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(Child of William and Elizabeth Kent Fletcher.)
THOMAS FLETCHER, b. in N. 1860; m. Winnie Farrington of Tilton and resides in Concord. He was postmaster at Tilton during President Cleveland's second term. He is a postal clerk on the Portsmouth Rail- road. Other children b. in Tilton are George, John, Charles and Will- iam P., who d. at Tilton Feb. 3, 1903. ·
FOLLANSBY. WILLIAM FOLLANSBY.
The Follansbys came from Normandy to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. A descendant, Thomas, came to America from Derbyshire in 1642. William, the subject of this sketch, was a son of Benjamin, and was b. in Hill, N. B., in 1802, and d. at Belmont, N. H., in 1849. He first started in business in Holderness, N. H., when about 20 years old, where he opened a country store, which he suc- cessfully carried on and while there built several houses. He moved to Sanbornton Bridge about 1834. He was a man of remarkable energy and his arrival gave a new impetus to business of various kinds, and it has been said that the little village dated its period of growth with the advent of William Follansby, and that he added more buildings than he found there. After various places of business and abode across the river, he erected on the Northfield side the long low building which stood for half a century on what is now called "The Beach," and bore the classic name of "Seven Nations." One section of it housed his family and one his store. He was one of the first to en- gage in the palm leaf hat traffic and furnished employment to large numbers of women and girls. When the plans for the new Congrega- tional Church were agitated Dr. Enos Hoyt and Hon. Samuel Tilton, at his suggestion furnished with him the necessary 'funds and took their pay in pews, which they sold later, and largely by his push the enterprise was promptly carried through. He was also the owner of various tracts of land in the town as shown by the old tax lists. He was a generous, kind-hearted man and although sharp at a trade he never refused aid to any one in need. He was m. three times, first to Persis Wells of Holderness. By this marriage there were three
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children, Cutting, Caroline and Peabody M. His second wife was Ruth Wells, a sister of the first, and by this marriage there were three children, Wells, Joey D. and Daniel. His third wife was Mary Sweatt-Ladd of Upper Gilmanton, a niece of the late Elder Peter Clark, a noted Baptist minister, and by this marriage one child, Will- iam H. C., was born.
CUTTING FOLLANSBY.
CUTTING FOLLANSBY (see portrait) was b. at Hill July 4, 1822. He was educated in the common schools and at Plymouth Academy until 1849, when he went to the California gold fields, where he remained four years.
Returning he farmed some years and also traded in a store erected by his father where Hill's Block now stands, dealing in dry goods and groceries, and had a large traffic in palm leaf hats. He m. before go- ing.to California, Jan. 1, 1847, Alice A. Haynes of N. and had one son, Charles H., b. at N. Oct. 24, 1847. In 1856 he became a trader at Hold- erness, now Ashland, where, with Hiram Hodgdon, he conducted a prosperous business for more than 20 years.
In 1873 he removed to Barre, Mass., and, purchasing a large store and handsome residence, commenced trade as Cutting Follansby & Son. He d. Sept. 14, 1875. He was a man of sterling qualities, truthful, honest and upright. He was highly esteemed by those familiar with him for the remarkable assiduity and frugality observed in his busi- ness as well as his integrity of character and beneficence to all in need and especially to the Christian Church.
Thus he won large success and many strong friends.
His home was in N. many years, where he was a large real estate owner. Mrs. Follansby still resides in N.
His son continued his father's business in Barre some years and is now connected with the banks there. He m. Mary, dau. of President Meservey of the New Hampton Literary Institute, and has a dau., Alice. Mrs. Follansby d. 1887. He m. (second), 1889, Minnie Kendall.
FORREST I.
WILLIAM FORREST,. 1ST., was of Irish, and his wife, Dubia Forrest, of Scotch, descent. They came to America in 1744, bringing three sons and two dau., Margarett, Robert, John, William and Nancy. Both lived and d. in Boston. John Forrest, 2d., was the first of the name to settle in N. He was b. in Ireland in 1726. He, with his brother Will- iam, 2d, and two sisters, after a short stay in Boston, passed on to Londonderry, where they remained some time. Securing a grant of land on Canterbury intervale the children, with a single exception, took up their abode on the banks of the Merrimack opposite Boscawen Plain and erected a fort. Robert d. in Boston. His wife, Betsey Ful-
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ton Forrest, after her second marriage to William Love, came also to Canterbury. The fear of hostile Indians subsiding, they scattered and John came to the north fields and purchased the Leighton farm near Franklin Falls. He had been a soldier in the French and Indian Wars. He m. Elinor Gipson, 1746, b. at Canterbury 1728, d. Jan. 10, 1814, in N. They had nine children.
WILLIAM FORREST, 2D., brother of John, according to the Canterbury records, m. Letty Mann of the north fields and had a family of seven: Jane, b. 1753; Mary, 1755; Robert, 1757; Letty, 1760; Anna, 1762; Margret, 1765, and d., 1766.
I find no further record save that Robert served in the Revolutionary . War and was credited to Loudon.
BETSEY FORBEST was probably the wife of Jonathan Cross, son of Jesse, father of Forrest Cross, as Jonathan and Betsey Forrest Cross sold her father's farm to Mr. Leighton a few years later, as the deed records. They were m. Jan. 4, 1798. (See Cross gen.)
Second Generation. (Children of John and Elinor Gibson Forrest.)
JOHN FORREST was a soldier in the French War and was called "Soldier John." He m. Sarah Gibson of Canterbury, Dec. 29, 1778, and resided there.
ELINOR FORBEST m. Jeremiah Gibson Nov. 2, 1776. He was a soldier in Col. Jeremiah Clough's regiment. He entered the service at 25 years of age. (See Gipson or Gibson.)
WILLIAM FORREST, b. 1753 at Canterbury Fort; m. Sarah Ellison, b. 1758, d. Jan. 10, 1802, by whom he had 11 children. He began in 1774 a settlement near N. Centre. He cleared a few acres and the next year sowed his grain and left for the war. He was wounded at Bunker Hill and suffered from sickness, but lived to return, and took up his life work, farming. For 60 years in succession he planted his own corn. He was a staunch Democrat, as were all his sons and grandsons. He was never absent from the annual town meeting but once.
He m. (second), Sally Simonds, b. 1771, of N., who d. Feb. 20, 1850, and by whom he had three sons. He d. March 5, 1840, with less than one hour's sickness, leaving 14 children, 41 grandchildren and 12 great- grandchildren. He was a pensioner.
ANNA FORREST m. James Gibson Nov. 21, 1776, and d. Oct. 18, 1783. He was the son of James, who was a scout along the Pemigewasset and branches, under Lieutenant Miles. He was also in the Revolu- tionary War in Col. Jeremiah Clough's regiment, and d. March 3, 1825.
JANE FORREST, b. in Canterbury Fort; m. James Gipson, nephew of the . above. They had several children-Rodney, Nancy and perhaps others. She d. Jan. 11, 1819.
LYDIA FORREST, b. at Canterbury Fort 1762; d. there March 9, 1835. She m. Thomas Clough of Loudon. They resided at East N. They had a dau., Sally, who m. Gawn A. Gorrell.
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AGNES FORREST, b. at Canterbury Fort; m. Moses Randall and had one dau., Agnes.
ROBERT FORREST, b. in Canterbury Fort, m. Sarah McDonald of N. and removed to the farm occupied many years by the late James Chase in Canterbury. They had three children, John, Sarah and Susan. They removed later to West N., where both d. He d. Oct. 2, 1844. She d. April 6, 1852.
JAMES FORREST, b. in Canterbury, 1765, came to N., 1784. In 1785 he took possession of the farm in East N. still owned by his descendants. There were few roads and he reached it by a bridle path from the Bay · Hill road. His wife, Anna Ellison, dau. of Richard Ellison, to whom lot No. 55 was originally granted, d. in 1809, leaving a son, Samuel. He m. (second), Mrs. Peggy Cross Sanborn, Aug. 14, 1815, by whom he had a dau., Alvira, who m., in 1852, Silas Jones of Charlestown, Mass., and d. in 1894. They had a son, Dexter Forrest Jones, of Waltham, Mass. Mr. Forrest d. Oct. 16, 1843.
Third Generation.
(Children of William and Sarah Ellison Forrest and Sally Simonds Forrest.)
NANOY FORREST, b. at N. 1769; m., Sept. 27, 1811, Abraham Simonds of N., d. May 26, 1815. They had one child, Joseph M. (See Simonds gen.)
SALLY FORREST, b. - at N .; m. Simon Gilman and resided at West N. She d. June 5, 1851. Their children were: Stephen, Joseph, Sally m. Thomas Lyford, Nancy m. John Kent. (See Gilman gen.)
WILLIAM FORREST, b. March 21, 1784, always lived in N .; m. Nancy Dearborn (see Dearborn gen.) and had a family of nine children. His farm was a part of the original homestead. He d. May 25, 1864. She d. June 1, 1849.
BETSEY FORREST, b. at Northfield, 1790; m. Jonathan Randall Aug. 1, 1814, and went to Canterbury to live; d., Jan. 31, 1872, and he d. May 15, 1870. Children: Nancy, b. 1815, d. Sept. 8, 1839; Serena, b. 1817, d. Oct. 15, 1844; Miles, b. Dec. 20, 1818; Sally G., b. Jan. 20, 1821, d. March 4, 1903; Mary Jane, b. 1824, d. Oct. 4, 1872; Lucretia M., b. Sept. 10, 1826, m. Dixie Hall of N., Nov. 14, 1848 (see Hall gen.); Eliza, b. Nov. 23, 1830, d. May 16, 1902; Emily F., b. 1832, d. Sept. 24, 1848.
POLLY FORREST (4), b. 1791, was the second wife of Chellis Sargent, b. July 8, 1800; m., Sept. 10, 1838. They lived at Tilton, where she d. Nov. 13, 1872. She was a woman of great energy and good judgment and a helpmeet, indeed, to her husband, who by industry accumulated a competency which was cheerfully and generously given for the sup- ,port of the Methodist Church and many other good works. In the early years of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary they were both indefatigable in their efforts for the upbuilding of the school, giving liberally of their money and time. He was killed by a moving train, Feb. 7, 1887.
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JANE and STATERA FORNEY IM. the Gile brothers, Abel and Thomas, both of N. (See Gile gen.)
JOHN R. FORREST, b. 1535: always resiled in X. He purchased one acre of land and built the house opposite the old Center schoolhouse, but later, selling out, built the farm buildings on the Forrest road, just below his father's farm, of which he faberited a part. Squire Glidden had built, in his ambition to excel Its neighbors, a barn ca the Moore place on Bean Hill road, too large by far for the needs of the place. The west end of this was purchased by Mr. Forrest and removed to his new farm. He m. Jan. 1, 1925, Marcha Eastman of Salisbury, and had a family of four. She was b. 1994; 4, Dec. 9, 1971. He outlived all his family, and & 02: 1, 1371.
JOSEPH FORANY. b. ta X. 1735; 4. 1121.
JACOB FORREST. b. 1731; n. t :131, Lyila Toutle, b. May 21, 1758, and moved to a farm in Derviss V: He & June 12, 1343; she lived until Feb. 17, 1979. Chiffres: Samuel. b. Der. 20, 1322; m, 1856. WIN- iam, b. March 3, 1825; L, May :2 EM. Card, b. Nov. 2, 1827; Flora Stocker of Dearile. V ._ Mar. 2. Li ... Sarah Jane, h. Aug 24. 1829; m. - Taylor. Yarvi : : 12 has. 1. Litt1; & when thees weeks old. John B. i. kan 1 : 124 Jeggh Bargent, h. May 4, 1805; m., 1863. Jacob, 5. S.y_ 15. 113.
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his father's farm at East N. and was a prominent citizen of the town and filled many places of trust. He represented the town in the Leg- islature of 1826-'27.
(Children of Robert and Sarah McDonald Forrest.)
JOHN FORREST, called "Master John," was b. at Canterbury, 1797; m., 1821, Sarah Gale of Alexandria, b. 1800. They resided in N. and had a family of eight. He was educated at Pembroke and was a noted teacher in Canterbury and surrounding towns and was one of the most learned men of the times, a good penman and excelled in mathematics. He d. at N., March 10, 1840. She m. (second), -, and d. at Brush- ton, N. Y., in 1886.
SARAH FORREST, b. at Canterbury, 1801; m., 1824, Rev. John Paige of Bristol, N. H., where they resided some years, going later to Neosha Rapids, Kansas, where both d. at good old age. They had a family of seven.
SUSAN FORREST, b. at Canterbury, 1804; m., Dec. 6, 1825, Geo. Han- cock of N., b. 1800. They resided at first on what is called the Hicks lot; later, they built a house across the way where they lived, and he d., July 3, 1867, leaving a son, Horace, and a dau., Mrs. Alvira H. Rob- inson of Sanbornton, with whom Mrs. Hancock lived and d., Sept. 22. 1878. (See Hancock gen.)
Fourth Generation. (Children of William and Nancy Dearborn Forrest. )
LUCINDA FORREST, b. at N. Nov. 27, 1808; m., Nov., 1849, Charles Lord, and resided at the Center, where she d., March 27, 1854.
EMANUEL S. FORREST, b. in N. April 3, 1810; removed in youth to Stewartstown; m. Mary Edwards; returned to N. and had charge of the town farm for a term of years, but d. in Stewartstown, Feb. 11, 1877. Children: George, Sarah Jane, Osman Baker, Martha Ann, Ellen M., Joseph Sullivan.
JOSEPH E. FORREST. b. Dec. 31, 1811; d., Dec. 27, 1835.
SARAH FORREST, b. at N. Sept. 8, 1814; m. Clough Gorrell of East N. (See Gorrell gen.) She d. Dec. 19, 1888.
NANCY FORREST, b. at N. Feb. 25, 1817; d., Jan. 28, 1842.
JANE L. FORREST, b. at N. May 3, 1819; m. Henry E. Wiggin, and moved to Colebrook; d., Nov. 19, 1895. He d. March 10, 1898. They had three children, Charles S., Mrs. Abbie A. Shattuck, Mrs. Carrie J. Tibbitts, b. April 23, 1857, d., May 23, 1905.
JACOB FORREST, b. at N. Oct. 17, 1821. He went to California in the 1849 excitement, with Charles E. Tilton and, after securing a fortune, started on his return on the Central America, which foundered in a gale in the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 12, 1857.
MARTHA E. FORBEST, b. in N. Sept. 10, 1824; m. J. Sullivan Sanborn, July 3, 1851, and went to Dorchester, Mass., to live. She d. Oct. 22, 1864, at her husband's father's in N. Child, George S., b. in N. March
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23, 1852, and d., Aug. 23, 1870, at his father's home, in Redwood City, Cal.
ANDREW JACKSON FORREST, b. in N. Oct. 21, 1827; inherited the home farm. He went to California and there d., Dec. 23, 1863. He was dis- tinguished as being the tallest man in town. He m. Eliza Dearborn of Columbia, May 20, 1853. Children: Lell W. Forrest, b. in N. Dec. 17, 1854; d., Aug. 20, 1856. Lillie Forrest, b. in N. Sept. 10, 1855; m. Rev. T. B. Hopkins of California, Jan. 29, 1874; child, Laura Branch Hopkins, b. May 25, 1876.
(Children of John E. and Marcia Eastman Forrest.)
MARCIA ANN FORREST, b. at N. Nov. 8, 1828; m., Dec. 8, 1852, Rev. Albert Ethridge of Sandwich, b. Jan. 19, 1829, and went to Marseilles, Ill., where she d., April 30, 1874. Children: Carrie Maria Ethridge, b. June 10, 1869; d., April 8, 1870. Lenora E. Ethridge, b. Dec. 2, 1854; m., Sept. 26, 1876, Dr. C. A. Weirick of Chicago, b. in Liverpool, Pa., Sept. 29, 1852; she d. July 20, 1888; children, Albert John, b. Dec. 19, 1877, Mabel Ethridge, b. Sept. 28, 1881. Marcia Ethridge, b. Jan. 17, 1860; d., May 14, 1877.
ALFRED FORREST, b. in N. 1831; d., April 6, 1847.
CAROLINE E. FORREST, b. in N. 1835; d., Jan. 4, 1858. She was edu- cated at Gilmanton Academy and Tilton Seminary. She was a fine writer and a devoted Christian.
EDWIN EASTMAN FORREST, b. at N. Aug. 16, 1840. He resided in Rio Vista, Cal., about fifteen years and d. in Colton, Cal., May 1, 1878. At his request his body was brought home for interment in the family lot in Park Cemetery, Tilton.
(Children of Charles G. and Sally Folsom Forrest.)
ALMEDA M. FORBEST, b. Nov. 2, 1836; m., April 27, 1868, George A. Newhall of Boston, where she d. July 26, 1889. Children: Forrest E. Newhall, veterinary surgeon, Augusta, Ga., b. Nov. 11, 1869; m., Aug. 21, 1901, Mollie B. Johnston; children, Almeda Frances and Sadie Fol- som. Guy Folsom Newhall, b. April 14, 1871; resides in Boston; for the past nine years on the reportorial staff of the Boston Globe.
HONORIA ADELAIDE FORREST, b. July 13, 1839; resides in Tilton, where she has exemplified the art of home-making in its truest sense.
M. JOSAPHENE FORREST, b. March 29, 1843; she devotes much time to portraiture and teaching of painting, in her home in Tilton.
G. FRANK DECATUR FORREST, b. Oct. 15, 1846; was a florist in Win- chester, Mass., where he d., July 11, 1869.
(Children of James M. and Almira Ames Forrest.)
ADELAIDE ELIZA FORREST, b. in N. July 26, 1843; m., June 7, 1871, Jo- seph E. Wells, b. March 22, 1842; d., June 24, 1904. He was one of the leading business men of Portage, Wis. Children: Mary Almira, b. July 14, 1872; m. George Harrington of Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 11, 1904. Cora Ardelia, b. June 14, 1874; m. Edward J. Bullock, July 12, 1904, and
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resides in Chicago, Ill. Maud Susan, b. Sept. 22, 1876. Josephine Ade- laide, b. Fob. 5, 1880.
GUSTAVUS AMES FORREST, b. in N. Aug. 21, 1845; m., Dec. 18, 1871, Esther A. Krus. He is a prominent lawyer at Manitowoc, Wis. Chil- dren: Louise, b. Dec. 16, 1872; d., Jan. 31, 1873. James Madison, b. Feb. 16, 1874. Harry Gustavus, b. April 25, 1875. Maud Susan, b. Aug. 3, 1876; d., Sept. 17, 1876. Josephine Adelaide, b. June 10, 1879; m., July, 1903, Key Davis of Manitowoc. Mamie Almira, b. March 20, 1884.
SUBAN 8. FORREST, b. in N. June 9, 1847; m., March 4, 1874, J. Oviatt, M. D .; d. in Wyocena, Wis., March 15, 1876. Child, b. March 9, 1876; d., Sept. 1, 1876.
(Children of John [fourth] and Sarah Gale Forrest.)
ELIZA JANE FORREST, b. at Charlestown, Mass., Jan., 1821; d. at San- bornton, 1842.
ANNIE WILKINSON FORREST, b. at Canterbury, Oct. 19, 1823; m., Sept. - 20, 1840, Dr. William Plummer Cross of N., b. at Sanbornton, July 4, 1816. (See Cross gen.)
PHILIP CLOUGH FORREST, b. at N. Feb., 1825; d. in Baraboo, Wis .; m., 1846, Mary Braley of Lowell, Mass. They had two sons and a dau. CHARLOTTE FORREST, b. at N. 1827; d., at Bristol, 1846.
JOHN FORREST, b. at N. 1880. He lived in California seven years; then settled in Minnesota. Both he and his dife d. there.
JOSEPH FORREST, b. at N. 1882; resided at Pleasant Valley, Minn. He bought a large tract of land and laid out the town and gave it its name. He d. there.
ROBERT FORREST, b. at N. 1834. He lived in Boston; was a dealer in real estate. He then removed to St. Louis, Mo., and was a sign dec- orator. M. Lu Forsyth and had two sons, Charlie and Robert, who d. in infancy of cholera. Mr. Forrest d. at the same time, 1867. She sur- vived a few years.
SARAH JANE FORREST, b. at N. 1837; m., 1867, Aldis Boyce of Dickin- son, N. Y. He d. July, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce were both deaf mutes. She was educated at New York City in the famous institution of Dr. Gallaudet; Superintendent, Dr. Peat. He was educated at Hart- ford, Conn.
(Children of Samuel and Agnes Randall Forrest.)
ANNE ELLISON FORREST, b. at N. Nov. 3, 1821; was for some years a teacher, but has spent much of her life in caring for her aged mother, her brother's family and an invalid sister, Martha. They reside on the home place.
SUBAN KNIGHT FORREST, b. at N. Nov. 2, 1823; m. Samuel B. Rogers of N. She was also a teacher. They had three sons. (See Rogers gen.)
LAFAYETTE FORREST, Oldest son of Samuel, b. at N. June 29, 1825; m., June, 1852, Sarah Varney of Augusta, Me., and had six children, Agnes,
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Mary Langdon, John Dempster, James Pike, Annie Ellison and Grace. He graduated from New Hampton Institution, 1845, and was a teacher in the schools of Concord, Natick, Mass., and Bangor, Me. He then took up mercantile life in Bangor, where he d. Dec., 1897.
JAMES NATHANIEL FORBEST, b. at N. July 12, 1827; m. Mary Augusta Eaton of Jay, Me., June 28, 1858, and had a family of five. Mr. Forrest was a teacher of ability and a trusted business man of the town; was selectman' several years; represented the town in the Legislature of 1867; was superintendent of schools under the district system, 1870, and afterwards member of the board of education. He d. Jan. 16, 1892. She d. April 25, 1874.
MARTHA RANDALL FORREST, b. Oct. 1, 1831.
Fifth Generation.
(Children of James N. and Mary Augusta Eaton Forrest.)
KATE FORREST, b. June 12, 1859; graduated from Tilton Seminary June 17, 1882. Taught several terms in N. For the past five years bookkeeper in the office of the Franklin Journal-Transcript.
SAMUEL WARREN FORREST, b. July 8, 1861; m., Oct. 29, 1900, Susie R. Paul of Boston, Mass. (See Lawyers of N., portrait and sketch.) FREDDIE FORBEST, b. Aug. 15, 1863; d., Sept. 3, 1864.
EDWIN DAVID FORREST, b. Sept. 2, 1865; m., June 29, 1898, in Cam- bridge, Vt., Alfaretta Boomhower, b. Jan. 18, 1873. Graduated from Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1897; has practised in Cam- bridge, Vt., and in Denver, Col., and at present is practising in Tilton, a member of the dental firm, True & Forrest.
ANNIE RUTH FORREST, b. at N. June 8, 1872; m., Feb. 8, 1899, Daniel Gardner Stark of Montrose, Penn. She studied kindergartning in Exe- ter, and for two years before her marriage had a private kindergarten in New Bedford, Mass. She now resides in Waverly, N. Y., where Mr. Stark is secretary of the Hall & Lyon Furniture Co.
FOSS.
What is now Oak Hill was formerly Foss Hill. Three brothers owned all the land from the Cross (now Philips) Brook to the Canterbury line.
ROBERT Foss lived near the burying ground in the Hannaford pasture as the remains of a cellar are now plainly seen. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and d. at N. about 1834. He had six children, and his wife was. - Bean.
ISAAC Foss, b. 1770; m. Joanna Willey, Oct. 2, 1792, and (second), Mary Nudd, Aug., 1826. He d. in 1854. I can find but four children.
THOMAS Foss lived near the Canterbury line on original lot No. 11, as he deeded 50 acres of it to his son, Thomas, Jr.
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Second Generation.
(Children of Robert and - Bean Foss.)
MARTHA Foss, b. 1785, called Patty, lived on the Windfall Road. 8be d. March 16, 1859, unmarried.
ABAGAIL Foss, b. in 1811; m. John B. Glover of Canterbury and bad Ave children.
Love Foss, b. April 6, 1781; m., March 23, 1806, Ebenezer Glover, and had seven children. She lived to be more than 104 years old, and d., 1885; children resided in Canterbury.
MART Foss, m. Stephen Haines, Jr., son of Capt. Stephen and brother of Thomas, and had five children; none resided in N.
NATHANIEL Foss, b. at N. Feb. 23, 1774; m., Dec. 2, 1820, Polly Kenis- ton, and had a family of six. He resided, first, on the Windfall Road, going later to a farm near the Ledges, adjoining her sister's, where they reared their family, and both d., he, Oct. 27, 1854; she, March 28, 1863.
CHARLOTTE Foss, b. 1805; m. Jonathan McDaniel of Canterbury and had one dau. (See McDaniel gen.) She d. Dec. 6, 1868.
(Children of Thomas Foss.) (All b. at N.)
PRISCILLA Foss, b. July 22, 1772. NATHANIEL Foss, b. Nov. 4, 1774.
SARAH Foss, b. Nov. 18, 1781; m., Aug. 12, 1810, Amos Hanaford of Canterbury.
(Children of Isaac and Joanna Willey Foss.)
EZEKIEL Foss m., Dec. 24, 1824, Sally Austin and had a son, Erastus. MOSES Foss, date of birth unknown. He m. and had two sons, Ste- phen and Ebenezer. The latter m., Dec. 26, 1782, Sarah Hoyt.
JENNY Foss m., Dec. 7, 1817, Benjamin Austin.
FANNIE Foss m. John Dinsmore of N. (See Dinsmore gen.)
Third Generation. (Children of Nathaniel and Polly Keniston Foss.) .
(All b. at N.)
CYRENE Foss, b. April 1, 1821; d., Nov. 2, 1821.
CYMINTHA F088, b. March 24, 1827; m., autumn, 1860, John Wallace of Hillsboro, N. B. She was a graduate of the New Hampshire Con- ference Seminary, class of 1852, and a popular teacher. She d. Jan. 2, 1865. Mr. Wallace d. Jan. 2, 1896, leaving a son, John, and dau., Mrs. Mary Gross.
ALMEDA Foss, b. April 25, 1827; d. at Concord in 1891. She m., April 11, 1854, Samuel Page of Warner, b. 1820. He was a farmer and drover, a man of enterprise and public spirit and active member of the Meth- odist Church. He d. May 8, 1878, of diphtheria, aged 58; a son, Sammy,
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d. 10 days previous and another, Lucien, three days later. Mrs. Page was entirely devoid of hearing for many years, but with wonder- ful fortitude and energy kept her interest in passing events and useful- ness in her home. They had five children. They resided some years in Warner, later in Tilton on the Gale place. Three children survive, Mrs. Charles Boardman of Concord, Mrs. Nora LaBelle and Herman of Sanbornton.
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