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TIMOTHY Mc MAHON, (son of William and Mary (Rowan) Me Ma- hon) b. 1820, in Co. Clare, Parish of Feakle ; m., 1845, Mary Mc Man- narah, b., in 1830, Co. of Clare, Parish of Tula, Ireland ; have had 8 children ; all dead ; settled in C. 1850.
WILLIAM MC CRAE, (son of William and Elizabeth (Randall) Mc Crae) b. Dec. 30th, 1801 ; m., Oct. 9th, 1829, Sabra Stocker, (dau. of Elijah and Lois (Scholley) Stocker) b. Sept. 9th, 1806. Ch. I. Ellen Augusta, b. Aug. 3d, 1830; m,, Jan. 8th, 1850, Henry William Adams and settled in Windsor, Vt .. One child, Ella A .; II. Emily A., b, March 1st, 1833 ; m., Dec. 22nd, 1863, James E. White, of Springfield, Vt .; Ch. 1. Della M .; 2. Frank J .; 3. Sabra L. Mrs. White d. Oct. 24th, 1873. III. Jane A., b. Feb. 5th; 1837 ; d. July 20th, 1838 ; IV. John L., b. July 18th, 1839 ; m., Nov. 2nd, 1869, Augusta Maria Tenney, (dau. of Leonard and Susan A. (Weeks) Tenney, of Marlow, N. H.) b. Feb. 18th, 1844 ; V. Charles A., b. Apr. 18th, 1846; resides in Atlantic, Iowa ; VI. Abbie F., b. Feb. 2nd, 1848. William Mc Crae settled in Charlestown in 1824.
ASA MEACHAM m., Feb. 10th, 1817, Peggy Farwell, (dau. of Jesse and Abigail Farwell) b. Oct. 17th, 1795. Ch. I. Hezekiah, b. Dec.
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14th, 1818; d. Feb. 26th, 1819; II. Edmund, b. Dec. 27th, 1819; d. Oct. 22nd, 1861; III. Horace, b. June 13th, 1822; d. Feb. 22nd, 1831 ; IV. George, b. Feb. 6th, 1824; V. Eveline, b. Apr. 27th, 1827 ; d. Sept. 1st, 1863; VI. Sarah, b. Nov. 24th, 1828; VII. Eliz- abeth, b. Sept. 7th, 1834. Mrs. Peggy Meacham d., in Springfield, Vt., 1865, her home from the time of her marriage.
SETH MEACHAM m., Oct. 22nd, 1836, Matilda Farwell, (dau. of Jesse and Abigail Farwell) b. Aug. 30th, 1814. Ch. I. Robert, b. Sept. 10th, 1837 ; resides in Virginia City, Nevada ; II. William, b. April 23d, 1840; d. in California; III. Mary, b. Oct. 1st, 1842; m. Sylves- ter Hamlin, of Charlestown ; reside in California-three children. Seth Meacham was 2nd Selectman in Charlestown for the years 1834-35-36 37 and 38; represented the town in 1839-40 in the legislature. He d. Feb. 10th, 1843.
THOMAS B. MELVILLE m., Sept, 24th, 1798, Betsy or Elizabeth Walk- er, (dau. of Col. Abel Walker) b. Sept. 7th, 1778. Ch. I. Nancy, b. Jan. 18th, 1798; m., 1817, Elisha Putnam, b. Feb. 26th, 1797, (see Putnam); II. George, m. Susan Pratt and lived in Boston. Ch. 1. George ; 2. Thomas R., b. Apr. 6th. 1832 ; m., Aug. 6th, 1861, Abby F. Robertson, (see Russell Robertson) b. Oct. 8th, 1843; Ch. (1) Lou- isa R., b. May 22nd, 1862; (2) Kate M., b. Apr. 30th, 1866; (3) Russell G., b. Apr. 25th, 1868. Thom. R. Melville is settled in Charles- town. 3. Elizabeth ; 4. Caroline; 5. Charles.
WILBUR MERRILL, (son of Wilson Merrill) b. June, 1841; m., Nov.' 1869, Mrs. Carrie (Morse) Walker, b. 1836. Mrs. Merrill by her first marriage had one child, Etta Walker.
ISAAC AND LUCY C. MERRILL. Ch. Alexander H., b. Sept. 11th, 1817.
CAPT. JOHN METCALF was descended from Rev. Leonard Metcalf of Norwich, Norfolk county in England, who for many years, prior to 1616, was Rector of Norwich Cathedral. Michael his son, through whom the line of descent is traced, was educated in the doctrines of the established church of which he became an active and energetic mem- ber. In this connection he remained until 1635, when he became a dissenter in consequence of the arbitrary decrees of Bishop Wren and his Dean, Dr. Corbett. He was forthwith accused of heresy, but after escaping conviction by reason of the death of two of his persecutors who were witnesses against him, he gives the following narration of his experience. " I was forced " he says " to fly for the sake of the liberty of my conscience from my country, my wife and all my children and
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friends, in which I essayed to go to New England ; taking ship for the voyage at London, Sept. 17th, 1636 ; being by tempests tossel up and down the seas until the Christmas following; then veering about came to Plymouth in Old England, in which time I experienced many dan- gers, troubles and sore afflictions ; then leaving ship I went to Yar- mouth in Norfolk County where I took ship to come to New England with my wife and family. We sailed Apr. 15th, 1637 and arrived in Boston, New England three days before mid-summer, (June 17th,) with my wife, nine children and a servant."
Michael Metcalf of whom the above account has been given, was born in Norwich, Norfolk County England, in 1585 and died in Ded- ham, Mass., 1664. His wife Sarah (other name unknown) to whom he was married, Oct. 16th, 1616, was born June 17th, 1593, and died Nov. 30th, 1644.
Michael and Sarah Metcalf had eleven children, nine b. in Norwich in England and two in Dedham after arriving in this country. Mich- ael, jr., the 3d child, b. Aug. 20th, 1620; m. Jan. 14th, 1644, Mary Fairbanks and died in Dedham, March 27th, 1654. His wife who was the daughter of John Fairbanks of Stafford in England, died in Ded- ham, Feb. 12th, 1673. By this marriage there were five children through the youngest of whom, Eleazer, the line of decent is traced. Eleazer was born March 26th, 1652, and married Meletiah Fisher Apr. 9th, 1684, who was born, May 1st, 1667. He died Aug. 11th, 1742; she died Aug. 20th, 1742. They had ten children. Ebenezer, the 4th, b. Jan, 8th, 1691 ; m. 1731, Martha Rockwood, dau. of Ben- jamin Rockwood, b. 1700, in Rutland, Mass. He died in 1751, and she in 1787. They had five children. Samuel the 3d, b. Apr. 26th, 1739; married in 1762, Hannah Richardson, (dau. of Thomas Rich- ardson, of Leicester, Ireland) where she was born Apr. 10th, 1743. He died June 13th, 1785; she died at Corinth, Orange County, Vt., in 1812. They lived in Oakham Mass. They had twelve children of whom John the 6th, and Betsy or Elizabeth the 9th, settled in Charles- town, (see Hubbard Glidden.)
John Metcalf was born in Oakham, Mass. He came to Charlestown in his early manhood and settled in North Charlestown where the re- mainder of his life was spent. His business for a time was shaving shingles of which he prepared great quantities which he was accustom- ed to convey to market by rafts on the river. He also engaged as ex- tensively as his means would permit in the lumber trade, but ultimate- ly settled down as a farmer in which business he continued till his de-
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cease. John Metcalf m. Roby Converse, (dau. of John and Kezia (Nichols) Converse) April 14th, 1796, and had the following children. 1. Ralph, b. in Charlestown, Nov. 21st, 1798, owing to the official po- sitions which he held in the state requires a particular notice.
HON. RALPH METCALF.
The youth of Mr. Metcalf was spent in laboring with his father upon his farm. In this employment he continued till Aug. 1818, when ow- ing to a lameness in one of his limbs he came to the determination to fit himself for some profession. But on this the question arose how he was to do it? His father was not in affluent circumstances and could afford him little aid ; from what source then were the means to come for enabling him to go to school and college ? He talked the matter over with his father, who, perceiving his eagerness for acquir- ing an education, at length told him that the best he could do for him would be to furnish him with a hundred dollars a year. Ralph on weighing the matter thoughtfully came to the conclusion that with this he could get along. He therefore started for the Academy at Chester, Vt., where under the instruction of Joel Manning and his Assistant, Mr. Holton, he made such rapid progress in his studies that in 1819 he entered Dartmouth College where he continued his studies till the fall of 1821, at which time contrary to the kind advice of Professors Cham- berlain and Haddock, he accepted a professorship as it was called in Capt. Alden Partridge's Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at Norwich, Vt. The next year however he returned to Dartmouth again and was re-admitted to his class with whom he graduated in 1823. He then entered the office of Henry Hubbard of Charlestown, afterwards Governor Hubbard, as a student at law. Here he contin- ued two years with the exception of about three months which was spent in the office of Richard Bartlett, Esq., of Concord. During the time he was at Concord he was employed by Hon. Isaac Hill to take the editorial charge of the New-Hampshire Patriot while he was ab- sent on a journey to the west. In the summer of 1825, he entered the office of Hon. George B. Upham, of Claremont, where he continued till his admission to the bar in 1826.
On being admitted to the practice of his profession he first establish- ed himself at Newport, N. H., where he remained till 1828. Then de- sirous of seeing something new and supposing that he might be bene- fited by a change, he discontinued his business in Newport and went into the state of New York, where after a short time, he entered into
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copartnership in Binghamton, Broome County, with Judge Waterman who was doing a good professional business. Here, though his busi- ness was as good as he had reason to expect, he was not satisfied to re- main, and in 1830 returned again to New-Hampshire and opened an office in Claremont where he resided till June 1831, when he was elect- ed Secretary of State, and necessarily removed to Concord. While Secretary he was appointed by Governor Badger and council to the office of Attorney General which office he declined accepting. He held the office of Secretary till 1838, seven years. Soon after this, Hon. Levi Woodbury, then Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, offered him a clerkship in his department at Washington which he ac- cepted and held till the spring of 1840, when being weary of life at the Capital he gave in his resignation and returned once more to New- Hampshire. This time he opened an office in Plymouth, but in less than a year returned once more to Newport, where he had begun his professional career and which from that time he considered his home. He subsequently held the following offices. In Oct. 1845, he was ap- pointed Register of Probate for Sullivan County which office he held till 1851. In 1852 he was made chairman of the committee for com- piling the laws of the state. In 1852 and '53 he represented the town of Newport in the legislature. In 1855, a political party styled " The Know Nothing or American Party " suddenly developed itself by se- cret organization and existed two years. Of this party Mr. Metcalf was the candidate for Governor in 1855 and was elected by the people. The whole number of votes was 64,690. Of these Mr. Metcalf had 32,769. He was again candidate for the party iu 1856 and at this time fell short of an election"by the people and was elected by the legislat- ure. The whole number of votes at this election was 66,703. The vote for Governor Metcalf 32,119. After leaving the Gubernatorial chair he enjoyed no further politieal honors but died Aug. 26th, 1858.
In an obituary notice prepared at the time of his decease he is spo- ken of as a man of varied acquirements and sound jugdgment, whose appearance before an audience was modest, whose style of address was easy, whose arguments were logical and whose language showed no in- considerable degree of literary culture and refinement. ' It is also said that as a statesman he was wise; and that as a neighbor, friend and husband, he was kind.
Gov. Metcalf as he is usually called, married 1st, January 1835, Lu- cretia Ann Bingham (dau. of Nathan Bingham, Esq.,) of Claremont. She died April 1st, 1836, leaving an infant child who died in the Au-
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gust following. He married 2nd, Nov. 10th, 1843, Martha Ann Gil- more (dau. of Captain John Gilmore, of Newport) b. May 28th, 1824. Ch. 1. Ralph, jr., b. Aug. 8th, 1844; m. Aug. 6th, 1868, Lillie Bur- dette of Erie, Penn. They have no children. 2. Martha Jane, b. Sept. 6th, 1845; d. Aug. 6th, 1848; 3. Francis Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16th, 1847 ; m. Jan. 22nd, 1866, John J. Mc Dermid, b. Nov. 4th, 1836. They reside in Chicago, Ill. Ch. (1) Isabelle, b. Dec. 2nd, 1867 ; (2) Frances Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23d, 1869; (3) Julian Metcalf, b. May 24th, 1871; (4) Ralph, b. Feb. 18th, 1873; (5) Ferdinand, b. Feb. 1st, 1875. 4. Edward Everett, b. March 22nd, 1854; d. Jan. 10th, 1858. Mrs. Martha A., the widow of Governor Metcalf, resides with her daughter Mrs. Mc Dermid, in Chicago.
II. Horace Metcalf, b. May 10th. 1801 ; m. Sept. 13th, 1834, Chloe Cheney, (dau. of the late Col. William Cheney of Newport N. H.) b. Aug. 30th, 1801; d. Nov. 19th, 1874. Ch. 1. Diantha Glidden, h. July 15th, 1825; d. Sept. 25th, 1826; 2. Sophia Jane, b. June 12th, 1827 ; m. Sept. 16th, 1851, George Mason Gilmore, of North Charles- town, b. April 24th, 1824. They reside in Faribault, Minnesota. (see, for their children, Gilmore.) 3. Tryphena Maria, b. Sept. 6th, 1828; m. Sept. 15th, 1853, Dwight James Mc Cann, b. in Erie, Penn., Mar. 3d, 1827; Ch. Adopted, 1. Florence Ducy, b. June 27th, 1859; 2. Georgia Philenea Ducy, b. Nov. 18th, 1860. They reside at present in Philadelphia. (1876.) 4. Julian Metcalf, b. Dec. 29th, 1833; m. Julia Beatrice Kinney, b. Oct. 29th, 1839, at Mont Vernon, Ohio. Ch. (1) Gertrude, b. Apr. 29th, 1862; (2) Minnie, b. May 17th, 1864; (3) Horace, b. July 22nd, 1866. They reside in Nebraska City, Ne- braska. He has been the cashier of the Otoe County National Bank, from its organization.
Horace Metcalf, Esq., whose family are above given, is a prominent citizen of Charlestown, where he has always lived, with the exception of about three years, which were passed in mercantile pursuits at To- ronto. While at Toronto, he was elected a member of the Board of Trade, and in the discussions in that body always advocated the prin- ciple of free trade, on which subject his views were listened to with profound attention. It is said as the best substitute for the principles which he held, he was the earliest to advance those which were ulti- mately embraced and embodied in the reciprocity treaty. On leaving Toronto, he settled down on the place of his birth in North Charles- town, where he has since been engaged in farming and trade, and where he has exerted and continues to exert a wide spread influence.
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He was instrumental in getting a post-office at North Charlestown, in which he held the position of post-master for some years. He has re- cently done a good work in fitting up the Hope Hill Cemetery, and has prepared it to be a most attractive place. He has been fortunate in his business, and has secured as the result of his diligence and fore- sight, a very large property. It was his earnest desire to have the National Centennial appropriately celebrated in Charlestown, and to have a monument erected to the early defenders of the place ; but his views not being entertained on the part of a majority of the citizens are not to be carried out, which is greatly regretted by many.
III. Diantha, b. Nov. 1st, 1805; m. Erastus Glidden, b. in Unity, N. H., and had four children. As neither Mrs. Glidden nor any of her children settled here her record is given in connection with the Metcalf family. Ch. 1. Frances Maria, b. Nov. 6th, 1826; m. Feb. 4th, 1846, John Balcom Howe, (son of Rev. James Blake Howe) b. in Boston, March 3d, 1813-has one child, resides in Lima, Indiana. 2. Diantha Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4th, 1827 ; m. Oct. 21st, 1847, Delevan Martin. Ch. (1) Francis D., b. July 14th, 1848 ; d. Aug. 17th, 1848; (2) Lucretia, b. Oct. 21st, 1849; d. Jan. 5th, 1854; (3) Frances Clara, b. Aug. 20th, 1851 ; (4) Richard B., b. Aug. 17th, 1853; d. Oct. 12th, 1854; (5) John Howe, b. July 15th, 1856; d. July 18th, 1870; (6) Harry D., b. July 26th, 1858 ; d. Oct. 1st, 1864. Delevan Martin d. Dec. 3d, 1863, in Illinois, where he had lived ; and Mrs. Diantha E. Martin m. 2nd, Sept. 1st, 1868, Walter H. Hastings, of Boston, Mass. Subsequently to this marriage, her daughter Frances Clara had her name changed by act of Legislature, from Frances Clara Martin to Frances Clara Hastings. 3. Roby Metcalf, d. date of decease not giv- en. 4. Charles Erastus, b. Dec. 4th, 1835 ; m. Dec. 10th, 1856, Eliza H. Morse of Poland, Ohio-has one son Charles Erastus, jr., b. June 1st, 1859. Mr. Glidden resides in Warren Trumbull County, Ohio-was elected Judge of the third Judicial District of Ohio, at the age of 26. He was re-elected in 1873, and still continues to hold the office. He is very remarkable for his gift of popular eloquence, and for the magnetic power with which he is accustomed to hold his audiences.
DAVID C. MIDDLETON, (son of David and Jennie (Clark) Middleton) b. in Aberdeen, Scotland ; m., Sept. 20th, 1852, Margaret Ruane, b., in Galway, Ireland. Ch. I. Minnie W., b. June 12th, 1857; II. David Craig, b. Sept. 18th, 1861; III. John Ruane, b. March 5th, 1867 ; IV. Elizabeth Janette, b. Aug. 8th, 1869; V. Ann Catherine, b. July 15th, 1872. Mr. M. d. Nov. 2nd, 1872; came to C. 1851.
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EDWARD MILER b., in Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 25th, 1805, m., Jan. 1827, Sarah Menarh, also b. in Dublin, March 31st, 1800. Mrs. Miler d. Feb. 15th, 1871. Ch. I. Robert Miler, b. in Dublin, Nov. 28th, 1829 ; d., in Charlestown, aged 26; buried in Drewsville; II. Sarah b., in Drewsville, Sept. 19th, 1834; III. John, b. Nov. 25th, 1836 ; IV. Edward, b. Jan. 5th. 1840 ; m., June 9th, 1869, Christina Maria Miller, (dau. of John G. and Margaret Maria Miller) b. Aug. 30th, 1847, Ch. 1. Sarah Christine, b. Nov. 26th, 1870; 2. Edward, b. Oct. 25th, 1875. Edward Miler, sen. came to Charlestown in 1835, to the United States about 1830.
ABEL MILES, b. in New-Ipswich, N. H .; m. Elizabeth Shipleigh, (name in the Pepperell records Shepley) (dau. of Lemuel and Sarah (Col- burn) Shepley) b. July 23d, 1772 and removed to Charlestown in 1810. She d. in 1836. He d. 1844 aged 75. Ch. I. David Miles, d. 1872 aged 75, in Mason City, Iowa, leaving a widow and three daughters. The daughters are all married and in affluent circumstances. II. Humphrey, d. in Mason City in 1873 aged 73. He became an extensive flour dealer and was also a Methodist clergyman very highly respected. His wife, Mrs. Lucy, d. in 1873 in Hebron, Ill., aged 65; two grand-children on- ly remain of the family ; III. Sarah, d., in Charlestown, 1841 aged 34; IV. Isaac, settled in Charlestown; m., 1st, Lucy Holt, of Hart- land, Vt .; m., 2nd, Sarah M. Hall, of Newport, N. H. Mr. Miles has buried five children under 5 years of age. Carrie M., their only remain- ing child, m. and lives in Lowell, Mass .; V. Abel. jr., the youngest child of Abel Miles, m. Harriet Dewey, of Woodstock, Vt .; home, Chi- cago ; both living (1874); were sufferers from the " great fire." They have had two sons. One lost his life in " The War of the Rebellion :" the other is a teacher. Mr. Isaac Miles informs me that " the mother of Abel Miles, sen., was a sister of the first President Adams."
JESSE MILLER, (son of Phineas and Sarah (Withington) Miller, of Fitzwilliam, afterwards of Gilsum and Stoddard) b. Apr. 19th, 1808 ; m., 1st, Harriet Pollard, (dau. of Samuel and Betsy (Sawyer) Pollard) b. June 25th, 1820, (see Pollard). Ch. I. Sumner, m. Thirza Clark, and resides in Holyoke, Mass .; II. Herbert H., b. March 4th, 1844 ; m., Dec. 21st, 1864, Laura E. Taylor, (dau. of Orin and Charlotte M. (Haywood) Taylor) b. Aug. 9th, 1845 ; one child, Charles H., b. Feb. 5th, 1866. Jesse Miller m., 2nd, Olive Ardelia Fletcher, Feb. 1850, (dau. of Joel and Dolly (Silsby) Fletcher) b. in Orwell, Vt., Dec. 28th, 1811. Jesse Miller settled in Charlestown in 1828.
JOHN MILLER, b .. in Newburg, Germany, Aug. 17th, 1819 ; m.,
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March, 1842, Maria M. (Krattin) Meellar, b. June 2nd, 1822, in New- burg, Germany. Ch. I. John, b. Dec. 26th, 1843; d. 1845 ; II. John Henry, b. Dec. 30th, 1845 ; III. Christina, b., in Charlestown, Aug. 30th, 1847 (see Miler); IV. Henry, b. March 23d, 1849; d. Sept. 3d, 1860; V. John, b, Nov. 23d, 1851 ; d. Sept. 5th, 1860; VI. Frank, b. July 2nd, 1856 ; d. Aug. 17th, 1869; VII. George, b. Feb. 22nd, 1858; VIII. Lizzie, b. Feb. 18th, 1866.
GRANVILLE MILLER, (son of Aaron A. and Millissa (Wilder) Mil- ler) b., in Lempster, May 7th, 1829 ; m. May 8th, 1855, Jane M. Wheeler, (dau. of David and Electa (Moore) Wheeler) b., in Newport, N. H., Apr. 7th, 1829. One child, Charles Fred, b. Aug. 12th, 1864.
MOSES CARLTON MILLIKEN, (son of William and Anne (Carlton) Milliken, of Sharon, N. H.) b. July 4th, 1814; m., Nov. 5th, 1837, Lu- cinda L. Billings, (dau. of Rufus and Hannah (Jordan) Billings) b., in Windsor, Vt., Feb. 16th, 1815; came to Charlestown May 5th, 1838. occupation, blacksmith. Ch. I. Charles deEstaing, b. Nov. 6th, 1839 ; m., June 9th, 1864, Carrie Mary Toman, of New-York City; one child Ada Belle, d. aged + mos .; II. George Henry, b. June 6th, 1841 ; m., Feb. 20th, 1864, Louise Jane Johnson, (dau. of John and Jane (Grey) Johnson) b. Dec. 16th, 1844; one child, d. unnamed. George Henry Milliken d. Sept. 10th, 1869. III. Sibil Anna, b. Jan. 12th, 1845; d. Apr. 3d, 1846 ; IV. Hattie Ada, b. Sept. 24th, 1846; m. 1st, July 11th, 1862, Ruel W. H. Taylor, (son of Ruel and Elizabeth Taylor, Wayne Co., N. Y ) b. March 12th, 1840. He was a volunteer in the War of Rebellion, and was killed in the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30th, 1862, by the bursting of a shell; m., 2nd, Jan. 8th, 1871, Hazen A. Barnard, of Marblehead ; one child, George Henry, b. Dec. 14th, 1871 ; V. Nellie Marie, b. Aug. 24th, 1848 ; m., March 16th, 1873, Charles Henry Willard, (son of Charles Willard, of Hartford, Vt) b. Sept. 11th, 1836, removed to Shoshone, Nevada ; one child, Ada Myrtle, b. Oct. 14th, 1875.
NATHANIEL AND EXPERIENCE MILLS. Ch. I. Nathan, b. March 26th, 1771, at Mansfield, Conn .; II. Dan, b. June 11th, 1773. Mr. Mills was one of the company of Capt. Abel Walker that marched from Charlestown to Quebec in Feb., 1776.
BENJAMIN AND RACHEL MOORE. Ch. I. Richard Francis, b. July 17th, 1788, 8} o'clock in the morning ; II. Harris, b. Jan. 31st, 1790 about 5 minutes after 6 p. m. Mr. Moore was one of the selectmen in 1790-91 and 93 and representative in 1792.
DAVID COMSTOCK MOORE, (apothecary and physician) (son of James
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Spencer and Juliana (Comstock) Moore) b. May 15th, 1834, at Strafford, Vt .; m., Jan. 1st, 1860, Hannah Alzina Esterbrooks, (dau. of Richard and Dorcas (Colton) Esterbrooks) b. Oct. 10th, 1834. Ch. I. Elmer, b. Oct. 10th, 1861; II. James Spencer, b. March 3d, 1871. Dr. Moore came to Charlestown, 1871; removed to South Royalton, Vt. Nov. 1875.
JONATHAN AND ABIGAIL MORGAN. Ch. I. Roswell Hunt, b. Nov. 16th, 1807 ; II. Isaac Pease, b. March 10th, 1810; III. Hannah Labarec, b. July 16th, 1812; IV. Abigail, b. May 27th. 1814.
PATRICK MORRIS, (son of Thomas and Elizabeth (O'Conner) Morris, Co. of Kerry, Ireland) b. in 1824; m., Nov. 8th, 1866, Ann Carmody, (dau. of James and Mary (Burke) Carmody, of Co. Clare, Ireland) b. 1830. Ch. I. Thomas, b. Sept. 15th, 1861; II. John, b. July 25th, 1863; III. James, b. July 4th, 1865; IV. Lizzie, b. July 19th, 1868; V. William, b. Feb. 8th, 1871; VI. Mary, b. June 8th, 1872. Mr. Morris came to Charlestown in 1856.
ASA MORSE, b., in Dublin, N. H., May 2nd, 1792; m. 1818, Hannah Morse, (dau. of Thaddeus and Betsy (Mason) Morse) b., in Dublin, Jan. 21st, 1796 ; settled in C. Apr. 1st, 1838; d., in C. Feb. 10th, 1864. Ch. I. Samuel, b. Sept. 4th, 1819; II. Nancy, b. Dec. 2nd. 1820 ; m. Da- vid Putnam Darrah, Sept. 4th, 1866 ; III. Charles, b. Jan. 18th, 1822; m., 1850, Persis Thorndike, of Dixmont, Maine: resides in Worcester, Mass. Ch. 1. Albert Thorndike, b. March 16th, 1852; 2. Charles Herbert, b. Oct. 24th, 1854; IV. James, b. Sept. 12th, 1823 ; m. 1848, Mary Spring, of Worcester, Mass. He died Dec. 1867 ; Ch. 1. Charles Franklin. b. 1849; 2. Harriet Jane, b. 1856 ; 3. William M. b. 1858 ; all reside in Worcester. (See Morse memorial).
HENRY MORSE (son of Bela and Polly (Bowers) Morse) b. in Dub- lin, N. H., March 7th, 1816; m. March 24th, 1842, Catherine Piper (dau. of Cyrus Piper, Esq., and Catherine Greenwood) b. in Dublin, Nov. 3d, 1815. Ch. I. Luey M., b. Dec. 5th, 1843; m. George B. Andrews-one child, Henry Jeremiah, b. Nov. 17th, 1874. II. Abby, b. Apr. 23d, 1850.
JOEL MUNSELL (son of Hezekiah and Irene (Bissell) Munsell) b. Jan. 14th, 1783, in East Windsor, Conn .; m. May 5th, 1807, Cynthia Paine. He was a plough and wagon maker, and resided in Charles- town from 1832 to 1846 or 47. Ch. I. Joel, b. Apr. 14th, 1808, is set- tled in Albany, N. Y., and is a well known publisher of historical and genealogical works; has been twice married, and has, or has had, ten children. II. a son, d. in infancy. III. Cynthia, b. June 29th, 1810.
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IV. Cyrus, b. Jan. 10th, 1814; m. Dianthe Huntoon and removed to Auburn, N. Y. V. Luke, b. Oct. 26th, 1816; m. Margaret A. Johns- ton-resides in Boston. VI. Elijah B., b. Sept. 21st, 1819; m. Mary Covel-settled in Manchester, Conn. VII. Mary E., b. Nov. 11th, 1822. (See His. of Northfield).
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