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3. WILLIAM THORNTON, son of William2, b. 1745. Lived in Thornton, and was a prominent citizen and a town officer. He m. Dorothy Bagley, b. Candia, Nov. 10, 1760, dau. of Jonathan Bagley. He d. Oct. 26, 1814. She m. second, 1819, Stephen Bartlett, of Plymouth (see). Seven children.
4. i. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 13, 1784.
ii. JOHN, b. June 25, 1786.
iii. POLLY, b. April 13, 1788. unm. d. May 31, 1821.
iv. MATTHEW, b. Feb. 8, 1791.
v. NATHAN, b. Sept. 30, 1794.
vi. HANNAH, b. March 27, 1797.
vii. JAMES, b. April 3, 1799.
4. WILLIAM THORNTON, son of William 3, b. Thornton, Jan. 13, 1784. m. Oct. 9, 1805, Mary Bagley, b. 1787, dau. of Winthrop Bagley. She d. Sept. 19, 1822, aged 35. He m. second, May 19, 1823, Harriet Elliot, b. 1798, dau. of Samuel Elliot. He was a town officer and representative, and for many years a justice of the peace. He d. Dec. 22, 1854. Eight children by first and nine by second marriage.
5. WILLIAM THORNTON, son of William 4, b. Thornton, August 16, 1832, owned the paternal estate and lived in Thornton until 1867, when he removed to Campton, where he built a house called "Maple- wood," for the entertainment of summer guests. He removed to
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Plymouth in the autumn of 1876, and lived in this town eight years, when he removed to Somerville, Mass., and there engaged in the wholesale trade in wood. He d. in Somerville, August 4, 1895. He m. Sept. 27, 1859, Emma E. Keniston, b. 1839, dau. of George Washington Keniston (see). She d. Dec. 23, 1866. He m. second, April 23, 1868, Susan Frances Littlefield, dau. of James and Fannie (Blair) Littlefield, who res. in Somerville, Mass. Two children of William and Emma E. (Keniston) Thornton. .
i. WILLIAM ELMER, b. Sept. 24, 1863. d. Dec. 21, 1866.
ii. GEORGE KENISTON, b. Jan. 22, 1865. Lived in Plymouth, 1876-1884. He was an efficient road master of a division of the Boston & Maine system, res. at Woodsville until 1903, and is now master of Eastern Division, res. at Salem, Mass. He m. May 14, 1889, Sarah A. Herron, b. Vanceboro, Me., Oct. 14, 1866. She d. May 21, 1895. He m. second, Dec. 12, 1897, Florence C. Haskell, b. Nov. 14, 1875, of Concord, Mass.
THORNTON.
1. JOSHUA THORNTON, son of Joshua, was b. in Mendon, Mass., Nov. 1, 1763. In his boyhood he lived in Uxbridge, Mass. There is not a record of this family in that town, and I have failed to secure information of his parents. The descendants of Rev. Thomas Thornton of Yarmouth, who d. in Boston, Feb. 15, 1700, aged 93, were quite numerous in Massachusetts, and among them Joshua is a familiar name. When a boy of less than twelve years, Joshua Thornton en- listed in April or May, 1775, for the term of eight months. He was a fifer and served in Capt. Wyman's company, Col. Patterson's regi- ment, in the siege of Boston. In Dec., 1775, or Jan., 1776, in company with the Penniman family, he removed from Uxbridge to Moulton- boro, and in 1777 enlisted into the Continental service under Lieut. Adna Penniman, in Capt. Gray's company, Col. Scammell's regiment. In this service he was a fifer. (See the story of his service in Vol. I.) He was fife major, and was discharged in 1780. At the time of his discharge, the Penniman family, with whom he had a home, had removed from Moultonboro' to Plymouth, and he lived in this town from 1780 to 1805. He taught several terms of school, was a farmer, and for several years he owned an interest in the Blodgett grist-mill. His home was near the residence of Charles H. Fletcher. He was a man of forceful character and of more than average ability. He was a selectman, 1790, 1797, 1798, 1800-1804, and representative,
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1802-1804. He removed, 1805, to Lyman, and was there a justice of the peace and representative. He m. in Plymouth, Nov. 24, 1790, Hannah Nevins, dau. of William Nevins (see). She d. in Lyman, Oct. 2, 1828. He m. second, Feb. 1, 1830, Sarah Converse, b. 1794, dau. of Joel and Betsey (Bixby) Converse, of Lyme. He d. July 27, 1843.
i. ADNA. m. Betsey Moulton, dau. of Jonathan Moulton. He was a farmer of Lyman, where he d. Oct. 13, 1842. She d. Dec. 17, 1885. Six children.
ji. POLLY. m. Nov. 28, 1816, Benjamin Clark, who d. in Landaff, Feb. 26, 1858. Eleven children.
iii. STELLA. m. Pliny Bartlett, a farmer of Lyman. He d. Nov. 25, 1883. She d. Sept. 14, 1870. No children.
iv. WILLIAM. m. Sept. 1, 1836, Betsey Bishop. He d. in Lyman, April 21, 1872. She d. May 10, 1858. Three children .-
THURLOW.
1. RICHARD THURLOW and wife Jane were among the early settlers in Rowley, Mass. They removed from Rowley to Newbury, Mass., 1651. They had sons Thomas and Richard. The name was early written, Thorla, Thorlo, and later generations, with few exceptions, write the name Thurlow.
2. THOMAS THURLOW, son of Richard 1, b. 1632. m. 1670, Judith March, b. Jan. 3, 1653, dau. of Hugh March, of Newbury. He d. June 23, 1713.
3. GEORGE THURLOW, son of Thomas 2, b. March 12, 1671. d. Jan. 17, 1714. His wife was Mary.
4. GEORGE THURLOW, son of George 3, b. June 5, 1704. m. May 25, 1726, Elizabeth Hale, b. April 9, 1705, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Moody) Hale, of Newbury.
5. MOSES THURLOW, son of George 4 and Elizabeth (Hale) Thurlow, b. July 12, 1735. m. August 5, 1756, Sarah Jewett, dau. of Samuel and Jemima (Chute) Jewett. He lived in the part of Rowley, Mass., included in Byfield Parish. Four of his five children were baptized at the Byfield church. In 1765 he removed from Rowley to Fitchburg, Mass., where his fifth child was born, and his name is frequently met in the records of the latter town. He was surveyor of highways, 1766, and Sept. 19, 1768, he was chosen one of a committee to provide schoolmasters and places convenient to keep the schools, and Nov. 1, 1771, he was chosen one of a committee "to make a plan of the pew
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ground in the galleries" of the new church edifice. He was in Ply- mouth early in 1782, and here lived until he died. He lived on the hill road to Lower Intervale, and was an intelligent, respected inan.
i. ELIZABETH, b. August 11, 1757. m. Ebenezer Clough, who d. May 19, 1781. m. second, in Plymouth, Nov. 25, 1785, Jonathan Bur- bank, son of Gershom Burbank, of Campton.
ii. SARAH, b. Sept. 4, 1759.
iii MOSES, b. Oct. 1, 1763. d. Fitchburg, Mass., April 17, 1768.
iv. POLLY, b. April 15, 1765. m. Isaac Ward (see).
V. MOSES, b. Fitchburg, Mass. Dec. 5, 1769. d. in Londonderry, Nov. 15, 1788.
THURSTON.
1. DAVID THURSTON, son of Abner and Martha (Piper) Thurston, b. Exeter, July 31, 1775. m. Sally Eaton, b. April 26, 1774, dau. of Ebenezer and Phebe (Sargent) Eaton, of Candia. He lived in Bridge- water and Hill.
2. ASA THURSTON, son of David 1, b. Bridgewater, Dec. 17, 1800. He came to Plymouth, 1839, and had a store in a building later occu- pied by Cyrus Keniston, near the Tyler House. In 1843 he removed to Warren, where he was postmaster, and conducted a cooper shop. He removed from Warren to Lyme, about 1850, and there was a mer- chant, a representative, 1863 and 1864, and several years a town clerk. He d. May 28, 1877. He m. July 22, 1840, Eliza Woodward Hart- well, b. Rumney, March 6, 1810, dau. of John and Louisa (Kimball) Hartwell, of Rumney and Haverhill. Three children b. in Warren.
i. ELLEN ELIZA, b. July 27, 1845. d. August 12, 1845.
ii. CHARLES E., b. August 31, 1847. m. Sept. 27, 1873, Minnie Ella Knox, b. Pembroke, August 27, 1850, dau. of Crosby and Abbie (Carr) Knox. He was a merchant of Concord, and of the firm Thurston & Emmons.
iii. ELLEN LOUISA, b. Jan. 26, 1849. m. Nov. 3, 1874, Leander D. Warren, of Lyme.
TILTON.
1. JOHN TILTON, son of Sherburn and Huldah (Prescott) Tilton, of Sandown, Bristol, and Wheelock, Vt., b. Sandown, Sept. 24, 1761, lived in Plymouth, 1809, 1810, and 1824-1833. He m. Jane Cass, dau. of Jacob Cass. He d. Alexandria, Sept. 2, 1853.
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i. JOHN. Lived in Plymouth until 1833.
ii. HENRY, b. Nov. 13, 1788. m. Elizabeth Buck. Lived in Plymouth until 1833.
iii. BENJAMIN. Lived in Plymouth until 1835.
iv. PUTNAM. unm. d. about 1840.
V. DOROTHY.
vi. HULDAH.
TILTON.
1. CHARLES LOWD TILTON, son of David Lowd and Laura A. (Pike) Tilton, grandson of Daniel and Hannah (Simpson) Tilton, b. Sanborn- ton, August 26, 1869. m. Oct. 13, 1897, Leah Sawyer, dau. of Elbridge G. (see). Removed to Plymouth, 1895.
i. LAURA MELISSA, b. July 26, 1898.
ii. ALMON MEYERS, b. June 23, 1900. d. Oct. 1, 1900.
TIMSON.
1. JOHN TIMSON, son of William, b. St. Albans, England, Dec. 25, 1843. Came to America, 1870, and to Plymouth, 1894. He m. 1893, Ella Hudson, b. Lunenburg, Vt., 1868, dau. of George Hudson. She d. in Plymouth, Oct. 11, 1894. He m. second, April 21, 1895, Lois Thorn, b. Holland, Vt., June 23, 1858, dau. of Nathan and Lucy Jane (Chaplin) Thorn.
i. JOHN, b. July 11, 1894.
ii. ELLA, b. May 15, 1896.
iii. Lors, b. March 25, 1898.
iv. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 22, 1901.
TUCKER.
1. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, son of Henry and Sarah (Lester) Tucker, b. Griswold, Conn., July 13, 1839. Dartmouth College, 1861 ; Andover Theological Seminary, 1866 ; D.D., Dartmouth, 1875; LL.D., Williams, 1893; LL.D., Yale, 1895. He was pastor of the Franklin Street Congregational Church, Manchester, 1867-1876; pastor Madison Square Presbyterian Church, of New York, 1876-1880 ; Professor of Homiletics, Andover Theological Seminary, 1880-1893 ; president of Dartmouth College since 1893. In childhood and youth William Jewett Tucker lived in Plymouth and in the home of Rev. William Reed Jewett, whose wife was a sister of his mother. The lad who was loved and is remembered in Plymouth has successfully measured in- tellectual forces with the giants of his generation. He has never
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failed. He early established a reputation as a brilliant and learned preacher, and at Andover, with the force of a master, he gave new life and vigor to an honored institution. At Dartmouth he has relaid the foundations, brought the alumni into closer relations, and raised the college to the standard of new and enlarged ideals. His labor in every field has been a continued expression of the fruit of culture and the vigor and power of an active, controlling mind. He m. June 22, 1870, Charlotte Henry Rogers, dau. of John and (Nancy) Russell Rogers (see). She d. in Andover, Mass., Sept. 15, 1882. He m. sec- ond, June 23, 1887, Charlotte Barrell Cheever, b. Jewett City, Conn., March 10, 1858, dau. of Henry T. and Jane (Tyler) Cheever. Two children by first and one by second marriage.
i. ALICE LESTER, b. Jan. 27, 1873. Smith College. m. April 17, 1900, Frank Haigh Dixon, b. Winona, Minn., Oct. 8, 1869. Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1895. Professor of Political Economy, Dartmouth College. Res. Hanover.
ii. MARGARET, b. August 12, 1878. m. Nelson Pierce Brown, b. Cam- bridge, Mass., May 13, 1878. Dartmouth College, 1899. A lawyer, of Everett, Mass.
iii. ELIZABETH WASHBURN, b. June 4, 1889.
TUCKER.
1. MOSES GRANT TUCKER, son of John and Hannah (Johnson) Tucker, b. Hebron, Oct. 12, 1842. He removed to Plymouth, 1858, and lived near Glove Hollow, removing, 1888, to Ashland. Enlisted April 22, 1861, for three months; the first regiment being filled he was discharged by order of the governor at Fort Constitution, June 10, 1861. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1861, for three years ; mustered in Co. I, 4th N. H. Infantry, Sept. 8, 1861, and re-enlisted for the war, Feb. 24, 1864. He was wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864, and mustered out as sergeant, August 23, 1865. He m. March 26, 1870, Arianna Eunice Glover, dau. of Stephen B. Glover (see).
i. CORA MAY, b. Feb. 8, 1871. m. May 8, 1895, Warren Badger Cogswell, a merchant of Ashland.
TUFTS.
1. JOHN SULLIVAN TUFTS, son of Nathan and Hannah (Sullivan) Tufts, b. July 2, 1833. Was early employed several years in a store in Gilmanton. He came to Plymouth, 1861, and opened a dry goods store nearly on the site of Fox Block, which was burned. He built a
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brick building on the same site, which also was burned. He opened a drug store in Fletcher's Glove Shop, and in 1880 he erected the Tufts building, and continued in trade in that building until his death. He m. Sept. 22, 1861, Agnes Straw Wight, b. August 12, 1840, dau. of Dr. Nahum and Mary Ann (Straw) Wight. He d. March 26, 1888. She d. June 17, 1886.
i. NAHUM WIGHT, b. August 6, 1862. Was a druggist in business with his father. He d. Nov. 4, 1888.
ii. MARY ANN, b. May 12, 1864. m. Dec. 27, 1SS8, Theodore B. Knapp. res. Windham, Conn.
iii. ALICE MASON, b. April 18, 1869. Plymouth High School, 1887. m. William M. Peppard (see).
TUPPER.
1. NATHANIEL TUPPER. Res. several years in Georgetown, Mass. He m. 1770, Hannah (Choate) Pierce, bapt. Nov. 20, 1743, dau. of Daniel Choate, of Ipswich, Mass., and widow of Lucas Pierce. He removed, 1770, from Georgetown to Campton. His wife d. Jan. 10, 1810. He m. again, and removed to Thornton. One grandson and eleven great-grandchildren were soldiers in the Civil War.
2. NATHANIEL TUPPER, son of Nathaniel 1, b. Campton, 1786. m. Olive Moulton, of Ellsworth. He d. in Campton, Oct., 1857. She d. March 24, 1854.
3. ROSWELL TUPPER, son of Nathaniel 2, b. May 16, 1816. m. Ann Church, and lived a short time in East Haddam, Conn., and subse- quently in California. He was proprietor of a hotel in Eureka, Cal., and was engaged in the lumber trade. Both the father and one son served in a California regiment, and two other sons were in the army at the same time.
4. WILLIAM HENRY TUPPER, son of Roswell3, b. East Haddam, Conn., August 15, 1838. In the strength of early manhood he en- listed from Holderness in the 6th N. H. Infantry. A year later he returned to his home, wounded, lame, and disabled for life. He was shot in the knee at Second Bull Run, August 29, 1862, and discharged Dec. 31, 1862. Since 1880 he has res. on Highland Street in Plymouth. He m. Oct. 17, 1858, Mary Ellen Lowd.
i. CHARLES EDWARD, b. Nov. 8, 1859. m. Jan. 28, 1800, Nellie May Glover. She d. April 17, 1895. He is a car inspector, res. at Plymouth.
ii. JENNIE LELIA, b. June 3, 1861. d. Jan. 19, 1864.
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iii. RALPH RURIC, b. August 11, 1872. m. March 27, 1894, Kate Wini- fred Hardy.
iv. JOE HOOKER, b. March 18, 1874. m. Sept., 1896, Mary McCue. He is a stationary engineer. One child, b. at Nashua (1) Jennie Lelia, b. May, 1898.
v. GEORGE GORDON MEADE, b. March 18, 1874. Twin. m. Sept. 25, 1894, Sadie Marion Morse, dau. of John Morse. He is a clerk in - Plymouth. (1) Harold Carleton, b. April 11, 1896. (2) Lillian Mildred, b. May 12, 1899.
TYLER.
1. JESSE TYLER, son of Jesse and Mary (Berry) Tyler, b. Benton, Oct. 4, 1827. For several years was a carpenter, and was thus em- ployed in Peabody, Mass., in 1862., when he enlisted 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery, and was detailed as an artificer, and discharged July S, 1864. After the war he lived in Piermont and Benton, and since 1SS5 in Plymouth. He m. 1852 Mary Melissa Smith, dau. of Anson A. Smith. She d. in Piermont, 1878. m. second, Susan L. Harriman, dau. of James Harriman, of Benton. She d. in Plymouth, Jan. 14, 1899. m. third, March 7, 1901, Mary O. (Sargent) Robie, widow of George B. Robie (see). He d. Warren, April 15, 1903.
VINTON.
1. JOHN VINTON, b. Canada. Came to Groton, Vt., 1872, and to Plymouth in March, 1884, and since that date he has lived at West Plymouth and over the line in Rumney. He m. Mahala Brown.
i. JOHN HENRY, b. Dec. 14, 1872. m. June 3, 1893, Florence Maria McIntosh, dau. of Frederick Stevens and Martha Grace McIntosh. He is a farmer at West Plymouth. (1) Edna, b. May 10, 1894. (2) Gladys, b. June 12, 1897. (3) -, b. August 19, 1900.
ii. FRED CURTIS, b. May 31, 1879.
iii. ALBERT H., b. August 28, 1880.
iv. CHARLES EDWIN, b. April 10, 1884.
WALBRIDGE.
1. LEVI WALBRIDGE, b. 1796. Lived in Norwich, Vt.
2. SCHUYLER PUTNAM WALBRIDGE, son of Levi1, b. Norwich, Vt., 1835. Is a farmer, of Hartford, Vt. He m. Helen Maria Hurd, b. Coaticook, P. Q., 1836, dau. of Jeremiah Hurd. She d. August 16, 1886.
3. CHARLES EUGENE WALBRIDGE, son of Schuyler P.2, b. Norwich, Vt., April 14, 1865. Has lived in Plymouth since 1886. He was a
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carpenter and bridge builder, and employed several years by the B. & M. R.R. He is now of the firm of Jones & Walbridge, builders and contractors of stone and brick masonry. He m. Dec. 24, 1890, Emily& Tondreau, b. Dorchester, Oct. 5, 1864, dau. of Augustine and Hester (Labonta) Tondreau. She d. April 20, 1901. He m. second, May 18, 1904, Mary Sargent, dau. of Elbridge Gerry Sargent (see). She was seriously injured in the accident on the Pemigewasset Valley Railroad, June 20, 1904.
WALKER.
1. THOMAS JULIAN WALKER, son of William S. and Ellen (Vance) Walker, b. in Monroe Co., Ill., April 30, 1829. For several years was editor of the " Belleville Advocate." He was half owner of an iron foundry and manager of an iron store. He m. April 12, 1853, Laura Penn, dau. of Shadrach Penn, of Louisville, Ky.
2. THOMAS JULIAN WALKER, son of Thomas J.1, b. Belleville, Ill., March 12, 1856. He was a page in Congress, 1872-1874 ; railroad accounting in St. Louis, Mo., 1874-1879; one year on the staff of the "Journal of Commerce," and chief clerk Agricultural Division, Tenth United States Census, 1880-1881 ; clerk of United States Railroad Commissioners, March, 1883, to Dec., 1886. He came to Plymouth in Dec., 1886, and was editor and proprietor of the "Plymouth Rec- ord " until 1894. He was one of the State Commission at the Chicago Exposition, 1891-1893, and State Bank Commissioner, 1895-1898. He removed to Concord, 1894, and to Littleton, 1898, where he was ,editor of the " Republic Journal" until 1901. He was one of the originators of the New England Summer Resort Association and active in the publications of the organization. He m. Oct. 22, 1883, Grace Emily Amelia Parker, b. June 29, 1860, dau. of Charles and Amelia (Bennett) Parker, of Lisbon. (Charles 8, Levi 7, Silas 6, Reu- ben 5, Benjamin 4, John 3, John 2, Thomas.1)
i. SHIRLEY PENN, b. Washington, D. C., Dec. 19, 1884.
ii. ANNE MINOT, b. Lisbon, Sept. 15, 1886.
WALKER.
1. NATHANIEL WALKER, son of John Walker, of Reading, and later of Weston, Mass. m. March 8, 1731/2, Submit Brewer, b. Weston, July 18, 1709, dau. of Lieut. John and Mary (Jones) Brewer. He lived in Weston until 1748, when he removed to Sturbridge, Mass.
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2. PHINEAS WALKER, son of Nathaniel 1, b. Weston, Mass., March 25, 1738. m. Dec. 14, 1765, Susannah Hyde, of Sturbridge. He set- tled in Woodstock, Conn., where he d. 1830. Nine children. His son, Walter, b. 1773, was the father of Amasa Walker, LL.D., b. May 4, 1799.
3. PHINEAS WALKER, b. Woodstock, Conn., Sept. 27, 1768. Brown University, 1790. He came to Plymouth, 1794, and the same year was admitted to the bar of Grafton Co. The more the subject is in- vestigated, the more clearly it is discerned that he was a learned lawyer, and during the early years of his career he tried many cases in the courts. He was judge of probate, 1823-1831. He was re- moved by legislative address. He removed, 1835, to Newport, Me. He m. in Plymouth, Dec. 4, 1797, Mary Weld, b. Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 8, 1767, dau. of Eleazer Weld, and a sister of Jabez Hatch Weld (see). Mr. and Mrs. Walker were regular attendants at the Episcopal Church in Holderness. There is no record in Plymouth of children, but the will of a relative names three.
i. WILLIAM L. A lawyer of Newport, Me.
ii. ELIZABETH GARDNER.
iii. MARY HATCH.
WALKER.
1. PETER WALKER, b. Paisley, Scotland, about 1765. Came to Campton, 1784. He was accustomed to make frequent journeys from Campton to Ryegate, Vt., to visit the Scotch emigrants residing there. He brought with him from Paisley a certificate of character, dated May 3, 1784, and signed by Walter Young, minister, and George Dempster, Sessions Clerk. He m. in Campton, Bathsheba Johnson. He d. March 9, 1818. She d. July 9, 1854. A dau. Ann, b. May 30, 1794, m. Geo. W. Webster (see).
2. JOHN WALKER, son of Peter 1, b. Campton, June 6, 1798. m. Mary Johnson. Lived in Campton, but d. at the home of his son, Peter J., in Barton, Vt. Two children.
3. SIMEON MARSH WALKER, son of John 2, b. Campton, Feb. 14, 1835. m. Emeline Clifford, dau. of Chase F. Clifford (see). He was a farmer, living in Plymouth almost continuously from 1850 to 1880. He d. in Campton, July 9, 1882. His widow res. in Plymouth.
i. WILLIAM FRANKLIN, b. March 22, 1860. m. 1884, Mary Karney, who d. Feb. 1, 1801. m. second, Sept. 12, 1902, Margie (Dear-
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born) Merrill, dau. of Daniel Dearborn (see). He is a stone-mason, of Plymouth. (1) Bessie May, b. April 6, 1886. m. Nov. 27, 1902, John M. Brown.
ii. FRED, b. March 23, 1862. m. Margaret Raycroft, and now res. in Tilton. (1) Simeon Raycroft, b. Sept. 16, 1883. (2) Fred Russell, b. May 14, 1885. (3) Olive Josephine, b. Jan. 14, 1887. (4) Mar- garet Emeline, b. June 14, 1888. (5) Beatrice, b. Nov. 23, 1889. (6) Robert John, b. August 11, 1891. (7) Esther Nina, b. June 9, 1803. (8) Dorothea Evelyn, b. Dec. 23, 1895. (9) Myrtie Christine, b. August 15, 1898.
iii. BLANCHE, b. Nov. 2, 18 -. m. Frank Harran (see).
4. PETER JOHNSON WALKER, son of John 2, b. in Campton. Lived in Plymouth, 1858-1865. He subsequently lived in Barton, Vt.
WALMSLEY.
1. HENRY WALMSLEY and wife Ann came from England to Boston, 1832. They lived in Plymouth, 1842-1849.
2. JOHN HENRY WALMSLEY, son of Henry 1, b. England, 1827. Came to Boston and to Plymouth with his parents. He m. Dec. 25, 1849, Sarah Mehitable Sanborn, daughter of Daniel Sanborn (see). He lived in Plymouth until 1852, when he removed to Boston, Mass. He was drowned in Boston Harbor, 1866. She m. second, Sept. 13, 1879, Benjamin Franklin Sanborn, b. Deerfield, Dec. 29, 1823, son of John Prescott and Sarah (Bartlett) Sanborn. They lived in Rumney. His first wife was Julia Fales. She in. third, June 6, 1896, Addison A. Parker. Four children of John Henry and Sarah Mehitable (San- born) Walmsley.
i. EDWARD HENRY, b. Sept. 12, 1850. d. Dec. 17, 1853.
ii. CHARLES HENRY, b. May 9, 1855. d. Sept. 23, 1855.
iii. JOHN HENRY, b. Jan. 7, 1858. Clerk, Minneapolis, Minn. m. June 4, 1884, Catherine I. McCann.
iv. EDWIN CHAPIN, b. Feb. 5, 1864. d. Jan. 12, 1871.
WARD.
1. WILLIAM WARD, emigrant ancestor, from Yorkshire, England, was one of the early settlers of Sudbury, Mass., and a grantee of lands, 1639 and 1640 ; freeman, 1643; representative, 1644, and sev- eral years a selectman of Sudbury. He was one of the grantees of Marlborough, Mass., and removed to Marlborough, 1660. His build- ings were burned during King Philip's War, and his son, Eleazer, was killed by the Indians, April 20, 1676. He d. in Marlborough, August
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10, 1687. Elizabeth, a second wife and mother of the younger chil- dren, d. Dec. 9, 1700.
2. JOHN WARD, son of William 1, b. England, about 1626. Was one of the proprietors of Sudbury, Mass .; freeman, 1649. He settled in Newton, Mass., and was a representative nine years, and a select- man nine years. During King Philip's War his dwelling-house was used as a garrison. He m. Hannah Jackson, b. 1631, dau. of Edward Jackson of Newton. He d. July 8, 1708. She d. April 24, 1704.
3. JOSEPH WARD, son of John 2, b. Newton, Nov. 9, 1677. His father was the oldest of fourteen children, and he was the youngest of thirteen. He lived in Newton. He m. Esther Kenrick, b. Newton, Sept. 25, 1677, dau. of John and Esther Kenrick. He d. Oct. 26, 1742. She d. July 2, 1761. His dau. Margaret m. Joseph Wheeler (see).
4. REV. NATHAN WARD, sixth of the seven children of Joseph 3 and Esther (Kenrick) Ward, b. Newton, Mass., April 11, 1721. For a sketch of the first minister of Plymouth, see Vol. I., in which the fol- lowing summary is given in detail: Having preached a few Sabbaths in 1764, he was called and a salary proposed, Feb. 12, 1765, and he was ordained, July 11, 1765. For the convenience of the council the ordination services were held at Newburyport, Mass. He removed his family to Plymouth, 1765 or 1766, and erected a house, which was raised, Oct. 1, 1770, and which he first occupied, Feb. 22, 1771. He was pastor of the church in Plymouth thirty-three years, sharing with his flock the privations of an infant settlement, the trials and self- denials of the Revolution and the season of uncertainty which preceded the established security of a permanent and respected government. On account of increasing age and failing strength, he resigned his pastor- ate, 1798, and lived the respite of his life among the people who had grown up under his spiritual instruction. He m. Sept. 25, 1746 Tamasin Ireland, b. Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 1, 1722, dau. of Abra- ham and Abigail (Greenland) Ireland. She was the mother of twelve children, ten being born before the family removed to Plymouth. She d. in Plymouth, August 16, 1777, five of her children having d. the previous year and within the brief space of thirty-six days. Rev. Nathan Ward m. second, in Canterbury, Dec. 16, 1778, Lydia Clough, of Canterbury. He d. in Plymouth, June 15, 1804, aged 83. Lydia, his widow, d. April 16, 1823. Tamasin Ireland was admitted to First Church, Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 6, 1741.
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