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 49

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


USA > New Hampshire > Rockingham County > Northwood > 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 49
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The children of John Bennett were : -


Charles Bennett, born December 17, 1813, married Han- nah Davis of Effingham; their children are : Josephine, born 1843, wife of Joseph Parker, a resident of Red Bank, N. J. ; Charles H., born 1845, died at Worcester, Mass., April, 1874.


Samuel, born March 15, 1816, died at Shreveport, La., 1852.


Daniel, born May 25, 1818, died April 27, 1869.


John, born June 27, 1821, married Belinda Wiggin ; she died May 12, 1854; their children are : Sarah F., born October 9, 1844, married George H. Scruton of Strafford ; William H., born August 7, 1846, married Emma F. Smith of Deerfield; Charlotte E., born February, 1848, mar- ried J. Frank Goodwin; Anna M., born May 28, 1850, married James Arrington, of Lynn, Mass. He married, for his second wife, Elizabeth A. York of Lee, in 1858 ; their children are : Inez M., born May 25, 1860; Ezra S., born May 30, 1864.


Dolly Bennett, born December 25, 1824, died January 9, 1854 ; married Edward Coburn of Weston, Mass., in 1850.


The children of Jolin Bennett first, by his second wife, were : Mary E., born September 23, 1840 ; married James Morse of Manchester, 1863; one child, Annie Bell, born June 9, 1865.


BICKFORD FAMILY.


Solomon Bickford was the son of Benjamin, who lived in Newington, near the Piscataqua bridge. He died about the year 1767. This ancient family viewed the ravages of the Indians at the destruction of Oyster River in 1707.


Solomon settled first in Nottingham, at a place called Pierce's Mills, about two miles to the eastward of the Square. From this place he moved to Durham, that part now Lee, and from that place he came to Northwood, and with Godfrey and the Batchelders began the settlement of the town. The day that his family arrived at their destined


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abode was rendered dreary by a snow-storm, and when their journey was finished the shades of night had already begun to make their appearance. This was in the month of December, and two small children soon reminded them that fire was the first requisite ; but by some oversight their works for striking were missing. Now there was no other alter- native but to send to the other settlement for this indispen- sable article. The path lay through a dense wilderness, and, in the way it must at that day be traversed, was not less than seven or eight miles.


There have lived, perhaps, few more estimable citizens than Solomon Bickford. He lived to see what few may expect, - a town planted and well peopled, and at the dis- tance of sixty-seven years from its beginning. He was deacon of the Congregational Church from its gathering, until disabled by age from performing the duties of the office. He died February 3, 1830, aged about ninety-six years.


Mr. Bickford's wife was Susan Fox of Nottingham. They settled where the late Deacon Asa Bickford died. She died October 27, 1817, aged eighty-one years. Their chil- dren were: John, born December 29, 1759, who accom- panied his parents to Northwood, and was four years old that month on which they arrived; he was afterwards a soldier in the Revolution during the campaigns of 1779 and 1780 ; the first at Rhode Island, and the last at West Point, where he was an eye-witness of the treacherous proceed- ings of Arnold. He died November 24, 1842, aged eighty- three, leaving one son, John, whose children were : Hamil- ton H., who died March 27, 1846, aged thirty-two ; and George W., who lives in Newmarket, having a family.


Deborah, second child of Solomon Bickford, was born July 5, 1762, and died, unmarried, February 16, 1845.


The third was Solomon, the first child born in North- wood, born June 25, 1764, and died August 23, 1826. His wife was Betsey Dearborn of Newmarket, but born in Dover,


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November 5, 1768. They were married November 17, 1788. Their children were: Sally, born June 25, 1789 ; Polly, born November 17, 1790 ; Jeremiah, born June 5, 1804, married Huldah Lane of Chichester, August 8, 1844, and died February 18, 1875; Eliza, born February 22, 1807 ; Joseph G., born February 24, 1807, and died July 14, 1820, being one of three children at a birth, one dying at birth.


Mrs. Bickford, wife of Solomon, was daughter of Edward Dearborn, who was slain in the war of the Revolution. She died March 31, 1847, aged seventy-eight years.


Gideon, son of Solomon first, born November 24, 1766, married Sally Gove of Nottingham ; their children were Jonathan, Sally, William Smith, and Olive Ann.


Benjamin, son of Solomon first, was born August 24, 1769, married Miriam Dow of Epping. Their children were Dudley, Samuel, James, and George. Dudley died April 7, 1824, aged 24 years ; Samuel, born July 14, 1802, married Belinda Towle of Gilmanton ; they lived many years at the Narrows, then moved to Belmont ; their chil- dren are : Martha, who became the wife of Samuel N. Towle of Northwood, and died leaving no children ; Dud- ley D., and Belinda Jane, who married a Mr. Pray, by whom she had children ; after his death she married a Mr. Buzell ; James, born December 3, 1807, married, June 13, 1832, Lydia Watson of Pittsfield, born December 31, 1804 : they live on the homestead, and their children are: (1) George A., born May 12, 1836, married, December 12, 1861, Hannah J. Marston of Deerfield ; their children being Ida Jane, Etta, George A., who died young, Charles M .. and an infant ; (2) Stephen Watson, born February 14, 1838, was three years in the war of the Rebellion ; married Julia Ann Sawtell of Lynn, Mass., where they reside, hav- ing two children, Mamie and Gracie ; (3) David S., son of James, born August 24, 1841, died September 15, 1848 ; (4) Sarah Frances, born July 18, 1844, married, 1862, John


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H. Knowles of Barnstead, died July 8, 1870, leaving two children, Ada and Anna ; Ada died in 1873.


George, son of Benjamin, born December 2, 1809, died August, 1833.


Mrs. Bickford, wife of Benjamin, and the mother of the foregoing Dudley, Samuel, James, and George, died in 1834. Benjamin Bickford, for his second wife, married Frances Blake, widow of Jonathan Blake, July, 1837. She was married to Mr. Blake January 7, 1804, by whom she had six children, Olive Noble, Lucia Weld, Orlander Thatcher, Ivory Hovey, William Plummer, and Frances Noble, who married John Watson of Pittsfield, and had children. Mrs. Bickford was the daughter of the Rev. Oliver Noble of Newbury, Mass., who died when she was twelve years old. He preached twenty years or more at Newbury, afterwards was settled at Newcastle, where he preached thirteen years, and died of paralysis. He was a native of Connecticut. Mrs. Bickford had one brother and six sisters. Her mother died in Newbury, Mass., May, 1781, being the daughter of Rev. Abijah Weld of Attle- borough, Mass. Mr. Weld had fifteen children, five sons, four of whom became ministers, and one a physician ; one of the daughters married Rev. Mr. Alden of Yarmouth, Mass. ; another, Rev. Oakes Shaw of Yarmouth ; another, Rev. Mr. Fuller of Hanover, N. H .; another, Rev. Mr. Philbrick of Maine ; and another married the father of Mrs. Bickford.


Susan, daughter of the first Solomon Bickford, was born July 25, 1771 ; married Jonathan Durgin of Barnstead, and had children.


Jesse, son of the first Solomon, born October 5, 1775, married Mary Gove of Nottingham ; he died March 4, 1852 ; they had one son, Bradbury G., born September 30, 1811, married, December 1, 1837, Abigail French of Barnstead, and they reside in Northwood.


Asa, known for many years as Deacon Asa, was twin


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brother of Jesse, born October 5, 1775, married Eliza White of Deerfield, lived on the homestead, and their children were : (1) Harriet, who married and lived in Haverhill, Mass., where she died, leaving children ; (2) Jesse, who married and lived in Lawrence, where he died, leaving chil- dren ; (3) Asa, married Miriam F., daughter of Phinehas Dow ; lived on the homestead, where he died ; they having for children : (1) Charles, who married a daughter of Col. John Batchelder, for his first wife ; for his second, a Miss Peavey, and they have children ; they reside in Lynn ; (2) Anna, who married Reuben Beede of Gilmanton ; they have children and live at the Narrows; (3) Clara, who married John Farnham. Asa's widow married a Mr. Coffin of Con- cord, where they reside; (4) Lydia, daughter of Deacon Asa Bickford, died unmarried ; (5) Naomi, sister of Lydia, lives, unmarried, in Concord ; (6) Henry M., son of Dea- con Asa Bickford, married, and lives in Lawrence, Mass.


Deacon Asa Bickford married, for a second wife, a Wid- ow Nutter of Barnstead, a woman of much refinement and energy of character, who survived her husband and died in Pittsfield ; one of her daughters became the wife of Deacon J. L. French of Pittsfield, merchant.


Hannah, sister of Deacon Asa Bickford, and daughter of the first Solomon Bickford, born November 2, 1780, mar- ried John Pease of Sandwich ; lived in Tamworth many years, where they died leaving children.


BLAKE FAMILY.


(1) Jasper Blake died at Hampton, February 11, 1673. His wife was Deborah Dalton, the sister of Philemon and Rev. Timothy Dalton, the latter being the second minister of Hampton ; she died December 20, 1678. Their chil- dren were Deborah, Timothy, Israel, Jasper, John, Sarah, Joshua, Samuel, Dorothy, and Philemon.


It is supposed that Jasper Blake was one of the early settlers of Hampton, and that he went thither in company


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with (or soon after) the Rev. Mr. Dalton, from Dorchester, Mass. It is also supposed that Jasper was one of the family of William Blake, who came to Dorchester in the ship " Mary and John," in 1630, and who was a great-grandson of John Blake of Little Baddow, in Essex County, Eng.


Mr. Dalton came from England in 1637, and remaned in or near Dorchester for two years, removing to Hampton in 1639.


(2) Timothy Blake married Naomi Sleeper in 1679, died 1718. His children were Moses, Israel, Aaron, Deborah, Naomi, Ruth, and Samuel.


(3) Israel Blake, settled in Nottingham ; married Leah -, died April, 1753. His children were : Deborah, wife of Ebenezer Tucker ; Sarah, wife of Ephraim Elkins ; Eliza, wife of Obadiah Griffin ; Jedediah ; Joseph; Israel, and Benjamin.


(4) Joseph Blake, born February 2, 1711, married, settled in Epping, and died about 1763. His children were : Jo- seph, born October 28, 1740, died March 9, 1810 ; Theophi- lus, born March 27, 1742, died October 10, 1822; Mehita- ble, wife of - Swain, died August 7, 1806; Sherburne, born October 29, 1745, died March 2, 1822; Asahel, died September, 1822 ; Sarah, wife of John Harvey, died De- cember 5, 1837 ; Jonathan.


(5) Jonathan Blake, born December 7, 1753 or 1754; settled in Northwood about 1770, in company with his brothers Sherburne and Asahel. Their tract is known as " Blake's Hill." He married Mary Dow, who was born at Epping, December 26, 1758. He died November 4, 1825. Their children were : Jonathan, died January 19, 1825 ; Marcy Norris ; John Lauris ; Dudley Dow, born 1792, died March 6, 1862 ; his first wife, Martha Marston of Deerfield, died September 6, 1848, aged fifty-two; their children are Mary, Martha, and John. Mr. Blake married, for his second wife, Elizabeth Locke (Hayes), widow of the late James C. Locke.


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(6) John Lauris Blake, born December 21, 1788; grad- uated at Brown University in 1812; married Louisa Gray Richmond, June 25, 1814; she dicd January 3, 1816; married Mary Howe, December 6, 1816. He died at Orange, N. J., July 6, 1857. His children were : Henry Kirke, born December 26, 1815, died July 4, 1834 ; Alex- ander Vietts, born July 26, 1818; Louisa Richmond, born February 6, 1822, married George F. Tyler ; John Lauris, born March 25, 1831, married, October 20, 1858, Angeline N. Holbrook, daughter of Lowell Holbrook of New York City. They have one child, Annie Holbrook, born August 22, 1859. Mr. Blake received the honorary degree of A. M. from Brown University and Burlington College, N. J. He commenced the practice of law in 1852, in Orange, N. J., where he resides. He was a member of the House of As- sembly in 1857-58.


John Lauris Blake, D. D., born December 21, 1788, was an Episcopal clergyman. After graduating from Brown University, he taught for many years in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Boston, and New York, and wrote or compiled nearly fifty works, chiefly as text-books for schools. His Biographical Dictionary gave him much celebrity, entering into a new field, which has since attracted the attention of many writers. In his last years he lovingly turned towards the place of his nativity, and characteristically made a generous donation of books to the Northwood Young Men's Lyceum, a library association formed at the center of the town about 1843, which has contributed largely to the in- telligence of the community.


BROWN FAMILY.


Samuel Brown was son of Reuben of Salisbury, Mass., and Reuben was the son of Samuel. Samuel, who settled in Northwood, was born October 25, 1752, coming here when twenty-one years old. His mother was Deboralı Elliott, and his grandmother was Mary Morrill of Amnes-


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bury. This Samuel Brown married Rhoda Eaton of Sea- brook for his first wife, and, for his second, Widow Martha Lawrence of Epping, who died December 24, 1841. He had six children, all dead : Jonathan Elliott, born in 1798, died January 3, 1875, whose children were : Samuel E. ; Martha L., who became, October 14, 1847, the wife of John Cilley, having one son, H. Albert, who married, June 9, 1870, Emma S. Tasker ; and Mary Ann, who married Wells B. Clark, having for children, Nellie M., who married, De- cember 4, 1869, Winfield Scott Knowlton, Abbie A., Annie, and John.


Reuben Brown was son of Reuben and brother of Samuel, born March 11, 1768. He married, November 16, 1789, Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Elliott of Epping, born February 4, 1766. Their children were : Mary C., born December 1, 1790, who married Samuel B. Waldron of Strafford, afterwards John Wallace of Epsom, and, lastly, became the wife of Reuben Swain of Newmarket, and died September 4, 1872 ; Samuel, born May 10, 1793, and died September 16, 1794 ; Deborah, born August 27, 1795, who married, October 15, 1820, Jonathan Watson, born Decem- ber 7, 1793, who died October 31, 1856, their children being : (1) Reuben B., born November 24, 1821, married, October 8, 1848, Huldah J. Richards of Hope, Me., whose children are : Edville A., born July 14, 1849; John H., born March 8, 1853 ; Walter B., born December 27, 1855, who died April 27, 1872; and Lenora J., born June 5, 1858 ; (2) James C., born August 15, 1824, married, Sep- tember 10, 1850, Widow Abigail J. Sherman, whose chil- dren are : Herbert, born January 8, 1859, and Gracie M., born December 31, 1862. Mrs. Watson by her first hus- band had two sons, Converse M., born June 10, 1847, living in Andover, Mass., and Charles Henry, born August 16, 1848, living in Northwood, having married, July 2, 1872, Alice G. Lancaster ; (3) Hannah B., born January 28, 1828, became, March 8, 1848, the wife of Charles E. Winslow ;


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their surviving children being Ida E., George G., Ora E., Frank V., and Fred ; (4) Mary E., born April 9, 1834, be- came the wife of Charles W. Foss, November 15, 1857 ; their children being Cora A., born July 21, 1859; May L., born May 12, 1861 ; and Charles A., born November 15, 1865.


Sarah E., daughter of Reuben Brown, born March 21, 1798, married, November 1, 1826, Captain Ebenezer Griffin of Epsom, who was born April 21, 1803, son of David Grif- fin, and died May 1, 1855; she died March 10, 1863 ; they left one son, James, born September 26, 1834, who married Mary A. Bennett, and now lives in Manchester, having, for children, George A. and Charles.


Betsey D., daughter of Reuben Brown, born August 29, 1800, married John Cilley, son of Aaron, and died, leaving one son, George D., who has since died, and one daughter, now dead.


Hannah E., daughter of Reuben Brown, was born No- vember 5, 1803, and died January 9, 1827.


Martha E., last child of Reuben Brown, was born May 17, 1806, and died March 9, 1825.


Reuben Brown died December 21, 1826, aged fifty-nine, and his widow died January 2, 1847.


BROWN FAMILY.


Michael Brown, son of Josiah Brown and Susan Prescott of Raymond, was born in that town on the 26th of October, 1795. He was one of a family of ten children, several of whom survive. In April, 1822, he married Margaret Os- good, daughter of Timothy Osgood, one of a family of twenty-two children, and Jennie Dearborn, both of Ray- mond. Mrs. Brown was the youngest of eleven brothers and sisters, all of whom lived to middle age, and seven of whom, all sisters, lived more than seventy years.


Mr. Brown came to Northwood in 1822, and resided here until his death, September 3, 1870. He was engaged in farming, and at different periods in coopering and saw-


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ing lumber ; he also introduced shoemaking, which has since become the most prominent industry in this town. Mrs. Brown still survives, at an advanced age. They had two sons : Charles O., born August 8, 1825, married Sarah E. Langmaid of Chichester, who died May 29, 1858, and by whom he had three children, Albert O., born July 18, 1852, fitted for college at Coe's Academy, and graduated at Dart- mouth in 1878, sustaining a high rank of scholarship ; Charles E., who died in childhood; and Lizzie J., born April 10, 1857, is a graduate of Coe's Academy, and a highly successful teacher. Mr. Brown was again married to Eliza A. Wiggin of Canterbury, who died August 10, 1860. His third wife was Saralı B. Piper of Exeter, to whom two daughters have been born, Emily B., born October 1, 1863, and Mary F., born June 28, 1871.


Edward C. Brown was born May 14, 1830, and died Jan- uary 10, 1876. He married Abigail Bickford of Barnstead, and was the father of six children, two of whom survive : Clara B., born October 13, 1855, is a graduate of Coe's Academy, and a teacher in the public schools of Nashua ; and Charles E., born April 27, 1859.


BUZELL FAMILY.


Solomon Buzell, generally known as Esq. Buzell, from his being a capable and popular justice of the peace, was son of John Buzell, and Phebe, his wife, of Barrington. He was born January 5, 1761 ; enlisted in the army of the Revolution September 8, 1777 (being in his seventeenth year), and marched to the State of Rhode Island ; honor- ably discharged, January 7, 1778. He was twice married ; first, 1786, to Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Jeremiah Burnham, and widow of John Burnham of Barrington, she at the time having a daughter, Mary Burnham, who became the wife of David Clark, Esq. His farm and residence were the last in Northwood, in going from Northwood to Bar- rington, on what has come to be the old road to Dover. It


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was purchased in 1785, the year prior to his first marriage. The house thereon was burned, when lie built the one now standing.


Little is known, by the descendants of Solomon Buzell, respecting their paternal ancestors anterior to the above- named John of Barrington, who was a farmer, and liad quite a family of sons and daughters. His son John (brother of Solomon) inherited the homestead, which is situated on the northerly side of North River Pond. He dying, the farm descended to his two sons, Jeremiah and David. The last named, David, has been proprietor for many years. The old original house was taken down, long time ago, and the one now standing, erected by the two brothers, Jeremiah and David.


The family name in olden time appears to have been more generally, as now, spelt with two z's and two l's. Solomon thought that one of each of those letters could be dispensed with, and wrote his own name accordingly. His youngest son, in after years, saw fit to restore the discarded " 1," ending with " double 1" as formerly. Like many other surnames, it appears to be spelt and pronounced in a variety of ways.


The children of Solomon Buzell and his wife Elizabeth were : -


(1) Nancy, born January 8, 1787; she married, first, Samuel Shackford, jr., Esq., of Barrington ; they had four sons and six daughters. She married, second, John Sher- burne of Northwood ; no children by last marriage. She died June 10, 1873, being in her eighty-seventh year, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Levi G. Hill of Dover, leaving numerous descendants, some of the fourth genera- tion. The discipline of her life's voyage had been so wisely improved, that as the end drew nigh she saw in death no cause for alarm, viewing it rather, as it were, a dense fog, the uplifting of which would reveal a haven of safety and eternal rest. Perfect love and cheerful trust had banished all fear.


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(2) John Burnham, born September 7, 1791; married Susan Odiorne of Rochester, where he resided, a merchant. He died January 6, 1824. Their son, and only child, died June 2, 1823, aged fifteen months.


(3) Betsy, born July 20, 1797 ; married, first, Dr. Jona- than Woodbury of Barrington ; married, second, Meshech Drew of Barrington. She resides, a widow, in Newmarket, with her daughter, Mrs. Susan E. W., widow of Z. Dow Creighton, Esq.


Solomon Buzell's wife, Elizabeth, died August 3, 1797. He married, for his second wife, March 23, 1800, Susannah, daughter of Jonathan Clark, Esq., one of the first settlers of Northwood. She was born March 11, 1776. Their chil- dren were : --


(1) Samuel B., born July 13, 1801. After graduating at the Phillips Exeter Academy, he was, for several years, en- gaged in teaching. On the death of his brother George, he took charge of the homestead. He became a prominent member of the Congregational Church and society ; was one of the leading men of the town in promoting its welfare; was selectman for several years ; served on school commit- tees, and filled acceptably various responsible positions, and by his upright life won the esteem of his fellow-townsmen. Being in Durham on business, his horse took fright, and he was thrown from the wagon, sustaining injuries which re- sulted in his death, June 18, 1853. He married Matilda, daughter of Rev. Josiah Prentice. They had one son and one daughter : George Brainerd, born August 19, 1833, graduated at Waterville College and Bangor Theological Seminary, and preached at times, but was obliged to relin- quish his chosen profession on account of ill health ; Susan M., born May 27, 1836, is teacher in one of the public schools in Portland, Me., where the mother, son, and daughter now reside.


(2) George W., born January 12, 1803. The excellent traits which slione out in his character gave promise of a


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life of much usefulness ; but his sun went down when it was scarce mid-day. After a protracted illness, he died July 7, 1830. He was unmarried. Among his papers was found a farewell address to his mother, which appears to have been penned several months prior to his death. His filial appreciation of the unremitting kindness of her who had during those years of pain and weakness lovingly antic- ipated his every want, is shown by the following extract : " I thank you for all the ten thousand acts of kindness I have received at your hands. You have been a kind mother to me indeed. O may Jehovah bless you, my ever dear mother ! "


(3) S. Clark, born June 11, 1806, married, June 12, 1842, Margaret Ann, daughter of Hon. John Harvey. They have one son, Albert Clark, born December 11, 1844 ; fit- ted for college at the Phillips Exeter Academy ; graduated at Harvard University in 1865, and Dane Law School in 1868; is an attorney-at-law, - office in Boston. In 1825, when nineteen years of age, S. Clark Buzell went to Bos- ton, where he was engaged in a mercantile house for about eleven years, when he returned to his native town. In 1852 he removed with his family from Northwood to Exe- ter, where they still reside. For the last twelve years he has been the treasurer of the Phillips Exeter Academy.


Solomon Buzell, Esq., died September 4, 1813. He was a genial, kind-hearted man, of sound judgment and inflexi- ble integrity, and commanded the esteem and confidence of the community in a large degree. He represented the town in the legislature five years, viz., 1802, 1803, 1809, 1810, and 1811; was selectman in 1799, 1800, and 1804, and filled numerous other positions of trust. He was a believer in the Christian religion, but never made a public profession of that belief. The names of all his children, by both marriages, are on record as members of Christian churches. Like many leading men of his time, he was, to a great ex- tent, self-taught. Schoolhouses were few and far between ;


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and the instruction given in them was often inferior in kind and limited in duration. He was desirous that his three younger sons should have greater educational advantages than he himself had enjoyed ; and when he perceived that his days on earth were being numbered, and that their welfare must be left in charge of others, he expressed his views and wishes to the mother, who warmly sympathiized therewith. Accordingly, a few years after his decease, in 1819, the sons then being from thirteen to seventeen years of age, she decided to move to Exeter, to give them the benefit of an English course at the Phillips Exeter Acade- my ; a plan wisely conceived and judiciously and successfully carried out, she returning to their home in Northwood in 1822. She was a member of the Congregational Church thirty-five years, having first united, by profession, with the First Congregational Church in Exeter, while residing there. She was a woman of superior mental endowments, of ready wit, and a kind and generous heart. A promi- nent trait in her character, from youth to old age, was faithfulness in all the duties and relations of life. On the 9th of November, 1857, being in her eighty-second year, her life-work done, and well done, she was called to inherit the promised reward : " Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."




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