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Franklin A. Hill, Charles Steele,
Emery Parker, Kimball Webster,
Augustus F. Morrison, Willard H. Webster,
Alfred C. Ripley.
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HUDSON IN THE CIVIL WAR AND OTHER WARS
The names of these twenty-four substitutes, together with thirteen other recruits furnished by the town, all be- ing non-residents, and principally aliens, are omitted.
In making up the foregoing lists of soldiers, it has been the purpose of the compiler to give the names of those, and those only, who were residents of this town, a few of which are credited to other towns.
It has also been our endeavor to make the lists perfect and complete, so as to include the names of all the resi- dents of Hudson who served in the army or navy of the United States in any capacity during the war; yet it is pos- sible that omissions may have occurred in instances of men enlisting in other states or in the navy; but if there are any such, it is believed that they are very few in number.
At the close of the war this town was credited at the Adjutant General's office with twelve more men than its full quota under all the calls for soldiers, and it was claimed that twenty-one more men than its quota had been fur- nished, after allowing all due credits to other towns.
The entire number of enlistments credited to Hudson by the Adjutant General was one hundred and twenty-five.
The amount of bounties paid by the town, a portion of which was afterwards reimbursed by the State and United States, was thirty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty- five dollars. ($36,725.)
The whole number of different men enlisted, as shown by the foregoing lists was . 106
Of this number one was discharged by civil authority 1
Number of men in the service 105
Re-enlisted
9
Wounded .
13
Taken prisoners . 4
Transferred to Veteran Invalid Corps . 6
Killed
4
Died of wounds 3
Died of disease 9
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HISTORY OF HUDSON
Drowned 1
Discharged for disability 15
Officers 2
Deserted 3
Honorably discharged at end of service 68
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MEXICAN WAR
In the war between the United States and Mexico, in 1847, Hudson furnished at least one soldier. He was John F. Marsh, born here February 1, 1828, who served several months in the Ninth Regiment of the United States Army, otherwise known as the New England Regiment, command- ed by Col. Franklin Pierce under Gen. Winfield Scott.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Hudson also furnished one soldier for this war, in 1898, James G. Wentworth, who served through the war and re- ceived an honorable discharge.
CHAPTER XXIV
TAX LISTS AND HOMESTEADS, 1793
INVOICE OF 1793
In 1793, the selectmen made and recorded a much more elaborate and detailed invoice than had been cus- tomary. This showed the number of polls, horses, oxen, cows, three-year olds, two-year olds, yearlings, acres of or- chard, tillage and mowing, pasture and wild land and build- ings, taxable to each resident of the town.
These items were grouped into the North and the South ends-one hundred and eleven tax-payers in the South end, and one hundred and twenty-two in the north end, or two hundred and thirty-three in all, including fifteen or more non-residents. The summary was as follows:
Polls, 204; horses, 66; oxen, 192; cows, 315; three- year olds, 142; two-year olds, 134; yearlings, 149. Acres of orchard, 72; acres of tillage and mowing, 963; acres of pasture, 544; acres of wild land and buildings, 4,739; total, 6,318.
The returns on the area of lands were not very exact, as the whole number of acres accounted for by the select- men was but a little more than one-third of the actual num- ber of acres in the town at that date, as well as at present.
The number of acres returned was six thousand, three hundred and eighteen, when as a fact there were more than seventeen thousand acres of land in Nottingham West in 1793.
The selectmen of that year were Asa Davis, Samuel Marsh and Phineas Underwood.
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HISTORY OF HUDSON'
TAX LIST, 1793
South End Invoice:
Samuel Wason,
Moses Wason,
Asa Davis,
Joseph Caldwell,
James Caldwell,
James Wason,
Lt. Thomas Wason,
Capt. David Cummings,
David Cummings,
Thomas Hamblet,
Elijah Fletcher,
Benjamin Merrill,
Robert Stewart,
Col. James Ford,
Joseph Gould,
Jonathan Gould,
Andrew Seavey,
John Merrill,
Theodore Merrill,
Moses Johnson,
Moses Johnson, Jr.,
Robinson Brown,
Dea. Isaac Merrill,
George Burns,
Abel Merrill,
Friend Moody,
Frenton Hauck,
Zaccheus Colburn,
Farwell Parker,
Dea. Samuel French,
John Butler, Jr.,
Jonas Hardy,
Asa Wyman, Joshua Chase,
Benjamin Chase,
Joseph Winn,
Phineas Underwood, Joseph Winn, Jr., James Pemberton,
Capt. William Burns,
Stephen Chase,
Ephraim C. Chase,
John Chase, Benjamin Marshall, John Ditson,
Joseph B. Wilson,
Ebenezer Burbank,
John Caldwell,
Samuel S. Haywood, Mansfield Huey, Jonathan Tenney, Elnathan Searles, Lt. Alexander Caldwell, Eliphalet Hadley,
Ens. Isaac Colburn, Lt. John Pollard, Jonathan Burbank, Thomas Pollard, Jonathan Hardy, John Caldwell, Jr., Waldo Haywood, Robert Glover, David Campbell,
Dr. George Wood, Samuel Caldwell, Enos Hadley,
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Wid. Sarah Winslow Heirs, Dudley Tyng, Esq., Col. John Tyng, Mark Gould, Lot Spalding, John Wilson, Lt. Jacob Fletcher, John Colburn, James Sherburn, James Gibson, Esq.,
Dea. Barnabas Gibson,
John Atwood,
Phineas W. Blodgett,
Henry Marshall,
Capt. Joseph Kelley,
Nathan Winn,
Richard Cutter,
Samuel Brown,
William Pease, Zachariah Hardy,
Parrot Hadley,
Eliphalet Hadley, Jr.,
Stephen Hadley,
Robert Douglass,
Timothy Smith,
William Smith,
Jonathan Blodgett,
Jabez Blodgett,
Wilder Greeley,
Capt. Joseph Greeley,
Samuel Hamblet,
Joseph Blodgett,
Joseph Blodgett, Jr.,
Jeremiah Blodgett,
Lt. Ashael Blodgett,
Baniah Blodgett,
Ebenezer Pollard,
Ebenezer Pollard, Jr.,
Lt. Samuel Pollard,
Asa Pollard,
Joseph Caldwell.
North End Invoice:
Seth Wyman,
Capt. John Haseltine,
Andrew Seaton,
Samuel Smith,
John Smith, Jr.,
Mansfield Smith,
Wid. Mary Duty,
Lt. Thomas Smith,
Samuel G. Smith,
Abraham Smith,
John Smith, James Smith,
Ens. David Lawrence, Philip Marshall,
Isaac Page, Wid. Eleanor Eastman, Joseph Steele,
Seth Wyman, Jr., John Ayer,
Jonathan Lawrence, Philip Marshall, Jr., Seth Page,
William Graham, William Steele,
William Gibson,
Lt. Joseph Butterfield, Lt. Abial Colburn, Joshua Hamblet,
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Ezra Burbank,
Capt. David Peabody, Lt. Benjamin Kidder, Joseph Hobbs, Peter Robinson, William Burroughs, Hugh Smith, Jr.,
Simeon Robinson, Jonathan Butterfield, Samson Kidder, Jr., Josiah Merrill,
David Peabody,
Hugh Smith,
John Hale,
Cofran Patten, Thomas Hale,
Dea. Samson Kidder,
Ens. Nathaniel Marshall,
Elijah Marshall, James Melvin,
David Glover,
Wid. Rebecca Barrett,
Lt. Isaac Barrett,
Capt. Simeon Barrett,
David Tarbell,
Amos Davis,
Dea. Thomas Marsh,
Moses Hadley,
Eleazer Cummings,
Nathaniel Hale,
Thomas Searles,
Capt. Peter Cross,
Dea. Ebenezer Cummings,
Lt. Reuben Spalding, John Gilson,
Ebenezer Marsh,
Joshua Pierce, Richard Marshall,
William Marsh, John Lewis,
John Peteres,
Samuel Hills,
Samuel Marsh, Jr., Ebenezer Hills,
Enoch Foote,
Ens. Elijah Hills,
Wid. Hannah Hills,
Thomas Hills, Levi Cross,
Jeremiah Hills,
James Hills,
David Hills,
Daniel Marshall,
Isaac Marshall,
William Hills,
John Goodspeed,
Nathaniel Hills, Jr.,
Wid. Esther Greeley,
Capt.Ezekiel Greeley, Heirs, Noah Greeley,
Levi Andrews,
Moses Greeley,
Jonathan Marsh,
Peter Cross, Jr.,
John Cummings, Lt. Reuben Spalding, Jr.,
Samuel Marsh, Esq.,
Philip Hills,
Nathaniel Hills, Samuel Hills, Jr.,
Thomas Andrews, Joel Andrews,
Wid. Ruth Marshall,
Joel Barrett,
From Photo by C. E. PAINE
ABRAHAM PAGE OR TIMOTHY SMITH HOUSE, 1768
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Aaron Hood,
Thomas Senter,
John Robinson,
Wid. Mehitable Tarbox,
Zaccheus Greeley, Reuben Sargent,
Wid. Sarah Tarbox,
Aaron Tarbox, John Marshall,
Lot Marshall,
Henry Merrill,
Henry Hale, Paul Tenney,
Jonathan Lund,
Page Smith,
Capt. Abraham Page,
Nathaniel Haselton,
Amos Wyman,
Ebenezer Richardson,
Samuel Richardson,
Gideon Butler,
James Corliss,
John Davidson,
George Davidson.
North End names, 122; South End names, 111; total, 233. At the South End there were certainly thirteen non- residents. At the North End probably two non-residents, and possibly a few others at each section.
FAMILY SKETCHES AND HOMESTEADS
From the preceding lists, with such other knowledge as the writer has of the localities and the ancient abodes of the early inhabitants of this town, it is possible at the date of this writing, 1912, to fix approximately the locations where many of the leading citizens and tax-payers of Not- tingham West had their farms and dwellings one hundred and nineteen years ago.
By dint of extensive study and lengthy and exhaustive research many facts and data concerning these early fam- ilies have been gathered, some of which will now be given in the following items, in the hope that they may prove of interest to their descendants.
Of course this information cannot, in all cases, be defi- nite and exact, but it is believed that it at least approxi- mates correctness.
The North End will be taken first, but not alphabeti- cally.
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HISTORY OF HUDSON
NORTH END SETTLERS
Wyman, Seth and Seth, Jr., lived near Pelham line at the Captain Henry Butler place, or at the next house north, where a cellar may be now seen.
Haseltine, Captain John, lived on what was afterwards the Jeremiah Smith farm, now the Charles Stowell Smith place, near Pelham line, and on the road to North Pelham.
Lawrence, Ensign David, lived at or near Lawrence Corner.
Lawrence, Jonathan, is supposed to have been a broth- er of David and to have lived on the Nashua road from Lawrence Corner, on what was later known as the "Devil Jim" Smith farm, and for many years the Eaton place.
Steele, William, lived on the old Steele farm in the north-east part of the town, which is now occupied by Os- wald P. Baker.
Steele, Joseph, lived near his brother William, a little north.
Robinson, Simeon, first resided at the north-east cor- ner of the town, and when a portion of Londonderry was annexed to it in 1778, the north-east corner was about four rods from his house. He later lived on the Howe road, and in 1793 it is believed that he resided at the place now occupied by Alphonzo and John A. Robinson.
Peabody, Captain David, probably lived on what was afterwards the Cummings place, west of the Robinson farm. An old cellar some eighty rods north of the present buildings marks the spot where the Peabody house is said to have stood.
Kidder, Lieutenant Benjamin, is understood to have resided on what was later the Charles Wood place at the corner of the old Tiger road, which was laid out in 1793.
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"Beginning at the road that leads from Left. Benja- min Kidder's to Capt. David Peabody's at a Black oak tree near said Kidder's house."
Kidder, Samson, Jr., probably lived on the farm later owned by Deacon Benjamin Kidder and Benjamin H. Kid- der. His father was probably Lieut. Benjamin. Deacon Samson Kidder, who lived in town, may have been a broth- er to Lieut. Benjamin, possibly the father of Samson Jr.
Hobbs, Joseph, lived next house easterly from the Samson Kidder place on the Londonderry road. A cellar is still visible south of the road.
Merrill, Josiah, probably lived on the place long owned by Wood, easterly of the Hobbs farm.
Robinson, Peter, lived on the same road near London- derry line, possibly on the old Simeon Robinson place near Londonderry corner. He may have been Simeon's son.
Burroughs, William, lived near the old Tiger road laid out April 3, 1793. The place is now grown up to wood. The cellar is visible near the old road.
Hale, John, lived on the Blanchard farm, on the hill north-easterly from the Center, and north of the old road. His wife was the daughter of Nathaniel Hills, and was born in the Hills' garrison.
Kidder, Deacon Samson, possibly lived on the farm now owned and occupied by Clifton E. Buttrick. The house may have been on the old road north of the present Buttrick house.
Marshall, Ensign Nathaniel, lived on Barrett's hill, at what is at present the B. F. Willoughby farm.
Marshall, Elijah, lived, it is almost certain, on Barrett's hill at the present Melvin place, adjoining the last farm mentioned. See laying out of the Tiger road, April, 1793.
Marshall, Widow Ruth, lived at the same place as Elijah.
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HISTORY OF HUDSON
Melvin, James, lived to the north-east of the present Melvin farm, where, not many years since, stood a stone chimney. This was towards the pond some distance to the east of the old Tiger road.
Glover, David, probably lived on Barrett's hill, but it is not quite certain just where; if not, it was a little north. Somewhat later the Glovers owned a small tract on the north side of the road, which later became the James Mel- vin place.
Barrett, Widow Rebecca, who was the wife of James Barrett, lived on Barrett's hill near where the Hiram Cross, or the Arden C. Cross, place now is.
Barrett, Joel, probably lived north of Barrett's hill on the old Tiger road, at what was later the Cross, and later still the Blanchard, place, but it is not certainly known just where.
Barrett, Lieutenant Isaac, lived on Barrett's hill, on the Robert A. Andrews homestead.
Barrett, Captain Simeon, also had his home on Bar- rett's hill near where William A. Andrews now resides.
Tarbell, David, lived on the north-west side of Bar- rett's hill road, a little east of its junction with the Hiram, or Walter H. Marsh road, where the ancient cellar may still be seen. . The ancient Londonderry corner, previous to the annexation of 1778, was on this David Tarbell farm, some fifty or sixty rods north-east of the buildings.
Davis, Amos, son of Nathaniel, was born in this town June 8, 1769. His father, Nathaniel, lived at an earlier date not far from Kelley's Ferry, or Taylor's Falls bridge. The ancient cellar is still visible on the triangular piece of land between the Derry road, Library street and Ferry street. Later he lived at what was more recently the John M. Thompson farm. Here, also, Amos lived in 1793. This farm adjoined the Deacon Thomas Marsh place.
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Marsh, Deacon Thomas, was the son of John, Sr., and brother of John and Samuel. He settled first near a sand hill on land later owned by his grandson, Enoch S. Marsh. Not very far from this place, and south of the brook, there is another ancient cellar. The family removed to a spot south of the Hiram Marsh house, where Walter H. Marsh has lately built a cottage. It is not probable that Thomas Marsh ever resided in the house south of the brook.
Marsh, Jonathan, son of Deacon Thomas, seems to have resided with his father in 1793, all the real estate being assessed to him, while his father was assessed for two cows only.
Hadley, Moses, owned a grist mill-and perhaps a saw mill-near the outlet of Otternick pond. The cellar where he lived was north of the road, on the crest of a hill west of the brook, at the old Messer place, as it was later called, and where John Cutter afterwards resided. Later on he had a mill near where Melendy's box shop has been for several years past, which was situated on the same brook, but lower down.
Cummings, Eleazer, son of Eleazer, was born June 16, 1765. Eleazer, Senior, bought ninety acres of the south end of the Joseph Hills farm August 1, 1728. He made a settlement not very long after. He erected a house on the higher ground about twenty rods north of the present house of the writer, Kimball Webster. Here Eleazer, Jr., lived in 1793. This house was torn down in 1847.
Hale, Nathaniel, was the twin brother of Sarah, wife of Eleazer Cummings. He probably worked for Mr. Cum- mings. He was born April 20, 1767. He was assessed for no real estate.
Searles, Thomas, was the son of Jonathan, born Au- gust 28, 1754. He was assessed for no real estate, and had no permanent home at the south end.
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HISTORY OF HUDSON
Cross, Captain Peter, was the son of Nathan and was born September 28, 1729. April 22, 1724, Nathan bought forty-five acres of land next south of what afterwards be- came the Deacon William Cummings place, with the island at the mouth of Nashua river and two pieces of meadow. He settled on it not very long after.
Cross, Peter, Jr. There were probably two houses on the Cross farm. Captain Peter and Peter, Jr., were each assessed for one-half of the real estate. Their houses were situated a little to the south-west of the Catholic cemetery.
Cummings, Deacon Ebenezer, was the son of Deacon William, who settled on the farm next south of the Spald- ing place and next north of the Cross place. Ebenezer lived on this same place. The house stood on the east side of the Derry road, a little west of Lucien M. Tolles' barn. There was also another house west of the Derry road, nearly opposite this, but a little more south.
Cummings, John, son of Ebenezer, born November 21, 1771, was assessed for a poll tax only.
Spalding, Lt. Reuben, born in July, 1728, was the son of Ebenezer. He lived on the west side of Derry road, where Charles W. Spalding now resides. This was the old Spalding farm, which was first settled by John Taylor, who had a garrison here, and which afterwards came into the possession of John Marshall. Lieutenant Reuben was the father of Reuben, Jr., who owned one-half of the farm. Reuben, Jr., died November 20, 1798.
Marsh, Samuel, Esq., was the son of John, an early settler. He was born about 1733, and resided on the old Marsh farm next south of the Joshua Pierce place, which seems to have been owned by John Marsh as early as 1743 By his second wife, Sarah Poole, Samuel Marsh had a son, Fitch Poole Marsh, who later owned the north part of the same farm.
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Pierce, Joshua, lived on the old Pierce farm, next north of the Marsh place above noted. This was early owned by Edward Spalding, and was a part of the original Joseph Hills farm. He died September 25, 1857, aged one hun- dred and one years. The farm was later owned by his son, James Pierce, Esq., and later still by Abram Ferryall.
Marshall, Richard, owned a farm adjoining Joshua Pierce on the north. The house stood on the west side of the road. This land was purchased of Josiah Cummings, October 13, 1784, and sold to Joshua Pierce, November 1, 1802, after which it formed the north part of the Pierce farm.
Lewis, John, appears to have lived on the farm next north of the Richard Marshall place, on the old Nathaniel Hills garrison farm where the Hills brothers first settled. This place was subsequently owned by Clifton M. Hills, and now, 1912, by J. H. LeGallee. Lewis was first as- sessed here in 1791, and probably died in 1796 or 1797, as in the latter year the property was assessed to his heirs.
Hills, Samuel, was the son of Nathaniel, Sr., and was born in Hills garrison, September 2, 1725. He was as- sessed in 1746, and probably died about 1799, as the estate in 1799 was assessed to the "Heirs of Samuel Hills," and in 1802 to the Widow Sarah Hills. He lived next north of the Hills garrison farm, on a place later owned by Oliver Sprake and Tyler Thomas.
Hills, Thomas, was the son of Ezekiel and Hannah, born March 30, 1751. He was the father of Amos, and in 1793 probably lived on the farm with his mother, Hannah, either in the same house or on the opposite side of the road, at the Amos Hills place-"Hills Row."
Hills, Hannah, was the widow of Ezekiel, grandfather of Amos, who died May 14, 1790, aged 72 years and 11 months. Hannah died September 27, 1816, aged 97 years.
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She lived on Amos Hills' place on the north side of the Derry road-"Hills Row"-a little west of a small brook.
Cross, Levi, was a non-resident. He lived a little north of the town line in the edge of Litchfield, on what was afterwards the Colonel Cross farm and later the Aaron Cutler place.
Hills, Jeremiah, son of James and Abigail, was born March 1, 1727. He was the grandfather of Colonel Wil- liam, and the great-grandfather of Granville Hills. He lived on the Granville Hills place, and died April 4, 1810. This place is now owned by Charles W. Hill.
Hills, James, the son of Jeremiah, was born August 3, 1765, and lived on the farm with his father.
Hills, David, also a son of Jeremiah, was born July 15, 1770. He was probably living with his father in 1793.
Marshall, Daniel, lived not far from the Litchfield line near where John B. Marshall resided, until his house was burned. He is supposed to have been a descendant of John Marshall, an early settler in town, and may have been his son. He must have been seventy years, or more, old in 1795, since he paid no poll tax in that year.
Marshall, Isaac, was probably the son of Daniel, and born January 26, 1771. He lived on the same farm as his father, but possibly not in the same house, as there may have been two houses on the place.
Hills, William, the son of Henry, and grandson of Henry, was born March 3, 1751. He married Sarah Smith, and resided on the farm that had been his father's, and probably his grandfather's. Later this place belonged to Stephen D. Greeley, and is now the Dooley farm. He moved to Antrim, N. H., in 1810.
Hills, Samuel, Jr., was the son of Nathaniel who was the son of Nathaniel, and was called Junior for the reason that he had an uncle Samuel Hills living on the Litchfield
From Photo by C. E. PAINE
ASA DAVIS OR MORRISON HOUSE, 1780
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road. He lived on the farm later belonging to his son, Abijah, and afterwards to Franklin Augustus Hills.
Greeley, Widow Esther, who had been the wife of Ezekiel, probably lived on the south side of the Derry road, nearly opposite the No. 9 school house, where the old cel- lar may still be seen. If that is not the exact spot it was near there.
Greeley, Noah, son of Ezekiel and Esther, lived with his mother in 1793.
Andrews, Levi, lived on the north side of the Derry road between the Jackson E. Greeley place and the No. 9 school house. The old cellar is still visible there.
Andrews, Thomas, son of Levi, was born May 2, 1771, and lived with his father in 1793.
Greeley, Moses, built the Jackson E. Greeley house, previous to which time the exact location of his residence is uncertain. He resided in this house until his death on August 15, 1848, at the age of eighty-four years. He lived very near the same place in 1793.
Hale, Henry, son of Deacon Henry, was born May 21, 1740. He lived on a portion of the land that had been his father's near the Center, the exact location of which is not known.
Merrill, Henry, son of Daniel and Mary (Hale) Mer- rill, was born July 17, 1763. He lived at the Center on the farm that formerly belonged to his grandfather, Deacon Henry Hale, afterwards to Reuben Greeley, Esq., and now, 1912, to John Wentworth.
Tenney, Dr. Paul, who came into this town to reside, seems to have been a man of ability and a physician of skill. He lived at Hudson Center, on the south side of the Pelham road, at what was later Tenney's Tavern, and after- wards the Dr. James Emery homestead-now owned by Henry C. Brown.
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Smith, Page, son of Samuel and Hannah, was born February 28, 1750. He married Lydia Haselton, and lived eighty rods south-east from Hudson Center, on the top of a hill, and at the south side of the Pelham road, where his son Jefferson lived later.
Page, Captain Abraham, resided at several places in town at earlier dates, but in 1793 he lived at what has been for many years the Haselton farm. In 1793 he was about seventy-seven years old. At that date there seems to have been two houses on the place.
Haselton, Nathaniel, lived in 1793, on the farm later owned by his son, Luther, and later by his grandson, George W., and now by his great-grandson, Arthur W. Haselton. Abraham Page owned this place before him. The old Haselton house stood a short distance south of the present one, where its old cellar may be seen.
Butler, Gideon, lived easterly of the Haselton road on a road, now discontinued, but formerly running from the Haselton place easterly over Corliss hill, and south-westerly to the Bush hill road west of Chase hill. Beside this old road the ancient house cellar may still be seen.
Corliss, James, resided at the easterly foot of Corliss hill, on the North Pelham road from Hudson Center.
Smith, Samuel, the father of Henry, and the grand- father of Dustin B. Smith, resided near where Henry lived -now the home of Henry F. Smith.
Smith, Mansfield, son of Samuel and Jeanette, was born January 17, 1779. He lived near his father.
Duty, Widow Mary, lived on the Duty place at Bush hill, on the old road leading easterly from the Bush hill road to the place formerly belonging to J. B. Smith.
Marsh, Ebenezer, son of Samuel, Senior, was born January 13, 1767. He resided at his father's old home-
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stead on the Litchfield road, the farm now belonging to Josiah K. Wheeler heirs.
Hills, Philip, son of Oliver and Abigail, was born March 2, 1754. He seems to have lived at Hills' Ferry, where a ferry across the Merrimack was operated for many years-first by Nathaniel Hills and later by his descend- ants. This was near the Litchfield road. The place was owned by the Hills until a few years since, when, as the estate of George E. Hill, it was sold to J. W. Howard.
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