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Dorothy, his widow, March 27, 1804, 83
1795. Widow Mary Gordon, mother of David White's first wife, about 90
Mary, widow of Patrick Melvin, Oct. 1, over · 80
1796. Capt. James Shirley, May 30, over ·
95
622
HISTORY OF CHESTER.
Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, Nov. 14, .
93
1797. Agnes Craig, widow of Allen Templeton, May 3, 80
1799. James Waddel, Jan., more than 80
1800. Samuel Brown, Sen., of Hooksett, 80
Jean Gibson, his widow, died at Corinth, date not known, 101 . 100
1801. Thomas Wason, Jan.,
Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Bartlett, G. S. April, . 85
Dea. Benjamin Hills, G. S. May 6, 80
Eleanor, his wife, G. S. Jan. 6, 1814, 85
81
1802. Hugh McDuffee, April, about Martha Neal, wid. of Archi. Dunlap, G. S. May 8, .
83 99
1803. Dorothy, widow of Thomas Worthen, March, .
Nathaniel Hall, April 5, 84
Mary, his widow, Jan. 23, 1809,
87
Priscilla Pearson, widow of Thomas Richardson, May 11, . 87
Thomas Richardson, 1795, . 78
1804. John Mills, Jan., 84
His widow, wife of Peter Abbott, 1831, over
80
Abigail Pike, widow of Johnson Chase, or Perley Chase's mother, 80
1805. John Craig, March,
85
John Lakin, Chester Woods, Sept. 24, 80
1806. Benjamin Crombie, May 2,. ·
90
Rebecca Davis, his wife, Dec. 13, 1809, 80
Major Jabez French, G. S. Oct. 9, 85
Hannah Hills, his wife, Oct. 5, . 81
Phebe Healey, widow of Winthrop Sargent, Nov. 9, 90
Moses Richardson, March 30, .
88
Mary Goodhue, his wife, Oct. 13, 1809, . .
79
1807. Sarah, widow of Jonathan Moulton, March 3, sup- posed to be about 90
Stephen Morse, G. S. March 6, 83
Abigail Ingalls, his wife, May, 1806, . 81
Elizabeth, widow of David Dinsmore,
97
1809. Dea. Jonathan Hall, July 21, 93
Mehitabel Kimball, his wife, Feb. 21, 1808, 87
Joanna Healey, widow of Capt. John Underhill, Ang., 91
Theodore Shackford, Oct. 18, at Allenstown, 84
1812. John Patten, March 3, 82
Jean. his wife, June 6, 1811, about 80
Hannah Gurdey, 98
1814. Sarah Dearborn, widow of John Shackford, Aug. 20, 80
1815. Mansfield McDuffee, April, 88
623
LONGEVITY.
Sarah, his widow (see 1835),
105
Widow of Ezra Badger, very aged.
Jacob Hills, Nov. 2, G. S., 81
Mary Chase, widow of Josialı Morse, June 28, 90
1816.
Dorothy Colby (Worthen), wid. of Jacob Chase, Esq. 85
Ruth Long, widow of Benjamin Severance, about . 90
1817. Nathaniel Wood, July 16, . 80
Jabez Hoit, Aug. 7, G. S.,
82
Abigail Haulton, his wife, May 1, 1817, .
77
Dea. Adam Wilson, 93
Benjamin True, Sen.
Mary, widow of Robert Calef, at Concord, 98
Abigail Craig, widow of David Craige, Sen., at Rumney, . 104
1818. Joseph Norton, Feb. 17, 81
Mary McFarland, widow of James Aiken, .
82
John Hoit, Nov. 14 (see 1826),
89
Mehitabel Ingalls, widow of Dr. Samuel Moore, at
Deerfield. April 12 (first child born in Chester), 95
1819. Rebecca, mother of Stephen Worthen, April 27, 94
1820. William Hoit, Jan. 20 (see 1830), .
82
Elizabeth Philbrook, widow of Isaac Towle and Jonathan Swain, Esq., Feb. 18, 90
Margaret Shirley, wife of Dea. Thomas and dan. of Capt. James Shirley, at Goffstown, 93
Hannah Murray, wife of Samuel Murray, Nov. 30, . 86
1821. Naomi Eastman, widow of Nathan Long, July 18, . 93 Elizabeth Eaton, widow of Oliver Morse and Taylor Little, Sept. 22, 82
Jane Aiken. widow of Robert Wilson, Esq., 86
1822. Stephen Merrill, April 20, · Ilis wife (see 1833).
86
Widow of Benjamin Fuller, 80
Widow of Daniel Harper. very aged.
1823. Agnes Shirley, widow of John McNair, and daughter of Capt. James Shirley, Feb., 80
Joseph Lenn, Feb. 19, 82
Molly Gilchrist, his wife, Dec. 4, 1822, about 80
Capt. Edward Preston, Feb. 23, 93
Robert Reynolds, March 28, 88 1824. Abigail Prescott, widow of Capt. Benjamin Currier, Jan. 2, 80
Widow Elliot, March 1, 90
Amos Merrill, April 9, 93
Simon Currier, Aug. 29, 79
Isaac Hills, Esq., Sept. 24, .
80
1
624
HISTORY OF CHESTER.
Molly Colby, widow of Benjamin Hoit, Oct. 3, 86 Wells Chase, Dec. 28, 87
Sarah Hovey, his wife. Oct. 5, 1814, . 77
1825. Mehitabel Bradley, widow of Benjamin Melvin and John S. Dearborn, Feb. 14, 79
Beatrice Bell, widow of William Bell, March 1, over 80
Dennis Donovan, May 14, .
94
William Wilson, Sept. 25, .
894
Mehitabel Osgood, wid. of Benj. True, Sen., Oct. 24, 94
Capt. William Locke, Nov. 6,
86 81
Matthew Templeton, Nov. 22,
87
Samuel Murray, Jan. 18,
92
Hannah, his wife (see 1820),
86
Miriam Hoit, widow of John Hoit, March 19, 9 months over 92
George Marden, Feb.,
85
Sarah, his wife (see 1835), 90
Jonathan Dearborn, Nov. 2,
80
1827. Col. Stephen Dearborn, Oct. 27,
Lieut. Ezekiel Worthen,
Dinah Edwards (colored), lived at Capt. Emerson's, Capt. Pearson Richardson, Nov. 26, 7 months over . 84
84
1828. Janette Wilson, wife of Dea. William, Sept. 29, (The Dea. went to Maine and lived many years.) John Archibald, Oct. 12, between 80 and . .
90
John Sanborn, Dec. 3,
90
Ilis widow died in 1832,
94
Sarah Woodman, widow of Abraham Morse, June 26,
98
1829. James Wason, March 15,
83
Benjamin Hills, son of Abner, . 81
William White, Nov. 9,
89
1833. Archibald McDuffee, Feb. 23,
94
His wife died 1818.
Wilkes West, April 10,
94
Robert Mckinley, Aug. 27, 93
His wife (see 1845).
Samuel Porter (born at Boxford), May, 88
Elijah Pillsbury, July 17, . 92
Anna Bartlett, his wife, 1833, 93
Adam Morrill, 82
Aphia Worthen, widow of William Hoit, 86
1831. Abigail French, wid. of Nathan Fitts, June 18, 85
Mary Randall, widow Joseph Morse, Feb. 28, . 80
Abigail Rowell, widow of Josiah Rowell, of Hook- sett, Aug. 3, .
85
88₺ 86 80
Ebenezer Dearborn, Ang. 18,
1826.
625
LONGEVITY.
Her husband died, 1823,
79
Capt. Stephen Hills, Jan. 31, 85
His widow, 1842, 85
1832. Samuel Shirley, at Sanbornton, Jan. 7,
89
His widow (see 1843).
Joseph Hall, Dec. 18, . 81
1833. Judith Sargent, widow of David Hall, Jan. 31, 81
Hon. Joseph Blanchard, March 7, 80 Stephen Worthen, April 27, 81 Abigail Woods, widow of James Eaton, and mother of Alexander E., and of Mrs. Pressey, . 98
John Butterfield, Sept. 17, 5 months over 87
Mary Melvin, widow of David White and Stephen Merrill, July 13, 88
1834. Elizabeth Moulton, widow of Simeon Currier, April 24, 86
Iler husband, Ang 29, 1824, 79
Jolm Sleeper, June, . 80
Elizabeth Gilchrist, widow of Mark Karr, 86
Asa Haselton, Sen., about .
91
1835. Caleb Hall, Feb. 15, . . 96 77
Mary Bradley, his wife, Apr. 6, 1822,
Joseph Carr, Feb. 27, . , 92
Hannah Ayer, his wife, Feb. 25, 1833,
85
Widow of Elliot Berry,
90
Sarah Coburn, wid. of Thomas Currier and Mans- field McDuffee, 105
Gideon Currier, died in Raymond, Oct. 1,. . 81 Sarah Webster, wid. of George Marden, Sept. 27, 90
1836. Dolly Johnson, wid. of David Folsom and Joseph Blanchard, Esq., May 14, 88
Molly, daughter of John Patten, Jan. 4, nearly SO
Mehitabel, widow of Eben Basford, April 10, 84
Sherburn Sanborn, May 8, 80
Molly Hoit, his wife, Sept. 24, 1852, 88
Joseph Long, Nov. 26, 84
Ruth French, widow of Josiah Hall, 83
Josiah Hall, Sept. 10, 1825, 70
1837. Martha Perley, wife of Samuel Porter, (born at Box- ford,) Jan. 19, 83
Dea. Nathan Knowles, April 30, 89
Susannah Shackford, his wife, Dec. 29, 1842, 85
Edward Robie, Dec. 26, . 92
Sarahı Smith, his wife, Ang. 4, 1843,
89
40
626
HISTORY OF CHESTER.
Sarah Gilchrist, widow of Joseph Carr and Robert Graham, 86
1838. Moses Underhill, Feb. 8, 89
Edmund Sleeper, June 11, 86
Mary Orr Patten, wid. of David Patten, Nov. 17, 81
David Patten, April 17, 1835,
Dea. John Webster, .
1839. Sarah Hall, widow of Peter Severance, Dec. 28, . 83 82
1840. Lydia Richardson, widow of Abraham Sargent, Feb. 6, 7 months over 90
William Mills, March 19, 94
Molly Norton, wid. Joseph. March 22, 6 months over 100 Abiah Orcutt, mother of Eph. Orentt, March 4, . 88
Dea. David Currier, Apr. 1,
85
Mary Dinsmore, his wife, Ang. 20, 1836, .
82
Levi Whitman, native of Bedford and father of James Wilson's wife, 85
Ebenezer Townsend, Oct. 12,
88
Michael Worthen, 82
Dolly Brown, his wife, (time not known,) 80
1841.
Capt. James Orr, Oct. 11, . . 81
Sarah Melvin, his wid., March 29, 1861, 6 mos. over 93
Abigail Moulton, wid. of Jacob Basford and Jona- than Brown, 88
Lieut. Jacob Elliot, Dec. 6, 86
Thomas Anderson. Jan. 5, 79
1842.
Sarah Wadley, wid. of John Clark, Feb. 23, .
87
Ruth Kelly, wid. of Parker Chase, May 17, 90
Lydia Leavit Griffin, widow of Samuel Shannon, May 25,
87
Margaret Wilson Crawford, wid. of Samuel Crom- bie, Sept. 9, 87
Peter Hall, Dec. 1, 6 months over 91
Edna Davis, widow of Peter IIill and Peter Hall, July. 1848, 89
Prudence Sargent, widow of Joseph Hills, at the Long Meadows, Dec. 23, 93
1843.
Mary Morrison. wid. of William Shirley, July, 83
Joseph Hill, son of Abner Hill, Sept. 10, . .
86
Mary Page. his wife, Sept. 20, 1849, 82 . Elizabeth McDuffee, wid. of Samuel Shirley, Sept. 6, 80 Capt. Benjamin True, Dec. 6, 81 .
1844. Capt. John Emerson, April 3, 86
Elizabeth French, his widow, July 16. 1852, 90
Nabbe Emerson, wid. of Benj. Hall and Capt. Abra- ham Towle, April 3, 6 months over 83
77
627
LONGEVITY.
Anna Heath, widow of Jere. Underhill, May 19, 86 Eleanor Blasdel, widow of Andrew Neal, Nov. 11, . 85
Susannah. wid. of Jacob Green, Oct. 31, . 94
1845. Rev. Jonathan Calef, at Lyman, Me., .
Joshua Hall, April 24, .
83
Polly Morse, his wife, April 3, 1856,
80
Susannah Haynes, wid. of Wm. Weeks, May 3,
94
William, her husband, Sept., 1821, .
76
1846. Sarah Haselton, widow of Stephen Clay, nearly
80
James Otterson, of Hooksett, Dee. 26, .
.
89
Mary Chase, his wife, Feb. 9, 1845,
. 80
Mary Otterson, Nov. 22, 1845, 86
John Locke, June 18, 81
Eben Currier, May, about
86
1847. Anna Eaton, wife of Solomon Stevens, Jan. 31, 85
Mr. Stevens (see 1854).
Anna Melvin, wid. of Lt. Josiah Underhill, Mar. 17, Mrs. Larabee,
84 80
Huldah Smith, wid. of Daniel Greenough, Oct. 24, 85
Abigail Smith, wid. of Cornet David Shaw, Dec. 25, 94
1848. Paul Adams, Feb. 22,
85
Mrs. Gould, mother of the wife of John S. Brown, July 21, 85
Capt. John Wason, July 8, . 84 81
Elizabeth Smith, his wife, Dec. 3, 1843,
Wife of Asa HIaselton, Sept. 4, . 86
Meribalı Waddel, Aug. 30, 98
1849. Abigail Underhill, widow of Moses Crombie, April 29, 6 months over 94
John Griffin, at almshouse, March 3, 86
Ruth Seavey, his wife, about the same age.
Hannah, mother of Dea. John Lane. May 25. . 84
Judith Worth Kelly, widow of Dea. Amos Morse, Sept. 9, 89
Elizabeth Richardson, widow of David Craige, Jr., at Rumney, 99
1850.
William, son of Lt. William Brown, 95
Sarah Shelden, his wife,
90
(They died with their children at Mount Desert, Me., the exact time not known.)
Sarah Knowles, wid. of Josiah Morse, Jr., July 9, 9 months over
Martha Graham, widow of Samuel Aiken, Feb. 2, . 86
Hon. Samuel Bell, Dec. 23, 81
1851. Dea. Benj. Hills, Sept. 25, 77 . 88 Lydia Dearborn, his wife, June 2, 1844, .
83
628
HISTORY OF CHESTER.
Mehitabel Stevens, wife of Isaac Hills, Aug. 26, 99
Isaac, her husband, Sept. 24, 1824, 80
Mrs. Evans, mother of the wives of N. Griffin and Jesse Patten, . 83
1852.
B. Pike Chase, March 16,
. 90
Mr. Flint, March 29, .
81
James Stevens, June 3,
. 86
His widow, Nov. 10, 1865,
.
88 84
Joseph Richardson, June 6, Amos Crombie, Sept. 10. .
88
Sherburne Dearborn, Oct. 9,
94
Betty, Dau. of Abraham Morse, Oct. 16, . 81
Molly Brown, widow of Robert Davis, d. at her daughter, Mrs. Hale's, at Newburyport, April 12, John Brown, d. at his son Samuel Brown's, Bangor, April 19, . 92
94
(Children of Samuel Brown of Hooksett.)
1853. Lydia Senter, widow of Reuben Senter, April 19, 83
Reuben, her husband, Dec. 12, 1842, 79
1854. Solomon Stevens, Oct. 14, . His wife (see 1847).
93
Alexander Donovon, Nov. 19, 82
Martha Smith, widow of Silas Camet, Sen., d. at Or- ford, July 21, 6 months over 99
Betsy Elkins, wid. of Samuel Wallace, Oct. 21, 80
1855. Betty Hoit, dau. of Benj. Hoit, Feb. 22, 94
Daniel MeDuffie, April 5, 6 months over
84
Ann Shirley, his wife, Nov. 29, 1860, d. in Candia, .
85
David Porter, July 12, 82
Elizabeth Pike, widow of Jona. Dearborn, May 1, 88
John Coffin, Aug. 8, . 89
Ennice Sargent, his wife, July 2. 1860, 92
Eunice Silver, widow of Joseph Calef and John Downing, . 86
Joseph Carr, Oct., 8 months over
88
1856. Edna, dau. of Abraham Morse, .
82
1857. Capt. Benj. Fitts, May 20,
86
Susan Dearborn, his wife, April 15, 1860, 85
Robert Knowles, July 22, .
89
Edward Robie, Jr., Sept. 12, 79
Joseph Robinson, Dec., 6 months over 89
1858. Sephen Webster, March 3, 84
Dolly Pillsbury, his wife, Feb. 19, 1857, .
79
Thomas Wicom, of Ilooksett,
101
Aun Archibald, Nov., nearly
. 80
.
.
629
LONGEVITY.
Joseph Smith, Oct. 24, 80
Benj. Davis, Nov. 16, 80
Thomas Coleman, Nov. 22, 87
Mary Stinson, widow of Samuel Carr, Sept. 15, .
84₺
Widow of Henry Smith, Nov. 4,
81
1859. Nancy Carr, wid. of John Clark, Jr., Jan. 18, . 89₺
Isaac Morse, June 29, .
90
Moses Brickett, Sept. 25, . 79
Sally Pillsbury, his wife, Nov. 12, 79
1861.
Sarah Melvin, wid. of James Orr, March 23, 93₺ James Orr d. Oct 11, 1841, . 81
Hannah Townsend, wife of Dea. John Lane, April 28, . 81
Martha Graham, wid. of David Hall, May 1, . 83
Lueretia Currier, wid. of Moses K. Hall, Aug. 17, . 96
Moses, her husband, Aug. 18, 1837, .
79
William Graham, Esq., Ang. 3, .
85
Dea. Nathan Knowles, Sept. 10, 85
Rebecca Dearborn, his wife, Jan. 2, 1864,
84
Abigail C. Heath (Ch. Rec.), 92
1862.
Peter Hall, Jr., d. March 29,
82
John Kimball at Anburn, April 25, 84
John Murray, June 5, 85
Elizabeth Pillsbury, his wid., Nov. 2, 1866, 84
Capt. Moses Haselton, Aug. 9, . 82
Josiah Worthen, Ang. 10, . 82
Susanna Hills, wid. of Nathan Knowles, Jr., 92
Martha. dau. of William Wilson, 88
Persis Thom, wid. of Hon. John Bell, Nov. 22, 84 79
1863. John Clark, Esq., May 15, .
Robert Mills, June G, . 82
Josiah Seavey, July 31, 83
Peter Morse,
89
Hannah Morse, wid. of Moses Hills, Sept. 10, .
85
Mary Camet, wid. of Edward Richardson, and wife of R. S. Hunton, Dec. 7, 81
Mary Simonds, wid. of Nathan Webster and John L. Glidden, Dec. 19, 83
Lydia, wid. of Daniel, and dan. of Joseph Norton, d. in Raymond, 92
1864. Hannah Hoit, wid. of Joseph Abbott, March 22, at Fremont, . 91
Nehemiah Lufkin, May 15, 84
Judith Brown, wid. of Benj. Wilson, May 10, . . 952
630
HISTORY OF CHESTER.
Richard Shackford, Sept. 30, .
. 92
Lydia Ayer, wid. of Daniel Anderson, Dec. 2, 84
Polly Green, wid. of Benj. Underhill, 82
1865. Wid. of James Stevens (see 1852), 88
Isaac Blunt, March, 85
Robert Martin, Dec. 25, 5 months over 87
Hannah Currier, wid. of Samuel Shackford, Ang. 7, 80
Anna Hall, wid. of Joseph Currier, Oct. 13, . 873
1866. Polly Porter, wid. of David Emery and Charles Emerson, . 80
Amos Green, April, nearly
79
Nathan Griffin, June 23, between 78 and 79
Nancy Marston, wid. of Saml. Aiken, Esq., Ang. 6, 85
Patty Davis, wife of Hazen Davis. Ang. 10, .
88₺
Mary Knowles, wid. of Daniel Hills, Nov. 21, . 86
Rosanna Aiken, wid. of Alex. McGregor and Dear- born Whittier, at Londonderry, Nov. 23, 84
John Haselton, Dec .. . 85
1867. Polly Gault, wid. of John Brown, Oct. 31, at Milton, Vt., . 84
1868. Pamela Brown. wid. of James Hoit, nearly 80
John White. Feb. 3, . ·
84
Susanna Sargent, wid. of John Melvin and Richard
Dearborn, Feb. 4, 7 months over 90
Moses Crombie, March 4, . 87
Elizabeth Currier, wid. of John Clark, Esq., March 14, 8 months over 80
John Clark. her husband, May 15, 1863, 79
Hannah Ingalls, wid. of John Hall, March, 81
Peter Ilaselton, March 17, .
85
Susan B. Robinson, his wife, March 20,
72
Lucretia Hills, wid. of Thos. Ilaselton, June 19, 9 months over · 88
Samuel Wason, July 4, 85
Josiah Forsaith. Aug. 18, 9 months over . 83
Ruth Wood, wid. of Ebenezer Wood, Sept. 12, .
79
Isaac HIall, Oct. 10,
80
Asa Noyes, Dec. 28, 8 months over . 88
1869. Wife of Samuel Kendall, Jan. 4, 3 months over Samuel Haselton, Jan. 16. . 82}
82
Sally McKinley, wid. of David Abbott, Jan. 30. 80
Sarah, dan. of Dea. Jolm S. Dearborn, and wid. of
Moses Carlton, d. at West Concord (was the old- est native of Chester at her death), 953
631
LONGEVITY.
AGED PERSONS, INCLUDING NATIVES, SOME OF WHOM HAVE BEEN ABSENT MANY YEARS, AND PRESENT RESIDENTS NOT NATIVES.
The oldest native, so far as is known, is Dolly Hoit, dau. of Benjamin Hoit, who has resided in Chester nearly all of her life ; b. Dec. 15, 1774.
The next oldest native is James Wason; b. Feb. 13, 1780.
Dorothy Worthen, his wife, b. March 7, 1783.
Dorothy Locke, the widow of Josiah Moore and Thomas Shan- non; b. June 9, 1780.
The oldest resident is Rebecca Bailey, the widow of Silas Ten- ney; b. May 13, 1773.
Hannah Porter, widow of William Preston and James Emer- son; b. 1781.
Samuel Kendall; b. May 12, 1782.
Hannah Foss. the widow of Andrew Seavey; b. Sept. 27, 1782. Lucy Morse; b. Jan. 5, 1783.
Joseph Rand; b. April 12, 1783.
Sarah Ayer, widow of Capt. Moses Haselton; b. April 8, 1784.
Betsy Green; b. 1784.
Mary Haselton, widow of John Wells and Davis; b. July 18. 1784.
Stephen Farnham ; b. Aug. 25, 1785.
Ann Mckinley. wid. of James Badger; b. 1785.
Johnson Morse ; b. at Dracut, Feb. 12, 1786; now of Chester.
Peter Card; b. at Woolwich, Me., April 7, 1786; now of Auburn.
Sarah Emerson, widow of Josiah Haselton; b. Sept. 8. 1786.
Ednah Davis, widow of Walter Morse; b. Sept. 18, 1786.
Benaiah Spofford; b. Sept. 9, 1786.
Polly Page, his wife; b. Aug. 9, 1792.
Aaron Ball; b. at Princetown, May, 1786; came to Chester. 1824.
Abigail Lane, widow of Thomas Wason; b. July 17, 1782.
Molly Lane, widow of Dea. Amos Bachelder, June 29, 1786.
Anna Lane, wife of Jona. A. Lane; b. Ang. 30, 1788.
John Lane; b. Jan. 6, 1792. (The last four are children of Cor- net Isaac Lane.)
John Porter; b. Feb. 12, 1787.
Hannah Hall, wife of Benjamin Chase; b. Feb. 18, 1787.
Dr. Nathan Plummer, Aug. 11, 1787.
Elizabeth Chase, widow of James Underhill; b. Sept. 18, 1787.
John Colby; b. 1785.
Samuel Colby; b. 1787.
Hannah Colby; b. 1791.
(Last three are children of Rev. Zaccheus Colby.)
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HISTORY OF CANDIA.
William Otterson; b. Oct. 30, 1789.
Mary Morse, widow of Daniel Carlton; b. March 5, 1788.
Henry Hall; b. April 18, 1788.
Sally Stevens, widow of Henry Dockham; b. May, 1788.
Phebe West, widow of Joseph Morse, May 13, 1788.
Capt. David Shaw; b. June 20, 1788.
Margaret Shirley; b. Ang. 25, 1789.
Mary Judkins, widow of Asa Noyes; b. Oct. 9, 1789.
Dea. John Lane; b. at Ipswich. Oct. 28, 1789; came from New- buryport to Chester, 1815.
Hannah Blanchard, widow of Dea. Samuel Dinsmore ; b. Jan. 7,1790.
Capt. Noah Weeks; b. 1790.
Elizabeth Crombie, widow of Matthew Reid; b. March 22, 1790.
Sally Underhill, widow of Smith Greenough and Abraham Sargent ; b. Nov. 26, 1790.
Charlotte Hall, dau. of Moses K. Hall, Dec. 30, 1791.
Mary Prescott, widow of Edward Robic; b. March 27, 1793.
CHAPTER XVIII.
HISTORY OF CANDIA.
I greatly regret that my time and space do not permit me to give a fuller history of that part of old Chester. It is disputed, and is of little consequence, who was the first settler in Candia. Eaton, in his History of Candia, page 8, says that " David McClure came from Chester to Candia about the year 1743." He did not buy his Chester lot until 1744, and in 1748 he was a petitioner for soldiers with others in that neighborhood, and sold his place there to John Knowles, Jr., of Rye, November 2, 1749. William Turner bought his lot in 1741. There is a tradition that his daughter Sarah was the first white child born in Candia. She was born in November, 1848. There soon removed to Charming Fare (as that part of Chester was then called) quite a number of families, among whom were Benjamin Smith from Exeter, Winthrop Wells, John,
633
HISTORY OF CANDIA.
Theophilus and Jacob Sargent, Dr. Samuel Moore, Enoch Rowel and Obededom Hall, from Chester.
A petition was presented to the General Assembly, dated March 22, 1763, praying to be set off as a distinct parish, signed by the following persons, who probably constituted most of the voters in town :
Benjamin Bachelder,
Samuel Moores,
Jonathan Hills,
William Turner, Winthrop Wells, Abraham Fitts,
Samuel Towle,
Sherburn Rowe,
Nicklus Smith,
Asel Quimby,
Jonathan Towle,
Gilman Dudley,
Nath1 Ingalls,
Zachariah Clifford,
Theophilus Clough, John Karr,
Moses Smart,
Thomas Chretchet,
Nath1 Emerson,
Samuel Eastman,
John Sargent,
John Clay,
Jonathan Bean,
Moses Baker,
Benj. Smith,
Theop. Sargent,
James McClure,
Stephen Webster,
Stephen Palmer,
Joseph Smith,
Jacob Sargent,
Jeremiah Bean,
Ichabod Robie,
Zebedee Berry,
Elisha Bean,
Phineas Towle,
David Hills.
The prayer was granted, and a charter given, dated December 17, 1763. The boundaries were as follows : -
" Beginning at the North East Corner of said Parish, on the Line of the Township of Nottingham at a Hemlock tree, at the head of the Old Hundred-acre Lotts ; then runs South twenty Nine Degrees West, joining to said lotts as they are Entered on the Proprietors' Records, about four miles to a stake and stones ; then West North West to a Maple Tree, being the North East bounds of the Lott Num- ber forty-three, in the Second part of the Second Division, and continuing the same course by towerhill pond to a stake and stones, what completes five miles and a half upon this course ; then North Twenty Nine Degrees East to a Pitch Pine, which is the South West Boundary of the Eighty acre lott in the Third Division, Number one hun- dred twenty three ; then North twenty Nine Degrees East to Nottingham Line, and then on that Line to the Hem- lock Tree first mentioned."
Enoch Colby,
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HISTORY OF CANDIA.
Samuel Emerson, Esq., was appointed to call the first meeting. The meeting was holden March 13, 1764.
Moderator,-Dr. Samuel Moores.
Parish Clerk,-Dr. Samuel Moores.
Constable, - Winthrop Wells.
Seleetmen, - Lieut. Benjamin Bachelder, John Sargent, Jeremiah Bean.
Tythingman,-John Clay.
Surveyors of Highways, -Lieut. Saml. Towl, Moses Baker, Elisha Bean, Zebedee Berry.
Fence Viewers,-Matthew Ramsey, Stephen Webster. Hawards,-Stephen Palmer, Moses Smart.
Deer Inspectors,-Theophilus Clough, Jonathan Bean.
Committee to Examine the Selectmen's Accompts,-Stephen Webster, Walter Robie, Nathaniel Emerson.
On the first leaf of the old records is the following :
" A Parish Book of Records, No. 1, Kept by Samuel Moores, Esq., from the Incorporation of said Parish up to October, 1793, and at his Decease succeeded by Samuel Moores, Jr., and kept until March, 1798; and then by Walter Robie, Esq., until March, 1806 ; and then by Rich- ard Emerson, until the month of October, 1806, when he Deceased ; and then by John Lane, until March, 1820 ; and then by Peter Eaton until March, 1831; and then by Fred- erick Fitts, until March, 1832; and then by S. A. Sar- gent until March, 1836 ; and then by Dr. Samuel Sargent until Feb., 1840."
The old book closed in 1807.
The selectmen the first year charge : " Paid Asahel Quim- by for a constable's staff, £4." This was old tenor, equal to about sixty-seven cents. The staff is now in possession of Edmund Hills, Esq. It is of hard wood, about eighteen inches long, and an inch and a half in diameter, stained black, with a pewter ferule about three inches long on one end. It was a badge of office.
I shall continue the history under different heads.
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BUILDING THE MEETING-HOUSE.
At a meeting of the parish, held Sept. 8, 1766,
" Voted, to build a meeting House.
" Voted, that the meeting house Shall be set on or near the North west corner of the Parsonage lot, so called:
" Voted, that the meeting house frame Shall be Begun upon the 22 Day of this instant September ; John Clay, Walter Robie, Esq., Benja. Cass, Moses Baker, Jonathan Bean, Nathl. Emerson and Abraham Fitts, a Committee."
They voted to raise sixty pounds, to be paid in work at two shillings and six pence per day for common hands, or in lumber, and to hire workmen, &c., the frame to be com- pleted by the last day of October. If any did not pay in work or lumber, the constable was to collect it in money. The house was to be forty-five feet wide and fifty-five feet long. Five pounds lawful money was voted to be raised, to be used by the committee, if needed.
At a meeting, Oct. 20. 1766,
" Voted, that the Selectmen shall Assess a Sufficient Sum to finish the meeting house Fraim.
" Voted, That there Be Provided for Raising Supper, Codfislı, Potatoes and Butter."
At a meeting, February 5, 1767, it was voted to sell the pew-ground for the wall pews, and William Baker, Dr. Samuel Moores and William Turner were chosen a com- mittee to sell it, and take care that the frame be boarded, shingled and underpinned. The pew ground was sold February 19, 1767.
September 17, 1767, it was voted " to sell the ground for six more pews behind the men's and women's seats, in order to finish the outside of the meeting-house this fall as far as said pew-ground will go." It was sold October 1, 1767. The purchase was to be paid in merchantable pine boards, at eighteen shillings per thousand, and shingles at seven shillings per thousand, by the first day of June. The second sale, the same articles, at the market price.
Nov. 23, 1767, it was voted " that the meeting-house shall be glazed this fall, as soon as may be conveniently done by
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way of assessment," and liberty was given to cut timber on the parsonage and school lots to make red-oak hogshead staves to defray the expense, " to be three feet eight inches long, and delivered at the meeting-house by the tenth day of February next."
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