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Samuel had no descendants.
John, 2d, was born in Madbury about the year 1718, and moved to Barnstead about the year 1767. He had three sons, Joseph, Paul, and Nathaniel. Joseph had five
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sons, born in Barnstead, whose names were : William, John, Joseph, 2d, Paul, and Ira. Paul had no descendants, so far as can be learned from the record. Nathaniel had three sons : Gilbert, born February 3, 1804; Paul, born November 11, 1812 ; Seth, born September 28, 1809, and died May 31, 1874. Joseph, 2d, had three sons, John True, William, and Joseph Orren.
William was born in Madbury, May 28, 1721. His children were : Abigail, born October 27, 1750, died February 13, 1823; Samuel, born April 26, 1752, died September 11, 1811 ; William, born November 14, 1753, died September 11, 1828 ; Daniel, born August 14, 1755 ; James, born February 6, 1757, settled in Cornish, and several of his descendants are still living in that part of the state ; Hannah, born July 22, 1758; Elizabeth, born March 19, 1760; John, born March 9, 1762; Louis, born September 24, 1764; Rebecca, born May 29, 1766; Andrew, born April 30, 1768 ; Israel, born December 16, 1769; Miles, born October 19, 1771.
Samuel settled in Strafford, and had two children, Wil- liam, and a daughter who became the wife of Elijah Tuttle of Strafford.
William, Samuel's son, lived in Strafford ; had eleven children : David, Samuel, Paul, Jeremiah, Nancy, William 0., Jane, Charles C., George W., Lydia, Lavina.
William, son of William, was born November 14, 1753, married Hannah Pinkham, born October 12, 1750. They settled in Strafford upon a farm; their children were : Nicholas, born March 3, 1777, died March 30, 1838 ; Jona- than, born November 13, 1779, died March 12, 1873 ; Na- thaniel, born September 7, 1784, died August 27, 1868; Elisha, born September 16, 1787, died February 3, 1863 ; Betsy, born March 27, 1794.
Nicholas settled in Strafford as a farmer. He was, how- ever, a natural mechanic, as shown in his skill in making all kinds of cooper's ware, ox-wheels, ploughs, and fram-
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ing buildings. In all of these respects he was somewhat celebrated. He had six children, not including those who died in infancy, whose names were : Nahum, Mary, Hiram, Hannah, Eliza, Susan. Nahum and Mary settled in Milton ; Hiram died.
Jonathan was born in Strafford, November 13, 1779. At the age of fourteen years he was apprenticed to Daniel French of Northwood, to learn the carpenter and joiner's trade. Having completed his seven years' apprenticeship, and receiving therefor, in addition to the skill he had ac- quired, a freedom suit, he commenced business for himself. He married, May 18, 1803, Mary, daughter of Joshua Hoitt of Northwood, born September 1, 1781, and soon after settled in Pittsfield, near Jenness Pond. After resid- ing there several years, he moved to Northwood, near the Narrows, where he closed a long and useful life, March 12, 1873, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. His wife died October 11, 1854, at the age of seventy-three years. Their children were : Jewett, born October 6, 1803 ; Eliza G., born September 18, 1805 ; Joshua G., born March 30, 1808, died in infancy ; John C., born October 17, 1809 ; Mary H., born November 7, 1811 ; Cynthia Jane, born Au- gust 25, 1815, died September 28, 1830 ; Ezra, born Sep- tember 11, 1818.
Jewett Tasker married Louisa H. Haskell of Beverly, Mass., and settled in Newmarket. His business was that of a carpenter and builder. Their children were : Charles E., Helen L., and Fanny A. His wife died in February, 1840, and he married Lydia Lefavor of Beverly, Mass. Their children were: Joseph J., William A., George H., died young ; Georgia A., died May 10, 1872 ; Mary Abba.
Charles E., son of Jewett, married Georgiana J., daugh- ter of Rev. Levi B. Tasker, and their children are: Lulu J., Edward, Charles Herbert, and Harry.
Fanny, daughter of Jewett, married James Chesley of Durham, and settled in Minnesota. Their children are : Edward T., Thomas Jewett, and Georgiana.
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Eliza G. Tasker married Philbrick Cram, and settled in Raymond. They have one child, Alvin S., who married Abby Tarbell of Lowell, and settled in Barnard, Vt. ; they have two children, Charles F. and Elvira E.
Jolin C. Tasker married Charlotte A. Battles of New- market. Their children are : Albert P., Charlotte A., died in infancy ; Edwin W., died May 17, 1864; Emma I., died in infancy. His wife died in 1851, and he married Mari- etta Smith of Manchester. They have one child, Fred E., born May 9, 1862. He is a machinist, civil engineer, and mechanical expert. In 1866 he was appointed an assistant cxaminer in the United-States patent office at Washington. In 1868 he was made one of the principal examiners, which position he still occupies.
Albert P., son of John C. Tasker, enlisted in the New- Hampshire cavalry in 1861, and was three years connected with the Union army ; was once taken prisoner and sent to Libby prison, and thence to Belle Isle, where he remained six weeks before being exchanged. Since the close of the war he has been employed as a clerk in the adjutant-gen- eral's office in the war department at Washington, D. C. He married Augusta M., daughter of Joseph Peabody of Manchester. Their children are : Edwin S., Harry P., Charles A., and Edith A., the last three of whom died in infancy.
Mary H., daughter of Jonathan Tasker, married Rev. Collins L. Foss December 6, 1849 ; resided in Manchester ; they had no children.
Ezra Tasker is by trade a carpenter and builder, and has made that his business in connection with the management of his farm. He resides upon the old homestead, and is particularly identified with the history of the town, as may be seen by reference to the town records. He married, June 26, 1844, Catherine J., daughter of William Bartlett of Northwood, by whom he had no children. His second wife was Susan Hill of Strafford; their children were
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Emma S. and Cynthia Jane. He married, third, Eunice Hilliard, and their children were : Dora G., and Willie, who died in infancy. Emma S., daughter of Ezra and Susan Tasker, married Henry Albert Cilley, son of John, and settled in Northwood.
Nathaniel, son of William Tasker, 2d, and brother of Jonathan, with whom he served an apprenticeship and learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, married Nancy Batchelder, and settled in the lower part of the town of Northwood, where, through a long life, he contributed largely and successfully toward building up that portion of the town as well as securing a handsome property for him- self and family. Their children were : Luther, John B., William, Lorenzo D., Ann Jane, and Harrict. The boys all learned the house carpenter and joiner's trade of their father.
Luther married Mary Ann Stearns of Deerfield, and settled in Northwood upon the old homestead, where he- now lives, his wife having died many years since.
John B. married Martha, daughter of Abram Batchelder, and settled in Northwood upon a farm ; they had one child, Susan B. He is dead.
William married Mary Ann Dawley, and settled in Great Falls, where he was engaged several years in mer- cantile business. He died leaving no children.
Lorenzo married Mary Allen, and settled in Northwood, near the residence of his father, where he still carries on a successful business in the manufacture of carriages and sleiglis. Their children are : George A., William, Charles, Ann Jane, and Nathaniel.
Ann Jane, twin sister of Lorenzo, married William- Knowles, and settled in Northwood ; they afterward moved to Andover, Mass., where she died. Their children were : Ann Marantha, Alice, and William.
Harriet married Henry Hart, and settled in Janesville, Wis. ; they have five children.
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Elisha Tasker, son of William Tasker, 2d, was born in Strafford, September 16, 1787 ; married Mary, daughter of Levi Buzzell of Barrington ; settled in Strafford, upon the old homestead farm, where he lived many years, an indus- trious, useful, and influential citizen. He married, for his second wife, Hannah B., widow of Simon Batchelder, jr., of Northwood. Mr. Tasker moved into Northwood in April, 1851, where his wife died, August, 1853, and he married, third, a Mrs. Elizabeth Garland, mother of the first wife of the late Dr. Thomas Tuttle, September 5, 1854. Mr. Tasker died February 3, 1863, aged seventy-six years. His end was peace. He had been blessed by the affections. and influence of three excellent wives in succession, and surrounded by a large circle of appreciating friends, among whom a happy life had been spent. His children (all by his first wife) were : Hannah P., born November 12, 1812,. died June 22, 1842 ; Levi B., born March 21, 1814, died August 29, 1875 ; Mary E., born October 20, 1815, died February 7, 1817 ; Alfred, born March 9, 1817; Andrew B., born June 6, 1819, died February 26, 1841; John G., born July 1, 1821 ; Vincent P., born December 13, 1822; Mary E., born June 10, 1825 ; Elisha S., born April 18, 1826 ; Martha M., born September 19, 1827 ; Ascenath A., born June 22, 1830 ; Cynthia J., born December 24, 1831 ; Emily A., born April 30, 1835.
Hannah P. married Joseph Johnson, jr., of Northwood, and settled at Bow Pond in Strafford, where she died, June 22, 1842, leaving two children.
Levi B. married Hannah P. Caswell, daughter of Wil- liam Caswell, and became a minister of the Freewill Baptist denomination. He was wise in council, and influ- ential as a preacher, spending most of his ministerial life- in Newmarket and Sandwich, and died in the latter place, August 29, 1875.
John G., son of Elisha Tasker, married, April 29, 1852, Mary C. Hall of Strafford, and resides in Northwood, hav. ing one daughter, Sylvia Eveline.
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Vincent P., son of Elisha, married Hannah W. Walker of Strafford, September 27, 1842, and resides in North- wood ; their children being Andrew B. and Emma A.
Elisha Shapley, son of Elisha Tasker, married, October 6, 1852, Frances Flynn Gage of Manchester, and resides in Northwood ; they had one son, Eugene S., who died in 1877.
Betsey, daughter of William Tasker, 2d, married Wil- liam Caswell, and settled in Northwood. Their children are : Hannah P., Perley, Nathaniel D., Elizabeth, Timothy, and Willard W.
. Hannah P. married Rev. Levi B. Tasker.
Perley, born November 30, 1818, married, November 1, 1847, Angenette Harding of Medford, Mass., and they had children : Bell T., Florence A., Jennie A., Ellicott, Genevere, Melvin. Bell T. and Jennie A. alone survive, and both parents are dead.
Nathaniel D. was born October 18, 1821, married. Naomi, daughter of Abraham Cilley ; both have since died, leaving one son, Charles.
Elizabeth A., born June 28, 1824, married Mr. Hodgen ; have children, and reside in Newmarket.
Timothy, born December 6, 1826, married, February 2, 1853, Ellen McCarty, and have children, George W. and Cora E.
Willard W., born August 3, 1829, married, and lives in Pittsfield.
TUCKER FAMILY.
Most of the Tuckers in New Hampshire originated in Salisbury, Mass., their ancestors coming from England about the middle of the sixteenth century. Henry Tucker, son of James and Hannah Tucker of Salisbury, Mass., born May 10, 1742, came to Deerfield about 1760 ; married Miss Robinson of Brentwood. They had eight children : John, settled in Hopkinton, and liad a family ; Daniel, at Mere- dith Bridge (now Laconia), and had three children ; he was
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the first president of the Winnipesaukee Bank, and held the office till his death; Henry had no family, or permanent residence ; died at Laconia; True, the youngest son, went to South America soon after he was of age, entered a war that was prevailing at the time, was taken prisoner, and died in prison on the island of Trinidad ; Mary, one of the daughters, died in youth, while Hannah married Andrew Gilman, and lived in Gilmanton, afterwards in Northfield, but died at the old homestead in Deerfield ; Sally married Stephen Prescott ; lived in Deerfield, but after his decease went to Lowell, Mass., and died there.
James lived on the homestead ; married Anna Freese of Deerfield ; they had nine children : Charles lived on the homestead, and died there in 1850, aged forty-nine ; Har- riet W. Sanborn died in Sanbornton in 1847, aged forty- three ; Dudley F. married Martha H. Prentice of North- wood ; moved from Deerfield to North wood in 1840 ; they had seven children ; one died in infancy ; two sons, Josiah P. and Austin H., live in Boston, Mass .; Charles P., in Chicago, Ill. ; Martha Grace, in Portsmouth; Nellie M. Smith in New Orleans, La. ; Belle P. Wiggin lives in Strat- ham ; Harriet Newell resides with her parents.
Eliza S. Tucker, daughter of James and Anna, married Theodore Dame, who died in Rome, N. Y. ; afterwards she married James Maines, and now lives in Minnesota.
Benjamin F. left home soon after his father's death in 1826 ; resided in the Southern States ; married in New Or- leans. His wife died in about one year, leaving a son, who went to Paris with his grandparents, and was killed during the siege of Paris by the Prussians, aged twenty. The father returned to California.
Andrew G. lives in Lynn, Mass. ; Mary Ann Butler lives in West Newton, Mass. ; Gordon F. lives in Lowell, Mass. ; John T., the youngest, lives with his nephew, C. C. Tucker, on the old homestead in Deerfield.
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TUTTLE FAMILY.
John Tuthill, or Tothill, came from England in the ship " Planter " from London, in 1635. Tradition says he came from the western part of England. A coat of arms in pos- session of one branch of the family corresponds with that of the Tothill families in Devonshire, England. He came to Dover between 1635 and 1640. The name was changed to Tuttle the second or third generation after coming over.
Dr. Tuttle's great-grandfather, Thomas Tuttle, bought the farm now owned by Timothy Tuttle in Barrington, and gave it to his son Thomas, who gave it to his son Samuel, the father of the present owner of it. The ancestors of Dr. Tuttle were long lived ; his great-aunt lived to be a hundred and three years old ; his father lived to be eighty- one ; an aunt eighty-six; and his uncle Thomas is now living, aged ninety-six. The rest of the family lived to a good old age.
Dr. Tuttle, the son of Samuel Tuttle and Mary Water- house, his wife, was born in Barrington, February 23, 1817, and died May 28, 1873. He married Olive Furber Garland of Northwood, April 30, 1843, who died October 16, 1858. Their children were : Mary Elizabeth, born January 3, 1848, died September 5, 1858 ; George Thomas, born March 18, 1850, graduated at Dartmouth College, 1872 ; was prin- cipal of Pinkerton Academy two years, and is now a mem- ber of Harvard Medical School ; Annie O., born October 7, 1852, died March 30, 1874 ; Charles Francis, born December 15, 1856. Dr. Tuttle married, for his second wife, Abbie Blake of Raymond, November 26, 1862, and their children are : Ellen Elizabeth, born November 4, 1863; Sherburne Blake, born November 11, 1865 ; Edith Pierce, born Novem- ber 24, 1867 ; Fred Cilley, born September 7, 1870, died January 9, 1875.
The first year of his professional study was passed with Dr. Fernald of Barrington, the second at Hanover, under the instruction of Dr. Dixi Crosby, meanwhile attending the lec-
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tures of the Medical Department, Dartmouth College; the third at Boston, with Dr. Perry for an instructor, and attend- ing a course of lectures at the Medical School of Harvard, where he graduated in 1842, and soon after began the prac- tice of medicine in Northwood, under circumstances by no means encouraging. By devotion to his patients, and study, he gradually won the confidence of the people, and by kind- ness to the poor and sympathy for the suffering, and by his sound judgment, and high moral and Christian character, he became " the beloved physician," and his death caused universal sorrow through the wide region in which he was known.
It would be well if his example could be followed by all entering the medical profession, in eschewing tobacco and intoxicating liquors in all their forms. Physicians, in too many instances, lose the esteem of their patients, by nau- seating them with the odors of the poisonous narcotic, or the fumes of strong drink. The life of Dr. Tuttle was a success, and his death a triumph.
WIGGIN FAMILY.
As early as 1784, John Wiggin, who had but recently married Elizabeth Durgin of Lee, settled on the Turnpike near the center of Northwood, upon a tract of sixty acres of land given him by his father-in-law. He afterwards added largely to his farm by purchases of adjoining lands, and built the house in which B. Wells Clark now lives. He was of the Wiggin family who came from England, and among the first settlers of the country to whom a grant of land was made, called the Wiggin Grant. Prominent in this family was Capt. Thomas Wiggin, who was agent of the Dover settlement, or Upper Plantation.
John Wiggin was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and was highly respected by those who knew him for his moral worth. He died at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. His wife was a daughter of a Mr. Durgin of Lee. Her
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mother's name was Coffy. Their children were, John, Mary, Lydia, and Elizabeth. Mary was married to Joseph Durgin of Northwood, where she died in 1826, leaving a large family, most of whom have since followed her. But there are still living, John, the eldest, who resides in Ray- mond, Samuel, who lives in the State of Maine, and Mary, who was married to a Mr. Dearborn of Deerfield, where she now lives.
Lydia, the second daughter, was married to John Moore of Stratham. She died in Northwood in 1826, leaving a large family of children, of whom there are now living Mrs. Durgin, widow of the late Miles Durgin, of North- wood, Shepard, who married a daughter of Benjamin Batch- elder, and has always lived in Northwood, and a daughter by the name of Elizabeth.
Elizabeth, the third daughter, was married to Joab Dur- gin, and died in Newmarket, leaving three children, a daughter and two sons. The daughter became the wife of Samuel Batchelder, and now lives in Haverhill, Mass.
John, the eldest of the family, was born in 1783, and was married to Charlotte, the fifth daughter of Capt. Hen- ry Batchelder, who was the eldest son of Davis Batchelder, and brother of Deacon Simon Batchelder. Her mother's name was Randall, whose sister was the second wife of Col. Sherburne. She was for many years a member of the Bap- tist Church, and died in faith, in 1825, leaving five children, one of whom, an infant, followed its mother in two weeks after her decease.
Jolin Wiggin married, for his second wife, Ann Quimby of Tuftonborough, who survived him, and became the wife of a Mr. Towle of Chichester. He always lived in Northwood and enjoyed the reputation of being an honest and indus- trious man ; and was repeatedly elected as one of the select- men of the town. He died in 1848, aged sixty-five years. Four children survived him, Henry B., Jolin, Belinda, and Joseph. Henry finished his preparation for college at Gil-
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manton Academy, and was admitted to Waterville College in 1834, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1838. He was licensed the same year to preach the gospel by the South Boston Baptist Church, of which he had been a member for six years.
On leaving college he went to Kentucky where he spent several years in teaching, first as principal of the Glasgow Academy, and then of the Elkton Female Seminary. He was ordained in 1839, by request of the Baptist Church of Glasgow. He labored in the ministry for many years with enfeebled health, and was finally compelled to desist from preaching. He suffered severely during the war, and left Kentucky in 1864. He is now residing in the city of Or- ange, N. J., with health much improved. He was nomi- nated by all parties as candidate for mayor, and was unani- mously elected to that office, which he now fills, - 1874.
He was married in 1842, to Jane M. Mohan of Kentucky. As the fruit of this union there have been seven chil- dren, six of whom are living, whose names are Rollin H., John D., Laurie, Sarah C., Joseph N., and Lillie.
John, the second son of John Wiggin, was married to Mary A., daughter of Henry Batchelder of Meredith, in 1843. There were born to them one son, who was drowned at an early age, and two daughters, one of whom is the wife of John Ricker of Lynn, Mass., and the other, of Frank Leavitt of Exeter.
Belinda was married to John Bennett of Northwood, in 1843, and died in 1854, leaving four children, namely : Frances, who is the wife of George Scruton, William H., who is married and lives in Lynn, Charlotte, who is the wife of Frank Goodwin of Northwood, and Anna, who is the wife of James Arrington of Lynn.
Joseph has lived in New York City for many years, where he was married to Elizabeth Beggs, who died in 1865, leaving two children, Henry and Freddie.
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WILLEY FAMILY.
John Willey was born December 19, 1763, and came from Durham with his wife in 1785. They settled about a quarter of a mile below the present Willey homestead. In 1790, he bought the farm where now stands the house in which he lived the remainder of his life. He was a tailor. His children were John, Robert, and William B. He died August 11, 1846, aged eighty-two ; his wife, Mehitable, died October 21, 1855, aged ninety.
John, their son, was born July 19, 1786, and married Elizabeth Shaw of Canterbella. His children were Lavina, Eliza, William, and Susan. All are now living in the State of Maine.
Robert was born June 22, 1788. He died November 22, 1810, aged twenty-two years.
William B. was born September 11, 1794. In 1822, he married Mahala Dearborn of Effingham, and lived on the farm with his father. He built a saw-mill, and carried on the lumber business. He died August 5, 1871, leaving his children an example which they can safely follow. He was a genial, hospitable man, greatly beloved by his family. He served in the war of 1812, and was entitled to a pension at the time of his death. Their children were William T., Elizabeth, John, George, Mary, Susan, Sarah, and Clarke.
William T. married, for his first wife, Mary Newman, daughter of Nathaniel Dearborn, Esq. She died October 20, 1860, leaving an assurance that a life full of good works and kindly endeavors shall end with joy and glad- ness. She left one daughter, A. Grace, who married E. McDuffee of Dover, October 6, 1876. He married, for his second wife, Lucinda Nealley of Newmarket. Their chil- dren are Charles Warren and Alice Mary. William T. went to California in 1848, returned in 1852, and bought the Daniel-French farm, a few rods from the homestead.
Elizabeth married, for her first husband, Samuel Sher- burne, son of Col. Samuel Sherburne. They lived on the
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Col. Sherburne farm. Her second husband is Philip Hoyt ; they reside at East Northwood.
John and George are living on farms in Montgomery County, Kansas. John married Ellen Willey of Newmar- ket.
Mary married Jasper H. Randlett of Lee. They reside in Dover. They have three children living : Minnie A., Ed- ward J., and Caroline B. ; Lizzie B., a child of much prom. ise, died February 24, 1869, aged seven years.
. Susan married, and lives in Kansas.
Sarah and Clarke are living on the homestead. Clarke enlisted, September 15, 1862, for nine months, in Company D, Fifteenth Regiment New-Hampshire Volunteers.
WINGATE FAMILY.
John Wingate was the son of John Wingate of Madbury, and connected with the prominent families of that name in the state. He was born in 1776; he married Mary Cate of Barrington about 1800; she was born in 1773; they settled in Farmington. He was by trade a blacksmith, and devoted himself to his business ; but was early appreciated as a man of unusual intelligence, of a sound judgment and unyielding integrity. He was early appointed a justice of the peace, and an almost incredible number of cases were tried before him. Hon. Nehemiah Eastman, a prominent lawyer, resided in Farmington, and, having the utmost con- fidence in the good sense and impartiality of Mr. Wingate, threw his extensive business into his hands. As they lived in the first half of the present century, when lawyers and sheriffs were diligent in business and thoroughly impressed with the importance of keeping the people entangled in legal prosecutions and suits, we are better prepared to credit the statement that, on leaving the County of Straf- ford in 1836, he deposited with the clerk of the court ten thousand writs and three thousand executions; having been appointed justice about 1810, and having done as a
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justice a greater business than had been done by any other in that county before him. We have received from his lips an oft-repeated declaration that not one of his decisions had ever been reversed by a higher court, though appeals were sometimes taken. In 1836 Mr. Wingate bought the well- known Clark farm, upon the height of land on the turn- pikc road which has, from the settlement of the town, been designated as Clark's Hill. Here Mr. Wingate died Au- gust 22, 1862, aged eighty-six ; his wife having died Octo- ber 26, 1853, aged eighty.
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