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(2) Sally, daughter of the first settler, was born June 21, 1794, married Joseph H. Trickey, and had five chil- dren : (1) Henry D., born June 5, 1816, lived in Newmar- ket, died August 31, 1865 ; (2) Charles T., born December 28, 1818, died December 18, 1829; (3) Dorothy A., born
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November 21, 1822, married H. A. Jackson, settled in Chi- cago, Ill .; (4) Joseph S., born December 12, 1827, resides in Northwood, and is a merchant at the Narrows ; he mar- ried Mary J. Russell ; their children are Frank E. (dead), Fred, Abigail, Nellie A., and Mary Ann; (5) George B., born March 25, 1834, married, has two children, and lives in Lawrence, Mass.
(3) Nancy S., daughter of Samuel Dow, was born in 1800, married George James in 1817, having for children : Winthrop D., born May 16, 1819, died July 14, 1847 ; Beniah M., born December 2, 1824, married Mary D. Haynes ; Frances A., born November 8, 1840, married Henry A. Willard of Westminster, Vt.
(4) Beniah, born 1803, married Eliza Dow, and died. March 11, 1830.
(5) Samuel, born November 10, 1809, settled in West- field, Mass., in 1833, as a whip-manufacturer ; married Be- linda R. Robinson of Concord, June 1, 1835, who died October 22, 1869 ; Mr. Dow married, for his second wife, E. Maria Herrick, August 31, 1870. His children by his first wife were : Ellen, born April 8, 1840; Agnes, born February 6, 1842, died February 17, 1845; Edwin, born September 7, 1847, died May 31, 1854. Ellen, the first daughter of Mr. Dow, married, July, 1867, Rev. Thomas B. Wood, and they reside in Rosario, South America, as mis- sionaries.
(6) John R., born November 6, 1813, married Rhoda Swain, November 17, 1836 ; their children are : Charles E., born January 7, 1838; Samuel T., born April 26, 1840 ; William A., born September 2, 1843; Nancy S., born Jan- uary 12, 1845; John P., born July 20, 1847; Frank B., born February 17, 1851 ; George H., born May 26, 1858.
DURGIN FAMILY.
John Durgin came from Durham, where he was born in April, 1729 (Old Style). Susanna Pitman, his wife, was born in Durham, May 7, 1734.
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John Durgin, jr., was born in Durham; had eight chil- dren : Joseph, Lydia, Deborah, Ebenezer, Samuel, John, Drusilla, and Keziah.
Joseph was born in Durham, married Sally Huckins of Lee, and settled in Effingham ; had eight children : Sally, Lydia, Noalı, Polly, Thomas, Lovy, Eunice, and Dudley L.
Lydia was born in Durham, 1755, married Samuel Wood- man and settled in Deerfield, then Nottingham ; had ten children : Martha, Susan, Samuel, Edward, Susan, Lydia, Mehitable, Sarah, Lewis, and Lewis ; she died November, 1836 ; Samuel Woodman, her husband, was born Septem- ber 19, 1749, and died August 13, 1819.
Deboralı was born in Durham, married Joseph Shaw, and settled in Northwood ; had four children : Mary, Noah, John, and Eppha ; she died in Northwood.
Ebenezer was born in Durham, July 3, 1761, married Sarah Knowlton ; settled in Northwood ; had four children, all now living: Nancy, Betsey, Danicl, and Israel ; he died February 21, 1840 ; Sarah, his wife, died March 14, 1850.
Samuel was born in Durham, married a Miss Brown, and settled in Vermont.
John Durgin, 3d, born August 16, 1771, married Sally Taylor, February 15, 1795 ; settled in Northwood ; had five children : Lois, Job R., Miles, Susan P., and Eliphalet ; he was killed by the falling of a tree, December 7, 1816 ; Sally, his widow, afterward married Ebenezer Knowlton and died February 13, 1862.
Drusilla, born March 17, 1774, married David Knowl- ton in 1791 ; settled in Northwood ; died January 28, 1862.
Keziah married Levi Knowles, and settled in Candia.
The children of Ebenezer Durgin were : -
Nancy, born August 19, 1784, married Noah Davis of Nottingham ; settled in Northwood on the Mountain; is now living in Deerfield.
Betsey, born in Northwood, March 2, 1790, married Wil- liam Swain in 1807; settled in Northwood; had four chil-
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dren : Nancy, Warren P., Samuel, and Rhoda ; she is still living in Northwood.
Daniel was born February 5, 1795, married Abigail Ken- iston in 1814; had nine children : Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Daniel, Harriet, David, Olive, Louisa, and John ; he is now living in Newton, Mass.
Israel Durgin was born in Northwood, November 18, 1796, married Rhoda Fernald of North wood, March, 1821, and had nine children : Ebenezer, Charles, Betsey, Betsey, Charles P., Hannah, Nancy, Samuel, and Clara A. Three died in infancy. Charles P. enlisted in the late war of the Rebellion, in the Eighth Regiment New-Hampshire Volun- teers, for three years, and died at New Orleans, La., Janu- ary 11, 1863 ; there are three children living, Betsey, Nancy, and Clara A. ; the latter married, May 24, 1869, John L. Parshley of Pittsfield, and they live in Haverhill, Mass. Mr. Durgin has had three wives, and is still living in North- wood.
The children of John Durgin, 3d, were : -
Lois was born March 3, 1796, married John Carswell of Strafford. He was born in Barrington, September 15, 1790, and died in Northwood, January 25, 1873; his wife died September 20, 1873 ; their children were : John D., born November 5, 1821, married Mary A. Stewart of Concord, and resides in San Francisco, Cal. ; they have two chil- dren ; Charles W., born August 28, 1823, has had two wives, and now resides in Woburn, Mass. ; Henry F., born January 12, 1826, enlisted in the Mexican war, and died September 1, 1847, leaving the record of a brave soldier ; George W., born March 30, 1828, resides in San Francisco, Cal., married, and has one child; Elizabeth W., born July 11, 1834, married William Lahea, and resides in Philadel- phia ; they have three children.
Job R. was born August 1, 1798, married Betsey Wig- gins of Northwood, November 13, 1816; had three chil- dren, Jane, John, and Thomas S .; his wife died September
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23, 1859, and he married, for a second wife, Widow Marsh, September 23, 1862, and died July 25, 1866.
Miles Durgin was born September 20, 1801, married Jane, daughter of William Knowlton of Northwood, April 28, 1824 ; had five children : Woodbury M., Mary J., Wil- liam F., Amos S., and John A. He moved to Newmarket in 1826, where he engaged in business ; was selectman, and held the office of deputy-sheriff more than twenty years ; returned to Northwood June 9, 1838. July 21, 1844, his wife died. December 1, 1844, he married Sarah Moore. In 1846, he purchased the estate of Eben Coe, Esq., at the Narrows, and went into trade. By the last marriage there were four children. He died January 3, 1869, a man of pleasant disposition, who delighted in making those happy around him.
Susan P. was born March 22, 1805, and married Samuel Twombly May, 1827 ; lived in Newmarket; had ten chil- dren : Sarah, Mary, Martha S., Emma, Helen, and five otli- ers who died in infancy. Sarah married a Bryant, Mary married Charles Willey, - both of whom enlisted in the war of the Rebellion and died in the service. Martha S. married a Mr. Prey, who also enlisted and died from dis- ease contracted while in the service; she is now living in Rochester.
Eliphialet was born June 23, 1809, married Matilda Wat- son, April 2, 1838; had two children, Hazen and Susan; his wife died 1858, and he died December 15, 1863. Susan married a Mr. Lane of Lee. Hazen lives in Dover.
The children of Job R. Durgin were : -
Jane was born May 10, 1817, married Samuel Batchelder, soll of Samuel Batchelder of Northwood, September 20, 1837 ; they reside in Haverhill, Mass., and have one daugh- ter, Sarah, who is married and lives in Methuen, Mass.
John was born in Portsmouth, April 15, 1821, married Roxana B. York of Lee, March 6, 1845; they had three children ; he married a second wife, Clarinda Quince of Lee, February 8, 1860; they had three children.
Nordburg M. Durgin
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Thomas S. was born in Portsmouth, January 14, 1824, married Mary A. Chapman, November 27, 1852 ; they have six children ; reside in Worcester, Mass.
The children of Miles Durgin and Jane Knowlton were : -
Woodbury M., born in North wood, June 8, 1825, married Abbie G., daughter of Samuel James of North wood, Decem- ber 16, 1847; had one child, Moses W., born April 16, 1849, and died January 17, 1858. Woodbury M. resided in Northwood; has served the town as selectman, repre- sentative, and held other offices. In the late war of the Rebellion he enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment New- Hampshire Volunteers for nine months ; was commissioned lieutenant in Company D, afterward was detailed as acting commissary of subsistence ; was honorably discharged Au- gust 13, 1863. March, 1873, was elected county commis- sioner for three years. He removed to Exeter in 1876, being appointed register of probate for Rockingham County.
Mary J. was born in Newmarket, May 13, 1827, married William H. Simmons of Lowell, Mass., June 21, 1848, and died in Lowell, November 9, 1863, leaving no children.
William F. was born in Newmarket, February 13, 1833, married Hattie Smart of Tilton, February 8, 1863 ; enlisted in Company G, Third Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Ar- tillery, September 14, 1864, was honorably discharged June 14, 1865, and now resides in Lawrence, Mass.
Amos S. was born in Newmarket, February 2, 1837, mar- ried Aura L., daughter of John S. Batchelder, November 24, 1859; has two children, Walter and Minnie B., and re- sides in Lynn, Mass.
John A. was born in Newmarket, May 15, 1838, married Mary E. Webber, daughter of Rev. H. Webber, in 1857; she at her death left one child, Mary J., who was born May 15, 1859, and now resides in Lynn, Mass. He enlisted, April 19, 1861, in Company I, Eighth Regiment Massachu- setts Volunteers ; was afterward transferred to the Twenty ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and mustered out
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of service April 15, 1865; married Addie M. Haines of Dexter, Me., in 1866 ; had four children by this marriage : Albert E., Winfield E., Bell P., and Charles H. ; resides in Portsmouth.
The children of Miles Durgin by his second marriage were : -
Sarah J. was born in Northwood, July 15, 1845, married Henry H. Emerson of Alton, July 5, 1866 ; have one child, Willis ; reside in Lynn, Mass.
Roswell H. was born in Northwood, March 27, 1847; was drowned at Newmarket, July 9, 1859.
Martin H. died in infancy.
Martin H. was born in Northwood, June 12, 1850 : died in Northwood, May 27, 1870.
The widow of Miles Durgin still lives in Northwood.
Nathaniel Durgin was son of Samuel, and was born June 16, 1782; married Polly, daughter of Winthrop Dow (born in Epping, November 22, 1780), March 14, 1805. Their children were: Sarah, born October 19, 1807, married Daniel A. Bean, October, 1829. They reside in North- wood, and have one son, Walter Henry, living in Lynn, whose wife was a Miss Alden. Mr. Bean and wife have buried nine children. Mrs. Bean died February 8, 1878, aged seventy years.
Gardner D. was born July, 1810, married Lucinda Fol- som of Epping, where he has resided, having one daughter, now the wife of a Mr. Holt of Epping. Mr. Durgin died October 8, 1877.
Olive J. was born June, 1812, and became the wife of Hon. Edson Hill. (See sketch of Hill family.)
Mary A. was born June, 1814, married John Nealley, son of Joseph Nealley, and lived on the Nealley homestead in Northwood. Mrs. Nealley died April 27, 1875, leaving two daughters, Loanna, who became the wife of James C. Locke, having one son, Walter ; and Rouetta, now the wife of Frank Furber.
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Samuel T. was born September 30, 1816, and died 1837.
Harriet T. was born July, 1817, married Smith Knowles. and they reside in Northwood, having one son, Henry S., who married Nella, daugliter of Jonathan D. Cate of Deer- field, having one son, William Henry, born June 24, 1875.
FURBER FAMILY.
Records of the old family of the Furbers are not at hand. Traditions in the family point back to their early settle- ment on the Piscataqua. All bearing the name look back to- the same old family. In 1683, the citizens of Dover, Ports- mouth, Exeter, and Hampton, about two hundred and fifty in number, sent to the king, Charles II., a remonstrance against the oppressive administration of Gov. Cranfield. Amongst those of Portsmouth is the name of Jethro Fur- ber, and of those who signed it from Dover are William Furber, sen., and William Furber, jr. It is believed that the place first settled in Dover was the high land nearly opposite to what was then called "Bloody Point," now Newington. These families were in close proximity with each other, only separated by the deep river, if separated at all. Newington was erected into a parish in 1813, and its connection with Portsmouth and Dover dissolved. Whether they were original immigrants to this country, or whether the father of the older William and Jethro pre- ceded them, is not certainly known.
Two or more generations must have passed away before Capt. Joshua Furber settled and built the old mills at Northwood.
Capt. Joshua Furber was born May 24, 1744, married Betsey Page ; came from Newington to Northwood in 1767 ; died April 27, 1827; was known as "Captain of the Parish ; " was in the Revolutionary war, a brave and valiant officer, filling important positions during that struggle.
The following is his family, in the order of the dates of births : -
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Moses, born January 6, 1768, married Dolly Rollins, died August 7, 1826 ; had two sons, viz., Moses, who is now dead, and Benjamin, who now lives in Vermont.
Catherine, born December 22, 1769, married Samuel Marsh, died August 13, 1847. Children : James, David, Samuel, and Nancy.
John, born May 8, 1772, married Olive Batchelder, died February 17, 1824. Children : Betsey, who married John A. Ring; Nancy, married Hazen Kimball ; Mary Ann ; McLaurin, now dead; Langdon, dead; Theodore, dead ; Sally, married Oliver Cotton ; Olive, married Lewis Brad- ford ; and Hazen.
Nancy, born August 31, 1774, married Noah Hill, died about 1842. Children : Betsey ; Joshua, dead ; Bradbury, now in Woonsocket, R. I. ; Jonathan, dead ; Pearl, now in Springfield, Mass.
Betsey, born March 8, 1777, died September 20, 1795.
Thomas, born April 10, 1779, married Sally Nealley, died December 31, 1831. Children : Joseph, Lavinia, and Dolly by first wife. Married, second wife, Betsey Demeritt. Chil- dren : Sally, dead ; William H. H., of firm Sands, Furber, & Co., Faneuil-hall market, Boston ; Page, now dead, for- merly of firm Furber, Conant, & Co., Faneuil-hall market, Boston ; Lydia, married James Bean, Deerfield ; Eliza, and Thomas J.
Joshua, twin brother of Thomas, born April 10, 1779, married Elsie Nealley, died February 6, 1828. Children : Lyman, dead ; John N., now at Covington, Ky. ; Mary Jane, dead ; Charles, dead, formerly of firm Davis and Furber, machine works, North Andover, Mass .; and Elsie.
Mary, born June 26, 1781, married John Crawford, died May 26, 1857. Children : Benjamin, William, dead, and Mary, dead, who married Joseph Dunn.
William, born February 9, 1783, married Dorcas Butler, died March 18, 1853. Children : Elizabeth, Isabel, Sally, Henry, Abigail, and Ward.
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David, born September 12, 1787, married Sally Haley of Epping, died December 31, 1858. Children : Samuel H., who married Mary F. Leavitt ; now living in Northwood ; William H., twin brother of Samuel H., dead ; Franklin, clergyman in the Methodist denomination, now at Holliston, Mass. ; and Martha, who married Samuel F. Leavitt of Northwood.
Samuel, born January 4, 1791, married Lucy Batchelder, died May 27, 1829. Children : John, dead; George, now in New Bedford, Mass .; Maria, married Thomas Garland, Newmarket ; Caroline .; Sarah, dead; Susan, dead ; Olive, dead, married Hon. William B. Small of Newmarket; and Greenleaf.
Capt. Joshua Furber used to manufacture potash on quite a large scale, by filtering and evaporating the lye of ashes. He also made what is commercially known as pearlash from the potash, by calcination. His principal market for it was in Newburyport, Mass., where it was used in the manufac- ture of carbonate and sulphate of potash.
John N. Furber, grandson of Capt. Joshua, was born in Nottingham on the 28th day of February, 1813, at the pa- rental residence, situated near the east margin of North River Pond. His father, Joshua Furber, jr., was a farmer, and officiated as deputy for the sheriffs of Rockingham and Strafford counties. He was of a delicate constitution, and early fell a victim to a rigorous climate. He died in the year 1828, leaving a widow, Alcey Nealley Furber, and five children, the oldest of whom, Lyman Furber, was in his seventeenth year.
The proceeds of their little farm afforded them a poor support. The scanty opportunity then existing for even a common-school education precluded the hope of preparing them for professional life.
The oldest brother learned the business of carpenter and builder, but finally took charge of the wood department of the Essex Company's machine manufactory in Lawrence,
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Mass., which position he held up to his death, in 1855. The youngest brother, Charles, learned the same business, and, at twenty-two years of age, joined in establishing the firm of Davis and Furber, machinists, North Andover, Mass. The business was successful, and machinery bearing their name may be found in every state on the American conti- nent. He made many valuable improvements in machin- ery, and left a high reputation as an artisan. He held many positions of trust and honor, and was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature at the time of his death, in 1857. The legislature honored him by resolutions of re- membrance, and extended words of condolence to his fam- ily and relatives.
Their oldest sister, Mary Jane, became the wife of the Rev. James T. Adams of Dover, favorably known in the southern part of the state, and in Middlesex County, Mass: Upon his death, she removed to Kentucky, married again, and died there.
The youngest sister, Alcey N. Furber, is now the wife of Vachel Weldon, Esq., a successful merchant of Augusta, Ky.
The subject of this sketch, at the early age of twelve years, left home, and remained two years in the families of Rev. Mr. Blydenburg and Rev. Mr. Burt, at Durham, per- forming such services as he could as compensation for the privilege of attending the common schools at that place. The feeble health of his father brought him back into the family circle, to assist in cultivating their little farm. His father died soon after, and his mother, looking only to the good of her son, sent him to a relative in Strafford, to learn the cabinet business, remembering to stipulate, that he should have two months' school privilege each year.
After this, he went wherever the opportunities for labor presented themselves, laying by something from his wages, and never losing his desire for knowledge, which he in a measure gratified under the instruction of Dr. Timothy
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Hilliard, a well-known teacher, in those days, at Durham, Lee, and Newmarket.
In May, 1837, when twenty-four years old, young Fur- ber, with a favorite school-mate, Shepard F. Norris of Ep- ping, left New Hampshire for the great West, passing through Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, crossed the mountains into the Ohio valley, and down the river to Maysville, Ky., stopping and inquiring for business at all points, arriving at Maysville about the first of June, 1838. Here a good field was open to them. Mr. Furber soon obtained the position of teacher at Minerva, twelve miles west of Maysville, in a private school, at good wages. He was kindly received, and made many warm friends. He continued to teach during most of the succeeding three years, devoting Saturdays, holidays, and the night hours to the study of law. In the spring of 1840, he went to Brookville, the county seat of an adjoining county, and entered the office of the clerk of the courts of that county, continuing his studies there.
In September, he was admitted to the bar as counsellor and attorney-at-law. He had taken active part in debating schools and neighborhood lyceums, discussing literary, sci- entific, political, and other questions, which so accustomed him to public debate that the commencement of law prac- tice was rendered comparatively easy, and he soon found himself enjoying a lucrative business.
In 1845, he married Margaret A. L., daughter of Andrew Linn of Ohio. She died in 1849, leaving him a son, Neal- lie Linn. In 1857, he married Martha M., daughter of John Smith of Salem, N. H. They have three children : Charles S., Anna M. L., and Martha L., the oldest of whom has just past his eighteenth year.
He removed to Covington, Ky., his present place of res- idence, in 1865.
He has never sought political prominence, though he was appointed a delegate to the Democratic National Conven-
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tion held in Baltimore in 1844, and was a member of the convention that nominated Hon. Horatio Seymour, in New York, in 1868.
In 1869, the question of granting the right of way to the Corporation of Cincinnati, O., for the " Cincinnati Southern Railway," through Kentucky to Chattanooga, Tenn., created much excitement in the state, and he was, without opposition, elected a member of the legislature for the eastern district of Covington, for two years, and la- bored to obtain the legislation required.
While in the legislature, he was one of the sub-joint com- mittee from the House that prepared the present general insurance law, and the law establishing the Insurance Bu- reau of Kentucky. Both were passed unanimously, and will probably remain on the statute-books for many genera- tions to come. He has been connected with many indus- trial, educational, and charitable institutions, and is now spending much time as a member of the board of education of his adopted city.
The early friend and companion of Mr. Furber, Shepard F. Norris, died about 1860, while holding the office of judge of the court of common pleas of the Clearmont District, Ohio, which office he had held many years.
It is painful here to record the sudden death, from apo- plexy, of the Hon. John N. Furber, July 21, 1878. Upon the knowledge of his death, the members of the Covington bar assembled, and unanimously recorded their sorrow for his removal by death, and their appreciation of the charac- ter of the deceased, as follows : -
The members of the Covington bar have heard with profound re- gret of the sudden death of John N. Furber, at his residence in the city, on the 21st, and assemble to give expression to the deep loss sus- tained by themselves and the profession at large, throughout the com- monwealth, at his sudden and untimely death.
The late John N. Furber was born in the State of New Hampshire, on the 28th day of February, 1813. He was for many years a citizen of the county of Bracken, in this state, whence he removed in 1865,
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and soon after settled in this city. For forty years he has been honor- ably identified with the bar of this district and circuit. Though pos- itive in his nature and disposition, he was uniformly amiable and un- obtrusive. He was companionable and genial, and both here and in Bracken his home was the seat of a cordial hospitality. His intellect was acute and speculative, his convictions strong, his judgment good, and his will firm. His reading had been various and correct, and his conversation bore evidence of the fidelity of his memory. He was thoughtful and exact in his mental habits, and tenacious in maintain- ing his opinions. His standard of personal and professional morality was high, and he lived up to all its requirements. He was a good law- yer and a zealous advocate. His preparation in the practice of his profession was patient, precise, and thorough, and his fidelity to his client perfect. He has always possessed the confidence and esteem of the bench and bar with which he has been professionally connected. He has for many years been an ardent friend of popular education, and efficiently labored to apply and improve the common-school system of his adopted state. As the head of an interesting family, the purity and beneficence of his character was constantly displayed. He was patriotic and public-spirited, and held to his views of civil and politi- cal liberty and constitutional government with the fearless devotion of a martyr. He was honest, capable, and faithful in all his relations to public and private life. He was an honor to the profession and prac- tice of law. His death on the 21st instant, without serious previous illness, was unexpected and appalling. It has surprised and pained us.
HANSON FAMILY.
Ebenezer Hanson was born April 12,1759, and died May 26, 1826. September 6, 1789, he married Miss Abigail Caverno, born May 10, 1770, died April 14, 1854. Mrs. Hanson was the daughter of John Caverno of Barrington, who was the son of Arthur Caverno, who came to this country about 1735, from the north of Ireland, of Scotch- Irish descent, born about 1718; he married Fanny Potts, born in Ireland about 1720.
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