History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Vol II - Genealogies, Part 35

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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17. TIMOTHY4, Jr., 2dl son and 5th child, was b. May 9, 1784, in Loudon ; m. Mary Towle, Jan. 5, 1809, who d. Oet. 8, 1854, ac. 73 years, 14 days. He d. in L , June 4, 1866, ac. 82. Nine children.


18 TIMOTHY BENJAMINS, b. July 21, 1825, in L. ; was the 4th son aud 8th child of [17]. He m. Mary Jane Weeks. of Gilmanton, the dau. of Stephen and Betsey (Weed) Weeks, March 29, 1853, and came directly to this town, settling on the Eastman farm (Shute's Ilill), which he had previously purchased of Esq. Noah Eastman. He has since res'd. here, except about six years in Loudon, and was elected first seleetman, 1878-79. Children :


19. LORAIN TRUE, b. Sept. 14, d. Nov. 21, 1854, ac. 2 mos., 7 days.


" We know our babe is blest; His bliss by .Jesus given. He's early gone to rest; He's found an early heaven."


20. LAURA ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 6, 1856, d. of typhoid fever, in this town, Aug. 28, 1867, ac. 11-7-22.


21. BENJAMIN HERBERT, b. Jan. 22, 1958; res. in Loudon (ancestral farm), 1879.


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22. ADALINE ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 15, 1800, d. Sept. 10, 1865, ac. 5-6-25.


" She has gone to rest; in death she sleeps. Her spirit has departed To that blest land where no friends weep, And none are broken-hearted."


23. TIMOTHY STEPHEN, b. Dec. 10, 1861, d. of same disease as [20], in Loudou, Sept. 11, 1867, ae. 5-9. ( Funeral attended by the author. )


24. ISABELLA, b Feb. 6, 1864.


25. JOSEPH DANA, b. April 27, 1866.


20. CYRUS EDGERLY, b. Aug. 10, ISG8.


Besides the above there were early in town,


27. " WIDOW FRENCH," whose child d. Dec. 22, 1801, and


28. NANCY FRENCH, who d. March 8, 1817.


(For OLIVER FRENCH, see Silver Family.)


THE FULLER FAMILY.


1. JAMES FULLER was an early settler of Andover, and m. Molly Clough. His son :


2. JAMES, Jr , b June 20, 1781, in A. ; m., 1st, Nancy Page, of A., Jan. 28, 1813 (Crockett), and afterwards lived in this town, as a blacksmith, above Weeks's Corner, Site 2, Lot 37, 2d Div., from 1819 till 1832 ; having m., 2d, Sarah Hunt, Nov. 25, 1819 (Crockett), who was b. Nov. 25, 1794. He res'd. in Hill after leaving Sanbornton, and there d., Nov. 19, 1874, ae. 93-5 ; she d. July 28, 1877, in her 83d year. Children (t. r.) :


3. MARY JANE. b. Oct. 29, 1820 (2d wife) ; m. Heury Plumer, Nov. 11, 1847, in Manchester; he was b Sept. 24, 1820, in Gilford; was a mason in M. ; has lived in Hill since 1866. Children : - 1. George Franklin ( Fuller), b. Nov. 21, 1843, in Hill (adopted) ; m. Mary Abigail Moulton, of Gilmanton, July, 1870. Child : - I. James ( ?), b. Aug., 1878. 2. Zorada Angie (Plumer), their oldest, b. May 30, 1849, in Manchester; m. leman Cox, of Meredith. Two children, both deceased 3. Carol.ue Augusta, b. Jau. 31, 1851, in M .; m. Willie J. Bennett, of Bristol, Nov., 1871. Children : - I. Alice Maud (Bennett), b. Nov. 30, 1874, in Franklin. 11. Hattie Belle, b. Nov. 26, 1876, in Mill. 4. An- ella ( Plumer), b Aug 18. 1852, in Upper Gilmanton; in. Joseph W. Favor, of Hill, Oct. 11, 1866. Child : - 1. Ida Grace ( Favor), b. March 10, 18:3. 5. Al- bert Eugene (Plumer), b. Juue 23, 1854, in U. G. (now Belmont) ; has been an employé in the chocolate mill of Mayor Henry L. Pierce, of the Dorchester District, Boston, since 1874. 6. Sarah Ahna, b. Jan. 27, 1858, in Canaan ; now res. (1878) in Concord 7. Mary Jane, b. April 20, 1861, in Canaan ; in. Willie G. Cox, of Meredith, Dec., 1877.


4. ZORADA, b. Feb. 27 (16), 1523 ('22), d. Feb. 18, 1838, of measles, in Lowell, Mass., ac. 13 (?), after being there three weeks.


5. ELIZA CAROLINE, b. Feb. 24 (2), 1825 ('24) ; m. John P. Colby, farmer, of Hill, July 4, 1852. No own children; one adopted.


6. SAHAM ELMIRA, b. Feb. 27 ( May 30), 1827, d. in Hill, ummm., Jau. 7, 1837, in her 30th year.


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THE FULLINGTON FAMILIES. - Two BRANCHES. - I.


1. JAMES ( ?) FULLINGTON first settled on what is now the Dea. Kimball place, New Boston (Franklin), and afterwards south of that, . at site near the present Ward place, where he d. April 8, 1816. His wife (" old Miss Fulington," Thompson Record) probably d. June 22, 1819. Children :


2. JAMES, Jr. [9].


3. PATTY (Martha), b. 1764 (?) ; m. Moses Clark (see p. 134 [83] ;.


4. SALLY ("Saley "), d. Dec. 17, 1791.


5. Jomy, was a stable-keeper in Salem, Mass.


6. NATHANIEL, also went to Salem.


7. POLLY (Mary), b. March 8, 1771; m. John Prescott, 2d wife (see).


8. BETTY ( Betsey), b. Ang. 1772; in. Satcheil Clark (see p. 135 [95]).


9. JAMES", Jr. [2] (James'), mn. " Widow Molly Been," relict of Jonathan (see p. 30 [40]), Dec. 7, 1789 (Woodman) ; lived " be- tween the lots" (see Sites), about equally distant from the two homes of his father, and there d., 1840. She d. 1841, ac. 83. He was "gifted in prayer and exhortation, though he knew but one letter of the alphabet" ! Children :


10, 11. POLLY, d. umm. NANCY, d. uum.


12. HANNAH, 111. - Collins, aud lived on the Franklin and Square road, Site 2. Lot No. 60, 2d Div.


13. DAVID, an adopted son; rem. to St. Anthony's, Minn., where he has led a very successful life.


II.


14. DAVID FULLINGTON (of another family) is supposed to have been the ' Master F.," a teacher of some note in town, who settled west of the Square, on the John Sanborn place, Lot No. 16, 1st Div., and gave its name to " Fullington Brook." He m. Sally Smith, Nov. 15, 1792 ( Woodman), who d. April, 1841, ac. 87.


TIIE GAGE FAMILY


Is of Norman extraction, deriving its descent from De Gaga, Gauga, or Gage, who accompanied William the Conqueror into England, and was afterwards rewarded with large grants of land. A line of seven generations, from


1. JonN GAGE, 1408, terminates with


2. JOHN, Esq .. oldest son of Sir Edward, who was knighted by Queen Mary. Ile was 30 years of age at his father's death, and heir to fifteen manors in Sussex ; but surviving all his brothers, and leay- ing no issne, the estate descended to his nephew, the earliest known ancestor in a direct line of the Gages of Sanbornton, viz. :


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3. JouN', who was made baronet March 26, 1622 ; m. Penelope, widow of Sir George Trenehard, and d. Oct. 3, 1633. Nine children, four sous, of whom his second son :


4. Jour2, came to America from Suffolk, Eng., in 1630, landing at Salem, June 12, in company with John Winthrop, Jr., sou of the gov- ernor, and was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ipswich, Mass., 1633. His 1st wife, Anna (or Amy), there d. June, 1658, and he m., 201, Nov. 7 following, Saralı, widow of Robert Keyes, who, by one account, survived him, though by another he m., 3d, Mary Keyes, Feb., 1633, who d. Dec. 20, 1668. He rem. to Rowley in 1664, and there d. 1673, having been a " prominent man and held responsible offices of trust and fidelity," both in Ipswich and Rowley. Of his eight children, seven sons, the second was :


5. DANIEL3, of whom we find the carliest mention among the Gages of' that part of " Old Rowley" which is now Bradford, Mass. We there learn (Bradford t. r. ) that he m. Sarah Kimball, May 3, 1675, and d. Nov. 8, 1705. He had eight children, three sons, of whom :


6. DANIEL4, was the oldest, b. March 12, 1676. He m. Martha Burbank, March 9, 1697, and about that time settled in the extreme northwest corner of Bradford, on the banks of the Merrimack, estab- lishing the well-known " Gage's," or " Upper Ferry," on the then main road to Methuen, where the grotesque Gage house, as built and after- wards enlarged, now stands (1879) in dilapidation, the oldest in the town. She there d., Sept. 8, 1741, and he d. March 14, 1747, ac. 71. Their children were :


7, 8. MENITABLE, b. Dec. 20, 1608. JOSIAH, b. 1701; settled in Pelham.


9, 10. MARTIA, b. April 17, 1703. LYDIA, b. May 24, 1705.


11. MosEs [21], b. May 1, 170G.


12. DANIEL, b. April 22, 1708; rem. to Pelliam.


13. SARAII, b, Feb. 19, 1709-10.


14. JEMIMA, b. Dec. 2, 1711; m. Richard Kimball, Nov. 8, 1733.


15. NAOMI, b. Feb. 25, 1714-15; m. David Hall, Sept. 22, 1737.


16. ESTHER, b. May 15, 1716; m. Jonathan Currier, of Methuen, Aug. 1, 1739.


17. AMos, b. July 28, 1718; m. Mehitable Kimball, of Bradford, Dec. Is, 1740; also located in Pelham.


18. ABIGAIL, 'b. Dec. 22, 1720, d. young.


19. MARY, b. Aug. 31, 1722; m. Gideon Hardy, May 24, 1744.


20. ABIGAIL (20), b. March 13, 1724-25.


21. MosEs5 [11] (Daniel4, Daniel3, John?, John1), m. Mary Heas- eltine, April 12, 1733 ; retained the farm at the ferry ; there lived and d. Children :


22. Moses, b. March 7, 1735-36; m., Ist, - Thurston, of Bradford (says tradition) : m., 2d, Abigail Kimball, of Methuen, Nov. 1, 1770; lived at the Ferry.


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23. SARAI, b. Nov. 9, 1737.


24. JAMES. b. June 10, 1739; m. Rebecca Kimball, Aug. 18, 1757; rem. to Pelhain, and there d. April, 1794, ae 55. His grandson, James, now In Woods- ville (1879).


25. WILLIAM (1st), b. Ang. 16, 1741, d. Dec 14, 1747, ac. 6-4.


20. RICHARD ( Ist), b. July 16, 1743, d. Dec. 23, 1747, ac. 4-5.


27. ABIGAIL, b. June 25, 1744, d. Jan. 4, 1747-8, ne. 3-6.


28. MARY, b. Feb. 15, 1746, d. Jan. 23, 1747-8, In her 2d year (all four of these children being now reported, traditionally, in Bradford, to have d. of malignant thront distemper, at nearly the same time).


29. WILLIAM (2d), b. Nov. 24, 1748; m. Rhoda Norton, a native of New- buryport. though then of Bradford, Nov. 25, 1769. Hle built an appendage to the original house, and the farm is still owned, but not occupied, by his great- grandson, Charles Ilazelton. Mrs. Ann Mitchell, the dau. of his son Daniel, b. 1800, is still living (1879) in Bradford village.


30. RICHARD (2d), b. May 20, 1751, d. Feb. 21, 1756, in his 5th year.


31. THADDEUS [32], b. April 17, 1754.


Thus was a family in old Bradford essentially "sifted," in the providence of God, to furnish one settler for the wilds of Sanboruton !


32. THADDEUS6 [31] (Moses5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Jolin2, John1), m., Ist. Abigail Merrill, of Bradford, Nov. 30, 1775 (Bradford records), who was b. 1756, and probably soon after moved into this town, set- tling in what is now Franklin, on west slope of hill between New Bus- ton and the present River road. She there d. Dec., 1788, ae 32, and he m., 2d, Molly Bean, July 29, 1789 (Woodman). who was b. April 17, 1761. and d. May 13, 1831, ac. 70. He d. at his homestead, May 11, 1845, se. 91-1. Children :


33. RICHARD, b. Dec. 11, 1776; was a farmer and mill owner in Boscawen ; represented the town, 1838-39, and d. May 18, 1856, ac. 79-5.


34. MARY, b. June 12, 1779. d. young.


35. DANIEL, b. Sept. 9, 1781; moved back to Bradford.


36. Moses, b. Aug. 16, 1783; m., Ist, Nancy Bean, Feb 26, 1806 (Crock- ett) ; m .. 2d. Mrs. Sarah (Rollins) Tenney, dau of Jothamn Rollins (sce), Oct. 22, 1840 (Davis), who d. Nov. 30. 1852, ae. 68-5-22. lfe d. Oct. 1. 1851, ac. 68-2. Hlad among other children : - 1. John, who lies buried by his side (without gravestones, New Boston cemetery). 2. Mary A., m. Samuel W. Thompson (see).


37. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 8, 1785; in. Jeremiah Ellsworth (see p. 266 [24]).


39. 38. LYDIA, & b. May 12, 1787; both d. young. . JOIN, ·


40. MEMITABLE, b. Nov. 21, 1788.


41. WILLIAM HAZELTINE [48], b. March 21, 1791 (2d wife).


42. RIODA, b. July 8, 1793; m. John D. Clark (see p. 140 [15]]).


43. DAVID B. [56], b. April 3, 1795.


44. BETSEY B., b. June 22, 1797, d. Oct 5, 1802, ae. 5-3.


45. JAMES, b. Sept. 27, 1799, d. Oct. 7, 1802, ae. 3.


46. Jons, b. Feb. 2, d. Oct 11, 1802, ac. 8 mos. (all three of these children


d. by dysentery, within a single week, as above).


47. POLLY, b. Dec. 30, 1804; m. David D. Thompson (see).


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48. WILLIAM II.7 [41] (Thaddeus", Moses5, Daniel4, Daniel3, etc. ), first went to Boscawen in 1805; apprenticed as a clothier; there settled and became a man of prominence. He m., Ist, Molly B. Mor- rison, dau. of Bradbury (see), Jan. 25, 1814, who d. of consumption, Feb. 15, 1833, ac. 41-1. He m , 2d. Sarah Sargent, Jan. 20, 1836, who was b. in Canterbury, June 15, 1808 IIe d. Sept. 26, 1872, in Boseawen, ae. 81-6. Children :


49. SOPRONIA S., b. Jan. 21, 1815, in B., as were all; m. John C. Russ, in B., and d. of consumption, May 23, 1844, ae. 29-4. He d. Iu Pembroke, at his sou's, March, 1876. Child : - 1. Isaac Gage (Russ), b. Sept. 12. 1837; res. in Pembroke; m. Samantha Rosan Lang, who was b. April 13, 1839, and d. of consumption, in P., Feb 1, 1865, in her 26th year.


50. ELEANDER W. GAGE, b. July 11, 1816; was drowned, May 25, 1819, in his 3d year ; found, aud buried June 4.


51. ISAAC K., b. Oet. 27, 1818; m. Susan Gage Johnson, Oct. 27, 1842, iu B., where she was b., July 5, 1820. Ile was of the firm of Gage, Porter & Co., saw manufacturers, Fisherville ( 1876) ; Is a member of the N. II. Historical Society, and an enthuslastle genealogist. Children : - 1. Frederick Johusou, b. Sept. 12, 1843; m. Harriet Augusta Morse, of B., March 11, 1868; is now (1876) wholesale grocer, Boston, with Boyd, Leeds & Co., 14 years; res. in the Highlands District. Children : - I. Blanche, b. Nov. 24, 1869. II. Char- lotte Hubbard, b. Feb. 23, 1873. III. Fred Healey, b. Oct. 20, 1874. 2. Geor- giana Judith, b. Jan. 16, 1848; m Abiel Walker Rolfe, of Concord, Feb. 17, 1870. Ile res. in Fisherville; door, sash, and blind manufacturer. Chil- dren : - I. Harry Gage (Rolfe), b. July 5, 1872. II. Herbert Wilson, b. May 14, 1875. 3. Mary Morrisou, b Dee 28, 1849 ; m. Milton W. Wilson, of Massillon, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1872. 4. Charlotte Hubbard, b. March 13, 1852, in Lawrence, Mass. (the others b. in Boscawen), d. of brain disease, June 26, 1866, ae. 14-3. 5. Lucy Kimball, b. June 11, 1859. 6. Isaac William, b. Sept. 1, 1861.


52. ASA M., b. Nov. 17, 1820; m. Sophia Whittle Caldwell, Dec. 21, 1844; res. in Boseawen; a farmer. Children : - 1. Fruuk Henry, b. April 10, 1845. 2. Helen Soplila, b. Oet. 13, 1847; m. Horace H. Danforth, of Boseawen. mechanie, Jan. 21, 1869, who was b. April 29, 1844. Child : - I. Maud Evelyn (Danforth), b. Oct. 21, 1871. 3. Edwin Asa, b. Aug 5, 1849. 4. Ida Matilda, b. Nov. 8, 1851.


53. Phenk P., b. Sept. 23, 1822; m. A. J Russ, of Bradford, Vt., Sept. 23. 1845, who was b. May 11, 1817, in Thetford. She d. of consumptlou, Ang. 9, 1853, in her 31st year. Children, b. in Lowell, Mass : - 1. Sophronia Grace ( Russ), b. Nov. 10, 1847. 2. Willlam Gage, b. July 19, 1850. 3. George Andrew, b. April 8, 1852, d. Jan 28, 1854, in his 2d year.


54. ROZILLA M., b Aug. 8, 1824, d. of croup. Oct. 27, 1827, ac. 3-2-19.


55. POLLY R., b. Aug. 1, 1838 (2d wife) ; in. Samuel R. Maun, mechanic, of Boscawen, who was b. June 15, 1839, lu Salisbury. Child : - 1. William Il. Gage (Maun), b. Dec. 22, 1871, in B.


56. DAVID B.7 [43] (Thaddeus", Moses5, Daniel4, Daniel3, etc. ), m. Martha Eaton, Feb. 26, 1824 (Crockett) ; retained the old Gage homestead, still owned by his oldest son, and there d., Aug 19, 1863, ae. 68-4. She had d. Oct. 10, 1856. Children :


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57. NATHAN MOORE, b. July 26, 1825; a fariner, as above, till 1874; now rem. to Franklin Falls. He in. Sarah Jauc Davis, of Franklin, March 28, 1849, who was there b .. July 31, 1824. Children : - 1. Helen Frances, b. Sept. 18, 1851 ; m. Charles W. Prescott (see). 2. Ann Belle, b. Jan. 3, 1839; m. John S. Wheeler, or F., aud there d. Oct. 14, 1880, ne. 21-9. 3. George Clark, b. Oct. 17, 1864.


58. ANN MARIA, b. Sept. 23, 1827; m. Charles J. Wadleigh (see).


59. POLLY WYATT, b. April 17, 1829, d., ae. 12.


60. BETSEY EATON, b. Feb. 19, 1832; m. Samuel Kingsley, in Rhode Island, where she d. No children.


61. DAVID K., b. Aug 25. 1836; res., as a stone-cutters blacksmith, In West Quincy, Mass. ; in. Ellza Jane Morrison, Oct. 14, 1861. Children : - 1. Lizzie E., b. Sept. 23, 1862, d. -. 2. Joseph L., b. July 26, 1864. 3. Jen- nie Etheal, b. July 31, 1879 ; also d.


62. SARAH COOK, III. Albert P'. Morrison (see).


03. JOSEPH LIBUKY, d. Oct. 12. 1856; umm.


64. THOMAS WYATT, b. Jun. 22, 1841; m. Laura A. Stevens, of Franklin, Nov. 24, 1864; res. In Kassou, Dodge Co., Minu. One child : - 1. Frank W., b. July 21, d. Sept. 14, 1875, ac. 2 mos.


65. MARTHIA ELLA, b. Sept. 30, 1849; m. Enos Hoyt Johnson, of Tilton, April 10, 1868 He is a native of Franklin; has been employed in the Granite Mill, Northfield, since 1869. No children.


THIE GALE FAMILIES. - FOUR BRANCHES. - I.


The earliest ancestors of the Gale family in this country are believed to be the three following : -


1. ABRAHAM, of Watertown, Mass., 1640 (the son of Richard), who m. Sarah Fiske, and " had many children." Also :


2. AMBROSE, of Marblehead, Mass., 1674, and one of the founders of the church there, but previously of Salem, where his children were baptized, as follows :


3, 4. BENJAMIN and ELIZABETH, bap. May 17, 1603.


5, 6. Curry, bap. June 17, 1664. AMBROSE, bap. 1665; and finally,


7. BARTHOLOMEW, a shipwright, who came from England to Boston.


Twelve of the name had graduated from New England colleges in 1834. Branches II. and III. of the Sanbornton Gales are doubtless each descended from one of the above, and so may be this [L]. For, although,


8. JOHN GALE, the earliest settler of the name in town, always bore the sobriquet of " Dutchman Gale," and is hence supposed to have been of Dutch descent, yet more reliable information has since proved that he was not a Dutchman by race, but merely came from New York to Exeter. His father, or earlier progenitor, may, therefore, have belonged to one of the afore-mentioned families, and emigrated from New England to New York, whence he returned, and married Susan McCarty, in Exeter. (Of her father there is the following


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romantic legend among hier descendants in this vicinity : that he was sent from Ireland when a little boy, by his aunt, who wished to secure a large property which he was to have inherited. His parents had died, and she consigned him to a sea-captain, to be taken to parts un- known. Ile was finally left at Exeter, " where he had in .. and could not return," when his aunt, having learned of his destination, repented on her deathi-bed, and sent for him!) Ile [8] was in town before 1708 (see "Petition"), and by " Returns of Roads," in 1771-72, seems to have been living at first in the southwest part of the town, in the vicinity of the Winnipiseogee and John Clark's, on Lot 09, 20 Div. Prior to Ang., 1778, however, he must have located just west of the wooded hill in Franklin (New Boston), which has since borne his name, Lot No. 67, 1st Div., where he d. March 16, 1802, and she d. his widlow, Jan. 25, 1815. Children :


9. SUSANNA, b. 1763 (?), in Exeter; m., Ist, Capt. Aaron Sanborn (see).


10. THEODosia, b. March 16. 1765, probably lu E ; m. Jonathan Tayior ( see ).


11. JouN, b. 1767 (?), in Sanbornton; lived and d. iu Holderness.


12. DANIEL, b. 1769 (?), in S. ; res'd. . in Bangor, Me., and Effingham, where he d.


13. TUDOR [18], b. 1771.


14. SALLY, b Oct. 16, 1773; baptized as " Sarah." July 10, 1774 ( Wood- man); m. Winthrop True (see).


15. PATTY, b. 1776 (?) ; m. Theophilus Sanborn, Jr., of Meredith, March 4, 1801 (Crockett).


IC. BETSEY, b. Sept. 4, 1779; m. Mark Moore (see).


17. DEBORAH, m. Samuel Sauborn, of Meredith (brother of [15]), March 30, 1803 (Crockett).


18. TUDOR? [13] (John'). m. Polly Tenney, Oct., 1796 ( Wood- man) ; lived longest in town on his father's place (Gale Ilill), after- wards at Site 2, Lot 8. 2d Div. ; rem. to Alexandria, Feb., 1825 ; thence to Sutton, and there d., March, 1846, ae. 75. She d. Nov., 1846, in Sutton, ae. 71. Children were all b. in Sanbornton :


19. SALLY A., b. Dec. 11, 1797; in. Jonathan Chase (see p. 116 [31]).


20. THEODOSIA, m. - Shaw, of Meredith, and there d., leaving two chil- dreu (one son).


21. SAMUEL T., b. March, 1801; settled in Alexandria with his father, and there continues. Four children : Que sou d., and two daughters deceased ; oue dau. (now living), m. - Blakely.


22. JonN, d. iu Georgetown, Mass , leaving wife and two sons, now living. 23. OLIVK, b. March, 1805; m. - Buzzell; last res'd. in Reading, Mass., and d. Aug., 1879, ne. 74-6. Four children, three sons.


24. DEBORAH, m. - Wells; d In Sutton, leavlug two children (one son).


25. GEORGE TUDOR, b. June 26, 1811; m Mary Boardman, Jau. 14, 1836; settled in Cambridge, Mass., Feb., 1537, where he has been engaged in the


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lumber business, and is now president of a bank. She was b. Jan. 14, 1812, and d. April 3, 1878, ac. GG-2-20. Child : - 1. George Willard, b. June 4. 1837; is m., and has four children (3 sous).


26. HEZEKIAH, b. April 9, 1815 ; res. at Cambridgeport, Mass. ; m. Harriet Rhoades, Feb. 27, 1840. Two children, one son, who " was lost lu the great conflict between the North and the South "; one dau , m. - Elmes.


27. ELIZA CASS, b. April 17, 1817; m. Martin L. Smith (see).


II.


28. STEPHEN! GALE res'd. in Haverhill, Mass. ; there m Ednah Little, according to the town records, Dec. 17, 1734, and d. Feb. 5, 1735-36. His posthumous child :


29. STEPHEN2, b. June 8. 1736 ; came to Sanbornton from Haver- hill, probably between the years 1768 and 1770; was a (shop) joiner by trade, and settled on the farm now owned by B. F. Cass, Lot No. 64. 2d Div. ('Tilton). Ile was on the first board of selvetien chosen in town, 1770 (and at least twice afterwards), and signed the " Association Test " in 1776. IIe (not his wife) . was admitted into covenant with God and communion with this Congregational Church." Dec. 3, 1775, and had his three children, then living, baptized the next Sabbath. (For an instance of his conscientiousness, ser .. General History.") Ile in., 1st, Mehitable Plumer, of Amesbury, who d. Oet. 24, 1791 ; m .. 2d, Widow Plebe Page, of Sandwich, who afterwards (not as per " Manual") nnited with the Congregational Church. Ile d. July 9, 1815, ae. 79-1. She (2d wife) d., his widow, June 23, 1816, ae. 84. Children (1st wife), t. r. :


30. STEPHEN [34], b. Nov. 23, 1770.


31. EDNAU, b. Sept. 5, 1772; in. Brad-treet Moody (see).


32. ELIZABETHI, b. March 21, 1774; m. Robert Burleigh (see p. 63 [60]).


33. MKIITABLE, b. May 20, 1777; ni. Ezekiel Hayes, of Rochester, Oct. 13, 1790 (Woodman) (see Wingate Family).


34. STEPHEN3 [30] (Stephen?, Stephen1), m. Mary ( Molly ) Jewett, dan. of Andrew (see), Jan. 15, 1795 ; retained his father's home- stead ; there lived, and d. Oct. 10, 1839, in his 69th year Though not a professor of religion, yet Father Bodwell is said to have com- mended him very highly at his funeral as an upright, consistent Chris- tian. JIe served the town as selectinan in 1806. and several times afterwards, being styled, successively, "Stephen. Jr.," ". Major," and " Col.," on the town records. She was the mother of fourteen chil- dren (thirteen named), of whom she outlived all but three, and d. of consumption, Aug. 21, 1846, ae. 69-5. Children (only seven on the t. r.) :


35. ANDREW JEWETT, Ist, d. March 12, 1799.


36. MEIITABLE, Ist, d. young.


37. POLLY (Mary), b. Feb. 9, 1500; m. Benjamin Franklin Sinith, of Upper


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Gilmanton (2d wife) (see [42]), Feb. 10, 1842 (Bodwell), and d. Jan. 30, 1862, in her 62:1 year.


38. PHEBE, b. Jan. 24, 1802; in. Benjamin B. Brown (see p. 56 [14+]).


39. GEORGE LITTLE, b. Feb. 2, 1804, d. in Boston. umin.


40. CHARLES, b. Feb. 7, 1806, d. at home, Sept. 23, 1826, ae. 20-7.


41. STEPHEN PLUMER, Ist, b. Feb., 1808, d., probably, May 1, 1820, ac. 12-3.


42. MKIITABLE, 2d, b. March 28, 1810; m. B. Frankliu Smith [37] (Ist wife ), July 17, 1834 (Bodwell), aud d. Oct. 28, 1841, ac. 31-7. He was b. Sept. 15, 1807, in Northfield, the son of Francis Smith; was a wheelwright by trade, and deputy sheriff twelve years; res'd. at the Bridge Children : - 1. Mary Jane (Smith), in. George Sayward, farmer, of Gilford. 2. Martha Ann, m. Dr. Lafayette Cate (see p. 105 [52]). 3. Mehltable Gale, m. Jesse Allen, who res. in Gilmanton ; a mill owner. Four children, one deceased.


43. ANDREW JEWETT, 2d [48], b. July +, 1812.


44. JAMES J., b. 1815. d. Dec. 10, 1836, in his 22d year.


45. EZEKIEL II., b. Oct., 1817, d. of' consumption, at home, Ang. 31, 1841, ae. 23-10.


46. STEPHEN PLUMER, 2d, b. Nov., 1820, d. of dysentery, Oct. 7, 1826, ae. G.


47. HARRISON, b. 1822 (?), d. of small-pox, in Boston.


48. ANDREW J.3 [43] (Stephen2, Stephen1), was first a jeweller at the Bridge ; m. to Harriet G. Sanborn, dau. of William T. (see), March 20, 1853. at Nashua, by Rev. Mr. Richards. He had sold half the paternal homestead (as above) to Mr. Cass, and built a new house, a little north, last occupied (1878) by the late Samuel Page. He " was one of the best judges of horses in Northern New Ilamp- shire"; but was thrown from a carriage in Boston, fracturing both legs, and, as the result of this accident, d., after eight days, May 30, 1864, in his 52d year.


"MY HUSBAND. " The other side! Oh, charming sight, Upon its banks, arrayed in white, For me a loved one waits. Over the stream he calls to me, 'Fear not; I am thy guide to be Up to the pearly gates.'"


Child :


49. ANDREW EDWIN, b. Dec. 12, 1855, In Winchester, Mass. ; was a farmer ou the Shadrach Wadleigh place, Lot No. 33. 2d Div. (1878), having m. Ella M. Sweetzer, of North Sanbornton, Nov., 1877 (Rankin). Child : - 1. Hattie Jewett, b. Aug. 26, 1878.




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