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had not been previously attempted in this country. He selected Sanford, Maine, as a suitable location and purchased the entire mill privilege. In October, 1867, he moved to Sanford with his family. Many difficul- ties were at first experienced, for the production of this class of goods required new and complicated machinery, and besides, the English manufacturers, of whom he formerly bought, hearing of his project tried in every way to discourage it; but by means of machinery of his own invention, by superiority of design, color and quality of his robes, he soon estab- lished a foothold and succeeded in driving nearly all of the foreign robes from the American market. Start- ing with but the germ of a plant, development soon followed, due entirely to the brains, energy and skill which were brought to bear upon it, until twelve large mills are now included in the plant, giving many acres of floor space and providing employment for over seven hundred hands. Millions of blankets and robes are turned out each year, and thousands of pieces of furni- ture and car plush. Though accounted one of the shrewdest and most successful of business men, nature endowed him with a kind disposition, and to those whom he finds worthy and deserving of his charity, he is ever ready to extend a helping hand. Few have in a quiet way dispensed more charity, and the poor in the community in which he lives have reason to remember his liberality. Several years ago he resigned his position as president of the Sanford Mills corpora- tion, and sought rest and relaxation in retirement from business, his three sons, Ernest, Louis and George, having proved themselves fully competent to look after his interests and their own as well.
I. Louis, born Sept. 23, 1851.
II. GEORGE, born Sept. 23, 1851.
III. ERNEST M., born Aug. 15, 1853.
IV. IDA MARY, born Aug. 15, 1858; died Oct. 5, 1862.
V. LELA H., born Jan. 23, 1864; died 1869.
ELNATHAN GORHAM, married Eliza, daughter of Nathan Wheeler of Fitchburg, Mass., for his third wife. He
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kept the public house, now the Monadnock Hotel, about 1816; four years later he went to Ohio, where he died Sept. 10, 1824. Mrs. Gorham married Moses Hayden, who was clerk for many years for Squire Farrar. She died Aug. 18, 1863. He had two chil- dren by Eliza.
I. ELIZA W., born in Oakham, Mass., Nov. 14, 1817; married, 1st, June 16, 1849, George Baker of Chelsea, Mass .; married, 2d, Earle Clark.
II. CHARLES, born 1820; died near Panama, 1856.
CHARLES H. GOVE, son of Levi and Olive F. Gove, born in Hartland, Vt., May 19, 1836; married, March 9, 1860, Thankful, daughter of William and Thankful (Sawyer) Sebastian of Swanzey, born Aug. 11, 1834. Came to Troy in 1871. Mrs. Gove died March 26, 1896.
1. WILLIAM S., born June 22, 1861; married, 1st, Oct. 5, 1882, Mabel D., daughter of Lyman W. and Mary Ann (Brockway) Bowker of Fitzwilliam, born July 11, 1860; died Sept. 23, 1883; married, 2d, Nov. 14, 1885, Jennie L. Byron. Children : 1. John Henry, born March 15, 1887; 2. Orrie Maude, born Oct. 14, 1889.
II. MAUDE M., born May 1, 1863; married, Aug. 2, 1881, Walter S. Savory of Boston. Children: 1. Norma B. Savory, born Sept. 20, 1881; died Sept. 2, 1890; 2. Thomas Charles Savory, born March 12, 1883.
III. LEVI, born July 9, 1866; married, Feb. 4, 1897, Mary E. Lynch of Fitzwilliam.
MINOTT W. GREENWOOD is the son of William W. and Sarah (Hardy) Greenwood, and was born in Marl- borough, July 30, 1854; married, June 23, 1878, Ida A. Wallace of Milford, N. H. Mr. Greenwood came to Trov, from Milford, in 1891, in the employ of Troy Blanket Mills. The following year he purchased of J. W. Raymond a lot on the muster field and built his present residence.
I. CLARA BURNS, born Dec. 5, 1879.
II. ELSIE MAY, born Oct. 21, 1886.
BENJAMIN F. GROSVENOR was a native of Pelham and married Mary J. Titcomb of the same town. He was a hatter by trade and came to Troy in 1831, and commenced making hats in the house now owned by Troy Blanket Mills, called the tinshop house. He
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formed a partnership with Edward Tolman, and built the house in 1832, afterward occupied by Thomas Goodall, now owned by C. W. Brown's heirs. The following year he sold his interest to Tolman and went to New Boston, where he resided one year, and then went to Hillsborough Bridge, but returned to Troy in 1836, and resumed the business of hat making. In 1837 he built a shop which stood for some years near what is now the stable belonging to this place, and which was afterwards removed and converted into a dwelling house. He removed from Troy to Dracut, Mass., in 1842, and afterwards to Methuen. He had three children.
I. MARY JANE.
II. HANNAH, A. S. D.
III. JOSEPHINE.
JOHN GRIMES, son of Alexander, born in Keene, Jan. 1, 1819; married, March 12, 1846, Mary Louise, born in Tyre, N. Y., March 10, 1820; died in Troy, July 9, 1859. Mrs. Grimes came to Keene at the age of four years and resided there most of the time until her marriage. Mr. Grimes' father left his native town, Pelham, N. H., with his father, John Grimes, when a boy and located in Keene. He was a grandson of Alexander Graham, who is supposed to have been a Scotch immigrant, and came to this country about the year 1740; and who died in the town of New Boston at the advanced age of one hundred years. Mr. Grimes was for several years station agent for the Cheshire Railroad company.
NICHOLAS GRIMES, born in Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 1, 1831; and came to Troy when about fourteen years of age, and haslived in this vicinity ever since. For many years was employed in the tanneries in Fitzwilliam and Troy. Married, Aug. 25, 1855, Ellen Supple, who was born in Cecilstown, Ireland, March, 1830; died March 26, 1894.
I. MARGARET ELLEN, born Aug. 5, 1856.
II. WILLIAM HENRY, born April 4, 1858; married Mary Ann McGuire of Claremont. Children: 1. Francis Ellen, born April 12, 1883; 2. William Nicholas, born June 15, 1884.
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III. JOIN NICHOLAS, born Sept. 17, 1861.
IV. KATHERINE ELIZABETH, born Sept. 22, 1866; married, June 19, 1895, Thomas J. Winn of Harrisville.
FRANCIS SUPPLE, born Oct. 21, 1868.
OZRO J. HALE was born in Winchendon, Aug. 20, 1841; married, Dec. 9, 1865, Lucy A., daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Thurston) Kendall, born in Swanzey, March 5. 1843. Children born, I, in Winehendon, II, in Rindge, III, IV, VII, in Troy, V, VI, in Royalston.
1. PERLEY A., born Oct. 19, 1866; married, Aug. 20, 1890, Edith M., daughter of D. Warren and Nancy Ann (Piper) Farrar. Children : 1. Dorothy Hazel, born March 24, 1892; 2. Carl Victor, born Feb. 4, 1894.
11. EVA MARY, born Jan. 25, 1869; married, Sept. 28, 1892, Elmer E. Ward; died March 18, 1893. One child, Era Hale Ward, born March 4, 1893.
III. IDA FRANCES, born June 24, 1870; married, Sept. 25, 1895, William R. Gordon Carson. One child, Ina Carson, born March 23, 1896. IV. SUSIE CLARA, born Sept. 5, 1872; married, July 16, 1895, Eldridge N. Dow.
V. JUNIE ETTA, born June 1, 1874; married, Nov. 19, 1894, Elliot L. Baker.
VI. HARRY NORMAN, born Ang. 12, 1875.
VII. FLORENCE MABEL, born Aug. 17, 1883.
JOHN F. HALE, son of John D. and Abigail (Wright) Hale, born in Swanzey, Sept. 5, 1857; married, Sept. 3, 1885, Chloe E., daughter of Nelson W. and Jennie M. (Brooks) Rice.
I. ELMER FRANKLIN, born April 13, 1886.
II. JENNIE ELLA, born Aug. 30, 1887.
III. MELVIN, born Jan. 5, 1890.
IV. LORETTA, born Dee. 31, 1893.
V. EDWIN ELLSWORTH, born March 27, 1896.
EDWARD L. HARDY, born in Harrisville, June 28, 1854; married, April 17, 1878, Adah F., born Sept. 28, 1858, daughter of Alvin B. and Sarah (Bennett) Chase. Came to Troy in 1883, in the employ of E. Buttrick & Co., and later, Troy Blanket Mills, where he has been employed for the last eight or nine years as engineer. He purchased of Joseph W. Raymond a lot on the old "muster field" in 1889 and built his present residence.
1. FLORENCE ANICE, born May 4, 1882.
11. EFFIE ESTELLA, born Aug. 22, 1889.
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HARRINGTON. Robert Harrington, probably the emi- grant ancestor, was one of the early proprietors of Water- town, Mass., where he died May 17, 1707. He married, Oct. 1, 1649, Susannah George, born 1632; died July 6, 1694. They had thirteen children of whom was
Thomas, born April 22, 1665; married, April 1, 1686, Rebecca, daughter of John Bemis and widow of John White; resided in Watertown. They had six children of whom the eldest was
Ebenezer, born June 27, 1687; died 1753; settled in Waltham, Mass., and from thence removed to Framing- ham about 1709; married, Feb. 3, 1708, Hepzibah, daughter of Peter Claves of Framingham. They had nine children of whom the fifth was
Joshua, born Oct. 11, 1718; married, 1st, Jan. 11, 1743, Sarah, daughter of John and Bathsheba (Rugg) Nurse. She died without issue, and he married, 2d, Oct. 3, 1751, Betty (Reed), widow of John Bent of Framing- ham; she died March 18, 1784; he died Nov. 24, 1784. They had four children, John, Sarah, Joshua and Hannah.
JOSHUA HARRINGTON, son of Joshua, born Sept. 13, 1755; married, Nov. 21, 1780, Elizabeth, daughter of Asa and Mary (Newton) Brigham, who died Feb. 15, 1823, aged 66 years; he died Sept. 20, 1834.
I. ANNA, born June 29, 1781; married William Marshall; died Feb. 16, 1857.
II. DANIEL, born Dec. 15, 1782; married, Jan. 24, 1809, Mary, born April 11, 1786, daughter of Jesse and Martha Forristall of Fitz- william; removed to Vermont where he died, and the widow returned to Fitzwilliam, where she died June 23, 1819.
III. BETSEY, born April 18, 1784; married, Jan. 10, 1805, Asa Stowell, son of Abijah; removed to the West.
IV. JOSHUA, born Sept. 29, 1785.
Y. ELIJANI, born April 23, 1787.
VI. SALLY, born June 17, 1789; died Feb. 1, 1800.
VII. POLLY, baptized June 12, 1791; died May 7, 1833, unmarried.
VIII. LYMAN, baptized March 2, 1794; died Feb. 1, 1800.
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JOSHUA HARRINGTON, son of Joshua, born Sept. 29, 1785; married, 1st, June 2, 1808, Nelly Gates of Dublin ; married, 2d, Ruth Hall, sister of his first wife. In 1820, he removed to Alstead and in 1850 from thenee to Pittstown, N. Y.
1. SALLY, born May 6, 1809; died unmarried.
11. LYMAN, born May 5, 1811; married Mary Wilbur, who died Feb. 21, 1873, aged 63; he died Ang. 20, 1866. One child, Nellie Jane, adopted daughter; died April 20, 1861, aged 5.
III. ELEANOR, born May 23, 1813; married Josiah Bridge of Lowell, Massachusetts.
IV. JOSHUA, born Aug. 26, 1815; married R. M. Wright of Winchendon; he died in California, Sept. 4, 1849.
V. LEONARD B., born March 7, 1818; married Eunice Grant of Lyme, New Hampshire.
VI. CHARLES, born May 9, 1820; married Rachael Evans; lived in Ohio. V1l. LUCY ANN, born July 22, 1822; married Nathaniel Adams of Marlow. VIII. GEORGE F., born Jan. 10, 1824; married the widow of his brother Joshua.
IX. MARY JANE, born Ang. 27, 1826; married Stephen Adams.
ELIJAH HARRINGTON, son of Joshua, born April 23, 1787; married, 1st, Feb. 1, 1810, Prudence Newell; she died June 3, 1827, and he married, 2d, Mrs. Tabitha Tol- man. He died May 15, 1870.
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1. NELSON F., born Jan. 4, 1811; died at sea.
II. JOHN, born March 5, 1812; married Emily Capron of Jaffrey.
III. ALONZO BRIGHAM, born April 9, 1815.
IV. DANIEL, born Jan. 20, 1817.
PATTY, born March 31, 1819.
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VI. ELIZABETH, born April 16, 1823; married-Ford of Concord ; died in 1857.
VII. JACOB NEWELL, born Jan. 4, 1827.
VII. ARBEE READ, died Aug. 20, 1833, aged three years.
IX. FRANCES E., died June 22, 1837, aged five years.
ALONZO B. HARRINGTON, son of Elijah, born April 9, 1815; married Betsey, daughter of John and Irene (Newell) Lawrence, In 1857, he bought a part of the Ichabod Shaw farm of Welcome Ballou, and afterwards resided on that place. He died July 9, 1866. After his death the family went to Marlborough to reside.
1. EDWARD, born March 15, 1833; died March 27, 1856; unmarried.
II. CHARLES B., born April 23, 1837; died April 20, 1859; unmarried.
III. ELIZA JANE, born Oet. 13, 1839; died June 13, 1840.
IV. ADLIZA, born June 17, 1841; died July 21, 1842.
V. SARAH A., born Jan. 23, 1843; married Monroe Dickey; resides in Worcester, Mass.
VI. DUANE C., born July 6, 1846; married, March, 1876, Marietta, daughter of Frederiek and Sarah Hannaford of Cape Elizabeth, Me .; resided in Fitchburg; died Dee. 14, 1895.
VII. NOYES G., born Oct. 13, 1848; married, 1877, Ellen L., daughter of Artemas and Lovina (Bemis) Richardson; resides in Worcester, Mass. Children: 1. Anna Lovina, born in Leominster, April 17, 1878; died in Marlborough, July 25, 1878; 2. Charles Brigham, born in Marlborough, Ang. 14, 1879; 3. Noves E., born in Leom- inster, Mareh 24, 1882; died in Troy, Aug. 25, 1882.
VIII. GEORGE, born July 8, 1851; married, Oct. 24, 1883, Adaliza HI. Chase, born in Newport, N. H., Dee. 31, 1849. One child, Marion Irene, born Jan. 13, 1891. Is engaged in trade in Antrim, N. H., under the name of Harrington & Kibhey, general merchandise.
IX. IRENE L., born Oet. 13, 1855; married, Oct. 13, 1880, Rev. Millard F. Hardy; resides in Townshend, Vt.
JACOB N. HARRINGTON, son of Elijah, born Jan. 4, 1827; married, Oet. 25, 1849, Betsey T., daughter of Tino- thy and Mary (Jones) Fife. She died May 29, 1868.
I. ADDIE, born Oct. 23, 1850; died.
II. EDGAR H., born Aug. 5, 1852; married Iris E. Nash. One child, Bertha L., born April 2, 1879.
III. CHARLES, born Dee. 13, 1854.
IV. MARY J., born July 25, 1857; died July 23, 1862.
V. MARTHA M., born Sept. 10, 1859; married - Currier; resides in Andover, N. H.
VI. FRANK W., born Ang. 15, 1861; died in Passaic, N. J., Feb. 22, 1890.
VII. LIZZIE V., born July 3, 1865; died Nov. 15, 1895; burned to death caused by elothing taking fire from a lamp.
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CHRISTOPHER HARRIS was a native of Rhode Island. He spent his minority in the town of Richmond. In 1787, he married a young lady also from Rhode Island, and continued to reside in Richmond until 1796, when he came here and purchased the tavern formerly owned by Jonathan Ball. About 1811, he removed to Rocking- ham, Vt., where died in 1828.
I. POLLY; married Henry Tolman.
II. LUKE.
III. JAMES; married Eunice Foster. He was killed by the cars at the depot in Troy, 1856.
IV. DANIEL, settled in Cortland, N. Y.
OLIVER, settled in Plymouth, Mass.
VI. NANCY; married Barak Coolidge; died in Sterling, Mass.
VII. JOSEPH ; married Mary Wheeler; removed to Michigan.
LUKE HARRIS, son of Christopher, married, 1st, 1812, Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Jones) Whitney . After his marriage he lived with his father a few years and then moved into the Whipple house, where Charles Haskell now lives. Mrs. Harris died in 1816; and he married, 2d, 1817, Betsey Whitney, a sister of his first wife; she died 1858-59; and he married, 3d, July 9, 1861, Hannah Blood of Nelson; he died in Nel- son, Feb. 3, 1872, aged 81 years, 2 months. In 1818, he bought the farm on which Josiah Lawrence first settled, and lived there five and one-half years, then sold LUKE HARRIS. the farm to William Lawrence, and moved into the Thomas Tolman house, now owned by G. H. Aldrich, in 1824. The following year he built for Salmon
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Whittemore the house now owned by E. P. Kimball, and a few years later bought the pail shop built by Moses Curtis, which stood below the old tannery, and commenced making pails. In 1828-29, he bought of Jonathan B. French the house now known as the Winch house, where he lived until 1836, when he sold his pail shop to Charles Coolidge, and his house to Nathan Winch, and moved into the house he built for Whittemore. He bought the Harrington gristmill and water privilege. He took the gristmill down and commenced immediately to build a factory, which was completed the following year, and used to manufacture woolen cloth. The business did not prove successful and he moved to Sterling, Mass., in 1841, where he resided five years, then went to Richmond, where he lived until 1858, when he went to Nelson. Children, I to III, by first marriage, iv to XI, by second marriage. JAMES MADISON, born May 24, 1812; died February, 1816.
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II. MARY ANN, born Oct. 30, 1813; married Jabez Butler.
III. MARTHA, born March 25, 1816; married, June 16, 1844, Heman Kendall, son of Heman and Submit (Tuttle) Kendall of Sterling, Mass .; and died there Ang. 7, 1881. Children: 1. Nathan Henry Kendall, born Sept. 15, 1846; died April 15, 1860; 2. Heman Prentice Kendall, born May 28, 1856; married Grace E. Shattuck of Sterling.
IV. SUSAN, born March 20, 1818; died 1839.
SARAH W., born Oct. 23, 1819; married Isaac W. Holbrook.
V1. NATHAN W., born March 5, 1821.
VII. FERDINAND, born March 28, 1824; died 1825.
VIII. ISABELLA, born March 28, 1824; died 1825.
IX. JOHN W., born Sept. 15, 1828.
x. ISAIAH, born Jan. 13, 1831 ; resides in Missouri.
XI. CAROLINE ELIZABETHI, born Feb. 14, 1833; married Minot R. Phil- lips of Nelson.
STEPHEN HARRIS was the son of Stephen Harris who came from Gloucester, R. I., and settled in Richmond; mar- ried Charlotte, daughter of Jesse Ballou. He was born Sept. 25, 1790; married, 1st, March, 1816, Patty, daughter of Daniel Ball, born March 4, 1793; died Sept. 24, 1852; married, 2d, Sally, widow of Joseph Whitcomb of Swanzey, who died Jan. 7, 1875. He came to Troy in April, 1819, and resided a short time
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with his father-in-law, Daniel Ball. He moved to Swanzey in 1820, residing there for about eighteen years when he returned to Troy. After the death of his first wife he lived in Richmond for a time but finally returned to Troy, where he died July 17, 1861.
I. ELISHIA, born Sept. 29, 1817; died 1846.
II. STEPHEN, born Oct. 24, 1820; married, July 16, 1846, Almira Fuller.
III WILLARD, born June 3, 1823.
IV. WILLIAM A., born Ang. 29, 1825.
V. Lucy, born Feb. 16, 1829; married, June 2, 1852, Welcome Ballon.
VI. LYDIA, born Sept. 9, 1832; married Luther Alexander.
WILLIAM A. HARRIS.
WILLIAM A. HARRIS, son of Stephen, born Aug. 29, 1825; married, Oct. 25, 1849, Sarah E., daughter of Timothy Fife. After his marriage he resided a short time on his
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father's farm, but afterwards purchased and lived for several years on the farm now owned by Arthur J. Edwards, and later purchased the Crosby place in the village, where he lived until his death, July 10, 1885. Mrs. Harris died July 28, 1897.
WILLIAM F., born Sept. 11, 1852; died same day.
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11. FRED A., born May 13. 1856; married, Oct. 2, 1878, Ida E., daughter of James S. and Betsey (Atherton) Bliss, who was born in Whitingham, Vt., Aug. 11, 1858. Children: 1. Bertha AI., born in Jacksonville, Vt., Dee. 16, 1878; 2. Leon A., born in Troy, July 31, 1880; 3. Robert E., born in Keene, April 3, 1889.
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III. WILLIAM H., born Sept. 18, 1857; married, Sept. 23, 1882, Lizzie M., daughter of Asa and Sophronia L. (Gould) Davis of Stod- dard, who was born March, 1838. Children: 1. Lillian .1., born in Sullivan, Dec. 20, 1885: 2. Oscar G., born in Sullivan, June 16, 1895.
IV. AURILLA M., born Oet. 2, 1859.
FRANK S., born March 16, 1862; married, 1st, May 16, 1885, Josie H., daughter of Thomas B. and Fanuie Burns of Fitzwil- liam : married, 2d, Oct. 11, 1893, Addie E., daughter of Zophar and Betsey H. (Culver) Willard of Harrisville, who was born Jan. 1, 1857. One child, Myrtle F., born Aug. 28, 1890.
BENJAMIN F. HARRIS is the son of Joseph Harris of Fitz- william, formerly of Saugus, Mass., where he was born 1838; married, 1st, March 31, 1863, Abbie J., daugh- ter of Nathan and Julia (Martin) Whipple of Fitzwil- liam. Mr. Harris lived for some years on the farm
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now owned by Nahum Green. Mrs. Harris died Octo- ber, 1885, and he married, 2d, May 25, 1887, H. Maria, daughter of Bowman and Cynthia ( Whitcomb) Howe.
I. CORA A., born Jan. 5, 1864; married, Nov. 25, 1884, John M. Farnham of Lancaster, N. II.
II. CHARLES H., born Nov. 10, 1865; married, 1st, May 8, 1888, Olive S. Eaton of Worcester, Mass .; she died Ang. 24, 1892, and he married, 2d, Dee. 17, 1893, Ida Brownhill of Worcester.
III. HERBERT F., born July 28, 1868; died June 14, 1885. Drowned in Bowkerville pond.
IV. MABELLE G., born Oet. 15, 1873; married, Oct. 21, 1891, Fred Clough of Lancaster.
LESTER F., born Sept. 22, 1876.
VI. FLORENCE G., born May 15, 1881.
ABNER HASKELL, a native of Harvard, Mass., came here about 1778, and located near where James Carpenter lives; married, Feb. 21, 1759, Martha, born April 18, 1739; died Feb. 8, 1817, daughter of Phineas and Mary Ward of Marlborough, Mass .; Mr. Haskell died April 4, 1809, aged 73 years.
I. MARTHA, married Joseph Farwell of Lancaster, Mass.
11. JOSEPH.
III. LEVI, born July 20, 1769; died Nov. 22, 1830.
IV. SALLY, married Benjamin Brigham of Fitzwilliam.
JOSEPH HASKELL, son of Abner, came to Marlborough, about the year 1803, and located a little southwest of Monadnock Mountain, on the third New Hampshire turnpike. A stage from Keene to Boston passed over this road daily, Sundays excepted, and Mr. Haskell opened a public house. He also became an extensive landholder. He married, May 10, 1787, Mehitable, baptized, Oct. 14, 1771; died Oct. 29, 1824, daughter of Major John and Deborah (Winch) Farrar; he died Jan. 7, 1825, aged 62, from injuries received by being thrown from his wagon the previous fall.
I. PATTY, born Aug. 26, 1778; died Jan. 5, 1840; married William Lawrence.
II. NANCY, born Aug. 21, 1791; died June 20, 1824; married Josiah Wheeler.
III. JOSEPH, born March 24, 1794.
IV. WILLIAM, born June 28, 1796.
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V. ELEANOR BROWN, born Nov. 13, 1798: married, Jan. 14, 1817, Peter Tarbell of Grafton, Vt .; died 1877.
VI. ABNER, born Mareh 11, 1801.
VII. ALPIIEUS, born July 30, 1804; died Oct. 21, 1805.
VIII. JOHN, born March 19, 1807.
IX. HARRIET, born Nov. 15, 1809; married Alanson Barber.
x. HENRY, born July 20, 1812.
JOSEPH HASKELL, son of Joseph, born March 24, 1794; married, April 2, 1818, Ruth, born Oct. 28, 1796, daughter of David and Esther (Bruce) White, and settled first in Trov. In 1828 he bought his father's farm and tavern stand, and lived in Marlborough till 1845-46, when he returned to Troy, where he died April 18, 1865; his widow died Aug. 21, 1879.
1. MARY ANN, born in Troy, May 21, 1820; died in 1822.
II. ELIZA ANN, born in Troy, Nov. 14, 1822; married Cyrns Thompson ; died Aug. 8, 1896.
III. ELEANOR, born in Troy, Jan. 12, 1824; married, Sept. 28, 1843, George A., son of Abel Nutting, born Feb. 19, 1817; resided in Marlborough; died Dec. 4, 1895. Children: 1. George Henry Nutting, born Nov. 15, 1857; 2. Sarah Jane Nutting, born April 29, 1859; married George Howe: 3. David Wheeler, born Sept. 30, 1862.
IV. MARY, born in Troy, May 21, 1826; married Abel W. Baker.
V. LYMAN, born in Marlborough, Sept. 21, 1828; died March 27, 1829.
VI. HARRIET, born in Marlborough, Nov. 11, 1830; married William Jackson.
VII. JOSEPH, born in Marlborough, Aug. 6, 1832.
VIII. MARIA, born in Marlborough, Aug. 4, 1834; married David Wheeler. SARAH, born in Marlborough, June 12, 1839; married, 1st, June 19,
IX. 1867, Allison G. Howe of Peterborough, who died March 3, 1872; married, 2d, Oct. 19, 1881, Lemuel W. Brown, who died Aug. 30, 1890. One child, Nellie Ada, born in Peterborough, Aug. 28, 1871; died Feb. 18, 1888.
x. LUCY JANE, born in Marlborough, Feb. 9, 1841; married, Oct. 27, 1869, John E., son of Stillman and Eunice (Buttriek) Woodward of Marlborough; resides in Fitchburg. Children: 1. Willie S. Woodward, born March 20, 1874; died Sept. 1, 1878; 2. Gerty May Woodward, born Jan. 25, 1877.
WILLIAM HASKELL, son of Joseph, Senior, married, Oct. 20, 1818, Sarah, daughter of David and Esther (Bruce) White of Fitzwilliam. He resided on the homestead for several years and then came to Troy, where he died Jan. 26, 1841; his widow died in 1892.
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I. EZEKIEL, born Feb. 6, 1820.
11. JOSEPII, born Oct. 16, 1822.
111. ALONZO, born Feb. 16, 1824: married, Sept. 10, 1852, Betsey Mar- shall of Jaffrey.
IV. ALBERT, born March 10, 1826; died Ang. 6, 1846.
V. SARAHI ANN, born Feb. 26, 1830; married, 1st, Corbett Fosgate; he died and she married, 2d, Horace Knapp; resides in Win- chendon.
VI. LYDIA, born March 6, 1832; married, 1st, Addison A. Marshall; mar- ried, 2d, John H. Congdon.
VII. MARY, born June 29, 1834; married Augustus A. Adams; resides in Winchendon.
VIII. CHARLES, born May 14, 1841.
ABNER HASKELL, son of Joseph, Senior, born March 11, 1801; married, May 3, 1823, Laura Lawrence. After his marriage he resided in Marlborough some three or four years, and then came to Troy, where he died Sept. 1, 1847; his widow died
I. ORRICK L., born in Marlborough, Nov. 18, 1825.
II. MARY ANN, born in Troy, Sept. 12, 1829; married, Sept. 10, 1847, Joseph N. Forristall.
III. HENRY A., born in Troy, July 8, 1834; died June 21, 1843.
IV. ELIZEMANN M., born in Troy, Nov. 14, 1838; died Oct. 30, 1840.
ORRICK L. HASKELL, son of Abner, born Nov. 18, 1825; married, March, 1850, Elizabeth W., daughter of Nahum and Mary Ward; resides in South Keene.
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