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Children :
i. EUGENE HENRY®, b. 8 Sept., 1849; d. 14 Nov., 1874.
ii. PARK MORRIS, b. 8 July, 1856; d. in Lowell, Mass .. 4 Jan., 1884.
iii. FARNSWORTH BURNHAM, b. 24 Dec., 1861.
iv. LYNDON EARL, b. 7 Nov., 1866.
v. ELVIRA R., b. 4 Nov., 1869; d. 31 May, 1870.
JONATHAN6 EMERY (Jonathan5) married Nancy Eaton, who was born 16 Aug., 1793. He lived in Washington, Vt. Children :
i. EATON", b. 28 Dec., 1815.
ii. DAVID, b. 1817.
iii. AMos, b. 27 Mar., 1820.
iv. CHARLES, b. 6 June, 1822.
v. ALPHEUS, b. 10 Jan., 1826.
vi. LOVE ANN, b. 13 Feb., 1828.
vii. BENJAMIN D., b. 14 June, 1830; d. 26 Nov., 1870.
viii. FRANCES, b. 25 June, 1835.
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EATON EMERY7 (Jonathan6) was born in Chester 28 Dec., 1815. He married Hannah Underhill.
Child, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. FRANK D., b. 28 Nov., 1836; d. in Manchester, 14 Sept., 1914. He m. (1) 12 Dec., 1867, Louise Chase, dau. of Benjamin' and Hannah (Hall) Chase. She d. 18 Mar., 1892. He m. (2) 13 July, 1893, Mary Currier Chase, dau. of Pike7 and Hannah (Lufkin) Chase. No children.
I. JOHN SARGENT7 EMERY (Michael,6 Moses,5 John, John,3 John,2 John1), was born at Sanbornton, 2 Dec., 1805; died at Chester, 18 Mar., 1887. He married 14 Dec., 1831, Jane Wilson Page of Franklin. She died at Sanbornton, 7 Aug., 1843, a. 35. He married (2) 28 Jan., 1844, Susan Breck Hazelton, dau. of Peter and Susannah B. (Robinson) Hazelton of Chester. She was born at Chester, 2 Feb., 1811; died there, 18 May, 1886. He removed to Chester in 1846.
Children by first wife :
i. CHARLES WILSON,8 b. 17 May, 1837; enlisted at Cambridge, Mass., in 1861, in the first Mass. Co. to serve for three years ; killed in action at Williamsburg, Va., 5 May, 1862.
ii. SARAH JANE, b. 15 Aug., 1839; m. 15 Nov., 1881, Alex C. Ord- way who d. 14 Aug., 1917. She d. 9 Feb., 1905. Children by second wife, born at Chester :
iii. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, (2) b. 28 July, 1847.
iv. JULIA MARIA MINOT, b. 17 Dec., 1848; unm.
v. ANNIE BARTLETT, b. 19 Mar., 1851; m. 25 Dec., 1876, Luther C. Richardson of Pelham, who d. 19 May, 1892. She d. 17 Jan., 1882. Children: (1) Chester Augustus Richardson, b. 17 Oct., 1877; m. 10 Oct., 1908, Blanche E. Whittaker. Their children : (a) Henry Whittaker Richardson, b. 1I May, 1910. (b) Alice Currier Richardson, b. 17 July, 1919. (c) Agnes Theresa Richardson (twin), b. 17 July, 1919. (2) Mabel Ann Richard- son, b. 21 Mar., 1879; d. 19 Feb., 1922. (3) Marion Louise Richardson, b. 18 May, 1880; m. II Aug., 1909, Rev. George E. Heath. Children: (a) Gordon Richardson Heath, b. 16 May, 1912. (b) Evelyn Louise Heath, b. 26 Feb., 1915. (c) Arnold Currier Heath, b. 11 June, 1917. (d) Irving Maxwell Heath, b. 15 Oct., 1918. (4) Maxwell C. Richardson, b. 3 Nov., 1881; unm.
vi. RICHARD SARGENT, b. 6 July, 1852; m. (1) 26 Nov., 1874, Eliz- abeth A. Carleton, who d. 4 Mar., 1910; m. (2) 5 Feb., 1912, Emma C. Stevens.
vii. MARY LOUISA, b. 10 May, 1854; d. 17 Nov., 1854, a. 6 m. viii. SUSAN HAZELTON, b. 4 Oct., 1857; unm.
2. FREDERICK A.8 EMERY (John Sargent7), was born at Chester, 28 July, 1847; married 25 Mar., 1885, Clara E. LaFay- ette, who was born at Waterborough, Me., 14 Apr., 1854. Children :
i. ANNIE GRACE,9 b. 10 June, 1886; unm.
ii. HELEN MAUD, b. 5 Mar., 1890; m. 18 Apr., 1918, Wesley S.
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Mann. Children: (1) Robert Wesley Mann, b. 17 Jan., 1920. (2) Eleanor Grace Mann, b. 10 Sept., 1921.
FITTS (FITZ.)
NATHAN5 FITTS, (Daniel4, Richard3, Abraham?, Robert1,) came to Chester in 1759 from Salisbury, Mass., where he was born 13 Dec., 1739. He m. Abigail, dau. of Major Jabez French, 8 June, 1758. He died 29 Jany., 1781.
BENJAMIN6 FITTS, (Nathan5) b. 6 June 1771, m. (1) Han- nah, dau. of John Hoyt. He m. (2) Susannah, dau. of Dea. John S. Dearborn, 10 April, 1798. Children by second wife, Susan, Benjamin, Nathan, Charles, Mary, m. Frederick A. Morse; John D., George W., Hannah H., Luther, who m. Elizabeth F. Hazelton and lived on the somestead, Ann C .. d. young. Luther changed the name to Fitz. Benjamin d. 20 May, 1856, and Susannah 15 April, 1860.
LUTHER7 FITZ was born in Chester, 13 Jan., 1819; d. 13 Mar. 1877; married 22 May, 1845, Elizabeth French Hazelton, born IO Dec., 1817; d. 10 Oct., 1901. [See Hazelton].
Children, born in Chester :
i. ELIZABETH HAZELTON, b. 4 May, 1846; m. 3 Nov., 1869, Horace A. Hill. [See Hill].
ii. HELEN LOUISE, d. at age of 19 m.
iii. ELLA LOUISE, b. I Feb., 1852; d. 19 Oct., 1912; m. Alexander Grant. [See Grant].
iv. MARY ADELAIDE, b. 10 Aug., 1854; m. 26 Dec., 1883, Charles H. Howe. [See Howe].
v. HENRIETTA CAROLINE, d. young.
vi. JOSEPHINE S.
vii. ISABELLE H., two years at Wellesley College; teacher; writer; librarian.
FORSAITH.
I. LT. JOSIAH2 FORSAITH (Dea. Matthew1), was born in 1747; died at Chester, 18 Mar., 1833. He married Catharine Richardson, dau. of Caleb and Catharine Richardson. She was born 30 Mar., 1768; died 1818.
Children, born at Chester :
i. JOSIAH, JR.,8 (2) b. 25 Jan., 1785.
ii. MATTHEW, b. 1786; went to sea; d. off Gaudaloupe, in 1805.
iii. CATHARINE, b. 1789; d. unm. 1807.
iv. TILLOTSON, b. 1796; lived on the George Underhill place.
v. ELIZABETH, b. 1798.
vi. RUFUS, b. 1800; m. Almira McDuffee, dau. of Archibald and Sarah (Merrill) McDuffee. She was b. 26 Sept., 1805; d. 1839. Their children: (1) Martha, m. - - Currier. (2) Nelson.
vii. SARAH.
2. JOSIAH3 FORSAITH, JR. (Josiah,2 Matthew1), was born at Chester, 25 Jan., 1785. He married (1) Betsy Dustin ; married
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(2) Betsy Lane, dau. of Samuel and Anna (Currier) Lane, born 1798; died 1821. He married (3) Esther Towle.
Child by wife Betsy Dustin, born at Chester :
i. CATHARINE,4 b. 1811 ; d. in infancy. Children by wife Betsy Lane, born at Chester :
ii. MATTHEW, (3) b. 1818.
iii. SARAH, b. 1821.
Children by wife Esther Towle, born at Chester :
iv. RUFUS, b. 1823; m. Eliza Pressey, dau. of Hiram Pressey. After her death he removed to Dixon, Ill.
v. FRANCIS, b. 1825; removed to Dixon, Ill .; captain in Civil War.
vi. ELIZA, b. 1827; d. unm.
vii. MARY, b. 1831; d. 1854.
3. MATTHEW+ FORSAITH (Josiah3), was born at Chester 1818; died 1884. He married (1) Sarah, dau. of Josiah B. and Elizabeth (Plummer) Cheswell of Chester. He served in Co. K, 15th N. H. Regt., Civil War.
Children, born at Chester :
i. JOSHUA, b. 1850; d. in infancy.
ii. LILLIAN, b. 1853; d. young.
iii. JOSIAH, b. 1855; removed to Dixon, Ill .; m. Esther Drinkwater. Several children.
iv. MATTHEW, b. 1857; d. young.
v. FRANK, b. 1859; m. Rosa Pingrey, dau. of William and Hannah (Coleman) Pingrey. He lived in Auburn. Children: (1) William F., b. in Auburn, 1880; graduated at Pinkerton Acad- emy of Derry and Dartmouth College, 1908; m. Ethel, dau, of David and Mary (Chase) Watson. He d. in 1910. (2) Carl Cheswell, b. Auburn, 2 Sept., 1888; graduated from Pinkerton, 1908, and from Dartmouth, 1912; Ph. D. at Harvard Uni- versity, 1917; professor in Syracuse University. He m. Grace M., dau. of Harry and Clara (Parker) Dolber of Candia, 27 Jan., 1915.
vi. RUFUS, b. 1861; m. dau. of James Morgan; resides on home- stead. Children: (1) Ralph, b. 1892; m. Lillian, dau. of An- drew Storms; reside in Northfield, Mass. They have: Mat- thew, b. 1919, and Ralph, Jr., b. 1921. (2) James Matthew, b. 1894; corporal Co. C, 103d Inf., 26th Division; killed in the Argonne Offensive, 28 Sept., 1918. (3) Cora, b. 1898; m. Henry Hastings of Derry. They have: Virginia Hastings, b. 1918; Marie Hastings, b. 1920, and James Hastings, b. 1921. vii. ALMONT, b. 1863; d. young.
viii. ADDIE, b. 1865; m. Leslie George of Plaistow. One dau. Rose. ix. ANNIE, b. 1868; m. George Flanders of South Hampton.
xi MARTHA, b. 1870; m. Charles T. Rice of Derry. Children: (1) Russell Rice, b. 1898; runner for the Machine Gun Co., 38th Inf., 3 Div .; killed on the Marne, 16 July, 1918. (2) Rufus, b. 1904.
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FOX
I. EZEKIEL6 Fox (Joel5, Daniel4, Nathaniel3, Eliphalet2, Thomas1) was born in Dracut, Mass., II July 1788; died in Auburn, 10 Dec., 1849, aged 61. He married there II Dec., 1814, Sally Esterbrook of Chester. She died in Auburn, 10 Mar., 1864, aged 73.
Children, born in Dracut, Mass .:
i. SUSANNAH1, b. I Jan., 1816.
11. ESTHER, b. 15 Mar., 1818.
iii. JOSEPH, b. 4 Aug., 1822.
iv. ANDREW FRANKLIN, b. 19 Feb., 1825.
2. ANDREW FRANKLIN7 Fox (Ezekiel6) was born in Dracut, Mass., 19 Feb., 1825 ; died in Auburn, 28 Dec., 1919. He married 21 Nov., 1847, Margaret Ann Heath, who died in Auburn, 2 Apr., 1892.
Children born in Auburn :
i. SARAH ELIZABETH8, b. II Sept., 1848; d. 10 June, 1908. She m. 22 Feb., 1873, James Benson. Children: (1) Jennie Ethel, b. 21 July, 1874; m. 15 Apr., 1896, Charles H. Grant. Their children (a) Harold Benson Grant, b. 26 Feb., 1897. (b) Doris Marguerite Grant, b. 26 Nov., 1903; d. 1I Jan., 1905. (c) Arthur James Grant, b. 21 May, 1908. (2) May Gertrude, b. 24 July 1876; m. (1) 13 June, 1900, Dr. D. S. Adams, who d. 12 Jan., 1907. She m. (2) I July, 1914, William Bernard Severance. (3) Andrew James, b. 1878; d. 1879. (4) Herbert Leon, b. and d. 1880. (5) Ernest Clinton, b. 1882; d. 1883. (6) Margaret Annie, b. 28 May, 1884; m. 7 June, 1905, Thomas Hawkins. Children :(a) Kenneth Douglas Hawkins, b. 16 Apr., 1906; d. 21 Feb., 1925. (b) Ruth Marion Hawkins, b. 9 Dec., 1909 (c) Muriel Ardele Hawkins, b. 19 June, 1914. (d) Alethea Elizabeth Hawkins, b. 12 Feb., 1924. (7) Edith Lillian, b. 9 Aug., 1888; d. 9 Oct., 1893.
ii. CORA ANN, b. 30 Aug., 1850; d. 22 Feb., 1898. She m. 17 Nov., 1870, Daniel S. Adams, M. D., who d. 12 Jan., 1907.
iii.
FRANK ANDREW, b. 26 Feb., 1853; m. II Jan., 1874, Inez Louette Pollard. Children: (1) Cora Louette, b. 27 Sept., 1874; m. 24 Dec., 1892, Eugene Elliott Reed. Child: (a) Royden Eugene Reed, b. 13 Apr., 1894; m. II Nov., 1919, Marie Louise Geist Eastman. Child: Eugene Elliott Reed, b. 17 Dec., 1921. (2) Ruby Inez, b. 23 Jan., 1876; m. Edward Bertrand Elwell. (3) Andrew Franklin, b. 19 Feb., 1879; m. 18 Oct., 1905, Ethel Brackett Flanders. Children: (a) Raymond Andrew, b. 30 Sept., 1907. (b) Forest Eugene, b. July 1911; d. 9 Feb., 1922. (c) Margery Inez, b. 1914; d. Apr., 1918. (4) Rolon Pollard, b. II May, 1881.
iv. MARY GRACE, b. 4 Aug., 1858; m. 25 Dec., 1880, Samuel Richard- son, who was b. 30 Mar., 1845; d. 8 May, 1900. Children: (1) Bernice Richardson, b. 20 Apr., 1883; m. 29 Jan., 1913, Frank I Mack. Children: (a) Marion Richardson Mack, b. 2 Mar., and d. 6 Mar., 1922. (b) Mary Fox Mack, b. 2 Dec., 1923. (2) Persis Richardson, b. 29 Aug., 1888; m. 29 June, 1920, Harlan B. Peabody.
v. GRETTIE ALIDA, b. 19 Sept., 1862; m. (1) 7 July, 1883, Frank
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P. Chase, who d. 13 Nov., 1884. She m. (2) 23 Dec., 1886, Hazen Sanborn, who was b. in 1856; d. 28 Oct., 1923.
FRENCH.
HON. DANIEL7 FRENCH (Gould,6 Daniel,5 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Edward1), was born in Epping, 22 Feb., 1769; died in Chester, 14 Oct., 1840. He married (1) 15 Sept., 1799, Mercy Brown, daughter of Benjamin and Prudence (Kelly) Brown of Newbury. She died in Chester, 8 Mar., 1802. He married (2) 30 June, 1805, Betsey Van Mater Flagg, daughter of Josiah and Anna (Webster) Flagg. She was born in Chester, 12 Feb., 1778 and died there, 23 Apr., 1812. He married (3) Sarah Wingate (Flagg) Bell, sister to his second wife and widow of Jonathan Bell. She was born in Chester, 31 May, 1782 and died 18 Dec., 1878.
Child by the first wife, born in Chester :
i. BENJAMIN BROWN,8 b. 4 Sept., 1800.
Children by second wife, born in Chester :
ii. ARTHUR LIVERMORE, b. 28 May, 1806; d. unm., 25 Apr., 1825.
iii. ANN CAROLINE, b. 3 Feb., 1808; m. Simon Brown of Concord, Mass.
iv. CATHARINE J., b. 12 Jan., 1810; m. Dr. P. P. Wells of Brooklyn, N. Y.
V. SARAH, b. 3 Aug., 1811; m. Dr. S. L. Chase of Lockport, N. Y. Children by third wife, born in Chester :
vi. HENRY FLAGG, b. 14 Aug., 1813.
vii. HARRIETTE VAN MATER, b. 23 Dec., 1815; d. 9 Mar., 1841.
viii. ELIZABETH JANE, b. 13 July, 1817; d. 4 July, 1848.
ix. EDMUND FLAGG, b. 17 July, 1819; lived in Washington, D. C.
x. ARIANNA, b. 25 Oct., 1821; m. Charles E. Soule of Brooklyn, N. Y. She d. 14 May, 1865.
xi. HELEN AUGUSTA, b. I Feb., 1824; m. as his second wife Gerry Whiting Cochrane. She was a noted author and died at Chester 20 Jan., 1902, shortly after her beautiful home was destroyed by fire.
BENJAMIN BROWN& FRENCH (Hon. Daniel?), was born at Chester, 4 Sept., 1800; died 12 Aug., 1870. He married (1) II Jan., 1825, Elizabeth Smith Richardson, daughter of Judge William Merchant and Betsey (Smith) Richardson. She was born in Chester, 13 July, 1805; died in Washington, D. C., 6 May, 1861. He married (2) Mary Ellen Brady who survived him. [See Biography.]
Children by first wife, born in Chester :
i. FRANCIS ORMOND,' b. 12 Sept., 1837. [See Biography].
ii. BENJAMIN BROWN, JR., b. 4 Feb., 1845; m. at Chester, Pa., 9 May, 1866, Abby M. Thomas. Children: (1) Abbie Marie, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 30 June, 1867. (2) Charles, b. in New York.
FRANCIS ORMOND9 FRENCH (Benjamin Brown8), was born in Chester, 12 Sept., 1837; died at Tuxedo Park, N. J., 26 Feb.,
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1893. He married in Washington, D. C., 5 Mar., 1861, Ellen Tuck, daughter of Hon. Amos Tuck of Exeter (anti-slavery mem- ber of Congress, 1847-53). She was born at Hampton, 4 Apr., 1838 and died in Bournemouth, England, 5 Dec., 1915. Both were buried in Chester.
Children, born in Exeter :
i. ELIZABETH RICHARDSON,10 b. 17 Dec., 1861; m. Lord Cheylesmore and resides at 16 Prince's Gate, London.
ii. ELLEN, m. (1) Alfred G. Vanderbilt of New York; (2) Paul Fitz Simons and resides in Newport, R. I.
iii. AMOS TUCK, b. in Boston, 20 July, 1863; graduated from Har- vard 1885; m. (1) in Newport, R. I., 2 Dec., 1885, Pauline Le Roy; m. (2) 24 Nov., 1914, Martha Beeckman of New York. [See Biography].
HENRY FLAGG8 FRENCH (Hon. Daniel7), was born in Ches- ter, 14 Aug., 1813; died in Concord, Mass., 29 Nov., 1885. He married (1) 9 Oct., 1838, Anne Richardson, daughter of Chief Justice William Merchant and Betsey (Smith) Richardson of Chester. She was born 26 Sept., 1811; died in Exeter, 29 Aug., 1856. He married (2) in 1860, Pamela M. Prentice of Keene. She died in 1895.
Children by first wife, first born in Chester, others in Exeter :
i. HARRIETTE VAN MATER,9 b. 29 Sept., 1839; m. 9 July, 1864. Major Abijah Hollis of Milton, Mass. He graduated from Harvard College, served in Civil War and established himself in granite manufacturing in Concord. Six children including Henry French Hollis, formerly United States Senator from New Hampshire.
ii. WILLIAM MERCHANT RICHARDSON, b. I Oct., 1843; d. 1914. [See Biography].
iii. SARAH FLAGG, b. 14 Aug., 1846; m. 19 June, 1873, Edward J. Bartlett of Concord, Mass. Children : Mary Chickering Bartlett, b. 26 Feb., 1875, and William Bradford Bartlett, a distinguished physician.
iv. DANIEL CHESTER, b. 20 Apr., 1850. [See Biography].
GILBERT.
GEORGE R. GILBERT was born in Atkinson, 26 Jan., 1798; died in Auburn, I Apr., 1882. He came to Chester ( now Auburn) when a young man. He married 28 Dec., 1819, Mary Kelley, dau. of Dr. Ezekiel H. and Hannah (Hazelton) Kelley. She has born in Chester, 6 Aug., 1799 and died 30 Dec., 1866.
Children, born in Chester :
i. AARON PERKINS, d. in 1821.
ii. EZEKIEL, b. 4 May, 1823; d. 1887.
iii. MARY ANN, b. II Mar., 1826; m. Augustus Wiley.
iv. FANNIE MARIA, b. 2 June, 1829; d. 1897; unm.
v. AMANDA M., b. 13 Apr., 1832; m. Albert Eaton.
vi. WASHINGTON IRVING, b. 24 Mar., 1834.
vii. CATHERINE C., b. 22 Oct., 1837; d. I May, 1920; m. Levi Bart- lett, brother to Sarah H. Bartlett.
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WASHINGTON IRVING GILBERT (George R.) was born in Chester, 24 Mar., 1834; died 15 Aug., 1915; married Sarah H. Bartlett, reported to be a direct descendant of Josiah Bartlett, signer of the Declaration of Independence. She died in 1901. They resided in Auburn.
Children, born in Auburn:
i. FRANK H., b. Aug., 1857; m. Mary E. Grace, who d. 8 Dec., 1916.
ii. LEVI BARTLETT, b. Nov., 1860; d. 10 Sept., 1924; m. Nellie Camp- bell.
iii. HARRY SUMMER, b. 4 May, 1863; d. 4 Feb., 1920; ni. Josephine Jackson.
iv. KATE ALBERTINA, b. 26 Aug., 1865; m. (1) Melvin Hall; their son, Harry G., m. Gladys MacCallum; she m. (2) Edwin N. Wilmot.
GOLDSMITH.
THOMAS GOLDSMITH, son of Isaac and Martha (Burnham) Goldsmith was born at Andover, Mass., 19 Aug., 1809. He mar- ried Esther McDuffee, dau. of Archibald and Sarah (Merrill) McDuffee, born at Chester (now Auburn), 23 Aug., 1811.
Child, born in Auburn :
i. CHARLES ALMOND, b. 29 June, 1846; graduated at Harvard Medical School, 1870; married Clara A. Emerson of Methuen, Mass., and practiced medicine there for several years.
I. NATHAN BURNHAM GOLDSMITH, son of Isaac and Martha (Burnham) Goldsmith, was born at Andover, Mass., 25 Apr., 1818; died at Chester, 10 Oct., 1902. He married at Chester, 6 Feb., 1845, Harriet Newell McDuffee, dau. of Archi- bald and Sarah (Merrill) McDuffee. She was born at Chester (now Auburn), 20 Nov., 1825; died there, 3 Nov., 1902. Children, born in Auburn:
i. CELESTIA SUSANNAH, b. 4 Feb., 1846; teacher in Memphis, Tenn. d. in Chester, 27 Apr., 1925. [See Teachers].
ii. ALBERT BURNHAM, b. 4 Sept., 1847; d. 15 Feb., 1865.
iii. GEORGE EDWARD, b. 9 July, 1849; d. 24 Aug., 1874.
iv. CHARLES MILLET, b. 10 July, 1851; d. I Dec., 1870.
v. VESTA A. V., b. 14 Mar., 1853; d. 23 Nov., 1890.
vi. HATTIE IDA, b. 7 Apr., 1855; d. 2 Sept., 1867.
vii. FRANCIS WAYLAND, b. II June, 1857; d. 23 Aug., 1878.
viii. NATHAN WILLIAM, (2) b. 19 Aug., 1859.
iv. EMMA NEWELL, b. 10 Aug., 1861 ; d. 30 Aug., 1893.
x. JOHN BURNHAM, b. 30 Oct., 1863; d. 9 July, 1882.
xi. ADIN ALBERT, (3) b. 15 Feb., 1866.
2: NATHAN WILLIAM GOLDSMITH (Nathan Burnham, Isaac), was born at Auburn, 19 Aug., 1859; married 12 Sept., 1893, Mary Winslow Kimball, dau. of Rev. Woodbury Kimball. She was born 9 Oct., 1868. He has served as moderator of town meetings and colloctor of taxes in Chester, and as representative to the State legislature.
Children, born at Chester :
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i. GEORGE WOODBURY, b. 15 June, 1894; m. 5 Aug., 1918, Luella M. Smith of Buffalo, N. Y .; resides in Baltimore, Md. Their child Robert Woodbury, b. 18 June, 1822.
ii. EMMA PEARL, b. 24 July, 1895; teacher; graduate Boston Uni- versity, 1917; Radcliffe, M. A., 1922.
iii. ELEANOR HARRIS, b. II Apr., 1901; teacher.
iv. CHARLES ALBERT, b. 20 Feb., 1903; student, class of 1925, Uni- versity of New Hampshire.
3. ADIN ALBERT GOLDSMITH (Nathan Burnham ), was born at Chester, 15 Feb., 1866; married Jan., 1899, Dora Wade of London, England. He is a graduate from the Dental School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Children :
i. ADIN BURNHAM, b. 25 June, 1902.
ii ALBERT WADE (twin), b. 25 June, 1902.
GORDON.
I. ALEXANDER1 GORDON, born in Scotland about 1635, set- tled in Exeter in 1660. His wife was Mary Lysson, daughter of Nicholas and Alice Lysson of Exeter. He was a prisoner cap- tured in the battle of Worcester, 3 Sept., 1651, and sent to Boston in 1652.
Children, born in Exeter :
i. ELIZABETH,2 b. 23 Feb., 1664; m. Thomas Emerson.
ii. NICHOLAS, b. 23 Mar., 1666; m. Maria -.
iii. MARY, b. 22 May, 1668.
iv. JOHN, b. 26 Oct., 1670; m. Sarah Allen.
v. JAMES, b. 22 July, 1673; m. Abiah Redman.
vi. ALEXANDER, b. I Dec., 1675; m. Sarah Sewall.
vii. THOMAS (2), b. about 1678.
viii. DANIEL, b. about 1682; m. Margaret Harriman.
2. THOMAS2 GORDON (Alexander1), was born in Exeter about 1678; died there in 1762. He married 22 Nov., 1699, Elizabeth Harriman, daughter of Matthew Harriman of Haver- hill, Mass. She was born in Haverhill, Mass., 20 Nov., 1675; died in Exeter before 1721. He married a second wife who was mother of his two youngest sons. He lived in Haverhill, Mass., till about 1710 when he removed to Exeter.
Children, first six born in Haverhill, last five in Exeter :
i. TIMOTHY,8 b. 19 Aug., 1700; d. 5 Sept., 1700.
ii. THOMAS (3), b. 24 Aug., 1701.
iii. DINAH, b. 26 Jan., 1703; m. Benjamin Magoon of Exeter.
iv. DANIEL, b. I Dec., 1704; m. Susannah
V: ABIGAIL, b. 28 May, 1707; m. John Roberts.
vi. BENOIN, b. about 1709; m. Abigail Smith.
vii. JAMES, b. about 1711; m. Lydia Leavitt.
viii. HANNAH, b. about 1713; m. Jacob Smith of Brentwood.
ix. TIMOTHY, b. 22 Mar., 1716; m. Maria Stockbridge. Children by second wife:
x. NATHANIEL, b. 23 Mar., 1728; m. Elizabeth Smith.
xi. BENJAMIN, d. in 1770; m. Mary Magoon.
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3. THOMAS3 GORDON (Thomas,2 Alexander1), was born in Haverhill, Mass., 24 Aug., 1701 ; died in Brentwood, 27 Aug., 1772. He married (1) Mary Scribner, who died in Brentwood, 16 Oct., 1756. He married (2) Deliverance Eastman, who died 12 July, 1791.
Children, born in Brentwood:
i. DANIEL,4 d. in 1764.
ii. LOVE, m. 11 July, 1756, Enoch Bean.
iii. MARY, m. James Bean.
iv. Elizabeth, m. - West.
v. THOMAS, b. 28 Nov., 1740.
vi. SCRIBNER (4), b. 20 Sept., 1744.
4. SCRIBNER4 GORDON (Thomas3), was born in Brentwood, 20 Sept., 1744; died there 12 Mar., 1817. He married 17 Mar., 1768, Hannah Marston, daughter of Winthrop and Martha (Butler) Marson. She was born 7 Feb., 1746, and died in Brent- wood, 23 Mar., 1839.
Children, born in Brentwood:
i. DANIEL, b. 27 Nov., 1768.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 13 Jan., 1771; m. Jonathan Morrill.
iii. JOHN S., b. 13 Aug., 1774.
iv. WINTHROP (5), b. 22 Oct., 1776.
v. HANNAH, b. 17 Dec., 1781; m. Jonathan Greene.
vi. MARY, b. 28 July, 1791; d. 1I Jan., 1869.
5. WINTHROP5 GORDON (Scribner4), was born in Brent- wood, 22 Oct., 1776; died there 22 Dec., 1862. He married 4 June, 1799, Sarah Robinson.
Children, born in Brentwood :
i. DUDLEY,6 b. 7 Oct., 1799.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. 9 July, 1801; m. 1821, David Palmer.
iii. LEVI, b. 24 Aug., 1802.
iv. ELIZABETH, b. 28 Dec., 1803; m. 1833, Moses Burbank. v. ELECTA, b. 14 Apr., 1806; m. 1826, James Bartlett.
vi. SARAH, b. 4 Dec., 1807; m. 1831, Henry Spofford.
vii. LOVE, b. 17 Apr., 1810; d. 25 Mar., 1812.
viii. LOVE 2d, b. 19 May, 1812.
ix. LEWIS BAILEY, b. 17 June, 1815.
X. JOSEPH SCRIBNER, b. 16 May, 1817.
xi. JAMES ROBINSON (6), b. 28 Feb., 1819.
xii. JOHN MOODY, b. 4 Jan., 1824.
xiii. PERLEY ROGERS, b. 25 Oct., 1825.
6. JAMES ROBINSON6 GORDON (Winthrop5), was born 28 Feb., 1819; died in Chester, II Nov., 1876. He married (1) I Dec., 1840, Lucy H. Wells, daughter of Philip Wells. She was born 8 June, 1816, and died in Chester, 7 Jan., 1872. He learned the blacksmith's trade with the Underhill Edge Tool Company in what is now Auburn, and in 1859 he purchased the Bremner farm in Chester. He married (2) 29 June, 1875, Sarah R. Fitz. Children, first five born in Sandown, others in Chester:
i. JAMES W.", b. 7 Nov., 1841; d. 1922.
ii. SUSAN J. H., b. 31 May, 1843; m. Francis Edward Robie.
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iii. ADELINE W., b. 27 May, 1846; d. 24 Nov., 1860.
iv. MARY E., b. 10 Oct., 1847; d. 1920; m. Addison Asa Bean of Chester, who died in 1915, age 70.
v. JOHN BROWN (7), b. 10 June, 1849.
vi. LUCY ISABEL, b. 30 Jan., 1851; m. David Wilcox of Orford.
vii. EVELYN E., b. I Apr., 1853; d. 17 July, 1878.
viii. CHARLES H., b. 25 Sept., 1855; d. 1922. Child by second wife :
ix. JOSEPH.
JOHN BROWN7 GORDON (James Robinson6), was born in Sandown, 10 June, 1849. He married 4 June, 1877, Phoebe Jane Abbott, daughter of Henry G. and Phoebe (Bickford) Abbott. She was born in Ossipee, 25 Dec., 1854. They resided in Haver- hill, Mass., many years. He was a member of the Fire Depart- ment from 1881 to 1923 and was chief of the department from 1894 to 1923. He now resides on the Pickett farm in Chester. Children, born in Haverhill, Mass .:
i. LEWIS J.8, b. 30 Jan., 1879; m. 14 Sept., 1907, Frances Millner. They reside in Wellesley Hills, Mass.
ii. ANNIE Low, b. 16 Nov., 1880; d. 31 Aug., 1881.
GRANT.
CHARLES CUMMINGS3 GRANT (Charles2, John1) son of Charles and Mary (Ballard) Grant, was born in Greenland, 15 Feb., 1822; died in Auburn, 30 Mar. ,1901. He married (1) 19 Jan., 1843, Salome V. Center. She died 23 Feb., 1848. He mar- ried (2) 26 Mar., 1849, Frances M. Anderson, who died 29 June, 1856. He married (3) Venelia S. Brown, who died 24 June, 1871. He married (4) 16 Jan., 1872, Harriet F. Coffin, dau. of Thomas and Betsey (Hall) Coffin.
Children by first wife :
i. LOUISE C.4, b. I Oct., 1843; m. (1) Aug., 1862; John Y. Dem- eritt, who d. in the hospital in Washington, Dec., 1862, mem- ber Co. A Tenth N. H. Vol. She m. (2) James M. Preston and had five children. She d. 15 Feb., 1881.
ii. CHARLES HENRY, b. 8 July, 1845; d. in prison in Salisbury, N. C. 12 Feb., 1865; member Co. A Tenth, N. H. Vol
iii. WARREN S., b.10 Jan., 1848; d. 2 Apr., 1848. Children by second wife:
iv. JOSIAH A., b. 17 Sept., 1850; d. 19 Aug., 1853.
v. LUTHER A., b. 28 Apr., 1853 ; d. 25 Aug., 1853.
vi. ADDISON M., b. 22 Sept., 1854; m. Mary E. Hall. Children :
(1) Herbert A., (2) Carrie L., dec'd. (3) Blanch M., dec'd.
vii. IRVING F., b. 25 Mar., 1856; m. (1) Belle Leavitt; m. (2) Abbie
Children by fourth wife, born in Auburn:
viii. CHARLES HENRY4, b. 24 June, 1873.
ix. HATTIE F., b. 6 Apr., 1875; m. Edmund P. Chaplin.
x. PERLEY CUMMINGS, b. 28 Nov., 1876; m. 29 June, 1901, Louise C. Dudley. He graduated at Pinkerton Academy, 1897; Dart-
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