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iii. HANNAII, b. June 30, 1795. m. Joseph S. Adams, b. March 28, 1785, son of Israel Adams, of Hill. He removed to Framingham, Mass., where he d. Dec. 12, 1867. She d. April 14, 1862.
iv. AFFA, b. August 31, 1797. m. Feb. 29, 1816, Solomon Hodge, of Rumney. m. second, Joseph Rundlett. She d. Feb. 4, 1843.
v. DEBORAH, b. Dec. 4, 1799. m. March 31, 1844, Bartlett Gordon. She d. Alexandria, Nov. 18, 1893.
vi. HENRY, b. June 28, 1802. m. Sept. 16, 1824, Lavina Locke, b. June 29, 1805, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Favor) Locke. He removed, 1830, from Plymouth to Bristol. He d. April 26, 1883. She d. April 1, 1884. He was a carpenter, and a selectman of Bristol. Two sons.
vii. PETER, b. Sept. 29, 1804. d. March 1, 1825.
viii. SALLY C., b. Sept. 24, 1807. m. Nov. 11, 1834, Asa Drew (see).
ix. KIAH, b. May 24, 1810. m. May 29, 1832, Hannah Locke, b. June 2, 1812, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Favor) Locke. He lived in Plymouth 1846, and 1847 removed to Bristol, where he d. May 31, 1888. She d. April 21, 1894. Two children.
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x. EMILY, b. Feb. 29, 1816. m. Nov. 11, 1834, Michael Hoyt, b. Feb. 20, 1813, son of Samuel and Judith (Blaisdell) Hoyt. He d. Bristol, Nov. 9, 1848. She d. August 23, 1835.
14. STEPHEN WELLS, son of Philip and Mary (Jewell) Wells and grandson of Thomas 4 and Sarah (Hadley) Wells was b. in Sandown, August 2, 1751. He m. in Hampstead, Mehitable Worthley, dau. of Thomas and Mehitable (Yarrow) Worthley, of Weare. He settled in Northumberland at the time of his marriage, and removed to Plymouth, 1777. He served in Capt. John Moody's company, Col. Baldwin's regiment, from Sept. to Dec., 1776. The regiment was engaged in the battle of White Plains. He was a captain and a major in the militia. His farm was near and his house nearly opposite the house of Mrs. Margaret Clark. He d. 1834. Two oldest children b. Northumber- land, and five b. Plymouth.
15. i. PHILIP, b. May 30, 1774.
16. ii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 22, 1775.
iii. MARY, b. Oct. 6, 1777. m. Sept. 15, 1803, William Jones, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. She m. second, 1823, Reuben Kendall, of Wind- sor, Vt. She d. at Royalton, Vt.
iv. SALLY, b. Oct. 6, 1777, twin. d. Dec., 1777.
v. ELIJAII, b. Jan. 27, 1779.
vi. NANCY, b. June 6, 1782. m. Feb. 17, 1806, Moses Hadley. He was taxed in Plymouth from 1804 to 1819. They removed to Rich- mond, Me., 1827. Two children are buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
vii. BETSEY, b. Nov. 7, 1786. m. Nov. 25, 1802, George Green. He lived a few years in Plymouth. d. 1817.
15. PHILIP WELLS, son of Stephen 14, b. May 30, 1774. m. in Candia, Hannah Dustin, dau. of Moses and Mary (Buck) Dustin. He lived in Plymouth until 1800, when he removed to Vermont. His wife d. in Plymouth, Sept. 18, 1800. He m. second, in St. Johns- bury, Vt., Polly Crawford.
i. INFANT, b. Dec. 8, 1797. d. Dec. 10, 1797.
ii. POLLY, b. Feb. 15, 1799.
iii. LUCIEN, b. July 31, 1804.
16. COL. SAMUEL WELLS, son of Stephen 14, b. Nov. 22, 1775. m. in Candia, Oct. 15, 1794, Priscilla Dolbeer. He lived in Plymouth, and in 1800 built the house now owned by the heirs of Thomas Clark. In the house, for several years, a room was reserved for Masonic and other meetings. He was town clerk, selectman, deputy sheriff and a
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colonel in the state militia. In the midst of his active years and use- fulness he d. March 13, 1816; his widow d. August 8, 1828, aged 53.
17. i. DAVID WEBSTER, b. Dec. 9, 1795.
ii. MEHITABLE WORTHLEY, b. Nov. 12, 1797. m. Stevens Merrill (see).
iii. ELIZABETH, b. July 17, 1800. d. Oct. 4, 1800.
iv. HANNAH, b. Jan. 13, 1802. d. Feb. 16, 1802.
18. V. GEORGE FARRAR, b. Sept. 9, 1803.
vi. WILLIAM HADLEY, b. Sept. 3, 1805. m. Mary Merrill.
vii. MARY, b. Nov. 28, 1807. d. Feb. 25, 1808.
viii. ELIZA ANN, b. Jan. 8, 1809. unm. Lived Medford, Mass., where she d. August 12, 1896.
ix. LUCIA WEBSTER, b. Feb. 15, 1811. m. John Langdon Merrill, b. Warren, May 8, 1810, son of Abel and Tamar (Kimball) Merrill. He was a farmer and carpenter of Warren. Late in life they removed to Pottstown, Pa. He d. April 17, 1884. She d. Nov. 6, 1892.
X. MARY CRAWFORD SHELDON, b. March 18, 1813. m. March 15, 1831, John Merrill (see).
xi. HAZEN, b. July, 1815. d. young.
17. DAVID WEBSTER WELLS, son of Col. Samuel, b. Dec. 9, 1795. m. Feb. 5, 1818, Sally Eaton, b. Rumney, Dec. 28, 1796, dau. of Daniel and Anna (Dearborn) Eaton. He lived in Plymouth until 1824, and subsequently in Pittsburg, Woodstock, and in Vermont. He was a school teacher and a farmer. He d. Royalton, Vt., Feb. 25, 1870. She d. Burlington, N. J., July 12, 1875.
i. NANCY EATON, b. Plymouth, Dec. 18, 1819. m. Oct. 2, 1836, Isaiah Aldrich. She d. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 4, 1874.
19. ii. SAMUEL, b. Pittsburg, May 13, 1823.
iii. LOUISE, b. Woodstock, May 18, 1825. m. June 29, 1840, Edward Rix, lived in Royalton, Vt. She d. Sept. 26, 1879.
iv. ELIZA ANN, b. Woodstock, July 1, 1827. d. August 13, 1828.
20. v. DANIEL EATON, b. Woodstock, Oct. 21, 1829.
18. GEORGE FARRAR WELLS, son of Col. Samuel 16, b. Sept. 9, 1803, was a Methodist minister, and received appointments at Lu- nenburg, Cabot, and Craftsbury in Vermont, and West Plymouth, Landaff, and Hudson in New Hampshire. On account of failing health he was retired several years, but later filled appointments in Vermont. His appointment to Plymouth was for the year beginning 1842. He m. Oct. 9, 1823, Lucinda Russell, dau. of Joseph Russell (see). She d. at Lisbon, Oct. 27, 1852. He m. second, Oct. 9, 1853, Rebecca A. Jones, dau. of Isaac Jones, of Stockbridge, Vt. She was living 1901. He d. April 8, 1883.
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i. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, b. Woodstock, Dec. 19, 1826. m. May 18, 1848, Hannah B. Stevens, b. Newbury, Vt., May 18, 1829, dau. of John and Hannah (Bayley) Stevens. In his youth he lived in Plymouth several years. He was employed by the Fairbanks Scale Co. until about 1870, and since that date has been connected with the Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut R.R., and is now secretary and treasurer, living at Mooers Mills, N. Y. Children: (1) Charles HI., b. May,10, 1851. d. Feb. 19, 1853. (2) Mary Isa- bella, b. Jan. 26, 1853. m. 1878, Sydney II. Stuart, of New York. She d. April 4, 1901. (3) George S., b. Oct. 21, 1854. m. March 22, 1893, Nellie Howland. Res. Mooers Mills, N. Y.
ii. MARY ANN, b. Feb. 17, 1829. m. Oct. 11, 1852, Dr. Daniel Eaton Wells (see).
19. SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Webster, b. May 13, 1823, lives in Hebron. He is a merchant and deacon of the church in Hebron. He m. Nov. 16, 1847, Martha Ann Washburn, of Auburndale, Mass.
i. HERBERT SAMUEL, b. Feb. 26, 1851. m. June 10, 1872, Mary Jack- son. Res. Burlington, N. J. They have one dau., Ethel May.
ii. CLARA SYLVIA, b. August 28, 1852. m. George W. Watts. She d. sine prole, August 11, 1896.
iii. ALICE MARTHA, b. Feb. 9, 1857. unm. Res. Hebron.
iv. DAVID WASHBURN, b. July 9, 1862. m. July 29, 1884, Ida Maria Taylor. Res. West Newton, Mass. They have two sons : Carl Samuel, and Ralph Andrew.
v. ALFRED, b. July, 31, 1865. d. Jan. 11, 1866.
20. DANIEL EATON WELLS, son of David Webster 17, b. Oct. 21, 1829, was a physician. In 1872 he was a druggist in Bristol. He m. Oct. 11, 1852, Mary Ann Wells, dau. of Rev. George Farrar Wells (see). He d. Dec. 30, 1879. Mrs. Wells res. Bristol.
i. JOSEPH DENNISON, b. June 9, 1853. d. May 10, 1859.
ii. LOUISA RIX, b. May 11, 1856. m. Isaac B. Gordon. He founded in May, 1869, the Bristol " Weekly News," and a few months later he removed the plant to Alexandria. The office and properties were burned in May, 1870. He was the leader of the Bristol brass band several years.
iii. KATE RUSSELL, b. July 19, 1857. d. March 14, 1858.
iv. SUSAN COLBY, b. August 1, 1860. d. March 31, 1861.
V. ALBERT WINCH, b. Jan. 21, 1863. d. June 13, 1863.
vi. HARRY KNIGHT, b. April 27, 1868. m. Abbie H. Robinson, dau. of Joseph Robinson, of Concord. He d. Feb. 18, 1893.
21. BENJAMIN WELLS, son of Stephen, was a distant relative of the Wells families of Plymouth. He was b. April 13, 1784. m.
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Abiah Moore, b. Canterbury, March 30, 1775, dau. of John and Abiah (Stevens) Moore. With his son he removed from Pittsfield to Plymouth, 1847, living on the farm where Mrs. Ida Siddons Wright now resides. In 1850 he removed to Loudon, where he d. Jan. 28, 1864.
. 22. JOHN MOORE WELLS, son of Benjamin 21 and Abiah (Moore) Wells, b. March 19, 1815. m. Harriet Lane, b. Hampton Falls, Jan. 16, 1815. He lived in Plymouth with his father and removed from town 1850. He d. in Rumney, Oct. 2, 1896. She d. March 28, 1897. Nine children.
i. LYDIA J., b. Oct. 11, 1838.
ii. JOHN A., b. April 22, 1840.
iii. BENJAMIN A., b. August 16, 1842.
iv. EBENEZER H., b. April 20, 1845. Res. Rumney.
v. HORACE F., b. March 30, 1847. Res. Plymouth.
vi. SYRENA A., b. May 13, 1849. d. Dec. 20, 1849.
vii. OSCAR J., b. Feb. 13, 1851.
viii. HANNAH F., b. Sept. 27, 1853.
ix. JULIA, b. Feb. 15, 1856.
WELLS.
1. DEA. SELAH WELLS, son of Joshua, b. Southold, L. I., April 1, 1750. Descends from William Wells, emigrant ancestor, who came to New England, 1638, and two years later became one of the first settlers of Southold. He was a lawyer, a member of the council of Gov. Nichols, of New York, sheriff, and recorder. The American generations are : Dea. Selah 5, b. 1750; Joshua 4, b. 1716 ; Joshua 3, b. 1691; Joshua 2, b. 1664; William 1, b. 1604. Dea. Selah Wells m. Mehitable Tuthill, and removed to Amenia, N. Y., 1780, in 1798 to Marshfield, Vt., and in 1836 to Newbury, Vt., where he d. March 3, 1842. She d. May 6, 1838. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church of Marshfield.
2. JOHN WELLS, son of Dea. Selah 1, b. Amenia, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1790. m. in Marshfield, Vt., Betsey Willis, b. Windsor, Vt., April 6, 1789. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Removed to Bradford, Vt., 1825, and to Newbury, Vt., 1834, where he d. June 4, 1862. She d. Oct. 5, 1878.
3. HIRAM THOMPSON WELLS, son of John 2, b. Marshfield, Vt., July 28, 1822. Was a farmer and stone-cutter, res. in Newbury, Vt. He m. in Plymouth, Nov. 30, 1854, Mary A. Currier, dau. of Aaron Currier
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(see). He came to Plymouth in feeble health, 1856. He d. Nov. 11, 1857. She d. Dec. 18, 1871.
4. HIRAM FREEMAN WELLS, only child of Hiram Thompson ª and Mary A. (Currier) Wells, b. Plymouth, July 8, 1857. Is a farme: and glove maker in Plymouth, res. at Lower Intervale. He m. April 6, 1880, Linnie A. Hunt, b. August 15, 1862, dau. of Hollis and Ellen F. (Brown) Hunt, of Woodstock.
WENTWORTH.
1. CLARK WENTWORTHI, son of Stephen and Sally (Nutter) Went- worth, b. Ossipee, Jan. 31, 1806. He was of the seventh generation of Wentworths in New England, the lineage being Clark 7, Stephen 6, Richard 5, Thomas 4, John 3, Ezekiel 2, William 1. Clark Wentworth lived in Moultonborough. He m. Feb. 22, 1831, Harriet Came. He d. 1878.
2. SAMUEL GOING WENTWORTII, son of Clark 1, b. July 6, 1837. m. March 14, 1861, Adelia Ann Wentworth, b. July 27, 1843, dau. of Samuel and Mary Ann (Brown) Wentworth, and grand-dau. of Stephen 6. He lived in Moultonborough.
3. ALVIN FERNALD WENTWORTHI, son of Samuel G.2, b. June 6, 1867. He is a lawyer in Plymouth. (See Vol. I.) He m. Sept. 16. 1896, Blanche Marion Plaisted, b. Ashland, Dec. 12, 1878, dau. of Oscar A. and Ella J. (Clough) Plaisted. She grad. State Normal School, 1895.
i. ROGER SAMUEL, b. Plymouth, August 15, 1899.
WESSON.
1. JOHN WESSON, a youth of thirteen years, from the West of Eng- land, came to Salem, Mass., 1644, and removed, 1652, to Reading, Mass. He was a thrifty farmer, and accumulated a good estate. He m. in Reading, April 18, 1653, Sarah Fitch, dau. of Dea. Zachary Fitch. He d. 1723, aged 92. The majority of his descendants write the name Weston.
2. STEPHEN WESSON, son of John 1, b. Reading, Dec. 8, 1667. m. Sarah Townsend, b. Sept. 4, 1673, dau. of John and Sarah (Pearson) Townsend. He lived in Reading. d. April 30, 1753.
3. DEA. STEPHEN, son of Stephen 2, b. Reading, April 10, 1697. m. Dec. 6, 1721, Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Parker. He lived a few years in Reading, removing to Wilmington about 1729.
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He was a deacon, and prominent in church and town affairs. He d. in Wilmington, June 5, 1777. His wife d. April 22, 1766. They had ten or more children. Their son Nathan m. a dau. of Samuel Bancroft, and settled in Augusta, Me. He was the father of Judge Nathan Weston, LL.D., whose dau. Catherine was the mother of Mel- ville Weston Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
4. CAPT. EPHRAIM WESSON, son of Dea. Stephen 3, b. Reading, Mass., April 9, 1722. In his childhood his parents removed to Wil- mington, Mass., where he res. until 1753, when he removed to Groton, West Parish, now Pepperell, Mass. He and his sons wrote the name Wesson. He m. Nov. 16, 1748, Lydia Proctor, b. May 1, 1729, dau. of Samuel and Lydia (Cotton) Proctor. He served with distinction as a lieutenant and later as a captain in the French War, being en- gaged in the campaigns of 1755 and 1758. In 1764 he removed from Pepperell to Plymouth, and res. in this town four years. He came with the earliest settlers, and was a potent factor in forwarding the settlement. He removed in 1768 to Haverhill, and his name is honor- ably written in the annals of that town. He was moderator and selectman of Haverhill several years, and in 1775 was a delegate to the Provincial Congress at Exeter. He was one of the committee of that body to take from Col. John Fenton the records of the courts of Grafton Co. Soon after the Revolution, he removed from Haverhill to Groton, Vt., and finally settled upon a farm in Peacham adjoining Groton, where he d. 1814. Nine children.
i. LYDIA, b. Wilmington, Mass., Feb. 16, 1749. m. Benjamin Wells (see).
ii. NELLEY, b. Wilmington, Mass., April 16, 1752.
iii. EPHRAIM, b. Pepperell, Mass., Sept. 24, 1754.
iv. JAMES, b. Pepperell, Mass., June 10, 1757. Removed to Stanstead, P. Q.
v. PETER, twin, b. Pepperell, Mass., June 10, 1757. d. 1792.
vi. AARON, b. Pepperell, Mass., Oct. 1, 1759. Settled in Barnet, Vt.
vii. SAMUEL, b. Pepperell, Mass., May 25, 1762.
viii. SARAII, b. July 1, 1764. m. Capt. Edmund Morse, b. 1764, son of Thomas 19 (see), and lived in Groton, Vt. He was a useful man. He d. Sept. 13, 1843. She d. Nov. 12, 1843. Ten children.
ix. ELIZABETH, b. Plymouth, Sept. 16, 1766. m. Edward Clark, and lived in Haverhill and Peacham, Vt. Their son, Ephraim Wesson Clark, b. April 25, 1799. Dartmouth College, 1821; Andover, 1827. Missionary many years to Sandwich Islands. d. Chicago, Ill., July 15, 1878.
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1. NASON WEST was taxed in Plymouth, 1796-1807. He m. Oct. 22, 1798, Sally Calef, dau. of John Calef (see). She d. Feb. 2, 1804. He m. second, Nov. 17, 1805, Betsey Keyes, dau. of Ephraim Keyes (see). He d. March 7, 1808. Betsey (Keyes) West m. second, 1811, Thomas Clifford (see). By his first wife Nason West had three sons, and one by his second wife.
i. JOHN, b. Oct. 26, 1799.
ii. DAVID, b. June 16, 1802.
iii. NASON, b. Jan. 22, 1804.
iv. EPHRAIM.
WHEELER.
1. SOLOMON WHEELER. Parentage unknown. m. Eleanor Ward, b. Sept. 30, 1748, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Experience (Stone) Ward, of Newton. Dea. Joseph Ward was a brother of Rev. Nathan Ward. Solomon Wheeler purchased the original right in the township of Plymouth belonging to Stephen Powers, one of the grantees. He came to Plymouth before 1770, and selling his lands Nov. 15, 1776, he removed to Sutton, Mass., and was a merchant of that town several years. Eleanor, his wife, d. in Sutton, 1785.
WHEELER.
1. JOSEPH WHEELER. Parentage not ascertained. m. in Boston, July 21, 1743, Margaret Ward, dau. of Joseph and Esther (Kenrick) Ward, of Newton, and a sister of Rev. Nathan Ward. They removed to Plymouth, 1770, and after ten years disappear from the records.
WHEELER.
1. SIMON WHEELER, of Concord, Mass. m. Sept. 18, 1739, Dorothy Worcester. They lived in Concord until after 1754, and there seven children were born, of whom Timothy and Daniel have res. in Plymouth.
2. DANIEL WHEELER, son of Simon 1, b. Concord, Mass., July 10, 1752. Came to Plymouth, 1772. He m. in Plymouth, March 23, 1775, Eunice Hobart, dau. of Col. David Hobart (see). He m. sec- ond, Dec. 7, 1780, Mercy Fuller, of Thornton. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1773-1776, 1781-1783. One child by first and two by second marriage, b. in Plymouth. He was a soldier, 1776, in Capt. John House's company, Col. Baldwin's regiment, raised to reënforce
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the army in New York. His company was in the Battle of White Plains.
i. SARAH, b. August 3, 1775.
ii. BENJAMIN, b. June 30, 1781.
iii. EUNICE, b. Feb. 26, 1783.
3. TIMOTHY WHEELER, son of Simon 1, b. Concord, Mass., June 14, 1750. Came to Plymouth with Dea. John Willoughby, 1764. He was not of the age to be taxed until 1771, and his name is found in tax lists, 1771-1773. In 1773 he removed to Hollis, where other members of his family were living, and there m. Sept. 8, 1773, Mary Nevins, b. August 2, 1752, dau. of William and Mary (Hastings) Nevins (see). They res. in Hollis until about 1779, when they re- moved to Amherst, where he d. Nov. 28, 1826. She d. Oct., 1815. They had twelve children. (See " History of Amherst.")
4. WILLIAM NEVINS WHEELER, son of Timothy 3, b. Amherst, 1783. m. July 30, 1803, Hannah Odell, b. Amherst, May 23, 1783, dau. of William and Susannah (Lovejoy) Odell. They removed to Bridge- water about 1804, and to Lower Intervale in Plymouth, 1807. His wife Hannah d. Jan. 5, 1831. He m. second, 1838, Amy (Wil- loughiby ) Emerson, dau. of Jonas Willoughby (see) and widow of Phineas L. Emerson (see). She d. Jan. 17, 1856. He d. Nov. 15, 1857. Five children, possibly more.
i. HANNAH. m. Nov. 26, 1850, Nathan Wheeler, b. Amherst, May 29, 1805, son of Timothy and Betsey (Peacock) Wheeler, and grand- son of Timothy 3 and Mary (Nevins) Wheeler. Lived in Amherst, where she d. 1856. Ile d. Oct. 21, 1864. Sine prole.
ii. MARY A., b. 1808. m. Drury Fairbank Cummings (see).
5. iii. WILLIAM ODELL, b. 1811.
6. iv. DANIEL COOLIDGE, b. 1814.
v. RHODA, b. 1816. unm. d. in Amherst, August 3, 1864. Buried Lower Intervale Cemetery.
5. WILLIAM ODELL WHEELER, son of William N.4, b. 1811. m. Dec. 24, 1834, Betsey Fletcher, dau. of Abel and Betsey (Gilman) Fletcher, of Bridgewater. She d. May 13, 1843. He m. second, Nov. 9, 1843, Orpha Whitcher, of Newbury, Vt. He was a blacksmith in Plymouth, having a shop near the Wheeler House, Lower Intervale, and later on the turnpike, West Plymouth. He d. Feb. 2, 1853.
i. ALONZO FRANKLIN, b. Dec. 22, 1835. m. in Bristol, August 9, 1857, Louisa Nelson Worthen, b. August 28, 1836, dau. of Samuel and
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Mary (Prescott) Worthen. He is a farmer and blacksmith in Bridgewater. Three children. (1) Nellie Frances, b. July 9, 1859. m. Sept. 7, 1878, Nathan George Cross. She d. March 7, 1879. (2) Roscoe Franklin, b. July 10, 1865. m. Sept. 15, 1888, Mary Prescott, dau. of J. Q. A. Prescott. (3) George Henry, b. Feb. 22, 1874. Res. Bridgewater.
ii. GEORGE HENRY, b. 1839. d. Nov. 5, 1839.
iii. WILLIAM HENRY, b. August 26, 1810. Enlisted, a private, 16th Mass. Infantry, and continued in the service until July 26, 1865. He was commissioned a lieutenant and a captain. His record is honorable, and his commissions were the reward of good service. He removed to Fitchburg, Mass., 1865, and later was employed in the carpenter department of B. C. & F. R. R. Later he was fore- man in the brass foundry of William A. Hardy. He removed, 1903, to Lunenburg, Mass., where he d. April 5, 1904. Capt. Wheeler m. March 7, 1871, Caroline Josephine Perrin, dau. of Asa and Caroline (Wellington) Perrin. She d. April 29, 1881. He m. second, April 7, 1887, Sophia A. Hildreth, b. Shirley, Mass., June 11, 1840, dau. of George and Lucy T. (Winslow) Hildreth. One son : (1) William Asa, b. April 22, 1881. In United States navy.
iv. BETSEY JANE, b. May 26, 1842. m. Arthur Fletcher, of Bridge- water. She d. Dec. 22, 1862, leaving one son : (1) Cyrus W. A locomotive engineer, near Boston, Mass.
6. DANIEL COOLIDGE WHEELER, son of William, N.4, b. 1814. m. Melinda N. French. She d. August 28, 1857. He m. second, Dec. 25, 1858, Harriet Susan Randall, b. Dec. 28, 1837, dau. of Thomas and Mehitable (French) Randall. He was a blacksmith and a farmer in Plymouth, and a captain in the militia. He d. Oct. 18, 1882. She m. second, Jonathan B. Huckins, of Holderness.
i. MARY ABBIE ALFORD, b. August 25, 1840. m. Nov. 17, 1861, George Thompson Cook, b. Oct. 19, 1834. He was a manufac- turer of sash and blinds, Laconia. She d. Oct. 11, 1874. He d. July 5, 1899. (1) Leora M., b. Oct. 19, 1862. m. Nov. 6, 1889, Edwin Eugene Whipple. He d. August 18, 1896. She m. sec- ond, June 28, 1899, Austin Harrison Bennett. (2) Edward Sher- man, b. May 6, 1864. m. June 27, 1894, Minnie Estelle Meloon, res. Laconia. (3) Henry Lincoln, b. April 9, 1866. m. July 10, 1886, Jennie Blake Lord. (4) Nettie May Wheeler, b. April 3, 1870. m. Nov. 12, 1889, Charles E. Kemp. (5) Charles Henry, b. Sept. 11, 1874. d. 1878.
ii. JONATHAN BROOKS, b. 1849, d. Nov. 29, 1849.
iii. LEONORA AUGUSTA, b. Sept. 25, 1850. m. August 21, 1869, Fred Burtt (see)
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iv. DANIEL BROOKS, b. Jan. 24, 1860, lived in Plymouth until 1892, when he removed to Ashland, returning to Plymouth, 1900. Glove- cutter. He m. April 30, 1882, A. Anna Howe. (1) Jane Coo- lidge, b. Dec. 11, 1882. d. Dec. 12, 1882. (2) Urra May, b. May 23, 1889. (3) Angie Susan, b. April 27, 1891. d. Oct. 20, 1891. (4) Leslie Carleton, b. Dec. 13, 1896.
V. WILLIAM O., b. March 14, 1864. m. Sept. 24, 1892, Emma Green- wood, b. Monroe, June 10, 1875, dau. of Jeremiah Greenwood. He is a glove-cutter, res. Plymouth. (1) Harry Ross, b. June 24, 1893. (2) Lola M., b. Sept. 3, 1894. (3) Hattie Lena, b. May 26, 1899.
WHITEMAN.
1. CHRISTIAN WILLIAM WHITEMAN was one of the German emi- grants who settled, 1758, in the northeast part of Ashburnham, Mass. He was an intelligent, educated man, and was from the first an es- teemed citizen. He removed about 1790 to the "Coos Country " and located in Warren. His wife was Austina. See Sellingham register for other reference to the German emigrants.
2. WILLIAM WHITEMAN, son of Christian William 1, b. Ashburn- ham, Mass., Oct. 21, 1763. His birth was recorded in Ashburnhain as Christian Whiteman. He took the other part of his father's name and was known as William Whiteman. He preceded his father in the removal to Grafton Co. He lived in Warren and there m. Mehitable Merrill, b. June 1, 1764, dau. of Joshua and Mehitable (Emerson) Merrill, of Warren. He was a farmer and a blacksmith. Five or more children.
3. RICHARD WHITEMAN, son of William 2, b. Warren, June 24, 1786. m. Phebe Willoughby, dau. of John and Abigail (Davis) Willoughby (see). He was a farmer of Warren. He d. about 1866. She d. 1865.
4. JOHN WILLOUGHBY WHITEMAN, son of Richard 3, b. Warren, June 22, 1821, resided several years in Lowell, Mass. He came to Plymouth, 1856, and was in the employ of the railroad until 1890. He continued a residence here, but d. at Haverhill, Angust 19, 1901. He m. Maria Blake, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Colby) Blake. She d. about 1870. He m. second, April 5, 1882, Annie J. Knowles, b. Sept. 28, 1862, dau. of Luke B. Knowles, of Meredith.
i. SUSAN JANE, adopted, b. 1850. m. Nov. 30, 1879. Horace F. Wyatt, son of Thomas and Sarah A. (Clark) Wyatt, of Thornton. He was druggist in Plymouth several years, and removed, 1895, to Adrian, Mich.
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WHITE - WHITNEY - WHITON.
WHITE.
1. EDWARD WARREN WHITE, son of Marshall W. and Elizabeth (McCurdy) White, grandson of Warren and Abigail (Danforth) White. b. Bristol, Jan. 12, 1857, grad. New Hampton, 1873, Boston Dental College, 1878. He was a dentist in Plymouth, 1878-1886, and in Tilton five years subsequently. He now resides in Cambridge, Mass., and is director and treasurer of the Reliance Co-operative Bank of Cambridge. He m. in Plymouth, Oct. 4, 1881, Kate Valette Mc- Questen, dau. of Henry H. McQuesten (see). She d. June 28, 1890.
WHITNEY.
1. KIMBALL WHITNEY, son of Otis and Sarah (Taylor) Whitney, b. Campton, Oct. 26, 1810. m. Eliza Johnson, b. Jan. 1, 1808, dau. of Moses and Polly (Elliot) Johnson (see). He was a farmer and carpenter in Campton and Bristol until 1872 when he purchased the Blair farm, now owned and occupied by Manson S. Brown, and there resided until he d. March 14, 1895. His widow, subsequently, had a comfortable home with her daughter, Mrs. Brown, where she d. July 19, 1900, aged 92.
i. ANN P. E., b. May 24, 1835. m. Manson S. Brown (see).
ii. SARAH, b. April 10, 1838. unm. d. April 2, 1893.
iii. EMMA J., b. Jan. 8, 1844. unm. d. July 14, 1878.
WHITON.
1. JAMES WHITON, emigrant ancestor from Hingham, England, was in Hingham, Mass., 1647, and became one of the largest tax- payers of that town. His house was burned by the Indians, April 20, 1676. He m. in Hingham, Mass., Dec. 30, 1647, Mary Beal, b. Hingham, England, 1622, dau. of John and Nazareth (Hobart) Beal. Her father, John Beal, came to America, 1638, and her mother was a sister of Rev. Peter Hobart, of Hingham, Mass. James Whiton d. April 26, 1710. Mary, his wife, d. Dec. 12, 1696. Nine children.
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