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7. i .. WILLIAM L., b. May 10, 1789.
ii. DOROTHY, b. 1804.
8. iii. SAMUEL C., b. June 2, 1808.
7. WILLIAM L. HEATH, son of Starling 6, b. Cabot, Vt., May 10, 1789. m. April 9, 1840, Lydia (Mitchell) Crawford, widow of William Crawford (see). He lived in Plymouth from 1839, until he d. Jan. 21, 1848. She d. July 30, 1860. Two children.
9. i. CYRUS WARREN, b. August 5, 1841.
ii. SILAS WRIGHT, b. Dec. 2, 1843. d. Nov. 22, 1847.
8. SAMUEL C. HEATH, son of Starling 6, b. June 2, 1808, was a tanner, and early engaged in the production of the Plymouth glove leather and for several years was a manufacturer of glue. He came to Plymouth, 1836. Subsequently he made two trips to California. He m. June 8, 1834, Sally Leavitt Whipple, b. Sanbornton, May 21, 1814, dau. of Robert and Catherine (Thompson) Whipple. She d. July 9, 1845. He m. second, May, 1846, Mary Elizabeth Pike, b. Hebron, Feb. 17, 1813, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Hoyt) Pike (see). He removed to Holderness, 1852, and d. Ashland, Feb. 13, 1875. She d. Plymouth, August 3, 1896. Ten children.
i. CATHERINE, b. Nov., 1834. d. June 13, 1836.
ii. ADELINE AUGUSTA, b. May 19, 1836. m. August 19, 1855, Aaron Ferguson, locomotive engineer. He d. Concord, July 27, 1880. She m. second, March 24, 1SS4, Caleb M. Ames, son of William B. Ames. Two children by first marriage: (1) Charles, b. July 24, 1857. d. Jan. 19, 1881. (2) Mabel, m. Anthony Kocher, who d. Sept. 13, 1895.
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iii. LEROY SUNDERLAND, b. July 15, 1838. 1st N. H. Infantry ; 5th N. H. Infantry ; re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864; wounded June 26, 1864, shattering a bone of the leg: transferred to V. R. C. April 17, 1865, and discharged July 29, 1865. He m. Dec. 30, 1866, Abbie J. Craig. Res. Ashland. Four children. (1) Addison W. (2) Fred. (3) Harry. (4) Oliver.
iv. ADDISON WING, b. March 23, 1840. m. April, 1861, Hannah Smith. 1st N. H. Infantry ; 5th N. H. Infantry, mustered out Oct. 29, 1864. He was principal musician in Ist Regiment; was wounded by a fragment of a shell at Gettysburg. He d. Oct. 23, 1865.
v. ALVIN BURLEIGH, b. Dec. 19, 1842. He was adopted by Alvin T. Burleigh. See Burleigh Register.
vi. OSCAR PERLEY, b. Jan. 12, 1845. Enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minn., June 22, 1861, 2d Minn. Infantry. Enlisted 4th U. S. Artillery, mustered out Dec. 22, 1865. Now res. Ebenezer, Ohio.
vii. FRANK PIKE, b. May 12, 1847. m. June 2, 1870, Rose G. Ford. Res. Holderness.
viii. IDA FRANCELIA, b. July 29, 1848. d. Sept. 7, 1854.
ix. ALMA ANTOINETTE, b. Sept. 5, 1849. Res. Plymouth. Removed to Manchester, 1903.
x. HEBER LIVERMORE, b. August 15, 1851. m. July 4, 1874, Correna M. Nichols. Res. San Francisco, Cal.
9. CYRUS WARREN HEATH, son of William L.7, b. August 5, 1841. m. 1865, Anna M. French, b. 1845, dau. of Jonathan French (see). She d. Dec. 21, 1880.
i. ETTA BELL, b. 1867. d. Oct. 21, 1869.
ii. LILLA M. d. Dec. 9, 18 -.
HEATH.
1. WILLIAM HEATH, emigrant ancestor of a second family of Heath, which has been represented in Plymouth, came from England with wife Mary on the frigate "Lyon," arriving Sept. 16, 1632. He settled in Roxbury, Mass., and was a member of the assembly of deputies. He d. May 29, 1652 ; his widow, Mary, d. Dec. 16, 1659. Rev. John Eliot transcribed in Roxbury church records : " William Heath came to this land in the year 1632 & soone after joyned to the church, he brought 5 children, Mary, Isaac, Mary, Peleg, Hannah."
2. PELEG HEATH, son of William 1, b. England. With wife Susannah lived in Roxbury. He was married previous to 1653; freeman, 1652. " Peleg Heath who had a dangerous cutt on his knee & lay under ye chirurgion's hand 13 weeks." d. Nov. 18, 1671.
3. WILLIAM HEATH, son of Peleg2, b. Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 30,
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1664; baptized March 6, 1664. m. Nov. 11, 1685, Hannah Weld, dau. of John Weld. He d. Nov. 3, 1738.
4. SAMUEL HEATH, b. Dec. 27, 1701, son of William 3, was a farmer residing many years in Plaistow. Late in life he lived with his sons in Bristol. Of his five or more children three are named in this register.
5. SAMIUL HEATH, son of Samuel 4, b. Sept. 7, 1754. Removed to Plymouth, 1777. It is probable he was a soldier in the Revolution. There were two or three soldiers named Samuel Heath, and any specific statement must be made with caution. He m. in Plymouth, April 11, 1782, Sarah Webster, dau. of Stephen Webster (see). Two children were b. in Plymouth. He removed, 1785, to Bristol, where he d. June 13, 1833. His widow d. July 7, 1839.
i. SARAH, b. Sept. 3, 1783. d. in Bristol, unm.
ii. SAMUEL, b. March 22, 1785. m. Margaret Fellows, and lived on the homestead in Bristol. Seven children. Ile d. June 23, 1874. She d. Nov. 22, 1856.
iii. ROBERT, b. Nov. 5, 1788. m. IIannah Nelson, b. Feb. 21, 1792. d. Jan. 6, 1841. m. second, Mrs. Dow. He lived in Bristol, where he d. Oct. 8, 1853. Ten children, of these Stephen Nelson Heath, b. Feb. 14, 1816, m. 1836, Nancy Taplin Farnum, dau. of Jacob Farnum, of Salisbury. He was a farmer in Bristol, where she d. July 16, 1864. He m. second, 1871, Mary Spencer Brown. He d. May 9, 1872. Their son, Charles Roland Heath, b. August 20, 1837. m. 1861, Hannah Eliza Spencer. He was a student for the ministry. He was drowned in the Pemigewasset River, July 7, 1862. She d. March 6, 1876. Headstones in Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Their dau., Cora L. Heath, m. Francis Ferrin Blake (see). Lydia Jane Heath, b. July 23, 1845, dau. of Stephen Nelson and Nancy Taplin Farnum Heath (see above), m. Silas M. Spencer (see). Clara Estelle Heath, b. March 8, 1843, dau. of Stephen Nelson Heath (above), m. 1864, Jeremiah G. Atwood, who d. 1867. She m. second, Jan. 5, 1887, John H. Webster (see).
iv. MosEs, b. Sept. 19, 1791, removed to Haverhill. m. March 18, 1819, Nancy Norris, b. April 28, 1797, dau. of Jacob and Ruth (Blake) Norris. He d. July 31, 1862.
v. ELIZABETH, b. March 5, 1795. m. Oct. 12, 1813, Oliver Ballou, b. March 6, 1789, son of Oliver Ballou, of Hill. She d. Dec. 30, 1818, in Alexandria. Ten children.
vi. HANNAH, b. May 1, 1796. m. Samuel R. Worthen.
vii. LUCY, b. Nov. 3, 1799. d. August 19, 1828.
viii. WEBSTER, b. Dec. 3, 1801. d. Feb. 18, 1830.
ix. LEWIS, b. August 15, 1803. m. May 15, 1832, Sarah W. Edwards. He d. in Andover, April 15, 1858.
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6. JOSHUA HEATH, son of Samuel+, and brother of Samuel5, b. Sept. 7, 1760. Came to Plymouth, 1782, and five years later removed to Groton. He m. in Plymouth, Nov. 7, 1785, Hannah Webster, dau. of Stephen Webster (see). He d. Jan. 31, 1832, his widow d. March 1, 1842. Fourteen children.
i. JOSHUA, b. March 6, 1786. m. Mary Crosby. He d. March 22, 1828. She d. Jan. 9, 1860. Four children.
ii. STEPHEN, b. Nov. 27, 1787.
iii. GILMAN, b. Jan. 24, 1789. m. Betsey Smith. Four children.
iv. HANNAH, b. Dec. 8, 1790. d. Oct. 8, 1800.
v. LUCY, b. Jan. 2, 1792. d. Nov. 10, 1792.
vi. LUTHER, b. Jan. 10, 1795. m. Hannah Walker. He lived in Groton. d. Feb. 10, 1865. Four children.
vii. BETSEY, b. July 4, 1796. m. Isaac Crosby, b. Hebron, son of Capt. Jezeniah and Elizabeth (Gilson) Crosby. They lived in Hebron. She d. Dec. 17, 1861. £ Eight children. A son, Milo Heath Crosby, m. Harriet B. Heath, dau. of Ebenezer Heath (see).
viii. DAVID WEBSTER, b. July 24, 1798. m. Deborah Hazeltine. He d. August 31, 1868. Five children.
ix. MILO, b. July 8, 1800. m. Matilda Baldwin. He d. April 16, 1847.
x. SOLOMON, b. Feb. 15, 1802. m. Orinda Hardy. He d. August 22, 1861.
xi. RUSSELL, b. July 15, 1805. unm. d. March 7, 1860.
xii. WILLARD, b. Sept. 7, 1807. m. June 12, 1833, Abigail Spalding, b. Bridgewater, Oct. 2, 1812, dau. of Putnam and Abigail (Frost) Spalding. She d. April 21, 1862. He m. second, Nov. 16, 1862, Adaline C. Hammond, b. July 6, 1839, dau. of John C. and Nancy (Ladd) Hammond. He lived in Groton and in Concord. He d. Dec. 7, 1884. Two children. (1) Willard Russell, b. in Concord, Jan. 13, 1868. m. Feb. 7, 1894, Gertrude M. Dearborn, b. Weare, March 5, 1870, dau. of Dr. Alfred R. and Mary (Moore) Dearborn. He was a merchant in Concord and now a salesman in Fitchburg, Mass. (2) Helen Celia, b. Feb. 22, 1880. Vassar College, 1902.
xiii. ROSWELL, b. July 7, 1809. d. Dec. 12, 1815.
xiv. GEORGE W., b. Jan. 22, 1811. d. Dec. 18, 1815.
7. DANIEL HEATH, son of Samuel 4, and brother of Samuel 5 and of Joshua 6, b. 1762. Was a soldier in the Revolution, enlisting at New Chester, July 5, 1780, and was in the Continental service five months. He also served in the War of 1812. He lived in Haverhill, New- bury, Vt., and Groton. He d. April 15, 1849. He m. March 8, 1785, Joanna Ingalls, dau. of Jonathan and Martha (Locke) Ingalls, by VOL. II. - 22
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whom he had six children. He m. second, 1812, Tryphena (Ladd) Goodwin, b. June 3, 1774, dau. of James and Hannah (Locke) Ladd, of Haverhill, and widow of Moses Goodwin, of Newbury, Vt. She d. in Orford, Dec. 5, 1861. Three children by second marriage.
i. DOLLY, b. 1786. m. Isaac Corliss (see).
ii. DANIEL.
8. iii. EBENEZER, b. Nov. 20, 1791.
iv. JOSHUA ..
v. JOANNA. m. William Augustus Hackett.
vi. ALMIRA. m. William Russell, son of Thomas K. Russell. He was a paper manufacturer, res. in Newbury, Vt., and Franklin. He d. at Bellows Falls, Vt., Dec. 18, 1892. Among their children was Hon. William A. Russell, a well-known paper manufacturer, living in Lawrence, Mass. He was a member of Congress and a director of several railroad corporations.
vii. BETSEY, b. Nov., 1812. m. John Lowd (see).
viii. LUCRETIA, b. 1816. m. Moses Mulliken. She d. in Orford, June 27,1869.
ix. MATILDA, twin, b. 1816. m. Feb. 4, 1841, Edward K. Danforth, of Newbury, Vt. She d. Feb. 28, 1895.
HEATH.
1. HUME BART HEATH, son of Montgomery Heath, b. Peacham, Vt., August 16, 1859. The family removed to Lisbon, 1868. He graduated Lisbon High School, 1877. He is a printer. Removed from Lisbon to Plymouth, 1887, and is now foreman in the "Record" office, treasurer of Plymouth Fire District six years, supervisor and chairman of Fire District Commissioners. He m. Dec. 11, 1880, Lucy Knight Oaks, dau. of Charles and Mary (Knight) Oaks, of Lisbon.
HIBBARD.
1. ELLERY ALBEE HIBBARD, son of Silas and Olive (Albee) Hib- bard, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., July 31, 1826. d. Laconia, July 24, 1903. He read law with Nathan B. Fenton, and Charles R. Morrison, of Haverhill, and with Henry F. French, of Exeter. He was admitted in July, 1849, and immediately opened an office in this town where he remained until January, 1853, when he removed to Laconia. (See Vol. I.) He m. Dec. 5, 1853, Mary Bell, dau. of Jacob and Laura Sedlits (Bartlett) Bell, of Haverhill, who survives him.
i. CHARLES BELL, b. Dec. 25, 1855. Dartmouth College, 1876. A lawyer of Laconia, in firm of Beckford & Hibbard. He was law reporter. He m. Dec. 24, 1897, Mary Eastman Gale.
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- ii. JENNIE OLIVE, b. March 1, 1860. m. April 14, 1884, Orman True Lougee, of Laconia.
iii. WALTER SILAS, b. Oct. 23, 1862. d. Feb. 27, 1870.
iv. LAURA BARTLETT, b. May 25, 1865. Res. Laconia.
HICKOK.
1. ANDREW HICKOK, from Connecticut, settled in Dorchester, 1777. He m. 1782, Sarah (Blodgett) Blodgett, dau of James Blodgett (see), and widow of Ebenezer Blodgett (see). He removed to Plymouth, 1786, and remained in this town where he d. July 18, 1831. She d. Jan. 24, 1838. The material for a satisfactory register has eluded inquiry. It is presumable there were children not named below.
i. EBENEZER, b. 1785. m. Nov. 5, 1806, Deborah Blodgett, dau. of James Blodgett (see). They lived in Groton. Their son, George W., b. 1825, m. June 27, 1847, Mary Jane Blodgett, dau. of Asahel Blodgett (see). He d. March 20, 1889. She res. in Groton.
ii. ABNER.
iii. THADDEUS.
HILLS.
1. JOSEPH HILLS, son of George Hills, b. in the parish of Great Burstead, Billericay, Essex, England, 1602. m. 1624, Rose Clark, and came to America, 1638. He settled in Malden, Mass. Select- man, 1644; representative, 1646, 1647; speaker of the house, 1647. He removed, about 1665, to Newbury, Mass. His wife Rose d. March 24, 1650. He m. second, June 24, 1651, Hannah (Smith) Mellows, widow of Edward Mellows. She d. 1655. He m. third, Eleanor Atkinson, who d. 1661 or 1662. He d. in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 5, 1688.
2. SAMUEL HILLS, son of Joseph 1, b. 1652. m. May 20, 1679, Abigail Wheeler, b. Feb. 2, 1655/6, dau. of David and Sarah (Wise) Wheeler. He was a sergeant in King Philip's War. He d. August 18, 1732.
3. HENRY HILLS, son of Samuel 2, b. Newbury, April 23, 1688. m. 1715, Hannah Bodwell, b. 1696, dau. of Henry and Bethia (Emery) Bodwell, of Haverhill, Mass. His second wife was Abigail, and he m. third, Nov. 11, 1736, Dorcas Thurston. He removed soon after 1720 to Nottingham West, now Hudson, and was a potent factor in public affairs. He d. August 20, 1757.
4. EZEKIEL HILLS, son of Henry 3 and Hannah, b. April 11, 1718.
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Was a lieutenant and a selectman of Nottingham West. He d. May 14, 1790. His wife, Hannah, d. Sept. 27, 1816.
5. THOMAS HILLS, son of Ezekiel 4, b. March 30, 1751, lived in Nottingham West, where he d. May 21, 1833. His wife, Ruth, d. August 25, 1826. Six children.
6. ISAAC HILLS, son of Thomas 5, b. Nottingham West, Oct. 15, 1782. A record of his marriage to his first wife, Sarah, has not been found. He removed to Plymouth, 1820. His wife d. June 13, 1838, He m. second, Dec. 23, 1838, Sally Penniman, dau. of Nathan Penni- man (see). She d. Sept. 26, 1889. He d. August 10, 1859. There is no record of the birth of his children, and possibly all of them are not named.
i. MEHITABLE. m. April 19, 1838, William Greenough (see).
ii. CLARINDA JANE. m. Samuel Jewett Kimball (see).
iii. ANN. m. Oct. 10, 1833, John C. Fifield, and lived in Plymouth until 1840.
iv. WALTER, b. 1816. d. May 29, 1840.
v. OLIVER P., b. 1823. d. Dec. 16, 1845.
vi. THOMAS.
HOBART.
1. EDMUND HOBART, from Hingham, county of Norfolk, England, arrived at Charlestown, 1633. With him or soon after came four sons, three daughters, and several grandchildren. He was one of the early settlers of a new Hingham in New England. His first wife was Margaret Dewey. He m. second, Oct. 10, 1634, Sarah Lyford, widow of Rev. John Lyford. Rev. Peter Hobart records the death of his father and stepmother "March 8 1646 father Hubbeard dyed." "June 23 1649 mother Hobart dyed."
2. REV. PETER HOBART, b. Hingham, England, baptized Oct. 13, 1604. He was educated at Magdalen College, A.B., 1625, A.M., 1629. He was in the ministry nine years at Hingham, England, coming hither as stated in his own words : "I with my wife and four chil- dren came safely to New England June ye 8: 1635 : forever praysed be the god of Heaven my god and king." He settled in Hingham among his fellow-townsmen in the old country and the church in order of date was the twelfth gathered in Massachusetts. He was their faithful minister forty-four years, and d. Jan. 20, 1679. Fifteen of his eighteen children survived him. The name and date of death of his first wife not known. His second wife was Rebecca Ibrook,
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dau. of Richard Ibrook, one of the early settlers of Hingham. She d. Sept. 9, 1693, aged 72.
3. REV. GERSHOM HOBART, son of Rev. Peter 1, b. Hingham, 1645; Harvard College, 1667. He preached a short time in Plymouth, Mass., and other places and was ordained at Groton, Mass., Nov. 26, 1679, where he d. Dec. 18, 1707. He m. April 26, 1675, Sarah Aldis, b. June 9, 1652, dau. of John and Sarah (Eliot) Aldis, of Dedham, Mass. She d. April 14, 1712. Three sons and two daughters.
4. PETER HOBART, son of Rev. Gershom 2, b. about 1694. m. Sarah - -. He lived in Groton, Mass., where his six or more children were born from 1718 to 1741.
5. COL. DAVID HOBART, son of Peter 4, b. Groton, Mass., April 21, 1722, removed to Hollis and from Hollis to Plymouth, 1765. He was one. of the grantees and an influential factor in the early history of this town. He was a sergeant in the French War, 1755 ; a colonel of the twelfth geographical regiment comprising Plymouth and adjacent towns in the Revolution, and the colonel commanding a regiment of New Hampshire infantry at the battle of Bennington. For a record of his eminent service to the town and the state, in peace and in war, reference is made to Vol. I. He m. in Westford, Mass., March 22, 1744, Sarah Parker, of Groton, Mass. She d. in Plymouth, 1778; he m. second, 1779, Mercy (Fowler) Perkins, widow of Jacob Perkins, of Boxford, Mass. At the time of his second marriage he removed to Haverhill, Mass., where he d. 1799 ; his widow d. 1811. Four chil- dren by first and one by second marriage.
i .- SARAH, b. Hollis, Jan. 15, 1745. m. Phineas Lovejoy (see).
6. ii. PETER, b. Hollis, Dec. 22, 1747.
iii. EUNICE, b. Hollis, Feb. 19, 1749. m. Daniel Wheeler (see).
iv. REBECCA, b. Hollis, 1761. m. Dr. Peter Emerson (see).
v. DEBORAH, b. Haverhill, Mass., 1780. m. Nathaniel Hills, an apothe- cary, of Haverhill, Mass.
6. PETER HOBART, son of Col. David 5, b. Hollis, Dec. 22, 1747. Came to Plymouth with his father 1765. He m. May 8, 1771, Abigail Dearborn, dau. of Benjamin Dearborn (see). He is styled Ensign Peter Hobart in tax-lists. He d. about 1780. She m. second, Thomas McCluer (see) ; third, Samuel Currier (see) ; and fourth, William George (see).
i. BETSEY, b. May 18, 1771. d. July 22, 1771.
7. ii. DAVID, b. July 3, 1772.
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iii. SARAH, b. Jan. 31, 1774. m. April 1, 1792, John Rogers Wyatt, of Campton ; m. second, Jacob Merrill (see).
8. iv. PETER, b. Dec. 7, 1777.
7. DAVID HOBART, son of Peter 6, b. July 3, 1772. m. Jan. 9, 1794, Tamson Johnson, of Campton. He settled on Beech Hill, in Campton, where he lived until 1811, when he removed to Plymouth, res. upon the farm of Thomas McCluer. In 1843 he removed to Piermont, where he d. 1846. She d. 1856.
i. SALLY, b. Dec. 13, 1800. m. George W. Webster (see).
ii. THOMAS, b. Campton, 1795. m. Dec. 7, 1820, Polly Abbot, dau. of John Abbot (see). He lived over twenty years on the Harvel farm, near the fair grounds, now occupied by Mr. Hanson. This farm has been known as " Beaver farm," on account of the beaver meadow which constitutes a part of the premises. In 1843 he re- moved to Piermont, where he d. August 21, 1880. She d. March 5, 1865. (1) George Libbey, b. June 25, 1830. m. Nov. 24, 1853, Ruth Naomi Clay, b. Piermont, April 25, 1831, dau. of John Clay. He d. August 7, 1866. (2) John Alonzo, b. Feb. 4, 1837. d. Jan., 1854.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 30, 1806. m. Isaac Milton Merrill (see).
iv. NANCY. m. William Draper, (see).
V. HEZEKIAH. m. Clarissa Brainerd, lived in Boston, Mass. They had two children. (1) Ruhanah, m. John Allen, of Skowhegan, Me. (2) Wilfred. d. young.
vi. PETER, b. 1809. m. June 27, 1861, Julia R. Morton, dau. of Alex- ander Morton (see). She d. June 15, 1884. He lived in Plymouth, where he d. Nov. 28, 1878. Twin infants, their only children, b. Feb. 12, 1863. d. young.
vii. VASHTI, b. May 11, 1811. m. Washington George (see).
9. viii. HIRAM, b. April 13, 1812.
8. PETER HOBART, son of Peter 6, b. Dec. 7, 1777. m. Eleanor Johnson. He was a farmer in Plymouth. She d. Dec. 12, 1864, aged 87.
i. DAVID, b. 1806. m. Hannah S. Johnson, dau. of Benjamin John- son, of Campton (see). He was a farmer of Plymouth, living where Alfred Cook res. He d. April, 1850. She m. second, Dec. 31, 1850, Moses Clark, of Sanbornton. No children.
ii. Harriet L. m. Charles Little Stevens (see).
10. iii. CHARLES LITTLE, b. Sept. 23, 1813.
iv. WILLIAM C., b. 1816. unm. d. Lima, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1853.
v. EMILY W., b. 1818. m. May 6, 1845, Moody Page, son of Samuel and Vashti (Dustin) Page (see).
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9. HIRAM HOBART, son of David7, b. April 13, 1812. m. Nov., 1841, Syrena Paige, b. Sept. 26, 1820, of Thornton. He lived in Pier- mont and in Concord, Vt., removing to Plymouth at the date of his marriage. He lived again in Piermont, 1842-1847. He res. near the village and in the enjoyment of unusual strength for fourscore years and ten. He d. March 29, 1902.
i. MARTHA ANN, b. July 17, 1844. m. John Marston Boynton (see).
ii. DAVID, b. Jan. 17, 1846. m. Jennie D. Page, of Boston. He was superintendent of a telegraph company in Mexico, and there d. 1891. (1) Florence May, b. 1876. Res. Mexico.
iii. CHARLES WARREN, b. Sept. 21, 1849. Removed to Boston.
iv. IDA ELLEN, b. July 23, 1853. m. Herbert Davis, of Laconia. m. second, Feb. 28, 1872, Herbert S. Jones, of Boston; removed to Kansas City, Mo., where he d. Feb. 2, 1888. in. third, 1899, William Butler Crouch, of Boston. (1) Nellie M. Davis. m. Frank Neal, of Laconia.
v. ANNA JANE, b. May 11, 1855. d. July, 1860.
10. CHARLES LITTLE HOBART, son of Peter 8, b. Sept. 23, 1813. m. Feb. 16, 1842, Martha Anderson Morrison, dau. of James Morrison (see). He was a farmer in Plymouth, where he d. July 4, 1862. His widow continued the home several years, and now res. with her eldest dau.
i. ABBIE ADAMS, b. Nov. 20, 1843. m. Sept. 5, 1874, John Grant, farmer and market gardener of Portsmouth.
ii. EMMA JANE, b. Nov. 4, 1845. m. Dec. 4, 1872, Daniel W. Grant, now of Stoughton, Mass. One child, Harry.
iii. WILLIAM CHARLES, b. July 22, 1852. m. Feb. 3, 1871, Mary Buz- zell, b. March 4, 1853, dau. of Aaron and Sarah Jane (Hull) Buz- zell (see). He has been a glove cutter many years, res. in Ash- land and in Plymouth. (1) Charles Brown, b. August 27, 1872. m. Ina Robinson. He d. Dec. 11, 1900. (2) Perley Marshall, b. April 15, 1879. m. Dec. 31, 1899, Nellie May Clark, of Ashland. (3) Martha Alice, b. August 7, 1881. m. Dec. 24, 1899, Alfred B. Clement. He d. Nov. 7, 1900. She m. second, August 23, 1903, Fred Smith Parker. (4) Ida May, b. Nov. 6, 1888. m. 1904, John McGough.
iv. JULIA ELIZA, b. Dec. 9, 1855. m. Oct. 31, 1883, Wilbur J. Sanborn, merchant, Gardner, Mass.
11. JAMES HOBART, son of Peter 4, b. Groton, Mass., Jan. 16, 1738/9. He was a brother of Col. David, and was one of the gran- tees of Plymouth. He came with the earliest settlers, was an active factor in the proceedings of the proprietors, a selectman of Plymouth,
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1780, and a useful, intelligent citizen. In the Revolution he served in Capt. Willoughby's company, 1777. In 1791 he removed to Berlin, Vt., and was an honored resident of that town. He d. in Berlin, Feb. 25, 1834. In Plymouth records he is styled Capt. James Hobart. He m. in Hollis, Jan. 27, 1762, Hannah Cummings, b. July 13, 1737, a sister of Capt. Jotham Cummings. She d. in Berlin. It has been stated many times that their son, Rev. James Hobart, was the first male child born in Plymouth. Rev. James was born August 2, 1766, but Josiah Hobart, son of Gershom, was born in Plymouth, Sept. 3, 1765, and if Josiah was as robust in infancy as in manhood, he was a bouncing boy with several teeth when Rev. James was born. They had one dau., Sally, b. in Plymouth, 1773. She m. Job Poor. She d. Oct. 12, 1811.
12. REV. JAMES HOBART, son of Capt. James 11, b. Plymouth, August 2, 1766. Graduated Dartmouth College, 1794; pastor Berlin, Vt., 1798-1829, and later a preacher in Plymouth and elsewhere. (See Vol. I., College Graduates, for the record of a devoted life.) He m. August 30, 1804, Betsey Perrin, dau. of Zachariah Perrin, of Berlin, Vt. He d. July 16, 1862, aged almost 96 years.
i. BETSEY, b. August 22, 1805. d. June 27, 1843. -
ii. JAMES, b. March 27, 1807. m. April 26, 1842, Sophia Strickland.
iii. SAMUEL, b. April 22, 1809.
iv. EMELINE, b. Feb. 15, 1811. m. Evans M. D. Piermont.
v. MARY, b. Jan. 17, 1813. m. Hon. Amory Kinney, Terre Haute, Ind.
vi. PAMELIA, b. Oct. 12, 1814. m. Oct. 5, 1844, Rev. Rufus Childs, b. Sunderland, Mass., April 28, 1819, pastor Congregational Church, Gilmanton Iron Works, 1845 to about 1860.
vii. HARRIET, b. Oct. 15, 1816. d. May 3, 1834.
viii. JULIA, b. July 1, 1819. m. Rev. Pliny F. Barnard, Dartmouth Col- lege, 1843, pastor Williamstown, Vt.
ix. DAVID, b. June 3, 1821.
x. 'HANNAH, b. March 30, 1824. m. Rev. George Craven, Meth.
xi. TIMOTHY DWIGHIT, b. Dec. 29, 1827. Dartmouth College, 1851. d. Gilmanton, Sept. 22, 1853.
xii. ISAAC W., b. Sept. 17, 1829. d. June 15, 1850.
13. GERSHOM HOBART, son of Rev. Gershom 3, and brother of Peter Hobart 4, b. 1684. m. Feb. 26, 1713/14, Lydia Nutting, b. June 3, 1686, dau. of James and Lydia (Longley) Nutting, of Groton, Mass. When a little lad, he was captured by the Indians, July 12, 1694. He was liberated and returned to Groton the following year. The births of eight children are recorded in Groton.
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14. GERSHOM HOBART, son of Gershom 13, b. Groton, Mass., July 13, 1717, baptized August 18. He lived in Groton, Mass., and later in Hollis. The birth of one child is recorded in Groton and two in Hollis. He was one of the grantees of Plymouth, and one of the early settlers, coming hither in 1764, or the early spring of 1765. He attended the meetings of the proprietors and received the several parcels of land awarded him in the successive divisions. In 1778, after a res. in Plymouth of fourteen years, he removed to Cocker- mouth. In the incorporation of Hebron, 1792, his farm in Cocker- mouth was included, and after that date he was an inhabitant of Hebron, where he d. 1795. While a res. of Groton, Mass., he m. Jan. 11, 1743, Mary Townsend, who d. a few years later, leaving one child. He m. second, in Lunenburg, Mass., Jan. 18, 1753, Alephia Dodge, b. Lunenburg, June 2, 1734, dau. of Noah and Margaret (Crockett) Dodge. She d. about 1780 ; she was the mother of eleven children. He m. third, Oct. 20, 1783, Abigail Colburn, widow of William Colburn, of Hollis.
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