born Nov. 13, 1895; 3. Mary Foster Sibley, born Jan. 13, 1872; married, Oct. 23, 1893, Herbert Grant Morse of Fitchburg; 4. Martha Louise Sibley, born Aug. 2, 1874.
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