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Their son Benjamin went up from the fort to the north fields in 1760, through the unbroken forest to the foot of Bay Hill to the farm
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later owned by Judge Peter Wadleigh, and made a clearing for his cabin, and there later brought his wife, Bridget Fitzgerald, and nine children. He was then 41 years old. He paid for his farm partly in services as surveyor in running the boundary and $750 in fura. Of this home and their pioneer life Mr. Hunt gives a glowing picture else- where.
She d. and was buried in the orchard close by a tree that was known to succeeding generations as the "Granny Tree." He d. at the home of his son Edward on the Byron Shaw place but was buried here and the exact spot was for many years unknown. When the present Wadleigh house was built the stone was found in digging the cellar. This farm fell to his son Edward, who sold to Lieut. Charles Glidden in 1806 for $2,000.
Mr. Blanchard was a man of great industry and mechanical skill. He spent much of his time as an old man in whittling. He wore pantaloons patched with woodchuck skins to protect them from wear and he seemed a patriarch with his thick white hair hanging down long over his shoulders. He had a brother or uncle Joseph, an omcer in the French and Indian War, who, in 1754, marched 600 men up to Salisbury Fort, now the site. of the Orphans' Home, and thence through the wilderness to Crown Point and Canada. He had another brother who kept a hotel in Concord in 1785, who directed the Hills to Bay Hill when they came up from Haverhill seeking new homes.
RICHARD BLANCHARD, called "Old Sergeant," was possibly a brother of Benjamin, although I have nothing but hearsay for authority. He lived near Range No. 3 on the east slope of Zion's Hill. He m., for his second wife, - Handcock, dau. of Jacob, and had many chil- dren. Sally d. Aug., 1849, Billy and Jerry, the younger ones, were known to many yet living, while a dau. of Sally, named Ruth, m. Gilman Bennett of Hill, Dec. 16, 1849, and d., the last owner of the old home. The old graveyard in the orchard has a curious variety of tombstones and inscriptions. Richard was a Revolutionary soldier and left his plow in the furrow and went unenlisted with William Forrest to overtake the "Patriots" on the way to Bunker Hill. They came back, harvested their crops and then enlisted for the war.
Second Generation.
ELIZABETH BLANCHARD m. Wm. Glines and lived in the north fields near the Canterbury line. (See Glines gen.) He was a Revolutionary soldier and had many children.
RICHARD BLANCHARD, 1st, (son of Benjamin and Bridget Fitzgerald) m. Polly Webster and lived on the "River Road," (probably the first range). After his death she m. Lieut. Thomas Clough.
EDWARD BLANCHARD, who succeeded to the homestead, was a man of commanding character and influence in the town, being one of the selectmen of N. for 20 years. His wife was Azuba Kezar of Scot-
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land, one of the carly emigrants to Londonderry. They had nine sons and one daughter, all of whom settled in town.
He built the Daniel Blanchard house, now the "Farms," and brought the seeds for the apple trees from Hampstead. These trees have fur- nished generous crops for more than three quarters of a century.
His possessions, besides the 150 acres of homestead, comprised the farms of Abraham Brown, Jason Foss, the Gile farm and a part of the estate held for many years by Thomas Chase, Esq.
He settled all his married children around him and made a home for his father (the first settler) in his old age.
He, with his wife and six children, are buried in the Hodgdon burying ground.
Third Generation. (Children of Edward and Azuba Kezar Blanchard.)
EBENEZER BLANCHARD, son of Benjamin, opened a store on Bay Hill at. the homestead. In 1789 he sold out to Squire Glidden.
He m. Sarah Smith of Windham, Nov., 1794. He was b. June 12, 1768, she on March 7, 1774.
They had six children, all b. at Bay Hill. He moved his store to Sanbornton Bridge, close by the end of the bridge. Quarters soon became too small, for "Squire Blanchard was a thrifty man," so he purchased the brown house that is still standing at an age of over 100 years, the property of W. S. Hill, and business and family found shelter under the same roof. Soon after a larger store was erected where Morrill & Co.'s storehouse stands. Here he left his business to & partner and bought the "Old Joe Noyes place" at Salisbury, now Franklin. Here he lived and traded, Mr. Goodwin says, 40 years.
He d. in 1847. None of the children located in N. In 1820, when the Franklin Congregational Church was being built, he gave the site and took a large number of pews, and was called the "Father of the enterprise." His dau. Isabella became Mrs. James West of Concord, who later dwelt many years in the home, caring for her mother in her declining years, and lived to extreme age. Alice, wife of Kendall O. Peabody, Mrs. Stephen Kendrick and Edward and Ebenezer, Jr., all lived and d. at Franklin.
RICHARD BLANCHARD, 2d., m., April 10, 1806, Hannah, dau. of Daniel Hills, and had a dau. Hannah.
His father had given him the Brown place and erected on it a two- story double house, which is still in a good state of preservation and is now owned by Byron Shaw, Esq. He had just moved there to care for his father when he died very suddenly of spotted fever in 1806. His brother Reuben d. at the same time, and the wife of Richard, heart-broken, the same year.
It is said that the poor old father cried out, "My staff is broken; my all is gone," and, refusing to be comforted, died the next day.
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DAVID BLANCHARD left home one winter day with Simon Gilman, fox hunting. A snow storm came up and drove Mr. Gilman home. Blanchard went on and never returned. He was found later on the windfall, sitting by the trunk of a tree, frozen, about a mile from Sondogardy Pond. There was an old superstition that the blood would start in a corpse if its murderer's hand was laid upon it. No one thought Mr. Gilman was in any way responsible for his death but at the family's request he went willingly and laid his hand upon him, but with no result, of course.
JAMES BLANCHARD inherited half the paternal acres but sold to his brother George and soon after died of consumption.
GEORGE BLANCHARD, b. 1791, sold his entire estate to Daniel and went to live with his sister, Mrs. Chase, where he d. Oct., 1850.
LIEUT. REUBEN BLANCHARD received his share, what was for many years the Joseph and Alfred Gile farm. He was a blacksmith and later removed to Maine, after selling out to Daniel. He m., July 29, 1792, Peace Hodgdon of N., and (second) Judith Hancock, Nov. 11, 1797. He returned home five years later, and died of consumption.
DANIEL BLANCHARD, now owning all his brothers' estates, moved his house, previously erected near the Shaw house, to the spot where the Gile residence now stands, and later went to live on the home- stead and there resided to the end of his life. He m. (first) Esther Parkinson of Canterbury, by whom he had four children.
She was killed in a carriage accident on the hill south of the Streeter place, May 29, 1823. He m. (second) Nancy, sister of his for- mer wife, and had two children. Mr. Blanchard d. Nov. 5, 1865, aged 86. She d. at Lowell, Mass., April 3, 1880, aged 91.
ELIZABETH BLANCHARD, b. at N., m. Thomas Chase of Newbury. (See Chase gen.)
JOHN BLANCHARD was an eminent school teacher in Philadelphia. But little is known of him except the fact that his grateful pupils erected a monument to his memory. He never married.
Fourth Generation. (Child of Richard and Hannah Hill Blanchard.)
NARCISSA BLANCHARD, b. 1806, was orphaned by the death of her father and mother the same year. She m., Sept. 26, 1822, Daniel Herrick of N. Factory Village. (See Herrick gen.)
(Children of Daniel and Esther Parkinson Blanchard.)
LETITIA BLANCHARD, b. at N., m., Sept. 5, 1840, John Holt of Lowell, Mass., where they resided and both died. They had two children, Mrs. Esther Hyland of Lowell and Janet Holt of Lowell.
JANETTE BLANCHARD resided in Lowell and never married.
DANIEL J. and SYLVAN died unmarried.
(Children of Daniel and Nancy Parkinson Blanchard.)
JOIIN I. BLANCHARD, b. Jan. 29, 1826. He went to California when
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a young man and remained until old age, returning in Oct., 1896, to the old home, where he d. April 25, 1903. With his death the name disappears from the records of the town.
IANTHE BLANCHARD, b. at N. Aug. 10, 1824; m. Jan., 1850, Edward C. Rice (see Rice gen. and portrait).
NOTE .- Master Parkinson came from New York City. He was a grad- uate of Nassau Hall and was carefully trained by his parents to become a minister, but he could not accept the doctrine of the decrees. After he graduated he drifted into New England, first as a schoolmaster and then going to war, later turning to farming in Francestown, where he m. He was no farmer and went back to the schools as a classic teacher for more than a third of a century.
BOSWORTH.
WALTER BOSWORTHI came from Litchfield, Me., to N. in 1899. He was b. there in 1874 and m. Luthia Bubier, July 16, 1895; b. at Gardiner, Me., in 1878.
Mr. Bosworth is a carpenter and resides on Arch St. They have three children.
Second Generation.
WILSON BOSWORTH, b. at Litchfield, Me., May 19, 1896.
RAYMOND HENRY BOSWORTH, b. in N., April 19, 1901. CHESTER BOSWORTH, b. March 31, 1905.
BOYNTON.
COURTLAND BOYNTON came to N. in 1874 and purchased a home at the corner of Elm and Arch Streets. He was connected with C. T. Almy in the manufacture of cotton yarn, silesia and fine sheeting in the Winnisquam mill at Tilton. The business proved unprofitable and was abandoned in 1884. Mr. Boynton was next superintendent and part owner in the Buell hosiery mill in N. He was a prominent citizen and a trustee of Iona Savings bank.
He erected a new home in Tilton in 1876 on the Franklin road. Mrs. Boynton was an artist of. worth and occasionally appeared in public as a lecturer of pleasing address and literary merit.
They removed to Dorchester, Mass., where she d. Jan. 30, 1898. She had been previously m. and had two sons, William and Arthur Frost. The former is a member of the firm of Nichols & Frost, Fitchburg, Mass., and the latter is of Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Boynton had a dau. Zilla, b. at N. in 1875 and d. Aug. 12, 1875. He was secretary of Doric Lodge of A. F. and A. M.
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BOWLES.
WILLIAM BOWLES was one of the earliest teachers in town. He had a home north of the Clisby place, of which the cellar is now plainly visible. Just below stood the immense pine that was felled for a fence and lay its long length up the hill. Regardless of any value as wood and timber, it was allowed to decay with the years and some of its substance must still be in sight. It was said that a yoke of oxen was driven on the stump and had plenty of room to turn around. This was the region of great trees, and several stood east of the meeting house.
Master Bowles was a fine penman and much of his work is to be seen on the early "Prizel lists" and cash accounts of the town, and he was a useful man generally.
BRALEY.
ALEXANDER BRALEY came to N. from Danbury. He m. Mrs. Phebe Glines Ludlow and had a family of two sons and a daughter. Mrs. Braley d. July 24, 1876.
Second Generation.
CORNELIUS LUDLOW BRALEY, b. at Canterbury; m. (first) Pamelia Col- lins; m. (second) Flora Batney, b. at Alexandria. He served in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue). They had four children, three girls and a boy. Mr. Braley received a pension. He removed to Wilmot and later to Meredith, where he d.
FRANK BRALEY, b. at N .; m. Mary Avery of Plymouth, and had five children. He also served in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue). He d. at Lakeport.
PAMELIA BRALEY, b. at N., m., March 20, 1868, Oliver Grover, and had two daughters. She m. (second) Alonzo York and removed to Lakeport. He d. Jan., 1902. She now resides in Franklin with her daughter, Mrs. Sydney Horne.
BRIGHAM.
PAUL BRIGHAM, b. 1812, came from Vermont and bought the Ben- jamin Hannaford farm on the main road. They were elderly people and childless and came to be near their relatives, the Colbys, on the Canterbury intervale. He farmed here several years and d. Feb. 19, 1884. Mrs. Brigham afterwards sold and went to live at Leonard Colby's, where she d. The place then passed to the ownership of George C. Hurlburt and the buildings were burned in 1886.
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BROWN I.
DAVID BROWN was b. at Pittsfield, July 17, 1810, and m. (first) Rhoda Mason of Chichester, who d. at N. in 1875. He m. (second) Marinda Stewart Canfield of Franklin Falls, May 1, 1876.
He bought his first home east of the Cofran place on Bean Hill. The house was later occupied by Joshua Ordway and James Goodwin and was finally sold to William Woodbury, torn down and removed. Mr. Brown was later overseer of the town farm for ten years.
On Oct. 29, 1842, he purchased 75 acres of land and a small house (the Knowles place) further down the hill and enlarged and reno- vated the buildings until none more convenient could be found in town. He also added land as opportunity offered. He was a man of great endurance, a Quaker in belief and always true to his con- victions. He d. July 4, 1902. Mrs. Brown d. April 9, 1905, aged 67. They had one child.
Second Generation.
ADA J. BROWN, b. at N., April 10, 1877; m., Dec. 24, 1904, Herbert Laroy Cram. After a brief course at the graded school and Tilton Seminary she assumed, after her father's death, the management of the farm.
BROWN II.
ABRAHAM BROWN, b. May 8, 1753; came to the north fields of Can- terbury prior to 1780 from Epping and bought original lot No. 18, now owned by Freeman B. Shedd. His early ancestry cannot be traced owing to the destruction of Epping records, but they were of English descent. He m. Mary Butler, b. March 30, 1760. Her father, Rev. Benjamin Butler, was a graduate of Harvard College and her mother, Dorcas Abbott, was from Andover, Mass. Many of their descendants held places of honor in state and nation. Mr. Brown m. in 1776. He served three years in the Revolutionary War as drummer and four as an adjutant. He d. at N. May 8, 1824. She survived him 22 years. They had ten children.
Second Generation.
POLLY BROWN, b. March 13, 1777; m. John Hills, b. at Haverhill, Mass. (See Hills gen.)
SALLY BROWN, b. at Epping, Feb. 17, 1779; d. at N., Dec. 9, 1849.
HANNAIL BROWN, b. at N., Dec. 9, 1791; d. March 15, 1859. She m., Sept. 29, 1817, Jeremiah Forrest of Canterbury Borough and resided there until his death, Aug. 9, 1845, when she went with her family to Illinois. She d. at Cottage Hill, March 15, 1859. They had five chil- dren, all of whom resided in the West.
PHEBE BROWN, b. at N., June 7, 1796, and d. at East Andover, May 28, 1852.
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BENJAMIN BUTLER BROWN, b. at N., April 19, 1800; m., Dec. 30, 1824, Phebe Gale of Sanbornton. He was a shoemaker at the Centre for many years. She d. there Feb., 1845. They had seven children. He m. (second) Mary Sanborn, Feb. 4, 1855, and resided at East Andover, where both d. He, Feb. 4, 1867.
DORCAS BROWN, b. at N., April 5, 1785; m., 1807, Enoch Osgood of Salisbury, Mass., who removed to Salisbury, N. H., in 1790 and d. there in 1832, aged 60. They had a family of eight. The family moved to East Andover in 1835, where she d. in 1861.
ABRAHAM BROWN, b. at N., Sept. 1, 1787; m., Dec. 31, 1808, Betsey Forrest of Canterbury Borough. They resided at first on Bay Hill, going later with his father to the newly erected home of Richard Blanchard, now the Byron Shaw farm. He inherited this farm on his father's death and spent his life there. He had five children. He d. June 8, 1861. She d. Dec. 27, 1860.
He was a thrifty farmer and dealer in cattle, which he drove to Brighton for many years. He represented the town in the Legis- latures of 1835 and 1836. He was a trusted friend of President Franklin Pierce and declined an appointment to the deputy marshalship under his administration. He filled many town offices. Mrs. Brown, living in the early days of our republic, was one of the few women well in- formed in national affairs and was a "woman of faculty" in its most varied sense.
CLARISSA BROWN, b. March 30, 1804; m., Jan. 24, 1824, Edward Chase. She d. at Meredith June 1, 1825, leaving one dau.
HENRY BUTLER BROWN, b. at N., July 4, 1802; read medicine with Dr. Crosby of Hanover and graduated in 1827. He m., Jan. 24, 1829, Laura Ticknor of Lebanon and settled in Hartford, Vt. In 1857 he re- moved to Rockford, Ill. Mrs. Brown d. there Dec. 20, 1867. He again m., and d. at Big Rapids, Mich., Dec. 13, 1872. They had two sons and two dau., Darwin, a physician of Big Rapids, and Finley, a business man in Chicago, Mrs. Kate Bronson of Big Rapids and Mrs. Davis of Chicago. There are 14 of the next generation.
Third Generation. (Children of Abraham and Betsey Forrest Brown.)
(B. at N.)
HARBISON BUTLER BROWN, b. Nov. 10, 1809; m. Harriet Chase. (See Chase gen.) They purchased the Glidden farm at the Centre, of Dudley Varney, and the place soon became famous for big oxen and large crops of corn. They had two sons and a dau. He d. Sept. 30, 1870. She d. July 31, 1896. He was a man of influence but declined public office.
SAMUEL BUTLER BROWN (see portrait), b. Dec. 12, 1813; m., Nov. 6, 1837, Lydia Leighton of N., b. July 9, 1814. He inherited the homestead and his father's democracy. He held several times over all the omces in the gift of the town and was its representative in 1861-'62. They had
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five children. He d. Aug. 18, 1870. The farm then passed to the own- ership of Byron Shaw.
MARY BUTLER BROWN, b. Nov. 11, 1817; m., March 12, 1837, Thomas Chase, b. at N., Sept., 1810. (See Chase gen.) She d. April 12, 1876.
CLIMENA BROWN, b. March 12, 1819; m., April 17, 1837, Joseph Mor- rill of Canterbury. He was widely known as the "apple-tree man." Their home was a model of thrift, from which they dispensed bounty to all in need. They had three children. She d. 1876. He d., Nov. 1, 1895.
SURAN M. BROWN, b. Nov. 27, 1822; m., May 10, 1849, Napoleon B. Bryant of Andover, who became a lawyer of note at Concord, Boston, and elsewhere. She d. in Boston, May 16, 1874; he at East Andover, Jan., 1902. They had eight children, three of whom survive.
(Children of Benjamin and Phebe Gale Brown.)
HENRY BROWN, b. in Sanbornton, Sept. 21, 1825, read medicine with Dr. F. B. Brown at Hartford, Vt., and went in 1849 to California, passing "around the Cape," where he m. Mrs. Cordelia Myers. They had a son, Frank R. Brown, now living on the island of Unga, Alaska, and a dau., Mrs. Phebe Rhodes of Victoria, B. C. They each have children.
STEPHEN GALE BROWN, b. at Sanbornton, Sept. 28, 1827; d. at Sut- ter's Fort, Cal., in 1849.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BROWN, b. at Nottingham, Oct. 27, 1831; m. Phebe Sanborn of Canterbury, April 5, 1855, who was b. Oct. 12, 1836. He was a man of great enterprise and varied business and resided at Tilton, Boston and later at Concord, where he d., Aug. 18, 1899. They had four dau. She resides in the home at Concord.
MARY ANN BROWN, b. at Nottingham, Aug. 23, 1833; has resided for many years in Andover.
CHARLES G. BROWN, b. in Hartland, Vt., Dec. 11, 1835; d. in Bristol, 1885.
GEORGE G. BROWN, b. at N., Oct. 10, 1837; m. (first) Ada Reed of Claremont; m. (second) Nellie Prescott of Bristol, and (third) Mrs. Etta Shaw of Tilton. He has two dau., Mrs. George Cavis of Bristol and Mrs. George H. Davis of Tilton.
Mr. Brown resided many years at Bristol and is now a miller and dealer in grain and feed at Tilton, and a prominent business man.
Fourth Generation. (Children of Harrison and Harriet Chase Brown.)
(B. at N.)
ALBERT ABRAM BROWN, b. Dec. 14, 1834; m. (first), Dec., 1857, Sylvinia A. Tallant, b. at Canterbury, Oct. 13, 1839. She d. at East Concord, March 16, 1862. M. (second), Jan. 18, 1866, Sarah Amanda Moore. He is a farmer and resides at Penacook. They have three children.
MARY ELIZABETH BROWN, b. Jan. 28, 1838; m. William C. French, b. at N., Jan. 1, 1835. (See French gen.)
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LABOY REUBEN BROWN, b. at N., 1840, remained on the homestead and cared for his mother in her extreme age. He m., March 14, 1870, Sarah G. Glines and had three children, all of whom d. in 1877 within three days. He d. at Litchfield, Me., Aug., 1903.
. (Children of Samuel and Lydia Leighton Brown.)
ANNIE M. BROWN, b. at N., Dec. 31, 1838; m. Joseph G. Lyford, Dec. 17, 1866, b. at N., July 8, 1830, and removed to Iowa. She was a grad- uate of the N. H. Conference Seminary, class of 1860, and was an ener- getic teacher. (See Lyford gen.)
ALBERT BROWN, b. at N., Aug. 21, 1840; served in Co. B, 18th Regi- ment, N. H. Vols .; m. Ellen Leighton and has since resided in Canter- bury. He is a successful farmer and raises horses. He has one son, Herbert (see Boys in Blue).
LAURA BROWN, b. at N., Nov. 14, 1843; d. at N., Oct. 18, 1857.
MARY C. BROWN, b. at N., June 17, 1847; m. John B. Morrill of West Newton, Mass. He d. in 1882.
Her mother resides with her. She has a son, Lyman, of Waltham, and dau., Bertha.
LYMAN BROWN, b. at N., July 24, 1849. He sold the home farm to Byron Shaw and removed to Nebraska, where he has since lived and where he is a grain dealer. M. Elizabeth Davis of Wilton, Ia. He has two dau., Edna and Winnifred.
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BROWN III.
JOHN BROWN came to Bean Hill about 1845 and purchased the Evans farm. They were from Farmington or vicinity. Mrs. Brown was Sarah Olive Nutter. They had no children and after his death she returned to her former home, selling to Lewis Haines. The place is now occupied by Charles C. Hayes. Mrs. Brown will be remembered by passers by as having the finest old-fashioned flower garden in the country. Mr. Brown d., 1863 or 1864.
BROWN IV.
JOHN G. BROWN, b. 1803, came to N. from Woodstock. He was in the War of the Rebellion (see Boys in Blue) and d. at Fairmount, Va., Nov. 16, 1874. He m. Mary Downing of Ellsworth, who after- wards became the wife of Moses Abbott. (See Abbott gen.)
Second Generation.
JOHN J. BROWN, b. at Woodstock, May 6, 1857; m. Florence Jeffrey at Woodstock, 1879, b. at Kennebunkport, Me., June 28, 1863. He came to N. from Somersworth. They had seven children.
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Third Generation.
MARY M. BROWN, b. Oct. 23, 1880; m. Arthur Matthews of Colebrook. They reside at Gilmanton.
FLORENCE B. BROWN, b. Dec. 5, 1888; m. Bert Smith.
LUTHER M. BROWN, b. March 29, 1892.
JOHN A. BROWN, b. Feb. 1, 1894.
Three other children d. in infancy.
BROWN V.
THEODORE BROWN, b. at Hampton, Oct 30, 1757, came to N. from Chichester in 1803 and purchased three farms from the 500 acres reserved for Governor Shute.
He had previously served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. Henry Elkins in Piscataqua Harbor.
He had eight children. His wife was Sarah Gile of Haverhill, Mass. She d. Oct. 30, 1827.
Second Generation,
ASA GILE BROWN, b. at Chichester, 1783; m. Agnes Manson and re- moved to Vermont. They had six children, none of whom survive. He d. Sept. 23, 1857.
SAMUEL BROWN, b. July 12, 1786, at Hampton; m. (first) Abra Bart- lett, b. Jan. 10, 1790. They had five children. They resided some years in Gilmanton, where she d. He then m. (second) Mary Runnells and had two children, b. in Gilmanton. He then returned to N., where three more were b. and where he d. Aug. 2, 1837. Seven of his ten children settled, after a long residence in N., in and around Provi- dence, R. I.
THEODORE BROWN, JR., b. at Hampton, Nov. 25, 1793; m. Ruth Col- lins. His two oldest children, William and Martha Jane, were b. in N. He removed to Wisconsin in 1846 and d. there March 27, 1863, leaving a large family of children and grandchildren.
SARAHI BROWN, m. James Palmer and lived in Vermont, and later in Ohio.
MARY BROWN, m. Joseph Bunker, b. 1791; had children and d. in Starksboro, Vt.
MATHEW NEALY BROWN, m. Nancy Hall, and resided first in Loudon and later in Concord, and had three sons.
NANCY MOULTON BROWN, b. Nov. 19, 1799; m. Josiah Philbrook Brown of Sanbornton and settled in Wentworth, where they d. within a few weeks of each other in April, 1877. They were the parents of Brad- bury T. and Mary Ann, wife of Lyman Conant and mother of Maud Conant Gilman of Howard Ave. Another dau. is Mrs. Dorinda Web- ster of Fall River, Mass.
JOHN GILE BROWN, b. 1803; m. Rebecca Whittemore of Boston, Mass. He inherited his father's estate in N., where he remained till his
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death, Nov. 16, 1874. She d. Feb. 17. 1901. His buildings were burned in 1867 (see Casualties) and rebuilt the following year. This farm is now occupied by George Dias.
Third Generation.
(Children of Samuel and [second wife] Mary Runnells Brown.)
JOSEPH BARTLETT BROWN, b. in N., June 11, 1809.
THEODORE BROWN, 2D, d. in N., unmarried.
HENRY TIBBETTS BROWN, b. 1818 in N .; d. in 1897, leaving three sons and a dau. with good property.
He erected the monument to his ancestry in the enclosure by the town house. He d. in Providence, where he had lived many years.
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