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v. MARIA GEORGE, b. Nov. 29, 1837. m. Alphonso F. Jones (see).
12. SAMUEL CURRIER, son of Daniel6, b. June 11, 1802. m. Dec. 31, 1829, Jane H. Fletcher, b. 1809, dau. of Abel and Betsey (Gilman) Fletcher, of Bridgewater. She d. May 9, 1856. He m. second, Feb. 26, 1857, Lucinda (Batchelder) Brown, widow of Abraham Brown (see). She d. August 21, 1895. He d. May 2, 1897.
i. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 13, 1834. d. Feb. 12, 1857. He was thrown from a carriage, May 12, 1855. He lived nearly two years. His mind was unimpaired, but his body and limbs were paralyzed.
13. HORACE S. CURRIER, son of Nathaniel 8, b. Canaan, April 25, 1818. Was a clerk several years in the store of his father. In 1849, he began trade on his own account, on the site of the Cardigan House, and successfully conducted a large and prosperous business. Having sold the store, he was engaged a few years in dealing in real estate. He was prominent in town and county affairs, and was town treasurer, county treasurer, and representative in the legislature. He d. June 17, 1866. He mn. Sept. 14, 1846, Emma Plastridge, dau. of Dr. Caleb Plastridge. She d. April 8, 1888. Five children.
i. JENNIE LOUISE, b. April 9, 1849. m. Dec. 5, 1871, Myron J. Pratt, b. March 1, 1831, son of Joel and Betsey (Spear) Pratt. He was a produce merchant in Boston, Mass., several years, and after 1859 was messenger and district superintendent of the Cheney & Co., United States & Canada, and American Express companies. He retired from business, 1900, and for several years has res. in Concord. He is president of the Concord Commercial Club.
ii. FRANK D., b. Oct. 30, 1853, pursued an academical and professional course of study, and was admitted to the bar in Plymouth, 1874. He res. in Canaan, and is a popular advocate and a successful lawyer. From his youth he has been active in politics, and the accumulating honors he has won are not so much the fruits of
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conquest as the willing offerings of his many friends. He was a representative, 1879; secretary of the republican State committee, 1882-1888; clerk of the senate, 1883 and 1885; State senator and president of the senate, 1887; delegate to the national convention at Chicago, 1884; naval officer for the district of Boston and Charlestown, Mass., 1890-1894, and representative in Congress from the Second New Hampshire district, 1901-1905, and ap- pointed chairman of Committee on Patents. He m. May 31, 1890, Adaline (Sargent) Rollins.
iii. WILLIAM D., b. April 21, 1855, was a successful sheep ranchman in Wyoming. He sold his land and business in 1892, and res. Spokane, Wash. He d. 1898.
iv. MAUD M., b. March 16, 1860 ; res. Canaan.
v. CHARLES W., b. Feb. 23, 1863, was a clerk in office of B. & M. R.R. in Boston, and later a salesman for Page Belting Co., Concord, until his death.
14. SAMUEL CURRIER, son of Dea. Thomas 2 and Mary (Osgood) Currier, b. Amesbury, Mass., Jan. 3, 1674/5. m. 1700, pub. Dec. 14, Dorothy Foot, who d. July 14, 1720. He d. 1735. He lived in Amesbury and in Salisbury. Eight children.
15. SAMUEL CURRIER, son of Samuel 14, b. Salisbury, Mass., Feb. 1, 1709. m. June 24, 1731, Hannah Morrill, b. March 16, 1711, dau. of Ezekiel and Abigail (Wadleigh) Morrill. He lived in Salisbury, Mass., South Hampton, and after 1760, in Hampstead. He was a deacon ; selectman of Hampstead. He d. Sept. 24, 1766. Head- stone in Hampstead.
16. SAMUEL CURRIER, son of Samuel 15, b. South Hampton, Jan. 5, 1746/7. m. in Hampstead, Nov. 12, 1766, Mary Rowell, b. in Kings- ton, 1747, dau. of Daniel and Anne (Currier) Rowell. He was a useful citizen of Hampstead, a deacon of the Cong. church from 1776 to 1791. He removed, 1791, to Wentworth, and was one of the founders of the town, and a leader in local affairs. During his life, a church was not organized in Wentworth, and he preached without ordination several years. He is styled in the records, Elder Currier, and in a few instances his name is written Rev. Samuel Currier. A Baptist church, the first church organization in Wentworth, was em- bodied in 1808, a few years after his death. There are lingering traditions in Wentworth that Mr. Currier was a Baptist. The tradi- tion is not supported. There was no church to which he could transfer his relations, and he remained through life a member of the Cong. church in Hampstead. He visited the sick, attended funerals,
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and preached from time to time to his neighbors. His piety and tender sympathies found a sweet expression in such ministrations to a little flock without a shepherd.
His wife d. April 3, 1801. He m. second, in Plymouth, Dec. 8, 1801, Abigail (Dearborn) [Hobart] McClure, dau. of Benjamin Dear- born (see), and widow of Peter Hobart (see), and of Thomas McClure . (see). He d. in Wentworth, " May 5 1802 in the 56 year of his age " (headstone). His widow m. fourth, William George (see). Samuel and Mary (Rowell) Currier had children b. in Hampstead : Aaron, Samuel, Daniel, Molly, Hannah, and David.
17. AARON CURRIER, son of Samuel 16 and Mary (Rowell) Currier, b. May 1, 1767. m. in Hampstead, 1791, Abigail Huse. He settled in Wentworth, but removed to Corinth, Vt., where he lived twelve years, when he returned to Wentworth. He was a good townsman and active in business affairs. He was a farmer and a tanner, and later he had a saw and grist mill and a cloth dressing mill. He was a select- man of Wentworth and a representative. He d. August 12, 1831.
Of the twelve children of Aaron and Abigail (Huse) Currier, two sons, Samuel and Aaron, have lived in Plymouth, and a dau., Mary, b. March 1, 1802, m. Ezra Bartlett Eaton (see).
18. SAMUEL CURRIER, son of Aaron 17, b. Corinth, Vt., Jan. 7, 1795, came to Plymouth, 1822, and lived here seven years. He was a cap- tain in the militia. He m. Dec. 26, 1822, Lois Smart, of Wentworth, b. July 14, 1801. He returned to Wentworth, 1829, where he was a tanner and a farmer. He d. Feb. 1, 1870. She d. Dec. 23, 1879. Three children b. in Plymouth.
i. EUNICE, b. May 22, 1824. d. July 20, 1826.
ii. SAMUEL GATES, b. Jan. 7, 1826. d. Wentworth, April 9, 1897.
iii. LORENZO WEBSTER, b. May 23, 1828. m. Jan. 1, 1867, Josephine Pillsbury. He lives in Wentworth ; town officer and representa- tive. Two children : (1) Mary M., b. May 24, 1869. (2) John Pillsbury, b. Sept. 25, 1871. m. Dec. 10, 1896, Alice W. Sharpe. Res. Meredith.
19. AARON CURRIER, son of Aaron 17, b. Corinth, Vt., Jan. 1, 1797. m. Jan. 1, 1818, Anna Hoag, b. Oct. 12, 1799, dau. of Daniel Hoag, of Grand Isle, Vt. She d. in Plymouth, Jan. 28, 1851. He m. second, Nov. 27, 1851, Ruth (Webster) Currier, dau. of Daniel C. Webster (see), and widow of Daniel Currier (see). He was a farmer at Lower Intervale, and lived in Plymouth from 1821 until his death. Select-
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man, 1830, 1831. He d. from effect of a fall, Sept. 20, 1882. His wife d. 1878.
i. PHEBE, b. May 18, 1820. m. George C. Reed (see).
20. ii. DANIEL HOAG, b. April 3, 1822.
iii. MARY ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 20, 1824. m. Hiram T. Wells (see).
21. iv. JAMES, b. March 28, 1827.
23. v. SOLON, b. May 23, 1830.
vi. HENRY CLAY, b. Sept. 23, 1832.
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vii. ELIZA ANN, b. August 3, 1835. Was a teacher in Virginia, where she m. 1858, Raleigh D. Carter, of Virginia. He d. 1865. She m. second, 1868, Rev. John Sanford, Methodist clergyman, of Galveston, Tex. He was editor of the "Texas Christian Advo- cate." Her sons, Henry Champe Carter and Montcure Carter, are lawyers in Texas.
viii. ARMINA JANE, b. Jan. 26, 1838. m. George F. Fletcher (see).
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ix. EMILY SARAH, b. Nov. 26, 1840. m. Feb. 22, 1862, Thaddeus Still- man Moses, son of William and Abigail (Keniston) Moses. Res. Meredith. He d. Jan. 13, 1902. Four children : (1) William Hammond, b. Sept. 3, 1863. m. June 11, 1890, Mabel Tucker Pillsbury. Res. Tilton. (2) Geneva Ardelle, b. March 12, 1867. (3) Chester Stillman, b. March 15, 1872. (4) Mina Maud, b. Oct. 14, 1881 (see Keniston Register).
20. DANIEL HOAG CURRIER, son of Aaron 19, b. April 3, 1822. m April 19, 1848, Laura Reed, dau. of Joseph and Susan (Cummings) Reed (see). He was a farmer and glove manufacturer at Lower Intervale. Selectman, 1856-1858, 1863-1865, 1881-1884. His wife d. Dec. 18, 1878. He m. second, July 31, 1879, Martha Willard (Richardson) Houston, widow of Gilmore M. Houston (see). He d. April 13, 1892.
i. GEORGE HENRY, b. July 27, 1849. d. April 5, 1850.
ii. ARTHUR BRADLEY, b. April 30, 1851. d. Jan. 3, 1852.
24. iii. DEAN SUMNER, b. March 18, 1861.
21. JAMES CURRIER, son of Aaron 19, b. March 28, 1827. m. Jan. 21, 1854, Ann Rosette Robie, dau. of Jeremiah S. Robie (see). He m. second, June 30, 1896, Harriet (Lowd) Mudgett, dau. of James and Mary (Willoughby) Lowd. He is a farmer of Plymouth.
i. ADDIE MARY, b. Dec. 22, 1854. m. Daniel D. McMurphy (see).
22. SOLON CURRIER, son of Aaron 19, b. May 23, 1830. m. August 2, 1851, Memory Ann Meacham. He lived in Plymouth at intervals, making several removals to and from this town. He was a preacher, and was drowned while crossing a lake in New York State about 1882.
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i. WILBUR FREMONT, b. August 3, 1855. m. Feb. 7, 1878, Hattie Marguerite Fogg, b. Nov. 6, 1857, dau. of David Henry Green and Emeline (Worthen) Fogg (see). He is a brick manufacturer ; res. Plymouth. Two children : (1) Anna Melinda, b. Dec. 5, 1879. d. same day. (2) Cora Maud, b. May 17, 1886. m. Dec. 2, 1901, Harry E. Palmer, soldier Spanish War.
23. HENRY CLAY CURRIER, son of Aaron 19, b. Sept. 23, 1832. He attended the Plymouth Academy and New Hampton Institute, and has been a teacher in the public schools several terms. Associated with his brother, Daniel H., he has been a manufacturer of gloves, and more recently a farmer on the paternal estate. Selectman, 1900, representative, 1897. He m. Feb. 15, 1859, Florena Blaisdell, b. Campton, March 19, 1836, dau. of Pelatiah and Louisa (Cook) Blaisdell.
i. PERLEY SCOTT, b. Feb. 12, 1860. m. March 12, 1891, Cora Mc- Daniel, b. Dec. 27, 1864, dau. of Hon. Charles and Amanda M. (Quimby) McDaniel, of Springfield. She is a grad. of the State Normal School, 1887. They res. in Plymouth. One child : (1) Ruth, b. Feb. 29, 1892.
ii. DANA CLAY, b. Sept. 7, 1861. d. Nov. 12, 1863.
iii. INFANT, b. 1863. d. Oct. 11, 1863.
iv. FLORA BLAISDELL, b. May 8, 1866. d. August 7, 1868.
v. EDWARD GRANT, b. Dec. 20, 1867. Plymouth High School, 1888. Mail clerk; res. Groveton. m. Sept. 18, 1901, Mary Louise Homans, dau. of Arthur L. Homans (see). (1) Preston H., b. June 24, 1902. (2) Clinton Henry, b. Jan. 11, 1904.
vi. AMY BESS, b. Dec. 30, 1872. Plymouth High School, 1891. Dress- maker; res. Plymouth.
vii. FRED ARTHUR, b. March 29, 1883. Plymouth High School, 1903.
24. DEAN SUMNER CURRIER, son of Daniel H. 20, b. March 18, 1861. m. Jan. 1, 1895, Emma C. Tenney, dau. of Lemuel D. Tenney (see). He was an esteemed citizen of Plymouth until 1899; a selectman four years, a director of the Pemigewasset National Bank, trustee of the Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank. In the summer of 1899 he resigned the several positions of trust and removed to Colebrook, hav- ing previously been appointed cashier of the Colebrook National Bank and treasurer of the Colebrook Guaranty Savings Bank. In his en- larged field of labor and increased responsibilities, he has the best wishes of his many friends in Plymouth. He was a member of the Town History Committee. Two children.
i. PHEBE, b. Plymouth, March 13, 1896.
ii. LAURA, b. Colebrook, Oct. 11, 1903.
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CUSHMAN.
1. ROBERT CUSHMAN, the pilgrim, was an important factor in the Plymouth settlement. After a brief sojourn in New England he went to England and obtained the charter of the Cape Ann settle- ment. He d. in Loudon. (See Cushman Genealogy ; Appleton's "Encyclopædia of Biography.")
2. THOMAS CUSHMAN, son of Robert 1, b. England, 1608. d. at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 11, 1691. m. 1636, Mary Allerton, dau. of Isaac Allerton. He was one of the leaders of the colony.
3. ELKANAH CUSHMAN, son of Thomas 2, b. June 1, 1651. d. Sept. 4, 1727. Deacon, representative. m. Feb. 16, 1676/7, Elizabeth Cole, dau. of James Cole, Jr., who d. Jan. 4, 1681/2. m. second, March 2, 1682/3, Martha Cooke, dan. of Jacob Cooke.
4. ALLERTON CUSHMAN, son of Elkanah 3 and Martha (Cooke) Cushman, b. Nov. 21, 1683. d. Jan. 9, 1730/1. m. Jan. 11, 1710/1. Mary Buck, who d. Oct. 15, 1725; m. second, Sept. 15, 1726, Elizabeth Samson, dau. of George Samson.
5. ALLERTON CUSHMAN, son of Allerton 4, b. Dec. 16, 1712. m. Jan. 30, 1734/5, Alethea Soule, who d. March 3, 1747/8. m. second, Rebecca -. He removed to Lebanon, Conn. The first in this line to remove from Plymouth or adjoining towns.
6. EPHRAIM CUSHMAN, son of Allerton 5, b. Duxbury, Feb. 14, 1742/3. m. Dec. 20, 1764, Sarah Colman, of Coventry, Conn. He removed from Conn. to Lisbon, where he d. April 27, 1832. She d. Dec. 8, 1832.
7. EBENEZER CUSHMAN, son of Ephraim 6, b. Coventry, Conn., June 24, 1787. m. Sept. 4, 1813, Abigail Emnery, b. June 24, 1791, dau of Moses Emery, of Dover. He was active in business, owning lumber- mills and carding and fulling mills and for this reason he is called " clothier," in accordance with the usage of his time. He lived in Lisbon, Littleton, Wentworth, Warren, and again in Lisbon, where he d. April 16, 1866. She d. Feb. 24, 1864.
8. FRANCIS ASBURY CUSHMAN, son of Ebenezer7, b. Lisbon, April 22, 1816. Lived a few years in Lisbon and in Rumney, but he found his lifework in Lebanon, where he was prominently connected with many business enterprises and a substantial contributor to the growth and prosperity of the town. He was of the firm of M. and J. H. Buck & Co., manufacturers of wood-working machinery and of mowing-machines. He was an intelligent manufacturer and he introduced improvements
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in methods of business and in the machinery in use. Later he was interested with others in the manufacture of pulp by a chemical process. He was a representative from Lebanon and a member of the executive council during the administration of Gov. Prescott. He removed from Lebanon to Plymouth, 1886, and here d. Jan. S, 1900. He m. Harriet Smart (see Josiah Brown family) who d., leaving two daughters : (1) M. Ella, wife of Ward Amsden, of Worcester, Mass. ; (2) Hattie A., and an adopted daughter Elizabeth, now Mrs. Wheeler. Mr. Cushman m. second, Feb. 22, 1886. Catherine Russell (Spalding) Leverett, dau. of Joseph Spalding (see) and widow of William Leverett (see).
CUTTER.
1. ELIZABETH CUTTER, widow of Samuel Cutter, with sons William and Richard and dau. Barbary, came to New England, 1640. She d. in Cambridge, Jan. 10, 1663/4.
2. RICHARD CUTTER, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Cutter, b. Eng- land, about 1620. m. Elizabeth -, who d. March 5, 1661/2. He m. second, Feb. 14, 1662/3, Frances (Perriman) Amsden, widow of Isaac Amsden, of Cambridge. He d. June 16, 1693.
3. NATHANIEL CUTTER, son of Richard 2, and Frances Cutter, b. Dec. 11, 1663. m. Oct. 8, 1688, Mary Fillebrown, b. May 5, 1662, dau. of Thomas Fillebrown, of Cambridge. She d. March 14, 1713/4. He m. second, Elizabeth, -. He d. before 1728.
4. JOHN CUTTER, son of Nathaniel 3, b. Sept. 19, 1703. m. Dec. 26, 1734, his cousin, Hepsibah Brooks, b. Woburn, Nov. 18, 1701, dau. of Jabez and Hepsibah (Cutter) Brooks. He lived in Woburn, now Winchester, where he d. March 15, 1789.
5. NATHANIEL CUTTER, son of John 4, b. August 6, 1739. m. Oct. 24, 1758, Sarah Wyman, b. Woburn, July 31, 1738, dau. of Benjamin and Esther (Richardson) Wyman. He. m. second, Nov. 20, 1777, Mary Locke, b. Cambridge, Jan. 12, 1744, dau. of Samuel and Deborah (Butterfield) Locke. He lived in Princeton, Mass., Rindge, and d. at Skeensborough, now Whitehall, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1783. His widow d. 1832.
6. JOHN CUTTER, son of Lieut. Nathaniel 5, b. March 16, 1765. Lived in Rindge until 1789. He removed to Jaffrey, and was there an active and useful citizen. He m. Abigail Demary, b. Rindge, August 21, 1768, dau. of John and Rebecca (Corneille) Demary. He d. Sept. 14, 1835.
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She d. March 4, 1866. His sons Benjamin and Ethan were prominent citizens of Jaffrey.
7. JOHN CUTTER, son of John 6, b. Rindge, Oct. 31, 1788. m. Feb. 7, 1811, Betsey Crosby, b. Jaffrey, August 30, 1789, dau. of Alpheus and Elizabeth (Gilmore) Crosby. She was a granddau. of Capt. Josiah Crosby, of Milford, and of Roger Gilmore, Esq., of Jaffrey. He was a tanner, following the occupation of his father. He removed from Jaffrey to Goshen, where he d. Feb. 5, 1829. His widow d. Campton. They had ten children; of these Laura Lucretia, b. Jaffrey, Dec. 10, 1812, m. Lucius M. Howe (see), and Elizabeth, b. Goshen, March 3, 1819, m. Lucius M. Howe (see).
8. JOHN TELESTUS CUTTER, son of John 7, b. Jaffrey, August 1, 1811. At the death of his father his mother removed from Goshen to Jaffrey, where the son found employment in a store. Later he went to Boston, Mass., and was engaged in the millinery store of his uncle Crosby. He removed, 1839, to Campton, and was there associated with Hon. William Cark (who had m. his sister Clarissa) in a tannery, store and post-office. He was a deputy sheriff and an auctioneer. He removed to Plymouth and was here proprietor of a dry goods and West India goods store, agent for the Cheney Express Co., and postmaster. Later he opened the Union House, which he sold to the B., C. & M. R.R. He also refitted Academy boarding-house, which he opened for summer guests, but sold it to the State for a normal school boarding- house, 1871. He also built a house and a grain mill, and was an important factor in the business life of the town. He was a selectman and representative, 1877 and 1878. He d. July 3, 1879. Mr. Cutter m. May 28, 1835, Mary Elizabeth Hosley, dau. of Joshua and Betsey (Giles) Hosley, of Pepperell, Mass.
i. MARY ELIZABETH, b. April 20, 1836. d. Campton, Oct. 19, 1854.
ii. LAURA LUCRETIA, b. August 31, 1838. d. Sept. 4, 1839.
iii. EMILY FRANCES, b. Jan. 16, 1810. d. March 11, 1841.
iv. MARTHA ANNETTE, b. August 21, 1842. m. Sept. 7, 1864, Thomas Benton Little, b. Warren, Sept. 7, 1838, son of Jesse and Susan Copp (Merrill) Little. 2d N. H. Infantry. He was a clerk for Webster, Russell & Co., and is now book-keeper for Humphrey, Dodge Co., Concord. (1) Mary Alice, b. June 13, 1865. d. Plymouth Sept. 8, 1865. (2) Susan May, b. Dec. 16, 1871.
9. v. JOHN TELESTUS, b. April 6, 1846. m. Dec. 4, 1871, Alice Jane Butler (see).
10. vi. CHARLES HENRY, b. July 9, 1848.
vii. ETHAN ALLEN, b. 1851. d. April 30, 1865, accidentally shot.
viii. RUTH ALICE, b. March 27, 1853. d. Oct. 31, 1854.
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9. JOHN TELESTUS CUTTER, son of John Telestus 8, b. April 6, 1846. m. Dec. 4, 1871, Alice Jane Butler, dau. of George Little Butler (see). He was a dealer in grain and lumber in Plymouth several years, re- moving to Boston, 1894. He res. in Everett, Mass. Seven children b. in Plymouth.
i. GEORGE BUTLER, b. March 28, 1874. Plymouth High School, 1892. He res. Los Angeles, Cal.
ii. JOHN TELESTUS, b. Dec. 29, 1875. A commercial salesman.
iii. ANNIE ELIZABETHI, b. Feb. 4, 1877.
iv. ALICE JANE, b. March 11, 1878. d. August 31, 1878.
V. CHARLES ETHAN, b. August 19, 1880. An electrician.
vi. LUCIA ANNETTE, b. May 15, 1882.
vii. NED WHITE, b. Oct. 19, 1884.
10. CHARLES HENRY CUTTER, son of John Telestus 8, b. July 8, 1848. m. April 11, 1872, Lucia Ardell Green, dau. of Charles M. Green (see). He res. in Plymouth.
i. ALICE MEEKER, adopted, b. Sept. 30, 1886.
DANFORTH.
1. WILLIAM DANFORTH was a resident of Ipswich, Mass., 1660. If a kinsman of Nicholas Danforth, the ancestor of the most numerous branch of the Danforth family, the fact is not proven. The Danforth Genealogy presents a carefully prepared sketch of William Danforth. He removed to the part of Newbury, Mass., included in Byfield Parish. He m. March 20, 1670, Hannah Kinsman, b. about 1644, dau. of Robert Kinsman, of Ipswich. She d. Oct. 18, 1678. He m. second, Sarah Thorlo, dau. of Francis and Ann (Morse) Thorlo. He d. after 1721.
2. JOHN DANFORTH, son of William 1, b. Newbury, Mass., Dec. 8, 1681. He lived in Byfield Parish, where he d. Oct. 1, 1772. The name of his first wife is not known. He m. second, Nov. 24, 1713, Dorcas White, who d. in Byfield, March 26, 1788, aged over 90. His sons Nathaniel and William removed to Boscawen, Thomas and Moses to Canterbury.
3. Moses Danforth, son of John 2, b. Newbury, Mass., about 1728. He removed to Canterbury, and was one of the scouts serving under Capt. Jeremiah Clough. He is frequently named in the records. He removed, 1764, to Sanbornton. He m. Mary Flood, who d. Dec. 11, 1815.
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4. HENRY DANFORTH, son of Moses 3, b. Canterbury, 1763. In his infancy his parents removed to Sanbornton. He enlisted, April 5, 1781, into the Continental service for three years. After the war he lived in Northfield and in Franklin, bearing a bullet embedded in his collar bone. He m. Betsey Hancock, of Northfield. He d. Feb. 27, 1830.
. 5. JOHN DANFORTH, son of Henry 4, b. 1802. m. in Northfield, July 4, 1824, Eliza Danforth, his cousin, b. August 4, 1798, dau. of Moses and Mehitable (Stevens) Danforth. He lived in Northfield and in Franklin, removing to Plymouth, 1851, living at West Plymouth. In 1854 he removed to Concord, where he d. Sept. 4, 1868. She d. Feb. 9, 1870.
i. HENRY, b. 1826. d. young.
ii. ELIZABETH ANN, b. Dec. 4, 1828. m. Oct. 5, 1852, Thomas Milli- gan (see).
iii. SARAH. d. young.
iv. WARREN. d. young.
v. JOHN, b. May 25, 1835. d. Plymouth, 1854.
DARLING.
1. JOHN DARLING, then of Salisbury, Mass., buys land in Kingston, 1727 and 1728. He removed to Kingston, and there d. 1753. His will, dated Sept. 1, 1753, was proved Oct. 31, 1753. He mentions a wife; sons, Onesipherous, who m. Nov. 17, 1748, Elizabeth Norton Daniel (see below), John, who m. Hannah -; and daughters, Judith, who m. March 4, 1736, Benjamin Cilley ; Abigail, who m. Feb. 20, 1729, Benjamin Swett; and Naomi, who m. July 17, 1741, Joseph Flanders, Jr.
2. DANIEL DARLING, son of John 1, b. about 1710. m. Dec. 27, 1733, Susanna Webster, b. July 9, 1712, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Judkins) Webster, of Kingston. She was a sister of the grandfather of Daniel Webster. They lived in Kingston, where their six chil- dren were b. and the births are recorded in Kingston. He d. Nov. 13, 1760.
3. BENJAMIN DARLING, second son of Daniel2, b. Kingston, March 30, 1738. He m. in Kingston, March 8, 1758, Hannah Clark, dau. of John and Elizabeth Clark (see). The birth of one child, Susanna, b. Jan. 5, 1759, is recorded in Kingston records. He removed to San- bornton and was one of the early settlers there. He built the first
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mill, was an original member of the church, and subsequently a dea- con. He d. in Sanbornton, April 16, 1795, and she m. second, Ebenezer Morrison (see).
4. DANIEL DARLING, the fourth of the six children of Dea. Benja- min 3 and Hannah (Clark) Darling, b. Sanbornton, March 29, 1768. m. Elizabeth Leavitt, b. Sept. 18, 1770. He removed to Plymouth, 1800, and from Plymouth to Rumney, 1818. When in Plymouth he lived on the farm now of Manson S. Brown, and had a mill. He d. May 29, 1841. She d. March, 1842. Three children.
5. i. BENJAMIN, b. March 8, 1788.
ii. LYDIA LEAVITT, b. Jan. 22, 1790. m. 1818, John Herbert, of Rumney.
6. iii. DANIEL, b. Plymouth, Dec. 31, 1816.
5. BENJAMIN DARLING, son of Daniel 4, b. Sanbornton, March 8, 1788. Dartmouth College, 1811. He read law with Ezekiel Webster, at Boscawen, and lived in Plymouth, 1810 and 1813 to 1819. He was admitted to the bar, Feb. term, 1815. He practised his profes- sion in Plymouth and in Rumney until his death. Hed. by drowning, in Rumney, April 15, 1824. He m. Susannah Reed, dau. of Joseph Reed (see). She d. in Rumney, June 8, 1874. Three children.
i. LOUISA JANE, b. Sept. 4, 1809. m. May 27, 1831, John Langdon Wentworth, b. August 1, 1806, son of Daniel and Patience (Went- worth) Wentworth. Res. Rumney, where she d. Nov. 4, 1894. Five children.
ii. LYDIA MARIA, b. Boscawen, June 30, 1812. m. Sept. 4, 1831, Samuel Herbert, Esq., of Rumney, b. Dec.17, 1813, son of John and Sally (Allen) Herbert. He was an eminent lawyer of Rumney He d. July 13, 1902. She d. Feb. 20, 1900. Seven children.
iii. MARY ANN, b. Dec. 31, 1820. m. May 20, 1843, James Monroe Hadley. Res. Kansas City. Mrs. Hadley, 1904, is the only living grandchild of Joseph Reed (see).
6. DANIEL DARLING, son of Daniel 4, b. Dec. 31, 1816. He studied medicine with Dr. Woodbury, of Rumney, and Dr. Whipple, of Went- worth, subsequently attending lectures at Bowdoin College. He prac- tised about three years in Concord, Vt., and several years in Wells River, Vt., and removed to Rumney, 1850, where he continued pro- fessional labor nearly forty years. He m. August 2, 1839, Sarah C. Pillsbury, dau. of Tristram and Sally (Buck) Pillsbury. He d. April 3,1889.
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i. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 21, 1840. m. Elisha A. Webster (see).
ii. LYDIA, b. March 15, 1841. m. 1859, David B. Mears, of Lowell, Mass.
iii. SUSAN, b. Sept., 1843. m. 1862, Henry William Herbert, b. Oct. 2, 1842, son of Samuel and Lydia Maria (Darling) Herbert. (See Benjamin 5 Darling.)
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