History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 82

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1714


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A laurel wreath. A shield, both in relief.


On the left side-


"' HON. MESHACK WEARE, born in Hampton Falls, Jan. 16, 1713. Graduated at Harvard College, 1735. Speaker of the House of our Representatives, 1752. Commissioner to Congress, at Albany, 1754. Pres't of New Hampshire from 1776 to 1784. At the same time Councillor from Rockingham, Chairman of the Committee of Safety, Pres't of the Council, and Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court. In public service 45 years. Died Jao. 14, 1786.


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On the back side-


" The following were the Committee chosen by the State to erect this Monument; George H. Dodge. J. Everett Sargent. John 11. Wiggins,"


Laurel wreath (in relief). Shield.


Each side of the cap (above) the die is ornamented with a wreath, and surmounting the shaft is a shapely urn from which rises a flame, emblematic of the well- earned immortality of him whose wisdom, virtues, aud patriotism this monument is designed to com- | memorate. At the time of its erection Italian marble . was considered to be the proper thing, but it is now said to be less enduring than the softest marble from Vermont. Be that as it may, the memory of this patriot will remain as imperishable as the granite of his native State.


REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1718-1882.1


1718, 1722, 1733-34. Peter Weare. 1836, 1838. John Weare.


1727, 1730, 1737. Nathaniel Weare.


1837. N. P. Cram.


1735-36, 1739-41. Ichabod Robie 1839-40. George Ilubbard Dodge.


1744, 1748, 1752, 1762, 1765, 1768, 1841-42. Thayer S. Sanborn.


1774-75, Mesheck Weare.


1844. Otis Wing.


1758. Richard Nason.


1846-47. John W. Dodge.


1771. Jonathan Tilton.


1848-49. Jeremiah Godfrey.


1776-77. Henry Robie.


1850-51. Simon Winslow.


1779. Samuel Weare,


1852-53. Wills W. Healey.


1783, 1785. Abner Sanborn.


1854-55. Charles H. Sanborn.


1787. Nathaniel Healey.


1791. Nathaniel Hubbard Dodge.


1858-59. Thomas L. Sanborn,


1809, 1814. Joseph Perkins.


1866-67. Levi E. Lane.


1813, 1815-16. Aaron Merrill.


1868-60, Emory Batchelder.


1817-19, 1821-22. Jeremiah Blake.


1870-71. l'eter G. Tilton.


1820, 1828. William Brown.


1-72-73. Charles T. Brown.


1824-25. Thomas Leavitt.


1874-75. George B. Sanborn.


1826-27. Levi Lane.


1876-77. John F. Jones.


1829, 1831. David Chase.


1878. Joseph T. Saubort.


1832-33. Josiah Brown.


1879. John C. Sanborn,


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1834. Moses Batchelder.


1880-82. llenry H1. Knight.


Delegates to conventions to revise the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire : first convention, Na- thaniel Hubbard Dodge; second convention, George Hubbard Dodge; third convention, Nehemiah P. Cram.


MILITARY RECORD, 1861-65.2


James H. Sanborn.


Charles W. Durgin.


Frank P. C'ram.


David Creighton.


Lewis T. Sanborn.


Walter Butler.


Samuel Batchelder.


Robert Butler.


Samuel L. Perreare.


Thomas E. Cushing.


Daniel E. Perreare.


John C. Kennison.


Silvester J. Perreare. James Green.


Burnham E. Perreare. Benjamin Brown.


Sewell B. Perreare.


Robert Morgan.


Benjamin F. Marshall. William Brown.


Robert Fisher. David Mc Whirter.


llenry McDevitt.


John S. Godfrey.


George Albert Jeuvrin.


Almon Prescott.


Joseph P. Jones.


Joseph E. Prescott


Samuel II. Dearborn.


Samuel M. Prescott.


Jobn E. Williams.


1 By George D. Dodge.


2 Contributed by George D. Dodge.


Drafted and sent substitutes:


Enoch J. Tilton. Edwin Prescott.


Thomas G. Moulton.


William A. Cram.


Chesey P. Chase.


In politics, almost equally divided between Repub- licans and Democrats.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


HON. WARREN BROWN.


Hon. Warren Brown, of Hampton Falls, N. H., is a lineal descendant of the seventh generation from John Brown, who was of Scotch descent, but was born in England, and followed the baker's trade in London many years previous to his emigration to America. John Brown set sail for the New World April 17, 1635, in the ship " Elizabeth," and reached Boston the following June. Among many others who came to these shores at the same time was one Sarah Walker, then seventeen years of age, who sub- sequently became the wife of John Brown, and the mother of a large and intelligent family. Their de- scendants are numbered by the hundreds and thou- sands, and are scattered from Maine to California. From 1635 to 1638, Mr. Brown resided in Salem or Lynn (tradition says Salem), Mass. He settled in Hampton in 1638, and became one of the first pro- prietors of the town. As early as 1640 he was some- what engaged in ship-building, for he "built a barque at the river near the present site of Perkins' Mill, supposed to be the first craft larger than a com- mon row-boat built in town." He was one of the largest land-holders in the town, and was consid- erably engaged in stock-raising. In 1673 and 1674 he and his son John brought suit against the " pru- dential men," and also against the town of Hampton, for not eansing a road to be built to his farm. The eourt decided in his favor, and the road was built. In 1651 and 1656 he was one of the selectmen of the town, though as a rule he was not prominent in State or church matters. In 1664 he was one of those chosen to look after the boys during divine service, though he himself was not, probably, a church- member. We are informed by tradition that all five of his sons were engaged in conflicts with the Indi- ans, but with respect to three of them it is certain. During King Philip's war, in 1676, John and Thomas Brown, sons of John, were among those to whom Hampton was to pay certain sums for military ser- vices.


In 1677, Stephen, the youngest son, being but eighteen years of age, enlisted and accompanied the expedition to the eastward, and was at the battle of Black Point, where sixty out of ninety men lost their lives, and he was one of them, being killed June 29, 1677. In 1683, John Brown, oldest son of John Brown, died, aged about forty. He was unmarried.


1793, 1796. Nathan Brown.


1860-61. Charles A. Nason.


1862-63. Jefferson Janvrin.


1801, 1807, 1811. Peter Tilton.


1864-65. Dean R. Tilton.


'1797. Chleb Tilton.


1856-57. John Batchelder.


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Waren Brown


Joseph J. Sambon


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Benjamin Brown, second son of John, came into pos- session of the greater part of his father's property at Seabrook, and some of his descendants still live on the same farm. John Brown, Sr., died Feb. 28, 1686, aged ninety-eight years. The name was formerly spelled with an "e" final-Browne. His wife, Sarah, died Feb. 28, 1687. Their children were Sarah, John, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Jacob, Mary, Thomas, Stephen, Sarah (2), and Abial S.


Jacob, Thomas, and Benjamin lived to be more than eighty-seven years of age. The line of descent from John Brown to Hon. Warren Brown is as fol- lows: Warren7, John B.6, Jacob5, Nathan4, Jacob3, Benjamin2, John1.


Jacob5 married Abigail Berry, of Greenland, and had four sons,-Thomas, Nathan W., Joseph C., and John B.


Mr. Brown was a farmer in Hampton Falls, and was a member of the Christian Church. He died April 25, 1859, aged ninety-two, and his wife died Dec. 20, 1833.


John B. Brown was born at East Kingston, Jan. 5, 1799, and removed to Hampton Falls with his parents when he was one year old. He married Sarah M., daughter of Thomas Leavitt, of Hampton Falls, May 8, 1834. She was born Oct. 24, 1808. Their only child is Warren Brown, born Aug. 11, 1836, on the same farm which he now owns in Hampton Falls, N. H. John B. Brown was a farmer by occupation, and a Democrat in politics. He died March 31, 1858, aged fifty-nine years. His widow still survives him, and resides with her only son.


Hon. Warren Brown received such advantages for an education as the common schools of his native town afforded, supplemented by some three years at the Rockingham Academy, in Hampton Falls, and Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass. He was reared a farmer, which honorable calling he has successfully followed to the present time. He owns the old Brown homestead, in Hampton Falls, which was formerly owned by one Benjamin Batchelder, who was a lineal descendant of the fourth generation of Rev. Stephen Batchelder, "said to have been the first Congrega- tional minister at Lynn, Mass., and Hampton, N. H." Benjamin Batchelder was born Sept. 19, 1673, ยท married Susannah Page, Dec. 25, 1696, and had thirteen children, the sixth of whom, Susannah, became the wife of Ebenezer Webster, and one of their sons was Col. Ebenezer Webster, of Revolu- . tionary fame, and father of Hon. Daniel Webster, America's greatest statesman, his mother being Abi- gail Eastman, of Salisbury, Mass.


When this farm was owned by Mr. Batchelder it consisted of one hundred and fifty acres, but the farm now owned by Warren Brown contains more than three bundred acres, which is in a fine state of cul- tivation. In 1879, Mr. Brown erected one of the finest and most substantial dwellings in the county, and, taken with his numerous and well-arranged


outbuildings, presents at once to the passer-by one of the most attractive places in the county. In politics he was a Democrat until the great civil war, when he became a Republican, and as such he has held the various town offices, and in 1872-73 was a member of the State Senate, serving on the Commit- tees of Railroads and Banks, and was chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. From 1879-81 he was a member of the Executive Council under Governor Head. He has always been prominently identified with the agricultural interest of his county and State. For thirteen years he has been a trustee of the " New England Agricultural Society" from New Hampshire, and since 1879 he has been president of the New Hampshire State Agricultural Society.


Mr. Brown is one of the most successful farmers in Rockingham County, and his splendid farm is widely known, but perhaps few are aware that the lineage of Daniel Webster was reared on this farm, or that he, Webster, was a lineal descendant of Rev. Stephen Batchelder, the first minister of Hampton.


On the 1st of January, 1867, Mr. Brown married Sarah G., daughter of the late Daniel L. and Sophia "Osgood" Norris, of Dover. She was born Nov. 17, 1841.


Their children are Harry B., Arthur W., Gertrude N., Mildred L., all born in the old " Brown" house, on this same farm.


Mr. Brown is a member of high standing of the Masonic fraternity.


He is respected at home and honored abroad.


JOSEPH T. SANBORN.


Tradition has it that the great ancestor of the San- born family in New Hampshire was one John San- born, who died in England, leaving the care of his family, consisting of three sons,-John, William, and Stephen,-to his father-in-law, the Rev. Stephen Bachiler. This latter gentleman and several others came to this country with their families, landing from the good ship " William and Francis," June 5, 1632. They went at once from Boston to Lynn, Mass. Rev. Mr. Bachiler returned to England ; and it is believed that Stephen, one of the grandsons mentioned above, returned with him. Most of those who came with them removed to Hampton, N. H., in 1638, and here John and William lived and died. Their descend- ants lived there for more than one hundred years. The family name was sometimes changed to San- borne and Sanbourne. John Sanborn, Sr., was born in England about 1600; married, and had three sons, -John, William, and Stephen. John (2d) was born in England in 1620, came to America in 1632, was twice married,-first to Mary, daughter of Robert Tuck. She died Dec. 30, 1668, and Mr. Sanborn married for second wife Margaret Moulton (a widow ), daughter of Robert Page.


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John was a prominent man, and was made freeman Oct. 11, 1685. William Sanborn came to America at the same time (1632), married Mary Moulton, lived in Hampton, was made a freeman in 1678, and died Sept. 18, 1692, aged seventy years. He held the va- rious offices of his town. Stephen Sanborn, the young- est son of John, married and returned to England. Sewell S. Sanborn, a lineal descendant from John Sanborn, first generation, lived on the same farm in Hampton Falls where at the present writing (1882) his grandson, Joseph T. Sanborn, now resides. He married Miss Elizabeth Batchelder, and had a large family of children, of which Thayer S. was next to the youngest son. Both Thayer S. and his wife were members of the Congregational Church, and lived to an advanced age.


Thayer S. received an academic education at Hamp- ton, and taught school for a number of years. He married Deborah Ward, of Hampton, and had six children. These were Harriet W. (who became the wife of Dr. Edward Grosvenor, of Newburyport), Thomas L., Joseph T., Marcia W., Helen E., and Joseph H. Of these, Helen died young, and Joseph H. died in October, 1878. The last named was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and died from the effects of hardships sustained in the service. Mr. Sanborn his early life, and subsequently a Republican. He held at one time or another all of the offices in the gift of the people of his township, and served in the State Legislature two years. The Weare National Bank, in which he was a large stockholder and di- rector, was located in his own house at Hampton Falls. Both himself and wife were members of the Congregational Church, and active in all church and neighborhood affairs. Mrs. Sanborn died in 1858, and Mr. Sanborn in August, 1874. Both are buried in the cemetery at Hampton Falls.


was always prominent in politics, being a Whig in | heth Knight, of Portsmouth. They had two sons and


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Joseph T. Sanborn was favored with a good educa- tion, attending school for several years at Rockingham ; Academy and one year at Pembroke, N. H. Ile left school at nineteen, and immediately engaged in the . Jersey, and received from them valuable presents of mercantile business for himself at Hampton Falls,| continuing in business for five years. In the spring of 1853 he went to California, and engaged in the wholesale grocery business at San Francisco, con- tinuing there until 1869. He was also interested in some extensive mining operations and in other busi- ness enterprises. In December, 1869, he returned to Hampton Falls, where he has since resided. Owing to pour health he did not again engage in active busi- ness until 1876.


After the death of his father, in 1874, he came into possession of the old Sanborn homestead, where he now resides (1882), and which property has been in the possession of the family for more than two hun- dred years. In politics Mr. Sanborn is a Republican. He served in the Legislature in 1878 with credit and distinction, and was a member of the committee on


the reform school. At the present writing he is a member of the board of education of Hampton Falls. He married Eliza B., daughter of Jefferson and Mary (Wadleigh) Janvrin, Aug. 10, 1876. Mrs. Sanborn was born at Seabrook, Dec. 7, 1843. They have one child, Fannie Ward, who was born Nov. 15, 1877. Mr. Sanborn is a leading citizen, a man with much influence and many friends. From his ancestors, among whom were many good men and true, there have descended to him many of the qualities that go to make up the sum of good citizenship and true, useful manhood.


JEFFERSON JANVRIN.


Jefferson Janvrin was a lineal descendant of Jean Janvrin and his wife, Elizabeth Le Consteur, who lived in Isle of Jersey, which at that time belonged to France. Their son, Jean Janvrin, being a seafaring man, sailed between ports of Europe and America carrying merchandise. Aug. 6, 1696, he sailed from Lisbon for Portsmouth, N. H., commander of his own ship, the "Four Friends." The "log" of this and subsequent voyages is now in possession of Jefferson Janvrin's family. He built a wharf in Portsmouth, not finding one there sufficient for unloading and ' loading his cargoes. Sept. 12, 1706, he married Eliza-


two daughters,-John, George, Molly, and Betsey.


He was a man of education and ability, and pos- sessed a fine property. He died suddenly in Lisbon, while on one of his voyages. His youngest daugh- ter, Betsey, died young, unmarried. Molly married Thomas Pickering, of Newington. George settled in Newington, and married Abigail Pickering, but died without heirs. John, the eldest son, born in Ports- mouth, July 8, 1707, married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Moses Stickney, of Newbury, Mass., Oct. 9, 1751, from whom are descended the remaining Jan- vrins in this country. He received a liberal educa- tion, graduating from Harvard University in 1728. With his father he visited his grandparents in Isle of


silverware, some of which are now preserved in the family. He purchased a farm in Newington, and lived there a number of years. He was schoolmaster at Hampton Falls from 1756 to 1762, and a successful . teacher. Finally, in 1770, he purchased two farms in Seabrook, and lived there till his death, which oc- curred Oet. 7, 1780. He left four sons-John, James, William, and George-and one daughter, Elizabeth.


His sons were all farmers, and settled in Seabrook and vicinity. George, the youngest son, born in Ilampton Falls, March 26, 1762, inherited the home- stead, and married Dolly Lovering, of Kensington.


Their children were Sally, Dolly, George, Lorany, Ruth, Fanny, Jefferson, Miranda, and Eliza.


The youngest son, Jefferson, the subject of this sketch, was born in Seabrook, May 5, 1803. He in- herited the homestead, and in 1840 married Mary


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Wadleigh, of Meredith. Their children are Miranda, Eliza, and George Albert. He continued to live in Seabrook till the year 1853, when he purchased a farm in Hampton Falls and erected commodious and substantial buildings.


In politics Mr. Janvrin was a Republican, and quite active. At one time or another he held most, if not all, of the town offices, and in 1862-63 he was a mem- ber of the General Assembly of the State. He was earnest, determined, and conscientious in his work. No matter of public interest failed to enlist his atten- tion. Energetice, persevering, economical, judicious, charitable, these were some of the characteristics of the man of whom we write. In his work as a farmer he was among the best and most successful. He was long identified with the Congregational Church. Mrs. Janvrin was a Universalist. He left a good name to his family and to the community in which he spent his fife. He died Sept. 2, 1879, eight months after the death of his wife, at the age of seventy-six years. His eldest daughter married Henry McDevitt, and has one son, William Henry, eleven years old. Eliza married Joseph T. Sanborn, and has one daughter, Fanny Ward, four years old. George, the youngest child, enlisted in the war of the Rebellion at the age of seventeen. He was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, from the effects of which he died at Harewood Hospital, Washington, D. C., June 11th, at the age of eighteen years.


JOHN H. GOVE.


John H. Gove, son of John Gove, was born in Weare, N. H., May 29, 1813. His father married Hannah, daughter of John Chase, and had children, -- Abigail, Squire, Rhoda B., and John H., all born in Weare, N. H.


John Gove was a carpenter and joiner by trade, also a farmer. About 1822, when his son John H. was nine years of age, hie settled at Lincoln, Addison Co., Vt., when he purchased a farm and resided there some nine years, when he went to Lynn, Mass., and carried on his trade. He was a birthright member of the Society of Friends. He died June 7, 1855, aged eighty-three years. His wife died December, 1843, aged nearly sixty-five years.


John H. was reared to habits of industry and so- briety, and these have been among his many virtues since. He settled in Vermont with his parents, and went with them to Lynn, Mass., about 1831. He was a son of a carpenter, and he took up the same busi- ness, and successfully followed it in Lynn and else- where till 1856. He was engaged in building bridges and jobbing, and many are the structures still stand- ing which attest his workmanship. In June, 1856, he settled in Hampton Falls, where he now resides. Since his settlement in Hampton Falls he has been a farmer. He has been twice married,-first to Martha J. Kenyon, of North Providence, R. I., June, 1850.


She died Oct. 19, 1853 ; second, to Sarah P., daughter of Moses and Hannah (Dow) Wells, June 25, 1856. She was born March 15, 1819. Of this union one daughter, Sarah A., was born Aug. 11, 1857, in Hamp- ton Falls, N. H., and now resides with her parents.


Mr. Gove is a Republican in politics. He has held the various town offices with credit to himself and sat- isfaction to his constituents. His judgment is often sought on various matters, and he is justly considered one of the most careful and prudent men in town. As a citizen, father, husband, and friend few are his equal and none his superiors in Hampton Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Gove are birthright members of the Society of Friends, and their daughter is one by request.


He is a descendant of one Edward Gove, who came from England and settled in New England. His grand- father was John Gove, born in Seabrook, married, and had a large family, of whom John, father of John H., was one. Moses Wells, father of Mrs. John H. Gove, was a descendant of one - Wells, who settled at | Ipswich, Mass., at an early day. One of his descend- ants settled ju Hampton Falls in 1771, and became the progenitor of Moses Wells, who in early life was a hotel-keeper, but after his marriage became a farmer. He was born in 1774, and died May 8, 1824.


CAPT. LEVI E. LANE.


The great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Deacon Joshua Lane, a farmer, who lived at Hampton, and whose wife was Bathsheba Robie. They had sixteen children, one of whom, Deacon Jeremiah Lane, married Mary Sanborn, a daughter of Lieut. Joseph Sanborn. They had five children, i as follows: Mary, who married Thomas Berry, of Greenland, and subsequently settled in Pittsfield, N. H .; Joshua; Jeremiah, who married, and set- tled in Chichester; Simeon, who also married and settled in Chichester ; and Levi, who settled in Hamp- ton Falls. Deacon Jeremiah Lane seems to have had several occupations, being a farmer, a tailor, and a surveyor. In the latter capacity he laid out several townships. He was an active and useful citizen, and died in 1806, at the age of seventy-four. His wife survived him, living until 1818.


Levi Lane was born in Hampton Falls, Feb. 14, 1774, and was a tailor by trade, although he was en- gaged in farming the greater part of his life. He was married in March, 1798, to Anna, daughter of Deacon David Batcheldor, of Hampton Falls, who was born in Angust, 1775. They bad ten children,- Jeremiah, Mary A., Sarah, Emery, Nancy, Rhoda, David E., Abigail B., George G., and Levi E. The three youngest are still living. Mr. Levi Lane and all of his children were born on the farm at Hamp- ton Falls now owned by Wells W. Healey. In 1828 they moved upon the farm where Capt. Lane now resides. In politics he was a Whig, being quite ac- tive, and holding the position of representative in


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the Legislature in 1826 and 1827. He was also elected selectman, and was a magistrate for many years. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church, and an active and useful Christian man. He died Nov. 30, 1864, aged ninety years and ten months. His wife died in July, 1848.


Levi E. Lane was born Feb. 5, 1819. He has always followed the occupation of a farmer, and has been one of the best and tastiest farmers in that sec- tion of the State. His farm is neat and tidy, his buildings in excellent condition, and his land in a high state of cultivation. In addition to a good common-school education, he spent two terms at an academy. Mr. Lane has been twice married. Ilis first wife was Cynthia S., daughter of Dearborn and Hannah (Merrill) Lane, who was born in Hampton Falls in 1817, and died Oct. 10, 1873. To her he was married in April, 1849. They had one child, a daugh- ter, Annie S., who was born Nov. 20, 1855. She re- ceived a liberal education, and was married June 6, 1877, to Charles F. Wadleigh. She has two children, Mabel F. and Fannie M. His second wife was Ann Elizabeth Carhen, who was born in Queens County, Ireland, July 26, 1839, and came to America in 1851. To her he was married Feb. 9, 1785. Mr. Lane came in possession of the farm where he now resides by paying some obligations to his father's creditors. He has been an active Republican, and held many po- sitions of trust. In 1866-67 he was a member of the Legislature, and served on the Committee on Mili- tary Accounts. He was a selectman for eight years, and township treasurer for two years. He has been active in the State militia, and has held all of the positions from private to captain, serving in the latter capacity for one year. lle is a member of the Uni- tarian Church of Hampton Falls.


GEORGE HUBBARD DODGE.


George Hubbard Dodge was the son of Dudley, who was the son of Nathaniel Hubbard, who came from Wenham, Mass., to Hampton Falls about 1765, and was descended from Richard, who landed at Salem, Mass., in 1629.


He was born in 1807, and died Feb. 14, 1862.


He was educated at Hampton Academy, and com- menced business as a clothier and farmer.




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