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Third Generation.
MARY ESTHER AUSTIN, m. Daniel Beckman and removed to San- bornton. They had two children, Daniel and Maryetta.
HENRIETTA AUSTIN lived with her grandparents when she d. March 25, 1847.
THOMAS SIMONDS AUSTIN, b. June 15, 1830; m., June 15, 1856, Alice Ludlow. He was a soldier in Civil War (see Boys in Blue). They had a dau., Henrietta, and son, Thomas, who resides at Franklin.
I find also the following data that I am unable to classify:
SALLY AUSTIN, m. Benaiah Farnum, Sept. 26, 1797. RHODA AUSTIN, dau. of Robert Austin, b. April, 1776. BENJAMIN AUSTIN, m. Jane Foss, Dec. 7, 1817.
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MARY AUSTIN, m. Joseph Sweatt, Nov. 20, 1823. ANNA AUSTIN, m. Asa Roberts, June 4, 1834. HUSE AUSTIN, m. Sally Dinsmore, 1880.
JANE AUSTIN, m. Daniel Morse, 1835.
ANNIE AUSTIN, d. Sept., 1848. ELIZA AUSTIN, m. David Morrill, Sept. 6, 1818.
OLIVE AUSTIN, m. - Heath, May 11, 1789.
AVERY.
DANIEL F. AVERY, b. at Gilmanton, March 29, 1817; m. - Mary A. Boswell, b. Aug. 9, 1840. They came to N. and purchased the "old red schoolhouse" at the corner of Hills and Summer streets and, re- moving it to Vine Street, made the house now owned and occupied by Cora F. Morrison. He was a machinist and d. at N. May 15, 1890. They had four children, but one b. here. She m. (second) Asa Lombard and removed to Franklin Falls, where she d. Feb. 24, 1902.
Second Generation.
LUCY BELL AVERY, b. at Union Bridge (East Tilton), June 29, 1861; m., Nov. 1, 1891, Payson R. Clay of East Andover. He is a farmer and has two children, Lena and Arthur.
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ADDIE BUSWELL AVERY, b. at Franklin, Jan. 25, 1865; m., May 30, 1887, Lester H. Metcalf, b. at Lancaster, 1861. He was a painter but later became an M. E. clergyman.
MAY STEVENS AVERY, b. at Franklin, Dec. 25, 1870; m. Fred Weeks of N. and d. at Andover. She left one dau., Fannie.
CHARLES WALTER AVERY, b. at N., April 14, 1873, and d. at N. Jan. 27, 1890.
AYERS. CHARLES HAINES AYERS. (See portrait.)
CHARLES HAINES AYERS, b. June 15, 1815, in Canterbury, N. H., on a farm, several hundred acres of which were situated in N. and much of which has been in possession of the family since 1784; d., May 10, 1900.
He was the son of Jonathan Ayers, Esq., and Hannah Haines Ayers, both of English descent, ancestors of prominence and among the early settlers of Kittery, Me., and Portsmouth, N. H., on his mother's side as early as 1635, his paternal grandmother, the granddaughter of Andrew Pepperell, brother and business partner of Lieut .- Gen. Sir William Pepperell, whose father, Col. William Pepperell, settled at Kittery, Me., in 1670. M., as first wife, Almira S. Gerrish, dau. of Joseph Gerrish and Susan Hancock Gerrish of N. Children: Joseph Gerrish, Susan Gerrish, Charles Henry, Ellen Maria, Jonathan and Benjamin Franklin. His second wife was Ellen M. Gerrish, a sister of his first wife. They had one child, Almira Josephine.
He was a man of great energy and ability and for more than fifty years was one of the most prominent men in N. and Canterbury in social, religious and business affairs. When the railroad was built in 1848 he gave the company its right of way through his land and the large spring of water at Northfield Depot to induce it to locate a station there, of which he was several times the station agent, besides having very extensive dealing with the company in wood, fencing material, railroad ties and in the preparation of wood along the line for locomotives. Within a few miles of this station, when the railroad was opened, were magnificent forests of heavy timber. Pine trees from two to five feet in diameter were abundant, some being too large to be moved without being cut into sections, and others requiring twelve or more yoke of oxen to draw them to the river. Much of these forests was cut off in the course of a few years and shipped from N. depot. The magnitude of this business was great and Mr. Ayers took a very prominent part in it, cutting off yearly from his land several thousand cords of wood and much lumber, employing many hands. While in partnership two years with Thomas Clough of Canterbury their sales amounted to $80,000. At this time Mr. Ayers was pro-
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CHARLES H. AYERS.
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prietor of a large country store and also operated several brick and coal kilns, both at the depot and on Bean Hill.
During the last 25 years of his life he was chiefly occupied in the care of his very large farm, raising and extensively dealing in fine live stock, especially Devonshire cattle, obtaining many first premiums at the state agricultural fairs.
Of a strong religious nature, he became early in life a deacon and one of the chief founders of the Free-will Baptist Church in Canter- bury and was intimately associated in church work with the late Hon. Joseph Harper, M. C., and with the Hon. Joseph Clough. Oc- casionally he occupied the pulpit himself with much ability. He took a chief part for many years in religious work on Oak Hill 'and entered heart and soul into everything connected with the Union Church at Northfield Depot from its very foundation, being a large contributor.
One of great prominence in that church and long associated with him in church and Sunday school work states that he was ever ready to lend the helping hand and "was a wonderful promoter of good feeling among the various denominations worshiping together in the New House."
He was noted for immense physical strength and was considered the strongest man connected with the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad.
At the age of 74 he ably represented his town in the state Legisla- ture, two of his brothers having represented the town in the same capacity.
He was a man of distinguished personal appearance, of great force of character, very generous in disposition, good to the poor and greatly esteemed by his neighbors.
Second Generation.
JOSEPH GERRISH AYERS, b. in Canterbury, N. H., Nov. 3, 1839, son of Charles H. Ayers and Almira S. Gerrish Ayers, was educated at New Hampton Institute, the University of Vermont and Columbia Uni- versity.
He entered, from N., the 15th N. H. Volunteer Regiment in 1862, serving as second and first lieutenant until it was mustered out in 1863. He was acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, from June to Oct., 1864, and acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Navy, from Dec., 1864, to Sept., 1866. He served continuously in the U. S. Navy as a medical officer since Oct. 8, 1866. His last service afloat was as fleet surgeon on the Asiatic station from 1895 to 1897. His last service on shore was as medical director in charge of the U. S. naval hospital, Boston, Mass., from 1898 to 1901. He was placed on the retired list of the U. S. Navy for age, Nov. 3, 1901, as medical director, U. S. N., with rank of rear admiral.
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He m., July 11, 1884, Olinda Ann Austin, dau. of Rev. Alonso E. Austin and Isabella J. Camp Austin of New York City. Their chil- dren were Joseph Gerrish and Charles Haines Austin.
CHARLES HENRY AYERS, b. in Canterbury, May 31, 1843, attended the town school and New Hampton Institute. In 1863, in company with Amos M. Cogswell, he was engaged in a general store at North- field Depot. He afterwards sold his interest in the store and engaged in the wood and lumber business. At the same time he was station agent there.
In 1866 he went West and for 11 years was engaged in railroading. In 1877 he returned East and engaged in farming and in the lumber business with his father. In 1876 he m. Miss Martha Jane Day of Mckeesport, Pa., to whom two children were born, Charles Haines Ayers, b. Aug. 8, 1878, who d. April 5, 1882, and Henry Day Ayers, b. July 14, 1882, at present a student in Boston University .*
AYERS II.
JONATHAN AYERS Was b. at Portsmouth, Sept. 28, 1759. He m., Feb. 18, 1785, Dorothy Dearing, b. March 27, 1762. She was a grand- niece of Sir William Pepperell. They resided at Portsmouth until '1798, when they came to live in N., where he was a farmer until his death, Nov. 19, 1839. She d. March 16, 1846. They had ten children. "He was a well educated, upright man of broad ideas, revered by his family and respected by his neighbors and townsmen, who honored themselves by sending him to represent the town in the Legislatures of 1805-'06-'07." Her granddaughters say: "She was a lady of re- finement, devoted to her family, unselfish and helpful to all in need."
Second Generation. ·
POLLY B. AYERS, b. at Portsmouth, May 25, 1786; d. at Portsmouth, Nov. 24, 1796.
PHEBE AYERS, b. at Portsmouth, Dec. 15, 1787, d. at N., Jan. 5, 1804.
ANDREW D. AYERS, b. at Portsmouth, Nov. 17, 1789; m., 1821, Mary F. Kent, and removed to N. with his parents and resided on the home place until his removal to Greensboro, Vt., in 1848, where he died July, 1853. They had seven children, all b. in N.
SARAH PEPPERELL AYERS, b. July 13, 1792; m. (pub.) June 1, 1831, John Sanborn of Franklin, where she resided till her death, Sept., 1875. They had no children.
JOHN S. AYERS, b. Sept. 1, 1794, at Portsmouth; m., Feb. 15, 1818, Polly Cross of N., one of the 13 children of Jesse on the intervale. He lived at East N. until 1836, when he removed to Greensboro and later to Glover, Vt., where he d. Sept., 1880. They had eight chil- dren, all of whom resided in Vermont and the West, except the eldest daughter, Mrs. John Heath of Bristol.
. Other members of this family inadvertently omitted are to be found elsewhere. Bee index.
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CHARLES D. AYERS, b. at Portsmouth, Nov. 16, 1796; m. Olive John- son of Gilmanton and removed to Greensboro, Vt., where he was & merchant. They had five children. A daughter, who m. Benjamin French, lived in Concord and d. there in 1904, leaving a son Fred and dan. Marianna.
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ELIHU D. AYERS, b. at N., May 21, 1799; m. Apphia Clark of Nichol- ville, N. Y., where they resided until his .death in 1872. He was & merchant and had a family of seven, one of whom, Edmond B. Ayers, was killed in the War of the Rebellion. (See Boys in Blue.)
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MARTIN P. AYERS, b. at N., May 10, 1801; m. Hannah Johnson and lived in N. and vicinity for several years. They went to Ohio in 1855. He d. in Pennsylvania in 1878. They had nine children, six of whom are now living. Frances O. Ayers m. Moses Eastman of East Concord and removed to California, where she d.
WILLIAM D. AYERS, b. at N., June 27, 1803; d. in N. Y .; unmarried.
STATIRA M. AYERS, b. at N., Dec. 16, 1815; lived at the old home with her parents until 1840, then at Franklin until her sister's death, then for a time in Dakota and later in Washington. She was the last of the family and was called home in May, 1888. The homestead is now part of the farm of G. E. Gorrell.
Third Generation.
(Children of Andrew and Mary Kent Ayers, all b. in N.) SARAH A. AYERS, b. May, 1822; d. in childhood.
JOSEPH A. AYERS, b. June, 1824, was a machinist and d., unmarried, in Havana, Cuba, Oct., 1852.
HENRY M. AYERS, b. Oct. 1, 1826, remained in the home at Greensboro and still lives there at the age of 78; he never m.
LUCY J. AYERS, b. Feb., 1830; m. - - Keniston of Vermont and d., June, 1900, leaving a son, Henry A. Keniston of Los Angeles, Cal.
MARY C. AYERS, b. at N., July, 1834; m. (first) Thomas Card of New- market and had a son, Elmer E., of Spokane, Wash .; m. (second) Jasper Rollins of Hyde Park, Mass.
CAROLINE A. AYERS, b. Oct., 1841, was for several years a teacher. Later she returned to the home where she resides with her brother, Henry, at Greensboro Bend, Vt.
BALLANTYNE.
ADAM S. BALLANTYNE (see Granite Mills and Tilton gen.).
Second Generation. (B. at N.)
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JAMES R. BALLANTYNE, b. Dec. 17, 1866; d. at Tilton, Sept. 15, 1885. ANNA C. BALLANTYNE, b. Jan. 10, 1868; m., June 26, 1895, Franklin Downes, b. at Machias, Me. They reside at Lynn, where he is a shoe manufacturer.
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WILLIE TILTON BALLANTYNE, b. May 10, 1869, resides at Tilton. JOHN SCOTT BALLANTYNE, b. Jan. 15, 1873; m., Nov. 16, 1904, Emma Emerson. He is employed at Tilton with residence at East Tilton. KATE I. BALLANTYNE, b. June 10, 1875.
ARTHUR SCOTT BALLANTYNE, b. Sept. 30, 1877; m., May 7, 1899, Edna James, and resides in Lynn, Mass. They have two daus., Katherine and Virginia.
BATCHELDER I.
ABEL BATCHELDER, b. June 7, 1772, came to N. from Loudon and lo- cated near the present Oak Hill schoolhouse. He m., June 20, 1810, Anna Austin and had three sons. He d. at Alexandria, Feb. 27, 1866. M. (second), Sarah Sanborn, b. Sept. 3, 1768. They had nine children. Only one of the sons remained in N. Four of his sons m. four Davis sisters.
Second Generation.
MOSES BATCHELDER came with his parents. He was b. at Loudon, Dec. 26, 1798. He had a twin brother, Richard, who d. May 3, 1800, aged one and a half years. He first bought the David Davis place near the river but sold it later to Rev. Mr. Kidder and bought the farm of Abraham Heath on the top of Oak Hill and spent the rest of his life there. He was a progressive and prosperous farmer. He m., March 21, 1824, Mary Fox Davis and had a son and daughter. After her death, Aug. 22, 1868, he m., Jan. 6, 1869, Sally B. Davis, her sister.
He was a zealous Methodist and a powerful exhorter and was super- intendent of Union Sunday school for many years. He was a mili- tary man and rose from the ranks to be lieutenant-colonel in the state militia. He d. Oct. 12, 1881.
Third Generation.
RICHARD N. S. BATCHELDER, b. Sept. 2, 1833; m., June 1, 1856, Lizzie Brown of Canterbury, b. May 6, 1836, and d. Oct. 19, 1866. They had one daughter. March 2, 1866, he m. (second) Mary Farrar of Laconia and had a dau. and two sons. He returned to his father's homestead after a few years at Tilton and Laconia, where he spent the remainder of his life.
He taught school for some years; then was a mill hand and, lastly, a farmer, making a specialty of raising fruit, poultry and vegetables. He was a Methodist and, like his father, superintendent of Union Sunday school.
He was fatally injured, while directing a force of volunteer workmen, by falling from the roof of Union Church on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 1898. She then with her children removed to Howard Avenue, near Tilton, where she still resides.
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IRENE BATCHELDER, b. Oct. 30, 1844; m., 1862, Rev. John Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain gen.) After his death she resided at the home on Oak Hill until her marriage in March, 1901, to Charles Noyes of Concord, with a summer home at Woodstock.
Fourth Generation.
(Child of Richard and Mary Brown Batchelder.)
MARY E. BATCHELDER, b. at N., Oct. 28, 1857; m. Frank Bennett of Hillsborough Bridge and d. there Nov., 1881.
(Children of Richard and Mary Farrar Batchelder.) LIZZIE A. BATCHELDER, b. at Laconia, Aug. 22, 1872; m., June 28, 1895, George F. Fisher of Boscawen. They reside on Howard Avenue.
WILLIS M. BATCHELDER, b. at Hillsborough, April 3, 1876, is employed in Philbrick & Hills' store.
CLARENCE R. BATCHELDER, b. at Hillsborough, Feb. 10, 1879, is em- ployed in store of W. A. Gardner at Tilton.
BATCHELDER II.
HAZEN BATCHELDER's ancestors came from England in 1630 and spread rapidly throughout New England. He was b. at Loudon in 1794 and settled in N. on the banks of the Merrimack river, on & part of the Austin estate. He m., May 20, 1817, Susan Austin. He was a good carpenter and farmer. They had five dau. and two sons. He took long journeys on foot. Even after 90 years of age he could not stop to ride and it was said he would take long tramps after a hard day's work just to "stretch his legs."
SUSAN BATCHELDER, b. March 6, 1820; m. (pub.) Oct. 9, 1855, Ira Blaisdell of Salisbury Beach. He was a house builder and farmer on the main road near the Pond schoolhouse, where he d. April 17, 1853, leaving three children. She m. (second) Cyrus Glines. (See Glines and Blaisdell gen.)
LASURA d. in early womanhood.
ABIAH BATCHELDER m. John W. Piper, May 12, 1851. (See Piper gen.) JULIA BATCHELDER m. Ebenezer Philbrook and resided on Oak Hill and later at Franklin Falls, where he d., leaving two sons, Albee and Walter. She now resides at Watertown, Mass. Mr. Philbrook's first wife was a dau. of Kinsley Batchelder.
MALINDA BATCHIELDER, m., April 25, 1848, Andrew Allison of Boston, Mass., where she d.
JOHN BATCHELDER, b. 1830; m. Almira Worsley of Swanzey. He removed to Keene in 1862, where he was employed by the Humphrey Mfg. Co., builders of water wheels, until 1897. He d. while on a visit to Colorado June 10, 1898. They have one dau., Mrs. Mary P. W. Carlton.
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MELISSA BATCHELDER m. Elias Sargent of Vergennes, Vt., and resided at Fitchburg, Mass., where he is now an engineer on the Fitchburg & Wilmington R. R.
She d. at Nashua en route for home.
They had one son, who is also an engineer on the same railroad.
BATCHELDER III.
SARAH LEAVITT BATCHELDER came to N. in 1905 from Manchester. She was the wife of Jeremiah Batchelder of London, who d. there, Sept. 13, 1888. They had six children. Mrs. Batchelder resides with her son on Bay St.
Second Generation. .
LIZZIE N. BATCHELDER, b. at Loudon, 1871; m., May 7, 1893, at Lou- don Ridge, Ellery Jefts, b. 1869. He is a carpenter. They reside in Lynn, Mass., and have one child.
WILLIAM BATCHELDER came to N. in 1901 from Loudon. He m., 1900, Georgie Wright of Gilmanton and resides on Gale Ave. They have two children, Victor, b. 1901, and Helen, b. 1902. They are about to erect a home on Bay St. He is employed by the Tilton Optical Co.
JAY CLIFFORD BATCHELDER, b. at Loudon, June 5, 1878; graduated from Gilmanton Academy, class of 1901. He remained on the farm two years, removing in 1903 to N. He has purchased the residence lately erected by A. H. Hough on Bay Street. He is employed at the Tilton Optical Works. He is a member of Friendship Grange and of Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Tilton.
BALCOM.
MRS. JANE BALCOM came to N. from Newfound Lake. She had for- merly lived in Lowell, Mass., where her husband was a conductor on the Stony Brook R. R. and was accidentally killed in 1844. She was employed as a dresser in A. H. Tilton's woolen mills. She re- sides in Tilton.
Second Generation.
GEORGE W. BALCOM, b. at Lowell, May 31, 1847; m., Sept. 5, 1870, Mary Ella Chase, b. at N., Oct. 1, 1851. He has charge of the card- ing department of Tilton Mills. He served in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue). They have a son and dau. and one died in infancy. They now reside on Prospect Street, Tilton.
Third Generation. (B. at N.)
FRANK GRANT BALCOM, b. Nov. 4, 1872; m., June 28, 1904, Delphia
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Louise Verrill, b. in Alexandria, June 6, 1876. He was employed five years by W. A. Gardner, grocer at Tilton, and now by the postoffice department of Medford, Mass., where they reside.
MARY ELLEN BALCOM, b. April 23, 1874; m., Feb 4, 1902, Charles T. Walker, b. at Boston, May 31, 1872. He was employed for several years as clerk by S. W. Taylor and is now with Bayley &. Rogers in the same capacity. They reside at Tilton.
BAYLEY.
GEORGE C. BAYLEY, b. at Plymouth, Jan. 17, 1859, came' to N. from Tilton in 1899. He m., 1899, Annie F. Thomas, b. at St. David's, N. B., 1879. He is of the firm of Bayley & Rogers, grocers, of Tilton, N. H. He was with his father on the farm and clerk in his meat and pro- vision store until 1883, when he entered the employ of J. F. Taylor, and after his death continued with S. W. Taylor until his retire- ment, when he purchased the business in 1904. Mr. Bayley is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, A. F. and A. M., of Plymouth, Pemigewasset Chapter, and Mt. Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, of Concord. They have a dau. Catherine S., b. at N., Sept. 22, 1900.
BARNARD.
CHARLES BARNARD, b. at Bridgewater, Nov. 12, 1860; m., at Plymouth, April 26, 1884, Anna E. Kidder, b. at Goffstown. They came to' N., Oct. 20, 1897. He bought the Cofran place on Bean Hill of Charles Weeks, who then removed to Tilton. Dec. 13, 1900, his commodious farm buildings were destroyed by fire. He rebuilt the following year, living meanwhile at the home of the late Timothy Hills. Only two of their six children were b. in N. Mr. Barnard is serving a second term on the N. board of education.
Second Generation.
RALPH, PAUL, ARTHUR, RUTH BARNARD, b. at Bridgewater. BURTON BARNARD, b. at N., Nov. 17, 1897.
HILDRETH BARNARD, b. at N., 1900.
BEAN.
HEZEKIAH BEAN came to N. from Belmont and purchased the farm of Moses Garland at the Centre. He m. Mary Copp of Gilmanton. They had one son, John Wesley, b. at Belmont, who d. in childhood. Mr. Bean sold his farm in 1872 to Francis Stevens, removed nearer the village and built the house on Park Street, now owned by Jonas Dolley, where he d. May 8, 1874. Mrs. Bean d. April 24, 1879. Each
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d. at 64 years of age and are buried in Park cemetery. They were devoted Methodists and left a liberal bequest to Tilton Seminary. .
BECKLER.
DANIEL W. BECKLEE came to N. from Boston, Mass., in March, 1871. He was b. at Monmouth, Me. His family consisted of a wife and one child, Flora, who was b. at Boston, Mass. He was an extensive dealer in lumber, having a large wharf where the lumber was un- loaded from steamers. He was also a contractor and builder. He purchased the W. H. Cilley place and other real estate of an agent in Boston and made of it a. summer home and stock farm. He was a lover of good horses and often had 17 or 18 thoroughbreds. He lived at N. about six years when he sold to a Mr. Stetson of Boston. Albert C. Lord purchased the "Matthew Whitcher place" of Mr. Stetson in 1874. Mr. Beckler then removed to. Boston, where he conducted a livery business for several years, finally going West.
MARY BECKLER, sister of the above, m. Everard G. Powers, who came with Mr. Beckler from Boston and was his foreman and farmer. June 21, 1875, he removed to Tilton when the buildings were burned. He m. (second) Helen F. Clifford, and carried on a trucking business for several years. He is now foreman of G. H. Tilton's box shop. He has one dau., Cora, b. at Boston.
BENITEZ.
FRANCISCO BENITEZ was b. in Cadiz, Spain, April 1, 1822. When he was ten years old a sea captain from Marblehead, Mass., spent a while in the home and the boy desired to accompany him to America.
The father gave his unwilling consent only on condition that he would bring him back on his next trip, a promise he could not keep as the boy was not to be found when the ship sailed. He wrote his parents several letters but finally no answers came. He was an apt scholar and commenced his education at 15 and even took the higher branches and took care of himself. He m. in Middletown, Mass., April 6, 1845, Hannah Merrill of Holderness, where he remained six years. In 1851 he purchased a farm in Laconia and later resided at Rip- ton, Vt., and Sanbornton Bays, owning two farms. These he sold and came to East N., where he lived a number of years. He was divorced and m. Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, returning to Sanbornton, near his daughter, where he d. Dec. 16, 1892. She d. Aug., 1894.
Second Generation.
MARY ARCHER LOBA BENITEZ, b. at Middletown, April 5, 1846; m., first, - Day and had one son, Harry F. Day, who was adopted
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by his grandfather in 1872 and took his name (Benitez). She m. (second ) Wescott and has one son. They reside in Sanbornton. FRANCISCO HADLEY, b. at Middletown, Mass., April 15, 1850; d. in Danvers, Mass., Aug. 18, 1899, leaving a wife and dau.
BLAISDELL.
IRA BLAISDELL was b. at Goffstown, Sept. 30, 1815. He m., May 2, 1841, at Manchester, Susan Batchelder of N., b. March 6, 1820. He came to N. and lived for a time on the Slader farm but purchased later of Joseph Dearborn the place now owned by the heirs of John Watson, and erected new buildings thereon. He was a farmer and carpenter and had a family of three. He d. April 10, 1853. She later m. Cyrus Glines of N. and d. Feb. 3, 1866. (See Glines gen.)
Second Generation.
MALINDA WILSON BLAISDELL, b. May 28, 1843; m., Nov. 26, 1867, Byron Tobie of Manchester, where they at first resided, coming later to Franklin. He was paymaster for the Winnepesaukee Paper Co. for 26 years. He has now a store at Hill and a farm at Profile Falls.
Mrs. Tobie is agent for the S. P. C. A., with home on Prospect Hill, Franklin Falls.
JULIA F. BLAISDELL, m., 1870, Loren Bryant of Newton, Mass., and has always lived at Franklin Falls. He has been employed by the International Paper Co. for a quarter of a century.
ALBERT J. BLAISDELL, b. Thursday, May 18, 1848; m., 1868, Angie Bartlett of Hill and remained for a while at Franklin, removing in 1880 to Hyde Park, Mass. He is a frescoer and decorative art painter in and around Boston. They had three children, but one of whom survives, Mrs. Bertha Moon of New York city, who is employed in tapestry painting. A son d. at Boston University at the age of 26.
BLANCHARD.
EDWARD BLANCHARD, 1st., was one of the men furnished by the state for scouting purposes under Capt. Jeremiah Clough, who kept the old fort at Canterbury (see Military Sketch). His wife was Bridget. of Scotch-Irish descent. He was killed by the Indians about 1738 and Bridget, his wife, who once was surprised and taken captive while out after the cows, eluded her captors and showed such fleet- ness in running, even though a very corpulent woman, that they stopped their pursuit and shook their sides with laughter while she safely arrived at the fort.
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