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8. GEORGE CASS, son of Luther7, b. Jan. 15, 1856. m. Oct. 26, 1882, Mary Jane Sanborn, dau. of Horace B. and Margaret (Moulton) Sanborn, of Bridgewater. He was a bookkeeper, and res. in Ash- land, where he d. Feb. 9, 1893. The family removed to Plymouth. Four children.
i. EDITH. Plymouth High School, 1902. m. June 3, 1903, Lewis Greenwood, b. Worcester, Mass., 1879, son of Jeremiah and Selina (Allen) Greenwood. He is a glove maker.
ii. HOWARD LUTHER, b. March 31, 1885.
iii. MARGARET, b. Dec. 31, 1886.
iv. AUSTIN WILLIAM, b. July 9, 1890.
9. BENJAMIN CASS, son of Chandler 5, and brother of Enoch 6, b. Jan. 10, 1789. m. Oct. 14, 1813, Sarah True, b. June 6, 1789, dau. of William True, of Andover. He removed from Andover to Ply- mouth, 1825. He was a prosperous farmer. Methodist. In 1836 he removed to Sanbornton (now Tilton), where he d. May 14, 1866. She d. March 12, 1860. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1825 to 1836 inclusive. Nine children b. Andover.
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i. SARAH, b. August 9, 1814. d. Nov. 8, 1818.
ii. WILLIAM T., b. May 27, 1816. d. Jan. 4, 1826.
iii. JOSEPH, b. July 1, 1818. d. Dec. 5, 1818.
iv. HANNAH TRUE, b. Nov. 9, 1819. m. Jason C. Draper (see).
v. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. March 21, 1822. m. April 25, 1847, Mary Susan Smith, b. Dec. 4, 1827, dau. of Simeon and Cynthia (Young) Smith. He was a farmer in Plymouth and subsequently in Tilton. One child : (1) Martha Lillia, b. March 25, 1858. Grad. Tilton Conf. Seminary, 1878. m. Dec. 13, 1881, George II. Wadleigh, of Tilton.
vi. JOHN WESLEY, b. May 26, 1824. d. April 15, 1832.
vii. WILLIAM TRUE, b. Feb. 7, 1826. m. Sept. 18, 1851, Mary Emery Locke, b. Sept. 19, 1830, dau. of Samuel B. and Betsey (Philbrick) Locke, of East Concord. IIe was cashier and later president of the Citizens' Bank of Tilton many years, and treasurer of the New Hampshire Conf. Seminary. He d. in Tilton, May 26, 1901. For an appreciative obituary, see "Zion's Herald," June 26, 1901. Four children : (1) Alfred L., b. Oct. 28, 1860. d. Sept. 1, 1862. (2) Mary Addic, b. March 8, 1863. m. Oct. 29, 1889, Abel Wesley Reynolds. (3) Arthur T., b. April 9, 1865. m. May 16, 1894, Mary Wallace Packard, of Boston, Mass. He is cashier of Citizens' Bank, Tilton. (4) William D., b. Jan. 27, 1872. d. May 7, 1879.
viii. SARAH H., b. August 24, 1828. m. Jan. 9, 1848, Reuben B. Locke, son of Samuel B. Locke, of East Concord.
ix. MARTHA ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 31, 1831. d. Plymouth, April 3, 1837.
10. REV. WILLIAM DYER CASS, son of Chandler 5 and Dorothy (Dyer) Cass, b. Bradford, Vt., April 2, 1797 ; was a distinguished minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He preached a few years in Vermont, joining the New Hampshire Conference, 1827, and was stationed at Plymouth for the year ending May, 1831. He was a presiding elder several terms, a member of the general conference, and financial agent of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary. He m. March 11, 1824, Laura Worthen Sanborn, b. Alexandria, Sept. 5, 1804, dau. of Sherburn and Sarah (Worthen) Sanborn. She d. in Plymouth, Dec. 5, 1830. He m. second, August 2, 1832, Betsey C. Knowles, b. Northfield, March 11, 1808, dau. of William Knowles. He d. Sanbornton, May 7, 1867.
i. LAURA, b. Plymouth, Oct. 27, 1830; d. Rochester, Sept. 16, 1843.
11. BENJAMIN CASS, b. 1742, son of Jonathan Cass, of Kensington, and grandson of Joseph2 and Elizabeth (Green) Cass ; settled in Candia, 1759. He was a farmer and a tanner ; soldier in the Revolu- tion. He d. 1828.
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12. SAMUEL CASS, son of Benjamin 11, b., probably, in Kensington. m. Dorothy Fitts, dau. of Lieut. Abraham and Dorothy (Hall) Fitts, of Candia. He lived in Candia, where he d. 1820. His widow m. second, Dea. Samuel Nay, of Raymond, and d. 1836.
13. DANIEL CASS, son of Samuel 12, b. Candia, August 8, 1789. m. Feb. 25, 1813, Lydia Clay. He was a farmer in Bridgewater, and later in Bristol, where he d. Feb. 3, 1865. She d. March 23, 1865.
14. SAMUEL NAY CASS, son of Daniel 18, b. May 2, 1830. m. Marilla Cross, of Bridgewater. Soldier 14th Penn. Regiment. Came to Plymouth, 1870 or 1871. Removed from town about 1890; d. in Laconia, Jan. 31, 1897.
15. CYRUS ALVIN CASS, son of Daniel 13 and brother of Samuel Nay 14, b. Dec. 8, 1833. m. Jan. 3, 1857, Jane Adaline Hibbard, b. March 1, 1832. He was a farmer in Wentworth nearly thirty years, and has recently removed to Plymouth, living near Baker's River Bridge. Five children.
i. ADDIE MAY, b. Oct. 7, 1857. d. Feb. 14, 1864.
ii. HENRY ALVIN, b. July 31, 1859. m. Nov. 1, 1880, Lottie M. Emerton. He res. in Laconia. Barber. Came back to P'ly- mouth, 1902. Barber here.
iii. NELLIE EFFIE, b. Dec. 19, 1864. m. June 1, 1882, Morrison L. Sanborn, a farmer in Ellsworth.
iv. FRED ARTHUR, b. July 27, 1869. d. August 11, 1876.
v. EVA BELLE, b. June 15, 1872. d. Oct. 22, 1873.
CAYES.
1. NATHANIEL CAYES, son of Joseph and Rosilla (Moran) Cayes, b. Richmond, P. Q., August 17, 1834. Had lived a few years in Alex- andria, when he enlisted, 1862, 12th N. H. Regiment Infantry. Discharged June 21, 1865. He then came to Plymouth, and here res. continuously. He m. Oct. 15, 1871, Marcia Ann Elkins, b. Andover, Dec. 19, 1846, dau. of Samuel and Nancy (Cilley) Elkins. Ten children, b. in Plymouth.
i. CHARLES HADLEY, b. August 28, 1872. d. Feb. 15, 1873.
ii. EDWARD NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 14, 1874. A carpenter ; res. Ply mouth.
iii. IDA MAY, b. Feb. 4, 1876. m. Frank H. Smith (see).
iv. EMMA MARCIA, b. Sept. 28, 1877. m. March 21, 1896, Alfred Fosie, b. 1874, son of Herbert Fosie. He res. Plymouth. Railroad em- ployé. Two children : (1) Myrtle Elsie, b. Oct. 2, 1899. (2) Gladys May, b. July 1, 1902.
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V. CHARLES WHITTIER, b. Feb. 1, 1SS0; employed by W. G. and I. H. Chase.
vi. FREDERIC, b. Dec. 7, 1881. d. April 20, 1885.
vii. ANNIE BELLE, b. Dec. 20, 1883. Plymouth High School. d. Au- gust 3, 1902.
viii. FREDDIE, b. Dec. 1, 1SS5.
ix. LIZZIE, b. Sept. 23, 1887.
X. ELSIE, b. March 15, 1890.
2. JOSEPH CLARK CAYES, son of Joseph and Rosilla (Moran) Cayes, b. Shipton, P. Q., March 18, 1838. Was a brickmaker, living in Plymouth, 1862-1881. He m. Nov. 29, 1855, Maria Antoinette Philbrick, dau. of Richard and Nancy (Pratt) Philbrick (see). He d. West Plymouth, May 9, 1881. She m. second, Horatio J. Collins, b. 1838, son of Jesse and Remembrance (Bartlett) Collins, of Weare. She d. Weare, Dec. 16, 1893. Joseph C. Cayes was the father of six children.
i. JOSEPHINE MARIA, b. Sept. 28, 1858. m. Sept. 27, 1878, Nathan Collins, of Rumney (divorced). She m. second, Jan. 1, 1900. Frank W. Mallard, of Rumney, son of Frank and Emma C. (Brown) Mallard, of Laconia. She d. Rumney, Jan. 10, 1903. Two children by first marriage : (1) Agnes Maria, b. Rumney, Oct. 17, 1880. (2) Nettie Belle, b. Sept. 2, 1882.
ii. GEORGE RICHARD, b. Sept. 16, 1860. m. Viola Manahan ; res. Weare.
iii. MARY NANCY, b. July 10, 1862. m. John M. Meyers, of Weare. He d. May 31, 1802.
iv. EMILY JANE, b. May 3, 1865. m. John C. Collins, b. 1866, son of Horatio J. Collins ; res. New Boston.
V. CARRIE MATILDA, b. Nov. 25, 1868. m. Fred C. Waldo, of Weare. vi. HENRIETTA ROSILLA, b. July 25, 1876. m. Gilbert Spooner, of Weare.
CHAMBERLAIN.
1. ABEL CHAMBERLAIN (Jacob4, Samuel 3, Thomas 2, Thomas 1), son of Jacob and Lydia (Richardson) Chamberlain, b. Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 23, 1763. Soldier in the Revolution ; served one month and fourteen days in Capt. Moses Burns's company, Licut .- Col. Samuel Pierce's regiment, at Rhode Island, 1777; at Boston, one month and thirteen days in Capt. Joshua Leland's company, Maj. Nathaniel Heath's detachment of guards; enlisted April 11, 1781, for three years in Continental service; and on descriptive list : age,
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18 years ; stature, five feet two inches ; complexion, light ; hair, light ; eyes, light; occupation, farmer and cordwainer. He removed from Chelmsford, Mass., to Concord, and there m. Nov. 27, 1791, Ruth Emerson. Dec. 11, 1795, he purchased of Solomon Bayley, of Plymouth, one hundred acres, being lots nine and ten in the fourth range, with the buildings thereon, and he was taxed continuously from April, 1796, until his death. He d. Feb. 4, 1814. His widow, Ruth, d. 1816 or 1817.
i. SARAH, b. Concord, June 6, 1792. m. Benjamin Kimball, b. Con- cord, March 11, 1781, son of Phineas and Lucy (Pearl) Kimball. Lived in Concord, where she d. before 1830. IIe m. second, Olive Price, dau. of Simeon and Sarah (Cleasby) Price. He d. April 13, 1863. She d. May 26, 1864.
ii. JOSEPH.
iii. MOSES.
iv. JACOB.
V. TRUE GILMAN.
vi. JULIA ANN.
vii. MARY B.
viii. MAHALA.
ix. ANN W.
x. GILBERT.
xi. NANCY.
CHAMBERLAIN.
1. EBENEZER CHAMBERLAIN, son of William and Mary (Tibbetts) Chamberlain, b. in or near Dover, 1729. He was a grandson of Jacob, and great-grandson of William. Ebenezer was bapt. at First Church in Dover, May 25, 1729. The will of his father, dated April 23, 1753, and probated May 30, 1753, bequeaths to him a dwelling- house and lands in Rochester. In 1770 he removed from Rochester to Moultonboro' Addition, now a part of Centre Harbor. He was a lieutenant, 1776, in Capt. Edward Everett's company, Col. Bedel's Regiment, and in service about one year when the regiment was dis- charged. In July, 1776, he was captured by the Indians, but a few days later he was again with his regiment. The polite courtesy of Mr. George W. Chamberlain, compiler of the Chamberlain Genealogy (in preparation), presents a copy of a manuscript letter written at Ticon- deroga, July 31, 1776, by Jason Chamberlain to his father, William Chamberlain, of Rochester : " I would Inform you that Uncle Ebenezer Chamberlin has Ben taken By the Indons and his two Sons with
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him, Ephraim and Jonathan, Both were Stript and abused att a Shameful Rate, But they Continued With them But a few Days and then ware Redemed By a party of our men Being about Nine Hundred. But he Is Now hear and Is Well." Children of Eben- ezer Chamberlain.
i. SUSAN, bapt. at Rochester, July 15, 1753. m. David Senter (see).
ii. EBENEZER, bapt. at Rochester, August 17, 1755.
2. iii. EPHRAIM, b. Rochester, Oct. 6, 1757.
3. iv. JONATHAN, b. about 1760.
v. DANIEL, m. Dec. 23, 1784, Lydia Webster, dau. of Abel Webster (see).
vi. JOHN, bapt. at Rochester, Feb., 1768.
vii. JOSHUA, b. Rochester, March 31, 1770. He removed to Cambridge, Mass., and in 1797, to Orrington, Me.
2. EPHRAIM CHAMBERLAIN, son of Lieut. Ebenezer1, b. Oct. 6, 1757. m. in Plymouth, Nov. 20, 1783, Mehitable Bean, dau. of Elisha Bean (see). He lived in Moultonboro' Addition, which was included in New Hampton, and, after 1797, became a part of Centre Harbor. In the Revolution he served with his father, 1776, in Col. Bedel's regiment, and was in Capt. Chase Taylor's company, at Ben- nington, 1777. He removed to Plymouth, 1824, and here d. Dec. 14, 1829. A record of his children has not been secured.
3. JONATHAN CHAMBERLAIN, son of Ebenezer 1, b. about 1760. m. Dec. 27, 1784. Ruth Bean, dau. of Elisha Bean (see). He was a farmer, living in Plymouth, 1805-1815. He removed to Rumney. His wife d. June 5, 1844. Eight children.
i. ISAAC was a soldier from Plymouth in War of 1812. He settled in Barnet, Vt.
ii. ABRAHAM BEAN, b. Jan. 12, 1791. m. June 20, 1817, Mary Clark, b. Wilton, Jan. 30, 1792, dau. of Matthew and Nancy (Dickey) Clark. He lived in Rumney and in Greenfield, removing, 1833, to Westfield, Ohio, where he d. April 23, 1852. She d. July 25, 1874. Seven children. He was a soldier in War of 1812.
iii. EPHRAIM, b. Centre Harbor. m. Dec. 20, 1815, Lydia Leonard, b. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 28, 1786. He lived in Centre Harbor and in Boston, Mass. He d. April 28, 1836. She d. May 16, 1877. Six children, of whom Gen. Samuel Emery Chamberlain, of Cam- bridge, colonel of 5th Regiment Mass. Cavalry, and brevet briga- dier-general, is youngest.
iv. JONATHAN lived in Boston. unm. d. Wentworth, about 1880.
v. SALLY. m. 1807, Stephen Morse (see).
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vi. MARY. m. 1808, Nathaniel Clifford, of Rumney. They were
parents of Judge Nathan Clifford, of Portland, Me.
vii. PAMELIA. m. 1815, Amos Kimball, of Rumney.
viii. SAMUEL ADAMS, removed to Monticello, Ill.
CHAMPOU.
1. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE CHAMPOU, b. Three Rivers, P. Q., July 16, 1845, son of Charles and Mary (Fountain) Champou. Removed to New Hampshire, and was employed by B. C. &. M. R.R. eighteen years ; res. in Warren. He removed to Plymouth, 1877. He m. in Warren, March 10, 1870, Emily Cyr, b. Warwick, P. Q., July 19, 1857, dau. of Samuel and Emily (Marcot) Cyr. Two children b. Warren, and five b. Plymouth.
i. CLARA VIRGINIA, b. Oct. 31, 1872. m. Burdette V. Pebbles (see). m. second, John James Dary.
. ii. JOHN BAPTISTE, b. March 8, 1875. Baggage master; res. Plymouth.
iii. ELIZABETHI, b. May 12, 1877. m. Feb. 21, 1898, Edward E. Ranno, locomotive engineer ; res. Woodsville. He was killed by railroad accident. He d. from injuries, Jan. 2, 1902. She m. second, Andrew Swett (see).
iv. EDWARD, b. May 31, 1880. Brakeman ; res. Plymouth.
v. LAURENCE EXEVIOR, b. Feb. 19, 1882. Photographer ; res. Plymouth.
vi. CORA SELINA, b. June 22, 1887. Plymouth High School, 1904.
vii. SAMUEL ROLAND, b. June 5, 1895. d. July 7, 1898.
CHANDLER.
1. WILLIAM CHANDLER and wife, Annis, settled in Roxbury, 1637.
2. . WILLIAM, son of William 1. m. 1658, Mary Dane ; m. second, Oct. 8, 1679, Bridget (Henchman) Richardson. He d. Andover, Mass., 1698.
3. THOMAS CHANDLER, son of William 2, b. Andover, Dec. 5, 1676. m. Mary Stevens. He d. Nov. 7, 1751.
4. JOSEPH CHANDLER, son of Thomas 3, b. Andover, 1720. m. Oct. 4, 1742, Mary Abbot, b. April 13, 1725, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Dane) Abbot. He d. leaving one son, March 31, 1745. She m. second, Isaac Blount.
5. JOSEPH CHANDLER, only son of Joseph 4, b. Andover, June 8, 1743. He m. Elizabeth Cook. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and a pensioner. He d. Atkinson, Jan. 8, 1834.
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6. SAMUEL CHANDLER, son of Joseph 5, b. Atkinson, Feb. 18, 1774. m. Nov. 7, 1798, Mary Graves, b. Jan. 5, 1779, dau. of Benjamin Graves, of Brentwood. He was a farmer and lived in Campton, where he d. August 9, 1831. She d. July 29, 1847. Three children.
7. JOHN CHANDLER, son of Samuel 6, b. May 25, 1799. m. Nov. 13, 1822, Jane Burbeck, dau. of James Burbeck, of Plymouth (see). The Chandler Genealogy is in error regarding the parentage of Jane Bur- beck. He was a farmer on the homestead in Campton, a deacon of the Congregational church and a useful townsman. He d. March 11, 1856. She d. June 22, 1865. Five children.
i. WILLIAM, b. April 18, 1826. d. March 15, 1831.
8. ii. WILLIAM ALPHEUS, b. August 29, 1827. m. ITannah Hastings.
iii. JOSEPHI, b. Dec. 19, 1829. m. Clara (Connor) Robie, dau. of David and Sally (Hastings) Connor and widow of - Robie. He was a farmer in Campton and by will devised one-half his estate to benevolence. IIe d. Feb. 9, 1863. No children.
iv. SAMUEL, b. August 9, 1832. m. 1873, Caroline E. Platt, b. 1835, dau. of James Platt, of Cornwall, Vt. Ile was a teacher in Mis- sissippi five years. Was in the war of the Rebellion, and for many years he has res. at Fremont and Revenna, Neb.
9. v. JOHN, b. July 16, 1837. m. Helen Mar Leavitt.
8. WILLIAM ALPHEUS CHANDLER, son of John 7, b. August 29, 1827. m. Feb. 18, 1851, Hannah Hastings, b. August 29, 1817, dau. of Alvan and Nancy (Bailey) Hastings, of Bath. He enlisted, Co. D, 18th N. H. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1864; mustered out June 10, 1865. He never re- covered from the exposures of the service. He was a carpenter, came to Plymouth, 1866. d. Nov. 13, 1870. She d. Lowell, Mass., Jan. 6, 1893.
i. JOHN ALVAN, b. Bath, Nov. 24, 1852. m. March 1, 1872, Mary Caroline Setters, b. August 15, 1853, dau. of William H. Setters. He was a painter in Plymouth, 1866-1876, and now res. in Lowell, Mass. Four children : (1) Mary Lillian, b. June 25, 1873. m. Herbert Cogshall. (2) Elizabeth Frances, b. Sept. 18, 1877. (3) William P., b. Feb. 7, 1879. (4) David H., b. April 4, 1881.
ii. DAVID HASTINGS, b. Feb. 23, 1854. m. July 1, 1889, Ella F. Chase, b. June 21, 1859, dau. of Jonathan Chase (see). Lived in Plymouth several years, and now res. South Framingham, Mass. Two children : (1) Mildred P., b. June 15, 1891. (2) Ruth H., b. Feb. 25, 1893.
iii. WILLIE EDWARD, b. Feb. 20, 1856. d. July 25, 1856.
iv. LILLIE ANNETTE, b. April 22, 1858. d. June 21, 1870.
V. CHARLES HIERBERT, b. Oct. 22, 1859. d. Nov. 2, 1859.
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9. JOHN CHANDLER, son of John 7, b. July 16, 1837. m. Nov. 30, 1862, Helen Mar Leavitt, dau. of Weare Leavitt (see). Enlisted April 19, 1861, for three months; the regiment was not organized ; enlisted May 22, 1861, for three years, Co. F, 2d N. H. Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862, again at Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862, and more severely at Bull Run, August 29, 1862, and discharged on account of wounds, May 15, 1863. He is prominent in the Grand Army and popular among his fellowmen. He has been chaplain of the Justus Penniman Post many years, and has been commander two years, and his service on all occasions has been earnest and impressive. His eyesight has totally failed, but with the sight of faith, and a heroism becoming a veteran, his duties are performed and his usefulness is unimpaired. Mrs. Chandler was educated in the schools of Manchester and in the exercise of a natural gift has made several landscapes both in oil and water color. Of their eight children five were b. in Plymouth.
i. MINNIE FRANCES, b. Ellsworth, May 10, 1864. m. George Henry Morrison (see).
ii. GEORGE ARTHUR, b. Campton, Feb. 4, 1866. d. May 13, 1866.
iii. FRANK HERBERT, b. Campton, June 10, 1867. d. Feb. 10, 1868.
iv. NELLIE GERTRUDE, b. Feb. 18, 1870. d. Jan. 13, 1889.
V. CHARLES EDWARD, b. August 22, 1871. m. May 29, 1893, Lottie May Avery, b. Ellswortn, Sept. 4, 1875, dau. of Joseph and Joan (Hill) Avery ; m. second, May 18, 1901, Sadie Alice Thibodeau, dau. of Solon A. Thibodeau (see). Carpenter; res. Plymouth. (1) Hazel Gertrude, b. March 4, 1894. (2) Ilelen G., b. Nov. 8, 1901. d. April 1, 1902. (3) Doris E., b. April 10, 1904.
vi. Guy, b. Feb. 11, 1874. d. April 4, 1875.
vii. ETHEL F., b. June 6, 1876. d. April 20, 1877.
viii. ERNEST ROY, b. June 10, 1878. d. June 14, 1878.
10. AARON BRADBURY CHANDLER, who lived in Plymouth about five years was not immediately related to the other families of the same name. He was a son of Ephraim A. and Mary D. (Wilkinson) Chandler, of Wheelock, Vt., b. Oct. 21, 1855. m. Sept. 25, 1879, Margaret Wark, b. Inverness, P. Q., Sept. 6, 1860, dau. of Johnstone Wark. He came to Plymouth, 1892. Laborer. He d. March 23, 1897. Two children. (1) Mary L., b. Wheelock, Vt., August 7, 1880. Grad. Plymouth High School, 1898. Professional nurse. d. April 22, 1903. (2) Percival John, b. July 12, 1882. Plymouth High School. Drug clerk.
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CHAPMAN.
1. NOAH CHAPMAN came to Plymouth, 1813, and here d. August 17, 1836. He m. Abigail Currier, dau. of Daniel Currier (see). She d. Sept. 15, 1837. The age inscribed upon her headstone is 67 years. She was born Dec. 22, 1788. If there were children the evidence is not available.
CHAPMAN.
1. LEWIS CHAPMAN, son of Elijah Chapman, of Montpelier, Vt. m. Deborah Pope. His dau., Ann Elizabeth, m. Kimball Corliss (see).
2. HENRY EDSON CHAPMAN, son of Lewis 1, b. Warren, Dec. 21, 1840. Was residing in Rumney, 1861. Enlisted Co. A, 6th N. H. Infantry. He was severely wounded at Bull Run, August 29, 1862, and his right leg was amputated. Discharged March 7, 1863. He removed from Rumney to Plymouth, 1881, where he has since res. He m. Oct. 28, 1861, Sarah Melissa Fellows, b. Nov. 12, 1841, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Rowell) Fellows. Of their six children, four d. of scarlet fever, 1883.
i. ADDIE, b. Dec. 7, 1862. d. same day.
ii. DORA MAY, b. August 16, 1864. d. July 21, 1883.
iii. CARRIE SUSAN, b. March 21, 1867. d. July 3, 1883.
iv. NELLIE ORA, b. Oct. 2, 1872. d. July 6, 1883.
V. CHARLES HIENRY, b. March 19, 1875. d. August 6, 1883.
vi. HATTIE MAUDE, b. July 15, 1883.
CHASE.
1. AQUIL'A CHASE and his brother Thomas Chase, from Cornwall, England, were emigrant ancestors of numerous families. Aquila Chase, b. about 1618, was a mariner. He settled first at Hampton, where he m. Anna Wheeler, dau. of John Wheeler. He removed, about 1646, to Newbury, Mass., where he d. Dec. 27, 1670. She m. second, June 14, 1672, Daniel Silloway. She d. April 21, 1687.
2. JOHN CHASE, son of Aquila 1, b. Newbury, Nov. 2, 1655. m. May 23, 1677, Elizabeth Bingley. m. second, Dec. 21, 1687, Lydia Challis, b. Salisbury, Mass., May 31, 1665, dau. of Lieut. Philip and Mary (Sargent) Challis. He served under Capt. Taylor in the Falls Fight, 1676. His will is dated 1730 ; proved, 1739.
3. JOHN CHASE, son of John 2, b. Newbury, Mass., about 1680. He is named in the will of his father. He m. Abigail Chase, b. August
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27, 1681, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Green) Chase, and granddau. of Thomas 1 Chase, the brother of Aquila 1. He lived in Hampton, where his six children were born.
4. JONATHAN CHASE, son of John 3, b. Oct. 21, 1700. m. in Hamp- ton Falls, Dec. 18, 1723, Patience Heath, b. Hampton, March 6, 1706 /7, dau. of Nehemiah and Mary (Goss) Heath. He d. 1780. He was one of the early settlers of Pittsfield, living near Berry pond.
5. NATHANIEL CHASE, son of Jonathan 4, b. April 5, 1750. m. March, 1773, Sarah Sanborn, b. Hampton, 1755, dau. of Reuben and Elizabeth (Ward) Sanborn. Reuben Sanborn lived in Hampton and Epsom. He was prison keeper, 1755. Nathaniel Chase lived in Seabrook and Pittsfield.
6. JONATHAN CHASE, son of Nathaniel 5, b. Pittsfield. m. Feb. 25, 1805, Abiah Hanson, dau. of Solomon Hanson. She d. about 1835, and the father placed his children in the care of the Canterbury Com- munity of Shakers.
7. HANSON SYLVESTER CHASE, son of Jonathan 6, b. Portsmouth, April 8, 1823, and in his childhood his parents removed to Pittsfield. After living a short time at Canterbury he removed to Pittsfield, but returned to the Shakers, who gave him the charge of one of their wagons used in the sale of their wares and produce, his route extend- ing north into Canada. He withdrew from the Shakers and ni. May 23, 1850, Mary Ann Brown, b. Bristol, Nov. 10, 1830, dau. of Joseph and Relief (Ordway) Brown (see). He was a farmer in Campton from 1850 to 1873, when he removed to Plymouth. At the time of his removal to this town, he built the homestead which he continues to occupy. At times he has been engaged in lumbering, and in buy- ing and shipping hemlock bark. He is a man of force and character, and now at fourscore years is vigorous and active. Mrs. Chase, a woman of unusual mental and physical powers, was ever a Good Sa- maritan to the sick, and charitable to all. She d. Oct. 21, 1898. Four children b. Campton.
i. JAMES WHITCHER, b. July 6, 1851. d. Plymouth, August 30, 1874.
ii. WARREN GREEN, b. March 30, 1854. m. June 21, 1881, Kate B. Farr, b. Rumney, 1861, dau. of Col. A. B. and Betsey (Blodgett) Farr, of Rumney. She d. Feb. 10, 1894. He m. second, March 12, 1896, Lillian M. Heath, b. Holderness, 1874, dau. of Frank P. and Rose J. (Ford) Heath. He attended the schools of Campton and Plymouth. For a short time he conducted a meat market in this town, and later engaged in lumbering in Thornton, retaining
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a residence in this town. Later he has continued the manu- facture and sale of lumber, in Plymouth, doing business under the firm name of W. G. & I. H. Chase. The business is well managed amd prosperous. IIe was representative, 1895, and has been a member of the board of Water Commissioners.
iii. IRVING HANSON, b. Nov. 18, 1859. m. Dec. 7, 1881, Minnie Elliot, b. 1862, dau. of Ephraim Elliot, of Thornton. He was a clerk with his brother in the meat market and is a partner in the lum- ber business being member of the firm of W. G. & I. H. Chase. iv. EDWARD AVERILL, b. May 15, 1869. Plymouth High School, 1888. m. July 12, 1894, Ruth McClure, b. Groton, 1871, dau. of Andrew J. and Angeline (Wheet) McClure (see). For a few years associ- ated with Charles C. Wright, he conducted a job printing office in this town, selling his interest to Mr. Wright. After a brief con- nection with the Plymouth Electric Light Company he again be- came associated in business with his former partner, under the firm of Wright & Chase, who bought the " Plymouth Record," of Thomas J. Walker, in 1894. In 1901 he purchased the interest of Mr. Wright, and is sole editor and proprietor of the popular and well-conducted newspaper of Plymouth. One child, (1) Robert McClure, b. June 28, 1896.
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1. ALBERT SMITHI CHASE, son of Christopher Chase. m. Lydia O. Hawkins ; removed from Jefferson to Maidstone, Vt.
2. OTIS WESLEY CHASE, b. Maidstone, Vt., July 2, 1853. m. Au- gust 16, 1876, Harriet F. Gould, b. Colebrook, July 22, 1855, dau. of Crandall, and Selby (Kimball) Gould. He has been an employé of B. & M. R.R. fifteen years. His hand was seriously injured and he was made a flagman at the crossing north of the station. .
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