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California, was killed by the falling of a tree-ch., one ; (2) Lura, m. Ste- phen Fuller of Vershire-ch., two; (3) Loraine, (4) Luella ; 2, Danforth, m. Phila Prescott, residence Vershire-ch., (1) Freeman, m. Charlotte Brown, (2) Francis, (3) Frederic, (4) Ethan ; 3, Joseph, m. Susan Guile, residence Vershire-ch., (1) Ellen ; 4, Rial, m. Dianthe Judd, residence Middlesex, Vt. ; 5, Keyes, m. Orinda Alexander, rem. to Illinois-ch., five; 6, Rufus, m. Lucy West, residence Vershire-ch., (1) Emma P., (2) Cora A .; 7, Selimna, m. Hial Colton of Vershire-ch., (1) Arthur H., (2) Frank. III., David, b. 1788, m. Betsey Gregg who died February 12, 1869 (see John Gregg family)-ch., 1, Hiram, b. 1816, residence Bradford, N. H., m. Polly E. Gove (see Gove family)-ch., (1) George H .; 2, Solon, m. Sabra Thornton (see Thornton family)-ch., (1) John D., (2) Charles E., (3) Harriet M. ; 3, Polly G., m. Joseph P. Cram (see Cram family) ; 4, Clarissa L., m. Barnet F. Warner (see Warner family) ; 5, John, m. Mary A. Warner (see Warner family) ; 6, Harriet N., d. unm. 1848 ; 7, Betsey M., d. unm. 1856. IV., Samuel, the first of the family born in Ac- worth, d. young. V., Joseph, b. 1793, d. 1869, m. Asenath Mitchell (see Mitchell family) residence Chillicothe, Ill .- ch., 1, Almond, d. young ; 2, Helen, m. Edward Wallace, s. in Racine, Wis .; 3, Caroline, m. Ralph Gates, residence Chicago, Ill. ; 4, Sylvester, d. young ; 5, Sarah, d. unm .; 6, Al- mond, m. Rebecca Gleason, residence St. Louis, Mo. ; 7, Sylvester, d. young ; . 8, Sylvanus, d. young; 9, -, d. young ; 10, Volney, d. young ; 11, Judson, m. Madora Grosh, residence Chicago, Ill .; 12, Rollin, residence Chicago ; 13, Sarah C., m. Joseph Thorp, residence in Oswego. VI., Try- phena, m. Oliver Carleton (see Carleton family). VII., Clarissa, m. Joseph F. Carleton (see Carleton family).
EDMUND, PHINEAS, RACHEL, and ANNA BLOOD, were of the second gen. in America ; rem. from Groton, Mass. PHINEAS m. Lois Ingalls, niece of Amos Ingalls, s. in Acworth 1787-ch., I., Cynthia ; II., Charles ; III., Abbie ; IV., Nancy. ANNA m. James Campbell (see Campbell family). RACHEL m. Jonathan Silsby (see Silsby family). EDMUND s. in Acworth 1788, m. first Catharine -,- ch., I., Catherine, m. Amasa Keyes (see Keyes family). II., Josiah S., m. Rhoda Currier-ch., 1, Arnold, b. in Acworth 1799, m. Lo- vina Newton, residence Whitefield-ch., (1) Orange S., m. Wealthy M. Harvey · - ch. two, (2) Lavinia N., m. Horace M. Lindsay-ch. two, (3) Holman D., m. Maria M. Phelps-ch. two, (4) Jared P .; 2, Varnum, b. in Acworth 1803, residence Whitefield, m. Lydia Kenney-ch., (1) George, m. Rosanna Holmes-ch. three ; (2) Hannah, m. Albert Nurse, (3) Caroline, m. Ovid Moore-ch. three ; 3, Sylvia, b. in Acworth 1805, residence Michigan, m. Ebenezer Cudworth-ch., (1) John, (2) Otis, d. in the army, (3) Mary, (4) Josephine, (5) Amelia H .; 4, Laura, b. 1807, residence Montpelier, m. Joseph Pearson-ch., (1) Joseph, and one d. young ; 5, Leonard, b. 1810, residence Whitefield, m. Mary Jessamine-ch., (1) Charles, (2) Louisa, (3) Ira ; 6, Lial, b. 1812, residence Whitefield, m. - Eastman-ch., (1) Jo-
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siah S., m. Jennie Russell, (2) Charles C., d. unm., (3) Almira L., m. Pat- rick Shallow, (4) Mary Ann; 7, Rosanna, b. 1815, residence Woodbury, Vt., m. Michael Jackson-ch., (1) Theresa, (2) Weston ; 8, Corono, b. in Acworth 1818, m. Samuel Jackson-ch., (1) Ann, m. Henry Dodge ; 9, Mindwell, residence Lancaster, m. Joseph Colby-ch., (1) Albert, (2) Frank, (3) Cyrus, (4) Lucinda, (5) Emily, (6) Laura A .; 10, Royal, residence Lunenburg, m. Lucy A. Heath-ch., (1) Hazen, (2) Clement, (3) Florence, (4) Helen, (5) Burton E., (6) Isabell, (7) Ervin. III., Anna, m. Abner Currier of Unity-ch., 1, Lurena, m. Joseph Way of Lemp_ ster-ch., (1) George W., (2) Mary A .; 2, Relief, d. unm .; 3, Sabra, d. unm. ; 4 Lewman, d. unm .; 5, Orphah, m. Lewis Neal of Claremont-ch., (1) Ransom M., m. Julia R. Bailey, d. in war, (2) Laura L., d. unm .; 6, Nathan B., m. Louisa Janes-ch., (1) Sarah A., (2) George W., (3) John S., (4) Abbie R., (5) Almira J., (6) Nathan J., (7) Hattie, (8) Florą T., (9) Charles P .; 7, Lorinda, m. Ransom Severns (see Severns family) ; 8, Ursula A., m. David Metcalf of East Boston-ch., (1) Frank ; 9, Pascal W., d. unm .; 10, Louisa I., m. Samuel L. Pike of Newport, who d. in war -ch., (1) Charles C., (2) Ellen. IV., Simon, rem. to Thomastown, Me. V., Samuel, m. Emily Monroe, residence Stoddard-ch., 1, Mary ; 2, Lucy ; 3, Lomelia ; 4, Nathan M. ; 5, Benjamin F. ; 6, Edmund ; 7, Mary L .; 8, Samuel. VI., Edmond, m. Lois Woodbury (see Woodbury family), rem. to Ashtabula, Ohio. VII., Nathan, m. Sally Woodbury, (see Woodbury family), rem. to Ashtabula County, Ohio. VIII., Rachel, m. Dan Foster, residence Lempster.
LEMUEL BLOOD of Pepperell Mass., five years a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War, and in many hard fought battles, s. in Acworth 1812, m. Lucy Hale of Dunstable, Mass .- ch., I., Lucy, m. Mark Peasley of Goshen-ch., 1, Daniel, m. Betsey Jeffts of Stoddard, residence Acworth, a few years ; 2, Reuben ; 3, William ; 4, Noah ; 5, Lucy ; 6, Aaron; 7, Almon ; 8, Maria. II., Sally, m. - Guernsey of Dummerston, Vt .- ch., 1, Joseph H. G. W. ; 2, Sally. III., Lemuel, d. young. IV., Amy, m. - Guernsey of Dum- merston-ch., 1, Hannah ; 2, David; 3, Joseph ; 4, Jerusha. V., Polly, m. Isaac W. Whitney (see Whitney family). VI., Freeman, m. Sophrona Howe of Alstead-ch., 1, Samuel. VII., Sewell, rem. to New York. VIII., Faxon, m. Alzina Black, s. in Tecumseh, Mich. IX., Esther, m. Benjamin Williams (see Williams family). X., Elijah, rem. to Bradford, Vt., m. Louisa Heath-ch., 1, David ; 2, Sarah. XI., Jonas H., m. Hopewell Thayer (see Philo Thayer family), rem. to Langdon, N. H., and was killed in the raising of the Congregational meeting-house in that place, in 1841- ch., 1, Lovell ; 2, Althea ; 3, Lafayette ; 4, Eliza ; 5, Martha ; 6, Milton. XII., Philinda, m. Leonard Whitney (see Whitney family). XIII., Lemuel, m. Betsey Brooks of Alstead. XIV., Noah, d. young.
JAMES BOWERS, a native of Hancock, was of the fourth generation in this country ; grandfather, Jerathmeel Bowers of Leominster, Mass .; father,
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John Bowers of Hancock. JAMES BOWERS m. Nancy Symonds of Hancock, 1816, s. in Acworth 1821, d. November, 1858-ch., I., Nancy Symonds, m. Jacob Proctor of Lunenburg, Mass .- ch., 1, James Edmund ; 2 Anna E. II., Pamelia. III., Maria, m. John Merrill of Boston-ch., 1, Helen M. IV., Lucinda, m. Henry J. Oliver of Boston. V., James L., d. unm., 1849. VI., Joseph Symonds, m. Mary L. Mitehell (see Mitchell family) -ch., 1, Flora E .; 2, Charles D .; 3, Elbron I. VII., Luke Shepherd, m. Thankful M. Newell, studied law with Asa Fowler of Concord ; practices in Newport ; register of probate for Sullivan County since 1861. VIII., Elizabeth Hannah, d. young. IX., Mary Elizabeth, m. James A. Wood (see Wood family). X., Sarah Jane.
JASON H. BOYNTON, son of Francis of Maine, s. in Aeworth in 1846, m. first Emily L. Houston (see Houston family)-ch., I., Emily Z., m. Luther F. Marks, residence Gilsum ; m. second Hannah W. Campbell-ch., II., Adel- bert J., d. unm. III., Ira H. IV., Avaline J. V., Nelson A. VI., Frank L.
FREEMAN C. BRACKETT of Marlow, s. in Acworth in 1865, m. Sarah M. A. Duncan, who d. in 1868 (see Duncan family)-ch., I., Annie L.
JOSEPH BRACKETT, a native of Peterborough, s. in Acworth 1860, m. Lu- cretia L. Hunt-eh., I., Charles A .; II., Laura L.
CAPT. SAMUEL BRADFORD served through the whole Revolutionary War, s. in Aeworth in 1805, m. Elizabeth Herriek, d. aged 80-ch., three, Mrs. Judge Cummings of Batavia, N. Y., Mrs. Samuel Jones of Boston, and Au- gustus ; Augustus m. Irene Davidson (see Davidson family)-ch., 1, John D., m. Rachel I. Dyke (see Symonds family), residence Madison, Wis .- ch., (1) Eleanora A., m. W. Pollard-ch., [1] Flora A .; (2) Harriet E .; (3) Oscar M., killed at the battle of Gettysburg; (4) Rouzillyan K. J., wounded at Gettysburg, and d. 1863 ; (5) Clarissa A., (6) Sylvo Don F., (7) Benjamin F., (8) George W., d., (9) Carrie I., (10) Charlie D .; 2, Fannie C., m. Samuel Veasey of Claremont ; 3, Ira, d .; 4, Mary W., m. Ezekiel Woodward ; 5, Samuel D., d. in the army ; 6, Orin ; 7, Hosea J., m. Marion C. Dyer ; 8, Granville, m. Mary Berry-ch., two; 9, Oliver ; 10, Martha J., m. Edward Graves of Charlestown ; 11, Harriet E., d .; 12, Charles A., m. Delia Ward of Chicago.
ALBA M. BRAGG, son of Roswell and Rachel Bragg, was born in Bran- don, Vt .; came from Alstead to Acworth in 1866, m. Susan D. Allen of Surrey-ch., I., Susan D. ; II., Daniel A .; III., Mary J .; IV., Emily M. ; V., Marshall F .; VI., Alma E .; VII., Nellie E.
GILMAN BREED came from Lempster to Acworth in 1853, m. Abigail Webster-ch., I., Charles W. ; II., Nellie ; III., George N.
WALTER BREED, of Unity, m. first Theda Bailey (see Bailey family)- ch., I., Mary J. ; II., Philinda A .; m. second Mahala J. Putney, d. 1857. His widow rem. to Aeworth in 1863-ch. III., George H .; IV., Charles W., m. Maria Green-ch., 1, Rodney F. V., Elijah R. H .; VI., Maria H .; VII., S. Annette ; VIII., Leonard E.
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JOHN BRIGHAM was of the fifth gen. in America ; fourth gen., Stephen ; third gen., Jedediah ; second gen., Samuel ; first gen., Thomas, who em- barked at London for New England in 1635, supposed to be of gentle blood. There is a parish called Brigham (Bridge house) from the number of bridges in it, in the north of England, where the family originated. JOHN m. Lydia Howe of Princeton (relative of the Acworth Howes), s. in Acworth in 1805 -ch., I., Joel, d. young, II., Rufus, b. 1791 d. 1867, m. Elizabeth Dun- can (see Duncan family)-ch., 1, Harvey, m. Mary L. Ulwich, residence Pana, Ill. ; 2, Elizabeth A., m. Daniel Ryder (see Ryder family) ; 3, Ma- rinda, d. young ; 4, Martha L., m. David Anderson (sce Anderson family). III., John, m. Mrs. Eunice H. Clark, residence Worcester, Vt .- ch., 1, Lydia, m. - Iddo-ch., (1) Eunice, (2) Mary ; 2, Susan ; 3, George W .; 4, Silas H .; 5, Marshall. IV., Lucy, m. Jared Beckwith (see Beck- with family). V., Polly, m. Samuel Mckean (see Mckean family). VI., Matilda, m. Martin Mason (see Mason family). VII., Silas, m. Sarah Manchester, residence Rhode Island-ch., 1, Sarah E .; 2, Charles W .; 3, Beniah W .; 4, Henry W. R. VIII., Lydia, m. Henry McClure (see Mc- Clure family). IX., Betsey, m. Almon Wetherbee-ch., 1, Mary M .; 2, Angeline ; 3, Lydia M. JOHN BRIGHAM, nephew of JOHN BRIGHAM above mentioned, m. Mary M. Moore (see Moore family), s. in Acworth, and rem. to Keesville, N. Y .- ch., I., William M., residence Milwaukee, Wis .- ch., I., Charles R. II., Mary G., d. young. III., Mary C., m. Isaac G. Good- rich, residence Illinois. IV., Lucy E., d. 1849. V., Martha A., m. Wil- liam Hazelton-ch., 1, William B .; 2, Frances S. VI., Justinian H. VII., Sarah E., m. Ezekiel Cutter, Esq., residence Iowa-ch., 1, John F .; 2, Mary B. VIII., Martha M.
DR. LYMAN BROOKS, a native of Alstead, m. Mary G. Graham, came to Acworth in 1826, (see notice of him in Mr. Breed's response)-ch., I., William Erskine. II., Mary G., m. Isaac Woodbury (see Woodbury family). III., Lyman J., graduated at the law school in Albany, commenced practice in Claremont in company with Ira Colby, Jr. ; is now Clerk of the Court of Sullivan County. IV., George B., graduated at Dartmouth College, 1860 ; taught the Institute at Northfield, Vt., until March, 1861 ; Superintendent of Public Schools, Gloucester, Mass., until July, 1862; in the same position at Beloit, Wis., two years ; read law with Lester & Pond, Saratoga Springs, attending in the meantime the law school at Albany, N. Y .; now practising law at East Saginaw, Mich. ; m. Abbie D. Mansfield. V., Josephine L., m. A. S. Findley (see Findley family). VI., N. Grout, read medicine with his father ; studied at Dartmouth Medical College ; graduated at Albany Medical College in 1861 ; appointed Surgeon in the Sixteenth Regiment of Vermont Volunteers ; after the discharg ^ the regiment appointed Assistant Sur- geon in the U. S. General Hospital a .. 'ahoro, Vt .; is now practising medicine in Acworth. VII., Ellen, d. young. .II., John G., d. young. IX., Rollo H., d. young.
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CHAPIN K. BROOKS, brother of Dr. Brooks, s. in Acworth 1844, m. first Pamelia Graham (see Graham family)-ch., I., Sarah Ann, m. Hiram Hay- wood (see Haywood family). II., Jane, m. Freeman Haywood (see Hay- wood family). III., William. IV., John G. V., Henry A. Mr. BROOKS m. second Sarah A. Murdough (see Murdough family).
AARON BROWN, whose father was an officer in the Revolutionary army, m. Polly Gates-ch., I., Aaron, m. Eadey Watts (see Watts family)-ch., 1, Eadie D., m. Capt. George Stevens of Marlow; 2, Mary M., m. Amos Fletcher of Hollis ; 3, Isaac, m. Frances L. Bundy, s. in Surry-ch., (1) George B., (2) Charles H., (3) Mary, (4) Frederic ; 4, Samuel, d. unm .; 5, Martha M., m. Samuel C. Savory of Alstead-ch., (1) Eugene J., (2) George L., (3) Emily D .; 6, John C., m. Jennette Snow, residence Wal- pole-ch., (1) Angibelle, d. young, (2) Annette, (3) Orr W .; 7, George R., practising law in Newport; read law with Edmund Burke ; studied at Tufts College ; 8, Maria L., m. Moses Moulton (see Moulton family) ; 9, James H. ; 10, Emily A. II., Polly, m. Alden Gee of Marlow-ch., 1, Polly. R., d. young; 2, Harriet A .; 3, Lucinda, d. young ; 4, Lucinda ; 5, Allie M. ; 6, Betsey M .; 7, Nathan ; 8, Marinda ; 9, Elsie; 10, Dustin A. ; 11, Mary F. III., Isaac, m. first Mary Newton (see Newton family) -ch., 1, Coolidge N., residence California. III., Isaac, m. second Sarah A. Bliss-ch., 2, Charles N. ; 3, Sylvester ; 4, Mary.
FRANCIS and GARDINER BROWN were of the seventh gen. in America, Francis of Marlow being the sixth, b. 1755 ; Jonathan of Watertown, fifth, b. 1724; Jonathan of Watertown, fourth, b. 1694; Abraham of Water- town, third, b. 1679 ; Jonathan of Watertown, second, b. 1635; and Abra- ham Browne, the first, was a surveyor, and the first settler in Watertown ; came from Bury St. Edmunds about 1630. FRANCIS S. in Acworth in 1818; m. Lucinda Alexander (see Alexander family)-ch., I., Naucy, m. Horace Mason (see Mason family). II., Marinda, m. Frederic Grout (see Grout family). III., Calvin A., m. Nancy Davis-ch., 1, Edward Payson ; 2, Lucinda ; 3, Martba. IV., Lorin, m. Eveline Knowles-ch., 1, Francis ; 2, George ; 3, Frederic. V., Selic Osborne, m. Maria Whipple-ch., 1, Harriet ; 2, Mary Ella. VI., Lucinda, d. unm. VII., Lois, m. George Houston (sce Houston family). VIII., Guilford Dudley, m. Mary E. Fisher-ch., 1, Guilford Dudley ; 2, Mary Adelaide ; 3, Edmund Janes ; 4, Henry Eddie. GARDINER S. in Acworth, m. Lucinda Prescott-ch., I., Francis G., m. and residence Boston. II., Martha P., m. Charles Robin- son (see Robinson family).
JUBAL BUCK of Reading, Vt., s. in Acworth in 1862, m. Candace Jones -ch., I., Anna E. ; II., Anise L. ; III., Jonathan B. ; IV., Rollo J.
JOHN BUCKMINSTER, a native of Francestown, s. in Acworth 1850, m. first Elvira Beckwith, m. second Miriam Miller-ch., I., William A., d. unm. II., Henry M., d. in army. III., Clara E., d. unm. IV., John C. ORNA B. BURNHAM of Hillsborough, m. Mary M. Gould, (scc Symonds
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family), s. in Acworth 1845-ch., I., Henry F., m. Jennie A. Kennedy (see Kennedy family). II., John M., d. young. III., Mary L.
DAVID Buss, son of David, native of Marlborough, and Anna Jones of Dublin, m. Abigail C. Mack, daughter of Jonathan Mack of Charlestown, came from Marlow to Acworth in 1835.
RODNEY Buss, of Wilton, s. in Acworth in 1841, m. A. Huntley-ch., I., George W. FRANCIS Buss, brother of Rodney, s. in Acworth in 1841, m. Mary F Butler-ch., I., Henry T. ] II., John W. III., Ezra A. IV., Elma A. (Last two are twins.)
MRS. JOHN BUSWELL, a native of Goffstown, m. her second husband, Wil- liam Addison, and brought her family by her first husband to this town in 1806, consisting of I., Ebenezer, m. Jane Kemp-ch., 1, Ermina J., m. Jo- seph Beckwith-ch., (1) Edward S., m. - - - , had one child ; 2, Abraham, d. young ; 3, Aurilla B., d. unm. ; 4, Judith H., m. Robert Kennedy (see Kennedy family) ; 5, George M., residence East Elmore, Vt., m. Laura Cooper-ch., (1) Charles F., (2) Lillie ; 6, Horace, m. Mrs. Lou- isa (Symonds) Richardson (see Symonds family)-ch., (1) Cordelia A., (2) Elbridge, (3) Clara, (4) Lyman ; 7, Lyman, m. Cornelia Slader-ch., (1) Eva E., (2) Albert E., (3) Nellie M., (+) Lillie, (5) Alma, (6) Edward, (7) Nannie ; 8, Daniel, m. Alzira Currier-ch., (1) Clarence L., (2) Lizzie I., (3) -; 9, Hiram P., m. first Marietta Thompson, residence Haukly, Vernon County, Wis., m. second Josephine Bemis ; 10, Abraham, m. Mary Caulkins, residence Nashua, Iowa-ch., (1) Jennie, d. young, (2) Roland, (3) Clinton ; 11, Betsey, m. J. Milton Mears of Peterborough-ch., (1) Ellie E., (2) George, (3) Frank ; 12, Nancy A., m. Hosea Proctor of Stod- dard-ch., (1) Herbert L., (2) Edgar W., (3) Willie E. II., Joseph, m. Rebecca Hoag, residence Goffstown-ch., 1, Mary A., m. W. H. W. Ball -ch., (1) Clarabell ; 2, Thomas B., m. Harriet Eveleth-ch., (1) Emma ; 3, Pamelia, m. first William B. Cook-ch., (1) William H., (2) Mary L., d. young ; 3, Pamelia m. second James M. Reed (see Reed family). III., John, m. Desire Polly (see Polly family)-ch., 1, Nancy, m. Daniel W. Thompson ; 2, Orlando, m. first Betsey Pierce-ch., (1) Ella L. ; m. second Martha Wilson ; m. third Elizabeth Prescott, residence Hooksett ; 3, Amos, m. Julia A. Reed (see Reed family) ; 4, Gardi m. Abbie Caswell, resi- dence Vermont-ch., (1) Ada, (2) Freddie ; 5, Mary, a. Dexter Pierce of East Jaffrey-ch., (1) J. Minot, (2) Lorin D., (3) Willie, (4) Dora F., (5) Jessie, (6) Austin, (7) Myron ; 6, Sarah, m. Solon Anderson of Unity (see Ingalls family) ; 7, Martin Van B., m. Hattie Peacock, residence Minnesota -- ch., (1) William H., (2) Sarah A. IV., Nancy, m. Benjamin Kemp (see Kemp family). V., James, m. Mary Lakin-ch., 1, Solon, d. unm. ; 2, Nancy J., m. John W. Wheeler (see Wheeler family) ; 3, Emeline, m. Oshea Lincoln, residence Charlestown, Mass .- ch., (1) George, (2) Arthur ; 4, Desire, d. unm. ; 5, Joseph ; 6, Sarah A., m. David Richards, residence Charlestown-ch., (1) Albert II., (2) Emma T., (3) Stella M. ; 7, Hannah,
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m. Curtis R. Spaulding, residence Lunenburg, Vt .- ch., (1) Alice, (2) Fred- eric, (3) Charles, (4) Jennie, (5) Nellie, (6) Oliver ; 8, John F., m. Lydia Peasley ; 9, Mary A.
BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD m. Polly Hackleton about 1803-ch., I., Polly, m. Joel Newton (see Newton family). II., Nancy, m. Samuel Griffin (see Griffin family). III., Docia, m. Ezra Miner (see Miner family). IV., Shu- bel. V., Benjamin. VI., Coolidge, rem. to Walpole.
Daniel Campbell (a lineal descendant of John Campbell, Duke of Ar- gyle), b. in Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1660; was an officer in the army of William the Third, and was in the battle of " Boyne Waters." At the close of that war he settled in the north of Ireland. Among his children were Henry, b. in 1697, m. Martha Black, and sailed with his wife and five sons to America in 1733. These sons were William, Samuel, James, John, and Henry. Another son, Daniel, was b. in America, who lived in Amherst to the advanced age of 100 years. All these sons, except, James, had families. The father d. in 1785, aged 88 years. Of these six sons, William, Samuel, and Henry have descendants in Acworth. Of William's five sons, James, David, and Daniel were soldiers in the Continental army. After their dis- charge, James and Daniel s. in Acworth. James was discharged on account of sickness, having been brought to the point of death by small-pox and camp fever. He was a weaver, a common occupation of the men among the Scotch-Irish of that day. His warm coverlets are still remembered by the oldest.
JAMES CAMPBELL, m. first Anna Blood (see Blood family) in 1779-ch., I., William, d. in Barnet, Vt., 1809. II., Molly, m. Eliphalet Currier (see Currier family). III., Amos, m. first Martha, daughter of David Campbell of Windham-ch., 1, Eliza, m. Rev. William S. Lewis of Oberlin, Ohio; 2, Harriet, m. Newton Gage (see Gage family); 3, William. III., Amos, m. second Polly Ingalls, daughter of Amos Ingalls (see Ingalls family). IV., Anna, m. John Buel of Newport, d. in Norwich, Vt. V., Betsey, m. Jesse Thornton (see Thornton family). VI., Sally., d. unm. in 1819. VII., Sophia, m. Samuel Newman of Washington-ch., 1, Nancy Jane, m. Rev. Lorenzo Draper of Claremont. VIII., Minda, d. young. IX., David, m. Sylvia Taylor of Washington-ch., I., Moses D., m. Paulina Whittemore-ch., (1) Ella, b. 1847, (2) Hattie, (3) Charles, (4) Julian, (5) Sylvia, (6) Edith; 2, Miranda, d. young; 3, Miranda S .; 4, Leander V. E .; 5, an infant son ; 6, George; 7, James, m. Caroline St. John-ch., (1) Samuel St. J., (2) William D., (3) James; 8, an infant; 9, George Thompson, served three years in army in late war, m. Martha Whittemore ; 10, Mary M. ; 11, Emma C. Six of these children d. in childhood. Three of the sons were pioneer settlers in Wright County, Minnesota. IX., Da- vid, m. second Nancy Parker. JAMES CAMPBELL m. second Mrs. Anna Nurse, the mother of Mrs. William McClure and Mrs. William Jackson- ch., X., Mindia, m. Asa D. Moore (see Moore family).
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DANIEL CAMPBELL, brother of JAMES, m. first Jane Wallace (see Wal- lace family), s. in Acworth, 1785-ch., I., Henry, went through Dartmouth College but did not graduate for reasons entirely honorable to himself, rem. to the West. II., May, m. Luther Stuart of Berlin, Vt. Of her a friend writes : "Mrs. Stuart was in some respeets a remarkable woman, singularly well-read for her opportunities in English literature and especially in the whole range of English poets." She was "wonderfully sympathetic, af- fectionate, and magnetie in her influence upon others." Her children were, 1, Henry L., read law with Hon. A. L. Baker of Buffalo, N. Y .; studied medicine with Dr. Hatch of Fort Ann, N. Y .; from 1837 to 1840 a eivil engineer in Michigan ; has resided in New York City sinee 1844, where he has been interested in the development of various appliances of inventive mechanics, and associated with various reformatory movements in the city. " His varied pursuits have brought him into contact with most of the lead- ing thinkers and workers of the metropolis. He has long been known as perhaps the most trusted personal friend of Horace Greeley." In 1856 he m. Maria L. Stoddard of Hudson, N. Y .; 2, Volney H., has been twice m., and has a large family of children ; 3, Carlos D., for four years chief editor of the New York Sun ; for two years published a daily paper of his own ealled "The New Yorker." He published in his boyhood a book of poems entitled "Ianthe and other poems." In his " Recollections of a Busy Life," Horaee Greeley writes of him: "Of those I knew and loved in youth the majority have already erossed the dark river, and I will not impose even their names upon an unsympathizing world. Among them is . . . . a young poet of promise, who was slowly yielding to consumption, when the tidings of our Bull Run disaster snapped short his thread of life." He left a wife and daughter, res. Long Island; 4, Caroline J., m. Walter Hewitt. She assisted her brother Henry in the organization of the Woman's Hospital in New York ; 5, Mary E., m. James Corning, res. Troy; 6, John R., res. Irvington, N. Y. ; 7, Rosamond C., m. - Nourse of New York, Agri- cultural Implement Manufacturer. III., John. IV., Seth. V., Charlotte, m. Sylyester Deming-eh., 1, Seth; 2, Nancy Jane, m. William Balloch- eh., (1) Ellen T., (2) Emily A., (3) William W., (4) Mary L. VI., Nancy W., m. John Davis-ch., 1, Louis; 2, Orzro; 3, Oscar. DANIEL CAMP- BELL m. second, Ann Houston of Bedford-eh., VII., Jane, d. young. VIII., Susannah H., m. T. M. Diekey (see Diekey family). IX., Thomas J., m. Naomi Terry of Whitefield, Me .- eh., 1, Daniel; 2, Mary T .; 3, Laura A .; 4, John E .; 5, Amanda; 6, Emma; 7, Cora. X., Joseph, d. young. XI., William, m. Naney Nash of Gilsum, d. in St. Joseph, Mo., 1851-ch., 1, Adoniram J .; 2, Rosalba T.
ISAAC CAMPBELL, (son of Samuel, the second brother whose descendants eame to Aeworth,) was b. in Windham, 1766, s. in Acworth about 1794, m. Nancy Miller of Bedford in 1795-eh., I., Mathew M., m. Olive C. Moody, 1816-ch., 1, Wilson, m. Mary J. Alleoek, res. Charlestown-ch.,
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(1) Charles W., (2) Fred, and four others; 2, Abel, m. first Lizzie Page, m. second Rachel Witham, res. Lowell-ch., (1) Claude; 3. Nancy, m. Jacob Boyce, res. Providence, R. I .- ch., (1) Ellen, and four others; 4, Mary, m. Hiram Bean, res. Boston-ch., (1) Alice; 5, Sarah J., res. Low- ell. II., Henry, m. Amira Abel, 1822 (see Abel family)-ch., 1, Emily, m. first William Lewis, res. Nashua-ch., (1) Ellen, m. George McDuffie (sec McDuffie family) ; 1, Emily, m. second Haynes Batchelor of Nashua --- ch., (2) Laura; 2, Julia, m. Joseph Tasker, res. Nashua-ch., (1) George ; 3, Laura ; 4, Maria, m. George Porter of Nashua; 5, Mary Jane, m. John Clark (see Clark family); 6, Henry, d. young. III., Horace, m. Sarah Grout in 1825 (see Grout family)-ch., 1, Mary G., m. Charles B. Cummings (see Cummings family) ; 2, Sarah A., m. Henry Silsby (see Silsby family) ; 3, Nancy, m. Rev. Chester Dingman ; 4, Freeman H., m. Mariette Grout (see Grout family)-ch., (1) Amy D .; 5, Sylvester, m. Maria Manson, d. in a military hospital in Louisiana, Assistant Surgeon in the Sixteenth New Hamp- shire Regiment (see Dr. A. R. Cummings' response); 6, Ebenezer G. IV., Mary M., m. first Joseph Barney (see Barney family), m. second Abel Bai- ley (see Bailey family). V., Isaac, m. Dorcas Glendenning, 1832, m. sec- ond Mrs. Rhoda (Emery) Steele. VI., Nancy, m. John G. Paige (see Paige family). VII., Sarah, m. Zia Peck (sec Peck family). ISAAC CAMPBELL m. second Fannie Chatterton (see Chatterton family), m. third Mrs. Susan. na Hall.
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