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i. HANNAH, b. Dec. 10, 1777. m. Reuben Smith.
ii. ABEL, b. Feb. 16, 1779. m. Hannah Ladd, b. Salisbury, dau. of Thyng and Elizabeth Ladd, of Salisbury and Peacham, Vt.
iii. SUSANNAH, b. Dec. 12, 1780.
iv. LYDIA HOVEY, b. Oct. 2, 1782. m. Errick Safford.
v. MEHITABLE, b. Sept. 23, 1784. m. James Holmes.
vi. NATHANIEL, b. August 7, 1786.
vii. ELIZABETHI EMERSON, b. Feb. 17, 1789. m. James Vance. m. sec- ond, Israel B. Vance. She d. in or near Boston, Mass., aged over 90.
viii. SALLY. m. John Smith.
ix. JESSE. m. Susan Ileath.
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X. SIMEON HOVEY. m. Delinda Russell.
xi. NATHAN. m. Orinda Bond.
xii. ALPHEUS, b. Nov. 11, 1799. m. Betsey Hill. Among their children was Hon. Charles C. Webster, of Minneapolis, Minn. Late in life Alpheus, the father, removed to Minneapolis, where he d. 1874, aged 75.
32. JOHN WEBSTER, son of John 1 and' Mary (Shatswell) Webster, b. 1632. m. June 13, 1653, Ann Batt, dau. of Nicholas and Lucy Batt, of Newbury. He lived in Haverhill, 1653 to 1657, and except these four years he was a resident of Newbury. Ten children.
33. JOHN WEBSTER, son of John 32, b. Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 11, 1655/6. m. March 9, 1680/1, Bridget Huggins. He lived in New- bury and in Salisbury, Mass. He d. about 1736. Seven children.
34. JOHN WEBSTER, son of John 33, b. Newbury, Nov. 2, 1683. m. 1707, Sarah Greeley, b. Salisbury, Mass., Oct. 21, 1685, dau. of An- drew and Sarah (Brown) Greeley. He lived in Salisbury, and was a soldier, 1702.
35. JOHN WEBSTER, son of John 34, b. Salisbury, Mass., April 28,1709. m. Nov. 17,1730, Ruth Clough. m. second, after 1760, Susannah (Snow) Gale, widow of Jacob Gale, of Kingston. He settled in Boscawen, and later was a prominent res. of Salisbury, where he d. April 29, 1788. See Dearborn's Salisbury for a sketch, but bear in mind that he was not a cousin or a relative of Ebenezer Webster. Six children.
36. HUMPHREY WEBSTER, son of John 35, b. Salisbury, April 11, 1764. m. Phebe Pettingill, b. April 2, 1765, dau. of Lieut. Matthew and Sarah (Carleton) Pettingill, of Salisbury. He m. second, March 9, 1815, Elizabeth (Garland) Pingrey, b. Dec. 14, 1761, dau. of Jacob and Betsey (Pettingill) Garland, and widow of William Pingrey, of Bridgewater. Betsey Pingrey, b. Feb. 4, 1787, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Garland) Pingrey, m. Walter Raleigh Webster 13 (see). Humphrey Webster lived in Salisbury until 1815, when he removed to Bridgewater, and seven years later he removed to Plymouth, where he d. Sept. 3, 1838. His widow d. in Bridgewater, Jan. 2, 1843. He was a man of ability, and was respected by his associates. He was a representative of Plymouth, 1838. His first wife was the mother of eleven children, five of whom d. young
i. MATTHIEW PETTINGILL, b. Sept. 27, 1787. Remained in Salisbury. He m. April 2, 1811, Nancy Calef, dau. of Moses and Nancy (Lovering) Calef. He d. 1866. In addition to the children named, five d. young. (1) Moses C., b. Dec. 28, 1812. m. Priscilla VOL. II. - 46
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P. Austin, b. July 14, 1813, dau. of Eldad Austin, of Webster. They had six children. (2) Phebe. (3) Gustavus Vasa. m. Feb. 25, 1841, Louisa Sanborn, dau. of John and Eliza (Shaw) Sanborn. (4) Humphrey, b. Feb. 19, 1821. Dartmouth College, 1844. Teacher, Springfield, Mass., and Worcester, Mass. Removed to Maborn, N. C., where he conducted a plantation. He m. Nov. 29, 1853, Eliza Hamilton Emery, dau. of Lucius A. Emery, of Newbury, Mass. He d. 1866. (5) Amanda. m. - Lovell.
ii. HUMPHREY, b. Dec. 12, 1789. Middlebury College. Served in the War of 1812, and received a severe bullet wound in the face. He removed to Jeffersonville, Ind., where he practised law until his death, June 15, 1819.
iii. AMos, b. May 23, 1793. m. Jan. 28, 1824, Nancy Tufts, b. April 15, 1811. He was proprietor of a livery stable on Tremont near Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. He d. Boston, June 11, 1871. She d. May 21, 1883. Seven children : (1) Susan, b. Jan. 22, 1826. m. Sept. 1, 1853, John H. Comer. She d. June 21, 1872. (2) Maria, b. May 18, 1830. m. Dec. 1, 1858, Horace H. Cook. (3) Amanda, b. August 12, 1832. m. Sept. 25, 1853, William Board- man Russell, who d. Oct. 18, 1864. (4) Ellen Russell, b. Oct. 19, 1834. m. July 5, 1854, Albert Morse, who d. Feb. 18, 1867. (5) Amos, b. August 20, 1837. m. Jan. 22, 1863, Adelia Sophia Wil- son. He served as quartermaster on Gen. Grant's staff, and later was Recorder of Wills, Washington, D. C. Ile d. Nov. 3, 1898. (6) Annie, b. April 13, 1839. m. April 18, 1863, Robert D. Wilkie. (7) Jennie, b. Jan. 23, 1842.
iv. BETSEY. m. Jacob Gale, b. April 31, 1789, son of Col. John Collins Gale. Farmer, of Salisbury. He d. Sept. 3, 1812.
V. SUSAN CARLETON, b. June 3, 1804. m. William Wallace Russell, son of Moor Russell (see).
vi. - MARY AMANDA, b. Dec. 3, 1811. m. March 13, 1835, Hon. Peter Harvey, b. Barnet, Vt., July 16, 1810, son of Col. Alexander Har- vey, one of the Scotch emigrants who joined with others in found- ing the town of Barnet. Peter Harvey was apprenticed to David Moor Russell & Co., and was a clerk in the store until 1831, when he removed to Boston, Mass. He was of the firm of Emerson, Lamb & Harvey until the panic of 1837. Subsequently the firm name was Lamb, Harvey & Co. He was president of the Rutland, Vt., Railroad and of the Kilby Bank, Boston, a representative, senator, and a member of the Governor's Council. In memory of Daniel Webster, he founded the Marshfield Club, and he is the author of " Reminiscences of Daniel Webster," of whom for many years he was an appreciated friend and an ardent admirer. He d. in Boston, June 27, 1877. She d. in Boston, Dec. 29, 1835.
37. WILLIAM 6 WEBSTER, son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Osgood) Webster, b. Canterbury, Feb. 9, 1765. The lineage is William 6,
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Enoch 5 and Elizabeth Osgood ; John 4 and Jane Coffin, of Newbury, Mass .; Stephen 3 and Sarah Clark ; John 2 and Ann Batt; John 1 and Mary Shatswell. William " Webster lived and d. in Fryeburg, Me. He m. June 6, 1785, Hannah Chase, b. August 30, 1768.
38. JOSIAH WEBSTER, son of William 37, b. Brownfield, Me., Oct. 27, 1794. m. Dec. 16, 1821, Mehitable Buck, who d. July 20, 1866 ; he d. Glenburn, Me., Sept. 27, 1875.
39. ELISHA A. WEBSTER, son of Josiah 38, b. March 3, 1840; served in First Maine Cavalry ; wounded June 15, 1864; discharged Dec. 20, 1864; he m. Nov. 8, 1862, Elizabeth Darling, dau. of Dr. Daniel Darling (see). He was a farmer in Plymouth from 1880 to 1893. He removed to Rumney.
i. GRACE E., b. Oct. 28, 1888, adopted.
40. JOHN P. WEBSTER, b. Loudon, May 4, 1779, son of Nathaniel. m. Jane Staples, b. March 27, 1781. He d. Campton, Dec. 24, 1864. She d. Campton, August 22, 1860. Five children.
41. CHARLES AVERY WEBSTER, son of John P. 40, b. Gilford, March 26, 1808. m. in Gilford, Nov. 27, 1834, Deborah Thurston, b. Jan. 8, 1810, dau. of John and Jane (Taylor) Thurston. He d. Campton, . Sept. 5, 1860. She d. Plymouth, March 23, 1886. Two children have become res. of this town.
i. MARY FRANCES, b. Sept. 24, 1836. m. Moses A. Ferrin (see).
ii. MARTHA JANE, b. March 16, 1849. m. Henry H. Downing (see).
WEEKS.
1. LEONARD WEEKS, b. in England, settled in Portsmouth, 1655, selectman, 1661, and subsequently sheriff. He lived in the part of Portsmouth, now Greenland. He m. 1667, Mary Haines, b. about 1635, dau. of Dea. Samuel Haines. He d. 1707.
2. CAPT. SAMUEL WEEKS, son of Leonard1, b. Dec. 14, 1670. m. El- eanor Haines, b. August 23, 1675, dau. of Samuel Haines, Jr. He was a man of influence. He d. March 26, 1746. She d. Nov. 19, 1736.
3. MATTHIAS WEEKS, b. 1708. m. Sarah (Sanborn) Ford, b. May 22, 1714, dau. of Ensign John and Sarah (Philbrick) Sanborn and widow of - Ford. In 1773 he removed from Greenland to Gilman- ton, where he d. about 1777; his widow d. Dec. 7, 1799.
4. BENJAMIN SANBORN WEEKS, son of Matthias 3, b. Greenland, Feb. 28,1749. m. May 26,1774, Sarah Weed, of Sandwich. He owned many tracts of land. He d. in the part of Gilmanton, now Gilford, 1829.
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5. CAPT. BENJAMIN WEEKS, son of Benjamin 4, b. April 4, 1788. m. June 30, 1806, Betsey Hoyt. He was a farmer and merchant of Gilford.
6. NATHAN HOYT WEEKS, son of Capt. Benjamin 5, b. Gilford, March 9, 1826. Removed to Thornton and there m. Harriet Adaline Hackett, who d. June 29, 1859 ; he m. second, June 30, 1859, Martha Gerrish Philbrick, b. Feb. 24, 1835, dau. of Josiah H. and Mary Ger- rish (Smith) Philbrick, of Sanbornton. Later he was a merchant in Woodstock, removing to Plymouth, 1871. In this town he was a farmer and lumberman. In business he was sagacious and successful. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1876, and repre- sentative, 1879, 1881, and the first president of Pemigewasset National Bank. He d. Sept. 12, 1889.
i. EMERETTA, b. Thornton. m. Thomas Jefferson Gilman.
ii. EDWIN STORER, b. July 31, 1847. m. March 11, 1869, Betsey W. Sellingham. He d. May 2, 1897.
iii. CLARA J., b. June 2, 1857. m. Nov. 29, 1877, Franklin P. Field. Res. Bristol.
iv. ANNIE MAY, b. Nov. 20, 1860. Grad. New Hampshire Conference Seminary, 1880.
7. v. FREDERICK PHILBRICK, b. Nov. 18, 1862.
vi. LELA GEORGIA, b. March 7, 1865. - Grad. New Hampshire Confer- ence Seminary, 18 -. Valedictorian.
8. vii. SCOTT NATHAN, b. July 22, 1867.
viii. MAY BELL, b. July 26, 1872. d. Oct. 14, 1872.
ix. MATTIE J., b. Oct. 12, 1873. Has pursued a course of study of music in Chicago, Ill.
7. FREDERICK PHILBRICK WEEKS, son of Nathan H.6, b. Nov. 18, 1862, removed from Woodstock to Plymouth, 1895. Director Ply- mouth Natl. Bank. He m. Sept. 1, 1885, Cora L. Park, dau. of William R. Park (see).
i. MILLICENT PARK, b. August 1, 1886.
ii. NATHAN H., b. July 1, 1891. d. 1894.
iii. MADELINE PHILBRICK, b. Jan. 81, 1894.
iv. MARGUERITE PEARL, b. August 11, 1897.
8. SCOTT NATHAN WEEKS, son of Nathan H.6, b. July 22, 1867. m. Jan. 1, 1890, Bertha E. James, b. April 6, 1871, dau. of Orrin F. and Dora (Durgin) James. He was a merchant several years in Woodstock, removing to Plymouth, 1901, and is a wholesale dealer in lumber and wood. Director Plymouth Natl. Bank.
i. GLEN SCOTT, b. April 1, 1891.
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9. BENJAMIN F. WEEKS, son of Capt. Benjamin 5 and Betsey (Hoyt) Weeks, b. about 1810. m. June 16, 1829, Julia M. Weeks, dau. of Hon. Daniel and Hannah (Gale) Weeks, of Gilford.
10. FRANCIS H. WEEKS, son of Benjamin F.9, b. 1835. m. Sarah Saltmarsh, of Plymouth. He came to Plymouth in 1872; was a dealer in provisions and an undertaker. He d. May 1, 1890. His widow res. Woodstock. Sine prole.
WELCH.
1. WILLIAM WELCH and wife, Sally, came to Plymouth, 1827. He was a shoemaker, and, according to the custom of the time, he went from house to house in the prosecution of his calling. He did not accumulate wealth, but he was industrious and blameless. He d. July 16, 1872, aged 79.
i. JULIA, b. about 1822. d. 1840.
ii. LAURA, b. 1823.
2. iii. DAVID W., b. 1827.
2. DAVID W. WELCH, son of William 1, b. 1827, was a homespun genius -a basket-maker and a poet, a paper-hanger and a preacher. He was fond of original composition, and in 1869 he published a booklet of 24 pages of prose and verse, revealing, if not naming, the many sorrows and trials of his life. In a poem, entitled "The Dying Christian," are found these lines :
"Great riches I have not been burdened with ; A happy peasant all my days I've lived,
Subsisted on the fruits of daily toil.
With all mankind I feel I've justly dealt, With all I here possessed I was content,
The wealthy and the great I've envied not."
He m., Sarah Jane -; she d. at the asylum for the insane at Concord. He m. second, August 31, 1886, Mrs. Mary (Black) Mc- Duffee, of Chester. He d. April 5, 1894; she d. May 30, 1894.
i. - b. August 23, 1861. d. young.
WELCH.
1. WILLIAM H. WELCH, son of William, b. Canada, 1853. m. in Plymouth, Nov. 20, 1882, Marietta Fogg, b. 1863, dau. of David H. G., and Emeline (Worthen) Fogg (see). He is a stone-cutter, and has res. in Plymouth since 1883.
i. HARRY W., b. Nov. 25, 1883.
ii. HENRY, twin, b. Nov. 25, 1883.
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1. COL. ELEAZER WELD, son of Joseph and Martha (Child) Weld, b. Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 19, 1737. Harvard University, 1756. The American generations are Col. Eleazer 5, Joseph 4, Joseph 3, John 2, Joseph 1. He was in business in Albany, N. Y., several years. At the decease of his father, 1760, he returned to Roxbury to assume the management of the paternal estate. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the Revolution and a prominent citizen of the town, and of the third parish of Roxbury. He m. April 23, 1761, Mary Hatch, b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 5, 1742, dau. of Jabez Hatch. Jabez Hatch was a colonel in the Revolution. Col. Eleazer Weld d. May 19, 1800.
2. JABEZ HATCH WELD, son of Col. Eleazer 1, b. May 10, 1766. He came to Plymouth, 1790, and was an enterprising, and prosperous merchant, and a dealer in real estate, grain, cattle, and the staple commodities of his time. He was a colonel in the militia, and in business and social circles he was an important factor. His home- stead and store were on South Main Street. He m. in Billerica. Mass., Jan. 21, 1793, Martha Fletcher, his cousin, b. Chelmsford, Mass., dau. of Oliver and Grace (Weld) Fletcher. On one of his frequent business trips to Boston he was accompanied by his son-in- law, Josiah Quincy. He was taken suddenly ill while returning to Ply- mouth, and d. in Londonderry, August 6, 1824. Mrs. Weld d. Rumney, at the home of her dau., July 4, 1827. The family were attendants at the Episcopal Church in Holderness. Four children b. in Plymouth.
3. i. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 25, 1793.
ii. -. MARY GRACE, b. Nov. 12, 1794. m. Josiah Quincy (see).
iii. EMILY, b. April 23, 1798.
iv. MATILDA JANE, b. Sept. 1, 1799.
3. JOSEPH WELD, son of Col. Jabez Hatch 2, b. Oct. 25, 1793. m. in Leominster, Mass., Dorcas Doubleday, a cousin, dau. of John Gardner and Lydia (Weld) Doubleday. He was in trade with his father and later a merchant in Rumney, a major in the militia, and an active, popular man. He d. April 30, 1827.
WELLS.
1. THOMAS WELLS, b. England, about 1605. Came in the "Susan and Ellen," from London, with young Richard Saltonstall, 1635. Settled in Ipswich. Freeman ; 1637, deacon. He d. Oct. 26, 1666. He m. Abigail Warner, dau. of William Warner. She d. July 22, 1671.
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2. THOMAS WELLS, son of Thomas, b. Ipswich, Jan. 11, 1646/7. He was living in Wells, Me., 1669, and Savage says he preached in Kittery, Me., and Isle of Shoals, 1670. He was the first settled minister of Amesbury, Mass., and Hoyt says for the next half- century, he was the leading spirit of the town. He d. July 10, 1734. He m. Jan. 10, 1669, Mary Perkins, b. about 1653, dau. of John and Elizabeth Perkins, of Ipswich, Mass. She d. Jan. 26, 1726/7. The inscriptions on the tombstones are printed in Hoyt's "Families of Salisbury and Amesbury."
3. TITUS WELLS, son of Rev. Thomas2, b. Amesbury, Mass., March 14, 1675/6. m. about 1698, Joanna Rowell, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Barnes) Rowell. He removed to Sandown, 1729.
4. THOMAS WELLS, son of Titus 3, b. Amesbury, Mass., March 4, 1699/1700. m. Dec. 15, 1720, Sarah Hadley, dau. of Samuel and Jane (Martin) Hadley. Philip, Benjamin and Winthrop, sons of Thomas and Sarah Wells, baptized at Amesbury Second Church June 23, 1728. He removed, 1730, to Chester. He was a lieutenant and an influential citizen. He d. 1769, and his estate consisted of a homestead of one hundred acres in Chester, one hundred and seventy acres in Goffstown, and four hundred acres in New Chester. It is suggested that he had a second wife. The evidence on the point is conflicting. Nine children.
5. WINTHROP WELLS, son of Lieut. Thomas4, b. Amesbury, 1726. m. Dorothy Healey, dau. of William and Mary (Sanborn) Healey, of Chester. He settled in Candia, removing to Plymouth, 1765. He purchased of Abel Webster a right in the township. His farm and home were where David W. Gibson now res., the early house being on the north side of the road, and opposite the present house. He was a lieutenant. He d. 1797.
6. i. BENJAMIN.
7. ii. PAUL.
iii. HANNAH, b. March 6, 1753. m. William Greenough (see).
iv. SALLY. m. Oct. 12, 1786, Enoch Merrill (see).
v. SUSANNAH. m. March 13, 1794, Peter Cline, a native of Germany; removed to Lyme. (1) Benjamin, b. April 9, 1795. m. Caroline
ยท Farwell. He d. Lyme, April 26, 1859. (2) Winthrop, went to the West.
8. vi. WINTHROP.
vii. PHEBE. m. May 20, 1793, John Abbott (see).
6. BENJAMIN WELLS, son of Lieut. Winthrop 5, b. Chester, about 1747. m. in Plymouth, May 11, 1768, Lydia Wesson, dau. of
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Ephraim Wesson (see), who d. Sept. 28, 1776. He m. second, Feb. 6, 1777, Susannah Clark. He was a soldier in the Revolution. (See Vol. I.)
i. LYDIA, b. Dec. 24, 1768. m. David Alls (see).
ii. NATHAN, b. June 3, 1771. d. Sept., 1771.
iii. LUCY, b. June 7, 1772. m. Enoch George (see).
iv. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 29, 1777. d. Oct. 3, 1777.
7. PAUL WELLS, son of Lieut. Winthrop 5, b. 1750 or 1751. m. Oct. 10, 1775, Rachel Webster, dau. of Stephen Webster (see). He served in the Revolution in Capt. Edward Everett's company, Col. Be- del's regiment, 1776, and enlisted March 10, 1777, into the Continental service, and was assigned to Capt. Benjamin Stone's company, Col. Scammell's regiment. He was probably in the service about two years, as his tax was abated, 1777 and 1778. He was a carpenter. He removed from Plymouth to Danville, Vt., 1786.
i. SARAH, b. Oct. 19, 1776. m. March 14, 1796, Reuben Phillips (see).
ii. POLLY, b. Sept. 14, 1778. m. Sept. 17, 1797, Joseph Clifford (see).
iii. JONATHAN, b. August 7, 1780, drowned in Wells River.
iv. BENJAMIN, b. July 20, 1782. d. Nov. 21, 1782.
v. PAUL, b. Sept. 22, 1784. d. Danville, Vt.
vi. DANIEL, b. Danville, Vt. Killed by a falling tree, Walden, Vt.
vii. JESSE. d. in Littleton.
viii. BENJAMIN. d. Hardwick, Vt.
8. WINTHROP WELLS, son of Lieut. Winthrop 5. He was a farmer living on the paternal homestead until 1816, when he removed to the farm known as "Three Big Elms." He m. Oct. 18, 1792, Polly Marsh, dau. of Samuel Marsh (see). She d. Jan. 16, 1816. He m. second, Nov. 10, 1816, Hannah Morse, dau. of Samuel Morse (see). He d. from home during a surgical operation, 1829. Twelve children by first, and three by second marriage.
i. POLLY, b. July 12, 1793. d. young.
9. ii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 7, 1794.
10. iii. AMASA, b. June 10, 1797.
iv. CHARLES, b. June 7, 1800. d. young.
v. ELIZA, b. June 26, 1802. m. March 11, 1826, Jabez Luce, b. Rum- ney, Dec. 7, 1802. They lived in Vt., in Plymouth, 1839, and 1840, and again in Vt. He d. Barnet, Vt., Sept. 11, 1846. She d. Barnet, Vt., March 26, 1859. Eight children. (1) Ann Lucretia, b. Campton, Sept. 25, 1827. (2) Winthrop Wells, b. Stowe, Vt., July 4, 1830. (3) Charles Henry, b. Danville, Vt., July 24, 1833. Res. Passumpsic, Vt. (4) Rosella, b. Danville, Vt., August 4, 1835.
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(5) Jacob Wells, b. Danville, Vt., Dec. 20, 1837. Res. Peotone, Ill. (6) Adaline, b. Groton, Sept. 18, 1840. (7) George Daniel, b. Danville, Vt., Feb. 23, 1843. Res. New Orleans, La. (8) Cordelia Calista, b. Barnet, Vt., March 9, 1816.
11. vi. HENRY, b. July 15, 1801.
vii. HANNAH, b. June 25, 1806. m. August 9, 1835, Elder Israel E. Jones. He was a preacher of the Advent Order. They removed to Newark, N. J., where she d. He d. in Ill. Three of their five children d. in infancy. (1) William Henry, d. Ill., 1874. (2) Charles Melancthon, grad. Chicago Theological Seminary, is a Baptist minister in Cal.
viii. SYRENA, b. August 10, 1808. m. May, 1829, Moses Pettingill. He was a farmer of Danville, Vt., where their ten children were born. He d. Jan. 20, 1874. She d. March 5, 1879. (1) George, d. Jan. 29, 1896. (2) Jane, res. Danville, Vt. (3) Augusta Cordelia, d. Dec. 25, 1897. (4) Emily, d. Sept. 3, 1838. (5) Mary Ellen, b. April 8, 1865. (6) Margaret, d. March 22, 1865. (7) Emily Maria, res. Danville, Vt. (S) Peter Edward, res. Dan- ville, Vt. (9) James Moses, res. Danville, Vt. (10) Frank Winthrop, res. Danville, Vt.
ix. ROSILLA, b. Sept. 23, 1810. m. 1850, James Allan, b. England, Dec, 11, 1810, lived in Brooklyn, N. Y., and, after 1856, in Wis. He d. Cascade, Wis., March 5, 1884. She d. Dec. 14, 1894. One child. (1) Elizabeth Deborah, res. in Waldo, Wis.
x. CORDELIA, b. Sept. 23, 1810, twin. m. Edmund Towne. He d. Boston, Mass. She m. second Jacob Hazner, of Wis. She d. Adell, Wis., Dec. 18, 1895.
xi. JACOB, b. Nov. 9, 1812. m. Mary -.
He lived in Roxbury, Mass., where he d. 1895. Three children. (1) Alonzo J., b. 1844, soldier in Civil War. Established " Everett Pioneer," and " Malden Tribune," and later was correspondent " Boston Herald." He d. in Malden, Mass., July 30, 1883. (2) Edwin. (3) Clara.
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xiii. MARY MARSH, b. August 2, 1817. m. M --. Dutton, of Carlisle, Mass.
xiv. CHARLES, b. May 24, 1819. m. Abbie -.
He lived in Haverhill, where he d. After his death the widow and children, Theodore, Kate, and Maria, removed to Boston. Mass.
XV. PHEBE BRADLEY, b. March 20, 1821. d. unm., Lowell, Mass.
9. SAMUEL WELLS, son of Winthrop 8, b. Nov. 7, 1794. m. Feb. 10, 1824, Hannah Rideout, dau. of John Rideout (see). He res. on the farm formerly of his father at the " Three Big Elms." He was choir leader many years at the Brick Church. In 1843 he removed
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to Elmore, Vt., where he d. Oct. 2, 1860. She d. Jan. 18, 1860. Four children b. in Plymouth.
i. DAMON, b. May 3, 1830. Removed to Maine.
ii. ALMIRA, b. May 16, 1834. m. March 16, 1858, Lyman A. Gale, of Barre, Vt.
iii. SAMUEL SCHUYLER, b. Feb. 10, 1837. m. 1860, Martha S. Hoyt.
iv. GEORGE FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 11, 1810. d. Elmore, Vt., 1862.
10. AMASA WELLS, son of Winthrop 8, b. June 10, 1797. m. March 15, 1820, Vashti Boynton, b. Barnet, Vt., March 23, 1800. He was a potter. He lived in Lyman, and, after his marriage, in Barnet and Calais, Vt. He d. in Calais, Dec. 15, 1869. She d. Walden, Vt., Nov. 30, 1878.
i. HENRY, b. Barnet, Vt., July 29, 1831. m. Feb. 1, 1861, Laura A. Strong. She d. Hardwick, Vt., Dec. 21, 1893.
ii. ALMOND W., b. Barnet, Vt., Oct. 15, 1835. d. April 6, 1836.
11. HENRY WELLS, son of Winthrop 8, b. July 15, 1804. m. 1826, Elizabeth Edson, b. July 11, 1808, dau. of Allen Edson. She d. Jan. 6, 1846. He m. second, Jan. 15, 1851, Lavina L. Gordon, of Hebron. He was a farmer of Plymouth, where he d. Oct. 23, 1886.
i. MARY ANN, b. Nov. 7, 1826. m. Nov. 6, 1846, Jonathan Barnard, b. April 28, 1819, son of Thomas Barnard, of Warren. He was a merchant living in Orange, Canaan, and, after 1870, in Newport. He was a selectman of Orange, 1845, and representative of Canaan, 1867. She d. Feb. 15, 1870. IIe m. second, Oct. 8, 1878, Mrs. Urena Mudgett. He d. May, 1888.
ii. ELIZABETHI JANE, b. Nov. 13, 1832. m. Jan., 1853, Charles Barney, a merchant of Canaan. She d. Nov. 19, 1854.
iii. CORDELIA MARIA, b. March 11, 1837. m. August 19, 1855, Jere- miah Carter, b. Boscawen, June 6, 1830, son of Benjamin and Judith Carter. He lived in Boscawen and in Newport. He was a lumber dealer, and for several years was a merchant in company with Jonathan Barnard at Newport. He d. July 30, 1893.
iv. HARRIET NEWELL, b. Oct. 20, 1838. m. Nov. 5, 1856, Charles Barney, of Canaan, whose first wife was her sister, Elizabeth Jane. He d. 1887.
v. ROMENA COOLIDGE, b. May 28, 1844. m. William Henry Adams (see).
vi. FLORA JULIA, b. Nov. 26, 1853. m. Sept. 20, 1880, George Rich- ardson. Res. Silver City, and, since 1890, Pinos Altos, New Mexico. vii. HENRY NEWTON, b. Nov. 26, 1855. Was engaged in railroad service, and d. from injuries received in service at San Antonio, Texas, May 14, 1891.
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viii. FRANK EUGENE, b. April 8, 1861. Is a manufacturer of gloves at Milwaukee, Mich. He m. July 30, 1885, Alice C. Fleming.
ix. FRED ARDENE, b. April 8, 1861, twin. State Normal School, 1890. A teacher in Plymouth, and four years in Hinsdale. Now res. Nashua. He m. Dec. 25, 1899, Julia Lucretia Davis, b. Chester- field, Jan , 1858, dau. of Russell H. and Susan L. (Cone) Davis.
x. GORDON, b. May 30, 1863. Is a mechanic res. in Nashua. He m. Dec. 31, 1887, Mary A. Ash, of Lowell, Mass. They have four children. (1) Eugene Gordon, b. Sept. 20, 1888. d. July 19, 1SS9. (2) Mary Grace, b. Nov. 12, 1889. (3) Harry Ash, b. Oct. 25, 1894. (4) Fred Richardson, b. Feb. 23, 1897. d. July 4, 1899.
12. HENRY WELLS, son of Thomas 4, and brother of Lieut. Win- throp 5, b. Chester, March 24, 1743. m. Nov. 24, 1763, Sarah Colby dau. of Peter Colby. He removed from Sandown to New Chester in 1771. He d. Dec. 26, 1776 ; perished in the cold. She m. second, Jan. 8, 1778, Ephraim Webster. She d. Jan. 28, 1820.
13. PETER WELLS, son of Henry 12, b. March 24, 1771. m. May 13, 1790, Hannah Blake, dau. of Oliver Smith Blake (see). He re- moved to Plymouth, 1805, living near the line of Hebron. In 1830 he removed to Bristol, where he d. Oct. 8, 1841. She d. Nov. 6, 1850. Ten children.
i. BETSEY, b. Jan. 5, 1791. m. Robert Glover (see).
ii. MARY, b. March 13, 1793. in. March 12, 1812, Peter Bennett. m. second, Nov. 12, 1829, Ira Webster, of New Hampton. She d. in Bristol, Feb. 22, 1867.
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