History of Plymouth, New Hampshire; vol. I. Narrative--vol. II. Genealogies, v. 2 pt. 1, Part 3

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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6. i. JACOB, b. about 1781.


ii. DANIEL, m. March 31, 1812, Polly Childs. He removed, 1815, to Vermont.


iii. ISAAC, m. Dolly Greenough, dau. of William (see), and lived in Bridgewater. She (Dolly) d., leaving four children. He m. second, 1824, Hannah Bartlett. He d. 1826. (1) James deceased in 1860; (2) Alfred lived in Wrentham, Mass .; (3) John R. re- moved to Illinois ; (4) Sarah Grace.


iv. DOROTHY, m. March 31, 1828, William Pierce, son of Nathan Pierce, of Hebron. She d. 1842. Five children: (1) David, removed to Stoneham, Mass .; (2) William, removed to Stoneham, Mass .; (3) Nancy; (4) Elizabeth, m. Otis K. Corliss; (5) Mary.


v. ELIZABETH, b. . m. -


Sanborn. She d. in Plymouth, April 25, 1860.


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vi. MARY, b. 1802. unm. She lived with her brother George W. She d. May 15, 1860.


vii. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 1805. unm. Lived on the paternal homestead. IIe d. 185S.


6. JACOB BARNARD, son of Currier 5, b. about 1781. m. Nov. 28, 1805, Nancy Mitchell, of Bridgewater. He was a farmer in Ply- mouth until 1808, when he removed to Bridgewater. He owned the Crawford Farm in Bridgewater, and was a respected citizen. He d. March 1, 1859.


7. i. JACOB, b. Plymouth, Dec. 4, 1806. m. Mary II. Payne.


ii. CURRIER, b. Bridgewater, June 11, 1809. d. Charleston, Nov. 5, 1850.


iii. JOSEPH, b. August 1, 1811. d. 1816.


iv. NANCY, b. August 21, 1816.


v. LYDIA, b. August 21, 1816, twin. m. George Palmer, of Campton.


8. vi. CHARLES M., b. Dec. 3, 1818. m. Arvilla G. Fletcher.


vii. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 11, 1821. m. Walter Cummings, b. Bridge- water, Jan. 14, 1806, son of Andrew and IIannah (Crawford) Cummings. She d. August 26, 1879.


7. JACOB BARNARD, son of Jacob 6, b. Dec. 4, 1806. m. Mary H. Payne, who d. 1871. He lived in Bridgewater, where he d. 1874. Two children.


i. DOROTHY, b. March 25, 1831. m. Oct. 12, 1857, James Sargent, of Bridgewater. She d. Jan. 22, 1867.


ii. ANDREW JACKSON CURRIER, b. August 17, 1833. m. Nov. 30, 1854, Laura H. Doton, dau. of Seth Doton (see). He settled in Ply- mouth. He was a carpenter and a merchant, and for some years connected with the glove industry. He d. Jan. 28, 1885. She continues a residence in Plymouth. Two children: (1) Calista Emily, b. July 25, 1855, d. Sept. 14, 1855 ; (2) Rose B., b. Sept. 17, 1863. Grad. New Hampton Institute. Res. Plymouth.


8. CHARLES M. BARNARD, son of Jacob 6, b. Dec. 3, 1818. m. Feb. 1, 1844, Arvilla G. Fletcher, dau. of Dea. Nathan Fletcher. m. second, 1849, Melissa M. Johnson. He was a carpenter in Bridgewater, where he d. Oct. 10, 1890. She d. April 13, 1880. Five children b. Bridgewater.


i. FRANK J., b. April 1, 1850. m. 1876, Hattie A. Keef. m. second, Jan. 13, 1897, Alice Teed. He is head of the firm F. J. Barnard & Co., bookbinders, Boston, Mass., the largest establishment of its kind in New England. Res. Everett, Mass. Three chil- dren: (1) Frank M., b. Jan. 29, 1878; (2) Charles E., b. March 19, 1879, d. 1883; (3) George L., b. Sept. 6, 1899.


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ii. HENRIETTA J., b. May 19, 1853. m. Orrin W. Fletcher (see).


iii. ARVILLA FLETCHER, b. June 21, 1855. m. John H. Webster (see).


iv. CHARLES L., b. March 12, 1860. m. April 26, 1884, Anna E. Kidder (see). He is a prosperous farmer in Northfield. Eight children : (1) Ralph, b. June 6, 1885 ; (2) Karl E., b. March 15, 1888; (3) Bennie L., b. April 13, 1889, d. Dec. 12, 1892; (4) Bessie M., b. May 27, 1892, d. Dec. 13, 1892 ; (5) Arthur C., b. Nov. 11, 1893 ; (6) Ruth W., b. Oct. 20, 1896; (7) Burton, b. Nov. 17, 1897 ; (8) Hildreth M., b. Feb. 4, 1901.


v. ABBIE LOUISA, b. Dec. 19, 1861. m. Nov. 5, 1884, Henry F. Pills- bury, of Bridgewater. Res. Manchester.


9. TRISTRAM BARNARD, son of Thomas 2, b. Amesbury, Mass., about 1680. m. Ruth Martin. He lived in Amesbury, where he d. about 1758.


10. TRISTRAM BARNARD, son of Tristram9, b. May 30, 1721. m. Dec. 14, 1743, Dorothy Currier. He removed, 1792, to Weare.


11. EDMUND BARNARD, son of Tristram 10, b. June 16, 1782. m. Nov. 22, 1781, Sarah Brown. He removed to Weare, 1792. Ten children.


12. REUBEN BARNARD, son of Edmund 11, b. June 16, 1782. m. Huldah Eaton, dau. of Samuel Eaton. He removed from Weare to Dunbarton. Five children.


13. HEZEKIAH BARNARD, son of Reuben 12, b. 1818. m. Eliza A. Bunton. He removed from Dunbarton to Hebron.


14. WESLEY G. BARNARD, son of Hezekiah 13, b. Dunbarton, Feb. 22, 1859. m. June 15, 1885, Emeline F. Sanborn, b. August 30, 1866, dau. of John Sanborn (see). He was a provision dealer a few years in Hebron, removing to Plymouth, 1896. He is a farmer, occu- pying the Perley Pike farm.


i. JOHN CLEAVE, b. April 24, 1886.


ii. CHARLES OLIVER, b. August 30, 1890.


15. JACOB BARNARD came to Plymouth, 1779, and here d. 1781 or 1782.


BARNES.


1. JAMES BARNES, a young man, probably from one of the other towns near Dunstable, came to Plymouth about 1768. He m. in Plymouth, July 19, 1769, Submit Marsh, b. Hudson, March 2, 1748/9, dau. of James Marsh, deceased, and a niece of Onesiphorus Marsh, of Plymouth. James Barnes served in Capt. Edward Everett's com-


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pany, Col. Bedel's regiment, from March to Dec., 1776, and enlisted into the Continental service for the war, in March, 1777. He served in Col. Scammell's regiment, and died in the army about the beginning of the year 1782. While in the service his family received the fatherly care of the town. The widow m. second, 1805, Joseph Avery. of Thornton. Five children b. in Plymouth.


i. ELIZABETHI, b. April 28, 1770.


ii. JAMES, b. Jan. 9, 1772. d. Oct. 25, 1778. This child was lost. (See History of Coos by Rev. Grant Powers. )


iii. MARY, b. Nov. 14, 1773.


ยท iv. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 25, 1775. d. Oct. 17, 1778.


v. JOHN, b. Sept. 19, 1777. m. April 30, 1801, Ruth Cross. He was not taxed after 1803.


BARRETT.


1. HAMILTON ALEXANDER BARRETT, son of Luther, b. Vershire, Vt., Sept. 29, 1816. m. Nov. 23, 1842, Laura Fellows Shute, dau. of Isaac Shute (see). He lived in Plymouth from 1871 to 1886, owning land in Plymouth and Rumney. He d. at the home of his dau., Mrs. Lufkin, Dec. 26, 1898. She d. Dec. 8, 1892. Four children.


i. JOHN GOULD, b. Rumney, April 25, 1845, a farmer in Haverhill, where he d. 1900.


ii. JUSTIN SPALDING, b. 1847, has lived in Boston, Mass., and in Colorado.


iii. MARY JANE, b. June 7, 1849. m. June 3, 1872, Frederick Stevens McIntosh, b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 24, 1840, son of Samuel and


- Martha A. (Wilder) McIntosh. He was a clockmaker, in Boston, removing to Rumney, 1873. He d. in Boston, April 27, 1880, being fatally injured in an elevator. She m. second, Hiram C. Lufkin (see). They had two daughters. (1) Martha Grace, b. March 22, 1873. m. Horace W. Eastman (see). (2) Florence Maria, b.


iv. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, b. Jan. 4, 1852. d. April 19, 1874. BARROWS.


1. REV. LORENZO DOW BARROWS, D.D., son of Isaac and Hannah Carpenter) Barrows, b. Windham, Vt., July 1, 1817. Grad. Newbury, Vt., Seminary ; joined the New Hampshire Conference, 1836, and was appointed to important stations, New Hampshire and elsewhere. He was an able preacher and educator. He was presiding elder three years and was president of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary,


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and of Pittsburg Female College ; D.D., Washington College, 1857. He was appointed to Plymouth, 1839 and 1840, where his ministry was memorable. He was an earnest advocate of temperance, and an able promoter of the reforms of his time. He m. June 23, 1839, Minerva E. Chase, dau. of Abner and Mary (Goss) Chase, and a sister of Rev. Charles H. Chase (see). He d. in Plymouth, Feb. 18, 1878. Three children.


i. LUCIA MIRANDA, m. Rev. Daniel C. Knowles, D.D. (see).


ii. ELLA JOSEPHINE, m. Rev. J. K. Shiffer.


iii. MARY MINERVA.


BARTLETT.


1. RICHARD BARTLETT, emigrant ancestor, b. England, about 1575, with six children, settled in Newbury, Mass., before 1637. He d. May 25, 1647. The family Bible containing a record of the birth of six children is in the possession of Rev. William A. Bartlett, son of Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, D.D., late president of Dartmouth College.


2. RICHARD BARTLETT, son of Richard1, b. England, Oct. 31, 1621 ; with wife Abigail, lived in Newbury. He was an intelligent citizen, and several years a deputy to the general court. He d. 1698. She d. March 8, 1686/7. Seven children.


3. RICHARD, son of Richard 2, b. Feb. 21, 1648/9. m. Nov. 18, 1673, Hannah Emery, b. April 26, 1654, dau. of John and Mary (Webster) Emery. He was a cordwainer and currier, of Newbury. He d. April 17, 1724. She d. May 1, 1705. Twelve children. His son, Dea. Stephen Bartlett, was the father of Gov. Josiah Bartlett, of New Hampshire.


4. THOMAS BARTLETT, son of Richard 3, b. July 14, 1695, was a cordwainer and lived in Newbury. He m. Nov. 18, 1718, Hannah Moody, of Newbury. He d. 1771. Twelve children. His dau., Judith, b. Oct. 7, 1726, m. Samuel Cook (see).


5. EDMUND BARTLETT, son of Thomas 4, b. March 3, 1723, was a cordwainer, living in the part of Newbury now Newburyport. He m. Oct. 3, 1745, Hannah Hall, who d. Sept. 14, 1753 ; he m. second, Oct. 2, 1754, Mary Moody Marsh, b. March 12, 1725, dau. of David and Mary (Moody ) Marsh. He d. 1804. She d. May 27, 1813. Eight children. William, a son of the first wife, was one of the founders of Andover Theological Seminary.


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6. DAVID BARTLETT, son of Edmund 5 and Mary Moody (Marsh) Bartlett, b. Newburyport, Mass., May 24, 1761, settled in Campton. He m. June 14, 1785, Joanna Haselton. He was a deacon over forty years. He d. August 31, 1844. She d. Oct. 1, 1825. They had six children.


7. EDMUND BARTLETT, son of David 6, b. March 24, 1786, m. June 8, 1807, Tamson Ward, dau. of Enoch Ward (see). She d. 1831. He m. second, Dec. 25, 1832, Susan Pierce. He d. 1863. Eight children by first and three by second marriage.


i. WILLIAM, b. August 30, 1808.


ii. BETSEY, b. March 9, 1811.


iii. MARY, b. Dec. 14, 1812.


iv. THOMAS, b. Oct. 23, 1814.


v. JUDITH, b. Oct. 16, 1816.


vi. ABIGAIL, b. August 14, 1818.


vii. ENOCH, b. April, 1821.


viii. FANNY, b. Dec. 23, 1824.


ix. SUSAN E., b. Nov. 3, 1834. d. June 15, 1835.


x. SUSAN E., b. April 19, 1836.


xi. ANN N., b. March 23, 1839.


8. DEA. EBENEZER BARTLETT, son of Edmund 5 and Mary Moody (Marsh) Bartlett, b. Newburyport, Mass., June 20, 1767. He removed, with his brother David, from Newburyport, Mass., to Campton, 1782, and while he was not an actual resident of Plymouth, his relations with the people demand the register of his family. He was a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church, and a deacon from 1805, until his death. He was justly held in high esteem. For a brief and appreciative sketch, see Historical Discourse by Rev. Henry A. Hazen, 1865. He m. March 16, 1790, Martha Robbins, dau. of Jona- than Robbins (see). He d. Campton, Feb. 1, 1832. She d. March 29, 1838.


i. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 5, 1790. d. July 27, 1864.


ii. MARTHA, b. May 28, 1793. m. Thomas Cook (see).


iii. SARAII, b. April 26, 1795. m. Ephraim Cook (see).


iv. ELECTA, b. Feb. 26, 1797. m. Edmund Cook (see).


v. MARY, Feb. 9, 1799.


vi. ELIZA, b. Feb. 26, 1801. m. Jan. 31, 1822, Ebenezer Morrison, b. Dec. 7, 1800, son of David and Betsey (Lovejoy) Morrison. Res. in Campton and Chelsea, Mass. She d. Jan. 11, 1861. He d. March 12, 1876. Four children.


vii. LYDIA, b. Oct. 22, 1803. d. August 24, 1828.


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viii. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 22, 1805. d. Oct. 4, 1805.


ix. JUDITH, b. Dec. 7, 1806.


x. RICHARD, b. Dec. 30, 1808. m. Nov. 23, 1837, Sarah Johnson Noyes, dau. of Crisp B. Noyes (see). He lived upon the home- stead of his father in Campton. They had no children. They made a home for Hon. Henry W. Blair after the death of his parents.


9. JOHN BARTLETT, son of Richard 3 and Hannah (Emery ) Bartlett, b. Newbury, Mass., Sept. 23, 1678, was a tanner and weaver of New- bury. He m. Nov. 18, 1701, Mary Ordway. He d. 1741. She d. April 6, 1755.


10. JOHN BARTLETT, son of John 9, b. Newbury, Sept. 2, 1711. Lived in Salisbury, Mass., until 1743, when he removed to South Hampton. He m. Jan. 17, 1733/4, Zipporah Flanders, b. March 4, 1716, dau. of Philip and Joanna (Smith) Flanders, of Kingston (see Flanders Register).


11. STEPHEN BARTLETT, son of John 10, b. Amesbury. He was a farmer, and came to Plymouth, 1778. He m. Sept. 8, 1776, Elizabeth Barnard, dau. of Joseph Barnard (see). She d. July 20, 1818. He m. second, Feb. - , 1819, Dorothy (Bagley) Thornton, widow of William Thornton (see). His farm was on the hill road to Hebron. He d. May 23, 1823. His widow d. Dec. 25, 1849.


12. i. SARGENT, b. Oct. 20, 1777.


ii. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 19, 1779. m. Jan. 7, 1803, Joanna Buzzell, b. 1780. She d. May 3, 1806. He m. second, Oct. 19, 1806, Abiah Cheney, b. June 17, 1786, dau. of Isaac and Abiah Cheney, of Hopkinton. He was a farmer and removed, 1803, to Groton, where he d. Jan. 3, 1868. His wife d. April 1, 1851.


iii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 24, 1780. m. Samuel Dearborn (see).


iv. SARAH, b. July 18, 1783. d. about 1790.


13. v. STEPHEN, b. June 16, 1786.


vi. DANIEL, b. Dec. 14, 1789. d. young.


vii. DANIEL, b. April 5, 1795. m. Sept. 11, 1820, Alice Blodget, dau. of Ebenezer Blodget (see). Removed, 1825, to Woodstock, where he d. August 3, 1845. She m. second Tourtelotte, of Easton.


12. SARGENT BARTLETT, son of Stephen 9, b. Oct. 20, 1777. m. August 19, 1804, Sarah Goold, dau. of Benjamin Goold (see). He lived in Plymouth through life. He d. Nov. 17, 1838. She d. Nov. 20, 1859. Five children b. in Plymouth.


i. BENJAMIN GOOLD, b. Nov. 20, 1805. d. May 11, 1809.


ii. STEPHEN, b. March 1, 1808.


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iii. SARAH ANN, b. June 24, 1810. m. John S. Buzzell, of Holliston, Mass.


iv. EZRA WILMARTH, b. March 19, 1813 ; removed to Manchester.


v. ELIZABETH, b. June 19, 1818. m. Feb. 12, 1867, Robert Cochran. (see).


13. STEPHEN BARTLETT, son of Stephen 11, b. June 16, 1786. m. Dec. 6, 1811, Mary Ramsay, b. Rumney, Nov. 18, 1786, dau. of Mat- thew Ramsay. He was a farmer in Plymouth, and after 1814, in Bridgewater. He d. Jan. 10, 1829. She d. Plymouth, Jan. 20, 1868.


i. DAVID RAMSAY, b. Plymouth, Oct. 1, 1812.


ii. SARAH JANE, b. Bridgewater, Jan. 1, 1817. m. Alpheus Currier, a leather dealer of Haverhill, Mass.


14. DAVID RAMSAY BARTLETT, son of Stephen 11, b. Oct. 1, 1812. m. June 16, 1844, Lois Brown, b. Bridgewater, Dec. 1, 1819, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Fellows) Brown. She d. Plymouth, Sept. 2, 1889. He came to Plymouth, the home of his ancestors, 1838. He was a farmer, living near Pike Hill. He d. Jan. 22, 1900. Seven children b. in Plymouth.


i. MARY FELLOWS, b. May 19, 1845. m. Feb. 28, 1879, George F. Ridlon, a merchant of Conway.


ii. STEPHEN RAMSAY, b. April, 26, 1847. m. Lucy W. Fletcher. m. second Nov. 11, 1861, Effie Louisa Furbush. He was engaged in the straw and leather-board business in Haverhill, Mass., until he recently retired from business on account of failing health.


iii. JOSEPH ALBRO, b. March 27, 1849. m. June 16, 1880, Mary S. R. Clement, of Bridgewater. He res. in Plymouth, a farmer on the Glynn Place, on Pike Hill.


iv. ELSIE JANE, b. March 24, 1851. m. 1890, Charles Taplin, of Canaan. She d. in Canaan.


v. LUELLA R., b. Feb. 6, 1853. m. Stephen R. Glover (see).


vi. DAVID EASTMAN, b. August 19, 1855. m. Oct. 2, 1884, Cora Isabelle Odiorne. He res. in Atkinson.


vii. GEORGE ALPHEUS, b. March 6, 1859. He res. in Lynn, Mass. He d. in Plymouth, Jan. 12, 1895. He was married.


BASS.


1. JOSEPH BASS, whose service in the Revolution is narrated in Washburn's " History of Leicester," m. Mrs. Betsey Hobart, and lived in Leicester, Mass., where he d. June 10, 1829, aged 75. She d. Dec. 22, 1816, aged 68. They had five children.


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2. WARREN BASS, son of Joseph1, b. Leicester, Mass. m. Naomi Hall, b. Walpole, dau. of Abraham and Mary (Floyd) Hall, of Walpole and Lyman. He d. in Bath, 1868.


3. VAN NESS BASS, son of Warren2, b. Lyman, July 14, 1830. m. March 27, 1857, Susan Thompson Lindsey, b. Newbury, Vt., 1840, dau. of Justin and Amy (Meservey) Lindsey. Mrs. Lindsey d. in Plymouth while visiting her daughter, Oct. 31, 1887. Mrs. Bass d. July 25, 1897. He learned the trade of printer in Woodstock, Vt. He removed, 1850, to Littleton, and three years later he purchased the " Reporter," which was continued by him under the name of " White Mountain Banner" until 1859. He came to Plymouth, 1866. He established here the "Grafton County Democrat," which he con- tinued eight years, 1875-1883. He has been connected with the " Record," has been manager of the Plymouth and Campton Telephone Co., and for many years he was proprietor of a variety store. He was town clerk of Littleton, 1861-1863, and town clerk of Plymouth, 1880. . One adopted daughter.


i. BELLE BOLTON LEIGHTON, b. 1857, in Newbury, Vt. m. 1884, George Washington Bowman. He is a Wagner car conductor; res. in Kansas City, Mo.


BASS.


1. EDWARD CAREY BASS, son of Alpheus and Sally (Copeland) Bass, b. Moretown, Vt., Oct. 5, 1836. University of Vermont 1859, and received from same college the degree of D.D., 1884. He is a Methodist minister, and has filled appointments in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. He was at Plymouth, 1875-1876. He has served his denomination as a repre- sentative to the General Conference, and recently was a presiding elder in N. E. Southern Conference. He m. Sept. 9, 1861, Lucia R. Blair, b. Georgia, Vt., Dec. 2, 1837, dau. of Augustus H. Blair. One child.


i. BERTHA, b. Oct. 14, 1862. Grad. Wesleyan Univ. 1886, a teacher in the High School, New York.


BATCHELDER.


1. REV. STEPHEN BACHILER, b. England, 1561. College of St. John, Oxford, 1586 ; he entered the church, and in 1587 became vicar of Wherwell, in Hampshire. He came to New England, 1632, and remained in Massachusetts until 1639, when he came to Hampton in


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New Hampshire, and about 1654 he returned to England, where he d., 1660, aged 99. His name is conspicuous in the early annals of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. For a story of a life of activity and contention, reference is made to Dow's "Hampton," Brown's " Hampton Falls," Freeman's "Cape Cod," Pierce's "Genealogy of Batchelder," and many publications and documents relating to the affairs of his time.


2. NATHANIEL BATCHELDER, son of Rev. Stephen 1, b. in England about 1690. m. Hester Mercer, of Southampton. He did not come to America. See " N. E. Hist. Gen. Register," 1873.


3. NATHANIEL BATCHELDER, son of Nathaniel 2, b. 1630. He came to America in early life, and settled at Hampton. He was a constable and selectman many years. He m. Dec. 10, 1656, Deborah Smith, dau. of John Smith, of Martha's Vineyard. She d. March 8, 1676; he m. sec. Oct. 31, 1676, Mary (Carter) Wyman, b. Woburn, July 24, 1648, dau. of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Dalton) Carter, and widow of John Wyman. He m. third, Oct. 23, 1689, Elizabeth Knell, widow of John Knell, who survived him. He d. Jan. 17, 1710.


4. NATHANIEL BATCHELDER, son of Nathaniel 3, b. Hampton, Dec. 24, 1659. m. 1685, Elizabeth Foss, b. 1666, d. 1746. He lived in Hampton Falls. Selectman, 1722. He d. 1745.


5. JETHRO BATCHELDER, son of Nathaniel 4, b. Hampton, Jan. 2, 1698. m. May 15, 1721, Dorothy Sanborn, b. Oct. 27, 1698, dau. of Dea. Benjamin Sanborn, of Hampton. He lived at Hampton Falls and Exeter. He d. 1723. Administration to widow Dorothy, June 5, 1723. She m. second, Oct. 13, 1736, Abraham Moulton, b. Hampton, Sept. 8, 1694, son of John and Mary (Perkins) Moulton, and lived in Kingston where she d. Sept. 11, 1857.


6. ABRAHAM BATCHELDER, son of Jethro 5, b. Sept. 4, 1721. He came from Exeter, 1763, and settled in Canterbury, 1763. He was a constable, 1765. Loudon was severed from Canterbury, 1773, and atter that date he lived in Loudon. He was frequently chosen to office, and on tax-lists he is styled Abraham Batchelder, Esq. In 1776 he was appointed coroner. He signed the Association Test, 1776, and lived to an advanced age. A record of his marriage and of his death has not been secured.


7. JACOB BATCHELDER, son of Abraham 6, b. Exeter, March 14, 1748. m. Mary Cleveland ; m. second Mehitable Cleveland. He lived in Loudon and in Pittsfield. He d. May 19, 1819.


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8. JACOB BATCHELDER, son of Jacob 7, b. April 3, 1782. m. Dorothy Garland, b. Nov. 16, 1786, d. June 26, 1870. He was a farmer and carpenter ; lived in Franklin. He d. Dec. 18, 1863. Three of the ten children of Jacob and Dorothy (Garland) Batchelder are named below.


9. i. CLARK GILMAN, b. Feb. 5, 1810.


ii. MARY A., b. Sept. 19, 1814. m. John Previer, and was a short time in Plymouth, but not a permanent resident in early life. He d. about 1865; she m. second Thomas Bartlett, of Campton. He d. soon after marriage; she res. in Plymouth, and here d. Sept. 23, 1897.


iii. LUCINDA, b. Oct. 13, 1818. m. Abraham Brown (see).


9. CLARK GILMAN BATCHELDER, son of Jacob 8, b. Franklin, Feb. 5, 1810. m. June 9, 1836, Clarissa Jane Rogers, of Northfield. She d. May 26, 1849 : he m. second Feb. 21, 1850, Hulda Priscilla Yeaton, b. Exeter, Oct. 22, 1820, dau. of Moses Yeaton. She d. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 25, 1891. He removed to Plymouth, 1835, and here d. April 2, 1883. He was a wheelwright. Nine children born in Plymouth.


i. GEORGE H., b. March 20, 1838.


ii. MARTHA JANE, b. April 7, 1840. d. Sept. 19, 1841.


iii. CARLOS ELLIOT, b. April 26, 1844.


iv. CLARA JANE, b. Nov. 20, 1847. unm .; res. Franklin.


v. IDA FLORENCE, b. July 23, 1854. unm .; d. at Plymouth, April 20, 1890.


10. vi. JOHN CLARK, b. May 2, 1856. d. July 20, 1861.


vii. WILLIAM FITTS, b. July 6, 1859. m. Annie L. Lawrence. viii. JOHN ELMER, b. Dec., 1861. d. Oct. 3, 1863.


ix. ETTA OLIVE, b. July 26, 1864. m. Jan. 2, 1886, J. Clarence Emery, a printer, of Boston, Mass. She d. May 8, 1891.


10. WILLIAM FITTS BATCHELDER, son of Clark Gilman, b. July 6, 1859. m. March 17, 1885, Annie L. Lawrence, dau. of Robert and Lavinia Lawrence. He is a locomotive engineer, res. in Charles- town, Mass. Three children.


i. BLANCHE LAWRENCE, b. Jan. 9, 1887. d. Dec. 23, 1895.


ii. CLARK GILMAN, b. Oct. 20, 1890. d. April 7, 1891.


iii. WARREN ALBERT, b. Feb. 12, 1892.


11. JETHRO BATCHELDER, son of Jethro 5, b. 1723. m. Abigail Lovering. He lived in Loudon, and with his brother, Abraham 6, built the early mill in that locality. At one time he was the largest tax-


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payer of Loudon. He d. after 1780. She m. sec. Daniel Lane, b. July 8, 1735, son of John and Hannah (Lamprey) Lane, of Raymond.


12. ABEL BATCHELDER, son of Jethro 11, b. Loudon, June 15, 1772. m. Oct. 4, 1792, Sarah Sanborn, b. Sept. 3, 1768, dau. of Richard and Abigail (Kelley) Sanborn. Removing from Loudon, he lived in Pittsfield, Sanbornton, and Plymouth. He d. in Plymouth, Jan. 28, 1853. She d. Feb. 16, 1833. Nine children.


i. ABEL, b. June 7, 1793. m. June 20, 1816, Annie Austin, and settled in Alexandria, where he d. Feb. 27, 1866. Three children.


ii. HEZEKIAH DREW, b. Pittsfield, Sept. 7, 1796. m. Feb. 16, 1820, Nancy Willey, of Northfield. Ile was a millwright and farmer. Lived Northfield, Franklin, and Sanbornton. Ile d. March 19, 1872. Seven children.


iii. MosEs, b. Dec. 26, 1798. m. March 30, 1824, Mary Davis; m. sec. Jan. 6, 1867, Sally Davis. He lived in Sanbornton. Two children.


iv. RICHARD, twin, b. Dec. 26, 1798. d. May 3, 1800.


v. ABIGAIL S., b. Oct. 12, 1802.


vi. SALLY, b. Jan. 25, 1804.


vii. LYDIA, b. March 10, 1806.


13. viii. KINSLEY IIALL, b. Jan. 30, 1808.


ix. JOHN S., b. March 31, 1811.


13. KINSLEY HALL BATCHIELDER, son of Abel 12, b. Jan. 30, 1808, in Landaff. m. Betsey Page Knight, dau. of Moses Knight, of Landaff. He lived in Haverhill, removing to Plymouth, 1851, owning the farm now of Manson S. Brown. Later he lived in the house on site of Charles Gould's house, and in 1868 he removed to Concord, where he d. 1883. She d. Plymouth, Dec. 1, 1888.


14. i. GEORGE, b. 1831.


ii. MARY ANN, b. Nov. 13, 1833. m. Charles H. Bowles (see).


iii. SARAH, m. John Connell, many years city marshal of Concord.


iv. HARRIET, b. 1838. m. Robert W. Mitchell (see).


v. ELEANOR.


vi. MosEs. d. 1863.


14. GEORGE BATCHELDER, son of Kinsley Hall 13, b. Haverhill, 1831. He lived in Haverhill and in Plymouth until about 1860, when he removed to Minnesota. He m. Oct. 28, 1862, Miriam J. Bennett. Three children b. St. Paul, Minn., and two in Hamilton, P. Q. He went to Australia, and later to India.


i. GEORGE K., b. March 10, 1864. He was clerk in grocery of B. F. St. Clair, and later was in employ of Page Belting Co., Concord. In 1901 he went to Rangoon, India.


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15. ii. MOSES ABEL, b. Dec. 10, 1866.


iii. BENNETT, b. June 10, 1869, was a clerk for D. B. Keniston, of Ply- mouth, two years, removing to Concord, 1890, where he was a salesman for Brown & Currier, clothiers. In 1898 he purchased Mr. Currier's interest, and is now of the firm of Brown & Batch- elder. He m. Jan. 1, 1900, Annie S. Roberts, dau. of Fred R. Roberts. (1) Miriam, b. Oct. 10, 1900.


iv. MIRIAM, b. Jan. 5, 1872, went with her father to Australia, and later to India. m. 1893, Fred G. Wallis Whiddett. She d. Ran- goon, India, May 15, 1902.




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