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In about six months after arriving at Harrisburg, David Folsom died of small-pox. The sons, young as they were, carried on the business some four years, or until about 1792, when, having the fever-and-ague badly, they were advised to come North. They procured a horse and cart, and came to New Hampshire. Mrs. Folsom, after a while, opened a boarding-house at Exeter, and the sons went (for what reason I do not know) to Tamworth. The wife of Hon. Joseph Blanchard died in 1793. He was senator, I think, and the Legislature sat at Exeter, and he boarded at Mrs. Folsom's, and finally married her in April, 1794.
The Folsoms soon came to Chester, and built a shop near where Mrs. Wiley's house now is, and went to work with such machin- ery as I have described. After a while they turned Esquire Blanchard's fulling-mill into a nail-factory, and commenced cut- ting by water. William J. Folsom left the concern, went to Chester and went into trade. He m. Catherine G., dau. of Josiah Flagg, Esq., and had Henry, Frederic and Catherine, who m. Israel Webster, Jr. Mrs. Folsom d. 1807, and he went back and cut nails for Esquire Blanchard, and d. 1809, Dec. 11.
John Folsom carried on the nail business until the fall of 1805, when he and John Melvin took a contract to build fifteen miles of the Londonderry turnpike from Hooksett bridge, and also the Straits bridge. He the next year bought, and built a house and opened a tavern on that road, No. 98, 2d P., 2d D., and was noted as a landlord. He was much in public business as a selectman, representative, &c. From 1802 to 1808, the Republican party pre- vailed, and sent Henry Sweetser representative, and he boasted that he had been seven years, and could go seven more, but in 1809 Mr. Folsom was elected. He went one or more years from
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Derry, after he removed there, and was the oldest member in the House.
In 1820 a Court of Sessions was established for laying out roads, auditing accounts, &c., and John Harvey, Hall Burgin and [John Folsom were appointed judges. He was a straight- forward, upright man. He m. Mehitabel, dau. of Benj. Melvin, Dec. 25, 1800. They had no issue. She d. March 23, 1824. IIe m. (2) Dolly T., dan. of Lieut. Josiah Underhill, who was a niece of his first wife, Dec. 9, 1824. John Folsom d. Aug. 9, 1850. Dorothy T. d. Dec. 5, 1846. They had eight children, three of whom graduated. (See Graduates.)
I have given a detailed account of the making of nails, as re- lated to me by Mr. Folsom, and corroborated by Richard Melvin and Mrs. Dinsmore. I suppose it was the first nail-cutting in the world. The self-heading machines of Odiorne & Perkins superseded all hand work.
FORSAITH.
DEA. MATTHEW FORSAITH was born in Scotland, and went thence to Ireland. He there m. Esther Graham, a daughter of Robert Graham, and came over with the Graham family about 1730, and at first lived south of the meeting-house, but made a final settlement on Add. lot No. 91, where his grandson Josiah inow lives. He was an enterprising business man, and his name appears frequently on the town and Presbyterian records. Chil- dren :-
1. Matthew, Jr., was a physician, and went out in a man-of- war and died at sea.
2. Jonathan, was in the army at Ticonderoga, and d. there July 9,1777.
3. David, came home and died May 21, 1778.
4. Esther, d. March 29, 1778.
5. Robert, b. 1746, m. Margaret, dau. of Dea. William Tolford, 1767, and lived on the Tolford place, where Mr. Merrill lives, at Walnut Hill. He d. 1810.
6. Hannah, m. Wilkes West, d. Jan., 1793.
7. Dea. William, went to Deering; d. about 1808. IIe had a son James.
8. Josiah, m. Katy Richardson, dau. of Caleb R., and lived where his father did; d. March 18, 1833. He had several chil- dren, among whom was Josiah, b. Jan. 25, 1785; lived on the old place ; d. Ang. 18, 1868.
DEA. FORSAITII'S wife was famous as a midwife. She d. July 1, 1784. Ile d. Sept. 6, 1791, a. about 90.
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FOSS.
ISAAC Foss was in Greenland in 1729, and bought H. L. No. 37, where Edmund Sleeper now lives, and might have settled there, but he soon went back on to Add. 101, and decded it to his son Timothy, in 1757; subsequently owned by Daniel Rich- ardson, and Daniel, Jr., now by David Lane. There was an Isaac, Jr., Thomas, and Joseph, of whom nothing is known.
JOIN Foss, probably from Greenland, m. Tabitha, dau. of En- sign Jacob Sargent, March 11, 1745, and settled on the northwest end of Add. No. 105, on the Great Hill, the lot Rufus Sanborn lives on. They had a son David, b. Oct. 12, 1744, m. Anne Richardson, 1767, and had 11 children. The second, Hannah, b. Sept. 26, 1770, m. Jethro, son of John Sanborn, and was mother of John and Rufus, of Chester.
There was one Jonathan Underhill, b. 1780, named probably for Hezekiah Underhill's son who d. in the army. John Foss d., and administration was granted, 1746, to the widow, who charges for nursing David since Nov. 10, 1745. Tabitha m. Hezekiah, son of Sampson Underhill. She d. May 24, 1803.
FOWLER.
There was a man by the name of Fowler who was b. in Wales and gave seven years' service for his passage. He settled in Amesbury and m. there, and had a son THOMAS, who m. a Davis, and came to Chester about 1764, and d. 1794. Children : -
I. Thomas, Jr., was b. in Amesbury in 1750, and one brother, and some sisters. They settled near the east side of No. 89, 2d P. 2d D., probably where Archi. McDuffce, Sen., settled.
II. Jeremiah, the brother, was a soldier in the Revolution, and d. soon after his return.
IH. Rebecca, m. Peter, son of Samuel Aiken, Sen., d. 1796.
Thomas m. Phebe Colburn in 1781, d. June, 1828. Children : - 1. Thomas, m. a Worthen, went to New York. 2. Anna, m. Jo- seph Worthen, went to Dorchester, N. H. 3. Hannah, m. Win- throp Rollins, went to Dorchester, N. H. 4. Rebecca, m. Joseph Carlton. 5. Stephen, m. Ann, dau. of Daniel McDuffee; lived first on the homestead, went thence to New York, and thence to Michigan.
FRENCH.
BENJAMIN FRENCHI was of Kingstown, in 1744, and sold to Da- vid McClure the west half of No. 17, 2d P. 2d D., and the same year the road was laid out through his land.
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March 10, 1748, the road to the Branch was laid out, " Begin- ning at JABEZ FRENCH'S N. E. corner." Jabez was probably the son of Benjamin, and settled where Dr. Samuel Brown once lived, northwest of Charles Stevens' saw-mill. May 10, 1751, Joseph Basford and wife, and Moses Richardson and wife, deeded to Ja- *bez French II. L. Nos. 2 and 140, on which he lived, and gave it to his grandson, Nathan Fitts, Jr. He m. Hannah, the dau. of Benjamin Hills, Sen., Jan. 5, 1743. He was a major. He d. Oct. 9, 1806. His wife d. Oct. 5, 1806, and they were both buried in one grave. Children: -
1. Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1744.
2. Abigail, b. Sept. 4, 1746, m. Nathan Fitts, and Dea. Nathl. French of Sandown; d. June 18, 1831.
3. Ruth, b. May 29, 1753, m. Josiah Hall; d. Nov. 25, 1836.
ZEPHANIAH FRENCH m. Mary Greeley, 1746. He d. June 24, 1763. He settled on Add. No. 117, where his descendants have lived. Besides children who d. young, they had
I. Benjamin, b. 1751.
II. Sarah, b. 1759, who was a deaf mute.
III. Mary, b. 1761, who was famous as a fortune-teller.
IV. Zephaniah, b. 1763, a deaf mute, who was burnt to death in a coal camp, 1788.
Benjamin French m. Esther Currier, and had,-1. Jonathan; 2. Benjamin ; and 3. Nathaniel. He d. 1797. The widow m. Sher- burne Dearborn.
SIMON FRENCHI came to Chester from Salisbury, Mass. Joseph French sold to Simon French 25 acres, which he bought of Samuel McPherson, Add. Nos. 8 and 9. Benjamin Porter sold to Simon ' French. for 133 Spanish dollars, one half of No. 51, 2d P. 2d D., on which he settled, in Candia, in 1765. Ile m. a dan. of John Shackford, Sen., of Chester. She was a feeble woman, and was mostly confined to her bed for nine years, and they endured severe hardships. At one time he went to Trickling Falls, East Kings- ton, a distance of twenty miles, and bought a bushel of corn and brought it home on his back. It is said that he and Daniel Dolby once went to Plymouth and bought corn and brought it home on horseback. He d. Aug. 3, 1823; time of her death not known. Children : -
I. Ruth. m. Samuel Colby, of Candia, settled at Derby, Vt., and had Nehemiah, a merchant, and Moses, a physician.
II. Dolly, m. Andrew Rankin, settled at Littleton. They were the parents of Rev. Andrew Rankin, a minister who was settled in Salisbury, N. H., and d. at Danbury.
III. John, b. March 25, 1770, m. Comfort, dau. of Dr. Coffin
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Moore, Dec. 20, 1793; she b. Jan. 24, 1770. He d. Dec. 24, 1845; she d. Dec. 1, 1834. Lived on the homestead. Children : -
1. Martha, b. Oct. 22, 1794.
2. Simon, b. Feb. 2, 1796, m. Ann B. Evans, lives on the home- stead.
3. Coffin M., b. April 6, 1799, m. Dolly Pillsbury, and lives on the Zebedee Berry place, near the homestead. They have a son Samuel Franklin, b. Dec. 22, 1835, grad. at Dart. 1860, Andover Theo. Sem., 1865; settled at Hamilton, Mass. Also George II. French, b. July 27, 1838, grad. at Dart. 1862, entered Andover Theo. Sem. 1865. (See Graduates in Candia.)
4. Lucinda, b. 1803, m. Frederick Fitts.
5. Eveline, b. 1805, m. Samuel Murray, d. 1848. Simon French Sen., m. (2) Comfort Weeks, wid. of Dr. Coffin Moore. She d. Nov. 1, 1814.
HON. DANIEL FRENCHI was the son of Gould and Dorothy French, b. at Epping, Feb. 22, 1769. He was a student at Exeter under Dr. Abbot, two years, and also was under the tuition of Rev. Robert Gray, of Dover, some time. He studied law with Hon. William K. Atkinson, of Dover, and was admitted to the bar in 1796. He practiced law at Deerfield Parade two years, and came to Chester, and succeeded Hon. Arthur Livermore, who was appointed Judge of the Superior Court, Dec., 1799. He was ap- pointed Solicitor, June, 1808; was admitted to practice in the United States Court in 1809; was appointed Attorney-General Feb .. 1812, and resigned in 1815; continued to practice, attending all the terms of the courts till within a few years of his death, Oct. 15. 1840. He was appointed Postmaster, April, 1807, and held the office until 1839, when he resigned, and his son, Henry F., succeeded him. Loamini Davidson, Edmund Flagg, Abner Emerson, Stephen Crooker, Jabez Crooker, B. B. French, Eben French and Henry F. French, were students at law in his office. Besides his profession he was quite a farmer.
Gould French d. May 12, 1823, a. 83; Dorothy d. Dec. 12, 1804. DANIEL FRENCH In. Merey, dan. of Benj. Brown, Sept. 15, 1799. Children : -
1. Benjamin B., b. Sept. 4, 1800.
Mercy d. March 8, 1802. He m. (2) Betsey V. M. Flagg, dan. of Josiah Flagg, Esq., June 30, 1805. Children : -
2. Arthur Livermore, b. May 28, 1806, d. April 25, 1825, an un- dergraduate at Dartmouth.
3. Ann Caroline, b. Feb. 3, 1808, m. Hon. Simon Brown, lives at Concord, Mass.
4. Catharine J., b. Jan. 12, 1810, m. Dr. P. P. Wells, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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5. Sarah, b. Aug. 3, 1811, m. Dr. S. L. Chase, Lockport, N. Y. He m. (3) Sarah W. Flagg, dau. of Josiah Flagg, Esq., and wid- ow of Jonathan Bell, Nov. 6, 1812. Children : -
6. Henry F., b. Aug. 14, 1813.
7. Harrietle V. M., d. March 9, 1841.
8 Elizabeth Jane, d. July 4, 1848.
9. Edmund Flagy, b. July 17, 1819, m. Margaret Brady, lives at Washington City.
10. Arianna, m. Charles E. Soule, Brooklyn, N. Y .; d. May 14, 1865.
11. Helen Augusta.
Benjamin B., son of Daniel French, besides being an attendant at the public schools of Chester, was a student at the academy at North Yarmouth, Me .; studied law in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar Feb., 1825. Dartmouth conferred the honor- ary degree of A. M. on him in 1852. He practiced law at Hook- sett and Sutton, N. HI., and was appointed Clerk of the Courts, and went to Newport in 1827; was Assistant Clerk of the Senate in 1830, and Representative in 1831, '32 and '33; and was propri- etor and editor of the "N. HI. Spectator." He was an Assistant Clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives, 1833; and Clerk of the House in 1845. He was President of the Magnetic Telegraph Company, and Commissioner of Public Buildings. He was elected to the thirty-third degree in Masonry, and was Grand Master of the District of Columbia. He m. Elizabeth S., dau. of Hon. Wm. M. Richardson, and had two children. She d. May, 1861; m. (2) Mary Ellen Brady.
Henry F. French was educated at the Pinkerton Academy at Derry, and at Pembroke, and at Ilingham Mass., where he went to study French. He studied law in his father's office, and at the law school at Cambridge, Mass., and was admitted to the bar Aug. 14, 1835. He practiced law with his father till his death; was at Portsmouth one year, then removed to Exeter, and held the office of Solicitor ten years from 1838; and that of Bank Com- missioner four years from 1848; and practiced law in Exeter until appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Aug. 15, 1855, which office he held till Aug. 1, 1859. He opened an office in Boston in Sept., 1859, and removed his family to Cambridge in 1860; was appointed Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk county, Nov. 19, 1862, and held the office (at the same time prac- ticing law) until June, 1865, when he was elected the first Presi- dent of the Mass. Agricultural College. He removed to Amherst, where the college was established, Sept., 1865, having resigned his office in Boston. Being unable to organize the college accord- ing to his ideas of what such an institution should be, he resigned
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his position there Oct. 17, 1866, and resumed his profession in Boston in the spring of 1867. He purchased a farm in Concord, Mass., on which he still resides, still practicing his profession in Boston. Dartmouth conferred the honorary degree of Master of Arts upon him in 1852; and he was elected an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge, July, 1861. He has always taken a deep interest in agriculture, was active in orna- menting his native town with trees. Ile set the elm trees in front of his father's office and nearly opposite the dwelling, about the. year 1829. He was also a leader in setting other trees on Chester street. After removing to Exeter he was active in ornamenting that ancient town with trees. He was President of the Rocking- ham Agricultural Society, from its organization, in 1852, till he left the State. He was long a regular contributor to several agri- cultural papers, and published a very full treatise upon farm draining soon after his agricultural tour in Europe in 1857.
He m. (1) Anne, dan. of Chief Justice Richardson, Oct. 9, 1838. She d. Aug. 29, 1856. Children: - Harriette Van Mater, m. Maj. A. Hollis, Concord, N. H .; Wm. M. Richardson; Sarah Flagg; and Daniel Chester. He m. (2) Pamela M. Prentice, of Keene.
FULLONTON.
JOHN FULLONTON came from England and settled in Ep- ping, and had: -
I. JAMES, who lived in Raymond, and had his house burnt, and went to Sanbornton.
II. WILLIAM, went to Wolfeborough.
III. JOHN, who is called Captain, settled in Raymond on lot No. 3; m. (1) Delia Locke. Children :-
1. Ezekiel, went to Cambridge, Vt.
2. Mary, m. Eliphalet Folsom, of Raymond.
3. Joseph.
4. John, killed in the army.
5. Francis, went west.
JOHN m. (2) Molly Cram, of Hampton. Children: -
6. Ephraim, m. (1) Margaret, dau. of Thomas Patten, and (2) Miss Foster, of Cambridge, Vt.
7. Anna, m. Eben Osgood, of London, d. 1848.
JOHN m. (3) Rachael French. Children: -
8. Ebenezer, m. Lydia Purrington.
9. Rachael, m. David Page, of Raymond, d. 1834.
10. Jeremiah, m. Hannah, dan. of Joseph Dudley. Children : -
1. Susannah, d. 1831.
2. Rev. Joseph, b. Jan. 31, 1808, is a minister; preached at Ac- ton, Me., Danville, N. H., and Raymond; lives on the Daniel Ro-
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bie place, and is the historian of Raymond. IIe m. Abigail D. Robinson, of North Hampton.
3. Jeremiah, lived on the homestead.
4. John, grad. at Dart. in 1840. (See Graduates of Raymond.)
FULTON.
There were two men of that name at the Long Meadows.
ROBERT FULTON bonght of Benjamin Crosett part of Nos. 87 .and 93, 2d P. 2d D., and half the saw-mill, in 1768.
JAMES FULTON lived on No. 85, 2d P. 2d D., where Matthew Dickey lately lived. His wife was Margaret. Children: -
Jean, b. April 18, 1745, m. Robert Leathhead, and went to Me.
Margaret, b. Dec. 22, 1749, m. Arthur, son of David Dinsmore, went to Anson, Maine.
GAGE.
JOHN GAGE lived on home lot No. 13, probably near where Dea. Jolm Lane now lives. He bought two and one half rods of the ten-rod way in 1767.
SAMUEL N. GAGE lived on Add. No. 27, where John Dickey formerly lived, and Jacob Couch lived; d. suddenly, 1800.
GAMBEL.
WILLIAM GAMBEL or GAMBLE came from Londonderry, Ire- land, at the age of fourteen, with the McClentos and Starret. He lived awhile at Londonderry, and married a widow Clark there. Previous to 1748, he bought lots No. 10 and 11, 4th D., and a corner of No. 12, on which he built, where Samuel Gamble now lives. He was a petitioner for soldiers in 1748. His will is dated Nov. 25, 1785, at which time he died of colic, a. 77. Chil- dren :-
I. Janet, m. Alexander, son of William McClento, Feb. 22, 1760.
II. Margaret. m. a Love.
HIe m. (2) Ann. dan. of Archibald Stark. She was burnt to death by the burning of the house, Jan. 28, 1805.
III. William.
IV. Archibald. m. (1) Margaret, dan. of Nathl. Boid, who d. in childbed: m. (2) Elizabeth, dan. of John Patten. He lived on the homestead. He d. 1844, a. 82. She d. 1834. They had several children. of whom Samuel survives on the homestead.
GAULT.
SAMUEL GAULT was born in Scotland; m. Elsie Carlton, of Wales, and had three children born in Scotland. He moved to
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Londonderry, Ireland, and had two children born there. He came to this country, and settled on the farm now owned by his great grandson, Matthew Gault, near the upper end of Chester, now Hooksett, on the Suncook grant. Children :-
I. PATRICK, m. Anna Thompson, and had five children. He d. aged 70.
II. SAMUEL, m. Ann Cochran; settled in Bradford, Vt., and had nine children.
III. ANDREW. m. Molly Ayer, of Londonderry, and settled in Pembroke, and had three sons and four daughters :-
1. Samuel. 2. Matthew. 3. Andrew. 4. Elsie. 5. Molly .. 6. Jenny. 7. Betsy. He d. in Pembroke, a. 83.
IV. MATTHEW, m. Betsy Marsh, and was an officer in the French war, and d. at Cape Breton, a. 35. He made a will March 19, 1759, probably before leaving home, which was proved August, 1759, in which he gave all his property to his wife.
V. JENNY, m. Robert Clark, of Merrimack. They were both drowned about a year after their marriage.
1. Samuel, son of ANDREW, m. Anna Gile, and settled in Bow.
2. Matthew, b. 1755, m. Elizabeth Bunton; lived on the old Gault farm, and had twelve children, nine of whom lived to be married, among whom,-
2. Polly, m. John Brown, of Chester. She is now of Milton, Vermont.
8. Matthew, in. Dollie D. Cochran, and lives on the old Gault farm. They have communicated the Brown and Gault families.
Matthew d. Oct., 1824, a. 69. IIis wife d. 1818, a. 56. The old Gault house was a garrison.
GILCHRIST - in the early deeds KILCHRIST and GILCREAS.
There were two men of that name who settled in Chester, and were brothers,-ROBERT and WILLIAM. Their ancestors are said to have lived near Ayrshire, in Scotland, and emigrated to the neighborhood of Londonderry, in Ireland.
ROBERT GILCIIRIST, of Chester, bought of Joshua Brown H. L. No. 10, Dec., 1732, on which he settled ; since occupied by Joseph Carr, Robert Graham, now by Josiah J. Hall. Children :-
I. Joux, b. 1731. He was a house carpenter, and went to Hal- ifax to work. It is said that in consequence of an ugly dream which alarmed him, he left in the first vessel bound to Boston. There he came in contact with the small-pox; came home, had the disease, and died in 1746. The neighbors were afraid to go near the house, but somehow learned that he was dead, and pro- cured a rough board coffin, and left it on a high snow-drift. The
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mother and Alexander, aged about fifteen, with the younger chil- dren, managed to dig a grave back some distance from the house, and bury him at eleven o'clock at night, drawing him on a sled with a pair of steers.
II. ALEXANDER, b. Oct. 28, m. Martha, dau. of John Shirley.
III. WILLIAM, b. Jan: 8, 1736, was never married; lived awhile on lot No. 99, 2d P., 2d D., where Isaac Towle, Jr., afterwards lived, and subsequently near Mr. Parker's meeting-house, Derry, his sister Elizabeth keeping house, and after her death a niece, till about 1811; then went to Goffstown and lived with ALEX- ANDER; d. of spotted fever about 1815.
IV. AGNES, b. May 28, 1738, m. John Kelso.
V. ELIZABETHI, b. Aug. 8, 1740, unmarried, lived with WILLIAM.
VI. ROBERT, b. Oct. 8, 1743, settled in Goffstown, and is said to have died in the " old war."
ROBERT'S will was proved Sept. 24. 1746; legatees,- his wife Agnes, who d. Sept., 1758; sons JOHN, WILLIAM, ALEXANDER and ROBERT, two home lots, 10 and 43; dau. AGNES and ELIZABETH; brother WILLIAM, executor. The place was sold to John Carr, and ALEXANDER went to Goffstown about 1763, and bought a farm of one of the Millers, near Bedford line. He used to say that he attended school but two days, but acquired such an educa- tion that he surveyed land and wrote many deeds. Children :-
1. Mary, b. 1763; unm. ; resided with her parents.
2. Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 1764, m. Sarah, dan. of John Aiken, of Bedford, 1791; lived in Bedford and Goffstown West Village, and d. 1822. They had sixteen children, three of whom, John. James and Matthew, were physicians, and settled in Candia, and several of the others settled there.
3. John, b. May 8, 1765, m. Sarah Aiken, Aug. 24, 1790; d. Sept. 8, 1855, a. 90. They had ten children. The eighth, Alex- ander, b. July 6, 1808, is a cabinet-maker at Candia Village.
4. Janet, b. June 12, 1768, m. William Riddle, of Bedford, 1791; d. 1839; had eight children, two of whom, Polly and Martha, m. Dr. P. B. Woodbury, of Bedford.
5. James, d. young.
6. Alexander, b. 1772, m. Margaret Moore; settled in Dunbar- ton ; d. July 28, 1844. They had five children.
7. Darid, b. Dec., 1777, m. Hannah, dau. of Robert Kennedy, Dec. 31, 1805; settled on the homestead; d. Nov. 28, 1847: They had eight children :-
David, b. Aug. 24, 1813, m. Lydia Morrison; is a merchant at Franklin, N. H. Robert, b. 1818, m. Lydia Russel, was a crockery and glass dealer at Manchester; d. Dec., 1866.
There were among the grandchildren of Alexander Gilchrist,
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who are widely scattered, quite a number of prominent persons, a very copious account of whom has been given by David Gil- christ of Franklin; but my limits do not permit giving the details.
F WILLIAM GILCHRIST. who was a brother of Robert, Sen., was of Andover, March, 1740, and bought of Alexander Craige fifty acres of the northwest end of Gov. Wentworth's farm of 250 acres, where James Crosett and David Graham afterwards lived, but whether he ever lived there is uncertain.
Thomas Glen, in March, 1743, in consideration of £10 and affee- tion. conveyed to Elizabeth Miller (his sister, and had been m. to Robert Miller), H. L. Nos. 21, 125 and 22. Dec. 31, 1744, Jane Glen, widow, quitclaimed to William Kilchrist all her right in her husband Thomas's estate.
William Gilchrist m. Wid. Elizabeth Miller, and they lived on the Glen place, and had three daughters :-
MOLLY, m. Joseph Linn, d. 1822.
SARAH, m. Joseph, son of John Carr, Jr., and Robert Graham.
ELIZABETH, m. Mark Carr and Abraham Silver, d. Aug. 15, 1834. a. 86.
William Gilchrist d. Aug. 5, 1795. The farm was sold to Moses Sanborn, and he sold to his father, John Sanborn, and went to Corinth. John made an heir of his grandson, John Sanborn, who now resides there.
GLEN, GLINN, GLYN.
The family probably came from Ireland to Boston between 1720 and 1728. A dau. Martha m. David McClure there, about 1730. The father probably d. there; the mother d. in Chester, March 19, 1756, a. 88.
THOMAS GLEN, b. about 1700, bought H. L. 129 (afterwards owned by Peter Dearborn) in 1729. He was constable in 1733. He owned H. L. 21, 125 and 22, where he lived, and gave to Eliz- abeth Miller before his death. He m. Jean Wilson. He. d. March 18, 1744, a. 44. The wid. m. Rev. John Wilson, and d. April 1, 1752, a. 36.
Elizabeth Glen m. (1) Robert Miller; (2) William Gilchrist.
GOODHUE.
JOHNATHAN GOODHUE was of Chester, and bought land in 1727; was constable in 1728; m. Elizabeth Powel, April 28, 1720. Chil- dren : - Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1729, m. Joseph Basford; Mary; b. May 2, 1730, m. Moses Richardson; d. Oct. 13, 1809. He set- tled on H. L. 142. He was killed by the fall of a tree, and is said to have been the last person buried at Three Camp Meadow. The
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wid. m. Nathì. Wood, and she had the estate appraised, and took the oath by the name of Elizabeth Wood, June, 1731. The place has been occupied by N. Woods, Jabez HIoit, and by Stephen Clay.
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