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i. JESSIE L., b. April 2, 1856. m. John O'Shea, a prosperous merchant of Laconia.
ii. ELLA M., b. July 8, 1859.
iii. SARAH B., b. June 5, 1863. m. H. C. Fogg, of Laconia.
CORLISS.
1. GEORGE CORLISS, b. Devonshire, England, about 1617, came to New England, 1639. He m. Oct. 26, 1645, Joanna Davis, and lived in Haverhill, Mass., where he d. Oct. 19, 1686. His dau., Mary, m. William Neff, and was the companion in captivity and heroic escape of Hannah Duston.
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2. JOHN CORLISS, son of George 1, b. Haverhill, March 4, 1648. m. Dec. 17, 1684, Mary Wilford, b. Nov. 18, 1667, dau. of Gilbert Wil- ford. He d. in Haverhill, Feb. 17, 1698. She m. second, William Whittaker.
3. THOMAS CORLISS, son of John 2, b. Haverhill, March 2, 1689. m. Dec. 4, 1717, Rebecca George, b. 1690. d. 1777. He d. 1784.
4. GEORGE CORLISS, son of Thomas 3, b. Haverhill, Dec. 18, 1718. m. May 13, 1747, Judith Webster.
5. GEORGE CORLISS, son of George 4, b. Haverhill, Feb. 7, 1762. m. Sarah Symonds, and lived in Alexandria and Bristol. He d. in Bristol, 1835.
6. ISAAC CORLISS, son of George 5, b. Alexandria, March 19, 1784. m. 1804, Dolly Heath, b. June, 1785, dau. of Daniel Heath (see). She d. in Piermont, April 7, 1851. He m. second, Joanna Hackett. He lived in Alexandria and Bristol, until 1830, when he removed to Plymouth. Five years later he removed to Piermont, where he d. March 18, 1862. His first wife was the mother of eleven children.
i. GEORGE, b. 1805. d. 1818.
7. ii. STEPHEN, b. Feb. 26, 1807.
iii. DANIEL, b. 1808. d. 1818.
8. iv. CYRUS, b. Feb. 10, 1811.
v. ROXANA, b. Feb. 22, 1813. m. Moses Pillsbury, of Rumney. Their dau., Dolly, m. second, Stephen Smith Kimball (see). Mrs. Roxana Pillsbury d. in Plymouth, August 16, 1884.
9. vi. KIMBALL, b. Oct. 7, 1815.
vii. ALMIRA, b. Oct. 20, 1817. m. April 28, 1834, Andrew Bowers Bohonon, b. Salisbury, July 8, 1795, son of Major Stephen and Olive (Elliot) Bohonon, who d. Salisbury, Dec. 19, 1839. She m. second, April 28, 1840, Levi Bean, b. August 13, 1805, son of Levi and Abigail (Stickney) Bean, of Salisbury. IIe d. Oct. 23, 1855. She was the mother of three children by first, and four by second marriage.
viii. DAVID ATWOOD, b. Jan. 10, 1819. Res. Laconia. He was in Ply- mouth, 1850-1852.
ix. SARAH, b. 1821. d. 1828.
10. x. CHARLES MINARD, b. June 14, 1823.
xi. ISAAC, b. June 1, 1828; lived in Haverhill, where he d. March 27, 1898. He m. Feb. 14, 1847, Esther E. McConnell, b. Bradford, Vt., July 6, 1826. Six children : (1) Elmira Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1848. m. Wright Carter; m. second, Sherburne Dearborn. (2) Betsey Adalaide, b. June 22, 1850. m. E. C. St. Clair. (3) John Frank, b. June 13, 1856. d. August 30, 1862. (4) George Henry, b. July 25, 1858. m. Martha French, a dau., Esther,
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m. Edward D. Burtt (see). (5) Lubin Isaac, b. Nov. 8, 1861. d. August 25, 1862. (6) Albert Porter, b. Jan. 25, 1869. m. June 7, 1893, Abbie B. Wilson. He is a locomotive engineer ; res. Woodsville.
7. STEPHEN CORLISS, son of Isaac 6, b. Feb. 26, 1807. Lived in Ply- mouth several years, and in Thornton many years. He d. in Ply- mouth, April 10, 1889. He was a farmer and a blacksmith. He m. April 10, 1833, Eliza Lowd, b. Sept. 15, 1807, dau. of George Lowd (see). She d. in Thornton, July 27, 1876.
i. HARVEY JOHNSON, b. April 11, 1834. IIe served in 25th Mass. Infantry, and subsequently lived in Thornton. He m. Caroline Jane Gould. Children were Mary, Andrew, and Arthur.
ii. CHARLES GARDNER, b. Nov. 2, 1835. in. Lydia --. m. second, Mary A. Washburn. Ile was a jeweller in Lewiston, Me., where he d. July 2, 1888.
iii. ALMIRA ADALAIDE, b. May 21, 1837. m. Henry Leonard Baker; she d. Philadelphia, Pa., May 23, 1863.
iv. ELIZA JANE, b. March 16, 1839. m. Wellington C. Fisher. m. second, William C. Clark. She d. East Saugus, Nov. 1, 1883. Her dau., Jennie Frances Fisher, b. May 4, 1857, m. George W. Yeaton (see).
v. MARY ADALINE, b. May 16, 1843. m. William Loverin, of Lowell, Mass. Soldier in Civil War. He d. from confinement in Libby Prison. She m. second, Alonzo Bold. Two children.
vi. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 1, 1844. m. Edward Hill, of Lynn, Mass.
vii. STEPHEN DEXTER, b. May 19, 1846. m. in Thornton, June 12, 1868, Emma Bacon. He removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he d. Oct. 23, 1870.
8. GEN. CYRUS CORLISS, son of Isaac6, b. Alexandria, Feb. 10, 1811. He came to Plymouth in youth, but he lived in Bristol, En- field, and Grafton, from 1835 to 1850. During his absence from Plymouth he was active in the militia, and was honored with the suc- cessive commissions from lieutenant to brigadier-general. Gen. Corliss returned to Plymouth, 1850. He was a blacksmith and a farmer. Selectman, 1871, 1872. He m. Sept. 30, 1832, Almira Reed, b. May 5, 1812, dau. of Samuel and Anna (Sayles) Reed, of Grafton, and a sister of Rev. Francis Reed, chaplain of the 12th N. H. Infantry, and pastor of Baptist churches in Contoocook and Ports- mouth, Bath, Me., and Lawrence, Mass. The Reed lineage is : Samuel7, who m. Anna Sayles, Samuel 6, Dea. Samuel 5, William 4,
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William 3, George2, William 1, the emigrant ancestor. Gen. Corliss d. August 30, 1902.
i. EMILY, b. August 26, 1834. m. Martin Merrill (see).
ii. CYRUS REED, b. Oct. 29, 1836. 15th N. II. Infantry. He m. Sept. 10, 1864, Harriet A. Merrill, dau. of Louis T. Merrill (see), who d. Nov. 19, 1864. He m. second, Jan. 19, 1872, Sarah Lewis, who d. June 20, 1873. He was a railroad conductor, and d. at Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 28, 1875.
iii. ALMIRA REED, b. Dec. 20, 1838. m. Walter R. Merrill, son of Enoch 15 Merrill (see). She m. second, Dec. 7, 1865, Richard K. Sawyer, who d. March 20, 1869. She m. third, Dec. 12, 1872, Charles O. McQuesten (see).
iv. FRANCIS REED, b. August 9, 1841. 6th N. II. Infantry. m. Sept. 27, 1871, Ethelette Stetson, who d. Dec. 13, 1895. IIe is a rail- road conductor, and res. Clinton, Iowa. One son, Bruce R. Corliss, b. Nov., 1881, at Clinton, Iowa; res. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
V. CLARA, b. August 8, 1843. m. John S. Morrison (see).
11. vi. GEORGE HENRY, b. Sept. 15, 1846.
9. KIMBALL CORLISS, son of Isaac 6, b. Oct. 7, 1815. m. Feb. 19, 1835, Jane Currier, dau. of Moses Currier (see). She d. Jan. 5, 1862. He m. second, March 9, 1864, Ann Elizabeth Chapman, b. 1842, dau. of Lewis Chapman (see). He was a farmer on the Rumney road, north side Baker's River. He d. June 21, 1895. She m. second, Charles W. Harvey (see).
i. MOSES, b. Oct., 1837. m. Abbie Maria Morse, dau. of Samuel Morse (see). He was a blacksmith, near Baker's River bridge. He d., 1882. Three children: (1) Eldora Jane, b. Sept. 8, 1864. m. Charles A. Currier, of Rumney; m. second, William Edward Chase, of Hopkinton. (2) Elizabeth. d. young. (3) Gertrude. d. young.
ii. CHARLES C., b. Feb., 1840. d. June 18, 1844.
iii. CYRUS LORENZO, b. Feb. 14, 1847. d. July 20, 1872.
iv. JAMES BUCHANAN, b. Feb. 22, 1859. A farmer and carpenter of Plymouth.
v. FRED KIMBALL, b. Nov. 5, 1874. m. Oct. 4, 1899, Daisey A. Pierce, dau. of Charles and Delia (Moulton) Pierce, of Campton; res. in Plymouth.
vi. HIRAM HARRIS, b. August 5, 1880.
10. CHARLES MINARD CORLISS, son of Isaac 6, b. June 14, 1823. m. July 18, 1844, Sally Adaline Corliss, b. Nov. 15, 1823, dau. of John Corliss, of Barnston, P. Q. She d. Nov. 5, 1873. He m. second, May 8, 1883, Mary Ann Dwelley, of Abington, Mass. Having lived
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a few years in Plymouth, Troy, Vt., Piermont, Gilmanton, and Laconia, he removed to Abington, Mass., where he lived from 1870 to 1892. He removed to Plymouth in April, 1892. Farmer.
i. EMILY, b. 1846. d. young.
ii. ELIZA ELLEN, b. March, 1847. m. Zebina S. Brigham. She d. 1870, leaving one son : (1) Roscoe Minard, b. May 16, 1869. He lives Lawrence, Mass. m. June 27, 1896, Alice Kent.
iii. CORDELIA, b. April 20, 1819. d. 1851.
iv. GEORGE EDWIN, b. Oct. 5, 1855. m. Clara Cook; res. Abington, Mass. IIe was killed in a railroad accident, near Abington, Feb. 2, 1886. (1) George Albert, b. Sept. 5, 1878. (2) Charles Edwin, b. Dec. 22, 1880. (3) Lena Mabel, b. Dec. 23, 1882. mn. George W. Sanborn.
V. MARY OLIVE, b. 1857. m. Joseph Coombs. She d. May 15, 1883. (1) Charles F. (2) Josephine. d. young.
11. GEORGE HENRY CORLISS, son of Gen. Cyrus 8, b. Sept. 15, 1846. He was a carpenter several years, and has been chief of police of Plymouth. In 1893 he purchased the hardware store of Prentice H. Crawford, and later, general store of Plummer Fox, and continues the business on Main Street; res. on Langdon Street. He m. Nov. 27, 1872, Eva Gertrude Harvey, b. Dec. 6, 1852, dau. of John and Nancy Harvey, of Laconia.
i. FRED GEORGE, b. March 10, 1874. Plymouth High School, 1891. m. June 23, 1896, Mary Burleigh Ames, b. Jan. 7, 1871, dau. of Caleb M. and Sarah J. (Burleigh) Ames, of Holderness. He is in a hardware store, Seattle, Wash. (1) Doris Gertrude, b. March 15, 1897. (2) Emily Reed, b. August 29, 1903, at Seattle, Wash. ii. CYRUS LEROY, b. March 22, 1876. Plymouth High School, 1893, and Holderness School, 1896. Wesleyan University, 1900. Pas- tor M. E. Church, Lakeport, 1901-1902; Bristol, 1903. IIe m. June 24, 1903, Gertrude Violet Potter, b. Charlestown, Mass., March 15, 1883, dau. of Otis W. Potter. She is a graduate of the Melrose School of Music.
COWDREY.
1. AMOS COWDREY, son of Thomas and Hannah Cowdrey, b. Read- ing, Mass., 1796, came to Plymouth, 1822, and lived in this town until 1847. He m. in Plymouth, Oct. 30, 1823, Ruth Senter, dau. of Edward Senter (see). He removed from this town to Melrose, Mass., and in 1852, to Woburn, Mass., when he d. Jan. 13, 1867. Melinda Cowdrey, a sister of Amos 1, m. Edward Senter (see).
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. i. WILLIAM IIARRIS, b. 1826.
ii. EDWARD THOMAS, b. May 9, 1829, was the founder of the E. T. Cowdrey Company, of Boston. He in. in Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 28, 1851, Mary D. Morton. He d. May 9, 1892. Three children : (1) Ella M., Oct. 4, 1852. m. Feb. 28, 1889, Thomas W. Andrew. (2) Jeanie M., b. Dec. 21, 1854. m. Nov. 5, 1879, Charles E. Aldrich. (3) Katharine D., b. Nov. 22, 1857. m. Oct. 17, 1853, Cromwell T. Schubarth. All of Roxbury, Mass.
iii. STEVENS GEORGE, b. 1838. Harvard University. Surgeon in U. S. Army. He d. in New York, 1890, leaving a family.
iv. CHARLES. Res. in New York City.
v. DAUGHTER. d. aged 5 or 6 years.
COX.
1. EDWARD Cox, emigrant ancestor, was a resident of London- derry and Nottingham West, now Hudson. He m. Molly Mitten.
2. CHARLES Cox, son of Edward 1, b. 1746. m. Mary Elliott, and was one of the early settlers of Holderness. Among his children was John, whose son, Caleb, is named hereafter.
3. THOMAS Cox, son of Charles 2, b. Holderness, August 11, 1782. m. May 28, 1807, Miriam Dearborn, dau. of Samuel Dearborn (see). He was a farmer, of Holderness, where he d. May 3, 1830; she m. second, 1834, Ezekiel Hoyt, of Sandwich. He d. Jan. 11, 1862 ; she d. in New Hampton, April 11, 1873.
i. MARY. d. young.
ii. DANIEL HARRIS, b. April 14, 1809. m. June 17, 1832, Charlotte Smith, b. July 13, 1805, dau. of David Smith, of New Hampton. He d. in Holderness, May 16, 1885. She d. Dec. 27, 1870. Eight children.
iii. MARY, b. June 23, 1811. m. July 3, 1834, George W. Smith, of New Hampton. He d. July 1, 1885. She d. June 30, 1893.
iv. CHARLES, b. April 5, 1813. d. young.
v. ABIGAIL, b. April 6, 1814. d. young.
vi. WALTER BLAIR, b. April 15, 1816. m. June 21, 1842, Nancy Nutter, b. Barnstead, July 24, 1823, dau. of Eliphalet and Love (Locke) Nutter. He lived in Barnstead and Holderness. He d. Oct. 5, 1878. Nine children, of whom Charles Edson Cox, b. Dec. 2, 1846, was a prominent citizen of Manchester, and since 1896 has been an efficient warden of the state prison. He m. 1867, Eveline Randall. Their son, Walter Randall, b. Sept. 8. 1868, m. Emma A. Putney ; res. Manchester. The second son, Guy Wilbur, b. Jan. 19, 1871. Dartmouth College, 1893, valedictorian. He is a lawyer of Boston. (See "Granite
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Monthly," Dec., 1903) ; the third son, Louis Sherburne, b. Nov. 22, 1874. Dartmouth College, 1896, is a lawyer of Lawrence, Mass. He m. Oct. 15, 1902, Mary I. Fieles ; their fourth son, Channing Harris, b. Feb. 28, 1879. Dartmouth College, 1901. Harvard Law School.
vii. ELIZA ANN, b. Feb. 16, 1819. m. Dec. 20, 1842, Levi Mudgett, b. New Hampton, April 19, 1804, son of Joseph Mudgett. He d. 1869. She d. May 2, 1879.
viii. CAROLINE, b. July 31, 1821. m. July 8, 1841, Caleb Cox, b. August 21, 1810, son of John, and grandson of Charles 2. He was a farmer and town officer of Holderness. He d. in Bristol, Oct. 17, 1887.
ix. ABIGAIL DEARBORN, b. June 26, 1823. m. Dec. 27, 1816, Daniel M. Wells.
x. AMANDA, b. Jan. 21, 1826. m. Feb. 13, 1849, John C. Smith, of New Hampton. He d. Jan. 9, 1892. She d. Jan. 10, 1869.
CRAIG.
1. ALEXANDER CRAIG, one of the sturdy Scotch-Irish emigrants, came from Ireland to Chester, 1724. He was a farmer, and after 1730 lived upon land purchased of Governor Wentworth. He d. in the autumn of 1750, leaving sons Alexander, David, and Andrew, and daughter Agnes.
2. DAVID CRAIG, son of Alexander 1, with wife Abigail, lived in Chester, where he d. about 1795. Among his children were Alex- ander, David, and Abigail, who m. Thomas Ramsay (see). These three children removed to Rumney.
3. ALEXANDER CRAIG, son of David 2, b. Chester, Feb. 22, 1741. He was the first, or one of the first settlers of Rumney, and an active, stirring man. He was a lieutenant, 1773; captain, 1774; a major in Col. Hobart's regiment, 1775, and a lieutenant-colonel in the militia, 1786; coroner, 1784; justice of the peace, selectman of Rumney several years, and a representative of the classed towns, Rumney and Plymouth, 1792. He m. Dec. 2, 1767, Molly Stevens, who was b. March 25, 1746. Ten children b. Rumney.
i. DAVID S., b. Feb. 6, 1769.
ii. DANIEL, b. Feb. 6, 1771.
iii. WILLIAM, b. June 6, 1773.
iv. MARY, b. August 6, 1775. m. John Ellison (see).
V. SAMUEL, b. August 15, 1777. Was a physician in Braintree, Vt.
vi. JOHN, b. June 6, 1779.
vii. ALEXANDER, b. April 2, 1782. d. April 15, 1782.
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viii. THOMAS, b. July 23, 1783.
ix. ABSALOM, b. Jan. 26, 1786. d. Jan. 25, 1787.
X. SARAH, b. June 16, 1789. m. Silas Buswell.
4. DAVID CRAIG, son of David 2, b. Chester, Sept. 2, 1746. m. Sept. 23, 1770, Elizabeth Richardson, b. August 11, 1750, dau. of Moses and Mary (Goodhue) Richardson, of Chester. He settled in Warren, where he d. about 1830. Elizabeth, his wife, d. Rumney. They had a large family. Among their children were Amos (named hereafter), Stephen, David, Tappan W., who m. Sally Piper; m. sec- ond, Harriet Piper, and lived in Warren and in Rumney.
5. AMOS CRAIG, son of David 4 and Elizabeth (Richardson) Craig. b. Warren, August 5, 1779. m. April 2, 1804, Abigail Keyes, dau. of Ephraim Keyes (see). He was a shoemaker, living in Plymouth and in Rumney, where he d. 1851.
i. PRESBURY W., b. August 24, 1804.
ii. ORPHA C., b. Jan. 8, 1806.
iii. AMos H., b. August 15, 1807. m. August 9, 1836, Hannah Ram- say, dau. of David and Ilannah (Greenough) Ramsay (see). He d. in 1882, in Rumney. She survives and res. in Rumney.
iv. MARY ANN, b. July 6, 1809.
v. ABIGAIL R., b. Jan. 28, 1811.
6. vi. OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, b. August 1, 1813.
vii. JACOB B., b. August 19, 1815. d. May 17, 1817.
viii. JACOB B., b. Feb. 4, 1819.
ix. ISAAC L., b. Feb. 6, 1821.
6. OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CRAIG, son of Amos 5, b. August 1, 1813. He worked several years in shoe factories in Massachusetts, but lived in Plymouth until 1849, when he removed to Holderness. He was active in recruiting men for the 6th N. H. Infantry, and was first lieutenant of Co. A, and promoted to captain April 15, 1862 ; resigned Oct. 21, 1862. He cultivated and greatly improved a small farm in Holderness ; buildings burned, and he removed to Plymouth. He was a good citizen, and respected by all who knew him. He was the first commander of the G. A. R. Post. He m. Aun Dilson ; m. second, Mary Jane Ellison, dau. of John Ellison (see). He d. in Plymouth, Jan. 29, 1899. She d. May 27, 1903.
i. MARY A., b. 1835. d. about 1852.
ii. ELIZA, b. 1837. d. later than 1860.
iii. OLIVER F., b. 1839. Manufacturer of paper board, in Ashland. Corporal N. II. H. A. 1864-1865.
iv. GEORGE W., b. 1812. Co. A, 6th N. H. Infantry ; sergeant; killed at Bull Run, Va., August 29, 1862, with the colors in his hands.
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. v. ABBIE J., b. Feb. 8, 1847. m. Leroy S. Heath, son of Samuel (see). She d. August 5, 1882.
vi. ALVIN H. P., b. May 27, 1849. d. June 1, 1862.
vii. EMMA DODGE, b. 1850. m. James S. H. Brainerd (see).
viii. MARTHA L., b. March 17, 1853. m. Dec. 25, 1886, Edward E. Lin- coln ; res. Providence, R. I.
CRAWFORD.
1. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, a Scotch-Irish emigrant, came to America with Robert Graham and others. He was living in Chester before 1730, and was there an active, useful citizen. He m. Mary Graham, dau. of Robert and Janet (Hume) Graham. In 1748 his wife was Jean. He d. 1786, aged about 80. In the proprietor's records of Chester it is recorded : " William Crafford, having built a Gris mill upon the Great brooke in Chester, at the Lower falls, so called, the fifth day of May 1746, doth Record his son Robert Crafford, miller of said Grist mill."
2. ROBERT CRAWFORD, son of William 1, b. about 1723 ; exchanged his mill and land in Chester for land in Sandown, and removed to that town. In 1777 he purchased five hundred acres of land in Plymouth, near the present line of Hebron, which three years later he deeded to his son William. He m. April 10, 1755, Joanna San- born, b. July 3, 1736, dau. of Jonathan and Theodate (Sanborn) Sanborn. He m. second, Jane Templeton, b. Chester, 1741, dau. of Allen and Agnes (Craige) Templeton. He d. Sept. 6, 1791. Jane, his wife, d. July 10, 1833. Among his nine or ten children was a son Robert, b. May 10, 1761. Robert Crawford, father or son, was living in Plymouth, 1782 to 1791.
3. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, son of Robert2, b. March 1, 1759, came to Plymouth, 1784, and settled on a tract of nearly three hundred acres, partly in Hebron and partly in Plymouth. Before Hebron was incorporated, this land was wholly in Plymouth. He sold this land to Zebulon Ferrin, and removed to Alexandria, returning to Plymouth, 1830, and here d. Oct. 19, 1837. He m. 1786, Susannah Melvin, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Melvin (see). She d. Dec. 20, 1822. The birth of the two oldest children is recorded in Plymouth.
i. JOANNA, b. March 5, 1787. unm. d. Alexandria, April 10, 1868.
ii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 5, 1789. m. March 20, 1824, Joanna Sleeper, b. Oct. 5, 1801, dau. of Moses Sleeper. He was a successful mer- chant of Alexandria, a colonel in the militia. IIe d. April 8, 1851.
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She d. April 25, 1864. Seven children : (1) Mary Jane, b. Oct. 10, 1826. m. 1850, George G. Hoyt. She d. Meredith, 1887. (2) George Templeton, b. Dec. 20, 1828. m. June 29, 1851, Hannah Simonds, adopted dau. of William Simonds. He was a dealer in flour and grain in Bristol several years, and was treasurer of Grafton Co. two years, and a commissioner six years. In 1880 he removed to Boston, and has been the trusted agent of corporations in the purchase of New Hampshire and other forest lands. He is a member of the Massachusetts Forestry Associa- tion. He had seven children. (3) Charles Wilson, b. April 8, 1831. d. Iowa, July 28, 1855. (4) Laura Ann, b. August 5, 1833. d. March 31, 1836. (5) Luther E., b. July 13, 1835. d. August 29, 1836. (6) Anna, b. May 22, 1837. m. May 17, 1863, Woodbury Sleeper, b. June 1, 1839, son of John and Sally (Bean) Sleeper, of Bristol. He d. Alexandria, Nov. 24, 1900. She res. Manchester. (7) Almira E., b. Dec. 22, 1843. m. Kendrick S. Bullock. She d. Feb. 3, 1889.
iii. SUSAN, b. July 8, 1792. m. Joseph Kelley.
iv. IRA, b. March 5, 1796. unm. d. Alexandria, Oct. 8, 1860.
v. MARY, b. Sept. 10, 1798. m. Sept. 7, 1835, Otis Blanchard (see).
vi. SARAH, b. July 29, 1801. m. Nov. 29, 1824, Abbot Lovejoy, b. Mil- ford, July 17, 1800, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Elliot) Lovejoy. He d. Bristol, August 13, 1879. She d. Feb. 9, 1900, aged 98; She had two children: (1) William C., b. Sept. 28, 1828. (2) James, b. August 19, 1831. They adopted Sarah Jane, dau. of Benjamin Tiltou.
vii. JAMES, b. March 31, 1804. unm. d. Alexandria, June 27, 1884.
viii. LUTHER, b. Nov. 30, 1806; Brown University, 1834 ; Baptist clergy- man, Brooklyn, N. Y. He was secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Society. He d. Feb. 13, 1839. He m. Feb. 4, 1834, Almira S. Everett, b. New London, July 30, 1808, dau. of Dea. David and Amy (Snowdon) Everett. Before marriage she was preceptress of New Hampton Institution, and after the death of her husband she conducted a private school in Brooklyn.
ix. LAURA, b. Sept. 3, 1810. unm. d. Alexandria, April 12, 1871.
CRAWFORD.
1. THOMAS CRAWFORD res. in Haverhill, Mass. In the adjust- ment of the province line, 1741, his homestead was severed from Haverhill and annexed to New Hampshire. The town of Hampstead, including a part of the territory severed from Massachusetts, was in- corporated 1749, and he res. in that town several years. He was one of the petitioners for the incorporation of Hampstead, and one of the signers to the settlement of the controversy over the Haverhill
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and Kingston titles. In the French War he served in three expedi- tions for the reduction of Crown Point. In 1756 he was in Capt. Parry's company, Col. Meserve's regiment ; in 1757 in Capt. Mooney's company, Col. Meserve's regiment, and in 1758 in Capt. John Hazen's company, Col. Tash's regiment. He removed from Hampstead to New Chester about 1767, taking up land in the section of the town which became Bridgewater. He was a prominent man in the settlement, owning extensive tracts of land. He m. in Haverhill, Mass., March 9, 1737/8, Jane Johnston, dau. of Michael and Mary (Hancock) Johnston, and a sister of Hon. Charles Johnston, of Haverhill, N. H.
i. ABIGAIL. m. Feb. 11, 1768, Peter Heath, and lived in Bridgewater until 1804, when they removed to Stanstead, P. Q., where she d. 1830. He d. 1817.
2. ii. JONATHAN, b. 1746.
iii. THOMAS, b. 1748. Lived in New Chester and Bridgewater. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and after the war a colonel in the militia. He was a selectman of New Chester eleven years, and one of the Committee of Safety, a selectman of Bridgewater fif- teen years, town clerk twenty-one years, and elected a representa- tive thirteen times. Ile was a delegate 1788 to the convention to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and, wherever found, a fearless advocate of matured and rigid opinions. (See " History of Bristol.") Hed. May 6, 1827. His wife, Nancy, d. July 14, 1816.
iv. SARAH, bapt. Hampstead, 1755.
v. ROBERT, bapt. Hampstead, 1755.
vi. JOHN, bapt. Hampstead, 1758.
2. JONATHAN CRAWFORD, son of Thomas 1, b. Hampstead, 1746. m. in Hampstead, 1767 (intentions Jan. 31), Mary Heath. He lived in Bridgewater. In the Revolution he served five enlistments, and was a captain in the militia. Seven children of Capt. Jonathan and Mary (Heath) Crawford.
3. i. EZRA, b. Dec. 27, 1768.
ii. MARY, b. Nov. 11, 1770. m. May 16, 1790, Nathaniel Cummings, b. June 16, 1761, son of Elisha and Mary (Andrews) Cummings. He lived in New Hampton, where he d. 1818. She m. second, - Cox, of Holderness.
iii. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 11, 1772. m. Sept. 17, 1790, Simeon Harris, b. 1770, son of Job Harris. He lived in Bridgewater, was mail car- rier Haverhill to Concord, 1817-1820. He d. Jan. 13, 1821. She d. July 19, 1850. Thirteen children, of whom Rufus, b. August 3, 1805, m. 1831, Violet Lucy Sanborn, b. Rumney, August 30, 1807, dau. of Solomon Sanborn. IIe lived in Plymouth, 1837 to 1842, when he removed to Bristol. (See " History of Bristol.")
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iv. JOHN, b. July 22, 1774.
v. ABIGAIL, b. May 18, 1776. m. Oct. 21, 1792, John Mitchell.
vi. ROBERT, b. August 8, 1778.
vii. HANNAH, b. June 3, 1783. m. Andrew Cummings, b. May 10, son of Elisha Cummings, of Topsfield, Mass., and after 1776 of New Hampton. He lived in Bridgewater. His dau. Phebe m. Hum- phrey Sawyer (see).
3. EZRA CRAWFORD, son of Capt. Jonathan 2, b. Dec. 27, 1768. m. Nov. 26, 1787, Deborah Bickford. He m. second, Sept. 16, 1819, Deborah Peaslee. He was a farmer in Bridgewater.
i. JONATHAN, b. May 25, 1790.
ii. THOMAS, b. Jan. 5, 1792.
4. iii. WILLIAM, b. March 2, 1794. m. Jan. 25, 1816, Lydia Mitchell.
iv. EZRA, b. Feb. 22, 1796.
v. POLLY, b. May 24, 1798. m. 1814, Dearborn Heath.
vi. HANNAII, b. June 26, 1800.
vii. HIRAM, b. June 13, 1802.
viii. DEBORAHI, b. Jan. 5, 1805.
ix. CLARINDA, b. May 17, 1810.
4. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, son of Ezra 3, b. Bridgewater, March 3, 1794. m. Jan. 25, 1816, Lydia Mitchell, b. Sept. 4, 1799, dau. of Charles and Margaret (Morse) Mitchell, of Bridgewater (see Morse Register). He was not taxed in Plymouth, but he was employed several years by David M. Russell, and his family were here much of the time. He was a mason, and went to Alabama for Mr. Russell, and d. at Gainesville, Ala., August 27, 1837. " An industrious and worthy citizen," said a local paper in the announcement of his death. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a pensioner. His widow m. second, William L. Heath (see). Nine children.
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