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Mr. Dickinson removed to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1857, and remained west until March 1867, when he returned again to Charlestown, where Mrs. Dickinson still resides. Mr. Dickinson died in Charlestown, June 8th, 1867, and lies buried in our village cemetery.
WARREN DODGE, (son of Elijah and Sarah (Jackson) Dodge), b. in Stoddard, N. H., March 31st, 1809; m. Apr. 5th, 1837, Elizabeth Garfield, (dau. of John and Susan (Rogers) Garfield), b. Sept. 21st, 1808. (See Garfield). Ch. I. Frederick Washburn, b. May 2d, 1838 ; m. Emma Hodgman ; Ch. 1. William Frederick ; 2. Charles; 3. Ad- da ; 4. Pearly Ammon ; Mrs. Emma Dodge d. July 31st, 1874. II. Ursula Elnora, b. Oct. 13th, 1839. Mrs. Elizabeth Dodge d. Feb. 2d, 1844 ; he m. 2d, her sister Abigail Garfield, (widow of Lewis Walker), b. Nov. 3d, 1805. III. Adda Walker, b. Jan. 26th, 1846 ; m. Benja- min Bowker, June 1st, 1864. Warren Dodge settled in Charlestown in 1830.
HOSEA NAHUM DODGE, (son of Nahum and Louisa J. (Sever) Dodge), b. June 17th, 1838 ; m. Sept. 10th, 1862, Lucy Ann Breed ; b. Sept. 10th, 1842; (see Breed). Ch. I. Prescott N. b. July 4th, 1863; d. Aug. 20th, 1863. II. Charlie N. b. March 6th, 1866; d. Nov. 8th, 1867. III. Emma L., b. July 28th, 1867. IV. Josie, b. July 25th, 1868 ; d. Sept. 16th, 1868. V. Naham Charlie, b. July 16th, 1870. Mr. Dodge, a farmer, has lived in C. since 1846.
JAMES DOLON, b. Co. of Leitrim, Ireland ; m. Bridget Ford, b. in the same county ; came to America 1850, to Charlestown, 1859. Ch. I. Mary ; II. Winnefred, m. Michael Hearns (see Hearns); III. Frank, lives in Chicago; IV. James lives in Weston, Mass .; V. Ber- nard, lives in Chicago.
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DR. ABRAM DOWNER m. Lois Abels, settled for a time after their marriage in Charlestown, (see Physicians). Ch. I. Salima, b. March 7th, 1770. II. Grafton, b. May 17th, 1772; d. Apr. 11th, 1777. III. Abel (or Abels). After Dr. Downer removed to Weathersfield, Abel, at the age of fifteen, disappeared very mysteriously one evening and was never seen nor heard from afterwards. He was last seen standing by the well which was a few steps from the door. Every place was searched for him where it was thought at all probable that he could be found, but without avail; and the mystery of his disappearance was never solved. But his mother could never give up the hope that he was living, which she cherishe.l to such a degree, that she would never allow the doors to be fastened at night afterwards, because she said " Abel might re- turn in the night and want to come in." IV. Sophia, d. unmarried. V. Galen. VI. Lucretia, b. Nov. 10th, 1777 ; m. - McHanna-had two children, Daniel and Cornelia. VII. Taphena or Tryphena, b. in Weathersfield, Vt .; m. Horace Hull (see Hull). The order of birth in the above may not all be correct. Dr. Downer removed from Charlestown to Weathersfield where he was a physician many years, and was the first person to introduce grafted fruit into that township, and indeed into this region. He went to Connecticut which was his native State, on horse-back for the scions, and brought them home in his saddle bags. The first apple that grew on any of the scions was very large and handsome, and was exhibited by the Doctor at a pub- lic town meeting, where it was very much admired. But as it was passing round from hand to hand, a boorish kind of a fellow had the ill manners to bite into it, on which the wrath of the Doctor was so excited that he gave him a blow that sent him reeling to the floor. A portion of the orchard planted and engrafted by him is still standing ; and has been the means of spreading much good fruit through this part of the country. Galen, the Doctor's son was a professional graft- er, and inserted scions from his father's orchard both far and near. At the decease of Dr. Downer the orchard was sold to the late Consul Jarvis.
HENRY DUGAN, (son of John and Jane (Fuller) Dugan, (b. in county of Kerry, Ireland, March 9th, 1829; m. Dec. 14th, 1853, Bridget Morris, (dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Conner) Morris), b. in county of Kerry, Ireland, Apr. 4th, 1830. Ch. I. Jane, b. Oct. 1st, 1854. II. Ellen, b. Oct. 27th, 1855; III. John, b. June 25th, 1857 ; IV. Thomas, b. Dec. 29th, 1858 ; V. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 19th, 1860 ; VI. Mary, b. June 24th, 1862. VII. Katie, b. Jan. 7th, 1864. VIII,
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Henry, b. Aug. 2d, 1867. Mr. Dugan since 1860, has been foreman of repairs on this section of Central Vt. Railroad, He came to Charlestown, Nov. 27th, 1847, which was his first home in America.
BENJAMIN AND MARY DUNBAR. Ch. I. Benjamin, b. April 21st, 1800.
A descendant of JOHN DUNSMOOR the first of the name who settled in Charlestown, gives the following information. "Our first ancestor came to this country in 1719, and settled in Londonderry, N. H. We descended from Lord John Dinsmore of Achumeed, Scotland, who purchased a large tract of land in the north of Ireland, Londonderry County. Londonderry derived its name from Londonderry, Ireland- name given by the first settlers there. From the above are descended all the Dinsmores, Dunsmoors, Densmores &c., in this country."
JOHN DUNSMOOR, (the name spelt differently by different branches of the family) son of John Dunsmoor, of Lunenburg, Mass .; m. Polly Sartell (dau. of Nathaniel Sartell, of Groton, Mass.,) and settled in Charlestown about the year 1793. They settled in the east part of the town, to which there was then no road, exept a bridle path. On arriv- ing in town it was arranged that Mrs. Dunsmoor should remain the guest of Colonel William Heywood until such time as Mr. Dunsmoor should be able to complete a log house for her reception. He would leave Colonel Heywood's Monday morning and not return till Saturday night. In the meantime he would cook his own food and shift for him- self, in other respects, in the best manner he could. At the end of two weeks he had nearly completed a barn, and when he was about to re- turn to his work again on Monday morning, he remarked to his wife, that as his barn was nearly completed, he thought he had better take the cow along with him, as her milk would be very convenient for him. She immediately declared, that if the cow was going, she was going too, and accordingly began to make herself ready. At this, Mrs. Heywood and the children gathered around her and besought her to remain; but she adhered to her determination to go with John ; so, bidding the Hey- woods a good bye she cheerfully accompanied her husband to her new home, where for ten days-which she often referred to as being among the happiest in her life-she lived with her husband in the log barn, when the house was so far completed as to be suitable for their residence. Into it therefore, they moved, where they remained to see a large and happy family of children grow up around them. The country was so wild at that part of the town, at the time of their settlement in it, that
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it was a common sight to sce wolves passing between the barn and the house.
Children of John and Polly Dunsmoor . I. John, jr., b. Apr. 26th, 1795; m. Submit Bragg, of Springfield, Vt., November, 1817. Ch. 1. Helen J., b. July 24th, 1818; m. Ebenezer H. Tidd, (see Tidd); 2. James Bragg, b. Dec. 22nd, 1825; m., Oct. 16th, 1849, Louise Maria Putnam (dau. of Benjamin and Sally (Willard) Putnam). Ch. (1) Louise Maria, b., in Boston, Dec. 30th, 1852; (2) Carrie Ellen, b. in Boston Dec. 5th, 1855; m., Oct. 13th, 1875, at Charlestown, N. H., Edward Ritta Bryan, of New Haven, Conn. Mr. Dinsmoor resided in Boston many years, but since 1870 has been the proprietor of The Eagle Hotel (formerly The Robertson House) in Charlestown, N. H.
3. Augusta G., b. Jan. 4th, 1830; m., Oct. 2nd, 1848, Charles Endi- cott ; residence, Canton, Mass. In addition to having held nearly all the local town offices in Canton, Mr. Endicott was representative to the General Court in 1851-57-58: County Commissioner six years, from 1860; State Senator in 1866-67 ; member of the Executive Cound of Massachusetts in 1868-69; State Auditor six years, from 1870 to the close of 1875, and now (Jan., 1876) holds the office of State Treasurer and Receiver General. He is a lawyer by profession, having been ad- mitted to the bar as an attorney and counsellor at law in 1857. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Endicott are: (1) Edward Dinsmore, b. July 10th, 1852; (2) Cynthia Augusta, b. May 19th, 1856; 4. Har- riet S., b. May 19th, 1828; m., Dec. 14th, 1846, Laban Bullock, b. in Rehoboth, Mass. March 15th, 1818. Ch. (1) Helen Augusta, b. Mar. 18th, 1849 ; d. Sept. 9th, 1850; (2) Frank Elmer, b. July 19th, 1851; (3) Theodore L., b. Feb. 1st, 1853; d. Sept. 19th, 1854; (4) Carrie Louise, b. Aug. 21st, 1858; d. Apr. 23d, 1863; (5) Harry Edgar, b. June 21st, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock lived in Canton, Mass. till 1848 ; then removed to Fitchburg, Mass .; all their children were born and three of them died in Fitchburg; removed in 1864, to Bellows Falls, Vt., where Mr. B. is engaged in mercantile and mechanical business ; 5. Elizabeth, b. May 25th, 1833 ; d. May 25th, 1836; 6. Ruth Crosby, b. June 6th, 1835; II. Henry, b. May 5th, 1797 ; m. Rebecca Gleason, of Chester, Vt. Ch. 1. Jane; 2. Henry ; 3. James; 4. Luther ; 5. Martin. Henry, sen. settled in Lunenburg, Mass. and was killed in a saw mill. After his death his family removed to Green lake, Green lake county, Wisconsin. III. Mary, b. June 24th, 1799, resides in Charlestown, (Jan. 1st, 1876) greatly respected and beloved-unmar- ried. IV. Lucy, b. July 8th, 1801; m. Feb. 14th, 1829, Thomas
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Dunsmoor of. Lunenburg, Mass .; one child, Judge Thomas Dunsmoor, b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 11th, 1832; settled in Charlestown, 1864 ; m. Oct. 9th, 1866, Laura Ann Deming, (dau. of Stephen B. and Nancy A. (Fisher) Deming of Cornish, N. H.,) b. Nov. 7th, 1843. Ch. (1) Lucy Edith, b. Sept. 7th, 1867 ; (2) Myrtie Laura, b. Sept. 8th, 1869 ; (3) Mary Josephine, b. June 15th, 1872. Joseph Dunsmoor, b. July 4th, 1802, in Lunenburg, Mass., resides, unmarried, in the family of his nephew, Judge Thomas Dunsmoor. V. Nathaniel Sartell, m. and settled in Wait, Me., where he died. VI. Catherine, b. Jan. 14th, 1806; m. Oliver Putnam, (see Putnam). VII. Ebenezer Dunsmoor, b. Mar. 27th, 1808; m. Jan. 13th, 1830, Fanny Willard, (dau. of Abel and Fanny (Grout) Willard); b. Apr. 7th, 1813. Ch. 1. Frances W., b. Apr. 16th, 1831; m. 1st, Sept. 12th, 1855, Benjamin M. Warner, (son of William and Betsy M. (Finley) Warner, of Acworth). He d. Oct. 24th, 1858; one son, Benjamin Edward, b. Jan. 26th, 1859 ; m. 2d, Apr. 12th, 1861, Granville Harris ; child, Lizzie Burke, b. Aug. 28th, 1862. 2. Sophia W., b. Apr. 4th, 1831 ; d. March 28th, 1836. 3. Elizabeth L., b. March 31st, 1841 ; d. Jan. 16th, 1860. 4. Ella Louisa, b. May 17th, 1851. VIII. William, b. Apr. 15th, 1810; d. Aug. 27th, 1812. IX. Elizabeth, b. March 31st, 1812; m. Col. Joshua Bowker. X. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 14th, 1816; m. Albert Hall Fisher, (see Fisher).
WILLIAM DUNSMOOR m. Sally Reckard June, 13th, 1812; Ch. I. William J., b. April 21st, 1813; II. John R., b. Nov. 3d, 1814, m. June, 16th, 1845, Sophia A. Nichols, (dau. of Ezra and Polly (Cush- man) Nichols, b. Nov. 29th, 1817; Ch. 1. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9th, 1846; d. Sept. 13th, 1868; 2. Uriah, b. Jan. 26th, 1851; m. Lottie Freeman-resides in Brookfield, Vt. 3. Asenath b. Aug. 28th, 1852; d. April 21st, 1869; 4. Henry, b. Dec. 2d, 1854; 5. Charlie S., b. May 24th, 1858. Mr. John R. Dunsmoor lost an arm July 4th, 1835, in Charlestown Village by the accidental discharge of a cannon which he was loading. His youth was spent in Charlestown and he returned to the place in 1871. III. Charles, b. April, 25th, 1816; IV. Fred- erick W., b. June, 13th, 1817; V. Rebecca, b. June 8th, 1819; VI. Henry, b. Mar. 25th, 1821 ; VII. Sarah, b. Oct. 9th, 1823; (See Straw.) VIII. Lucy, b. Aug. 3d, 1825, m. Orren Moody ; IX. Orel, b. Aug. 24th, 1827 ; X. James, b. Nov. 10th, 1829; XI. Isaker, b. Nov. 19th, 1831; XII. Maretto, b. March 19th, 1834; XIII. Samuel, b. Jan. 11th, 1838.
PIFINEAS AND POLLY (GAGE) DUNSMOOR, Ch. I. Horace, b. Oct.
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11th, 1798; II. Mary Kimball, b. Aug. 13th, 1805; III. Hiel, b. Oct. 20th, 1807 ; IV. Lucius Putnam, b. Jan. 25th, 1810; V. Attaline, b. Sept. 18th, 1812.
HENRY EASTER, son of John and Jennie Easter b. in Albro, in England, May 2nd, 1827 ; m. May 13th, 1848, Caroline E. Evans, b. in Charlestown, Feb. 15th, 1832. (See Evans.) Ch. I. Henry T., b. in Milford, Mass., Dec. 7th, 1850; II. Emery, b. Jan. 28th, 1853; d. Sept. 22d, 1853 ; III. Jennie Frances, b. July 5th, 1855 ; m. Dec. 22d, 1871, Allen C. Reed. IV. Carrie Annette, b. Feb. 1st, 1857 ; m. Dec. 31st, 1873, George A. Snow. (See Snow.) V. Willie Joseph, b. May 5th, 1859. Mr. Easter settled in Charlestown in July 1851. (See sol- diers in the War of the Rebellion.)
BENJAMIN L. EATON, (son of Darius J. and Belinda (Spencer) Ea- ton) b. Aug. 5th, 1844; n1. Nov. 16th, 1871, Ruth E. Stevens, (dau. of William J. and Cynthia (Young) Stevens) b. Nov. 4th, 1852; Ch. I. Arthur E., b. Nov. 18th, 1872 ; II. Willie D., b. Feb. 23d1, 1875. Mr. Eaton settled in Charlestown, 1871-from Acworth.
ARTEMAS C. EGGLESTON, b. Dec. 26th, 1830, in Pittsford, Vt., m. Apr. 10th, 1854, Harriet M. Currier, b. in Williamstown Upper Cana- da, Aug. 16th, 1832. Ch. I. Willie H., b. July 29th, 1855, in Men- don Vt., d. Mar. 14th, 1859; II. Eliza T., b. in Mendon Vt., July 9th, 1857; III. Susie F., b. in Mendon Vt. July 4th, 1859 ; IV. Hattie L., b. in Mendon Vt. July 13th, 1861 : V. Albert F., b. in Mendon, Vt. Apr. 8th, 1865 ; VI. Lewis H., b. in Charlestown, March 9th, 1868; VII. Blanche L., b. July 31st, 1870; VIII. George W. b. July 30th, 1874.
Joseph Ellenwood, b. Oct. 31st, 1753; d. in Lempster, Jan. 22d, 1831; He m. Feb. 5th 1778, Mary Punchard, (dau. of John Punchard) b. June, 22d, 1754; d. July 11th, 1824. Her descendants were nine children, and thirty-two grand children. Ch. I. Priscilla, b. June 9th, 1779; II. CYRUS, who settled in Charlestown, in 1835, b. July 24th, 1782; m. Oct. 1st, 1811, Sally Draper, b. Sept. 12th, 1789. Ch. 1. Sally, b. May 2d, 1814 ; 2. Harvey b. July 6th 1819; m. Jan. 11th, 1865, Estella Rugg. Ch. (1) Freddie, b. June, 9th 1866 ; (2) Minnie Estella, b. Aug. 7th, 1868; (3) Nellie Gertrude, b. Sept. 5th, 1870 .- Bertie Hill, son of Mrs. Ellenwood by a previous husband b. Nov. 13th, 1861. 3. Francis, b. July 5th, 1820 ; m. Cynthia Whitman- lives in Acworth. 4. Simeon F., b. March 6th, 1823; m. June 6th, 1849, Susan Clark, (dau. of Moses and Anna (Kincaid) Clark,) b. in Newbury Vt., Jan. 29th, 1825 ; 5. Hiram C., b. Nov. 25th, 1826 ; m. Oct. 24th, 1856, Martha Ann Clark, (dau. of Moses Clark,) b. Oct.
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5th, 1837, in Newbury Vt. 6. Warren J., b. April 21st, 1829; m. Nancy Rollins, and resides in Chicago, Ill. 7. Sarah K., b. March, 26th, 1838 ; m. Samuel Towne, and resides in Claremont. CYRUS EL- LENWOOD, father of the above children, d. in Charlestown, Dec. 10th, 1870; Mrs. Sally (Draper) Ellenwood, March, 24th, 1854. III. Han- nah, daughter of Joseph Ellenwood, b. Feb. 9th, 1784; IV. Francis, b. Feb. 25th, 1786 ; V. John, b. Nov. 18th, 1789; VI. Sally, b. June 22d, 1791 ; VII. Dorcas, b. Aug. 27th, 1793; VIII. Joshua, b. April 10th, 1796; IX. Hiram b. Aug. 27th, 1800. All Joseph Ellenwood's children married with the exception of Hiram.
ELIJAH ELLSWORTH, m. Susanna Porter, (dau. of Lieut. James and Elizabeth Porter); b. Jan. 19th, 1754. Ch. I. Nathan, b. Aug. 10th, 1775 ; II. Sullivan, b. Aug. 29th, 1777 ; III. Orange, b. March 1st, 1784; (see Porter.)
The first occurrence of the name of Ely in the history of Charles- town, is in the report of Capt. Phineas Stevens of his celebrated defense of the Fort, against General Debeline and his large force of French and Indians, on the 4th, 5th and 6th of April, 1747. In this report he says, "though we had thousands of guns shot at us, we had but two men slightly wounded, John Brown and Joseph Ely." (See page 37).
The next person of the name was JOSEPH H. ELY, who was appoint- ed jail-keeper at Charlestown, by the Vermont authorities, in 1781; which position he continued to hold while the township remained under the jurisdiction of Vermont. (See account of Col. Enoch Hale's attempt to break jail, page 171). What time Mr. Ely came to Charlestown, has not been ascertained. He was a soldier in the Revo- lution. He m. 1st, Hannah -, who died Oct. 5th, 1790. Ch. I. Calvin, m. Oct. 16th, 1814, Elizabeth Healy; Ch. 1. Dolly Ann ; 2. Hannah, m. Jan. 26th, 1836, Frederick S. Hodgkins, (see Hodgkins) ; 3. Isaac, d. when a child ; 4. Elizabeth. II. Guy, m. 1st, Nancy -; Ch. George Warner, b. June 12th, 1808; m. 2nd, Merinda Hassam. III. Prudence. IV. Abigail, m. James Milliken, Oct. 16th, 1814. Isaac H. Ely, m. 2nd, Nov. 9th, 1800, Relief Stone ; one child, Epaph- roditus, by this marriage, who m. Elizabeth Evans, (dau. of Peter and Emma (Walker) Evans. Ch. (1) Elizabeth Stone; m. Roswell Smith, Hadley, Mass. (2) Louisa Walker, m. Dec. 1st, 1847, Cotton G. Nash, and has three children ; Allan Ely, b. Nov. 7th, 1849 ; Sam- uel Gaylord, b. June 13th, 1853; and Edwin C., b. Dec. 27th, 1869. (3) Allan Evans, who m. Lois Brewster, (dau. of Jonathan Brews- ter, of Northampton, Mass.) He was killed on the railroad in Geor-
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gia, in 1858 ; left three children, Harry Allan, Esther Brewster, and Louisa Walker; the last d. Aug. 22nd, 1859.
GABRIEL ELY, brother of Isaac H. also married and lived in town. He had children named Abigail, Simon, Slumon, Calvin, Samuel and Villo.
GEORGE WASHINGTON ENSWORTH, (son of Waterman C. Ensworth,) b. May 18th, 1848, in Norwich Vt .; m. Jan. 12th, 1866, Jennie S. Carr, b. Sept. 23d, 1843, in Roxbury, Mass. Ch. I. Charles Fre- mont, b. in South Royalton, Vt. Sept. 9th, 1867; II. George Freder- ick, b. Feb. 26th, 1869; III. Charlotte Mary, b. June 14th, 1874, in Charlestown, N. H .; came to C., 1870.
PETER EVANS m. Mary Gilbert, May 15th, 1769. Ch. I. Gilbert, b. Feb. 19th, 1770; d. at Bellows Falls ; II. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25th, 1771; m. - Savage and removed to Cazanova, N. Y .; III. Peter, jr., b. Oct. 23d, 1773 ; d. July 29th, 1856; m. Emy, ( Emma, in Town Records) Walker, (dau. of Seth and Jemima Walker, b. March 26th, 1770. Ch. 1. Lucretia, d. 1818 aged 22; 2. James W .; m. Jan. 1st, 1825, Eunice Hodgkins ; d. in St. Charles, Ill .; 3. Seth G. Evans, b. Dec. 13th, 1803 ; m., Oct. 28th, 1834, Hannah L. Hodgkins, (dau. of John and Hannah (Spooner) Hodgkins) b. Nov. 21st, 1807. Mr. Ev- ans d. May 31st. 1856 ; Mrs. Evans Aug. 24th, 1871. Ch. (1) Clara L., b. Aug. 16th, 1835 ; m., July 8th, 1862, Rev. Lyman Dwight Cha- pin, of Amsterdam, N. Y., (son of Rev. A. L. and Abby (Hays, ) Chapin, of Newark, N. J.) b. Sept. 18th, 1836. Mr. Chapin is a graduate of Amherst College and of Union Theological Seminary, and, at the time of his marriage, both he and his wife were under appointment by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign missions, as mission- aries to China, for which they sailed Nov. 2nd, 1862. Ch. Lyman Dwight, b. at Tientsin, North China, Jan. 11th, 1864; d. Feb. 2nd, 1867 ; Louise Evans, b. at Tientsin, North China, Jan. 10th, 1866 ; Ab- bie Goodrich, b. at Tungehau, North China, Apr. 2nd 1868 ; Edward Dwight, b. at Tungchau, North China, Nov. 12th, 1869 ; Mary Han- nah, b. at Tungchau, North China, Feb. - , 1872; Nellie Gertrude, b. at Tungchau, North China, July 30th, 1874 ; d. at Tientsin, June 1875; (2) Louisa Dana, b. March 9th, 1837 ; d. July 22nd, 1858 ; (3) Jane G., b. Nov. 7th, 1838; missionary at Tungchau, in China ; (4) Helen A., b. July 30th, 1840 ; m. John Lefferts, of Flatbush, N. Y., Feb. 1st, 1871. Ch. Leffert, b. Sept. 27th, 1871; Dwight Chapin, b. Oct. 22nd, 1874, both at Flatbush ; (5) Seth Gilbert, b. Sept. 16th, 1842; m. Mary Emma Frederick, June 17th, 1868; resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Ch. Frank Frederick. b. Oct. 6th, 1870; Charles Gordon. b. June 6th, 1873; (6) Martha Isabel, b. Sept. 17th, 1844; m., Oct. 15th, 1874, Rufus Phineas Stebbins Webster ; resides in Brooklyn, N. Y .; (7) Lucretia Estella, b. Jan. 9th, 1847; Teacher of Select Private School, Summer St., Charlestown ; (8) Ada Marion, b. Apr. 29th, 1851; 4. Elizabeth m. Epiphrodtus Ely, (see Ely); d. Oct. 7th, 1866; 5. Pet- er A. Evans, b. Jan. 20th, 1811; m. Nov. 5th, 1838, Theodosia S. Willard, (dau. of John and Thera Willard), (see Willard). Ch. (1) Emma, b. Dec. 20th, 1839; m. Oct. 21st, 1861, John S. Walker, of Langdon ; one child, John Stratton jr .; b. March 20th, 1867. (2) Al- lan, b. July 7th, 1850; m. Oct. 21st, 1871, Emma E. Ryder; one child, Waldo Allan, b. May 21st, 1872 ; d. March 11th, 1873.
JOSEPH EVANS, (son of Joseph and Joanna (Taylor) Evans), b. in Lyndon, Vt., 1797 ; m. in 1831, Mrs. Annette (Mc Clintock) Henry), (dau. of William and Judith (Bixby) Mc Clintock), b. May 25th, 1800. Her 1st husband had been Willard Henry, to whom she was m. in 1820, who d. Nov. 4th, 1828, leaving one child, Ann M. Henry, b. in Fairlee, Vt., Feb. 24th, 1825, who m. Emery M. Amsden, Aug. 21st, 1844. Ch. by Joseph Evans. I. Caroline E., b. in Charlestown, Feb. 15th, 1832; m. Henry Easter, (see Easter). II. Jerome B., b. July 8th, 1834 ; m. Aug. 1857, Betsy J. Calkins-resides in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. III. Henry F., b. Apr. 15th, 1838 ; m. Apr. 29th, 1863, M. Sophia Baldwin, (see Baldwin).
LEONARD S. FAIRBANK, (son of Uri and Phila (Bowman) Fair- bank, of Walpole); b. Jan. 17th, 1818 ; m. Sept. 26th, 1850, Theda Angier (dau. of Needham and Betsy (Foster) Angier, of Langdon) ; b. Jan. 21st, 1820. Ch. I. Eldorous L., b. June 23d, 1857 ; II. Effie C., b. Feb. 17th, 1859; III. Della A., b. May 5th, 1861; d. Aug. 11th. 1861. Mr. Fairbank came to Charlestown in April, 1851.
FARNSWORTH.
The first settlement of No. 4, was made by Samuel, David and Stephen Farnsworth, in the spring or summer of 1740. They were sons of Samuel Farnsworth, of Groton, Mass., who married Mrs. Mary Willard, mother of Lieutenant Moses Willard and widow of Simou Willard of Lancaster. Her maiden name was Mary Whitcomb. The following is the Groton Town Record; " Samuel Farnsworth, and Mrs. Mary Willard married Dec. 12th, 1706; Mary b. Sept. 13th, 1707, at Kingston. Samuel, b. June 29th, 1709 ; David, b. Aug. 4th, 1711 ;" The birth of Stephen is not given.
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FARNSWORTH.
Samuel Farnsworth never married. He was killed on the 2nd of May, 1746-He was of the party who were attracted by curiosity to see the spot, where Seth Putnam had been killed on the 19th of April previous. He was therefore one of the first victims of Indian ven- geance. (See page 28.) From the occurence of his name upon impor- tant committees, it is evident that he was esteemed a man of sound judgment, and had the confidence of the early settlers.
DAVID FARNSWORTH appears to have been a man of more than or- dinary intelligence. If important business was to be transacted, he was usually appointed one on the Committee to attend to it. He was thus, with his brother Samuel, on the Committee to contract with some suitable person for building and keeping in repair a corn-mill and saw-mill-on committees for the survey of lots, and determining lines for laying out and building roads, and whatever was required for pro- moting the interests or bettering the condition of the township. From 1750, to 1760 he was the principal and nearly the only surveyor of the place.
On the 20th of April, 1757, David Farnsworth, and four others, were taken prisoners by a party of about seventy French and Indians; and carried to Canada *. The others were Deacon Thomas Adams, Sampson Colefax, the miller, George Robbins, and Asa Spafford. The enemy were in ambush, not quite a mile from the village, near Spaf- ford's Mills, which stood on or near the spot where Hall's Mills have since been erected. Deacon Adams who was going to the hill opposite the mills, for the purpose of making sugar, was the first who was cap- tured. They tied him to a tree, and the Indians started on their way
* The following letter from Josiah Foster, of Winchester, who was taken pris- oner on the 7th of June, 1756 will be interesting.
MONTREAL, May 16th, 1757.
Sir: * The 5th of this present month the Mohawks brought in prisoners from No. 4. Mr. David Farnsworth, Sampson Colefax, Deacon Adams, Asa Spaf- ford and George Robbins, which give us the sorrowful news of the death of your father Willard, who was killed by the Indians last Summer a little way from the fort. Your brother Moses was stabbed in the thigh with a spear. This is all the mischief that has been done except the Indians burnt the Mills. Mr. Labaree has made his escape from Montreal and has gone for the English fort I should be glad to write you a fuller account of things, but it is very difficult to write. I should be glad if you would write to me to let me know how you are. So I re- main your friend.
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