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Emily S. married, September 20, 1854, John Garvith, a native of England, and lived in New Bedford, Mass. ; they had four children ; Emmie Shepard, died February 22, 1857; Albert Bigelow, born November 14, 1858, died De- cember 3, 1860 ; Fannie Western, born October 21, 1860. This John Garvith died September 19, 1874, and his widow died January 9, 1876.
John F. married Mary Elsworth of Newburyport, Mass., in 1852, and they have one daughter, Emma Frances.
Adaline F. married Abisha Western of Wareham, Mass., in 1849; she died October 5, 1866, leaving no issue.
Mary died aged fifteen.
James A. married Emma Kendall of Providence, R. I., and died without issue.
Anna Caroline died aged twenty-five.
Lewis married, January 1, 1869, Fannie Davis of Man- chester, lives on the homestead, and is a merchant at East Northwood ; has one son, Howard Gilman, born November 28, 1869.
Edward H. married, January 8, 1870, Mary Adelaide, daughter of the late Mark P. Hill ; is in partnership with his brother Lewis, and has children : Carrie Gertrude, born January 12, 1872, and Albert Bigelow, born May 1, 1873.
Charles Loring and William Cole are unmarried.
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KNOWLTON FAMILY.
Thomas Knowlton was born in the town of Hampton, January 6, 1708, and died in Northwood, March 23, 1774. Amy Knowlton, his wife, was born 1714, and died October 6, 1791. He lived in the town of Kensington from 1739 to 1759. He had three sons, Jonathan, Thomas, and Eben- ezer. "The 19th day of March, 1767, in the seventh year of His Majesty's Reign," Jonathan Knowlton bought fifty acres of land in the province of Nottingham and parish of Northwood, and paid for this land thirty pounds lawful money. This land was a part of the fifth lot, and in the eighth range, and located in what is now called school-district No. 2. In the summer of 1768 he built him a log house on this land, and moved into it in the fall of the same year. His family consisted at this time of himself, wife, and four children. Previous to this time he had lived in the town of Epping, from 1762 to 1768. In the year 1774 he bought fifty acres more of land. In the year 1777, Jonathan and Thomas bought one hundred and fifty-six acres. This lot was part of lot number seven, in the seventh range, - paid for the same twelve shillings lawful money.
It is not known what year Thomas and Ebenezer came to this town. Thomas settled on land near what is called Lucas Pond. Ebenezer settled on land near the base of Saddleback Mountain. The old farm is now owned by Joseph C. Harvey.
Thomas Knowlton, the father of Jonathan, Thomas, and Ebenezer, was a very large and powerfully built man, measuring in height six feet four inches; his three sons were also very large men, weighing about two hundred and twenty-five pounds each, and measuring in height six feet or more.
Jonathan Knowlton, the first of the Knowltons who set- tled in this town, was born in the town of Kensington, June, 1739; Ruth Page, his wife, was born June 16, 1739 ; and
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they were married April 29, 1762. Names of Jonathan's children : Susannah, William, Sarah, Betty, David, - the first Knowlton born in Northwood, September 10, 1770, - Lydia, Patience, Dolly, Jonathan, Polly.
Names of Thomas Knowlton's children : Asa, Nathan, Stephen, Sherburn, Jeremiah, Joseph, Ebenezer, Sally, Hannah, Nancy.
Names of Ebenezer Knowlton's children : James, Hosea C., Charlotta, Shuah, Sally B., Nancy, Betsy, Ruth, Lydia.
Names of William Knowlton's children: Ruth, Jolin, Jonathan, Miles, Samuel, Thomas, William and David (twins), Jane, Nathaniel and David (twins).
Names of David Knowlton's children : Oliver, Samuel, Eliphalet D., George, George W., Hittie, Rhody, Harriett, Lydia.
Miles Knowlton' was born November 25, 1793; Nancy Demeritt, his wife, was born February 28, 1800; they were married November 28, 1816. Names of children of Miles and Nancy Knowlton : Henry, born June 25, 1819 ; James, born August 5, 1821, married Mary J. Morrison ; Roxana, born April 1, 1823, married Stephen Tuttle of Dover ; sec- ond husband, William H. H. Furber of Boston ; Alfred, born December 2, 1824; Angelina W., born April 19, 1827, married John B. Morrison of Northwood ; Elizabeth, born October 15, 1828, married Eben F. James of Deerfield; John P., born March 26, 1831; Daniel C., born December 15, 1832, married Mary Dearborn of Deerfield ; Gardner, born June 25, 1834; Charles, born June 25, 1836; Ann M., born August 30, 1837, married Jonathan Morrison of New York ; Olive J., born February 7, 1839, married Newton J. Tilton of Deerfield.
Henry Knowlton married Mary W. Morrison of Hol- derness, February 14, 1841. Names of Henry and Mary Knowlton's children : Electa A. and Abbie S .; Electa mar- ried John F. Cotton of Northwood; Abbie S. married John W. Lasky of Lynn, Mass.
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Names of Jonathan Knowlton's children : Mayhew P., Alonzo F., George H., Mary J.
Names of Nathaniel Knowlton's children : Emery M., John B., Plummer C., Eliza A., Mary E., Melissa J., Fran- cena A.
Names of William Knowlton's children : Charles T. B., James W., Mary, Helen, Addliza, Josephine, Emma.
Jonathan, Miles, William, and Nathaniel Knowlton were brothers, and sons of William Knowlton who came to this town with his father in the year 1767.
KNOWLES FAMILY.
John Knowles went from Cambridge to North Hampton, and married Jemima, daughter of Francis Asten, July 10, 1660. He died at North Hampton, December 5, 1705. They had five children ; three died quite young; only two were married, John, jr., and Simon. John, jr., was born February 6, 1661. He married Susanna -; they had several children ; among them was one Ezekiel, who was born June 29, 1687, and married Mary Wedgewood of North Hampton, January 31, 1712. They had a number of children ; one, named David, was baptized when an in- fant, November 21, 1725. He married Deboralı They had seven children : David, born August 23, 1751; Simeon, born December 20, 1755 ; Ezekiel, born April 16, 1758; Hannah, born October 3, 1760; Samuel, born May 17, 1763; Deborah, born August 15, 1767; Nathan, born May 9, 1770. David and Simeon settled in Northwood.
(1) David married Mary Hobbs of North Hampton, September 5, 1776, who was born March 29, 1755. They had four children ; viz., Morris, David, Jonathan, and Jesse.
(1) Morris Knowles, born at Northwood, January 7, 1780, died November 28, 1834, married Polly, daughter of Philip Caverly of Strafford, December 8, 1801, who was born July 2, 1777, and died March 6, 1859. Their chil- dren are : (1) David C. Knowles, born September 12
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1805, married Mary, born November 5, 1805, daughter of Joseph Cate of Strafford, June 1, 1826, and resides in Bradford, Mass., an inn-keeper on the temperance plan ; (2) Charles Knowles, born October 9, 1807, died August . 26, 1813 ; (3) Morris Knowles, jr., born February 6, 1810, married Sarah, born March 20, 1811, daughter of Ephraim Green of Pittsfield, January 19, 1836, and lives in Law- rence, Mass. ; their children are as follows : Emma, born December 21, 1838, married Caleb W. Hanson, M. D., of Barnstead, now of Northwood, December 21, 1859 ; they have one child, Nellie B., born October 10, 1863 ; Charles Edwin, born August 20, 1841, married Ellen B. Richardson of Rumford, Me., May 20, 1866 ; they have one child, Morris Knowles, born October 13, 1869 ; George Alvin, born July 12, 1844, married Frances H. Roberts of Lawrence, Mass., April 29, 1866, died July 27, 1867, leaving one daughter, Etta, born July 26, 1867 ; Elbert Henry, born May 24, 1846, died November, 30, 1846 ; Frank Clinton, born De- cember 19, 1847, died May 25, 1848; Clara Bell, born June 23, 1849, married Charles H. Smith of Lawrence, Mass., April 29, 1867 ; their children are : Ida, born June 4, 1870, and Cora, born December 24, 1871 ; Grace Knowles, born April 16, 1854, died August 28, 1854 ; (4) Jefferson Knowles, born November 24, 1811, married Abigail J., born May 9, 1813, daughter of Jolin Batchelder of Strafford, Vt., December 11, 1835; Mr. Knowles died August 8, 1878; their children are as follows : Emma J., born April 30, 1837, married James S. Cheney of Manchester, Febru- ary 26, 1865, who died February 16, 1873; she died July 16, 1873 ; Elizabeth, born July 5, 1840, married Arthur Bunton of Manchester, November 14, 1866; they have one child, Arthur, born May 27, 1868; Grace E., born October 23, 1858 ; (5) Caverly Knowles, born August 7, 1814, married Almira, born February 18, 1818, daughter of John Haley of Lee, November 16, 1842, and resides in North- wood, a merchant on Clark's Hill ; their children are : Sa-
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rah Adelia, born July 19, 1845, married Lewis F. Hanson of Barnstead, February 25, 1867, a merchant in Newmar- ket ; their children are : Grace K., born October 28, 1871, Hattie M., born July 30, 1873, Lizzie Mira, born March 21, 1876 ; Mary Caverly, born August 12, 1849, died June 21, 1851 ; Frank Morris, born February 22, 1853, married Clarrie F., daughter of Samuel H. Furber of Northwood, December 16, 1875, now a merchant with his father; (6) William Knowles, born July 24, 1816, married Ann Jane, born September 19, 1819, daughter of Nathaniel Tasker of Northwood, October 12, 1838 ; resides in Janesville, Wis. ; a merchant, first at Northwood, then removed to Janesville ; their children are : Ann Marentha, born October 12, 1839, married John Hayes Wingate of Janesville, Wis., October 12, 1858, son of the late Deacon John C., and grandson of the late John Wingate, Esq., of Northwood ; their children are as follows : Charles Hayes, born December 22, 1859, Nellie Jane, born April 24, 1861, died October 8, 1864, Henry Knowles, born May 23, 1865, Willie Snell, born March 28, 1868, Fannie May, born September 16, 1869; Alice Augusta Knowles, born June 28, 1843, married David Allen Hudson of Rushford, Minn., January 3, 1870. They have one child, Henry, born September 28, 1871; Willie Tasker, born February 4, 1850, died January 9, 1853. William Knowles married, second, Emily A., born July 31, 1824, daughter of Mark Hill of Northwood, May 19, 1852 ; their children are : Willie Haven, born June 16, 1854, died October 2, 1855; Fannie Grace, born Febru- ary 20, 1857 ; Eddie Herbert, born July 3, 1859, died September 5, 1859 ; Freddie William, born September 30, 1861 ; Mark Morris, born December 19, 1866, died April 27, 1869 ; Louis W., born July 12, 1872 ; (7) Smith Knowles, born May 26, 1819, married Harriet T., born July 8, 1817, daughter of Nathaniel Durgin of Northwood, December 8, 1842 ; they have one child, Henry Smith, born August 20, 1848, married Genella, daughter of Jonathan D. Cate of
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Deerfield, September 26, 1872, now a merchant in Epsom ; they have one child, William Henry, born June 24, 1875 ; (8) Mary Jane Knowles, born April 26, 1821 ; unmarried, residing in Bradford, Mass.
(2) David, son of David, 2d, and brother of Morris, was born August 8, 1783, married Sally Batchelder Jan- uary 1, 1807. She was born March 9, 1783, and died December 30, 1867; he died August 30, 1865. Their children are : (1) Lydia, born October 24, 1807, married Samuel Tasker of Strafford ; (2) Jacob L., born May 18, 1809, married Sarah Johnson August 12, 1842, and resides in Boston. Their children are: Ellen F., born July 14, 1843 ; Horace J., born May 23, 1855, died October 14, 1855; Arthur J., born January 3, 1857 ; (3) Mary, born March 29, 1811, died October 7, 1859; married Joseph Wiswell of Boston ; their children are : Mary D., Charlotte, and Stephen ; (4) Sarah B., born October 23, 1814, mar- ried Freeman Bowker of Boston October 8, 1837, who was born September 23, 1810; their children are : Edwin Freeman, born April 17, 1840, married, December 24, 1872, Jennie Hodorth Wellington, who was born in New York City November 23, 1840; they reside in Cambridge, Mass. ; Henrietta Florence, born September 1, 1852, died January 9, 1853 ; Charles Alfred, born January 20, 1854, died in Northwood August 8, 1865; these children were all born in Boston : (5) Caroline, born September 13, 1816, married John Smith of Pittsfield July 3, 1856, having one son, Freeman, born December 7, 1858; (6) Catherine, born September 13, 1816, died October 23, 1835 ; (7) Harrison, born December 7, 1818, died February 25, 1850; (8) Sophronia, born August 13, 1822, and is unmarried ; (9) Samuel, born November 1, 1824, died November 24, 1873.
Jonathan Knowles, born November 10, 1789, married, April 16, 1815, Mary P. Pillsbury, born April 13, 1796. Their children are : Mary C., born July 28, 1816, married Perry Sawyer of Nottingham November 29, 1840; Eliza-
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beth J., born February 23, 1818, married Jefferson Sawyer of Lee November 29, 1840. Their children are : M. Fran- cena J., born November 4, 1845, married J. P. Eaton September 10, 1869 ; M. Arabelle, born December 9, 1846 ; Frances D., born July 5, 1850, died August 26, 1854; Francillo J., born July 5, 1850, died March 12, 1851; Hat- tie B., born December 6, 1856 ; Charles L., born March 28, 1860 : Charles H. Knowles, born July 7, 1820, married Mehitable M. Tarr of Newmarket, November 9, 1843, who died January 29, 1855. Their children are : Mary H., born June 24, 1847, died August 27, 1848; Charles V., born September 16, 1849.
Charles H. Knowles married Mary J. Dickinson of Springfield, Mass., June 19, 1872.
Hannah C. Knowles, born April 13, 1824, married Charles C. Tasker of Strafford December 4, 1847 ; Arianna M., their daughter, was born January 20, 1853.
James J. Knowles, born March 18, 1826, married Mary F. Burnham of Concord September 10, 1866, who died October 4, 1866. He married, May 25, 1876, Loraine A. Jenkins.
George W. Knowles, born October 22, 1829, married Martha F. Batchelder June 25, 1859. M. Blanche, their daughter, was born August 24, 1869.
Jefferson A. Knowles, born June 14, 1833, married Fan- nie M. Tower of Lowell, Mass., November 8, 1864. Their children are as follows : Blanche, born March 12, 1866, died August 16, 1866 ; Herbert T., born August 3, 1871, died October 13, 1874 ; Annie F., born October 9, 1873.
Jonathan Knowles died June 14, 1864 ; Mary P. Knowles died February 9, 1874.
(4) Jesse, son of David Knowles, jr., born February 3, 1798, married, September 2, 1825, Eliza, daughter of James Pillsbury, and sister of Deacon Haley Pillsbury. He died January 12, 1856, and she December 6, 1861. She was born September 25, 1805. Their children are : (1) David,
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born December 15, 1827, married Mary Ann, daughter of John Batchelder of Strafford, Vt., born September 23, 1827, who died March 28, 1857, leaving one daughter, Atta M., born September 20, 1854, married Frank Harris, and lives in Springfield, Mass. Mr. Knowles married, for his second wife, August 14, 1860, Louisa Bigelow, who died June 9, 1875, leaving one daughter, Ella L. ; (2) James H., born September 6, 1830, died August 4, 1865 ; (3) Jesse M., born February 3, 1846 ; unmarried.
(2) Simeon, son of David and Deborah Knowles, settled where his descendant, Deacon Levi Knowles, resides. He married, March 15, 1776, Mary, daughter of Abraham Til- ton of Stratham, who was born July 11, 1757, and came with her husband to Northwood soon after. A log house, rudely constructed in the wilderness, was their first home. Their children were : (1) Polly, born September 27, 1777, married, August 27, 1806, David Sawyer of Deerfield, and lived at the foot of Saddleback Mountain, subsequently re- moving to Lee, having one son, Jefferson. This Polly died March 20, 1850 ; (2) Hannah, born October 16, 1782, mar- ried, June 5, 1817, Samuel Colcord of Nottingham, the father of the wife of Deacon Levi Knowles, and died March 29, 1852; (3) Deborah, born July 1, 1785, married, May 17, 1810, David Sawyer, jr., of Deerfield, and subsequently they removed to Lee, their children being Gilman, Emeline, and Perry; (4) Abigail, born August 15, 1792, married Bradbury Colcord of Nottingham, and died without children ; (5) Simeon, born March 4, 1795, married, February 29, 1816, Susan Cate of Strafford ; lived on the homestead, and died in Gilmanton. He married Ann Lougee of Gilmanton for his second wife, having, by his first, for children : Gilman, now living in Haverhill, Mass., whose first wife was Mehita- ble Dearborn of Nottingham, whose daughter was Martha Susan, and whose second wife was Miss Dearborn of Ray- mond, whose daughter was Elizabeth ; liis present being a Miss Mary Gile of Raymond, whose children are Nathaniel,
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Edward, and Mary ; Mary, daughter of Simeon, married Pearson Richardson of Rockport, Me., and died, leaving one daughter ; (6) Levi, born April 17, 1797, married, April 1, 1822, Mary, daughter of Samuel Colcord of Nottingham, born April 28, 1803. This Levi, known as deacon of the Freewill Baptist Church, lived on the homestead, having one daughter, Christiana Colcord, born October 13, 1829, who became, March 4, 1875, the wife of Samuel Warren Morse of Boston, now a merchant in Lowell. Deacon Knowles lost two children in their infancy.
Deacon Knowles died February 9, 1878, respected by all who knew him, and highly esteemed for his social virtues, his integrity, sympathy with every benevolent enterprise, and for his ardent piety ; and when the time came the chariots of Elijah's God bore him away, and he left behind the blessings of a godly life, of strong, manly faith, and a kind, loving spirit.
Simeon, father of Deacon Levi Knowles, was called to Stratliam in a winter season during the early period of his married life, when a storm came upon him, which raged many days in succession, rendering it impracticable for him to return to his family. The drifts rose higher day by day, and everywhere the snow lay thick on the ground, concealing all traces of a pathway. Becoming impatient under his detention, he constructed snow-shoes, adapting them to his feet, left Stratham, and, after a toilsome march, reached liome late on the evening of the ninth day. During all those stormy days his wife, who had remained at home, saw but one human being besides her little children. To keep them warm, she had consumed not only the wood which her husband had prepared for her use, but also a large pile of oak staves, which he had placed against the house, and which she could reach through a window ; but for these she and her little ones must have perished from the cold.
This Simeon Knowles was an upright man, and greatly
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respected. He was a member of a body of cavalry, raised about equally in Northwood and Deerfield, commanded by Capt. Samuel Sherburn ; becoming a Christian, he shrank from wearing his gay, red coat, and putting on other mili- tary trappings ; with the consent of his captain, he ever after wore a black coat, and, at the request of Capt. Sher- burn, he offered prayer at the opening of every drill. In this company Simon Batchelder, deacon in the Congrega- tional Church, was lieutenant, and Danicl Tilton of Deer- field was cornet, carrying the flagstaff ; he was succeeded by Cornet Neally in this office. Mr. Knowles became the first deacon in the Calvin Baptist Churchi.
LANCASTER FAMILY.
Jonathan Lancaster was born in Amesbury, Mass., July 7, 1785. He was one of a family of eleven children, five boys and six girls. Of this family only two survive, Jacob, now living in Hopkinton, over seventy-five years of age, and Sceus, widow of the late Dr. Nathan Sanborn of Hen- niker. She now resides in Manchester with her son, Alden W. Sanborn, and is seventy-eight years of age. Jonathan Lancaster was the third child in his father's family. When he was three years of age his father moved to that part of Sanbornton that is now called Tilton. The farm in Tilton on which Jonathan spent a part of his boyhood days, is now occupied by two daughters of the late Thomas Lan- caster, a brother of Jonathan. At the early age of sixteen, Jonathan learned the clothier's trade, which at that date was an important business throughout the country. Feb- ruary 13, 1806, he married Mary Fellows of Andover. In the early part of the same year, Jonathan with his wife moved to that part of Northwood which was then, as now, called Northwood Narrows, and commenced the business of his trade, which he followed with success for nearly forty years.
The family of Mr. Lancaster consisted of Thomas, born
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April 20, 1807. At an early age he went to Haverhill, Mass., and learned the trade of a hatter. In July, 1835, he married Rebecca Mitchell of Haverhill ; they have had born to them four children ; two died quite young, and two are now alive, Mary Frances and Newell B. Mr. Lancas- ter died January 30, 1877.
Ezekiel F. Lancaster, born June 2, 1808, learned the printer's trade. About 1835, he started for the city of New York, and no reliable information has been received from him since.
Jonathan, jr., born March 26, 1811; he followed the vocation of his father ; he died June 11, 1875, in Brent- wood.
George C. Lancaster, born February 20, 1817, died April 1, 1817.
George C. Lancaster, born October 11, 1818; he now resides in Concord. November 12, 1845, he married Eunice Wood Corser of Boscawen; she died February 19, 1873 ; their children are : Augustus Clark, born March 10, 1847, died ; Emma Frances, born September 5, 1849, died September 19, 1853 ; Mary Fellows, born June 24, 1851, died October 6, 1853; Emma Fellows, born August 6, 1854 ; Georgie Etta, born October 12, 1859. His wife died. February 19, 1873.
Josiah Prentice Lancaster, born March 17, 1820. In 1842 he married Jane Bartlett of Northwood; they have had born to them three children : Jonathan, born April 25, 1844, who enlisted in the Fourteenth New-Hampshire Regi- ment, and died at Port Hudson, July, 1863; Ella, born June 6, 1849; Alice G., born May 16, 1853 ; she married, July 2, 1872, Charles H. Sherman. Josiah P. Lancaster is in the mercantile business, and is postmaster at the Nar- rows.
Mary Ann, only daughter of Jonathan Lancaster, was born July 14, 1825, married Alonzo J. Fogg of Newport, September 27, 1847, and resides in Concord. Mr. Fogg
LEVI H. MEAD.
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came to Northwood in 1844, and has served as selectman, register of deeds for Rockingham County, clerk in the war department in Washington, sergeant-at-arms in the New- Hampshire House of Representatives, and bank commis- sioner ; he is also author of the " Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire," published in 1874 ; their children are : Mary Elgiva, born June 8, 1848; J. Austin, born June 16, 1852, died June 3, 1854; J. Austin, born September 6, 1855 ; Bliss Whittaker, born August 16, 1857, died Octo- ber 15, 1858; Lizzie Bliss, born January 10, 1859, died April 3, 1859 ; Lizzie Bliss, born March 20, 1860. Mr. Fogg was born August 29, 1823.
January 15, 1835, after a lingering illness, Mary Fellows, wife of Mr. Jonathan Lancaster, died greatly beloved. Mr. Lancaster, May 26, 1835, married Mrs. Mary J. Goss Badger of Epsom ; April 10, 1871, Mr. Lancaster died, aged nearly eighty-six years. He lived in Northwood sixty-five years, and built the house in which he died, nearly sixty years ago. He was a sincere Christian, and a member of the Congregational Church fifty years.
MEAD FAMILY.
Levi Mead was born in 1753, in Newmarket, and settled where now his son Levi H. lives. He married Susannah, born 1767, daughter of Ichabod Hilton, whose wife was Susannah, daughter of Col. Joseph Smith of Newmarket, and this Ichabod was the son of Winthrop Hilton, who died on the paternal farm, December 26, 1781, whose wife was Martha, daughter of Joshua Weeks, but at the time of her marriage with him was the widow of Chase Wiggin. She died, March 31, 1769.
Mr. Levi Mead's children were : Levi H., born September 4, 1798; Susan S., born January 18, 1800; Elizabeth F., born March 13, 1802; Martha W., born April 23, 1804 ; Louisa F., born June 3, 1806 ; and Mary Ann, born April 23, 1809. Levi H. Mead, born September 4, 1798, married
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Katharine Berry, a daughter of Col. Wm. Berry of Pitts- field ; their children are: William Henry, born August 24, 1820, died August 1, 1874; John G., born July 29, 1822, married, December 26, 1847, Miss Harriet N. Thomp- son of Heath, Mass., their children being John Gilman, Lloyd Thompson, Helen Maria, and Katherine Grace ; Susan S., born August 29, 1824, married, March 23, 1848, John B. Clarke, and died July 25, 1874 ; Edward H., born in 1827, died August 21, 1863, married Loanna Sherburne, had two children, Lulu, who died May 19, 1867, and Emma H. ; Kate L., married Dr. S. A. Taylor, and they reside at Gilmanton Iron Works; George, who died April 18, 1842, aged six years. Susan S., daughter of Levi Mead, born January 18, 1800, became the wife of James Babb, and their children were Charles W., Sarah E., Henry M., George, Arthur L., and James.
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