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ARTICLE 2nd. The board of Trustees shall consist of not more than five nor less than three persons, whose duty it shall be to take care of the parish meeting house and see that the same be kept in good order and repair ; to appoint a sexton, and discharge him at discretion; to as- sess and apportion among the members of said parish each sum of mon- ey raised by the parish; to appoint and impower some person to collect said taxes, and pay the same to the Treasurer of said parish ; and, gen- erally, superintend all the concerns of the parish ; and they shall keep a true and full record of all these proceedings in a book provided for that purpose, and shall, each of them, be sworn to the faithful discharge
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of the duty of their office ; a majority of said Trustees shall be a quo- rum for transacting business.
ARTICLE 3d. All monies raised, or otherwise necessary to the parish, shall, when collected, be paid to the Treasurer, and be, by him, paid out when requested, either by vote of the parish or order of the Trustees. The Treasurer shall give bond to the parish, with one or more securities, to the approbation of the Trustees, in the full sum of one thousand dol- lars, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. He shall al- so keep in a book, provided for that purpose, fair entries of all sums by him received and advanced for the use of the parish.
ARTICLE 4th. The clerk shall record all the proceedings of the par- ish in a book for that purpose to be provided. He shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.
ARTICLE 5th. Meetings of the parish may, at any time, be called by the Trustees ; notice of the time and place and of the business to be act- ed upon being posted at the front door of the said parish meeting house, at least fifteen days prior to the time of holding such meeting or meetings ; or meetings may be called by seven members and freeholders of said parish making application, in writing, to the Clerk of the parish, and notice being as before mentioned."
The following persons were chosen the first Trustees of this society, viz .- Moses Wheeler, Joseph Farwell and Joseph Willson. The first tax-bill of the society contained eighty-one names, and the total amount raised was $ 151.88. It does not appear that there was any church in connection with which this money was expended ; but it was probably laid out by the Committee in such a manner as to satisfy as well as they could the denominational feelings of the parish. There were, in addi- tion to the Congregationalists, at that time, in the parish, Episcopalians, Methodists, Baptists and a considerable number of Universalists; also some who thought preaching of any kind not worth the money which they had to pay for it. I have not been able to find any record of the manner in which the money was expended : but it is evident that the parish were not so much profited as to make their religious charities abound for the following year, inasmuch, as the amount raised in 1811 was only $ 22.20. This was paid by seventy-six individuals. Thus the in- habitants of the North Parish could almost feel that their religious priv- ileges, such as they were, were without money and without price. Only two persons, Jonathan Grout and Joseph Farwell, paid a tax of over one dollar. Twenty-four others paid a tax of less than ten cents each. The smallest tax paid was three cents. Joseph Willson, Shubael Gris-
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wold and Alpheus Nichols were the Trustees of the parish. This year William Hamlin, Josiah Hart, Wise Grinnel and Timothy Putnam, Jr. asked to be released from the payment of their taxes, and it appears that their request was granted. They probably paid their taxes at the South Parish.
The following disposal was made of the money raised : Jonas Lynds and Alpheus Nichols, for service (the particulars not specified) were paid $ 6.41; Jonathan Grout, for service as collector was paid $ 2.00 ; Charles Westcott, Clerk, 75 cts .; Moses Wheeler, Trustee, $ 2.50; Rob- ert Rand, Treasurer, $ 1.70 ; Timothy Carleton, as Clerk, $ 1.75; Joseph Willson, Trustee, $ 7.75. Thus the expenses of the parish, without any preaching, were a trifle over the amount of money raised.
January 29th, 1812, the society or parish raised $ 25.28. September, the same year, they also raised $ 88.23. February, 1813, $ 36.27 were raised. They made no further tax till August, 1815, when $ 135.00 were raised. From this money $ 21.00 was paid to Mr. Scales for preach- ing ; $ 5.00 to Mr. White ; $12.00 for two days, to Mr. Smiley ; $ 31.25 was paid Shubael Griswold for building a hearse house. The remainder went for parish expenses.
We find no other tax-bill till 1818, when $ 103.53 was raised ; the following sums from which, were paid out for preaching: $ 12.00 to Mr. Otis ; $ 25.00 to Mr. Bartlett; $ 4.00 to Mr. Taylor, for preaching two days ; $ 28.00 to Mr. Smiley. The remainder went to pay inciden- tal expenses
The date of the next tax-bill is 1820, in which year $ 32.50 were raised. The expenses of the parish were within a trifle of $ 28.00, which would leave a little over $ 4.00 to pay for preaching, if they had any.
The next tax-bill was for the year 1824, and amounted to $ 32.36 ; no particulars as to expenditure given.
The tax-bill for 1825 was $ 157.00. Of this money, we find that $ 125.00 went to pay for painting the meeting house, and the remainder for other expenses ; so that it does not appear that they had any preach- ing.
The next tax-bill was for the year 1830, and the amount $ 52.50. No record is given of expenditures. This was the last tax-bill ; yet meetings of the parish continued to be notified till 1838, when its mission seems to have been fully accomplished.
A brief notice has thus been given of the Incorporation and proceed- ings of the North Parish. But the North part of the town has a previous
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religious history of sufficient interest to require a brief review. Ow- ing to the extreme length of the township, the inhabitants, at the Northern portion of it, were very inconveniently situated for the im- provement of their religious privileges, especially, if the services were all the time to be held at the village. A movement was therefore, made towards the close of the ministry of Mr. Olcott, to have some arrangement, through which services might be secured at the North end of the town, a certain portion of the time. This, in addition to complaints, that the villagers had laid claim to, and appropriated more than their share of the privileges belonging to them, induced Honorable Simeon Olcott, and some others, to believe that a division of the town would be for the peace and happiness of all concerned. He, therefore, petitioned the General Court, for a division of the town- ship ; who appointed a committee to take the matter into considera- tion. It ultimately appeared, however, that the inhabitants of the town were not prepared for a separation, inasmuch as, at their annual town meeting, held on the 12th of March, 1794, they voted by one hundred and fifty-two nays, to one hundred and twelve yeas, against a division.
Subsequent to the decease of Mr. Olcott, the town made no provis- ion for preaching for several years. Rev. Dan Foster was then em- ployed. August 27th, 1801, the following vote was passed ; " Voted, that the sum of $ 300 be raised, and assessed to pay the Rev. Dan Foster for a year's preaching, from the end of his present year." From this, it appears, he had preached the year previous. He was, after- wards, hired with considerable regularity, till a few months preced- ing his death. But almost immediately on the revival of religious services, came up the old question of a division of those services, be- tween the village and the north end. And nearly consentaneous with this, a movement was initiated for the erection of a meeting house in the latter portion of the town ; which after some little delay and dis- cussion, resulted in the appointment of Moses Wheeler, Jr., Timothy Holden, and Ephraim Carpenter, as a committee, on the part of the town, to build the house. This committee, with the authority, thus conferred upon them, erected the house, and partially finished it ; when at a legal meeting held May 11th, 1803, Oliver Hall and William Briggs were appointed a committee, on the part of the town, to settle with them, and thereupon report to the town. The following is their report.
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" TO THE TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN.
The committee appointed to settle with Moses Wheeler, jr., Timothy Holden, and Ephraim Carpenter, a committee heretofore appointed to build a meeting house at the north part of said town,
Report 1st. That the following debts have been contracted and al- lowed by said committee, as demands against said town; to wit, Jo- siah Hart on the first contract, sixteen hundred dollars ; to Robert Rand seventy dollars and ten cents ; to Hubbard Glidden, thirteen dollars and twelve cents ; to Jonathan Grout four dollars and forty- eight cents; to Josiah Hart and others as balance between building the Porches and the worth of four pews given him for that purpose, seventy dollars ; to Moses Wheeler, jr., eighty-three dollars and fifty- six cents ; to Timothy Holden, fifty dollars and ninety-seven cents ; to Ephraim Carpenter, fourteen dollars and sixty-three cents ; amounting in the whole to one thousand nine hundred and six dollars and eighty- six cents.
Report 2dly. That the pew ground in said meeting-house was sold, for the sum of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one dollars and twenty-five cents.
Report 3dly. That the former committee have paid, in part of the above demand, to Josiah Hart, twelve hundred nineteen dollars and seventy-four cents ; to Robert Rand, sixty-six dollars forty-five cents ; to Hubbard Glidden, thirteen dollars twelve cents; to Jonathan Grout, four dollars fifty-eight cents; to Moses Wheeler, jr., seventy- nine dollars and forty-seven cents ; to Timothy Holden, forty-five dol- lars and forty-seven cents; amounting in the whole to fourteen hun- dred twenty-eight dollars and seventy-three cents; and that there are notes of hand against purchasers of pews, to the amount of two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and ten cents ; which leaves a balance in the hands of the former committee, of eighty-four dollars and forty- two cents.
Report 4thly. That pew number sixteen, on the lower floor is the property of this town ; all which is submitted by
OLIVER HALL, WM. BRIGGS. Committee."
This house had a steeple which was not built by the town, but by a company of persons in the parish who were its owners. It was a num- ber of years after it was commenced before it was completed. Appli- cation was made to the town at several town meetings, for pecuniary
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aid for finishing it, which does not appear to have been granted. From 1803 to 1810, a portion of the money raised for preaching was laid out for supplying this part of the town. In 1810, the town hav- ing been divided into two parishes, this arrangement of course was closed and the history of the parish thereupon formed has been given.
The meeting-house, above described, was situated on the Unity road, about a quarter of a mile beyond the Rand place, on the oppo- site side of the road. The location was pleasant, and one who has seen much of the country informs me, that the prospect from the old belfry was among the finest he has ever seen. The color of the build- ing was a tawdry yellow, which did not render it externally, very at- tractive. Many of the generation now on the stage remember it as a time-worn and weather-beaten old building, which had ceased to be used for sacred purposes, and which had become the abode of what- ever chose to inhabit it.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
" We cannot" says Rev. George F. Wells, who has kindly furnished the following account, "give a full and complete record of the Metho. dist Episcopal Church in North Charlestown, as in the past, while the Circuit System prevailed, the Circuit included Charlestown, North Charlestown, and all the neighboring towns. In reviewing the past, we find New Grantham Circuit first on record ; which included North Charlestown, with Elijah Hedding, as Presiding Elder; and Caleb Dustin as Itinerant Preacher. This was in 1809. In 1810, a Society was formed in Charlestown by Rev. Philip Ayer. This Circuit Sys- tem prevailed, changing in name from New Grantham to Claremont, and then from Claremont to Unity Circuit, till 1839. A legal Society however was formed previous to that time. This embraced the follow- ing persons associated (according to an act of the Legislature passed July 3d, 1827.) viz. Jacob Wright, Nathan Howard, John Metcalf, J. B. Hubbard, and Thomas Whipple.
Since that time the Church and Society have had the following preachers. In 1836, Rev. Zeb. Twitchel ; 1837-38, Rev. Amos Kid- der ; 1839, Rev. Silas Quimby ; 1840-41-42, Rev. Benjamin C. East- man. The present Church edifice was built in 1841, in the 2d year of Mr. Eastman's ministry. During the ministry of Mr. Eastman, also, the Parsonage came into the possession of the Society. This came by a bequest, of Miss Levina Gay, at her decease in 1839. And through this,it may be said of her, as of one of old, she, " being dead yet
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speaketh." In 1843, Rev. Samuel A. Cushing ministered to the Church ; in 1844, Rev. Amon S. Tenney. In 1845, the Church was supplied by Rev. G. W. Y. Rogers ; and in 1846, by Rev. Thomas H. Rood ; 1847, Rev. Stephen Eastman ministered to them; 1848, Rev. Jared Perkins ; 1849, Rev. Richard Newhall; 1850-51, Rev. Matthew Newhall ; 1852-53, Rev. Simeon P. Heath ; 1854, Rev. Charles H. Chase ; 1855-56, Rev. Nelson Martin ; 1857, Rev. John English ; 1858- 59, Rev. R. Edmund Danforth ; 1860-61, Rev. Joseph Faucet; 1862, supplied by Rev. A. C. Dutton ; 1863-64-65, Rev. Silas Quimby min- istered to them ; 1866-67, Rev. Lucien W. Prescot; 1868, Rev. Sam- uel J. Robinson ; 1869-70-71, Rev. Joseph H. Hilman ; 1872, Rev. Andrew L. Kendall; 1873-74, Rev. Charles E. Rogers ; 1875, Rev. Geo. F. Wells."
This Church, though forty years have passed since its organization, has still little numerical strength. The moral and spiritual influences however, which it has exerted, have been healthful and good. Its ministry have been men for the most part, whose characters have been without reproach, and have shown by the diligence, fidelity, and zcal, with which they have labored, an earnest devotion to their work. It would be improper to institute comparisons between them, by attempt- ing to set apart to each the particular portion of the work, which he was enabled to accomplish; for in ministries, extending over so brief a period, the results which may have appeared in one, if traced to their causes, would frequently be found to be mainly attributable to the ministry that had preceded it. It may be allowable to say, however, that the first years of the Church, to the close of Elder Benjamin C. Eastman's ministry, are remembered as a time when divine influences were peculiarly manifest, and the Great Head of the Church vouch- safed them a prosperity such as they have not often enjoyed since.
This Church is the only one now located in the northern portion of the town. It has several members in other parts of the town, who con- tribute to its support, but who worship for the most part with other churches. Its present Pastor ministers a part of the time to the Church in Unity; but, if I am rightly informed, all the pastors, here- tofore, certainly for a considerable number of years, have devoted their labors to this one Church.
GENEALOGIES AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES
OF
CHARLESTOWN FAMILIES.
INTRODUCTION.
THE material in the following pages has been gathered from a great number of sources ; Town Records, Church Records, Family Records and Records on tombstones have contributed to the information which they contain. In relation to the families of the early settlers, many facts have been gleaned from the Records of Groton, Pepperell, Shir- ley, Lunenburg, Rutland, Deerfield, Hadley, Northampton and North- field, Massachusetts ; and from those of Mansfield, Enfield and other towns in Connecticut. The later records have been sought from every source, where it has been deemed probable that any correct information could be obtained. In all the records no endeavors have been omitted to secure correctness. Some errors, however, will probably be found, but the compiler will be disappointed if the result, on the whole, shall not be satisfactory.
The plan adopted, in the arrangement of families, is one that has been often employed and is explained as follows :
The male head of any family, first settling in the place, is put in small capitals ; the children of the first settler, whether they came with him, or were afterwards born in town, are preceded by Roman numerals ; the grand-children are preceded by Arabic numerals ; the great-grand- children by Arabic numerals in parentheses ; the great-great-grand-
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children by Arabic numerals in brackets ; the great-great-great-grand- children, or sixth generation, by Arabic numerals with a star *.
We give an example from the family of Seth Putnam : a
SETH PUTNAM, first settler.
V. Timothy, fifth child.
1. Timothy, jr, first grand-child.
(10) John, tenth great-grand-child.
[4] Wesley D, fourth great-great-grand-child.
1* Mary Belle, first great-great-great-grand-child.
In this arrangement also, it may be important to say, that one line of descent, or one branch of the family is followed out at a time .- For ex- ample, Ebenezer Putnam was the eldest son of Seth ; his children are, therefore given, and grand-children, &c., down to the latest generation, before any account is given of the second child. The families, therefore, are all preserved in their order, except in the case of daughters whose families are given in the genealogical line of their husbands, to which the reader is referred.
The registers of families, noticed in this work, are arranged, accord- ing to the family name, in alphabetical order, with the exception of those of the pastors and ministers of the churches, which it has been found con- venient to insert in connection with the history of the churches to which, as pastors, they severally ministered.
GENEALOGIES.
ISRAEL ABBOTT, b. in Wilton, N. H. Jan. 29th, 1771 ; d. in Charles- town Feb. 26th, 1840; m. Alice Baker, b. May 1st, 1789 ; d. in White- field, N. H. Aug. 1st, 1858. Israel Abbott settled in Charlestown in March, 1807. Ch.
I. Israel, jr., b. Nov. 13th, 1791; d. in Putney, Vt., Jan. 1st, 1867 ; m., 1st, Lydia Kittredge ; m., 2nd Phebe Pierce ; had six children. II. Levi, b. Jan. 24th, 1794; d. Jan. 20th, 1867 ; m., twice ; had four child- ren. III. Isaac, b. Sept. 20th, 1796 ; m. Susan Labaree who d. in Lan- caster, N. H., 1870. They had five children. He is still living (Aug., 1875) at Lancaster. IV. and V. Joseph and Benjamin, twins, b. Aug. 11th, 1798. Joseph d. July 19th, 1816 while at work in the field alone. Benjamin m. and had six children ; d. Sept. 1864. VI. Lura, b July 7th, 1800; m. Oct. 15th, 1822, Ira Gowing at Charlestown, N. H .; had three children ; d. 1856. VII. Tryphena F., b. March 27th, 1803; m. Jan. 2ud, 1828, Willard Bowman, of Littleton, N. H .; had seven child- ren ; d. 1870.
VIII. Harvey, b., in Acworth, Dec. 28th, 1804; m. Oct. 4th, 1831, Sophronia Hews, (dau. of Dea. Abraham Hews, of Weston, Mass.) b. June 1st, 1804. Ch .: 1. George H. b. in Whitefield, N. H. Sept. 29th, 1832 ; d. Apr. 16th, 1855; 2. Warren, b. in Whitefield, N. H., Mar. 14th, 1834 ; m., Nov. 2nd, 1858, Relief Bosworth, (dau. of Samuel and Lenora Bosworth) b. in Charlestown, June 22nd, 1838. Ch. (1) Susie C. b. in Charlestown, Aug. 18th, 1859 ; (2) Martha E., b. in Charlestown, Sept. 27th, 1860. Warren Abbott was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion (see Soldiers) ; removed to Vineland, N. J. after the war, and from there to Keene, N. H. where he now (March, 1876) resides ; 3. Charles, b. in Whitefield, N. H., Aug. 10th, 1835; m., 1st, May 29th, 1860, Sarah J. Anderson, (dau. of Samuel and Jane Ander- son, of Acworth, N. H.) Ch. (1) Jennie S., b. in Windsor, Vt. Nov. 21st, 1861; (2) Sarah A., b. in Windsor, Vt., Sept. 10th, 1866; lived only ten days. Mrs. Sarah J. Abbott d. Sept. 10th, 1866. Mr. Abbott m., 2nd, Jan. 30th, 1869, at Charlestown, Mrs. Sarah A. Lyon, (dau. of Silas and Alice Bond, of Charlestown ; see Bond) ; 4. Ellen M., b. July 23d, 1837, in Whitefield, N. H .; 5. Edward, b. Jan. 7th, 1839, in Whitefield, N. H .; d. May 10th, 1849; 6. Albe A. b, Oct. 18th, 1840, in Whitefield, N. H .; d. Sept. 28th, 1841; 7. Martha, b. Awg. 16th, 1842, in Whitefield, N. H .; d. Aug. 10th, 1846.
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Harvey Abbott, whose family are given above, resided some years in Charlestown, where he became so reputable a citizen that he was elect- ed 1st representative for the years 1861-'62. He removed from Charles- town to Vineland, N. J., and from thence to Keene, N. H., where he now resides (March, 1876) with all his family who are living.
IX. Alice, b. Jan. 30th, 1807, at Acworth, N. H .; m., Jan. 16th, 1828, Silas Bond ; had six children ; d. 1860; X. Sophronia, b. June 20th, 1809 ; m., May 2nd, 1830, Baker Dodge; has had six children, and is living in Whitefield, N. H.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, m. Esther Jane Taylor and settled in that part of Charlestown which was afterwards set off to Langdon. Ch.
I. Lewis; m., 1st, Elvira Bunday. Ch. 1. Ellen P., b. Feb. 27th, 1834; m., 1st, Charles F. Stearns ; m. 2nd, Nov. 20th, 1864, Israel G. Gibson ; 2. Norman Lewis, b. July 8th, 1838; m. Aug. 14th, 1862, Hannah Maria Prouty, b. June 1st, 1842. Ch. (1) Ira Alfred, b. June 5th, 1866; (2) Amy Mabel, b. Sept. 2nd, 1870; (3) Eva Maria, b. July 13th, 1874, (See Soldiers in War of Rebellion) ; 3. John Loren Adams, b. March 3d, 1840 ; m., Sept. 30th, 1865, Ellen W. Prouty, (dau. of George and Mary Wilson Prouty, of Langdon) b. Apr. 1845. Ch. (1) Mary Elvira, b. Dec. 15th, 1866 ; (2) Olive Amelia, b. Jan. 4th, 1868; (3) Edmund Loren, b. Oct. 4th, 1869 ; . (4) Walter Eugene, b. Apr. 4th, 1872; 3. Charles N .; 4. Laura A .; m., Nov. 2nd, 1870, Charles H. Wright, of Langdon ; 5. Anna.
II. Hannah, m Adrian Hathorne, and settled in Bridgewater, Vt .; III. Eliza, m. removed to the West and died ; IV. Albert, by trade a shoemaker, d. in Bellows Falls ; V. John, m. Lucy Stoddard, and lives in Topsfield, Mass .; VI. Susan, m. Jason Majors, of White Riv- er Village, Vt .; has had three children. Mr. Majors was killed on the railroad ; VII. Sarah, twin with Susan, d. young ; VIII. Samuel, m. Adeline Abegail Davis ; lives in Claremont ; has had twelve children, three living.
IX. Artemas, b. June 2nd, 1823 ; m. Dec. 4th, 1845, Harriet Eliza- beth Davis, (dau. of Frederick and Lucia Davis, of Champlain, N. Y.) b. Feb. 23d, 1828. Ch. 1. Harriet E., b. Jan. 12th, 1847 ; m .. Jan. 1st, 1873, Milton J. Clark; lives in Langdon. One child, Harriet Mabel, b. Apr. 14th, 1874; 2. John Henry, b. Feb. 13th, 1849 ; nı , June 28th, 1871, Mrs. Lydia (Randall) Merrill. One child; Frank Le- roy, b. Sept. 9th, 1873; 3. Lucia Ellen, b. Sept. 9th, 1851; 4. Es- ther Celena, b. March 4th, 1853; 5. Joseph K., b. Jan. 14th, 1856 ; 6. Artemas Albert, b. May 31, 1858; 7. Emily Ann, b. Apr. 7th,
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1861; 8. Lewis Harley, b. May 18th, 1864; 9. Pliney, b. March 21st, 1869; d. Apr. 13th, 1869; 10. Chauncy C., b. Oct. 24th, 1872 ; X. Esther Jane, m. Harley Cone, of Weathersfield, Vt .; d. Dec. 1874 ; had five children, two living; XI. Warren, b. Nov. 27th, 1827 ; m. Aug. 17th, 1854, Sarah Brown, b. in Odletown, Canada, July, 1844. Ch. 1. Emma Jane, b. Jan. 3d, 1856; 2. Ella Almira, b. Oct. 31st, 1861; 3. Henry E., b. Sept. 2nd, 1871; XII. George, d. in Charles- town.
DANIEL ADAMS, who m. Debora Cooley, was for many years a citi- zen of Charlestown, but no register of his family has been obtained. . The writer has somewhere seen the remark that " His descendants are very numerous and respectable," and regrets that he has been able to find no one to furnish an account of them for this work.
EZRA AND DOLLY ADAMS. Ch. (Thus recorded in Town Record- name not on assessor's list) I. Almira, b. Apr. 8th, 1797; II. Wil- lard, b. June 6th, 1799, at Hubbardston, Mass.
ELI ADAMS, (son of Amos F. and Philena (Goodnough) Adams) ; b. in Springfield, Vt., July 9th, 1829 ; m., Jan. 1st, 1854, Helen J. Fish, (dau. of Charles M. and Clarissa (Prouty) Fish) b. in Langdon, Feb. 12th, 1835; came to Charlestown, 1861. Ch. I. Elsie M., b. May 14th, 1856 ; II. Willie E., b. in Charlestown, Sept. 12th, 1864.
GEORGE AND BETSY ADKINS OR ATKINS. Ch. I. Seth Tuttle, b. Aug. 9th, 1794; II. Betsy Hart, b. Sept. 12th, 1796; III. George Warren, b. Jan. 6th, 1799.
LEVI ALBEE, was descended from John Albee, who was born in Mendon, Mass. John Albee had thirteen children, of whom, Simeon, the father of Levi, was the ninth. Simeon b. in 1760,; m. Rebecca Stoddard, of Milford, Mass., b. Oct. 7th, 1767 ; he died Oct. 8th, 1848; she died Sept. 26th, 1821. They had fifteen children, of whom, Levi, the sixth, settled in Charlestown, where he died Dec., 1858.
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