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August 28, 1769, voted that the meeting-house com- mittee build the men's and women's seats in the meeting- house.
June 15, 1773, voted that there shall be a pulpit built in six months. Jonathan Bagley entered his dissent.
February 21, 1775, it was voted to sell ground for pews in the gallery to the highest bidder, and the finishing the meeting-house to the lowest bidder.
March 9, 1779, " Voted, that the Seats Shall be made in the Galleries, and the Brest work lined this season."
July 21, 1783, it was voted "that ye Brest work and seats in the Galleries in the meeting house be Built the Present Year." The committee " Shall Build a pew in the front Galleries, from Pillar to Pillar, for the use of Singers."
March 29, 1796, the question was taken about building a steeple and porch, and negatived, fifty-two to fifty-nine, but a vote was passed to give up the stairway and sell it for pew-ground, to go towards building a steeple and porch, provided a sufficient number of men can be found to build the rest of the steeple and porch. They were built.
March 9, 1802, it was voted to raise one hundred and twenty-five dollars to be annexed to what is subscribed to- wards purchasing a bell. It seems that Major Samuel Moore had purchased a weather-cock of Mr. Jones, of New- buryport, and had failed to pay him; in 1802 the town voted to pay him.
The old house was burned January 25, 1828, and the present one built the same year.
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HIRING AND SETTLING MINISTERS.
In the selectmen's account for 1764 is an item, "Paid John Clay for boarding the minister, £4."
1765. "Paid Mr. Gilman for preaching fourteen sab- baths £14. Theophilus Sargent going to Exeter after a minister, 5s. Lieut. Bachelder, going to Hampton after a minister, 4s. Theo. Clough, for going after a minister, 5s."
1766. Mr. Gilman, preaching twelve sabbaths. Mr. Hillard, preaching four sabbaths. There were some Pres- byterians in the parish who probably asked not to be rated, and it was voted, " Concerning those persons that call them- selves Presbyterians, past in the negative."
1767. John Clay, Ichabod Robie and Moses Baker were chosen a committee to hire a minister, and Mr. Webster was paid for fifteen sabbaths £18.
1768. The former committee was reelected and £20 voted to hire preaching, and Mr. Gilman paid for fifteen and Mr. Hall for two sabbaths. Mr. Clay is paid for boarding Mr. Hall and his horse two weeks, and John Clay, Esq. Robie, Moses Baker, Ichabod Robie and Abra- ham Fitts are paid for going after ministers.
June 8, 1768. " Voted, that there Shall be a minister Settled as soon as may be Conveniently done.
" Voted, that the Comte that is appointed to hire Preach- ing, shall appoint a day of Fasting and Prayer, in order to the Calling of a Gospel minister, and hire a minister upon probation or trial.
" Voted, that the Parish have Pitched upon Mr. Tristram Gilman as a minister, that the Committee shall hire upon trial in order to for settlement."
Sept., 1768, they voted to give Mr. Gilman " forty pounds for 1769; add two pounds ten shillings per ann., until it amounts to sixty pounds ; that he shall have the improve- ment of half of the parsonage, and to bring more into cultivation, and to build a house suitable for a minister, as soon as may be (conveniently done) ; afterwards, £5 per ann., till it amounts to £70."
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Nov. 7, they voted him the whole of the parsonage. Mr. Gilman declined the call.
June 29, 1769, voted to raise £20, lawful, to be laid out in preaching, and Walter Robie, Doct. Samuel Moores and Benj. Cass were chosen a committee to lay out the money. Voted to make choice of one of the three min- isters for further trial, and a "universal Choice " made of Mr. Jonathan Searle.
August 28, 1769, the parish gave Mr. Scarle a call, and offered him ££40 and the use of the parsonage, and bring thirty acres under improvement, and find him a conve- nient dwelling house. Mr. Searle gave a negative answer.
Mr. Searlo is paid for preaching ten sabbaths, Mr. Joseph Currier for two, and Mr. Thomas Lancaster for four sabbaths.
Nov. 26, 1770, it was voted " to give Mr. David Jewett a call to the work of the ministry amongst us, and to give him £50, lawful, the first year, and add £5 per year until it amounts to £65 per year, and that to be his stated sal- ary, with the income of the parsonage ; to finish the house, build a barn and dig a well, as soon as can conve- niently be done." Mr. Jewett's answer was in the affirma- tive, and is upon the records.
Feb. 5, 1771, it was voted that he be ordained the first Wednesday of September next.
March 11, 1777,
" Voted, that all those persons that have heretofore Joined with the Baptist Society in Deerfield, bring a Cer- tificate within two months from this Date, from the asses- sors of said Baptist Society, that they were rated there, then the Selectmen of this parish are to make a Draw back of the minister rate the present year."
In the Parish accounts the rates of the following persons were abated for 1776, they being Baptists : Benjamin Rowel, Benjamin Carr, Capt. John Sargent, Ensign Jona- than Bagley, Robert Smart, Jonathan Woodman, Edward Critchet, Thomas Critchet and William Turner.
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February 8, 1779,
" Voted, that the Parish Desires mr. Jewett to ask a Dis- mission from this People of the Pastoral Care and Charge he has taken upon him."
A committee was at the same time chosen to treat with Mr. Jewett. Money had depreciated in value, and in con- sequence, probably, Mr. Jewett asked for more salary.
May 27, 1779,
" Voted unanimously not to make any addition to mr. Jewett's Salary for the Present year."
" Voted, to Chuse a Committee of seven to Confer with mr. Jewett, and see what he will take as to his Civil Con- tract with this People, and ask a. Dismission by way of a Council from the Pastoral Care and Charge he had taken upon him."
Mr. Jewett probably made a communication, for June 10,
" Voted, not to act any thing upon the paper or letter Subscribed to the moderator of this, and Signed by mr. Jewet, and read at this meeting."
Another large committee was chosen and empowered to settle with Mr. Jewett as to the civil contract.
March 6, 1780, a vote was taken respecting making Mr. Jewett satisfaction by making up his salary. Negatived, forty-four to eighteen.
It appears that Mr. Jewett had made a proposition in writing to submit the matters in controversy to a mutual council of five statesmen. The parish chose the latter, and raised a committee of five to give and take bonds. The referees were chosen, but a part of them declined to at- tend, and Judge Weare advised another trial for settle- ment. Mr. Jewett made a long communication, and the parish voted to comply with his proposals. The currency had depreciated, and Mr. Jewett had built wall on the par- sonage, which he claimed pay for. He was dismissed, and I have no further knowledge of him.
March 13, 1781, it was voted not to raise any money to hire preaching, but the deacons were chosen a committee to lay out the money subscribed.
Jan. 7, 1782, it was voted to employ the Rev. Mr. Prince
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for the term of six or seven years " to preach amongst us." He was to have the use of the parsonage, and a hired hand six months in each year. He was blind. He preached seven years. His son Caleb resided in Candia, and was a deacon many years.
May 23, 1789. "Voted, to hire Mr. How to preach three months."
July 12, 1790, it was voted, seventy-six to twelve, to give the Rev. Jesse Remington a call, and give him the use of the parsonage and sixty pounds lawful money, and draw him twenty cords of wood yearly, with the privilege of cutting on the parsonage what should be sufficient in addi- tion to keep his fires. He was ordained Oct. 20, 1790; died March 3, 1815.
Rev. Isaac Jones was ordained Feb. 7, 1816 ; dismissed May 12, 1818. Ilis salary, $500.
Rev. Abraham Wheeler was installed January 13, 1819 ; dismissed October 29, 1832; salary, $525.
Rev. Charles P. Russel, ordained December 25, 1833 ; dismissed May 26, 1841 ; salary, $500.
Rev. William Murdoch, ordained December 1, 1841 ; dis- missed July 5, 1854; salary, $500.
Rev. William T. Herrick, installed July 5, 1854; dis- missed July 2, 1858 ; salary, $600.
Rev. E. N. Hidden, installed Nov. 2, 1859; dismissed December 31, 1864; salary, $600 and use of the parson- age.
October 10, 1865, a call was extended to Rev. Lauren Armsby, formerly of Chester.
The number of church-members in 1816 was twenty- eight ; in 1822, seventy ; in 1823, one hundred and eighty- two; in 1824, two hundred and fifteen; in 1857, two hundred and sixty-eight.
In 1869 a church organ was purchased at an expense of $450.
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UNION OR FREEWILL SOCIETY AND CHURCH.
There was quite an interest in religion near the mountain in Nottingham in 1799, which extended into the neighboring towns, and in 1802 a church was organized, the members living in Nottingham, Deerfield, Candia and Raymond. There was another revival in 1810, and another in 1815. Moses Bean, a son of Reuben Bean of Candia, was ordained at Deerfield, 1810. The first marriage solemnized by him, on record, is May 1, 1810. He built the meeting-house at the Village about 1816, after the revival. In 1818 the church was divided, the brothers and sisters in Deerfield and Nottingham forming one church, and those in Candia and Raymond forming another, but giving to every indi- vidual liberty to belong to the church he or she desired. They entered into covenant and constituted a church, which is signed in behalf of the church by Jeremiah Fullonton.
There is a catalogue dated 1821 (although some were added later) containing about two hundred and twenty names, some belonging to Deerfield and some to Epping. In the record of a church meeting, Ang., 1820, it is said that five were baptized and " above one hundred spoke in meeting." At a church meeting May 24, 1824, it was agreed to divide the church by the town line, and those near the line have liberty to join which church they should desire. Samuel Dudley was chosen deacon, and William Turner elerk. Sept. 9, 1830, agreed to a new covenant, and sixty-three names are appended.
The new meeting-house was built in 1847. The base- ment and vestry cost $400, and the superstructure cost $1,500. The following are among the preachers employed :
Previous to the division the name of Elder David Har- riman is frequently found. Elder Moses Bean was the son of Reuben Bean, and grandson of David Bean, and seems to have been in a sense the father of the church, as he built the first meeting-house, and it was voted Nov. 17, 1824, " to receive Elder Moses Bean as Pastor of this
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Church." Nov. 15, 1830, Elder Bean resigned and Elder J. Knowles was called ; dismissed, and Elder B. S. Manson chosen; dismissed April 4, 1839, and Elder S. P. Furnald chosen ; dismissed, and Elder S. Whitney chosen.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND SOCIETY.
Moses Colby came from Hawke (Danville) in 1806, and purchased the John Sargent place. He was the first Meth- odist in Candia, and his children have ever been efficient supporters of that denomination. Others moved into town or became Methodists and retained their connection with, or joined the churches of Hawke, Poplin and Sandown. When the church was organized at Chester, now Auburn, they generally united with that and constituted a class.
A society and church were formed in Candia in 1859, and they then erected a place of worship with a stone basement for a vestry, at the expense of $1,500. There is a mem- bership of about forty, and they have been regularly sup- plied with a Conference preacher : - Henry Nutter, 1859; Lorenzo Draper, 1860 and '61; James Adams, 1862 and '63; N. H. Chase, 1864 and '65; James Adams, 1866; Silas Green, 1867 to '69.
THE PARSONAGE.
The parish of Candia had the parsonage lot No. 90, and school lot No. 91, in the third division.
March 10, 1767, voted £20, lawful, in labor, be laid out on the parsonage lot at 2s. Gd. per day. There was a like vote in 1768.
Oct. 31, 1768, it was voted to build a sufficient parsonage house in one year ; finish two rooms ; dig a well ; clear up and bring under improvement thirty acres within four years. It was determined Feb. 6, 1769, " that the house should be 28 by 26 feet, two stories high and as near the meeting-house as the land will admit ; that £30 lawful be raised, one-half in merchantable boards and the other half
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in shingles ; that the frame shall be raised by the 15th of April."
March 24, 1769, the dimensions were altered to 38 by 20, " with a Citching Room upon the South side at the East End, two Stories high, Eighteen feet square."
August, 1769, voted that the overplus of the staves be laid out in buying brick for the parsonage-house chimney.
Dec. 13, 1770, voted "to build a stack of chimneys with two fireplaces, and finish one room by the first day of October next; likewise finish another room by the first day of December next ; dig a cellar and also set out an orchard of one hundred trees next spring."
May 7, 1791, £50 was voted " to finish the house and build a barn; dig and stone a well ; dig and stone a cellar, and set out an orchard this present year."
Sept. 13, 1813, voted to sell one acre of land off the front of the parsonage lot to the Rev. Jesse Remington for one hundred dollars. Mr. Remington commenced the erection of a liouse.
Oct. 2, 1815, it was voted, 99 to 35, to sell the parsonage lot and not to divide the interest money of the proceeds among the different denominations.
A very long preamble and resolutions were also passed, setting forth that the proprietors of Chester reserved and set apart a lot of land as a parsonage, and that the Con- gregationalists have, without molestation for nearly half a century, appropriated the income to the support of their teachers agreeably to the original intent of the proprietors ; it was obvious that the proprietors could not have intended that any denomination which did not then exist, and espe- cially whose religious tenets impel them to proscribe and disclaim all annuities and salaries to their religious teach- ers, should have the benefit of such a grant; that it is believed that all the ratable inhabitants of the town, except those from principle opposed to stipendiary contracts with religious teachers, do pay taxes to the support of Congre- gational teachers. It was resolved that the interest of the money for which the parsonage should be sold should be
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appropriated to the Congregational society. The lot was sold in lots to different individuals Dec. 4, 1815, for $4,289.
At the January term of the court of Common Pleas, 1818, the Union Baptist society of Candia commenced a suit against the town, claiming $1,000. It was tried in that court and decided in favor of the town ; was appealed and reviewed, and a final decision in the Superior court, Feb., 1819, which sustained the former verdict.
The affairs of the Congregational society were carried on by the town until May, 1831, when a separate society was organized.
At a town meeting held Dec. 31, 1831, votes passed giving the meeting-house to the Congregational society, reserving the right to hold town meetings in it until a town house shall be built, also to give to said society $3,500 of the parsonage fund, and to the Union Baptist society $889.
In 1835 the smallpox prevailed in Candia. William Towle d. March 12; Owen Runnels, March 25; Asa Hun- toon, March 31; a dau. of Owen Runnels, April 6; Nelson Healey, April 7; David Heath, April 18; and Asa Heath.
SCHOOLS.
At a meeting April 4, 1764, " Voted £100, old tenor, to Hire Schooling." The selectmen paid Dr. Moore for keep- ing school, £40. In 1765, &200 was voted and paid Dan- iel Row for keeping school; £9 3s. Gd. to Zachariah Clif- ford or his wife for keeping school. In 1766 they voted to raise £250, old tenor, or £12 10s. lawful money, equal thereto, to hire schooling. They paid Master Haselton for keeping school one month, £2; paid Isaac Clifford's wife for keeping school, six weeks and one day, 17s. ; Zach- ariah Clifford's wife, 12s. ; Mr. Bowen, for keeping school, £1 16s. 9d.
Money is paid that year to the south quarter; to the southeast quarter; to the centre quarter; to the west quar- ter; and to the northeast quarter. In 1767, Master Shaw
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is paid for keeping school in the south quarter; Esquire Moore and Nathaniel Emerson in the center quarter ; and Israel Gilman's wife in the northeast quarter. There was a Paul Jewett who kept school several years ; also Richard Clifford's wife, Samuel Buswell and Ezekiel Worthen. In 1773 a motion was made to lire a grammar-school master (that is one to teach the languages),-negatived.
" And likewise it is voted that ye Parish Does Except [accept] of a Reading and writing School this Present year, and that Each Quarter Respectively shall have the Liberty to Choose there own School master upon ye Pro- viso the major Part of Each Quarter Shall be agreed in one Person within the Space of ten Days from this Date, and make application to the Selectmen to Employ him."
In 1744, Abraham Fitts, Master Forsaith, Master Otis, Mrs. Hazzard, Mrs. Rendall and Mrs. Cram are teachers.
In 1778, £80 lawful was raised for schooling.
In 1782, paper money being nearly worthless, it was voted to raise one hundred silver dollars for schooling.
The present division of Candia into thirteen school dis- triets was made in 1844, but it does not appear by the rec- ords what proportion of money each district has had, although No. 1, at the Corner, No. 2, at the meeting-house, and No. 3, near John Robie's, are large and have more money, but some of the smaller districts by giving wood and board have had nearly as much school.
Candia has made liberal expenditures for schools ; has had, besides the town schools, a high school in the fall, a large portion of the time; and the town, as will be seen, has furnished a large number of graduates and professional men.
In the year 1795, the town raised for schools, $450 ; from 1800 to 1824, 8500; from 1825 to 1835, $600; in 1845, 8650 ; in 1850, 8700 ; from 1855 to 1865, $1,000.
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY OF CANDIA.
Graduates of Dartmouth.
[The following is furnished by Abraham Emerson, Esq.]
1827. David Pillsbury, the son of Benjamin Pillsbury and Sarah, daughter of Maj. Jesse Eaton, was born at Ray- mond, Feb. 17, 1802, and died at Concord, May 25, 1862, aged 60. He read law with the Hon. Henry Hubbard of Charlestown, and the Hon. Samuel Dana Bell of Chester; went into practice at Chester in 1830; lived there many years, then removed to Concord; was appointed judge of the Police court, in which office he died 1862.
1828. Frederick Parker, the son of Thomas and Mar- garet, dan. of James Aiken of Bedford, was born at Bed- ford, Oct. 3, 1799, was a lawyer; lived in Bangor, Mc., where he died May 19, 1834, aged 34.
1829. Jacob Hook Quimby, the son of Jacob H. Quimby and Susanna, dau. of Reuben Bean of Candia, was born at Springfield, June 6, 1806; was professor of Latin and Greek at St. Mary's College, Md .; died Feb. 6, 1838, aged 31.
1830. William Henry Duncan, the son of William Duncan and Mary, dau. of. McMurphy of Derry, was born at Candia, Sept. 26, 1807; began practice as a lawyer at Hanover, where he still resides.
1831. Moses Hall Fitts, the son of Moses Fitts and Sarah, dau. of Rev. Nehemiah Ordway, was born at Candia, Jan. 1, 1808. He has been principal of Lewiston Acad- emy, N. Y. ; county school commissioner ; now principal of Palmyra Academy, N. Y.
Ephraim Eaton, the son of Henry Eaton and Hannah, dau. of Maj. Jesse Eaton, was born at Candia, Sept. 13, 1808, practiced law at Concord ; was afterward agent of a manufacturing company at Troy, N. Y., where he died March 3, 1863.
1833. Jesse Eaton Pillsbury, the son of Benjamin Pills- bury and Sarah Eaton, dau. of Maj. Jesse Eaton, was born
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at Candia, Dec. 10, 1807. He taught at Buffalo, N. Y., but is now principal of the academy at Kingston, N. Y. He was brother of David above named.
1841. Richard Emerson Lane, the son of Jolin Lane, Esq., and Abigail Emerson, was born at Candia, June 2, 1813, was teaching and reading law at Lewistown, N. Y., where he died suddenly in 1842.
1843. Lorenzo Clay, the son of Walter Clay and Dolly, dan. of David Pillsbury, was born at Candia, Nov. 5, 1817. He settled as a lawyer at Augusta, Me., where he still resides.
1850. Moses Patten, the son of Moses Patten and Han- nah, dau. of Ephraim Eaton, was born at Candia, July 4, 1824; graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1855 ; settled at Plympton, Mass.
1853. Jolm Dolbeer Emerson, the son of Abraham Emerson and Abigail, dau. of John Dolbeer, was born at Candia, May 29, 1828; graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1858 ; located in Haverhill, N. H., nine years, and is now at Biddeford, Mc.
1853. Jonathan C. Brown, the son of Jonathan Brown and Sarah, dau. of Samuel Fitts, was born at Candia, Jan. 19, 1827. He engaged in teaching, and finally in a broker's office in N. Y., where his health failed about 1860.
1855. Daniel Dana Patten, the son of Moses Patten and Hannah Eaton, was born at Candia, April 25, 1829 ; read law in Boston ; is now engaged as a teacher at Stoncham, Mass. He is brother to Moses above named.
1858. Samuel Collins Bean, the son of Joseph Bean and Lydia, dau. of Col. Samuel Collins of Deerfield, was born at Candia, Dec. 19, 1835; graduated at Harvard Divinity School, and is now settled at Salem, Mass.
1858. Joseph Francis Dudley, the son of Joseph and Sarah Dudley, was born at Raymond, June 11, 1830. He studied law in Boston ; graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary, and settled in Winona, Minn.
1858. Albert Palmer, the son of Joseph Palmer and Abigail, dau. of Col. Thomas Wilson, was born at Candia,
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Jan. 17, 1831. IIe became a teacher in Boston Latin school, and is now in business at Boston.
1860. Caleb Cushing Sargent, the son of Jonathan Sar- gent and Sarah, dau. of Isaac Marston of Hampton, was born at Candia, Dec. 24, 1835. He studied law, and is now a teacher and merchant at Corinth, Vt.
1860. Samuel Franklin French, the son of Dea. Coffin M. French, was born at Candia, Dec. 22, 1835. He studied divinity at Andover Theological Seminary, and is now settled at Hamilton, Mass.
1860. Wilson Palmer, the son of Joseph Palmer and Abigail Wilson, was born at Candia, March 1, 1833 ; grad- uated at Albany Law School, and is now superintendent of city schools at Independence, Iowa.
1860. Alanson Palmer, the brother of the preceding, Tras born at Candia, May 12, 1835. He is a teacher in New York city.
1861. William Robie Patten, the son of Dea. Francis Patten and Rebecca, dan. of Dea. Aaron Knight of Han- cock, was born at Candia, Aug. 30, 1837. He practices law at Manchester, N. H.
1862. Luther Wilson Emerson, brother of John D. Emerson, was born at Candia, Oct. 14, 1838 ; read law in the office of Lewis & Cox, New York city, where he was admitted to the bar, and is now practicing.
1863. George Henry French, brother of S. Franklin French, was born at Candia, July 27, 1838; graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1868.
1865. Charles Hubbard, son of J. Pike Hubbard and Adaline, daughter of Captain Eben Eaton, was born at Candia July 4, 1839, graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1868.
The following are graduates of other colleges :-
James P. Lane, son of Dr. Isaiah Lane, a graduate of Amherst College, and of Andover Theological Seminary, settled in North Andover, Mass.
Alvah Smith, son of Charles Smith, graduated at Michi- gan University, and is a teacher at the West.
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Henry Robie Morrill, son of Samuel Morrill and Miranda, daughter of Josiah Short, graduated at the Wesleyan Uni- versity, Middletown, Conn. ; is now a teacher.
The following is a list of professional men, natives of Candia, not graduates of college :-
Moses Palmer, self-educated : an ordained minister of the Methodist denomination, located for many years in Unity, N. H., where he died.
Dr. Moses Bagley practiced in Candia from 1817 to 1823, when he died.
Dr. Isaiah Lane practiced in Candia from 1824 to about 1855, when he removed to Plainfield, N. H., where he died soon after.
Jacob Read, Groveland, Mass., a self-taught lawyer, was admitted to the Essex bar, where he holds a high position.
Dr. Thomas Wheat, son of Dr. Nathaniel Wheat, now a practicing physician of note in Manchester, N. H., a grad- uate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.
Dr. Franklin Fitts, son of Moses Fitts, a graduate of Hanover Medical College, commenced practice at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1835, where he soon died.
Rev. James H. Fitts, son of John Fitts, a graduate of the theological seminary, Bangor, settled in West Boyl- ston, Mass., married Celina, daughter of Coffin French.
James H. Eaton, son of Capt. Eben Eaton, studied law at Lawrence, Mass., and was for many years principal of the high school there ; is now cashier of a bank in that city.
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