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6. MOSES LITTLE, son of George 1, b. Newbury, March 11, 1657. Lived in Newbury. He m. Lydia Coffin, dau. of Tristram Coffin, Jr. Her mother was Judith Greenleaf, b. Sept. 2, 1625, dau. of Edmund and Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf. She m. Henry Somerby, and m. second, March 2, 1752/3, Tristram Coffin, son of Tristram Coffin the emigrant ancestor. Moses Little d. March 8, 1691.
7. TRISTRAM LITTLE, son of Moses 6, b. Newbury, Dec. 9, 1681. m. Oct. 30, 1707, Sarah Dole, b. Feb. 12, 1690, dau. of Henry and Sarah (Brocklebank) Dole, of Newbury. He was a farmer, and the house he erected on the paternal estate is preserved.
8. ENOCH LITTLE, son of Tristram, b. Newbury, May 21, 1728. m. Feb. 19, 1755, Sarah Pettingill, who d. March 10, 1758; m. second, June 5, 1759, Hannah Hovey. He removed to Hampstead, 1766, and to Boscawen, 1774, where he d. Oct. 21, 1816. She d. March 15, 1801. (See Coffin's " Boscawen.")
9. NOAH LITTLE, son of Enoch 8, b. Nov. 1, 1765. m. Asenath Elliot. He lived several years in Boscawen, and later in Warner. His wife d. June 8, 1808. He d. Cass County, Mich., August 14, 1837.
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10. JOHN LITTLE, son of Noah 9, b. Boscawen, March 19, 1788. m. Sept. 23, 1814, Nancy Hoyt, b. Sanbornton, May 13, 1797, dau. of Bernard and Mary (Nichols) Hoyt. He was a hatter and lived in Sanbornton, in Plymouth one year, 1823, and in Meredith, where he d. Sept. 11, 1832. Seven children.
11. GEORGE WASHINGTON LITTLE, son of John 10, b. Feb. 24, 1830. In childhood he had a home with his maternal grandfather in San- bornton, and was employed three or four years in the Eagle Coffee House standing on the site of the Eagle Hotel, in Concord. In 1849 he was a brakeman on freight from Concord to Meredith and trans- ferred as brakeman and baggage-master on passenger trains, running on the first train into Plymouth. He was conductor, Concord to Ply- mouth, ten years, beginning 1852, and was United States mail agent thirteen years, leaving the service, 1879. In Plymouth he has been interested in livery and stage lines, and has been collector of taxes and supervisor. He m. Nov. 29, 1854, Helen Henrietta Holden, b. Jan. 24, 1835, dau. of Adams M. Holden, of Rumney. She d. Sept. 11, 1898.
i. MELZENA ELIZA, b. August 17, 1856. m. Oct. 16, 1883, Henry S. Arris. He was a barber in Plymouth, 1882-1892, now res. Roxbury, Mass. Two children b. Plymouth : (1) Metta Ottilie, b. Sept. 23, 1884. Plymouth High School, 1902. (2) Murray Prince, b. Oct. 14, 1886.
LIVERMORE.
1. JOHN LIVERMORE, American ancestor, of a numerous family, m. in England, Grace Sherman, dau. of Edmund and Grace (Makin) Sherman, of Dedham, England, and came to New England, 1634. He settled in Watertown, Mass., and was admitted freeman, 1635. Sub- sequently he lived in New Haven, Conn., several years, returning to Watertown about 1652. He was a prominent citizen and a select- man of New Haven and of Watertown. He d. April 14, 1684. She d. Jan. 14, 1690. Ten children.
2. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, son of John 1, b. New Haven, Conn., May 11, 1640. m. June 4, 1668, Anna Bridge, dau. of Matthew and Anna (Danforth) Bridge. He owned a grist mill, and was a maltster of Watertown; freeman, 1671; selectman, 1684 and 1690. He d. Dec. 5, 1690. She m. second, Oliver Wellington. She d. August 28, 1727. Twelve children. Their son Samuel was the father of Matthew.
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Livermore, Harvard University, 1722, a distinguished lawyer of Ports- mouth, and attorney-general of the province.
3. JONATHAN LIVERMORE, son of Samuel2, b. Watertown, April 19, 1678. m. Nov. 23, 1699, Rebecca Barnes. He was a tanner of Watertown, where he d. Nov. 8, 1705. She d. Dec. 9, 1765, aged 85.
4. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, son of Jonathan 3, b. March 14, 1702. m. Nov. 10, 1726, Hannah Brown, b. Jan. 22, 1707, dau. of William and Hannah (Pease) Brown, of Watertown. He lived in Waltham, Mass., and was a town clerk and selectman twenty-two years ; representative eighteen years, town treasurer, and a deacon. His wife Hannah, the mother of all his children, d. Nov. 2, 1762, and he subsequently married three wives. He d. August 7, 1773. Nine children, of whom three sons graduated at Nassau Hall, Princeton.
5. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, son of Samuel 4, b. Waltham, Mass., May 15, 1732. Nassau Hall, 1752. He was admitted to the bar, 1756, and was a distinguished lawyer at Portsmouth, Londonderry, and Holderness. On account of the imperfect and incompleted surveys of the towns, there was a great amount of litigation over conflicting titles. In such and other cases Mr. Livermore was constantly employed, and in several suits conducted by the joint grantees of a township he was paid in land. He acquired other tracts by purchase, and at one time he owned several rights in the propriety of Plymouth, and many acres of divided land. He never lived in Plymouth, and none of the family had a legal residence in this town, but he was counsel of the propri- etors and of many of the citizens of the town. He was a potent factor in public affairs. He was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, 1782-1790, delegate from New Hampshire in the Con- tinental Congress, representative in the Federal Congress, and United States Senator. He m. in Portsmouth, Sept. 22, 1759, Jane Brown, b. 1734, dau. of Rev. Arthur and Mary (Cox) Brown. He d. May 18, 1803. She d. Feb. 2, 1802. Two children b. in Portsmouth and three in Londonderry.
i. GEORGE WILLIAMSON, b. June 28, 1760. d. 1763.
6. ii. EDWARD ST. LOE, b. April 5, 1762.
iii. GEORGE WILLIAMSON, b. April 7, 1764. At eighteen years of age was appointed clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Grafton County, which position he filled from 1782 to 1804. He d. unm. 1805.
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7. iv. ARTHUR, b. July 29, 1766.
v. ELIZABETH, b. Sept., 1768. m. in Boston, Nov. 17, 1787, Dea. William Brown, b. Waltham, Mass., Jan. 22, 1749, son of Josiah and Hannah (Flagg) Brown. IIe was a representative and senator, a prominent merchant of Boston, and a deacon of IIollis Street Church. She d. Nov. 20, 1795. Ile d. July 2, 1816. Three children : (1) Samuel Livermore, d. young. (2) George, d. young. (3) Samuel Livermore, b. 1795. m. 1819, Phebe Craig.
6. EDWARD ST. LOE LIVERMORE, son of Samuel 5, b. Portsmouth, April 5, 1762. Was educated at home and completed the study of law in the office of Theophilus Parsons, of Newburyport, Mass., and en- tered upon his profession at Concord, 1783, and about 1790 removed to Portsmouth. He was solicitor, Rockingham Co., 1791-1793, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1791; United States District Attorney, 1794-1797 ; Justice of the Superior Court of Judi- cature, 1797-1799; naval officer for the port of Portsmouth, 1798- 1802. He removed to Newburyport, Mass., 1802, and was a member of the legislature, and a representative in Congress, 1807-1811. He removed to Boston, 1811, and to Zanesville, Ohio, 1816. He returned to Massachusetts, and settled in Tewksbury, now a part of Lowell, where he d. Sept. 15, 1832. He was an able lawyer, and a cultured man of unusual ability. He m. August 7, 1784, Mehitable Harris, b. Dec. 30, 1764, dau. of Robert and Mehitable (Rogers) Harris, of Concord. She d. Jan. 30, 1793; m. second, May 2, 1799, Sarah Creese Stackpole, of Boston. She d. Oct. 4, 1859. Five children by the first and eleven by the second marriage.
7. ARTHUR LIVERMORE, son of Samuel 5, b. Londonderry, July 29, 1766. Was a distinguished lawyer and jurist of New Hampshire. He studied law with his brother Edward, and opened an office in Concord, 1792, and removed the following year to Chester. He was a repre- sentative, 1794 and 1795, solicitor, Rockingham Co., Dec. 6, 1796, to June 20, 1798. He removed to Holderness, 1799, having been appointed to the bench. He was Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, Dec. 21, 1798, to Dec. 19, 1809, and Chief Justice, Dec. 19, 1809, to June, 1813. Upon the reorganization of the courts, in 1813, he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, and was continued in this service until the courts were again reorganized in June, 1816. He was a presidential elector, 1800. He was elected to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Eighteenth Congresses, serving from 1817 to 1821 and 1823 to 1825. State
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senator, 1821 and 1822. He was appointed judge of probate, Graf- ton Co., 1822, but resigned upon his third election to Congress. He was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas from Jan. 27, 1825, to Dec. 29, 1832. In 1827 he sold the Livermore farm in Holderness and removed to Campton. To his new home he gave the name of " Craigie Burn," and here he passed the remaining years of a life memorable in honors and crowned with usefulness. He was a trustee of Holmes Plymouth Academy, 1808-1826. He m. in Haverhill, March 27, 1810, Louisa Bliss, b. 1791, dau. of Joseph and Nancy (Cooke) Bliss. He d. July 1, 1853. She d. Feb. 28, 1871. Eight children.
i. ARTHUR, b. Jan. 7, 1811. Dartmouth College, 1829. Admitted to the bar, 1833. Practised in Gilmanton, now Belmont, and in Lowell, Mass., until 1839, when he removed to Bath, where he was a popular and esteemned lawyer twenty years. He removed to Lowell and was appointed by President Johnson a consul to Londonderry, Ireland, which office he held many years. IIe is res. in Southport, England. Mr. Livermore is a man of unusual culture and his official papers and correspondence are models of diction and felicity of expression. Ile m. June 1, 1853, Kate Prince, born Chester Co., England, April 13, 1820. One child: (1) Susannah Plumridge, b. Bath, April 5, 1855.
ii. GEORGE, b. August 10, 1812. Dartmouth College, 1830. Read law with Ira Perley, of Concord, and practised in New York until 1843. IIe d. in Concord, June 4, 1891.
iii. EDWARD, b. March 18, 1815. Dartmouth College, 1833. Episcopal clergyman, a member of the ecclesiastical court and one of the rural deans of the diocese. Ile officiated in several places and after 1860 in Minnesota. He d. Kenosha, Wis., May 28, 1886. He was twice married. Six children.
iv. SAMUEL, b. May 19, 1817. Graduated Phillips Exeter Academy and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He d. June 14, 1838. Perished at sea in the wreck of the steamer Pulaski.
v. LOUISA, b. Dec. 23, 1819. m. in Campton, April 15, 1850, James Kingman Ford and lived in Brooklyn, N. Y., where she d. March 30, 1865. Four children.
vi. CAROLINE, b. July 15, 1822. d. unm. 1867.
vii. HORACE, b. March 1, 1829. d. June 25, 1838.
viii. HEBER, b. April 22, 1832. A merchant of St. Louis, Mo. He m. Margaret Boteler, who d. 1867. Two children.
LONG.
1. SAMUEL LONG, son of Samuel and Mary (Clement) Long, b. Hop- kinton, Oct. 4, 1803. Dartmouth College, 1824; Dartmouth Medical
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School, 1829. He practised his profession two years in Hopkinton, Mass., removing to Plymouth, 1832. He was an eminent physician in this town twenty-five years. (Sec Vol. I.) As a townsman he was held in high esteem, and as a neighbor and friend he was beloved and respected. He m. Sept. 15, 1835, Julia Ann Russell, dau. of Moor Russell (see). She d. April 15, 1850. He m. second, Sept. 13, 1854, Sarah Ann Joy, dau. of James Joy, of Holderness. She d. Oct. 23, 1855. He d. Nov. 28, 1857. Three of the four children of Dr. Samuel and Julia Ann (Russell) Long d. in infancy.
i. MARY CLEMENT, b. August 15, 1836. m. Nov. 21, 1869, Henry S. Bracken, of Milwaukee, Wis.
LOUGEE.
1. ABNER H. LOUGEE, b. Stewartstown, Feb. 11, 1822. m. Ply- mouth, Dec. 9, 1843, Mary C. Blake, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Calley) Blake, of Thornton. Fourteenth N. H. Infantry. He lived many years in Campton. Taxed Plymouth, 1884-1893. He d. Sept. 9, 1894. 2. HENRY H. LOUGEE, son of Abner H1. He was a painter and lived in Plymouth, 1869-1884. He had children, Lucy, Edwin, Frank, and Etta. d. Campton, 1901. Fifth N. H. Infantry and 17th Vt. Infantry.
3. FRANK C. LOUGEE, son of Abner H.1, b. Campton, August 10, 1853. He was employed in the express, and later in the railroad office, and res. in Plymouth, 1872-1887. Town clerk, 1878, 1879. He removed to Council Bluffs, Ia., 1887. He is director and vice- president of the Commercial National Bank, and Treasurer of the United States Mining and Milling Co. He m. April 17, 1879, Mary Priscilla Davis, b. Bath, August 2, 1857, dau. of Joseph A. and Par- thena Davis, a graduate of State Normal School, 1877.
i. FRANCES H., b. Dec. 27, 1882. d. Nov. 16, 1889.
LOUGEE.
1. CHARLES FRANKLIN LOUGEE m. Clara Ann Lougee, dau. of Chase and Elvira (Willey) Lougee. He res. in Gilmanton, where he d. She in. second Livingston David Fogg (see).
i. MARY ALBERTA, b. Oct. 14, 1871. m. Jan. 4, 1890, Louis M. Durand, a painter. Res. Plymouth. (1) Otto Louis, b. August 12, 1891. (2) Leo D., b. Dec. 15, 1893. (3) Herman Freeman, b. May 5, 1895.
i. ALBERT HERMAN, b. March 29, 1875. m. Oct. 15, 1898, Stella Davis. Res. Ashland.
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iii. FRANK FREEMAN, b. August 27, 1878.
iv. NELLIE FLORENCE, b. Nov. 13, 1880.
LOVEJOY.
1. JOHN LOVEJOY, emigrant ancestor, settled in Andover, Mass., and was one of the twelve foundation members of the church. He m. Jan. 1, 1651, Mary Osgood, b. 1633, dau. of Christopher and Mary (Everett) Osgood. She d. July 15, 1675; he m. second, March 23, 1677/8, Naomi Hoyt, b. Jan. 23, 1654/5, dau. of Sergeant John Hoyt, of Salisbury. He d. Nov. 7, 1690, aged 69 years.
2. CHRISTOPHER LOVEJOY, son of John 1, b. Andover, Mass., March 1, 1661. m. Dec. 26, 1685, Sarah Russ, b. Feb. 3, 1668, dau. of John and Deborah (Osgood) Russ. He d. 1737.
3. JONATHAN LOVEJOY, son of Christopher 2, b. Andover, Mass. m. Dec. 23, 1717, Elizabeth Phelps, b. Sept. 6, 1698, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Chandler) Phelps.
4. JONATHAN LOVEJOY, son of Jonathan 3, b. Andover, Mass., July, 1719. m. April 20, 1743, Mary Austin, b. April 7, 1719, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Stevens) Austin. They removed from Andover, Mass., to Hollis. Of their nine sons one d. in infancy, and six of the eight remaining served in the Revolution.
5. PHINEAS LOVEJOY, son of Jonathan 4, b. Hollis, Nov. 23, 1744, settled in Plymouth. He m. April 14, 1767, Sarah Hobart, dau. of Col. David Hobart (see). In the record of marriage they are styled " both of Plymouth." He d. 1777. His will was probated Jan. 13, 1778. She m. second, April 9, 1778, Joel Taylor (see).
i. SALLY, b. Nov. 26, 1767. m. Nathaniel Emerson (see). m. second Matthew Ramsay (see).
ii. PHINEAS, b. Nov. 1, 1769. d. 1788.
iii. MARY. d. young.
6. JACOB LOVEJOY, son of Jonathan 4, b. Hollis, Feb. 17, 1752. m. in Hollis, Feb. 16, 1773, Elizabeth Baxter and settled in the part of Cockermouth now Hebron. He was a soldier in Capt. John House's company, Col. Baldwin's regiment, 1776. His dau. Betsey m. Jona- than Hull (see).
7. ABIAL LOVEJOY, son of Jonathan 4, b. Hollis, August 3, 1756. Came to Plymouth, 1778. m. in Plymouth, Feb. 26, 1778, Mary Hobart, dau. of Gershom Hobart (see). He d. 1784. Administra- tion, Nov. 17, 1784. Three minor children are named. (1) Abial. (2) Betsey. (3) Alephia.
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8. NATHAN LOVEJOY, son of - -, and grandson of Jonathan 4, b. Hebron, Dec. 1, 1783. m. Sarah Blackey, of Centre Harbor. He came to Plymouth, 1805, and lived at Lower Intervale. He con- structed the basin holding the pure water of the well known as Crystal Spring and planted the willows near by. He d. Feb. 12, 1844.
i. CHARLES. He was fatally scalded when a young child.
ii. SARAH GRACE, b. May 5, 1810. m. Ephraim Worthen (see).
iii. LEONARD. Ile was a sailor. He wrote his mother from Boston, that he was embarking for China as the captain of a sailing, vessel. No later tidings.
iv. CHARLES. IIe was a sailor and is supposed to have d. at sea.
v. ELMIRA. d. July 1, 1838.
vi. JOHN.
vii. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 1826. Lived in Plymouth until 1851 and later in Holderness. Sixth N. II. Infantry ; discharged March 9, 1863; 1st N. H. Cavalry March 24, 1864, to May 25, 1865.
LOWD.
1. GEORGE LOWD, b. 1776. m. Betsey Merrill, dau. of James Mer- rill, of Campton. They lived in Holderness many years, where Mrs. Lowd d. Oct. 19, 1858, and subsequently he lived with his son in Plymouth. He d. Sept. 17, 1867.
i. JOSEPH MERRILL. m. Nov. 7, 1828, Mary Ellen Willoughby, dau. of Abner Willoughby (see). Lived in Holderness. He d. August 4, 1862. She d. Nov. 4, 1868. (1) Edward Bucher, b. May 10, 1830. (2) Harriet Winslow, b. August 20, 1833. (3) Mary Ellen, b. Feb. 10, 1838. m. William H. Tupper (see). (4) John Wil- loughby, b. May 12, 1841. (5) Frances Elizabeth, b. August 22, 1848.
ii. REBECCA, b. 1806. m. N. P. Smith. d. April 12, 1850.
iii. ELIZA, b. Sept. 15, 1807. m. Stephen Corliss (see).
iv. JOHN. m. Betsey Heath, dau. of Daniel Heath (see). She d. June 8, 1871. He lived in Plymouth, 1852-1864. He was lame.
v. MARY, b. 1810. res. much of her life in Plymouth. unm. d. Dec. 5,1885.
vi. GEORGE. res. in Massachusetts.
vii. NANCY RUSSELL. m. Baxter Gregory, of Lynn, Mass.
viii. CATHERINE RUSSELL. m. William Gregory. m. second, William Colston. res. California.
ix. JAMES. d. July 12, 1875.
X. SARAH HOWARD, b. April 9, 1819. m. John B. Davidson (see).
xi. WILLIAM. Lived in Maine. Soldier in Civil War and d. in the service.
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LUCAS.
1. THOMAS LUCAS, probably from Pembroke. Came to Plymouth, 1770. He was a selectman, 1774, 1775, and a member of the com- mittee of safety, 1775. He served eight months, 1776, in Capt. Everett's company, Col. Bedel's regiment. He was a capable man, and worthy of a more extended notice. He m. in Plymouth, Sept. 9, 1772, Elizabeth Dearborn, b. 1743, dau. of Benjamin Dearborn (see). He was taxed in Plymouth until 1780. He d. Jan. 1, 1812. The record of his death is found in the records of the Baptist church in Rumney.
LUFKIN.
1. AMOS C. LUFKIN, son of John, b. Bradford, Vt., July 20, 1818. He was proprietor of the Craigue's medicines. He m. Rosella Cook. d. Bradford, Vt., May 16, 1862. She m. second, Gilman Marsh (see).
2. HIRAM COOK LUFKIN, b. Bradford, Vt., June 30, 1850. He came to Plymouth, 1874, but has lived a few years in Rummey, 1882- 1895. He is a carpenter. He formerly carried the mail to and from West Plymouth post-office. His buildings at West Plymouth were burned, 1901. He m. 1869, Mary L. Perkins. m. second, Oct. 5, 1885, Mary J. (Barrett) McIntosh, dau. of Hamilton A. Barrett (see) and widow of Frederick S. McIntosh.
i. HIRAM C., b. Dec. 4, 1870. d. April, 1873.
ii. HARRY C., b. June 12, 1874. m. Oct. 4, 1900, Winifred May Heath, b. Feb. 12, 1866, dau. of Charles B. and Mary Josephine (Adams) Heath, of Bristol. Res. Manchester.
LUND.
1. THOMAS LUND was an early settler and a selectman of Dun- stable. His children were Thomas, Elizabeth, and William.
2. THOMAS LUND, son of Thomas1, b. Dunstable, Sept. 9, 1682. m. Jan. 16, 1711/12, Elizabeth Taylor, of Concord, Mass. He was a soldier in the Indian wars and subsequently was killed by the Indians at Dunstable, Sept. 5, 1724.
3. EPHRAIM LUND, son of Thomas 2, b. Dunstable, August 3, 1720. He lived until 1765 in Dunstable. He was a constable, 1748. He built the first mill in Plymouth, and was town clerk and selectman, 1767. The name of his wife was Rachel. The record of five chil- dren is found at Nashua. He removed from this town, 1770, when he removed to Wentworth.
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i. RACHEL, b. August 29, 1743.
ii. EPHRAIM, b. August 25, 1745. Lived in Warren.
iii. STEPHEN, b. July 1, 1751. Lived in Warren. Soldier in the Rev- olution and pensioner. He was living in Warren, 1840.
iv. JOSEPHI, b. August 28, 1754. Lived in Warren. d. 1843.
v. NOADIAII, b. March 20, 1757. Served in Col. Bedel's regiment, 1776.
LUNDERVILLE.
1. ISADORE NELSON LUNDERVILLE, son of Matthias and Huldah J. (Chamberlain) Lunderville, b. Enosburg, Vt., August 7, 1870. Edu- cated in Enosburg High School and Norwich University, 1887-1889. He was clerk for D. B. Keniston, 1890-1899, and was travelling sales- man for a New York clothing house ; now clerk, Bailey & Co., Little- ton. He m. Jan. 18, 1898, Delia Simpson Phillips, b. Littleton, Feb. 7, 1872, dau. of Lemuel N. and Priscilla (Simpson) Phillips. Grad- uated Littleton High School 1890.
i. GLENNA, b. June 20, 1899.
ii. DORIS, b. June 17, 1902.
MARCH.
1. JOSEPH MARCH, son of Stephen, b. Derryfield, now Manchester, about 1770. He m. March 1, 1792, Betsey Gookin, b. Sept. 14, 1772, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Clark) Gookin, of Boscawen. He lived in Boscawen.
i. MARY, b. Oct. 27, 1792. m. Sumner Haines.
ii .. JOHN, b. Jan. 27, 1795. m. Lois Jewett, dau. of Jonathan Jewett (see).
iii. PELATIAH, b. Oct. 13, 1797. m. Mary Blood. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1842, 1843.
iv. PHINETTA, b. June 2, 1801. unm.
MARDEN.
1. ISRAEL MARDEN, son of Israel and Sally (Dowst) Marden. m. Rachel Ham and lived in Allenstown. He was a town officer and a representative.
2. HARRISON BROWN MARDEN, son of Israel 1, b. Allenstown, August 9, 1820. Early in life he drove stages from Dover to Concord and later from Concord to Plymouth. After the completion of the railroad he drove from Plymouth through the Pemigewasset valley, living in this town after 1861. He was well known and popular.
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He m. May 16, 1846, Dollie Annette Gove, dau. of Winthrop and Nancy (Haines) Gove. He d. Nov. 3, 1896. She d. Feb. 18, 1901.
3. CHARLES HENRY MARDEN, only son of Harrison B.2, b. Wentworth, Jan. 21, 1849. He has been an efficient and popular manager of several of the best known hotels in New Hampshire and elsewhere. He m. Oct. 23, 1879, Annie Blanche Farnsworth, dau. of Charles Henry and Ann E. C. (Webster) Farnsworth. (See Webster Register.) Five children.
i. HARRISON GREENLEAF, b. Sept. 11, 1880. d. Jan. 12, 1882.
ii. PAUL FARNSWORTH, b. Oct. 20, 1882. Res. Plymouth.
iii. PAULINE, b. August 12, 1886.
iv. PHYLLIS, b. Sept. 17, 1890.
v. HAROLD WEBSTER, b. July 1, 1897.
MARSH.
1. GEORGE MARSII, from Hingham, England, came to New Eng- land with Rev. Peter Hobart and his company, and settled in Hingham, Mass., 1635. He was made freeman, 1636, and d. July 2, 1647. His widow, Elizabeth, m. second, 1648, Richard Bowen.
2. ONESIPHORUS, one of the four children of George and Elizabeth Marsh, was born in England, 1630. m. in Hingham, Feb. 6, 1654 /5, Hannah Cutler, dau. of John and Mary Cutler. Freeman, 1672. He removed to Haverhill, Mass., where he was prominent in town affairs. Hannah, his wife, d. March 17, 1686. He m. second, Oct. 29, 1686, Elizabeth (Parrot) Worcester, b. March 3, 1640, dau. of Francis Parrot, of Rowley, and widow of Samuel Worcester, of Bradford. She d. May 9, 1690. He m. third, Mrs. Sarah Wallingford. He d. May 15, 1713, aged 83. Seven children.
3. ONESIPHORUS MARSH, son of Onesiphorus2, b. Hingham, Nov. 5,1655. m. Dec. 8, 1685, Sarah Ladd, b. Nov. 4, 1657, dau. of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, Mass. About 1711 he removed from Haverhill to Hudson, N. H., where he d. about 1732. Six children.
4. ONESIPHORUS MARSH, son of Onesiphorus 3, b. Nov. 15, 1686. Lived in Dracut, Mass., and in Hudson, N. H. He was married and had two sons, but a full record is not available.
5. ONESIPHORUS MARSII, son Onesiphorus4, b. 1720. m. Lydia He settled in Monson, now Milford, N. H., and was associated with the people of Hollis. In 1765 he removed to Ply- mouth, being one of the grantees, or original proprietors of the town-
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ship. He settled on the farm now of Henry H. Whittemore. He was a soldier in Col. David Hobart's battalion, at Bennington. His wife Lydia d. about the time of his removal to this town. He m. second, Dorothy (Blodgett) Thompson, dau. of Joseph Blodgett (see). He d. August 8, 1808. Four children by first and one by second marriage.
6. i. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 14, 1744.
7. ii. JACOB, b. April 17, 1746.
iii. LYDIA, b. Jan. 15, 1750. m. Noah Phillips (see).
iv. MARY, b. August 29, 1752. d. Feb. 15, 1759.
v. SARAH, b. Plymouth, 1769. m. John Rideout (see).
6. SAMUEL MARSH, son Onesiphorus 5, b. Feb. 14, 1744. m. Nov. 30, 1769, Olive Brown, dau. of Lieut. Josiah Brown (see). She d. in Plymouth. He m. second, August 3, 1786, Hannah Worcester, dau. of Dea. Francis Worcester (see). He d. Sept. 19, 1812. His widow Hannah d. Feb. 26, 1830. He came to Plymouth with his father, 1765, and built the first house on the River road. In the Revolution he served, 1776, in Capt. Jeremiah Eames' company, in the defence of the frontiers, and the following year in Capt. Edward Elliott's company, at Bennington. He was a selectman, 1782, and his name receives honorable mention in the annals of the town. Children b. in Plymouth. He d. Sept. 19, 1812. She d. Feb. 26, 1830.
i. POLLY, b. about 1770. m. Winthrop Wells (see).
8. ii. SAMUEL, b. April, 1790. m. Lucy Webber.
iii. JAMES, b. Sept., 1794. Lived in Plymouth until 1830, removed from this town and d. unm. Nov. 3, 1852.
iv. HANNAH, b. Dec., 1796. m. - - Ladd. Lived in Lowell.
9. v. DANIEL, b. April 6, 1799. m. 1825, Aurelia Gould.
7. JACOB MARSH, son of Onesiphorus 5, b. April 17, 1746. m. Dec. 31, 1773, Sarah Phillips, dau. of Amos (see). He lived in Plymouth, where he d. Feb. 23, 1824. She d. March 5, 1824.
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