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iv. ERVIN DEARBORN, b. 19 Oct., 1851; d. 25 Nov., 1862.
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V. JENNIE EVELYN, b. 29 June, 1853; m. 18 Aug., 1873, John Frank- lin Green of Chester. He d. 20 July, 1924, a. 75 y. 5 m. I d. Their children: (1) Gertrude Jennie Green, b. 16 July, 1874. (2) Mildred Emeline Green, b. 3 May, 1892.
vi. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. 30 July, 1855; d. 1908; m. 28 July, 1872, Brock Dearborn of Belmont. Their children: (1) William Clark Dearborn, b. 20 Apr., 1873. (2) Clarence Brock Dear- born, b. 21 July, 1880.
vii. WILLIAM TAPPAN, b. 14 Aug., 1857; m. 25 Nov., 1885, Mary Little Currier of Chester (seventh in direct descent from Hannah Duston, the Indian heroine), b. 27 May, 1866; d. in Derry, 6 June, 1923. He is editor of the Derry News. Their children : (1) Marian Ida, b. 14 Nov., 18º6. (2) Louis William, b. 6 Nov., 1889. (3) Philip J., b. Sept., 1913.
15. AUGUSTUS PARKER8 MORSE (Parker7, Amos6), was born at Chester, 3 Jan., 1848; married (1) 5 Nov., 1874, Abigail Mehitable Dinsmore, dau. of George and Annette Elvira (Hazel- ton) Dinsmore, b. 7 July, 1853; who died 19 Jan., 1892. He married (2) 23 June, 1904, Mary F. (Hazelton) Anderson.
Children by first wife, born at Chester :
i. MARY ANNETTE, b. 22 Jan., 1877; m. 5 Sept., 1900, Elmer A. Sanborn, b. 1869; d. 21 May, 1915. Children: (1) Bernard Morse Sanborn, b. 13 June, 1901. (2) Edith Annette Sanborn, b. 25 Oct., 1903. (3) Arthur Elmer Sanborn, b. 4 June, 1908.
ii. LEROY DINSMORE, b. II Feb., 1879; m. II Sept., 1902, Laura Bernice Robinson, dau. of Charles Pickering and Flora (Foster) Robinson. She was b. 24 Nov., 1881. Children : (I) Bernice Flora, b. 9 May, 1906. (2) Charles Augustus, b. 13 Sept., 1909. (3) Leroy Parker, b. 4 Feb., 1920; d. 6 Feb., 1920.
iii. HERBERT PARKER, b. 23 July, 1887; d. 24 Aug., 1887.
16. DEA. WALTER7 MORSE (Joseph6) was born in Chester, 10 Apr., 1789; died there 14 Mar., 1865. He married 24 Jan., 1812, Edna J. Davis, who died in Chester, 29 Dec., 1875, aged 89. Children, born in Chester :
i. JOSEPH RANDALL®, b. 1812; m. Sarah Dearborn Morse, dau. of Josiah™ Morse. She was b. 10 Feb., 1816. He was member of Co. E., 2d N. H. Vols. and d. in Chester 22 Dec., 1877. Children, born in Chester: (1) Franklin A.º. m. Mary Jane Cunningham. One child, George10, (2) Luther W. (3) Edmund K. (4) Charles E., m. Emma Campbell. Their children: (a) Alice m. Chadwick. (b) Arthur. (c) Eugene. (d) Estelle. (e) Ethel, m. - - Ballarance. (5) Sarah Jane, m. (I) William Green; m. (2) Augustus P. Greenough; m. (3) James Clarence Whittemore. (6) Fred D., m. Maria -. One child, Lottie.
ii. CLARA, m. Silas F. Learnard. [See Learnard].
17. THOMAS SHANNON8 MORSE (Josiah7) was born in Chester, 6 Jan., 1818; died there, 14 Dec., 1868. He married Mary Ann Robie, who died in Chester, 9 Apr., 1904, aged 85y., 2m. Child, born in Chester :
i. EDWARD THOMAS', b. 10 May, 1852; m. 2 Mar., 1875, Lois C.
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Webster. Their children: (1) Laura B.1º, b. 22 Jan., 1876; m. 12 Nov., 1895, William H. West. One child Howard F. West, b. 18 Dec., 1896; d. I Oct., 1918; soldier in World War. (2) Nellie E., b. 10 Dec., 1878; m. 10 Jan., 1910, Wilson S. Wells. Child: Malcolm Edward Wells, b. 16 May, 1912. (3) Mabel W., b. - Nov., 1882; d. 16 Sept., 1883.
NOYES.
HON. JOHN WEARE6 NOYES (Daniel,5 James,4 Timothy,3 Tim- othy,2 Nicholas1), son of Daniel and Nancy (Weare) Noyes, born at Springfield, 14 Jan., 1810; died at Chester 9 May, 1902. He removed to Chester in Mar., 1832. He married (1) 27 Sept., 1836, Nancy Aiken, dau. of Samuel and Nancy (Marston) Aiken, born at Chester, 3 Apr., 1816; died there, 20 June, 1840. He married (2) at Concord, 18 Oct., 1842, Clarissa D. McFarland, dau. of Rev. Asa and Elizabeth (Kneeland) McFarland of Con- cord. She was born at Concord, 13 May, 1822; died at Chester, 26 June, 1853. He married (3) 31 June, 1885, Harriette S. Bouton, dau. of Rev. Nathaniel and Mary Anne Persis (Bell) Bouton, grand dau. of Gov. John Bell of Chester. She was born 25 Jan., 1832; died 21 Nov., 1920. [See Biographies].
Child by first wife, born at Chester :
i. ISABELLE AIKEN, b. 17 Mar., 1838; d. II Sept., 1868 or 1869. She m. Prof. John E. Sinclair of Dartmouth College. Children were: (1) Annie Noyes Sinclair, b. 15 July, 1866; m. Frank W. Smith. She d. 27 Feb., 1897. (2) Isabelle Aiken Sinclair, b. 30 Aug., 1868; d. 15 Nov., 1909.
Children by second wife, born at Chester :
ii. and iii. d. in infancy.
iv. ELIZABETH MCFARLAND, m. William S. Greenough of Wakefield, Mass.
v. NANCY AIKEN, b. 22 July, 1847; d. 30 July, 1871.
Children by third wife, born at Chester :
vi. MARY BELL, b. 26 July, 1858; resides on the homestead in Chester. vii. JOHN WEARE, b. 17 June, 1867; d. 3 Feb., 1871.
DANIEL JAMES NOYES,6 son of Daniel and Nancy (Weare) Noyes, was born at Springfield, 17 Sept., 1811; died 22 Dec., 1885; graduate of Dartmouth College, 1832, tutor 1836-7; pro- fessor there 1837-1885. He married Jane Morrill Aiken, dau. of Samuel and Judith (Morrill) Aiken, born at Chester, 16 July, 1818; died 15 June, 1909.
Children, born at Chester :
i. SAMUEL AIKEN, b. 29 Jan., 1840; d. 27 June, 1900, in New York City.
ii. DANIEL JAMES WEARE, b. 23 Dec., 1841; m. 29 Aug., 1866, Caroline Rosecrans of Glen Falls, N. Y. Their children: (1) Annie Seelye, b. 3 Apr., 1868; d. 10 May, 1872. (2) Mary Adsit, b. 29 Nov., 1869; m. II Dec., 1897, Frank W. Hall of London, Eng. (3) Clare Weare, b. 16 Aug., 1875; m. Feb., 1896, Frederic W. Stevens.
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iii. NANCY STICKNEY, b. 14 June, 1845; d. II Sept., 1872. She m. Henry Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Their children: (I) Arthur Fairbanks, b. 13 Nov., 1864; m. Elizabeth Moody of Hanover and had Mary Lord Fairbanks, b. 27 Mar., 1890. (2) Robert Noyes Fairbanks, b. 19 Nov., 1866; m. Camilla Van Kluck of New York. Their children: Beatrice Helen Fairbanks, m. Dr. Lawrence Cotler of New York and Sidney Van Kluck Fairbanks, b. 8 June, 1895; m. Marjorie Crocker of Boston. (3) Lucy Fairbanks, b. 1868; m. 1897, James Church Alvord. (4) Charlotte Fairbanks, b. Dec. 1871.
iv. JANE ISABELLE, b. 18 Jan., 1848; m. I June, 1871, Henry Leavitt Smith. He d. 17 Sept., 1918.
PARKER.
REV. CLEMENT4 PARKER (Lemuel,3 John,2 Samuel1), was born 14 Jan., 1782. He married Rachel Taylor, daughter of Jonas and Hannah Taylor of Windsor, Vt. He held pastorates in Bradford and Cabot, Vt., in Chester, Farmington and Somers- worth, N. H., and Acton and Sanford, Me. He died after 17 May, 1863. In June, 1856, he made the following report on his work as Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Chester: "There were 48 members when I came to Chester. Added while I was there, 57. Baptisms, 37; four or five being adults. Funerals at- tended, 75. United in marriage, 58 couples."
Children :
i. CLEMENT, b. 12 Aug., 1809.
ii. RACHEL TAYLOR, b. 9 Apr., 1811.
iii. DAVID TAYLOR, b. II Apr., 1813; physician, Farmington.
iv. FIDELIA, b. II Dec., 1815.
v. LAVONA, b. 23 Mar., 1818.
vi. HANNAH, b. 19 Aug., 1820.
vii. CHLOE, b. 13 May, 1822.
viii. JOHN SELDEN, b. 9 July, 1824; physician, Lebanon, Me.
ix. SARAH, b. 29 Apr., 1826.
x. SARAH 2D, b. 26 Dec., 1828.
PLUMMER.
DR. NATHAN7 PLUMMER (Nathan,6 Elder Abel,5 Nathan,4 Benjamin,3 Joseph,2 Francis1), was the son of Nathan and Mary (Palmer) Plummer, born at Londonderry, 10 Aug., 1787; died at Auburn, 23 Sept., 1871. He married (1) Sarah Colby, daughter of Rec. Zaccheus Colby. She was born, 2 Mar., 1793, and died at Chester (now Auburn), I Mar., 1835. He married (2) 6 Dec., 1836, Mehitable Dinsmore, daughter of Robert and Hannah (Long) Dinsmore. She was born 29 June, 1802, and died at Auburn, 6 Mar., 1894.
Children by first wife, born at Chester (now Auburn) :
i. MARY C.8, b. 25 Jan., 1820; m. Jacob Lufkin, who d. in Auburn, 17 Nov., 1872. She d. in Minnesota in Nov., 1899. Four children including Mrs. C. E. (Rose) Allison, 909 Wilson Av., Chicago, Ill.
ii. WILLIAM M., b. 24 Jan., 1822; d. in Manchester, 26 Mar., 1911 ;
Cyrus7, Marston
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m. Lucinda Emery. Five children, including Mrs. G. A. (Hattie) Mason, 2 Gould Villa Terrace, Dorchester, Mass., and Mrs. John M. (Nellie) Johnson of Derry.
iii. JUDITH COLBY, b. 18 Mar., 1824; d. at Londonderry, 28 July or 2 Aug., 1904; m. 3 Oct., 1850, Henry Crowell. Five children, including Frank S. Crowell of Bedford. They resided in Londonderry.
iv. JOHN, b. 12 June, 1826; d. in Manchester, 26 Mar., 1871; m. (1) Angeline Tailor; m. (2) Jane Patton; five children, all deceased.
v. SARAH, b. 21 Oct., 1828; d. at Auburn, 24 Sept., 1835.
vi. HENRY, b. 25 Apr., 1831; d. - Mar., 1882; bur. in Manchester ; m. Mahala Dearborn, dau. of Hendrick.
vii. ANNA B., 12 July, 1833; d. 26 July, 1891 in Santa Barbara, Cal. She m. 21 Oct., 1867, Edson Bond. Two children d. young. Children by second wife, born at Chester (now Auburn) :
viii. EDWIN, b. 15 Mar., 1838; d. in Auburn, 27 Dec., 1913; m. Sarah Frances Webster, b. 1844, d. 15 April, 1904. One child, Mrs. Lemuel (Lola) Proctor of Manchester.
ix. ALBERT, b. 7 -- -, 1840; d. in Racine, Wis., 20 Mar., 1912; physician; m. Isabel Steere. Four children, including Dr. Henry and Dr. William Plummer, surgeons of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
x. SARAH, b. I Aug., 1842; m. 9 Feb., 1870, Henry Edson Bond, b. 16 Aug., 1842; d. 17 Sept., 1911. One child, Mabel Bond, b. 24 Jan., 1880; m. 25 July, 1905, - Ross; lives at 122 East Mission Street, Santa Barbara, Cal. (Sarah died in Santa Barbara 27 June, 1925.)
xi. NATHAN, b. 7Jan., 1849; m. Frances Four children : Lola, Gertrude, Fannie and Albert. The family resided in Minnesota.
RICHARDSON.
DAVID EATON RICHARDSON married 24 Oct., 1850, Abbie Rogers Morse, dau. of Oliver and Survinah (Richardson) Morse, born at Chester, 5 July, 1832. [See Morse].
Children :
i. HENRY EATON, b. 12 May, 1853.
ii. LEON BERTON, b. 15 Apr., 1858; m. I Jan., 1891, Clara Dunlap. Children: (1) Alice Berton, b. 6 Sept., 1891; d. 1908. (2) Percy Eaton, b. 15 Aug., 1893. (3) Clifford Ernest, b. 2 July, 1895. (4) Helen Abbie, b. 20 May, 1897. (5) Leon Irwin, b. 3 Feb., 1899.
iii. MARY LOUISE, b. 22 Feb., 1861; d. 11 Sept., 1891; m. John Elkins Kimball. Children: (1) Kittie Richardson Kimball, b. 15 Oct., 1883. (2) Howard Kimball, b. 17 Feb., 1887; d. young.
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SURVINAH MORSE, b. 23 Dec., 1865; m. John Elkins Kimball. Children : (3) Ruth Kimball, b. 25 June, 1892. (4) Rachel Kimball. b. 2 Mar., 1895. (5) John Elkins Kimball Jr., b. 14 Oct., 1899. (6) Byron Kimball, b. 18 Mar., 1902.
v. NELLIE BROWN, b. 18 Sept., 1868.
vi. JOSEPHINE MARIA, b. 16 May, 1871; d. 21 Aug., 1898.
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ROBIE
EDWARD3 ROBIE (Edward4, Samuel3, Ichabod2, John1) was born in Chester, 20 Nov., 1778; died there 12 Sept., 1857. He married in 1811, Mary B. Prescott, dau. of John and Mary (Mer- rill) Prescott. She was born in 1793 ; died in 1877, aged 84.
Children, born in Chester :
i. ASA®, b. Sunday, 19 Jan., 1812.
ii. HENRY EDWARD, b. Monday, 10 May, 1913.
iii. MARY JANE, b. Wednesday, 6 Aug., 1815.
iv. SARAH SMITH, b. Wednesday, 4 Sept., 1816.
v. MARY ANNE, b. Wednesday, 10 Feb., 1819.
vi. BARNARD PRESCOTT, b. Monday, I Jan., 1821.
vii. EMELINE, b. Monday, 16 Sept., 1822. [See Morse].
viii. TAPPAN, b. Sunday, 28 Mar., 1827.
ix. CLARA ADAMS; b. Sunday, 4 Feb., 1827.
x. JOHN PRESCOTT, b. Tuesday, 25 Nov., 1828.
xi. SAMUEL PRESCOTT. b. Friday, 30 Sept., 1831.
xii. NANCY JANE, b. Tuesday, 18 Mar., 1834.
xiii. WILLIAM FRANKLIN, b. Friday, 25 Nov., 1836.
ASA6 ROBIE (Edward5) was born in Chester, 19 Jan., 1812; died there, 10 May, 1889. He married Nancy Jane Blaisdell, dau. of Abner and Jemima (Melcher) Blaisdell. She was born in Chester, 15 Aug., 1812; died there 31 May, 1866.
Children, born in Chester :
i. FRANCIS EDWARD7, b. 20 Oct., 1837.
ii. EDMUND TAPPAN, b. 13 Feb., 1840.
iii. WILLIAM BARKER, b. 26 Oct., 1841; d. 20 Jan., 1874.
iv. ANN RICHARDSON, b. 8 Apr., 1843.
v. CHARLES BROWN, b. 14 Mar., 1846.
vi. LOUISA A., b. 22 Jan., 1848.
JOHN PRESCOTT6 ROBIE (Edward5) was born in Chester. 25 Nov., 1828; died 13 Oct., 1900. He married Rachel S. Nelson, who was born 9 Dec., 1829 and died 3 June, 1900. They lived in the old Robie homestead on Chester street.
Children, born in Chester :
i. MARY JANE, b. 21 Sept., 1853. [See Wilcomb].
ii. JOHN HENRY, b. 7 Feb., 1855; m. Abbie J. Goldsmith, b. 30 Nov., 1860, dau. of John B. and Sarah J. (Foss) Goldsmith. They live in the Robie homestead on Chester street. Children : (1) Olive Belle. b. 14 Feb., 1894; m. 30 Sept., 1921, Edward T. Sargent. (2) Winnifred Rachel, b. 9 June, 1901 ; m. 3 Sept., 1919, Raymond C. Morrill. Child Olive E. Morrill, b. 31 Aug., 1920.
iii. ELMER MORTON, b. 20 June, 1861.
iv. HERBERT WILLIAM, b. 18 Feb., 1868; d. 24 Aug., 1923; m. 8 Mar., 1901, Marie V. Friedlin, b. in 1859; d. 30 Dec., 1905.
v. CHAUNCEY, ALVA, b. 15 June, 1870.
FRANCIS EDWARD7 ROBIE (Asa6) was born in Chester, 20 Oct., 1837 : died there, I Dec., 1911. He married 15 Mar., 1865, Susan Jane Gordon, dau. of James Roberts and Lucy (Wells) Gordon. She was born in Chester (now Auburn) 31 May, 1843.
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Children, first born in Chester, others in Somerville, Mass .:
i. ALBERT EDWARD®, b. 16 July, 1866.
ii. CHESTER FRANCIS, b. 26 Aug., 1881; m. 14 Oct., 1906, Alice Winnifred Burt, b. in Melrose, Mass., 20 Oct., 1883, dau. of Walter Everett and Alice Amelia (Johnson) Burtt. Child : Francis Burtt, b.in Brentwood, 4 Sept., 1910.
iii. IRVING GORDON, b. 22 Apr., 1855.
ALBERT EDWARDS ROBIE (Francis Edward7) was born in Chester, 16 July, 1866; married 3 Oct., 1894, Isabelle Carter Blake, dau. of John Adna and Abbie Jane Blake, born in Surry, JO Oct., 1872. Her father was born in Keene, 28 July 1840 and her mother was born in Surry, 10 Mar., 1845.
Children, born in Somerville, Mass .:
i. MYRON FRANCIS9, b. 8 Jan., 1896.
ii. LEWIS BLAKE, b. 22 Feb., 1899; m. 15 Mar., 1922, Calista Edson Hazelton, dau. of James Henry and Sarah (Kimball) Hazel- ton, b. in Northfield, Vt., 7 June, 1897. Her father was b. in Chicopee Falls, Mass., 25 June, 1854. Children, b. in Northfield, Vt. (I) Doris Isabelle, b. 20 Feb., 1923. (2) Cal- ista Hazelton, b. 13 Jan., 1925.
iii. OLIVE JANE, b. 9 Nov., 1903.
MYRON FRANCIS9 ROBIE (Albert Edward8) was born in Somerville, Mass., 8 Jan., 1896; married 8 Oct., 1916, Mildred Dorothea Steele of Chester, dau. of Stephen Alfred and Esther Emma Steele. They reside in Chester.
Children, born in Chester :
I. HELEN JUNE10, b. 20 June, 1917.
ii. MERLE STEELE, b. I June, 1919.
ROBINSON.
JOSEPH ROBINSON came from Brookline, Mass .. to Chester about 1790. He purchased the Benjamin Page place, now oc- cupied by John F. Green. He married 25 July, 1790, Olive Dearborn, dau. of Dea. John Sanborn and Mary (Emerson) Dearborn, born at Chester, 24 Nov., 1768; died there, 30 Aug., 1833. He died at Chester, 10 Dec., 1857, aged 91. He was a saddler.
Children, born at Chester :
i. JOHN, b. 1791; d. 19 Sept., 1825, a. 35.
ii. SUSANNA, b. 1792; m. Peter Hazelton. [See Hazelton].
iii. JAMES, b. 1794; mar. and lived in Kensington.
iv. MARY, b. 1796; m. Ebenezer Hills of Salisbury. One son George Hills.
v. SARAH, b. 1798; d. unm. 28 Jan., 1889, a. 90 y. 9 m.
vi. OLIVE, d. young.
vii. CAROLINE, b. 1804; d. unm., 23 Oct., 1826, a. 22.
viii. JOSEPH, b. 1809; d. unm., 13 Oct., 1872, a. 63.
JOHN ROBINSON, son of Dea. John and Lucy Robinson of Brookline, Mass., was born there, 8 Nov., 1802; baptized at the
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First Parish of Brookline, 14 Nov., 1802. He removed to Chester and purchased 24 July, 1832, of Benjamin Hills, husband- man, Joseph Robinson, gentleman, Benjamin Fitts, Esq. and Nathan Knowles, Jr., 40 acres between the Derry road and the Haverhill road. At the same time he purchased the Blackstone place and other lots. He married, 15 Oct., 1834, Hannah Town- send Perkins of Pittsfield, who was then caring for her grand- parents Ebenezer Townsend and wife. She was the dau. of Jonathan and Nancy (Townsend) Perkins of Pittsfield. Died 6 Aug., 1891, a. 77.
Children, born at Chester :
i. LUCY ANN, b. 25 Sept., 1835; m. 2 Sept., 1868, Phineas White- house. She d. 3 May, 1895. Children: Annie, Nellie, Mary, Frank P. and John A.
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. 17 June, 1837; d. 24 June, 1917, a. 80.
iii. JOHN FRANKLIN, b. 24 Sept., 1841; d. 10 Sept., 1848, a. 7 y.
iv. CAROLINE FRANCES, b. 23 Oct., 1847; d. 8 Dec., 1922; m. 25 Apr., 1878, Walter Irving Martin of Springfield, Mass. She studied instrumental music and gave lessons for many years and was organist in the Congregational Church for ten years, 1865-75. Mr. Martin possessed a tenor voice of remarkable quality and range which was trained for church music, concerts, etc. He has given instruction to many pupils in singing and was a member of a quartette that gave frequent concerts on special occasions. Children, born in Chester: (I) Anna Frances Mar- tin, b. 23 Apr., 1879; m. 8 Sept., 1909, Hans Hammerich, son of Johannes Wilhelm and Helene (Tewees) Hammerich, b. in Hamburg, Germany, 8 Mar., 1879. The family came to Quebec, Can., 1887. Children: (a) John Martin Hammerich, b. 17 Dec., 1910. (b) Paul Robinson Hammerich, b. 16 Sept., 1912. (c) Richard Chester Hammerich, b. 4 Oct., 1918. (2) Louise Ellen Martin, b. 15 Aug., 1881; m. 25 Mar., 1920, Farish Granthan Lewis, son of Robert and Melvina (Harding) Lewis, b. 18 Nov., 1869. Child: Robert Townsend Lewis, b. 21 July, 1922.
SARGENT.
DEA. ABRAHAM6 SARGENT (Abraham,5 Winthrop, Jacob,3 William,2 William1), was born at Chester 25 July, 1773; died Oct., 1851. He married (1) I Jan., 1800, Polly Belknap, who died 23 Nov., 1812. He married (2) 10 Jan., 1814, Sarah San- born. She died 23 July, 1833. He married (3) Sally Underhill, widow of Smith Greenough and dau. of Moses Underhill. She was born 26 Nov., 1790, and died in 1884. He resided at Ran- dolph, Vt., and on the homestead in Chester.
Children by first wife:
i. SUSANNAH."
ii. ABRAHAM.
iii. MARY.
iv. LUCINDA.
v. MOSES BELKNAP.
Children by second wife :
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vi. SARAH.
vii. WINTHROP.
viii. JOHN GRANGER.
ix. LYDIA.
x. LOUISA.
Children by third wife:
xi. ISAAC CLEMENT.
xii. LYDIA MARIA, b. 28 Mar., 1827; m. Timothy Wells. [See Wells].
SAVAGE
REV. ISAAC AYLSWORTH7 SAVAGE (Hiel6, Hiel5, Ebenezer4, Thomas8, John2, John1) was born in Edinburgh, N. Y., 28 Dec., 1814; died in Holliston, Mass., 16 Feb., 1854. He graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1841 and became a Methodist minister. He married 14 Dec., 1843, Mary Anne Clarke, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Currier) Clarke. She was born in Chester, 12 Mar., 1817; died in Lowell, Mass., 12 Jan., 1892.
Children :
i. EDWARD AYLSWORTH8, b. 16 May, 1846; d. 26 Nov., 1872 in Derry.
ii. JAMES FRANCIS, b. 24 Feb., 1849; graduate Dartmouth College, 1872; lawyer; m. 13 July, 1887, Mary Caroline Smith, dau. of Andrew Maxham and Caroline (Moody) Smith, b. 21 Jan., 1856. Their child Miriam b. 10 Apr., 1888. He was for many years clerk of Police Court, Lowell, Mass.
iii. CHARLES WESLEY, b. 14 June, 1852; graduate Harvard Univer- sity, 1874; Boston University Law School, 1877; lawyer ; d. 28 Feb., 1890, in Lowell, Mass.
SHACKFORD.
I. SAMUEL4 SHACKFORD (John,3 Samuel,2 William1), was born at Chester, 19 Nov., 1767; died there, 12 Jan., 1842. He married 24 Apr., 1806, Hannah Currier, dau. of Capt. Benjamin and Abigail (Prescott) Currier, born 13 July, 1785; died at Chester, 7 Aug., 1865. He lived on the homestead. Children, born at Chester :
i. ABIGAIL, b. 6 Oct., 1806; d. 4 Feb., 1885. She m. John Currier and resided on the Fremont road. Children: (1) Eliza J. (2) John. (3) Charles. (4) Laura. (5) George. (6) Ellen, who owns the homestead.
ii. JOHN, b. 17 June, 1808; m. Mary Glover; went to California in 1849.
iii. JONATHAN (2), b. 14 Mar., 1810.
iv. RICHARD, b. 3 Oct., 1812; d. Apr., 1895; m. Elizabeth Rankin, and lived in Boston.
v. SARAH, b. 27 Nov .. 1814; m. William Rice; lived in East Boston. She d. Jan., 1880 in Boston. Children: (1) Albert. (2) Addie.
vi. RUFUS, b. 17 Dec., 1816; physician in Portland, Me. Married. No children.
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vii. GEORGE, b. 6 Aug., 1818; mar. and lived in Boston. Children : (1) George. (2) Elisabeth.
viii. SAMUEL QUIMBY, b. 25 Sept., 1822; went to California, 1849; d. there 9 Oct., 1850.
ix. LUTHER CALVIN, b. 29 Jan., 1825; went to California 1849; m. Harriet W. Currier, dau. of David.
2. JONATHAN5 SHACKFORD (Samuel4), was born at Chester, 14 Mar., 1810; died there, 4 Aug., 1895. He married in 1853, Harriet N. Farnham, b. 20 Oct., 1823; d. 4 Jan., 1904. He re- sided on the homestead.
Children, born at Chester :
i. FRANKLIN P.6, b. I June, 1854; m. 14 Dec., 1887, Helen A. Lewis of Kittery, Me., dau. of John E. and Helen A. (Key) Lewis, who died 12 March, 1925. He purchased the Pressey place on the Sandown road and lived there till he removed to Derry in Dec., 1907. Children, born at Chester : (1) Elsie M., b. 7 Sept., 1888; graduate Colby Academy, 1908; bookkeeper. (2) Irwin Lewis, b. 26 Oct., 1892; m. 26 Nov., 1913, Annette M. Parsons of Dedham, Mass. Children: (a) Richard Lewis, b. 8 Oct., 1914. (b) Barbara May, b. 12 Nov., 1917. (c) Robert Irwin, b. 31 May, 1919. (d) Eleanor Gertrude, b. 21 Mar., 1921.
ii. SAMUEL Q., b. I Nov., 1855; d. 23 Apr., 1868.
iii. HARRIET E., b. 31 Aug., 1857; d. 23 June, 1876.
iv. OLIVE A., b. 27 Nov., 1860; m. George Simms; lived in Canada and removed to Kingston; d. 31 Mar., 1903.
SLEEPER.
I. CAPT. JETHRO6 SLEEPER (Edmund,5 David,4 Moses,3 Aaron,2 Thomas1) was born at Chester, 9 Nov., 1780; died there, 9 Sept., 1844. He married, 10 Jan., 1806, Martha Wells, dau. of Timothy Wells. She was born 25 Jan., 1789; died at Chester, 26 Aug., 1863.
Children, born at Chester :
i. LYDIA,7 b. 17 Apr., 1806; d. 3 Aug., 1899; m. Osgood Richards of Atkinson.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. 23 Sept., 1807; d. 9 July, 1893; m. 3 June, 1830, Lot Knowles. [See Knowles].
iii. ELIZABETH, b. 23 Aug., 1811; d. 14 Mar., 1840.
iv. MARY W., b. 29 Jan., 1816; d. 6 Aug., 1840; m. Ephraim T. Glover.
v. EDMUND (twin), (2), b. 29 Jan., 1816.
vi. JETHRO, b. 12 Nov., 1820; d. 14 Sept., 1844.
vii. MARIA JANE, b. 7 Nov., 1830; d. 9 Nov., 1830.
viii. MARTHA ANN (twin), b. 7 Nov., 1830; d. 12 Aug., 1863; m. George W. Wilcomb. [See Wilcomb].
EDMUND7 SLEEPER (Capt. Jethro6), was born at Chester, 29 Jan., 1816; died there 16 Dec., 1893. He married (I) Belinda K. Underhill, dau. of Jesse J. Underhill. She was born 7 May, 1817; died Feb., 1858. He married (2) Oct., 1859, Mrs. Maria L. In- galls, who died 14 Feb., 1887.
Children, born at Chester :
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i. MARY ELIZABETH,8 b. II Oct., 1843; m. 25 Dec., 1868, George Pickering Buswell. She d. 26 Feb., 1908. Their child Mary Edna Buswell, b. 12 Oct., 1875; m. 22 Apr., 1902, Louis Gove Coolidge and had Martha Sleeper Coolidge, b. 25 Feb., 1903.
ii. ISABELLE, b. 12 Sept., 1850; m. Charles A. Wilcomb. [See Wilcomb].
iii. HELEN BELINDA, b. 12 Oct., 1856; m. John L. Fleming of Lowell, Mass.
SMITH.
JOSEPH2 SMITH (Joseph1), was born at Chester, 19 Mar., 1778; died there, 24 Oct., 1858. He married Anna Garland who died 2 Oct., 1842, a. 72.
Children, born at Chester :
i. PETER,3 b. 1800; d. 1I May, 1893; m. Susan Currier. Children : (1) Julia, m. C. Williams. (2) Garland, b. 24 Sept., 1844; d. 1913; m. 19 Mar., 1873, Clara M. Currier who was b. 31 Aug., 1847; d. 10 May, 1918. Children: (a) Susie C.", b. 12 July, 1874. (b) Rena W., b. 30 Apr., 1876; d. 9 Feb., 1904.
ii. ANNA, d. unm.
iii. JOSEPH, b. 1809; d. 3 June, 1896, a. 87; m. Mary Brown, d. 21 Feb., 1879, a. 75 y. 17 d. Children : (1) Wesley, b. 21 Apr., 1837; d. 28 Mar., 1922. (2) Charles, d. young. (3) George Stearns, b. 15 Dec., 1840; d. 13 Aug., 1910; m. (I) Isabelle Edwards; m. (2) Josephine Brown. Children: (a) Dora Belle,4 b. 25 Nov., 1866. (b) Stearns Herbert, b. 21 Mar., 1869; m. 18 Nov., 1903, Myrtie L. Preston and had Ralph Wesley, b. 6 Nov., 1904 and Ruth Marion, b. 14 May, 1907. (c) Nellie May, b. 21 Jan., 1874; m. I Jan., 1917, George H. Holbrook. (d) George Joseph, b. 30 July, 1880; m. Lillian M. Nutting and had Elsie Mae, b. 28 Jan., 1910; d. 30 July, 1916, and Vera Mildred, b. 17 Sept., 191I.
HENRY C. SMITH married 24 Apr., 1877, Susan D. Hazelton (see Amos Hazelton's family). She was born at Chester, 27 July, 1847; died 14 Apr., 1903.
Children :
i. ALICE B., b. 12 Feb., 1878; d. 17 Dec., 1902.
ii. NELSON E., b. 4 May, 1880; m. 7 Sept., 1904, Frances Whittle. Children : (1) Grace R., b. 9 Sept., 1906. (2) Ernest, b. 10 July, 1910.
iii. GRACE R., b. 21 Jan., 1883; d. 12 Aug., 1902.
iv. ELLA N., b. 3 Mar., 1885; d. 26 May, 1903.
v. FRED H., b. 28 Jan., 1887; m. 15 Sept., 1909, Cora Lurvey. Chil- dren : (1) Dorothy E., b. 24 June, 1911. (2) Norma G., b. 20 Apr., 1916. (3) Lois V., b. 7 Jan., 1918. (4) Russell C., b. 31 Dec., 1919.
STEVENS.
JAMES STEVENS married Sarah Robinson of Deerfield. They resided in a house which stood near Horace West's and his children attended a school near where the brick school house now stands. Children: (1) Thomas. (2) Franklin. (3) Frederick.
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(4) Mary Ann. (5) Sarah. (6) George Washington, b. 8 June, 1817.
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