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i. HENRY C., m. Hattie M. Clarke, and since 1893 has been the efficient superintendent of the county farm at Haverhill.
ii. WILLIAM A. m. Emogene Saunders. Lives in Alexandria.
iii. LEVI H. m. Eva L. Bullock. Lives in Alexandria.
iv. Lou B. m. Henry Hall, of Reading, Mass.
v. ELLA R. Deceased.
vi. JASON FRANK, b. Nov. 30, 1885. d. July 8, 1886.
PIKE.
1. JOHN PIKE, from Langford, Eng., in the ship "James," came to Newbury, 1635. He is named in Ipswich records and he d. in
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Salisbury, May 26, 1654. On one occasion, at least, 1637, he acted 23 an attorney in the courts.
2. JOHN PIKE, son of John 1, named in will of his father as eldest son, was b. in England about 1613. m. Mary. Nine or ten children b. in Newbury. He was representative 1657, 1658, and removed about 1669 to Woodbridge, N. J., where he m. second, June 30, 1685, Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, and d. Jan. 16, 1689.
3. JOSEPH PIKE, son of John2, b. Newbury, Dec. 26, 1638. m. Jan. 29, 1661/2, Susanna Kingsbury, dau. of Henry and Susanna Kingsbury. He was a deputy sheriff. While journeying to Haverhill he was killed by the Indians in Amesbury, Sept. 4, 1694. She d. Dec. 5, 1718.
4. JOSEPH PIKE, son of Joseph 3, b. Newbury, April 17, 1674. m. 1695, Hannah Smith. He d. Newbury, Oct. 17, 1757. He was a lieutenant and a selectman of Newbury.
5. JOSEPH PIKE, son of Joseph 4, b. Newbury, Nov. 4, 1696. m. Dec. 5, 1722, Lydia Drury, b. 1688, dau. of Thomas and Rachel (Rice) Drury, of Framingham, Mass. He lived several years in Newbury, Mass. He purchased of Andrew Foster one-eighth of " Buck Meadow " and the " Gage Farm " in Dunstable. He removed to Dunstable, where he d. March 28, 1778. Headstone. His wife d. Feb. 15, 1781.
6. DANIEL PIKE, son of Joseph 5, b. Newbury, Feb. 23, 1725. m. Sarah Kendall, b. May 2, 1727, dau. of John Kendall, of Dunstable. He bought land in Dunstable, 1757. He lived in Dunstable many years. Late in life he removed to Westford, Mass., and in 1793 he removed from Westford to Hebron, where he d. April 10, 1795. She d. Oct. 20, 1794. The birth of the eight youngest children, recorded in Dunstable.
i. SARAH, b. Jan. 26, 1747. d. young.
ii. ISAAC, b. Dec. 12, 1749. m. Mary French.
iii. JAMES, b. Dec. 26, 1751. m. March 3, 1773, Ruth Ingalls, of Dun- stable, dau. of John Ingalls.
iv. HULDAH, b. Feb. 5, 1753. m. John Ingalls, son of John Ingalls. He lived in Tyngsboro, Mass.
7. V. JOSEPHI, b. June 5, 1757.
vi. LYDIA, b. August 24, 1759. m. Enoch Jewett.
8. vii. URIAH DRURY, b. July 7, 1761.
viii. ESTHER, b. August 12, 1763. m. Stephen B. Goodhue, son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Hill) Goodhue, of Nottingham. Lived in
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Campton. Their son Nathaniel m. Polly Ward (see), and their dau. Mary m. Moses Ward (see).
9. ix. DANIEL, b. Dec. 5, 1765.
X. THOMAS, b. Sept. 6, 1767. m. Ruth Keyes.
10. xi. MosEs, b. April 25, 1769.
xii. SARAH, b. April 13, 1771. d. 1784.
7. JOSEPH PIKE, son of Daniel 6, b. Dunstable, June 5, 1757. Lived in Dunstable and in Hollis. In 1786 his homestead and other land was severed from Hollis and annexed to Brookline. He m. in Mason, May 27, 1778, Abigail Sawtell, b. Groton, Mass., Nov. 3, 1758, dau. of Ephraim and Abigail (Stone) Sawtell. He d. 1802. She d. 1817. The traditions of the family assert there were fifteen children. Sixteen names are given by different informants, and possibly one name should be eliminated. .
11. i. PERLEY, b. Sept. 20, 1778.
ii. NEWHALL, b. 1780. d. at sea, 1803.
iii. BETSEY. m. - - Reed.
iv. LUCY. m. Oct. 30, 1806, Paul Davis, b. Mason, Feb. 23, 1782, son of Joshua and Dorothy Davis. Removed to Warren.
v. HANNAH, b. 1785. m. Samuel Peabody, b. Monson, June 20, 1776, son of Aaron and Susannah (Hobbs) Peabody. Lived in Milford. He d. August 29, 1851. She d. in Mason, Sept. 26, 1876.
vi. ABIGAIL. m. Joseph Law.
12. vii. JOSEPH, b. March 15, 1788. viii. MOODY.
ix. ELI.
x. NATHAN.
xi. DANIEL.
xii. LUTHER. m. Jane Boynton. Res. Newbury, Mass.
xiii. WILLIAM. m. April 15, 1824, Lucy Flint, b. July 13, 1793, dau. of Charles and Hannah (Marshall) Flint, of Tyngsboro, Mass. He d. 1837.
xiv. MARY. m. Oct. 15, 1824, Jonas French, b. August 12, 1782, son of Jonas and Betsey (Marshall) French.
13. xv. RALPH, b. April 11, 1796.
xvi. RUFUS, b. Nov. 12, 1802. m. 1827, Nancy Fulton, b. Thetford, Vt., March 13, 1807, dau. of Robert and Grace (Weeks) Fulton. He d. in Waterbury, Vt., April 8, 1884. She d. June 1, 1879. Seven children.
8. URIAH DRURY PIKE, son of Daniel 6, b. Dunstable, July 7, 1761. A family record gives the date of birth July 8, 1760. He m. Sept. 10, 1782, Hannah Keyes, b. Westford, Mass., May 6, 1761, dau. of
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Jonathan and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Keyes. He removed to Plymouth, 1790, and was here taxed the two succeeding years. At the incorpo- ration of Hebron, 1792, a part of this town, including the farm of Mr. Pike, was included, and Plymouth lost a substantial citizen. He d. in Hebron, Oct. 18, 1822. She d. Feb. 11, 1833.
i. EZEKIEL, b. August 5, 1783. d. April 27, 1784.
ii. EZEKIEL, b. May 1, 1784. d. Feb. 12, 1805.
iii. URIAH, b. Nov. 13, 1785. d. June 10, 1790.
iv. ISAIAH, b. August 12, 1787. Settled in Concord, Erie Co., N. Y. He was a successful farmer. He d. Sept. 16, 1865. Five children. v. HANNAH, b. June 21, 1789.
vi. RHODA, b. Jan. 23, 1792.
14. vii. URIAH, b. Hebron, July 29, 1794.
viii. JONATHAN KEYES, b. May 10, 1796. m. March 1, 1821, Lucina Graves, and lived in Hebron and in Groton. d. Sept. 29, 1859. Six children.
ix. JACOB KENDALL, b. May 23, 1798. d. May 23, 1804.
x. ISAAC, b. Oct. 5, 1802. d. Sept. 24, 1832.
xi. NATHANIEL BALL, b. March 26, 1805. Was a medical student and a young man of superior ability. He d. May 30, 1828.
9. DANIEL PIKE, son of Daniel 6, b. Dec. 5, 1765. m. Susannah Lived in Hebron.
i. EBENEZER FRENCH, b. May 22, 1787. m. Nov. 12, 1808, Susannah Wise.
ii. SALLY, b. June 13, 1789.
iii. MOODY, b. April 21, 1791.
iv. SUSANNA, b. April 19, 1793.
v. RUFUS, b. August 19, 1795. m. Nov. 18, 1821, Polly George.
vi. LUTHER, b. August 30, 1798.
vii. EZEKIEL, b. March 27, 1808.
viii. ELIZA, b. June 16, 1810.
10. MOSES PIKE, son of Daniel 6, b. April 29, 1769. m. Nov. 17, 1791, Mary Ball. Lived in Hebron and in Groton. He d. Sept. 26, 1821. She d. Dec. 28, 1850.
i. DRURY, b. Sept. 23, 1792. d. Dec. 23, 1795.
ii. DANIEL, b. July 29, 1794. d. young.
iii. LUCINDA, b. Jan. 1, 1796.
iv. MARY, b. June 20, 1797.
15. v. ISAAC, b. April 4, 1799.
vi. LOVISA, b. Feb. 13, 1801.
vii. RUTH, b. Nov. 24, 1802.
viii. DANIEL, b. July 29, 1804.
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ix. ARTHUR, b. March 5, 1806.
x. TAMAH, b. Dec. 15, 1807.
xi. MOSES, b. Sept. 17, 1809.
xii. DRURY, b. Nov. 23, 1811. m. Louisa Burbank. d. Haverhill, April 30, 1884.
xiii. SAMUEL, b. June 10, 1814.
11. PERLEY PIKE, son of Joseph7, b. Sept. 20, 1778. Came to Plymouth, 1805, where he had previously purchased land. The brothers, Perley, Joseph, and Ralph Pike, cleared land and built houses and gave a name to the elevation of land on which they lived. The name of Pike Hill remains to attest their industry and to remind later generations of their presence here. Perley Pike m. June 19, 1804, Mary Cross, b. Alexandria, July 12, 1787. He d. in Plymouth, Oct. 28, 1838. She d. Jan. 26, 1844.
16. i. NEWHALL, b. Feb. 27, 1805.
17. ii. ELI, b. Sept. 8, 1806.
18. iii. ASHER, b. May 19, 1808.
iv. CAROLINE, b. Feb. 20, 1810. unm. d. May 12, 1842. v. MAHALA, b. Feb. 6, 1812. m. Amos E. Senter (see).
vi. Lucy, b. March 31, 1814.
vii. DAVID C., b. June 4, 1817. Lost at sea, 1839.
19. viii. JONATHAN ROBBINS, b. June 16, 1819.
ix. SYLVESTER, b. Dec. 6, 1821. d. Sept. 5, 1823.
x. EZRA T., b. March 31, 1824. A soldier in the Mexican War. He d. in Mexico, Jan. 27, 1848.
20. xi. JACOB, b. March 30, 1827, town record, but Feb. 24, 1827, in family Bible. He m. in Wilmot, Sept. 30, 1848, Mary Ann Grover, and removed soon after to Lawrence, Kans., where he was recently res.
xii. PERLEY, b. Jan. 16, 1829. A soldier in the Civil War. d. Kansas City, Mo., May 3, 1898.
xiii. HARRIET JANE, b. June 23, 1832.
xiv. ANN MARIA, b. Oct. 23, 1834.
12. JOSEPH PIKE, son of Joseph 7, b. Hollis, March 15, 1788. Was taxed in Plymouth, 1810. He lived next in Hebron four years, and returned to Plymouth, living at Pike Hill. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He m. Nov. 22, 1810, Mary Hoit, b. Gilmanton, 1787, dau. of Nathan and Meribah (Perkins) Hoit. He lived in Plymouth until 1834, when he went to New York and to Illinois, where his oldest son was residing. Mrs. Pike was an invalid, the result of a carriage accident, and lived with her married daughters. He visited
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his family occasionally and returned to live in Plymouth, 1847. He d. while visiting his brother Rufus in Waterbury, Vt., March 18, 1867. Mrs. Pike d. at the home of her dau., Mrs. Glover, Newbury, Vt., May 4, 1875, buried at Hebron. Nathan Hoit, the father of Mrs. Pike, was a soldier from Sanbornton in the Revolution, enlisting 1780 for the war. He was assigned, a fifer, to Col. Scammell's Continental regiment. After the war he lived in Gilmanton, Ellsworth, and Bridgewater. In the census of 1840 he was a pensioner, living in Bridgewater, aged 76. Joseph and Mary (Hoit) Pike had eleven children.
i. JOSEPHI, b. July 31, 1811.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 7, 1813. m. Samuel C. Heath (see).
iii. NATHAN, b. Feb. 10, 1815. d. May 18, 1815.
iv. MERIBAII, b. March 12, 1816. d. June 14, 1816.
v. LUCY ANN, b. May 23, 1817. d. Dec. 4, 1834.
vi. ELMIRA, b. Dec. 24, 1819. m. Seth Glover (see).
vii. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 2, 1822. d. Nov. 22, 1822.
viii. JUSTIN, b. Nov. 6, 1824. d. May 2, 1825.
ix. NATHAN HOIT, b. 13, 1825. unm. d. in California.
X. WILLIAM LEONARD, b. Sept. 9, 1827.
xi. ROSELLA E., b. Sept. 28, 1832. m. Alvah McQ. Draper (see).
13. RALPH PIKE, son of Joseph7, b. Hollis, August 11, 1796, came from Hebron to Plymouth, 1817, and lived on Pike Hill. He was an industrious man and a good citizen. He m. Nov. 29, 1821, Meribah Hoit, b. Ellsworth, March 11, 1799, dau. of Nathan and Meribah (Perkins) Hoit.
i. ABIGAIL SAWTELL, b. April 23, 1823. m. Oct. 7, 1856, Bela A. Peck, and lived in New York City. (1) Ida Francena, b. Sept. 2, 1858. m. July 21, 1884, Hon. George H. Lambert, of Newark, N. J. (2) Serena Estelle, b. August 4, 1860. m. May 3, 1882, Lewis Heaton, of Fielding, Ia. (3) Alice May, b. July 21, 1862.
ii. PRISCILLA WEBSTER, b. June 6, 1824.
iii. SYLVESTER MONTGOMERY, b. Nov. 24, 1825. m. Nov. 5, 1849, Maria Clark. He lived in New York City. Deceased.
iv. CALVIN, b. Dec. 5, 1826, removed to Connecticut. m. at Collinsville, Conn., August 11, 1862, Fanny Lane. He enlisted the day of his marriage, 7th Conn. Infantry, and was mustered out a lieutenant. He d. at Collinsville, Conn., Oct. 24, 1893. (1) Amy Gertrude, b. April 12, 1869. (2) Frank Wayland, b. June 12, 1875.
v. AUGUSTA WHITE, b. August 21, 1829. m. Sept. 8, 1850, Solon D. Pollard, of Manchester. (1) Ella Alfreda, b. 1855. d. Oct. 18, 1873. (2) John W., b. July 15, 1866. m. Dec. 12, 1888, Lena
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Lane. He is a baggage master B. & M. R.R. Res. at Lowell, Mass.
vi. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, b. August 3, 1832. Res. Easton, Pa. He entered the army a private, serving in 5th N. Y. Infantry ; wounded at Gaines Mills and left on the field for dead. He had a different opinion and recovered. Transferred to 14th N. Y. Cavalry, and passed progressive promotions to major, and mustered out Nov. 27, 1865. IIe is in the insurance business. m. Sept. 2, 1854, Sarah A. Whitlock, who d. April 2, 1866. m. second, April 22, 1868, Annie E. Hansell. Six of their seven children d. young. (1) Henry Clay, b. Dec. 31, 1879.
vii. MERIBAH FOGG, b. Sept. 2, 1834. m. Nov. 15, 1860, John Martin Stanton, of Manchester. He was a machinist and an inventor. He d. July 7, 1898, aged 75 years. She is living with her only child. (1) John F. Stanton, b. July 29, 1862. He is State Archi- tect and Superintendent of Public Buildings of Kansas, living at Topeka.
viii. RALPH, b. June 3, 1837, enlisted in United States army, was orderly sergeant, Co. I, 10th United States Infantry. He was shot fatally at Salt Lake City, August 15, 1859, while serving as guard to the first United States court held in that historic city.
ix. LUCY HOIT, b. April 24, 1840. m. May 21, 1862, William Bruce Gould, b. Oct. 21, 1840, son of Ira and Sarah (Hawkins) Gould, of New Village, L. I. He was a soldier in Civil War, and subse- quently a railroad conductor and stationary engineer. res. in Winnetka, Ill. (1) Lilla May, b. Feb. 29, 1864. d. March 10, 1865. (2) Edward Preston, b. Nov. 26, 1865. Res. in Winnetka, Ill. (3) Bruce Mortimer, b. Oct. 16, 1873. An electrician, Chicago, Ill.
14. URIAH PIKE, son of Uriah Drury 8, b. July 29, 1794. Was a farmer and a good citizen. He lived upon the homestead, caring for his parents in their declining years. In his age he lived several years in Plymouth at the home of his youngest son. He m. Oct. 18, 1818, Nancy Page, b. Sept. 29, 1796, of Dorchester. He d. June 24, 1878. His wife d. Feb. 25, 1870. Six children b. in Hebron.
i. AUSTIN FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 16, 1819. He attended the academies at Plymouth and Newbury, Vt., and read law with Hon. George W. Nesmith, of Franklin. He was an industrious, able lawyer, who practised with unusual success about forty years in the courts of New Hampshire. He lived in Franklin, and represented the town in the legislature, 1850-1852, 1865 and 1866. He was speaker of the house 1865 and 1866. He was a State senator 1857 and 1858, and president of the senate 1858. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1856, and was three years chairman of the
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Republican State Committee. He was a representative to the Forty-third Congress. In 1883 Mr. Pike was elected United States Senator for a full term. In the senate he was highly esteemed by his associates, and through life his ability and character com- manded the respect of all. He d. suddenly, Oct. 8, 1886. Hem. at Andover, Mass., August 18, 1846, Elizabeth Farley, b. Oct. 27, 1822, dau. of Isaac and Louisa Farley. She d. Sept. 11, 1848. He m. second, Dec. 13, 1850, Caroline White, b. Warner, Oct. 21, 1822, dau. of Thomas Rowell and Mary Hunt (May) White. Three children. (1) IIelen Elizabeth Farley, b. Oct. 31, 1851. m. Oct. 26, 1880, Hon. Frank N. Parsons, b. Dover, Sept. 3, 1854, son of Rev. Benjamin Franklin and Mary Ann (Nesmith) Parsons. He is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, res. at Franklin. (2) Edward Austin, b. August 25, 1853. m. Jan. 1, 1880, Ida Taft Smith, b. Dec. 16, 1861, dau. of Jeremiah Smith, of Franconia. Res. in He- bron a few years, removed to Pueblo, Col. (3) Caroline Frances, b. Sept. 29, 1858. m. at Franklin, July 18, 1891, Walter Elmer Burleigh, son of Walter Burleigh, now assistant statistician of the Inter-State Commerce Commission. Res. Washington, D. C.
ii. AMANDA M., b. March 12, 1821. m. John F. Whittemore. She d. Jan. 1, 1878.
iii. EMELINE D., b. Jan. 1, 1823. m. John A. Drake (see).
iv. URIAH A., b. Dec. 5, 1826. d. Nov. 17, 1832.
V. NATHANIEL A., b. June 22, 1832. Res. in Plymouth from 1854 to 1871. He was a respected townsman, and a selectman the first two - years of the Civil War. Ile removed from Plymouth to Haverhill, where he now res. He is a farmer and gardener. He m. Eme- line Colby, who d. Sept. 4, 1878. He m. second, Lucy. (1) Augustus Herbert, b. Nov. 17, 1856. m. March 7, 1880, Carrie Marvin. (2) Etta Winnifred, b. May 22, 1858. m. Dec. 31, 1876, Charles B. Bullock. (3) Willard Uriah, b. March 9, 1860. m. - - Freeman. (4) Hattie Emma, b. Haverhill, July 30, 1881. Res. Haverhill.
vi. HARRIET A., b. Jan. 20, 1838. Was an efficient school teacher several years. She m. August 10, 1870, Romulus A. Buckland, and res. in Ringwood, Ill., where he d. August 10, 1885. Mrs. Buckland res. in Ringwood.
15. ISAAC PIKE, son of Moses 10 and Mary (Ball) Pike, b. April 4, 1799. In early manhood he removed to Haverhill. For many years he was engaged in farming and lumbering, and was once a merchant at the Corner. However, his industry and enterprise were more richly rewarded in the manufacture of whetstones, an industry which he founded and sagaciously promoted. He was tall, muscular, of dark complexion, and a typical representative of a sturdy family. He
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d. Feb. 14, 1860. He m. Irene Dole, who d. Nov. 25, 1825. He m. second, June, 1827, Sarah (Morse) Noyes, widow of Person Noyes, of Haverhill. Two children by first and six by second marriage.
i. JOHN D., b. Feb. 14, 1822.
ii. IRENE D., b. May 4, 1824.
iii. ISAAC, b. May 15, 1829.
iv. SARAH M., b. Dec. 15, 1831.
v. MELISSA, b. Dec. 26, 1833. m. John Lyman Ayer (see).
vi. ALONZO F., b. August 26, 1835, for many years was an energetic factor in the enlargement of the Pike Manufacturing Company. He m. Ellen M. Hutchins. He d. Sept. 18, 1891.
vii. EDWIN BURBANK, b. August 8, 1837. d. March 16, 1844.
viii. EDWIN BURBANK, b. April 7, 1845. Is president of the Pike Manu- facturing Company, living at Pike Station, in Haverhill.
16. NEWHALL PIKE, son of Perley 11, b. Feb. 27, 1805. m. 1837, Levina Penniman, dau. of Nathan Penniman (see). In early man- hood he worked in Charlestown, Mass. He and his brother Eli were employed in hauling the material for Bunker Hill Monument. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1832 and 1833. He then settled in Haver- hill, and was engaged a few years making brick. Subsequently he was station agent B., C. & M. Railroad, at North Haverhill. He was a selectman of Haverhill. He d. 1855. No children.
17. ELI PIKE, son of Perley 11, b. Sept. 8, 1806, was a brickmaker, and with his brothers made the brick for the old court house. Subse- quently he was a farmer of Haverhill, where he d. Feb. 18, 1883. He m. March 18, 1832, Mary Ann Sinnot, b. Saco, Me., Sept. 10, 1809 dau. of William Sinnot. She d. Oct. 6, 1858.
i. CHARLES W., b. March 1, 1833. d. Sept. 10, 1836.
ii. INFANT, b. April 20, 1835. d. May 5, 1835.
iii. SARAH M., b. June 6, 1838. m. July 9, 1855, Charles T. Collins. Three children : (1) Lena Emma, b. Feb. 1, 1869. m. - Brooks. m. second, Nahum W. French, lumberman, of Haverhill. (2) Leander A., b. Sept. 25, 1871, a farmer of Benton. (3) Charles P., b. April 21, 1877. m. June 30, 1896, Grace May Mann. He is a blacksmith, Pike Station, Haverhill.
iv. AMos M., b. Oct. 24, 1839. m. March 20, 1867, Lucetta S. Tyler. Res. Haverhill. (1) Alvin D., b. Nov. 16, 1869. (2) Wilbur F., b. Nov. 7, 1870. (3) Susie D., b. Oct. 4, 1873.
v. HANNAH C., b. Sept. 29, 1842. d. Sept. 10, 1843.
vi. CLIFTON P., b. June 5, 1844. m. Dec. 2, 1880, Zorina Copp. Res. Shabbona, Mich.
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vii. FRANKLIN E., b. March 7, 1845. d. March 23, 1847.
viii. EZRA T., b. Oct. 25, 1848. m. Oct. 25, 1871, Jane A. Bishop. He d. August 3, 1886.
18. ASHER PIKE, son of Perley 11, b. May 19, 1808. Was a brick- maker of Haverhill, and a farmer in Watertown, Mass., and later in Woodstock, Conn., where he d. June 3, 1862. He m. in Boston, May 29, 1843, Huldah (Jewett) Freethy, who d. June 30, 1852. He m. second, May 23, 1853, Rhoda S. Clark, who d. Nov. 30, 1853. He m. third, Feb. 11, 1855, Maria Clark, a sister of second wife, who d. Dec. 18, 1876.
i. GEORGE DALLAS, b. August 23, 1844, 11th Conn. Infantry. He d. in the service, Jan. 4, 1863.
ii. MARY ELLA, b. Oct. 9, 1847. Res. Woodstock, Conn.
iii. HATTIE ARABELLA, b. August 14, 1849. m. Sept. 4, 1879, John Cotton Stackpole, who d. by a railroad accident, Chester, Mass., August 3, 1893.
iv. CHARLES ELBRIDGE, b. June 7, 1852. m. May 25, 1875, Julia Emma Wheelock. He is a machinist and plumber, Woodstock, Conn.
19. JONATHAN ROBBINS PIKE, son of Perley 11, b. June 16, 1819. m. August 25, 1847, Sarah A. K. Gordon, of New Hampton, who had been a school teacher in Plymouth. They res. several years in Collinsville, Conn., and removed, 1852, to New Hampton, where he was a merchant and farmer. He d. Oct. 16, 1895. Mrs. Pike res. in New Hampton. No children ; one by adoption.
i. ELLA E., d. May 17, 18 -.
20. JACOB PIKE, son of Perley 11, b. March 30, 1827. He was an early emigrant to Kansas, and has res. many years in Lawrence. He m. at Wilmot, Sept. 30, 1848, Mary Ann Grover. Three children.
i. LIZZIE, b. Jan., 1852. d. April, 1854.
ii. ADDIE FRANCES, b. Oct. 31, 1854. m. June 17, 1772, Francis C. Burbank. Res. near Stanstead, P. Q.
iii. FRED AUGUSTUS, b. Dec. 29, 1856.
PILLSBURY.
1. LIEUT. DANIEL PILLSBURY, son of Joshua and Rebecca (Witham) Pillsbury, b. Boscawen, April 15, 1765. The lineage is Lieut. Daniel 6, Joshua 5, Joshua 4, Daniel 3, Job2, William1. Lieut. Daniel
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m. Feb. 5, 1788, Eunice Thurlow, b. Newburyport, April 5, 1765. He lived in Boscawen, where he d. Dec. 8, 1844. She d. Oct. 27, 1847. Eleven children.
2. DANIEL PILLSBURY, son of Lieut. Daniel 1, b. Boscawen, March 20, 1789. m. Nov. 26, 1812, Dorothy Searles, of Hill, who d. June 4, 1819. He m. second, Nov. 9, 1820, Betsey Burleigh, of Franklin. He removed from Boscawen to Plymouth, 1825, and from Plymouth to Campton, 1836. In Campton he was a farmer, and conducted a lumber mill and a grist mill. He subsequently removed to Newbury- port, Mass., where he d. Jan. 19, 1872. His wife Betsey d. Sept. 19, 1868. Two children by first and three by second marriage.
i. ELVIRA D., b. June 25, 1815. d. August 3, 1824.
ii. MELVIN, b. July 11, 1818. m. May 2, 1839, Mary J. Craig, who d. April 13, 1854. He m. second, March 6, 1868, Mary H. Darling. He was a machinist, living in Newburyport, Mass.
iii. MARY ANN, b. Sept. 10, 1821. d. Jan. 2, 1834.
iv. JOSEPH B., b. June 19, 1823. d. Dec. 23, 1833.
v. BENJAMIN D., b. Oct. 25, 1824. m. 1848, Maria Chandler. He was a clergyman and presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, res. several years in Middletown, Conn.
PILLSBURY.
1. ALVA SMITH PILLSBURY, b. Haverhill, 1844. Has lived in Ply- mouth since 1868. He is a farmer at West Plymouth. He m. 1876, Martha Jane Draper, dau. of Reuben Draper (see). She d. Jan. 29, 1903. Two children.
i. EVA BLANCHE, b. Feb. 18, 1880. d. Jan. 1, 1895.
ii. ALVA MOSES, b. Nov. 6, 1884.
PLUMMER.
1. HENRY PLUMMER was a wheelwright and lived in Plymouth from 1868 to 1873. He m. Elizabeth Tucker, of Campton; m. second Mahala Gilman, of Bristol. m. third, 1868, Florilla A. Young, dau. of Thomas Jefferson Young (see). She res. a widow, in Plymouth. Three children by first, one by second, and two by third marriage.
i. MARY ANN. d. in Campton.
ii. ELIZABETH JANE. m. - Gilman, of Moultonborough.
iii. FRANK H. Taxed in Plymouth, 1870.
iv. JULIETTE. Res. New Jersey.
v. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Feb. 26, 1869. unm. Res. Campton.
vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. May 13, 1871. m. Lillian Cushing. He
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res. Ashland. (1) Arthur Henry, b. Oct. 5, 1894. (2) Flora May, b. Jan., 1896. (3) Katherine Abbie.
POLICE.
1. GASPER POLICE, son of John, b. Metti, Italy, April 20, 1856. Came to America, 1882, locating in Concord. He removed to Ply- mouth, 1890. He is a dealer in fruit, foreign and domestic, and has a commodious salesroom on Main Street. For several years he had a salesroom in Boston, and of late he has had branch stores in Berlin and Woodsville. He m. in Italy, 1881, Sartori Dominisa, who d. 1883. While visiting his native land he m. second, June 26, 1888, Moruzzia Guiditta, b. Pozzolo, Italy, April 15, 1868.
i. JOHN, b. Metti, Italy, April 12, 1882. Now in business with his father, in Plymouth.
ii. GUIGLIO, b. July, 1883. d. Feb., 1884.
iii. GUIGLIO, b. Jan. 21, 1889.
iv. VENUTO, b. June 24, 1891.
v. AvA, b. May 5, 1897.
vi. CHARLES, b. June 29, 1899.
PORTER.
1. JOHN PORTER, emigrant ancestor, b. Dorset, England, 1596. Came to Hingham, Mass., 1635. He was a constable, 1641, and deputy to the General Court, 1644. He removed to Salem about 1645, where he d. 1676. The name of his wife was Mary. Eight children.
2. SAMUEL PORTER, son of John1, b. about 1635. Lived in Wenham, Mass., and there owned a house and considerable land. He was a mariner and " being bound to the Barbadoes " he made a will dated Feb. 10, 1658. He d. very soon after the date of the will. He m. Hannah Dodge, dau. of William Dodge, of Wenham. She m. second, Dec. 2, 1661, Thomas Woodbury, of Beverly, Mass.
3. JOHN PORTER, son and only child, of Samuel 2, b. 1658. In- herited the farm of his father. He m. Lydia Herrick, b. 1661, dau. of Henry Herrick, of Beverly, Mass. He was a farmer and a malt- ster, and was prosperous and respected; moderator, several years, representative, 1712, 1724, 1726. He d. March 8, 1753. She d. Feb. 12, 1737. Eleven children.
4. NEHEMIAH PORTER, son of John 3, b. Wenham, Mass., 1692. Was a weaver. He lived in Wenham and in Ipswich. He m. Hannah Smith, dau. of Hazadiah Smith, of Beverly. He d. 1784.
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5. SAMUEL PORTER, son of Nehemiah 4, b. 1723. Lived in Boxford. He m. Sarah -. He d., leaving three children, May 10, 1750.
6. JOHN PORTER, son of Samuel 5, b. Boxford, Mass., March 10, 1747/8. Harvard University, 1767. He read for medicine, and settled in Holderness as a physician. He removed to Plymouth, 1780, and having read law with Samuel Livermore, he was admitted to the bar at the spring term, 1784. Through life he was often called Dr. Porter, and on the early tax-lists in recognition of his professions he is styled " Dr. John Porter, Esq." He was a man of learning and ability, and successfully labored in his office and in the courts about thirty years. He d. Feb. 13, 1813. (See Vol. I. ) He m. 1767 in- tentions in Boxford, Mass., 1767, Sarah Martyn, a relative of Elizabeth (Martyn) Cushing, the wife of Rev. John Cushing, of Box- ford, Mass. Mrs. Porter was a woman of refinement and culture and many traditions of her attainments are current in Plymouth. She published a small volume of verse of merit, which bears the following title-page : "The | Royal Penitent | In three parts | To which is added | David's Lamentation | over | Saul and Jonathan. | By Mrs. Sarah Porter | Of Plymouth in New Hampshire | Printed at Newburyport | By G. J. Osborne | Market Square." The title-page bears no date of imprint. The only copy of which I have knowledge is one of the treasures of the library of J. Eastman Pecker, of Concord. Mrs. Porter d. at the home of her eldest dau., Mrs. Paine, at Williamstown, Vt., in Dec., 1831.
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