History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches, Part 13

Author: Cogswell, Elliott C. (Elliott Colby), 1814-1887; Northwood (N.H.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Manchester [N.H.] : J.B. Clarke
Number of Pages: 936


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The day was bright and the air exhilarating, and the insane man was resolute in his purpose to do his duty bc- fore parting from the itinerants. At this moment, dinner was announced, and the intruder took a place at the table with the preachers, who had been greatly pleased with the holy conversation of the stranger, and thought he must be a man too good to fall from grace, and invited him to in- voke a blessing " before partaking of the widow's repast." This was his desired opportunity, and he makes the most of it. His eye dilated, his face shone with an unearthly light, when he reverently bowed, and, with vengeance in liis heart, thus prayed : -


" O Lord of love 1 Look from above, With eyes as sharp as sickles, And cut the throats Of these black coats That eat the widow's victuals.


Amen !"


The preachers were confounded and the widow dis- tressed, and the dinner was eaten in silence. When the


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" brethren" and the insane man parted, no hands of fellow- ship were extended, but the latter went away with a sense of duty done, and was sure the widow's meal would last the longer for the prayer he had offered.


THE THIRSTY DISCIPLE.


Our venerable informant assures us it was in this vicinity that the following incident occurred.


In those days when new religious sects were springing into existence in opposition to the " standing order," as the Congregational ministers and churches were called, there was not always witnessed the propriety, dignity, and reverence in religious assemblies which an intelligent piety requires. All new sects have their origin in some excesses that disappear in process of time under more correct un- derstanding of Christianity. The ministry of some of these sectarians was illiterate, and the membership not less so, though there was an ardent zeal.


On one occasion the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was to be administered in a school-house by one of their itiner- ant preachers. The preparations for the occasion were simple in the extreme. There was a small stand for the service, consisting of one earthen plate, a glass goblet, and a pitcher. The preacher sought to prepare the hearts of his adherents by portraying the life, character, and death of our Lord. He led them to Bethlehem, lingered at the grave of Lazarus, and vividly sketched the scenes of the betrayal, the trial before Pilate, the cross with its innocent Sufferer, the gall, the spear, the bowing of the head, with the prayer for his murderers. The preacher's feelings were nearly uncontrollable, and the emotions of the people found vent in sighs, tears, and groans, with wringing of hands. Then the preacher broke the bread and gave it to the deacon to distribute, and afterwards filled the goblet with the sacramental wine, and, holding it in his hand, said, " This is my blood of the new testa-


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ment, which is shed for many for the remission of sins," and, passing the cup to the deacon, added, " Drink ye all of it."


At this moment, a man covered with sweat and dust, having walked miles to enjoy this feast, approached the table, and the deacon, recognizing him as one of the faith- ful, presented to him the goblet before any others had par- taken. The weary man put the cup to his lips and eagerly quaffed the wine to the last drop, and, returning the cup to the deacon, exclaimed, with great earnestness, " O Lord ! I's dry as dust." So was it in Paul's day, at Corinth, " One is hungry, and another is drunken."


The communicants are amazed, the cup is empty and cannot be replenished. There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.


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FAMILY SKETCHES.


!THERE are so few family records and these so imper- fect, that one instinctively shrinks from the task of collecting such facts and dates as are essential to family sketches. The ignorance of many in regard to their ances- tors is painful. Names, dates of births and deaths and marriages, and residences, can seldom be given where no written record can be found. Indifference to the matter enhances the difficulty of obtaining materials for a liistory, while a suspicion that, he who is seeking to gather up the fragments of written or unwritten history of a household may make money out of it renders the task less agreeable. Those who imagine the writer of a local history able to make gain from his protracted and perplexing researches, have our profound sympathy, though they deserve the pro- found contempt of every intelligent being.


Where there has been an interest, and a readiness to render aid, genealogies have come in so imperfect and in so confused a sliape, and with chirography so strange, that Choctaw could as casily be read ; or so many things have been simply hinted at, vast chasms that must be filled up, yawning frightfully, it being taken for granted that the editor must know all about the family from the beginning of time, though ignorant of every branch of it, that, with few exceptions, such contributions are of little worth, while an occasional sketch is furnished ready for the work.


We have not aimed to notice all the early families of the town. Some of those early families soon removed to other towns, and not a few have become extinct. Such families as had a controlling influence in the municipal and religious interests we have sought to delineate, together


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with such others as might readily present themselves. What we have done may incite others to do more. The field is ample, and the laborers are few.


BARTLETT FAMILY.


John Bartlett came from Stopham, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., in the ship " Mary and Jolin," in 1634, and died April 13, 1678. His brother Richard came in 1635, and died May 25, 1647. And the son of this Richard, whose name was Richard, was four years representative of the town of Newbury in the legislature, and died 1698, aged 77, his birth being in 1621 ; and his son Samuel, born Feb- ruary 20, 1646, married Elizabeth Titcomb of Newbury, May 23, 1671, and he died May 15, 1732, aged 87, and his wife died August 26, 1690. Their son Thomas, born Au- gust 13, 1681, married Sarah Webster, and their son Sam- uel, born April 30, 1712, was one of the early settlers of Nottingham, coming from Newbury, Mass., and settled on the south side of the Square. He married Love, daughter of Joseph Hall ; she died 1754. He was a tanner by occu- pation ; his wife was an energetic and intelligent woman. Mr. Bartlett became an extensive land-owner, and held many offices of trust, whichi lie always filled with credit to himself and advantage to others. Their children were : Joseph Hall, born March 7, 1739; Sarah, born November 25, 1741; Thomas, born October 22, 1745; Israel, born May 8, 1748 ; Mary D., born August 17, 1751; Josiah D., born March 15, 1753.


This Thomas, the son of Israel (son of Thomas, son of Samuel, son of Richard, son of Richard), married Saralı, the eldest daughter of Gen. Joseph Cilley, a patriot of the American Revolution, and settled on the homestead. He also was a patriot of the Revolution ; was one of the Com- mittee of Safety ; lieutenant-colonel under Stark at the cap- ture of Burgoyne ; commanded a regiment at West Point in 1780, when the treachery of Arnold betrayed that fort.


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He was the man whom his townsmen trusted, and delighted to honor with every office within their power. He was for many years their town clerk, selectman, and representa- tive; he became speaker of the House, and, in 1790, was appointed justice of the court of common pleas, and re- tained that office until 1805. He died June 30, 1805, aged 59. His wife was a lady of much intellectual culture and moral worth, and greatly aided the young settlement in Nottingham by her influence and friendly offices. The children of Judge Thomas Bartlett and Sarah Cilley were : (1) Israel, who settled in the north part of Nottingham, married Sarah, daughter of Zephaniah Butler and Abigail Cilley, a sister of Gen. Joseph Cilley ; and their children were Sally and Hamilton ; this Israel married for his second wife Widow Fernald; and their daughter, Ellen, married John P. Hair, a Presbyterian clergyman, now a professor in Ripon College, Wis., having four daughters ; (2) Thomas, who was a farmer and lived where David Lucy resides, married Mehitable Ford of Nottingham, and their children were Joseph, Thomas, Jacob, Bradbury, John, David, Mchitable, Emily, Jane, and Betsy, most of whom removed to Haverhill, Mass., but Mehitable married John Morrison of Northwood ; (3) Jonathan, son of Judge Thomas, married Lovy Laskey of Lee, lived in Lee, where his widow and son John reside; his other children are : Enoch of Chelsea, Mass. ; Sarah, who married Deacon True of Amesbury, Mass. ; Joseph of Durham; David of Ames- bury, Mass. ; and Thomas of Kansas; (4) Bradbury lived and died at the Square, married Molly, daughter of Ben- jamin True, who was a son of Deacon Abraham True of Deerfield ; and she was a sister of Sarah True, who became the wife of Edward Neally, Esq., of Lee. Mrs. Bartlett had few superiors in gracefulness of manners, intellectual strength, and domestic virtues. This Bradbury Bartlett was for many years a merchant, held various town offices, was in the state legislature, and member of the state sen-


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ate ; and was appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1832.


The children of Judge Bradbury Bartlett who lived to maturity were : (1) Benjamin True, who was a merchant in St. Louis, and died in Marion City, Mo., unmarried ; (2) Martha Cilley, who became the wife of Levi Scales, son of Samuel S., and lived in the easterly part of Notting- ham, and their children are Elizabeth, Horace, Bradbury B., and Mary True; (3) Rufus Fingal, wlio married Eliza Scofield of Philadelphia, lived in Keokuk, where he died in 1871, highly respected, leaving one daughter, Mary Eliza- beth, now the wife of David Kerr of Keokuk, Iowa ; (4) Enoch, who married Betsey, daughter of Joseph C. Plum- mer of Epping, practiced law in Lawrence, Mass., was mayor of the city, and died in 1855, leaving one daughter, Augusta True ; (5) Sarah, who married George Brainerd of St. Albans, Vt., and has two children, George and Mary ; (6) Rhea Sylvia, who married Charles G. Chesley, and they live on the Bartlett homestead at the Square; (7) Thomas Bradbury, who married Victoria E. W., daughter of Col. Joseph Cilley, and lives in Haverhill, having six children, Nathaniel Cilley, Annie, Elizabeth, Joseph Brad- bury, Maria Victoria, Jenny Nealley, and Benjamin Thom- as ; (8) Harrison Webster, who married Harriot Porter of Warner, who died May, 1875, is a merchant at the Cen- ter, postmaster, and town clerk ; (9) Jonathan Longfellow, who married Sarah A., daughter of John Simpson, and lives in Nottingham, having two daughters, Blanche Simp- son and Alice True.


(5) Joseph, another son of Judge Thomas Bartlett, died at sea, had been a school-teacher for many years.


(6) Sarah, daughter of Judge Thomas, died young.


(7) Josiah, who married Hannah True, daughter of Ben- jamin T., having, for children, Bradbury Cilley, Israel, Ben- jamin, Alfred, Edward, John, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, and Susan ; Bradbury, Benjamin, and Susan live in Philadel-


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phia, Alfred in South Boston, Sarah and Hannah in Ep- ping, and the rest in Lee.


(8) David, son of Judge Thomas Bartlett, married Su- zannah, daughter of Maj. Greenlief Cilley, lived and died in Epping, leaving two sons, Greenlief Cilley, a lawyer in Derry, having, for children, Frederiek D., Greenleaf, Charles K., Willie, and Jenny Cilley; David, the second son of David Bartlett, lives on the homestead in Epping, married Laura Towle of Epping, and they have four daughters, Emma, Susan, Elizabeth, and Mary.


(9) Enoeh, son of Judge Thomas Bartlett, died unmar- ried, December 20, 1818.


(10) Betsy died unmarried ; (11) Jacob died unmarried ; (12) Patty Cilley died young.


BUTLER FAMILY.


Malachi Butler married Jemima Daggett. They came from England about 1720, and settled at Windham, Conn., where they resided until about 1753, when they moved to Woodbury, Conn.


Their children were Benjamin, Silas, Solomon, Zepha- niah, Thankful, Susannah, Margery, Lydia, and Mary.


Benjamin, son of Malachi, born April 9, 1729 (died De- cember 26, 1804), married, May, 1753, Dorcas Abbot, born May 11, 1729 (died April 19, 1789). He graduated at Harvard College, 1752, then he at once went to Andover, Mass., and studied theology witli some clergyman there, where he soon became intimnate with the Abbot family, and in the spring of 1753 married Doreas Abbot, whose paternal ancestor, George Abbot, emigrated from York- shire, England, in 1640, and in 1643 was among the first settlers in Andover, where he was a proprietor, lived, and died. In the same vessel from England with George Ab- bot, were William and Annie Chandler, who settled at Roxbury, Mass., and their daughter, Hannah Chandler, whom George Abbot afterwards married. Thomas Chan-


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dler, brother of Hannah Chandler, and a direct ancestor of the Hon. Zachariah Chandler, now Secretary of the Inte- rior, was also among the first settlers of Andover. Benja- min and Dorcas Butler lived at Andover until the spring of 1754, during which time he was constantly engaged in the study of theology, when, with their infant child Henry, they moved to Nottingham, and settled at Nottingham Square upon the same place where now lives Hon. Joseph Cilley ; shortly after, Benjamin Butler bought the proprie- tors' lot set off to Gov. Wentworth, to which new residence he moved. There he lived and died. The same residence since then has been kept by his Butler descendants, and is now owned and occupied by the Hon. James H. Butler. The house was completed in the autumn of 1756, so that now it is quite a venerable structure ; but it presents the same youthful strength as does its present proprietor, Judge Butler. Rev. Benjamin Butler was settled as pastor of the church at Nottingham Square early in 1757, when he re- ceived a settlement of two thousand pounds old tenor, and a salary of thirty-five pounds sterling. He resigned his pastorate August 1, 1770. He was a man of thorough education, of an active yet disciplined nature, and he used every effort of his life to educate in morality and intelli- gence his people and his associates. He is spoken of as " a Christian of perfect sincerity and earnest work, whose moral influence was realized to his church and town." After his resignation, his time was spent chiefly in literature and ag- riculture, though he exercised the duties of state magistrate, which office he held for many years ; but his church and people he never forgot. Mr. Butler's church was first or- ganized in 1742, mention of which I find as follows : " The people of Nottingham, after sundry efforts to secure the privileges of the gospel, first united in church relations in 1742, and at the same time received their first pastor, Rev. Stephen Emery, a graduate of Harvard College in 1730."


Silas and Solomon, sons of Malachi, went to New York,


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where Silas married, lived, and died, leaving quite a family. Solomon went South, and settled in South Carolina ; he marricd and died there, leaving several children.


Of the daughters of Malachi, little is now known, as most of the information received was through letters, which are lost.


Zephanialı, son of Malachi, came to Nottingham about 1756, where he taught school for many years, and was known as " the school-master," a man of great natural in- tellect and very extended information. He married Abi- gail Cilley, daughter of Gen. Josephi Cilley, and died at Nottingham. He was the grandfather of Hon. Benjamin F. Butler of Lowell, Mass.


The children of Benjamin and Dorcas Butler were : Hen- ry, born April 27, 1754, died July 20, 1813; Benjamin, born February 23, 1757, died April 30, 1757; Benjamin, born June 14, 1758, died August 29, 1759; Mary, born March 30, 1760, died August, 1846 ; Elizabeth, born August 30, 1762, died October 3, 1762; Dorcas, Jemima, James Platts (triplets), born October 9, 1766 ; Dorcas died October 22, 1857 ; Jemima died October 14, 1766 ; James Platts died October 19, 1766.


Henry Butler married, April 11, 1776, Isabella Fisk, born August 2, 1757 (died January 17, 1808). He served in the war of the Revolution, was captain of a volunteer company, and went to West Point. Hc was afterwards ma- jor-general of the first division of New-Hampshire militia, which office he held for many years ; his immediate prede- cessor was Gen. Thomas Bartlett, who was immediately preceded in this office by Gen. Joseph Cilley, all three of whom lived and died on Nottingham Square, and each, at the time of his death, was in this office. Gen. Henry Butler was the first postmaster in Nottingham, appointed when Gideon Granger was postmaster-general. He was a promi- nent Mason, and for a long time Master of the Sullivan Lodge, which used to hold its meetings in the house of Gen.


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Joseph Cilley until 1798, when the meetings were after- wards held at the house of Gen. Butler. Gen. Butler filled many offices of trust in his state and town, and was highly esteemed for his usefulness as a citizen and his integrity as a man. His wife was the daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Fisk of Epping, and granddaughter to Rev. Ward Cotton, the first settled ordained minister in Hampton. Mrs. Ward Cotton (before marriage, Joanna Rand of Boston, Mass.), after the death of her first husband, married Capt. Jona- than Gilman of Exeter, after whose death she married Dea- con Ezekiel Morrill of Canterbury; then after his death she married Deacon Joseph Baker of Canterbury, where they lived until his death, when she removed to Nottingham and lived with her granddaughter, Isabella Butler ; and, after her death, she continued to live with Gen. Henry Butler until her own death, February 25, 1811, at the age of ninety- three. Rev. Peter Holt of Epping officiated at the funeral services. Mrs. Baker, or " Grandmother Baker," as she was familiarly known, was a lady of remarkable attraction, much personal beauty, and ready wit. She never weighed over one hundred pounds during her life, and, it is said, never suffered from sickness until at the time of her death. Her talent at entertaining friends and her readiness at repartee are proverbial. At one time during the last year of her life a remark of surprise was made that she had never used spectacles of any kind; her reply was that she " might need them if she lived to be old enough."


Mary Butler, daughter of Benjamin, married Abraham Brown of Epping. They afterwards moved to Northfield, where they lived and died; they were blessed with several children and much means. She lived many years a widow, her son Abraham, jr., remaining at home upon the farm.


Dorcas Butler married Jonathan Cilley, oldest son of Gen. Joseph Cilley ; after their marriage they lived at the north side of Nottingham. About 1804, they moved to the state of Ohio. Neither of them ever revisited Notting-


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ham. Their descendants in Ohio are among the most influ- ential and respected citizens of that state.


The children of Gen. Henry and Elizabeth Butler were as follows : Elizabeth, born July 29, 1777, died July 12, 1808; Benjamin, born April 11, 1779, died October 1, 1851 ; Ebenezer, born March 13, 1781, died December 25, 1850 ; Henry, jr., born June 30, 1783 ; Sarah Cotta, born August 12, 1785 ; Dorcas, born April 15, 1787, died November 8, 1855; Samuel Abbot, born July 19, 1789, died January 16, 1814; twins, son and daughter, not named, born June 16, 1793, died young ; Ward Cotton, born January 22, 1795, died December 2, 1861.


Elizabeth Butler married, March, 1799, William Norris, as his second wife. They lived and died at Nottingham, on the farm now owned by Abbot Norris, their grandson, about four miles from Nottingham Square. Their children were : Joanna, born February, 1800, married Joseph Blake of Raymond; Betsey, born August, 1802, not married ; William, born September, 1804, married Abigail Cartland of Lec.


Benjamin married, July 6, 1806, Hannah Hilton, of Deer- field. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Corn- ville, Me., where they lived and died. Their children were : Sally, married John Judkins of Athens, Me .; Isa- bella, married Bradbury Robinson of Cornville, Me. ; Abi- gail, married - Jewell of Solon, Me. ; Mary, married Robert Painc of Skowliegan, Me. ; Hannah, married John Brennan of Detroit, Mich. ; Joanna, married John Warren of New York ; Joseph, not married; Henry, married a Bartlett ; Frank, now living in the state of Wisconsin.


Ebenezer was married, at Sanbornton, October 19, 1809, by the Rev. John Crockett, to Sarah Hersey, daughter of James Hersey of Sanbornton, born October 24, 1785, died November 27, 1854. Their children were : James Hersey, born October 27, 1811 ; Henrietta, born December 24, 1813 ; Sally Tilton, born November 30, 1818, died November 13,


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1853 ; Louisa, born March 30, 1823, died November 11, 1830.


Ebenezer and Sarah Butler lived and died upon the old homestead, in the same house occupied by his father and grandfather. Ebenezer was sheriff for many years.


James H., born October 27, 1811, married September 9, 1841, Mary Hersey Dearborn, born January 20, 1819, and died June 19, 1850, - a thoroughly delightful Christian lady. Their children were : (1) James Dearborn, born No- vember 9, 1842, graduated at Harvard College in 18-, practiced law in Portsmouth, married, June 16, 1869, Sarah Hersey, daughter of John O. Cilley, and died Novem- ber 13, 1877 ; their children are Paul, born October 18, 1870, and Mary, born July 9, 1874 ; (2) Mary Louise, daughter of Hon. James H. Butler, was born November 21, 1844, and married August 19, 1874, Joseph Nealley Cilley, and they have one daughter, Elizabeth Williams, born June 28, 1875.


Jamie's H. Butler married, for his second wife, Harriet Amsden, August 18, 1851. She was born October 8, 1826. They have one son, Frank Hersey, born November 29, 1852. He married, January 1, 1876, Enlcta Abby Folsom, born February 9, 1852, and they have one daughter, Harriet, born October 17, 1876.


James H. Butler has held various offices, and was ap- pointed judge of court of common pleas, and lias been cx- tensively engaged in business from early life.


Henrietta, daugliter of Ebenezer Butler, married, October 23, 1832, John O. Cilley of Nottingham ; and Sally Tilton, daughter of Ebenezer Butler, married, June 23, 1846, Samuel A. Lewis, and died November 13, 1853. Their children were Sarah B. and Charles.


Henry Butler, jr., married, October 1, 1806, Abigal Lord of Nottingham ; died at Nottingham, June 7, 1817. Their children were : Isabella Fisk, married William C. Kelley of Northwood ; after his deatlı, married Bryce Hight of New-


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port, Me. ; Elizabeth Norris, married Joseph Ireland of St. Albans, Me .; Melitable Ford, died young ; Sarah Ann, married Cyrus Bartlett of Harmony, Me. ; Abigail Ford, married William Folsom, now living at Stratford ; Harriet, died young.


After the death of his first wife, Henry Butler, jr., mar- ried, March 12, 1818, Nancy Hersey, born October 22, 1792, daughter of James Hersey of Sanbornton. Henry and Nancy Butler moved to the state of Maine, and finally settled at Bangor, now living at Hampden, Me., four miles west of Bangor. Their children were : Mary Frances, born February 16, 1819, married, May 25, 1843, Thomas P. Emerson of Lafayette, Ind. ; Henry Abbot, born July 22, 1820, married, September 23, 1847, Sarah C. Cram of Bangor, Me. ; Calvin Luther, born November 6, 1821, died at New York City, October 19, 1847, - a young man of remarkable talent ; Harrison Hersey, born October 30, 1823, died young ; Jacob Tilton, born January 15, 1826, married, July 6, 1850, Hannah M. Young of Chelsea, Mass. ; James Harrison, born May 24, 1830, married, June 22, 1852, Frances M. Crosby of Hampden, Me. ; one son, not named, born February 16, 1833, died young ; one son, not named, born December 4, 1834, died young.


A remarkable incident in the domestic experience of Henry Butler is the fact that by his two wives he had seven daughters in succession and then seven sons in suc- cession. The " seventh " daughter is still living, and her virtue and talent give her higher prominence than woman's rights could conceive of doing for a " seventh daughter." Henry Butler, jr., has always been a man respected for his Christian living and exemplary conduct.


Sarah Cotta Butler married John Haley of Lee, Septem- ber 18, 1808. Mr. Haley was born February 17,1783. He was the son of Samuel Haley, whose wife was a Nealley of Northwood, and their children were Gordon, John, Mary, Sally, Betsey, Martha, and Samuel ; the last four are now


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