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The institution now seemed dead beyond the pos- sibility of a resurrection ; but it is sometimes "dark- est just before day." In 1872 died Robert McGaw, the earliest and stanchest friend of the school, and his will provided an endowment of ten thousand dol- lars, with these conditions,-
Ist. That the name should be changed to McGaw Normal Institute, implying that the character of the school should be restored, as nearly as possible, to what it was when started by Professor Russell.
2d. That in case the work of the school should be interrupted for two years, the endowment should go to Dartmouth College.
It was Deacon McGaw's purpose to make it possi- ble for the people of Merrimack to have a good High School, but to throw on them a part of the responsi- bility of sustaining it, believing that such a relation of mutual dependence and helpfulness would be better than to make the school entirely independent.
Edward P. Parker became president of the cor- poration, and Francis A. Gordon treasurer; the con- ditions of the will were accepted, and the citizens of Merrimack were invited to assist in opening and sus- taining a school. Certain persons responded heartily to this appeal, but the apathy among the people generally was so discouraging that the stockholders determined to proceed independently.
The income from the endowment and rents, amounting to some twelve hundred dollars, was expended in putting the building in good repair, and in the spring of 1875, Bartlett H. Weston was in- stalled as principal.
He received six hundred and fifty dollars per year and the free use of the building, together with what he could get from tuition fees.
He opened with twenty-nine students, and the num- ber increased to forty-eight the following winter, after which there was a falling off' until the spring of 1879, when Mr. Weston resigned. The average enrollment during his last year was a fraction less than twenty-five.
The next principal was Elliot Whipple, who was employed in June, 1879, on the same terms as Mr. Weston, except that he received only four hundred and twenty-five dollars per year from the income from the endowment, it being the desire of the stockholders to reserve something for repairs.
Mr. Whipple began with twenty-three students, and his average enrollment the first year was a frae-
tion over twenty-five, which number increased to about forty in 1883 and 1884, the largest number en- rolled in any one term being fifty in the winter of 1884. The following year more teaching force was provided in the expectation of an increased attend- ance ; but notwithstanding the fact that the students now had the full time and energy of three regular instructors, the attendance fell off so that the average enrollment for the year elosing April 24, 1885, was only about thirty.
The report of the State superintendent of public instruction for 1884 shows that of New Hampshire's fifty academies, only ten have a larger attendance than MeGaw Institute.
Since Mr. Whipple took charge the following per- sons have graduated :
From the four years' course: John F. Chase, of Litchfield ; Isaac N. Center, of Litchfield; Clara S. Kittredge, of Merrimack. From the three years' course : Fred. E. Winn, of Hudson; Walter E. Kittredge, of Merrimack ; E. Monroe Parker, of Merrimack ; Harlan W. Whipple, of Merrimack ; Sherman Hobbs, of Pelham ; Sarah C. Moulton, of Merri- mack. From the two years' course: Jennie U. Elliott, of Merrimack ; Addie M. Johnson, of Northumberland ; Clara E. Ilenderson, of Merri- mack ; Carrie A. Tirrell, of Goffstown ; Maud Whipple, of Merrimack ; Emma B. Winn, of Hudson.
Of these, four are continuing their studies in higher institutions and nine are engaged in teaching.
A hasty glance at the list of former students reveals the names of several who have honored the institu- tion by what they have done in the world. Among them we notice Mark Bailey, professor of elocution in Yale College; Hon. Daniel Barnard, of Franklin, N. H .; Joseph Cushman, afterwards one of the prin- cipals of the school, now deceased; Levi Wallace, afterwards principal of the institute and now a law- yer in Groton, Mass .; John Swett, for many years superintendent of public instruction in California ; Mrs. H. N. Eaton, of Merrimack, a poetess and writer of considerable ability ; Walter Kittredge, of Merri- mack, who sang in company with the Hutchinson family many years, and now travels, giving musical en- tertainments alone, also is the author of "Tenting on the Old Camp-Ground," of which one hundred thou- sand copies have been sold, "No Night There," " The Golden Streets" and numerous other pieces ; John Pearson, of Pennacook ; John Goddard, of New York Rev. John W. Lane, of North Hadley, Mass .; Eugene W. Bowman, city clerk of Nashua; Granville Web- ster, sub-master in the Elliot School, Boston.
CHAPTER XII.
MERRIMACK-(Continued).
CIVIL LIST.
SELECTMEN, REPRESENTATIVES, ETC.
[The order of names indicates the rank as first, second or third select- man. No representative was elected for several years].
1746 .- Phinehas Underwood, John Usher, Zecharialı Stearns, selectmen.
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1747 .- P. Underwood, Z. Stearns, William Lund, selectmen.
1748 .- Captain Jonathan Cummings, P. Underwood, William Patten, selectmen.
1749 .- P. Underwood, J. Cummings, Joseph Barnes, selectmen.
1750 .- P. Underwood, Thomas Vickere, James Moor, Jr., selectmen.
1751 .- P. Underwood, J. Barnes, J. Cummings, selectmen.
1752 .- P. Underwood, John Chamberlain, Joseph Blanchard, selectmen. 1753 .- Same as previous year.
1754 .- P. Underwood, William Alld, Charity Lund, selectmen.
1755 .- P. Underwood, W. Alld, Thomas Vickere, Jr., selectmen.
1756 .- J. Blanchard, W. Alld, John Usher, selectmen.
1757 .- J. Blanchard, P. Underwood, Thomas Barnes, selectmen.
1758 .- J. Blanchard, Alexander Miller, William Patten, selectmen.
1759 .- Samuel Caldwell, James Minot, W. Alld, selectmen.
1760 .- J Blanchard, John McClench, Timothy Taylor, selectmen.
1761 .- Same as previous year.
1762 .- Samuel Caldwell, J. Blanchard, Samuel Spalding, selectmen.
1763 .- Edward G. Lutwyche, Thomas Barnes, Benjamin Baxter, selectmen.
1764 .- Samuel Caldwell, J. Blanchard, Thomas Vickere, selectmen.
1765 .- Same as previous year.
1766 .- Simeon Cummings, Henry Fields, Captain Thomas Barnes, selectmen.
1767 .- S. Caldwell, J. Chamberlain, Captain William Alld, selectmen. 1768 .- S. Caldwell, J. Chamberlain, Solomon Hutchinson, selectmen.
1769 .- J. Chamberlain, S. Hutchinson, S. Caldwell, selectmen.
1770 .- W. Alld, S. Spalding, Jonathan Cummings, Jr., selectmen.
1771 .- John Neal, Hugh Ramsey, John McClench, selectinen ; John Chamberlain, representative.
1772 .- J. Neal, H. Ramsey, Augustus Blanchard, selectmen ; Captain William Alld, chosen August, probably to fill a vacancy.
1773 .- A. Blanchard, Colonel Ebenezer Nichols, Captain J. Chamber- lain, selectmen.
1774 .- J. Neal, Captain T. Barnes, 11. Fields, selectmien ; Captain J. Chamberlain, representative.
1775 .- Captain J. Chamberlain, Jacob McGaw, Simeon Cummings, selectmen ; Captain J. Chamberlain, representative, and Jacob McGaw, delegate to the New Hampshire Provincial Congress.
1776 .- J. Neal, S. Cummings, William Wallace, selectmen ; Matthew Patten, representative.
1777 .- Augustus Blanchard, S. Cummings, H. Fields, selectmen ; Captain Sammel Patten, representative for Merrimack and Bedford.
1778 .- S. Cummings, H. Fields, Captain T. Barnes, selectmen ; Lieu- tenant John Orr, of Bedford, representative for both towns.
1779 .- S. Hutchinson, S. Cummings, Ebenezer Hills, selectmen ; Wyseman Claggett, representative for Merrimack and Bedford.
1780 .- S. Hutchinson, H. Fields, Timothy Taylor, selectmen.
1781 .- Captain Stephen Wilkins, Captain William Barron, Ensign Benjamin Vickere, selectmen ; Jacob MeGaw, representative for Merri- mack and Bedford.
1782 .- Captain S. Wilkins, Captain W. Barron, Ens. B. Vickere, select- men ; Lieutenant John Orr, of Bedford, representative.
1783 .- S. Cummings, Matthew Thornton, Samuel Foster, selectmen
1784 .- Timothy Taylor, J. McGaw, Marsten Fields, selectmen ; James Martin, of Bedford, representative.
1785 .- S. Cummings, J. McGaw, T. Taylor, selectmen ; T. Taylor, representative.
1786 .- S. Cummings, J. McGaw, Ebenezer Parker, selectmen ; Captain W. Barron, representative.
1787 .- J. Mccaw, E. Parker, Jotham Gillis, selectmen.
1788 .- E. Parker, Lieut. - Walker, Solomon Danforth, selectmen ; T. Taylor, representative.
1789 .- E. Parker, S. Danforth, James Gilmore, Samuel Mckean, James Combs, five selectmen being chosen this year.
1790 .- Samuel Mckean, Deacon Aaron Gage, Samuel Spalding, Jr., selectmen ; T. Taylor, representative.
1791 .- S. McKean, S. Danforth, J. Gillis, selectmen.
1792 .- S. McKean, S. Danforth, James Combs, selectmen.
1793 .- S. Danforth, J. Combs, J. Gillis, selectmen ; T. Taylor, repre_ sentative.
1794 .- Same as previous year.
1795 .- Selectmen same ; J. McGaw, representative.
1796 .- Selectmen same ; Captain James Thornton, representative.
1797 .- Selectmen same ; S. Cummings, representative.
1798 .- Selectmen same ; Samuel Foster, representative.
1799 .- S. Danforth, J. Combs, Cornelius Barnes, selectmen ; S. Foster, representative.
1800 .- Same as previous year.
1801 .- Lieutenant Samuel Cotton, Captain James Lund, Lieutenant Henry Fields, selectmen ; S. Foster, representative.
1802 .- S. Danforth, Capt. J. Lund, Deacon Benjamin Nourse, selectmen ; S. Foster, representative.
1803 .- S. Danforth, Lieutenant John Aiken, Deacon B. Nourse, select- men ; S. Foster, representative.
1804 .- Same as previous year.
1805 .- Simeon Kenney, B. Nourse, Daniel Ingalls, selectmen ; S. Foster, representative.
1806 .- Selectmen same; J. Thornton, representative.
1807 .- S. Kenney, B. Nourse, Nathan Parker, selectmen ; Samuel McConihe, representative.
1808 .- Deacon S. Danforth, S. Kenney, Robert McGaw, selectmen ; J. Thornton, representative.
1809 .- S. Kenney, S. McConihe, Captain Samuel Fields, selectmen ; J. Thornton, representative.
1810 .- S. Kenney, Captain S. Fields, Lieutenant Samuel Barron, select- men ; J. Thornton, representative.
1811 .- S. Kenney, Lieutenant S. Barron, Cosmo Lund, selectmen ; Daniel Ingalls, representative.
1812 .- Selectmen same ; J. Thornton, representative.
1813 .- Selectmen same ; H. Fields, representative.
1814 .- Cosmo Lund, Aaron Gage, Jr., Solomon Danforth, Jr., selectmen ; H. Fields, representative.
1815 .- Selectmen same ; D. Ingalls, representative.
1816 .- C. Lund, A. Gage, Thomas MeCalley, selectmen ; D. Ingalls, representative.
1817 .- Selectmen same; Aaron Gage, Jr., representative.
1818 .- A. Gage, Jr., S. Kenney, John Conant, selectmen ; A. Gage, representative.
1819 .- Abel Goodrich, S. Danforth, Jr., T. McCalley, selectmen ; A. Gage, representative.
1820 .- A. Goodrich, S. Danforth, Jr., Robert McGaw, selectmen ; A. Gage, representative.
1821 .- C. Lund, D. Ingalls, Samuel Barron, Jr., selectmen ; A. Gage, representative.
1822 .- C. Lund, S. Barron, Jr., Levi Wilkins, selectmen ; A. Gage, representative.
1823 .- Same as previous year.
1824 .- S. Kenney, S. Barron, Jr., L. Wilkins, selectmen; A. Gage, representative.
1825 .- A. Gage, Jr., L. Wilkins, Martin Crooker, selectmen ; Henry T. Ingalls, representative.
1826 .- Daniel L. Herrick, L. Wilkins, John P. Wallace, selectmen ; H. T. Ingalls, representative.
1827 .- L. Wilkins, M. Crooker, S. Barron, Jr., selectmen ; James B. Thornton, representative.
1828 .- M. Crooker, S. Barron, Jr., Francis Odall, selectmen ; J. B. Thornton, representative.
1829,-Same as previous year.
1830 .- M. Crooker, Oliver Spalding, Jr., James McCalley, selectmen ;
J. B. Thornton, representative.
1831 .- 0. Spalding, Jr., J. McCalley, Jonathan Barron, selectmen ; Joseph Litchfield, representative.
1832 .- Same as previous year.
1833 .- J. McCalley, MI. Crooker, Francis Odall, selectmien ; Samuel Mcl'onihe, representative.
1834 .- J. McCalley, David Jones, Joseph N. Gage, selectmen ; S. McConihe, representative.
1835 .- David Jones, Levi Wilkins, Leonard Kendall, selectmen ; S. Barron, Jr., representative.
1836 .- L. Wilkins, L. Kendall, Augustus Cragin, selectmen ; and William B. Wheeler, vice Kendall, removed from town. S. Barron, Jr., representative.
1837 .- L. Wilkins, Joseph B. Holt, Joseph Barnes, selectmen ; Oliver Spalding, Jr., representative.
1838 .- F. Odall, W. B. Wheeler, Obediah Marland, selectmen ; O. Spalding, Jr., representative.
1839 .- 0. Marland, Ephraim W. Livingston, Leonard Walker, select- men ; F. Odall, representative.
1840 .- L. Walker, E. W. Livingston, O. Spalding, Jr., selectmen ; F. Odali, representative.
1841 .- D. Jones, Elkanah P. Parker, William McKean, selectmen ; R. McGaw, representative.
1842 .- O. Spalding, John Gilson, Jr., Edward Wheeler, selectmen ; L. Walker, representative.
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1843 .- W. MeKean, E. P. Parker, Joseph B. Holt, selectmen ; L. Walker, representative.
1844 .- J. B. Ilolt, D. Jones, Daniel Moor, Jr., selectmen ; James U. Parker, representative.
1845 .- D. Jones, D. Moore, Jr., Daniel T. Ingalls, selectmen ; J. U. Parker, representative.
1846 .- D. Moore, Jr., D. T. Ingalls, James Parker, selectmen ; David T. Jones, representative.
1847 .- W. McKean, J. Parker, Ira Spalding, selectmen ; David Jones, representative.
1848 .- W. Mckean, I. Spalding, Robert W. French, selectmen ; J. B. Ilolt, representative.
1849 .- R. W. French, S. Kenney, John L. Bowers, selectmen ; J. B. Holt, representative.
1850 .- S. Kenney, J. L. Bowers, Francis A. Chamberlain, selectmen ; R. McGaw, representative.
1851 .- Alexander McCally Wilkins, F. A. Chamberlain, Elijah P. Parkhurst, selectmen ; W. Mckean, representative.
1852 .- A. M. Wilkins, E. P. Parkhurst, Benjamin Kidder, selectmen ; John Eayers, representative.
1853 .- A. M. Wilkins, B. Kidder, Nathan Parker, selectmen ; D. T. Ingalls, representative.
1854 .- A. M. Wilkins, N. Parker, Ward Parker, selectmien; D. T. Ingalls, representative.
1855 .- John Wheeler, Smith E. Fields, James Hay, selectmen ; Simeon Kenney, Jr., representative.
1856 .- S. E. Fields, J. Ilay, Hosea B. Spalding, selectmen ; A. M. Wilkins, representative.
1857 .- David Jones, Thomas l'arker, Abiel Holt, selectmen ; Harrison Eaton, representative.
1858 .- D. Jones, T. Parker, Abner C. Darrah, selectmen ; II. Eaton, representative.
1859 .- T. Parker, A. C. Darrah. Jeremiah Woods, selectmen ; William T. Parker, representative.
1860 .- E. T. Parkhurst, George F. Spalding, Israel C. Crooker, select- men ; W. T. Parker, representative.
1861 .- G. F. Spalding, Ward Parker, A. C. Darrah, selectmen ; S. Ken- ney, representative.
1862 .- Ward Parker, J. Wheeler, Franklin Herrick, selectmen ; El- kanah P. Parker, representative.
1863 .- J. Wheeler, F. Herrick, Sumner Morgan, selectmen ; E. P. Parker, representative.
1864 .- J. Wheeler, F. Ilerrick, David Jones, selectmen ; E. P. Parker, representative.
1865 .- John L. Spalding, Ward Parker, Eri Kittredge, selectmen ; E. P. Parker, representative.
1866 .- S. Kenney, Ward Parker, E. Kittredge, selectmen ; could not agree on a representative.
1867 .- J. L. Spalding, Ward Parker, Walter Read, selectmen ; A. C. Darralı, representative.
1868 .- A. M. Wilkins, Frederick F. Walker, Isaac Fitts, selectmen ; A. C. Darrah, representative.
1869 .- J. Wheeler, T. Parker, Henry J. Wilson, selectmen ; Benjamin Ela, representative.
1×70 .- J. Wheeler, T. Parker, H. J. Wilson, selectmen ; B. Ela, repre- sentative.
1871 .- Marcellus Houghton, Jolin L. Read, William McQuesten, selectmen ; could not agree on a representative.
1×72 .- T. Parker, W. McQuesten, G. F. Spalding, selectmen ; James B. Greeley, representative.
1873 .- Proctor P. Parkhurst, W. McQuesten, Nelson II. Brown, select- men ; T. Parker, representative.
1874 .- 1. Fitts, Artemas Knight, Horace W. Wilson, selectmen ; T. Parker, representative.
1875 .- I. Fitts, A. Knight, A. C. Darrah, selectmen ; George C. In- galls, representative.
1876 .- 11. W. Wilson, Levi F. Lowell, George E. Patterson, selectmen ; G. (. Ingalls, representative.
1877 .- Selectmen same ; Ward Parker, representative.
1878 .- Selectmen same ; Carmi M. Parker, representative.
1879 .- G. E. Patterson, Joseph Cross, Henry F. Herrick, selectmen ; Carmi M. Parker, representative. Biennial sessions of Legislature began this year, so that henceforward a representative was elected only once in two years.
1880 .- H. W. Wilson, J. Cross, II. F. Herrick, selectmen.
1881 .- J. Cross, John Wheeler, G. E. Patterson, selectmen ; Matthew P. Nichols, representative.
1882 .- J. Cross, J. Wheeler, Hermon S. Fields, selectmen.
1883 .- T. Parker, H. S. Fields, Everett E. Parker, selectmen ; Johu Wheeler, representative.
1884 .- 11. S. Fields, E. E. Parker, Cleveland C. Beard, selectmen. 1885 .- E. E. Parker, C. C. Beard, Daniel Jones, selectmen ; Levi F. Lowell, representative.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE SINCE 1812.
George Albee, Samuel C. Anderson, Samuel Barron, Jr., John L. Bowers, Egbert A. Bannan, Wentworth Clagget, Jonathan Corliss, Mar- tin Crooker, Stephen Crooker, Simeon Cummings, Daniel O. Danforth, Aber C. Darrah, Harrison Eaton, James Eayres, John Eayres, William Eayres, Benjamin Ela, Joseph Farwell, Henry Fields, Isaac Fitts, Abdiel Goodrich, Francis A. Gordon, Hendrick W. Gordon, Chancy T. Ilarris, David Henderson, Franklin Herrick, Joseph B. Holt, Charles E. Hum- phrey, George C. Ingalls, Daniel T. Ingalls, Henry T. Ingalls, Caleb Jones, David Jones, Simeon Kenney, Benjamin Kidder, Asa Knight, HIen- ry A. Lawrence, Ephraim W. Livingstone, Obediah Marland, Jas. McCal- ley, John McConihe, Massena McConihe, S. McConihe, I. McGaw, Robert MeGaw, William McKean, James L. Moone, Charles S. Nesmith, Matthew P. Nichols, Benjamin Nourse, Frank H. Ober, Nathaniel J. Oliver, James U. Parker, Nathan Parker, Carmi M. Parker, Edward P. Parker, William T. Parker, Warren W. Pillsbury, Reuben H. Pratt, Eleazer Roby, John T. Reed, George F. Spalding, John S. Spalding, Ilosea B. Spalding, Oliver Spalding, Oliver Spalding, Jr., Daniel Stevens, James Thornton, James B. Thornton, James P. Walker, Leonard Walker, Edward Wheeler, Alexander McCalley Wilkins.
CHAPTER XIII.
MERRIMACK-( Continued).
SECRET SOCIETIES. .
ALL the secret organizations now existing in town are those formed for social and benevolent purposes, and their work is so well known as not to need any explanation.
Thornton Grange, No. 31, was organized May 18, 1874, with thirty members. It has had a prosperous career, and now numbers one hundred and one mem- bers.
The presiding officers have been as follows : Ward Parker, John McAfee, George W. Moulton, Walter Kittredge, Everett E. Parker and William F. Kitt- redge.
Naticook Lodge, I. O. G. T., was instituted January 18, 1876, with sixty members. Its presiding officers have been as follows : James T. Jones, Ira G. Wil- kins, Truman B. Knight, Henry L. MeKean, Samuel G. Chamberlain, John G. Read, Oliver B. Green, Harrison E. Herrick, Walter A. J. Kittredge, William F. Kittredge, Warren J. Ayer, William T. Parker, Warren W. Pillsbury, George W. Moulton, Charles E. Wilson, George P. Foskett, Daniel C. Barron, Everett L. Hunter, Willard H. Kempton, Cleveland C. Beard.
Webster Commandery, U. O. G. C., No. 161, was established October 17, 1881, with fourteen members, which number has since increased to thirty-three. There have been no deaths and no withdrawals.
The presiding officers have been as follows : J. G. Read, George W. Moulton, James T. Jones, Warren W. Pillsbury, Horatio Bowers, William M. West.
The James S. Thornton Post, G. A. R., No. 33,
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was organized in January, 1885, with twenty-five members. Cleveland C. Beard, presiding officer.
CHAPTER XIV. MERRIMACK-( Continued). GENEALOGIES.
THE following genealogies are limited to persons born in Merrimack, it being outside the scope of this work to follow the descendants who have emigrated to other places. Other families might have been given with equal propriety, the only consideration in choosing these for record being the availability of information concerning them.
Barnes .- Lieutenant Thomas Barnes, from Plym- outh County, Mass., settled where Dana Hutchinson now lives, previous to 1746. He had four sons and five daughters, but it is not known that any of his descendants now live in town.
His brother, Dr. Joseph Barnes, was the first phy- sician in town, and was the father of Lieutenant Reuben, from whom are descended a numerous posterity now living in this town and elsewhere.
His children were Reuben2, Joseph, Samuel, John (settled in Dracut, Mass.), Sally (died young), Eleanor (settled in Boston), Joanna (married Henry Fretts) and Polly (settled in Dracut).
The children of Reuben2 were Hannah (married Ira Mears, of Merrimack), Rebecca (died young), Ann (married Nelson Longa, of Merrimack), Lucy (settled in Chelmsford, Mass.), Dolly (married, as a second husband, Solomon Barron, of Merrimack), James (died young), David (settled in Merrimack), John (settled in Merrimack), Joel (went West), Eliza R. (settled in Nashna), Lavinia.
The children of Hannah Mears were Jane (went West), Mattie (settled in Manchester), George (went West), Stella (lives in Boston).
Ann Longa's children were Washington (settled in Manchester), Charles (settled in Nashua, where his daughter, May E., was born, and then returned to Merrimack), John (lives in Nashua), Sarah (married Henry T. I. Blood, of Merrimack).
Sarah Blood's children are Clinton, -, Charley, Annie, Bertha and Mary.
Dolly Barron's children were Sarah (married Charles Longa, and settled in Nashua), John (settled in Nebraska), Clarence (died young), Daniel (settled in Merrimack).
David Barnes' children were Charles (settled in Massachusetts), Sarah (settled in Nashua), Willie (settled in Massachusetts), Almira (died unmarried), Ella Etta (died unmarried), Frank (settled in Lowell).
The children of John Barnes were Edgar (settled in Brookline), Clinton (died unmarried), Fred. (lives in Nashua), Lillian (died unmarried), Addie (lives in Londonderry), Nellie (lives in Townsend, Mass).
The children of Joseph Barnes were Charles, Hiram and two daughters.
The children of Samuel were Betsy (married John Connary, of Milford, and afterwards a Mr. Goodwin), Samuel2 (settled in Boston), Solomon (lived in Merri- mack), Jane (married Elijah Leech, of Milford), Amanda (married Moses Pinghram, of Derry), Hannah (married Morrison Sanderson, of Merrimack), Nancy (married Joseph Day, of Derry).
The children of Hannah Sanderson were Nancy J. (died unmarried), Lorenzo (lives in Fitchburg, Mass.), Ellen (lives in Merrimack), Dana (lives in Merrimack), Orrin (lives in Merrimack).
The children of Joanna Fretts were Harriet (settled in Iowa), Lorena (settled in Nashua), George (settled in Vermont), Catherine (died young), Richard (settled in Merrimack), Henry2, Emmeline (settled in New Bedford).
The children of Richard Fretts are Emma, Henry and Laura (all living in Merrimack).
Chamberlain .- Captain John Chamberlain came from Groton, Mass., in 1734, and built mills at Souhegan, as elsewhere stated. He built the first bridge across the Souhegan, at the village, at his own expense.
He surrounded his log cabin with pickets as a de- fense against the Indians, and when he went to work in his field he took his family with him for safety. He was a man of great powers of both mind and body, and was prominent in town affairs for many years.
Once, when a member of the Provincial Assembly, a member of the Council, vexed at their refusing to concur in some measure proposed by the Council, said, in his passion,-
" I wish the Assembly were all in heaven."
The ready reply of Chamberlain was, " I should not object to that, sir, were it not that we should lose the pleasure of the company of His Majesty's Coun- cil.
His children were Nabby (lived in Merrimack), Rachel (lived in Merrimack), Susie (lived in Merri- mack), Josiah (lived in Merrimack), Rebecca (lived in Merrimack), Silas (settled on Isaiah Herrick's place, and afterwards left town), Joseph (settled on Henry Herrick's place).
The children of Joseph were Joseph2 (settled in Merrimack, and afterwards removed to Boston), Samuel (settled in Merrimack), Reuben (settled in Merrimack, and afterwards removed to Billerica, Mass.), Moody (settled in Merrimack, and afterwards removed to Terre Haute, Ind.), James (settled in Merrimack, and afterwards removed to Vermont), Roxy (settled in Nashua), Milly (lived in Merri- mack), Augustus (settled in Terre Haute, Ind.).
The children of Samuel were Frank A. (settled in Merrimack) and Samuel G. (settled and reared a family in Merrimack, and removed to Lake village).
The children of Samuel G. were Ellen (died young), Charlotte (died young), Elvord G. (settled in Boston), Harriet (died young).
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Fields .- There were four brothers and a sister of this family who came to this town from Andover, Mass., just before the Revolution.
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