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15. i. GERSHOM, b. Groton, Mass., Sept. 26, 1744.
ii. MARY, b. Hollis, Oct. 16, 1754. d. young.
iii. ALEPHIA, b. Hollis, Oct. 29, 1755. m. Benjamin Phillips (see). m. second, Simeon Ladd.
iv. MARY, twin, b. Hollis, Oct. 29, 1775. m. Abial Lovejoy (see).
v. NOAH, b. Hollis, Dec. 11, 1756.
vi. SOLOMON, b. Hollis, Sept. 3, 1758, lived in Plymouth after 6 years of age. He was killed at battle of Bennington.
vii. REUBEN, b. Hollis, June 26, 1761. m. Feb. 7, 1788, Isabel Colburn, b. Hollis, August 16, 175S, dau. of William and Abigail Colburn. He m. second, Jan. 24, 1796, Elizabeth Blood. He d. in Hebron, May 6, 1810. Eight children.
viii. HEPSEBAH, b. Hollis, March 31, 1763. m. John Nevins (see).
16. xi. JOSIAH, b. Plymouth, Sept. 3, 1765.
x. SARAH, b. Plymouth, Feb. 3, 1768.
17. ix. AsA, b. Plymouth, June 13, 1773.
xii. LYDIA, b. Plymouth, June 13, 1775. m. May 21, 1797, Asahel Fowler.
15. GERSHOM HOBART, son of Gershom 14, b. Groton, Mass., Sept. 26, 1744. Lived in Cockermouth, and after 1792 in Hebron. His wife Phebe, the mother of his children, d. August 2, 1787. He m. second, Oct. 23, 1788, Lydia Bennett.
i. PHEBE, b. April 17, 1770.
ii. GERSHOM, b. March 27, 1773.
iii. MOLLIE, b. Dec. 16, 1776. d. Oct. 19, 1785.
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iv. HANNAH, b. August 18, 1779.
v. SOLOMON, b. April 18, 1782.
vi. EOLY, b. June 9, 1785.
16. JOSIAH HOBART, son of Gershom 14, b. Plymouth, Sept. 3, 1765. He was the first white male child born in Plymouth. It has been stated in print in several papers that Rev. James Hobart, son of Capt. James, was the first boy born in Plymouth, and all the author- ities and records assert that he was born August 2, 1766, when little Josiah was nearly a year old. Rev. Grant Powers, who wrote with the benefit of fresher traditions, stated with bold confidence that Josiah was the first male child born in the town of Plymouth. Reference is made elsewhere to Lydia Webster, dau. of Stephen Webster, who was born June 2, 1765, being the first child born in this town. Josiah Hobart m. Nov. 29, 1787, Joanna Hazelton, b. Dec. 3, 1767, dau. of Samuel Hazelton. After 1792 his home was in Hebron. He was a selectman of Cockermouth, 1788, and was moderator, town clerk, and selectman of Hebron. In 1805 and 1809 he was a representative of the classed towns which included Hebron. He was appointed justice of the peace 1805, and coroner of Grafton Co., 1799 and 1802. He was a deacon, and in 1801, as shown by the records, he sought the advice of the church in regard to his preparation for the ministry. It is well known that he did preach occasionally, and several of his manuscript sermons are preserved, but he never formally entered the ministry. He d. May 14, 1812. She d. June 8, 1816. Of their twelve children three d. in infancy unnamed.
i. JOANNA, b. March 23, 1790. m. Rev. Enoch Hunting. She d. at Madison, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1874.
ii. JOSIAH, b. Feb. 23, 1792. d. April 11, 1792.
iii. NOAH, b. Sept. 25, 1793. m. Judith Foss. He d. suddenly at Madi- son, Ohio, March 1, 1878.
iv. LAVINIA, b. Oct. 31, 1795. m. March 3, 1816, Rev. Stephen Pillsbury, b. Amesbury, Mass., Oct. 10, 1781, son of Micajah and Sarah (Sargent) Pillsbury, a Baptist clergyman at Hebron, and later he preached in Sutton, Dunbarton, and Londonderry. IIe d. London- derry, Jan. 22, 1851. She d. Concord, Oct. 29, 1871. He was a representative from Sutton, 1833. Mrs. Pillsbury was a lady of superior literary attainments which found frequent and chaste expression. Of their nine children Hon. William S., an executive counsellor, Gov. Goodell's administration, and Capt. Leonard H., representative, 1891, res. in Londonderry.
V. SAMUEL HAZELTON, b. March 12, 1798. d. Sept. 27, 1798.
vi. LEONARD, b. July 12, 1799. d. March 31, 1817.
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vii. JOSIAH, b. April 24, 1803. Res. in Madison, Wis.
viii. SALLY, b. June 25, 1805. m. Willard Emery, of Andover. She d. May 12, 1858.
ix. DAVID, b. Oct. 19, 1807. m. Harriet Phelps, and lived in Groton, where he d., Jan. 5, 1892. She res. in Lowell, Mass.
17. ASA HOBART, son of Gershom 14, b. June 13, 1773. m. Sept. 26, 1798, Hannah Pike, probably a dau. of Daniel Pike (see). He was a lieutenant ; lived in Hebron, where he d. Nov. 17, 1849. She d. Feb. 28, 1876. Ten children.
i. WILLIAM, b. May 5, 1802.
ii. AsA, b. Jan. 5, 1804.
iii. SALLY, b. March 16, 1806.
iv. CHARLES, b. Nov. 8, 1807.
v. DANIEL, b. July 17, 1810.
vi. WILLARD, b. August 31, 1812.
vii. HANNAII, b. July 28, 1814.
viii. LYDIA, b. Oct. 8, 1816.
ix. JOSIAH, b. March 12, 1819.
I. RUTH, b. Dec. 12, 1821.
18. JONATHAN HOBART, son of Gershom 13, and brother of Gershom 14, b. Groton, March 10, 1724/5, was a grantee of Plymouth, but did not remove hither. He m. Lydia -, and lived in Hollis, where his nine children were born.
19. JOSEPH HOBART, son of Jonathan 18, b. Hollis, May 7, 1757, was in Plymouth several years, but was not after 1787 a resident. He enlisted from this town, serving twelve months, in 1776, in Capt. Everett's company, Col. Bedel's regiment ; and again enlisting in 1777 into the Continental service, he served in Col. Scammell's regiment until June, 1783, when he was discharged. He settled after the war in Middlesex, Vt., and late in life, about 1840, removed to Salina, N. Y. A minute of only two children is at hand. There were one or more older.
i. ELIZA, b. 1811.
ii. CHARLES, b. 1813.
HOBBS.
1. CAREY HOBBS, b. August 12, 1822. Res. in Wentworth. He m. 1853, Sarah Dow Crockett, dau. of Chase Crockett, of Meredith. 12th N. H. Infantry, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. She m. second, Abram Hardy (see).
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2. ALLEN ELMON HOBBS, son of Carey 1, b. Wentworth, August 7, 1855. m. August 6, 1876, Amelia H. Hanson, dau. of Nathan Hanson (see). He is a farmer and a manufacturer of soap.
HODGE.
1. MOSES HODGE, b. 1771. m. Esther Brainard and lived many years in Stewartstown, where he d. May 31, 1856.
2. BARZILLA B. HODGE, b. Jan. 13, 1801, was one of the early settlers of Eaton, P. Q., and there res. until his death, March 12, 1872. He m. Dec. 25, 1825, Sarah Currier Elliot, dau. of Joshua and Hannah (Waldron) Elliot, of Dorchester.
3. ELLIOT BERNARD DODGE, b. Eaton, P. Q., Nov. 14, 1838, attended school at Cookshire, P. Q., and Colebrook Academy. In early man- hood he was a photographer, and in 1874 he came to Plymouth and established photographic chambers. He was soon called to another field of labor in which he won distinction. In 1882 he was appointed superintendent of the Plymouth Fish Hatchery, located at Livermore Falls, and in June of the following year he was appointed a com- missioner of fish and game, a position which he filled ten years. He was recognized as a gentleman who had made a study of pisciculture, and his reports and miscellaneous papers have been commended. He m. August 12, 1882, Marie Amanda Dolloff, b. Dorchester, Sept. 16, 1856, dau. of Frederick Augustus and Martha Jane (Eliot) Dolloff. She graduated State Normal School, 1875, and was a teacher until her marriage. She now res. at Rumney. He d. Dec. 5, 1893.
HODGE.
1. NATHANIEL HODGE, b. April 8, 1804, son of Thomas Hodge, m. Mary Sanborn, b. May 12, 1808, and lived in Plymouth, 1847 to 1864.
i. CAROLINE AUGUSTA, b. Groton, July 5, 1831. m. July 5, 1852, Bial Avery, son of Samuel 1 and Temperance (Avery) Avery (see). (1) Clara Jane. m. Isaac Henry Barnard (see). (2) Ella Angielett. Res. Waltham, Mass.
ii. HIRAM OSCAR. d. in Danvers, Mass.
iii. LAURA JANE. m .. Garland. m. second, Thomas E. Nut- ting (see).
iv. LUCY CALISTA. m. Lewis Mitchell, b. Eaton, P. Q., 1830. 14th N. H. Infantry from August 12, 1862 ; captured Oct. 19, 1864 ; paroled Feb. 17, 1865. He d. in the service March 15, 1865.
v. NATHANIEL, removed to Concord.
vi. LENORA M. m. James Collins, of Laconia.
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HOLM.
1. CHRISTIAN HOLM, b. Denmark, 1816. m. Sarah -, b. Mass., 1819. Was a farmer in Plymouth from 1847 to 1860.
i. CHARLES W., b. 1841.
ii. SARAH A., b. 1844.
iii. ANDREW W., b. 1846.
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HOLMES.
1. JOSEPH HOLMES, son of Samuel, grandson of John, all of Camp- ton, b. July 12, 1812. m. 1839, Hannah Bump, b. May 30, 1820, dau. of James and Dolly (Southmayd) Bump. He res. in Camp- ton until 1856, when he removed to Laconia, where she d. Oct. 30, 1857. In 1864 he purchased the homestead formerly of Judge Arthur Livermore. The town line passes through the dwelling-house. Mr. Holmes was taxed in Plymouth. He m. second, 1865, Martha South- mayd, widow of Horace Southmayd. He d. March, 1869. She d. Oct. 31, 1884. Nine children b. Campton.
i. ORLANDO MARTIN, b. March 6, 1842. Res. Elk Creek, Neb.
ii. JOHN, b. Oct. 10, 1843. d. 1852.
iii. DRURY E., b. June 24, 1845. d. March 28, 1879.
iv. ALPHEUS JOSEPH, b. August 7, 1847. After living on Pacific coast he has removed to Kansas.
v. BENJAMIN B., b. Sept. 28, 1849. d. Hanover, 1884.
vi. JAMES BUMP, b. August 6, 1851. m. May 28, 1883, Nellie Susan Wilson, b. Bedford, Mass., March 9, 1853, dau. of Francis and Alvira (Heath) Wilson and grand-dau. of Francis and Elizabeth (Colburn) Wilson, of Bedford, Mass. Francis Wilson, senior, was of the sixth American generation. The lineage is Francis 6, James 5, James 4, Francis 3, John 2, and John 1, of Woburn. He res. upon the homestead and is a worthy citizen of Plymouth.
vii. SAMUEL M., b. July 20, 1853. m. Emma F. Chase, and res. in Ashland.
viii. LUCY C., b. August 1, 1855. d. 1869.
ix. LUELLA C., twin, b. August 1, 1855. m. Herman Cook, of Camp- ton. Res. Boston, Mass.
HOLTHAM.
1. JAMES N. HOLTHAM, b. Milby, P. Q., Dec. 15, 1838, son of John and Mahala (Stevens) Holtham. m. Dec. 20, 1862, Abbie Thompson, and lives in Sutton, Vt.
2. ELLSWORTH WILLIAM HOLTHAM, b. Barton, Vt., June 15, 1864. m. Dec. 20, 1884, Altha May Roberts, b. Rumney, June 13, 1864, dau. of Laban K. Roberts. He was employed in railroading seven
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years on Passumpsic R.R. and eleven years on B., C. & M. R.R. He has lived in Plymouth since 1895, and is now a travelling salesman and was associated with A. L. Bailey, St. Johnsbury, Vt., dealer in musical instruments. Two children.
i. HAROLD ELLSWORTH, b. March 18, 1895.
ii. GERALD JAMES, twin, b. March 18, 1895.
HOMANS.
1. JOSEPH HOMANS was taxed in Plymouth, 1781-1785. He came from Newbury and removed to Campton. He had children, Joseph, Caleb, John, Enoch, Moses, Dustin, Anne, Betsey, Mary, and Abigail. Of these Joseph is named below. Caleb settled in Warren, where he m. Jan. 18, 1789, Ruth Merrill, b. March 6, 1767, dau. of Stevens and Sarah (Chase) Merrill. John m. in Plymouth, June 24, 1787, Ruth French, and was taxed 1779 and 1780, but lived later in Campton.
2. JOSEPH HOMANS, son of Joseph, b. 1765, was a soldier in Capt. Livermore's company, Col. Cilley's Continental regiment, from April 15, 1781, to Dec. 20, 1783. He received a wound in the ankle which became more troublesome until his leg was amputated in 1788. (See N. H. State Papers, Vol. XI., and pension evidence in Vol. I.). He lived several years after the war in Kingston and there m. May 14, 1789, Sarah Walton, b. 1765. Later he lived in Campton, and d. in Warren, Feb. 2, 1830. He was a pensioner. His widow lived in Plymouth, where she d.
3. JAMES W. HOMANS, son of Joseph 2, b. 1809. m. Jan. 1, 1830, Sarah Ann Flanders, dau. of Peter Flanders (see). He was a car- penter and lived in Plymouth nearly all the time from 1829 until 1841, when he removed to Campton, where he d. 1854. She d. Lowell, Mass., March 7, 1885.
4. i. HENRY CLAY, b. Nov. 24, 1830.
ii. LOUISA. m. June 11, 1856, Charles G. Moore, Bridgewater. She d. Feb. 15, 1896.
iii. EMMA. m. Stephen Sanford, Omaha, Neb. He d. Feb. 15, 1899. She d. June 27, 1900.
iv. ARTHUR LIVERMORE, b. July 5, 1841. Enlisted 4th Mass. Infantry, discharged Oct. 28, 1863. m. June 6, 1866, Mary Melissa Savage, b. Nov. 6, 1845, dau. of Howard and Mary Ann (Hinckley) Savage. Ile d. in Plymouth, Feb. 3, 1899. Six children. (1) Lura Moore, b. June 2, 1867. m. Charles Flanders Bayley (see). (2) Anna Maud, b. March 9, 1871. d. Oct. 7, 1871. (3) Grace Estelle, b. May 2, 1875, P. H. S. 1892. m. June 5, 1897, Elmer
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E. Milgate. (4) Gertrude Evelyn, b. May 2, 1875 ; P. H. S. 1893. m. April 11, 1900, Elmer E. Huckins (see). (5) Mary Louise, b. August 10, 1877 ; P. H. S. 1894. m. Edward Grant Currier (see). (6) Warren Russell, b. Oct. 21, 1883. Graduate Plymouth High School, 1901.
v. MARTHA ALCESTA, b. Dec. 10, 1844. m. Oct. 14, 1874, Rev. Elijah Harmon, b. March 22, 1835, son of Gaius and Tempy (Vin- cent) Harmon, of Hawley, Mass. Amherst College, 1861. 52d Mass. Infantry, sergeant, tutor Amherst, 1864-65. Hartford T. S. 1865-67, ordained, Congregationalist, Oct. 17, 1867, at Winchester and pastor there until 1885; pastor Wilmington, Mass., 1885-90. Three children. (1) Lucy Morse, b. April 23, 1877. (2) May Flanders, b. May 16, 1879. (3) Gaius Elijah, b. June 13, 1887.
vi. ALPHONSO FRENCH, b. 1816, 1st N. H. HI. A. He m. May 6, 1871, Abby Hawkins. He lived in Haverhill, Mass. Shoedealer. d. Sept. 2, 1884.
vii. PETER. d. aged 3 years.
viii. SARAH. m. Oct. 6, 1874, Ichabod Whittemore (see).
4. HENRY CLAY HOMANS, son of James W. 3, b. Nov. 24, 1830, is a carpenter and fariner. He lived in Plymouth from 1862 to 1872, when he removed to Bristol, where he now res. He m. Nov. 6, 1861, Nancy Stearns, dau. of Aaron Stearns (see). Two children.
i. ALMER WILLIS, b. April 13, 1863. unm. He is a jeweler at Franklin Falls.
ii. LOREN WILBUR, b. May 22, 1866. d. Nov. 4, 1893.
HOUSTON.
1. DAVID HOUSTON, b. Bedford, April 16, 1779. Was a farmer of Thornton, where he settled in early manhood. He m. Esther Willey, b. Campton, March 31, 1781, dau. of Abel and Lydia (Church) Willey. He d. in Thornton, Oct. 24, 1857. She d. June 17, 1869. Six children b. in Thornton.
i. JOHN, b. March 5, 1806. m. 1830, Damaris Clough, b. 1804. She d. 1844; he m. second, Sarah Elizabeth Eaton, b. Boston, Mass., June 5, 1817. He lived in Thornton and in Gilford. He removed to Coaticook, P. Q., where he d. March 7, 1879. His widow d. Oct. 14, 1898.
2. ii. GILMORE, b. June 27, 1807.
3. iii. HENRY CHEEVER, b. Feb. 27, 1809.
iv. LYDIA, b. Feb. 27, 1811. unm. d. Nov. 6, 1847.
v. E-, b. March 15, 1813. m. Thomas Snow and lived to observe their fiftieth marriage anniversary. They lived in Thornton.
vi. WILLEY, b. Sept. 23, 1818. d. June 14, 1823.
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2. GILMORE HOUSTON, son of David 1, b. June 27, 1807. m. April, 1834, Sarah Griffin, b. Woodstock, 1815. She d. Plymouth, Sept. 20, 1851. He m. second, Dec. 10, 1851, Lydia Ann Snow, b. Merrimack, Nov. 13, 1817, dau. of William and Deborah (Gardner) Snow, who d. in Plymouth, Jan. 30, 1888. He d. in Plymouth, May 14, 1891. He was a harness-maker and conducted a shop in this town many years. He was a man of reliable and sturdy qualities, and was respected by his townsmen. He was a selectman, deputy sheriff, and held other positions of trust during the sixty or more years of his residence in this town. Five children of Gilmore and Sarah (Griffin) Houston.
i. ESTHER JANE, b. 1835. m. Jan. 23, 1856, Byron G. Merrill. (See George Register, Robert 6.) She d. Sept. 29, 1861.
ii. GILMORE McLANE, b. Oct. 17, 1837. Was a butcher in Plymouth. He enlisted Oct. 10, 1861, 6th N. H. Infantry ; quartermaster- sergeant, Oct. 3, 1862 ; quartermaster, August 1, 1863 ; discharged July 17, 1865. Ile was subsequently a stationary engineer in Plymouth. He m. May 13, 1869, Martha Willard Richardson, b. Boston, Mass., 1847, dau. of William and Mary (Houston) Richard- son. He d. May 14, 1872. She m. second, Daniel H. Currier (see). One child of Gilmore M. and Martha Houston. (1) Mary Esther, b. April 30, 1870. Plymouth High School, 1888; Tilton Seminary, 1890; State Normal School, 1892. Special course, Rad- cliffe College. She is a teacher in Amesbury, Mass.
iii. MARY W., b. 1840. unm. d. August 2, 1868.
iv. GARDNER S., b. 1842. d. May 15, 1843.
v. WILLIAM LEVERETT, b. 1844, enlisted Oct. 12, 1861. 6th N. II. Infantry, principal musician, discharged, disability, Oct. 29, 1863. He was a harness-maker. He d. 1871.
vi. ANNETTE COOK, b. 1849. m. - French.
3. HENRY CHEEVER HOUSTON, son of David 1, b. Feb. 27, 1809. m. Feb. 27, 1834, Eliza Packard, b. North Bridgewater, Mass., July 4, 1816, dau. of Adin and Sally (Horton) Packard. She d. in Thornton, August 10, 1843. He m. second, July 11, 1844, Sally Packard, b. Merrimack, Sept. 13, 1823, a sister of his first wife. He was a farmer of Thornton, where he d. April 28, 1891.
i. DAVID WILLEY, b. Dec. 26, 1834. d. Rockport, Mass., August 6, 1853.
ii. SELINA MANCIL, b. Oct. 16, 1836. m. Henry Cutter Preston, b. May 16, 1838, son of William and Eliza (Bradford) Preston. 12th N. H. Infantry, 1862-1865. He has lived in Waterville and in Campton and in Vermont.
iii. ADIN MARSHALL, b. Jan. 23, 1839. Enlisted August 16, 1862, 12th N. H. Infantry; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, and d. from the wounds at Washington, D. C., May 16, 1863.
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iv. d. young.
v. d. young.
vi. d. young.
vii. GEORGE FOSTER, b. June 7, 1845. d. 1854.
viii. ALICE, b. March 9, 1847. m. Oct. 20, 1866, Edwin B. Cloud. m. second, John V. D. Goodrich, of Coopersville, Mich.
4. ix. ALVIN FORD, b. June 22, 1848.
x. HERMON PACKARD, b. Jan. 2, 1850. d. 1853.
xi. CHARLES HENRY, b. Sept. 26, 1852. d. 1853.
xii. FRANK LESLIE, b. Oct. 26, 1859. m. Sept. 26, 1885, Luella Francena Dolloff. He is a farmer of Thornton.
xiii. WILLIAM PRESTON, b. June 16, 1861. m. Sept. 11. 1889, Alma Everett Fowler, b. New London, June 28, 1862, dau. of Adna S. and Lucina (Shepard) Fowler. Both are graduates of Colby Academy. He graduated from Boston Dental College, 1889, and is a dentist in Boston, Mass.
xiv. HARRY MARSHALL, b. May 13, 1865. d. 1883.
xv. CHARLES ROSCOE, b. Dec. 16, 1866. m. May 25, 1899, Gertrude Elsie Warner, b. Oct. 30, 1868, dau. of Charles D. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Warner, of Arlington, Mass. He is a barber of Boston, Mass.
4. ALVIN FORD HOUSTON, son of Henry C.3, b. June 22, 1848. m. May 5, 1874, Livonia Martha Grant, b. June 26, 1849, dau. of David P. and Clarissa P. (Abbot) Grant, of West Windsor, Vt. He is a harness-maker and has lived in Plymouth since 1891. Three children.
i. ROSCOE GRANT, b. Jan. 8, 1881.
ii. ALICE SELINA, b. April 27, 1889.
iii. BERNICE ALMA, b. April 30, 1893.
HOVEY.
1. SAMUEL HOVEY, probably from Newton, settled in Weare, 1766. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Church in Weare, and sub- sequently was an elder of the church. He had sons, Simeon and Levi. (See " History of Weare.")
2. SIMEON HOVEY, son of Elder Samuel 1, settled in Weare with his father, and was one of the signers, 1776, of the Association Test. In 1777 he sold his farm in Weare to Tristram Barnard (see) and pur- chased, Jan. 15, 1778, of Stephen Webster, Jr., lots Nos. 18 and 29, south side of Baker's River, now known as the Thomas Clark farm. He sold these fruitful acres to Stephen Wells and removed from Ply- mouth, 1782. He was a Baptist and was one of the number excused from paying the minister tax. He m. Dec. 18, 1777, Lydia Wells. VOL. II. - 23
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HOWE.
1. JOHN HOWE, emigrant ancestor of the most numerous branch of the Howe families of America, was in Sudbury, 1638; freeman, 1640 ; selectman, 1642. He was one of the grantees and early settlers of Marlborough, where he was an inn-holder. His wife Mary d. 1679. He d. 1689.
2. JOSIAH HOWE, son of John 1, m. March 18, 1671, Mary Haynes. He lived in Marlborough and served in King Philip's War. His estate was administered 1711. She m. second, John Prescott.
3. JOSIAH HOWE, son of Josiah 2, b. 1678. m. June 14, 1706, Sarah Bigelow, b. Oct. 1, 1681, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow. He m. second, Nov. 22, 1713, Mary Marble. He d. in Marlborough, Sept. 20, 1766.
4. ABRAHAM HOWE, son of Josiah 3, and Sarah (Bigelow) Howe, b. Marlborough, Mass., April 6, 1709 ; removed to Brookfield, Mass. He was a lieutenant in the French war. He m. Martha Potter. He d. May 12, 1790.
5. ABNER HOWE, son of Abraham 4, b. Brookfield, June 23, 1736. He m. Sept. 29, 1757, Sarah Lane, b. Jan. 28, 1739/40, dau. of Job and Sarah Lane, of Bedford, Mass. He responded to the Lexington alarm ; commissioned captain, May 31, 1776, of the 5th Company, Col. James Converse's regiment, and served that year at Dobb's Ferry and vicinity in New York. He d. of camp fever, Dec. 20, 1776. She removed to Jaffrey and there m. second, April 15, 1792, Samuel Parker, of Jaffrey. She d. Dec. 30, 1795.
6. ADONIJAH HOWE, son of Abner 5, b. Brookfield, Mass., July 24, 1758. He was an eminent physician of Jaffrey, and a respected citi- zen. Town clerk, twelve years; moderator, thirteen years ; treasurer, twenty-nine years, and representative six years. He m. Nov. 4, 1779, Sarah Ripley, b. Woodstock, Conn., 1760, dau. of Noah and Lydia (Kent) Ripley, and a sister of Rev. Ezra Ripley, D.D., of Concord, Mass. She d. Dec. 13, 1800. He m. second, in Concord., Mass., by Rev. Dr. Ripley, August 8, 1802, Persis Wood, b. Concord, Mass., Oct. 26, 1762, dau. of Ephraim and Mary (Heald) Wood. She d. Sept. 5, 1834. He d. July 31, 1832.
7. ABNER HOWE, son of Dr. Adonijah 6, b. Jaffrey, Oct. 14, 1780. Dartmouth College, 1801; medical school, 1803. m. Oct. 29, 1806, Sarah Thorndike, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Leach) Thorndike, of Beverly, Mass., and Jaffrey. He attended lectures and hospital prac-
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tice at Philadelphia, and was a pupil of the celebrated Dr. Rush. After a short practice in Jaffrey, he settled in Beverly, Mass., where he d. May 15, 1826. (See "Stone's History of Beverly," and Memoir by Rev. Dr. Abbot, in "Christian Visitant," Vol. I., p. 201.)
8. LUCIUS MANLIUS HOWE, son of Dr. Abner 7, b. Beverly, Mass., Dec. 24, 1809. m. April 6, 1837, Laura Cutter, b. Jaffrey, Dec. 10, 1812, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Crosby) Cutter. She d. Feb. 25, 1842. He m. second, August, 1849, Elizabeth Cutter, b. March 3, 1820, a sister of the first wife. She d. Sept. 25, 1860. He m. third, Feb. 19, 1863, Caroline Vesta Burns, b. Rumney, July 11, 1830, dau. of George and Huldah (Jones) Burns, and grand-dau. of George 2, and Anna (Adams) Burns (see). He was in Cavendish, Vt., a short time, and subsequently a clerk in the store of an uncle, Dr. Luke Howe, at Jaffrey, subsequently in Boston, Mass., and in Michigan, removing to Campton, 1842, where he was a merchant twelve years. He removed to Plymouth, 1854, and was in this town several years, being associated with John T. Cutter and Cyrus Keniston. He was a forceful, exem- plary man. He was a delegate from Campton in the Constitutional Convention of 1850, a selectman of Plymouth, and in town affairs he was a useful, intelligent man. He d. Oct. 27, 1889. Mrs. Howe continues a residence in Plymouth.
i. JOHN HENRY, b. Jan. 8, 1838, was living 1866 in Galveston, Tex.
ii. LAURA CUTTER, b. August 3, 1840. m. Oct. 15, 1861, Van Merrill, son of Anson (see).
iii. ADA ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 26, 1850; State Normal School, 1872. m. Jan. 4, 1876, Davis Baker Keniston (see). .
iv .. LUCIUS MANLIUS, b. 1852. d. 1853.
9. JOHN HOWE, another son of emigrant John 1, b. Sudbury, 1640. m. Jan. 22, 1662, Elizabeth He lived in Marlborough, Mass., and was killed by the Indians, April 20, 1676, and all " his housings destroyed."
10. JOHN HOWE, son of John 2, b. Sept. 9, 1671, also lived in Marl- borough, and by wife Rebecca he had eleven children. He m. second, June 18, 1740, Ruth Eager. He d. about 1753.
11. PETER HOWE, son of John 10, b. Marlborough, May 8, 1695. m. Dec. 4, 1718, Grace Bush, b. May 3, 1696, dau. of Abiel and Grace (Barrett) Bush. He d. Oct. 18, 1778. She d. Dec. 10, 1770.
12. EZRA HOWE, son of Peter 11, b. Marlborough, March 12, 1719. m. Phebe Bush, b. March 3, 1729, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Ran-
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dall) Bush. He served in the French War from Marlborough. He removed to Henniker about 1770, and there d. April 4, 1789. She d. August 11, 1813.
13. MICAH HOWE, son of Ezra 12, b. Marlborough, Mass., Sept. 22, 1759, and lived in Henniker. He m. Lovisa Ainsden, b. March 14, 1761, dau. of Joseph Amsden. She d. April 25, 1800. .. He m. second, Persis Welch. He d. July 22, 1842.
14. LIEUT. JOEL HOWE, son of Micah 18, b. Henniker, April 4, 1784. m. Dec. 24, 1812, Sophia Patterson, b. Henniker, Jan. 7, 1794, dau. of Alexander and Mary (Nelson) Patterson. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a lieutenant in the artillery company belong- ing to the regiment. He was a carpenter, and also had a mill in Henniker, where he lived until 1829, and subsequently he had a hotel in Warner. He d. April 22, 1850. She m. second, April 24, 1855, Joseph Lane, of Bradford.
15. JOEL WILLIAM HOWE, son of Lieut. Joel 14, b. Henniker, Dec. 19, 1818. m. Sept. 22, 1846, Elizabeth B. Woods, of Thornton, who d. Feb. 9, 1860. He m. second, Jan. 1, 1861, Lucinda F. Gould, of Concord. He lived in Warner, where he d.
16. JOSEPH MILLER HOWE, son of Joel William 15, b. Warner, July 27, 1847. m. Oct. 25, 1880, Annie Maria Dearborn, dau. of Damon Young Dearborn (see). He was a merchant clerk in Plymouth from 1870 to 1885; town treasurer, 1878 and 1879. He removed from Plymouth to Windsor, Vt., and from Windsor to Woodsville, 1892.
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