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6. i. SAMUEL, b. April 18, 1800.
ii. ELIZA, b. April 1, 1802.
iii. JOHN, JR., b. Oct. 18, 1805.
iv. HORACE, b. Jan. 14, 1808.
V. EZEKIEL C., b. April 7, 1810; m. Mary Pollard, b. Oct. 23. 1814; d. Nov. 28, 1887. He d. Jan. 15, 1877. One child, Luther, d. 1871, aged 30.
vi. ELMIRA, b. March 21, 1812.
*History of Pembroke.
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vii. SUSAN JEWETT, b. July 30, 1814.
viii. AMOS L., b. APRIL 26, 1817; m. Oct., 1842, Aurelia M. Hall; d. Jan. 4, 1850.
ix. SARAH R., b. June 16, 1819; m., June, 1842, Moses W. Crane of Weare.
ATALINE DINSMORE, b. April 28, 1822; m. June 4, 1842, William Thompson of Concord, son of Capt. John Thomp- son. He was b. May 7, 1815 and d. July 31, 1894. She d. Dec. 2, 1843.
3. DAVID4 BAKER (Capt. Lovewell3) m. Oct. 8, 1812, Polly Lane; d. April 3, 1874. Children:
7. i. LOVELL5 (Note change in spelling), b. Feb. 9, 1815.
ii. NAOMI, b. Feb. 12, 1820.
8. iii. ASA LANE, b. July 24, 1823.
iv. MARYANN, b. Sept. 17, 1825.
v. SOPHIA, b. March 31, 1829; m., 1852, William D. Parker of Nashua.
vi. LYDIA HEAD, b. April 10, 1833.
4. LOVEWELL5 BAKER (Richard4) m. Oct. 1, 1819, Nancy Lane. Chil- dren:
i. RUFUS ZEBULON, b. Dec. 10, 1820.
ii. BELINDA, b. Nov. 2, 1822.
iii. ALBERT HARRIS, b. July 14, 1825.
5. ZEBULON5 BAKER (Richard+) lived on Willey Hill, on the farm later known as the John C. Whitney place; m. Dec. 30, 1824, Mary Stowell of Lempster, b. Feb. 27, 1801; d. June 14, 1894. He d. April 24, 1853, aged 57. Children:
i. ABNER, b. Jan. 19, 1826.
ii. EMILY, b. Sept. 4, 1827; d. inf.
iii. EMILY, b. June 17, 1829.
iv. ERMINA, b. Oct. 28, 1832; d. 1836.
v. MARY, b. Aug. 1, 1835.
vi. JOHN STOWELL, b. Nov. 14, 1838.
6. SAMUEL5 BAKER (John4 Capt. Lovewell3) m. Jan. 28, 1834, Mary Thompson; d. Sept. 4, 1886. Children:
i. MARGARET ATALINE, b. 1843.
ii. HANNAH ELIZABETH, b. 1845.
iii. JOHN THOMPSON, b. 1847.
7. LOVELL5 BAKER (David+ Capt. Lovewell3) m. first, June 7, 1840, Margery Gunnison, dau. of Dea. William Gunnison of Newbury. She d. Jan. 29, 1845, leaving one child, Laura Asenath. He m.
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second, Susan, dau. of Caleb and Sarah (Curtis) Whitaker, who d. Jan. 23, 1889. He d. March, 1875. Ch:
i. SARAH, or SADIE, who m. Cyrus Clough, prominent farmer; later removed to Walpole, where he was elected rep. to the legislature. Children:
1. ELWIN, m. Nellie Mclaughlin, Feb. 14, 1900.
2. ARTHUR, b. 1882; d. Walpole, unm.
8. ASA LANE5 BAKER (David4 Capt. Lovewell3) m. Mary Ann Russell, who d. Oct. 17, 1895, aged 76. He d. Feb. 4, 1906. Children:
i. CYNTHIA, d. June 6, 1865, aged 8.
ii. MATTIE A., d. Dec. 4, 1882, aged 23. The preceeding summer she had been one of a party of Goshen young folks who climbed Mount Ascutney in Vermont. On the descent they ' were overtaken by a violent thunder shower and received a thorough drenching. During the long ride home Miss Baker became. so chilled that she took a severe cold, result- ing in her death.
Random statistics of the Baker family.
1852, Jan. 15, AURELIA M. BAKER m. Dudley Huntley of Marlow. 1854, April 2, EMILY BAKER m. Owen A. Willey, both of G.
LIEUT. JOHN S. BAKER, b. May 14, 1838, d. in Union service at Carrollton, La., March 17, 1863. Ophelia A. Cofran, his wife, b. June 6, 1839, d. Aug. 31, 1892.
NAOMI BAKER d. Feb. 7, 1851, aged 51.
ELLA J. BAKER, wife of George T. Stockwell, d. Aug. 21, 1876, aged 28.
HARVEY D. BAKER, b. 1833; m. Susan Willey, b. 1837, d. 1914. He d. 1897. Children:
i. FRANK W., b. 1858 ?; m. March 22, 1878, Etta F. Pike, who who d. April 15, 1881; Ch. Fred.
ii. STELLA M., m. first, Perry; m. second, Mccullough; m. third, Willard Whitney.
iii. CHARLES, b. 1868; d. 1894.
BARTLETT
1. DEA. STEPHEN BARTLETT,4 son of Christopher3 (Richard2 Richard1 etc.) born April 10, 1745, in Pembroke, N. H .; m. Jan. 28, 1773, Hannah Belknap, b. April 12, 1755; d. Feb. 16, 1835. He was enrolled March 6, 1776, with rank of 2nd Lieut. in Col. John Waldron's Regt., Brig. Gen. Sullivan's Brigade, stationed at
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Temple's Farm. Was mustered out, with pay, from Capt. William Barron's Co., July 22 following. (Rev. Rolls, Vol. 1, pps. 358-476).
From a deed, Jan. 27, 1794, from Stephen Bartlett of Pem- broke, Gentleman, to Zacheus Colby of Pembroke, it is reasoned that his removal to Goshen occurred shortly thereafter. Family tradition gives the time of transfer "about 1800."
The farm at Goshen Center to which he came had been par- tially cleared by a Hudson. There were already two small graves at the south end of the house-ridge, by a great rock, where the land breaks down sharply to the Blood Brook, graves of two little girls stricken with diphtheria. Arrived at the farm, Stephen thrust the whip which he had carried on the journey into the ground at the corner of driveway and road. There it promptly took root and grew into a magnificent willow tree, with a great trunk and wide-spreading branches, until wrecked by gales in 1898.
That a brother, Jonathan, also removed from Pembroke to Goshen, "after 1777," is stated by Carter (Hist. of Pembroke), but the name has not been discovered locally. The extensive and able family of Ex Gov. John H. Bartlett of Sunapee stem from Richard1 though coming by way of Deering rather than Pem- broke.
Deacon Stephen Bartlett assumed a fundamental position in the Congregational Church at the Corners, as well as positions of trust in the town. He died May 16, 1813. Children, born in Pembroke:
i. HANNAH,5 b. Oct. 26, 1773; m. 1794, Jacob Cummings Jewett, b. 1770; d. 1805. She d. Sept. 7, 1804. Ch .:
Hannah Belknap Jewett, b. 1795; d. 1887; m. 1816, Jabez Richardson Gott.
ii. POLLY, b. July 26, 1775.
iii. PHOEBE, b. Nov. 23, 1777.
iv. STEPHEN, b. April 30, 1780.
V. ABIGAIL, b. May 10, 1783; d. July 4, 1793.
vi. RICHARD, b. Sept. 3, 1785; had dau., Maria Johnson, b. June 10, 1810.
2. vii. BELKNAP, b. July 4, 1788.
viii. JOHN CALEF, b. July 23, 1790; m. third, Naomi Clements, in Duchess County, N. Y.
ix. SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 18, 1792; d. at four years of age.
x. NANCY, b. May 26, 1796.
2. BELKNAP BARTLETT5 (Dea. Stephen4, Christopher3 Richard2 Rich- ard1) m. Dec. 27, 1812, Sally Stevens of G., b. Sept. 15, 1790. Children, b. in G .:
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i. LOIS CAROLINE, b. Sept. 12, 1813; m. John Mclaughlin; res. Claremont. Ch .:
1. Carrie, m. George Philbrick.
ii. ELIZA ANN, b. Jan. 20, 1815; unm.
iii. HORACE CHASE, b. June 26, 1817; m. Mary Jane Peasley, a woman possessing poetical ability; one of her poems was entitled, "What the Church Is." No ch. He d. 1898.
iv. SAMUEL STEVENS, b. May 5, 1820, was somewhat eccentric; m. Diana Cynthia Woodward. No ch. He d. 1896.
3. V. BELKNAP, 2nd of the name, b. April 21, 1822.
vi. SARAH B., b. June 25, 1825; m. James Trow, stage driver; d. 1897.
vii. THANKFUL, b. Nov. 24, 1828; unm.
(From family records of Geo. B. Bartlett, Sr., and Douglas C. Moore, Denver, Colo.)
3. BELKNAP BARTLETT" (Belknap5 Dea. Stephen+ etc.) m. Dec. 4, 1850, Lydia Fletcher, who d. Dec. 1, 1905. He continued the cultivation of the original Bartlett homestead; d. Feb. 25, 1895. Children:
i. LORA ANN7, b. Jan. 23, 1855; m. Nov. 10, 1778, David A. Frail of Nova Scotia; d. Dec. 22, 1915. One son, Clyde B., b. Sept. 11, 1882, d. 1905.
ii. GEORGE BELKNAP, b. Jan. 15, 1867; m. first, June 28, 1899, Lizzie M. Bailey of Sunapee, who d. Oct. 9, 1902. He m. second, Grace A. Moody, Sept. 22, 1906. Children, by sec- ond marriage:
1. George B., Jr., b. Sept. 23, 1907; m. Lillie Mellen; two daughters.
2. Eben Clyde, b. April 15, 1910; m. Fern Gove; three sons.
3. Harry Gordon, b. March 28, 1912; m. Sarah Partridge; one son.
BARTLETT
1. HOMER CHASE BARTLETT2, son of Wise Bartlett1, m. Susan, eldest dau. of Dea. Asahel and Betsey Ann (Chandler) Lear; d. at Newport, Sept. 5, 1850. She d. at Providence, R. I., July 5, 1889. Children:
i. VIRGIL CHASE.
ii. CHARLES H., died in Union Army at Beauport, S. C., 1862.
iii. EDWIN.
iv. FRANCES, m. James G. Peck and resided at Providence, R. I.
NANCY BARTLETT had a store account with Luther Barnes in 1816.
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BINGHAM
1. CALVIN BINGHAM, b. 1794; m. Rebecca Glidden of Unity; removed to Goshen, where his wife Rebecca d. Nov. 25, 1833. He then moved to Acworth, where he d. Nov. 28, 1839. Children:
i. JAMES, b. Feb. 13, 1795; d. Feb. 14, 1852.
ii. EUNICE, b. March 7, 1797.
iii. FRANCES, b. March 1, 1799; m. Jonathan Gove; d. 1891?
iv. REBECCA, b. April 10, 1801; m. first, Coggins; second, Atwood.
V. SALLY, b. Nov. 22, 1803; d. inf.
vi. SOLON, b. March 23, 1806, m. June, 1826, Rachael Willey, who d. Feb. 1855; six children.
vii. OSCAR, b. May 12, 1810; d. Sept. 7, 1861.
viii. BETSEY DIANA, b. May 19, 1813; d. inf.
ix. JOHN CALVIN, b. Oct. 8, 1816.
x. LUCY, b. Dec. 16, 1820; d. inf.
BLOOD
1. LEMUEL BLOOD, son of Abel Blood, soldier of the Revolution, was b. in Kittery, Me., 1785-6, coming to Bradford with his father at an early date. Leaving his father settled upon Blood Hill in Bradford Center, Lemuel came to Goshen in 1802, taking up a tract of three hundred acres of wild land at the head of an upland basin fronting Sunapee Mountain. Here he wrought with great industry and fashioned a truly patriarchal clan about his hearthstone. He was married three times; first to Sally? Bates; second, April 9, 1820, to Lucy Bates, sister to the first. She d. June 5, 1827, and he m. third, Eliza B. Dodge, probably a near neighbor, as the Dodge Lot, so-called, adjoins the Blood farm. He d. Sept. 29, 1858, aged 73. She long outlived him, dying June 1, 1885, aged 74. Of the three unions there were born twenty-three children and at his funeral fifteen of the sixteen then living were present, five of each marriage. Last of the family locally was Moody E. Blood who removed to New- port and there passed his last days; he was a man of powerful build.
BOOTH
1. OLIVER3 BOOTH (Joshua2 Oliver1) b. in Lempster Aug. 14, 1790; m. March 14, 1812, Eunice Smith and removed to Goshen, to the present Edith F. Pike place; d. May 7, 1876. She d. March 27, 1873, aged 82 yrs. 6 mos. Children:
1. SILAS S.4, b. Nov. 14, 1814; m. May 4, 1842, Alice, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Williams) Gunnison at Goshen Center. A new house was immediately built for the young couple on the farm
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adjoining the bride's parental home on the east. It was on identical lines with the Gunnison house and it is probable that the frescoed walls of an upstairs room were thus decorated by the artistic Alice. It is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Rene Per- tusio. Children:
i. GEORGE A., b. June 4, 1845; m. May 3, 1876, Laura D. Ald- rich. He d. June 10, 1903.
ii. EFFIE M., b. April 13, 1850; m. June 7, 1881, Geo. W. Nourse of Newport. Children:
1. Alice M., b. 1888; d. inf.
2. Lawrence G., b. July 18, 1893.
iii. ETTA E., b. March 21, 1852.
2. JOSHUA W.4, b. Oct. 22, 1816; m. Nov. 16, 1843, Mary Gunnison, who d. March 11, 1899, aged 78. For Joshua, as for Silas, a new house was built, this one of plank construction, opposite his father Oliver's at the Village. He was a musician of ability and an area representative for an organ manufacturer, probably the Estey Co., of Brattleboro, Vt. He also established the first fire- insurance agency in town; d. May 15, 1899. Children:
i. CHARLES A.5, b. May 21, 1847; m. Nov. 10, 1870, Celestia Carr. Children:
1. George Gardner, b. Oct. 14, 1871.
2. Harriet Florence, b. July 30, 1875.
3. Robert Carr, b. May 11, 1879.
4. James Wilmer, b. Dec. 25, 1883.
5. Helen Marion, b. Jan. 27, 1892.
ii. ALICE E., b. June 25, 1853; m. Oct. 1, 1878, George Wood- bury, a jeweler, of Newport. No ch.
iii. JAMES, b. Sept. 10, 1856; d. July 4, 1872.
BOOTH
1. ROYAL BOOTH, eldest son of Epaphras2 (Oliver1) and Edy (Roundy) Booth, b. April 9, 1781, in Lempster, m. (1) Abigail Dudley, who died Jan. 19, 1817, aged 34. He m. (2) Susan Dudley, sister of the first, daughter of John and Lydia (Stevens) Dudley of Newport; she died July 20, 1873, aged 82. He d. March 31, 1873, aged 92.
"Royal Booth was a natural mechanic," wrote a grandson, Austin B. Willey, in after years. "Although a farmer, he had a shop where he made butter-tubs, sap-buckets, pork-barrels, sap- holders, etc. He built his own buildings - afterward the Sam Baker place - and such framing was a wonder even in that day. It is no wonder, then, that his sons were gifted mechanics ... One son, Dudley Booth, born in Goshen, 1807, left home when a young man and never returned; finally drifted into
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Canada - which was almost out of the world at that time - where he married and raised a family. At his death in Ottawa, in 1876, the highest tributes were paid him. One newspaper- clipping stated:
'He was an expert watchmaker and jeweler and as a manu- facturer and repairer of optical and mathematical instruments he had few equals. In the manufacture and boring of rifles he originated many new and useful improvements and as a maker of sights for this weapon he was unsurpassed on this side of the Atlantic.' "
The mechanical ability of an elder son, Royal Booth, Jr., has been previously mentioned. (See Early Industries).
Sylvia Booth, dau. of Royal, Sr., m. Lauren Willey; d. 1886.
Lydia Booth, sister of Sylvia, m. Merrill Willey, bro. of Lauren; d. 1880, aged 75.
Alfred Booth d. July 10, 1871, aged 85.
BRADFORD
1. WILLIAM BRADFORD, JR., m. Hannah Hopkins of Mont Vernon. He was of direct descent from Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth and the family was prominent in the early history of Amherst and Mont Vernon. Children:
2. i. LEONARD, b. Mont Vernon, Sept. 13, 1790.
ii. MARY, m. Daniel L. Stearns; d. Aug., 1849, aged 52.
iii. ANNE ("Aunt Anna"), d. G., unm. A sister Alma is suggested by one authority.
2. LEONARD BRADFORD (William, Jr.1) m. Nov., 1814, Betsey, dau. of Phinehas and Sarah (Hildreth) Jones of Amherst; was a cooper by trade; is credited with being one of two men who shot the last wolf in this region. He removed to G. prior to 1816. His wife d. Sept. 5, 1873, aged 78. He d. in Washington, May 14, 1882, having removed there in 1848. Children, all b. in Goshen:
3. i. CLINTON, b. Aug. 9, 1816.
ii. ORISSA, b. Dec. 17, 1818; m. Jan. 24, 1844, Hibbard Huntley of Marlow.
iii. CAROLINE, b. July 29, 1821; d. inf.
iv. LEANDER, b. Aug. 1, 1824; d. June 4, 1844, by accidental drowning in Gilman's Pond in Unity. With several other men he had been washing sheep for John Chase and, upon finishing the work, said, "I'm going for a swim and dive." It is probable that the work had been more exhausting than realized, or young Bradford was overwarm; he dove and was immediately overcome by the sudden chill of the
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deep water; he was dead when brought to shore. This tragic event had an ending which has been almost for- gotten. Circumstances at the young man's funeral caused some of those attending to believe there was still life re- maining in the body. The grave had been filled and mourners largely gone when a hurried consultation ended in a frantic exhuming of the coffin. The lid was opened but no trace of life was found.
V. ELBRIDGE, b. Aug. 24, 1827; m. Sept. 5, 1848, Lovina A. Burn- ham of G .; rem. to Washington and thence, in 1882, to Augusta, Wis.
vi. JEANNETTE, b. June 28, 1830: d. in G., Oct. 10, 1846.
vii. LEONORA G., b. Jan. 11. 1833; m. March 6, 1855, Joel N. Bailey; res. in Alexandria.
viii. FRANCES J., b. May 6, 1835; m. Dec. 28, 1854, Allen W. Ball of Washington.
3. CLINTON BRADFORD3 (Leonard2 William, Jr.1) m. Feb. 23, 1841, Delight Lewis, dau. of John Lewis of G .; lived in G., Unity and Washington; d. in W., Oct. 19, 1863. Children, the first four b. in Unity:
i. GEORGE E., b. 1842.
ii. VICTORIA R., b. 1845.
iii. JEANETTE A., b. 1847; m. Joseph Bean and res. in Derry.
iv. ADELBERT L., b. 1850; d. 1872; was apt in humorous rhyming, much to the delight of his companions. One of his com- positions referred to a squeamish comrade as one who "Milks the cows with his mittens on And runs from a setting hen."
vi. CAROLINE F., b. G., 1852; m. first, Dec. 25, 1873, Chas. F. Downing; m. second, Oct., 1879, Miles Laffa. (Hist. of Washington).
Curtis Bradford and Lucinda Gillet were m. in G., Dec. 12, 1850.
BROOKS
1. CHARLES BROOKS, remembered as "Elder Brooks," lived east of the old Melvin Gregg farm, in the vicinity of Leonard Bradford. During the years 1822-23 he performed several marriage cere- monies in town, signing himself "Minister of the Gospel," prob- ably of the Methodist faith. One of these weddings was of Polly Brooks of Lempster to David Fifield of Meriden. In 1816-17 the Barnes store ledger listed Charles, Moses and Daniel Brooks, the latter believed to be of Lempster.
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A somewhat irreverent story remembered in the locality placed Elder Brooks on a preaching mission in New York state one summer, while his boys were left in charge of affairs at home. He wrote them an encouraging letter, saying that he thought of them constantly and added that he was praying for them. Possibly the boys were unjustly resentful; one of them blurted out, "Wish Father would come home and help with the haying and then pray for us later on "
2. FREEMAN BROOKS and Candace Chellis, both of G., were married Oct. 25, 1826. Children (G. vital stat.):
i. DELIA ANN, b. 25, 1827.
ii. CHARLES HAPGOOD, b. Aug. 28, 1828.
iii. FREEMAN CHELLIS, b. March 9, 1830.
CALEF
1. JOHN CALEF, b. 1763, son of Col. John and Judith (Chellis) Calef of Kingston; m. Nov. 26, 1788, Abigail Bartlett, b. March 20, 1765, dau. of Dr. Richard and Abigail (Belknap) Bartlett of Pembroke. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1786. He lived at the present Olipnant place at the Corners. The old tavern well, which was but a few rods from his door although across the small brook, produced water much to Mr. Calef's liking and it was his custom to mount a horse, ride over to the tavern and bring back his pail of water, carefully balancing it against the motion of his steed. Children, b. G .:
i. ABIGAIL, b. March 20, 1798.
ii. SALOME, b. Jan. 19, 1801.
iii. HELEN, or HELENA, b. Aug. 21, 1805.
2. AMOS CALEF, brother of John, was b. about 1769; m. Phoebe Church; lived at the present Hi-Way Cabins of Nile Ronning. Children (G. rec.):
i. NANCY, b. Sept. 17, 1804.
3. ii. JOHN CHURCH, b. July 29, 1806.
iii. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 15, 1810.
iv. MARY JANE, b. Aug. 3, 1812.
3. JOHN C. CALEF (Amos2) became a wealthy merchant of Gloucester, Mass. He was described as "a youngster full of life," a favorite with nearly everyone. By an anecdote related a generation ago by C. M. Brown, it is evident that the True family had cause for complaint against him. According to the story, merchant Calef revisited the scenes of his boyhood after an absence of fifty years and was regaled by an old schoolmate of the "Line
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schoolhouse" with mimicry of Mr. True in the days long past: "Venus, Venus, come in the house Come in the house Come-in- the house-now Hear ye what Dad say? Dad says, come-in-the- house ... Stay out there and perish for all Dad cares. Out there a-talking with that John Calef!"
CHAMBERLAIN
1. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, b. in Rowley, Mass., June 19, 1819; m. Louisa Huntley of Lempster, b. July 29, 1819; d. Feb. 13, 1896. He d. Sept. 3, 1872.
CHAMBERLAIN
2. SIMEON2 CHAMBERLAIN, son of Simeon1, a Baptist Minister, and Rhoda (or Ruth?) (Dunham) Chamberlain, was b. Feb. 16, 1817; m. Dec. 11, 1850, Mrs. Mary Ann (Tandy) Spaulding, widow of Lorenzo F. Spaulding, b. Nov. 5, 1816; d. May 30, 1877. He d. Dec. 7, 1880.
3. LORENZO S. CHAMBERLAIN (Simeon2 Simeon1) b. May 12, 1854; m. March 25, 1873, Mary E., dau. of James Mummery of G .; she d. Mar. 27, 1917. He d. May 4, 1914. Children:
i. ALTON S., b. Feb. 9, 1874; m. Mollie Leslie; d. Newport.
ii. MAURICE E., b. July 28, 1875; d. 1888.
iii. VIOLA, b. Jan. 25, 1877; m. Hatch C. Pike.
iv. NORMAN W., b. Oct. 18, 1879; d. 1895.
V. NELLIE M., b. July 30, 1881; d. April 4, 1900.
vi. ROSCOE L., b. May 30, 1883; successful realtor of Kansas City, Mo .; m. Lillian Mathieu of Farmington, Me.
vll. FLORENCE J., b. Aug. 12, 1885; m. Edwin Trow.
viii. ETHEL C., b. May 30, 1888; m. Ernest May; res. Haverhill, Mass.
ix. EDNA, b. Oct. 8, 1890; m. Guy W. Cutts of Newport.
CHELLIS, or CHALLIS
1. EZEKIEL2 CHALLIS, son of Thomas, Sr.,1 was b. at Kingston, July 22, 1765; m. July, 1784, Elizabeth, dau. of John Challis, Sr., b. Sept., 1763. He always took an active part in all town affairs, particularly militia musters; he d. at G., Jan. 28, 1803. She d. at Dracut, Mass., Oct. 19, 1844. Children, the first two b. at King- ston:
i. POLLY, b. May 8, 1785; m. Ezekiel Dwinell.
2. ii. SETH, b. July 27, 1786. (The family removed to Goshen in 1787).
Prepared, 1923, by Mrs. L. Ella (Chellis) Story.
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iii. WILLIAM, b. in G., Dec. 24, 1787; m. Nancy Bartlett.
iv. JOHN, b. June 9, 1789; m. Asenath True; went west early.
v. EZEKIEL3, b. Sept. 5, 1792; m. Sarah, or Sally, Burbank. Children:
1. Elizabeth, b. March 3, 1826; d. 1828.
2. Benjamin, b. Aug. 13, 1829.
3. Candace B. b. Nov. 3, 1831.
4. John A., b. Aug. 6, 1834.
5. Nathaniel P., b. Sept. 6, 1837.
vi. MIRIAM, b. March 7, 1794; m. Dr. Ira Weston.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 21, 1797; d. at G. Jan. 27, 1821.
viii. CANDACE, b. Oct. 7, 1801; m. Freeman Brooks.
2. SETH3 CHELLIS (Ezekiel2 Thomas, Sr.1) m. Oct. 6, 1824. Myra, dau. of Eber Gilbert, b. at Mt. Holly, Vt., April 30, 1796. Children, b. at G .:
i. MARY DWINELL, b. Feb. 13, 1826; authoress; m. S. Frank Lund.
ii. LORINDA, b. Oct. 24, 1827; m. Freeman S. Chellis.
iii. MYRA CORNELIA, b. July 5, 1830; d. 1848, at Dracut, Mass.
iv. SETH GILBERT, b. July 31, 1832; m. Sarah Tower at Lowell, Mass.
CHELLIS
3. SAMUEL F.3 CHELLIS, son of Thomas? (John, Sr.1) and Mary (French) Chellis, b. Aug. 3, 1786; m. Rhoda Watson of Newport, Jan. 28, 1815, and settled in G., where four of their children were born. He d. April 22, 1855. Children:
i. SUSAN FRENCH, b. Dec. 27, 1815; m. Charles Cotton; d. Dec. 15, 1896.
ii. FREEMAN S., b. March 23, 1818; m. Lorinda Chellis; d. in Claremont, Sept. 27, 1907.
iii. MARY MAROA, b. June 15, 1821 (twin sister died); m. George Cotton; d. in Claremont, March 27, 1887.
iv. JOHN HARVEY, b. April 6, 1826; d. in Claremont, Sept. 3, 1900.
(Family rem. to Newport in 1827, where following children were born):
v. GEORGE EDSON, b. Feb. 13, 1828; d. in Conn., Mar. 30, 1898. vi. THOMAS, b. Mar. 11, 1833; d. 1837.
COFRAN
1. BENJAMIN+ COFRAN, son of Lt. Joseph3 (James2 Dea. John1) and Margaret (Murray) Cofran, was b. in Pembroke, N. H., 1779; married Miriam Stevens, b. 1781; d. April 4, 1863. He d. Dec.
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HISTORY OF GOSHEN, N. H.
23, 1857. Lieut. Joseph3 Cofran, his father, d. in Goshen, Mar. 20, 1816. Children of Benjamin and Margaret Cofran:
i. SOPHRONIA, b. Dec. 1, 1801, m. John H. Sprague; res. Clare- mont.
ii. MARY, b. Dec. 9, 1803; m. 1822, Jacob Morrill of Nashua.
iii. NATHANIEL THAYER, b. Aug. 11, 1807; m. May 19, 1834, Susan A. Hayward; lived on the present Wasassier place at the Center.
iv. THANKFUL WILCOX, b. Aug. 30, 1809; d. 1866.
v. MIRIAM, b. Sept. 7, 1811; m. James Baker; d. Mar. 29, 1871.
vi. OLIVER STEVENS, b. July 24, 1813.
vii. SUSAN B., b. Aug. 7, 1815.
viii. JAMES, b. July 14, 1817; d. 1881.
ix. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 7, 1819; d. 1867.
x. LUCINA M. b. Mar. 27, 1822; m. Sawyer.
xi. STEPHEN B. b. May 20, 1825; m. Alma Jane Gunnison; lived at the Gunnison homestead at Goshen Center; d. Sept. 25, 1870. Children:
1. John G. W. Cofran (See Insurance).
2. Imogene, m. Justin Marshall of Lynn, Mass.
2. BETSY+ COFRAN, dau. of Lt. Joseph3, b. 1778; m. Jan. 1, 1800, John Currier, Esq., and res. in Goshen.
CUTTER
1. JOHN CUTTER, JR., son of John Cutter, Esq., of Jaffrey, m. Betsey - ; d. Feb. 5, 1829, aged 40.
An Administrator's sale was advertised in the N. H. Spectator for Friday, March 20, 1829, at the house of the late John Cutter, Jr., in Goshen (at the Corners, believed to be the present Arthur Parks place):
"A great variety of personal property, consisting of nearly all he died possessed of, such as 4 Horses, 4 Oxen, 9 Cows, 9 2-year-old Steers and Heifers, 2 Calves, 58 Sheep; farming utensils, tanner's tools; 15 to 20 Tons of Hay, Grain, Pota- toes, Flax in the bundle, sleighs, Wagons, Harnesses, Upper Leather, Calf Skins, Green Hides, household furniture, etc. etc. John McCrillis, Adm'r.
Children of John Cutter, Jr .:
i. JOHN TELESTUS, b. Jaffrey, Aug. 1, 1811.
ii. LAURA, b. Jaffrey, Dec. 10, 1812.
iii. CLARISSA, b. Jaffrey, Aug. 19, 1814.
iv. EMILY, b. Goshen, Feb. 24, 1816.
V. ERMINA, b. Goshen, Jan. 20, 1818.
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EARLY FAMILIES
vi. ELIZABETH, b. Goshen, March 3, 1820.
viii. CHARLES, b. Goshen, Feb. 22, 1822.
2. ERMINA, eldest dau. of John Cutter, Esq., m. Levi Underwood; died Oct. 17, 1821, aged 24. (Corner cem. ins.)
CUTT, or CUTTS
1. THOMAS CUTT, son of Robert and Mary (Hall) Cutt, b. in Ports- mouth, April 15, 1700; m. April 23, 1723, Dorcas Hammond; d. Jan. 10, 1795.
2. JOSEPH CUTT (Thomas1) b. Aug. 2, 1736; m., Nov. 2, 1758, Mary Stephenson. Moved with his family from Kittery, Me., to Goshen in 1789; d. 1808. They took up 500 acres of wild land in the north part of the town, at the base of Sunapee Mountain. A log house and barn was built on the old, hillside road, east of the Gay place. As their sons came of age they set off a hundred acres of land to each and built them a house. When the youngest, Samuel, received his share the aging parents went to live with him. Mrs. Cutt d. in 1828, aged 94, having been blind for twenty years. Children:
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