History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Vol II - Genealogies, Part 82

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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" Farewell, farewell, my loving parents, In the realins of love and hight,

I have longed to be with brother, Clothed in robe of spotless white."

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2. Le Roy, b. July 17, 1852, d. suddenly, May 17, 1862, in his 10th year.

" Do not weep, my parents dear, For your darling only son, Soon we'll meet a loving circle, Where all sorrows are unknown."

3. Elmer, b. Dee. 21, 1863.

738. SARAN O., b. June 1, 1338; in. Ebenezer Plumer (see p. 584 [6]]).

739. CHARLES T.7 [730] (SargentG, Nathan5, etc.), was in. to Sally Ayer Bartlett, of Hill, by Rev. Mr. Peacock, Dec. 19, 1833. She was there b., June 22, 1805. He is a shoemaker and farmer, and has res'd. chietly at IIill Centre. Children, b. in HI. :

740. DANIEL BARTLETT, b. Nov. 28, 1834; enlisted in the 4th N. H. Regi- ment, Company II, Aug., 1861; was at Hilton Head; had two attacks of fever during nine mouths, from which partially recovered, but d. of consumption, at Fernandina, Fla., Sept 12, 1862, in his 28th year, having been left behind by his regiment, and hence breathing his last in the hospital of the 9th Maiue Regiment. His intimate friend, Moses E. Southworth, wrote a tribute to his memory (Concord Statesman, Nov. 27, 1862), with touching allusions to his character as a sou, brother, friend, and Christian soldier. Last lines :

" And now he rests; his greatness aud his sweetness No more shall seem at strife, And death has moulded into calm completeness 'The statue of his life."

741. BENJAMIN GILE, b. Oct. 10, 1836; was a watchman in factory at Wal- tham, Mass. ; was drowned, by the capsizing of a boat, in W., July 14, 1859, in his 23d year. He was of a lovely and excellent disposition, and especially kind and dutiful towards his parents.

742. ABBIE ANN, b. May 6, 1841.

III.

743. ZADOK6 (Abiathers, Abiather4, Stephen3, William", John1), was b. Oct. 19, 1762, his mother, the wife of Abiathers, being Debo- rah Keniston. IIe m. Abigail Tilton, of Epping, Jan. 31, 1786, who was b. Aug. 23, 1766 ; settled, first, in Gilmanton, and rem. thence to this town in 1819, locating, as a tanner, with his son [749 ], east of the Tin Corner. He there d., Feb. 17, 1836 ( will proved 22d), ae. 73-4. She d. Jan., 1857, ae 90-5. Children :

744 POLLY, b. Jan. 28, 1787, in Gilmanton; m. Jolin Blake, and d. Sept. 1, 1872, ac. 85-7.

745. DEBORAII, b. Oct. 17, 1789; in., Ist, Gilman Clifford, of Gilmanton, who d. in this town, Oct. 20, 1818, ac. 30. She m., 2d, David Cutter, Esq., of Pelham, and d. in St. Louis, Mo., at the home of her son-in-law, James Rich- ardson, Oct. 22, 1877, ae. 88.

746. JOSEPH G , b. Nov. 26, 1791, d., in Samboruton, Feb. 16, 1825, ac. 33-5, of' dropsy.

747. WALDEN (Waldron) [749], b. July 2, 1795 ('94).

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748. SYLVIA, b. June 2, 1797 ('96) : m. Capt. Joseph Fellows, who was selectman and representative in Glimauton, bis native towu; res'd. also lu Meredith. She d. Sept., 1842, ae. +3 ( ?)-3.

749. WALDRON7 [747] (Zadoch, Abiather5, etc.), was a tanner with his father, though he had commenced preaching at the age of 21. I'os- sessed strong and active powers of mind, a very retentive memory, and a rich fund of anecdote. With great versatility of talent and genius, he could accomplish anything that he wished, from the teaching of music to mechanical work. An able minister of the Christian persua- sion, he labored at several places in this State, though never perma- mently, and travelled at one time to Rhode Island. He was also a botanic physician. But the crown of his life was his great moral and Christian excellence. He m. Lucy Andrews, of Windsor, 1819 ; res'd. in Sanbornton sixteen years, then in Windsor, sixteen, from 1835 till 1×51, and lastly in Warner, till his death, April 13, 1875, ac. 80 (?). Child :

750. GILMIAN CLIFFORD, b. June 5, 1820, in Sanborntou ; m. Sarah N. Foster, of Keene, April 4, 1846, and d. April 16, 1835, in his 35th year. She d. 1871. No children.

IV.

751. JEREMIAH GIL.MIANG (John5, Ens. John4, Richard3, Johu2, Jolin1), was b. 1777, being the third son and child of John5, of New Market, and Sarah Gilman. Ilis father, though the brother of two grantees, [5] and [17], was not himself a grantee. He was the half- brother of Sarah Bartlett, who m. John Lane (see p. 440 [142]), used to claimu no relationship with the other Sanborns of town, but his con- nection with most of themu is now established by the above pedigree. He came from Lee, - and Portsmouth, - where he had served his time as a saddler, which business he carried on at the Square, in the dwelling-house built and occupied by himself, and now owned (1881) by Samuel P. Calef, Esq. Hle m. Abigail (Nabby) Perkins, March 8, 1808 (Bodwell), who was the dan. of Abigail (Tilton) Perkins, and granddaughter of Dea. N. Tilton (see). He dl. in this town, of con- snmption, Oct. 28, 1827, ac. 50. She was living with her daughter [753], in Cabot, Vt., 1875, and there d., March 30, 1878, ac. 93. Children (t r.) :

752. LUCIAN LOVEJOY, b. Dec. 31, 180S, d. March 4, 1842, ac. 33-2.

753 SALLY (Sarah) TAYLOR, b. July 11, 1811; m. John Heath, of Cabot, Vt , May 20, 1835, at Hardwick, Vt. (Rev. K. Bailey).

754. MAREY HUTCHINS, b. June 14, 1813; m. Nathaniel Perkins, of Walden, Vt., Jan. 10, 1837, at Hardwick (Timothy P. Fuller)

755. ABIGAIL GILMAN, b March 22, 1817; in. John Cobb, of Hardwick, Vt., April 1, 1852 ( Rev. Joseph Uuderwood), and d. July 21, 1859, ae. 42-4. 756. GEORGE PERKINS, b. May 26, 1819; m. Frances II. Rublee, Oct. 20,

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1834; res'd. in Chelmsford, Mass., first, after leaving Vermont; now (1879) in Boston, 36 Appleton Street; of the firm G. P. Sauborn & Son, + Chatham Row, canned goods and pickle exchange. Child : - 1. George Otis, b. Nov. 13, 1855, in Middlesex, Vt. ; employment as above, with his father.

757. CHARLES H., b. Aug. 4, 1820, d. Feb. 10 (Jau. 15), 1827, ac. 6-6.

758. CAROLINE E., b. Aug. 27, 1822; m. Samuel Goodrich, of Hardwick, Vt., May 11, 1843 (Rev. A. Angier).

759. WILLIAM B. (pedigree not ascertained), was b. Aug. 1, 1791, and d. Dec. 27, 1822, ae. 31-5, probably in New Hamptou. His wife, Mehitable HI., was b. July 22, 1793, and d. Nov. 11, 1869, ae. 70-4. Children :

760. EMn.v, b. Dec. 22, 1814, d. July 26, 1819, ae. 4-7.

761. STEPHEN [763], b. Feb. 13, 1817.

762. JERUSIA, b. May 14, 1821, d. Feb. 12, 1823, in her 2d year.

763. STEPHEN2 [761] ( William B.1), m. Ist, Mary Luzettia Smith, dau. of Joshna (see), April 18, 1836, who d. Nov. 21, 1841, ae. 23-4.

" Farewell, doar wife, thy race is run; A long farewell we sigh; Thy spirit, freed from pain and sin, Joys iu blest reahns on high."

He m., 2d, Mary P. Farnham, dau. of Benjamin (see p. 275 [25]), Feb. 2, 1842. He was a carpenter, living first in New Hampton, then for several years in this town, at the Square ; lastly, as now, in the vicinity of Boston, Mass. Children :

764. JOSHUA Surru, b. June 10, 1839, at New Hampton; m. Mary W. Joliuson, Oct. 31, 1861, who was b. at Worcester, Mass., Ang. 17, 1841; has res'd. in Cambridgeport, Mass. ; uow (1880) bookkeeper for Austin C. Wellington, wood aud coal dealer, 5 Broadway. Children : - 1. Mary Luzet- tla, b. Aug. 10, 1863. 2. Alice Inez, b. Feb. 28, 1867. 3. Frederick Henry, b. May 15, 1874.

765. JEREMIAH SMITH (2d wife), b. Ang. 23, 1845, at Sauboruton Square ; m. Nellie R. Mercer, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. 10, 1870, who d. June 24, 1872; res. (1850) in Waipole, Mass. Child : - 1. William J., b. June 1, 1872, at Readville, Muss.

766. CHARLES MARTIN, b. April 18, 1850, at Newtou Upper Falls, Mass. ; m. Addie V. Foster, April 17, 1873, who was b. Sept. 8, 1834, iu Milford, Mass. ; now res. at Cambridgeport.

VI.

Another Sanborn family is here subjoined by special request, not included in the foregoing, but connected by marriage with the Brown family, as below.

767. Jeruno7 (JolinG, b. Feb. 19, 1741, d. 1828, in Chester ; Abra- ham5, Tristram+, John, Jr.3, Lieut. John2, Jolin1), was b. in Chester, about 1767 ; m. Hannah Foss, of C. ; was a farmer in Sandown, and there d., March 31, 1840 ('41). Of his seven children, four sons :

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768. RUFUS8, b. June 5, 1801, in Samdown ; in. Betsey. dau of Daniel Fitts, of'S , Nov. 24, 1824 ; was a farmer in Chester, and there d., Jan. 31, 1877, ac. 75-7. Children :

700. JOHN FITTS, b. Feb 17, 1825, in Sandowu; was in., at Sanbornton Square, by Rev. Fraukliu Furber, to Ruth Emmin Fltts, dau. of Ebenezer (sce Browu Fam., p. 35 [128, 2]), July 9, 1831. He is M. D. and D. D. S. ; res'd. at Beverly, Mass., till April, 1856; uear Sloux City, Iowa, till July, 1859, and since then, for twenty years, at Tabor, Fremout Co., sume State; filling, also, a chair of the "Western College of Dental Surgeons," at St. Louis, Mo. (1879). Children : - 1. Eiuma Louisa, b. Aug. 30, 1853, d. July 18, 1854, ac. 11 mos. 2. Nellle F., b. Jan. 4, 1864 (adopted, April, 1871). 3. Joseph W., b. Jan. 9, 1864 (adopted, July, 1873).

770. LUTHER CALVIN, b. April 28, 1827; res. at Sioux City, Ia.

771. JOSIAHI RUFUS, b. April 25, 1831; res. at Yankton, Dakota Territory.

772. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 0, 1834; in. Benjamin F. Cox, of Shaunon- ville, Peuu., May 13, 1860, and now (1879) res. at Tabor, Ia. She graduated in medicine, March 31, 1864, and is now in practice. Children : - 1. Luther Sauborn (Cox), b. July 2, 1861, d. Dec. 15, 1862, ae. 1-5. 2. James Lincoln, b. April 15, 1865, d. same day. 3. George Mausou, b. Nov. 0, 1867.

773. JAMES FRANK, b. July 16, 1841. The former res. in Lincoln, Neb. 774. FRANCES MARIA, S

The latter d. Oct. 8, 1867, ae. 26-3.

VII.

We add, finally, the genealogy of Prof. Dyer II. Sanborn, who, at the close of his nine years' residence in Sanbornton, caused the rec- ords of his own and his father's families to be inserted in our town records (Vol. 5), with " short biographical notices," as follows : --

His grandfather was :

775. Dea. JOUNG (Benjamin5, Ens. John4, Richard3, John2, John1), who rem. to Gilmanton from New Market, Nov. 22, 1764, having been b. July 16, 1730 ; m. Mary Glidden, of Greenland, Dec. 26, 1754, aud served in the French war, 1758-59. He d. Sept. 4, 1812, ac. 82-2. 'The youngest of his nine children was :

776. DAVID EDWIN7, b. June 14, 1775, in Gilmanton ; was a farmer in G. ; m., Ist, Ilannah, only dau. of Capt. Dyer Hook, of Chichester, Sept. 17, 1798, who was b. March 27, 1778, and d. Oct. 2, 1827, ac. 49-6. He m., 2d, Sophia, dau of Dea. Eliphalet Wood, of Loudon, Ang. 2, 1828, who was b. June 10, 1794. IIe d. Feb. 24, 1854, ac. 78-8. Children :

777. DYER HOOK, b. July 29, 1799; m., Ist, Harriet W., dau. of James Tucker, Esq., of Deerfield, May 31, 1827, who was b. July 6, 1803, and d., of consumption, in this town, June 25, 1847, in her +4th year. He was here m., Od, by Rev. Richard S. Rust, at his own residence, Nov. 28. 1847, to Mrs. Abigail G. (Newmun) Glidden, dau. of Benjamin Newman, of Washington. She was b. Ang. 9, 1811. He taught in Woodman Sauboruton Academy two years, from Sept. +, 1839; taught his high school six months - in all, two and one

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half years - at Sanboruton Square; commeuced at the Bridge, March 14, 1812, and taught in the Sanbornton Academy three and one half years; was then professor of mathematies, natural seience, and English literature, from Sept. 3, 1845, three years, being associated six months with Rev. Joseph Augustus Adams, and the remainder of the time with Rev. Richard S. Rust, as princi- pals of the N. H. Conference Seminary, of which he was also principal one term, 1847-48. He thus res'd. " nine years within the limits of Sauborutou, save a few days, being superintending school commitee elght years, and represent- ative of the town 1845-46." He was afterwards principal of the Tubbs Union Academy, Washington, and lastly a teacher lu Hopkinton, where he d., Jan. 14, 1871, ae. 71-6. He was the author of several text-books, hils " Analytical Grammar " passing through eight editions, and was diligently employed dur- ing his last days - while also postmaster at Hopkinton - in bringing very nearly to a completion the "Sanborn Genealogies." Children (adopted) : - 1. Frederick G., b. Jan. 22, 1836; res. with his mother, In Hopkinton (1879). 2. Frank Dyer, b. June 29, 1842, d. May 8, 1852, in his 10th year.

778. LEVI BARTLETT, b. April 26, 1801, d. Feb. 14, 1803, in his 2d year.

779. JULIA BYRON, b. Sept. 1, 1803; m., Ist, Oliver, son of Rev. Josiah Carpenter, of Chichester, June 29, 1826, who was b. Aug , 1804, and d. Sept. 25, 1830, ae. 26-1. She m., 2d, David Lake, of Loudon, Sept. 1, 1831, who was b. July 3, 1808.

780. SARAI ANN, b. Dee. 8, 1805; m. Ollver Loek, Esq., of Bradford, Mass., Jan. 17, 1826, who was b. March 6, 1800.

781. EDWIN DAVID, b. May 14, 1808; m., Ist, Mary Ann, dau. of Hou. Ezekiel Webster, of Boscawen, Dec. 11, 1837, who was b. Aug. 27, 1816. Hle grad. at Dartmouth College, 1832, and has now been connected with his Alma Mater, as tutor, professor of the Latin language and literature, and professor of oratory and belles-lettres, from 1835 till 1881, with the exception of four years in the Washington University, at St. Louis, Mo. (The compiler may be pardoned this brief sketch of his own revered teacher among the Sanborns, though not directly connected with our town.) Children : - 1. Catharine A., b. July 11, 1839; an authoress and lecturer of distinguished merit, 1879-81. 2. Ezekiel Webster, b. March 11, d. March 16, 1844, ac. 5 days. 3. Mary Webster, b. Aug. 18, 1845. 4. Webster, b. July 31, 1857.

782. HANNAII A., b. Aug. 28, 1810, d. Nov. 9, 1811, ae. 1-3.

783. HANNAH ALMEDA, b. Nov. 22, 1812; m. Richard P. J. Tenney, M. D., of Pittsfield, Dec. 25, 1834, the son of Dr. William, b. Aug. 10, 1810.

784. REBECCA STORY, b. Dce. 17, 1814, d. Nov. 9, 1835, in her 21st year.

785. JOUN SEWELL, b. Jan. 1, 1819; m., Ist, Eleanor Hall Brooks, of Lenoxville, C. E., July 12, 1847, who was b. May 12, 1825, and d. Dec. 30, 1853, ne. 28-7. Ile m., 2d, Nancy Judson Hasseltine, of Bradford, Mass., Aug. 5, 1856, who was b. in Claremont, Sept. 5, 1826 (?). He has been a lawyer in Sherbrooke, C. E., and was, for six years at least, a member of the Canadian Provincial Parliament. Children : - 1. Elizabeth Marla, b. Sept. 24, 1848. 2. Ellen Brooks, b. Jan. 7, 1850. 3. Samuel B , b. July 17, 1852.

THE SANDERS FAMILY.

1. PETER SANDERS, the common ancestor of all bearing the name in town, so far as known, was b. in Haverhill, Mass., 1730, and set- tled here about 1777, on Lot No. 46, 1st Div., the present Freeman

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D. Gilman place. We here insert a copy of his will, as affording us a specimen of ancient Sanbornton documents of this kind, noting. also, its special provisions after the names of his several children, for which, as well as for their number and order, we are indebted to the will itself: " In the name of God, Amen. I, Peter Saunders, of Sanborn- tou, in the State of New Hampshire, county of Stratford, Husbandman, being sick and weak of body, but of sound mind and memory, know- ing that it is appointed for all men once to die, and not knowing how soon it may be my case, do make this, my last Will and Testament. And in the first place I humbly give my soul to God, my Creator, hop- ing for Pardon of all my sins through the merits of Jesus Christ ; and my body I recommend to decent burial, according to the discretion of my Executor, hereinafter named, hoping in the Redemption to Eternal Life. My worldly estate I give, devise, and dispose in the following manner and form, - that is to say, Imprimis : My will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid as soon after iny decease as may be done with convenience, by my Executor, out of my estate." (Then follow the several items, devising to wife and children as below.) This will was " signed, sealed, published, and declared," in presence of Jolin Samborn and Ebenezer Gove, "Sept. 28, 1786." He d. 1790, ae. 60. He had m. Abigail Johnson, who d. Aug. 12, 1798. Hence in the will : " 'To Abigail, my beloved wife, the use of my dwelling- house, barn, goods, furniture, and the improvement of all my land ; also one cow aud two sheep, all which she is to have at her disposal as long as she shall remain my widow ; then to return to my three youngest sons in the proportion of their bequests." Children :

2. JonN [10], b. Aug., 1757, to whom " 1£ 10sh. lawful money, or the value thereof in a neat creature or sheep, to be paid by my three youngest sons, in proportion to what each receives from muy estate, two years after my decease " (father's will).

3. MARY, b. 1758 (?) ; had m. Jouathan Bean (" Been ") (see p. 30 [40]), and receives by the will, " six shillings, to be paid," as above, " in corn or grain."

4. SARAN, b. Aug., 1759; in. Jonathan Cate (see p. 103 [23]) ; same be- quest as last.

5. PETER, b. 1763; received oue quarter of all his father's land, and one half the stock of cattle (except his mother's portion). He min. Sarah Hutch- ins; lived on his father's place, and there d., Dec 28, 1816, ac. 53. She d. Nov. 15, 1830, ac. 97 (95). No children.

G. CALEB [18], b. 1766; "one half the land, one half the stock of cattle," and " constituted sole executor" of his father's will.

7. JAMES [23], b. Dec. 9, 1708 ; received the remaining " quarter of the land."

8. ABIGAIL, was to receive by the will " one half" her father's " household furniture "; is probably the " Mrs. Naby Sanders" of the Thompson death record, who d. Feb. C, 1816.

9. HANNAH, receives the other " half of the furniture "; m. Edward Ladd, and rem. to West Broome, C. E.

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10. JOHN2 [2] ( Peter1), m. Abiah ( Abigail) Durgin, dau. of Wil- liam3 (see p. 232 [14]), and settled as a farmer on Lot No. 43, 2d Div. (>ee Site 1), probably before his father's will was made (see above). Both there d., himself March 4, 1844, ae. 86-7, his wife Nov. 18, 1838, in her 80th year. Besides a child who d. Nov. 23, 1801, they had :

11. PETER, m. Mary Lougec, dan. of Elisha (see p +67 [19]), Dec. 31, 1818 (Calley); wus " major" in the militin, and d. July 20. 1828. Had five chil- dren : - 1. Joseph Samboru, b. 1320 (ohilest?), d. July 24, 1837, ac. 17, at Dr. Carr's. 2-4. Three i. young, one being scalded to death, and one of the three dylug May 20, 1824, the second, Sept., and the third, Nov. 18, 1820. 5. Mary Auu, m. Nathan P. Sanborn, son of Dr. Nathan (see p. 663 [435]).

12. Jons, uever m. ; lived many years with his youngest sister [17] on the old place, and the last to occupy it.

13. POLLY (Mary), b. Oct. 5, 1784, in S. ; m. Dudley Sauborn, of Mere- dith, April 25, 1803 (Crockett), who was b. July 9, 1775, in Chichester. One of their children was :- 1. Warren (Samboru), lute of Meredith Hill (see Lougee Family, p. 467 [22]).

14. SILLY, m. Timothy Stevens, of Meredith, Oct. 27, 1814 (Crockett) ; res'd. in the vicinity of Lacouia.

15. BETSEY B., m. Obadiah C. Smith, of New Hampton, Ang. 29, 1815 (Bodwell). .

16. NANCY, m. Joseph W. Pearson (see p. 547 [6, 3]).

17. HANNAH (see under [12]), m. late in life.

18. CALEB2 [6] (Peter!), m. Mehitable Smith, dan. of Elisha, Sr. (see), and first located on the north end of 2d Div. school lot. No. 20 (see Site 4) ; rem. thence to Richford, Vt., Dec. 23, 1800. Children :

19. JonN. who " left no heir," d. 1853.

20. MARO, { probably twins. M. d. 1849, " leaving one heir." S m.

21. SAPPIO.

Heury Woodruff, and lived in Rlebford.

22. LYDIA, IL. Jobu Dwyer, of R.

23. JAMES? [7] (Peter1), in. Martha Foss, of Strafford, who was h. Dec. 15, 1773, and settled on Lot No 24, 2dl Div., under Steele's Hill, where of late his oldest son [24]. He d. Ang. 29, 1828, in his 60th year. She d. Feb. 22, 1860, ae. 86-2. Children :

24. WILLIAM HUTCHINS, b. Nov. 17, 1802; was lame through life as the effect of a fever sore ou the ankle joint, when a boy. Life and limb were de- spalred of by other physielans, but Dr. Beualah Sauboru thought he could save both, if he had him a few mouths at his house. Ilence he was carried thither ou a litter, in June, and brought home ou a sled in November. He uns. Sally Reed, of Grafton, Sept. 30, 1832, who was b. July 22, 1804; was an efficient farmer aud worthy member of the Second Baptist Church about forty- Ive years; d. Oct. 31, 1875, in his 73d year, of an accident, being blown to the ground by a heavy gust of wind while repairing his buildings, after which

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he survived but two and one half days. She d. Dec. 23, 1878, of dropsy, ac. 74-5. Children : -- 1. Ablgall, b. Ang. 19, 1833; m. Charles S., son of Samuel Smith (sce). 2. Sarah Reed, b. Jan. 25, 1835. 3. Martha Ann, b. Dec. 16, 1836, d. Ang. 17, 1854, In her 18th year. 4. Joanna Page, b. April 4, d. July 12, 1839, ae. 3 mos., 8 days. 5. Mary Jane, b. March 16, 1842. C. James William, b. Sept. 26, 1814; Is n farmer, succeeding his father on the old homestead las been superintending school committee of Sanbornton, clerk of the Second Baptist Church, etc. He m. S. Maria Masou, dau. of Thomas B. (see p. 481 [48, 2]), Nov. 20, 1877 (Daltou). Children : - I. Frank, b. Feb. 8, 1879. II. William II., b. Jan. 2, 1881.

25. CALED, b. March 11, 1805; m. Elsea Reed, of Grafton; settled ou the late Mason place, southeast of his father's, having moved thither the Robert Steele house, and there d., June 11 (18), 1838, ae. 33-3. " An honest man, - the noblest work of God." Clilld : - 1. Mary Elsea, b. July, 1833, d. Nov. 24, 1837, ac. 4-4. "So fades the lovely flower."

26. ABIGAIL, b. May 21, 1807, d. May 19, 1822, ac. 15.

27. HANNAH Foss, b. Jan. 2, 1800, d. April 7, 1829, ac. 20-3.

28 SALLY BURNHAM, b. April 11, 1814; m. Samuel Reed, 2d, of Grafton, April 22, 1834 (Bodwell) ; d., in Lowell, Mass., July 20, 1835, in her 21st year.

THE SARGENT FAMILY.

1. SAMUEL SARGENT, originally from Derry, or Windham, m. Sarah Woodman, and settled in Ilawke (now Danville). His son,

2. CHALLIS, b. July 8, 1800, in II., first came to Sanbornton Bridge in 1822, as a shoemaker, having learned his trade, in Hampstead, of Jesse Gordon (see Conner Fam., p. 179 [15]). He has lived at the Bridge continuously, till the present (1881), except one year in West Boscawen, being well known as an earnest, consistent Christian of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He m., 1st, Sarah Tewksbury, of Hampstead, 1821, who d., in S., June 22, 1838, of consumption, ae. 42-4; m., 2d, Polly Forrest, of Northfield, Sept., 1838, who d. Nov. 13, 1872, ae. 71-6 ; m., 3d, Mary Ann Kelley, of Franklin, March, 1874. Children :

3. JESS GORDON (t. r.), b. Aug. 5, 1823, in Boscawen; res, with his brother, uum., in Illinois (1879).

4. BENJAMIN CHASE, b. Sept. 27, 1825; m. Sarah Aun Kent, dau. of Thomas Lyford, of Northfield, Oct. 22, 1846, who was b. March 4, 1827; is now for 24 years (1879) in the dry-goods and grocery trade at Anuawan, Ill. (on the Rock Island Railroad), having previously been in California. Children : - 1. Saralı Thomas, b. Oct. 20, 1832; in. - Dart, Sept. 9, 1808. Children : - I. Jesse- Warren (Dart), b. March 22, 1870. II. Guy Jay, b. June 27, 1872. III. Sadie Sybil, b. Jan. 18, 1875. 2. Leroy Hugo (Sargent), b. July 25, 1863.

5. SUSAN HALE, b. Sept. 24, 1827; was early afflicted with blindness, but restored; in. James M. Forrest, formerly of Northfield (his 4th wife), now (1879) a farmer in Winnebago, Wis. (near Portage City). No children.

6. ISAAC, b. Sept. (?), 1829, d. Sept. + (Oct. 31), 1836, ae. 7, of dropsy on the brain.

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GENEALOGIES. - SHIAW.

THE SHAW FAMILY.

1. EDWARD! SHAW, of Hampton, was an original grantee of the town, eleventh on the " Petition " of 1748, and besides the two lots which he drew, Nos. 21 and 34, is said to have come in possession of several others. His only son, who is known to have been connected with Sanbornton, was,

2. JOHN" [8], b. 1764.

Possibly also Josiah came to S., and here d., Aug. 23, 1815.

3. JONATHAN', the supposed brother of [1], being also of Hamp- ton, and an original proprietor (fifty-fourth on the " Petition," and drawing Lots 20 and 33), was b. May, 1709 ; m. Mrs. Mary (Laue) James, of Hampton, May 20, 1755 (see Lane Family, p. 436 [5]), probably his 2d wife, as he was her 2d husband, and d. May 30, 1780, ae. 71. She d. in this town, Nov. 12, 1794, in her 75th year. Chil- dren :

4. BENJAMIN (her 4th), who was the father of Hon. Tristram Shaw, M. C. from New Hampshire.

5, 6. SUSANNA. JOSIAII [17], b. 1763.

7. BATHSHEBA, m. Isalah Berry, of Greenland.

8. JOHN" [2] (Edward1). His first coming to town was at nearly the same time with his cousin (the Hampton records make these relationships doubtful) [17], where he m. Molly Dustin, dau. of David, Sr. (see p. 246 [3]), Oct. 29, 1783 (Woodman) ; then said to be of North Hampton, where his four oldest children were b. He finally returned to Sanbornton, with his family, in the spring after the birth of' [12], who came " on horseback, at. the age of six months." This was probably the spring of 1791, though possibly of 1789 (see below). He settled and built the first house on the late Capt. James Prescott place, and there d., " of an accidental death," March 13, 1810, ac. 46, bearing the title of, "Lieut." She " inherited the courageous spirit of her aneestry," " was a woman of great personal beauty," and m., 2d, William Weeks, Esq. (see). The dates of birth first given below are most authentic, though the years in parentheses are claimed by some. Besides the following children, one d. July 11, 1796, and their youngest d. April 20, 1804, names not recorded :

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History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Vol II - Genealogies, Part 82

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