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life. He was successful in business, and some years before his death retired with a competency. In 1817 he was elected a mem- ber of the Executive Council, and was annually re-elected for five successive years. In 1823 he received the appointment of High Sheriff for the county of Rockingham, and in 1828 was elected Governor of the State. He died March 23, 1836, having sustained through life the character of an honest man. He married, Dec. 25, 1803, Persis, daughter of Dr. Isaac Thom, of Londonderry, who survived him more than a quarter of a century, dying in Nov., 1862, at the age of 84 years, beloved and deeply lamented. Gov. Bell had ten children : -
1. Mary Anne Persis, b. Sept. 2, 1804; m. Rev. Nathaniel Bou- ton, D. D., of Concord, where she died, Feb. 15, 1839, leaving five children.
2. Eliza Thom, b. Jan. 23, 1806, m. Hon. John Nesmith, of Lowell, Mass. She d. Sept. 22, 1836, leaving one dau.
3. John, b. Nov. 15, 1807, educated at the Mil. and Scientific Inst., Norwich, Vt., d. in New York City, Jan. 26, 1828.
4. Susan Jane, d. in infancy.
5. Harriette Adelia, b. April 11, 1812, d. Aug. 29, 1836.
6. Jane Gibson, b. April 30, 1814, d. Aug. 4, 1835.
7. Caroline, d. in early childhood.
8. Christopher Sargent, b. June 4, 1819, grad. at Dartmouth College in 1838, commenced studying for the ministry, and died in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 20, 1839, where he had gone on account of a pulmonary affection.
9. James Isaac, b. March 1, 1821, entered Dartmouth College in 1837, left in the autumn of 1838 and made a voyage to the East Indies for the benefit of his health, and was lost with other pas- sengers in the ship Harold, which was burned at sea, Oct. 26, 1839.
10. Charles Henry, b. Nov. 18, 1823, grad. at Dartmouth College in 1814, studied law, and practiced at Chester, Somersworth and Exeter.
V. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 9, 1770, grad. at Dartmouth, 1793, LL. D. Bowdoin, 1821. He studied law with IIon. Samuel Dana, of Am- herst ; admitted to the bar 1796, practiced at Francestown till 1808, Amherst till 1810, removed to Chester 1812: lived on the Melvin place on the Street, and built a new house near where Thomas Dearborn had lived, H. L. No. 23, 1833; d. Dec. 23, 1850. He was Representative from 1804 to 1806; Speaker 1805 and '6; was Senator and President 1807 and '8; Justice of the Superior Court 1816 to 1819; Governor of New Hampshire 1819 to '23; U. S. Senator 1823 to '35; Trustee Dart. 1808 to '11. He m. (1) Mehitable B., dan. of Hon. Samuel Dana; she d. 1810; m. (2) Lucy G., dau. of Jonathan Smith, of Amherst. Children: -
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1. Samuel Dana, b. Oct. 9, 1798, grad. Harvard 1816, LL. D. Dartmouth, 1854. He read law in the office of Hon. George Sul- livan, of Exeter, admitted to the bar Feb. 1820, practiced at Mer- edith Bridge six months; then in Chester till 1830; then cashier of Exeter Bank till 1836, when he resumed the practice of the law in Concord, and in 1839 he removed to Manchester. He was Rep- resentative from Chester 1825 and 1826. He was appointed Solic- itor of Rockingham county 1823; Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 1848; Justice of the Superior Court 1849 to 1859; then Chief Justice, which office he resigned Aug. 1, 1864. He was one of the several commissioners to revise the statutes of New Hamp- shire in 1830, 1842, and 1867. He was a very industrious man, and of varied acquirements, and especially eminent as an antiqua- rian, as the reader may see by a reference to the notice of the Chester grantees, p. 42, the materials of which he mainly fur- nished, probably without leaving his office. He m. Mary, dau. of Newell Healey, Aug, 8, 1826. He d. July 31, 1868 ; she d. 1864. Children : -
1. John James, b. Oct. 30, 1827. He studied law and practiced in Maine and Exeter; 2. Samuel N., b. March 25, 1829, grad. Dart., 1847; read law with Hon. William C. Clarke, and is in practice in Manchester; 3. Mary W., m. John P. Newell, d. 1858.
2. John, b. Nov. 5, 1800, grad. Union, 1819; studied medicine with Dr. Shattuck of Boston, and afterwards at Paris; M. D., Bowdoin, 1822; Prof. Anatomy, University, Vt. ; Editor of the N. Y. Med. & Surgical Journal; went South for his health, d. of consumption at La Fouche, Lou., Nov. 29, 1830.
3. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 26, 1802, m. John Nesmith, of Lowell, d. 1830.
4. James, b. Nov. 13, 1804, grad. Bowdoin, 1822, read law with his brother Samuel D. Bell, practiced at Gilmanton, Exeter and Gilford: U. S. Senator, 1855, to his death, May 26, 1857; m. Ju- dith Almira, dan. of Nathl. Upham. Charles Upham Bell, Bow- doin, 1863, now an Attorney at Exeter, is their son.
5. Luther V., b. Dec. 2, 1806; grad. Bowdoin, 1823; M. D., Dart., 1826; LL. D., Amherst, 1855; practiced in Derry, 1831 to 1837 ; Superintendant McLean Asylum for Insane, Charlestown, Mass; Surgeon, 11th Mass. Vols; Brigade Surgeon and Medical Director, Hooker's Division; d. Feb. 12, 1862, at Budd's Ferry, Va. He m. Frances, dau. of Dea. James Pinkerton, of Derry, 1835; she d. 1855.
6. George, b. June 24, 1829; grad. Dart., 1851; read law with Wheeler and Faulkner, of Keene; practiced in Chicago, Manchester and Cleveland; he was Author of Bell's Digest. IIe was drafted and went into the army and d. soon after his return, Sept. 2, 1864. He m. Emma Preston.
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7. John, b. July 19, 1831; grad. Dart., 1852; studied medicine at the University of Pa. ; M. D., 1854 ; practiced at Kingston, Derry and N. Y. City; Surgeon of 5th U. S. Cavalry, 1861 to 1864; m. Mary Ann, dau. of Phineas Bedee.
8. Charles, b. Aug. 10, 1833; grad. Brown, 1853; studied medicine and practiced in Concord; he was author of "Facts in Relation to the Hist. of Chester," N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll. Vol. 7; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathl. F. Emerson; d. Feb. 29, 1856.
9. Louis, b. March 8, 1836; studied law and opened an office at Farmington; was appointed Col. 4th N. H. Vols., May 16, 1863; killed at Fort Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865. He m. Mary A. P., dau. of Rev. Nathl. Bouton. She d. soon after he did.
WILLIAM BELL was b. at Paisley, in Scotland. He m. Beatress Barr, of Glasgow, and they came to America previous to 1780, and first settled in Greenland, and went into trade ; he soon came to Chester and purchased the Capt. Blunt place. His name is not on the tax-list of 1785, and is on that of 1790. He at first lived in what has been called the Greenough house, where Mrs. Lang now lives, and had a store, but soon built the large house where his grandson James now lives. Ile d. July 2, 1817 ; she d. March 1, 1825, a. 84. Children :-
1. William. Jr., was b. at Paisley in 1775; m. Mary McMas- ter, of Augusta, Me .: was a trader there; came to Chester: d. May 10, 1848; she d. March 8, 1861. a. 79. 2. George, b. in Greenland, 1780; once traded and made potash near the Pond, in Auburn; d. unm., 1803. 3. Elizabeth, m. Gilbert Morse : d. Sept., 1812.
BERRY.
ITHAMAR BERRY came from Greenland. He first settled on Chester Street, on H. L .. No. 32. where Thomas Worthen and James Stevens afterwards lived, a little east of where J. M. M. Elliott now lives, but soon moved back upon, or near No. 22. 2d P., 2d D., on what has been called the "Berry place," where his son and grandson Jonathan lived. He was certainly on the Street in 1732, and back towards Raymond when the road was laid out in 1744. His wife was Ann. Children :-
I. Zebedee, b. June 5, 1726. He lived on No. 50, 2d P., 2d D., where Coffin M. French now lives, in Candia.
II. Ellet, b. 1727; lived in Chester, on 37, 2d P .. 2d D. He d. 1785 ; his wife d. 1835, said to be 90.
III. Ithamar, b. 1735; m. Abigail. Lived on No. 41, 2d P., 2d D., where William Weeks now lives; d. Feb. 19, 1803. Chil- dren :-
1. Dolly. 2. Moses, b. 1762, lived where his Uncle Zebedee
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lived; in Candia, d. at Stanstead, 1810. 3. Aaron. 4. Rachael. 5. Ellet and John, twins ; went to Me. 6. Eliphalet.
IV. Elizabeth.
V. Ann, m. Joseph Smith.
VI. Jonathan, b. 1741; m. Betty Smith of Brentwood, and lived on the homestead; d. 1805. The widow m. Lt. Samnel Bus- well, of Candia. Chil :- 1. Pearson S., b. 1771, noted in his early life for his dissolute habits, and in later life for his religious zeal. 2. Jonathan, b. 1773; m. a dau. of Elijah Pillsbury, lived on the homestead. 3. John. 4. Sally, m. Richard Bnswell and Asa Pot- ter.
VII. Dolly, m. John Seavey, b. 1743.
VIII. John.
SIMON BERRY came from Rye about 1760, lived on H. L. No. 76, where Col. Webster first settled. He had a dau. Phebe, m. Lt. William, son of Robert Wilson, and lived on the homestead. She d. 1819. Mr. Berry went to Corinth in 1787.
BLAKE.
CAPT. EZEKIEL BLAKE came from Milton, Mass., in 1792, and carried on the tanning and currying business at the Samuel Robie yard. He m. Deborah Ward Sept. 2, 1785; he d. Dec. 1, 1830 ; she d. Nov., 1833. They had seven children, the five youngest born in Chester. His second son, Lemuel Ward, was born at Milton, Mass., Feb. 21, 1791; m. Susan S., dau. of Dea. Nathan Knowles, Jr., Oct. 6, 1814, and had chil.,-Gilman, Geo. W., Otis, Henry, Emeline, James, Charles C. and Miranda C.
Lemnel W. worked with his father at tanning and currying until 1824. This business, however, did not suit his taste or genius. Ile would spend a portion of his time repairing watches or on musical instruments, and in other mechanical employments. In Feb., 1824, he entered the machine shop at Nashua as an appren- tice, or on trial, without any particular bargain as to compens- ation. Although a green hand he took hold of the work like an old workman. After trial they told him that they would give him as much as they dared to on account of offending the old hands. He after a while took a job. His oldest boys, by mounting on a box, could tend a lathe. While at Nashna he was organist at the church which he attended. In Aug., 1833, he went to Springfield, Mass., and worked under the celebrated John Chase. He was constantly, wherever he worked, making improvements in the mode of doing work, getting up new and improved tools, &c. He purchased a shop and removed to Pepperell, Mass., in May, 1836. He invented and patented in 1841, a center-discharge
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water-wheel. one of the very best of its class, and very exten. sively used, and got up in first-rate style. He also invented and patented an extension auger, and a belt-fastener. He d. Feb. 13, 1864. and left the business to his sons. His five sons and two sons-in-law are all machinists, and it is very rare that so much mechanical genius can be found in one family.
BLANCHARD.
There was a JOSEPH BLANCHARD of Dunstable, who was a Jus- tice of the Superior Court from 1749 to 1758, and was surveyor for the Masonian Proprietors. He had a son Joseph, named in the will in 1758. His name. with the prefix of Col., is in the list of tax-payers in Litchfield on the west side of the river (Merri- mack) in 1745. He was a grantee of Thornton, removed and d. there. He had three sons, Joseph, Eleazer and Zaccheus.
JOSEPH was b. 1753. He partially learned the clothier's trade and came to Chester about 1772, and went to work with Robert Calfe at the clothier's trade. He m. Sarah, Mr. Calfe's only child, and continued there, and in 1777 purchased the mill and privilege at the present location, and removed there and conveyed one-half to Mr. Calfe. His advantages of school education were very limited, but his natural talent was far above mediocrity, and he was soon promoted in public business. From 1788 to 1793, he was Repre- sentative. He was delegate from Chester to the convention which ratified the Federal Constitution, and also to revise the State Con- stitution. He was two or three years in the Senate, and two years, 1800 and 1801, in the Council. He was a very genial com- panion, abounding in anecdotes. It is said that in early life he was a very hard working, industrious man, but in later years not so thrifty in pecuniary matters. An anecdote will illustrate two traits of his character. A man who was hardly compos mentis, who was then at the mill, observed that he had profitable mills. He replied, " Yes." "You have profitable offices, too." "Yes." "Well, with it all you do not get rich." The joke was so good and true and from such a source, Esq. Blanchard delighted in telling it. Several of their first children died young.
1. Joseph, m. Abigail Rogers, a dau. of Moody Chase's second wife, and had five children. The oldest, Joseph, is station agent at Martin's Ferry. Joseph absconded and was supposed to have d. 1809.
2. Lucy, m. Thos. Montgomery and went into Vermont.
3. Eleazer, was an under-graduate at Dartmouth, and d. 1809, a. 27.
4. Nancy, d. unm. in 1809.
5. Sally, m. Josiah Melvin and went to Maine.
6. Cyrus, d. 1809, a. 22.
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7. Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1790; m. Dea. Samuel Dinsmore in 1811. 8. Polly, m. Richard Fitts and went to Salisbury, N. H.
Mrs. Blanchard d. Dec. 2, 1793, and he m. (2) Dorothy John- son, widow of David Folsom, April, 1794. He d. March 7, 1833, a. 80. She d. May 14, 1836, a. 88.
BLASDELL.
There were early at Amesbury two men by the name of " BLAS- DALE," - Henry and Ralph, and there are a great many of the name on Amesbury records.
NATHANIEL BLASDELL was a wheelwright and lived on H. L. 34. The house and an acre of land were sold to Dr. Sargent in 1780, and he sold to Daniel French, Esq., who erected the present house. Mr. Blasdell purchased a quarter of an aere of land of William and Paul Healey in 1759, and built a store where the French office now stands, which was sold to the town in 1778, and removed into the south woods for a pest-house when Dr. Page's family had the small-pox. He did quite a business as a trader several years, selling goods and taking his pay in produce and lumber. He also made potash. He always went by the name of Merchant Blasdell, and I have one of his ledgers in my posses- sion. He d. Dec. 22, 1786. Chil. on Chester records: -
William, born 1747, Micajah, Molly, Abijah, Nathan, and John, of whom nothing is known.
ISAAC BLASDELL. Jonathan and Hannah Blasdell, of Amesbury, had nine children; the first b. 1699; David, the sixth, b. Feb. 5, 17,11-12; wife, Abigail. He was a cloek-maker, and I have seen several of his clocks. They had seven children. The third, ISAAC, b. March 27, 1738, m. Mary, dau. of E. Currier of Amesbury. In March, 1762, he purchased of Dr. John Ordway five acres of H. L. No. 34, and five rods of the ten-rod way (where John West now lives) and came to Chester and set up his trade of clock- making. He was in the Revolutionary army several times, select- man, and continually sealer of weights and measures. He d. Oct. 9, 1791. His widow m. Jona. Swain of Raymond, and d. Dec. 6, 1795. Children : -
1. Hannah, b. April 6, 1758; m. Dea. Amos Morse, 1780; d. Feb. 6, 1795. 2. Isaac, b. 1760, went to Salisbury, N. H. 3. Rich- ard, b. Nov., 1762, lived with his father; d. unm. July 26, 1790. 4. Molly, b. 1765, m. a Wadleigh, and went to Canada. 5. David. went to Peacham, Vt. 6. Anna, b. July 13, 1769, m. B. P. Chase, Oct. 7, 1792, d. Feb. 22, 1808. 7. Abner, b. April 18, 1771, m. Jemima Melcher and lived in Chester; had a son John (the father of Albert Blaisdell of Greenland, the builder). He enlisted in 1813, and went to the Canada frontier and never
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returned. 8. Lydia, b. July 5, 1773, m. Josiah, son of Jacob Chase, d. April 1, 1857. 9. Abigail, b. 1775, d. May 19, 1803. 10. Ebenezer, b. 1778, m. Nancy Noyes; enlisted, d. at Acworth, N. H., on his way to the frontier, April 12, 1813.
BOID.
JAMES BOID, the grantee, lived in Portsmouth. There was a JOHN BOID, who lived on James Boid's H. L. No. 59, where the first road was laid out in 1730; and he was the first pound-keeper. He was said by Col. White to have been a brother of the Rev. Mr. McGregor's wife.
John Boid, son of the above, made a will dated Jan., 1751-2, proved 1752. He had no real estate. His inventory was, "Two Jackets, one pair of cloth breeches, three old checked shirts, one old hat-cap, and handkerchief, one pair of old stockings, and an old blanket. Money and notes, old tenor, £536." He gives his cousin, Margaret McGregor, eldest dan. of the Rev. David Mc- Gregor, £310, and the residue after some small legacies.
There was a THOMAS BOID, owned H. L. No. 27, in 1730, and probably lived on it, southwest of the Dearborn farm, near where the steam-mill lately stood.
NATHANIEL BOID was one of the first settlers in Derryfield, on No. 1, where J. G. Webster now lives. He signed the petition in 1748. The road laid out Sept. 16, 1748, ran to his fence. His wife was Margaret, and had Margaret, b. 1752, m. Archibald Gambel; William, b. 1755.
There was a NATHAN BOID on No. 16, in Derryfield.
BRADLEY.
JOSIAH BRADLEY m. Anna, dau. of Jonathan Moulton, and lived on his place, H. L. No. 113, where Hiram Basford now lives. He d. May 2, 1778. Chil. : - 1. Josiah, b. May 17, 1770, m. Phebe, dan. of Abel Webster, 1792, lived on the homestead, and went to Maine. 2. Jonathan, b. 1776.
BRADSHAW.
JOSHUA BRADSHAW lived on H. L. No. 63, at the Josiah Chase place, on Walnut Hill. Chil. :- Peter, John and Sarah.
BRADSTREET.
The REV. NATHAN BRADSTREET is said in the History of New Hampshire Churches to have been born in Ipswich, Mass., in 1770; but I always understood that he was a native of Rowley. He grad. at Dart. in 1791, and studied theology at Newburyport. He m.
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Phebe Dexter, of Charlestown, a neice of Lord Timothy Dexter, Aug. 10, 1796. Her father afterwards lived at Westford, Mass., and when Mr. Bradstreet left Chester he went there. Mr. Brad- street built a house on H. L. No. 8, where John W. Noyes now lives. HIe d. Jan. 29, 1827. Children : -
Freeborn, b. Aug. 22, 1799; Melissa, b. 1801; Nathan Dexter, b. 1803; William, b. 1808; Susannah, b. 1811. Nothing is known of the children. See further, IFistory of the Congregational Church.
BLUNT.
Capt. JONATHAN BLUNT was b. at Andover, about 1708, and was in Chester and had a saw-mill in 1730. In 1734, William Blunt, of Andover, decded to Jonathan H. L. Nos. 1 and 12. He settled on No. 1, where Sarah Robinson now lives. His wife was Mary, and they had eight children, the oldest, John, b. 1735. Joshua, b. 1740, m. Mary Grove, and had Isaac, b. June 1780, d. March, 1865.
Mary Blunt, b. 1743, m. Maj. Richard Emery. Capt. Blunt was a prominent man in town, an innkeeper, and d. May 24, 1762.
BROWN.
SAMUEL BROWN was in Bradford in 1734. John Jaques sold to him Add. No. 17, and Thomas Smith gave to his cousin, Samuel Brown of Bradford, No. 66, O. H., June, 1734. He came to Chester and built on No. 17, a little southwest of where Amos Green now lives. When an attempt was made in 1743 to have a road laid out across the lots by Karr's mill to Londonderry, he agreed to give the present road across his land provided they would not go by his house. He signed the Presbyterian protest, Nov., 1735. He probably soll to John Mills, who afterwards lived there, and moved to where Jabez French first lived, on the east half of No. 17, 2d P., 2d D. He bore the appellation of Dr. Brown. His wife was Susannah. He d. May, 1794; she d. May 5, 1789. They had several children, the oldest of whom d. young. Of those whom we know any thing about :-
I. Joseph, b. Feb. 23, 1758, m. (1) Lydia, dau. of Caleb Hall, 1782. Chil. :- Sara; Abraham and Samuel, went to Maine ; Betsy, m. Moses Chase, son of B. Pike Chase. She d. Dec. 15, 1790. He m. (2) Lydia Mace, and had several children who settled in San- down and Haverhill, Mass. He lived on the homestead; d. 1802.
II. Jonathan, b. Nov. 22, 1760, in. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Moulton. and settled in Poplin, now Fremont, about a mile south of the Rocke bridge. To distinguish him from another and older man, he was generally called " Chesherman Brown." Children :- 1. Jonathan, lived in Poplin. 2. Ebenezer, m. Mary Whitcher,
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of Brentwood, and settled in Vershire, Vermont, and made iron from the bog ore there. They were the parents of Dr. William W. Brown, b. Aug. 28, 1804. See Physicians. 3. Eliphalet, set- tled in Vienna, Maine. 4. Josiah, went to sea and never returned. 5. Sally, m. Peter, son of Stephen Morse, of Chester, 1799. 6. Susannah, m. Moses H., son of Sherburne Sanborn, 1801, and lived in Poplin.
Sarah d. March 15, 1822, and he m. (2) her sister Abigail, wid. of Jacob Basford. She d. 1841.
III. David, b. Sept. 17, 1765, lived in Raymond on O. HI. No. 100, near the railroad.
JEDEDIAH BROWN came from Kensington, and settled on No. 11, O. H., and is mentioned in the return of a road across his lot in 1761. He had two sons, Levi and Josiah, and three daughters, Mary, Dolly and Abigail.
I. Leci ,m. Elizabeth, dan. of Jona. Swain, Esq. Children :-
1. Jedediah, d. Nov., 1868. 2. Jonathan S., lived on the Swain place. 3. Libby. 4, Levi. 5. John, Esqr., b. 1796, m. a Worthen, and has been noted as a land surveyor, and a very ingenious blacksmith.
II. Josiah, lived in Raymond.
There were three brothers by the name of BROWN who came from Scotland and settled in the upper part of Chester, towards Suncook.
I. SAMUEL, m. Jean Gibson, in Scotland, and settled on No. 28, 5th D., on what is now the Hooksett poor-farm. Children :-
1. Joseph. 2. Margaret.
3. Ann, m. Frederic Mccutcheon, of Pembroke.
4. John, m. Betsy Burgin; lived in Hooksett; d. in Newbury- port a. 98.
5. Molly, m. Robert, son of Samuel Davis, who was drowned in Laken's pond, July, 1805. She died at Newburyport, a. 96. Nathaniel Head, Esq., related to me the following, which he said that he had from Mr. Brown and his wife:
Some persons sowed a large quantity of rye on the plain on the east side of the river at Concord, and set stakes at each bushel, for the purpose of letting the reaping for the seed. Mrs. Brown prepared breakfast, nursed her child, and went to Concord, a dis- tance of five or six miles, reaped her bushel sowing, finishing be- fore any of the men, and returned home.
II. JOSEPH, usually called doctor, on account of preparing drops for fits, m. Ann Otterson, a sister of William Otterson, and settled on land not granted by the proprietors of Chester, near Head's saw-mill. He probably had a title from the proprietors of
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Suncook, but he, with others, was sued. (See page 40.) Chil- dren :-
1. Ann, m. James Knox, of Pembroke.
2. Joseph, settled at Peacham, Vt .; m. 2d, Molly Gay.
3. Jemy. 4. Rachael.
5. James, also called doctor, m. Margaret Moore, 1793, and lived on the homestead, and afterwards on the west side of the river.
6. Lydia. 7. Mary. 8. Martha.
DR. JOSEPH d. 1796.
III. WILLIAM m. Ruth, dau. of Daniel McDuffee, of London- derry, and lived on No. 30, 5th D. Children :-
1. Daniel, m. Joanna Durgin, settled at Corinth.
2. Molly, m. Ezra Abbot, d. a. 83.
3. James, mn. Molly McCurdy, settled at Grand Isle, Vt.
4. Sarah.
5. Capt. John, m. Polly, dau. of Matthew Gault.
6. Capt. William, m. Sally Buntin, lived where Samuel, Sen., had lived. Children :- .
1. Anna, b. Feb. 26, 1799, m. Col. John Head, d. April 3, 1849. 2. Hiram, b. Jan. 23, 1801. He was the first Mayor of Manches- ter. 3. Andrew. 4. John. 5. Calvin.
LT. WILLIAM BROWN was a ship-carpenter at Newburyport, and came to Chester in 1771, in company with his father-in-law, Ben- jamin Pierce. They purchased of James and Benjamin Crosett 274 acres of land lying in 86, 87 and 93, 2d P., 2d D. Mr. Brown lived where Israel Senter now lives, and Pierce fifty or sixty rods to the northeast. He d. 1805. Children :-
1. William, m. Sarah Sheldon, lived on the Pierce place. They went to Mount Desert, Me., with their children, and d. there, he a. 95, she over 90. 2. Joshua, went to Vermont, had a dau. Pamela, m. James Hoit. 3. Benjamin P., m. a dau. of Asa Bur- bank, lived at the intersection of the Rattlesnake-hill road with Londonderry Turnpike; went to Vt. 4. Judith. 5. Eunice. 6. John, m. a Merril, on the homestead, and went West.
BENJAMIN BROWN came from Newbury, m. Prudence Kelly. He lived on Add. No. 85, where Nathan Morse had lived, and afterwards on the Street, H. L. No. 135, where Woodbury Masters now lives. He was a long time a partner in trade with Henry Sweetser. She d. Sept. 9, 1798; he married (2) Widow Lunt. He d. 1818, at Piscataqua Bridge. Children :-
1. Nancy, m. Henry Sweetser, 1798, d. April 28. 1799.
2. Mercy, m. Daniel French, 1799, d. March 8, 1802.
3. Hannah.
4. Lydia, b. Feb. 6, 1782, m. Toppan Robie, Oct. 8, 1804, d. Feb. 23, 1811.
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5. Francis, b. Jan 11, 1784; grad. Dart. 1805; m. Elizabeth, dan. of Rev. Tristram Gilman, of North Yarmouth, Feb. 4, 1811, d. July 27, 1820. (See Graduates.) Chil. : - Samuel Gilman, Dart., 1831; Mary ; and Frances, d. y.
6. Prudence, b. April 3, 1786, m. Rev. David Thurston, of Win- throp, Me., Qct. 31, 1811.
NATHANIEL BROWN, b. at Hamilton Mass., Sept. 3, 1770, m. Mary Sleeeper, of Newburyport, who was b. March 16, 1779; re- sided at Newburyport until 1814; removed to Chester, on to the Elliot place. Children :-
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