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Chester, 7 Apr., 1812; died 5 May, 1865. He married 24 Jan., 1842, Asenath C. Brainard.
Children :
i. CYRUS®, b. 23 Feb., 1843; d. 6 Dec., 1848.
ii. ERNESTINE ROSE, b. 24 Jan., 1846; d. 26 June, 1848.
iii. CYRUS, b. 16 May, 1849; d. 5 Oct., 1849.
iv. OLIVE ERNESTINE, b. 29 Aug., 1850.
v. ANNIE, b. 9 Mar., 1853; d. 18 Nov., 1857.
vi. FRANK PIERCE, b. 5 Dec., 1855; d. 1I Sept., 1858.
vii. ANNIE, b. 21 Mar., 1859; d. 21 Oct., 1864.
JESSE J4. UNDERHILL (Josiah3, Hezekiah2, Sampson1) was born in Chester, 2 Oct., 1784; died 21 Oct., 1860. He married Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. John Graham. She died 18 Sept., 1851, aged 60.
Children, born in Chester :
i. JANE EVELINE", b. 6 Aug., 1807; m. (1) Elihu Thayer, an edge- tool maker at Goff's Falls. She m. (2) Asa Edgerton.
ii. SAMUEL GRAHAM, b. 22 Jan., 1809.
iii. CATHERINE GRAHAM, b. 30 Dec., 1811; m. David L. Osgood of Auburn; removed to Nashua.
iv. GEORGE W., b. 19 July, 1815; m. Mary M. Gale; removed to Nashua.
V. BELINDA K., b. 7 May., 1817; m. Edmund, son of Jetliro Sleeper. She d. 19 Feb., 1858; bur. in Chester. (See Sleeper).
vi. RUFUS K., b. 8 Mar., 1819; m. Eluthera D. Webster; removed to Billerica, Mass.
vii. HAZEN R., b. 27 Mar., 1821.
SAMUEL GRAHAM5 UNDERHILL (Jesse J4.) was born in Chester, 22 Jan., 1809; married in 1833, Mary Anne Dinsmore, eldest child of Samuel and Hannah (Blanchard) Dinsmore of Chester. He removed to Boston and later to Somerville, Mass., where he died.
Children :
i. JESSIE J.6, b. 3 Mar., 1834.
ii. ANNA ELIZABETH, m. Charles Perkins.
iii. ELIHU, m. (1) Marie Mann; m. (2) Maria Smith.
iv. FRANCES D., m. John C. Garrett of Somerville, Mass.
v. MARY W., m. Albion Clapp. Children: (1) Erma, m. Prof. George White. (2) Albion, m. Catherine Warren.
vi. SAMUEL AUGUSTUS, m. Minnie Warden; resides in Somerville, Mass.
vii. EMMA G., m. William Aiken of Winthrop, Mass.
HAZEN R5. UNDERHILL (Jesse J4.) was born in Chester 27 Mar., 1821; died 27 Sept., 1898. He married Rebecca Perham Dickey, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Webster) Dickey. She was born 14 Apr., 1824; died 21 Nov., 1905.
Children, first three born in Auburn, fourth in Manchester, fifth and sixth in Somerville, Mass., last two in Derry :
i. MARTHA THAYER®, b. 2 Dec., 1846; d. 8 Dec., 1860.
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ii.
JULIA ISABEL, b. I Nov., 1848; m. 8 Mar., 1894, Henry Smith Robinson.
iii. ELLIS JOHN, b. 2 0Aug., 1850; d. 2 Dec., 1879; m. 31 Jan., 1878, Eliza Parker Parsons, dau. of Rev. Benj. F. and Mary A. (Nesmith) Parsons. Children: (1) Ellis John, b. in Maroa, I11., 6 Mar., 1879; m. 29 Nov., 1905, Kathryn B. Freligh. (2) Dorothy Bradstreet, b. in Derry, 2 July, 1880.
iv. LESLIE HOLMES, b. 8 Apr., 1852; d. 28 May, 1853.
v. LELIA GRAHAM, b. 4 Jan., 1855; d. 19 Aug. 1856.
vi. EDWARD HAZEN, b. 10 Aug., 1860.
vii. CAROLINE MELVIN, b. 19 Sept., 1867.
viii. GEORGE WEBSTER, b. 20 Sept., 1869; d. 11 Jan., 1921.
CAPT. JESSE J6. UNDERHILL (Samuel Graham5) was born in Boston, Mass., 3 Mar., 1834; died in Boston, Mass., 30 July, 1905. He enlisted in the Civil War 8 Sept., 1862; commissioned as first lieutenant 26 Feb., 1863 ; promoted to Captain of Co. K., 40th Mass. Regt., 24 Nov., 1864 ; mustered out 17 June, 1865. He married (1) at Richmond, Va., in June 1866, Sarah J., dau. of Lewis H. and Martha (Walker) Clements. She was born 9 May, 1849 ; died 28 May, 1891. He married (2) in Somerville, Mass., 22 July 1895, Sarah A. Nichols.
Children :
i. CHARLES LEE", b. 20 July, 1867; representative in Congress.
ii. JESSIE BLANCHE, b. 2 Feb., 1870; m. T. Richmond Fletcher of Wellesley Hills, Mass.
iii. ELIZABETH BERTHA, b. 26 Jan., 1872; m. Dr. Allen Greenwood of Waltham.
iv. SAMUEL GRAHAM, b. 10 May, 1876; physician.
v. IDA FLORENCE, b. 16 Sept., 1883; graduate of Mt. Holyoke College 1904.
WASON.
I. THOMAS1 WASON was born about 1701, possibly in the parish of Bellemanus, county of Antrim, Ireland; died in Jan., 1801, in Chester, aged about 100. He married as early as 1734, Ann Wright, who died before 1790. He was a husbandman and was settled in Londonderry prior to 10 July, 1738. He was men- tioned in the Chester invoice of estates in 1741 and was a signer of the Association Test in Chester in 1776. Children :
i. ROBERT,2 (2), b. about 1735.
ii. THOMAS, (3), lived in Candia.
iii. JOHN, settled in St. John, N. B.
iv. JAMES, (4), b. in Chester in 1746.
2. ROBERT2 WASON (Thomas1), was born about 1735; died in Chester, 28 Feb., 1805, aged 70. He married in Hudson, 3 Dec., 1761, Elizabeth Wason, dau. of James and Hannah (Cald- well) Wason. She was born in Hudson, 26 Nov., 1740; died in Candia, 17 Nov., 1811.
Children, recorded on the Candia records:
i. JAMES,8 (5) b. 18 Sept., 1762.
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ii. JOHN, (6), b. 28 Nov., 1763.
iii. CALDWELL, b. 10 Sept., 1765; removed to Corinth, Vt.
iv. THOMAS, b. 27 July, 1767; removed to Corinth, Vt.
v. DAVID, b. 3 Aug., 1769; settled in Lebanon and Lancaster.
vi. BETTY, b. 20 Feb., 1773; m. Capt. Ebenezer Gregg of London- derry and Dorchester.
vii. ANNA, b. 7 Feb., 1775; m. Elijah Clough of Candia.
viii. SARAH, b. 3 Mar., 1778; m. Edward Baker of Lyme.
ix. ROBERT, b. 21 Aug., 1780; m. Catherine Graham of Chester.
x. HANNAH, b. 9 Apr., 1783, m. Samuel Frost of Lyme.
3. THOMAS2 WASON (Thomas1), died in Candia, 7 Mar., 1792. He married I Sept., 1771, Mercy -, who died in Ray- mond, 31 Dec., 1842, aged 92. She married (2) 12 Mar., 1793, Capt. Samuel Nay of Raymond. He served in the French and Indian War in 1758, and was in Capt. Joseph Dearborn's company in 1776.
Children, born in Candia :
i. ANNE,3 b. 21 Apr., 1772; m. Jonathan Sargent of Chester. Eight children.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 13 Aug., 1778; m. Benjamin Dolloff of Raymond. Ten children.
iii. SARAH, b. 21 Feb., 1785; perhaps m. Jonathan Nay.
iv. JENNY, b. 3 Aug., 1787; d. 10 Mar., 1807, in Candia.
v. THOMAS, b. 26 Apr., 1790; m. Sally Prescott of Hampton Falls. Eight children.
4. JAMES2 WASON (Thomas1), was born in Chester in 1746; died there, 29 Mar., 1829. He married Jane Melvin, dau. of Patrick and Mary Melvin. She was born in 1747.
Children, born in Chester :
i. ANN,3 b. about 1772; d. I Sept., 1843, a. 70, in Chester.
ii. JOHN, b. 9 June, 1774; d. 18 Oct., 1841, in Candia.
iii. THOMAS (7), b. 23 Nov., 1775; d. 25 Nov., 1862, in Raymond.
iv. MARY, b. 1777; d. in Chester, 1I May, 1861; m. Joseph Hoit. Four children.
v. SARAH, d. 1829 ( ?)
vi. JAMES (8), b. 13 Feb., 1780.
vii. SAMUEL, b. 13 June, 1783; d. in Chester, 4 July, 1868, unm.
5. JAMES3 WASON (Robert2), was born in Candia, 18 Sept., 1762; died in Haverhill, Mass., 7 Apr., 1826. He married Elizabeth Dinsmore, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Waddel) Dins- more. She was born in Chester about 1770 and died 22 May, 1845, aged 75. He was buried in the Long Meadow cemetery. He served in Capt. William Barron's company in 1780. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church at Long Meadow. Children, born in Chester :
i. HANNAH,4 m. 20 Sept., 1808, Robert Witherspoon, s. of David and Agnes (Linn) Witherspoon of Chester.
ii. SAMUEL DINSMORE, removed to Wayne, Erie Co., Pa., and d. there shortly before June, 1834, leaving a widow.
6. CAPT JOHN3 WASON (Robert2), was born in Candia, 28 Nov., 1763; died in Auburn, 8 July, 1848. He married in 1785.
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Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Hoyt) Smith of Candia. She was born in Chester, 27 Jan., 1763, and died there 3 Dec., 1843. About 1792 he removed to Candia but returned to Chester about 1800. Had a tavern opposite the Long Meadow meeting house.
Children, born in Chester or Candia :
i. LYDIA,4 b. 31 Dec., 1785; m. 28 June, 1812, Capt. Nathaniel Head (1786-1831) of Chester and Sanbornton.
ii. SALLY, b. 6 Jan., 1788; m. James, son of Nathaniel and Jane (Green) Martin of Chester; they went to Ohio.
iii. BETSEY, b. 26 Feb., 1790; m. 25 Oct., 1811, Willard Carpenter of Lyme.
iv. HANNAH, b. 29 Sept., 1791; m. 14 June, 1810, Stark Ray of Chester ; parents of Rev. John Wason Ray, b. 23 Dec., 1814; graduate of Dartmouth, 1843. [See native ministers].
v. ANNA, b. II June, 1793; m. (1) 27 Dec., 1815, Jesse Witherspoon of Chester and Thetford, Vt. She m. (2) Isaac Hall ( 1788- 1868) of Chester; d. 25 July, 1870.
vi. JOHN SARGENT, b. 21 Sept., 1795; m. Nancy Swain of Sanborn- ton. Four children.
7. DEA. THOMAS3 WASON (James2), was born in Chester, 23 Nov., 1775; died 25 Nov., 1862, in Raymond. He married 18 Nov., 1802, Abigail Lane, dau. of Cornet Isaac and Abigail (Garland) Lane. She was born in Chester 17 July, 1784; died in Raymond, 14 May, 1870. His lands were partly in Raymond, partly in Candia and partly in Chester. He was deacon of Con- gregational Church of Raymond.
Children, born in Raymond :
i. GARLAND,4 b. 1805; d. 18 Mar., 1882, in Raymond.
ii. ISAAC, b. 1810; d. 12 May, 1876, unm.
iii. JAMES WRIGHT, b. 15 Feb., 1812; d. 8 Dec., 1889.
iv. BETSEY LANE, b. 28 Jan, 1815; d. 24 May, 1896.
V. LUTHER MELVIN, b. 22 Mar., 1818; d. 9 Mar., 1906.
8. JAMES3 WASON (James2), was born in Chester, 13 Feb., 1780; died there 22 Apr., 1870; married in Chester, 3 Sept., 1802, Dorothy Worthen, dau. of Capt. Michael and Dorothy (Brown) Worthen. She was born in Chester, 7 Mar., 1783; died there, 22 Aug., 1870. They resided on the old Thomas Wason place, lot 106, and celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. Children, born in Chester :
i. FREDERICK4 (9), b. 19 July, 1803.
ii. LUCINDA, b. 6 Apr., 1805; m. Joshua Currier of Sandown. Two children.
iii. THOMAS, b. 5 Sept., 1807; d. 9 Oct., 1881, in Atkinson.
iv. JOHN (10), b. 16 Sept., 1810; d. 29 Sept., 1881, in Derry.
v. DAVID WORTHEN, b. 6 Dec., 1813; d. 14 Apr., 1814.
vi. CAROLINE, b. 6 Dec., 1815; m. William Haynes.
vii. JANE, b. 24 Feb., 1817; m. Albert Griffin of Newburyport, Mass. No children.
viii. GEORGE, b. 26 May, 1820; d. 10 Mar., 1882.
ix. CYRUS E., b. 6 Dec., 1823; in Mexican War; d. 22 Apr., 1849, unm.
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9. FREDERICK4 WASON (James3), was born in Chester 19 July, 1803; died there 28 Feb., 1882. He married in Chester, 15 Mar., 1832, Rebecca Knowles, dau. of Nathan and Susannah (Hills) Knowles, born in Chester, 12 June, 1808; died there 17 Oct., 1878. They resided on the Knowles homestead in Chester. Children, born in Chester :
i. HARRIET, b. 31 Mar., 1833; m. 27 Oct., 1859, Hendrick Hall. (See Hall).
ii. NATHAN K., b. 13 July, 1835; d. 30 Mar., 1862, unm.
iii. ROBERT, b. 25 Aug., 1837; d. 23 Jan., 1862, in the army.
iv. JOHN (II), b. 15 Feb., 1840; d. 6 Oct., 1918.
v. ALBERT, b. 12 May, 1844; d. 17 Oct., 1864, at City Point, Va.
vi. ELBRIDGE, b. 2 Aug., 1846; d. 7 Dec., 1922; m. 18 Feb., 1875, Ellen M. McCreedy, who d. II Nov., 1911. Their son Howard,
b. 3 Nov., 1876; d. 2 Feb., 1910. He was in Civil War.
vii. LAUREN S., b. 15 Feb., 1852; m. I Jan., 1874, Clara B. Hills of Plaistow. Children: (1) Newman, b. 31 Aug., 1874; m. 15 June, 1895, Theresa Driscoll. Their child, Pauline, b. 30 Oct., 1895; m. 4 Aug., 1920, Ernest W. Richards. (2) Blanche, b. II Sept., 1878; m. I Jan., 1900, Harry Cate. Their son Erford Cate, b. I June, 1900.
IO. JOHN4 WASON (James,3 James2), was born in Chester, 16 Sept., 1810; died in Derry, 29 Sept., 1881; married 3 May, 1832, Mehitable Dexter Hoyt, dau. of William Howard and Betsey (French) Hoyt of Sandown. She was born in Sandown, 18 Jan., 1809, and died in Derry, 9 May, 1896. He removed from Chester to Derry in 1880.
Children, born in Chester :
i. ROSETTA",b. 8 Dec., 1833; m. 27 Nov., 1863, Robert Rogers, who d. 29 Aug. 1898; a descendant of Major Robert Rogers, the Ranger. She was living in Sept. 1925. Children : (1) Fannie Isabell Rogers and (2) Henrietta Wason Rogers, who m. William Frost of Melrose, Mass.
ii. CHASTINA, b. 16 Sept., 1835; d. 30 Oct., 1874; m. 27 Jan., 1864, Orin Freeman Page, who d. 26 Jan., 1904.
iii. ANGELIA, b. 9 Feb., 1838; d. 20 Aug., 1919; m. 14 Oct., 1858, Elbridge Freeman Gerrish. Child, Alice May Gerrish, d. 20 Oct., 1888; m. Edmund T. Chase.
iv. CAROLINE, b. 14 Oct., 1840; d. 3 Jan., 1842.
v. CHRISTIANA, b. 14 Aug., 1846; d. 27 Oct., 1861, unm.
II. JOHN5 WASON (Frederick4) was born in Chester, 15 Feb., 1840; died there 6 Oct., 1918. He married 8 Dec., 1864, Lavina Jane Dolber, dau. of John and Polly (Stevens) Dolber, born in Candia, 5 Dec., 1840; died 16 Apr., 1919 in Chester. Children, born in Chester :
i. ALBERT H.6, b. 5 Apr., 1866; d. 30 Mar., 1888, unm.
ii. SUSIE JANE, b. 12 Jan., 1872; m. 23 Nov., 1897, Walter Herbert Nickerson of Melrose, Mass., b. 4 Feb., 1870; d. May, 1917. Children : (1) Chester Nickerson, b. 21 Mar., 1899. (2) Frances Nickerson, b. 13 July, 1901.
iii. WILLIAM BURTON (12), b. 20 Dec., 1873.
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12. WILLIAM BURTON® WASON (John5), was born in Ches- ter, 20 Dec., 1873; married in Candia, 20 Dec., 1899, Eva L. Martin, dau. of Edwin and Hannah Dudley (French) Martin. She was born in Candia, 2 Aug., 1874. They reside on the Knowles place occupied by his father and grandfather since 1832. Children, born in Chester :
i. BERNARD ALBERT,7 b. 20 Sept., 1900.
ii. HAROLD EDWIN, b. 2 May, 1902.
iii. EDITH JANE, b. 27 Mar., 1904.
WATSON
I. ENOCH WATSON settled in Fayette, Me., about 1795; married and remained there until his death. He was one of the early settlers in Fayette. Among his children was:
2. JAMES WATSON (Enoch), born in Fayette, Me., 23 Apr., 1796 ; died in Auburn, 15 June, 1876. He married about 1815, Lucy Harndon Mitchell, who was born in Woolwich, Me., 9 Mar., 1797 . died in Auburn, 9 Nov., 1884.
i. DORINDA, b. Nov., 1816; d. in Auburn, 24 Apr., 1862; m. Samuel Simpson. No children.
ii. ENOCH (3), b. 7 Feb., 1818; d. in Auburn, 23 July, 1899.
iii. JAMES HOWARD (4), b. Feb., 1820; d. in Auburn, 4 Oct., 1853.
iv. LYDIA MITCHELL, b. 1821; d. in Auburn, 17 Nov., 1853, unm.
v. JOANNA CONNOR, b. 12 Sept., 1824; d. in Chicago, Ill., 9 Feb., 186; m. William Benson Mitchell, b. in Unity, Me., May, 1824; d. in St. Louis, Mo., 31 Jan., 1872. Children, born in Boston, Mass .: (1) Charles Frank Mitchell, b. 23 Aug., 1851 ; m. Jen- nie Hattie Brenton. (2) George Alpheus Mitchell, b. 3 Apr., 1853; m. Ida Newcomb. (3) Emma Carrie Mitchell, b. 29 Dec., 1854; unm. (4) William Albert Mitchell, b. 3 Nov., 1859; d. in Boston, Mass., 24 June, 1924; m. Lettie Rosebelle Snow, b. in Wellfleet, Mass., 3 Sept., 1856. No children.
vi. ALDEN BRADFORD, b. in Fayette, Me., 7 Oct., 1825; d. in Auburn, Me., 27 Feb., 1898; m. Abigail Tribou, b. 10 Nov., 1828; d. June, 1911. Children (I) Eugene Bradford, b. in Lowell, Mass., Aug., 1851; d. in Burlington, Vt., 7 Jan., 1887. (2) Etta Frances, b. in Lowell, Mass., 16 June, 1855; d. in Lowell, II Apr., 1914; m. George Winfield Knowlton.
vii. WILLARD GLOVER (5), b. 15 June, 1827; d. 15 Mar., 1894.
viii. ISABELLA, b. 26 Jan., 1829; d. in Boston, 30 July, 1898; m. Gardner Spofford Cheney. Adopted her niece Elizabeth Watson.
ix. EUNICE P., b. 12 Apr., 1834; d. in Auburn, 13 Feb., 1863; m. George Kellogg Eaton, b. in Auburn, 18 Oct., 1831; d. there 15 May, 1908. No children.
x. LUCY JANE. b. 20 May, 1839; d. in Auburn, 22 Aug., 1884; m. George Kellogg Eaton. One child, Fannie May, d. in infancy. WILLIAM, b. and d. in infancy.
xi.
3. ENOCH WATSON (James, Enoch) was born in Fayette, Me., 7 Feb., 1818; died in Auburn, 23 July, 1899. He married (1) Harriet Lucretia Parkhurst, dau. of John and Surviah (Man- ning) Parkhurst. She was born in Chelmsford, Mass., 2 Sept.,
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1818; died there 22 Aug., 1846. He married (2) Sarah Hay- wod Parkhurst, sister to his first wife, born in Chelmsford, Mass., 28 Aug., 1820; baptized there 9 Jan., 1826; died in Auburn, 26 Oct., 1924, aged 104.
Child by first wife, born and died in Chelmsford, Mass .:
i. WILLIAM PARKHURST, b. 4 Nov., 1845; d. I Aug., 1846.
Children by second wife, first two born in Manchester, last three in Auburn :
ii. ALDEN CHENEY, b. 3 Sept., 1850; d. there 10 July, 1886. He m. Anna May Lufkin of Auburn. No children. He m. (2) Evelyn Amanda Fellows, b. in Lebanon, 27 Aug., 1848; d. in Man- chester, 18 Feb., 1898. Children, born in Manchester. (I) Herbert Leslie, b. II Feb., 1876. (2) Lewis Albert, b. 2 Feb., d. 27 Feb. 1878. (3) Edward Alden, b. 30 Dec., 1880; m. Ma- rietta-and has Beatrice Ann, b. in California, Apr., 1916.
iii. DANA ALEXIS, b. 4 Aug., 1852; m. Mary Belle Morrill, b. in Thetford, Vt., 26 Apr., 1864; d. in Manchester, 19 Dec., 1920. Children, born in Lowell, Mass .: (1) Ethel Morrill, b. 19 Feb., 1890; m. Augustus Frank Davis, b. in Barnstead, 25 Oct., 1892. (2) Annabel Jenness, b. 3 May, 1891; d. in Man- chester, 22 June, 1923.
iv. ALBERT STEVENS, b. I Aug., 1854; m. (1) Sarah Curtis Morrill, b. in Auburn, 18 Nov., 1859; d. in Lawrence, Mass., 21 June, 1906; m. (2) Mae Emma Hall, b. 23 June, 1880.
V. HARRIET LUCRETIA, b. 29 Mar., 1861; m. Edward Percy Tilton, b. in Chester, 10 June, 1860. Children, born in Lowell, Mass .: (1) Ralph Percy Tilton, b. and d. 14 May, 1893. (2) Helen Florence Tilton, b. 18 July, 1894; m. Philip Batch- elder, b. in Haverhill, Mass., 10 Oct., 1895. Child: Anne Brad- street Batchelder, b. in Boston, Mass., 20 May, 1923.
vi. ANNA BELLE, b. 26 Jan., 1864; m. Fred Wellman Jenness, b. in Lowell, Mass., 9 June, 1863. No children.
4. JAMES HOWARD WATSON (James, Enoch) was born in Fayette, Me., Feb., 1820; died in Auburn, 4 Oct., 1853. He mar- ried Mary Ann Nichols, born in Manchester, Dec., 1825; died there 28 Apr., 1857. She married (2) A .- Stevens. Children, born in Auburn :
i. ELIZABETH, b. 8 July, 1851; d. in Newton, Mass., 5 Sept., 1925. She was legally adopted by her aunt, Isabella Cheney. She m. Horace Scudder Bassett, b. in Sandwich, Mass., 10 Mar., 1847. Children : (1) Evelyn Shapleigh Bassett, b. 2 Apr., d. Sept., 1872. (2) Gardner Cheney Bassett, b. in Roxbury, Mass., 17 June, 1873; m. Edith Irene Whitney, b. in Fitchburg. Mass., 8 Oct., 1879. (3) Eudora Elizabeth Bassett, b. 6 Oct., 1880, in Roxbury; m. Clarence Lincoln Brown. Children born in Arlington, Mass .: (a) Dorothy Elizabeth Brown, b. 5 May, 1904. (b) Horace Bassett Brown, b. 26 Feb., 1906. (c) Clarence Lincoln Brown, b. 25 Oct., 1907. (4) Edith Isabella Bassett. b. in Newton, Mass .. 9 July, 1884.
ii. HOWARD, adopted by his uncle Willard Glover Watson.
5. WILLARD GLOVER WATSON (James, Enoch ) was born in Fayette, Me., 15 June, 1827 ; died in Fitchburg, Mass., 15 Mar.,
John M. Norges.
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1894. He married (I) Eliabeth Clifford, born in Orange, Vt . 'I Dec., 1827; died in Auburn, 17 Dec., 1862. They adopted hi- nephew Howard Watson. He married (2) Mary Ann Fifield. who was born in Fayette, Me., 16 Sept., 1838 and died in Fitch- burg, Mass.
Children by the first wife :
i. FRED AUGUSTUS, b. in Boston, 30 Aug., 1859; m. Alice L. Grout and has two children.
ii. GEORGE HERBERT, b. in Auburn, 9 Nov., 1862; m. Hattie A. Richmond and has one son.
Children by second wife, born in Fayette, Me.
iii. CHARLES HOWARD, b. 9 Nov., 1868; m. Florence L. Gibson and has several children.
iv. EMMA F., b. 24 Dec., 1874; m. Oscar A. Thayer. Children : (1) Russell Thayer, (2) Marjory Thayer.
WEBSTER.
STEPHENS WEBSTER (Joseph,5 John, John,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), was born at Hampstead, 25 Oct., 1773 ; died at Ches- ter, 8 Mar., 1858. He married Dolly Pillsbury, born Jan., 1777 ; died at Chester, 19 Feb., 1857. He removed from Hampstead to Chester in 1822 and resided there till death.
Children :
i. PHILENA," b. I May, 1800; d. 9 Apr., 1873; m. Jonathan Williams of Hampstead and Haverhill, Mass.
ii. MOSES PILLSBURY, b. 26 Mar., 1803; d. 9 Mar., 1810.
iii. JOSEPH, b. I Apr., 1807.
iv. BENJAMIN P., b. 29 July, 1809; d. 4 Nov., 1899; m. Clarissa Gibson Hook of Poplin (now Fremont) and resided there.
v. ANNIE, b. 29 Aug., 1812; d. 19 Mar., 1892; m. John Wilson and resided in Methuen, Mass.
vi. MOSES, b. 23 Nov., 1814.
JOSEPH7 WEBSTER (Stephen6), was born in Hampstead, I Apr., 1807 ; died in Chester 24 Dec., 1895. He married in Hill, II Nov., 1846, Betsey Dearborn, seventh child of Richard and Dolly (Underhill) Dearborn. She was born in Hill 30 June, 1813; died in Chester, 12 Oct., 1899. They resided in Chester on the White place.
Children, born in Chester :
i. SARAH PRINCE, b. 8 May, 1848.
ii. MARY DEARBORN, b. 6 July, 1853.
MOSES7 WEBSTER (Stephen6), was born in Hampstead. 23 Nov., 1814, died 12 Feb., 1887. He married 7 May, 1850, Martha Wier Gibson, who was born in Fremont, II Feb., 1823; died in Chester 29 Oct., 1901.
Children, born in Chester:
i. ELLA ELIZA,8 b. 16 Sept., 1851 ; teacher ; resides on the homestead. ii. GEORGE STEPHEN, b. 20 Nov., 1856; m. 19 Oct., 1886, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of George Washington and Lydia (Dickey) Chase. She was b. 29 Nov., 1855; d. 3 May, 1904. Children
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born in Chester: (1) Lena Louise, b. 19 Oct., 1888; graduated at Pinkerton Academy, 1908; teacher; m. 26 Oct., 1920, J. Arthur Lambert of Providence, R. I. (2) Ruth Natalie, b. 25 Apr., 1890; graduated at Pinkerton Academy, 1908; teacher. (3) Blanche Chase, b. 8 Aug., 1894; graduated at Pinkerton Academy, 1912.
iii. JOHN MOSES, b. 6 Nov., 1859; m. 24 Mar., 1887, Lucy Maria Marsters of Chester, b. 8 Apr., 1862. He was representative 1901 and 1913; postmaster and town officer. Child: Marion Cecile, b. 2 Feb., 1888; graduated Pinkerton Academy, 1905; Smith College, A. B., and Simmons College, B. S.
iv. ALICE MARIA, b. 23 Jan., 1862; m. II Dec., 1884, Clarence Ernest Purington. Children: (1) Roy Webster Purington, b. 2 Oct., 1885; m. 19 Oct., 1914, Etta Frances Lewis. Their children : (a) Cecelia Lewis Purington, b. 19 Mar., 1919. (b) Lucile Rose Purington, b. 20 Dec., 1920. (c) George Webster Pur- ington, b. 10 Apr., 1924. (2) Holly Amelia Purington, b. 27 Dec., 1888; m. 12 Nov., 1912, John Robert Goodrich of Derry.
WELLS.
I. TIMOTHY WELLS married at Sandown, 26 Nov., 1846, Lydia Maria Sargent, dau. of Dea. Abraham and Sally (Under- hill) Sargent, born 28 Mar., 1827. She died 4 Sept., 1914. [See Sargent].
Children :
i. MARY SARGENT, b. 12 Nov., 1847; d. 24 June, 1870.
11. SARAH GREENOUGH, b. 16 Dec., 1849; d. 23 Feb., 1878.
iii. CLEMENT HENRY, (2), b. 20 Oct., 1852; d. 7 Dec., 1913.
iv. EDSON HOWARD, b. 16 Sept., 1854; d. 27 June, 1855.
2. CLEMENT HENRY WELLS (Timothy), was born 20 Oct., 1852; died 7 Dec., 1913. He married at Chester, 15 May, 1873, Martha Lurietta Moore, dau. of Rufus W. and Sarah N. (Green) Moore.
Children :
i. CHARLES TIMOTHY, (3) b. 23 Apr., 1874; d. 4 Dec., 1917.
ii. SADIE MARIA, b. 22 Oct., 1880; d. 3 Sept., 1881.
iii. WILSON SARGENT, b. 21 Oct., 1882; m. at Hampstead, Nellie Edna, dau. of Edward Thomas and Lois C. (Webster) Morse. Child : Malcolm Edward, b. 16 May, 1912.
iv. ANNIE LURA, b. 27 Dec., 1888; d. 16 Oct., 1893.
v. CLEMENTINE MOORE, b. 23 Mar., 1893; m. at Chester, 3 Jan., 1914, Leslie Ira Ordway of Nashua.
3. CHARLES TIMOTHY WELLS (Clement Henry), was born 23 Apr., 1874; died 4 Dec., 1917. He married at Chester, 20 Oct., 1897, Abbie Clara Leighton, dau. of Frank E. and Josephine E. (Walton) Leighton. Children :
i. JOSEPHINE LURA, b. 25 July, 1899.
ii. FRANK CLEMENT, b. 9 Sept., 1906; d. I Dec., 1906.
iii. ADELBERT TIMOTHY, b. 17 Dec., 1908.
iv. IRVING ALBERT, b. 29 May, 1910.
V. CLEMENT LEIGHTON, b. 8 June, 1915.
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GENEALOGIES
WEST
CAPT. THOMAS1 WEST married in Beverly, Mass., 12 Dec., 1661, Elizabeth Jackson, dau. of John and Katharine Jackson. She died in Beverly, Mass., 12 Oct., 1708, aged 66y., 9m. Capt. Thomas West died there 28 Mar., 1723, in the 81st year of his age.
Children, born in Beverly, Mass .:
i. ELIZABETH2, b. 26 Sept., 1663.
ii. MARY, b. 22 Sept., 1665; d. 5 May, 1675.
iii. HANNAH, b. 20 Oct., 1667; d. 8 Mar., 1674, about 7y.
iv. JOHN, b. 5 Oct., 1669.
v. RUTH, b. 18 May, 1672.
vi. SAMUEL, b. 22 May, 1674.
vii. MARY, b. 4 May, 1676.
viii. HANNAH, b. 14 Apr., 1678.
ix. THOMAS, b. 31 Aug., 1683.
THOMAS2 WEST (Capt. Thomas1) was born in Beverly, Mass., 31 Aug., 1683; died in Beverly, Mass., 3 or 30 Apr., 1714, aged 30y., 7m., 3d. He married in Beverly, 15 June 1702, Christian Woodbury. She married (2) int. 30 Mar., 1718, Lt. John Thorn- dike.
Children, born in Beverly, Mass .:
i. MARY3, b. 16 Mar., 1703/4.
ii. THOMAS, b. 30 Aug., 1707.
iii. WILKES, b. 16 Aug., 1710.
iv. HANNAH, b. 12 Sept., 1712; d. 5 Dec., 1723, in her 12th year.
V. ELIZABETH, b. 13 Sept., 1714.
THOMAS3 WEST (Thomas2, Capt. Thomas1) was born in Beverly, Mass., 30 Aug., 1707; died in Beverly, 7 June, 1745 in the 38th year of his age. He married in Beverly, 14 Feb., 1730- 31, Mary Herrick.
Children, born in Beverly, Mass .:
i. CHRISTIAN4, b. 21 Feb., 1731/2.
ii. THOMAS, b. 27 Jan., 1733/4.
iii. HENRY, bp. 22 Aug., 1736.
iv. WILKES, b. I Mar., 1740.
v. JACKSON, b. 2 Dec., 1742.
WILKES4 WEST (Thomas3) was born in Beverly, Mass., I Mar., 1740; died in Chester, 10 Apr., 1830. He married (1) in Chester, Aug., 1762, Phebe Dearborn, dau. of Lt. Ebenezer and Huldah (Nason) Dearborn. She was born 20 Feb .. 1741 : died in 1783. He married (2) Hannah Forsaith, dau. of Dea. Matthew and Esther (Graham) Forsaith. She died in Jan., 1793, aged 36. Children, born in Chester :
i. MOLLY®, b. 1762; m. Jesse Hall.
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