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vii. NANCY MARIA, (twin), b. 25 May, 1840; m. (1) 25 May, 1866, Lewis Rowell of Dunbarton; m. (2) Hibbard Thompson. She d. 10 Mar., 1902.
JAMES CLARKE5 CROMBIE (Hugh4) was born in Chester, (now Auburn), 7 Apr., 1837 ; died 13 Aug., 1919. He married Apr., 1864, Amanda L. Abbott of Lyme, who died II Dec., 1905. Children :
i. HERBERT SUMMER®, b. 4 Feb., 1866; d. 5 Mar., 1905.
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ii. LULU MAY, b. 7 Jan., 1870; m. John Patterson of Derry; she d. 23 Apr., 1905.
iii. E. ALNETTE, b. 2 Jan., 1874; m. 30 Mar., 1909, Charles E. Palmer of Andover, Mass., b. 16 Apr., 1869.
iv. HUGH JAMES, b. 16 June, 1876; m. Elva B. Dodge, dau. of Thomas F. and Ashley Dodge of Auburn. Children: (1) Thomas Hugh, (2) Elizabeth Lucille, (3) Charlotte.
V. MARION ELEANOR, d. in infancy.
vi. MABELLE L., b. 26 Feb., 1881; m. Edwin Whitney of Penacook.
BENJAMIN1 CROMBIE was born near Ballymore, Ireland, about 1716. He came to New England with his widowed mother and lived for a long time in Rowley, Mass. He was a half brother to John1 Crombie who settled in Chester. He married in Rowley, Mass., 6 May, 1741, Rebecca Davis, dau. of James and Abigail (Howe) Davis of Ipswich, Mass. She was baptized in Ipswich, Mass., 6 May, 1722 and died in Chester, 13 Dec., 1809, aged 80. He had a family of eleven children, a few of whom can be iden- tified. He settled in Chester in 1782.
Children, not in order, probably born in Rowley, Mass .:
i. MOSES2, b. 7 Sept., 1751.
ii. RUTH, bp. 2 May, 1756.
iii. AMOS, b. 29 Aug., 1764.
iv. DORCAS, probably a daughter, m. in Rowley, Mass., 10 Oct. , 1769, Benjamin Pillsbury.
v. MARY, probably a daughter, m. in Ipswich, Mass. ,16 July, 1789, John Hodgkins, Jr., of Ipswich, Mass.
MOSES2 CROMBIE (Benjamin1) was born 7 Sept., 1751, prob- ably in Rowley, Mass .; died in Chester. He married Abigail Underhill, dau. of Moses and Anne (Glidden) Underhill. She was born 21 Oct., 1754 and died in Chester (now Auburn), 29 Apr. 1849.
Children, born in Chester :
i. MOSES3, b. about 1781 ; d. 4 Mar., 1868, a. 87.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 22 Mar., 1790; m. Matthew Reid.
AMOS2 CROMBIE (Benjamin1) was born 29 Aug., 1764 ; mar- ried 29 Dec., 1802, Anna Patten, dau. of John and Jean (Carr) Patten. She was born in Chester in 1766, and died in what is now Auburn, 29 Dec., 1842. He died there 10 Sept., 1854.
Children, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. FRANKLIN3, b. 25 Oct., 1803; d. 27 Feb., 1875, unm. [See Biographies].
ii. LUTHER, b. 1808.
CURRIER.
GIDEON4 CURRIER (Benjamin,3 Dea. Thomas,2 Richard1), was born in Amesbury, Mass., 21 Feb., 1712; married at Salisbury, Mass., 21 Feb., 1737-8, Mary Brown, dau. of Ephraim and Lydia (Eastman) Brown of Salisbury. She died in Chester, 13 Oct., 1784. He removed to Chester near 1752.
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Children, first six born in Amesbury, Mass., others in Chester :
i. BENJAMIN,5 b. 18 Sept., 1740.
ii. EPHRAIM, b. 4 Nov., 1741.
iii. SIMEON, b. 13 July, 1745.
iv. ANNA, b. 9 June, 1747; m. Joseph Severance, son of Benjamin ; removed to Salisbury, N. H.
vi EZRA, b. 25 Jan., 1749.
vi. ELISHA, b. 21 Feb., 1751.
vii. GIDEON, b. 13 Aug., 1754; d. I Oct., 1835. He m. Anna Richard- son, dau. of Daniel. She d. 19 Mar., 1827. Lived at the Branch in Raymond. Son Asa.
viii. JONATHAN, b. 29 Sept., 1756; lived in Plymouth.
ix. SARAH, b. 18 Jan., 1759; m. Reuben Hills, son of Samuel. Re- moved to Maine.
BENJAMIN5 CURRIER (Gideon4), was born in Amesbury, Mass., 18 Sept., 1740; died in 1816. He married 6 Dec., 1764, Abigail Prescott, dau. of Joshua Prescott. She died 2 Jan., 1824, aged 80. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and resided in Chester.
Children, born in Chester :
i. LUCRETIA, b. 28 Oct., 1765; m. 29 Dec., 1785, Moses Kimball Hall of Chester; she d. 17 Aug., 1861. [See Hall].
ii. LYDIA, b. 21 Mar., 1767; m. 4 Feb., 1795, Dr. Samuel Quimby ; resided in Mount Vernon, Me.
iii. HANNAH, b. 18 July, 1768; d. 3 Nov., 1784.
iv. JOHN, b. 4 Mar., 1770; m. Hannah Currier; lived in Sandwich. vi ANNA, b. 13 or 24 July, 1773; m. Samuel Lane of Chester. She d. 23 May, 1833.
vi. DOLLY, b. 23 June, 1775; m. Apr., 1793, Samuel Joy of Winthrop, Maine.
vii. SARAH, b. 17 Feb., 1777; m. 3 Oct., 1797, Nathaniel Merrill of Vienna, Me.
viii. ABAGAIL, b. 1779; m. 17 Feb., 1802, Rev. Joseph Merrill of Skowhegan, Me.
ix. BENJAMIN, m. 15 Nov. 1804, Dolly Taylor; removed to Maine. x. HANNAH, b. 13 July, 1785; m. 24 Apr., 1806, Samuel Shackford of Chester. She d. 7 Aug., 1865.
xi. DAVID, b. 9 Feb., 1787; m. Betsy Worthen; lived on the home- stead.
xii. BETSY, b. Aug., 1789; m. John Lane of Maine.
SIMEON5 CURRIER (Gideon4), was born in Amesbury, Mass., 13 July, 1745; died in Chester, 29 Aug., 1824. He married Elizabeth Moulton, dau. of Jonathan. She was born in Chester in 1749 and died there, 21 Apr., 1834, aged 86. They resided in the south part of Chester, near Derry.
Children, born in Chester :
i. JOSEPH,6 m. I May, 1791, Anna Hall, who was b. 26 Apr., 1778 and d. 13 Oct., 1865.
ii. GIDEON, m. Hannah Jack; he d. 10 Mar., 1851, a. 76.
iii. ABEL, m. Sally Quimby; removed to Norwich, Vt.
iv. SARAH, m. Joseph Taylor of Wilmot.
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DAVID2 CURRIER, son of Dea. David1 who came from Leslie, Scotland, and Mary Currier, was born at Chester in Sept., 1800; died in Derry in 1875. He married in 1826, Lydia R. Melvin, dau. of John and Susannah (Sargent) Melvin. He resided in Chester (now Auburn) until 1852 when he removed to Derry. He was cashier of the Derry State (later the National) Bank from 1856 to 1875; moderator 1836-41, 1843, 1845; selectman of Chester, 1829-30; representative 1832-33, 1836-37, 1840; selectman of Auburn, 1847; deacon of the Central Cong. Church, Derrv.
Children, born in Chester, now Auburn :
1. JULIA M.3, b. 1827; d. unm. 1901.
11. MARY R., b. 1829; d. 1908; m. Edwin Howard of Michigan. No children.
iii. GEORGE C., b. 1833; d. 1907; m. Ione Wood of Indiana. Was cashier of the Derry National Bank, 1875-1880; removed to Texas. Children: (1) Lucy, m. - Shumard and resides in Dallas, Texas. (2) George H. and (3) Robert, both residing in Kansas City, Mo.
iv. SUSAN M., b. 1835; d. 1895; m. N. B. Bryant of Michigan and Iowa. Children : (1) Marion Bryant, m. - - Olin of Le Mars, Iowa. (2) Julia Bryant, m. Otis Swift. (3) Frank Bryant of South Dakota. (4) Louis Bryant, of Alberta, Can. v. EDWARD L., b. 1837; d. 1917; m. (1) Mary Whitney of Iowa; m. (2) Cora Gillette of Iowa; served in the Civil War as member of Ist New Hampshire Cavalry; removed to Iowa, 1870: High Sheriff of Buchanan County, Iowa; door-keeper of House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., 1899-1917. Children by wife Mary: (1) Isabelle, m. Fred Sturm of Iowa City, Iowa. (2) Maude, m. - Pumphrey of Washington, D. C. (3) Edward, resides in Iowa. Child by wife Cora: (4) Rodney of Washington, D. C.
vi. HARRIFT M., b. 1840; d. 1897; m. Wilson Palmer of Candia. One child. Mary P. Palmer, m. H. W. Bullard of Wellesley, Mass. She has seven children.
vii. JOHN C .. b. 1842; resides in San Francisco, Calif .; served in Civil War and as officer in the Regular Army till 1871. He m. Natalie B. Smith of Manchester. Children: (1) Charles Waterman, dec'd, who left child Ralph, now on a ranch in California. (2) Natalie, m. Walter Hale of Rockport, Mass. viii. ELLEN A., b. 1845; m. Henry R. Woodruff. Their child Dana, lost his life in 1884 in attempting to rescue a drowning com- rade. They reside in Lawrence, Mass.
ix. DAVID, b. 1º47; m. 1876. Helen Eva Day of Haverhill, Mass. Chief of Civil Service Division, The Adjutant General's office, Washington, D. C. Their son, David, b. 1877; m. Elizabeth Walker of New Haven, Conn., educated at Brown University; surveving engineer Buenos Aires, South America. One child, Margaret.
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DEARBORN.
HENDRICK7 DEARBORN (Richard6, Stephen5, Ebenezer4, Ebenezer3, Thomas2, Godfrey1) was born in Chester (now Auburn) 22 June 1803 and died in the ancestral home in 1865. He m. Sylvinia Fletcher, b. in 1812, who d. 25 Mar. 1861.
Children, the first three born in Chester, and all in what is now Auburn :
i. MAHALA®, m. Henry Plummer, son of Dr. Nathan and Sarah (Colby) Plummer.
ii. BELINDA, b. 1840, d. 1905, unm.
iii. MARY E., b. 1844, d. 1920, unm.
iv. FRANK F. [See Teachers.]
DINSMORE.
.I. DAVID1 DINSMORE came from the North of Ireland to Londonderry about 1745, and purchased land in Chester, 8 May, 1747. He is said to have married the widow Elizabeth Kennedy who died in Chester in 1807, aged 97.
Children, last four born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. SAMUEL,2 b. 1741; d. in Revolutionary army.
ii. JAMES, b. 1743; lived in Londonderry; d. 1795, a 52.
iii. DAVID, b. 1746; settled in Minot, Me.
iv. THOMAS, b. 1748; settled in Anson, Me.
v. ARTHUR (2), b. 24 Mar., 1752; settled on south end of the homestead.
vi. ROBERT, (twin) (3), b. 24 Mar., 1752; settled on the homestead. vii. MARY, b. 1754; m. Dea. David Currier.
2. ARTHUR2 DINSMORE (David1), was born in Chester, 24 Mar., 1752; died in Anson, Me., 13 Mar., 1829, aged 77. He married near 1774, Margaret Fulton, daughter of James and Margaret Fulton of Chester. She was born there, 22 Dec., 1749; died in Anson, Me., 27 Sept., 1837, aged 88. About 1794 he re- moved from Chester to Anson, Me.
Children, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. DAVID,8 b. 16 Sept., 1775.
ii. ELISABETH, b. 15 Apr., 1777; d. 22 June, 1815, a. 38.
iii. JAMES, b. 25 Feb., 1779.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 28 Oct., 1782.
v. WILLIAM WILSON, b. 8 Apr., 1785.
vi. THOMAS, b. 9 Mar., 1787.
vii. MARGARET, b. 8 Feb., 1789; d. Nov., 1793, a. 4 y. 9 m.
viii. JANE W., b. 29 Sept., 1791.
ix. ARTHUR, b. 13 June, 1794.
3. ROBERT2 DINSMORE (David1), was born at Chester, 24 Mar., 1752; died there, 10 Jan., 1824. He married (1) Abigail Sanborn who died in Chester, 27 Nov., 1800. He married (2) Mehitable Welsh. He married (3) Hannah Long of Sandown, who died 24 July, 1842, a. 77 y.
Children by first wife, born in Chester :
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i. DAVID,3 b. 27 Dec., 1782; d. 1784.
ii. ROBERT, b. 4 May, 1784; settled in Anson, Me.
iii. REUBEN, b. 9 Oct., 1785; settled in Anson, Me.
iv. SAMUEL (4), b. 15 Feb., 1788.
v. JOHN, b. 16 Mar., 1790; d. unm. in Texas.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. 27 July, 1791; m. Nathaniel B. Remie.
vii. JAMES, b. 4 May, 1796. Children by second or third wife, born in Chester :
viii. MEHITABLE, b. 29 June, 1802; m. Dr. Nathan Plummer.
ix. JUDITH, b. 19 Sept., 1804; m. John Scott.
4. DEA. SAMUEL3 DINSMORE (Robert2), was born in Ches- ter, 15 Feb., 1788; died in Auburn, 4 Mar., 1864. He married 25 Dec., 1811, Hannah Blanchard, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Calfe) Blanchard, born at Chester, 6 Jan., 1790; died 16 May, 1871. They celebrated their Golden Wedding at Auburn, 26 Dec., 1861.
Children born at Chester (now Auburn) :
i. MARY ANN,4 b. 5 Jan., 1813; m. in 1833, Samuel Graham Un- derhill; she d. 24 Apr., 1895.
ii. NANCY BLANCHARD, b. 17 Nov., 1814; m. Benjamin S. Clark, b. 15 Mar., 1815; d. 22 Mar., 1855. She d. 16 Apr., 1889. Child: Cora Anna, b. 16 Mar., 1851, d. 26 July, 1921.
iii. ABIGAIL SANBORN, b. 2 July, 1816; m. Sylvester Osgood, who died 26 Apr., 1878. She d. 7 Oct., 1885.
iv. CLARISSA, b. II June, 1818; d. 6 Jan., 1825.
v. DEBORAH LONG, b. 23 Aug., 1820; m. 20 Oct., 1846, Charles Harris Colman; she d. 27 Oct., 1902.
vi. JOHN, b. II Mar., 1822; m. Elizabeth M. Greenleaf and Maria T. Fletcher. No children; he d. Oct. or Nov., 1851.
vii. JUDITH COLBY, b. 19 Dec., 1823; m. Oliver Miles, b. 14 Oct., 1817, d. 9 June, 1854. She d. at Harvard, Ill., 8 Jan., 1912. Child: Harriett M; m. Otis G. Eastman; d. 15 Mar., 1923. Two sons.
viii. HANNAH BLANCHARD, b. 3 Aug., 1825; m. 26 Sept., 1848, William Thurston Colman. She d. 3 May, 1868.
ix. SAMUEL, b. 7 Sept., 1827; m. (1) Elizabeth Trafton; m. (2) Mrs. Mary Heath Mason; he d. 3 May, 1904.
x. ROBERT, b. 12 Sept., 1829; m. twice; he d. 4 Apr., 1893.
xi. PHILENA HEALD, b. 3 Oct., 1831; m. 23 June, 1853, William Calvin Harris; she d. at Windham, 7 Nov., 1914. Children : (1) William S., b. 29 March, 1861. (2) Mary Ella, b. 29 April, 1866.
xii. ARTHUR, b. 15 Feb., 1834; m. Margaret Thurston Colman; she d. 12 Feb., 1900.
EMERSON.
. CAPT. JOHN4 EMERSON (Samuel,3 Jonathan," Michael1), was born at Chester, 13 Aug., 1757; died there, 3 Apr., 1844. He married, 25 Dec., 1783, Elizabeth French, dau. of Dea. Nathaniel French. She died at Chester, 15 July, 1852, a. 90. He served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Joseph Dearborn's Company.
Children, born at Chester:
GEo.G. Alagestione
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i. WAITY GRAY,5 b. 3 Nov., 1784; m. in 1807, Israel Huse.
ii. SARAH (twin), b. 3 Nov., 1784; m. Josiah Hazelton. [See
Hazelton].
iii. BETSY, b. 14 Feb., 1789; graduate of Bradford Academy; m. 10 Dec., 1838, Gen. Daniel Hoyt of Sandwich. She d. 13 May, 1856.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 4 Feb., 1792; graduate of Dartmouth College, 1814; lawyer in Moultonborough; m. 1817, Mary Ann F. Morton ; m. (2) 1860, Elizabeth Pickett. He was solicitor of Carroll County ; state senator 1859. His son John Moses, graduate Harvard Medical School; m. Laura Pew. Their children: (a) Elizabeth, b. 1871, m. David Gale. (b) John Pew, m. Edith Davis. Their child Dorothy, b. 22 Jan. 1905.
V. NANCY, b. 14 June, 1794; graduate of Bradford Academy; m. Rev. Isaac Jones of Derry. Children: (1) Isaac Jones. (2) Henry Jones. (3) Martha Jones. (4) John Jones.
vi. SUSAN, b. ---- , 1796; d. - , 1812.
vii. CLARISSA, b. 13 Nov., 1798; graduate of Bradford Academy; m. Rev. Edmund Frost; went as a missionary to Bombay in 1823. He d. 18 Oct., 1825. She m. (2) 12 Nov., 1826, Henry Wood- ward, grandson of Eleazer Wheelock, founder and first presi- dent of Dartmouth College. He d. a missionary at Ceylon in 1834. She m. (3) 1836, William Todd, another missionary. She d. I June, 1837, a. 38, and was buried in Madura, India. Children by Henry Woodward: (I) Edmund Frost Wood- ward, b. 30 Dec., 1827. (2) Clarissa Annette Woodward, b. 9 Sept., 1829. (3) John Bezaleel Woodward, b. 26 Dec., 1831. (4) Mary Elizabeth Woodward, b. 21 Sept., 1833, at Batticotta, Jaffua Mission, Ceylon. She m. 24 Aug., 1854, Calvin Butler Hulbert, D. D., graduate of Dartmouth, 1853; Andover Theo- logical Seminary 1859; president Middlebury College 1875- 1880; he d. 12 Feb., 1917, in his goth year. She d. 2 May, 1921, a. 87. Their children: (a) Mary E. Hulbert, b. 16 Oct., 1855; Wellesley and Smith College; m. Rev. Edwin Rogers; author of "Children of the Night," d. 12 Oct., 1916. (b) Henry Woodward Hulbert, b. 26 Jan., 1858; graduate Middle- bury College, 1879; Union Theological Seminary 1885; teacher in Syria, Palestine, 1880; professor; pastor; traveller ; author of "The Church and Her Children." He m. 1891, Eliza Pinneo who d. 1905. He m. (2) 1907, Annie McMaster. Six children, viz. (I) Winifred E. Hulbert, b. 4 July, 1892; Western Re- serve University 1914; teacher in American College, Constan- tinople, 1916-17; Y. M. C. A. worker in France. (2) Chauncey Hulbert, b. 21 Jan., 1894; Dartmouth, 1915; Columbia 1920; teacher in Robert College, 1916-17; soldier and 2d Lt., 1918; m. 1919, Caroline F. Gulick. Their child Ralph W. Hulbert, b. 31 Mar., 1920. (3) Woodward D. Hulbert, b. 18 July, 1896; Dartmouth 1918; 2d Lieut. 1918; teacher in the American University at Beyrout 1919-22. (4) Kathryn Hulbert, b. I June, 1898; Connecticut College for Women, 1920; teacher in the Faculty School, in Beyrout 1920-23. (5) Ralph Wheelock Hulbert, d. young. (6) Hilda Lyman Hulbert, Smith College 1925. (c) Ella G. Hulbert, b. 25 Mar., 1861; graduate Smith College 1887; m. Rev. Edgar Wylie of Chicago. who d. 1901; teacher in Whitman College and Straight Col- lege. Their child Margaret Wylie, m. Capt. Ralph L. Ware.
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(d) Homer Bezaleel Hulbert, b. 26 Jan., 1863; Dartmouth and Union Theological Seminary; in Korea, 1886-1906; ad- viser to the Emperor; author of text books in Korean lan- guage; author of "The Passing of Korea"; lecturer on "The Far East and Her Problems." Children: Helen, a graduate of Smith; Chester, a graduate of Dartmouth and the Tuck School of Finance, and Learnard, a graduate of Colgate. (e) Archer Butler Hulbert, b. 26 Jan., 1873; Marietta College 1897; professor of American History, Colorado College 1920; author of many volumes on historical subjects; m. Mayme Stacey. (f) Annie Wheelock Hulbert, b. 23 July, 1877; graduate Lake Erie College; m. 1904, - Bochue; d. Galves- ton, Texas. Children: Wheelock Bochue and Margaret Bochue.
viii. JOHN S., (2) b. 28 Dec., 1800.
ix. NATHANIEL F. ,(3) b. 1I May, 1894.
2. JOHN S.5 EMERSON (Capt. John4), was born at Chester, 28 Dec., 1800; died 6 Mar., 1867. He graduated at Dartmouth College 1826, and Andover Theological Seminary 1830; ordained 12 Sept., 1831; married 25 Oct., 1831, Ursula Sophia Newell. She was born 27 Sept., 1806; died 24 Nov., 1888. They sailed for Honolulu, H. I., 17 May, 1832, and established a station at Waialua. They spent their lives as missionaries of the A. B. C. F. M. in the Hawaiian Islands.
Children, born at Waialua :
i. SAMUEL NEWELL,6 b. 10 Oct., 1832; educated at Phillips Academy, Andover; worker in the Mission; d. 12 Aug., 1910.
ii. WILLIAM SCHAUFFLER, b. 22 Oct., 1834; d. 24 Apr., 1852.
iii. JOHN LOWELL, b. 4 Jan., 1837; d. 19 July, 1849.
iv. NATHANIEL BRIGHT, b. I July, 1839; d. 15 July, 1915; entered Williams College 1860; enlisted in Ist Mass. Vol. Infantry 1862; served two years; graduated at Williams 1865; grad- uated New York College Physicians and Surgeons 1869; prac- ticed in New York and Hawaii; author of "Unwritten Literature of Hawaii," "Pete and Huaha," "Hawaiian An- tiuqities." He m. 2 Jan., 1855, Sarah Elizabeth Pierce, M. D., b. 22 Sept., 1855. Their son Arthur Webster, b. 5 Dec., 1885; art student, lives in Honolulu.
v. JUSTIN EDWARDS, b. II Aug., 1841; graduate Williams 1865; Harvard Medical School 1868; assistant physician Michigan Asylum for Insane, 1868-1877; specialist in mental and nervous diseases, Detroit, Mich. He m. 26 Dec., 1877, Wilimena H. Eliot, graduate of Vassar 1872; Women's Medical College of New York, 1877. Children: (1) Paul Eliot, b. 14 July, 1880; Williams College, 1905. (2) Philip Law, b. 7 Nov., 1882; Cornell University, 1906; second man from Detroit to volun- teer in U. S. Navy; served as Lt. Chief engineer of U. S. Destroyer Wasmuth. (3) Ralf Pomeroy, b. 8 June, 1885; graduate at Williams, 1907; established a camp library at Camp Sevier, S. C., and served in France as field librarian of the A. L. A.
vi. JOSEPH SWIFT, b. 13 July, 1843; graduate of Mass. Institute of Technology, 1874; government surveyor of Hawaiian ter- ritory ; distinguished for his studies on Hawaiian customs and
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folk lore. He m. 17 Feb., 1898, Dorothea Lamb, b. in England, 20 Feb., 1860; educated in Bruges, Belgium; decorated by the King and Queen of Belgium for raising funds for Belgian refugees in World War. Their child Oliver Huddleston, b. in Honolulu, 15 Oct., 1900; graduated at Harvard University 1922.
vii. OLIVER POMEROY, b. 27 July, 1845; graduate of Williams 1868; Andover Theological Sem. 1871; ordained Congregational minister 13 Sept., 1871; secretary of Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, 1889-1904. He m. 13 Feb., 1896, Eugenie Homer, b. 27 Apr., 1854. He is preparing a memoir of the work of his father and mother in Hawaii.
viii. SOPHIA ELIZABETH, b. 24 Jan., 1849; m. 19 July, 1882, Samuel Mann. She d. in Honolulu, 18 June, 1883.
3. NATHANIEL F.5 EMERSON (Capt. John4), was born at Chester, 1I May, 1804; died 15 May, 1879, a. 74 y. 9 m. He married in 1831, Clarissa Goodhue, who died I Feb., 1876, a. 67. About 1830 he established the "Emerson School" for boys and girls. He resided on the homestead and later removed to Chelsea, Mass.
Children, born at Chester :
i. JOHN SHERMAN,6 b. 30 July, 1832; graduate Harvard Medical School; assistant surgeon 9th N. H. Volunteers and surgeon 18th N. H. Regt., Civil War. He m. in 1855, Mary Elizabeth Homer. Children: (1) Mary Homer. (2) Margaret Curzon, both d. young. (3) Charles Bell, b. at Sandwich, 20 Nov., 1858; graduate Mass. Institute of Technology; n1. Aug., 1901, Eugenia O. Clark, who d. 23 Sept., 1904; traveller ; writer.
ii. ELIZABETH FRENCH, b. 29 Mar., 1835; graduate Mt. Holyoke Seminary; m. 17 May, 1855, Charles Bell, M. D., (Brown University, 1853). He d. at Concord, 29 Feb., 1856, a. 22 y. 6 m. Child: (1) Lucy Charles Bell, b. 14 Mar., 1856. She m. (2) 25 Oct., 1863, Rev. John D. Emerson. She d. 28 July, 1869. (2) Stephen G. Emerson, b. 19 Oct., 1864. (3) Sarah Delle Emerson, b. 27 May, 1867; d. 20 May, 1869. (4) Lizzie Emerson, b. 5 July, 1869; d. Aug., 1869.
iii. STEPHEN GOODHUE, graduated Harvard University, 1861; en- listed in Ist Mass. Vols .; shot in the battle of Chancellorsville, 1863, a. 24 y. 9 m.
iv. GEORGE HARVEY, b. 18 Feb., 1845; student at Harvard, soldier in Civil War; m. Lizzie Damon. He d. in Seattle, 1914. Chil- dren : (1) Florence G., b. 3 May, 1866. (2) George D., b. 29 May, 1869. (3) Alice L., b. I June, 1877. (4) Ralph, b. 22 Apr., 1880.
AMOS4 EMERSON (Timothy,3 Jonathan,2 Michael1), was born in Haverhill, Mass., 12 Dec., 1738; died in Candia, in 1823. He married in Chester, 18 Nov., 1762, Susanna, dau. of Capt. Abel and Grace (Parker) Morse. She was born 8 Sept., 1736, and died in Danville, Vt., 21 Dec., 1817. He was a Captain in Revolutionary War and an original member of the N. H. Society of Cincinnati.
Children, born in Chester :
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i. MARY,5 b. 8 Feb., 1764; m. 5 Jan., 1781, Ebenezer Flagg; no issue.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 25 Mar., 1766; untraced
iii. JONATHAN, b. 3 Mar., 1768; settled in Danville, Vt., m. Susannah, dau. of Josiah and Mary (Chase) Morse of Newbury, Mass. He d. 14 Nov., 1850.
iii. AMOS, b. 2 Aug., 1770; m. Mary Read of Uxbridge, Mass.
iv. SUSANNA (twin), b. 2 Aug., 1770; untraced.
v. CYRUS BALDWIN, b. 29 Nov., 1772; m. Lucy Read of Uxbridge, Mass. She d. 18 Sept., 1855.
vi. ELEANOR, b. 29 Mar., 1775; m. 5 Aug., 1799, John Short, Jr., of Danville, Vt., She d. 5 July, 1824.
vii. LYDIA, b. 29 Jan., 1778; m. 21 Aug., 1808, William Short of Danville, Vt. She d. 18 Jan., 1821. John and William Short were sons of Dea. John and Mary Short of Danville, Vt.
EMERY
THOMAS4 EMERY (Jonathan3, Jonathan2, John1) is said to have been baptized in Newbury, Mass., 6 Jan. 1722 (Emery Genealogy, 302). He married 7 Jan. 1745-6, Mary Greenough. He is reported to have died in Bradford.
Children :
i. ELIPHALET, resided in Bedford.
ii. Daughter, m .- Burroughs; lived in Hampstead.
iii. THOMAS, b. about 1756; settled in Rindge.
iv. JONATHAN, lived in Chester (now Auburn).
v. MOSES, lived in Bradford.
JONATHAN5 EMERY (Thomas4) was born about 1750. He married Elizabeth Glidden, dau. of John and Anna (Scribner) Glidden, and settled in Chester, about 1774.
Children, born in Chester probably :
i. DOLLY, never mar.
ii. JOHN, m. Rebecca Aiken.
iii. DAVID, m. Polly Porter; d. 1809.
iv. BETSEY, m. Jacob Burrill.
v. THOMAS, removed to Sheldon, Vt.
vi. MOSES, lived in Auburn.
vii. RICHARD, b. 17 Dec., 1786; lived in Auburn.
viii. JONATHAN, removed to Washington, Vt.
ix. SAMUEL, m. Abigail Noyes; removed to Washington, Vt.
MOSES6 EMERY (Jonathan5) died in Auburn, 13 Mar. 1853, aged 68. He married Lois Stebbins.
Children, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. KENDRICK", b. about 1817; d. in Auburn, 26 Feb., 1894, a. 77y. 8m. He m. Sally Dockham, who d. 14 Feb., 1894, a 73 y. 4m., 2Id. No children.
ii. LoIs J., d. 24 July, 1844, a. 16 y.
RICHARD6 EMERY (Jonathan5) was born in Chester, 17 Dec., 1786. He married 18 Nov., 1813, Polly Palmer, who died 7 Apr. 1854, aged 62 and is buried in the Long Meadow
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Cemetery. She was born 6 Dec., 1791. He died in Chester, 28 May, 1837.
Children, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. RICHARD1, b. 18 May, 1814.
ii. JONATHAN, b. 9 Jan., 1816.
iii. STEPHEN, b. 5 Mar., 1818.
iv. AMHERST, b. 5 Dec., 1821.
v. MARIA, b. 3 Sept., 1823; m. John Haselton.
vi. WILLIAM, b. 27 Mar., 1825.
vii. ALVAH, b. 26 Mar., 1827; d. II Sept., 1834.
STEPHEN7 EMERY (Richard6) was born in Chester (now Auburn, 5 Mar., 1818. He married (1) in Malden, Mass., (in- tention 5 Aug., 1843) Mary Ann Holt, who was born 5 Nov., 1820; died 18 Aug., 1858. He married (2) 12 Apr., 1859 Sarah Robinson who was born 25 Aug., 1824; died 21 Aug., 1894.
Child by first wife, born in Malden, Mass .:
i. ALFRED D8., b. 2 Mar., 1845; m. in Candia, 17 Apr., 1864, Caroline F. Wood, dau. of Alfred T. and Caroline (Perry) Wood; b. 16 Sept., 1844. Children : (1) Sadie Frances, b. 9 Mar., 1865; m. 15 Nov., 1885, Elmer E. French. (2) Mary Caroline, b. 14 Mar., 1867. (3) Thomas Stephen, b. 21 Feb., 1869. (4) Elvira Robinson, b. 13 Aug. 1874. (5) Dana Alfred, b. 28 July, 1877. (6) Walter Palmer, b. 19 Dec., 1879. Mr. Emery was selectman, moderator, town treasurer, member of con- stitutional convention 1889, and representative from Auburn and judge of the police court. He removed to Derry and served as moderator and representative from that town. He died in Derry 6 Feb., 1924.
AMHERST EMERY (Richard6) was born in Chester (now Auburn) 5 Dec. 1821 ; died 7 June, 1899. He married in Auburn, 22 Oct., 1846, Mary M. Sawyer, who was born 13 June, 1828; died 24 Sept., 1877.
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