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ii. EMILY BELLE, b. Sept. 7, 1894.
iii. ORA ESTELLE, b. August 7, 1896.
iv. ALVIDA ANN, b. July 3, 1899.
FISKE.
1. AMOS FISKE lived in Hollis from 1760 or earlier until about 1770. He was a tanner. He removed to Amherst and came to Plymouth, 1774, and removed, 1778, to Haverhill, where he was an innholder, and after 1760 he was invariably styled lieutenant. He m. in Hollis, March 18, 1762, Elizabeth Flagg, b. May 11, 1745, dau. of Eleazer Flagg. He m. second, in Hollis, Oct. 15, 1774, Mrs. Mary Wheeler, of Concord. In the record of his second marriage he is called " of Amherst." Three children b. in Hollis.
i. BETTY, b. Jan. 17, 1763.
ii. HANNAII, b. Jan. 21, 1765.
iii. SARAII, b. April 7, 1767.
FLANDERS.
1. STEPHEN FLANDERS, the emigrant ancestor of the Flanders families, b. in England, settled in Salisbury, Mass., before 1646. He m. Jane - -, and d. June 27, 1684.
2. STEPHEN FLANDERS, son of Stephen 1, b. March 8, 1646/7. m. Dec. 28, 1670, Abigail Carter, b. Salisbury, 1653, dau. of Thomas Carter. He was styled junior until the death of his father. He d. about 1688. His estate was administered May 29, 1689. She d. after 1717.
3. PHILIP FLANDERS, son of Stephen 2, b. Jan. 8, 1681/2. m. Feb. 2, 1709/10, Joanna Smith, b. Salisbury, May 22, 1686, dau. of Richard Smith. He settled in Kingston.
4. RICHARD FLANDERS, son of Philip 3, b. Kingston, April 6, 1725. m. June 10, 1744, Mary Fowler, dau. of Jacob Fowler, of Hampton. He removed to Concord, 1759, and had a grist-mill in connection with his farm.
5. OLIVER FLANDERS, son of Richard 4, b. Concord, April 21, 1765. m. Jan. 12, 1784, Abigail Chandler, b. July 4, 1767, dau. of Daniel and Sarah (Merrill) Chandler, of Concord. He was a miller and a farmer in Concord until 1816, when he removed to Plymouth, living at West Plymouth, where he d. Jan. 31, 1838. She d. Jan. 21, 1841. Fourteen children.
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6. j. PETER, b. Concord, June 19, 1784.
7. ii. MOSES, b. April 21, 1786.
iii. RICHARD, b. April 23, 1788. m. Sept. 20, 1814, Abigail Furber. He d. in Concord, March 16, 1833.
iv. EBENEZER, b. April 30, 1790. m. Nov. 11, 1815, Nancy Weeks.
v. d. young.
8. vi. ABIEL CHANDLER, b. Feb. 10, 1794.
vii. MARTHA, b. Feb. 13, 1796. m. March 20, 1816, Stephen Lang, of Concord.
viii. SUSAN, b. March 5, 1798. m. 1828, Nathaniel Lancaster, of Lyme.
ix. ABIGAIL, b. May 10, 1800. m. Nathaniel Cole (see). m. second, Samuel Morse (see).
9. x. OLIVER, b. March 28, 1802.
xi. BETSEY, b. Jan. 14, 1801. unm. d. Plymouth, June 8, 1877.
xii. ANNIE, b. Oct. 5, 1807. m. Feb. 3, 1829, James Ralston Payne, b. June 5, 1801, and lived in Lebanon and in Rumney. He d. July 25, 1881. She d. Jan. 20, 1881. Of their eight children, Mary F., b. Oct. 25, 1813, m. Jan. 4, 1865, Joseph E. Sanborn.
xiii. MARY, b. April 20, 1809. unm. d. Plymouth, April 28, 1840.
xiv. ORVILLA, b. March 5, 1812. m. Sept. 14, 1852, John B. West, of Franklin. m. second, Levi S. Gordon (see).
6. PETER FLANDERS, son of Oliver 5, b. June 19, 1784. m. Jan. 1, 1807, Hannah Heath, b. June 20, 1786, dau. of Solomon Heath, of Bow. He drove a stage a few years from Concord to Haverhill and later established a pottery at West Plymouth. He d. August 23, 1856. She d. Feb. 25, 1879. His pottery for the manufacture of common earthenware is still by the brookside, and there can be found some of the implements which he used, once smoothly worn by the hand of patient toil, but now corroded by the waste and rust of idleness.
i. GEORGE, b. May 20, 1808. m. Sept. 16, 1835, Sarah Simonds, b. June 16, 1812, dau. of Samuel and Susannah (Gale) Simonds, of Alexandria. He was a potter and a farmer at West Plymouth where he d. Oct. 24, 1869. She d. Nov. 2, 1858. Four children : (1) Elizabeth Jane, b. Feb. 15, 1836. m. Richard Gove Stearns (see). (2) Cynthia Elmira, b. March 22, 1838. (3) George Baxter, b. Dec. 25, 1842. d. August 8, 1846. (4) George Francis, b. Oct. 24, 1818. d. May 30, 1867.
ii. SARAH ANN, b. June 6, 1810. m. James W. Homans (see).
iii. EMILY, b. Jan. 30, 1812. m. March 20, 1829, Jedediah C. Wood- bury. Ile was taxed in Plymouth, 1827-1830.
iv. PETER, b. April 13, 1816. m. Nov. 27, 1845, Mrs. Martha (Palmer) Trumbull. He lived in Lowell, Mass. d. June 7, 1886.
v. LOUISA, b. Sept. 7, 1818. d. June 21, 1830.
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vi. HANNAH, b. Oct. 20, 1820. m. Jan. 1, 1841, Alpha C. Jewett, b. Wentworth, Feb. 28, 1808. They lived in Bristol, where she d. April 11, 1877. He d. April 29, 1887. Three children.
vii. CAROLINE ELIZABETHII, b. Sept. 5, 1824. m. Alexander G. Smyth (see).
viii. CHARLES R., b. Jan. 29, 1827. m. Susan A. Taft. Res. in Granite- ville, Mass.
7. MOSES FLANDERS, son of Oliver 5, b. April 21, 1786. m. 1811, Ruth Bean, b. Sept. 23, 1790, dau. of Samuel and Dorothy (Wells) Bean, of Sutton. She d. Nov. 13, 1817. He m. second, Sally Bean, b. April 13, 1788, a sister of Ruth. He lived in West Plymouth, where he d. June 28, 1846. His widow d. Jan. 2, 1855.
i. PEABODY, b. August 10, 1817. d. Feb. 11, 1842.
10. ii. DANIEL, b. May 30, 1820.
iii. MARY ANN, b. Nov. 20, 1822. m. Oliver Ames, of Wentworth. m. second, Jeremiah Jewett, b. Wentworth, son of Aaron Jewett. Res. Bristol. He d. Feb. 3, 1896. She d. Nov. 5, 1889. One , child: (1) Etta, b. April 25, 1857. m. Dec. 26, 1876, Smith Drake Fellows, b. March 17, 1853, son of Milo and Susan D. (Locke) Fellows. He was a representative of Bristol, 1893; now res. Saugus, Mass.
iv. SARAH, b. May 18, 1828. m. Sept. 12, 1846, Jonathan Page, of Lyndon, Vt.
v. MOSES, b. June 9, 1835.
8. ABIEL CHANDLER FLANDERS, son'of Oliver 5, b. Feb. 10, 1794. m. March 29, 1818, Sally Fellows. He lived in Plymouth, where he d. Feb. 12, 1824. Two children : (1) Abiel Chandler, b. Jan. 30, 1819. (2) Joseph, b. Feb. 20, 1820, both emigrated to the West, after a resi- dence of several years in this town.
9. OLIVER FLANDERS, son of Oliver5, b. March 28, 1802. m. in Rumney, April 28, 1830, Hannah F. Green, dau. of Ephraim Green (see). He lived in Plymouth. His farm was on Baker's River. He held the line offices in the militia, and was promoted to colonel of the 14th Regiment. He was an efficient and popular officer. He d. Feb. 2, 1878. She d. Nov. 2, 1871.
i. MARY HANNAH, b. Dec. 30, 1830. Res. Stoneham, Mass.
ii. OLIVER HENRY, b. May 29, 1833. m. Jan. 2, 1858, Elmira S. Willis, and lived in Chelsea, Mass. 1
iii. ABIEL CHANDLER, b. July 25, 1837. He left New Hampshire at an early age, and died in the service from wounds received at the battle of Gaines Mills, July 21, 1862.
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iv. SARAH ABBIE, b. Dec. 18, 1839. m. Sept. 7, 1877, James D. Kim- ball, b. Walpole, May 22, 1829, son of John and Eliza (Davis) Kimball. They reside in Stoneham, Mass.
v. EDWARD PAYSON, b. Feb. 17, 1843. m. Dec. 24, 1880, Ida E. Her- som. He served in the 5th Mass. Infantry, which was raised for . one hundred days. He was subsequently in the commissary department in the army of the Cumberland. He lived after the war in Stoneham, Mass., where he d. "He has left a record for patriotism, honesty, and right living, which is fully endorsed by all who knew him."
vi. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 14, 1844. She removed 1865, from Plymouth to Stoneham, Mass., where she is proprietor of a mil- linery store.
10. DANIEL FLANDERS, son of Moses 7, b. May 30, 1820. m. May 2, 1842, Mary Haines, of Boscawen. He lived in Plymouth, where he d. August 22, 1892.
. PEABODY, b. Sept. 2, 1843. d. Sept. 9, 1844.
ii. MARY ANN, b. June 9, 1846. m. Jan. 1, 1867, George Hutchins. Res. Plymouth. Three children : (1) Katie F., b. Nov. 10, 1867. m. Oscar T. Bragg (see). (2) Helen M., b. Oct. 9, 1874. m. Carl Barker. (3) Lizzie E., b. Oct. 1, 1877.
iii. FRANK E., b. Nov. 27, 1818. m. April 27, 1871, Clara M. French, dau. of Jonathan French (see). Ile lived in Ashland. He d. 1901. She d. Nov. 8, 1902.
iv. WILLIAM G., b. May 17, 1850. m. Dec. 25, 1870, Clara Hardy, b. 1852, dau. of William and Mary (Rogers) Hardy. He was a partner in the firm Flanders & Gould, tinsmiths, several years, proprietor of the Plymouth House, and has had charge of the boarding hall of Normal School. He is now proprietor of the Pemigewasset stables. Three children: (1) Charlotte Belle, b. Dec. 19, 1874. Plymouth High School, 1891. m. Frank G. Smith (see). (2) Sarah Annie, b. Sept. 30, 1877. (3) Marion Emma, b. Feb. 7, 1892.
v . EMMA F., b. July 4, 1855. m. Erastus B. Dearborn (see).
FLETCHER.
1. The emigrant ancestor of the Fletcher families of Plymouth and vicinity was Robert Fletcher, who settled in Concord, 1630. He was wealthy and influential. He d. April 3, 1687, aged 85. Five children.
2. WILLIAM FLETCHER, son of Robert 1, b. England, 1622, admitted freeman, May 10, 1643. He m. Oct. 7, 1645, Lydia Bates, and settled
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in Chelmsford, where he was a selectman. His estate included a part of Lowell. He d. Nov. 6, 1677. His widow d. Oct. 12, 1704.
3. JOSHUA FLETCHER, son of William 2, b. March 30, 1648, admitted freeman, March 11, 1689. m. May 4, 1668, Grissies Jewell, who d. Jan. 16, 1682. He m. second, July 18, 1682, Sarah Willey. He lived in Chelmsford, where he d. Nov. 21, 1713.
4. JOSHUA FLETCHER, son of Joshua 3, b. Chelmsford. Lived in Westford, and there owned a large farm in the vicinity of Boutwell's meadow. He was a selectman and a deacon. He m. Dorothy Hall, who d. August 20, 1770. He d. Oct. 19, 1732.
5. GERSHOM FLETCHER, son of Joshua 4, b. Westford, Mass., July 27, 1702. m. May 28, 1733, Lydia Townsend. He lived in West- ford, Groton, again in Westford, and removed to Plymouth in 1770. At this date several of his children were married and had settled else- where. He lived in Plymouth, and was taxed continuously until his death. He was a farmer, buying and selling many tracts of land, and measured by the standard of his time he was wealthy. He d. while visiting Westford, June 28, 1779; grave-stone in Westford. Nine children.
i. LYDIA, b. Feb. 18, 1733/4. m. Feb. 22, 1753, Timothy Prescott, b. 1728, son of Jonas and Esther (Spalding) Prescott. Lived in West- ford, Mass.
ii. ESTHER, b. Dec. 13, 1735. m. James Tarbell. Lived Pepperell, Mass.
iii. GERSHOM, b. Sept. 30, 1737. m. Dec. 7, 1769, Sarah Robinson. Lived in Westford, Mass., where his seven children were born. He d. at the home of his brother Joshua in Bridgewater, 1814.
iv. OLIVE, b. August 14, 1741.
v. SARAH, b. April 14, 1744. m. July 17, 1764, Hezekiah Corey, b. Chelmsford, Mass., 1736. Lived Chelmsford, New Ipswich, N. H., and Ashburnham, Mass. He d. Oct. 23, 1818. She d. Oct. 9, 1820.
vi. MARY, b. July 2, 1746. m. Nov. 13, 1764, Lieut. Jonathan Robbins (see).
vii. LUCY, b. 1751.
viii. MARTHA, b. June, 1754. m. Nov. 11, 1771, Joseph Reed (see).
6. ix. JOSHUA, b. Sept. 24, 1756.
6. JOSHUA FLETCHER, son of Gershom 5, b. Sept. 24, 1756. Came to Plymouth with his father, 1770. He m. in Plymouth, 1775, Sarah Brown, dau. of Josiah Brown (see). He was a prosperous farmer in Plymouth until 1802, when he removed to Bridgewater. He was a
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worthy deacon of the Congregational church in Plymouth, 1794-1818. After his removal to Bridgewater he became a preacher, and without ordination was the pastor of the church in that town until 1822. He d. August 15, 1829. "He was a man greatly beloved by all who knew him." His widow d. 1854, aged 97. Nine children.
i. JOSHUA, b. May 16, 1776. m. April 19, 1798, Sarah Pulsifer, dau. of Joseph Pulsifer (see). He lived in Plymouth until 1809, and subsequently was a prosperous merchant in Texas. He d. May 21, 1852. His wife d. April 27, 1842. Seven children : (1) Eliza. m. Rev. Leonard Rogers, of Wisconsin. (2) Charles. Res. Water- ford, Pa. (3) Amira. d. unm. (4) Hannah, m. Cephas Stone, of St. Charles, Ill. (5) William Joshua. (6) Jane. m. Samuel F. Foster, of Crystal Lake, Ill. (7) Amos. m. Maria Wright. Lived in New York City.
7. ii. JOSEPH, b. 1778.
iii. GERSHOM, b. August 28, 1780, removed to Baltimore, Md. He was a printer. m. Elizabeth Huske. His name was changed to John R. Fletcher. He d. Feb. 22, 1828. One dau. d. young, and dau. Eleanora. m. Henry Powell.
8. iv. NATHAN, b. 1783.
v. SAMUEL, b. July 31, 1785. Dartmouth College, 1810. He was principal of Gilmanton Academy two years, and read law with Samuel Green, of Concord, where he opened an office in 1815, and was in successful practice until 1841, when he was appointed treasurer of the Theological Seminary, and removed to Andover, Mass. He returned to Concord, 1850, and d. there Oct. 28, 1858. He m. Nancy Boardman, of South Reading, Mass., who d. Oct. 28, 1842. He m. second, Feb. 13, 1847, Mrs. Hannah C. Briggs.
vi. WILLIAM ASA, b. June 26, 1788. He was a merchant in Boston a few years, but he relinquished mercantile pursuits, and studied law. He lived in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich. He was one of the commission to revise and codify the laws of Michigan, and was chief justice of the superior court. He m. 1822, Gertrude Hamilton. He d. Ann Arbor, Sept. 19, 1852.
vii. Amos, b. July 13, 1790. m. 1817, Abigail Gale, who d. 1829. He m. second, 1830, Sally Gould, b. Oct. 19, 1799, dau. of Samuel and Ruth (Towne) Gould, of Middleton, Mass. He was a farmer of Middleton, Mass., where he d. April 4, 1861. Seven children : (1) Abigail, b. Sept. 14, 1817. m. 1840, T. D. Taylor, of South Danvers, Mass. (2) Amos, b. Jan. 6, 1820. m. 1844, Hannah Tuttle. Lived in Saugus, Mass. (3) Joseph, b. August 4, 1824. m. April 10, 1847, Eunice G. Peabody. Res. Danvers, Mass. (4) Sarah J., b. May 17, 1833. m. Oct. 31, 1854, J. B. Putney, of Danvers, Mass. (5) Martha Ellen, b. March 31, 1835. d. August, 1835. (6) Samuel Augustus, b. July 13, 1836. Res. Middleton, Mass. (7) Horace Joshua, b. Sept. 6, 1839. d. Sept. 9, 1840.
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viii. SARAH, b. Jan. 26, 1793. m. March 4, 1817, Joshua Pillsbury, b. Dracut, Mass., March 31, 1789, son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Sawyer) Pillsbury. He d. Canaan, Oct. 19, 1858. She d. Oct. 30, 1865.
ix. DANIEL H., b. Dec. 7, 1798. He lived in Concord, and was a builder and contractor. He built the Rumford school house, and was engaged in the construction of the South Congregational church edifice. He m. Eliza M. Swaine, who d. Prattsville, Ala., Nov. 22, 1881. He d. Concord, March 10, 1864. Ten children. (1) Edward H., b. Jan. 26, 1827. (2) George S., b. August 8, 1828. (3) Maria, b. Sept. 10, 1830. m. Calvin Clifford Webster, b. Nov. 8, 1827, son of Josiah Webster. He is a grocer of Concord. She d. Sept. 27, 1877. (4) Emily R., b. April 2, 1832. m. Charles Virgin, of Concord. (5) William A., b. Feb. 26, 1834. d. Oct. 23, 1835. (6) Anna, b. Jan. 4, 1837. d. 1839. (7) William A., b. March 7, 1839. d. Concord, May 10, 1871. (S) Ellen A., b. April 18, 1841. (9) Harriet, b. Sept. 28, 1834. d. August 19, 1845. (10) Charles S., b. Jan. 18, 1846. d. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 1, 1870.
7. JOSEPH FLETCHER, son of Joshua 6, b. 1778, lived in Bridge- water, Plymouth, 1811-1819, and in Campton, where he d. Jan. 25, 1824. He m. Dec. 29, 1802, Betsey Webster, dau. of Stephen Webster (see).
i. BETSEY W., b. 1803. m. David Cheney, of Groton.
ii. ARTHUR. d. in infancy, July 29, 1805.
iii. HANNAH D., b. 1806. d. unm. Concord, Jan. 21, 1846.
iv. JOSEPH W., b. March 3, 1809. Lost at sea.
v. MOORE RUSSELL, b. Jan. 17, 1811. He was a physician. He practised his profession in Concord, 1845-1850, in New Brunswick, and in Cambridge, Mass. IIe m. 1840, Anne Catharine Allanshaw. He invented the " Fletcher Truss."
vi. RUTH W., b. Feb. 8, 1813. d. unm. Andover, Mass., 1844.
vii. SARAH B., b. 1814. m. Stephen B. Clough, of Lowell, Mass.
viii. WILLIAM W., was a dentist in Concord from 1847 to 1885, when he removed to Philadelphia, Pa. He was appointed fish commis- sioner, 1874.
ix. CHARLES, b. 1819. d. Nov. 5, 1835.
x. GEORGE W., b. 1821. m. Hannah K. Avery. He lived in Rumney and was a representative and town officer.
8. NATHAN FLETCHER, son of Dea. Joshua 6, b. 1783. Was a sub- stantial citizen of Bridgewater, a deacon, representative, selectman, and foremost in town affairs. He m. Jan. 26, 1809, Nancy Pillsbury,
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b. Oct. 21, 1784, dau. of Moses and Anna (Hoyt) Pillsbury, of Amesbury, Mass., and Bridgewater. He d. Dec. 8, 1865.
i. CYRUS, b. Jan. 26, 1810. m. Dec. 14, 1835, Mary L. Sleeper. Res. in Bridgewater until 1853, when he removed to Manchester, where he d. Sept. 10, 1855. One son, Arthur Francis.
ii. ARTHUR, b. Oct. 1, 1811. Yale, 1836. IIe read law with his uncle, Samuel Fletcher, at Concord, and practised in Concord, dividing his time between his chosen profession and banking. He was a learned lawyer and a worthy citizen. He m. August 1, 1848, Maria Minot, b. Bristol, April 27, 1825, dau. of Capt. James Minot. He d. Feb. 19, 1885.
iii. JULIA A., b. 1816. d. Oct. 9, 1842.
iv. ARVILLA G., b. Jan., 1819. m. Charles M. Barnard (see).
v. SAMUEL W., b. Dec. 24, 1826. m. June 29, 1853, Mary J. Cum- mings, b. Oct. 27, 1834, dau. of Caleb and Susan (Spalding) Cummings, of Holderness. She d. Sept. 7, 1866. He m. second, July 17, 1867, Mrs. Mary T. Smith. He was a machinist. Res. Holderness. d. Ashland.
9. SAMUEL FLETCHER, son of William 2 and Lydia (Bates) Fletcher, b. July 23, 1664. Admitted freeman, March 11, 1689. He was three times married.
10. WILLIAM FLETCHER, son of Samuel 9, lived in Chelmsford.
11. AMOS FLETCHER, son of William 10, b. July 11, 1717. m. Sept. 3, 1741, Mary Perham. He lived in Westford. He was a captain and town clerk.
12. AMOS FLETCHER, son of Amos 11, b. June 25, 1755. m. Rebecca Prescott. He was a deacon of the Baptist church of Westford.
13. ABEL FLETCHER, son of Amos 12, b. Westford, July 4, 1782. He m. Betsey Gilman. About 1806 he settled in Bridgewater. They had nine children. Of these Eliza, b. 1820, m. - Elliot, and d. in Plymouth, March 7, 1901.
14. SAMUEL GILMAN FLETCHER, son of Abel 13, b. August 27, 1804. Lived in Bridgewater, where he d. 1888. He m. Lydia Prescott, b. April 4, 1804, dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Worthen) Prescott. She d. Feb. 18, 1828. m. second, June 21, 1830, Dorothy Prescott, b. March 9, 1806, a sister of Lydia. She d. Nov. 10, 1853. m. third, Mary Fletcher. m. fourth, Sarah Prime.
15. SAMUEL PRESCOTT FLETCHER, son of Samuel Gilman 14, b. Bridgewater, Feb. 13, 1828. m. July 3, 1850, Lydia A. Morrill, b. Groton, May 8, 1831, dau. of John Morrill. She d. in Plymouth, VOL. II. - 18
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Sept. 12, 1870. He m. second, August 19, 1871, Betsey Jane Webster, dau. of William Webster (see). He removed from Groton, to Plymouth, 1868.
i. JOHN GILL, b. June 15, 1852. m. Jan. 21, 1875, Sarah E. Morse, dau. of Elbridge Gerry Morse (see). Glove manufacturer. One child : (1) Fred Elbridge, b. July 9, 1877.
ii. ORRIN WILLIAM, b. Oct. 2, 1855. m. Jan. 13, 1878, Henrietta J. Barnard, dau. of Charles M. Barnard (see). He is a success- ful farmer of Plymouth. Selectman, 1902. (1) Herbert L., b. Dec. 15, 1878. (2) Amy Lillian, b. March 9, 1880. (3) Frank Pearl, b. April 4, 1882. Plymouth Iligh School, 1900 ; Wesleyan University, 1904. (4) Chester Arthur, b. July 6, 1884.
iii. HERMAN MORRILL, b. July 28, 1861. d. Feb. 17, 1864.
iv. CHARLES HERMAN, b. Plymouth, Jan. 26, 1867. in. May 12, 1897. Sarah Victoria Smith, b. May 19, 1872, dau. of Solomon Andrew Smith (see). Res. in West Plymouth, on farm formerly occupied by his father. (1) Herman Russell, b. April 6, 1898.
v. MYRON HENRY, b. Dec. 17, 1875. Res. Plymouth.
vi. FRANK WEBSTER, b. Sept. 22, 1877. d. Nov. 17, 1877.
16. GEORGE F. FLETCHER, son of Samuel Gilman 14, and Dorothy (Prescott) Fletcher, b. Bridgewater, April 10, 1838. m. May 17, 1860, Armina Jane Currier, dau. of Aaron Currier (see). Res. Bridge- water. He d. August 19, 1894.
i. MARY ANNAI, b. July 14, 1861. d. Dec. 27, 1864.
ii. WYMAN SCOTT, b. May 13, 1863.
iii. SAMUEL SHERMAN, b. Oct. 17, 1865.
iv. LAURA CURRIER, b. May 3, 1873. d. May 12, 1874.
FOGG.
1. DAVID FOGG, son of Samuel, b. Pittsfield, 1790. m. 1827, Emily Dorr, and removed from Pittsfield to Holderness, res. in the part now Ashland, where he d. 1876. She d. New Hampton, 1898.
2. DAVID HENRY GREEN FOGG, b. Oct. 1, 1828. m. Emeline Worthen, dau. of Ephraim Worthen (see). He lived in Ashland, where he d. Sept. 16, 1882. She res. in Ashland.
3. LIVINGSTON DAVID FOGG, son of David H. G. 2, b. Ashland, March 3, 1861. m. May 23, 1890, Clara Ann Lougee, widow of Charles Franklin Lougee (see). She res. in Plymouth after 1880. She d. in a hospital in Lowell, Feb. 10, 1897. He removed to Plymouth,
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1883. Has been engaged several years in the coal business and is now agent of the Plymouth Water Works.
FORSEY.
1. GEORGE AARON FORSEY, son of Aaron George and Frances (Rose) Forsey, b. Grand Bank, Newfoundland, July 9, 1865. m. Feb. 13, 1896, Selina Forsey, b. Feb. 14, 1874, dau. of John and Anna Rose (Hickman) Forsey. He first came to New England, 1893, and has res. in Plymouth since 1898. He is a fence builder for B. & M. R.R.
i. AARON GEORGE, b. Dec. 27, 1896.
ii. ANNIE ROSE, b. Sept. 19, 1899.
FOSS.
1. MOSES Foss was one of the pioneers in the settlement of Thornton. He was one of the selectmen, and in the Revolution he served in Capt. John House's company, Col. Baldwin's regiment, which was raised to reinforce the main army in New York. The regiment was engaged at Stony Point and was in service from Sept., 1776, to Feb., 1777.
2. MOSES Foss, son of Moses 1, b. March 12, 1782. He was one of the proprietors of a tract of land known as Gillis and Foss' Grant, and which, with other territory, was incorporated in Waterville, July 1, 1829. The land was acquired of the State, 1818, by purchase, and the conveyance was by an act of the legislature. He settled on the purchase about 1820, and was one of the pioneers in that rugged section of the State. He was a justice of the peace, of fair attain- ments, and a leader in the settlement. His hop-fields and his autumn journey to Boston to sell the yearly product are among the annals of a mountain hamlet. He m. Sally Treadwell, of Ipswich, Mass. He removed late in life from Waterville to Thornton, where he d. Dec. 11, 1863. She d. March 4, 1853.
3. GEORGE Foss, the sixth of the eight children of Moses 2, b. Waterville, Jan. 26, 1823. He was a school teacher a few years, and was proprietor of the " Brook Farm," in Thornton. Later he res. in Concord and in Campton, where he d. Feb. 2, 1887. He m. July 3, 1848, Deborah Snow Bryant, b. Oct. 24, 1821, dau. of Asa Bryant. She d. Jan. 30, 1885.
4. GEORGE BRYANT Foss, son of George 3, b. Concord, Feb. 16, 1856. m. August 14, 1881, Lavinia Estella Melven, dau. of Noah
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Daniel Melven (see). He res. in Thornton and Campton until 1896, when he removed to Plymouth. He is a travelling salesman.
i. GUY MELVEN, b. April 20, 1882.
ii. GEORGE LESLIE, b. Oct. 16, 1885. Plymouth High School, 1903.
iii. NOAH SYLVESTER, b. May 15, 1889.
iv. HUGH, b. July 7, 1896.
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1. REGINALD FOSTER, with wife Judith and seven children, settled in Ipswich about 1638. His wife d. and he m. second, Sarah Martin, widow of John Martin. He d. 1681, and she m. third, William White, of Haverhill.
2. REGINALD FOSTER, son of Reginald 1, b. 1636. m. Elizabeth Dane, dau. of John Dane. He d. in Ipswich, Dec. 28, 1707. Twelve children.
3. JOHN FOSTER, son of Reginald 2, b. July 15, 1664. He m. Mary -, and lived in the part of Ipswich known as Chebacco, now Essex. He d. Dec. 9, 1736. Six children.
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4. MOSES FOSTER, son of John 3, b. 1697. m. Mary Rust, dau. of Nathaniel Rust. She d. May 2, 1732, and he m. second, Jan. 18, 1732/3, Mary Blodgett ; m. third, Ann Varney, who d. Feb. 21, 1787. He d. Sept. 27, 1785.
5. AARON FOSTER, son of Moses 4, b. 1723. m. Mary Lowe. He also lived in Chebacco parish, now Essex, Mass.
6. ZEBULON FOSTER, son of Aaron 5, b. August 2, 1766. m. Nov. 30, 1794, Polly Story, b. August 3, 1770, dau. of William Story. He removed, 1814, to Henniker, where he d. Dec. 16, 1849. She d. August 3, 1851. Eight children.
7. JEREMIAH FOSTER, son of Zebulon 6, b. Essex, Mass., June 22, 1805, lived in Henniker. He m. Jan. 24, 1833, Adaline Rice, b. Henniker, Oct. 10, 1810, dau. of Jacob and Lovisa (Howe) Rice. She d. Sept. 7, 1863. m. second, April 23, 1864, Martha B. Huntoon. He was a captain, selectman, and prominent in town affairs.
8. JACOB RICE FOSTER, son of Capt. Jeremiah 7, b. Henniker, Feb. 4, 1834. m. April 30, 1867, Georgie Nash, of Somersworth ; m. second, 1874, Mary Nash. In early life he was a machinist, learning his trade in the locomotive works at Manchester. He enlisted March 30, 1863, in the 2d Brigade Band, which was enlisted under general orders. He was discharged Oct. 19, 1863. He was subse-
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quently engaged in the manufacture of shoe pegs. Res. at Somers- worth, Fryeburg, Me., and Shelburne Falls, Mass. He is a man of commanding energy and ability and is respected and esteemed by all who know him.
9. EDWIN JOSEPH FOSTER, son of Jacob R. 8, b. Somersworth, March 19, 1868. He m. May 26, 1897, Mabel Louise Jenks, dau. of George Washington Jenks, of Shelburne Falls, Mass., and removed to Plymouth in the summer of 1898. He is manager and accountant of the J. R. Foster peg factory.
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