History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Part 79

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1168

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Representatives .- The following is a list of rep- resentatives from 1779 to 1886 :

In 1779, Robert McGregor was elected representative to attend at the General Court, at Exeter, for the ensuing year ; 1780, Robert McGregor ; 1781, Enoch Sawyer; 1783-85, Robert McGregor ; 17~6, William Page; 1787, Job Dow; 17×8, William Page ; 1789, voted not to send ; 1790, voted not to send; 1791-92, Robert MeGregor; 1793, voted not to send; 1794-95, John Pattee ; 1796, not given ; 1797. John Pattee ; 1798, Robert MeGregor ; 1799, John Butterfick ; 1800-01, John Butterfield; 1802, Jonathan Gove; 1803-04, John But- terfield; 1805, not given ; 1806-07. John Butterfield; 1808-16. David L. Morrell; 1817, not given ; 1818, William Brown ; 1819-21, John Pattee ; 1>22, Robert Hall; 1823, John Pattee ; 1824-25, Robert Hall : 1826, Jesse Carr; 1827. David Steel and Gideon Flanders ; 1828, Jesse Carr and Eliphalet Richards; 1829, Jesse Carr and Elipbalet Richards ; 1830, David Barr and Charles F. Gove ; 1831, David Barr and Charles F. Gove; 1832, David Barr and Charles F. Gove ; 1833, Charles F. Gove and Noyes Poor; 1834, Charles F. Gove and Noyes Poor ; 1>35, Robert Craig and Jesse Carr; 1836, Robert Craig and Isaac Flan- ders : 1837, Isaac Flanders and Benaiah Richards ; 1838, Benaiah Richards and Henry B. Stevens; 1839, Henry B. Stevens and Moses Pour; 1840, Moses Poor and Benjamin Stevens (second) ; 1>41, Benjamin Stevens (second) and S. T. Jones ; 1>42, Shubael T. Jones and Noves Poor; 1843, Noyes Poor and Elipbalet Richards, Jr. ; 1814, Eliphalet Richards, Jr., and Joseph Sargent; 1845, Eliphalet Richards, Jr , and Joseph sargent ; 1846, Benjamin Stevens (second) and Ephraim Warren ; 1847, Benjamin Stevens (second) and Ephraim War- ren ; 1848, Samuel Gould and Henry Tewksbury ; 1849, Samuel Gould and Henry Tewksbury ; 1850, Alfred Story and George P. Hadley ; 1>51, Benjamin F. Blaisdell and John Tewksbury ; 1852 Benjamin F. Blaisdell and Jo'in Tewksbury ; 1853, Alfred Story and Alonzo F. Carr ; 1854, Seth Woodbury and William Bumton ; 1855, Daniel Little and Seth Wood- bury ; 1856, George P. Hadley and Joseph Dunlap; 1857, John S. Carr and David M. Taggart ; 1858, John S. Carr and David M. Taggart ; 1859, John Dunlap and Gilman Robertson ; 1860, John Dunlap and Gilman Robertson ; 1861, Thomas R. Butterfield and Albert G. Robie ; 1×62, Gideon Flanders and John Gilchrist ; 1863, Gideon Flanders and John Gilchrist ; 1>61. Benjamin Greer and Joseph D. Kennedy ; 1865, Joseph D. Kennedy and Alfred Poor; 1866, David S. Ferson and William P. Warren ; 1867, William H. Eaton and John $. Little ; 1868, Rodney Johnson and John M. Parker; 1869, Lucian D. Hunkins and John Greer; 1,70, George B. Moore and Peter E. Hadley ; 1871, John K. Richardson and Daniel B. Austin ; 1872, David M. Taggart and Thad-

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deus W. Richards ; 1873, Eliphalet Richards and Charles Morgrage ; 1874, Alvin Hadley and Jesse E. Jenkins ; 1875, Kendrick Kendall and Jolin Tewksbury ; 1876, George Cox and William Hadley ; 1877, Lewis H. Stark and Josiah Laselle ; 1878, Franklin Hadley and Amos HI. Merrill ; Leonard Robertson, elected in the fall of 1878; 1880, Sylvanus B. Gil_ chirist ; 1882, David A. Taggart ; 1884, George P. Hadley (second).

Military Record, 1861-65 .- The following are the names of those who enlisted from Goffstown during the late Rebellion, exclusive of the first of the three months' regiment :

John L. Harriman, Samuel A. Kidder, John Bartlett, Sammel Stark, William II. Farmer, Henry Page, Nathan II. Roberts, David A. Page, John L. Manning, Benjamin F. Harriman, Lewis Merrill, Warren P. Elliott, Walter A. Lawrence, Aaron Elliott, Charles Martin, Calvin Mer- rill, Andrew J. Roberts, Walter J. Richards, John M. Stark, Russell Stevens, Henry Rowell, Albert Q. George, George W. Wells, Horace W. Black, Isaac W. Martin, Thomas L. Rich, Rodney Hadley, George N. Cutler, Henry Moore, R. W. Aiken, Nathan A. Gowin, Hiram A. Heath, Frederick Merrell, John A. Heath, Willard P. Thompson, Henry Stark, Solomon Smith, Benjamin D. Belcher, Edwin Stark, Kimball F. Blais- dell, Henry Baker, Edward Barnard, Edwin G. Bowen, Charles Willey, Albert Story, Isaac Willey, Frederick D. Moore, W. H. D. Cochran, Lewis J. Gillis, William B. Hart, Jonathan Boyles, John Quick, Nelson Richards, Nathaniel F. Sweat, Robert Richards, John E. Richards, Oscar Perkins, Lewis R. Caley, John Brown, William Sidney, William O. Mor- grage, Norton R. Moore, Jackson Willard, George Hope, Lewis Saigell, Martin V. Wyman, Trophile Thebadia, Andrew J. Aiken, John B. Lneian, James N. Ganlt, Cyrus N. Sargent, Jerry Breene, Charles H. Lanchester, Francis M. Simpson, Benjamin Buckley, Henry M. Burrows, A. B. Merrell, David A. Worthley, Benjamin Greer, Jr., Isaac B. Ilolt, Clifford K. Burns, Jolm H. Kennedy, William L. Otis, George E. Tirrell, Albert P. Jehonnett, John Tirrell, Henry E. Blaisdell, James Murry, Elbridge Barr, Timothy M'Carthy, Royall H. Bobie, Cornelius D. Dunnaho, Wayland F. Balch, W. H. H. Black, Samuel A. Richards, Joseph Dow, William Sargent, Isaiah L. Sweat, William Provoncia, Horatio O. Tidd, William B. Dodge, Thomas Baker, W. F. Stark, Thomas Howard, Her- man J. Eaton, John Flanigan, Sylvester Godfrey, Patrick Farilee. Ben- jamin F. Quinby, John O'Neil, Marselah A. Merrill, Thomas O. Grady, Henry C. Richards, Leonard N. 'George, Godfrey Jelionnett, Horace Shirley, Jasom Miller, Joseph Comfort.

The following are the names of those who enlisted to go to Portsmouth in 1863, into the Heavy Battery :

Fredrick L. Swartzs, Charles J. Drew, Samuel B. Weston, John S. Poor, James L. Hunkins, Frank Harriman, George A. Gilchrist, Charles Morgrage, Malcom MeLane, Daniel Kidder, Joseph E. Steavens, Edward J Collins, Moses W. Woodbury, George F. Bidwell, Daniel L. Woodbury. William H. D. Cochiran, George Whipple, George A. Merrill, James F. Wyman, Edwin Flanders, Stephen Lawrence, Darwin M. Poor, James R. Ferson, John B. Jones.

Bible Lodge, No. 27, F. and A. M., was chartered May, 1816, with the following charter members: Jonathan Gove, John McGaw, Thomas Raymond, Jesse Carr, William Fowler, Thomas Kenedy, Samuel P. Kidder, Jr., David L. Morill. The First Master was Jonathan Gove, and the Second Master, Jesse Carr.

For a time it ranked among the first lodges in the State. In 1824 a large number of its members petitioned for a lodge in Bedford-Lafayette Lodge, No. 41 (now located in Manchester),-which, with the anti-Masonic excitement, diminished the membership, and in 1835 it was voted to dissolve the lodge.

Bible Lodge, No. 93, F. and A. M., was chartered May 16, 1877, with the following-named persons as charter members : James H. Conner, Josiah Laselle, David A. Paige, Amos H. Merrill, Charles F. George, James G. Taggart, Oren J. Balch, James R. Ferson, Jesse E. Junkins, John K. Richardson, Wallace Cald-

well, Abel M. Davis, Charles E. French, Isaac .J. Paige, Thomas M. Harvell, Henry H. Johnson, J. Frank Warren, Benjamin F. Merrill, Charles H. Hadley. First officers were James H. Conner, Master ; Josiah Laselle, Senior Warden ; David A. Paige, Junior Warden; Amos H. Merrill, Treas. ; Charles F. George, Sec.

The present officers are as follows: James R. Ferson, W. Master; Charles F. George, S. Warden ; Abel M. Davis, J. Warden ; Joseph Cram, Treas .; James H. Conner, Sec .; Isaac J. Paige, Chaplain ; Charles E. French, S. Deacon ; Leslie S. Bidwell, J. Deacon; William H. Colby, S. Steward; Henry W. Parker, J. Steward; John K. Richardson, Marshal; Otis F. Sumner, Tiler; James G. Taggart, Repre- sentative. Past Masters : James H. Conner, Josiah Laselle, David A. Paige, Amos H. Merrill, James G. Taggart.

Webster Lodge, No. 24, I. O. O. F.,1 was instituted March 26, 1877, by Alonzo F. Craig, M. W. Grand Master; Henry A. Farrington, Deputy Grand Master; Joel Taylor, Grand Secretary ; Robert C. Furnald, Grand Treasurer ; Joseph Kidder, Grand Chaplain ; Alfred P. Hendrick, Grand Marshal; Benjamin Fletcher, Jr., P. G., Representative.

The charter members were William H. Weeks, Charles A. Whipple, Robinson Brown, Kendrick Kendall, Frank Blaisdell, M.D., Isaac J. Paige, Nor- man L. Richards, Calvin Richards, Charles G. Bar- nard, Edwin A. Blaisdell, Nathan J. Currier, Calvin Martin, Henry Moore, Frank H. Woodman, William U. Carlton, John E. Leizer, Selwin T. Martin, Edson L. Rand, George W. Paige, Charles C. Hadley, L. Henry Stark, John W. Story, Albert L. Emerson, Henry W. Merrill, Thaddeus W. Richards.

The first officers were R. Brown, N. G. ; Isaac J. Paige, V. G .; William U. Carlton, Secretary ; Frank H. Woodman, Treasurer ; Henry W. Merrill, War- den ; Edwin A. Blaisdell, Conductor ; Frank J. Paige, Outside Guardian ; John E. Leizer, Inside Guardian ; Nathan J. Currier, R. S. N. G. ; Kendrick Kendall, L. S. N. G. ; William H. Weeks, R. S. V. G. ; Charles G. Barnard, L. S. V. G .; George W. Paige, R. Scene Supporter ; Charles A. Whipple. L. Scene Supporter ; Charles C. Hadley, Chaplain ; Kendrick Kendall, Nathan J. Currier, William H. Weeks, Trustees ; L. Henry Stark, Calvin Richards, Henry Moore, Investi- gating Committee; Henry Moore, Calvin Martin, L. Henry Stark, Finance Committee; Frank Blaisdell, M.D., Examining Surgeon.

The Noble Grands have been as follows: R. Brown, I. J. Paige. F. Il. Woodman, C. G. Barnard, William H. Weeks, E. A. Blaisdell, Calvin Martin, F. Blais- dell, K. Kendall, G. W. Paige, S. T. Martin, L. H. Stark, C. H. Gregg, C. Morgrage, F. J. Fletcher.

The present officers are HI. Moore, N. G .; L. S. Bidwell, V. G .; F. Blaisdell, MI.D., Sec .; R. Brown,

' By R. Brown.

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R. S. N. G .; G. Henry Hoit, L. S. N. G. ; William H. Dow, R. S. V. G .; Charles F. Ferson, L. S. V. G. ; Daniel H. Hoit, Right Scene Supporter; Earnest Whitney, Left Scene Supporter; Charles HI. Gregg, Warden ; George B. Stevens, Conductor; Fred. K. Hazen, Inside Guardian ; E. A. Blaisdell, Outside Guardian ; Frank T. Moore, Chaplain ; Representa- tive to Grand Lodge, K. Kendall; C. Morgrage, E. A. Blaisdell, F. J. Fletcher, Finance Committee.

The lodge at present numbers about seventy mem- bers, and is in a flourishing condition ; composed of some of the best citizens of Goffstown.

The Press .- There have been several small publi- cations started in Goffstown from time to time, all, however, being short-lived. The Enterprise, published annually, in the interests of the inhabitants, January 1, 1-70, '71 and '72, by Henry E. Blaisdell ; The Her- all, Mrs. 11. L. Harvey, editress; The Union, Mrs. G. D. Davis, editress, in the interests of the Methodist Society ; The Advertiser, by Frank E. Paige.

Statistical .- The following is the inventory of the town for 1885: Number of polls 475, $47,500; 425 horses, $35,182; 4 mules, $200; 74 oxen, 84826; 821 cow-, $26,357; 561 sheep, $1768; 199 neat stock, 4434; 56 hogs, (taxable), 8462; stock in public funds, $3500; in banks, $8430; in trade, $35,050; mill- and machinery, $9650; money on hand and at interest, $216,448; total valuation, $1,198,327; increase over last year, $26,869; amount of tax levied, $7248.66; rate, including highway tax, 59 cents on $100; num- ber of dogs, 138. There are 281 children in town between the ages of five and fifteen years. Popula- tion. 1699.

Goffstown has varions manufacturing interests which give life and stability to the town. There are three physicians in thetown, -A. F. Carr, C. F. George, and Frank Blaisdell,-and one lawyer, Hon. Samuel Upton. There is one hotel in the village, H. H. Dustin, proprietor; and two summer hotels, the shirley Hill House, S. D. Johnson, proprietor; and the Scribner Hill House, H. S. Scribner, proprietor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN MFGAW PARKER.

W., Caroline and Margaret Ann. By the second union there were also four children,-Hannah A., born November 13, 1819; John McGaw5, born Sep- tember 17, 1822 ; David Adams, born October 5, 1824 ; and William H., born August 6, 1831, who died in infancy. William+ was one of the early settlers of Goffstown, N. H., and became largely identified with the lumbering and the mercantile trade and was also an extensive farmer and, for his time, one of the prominent and successful men of the town. He died August 9, 1839. His wife, Hannah Adams, was a superior woman, a descendant of that honored fam- ily whose representatives were called to the executive head of our nation, whose Christian influence over her family was most ennobling and " whose children now call her blessed." The subject of this sketch at an early age attended the district school of his native town, where he received the rudimentary part of his education, and after some time spent in the academy at Hopkinton, N. H., he completed his edn- cation at old Derry Academy, and entered the store of his father as clerk. After several years of expe- rience in mercantile life gained in his father's store, also in a store in Concord and in the store of William Whittle, in Goffstown, he, in 1843, started on his own account in the mercantile trade at the old stand of his father's, where, in 1847, he associated with him his younger brother, David A.,-under the firm-name of J. M. & D. A. Parker,-and for almost forty years they have pulled together, carrying along large agri- eultural as well as mercantile interests. They have also invested a large capital and engaged exten- sively in the wood and lumber business for many years, and by sound judgment and indomitable energy have accumulated a large property. The building of the Manchester and North Weare Rail- road added greatly to their business facilities, and they became its largest patrons. On the 30th of November, 1854, Mr. Parker married Letitia C., daughter of the late Captain Charles Stinson, of Dunbarton, N. H. Mrs. Parker was born March 9, 1835. The children of this nnion are three,-Charles Stinson, born November 3, 1855 ; Henry Woodman, born February 26, 1859; and Frank Adams, born June 1, 1866. Charles was married, August 30, 1877, to Ella J. Hoit, who died February 3, 1878. Charles and Henry are associated in the mercantile business at Goffstown and are doing a large and profitable business. Mr. Parker is a Republican in politics, and has been elected to various offices, in each of which he has shown fidelity and good sense. He was a member of the State Senate in 1858-59. In 1855 he was elected commissioner for Hillsborough County, serving two terms, and in 1869 represented his town in the General Court. In 1876 and 1877 he was coun- cilor from his district, being eleeted from a strong Democratie district, thus showing his popularity even among political opponents. At the institution of

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missioned by the court as one of the five members, was reappointed in 1881 and selected as president of the board. In 1879, at the organization of the Guar- anty Savings-Bank of Manchester, he was elected president, which office he still holds. He is also one of the directors of the Merchants' National Bank of Manchester. Mr. Parker has been postmaster of his native town, has gained a wide celebrity as a suc- cessful auctioneer, is often called to act as referee in the adjustment of disputed questions, and in all matters of a public nature he takes a most lively in- terest, and has won a most enviable reputation. New Hampshire is justly proud of such a son.

CAPTAIN CHARLES STINSON.

The subject of this sketch was born April 18, 1800, in Dunbarton, N. H. He was grandson of William1 Stinson, one of the early settlers of this town under the Masonian grant of 1751; was born of Scottish parents in Ireland, March 15, 1725. From that country, while young, he emigrated with his father to Londonderry, N. H. In the year 1751-52 he com- menced a settlement in Starkstown (afterward Dun- barton ), where for a time he lived alone in a log cabin, in which, on one occasion, he received as a visitor the Rev. David McGregore. "Not having a table," says the historian of Londonderry, " nor anything that would answer as a better substitute, he was obliged to make use of a basket, turned up." The Rev. Mr. McGregore, in asking a blessing, pertinently implored that his host might be "blessed in his basket and in his store." This blessing was literally fulfilled, as Mr. Stinson became one of the most wealthy persons in the vicinity.

He was prominent in the settlement of the town- ship, and filled with credit many offices of trust and importance, and by industry and economy became one of the most substantial freeholders within twenty miles of his residence.

William Stinson was married to Agnes Caldwell, March 26, 1754, and died August 21, 1803. She was born June 17, 1734, and died July 23, 1818. By this union there were twelve children.

William2 Stinson, Jr., second son of William Stin- son, Sr., born March 4. 1762, married Jane Cochran, of New Boston, N. H., who was born in 1776. He was an excellent farmer and intelligent man. He was often employed in town affairs, was liberal and hospitable, especially to the poor. In him they found a friend.

His wife was a superior woman, who looked well to the ways of her household, and their house was one of the most agreeable visiting-places in town. From this union there were five children. William Stinson, Jr., died April 8, 1822. Jane C. Stinson died April 28, 1820.

Captain Charles3 Stinson was the oldest son of William Stinson, Jr. At an early age he displayed a love for farming, and made progress in the district school. At Bradford Academy, Massachusetts, he

ultimately acquired what education it was his privilege to obtain. When eighteen years of age he was ap- pointed commander of Dow's Troop. He was an active officer during the celebrated Goffstown muster, where he obtained the title that followed him through life. He was well known in this section of the State for his good judgment and his sound integrity.

As a farmer he was active, and naturally of a strong constitution, he was able to carry on a great amount of work, and as a reward of his industry, he added to his original inheritance a good property.

As a resident of Dunbarton, N. H., he was active and prominent in its affairs. He was county com- missioner, selectman, treasurer and twice elected to the Legislature. In 1867 he sold his large estate and moved to Goffstown, where he spent the remainder of his days in quietness and attending to his business affairs.

Captain Charles Stinson married Susan, daughter of Robert and Prudence Cochran, of Sharon, Vt., May 15. 1831. Susan was born October 27, 1803, and died March 23, 1838. He married, second, Mary Ann, daughter of Moses and Sally Poore, of Goffstown, N. H., May 29, 1839, born August 28, 1811.

Captain Charles Stinson died August 8, 1878. There were three children by the first union, and one by the second.

Children,-Jane1 Stinson, born October 5, 1833, married Wallace Caldwell, of Byfield, Mass., July 15, 1858.

Letitia C.2 Stinson, born March 9, 1835, married John M. Parker, of Goffstown, November 30, 1854.

Susan C.3 Stinson, born October 22, 1837, married George Byron Moore, November 29, 1860. Mr. Moore died of pneumonia April 11, 1872. On May 17, 1877. she married Judge Edwin S. Jones, of Minneapolis. Minn., where she now resides.

Mary A.' Stinson, born August 1, 1841, married Charles A. Pillsbury, September 13, 1866, of Minne- apolis, Minn., where she now resides.

THE SHIRLEY FAMILY.

The first ancestor of the New Hampshire Shirley-, of whom we have any record, was James Shirley, who was born, probably, in the north of Ireland, in Ulster County, in 1649. This was the year that Cromwell sent his famous Ironside Legion into Ire- land, and avenged the terrible massacre of the Prot- estants in 1641. It is not improbable that the ances- tors of James Shirley, if not James himself, came from Scotland to Ireland in one of those currents of emigration that set out from one country to the other, as the waves of religious persecution swept hither and thither, as Catholie or Protestant was in the ascendant. It is even possible that James Shirley, as well as his ancestors, may have been a native of Scotland, and, with his parents, have been among the exiles driven from Scotland, in 1660, under the

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cruel persecutions of James Graham, of Claverhouse, who was the tool of James, viceroy of Scotland and brother of James HI. These immigrants from Scot- land were Presbyterians. Fifty years before, in 1612, many of their ancestors had settled in Ulster, on lands confiscated upon the overthrow of the Earl of Tyrone, who had rebelled against James I. This immigration kept up until 1641, when the hatred of the natives had so increased that it culminated in an attempt to exterminate the entire Protestant popula- tion, and in the attempt forty thousand Protestants were slain. This massacre was avenged by Cromwell, who, for the first time, brought all Ireland to Eng- land's feet. For forty years more the Scotch and Irish lived side by side in the north of Ireland, al- ways hating and always at feud with each other. The expulsion of James II. from the throne of Eng- land, in 1688, was followed by the accession of Wil- liam HII. and a new religions war in Ireland, the Catholic Irish supporting James, and the Presbyterian Scotch rallying about the standard of William. It was during this turbulent period-1690-91-that the famous siege of Londonderry occurred. William tri- umphed, and in the battles of the Boyne and Augh- rim the cause of James and the Catholics was over- thrown. But the brave defenders of Londonderry fared but little better than their Catholic besiegers. The acts passed in the interest of the Church of Eng- land bore as heavily against the Scotch Presbyterians as against the Irish Catholics. Many emigrated, and among the number was the faithful band that settled Londonderry. They sailed in five vessels, and landed in Boston, August 4, 1718. That winter they passed in Casco Bay, suffering terribly. The next year they heard of Nutfield, on the Merrimack, settled there and renamed it Londonderry. Thence they spread, and they and their children became the pioneer set- tlers of Derry, Chester, Windham, Bedford and Goffs- town. James Shirley arrived in Chester in 1730, at the great age of seventy-six, bringing with him a full-grown family. He was a farmer, and is chron- ieled as living to the extraordinary age of one hun- dred and five years. It will thus be seen that the Shirleys spring from a hardy, industrious, reliant and long lived ancestry.

With James! Shirley came three sons, -John2, James" and Deacon Thomas ?. Captain James? Shir- ky, who died in 1796, was a seventh son, and famous for curing king's evil (or scrofula) by the stroke of the hand. Thomas- was born in Ireland in 1728, and died in Goffstown in 1808, aged eighty years. His son, James", was born in Chester in 1759, and died in Goffstown, March 31, 1855, aged ninety-six years. He married Mary Moore, daughter of Colonel Daniel Moore, an officer in the Revolutionary War. For his second wife be married Mrs. Abigail MeOutchins, the mother of Moses and General Luther MeCutchins, Mrs. John Swallow and Mrs. Robert M. Shirley. Their children were Naney', Jane ', Thomas4, Daniel

M.4, James+, John 4, Gilman4, William 4 and Rob- ert M.

Nancy+ Shirley, born 1784; died December 12, 1818; married Joshua Vose, of Bedford; children,- Joshua, Daniel, James and Nancy.

Jane4, born 1785; died December 9, 1865; married William MeKinney, of Newberg, Ind .; children,- Margaret. born 1806; Mary, born 1808; John, born 1810; James, born 1810; William, born 1814; Thom- as, born 1817; Joshua, born 1819; Nancy, born 1822; Harriet, born 1825; Martha, born 1828; Cornelia, born 1830; Cordelia, born 1830.

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History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Part 79

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis Number of Pages: 1168

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1168