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I. Amasa, b. March 26th, 1779; m. Feb. 21st, 1787, Lucinda, (daughter of Col. William and Joanna (Wetherbe) Heywood), b. Oct. 11th, 1764. Ch. 1. Cyrus ; 2. Salmon, neither of whom settled in C. Amasa Grout, d. at Charlestown, in March, 1837.
II. Jonathan, b. April 24th, 1760 ; 'm. 1st, Parthena Page, (daugh- ter of Peter and Sarah Page), (published May 25th, 1788), and settled upon the homestead, in what is now called Snumshire. Ch. 1. Fan- ny, b. Oct 11th, 1792; m. Sept. 1812, Abel Willard. (See Willard.) 2. Mary, b. March 12th, 1799; m. Ashbel Hamlin, (see Hamlin). 3. Sophia, b. Oct. 11th, 1802; m. Francis Bingham, and removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt. 4. Harriet, b. Aug. 1st, 1806; m. James Lab- aree. (See Labaree). Major Grout, as Jonathan Grout was familiarly called, was an officer in the Militia, and also a Justice of the peace. He was a good citizen, with at once the independence of his father " The brave old commissary" and many of the idiosyncrasies, which appear to be somewhat inherent in the Grout race ; and which often created no little amusement. After the decease of his first wife, when his situation, and the condition of his family, were such, that he stood in need of another, the widows and marriagable ladies of the time, began to manifest some curiosity, as he was a man in prosperous cir- cumstances, to ascertain, who might be the favored one, on whom his choice would fall. And such became the interest of some in the sub- ject, that they even dared to approach him with the question, " Major Grout, which of us do you intend to take ?" To which, the good Ma- jor good naturedly replied, " Wait till Thanksgiving time, and I will show you how I feel towards you." When Thanksgiving day arrived, great amusement was created on learning, that he had sent to every widow in town, a pumpkin and pint of molasses that they all might be furnished with pumpkin pies for that occasion.
His choice, at length, after a suitable time, fell on Mrs. Mary Prou- ty, widow of Samuel Prouty, (daughter of Elijah and Mary (Stevens) King), (see Prouty), and according to the usual custom of those times, in order to introduce his wife to her new neighbors, he soon gave a wedding party, to which as his house would not hold the whole town, he invited only those who lived between the two brooks, or between the upper and lower mills. This did not please some of his friends,
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outside of those limits, who received no invitation, and who therefore made no little talk about it. This coming to the ears of the Major, he said he would give another party before long, and when he did he would give such a party, as nobody could have any reason to find fault with. This declaration he made good by inviting the whole town's poor; and one who was present at this gathering, describes it as one of the happiest she ever attended. Major Grout went after them with a four horse team, the finest that he could obtain ; and the repast that was set before them, was not only bountiful, but most in- viting. Of course there was no fault to be found with his party this time, and the persons who were dissatisfied with the first one, not only forgave him for what they had regarded as his neglect, but praised the goodness of heart, and heartily laughed at the excentricity, which had prompted the happy turn he had made.
His 2nd wife dying, he m. Jan. 16th, 1833, Miss Lydia Putnam, (dau. of Elisha and Lydia Putnam), b. Dec. 10th, 1794. A notice of , this marriage was sent to the papers by himself, as follows. Married in Charlestown, Jan. 16th, Major Jonathan Grout, aged 73, and Miss Lydia Putnam, somewhat younger. Major Grout d. aged 93, 1854; Mrs. Lydia Grout, d. March, 1876.
III. Mary, 3d child of Elijah and Mary Grout, b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Oct. 23d. 1761; m. Enos Lovell, Esq., and removed to Middle- sex, Vt. She had six children, and died May 19th, 1839. IV. Let- ice, also b. in Lunenburg, May 3d, 1763; m. June 11th, 1778, Nathan- iel Holden and removed to Chester, Vt. She also had six children, and died in 1812. V. Sophia, (Sophy), b. in Lunenburg, Feb. 6th, 1765 ; m. Enos Stevens, son of Captain Phineas Stevens, March 4th, 1791, and removed to Barnet, Vt. She had 10 children. (See Stevens). The remaining children of Elijah and Mary Grout, were b. in Charlestown. VI. Eusebia, b. March 2nd, 1767; m. Oliver Farwell, of Fairfax, Vt .; had 7 children, and died Aug. 11th. 1825. VII. Theophilus, b. Aug. 29th, 1768; d. Apr. 5th, 1852, at West Concord, Vt. VIII. Dolly, b. Oct. 12th, 1770; d. unmarried, at Charlestown, in 1801. IX. Gen. Josiah, b. June 9th, 1772; m. Jan. 9th, 1797, Sally White, of Walpole, N. H .; settled in Fairfax, Vt .; filled important offices in town, and State; had 11 children, and d. Jan. 9th, 1853. X. Katie, b. Oct. 6th, 1774; m. Clark Cushman, in Charlestown, Feb. 3d, 1794. XI. Patty, b. June 19th, 1776; d. Nov. 2nd, 1777.
Elijah Grout, probably, did not remove with his family from Lu-
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nenburg to Charlestown, before the year, 1766. His name appears on the town records, the first time in 1768, when he was elected 2nd se- lectman, which office he filled, in all, six times. He was 3d selectman in 1769, and 1st in 1794. He was also, three times, moderator, and five times, representative ; the first time, in 1775, the last, in 1795, but two years previous to his death.
In the Revolutionary war, he threw all his energies into the cause of independence, and became known for his patriotism, not only in Charlestown, and the immediate region, but widely through the State. His first appearance, as an actor in the Revolutionary movement, was at a convention at Walpole, at the house of Capt. John Bellows. To . this he was elected by the citizens of Charlestown, on the 24th of Oct. 1774, in connection with Lieut. Samuel Hunt. They were chosen to meet and consult with other delegates, or committees from the several towns in the county. The following extract, from Dr. Belknap's His- tory of New-Hampshire, will give us the needed light in respect to the object of this gathering.
" At the meeting of the Assembly of New-Hampshire, in the spring, May 10th, 1774, the house of representatives, conformably to the pro- cedings of the assemblies in the other colonies, appointed a committee of correspondence. The governor, who had in vain labored to prevent this measure, adjourned the assembly, and after a few days, dismissed it ; hoping by this means to dissolve the committee also. But they were not restricted by forms. On a summons, issued by the commit- tee, the representatives met again in their own chamber. The gover- nor, attended by the sheriff of the county, went among them. They rose at his entrance. He declared their meeting illegal, and directed the sheriff to make open proclamation, for all persons to disperse, and keep the king's peace. When he had retired, they resumed their seats ; but, on further consideration, adjourned to another house; and after some conversation, wrote letters to all the towns in the province, re- questing them to send deputies, to hold a convention at Exeter, who should choose delegates for a general congress ; and to pay their re- spective quotas of two hundred pounds agreeably to the last propor- tion of the provincial tax." (See Belknap's His. of N. H., page 351.)
The meeting at the house of Capt. Bellows, was to see if the towns of Cheshire county, would send delegates or deputies to the conven- tion at Exeter, as had been recommended by the committee of corres- pondence. It was decided that they would. Accordingly, at a town meeting, held on the 19th of January, 1775, in Charlestown, notified
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particularly to take action in the matter, we find that the following votes were passed.
"1st. Voted, that Benjamin Giles, Esq., be moderator of this meeting.
2nd. Voted, that the town will proceed to choose a deputy to repre- sent them at Exeter, on the twenty-fifth instant.
3d. Voted, that Mr. Elijah Grout be the person chosen to repre- sent said Charlestown, at Exeter the twenty-fifth instant, in order to choose delegates to send to the general congress, to be holden at Phila- delphia, in May next.
4th. Voted that Mr. Elijah Grout be empowered to act in concert with the other deputies of this province, when met, to choose a com- mittee of their body to proportion the sum each town ought to pay towards sending delegates, as expressed in the above vote. (Town Rec- ords, 1 B. page 139). The moderator dismissed the meeting."
There had been a meeting at Exeter, in the July previous, in which the different towns in the State had been represented by eighty-five deputies. But as there had been no concerted action of the towns of Cheshire county at that time, the representation from it had been by no means general. But at the convention on the twenty-fifth of Jan- uary, both the towns of Cheshire county, and of the State were very fully represented ; and a concise record of their action is thus given by Dr. Belknap. (p. 354). "Major Sullivan, and Captain Langdon were chosen delegates for the next general congress, to be holden on the 10th of May, at Philadelphia; and the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, was ordered to defray their expenses. This convention issued an address to the people, warning them of their danger ; exhorting them to union, peace, and harmony, frugality, industry, manufactures, and learning the military art, that they might be able if necessary to defend the country against invasion. They appointed a committee of correspondence, with power to call another convention when they should judge it necessary."
From the time of his election as deputy to Exeter, during the whole period of the war, Mr. Grout was much relied upon for counsel by his own townsmen and by those who were appointed by the people to give direction to affairs to execute important trusts. On the 7th day of August, 1775, he was appointed one of the committee of safety for the town of Charlestown-The others were Samuel Hunt, William Hey- wood, Abel Walker, and Samuel Stevens, Esq. He was also early ap- pointed commissary by the State Committee of Safety, and also to fill temporarily other offices where great fidelity was required; in all of
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which there is reason to believe he discharged his duties in the most satisfactory manner; and when we consider the stirring times which preceded the battle of Bennington, the fact that his duties were thus discharged affords the highest proof both of his faithfulness and execu- tive ability.
After the decease of his first wife, Mary Willard, Mr. Grout m. in Dec. 1786, Mrs. Abigail Hutchins, widow of Phineas Hutchins, whose children exactly equalled his own, there being ten living in each fam- ily. They were m. at Walpole, by Rev. Mr. Fessenden. Mr. Grout had had eleven children, but Patty the youngest had died. Mrs. Hutchins was originally from Lunenburg, and had probably had with Mr. Grout a life-long acquaintance. (For the names and births of the children, see Hutchins.)
Did Mr. Grout after his 2nd marriage, ever have a family gather- ing? If so, it must have been a spacious table at which the group sat down, and the old commissary must have been reminded of the times when he made provision for the soldiers of Stark. He was a brave old man, and good as he was brave. He withheld no endeavors, and re- fused to make no sacrifices which the situation and circumstances of the country demanded for its best welfare. Though possessed of no great culture he was intelligent, and far-seeing and had all the quali- ties of a sterling man. His descendants may be proud in being able to trace their origin from such an ancestor.
The following Record by Elijah Grout, as Justice of the Peace, may be of interest.
" June 24th, 1800. Personally appeared Samuel Harper and Polly Carlow, (alias Polly Fanner) and made declaration that they took each other as husband and wife, and promised to do their duty to each other as such, and desired I would record the same and get it recorded in the Town Clerks office. "
Before me, Elijah Grout, Justice of the Peace.
JOHN GROUT JR, brother of Elijah Grout, b. in Lunenburg, Jan. 13th, 1731 ; m. in L., Oct. 22nd, 1750, Phebe Spafford, (dau. of Capt. John and Hannah (Tyler) Spafford,) b. in Rowley, Mass., July 23d, 1733. After the birth of eight children, they removed to Charlestown. Ch. I. Phebe, b. Mar. 21st, 1751; II. Elijah, b. in Charlestown, N. H., Jan. 26th, 1753; III. Susanna, b. in Lunenburg, Dec. 12th, 1754; IV. and V. died young. VI. Endymia, b. Aug. 5th, 1761; VII. John Butler, b. Apr. 28th, 1763; VIII. Ferdinand, baptized May 5th, 1765; IX. Theodore, baptized Feb. 1st, 1767; X. Frederica, b. in
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Charlestown, Dec. 1st, 1768; XI. Margaret Bradstreet, b. Apr. 10th, 1771. (See John Grout) Hall's Eastern Vt. page 650.
JEHOSIPHAT GROUT, (also brother of Elijah,) b. Aug. 7th, 1753, m. Oct. 16th, 1788, Anna Parker, (grand-daughter of Lieut. Isaac Parker, and daughter of Isaac Parker, Jr.) b. in No. 4. in 1753. He d. in Keene, Sept. 6th, 1806; Ch. I. Sophia, b. May 10th, 1789, at Charles- town ; m. Apr. 21st, 1808, Phineas Cook, (then a lawyer but subse- quently the minister, and pastor of the Churches of Acworth and Lebanon,) b. in Hadley, Mass., Oct. 9th, 1781. (See His. of Acworth, page 148, for a sketch of Mr. Cook.)
SOLOMON GROUT, (also brother to Elijah,) b. June 27th, 1751, m. Ruth Putnam, of Charlestown, (dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Putnam,) b. Jan. 13th, 1749-50. Ch. I. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 12th, 1772; d. July 4th, 1775; II. Solomon, b. Jan. 20th, 1774; m. Sebra Allen, of Middlesex, Vt., had eight daughters, and one son, and died ; III. Jesse, b. May 15th, 1775; d. Sept. 16th, 1776 ; IV. Charlotte, b. Nov. 29th, 1777; m. William Mc Clintock, of Elmore, Vt., had four chil- dren-died March 12th, 1829; V. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 29th, 1779; m. Abigail Clark, of Rockingham, Vt., and settled in St. Charles, Canada East in 1809; had five children, and died March 12th, 1853; VI. Ruth, b. Nov. 24th, 1780 ; m. Josiah Hart, of Charlestown, in 1812. He died in 1837, when she removed to Chatham, Canada, and m. Ju- dah Center. VI. Polly, b. Sept. 1st, 1782; m. Philip Wheeler, of Mor- ristown, Vt., had five children. VII. Levi, b. July 4th, 1784; m. Polly Nichols, of Morristown Vt., had three children, and was killed by the falling of a barn, Oct. 28th, 1820; VIII. Dan, b. March 6th, 1786 ; m. April 4th, 1811, Beulah Elmore, dau. of one of the first set- tlers of Elmore, Vt; had nine children, and died Jan. 22nd, 1841; IX. Phila, b. Aug. 20th, 1788 ; m. Edwin Richmond, of Morristown, Vt. had two children, and died Oct. 8th, 1811.
JOHN HACKETT, m. Martha Putnam, and was in Charlestown two or three years from 1809, when he removed to Langdon, and after- wards returned to Charlestown. Ch. I. Betsy ; II. Harvey, who set- tled in Charlestown ; b. at Charlestown, 1810; m. Apr. 27th, 1854, Charlotte Putnam, (dau. of Nathan and Nancy (Grinnell) Putnam), b. at Charlestown, March 28th, 1818. Ch. 1. Henry Clark, only child, b. at Charlestown, Feb. 11th, 1855. Harvey Hackett enlisted as a soldier in the Mexican war, at the termination of which he was honorably discharged ; enlisted at Brattleboro, Vt., July 1863, in the Eleventh, Vt., Reg., Battery M .; died of wounds received in front of
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Richmond, Va., at David's Island, New York, June 17th, 1864. III. Martha; IV. John; V. Laura, d. at the age of 18 years ; VI. Charles, b. in Langdon, Sept. 17th, 1815 ; m. Feb. 22nd, 1838, Olive Church, (dau. of John and Cynthia (White) Church.) (See Church); b. Aug. 4th, 1817. Ch. 1. George H., b. May 2nd, 1841; d. Nov. 12th, at Mc Dougall Hospital, Fort Schuyler, N. Y. (See Soldiers in War of Rebellion). 2. Anna Elizabeth, b. July 9th, 1844; 3. Ed- ward Herbert, b. July 23d, 1850; m. Aug. 1st, 1875, Emma Irwin, lives in Boston. Charles Hackett was elected deacon of the Evangel- ical Congregational church, in Charlestown, in 1874. Mrs. Olive Hackett, d. Feb. 2nd, 1873.
OLIVER HALL.
OLIVER HALL for many years a merchant and well known citizen af Charlestown, was born at Middletown, Ct., Aug. 30th, 1752. He was the son of Daniel Hall, jr., of Middletown, and Mary Dwight, daughter of Captain Samuel and Mary (Lyman) Dwight, of North- ampton, Mass. The children of Daniel Hall, jr., of whom Oliver was the eighth, were as follows. 1. Esther, b. Jan 12th, 1738; m. Steph- en Hall ; 2. Abiah, b. Dec. 2nd, 1740 ; m. Benjamin Clark, of West- field, Ct., (see Benjamin Clark), and died March 18th, 1826; 3. d. in infancy ; 4. Jonathan, b. Nov. 28th, 1743 ; d. unmarried, in Charles- ton, S. C .; 5. Mary, b. Nov. 3d, 1745; m. Eliphalet Terry, of Enfield, Ct .; d. Jan. 10th, 1833; 6. Daniel, b. Aug. 16th, 1747 ; d. Oct. 13th, 1755; 7. Elihu, b. March 23d, 1749; 8. Oliver; 9. Phebe, b. June 23d, 1754; d. Nov. 2nd, 1759; 10. Seth, b. May 2nd, 1756; lived at Keene, N. H., and died unmarried in his early manhood. (See History of descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass., Vol. I. page 272-3.)
Oliver Hall, probably in the year 1776, established himself in Charlestown. His business was that of a saddler, which in those days of horse-back riding was among the most lucrative, and seldom failed to give profitable returns to those who engaged in it. As a great share of the travelling was done on horse-back, every body who had the means, kept a horse and every body prided himself on having a fine saddle, and in case he was blessed with a family, an elegant pillion which was a kind of double saddle, on which a man and woman were accustomed to ride together. In riding the arms of the lady were thrown in such a manner around the gentleman, as to enable her in all cases to keep her scat firmly, unless her companion should be . thrown, when of course she would go off with him. For a lady to
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mount upon a pillion or saddle, provision was made at every house and at every public place, in the form of what was termed a horse- block ; which was not only an indispensable convenience on every man's premises, but might almost be called a necessity. This was mounted by steps to a platform at such a height, as to enable a lady to sit down easily behind the person with whom she was going to ride.
Mr. Hall, on establishing himself in Charlestown, very soon built up an immense business, for he had not only Charlestown to supply, but most of the towns around for many miles. His first years in town were in the period of the Revolution, when such were the demands for his manufactures, that he had, immediately, all he could do. Nor did he cease to do a profitable business, in some form, while he lived.
Probably no man in Charlestown, from its settlement to the present time, ever did as much business as Mr. Hall, and the amount of proper- ty which he left, which was estimated at $ 300,000, shows that his bus- iness must have been profitable to an uncommon degree. But only a
small part of this wealth was due to his business as a saddler; for he very soon, on this, engrafted that of a merchant, through which he also engaged in extensive speculations of various kinds. He bought up large stores of provisions and kept a team for transporting them to mar- ket ; also large numbers of cattle and horses. Some of the horses he sent to the West Indies, to which islands, also, he sent large shipments of mules. Dr. Samuel Crosby, who married the sister of the wife of Mr. Hall, and who had settled in Charlestown, as an apothecary, was employed to make extensive journeys on his business and to act as his agent, for many years. It was thus, by extending his business in all di- rections and continually exercising a strict oversight over it, that he at length died possessed of greater wealth than ever fell to the share of any other inhabitant of the town.
Mr. Hall was a man very much respected and one who usually gain- ed the good-will of those whom he employed. One of our oldest citi- zens says, "I never heard anything against the character of Mr. Hall, and though I lived with him a little while, when I was a boy, I never saw but one thing in which there was even the appearance of dishonesty. The old gentleman had a very large thumb, and when he used to draw liquor or molasses he would always take hold of the measure in such a manner as to insert his great thumb into it. He would, therefore, al- ways save the amount in the measure that that took up. I used to think that that was not honest, but it was the only indication of dishon- esty that I ever detected in him." From this description, we think
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that it may be, at least, inferred, that Mr. Hall was not one of the worst of men.
Mr. Hall built the house that is now owned by Mr. Richardson Rob- ertson, and his store stood in the yard just north of it. He married, soon after coming to town, Nov. 16th, 1777, Hannah Terry, (dau. of Benjamin Terry, jr., of Enfield, Ct.) b. Oct. 10th, 1756. She was a very intelligent and accomplished lady, and her coming happily result- ed in bringing two others, of the same family, into the place, viz. Mrs. Simeon Olcott and Mrs. Samuel Crosby, who for years, subsequently, exerted both an elevating and refining influence upon its society. The issue by this marriage was I. Horace, b. Oct. 8th, 1778; II. Seth, b. March 4th, 1786; III. Solon, b. Feb. 28th, 1789. Of these sons, Seth became insane and died in 1818, and Solon died Dec. 12th, 1806, at the early age of seventeen. Horace was early sent to an excellent school then taught at Leominster, Mass., and ultimately fitted for Dart- mouth College, at which institution he graduated in 1798. As his fa- ther was possessed of ample means, he did not care to study a profession, but contented himself with assisting his father a portion of his time in his business, and devoting the remainder to a life of gentlemanly ease. In this manner, without any particular aim or method, his life was spent till the death of his father, which occured Jan. 1st, 1822. He was then left, with what at that time, seemed an immense amount of property on his hands, with which, in consequence of his having failed to inform himself in relation to general business operations, he knew not what to do.
After the death of his father he entered into partnership with Mr. James Read, of Boston, but being, by nature, a great lover of ease, he preferred merely to furnish capital while Mr. Read was left to carry out all active business arrangements. He was a man who liked to do bus- iness on a large scale, and having at command a great amount of capi- tal, made many investments which, however promising they may have appeared in the beginning, proved, in the end, to be exceedingly un- profitable ; so much so that it was found in, 1841, that the entire prop- erty of the firm had been sunk, and a failure was consequently necessi- tated. Mr. Hall had the sympathy of the citizens of Charlestown, and a wide circle of acquaintance, but that would not restore him his lost property or place him in the circumstances in which he had stood before.
While in possession of his ample fortune, Mr. Hall erected the Stone Grist-mill, in Charlestown, which is thus described in the Annals of the town, by Rev. Jaazaniah Crosby, published in 1834: “ About a mile from the village and on the spot where Spafford's Mills were burnt, in
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1746, and again in 1757, and where recently stood the mills erected in 1804, by Oliver Hall, Esq., there is now in erection, by his son, Horace Hall, Esq., a grist mill of a superior structure and of durable materials. The edifice is square, the breadth of its sides 40 feet, and its height on the west end is 80 feet. The materials of the front and corners are granite and the residue of stone from the neighboring hills. The whole edifice is founded on a rock, and during the preparations for the founda- tion were discovered among the rubbish, fragments of the mills burnt by the Indians. The diameter of the water wheel is 28 feet, and its weight about six tons. The extent of the fall is between 40 and 50 feet, and the borders on the stream beneath are beautifully variegated by trees and shrubs : the whole, in the direction of the stream exhibiting a peculiarly romantic appearance."
Horace Hall never married. At one time it was supposed that he in- tended marriage as he purchased furniture for the new house, as it was called, (the one now occupied by J. G. Briggs, jr., Esq.) but the name of the lady who received his attentions, if there was one, is not known, and we are in the same ignorance in relation to the causes that broke up the match. The story commonly reported about it is without founda- tion.
Horace Hall died in Charlestown, Oct. 20th, 1861, and with him the family became extinct. I should have stated that Oliver Hall represent- ed the town in 1804-05 and Horace in 1810-11.
HAMLIN.
James and John Hamlin, brothers came to America in 1622. A son of James, Giles Hamlin settled in Middletown, Ct., about the year 1650, and from him the Hamlin families in Charlestown are descend- ed. He was born in 1622, and died in 1689. He married Mrs. Esther (Crow) Goodwin, who was born in 1628, and died Aug. 23d, 1700. By this marriage there were seven children. William the sixth, in the order of birth, was born Feb. 3d, 1668, and died May 28th, 1733. He married Susanna Collins, May 26th, 1692. By this marriage, there were eight children, through the fourth of whom Nathaniel, the regu- lar line of descent is traced. He was born Oct. 26th, 1699, and died April 25th, 1731. He married Sarah Harris, Sept. 16th, 1725, who survived him and married for her 2nd, husband, Nathaniel Baker. William, the first child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Harris) Hamlin b. Feb. 11th, 1726, married June 28th, 1750, Hannah Allen, b. in 1738. He died in Charlestown, N. H., 1822. She died in 1808. William,
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