History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Vol II - Genealogies, Part 14

Author: Runnels, M. T. (Moses Thurston), 1830-1902. cn
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston, Mass., A. Mudge & son, printers
Number of Pages: 1078


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33. BENJAMIN2 [7] (James1), m. Anne Hoit, Jan. 1, 1789 (Wood- man) ; rem. to Greensboro', Vt., about 1792, and may there have had other children ; the two following, only, are upon the Sanbornton t. r., as probably being b. here. He d. by accident in Northfield, on a return visit upon his friends in this vicinity (see Casualties), before seeing them. His age was 67. Children :


34, 35. HANNAH, b. May 14, 1789. DERORAH, b. Jan. 5, 1791.


36. EBENEZER2 [8] (James1), is said to have "inherited his father's place, and spent it"; m. Deborah Sanborn, dau. of Capt. Aaron (see), Sept., 1793 (Woodman), who, as his widow, joined the Congrega- tional Church, Sept. 8, 1816, and d. 1848, ae. 72. He d. May 31, 1815, in S. Children (t. r.) :


37, 38. ABIGAIL S., b. Aug. 17, 1794. LYDIA, b. Aug. 26, 1797.


39. JAMES, b. Feb. 12, 1800, whose son : - 1. Daniel, m. Mary G. Haley (see Morrison Family [116]).


40. JOHN S., b. Dec. 20, d. Dec. 28, 1803.


41, 42. MARY D., b. April 12, 1806. AMMON, b. Sept 20, 1808.


43. EBENEZER, Jr., b. April 9, 1810; m. Emellue P. Morrison, dau. of John (see), June 14, 1828 (Crockett). Children : - 1. John D., b. Oct., 1829, d. Muy 20, 1832, ae. 2-7. 2. Cynthia F., b. Aug. 21, 1831, d. Sept. 17, 1832, ac. 1-1.


41. SIMEON, Jr.3 [21] (Simeon2, James1), was m. to Lydia Dur- gin. dau. of John (see), Jan. 17, 1812, by Rev. J. Crockett ; res'd. in Northfield ; was colonel of the militia, and deputy sheriff, at the time of his death, Nov. 13, 1835, ac. 45-4. Children :


45 ASA PIPER, b. June 1, 1813, in Northfield ; after reading law with Judge Nesinith, of Franklin, he commenced practice in Northfield (iu 1843 ?) ; repre- sented that town in the Legislature, 1839-40, as also in subsequent years; was a member of the State Senate, 1844, and president of the same, 1845; so- licitor of Merrimack Co. from 1843 to 1849, and railroad connaissloner three years. He was the Democratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire,


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1858-60; president of the Citizens' National Bank (Tilton) from its organiza- tion, and largely interested in the Boston, Concord, and Montreal and White Mountain Railroads; received the appointment of judge of probate for Mer- rimack Co., July 24, 1871, and held the office till within a few weeks of his death. He was a geuial gentleman, aud enjoyed the confidence of his towils- men and acquaintances to a large degree. An adept in horticulture, and a lover of his well-tilled acres, the homestead in Northfield, near Sauboruton Bridge, where for many years he resided, was always made pecuharly attrac- tive to those who visited him. He lived and d. a couscientious Christian, greatly mourned and missed as the pillar of the Episcopal Church and society in Northitleld and Tilton. He d. Dec. 12, 1874, ae. 61-6, and his funeral was attended by nearly all the members of the Belknap and Merrimack bars. Ile was m. to Clara Proctor, of Franklin, Sept. 2, 1840. Children : - 1. Clara Moulton, b. May 30, 1841. 2. Abbie Josephine, b. Oct. 3, 1849.


46. CAROLINE NELSON, b. Fch. 14, 1815; in. Rev. Charles Nelson Siuith, of Northtleld, Vt., a Methodist clergyman, June 2, 1842, who was afterwards stationed and labored with her in the following fields, Royalton and Randolph, Vt., South New Market, Dover. und Manchester (Elin St.), where also pre- siding elder of the Concord district; returning to the pastoral work at the High St. Church, Great Falls, he there buried "the light, the joy, the idol of his household," Nov. 22, 1853, lu her 39th year. She ever bore herself among his people " with sneh wisdom, tact, and affection, that she never lost a friend or made nu enemy." Children :- 1. Charles Alanson (Smith), b. May 23, 1844, in Royalton, Vt. : "inspired with a true patriotle sentiment," he enlisted in Co. C, Ist Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Oct , 1863; before Petersburg, Va., was taken prisoner, with some 2.000 others, nnd July 12, 1864, "entered the slaughter-pen of Andersouville, where reason left the throne, Aug. 6, and death relieved him from suffering," Sept. 6, 1864, ac. 20-3. 2. George Heury, b. Jan. 10, 1850, in Dover; grad. at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Coun .; a law student in Boston (1875).


47. ABBY PIPER, b. Nov 17, 1818, named for her grandmother; In. Jere- miah Clough Chadwick, of Boscawen, July 4, 1844, and d. March 18, 1839, ac. 31-4. Children :- 1. George (Chadwick), b. July 7, 1845, d. Sept. 22, 1859, ac. 14-2. 2. Asa Cate, b. April 20, 1848.


48. DANIEL ROGERS, b. 1820 (?) ; m. and res. as a farmer in California; 2 children.


49. EASTMAN S., b. Nov , 1822, d. ,Sept. 13, 1826, ae. 3-10.


50. LAFAYETTE (Ist), b. 1825, d. Sept. 13, 1826, ae. 1.


51. THOMAS JEFFERSON, b. 1827; m. Laura Hoyt, of Lake Village, July 11, 1853; there lived, a mechanic in the railroad shop, and d. July 21, 1853, ac. 26 (10 days after marriage). She d. Nov 25, 1854.


52. LAFAYETTE (2d), settled, as a physician, in American Valley, Califor- nia; now (1880) of Quincy, Plumas County; in., Ist, -; m., 2d, Martha A. Smith, of Upper Gilmantou, dau. of B. Frank Smith (see Gale Family) ; three children (Ist wife, one).


53. LYDIA, m. Jobu Root; res. in American Valley, Caledonia County, Cal. (1875).


54. JAMES3 [24] (Jonathan2, James'), m. Betsey Sanborn, dau. of Ebenezer (see), Oet. 5, 1806 (Crockett) ; a farmer, living first near his father's (school lot), next in Franklin, finally opposite the present


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house of Jona. S. Taylor, Lot No. 8, 20 Div. (see Sites) , and there d., Sept. 19, 1817, in his 31th year. He was a Sanbornton soldier at Portsmouth, 1814. She d. on ber ancestral lot, in house built for her by her brothers, Sanborn Road, south of the present Samuel S. Iler- sey's (1877), Dee. 8, 1828, ae. +41-4. Children :


55. HANNAII, b. May 30, 1809, d. Nov. 30, 1810, ae 1-6.


56. HUI.DAN, b. Jan. 1, 1812; m. James V. Wardwell, of Laconla, 1837, and d. Nov. 11, 1857, In his 46th year. Ile enlisted In the 12th N. II. Volun- teers, Company H, Ang., 1862; detalled for hospital serylce; was with hils regimeut lu the campaign of that fall, lucluding attack and repulse at Fred- ericksburg, In Dec., and discharged from winter quarters at Falmonth, Va .. the following spring, lu a very feeble conditlou. Resumed, however, a tol- erable degree of health, and for 10 years was car Inspector of the Boston & Lowell and Lowell & Nashua Rallroads, at Lowell, Mass .. till his death, Juu. 25, 1875. Chilldren : - 1. Edwin Winslow (Wardwell), b. July 26, 1838, d. March 5, 1858, In his 20th year. 2. Clara Amnella, b. Jun. 14, 1841; mu. Jolm Wood, Feb. 12, 1868. Children : - I. William Heury (Wood), b. Mny 12, 1809. II. Nellie Mabel, b. Aug. 27, 1870. III. John Edwin, b. Feb. 21, d. June 3, 1872. ac. 3 mos., 11 days. IV. Lewis Carey, b. Aug. 23, 1873. 3. James Cute (Wardwell), b. Feb. 27, 1842; was drowned Aug., 1845, ac. 3-6. 4. Jolm Henry, b. June 11, 1844; enlisted Sept 11, 1862, Company I, 15th N. H. Volunteers; detalled for signal corps service; present at the slege of Port Hudson ; discharged at expiration of his enlistment, Aug 11, 1803; was graduated at the Kimball Union Academy, 1866, and at Dartmouth College, 1870; since then (1876) engaged in teaching. 5. Heleu Davis, b. March 4, 1846; m. Joseph B. Yorke, March 4, 1869. Child : - I. George Marshall (Yorke), b. April 20, 1870. C. Abbie Luella (Wardwell), b. April 11, 1849; res'd. in Lowell, Mass. (1876).


37. SALLY, b. Dec. 16, 1813; m. Ebenezer Burleigh (see).


58. RUTH SANBORN, b. Sept. 6, 1816; m. William H. Palmer (see).


59. JONATHAN3 [25] (Jonathan2, James!), m. Elizabeth Sanborn, dau. of John (see), Feb. 3, 1811 (Bodwell) ; was a carpenter and mason ; served in the war of 1812-14 ; res'd. at the Square, and then in Franklin, working at his trades in Boston and elsewhere. " IIe was a man of singular devotion to friends and principles, and an ardent lover of nature " ; d. March 24, 1867, in F., ac. 82. She was a mem- ber of the 1st Baptist Church ; and d. very peacefully and hopefully, with her son [64], in Amherst, Mass., Nov. 5, 1867, ae. 79-8. Children :


CO. ELIZA JANE, b. Feb. 19. 1812; commencing as an authoress in 1842, has since written at least eight different books, three of which were published for Sunday schools by the Baptist Publication Society, at Philadelphia ; and one, " A Year with the Franklins; or, Suffer and be Strong," was published in 1846, and still is by the Harpers, besides several serials and stories in Sar- tain's, l'etersou's, and other magazines; res'd. (1877) in Northampton, Matss.


61. ALBERT JonN, b. Dee. 30, 1813; m. Sallie E. Calley, dau. of Richard (see), Ang. 23, 1839; is a farmer iu Northfield, since 1850, ou the Shaker Road, part of the old Keazar farm. Children : - 1. Erwin Girard, b. March


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14, 1841; was a soklier in the New Hampshire 12th Regiment till the close of the war; a sergeant; wounded in the head at the battle of Cohl Ilarbor; was also at Gettysburg. IIe m. Harriet Neale Whitney, of New London, Oct., 1807; a farmer in Boscawen; also by trade a blacksmith. 2. Martha Jane, b. May 3, 1843; m. Willlam Blaisdell Smith, of Loudon, farmer, Oct., 1873. Child : - I. Oscar Guy (Smith), b. March 7, 1876. 3. Ismena Eaton, b. Dec. C. 1847; m. Henry L. Cram, of Westfield, May 17, 1870, who was a soldier three years in the late war; now a clerk (1876). Child : - I. Bertie Leroy (Cram), b. Sept 21, 1872. 4. Mary Ella, b. Jan. 4, 1850. 5. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1851, d. Feb. 19, 1852, ac. + mos.


02. EsTnEn, b. April 21, 1816; was so badly burned In the Thomas Taylor, late Walter Ingalls house, at the Square, that the operation of heart and lungs could be plainly seen; yet she lived several weeks. and d June 7, 1819, ac. 3-2. Her night-clothes (or cotton apron) caught from a snapped coal. or from the flames at the open fire, in the morning, while her mother was milk- ing across the way in the Potash lot, and she ran to her older brother and sister in bed in one sheet of ilume. A panper, boarding In the house, refused to come to their assistance, aud her father was absent from home.


63. SARAN M., b. Sept. 12, 1818; m., Ist, Richard Kimball, merchant, of Goffstown, Nov. 16, 1836, who d. Oct. 20, 1837. She m., 2d, William Ilazen Kimball, brother of the above, Oct., 1841. He was first a picture maker (in ivory) and photographer; has now been for many years State librarian iu Concord. Children : - 1. Richard Henry ( Kimball, Ist husband), b. Sept. 10, 1837, in Goffstown, d. April 7, 1805, ae. 27-7, in Leavenworth, Kan., having been a photographer, and a young man of unusual enlture, mor- ally and intellectually. 2. Willis Gaylord Clark (2d husband), b June +, 1843, in Manchester; m. Ella Gove, of Concord (dau. of Nathan), May, 1863; a soldier in N. II. 18th Regiment, 1864; promoted to lieut -colonel. Chil- dren : - I. Harry Gove, b. May, 1864; an accomplished violinist. II. Rich- ard Hazen, b. July 16, 1869. III. Edith May, b. Oct. 3, 1873 IV. Willis Clements, b. May 7, 1880. 3. Howard Algernon, b. June 20, 1845, in Phila- delphia, Pa. ; with his brother [2] constituting a firm of distinguished photog- raphers In Concord; m. Ida, dau. of James Chesley, of C., Oct., 1878. 4. Jeu- nie Eva, b. March 18, 1848, in Franklin. 5. Sarah May, b. July 9, 1850, in Concord. 6. Edward Wyatt, b Nov. 4, 1854, In Franklin; is a ernyon artist (ink and oils) in Chicago, Ill. 7. Henry James, b. April 23, 1839, in Frank- lin, d. Jan. 17, 1863, in his 4th year. 8. Arthur Richmond, b. Jan. 29, 1862, in Concord. 9. Edward Paul (adopted), b. Oct. 14, 1874.


64. HAMILTON JONATHAN, b. March 11, 1824; studied medicine with Dr. Benaiah Sauborn, of St. Johusbury, Vt. ; grad. at the Woodstock Medical College; has practised at Danville, Vt , Concord, Brooklyn, N. Y., Framing- ham, Amherst, and Northampton, Mass., being In Amherst from 1860 till 1877, when he opened an office in Northampton, still retaining his business at A. He m., Ist, Sylvia E. Roberts, Oct. 5, 1849, who was b. at Lyndon, Vt., and d Aug. 12, 1834; m., 20, Mary D. Plant, of Northampton, Mass., Sept. 16, 1857, who was b. Nov. 28, 1829, and d. Nov. 10, 1866, ae. 37. Children : - 1. Sylvia Emily, b. July 14, 1850, d Jan 12, 1865, ac. 14-6. 2. Heury Ham- ilton, b. Jan. 9, 1859 (2d wife). 3. Mary D., b. Oct. 5, 1862.


65. JOHN3 [28] (Jonathan2, James'), was a school-teacher in this town fifteen years, three successive years in the Hunkins district ; set-


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ted first in Franklin, building the Morrison house, Lot No. GS, Ist Div. ; was selectman and treasurer of the town of F. for the first seven years after its incorporation ; next a farmer in Dunbarton eight years, and since March, 1848, in Belmont, on the Jackson farm. He m., Ist, Mary Johnston, dau. of Davidl (see), Dec. 31, 1818 (Crockett), who d. Jan. 18, 1865, in Belmont, ae. 72-2; m., 2d, Mrs. Jerusha (Taylor) French, dau. of Chase Taylor (see), Jan. 12, 1872. He d. April 20, 1870, ae. 80-1. Children :


66. JAMES GANDNEH, b. April 12, 1821; was a storekeeper some years lu Fraukiln ; a farmer with his father in Belmont since 1849; m. Hannah Chase, of Franklin, dau. of Moses Chase, March, 1840; was selectman of Behnont, 1870-73. Children : - 1. Brackett Johnston, b. Aug. 23, 1840; in. Helen Mar- tin, of Lake Village, 1862; a farmer In Northfield (1876). Children : - I. Mury Ellza, b. April 9, 1863. II. Engene, b. Sept., 1864, d. Jan. 13, 1805, ac. + mos. III. Walter, b. Jan. 13, d. Ang., 1872, ac. 7 mos. 2. Georgle Frances, b. June 1, 1846; m. Solon F. HIll, of Northtleld, farmer and teacher, Nov., 1871; now (1880) with his father-in-law, Belmont. Children : - I. Martha (HIII), b. June, d. Dec., 1872, ae. G mos. II. James Sidney, b. Nov. 26, 1873; for five years with his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, - the fourth gener- ation in the same house!


67. CAROLINE. b. March 19, 1823, d. Sept. 4, 1826, ae. 3-5, of dysentery.


G8. LYDIA, b. May 10, 1825, d. Aug. 24, 1826, ae. 1-3, of dysentery.


69. MARTHA EASTMAN, b May 20, 1825; adopted the winter after the deaths of [67] and [68]; d. Feb , 1847, In her 22d yeur.


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A second branch of the Cate family, unconnected with the preced- ing, is found in


70. THOMAS JEFFERSON CATE, who was b. Aug. 17, 1814, In Upper Gilmanton, being the son of Joshua and Nancy (Burleigh) Cate. Ilis father was b. in Stratham, and came early to U. G. (now Bel- mont). He was a blacksmith in Lee, Boston, Mass., and Belmont, whence he came to this town, in 1862, and has since res'd. on the Bay meeting-house road, Copp farm, original Sinith Lot, No. 18, 2d Div. He m. Sarah Wiggin, of Meredith, Nov. 11, 1838, who was b. in M., March 11, 1808, the dau. of David and Nancy (Dockham) Wig- gin. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812-16, at New Orleans. Children :


71. CHARLES ALLEN, b. Feb. 18, 1840, in U. Gilmanton; a Sanbornton soldier in Co. II, 12th N. H. Regiment, and was killed at the battle of Chan- cellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, ac. 23-3.


72. SABAH ANN, b. Jan. 10, 1842, at U. G. ; m. William Hadley Lamprey, pattern-maker, of Laconia, Aug. 21, 1862, and d. Feb. 8, 1870, ae. 28-1. Chil- dren : - 1. Willie Charles (Lamprey), b. May 8, 1867. 2. Prescott Cute, b. Aug. 26, 1869.


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73. MARY OLIVE, b. Nov. 3, 1843, in U G. ; m. Joseph P. Sanborn (see).


74. LYMAN HOSEA, b. April 26, 1849, in U. G. ; is a farmer with his father, as above; in. Mary S. Eastman, dau. of Abel (see), Oct. 3, 1877 (Dalton).


THE CAVERLY FAMILY.


1. NATHANIEL4, was b. April 26, 1765, probably descended fromn Philip1 of Portsmouth, 1680, and of the line (William3, Moses", Philip1). He came from Portsmouth when a boy, and lived with Ben- jamin Hoyt (present Piper place), who gave him his " bounty " (a flogging !) for enlisting as a Revolutionary soldier. He m. Elizabeth Colby, dau. of Dea. Ebenezer (see), Nov. 17, 1785 (Woodman) ; settled where now Mr. Rowe res., Lot No. 36, 2d Div., and there d. March 24, 1839, in his 74th year. She d. in Boston, Aug. 11, 1849, ae. 80. Three of their children, thirteen in number, d. young ; oue July, 1808, and another Oct. 7, 1809.


2. JOHN, b. Sept. 3, 1786; had been with Mr. Herrick, of what is now Franklin Falls; d. in Sanbornton, June 5, 1804, in his 18th year.


3. SAMUEL [12], b. May 10 (16), 1788.


4. EUNICE, b. Feb. 13, 1790; m. Jonathan Prescott (see).


5. NATHANIEL, Jr., b. Nov. 22, 1791; in. Mrs. Sally (Sargent) Burleigh, of Canterbury, widow of Robert B. (see), May 30, 1812 (Crockett), and d. by drowning June 25, 1820, ac. 28-7. Children : - 1. Amos S., b. Sept. 5, 1812 (name changed to Williams); now lives (1876) in Canterbury (see Lane Family). 2. Nathaniel, b. 1815, d. Dec 17, 1831, ac. 16.


G. MARTHIA (Patty), b. Dec. 29, 1793, d. May 15, 1806, ae. 12-5.


7. EBENEZER COLBY [19], b. March 1, 1796.


8. RICHARD [25], b. May 25, 1798.


9. CHARLES, b. Muy 10, 1801; rem. to Roxbury, Muss., there m. Fanny Nowell, and d. - , having been a teamster and stable-keeper. Five chil- dreu.


10. JOSEPH CONNER, b. Aug. 3, 1803; m. Mary S. Woodman, Nov. 24, 1825 (Crockett), who was the sister of one James M. W., a clothier at the Chapel; lived on his father's place, the old house, and d. Feb. 7, 1836, ac. 32-6 Children - 1. Mary E., b. Sept. 4; 1827; m. E. W. Caverly [22]. 2. Lucy Anu, b. 1836; m. Thomas HI. Rowe (Ist wife); d. Sept. 30, 1855, ae. 19.


" Released from sickness and from pain, She sleeps in Jesus, and is blest."


11. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 4, 1805; in. Richard Kimball, of Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 18, 1825 (Crockett), who was a native of Salisbury (N. H.). She was the only child of her father's family still living (1877). (The thirteenth aud youngest child of [1] d. June 28, 1812.)


12. SAMUEL.5 [3] ( Nathaniel1, etc.), m., Ist, Lydia Steele, dau. of Benjamin (see), March 16, 1809 (Crockett), who d. of consumption, April 27, 1822 ; m., 2d, Abigail Rollins, of Gilmanton, Jan. 30, 1823 (Bodwell). She was b. Oct. 31, 1798, in Deerfield, the dau. of Daniel Rollins (b. Jan. 20, 1755, d. Feb. 23, 1839, ae. 84) and Zipporah, his


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wife (b. March 17, 1753, d. April 10, 1834, ac. 81). He was a farmer in this town. on the turnpike ( Lot No. 81, 2d Div. add ) ; rem. to the edge of Meredith (Ridge), and there d., April 2, 1860, in his 72d year. Children :


13. JOHN FRISBIE, b. Oct. 10, 1809; settled In Meredith Centre, a shoe- . maker and farmer; in. Priscilla B. Swain, Nov. 23, 1832. in M. Child : - 1. George Appleton, b. May 27, 1834; a shoemaker In Meredith; m. Mary J. Sanborn, dau. of Christopher (see), Jan. 8, 1861. Children : - I. Nellle May, b Oct. 23, 1861. II. Charles Austiu, b. April 8, 1863. III. Elizabeth Clark, b. April 26, 1866. IV. Carrle Leonora Belle, b. April 11, 1867. V. Jennie Loulsa, b. June 14, 1869. VI. Jolin Christopher Ervin, b. Dec. 4, 1871. VII Aunie Maud, b. Jau 10. 1877. VIII. Dan, b. Oct. 25, 1879.


14. BETSEY SMITH, b. April, 1815; m. Charles Melleu, of South Reading, Mass. ; d. Dec. 5, 1842, ac. 27-8, leaving 3 children (2 sons).


15. JOANNA FLANDERS, b. Oct. 11, 1824 (2d wife) ; m. George A. Hill, of Lowell, Mass., shoemaker aud farmer; d. Jan. 20, 1858, ae. 33-3, leaving 5 children (3 sous).


16. ALMIRA MERRILL, b. July 11, 1827; m. Joslah Herbert, now of Upper (?) Gilmanton, a farmer. Seveu children.


17. DANIEL ROLLINS, b. March 12, 1831; a farmer. ou Meredith Ridge, since 1800; was in. March 21, 1855, by Rev. Daniel M. Dearborn, to Mary Louisa Shaw, of Meredith, who was b. June 22, 1837, the dan. of Isaac und Theodosia (Gale) Shaw. Children (two oldest b. lu Sanborntou) : - 1. Alma Augusta, b. Dec. 8, 1856, d. April 12, 1859, ae. 2-4, surviving but 24 hours after a fall into a tub of scalding water. "She was our all." 2. James Everett, b. Ang. 3, 1859. 3. Alma Augusta, b. Ang. 4, 1861, in Meredith. 4. Daniel W., b. March 20, 1863. 5. Eiuma Grace, b. July 25, 1866. G. Park Rowe, b. Feb. , 1870. 7. Abbie Lillian, b. Oct. 26, 1871. 8. Louisa, b. Nov. 22, 1876.


18. SAMUEL NATILAN, b. Feb. 8, 1836, d. Nov. 30, 1840, ae. 4-9.


19. EBENEZER C.5 [7] (Nathaniel4, etc.), was in the war of 1812, at Portsmouth ; m. Mrs. Polly F. Dearborn, dau. of Simon Johnson (see), Sept. 7, 1815 (Crockett) ; was a shoemaker in Meredith Vil- lage, and then in Roxbury, Mass., where he also attended a railroad crossing, and d. July 11, 1855, ae. 59-4; she there d. Aug. 18, 1848, ac. 56. Children :


20. LUCY JANE II., b. Aug. 29, 1816; m. II. O. Simonds, of Boston, paiuter, aud there d., May 3, 1871, ju her 55th year. Child (only) : - 1. larry O. (Simonds), b. April 12, 1842, iu Roxbury; m Josephine Favor, of Dover, Me., April 28, 1867; was a superior house painter in Boston ; then res'd. in Kingsley, Kan., now, Jan. 1, 1878, at Walla Walla, W. T. Two daus.


21. THOMAS DEARBORN (Caverly), b. Jan. 16, 1819, d. March 22, 1818, ae. 29-2.


22. EBENEZER WELLINGTON, b. Feb. 12, 1821 ; m. Mary E. Caverly, dan. of Joseph C. [10], Sept. 5, 1847 (Huntley) ; first lived in Sanbornton, ou his grandfather's place; then rem. to Boston (Roxbury). One son.


23. MARY ANN WHITNEY HAMLIN, b. July 11, 1834, d. Dec. 2, 1835, ac. 1-5. .


24. WHITNEY HAMLIN, b. March 31, d. Sept. 3, 1838, ne. 5 mos., 3 days.


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25. RICHARDS [8] (Nathaniel4, etc.), m., 1st, Eunice Wadleigh, dau. of Joseph (see), Dee. 31, 1818 (Crockett), who d. May 5, 1821, ae 32-7; in .. 2d, Mrs. Abigail (Brown) Morrison, dau. of John Brown (see), her 3d husband, Oct. 20, 1822 (Crockett). He was a farmer just east of his father's (see Sites), and d. May 11, 1874, ac. 76 ; she d., at North Sanbornton, May 12, 1876, ae. 88-3. Children :


26. CHARLOTTE, b. Sept. 24, 1819; m., Ist, Jacob R. Morrison; In., 2d, Thomas Webster, Jr. (sec).


27. EUNICE, b. May, 1821, d. Dec. 19, 1821. ae. 7 mos.


28. LANGDON, b. April 22, 1823, d. March 12, 1825, in his 2d year.


29. HORACE FRANKLIN, b. April 10, 1825, d. July 13, 18:2, ac. 7-3.


30. SARAH JANE, b. July 14, 1828, d. July 10, 1845, of consumption, ac. 17.


31. NATHANIEL SARGENT, b. March 13, 1832, d. April 17, 1853, ae. 21.


32. JENEY (Jane) CAVERLY, who d. in S., May 2, 1809, is sup- posed to have been a sister of [1], who also came to town.


THE CHAPMAN FAMILIES.


Four distinct heads of families bearing this name are found in San- bornton, between most of whom, as yet, no connection can be estab- lished. The absence of records in some of these families, and of information respecting others, will leave their history meagre and unsatisfactory.


THREE BRANCHIES. - I.


We have, first, the EDMUND and EDWARD [7] branches, these being the names of two brothers ; though a slight doubt exists as to the latter's name, none as to the identity and relationship. They are said to have come from Epping.


1. EDMUND1, first lived below the Tin Corner (Lot No. 74, 2d Div.), and kept tavery, very early, in what is now the little orchard north of Amos HI. Jones's. Hle afterwards rein. to Vermont, exer- cised his gifts as a preacher, but returned to this town, and d. at the Chapel, on the site of the present res. of Curtis B. Burley, Nov. 13, 1802. His wife's name was probably Sarah, who d. April 16, 1806, at the Chapel. Children :


2. SARAH, m. Nathanici Call, of Andover (see).


3, 4. JAMES [15], b. 1767. HULDAI, b. Jan. 16, 1769; m. Joseph Weeks (ser). 5. EDMUND, I. Rebecca Rollins, dan. of Jotham (see), Aug. 15, 1799 (Crockett) ; lived in this town, where a child of his d., Sept. 20, 1803, and she d. Feb. 4, 1817. Three others : - 1. Rachel. 2. Daniel. 3. Jonathan.


C. ELIZABETH, m. John Dow, Jr., of Gilmanton, Sept. 22, 1803 (Crockett).


7. EDWARD (?) was a brother of [1], was nicknamed " Tojers' (of this name we are more sure than of the former), and preceded the Piper family on southeast corner of Lot No. 36, 2d Div. Ile d. (if


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HISTORY OF SANBORNTON.


" Edward") Oct. 13, 1798 ; his " widow Abigail" d. Aug. 30, 1818. Children :


8. EDWARD, Settled In town, as his son d. here, July 1, 1817.


9. JonN, lived with his father, and m. ; his child d. July 24, 1803; his wife d. June 20, 1805; he d. Sept. 19, 1809.


10. DAVID, In. Saralı Call, of Andover, March 17, 1785 (Woodmun) ; set- tled lu Glimunton ( ?).


11. STEPHEN G., m. Susannah Call, of Andover, July 8, 1790 (Woodman).


12. HANNAN, m. Joshua Mudget, of Gilmanton, Feb. 6, 1794 ( Woodman).


13. JOSEPH, b. 1770; m. Susanna Thompsou, March 2, 1797 (Crockett), aud lust occupled his father's place as a farmer. She was the dau. of Jucob Thompson, und d. March, 1840, ac. G9. ffe d. Nov. 3, 1840, ae. 70, " breaking his neck by a full."


14. ABIGAIL (Ruth), m. Samuel Mowe, April 24, 1809 (Crockett), and rein. to Vermont.


15. JAMIES? [3] (Edmund1), m. Lovey Hoeman, July 26, 1797 (Crockett) ; lived first in a house then standing across the road from Piper's Mills (Chapel) ; next in the Chapman house, north side of Salmon Brook, at the same mills, and there d., Feb. 3, 1847, ae. 80.


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