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S5. LAURA ANN, b. Sept. 15, 1821, in Conway; m Iliram C Abbott, of C., Dec. 28, 1846, who was there b., May 15, 1812. Children (b. in Conway) : - 1. Fanny C. ( Abbott), b. Oct. 12, 1847, d. Dec. 14, 1853, ae. 6-2. 2. Ann Maria, b. Sept. 27, 1849, d. Nov. 30, 1850, ac. 1-2. 3. William Myson, b. May 16, 1855 4. Marion T., b. July 30, 1850.
86. MARY ELIZA, b. Aug. 31, 1852 (2d wife), d. May 10, 1853, ac. 8 mos., 10 days.
87. WILLIAM FOLSOM, b. Ang. 26, 1837, in Conway.
88. WILLIAM7 [37] (David6, William5, etc. ), m. Virtue Emerson, dau. of Nathan, of Plymouth (see), May 2, 1826; res'd. in New Ilampton and Bristol, but chiefly, for about 30 years, in this town, below the Chapel, being a clothier by trade, and the last who carried
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on that business at the Green mill site (see). She d. May 26, 1865, ae. 68. He d. with his son, in Franklin, Sept. 18, 1873, ac. 76-8. Children :
89. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 30, 1827, In New Hampton, d. May 3, 1834, ue. 27-3.
90. ELIZA ANN, b. March 23, 1829, in N. II , d. June 20, 1846, ae. 17-3.
91. SUSAN MARIA, b. Sept. 1, 1831, in N H., d. Aug. 26, 1856, ue. 23.
92. CHARLES CARROLL, b. Oct 14, 1833, in Bristol; was in trade at the Corner eight years, till 1863; since then at Franklin Falls; m. Angenette Frost, Dec. 25, 1802 (Tilton), who was the dan. of Ephraim Frost, of West Cambridge, Mass. (see Ebenezer D. Morrison). Child : - 1. George Edwin, b. Jan. 19, 1865, in Frunklin.
93. PHILENA J , b. Dec. 3, 1835, d. Jan. 21, 1853, ne. 17-2.
94. EBENEZER7 [47] (Ebenezer", William5, William+, etc.), was a farmer on his father's last place in this town, till 1867; has since res'd. in Lower Gilmanton ; m. Polly (Mary) Demeritt, dau. of Joseph, of Northwood, Aug., 1821 (Crockett), who d. Oet. 21, 1875. Children :
95. Joux L., b. Sept. 13, 1822, d. Dec. 8, 1875, uum., ac. 53-3.
96. SARAN A., b. April 28, 1826; m. Benjamin W. Chapman, of Gilmanton, Dec. 9, 1808; no children.
97. CAROLINE AUGUSTA, b Oct. 6, 1828; m., 1st, Daniel MeCarthy, of Franklin, Oct. 7, 1852: m., 2d, Alvah R. Green, of Pittsfield, a native of Lou- don, Oct. 15, 1876. Children : - 1. Daniel (McCarthy), b. Sept. 21, 1853, d. quite young. 2. Frank Chase, b. Nov. 13, 1834; now lives In Pittsfield.
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Another branch of the Chase family, probably descended fromn Aquilla1, but by what line unknown, claims for its Sanbornton ancestor :
98. JONATHAN, b. May 1, 1730. His wife, Anna, was b. Feb. 7, 1733. He is thoughit to have come to this town before his son [110], below ; lived north of the Hoyt or Piper corner in 1776, and was the Jonathan Chase, Ist, of 1782. Children :
99. ANNA, b. Juue 10. 1750, d. Dec. 29, 1786, ae. 36-6.
100. JONATHAN, Jr. [110], b. Jan. 8, 1752.
101. EDWARD, b. Nov. 24, 1754, d. June 19, 1814, ae. 59-7.
102, 103. SARAU, U. March 17, 1757. THOMAS, b. March 23, 1759.
104, 105. LEVI, b. July 5, 1.62. LYDIA, b. Oct. 23, 1765.
106. MARY, b. March 28, 1767, d. In infancy.
107. MARY, b. Aug. 21, 1769; m. Noah Smith (see).
108. BersKY, b. July 9, 1772.
109. HANNAH, b. Ang. 10, 1774; m. Jesse Ingalls (see).
110. JONATHAN2, Jr. [100] (Jonathan1), came from Stratham (or Loudon), and first settled on the Rundlett (now Charles Durgin) lot,
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No. 66, 2d Div. (northwest corner). Ilis wife, Mary Craighton, was b. June, 7, 1745, and d. Jan 1, 1835, de. 89-7. Ile d. Sept. 26, 1828, ne. 76-8. Children :
111. MARK, b. Ang. 5, 1773.
112. ANNA, b. Oct. 10, 1777, d. July 2, 1779, In her 2d year.
113. Pot.i.v, b. Dec. 28, 1779; m. Samuel Marsten, July 30, 1793 (Crock- ett), and d. Jan. 20, 1805, ne. 23-1.
114. JOANNa, b. April 18, 1782; m. Mark Hoyt, of Epping, Nov. 20, 1807 (Crockett).
115. BETSEY, b. Sept. 2, 1784; m. David H Clark (see).
116. NANCY, b. July 10, 1787; mu. Jacob Rundlett (see).
THE CHENEY FAMILY.
1. NATHANIEL. CHENEY, Sen., was b. Oct. 7, 1647, in Haverhill (or Newbury Old Town), Mass., being a grandson (?) of the notable Mrs. Hannah Duston. He m. Elizabeth Ela. of HI., and was early in the Revolutionary service, being at Bunker Hill June 16 and 17, 1775, in Col. James Frye's regiment, and firing a ramrod through a British soldier, in defending the breastworks. Ilis wife was afterwards admitted to the Haverhill garrison house. where their 3d child was b. As the names of his three oldest children do not appear upon our t. r., it seemed probable that he may have rein hither very early in the spring of 1779, or before the birth of [5]. thongh other accounts defer his first arrival till the spring (Jan. or Feb. ) of 1781, " when his son Moses [+] was four years old." (This now seems more probable.) He was the first occupant of the Leavitt place (Lot No. 42, 2d Div. ), though he also lived at Site 1, Lot No. 3, 1st Div., and d. Ang. 3, 1833, in his 86th year. She was b. Aug. 4, 1746, and d. Jan. 12, 1832, ac. 85-5. Children :
2. DANIEL [17], b. Juue 26, 1770, in Haverhill.
3. ELIZABETH, b. June 11, 1772; m. Noah Johnson Senter, of Holderness, Sept. 16, 1798 (Crockett), whose father and uncle were the first settlers of Senter (Centre) Harbor, and d. July 19, 1807, ae. 35. Children : - 1. Eliza (Senter), b. Aug., 1801, d. about 1814, ae. 13. 2. Mary Elizabeth, b Nov. 10, 1804; m. Ira Adams, of Meredith, 1821 (b. Sept. 1, 1789), the son of Stephen Adams, of Monitouborough Neck, who built the first large boat, or " gondola," for freighting purposes, on Lake Wlunipiseogee; was b. 1740, in Hamilton, Mass., and m. Jane Bond, of Exeter. She res. (1878) with her son [IV. ]. Children : - I. Jane Bond (Adams), b. June 22, 1822. II. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1824. Ilf Hannah Woodbury, b. April 19, 1827. IV. John Swasey, b. May 6, 1829; res. on Bird St , Dorchester District, Boston, Mass. (1878). V. Marion Smith, b. May 9, 1831. VI. Ora Winchell, b. Sept. 24, 1833. VII. Martha Tucker. b. Nov. 12, 1835. VIII. Emily Thompson, b. Dec. 7, 1837. IX. Charles Follen, b. April 21, 1842. X. Heury Augustus, b. Aug. 2, 1844.
4. MOSES [21], b. Dec. 15, 1776 (see above).
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5. HANNAH, b. March 19, 1779, in Sanbornton (?) (t. r.) ; m., Ist, - Cummings ; m., 2d, - Stevens; d in Campton (or Rumney ) abont 1569.
C. AMAIL (Abigail), b. June 21, 1781, in Sanbornton; m. - Ford.
7. MOLLEY (t. r.) or Marah (fam. r.), b. Aug. (July) 28, 1783; m. - Searles. Children : - 1. Thomas . Scarles). 2. Hubbard, was killed ou a railroad. 3. Phebe, m. and res. at Derby Line, Vt. (at St. Johnsbury, Ists).
8. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 20, 1785, d. of consumptlou, June 19, 1806, in his 21st year.
9. ISRAEL Er.A, b. June 10, 1783; was a musical genius, a fine singer, and also a versifler. Had several sons; two in Worcester, Mass., reed-organ buiklers, 1mm of Cheney Bros.
10. REBECCA, b Oct. 4, 1790; was m. to Ebenezer Bartlett, of Campton. by her brother :21], Oct. 28 (26), 1813. He was b. Dec. 5, 1790. She d. Nov. 23, 1830, ae. 40; and he m., 2d, Sarah C. P. Horman, March 10, 1831, who d. Sept. 1, 1831. He m., 8d, Phileua H. Saxton, Nov. 22, 1831, who d. Feb. G, 1847 ; mı , 4th, Delia Town, Sept. 7, 1847, and d. July 27, 1864, ae. 73-8. Chil- dren (1st wife) : - 1. Horace Ely (Bartlett), b. Sept. 8, 1814; m. Mehitable E. Cook, Feb. 6, 1851; d. April 16, 1864, ac. 49-7. Child : - I. Emma Florence, b. Nov. 5, 1858, in Lowell, Mass., d. May 2. 1860, ne. 1-6. 2. Martha, b. Dec. 10, 1817, d. Jan. 16, 1850, ac. 32-1. 3. George Jenkins, b. Feb. 24, 1821; m. Mary Elizabeth Day, Nov. 24, 1848; has resided chiefly at Chicopee Falls, Mass. She d. Nov. 21, 1875. Children : - I. George Day, b. Oct. 24. 1:49, at Chicopee Falls; is now a merchant. II. Lillie Kate, b. Jan. 11, 1835, at South Hadley Falls, d. Ang. 11, 1855, ae. 7 mos. III. John Wilbur, b. Oct. 16, 1856, at S. H. F .; is a physician (1878). 4. Lydia Marsh, b. Sept. 24, 1822; 11. Summer Stevenson, April 8, 1846. Children : - I. William Ebenezer (Stevenson), b. Aug. 4. 1847, at Chicopee Falls; a mechanic. II. Delia Mar- tha, b. Oct. 29, 1849, in Lowell, d. Feb. 17, 1851, ae. 1-4. III. Lilia, b. Oct. 31, 1834, in L. ; a school teacher. IV. Delia Martha, b. July 26, 1856, in L. ; a school teacher. 5. Mary (Bartlett), b. Sept. 2, 1826. G. Rebecca, b. Nov. 7, 1830, d. Oct. 27, 1834, in her 4th year.
11. JOIN CHENEY was a brother of [1], and probably the older, though later in moving from Haverhill to this town. He was drafted for the Revolutionary service, and his brother took his place ; had m. Sarah Colhy, sister of Isaac, Sen., Nov. 20, 1760 ( Haverhill rec.). He res'd. here but a few years, on the same lot with his brother, No. 42, 20 Div. (see Sites), and there d., Sept. 1, 1790. She d., his widow, March 9, 1809. They may have had other children besides the following :
12. SARAN, b. Aug. 1, 1761; m. Joseph Leavitt (see).
13. Joms, b. Aug. 14, 1703; was a farmer, probably at first on his father's place; afterwards in Concord A child of his ( Mr. Cheney's) seems to have d here, March 6, 1795, and another, surely (Jolin Cheney's), Oct. 25, 1796. Ilis first wife also d. in Samboruton, Nov. 28, 1796. He m., 2d, in Concord, a Mrs Sutton, and there d., leaving two children that lived.
14. WILLIAM, b. May 4, 1768, d. Jan. 18, 1769, ae. 8 mos.
15. REBECCA, b. June 21, 1769, in Haverhill, Mass. ; m. Ebenezer Chase (see).
16. KEZIAH, b. April 11, 1780; m. Jeremiah Gilman (see).
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17. DANIRI.2 [2] ( Nathaniel!), m., 1st. Lney Calef (Caliph), dan. of Oliver (see), March 15, 1801, who d. March 15, 1829, ac. 51, in Campton, where he was then residing (having rem. from S , winter of 1827), and m., 2d, Catherine Cummings, Dec. 20, 1829. He there d., Dec. 18, 1849, ae. 79-6 ; she m., 2d. Samuel Calef, July, 1852, and d. in Campton, Sept. 23, 1858. Children :
18, 19. JONATHAN II. [33], b. June 1, 1802. OLIVER.
20. Rurn, m. Benjamin S. Tuttle (see).
21. MosEs? [+] (Nathaniel!), m. Abigail Leavitt, dau. of Moses (see), Jan., 1800 (?), and first settled near her father's, northwest corner of Lot No. 3, Ist Div., Site 1. He named his oldest child Nathan Smith (see Smith Families), after the man whom he highly esteemed ; and his conversion and first impulse towards the ministry were occasioned by the loss of that child. The place is still shown, in pasture back of his old house site, where he consecrated himself to God. Such were his gifts after this, that he was advised by Capt. Folsom, of whom he learned the joiner's trade, and by others, to preach. Left his family, and went to Gilmanton Academy. Preached his first sermon on a large rock, on the Batchelder farm, and was the first to occupy the original Bay ineeting-house. He soon after rem. to New Durham, and was associated with Rev. B. Randall, the founder of th .: Free Will Baptist denomination. While there, two years, 1809-11, he preached frequently in this town, near his former home, especially during a revival, which enliminated from his last sermons, before moving away. On one of these occasions, having arrived from N. D., he proceeded up the aisle, singing, with singular effect, a hymn which he had composed on the way, a large audience being in rendi- ness for him. First lines :
" Dear brethren, we have mnet again, To preach and pray and sing."
Second stanza :
" Since I was here, how have you done ? How have you walked ? or have you run ? Or like the eagle flew ? Or have you fell in Despond's slough ? Then look to Hun who sees you now, To frame your minds anew."
There were four six-line stanzas. They were first proenred by Elias Smith, who had them printed, and they afterwards appeared, with alterations, in several editions of the Free Will Baptist Conference Hymn-Book. Another hymm of his, entitled " The Old Hemlock." devoutly celebrates a tree which shieldled (prevented) another from falling on him, when a little boy, being with his father, who was fell- ing trees in the woods. He finally returned to Sanbornton Bay, where the late Boynton house was built for him, and he remained as pas-
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tor eight or nine years in all. ITe afterwards lived in Gilmanton, Meredith (Pease neighborhood), and in Brentwood, preaching contiu- nally. In June. 1824, he rem to Derby, Vt., and took a farm. but still labored in the gospel. Ile was a valiant soldier of the cross, strong-minded yet versatile, popular yet faithful; preached in all about fifty years, and occasionally till the time of his death ; was a Free Will Baptist the first twelve years of his ministry, afterwards a Calvinist Baptist. He d. Aug. 9, 1856, in Sheffield, Vt., in his S0th year. She d. with her dau. [28], in Derby, Vt., April 12, 1862, ac. 81. Children :
22. NATHAN SMITH, b. Sept., 1800, d. June 18 (8), 1803, ac. 2-9 (see above).
23. RuTu, b. Sept., d. Nov. 18 (20), 1802, ac. 2 mos.
24. RUTH,
25. NAOMI, S b. Sept. 10 (11), 1803. Ruth m. Rev. Edward Mitchell, of Georgeville, C. E , March 4, 1832; a Baptist clergyman 51 years, who was b. Jan. 27, 1794, d. March 21, 1872, ac. 78-2. Children : - 1. Edward S. (Mitchell), b. July 14, 1836, at Eaton; unm. 2. Naomi Clark, b. Nov. 11, 1839, at Magog; mum. 3. Nathan Cheney, b. Ang. 26, 1841; m. to Mrs. Ruth II. Frye, dau. of Nathaniel Leavitt (see), by the writer, at Sanbornton, April 27, 1871; first res'd. at Laconia; was a farmer at Magog, P. Q. (18:4-78). Children : - I. Edward, b. May 4, 1872, in Laconia (Gilford). II. Mary Josephine, b. Jan. 29, 1874, at Magog.
Naomi [25] m. Asahel Clarke, of Hermon, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y .. March 28. 1830. who was b. 1804. Children : - 1. Ruth M. (?) (Clarke), b. Jan. 11, 1831; m. John C. Murphy (Ist wife), Nov. 5, 1862, d. Nov. 5, 1865, in her 35th year; two children. 2. Omar, b. Oct. 31, 1833; mu. June 26, 1875; two chil- dreu. 3. Olive, b. Nov. 27, 1836; m. J. C. Murphy (2d wife), Jan., 1868 and d. April 3, 1875, in lowa, ne. 38-4, leaving one child. 4. Jane, b. May 19, 1843 : m. Ava Gardner, of Hermou, N. Y., Jan., 1871; three children.
26. NATHAN SMITH [41], b. June (Jan. ) 16, 180G.
27. NATHANIEL [45], b. July 4, 1808, in Sanboruton, as were all the above.
28. AMIGMIL CHELLIS, b. Aug. 21, 1810, in New Durham; m. Charles E. Durgin (see).
29. MOSES ELA [51], b. Dec. 10, 1812, in Sanborntou.
30. SIMEON PRASK [58], b. April 18 (16), 1818, in Meredith.
31. JOSEPH YOUNG [61], b. April 17, 1820, in Meredith.
32. ELIZABETH ELA, b. Feb. 23, 1823, In Brentwood; m. Charles Wesley Perkins, Ang. 2, 1848, who d. in Leavenworth, Kan., during the late war, Jan. 24, 1862, ae. 44, being b. Jan. 18, ISI8. Children : - 1. Abbie Cheney ( Per- kins', b. Nov. Is, 1851; had been with her mother, for four years (1875), in Germany, for her own education in music, German, ete. ; is an eminent pianist. Has since m John V. Cheney [59]. 2. Frank Sherman, b. Jan. 15, 1856, d Feb. 5, 1863, ac. 7. 3. Lillie Cheney, b. Dec. 22, 1857, d. May 11, 1863, ae. 5-5.
33. JONATHAN 11 3 [18] (Daniel2, Nathaniel1), was a farmer; m. Lydia Tuttle, dau. of Stoughton (see), May 17, 1821 (Crockett) ; rem. from $ to Campton. in 1830 thence in 1859 to Hillsborough, la., and there d., Dec. 16, 1862, ae. 60-6. Children :
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34. LUTHER CUMMINS, b. Aug. 9, 1821; m B. A. Smith, of Belmont, Dec. 18, 1844; was a shoemaker, in Campton; res. in Bonaparte, Van Buren Co., Iowa (1878), as a farmer. Children : - 1. Charles W., b. Oct. 3 1845, d. Nov. 23, 1846, ae. 1-1-20. 2. George L., b. April 28, 1848. 3. Daniel W., b. Feb. 11, 1851 (see [43]). 4. Allce E., b. Dec. 12, 1852. 5. Edwin Luther, b. Oct. 17, 1834.
35. LUCY ANN, b. April 12. 1823; m. John S. Leavitt (see).
36. BENJAMIN TUTTLE, b. May 30, 1825, d. June 4, 1828, ae. 3.
37. DANIEL, b. July 23, 1827, d. May 25, 1832, ac. 4-10.
38. CATHARINE A., b. Aug. 20, 1830; m. James C. Burleigh (see).
39. BRADBURY T., b. Feb. 26, 1833; m. Edith A. Peirce, March 26, 1856; now in Overton, Neb., a shoemaker and farmer. Children : - 1. B. Frank, b. Jan. 30, 1857. 2. Ella L., b. March 19, 1859. 3. Hannah May, b. May 17, 1861. 4. Rosa A., b. July 7, 1863. 5. William T., b. 1869 ; and one other.
40. EDMUND M., b. July 8, 1836; in. Sarah Carmean, April 2, 1862; grad- nated at n seminary In Mt. Pleasant, Ia. ; was teacher of geology at Gales- bnry, Ill .; now res. at Van Ilor, Mo., teacher and farmer. Child : - 1. Florence, b. June 26, 1867.
41. NATHAN S.3 [26] (Moses?, Nathaniel1), from the age of 12 to 21 lived with Simeon Pease, in Meredith; a favorite youth in that neighborhood, for his wit and jollity. Began for himself as a truck- man, in Boston, but not being prospered in that, he repaired to his father's farm, in Derby, Vt., till the severity of the climate there, and the attractiveness of the Illinois prairies, induced him to go thuther, in 1835. He selected a choice lot of land at Pilot Grove, Hancock Co. (Ill.), drove a family of wolves from their den, and built a log-cabin over it, in which he lived a hermit life for about 10 years. Almost gave land away to induce families to settle near him, which he has since bought back for $100 per acre ! He m. Rebecca L. Rice, Dec. 24, 1850 (who was b. April 30, 1822), and lived to see great changes, with Pilot Grove enjoying all the immunities of modern civilization, including railroads. He there d. of typhoid pneumonia, March 29, 1875, in his 69th year, leaving his children with a handsome agricul- tural property, near Burnside, Ill. Children :
42. ABIGAIL, b. April 24, 1852, d. March 19, 1860, in her 8th year.
43. ELIZABETH J., b. Nov. 13, 1854; m. Daniel W. Cheney [34-3], Oct. 15, 1877. .
44. MOSES LEAVITT, b. March 28, 1856.
45. NATHANIEL3 [27] (Moses", Nathaniel1), m. Betsey B. Brown, in Malone, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1834, and there lived till after 1843, when he rem. to an excellent farm in Hancock Co., Ill. (Pilot Grove), join- ing his brother Nathan's [41]. He was a singing teacher for years ; now res. (1878) in Willoughby, O. Children :
40. Rurn E., b. Oet. 19, 1835, in Malone; m. Dr. G. C. E. Weber, In New York City, Oct. 4, 1854; now res. in Cleveland, O. Ile is of German descent, and was eminent as a surgeon in the late war, ranking as major-general. She has been in Germany with her sou to be educated. Two children.
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47. LAURA B., b. Aug. 12, 1837; m. William B. Rogers, in Cleveland, O., Sept., 1857, who d. Oet. 26, 1866, in St. Louis, Mo., leaving one son.
48. LOWELL MASON, b. May 26, 1840; m. Tillie Gilchrist, in Berea, O., 1863 ('64), and has chiklren.
49. FLORA, b. Nov. 27, 1843, d. Dec. 3, same year, in Malone, ac. 6 days. 50. NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 2, 1846, in Pilot Grove, Iil. ; in. Alice Sumner, in Webster, II., Nov. 10, 1867 ; was previously a soldier in the Union army ; has children.
51. MOSES E.3 [29] ( Moses?, Nathaniel!), m. Mary Haskell Chamberlain, of Barnard, Vt., Dee. 10, 1845. who was b. Nov. 24, 1822. and there res'd. (1876). Ile early read all the books of his father's small library, having been through the New Testament three times before he was 8, and studied Murray's Grammar before he was 9 ; attended school at New Hampton in 1830, and the following winter taught in the district in Sanbornton (" Meadow ") where he was born. Taught and attended school in Hatley. C. E. ; ret. to New Hampton summer of 1832, when he was captain of a military company among the students. Ile commenced teaching singing-schools with his winter day schools in Lyme and Orfordville, 1832 and '33, and thencefor- ward made that the great business of his life till 1868 .- 37 winters of teaching, and many sunnners. He taught in eighty different towns in Vermont, in several border towns of New Hampshire, besides six years in Western New York. The aggregate of his pupils in these various schools - though many of them may be reckoned more than once - was from ten to fifteen thousand. For two winters, 1841-13, he held eleven schools per week in eleven different towns in Vermont, keeping afternoons and evenings, the whole week's travel being 120 miles and crossing the Green Mountains twice in the circuit ! With his brothers, Nathaniel, Simeon P., and Joseph, and his sister Eliza- beth, as the "Cheney Family," he gave concerts two years, com- mencing in New York City, Oct. 13, 1845, and " concerting " in New York. New Hampshire, Vermont. and Massachusetts. Of late years he has been a popular lecturer on music, especially in the West, where his lectures have been delivered three hundred times with flat- tering commendations, as bringing out " the spirit, the poetry, the humor, and the soul of music." He was a member of the Vermont Legislature, at Montpelier. and at a special session, Feb., 1857. made a speech against the removal of the State House, which won much applause. Children :
52. HENRY CHAMBERLAIN, b. Sept 16, 1846; is a conductor on the Central Vermont Railroad; m. Mary Starr, who d. April 14, 1875, fifteen mos. after marriage.
53. JASON STEELE, b. Ang. 16, ISIS.
54. WILLIAM JARVIS, b. Feb. 2, 1852; brakeman on a railroad in Wisconsin.
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53. MOSES ELA, Jr., b. April 24, 1855.
56. KATHARINE JARVIS, b. July 8, 1858.
37. MARY ANTIETAM, b. Oct. 7, 1862.
58. SIMEON P.3 [30] ( Moses?, Nathaniel1), was also a teacher of singing from his youth up ; m. Christiana Vance, in Groveland, N. Y., June, 1847; res. at Dorset, Vt. (1878). Children :
59. JOIN VANCE, b. Dec. 29, 1848; is a lawyer in New York City; an organist, and a writer of sonnets (see " Scribner's Monthly," about 1873-74.) He in. Abbie C. Perkius [32, 1], and res. In Sacramento, Cal. (1878). Que duu.
GO. ALBERT BAKER, b. March 30, 1852; a pianist, organist, aud vocalist ; follows the business of teaching music, iu Sacramento, Cal. (1875).
61. JOSEPH Y.3 [31] ( Moses2, Nathaniel1), has taught vocal music till the present (1875) ; m. Juliette MeNab, Sept. 12, 1849, who was b. Sept. 13, 1824. Children :
62. KATHARINE J., b. Jan. 24, 1853.
63. CARLOS M., b. Sept. 5, 1855, d. July 25, 1856, ac. 10 mos., 20 days.
64, 65. Jous M., b. Jau. G, 1859. CYNTHIA R., b. July 11, 1862.
The following record was not obtained in season for chronological arrangement. Another brother of [1] and [11], and older, at least, than the foriner, was :
66. ISAAC CHENEY, b. June 3,. 1744, in Newbury (port?). He is said to have migrated to S. previously to his brothers, but probably did not long contiune here. He had m. Abiah Hunkins, dau. of Rob- ert2 (se.), Dec. 3, 1767, in the 24th year of their ages ; moved hence to Hopkinton (Dunbarton?), for several years, and then to Groton, where she d., Feb. 11, 1823, in her 79th year, and he d. Jan. 6, 1830, in his 86th year. Children :
67. ISAAC, Jr. [74], b. Feb. 25, 1769.
68. ENOCH, b. Dec. 3, 1770, d. March 27, 1827, ae, 56-4.
69. SUSANNAI, b. Sept. 21, 1773. in Dumbarton; m. Thomas Tenney, and
d. Dec. 20, 1844, ac. 71-3. He d. Oct. 5, 1841.
70. HANNAH, b. Jan. 20, 1776, d. Juue 6, 1788, ae. 12-4.
71. DAVID, b. Oct. 11, 1778, d. Aug. 24, 1856, in his 78th year; had m. Lovisa Ball, who d. Sept. 18, 1839.
72. MOLLY (Polly), b. Ang. 21, 1781; in. Aaron Whittlesey, and d. May 2, 1846, iu her 65th year.
78. ABIAII, b. June 17, 1786, d. April 1, 1851, in her G5th year; m. Joseph Bartlett, Oct. 19, 1806, who d. Jan. 3, 1865.
74. ISAAC, Jr.2 [67] (Isaac1), was deacon of the Congregational Church in Groton ; m. Sarah (Sally) Amnes, from Ashburnham, Mass., und d. May 7 (3), 1853, ae. 84-2. She d. May 21, 1837. Of their 11 children (7 sons), the oldest was :
75. HANNAN3, b. June 25, 1792; m. Moses Hunkins (see).
76. LYMAN3, b. April 16, 1804, in Groton (7th child, 5th sou) ; was first a carpenter in Boston, Mass., where he m. Eliza Stowell
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Stoddard, April 20, 1820 (Rev. Dr. Jenks). She was b. Ang. 4, 1804, in Boston, dan. of David and Eliza (Jackson) Stoddard, her mother being the consin of President A. Jackson. He soon returned to Groton, and rem. thence to Franklin, in 1837, building the house on the Ox Bow (Sanbornton side), in 1844, which he has since occu- pied. She there d., Nov. 22, 1877, ae. 73-3. His four sous are paper-makers by trade. Children :
77. HENRY PAYSON, b. March 24, 1831; in. Helen Samantha Sanborn, dau. of James (see Sanborn [175]) ; res. in Lawrence, Mass. Children :- 1 Henri- etta Eliza, b Sept. 24, 1857; m. Charles Conch, of Lawrence, 1877. Child : - I. Arthur Everett (Couch), b. Nov. 29, 1877. 2 Frank Wilson, b. Sept. 19, 1860 3. Adelia Belle, b. Dec 9, 1861. 4. Lillian Gertrude, b. Sept. 17, 1863.
78. LUCY WILSON, b. Jan. 31, 1834; now keeps house for her father in Franklin (1879).
79. ISAAC, b. July 20, 1836, lu Groton; started the first paper-mill in Min- nesota, at St. Anthony's Falls, in 1860, where still residing ( East Miuneap- olis) He m. Sarah B. Morrison, dau. of Bradbury (see), May 11, 1861. Children : - 1. Harry Morrison, b. May 10, 1864. 2. Jennie Louisa, b. Jan. 10, 1866. 3. William Savage, b. Jan. 24, 1868, d. Oct. 12, 1871, ac. 3-9. 4. Mary Moulton, b. Jan. 15, 1871. 5. Charles Wilson, b. May 25, 1875.
SO. DAVID FLETCHER, b. Ang. 9, 1840, in Franklin; was 2d lieut. Company C, 9th New Hampshire Regiment, serving from Aug. 25, 1862, and Provost- Marshal of Paris, Ky., 1863-64; was wounded severely in battle of Peters- burg, July 30, 1864, ou account of which discharged, November following ; m. Georgia I. Peabody, of Tilton, Nov. 24. 1864, and lives in Lawrence, Mass .; business as above Children : - 1. Georgia Alice, b. Oct. 28, 1865; aud another d., unnamed, Aug. 10, 1869.
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