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a tradition in the Heywood family which is probably founded in truth, that Heywood was selected a second time, at a different season of the year, to attend his captain who was commissioned on a similar errand.
During the time of the nominal peace, Heywood appears to have been one of the small number still retained at the fort-and on the re- newal of hostilities was among the most active of those enlisted in its defense. It is a tradition in the family says his grandson, Hon. Wil- liam Heywood, of Lancaster, N. H., "That in this war he was much em- ployed in warding the fort, and in expeditions for the protection of the inhabitants." He was also at the taking of Ticonderoga, in 1759, the surrender of which caused great rejoicing through New England, especially on the Connecticut River frontier. After the organization of Charlestown under New-Hampshire, Mr. Heywood's name appears in the town records for the first time in 1756; in which year he was elected the third selectman, from which time he appears to have been kept by his fellow citizens in some important official position. He was thirty-eight times one of the selectmen-viz. twenty-four times the first-ten times the second-four times the third. He was elected town clerk in 1762 and held the office every year with the exception of 1788, (when it was held by Elijah Grout), till the time of his death in 1803, making in all forty years. He was five years town treasurer. In 1775, he was delegate to the Provincial Congress, at Exeter and also representative in 1778 and '79. To these offices it may be added, that he did much business as a Justice of the Peace, and that in the church also of which he was one of the ten males who helped to con- stitute it at the ordination of Rev. Bulkley Olcott in 1761, he was al- ways an exemplary and influential member.
In the time of the Revolution, his patriotism was undoubted. He was Major of Col. Bellows' Regiment that marched for the defense of Ticonderoga, just before it was evacuated by the American forces on the 6th of July, 1777. He was also Major in Col. David Hobart's Regiment which was in the hottest part of the battle, under Gen. Stark, at Bennington, and continued in the army till after the surren- der of Burgoyne. He afterwards accepted the office of colonel of a regiment under Vermont, and I think of a like office from New- Hampshire.
In addition to the foregoing facts relating to Colonel Heywood it may be proper to say that he was for many years Proprietors' Clerk, succeeding Dr. John Hastings in that office He was also, for some time, the principal surveyor in this region ; an interesting fact in connection
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with which is, that he procured a book and learned surveying without a teacher, and that he learned it well we have sufficient evidence in the plan of the Town Plot drawn by him, and which, through the instru- mentality of George Olcott, jr., Esq, has been handsomely framed and placed in the Town Hall for the benefit of any of our citizens who may take interest in it.
Of the 2nd wife of Colonel William Heywood a grandson, Hon. William Heywood, of Lancaster, N. H., thus speaks, " His second wife was Joanna Wetherbe, from Lunenburg, Mass. She lived in my fa- ther's (William Heywood's) family from the death of her husband, and died in December, 1831. She was a lady, it seems to me, without a fault."
Colonel Heywood died Feb. 4, 1803, leaving a character without re- proach, and an example of fidelity worthy to be followed by all our cit- izens in all the relationships of life.
COL. WILLIAM HEYWOOD was twice married, 1st, to Lydia, (dau. of Dr. John and Hannah (White) Hastings) b., in Hatfield, Mass., Aug. 19th, 1732; 2nd, December 19th, 1763, to Joanna, (dau. of Captain Ephraim and Joanna (Bellows) Wetherbe) b., in Lunenburg, Mass. Ch., by 1st marriage, I. Azubah, b. Nov. 21st, 1753; m., March 7th, 1776, Phineas Pearl. Ch. 1. Warren, d. July, 1777 ; 2. Patty, b. May 23d, 1778; II. Eleazer, b. May 8th, 1755 ; m. Dorcas Whitaker, of Killingly, Conn. about 1790 and had the following children : 1. Rebecca, d. at two years of age ; 2. William, m. and lives in Wayne Co., Michigan ; 3. Mary, m. James W. Bradley and died, in Clare- mont, 1873; 4. Willard, b. in Hartland, Jan. 12th, 1796 ; m., Jan. 2nd, 1832, Emily Baldwin, of Strafford, Vt., dau. of Dr. Eleazer Baldwin, and settled in Windsor ; has had nine children ; eight now living (1) Emily ; (2) Lucia ; (3) Mary Francis ; (4) Eleanor Baldwin ; (see Stebbins); (5) William Henry; (6) Frederick ; (7) Bradley ; (8) Jennie ; (9) Eda Josephine ; 5 Ira, died in the family of Rev. Dr. Em- mons, Franklin, Mass ; 6 Lydia ; 7. Horace ; 8. Eleazer. Elea- zer, sen. was in the battle of Monmouth, and was in the expedition to the Genesee Country, under General Sullivan ; III. Lydia, b. Jan. 18th, 1757 ; never married. Children of Col. William Heywood, by 2nd marriage : IV. Lucinda, b. Oct. 11th, 1764; m., Feb. 21st, 1787, Amasa Grout, (see Grout) ; V. William, b. Dec. 21st, 1766; VI. Fan- ny, b. June 20th, 1769 ; m. Jan. 25th, 1795, Dr. Daniel Egery, of Lan- caster ; VII. Mary, b. Jan. 22nd, 1772 ; d. unmarried ; VIII. Elisha, b. June 15th, 1774; d. in early life; IX. Persis, b. Aug. 30th, 1777 ;
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d. in advanced life, unmarried; X. Prudence, b Feb. 15th, 1780 ; m. late in life, Rev. Samuel Goddard, of Norwich, Vt .; XI. Orange, b. Oct. 25th, 1783; d., unmarried, about 1860; XII. Gustavus, b. Apr. 3d, 1786 ; m., and removed to Michigan; supposed (Apr. 1875) to be still living.
CALVIN HEYWOOD, b. in Acton, Mass. June 18th, 1764; m., when 27 years of age, Rebecca Taylor, of Stow, who was 19 the day she was married. In 1804 he removed to Charlestown (No. 4), and bought of Ebenezer Corbin sixty acres of land, mostly woodland. There was a log house upon the land containing a kitchen and bed room. His fam- ily at that time consisted of himself, and wife and five children, three boys and two girls. Soon after arriving in Charlestown he was taken sick and disabled from business for several months but much to the credit of his neighbors they not only did what they could to take care of him in his sickness but also carried on his land till he was able to attend to it himself. He ever afterwards had good health. He had ten children, all but one of whom grew up to manhood and woman- hood, and were married.
Mrs. Heywood died of dropsy in her 66th year. He died, in Bristol, Vt., Oct. 15th, 1858, in his 95th year with no apparent disease. Ch. of Calvin and Rebecca Heywood, I. Reuben, d. in Stoneham, Mass. Apr. 19, 1876. He was 84 years okl, Sept. 1st 1875; has five children, Sarah, Martha, Silas, Augusta and Hannah ; II. Elizabeth, m. Davis Lufkin, of Acworth ;d. in Bristol, Vt .; III. Simeon, m. Mary B. Wil- lard, of Charlestown and now lives in Claremont (see Willard); IV. Susan, m. Alva Bush ; lives in Bristol. Vt .; V. Levi, b. May 5th, 1802, in Acton, Mass .; m., Sept. 25th, 1824, Emily W. Putnam, (dau. of Thomas, jr. and Polly (Young) Putna:u, b. Dec. 22nd, 1802. Ch. 1. Rebecca, b. Feb. 15th, 1825; m. Paul Cummings, (see Cummings), d. in 1860. 2. Squire, b. June 30th, 1826; d. young. 3. George W., b. Nov. 15th, 1827 ; m. March 27th, 1855, Ellen A. Johnson, (dau. of Josiah and Lorena (Stone) Johnson) b. in Wayland, Mass., May 30th, 1830. Ch. (1) Addison Herbert, b. Oct. 5th, 1855. (2) Carrie E., h. March 29, 1859 ; d. Apr. 25th, 1860. (3) Cora B., b. Jan. 9th, 1860. (4) George E., b. May 4th, 1862; 4. Mary J., b. Aug. 8th, 1829 ; m. 1st, Franklin Sawyer-had two children. (1) Nellie J. (2) Lizzie- died about 1858. Mr. Sawyer d. in Jaffrey, N. H., in 1866. His widow m. 2nd, Col. William Leborbeaw. 5. Richard, b. Oct. 8th, 1831-in the Asylum at Concord. 6. Addison T., b. Oct. 15th, 1833 ; d. March 20th, 1850. 7. Emily S., b. Feb. 24th, 1835 ; m. George H.
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Pratt, and d. in Charlestown, 1860. One child which with her husband is now dead. 8. Martha, b. May 24th, 1839 ; d. in childhood. 9. Julia A., b. Apr. 24th, 1842 ; m. S. S. Prouty ; one child, Arthur H. VI. Emeline, m. Richard Jacobs, and lives in Bristol, Vt. VII. Rufus, b. Oct. 13th, 1807 ; m. in Sharon, Jan. 25th, 1847, Sybil B. Milliken, (dau. of William and Anna (Carlton) Milliken) b. in Sharon, Jan. 20th, 1819. Ch. 1. Anna R., b. Dec. 24th, 1847 ; m. Feb. 17th, 1873, William W. Bridges, of Athens, Vt., where she now resides ; one child, Alta May, b. March 16th, 1874. 2. Albert, b. Feb. 9th, 1849. 3. Addie F., b. Jan. 8th, 1857. VIII. Lonisa, m. Evans, and removed to the west and died. IX. Martha, m. Jonathan R. Severus and lives in Clinton, Mich .; has three children, Hortense, Lo- raine and Josephine. X. Submit, d. unmarried in Bristol, Vt., Apr. 18th, 1865.
SIMEON HEYWOOD, b. Feb. 29th, 1796 ; m. Jan. 1st, 1827, Mary B. Willard (dau. of Marcian and Mary (Baker) Willard) b. Sept. 2nd, 1797. d. Aug. 21, 1861. Ch. I. Henry Willard, b. Dec. 20th, 1828 ; d. June 15th, 1852. II. George Boutwell, b. June 17th, 1841-has held the office of Deputy Collector, of Internal Revenue, in city of New York. Simeon Heywood was b. in Acton, Mass., was a shoe maker- went into trade for a time in Charlestown, N. H., removed to Lunen- burg, Mass.,-was in mercantile pursuits and became postmaster and town treasurer-removed to Claremont, N. H., in 1835.
JESSE HILL, m. Dolly -; Ch. I. Oliver, b. in Charlestown, Oct. 17th, 1789; m. May 5th, 1818, Hannah Pierce, b. in Rockingham, Vt., Dec. 4th, 1792. Ch. 1. Harriet, b. June 28th, 1819; 2. Ephraim, b. Dec. 25th, 1821 ; m. Sept. 22nd, 1858, Roby Jane Sherman ; Ch. (1) George Levi, b. Oct. 12th, 1860; (2) Frank Henry, b. June 26th, 1862; (3) Fred Grant, b. Aug. 17th, 1866; (4) Juliett, b. Aug. 1st, 1873; 3. Harvey P. b. Aug. 3d, 1823; 4. George, b. Oct. 18th, 1825; 5. Oliver, jr., b. July 10th, 1829 ; 6. B. Franklin, b. Sept. 17th, 1831. II. Ephraim, b. March 26th, 1792. III. Patty, b. May 21st, 1795.
HENRY H. HOADLEY, b. in Langdon, N. H .; m. in 1829, Mary B. Mack, (dau. of Jonathan L., and Rebecca (Richardson) Mack). (See Mack). Ch. I and II. Mary A., and Merindia A., twins, b. in Charlestown, Nov. 15th, 1830. Mary A., d. unmarried. Merindia A., m. John HI. White, of Boston, Mass., soldier in the War of The Re- bellion, and now (1875), an inspector in the Custom House. One child, Janie A. III. Jane A. b. in Charlestown, Sept. 18th, 1838;
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m. in 1851, William Moody, jr., of Boston-one child, d. young. Mr. Moody d. 1856. Henry H. Hoadley moved from Charlestown to Wal- pole, where they had two children born. I. Fred B., b. Feb. 15th, 1836; m. Mrs. Hattie Williams, of Alstead, N. H .; resides in Clinton, Mass.,-no children. He is a painter by trade. II. George W., b. Feb. 7th, 1839 ; m. Louisa Dunshee, of Walpole, N. H. He is Engin- eer for the Hope Mills, at Keene, N. H .; no children.
WILLIAM C. HOBART, (son of Josiah and Ann (Noyse) Hobart, of Madison, Ohio) b. Sept. 28th, 1831; m. 1st, Emily Huntoon, of Unity, who died leaving one child, Frank who died young; m. 2nd, June 17th, 1868, Mrs. Helen M. Spencer, (dau. of Harry and Polly (Cram) Bingham, of Unity) b. July 5th, 1831. Mrs. Hobart had one child by her 1st husband, Arthur Spencer, b. Feb. 8th, 1853-who m. Rosie Allen, dau. of Newton Allen, of Charlestown. Mr. Hobart came from Unity to C. in 1870.
LUMAN P. HODGMAN (son of Gardner Hodgman) b. Dec. 18th, 1839; m. Sept. 22nd, 1863, Ellen M. Peaseley, b. Apr. 29th, 1839. Ch. I. Josephine, b. Apr. 2nd, 1864; II. Katie, b. June 5th, 1868; III. Freddie A., b. Aug. 9th, 1872; IV. Bessie J., b. March 29th, 1875.
ISAAC HOLDEN, was a proprietor of No. 4, under New-Hampshire. He was probably the son of Nathaniel Holden and his wife Abigail Stone, of Groton, Mass., and was b. Nov. 19th, 1723.
CAPT. WILLIAM HOLDEN and Annes Nutting, m. in Groton, Mass., May 10th, 1747. Ch. I. Annes, b. Ang. 27th, 1748; d. May 28th, 1749. II. Annes, b. Nov. 16th, 1749; d. same day. III. Wil- liam, b. Aug. 1st, 1751 ; d. Feb. 14th, 1755. IV. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 15th, 1753. V. Annes, b. in Charlestown, N. H., July 6th, 1758; m. Joseph Wilson. VI. Polly, b. in C., Feb. 15th, 1763; m. William Henry, jr., Aug. 30th, 1784. VII. William, b. Oct. 29th, 1764. Capt. William Holden was an officer in Colonel Timothy Bedell's regiment, which was raised in Nov. 1777, and discharged in March 1778. This regiment was on duty upon the upper Connecticut river frontier, for service as occasion might require.
RICHARD HOLDEN m. Dolly -, surname unknown ; she d. Feb. 9th, 1805, aged 67. Ch. I. Dolly, b. Dec. 21st, 1761. II. Amy, b. Feb. 7th, 1764. III. Rebecca, b. Oct. 20th, 1765; m. Levi Putnam, March 29th, 1784. IV. Edmund, b. Oct. 23d, 1767. V. Louisa, b. Dec. 18th, 1769 ; m. Reuben Nott, Feb. 7th, 1788.
VI. Timothy-time of birth unknown ; m. 1st, Hannah Glidden,
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who died July 11th, 1800, aged 30. The following is on the stone erected to her memory.
A kind wife a friend sincere, A mother of five is buried here.
m. 2nd, Mary Page, who d. March 22nd, 1816 ; m. 3d, - Humph- rey (living July 16th, 1874). Ch. by 1st wife. 1. Phena, b. Jan. 19th, 1791. 2. John Temple, b. Jan. 17th, 1793; m. Abigail Putnam, daughter of Thomas Putnam. Ch. (1) John Temple, b. Feb. 9th, 1818; m. July 13th, 1842, Louisa Coleman (dau. of Stephen G. Cole- man, and Lydia Bailey) b. July 25th, 1825. Ch. [1] Caroline E., b. Nov. 7th, 1843; m. Alvin D. Howe-and lives in C. [2] Stephen Lewis, b. Sept. 28th, 1845; m. Dec. 23d, 1874, Lizzie E. Hayward (dau. of Joseph and Patty G. (Slader) Hayward) b. in Acworth, Aug. 30th, 1853. (See Soldiers in War of Rebellion.) [3] John Temple, b. July 13th, 1847. [4] Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 17th, 1849; m. James A. Hunt. (See Hunt). [5] Frank Herbert, b. Feb. 5th, 1852. [6] Richard Norman, b. Jan. 20th, 1855. (3) Abigail, (dau. of Timothy and Hannah (Glidden) Holden) b. Jan. 4th, 1795. (4) Lewis, b. Jan. 1st, 1797 ; d. Dec. 11th, 1814. (5) Clotilda, b. Aug 1st, 1798 ; d. Sept. 9th, 1802; Ch. by 2nd wife. (6) Richard. (7) Sarah. (8) Car- oline. (9) Willard G., d. Feb. 23d, 1829, aged 19. Ch. by 3d wife. (10) Timothy. (11) Louisa. Timothy Holden whose descendants are above given, was one of the selectmen in C., in 1798-99 and in 1801-2 and 3.
WILLIAM M. HOLDEN, (son of Abel and Mary (Stearns) Holden) b. Nov. 8th, 1832, in Winchendon, Mass .; m. Jan. 31st, 1857, Nancy T. Rumrill (dau. of Samuel and Polly (Taylor) Rumrill) b. in Spring- field, Vt., Jan. 9th, 1831-settled in C., Dec. 12th, 1872. Ch. I. Charles Milton, b. in Springfield, Vt., Apr. 30th, 1859. II. Frederick William, b. Apr. 26th, 1861. III. Melvin Francis, b. Jan. 27th, 1863. IV. Everett Taylor, b. Oct. 27th, 1865. V. Mary Augusta, b. in Westmoreland, N. H., May 21st, 1868. VI. Alice Maria, b. in Charlestown, Sept. 6th, 1874.
JONATHAN HOLTON, the earliest settler of the name of Holton in Charlestown, was descended from William Holton, who was born in England in 1611, and came to this country in the ship " Francis " from Ipswich, in 1634. He became one of the original proprietors of Hart- ford, Ct. but removed from that place to Northampton in 1663, where he was elected a deacon of the church. He represented Northampton five years in the General Court and Hadley one year, viz. the year 1669.
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He subsequently settled in Northfield, as will be seen by the following vote of the Proprietors at a meeting held Apr. 11th, 1688 : " It was voted and agreed by the proprietors of Northfield to give to each of our honored Committee, Mr. William Clark, Dea. William Holton, Sergt. John King and Ensign Preserved Clapp, five acres of interval land in the Three Little Meadows without paying any purchase money ; and it is to lie clear of any town charges whatsoever." This land was not a present but was apportioned to them as an honorary testimonial of the value of their services, on conditions far more advantageous than were conceded to the proprietors in general. He died in Northfield Aug. 12th, 1691.
William and Mary Holton, (maiden name of the wife unascertained) had a family of seven children, all born either in Hartford or North- ampton, of whom Mary and Sarah were both married the same day, viz. Nov. 18th, 1656 ; the former to David Burt ; the latter to John King, which were the first two marriages solemnized in Northampton.
The eldest child of William Holton was John who died Apr. 26th 1712. He married Abigail -, who survived him, but of whose death we have no record. By this marriage there were seven children, from the youngest of whom, Thomas, the line of deseent of the Holtons of Charlestown, is to be traced. His death is described by Hon. Geo. Sheldon, in his History of Northfield, (page 195) as follows : " Aug. 13th, while the men were scattered in their grain-fields, Gray Lock with a party of four Indians waylaid and killed two of our leading citizens, viz. Thomas Holton aged 42, and Theophilus Merriman, aged 31. The circumstances of the killing were not recorded and cannot now be ascer- tained. Taking their scalps the Indians pressed on to Rutland, where the next day they attacked Dea. Joseph Stevens and four of his sons as they were making hay in the meadow." (See Captain Phineas Stevens.) He was b. Oct. 23d, 1681. He married Mindwell Allen, (dau. of Sam- uel Allen, of Northampton) who m., 2nd, 1726, Daniel Chapin, and d. Oct. 21st, 1758. They had five children, of whom Joshua, b. about 1703, was the eldest. He, as his father had been before him, was killed by the Indians. He had been sent to Boston to receive the money due to Northfield families for billeting Maj. Hartwell and his men the preced- ing winter, and had obtained the money and was returning, when, on the 26th of April, 1746, he was waylaid between Lunenburg and North- field by a party of Indians, supposed to have been the same who had just previously visited Upper Ashuelot, who killed and scalped him and made off with his money, (see His. Northfield, pp. 243 and 371. Josh-
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ua and Mary Holton had three children, Ebenezer, Jonathan and Joshua.
JONATHAN HOLTON m. Hannah Olcott, youngest child of Timothy Olcott, of Bolton, Ct., baptized April 19th, 1747. He lived first, after he was married, in Chester, Vt-second, in Rockingham, where he re- mained a few years, when, about the year 1786 he took up his perma- nent residence in Charlestown. Mr. Holton was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, but for how long a period has not been ascertained. This much however is known, that he was at the battle of Bennington, under General Stark, where he was wounded, and marched once if not twice to the defense of Ticonderoga. In Charlestown he pursued the occupation of farming and was also Deputy Sheriff and Jail-Keeper.
Capt. Jonathan and Hannah (Olcott) Holton had the following chil- dren : I. Simeon, who m. a Miss Abbe, of Rockingham ; removed to the State of New York ; II. Bela, m. Patty Olcott, of Rockingham, Vt. and settled in Lyndon, Vt .; III. Jonathan, m. Betsy Baldwin, of Charlestown, and removed to Rochester, N. Y., where he d .; IV. Adol- phus, m. Almira Hibbard, of Concord, Vt. and removed to that place ; V. Bulkley, m. July 25th, 1798, Betsy Judevine and, for a time, settled in Charlestown when he removed to Thetford, Vt.
VI. David, m. July 2nd, 1809, Betsy Pope, of Concord, Vt. and set- tled, in 1810, in Charlestown. Mrs. H. d, Sept. 24th, 1854, aged 67. The following obituary notice of Mr. Holton was published soon after his decease, Feb. 1st, 1873: " David Holton was born in Rockingham, Vt., 1781, from which place he removed with his father's family to Charlestown in 1786, where, with exception of a few years during his early manhood, he resided during life. He was an active and successful business man during the working years of his manhood, and attended to the management of his financial affairs until a short time previous to his death. Before the formation of Sullivan County he was Jailor in Charlestown, and also served as Deputy Sheriff, and occupied other places of public trust, in all of which he acquired a reputation for strict integrity. He was a reliable citizen, an affectionate kinsman, a true friend and kind neighbor; and all who knew him will remember his cordial grasp and genial manners, and cherish his memory as that of a good man gone before."
Ch. of David and Betsy (Pope) Holton. 1. Fanny M., b. Aug. 28th, 1810; m., 1st, Dec. 24th, 1832, Dr. Simeon D. Colburn. Ch. (1) Eliz- abeth, b. March 23d, 1835; (2) Joseph Warren, b. Nov. 5th, 1836; (3) Charles M., b. July 2nd, 1841 ; (4) Fanny Sophia, b. March 3d,
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1852, m., 2nd, Olcott Holton; 2. Sophia W., b. March 14th, 1812; m. June 23d, 1831, Col. Levi Green and settled in Portland, Me. Ch. (1) Martha, b. Aug. 27th, 1832; (2) Ellen S., b. Sept. 1838; (3) Da- vid ; 3. David, jr., b. Sept, 5th, 1814; m., Oct. 17th, 1849, Emeline L. Browne, of Hinsdale, N. H., and settled in Charlestown, Ch. (1) George D., b. May 24th, 1851; graduated as a Bachelor of Science at Dartmouth College in 1873, and is in business in Chicago, Ill .; (2) Emma B., b. Apr. 20th, 1855 ; d. June 24th, 1872; (3) Willie B., b. June 25th, 1860. David Holton, jr. d. March 30th, 1865. 4. Charles D., b. March 26th, 1820 ; m., Dec. 21st, 1848, Esther A. Tenney, b. at Hanover, N. H., Dec. 12th, 1826. Ch. (1) Clarence E., b. Oct. 19th, 1849; (2) Frederick G., b. Nov. 26th, 1852 ; both born at Hanover. Mr. Charles D. Holton resides at Atco, N. J.
VII. Asa Holton (son of Jonathan and Hannah (Olcott) Holton) b. at Charlestown, Nov., 1786; m., Oct., 1818, Orra Evarts, b. at Claremont, April 12th, 1799 ; settled in Claremont; d. Mar. 4th, 1841. Ch. 1. George, b. Feb. 14th, 1820; 2. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 23d, 1821; has resided in Warrenton, N. C. twenty years; 3. James Evarts, b. July 24th, 1823; m. Mary Gray, in N. Y., Nov. 3d, 1852; d. Jan. 14th, 1869; 4. Caroline S., b. May 8th, 1825; m., Dec., 1866, George Fortune, of Virden, Ill .; 5. William F., b. Sept. 16th, 1827; resides in Washington, D. C .; 6. Edward L., b. June 21st, 1829; resided in Man- chester, N. H .; d. Nov. 6th, 1875; 7. Geo. F., b. Oct. 16th, 1830; re- sides in N. Y .; 8. Mattie J., b. March 4th, 1833; m., Oct. 21st, 1857, Julius Wilcox; resides in Warrenton, N. C .; 9. Henry C., b. Dec. 10th, 1834; d., in Manchester, Jan. 11th, 1869; 10. Russell F., b. June 29th, 1837 ; resides in Westboro, Mass .; 11. Maurice A., b. Jan. 10th, 1841 ; resides in Manchester, N. H.
Hannah (Olcott) Holton, d. Jan. 26th, 1792, aged 45, and Capt. Jonathan Holton m., 2nd, Nancy Walker, by whom he had the fol- lowing children : I. George Washington, b. Dec. 24th, 1795; II. Gus- tavus Stebbins, b. Apr. 11th, 1797; HI. Hannah Olcott, b. Jan. 2nd, 1769 ; IV. Abille Bowen, a daughter; b. May 7th, 1800. Nancy (Walker) Holton, d. May 11th, 1803, aged 36, and Mr. Holton m., 3d, Nancy Pope, of Walpole; published Nov. 17th, 1803. She d. June 29th, 1840. Capt. Holton d. Nov. 19th, 1821, aged 78.
HENRY W. HOOPER, (son of James and Eleanor (Wellington) Hoop- er, of Walpole, N. H.) b. Nov. 28th, 1807 ; m., Apr. 10th, 1832, Mary K. Chase, (dau. of Jonathan and Martha (Kimball) Chase) b. Sept, 27th, 1812; settled in Charlestown, 1853. Ch. I. Martha Ellen, b.
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Aug. 14th, 1833 ; m., Apr. 13th, 1854, Simeon W. Phillips (son of Reuben and Rebecca (Foster) Phillips) b., in Roxbury, N. H., March 31st, 1829. Ch. 1. Mary Ellen, b. July 9th, 1856 ; d. May 20th, 1856 ; 2. Josephine Ida, b. Apr. 4th, 1859 ; 3. Henry Simeon, b. Mar. 7th, 1862; d. March 11th, 1870 ; 4. Sarah Rebecca, b. April 1st, 1864 ; d. Feb. 21st. 1867; 5. Robert Emmett, b. Feb. 28th, 1868; 6. Edward Rufus, b. Oct. 4th, 1870. Mr. Phillips d. Jan. 1st, 1872, in Hartville, Missouri. II. Mary Frances, (dau. of Henry W. Hooper and wife) b. Sept. 14th, 1835 ; m., Feb. 1st, 1864, Joseph J. Shaw, (son of Ansel and Hannah (Jones) Shaw) b. Dec. 25th, 1840; III. Sarah Jane, b. July 18th, 1838 ; m., March 31st, 1863, Charles B. Glover. (son of Edward and Polly (Blake) Glover) b. in Alstead, N. H., June 22nd, 1825. Ch. 1. Charles Baker, b. Sept. 26th, 1864: 2. Nellie M., b. in Glass Lake, Mich., July 26th, 1867 ; d. Aug. 12th, 1869, in Detroit, Mich .; 3. Em- ma J., b., in Alstead, Jan. 3d, 1875 ; d., in Alstead, Oct. 3d, 1875. Mr. Charles B. Glover d., in Alstead, June 22nd, 1875. IV. Edward C. (son of Henry W. and Mrs. Eleanor Hooper) b. May 2nd, 1840; V. Charles H., b. Oct. 2nd, 1848; VI. James K., b. Apr. 24th, 1852 ; VII. Josephine R., b. Dec. 23d, 1855 ; d. July 6th, 1872.
NATHAN HOWARD, (son of Thomas Howard, of New London, Conn., and Hannah Howard, of Lyme, Conn.) b. Nov. 18th, 1782, at Marlow, N. H .; m. Martha Brown, (dau. of Nathaniel Brown, of Grafton, Mass. and Molly Brown, of Lyme, Conn.) b. Apr. 16th, 1780, at Alstead, N. H. Ch. I. Lorinda, b. Nov. 25th, 1802, at Alstead, N. H .; II. Philharma, b. Nov. 27th, 1805, at Marlow, N. H .; III. Vespersia, b. Jan. 22nd, 1807, at Marlow, N. H .; m. Charles H. Mann of Fairlee, Vt .; IV. Almanda, b. Apr. 26th, 1808, at Marlow, N. H .; m. Frank- lin Graves, of Acworth, N. H, She is now a widow and lives in Wi- nooski, Vt., (see His. of Acworth). V. Macandace, b. Sept. 16th, 1809 ; VI. Mary, b. Apr. 9th, 1811; d. Apr. 13th, 1811 ; VII. Americus K., b. May 1st, 1812; m. Jane A. Adams, of Tunbridge, Vt. He is a Methodist minister at Newton Upper Falls, Mass .; VIII. Africus S., b. July 30th, 1814 ; (writes his name Sumner A.) m. Louise N. Con- verse, (sce Converse); IX. Martha A., b. Jan. 5th, 1818 ; m. William O. Wright, (son of Jacob and Dorcas ( Walker) Wright, of Charles- town). William O. Wright graduated at the Military School, at Nor- wich, Vt .; taught school seven winters, in North Charlestown, and one term in the village ; resides in Danvers, Mass., where he has charge of " The Peabody Institute ;" X. Nathan Wesley, b. Feb. 22nd, 1821, at Claremont, N. H .; m., June 18th, 1844, Rebecca Holden Putnam, (dau.
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