History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Vol II - Genealogies, Part 53

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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146. WILLIAM, b. May 17, 1826, d. of rheumatic fever, Feb. 18, 1844, in his 18th year.

147. RUvus LEWIS, b. Aug. 3, 1828, d. May 20, 1829, ae. 10 inos.

148. HENRY ADAMS, b. April 11, 1830; in. Harriet C. Ordway, dau. of Rufus (see), May 21, 1850 ( Bodwell); was town clerk, musician in the band, etc. ; rem. to Illinois, and then to Waterloo, Ia., where he has been deacon of the Congregational Church since 1861, and " dealer lu choice family groceries and provisions," firm of II. A. Lane & Co. ; Is now (1878) in same business. at Hudson, la. Children : - 1. Frank llenry, b. Dec. 1, 1851, In this town, d. Sept. 22, 1852, at Freeport. Ill., ac. 10 mos. 2. Idn Frances, b. Dec. 5, 1854, in Samboruton. 3. Albert Boutwell, b. July 16, 1859, in Waterloo, la.

149. ANDREW, b. Aug. 31, 1833, d. Jan. 28, 1834, of whooping cough, at. 5 months.

150. ANN, b. Jnue 19, 1836 ; remained with her father till his death.

151. AUGUSTA JANE. b. Aug. 12, 1841; m., Ist, Thomas S. Bailey, Feb. 19, 1863 (Boutwell), who was a farmer in Sanbornton and Belmont; d. March 24, 1865, ae. 27. She mu., 2d, Oliver Philbrick (see).

152. JOSEPH I1.6 [61] (Joshuas, Jolm+, etc.), m., 1st, Polly (Mary) Lane [66], June 12, 1814 (Bodwell), who d. June 6, 1830, of consumption, ae. 37-4; m , 2d, Caroline C. Kimball, dau of Joseph (see p. 420 [40]), June 6, 1832 (Bodwell). He was first a farmer and teamster, living near his father's ; after his second marriage kept the hotel at the Square, on site now occupied by Daniel Jacobs, and there d. of asthma and heart disease, Sept. 16, 1843, ae. 50-1. Children :

153. CATHARINE, b. Nov. 11, 1815; m. William Dame, butcher, of Laconia, about 1837; rem. to Concord, where she d., June. 1845, in her 30th year. Children (besides the youngest, who d. ae. 2 weeks) : - 1. William lleury

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(Dame), d. e. 1-6. 2. Mary Ella, b. Dec. 5, 1843; m. Daniel Webber, of West Concord, 1802. Children : - I. Stella May ( Webber), b May 12, 15:1. II. Irving Emery, b. April I (?), 1877.

154. Junir A., b. Nov. 17, 1817; m. Joseph Emery (see p 272 [50]).

155. MARY, b Nov. 20, 1819; m. Peabody A. Morse, of Rminuey, coach driver, Dec. 29, 1843 (Bodwell), aud there d., May, 1867, ac. 47-6. Chil- dren : - 1. Emmua Carrie (Morse), b. Nov., 1848; in. Harvey Faruham, of West Concord. Four chilldren, 2 deceased, of whom : I. Carrie Emma ( Faru - ham), b. March, 1872. II. Henry, b. Oct., 1876. 2. George Robert (Morse), b. 1862, d. by drowning in a hogshead of water, Sept., 1864, ae 2.

150. PAULINA MOULTON, b. Feb. 28, 1822; m. David Allison, of Concord, . who was a printer, first employed at the Square, afterwards at Lacouia, where she d., 1850, ae. 28. No children.

157. HULDAN. b. Aug. 12, 1824; m. Jona. M. Taylor (see).

158. HANNAN PERKINS, b. Feb. 12, 1830; m. George W. J. Taylor (see).

159. JOSEPH HILLIARD (2d wife), b. Aug. 11, 1833; m. Aun Allison, of Concord, Nov. 23, 1854, who was b. Nov. 23, 1833, at Windsor, N. S., the dau. of James and Cathrine Allison. He is a wheelwright, in Concord, having beeu employed by the Messrs. Abbott, in their carriage mauufactory, about 30 years (1880), except two years in Boston, including his apprenticeship. Chil- dren, b. in C. : - 1. Carrie Josephine, b Nov. 8, 1855; m. William Elkin. of Concord, Ang. 20, 1878. 2. Edward Hanilin, b. June 30, 1800. 3. Audrew Lewis, b. Aug. 23. 1862.

160. ANDREW LEWIS, b. Dec. 14, 1835; follows the same business with his brother (as above), in Concord, of nearly equally loug stauding ; served in the war, as a musician, in the 2d Brigade Band, 10th Army Corps, Jan., 1863, till July, 1865, at Hilton Head, S. C. Ile in. Ahnira II. Upham, of Concord, Jan. 2., 1863, who was b. in Bow, Sept. 10, 1838, the dau. of Thomas and Ascenath Upham. Children : - 1. Mabel, b. Sept. 27, 1864, iu Concord. 2. Fred Up- ham, b. Ang. 27, 1867, in C.

161. JosnuA, b. Jan. 20, 1837; in. Harriet Augusta Messe, Dec. 27, 1859, who was the dan. of Francis W. and Harriet (Story) Messe. b. May 12, 1837, in Gloucester, Mass. Ile was a silver plater, in Concord, till 1870; then rem. back to Samborutou Square, and took the farm of his grandfather Kimball ( Aaron Sauboru lot), wholly reuewing the buildings, and there still residing (1880). Children : - 1. Sarah Frances, b. Nov. 14, 1860, d. Sept. 7, 1863, in Concord, of typhoid dysentery, after 4 days' illuess. 2. Frank Edson, b. Feb). 21, 1865, in Concord. 3. Arthur Carr, b. April 15, 1868, in C. 4. Thomas Taylor, b. Dec. 2, 1872, in Sanbornton.

162. CHARLES6 [63] (Joshuas, John+, etc.), served his time in Concord as a tradesman, and was first established as a storekeeper at the Square, in the building afterwards used for a book-bindery and Masonic hall ( finally burned). IIe was early engaged in Sanbornton as a newspaper and book publisher, editing the paper himself; and the elegant " Family Bible," which he published in 1837, would have done credit to later years and city establishtrents. He was an acknowl- edged leader in the affairs of the town, and did and devised much for the prosperity of the Square. In 1841 he rem. to Laconia ; purchased and ably conducted the Belknap Guzette for several years ; was clerk

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of the B., C. & M. Railroad Company from its organization till his death ; was U. S. marshal for New Hampshire, under the administra- tions of Jackson and Van Buren, and served the State as town repre- sentative and State senator. In later years he did a large business as one of the most prominent insurance agents and adjusters in the State. " Physically speaking, he was a man of fine and commanding presence, with a large frame, surmounted by a head whose Websterian proportions and strong features betokened great intellectual ability. His rare gifts, combined with a genial and sunny disposition, won him hosts of friends " Stricken by paralysis, four years previously, and ever after an invalid, he d. at Laconia, March ( ?) 6, 1876, ac. 77-1, and his funeral was numerously attended, with extra trains bringing large Masonic delegations from Concord, Plymouth, and intervening places. He was m., 1st, to Paulina Moulton, of Concord, in Bradford, Mass., by Rev. Mr. Perry, Ang. 3, 1822, who d. of consumption, March 17, 1838 ; was m., 2d, to Sarah Jane, dau. of Rev. A. Bodwell ( see p. 4% [2]), by her father, in Sanbornton, Aug. 6, 1838. She d. at Laconia, Nov. 11, 1880, ae. 70-9 ; " was a refined, Christian lady, faithful in her family, in the church, and in society ; self-sacrificing, public- spirited, irradiating all her walks and ways with the sunlight of a sin- gularly cheerful and graceful spirit." Children :

163. CHARLES PARKER, b. July 5, 1823 (Ist wife), in Gilmanton; was & printer, learning his trade in the old Guzette office, at Laconia, and was there buried with Odd Fellows' honors, having d. July 9, 1876, in Haverhill, Mass , ue. 53.

164. EDWIN JONATHAN, b. June 9, 1825, in Saubornton; m. Ascenath Smith, in Lowell, Mass., Oct., 1848, having left home for Dover, at sixteen, where lie remained five years. He then res'd. iu Newburyport and Lowell, whence hic rem. to Boston, and has there been engaged in the dry-goods trade and man- ufacturing for twenty-five years; now (1880), shawls, hoods, etc., at 37 Tem- ple l'lace. Children, b. in Boston : - 1. Paulina, b: Feb. 23, 1852; in. Edward Maxfield, of Boston, travelling auditor of the Eastern Railroad, Ang. 19, 1879. Child : - I. Ralph E. (Maxtleld), b. July 30, 1880. 2. Josephilne, b. July 29, 1854; m. Charles S. Spaulding, assistant superintendent of the Brookline Gas Light Company, Jan. 5, 1879. Children : - I., II. Grace and Gretchen (Spaulding), b. Sept. 4, 1880. 3. l'aul E., b. Oct. 18, 1802.

105. GEORGE BODWELL, b. Aug. 5, 1841, in Sambornton (2d wife) ; was engaged in the insurance business in Laconia, till his father's death; since then, overseer in a factory there. He in. Mrs. Mary Jane (Davis) Webber, of Lake Village, Nov. 18, 1870. Child : - 1. Ada Florence, b. March 15, 1877.

ICC. JENNIE FRANCKS, b Nov. 16, 1845, in Laconia; m. A. Henry Waitt, of Boston, in Laconia, Oct. 31, 1867. Children : - 1. Madeline ( Waitt), b. June 26, 1870, in L. 2. Charles Lane, b. Oct. 8, 1872, in Boston.

167. JAMES WILLIS, b. Ang. 17, 1849, in Laconia; is now (1879) store clerk and conuty treasurer at Sour Lake, Texas.

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168. DAVIDG [67] (David5, John4, etc.), being of a feeble consti- tution he sold his paternal homestead to Capt. Moore ; rem. to Union Bridge, near the present railroad station, and there d., Feb. 3, 1829, ne. 34-6. Ile had m. Naomi Gibson, dau. of Thomas (see p. 299 ·[5, 9]), who was living (1876) with her son [169], in Lowell, Mass. Children :

109. DAVID, b. July 11, 1819; is a cotton and woollen machinery manufac- turer, in Lowell; was elected representative to the Massachusetts Legi-la- ture, 1869-70; mu. Roxana M. Ames, of Lowell, May 6, 1841. Children, b. lu L. : - 1. George Heury, b. May 4, 1843, d. Ang. 19, 1849, ae. 6-3. 2. Charlotte Aun, b. Sept. 3, 1843. 3 David Henry, b. Aug. 31, 1850. 4. Abbie Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1854. 5. Mime (?) Sheppard, b. March 12, 1358.

170. ELSIE SMITH, b. Ang. 10, 1821; m. Samuel Tarson, of Lowell. Sept. 4, 1838, who is a house and sign painter and paper-banzer. Children, b. in L :- 1. Dorcas Isora (Tarson), b. Dec. 26, 1842. 2. Frank Eruest, b. June 19, 1845. 3. Fred Eugene, b. June 1, 1846. 4. Mary Estelle, b. Nov. 30, 1845. 5. Lettle Isabel, b. March 1, 1851. C. Minnie Frances, b. Dec. 19, 1552. 7. Flora Inez, b. May 2, 1855.

171. JEMIMA SWASEY, b. Jan. 19, 1827; m. Amos L. Whitney, who d. 1862. Child : - 1. Inez Blanche ( Whitney), b. Sept. 10, 1861, in Lowell.

172. JOSEPH"[75](Joseph5, John+, etc. ), having lost his father at the age of 16, he commenced, after moving to Sanbornton, an apprenticeship as a tanner and enrrier, but made a public profession of religion, Sept. 8, 1816, and, strongly impressed that it was his duty to preach the gos- pel to the heathen, he began his preparatory studies with Rev. A. Bodwell, Jan., 1820. Afterwards attended the academy at Gilman- tou, and for two years, from Sept., 1821, the Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass. Graduated 'at the Bangor Theological Seminary in Aug., 1826, and Sept. 20 following was ordained as a missionary, at Sanbornton, with Bombay, India, as his prospective field of labor. Ilis health beginning to decline, his destination was changed to a sta- tion among the Tuscarora Indians in Western New York. He returned from this field June, 1827, and remained with his friends, at Sanboruton, in greatly impaired health, till Oct., 1828; preached in Franklin from Nov., 1828, till Feb. 20, 1831, and afterwards at Centre Harbor, Westbrook, Me., and Farmington. " As a pastor he was faithful, assiduons, and efficient, securing the confidence and affections of his people," but " as an agent in the cause of Christian benevolence he was most at home and best known." "Out of the nearly twenty-five years of his ministerial life, he spent not far from thirteen in advocating the claims of different benevolent societies, and the last ten years of his life was the valued secretary of the New Hampshire Bible Society." His maladies recurring in June, 1850, he continued in great suffering till Sept. 27, 1850, when " he sank quietly into the arms of death," at Brattleborough, Vt., ae, 53-7, His home,

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for some years, had been at Pembroke, where his old school compan- ion and intimate friend, Rev. Benjamin P. Stone, late of Coucord, preached a commemorative discourse, Oct. 13, 1850, entitled " The Peculiar Presence of God with the Good Man," from the text, Gen- esis xxxix. 2, f. c. This sermon was published by request. IIe was in. to Rebecca Philbrick, of Sanbornton, dau. of Reuben (see), Nov. 22, 1826 (Bodwell), who d. June 12, 1854, ae 49-3. No children of their own, but two adopted :

173, 174. CHARLES J. REBECCA M.

175. REDFORD W.6 [80] (Joseph5, Jolin4, etc.), attended the Kimball Union Academy, at Plainfield, 1840-42; m. Harriet N. Jewett, of Laconia, Oct. 20, 1850, the dau. of Benjamin and Lois Jew- ett, who was b. July 5, 1815, in Gilford. For several years after leaving Sanbornton, he was engaged in teaching an academy (also an instructor in penmanship), and was afterwards paymaster at the Ware- ham (Mass.) Iron Works. In Feb., 1850, he took up his residence in Nashua, where for 22 years he was paymaster and clerk of the " Jack- son Manufacturing Co." Ile represented -Ward 3 in the Common Council when the city charter was accepted, and was alderman from the same ward the two following years. He was a deacon in the Pearl Street Congregational Church some 17 years ; " a kindly gentleman, of manifold virtues "; a quiet, yet carnest Christian, " whose good influence and pure life will live after him." He had attended the cen- tennial celebration of the Congregational Church in this town, Nov., 1871, with evident satisfaction, but the following spring d. suddenly, of pneumonia, at Nashua, March 16, 1872, ae. 63-3. Children :

170. JULIA ELIZABETH, b. July 9, 1852.

177. ALICE FREESE, b. Feb 26, IS58, d. Nov. 24, 1866, in her 9th year.

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Another branch of the Lane family, in Saubornton, not directly related to the foregoing (see [14]), is found in

178. JEREMIAH, b. April 13, 1807, in Chichester, the son of Sim- con Lane, who d. in this town, July 17, 1845, and whose widow d. Nov. 24, 1850. [Ie settled on the Ela place, Lot 64, 2d Div., where now John P. Lane, in Tilton (see [145]) ; m. Abigail L. Morrison, dau. of Abram L. (see), June 2, 1836 (Bodwell) ; migrated first to St. Charles, Ill., and thence to Lee, Franklin Co , Ia. (P. O. Iowa Falls), where his family are all residing (1878). Children :

179. HULDAI A .. b. Oct. 5, 1837, d. Oct. 2, 1860, ac. 23.

180. ORIEN PRENTICE, b. Aug. 31, 1844; is a farmer, with his father (as above).

181. HANNAH ABBY, b. Dec. 21, Ists; m. George II. Wilson, Dec. 22, 1576; residence iu Lee, with her parents.

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THIE LANG FAMILY.

Of its early ancestors, we only know that

1. JOHN LANG was in Portsmouth before 1692, from whom the Langs of Sanbornton and vicinity are probably descended. The fam- ily is of English origin. One

2. JONATHAN, Inay have been in town a short time, whose wife d. Jan. 8, 1806 (if we read his name correctly on the old Thompson Death Record).

3. LOWELL LANG was b. Sept. 17, 1754. His father lived at Hampton Falls, and he had three brothers, one of whom retained the old homestead, another settled in Concord, and the third, grandfather of the Hou. J. W. Lang, of Meredith Village, settled in Greenland. He [3] in. Susanna Prescott, dau. of Maj. William (see), April 4, 1776, and lived on the Lang place (see Site), Lot No. 21, 1st Div., old road, between Jeremiah Thompson's and " New Boston." He was for many years the tailor of town, and went about from house to house, according to the custom of the times (both for tailors and shoe- makers), making up the year's stock of clothing for whole families. He d. Oct. 25, 1822, ae. 68-1. She d. April 25, 1828, ae. 72-3. Dates of children's births, as given below, are from our t. r., though varied in a few cases, as found in parentheses, taken from the " Pres- cott Memorial." Children :

4. SALLY, b. Feb. 6, 1779 ('78) ; res'd. uum:, with her brother [8], at New Hampton, and the last years of her life " kept house " for her two younger brothers [10] and [12], near the Bridge. She used to complain that she could not " get the boys up in the morning!" Visited the venerable Capt. J. B. Perkins, on his 92d birthday, May 16, 1876, but herself d. suddenly, less than a mouth afterwards, June 10, 1876, ae. (according to the Prescott reckoning) 98-4.

5. BILLY (William), b. Nov. 20, 1780; m. Nancy (Auna) Norris, of Strat- ham, April 25, 1807 (Crockett) ; rem. to Portland, Me., and lived finally at Durham, Me., where he d., Nov. 9, 1863, in his 83d year. Had thirteen chil- dren, all but the oldest b. in Portland, and nineteen grandchildren (1870), of whom three at least served with honor in the late war, and one was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. His oldest child - 1. Electa, b. Ang. 22, 1808, in Sauboruton; m. Christopher Wilson, farmer, of Westbrook, Me., 1833, and d. Feb. 5, 1861, ac. 52-6. Three children.

C, 7. LEVI [13], b. Nov. 15, 1782. LOWELL, Jr. [23], b. Oct. 28, 1784.

8. Jonx [42], b. Jan. 24, 1787 ('86).

9. JosErn, b. Sept. 18, 1789 ('90) ; m. Eliza D. MeLellan, of Lancaster, Mass., Feb. 2, 1819; was a manufacturer of buttons in Waterbury, Conn., till 1856; was residing (1869) in Chicopee, Mass. Seven children, two sons; five grandchildren (1870), two deceased. Ilis sixth child was : - 1. Charles Benaiah, b. July 7, 1837; m. Lucy A. Graves, of Sunderland, Mass., May 23,

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1861; served as sergeant in the 46th Mass. Vols , 1862, till the disbanding of the regimeut.

10. STEPHEN [53], b. Jan. 7, 1793.

11. NATHANIEL PIPER, b. July +, 1795 (1800); was a carpenter; res'd. iu Shippensville, Penn., and (1870) in Clarion County, same State; in. Catharine, dan. of George Hyskill, of Pennsylvania, Ang. 12, 1823, who was b. Dec. 27, 1807. Ten children - seven sous - all but one b. in Shippensville.

12. BENAIAH SANBORN [56], b. March 8, 1797.

13. LEVI2 [6] (Lowell'), m. Julia Lane, dau. of Joshua (see p. 439 [60]), May 23, 1809 (Bodwell) ; settled finally in North Yar- mouth, Me., and there d., of phthisis, July 15, 1839, in his 57th year. She d. Dec. 30, 1864, in her 74th year. Children :

14. MARCIA, b. April 22, 1811, in Portland, Me., d. Oct. 26, 1831, in Cum- berland, Me., ae. 20-6.

15. CHARLES LANE, b. Dec. 5, 1812, in Portland ; m. Julia Ann Prince, May 18, 1848; a mariner; d. at sea, May 16, 1854, ae. 41-5.

16. HULDAN HILLIARD, b. Sept. 5, 1814, In Cumberland; m. Amasa Smith Sweetzer, cordwainer (1st wife), June 22, 1846, who was b. Dec. 25, 1812, in C. Slic d. Nov. 11, 1847, ae. 33-2.

. 17. ALTHEA, b. Feb. 28, 1816, in Cumberland; m. William Burton, of C., May 24, 1838. Six children, of whom three d. in infancy.

18. JULIA ANN, b. July 20, 1818, in C .; m. Amasa S. Sweetzer (2d wife), June 7, 1852 (see [16]).

19. CALVIN, b. Nov. 6, 1822, in C .; m. Miriam Hall Harris, April 10, 1852 ; was captain of a vessel, and killed, during a violent storm, two days out of Boston, Oct. 3, 1860, in his 38th year, leaving one child : - 1. Sumuer C.

20. SEWALL, b. June 20, 1895, in C. ; in. Lizzie E. Cummings, Nov. 20, 1856; a merchant in Portland (1870).

21. ANGELIA, b. Nov. 13, 1830, in C., d. April 22, 1837. ae. G-5.

22. LOUISA KIMBALL., b. July 30, 1834, in C., d. Aug. 20, 1847, ac. 13.

23. LOWELL.2 [7] (Lowell1), was a house carpenter at Sanboruton Bridge ; res'd. where now his widow and children (1880) ; m., 1st, Harriet, dau. of Capt. Timothy Hills, of Northfield, who was b. Sept. 13, 1797, and d., June 4, 1830, of consumption, in her 33d year. He nı., 2d, Theodate, dau. of Simeon Page (see), Nov. 25, 1830 (Bod- well), and d. Feb. 10, 1801, ac. 76-4. Children :

24. JOHN, b. Aug. 20, 1814, d. Sept. 25, 1815, ae. 1-1.

25. WARREN HILLS, b. March 19, d. Aug. 28, 1816, ae. 5 mos.

26. TIMOTHY IHILLS, b. Sept. 24, 1817; m. Emeline Vielle, of Poughkeepsie, N Y .; was a machinist and engineer in New York City; d., in Hong Kong, China, Sept. 21, 1863, ac. 46, having gone thither to put together and set in operation an engine for a steamboat, which he accomplished. ITis son : -- 1. Charles, was engineer (1876) on a steamer from Hong Kong to Canton.

27. JOSEPH LUCIEN, b. Nov. 22. 1819; m. Rebecen Libby, of Maine: was a carpenter in Boston, and there d., of phthisis, Oct. 31, 1861, in his 42d year. " He is not dead, but sleepeth." Children : - 1. Alvin Richards, b. April 20, 1848. 2. Joseph Franklin, b. July 14, 1851. 3. Warren Hill, b. May 11, 1857, d. April 16, 1876, in his 19th year.

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28. LUCY BARKER, b. Jan. 6, 1822; in. Wmn. H. Parker. machinist, of Lowell, Mass., March 16, 1843. Children : - 1. Harriet Louise (Parker), 1. Aug. 3, 1845, in L .; m. George F. Moore, of Boston, and there d, Jan. 26, 1876, ne. 30-6. 2. George Everett, b. Nov., 1846. 3. Helen Ellza, b. Aug. 23, 1849. 4. Walter Laug, b. Nov., 1857.

20. ELIZABETH ANN II., b. Dec. 12, 1823; m. James Parker, May 19, 1846; d. Feb. 10, 1849, ac. 25-2.

30. DIREXA MATILDA, b. May 17, 1826, d. Nov. 17, 1859, of phthisis, ac. 33-6.

31. KATHARINE HOLMES, b. May 11, 1829 ; was a dressinaker, at Tilton (1870).

32. HARRIET 11., b. Dec. 22, 1831 . 2d wife) ; m. Sidney Robinson Fletcher, farmer, of Ilolland, Vt., March 4, 1858. Children : - 1. Theodate ( Fletcher),

b. May 10, 1859. 2. Carollue Laug, b. Nov. 17, 1864.

33. THEODATE PAGE, b. Sept. 6, 1833, d. March 1, 1859, of phthisis, ac. 25-6. 34. CAROLINE GREEN BLANCHARD, b. April 23, 1835; res. at Tilton (1880).

35. GEORGE EDWIN, b. March 19, 1837; in. Harriet Dora McNamee, Oct. 17, 1861; theu a farmer, nt Colesbury, Ia. ; did good service in the West, as sergeant in the 27th Regiment, Iowa Vols., 3 years, Aug., 1802, till Aug., 1865 ; res'd. nt Elkport, Ia. (1870). Children : - 1. Harry Clayton, b. Nov. 29, 186c. 2. Florence, b. July, 1874.

36. ENOS HOYT, b. Oct. 25, 1830, d. in Tilton, July 25, 1870, ac. 30-9. .

37. ELLEN JOSEPHINE, b. July 25, 1841, d. Ang. 17, 1842, ac. 1-1.

38. WILLIAM PARKER, b. June 16, 1844; m. Clara Augusta, dan. of Jacob and Martha MeDuffee, of Lawrence, Mass., March 8, 1873. She was b. March 8, 1846, in Rochester. He was a shoe merchant, with Mr. Coudon [40]; since a police officer in Tilton, and deputy sheriff (1880). Child : - 1. Maurice Prescott, b. June 27, 1880.

39. JAMES FREDERICK, b. Sept. 14, 1846, d. at the Bridge, June 20, 1854, ae. 7-9.

40. MARY CURTIS, b. Jan. 22, 1850; m. Samuel Coudou, Jr. (see Merrill Faluily).

41. FLORENCE GENKVIKVE, b. Jan. 6, 1852, d. of diphtheria, at her father's (Sanbornton Bridge), May 30, 1865, ae. 13-5.

42. JouNº [8] [Lowell'], m., 1st, Dorothy, dau. of Isaac Currier, Jan. 5, 1815, who was b. Dec. 23, 1792, and d. June 3, 1830, ac. 37-6. He m., 2d, Nancy, dan. of Samuel C. Dudley (see p. 230 [13]), Sept. 1, 1831 (Bodwell) ; res'd. chiefly in New Hampton, where his children are supposed to have been b., except the three oldest, as the death of one is recorded in this town (as below). He d. Oct. 20, 1871, in his 84th year. He had seven grandchildren, in 1870. Children :

43. HARRIET HILLS, b. Sept. 15, 1816; at home; unm. (1870).

+4. SUSAN CURRIER, b. Sept. 3, 1818; m. William Langley, hardware denter, in Lowell, Sept. 15, 1844, where she d., 1861, ae. 43, leaving three danghters.

45. JOHN ELVA, b. Feb. 15, d. March 15, 1820, ac. 1 mo., in Saubornton.

46. JOHN ADAMS, b. Feb. 18, 1821; m. Jaue W. Roberts, June 30, 1850; res'd. at Meredith Village (1870) ; manufacturer of piano-forte cases, and com- pany agent.

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47. LUCIAN HARPER, b. Jan. 20, 1824, d. Nov. 6, 1846, in his 23d year.

48. CYRUS TAYLOR, b. March 23, 1827; m. Alice M. Abbott, Nov. 22, 153+; a dentist, at Woburu, Mass. (1870). Three children (one son).

49. ELIZA ANN, b. Jan. 12, 1823; m. Charles J. Ladd, furniture manufac. turer, San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 14, 1844. Que daughter.

50. DOROTHY JANE, b. May 27, 1830; mu. Rodman B. Tiltou, farmer, or New Hampton.

51. MARTHA DUDLEY, b. March 12, 1833 (2d wife), d. May 13, 1845, ac. 12-2.

52. MARY PREscorT, b. Oct. 31, 1834, d. April 27, 1841, ac. 6-0.

53. STEPIEN2 [10] (Lowell'), was a carpenter, in Boston, but has recently res'd. with his brother [56], at the Bridge ; m. Sarah Watts Waldron, of Concord, Jan. 20, 1822, who was b. May 17, 1798, in Barnet, Vt., and d. Jan. 30, 1865, ae. 66-8. Children :

54. SARAH CHRISTIE, b. Aug. 6, 1824, d., unm., in Boston, March 29, 1869, ae 44-8.

55. STEPHEN BARKER, b. Nov. 18, 1826; was a clothing dealer, in Boston, highly respected; d. Feb., 1863, ac. 36-3, of consumption.

56. BENAIAU S.2 [12] (Lowell!), m. Phebe, dan. of Capt. Joseph Smith (see), Jan. 8, 1823 (Bodwell) ; res'd. in Sanbornton (as a farmer), also in Boston ; latterly, again in this town, near the Bridge, where she d., Dec. 24, 1874, ae. 76-8. Children :

57. LOVINA, b. June 21, 1824, d. Nov. 14, 1846, ac. 22-5, of consumption. 58. BENAIALL. b. Dec. 5, 1826; m. Pluma F., dau. of Daniel Low, of War- ner, Dec. 15, 1853, who was b. Aug. 19, 1825; was a farmer, near Lowell, Mass. (1870). Child : - 1. Lizzie Frances, b. June 21, 1857.

59. Josera Surru, b. March 29, 1830; in. Ruth P., dau. of Jolin Dearborn, of Northfield (see p. 220 [ssd]) ; and there res'd. on the Dearborn homestead, till he sold it, in 1880, and purchased the Win. Forrest, late Halues place. He was in., Muy 19,-1800. Children : - 1. Henrietta Josephine, b. Jan. 25, 1862. 2. John Dearborn, b. April 3, 1805.

THE LEAVITT FAMILY.

In the ancient burying-ground, at Hingham, Mass., was a grave- stone with the following inscription : " Here lyeth buried ye Body of [1.] Deacon John1 Leauitt, aged 83 years. Died November ye 20, 1691." He was therefore born in the old country, in 1608, and was the emigrant ancestor of all the Leauitts of Sanbornton and vicinity. Some of his sons settled in Connectient. Two others :

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History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Vol II - Genealogies, Part 53

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

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