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135. HARRIET, b. Sept. 7, 1809; m Edward MeQuesten a mason, of Ainos- keag (formerly of Derry), Sept. 9, 1830 (Crockett), and d. Dec. 5, 1869, in her Coth year. Ile was a member of the first board of aldermen in the city of Manchester (1846), and d. in Annisquam, Mass., March, (?) 1880, ae. about 76. Children : - 1. Aun Maria (McQuesten), b. July, 1831, in Manchester; in Capt. Augustus Lane, of Anuisquam, Mass., who was a grocer, having previously followed the sea as a commander of vessels in the West India trade. Ile d. 1876; no child. 2. Frances Eva, b. May, 1833, in M. ; m. Edson
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George, Sept. 22, 1863; a sutler in the army of the late war; now (1877) res. in New York City as a Wall Street operator; uo children. 3. Marcia V., b. Sept., 1840; m. Capt. James F. McQuesten, Sept 24, 1803, who was a distant relative; b. March 7, 1835, in Litehileid; a student at Derry Academy, and grad. from the U. S. Military School, at West Point, N. Y., May, 1861. 1Ie cutered the service of his country immediately, as a lleutcuaut of U. S. cav- alry; was afterwards captain, and assistant adjt .- general ou Gen. Merritt's stan, till he bravely met his death in Sheridan's great battle of the Shenandoah Valley, Sept. 19, 1864, ae. 29-C. lle excelled as a disciplinarian, and was engaged in between thirty and forty battles Ilis ring, of which he was robbed ou the battle-field after his death, was returned to his widow, at Washington, one year afterwards, where she was then a clerk in the Treasury Department for two years. No child. She has since prosecuted her musical studies (for two years) in Germany, and m., 2d, - Simpsou, of Bostou, a concrete paver, July 25, 1876.
136. MARY ANN HIERSEY, b. April 26, 1811; m. Henry Lancaster, Feb. 18, 1834 (Bodwell). He was brother of the Rev. Dauiel Lancaster, formerly of Gilmanton, and there first res'd. as a blacksmith; then a machinist iu Mau- chester, where he was deacon of the Ist Congregational Church, of which she also was an original member. She d. Sept. 3, 1854, ae. 43-4. Children : - 1. Anu Maria (Lancaster), b. Dec. 24, 1834, In Gilmanton, d. Nov. 4, 1841, iu her 7th year. 2. Charles Audrew Heury. b. 1836, iu G., d. Oct 19, 1841, ac. 5. 3. Charles Hemy, b. May 4, 1844, in Manchester; eulisted in Co. C, 11th N. L. Vols., Aug 21, 1862, and served till June 10, 1865; was wounded in right arın, at the battle of Fredericksburg, by a plece of a shell, Dec. 13, 1862; engaged In the East Tennessee campaign, Dec., 1863, till May, 1864; was also in the battle of the Wilderness, and at the siege of Petersburg; is now (1877) in the sash and blind maunfacturing business, at Goffstown. 4. Marianna Estelle, b. June 6, 1850, at Manchester, d. Aug. 1, 1876, lu Goffstown, ac. 20-2.
137. FINETTE, b. March 7, 1813; m., Ist, William Little, of Goffstown, Sept. 8, 1836, who was a farmer, and d. Nov. 1, 1847. She in., 2d, Daulel N. Hoyt (see). Children : - 1. Johu Eliuas (Little), b. Feb. 18, 1839, d Oct. 15, 1840, ae. 1-8. 2. Fiuette Angusta, b Aug. 6, 1841. 3. Helen Georgiana, b Dec 25, 1844, d. April 14, 1848, ac. 3-4. 4. Willie Oscar, b. Oct. 8, 1847; enlisted at the age of 16, 12th N. II. Regiment, Co. D, lu the capacity of a drummer boy; d. of typho-malarial fever, iu Virginia, July 18. 1863 (?).
138. STUART HIorr, b. April 1, 1815; m., Ist, Auu M. Carter, dau. of Joseph C., of Anmisquam, Mass., Nov. 22, 1839, who d. Oct. 10, 1853, ne. 35-9; m , 2d. Mrs. Mary H. Hill, dau. of Capt. Epes Gritlin, of A., May 10, 1854. who d. July 6, 1855, ae. 33-11; m., 3d, Mrs Mary A Sargent, duu. of Joel Griffin, of A., Oct. 20, 1855. No children. He has res'd at Annisqnam, first being engaged in the stone business with his brother [133], since theu in staging and livery stable keeping.
189. SAMUEL Horr, b. Feb. 21, d. March 26, 1817, ac. 5 weeks.
140. MARCIA VANNESS, b. March 24, 1818; m. Alvah Beau, of Meredith Village ; afterward an overseer in a factory at Lowell, and now res. in Haver- hill, Mass. Children : - 1. Frank Alvah (Bean); Is lu charge of an organ factory iu Worcester, Mass. ; m. -. Child : - I. Allce. 2. Marcia, d., ac. 9 mos. 3. Edward MeQuesten, was overseer of a hosiery mill In Lowell, Mass. ; now in the same capacity at Bristol, l'a. ; m. -. Child : - 1. Son.
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141. HELEN RANDLETT, b. May 20, 1820; m. Costellow Kenney, Oct. 28, 1857; an overseer in cotton factory at Lowell, Mass .; now res. lu Salem, N. H. No children.
142. JACOB R., b. March 23, 1822; res. In Boston, Mass. ; a mason, with extensive business ; m. Mary Aun Wortley. Several children. His oldest sou was In the army.
143. CAROLINE AUGUSTA, b. Aug 22, 1824; m La Roy Partridge, a daguer- rean artist, June, 1851; res. at Annisquam (Gloucester), Mass. Child : - 1. Ralph (Partridge), b. March 17, 1852.
144. JEROME BONAPARTE, b. Jan 17, 1827; is a mason and farmer iu Salem; m. Ellza Merrill, 1847. Children : - 1. Frank Walter, b. Aug. 23, 1848, d. 1849, ue. 11 mos. 2. Addle Ellza, b. March 17, 1850. 3. Fred. Wal- ter, b. Jan. 4, 1853.
145. CHARLES ANDREW, b. March 6, 1831, d. 1835, ae. 4.
146. BARNARD H.3 [130] (Ebenezer?, Ebenezer1), m. Grace Brown, Nov. 23, 1811, who was a dan. of Enoch and Abigail (Stuart) Brown, of Deerfield, b. April 13, 1791. He was a farmer, where now his son [150], having built that house, southeast of his father's, on the saine lot, and there d. July 25, 1862, ac. 73-3. She was a most exem- plary member of the 1st Baptist Church, and d. Jan. 1, 1880, in her 89th year. Children :
147. BENJAMIN RANDALL, b. May 10, d. Sept 18, 1813, ne. + mos., 8 days.
148. OLIVE STUART. b. Jan. 4, d. April 14, 1817, ac. 3 mnos., 10 days.
149. SYLVANIA, b. May 13, 1818; m. Langdon Ladd (see).
150. PERRY, b. July 21, 1820; was a fariner for some years, on the Gove place, northeast corner of Parsonage lot, No. 77, 1st Div. (see Sites), till he returned to his father's (No. 78), where still res. (1878). He m. Susan Jud- klus, dau. of Jonathan, Jr., Jan. 22, 1843 (Bodwell). Children : - 1. Johu Nelson, b. Oct. 26, 1845; was a recruit in Company D, N. H 12th Regiment, 1864; Is supposed afterwards to have enlisted in the navy, though not since reported, and may have deceased. 2. Adaline Chase, b. Nov. 27, 1847; in. Alfred Colby, son of Alvah, of Goffstown, Jun. 22, 1870. Child : - [. Walter, b. Nov. 26, 1871, in Sanbornton. 3. Euoch Brown, b. Feb. 27, 1850; is a far- mer, with his father. 4. Curtis Hall, b March 27, 1857; m. Mary A. Nelson, of Newburyport, Jau. 1, 1879, at Lee (Rev. J. Walter Lees). 5. Clara Plumer (adopted), b. Aug. 26, 1864.
151. SAMUEL STUART, b. July 31, 1830; m. Sophronla Frances Marceys, of Maine; settled at Lake Pepin, Minn., enlisted at time of the Indian depre- datlous, and d. (soon after) Sept. 9, 1865, ae. 35-1. Child : - 1. Fraucis Stuart, b. Jan. 14, 1855.
152. EBENEZER3 [131] (Ebenezer2, Ebenezer1), was a fifer for the three monthis' men, in Capt. Chase Perkins's company, war of 1812-14, and stationed at Portsmouth ; m. Sally Blodgett, May 8, 1815. who was b. in Gilmanton, April 4, 1793. Her father, Amos Blodgett, res'd. with them in this town several years, and here d., of erysipelas, March, 1845, ac. 89. He occupied his father's place till sold to Cul.
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Sanborn, about 1852; rem. to Minnesota for 15 years, till 1867; d. of sunstroke, at Reading, Mass., Aug. 9, 1871, ae. 77-8. She is still living with her dau. [157], 1876. Children :
153. JACKSON DECATUR, b. Oct. 17, 1816; was a dry-goods dealer severai years, then a travelling salesman of confectionery and clgars; m., Ist, Betsey Ann W. Clement, dau. of Joseph W. (see), Jniy 4, 1837 (Bodweil). She d. of heart disease, in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 15, 1839, ae. 21-5; and he m., 2d, Frances Ann Hickman, dau. of Capt. Hickman, of Newburyport, Jan., 1842. He was a cripple for some years, from chronic rheumatism; went to Min- nesota for his licalth, and there d. of quick consumption, Aug. 4, 1867, iu his 41st year. Chilidren : - 1. Andrew Jackson, b. Sept. 15, 1839 (Ist wife), four weeks before his mother's death; was adopted and brought up by lis grand- parents (above) ; rem. West with them; cuiisted In Minnesota for the Indian war, 1862, and his regiment being ordered South, under Col. Miller, he was mortally wounded July 14, and d. July 27, 1864, in his 25th year. He was buried at Mobile, Aia., "having served with fidelity the interests of his couu- try." 2. Mortimer Hickman, b. Nov. 28, 1842 (2d wifc), d. 1849, ac. 7. 3. Prentice Augustus, b. Dec. 19, 1843; is a conductor on the Boston & Maine R R .; res. in Lawrence. 4. Charics Tyler, b. Aug. 23, 1846; res. in New- buryport, with his mother.
154. VASHTI B., b. Jan. 19, 1819; was thoroughly educated, compieting her studies at Stratford; taught a high school at Lower Giimanton; was m. by Rev. Benjamin Congden to Rev. Hiram D. Hodge, a Baptist ciergyman, then of Gilmanton, Nov. 20, 1838. IIe was afterwards (1850-54) pastor of the Ist Baptist Church, in S. Siic d. of consumption, June 6, 1839, ac. 20-5.
155. SARAH ANN, b. Dec. 22, 1820, d. April 30, 1821, ae. 4 mios.
156. AMOS BLODGETT, b. JILIc 26, 1822, d. in Nevada (Cal. ? ), May 16, 1851, of typhoid fever, in his 29th year.
157. SARAH ANN, b. May 31, 1824; is a medical practitioner, with the degree of M. D., in Boston, Mass., office No. 17 1Ianson St. (1872-78) ; "com- bining persistent energy with professional skill and iong experience in the treatment and cure of all diseases "; res. in Reading, with her mother.
158. ESTHER WOODMAN, b. April 16, 1826; m. Neiiemlah F. Taylor, of Cambridgeport, Mass, Jan., 1846. She had recently (1872) grad. from the Hahnemann Medical College, in Chicago, aud was then practising in Free- port, Ill , where his business is that of life Insurance. Child : - 1. Vashti Colby (Taylor), b. Aug. 31, 1847, in Sanboruton; m. George W. Ruston, mer- chant of Freeport, Jan. 10, 1866.
150. EBENEZER CONVERSE, b. Nov. 26, 1829; m. Ella Ryder, of Sardinia, N. Y., 1862; was res. in Minnesota ; entered the government service, 1864, in the quartermaster's department, at Little Rock, Ark. ; but after a few months contracted chills and fever from exposure, reached his home with difficulty, and flually d from dropsy of the heart, March 23, 1865, ae. 35-4. Child : - 1. Ebenezer T. E., b. Dec , 1863.
160. AMANDA C., b. May 12, 1833; m. Franklin L. Mason (see).
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161. JOIN COLBY, not as yet connected with others of the name in Sanbornton, was in the old French War, from Haverhill, Mass., and while cutting timber for a fort at Quebec was captured by the
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Indians, and carried into their country beyond, in Canada. Refusing to .. turn Indian." he was afterwards brought to Montreal, and sokl by them to a French family, from which he redeemed himself by labor. He there m. a Frenchwoman, and with her and one childl finally returned to New England (1778 ?), after an absence of twenty- two years. Of his children :
162. PETER, m. Molly -, and was the carly possessor of 100 acres In Lot No. 78, 2d Div., deeding 50 acres of the same to Chase Wyatt in 1800 (see Lots). 163. POLLY, m. Chase Wyatt (see).
TIIE COLEMAN FAMILY.
1. THOMAS COLEMAN, styled "Doctor," from his being a skilful farrier, settled in Sanbornton not much before 1801, as his name does not earlier appear among the highway surveyors. He lived first near the present 1st Baptist meeting-house (Site 3, Lot No. 7, 2d Div.) ; lastly on the turnpike, with his oldest. son (Site 2, No. 81, 2d Div., addition). whence the whole family romoved to Campton. Ile was a powerful man, expert in the use of snow-shoes, and a " pro- digious walker" generally. Is said repeatedly to have ontstripped the Portland and Portsmouth stage-coaches, declining their offers for a ride, repassing them as they stopped for mails or ineals, and coming out ahead at night! The members of his family were cul- tivated, and habitually choice in their use of language. Chil- dren (t.r.) :
2. BENJAMIN [9], b. April 11, 1800.
3. Lucy, b. March 9, 1802; m. Calvin Page (1st wife).
4. DOLLY (Dorothy) DUMMER, b. Jan. 10, 1804; m. Enoch W. Batchelder, of Loudon, Nov. 1, 1825 (Bodwell).
5. THOMAS W. THOMPSON, b. Oct. 14, 1805.
6. ABIGAIL S., b. Sept. 7, 1807; mu. Calvin Page (2d wife) (see).
7, 8. SUSANNAI K., b. Ang. 9, 1809. SALLY PERKINS, b. Nov. 22, 1811.
9. BENJAMIN2 [2] (Thomas'), m. Relief R. Smith, dau. of Reuben (see), April 3, 1823 (Bodwell) ; res'd. with his father, as above ; after- wards a carpenter and farmer in West Campton. Children :
10. HARRIET MARIA, b. May 10, 1824; res. in Campton ; unm.
11. RELIEF SMITH, b. June 16, 1828; m. Andrew J. Hunt (sce).
12. MARY ANGELINE, b. Oct. 3. 1831 ; m. Samuel C. Clark, eldest son of Joseph, of Campton, Oct. 31, 1850; a farmer, near Ashland (1880). Chil- dren : - 1. Ida Josephine (Clark), b. Aug. 16, 1851, in West Campton, d. Aug. 9, 1854, of whooping cough, ac. 3. 2. Mary Eveliu, b. May 10, 1856; m. El- bridge G. Nichols, a native of Corinna, Me., Dec. 14, 1876; a paper machinist, now living in Ashland. Child : - I. Leonard Edwin (Nichols), b. Sept. 19, 1577. 3. Sidney Irving (Clark), b. April 28,. 1862.
13. REUBEN SMITH, b. July 12, 1833, d. May (?), 1837, in his 4th year.
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14. MARTHA GRACE, b. Sept. 30, 1836; m. Leonard Foss, of Belmont, Mass., and d. Feb. 2, 1868, ae. 31-4. He has since d. Child : - 1. Grace Clary (Foss), b. Jan. 25, ISGS, d. ae. 1 week.
15. ELLEN AUGUSTA, b. June 7, 1850; m. James McCann, from Canada ; lived in Rumney, where she d., Sept. 14, 1873, ae. 23-3, leaving : - 1. Nettie Mabel (McCann), b. Oct. 16, 1871.
THE COMERFORD FAMILY.
1. WILLIAM HENRY? COMERFORD was b. Jan. 18, 1760, in Glonees- ter, Mass., being the son of Henry! ; m. Mary Allen, May 2, 1782, who was b. Jan. 5, 1759, in G., being descended from Rev. John White, the first minister of that town. He d. in Gloucester, July 10, 1795, ae. 35-6; she d. July 5, 1820, in Newburyport, ac. 61-6. Children :
2. HENRY3, b. May 15, 1783, d. July 4, 1803, in Martinique, ae. 20, being a seaman, and captain of a vessel.
3. MARY, b. July 11, 1785 ; m. David Tarr, of Newburyport, and d. 1870 (?), in her 85th year.
4. DAVID ALLEN, b. March 29, 1787 ; m. Rachel Stanwood ; was a sailmaker for 40 years, and d. in Newburyport, 1869, ae. 82.
5. BETSKY, b. Feb. 19, d. Feb. 20, 1790, in Gloucester.
6. FREDERICK WILLIAM, b. Oet. 21, 1791 ; m. Betsey Stanwood ; was a sea captain in the India and China trade ; lastly a school-teacher in Newburyport, where he d., 1833, ae. 42.
7. JOHN3, b. Dee. 7, 1793, in Gloucester ; rem. to Newburyport, May, 1804, and thenee to Sanbornton, Oet. 8, 1813. For sixty-five years (1878) he has been a diligent, skilful, and well-reputed painter in this vicinity, commencing ou the Lovejoy buildings at the Square, having applied his brush to most of the public buildings and many private, in town, and working for four generations on some residences. He m. Theodate S. Jaques, dau. of Samuel (see), July 29, 1821 (Bod- well) ; res'd. at the Tin Corner (Smith Place) after 1819 ; served on various town committees, as moderator, representative three years, 1834-37, and in the State Senate, 1839-40. She d. May 3, 1865, ae. 06-4. "Blessed are the peace-makers." He. d. at his old home, April 16, 1880, ae. 86-4. " He was always, and in every- thing, just, true, intelligent, Immble, and worthy ; and when the end came, could look back on a well-spent life of almost fourscore and ten, and lie down willingly and peacefully, as to pleasant dreams." Children :
8. WIMMMAM HENRY, b. June 19, 1822; was a painter, iu Lowell, Mass. ; m. Mrs. Elkins, about 1857; enlisted in the 26th Mass. Regiment ( Butler's Expe- dition) ; d. of disease, in Franklin, La., Sept., 1564, ac. 42-3.
9. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 24, 1824.
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10. EDWIN, b. June 28, 1326, d. July 4, 1829, ae. 3.
11. FANNY JAQUES, b. Nov. 11, 1828; m. Gideon Henry Moulton, of P'lyt- outh, Dec. 7, 1875 (Bunuels), who has siuce res'd. at her father's, in Tilton.
12. JOHN TUCKER, b. Dec. 2, 1830, d. Aug. 24, 1832, ac. 1-8.
13. WARREN LOVELL, b. Feb. 22, 1833; was a machlulst, lu Lowell, Mass. : m. Adelaide Loomis, of Manchester, 1854, who d. Aug. 7, 1856, in I .. , of typhoid fever. Ile was a commissariat iu the army, and lastly on Gen. Kings- bury's body guard, in all, 12 years; was residing (1876) in Texas; is now (1879) an artist, in New Orleans, La.
14. ABBY SWIFT, b. Nov. 16, 1835; m. Alvah F. Hoyt, farmer, of Tilton, Dec. 13, 1877 (Haynes).
15. SARAHI PRESTON, b. Feb. 3, 1839; has been a very successful school- teacher in Sanbornton and vicinity for 36 terms, between the years 1815 and 1874.
16. EMMA JANE, b. Aug. 26, 1841; m. Jeremy B. Folsom, of Manchester, Ang. 27, 1878 (Haynes).
THE CONNER FAMILY.
1. JAMES' O'CONNER came to this country from Ireland, with his brother,
2. BENJAMIN', some years before the Revolutionary war. The former was a physician ; became a surgeon in the Revolutionary army, and is supposed to have d. in that capacity. Ilis son,
3. JEREMIAH? CONNER, the family having dropped the prefix "O," " moved into Sanbornton from Raymond about the year 1788 or 1790," and at least two of his sons, then at man's estate, here settled at nearly the same time. His residence was 75 rods east of the Tin Corner, south side of the road (see Sites, Lot No. 74, 2d Div.), and he there d., May 20, 1804. She d. Aug. 11, 1813, being well remein- bered for her age and excellence. Children :
4. JosKru [13], b. about 1704.
5. SALLY, b. 1766, m. - Richardson, and settled in Candia; deceased.
6. SAMUEL [19], b. June 5, 1767.
7. STEPHEN, b. 1770; rem. from Sanbornton to Grand Isle, Vt. ; deceased.
8. POLLY, b. 1773; m. - Leavitt; settled in Gilmanton.
9. BETSEY, b. 1774; m. Obadiah Elkins (see).
10. JOSIAM, b. 1777, d. unm., with his brother, at Grand Isle, Vt., 1823-24, ae. 46.
11. SUSAN, b. 1780; may have been the " Sukey Conner" who "m. Wil- liain Green (lately from England)," Feb. 18, 1813 (Crockett).
12. LEVI [30], 1787.
13. JOSEPH3 [4] (JJeremiah2, James1), m., 1st, Ruth Johnson, of Hampstead, who was b. 1765, and d. in this town Ang. 10, 1803, ae. 39. He early settled at the Square. as above; was a captain, black- smith, and merchant, having his house on the site of the present resi- dence of Mrs. Bodwell (late Boutwell place), and his blacksmith's shop nearer the main road, on the corner of what was then the Square
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proper. His store was the building first erceted where now Mrs. Chase Jaques'. He m., 2d, Phebe Lovejoy, dau. of Joshua (see), about 1805, and d. Feb. 8, 1806, ac. 42. She m., 2d, George Blau- chard (see). Children :
14. NANCY, b. Jan. 20, 1788; m. Rev. Abraham Bodwell (see).
15. ILveRior, b. Sept. 12, 1790; m. Jesse Gordon, Sept. 18, 1810 (Bod- well) ; a tanner and shoemaker, and res'd. in Hampstead.
1. FANNY, b. April 26, 1792; m., lived in Portsmouth, and there d.
17. GEORGE, b. May 31, 1799; m , and lived in Hampstead.
18. MARCIA L., b. April 24, 1806 (2u wife) ; was in., by Rev. A. Bodwell, to David V. Moulton, at S .. Nov. 6, 1827, who was b. June 1, 1805, at Hamp- stend; a printer by trade; published books In Sanbornton (at the Square), and for a time a newspaper, called the Weekly Visitor. He remu. West, entered the United States service, and soon after d., at St. Louis, Mo., April 23, 1834, in his 20th year. Children, b. in Sanboruton : - 1. Edward A. (Moultou), b. Ang. 16, 1828; was clerk ou a lake steamer, and d. Feb. 9, 1803, in Chicago, Ill., ae. 34-6. 2. Jane P., b. Jan. 18, 1832; m. John R. Perkins, at Galena, Ill., Jan. 1, 1854. He was b Sept. 26, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa .; was teller in the Bank of Galena eleven years; went into the mercantile and brokerage business at Bellevue, Iowa, In 1868, and d. Jan. 14, 1870, ae. 46-4; she d. Jan. 25, 1870, ae. 38 Children : - I. Edward M. (Perkins), b. June, d. July 20, 1856, ae. 1 mo. II. Charles, b. Aug. 4, 1859, at Galena. 3. Mareia A. (Moul- tou), b. Sept. 20, 1833; m .. Ist, Shervell S. Lorrain, at Galena, Ill., Nov. 18, 1850. He was b. April 7, 1816, at Germantown, Pa., belug a nephew of Leigh llunt, the English anthor, and thist cousin to Benjamin West, the artist; was a merchant, and d. at Galena, Aug. 27, 1863, ae. 47-4. She m., 2d, Charles W. Hempstead, M. D., Aug. 30, 18cc, at Galena, who was b. Jan. 2, 1822, at St. Louis, Mo. Children, b. in Galena except the last : - I. Eugene M. (Lor- rain), b. May 8, 1853, d. Jan. 3, 1858, ac 4-8. II. Josephine M., b. Feb. 19, 1855 III. Walter S., b. Aug. 12, 1859. IV. Sue, b. March +, 1804. V. Charles E. (Hempstead), b. June 6, 1807. VI. Robert, b. March 30, d. Aug. 10, 1871, in Chicago, ac. + mos., 10 days.
19. SAMUEL3 [6] (Jeremiah2, James1), settled at the Tin Corner, where now Benjamin Plumer lives (1877) ; like his brother, was both a trader and a blacksmith, carrying on the two branches of business between said Plummer's and Mr. Jones's. He m. Polly ( Mary) Craigh- ton, of Exeter, June 15, 1792, and d. Nov. 19, 1842, ac 75-5. She was b. June 12, 1775, and d. Oct. 6, 1853, of consumption, ac. 78-4. Her father, James Craighton, was a Revolutionary patriot, from Exeter, and d, probably in consequence of exposure, at the battle of Mon- mouth. (This point is commended for confirmation to the historian of Exeter.) His daughters, besides the present, were Mes. Elkins, of Sanbornton (see), Mrs. Bedee, of New York, and Mrs. Churchill, of Portland. Children :
20. CLARISSA J., b. Nov. 1, 1793; m. William Jones (see).
21. JAMES CRAIGUTON [85], b. Ang. 13, 1795.
22. Ivitis, b. Nov. 20, 1795, d., ummm., at the South, March, 1826, ne. 27-4.
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23. ANSELL, b. April 10, 1800; was a tiu-plate worker; d., uum., In Mal- den, Mass , 1839, ac. 30.
24. JOSEPH LOVERING [40], b. Feb. 22, 1802.
25. JEREMIAN GILMAN, D. July 22, 1804, d. at home, of consumption, March 28, 1823, in his 19th year.
26. BETSEY, b. March 22, 1806, d. at home, of spotted fever, Feb. 15, 1818, in her 12th year.
27. PERKINS, b. Oct. 22, 1800; m. Electa A. Curry, dau. of Jolin (see), Sept., 1840 (Coombs) ; was a trader at the Bridge (now Tilton), and there d. Oct. 2, 1841, of lung complaint, ac. 32.
28. WILLIAM HENRY HI. [47], b. Dec. 6, 1813.
29. CHARLES JONKS [51], b. April 22, 1810.
30. LEVI3 [12] (Jeremiah2, James1), m. Miriam Buzzel, Oct 28, 1813 (Crockett) ; first settled west of Clark's Corner; afterwards at the Bridge, near the E'sq. Hersey place, and there d. He was a soldier in Capt. Hayes's artillery company, war of 1814. Children :
31. MARY ANN, res. in Lowell, Mass , unm.
22. JOHN, a farmer; res. in Bedford.
33. BETSEY, m. James W. Trumbull, of Hill, 1841 (Coombs) ; lived in Audover.
34. ABIGAIL R , m. Benjamin Hicks, of Lancaster, May 19, 1846 (Curtice), and rem. to Lowell, Mass.
35. JAMES C.4 [21] (Samnel3, Jeremiah?, James1), m. Caroline Nelson, of Exeter, Sept., 1815 ; settled in New Market ; was a trader and store clerk ; but d. in this town, of dropsy, March 13, 1828; ae. 32-7. Children :
36. MARY ANN, b. Sept , 1816; m. Hugh Kelsey Moore, of Malden, Mass., 1839, who is a native of Pembroke, and for many years superintendent of the American Steam Gauge Company, 40 Chardon Street, Bostou. Children : - 1. Frank Kelsey (Moore), b. June 15, 1840, in Boston; was a paymaster in the navy during the last war; was m., and d. July, 1878, ac. 38, leaving : - I. Daisic, b. Dec., 1807. II. Bartholomew, b. 1871. 2. Albert Weston, b. Aug. 29, 1842, in B .; was grad. at Dartmouth College (1864) and the Andover Theo- logical Seminary ; has been Congregational pastor at Blackstone, Mass., Bris- tol, and now (1880) at Farmington, Me. ; is m., and has three children : - I Walter G. II. Hugh K. III. Horace D. 3. Charles C. L., b. Aug. 22, 1840, in Chelsea. 4. Ella Sophia. b. Nov. 13, 1848, in C .; in. Lieut. J. MI. Hawley, U. S. N. 5. G. Fred., b. Ang. 8, 1833. C. Cora Lillie, b. July 17, 1835, d. July 15, 1857, ne. 2.
37. JAMES LUTHER, D. 1819; went to New York as a portrait painter; m. Mary Steveus, of Lowell, 1841, who d. Oct., 1852. Children : - 1. Caroline Amelia, m. - Raymond, now of Laconia ( Lake Village). 2. Josephine, m., and res. in Loudon.
38. CAROLINE ELIZABETH, b. 1821; m. Nelson II. Bundy, of Boston, 1846, and d. Sept. 4, 1861, ae. 40; one child, who d. in infancy.
39. SOPHIA NELSON, b. 1826; m. Howard Bowker, of Scituate, Mass., 1850, and d. Feb., 1858, ne. 32. Ile was a crockery-ware dealer in Boston. Child : - 1. Frank II. (Bowker).
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40. Joskru L.4 [21] (Samuel, Jeremiah?, James1), m. Lydia Dearborn, dau. of John (see), April 8, 1830 (Crockett) ; occupied her father's farm, south of Tin Corner, and afterwards built the house on the new Franklin Road, west of Tilton village, where he d. of cancerous affection, June 5, 1874, ae. 72-3. He was long an active and influ- entiai citizen of his native town, held several offices, and was many years deputy sheriff. She d. peacefully, April 13, 1880, ac. 71. Children :
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