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ENSIGN OBADIAH SARTWELL.
The name of this early settler appears several times in the Proprie- tors' Records, on important committees. He was captured by the In- dians, on the 24th of May, 1746, and was killed by them under the following circumstances, on the 17th of June 1749. He had gone out to plough among his corn, in his garden plot, without suspecting any danger, accompanied by Enos Stevens, then but a boy, whom he had taken to ride horse. While engaged in this employment, he was shot, though it was a time of peace, and Stevens was captured and carried to Montreal.
OBADIAH SARTWELL, (son of Obadiah and Hannah Sartwell or Saw- tell as the name is spelt in the Groton Record), b. in Groton, Mass., March 18th, 1701; m. Nov. 16th, 1721, Rachel Parker, (daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Larkin) Parker of Groton, Mass). Ch. 1. Si- mon, b. Nov. 14th, 1722; m. and settled in No. 4, as early as 1746. He was constable for 1762-3, and one of the selectmen for 1767-68. Children of Simon and Hannah Sartwell. 1. Obadiah, b. Nov. 8th, 1746; m. Elizabeth, surname unknown. Ch. (1) Polly, b. Oct. 21st, 1769. (2) Solomon, Dec. 16th, 1770. (3) Phineas, b. June 18th 1772. (4) Joel, b. March 27th, 1774. (5) Electa, b. April 17th, 1776. (6) Obadiah, b. July 10th, 1778. (7) Thomas. b. Jan. 1st, 1781. 2. Simon, jr., b. June 25th, 1749; m. Dolly, surname un- known. Ch. (1) Asa, b. Dec. 13th, 1781. (2) Cynthia. b. Oct. 27th, 1784. (3) Fanny, b. Dec. 11th, 1786. (4) Clarissa, b. Feb. 3d,
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1788. (5.) Lucy, b. March 30th, 1790. Simon Sartwell, jr., was Lieu- tenant of Co. 7, of the 1st New-Hampshire regiment under command of Col. Joseph Cilley of Nottingham, raised April 7th, 1777. He con- tinued in this regiment during the years 1778 and 79, and was raised to a Captaincy. He was on duty at West Point with his regiment as Captain in 1780. He was one of the selectmen of Charlestown in the years 1786 and 87. He died May 30th, 1791. 3. Electa, b. Jan. 2nd, 1752. 4. John, b. May 2nd, 1754 ; m. Elizabeth Gleason and of her had twelve children, named as follows : (1) Polly; (2) Betsy ; (3) Esther ; (4) John ; (5) Royal; (6) Eliab; (7) Warren; (8) Simon ; (9) Almony ; (10,) Hannah ; (11) Harriet; (12) Electa. 5. Hannah, b. Aug. 26th, 1756 ; 6. Hannah, b. Aug. 2nd, 1757; 7. Hannah, b. Dec. 21st, 1760; 8. Rhoda, b. May 2nd, 1764; 9. Esther, b. Sept. 29th, 1767 ; II. Lois, b. July 4th, 1724; m. Micah Fuller and settled in Charlestown, (see Fuller); III. Esther, b. March 9th, 1725-26 ; m. John Johnson; IV. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 12th, 1729; V. Rachel, b. June 9th, 1731; m. Adonijah Taylor; VI. Solomon, b. Oct. 10th, 1737. It is supposed that all Ensign Obadiah Sartwell's children settled in Charlestown.
EDWARD A. SCOTT, (son of Aretus and Nancy (Sanderson) Scott) b. in Whately, Mass., June 3d, 1839 ; m., May 25th, 1862, Mary Jane, (dau. of John C. and Julia Ann (Stockbridge) Sanderson) b., in W., May 24th, 1840. Ch. I. Hubert Batcheler, b., in Whately, Aug. 25th, 1863; II. Lucy D., b., in Hatfield, Jan. 26th, 1865 ; d. Feb. 17th, 1867 ; III. Edward R., b., in Hatfield, Feb. 28th, 1867-Came to Charlestown from Whately in 1869.
SAMUEL SEVER m. Polly Holden Apr. 1st, 1798. Ch. I. Mary, b. Nov. 25th, 1799; II. Valeria A., b. May 6th, 1805; m. Dea. John Putnam; III. Louisa, b. Nov. 16th, 1809.
JOHN SHATTUCK, b. Feb. 25th, 1792, was a shoemaker in Antrim, N. H., and removed to Charlestown, N. H., in 1816 ; m. Hannah Holt, (dau. of Barachias Holt). She d. Oct. 22nd, 1817, leaving two chil- dren I. Horace, b. June 22nd, 1815 ; II. Hannah H., b. July 12th, 1817, (see Shattuck's Memorial, p. 221.)
PATRICK SHEEDY, (son of John and Mary (Percy) Sheedy) b., in Co. of Clare, Ireland ; m. Bridget Goonan, (dau. of Michael and Mary Conrey Goonan) b., in Co. of Clare, Ireland. Ch. I. Michael, b. May 25th, 1855 ; II. Katie, b. Jan. 29th, 1860. Mr. Sheedy came to Am- erica and settled in Charlestown 1850. Mrs. Sheedy d. July 5th, 1875.
JOSIAH AND PATTY SHEPLEY, probably from Pepperell, Mass. Mr.
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Shepley built the house first north from the Congregational Meeting House, which is now owned by George Burnham. He kept a public House; removed to Woodstock, Vt. Ch. I. Josiah, jr., m., May 16th, 1814, Cynthia Tidd ; II. Dan, b. Oct. 14th, 1802 ; m. Eunice Bowker, Jan. 1827; III. Luke, b. Aug. 17th, 1804; IV. Caroline, b. March 10th, 1807 ; m., Dec. 29th, 1825, Humphrey Miles.
OBADIAH SHUMWAY m. Feb. 1793, Hannah Spaulding, of Tewks- bury, Mass., and probably settled in Charlestown in the same year. Ch. I. Laura, m., March 22nd, 1813, Wm. Mc Murphy, of Langdon ; II. Martha, m., 1st, Dec. 1817, Samuel G. Carlisle ; m., 2nd, Asahel Porter ; III. Caroline, b. Nov. 10th, 1798; resides at Paper Mill Village, Al- stead with Mrs. Porter; IV. Eliza, m. Benjamin Poland-lived in Charlestown and Langdon ; is deceased ; left a large family of children ; V. Royal, m., 1st, Betsy Willard (dau. of Joseph Willard) ; m., 2nd, Harris ; was a merchant; d. in Langdon ; VI. George remov- ed early to the West ; VII. Samuel, m., - - Snow ; has a daughter in Boston with whom he usually resides.
LAZARUS SHURTLEFF m. Mrs. Orpha (Willard) Cooms, (dau. of Mos- es and Lydia (Farwell) Willard) (see Cooms and Willard). Ch. I. William, b. Aug. 25th, 1803; II. Nancy W., b. Oct. 7th, 1805; m. Charles Willard, March, 1839, (see Willard); III. Moses Willard, who m. Eliza Kimball ; resides in Waterbury, Vt .; has had three chil- dren, 1. Milton, who d. young ; 2. Ellen, who m. Frank Carpen- ter. Ch. (1) d. in infancy ; (2) Lottie. (3) Harry, who d. Aug. 1873; 3. Mary ; m. - Giffin; IV. Lydia Farwell, m. Darius Parks, (see Parks); V. Julia m. Thomas Frost, (see Frost).
SILSBY.
The first occurence of the name of Silsby in the history of Charles- town is in connection with the scenes of the Revolution. Henry Silsby was a member of Captain Abel Walker's company with which he marched, in February, 1776, to Quebec, (see sketch of Captain Abel Walker). Three of the name were in Captain Walker's Company No. 1., Colonel Benjamin Bellows' regiment, with which, in the spring of 1777, he marched to Ticonderoga. These were Lazedell Silsby, (now written Lasell) one of the sergeants of the company, Julius Silsby, 1st Corporal, and Eliphaz Silsby, private, (see, for a notice of Henry and Lasell Silsby, the History of Acworth).
JULIUS SILSBY settled in Charlestown and m., soon after the close of
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the Revolutionary War, Rebecca Putnam, (dau. of Deacon Ebenezer and Mary Putnam) b. May 25th, 1759.
Isaac Silsby, (son of Julius and Rebecca (Putnam) Silsby) b. Jan. 23.1, 1787 ; m., Dec. 9th, 1809, Anna Langley, b. June 13th, 1787. Isaac Silsby settled in Charlestown and was for many years one of its most enterprising citizens. He was 1st Selectman, also representative of the town in 1835. The village was indebted to him for many im- provements. He was thoroughly acquainted with the principles of ma- chinery, and all kinds of work in iron and steel, and was so skilful as a stone worker that his services were in great demand in that capacity. He died very suddenly, Dec, 24th, 1850, at the age of 63, under the fol- lowing circumstances : He had been engaged in fulfilling a contract on what was then called the Western Vermont Rail-road. But wishing to spend Christmas with his family he started out on the 24th to return home. A deep snow had fallen and the roads were difficult. At length he came to a badly drifted portion of the way over which he was told he could not pass. But being naturally a man of great energy he told his informers that he thought he could or at least he could try. But making the attempt his horse almost immediately got floundered in the snow and he was obliged to get out of the sleigh for the purpose of help- ing him out. He had scarcely stepped into the snow before he was ob- served to fall. They went to him and he was dead. Instead, therefore, of gladdening his family by his presence at Christmas they were sad- dened by the tidings of his death.
The children of Isaac Silsby are as follows : I. Isaac jr., b. Sept. 10th, 1808; m. 1st, Margaret Price, of Newport, R. I .; m. 2nd, Susan Claxton of Washington, D. C .; (b. in England) 2. Emily A., b Sept. 15th, 1810; m. George Olcott, sen., (see Olcott); 3. Maria, b. June 17th, 1812; m. Richardson Robertson (see Robertson); 4. Harriet, b. Dec. 8th, 1814; m. Charles Hapgood, of Bellows Falls, 1834; 5. Es- ther, b. April 17th, 1817; m. 1st, Marcus Dougherty, of Marlboro, N. Y., 1836. Mr. Dougherty dying she m. 2nd, Russell Hyde, of Bel- lows Falls. 6. Anna Langley, b. July 7th, 1823; m. Samuel L. Wild- er, jr. She d. Jan. 18th, 1856, (sec Wilder). 7. Caroline, b. Dec. 7th, 1826 ; m. Frederick W. Porter, of Springfield, Vt .; 8. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22nd, 1828; m. Charles H. West, of Charlestown. (sce West.)
WILLIAM AND SUSANNA SIMONDS. Ch. I. Susanna, b. July 31st, 1752. O. S. II. Gardner, b. Jan. 18th, 1755, settled in Elizabethtown N. Y. He became an experienced hunter and carried on no inconsid- erable trade with the Indians whose habits and modes of life he under-
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stood perfectly. Being at Pittsford, Vt., one time, he learned that an Indian was prowling about, who had come there, as it was supposed, for the purpose of killing Abel Stevens with whom he a short time before had had an encounter. Simonds kept watch of him and seeing him cautiously one evening approaching Stevens' house as if with some evil intent he shot him and flung him into the creek. III. Hannah, b. June 14th, 1757. It is supposed that Mr. Simonds removed from Charles- town to Rockingham, Vt., where he became an influential citizen and member of the committee of safety for that town in 1776.
JEHAZEL SIMONDS, b. Dec. 28th, 1752, in Woburn, Mass., removed first to Cavendish, Vt., and from that town to Charlestown soon after the Revolution. He participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was for a time engaged in the war afterwards. He settled on what was called Brier Hill, near Acworth, where he lived till the 3d day of July, 1835, when he died. He was among the first settlers in that part of the town which was still the haunt of wild beasts. He used to come with his ox-team to the village to bring such articles as he had to dispose of, but as the way was difficult, was usually accustomed to return before dark. But one time in winter because there was to be a moon, he delayed in the village longer than usual, so that he did not set out for home till night. Nothing happened of an uncommon na- ture the first part of the way, but when he had reached the wildest por- tion of the forest, within about a half or three quarters of a mile of home, several wolves suddenly rushed upon him and beset him in such a manner that he was obliged to take refuge between his oxen on the pole of his sled, where for the remaining distance he was under the necessity of keeping them at bay with a sled stake. They followed him even to his very door when his stout wolf-dog came to his rescue and put them to flight. The impression made on his mind by this at- tack was so strong, that afterwards for several years when he went to the village he did not neglect to take his gun that he might be prepar- ed for defense in case of a similar surprise.
JEHAZEL AND MARY (TIDD) SIMONDS. Ch. I. Josiah, m. and set- tled in Whiting, Vt .; was afterwards of Pittsford. II. Henry, b. May 2nd, 1791; m. Mary Jones, of Claremont, N. H., and settled in Pitts- ford, Vt., in 1819. III. John, b. April 22nd, 1793; m. Nov. 20th, 1820, Nancy Malinda Jones, daughter of Asa Jones, of Claremont, N. H., and settled in Pittsford. IV. Joseph, m. Jemima Bragg of Spring- field, Vt., was a soldier in the war of 1812 and one of the selectmen of Charlestown in 1828-29-30. Ch. 1. Joseph, jr., 2. Emeline. Joseph
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Simonds, removed in 1831 to Pittsford, Vt .; V. William ; VI. Esther m .- Beckwith and had Ch. 1. Anna, m. - -; 2. Elvi- ra who m. and lives in Lowell, Mass. VII. Mary, m. Ebenezer Cor- bin, (see Corbin). VIII. Fanny. There were other children, Hannah and Caroline, but they died early.
ELIJAH SIMONDS, m. 1st Mary Campbell, of Rockingham, Vt. Ch. I. Elijah, b. July 28th, 1799 ; m. and removed to Penn Yan, N. Y. II. Edward R., b. Sept. 14th, 1801 ; m. and lived last in Swansey, N. H. III. William, m. Leafy Blood and settled in Walpole. Elijah Si- monds, m. 2nd Mrs. Mitty Tufts. Mr. Simonds built the house now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Bowker. He lived afterwards in different places in town. He removed in 1847, to Penn Yan in the town of Milo, Yates County, N. Y., where he spent his last days in the family of his son.
Elijah Simonds was a blacksmith by trade, and was one of the class of persons whose eccentric characters usually render them very well known in the community in which they reside. He was lively and witty and occasionally exercised his talent for rhyme in turning off brief poetical effusions some of which are remembered at the present day. It is related that he used to have frequent poetical encounters with Elisha Fling, who, like himself was very eccentric and thought much of his ability to make a rhyme. Fling one day meeting Simonds in a crowd addressed him as follows :
" Elijah thou art, but no prophet 'tis plain,
For a thousand like you would ne'er make it rain."
This raised a laugh at Simonds' expense who immediately replied
" You are Elisha, but not the old Prophet, He's gone to heaven but you'll go to Tophet "
This of course turned the laugh back again. To understand the fol- lowing it is necessary to premise, that Simonds was not very fond of work and his customers therefore were not always accustomed to find him at his shop. "Frederick A. Sumner, who was postmaster, was in the habit of doing pretty much as he pleased, sometimes with quite as much regard to his own convenience as to that of the citizens. He would therefore, if his business required it, lock his office at any time a day and go off and be gone for hours. Simonds going to the office one day for a letter or paper, found it locked and was told that Squire Sumner had gone down into the meadow to work. This information excited him and led him to express himself pretty violently. Just at
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this time Mrs. Sumner happening to come along he turned to her and said, " Mrs. Sumner, we have been thinking that Squire Sumner's office would be an excellent place for setting a hen, for she would be less likely to be disturbed there than in any place I know of." Her eyes flashed upon him for a moment, when she instantly replied " I know of no other place, Mr. Simonds, in which she would be less likely to be disturbed, unless it might be upon your anvil." Other anecdotes might be told of him but these must suffice.
HENRY AND ROXANA (MELLISH) SLADE, settled in Charlestown about the year 1848. Children who settled in C .; I. George Henry, b. Dec. 16th, 1822; m. Julia Huntress, of Laconia, N. H. (See soldiers in War of Rebellion). II. John W., b. in Drewsville, June 13th, 1826 ; m. May 15th, 1848, Lizzie A. Gould (dau. of Thomas and Car- oline O. (Read) Gould) b. in Rockingham, Vt., Aug. 26th, 1829-set- tled in C., in 1850. Ch. I. Mary Lizzie, b. May 27th, 1852; d. Apr. 13tli, 1858. II. Charles H., b. March 12th, 1859. John W. Slade d. Oct. 17th, 1869, and Mrs. Lizzie A. Slade m. 2nd, June 24th, 1873, Aaron Dean Damon, b. in Springfield, Vt., June 16th, 1825-resides in Charlestown.
HURON,SLADER (son of John L. and Ruth (Stebbins) Slader, of Ac- worth) m. 1st, May 24th, 1837, Mary Ann Parker (dau. of David and Fanny Parker) b. Jan. 21st, 1814-she died Nov. 26th, 1839. He m. 2nd, Mary M. Knights. Ch. Mary A.
DEA. JOSEPHI SMART, b. in Concord, N. H .; m. Dec. 20th, 1826, Susan, (dau. of Timothy jr., and Sarah (Hewitt) Putnam) b. June 30th, 1809. Ch. I. Susan, b. Apr. 24th, 1828 ; d. May, 1847. II. Joseph Henry, b. June 23d, 1831 ; m. Mary Boutwell, of Charlestown-resides (1874) in Ascutneyville, Vt.,-two children living, Mary Bemis and Susan Nel- lie. III. Moses Putnam, b. Nov. 20th, 1833; m. Delia Garland, of Hartford, Ct .; resides in Springfield, Vt. 'Ch. 1. Joseph William. 2. Mina Georgianna. 3. Rosa. 4. Susie Anna. IV. Sarah Abigail, b. · June 11th, 1843 ; m. George Henry Griggs, of Roxbury, Mass. Ch. 1. William Henry, died. 2. George Albert. 3. Susanna. 4. Oscar Lewis. V. Malvina Amanda, b. July 20th, 1847; m. May 18th, 1867, James A. Partridge, of Springfield, Vt. Ch. 1. Marcus Albert, 2. Sarah Grace, buried one. All the children of Dea. Joseph Smart were b. in C. He held the office of deacon in the Evangelical Con- gregational church. Died March 31st, 1864. His widow (1875) re- sides in C.
JOEL SMITH m. Mille Pond (dau. of Jonathan and Thankful Pond)
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b. Oct. 19th, 1786 or 87-came to Charlestown about 1809. Ch. I. William, b. Aug. 1st, 1811; d. 1869. II. Levi, b. Feb. 28th, 1817 ; m. and spent most of his life in Keene, N. H .; d. in Holbrook, Mass., 1872. III. Hiram, b. Oct. 25th, 1818 ; m. 1st, in May, 1840, Harriet N. Briggs. Ch. 1. George. 2. Sarah A., m. James Richardson, Aug. 1st, 1866. Ch. (1) Harriet E .. b. Dec. 11th, 1867; d. Jan. 14th, 1872. (2) William Hiram, b. Aug. 10th, 1869. (3) James Edward, b. Apr. 25th, 1873 ; 3. an infant d .; 4. Edward. Mrs. Harriet N. Smith dying, Hiram Smith m. 2nd, Oct. 3d, 1854, Mary W. Goodrich, b. in Cambridgeport, Mass., Nov. 2nd, 1828. Ch. 5. Charles Hi- ram, b. Nov. 14th, 1856. 6. Arthur Goodrich, b. Dec. 13th, 1858. IV. George Smith, b. Oct. 29th, 1820; m. Clarinda Shat- tuck, of Hinsdale, N. H. She d. Apr. 1876. Ch. 1. Eugene P., b. Jan. 27th, 1846 ; m. Oct. 30th, 1867, Margarette Murphy, b. in Providence, R. I., Oct. 1847. Ch. (1) Anna C., b. Aug. 21st, 1868. (2) Flora May, b. March 1st, 1871. (3) Eugene M., b. May 27th, 1875. 2. El- la F., born in Worcester, Mass., Aug. 6th, 1849; m. June 9th, 1868, Fred S. Parks, (son of Darius Parks) b. June 12th, 1841; d. June 9th, 1872. One child, Estella M., b. Apr. 11th, 1869. 3. George F., b. May 19th, 1851. 4. Mary F., b. Oct. 14th, 1854; m. May 24th, 1874, Winfield S. Lombard (son of Charles Lombard) b. in Bridgewater, Vt., March 22nd, 1853. One child, Edith Louisa, b. May 25th, 1875.
WILLIAM SMITH (son of James and Molly (Smith) Smith) b. in Canton, Mass., Oct. 1789 ; m. 1st, Dec. 2nd, 1818, Esther Crane, also of Canton. Ch. I. Elijah, b. Sept. 28th, 1819; d. Feb. 14th, 1841. II. Mary, b. Nov. 9th 1821; d. Nov. 30th, 1824. III. William, b. Oct. 26th, 1823; d. Aug. 2nd, 1842. IV. George, b. July 13th, 1826; m. Jane S. Rand, of Charlestown-one son, born Nov. 6th, 1858. George resides in Chicago, Ill. William Smith removed from Canton to Charlestown, Feb. 14th, 1829, and Mrs. Smith d. Dec. 7th, of that year. He m. 2nd, Polly Tenney (dau. of Amos Tenney, of Hancock, N. H.) b. July 4th, 1797. Ch. I. Oren, b. Nov. 27th, 1832 ; mn. Columbia Roania Frost, of Charlestown, b. Jan. 11th, 1834. Ch. 1. Willis Oren, b. Apr. 7th, 1856 ; d. March 27th, 1857. 2. Elmer Ells- worth, b. Nov. 16th, 1861. 3. Della Eva, b. July 11th, 1863; d. Aug. 7th, 1864. 4. Mary Esther, b. Nov. . 25th, 1866. 5. Galen, b. June 28th, 1873; d. Sept. 4th, 1874. II. Cyrus, b. July 12th, 1834; m. May 19th, 1859, Tressie Mullooly, of Webster city, Iowa-residence Webster city.
FRANK SNOW (son of Jonathan and Sarah (Bohanan) Snow) b. in
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Salsbury, N. H., July 6th, 1824; m. Celestina P. Brown (dau. of Isaac and Anna (Guild) Brown) b. in Stratford, N. H., May 19th, 1825. Ch. I. Charles R., b. Oct. 18th, 1850, at Chelmsford, Mass. II. George A., b. Jan. 8th, 1853, in Acton, Mass .; m. Dec. 31st, 1873 Caroline A. Easter, of Charlestown. III. Harriet E., b. Feb. 27th, 1855, in Newark, Vt. IV. Herbert W., b. Jan. 28th 1858, in Malone, N. Y. V. Sarah G., b. Feb. 29th, 1860, in Stratford, N. H .; d. in Charlestown. Aug. 26th, 1863. VI. Martha A., b. Jan. 22nd, 1862, in Stratford, N. H .; d. Sept. 12th, 1863. VII. Arthur A. K .; b. in Charlestown, Nov. 18th, 1864.
CAPT. JOHN SPAFFORD.
CAPT. JOHN SPAFFORD, erected the first saw-mill and corn-mill, in No. 4, by a contract with a committee appointed by the Proprietors. They were put in operation in 1744, but were burned on the 19th of April, 1746, by a party of Indians who took Capt. Spafford, Lieut. Isaac Parker and Stephen Farnsworth, prisoners and carried them to Canada. (See Stephen Farnsworth, an account of.) The mills were rebuilt by Capt. Spafford, and again accepted in 1752, on the 4th of April. They were a second time burned in 1757, by a party of about seventy French and Indians, when Samson Colefax, Deacon Thomas Adams, and David Farnsworth, and two others were taken prisoners. (See account of David Farnsworth.) They were again rebuilt, and were not subsequently destroyed, but remained till Hall's Mills as they are called, were erected in their place.
Capt. Spafford became widely known, and his grain-mill was exten- sively patronized by the early settlers west of No. 4, and on the upper Connecticut and Amonoosuc. The inhabitants of Haverhill, Newbury and Lancaster, were under the necessity, as there was no mill nearer, of coming to Charlestown, to get their grain ground at it; and so of nu- merous other towns. The names of individuals are sometimes given who visited it. Thus a visit of Gen. Bailey of this kind, is preserved in the following lines :
General Bailey, of Newbury town, To old No. 4, to mill came down · Good Captain Spafford, God rest his soul, Ground his grist, but would take no toll.
This is a tradition whether it is fact or fable. Captain David Page of Lancaster, frequently made journeys to Charlestown, for the same purpose.
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It is evident that Captain Spafford was a most useful citizen, and had the entire confidence of the proprietors and inhabitants, not only of Charlestown, but of the settlements above and beyond it. He was one of the ten male members, who helped to form Rev. Bulkley Olcott's Church. He was also honored by the town which elected him, on two occasions, one of its selectmen. Ch. of Capt. John and Hannah Spaf- ford. I. Eunice, b. Sept. 15th, 1729, at Boxford, in the Bay Province. II. Bradstreet, b. Sept. 2nd, 1731, at Rowley, Mass., m. Mary, maiden name unknown.
Bradstreet Spafford was a member of Capt. Phineas Stevens' Co., in 1750, and was also 1st Lieutenant, in Captain Abel Walkers' Co., No. 1, in Col. Bellows Regiment-1777. He removed from Charles- town, to Piermont, N. H., and in 1783, he and his two sons, Nathan and Asa, commenced the settlement of Fairfax, Vt. He was the moderator of the first town meeting, and the 1st selectman, elected in town. He is buried in the cemetery at Fairfax, but has no head-stone. Their children. 1. Prudence, b June 26th, 1753 ; 2. John, b. March 12th, 1755; 3. Eunice, b. Aug. 10th, 1757 ; 4. Asa, b. June 2nd, 1759 ; 5. Nathan, b. May 25th, 1761; 6. Phineas, b. June 12th, 1763, died Oct. 11th, 1765; 7. Mary, b. Nov. 6th, 1765 ; 8. Damaris, b. Dec. 5th, 1767; 9. Eunice, b. Dec. 26th, 1769 ; d. Jan. 6th, 1770; 10. She- loma, b. Jan. 1st, 1772; 11. Bradstreet, b. Oct. 5th, 1773. III. Phebe, b. July 1st, 1733, at Rowley, Mass. IV. Peggy, b. June 30th, 1735, at Rowley Mass., m. Benjamin Allen, Nov. 6th, 1751, she being sweet 16. (See Allen.) V. Asa, b. Jan. 30th, 1737. He was taken prisoner by the French and Indians, at Charlestown, on the 20th of April, 1757, with four others. (See account of David Farnsworth,) and was carried to Canada. He was exchanged and was on his way home, when he died, the November following his capture, of small pox, at Quebec. VI. Mary, b. Sept. 20th, 1739, also at Rowley-VII. Abigail, b. March 26th, 1741. VIII. Relief, b. June 30th, 1744; d. Oct. 1758. IX. Harriet, b. Jan. 30th, 1747, at Leominster, Mass. This was at a time when No. 4 was deserted. X. Job Tyler, b. March 14th, 1749 ; d. June 15th, 1750. XI. Tyler, b. April 28th, 1754.
ALBERT E. SPAULDING, (son of James and Sally (Fairbanks) Spaulding) b. in Lempster, N. H., Jan. 8th, 1820; m. Dec. 6th, 1840, Mercy A. Keyes, (dau. of Moses and Asenath (Dickey) Keyes), b. in Acworth, Nov. 9th, 1823. Ch. I. Ellen M., b. in Groton, Mass., Feb. 11th, 1842 ; m. Henry C. Kimball, (son of Brooks Kimball of Charles-
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town,) b. March 22nd, 1837. Mrs. Kimball, died Dec. 26th, 1874- lived in Claremont. One child, Morris G. II. Sarah J., b. Aug. 2nd, 1844, in Acworth; died in Charlestown. Mr. Spaulding came to Charlestown, Nov. - , -; died Dec. 13th, 1873. Mrs. Spauld- ing m. 2nd, Jan. 20th, 1875, Charles W. Cary, of Charlestown.
TAYLOR SPENCER, came to Charlestown about the year 1766. In 1768, purchased pew No. 19, in the old meeting house. He married March 11th, 1769, at the age of 24, Mary Davis, b. March 6th, 1740. A part of his children were born in Charlestown, and the rest in Springfield, Vt., in the cemetery of which place he has a stone crected to his memory. Ch. I. Jonathan, b. Aug. 10th, 1770. II. Eunice, b. Sept. 5th, 1771. III. Taylor, b. Apr. 2nd, 1773. IV. Abigail, b. Aug. 15th, 1775. V. Philey, b. Dec. 23d, 1777 ; m. John Walker. VI. and VII. Simon and Silas, b. Nov. 7th, 1779; d. Nov. 13th same year. VIII. Mary, b. Oct. 20th, 1780; m. Jan. 30th, 1799, Dyer Walker (see Walker). IX. Simon. b. July 14th, 1782. X. Lynda, b. May 7th, 1784. XI. Levi, b. Dec. 18th, 1785; m., Nov. 17th, 1808, Elizabeth Putnam, (dau. of Timothy Putnam, jr.,) b. May 3d, 1788. Ch. 1. Benjamin P., b. Sept. 15th, 1809 ; d. Oct. 31st, 1834. 2. Sally, b. Aug. 25th, 1812; m. July 2nd, 1834, Samuel Smith Sart- well, and died Nov. 11th, 1848. 3. Eliza, b. March 22ud, 1815 ; d. Feb. 11th, 1827. 4. Belinda, b. March 22nd, 1818; m. Oct. 17th, 1838, Darius I. Eaton, and had eleven children, of whom the 2nd, Be- linda D., m. Orin E. Fisk, of Charlestown (See His. of Acworth). Mrs. Eaton d. in A., in 1874. 5. Susan, b. Apr. 21st, 1823; m. Apr. 29th, 1847, Horace Damon ; lives in Springfield, Vt. 6. Mary, b. March . 24th, 1825; d. Feb. 12th, 1827 ; 7 and 8, Moses and Aaron, b. Nov. 26th, 1827. Moses removed to the west, married-had one child, and died in 1872. Aaron m., Oct. 9th, 1851, Fanny Stoddard, (dau. of Simeon Stoddard) b. Sept. 4th, 1827-settled in Charlestown-no children ; died July 5th, 1874. 9. Eliza Ann, b. Nov. 25th, 1830; d. Aug. 6th, 1837. XII. Clark, b. Dec. 17th, 1786. XIII. Samson, b. March 14th, 1788; d. March 18th, 1789. XIV. Milley, b. Feb. 6th, 1790; m. Oct. 20th, 1806, Peter Wright. XV. Theodosius, b. Oct. 2nd, 1793. XVI. Davis, b. Feb. 8th, 1796.
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