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I. William, b. June 12th, 1784-settled in Walpole, N. H. II. Sally, b. April 20th, 1786; m. Samuel Hitchcock, and settled in Clare- mont. III. Nathan, b. April 2d, 1792; m. Margaret Walker, and set-
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tled in Charlestown ; had no children. IV. Leuthera, b. Sept. 15th, 1794; m. William Tidd, and settled in Woburn, Mass. V. Laura, b. March, 1797 ; d. unmarried.
VI. Silas, b. Feb. 12th, 1799; m. June 17th, 1828, Alice Abbott, of Charlestown. Ch .: 1. Charles Minott, b. Nov. 2d, 1828; d. Nov. 12th, 1828; 2. Maria, b. Feb. 9th, 1830 ; d. Feb. 19th, 1830: 3. Wil- liam Austin, b. Aug. 15th, 1831 ; m. Juliette Maxwell, July 6th, 1851. Ch .: (1) Ella Philinda, b. at Woburn, Mass., Oct., 1852; (2) Alice Juliette, b. at Danvers, Mass., June 9th, 1855. William Austin Bond was a member of Company A, 13th Conn. Volunteers, in The War of The Rebellion, and died in Brashear City, La., May, 1862. 4. Sarah Alice, b. May 26th, 1833; m. May 20th, 1852, James E. Lyon, of North Bridgewater, Mass. Ch .: (1) Carrie Alice, b. May 15th, 1854; d. Oct. 18th, 1854; (2) Emma Juliette, b. June 31st, 1858. Mrs. Lyon m., Jan. 30th, 1869, Charles Abbott, (see Abbott) now of Keene, N. H. 5. George Sumner, b. March 2nd, 1837; m. Oct. 9th, 1860, Mary Maria, daughter of Warren and Mary Ann (Osgood) Way, (see Way.) Ch .: (1) Herbert Warren, b. July 30th, 1861. 6. Nathan, b. Dec. 2nd, 1839 ; d. unmarried at Springfield, Vt., April 8th, 1867.
VII. Lewis Bond, (son of William and Sarah (Parks) Bond) b. Feb. 16th, 1802; m. Mar. 26th, 1839, Charlotte T. Watkins, (dau. of Alphe- us and Alice (Fuller) Watkins,) b. May 1st, 1806. Lewis Bond d. Jan. 2nd, 1874. Ch .: 1. Ellen M., b. in Walpole, Aug. 2nd, 1833 ; m. June 1st, 1851, George P. Bowen, (son of Charles and Belinda Bowen,) b. Apr. 17th, 1824; one child, Charles Louis, b. May 25th, 1858. 2. George L., b. Jan. 15th, 1836; m. June 17th, 1865, Martha J. Hart, (dau. of John and Olive (Richardson), Hart;) b. Oct. 5th, 1850; one child, Winnifred Allis, b. Oct. 2nd, 1866. 3. Hattie A., b. Sept. 30th, 1837 ; m. Jan. 17th, 1860, William E. Butterfield, (son of Jonas and Maria (Eaton) Butterfield,) b. Dec. 29th, 1836: one child, Ida M., b. April 19th, 1869. Mr. Butterfield settled in Charlestown, in 1860.
VIII. Charles Bond, b. Nov. 10th, 1806; m. in Woburn, Mass., Lydia Tidd. Ch .: Marah, Helen, Henrietta, Charles, Lewis, d. aged 2 years, Stella, Affa Margaret, Lewis, Daniel.
WEST BONNEY, was in Charlestown from 1792 or 93 to 1805 or 6. His business was that of making cards for carding wool in which he employed a large number of females, as every part of the cards, at that time, had to be made by hand. His workshop occupied a part of the ground now occupied by the Town Hall. He m. while in Charlestown Lydia West and had one son Wales Bonney b. June 26th, 1799. Here-
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moved to Littleton, N. H., before April, 1806, where he had other chil- dren born, among whom was Almira, b. June 9th, 1807, (see Dean Co- nant). I have no further information of the family after their remov- al to Littleton.
JOSEPH AND JOANNA BOOTY. Only one child recorded-Joseph, b. Dec. 20th, 1791.
CHARLES BOWEN, b. in Northfield, Mass., 1742-removed to Charlestown about 1774; and m. Dec. 19th, 1775, Dinah Field, (dau. of Dr. Ebenezer and Abigail (Holton) Field) b. June 26th, 1746-7. He d. July 22nd 1809; Mrs. B. d. Jan. 3d, 1835.
Mr. Bowen belonged to the Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Charlestown, and appears to have been an earnest member of that fra- ternity who held for a time its meetings at his house. For an anec- dote of Mrs. Bowen who was lively, witty and intelligent ; see sketch of Col. Samuel Hunt. They had two children. I. Lucy, b. 1784; m. about 1804, William Pomroy, jr., and d. probably in Northfield, June 18th, 1813; II. Charles, b. about 1787, settled at first in North- field ; was a lieutenant in the war of 1812, and removed in 1824, to Tarrytown, N. Y., where he was living in 1874.
CHARLES BOWEN and Belindia (Prouty) Bowen ; a different fam- ily from the preceding. Ch. I. Prentice P. b. Apr. 7th, 1806; m. Apr. 7th, 1842, Eliza Jane Putnam, (dan. of Samuel and Eliza (Southard) Putnam) b. Aug. 1st, 1816; one child, Janette, b. Feb. 8th, 1843 ; m. Asa W. Harriman; Ch. 1. Carrie J. b. Dec. 7th, 1862 ; 2. Isabel, b. Sept. 27th, 1865; 3. Susie Janette, b. Sept. 4th, 1869. Mr. Harriman resides in Haverhill, N. H.
II. Gilman m. May 15th, 1842, Parthena Putnam, (dau. of Samuel and Eliza (Southard) Putnam) b. Oct. 3d, 1823; Ch. 1. Sarah, b. Feb. 23d, 1843; m. Charles Willard, jr .; 2. Eliza, b. Dec. 7th, 1848 ; m. Dec. 28th, 1870, William H. Upham, then of Springfield, Vt. 3. George, b. Feb. 10th, 1853. III. Fanny, m. Simeon Walker ; one son, Horace, resides in Claremont.
BENJAMIN BOWKER, b. in Scituate Mass .; m. Catharine Evans(dau. of Peter Evans) settled in Charlestown : d. Dec. 16th, 1868, aged 56 ; Mrs. Bowker d. Jan. 1873. Ch. I. Henry, b. June 30th, 1838; m. Sept. 2d, 1858 Helen Maria Woods, (dau. of Gardner and Mary (Wheeler) Woods of Langdon ;) b. Dec. 20th, 1841. Ch. 1. Isabelle Maria, b. May 16th, 1864. 2. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 5th, 1865. 3. Kittie May, b. Dec. 6th, 1871. II. Catharine, (Kittie) b. Jan. 21st, 1840; d, Dee. 1868. III. Benjamin, b. March 15th, 1843; m. 1st, June, 1865,
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Addie Dodge, who d. Apr. 1866; one child who died in infancy ; mi 2d, July 5th, 1873, Addie Baker. Ch. I. Georgie M. b. Aug. 10th, 1873. 2. Alta, b. Nov. 24th, 1874; d. Dec. 14th, 1874. IV. James, b. Feb. 13th, 1848. V. George, b. Jan. 15th, 1852.
JOSHUA BOWKER, brother of Benjamin, m. 1847, Elizabeth Duns- moor, (dau. of John and Polly Dunsmoor, ) b. in Charlestown, March. 31st, 1812. He d. July 15th, 1869, aged 63 yrs. 8m. 2ds. He held va- rious military offices, the highest of which was that of Colonel in the 16th Regiment of New Hampshire, Militia.
Mrs. Bowker the mother of BENJAMIN and JOSHUA came to town with her family in 1810. She was at the time a widow, her husband having died not long before. Her children in addition to the sons above mentioned were Ruth, who married- Loveland and is now living in New Baltimore, N. Y .; Chloe, (now dead) m .- Marsh and settled in Keene, N. H .; Eunice, who m. Jan. 1st, 1827, Dan Shepley and settled in Schoharie County, N. Y., also deceased. Stephen Cur- tis who d. unmarried Feb. 26th, 1847, aged 44; and Isaac, who d. un- married June 1st, 1844, aged 36. Widow Chloe Bowker d. Dec. 18th, 1850, aged 84.
SAMUEL BOWMAN, b. in Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1775; removed to Charlestown, N. H., about the year 1800; and m. 1st, Sept. 1804, Ma- ry Harrington, of Waltham or Lincoln, Mass. Ch. I. Albert, b. Oct. 2nd, 1805: II. Samuel, b. April 28th, 1807 ; III. William Harring- ton, b. Jan. 24th, 1809; IV. Mary Ann., V. George. SAMUEL BOW- MAN, m. 2nd, Lucy Gardner, of Plymouth, Mass, but who lived in Charlestown at the time of marriage, in Jan. 1814. Ch. VI. Lucy, b. Jan. 1815; m. J. Z. De Haven-lived for many years in Philadelphia -removed to Charlestown in 1866-and now lives in Chicago. One son, Rhodes De Haven, m. and also lives in Chicago. VII. Jane, b. Sept. 21st, 1820; m. Oct. 7th, 1847, Samuel R. Sager of Philadelphia, b. Aug. 29th, 1804; (see Sager.) VIII. James Monroe, b. May 10th, 1820 ; m. April 7th, 1848, Miranda Wood, dau. of Ashley Wood. Ch. 1. James G., b. Feb. 11th, 1849 ;- killel Sept. 19th, 1864, in the bat- tle of Winchester-buried on the battle-field. 2. Georgianna, b. June, 8th, 1850; m. Jan. 17th, 1869, Vinal Mayhew; Ch. (1) Nellie S., b. Apr. 26th, 1869; (2) James Vinal., b. Aug. 1873; 3. Emma J. b. July 18th, 1852; m. May 20th, 1874, Charles Stiles. 4. William, b. Oct. 18th, 1855. IX. Esther Nelson, b. Sept. 15th, 1822; m. Silas Thomson, of Marlow, and now lives in Mason, N. H .- has 3 children. X. Harriet, b. Aug. 2nd, 1824; m. Alpheus Loker, of Cochituate,
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Mass .- has had six children. XI. Martha Ellen, b. July 24th, 1826 ; m. Ezra Franklin. (See Franklin.)
JOSIAH BOUTELL, b. June 21st, 1768, in Framingham, Mass., and Betsey -, his wife. Ch. I. Betsey, b. Aug. 16th, 1790, in Rock- ingham, Vt. II. Josiah, b. June 25th, 1792; m. Aug., 1815 Milla Buckman. III. Lewis, b. May 16th, 1794; m. Oct. 29th, 1815, Mary Black. IV. George, b. Aug. 25th, 1796; d. Oct. 23d, 1797. V. Alice, b. March 26th, 1800; m. Sept. 1817, Nathaniel Black. VI. George Washington, b. Jan. 26th, 1802. VII. Sophronia, b. June 25th, 1804. VIII. Nancy, b. Aug. 7th, 1806.
DEXTER BRADFORD, (son of Curtis and Polly (Giffin) Bradford,) b. in Marlow, N. H., Sept. 19th, 1824; m. Nov. 23d, 1843, Lucinda Tin- ker, (dau. of Elijah and Elizabeth (Comstock) Tinker,) b. in Marlow, June 7th, 1834-one child; Alzina, b. in Marlow, Nov. 23d, 1844. Mr. Bradford came from Marlow to Charlestown Dec. 2d, 1869.
ELIPHALET BREED, b. in Unity, Sept. 15th, 1802; m. March 17th, 1827, Eliza Parks,"(dau. of David and Mary (Bingham) Parks of Springfield, Vt.) b. Mar. 17th, 1802. Ch. I. Eliza A., b. Jan. 15th, 1829. II. Martha J., b. Mar. 1st, 1832; m. James Anderson. III. Henry A., b. Feb. 10th, 1833; d. in infancy. IV. Mary R., b. May 8th, 1835; m. John Towner, (see Towner.) V. George N., b. Jan. 15th, 1837 ; m. March 30th, 1860, Mary Matilda Cochran, (dau. of Robert and Mary (Carriel) Cochran) known as Mary Matilda Willard, on account of her having been brought up in the family of Levi Wil- lard, b. Aug. 26th, 1838. Ch. 1. Mary, b. Mar. 2d, 1861. 2. Anna G., b. Jan. 1st 1863. 3. Flora H., b. May 22d, 1865. 4. Ella, b. July 6th, 1867. 5. Josie L., b. Dec. 27th, 1869. 6. Fannie M., b. March 3d, 1872. 7. Nettie Gertrude, b. Aug. 25th, 1873. VI. Jose- . phine C., b. July 3d, 1841 ; d. Sept. 2d, 1869. VII. Lucy N., b. Sept. 10th, 1842; m. Hosea Dodge. (See Dodge.)
WILLIAM BRIGGS, ESQ.
WILLIAM BRIGGS commenced business as a shoemaker in Keene, N. H. His shop was in the building erected by Homer and Goodale for their store. The building was one story and about 60 ft. long and 25ft. wide. In the same building Samuel Hunt, son of Colonel Hunt of Charlestown, had his law office while he practised in Keene. Briggs was not satisfied with his trade and aspired to something higher. There- fore studying as his business gave him opportunity he fitted for Dart- mouth College which he entered and at which he graduated in 1799.
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After graduating he entered his name as a law student in the office of Hon. Peleg Sprague who had that year been elected the second time a representative to Congress. Mr. Sprague dying the next year, he com- pleted his profession with Hon. Benjamin West in Charlestown where he settled and spent the remainder of his life.
Mr. Briggs was no advocate but succeeded in getting considerable practice in the ordinary business of his profession. His character was stern and as a consequence he was not popular, but his practice was not much diminished on that account for all put confidence in him as a man of integrity and felt that whatever business was committed to his charge would be accomplished faithfully. If men got angry with him as they often did, they were pretty sure if they had business which they wanted promptly done to put aside their feelings long enough to allow Mr. Briggs to do it.
Many anecdotes are told of the little revenges which people sought to take of him but which he generally turned against them so adroitly that they were left with little reason to boast. One time one of the workmen of Col. Abel Walker got exceedingly angry at him for some cause and in revenge took an old pair of boots in which he had been shoveling manure and went over to his office and told him that he wanted them tapped. " Well-well," said Mr. Briggs pleasantly, " set them down I will do it for you." After he was gone Mr. Briggs took the boots and carried them over to Mr. Bowman's who tapped them and returned them to Mr. Briggs receiving fifty cents for his work. In due time the owner of the boots came for them when he had the pleas- ure of paying fifty cents for the work done on his boots and fifty to Mr. Briggs for his fee.
He was not like Benjamin West a handsome man but was about as plain looking as falls to the ordinary lot of humanity. This appear- ance of himself he very sensibly accepted as an ordination of provi- dence and did not allow it to trouble him. He was occasionally twit- ted of it however ; a notable instance of which was as follows :
A man who used to stutter when his passions were violently excited had got exceedingly angry with him while transacting some business at his office. As soon as it was over he made his way to the door; standing in which he delivered the following parting address. "You m-m-miserable old c-cuss you, you are the worst looking man I ever saw. You r-r-r-run away from your M-Maker before you was half made up." The whole thing was so ludicrous that it was too much for
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Mr. Briggs, and, though he seldom langhed, it is said he roared with laughter.
When Benjamin Clark left town, Mr. Briggs purchased the house he had built (the present Judge T. Dunsmoor place,) which was afterwards his home. He married, Dec. 1st, 1811, Elizabeth Willard. (dan. of Capt. John Willard and his wife Eleuthera Walker. They had no children. Mr. Briggs died 1847, aged 74; Mrs. Briggs Jan. 11th, 1864, aged 82. Their remains lie in the village cemetery where a granite monument is erected, to their memory.
JOSEPH G. BRIGGS (son of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Stiles) Briggs,) b. at Keene, N. H., June 10th, 1805; m. at Keene, Feb. 1st, 1827, Abigail Woods (dau. of Elijah and Sally (Brown) Woods,) b. June 24th, 1803; Ch. I. William Henry, b. in Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 22d, 1827 ; Ch. 1. Charles Gilman, killed in Charlestown by the fall- ing of a tree ; 2 and 3. Anna Pearl and Ida Augusta, twins ; 4. Guy. II. Joseph G. jr., b. in Charlestown, Mar. 16th, 1830; m. Oct. 12th, 1852, Ellen L. West (dau. of Enoch Hammond and Lydia (Fitch) West) b. July 27th, 1831. III. Juliette Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13th, 1831 ; d. Apr. 1832. IV. Sarah Louisa, b. Feb. 25th, 1833; m. Oct. 24th, 1853, Francis R. Stebbins, of Adrian, Mich. Ch. 1. Lilla L. b. Nov. 1st, 1854; 2. Fred B. b. Oct. 6th, 1856; 3. Edwin Joseph, b. Sept. 24th, 1867. V. Charles Lyman, b. Jan. 13th, 1835; m. in New York city, June 25th, Maria Hall Tripler. VI. Samuel Edgar, b. Oct. 9th, 1836 ; m. Dec. 15th, 1865, at Los Angellos, California, Mary A. Hover. 2 Ch. VII. Frederick A. b. Sept. 9th, 1838; m. Sept. 15th, 1862, Juliette R. Cowles of Claremont, N. H. 6 Ch .; resides now (1875) in New York city. VIII. Abba, b. Apr. 10th, 1841; m. Sept. 3d, 1859, Stephen Batcheller of Fitzwilliam, N. H .; one Ch., Fanny. IX. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 24th, 1844; m. May 2d, 1870, George W. Merrifield, of Claremont, N. H .; d. at Cambridgeport, Mass., May 9th, 1874. Joseph G. Briggs the father of this large family lived in Charlestown many years, but now resides in Claremont, N. H.
AMOS AND HANNAH BROOKS. Ch. Amos, b. May 25th, 1806.
BENJAMIN BROWN, b. Dec. 2d, 1762, at Lyme, Ct .; m. March 30th, 1789, at Lempster, N. H. Eunice Taylor, b. at Ashburnham, Mass., Sept. 23d, 1765. Ch. 1. David, b. Jan. 3d, 1790, at Lempster. II. Hannah, b. Aug. 23d, 1791. III. Pamela, b. Aug. 29th, 1793. IV. Eunice, b. Oct. 18th, 1795, at Charlestown. V. Joseph, b. July 5th, 1797; VI. Lydia, b. in Stanstead, Canada, May 6th, 1799. He came to town in 1791, and left in the fall of 1797 or spring of 1798.
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AARON BROWN, m. Abigail -, surname unknown. Ch. 1. Eli- jah, b. May 16th, 1762. His name occurs frequently in town Records.
Aaron Brown m. Anna White, March 7th, 1809. Ch. I. Wil- liam, b. Apr. 28th, 1810. II. Charlotte, b. Jan. 24th, 1812. His name is on the assessor's list from 1803 to 1816 inclusive.
JOSEPH BROWN, m. Anna B. - , surname unknown, was in town before the Revolution ; had children recorded as follows. I. John b. Jan. 10th, 1769; II. Amos, b. Sept. 8th, 1870; III. Lucy, b. Aug. 10th, 1772. There was also a Joseph Brown, jr., who was probably his son. In 1792, the last year he was assessed a poll-tax, he had three sons that were voters.
LEVI BROWN, m. 1st, Marsilva -, other name unknown ; Ch. I. Fanny, b: May 10th, 1791. II. Harry or Henry, b. Nov. 1793; m. 2d, Nov. 1796, Polly Whiting, was in town in 1808. Henry, probably the son above recorded, was in town in 1815.
AUGUSTUS BROWN was in Charlestown as early as 1793; m. Polly Silsby. Ch. Francis b. Apr. 15th, 1798. He was not in town after 1812.
SAMUEL BROWN, a citizen of the town from 1804 to 1813; m. Deb- orah Hall.
JAMES BROWN, m. Betsy -. , surname unknown. Ch. Roxina Atilda, b. June 11th, 1802. He might have been and probably was a son of some one of the preceding Browns as might have been also Daniel Brown, Silas Brown and George Brown, who in the early part of the century were for a short time citizens of the town.
GEORGE A. BRUCE, b. Mar. 26, 1851; m. Nov. 4th, 1874, Abbie Kelsey, b. in Marlboro Vt., July 23d, 1849; settled in South Charles- town, 1874.
GEORGE BURNHAM, (son of John and Clarinda (Dwinell) Burn- ham) b. in South Charlestown, June 20th, 1828; m. June 13th, 1854, Mary Jane Spencer, (dau. of Nehemiah G. and Mary Ann (Walker) Spencer) b. in Springfield, Vt., Sept. 18th, 1827. Ch. I. Jennie F., b. Oct. 31st, 1857, in Charlestown, N. H. II. Gusta P. b. Oct. 23d, 1862.
JOHN W. BURNHAM, (son of Lovett and Priscilla (West) Burn- ham) b. in Baltimore, Vt., Aug. 21st, 1816; m. 1st, Feb. 15th, 1851, Martha Scott-one child, Frank West, b. Oct. 8th, 1853 ; m. 2d, Lu- cretia Scott. Ch. I. Henry A. b. Apr. 2d, 1859; II. Martha, b. July 27th, 1863; III. Mary, b. May 2d, 1866; IV. George, b. Apr. 2d, 1868; V. Ida, b. Dec. 7th, 1870; VI. Flora, b. Aug. 15th, 1872; VII. Hiley Ann, b. July 27th, 1875.
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JOSEPH BURT, (son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Abbott) Burt, Andov- er, Mass.,) b. in Milford, N. H., July 22d, 1814; m. May 26th, 1838, Cynthia Maria Way (dau. of Marvin and Hannah (Walker) Way), b. in Newport, N. H., July 4th, 1815. Ch. I. James Elliot, b. in Put- ney, Vt. Sept., 24th, 1839; m. Fanny Driscoll-lives in Boston. II. Joseph Ellery b. Feb. 7th, 1843, in Alstead, N. H .; m. Ara Banner De Mille, lives in Washington, D. C. III. George Marvin, b. Feb. 11th, 1857, in Charlestown, N. H. Joseph Burt came to Charlestown in 1830 and has been here ever since except from 1838 to 1843.
CORNELIUS CALHAHAN (son of John and Ellen (Mc Carty) Calha- han) b. in County of Cork, Ireland, May, 1822; m., March, 1852, Bridget Mc Mahon (dau. of John Mc Mahon) b, in County of Clare, Ireland, 1835. He came to America in 1849; to Charlestown in 1850. Ch. I. John, b. Jan. 7th, 1853; m. Mary Griffin (dau. of John and Ellen (Griffin) Griffin, of County of Clare, Ireland) b. Nov. 23d, 1850. One child, William Cornelius, b. Apr. 9th, 1874; II. Mary, b. Aug. 4th, 1854; III. Timothy, b. July 8th, 1859; IV. William, b. July 7th, 1862; V. Sarah, b. Aug. 13th, 1864.
JOSEPH W. CAMPBELL (son of Miller and Olive (Moody ) Campbell) b. in Unity, Jan. 26th, 1811 ; m., July 17th, 1843, Mary Jane Alcock, b. in Deering, N. H., May 7th, 1824. Ch. I. Charles W., b. Aug. 6th, 1846; m., Nov. 1873, Annie Wentworth, of Rochester, N. H .; lives in Hillsboro', N. H .; II. William P., b. June 24th, 1848 ; d. Apr. 29th, 1863; III. Harriet E., b. Dec. 2nd, 1852; d. June 2nd, 1853; IV. George Frederick, b. Apr. 13th, 1855; V. Mary J., b. Feb. 20th, 1857 ; d. May 12th, 1863; VI. Frank A., b. Oct. 13th, 1861; d. May 11th, 1863. Mr. Campbell is a blacksmith by trade.
DEAN CARLETON and his wife, Keziah Carleton, came to Charlestown from Lunenburg, Mass., in March, 1768, and removed from Charlestown to Acworth in 1771. They had three children on coming to town. Ch. I. Thomas; II. Dean; m., 1st, Thankful Byam ; m., 2nd, Lucy In- galls; III. Abigail; m. William Orcutt. Their other children, b, in Charlestown and Acworth were : IV. Timothy : constable in Charles- town in 1791; m. Mary -. Ch .: 1. Alpha, b. Mar. 8th, 1785; 2. Theoda. b. June 17th, 1786; V. George; VI. Willard ; VII. Jonathan ; VIII. Phebe (see Samuel Sprague West); IX. Polly ; X. Betsy ; XI. Tirzah (see Presby West, and His. of Acworth,)
EPHRAIM CARPENTER was Moderator for five years, commencing with the year 1797, and represented the town in the legislature in 1800 and 1801. He was a taverner, as keepers of public houses were called
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in his day, and kept where our principal hotel now stands but in a differ- ent building. He, at one time, became quite poor, so as to require aid from the town, but on receiving a pension as a soldier of the Revolution was again able to support himself. He m., 1st, Mary - - (surname and time of marriage not ascertained.) She d. Oct. 8th, 1807 aged 60. Ch .: Cynthia ; m. Capt. Elias Hull (see Hull) ; Calista; m. Aaron Matson, of Stoddard, N. H., who was representative in Congress in 1821 ; Polly d. of consumption, Sept. 10th, 1803, aged 25. She was engaged to be married to a gentleman of the legal profession, but, through the arts of an accomplished widow was supplanted in his affections and sunk into an early grave from a broken heart. He also had a son Ephraim who d. June 1st, 1807 aged 30. He m., 2nd, June 7th, 1808, Mrs. Je- rusha, widow of both Chandler and Noah Porter, who was dau. of Dr. Abram Downer. She became, while the wife of Squire Carpenter, as he was usually called, the largest woman who ever resided in town. She seldom weighed less than three hundred and fifty pounds, and her weight often reached four hundred ; yet with all her immense ponderosity she is said to have been quite active, and, to use an expression of one who well remembers her, " was in no wise troubled to get about." Her disposition was excellent and she is said to have been a great favorite with those she entertained at her house
Many anecdotes and ineidents are told of her, of which I can only mention one or two. After she had attained her fullest size, she thought, one day, she would take a ride in the stage, but on placing her foot upon the step for the purpose of getting in, her weight was so great that she nearly tipped it over. Some bystanders immediately came to her help, and while two of them held down the opposite side of the vehicle, two more assisted her in her attempt to get in. She got along very well till she reached the door, when she made the very unsatisfactory discovery that her form was too large to go through it, when, much to the amuse- ment of the on-lookers, she exclaimed, " Either I am too big or this door is too small " and gave up her contemplated ride. In describing the transaction afterwards she used jocosely to say " The last time I took a ride in the stage I found I was so much bigger than the stage that I could not get into it and so stayed at home."
After the death of Mr. Carpenter she went to reside in Lancaster, N. H. with one of her children. When she left Charlestown for Lan- caster she completely filled the seat in the wagon from side to side, but she became so poor before she died that her son could easily lift her, in her last sickness. The time of her decease has not been ascertained.
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CARRIEL.
Squire Carpenter died about the year 1835 aged 98, and was buried in the village cemetery, but his grave is marked by no stone.
AARON CARRIEL, (son of Ensign Nathaniel and Jane (Dwight) Carricl, of Sutton, Mass .; ) b. March 9th, 1765; m. May 20th, 1784, Sally Woodbury, (dau. of Col. Bartholomew Woodbury, of Sutton and Greenwood) ; b. May 27th, 1764. Mr. Carriel was a farmer in Sutton, and after 1801-2, at Charlestown, N. H., where he d. Jan. 18th, 1834, of paralysis ; Mrs. C. d. Sept. 9th, 1840. Ch. I. Sally, b. in Sutton, in 1785; m. John Sibley, of Peru, N. Y. II. Fanny, b. Jan. 24th, 1790 ; m. in 1813, Manassah Osgood, of Littleton, N. H. Her daugh- ter, Mary Ann Osgood, m. Warren Walker Way, (see Way,) and set- tled in Charlestown. III. Phebe, b. Jan. 17th, 1792; m. April 7th, 1814, Levi Willard. (See Willard.)
IV. James Carriel, b. July 26th, 1793; m. March 8th, 1815, Mary Reckard, (dau. of John and Sally (Chamberlain) Reckard,) b. in Charlestown, May 19th, 1796. Mr. Carriel d. Nov. 9th, 1875. He had lived with Mrs. Carriel 60 years-a good man. Ch. 1. Sarah Dinsmore, b. May 27th, 1816; m. Samuel Clark, (son of Samuel and Achsah (Smith) Clark,) of Acworth, Mr. C. became a farmer in Charles- town. Ch. (1) Elmira; (2) Oscar; (3) Henry ; (4) Rosette; (5) Daniel. 2. Mary, b. Jan. 10th, 1818; m. Nov. 1835, Robert Cochran, of Peru, N. Y., who settled as a saddler in Vineland, N. J. Ch. (1) Mary Matilda, (see George Breed ;) (2) Russell; (3) Harriet ; (4) Emma ; (5) Rosette; (6) Josephine. 3. Elmira Sibley, b. Feb. 26th, 1820; m. July 19th, 1838, Daniel Johnson, (son of Stephen and Kennedy Johnson,) b. in Unity. He settled in Charlestown as a farm- er, where she died Sept. 9th, 1841. They had one child that died in infancy. 4. Roxana Carlton, b. March 1st, 1825; m. Jan. 3d, 1843, Otis W. Burton, and d. in Chester, Vt., Feb., 1860. Ch. (1) Edwin; (2) Martha ; (3) Henry; (4) Levi Willard. 5. Phebe Willard, b. Oct. 4th, 1827, (see Nathaniel Lovell Kennedy.) 6. George Dwight, b. April 28th, 1836 ; m. Dec. 25th. 1856, Martha Jane Hubbard, of Charlestown (dau. of Orange and Loraine (Boardman) Hubbard.) They both died in July, 1859, leaving two children. (1) Alice Lo- raine, b. Sept. 19th, 1857 ; (2) George James, b. July 20th, 1859.
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