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4. JACOB PERKINS, son of Isaac 3, b. Ipswich, Nov. 9, 1678. He m. 1716, Mary Cogswell, who d. 1727. m. second, Feb. 10, 1728/9, Susanna (Cogswell) Butler, dau. of William Cogswell and widow of William Butler. She d. Oct. 1, 1769. He lived upon the paternal homestead in the part of Ipswich now Essex, Mass. He d. 1754.
5. JACOB PERKINS, son of Jacob 4, b. 1717. m. August 30, 1743, Elizabeth Storey. He d. 1766. One son and three daus. b. Ipswich, Mass.
6. JACOB PERKINS, son of Jacob 5, b. Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Mass., June 27, 1748. m. July 28, 1774, Hannah Andrews, b. Ips- wich, April 15, 1753, dau. of Joseph and Rachel (Burnham) Andrews. He removed from Ipswich about 1783, and settled on land which is now in Hebron. He d. May 21, 1823. His dau. Lucy, b. 1791, m. Nathan Dearborn (see). His dau. Hannah, b. Sept. 4, 1777, m. Abijah Wright (see).
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7. JACOB PERKINS, son of Jacob 6, b. Ipswich, Mass., June 24, 1775. Came to Hebron with the family. He m. May 30, 1805, Thirza Dear- born, dau. of Samuel Dearborn (see). She d. May 10, 1811. He m. second, Oct. 17, 1813, Dolly Lancaster, b. Amesbury, Mass., April 4, 1782, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Sargent) Lancaster, of Sanbornton. He was a farmer and a man of worth. In 1844 he removed from Hebron to Plymouth and here d. on his ninetieth birthday, June 24, 1865. She d. Oct. 16, 1871. Eight children b. Hebron.
i. OTHO WILLIAMS, b. June 15, 1806, settled as a farmer in St. Charles, Ill., where he d. Sept. 15, 1870. He m. June 6, 1838, Nancy Kelley, b. New Hampton, July 30, 1807, dau. of Dudley and Ruth (Dow) Kelley. She d. June 28, 1863. He m. second, Oct. 14, 1863, Betsey (Pingree) Nelson, who d. Dec. 5, 1903. (1) Sarah Dudley, b. Oct. 14, 1838. m. Feb. 22, 1861, Harvey A. Jones, a lawyer of Sycamore, Ill. (2) Jonathan Dudley, b. 1840, d. 1856. (3) Otho Williams, b. 1841. d. 1855.
ii. EPHRAIM STOREY, b. May 1, 1808. m. 1835, Sarah Eliza Griggs, b. Black Rock, Ohio, 1809. He was a farmer in St. Charles, Ill. His farm adjoined the farm of his brother Otho, and both were prosperous and respected. He d. Feb. 6, 1847. She m. second, William Way, and d. May 7, 1856. (1) Thirza, b. 1836. d. 1838. (2) Adoniram Judson, b. Oct. 8, 1838. m. Jenny Stone. He was a photographer. d. San Francisco, 1900. (3) and (4) twins d. young. (5) Caroline Jerusha, b. Feb. 6, 1844. m. Michael Parquette, b. Montreal, 1840. A farmer in St. Charles. (6) Charles H., b. 1846. d. 1847.
iii. GEORGE CLINTON, b. Dec. 25, 1809. d. Jan. 25, 1810.
iv. THIRZA DEARBORN, b. May 10, 1811. m. March 5, 1835, John Goodhue. b. Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 3, 1805, son of Samuel and Lydia (Patterson) Goodhue. He was a carpenter. He d. Boston, Mass., Jan. 3, 1851. Five children b. Boston, Mass. (1) Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1836. d. March 25, 1839. (2) Mary Louise, b. Oct. 13, 1837. m. Sept. 24, 1860, Rufus Fuller Bacon. b. 1835. Res. Waltham, Mass. He was manager of oil wells in Pennsylvania and was killed by a falling derrick at Pit Hole City, Pa., 1874. She d. Nov. 15, 1886. (3) John Howard, b. Feb. 21, 1840. Graduate of Williams College. Was a government agent, in charge of freedmen at Beaufort, S. C. d. of malarial fever, Natick, Mass., August 3, 1863. (4) Annie Thirza, b. April 26, 1842. m. July 8, 1869, William W. Harris. b. Nov. 9, 1830, son of William and Harriet (Hamblet) Harris. He was a cobbler, Watertown, Mass. (5) George IIomer, b. Dec. 10, 1845. A sol- dier in the Civil War. d. June 19, 1874.
v. CANDACE SARGENT, b. Sept. 2, 1814. m. Samuel Dearborn (see).
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vi. GEORGE CLINTON, b. Nov. 11, 1816. He went to Iowa, 1838, set- tling in Buffalo, Linn Co., where he d. April 20, 1895. He was a prosperous farmer and often called to positions of trust. He m. March 29, 1847, Elizabeth Edgington, b. Ohio, July 10, 1825, dau. of Asahel Edgington. She d. Feb. 28, 1898. Seven children b. Buffalo, Ia. (1) Mary Ellen, b. August 25, 1848. m. March 12, 1868, Levi Edmund Strite, a farmer of Springville, Ia. (2) Emma Jane, b. Dec. 14, 1849. m. April 4, 1872, Adelbert Carlton Peet, b. May 23, 1848, son of Gideon Nelson Peet. He is a farmer and cattle broker at Anamosa, Ia. (3) Charles Clinton, b. July 17, 1851. m. May 1, 1879, Olive Eliza- beth Coleman, b. Oct. 23, 1860, dau. of Samuel Coleman. He is a street-car conductor, Cedar Rapids, Ia. (4) George Andrews. d. young. (5) Anna Minerva, b. June 21, 1854. m. Feb. 4, 1872, Jacob Birk, b. Ohio, March 6, 1850, son of Erhart Birk. He is a cattle broker, Anamosa, Ia. (6) Lydia Ann, b. August 22, 1856. m. Feb. 22, 1874, Joseph James Richards, b. Wiscon- sin, March 1, 1851, son of James Richards. He is a farmer, Ana- mosa, Ia. (7) Elizabeth Susan, b. Jan. 1, 1862. m. March 14, 1887, Lucellus Henry Chipman, b. Oct. 10, 1861, son of James Chipman. He is a farmer near Anamosa, Ia.
vii. SALLY LANE, b. May 3, 1818. unm. She res. several years in Boston, and came to Plymouth to care for her parents in their age. She d. Plymouth, Nov. 15, 1894.
viii. . LUTHER W., b. Sept. 3, 1822. d. Nov. 14, 1822.
PERRY.
1. CALEB PERRY, m. in Holliston, Mass., Deborah Fairbanks, b. Holliston, June 7, 1775. A sister of Rev. Drury Fairbanks (see). He came to Plymouth in 1800 and remained here seven years. The Fairbanks Genealogy says he lived in Alstead. The town records of Alstead do not sustain the statement. Two children were b. in Plymouth.
i. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 25, 1802.
ii. DEBORAH, b. July 27, 1805.
PERSONS.
1. SHERBURNE PERSONS, b. Hillsboro, 1826. m. Sarah Martin, and lived many years in Rumney. He d. Orange, 1880.
2. GEORGE MOREY PERSONS, son of Sherburne 1. b. Rumney, June 21, 1865. m. March 2, 1884, Clara Alice Downing, dau. of Alfred Downing (see). He removed to Plymouth, 1884. Was a farmer north side Baker's River. He has been absent at times as foreman
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of a railroad section. He now res. on Langdon Street, and was em- ployed by Foster Bros. ; now janitor High School building.
i. SARAH EDNA, b. March 28, 1885. Plymouth High School, 1904. m. July 11, 1901, Charles Nelson Pearson.
ii. SHERBURNE ALFRED, b. August 16, 1887.
iii. HERMAN GEORGE, b. Dec. 10, 1889.
PERVIER.
1. MOSES PERVIER, son of Nathaniel and Jane (Shaw) Pervier, b. Franklin, July 8, 1806. m. Nov. 4, 1832, Priscilla Brown, b. Jan. 12, 1800, dau. of Thomas and Nancy Brown, of New Hampton (see). He was a farmer, res. in South Plymouth from 1842 until his death, Nov. 20, 1881. She d. Oct. 24, 1890. Four children b. in Franklin and one in Plymouth.
i. MARY ANN, b. Franklin, Sept. 5, 1833. d. Sept. 10, 1833.
ii. ANDREW JACKSON, b. Jan. 15, 1836. m. Susan Caroline Hull. He enlisted Oct. 27, 1863, and was assigned to Co. A, 7th N. HI. Infantry ; captured at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864. d., a prisoner, at Andersonville, Ga., Nov. 5, 1864. Three children. (1) Infant, b. Dec. 19, 1859. d. Dec. 20, 1859. (2) Ida May, b. Nov. 24, 1860. m. Oct. 8, 1878, Farley G. Avery, son of Jasper E. Avery (see). (3) Jeff David, b. Oct. 8, 1862. Res. Plymouth.
iii. MARY ANN, b. August 26, 1837. m. Nov. 12, 1862, David Lanson Gourlay, a native of Scotland. He served in the Civil War, 8th N. H. Infantry, under the name of David G. Lanson, enlisting Nov. 17, 1862, at Ossipee ; wounded May 27, 1863, at Port Hud- son, and d. of wounds at Baton Rouge, La., July 5, 1863.
iv. JAMES EDWARD, b. Sept. 17, 1839. d. April 3, 1842.
v. -. PRISCILLA AUGUSTA, b. March 6, 1844. d. Feb. 26, 1845.
PETERS.
1. WILLIAM JAMES PETERS, b. London, Eng., June 15, 1859. m. March 8, 1885, Carrie Idella King, b. Lowell, Vt., March 23, 1865, dau. of Charles Christopher and Mary (Knapp) King. He came to Plymouth, 1896, and is a barber on North Main Street.
i. FLORENCE MARY, b. May 29, 1887.
ii. ROBERT FRANKLIN, b. July 21, 1896. d. Nov. 13, 1900.
PHILBRICK.
1. THOMAS PHILBRICK or PHILBROOK, from Lincolnshire, Eng., settled in Watertown, Mass., 1630. In 1646 he sold his lands in Watertown to Isaac Stearns, and removed to Hampton, where his
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older sons had located. His wife Elizabeth d. Feb. 19, 1663. He d. 1667.
2. JAMES PHILBRICK, son of Thomas 1. m. Jane Roberts. m. second, her sister, Ann Roberts. "He inherited the homestead and was an active and useful citizen." He was drowned in Hampton River, Nov. 16, 1674. His widow Ann m. second, July 8, 1678, William Marston, son of Capt. William Marston.
3. JOSEPH PHILBRICK, son of James 2 and Ann (Roberts) Philbrick, b. Oct. 1, 1663. m. 1686, Triphena Marston, b. Hampton, Dec. 28, 1663, youngest dau. of Capt. William Marston. He was a mariner. About 1714 he removed to Rye, where he d. Nov. 17, 1755. She d. 1729.
4. CAPT. ZACHARIAH PHILBRICK, son of Joseph 3, b. March 11, 1689/90. Like many of his family he was a mariner, living several years in the part of Newbury now Newburyport, Mass., and later a farmer in Hampton Falls. The name of his wife was Mary, but I find no record of his marriage or death. His children were born in Newbury, Mass.
5. EPHRAIM PHILBRICK, son of Capt. Zachariah 4, b. Oct. 21, 1731. m. Hampton Falls, Jan. 22, 1756, Mary Sanborn, b. July 5, 1735, dau. of Abner and Rachel (Shaw) Sanborn. He d. soon after 1760, and she m. second, July 18, 1776, William Blaisdell.
6. RICHARD PHILBRICK, son of Ephraim 5, b. Hampton Falls, Oct. 13, 1758. After the death of his father he lived in childhood with Richard Nason. He m. Shua Nason, b. Hampton Falls, 1753, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth (Tilton) Nason. He settled in Weare. His wife d. May, 1786. He m. second, 1787, Olive Keniston, dau. of John Keniston, of Weare. He d. May 26, 1825. She d. Sept. 3, 1845. In early manhood he was a mariner, and it is said that he purchased his farm in Weare with money secured by privateering.
7. DAVID PHILBRICK, son of Richard 6 and Shua (Nason) Philbrick, b. Weare, Oct. 29, 1780. m. Jan. 4, 1805, Eunice Clark, b. Jan. 3, 1786, dau. of John and Amy (Grant) Clark. He lived in Dorchester several years. He d. in Weare, March 31, 1854. His son John Clark Philbrick was taxed three years in Plymouth and removed, 1851, to California, and his son Samuel, who removed to Penn Yan, N. Y., was taxed one year, 1840, in Plymouth.
8. RICHARD PHILBRICK, son of David 7, b. Sept. 11, 1812. m. at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 25, 1836, Nancy Pratt, dau. of Stephen Pratt.
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He lived a few years in Rumney and later in Plymouth. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1840, 1843, 1847-1849, and 1852-1866. He m. second, in Plymouth, August, 1841, Jane Flanders.
9. i. MARIA ANTOINETTE, b. March 11, 1838. m. Joseph Cayes (see).
ii. HIRAM CLARK, b. June 14, 1840.
iii. NANCY JANE, b. May 9, 1844.
iv. JOHN GRANT, b. March 7, 1846.
9. HIRAM CLARK PHILBRICK, son of Richard 8, b. June 14, 1840. m. August 16, 1862, Amy Wheeler Harvey, dau. of William Collins Harvey (see). Co. D, 12th N. H. Infantry ; wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, receiving three gunshot wounds; corporal; mustered out June 21, 1865. He is a carpenter, and has res. in Plymouth since the war, passing of late the winter season in Georgia.
i. HIRAM CLARK, b. March 13, 1863. Grad. New Hampton Institute. Entered Dartmouth College. d. May 1, 1888.
ii. EDWARD HENRY, b. Oct. 4, 1868. d. suddenly, June 30, 1888.
10. HARRISON A. PHILBRICK, son of David 7 and Eunice (Clark) Philbrick, b. August 4, 1822. m. April 15, 1849, Sylvia A. Brown, b. Feb. 27, 1824, dau. of Levi and Hannah (Dow) Brown, of Deering. She d. in Manchester, Feb. 18, 1851. He m. second, Feb. 26, 1852, Ann Catherine Dow, b. Weare, Sept. 20, 1825, dau. of Elijah and Eunice (Robbins) Dow. He was a carpenter and a farmer, and res. in Plymouth after 1868, living near the Thomas Clark farm. She d. June 13, 1902. He d. at the home of his dau. in Concord, Feb. 19, 1904.
11. i.
ADIN HARRISON, b. Feb. 27, 1850.
ii. HATTIE EMILY, b. June 22, 1854. m. April 11, 1874, George S. Pierce. He is in railroad service. Res. Colton, Cal.
iii. SYLVIA CELESTIA, b. Oct. 23, 1856. m. Albert T. Whittemore (see).
12. iv. WILLIS FLORIAN, b. May 9, 1859.
v. BELLE AURORA, b. Sept. 19, 1863. m. 1904, David G. Lowell. Res. Concord.
11. ADIN HARRISON PHILBRICK, son of Harrison 10, b. Feb. 27, 1850. m. Salem, Mass., 1868, Eva St. Thomas, b. 1851, dau. of Ralph St. Thomas, of Provincetown, Mass. She d. 1872. m. second, Dec. 31, 1875, Aura Maria Wakefield, dau. of Oliver Cleaves Wakefield, of Ellsworth, Me. He was a mariner, and after a few years in whaling
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service he entered the merchant service, retiring as master, 1880. His home has been in Plymouth, Ward Hill, since 1871. He is mail carrier, rural free delivery. Five children.
i. WALTER DUANE, b. Sept. 24, 1876. m. April 26, 1902, Naomi Woodward. He is mail carrier, rural free delivery.
ii. WILBUR HARRISON, b. Oct. 24, 1877. d. Feb. 16, 1880.
iii. SYLVIA AMY, b. August 3, 1879. m. May 20, 1900, Harry Furlong, of Boston, Mass.
iv. LESLIE WILLIS, b. Jan. 17, 1884. Substitute carrier, rural free delivery.
v. ALICE HELEN, b. Dec. 12, 1885.
12. WILLIS FLORIAN PHILBRICK, son of Harrison 10, b. May 9, 1859. m. April 16, 1887, Lena Gilbert. m. second, Sept. 27, 1893, Arabella M. Merrill, dau. of Hiram Wesley Merrill (see). She d. Dec. 11, 1893. He m. third, Sept. 15, 1897, Margaret Elizabeth (Svensen) Packard, dau. of John Svensen, a Danish sea captain.
Willis F. Philbrick was a mariner, being mate and master the last of his sailing. He was a farmer of Plymouth since 1890, and had lived in Plymouth a few years, beginning 1880. He d. Jan. 27, 1902. Two children of Elizabeth (Svensen) Philbrick by former marriage, and one by second marriage.
· i. FRED WESTON, b. Oct. 9, 1885.
ii. ESTELLA, b. Dec. 12, 1893.
iii. EDITH BELLE, b. June 25, 1901.
PIERCE.
1. ANTHONY PIERCE, son of John and Rachel Pierce, b. Lexington, Mass., Sept. 13, 1720. He was of the sixth generation of his family in America, the lineage being Anthony 6, John 5, Joseph 4, Joseph 3, Anthony 2, John 1. Many of this family have written the name Peirce. See Bond's " Watertown," Hudson's "Lexington," and Peirce Genealogy.
2. EBENEZER PIERCE, son of Anthony 1, lived in Westmoreland and in Putney, Vt. He m. Nov. 24, 1763, Elizabeth Gilson. He was a soldier in the Westmoreland company, Ticonderoga alarm, 1777, and was shot by the enemy while in service.
3. RUFUS PIERCE, son of Ebenezer 2, b. June 27, 176 -. m. August 5, 1790, Thankful Lindsey, b. Feb. 18, 1771. d. July 26, 1849. He was a farmer of Putney, Vt., where he d. April 5, 1845. Thirteen children.
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4. LEMMON PIERCE, son of Rufus 3, b. Putney, Vt., July 16, 1810. m. Sept. 17, 1832, Elizabeth Fisher, b. Sept. 5, 1815, dau. of Daniel Fisher, of Hinsdale. He was a miller and a farmer, lived in Putney, where he d. 1872. She d. 1879. Eleven children.
5. JAMES KNOX PIERCE, son of Lemmon 4, b. Putney, Vt., Nov. 22, 1845. In youth was employed on the farm and in the grist mill of his father. He was a miller in several towns in Vermont, removing 1886, to Newport, N. H., and two years later to Plymouth. He established a grist mill in this town, but was more actively employed as a merchant, conducting several years a dry goods store. Selectman 1894, 1895. He m. 1866, Cora Carlton. m. second, 1875, Helen M. Aldrich, dau. of Hiram Aldrich, of Putney, Vt. He d. in Plymouth, Oct. 19, 1900.
i. CLARENCE.
PIERCE.
1. SAMUEL PIERCE res. several years in Franklin, Mass., and emi- grated, about 1790, to Windsor, Me., where he was drowned.
2. LUTHER PIERCE, son of Samuel 1, b. Franklin, Mass. m. Nancy Chadwick, lived in Windsor, Me., where he d. soon after 1860.
3. STEPHEN PIERCE, son of Luther2, b. Windsor, Me., 1809. He was twice married. m. second, Frances Pierce, b. Ossipee, 1819, dau. of Hiram and Nancy (Witham) Pierce.
4. LUTHER EDGAR PIERCE, son of Stephen 3, b. Windsor, Me., August 27, 1847. Attended school at Oak Grove and Maine Wesleyan Semi- nary, Kent's Hill, and was a school teacher several years, living in Palermo, Me. Later he was a farmer. He removed to Plymouth in the autumn of 1894, and is manager of the Plymouth Creamery. He m. Nov. 7, 1874, Lucy Ann Erskine, b. March 16, 1851, dau. of John and Eliza (Turner) Erskine, of Meredith. She d. Oct. 3, 1891. He m. second, Nov. 18, 1895, Mary Caroline Craig, b. Rumney, Feb. 26, 1863, dau. of Byron M. and Angie (Ramsay) Craig. Two children b. Palermo, Me.
i. ELIZA ORAVILLE, b. July 17, 1878. Res. Fairfax, Vt.
ii. LYDIA FRANCES, b. June 29, 1880. Attended Plymouth High School. d. Feb. 28, 1901.
PHILLIPS.
1. SETH PHILLIPS and wife Lydia lived in Groton, Mass., where ten children were b. from 1717 to 1736.
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2. AMOS PHILLIPS, son of Seth 1, b. Oct. 27, 1719 ; baptized April 24, 1720. He removed to Dunstable before 1745 and there res. over twenty years. He was one of the grantees of Plymouth, and removed to this town, locating at Lower Intervale, 1767. He was an industrious, frugal farmer and a respected townsman. He m. 1746, Abigail Dodge (intentions in Lunenburg, Mass., Feb. 8, 1745/6). She was b. in Tops- field, Mass., Dec. 6, 1724, dau. of Noah and Margaret (Crockett) Dodge, of Topsfield, and later of Lunenburg. She was a sister of the wife of Gershom Hobart (see). He d. Oct. 25, 1801. She d. Feb. 15, 1808. The births of seven children are recorded in Dunstable ; there is no record of the birth of Abigail and of the three youngest children.
i. SARAH, b. May 12, 1747. m. Jacob Marsh (see).
ii. AMos, b. August 3, 1749, was taxed in Plymouth, 1784 to 1790, when he removed to Hancock. He removed, 1803, from Hancock to Vermont.
3. iii. BENJAMIN, twin, b. August 3, 1749.
4. iv. NOAH, b. Oct. 31, 1753.
v. ABIGAIL, b. 1756. m. John Brown, son of Dr. John (see).
vi. SETH, b. March 5, 1758. d. young.
5. vii. JOHN, b. March 18, 1760.
6. viii. NEHEMIAH, b. March 3, 1762.
ix. PAUL DODGE, b. 1763. Was an honored citizen of Danville, Vt., and
. the founder of Phillips Academy, of Danville. He lived and was taxed in Plymouth until 1790.
x. JOSEPH, b. 1768. m. 1801, Polly Stanton, b. Sept. 26, 1773, dau. of Isaac W. and Ruth (Ayer) Stanton, of Holderness. He lived in Plymouth, Danville, Vt., and Coburg, P. Q. Five children.
xi. MOLLY, b. 1771. m. Nov. 17, 1791, Jacob Fellows, of Bridgewater. In Bridgewater records he is styled Ensign. Three children b. in Bridgewater. (1) Mary, b. July 29, 1793. (2) Sally, b. Dec. 26, 1794. (3) Jacob, b. Dec. 1, 1796.
3. BENJAMIN PHILLIPS, son of Amos 2, b. Dunstable, August 3, 1749. m. in Plymouth, May 11, 1772, Alephia Hobart, dau. of Gershom Hobart (see). He came to Plymouth with the family about 1767, and was taxed until 1778, the tax being abated the last two years on account of military service. He enlisted March 27, 1777, into the Continental service, and was assigned to the 7th company of Col. Scammell's regiment. (See Vol. I.) In March, 1778, Dr. Abraham Downer, of Charlestown, was paid three pounds and four shillings for caring for Benjamin Phillips, a lame soldier in Capt. Stone's company, Col. Scammell's regiment. He returned to his regiment and was left
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sick at Sunbury, in September, 1779. He was again with his regi- ment and d. in the service, Oct. 12, 1780. His widow m. second, June 12, 1785, Simeon Ladd, Esq., of Exeter, for many years high sheriff of Rockingham Co. She d. at Exeter, Oct. 24, 1788. He had previously m. Ruth Ayer and subsequently m. Deborah Gilman. He d. Dec. 17, 1811. Children of Benjamin and Alephia (Hobart) Phillips.
i. REUBEN, b. 1772. m. March 14, 1796, Sally Wells, dau. of Paul Wells (see). He was a farmer of Plymouth, and was taxed until 1807. He d., probably in Plymouth, about 1825. His widow lived in the Oliver S. McQuesten house on Ward Hill, where she d. 1863. Two children. (1) Reuben. (2) Edward.
4. NOAH PHILLIPS, son of Amos 2, b. Dunstable, Oct. 31, 1753. m. April 23, 1772, Lydia Marsh, dau. of Onesipherus Marsh (see). He was taxed in Plymouth, 1772-1774, and Widow Lydia, 1778-1780. He was a soldier on the northern frontiers and in Canada. In 1775 he was an officer in Col. Bedel's regiment. The following receipt is found in State archives.
ST JOHNS October 12th 1775.
Recd of Colo' Timothy Bedel Two Hundred Pounds One Shilling and Nine Pence Lawful Money for the use of the Men under my Command which I Promise to be accountable for as witness my hand. £200.1. 9. NOAH PHILLIPS.
He d. in the service soon after the date of the receipt. One child.
i. NOAH, b. Plymouth, March 22, 1773. m. Jan., 1796, Dorothy Clifford, of Dorchester. He was a farmer of Plymouth. He d. May 26, 1853. She d. May 10, 1860. One child. (1) Dorothy, b. July 12, 1796. m. Walter Melvin (see).
5. JOHN PHILLIPS, son of Amos 2, b. Dunstable, March 18, 1760. Was a soldier in the Revolution. He served in 1776 two months in Capt. Simpson's company of rangers on the frontiers. In March, 1777, he enlisted into the Continental service, and remained in Col. Scammell's regiment until the close of the war. He was wounded and four months a prisoner. The story of his service appears more fully in Vol. I. At the close of the war he returned to Plymouth and m. Dec. 18, 1783, Anna Cummings, dau. of Capt. Jotham Cummings, (see). He lived in Plymouth until 1796, when he settled in Groton. The family lived in Groton thirteen years. The relations between husband and wife during this time were not always harmonious. In VOL. II .- 34
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the year 1809 he went to Herkimer Co., in the State of New York, leaving his wife and children, who returned to Plymouth and lived among their kindred. He removed from New York in 1813 to Ver- mont, and subsequently lived in Benson and in West Haven, where he d. August 15, 1825. He obtained a pension 1819. His first wife remained in Plymouth and was pensioned as his widow. For several years she had a home with her son, Henry Cummings Phillips, in Campton.
i. ANNA, b. April 28, 1784.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 25, 1785. m. Feb. 27, 1806, David Truell, of Grafton. Seven children, of whom (1) Betsey m. Thomas Bartlett, son of Moody Bartlett, of Campton. She d. He m. second, Mary A. Batchelder, dau. of Jacob (see). (2) Abigail. m. Moody Bart- lett, son of Moody Bartlett, of Campton, and their son, George m. Jane George, dau. of Plina M. George (see). (3) Hiram, m. Nov. 24, 1821, Nancy Russell, b. Rindge, March 20, 1802, dau. of Simeon and Martha (Russell) Russell. (4) Jotham, b. 1819. m. Nov. 5, 1850, Mary Milligan, dau. of William Milligan (see).
iii. Lors, b. Feb. 13, 1788.
iv. JOHN SCRIPTURE, b. Dec. 21, 1789. Lived and d. in Brunswick, Me.
v. AMos, b. August 28, 1791. Drowned in Lake George.
vi. POLLY, b. August 24, 1793. d. young.
- vii. POLLY, b. July 1, 1795.
viii. KATIE, b. July 17, 1798.
ix. HENRY CUMMINGS, b. August 18, 1800, m. April 8, 1840, Margaret Phelps, dau. of Samuel Phelps. (See Nevins Register.) He was a school teacher in this town many years, teaching several terms in the red schoolhouse which was burned, 1901. From 1840 to 1860 he lived in Campton, and his farm was annexed to Plymouth, 1860. -- He removed to Peoria, Ore., where he d. about 1870.
x. JESSE, b. Feb. 16, 1802.
7. xi. ALVAH, b. Oct. 30, 1803.
xii. SETH, b. April 22, 1807.
6. NEHEMIAH PHILLIPS, son of Amos2, b. March 3, 1762. Came to Plymouth with the family when about five years of age, and lived in this town until 1787. He was a soldier in the Revolution, in Col. Scammell's Continental regiment, from April, 1779, to June, 1783. He removed from this town to Danville, Vt., and several years later to Wheelock, Vt., where he d. March 12, 1843. He m. in Plymouth, July 26, 1785, Elizabeth Brown, dau. of Silas Brown (see). She d. in Danville about 1789. He m. second, in Plymouth, Jan. 16, 1791, Lydia Webster, dau. of Stephen Webster (see). She was the mother
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of five children. He m. third, Elizabeth Miles, who d. Nov. 15, 1841. The children, except Jacob W., removed to New York State.
i. JACOB WEBSTER, b. Danville, Vt., Sept. 20, 1791. Had a home with his uncle Amos Webster, in Plymouth, where he d. April 10, 1813. He is called Webster Phillips on tax-list of Plymouth.
ii. LucY, b. 1793.
iii. LAVINA, b. 1794.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. 1796.
V. PHEBE, b. 1797.
vi. ARVILLA, b. 1806.
vii. HULDAII, b. 1809.
viii. MosEs, b. 1810.
ix. ASENATH, b. 1812.
x. LYDIA, b. 1814.
xi. CLARISSA, b. 1815.
xii. FRANKLIN, b. 1817.
7. ALVAH PHILLIPS, son of John 5, b. Oct. 30, 1803. m. Dec. 30, 1833, Ruth Atwood Sleeper, b. Feb. 3, 1809, dau. of Peter and Sally (Atwood) Sleeper. He lived in Alexandria, where he d. April 21, 1867. She d. July 29, 1885. One child.
8. i. JOHN F., b. June 23, 1842. -
8 .- JOHN F. PHILLIPS, son of Alvah 7, b. June 23, 1842. m. July 4, 1859, Sarah A. Pattee, dau. of William S. and Elizabeth (McMurphy) Pattee. She d. August 2, 1881. He m. second, Nov. 30, 1882, Sarah Achsah Ferrin, dau. of Jonathan Ferrin (see). He served in 12th N. H. Infantry, and lived in Alexandria until 1899, when he re- moved to Fryeburg, Me. He was a town treasurer of Alexandria four years, selectman four years, and representative two years. Nine children by first and one by second marriage, of whom several d. in childhood.
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