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3. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE NELSON, son of Rev. William 2, b. Read- ing, Mass., August 17, 1815. Lived a respected citizen of Bradford, Vt., from 1832 until his death. He was a painter and glazier. The family were refined and cultured. He. m. Jan. 17, 1837, Persis S. Brewster, b. Topsham, Vt., May 22, 1817. She d. in Bradford, Oct. 25, 1874. He d. Sept. 9, 1894. Three children.
i. WILLIAM H., b. Oct. 21, 1840. Lived in St. Johnsbury, Vt. He was employed several years by the Fairbanks company, and later was a dealer in music and musical instruments. He m. Feb. 21, 1867, Lydia Spooner. In 1888 he removed to Pasadena, Cal., and there res.
ii. CHARLOTTE ISABELLA, b. Sept. 18, 1849, a teacher of fine arts. Res. Bradford, Vt.
iii. LUCY ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 15, 1853. Res. Bradford, Vt.
4. HARRISON PICKERING NELSON, son of Rev. William 2, b. March 9, 1820. m. in Hebron, May 30, 1847, Louisa Plaisted Laney, b. Dec. 3, 1818, dau. of John and Nancy (Sleeper) Laney, of Alexandria. He removed to Antioch, Ill., and eight years later to Mitchell, Iowa, where he d. Sept. 1, 1859. She res. in Franklin. Five children.
i. LUELLA LUCY, b. April 29, 1848. d. April 17, 1849.
ii. LUELLA LOUISA, b. April 2, 1851. Res. Franklin.
iii. ELIZABETH ANN, b. Jan. 30, 1857. Proof-reader, Concord.
iv. LUCY NANCY, b. Nov. 13, 1856. Supervisor of drawing in the schools of Franklin and Laconia. Res. Franklin.
V. WILLIAM HARRISON, b. May 25, 1859. Proprietor of a clothing store, Franklin.
5. DAVID BATCHELDER NELSON, M. D., son of Rev. William 2, b. June 15, 1822. Was a student at the academies of Newbury and
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Bradford, Vt. He studied medicine with Dr. Rufus Fellows, then of Hill, and graduated at Harvard Medical College, 1849. He practised successfully in Manchester eleven years, and until the war of the Rebellion. He was commissioned a captain of the 1st New England Cavalry, Oct. 24, 1861; major, Dec. 3, 1861 ; resigned June 3, 1862. Subsequently he was an eminent physician of Laconia. He d. July 5, 1898. He m. Cornelia C. Weston, who d. in Manchester, May 27, 1856. m. second, May 24, 1859, Susan E. Bridges, b. Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 25, 1841, dau. of George T. Bridges. Five children of Dr. David B. and Susan E. (Bridges) Nelson.
i. ELIZABETHI HORTENSE, b. Feb. 16, 1861. d. Nov. 29, 1863.
ii. ALICE MAUDE, b. August 1, 1863. unm. A teacher in public schools of Brookline, Mass.
iii. DAVID BATCHELDER, b. July 30, 1866. d. Jan. 27, 1870.
iv. WILLIAM, b. April 20, 1871. By profession is a civil engineer, and is now of the firm of II. Beckford & Co., manufacturers of turning- mills, Lakeport. He m. May 17, 1892, Melina E. Flint. Three children : (1) Thomas Leete, b. Dec. 30, 1893. (2) Arthur Roland, b. August 29, 1895. (3) Marion Ruth, b. March 4, 1898.
v. LOUISA HUNTINGTON, b. July 7, 1877. Res. Laconia.
6. SIMEON B. NELSON, son of Rev. William 2, b. Roxbury, March 7, 1827. He was employed several years in the manufacture of wood ware in Swanzey, removing to Wisconsin, 1857, where he engaged in business. His mill and buildings were burned in Peshtigo, Wis., in the memorable fire of 1871. For many years he has been an active partner of the firm of Clark & Nelson, of Oshkosh, Wis., manufacturers of wagon stock, cheese and berry boxes, and other articles of wood ware. The mills are at Elmhurst. He res. at Oshkosh. He is a veteran of the Civil War, and prominent in G. A. R. affairs. He m. in Swanzey, June 4, 1851, Lovisa M. Bailey, b. Swanzey, Dec. 23, 1825, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Clark) Bailey. She d. Feb. 11, 1863. He m. second, June 4, 1864, Lestina E. Holt.
i. CHESTER E., b. March 25, 1852. d. April 30, 1852.
ii. EMMA N., b. July 18, 1853.
iii. LULIE L., b. Oct. 6, 1861.
iv. EHOYN F., b. Sept. 13, 1868.
V. FLORA MAY, b. Nov. 13, 1875.
vi. RoY B., b. Dec. 2, 1877. University of Chicago.
7. REV. CHARLES W. NELSON, son of Rev. William2, b. Corinth, Vt., August 7, 1834. He attended the schools of Plymouth, and
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having completed an advanced course of study he entered the ministry of the Free-Will Baptist Church. He was licensed to preach, 1860, and was ordained 1863. He preached in Dorchester a few years and over six years in Deerfield. He was pastor of the church in Went- worth about twenty-five years, and during the later years of his minis- try there, he lived in Plymouth from 1887 to 1900. He was a selectman of this town 1892 and 1893. He is an impressive preacher, a faithful pastor, and is respected and esteemed by all who know him. While passing the winter with his children in Elkhart, Ind., he was summoned in January, 1904, to attend the funeral in Plymouth of Frank Herbert Rollins, a round trip of two thousand miles. At this time he res. in East Kingston. He m. in Manchester, Feb. 14, 1856, Mary J. Mowe, b. Andover, April 17, 1833, dau. of Ezra and Sarah R. (Holbrook) Mowe. Fourteen children.
9. i. ARTHUR WILLIAM L., b. Manchester, Dec. 19, 1856.
ii. LENA M., b. July 27, 1858. d. May 12, 1885.
iii. CORA G., b. Jan. 25, 1860. d. Jan. 7, 1889.
iv. FLORENCE M., b. June 6, 1861. m. Sept. 6, 1881, Darius K. Morse, b. Thornton, 1855, son of Caleb Morse. They res. in Elkhart, Ind. Three children : (1) Leora Blenden, b. June 12, 1883. (2) Ernest Eastman, b. March 16, 1887. (3) Fay Nelson, b. June 15, 1891.
v. JOSEPH B., b. March 1, 1863. m. March 14, 1885, Marion E. Rowe, b. Grafton, Mass., March 5, 1867, dau. of John H. and Sarah M. (Holt) Rowe. They live in Haverhill, Mass. Five children : (1) Raymond Leroy, b. June 25, 1887. (2) Rena Myrtle, b. Sept. 30, 1889. (3) Helen Bryle, b. April 5, 1802. (4) Marjorie Gladys, b. Nov. 2, 1894. (5) Harley Rowe, b. Feb. 27, 1899.
vi. WESLEY C., b. Sept. 6, 1864. m. Dec. 24, 1887, Tillie M. Tanba, dau. of Frederic and Louisa (Hame) Tanba. They live in Bloom- ington, Ill. Three children : (1) Leon L., b. July 24, 1889. (2) Bernard C., b. April 7, 1891. (3) Esther M., b. July 9, 1894.
vii. MYRON H., b. April 30, 1866. m. Dover, Feb. 22, 1SS8, Lillian V. Applebee, b. March 5, 1871, dau. of Theodore S. and Mary A. (Leighton) Applebee. He is a machinist. Res. Haverhill, Mass. Three children : (1) Blanche E., b. Nov. 12, 18SS. (2) Alfred P., b. Oct. 4, 1890. (3) Russell C., b. August 28, 1891.
viii. HENRY B., b. Sept. 13, 1867. m. Nov. 10, 1897, Minnie Shuemaker, b. Dec. 18, 1866, dau. of John and Martha Shuemaker. He is a locomotive engineer. Res. Bloomington, Ill.
ix. BERTHA A., b. July 21, 1869. d. July 8, 1888.
x. LESLIE E., b. July 5, 1871. d. March 8, 1895.
xi. LEON E., b. May 26, 1873. d. Sept. 18, 1888.
xii. ERNEST S., b. Feb. 12, 1875. unm. Time-keeper, Lake Shore R.R. Lives at Elkhart, Ind.
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xiii. VERNE E., b. Jan. 27, 1877. m. at East Kingston, June 3, 1903, Mabel M. Dean, b. Jan. 6, 1882, dau. of Sidney F. and Georgina M. (Shaffroth) Dean. He lives at Elkhart, Ind.
xiv. ETHLYN L., b. May 1, 1878. m. June 24, 1903, Addison S. Aldrich, b. Northbridge, Mass., Oct. 14, 1870, son of Samuel and Julia (Poland) Aldrich. They live at Westboro, Mass.
8. REV. JAMES C. NELSON, son of Rev. William 2 and Dolly Sumner (Elliot) Nelson, b. Plymouth, Nov. 24, 1838. He was educated in Plymouth and Newbury, Vt. He lived in Hebron several years, and was licensed a Free Baptist minister, 1880, and ordained at Whitefield, 1881. He has had pastorates in North Woodstock, Gilmanton, again in Woodstock, and Wheelock, Vt. He is now in Colorado. He served in the Civil War, and was a first lieutenant, 12th N. H. Infantry. He m. in Hebron, Augusta Rogers, dau. of Elliot B. Rogers, of Hebron. She d. 1862. He m. second, Ellen Lynch, who d. 1880. He m. third, Maggie Cook, who d. 1898. One child by first, six by second, and two by third marriage.
i. FRED ELMA, b. May 20, 1861. m. Sept. 29, 1886, Cora Gertrude Ormsby, dau. of Joseph and Mary Jane (Daniel) Ormsby, of Littleton and Lancaster. He is a steam fitter, res. and conducting business in Fitchburg, Mass. Member of Common Council, 1904 and 1905. One child. (1) Rachel Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1891. .
ii. NELLIE A., b. June 21, 1868. m. Edwin Nelson, a farmer of Gilmanton.
iii. ELIZABETH, d. young.
iv. JAMES HARTLEY. m. Cora - - -, lives in Springfield, Vt.
v. BESSIE. m. Luther Cree, of St. Johnsbury, Vt.
vi. INFANT SON. d. young.
vii. CHARLES. d. young.
viii. MABEL C. m. - - Normindton.
ix. RALPH, lives with his father.
9. REV. ARTHUR WILLIAM L. NELSON, son of Rev. Charles W.7, and grandson of Rev. William 2, b. Manchester, Dec. 19, 1856. He attended the public schools in the towns where his father res., and with the ministry in view, he pursued a full course of study at the Tilton Seminary, graduating 1884. In September, 1885, he entered the Theological School, of Boston University, and graduated in June, 1888, and subsequently he pursued a special course at Boston Univer- sity, College of Liberal Arts. During the years of his advanced courses of study he was also engaged in preaching. From the New Hamp-
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shire Conference he was appointed to West Rindge, 1884-1886 ; Salem, First Church, 1887, 1888 ; Milford, 1889, 1890; West Medway, Mass., 1891-1893. He was transferred to the New England Con- ference, 1893, and appointed to Jamaica Plain, Mass., St. Andrew's Church, 1894-1896; West Medford, Mass., Trinity Church, 1897- 1899 ; Monson, Mass., 1900-1902; Cochituate, 1903, 1904. He is a successful minister, and is highly esteemed by his brethren of the con- ference. He m. at Lexington, Mass., August 25, 1885, Minnie F. Chapin, b. Boston, Mass., April 18, 1864, dau. of George A. and Ellen Chapin. One child.
i. Ruth Mae, b. Lynn, Mass., April 16, 1896. NELSON.
1. THOMAS NELSON, emigrant ancestor of the most numerous family of Nelson in New England, was one of the colony from Row- ley, England, who founded Rowley, Mass. He was a freeman, 1639, and was the wealthiest of the Rowley settlers. The record of the death of his first wife is not found. He in. second, in Rowley, Mass., about 1642, Joan Dummer, dau. of Thomas, and a niece of Richard Dummer, of Newbury. Returning to England on business, he there d. August 6, 1648. Two sons, Philip and Thomas, by the former, and a son and a daughter by the second marriage.
2. CAPT. PHILIP NELSON, son of Thomas 1, b. England about 1633, and was less than five years of age when the family came to America. He graduated at Harvard College, 1654, and was commander of one of the companies under Sir William Phipp, in the expedition to Canada, 1690. He m. June 24, 1657, Sarah Jewett, dau. of Joseph Jewett. She d. Feb. 14, 1665/6. He m. second, March 11, 1666 /7, Elizabeth Lowell, b. Newbury, Feb. 16, 1646, dau. of John Lowell. He d. August 19, 1691. She d. Dec. 14, 1731. Twelve children.
3. JOSEPH NELSON, son of Philip 2 and Elizabeth (Lowell) Nelson, b. Rowley, Nov. 28, 1682. m. March, 1706, Hannah Brocklebank, b. Rowley, August 26, 1684, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Platts) Brocklebank. She d. June 5, 1732. He m. second, Sept. 5, 1732, Elizabeth (Brigg) Jewett, widow of Jeremiah Jewett, of Ipswich. He d. Feb. 8, 1743/4. She d. May 24, 1761.
4. JOSEPH NELSON, son of Joseph 3, b. March 10, 1709/10. m. Nov. 7, 1734, Lydia Pingree, dau. of Aaron and Elizabeth (Pearson) Pingree, of Ipswich. He lived in Rowley, where he d. May 6, 1769. She d. March 8, 1780.
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5. STEPHEN NELSON, youngest son of Joseph 4, b. Rowley, April 5, 1752, lived in Sutton, Salisbury, and Bristol, where he d. Dec. 15, 1847. He m. Abigail Page. Eleven children.
6. LEVI NELSON, son of Stephen 5, b. August 12, 1789. m. May 28, 1809, Sarah Evans, and removed to Bristol, 1812. He was a prosper- ous farmer and a respected citizen. He d. Jan. 18, 1875. She d. Dec. 14, 1879.
7. CYRUS WEEKS NELSON, son of Levi6, b. July 10, 1827. m. Jan. 31, 1852, Mary Augusta Merrill, b. Gilmanton, March 18, 1830, dau. of John and Hannah (Osborne) Merrill. She d. Oct. 3, 1900. He m. second, Oct. 7, 1901, Sarah (Leavitt) Hartford, who d. Jan. 30, 1902. He m. third, Nov. 27, 1902, Lucretia (Lovekin) Flanders, b. 1836, dau. of Edward and Mary (Burnham) Lovekin. He removed from Bristol to Manchester, 1850, where he was a watchman in the mills of the Stark corporation five years, removing to Plymouth, 1855, and is a successful farmer on the Bayley farm on the turnpike. Nine children.
i. INA AFFIE, b. Manchester, July 26, 1853. m. Jan. 1, 1876, Oscar J. Piper, a farmer of Meredith. Four children. (1) Fred HI., b. Sept. 22, 1877. (2) Oscar G., b. August 15, 1879. (3) Ralph N., b. Dec. 1, 1882. (4) Earl R., b. Dec. 17, 1887.
ii. IDA AUGUSTA, b. Plymouth, April 27, 1856. m. Feb. 24, 1873, Robert Dustin, of Hebron. m. second, Dec. 26, 1891, Hiram Sherman Woodbury (see).
iii. Ar HARLEY, b. July 19, 1857. m. August 5, 1879, Sarah Jane Couch. He is superintendent in a mill at Meredith. (1) Lizzie Gertrude, b. July 1, 1885.
iv. MAY ELLEN, b. Jan. 4, 1859. m. Oct. 25, 1879, Marcus T. Day, a farmer of Pittsburg. (1) Carrie Etta, b. Sept. 7, 1881. (2) Mercy T., b. May 4, 1890.
v. CORA G., b. Dec. 19, 1860. m. Azro G. Pebbles (see).
vi. CARRIE H., b. Oct. 2, 1862. m. April 8, 1883, Benjamin A. Cass, of Ashland.
vii. MINNIE G., b. May 17, 1865. m. Alfred E. Hartford, marketman, Boston. Res. Somerville, Mass.
viii. MARCIA L., b. April 6, 1868. m. August 17, 1887, Charles W. Prescott. Res. Nashua.
ix. MILES GRANT, b. July 29, 1870. He is a clergyman. Educated at New Hampton Institute and Bible School at Concord. He has had pastorates at Taunton, Mass., Westbrook, Me., Lowell and Springfield, Mass. Now res. Springfield, Mass. Ile m. Jan. 11, 1893, Nettie R. Tucker. (1) Marion Eloise, b. Lowell, Mass., June 3, 1897.
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1. ANDREW NELSON, son of a native of Scotland, was b. in Quebec, P. Q., 1835. He m. 1855, Isabella Jolley, and removed to the States, living in Lunenburg, Vt., Dalton, and Lancaster.
2. CHARLES MALCOM NELSON, son of Andrew 1, b. Lancaster, March 30, 1875. Attended the public schools of his native town, and learned the art of photography. He purchased the chambers of Harry S. Heath, and began business in Plymouth, in Sept., 1898. He m. Nov. 15, 1899, Mabel Frances Bowen, b. Ashland, Sept. 25, 1876, dau. of Daniel and Addie (Knecttle) Bowen. One child. (1) Philip Francis, b. April 24, 1903.
NEVINS.
1. THOMAS NEVINS and wife Margaret were of the early Scotch Irish emigrants, of the eighteenth century. They sailed from the north of Ireland about 1711, and settled in Nova Scotia. While returning to Ireland on business a few years later, the ship was lost, and the crew and passengers perished. The widow Margaret Nevins, with her three sons, Thomas, William, and David, removed to Mas- sachusetts, but soon settled in or near West Dunstable, now Hollis.
2. THOMAS NEVINS, son of Thomas1, was the first settler of Monson, near the boundary line between the present towns of Mil- ford and Hollis. The early town meetings of Monson were held at his house. He was a sergeant in Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell's company, Col. Hart's regiment, 1758, and a selectman, 1759. Later he removed to the east part of Monson, and was res. there 1769. He removed about 1773 to the part of Cockermouth now Hebron, and late in life removed to or near Hanover, where he d. He m. Jan., 1745, Bridget Snow, b. Nottingham West, July 19, 1719, dau. of Joseph Snow (see).
i. BRIDGET, b. Dec. 21, 1746.
ii. THOMAS, b. May 25, 1748. m. Rebecca Willoughby, dau. of John Willoughby (see).
iii. THOMASIN. m. John Calef (see).
iv. Lucy. m. Jeremiah Blodgett (see).
v. HANNAH. m. Henry Phelps, of Groton. She d. soon, and he m. second, Hannah Blodgett (see).
vi. FANNY. m. March 15, 1780, Simeon Bridgeman, of Dorchester.
3. WILLIAM NEVINS, son of Thomas 1 and Margaret Nevins, b. 1718. Lived in Monson and near the home of his brother Thomas 2.
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He was moderator and selectman of Monson several years. Later by changes in town lines or by a removal he lived in Hollis. He was a selectman of Hollis, 1771, 1772, and moderator, 1773, 1774. He was one of the grantees or proprietors of Plymouth, and was active in forwarding the settlement, being one of the proprietors selected to arrange for the ordination of Rev. Nathan Ward, and serving on other important committees ; but he never res. in Plymouth. He m. Nov. 8, 1745, Mary Hastings. He d. in Hollis, Feb. 15, 1785.
4. i. WILLIAM, b. July 26, 1746.
ii. JOSEPH, b. July 20, 1748. m. Lucy Sawtell. Res. Hollis. He was a soldier in the Revolution. Eight children.
iii. BENJAMIN, b. August 15, 1750. m. Feb. 9, 1775, Annis Moore. IIe was a soldier in the Revolution. Res. Hollis. Five children.
iv. MARY, b. August 2, 1752. m. Timothy Wheeler (see).
v. JOHN, b. Feb. 26, 1755. . Was a soldier in the Revolution, and settled in Groton about 1780. IIe m. June 12, 1782, Mary Hasel- tine. They had six children : (1) John, b. April 15, 1784. Once a teacher in Plymouth. (2) Mary, b. March 7, 1786. (3) Sarah, b. April 28, 1789. (4) William, b. Jan. 30, 1793. (5) Betsey, b. April 21, 1795. d. April 19, 1895, two days less than 100 years. (6) Hannah, b. April 20, 1799. in. Phineas Nevins (see).
vi. PHINEAS, b. Feb. 23, 1758. Killed at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775.
vii. LYDIA, b. July 16, 1760. m. Daniel Mooar, b. Hollis, July 23, 1757, son of Daniel Mooar. They lived in Hollis.
viii. ELIZABETHI, b. Oct., 1762.
ix. REBECCA, b. July 1, 1765. m. Dec. 24, 1788, Joseph Lakeman, b. Ipswich, Mass., August 27, 1766. They lived in Amherst, where he d. March 30, 1851. She d. July 9, 1844. Eight children.
I. NATHAN, b. Feb. 28, 1770. m. Mary - They lived in Am- herst and in Groton. He d. 1798. She m. second, March 16, 1808, Daniel Mooar, of Hollis. Phineas Nevins, a son, m. Hannah Nevins, dau. of John and Mary (Haseltine) Nevins (see). He d. in Concord. Of his five children, a dau. Mary m. Rev. R. S. Stubbs, of the N. H. M. E. Conference. Rev. Mr. Stubbs was in Plymouth, 1855-1857.
4. WILLIAM NEVINS, son of William 3, b. Hollis, July 26, 1746. m. in Hollis, March 24, 1768, Rebecca Chamberlain, b. in Dunstable, Nov. 29, 1746, dau. of Thomas and Susannah Chamberlain. He removed to Plymouth before 1770, and was here taxed 1770 to 1775, inclusive. The tax-lists for the preceding years are not preserved. At the first call of the Revolution he joined the Hollis company, commanded by Capt. Reuben Dow, and was at Bunker Hill and in the siege of Boston until the close of the year 1775; continuing in
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the service, he was promoted from sergeant to ensign, and was taken prisoner at the battle of White Plains in October, 1776. He soon after d. within the lines of the enemy. The widow continued a resi- dence in Plymouth, and here her three children were reared.
i. HANNAH, b. Plymouth. in. Joshua Thornton (see).
ii. WILLIAM, b. Plymouth, 1774. Was a school teacher. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1795-1797. He d. Dec. 29, 1810.
iii. SUSANNAH, b. probably in Hollis, Dec. 2, 1776. m. Moses George (see).
5. DAVID NEVINS, son of Thomas 1, and brother of Thomas 2 and William 3. m. in Hollis, March 3, 1746, Lois Patch, b. Concord, Mass., August 13, 1721, dau. of Isaac and Edith Patch, of Concord and Groton, Mass. He lived in Hollis until 1764, when he removed to Plymouth. He was the master workman in building the meeting- house in Hollis, 1746. He was not a grantee of Plymouth, but the proprietors gave him a right in the township, and he enjoyed all the privileges of an original grantee. He settled in the west part of the town, and his house was the first one erected in that immediate vicinity. In the survey for a road from Plymouth to Hanover, made in 1771, the record " begins at the house of David Webster at the river, thence N. 58° W. 280 rods ; thence S. 68° W. 68 rods ; thence N. 85° W. 240 rods ; to David Nevins. .. . " In the Revolution he served in Capt. Everett's company, Col. Bedel's regiment, 1776. He enlisted into the Continental service, March 21, 1777, and was reported dead the following year. His widow d. 1782. Six children b. in Hollis.
i. - JOHN, b. Oct. 12, 1748. d. August 25, 1752.
ii. Lors, b. Oct. 20, 1749. d. Sept. 5, 1752.
iii. MARGARET, b. Feb. 3, 1752. m. Plymouth, June 6, 1781, Samuel Phelps, of Hebron. Their dau. Margaret m. Henry C. Phillips (see).
iv. Lors, b. Sept. 16, 1753. m. April 8, 1798, Joseph Ryan. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1789-1792. Settled in Hebron.
6. v. JOHN, b. April 18, 1755.
vi. DAVID, b. July 7, 1758. Served with his father in Capt. Edward Everett's company, Col. Bedel's regiment, 1776, and in Capt. Willoughby's company, Sept. 25 to Oct. 28, 1777; in Capt. Lovewell's company, Feb. 9, to March 30, 1778. In May, 1779, he enlisted into the Continental service, assigned to Col. Scammell's regiment, promoted corporal, and served to the close of the war. He d. soon after his discharge, and before he reached his home. Ile was not married.
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6. JOHN NEVINS, son of David 5, b. Hollis, April 18, 1755. The family removed to Plymouth, 1764. He m. Oct. 31, 1782, Hepsibah Hobart, dau. of Gershom (see). He removed from Plymouth to Dan- ville, Vt., 1790. He was there a part of the time for a few years before the removal of his family. In 1816 he removed to Perry, N. Y., where he d. April 6, 1843. She d. August 23, 1849. Four children b. Plymouth and five Danville.
i. DAVID, b. Sept. 28, 1784.
ii. Lors.
iii. SALLY.
iv. JACOB, b. Jan. 12, 1788.
v. HEPSIBAH. d. aged 16.
vi. MARY, b. March 3, 1795.
vii. JUDITH, b. Sept. 16, 1796.
viii. BETSEY, b. 1800.
ix. JOHN, b. Feb. 13, 1802.
NORRIS.
1. NICHOLAS NORRIS, from the north of Ireland, and by tradition of English parentage, was in Hampton, 1663, and three years later he removed to Exeter, where he d. soon after 1721. He m. Jan. 21, 1663/4, Sarah Coxe, dau. of Moses Coxe, of Hampton.
2. MOSES NORRIS, son of Nicholas 1, b. Exeter, August 14, 1670. m. March 4, 1691 /2, Ruth Folsom, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Robie) Folsom. He lived many years in Exeter.
3. MOSES NORRIS, son of Moses 2, b. about 1696. He purchased land in Nottingham, 1731, and was there an innholder. Later he lived in Epping, where he d. 1751. He m. Lydia Rundlett, dau. of James Rundlett, of Stratham.
4. JAMES NORRIS, son of Moses 3, b. Exeter, 1728. m. Priscilla -, and res. in Epping. Late in life he removed to Vermont, and d. Corinth, Vt., Nov. 6, 1814.
5. JOHN NORRIS, son of James4, b. Epping, 1765. m. Jan. 1, 1792, Hannah Kelley, and with others from Epping he removed to Chelsea, Vt. He was an assistant in the survey of new townships in Vermont. He was a Baptist in early life and later a Methodist, and interested in the establishment of that denomination in Vermont. About 1830 he removed to Groton, where he d. 1849. She d. July 18, 1858.
6. JOHN NORRIS, son of John 5, b. Chelsea, Vt., Sept. 23, 1794. He went to Boston about 1815, and was there an architect and builder.
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Removing to Plymouth 1830, he remained in town five years, when he removed to Groton, and was there a farmer until 1868, when he removed to Rumney, where he d. 1870. He was a skilful musician and helpful in the maintenance of church choirs. He m. in Groton, 1821, Mira Holden, b. Nov. 28, 1800, dau. of David and Bridget (Atwell) Holden, and a sister of Adams Montgomery Holden, who lived in Plymouth a few months in 1863. She d. in Boston, 1867.
i. CHARLES HOLDEN, b. Boston, August 14, 1822. m. in Plymouth, March 5, 1848, Fanny B. Stetson, dau. of Nathan Stetson (see). He was a carpenter, res. in Plymouth, 1848-1854. He d. Watertown, Mass., 1855. She d. 1900.
ii. DAVID HOLDEN, b. March 29, 1824. m. Ruth Blake Norris, b. Chelsea, Vt., Nov. 18, 1829, dau. of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Norris. She d. July 5, 1875. Hle m. second, Nov. 25, 1875, Mary A. Warren, of Braintree, Mass., who d. Oct. 20, 1879. He is in the insurance business. Res. Boston, Mass.
iii. MIRA ANN CORNELIA, b. Boston, March 8, 1826. m. March 23, 1847, Edwin Stearns Perkins, b. Princeton, Mass., April 4, 1822. He was a merchant of San Francisco, Cal. d. March 6, 1900.
iv. JOHN MILTON, b. Cambridge, Sept., 1828. d. Plymouth, 1832.
v. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Plymouth, Sept. 18, 1830. m. Dec. 2, 1852, Caroline Train Norris, b. Oct. 18, 1830, dau. of Thomas F. and Sally Smith (Norcross) Norris. He was a dealer in pianos and other musical instruments. IIe d. Brookline, Mass., August 18, 1887.
vi. ANN MARIA, b. Plymouth, Feb. 8, 1832. m. April 29, 1870, Edwin N. Tufts. He was a farmer, Stockton, Cal., where he d. 1873. She d. Haverhill, Mass., August 18, 1898.
vii. SARAH FRANCES, b. Plymouth, Dec. 8, 1833. She graduated from a three years' course of study at New England Medical College for Women, 1872, and after a year in hospitals she went as a physi- cian, under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, to Bombay, India. Dr. Norris labored suc- cessfully and faithfully in India seven years, and visited the rich and the poor, the native and Christian, and also established a dispensary which was visited by thousands seeking medicine and treatment. She now res. in Brookline, Mass.
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