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FAMILY SKETCHES.
BATCHELDER FAMILY.
TOHN BATCHELDER, son of Incrcase Batchelder of Northwood, born December 9, 1776, died January 21, 1851, married, first, Betsey Sherburne, born August 31, 1783, died October 20, 1812; second wife, Sally Davis, born October 15, 1782, died January 7, 1866. Children of first wife : Nathaniel, born April 18, 1803 ; Thomas Jefferson, born February 16, 1807, dicd February 23, 1874 ; Mary T., born February 6, 1809. Children of second wife : Betsey, born December 11, 1817, died March 3, 1820 ; Albert J., born September 28, 1820 ; Sarah A., born December 28, 1821; Susan E., born August 11, 1825 ; Joseph C., born March 3, 1830, killed in army September 17, 1862.
Nathaniel married Sally Griffin ; had one son, Horace S., born, 1831, died December 12, 1866.
Thomas J. married Comfort Hill, September 13, 1828, daughter of Jonathan Hill of Northwood. Their children are : Martin V. B., born August 21, 1829, died April 5, 1861 ; Charles T., born July 23, 1831, died April 23, 1874 ; Jonathan H., born November 12, 1835 ; Mary E., born Sep- tember 27, 1837.
Mary T. married, first, John D. Demerrit, who died June 11, 1835 ; their child, Olive E., died 1828; second marriage was to Hiram K. Swain.
Albert J. marricd ; his children are Belle S., Frank A., J. Walter, Joseph C.
Sarah A. married, first, Joseph Durgin, who died ; second husband, Jonathan Cass, jr.
Susan E. married William G. Freeze ; their children are : Dudley, born November 26, 1850 ; John F., born February
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22, 1853; William E., born September 19, 1857 ; Olive E., born February 15, 1859.
Horaee S., son of Nathaniel, married Lizzie Harvey ; have one child, Nettie E.
Charles T., son of Thomas J., married C. Adelia Doolit- tle ; their children are : Lulu L., born August 10, 1861; George D., born October 21, 1865; Walter T., born April 24,1869.
Jonathan H., son of Thomas J., married Flora J., daugh- ter of Joseph C. Cram.
Mary E., daughter of Thomas J., married Joseph T. Brown, son of Dr. Stephen Brown ; their children are Cora M. and George W.
Dudley, son of Susan E., married Jennie Harvey.
BEAN FAMILY.
Samuel Bean married Deborah Avery, and settled in Deerfield about 1803. He died September 28, 1850, aged seventy-five years ; his wife died November 4, 1834, aged fifty-seven years. Mr. Bean's second wife was the widow of Capt. Thomas Furber ; she died July 12, 1876, aged eighty- seven.
Mr. Bean's children were: (1) James, born April 18, 1815, who married Lydia O. Furber, August 31, 1836, daughter of Thomas Furber of Northwood, born June 1, 1818; they settled in Deerfield, having had seven children, two sons and five daughters, one of whom, Mabel E., died young, August 8, 1859; Deborah J., born November 4, 1837 ; Marion S., born September 19, 1839 ; Lizzie S., born January 8, 1842 ; Annah L., born November 12, 1846 ; Frank J., born November 1, 1851 ; and Clara R., born February 1, 1862.
This Deborah J. married John W. Ladd of Raymond, and they have three children.
Harrison S. married Susan V. Prescott of Deerfield, and they reside in Charlestown, Mass., having three children.
Lizzie S. married David B. Ladd of Deerfield, and they have three children.
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Annah L. married Christopher G. Toppan of Hampton, and they have two children.
The Bean family eaine from Nottingham. Mr. Bean has held the office of selectman and representative. He is a deaeon in the Freewill Baptist Church.
BROWN FAMILY.
Dr. Stephen Brown was born April 12, 1803, at Andover ; son of Moses Brown, a native of Kensington, who was son of Joseph B. Dr. Brown studied with his brother, Dr. Thomas Brown, then of Deerfield ; attended one course of leetures at Brunswiek, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1828 ; commeneed practice in Nottingham ; removed to Raymond, and soon after came to Deerfield South Road, thenee to the Parade in 1831, his brother Thomas removing about this time to Manchester, where he died in the midst .of an extensive practice, highly esteemed as a physician and a citizen.
Dr. Stephen Brown married, April 22, 1830, Mary Rey- nolds of Lee, who died June 26, 1842, aged thirty-nine years, leaving, for children, Moses, born May 29, 1831, living at the Parade, his wife being Susan R., daughter of Capt. Ezekiel James ; having, for children, Mary L. and Charles Sumner ; Joseph T., born June 28, 1833, lives in Deerfield, married Mary E., daughter of Deaeon Thomas J. Batehelder, and has two children, Cora M. and George Woodbury ; Mary Abigail, born August 3, 1837, died July 22, 1874 ; Martha A., born January 9, 1842, died May 10, 1842.
Dr. Brown married, for his second wife, Miriam F., daughter of Col. Samuel Collins, February 1, 1843, who had one daughter, born July 17, 1848, died April 4, 1874.
Dr. Brown, in the midst of an extensive practice, suc- cessfully kept a house for public entertainment for thirty years, whose provisions for the comfort of travelers are still remembered by many who found rest, quietness, and order in his commodious dwelling. At the age of seventy-tliree,
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with pulmonary disease preying upon his enfeebled consti- tution, looking forward to heavenly entertainments, he ceased to make professional visits to the siek, and died April 11, 1877, aged seventy-four, wanting one day ; Dr. G. H. Towle taking possession of the field so long held by him.
Dr. Stephen Brown was preceded by Dr. Edmund Chad- wiek, the first physician in town of note, and his brother, Dr. Thomas Brown. Several physicians have practiced for short periods in Deerfield ; as, Fogg, Thresher, Hidden, Young, and others. Mrs. Brown, second wife of Dr. Stephen Brown, died August 23, 1878.
BUTLER FAMILY.
John Butler was born in Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., July 22, 1677, and was the father of ten children ; he removed to Pelham, N. H., in the spring of 1721 -22 .. His son Joseph, his fifth child, was born December 1, 1713 ; he married, and his second child was Nehemiah, born March 26, 1749. He married Lydia Wood, and their fifth child was born December 4, 1779, named Josiah. He graduated at Harvard College with honor, in 1803, and was at once admitted as a student at law in the office of the Hon. Clif- ton Claggett of Amherst. Soon after, he went to Virginia and pursued his professional studies in the office of Gov. Cabot, until he was admitted, about 1807, to practice in all the courts of that state. On his return to his native state, he opened an office in the town of his birth, and there practiced law until 1809, when he removed to Deerfield, where he resided until the time of his deeease.
In 1809, he was elected a member of the legislature of New Hampshire from his native town of Pelham. Imme- diately upon his taking his seat in that body, he became a leading member of the Democratic party ; and, by the cool- ness of his calculation, the clearness of his perception. the soundness of his judgment, and the unremitting assiduity
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and perseverance with which he engaged in every matter that was committed to his care, he very soon received, as well as deserved, the confidence of his fellow-citizens. Upon his taking up his residence in Deerfield, in 1809, he opened an office and was engaged in an extensive practice until he was appointed sheriff of the County of Rocking- ham, in 1810, which office he held until 1813, when, the Federal party having gained the political ascendency in the state, he, with the Hon. Benjamin Pierce, father of Presi- dent Pierce, were both removed from the offices of sheriff, which they held in their respective counties.
After his removal from the office of sheriff, Mr. Butler resumed the practice of his profession, and continued the same until he was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas for the County of Rockingham. In 1815, he was returned a member of the state legislature from Deerfield, and again elected in 1816. In 1817, he was elected a rep- resentative in Congress from the State of New Hampshire, was re-elected in 1819, and again 1821. During his con- tinuance in Congress he was characterized for his strict adherence to republican principles and the faithful dis- charge of his legislative duties. On his return from Wash- ington, he again pursued the practice of his profession, until 1825, when he was appointed, by the executive of the state, associate justice of the state court of common pleas of New Hampshire, and continued to discharge the duties of that office, with uncommon ability and credit, until 1833, when the judiciary system of the state was remodeled and the court abolished. Some years after he was appointed postmaster at South Deerfield, which office he held at the time of his death.
In the discharge of the duties of all the public offices which Judge Butler held, he was distinguished for perse- verance and integrity of purpose, and he performed them with honor to himself and the approbation of the public.
But in the private circles in which he moved, the good-
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ness of his heart and the gentleness of his disposition shone most conspicuously. Soon after he took up his residence in Deerfield, he married Hannah, daughter of Hon. Rich- ard Jenness, in 1811; she was born August 31, 1791.
Mr. and Mrs. Butler made a public profession of belief in the doctrines of the Christian religion, and united with the Congregational Church in Deerfield in 1834. They had nine children, five sons and four daughters. Mr. But- ler died October 29, 1854. Mrs. Butler died September 16, 1863. Of their children, three of them liave been removed by death : Horace Butler died aged forty-six years; Lydia Jane, aged twenty years ; and Mary Josephine, aged sixteen years.
De Witt Clinton, their eldest son, entered the mercantile business, married Mary Ann Tucker of Deerfield ; they have three daughters, Lydia Jane, Hattie Louise, and Ella Jose- pline ; two are married. Their only son died on a sea voyage, at Callao.
Horace Butler graduated at Dartmouth College, in 1837, and went to Chicago ; studied law with the firm, Morris and Scammon. He removed to Libertyville, Ill., in 1840, en- tering the practice of law. He held the office of probate judge four years ; afterwards he held the same office twelve years, and, for a longer period than the latter, was master in chancery of Lake County. He served in the state legis- lature and convention for forming a new constitution for the statc. He was married twice, his first wife, Caroline Crane, a native of Vermont, died in Libertyville, leaving two daughters, Carrie Josephine and Annie Elizabeth, both now married ; and his second wife, also a native of Ver- mout, has two children, one son, Josiah Walter, and a daughter, Sarah Hannah.
Franklin Jenness Butler graduated at the Cambridge Law School in 1847, and entered the practice of law in Boston, where he married Sarah Ann Davidson. They had two children, a daughter, Jennie Louise, and a son, Frankie, who dicd, three years of age.
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Josiah Wood Butler entered the mercantile business in Boston.
Elizabeth H. Butler resides in Deerfield ; Caroline Louise Butler was married to Charles Stewart of New York City ; they had three children, Carrie Louise, Charles Butler, and Josiah ; an infant son died at the age of three months.
Wentworth S. Butler graduated at Dartmouth College, and studied for the Episcopalian ministry, but in 1856 was appointed librarian of the New-York Society library, where he has since remained.
The home estate of Josiah Butler is now owned and occupied by Horace B. Stearns.
CATE FAMILY.
Francis Cate was the brother of Mr. Jonathan Cate of North wood, and came from Nottingham to Deerfield in 1824, and died March 2, 1865 ; his first wife was Sally Dowst of Deerfield, and his second was a Widow Green, whose maiden name was Sally Collins.
Children of Francis Cate wore : (1) Betsey Ann, born March 5, 1818, married Nathan G. T. Goodrich of Notting- ham, and died June 23, 1877 ; (2) Jonathan Dowst, born September 6, 1820, lives on the homestead in Deerfield, married, February 15, 1851, Hannalı Cole of Limington, Me., born October 25, 1829. Their children are : Genella, born in Cornish, Me., March 24, 1852, married Henry S. Knowles of Northwood, now of Epsom, a merchant ; they have one son ; William Francis, born August 24, 1859 ; and John C., born July 27, 1862 ; (3) William Francis, brother of Jonathan D., was born September 12, 1823, died June 24, 1857 ; (4) Sally A., was born December 11, 1827, mar- ried Alonzo Stone of Deerfield, and lives in Auburn, Me., having one daughter, Arianna, who married J. P. Garcellon of Auburn, and has one son, George S.
Mr. J. D. Cate's house was consumed by fire in 1862, it being the old Dowst dwelling. Mr. Cate has held several
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important offices, and is well known as a successful farmer, manufacturer, and repairer of pumps. His residence is upon a beautiful eminence surrounded by delightful scenery.
CHADWICK FAMILY.
The children of Deacon John and Mrs. Sarah Chadwick of Boxford, Mass., were : John, born early in 1744, baptized April 18, settled in Maine ; Mehitable, born April 13, 1746, married Deacon Samuel Hazeltine, who was a brother of Rev. Ebenezer Hazeltine of Epsom ; he practiced many years, and died in Methuen, Mass. ; Gilbert, born October 30, 1748, lived and died in Salem; Edmund, born March 10, 1751 ; Sarah, born April 8, 1753 ; Betsey, born August 29, 1756; one of these ladies married a Mr. Spofford ; Pe- ter, born February 10, 1760, probably died while young.
Edmund was the third son and fourth child ; he was always a diligent and laborious student, and, in preparing for his profession, - that of a physician, - he trespassed upon the hours of night, and applied himself so closely to his books, that, in consequence, he was seized with a brain-fever so very severe that he felt the effects of it through his whole life. When not fully recovered, finding that hostili- tics were about to commence between the colonies and the mother country, he immediately enlisted as a private in a Massachusetts company, which, " as tradition has it," par- ticipated in the first engagements.
Upon the discovery of his knowledge of medicine, he was made surgeon, in which capacity he served without rest for more than three years. He was at the first and second bat- tles of Stillwater, the surrender of Burgoync, and spent the dreadful winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge, where our brave soldiers endured such privations and terrible suffer- ings.
A certificate, still extant, dated at " Camp White Plains, August 18th, 1778," from Lieut .- Col. Dearborn of the Third New-Hampshire Regiment, with whom he had then " served
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for fourteen months," vouches for his " good moral char- acter " and highly commends his " skill in Physick and Surgery : " -
CAMP WHITE PLAINS, August 18th, 1778.
Candidly & without flattery, I (who have had an opportunity of being well acquainted with Doct" Edmund Chadwick, as a Surgeon, he having served in that Capasity in the Regt I belong too for fourteen months Past) assert that he has behaved to the universal Satisfaction of the Regt-he is allowed to be an Exceeding good Surgeon, & has Sustained a good Morrell Carrecter & is well Calculated for a Practis- sioner in Physick or Surgery.
HENRY DEARBORN, Lt. Colº. 3ª N. H. Regt.
Dr. Chadwick came to Deerfield in the early part of 1779, and boarded in the family of Rev. Timothy Upham, where he became acquainted with Miss Elizabeth Gookin .* twin sister of Mrs. Upham (a native of North Hampton ), to whom he was married October 3, 1779, after which he lived, for twenty-one years, near the center of the town. We find that in 1782, " Doct. Edmund Chadwick was chosen a Delegate to join in Convention at Concord to frame and or- ganize a permanent system of Government." Under date of 1788, is this record : " Doct. Edmund Chadwick was cho- sen a Delegate to Exeter," " agreeably to request of Genral Association."
He was also " Representative to the General Court at Concord," and often chosen, both by the town and by the church of which he was a member, to performn various du- ties requiring not only good judgment but discretion. In the early days of the town, the adjoining region was very sparsely settled, and Dr. Chadwick, being esteemed remark- ably skillful in his profession, was frequently called upon to ride long distances, often in the most inclement weather, and sometimes suffered extremely from want of food. His
* Miss Gookin was the daughter of Rev. Nathaniel and Love Wingate Gookin, also the granddaughter and great-granddaughter of two other ministers of the same name, and by her grandmother a direct descendant of Rev. John Cotton.
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health had previously become undermined by his army life, and he was obliged, while still young, to relinquish the ac- tire practice of medicine, but was always studious, kept up with the times, and was much employed as a consulting physician, even to the last year of his life .* He was for some years engaged in mercantile pursuits. and afterward removed to the neighborhood of Pleasant Pond, where he died November 8, 1826, aged seventy-five years and eight months. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Chadwick died February 20, 1816, aged sixty-one years, ten months; they had ten chil- dren, six daughters and four sons.
(1) Hannah, born September 22, 1781, married John Jenkins of Pittsfield, August 7, 1800, and dicd about forty years of age.
(2) Peter, who was born February 18, 1783, married Su- san C. March, settled as a merchant in Frankfort, Me., on the Penobscot River. On a voyage to the West Indies, in 1812. he was taken prisoner by the British flcet stationed on the American coast at the outbreak of the war, that year. After his release, he enlisted a company of men, and has- tened with them to the Canadian frontier. He served with honor during the war, participating in various battles near Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain.
After the war, he settled in Exeter, and was for many years clerk of the various courts of Rockingham County, and several times one of the clerks of the House of Repre- sentatives at Concord. He raised a family of five sons and three daughters. The house in which Col. Chadwick re- sided was the mansion erected and occupied by John Tay- lor Gilman, who was Governor of New Hampshire fourteen years. Col. Chadwick was universally respected for his great uprightness and purity of character.
(3) Elizabeth, born September 17, 1784, married George Williams. and died July 30, 1848.
* Dr. Chadwick was, in 1803, " unanimously elected a Fellow " of the New- Hampshire Medical Society.
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(4) John, born January 7, 1786 ; he attended Gilmanton Academy, with his cousin, Timothy Upham, and afterwards taught sehool in Pittsfield, where he married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Stearns, who soon after moved to Deerfield, and resided near Pleasant Pond. Mr. Chadwick settled in Middleton, Strafford County, and reared a family of four sons and one daughter by his first wife, and two sons and one daughter by his second. Mr. Chadwick was for five years sheriff of old Strafford County, by appoint- ment of Gov. Benjamin Pierce ; and he held various other public offiees. He served as representative and senator in the state legislature. One of his sons, Edmund, fitted for eollege at Exeter Academy, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 184-, lias been a teacher, and resides in Starkey, Yates County, N. Y.
(5) Mehitable, born Deeember 11, 1787, died November 28, 1864.
(6) Alexander Scammel, born May 8, 1789, named for Col. Seammcl, whom Dr. Chadwiek highly esteemed ; he married Hannah Kimball, and settled in Gardiner, Me., on the Kennebec River, as a merchant, and reared a family of four sons and two daughters. He was frequently a leading member in the legislature of Maine.
(7) Susan, born Mareh 7, 1791, died, unmarried, April 20, 1873, a benevolent Christian lady.
(8) Gilbert, youngest son of Dr. Chiadwiek, born Decem- ber 30, 1792, married, March 20, 1826, Sarah, youngest daughter of Jeremiah Eastman ; he repeatedly represented his town in the state legislature, and otherwise, and was a man " in whom there was no guile." He had one son and two daughters ; he resided upon the homestead, west of Pleasant Pond ; he had a love for military affairs; was twiee a volunteer during the war of 1812, being at Forts Sullivan and Washington. He was for some time eaptain of the " Washington Blues," an " Independent Company," in Deerfield, and was afterward appointed lieutenant-colonel
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of the Eighteenth New-Hampshire Regiment, from which position he was " honorably discharged at his own request." He represented the town in the legislature during the years 1825 and 1826, and was one of the " La Fayette Escort." Col. Chadwick filled many offices of trust, and died Sep- tember 21, 1836, at the age of forty-three years, universally lamented. His widow survived until November 14, 1875.
(9) Sidney, born September 5, 1794, died, unmarried, March 20, 1854.
(10) Sarah, born March 26, 1798, married John Dear- born.
Dr. Chadwick was descended from Charles Chadwick, who came to Boston in the great immigration of 1630, which settled Boston, Cambridge, and other towns. Charles Chadwick built liis cabin about one-fourth of a mile from what was, twenty years ago, the south-west corner of Mount- Auburn cemetery in the town of Watertown. From this Charles Chadwick, descended Deacon John Chadwick of Boxford, the father of Dr. Edmund Chadwick.
Dr. Chadwick was a skillful physician and had a large practice, which enabled him to rear a large family of well- educated sons and daughters, who reflected honor upon their parentage. Excessive cares, causing pressure upon the brain, at two periods in his life, caused temporary insanity, from which he recovered. His experience and sound judg- ment caused him to be consulted extensively, and many, even when insane, preferred him to any other physician. His kind and Christian spirit made him exceedingly wel- come to the chamber of sickness.
Rev. Edmund Chadwick of Starkey, N. Y., furnishes the following anecdotes :-
I remember to have seen an incident in a book of Ameri- can anecdotes, of an amusing character, that occurred on the top of Rand's Hill, one-half mile south of Pleasant Pond. A pioneer " captain," who had been to Portsmouth, and boasted of his intimacy with the governor, was engaged, as
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often happened with the first settlers, in piling logs and burning them off, when, quite smutty with his work, he learned that Gov. Benning Wentworth's carriage was ap- proaching. Proud of his military standing, he hastened to his house, doffed his smutty garments, washed quickly, donned his military coat and hat, caught his sword, and rushed out to salute the governor just as the stately coach, having toiled up the hill, was approaching the doughty cap- tain's house. Women and children were all so intently gazing upon the governor's splendid equipage, that none of them observed the captain's partial dishabille, till, in an- swer to his gallant flourishes with the sword, the burst of laughter from the governor and attendants apprised the captain that, in his eager haste, he had omitted to put on any pantaloons !
GENERAL ARNOLD.
Dr. Edmund Chadwich was a surgeon in the war of the Revolution, serving in the Northern army, and being at the battles of Saratoga and Stillwater, and at the surrender of Burgoyne. He, in a statement made by him, threw much light upon the conduct of Gen. Arnold at the battle of Still- water, or second battle of Saratoga. It has been affirmed, upon strong authority, that Gen. Gates " took 110 part " in the first fight, and, through jealousy, hardly permitted Ar- nold to participate. But in the second battle, October 7, Arnold " entered the field without Gates' permission, rushed into the thickest danger, and appeared almost beside him- self." How is this conduct of Arnold, at this and other times, to be accounted for ? Dr. Chadwick said, that, dur- ing the battle, while he was dressing wounds in the rear of the army, a hogshead of rum stood near him; the upper head was removed, and the liquor was dipped out in pail- fuls ; that Arnold rode up in hot haste, saying, " Give me a dipperful of that rum." A dipperful was handed to him ; he drank the whole, wheeled his noble horse which had
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been presented to him by Congress, dashed hotly against the enemy's lines, lost his leg, and his horse was shot under him.
Like other traitors, it appears that Arnold was a brave devotee of King Alcohol.
THE RATTLESNAKE.
Dr. Chadwick, in that war of patriotism and hardship, encamping upon the ground, awoke onc chilly morning, feeling a cold, unwelcome intruder beneath his blanket. It was a rattlesnake. Lying still as possible, he told a soldier to put his hand in softly, and scize and fling the monster away with such suddenness that he could bite neither of them. This feat was safely performed by the heroic soldier.
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