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(3) Benjamin, born March 16, 1699.
(4) Wadleigh, born October 12, 1702; married Hannah Marston, October 24, 1723 ; resided in Deerfield for a time. His house stood near Deacon David Stevens's house. He was moderator of the first town meeting in Deerfield after it was incorporated, held at the house of Capt. Samuel Leavitt, on Thursday, January 30, 1766. June 3, 1746, he, with thirteen others, was impressed and sent to Can- terbury, under the command of Serg. Joseph Rawlings, to carry provisions for the garrison at Canterbury. He had one son, Nehemiah L. Cram, who lived where Widow Oliver H. Messer resides (1877).
(5) Jonathan, born at Hampton Falls, April 22, 1706; married Elizabeth Heath. He died May 3, 1760. She died in 1773.
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(6) John, born in Hampton Falls, May 16, 1710.
(7) Mary, born in Hampton Falls, July 23, 1713.
The children of Jonathan Cram and Elizabeth Heath were : -
(1) John, born at Hampton Falls, November 12, 1730. He first settled at Raymond, then moved to Pittsfield, where his descendants still reside. Oran Cram, who now resides in Pennsylvania, once lived in Ohio, had a son, Her- cules Guy Carlton, born in Ohio, married Angeline, daugh- ter of John Lord, Esq., of Manchester. She was born at Barnstead, June 30, 1829.
(2) Molly, born at Hampton Falls, February 11, 1732 ; married Nehemiah Sanborn.
(3) Nehemiah, born at Hampton Falls, January 2, 1734 - 35 ; married Hannah Philbrick, November 10, 1756. Their son, Rev. Jacob Cram, born November 12, 1762, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1782; ordained at Hopkinton, February 28, 1789; dismissed January 6, 1792; his wife was Mary, daughter of Gen. Enoch Poor. Rev. Jacob Cram died at Exeter, December 21, 1837, aged seventy-five years.
(4) Jonathan, born at Hampton Falls about 1736- 37.
(5) Benjamin, born at Hampton Falls about 1739-40, settled in Raymond, and married Mary, born 1752, daugh- ter of Benjamin and Hannah Bean.
(6) Joel, born at Hampton Falls about 1743 - 44, married, first, Betsey Batclielder, who was born in North Hampton, a daughter of Deacon Stephen Batehelder, who lived where Capt. J. W. James now resides. Mr. Cram first settled in Deerfield, and built the house now occupied by G. J. Freneh. His wife died about 1784. He married, for his second wife, Sarah Hoitt, sister to Joseph Hoitt, who then lived on the farm which True W. Currier owns. He signed the Asso- eiation Test in 1776. In 1789, he sold his farm to Capt. Jonathan Jenness of Rye and moved to Meredith.
(7) Ebenezer, born at Hampton Falls, Deeember 5, 1745,
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married Mary Philbrick of Seabrook, born May 15, 1745 ; settled in Raymond ; was deacon of the Congregational Church ; died February 7, 1819. Their children werc: (1) child born May 22, 1768, and died same day ; (2) Melitable, born May 2, 1769, married John Dearborn ; (3) Jona- than, born March 15, 1772, died November 23, 1780; (4) Elizabeth, born October 24, 1775, married Chase Osgood ; (5) Abner, born April 7, 1778, married Hannah Wood- man, born August 13, 1778; their children were : Mary P., who married Oliver Titcomb ; David K., lost in the Mexican war; and Hannah J .; Abner married, second, Martha Stokes; died in Deerfield, March 15, 1861, aged eighty-three years ; (6) Ebenezer, born November 20, 1782; (7) Jonathan, born October 10, 1784, died September 10, 1859.
Stephen Cram, third child of Joseph and Deborah Cram, was born September 21, 1790, married, 1810, Judith, daugh- ter of Lieut. Thomas Robinson. He served the town as selectman two years ; represented the town in the legisla- ture in 1836 and 1837, and was justice of the peace. He resided on the farm now (1877) owned by Simon Palmer, and was by occupation a tailor and farmer. He died De- cember 31, 1841; his wife died January 16, 1875. Their children were : (1) Joseph Thomas, born March 21, 1811. Much of his early life was spent in teaching school in this and adjoining towns ; was teacher one year in one of the grammar-schools in Lowell, Mass., where subsequently he engaged in the boot-and-shoe trade; in June, 1837, mar- ried Miss Ann D. Blanchard of Lyndeborough, and, during their residence in Lowell, three children were born to them. At the time of the California-gold excitement, he made three annual visits to California in search of the precious metal. He has since been engaged in trade in different sections of the country. He now (1877) resides in Landis township, Vineland, N. J., where he is deacon of the Congregational Pilgrim Church. Their children werc :
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(1) Edwin, died young ; (2) Juliette Theresa, married Mr. Poole of Chicago ; dead; (3) George F., was a soldier in the late war ; is now a merchant in Chieago.
Manorman, second son of Stephen and Judith Cram, was born February 3, 1814. Mr. Cram has been twice married : in November, 1836, to Miss Ruth, daughter of Daniel Mer- rill ; she died November 7, 1837; June, 1840, he married Miss Amanda M., daughter of Col. John Marshall of Nor- ridgewoek, Me. Mr. Cram remained in Deerfield until the autumn of 1842, when he moved to Derry. He removed in in 1847 to Lawrence, Mass., where he was actively engaged in the boot-and-shoe trade for a number of years.
Mr. Cram was greatly interested in the growth and pros- perity of the new town, now the city of Lawrenee. In 1845, he was elected one of the aldermen of the eity. His health failing, he was obliged to close up his business, and in 1857 removed to Norridgewock, Me., where he now (1877) re- sides. Manorman and Amanda M. Cram have but one ehild, John Porter, born at Lawrence, Mass., November 21, 1848; moved to Norridgewock, Me., with his parents, in 1856 ; commenced the study of law in 1867 with Hon. S. D. Lindsey, now member of Congress from third distriet of Maine, at Norridgewoek ; opened an office at Dover, N. H., in the spring of 1872 ; moved to Great Falls in 1874 ; and thence, in 1875, to Portland, Me. He married, August 21, 1872, Albertina A. Waldron of Lebanon. They have one son, William Waldron, born April 9, 1877.
Matilda, twin sister to Manorman, was the third child of Stephen and Judith Cram, born February 3, 1814, married, June 6, 1837, Anson E. Perrin of Seekonk, Mass. ; he was horn June 3, 1809. Their children were : (1) John L., born November 26, 1838, married, December 15, 1864, Lephi I. Perrin ; (2) Huldah I., born May 18, 1840, died May 25, 1842; (3) Matilda C., born August 14, 1842, married, Feb- ruary 14, 1871, Cyril French ; (4) Emory A., born Deeem- ber 28, 1865, married, May 17, 1876, Louise J. Cranston ;
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(5) George B., born April 2, 1849, married, October 18, 1870, Etta A. Brown.
Judith Harvey, fourth child of Stephen and Judith Cram, was born at Deerfield, May 3, 1817, married Charles F. Smith of Raymond, September 19, 1844; lived in Ray- mond until 1858, then moved to Deerfield. In the late war, Mr. Smith enlisted in the Fifteenthi Regiment New-Hamp- shire volunteers, and died at Carrolton, La., February 15, 1863. Their children are : (1) Susan M., born July 16, 1845, married Samuel A. Smith, August 24, 1871, born at Deerfield, November 13, 1841 ; (2) Norman C., born June 16, 1847 ; was a soldier in the late war in Company D, Nintlı Regiment New-Hampshire volunteers ; married, May 9, 1875, Lora Idella Fisk of Deerfield ; (3) Emma C., born March 21, 1851, married Frank P. Greene, July 11, 1874, born at Brandon, Vt., March 25, 1850 ; (4) .Martha A., born April 23, 1853, died February 24, 1873.
Deborah Batchelder, fifth child of Stephen and Judith Cram, was born October 4, 1819, married John J. Littlefield, January 1, 1843 ; he was born at Effingliam, October 30, 1819 ; is a blacksmith ; moved, in 1846, to Raymond. Their children are : (1) Joseph Anson, born at Effingham, Janu- ary 10, 1844 ; was a soldier in the late war in Company B, Eleventh Regiment New-Hampshire volunteers ; November 19, 1869, married Martha J. Littlefield of Effingham, born July 25, 1849 ; (2) Stephen Henry, twin to Joseph Anson, born at Effingham, January 10, 1844, died January 12, 1844 ; (3) Samanthaette, born at Effingham, November 25, 1845, died April 28, 1846 ; (4) Abbie Jane, born at Ray- mond, April 25, 1848, died September 25, 1864 ; (5) Sarah Ellen, born March 16, 1852, died October 24, 1864; (6) John Fremont, born October 29, 1856; (7) Charles Burr, born December 26, 1860, died October 8, 1864.
Mary Jane Cram, sixth child of Stephen and Judith Cram, was born December 4, 1823, married Iphedeiah Ring of Deerfield, November 25, 1841, and their children are :
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(1) Marsylvaette, born February 5, 1844, died October 22, 1846 ; (2) Marsylvaette, born December 7, 1847 ; (3) Ev- erett Stephen, born September 7. 1856 ; (4) Emeline Cram, born April 16, 1860.
Adaline Robinson Cram, seventh child of Stephen and Judith Cram, was born September 20, 1827, married Reu- ben H. Fitts of Candia, March 13, 1868. Mr. Fitts was born July 7, 1829, and they reside in Haverhill, Mass.
Alfred Jackson Cram, eighth child of Stephen and Judith Cram, was born April 1, 1829. In early life he taught many schools in penmanship in Deerfield and adjoin- ing towns ; is a farmer and traveling merchant ; has trav- eled on foot more miles within the last twenty-five years than would be required to span the circumference of the globe ; married, January 28, 1858, Miss Mary Ann, daugh- ter of Moses French.
Mrs. Cram was born February 6, 1829. She possessed large social endowments, great executive ability, and lived a devoted Christian life ; she died June 20, 1875.
The children of Alfred J. and Mary A. French Cram were : (1) John Wesley, born October 28, 1858; (2) Sarah Antonia, born April 18, 1860; (3) Moses French, born November 1, 1865.
Emeline, ninth child of Stephen and Judith Cram, was born June 1, 1830, and died September 22, 1856, aged twenty-six years.
Charles Warren Cram, M. D., now in Pennsylvania, is the tenth child of Stephen and Judith Cram, and was born December 31, 1833 ; is a graduate of Starling Medical Col- lege and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York ; was connected with the Ohio penitentiary for several years ; practiced his profession in Columbus, O., afterwards in Ha- verliill, Mass. ; and is now in Scranton, Penn., well known for his success in practice, and as a writer for medical jour- nals. In 1867, he married Miss Clara Deming of Colum- bus, O., and they liave two sons, Ralph Warren and Charles Edwin.
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Joseph, born at Hampton Falls, June 24, 1750, mar- ried Deborah Batchelder, born in North Hampton, Novem- ber 18, 1752, and died January 31, 1829. He settled in Deerfield in 1772- 73 on the farm owned by his grandson, Joseph C. Cram, Esq. ; he was tailor and farmer ; served in the Revolutionary war as waiter to Capt. Nathan Sanborn of Deerfield. He was a good citizen, and died April 17, 1841, aged ninety-one years.
The children of Joseph Cram and Deborah Batchelder were : -
(1) Elizabeth, born in Deerfield, January 24, 1782, mar- ried, November 28, 1805, Lieut. Edmund C. Lane, born in Deerfield, January 7, 1780 ; was a shoemaker ; son of Dea- con Noah Lane; died May 5, 1865, aged eighty-five years ; she died August 4, 1853, aged seventy-one years.
(2) Jonathan, born November 3, 1788, married, Decem- ber 1, 1807, Rachel, born November 23, 1785, daughter of Deacon Noah Lane; she died November 2, 1868, aged eighty-three years ; he was a fariner, and died April 11, 1859, aged seventy-one years.
The children of Elizabeth Cram and Lieut. Edmund C. Lane, were : -
(1) George, born March 4, 1809, married Lo Ruhama Chase, October 4, 1831, died October 6, 1870 ; (2) Milton, born October 20, 1811, married, first, Lucindia Langmaid, January, 1842, who died 1843 ; he married, second, Betsey Prescott, December 16, 1847 ; she died March 8, 1875, aged seventy-six ; (3) Rufus, born March 4, 1814, died August 1, 1838, aged twenty-four years ; (4) Cyrus, born Decem- ber 7, 1815, died December 29, 1815 ; (5) Cyrus, born March 6, 1817, died May 8, 1821; (6) Darius, born July 4, 1818, died December 25, 1849, aged thirty-one years; (7) Elizabeth, born December 9, 1819, married, November 8, 1843, Jeremiah G. James, born October 3, 1811; (8) Silas, born January 16, 1822, died June 20, 1842, aged twenty years.
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The children of Jonathan Cram and Rachel Lane were : -
(1) John Adams, born March 12, 1808, married Lucindia Chase of Candia, 1831- 32, died at Candia, August 25, 1833, left no children.
(2) Betsey B., born July 22, 1810, married Jeremy Rol- lins, December 6, 1831 ; he was born May 23, 1803; chil- dren : (1) Deborah R., born January 22, 1832; (2) Jane H. born September 15, 1833 ; (3) John Clinton, born July 2, 1835, died July 4, 1858; (4) Addison F., born July 16, 1837 ; (5) George L., born August 16, 1841; (6) Susan Victoria, born May 27, 1844; (7) Joseph T., born October 9, 1846 ; (8) Henry A. J., born January 4, 1851, married Ella V. Haines ; they have one son, Elmer H., born March 22, 1875.
(3) Polly T., born November 4, 1813, married Maj. Sam- uel L. Lear of Epsom, November 24, 1835 ; children : (1) Joseph H., born May 7, 1836 ; (2) Rosetta Janc, born Oc- tober 26, 1837, died August 23, 1839; (3) a son, born March 9, 1839, died young ; (4) Rosetta Jane, born March 5, 1840; (5) Nancy D., born March 6, 1841; (6) Flora A., born September 18, 1842 ; (7) Thomas A., born March 4, 1844, resides in Lynn, Mass. ; (8) Josiah Calvin, born March 7, 1846, resides in Lynn, Mass.
(4) Joseph C., born June 2, 1815, married, April 7, 1837, Hannah J. Tibbetts of Pittsfield, born April 27, 1819; he settled on the home place ; was representative in the legis- lature at Concord in 1858-59, and has held various other offices of trust in his native town. Mr. Cram began early to show unusual taste and skill in vocal music, and at the age of nineteen began teaching the elements of it; he was encouraged to more fully qualify himself for that calling, and in the month of August, 1836, he went to Boston and placcd himself under the instruction of Lowell Mason, George James Webb, Hastings, Baker, Woodbury, Brad- bury, Johnson, and Frost; and yearly, until 1855, was a
JOSEPH C. CRAM ..
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constant attendant of the Boston musical convention for the education of those who were making teaching a busi- ness. From 1834 to 1878, a period of forty-four years, Mr. Cram has been employed in going from town and city in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine, to educate the taste and cultivate the vocal powers of the young, and im- prove the service of praise in the churches. His success in these directions has been surpassed by few, if any. He has taught in sixty towns and cities ; had three hundred and ten different schools and classes, containing 20,220 pupils, not including private instruction given to a large number of individuals. His genial nature, blending with firmness and decision of character, his melodious voice, and rare felicity of expression, have won many hearts and secured large numbers of reliable friends. Mr. Cram has led the singing in the sanctuary forty years, rendered much service at funerals, ordinations, and dedications, at public gather- ings and social entertainments in his own and neighboring towns, has encouraged singing in schools, introducing sing- ing into the public schools in the city of Manchester. Mr. Cram has a fine collection of music in his private library, and yet retains for his favorite art all the love of his earlier years. (See portrait.)
(5) Jane B., born June 1, 1817, married, February 26, 1835, Capt. Bickford Lang of Epsom. Their children are : (1) Amanda J., born February 14, 1836, married B. Frank Gage, died October 8, 1867 ; (2) Semantha R., born April 15, 1839, married J. G. Bass, died February 1, 1865; (3) John A., born September 23, 1842, married Carrie A. Glines, June 24, 1866.
(6) Thomas B., born November 16, 1823, died July 7, 1844, twin brother of Josiah B.
(7) Josiah B., born November 16, 1823, married, Febru- ary 10, 1843, Dolly Brown of Deerfield. He resides in Haverhill, Mass., where he is highly appreciated as a singer, and especially as a leader and conductor of choirs and class-
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singing ; his services are always in good demand as a salary singer in the churches in the city.
The children of Joseph C. Cram and Hannah J. Tibbetts were : -
(1) John Bunyan, born June 8, 1838, died March 11, 1842.
(2) Joseph H., born February 2, 1840, married, Septem- ber 12, 1862, Emma P., daughter of Rev. U. W. Condit. He enlisted in Company B, Eleventh New-Hampshire Regi- ment, September, 1862, discharged 1863, on account of sick- ness ; enlisted in the Eighteenth New-Hampshire Regiment, Company D, September 19, 1864, promoted to lieutenant, April 12, 1865, was in the Ninth Army Corps ; died Decem- ber 27, 1873, from the effects of hardships in his country's defensc.
(3) Flora J., born April 19, 1842, married, December 31, 1872, Jonathan H. Batchelder, who enlisted, August 28, 1862, in Company B, Eleventh New-Hampshire Regiment, and was mustercd out June 4, 1865.
(4) LeRoy T., born July 25, 1844, married, October 13, 1866, Elizabeth A. Hurd of South Boston, Mass. He died May 3, 1872, leaving one daughter, Lillian Christina, born April 27, 1867.
(5) Edward P., born January 5, 1847.
(6) Rose M., born April 4, 1850.
The children of Josiah B. Cram and Dolly Brown were :-
(1) Nellie L., born December 8, 1858; (2) Fred H., born May 8, 1863, died young ; (3) Fred H., born January 22, 1864, died, eight months old ; (4) Fred H., born October 8, 1865.
The children of Lieut. Joseph H. Cram and Emma P. Condit were : -
(1) May A., born September 21, 1864; (2) Minnie G., born May 20, 1866; (3) Louis W., born April 18, 1868; (4) Willie E., born June 11, 1870; (5) Bertha, born De- cember 22, 1872.
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CURRIER FAMILY.
Richard came from England and settled in Salisbury, Mass., in 1640, one of its first settlers ; born May 3, 1617.
Thomas, son of Richard, born March 4, 1646 ; was dea- con of one of the churches of his place, and died in Ames- bury, September 27, 1712; he had nine sons.
Daniel, son of Thomas, was born in Amesbury, Mass., August 15, 1692 ; he married Sarah Brown.
Benjamin, son of Daniel and Sarah Currier, was born February 7, 1721, settled in Deerfield in 1760, and died in 1791 ; his widow, Theodate, lived with her son Daniel, till she went to Warner, to live with her son Joseph, where she died in 1821, aged ninety-seven years. Benjamin had two brothers, Joseph and Daniel ; Benjamin had three children, born in Salisbury, Mass. : (1) Daniel, born April 30, 1745 ; (2) Joseph, born May 30, 1747 ; (3) Lois, born November 30, 1757.
Daniel, son of Benjamin, married Hannah Batchelder, daughter of Deacon Stephen Batchelder, born February 4, 1748. Daniel was fifteen years old when he, with his father's family, moved to Deerfield; he was town or par- ish clerk in 1780, and selectman then and for several suc- ceeding years ; he was also one of a committee of three to sell the pews in the first meeting-house erected in the town.
In 1776, the Continental Congress requested the several colonies to ascertain who would sign an agreement to sup- port the colonies in the war with England, with a view to disarm those who would not thus agree; the names of Daniel Currier and Joseph, his brother, appear upon the paper returned to the General Court holden at Exeter, among others, who agreed thus to defend the colonies against England. Joseph Currier, brother of Daniel, mar- ried Elisabeth Stevens of Salisbury, April 23, 1769. They lived in Deerfield in 1795, as his name is recorded among the tax-payers of that year ; as it does not appear among those of 1796, it is supposed he went to Warner to live at
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that time ; his children were : (1) Mary, born 1775, mar- ried Thomas Bixby of Litchfield ; (2) Nancy, married Ben- jamin Noyes of Lebanon ; (3) Joseph, born 1781, married Fanny Bridge; (4) Benjamin married Nabby Noyes; (5) Jacob, born June 25, 1784, married Ruth Pattee ; (6) John married Lydia -; (7) Lois married Stephen Currier, her cousin, son of Daniel ; (8) Eleanor married Richard Bartlett ; (9) Betsey was the second wife of Robert Davis.
The children of Daniel and Hannah Currier were : -
(1) Benjamin, born March 25, 1769, married Jemima Page, daughter of Oneeiforous Page of Deerfield ; they had nine children ; two sons, Benjamin and Daniel P., live in Manchester ; one daughter married Stephen Prescott, who was a soldier in the war of 1812; one married Josephi Worth ; another Josiah Chase, - all of Deerfield.
(2) Daniel, born December 6, 1770, married Meribalı Tilton, daughter of Josiah Tilton of Deerfield ; their chil- dren were: (1) True, born March 10, 1795; (2) Sally, born September 1, 1799, married John Pinnell, May +, 1817, and in 1825 moved to Kittery, Me .; had five chil- dren ; Daniel's second wife was - Merrill of Poplin ; his third wife was Jemima Currier, widow of James, his brother, of Yarmouth, Me.
(3) Hannah, born April 13, 1773, married Michael Dalton of Deerfield.
(4) Stephen, born February 7, 1777, married Lois Cur- rier, his cousin, daughter of Joseph Currier of Warner, and had twelve children.
(5) Enoeh, born March 6, 1779, married a daughter of Benjamin Batchelder of Bridgewater ; they had six ehil- dren.
(6) James, born February 15, 1781, married Jemima
-; he died at Yarmouth, Me. ; they had two children : John L., who married Betsey Stevens of Deerfield; and Mary Ann, who married Theophilus Stevens.
(7) Betsey, born December 12, 1774, married Stephen Sargent of Warner.
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(8) Jonathan, born March 3, 1783, married - Kelly, and moved to St. Johns, N. B.
(9) Theodate, born March 30, 1785, married - Gil- more.
(10) Joseph, born November 19, 1787, was steward of the " Wasp" in the war of 1812, and was lost at sea.
(11) Nathaniel, born October 3, 1789, married Polly Clifford, and moved to Palermo, Me., and was killed by a falling tree in 1828.
Daniel, was son of Daniel and Hannah Currier; their children were True and Sally (dates of births, etc., given above) ; Daniel sold his farm upon which the Congrega- tional meeting-house is located, and in 1817 bought the Hoyt place upon the Ridge Road, where his grandson, True Washington, now resides (1877). Daniel, as also did his father, worked at shoe-making as well as farming.
True, son of Daniel, married Sally Seavey, December 17, 1818, daughter of Levi Seavey of Deerfield, born February 22, 1794 ; their children were: (1) Henrietta Oliva, born February 14, 1820, married Joseph E. Stanwood of Boston, silvermith, and died in 1848; had two children ; (2) Sarah Octava, born July 10, 1821, married William Collins of Exeter, had one child, Frank, born February 10, 1848, and moved to Kansas in 1854 ; (3) Meribah Tilton, born July 20, 1823, married Wyatt B. Whittier of Webster ; their children were : (1) John, born 1850; (2) a son, who died in infancy ; (4) True Washington ; (5) John Franklin, born March 2, 1827, married Lydia Collins of Exeter ; their children were : Joseph Leroy, born about 1849; and Frank, in 1851; in 1854 he went to Kansas to live, where his wife died, and he married again and had several children : (6) Mary Frances, born March 26, 1829, married Wood of Kansas, and went there to reside; (7) Hannah Elisabeth, born November 25, 1831, died January 31, 1834 ; (8) Joseph Jackson, born June 14, 1834, died October 30, 1850 ; (9) Martha Nichols, born August 6, 1836, married
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Charles H. Carter of Deerfield; had two boys, Fred and Bert. True learned the cabinet-maker's trade of James Prescott, grandfather of James F. Prescott; was also a house-carpenter and farmer.
True Washington, son of True and Sally Currier, born April 17, 1825, married, February 4, 1849, Abigail Stevens Whittier, born February 10, 1828, daughter of Josiah Whit- tier ; their children were: (1) George Washington ; (2) Emma Grace, born April 10, 1855, married Stephen Sleeper of Fremont, June 2, 1877; (3) Henrietta Frances, born October 30, 1856. True Washington, like his father, worked at the carpenter's trade, and when, in 1856, the town voted to build their present town hall, he made a sub-contract with Peter O. Woodman, and framed, raised, and put the cornice on the building. The school-house at Deerfield Pa- rade and Charles W. Prescott's store at Deerfield Center were also built by him.
George Washington, son of True and Abby Currier, was born January 6, 1850, is a carpenter by trade, and was superintending school committee for the year 1877.
DEARBORN FAMILY.
Edward Dearborn descended from Godfrey Dearborn, who settled in Exeter with Rev. John Wheelright in 1639. He had three sons : Henry, born, 1633 ; Thomas, born in 1635 ; John, born in 1642. Edward, a son of one of these, came to Deerfield in 1773, and died suddenly, June 16, 1792, aged forty-three years. His wife was Susannah, daughter of Nehemiah Brown and Anna Longfellow of Ken- sington. He was born February 13, 1749; she, October 15, 1751 ; they were married January 24, 1770 ; he died June 16, 1792; and she, December 8, 1813. Edward Dearborn, after his marriage, removed to Seabrook, where he remained about one year. He then purchased, 1772 or 1773, in Deer- field, what comprised the lots afterwards owned and occupied by his sons, Sewell and Nathaniel. The children of Edward
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