History of Plymouth, New Hampshire; vol. I. Narrative--vol. II. Genealogies, v. 2 pt. 1, Part 27

Author: Stearns, Ezra Scollay, 1838-1915; Runnels, M. T. (Moses Thurston), 1830-1902. cn; Plymouth, N.H. Town History Committee
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass., Printed for the town by the University press
Number of Pages: 818


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V. BETSEY EATON, b. July 14, 1831. m. Sept. 11, 1866, Gideon Hill . Moulton, b. Ellsworth, June 12, 1812. He was a farmer of Campton, where she d. June 14, 1873. He d. Tilton, Feb., 1891.


20. vi. SAMUEL WESLEY, b. Sept. 6, 1835.


14. WILLIAM GEORGE, son of King 7, b. May 15, 1801, was a farmer and carpenter, res. on the turnpike, a short distance south of the site of the present school-house. The father, King George, was a per- manent resident of Plymouth, and his children were born here, except William, who was born in Bridgewater, while the parents were tem- porarily in that town. William George, m. March 22, 1825, Mary Russell Parker, dau. of Jonathan Parker (see). He d. in Plymouth, Dec. 8, 1861. She d. May 24, 1857. Nine children b. in Plymouth. i. WILLIAM WICKLIFF, b. Dec. 22, 1825. Carpenter. Res. Boston, Mass. m. Boston, Mass., Dec. 15, 1848, Harriet Thayer, b. Ox- ford, Me., April 23, 1824, dau. of John and Dordana (Pratt) Thayer. He d. Nov. 16, 1849. She m. second, - Denning. One child : (1) Wilhelmina May, b. Nov. 24, 1849. unm. d. Poland, Me., Sept. 17, 1873.


ii. DANIEL KING, b. Feb. 6, 1828. d. March 26, 1832.


iii. DAVID WASHINGTON, b. Feb. 27, 1830. unm. d. Plymouth, April 5,1859.


iv. ASA KEMP, b. Jan. 23, 1832. With the exception of a residence of a few years in Roxbury, Mass., he lived in Plymouth, a farmer on the John Rideout farm, until about 1870, when he removed to Rumney, where he d. Sept. 23, 1901. He m. March 13, 1856, Abbie Ann Mansfield, b. Newburyport, Mass., June 21, 1832. She d. in Rumney, May 10, 1883. Five children : (1) Nellie Frances, b. Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 16, 1857. d. Sept. 2, 1858. (2) Anna


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Frances, b. Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 3, 1858. m. June 23, 1887, George Irving Pillsbury. She d. Bridgewater, May 3, 1895. (3) Fred Banks, b. Roxbury, Mass., August 25, 1860. unm. d. Dorchester, Jan. 17, 1895. (4) Sidney Parker, b. Plymouth, May 2, 1865. d. Rumney, Sept. 18, 1878. (5) Raymond Mansfield, b. Rumney, August 17, 1872. d. Rumney, August 26, 1878.


v. CHARLES HENRY, b. Sept. 3, 1835, removed to Hebron, Me., 1860. Enlisted July 25, 1862, 16th Maine Infantry, wounded at Fred- ericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; discharged Feb. 5, 1863. He has been selectman of Hebron, collector, deputy sheriff, and census enume- rator. He m. Nov. 25, 1854, Ruth Ann Gurney, b. Minot, Me., Dec. 6, 1838, dau. of Samuel Gurney. Five children b. Hebron, Me. (1) Arthur Eugene, b. March 13, 1860. m. Dec. 25, 1886, Bertha Sturtevant. Res. a farmer, Hebron, Me. (2) Hermon Elwood, b. March 8, 1865. m. Nov. 26, 1890, Alida May Graves. He is a carpenter, Hebron, Me. (3) Nettie Frances, b. Oct. 30, 1868. d. Jan. 24; 1870. (4) Minnie Belle, b. Jan. 7, 1879. m. Dec. 25, 1898, Edward Clarke Bean. Farmer, Hebron, Me. (5) Gertrude May, b. Dec. 13, 1881.


vi. DANIEL EATON, b. March 26, 1837. Resided many years in Natick, Mass., an express messenger between Natick and Boston. He d. Feb. 5, 1902. He enlisted April, 1861, 1st Mass. Infantry ; dis- charged April 13, 1864. He m. Sept. 19, 1857, Adaline Rock- wood, b. Sherborn, Mass., March 3, 1837, dau. of Charles Rockwood. Two children : (1) IIattie Ellen, b. June 10, 1858. (2) Emma Martha, b. Nov. 12, 1869.


vii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. March 27, 1810. m. April 16, 1858, Abel Henry Dakin, b. Sudbury, Mass., Dec. 28, 1832, son of Abel and Susan E. (Stone) Dakin. 39th Mass. Infantry. d. in the service Dec. 20, 1863. She m. second, March 31, 1867, H. Clark Wood- ward, of Natick, Mass. He d. May 2, 1883. She res. in Natick, Mass. One child. (1) Carrie Octavia Dakin, m. Oct. 22, 1885, Franklin H. Howe, of Framingham, Mass.


viii. MARTHA ADALINE, b. Oct. 15, 1842. m. in Natick, Mass., Dec. 15, 1866, Frank P. Simonds, b. Peru, Vt., July 19, 1840. She lived in Natick, Mass. ; now in California. One child: (1) Frank P., b. Natick, Mass., March 28, 1872. Res. Chicago, Ill.


ix. JOSEPH PAYSON, b. July 31, 1845. Has res. in Natick, Mass., Temple, Grinnell, Ia., and is now engaged in mining in Cali- fornia. He m. Dec. 1, 1867, Clara Cushman, b. Auburn, Me., May 8, 1843, dau. of Jairus K. Cushman. She d. La Grange, Ia., 1892. Five children: (1) Minnie Cushman, b. Dec. 10, 1868. unm. Res. Pasadena, Cal. (2) Frank Erwin, b. June 5, 1870. Res. La Grange, Ia. (3) Hobert Leslie, b. Sept. 6, 1874. Res. El Paso, Texas. (4) Fred Eugene, b. August 25, 1881. (5) Edna Marian, b. August 11, 1883.


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15. DAVID GEORGE, son of King ™, b. April 18, 1808. m. Jan. 20, 1834, Elvira Cheney, b. Bristol, April 18, 1809, dau. of Enoch Cheney (see). He was a farmer in Plymouth on the homestead of his father until 1867, when he removed to Wentworth, where he d. June 8, 1883. His widow d. in Concord, Sept. 2, 1890. Three children b. in Plymouth.


i. ELIZABETH KIDDER, b. May 8, 1836. m. Dec. 11, 1858, Henry Harrison Lovejoy, b. Littleton, Nov. 7, 1836, son of Charles Henry and Polly (Lovejoy) Lovejoy. He enlisted Nov. 12, 1862, 17th N. H. Infantry, transferred to 2d N. H. Infantry, April 16, 1863 ; discharged Oct. 9, 1863. He was a painter. Res. Littleton. d. Concord, March 22, 1899. One child : (1) Lorena Sue, b. Dec. 29, 1869. Res. Littleton.


ii. FRANK HENRY, b. July 12, 1840. Removed to Bristol, 1864, and to Concord, 1872, where he is a merchant and a respected citizen. He served on the quota of Plymouth, 15th N. H. Infantry, corporal, mustered out with the regiment August 13, 1863. He m. Nov. 5, 1865, Martha Jane Currier, b. Bristol, March 3, 1845, dau. of Trueworthy G. Currier. Two children b. Bristol and three in Concord. (1) Lena Vira, b. Jan. 11, 1870. m. Oct. 2, 1895, Eben Marston Willis, of Concord, son of Algernon Willis, of Concord. (2) Roy Elmer, b. Sept. 7, 1871. m. Jan. 12, 1898, Mabel Florence Evans, dau. of Ira C. Evans. of Concord. They have two children ; Robert Arthur, b. Concord, Sept. 13, 1899, and Frank Evans, b. Concord, March 20, 1904. (3) Harriet Belle, b. Dec. 20, 1879. m. Oct. 23, 1901, Daniel B. Donavan, a civil engineer of Concord. (4) Lawrence Blanchard, b. Dec. 15, 1881. d. Feb. 8, 1882. (5) Edward King, b. Sept. 7, 1883. iii. SARAH AUGUSTA, b. August 12, 1848. Res. Concord.


16. ASA GEORGE, son of King", b. Nov. 2, 1809. Was a carpenter and builder, teaching singing-schools in winter. He lived in Plymouth, Groton, and Lowell, Mass. About 1849 he removed to Charlotte, N. C., and there established and conducted a factory for the manufacture of farm implements and furniture. He d. Charlotte, N. C., June 6, 1887. He m. Feb. 22, 1832, Adaline Kemp, b. Groton, Nov. 10, 1811, dau. of Pelatiah and Polly (Webber) Kemp. She d. Groton, May 13, 1843. He m. second, Belinda Kimball, b. Groton, Nov. 24, 1809, dau. of Samuel Kimball. She d. Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 29, 1884. Three children of Asa and Adaline (Kemp) George.


i. DAVID KEMP, b. Feb. 26, 1835. d. Lowell, Mass., June 4, 1847.


ii. EDWARD PAYSON, b. Groton, July 4, 1840, he pursued a course of study in dentistry in Germany, and after a visit to his native


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land he entered upon the practice of his profession at Frankfurt on the Main, Prussia. He was in the United States, 1890 to 1897, and returned to Hanover, Germany, where he now res. He m. Feb. 1, 1887, Harriet Rose Creighton, b. Thomaston, Me., March 21, 1855, dau. of Capt. James A. and Emily (Meservy) Creighton. Three children : (1) Alice Creighton, b. Frankfurt, Nov. 21, 18SS. (2) Hilda May, b. Thomaston, Me., Oct. 8, 1891. (3) Donald Payson, b. Portland, Me., Feb. 5, 1893.


iii. MARY ADALAIDE, b. Groton, June 4, 1842. m. May 7, 1868, William Nolen Prather, of Charlotte, N. C. He d. Dec. 10 1895.


17. AUSTIN GEORGE, son of Moses 8, b. Jan. 5, 1803. m. Nov. 26, 1835, Sarah Morrison, dau. of Dea. James Morrison (see). He d. Jan. 4, 1849. She m. second, Feb. 12, 1854, Lewis Stratton Hill, b. Shirley, Mass., Nov. 3, 1817, son of Woodbury and Mary (Stratton) Hill. He d. Plymouth, Jan. 26, 1892. She d. in Plymouth, March 27, 1890. Three children of Austin and Sarah (Morrison) George, b. in Plymouth.


i. AMANDA JANE, b. Oct. 28, 1836. d. July 1, 1837.


21. ii. HENRY STANTON, b. Feb. 4, 1838.


iii. AMANDA NOYES, b. April 23, 1843. m. Hiram B. Farnum (see).


18. WASHINGTON GEORGE, son of Moses 8, b. Plymouth, July 15, 1804. m. August 22, 1833, Vashti Dustin Hobart, dau. of David Hobart (see). She d. Plymouth, Jan. 1, 1837. He m. second, March 14, 1838, Louisa Abbot, dau. of John Abbot (see). In 1833, with several Plymouth families, he removed to Oberlin, Ohio, but he returned 1836, and subsequently occupied the paternal farm. He was prominent in town affairs, selectman, 1847, 1848, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1861, 1862, 1865, 1866; representative, 1854, 1855; town treasurer, 1858, 1861, 1862, 1866, and frequently elected to other positions of trust. He was a wise and a kind counsellor and his opinions were often sought and cheerfully given. He settled many estates in the probate court, was a deacon of the church, a kind neighbor, and one of the worthy men in the annals of Plymouth. He d. August 21, 1876. His widow d. Dec. 28, 1895. Six children of Washington and Louisa (Abbot) George b. in Plymouth.


i. ELLEN AUGUSTA, b. Dec. 24, 1838. m. James Peabody (see).


ii. HARRIET AMANDA, b. May 31, 1840. unm. d. Plymouth, Dec. 6 1880.


iii. MARTHA COOK, b. April 6, 1842.


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iv. LOUISA VASHTI, b. Dec. 16, 1843. Res. Plymouth. The persever- ing and intelligent researches of Miss George have supplied many facts and dates for the family registers of Plymouth. The com- piler and many who are named in these pages will find unalloyed pleasure in a grateful acknowledgment for her generous and capable assistance.


v. WILBER ORIN, b. May 25, 1845. unm. d. Plymouth, Dec. 26, 1879.


vi. CHARLES WASHINGTON, b. Oct. 20, 1850, a farmer occupying the homestead farm. The town of Plymouth calls him to an office held by his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has served as selectman, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1896, 1897, 1903, 1904.


19. WILLIAM SELDEN GEORGE, son of Gideon 9, b. Derby, Vt., March 3, 1825. m. July 4, 1853, Belchertown, Mass., Jane Sophia Filer. He m. second, May 10, 1866, Detroit, Mich., Janet Augusta Papineau. She d. Denver, Col., Oct. 4, 1874. He m. third, Sept. 5, 1876, Lansing, Mich., Henrietta Lucretia (Papineau) Gosley. He was a journalist and was the State printer of Michigan. He d. Lansing, Mich., Dec. 27, 1881. Two children by first and two by second marriage.


i. EDWARD S., deceased.


ii. STELLA AUGUSTA, b. North Adams, Mass., August 6, 1858. d. July 19, 1859.


iii. LOUIS PARKER, b. Lansing, Mich., Nov. 23, 1868. m. Charlotte J. Dibble. Res. Lansing, Mich.


iv. BESSIE RUTH, b. Lansing, Mich., Oct. 21, 1870. m. Harry E. Bradwer. Res. Lansing, Mich.


20. SAMUEL WESLEY GEORGE, son of Eaton 18, b. Sept. 6, 1835. m. Sept. 3, 1859, Annie Mehitable Jones, b. Concord, June 2, 1839, dau. of Joseph Dow and Mary (Green) Jones (see). He conducted a saw-mill which formerly had been owned and operated by Capt. Moses and his son Washington George. The mill site is on the farm now of Harris J. Goss. In 1861 he removed to Meredith. He enlisted, August 15, 1862, 12th N. H. Infantry, and died in the service at Falmouth, Va., Jan. 4, 1863. His widow m. second, April 10, 1866, Sydney Gray, of Northwood.


i. EMMA ZILPHIA, b. April 26, 1862. m. Oct. 7, 1882, Lewis S. Alexander. He d. Boston, Mass., Sept. 17, 1901. One child : (1) Annie Frances, b. Haverhill, Mass., April 3, 1886. d. April 24, 1886.


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ii. SAMUEL WESLEY, b. April 26, 1862. twin. m. June 21, 1884, Edith M. Hill, b. Northwood, June 26, 1862. He res. Haverhill, Mass., member common council, representative and State senator. Mrs. George d. June 19, 1888. He m. second, June 24, 1903, Gertrude Lavinia Grove.


21. HENRY STANTON GEORGE, son of Austin17, b. Feb. 4, 1838. m. Nov. 23, 1859, Mary Jane Farnum, dau. of Hiram Farnum (see). He was a glove manufacturer, selectman and an estimable townsman. He d. Plymouth, July 30, 1887. She d. May 12, 1902.


i. FRED NOYES, b. Sept. 16, 1861. m. Nov. 29, 1882, Mabel E. Perkins, b. Andover, Vt., May 12, 1861, dau. of Rev. D. P. Perkins. Res. Plymouth.


22. ENOCH GEORGE, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Page) George, b. Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 28, 1771. His father, Samuel, was a first cousin of William 4, of Plymouth. The lineage is Enoch 5, Samuel 4, John Swaddock 3, John 2, Gideon 1. Enoch George came to Plymouth in childhood. He m. Oct. 17, 1793, Lucy Wells, dau. of Benjamin Wells (see). He was taxed in Plymouth until 1821, when he re- moved to Rumney, where he d. Nov. 23, 1851. She d. about 1845.


i. LYDIA, b. 1796. m. Thomas George 2+ (see).


23. ii. BENJAMIN, b. 1798.


iii. SUSAN, b. May 14, 1801. m. Jonathan Parker (see).


iv. PLINA M. m. Calista Sargent, of Sunapee. He d. 1843. Four children : (1) Jane, m. George Bartlett, son of Moody and Abigail (Truel) Bartlett (see register John 5 Phillips). (2) Melissa Ann. (3) Romanzo. (4) Plina.


v. HARRIET KIMBALL, b. August 8, 1808. m. Thomas Ramsay Ford, b. Rumney, Jan. 7, 1809, son of Seth Ford. Res. in Rumney. He d. Sept. 4, 1889. She d. Nov. 7, 1876. Four children : (1) Charles Clark, b. July 13, 1854. (2) Henry Russell, m. Flora E. Fellows. Res. in Plymouth two years, where two children were b. (1) William Thomas, b. Dec. 14, 1867, m. March 17, 1896, Blanche Annette Marden, and their child, Earl Russell, b. Ply- mouth, June 25, 1897. The second child of Ilenry Russell Ford, is Harriet, the adopted dau. of Aaron Eastman (see). Mrs. Flora E. Ford d. Feb. 21, 1868. Henry Russell Ford m. second, Mary F. Watts.


23. BENJAMIN GEORGE, son of Enoch 22, b. 1798. m. Cynthia Church Bartlett, dau. of Tristram Bartlett. He removed to Rumney, 1826, where he d. June 17, 1869. She d. Rockford, Ill.


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i. ALVIN. unm. d. Rumney, Jan. 27, 1871.


ii. SARAH H. m. Joseph Carpenter Keyes, son of Lewis Keyes (see).


iii. CYNTHIA. m. Byron Persons. Res. Rockford, Ill.


iv. AUGUSTA. m. William White. He d. Denver, Col. She res. Rockford, Ill.


24. THOMAS GEORGE, son of James George, b. in Goffstown, March 8, 1793. Lived in Hebron, Plymouth, two years, and in Rumney. He m. Lydia George, dau. of Enoch 22. He d. March 12, 1878. She d. Jan. 23, 1865. Twelve children.


i. LURENDA, b. Sept. 27, 1816.


ii. ALFRED, b. Feb. 11, 1818.


iii. LUCY JANE, b. Nov. 29, 1819.


iv. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 24, 1821.


v. LYDIA, b. Oct. 3, 1823.


vi. SARAH, b. August 23, 1826.


vii. CAROLINE, b. April 2, 1827.


viii. ALONZO, b. Jan. 26, 1829.


ix. CHILD, b. May 29, 1831. d. young.


X. HARRIET M., b. June 14, 1832.


xi. MARY, b. March 1, 1835.


xii. WILLIAM, b. May 29, 1839. Res. Bristol.


GILE.


1. SAMUEL GILE or Guile, a brother of John of Dedham, lived in Dedham and Newbury, and after 1640 in Haverhill, Mass. He m. Sept. 1, 1647, Judith Davis, dau. of James Davis, of Haverhill. He d. Feb. 21, 1683/4.


2. EPHRAIM GILE, son of Samuel 1, b. Haverhill, March 21, 1661/2. m. Jan. 5, 1686/7, Martha Bradley. Snow-shoe man, 1711. Eight children b. in Haverhill.


3. DANIEL GILE, son of Ephraim 2, b. Dec. 10, 1697, was a farmer in Haverhill, Mass., and in Plaistow. He m. Joanna Heath.


4. NATHAN GILE, son of Daniel 3, b. April 5, 1736; was a farmer and a cooper of Plaistow, and a soldier in the Revolution. He m. Ruth Dow. He was a brother of Ephraim Gile, of Plaistow, captain in the Revolution and prominent in public affairs.


5. EZEKIEL GILE, son of Nathan 4, b. Plaistow, about 1776, came to Plymouth, 1797. He m. in this town, August 15, 1807, Polly Phillips. He removed, 1826, from Plymouth, to Groton, Vt. Five children b. in Plymouth.


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i. ANSON, b. August 30, 1808. Lived in Southampton, Mass.


ii. JONATHAN, b. May 1, 1810.


iii. AMOS WEBSTER PHILLIPS, b. June 4, 1814. Was a farmer and shoemaker of Newton. He m. Feb. 17, 1840, Elizabeth Cox, b. Beverly, Mass., Feb. 17, 1821, dau. of John and Lucy (Hart) Cox. He d. Dec. 3, 1857. She d. Lowell, Mass., March 27, 1873. Their son Nelson P. served three years in 6th N. H. Infantry, and their dau. Ellen Maria m. Willard Amos Wheeler. Res. Lowell, Mass.


iv. RUTH Dow, b. April 11, 1817. m. - Miles, of Hastings, Neb.


V. EZEKIEL, b. March 11, 1819. Lived in Iowa and Washington.


GILL.


1. WILLIAM GILL, from Newmarket, settled in Boscawen, where he d. about 1810.


2. WILLIAM GILL, son of William 1, b. Newmarket, Feb. 3, 1766. m. Ruth Haselton, and lived in Boscawen until 1830, when he re- moved to Plymouth, where he d. May 28, 1835. His widow d. Jan. 11, 1862, aged 88.


i. SUSAN B., b. July 28, 1793. d. in Plymouth, July 31, 1834.


ii. RUTH, b. August 24, 1794. m. Benjamin Dearborn (see).


iii. MARY, b. August 24, 1796. m. Nathaniel Draper (see).


iv. SALLY, b. Dec. 20, 1797. m. April 28, 1818, Jeremiah Burpee, b. 1781, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Maxfield) Burpee. Lived in Boscawen.


3. v. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 4, 1800.


vi. SAMUEL, b. August 10, 1803. d. Sept., 1819.


vii. HANNAH, b. July 13, 1805. m. May 4, 1830, Charles F. Gage, of Methuen, Mass. He d. Dec. 17, 1879. She d. Nov. 30, 1878.


viii. HARRIET, b. July 13, 1805, twin. m. Robert Cochrane (see).


ix. JAMES H., b. Oct. 12, 1807. m. Hannah Atkinson. Lived in Boscawen.


4. x. JOHN HASELTON, b. Sept. 16, 1809.


xi. ELIZA, b. Oct. 26, 1812. d. Oct. 14, 1817.


xii. JUDITH, b. Dec. 29, 1815. d. Oct. 17, 1817.


3. WILLIAM GILL, son of William 2, b. Jan. 4, 1800, removed to Plymouth, 1823. He purchased the Peter Webster homestead, which is now a part of the Pem Farm, and there lived over twenty years. With his brother John he engaged in the manufacture of pottery near the school-house at West Plymouth. In 1847 he returned to Boscawen, and d. in Penacook, Sept. 12, 1853. He m. in Plymouth, Dec. 29, 1825, Eliza Bartlett, of Groton. Six children, two of whom are buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.


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i. GEORGE, b. Dec. 22, 1827. d. Jan. 23, 1829.


ii. MARY ANN, b. Feb. 2, 1830. d. March 6, 1832.


iii. ELIZA. m. Proctor Gordon, of New Hampton.


iv. EMILY.


v. MARTHA.


vi. ELLEN.


4. JOHN HASELTON GILL, son of William 2, b. Boscawen, Sept. 16, 1809. Came to Plymouth before he reached his majority. Asso- ciated with his brother he carried on the pottery business at West Plymouth several years. He was an anti-slavery man, and at a time when it required courage and independence to entertain pronounced opinions upon the subject. He was a leader of the Methodist choir, and frequently conducted singing schools. He mn. Dec. 31, 1832, Atossa Blodgett, dau. of Elder Ebenezer Blodgett (see). She became an invalid from an accident in 1833. She d. Sept. 5, 1879. He m. second, April 17, 1880, Mary M. (Sargent) Clark, widow of Nathan- iel Clark (see). He d. July 30, 1888, sine prole.


GITCHELL.


1. EMERSON OTIS GITCHELL, son of Calvin and Ellen (Cogswell) Gitchell, of Warren, b. May 23, 1857. He m. June 14, 1891, Ella B. Caldon, dau. of Thomas Caldon (see). He came to Plymouth, 1881, and was a stone-mason and contractor res. on Highland street. He d. suddenly May 4, 1903.


i. JESSIE, adopted, b. May 11, 1883. Student Plymouth High School, 1901.


GLOVER.


1. ROBERT GLOVER, b. about 1745. m. Lydia Hadley, and lived in Hudson, and was a soldier in the Revolution. Three of his eleven children are named below.


iii. ROBERT, b. June 12, 1776. m. May 21, 1807, Betty Wells, dau. of Peter Wells (see). He was taxed in Plymouth, 1805-1808.


ix. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 11, 1786. m. Polly Smith, who d. July 20, 1856. He was taxed 1807, 1808, 1810, 1811. He d. June 5, 1874.


2. x. SETH, b. March 26, 1789.


2. SETH GLOVER, son of Robert 1, b. Hudson, March 26, 1789. m. Jemima Batchelder, b. April 24, 1789, dau. of Simon and Polly (Marston) Batchelder, of New Hampton and Bridgewater. He came


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to Plymouth, 1808, and lived in the southwest part of the town. They died in Plymouth and were buried in Bridgewater. He d. June 13, 1865. She d. Sept. 24, 1862. They had ten children.


i. MARY, b. Dec. 14, 1813. m. Feb. 28, 1843, Cyrus Gurdy, b. Bristol, Jan. 8, 1814, son of Elisha and Abigail (Powell) Gurdy. Ile was a miller in New Hampton until 1855, when he removed to Iowa. He d. West Union, Ia., August 11, 1881. She d. June 7, 1899. Three children.


ii. LYDIA, b. Nov. 28, 1815. d. Feb. 18, 1817.


iii. MARTHA, b. March 18, 1817. m. Isaac Huckins (see).


iv. LYDIA, b. Feb. 28, 1819. d. 1821.


v. SETH, b. May 1, 1821. m. Nov. 30, 1843, Elmira Pike, dau. of Joseph Pike (see). He was in Plymouth from 1855 until 1873, when he removed to Haverhill.


vi. LUCY ANN EMERSON, b. Sept. 17, 1822. m. Feb. 18, 1845, John French, son of Josiah French, of Rumney.


vii. SUSAN BATCHELDER, b. Oct. 18, 1821. m. Jan. 18, 1848, Abel Mitchell.


viii. OLIVER BLAKE, b. July 8, 1826. m. August 29, 1849, Jane Bullock, dau. of Jesse Bullock (see). He was in Plymouth, 1849 to 1854. He also lived on Kidder IIill. He removed to Groton and from there to Illinois.


3. ix. STEPHEN BARTLETT, b. April 3, 1828.


4. x. WARREN, b. Jan. 23, 1830. m. Almira Kidder.


3. STEPHEN BARTLETT GLOVER, son of Seth 2, b. Plymouth, April 3, 1828. m. July 4, 1850, Hannah Nutting, dau. of Thomas Nutting (see). He was a farmer and an estimable citizen of Bridgewater, where he d. Sept. 6, 1862. She d. March 27, 1904. Two children.


i. ARIANNA EUNICE, b. April 27, 1851. m. March 26, 1870, Moses Grant Tucker (see).


ii. STEPHEN ROSCOE, b. Oct. 21, 1855. m. Oct. 21, 1878, Luella R. Bartlett, dau. of David Ramsay Bartlett (see). He lived in Bridgewater until 1888, when he removed to Plymouth. Lives on Cummings Hill. (1) Austin Bartlett, b. Oct. 16, 1879. (2) Ada May, b. Oct. 2, 1881. (3) Eva Mabel, b. April 2, 1883. (4) Arthur Ethelbert, b. Dec. 24, 1884. (5) Harold Lynwood, b. Sept. 19, 1887. (6) Elmer Leon, twin, b. Sept. 19, 1887. (7) Roscoe Carroll, b. Nov. 4, 1889. (8) Roy Alfred, b. April 22, 1894.


4. WARREN GLOVER, son of Seth 2, b. Plymouth, Jan. 23, 1830. m. August, 1856, Almira Kidder, dau. of Reuben Kidder (see). He went from Plymouth to California, 1853, returning 1856, and was a fariner in this town and in Groton until 1865, when he removed to


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Dixon, Ill. In 1876 he removed to California, and engaged in lumber- ing and later in farming. He d. at Emigrant Gap, forty-five miles east of Sacramento, Jan. 16, 1891. She d. Dec. 8, 1899.


i. AUGUSTUS, b. 1857.


ii. CHARLES.


iii. OSCAR.


iv. WILLIAM H.


GLYNN.


1. STEPHEN GLYNN, b. Killconel, Galway Co., Ireland, 1797. Came to America, landing in New York, about 1821. He lived in Watertown, Mass., several years, where he m. May 3, 1835, Sarah Clifford, b. Dorchester, 1799, dau. of Thomas Clifford. Soon after his m. he removed to Rumney and to Plymouth, 1840. In this town he settled on the Rideout farm, now of Joseph A. Bartlett, situated on a picturesque spur of the mountain and now known as Glynn hill. He was a Protestant, an industrious farmer, and a respected townsman. He d. Sept. 9, 1872. She d. April 25, 1851.


i. MICHAEL, b. Watertown, Mass., Jan. 5, 1836. d. Plymouth, Nov. 5, 1850.


ii. THOMAS FRANCIS, b. Watertown, Mass., Dec. 29, 1837. m. March 14, 1861, Martha Jane Keniston, dau. of John Keniston (see). She d. suddenly Oct. 7, 1890. " Throughout the community many recipients of her kindness will hold her in grateful remembrance." He m. second, May 10, 1893, Florence Mabel Russell, dau. of Pelatiah Russell (see). For many years he was a manufacturer of gloves, doing business in the firm of Glynn Bros. (1) Mary Augusta, adopted, b. Sept. 11, 1862.


iii. ALONZO, b. July 18, 1810. d. Oct. 11, 1850.


iv. DAVID, b. Plymouth, Nov. 16, 1842. He enlisted Oct. 12, 1861, Co. A, 6th N. H. Infantry; re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864, sergeant, dis- charged for disability, April 10, 1865. He shared the hardships of the regiment and contracted in the service spinal infirmities which he has endured with soldierly heroism and commendable cheerfulness. He has been engaged with his brother in the glove business. He m. Nov. 16, 1878, Ellen Estella Fisher, b. Jan. 12, 1848, dau. of Dr. Thomas E. and Eliza A. (Underhill) Fisher, of Francestown. (1) Ethel Jane, b. Plymouth, July 24, 1886.


GOODHUE.


1. MARY GOODHUE, who m. Samuel Ambrose (see) was a dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia (Hill) Goodhue, of Nottingham, and a sister of


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Stephen B. Goodhue, of Campton (see Moses Ward). In Ambrose register the parentage of Mary Goodhue is incorrectly stated.


GOODRICH.


1. DR. HORACE P. GOODRICH, b. in Vermont, 1815. Came to Ply- mouth, 1844. He practised here seven years with a fair measure of professional success. He left Plymouth rather abruptly and moreover he left his wife Anna and two children. He was subsequently a res. of Edgarton, Mass. His wife secured a divorce at the July term, 1853, and m. second, 1855, Samuel Stevens, 2d, of Enfield. Two chil- dren of Horace P. and Anna Goodrich b. in Vermont.


i. PLUMA, b. 1840.


ii. HARTLEY, b. 1843.


GORDON.


1. LEVI GORDON, son of Stephen, b. New Hampton, 1789. m. Hannah Jewett, and removed to Hebron, where he d. 1843.


2. LEVI SMITH GORDON, son of Levi 1, b. New Hampton, August 15, 1821. m. Jan. 15, 1844, Nancy (Gove) Stearns, dau. of Richard Gove, and widow of Anthony T. Stearns (see). She d. July 13, 1869. He m. second, June, 1870, Orvilla (Flanders) West, b. March 5, 1812, dau. of Oliver Flanders (see), and widow of John B. West. She d. Rumney, Sept. 5, 1887. He was a farmer in West Plymouth from 1860 to 1884 ; now res. in Laconia.




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