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V. WILLIAM J., b. March 26, 1874. m. June 26, 1900, Virginia Taplin, dau. of Charles Taplin, of Canaan. (1) Bennett, b. July 5, 1903.
15. MOSES ABEL BATCHELDER, son of George 16, b. Dec. 10, 1866. He has res. in Plymouth since 1883; town clerk, 1894 and 1900- 1905. He was a salesman in store of D. B. Keniston, clothier, several years, and is now of the firm Keniston & Batchelder. He m. March 8, 1894, Edith Camilla Phillips, b. Bethlehem, Jan. 23, 1867, dau. of Lemuel Newell and Priscilla (Simpson) Phillips, now of Littleton.
16. CAPT. ABRAHAM BATCHELDER, son of Jethro 11, and a brother of Abel 12. b. Loudon, 1762. m. Betsey Smith. He lived in Loudon, and when that town was severed from Canterbury, the first town- meeting was held at his house. He d. March 20, 1834. - Eleven children.
17. GARDNER BATCHELDER, son of Capt. Abraham 16, b. in Loudon, May 29, 1792. m. Jan. 3, 1815, Clarissa Bradley ; m. second, Dec. 25, 1822, Nancy Young. He removed from Loudon to Plymouth, 1844 or 1845, and res. here about ten years. His wife Nancy d. in Plymouth, Oct. 14, 1853. They had eight children ; but none became identified with Plymouth. A son, Stephen, d. in Plymouth, May 2, 1850, aged 25 years. There is a well-founded tradition in this branch of the Batchelder family, that they are related to the Webster family, of Salisbury. The degree of kinship has been misstated in print. Nathaniel 4, b. Dec. 24, 1659, was a brother of Benjamin Batchelder. who was the father of Susannah Batchelder, who m. Ebenezer Webster, grandfather of Daniel Webster.
18. STEPHEN BATCHELDER, son of Nathaniel 3, and brother of Nathaniel 4, b. Hampton, March 8, 1676. m. August 25, 1698, Mary Dearborn, b. May 6, 1678, dau. of John and Mary (Ward) Dearborn, of Hampton. He d. Sept. 19, 1748.
19. JOHN BATCHELDER, son of Stephen 18, b. August 24, 1699. m. March 18, 1725, Elizabeth Moulton, b. Sept. 10, 1699, dau. of Josiah
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and Elizabeth (Worthington ) Moulton. He removed from Hampton to Hampton Falls. He d. April 18, 1770.
20. JOHN BATCHELDER, son of John 19, b. Nov. 9, 1729. m. Oct. 7, 1743, Apphia Philbrick. He res. in Hampton and Nottingham.
21. BENJAMIN BATCHIELDER, son of John20, b. about 1744. Was a farmer of Deerfield and Meredith. He d. in Meredith. He had sons David, Simeon Jeremiah, and James.
22. SIMEON BATCHELDER, son of Benjamin 21, b. 1765. m. Mary Marston ; m. second - Powell. He lived in New Hampton and Bridgewater. He d. July 10, 1836. Ten children. His dau. Phebe b. Nov. 26, 1807, m. Jolin Boynton (see).
23. SIMEON BATCHELDER, son of Simeon 22, b. August 29, 1795. m. March 6, 1822, Sarah Spalding, b. Feb. 18, 1798, dau. of Daniel Spalding, of Merrimack. He lived in Bridgewater, where he d. Jan. 13, 1864. She d. July 14, 1852. Nine children.
24. DAVID SPALDING BATCHELDER, son of Simeon 23 b. July 22, 1836. m. May 20, 1858, Abbie A. Hammond, b. July 31, 1836, dau. of Rodney and Abigail (Frost) Hammond, of Bridgewater. Five children.
i. ANNABEL, b. Nov. 23, 1862. d. Jan. 5, 1864.
ii. ADDIE ANN, b. Oct. 26, 1864. m. April 15, 1893, Curtis A. Gordon, of Ashland.
iii. ABBIE FROST, b. May 3, 1871. d. July 4, 1893.
iv. MARY ESTHER, b. Oct. 17, 1873. State N. School, 1893.
v. SADIE HAMMOND, b. August 28, 1877.
25. SAMUEL BATCHELDER, son of Nathaniel 3, and second wife Mary (Carter) Batchelder, b. Jan. 10, 1681. m. April 1, 1706, Elizabeth Davis, of Newbury, Mass. He was a soldier and a lieutenant in the colonial wars. He lived in North Hampton.
26. CARTER BATCHELDER, son of Samuel 25, b. Oct. 31, 1726. m. Jan. 22, 1756, Huldah Moulton, b. Hampton, June 13, 1732, dau. of William and Abigail (l'age) Moulton. She d. April 7, 1773 ; he m. second, Sept. 27, 1778, Hannah Lane, b. August 1, 1742, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bryant) Lane. She d. April 21, 1810. He was a sea captain. He d. July 16, 1806.
27. WILLIAM BATCHELDER, son of Carter 26, b. Hampton, Sept. 7 1764. m. 1786, Mary Burley, b. April 5, 1767, dan. of David Burley, of Stratham. He removed, 1788, to Sanbornton, removing, 1804, to Meredith, and returning to Sanbornton, where he d. June 1, 1846. His widow d. March 17, 1830.
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28. NATHAN BATCHELDER, son of William 27, b. Sanbornton, Sept. 24, 1800. m. Feb. 23, 1823, Olive Currier, b. August 24, 1801. d. Dec. 20, 1865. He was a contractor and carpenter. He lived in Plymouth, 1841 to 1846, and removed to Laconia. He d. April 24, 1868.
i. LAVINIA, b. August 3, 1824. m. in Plymouth, Oct. 9, 1845, Levi W. Hodge. They lived twenty years in Plymouth. He was a photographer and marble worker. He d. about 1868; she m. second, June 15, 1870, Charles Noyes, of Concord. She d. Dec. 25, 1900. One son, Marvin T. Hodge, b. July 11, 1850. m. Feb. 15, 1876, Mary E. Jenness, res. Concord.
ii. WILLIAM TAYLOR, b. Sept. 16, 1826, a carpenter of Gilford.
iii. DAVID C., b. Nov. 4, 1828, was sheriff of Belknap Co., res. Gilford and Laconia.
iv. JULIA ANN, b. Oct. 4, 1830. m. May 29, 1853, Charles G. Chad- wick. She d. Feb. 28, 1854.
v. HORACE P., b. June 21, 1832, res. Laconia.
vi. GEORGE W., b. March 9, 1840. d. Dec. 26, 1871.
29. FOSTER SMITH BATCHELDER, son of Samuel and Mehitable (Smith) Batchelder, b. Thornton, July 20, 1825. He was a wheel- wright, and after a brief residence in Thornton, Campton, and Lowell, Mass., he removed to Plymouth, 1876. He was a good citizen. He m. Dec. 15, 1851, Roxanna Mary Smart, b. Thornton, Jan. 8, 1830, dau. of Caleb Smart. She d. Oct. 13, 1886. He m. second, Mary Jane (Sellingham) French, dau. of Jacob Sellingham (see), and widow of Joseph Quincy French (see). He d. August 22, 1899.
i. LUELLA ALPHONSE, b. Campton, Nov. 3, 1853. m. Lucius Derby, electrician, Lowell, Mass.
ii. LIZZIE PLACENTIA, b. Campton, Sept. 17, 1856. m. Sept. 17, 1889, George N. Elliot, son of Jason Elliot, of Campton. He res. a few years in Plymouth, removing to Brockton, Mass., 1889.
iii. EVELINE GRACE, b. Campton, Sept. 29, 1858. m. Thomas P. Jewett. Res. Newton, Mass.
iv. FRED AUGUSTUS, b. Thornton, July 12, 1860. m. Oct. 3, 1883, Amanda Tomkinson, b. Holderness, 1860, dau. of Richard and Lydia F. (Wood) Tomkinson. He is a boiler maker; res. Cam- bridge, Mass.
v. FRANK EUGENE, b. Thornton, May 19, 1862. m. Nov. 28, 1886, Emogene S. Smith, dau. of Elijah L. Smith (see). He is a carriage painter, and has res. in Plymouth since 1876. One son (1) Lyman Foster, b. Oct. 21, 1895.
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vi. LYNWOOD FOSTER, b. Campton, Feb. 21, 1871. m. Feb. 22, 1893, Mabel Drew. He is a draftsman, res. in North Cambridge, Mass.
vii. LENA ROXANNA, b. Campton, Sept. 29, 1873. m. Frank B. Carver, overseer and designer, res. Bennington, Vt.
viii. LESTER ELDRO, b. Plymouth, Jan. 10, 1877 ; res. North Cambridge, Mass.
BEAN.
1. JOHN BEAN, the ancestor of a numerous family, probably b. in Scotland, was settled in Exeter, 1660. In 1671, he was one of a committee to renew the bounds of Exeter, and 1689/90 he was one of the signers of the New Hampshire petition. He was twice mar- ried, and d. 1718.
2. JAMES BEAN, son of John1, b. Exeter, Dec. 17, 1672. A record of his first marriage is not found. He m. second, 1697, Sarah Bradley, who d. July 17, 1738. He m. third, Nov. 2, 1738, Mary (Prescott-Coleman) Crosby, who d. Jan. 3, 1740/1. He d. Jan. 6, 1753. He lived in Exeter and Kingston.
3. JEREMIAH BEAN, son of James2, b. Kingston, April 9, 1707. m. Nov. 13, 1729, Sarah Blake, b. Feb. 24, 1707, dau. of Philemon and Sarah (Dearborn) Blake. He lived in Brentwood, and late in life removed to Deerfield, where he d. 1796.
4. ELISHA BEAN, son of Jeremiah 3, b. Feb. 4, 1740, baptized Second Church, Kingston, East Parish, March 9, 1740. Was one of the early settlers of Plymouth, and was taxed 1770, the earliest tax-list preserved. He was a deacon of the Baptist Church in Rumney, and is styled a lieutenant in town records. He m. Ruth -, who died May 15, 1808, aged 63 ; he m. second, August 29, 1808, Jemima Daft, of Rumney. She d. Jan. 8, 1817 ; he d. Sept. 15, 1817.
i. JEMIMA, m. - ---- Rand.
ii. MEHITABLE, b. March 21, 1764. m. Ephraim Chamberlain (see).
iii. DEARBORN, b. Sept. 1767. m. Nov. 23, 1786, Sarah Marsh, dau. of Ephraim Marsh (see). She d. June 1, 1806. He m. second Hannah Pattee, of Campton. IIe lived in Plymouth until 1798, when he removed to Rumney. He d. Feb. 24, 1838. By first marriage he had sons, Daniel and Keyser, and by second marriage a daughter, Clarissa.
iv. RUTH, b. 1769. m. Jonathan Chamberlain (see).
v. ELISHA, b. 1772. m. Nov. 17, 1796, Polly Cross, b. March 28, 1774, dau. of Simeon and Abigail (Corliss) Cross. He removed to Bridgewater, and there d. June 20, 1853. She d. 1861.
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vi. JEREMIAH, b. 1774. m. Dec. 2, 1795, Elizabeth West. He removed from Plymouth to Bristol, 1800, and there d. March 8, 1861 ; she d. April 3, 1861. Ten children.
vii. MOLLY, m. Jacob Merrill (see).
viii. SALLY, m. April 2, 1795, Amos Blood (see).
ix. ISAAC, m. 1807, Sally Cole, of Rumey. m. second, Mary - He lived in Plymouth. He d. March 12, 1842.
x. JACOB, b. 1784, m. April 18, 1814, Mary Keyes, dau. of Ephraim Keyes (see). He lived in Plymouth, where he d. March 22, 1816.
5. SAMUEL BEAN, son of James2, b. Jan. 11, 1710/11, was a resi- dent of Sandown. He m. Sept. 8, 1731, Mary Buswell, dau. of William and Judah (Dennis) Buswell. He owned land in Sutton. In the summer of 1778, while performing an accustomed journey from Sandown to Sutton he d. suddenly in Hopkinton. His widow, Mary, d. in Sutton, August 8, 1811, aged 97 years.
6. SAMUEL BEAN, son of Samuel 1, b. Sandown, Jan. 8, 1748. m. Dec. 24, 1768, Dorothy Wells. He was a farmer of Sutton, where he d. April 20, 1819. Two of his daughters m. Moses Flanders, of Plymouth (see).
7. REUBEN BEAN, son of Samuel 2, b. Sutton, Jan. 6, 1797. m. June 1, 1822, Mary F. Smith, b. Sutton, Dec. 30, 1805, dau. of Moses and Drusilla (Smart) Smith. About 1830 he removed from Sutton to East Corinth, Me., where he d. June 11, 1882 ; she d. June 15, 1866. Four children b. in Sutton, and eight b. in East Corinth, Me.
8. AUGUSTUS L. BEAN, b. Sutton, May 5, 1830. He was in the employ of Norcross Bros., lumbermen, in northern New Hampshire, from 1861 to 1887, a residence of two years in California intervening. He came to Plymouth, 1887, and since has been partially disabled by sun stroke. He m. Rhoda Fifield, who d. East Corinth, 1876, aged 38. m. second, March 14, 1878, Sarah Jane (Nickerson) Kenney, b. August 18, 1855, dau. of Abraham Nickerson, of Sag Harbor, N. S., and widow of Charles Kenney, of Portland, Me. Seven children b. East Corinth, Me.
i. EMILY, b. 1862. d. 1865.
ii. BERTHA LEVIGNE, b. July, 1865. m. Frederick Jones.
iii. MINNIE EFFIE, b. Sept. 30, 1866. m. Walter Hayes; res. Dorches- ter, Mass.
iv. ROSE EVELINE, b. May 2, 1868. m. Jan. 20, 18S3, William Garvin, of Sanford, Me.
V. LETTIE MABEL, b. April 5, 1871. d. unm. 1800.
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vi. FRED AUGUSTUS, b. May 17, 1873. m. Nov. 8, 1898, Edith Maud Jesseman, b. May 21, 1882, dau. of George E. and Abbie (Wal- dron) Jesseman. He is a farmer ; res. Hebrou.
vii. DORA BELLE, b. July 14, 1880 ; res. Plymouth. She has been an efficient clerk in the post-office since 1897.
BEERS.
1. JAMES GAVIN BEERS, son of Nathan and Sarah (Haley) Beers, b. P. E. I. April 21, 1871. m. June 15, 1898, Sarah Jardine, b. Jan. 13, 1874, dau. of John Jardine, of P. E. I. He came to Plymouth, 1899. Stone-mason.
i. JOHN LESTER, b. March 7, 1899.
ii. ETHEL MAY, b. June 15, 1901.
iii. JENNIE, b. May 7, 1903.
BENTON.
1. ZENAS D. BENTON, b. June 6, 1810. m. Jan. 17, 1833, Pris- cilla E. Flanders. He came from Colebrook, and lived in Plymouth, 1837-1851. He was a farmer, employed by William C. Thompson. He was industrious and blameless. He removed to Campton and from there to Ashland, where he d. August 17, 1877. She d. May 15, 1888.
i. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, b. Dec. 31, 1SS3. m. Dec. 13, 1860, Maria Otis Colby, b. Sanbornton, Jan. 27, 1820, dau. of Levi and Sally (Robinson) Colby ; res. Sanbornton.
ii. JOSEPH O., b. Nov. 9, 1835. d. March 20, 1842.
iii. LEONARD P., b. April 29, 1837. m. Hattie Avery; res. Stoneham, Mass. He is a selectman and a prominent citizen.
iv. MARY A., b. Oct. 26, 1811. m. John S. Avery ; she d. Campton, Oct. 20, 1867.
v. GEORGIANNA J., b. April 20, 1813. m. Nov. 29, 1860, Aquilla E. Small, who d. August 21, 1872; m. second, Feb. 24, 1873, Thomas C. Peaslee, who d. Dec. 25, 1890. She res. Ashland.
vi. JOSEPH E., b. May 23, 1845. m. 1875, Amanda Durgin; res. Ashland.
vii. GEORGE F., b. Feb. 28, 1848. m. Lucinda Percival ; res. Stoneham, Mass.
viii. JAMES A., b. May 6, 1850. m. Nellie Tucker. He is a farmer of Holderness.
BEODETTE.
1. NOEL BEODETTE, b. 1848, in Chategay, P. Q. m. June 26, 1872, Adelia Ann Lowry, b. Brandon, Vt., August 31, 1848, dau. of
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David and Julia Child Lowry. He is a brickmaker and has res. in Plymouth since 1874, residing in the last house in Plymouth on the North Bakers River road.
i. LENNIE EVELINE, b. May 12, 1875. m. May 25, 1888, Lewis Miner, brickmaker; res. in Rumney. Three children : (1) Charles, b. Dec. 27, 1890; (2) Mary, b. Dec. 6, 1802 ; (3) Vernie Delle, b. Oct. 6, 1896.
ii. GEORGE, b. Dec. 14, 1881. d. Sept. 1, 1889.
iii. JAMES EDWARD, b. Feb. 22, 1883.
BERRY.
1. ROBERT BERRY, a farmer. Res. several years in Strafford, removing to Campton about 1800. He m. Esther Otis.
2. OTIS BERRY, son of Robert1, b. Strafford, 1799. Lived in Campton from early childhood. He was a farmer and a cooper, and a respected useful citizen. He was a Free Will Baptist, giving freely to the church, but offering a more substantial support in the strength of a good example. He m. Esther Lovett, dau. of Simon Lovett, of Campton. He d. aged 77. She d. aged 79. Their son, Charles E. Berry, was a soldier in 6th N. H. Infantry, and d. in the service from wounds, Sept. 1, 1862.
3. JOHN COLBY BERRY, son of Otis 2, b. Campton, May 14, 1845. Was educated in the public schools of Campton and the academy in Plymouth. He was engaged in stone cutting a few years, removing to Plymouth, 1876, where he has successfully conducted an insurance agency. For many years Mr. Berry has been widely known as a firm and consistent advocate of the cause of Prohibition. His life and his untiring efforts are the consistent expression of regard for his fellow- men. He was a delegate to the Prohibition National Convention at Pittsburg, 1896, and at Chicago, 1900. He was also the candidate of his party for Governor, 1896, and for Presidential Elector, 1900, and again a candidate for Governor, 1902. He m. Nov. 22, 1868, Deborah Jennie Garland, b. April 16, 1851, dau. of William P. and Louisa (Avery) Garland, and granddau. of Jonathan" and Deborah (Goss) Garland (see). Six children.
i. ALBERT LESTER, b. Campton, Nov. 11, 1875. d. Sept. 16, 1891.
ii. HERBERT EARLE, b. Plymouth, Dec. 4, 1877. Grad. New Hampton Institute.
iii. ARTHUR GARLAND, b. Nov. 1, 1883. Plymouth High School, 1900, Commercial College, 1901.
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iv. ETHEL LOUISE, b. May 14, 1885. Plymouth High School, 1902.
V. LEON HENRY, b. Sept. 28, 1887.
vi. ELSIE MARILLA, b. April 1, 1890.
BIXBY.
1. JOSEPH C. BIXBY, b. 1834, in Epsom, son of Samuel Bixby. m. June 18, 1854, Ellen Miriam Stearns, dau. of James Stearns (see). He was a brakeman on B. C. & M. R. R., res. in Warren and in Plymouth. He enlisted, 1862, 12th N. H. Infantry, and is credited to the quota of Plymouth. No additional record is available. Two children b. in Plymouthı.
i. CHARLES CLARENCE, b. 1855. m. Mary E. Christie, b. Glasgow, Scotland. Ile d. by accident, Dennisport, Mass., 1899. Several children.
ii. AGNES CAROLINE, b. 1860. m. 1885, Walter J. Thompson, of Salem, Mass. She d. in Boston, Mass., 1899.
BLAIR.
1. JOHN BLAIR, son of David, b. Aghadowey, county Antrim, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, lived in Londonderry, and is the ancestor of the Blair family of Holderness and Plymouth. The brothers, John and James Blair, with their sisters, Elizabeth and Rachel, arrived in Boston, Mass., August 17, 1718. In the will of Capt. William Blair, a sea captain and wealthy merchant of Boston, John, James, Eliza- beth, and Rachel Blair are named as children of his uncle, David Blair, of Aghadowey, Ireland. The brothers, John and James, settled in Londonderry, 1719, and were among the proprietors of the town- ship. John Blair was moderator, 1725-1736, and a selectman, 1723- 1724. A record of the marriage of John Blair has not been discovered. The name of his wife was Jean. He d. 1753 or 1754. His will is dated April 13, 1753, and probated Oct. 30, 1754. His wife survived him. They had six children.
2. i. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 26, 1726.
ii. ANNE, named in will of her father.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 7, 1731.
iv. DAVID, b. Dec. 18, 1737.
v. MARGARET, b. Sept. 1, 1738, not named in will.
vi. ROBERT, b. Feb. 5, 1741, not named in will.
2. WILLIAM BLAIR, son of John 1, b. Londonderry. In the will of his father he is given a parcel of land near the meeting-house in Lon-
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donderry, where he now lives. He removed to Holderness, about 1765. He was a member of the Church of England, and a loyalist. His political opinions were a bar against friendly relations with a majority of his townsmen. Soon after the inauguration of the Revo- lution he removed to Nova Scotia with his younger children, and there died a few years later. He m. in Londonderry, Elizabeth Crombie, b. March 28, 1728, dau. of John and Joan (Rankin) Crombie. Eight children.
i. JOHN.
ii. DAVID, m. Ann Stanton.
3. iii. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, b. 1767.
iv. WILLIAM.
v. ELIZABETHI.
vi. LUCY.
vii. FRANCES.
viii. JEAN.
3. SAMUEL LIVERMORE BLAIR, son of William 2, b. 1767. m. Dec. 31, 1792, Sarah Cox, b. Holderness, 1771. He was active in business and a prominent citizen of Holderness, owning a farm, a saw- mill, and a grist mill. He d. Oct. 10, 1820 ; his widow d. in Ply- mouth, Feb. 2, 1845. They had one child.
4. i. WALTER, b. Oct. 1, 1796.
4. WALTER BLAIR, son of Samuel Livermore 3, b. Holderness, Oct. 1, 1796, was for several years a prominent and highly respected citizen of Holderness, and a representative from that town in the legislature. He purchased the farm at Lower Intervale, now of Manson S. Brown, and removed to Plymouth, 1832. He was a state senator, 1835 and 1836, and was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Grafton Co., Dec. 20, 1836, a position he resigned to accept an ap- pointment of Judge of Probate, July 2, 1841, an office he held until his death. He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Baltimore, 1844. In the discharge of his official duties he was diligent, honest, and able, and in his intercourse with his fellow-men he was helpful, affable and charitable. He m. Oct. 8, 1820, Mary Cox, b. 1800, dau. of Robert Cox, of Holderness ; she d. July 23, 1833. He m. second, Nov. 1, 1835, Eliza Farnum, dau. of Haines Farnum (see). He d. June 6, 1849. His widow removed 1851 to Newbury, Vt., where she d. March 20, 1880.
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i. WALTER LIVERMORE, b. June 9, 1822. d. Sept. 4, 1825.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 15, 1824 ; pursued an extended course of study at New Hampton, Boston, Mass., and Montreal, P. Q., and has been a successful and accomplished instructor in Providence, R. I., Bostou, Mass., New York City, and at the Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., and the seminaries of Bradford and Wheaton, Mass. Miss Blair retired from a profession she had honored, 1898. iii. LOUISA Cox, b. June 20, 1826. m. Isaac L. Adams (see).
iv. WALTER RUSSELL, b. Dec. 27, 1830. d. Sept. 24, 1831.
v. HANNAHI ELLEN, b. March 6, 1833, was an accomplished scholar, and her career as a teacher was suddenly ended. She d. at Aurora, Ind., Nov. 19, 1853, and was buried with her kindred in Trinity Cemetery.
vi. SARAH ELIZA, b. March 23, 1837; Newbury, Vt., Seminary, 1858 ; teacher Concord High School. m. Feb. 18, 1875, Moses Cook Dole, b. Limerick, Me., son of Henry Dole. He is of the firm E. Dole & Co., manufacturers of woollen goods in Campton. He d. Nov. 9, 1903.
vii. FRANCES MARIA, b. April 25, 1839. Grad. of Newbury, Vt., Semi- nary, 1860; preceptor Macedon, N. Y., Academy ; a lady of refined tastes and accomplishments. She m. Jan. 25, 1864, Capt. Harris B. Mitchell. She m. second, 1888, Samuel Corliss, b. Dec. 15, 1822, son of Thomas and Charlotte ( Aubrey) Corliss, of Newbury, Vt. Ile d. Newbury, May 26, 1892; she d. Dec. 16, 1896. One child (1) Harry Walter Mitchell, b. Nov. 6, 1867, grad. Boston Medical College. He is physician at Asylum for the Insane, Danvers, Mass. ; unm.
viii. PAMELIA MERRILL, b. Jan. 24, 1841; Newbury, Vt., Seminary, 1862. m. Jan. 14, 1866, Eli Mellen Wight, b. Bethel, Me., May 4, 1841. Dartmouth College Medical, 1866. He studied medicine with Dr. Kelley, and was principal of the Academy. He was in the army, and an adjutant ; also assistant surgeon, 1865-1866, and a physician at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was a professor in Nash- ville Medical College, 1877-1879. He d. at Chattanooga, Jan. 6. 1881. Two children : (1) Eli Mellen, b. Sept. 1, 1873; (2) Walter Blair, b. Oct. 6, 1875.
ix. WALTER, b. March, 1843. d. in infancy.
x. FLORA ADELAIDE, b. Sept. 9, 1846 ; Newbury Seminary, 1867. m. April 7, 1870, Charles Henry Peabody, b. Gilead, Me., June 21, 1841. He d. Oct. 31, 1900, at Chattanooga, Tenn. No children. xi. ARTHUR WALTER, b. May 22, 1848. Dartmouth College, 1872. Teacher High School, Middleboro, Mass., Northfield, Vt., and Montpelier, Vt., High School. He pursued a partial course at Hartford Theological Seminary, but entered upon the study of medicine, and grad. University of Vermont, M. D., 1881. He prac- tised at Orford five years, and was president of the White Moun- tain Medical Society, and member of the New Hampshire Medical
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Society. He removed, 1886, to Dorchester, Mass., and there main- tains a successful practice. He m. July 25, 1877, Ellen S. Cham- berlain, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. She had been a teacher in the Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass. Two children : (1) Walter, b. August 12, 1878. Dartmouth College, 1900; (2) Hugh, b. August 31, 1882. Dartmouth College, 1904.
5. WILLIAM HENRY BLAIR, son of Peter and Hannah (Palmer) Blair, b. Campton, Dec. 1, 1805, always lived in his native town. He was a man of good abilities and character, and was deservedly es- teemed by his townsmen. He d. from injuries received from a falling frame of a building in Campton, Dec. 8, 1836. He m. Lois Baker, b. June 20, 1806, dau. of Moses and Molly (Wyatt) Baker, and grand- dau. of Col. Moses Baker, of Candia and Campton. With fortitude and the self-denial and heroism of a devoted mother she cared for her children until her death. She d. in Campton, July 10, 1846. Four children, b. Campton.
i. HANNAH PALMER, b. Jan. 26, 1831. d. 1843.
ii. MOSES BAKER, b. Oct. 17, 1832. unm. d. July 11, 1857.
6. iii. HENRY WILLIAM, b. Dec. 6, 1834.
iv. LOIS ESTHER, b. May 27, 1837. m. Dec. 24, 1854, John Henry Giles, a soldier in a Massachusetts regiment in the Civil War. He is foreman in ship building. Three children: (1) William Henry, b. Oct., 1855. d. May 1, 1864. (2) Frances Adaline, b. Sept. 9, 1858. m. Fred HI. Low, editor of "Power," an engineer- ing journal of New York; res. Passaic, N. J. (3) Esther Amanda, b. July 31, 1860. d. Oct. 2, 1864.
6. HENRY WILLIAM BLAIR, son of William Henry and Lois (Baker) Blair, b. Campton, Dec. 6, 1834. He was a lawyer many years in Plymouth. See biography in Vol. I. In the Civil War he was lieutenant-colonel of the 15th N. H. Infantry, serving with dis- tinction ; representative from Plymouth, 1866; State senator, 1867, 1868 ; representative in Congress, 1874-1878 ; United States senator, 1879-1891 ; appointed minister to China, 1891, but did not qualify ; representative in Congress, 1892-1894. He m. Dec. 20, 1859, Eliza A. Nelson, dau. of Rev. William Nelson (see). Mrs. Blair was educated in the schools of Plymouth and at Newbury, Vt., Seminary. With a warm devotion to her home and family, she has been a help- meet to her husband in his political service and philanthropic labor. With the duties of the wife and mother well performed, she has enjoyed a distinct individuality in the social and intellectual world.
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BLAIR - BLAISDELL - BLAKE.
She is a member of the " Woman's Anthropological Society," the "National Association for the Advancement of Science," and has been vice-president of the " New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs." She is more widely known as the author of "Lisbeth Wilson," a truthful and wholesome picture of New England life. They have one son.
i. HENRY PATTERSON, b. Plymouth, Dec. 8, 1867. Phillips Exeter Academy, 1886. Dartmouth College, 1889. Columbia Law School, 1892. He is actively engaged in the practice of law at Washington, D. C.
BLAISDELL.
1. DANIEL BLAISDELL, b. 1771. m. August 9, 1792, Susannah Tupper, b. 1771, dau. of Dea. Nathaniel and Hannah (Choate) Tupper, of Campton and Thornton. He lived in Campton, where he d. Jan. 26, 1852.
2. NATHAN BLAISDELL, son of Daniel 1, b. Campton, Oct. 2, 1794. m. April 17, 1823, Lois Percival, dau. of Roland and Silence (Gates) Percival. He lived in Campton, removing to Plymouth, 1864, where he d. April 5, 1876; she d. April, 1874.
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