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Dr. John Wilson Robie, son of John Robie and Sophia Gibbons, of Chester, is a graduate of New York medical school, and is a physician of that city.
John Taylor Moore, son of John Moore, Esq., and Polly, daughter of John Taylor, Esq., counsellor-at-law, Man- chester, N. H.
Dr. J. Frank Fitts, son of Joseph Fitts and Mahala, daughter of John Buswell, a graduate of New York Medi- cal School, and is located in Francestown, N. H.
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VOTES PASSED BY THE PARISH OF CANDIA RESPECTING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
July 18, 1774, Abraham Fitts was chosen to meet at Exeter on the 21st, to join in the choice of delegates to the General Congress.
January 3, 1775, Lieut. Moses Baker was chosen to rep- resent the parish in a meeting at Exeter, on the 25th instant.
Walter Robie, Esq., Capt. Nathaniel Emerson, Dr. Samuel Moore, Mr. Benjamin Cass and Mr. Jacob Worthen were chosen a committee to inspect all persons who do not con- form to the advice of the late General Congress.
" Voted, to buy a barrel of powder, flints and lead, answerable thereto as a Parish stock.
" Voted, Capt. Emerson. Lieut. Baker and Ens. Bean Desire all the males in Candia from sixteen to sixty years old, to meet at Some Convenient time at the meeting house in Candia, in order for viewing with arms and ammunition.
" Voted, that the People, as above mentioned, shall meet at the meeting house in Candia, this day fortnight, at one of the Clock in the afternoon."
February 21, 1775,
" Voted, that the Parish Do Confirm ye Transactions of the last meeting and approve of what the Committee of Inspection have Drawn up, Relating to ye affairs of the Present Day, and made an addition to ye Committee of inspection of 4 Persons, (Viz.) Dea. Nath1 Burpee, Mr. Abrm. Fitts, Lieut. Moses Baker and mr. Ichabod Robie."
May 11, 1775, Dr. Samuel Moore was chosen to repre- sent the parish in the Provincial Congress, to be held at Exeter May 17.
June 14, 1775, Capt. Nathaniel Emerson, Lieut. Moses Baker and Dr. Samuel Moores were chosen a committee to consult with the several officers, towns, parishes or com- mittees out of the same, what way or manner shall be thought best to regulate the militia in this regiment accor- ding to the direction of Congress.
April 3, 1777, ten dollars each year was voted to each of those eighteen persons who had enlisted for three years,
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and a committee chosen to collect the money (if any) which had been subscribed.
At an adjournment, April 8, ten dollars to each was added to the above. A committee was also chosen to enquire and see how much time and money each person has ex- pended in supporting the war since the Concord fight. The committee reported as follows, which was accepted :
" Concord men 1s. per day, and extra charges.
" 8 months men, with Lieut. Emerson, 4 dollars each.
" 8 months men, with Lieut. Dustin, 2 dollars each.
" Winter Hill men with Capt. Baker, 1 dollar each.
" 1 years men to York 8 dollars : those to Delaware, 2 dollars each.
" Ty - men, 13 2-3 dollars each.
"New York men last fall, 2 dollars each.
" Joseph Bean to Canada, 20 dollars."
May 19, 1777, Moses Baker, Walter Robie, Abraham Fitts, I. Rowe and Benjamin Cass were chosen a commit- tee to affix and settle the prices of goods and articles in the parish of Candia, in pursuance of an act in addition to the regulation act. (See in the history of Chester for 1779, pp. 142, 143.)
January 19, 1778, a committee was appointed to procure our quota of Continental soldiers for three years or during the war, and at an adjournment, in February, another com- mittee of five was chosen to make further trial.
April 20, the committee was instructed to make further trial, and hire money and pursue the business without loss of time.
August 3, 1778, a committee was chosen to make in. quiries respecting the families of those in the Continental service for three years, and supply them with the neces- saries of life.
August 19, 1779, it was voted to adopt measures similar to the town of Portsmouth, and use the utmost of our power in reducing the prices of the necessaries of life, and gain the credit of our currency. Capt. Sargent and John Clifford were chosen delegates to attend a convention at Concord.
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October 26, 1779, it was voted to comply with the prices that the late Convention stated, and a committee of seven was chosen to state prices upon articles which the Conven- tion did not, and to carry the same into execution.
July 4, 1780, a committee was chosen to hire twelve sol- diers by way of a parish tax. A committee was also chosen to make an average of what every person had done in the war since it commenced.
July 10, 1780, a committee was chosen to assist the selectmen in procuring our quota of beef for the Continen- tal army.
November 14, 1781, it was voted that the selectmen make a tax in Indian corn to pay the six- and three-months men. There had been several votes passed respecting rais- ing soldiers, which had proved ineffectual.
June 17, 1782, it was voted to divide the parish into as many classes as will supply the deficiency, and if any class or person refuse to pay their proportion for hiring a soldier they shall pay double, to be assessed by the selectmen.
TIIE EARLY PATHS AND ROADS IN CANDIA.
The first road laid out and probably the first traveled in Candia, was that laid out Sept., 1749. David McClure set- tled near it. It is said that Mr. Turner, instead of going up to the Corner, had a path across from Benjamin Smith's to his place. Obed Hall carly settled on No. 19, and Win- throp Wells on No. 37, where Dea. Burpee afterwards lived. They had a path from Mr. Turner's, crossing the stream above Clay's mill. Samuel Eastman came from Kingstown, probably through Chester, and took the first road and followed up between the O. H.'s and 3d D., to the stream below Bean's Island where he built a mill. But that was a round-about way from Exeter, and Samuel Dudley procured a road laid out June 12, 1759, from Freetown, passing near the Centre to the " tail of Dudley's saw-mill," which was extended Sept. 30, 1760, passing north of the present road to the Island, and bearing to the north to Jeremiah Bean's, near the village school-house. The re- mains of the road may yet be scen. Joseph Homans lived
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near the Island, and Moses Smart above. This was after- wards discontinued. July 26, 1766, Candia laid out a road beginning at Raymond line between the first and second ranges of lots (near Critehet's) then west northwest to the road by Jeremiah Bean's. In 1771, Raymond laid out a road from Dudley's to meet it.
It is said that Enoch Colby had a path across to the reserve between Nos. 65 and 114, 2d P., 2d D., and down to the clay pits, and over the road laid out Nov. 27, 1762, and by the Dearborn mill, and over what is now called Bunker Hill in Auburn, to Chester. It is said that John Robie and the Towles sometimes traveled that way. The first road laid out by Candia was Oct. 29, 1764, from Emerson's Corner by Moses Baker's and Thomas Patten's, to the road laid out by Chester, Sept., 1749.
Matthew Ramsey lived on No. 116, 3d D., and Benjamin Bachelder owned No. 113, 2d P., 2d D., and lived towards the east end. Oct. 29, 1764, a road was laid out, begin- ning at the southwest corner of No. 89, 3d D., then west northwest, following the reserve to Matthew Ramsey's house, and on to the reserve between Nos. 114 and 122; thence to Ben. Bachelder's, then back to the west end of his lot to the reserve near where H. M. Eaton now lives, and by Samuel Buswell's to Walter Robie's house.
The south road was laid out at the east end of Nos. 121 and 122, 2d P., 2d D., April 6, 1770. Dec. 6, 1760, the road was laid out from Esquire Robie's by Dea. Hills'. The same day a road was laid out on the north side of No. 119, 2d P., 2d D., (Robie's) west northwest to the reserve ; then 200 west on the reserve to Chester line. Chester laid out a road, passing over Campbell's bridge to meet this, Sept. 14, 1773. This was to give Candia people a way to Calfe's and Shirley's mills.
March 20, 1764. From the meeting-house southwest between the parsonage and school lots.
April 8, 1769. From Deerfield line to Jeremiah Bean's.
The same day from Dea. Burpee's to Capt. Brown's. (The north road.)
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April 6, 1770. From William Underhill's to Henry Hall's.
June 30, 1773. Extended to Allenstown line.
CHAPTER XIX.
HISTORY OF RAYMOND.
That part of Old Chester which is now Raymond was formerly called Freetown, and whatever is known about it has been given in the history of Chester.
The following is a copy of the petition for being set off as a separate parish :
" To his Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq., Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over his Majestic's Prov- ince of New Hampshire ; To the Hon'ble His Majestie's Council and the Hon'ble House of Representatives in General Assembly convened : -
" The Petition of us, the subscribers, Inhabitants of that part of Chester Calld the North Parish, or freetown, Hum- bly Sheweth That your Petitioners Living at such a great Distance from the Town that they have no advantage of the Ministry nor School, Notwithstanding they have for many years Paid Their proportion to the support of Both ; And The Town being Sensible That It would be Just for us To be freed from that Charge, have at a meeting held at Chester, Jany. 26th, 1763, Voted That That Part of the Town of Chester Called the North parish, or freetown, as much as is Laid out parrish form, shall be sett of as a Town or parrish. the bounds of sd north Parrish so Calld are as fols. : - beginning at the North East bound of Ches- ter upon the head line of Exeter at a birch or maple tree, being the bounds between Chester and Nottingham; So Running South at 29 degrees West, bounding on Exeter head line five miles to the South East Corner of the Lot No. 30; then west northwest five miles, or so far as to con- tain all the old hundred acre Lotts ; then north 29 Degrees east, Five miles to Nottingm Line ; then on sª line to the first bounds.
" We therefore Pray That all the Lands Included in Sa
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Bounds, with all the poles and Estates therein Contained may be Incorporated into a distinct Parrish from the Town of Chester, and Invested with the same Powers and Priv- iledges That Towns in This Province are by Law Intitled to, and That we may have Liberty To bring in a bill accordingly.
" And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray.
" March 1st, 1763.
" Daniel Jorden,
Daniel Gordon, iur.,
Daniel Holman,
John Cram,
Elisha Towle,
Alexander Mel,
Jonathan Brown,
Stephen Fogg,
Simeon Berry,
Benjamin Smith,
Noah moulton,
James Fullonton,
Wadleigh Cram,
Samuel Cram,
Joseph glgiles [Giles],
John Stevens,
Daniel Lane,
Jonathan Dearborn,
Ezekiel Lane,
Benia Bean,
David Lane,
Curtis Bean,
Nathan Moulton,
Isaac Clifford,
Josiah Fogg,
Paul Smith Marston,
Daniel Clay,
Benjamin Prescott,
Stephen marden,
John Fullonton,
Obadiah Griffin,
John Wells,
Moses Sanborn,
John Prescott Downs,
Caleb Row,
William Todd,
Robert Page,
Timothy Clough,
John Sweet,
Ezekiel Smith,
Daniel Robie,
David Bean, Alexander Smith,
Stephen Wilson,
Barton Pollard,
Jethro Batchelder,
David Bean, Jr.,
Benj. Whittier,
Nathaniel Ethridge,
Clement Dollof,
Enoch.Fogg."
James Clay,
The petition was received in the House December 1, 1763 ; an order of notice to be advertised in the " New Hampshire Gazette." The petitioners had leave to bring in a bill, April 12, 1764. Passed the House May 4, and the Council May 9, 1764. Samuel Emerson, Esq., was to call the first meeting.
The first meeting was held at the house of Benjamin
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Bean, innholder, May 29, 1764. Samuel Dudley was chosen moderator; Ezekiel Smith, parish clerk ; Benja- min Whitcher, constable ; Caleb Row, Samuel Dudley and Robert Page, selectmen ; Stephen Fogg, Joseph Dudley and Ezekiel Lane, committee to examine the selectmen's accounts, and also assessors ; Josiah Fogg, Jonathan Dear- born, Joseph Dudley, Simon Barry and Clement Dollof, surveyors of highways; Stephen Thurston, Jona. Dear- born, Joseph Smith, Curtis Bean, Samuel Philbrick and Daniel Scribner, hawards ; James Fullonton, Nathl. Eth- redge, Moses Whitcher and Joseph Dudley, tythingmen ; John Swatt, John Stevens, deer inspectors ; Benj. Bean, Alexander Smith, surveyors of lumber; John Smith, poundkeeper.
" Voted, the Pound be built between Benj. Bean's orchi- ard and the mill.
" Voted, the Selectmen be a Committee to run the Parish Line.
" Voted, that the first monday in march be the Day to hold the annual meeting in the Parish of Raymond for time to come."
BUILDING A MEETING-HOUSE.
They had a great deal of trouble about locating and building a meeting-house, but my limits do not permit me to go very fully into detail.
January 25, 1768, it was voted " to build a Parish meet- ing house for the public worship of God in said Parish." Enoch Fogg dissented. They voted to raise £100, and to set it somewhere near where David Bachelder now lives ; chose James Moore and Elisha Towle a committee, and authorized them to purchase land, to build it as big as they shall think proper, and to pay laborers two shillings and six pence per day.
At the annual meeting, March 7, 1768, an attempt was made to revoke the former vote, which failed.
April 4, 1768, it was voted to revoke the former vote, and to set it between Benjamin Bean's and the pound.
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September 22, 1768, a motion to revoke the vote of April 4 was negatived, also one to set off the southwest part of the parish to Chester old town. It was also voted to sell privileges for pews according to a plan drawn by Nicholas Gilman of Exeter, and the proceeds go towards building a house. A petition was sent to the General As- sembly to send a committee to locate the house, which was done, and March 23, 1769; they reported that the westerly end of lot No. 37, at a place called Sled Hill, would best accommodate the parish, which report was laid on the table.
June 17, 1770, Ezekiel Lane moved that it be adopted, but it was ordered to lie for further consideration.
July 3, 1769, a motion to set it there was negatived. It was voted to choose a committee to build the house, but also voted not to act any further on it. The committee had cut and hewn timber, and March 4, 1771, a committee was chosen to take care of it.
March 1, 1773, the question was taken respecting paying for cutting and drawing the timber ; negatived.
April 12, 1753, it was voted, forty-three to fifteen, to set it as near the centre as may be, on a pitch-pine plain, at the easterly side of Freetown pond. Nicholas Gilman, Elisha Towle and Ezekiel Lane were chosen a committee to raise it, put in the window frames, underpin and shingle it. It was to be thirty-five feet wide, forty-five feet long, and twenty-one feet post, and to be so far done in one year. The committee were to purchase the land to set it on. There were fourteen who entered their dissent.
June 6, 1774, voted to revoke all foriner votes in relation to setting the meeting-house, and to set it near the dwell- ing house where Stephen Gale now lives, on the great road. There were eighteen who dissented against setting it at that place.
Benjamin Cram, John Dudley and Robert Page were chosen a committee to build the meeting-house and pur- chase the land to set it on. Seventy-five pounds was voted towards building the house and paying the old committee
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for cutting, hewing and hauling the timber in 1768. The frame was to be ready to raise the first of October. There were twenty dissenters. The frame was raised.
March 6, 1775, a motion was made to remove the mect- ing-house to some other place; negatived. Also to set off a number of inhabitants to the old town ; also negatived.
The house was not finished and January 4, 1779, it was voted to sell the frame to the highest bidder. It was sold, and the timber used for a bridge.
August 29, 1785, it was voted to build a meeting-house. A committee was chosen to locate it.
September 15, " Voted to Set the meeting house on the Plain nigh the senter, on the casterly side of the branch on mr. James Gorge's land, nigh the Road that leads across Sider fery, So called."
Daniel Norris, Samuel Nay, Matthias Haynes, Caleb Smith, Benjamin Cram, Levi Swain and Clement Dollof were chosen a committee. Two acres of land were to be bought, and the frame put up, boarded, shingled, under- pinned and clapboarded, and the window-frames and doors put in. The committee were to build as big as they saw fit, and have it done by the first day of December, 1786. The house was set on lot No. 137, near the railroad, and near where Horatio Page now lives. It was raised June 14,1786.
June 28, 1786, voted to have pews built and sold, and appropriate the money to finishing the house.
March 5, 1787, voted that the parish meetings shall for the future be held in the meeting-house.
The meeting-house stood very near the centre of the parish, but in rather a by-place and surrounded by woods, so that some one said that a meeting-house had been found in the woods.
May 22, 1797, it was voted, fifty-one to thirty-seven, to remove it on 'to the main road from Deerfield to Poplin. Four hundred dollars were appropriated towards paying the expense.
Several ineffectual attempts were made to reconsider the
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vote, and protests entered against moving it. A large team from Raymond and adjoining towns was collected, and moved it October 18, 1797, to its present site.
August 20, 1798, voted to sell the remaining pew ground, finish the house, and build porches.
After the Baptists had a society they claimed their share of the house, which created some confusion, and the Con- gregational society, which had in 1816, procured an act of incorporation, erected a new house in 1834. They divided the stock into forty-five shares of twenty-five dollars each. The old house became much dilapidated, but has been thoroughly repaired for a town-house and school-room.
HIRING AND SETTLING MINISTERS.
June 10, 1764, three hundred pounds, old tenor, was voted to hire preaching, and the same sum in 1765. It was also voted that those persons who belong to the Presbytery shall be cased of their rates. The tax-lists, as far back as 1768, show that there were a number of persons who were not rated to pay the minister, and probably none were ever compelled to pay, which shows great toleration for the times.
There is little to show who were employed for preachers. In 1766, Samuel Webster, Solomon Moore and Tristram Gilman are paid for preaching. In 1768, Mr. Gilman ; in 1770, Jona. Searles ; 1773, Mr. Webster ; 1774, Mr. Web- ster, seventeen weeks, £24. Little or no money was raised during the war.
Oct. 15, 1787, voted to give Mr. Stephen Williams a call and offer him fifty pounds the first year, and add five pounds each year till it amounts to sixty-five pounds ; one- third part in beef, pork, corn, or grain. It was voted to build a parsonage house and barn ; give him the use of the parsonage lot ; to clear twenty acres of the lot, and give him twenty cords of wood annually. He did not accept.
Aug. 17, 1790, voted to give Mr. Thos. Moore a call, and offer him fifty pounds the first year, and add five pounds until
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it amounts to sixty pounds yearly ; the use of the parson- age ; build a house and barn ; clear twenty acres ; and give him twenty cords of wood yearly. He did not accept.
In 1791, articles of faith and covenant were drawn up, and twenty-one names are appended ; also the names of Jonathan and Mary Swain from the church in Kensington. Rev. Nehemiah Ordway preached as stated supply most of the time from 1793 to 1797.
July 7, 1800, voted, to give Mr. Jonathan Stickney a call ; offer him two hundred dollars salary ; give him the income of the parsonage; build a house and barn ; dig a well ; and give him twenty cords of wood. They were also to clear twenty acres of the parsonage. There were votes passed for making great preparation, and appoint- ing Wednesday, Oct. 22, for the ordination.
Mr. Stickney's health failed, having consumption, and the parish voted, Oct. 26, 1807, that the connection be dissolved according to the result of council.
May 25, 1817, twenty-three were admitted to the church.
June 29, 1817, forty-four were admitted ; and it is said in the church records " that such a time we never saw before." There is a list of members, Oct., 1817, containing one hundred and forty-four names.
The following are the subsequent ministers : -
Stephen Bailey, from Oct. 1, 1817, to Oct. 22, 1822 ; Seth Farnsworth, Oct. 3, 1824, to 1834; Andrew H. Reed, Nov. 13, 1834, to Oct. 26, 1836; Anson Sheldon, June 28, 1837, to Oct. 15, 1839 ; Jolm C. Page, Oct. 6, 1841, to May 7, 1851 ; David Burt, Nov. 5, 1851, to 1855; D. B. Brad- ford, Dec. 4, 1855, to July 23, 1858; George W. Sargent, Dec. 21, 1859, to Jan. 16, 1865 ; E. D. Chapman, Dec. 6, 1866,
FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN RAYMOND.
It is said that the first sermon preached by a Freewill Baptist minister in Old Chester, was in the meeting-house in Raymond, by Elder Jeremiah Ballard about 1802, fol- lowed by Elder Randall sometime afterward. An account
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of the organization and division of the church has been given in the history of Candia. A house of worship was built in Raymond in 1826. Elder Hiram Holmes was pastor until 1839; Elder Tobias Foss, five years, ending in 1853 ; Elder Joseph Fullonton, the historian of Raymond, from 1853 to the present time, 1869.
Present membership, forty-two.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY AND CHURCH IN RAYMOND.
The legal society was formed Nov. 23, 1841, and was maintained as an organization until Dec. 30, 1848. During this period the society worshiped in the town hall.
The first board of trustees, appointed Dec. 30, 1848, were Samuel Poor, Dudley Lane, John C. Dearborn, Joshua F. Lane, J. M. Fitts, David Griffin and John F. Folsom. They had been connected with other societies in the main- tenance of ministers under the circuit system.
In 1849, they erected a commodious house of worship costing about $1,500, exclusive of a ground story, used as a store.
The following have been the pastors: -
1847, Rev. A. C. Manson and Rev. Silas Greene ; 1848, Rev. Mr. Loveland ; 1849, Rev. James Adams ; 1850, Rev. Mr. Emerson, now in a Southern field ; 1852, Rev. G. W. Rogers, now deceased ; 1853, Rev. E. Mason ; 1855, Rev. S. P. Heath ; 1857, Rev. Charles Young; 1858, Rev. L. L. Eastman ; 1860, Rev. N. L. Chase ; 1861, Rev. N. M. Bailey ; 1863, Rev. James Adams ; 1865, Rev. R. J. Don- elson ; 1867, Rev. G. W. Ruland, its present pastor.
During the year 1868 the house of worship has been refitted and much improved, and the society has been blessed with a revival, and quite a number united.
The present membership, over one hundred.
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LITERARY AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY OF RAYMOND. Schools and School-houses.
There were probably no school-houses previous to the incorporation.
April 1, 1765, " voted whether there should be school- houses built, and it Past in the negative." 1767, £60 voted for schooling; 1770, £30; 1771, £35.
March, 1770, it was voted to build four school-houses, one in each quarter. John Dudley, James Moore, Ezekiel Lane and Robert Page were chosen a committee " to fix a place, and say where said houses shall stand, and build said houses."
In 1784, voted not to raise any money for schools.
In 1766, the selectmen charge for paying James Moore for Daniel True for schooling and boarding, £9 4s. ; John Dudley for Nathaniel Stillman, schooling and boarding two months and a half, 48s. ; Abel Morse for schooling; 1767, Abel Morse; again in 1768; again in 1770, for three months, £4 10s .; Josiah Flagg, six weeks, £2 5s .; Ezekiel Lane for boarding him, £1 10s. Dr. Hodgkins taught the same year. Ezekiel Lane is paid £12 9s. 10d. for building a school-house in the southwest part of the parish. In 1786, Master Melville in the northwest part; Mrs. Nabby Welch in the southeast and northeast parts; Master Rob- inson in the northeast; and David Lane for boarding Mas- ter Calfe.
Previous to 1800, the sum generally raised for schools was £45; in 1825, 8300; in 1845, by tax and literary fund, $600; in 1864, $800.
The first Teachers' Institute was held at Exeter in 1828, at which Raymond was represented. In 1865, the town granted the privilege to individuals to finish the second story of the town-house (the old meeting-house) for a high school.
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GRADUATES FROM RAYMOND.
1827. David Pillsbury was born in Raymond, but after- ward lived in Candia, and is claimed as a graduate of Candia.
1839. Elbridge Gerry Dudley, the son of Moses Dudley and Nancy Glidden, was born at Raymond August 13. 1811. He read law, opened an office in Boston, and has since died.
1840. John Fullonton, the son of Jeremiah Fullonton and Hannah Dudley, was born at Raymond August 3, 1812. He taught at Parsonsfield, Me., also at Whitestown, N. Y .; studied divinity at Whitestown ; was ordained an evangelist there ; became professor in the above seminary from 1851 to 1854, and since then at New Hampton. Dart- mouth conferred the honorary degree of D. D. in 1862.
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