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i. VINNIE SUSAN, b. Colebrook, Sept. 22, 1877. m. James Duston (see).
ii. MARY ELLA, b. Canaan, May 30, 1879. d. March 26, 1886.
iii. IDA FLORETTE, b. Canaan, Sept. 30, 1883. m. June 16, 1901, Leon Southmayd. She d. June 2, 1904.
iv. CLAUDE WESLEY, b. Colebrook, Dec. 22, 1886. d. Sept. 4, 1887.
v. ELLA MYRTIE, b. Plymouth, Oct. 10, 1888. d. Feb. 18, 1889.
vi. PEARL BELLE, b. Plymouth, Oct. 27, 1890.
CHASE.
1. EBENEZER SIMPSON CHASE, b. Bath, 1800. m. Lemira Corey, dau. of Ephraim Corey. He was a cabinet-maker and lived in Bath, where he d. 1851.
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2. ROYAL ALBERT CHASE, son of Ebenezer S. 1, b. Bath, July 20, 1842. m. Oct. 4, 1870, Julia E. Abbot, b. Nov. 17, 1849, dau. of Charles and Lucy Ann (Bunton) Abbot, of Hooksett. He removed from Bath to Plymouth, 1871, and from Plymouth to Concord, 1891; res. in Concord.
i. HARRY H., b. Plymouth, Nov. 20, 1873, is a clerk in the post-office of Concord.
ii. WALTER F., b. Plymouth, June 14, 1877, is a letter carrier in Con- cord. He m. June 22, 1903, Nellie A. Sanger, of Webster.
3. JONATHAN CHASE, son of Ebenezer S.1 and brother of Royal A.2 b. Bath, March 13, 1833. m. Patience Ann Downing, b. Ellsworth, Oct. 14, 1836, dau. of Samuel Downing (see). He removed to Ply- mouth, 1871, and to Framingham, Mass., 1882. His wife d. in South Framingham, August 5, 1890. Four children.
i. FLORA ELLA, b. Ellsworth, June 21, 1859. m. David II. Chandler, son of William Alpheus Chandler (see).
ii. WILLIAM CONVERSE, b. Lisbon, Sept. 18, 1860. m. in Boston Mass., August 17, 1882, Samantha Aldrich, of Foxboro', Mass. Two children : (1) Sadie May, b. Natick, Mass., Feb. 6, 1888 ; (2) Flora Alwilda, b. Jan. 5, 1890.
iii. ELIZA ANN, b. Ellsworth, Nov. 22, 1863. m. Feb. 5, 1883, Royal Eugene Chase. Res. in Cambridge, Mass. Two children: (1) Blanche Marion, b. July 20, 1884 ; (2) Lillian Harriet, b. Oct. 31, 1887.
iv. ALWILDA, b. Ellsworth, Oct. 2, 1865. m. Oct. 31, 1887, Frank Coleman Hall, of Lebanon ; res. at Rye Beach.
CHASE.
1. MARK CHASE, m. March 17, 1831, Harriet Clark, b. Nov. 26, 1808, dau. of John and Mehitable (Hutchins) Clark, and a sister of Rev. John Clark (see). In the record of intentions and of marriage he is styled " Mark Chase, of Plymouth." They had three or more children, and several unanswered letters will account for this abbre- viated register.
i. CLARA JANE.
ii. JOHN CLARK. He was a station agent in Plymouth, and lived here after 1864. He was killed in a railroad accident in Plymouth, Oct. 3, 1883. His dau. Hattie m. June 16, 1884, Philip F. Gordon, of Gardner, Mass. Ilis dau. Lillian m. Junius Knowlton of Tyngsboro, Mass.
iii. GEORGE.
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CHASE.
1. SAMUEL R. CHASE, son of Charles and Mary (Calef) Chase, b. Campton, Jan. 11, 1821. m. August 10, 1851, Clarinda J. Foss, dau. of Reuben Foss, of Campton. He was a farmer and drover. He removed from Campton to Plymouth, 1876, and res. here five years. He d. in Rumney, August 27, 1900. Two children.
i. ARDELLE W., b. Campton. m. Jesse F. Hazen, of Epping.
ii. CHARLES A., b. Campton. m. 1880, Ida M. Abbott, of Rumney. He was a grad. State Normal School, 1873, a merchant in Run- ney, representative, 1885. Ile d. Rumney, Oct. 17, 1889. She d. March 9, 1897. Two children.
CHASE.
1. WILLIAM CHASE, son of William Chase, b. New Hampton, Nov. 23, 178S. m. Mercy Leavitt, dau. of Amos Leavitt. He settled in Piermont, and removed to Wentworth, where he d. Oct. 21, 1867. Amos Leavitt was a soldier in the Revolution and a pensioner.
2. WILLIAM CHASE, son of William 1, b. New Hampton, Sept. 8, 1822. m. April 7, 1849, Aurilla A. Stewart, b. Bow, June 12, 1830, dau. of Benjamin R. Stewart. She d. August 11, 1877. He is a farmer, and has res. in Plymouth since 1873. Two children.
i. GEORGE WILLIAM, b. Piermont, Jan. 31, 1857. m. Nov. 11, 1878, Anna Smith. He is a farmer of Rumney.
ii. LYDIA MARIA, b. Wentworth, Sept. 30, 1861. m. Dec. 31, 1881, Harris B. Page (see).
CHASE.
1. ABNER CHASE, a native of Unity, m. Mary Goss, and lived in Lempster. He was a merchant and an esteemed citizen. His dau. Minerva m. Rev. Lorenzo Dow Barrows, D.D. (see).
2. CHARLES HENRY CHASE, son of Abner 1, b. Lempster, Dec. 12, 1814. He was an able and zealous minister of the M. E. Church many years. Since the death of the venerable Rev. James Thurston, Sept. 15, 1899, Mr. Chase has been the senior pastor of the New Hampshire Conference. He filled many appointments from 1839 to 1884, and since 1887 he has been a superannuate, living at Argyle Park, near Chicago, Ill. He is kindly remembered in Plymouth, where he successfully labored, 1859-1860. He m. June 6, 1841, Anna H. Wellman. She d. East Kingston, 1884. VOL. II. - 8
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Since these lines were written, Mr. Chase d. at Argyle Park, May 19, 1903, buried at Plymouth. Three daughters.
i. FANNY ORENA. m. Dr. Nightingale, Pres. Illinois University.
ii. HESTER ELIZA.
iii. ANNA BELL.
CHASE.
1. REV. MOSES CHASE, a worthy Methodist minister, received ap- pointments to Plymouth, 1842 and 1843. He was the first pastor of the church to occupy the parsonage on Main Street. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1843 to 1848.
CHASE.
1. MOSES S. CHASE lived in Campton and in Plymouth from 1852 to 1860. He returned to Campton. He m. Sarah Dolever. Six children.
i. MOSES, b. Campton, March 19, 1840. d. Oct. 6, 1854.
ii. HEBER LIVERMORE, b. Dec. 1, 1812.
iii. FRANCES LOUISA, b. August 14, 1846. m. George II. Little, of Campton. She d. Nov. 25, 1901.
iv. GEORGE, b. Feb. 12, 1852. d. Feb. 27, 1852.
v. WILLIAM JEWETT, b. Plymouth, June 15, 1854. d. June 16, 1899.
vi. JOHN MOSES, b. May 30, 1857.
CHENEY.
1. JOHN CHENEY, the emigrant ancestor of the Newbury branch of the Cheney family, with wife, Martha, was an early inhabitant and influential citizen of Newbury, Mass., where he d. 1666. Reference is made to the Cheney Genealogy, by Charles Henry Pope, for an excellent register of the family.
2. DANIEL CHENEY, son of John 1, b. England, 1633. m. New- bury, Oct. 8, 1665, Sarah Bayley, b. August 17, 1644, dau. of John and Eleanor (Emery) Bayley. He d. Oct. 26, 1714. " A man of great industry and sagacity."
3. DANIEL CHENEY, son of Daniel 2, b. Newbury, Dec. 3, 1670. m. Hannah Duston, b. August 22, 1678, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Emerson) Duston. Hannah (Emerson) Duston, the mother, was the heroine who escaped from captivity, 1697. Daniel Cheney res. in Newbury, where he d. 1755.
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4. NATHANIEL CHENEY, son of Daniel 3, b. Nov. 25, 1711. m. Oct. 25, 1733, Kezia Annis. Lived in Haverhill, Mass., and perhaps in Plaistow. He was a cordwainer and farmer.
5. NATHANIEL CHENEY, son of Nathaniel +, b. Oct. 7, 1747. m. Elizabeth Ela, who was b. August 4, 1746. He was a soldier, serving several enlistments in the Revolution and was a pensioner. He re- moved from Haverhill, Mass., to Sanbornton, 1781. He d. August 3, 1833. She d. Jan. 12, 1832. Their dau., Hannah, b. March 19, 1779, m. Leonard Cummings (see).
6. ISRAEL ELA CHENEY, b. Sanbornton, June 10, 1788. m. in Campton, Dec. 20, 1812, Sarah Little, b. May 23, 1786, dau. of Ebenezer and Jane (Burbeck) Little. He lived in Campton, Ply- mouth, Derby, Vt., and Lowell, Mass. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1810, 1811, and 1833 to 1838. He d. Oct. 23, 1860. She d. Sept. 21, 1848. He was a musical genius, and a fine singer. He built the organ for the meeting-house, on Ward hill, and enlarged and re- modelled it for the new meeting-house in the village. He instructed his daughter, Jane, in music, and she was the organist a few years, and was succeeded by Jacob Merrill. After leaving Plymouth, he attended to the repair and tuning of organs and pianos. It is well remembered in Plymouth that he was a skilful player upon the flute and bass viol. Nine children.
i. LUCY LITTLE, b. August 12, 1813. unm. d. Oct. 21, 1852.
ii. JANE LITTLE, b. Oct. 14, 1815. m. Stephen Jaques. She d. Oct. 18, 1842. Three children.
iii. DANIEL LITTLE, b. Sept. 16, 1817. m. Lydia Chase, of Fall River, Mass. Removed to Napa, Cal. Four children.
iv. ELIZABETH ELA, b. April 22, 1819. m. Cyrus Bradbury, of Sand- wich. d. Hopedale, Mass., about 1870.
v. SARAH, b. April 30, 1821. m. Alcander Dwinnell. Res. Brooklyn, N. Y. d. Jan. 17, 1899.
vi. LUTHER LELAND, b. April 16, 1823. m. 1847, Margaret Ann Rod- man, of Somersworth. Res. in Philadelphia. Four children.
vii. JAMES DEERING, b. Oct. 3, 1825. m. Mary Mason, of Lowell, Mass. Res. Portland, Me., where he d. Jan. 27, 1900. One child.
viii. HENRY, b. March 21, 1828. m. but no record at hand. He was a locomotive engineer in California and Cuba. He d. near Portland, Me., Jan. 7, 1890.
ix. ABIGAIL, COATES, b. Oct. 18, 1830. m. Philadelphia, Samuel A. Crozer. Res. Upland, Pa. She d. July 13, 1890.
7. JOHN CHENEY, son of Daniel 3 and Hannah (Duston) Cheney, b. March 10, 1702. d. May 18, 1738
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8. DANIEL CHENEY, son of John", b. March 10, 1737. m. Feb. 17, 1757, Elizabeth Davis, dau. of Samuel Davis. He lived in Newbury, Mass. Revolutionary soldier. He bought land in New Chester, 1796.
9. DANIEL CHENEY, son of Daniels, b. Newbury, Mass., April 17, 1761. Revolutionary soldier; removed to Bristol. m. Hannah Payne; m. second, 1789, Susanna Badger.
10. ENOCH CHENEY, son of Daniel 9. m. Jan. 20, 1803, Betsey Kidder, dau. of John Kidder (see). Lived in Bristol and Bridge- water. She d. 1817. He d. Pembroke, 1825. A dau., Elvira, b. Bristol, April 18, 1809, m. David George (see). A dau., Hannah, b. Bridgewater, June 3, 1811, m. George Dearborn (see).
11. TIMOTHY CHENEY, b. 1819 ; not traced. m. Lydia A. Blake, b. 1820, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Colby) Blake, of Thornton. He lived in Plymouth from 1867 until his death. He d. July 18, 1882. She d. Nov. 23, 1883. Their son, Clarence, b. Feb. 18, 1852. d. June 26, 1862. Drowned. Trinity Cemetery.
CILLEY.
1. JOB CILLEY, son of Benjamin and Apphia (Keniston) Cilley, b. Andover, May 29, 1775. He lived in Andover until the spring of 1800, when he removed to Hebron, where he d. Jan. 17, 1835. He m. Sept. 20, 1798, Susannah Seavey, b. Deerfield, May 26, 1778, dau. of Henry and Susannah Seavey. She m. second, Thomas Clifford (see). She d. March 23, 1876. Twelve children of Job and Su- sannah.
i. LYDIA, b. Andover, March 26, 1799. d. Rumney, August 8, 1877.
ii. REBECCA, b. Hebron, August 31, 1800. m. 1824, Ezra G. Tufts. They lived in Plymouth, near the line of Hebron, until 1828, when he sold the farm to Andrew Cilley (see), and removed to Hebron, where he d. about 1835. She m. second, Jacob Fretts, who d. Nov. 15, 1865. She d. Oct. 12, 1881. She had three children by first and two by second marriage. (1) Susannah Tufts, b. Plymouth, July 2, 1825. m. Lyman Cole (see). (2)
Harriet Tufts, b. Plymouth, Feb. 11, 1827. m. Oct. 20, 1845, Hon. Josiah Quincy, of Rumney. She d. 1867. (3) Lydia Eliza- beth Tufts, b. Hebron, Dec. 2, 1833. (4) George C. Fretts, m. Sadie M. Fogg. (5) Emeline Fretts, m. Russell P. Tyrrell.
iii. JOB, b. Feb. 20, 1802, was taxed in Plymouth, 1840, 1841.
iv. HANNAH, b. Dec. 16, 1803. m. Russell Wright, son of Dr. Abijah Wright (see).
v. HENRY, b. April 25, 1806, was taxed in Plymouth several years. No further record, except that he d. Nov. 30, 1870.
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2. vi. ANDREW, b. March 15, 1808.
vii. EUNICE BURNHAM, b. Feb. 20, 1810. d. Jan. 20, 1868.
viii. ROXANNA FERRIN, b. March 20, 1812. d. May 28, 1897.
ix. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. August 19, 1814.
X. NATHANIEL PIKE, b. Nov. 30, 1816.
xi. JONATHAN E. K., b. March 12, 1819.
xii. SARAI, b. Oct. 19, 1822. d. 1824. 1
2. ANDREW CILLEY, son of Job1, b. March 15, 1808. m. Charlotte Leeds. Came to Plymouth, 1828. He occupied the farm, near the line of Hebron, formerly owned by Ezra G. Tufts. In 1871, he removed from town, and d. Brookfield, July 14, 1895. In census of 1850, Andrew Cilley was returned aged 49. Children b. in Plymouth.
i. JAMES. d. aged 2 years.
ii. ABBIE, b. April 22, 1834. m. Sept. 30, 1856, Hiram Westcott, of Rumney.
iii. ABNER, b. 1836.
iv. ANTHONY, b. April 30, 1838. Co. D, 7th N. HI. Infantry. m. about 1881, Arvilla A. Twombly. She d. March 28, 1886. He m. second, Rosetta Foss. Res. Brookfield. (1) Addie, b. Feb. 20, 1883. (2) Infant, b. March 24, 1886. d. March 29, 1886. (3) Irving H., b. Feb. 4, 1889.
v. LORAINE. m. John Holmes, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
vi. ARVILLA, b. 1842. d. aged 15 years.
vii. REBECCA, b. 1844. m. Byron Westcott, of Danbury.
viii. CHARLOTTE, b. 1846.
ix. SUSANNAH. d. aged 10 years.
x. BENJAMIN. d. aged 7 years.
3. JOHN W. CILLEY, b. 1809, is reported a relative of Job 1. He came from Hebron to Plymouth, 1853 or 1854, and here d. March 29, 1878. He was blind several years. He m. Sarah Bruce, dau. of John Bruce (see). She d. in Lawrence, Mass., 1878. Three children.
i. REBECCA. unm. d. in Plymouth.
ii. GUSTAVUS R., b. Hebron, 1812. Lived in Plymouth from 1854 to 1871, when he removed to Lawrence, Mass. He enlisted in Ply- mouth in 6th N. H. Infantry, was wounded severely at Fred- ericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 ; corporal; mustered out Nov. 28, 1864. He m. in Plymouth, 1868, Josephine P. Harvey, dau. of Moses Collins Harvey (see).
iii. WILLIAM, b. 1851. d. Plymouth, 1866.
CLARK.
1. NATHANIEL CLARK, emigrant ancestor of this branch of the Clark families, b. about 1640, was in Newbury, Mass., 1663. He was
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an ensign, selectman, and May 7, 1684, he was appointed naval officer for ports of Newbury and Salisbury. He m. Nov. 23, 1663, Elizabeth Somerby, dau. of Henry and Judith (Greenleaf) Somerby, of Newbury. He d. August 25, 1690.
2. HENRY CLARK, fifth of the six sons of Nathaniel 1, b. Newbury, July 5, 1673, removed to Greenland about 1727. He was one of the petitioners for the annexation of Greenland to Massachusetts. He m. Nov. 7, 1695, Elizabeth Greenleaf, b. Jan. 2, 1678, dau. of Capt. Stephen and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Greenleaf, of Newbury, Mass. She was the mother of his twelve children. He m. second, Jan. 24, 1724, Mary Pierce.
3. ENOCH CLARK, son of Henry 2, b. Sept. 1, 1709, lived in Green- land, where he d. 1759. He m. Hannah - -, who d. April 9, 1746. He m. second, Mary - -. He d. Feb. 16, 1759. The wife Hannah was the mother of his seven children.
4. JOSEPH CLARK, son of Enoch 3, b. Jan. 1, 1731/2, lived in Greenland, where he d. Dec. 4, 1761. He m. Eleanor, and it is said that she m. second, --- Mason.
5. JOHN CLARK, b. 1756, removed to Haverhill. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He d. Oct. 4, 1811. He m. 1791, Mehitable Hutchins, b. May 29, 1766, dau. of Col. Joseph and Martha (Corliss) Hutchins, of Haverhill. He d. Oct. 14, 1811. She m. second, Luther Tucker ; m. third, Stephen Morse, son of Daniel 15 (see). She d. June 29, 1856. His dau. Harriet m. Mark Chase (see).
6. REV. JOHN CLARK, b. Haverhill, June 25, 1800. He studied theology at Plymouth, with Rev. George Punchard, and was ordained, Jan. 23, 1835, and was pastor at Wilmot, Danbury, and Enfield, from 1835 to 1842. He was pastor of Congregational church, Burke, Vt., from 1842 to 1854, and subsequently preached at Bristol, Bridge- water, and Hebron, until 1870, when by reason of age and infirmity he retired from active pastoral labor. He lived in Plymouth from 1854 to 1862, and later in Rumney, where he d. August 31, 1887. He m. Nov. 23, 1825, Abigail Mitchell, b. Bridgewater, Oct. 6, 1804, dau. of Robert and Abigail (Morse) Mitchell. Seven children.
i. EMILY, b. June 26, 1827. m. June 6, 1848, Ira Brown, M.D., b. Kirby, Vt., Sept. 20, 1818. He was a resident physician of Burke, Vt., 1850-1864, and Wells River, Vt., 1864-1883. He removed to Minneapolis, Minn. Ile d. Jan. 6, 1887. She d. August 12, 1877.
ii. ROBERT MITCHELL, b. Feb. 22, 1829. d. June 3, 1833.
7. iii. RICHARD BAXTER, b. Nov. 20, 1830.
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iv. EDWIN, b. Feb. 25, 1834, was joint editor and proprietor of the "Evening News," a daily paper of St. Anthony, Minn., 1857-1862. He was an Indian agent, with rank of major. For several years he has been proprietor of flouring mills at Melrose, Minn. He m. Jan. 1, 1860, Ellen Frances Rowe, b. Gilmanton, Feb. 9, 1836. Six children.
V. MARTHA ANN, b. June 19, 1837. m. Nov. 27, 1862, John R. Cum- mins, of Eden Prairie, Minn.
vi. JOHN MILNER, b. Jan. 22, 1840; in early life was a proofreader, in Boston, Mass., and in Minnesota. For several years he res. in Rumney. He has been prosperous in business, and has served the town as selectman many years. IIe now lives in Escondido, San Diego Co., Cal.
vii. GEORGE WALLACE, b. Feb. 19, 1845. d. August 3, 1864.
7. RICHARD B. CLARK, son of Rev. John 6, b. Nov. 29, 1830. m. June 6, 1855, Sarah S. Gault, b. Bow, Dec. 14, 1830, dau. of William and Lucy Ann (Farnum) Gault. He was an assistant to his brother, Maj. Edwin Clark, at the Indian Agency, 1865-1867. Lived in Ply- mouth, 1854 to 1862 and 1867-1878. Farmer.
i. CHARLES FREMONT GAULT, b. Plymouth, May 17, 1856. m. Feb. 22, 1SS5, Elizabeth Hartwell. Railroad conductor; res. Hudson, Mass.
ii. JENNIE HELEN, b. Plymouth, June 28, 1858. m. July 15, 1891, Charles W. Marston, merchant ; res. Rumney.
iii. WILLIAM RICHARD, b. Bridgewater, June 21, 1863. m. 1898, Carrie Manchester. Railroad conductor ; res. Concord.
iv. GEORGE PERLEY, b. Sept. 1, 1872. Farmer ; res. Rumney.
8. JOSEPH CLARK, son of John 5 and brother of Rev. John 6, b. Haverhill, Jan. 31, 1792. m. March, 1820, Hannah Cook (see). She d. Jan. 24, 1832. He mn. second, Jan. 28, 1834, Alpha Palmer, b. May 13, 1791. d. Jan. 20, 1873. He lived in Campton, where he d. Jan. 18, 1865. Seven children b. Campton.
i. SAMUEL C., b. May 7, 1821. m. Oct. 31, 1850, Mary Angelina Coleman. Res. Northampton, Mass.
ii. WILLIAM HUTCHINS, b. Oct. 13, 1822. m. Dec. 14, 1852, Mrs. Abby Jane Aldrich. IIe lived in Concord and in Melrose, Minn. Three children.
iii. MOODY, b. Sept. 27, 1824. d. April 15, 1825.
iv. JOSEPHI CLARK, b. April 2, 1826. Dartmouth College, 1854. He read law with Napoleon B. Bryant, Capt. Co. A, 6th N. II. Infantry. He practised law in Plymouth, 1857-1868, when he was disbarred. Ile continued a residence in l'lymouth until
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1875, meanwhile building a mill and engaging in a general lumber business. The mill was burned, and he removed to San Francisco, Cal., where he was living in impaired health, 1901. d. Sept. 12, 1902. He m. August 30, 1855, Polly Chandler Thomp- son, b. Nov. 25, 1831, dau. of John Hayes Thompson. Four children : (1) Joseph A., b. June 14, 1856. d. June 27, 1872. (2) Charlotte Hannah, b. June 26, 1859. d. Nov. 23, 1863. (3) Anna Josephine, b. Oct. 12, 1861. (4) Bertha Evangeline, b. Oct. 19, 1865. d. August 16, 1867.
v. BENJAMIN, b. June 11, 1828. Dartmouth College, 1855. He read law with Ellery A. Hibbard, of Laconia, and with Flint and Bryant, of Concord. He practised law in Plymouth two or three years, res. here from 1859 to 1862. He subsequently was engaged in the grain and flour business, in Melrose, Minn., and later re- sumed the practice of his profession. Ile d. Fargo, N. D., May 27, 1896. IIe was married after he removed to Minnesota, but a record is not received.
vi. CALVIN, b. August 12, 1830. m. Oct. 29, 1856, Betsey Ann Colcord, b. Thornton, Nov. 28, 1832, dau. of Anthony C. Colcord (see). He removed from Campton to Plymouth, 1863, and has since res. here. Farmer. Selectman, 1873-1874. Four children: (1) Everett Colcord, b. Campton, August 21, 1857. m. Oct. 29, 1891, Alice F. Whitten, clerk, Manchester; his son, Everett Franklin, b. Plymouth, March 18, 1893. (2) Mary Cora, b. August 13, 1862. m. June 19, 1896, Richard A. Rich, son of Richard and Sallie R. (Atwood) Rich. He is a master mariner, living at Truro, Mass. (3) Calvin Arthur, b. August 22, 1864. d. May 16, 1865. (4) Alma Hannah, b. May 3, 1866. Grad. Law- rence hospital; she is a professional nurse.
vii. DANIEL, b. Oct. 28, 1834. m. Dec. 10, 1863, Sabrina Hunt, b. Franconia, April 27, 1845, dau. of Arthur and Hannah A. (Thayer) Hunt. Lived in Campton and Woodstock.
9. HENRY CLARK, son of Henry 2 and Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Clark, b. Newbury, Mass., April 23, 1717. m. Dec. 13, 1738, Kezia Brackett, b. Nov. 1, 1717, dau. of Joshua and Mary (Weeks) Brackett. He lived in Greenland, removing to Candia, 1763. He m. second and third, but the wife Kezia was the mother of his sons Nathaniel and John, whose descendants have lived in Plymouth.
10. NATHANIEL CLARK, son of Henry 9, b. March 19, 1744; lived in Candia.
11. JOSHUA CLARK, son of Nathaniel 10, b. Nov. 8, 1784 ; settled in Thornton, where he d. Oct. 7, 1877. He m. Feb. 28, 1809, Mary Caldon, b. August 24, 1784, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Patten) Caldon. She d. June 23, 1844.
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12: NATHANIEL CLARK, son of Joshua 11, b. Feb. 8, 1815. m. June 22, 1848, Mary M. Sargent, b. June 6, 1829, dau. of Joseph and Fanny (Bancroft) Sargent, of Thornton. He was a farmer, and re- moved from Thornton to Plymouth, 1872. He d. April 1, 1875. She m. second, John H. Gill (see). Six children.
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i. FRANK HARLAND, b. April 3, 1849. m. 1872, Emma J. Woodbury, b. Oct. 10, 1853. Locomotive engineer. Res. Concord, where he d. April 15, 1891. She d. Feb. 13, 1892, buried Trinity Cemetery. ALBERT WESTFORD, b. July 2, 1852. m. Oct. 28, 1876, Adelaide M. Nutting, dau. of Charles and Mary (Smith) Nutting (see). Railroad conductor. IIe was killed in an accident at Billerica, Mass., Nov. 17, 1882. Two children : Bertha A., b. Dec. 17, 1880, and Alice W., b. July 15, 1883.
iii. ELLEN CYRENE, b. June 10, 1856. m. Dec. 18, 1880, Charles E. Parks, life insurance agent ; res. Somerville, Mass. (1) Edward Ezra, b. Nov. 26, 1882. (2) Charles Armington, b. Feb. 16, 1886. iv. CHARLES EDGAR, b. Dec. 13, 1858. m. May 25, 1887, Esther Piper, b. August 15, 1861, dau. of Loren and Phebe (Frye) Piper. He is a merchant at North Stratford; representative, 1895. One child : Harriet Phebe, b. April 17, 1888.
v. FANNIE B., b. Feb. 24, 1861. m. Feb. 23, 1886, Frederic Eugene Cheney, b. Nashua, Oct. 1, 1855, son of Edmund W. and Eliza- beth (Adams) Cheney. He is a provision and grocery merchant, Somerville, Mass. (1) and (2) d. young. (3) Mary Louisa, b. April 24, 1892.
vi. MARY EMMA, b. Oct. 16, 1866. m. May 29, 1889, William Maurice Baker, of Waltham, Mass. (1) Katherine L., b. August 29, 1897. Mary Emma (Clark) Baker, d. May 6, 1901.
13. JOHN CLARK, son of Henry 9, and Kezia (Brackett) Clark, b. Greenland, May 20, 1760, was a soldier from Candia in the Revolu- tion. He m. Dec. 22, 1785, Lydia Leavitt, b. Exeter, Dec. 3, 1759, dau. of Joseph Leavitt. He settled in Campton, where he d. Dec. 21, 1831. She d. Dec. 6, 1830. .
14. LEAVITT CLARK, son of John 13, b. Campton, April 7, 1796, was a farmer and a selectman of Campton. He m. Dec. 30, 1824, Almira Bump, dau. of Elias and Martha (Baker) Bump. He d. March 6, 1855.
15. DUDLEY LEAVITT CLARK, son of Leavitt 14, b. Campton, Jan. 18, 1830. m. Nov. 4, 1852, Jane Parkman Butler, b. Campton, July 20, 1829, dau. of John P. and Apphia (Brown) Butler (see). He removed from Campton to Plymouth, 1858, and was proprietor of a
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livery stable, and deputy sheriff. He removed, 1871, to Malden, Mass.
i. JOHN LEAVITT, b. Campton, July 10, 1853. m. Oct. 23, 1878, Mary Ella Fall. Res. Malden, Mass.
ii. EDWIN CHARLES, b. Campton, June 25, 1856. m. July 11, 1878, Georgianna Barrett. He was a druggist in Chelsea, Mass. ; d. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 8, 1887.
iii. KATE ELIZABETHI, b. Plymouth, March 31, 1867. Res. Malden, Mass.
16. JOHN ROGERS CLARK, son of Leavitt 14, b. Campton, Jan. 17, 1828. m. Oct. 6, 1858, Abigail Stickney Butler, b. Jan. 20, 1823, dau. of John P. and Apphia (Brown) Butler (see), of Campton. He removed from Campton to Plymouth, 1864. He d. in this town, March 25, 1875.
i. NELLIE JANE, b. June 28, 1861.
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1. JOHN CLARK, of whom there are more traditions than recorded facts, lived many years and d. in Stratham. He merits honorable mention in the annals of New Hampshire as the ancestor of many able and useful men. A record of his birth and the names of his parents have not been ascertained. His first wife Mary was the mother of the two oldest sons. His will, dated July 20, 1750, and proved June 12, 1753, mentions wife Ann, sons John, Satchel, Joseph, and Daniel, and daus. Mary Rollins and Ann Allen. If he had other children they probably d. before the date of the will. The Rollins Genealogy states that his dau. Martha m. Paul Rollins, but she is not named in the will.
2. i. JOHN, b. Feb. 26, 1705.
ii. SATCHEL, b. Oct. 30, 1706.
iii. MARY, b. June 4, 1712. m. Joshua Rollins, of Stratham.
iv. ANN, b. March 21, 1714. m. Samuel Allen, son of Jude Allen, and lived in Wakefield.
v. JOSEPH, b. May 9, 1719. m. Dec. 28, 1742, Deborah Taylor, b. Oct. 26, 1717, dau. of Jona and Mary (Perkins) Taylor ; res. Stratham. Seven children. His son Jonathan, b. Jan. 7, 1748, was a man of unusual energy and ability and a leader in the affairs of North- wood.
vi. DANIEL is known as Dea. Daniel. He m. Hannah Dearborn. Their son Benjamin was the father of U. S. Senator Daniel Clark, of Manchester.
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2. JOHN CLARK, son of John 1. m. May, 1731, Elizabeth Clifford, and lived in Kingston, where he d. 1753. His children were :
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