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"The graves of all the saints Ho blessed, And softened every bed;
Where should the dying utembers rest But with their dying head ?"
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10. SALLY, ( D. Dec. 4, 1701, § d. March 3, 1815, ae. 23-3.
11. JOHN, ¿ d. In Canada, ummn.
12, 13. JOSKPI [27], b. Nov. 4, 1793. BENJAMIN [34], b. Jan. 23, 1797.
14. MICHAEL, 2d, b. Sept. 26, 1799; res. In Littleton, moving thither in the spring of 1829; by occupation a farmer. lle m. Lydlu Carter, or L., April 3, 1829, who d. March 17, 1872. No children.
15. NATHANIEL [37], b. Aug. 20, 1801.
16. NANCY, b. Aug. 30, 1503; m. Gilman Clark (see p. 150 [302]).
17. NOANI [41], b. Aug. 25, 180G.
18. EBENEZER2 [8] (Thomas1), m. Rachel S. Johnson, dau. of John (see p. 402. [12]) ; was a farmer; settled, soon after marriage, in Bridgewater; returned to Sanbornton in 1834, and purchased the Jewett farm, just east of his father's homestead, where his son [23] now res. He was a captain in the militia, and d. Nov. 23, 1853, ac. 66-9. She d. April 3, 1869, ae. 76-8. Children :
19. ELIZA BARKER, b. March 31, 1811, In Sanboruton; m. Addison S. Row- ell, farmer, of Brentwood, (-) P. O., Exeter, Jan. 11, 1835 (Bodwell), where she d., April 25, 1875, ae. 64. Children : - 1. Ambrose Edwiu (Rowell), b. May 8, 1836. 2. Merinda Georgianna, b. Dec. 10, 1838. 3. Jolin Shute, b. March 7, 1841. 4. Addison Barker, b. Dec. 7, 1849. 5. Mary Eliza, b. Feb. 5, 1853, d. Nov. 24, 1864, in her 12th year.
20. MARY SMITH, b. Dec. 31, 1812, in Bridgewater; d., unm., in this town, of consumption, Nov. 2, 1842, ae. 29-10.
" And when my feeble frame shall rend, My blooming health decay, Be it my joy heaven to ascend, While angels point the way."
21. JOHN, b. Oct. 10, 1815, in B. ; had fitted for college, and was a teacher for several years in this and adjoining towns, as also lu Maine, where, con- meucing a second winter, he was taken sick, and was obliged to return home. Ile d., umm., of consumption, Oct. 12, 1840, ae. 25.
"Lean not on earth, 't will pierce thee to the heart; A broken reed at most, but oft a spear; On its sharp point prace bleeds and hope expires. Theu lean not ou this broken reed, But look beyond; look up to that bright world Where thou canst find a permanent repose."
22. THOMAS, b. Jan. 9, 1815, iu B. ; m. Mary Ann Emerson, of Bridge- water, June 8, 1843; was a farmer and lumberman in New Hampshire till 1872, when he rem. to Nebraska; is now (1879) a farmer, with his son, in Highland, Jewell Co , Kansas. Children : - 1. Augusta, b. March 2, 1847 ; m. George A. Brown, of Plymouth, Nov. 18, 1869; res. in Webster Co., Neb. Twin dangliters, b. Aug. 23, 1875. 2. Eben E., b. Oct. 9, 1849; settled, as above, in Kansas; m. Ella R. Hodson, of Burr Oak, Kansas, Oct. 19, 1876 A sou, b. Dec. 17, 1877. 3. Celestia J., b. Jau 31, 1854. d. June 2, 1862, ne. 8-4. 4. Frank T., b. Feb. 12, 1859. 5. Elsie Etta, b. April 6, 1863.
23. NOAH JOHNSON, b. Nov. 30, 1821, in B. ; was mu to Sally Shute [+2], June 13, 1849, by Rev. S. S. Leighton; is a farmer, retaining his father's San- borutou homestead. Children: - 1. Clariuda Taylor, b. Jan. 7, 1853, in S.
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2. Marshall Barker, b. April 9, 1855. 3. Martha Ella, b. Dec. 10, 1839 ; in. John Franklin Smith, farmer, who was b. in Loudon, April 10, 1851, and now res. with her father in this town. Child : - I. Nancy May (Smith), b. April 16, 1880, in S. 4. Mary Rachel, b June 10, 1862, d. May 27, 1803, ae. 11 mos., 17 days. "Sleep, sweet babe, in Jesus' arms " (over a broken bud).
24. EBENEZER, b. June 19, 1824, in B. ; m. Julia Ann Emerson, of Bridge- water, March 19, 1846; was a farmer, but res'd., lastly, as a joiner, at Lake Village, where she was a boarding-house keeper (1875). Children : - 1. Emma Narcissa, b. May 23, 1847. 2. John Jay, b. Nov. 1, 1849. 3. George E., b. April 2, 1852. 4. Ida E., b. March 5, 1854. 5. Lyman O., b. Feb. 15, 1857. 6. Milan (Millon) O., b. Ang. 19, 1800. 7. Wesley A., b. July 21, 1864, d. Oct. 17, 1865, ac. 1-3. ·
25. HARHIET ROLLINS, b. May 17, 1827, d., in this town, March 14, 1845, of cousmption, ae. 18.
26. RACHEL AUGUSTA, b. June 13, 1835, in Sanbornton, d. Feb. 12, 1839, of scarlet fever, ae. 3-8.
"So fados the lovely blooming flower, How soon our transient comforts fly!"
27. JOSEPH2 [12] (Thomas1), m., 1st, Mary Carter, Feb. 23, 1820, having served, when a young man, at Portsmouth, 1814. She d. Jan. 1, 1840, ac. 42, and he m , 2d, Phebe C. Church, Dec. 6, 1841, who d. Sept. 24, 1873, ae. 75. He res'd. in Littleton, being always the occupant of the same farm, and there d., Sept. 18, 1873, in his 80th year. Children (1st wife) :
28. JOSEPHI B., b. Dec. 1, 1820, d. June 9, 1861, ae. 40-6.
29. SALLY, b. Jan. 26, 1824.
30. HORACE, b. Dec. 17, 1829; served as a soldier in the late war, and still occupies the home farm in Littleton (1879).
31. SEWALL, b. May 20, 1833.
32. IIARRIET, b. April 14, 1835, d., ac. a few mouths.
33. ALDEN, b. Oct. 20, 1837, d., also, a few months old.
34. BENJAMIN? [13] (Thomas1), m. Mary Dudley, dau. of Samuel C. (see p. 231 [16]), Nov. 2, 1830 (Bodwell) ; was a farmer in Thorn- ton (after leaving this town), where she d., of paralysis, Nov. 10, 1879, ae. 82-3, and he still res. (1881). Children :
35. CHARLES, b. Aug. 2, 1833, in Suubornton; was m. March 2, 1865, and res. in Thornton.
36. MARY E., b. Sept. 19, 1835; was m. May 10, 1859, In Thornton, and is now a widow; present residence, Ottumwa, Iowa.
37. NATHANIEL2 [15] (Thomas'), m. Maria D. B. Smith, dau. of Reuben (see), Feb. 13, 1827 ; rem. to Littleton March, 1828, where he has continued to res., as a farmer. Children :
38. CHARLES S., b. Nov. 14, 1830, d. Feb. 27, 1844, ae. 13-3.
39. GILMAN D., b. June 18, 1831; was a United States soldier in the war of the Rebellion ; now living with his parents (1879).
40. CHARLES N., b. Oct. 14, d. Nov. 14, 1847, ac. 1 mouth.
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41. NOAH2 [17] (Thomas'), m. Molly (Mary) Smith, dau. of Shadrach C. (see), Oct. 8, 1825 (Crockett) ; always lived on bis father's homestead, where he was b., and where d., of typhoid fever, Sept. 21, 1867, ae. 61, after one week's illness.
" Ho's gone to that blest world above Where all is peace and heavenly love; Dear Lord, prepare my sinful heart, To meet where we shall never part."
She d. Sept. 16, 1870, ae. 04.
" No doubtings, now, nor sin, Can dim my title clear; By Christ I've euterod in, I'm saved, I'm here!"
Children :
42. SALLY, b. Feb. 7, 1827 ; m. Noah J. Shute [23].
43. NANCY CLARK, b. March 29, 1831; m. Alouzo Wadleigh (see).
44. NOAH BRACKETT, b. March 10, 1834; retains the homestead (1875-79), but Is mainly engaged in the Ice business in New York, N. Y. He in. Mary S. Morrison, dau. of Theophilus R. (see p. 525 [344]). Children : - 1. Frank Taylor, b. Dec. 12, 1850, d. of consumption, June 5, 1875, ae. 18-6. " Thou hast left us here alone, The mortal band is broken, Death's shining angel called thee home, Thou'rt youe, but not forgotten."
2. Lizzie Barker, b. Nov. 20, 1800. 3. Lucy Morrison, b. Nov. 14, 1862. 4. Nellie May, b. Dec. 24, 1864. 5. Hattie Nora, b. July 4, 1868, d. Aug. 10, 1870, ac. 2-1.
" This precious bud, from heaven sent, We thoughit a gift, but only lent."
45. JOHN BARKER, b. Feb. 9, 1837; enlisted in the 15th N. II. Regiment, under Capt. Jacob Sanborn; d. of typhoid fever, at a hospital in Louisiana, Feb. 13, 1863, ac. 26. His remains were brought home the following April. " We saw him in his manhood's pride, In all his youthful bloom, And little thoughit that we so soon Should lay him in the tomb."
46. CLARINDA TAYLOR, b. July 28, 1842, d. July 3, 1850, in her 8th year. " Sutter little children, and forbid them not, to come unto mne, for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
47. HARRIET AUGUSTA, b. Dec. 7, 1845, d. Oct. 14, 1867, in her 22d year, of same disease with her father. (The Shute burial place is In the cemetery near the corner which bears this name, and the residence of [18] and [23].) Few families in town have furnished their dead so generally with appropriate and costly memorial stones.
THE SILVER FAMILY.
1. JOHN' SILVER came from Amesbury, Mass., to this town about 1797, and first settled south of the Winthrop Dearborn place, Lot No. 35, Ist Div., Site 1. Ile next built a house in what is now J. B. Calef's
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pasture, Site 2, Lot No. 17, Ist Div., again made an eligible house site by the new road (1877). She (his 1st wife) there d., May 3, 1806. He d. July 30, 1831, in this town, and "Widow Silver," probably his 2d wife, d. March 24. 1841, ac. 87. No authentic record of his chil- dren has been found, and but few of their birth dates are here given. Tradition numbers twelve, and all but one b in Amesbury. One of these, name not known, d. in this town. Oct. 17, 1798, and at least one older than Moses d. in infancy. The following is the nearest approach to accuracy we can make as to names and order of the children :
2. JOIN (or James), d. young, as above.
3. Moses [13], b. March 15, 1777.
4. SALLY, b. 1781; m. Jonathan Ward. Feb. 7, 1801 (Crockett) ; settled immediately, with her husband, in Greensborough, Vt., nnd d. July 2, 1876, ae. 95, at East Hardwick, Vt. Had thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to maturity, among themu : - 1. Samuel (Ward), of Craftsbury (Hardwick), Vt.
5 JAMES, b. 1783; was iu the war of 1812, aud is supposed to have per- ished in the Chateaugay woods, while helping to build a military turnpike from Plattsburg to Ogdensburg, N. Y.
6. JOHN, b. 1785; was " drowned in the river at Belfast, Me." A child of his d. " of spotted fever, in Camptou, Jau., 1816."
7. POLLY, b. 1786; m. Simeou Waltou, of Greensborough, Vt. No children.
8, 9. SAMUEL, b. 1788, d. at sea. TIMOTHY [25], b. May 8, 1790.
10. PRUDENCE, b. Jan. 21, 1792; m. Samuel Davis (see p. 217 [1]).
11. EUNICE, b. 1795 (?) ; lived and d., uum., iu Lancaster.
12. SAMUEL, b. 1798 (?) ; the youngest ; " b. after his mother was fifty years
old, in Sauborntou "; lived in Lancaster with his sister [11], and there d.
13. MOSES? [3] (John1) was the only son of this family who set- tled permanently in Sanbornton, east of his father's first residence, Lot No. 17, 1st Div., Site 1, - house lately fallen. He m. Polly Rust, April 3, 1800 (Crockett), who was b. Oct. 15, 1780, in Exeter, and d. Sept. 7 (5), 1859 ('60), in her 79th year. He d. May 16, 1842, ac. 65-2. Children :
14. HARRIS, b. Sept. 22, 1801; was In the tluware and stove business, at Marblehead, Mass. ; w. Martha Hathaway. Had niue children iu all; three only now living.
15. JOHN, b. Jau. 22, 1803; lived in this town, where now Amos K. Hersey (Tilton), and there d., of consumption, Feb. 15, 1836, ac. 33, without family. 16. JAMES,
b. Aug. 24, 1804. The former m. Sally II. Wallis,
17. JERKMIAN CALEF,
dau. of Steplien (see), Feb. 11, 1820 (Bodwell) ; was a farmer in this town, Ilving also at the Bridge, and finally ou her father's place, where he d., July 13, 1839, iu his 35th year. She d. at Sauborntou Bridge. with her dau , July 23, 1855, in hier 47th year. Ouly child: - 1. Lydia Anu Clay, b. June 29, 1830; was m. to Oliver Freuch, Nov. 21, 1853, at Daubury, by Rev. D. Powell. He
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was b. Nov. 5, 1823, In Orange; Is a painter by trade, and an excellent work- man ; has lived at the Bridge, Franklin, and now (1876-81) on the Tallor Smith place, near thrushing-mill. Children : - I. Eva ( French), b. Nov. 24, d. Nov. 28, 1856, ae. 4 days. II. Nellle Marla, b. Nov. 16, 1862. III. Anna Bell, b. Sept. 10, d. Nov. 2, 1865, ae. 2 mos. (all at S. Bridge). 2. Jeremiah C. [17], m., Ist, Deborah Smith, Feb. 4, 1839 (Coombs), dau. of Samuel (see), who dled July 21, 1855, ae 47; m., 2d, Mrs Hannah (Durgin) Gllinau, widow of Samuel (ser p. 308 [32]), May 9, 1861. Ile lived near the Square, a laborer, and there d., July 9, 1870, in his Goth year. Child (2d wife) : - 1. Mary, b. July 30, 1862, d., of typhoid fever, at Lake Village. Sept. 23, 1880, ac. 18-2.
13. SALLY RUNDLET, b. April 27, 1807; m. Willlam Dyer (see p. 248 [17]).
19. JONATHAN THOMPSON, b. Sept. 21, 1810; lived In Marblehend, Mass., aud learned hils trade or [14], but has not of late been heard from.
20. MOSES WALLACE, b. May 3, 1812; m., Ist. Sarah Jane Silver, Aug. 23, 1839, who was the dau. of Timothy [26], and d. Nov. 25, 1869, ac. 56-6; in., 2d, LydIn A. Silver, sister of the last [31], Dee. 1, 1870; settled In Greeusbor- ough, Vt. (East Craftsbury P. O.), where his chilldren were b., and he was still a farmer (1876), with his sous and sou-In-law. Children : - 1. Charles Dustin, b. Jan. 1, 1842. 2. Mary Adelaide, b. March 6, 1845. 3. Agnes P., b. July 1, 1846; m. Richard Henry Morss, farmer, as above, April 3, 1871. He was b. in Charlestown, Mass. ; enlisted In the 9th Vermont Reglinent, June 23, 1862; promoted to drum-major, Dec. 26, 1864; discharged June 13, 1865. Children : - I. Sadie Jane (Morss), b. Jan. 30, 1872, In Wolcott, Vt., d., there, Dee. 27, 1874, In ber 3d year. II. Charles Augustus, b. Dec. 24, 1875, lu Grecusborough. 4. Orvllle Augustus, b. July 20, 1847.
21. RUTH CALEF, b. Dee 20, 1815; m. Joseph T. Prescott (see p. 595 [129]). 22. NATHANIEL RUST, b. April 20, 1818, d., unm., in North Sanboruton, June 28, 1877, ac. 59-2.
23. LUCY WERD, b. April 23, 1821. L. W. m. John Fletcher East- 24. CHARLES WERD, S man, Ang. 12, 1841, at the Chapel (Rev. Samuel Davis). He was b. Jan. 27, 1820, in Bristol. Has res'd. since marriage at the Bridge ('Tiltou), a carpen- ter and coutractor. Children : - 1. Charles James (Eastman), b. Sept. 21, 1842; a printer in Lowell, Mass., since 1865; m. Zelia Wood, of L., who d. May 29, 1871. Child : - I. Nellie, b. Sept. 22, 1869. 2. Moses Edward, b. March 9, 1844; was a soldier in the 15th N. H. Regiment from Sauborutou; d. July 27, 1863, at Natchez, Miss., ac. 19-4, of consumption, as the result of poisoning. 3. Samuel Rust, b. June 9, 1845; went to California iu 1868; is there employed in an express office at San Francisco, and m. 4. Lucy Aun, b. Dec. 4, 1847. 5. John Dyer, b, Jan. 27, 1850. 6. Frank Pierce, b. Oct. 27, 1852, d. Feb. 3, 1834, ac. 1-3. 7. Olive Jane, b. March 4, 1858, 8. Warren, b. Dee. 10, 1869 (adopted), d. Dec. 1, 1872, in his 3d year. Charles W. [2+], was m. to Olive Stevens, at Quincy, Mass., Oct. 22, 1850, by Rev. S. S. Kim- ball. She was b. Jan. 12, 1830, in Concord, the dau. of James Stevens, who was accidentally killed in Quincey, Sept., 1830. Having been a stone-cutter in Quincy sixteen years, he has since res'd. In this town, ou the old Dustin farmu, seventeen years, and now (1876-81) ucar the Turkey Bridge. No children.
25. TIMOTHY2 [9] (John1), m. Agnes Keniston, dau. of William? (see p. 414 [13]), Feb. 25, 1812 (Bodwell) ; first located in this town, as two of his children d. here, Oct. 28, 1815, and Feb. 16, 1817.
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Soon after the latter date he rem. to Craftsbury, Vt .; was a farmer ; known both here and there as the " stoutest man in town, who could throw any one at a wrestling-match," and there d., Jan. 8, 1861, in his 71st year. Nine of his children grew up, as below : three others, in- cluding two, as above, d. young. There were thirty-nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren in 1876. Nineteen of his descendants are players on the violin. Children :
26. SARAH JANE, b. May 28, 1813 (see [20]).
27. MARY ANN, b. 1819; m. Nathaniel Baker, of this town (?) ; now of Lumberville, N. Y. (1879).
28. WILLIAM KENISTON, b. 1823.
29. MALINDA WALTON, b. 1825 (?) ; m. Richard Morse, of Charlestown, Mass., and d. June, 1858, ae. 33.
30. DAVID DUSTIN, b. 1827; m., 1st, Sarah J. Smith, dan. of Joseph (see), March, 1847, who d. March 14, 1850, in her 22d year. He now keeps a board- ing-house (1879) in Concord. Children : - 1. George R., b. Dec. 7, 1848; res. in Woodstock.
31. LYDIA ALMIRA, b. April 15, 1829, in Craftsbury (see [20]).
32. GEORGE RILEY, b. March 6, 1830; Is a farmer in Craftsbury. Vt. ; m. Ellen Matilda Smith, from Ellenburg, N. Y., March 3, 1851. Children : - 1. William Riley, b. May 22, 1854. 2. Charles Boutwell, b. June C, 1856. 3. Susie Adelaide, b. Sept. 23, 1858. 4. Jennie Elidia, b. March 23, 1800. 5. George Dustin, b. Feb. 2, 1863. C. Cosie Augusta, b. Dec. 15, 1868. 7. Edwlu Melvin, b. July 10, 1873.
33 .- BOUTWELL NICHEMIAMI, b. 1833; m. Mariah Adullne Miller, of Eden, Vt., July 3, 1862, and is a farmer lu Craftsbury, Vt. Chilldren : - 1. Thuothy W., b. Feb. 2, 1864 2. James B., b. May 10, 1868. 3. Harlie B., b. June S, 1871. 4. Mary (Mamy) M., b. Dec. 18, 1875.
34. CYNTHIA NORILLA, b. Ang. 3, 1835; in. Porter G. Hodgdon, farmer, April 5, 1854. He served three years in the late war, as a non-commissioned officer, In the 11th Vermont Heavy Artillery. Children : - 1. Emma E. (Hodg- dou), b. Feb. 24, 1855. 2. Moses W., b. Sept. 18, 1856. 3. Burt I .. , b. Aug. 4, 1858. 4. Gilman P., b. April 9, 1862. 5. James, b. Sept. 5, 1866. C. Eugene, b. April 5, 1868. 7. John B., b. June 8, 1870. 8. Jeuule E., b. April 24, 1872. 9. Alice M., b. July 15, 1875.
THE SMART FAMILIES. - Two BRANCHES. - I.
We first introduce the two brothers :
1. DUDLEY [5], b. Jan., 1758, and
2. JONATHAN [10], both of whom lived in Sanbornton, though their parentage is unknown. Their sisters,
3. MARY, b. Aug. 23, 1766 ; m. William Hersey (see p. 340 [30]).
4. IIANNAN, b. Nov. 18, 1771 ; m. Jethro Pearsou (see p. 547 [8]).
5. DUDLEY [1], m. Susan Burley, of New Market, who was b. 1754; was a soldier in the Revolution ; early settled " between the Plumer and Pearson neighborhoods," near the border of Meredith
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(see Sites, Lot No. 81, 2d Div., add.). Ile left that place for Chiches- ter, in 1802, and there d., 1851, ac. 93. She d. one week later, ae. 97. Children, all b. in this town :
C. PETER [14], b. Sept. 16, 1793.
7. OLIVE, b. Oct., 1795, d., umu., In Chichester, 1867, ae. 72.
8. ANDREW, b. May 3, 1798; in. Ednah M. Hersey, dau. of William (see p. 340 [39]), July 11, 1841, in Sanborntou; lived in Chichester, farmer, stage- driver, and tradesinan tilt March, 1869, since then, lu East Andover. No children.
9. SAMUEL, b. 1800 (?) ; went South, and there d., unm.
10. JONATHAN [2], was also in the Revolutionary war; m. Martha Pearson (see p. 547 [10]) ; lived in town on the range, east of the Colby-Leavitt place (Site 1, Parsonage Lot, No. 12, 1st Div.). Nothing further known of him, except children (t. r.) :
11. JOHN, b. March 26, 1791, d. Oct. 1, 1840, ae. 49-6.
12. WILLIAM HARPER, b. Aug. 1, 1793.
13. NANCY, b. March 18, 1796 (and another child d. March 20, 1804).
14. PETER? [6] (Dudley1), commenced carrying the mail from Chichester to Portsmouth, at the age of 16, and, after 1815, became the " noted stage driver, for many years, through Sanbornton," from Concord to Haverhill. He m. Hannah Clough Haynes, Dec. 7, 1828, who was b. Sept. 25, 1807, the dau. of Josiah and Hannah (Clough) Haynes, of Canterbury ; last lived in Northfield (near the Bridge), and there d., June 10, 1871, ae. 77-9. Children :
15. HIANNALI HAYNES, b. Sept. 20, 1829; m. Charles E. Carroll, joiner and contractor, of Portsmouth, July 5, 1856, who d. April 23, 1876. She now lives in New Loudou, Wis. Four children (oue sou).
16. SAMUEL BURLEIGH, b. Feb. 19, 1837, d. May 23, 1838, in Canterbury, ae. 1-3.
" I take this feeble child, saith Christ, And fold him in my breast, Protection he shall find in me, In me be ever blest."
17. SUSAN B., b. Nov. 15, 1840; m. William Sunderland Shaw, bookkeeper, of Pittsburg, Pa., July 25, 1873. Child : - 1. Clara Estelle (Shaw), b. June 27, 1874, in P.
18. WALTER, b. Oct. 24, 1842, d. Jan. 16, 1843, ae. 3 mos. "Of such is the kingdom of heaven."
19. HARRIET LYFORD, b. Dec. 25, 1843; m., 1st, Willlan F. Durgin, of Northwood, Feb. 8, 1863; m., 2d, Edward S. Tripp, engineer, of Lynn, Mass. No children.
20. CLARA ESTELLE, b. Oct. 17, 1846; one of the best school-teachers of recent times, in Samboruton; was graduated at the Tilton Conference Semi- inary, 1872; held the post of vice-principal of the high school, in Manches- ter, Ia., at the time of her death, in Northileld, Aug. 12, 1875, in her 29th year. "It matters not how long we live, but how."
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21. ROBERT SMART, unconnected with the foregoing, served in the Revolutionary war, as a waiter for Maj. Chase Taylor ; was owner (or tender) of the first grist-mill below Union Bridge ; was twice m., and d. May 4, 1818. Sarah -, his second wife, d. Oct. 14, 1824, ae. 100-8! hence b. Feb., 1724. Ile signed the " Association T'est " in this town. Children :
22. JEMIMA, b. 1762 (?), 1st wife; m. Solomon Copp (see p. 18+ [30]).
23. SALLY (probably), d. Dec. 20, 1800, unm.
24. ADALINE (probably), d. of fever, Aug. 21, 1821, unm.
THE SMITH FAMILIES.
No fewer than seven or eight distinct branches of the " universal Smith family " have been found among the inhabitants of Sanbornton.
I.
We begin with the grantees of the town who bore that name, - all of Stratham, - and shall thus find ourselves introduced to some of the oldest, and what have ever proved, and still are, the most numerous families of the name in town.
1. JOSEPH1, Sen., of Stratham, was the fiftieth to affix his name upon the " Petition" of 1748, and four years later drew Lots 44 and 18, the latter falling to his son [19]. His sons who became identified with Sanbornton were :
2, 3. JOSEPH, Jr. [7], grantee, and ELISHA [19], b. 1723 (1733), in Stratham.
4. JOSIAH, of Stratham, was probably the brother of [1], and signed the " Petition" next after, or the fifty-first in order. Before the time of the drawing, however, - Feb. 13, 1753, - he had d., and is hence marked " dece'st" upon the list of the " names drawn," though Lots 35 and 3 were assigned to him, and fell, doubtless, to his heirs. None of his descendants were ever known to have occupied these lots or to have settled in town, unless
5. SAMUEL, may have been one of his sons, who was in town, Jan., 1768 ; afterwards a private in Whitcomb's company of rangers, 1777, and taken thence into the Continental service, but then wholly disap- pears (probably killed in the skirmish, June 16, 1777), and
6. JonN, who enlisted, April 16, 1777, in Scammel's regiment of three years' men, and d. March 1, 1778.
7. JOSEPnº, Jr. [2] (Joseph1), was twenty-fourth upon the " Peti- tion"; also of Stratham ; drew Lots 71 and 60, and settled upon the
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former, or Ist Div. lot, near what is now the thrashing-mill, Site 1, giving his 2d Div. lot to his sons, as below. It is uncertain whether le, or his oldest son, was Joseph Smith, the Revolutionary soldier. He had not come to town before the Revolutionary war, in the opinion of some (his son Joseph having preceded him), as his name does not, appear on the " Test." He may, however, have been absent in the service, July, 1776. In early life he served his time as a ship-carpen- ter, in Newburyport, and was the first to build a dam at the thrashing- mill, on a piu or peg of which his own life was finally sacrificed, July 4, 1795, while rescuing a boy from drowning. (He is sometimes said to have been himself drowned, but the evidence is stronger that while walking upon the dam with the rescued child he fell, and fractured his skull on an exposed pin (or treenail), thus dying instantly. Near the same brook his wife, also, had previously died, of apoplexy, while wash- ing, June 29, 1790, and was the first to be buried in the old cemetery above the present house of Harrison White. As his son Henry [12] used to say that he was the " middle one of a family of fifteen chil- dren," seven being older and seven younger than himself, it is evident that there must have been three other children - names not known - who were older than he, and never came to Sanbornton, and probably one younger, whose name is lost. As the record now stands his chil- dren were :
8. A daughter, name unknown, who m. - Plumer, and lived in New- buryport, Mass.
9. A daughter; m., Ist, - Cooper; m., 2d, - Jones; m., 3d, Richard Huse. (The two last may have been younger than [11].)
10, 11. JOSEPH [33]. WILLIAM [38], b. 1754.
12. HENRY [40], b. 1761.
13. SOLOMON [55], b. Feb. 3, 1763, in Newburyport.
14. STEPHEN [65], b. 1765 (?).
15. HANNAH, b. 1767; m. Ebenezer Morrison, Jr. (see p. 502 [75]).
16. MICHAEL, b. 1769 (?) ; m. Hannah Miles (see p. 483 [15]), Jan. 3, 1793 (Woodman) ; settled, tirst, ou his father's 2d Div. Lot, No. 60, iu this town, but afterwards rem. to Wheelock, Vt.
17. ENOCH, b. 1771 (?) ; had no family ; d., in S., Feb. 26, 1819, ae. about 48. 18. SAMUEL [78], b. about 1773.
19. ELISHA? [3] (Joseph1), is asserted, on good traditional author- ity, to have been the brother of Joseph, Jr. [7], while his inheriting the 2d Div. Lot (No. 18) of [1], Joseph, Sen., leaves no doubt of his being the son of the latter. He m. Lydia Norris, of Stratham, and first settied in Epping. where most of his children were born. Besides the inherited lot, just named, he carly came in possession, by gift or purchase, of most of Lot No. 22, 2d Div., and a part of No. 21, making a solid body of nearly 700 acres of land (except the Samuel Calef lot of ten acres), extending through, from his home lot, to Meredith line.
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