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Mr. Quimby held important offices in precinct and town. He was connected with the board of health as its secretary for some years and was precinct clerk for three years.
He was a member of the board of education for Unlon District for three years and one of the trustees of the Hall Memorial Library.
He was for 19 years superintendent of machines in Lord Bros." Optical Works and now holds a responsible position in the Optical 17 1
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Works at Geneva, N. Y., where he has removed. He m., Feb. 7, 1888, Stella Frances Cram of Raymond, and has four children, all b. in Tilton: Raymond, in 1889; Christine, 1890; Chester, 1891; and Conrad, 1893.
RAND I.
SAMUEL RAND Was a native of Rye. He came to N. from Northwood about 1820 with seven children. He m. Sarah W. Hanson, dan. of Robert of Dover and Patience Waldron Hanson of Portsmouth. Mr. Rand had two brothers, who were lost at sea. He settled first on the farm beyond the Rand schoolhouse, which was owned jointly with Reuben Whicher, Sr. She d. there Nov. 27, 1845. He d. at Tilton Jan. 1, 1863, aged 83. They had 10 children.
Second Generation.
RICHARD L. RAND, b. at Northwood, went, when a young man, to the Portsmouth, Va., Navy Yard, where he m. and had one dan.
NATHANIEL G. RAND went to California to the gold fields in 1849 and d. there. He never m.
SAMUEL RAND, JR., left home early in life, m. and had one dau. He d. at Tyngsboro, Mass.
JOSEPH D. RAND was but 10 years old when his father came to N. He was b. at Northwood in 1810 and m., Feb. 1, 1838, Mary Ann French, b. 1810, a neighbor, and lived on the home farm, which he sold later to Nicholas French. He then bought and repaired the buildings of the John Jacob Atkinson place. He was a stonemason and a bridge builder for the railroad, but, most of all, a farmer. They had five children. She d. July 13, 1876. He d. May 7, 1879.
OLIVER H. RAND followed his brother to Virginia, where he became an architect and builder. In 1863 he was ordered by President Bu- chanan to the Mare Island Navy Yard. He m. in Virginia and had three dau., one of whom, the only survivor, resides in New York City. Mr. Rand d. in 1867.
JOHN W. RAND lived in Boston and d. there in 1884. He had one dau. WILLIAM C. RAND, b. at Northwood, 1820, resided in Boston and later in Quincy.
He went to New Orleans in 1851 for his health and d. among strangers at 31 years of age. He was unmarried.
ABRAHAM WALDRON RAND. (See portrait.)
ABRAHAM WALDBON RAND was b. in N. in 1822. He left home at 20 and, after clerking a while, went into the grocery business in Rox- bury with his brother, Isaac, Daniel J. Cate and Moses Pearson Cogs- well, his boyhood friends. The three latter went to California in the ship Sweden with a stock of builders' supplies in 1849, going round
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Cape Horn, while he remained in Boston to ship further goods. It was called the Roxbury Sagamore Company and consisted of 26 men.
He also engaged in the heater and range business with Pond & Duncklee on Blackstone St. In 1852 he removed to Philadelphia, where he continued the same business under the firm names of Rand & Ayers, Rand & Hayes, Rand, Perkins & Co., and the A. W. Rand Com- pany. This business included steam and gas fitting, copper and tin work, plumbing, furnace, steam and range heating.
He also built a large number of fine residences and was at one time the owner of the St. Cloud Hotel.
He was very musical and was president and treasurer of the Handel & Haydn Society of Philadelphia. He was a member of the Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church and later of the Spring Garden Street Church, being its treasurer, a member of its board of trustees and one of its liberal benefactors. He was an Odd Fellow and a Mason of high degrees; a member of Harmony Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Jerusalem Royal Arch Chapter and La Chasseur Commandery of Knights Templar. He m., 1842, Martha A., dau. of Capt. Nathaniel Holmes of Provincetown, Mass. They had seven sons, three of whom d. in infancy. Waldron of Boston, Nathaniel P. of Philadelphia, and William B. of Dorchester, Mass., survive. Mr. Rand was a man of wide acquaintance and, during the Centennial Exposition in 1876, his home was open and free for all, especially to such as came from his native and dearly-loved New Hampshire. He was very attractive personally and had great industry and executive ability. He was a Republican, politically. He was a generous provider for his own and open-handed in his support of all good enterprises.
He passed to a higher life, in Philadelphia, in 1883, and was buried at Forrest Hills.
MARTHA D. RAND was b. at N. and educated at the academy under Dyer H. Sanborn, until the establishment of the Conference Sem- inary, of which she was one of the first graduating class in 1847. The next year she spent in Virginia. She m., in 1849, Col. George S. Baker, removing at once to Baltimore, Md., and going the next year to Newbern, N. C. She returned to New Hampshire in 1852, spent 1854 in New York and then resided from 1855 to 1864 in New Hamp- shire. Then she removed to Appleton, Wis. He d. in 1867, at Tilton, since which time she has resided there, and has passed the years in pleasant proximity to her alma mater and her childhood's home. She is a devoted member of Trinity Episcopal Church, where the grace of her sweet face and sweeter voice has been for years one of the delight- ful charms of the service, for, like all the family, she inherited musical talent. She has one son, George W. Baker, now of Portland, Me.
ISAAC H. RAND went to Boston when quite young. He was with his brother and others in the Sagamore Company, of which mention has been made. He remained in California for several years, after which he returned to N. and d. of consumption when 30 years of age.
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Third Generation. (Children of Joseph and Mary Ann French Rand.)
STELLA RAND d. at eight years of age.
OLIVE RAND, b. at N. March 22, 1843; m., Nov. 15, 1865, Adoniram Sanborn and resided at Bast Tilton, where she d. in 1867.
SUSAN RAID, b. at N. April 25, 1844; m., Jan. 1, 1865, James Van Peabody of N., b. 1842. They reside on Park St. She was educated at Tilton Seminary and was a teacher for some years. (See Peabody gen.) They have one son.
Gromgs TAKNOE RAND, b. 1850; m., 1869, Emma Aldrich of N., b. 1854. They resided in Andover. Later he returned to the home, where he d. Oct. 8, 1871. They had one dau., Martha D., who is the wife of Wilfred Wilson of Hill.
FRANK PIERCE RAND WAS b. at N. in 1855. He m., in 1877, Annie F., dau. of Gustavus and Louisa Sanborn Webster of Salisbury, she being in the line of descent from the famous Webster family. He resides on the homestead and is an active and enterprising man. He operates threshing and harvesting machinery among the farmers during the harvest season; also corn huskers and shredding machines, and has thus established quite an extensive traveling industry. He is also agent for other farming implements. He is an Odd Fellow and a member of the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers. They have atne children.
Fourth Generation. (Children of Frank and Annie Webster Rand.)
OLIVE ADELIA RAND, b. Feb. 7, 1881. STELLA MERTIE RAND, b. March 14, 1883. ABRAM W. RAND and LEON W. RAND, twins, b. Oct. 11, 1885.
LIZZIE MARION RAND, b. July 3, 1888; d., Oct. 29, 1900. She was a child of uncommon beauty and promise. NELLIE LOVINA RAND, b. Oct. 5, 1891. WILLIE RAND, b. Nov. 28, 1894. ALFRED HENRY RAND, b. May 30, 1898. EDWIN LABOY RAND, b. Feb. 25, 1902.
RAND II.
BURT HENEY RAND came from Franklin to N. in 1896 and purchased the Hodgdon homestead. He was b. at Danbury in 1868 and m. Abbie Rebecca Stewart, b. at Danbury in 1871.They are general farmers and have conducted a dairy business until the present year. He is now employed as a machinist at Franklin. They have three dau .: Florence A., b. June 5, 1890; Fannie Belle, b. Nov. 25, 1893; and Maud, b. Oct. 1, 1895.
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RANDALL.
MILES RANDALL, son of Jonathan and Betsey Forrest Randall of Canterbury, lived many years on the farm now occupied by Frank Peverly. He was b. Dec. 20, 1818; m. Martha A. McDaniel of Can- terbury, b. 1822. She d. Aug. 3, 1852. They had four children. He went to California in 1852 and remained there until 1893, when he returned to the home of his sister, where he d. Sept. 9, 1901.
Second Generation. (All b. at N.)
CAROLINE RANDALL, b. Dec. 30, 1839; m. Thomas Badger of Nashua. They have three children: Charles, Willie and George. He d. Nov. 28, 1897.
MARIA A. RANDALL, b. 1843; d., Sept. 3, 1863.
ALVIBA R. RANDALL, b. 1846; d., Dec. 15, 1875.
EMILY F. RANDALL, b. 1851; m. Arthur L. Hanaford, and had a son, Orville, and a dau., Edith, now Mrs. Edward Keniston. (See Kenis- ton gen.)
REGAN.
MRS. ANNA AUSTIN REGAN came from Tilton to N. in 1892 and re- sides on Vine St. She was b. at Hooksett Feb. 8, 1838; m. Feb. 26, 1874, Judson J. Regan of Vergennes, Vt. He d. at Linden, Mass., Feb. 23, 1879.
Second Generation.
LEONA A. REGAN, b. at Sharon, Mass., Dec. 15, 1875, is employed at Hardy & Folsom's store at Manchester.
CLABA B. REGAN, b. at Sharon, Mass., 1876; d., Aug. 17, 1877.
FRED E. REGAN, b. at Linden, Mass., Nov. 23, 1877, is a carpenter and resides with his mother.
RICE.
EDWARD RICE, b. at Sudbury, Mass .; m., Jan., 1850, Ianthe Blanchard of N., b. Aug. 10, 1824. They resided for many years in Lowell, Mass. After the death of her parents they returned to her early home for their permanent abode in 1880, rebuilt and renovated the buildings, improved the farm, and for many years there was no more pleasant and spacious home or attractive surroundings than were found at "Blanchard Farm." They had five children, a son, Henry Blanchard, dying in infancy. Mr. Rice d. there July 16, 1895. She survived him for some years. Her biographer says of her:
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IANTHE BLANCHARD RICE. (See portrait.)
"IANTHE BLANCHARD Was the dau. of Daniel and Nancy Parkinson Blanchard. She was b., Aug. 10, 1824, on the Blanchard farm in N, but now a part of Franklin. She attended the Hodgdon School and the Seminary, and was a successful teacher in her own and other districts of the town.
"In Jan., 1850, she was m. to Edward C. Rice of Sudbury, Mass. For many years they resided In Lowell, Mass., but, in 1880, returned to her childhood home, the Blanchard farm.
"Our older residents often speak of the beautiful voice of Ianthe Blanchard, for she was well known as a singer of promise, and in young womanhood was a member of a Lowell church choir.
"She was ambitious, energetic and did not hesitate to boldly cham- pion any cause which she considered right, and she was equally fear- less in denouncing wrong and ill-doing. Her religion was practical; she gave freely to those who needed material help; to the sorrowing and distressed her spiritual consolation and sympathy were un- bounded. Her love of young people and her generous hospitality will long be remembered by the present, as well as the past generation. She was devoted to her home and family and, although the bereave- ments were many, she met them all with that firm, trusting faith, Which was so characteristic of her.
"From the house in which she was b. and m., she passed Into the higher life, suddenly and without warning, Feb. 11, 1897, as she had always expressed the desire that she might answer the death angel's summons.
"Of her family of five children, but two are now living, Laura A. Rice and Fanny Rice, the well known actress.
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Second Generation. CLARA AUGUSTA RICE.
CLARA AUGUSTA, oldest dau. of Edward C. and Ianthe Blanchard Rice, was b. in Lowell, Mass., March 19, 1852. She inherited her mother's musical talents and from early childhood she received in- struction in vocal and instrumental music with the best teachers of Lowell and Boston. She was graduated from the Lowell High School, and, young as she was, she was the leader of the Cathedral choir, the largest church in Lowell at that time. Her powerful mezzo-soprano voice attracted the attention of the musical profession and her parents were advised to send her abroad for study and to fit her for operatic and oratorio lines of work, for which nature had so admirably endowed her. She gave up her large class of pupils in piano in- struction and went to Milan, Italy, where she was making rapid progress when stricken with the dreaded fever, which nearly always proves fatal to Americans, and passed on to join the "choir invisible,"
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Sept. 10, 1873. All that was mortal rests beneath sunny Italian skies and many of her countrymen, when visiting Milan, go to the beautiful cemetery and sigh with regret "for the sound of the voice that is still," as they read this inscription upon her tomb:
"To the Memory of Clara Augusta, daughter of E. C. and Ianthe B. Rice of Lowell, Mass., U. S. A., age 21 years and 6 mos. An Angel Awaiting Us."
LAURA A. RICE.
LAURA A. RICE, the second dau., was b. at "Blanchard Farm," July 20, 1856. During early childhood the family went to Lowell, Mass., to reside. She received her education in the Lowell public schools and was a student of the Lowell Industrial Art School.
Her artistic talent was cultivated under the well known artist, W. P. Phelps, the "painter of Monadnock." For many years, she has, over the nom de plume of "Ray Lawrence," written poems and stories for many well known magazines. After the return of her family to the old home, Miss Rice became a teacher in N. and Franklin for a number of years. She is one of our few women farmers, but finds no lack of time for social and literary recreation. The poem written for the dedication of the Memorial building at Franklin and the Old Home Week poem are some of her latest productions.
FANNIE RICE. (See portrait.)
FANNIE RICE was b. in Lowell, Mass. As a child, she displayed re- markable musical talent and studied both vocal and instrumental music with the best known teachers in Lowell and Boston. As a concert singer and cornet soloist she was associated with Henry Barnabee and others famous at the time.
Later she joined the Ideal Opera Company of Boston and toured the country. She was associated with Nat Goodwin and with the Carlton Opera Company, and later was one of the star performers at the New York Casino, where, for three years, she sang the leading roles with Lillian Russell and other famous singers.
She has starred with her own company, playing all over the United States and Canada.
She had the honor of being selected by Joe Jefferson for one season of his all-star company in "The Rivals." She was also with Julia Marlowe, Nat Goodwin and others.
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YOm Rice is still coe of the leaders of Tanderifle and is a widely kooma favorite do the stage.
She has coe dan, Edith Rice Purdy, The, at her early age, displays zunch of her famous mother's theatrical talent.
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LEE Rick was edacated in the public schools of Lowell and M . student and scholar took high rank. She graduated from the High School in 1889 and was a musician ef ability, devoting much time to the piana.
She was m., July 14, 1885, to Artemas T. Burleigh of Franklin. She was devoted to her home, was domestic in her tastes, quiet and wnas- suming in manner and was loved by all who knew ber.
The memory of "Little Iner" is sacred to her family and many friends. She d. suddenly, July 26, 1897. and death lay upon the little white-robed Agare "like an untimely frost upon the fairest flower of the Bold."
RILEY.
GEORGE RILEY was b. in Canterbury in 1813. He m, in 1831, Sarah J. Kellogg of Bethel, Vt., and had eight children, three of whom d. in childhood. She d., Sept. 7, 1866, at East Tilton. He m. (second). Almira Gilman of Sanbornton Bridge, Feb., 1867, and had one dau. Mr. Riley lived in East N. and was one of the board of selectmen in 1871, 1872 and 1873.
Second Generation. (Children of George and Sarah Kellogg Riley.)
ADELINE RILEY, b. 1834; m., 1853, John F. Cross, and d. in 1S56.
ARAM RILEY, .b. 1843; m. Mrs. Frances J. Foss. They resided in East N. and had three children. He d. Nov. 2, 1881. She resides in Belmont with her son, Glen.
ADELAIDE M. RILEY, b. 1846; m. Frank Hillsgrove and resided in Concord, where she d. in 1872.
GEORGE RILEY, JR., b. Feb. 9, 1848; m. (first), Clara Sanders of Alton and has one son, Phil. He m. (second), Emma Elkins of Belmont. He is a prominent business man and conducts a steam sawmill business, going from place to place. He resides at Laconia. MILLARD FILMORE RILEY, b. 1852; d., unmarried, at East N., in 1872.
Third Generation.
(Child of George and Almira Gilman Riley.)
HATTIE BELLE RILEY, b. May 20, 1868; m., Dec. 25, 1897, Joseph Stone and resided with her mother in East N., where she d., Nov. 14, 1009
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RING.
CHASE RING came to N. from Chichester and bought the Aldrich place at East N. He was b. Feb. 27, 1799. He m. Sally Osgood, b. at Loudon April 5, 1805. They had a family of four, two of whom were b. in Loudon. She d. in N. July 24, 1848. This family returned to Loudon.
Second Generation.
HENRY EDWARD RING, b. Aug. 26, 1829. HANNAH JANE RING, b. July 6, 1831. HENRIETTA RING, b. Sept. 13, 1834. MARY ELLEN RING, b. July 17, 1836.
ROBINSON.
EZEKIEL ROBINSON resided near the old road from the Curry place to Belmont and uplands. The house was reached by a private way. His name does not appear on the records later than 1837. He re moved to Belmont. They had two sons and a dau.
Second Generation.
JOSIAH ROBINSON remained on the homestead for some years, selling to Chandler Mason. The house was torn down but the land is now owned by Lorentine Sanborn, son-in-law of Mr. Robinson.
HOIT ROBINSON is an extensive lumberman and resides in Concord.
ROBY.
WILLIAM ROBY, b. at Merrimack, was for many years in the employ of the Land & Water Power Company of Manchester as teamster. He m., Sept. 28, 1846, Betsey Cross, b. at N. Dec. 13, 1819. Later he purchased the Hall farm on Zion's Hill, where both d. He d. March 1, 1888. She d. Nov. 13, 1899. They had one dau., Clara, who m. Albert Titcomb, b. at Tilton Aug. 13, 1843.
Mr. Titcomb bought an adjoining farm and has been a general farmer. She'd. Dec. 20, 1903. They have one son, Frank, b. Aug. 10, 1864, the local correspondent of the Journal-Transcript of Franklin. Mr. Titcomb was in the Civil War one year and has served the town as selectman. (See Boys in Blue.)
ROGERS I.
It is claimed that the Rogers genealogy is traceable to Robert Rogers, who was b. in England in 1625 and who came to America on the Mayflower and settled, first in Boston, and afterwards in New-
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bury, Mass., where he d. Dec. 23, 1663. It is supposed that he was a grandson of the martyr, John Rogers. He had five children.
The second child, Thomas Rogers, was b. at Newbury July 9, 1652, and d. there Oct. 15, 1735. He m., May 18, 1667, Ruth Brown, who d. Feb. 1, 1730. They had 10 children.
The sixth child, Isaac Rogers, was b. June 21, 1691, and m. Rebecca Rawlins. They had three children.
The second child, Joseph Rogers, was b. Dec. 19, 1714, in Newbury, and d., April 18, 1798, in Bow. He m., Dec. 7, 1738, Abagail Bartlett, b. March 7, 1715, and d. April 18, 1800. They resided in Newbury and Amesbury, Mass., and had seven children, five of whom were b. in Newbury and two in Amesbury.
The fifth child was Samuel Rogers, b. in Newbury Aug. 3, 1749. He came to N. from Bow, about 1780, and bought the Josiah Miles farm on the Bean Hill road. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His first wife was Deborah Drew, b. at Newbury, March 22, 1751, and d. Oct. 30, 1822. He probably found a house already erected on the ledge close by the brook, where he soon after erected a sawmill and extended the house many feet to the East and later put a cor- responding extension to the West, as his increasing family demanded. Behind the house, on the higher ledge, stood the long barn.
He had the manufacture of lumber in mind when he bought the farm, for no more ideal place could be found than the spot where he erected his mill. There was wood and timber in abundance and good upland for tillage, while the mill brook, which afterwards took his name dwindled down in summer to a limpid stream, that ran through the large pasture, watered his flocks and herds and still allowed a heavy crop of grass to grow in the broad meadow.
There was no more thrifty family far or near than that of Deacon Rogers. The old up-and-down saw danced through the immense logs. day and night during the spring freshets and the moon, supplemented by the old, tin barn lantern, concealed rather than disclosed the bulky cider jug among the logs, while the men of the whole neighbor- hood sat about upon the big logs and swapped stories of the "good old colony times," when they were under the king.
Mr. Rogers settled three of his sons cn parts of his extensive farm and one remained with him in the home.
He m. (second), Mrs. Robert Morrison, who survived him many years. She was a noted maker of cheese and had the fattest hogs in town. She sold out and went to her friends in Vermont, but at her death was brought and laid beside him in the Abbott Cemetery. He d. May 3, 1839.
Second Generation.
DEA. ENOCH ROGERS Was b. in Bow in 1774 and m., Nov. 25, 1795, Nancy Buswell. He settled on the farm east of the sawmill and reared a family of 10. After his father's death he sold to his brother and re- moved to Columbia,, where he spent the remainder of his life.
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ABAGAIL ROGERS m. Andrew McAllister and removed to Ohio. Late in life she resided with her son in Iowa and d. there, aged 82.
REBECCA ROGERS, the fourth child, b. Dec., 1786; m., Nov., 1805, Na- than Bean of Meredith Bridge, now Laconia. He was a clothier and d. Oct., 1846. Their family consists of eight children, three dying in childhood. Mary Jane, the wife of Alvah Tucker of Lakeport, had two dau. and two sons. The two dau. became the wives of J. J. and A. J. Pillsbury, late of Tilton. The two sons are Arthur Tucker of Lakeport and Dr. Henry Tucker of Brattleboro, Vt.
ANNA BEAN ROGERS m. Martin Chandler and resided in New York. In 1893 she m. David Davis of Warner and removed to Toledo, O., and had five children.
JOHN ROGERS remained at the home and was a miller and farmer with his father. He m., March 20, 1805, Sally, dau. of his neighbor, John Cofran, and had a family of four. After his father's death he bought out his stepmother's share and, with his sons, until his death, tilled the paternal acres and tended the mill as well. He was a man of extensive and varied interests. His wife was a fine singer and led the little choir at the old meeting-house for many years. He.d. Dec., 1845.
BENJAMIN ROGERS was b. at N. in 1782 and d. at N. Oct. 26, 1825. He m., Jan., 1812, Lucy Hoagg and had a family of eight. He was associated with his father in his business and lived on a part of the original estate. He was a hard-working, Christian man, a Methodist in belief. He d. at 43 years of age.
Mrs. Rogers carried on the farm until her death, reared and educated her large family and was an ideal mother, striving for the best in everything for herself and hers.
The farm, after a long ownership in the name, was sold to Ebenezer Thurston, a son-in-law, and, later, to Benjamin Gale, Leroy R. Brown, and Oscar Gates, and is now the property of Nelson Duval.
MEHITABLE ROGERS, b. March 25, 1784; m., March 9, 1809, Elliot Durgin of Sanbornton Bridge. He was a clothier and resided at Campton, Bristol and Meredith Bridge. He learned his trade of Stephen Chase. They had 10 children. She d. April 15, 1862. He d. at the home of his dau., Mrs. James Palmer of Sutton, July 12, 1868.
JESSE ROGERS, b. at Bow, 1787; m. Martha Cilley of N. (See Cilley gen.) He was a blacksmith and resided where Fred Lougee's home is now located. His smithy stood a little below. They had seven chil- dren. He d. Aug. 4, 1852. She d. in 1867. They are both buried by the town house. Three of the dau. m. Batchelder brothers.
SAMUEL ROGERS, b. at N., 1786; m., June 7, 1799, Rebecca Haines of Sanbornton Bridge. He was a cripple, caused by a wound on the knee from an axe borne on his shoulder as he broke through the ice in the river and barely escaped with his life. He learned the tailor's trade and, after living for a few years on a part of his father's es- tate, had a shop close by and resided with Simeon Cate where now
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stands the home of Josiah Dearborn. They went, during the War of 1812, to Portsmouth to make clothing for the soldiers and maflora. They worked largely on homespun garments, woven in the homes around. He d. about 1824 and she m. (second), James Ramsey of New Hampton, June 5, 1826. They had one son, John, and two dan .. Deborah and Mary. The latter m. Daniel Flagg and had three chất- dren. She d. at Bradford, Vt.
Third Generation. (Children of Enoch and Nancy Buswell Rogera.)
DANIEL ROGERS, b. Aug. 28, 1796, was educated for the ministry and was also prominent in political matters in Coos County, being a me- ber of the governor's council.
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