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i. FRANK PIERCE, b. Oct. 6, 1855. m. Oct. 1, 1883, Deseret D. Rutter. He is a dealer in lumber and cattle. Res. Mesa, Ariz.
ii. ELIZA AMANDA, b. May 3, 1858. m. Oct. 1, 1883, Francis MI. Armstrong, locomotive engineer, St. Johns, Ariz.
iii. LEVI WOODBURY, b. Feb. 1, 1860. d. Jan., 1862.
iv. MARY ELLA, b. Oct. 27, 1861. m. Sept. 15, 1884, William H. , Farnsworth, locomotive engineer. He d. Williams, Ariz., April 26, 1899.
V. NATHAN DANA, b. Nov. 3, 1864. d. July 6, 1865.
vi. CHARLES GRANT, b. Oct. 22, 1868. d. July 1, 1888.
vii. GEORGE M., b. July 20, 1871. d. March 27, 1875.
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DUPONT.
1. PHILIP DUPONT, son of John, b. Province of Quebec, 1876. m. 1896, Maggie Perry, b. Province of Quebec, Sept. 13, 1878, dau. of Benjamin Perry. Removed to Plymouth, 1897. He is a section hand.
i. CHARLES.
ii. WILLIAM, b. April 23, 1898. d. Sept. 15, 1898.
iii. IDA, b. Feb. 13, 1900.
DURGIN.
1. EDMUND DURGIN, probably a son of Gershom Durgin, b. Allens- town, July 25, 1780. Was a tailor, and from childhood was a cripple. He came to Plymouth, 1805. m. April 15, 1810, Judith Ward, dau. of Enoch Ward (see). She d. Nov., 1815. He m. second, Oct. 22, 1818, Mary Atwood. m. third, Mercy S. Woodbury. He removed, 1825, to Campton, where he d. Sept. 21, 1872. His wife Mercy d. 1868.
i. HORACE, b. 1811. m. Hannah Kimball. He was a merchant in Bangor, Me.
ii. GERSHOM CLARK. m. Drusilla Bryant. He was a merchant in Andover.
iii. JUDITH WARD, b. 1823. m. 1850, Charles H. Rogers, of Campton. He d. Nov. 10, 1877. She d. Oct. 21, 1895.
iv. LOUISA, b. 1825. m. James Boynton, of Hyde Park, Mass.
v. EDMUND, b. Feb. 19, 1828. m. Lucretia Davis. IIe was a broker, of Boston, Mass.
vi. SARAH ANN, b. 1830. unm. Res. Manchester.
vii. ALMIRA, b. 1833. m. Wesley Sanborn. m. second, Jacob Cook. m. third, - Brown. Res. Laconia.
viii. AMANDA, b. April 17, 1834. m. Joseph Benton, of Holderness.
ix. JOHN CHASE. He is an upholsterer in Boston, Mass. m. Fanny Esty.
X . CARLTON Cox. Co. I, 12th N. H. Infantry. d. of disease, Feb. 2, 1863.
xi. GEORGE, b. 1842. d. young.
xii. WILLIAM, b. 1845. d. young.
xiii. AARON, twin, b. 1845. d. young. .
DURGIN.
2. VARNUM GALE DURGIN, son of Varnum Gale and Sarah Morri- son (Smith) Durgin, of Thornton, b. March 29, 1861. m. May 3,
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1888, Ella Mary Foss, b. Thornton, Sept. 30, 1867, dau. of Stephen A. and Judith M. (Merrill) Foss. They removed to Plymouth in the autumn of 1895. Was proprietor of Rose Lawn Boarding House. Two children. Now res. Campton.
i. HARRY AUGUSTUS, b. Thornton, Dec. 20, 1889.
ii. PAUL STEVENS, b. Thornton, August 27, 1892.
DURKEE.
1. DAVID DURKEE was a blacksmith in Plymouth from 1774 to · 1783. He owned a small parcel of land north of the court house, and there probably he had a shop. He was a sergeant in Capt. John House's company, Col. Nahum Baldwin's regiment, which was raised Sept., 1776, to reinforce the Continental Army at New York. The regiment was in the battle of White Plains, and was discharged in Jan. or Feb., 1777. On the roll the name is written Durgee, and on the town tax-list, Durkey. Hannah Durkee, probably of this family, m. Joseph Smith (see).
DUSTIN.
1. EZEKIEL ELLIOT DUSTIN, son of Ira W. Dustin, of Sandwich, b. March 1, 1826. He served on the quota of Sandwich three years in 14th N. H. Infantry. He m. Elsie B. Parmenter, who d. Jan. 11, 1897. He m. second, Nov. 20, 1898, Mary L. Smith, dau. of Rev. James Smith (see), and has res. in Plymouth since 1898. By the first marriage there were several children, but a record is not received.
DUSTIN.
1. DAVID DUSTIN, b. about 1735, was an early settler, and a prom- inent citizen of Sanbornton, where he d. August 15, 1803. He m. Lovey Homans. m. second, about 1776, Lydia Keniston, dau. of William Keniston, of Northfield (see). She d. Nov. 10, 1835.
2. SAMUEL DUSTIN, son of David 1 and Lydia Keniston Dustin, b. Sanbornton, Oct. 7, 1778. m. Rachel Sanborn, and d. in Sanbornton, June 22, 1850. She d. August 16, 1851.
3. SAMUEL DUSTIN, son of Samuel 2, b. August 21, 1811. m. Jan. 9, 1837, Polly D. Morrison, b. Sept. 24, 1814, dau. of John and Betsey (Rundlet ) Morrison, of Sanbornton. He lived in Sanbornton, Bristol, and Franklin. He d. in Franklin. She d. July 30, 1897.
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4. JAMES PRESCOTT DUSTIN, son of Samuel 3, b. Dec. 1, 1843. m. June 21, 1864, Mary S. Bean, dau. of Reuben C. and Sarah (Follans- bee) Bean, of Bristol. She d. Nov. 24, 1865. He m. second, Jan. 14, 1870, Alice D. French, of Andover. He was a station agent in Bristol several years, removing to Plymouth, 1878, and was here employed several years as janitor of the Normal School buildings. He d. May 12, 1900. She d. Feb. 11, 1892.
5. JAMES MORRISON DUSTIN, only son of James P.4, b. Bristol, March 16, 1873. m. June 15, 1898, Vinnie S. Chase, dau. of Otis Chase (see). He res. in Plymouth. Was a section man, B. & M. R. R., and for past few years has been employed by the Electric Light Co.
i. MAURICE PRESCOTT, b. Oct. 25, 1899.
ii. ALICE FLORETTA, b. May 25, 1902.
EASTMAN.
1. ROGER EASTMAN, b. 1611, from Langford, county of Wilts ; sailed from Southampton, England, 1638. He was in Salisbury, 1640, and received lands in the first distribution. His will, dated June 26, 1691, was proved March 27, 1695. He d. Dec. 16, 1694, and Sarah, his widow, d. March 11, 1697/8. Ten children.
2. PHILIP EASTMAN, son of Roger 1, b. Dec. 30, 1644, another date, Oct. 20, 1644. There is no known record of his first m., and one dau. was the only issue. He m. second, August 22, 1678, Mary (Barnard) Morse, b. Sept. 22, 1645, dau. of Thomas Barnard and widow of Anthony Morse. He m. third, after 1695, Margaret He settled in Haverhill, where he was captured by the Indians, May 3, 1676. He was a soldier in King Philip's War. Subsequently he removed to Connecticut, where his son Philip had preceded him. He d. be- tween Oct. 7 and Dec. 13, 1714.
3. EBENEZER EASTMAN, son of Philip 2, b. Feb. 17, 1681. m. March 4, 1710, Sarah Peasley, b. August 15, 1690, dau. of Joseph and Ruth (Barnard) Peasley. He removed to Rumford, and is known as Capt. Ebenezer Eastman, of Concord. His service was conspicuous, and his life was eventful. He d. July 28, 1748. (See Eastman Family, by Guy Scoby Rix, of Concord.)
4. NATHANIEL EASTMAN, son of Capt. Ebenezer 3, b. Haverhill, Mass., March 10, 1717. m. 1754, Phebe Chandler, and lived in Concord. He was a soldier in the French war and in the Revolution.
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5. NATHANIEL EASTMAN, son of Nathaniel 4, b. Concord, Oct. 9, 1755. m. Ruth Bradley, b. 1757, dau. of Timothy and Abiah (Stevens) Bradley, of Concord. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He d. Concord, May 7, 1839. She d. Nov. 4, 1841.
6. TIMOTHY EASTMAN, son of Nathaniel 5, b. Concord, Sept. 15, 1786. m. Abigail Clarissa Wilkins, b. Amherst, 1792, dau. of Andrew and Lucy (Blanchard) Wilkins. He learned the trade of hatter, and coming from Bridgewater to Plymouth, 1824, he established himself in business in the village. He was postmaster 1845-1849. His wife d. Nov. 8, 1834, and he m. second, 1836, Esther Underwood. He d. in Plymouth, Jan. 19, 1869. On his headstone it is Jan. 1, 1869, and it is said he d. suddenly while returning from the funeral of his sister Ruth, wife of Benjamin Bayley, who d. in Plymouth, Jan. 17, 1869. Four children b. in Bridgewater.
i. ABIGAIL, b. June 30, 1811.
ii. ELBRIDGE GERRY, b. Feb. 27, 1813. m. Oct. 11, 1838, Lucy Ann Carr, dau. of Spencer and Zylphia (Goodrich) Carr, of New Leb- anon, N. Y. He d. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1859. Ten children. In early life, Elbridge Gerry Eastman, at the invitation and under the auspices of James K. Polk, removed to Knoxville, Tenn., where he established the " Knoxville Argus," which became the most influential democratic paper of the State. In 1846 he removed to Nashville to assume control of the " Nashville Union," and later of the consolidated papers, the " Union " and " American." He was a pungent and able editor, and exercised an unusual fore- sight and wisdom in the tone and policy of his paper.
iii. CHARLES B., b. Jan. 27, 1815. Res. California, Baptist minister.
iv. HAZEN B., b. Nov. 1, 1821. Went to sea, and later to California.
7. MOSES EASTMAN, son of Capt. Ebenezer 3, b. Concord, Feb. 28, 1732. m. 1756, Elizabeth Kimball, b. Concord, Sept. 23, 1738, dau. of David and Mary (Wilson) Kimball. He was a soldier in French war and in the Revolution. He d. in Concord, April 4, 1812.
8. SIMEON EASTMAN, son of Moses 7, b. Concord, May 11, 1774. m. Jan. 7, 1796, Abigail Virgin, b. Concord, Feb. 20, 1777, dau. of Phineas Virgin, and granddau. of Ebenezer Virgin.
9. GALEN FAY EASTMAN, son of Simeon, b. Concord, 1796. m. Martha Colby ; m. second, about 1834, Rebecca Small, b. Holderness, 1811, dau. of Isaac Small. He removed to Plymouth, 1836, and res. in the village, where he d. April 5, 1860, aged 64; headstone Lower Intervale cemetery. She d. May 2, 1878. Seven children by first and six by second m.
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i. RUTH, d. young.
ii. JULIA ANN, b. March 11, 1819.
iii. NANCY PROCTOR, b. March 13, 1821. m. Oct. 18, 1847, Henry T. Nichols, b. Lempster, Dec. 20, 1819, son of Troup and Lucinda (Smith) Nichols. Hotel keeper. He d. Manchester, Jan. 13, 1865. (1) Cora Frances, b. Manchester, Sept. 4, 1854. m. Oct. 15, 1877, Eben P. Sanborn.
iv. EBENEZER.
10.
v. SIMEON, b. Nov. 17, 1826.
vi. MARTHA, b. 1828.
vii. EDWIN, b. 1830. Killed in the war of the Rebellion.
· viii. NATHANIEL, b. Nov. 12, 1835. m. Nov. 27, 1856, Emily Lovejoy Worthen, dau. of Ephraim Worthen (see). He is a farmer and leather dresser at Lower Intervale, in Plymouth.
ix. MARY, b. Sept., 1838. m. John L. Baker, of Manchester.
x. GALEN, b. 1842. unm. d. July 1, 1873. 12th N. H. Infantry.
xi. AARON, b. August 2, 1844. m. Jan. 1, 1870, Agnes Ford, b. Rum- ney, July 25, 1847, dau. of Thomas R. and Harriet (George) Ford (see George Register, No. 22). He is a leather dresser; res. Littleton. One child: (1) Belle, b. Sept. 7, 1877. And (2) Harriet, adopted.
xii. JOHN B., b. 1853. unm. d. April 30, 1876.
xiii. GEORGE HENRY, b. March 22, 1850. m. Sept. 18, 1873, Mary G. Crooker. Res. Manchester. Two children : (1) Harry C., b. June 24, 1874. m. Oct. 4, 1899, Angie Alice Sanborn. (2) Ethel Mae, b. Dec. 1, 1878.
10. SIMEON EASTMAN, son of Galen Fay 9, b. Nov. 17, 1826. m. Dec. 1, 1845, Lavinia A. Webber, dau. of Luther Webber (see). He was a stone cutter and contractor and lived in Plymouth. He served two enlistments, Co. B, 15th N. H. Infantry, the full term, nine months, and Co. A, 18th N. H. Infantry, Sept. 13, 1864, to June 10, 1865. He d. May 16, 1887. She d. Jan. 28, 1887.
2. i. ALONZO, b. Nov. 3, 1846.
ii. HORACE, b. Jan. 1, 1849. m. 1869, Mary Ellen Seavey, dau. of Paul Seavey (see). She d. Feb. 20, 1872. m. second, Mrs. Lizzie W. Phillips, who d. Feb. 23, 1882. m. third, Sept. 10, 1882, Mrs. Anna B. Crooker. He was a locomotive fireman several years. He d. Nov. 9, 1884. (1) Etta E., b. August, 1871. d. March 22, 1872. (2) Charles A., b. Sept., 1883. d. March 16, 1885.
iii. LUCETTA, b. May 5, 1852. m. William R. Davis (see).
iv. ELLA, b. 1855. d. Feb. 25, 1866.
v. POLLINA A., b. 1858. d. July 17, 1860.
. vi. LEROY S., b. Feb. 28, 1860. m. June 7, 1884, Lucy Lougee ; m. second, August 8, 1889, Janette F. Thurlow, dau. of Henry F. Thurlow. He was yard master at Plymouth. He d. Sept. 13, 1898.
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vii. SIMEON DEXTER, b. Oct. 7, 1862. m. Ella Hill. m. second, Ila Smith. He is a steamboat engineer. Res. Ashland.
viii. EDWIN BERT, b. Nov. 17, 1866. in. Mary J. Moisette, who d. April 8, 1897. He is a glove cutter. Res. Ashland. (1) Harry B., b. 1889. d. Oct. 2, 1892.
ix. JAMES ALBERT, b. June 13, 1872. m. Oct. 18, 1897, Nettie A. Nudd. Res. in Plymouth, 1904. (1) Leroy Nudd, b. Sept. 22, 1898.
11. ALONZO EASTMAN, son of Simeon 10, b. Nov. 3, 1846. m. Dec. 25, 1877, Flora Estelle Dalton, b. Sept. 26, 1857, dau. of Joseph E. Dalton, of Belmont. He is a carpenter. Res. Plymouth.
i. LEWIS ALFRED, b. April 8, 1879. m. Sept. 8, 1897, Leora Mabel Farmer, dau. of Charles M. Farmer (see). Carpenter. Res. Plymouth. (1) Carlos Alonzo, b. Dec. 14, 1898. (2) Wilmer R., b. April 19, 1902.
ii. CLARENCE P., b. March 14, 1881. m. Nov. 15, 1902, Annie M. Bagley, b. 1882, dau. of Martin and Mary A. (Morrill) Bagley, of Laconia. He is a conductor. Res. in Plymouth.
iii. AUSTIN S., b. Nov. 11, 1888. d. Jan. 7, 1901.
iv. MINNIE E., b. Nov. 11, 1892.
12. EZEKIEL EASTMAN, b. Parsonfield, Me., son of Jacob and Molly Spalding Eastman, of Concord and Parsonfield. m. Abigail Copp. He removed to Groton. The lineage is Ezekiel 6 and Hannah Copp, Jacob 5 and Molly Spalding, Jeremiah 4 and Dorothy Carter, Ebenezer 3 and Sarah Peaslee, Philip 2 and Mary Morse and Roger 1, the emigrant ancestor.
13. HENRY HOYT EASTMAN, son of Ezekiel 12, m. Caroline Augusta Preston and lived in Groton.
14. HORACE WESTON EASTMAN, son of Henry Hoyt 13, b. Groton, Oct. 9, 1866. m. Oct. 23, 1890, Martha Grace McIntosh, b. Boston, Mass., March 22, 1873, dau. of Frederick Stevens and Mary Jane (Barrett) McIntosh. He is a farmer and blacksmith. He has res. in Plymouth from 1889 to 1896, when he removed to Bristol.
i. HAVEN S., b. May 30, 1891.
ii. CLIFTON K., b. Oct. 26, 1896.
iii. Roy L., b. Bristol, April 20, 1903.
EATON.
1. WILLIAM EATON, b. England about 1604. m. 1632, Martha Jenkin and was a husbandman in Staples, county of Kent. With three children, William and Martha, sailed from Sandwich, June 9, 1637.
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He settled in Watertown of which he was a proprietor, 1642, freeman, 1653. He subsequently removed to Reading, and there d. May 13, 1673. She d. 1680 or 1681.
2. JOHN EATON, son of the emigrant William 1, b. England, Dec. 20, 1635. m. 1658, Elizabeth Kendall, b. 1642, dau. of Dea. Thomas Kendall. He lived in Reading, where he d. May 25, 1691.
3. WILLIAM EATON, son of John2, b. Reading, Dec. 1, 1670. m. April 29, 1695, Mary Swain and lived in Lynnfield, where he d. 1734.
4. BENJAMIN EATON, b. March 21, 1704/5. m. May 21, 1730, Anna Rand. He was a Baptist preacher, lived in Candia, and probably in Hampstead. He d. in Dunstable, Mass. His widow, d. in Candia, at the home of her son William.
5. JONATHAN EATON, son of Benjamin 4, b. 1738. m. April 5, 1764, Mehitable Page, and settled in Plaistow, where he d. about 1786. She d. Dec. 6, 1833. Their son, Rev. Asa Eaton, was pastor of the North Church, Boston, Mass., and dau. Ruth, b. April 18, 1772, m. King George (see) ; dau. Hannah, b. July 29, 1780, m. King George (see).
6. DANIEL EATON, son of Jonathan 5, b. Plaistow, Oct. 5, 1767. m. Nov. 25, 1790, Anna Dearborn, b. Oct. 28, 1765. He removed from Plaistow to Rumney within one year of 1793, and to Plymouth, 1804. He was a lieutenant, and a selectman of Plymouth, 1810, 1812, 1813. He d. Oct. 27, 1833. She d. in Lowell, Mass., July 20, 1847.
i. LUCY, b. Plaistow, March 25, 1792. m. Col. Moody Cook (see).
ii. DAVID P., b. Rumney, Nov. 14, 1794. m. Plymouth, Feb. 6, 1816, Mary Cole. He was a cooper many years in Lowell, Mass. He d. Jan. 7, 1868. She d. May 16, 1861. (1) Lucy Cook, m. Nov. 14, 1844, Sanborn Moses, and res. Northfield, Vt.
iii. SALLY, b. Rumney, Dec. 28, 1796. m. David W. Wells (see).
iv. JONATHAN, b. Rumney, Jan. 9, 1799. d. Oct. 18, 1803.
v. NANCY, b. Rumney, May 9, 1803. d. Oct. 25, 1803.
vi. AsA, b. Plymouth, March 10, 1805. m. Sept. 2, 1827, Sophronia D. Hall, of Rumney. He removed, 1829, from Plymouth to Bos- cawen, where he d. May 5, 1843. (1) Ellen M., b. Dec. 9, 1839. m. March 5, 1866, B. Frank Wells.
vii. ALVIN, b. Plymouth, July 1, 1807. m. May 19, 1834, Roxanna Barrett Chamberlain, b. Dec. 1, 1811, dau. of Jonathan Chamber- lain, of Lyndeboro'. She d. May 16, 1849. He m. second, June 17, 1850, Nancy Jane Stinson, dau. of John Stinson. She d. August 25, 1873. He was a carpenter in Hartland, Woodstock, and Royalton, Vt., and later in Lowell, Mass., where he d. Sept. 11, 1873. (1) Daniel Alvin, b. July 17, 1835. m. Sept. 7, 1854,
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Elizabeth Colby Eastman, b. Feb. 1, 1825, dau. of Isaac R. Eastman. He is engaged in fire insurance, Lowell, Mass., and has collected valuable material for a genealogical record of the Eaton family. (2) Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 26, 1836. m. May 29, 1864, Horace Everett Stoughton. He was in the service of Central Vermont R. R. many years. He d. Sept. 10, 1875, killed on rail- road. (3) Abby Louisa, b. Sept. 5, 1839. m. May 9, 1855, Horace Everett Stoughton. She d. May 2, 1863, and he m. second, her sister, Eliza Ann. (4) Mary Jane, b. Nov. 21, 1843. m. Dec. 24, 1864, Daniel Freeman Carleton, of Springfield, Mass. She d. May 24, 1879. (5) Laura Annette, b. August 6, 1845. m. Nov. 4, 1873, B. Frank Stickney, of Campton. (6) Charles Henry, b. April 6, 1847. m. June 15, 1872, Clara Ellen Boardman, who d. Feb. 10, 1900. He res. Jamaica Plain, Mass.
viii. JONATHAN, b. Plymouth, April 9, 1810. m. Nov. 21, 1836, Abigail D. Page, of Lowell, Mass. He lived in Plymouth until 1841, and subsequently was a grocer, in Lowell, Mass., where he d. Sept. 7, 1853. (1) Ann Maria, b. Plymouth, June 28, 1838. m. George L. Andrews, of Tyngsboro, Mass.
7. EZRA BARTLETT EATON, son of Jonathan 5, b. Plaistow, August 1779. He m. Mary Currier, dau. of Aaron (see). He lived in Plymouth only three years, beginning 1828, and then removed to Wentworth. Two children.
i. EZRA BARTLETT, b. Feb. 9, 1829.
ii. EMILY, b. May 9, 1832. m. John HI. Pearson. Res. California.
EATON.
1. MOSES CURRIER EATON, son of Jesse and Eleanor (Page) Eaton, b. Wentworth, Sept. 26, 1838. Dartmouth Medical, 1865. He was a physician in Warren and Wentworth until 1869, when he removed to Plymouth, where he practised his profession until his death, March 29, 1872 (see Vol. I.). He m. Feb. 15, 1865, Ellen Louisa Ward, dau. of Arthur Ward (see).
i. ARTHUR WARD, b. Oct. 8, 1867. Res. Boston, Mass. Clerk, C. F. Hovey & Co.
ECCLES.
1. GEORGE ECCLES, son of William, b. Sherbrooke, P. Q., Oct. 7, 1831. m. 1856, Ruth Ann Moulton, b. Sherbrooke, P. Q., May 4, 1835, dau. of Eli Moulton. They came to Plymouth, 1887. He d. Feb. 16, 1899. She d. April 27, 1893.
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i. JULIA ANN, b. Dec. 8, 1857. m. Nov. 24, 1875, William Irving, and res. in Plymouth, 1877 to 1883; now res. Franklin. (1) Mary Ella, b. May 7, 1877. m. March 14, 1892, Walter Ray, of Bristol. (2) Elizabeth, b. August 4, 1879. (3) Mabel, b. July 18, 1882. d. young.
ii. EMILY ELIZABETHII, b. Feb. 28, 1859. m. June 10, 1892, James Mayhew. Res. Martinville, P. Q.
iii. ORRA ELLA, b. April 16, 1862. m. Thomas Corners. Res. Lawrence, Mass., where she d. 1884.
iv. ARABELLE, b. May 25, 1864. d. May 4, 1886.
v. ADALAIDE VICTORIA, b. April 18, 1868. m. Edward J. Paige (see).
vi. GEORGE VERDI, b. March 7, 1874. . d. 1884.
vii. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Feb. 19, 1876. m. March 18, 1896, Georgianna Belwear. Res. Plymouth. (1) Mabel Ruth, b. July 6, 1897. Now lives Franklin.
EDMONDS.
1. BENJAMIN EDMONDS, son of Joseph and Nancy Edmonds, b. Lynn, Mass., March 2, 1794. Came to Plymouth, 1816, and was a merchant in this town many years, doing business in the firm name of B. Edmonds & Co. He was an intelligent, cultured gentleman and a useful townsman. He m. Nov. 26, 1820, Eliza Russell, dau. of Moor Russell (see). In 1842 the family removed to Brooklyn, N. Y. He d. Jan. 10, 1875. She d. Jan. 26, 1899, aged nearly 100.
i. BENJAMIN GARDNER, b. Oct. 3, 1821. m. Amanda M. Comwell. m. second, Amanda D. Bancroft. He d. Feb. 20, 1895.
ii. ANN ELIZABETHI, b. Jan. 31, 1823. m. Ira A. Libby. She d. August 30, 1900.
iii. AUGUSTA JANE, b. Nov. 25, 1825. m. Joshua F. Bridge. She d. May 12, 1877.
iv. JULIA RUSSELL, b. June 7, 1831. m. Elbert H. Willets. She res. in Brooklyn, N. Y.
v. MARY DAVIS, b. June 4, 1833. m. Stephen G. Taylor. She res. in Brooklyn, N. Y.
vi. CATHARINE WEBSTER, b. April 17, 1835. m. Andrew J. Willets. m. second, Frank Greenland. She d. Dec. 8, 1897.
EDMONDS.
1. GEORGE ERASTUS EDMONDS, son of Joseph, b. Thornton, Feb. 19, 1829. m. Oct. 26, 1854, Caroline Augusta Graham, b. Feb. 27, 1834, dau. of William and Margaret (Currier) Graham, of Chester. They res. in Auburn twenty years, and removed to Plymouth, 1874. He is a travelling salesman, and res. on South Main Street.
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i. WILLIAM GRAHAM, b. Feb. 22, 1856. d. August, 1856.
ii. CARRIE M., b. Nov. 22, 1859. m. Willis E. French (see).
iii. WILLIAM JOSEPH, b. April 2, 1861. m. Nov. 29, 1888, Ella Maud Davis, dau. of William R. Davis (see). He was a clerk in the furniture store of Frank H. Rollins, now employed by Draper & Maynard Co.
iv. GEORGE CURRIER, b. August 4, 1863. m. Jan. 2, 1885, Nena Hop- kins. Heres. Lancaster; agent Am. Express Co. Two children. (1) John H., b. June 4, 1886. (2) Helen, b. April 2, 1890.
V. BENJAMIN GRAHAM, b. Feb. 18, 1874. m. June 22, 1899, Mattie E. Coburn, dau. of Brewster G. Coburn (see). He is an express messenger. Res. Plymouth.
ELLIOTT.
1. EPHRAIM ELLIOTT, son of Perkins Elliott, was a soldier in 15th N. H. Infantry. He lived in Thornton, Brownsville, Me., and again in Thornton. He m. Eliza Broad; m. second, Lucy A. Broad; m. third, Mrs. Jerusha (Boynton) Hart, widow of Jesse Hart. He d. March 22, 1894. His widow res. in Plymouth.
2. SILAS BROAD ELLIOTT, b. July 9, 1853. m. Sept. 20, 1879, Carrie Augusta Hart, b. Thornton, March 6, 1859, dau. of Jesse and Jerusha (Boynton ) Hart. He d. April 4, 1894. He was proprietor of a summer hotel in Waterville, which since his death has been con- ducted by his widow, who res. in Plymouth during the greater part of the year.
i. LELA CARRIE, b. Oct. 25, 1881. Plymouth High School, 1900, and student at Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass.
ii. BESSIE MAY, b. March 18, 1883. d. July 7, 1894.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. May 22, 1886.
iv. MARY ETTA, b. June 16, 1889.
ELLIS.
1. ICHABOD ELLIS, son of Joshua, b. Rochester, August 31, 1789. Lived in Alton, Ellsworth, Rumney, and Campton, removing to Ply- mouth, 1833. He lived in the village a few years and later on Dear- born Hill. He m. Nancy Bickford, b. April 22, 1788, dau. of Joseph and Olive (Ellis) Bickford, of Rochester. He d. August 20, 1875. She d. Nov. 13, 1871.
i. MARTHA, b. Alton, Nov. 4, 1814. unm. d. Plymouth, May 12, 1876.
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ii. BETSEY B., b. Alton, Feb. 5, 1818. After the death of her father, she continued her home at the homestead. She d. unm. March, 1897. iii. JOSEPH BICKFORD, b. Dec. 14, 1822. m. in Pembroke, Oct. 21, 1847, Mary J. Kelley, dau. of John and Phebe (Stevens) Kelley, of Pembroke. He was a teamster and contractor in Concord several years, and later was employed in a printing office.
2. iv. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Campton, Jan. 13, 1832.
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V. GEORGE WASHINGTON, adopted, b. July 12, 1843.
2. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELLIS, son of Ichabod 1, b. Jan. 13, 1822. m. Oct. 11, 1854, Dorothea Annette Sargent, of Bridgewater (see). He is a jeweller, res. at Ward Hill.
i. GILMAN FRANKLIN, b. Dec. 7, 1855. m. Nov. 22, 1894, Jennie Freeman, dau. of Arnold and Orilla (Stevens) Freeman. He was a painter. He d. March 31, 1900.
3. GEORGE WASHINGTON ELLIS, adopted son of Ichabod 1, b. Ply- mouth, July 12, 1843. 1st N. H. Heavy Artillery ; enlisted Sept. 3, 1864; discharged June 15, 1865. He m. Sept. 6, 1865, Esther Eliza- beth Elkins, dau. of James N. Elkins. m. second, June 7, 1899, Nancy D. Cotton Varney, dau. of Josiah and Lydia (Doe) Cotton. He lived in New Hampton nearly twenty years, returning to Ply- mouth, 1888. -
CARRIE MCQUESTEN, b. Sept. 9, 1866. m. Feb. 2, 1884, Frank B. Smith, of New Hampton.
ii. JAMES NASON ELKINS, b. Oct. 28, 1869.
iii. GEORGE WYMAN, b. July 28, 1871. m. Nov. 23, 1892, Maude A. Small. He is a carpenter of Plymouth. (1) Carl Albert, b. May 3, 1894. (2) Flora May, b. Sept. 26, 1895. (3) Arthur Wyman, b. March 3, 1897. d. Sept. 17, 1897.
iv. ASHLEY WHIPPLE, b. May 25, 1873. m. April 21, 1898, Jennie Splaine. Res. Ward Hill, in Plymouth.
v. MARY GRACE, b. Nov. 25, 1875.
vi. JOHN ALBERT, b. Feb. 18, 1878. m. May Abbie Pebbles, dau. of George D. Pebbles (see). Res. Plymouth. Two children :
. (1) b. Dec. 15, 1900. (2) b. August 12, 1902.
vii. ESTHER ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 16, 1879.
viii. SUSAN WYMAN, b. May 12, 1881.
ELLIS.
1. CHESTER F. ELLIS came to Plymouth, 1827, or early in 1828, and remained in this town until 1844. He subsequently res. in Haver-
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hill, Mass. He m. Hannah Morrison, dau. of Dea. James Morrison . (see).
i. SARAH L., b. Feb. 5, 1832. m. August 1, 1855, Orlando W. Keyes. She d. Jan. 3, 1859. Ile d. in the army; killed at Chancellors- ville, May 2, 1863.
ii. OTIS CHRISTOPHER, b. March 26, 1836. m. June 16, 1859, Emily W. Wright, b. Holderness, Feb. 18, 1836. Res. Janesville, Wis.
iii. ALBERT ORLANDO, b. Oct. 8, 1838. m. 1861, Abbie L. Smith, of Holderness, who d. Dec. 29, 1864. m. second, Feb. 19, 1866, Emma A. Daniels, of Exeter. Res. Haverhill, Mass.
iv. JOHN MORRISON, b. May 21, 1842. m. Dec. 24, 1868, Clara M. Tilton, of Haverhill, Mass. Res. Haverhill, Mass.
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