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mouth College, 1901; Andover Theological Seminary 1904; clergyman ; Somerville, Mass., Barre, Vt.
xi. MARY BETSEY, b. 13 Jan., 1879; m. Albert Eugene Davis.
xii. GEORGE EDGAR, b. 29 Sept., 1879; m. (1) Edith B. Pingrey, who d. 15 Dec., 1918; m. (2) 5 May, 1920, Oliette Webb of Derry. Child: Merton Alvin, b. 9 July, 1906.
CHARLES HENRY4 GRANT (Charles Cummings3, Charles2, John1) was born in Auburn, 24 June, 1873 ; married 15 Apr., 1896, Jennie E. Benson, dau. of James and Sarah (Fox) Benson of Manchester.
Children, born in Auburn :
i. HAROLD BENSON5, b. 26 Feb., 1897; in Ist. N. H. cavalry, Browns- ville, Tex., Oct., 1916 to Mar., 1917; in Machine Gum Battal- ion, 103d Infantry 26th Division, A. E. F., Worid War; m. 6 Sept., 1920, Ruth M. Tenney. Child: Winnifred, b. 19 Jan., 1922.
ii. DORIS MARGUERITE, b. 26 Nov., 1903; d. II Jan., 1905.
iii. ARTHUR JAMES, b. 21 May, 1908.
ALEXANDER GRANT married Sept., 1879, Ella Louise Fitz, born I Feb., 1852; died 19 Oct., 1912. [See Fitts]. Children :
i. HENRIETTA I., b. 3 July, 1880.
ii. EDMUND H., b. 8 Aug., 1882; m. Gail Albert. Children: (1) Janet, and (2) a son.
iii. FRANK A., b. 30 Oct., 1884; m. Miriam Ives. Children: (1) Richard. (2) Miriam.
iv. MARY BELLE, b. II Feb., 1890; m. John Haley. Children: (1)
Robert Haley. (2) Virginia Haley.
v. LUTHER A., b. 24 Sept., 1891.
vi. JOSEPHINE E., b. 6 Feb., 1894; drowned 1898.
vii. HELEN T., b. 6 June, 1899.
GREENOUGH.
I. DANIEL4 GREENOUGH (Symonds,3 Daniel,2 Robert1), was born at Bradford, Mass., 20 Mar., 1748-9; married in 1783, Huldah Smith, widow of John Burley. She d. 24 Oct., 1847, a. 85. Children : (1) David,5 d. in East Indies. (2) Hannah .. (3) Smith, b. 1788. (4) Mary. (5) William. (6) Sally, b. 1805.
2. SMITH5 GREENOUGH (Daniel4), was born 1788; died at Chester 1819. He married Sally Underhill, dau. of Moses Under- hill of Chester. She was born 26 Nov., 1790, and married (2) Abraham Sargent Jr. Their children: (1) Hulda.6 (2) Ann. (3) William, b. 26 July, 1814.
3. WILLIAM6 GREENOUGH (Smith5), was born at Chester, 26 July, 1814; died there, 1I May, 1879. He married Harriet M. Parker, dau. of Nathaniel Parker of Derry.
Children, born at Chester :
John . A. Marillion
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i. LUCY PARKER,7 b. 16 July, 1841; d. at Wakefield, Mass., I Jan., I90I.
ii. WILLIAM SMITH, (4) b. 25 Aug., 1843.
iii. AUGUSTUS PARKER, b. 18 Oct., 1845; m. Diana Capen of South- borough, Mass. He d. at Southborough, 11 July, 1917.
iv. JOHN NOYES, b. 8 June, 1848; d. 10 Sept., 1849.
V CHARLES NATHANIEL, b. 6 July, 1850; m. Mary Hart of Methuen, Mass. He d. at Derry II Oct., 1921.
vi. GEORGE ALBERT, b. 23 Feb., 1854; m. Fannie Richardson of Lon- donderry. He d. at Manchester, 27 Aug., 1916. Child: Harriet.8
vii. ARTHUR, b. 20 Dec., 1856; m. Julia L. Hopkins, dau. of E. Sum- ner Hopkins of Wakefield, Mass. Resides in Derry.
viii. MARY ELIZA, b. 29 Jan., 1861; d. 16 Apr., 1862.
4. WILLIAM SMITH7 GREENOUGH (William6), was born at Chester, 25 Aug., 1843. He married Elizabeth McFarland Noyes, dau. of Hon. John W. and Nancy (Aiken) Noyes of Chester. They reside in Wakefield, Mass. He died Oct., 1913. Children :
i. CHESTER NOYES,8 Harvard 1898; professor of English and Dean of Harvard University; m. Marietta McPherson.
ii. WILLIAM WEARE, m. Mabel Cheney, lives in Wakefield, Mass.
iii. HELEN DWIGHT, m. Robert M. Stetson of Wakefield.
GRIFFIN
NATHAN GRIFFIN (Richard, Isaac) was born in Weare, 3 Oct., 1788; removed to Chester I Apr., 1810; married 23 Jan., 1820, Sally Evans, who was born in Springfield, 18 Mar., 1795. He died in Auburn, 23 June, 1866.
Children, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. PAGE S., b. 25 Oct., 1820; d. in Auburn, 12 Oct., 1894.
ii. GEORGE GOULD, b. 18 June, 1823.
iii. FRENCH B., b. 15 Feb., 1825; d. in Boston, 21 Jan., 1863.
iv. SEBASTIAN S., b., 24 Aug., 1831; d. 4 Dec., 1899. [See Biogra- phies].
GEORGE GOULD GRIFFIN (Nathan, Richard, Isaac) was born in Chester (now Auburn,) 18 June, 1823 ; died there 9 Mar., 1891 in his 68th year. He married 22 Mar., 1849, Jane C. Mead of Candia, dau. of Jacob and Lois (Johnston) Mead. She was born in Candia, 13 Jan., 1823; died I Sept., 1910 in her 88th year. He purchased the Blanchard Mills in Auburn in 1865.
Children, born in Auburn:
i WILLIARD HERBERT, b. 6 Jan., 1861.
ii. JOHN PAGE, b. I July, 1863.
WILLARD HERBERT GRIFFIN (George Gould) was born in Auburn, 6 Jan., 1861 ; married 6 Feb., 1877, Frances A. Plum- mer, dau. of Charles and Louise (Simons) Plummer of Alex- andria. She was born 17 Sept., 1847; died in Auburn, 20 Jan., 1914.
Child, born in Auburn :
i. GEORGE PLUMMER, b. 17 Oct., 1882; m. 21 Apr., 1909, Margaret
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A. Sanborn, dau. of Hazen and Margaret (Fox) Sanborn, b. I Apr., 1888. Children : (1) David, b. 29 May, 1918. (2) Ethel Frances, b. 18 Apr., 1920.
JOHN PAGE GRIFFIN (George Gould) was born in Auburn, I July, 1863 ; married 6 Sept., 1881, Lovinia Reynolds, dau. of Joshua and Elizabeth (Thatcher) Reynolds. She was born I Dec., 1859.
Children, born in Auburn :
i. JENNIE A., b. 30 Nov., 1882; m. 12 Dec., 1904, Clarence Irving Drayton. Children: (1) Clarence Irving Jr., b. 23 May, 1906. (2) Dorothy May, b. 23 Feb., 1908. (3) John Griffin, b. 16 Nov., 1909. (4) Angie Louise, b. I Feb., 1912. (5) Charles .Franklin, b. 2 Aug., 1915.
ii. ABBIE GRACE, b. 9 May, 1885; m. 24 Oct., 1904; Augustus W. Clark, son of Charles and Hannah (Fuller) Clark, b. 7 Aug., 1884. Children: (1) Charles Griffin, b. 15 Nov., 1905. (2) Virginia Mae, b. 13 Jan., 1909. (3) Lucylle Meade, b. 17 Aug., 1914.
iii. CHARLES NATHAN, b. 28 Dec., 1887; m. (1) 10 Dec., 1906, Rose Stuber ; m. (2) I Aug., 1924, Louise Bunker. Children: (1) John Richard, b. 23 Feb., 1908. (2) George Robert, b. 4 Dec., 1910.
iv. ANGIE, b. II Dec., 1893; m. 18 July, 1916, Andrew Taite, son of Robert Taite of Saco, Me., b. 25 Sept., 1894.
HALL.
HENRY'S HALL (John,2 Dea. Richard1), was born in Bradford, Mass., 23 Nov., 1712; died in Chester, June, 1785. He married Joanna Sargent and settled in Hall's Village in Chester. She died in Chester 14 June, 1793.
Children :
i. MARY,4 b. 14 Nov., 1735; m. Thomas Chase, and lived in Salis- bury, N. H.
ii. DOROTHY, b. 7 May, 1737; m. Abraham Fitts and settled in Candia.
iii. CALEB, b. I Nov., 1738.
iv. HENRY, b. 30 May, 1740; m. - Bradley and lived in Candia and Rumney.
v. JOANNA, b. II May, 1742.
vi. OBEDEDOM, b .I Dec., 1744; m. 24 Dec., 1764, Mary Kimball of Bradford; lived in Candia. She d. 25 Dec., 1799. He d. 8 Sept., 1805. Twelve children.
vii. JUDITH, b. 4 Oct., 1746.
viii. PETER, b .9 June, 1751.
CALEB4 HALL (Henry,3 John,2 Dea. Richard1), was born I Nov., 1738; died in Chester, 15 Feb., 1835. He married Mary Bradley of Haverhill, Mass. She died in Chester, 6 Apr., 1822, aged 77. He resided in that part of Chester which is now Auburn. Children, born in Chester :
i. LYDIA,5 m. I Jan., 1782, Joseph Brown of Chester. She d. 15 Dec., 1790.
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ii. MOLLY, b. June, 1766; m. 6 July, 1785, Benjamin Pike Chase. She d. 18 Dec., 1790, in Chester. [See Chase].
iii. ANNA, d. about 1792.
iv. JUDITH, d. about 1803, unm.
v. DAVID, b. 7 Aug., 1774; m. about 1795, Martha Graham, dau. of Dea. John Graham. He d. 1842. She d. I May, 1861.
vi. MOSES, b. 7 July, 1782; m. Mary Orr, who was b. Oct., 1787. He d. 1 Oct., 1856.
vii. ELIJAH, b. 22 July, 1784; m. Feb., 1809, Lydia Smith, who was b. 3 Mar., 1789; d. 9 Nov., 1857. He d. 28 June, 1855. They resided in Chester.
viii. ISAAC, b. 20 Sept., 1788; d. 10 Oct., 1868. He m. (1) Sept., 1812, Lucy Palmer. She was b. 9 July, 1787; d. I Aug., 1841. He m. (2) Anna (Wason) wid. of Jesse Witherspoon. He resided on the homestead in Auburn.
HENDRICK7 HALL (Hendrick,6 Elijah,5 Caleb+), grandson of Elijah and Lydia (Smith) Hall of Chester, married 27 Oct., 1859, Harriet" Wason who was born 31 Mar., 1833 and died 20 Oct., 1879; married (2) Ellen (Underhill) Smith, dau. William P. and Love D. Underhill. He died in Feb., 1919.
Children :
i. HERBERT,8 b. 20 Oct., 1862; d. 29 Jan., 1879.
ii. HATTIE, b. 20 Dec., 1865; m. William Sylvester. She d. 9 Aug., 1892. Children: (1) Eva Sylvester. (2) Leon Sylvester.
iii. JENNIE, b. 10 Apr., 1868; d. 22 Mar., 1872.
iv. FANNIE, b. 20 May, 1870; d. 29 Nov., 1871.
v. EDGAR, b. 1872; d. 25 Jan., 1879.
vi. FRED, b. 4 Aug., 1874; m. 23 Oct., 1902, Alice M. Griffin. He d. 14 July, 1917.
PETER4 HALL (Henry,3 John2), was born 9 June, 1751. He married 12 Feb., 1774, Lois Atwood.
Children, born in Chester :
i. DAVID," b. 24 Jan., 1775; d. young.
ii. ANNA, b. 26 Apr., 1778; m. I May, 1791, Joseph Currier of Chester. She d. 13 Oct., 1865.
iii. PETER, b. 16 May, 1780; m. Sally Burpee, who was b. 13 Apr., 1782; d. 28 Nov., 1831. He resided in Candia and d. 29 Mar., I862.
iv. JOHN, b. 16 June, 1782; m. 25 Nov., 1804, Hannah Ingalls. She was b. 28 Oct., 1787; d. 1868. They resided in Chester and he d. 2 Apr., 1860.
v. JOSEPH, b. 15 Sept., 1784; d. 29 May, 1785.
vi. JOSEPH, 2d, b. 7 Mar., 1786; m. (1) 1815, Mary, dau. of Col. Moses Dustin ; m. (2) 1825, Mary Knowles, who m. (2) Joseph Knowles. He d. II Oct., 1829.
vii. HENRY, b. 18 Apr., 1788; m. Lydia Marston; d. 15 Apr., 1872. viii. LoIs, b. 15 Mar., 1790; m. 1828, John Proctor of Manchester. ix. LUCY, b. 13 Sept., 1795; d. Oct., 1829, unm.
x. MOSES, b. Apr., 1792.
JOHN5 HALL (Peter4) was born in Chester 7 or 16 June, 1782 ; died there 2 Apr., 1860. He married Hannah Ingalls, who was born 28 Oct., 1787 and died Mar., 1868.
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Child, born in Chester :
i. JOSIAH INGALLS®, b. I Mar., 1805.
DR. JOSIAH INGALLS6 HALL (John5) was born in Chester, I Mar., 1805 ; died there 19 Oct., 1881. He married 21 Oct., 1830, Mary Ann Dodge, who was born 9 Oct., 1809 and died in 1845. He was a physician. He married (2) Sarah (Greenough) Alley who died 23 May, 1894, aged 88 y., 5 m., 7d.
Children, born in Chester :
i. JOHN GORDON", b. 6 Nov., 1832.
ii. MARGARET ANN, m. - Wright.
iii. HANNAH MARIA, m. - Wells.
JOHN GORDON7 HALL (Dr. Josiah Ingalls6) was born in Chester, 6 Nov., 1832; died there 2 Apr., 1917. He married I May, 1861, Eliza Rist Ellis who was born 12 Oct., 1838; died in Chester, 27 Feb., 1886.
Children, born in Chester :
i. JOHN E8., b. 28 Apr., 1862.
ii. HANNAH MARIA, b. 29 Sept., 1865; m. 17 Apr., 1889, Robert H. Hazelton of Chester. [See Hazelton].
HENRY A.º HALL (Henry5, Peter4) was born in Chester in 1825, a son of Henry and Lydia (Marston) Hall; died there in 1892. He married (1) Lydia Ann Stevens, dau .of John and Lydia Stevens. She died in Chester, 4 Nov., 1852, aged 20y. 10m. He married (2) Mary Stevens, sister to his first wife. He mar- ried (3) Caroline M. Eaton, who was born in 1835; died in 1915.
Children by second wife, born in Chester :
i. ANNAT, b. 1857; d. 1897; m. Charles E. Wakefield of Chester, b. 1851, d. 1886.
ii. AMANDA.
iii. JENNIE.
Children by third wife, born in Chester :
iv. CORA L., b. 1865; d. 1899.
v. ELMER L., b. 1866; d. 1895.
vi. HATTIE A., b. 1870; d. 1870.
vii. EUGENE, now living in Melrose, Mass.
MOSES5 HALL (Peter,4 Henry3), born in Chester Apr., 1792; married 6 Mar., 1819, Mary Boyd Cochrane, dau. of John and Jemima (Davis) Cochrane. She was born 15 Sept., 1796; died at Chester, 26 Apr., 1873. He resided in Hall's Village in Chester and died 21 Mar., 1886.
Children, born in Chester :
i. SYLVESTER,6 b. 5 Jan., 1821; d. 10 Mar., 1847.
ii. LUTHER WATERMAN, b. 8 Nov., 1822; d. 9 Aug., 1913.
iii. WILLIAM ATWOOD, b. 12 May, 1826; d. 15 Dec., 1901; m. (I) Catherine Myers, who d. 18 Mar., 1858; m. (2) Dienna Car- penter, who d. 10 Nov., 1913.
iv. MERCY J., b. 6 Feb., 1827; m. John Q. Caldwell.
v. HENRY NASON, b. 26 Apr., 1830; d. 3 June, 1909; m. (1) Julia
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A. Colby, who d. 15 Aug., 1861; m. (2) at New Boston, 20 Oct., 1864, Nancie Moore Crombie.
vi.
ABIGAIL S., b. 27 Apr., 1833; d. 12 Jan., 1907; m. at Chester, 18 Feb., 1864, James Rogers. Five children.
vii. CLARK BETTON, b. 13 Mar., 1834; d. - Mar., 191I.
viii. ADALINE, b. 5 Mar., 1836; m. Emerson Child. Families i, ii, iii and vii buried in Chester.
LUTHER WATERMAN6 HALL (Moses5), was born at Chester 8 Nov., 1822; died 9 Aug., 1913. He married in 1849, Betsey I. Merrill of Sandown. She died 20 Mar., 1900; both buried in Chester.
Children :
i. ISABEL L.", m. Frank Preston; she d. 1917.
ii. WILLIAM H., b. 7 Oct., 1851 ; d. 24 Oct., 1879.
iii. MINNIE, b. 25 June, 1855; d. 14 May, 1857.
iv. WINIFRED, b. 21 Aug., 1858; d. 10 Feb., 1860.
v. FRANK, b. 7 Sept., 1859; d. 25 July, 1865.
vi. FRANCES MAUD, m. Rev. James G. Robertson, formerly of Chester, now of Middlefield, Mass.
CLARK BETTON6 HALL (Moses5), was born at Chester 13 Mar., 1834; died - Mar., 1911. He married at Dimock, Pa., in 1874, Frances Sawyer. He was buried in Chester.
Children :
i. HELEN," b. 14 Oct., 1876; graduate of Mount Holyoke College, 1899; m. 6 July, 1904, Dr. David W. Parker of Manchester.
ii. WILLIAM C., b. 17 Dec., 1879; student at Dartmouth College; resides in Chester; m. in Boston, 5 Apr., 1915, Mary McKendey.
iii. KATHARINE MADGE, b. 21 Jan., 1884; m. at Manchester, 8 June, 1909, Everett N. Curtis; resides at 100 Morningside Drive, New York, N. Y.
JOSHUA3 HALL (John,2 Dea. Richard1), was born II Dec .. 1724 and baptized at Bradford, Mass., 23 May, 1725. He was the youngest son of John and Mary Hall of Bradford and Methuen, Mass. He married 12 Sept., 1750, Deborah Ethridge, a grand- daughter of John Calef and a sister to the wife of Robert Ambrose of Concord. He died in Jan., 1794 and she d. I Jan., 1801.
Children :
i. JOHN CALEF,4 b. 6 Oct., 1751 ; d. 26 Nov., 1754.
ii. SARAH, b. II Sept., 1753; m. Matthias Haynes; d. in Moulton- borough, 4 Sept., 1844.
iii. REUBEN, b. 30 Jan., 1756; m. Feb., 1796, Betsey Hook. She d. II Apr., 1803. He d. 21 Feb., 1826. One child, viz. Melinda, b. 27 May, 1797, m. Orlando Spofford.
iv. MOSES KIMBALL, b. 25 Jan., 1758.
v. JOSIAH, b. 8 Mar., 1760; went to parts unknown.
vi. JOSHUA, b. 26 Feb., 1762; m. 22 Nov., 1815, Polly Morse, dau. of Joseph. She b. 4 Sept., 1776; d. 3 Apr., 1856. They lived in Chester (now Auburn). He d. there, 24 or 25 Apr., 1845. Their son, Jesse D., d. in Minneapolis, Minn., 25 Oct., 1901, a. 82.
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vii. JESSE, b. 7 Sept., 1764; m. 12 Nov., 1784, Polly West, dau. of Wilkes. He a blacksmith, lived in Campton. No children.
vii. WILLIAM, b. 27 Oct., 1766; d. in the Army of smallpox, about 1782.
ix. DAVID, b. 5 May, 1769; d. 7 Jan., 1837, unm.
x. JOHN, b. 3 May, 1771; m. Nancy Brown; resided in Tufton- borough.
xi. ELIZABETH, b. 19 Apr., 1774; m. Oct., 1793, Jonathan Bagley, and removed to Greene, Me.
MOSES KIMBALL+ HALL (Joshua3), was born 25 Jan., 1758; died in Chester, 18 Aug., 1837. He married 29 Dec., 1785, Lu- cretia Currier, dau. of Capt. Benjamin. She died in Chester, 17 Aug., 1861.
Children, born in Chester :
i. HANNAH,5 b. 18 Feb., 1787; m. 2 Mar., 1826, Benjamin" Chase of Chester (now Auburn). [See Chase].
ii. CHARLOTTE, b. 30 Dec., 1791; d. 20 Jan., 1881, unm.
iii. SALLY, b. I June, 1797; m. Sept., 1837, Isaac How of Haverhill, Mass. They removed to Derry. Children: (1) Abby How, b. I Jan., 1839. (2) Frank G. How, b. 13 Mar., 1840. The mother, Sally, d. 2 Apr., 1874 and Isaac How, d. 2 July, 1879.
iv. KIMBALL, b. 25 Jan., 1806; d. 16 Nov., 1854; m. 8 Dec., 1842, Sophia Emerson. She b. 31 May, 1798; d. 29 Jan., 1854. No children. Resided in Auburn and Manchester.
JONATHAN3 HALL (Joseph,2 Dea. Richard1), was born in Bradford, Mass., 15 Aug., 1716. He married in Bradford, Mass., 25 Dec., 1740, Mehitable Kimball and came to Chester where he died 2 July, 1809. She died there, 21 Feb., 1808.
Children, born in Chester :
i. BETSY,4 b. 28 Mar., 1742; m. Dea. Joseph Dearborn and removed to Rumney.
ii. SUSAN, b. 10 Feb., 1743; m. Walter Robie; resided in Candia. She d. 2 Oct., 1821.
iii. JONATHAN, b. 8 Dec., 1745; m. Hannah Butterfield; settled in Rumney.
iv. JOSIAH, b. 7 Oct., 1747.
V. MEHITABLE, b. 15 June, 1749; m. John Robie of Candia. She d. 5 July, 1832.
vi. JOSEPH, b. 31 Jan., 1752; m. Ruth Emerson; lived on a part of his father's farm in Chester.
vii. BENJAMIN, b. 4 Sept., 1756.
viii. PRISCILLA, b. 4 Apr., 1760; m. Francis Porter of Salem, Mass.
JOSIAH4 HALL (Jonathan3), was born in Chester, 7 Oct., 1747; died there, 10 Sept., 1825. He married in 1771, Ruth French, dau. of Maj. Jabez. He settled at the Long Meadows in what is now Auburn.
Children, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. RUTH, b. 31 Oct., 1775; m. Dea. Jonathan Adams of Derry.
ii. JEREMIAH, b. 13 Oct., 1777; m. Mary Gilman and resided in Gilmanton.
iii. BETSY, b. 10 Apr., 1789; m. Dea. Thomas Gilman of Gilmanton.
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iv. NATHAN, b. 26 June, 1793; m. 26 Dec., 1816, Sally Boynton, who was b. 29 Oct., 1794. He d. 29 Jan., 1851.
v. JOSIAH, b. 16 Jan., 1799; m. (1) 25 Nov., 1827, Martha Reid, who d. 23 Apr., 1836, a. 37. He m. (2) 2 July, 1837, Sally Ray. He resided on his father's farm.
MAJOR BENJAMIN4 HALL (Jonathan3), was born in Chester, 4 Sept., 1756; died there 23 May, 1806. He married 25 June, 1778, Nabby Emerson, dau. of Samuel,3 Esq., of Chester. She was born 13 Oct., 1760 and died 5 Apr., 1844. He lived on his father's old farm.
Children, born in Chester :
i. SARAH,5 b. 7 Dec., 1778; m. 13 Dec., 1799, William Graham of Chester, who d. 3 Aug., 1861. She d. 3 Apr., 1828.
ii. RICHARD, b. 3 Nov., 1780; m. 19 Feb., 1812, - Kimball; lived on the homestead but d. in Woodstock, Vt., 1852.
iii. JOHN, b. 20 Feb., 1783; b. 28 Mar., 1807, Jane Graham, who d. 13 Aug., 1864. He d. 7 Feb., 1869; resided in Cabot and Benton, Vt.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 9 Apr., 1785; m. Polly Osgood of Cabot, Vt. He d. 8 Feb., 1844.
v. BETSEY, b. 10 Nov., 1787; d. 2 Mar., 1789.
vi. BENJAMIN, b. 12 Dec., 1789; m. 17 Apr., 1809, Betsy Bailey ; resided in Canterbury and Boscawen.
vii. NANCY, b. 25 Dec., 1791; m. 10 Jan., 1815, Eliphalet Kimball of Pembroke. She d. 19 June, 1815. He d. June, 1822.
viii. MENIITABLE, b. 6 Jan., 1794; m. 4 Nov., 1817, Joseph® Chase of Chester. She d. 4 June, 1882. [See Chase].
ix. FANNY, b. 9 Apr., 1796; m. 3 June, 1818, Marcus Fisher of Cabot, Vt., d. 14 Sept., 1880.
x. BETSY, 2d., b. 6 Mar., 1798; m. 7 July, 1823, Thomas Coffin of Auburn. He b. Aug., 1797; d. April 20, 1882. She d. 31 Aug., 1877.
xi. DOLLY, b. 15 Feb., 1800; m. Aug., 1823, Noah Burnham of Con- cord. He d. about 1867.
xii GILMAN, b. 8 May, 1802; d. 12 Feb., 1856, unm.
NATHANIEL3 HALL (Joseph,2 Dea. Richard1), was born in Bradford, Mass., 2 Apr., 1719; died 5 Apr., 1803, probably in Chester. He married in Bradford, Mass., 27 Oct., 1743, Mary Wood, who died 23 June, 1809, presumably in Chester. He re- moved to Chester before his marriage.
Children, born in Chester :
i. MARY,4 b. 17 July, 1744; m. 5 Mar., 1767, Barnard Bricket. They resided in Chester near the Candia town line. She d. 13 May, 1798 and he d. 2 Aug. 1805.
ii. NATHANIEL, b. 20 Dec., 1746; m. Nelly, dau. of Stephen Merrill ; removed to Goshen.
iii. DAVID, b. II Dec., 1749; m. 8 Mar., 1787, Judith, dau. of Win- throp Sargent; lived on the homestead. She d. Jan., 1833. He d. 15 Jan., 1852. Children: (1) Susan, m. Bradbury Carr, son of Joseph. (2) Polly, b. 13 May, 1785; d. 4 May, 1862; m. Jonathan Bailey, b. 9 Aug., 1783, d. 6 Oct., 1860; lived on the homestead. (3) Eliza.
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iv. OBADIAH, b. 13 May, 1752; m. Sarah Stickney.
v. SARAH, b. 27 June, 1757; m. Peter Severance.
vi. ELEANOR, b. 29 June, 1759; m. 13 May, 1779, Col. Simon Towle. Lived in Chester and Haverhill, N. H.
HAZELTON.
I. JOHN5 HAZELTON (Ephraim,4 Richard,3 Abraham,2 Robert1), son of Ephraim and Ruth (Ingalls) Hazelton, was born 9 June, 1736; died at Chester, 27 June, 1815. He married (I) 21 Feb., 1764, Anna Dearborn, dau. of Peter and Margaret (Fifield) Dearborn. She was born 17 Oct., 1737 and died at Chester, 29 Nov., 1780. He married (2) 21 Mar., 1782, Hannah6 Chase, dau. of Johnson and Abigail (Pike) Chase. She was born at Newbury, Mass., 14 Nov., 1754; died at Chester, - July, 1826. Child by first wife, born at Chester :
i. SARAH,6 b. 27 Sept., 1766; b. Stephen Clay of Candia. Children by second wife, born at Chester :
ii. JOHN, (2) b. I Jan., 1783.
iii. MARY, b. 18 July, 1784; d. 8 Feb., 1878; m. (1) 12 Mar., 1818, John Wells; m. (2) 13 Apr., 1842, Caleb Emerson; m. (3) 17 July, 1865, Jesse Davis.
iv. SAMUEL, (3) b. 15 June, 1786.
v. WILLIAM, (4) b. 25 May, 1789.
vi. HANNAH, b. 4 Aug., 1791; d. 28 Oct., 1816.
vii. EUNICE, b. 15 Aug., 1794; d. 39 July, 1879; m. Nathaniel Lane of Candia. Children : Nelson, Hannah, Elvira A. and William N.
viii. EPHRAIM, b. 9 Nov., 1797; d. 19 Mar., 1803.
ix. RUTH, b. 10 Nov., 1800; d. I Oct., 1899; m. at Chester, 14 Dec., 1824, Samuel Clark, who d. 22 Feb., 1866. Children : Robert, Mary, Nathaniel, Samuel, William H., Lucy J., Elbridge P. and Jessie P.
2. JOHN6 HAZELTON (John5), was born at Chester, I Jan., 1783 ; died 29 Dec., 1867. He married at Sandown, 3 Sept., 1822, Mary Wells, who was born 23 Oct., 1786; died 28 Apr., 1869; both buried in Chester.
Children :
i. EDWIN,7 (5) b. 3 Sept., 1823.
ii. JOHN WELLS, (6) b. 3 Jan., 1825.
iii. HANNAH MARIA, b. 12 Apr., 1827; teacher for twenty years; m. (1) 9 Oct., 1867, Samuel M. Harriman, teacher for forty years. He d. 24 Mar., 1887; she m. (2) Charles W. Prescott who d. 28 Sept., 1912. She d. 22 Jan., 1922; buried at Ray- mond.
iv. TIMOTHY, b. 17 Dec., 1828; d. 9 July, 1885; m. Ellen Isabel Collins; resided in Marlborough, Mass.
3. SAMUEL6 HAZELTON (John5), was born at Chester, 15 June, 1786; died there, 16 Jan., 1869. He married. 16 Nov., 1815, Abigail Tabor who was born, 15 May, 1794; died 17 June, 1879: both are buried in Chester.
Children, born at Chester :
Theodore C. Pratt.
James Holmes,
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GENEALOGIES
i. GILMAN,7 b. 15 Dec., 1816; d. unm. 14 Aug., 1842.
ii. SAMUEL, b. 19 Sept., 1818; d. 28 July, 1847; m. 10 Aug., 1842, Sarah Norton.
iii. JOHN ADAMS, (7) b. 6 July, 1820.
iv. ABIGAIL SAWYER, b. 17 Mar., 1822; m. at Derry, 30 Jan., 1844, Abraham Jenness who d. 24 Oct., 1863. She d. 7 Mar., 1866. Children : Samuel Drake, Emma Louise, Gilman Hazelton and Anna Sophia Jenness. Gilman Hazelton Jenness, b. 21 Feb., 1850; graduate from Dartmouth Coll., 1871, resides in Chester. ELVIN, b. 6 Dec., 1823; d. 3 Sept., 1825.
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vi. EMELINE MURRAY, b. 27 June, 1826; d. 20 Nov., 1908.
vii. SARAH JANE, b. 15 Sept., 1828; d. 29 June, 1887; m. Napoleon Bonaparte Stage.
viii. ANNETTE ELVIRA, b. 26 July, 1831; m. at Chester, 12 Oct., 1852, George Dinsmore; she d. 8 Nov., 1867; he d. 21 Apr., 1910; both buried in Chrisman, Ill.
ix. NANCY NORTON, b. 6 Nov., 1833; d. 12 Oct., 1861.
x. MARY ADELAIDE, b. 16 July, 1837; teacher ; d. 27 Nov., 1865.
4. WILLIAM6 HAZELTON (John5), was born at Chester, 25 May, 1789; died there, 3 Mar., 1864. He married at New Bos- ton, 4 Mar., 1822, Mercy Jane, dau. of John and Jemima (Davis) Cochrane. She was born at New Boston, 15 Dec., 1798; died at Columbus, Wis., 24 Apr., 1884. Her father died 10 Feb., 1845 and her mother d. 7 Oct., 1868, and both were buried in Chester. He was a merchant and a farmer in Chester.
Children, born at Chester :
i. SOPHIA ANNA,7 b. 19 Feb., 1823; teacher ; d. unm. S May, 1851. ii. WILLIAM, b. 7 Feb., 1825; m. at Keeseville, N. Y., 25 Aug., 1859, Martha Moore Bingham, who d. 18 Dec., 1915. He was a merchant and d. 20 Mar., 1914. Children: William Brigham, Edward Cochrane, and Frances Sophia.
iii. HARRIET TENNEY, b. 16 Apr., 1826; d. 26 Dec., 1910.
iv. GERRY WHITING (8), b. 24 Feb., 1829.
v. GEORGE COCHRANE, (9) b. 3 Jan., 1832.
vi. JOHN FRANKLIN, (9) b. 9 May, 1836.
5. EDWIN7 HAZELTON (John6), was born 3 Sept., 1823; died at Chester, 24 Nov., 1883. He married at Chester, 20 Dec., 1855, Susan Elkins, dau. of Henry and Susan (Clough) Elkins of Kingston. She died 11 Jan., 1917.
Children, born in Chester :
i. MARY FRANCES,8 b. 14 June, 1857; m. (1) 23 June, 1884, Horace Anderson, who d. 28 Mar., 1902. She m. (2) 23 June, 1904, Augustus P. Morse; resides in Chester.
ii. OLIVE BELLE, b. 27 Sept., 1859; d. 28 Mar., 1912; m. 20 July, 1891, Edwin P. Jones of Chester.
iii. ELLEN MARIA, b. 3 Feb., 1862; d. 27 Nov., 1884.
iv. SUSAN ELKINS, b. 17 May, 1864; m. in Chester, 14 July, 1892, Charles E. Bursiel. She resides in Bedford.
6. JOHN WELLS7 HAZELTON (John"), was born 3 Jan., 1825; died 20 Nov., 1910. He married (1) 18 May, 1854, Eliz- abeth P. Moreland, who died 16 Feb., 1868. He married (2) 3
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HISTORY OF CHESTER
Aug., 1873, Sarah Jane Hoyt, who died 19 Dec., 1917. He and his first wife are buried in Chester.
Children by first wife :
i. CHARLES EDWIN,8 b. II Mar., 1855; d. 13 Mar., 1895; m. 15 Dec., 1880, Candace M. Silsby. He was buried at Amesbury, Mass.
ii. LIZZIE MARIA, b. 7 Mar., 1857; d. 23 Jan., 1887.
7. JOHN ADAMS' HAZELTON (Samuel6), was born in Ches- ter, 6 July, 1820; died there 23 Jan., 1912. He married at Worcester, Mass., 14 June, 1854, Louise Jane, dau. of Josiah and Adaline (Ayer) Chase, born in Chester, 15 Mar., 1828; died 19 Dec., 1882. Sergeant cited for bravery in the Civil War. Children, born in Chester :
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