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child (1) Orlana Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1863. m. June 16, 1895, John M. Morse, of Lancaster.
8. iii. MANSON S., b. Bridgewater, Nov. 29, 1835.
iv. JOHN HENRY. d. young.
v. HESTER ANN, b. Bridgewater, Jan. 25, 1839. m. March 1, 1865, Melvin A. Dame. She d. Strafford, March 14, 1866.
vi. HANNAHI ANGELINE, b. Bridgewater, July 31, 1841. m. Oct. 5, 1875, John D. Ilarris. She d. Ipswich, Mass., April 5, 1893.
vii. JOSEPHINE G., b. Bridgewater, Feb. 5, 1844. m. Dec. 16, 1865, William H. Abel. She d. June 20, 1869.
viii. LOVINIA G., b. April 13, 1847. m. June 20, 1870, William H. Abel. She d. August 7, 1870. He was killed in a railroad acci- dent near New Hampton, May 8, 1882. One son, William Manson Henry, b. July 19, 1870, adopted by Manson S. Brown (see).
ix. JOHN HENRY, b. Bridgewater, May 20, 1850, was a merchant in Bristol several years, and engaged in lumber business. He was a selectman eight years, postmaster, deputy sheriff, and in 1891 represented Bristol in the legislature. In 1891 he was appointed freight and claim agent of the Boston, Concord & Montreal Rail- road, and since the lease of that road he has been claim agent for New Hampshire of the Boston & Maine Railroad, removing to Concord, 1895. IIe was commissary-general on the staff of Gov. Busiel, and has been a member of the Republican State Commit- tee twenty-five years. Gen. Brown was a delegate to the Repub- lican National Convention, 1896, and a presidential elector, 1900. He is genial and companionable, and popular among his associates. He m. June 10, 1872, Marietta Sanborn Lougee, b. Sanbornton, Sept. 22, 1849, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Sarah (Cram) Lougee.
8. MANSON S. BROWN, son of James 7, b. Nov. 29, 1835. m. April 19, 1859, Ann Polly Elliot Whitney, b. Campton, May 24, 1835, dau. of Kimball and Eliza (Johnson) Whitney. She d. May 29, 1903. He enlisted from Bridgewater, August 15, 1862, Co. C, 13th N. H. Infantry. Wounded at Fredericksburg. He was appointed prin- cipal musician, March 1, 1865, and was leader of the band first to enter Richmond. He was mustered out June 21, 1865, and imme- diately removed to this town. Blacksmith and farmer. He built the house in the village, now of Scott N. Weeks, and occupied the shop near by. In 1881, he removed to Lower Intervale, and there owns and occupies the Blair farm. Having been a deputy sheriff since 1868, he was elected sheriff of Grafton Co., 1898, and re-elected 1900 ; State senator, 1885-1887. They have one adopted son. (See Lovinia G. Brown.)
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i. WILLIAM M. H., b. July 19, 1870. m. June 25, 1896, Lottie A. Smith, dau. of John A. Smith (see). He is a farmer and dairy- man, res. with his father. Three children: (1) Earle Manson Henry, b. July 15, 1897; (2) William John, b. May 20, 1899, d. August 9, 1899; (3) Harold William, b. July 14, 1900.
BROWN.
1. JOHN BROWN, a baker of London, embarked on the " Elizabeth," April 17, 1635, and after a short res. in Salem, Mass., settled in Hampton, 1638. He was a farmer, and also engaged in ship building. He was one of the largest owners of land and the third in wealth, as appears on an ancient tax-list of Hampton. He d. in Hampton, and the record reads, "John Browne, Aged about ninetie eight years, Died upon the 28h Day of february, 1686." He m. 1640, Sarah Walker, who came from London to America in the ship with her future companion. She d. July 6, 1672, aged 54. Eight children.
2. JACOB BROWN, son of John 1, b. Hampton, 1653 ; lived on the homestead in Hampton. He was a soldier in the Indian wars, and was one of the petitioners for the removal of Lieut .- Gov. Cranfield. He m. about 1682, Sarah Brookin, dau. of William and Mary (Walford) Brookin, of Portsmouth. He d. Feb. 13, 1740. Nine children.
3. SAMUEL BROWN, son of Jacob 2, b. Hampton, Nov. 4, 1686. m. Elizabeth Meloon and lived on the paternal homestead. He d. Jan. 14, 1772. She d. Feb. 9, 1764. Eight children.
4. STEPHEN BROWN, son of Samuel 8, and Elizabeth (Meloon) Brown, and brother of Joseph 4, b. Hampton about 1711. m. Deborah Luce. He d. Sept., 1792.
5. BENJAMIN BROWN, son of Stephen 4, b. 1736, bapt. August 22. m. Elizabeth Batchelder ; m. second, Mary Page, b. Oct. 19, 1739, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Moulton) Page. He d. May 11, 1799. His widow d. Sept. 10, 1823.
6. BENJAMIN BROWN, son of Benjamin, b. Hampton, July 21, 1771. m. 1798, Sarah Philbrick, b. April 21, 1770, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Page) Philbrick, of Hampton. He removed to Sanbornton, 1798, where he d. May 12, 1848. She d. July 27, 1853.
7. JOSIAH PIIILBRICK BROWN, son of Benjamin 6, b. North Hampton, Dec. 24, 1797. When an infant the family removed to Sanbornton. He settled in Wentworth and was extensively engaged in lumber busi- ness. He d. 1877. He m. March 23, 1819, Nancy Moulton Brown, b. 1799, dau. of Theodore and Sarah (Gile) Brown, of Chichester, grand-
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dau. of Samuel and Mary (Philbrick) Brown, and great-granddau. of Samuel 3 and Elizabeth (Meloon) Brown.
8. ALPHONSO BROWN, youngest of the fourteen children of Josiah Philbrick 7, b. Wentworth, Nov. 5, 1846. He succeeded his father in business in Wentworth until 1900, when he removed to Plymouth. He is proprietor of Rose Lawn Cottage. He m. May 26, 1872, Eudora Adelaide Ellsworth, b. March 27, 1852, dau. of John L. and Emily (Ellsworth) Ellsworth. Two children b. Wentworth.
i. LELA GRACE, b. July 7, 1873. Grad. State Normal School, 1891. Teacher in Plymouth four years; principal Rumney Grammar School two years, and now clerk, Webster, Russell Co.
ii. LUCINDA ETHEL, b. JJuly 15, 1879. Grad. New Hampton Institute, 1900. Is now clerk, central telephone.
BROWN.
1. LIEUT. RICHARD BROWN was a second lieutenant in Col. Poor's regiment in the siege of Boston, 1775. Upon the reorganization of the regiment in 1776, under Col. Nathan Hale, he was a quarter- master and continued in the service in this capacity until he resigned, August 22, 1778. He d. in Unity, 1782, and his widow, Mary, m. Oliver Tuttle.
2. JOHN BROWN, son of Lieut. Richard 1, b. Sept. 12, 1772, was left fatherless at ten years of age in Unity. He found a home in the family of Christopher Newton, of Newport. He m. 1793, Phebe Wilmarth, b. Feb. 7, 1770, dau. of John and Phebe (Briggs) Wilmarth, of Newport. He was a farmer in Newport, where he d. March 30, 1841.
3. CHARLES K. BROWN, son of John 2, b. Newport, Nov. 22, 1810. m. Jan. 19, 1832, Nancy Baker, b. July 17, 1810. He was a farmer, a public-spirited citizen, res. in Wilmot and Newport. He d. Sept. 7, 1888.
4. CALVIN M. BROWN, son of Charles K.3, b. Newport, Feb. 1, 1833. m. May 10, 1854, Aura Thusa Gillet. She d. Feb. 12, 1868. He m. second, August 24, 1871, Isabel Fraser. By occupation he is a black- smith, an ingenious man, an inventor, and patentee of several useful devices. Has lived in Illinois and in Newport.
5. CHARLES EUGENE BROWN, son of Calvin M. 4, b. Aurora, Ill., August 22, 1863. m. July 4, 1884, Rosa Ella Abbott, b. August 31, 1866, dau. Sylvester Dana Abbott, of Rumney. He removed to Plymouth, 1897, and is a farmer on the Monroe Morse farm, old Hebron road. Two children.
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i. CALVIN LEON, b. Lakeport, Dec. 25, 1885.
ii. ERNEST PAYSON, b. Laconia, June 26, 1888.
BROWN.
1. DANIEL BROWN, b. Candia, May 10, 1771. m. Elizabeth French, b. Kingston, Dec. 11, 1774. He settled in Bridgewater, where he d. March 24, 1860. She d. Feb. 11, 1831.
2. RICHARD BROWN, son of Daniel 1, b. Bridgewater, Sept. 4, 1807. m. Nov. 2, 1833, Mary C. Mitchell, b. July 28, 1809, dau. of Charles and Margaret (Morse) Mitchell, of Bridgewater. He was an influential citizen of Bridgewater. His wife d. August 15, 1881. He d. New Hampton, Sept. 27, 1896.
3. DANIEL MITCHELL BROWN, son of Richard 2, b. Bridgewater, April 12, 1842. m. Nov. 10, 1869, Frances E. Marston, b. Bristol, Jan. 30, 1847, dau. of John G. and Eliza (Dow) Marston. He lived a few years in Bristol, removing to Plymouth, 1876. Two children.
i. ALBERTA, b. Bristol, Dec. 23, 1872. State Normal School, 1893. m. March 2, 1903, Fred S. Wright. A lawyer of Woodsville.
ii. MARGARET, b. Plymouth, July 1, 1876. Plymouth High School, 1893. A trained nurse.
BROWN.
1. CHESTER BROWN and wife, Phebe, after a res. in Hanover, lived in Plymouth from 1852 to 1856, when he removed to Wolcott, Vt., where his wife, Phebe, d. 1868. Four children.
i. SARAH, b. Hanover, Jan. 1, 1810. m. 1826, Nathan Stetson (see).
ii. FANNY, m. Emmerton, Concord, Mass.
iii. EMELIZA, m. Forbes Jones.
iv. THOMAS, farmer of Wolcott, Vt.
BROWN.
1. ABRAHAM BROWN, b. Franklin, March 17, 1818. m. Lucinda Batchelder, b. Franklin, Oct. 13, 1818, dau. of Jacob and Dorothy (Garland) Batchelder. He lived in Bristol and a short time in Plymouth, where he d. April 14, 1852. She m. second, Samuel Currier (see). His dau. Dora Ann m. Edgar Merrill (see).
2. GEORGE AUGUSTUS BROWN, son of Abraham 1, b. Bristol, April 23, 1844. m. Nov. 18, 1869, Augusta Sherburn Shute, b. Bridge- water, March 2, 1847, dau. of Thomas Shute (see). He is a carpenter and builder. Res. Plymouth, 1854-1869, and 1883-1891. He res. VOL II. - 6
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at Atlantic, Mass., until 1901. He removed to Clachamas Co., Ore., and is a contractor and builder, res. a few miles from Oregon City. Three children.
i. DORA ESTELLA, b. August 21, 1875.
ii. FLORA ELSIETTA, twin, b. August 24, 1875. m. Oct. 12, 1898, Herbert Francis Carter; res. Atlantic, Mass. Two children : (1) Louise Maud, b. June 21, 1900; (2) Leroy Brown, b. June 27, 1903.
iii. MELZENA FRANCES, b. Dec. 12, 1880.
BROWN.
1. THOMAS BROWN, son of Josiah and Lydia (Stevens) Brown, lived in New Hampton, and d. in Salem, Mass., Oct. 14, 1833. He m. 1798, Nancy Maloon, dau. of James Maloon. She was b. March 28, 1775, and d. in Plymouth, Oct. 18, 1865. Children.
i. JOSIAH, b. April 16, 1799. m. Susan Mudgett ; he d. Bristol, 1858.
ii. PRISCILLA, b. Jan. 12, 1801. m. Moses Pervier (see).
iii. THOMAS S., b. March 12, 1803, was a veterinary. d. Plymouth, Nov. 4, 1880.
iv. JAMES, b. 1805. d. aged one week.
v. MARY S., b. Jan. 14, 1808. m. Rufus Abbot, of Rochester.
vi. JAMES M., b. June 23, 1810. d. Dec. 23, 1833.
vii. EDMUND, b. Oct. 15, 1813. Lived several years in Bridgewater, where he d. June 28, 1875. Enlisted 1st N. H. Cavalry, Jan. 25, 1862, appointed veterinary ; discharged, Jan. 5, 1863.
viii. JOHN X., b. June 8, 1817. d. in Plymouth, August 13, 1896.
BROWN.
1. ADAM BROWN, of Ipswich, Mass., m. in Sutton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1772, Priscilla Putnam, b. August 22, 1751, dau. of Tarrent and Priscilla (Baker) Putnam. He removed to New Hamsphire, and served in Capt. Benjamin Sias's company, Col. Gilman's regiment, which was in service three months, from Dec., 1776, and was with Gen. Washington at Princeton, N. J. Capt. Sias's company was from Canterbury and vicinity. In 1779 he removed to Plymouth and remained here two years. He settled in Plymouth, Vt., and was the first town clerk of that town. They had children : Israel Putnam, b. 1774 ; d. Plymouth, Vt., 1867; Priscilla, who m. Nathan Jones ; Lydia, and Elijah.
BRUCE.
1. JOHN BRUCE, son of Robert, b. New Boston, March 4, 1779. Lived in Northfield, Tilton, and in Franklin, removing to Plymouth, 1852.
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He d. April 3, 1859. He m. Sally Kennedy, who was the mother of three children. He m. second, Mary Richardson, b. Canterbury, Dec. 30, 1790, dau. of Jacob Richardson. She d. in Plymouth, Oct. 26, 1878, and was the mother of four children.
i. WILLIAM.
ii. ROBERT.
iii. SARAII, m. John W. Cilley (see).
iv. JOSEPH C., b. Northfield, 1822. m. Phebe Emerson, who d. He m. second, 1861, Lydia Emerson, a sister of Phebe. She d. in Ply- mouth, Nov. 8, 1861. Ile d. in Boscawen, 1896. He served in N. H. H. A. 1863-1865. One child by wife Phebe: (1) Frank, b. March 4, 1857, d. Plymouth, Oct. 4, 1877.
v. ALONZO KITTRIDGE, b. Northfield, August 10, 1824. Lived in Ply- mouth, 1852-1888. unm. d. Franklin, Nov. 12, 1898.
vi. PRUDENCE JANE, d. young.
vii. THOMAS, b. August 6, 1834. m. August 18, 1852, Hannah Frost, dau. of Jonathan Frost. Ile res. in Franklin. (1) Mary Elvira, b. Plymouth, August 6, 1853. m. 1870, David A. Piper. They have twelve children.
BUCHANAN.
1. ALEXANDER BUCHANAN, b. Argyleshire, Scotland, 1784, emi- 1 grated in youth to Canada, and there d. 1848, leaving seven sons.
2. COLLINS MCDONALD BUCHANAN, son of Alexander 1, b. Danville, Castle Bar, P. Q., Jan. 11, 1838. m. August 11, 1862, Sarah Gotham, (Ranlet) Willis, widow of Cyrus Willis (see). He was a hotel- keeper, removing to Plymouth from Littleton, 1871. He successfully conducted the Plymouth House on North Main Street, about ten years. Subsequently he was in Campton, Laconia, Woodstock, and Manchester. He was Deputy Sheriff, 1873-1874, and Sheriff, Grafton Co., 1883-1885. He d. Manchester, Feb. 6, 1891. No children.
BUGBEE.
1. NATHANIEL BUGBEE, b. 1712. m. Feb. 20, 1746, Sarah Johnson, of Windham, Conn. He lived in Ashford, Conn., and later in Somers, Conn., removing to Hartford, Vt., where he d. July 23, 1808. She d. March 18, 1815.
2. JONATHAN BUGBEE, son of Nathaniel 1, b. Ashford, Conn., May 19, 1765. m. Esther Colton, b. Sept. 9, 1765 ; d. March 4, 1793. m. second, Betsey Colton, b. Jan. 8, 1768. d. Nov. 17, 1835. m. third, March 10, 1836, Mabel (Colton) Guild, who d. April 15, 1860. The
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three wives were sisters. He was a prominent citizen of Hartford, Vt., where he d. April 22, 1849.
3. i. AMos, b. Nov. 5, 1785.
ii. ESTHER, b. Jan. 28, 1788. m. August 11, 1815, Lyman Hazen.
iii. BETSEY, b. April 18, 1790.
iv. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 26, 1795, lived in Hartford, Vt.
4. v.
HORACE, b. Feb. 1, 1797.
vi. MARTIN, b. August 14, 1802.
5. vii. ORRIN, b. August 29, 1807.
viii. THEODORE, b. June 3, 1810.
3. AMOS BUGBEE, son of Jonathan and Esther Bugbee, b. Nov. 5, 1785. Came to Plymouth, 1836, remaining two or three years. He was a merchant with his half-brother Orrin under firm name of A. & O. Bugbee.
4. HORACE BUGBEE, son of Jonathan 2 and Betsey Bugbee, b. Feb. 1, 1797, came to Plymouth, 1821, and remained here thirteen years. He was a merchant, and for a few years was associated in trade with Benjamin Edmonds, under firm name of Bugbee & Edmonds.
5. ORRIN BUGBEE, son of Jonathan 2 and Betsey Bugbee, b. Hart- ford, Vt., August 29, 1807. He was a merchant in this town, coming here, 1829. He removed to Lakeport, now Laconia, 1842. He was an intelligent, reliable man, and a deacon of the Congregational Church in Lakeport. He d. in Lebanon, Jan. 20, 1875. He m. in Plymouth, Sept. 25, 1834, Mary Ann Robbins, dau. of Jonathan Robbins (see). " The handsomest girl of her time in Plymouth," a kind woman and a good neighbor. She d. Lebanon, Oct. 9, 1878. Six children.
i. MARCIA JANE, b. June 12, 1836. d. May 9, 1837.
ii. LOUISA KING, b. May 31, 1838. m. May 4, 1875, James A. Davis, M.D., of Lebanon, where she d. Feb. 2, 1892.
iii. MARY ANN, b. July 31, 1840. m. August 20, 1868, James D. Bell, Esq., a lawyer of St. Petersburg, Fla.
iv. ELLEN MARIA, b. April 26, 1843. d. Dec. 14, 1845.
v. THEODORA, b. Jan. 14, 1847. m. August 20, 1868. Hon. William S. Carter, b. Warner, Sept. 28, 1842, son of William and Hannah (Badger) Carter. He is a manufacturer of workingmen's goods at Lebanon, a director of the National and trustee of the Savings Bank of Lebanon; State senator, 1891.
vi. HENRY ORRIN, b. August 9, 1851. d. Jan. 11, 1853.
BULLOCK.
1. JESSE BULLOCK, son of Hezekiah and Abigail Bullock, b. Grafton. Lived in Plymouth, on the north Baker's River road, where
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Mr. Mccutcheon now res., from 1831 to 1846. He sold the farm to Nathaniel P. Rogers, who gave the homestead the name of " Under Cliff." A record of the Bullock family has not been secured, but it is remembered that there were a son Benton, and a daughter Jane, who m. Oliver Blake Glover (see), and a daughter Rebecca. Albion Bul- lock, a nephew and adopted son of Jesse Bullock, was reared in Ply- mouth, and subsequently lived in Ohio, and later in Michigan, where he d. a few years since.
BURBECK.
1. EDWARD BURBECK. m. in Boston, Dec. 17, 1712, Martha Shute, and lived in Boston, where the birth of three children, Martha, William, and Edward, is recorded.
2. WILLIAM BURBECK, son of Edward1, b. July 22, 1716. m. Abigail Tuttle, and to them were born Abigail and Edward. He m. second, Oct. 7, 1748, Jerusha Glover, b. Dorchester, Mass., Dec. 3, 1722, dau. of John and Susannah (Ellison) Glover. She d. in Boston, July 27, 1777. He d. in Boston, July 22, 1785. Headstones at Copp's Hill. He was a wood-carver many years, and specimens of his work are found in Boston. He accumulated a large number of books of science, and made a study of gunnery and pyrotechnics. He made the fireworks used in the celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. In 1769 he was second officer, or gunner, at Castle William, and at the close of 1775 he succeeded Col. Gridley in command of the Mas- sachusetts Artillery, and after the war Col. Burbeck was stationed again, and under another flag, at Castle William. Of the nine children of Col. William and Jerusha (Glover) Burbeck was Gen. Henry Bur- beck, b. June 8, 1754. d. New London, Conn., Oct. 2, 1848. He was a captain of artillery in the Revolution, and a brigadier-general in the War of 1812.
3. EDWARD BURBECK, son of Col. William 2 and Abigail (Tuttle) Burbeck, b. Boston about 1738. m. March 23, 1761, Jane Milk, b. Sept. 16, 1739, dau. of John and Jane (Brown) Milk. He was a wood-carver in Boston, a captain of artillery, 1775, and, by tradition, one of the " Boston Tea Party." He removed to Newburyport, Mass., where he was killed in his house by a stroke of lightning, June 23, 1782. His son William, b. August 3, 1771, m. Thankful Weston, and settled in Lebanon, and d. near Battle Creek, Mich., April 27,
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1842. His dau. Jane was the wife of Ebenezer Little, son of Moses Little, of Campton. She d. April 29, 1845.
4. JAMES BURBECK, b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 15, 1763, son of Edward 3 and Jane (Milk) Burbeck. m. 1784, Elizabeth Butler, of Newburyport, Mass., and came to Plymouth, 1789, and two years later he removed to Campton. He was a useful citizen, and, being the father of fourteen children he was of assistance to the town. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church of Campton from 1816 until his death. He d. March 17, 1844. She d. March 22, 1844. Children :
i. EDWARD, b. Feb. 13, 1788. d. Bridgewater, Mass., Oct. 15, 1855.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. July 15, 1789. m. March 11, 1818, John Rogers, son of Joshua 1 (see). d. Lowell, Mass., Dec. 4, 1881.
iii. JAMES, b. Feb. 3, 1791. m. April 20, 1831, Ruth Pulsifer, dau. of Joseph Pulsifer (see). IIe was a farmer in Campton, where he d. August 27, 1873. Three children : (1) Cyrus, b. April 10, 1832. 15th N. II. Infantry. d. in the service, August 7, 1863. unm. (2) Adaline H., b. August 25, 1835. m. 1854, Gilman R. Smith. (3) Hannah B., b. June 19, 1838. m. Feb. 7, 1867, William Wallace, son of William, of Campton.
iv. EBENEZER, b. May 4, 1792. d. in New Jersey, Dec. 11, 1882.
v. JOHN, b. Sept. 3, 1793. d. Dec. 27, 1796.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. June 5, 1795. m. William Rogers, son of Joshua 1 (see). d. Sept. 6, 1884.
vii. MARY, b. August 26, 1796. m. Arnold Ladd ; removed to Wiscon- sin. She d. 1848.
viii. JOSEPH, b. April 11, 1798. m. Anna Ryan. d. 1882, in New Jersey. ix. JANE, b. Sept. 3, 1799. m. John Chandler (see). d. June 21, 1865. x. SARAH, b. Feb. 5, 1801. m. William Orr. d. in Vermont, Jan. 25, 1881.
xi. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 24, 1802. d. Dec. 23, 1825.
xii. SAMUEL KING, b. April 5, 1804. d. in Boston, Mass., Feb. 25, 1886. xiii. WILLIAM HENRY, b. May 16, 1807. m. Sally Putnam Carleton, of Haverhill. He lived in Haverhill, where he d. Dec. 18, 1893. Two of his sons are graduates of Dartmouth College.
xiv. BENJAMIN C., b. March 2, 1810. d. Jan. 13, 1811.
BURLEIGH.
1. GILES BURLEY and wife, Elizabeth, were in Ipswich, 1648; commoner, 1664. His will was probated Sept. 29, 1668. June 13, 1668, Goodwife Burley was granted by the commoners " 100 trees for rayles and 100 posts."
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2. JAMES BURLEY, son of Giles 1, b. Feb. 10, 1659. m. May 25, 1685, Rebecca Stacy, dau. of Thomas and Susannah (Worcester) Stacy. She d. Oct. 21, 1686. He m. second, Elizabeth. He d. about 1721. .
3. JOSEPH BURLEY, son of James 2 and Elizabeth, b. Ipswich, April 6, 1695. A record of marriage is not found. He removed to New- market, where he d. about 1760.
4. NATHANIEL BURLEY, son of Joseph 3, removed from Newmarket to Canterbury, and to Sanbornton, 1767. He m. Sarah Powell. He signed the Association Test, 1776. d. Feb. 27, 1805.
5. NATHANIEL BURLEY, b. Canterbury, March 25, 1763. m. Rhoda Ames, b. August 9, 1765. She d. Sept. 4, 1804. He m. second, Eliza- beth (Jewell) Thompson, widow of Jonathan Thompson, of Sanborn- ton and Stratham. He was a soldier in the War of 1812.
6. DAVID BURLEIGH, b. Sanbornton, in July, 1796. He was a sol- dier in the War of 1812. He was a farmer, removing to Plymouth, 1853. He m. Nancy Thompson, b. 1797, dau. of Jonathan and Eliza- beth (Jewell) Thompson. She d. Dec. 26, 1857. He m. second, Feb. 10, 1859, Deborah R. (Coffin) [Burleigh] Shaw, b. Alton, Feb. 13, 1808. It was her third marriage. Her former husbands were Nathaniel Burleigh and Henry M. Shaw. He d. May 27, 1868. His widow d. June 24, 1880.
7. i. ALVIN THOMPSON, b. March 27, 1821.
ii. FRANCES ANN, b. July 29, 1827. m. Sept. 3, 1846, Horace L. Ames.
7. ALVIN THOMPSON BURLEIGH, son of David 6, b. Sanbornton, March 27, 1821. m. June 17, 1840, Fanny E. Thompson, b. Sanborn- ton (now Franklin) Jan. 22, 1821, dau. of Benjamin and Ruth (Eastman) Thompson. Lived in Holderness, and, after 1852, in Plymouth, where he was proprietor of a stage line to the moun- tains and of a hotel on south side of Bridge Street. He d. August 12, 1857. She m. second, April 4, 1865, Samuel Newell Rowe (see).
8. i. ALVIN, b. Dec. 19, 1842. Adopted.
8. ALVIN BURLEIGH, b. Plymouth, Dec. 19, 1842. He is a son of Samuel C. and Sally Leavitt (Whipple) Heath (see Heath Register), and an adopted son of Alvin Thompson Burleigh (see). To the dis- cipline of youth and a self-reliant struggle for a liberal education were
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added the interruptions and sacrifice of war. He enlisted, Septem- ber 2, 1862, 15th N. H. Infantry, and shared with his comrades the danger of war and the hazard of disease. He participated in the gallant assault upon Port Hudson, and was discharged with the regiment August 13, 1863. Three of his brothers were in the service. Mr. Burleigh renewed his studies, and, pursuing a pre- paratory course at Meriden, he grad. Dartmouth College, 1871. He is a lawyer of Plymouth, in the firm of Burleigh & Adams. (See Vol. I.)
In town and State affairs, Mr. Burleigh is an able and useful citizen. He has been a member of the School Committee several years and a trustee of the State Normal School, and is a trustee of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, Tilton. He was one of the promoters of the Emily Balch Cottage Hospital Association, and is president of the corporation. He has been a trustee and one of the legal advisers of the Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank. In 1887 he was a representative from Plymouth, and was elected Speaker of the House. Among the features of that memorable session is the record of Speaker Burleigh, who presided with tact, ability, and fidelity.
He m. Jan. 6, 1873, Elvira Page, b. Haverhill, Nov. 14, 1847, dau. of David and Margaret (Taylor) Page. Three children.
i. ALVIN PAGE, b. March 20, 1875. Plymouth High School, and grad- uated commercial course, New Hampton Institute, 1896. He served in War with Spain in 1st N. H. Regiment. IIe is a ma- chinist, and res. in Lowell, Mass.
ii. DAVID PAUL, b. March 27, 1878. Plymouth High School, 1896; New Hampton Literary Institution, 1897 ; Dartmouth College, 1901. He m. Lucy A. Morrison, b. 1877, dau. of Henry Mor- rison (see). He is an electrician, in Lynn, Mass. (1) Elizabeth, b. April 19, 1897.
iii. MARGARET THOMPSON, b. May 25, 1888 ; Plymouth High School.
BURNHAM.
1. LIEUT. THOMAS BURNHAM, son of Robert and Mary Andrews Burnham, b. England, 1623; came to America with his brothers, Dea. John and Robert, in 1635. He settled in Chebacco (now Essex), Mass. He was in the Pequot War, a selectman and a deputy to the General Court. He m. 1645, Mary Tuttle. He d. 1694.
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2. JOHN BURNHAM, son of Lieut. Thomas 1, b. 1648. m. June 6, 1668, Elizabeth Wells, dau. of Dr. Thomas and Abigail (Warner) Wells. He d. Jan. 12, 1704.
3. CAPT. JONATHAN BURNIIAM, son of John 2, b. Oct. 10, 1685. m. March 17, 1710, Mary Perkins, dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wainwright) Perkins. He lived in Chebacco, and d. April 3, 1773.
4. JONATHAN BURNHAM, son of Capt. Jonathan, b. 1716. m. Oct. 4, 1737, Elizabeth Proctor. He was a soldier in the Revolution. (See Massachusetts War Records.) He d. Ipswich, March 26, 1802.
5. ABRAHAM BURNHAM, son of Jonathan 4, b. Feb. 25, 1747. m. Susan Perkins, dau. of Daniel and Susanna (Carr) Perkins. He settled in Rumney, where he was styled captain, was a selectman, coroner, and a representative for the district comprising Plymouth, Rumney, and Wentworth for the years beginning June, 1785, 1788, and 1790.
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