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b. -; d. April 6, 1863.
CORLISS.
GEORGE CORLISS, m. in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 26, 1645, JOANNA, sister of Thomas DAVIS of Marlborough, England. Mr. Corliss was a farmer and res. at Haverhill, Mass .; S ch.
JOHN, son of George and Joanna (Davis) CORLISS, b. Haverhill, Mass., March 4, 1648; res. Haverhill, Mass., where he d. Feb. 17, 1698; m., Dec. 17, 1684, MARY, dau. of Gilbert WILFORD of Haverhill,
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Mass., b. Nov. 18, 1667; 7 ch. She m. (2) William Whittaker and had 2 ch.
TIMOTHY, son of John and Mary ( Wilford) CORLISS, b. Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 13, 1693; res. Haverhill, Mass., and Weare, N. H .; d. 1783; m., Feb. 15, 1726, SARAH HUTCHINS of Haverhill, Mass., b. June 20, 1701; d. -; 5 ch.
JEREMIAH, son of Timothy and Sarah (Hutchins) CORLISS, b. Weare, N. H., in 1734; res. Weare; d. Dec. 20, 1775; m. - MARY ORD- WAY. Children b. in Weare. Mr. Corliss was the first town clerk of Weare. He was also one of the early selectmen.
Sarah, b. Dec. 27, 1756.
Mary,
b. June 2, 1759.
Hannah,
b. April 2, 1761.
Jeremiah,
b. July 2, 1763.
Mehitable,
b. July 10, 1765.
Ruth,
b. Dec. 1, 1767.
PELETIAH, b. Jan. 29, 1770; m. Sarah Sanborn.
David, b. July 29, 1774.
PELETIAHI, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Ordway ) CORLISS, b. Weare Jan. 29, 1770; res. Andover, N. H., and Bradford, Vt .; m. Andover March 3, 1791, SARAH, dau. David and Sarah (Waddell) SAN- BORN of Andover.
Susannah, b. Dec. 10, 1790.
Hannah,
b. June 30, 1792.
Molly,
b. July 22, 1794.
Peletiah,
b. July 14, 1796.
Mehitable,
b. Jan. 7, 1798.
John, b. 1800.
Sarah Ann, b. -
Daniel,
b. 1803.
William,
b. 1805.
George,
b. 1807.
David S.,
b. 1809.
(The dates of birth for the first five children are found in the An- dover records.)
CROSBY.
Capt. JEREMIAH, son of Capt. - CROSBY of Sturbridge, Mass., who settled in Croydon, N. H., was b. July 1, 1811, and d. May 7, 1870; m. (1), Sept., 1834, ELVIRA ANN MELENDY of Croydon, b. May 19, 1812; d. Sept. 15, 1847; m. (2), Dec., 1847, AZUBAH
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M. MELENDY of Croydon, b. June 29, 1822; d. in Andover Sept. 15, 1887.
GILMAN,
b. Nov. 14, 1835; m., Jan. 24, 1861, Eleanor Rosina Lear.
Esther Emery,
b. Sept. 15, 1837.
Hannah Powers,
b. Dec. 15, 1840.
Lucinda Skinner,
b. Aug. 5, 1843; m. Charles E. Smith.
DEXTER,
b. Dec. 15, 1845; m. (1) Abigail Angell; (2) Clara Maria Roberts.
Emma Samantha,
b. July 18, 1848; m. Charles Clinton Moulton of Andover; no ch.
Sibley Melendy, b. March 14, 1850; m. Abbie Ellen Durgin.
Orra Howard,
b. June 19, 1855; m.
Polly,
b. Feb. 16, 1858.
Ella Marinda,
b. Dec. 24, 1861; d. June 29, 1862.
Charles Hamilton,
b. March 14, 1864; d. April 7, 1878.
GILMAN, son of Jeremiah and Elvira Ann (Melendy) CROSBY of Croy- don; was b. in Croydon Nov. 14, 1835; is a farmer and came to Andover in 1873; m., Jan. 24, 1861, ELEANOR ROSINA, dau. of Nehemiah and Eleanor (Crowell) LEAR of Cornish; she was b. Feb. 3, 1834; d. July 12, 1886.
Nellie Elvira, b. March 15, 1866.
Nora Etta, b. Feb. 12, 1869.
William Melendy,
b. Feb. 27, 1873.
DEXTER, son of Jeremiah and Elvira Ann ( Melendy) CROSBY of Croydon, was b. in Croydon Dec. 15, 1845; m. (1) ABIGAIL ANGELL of Croydon; m. (2) CLARA MARIA, dau. of Jeremiah and Cynthia (Cilley) ROBERTS of Andover; she was b. Dec. 18, 1850.
Nettie Rosina, b. June 22, 1868.
Ella Evelyn,
b. Feb. 22, 1877.
Emma Maria, b. Jan. 20, 1880; m., Oct. 14, 1898, Hiram H. Seavey; 1 ch.
CROSS.
HIRAM H., son of William and Ruth (Keniston) CROSS. b. in Northfield Jan. 22, 1829; m., Nov. 6, 1856, Mrs. SALLY PRESBY, b. in North- field April 18, 1827; res. on Marston Hill and also on True Fifield farm. Mrs. Cross d. March 1, 1908; 4 ch.
CALEB, son of Parker and Abigail (Marston) CROSS. was b. in North- field May 8, 1801; d. in Andover Jan. 13, 1865. Abigail Mars- ton was dau. of Paul S. Marston. Mr. Cross m., Oct. 28, 1833, OLIVE, dau. of Josiah and Mary (Elkins) PHILBRICK, b. in North
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Hampton June 14, 1805; d. in Andover Feb. 17, 1894. Mr. Cross was postmaster at East Andover in 1855, 1856, 1857. He came to Andover soon after 1815.
Mary Jane, b. Sept. 3, 1834; d. Nov. 23, 1854.
Abbie Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1837; d. Feb. 20, 1856.
Susan Ellen, b. May 29, 1842.
CULLEN.
JOSEPH SARGENT, son of John P. and Jeanette (Peabody ) CULLEN, was b. Nov. 25, 1852; m., Jan. 1, 1879, CAROLINE MARY, dau. of Waterman S. HOWARD, b. May 1, 1864. Is a farmer.
Joseph Bailey, b. Aug. 28, 1879.
CURRIER.
Major EDWARD CURRIER. b. on the Isles of Shoals; d. Nov. 29, 1846 (a. 87); m., March 24, 1783, SARAH, dau. of Lieut. Benjamin and Dorothy (Prescott) BATCHELDER; she d. Oct. 15, 1851, a. 87-6. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and came from Candia to Andover in January, 1815; res. on Beech Hill, not far from res. of Eugene B. Currier. Mr. and Mrs. Currier d. in North Wilmot at the home of Samuel Langley.
Mary,
b. Nov. 28, 1786; m. Samuel Gregg of Deer- ing.
Benjamin, b. Sept. 19, 1788; m. Fanny Whittle of Weare.
Richard, b. Feb. 8, 1791; m. Lucretia Albee of Mass. b. July 5, 1793.
Sally,
Ebenezer H., b. March 9, 1796; m. Betsey Pond of Hol- liston, Mass.
Dolly, b. Oct. 29, 1798; m., in 1820, Samuel Langley of Andover; lived in Wilmot; d. April 22, 1892.
Edward,
b. Nov. 25, 1801.
Hannah, b. July 25, 1804. Edward, b. June 23, 1807; m. Mary Town of Hollis- ton, Mass.
EBENEZER. son of Ebenezer CURRIER, was b. Sept. 3, 1793, in Gilmanton, N. H., and d. in Andover Aug. 27, 1878; m., July 4, 1818, BETSEY, dau. of Benjamin and Judith CILLEY, b. April 7, 1795; d. June 15, 1863.
George, John,
b. April, 1818; d. June 7. 1883.
b. Dec., 1820; d. April, 1825.
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Lydia, John T. M.,
b. Sept., 1822; d. April 15, 1837.
b. July 23, 1824; m., 1849, a German woman; d. Nov. 1, 1893.
Benjamin, b. July 26, 1826; m. Elizabeth Wright; d. June 17, 1892.
EBENEZER,
b. July 5, 1828; m., 1849, Betsey M. Lane; d. Jan. 30, 1893.
Albert E.,
b. July 31, 1830; m. (1), 1850, Mary Burns Hurley, who d. Aug. 19, 1888; m. (2), Ann Downes.
CHARLES E., b. Sept. 7, 1832; m., 1856, Hannah R. Cilley.
James, b. Feb. 6, 1835; d. July 4, 1860.
Stephen Cilley, b. March 1, 1838; m., 1860, Elizabeth Ham.
Abigail M.,
b. May 7, 1840; m., 1862, Lewis W. Chase.
EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer and Betsey (Cilley) CURRIER, was b. in An- (lover July 5, 1828; m., June 10, 1849, BETSEY M., dau. of Sam- uel M. and Hannah (Tucker) LANE of Andover.
Garecia Lane, b. March 19, 1850; m., May 1, 1877, Stella A. Shaw; 2 ch.
Eliza Melissa, b. May 30, 1853; d. Oct. 31, 1856.
Charles Theodore, b. Oct. 6, 1857; m., June 20, 1882, Annie R. Kirkpatrick; 3 ch.
Everett Albert, b. June 30, 1860; m., Sept. 29, 1886, Emma E. Barnes; 1 ch.
Samuel Bradley, b. Nov. 5, 1864; m., May 17, 1888, Mary E. Currier; 1 ch.
Calvin Eben, b. Nov. 2, 1868; m.
CHARLES E., son of Ebenezer and Betsey (Cilley) CURRIER, b. in An- dover Sept. 7, 1832; d. Concord April 18, 1907; m., 1856, HAN- NAH R., dau. of John and Sally (Tucker) CILLEY; she d. Dec. 24, 1900.
J. Albertus, b. Nov. 27, 1857; d. Feb. 25, 1877.
ALONZO B., b. Feb. 22, 1860; m. Martha M. Harrington.
Ida A., b. Sept. 29, 1864; m., Dec. 13, 1886, George H. Cilley.
Rosa H., b. April 19, 1867; m., Jan. 1, 1889, George W. Beatty.
ALONZO B., son of Charles E. and Hannah R. (Cilley) CURRIER, b. Feb. 22, 1860; m., May 29, 1880, MARTHA M. HARRINGTON. Eva May, b. Andover Sept. 5, 1891.
Frank Alonzo, b. Andover May 5, 1893.
LYMAN, son of David and Alma (Thompson) CURRIER, b. in Peacham, Vt., Aug. 16, 1838; d. Andover July 26, 1907; m., Sept. 2, 1862,
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LUCY MARIA, dau. of Benjamin and Betsey (Grant) SMITHI of Cabot, Vt., b. July 6, 1839. Mr. Currier came to Andover in 1877 ..
Elbert David, b. Aug. 7, 1867; m. Lucy Hardy.
Eugene Benjamin, b. June 12, 1870; m., Feb. 11, 1894, Caroline Wells of Danbury.
Meroe Alma, b. Feb. 12, 1872; d. July 3, 1872.
Harry Lynn, b. Dec. 3, 1873; m., Sept. 5, 1903, Angie Grace, dau. of John F. Emerson.
FRANCIS, son of and (- -) CURRIER, b. - -; d. in Sutton July 3, 1870; m., - -, Mrs. JANE (CASS) TILTON. Mr. Currier lived on the Capt. John Mayo farm, south of Cilleyville.
Sarah Jane, b. -; m. (1) Andrew Peaslee of Sut- ton; (2) William Cass of Unity.
Francis, b. ---; m. Etta -
Dorella B., b. -; m. (1) Leonard F. Peaslee of Sutton; (2) Abraham P. Richards of Sutton.
Mrs. Currier m. (1) John Tilton of Plymouth and had
Watson,
b.
William W.,
b. -; m. Mary Pike, dau. of Andrew and Lydia (Elkins) Seavey.
Laura J., b. -; m., Jan. 22, 1848, Samuel T. Trumbull; res. Wilmot.
Jacob C.,
b.
Lavina N.,
b.
DANE.
Timothy, son of and - (-) Dane, b. in -- - -; d. in Nashua - -; m., Feb. 2, 1834, Rhoda Bagley, dau. of William and Rhoda (Bagley) Proctor; d. in Nashua Jan. 4, 1895. Mr. Dane was a hatter and manufactured hats in Andover in 1833 and 1834, and afterwards moved to Nashua. Thomas, b.
William Proctor, b.
George Proctor, b.
John, b.
DANFORD.
NATHANIEL DANFORD came to New Breton before the American Revo- lution and served as a soldier in that struggle. He settled on
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the river road, now a part of Franklin, on the farm lately owned by J. Wesley Simonds. He gave the land for the ceme- tery in that neighborhood. There is no record of his family save of the death of his wife Jan. 13, 1798, and the birth of one daughter.
Sarah,
b. Jan. 11, 1798.
DAVIS.
DAVID, son of and - (- ) DAVIS, was b. in North- field, N. H., --; d. in Andover May 3, 1868, a. 74; m., 1818, NANCY, dau. of Ephraim and Sally (Keniston) CROSS; d. in Andover March 10, 1861, a. 73. Mr. Davis was a farmer and came to Andover in 1821.
Hannah, b. in Northfield; m., Nov. 27, 1842, Wilder Tilton (see).
Sallie, b. in Northfield Feb. 20, 1819; m. John T. Gilman (see).
DANIEL M., b. in New Hampton April 20, 1821; m. Cynthia Kezer.
Eliza, b. in Andover Feb. 11, 1825; m., Dec. 25, 1849, James Wheeler Roby; 2 ch., Frank and Nancy Jane; d. April 6, 1897.
John, b. in Andover; m. Maria Corser; 2 ch., William and George; John Davis d. 1861.
DANIEL MITCHELL, son of David and Nancy (Cross) DAVIS, was b. in New Hampton April 20, 1821; d. in Andover Nov. 5, 1901; m., Dec. 3, 1840, CYNTHIA, dau. of William and Olive (Scribner) KEZER, b. Oct. 6, 1819. Daniel was a farmer and a mason.
Frank Leroy, b. June 26, 1843; d. in the army at Fal- mouth, Va., Dec. 25, 1862.
Mary Josephine, b. Nov. 19, 1845; m., Feb. 27, 1867, Amos Sawyer Ripley of Franklin; Frank Thomas Ripley, b. June 18, 1880.
RUFUS MOODY, b. Sept. 22, 1847; m. Arvesta Johnson.
Daniel Edgar,
b. Oct. 10, 1849; d. Aug. 31, 1851.
Daniel Edgar,
b. June 17, 1854; m., Jan. 1, 1876, Anna Belle, dau. of Geo. W. and Mary A. Seavey; no ch .; res. Franklin Falls.
Lillian Isabel,
b. Feb. 17, 1857; m., Dec. 19, 1875, J. Fred Fellows; res. in Concord; no ch.
FREDERICK SCOTT,
b. Dec. 31, 1860; m. Ida Florence Hazen.
RUFUS MOODY, son of Daniel M. and Cynthia (Kezer) DAVIS, was b. in Andover Sept. 22, 1847; d. in Franklin Falls Sept. 14, 1905;
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m., Oct. 8, 1871, ARVESTA J., dau. of Isaiah and Martha A. (Staples) JOHNSON of Franklin.
Alvah Johnson, b. March 28, 1874; m., Oct. 12, 1904, Louise M. Gresser.
Harry Daniel, b. Aug., 1879.
Rufus Engene, b. Nov. 15, 1883.
FREDERICK SCOTT, son of Daniel M. and Cynthia (Kezer) DAVIS, was b. in Andover Dec. 31, 1860; res. in Andover; is a mason; m., July 23, 1886, IDA FLORENCE, dau. of Amos H. and Ellen (Orr) HAZEN of Hartford, Vt.
Helen Cynthia, b. Dec. 9, 1887.
Ralph Everett, b. July 14, 1891.
DAVIS.
ELIAS, son of Dea. Eli and Judith (Sanborn) DAVIS of Springfield, h. Sept. 17, 1811; d. Nov. 9, 1895; m., Feb. 19, 1837, MARY CLARK WHITE of Springfield, Vt .; she d. April 10, 1855. He came from New London and settled in Andover in 1859. He was a shoe- maker and res. at East Andover.
Elias Freeman, b. Nov. 12, 1837; d. June 12, 1855.
ROLLIN EDSON, b. Nov. 14, 1839; m. Mary Elizabeth Fales.
Sherman Avery, b. June 13, 1843; d. June 22, 1869. He was a soldier in the First Rhode Island Cav- alry and the First New Hampshire Cav- alry.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1846; d. Aug. 29, 1849.
ROLLIN EDSON, son of Elias and Mary Clark ( White) DAVIS, b. Nov. 14, 1839; m., July 17, 1864, MARY ELIZABETH, dau. of Mary Carleton (Fales) SHERBURNE of Canaan; she was b. Oct. 22, 1845. Mr. Davis was a farmer; came from New London to Andover in 1859.
Nellie Maria, b. Nov. 29, 1865.
ALFRED Davis was b. in Grantham March 25, 1829; m. in Hill March 8, 1849, ABBY ALDRICHI. b. in Grafton March 28, 1829. He moved to Andover in March, 1864. He was overseer of the town farm and the poor from 1864 to 1868; selectman in 1867 and 1868; town treasurer in 1868, and collector of taxes in 1865 and 1866.
DAWES.
ROBERT DAWES. b. March 15, 1810, in London, Eng .; son of Thomas Dawes of Richmond, Surrey, England, and Elizabeth Goodby
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of Boston, England; m., Jan. 1, 1834, ANN QUIRK of Cork Co., Ireland; came to America in 1836 and settled in Andover in 1874.
Mary Jane,
Kate,
b. 1837; d. young. b. March, 1838; m. John Mullaly and had 3 ch; she d. March 15, 1870.
b. 1839; m. Margaret Mehan and had 5 ch.
Thomas,
William,
b. 1840.
Robert,
b. 1842.
Ellen,
b. 1843; m. John Mullaly and had 3 ch.
Benjamin, b. Dec. 25, 1850.
Edwin,
b. Dec. 28, 1852.
DEARBORN.
REUBEN DEARBORN, Rev., b. in Loudon, N. H., Feb. 14, 1809; m., May 16, 1839, HANNAH BABCOCK, dau. of Col. Jonathan WEARE of An- dover. Mr. Dearborn d. in Salem Nov. 3, 1890. (See minis- ters.)
Susan, b. Aug. 22, 1844; d. at Salem, N. H., Oct. 12, 1873.
Rev. Josiah Weare,
b. Dec. 1, 1847; m., Dec. 3, 1874, Martha B. Dinsmoor of Derry; d. at Watertown, Mass., Jan. 19, 1894; 2 ch.
Reuben Fletcher, b. May 16, 1850; a physician in Lynn, Mass.
DICKERSON.
WATSON, son of Moses DICKERSON of Hill, was b. in Hill Feb. 5, 1801; d. in Andover April 29, 1875; m. (1), March 14, 1829, SARAH, dau. of Willard and Sarah (Cilley) EMERY, who d. Sept. 9, 1868; m. (2) DEBORAH DANIELS of Franklin in 1869.
FRANK PIERCE WATSON, b. Oct. 1, 1870; m. Jennie M. Wadleigh.
FRANK PIERCE WATSON, son of Watson and Deborah (Daniels) DICK- ERSON, b. Oct. 1, 1870; m., Dec. 21, 1891, JENNIE MAY, dau. of John Buren and Viola L. (Brown) WADLEIGH.
Watson, b. East Andover Dec. 8, 1892.
Mildred, b. East Andover Feb. 26, 1895.
Viola, b. Franklin Sept. 26, 1901.
DIMOND.
HENRY CLAY, son of Reuben and Judith DIMOND, b. May 10, 1846; came from Hill to East Andover and settled in 1872; m., Nov. 2,
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1872, ABBIE JANE, dau. of Ebenezer P. and Mary (Tucker) YEATON of East Andover.
Nahum Henry, b. Jan. 6, 1876.
Alice,
b. March 13, 1880.
DODGE.
SOLOMON, son of Solomon and Mary (Buxton) DODGE of New Boston, N. H., was b. May 28, 1836; m. (1) MARY ELIZABETH CHRISTY of New Boston; she was b. July 1, 1842; d. June 7, 1872; m. (2), Feb. 1, 1874, MYRA AUGUSTA, dau. of Joseph Shaw and Asenath Upton (Page) TUCKER of New Boston; she was b. April 5, 1851, at Goffstown, N. H. He was a soldier and officer in the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment.
Effie Evelyn,
b. May 31, 1863; m. Nov. 6, 1884, George W. Carr; 6 ch.
Carrie May,
b. April 12, 1866; m. Dec. 18, 1894, Charles Manson Gaffield; res. Bradford, Vt .; 5 ch.
Nellie Rebecca, b. Oct. 19, 1867; m., Aug. 1892, Frank Elea- zer Rowe; res. Winchester, Mass .; 3 ch.
Millie Belle, b. Oct. 16, 1869; d. Feb. 19, 1872.
Mary Elizabeth,
b. Aug. 30, 1871; d. June 22, 1872.
Lizzie Asenath,
b. Sept. 26, 1876.
Solomon,
b. Dec. 3, 1877.
SOLOMON, son of - - DODGE, b. 1806; a blacksmith at East Andover; m. SUSAN, dau. of John and Jerusha (Sweetser) FELCH, b. in Francestown 1907; res. Sutton when married.
John, b. 1833.
George A., b. 1837.
Elnora, b. 1850.
DOLE.
JOHN DOLE, a Revolutionary soldier, was b. Feb. 5, 1760, and d. Nov. 10, 1814; res. New London; m. MOLLY, dau. of Asa and Elizabeth (Kneeland) PINGREE; she m. (2) Benjamin Cass of Wilmot and res. on Carr hill in Wilmot.
Polly, 3d child,
Dolly, 6th child,
Phebe, Sth child,
Eliza, 9th child,
m. Joseph Woodward. m. James Woodward.
b. May 12, 1799; m. (1), Aug. 12, 1821, Cass, who d. May 4, 1849; m. (2), Dec. 28, 1833, James Moody. b. Feb. 11, 1808; m., March 28, 1825, Levi Morey; d. March 25, 1833.
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DRURY.
WILBUR LEROY. son of Edwin (son of John) and Emily Jeannette (Hardy) Drury, b. in Andover May 19, 1856; m., Sept. 15, 1878, EMMA LUCINDA, dau. of James and Lucy Cutting Corey SEAVEY; she d. Nov. 6, 1879.
Fred, b.
DOWNES.
ISAAC DOWNES was b. in Lebanon, Me., in 1790; came to Andover in 1817; d. in Andover March 15, 1848; m., April, 1820, MIRIAM, dau. of Philip CILLEY of Andover; she d. in Andover, 1877.
Philip Cilley,
b. Oct. 19, 1821; d. Sept. 26, 1863; was a soldier in Tenth New Hampshire Regi- ment.
LEONARD W., b. July 18, 1823; m. Sarah Hill of Thorn- ton; he d. June 8, 1857.
Phebe Ann,
b. 1825; d. 1833.
Priscilla,
b. Feb. 22, 1828; m., 1850, Eben H. Wilkin- son of Effingham, N. H.
Lydia Cilley, b. Feb. 18, 1830; m. Mark Jesse Leaven- worth of Wheelock, Vt.
Ann,
b. May 31, 1833; m. (1) Charles Warren of Charlestown, Vt .; m. (2) Albert C. Cur- rier; she d. Aug. 22, 1893; no ch.
DANIEL,
b.June 10, 1835; m., July 3, 1856, Nancy Jane Keniston.
Ellen M.,
. b. May 6, 1837; m., Sept., 1853, Eben H. Wilkinson; d. Feb., 1856.
ISAAC, b. April 22, 1841; m., June, 1865, Abbie A. Sleeper of Andover.
LEONARD WENTWORTH, son of Isaac and Miriam (Cilley) DOWNES, was b. in Salisbury July 18, 1823; d. in Andover June 7, 1857; m., Oct. 2, 1846, SARAH, dau. of Benjamin HILL; she was b. in Thornton, N. H. Mr. Downes was a farmer and teamster and - settled in Andover in 1856.
Amanda Jane, Charles Leonard,
b. March 17, 1848; m. Wesley J. Cilley. b. June 22, 1850; m., July 18, 1875, Mary Isabel Minard of Salisbury. Leonard Wentworth, b. June 22, 1875; Royal Freese, b. July 21, 1876.
Andrew Wentworth, b. Aug. 23, 1852; m., Jan., 1875, Sybil Jane, dau. of Harvey Durgin of Andover. Ear-
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nest Harlan, b. May 12, 1876. Nellie May, b. March 17, 1880.
Nellie Maria, b. May 23, 1856; d. Nov. 4, 1874.
Mrs. Leonard Wentworth Downes m. (2), Aug. 12, 1865, John Kenis- ton Davis of Northfield.
DANIEL, son of Isaac and Miriam (Cilley ) DOWNES, was b. in Salisbury, N. H., June 10, 1835; m., July 3, 1856, NANCY JANE ADAMS, dau. of Calvin KENISTON, a native of Andover. He came from Low- ell and settled in Andover in 1858; lived at Taunton Hill, An- dover Center, Cilleyville and Potter Place. Mr. Downes d. at Potter Place April 3, 1905. Mrs. Downes d. at Potter Place June 10, 1904.
Edwin Daniel, b. April 30, 1858; m., March 22, 1879, Elzira, dan. of Benjamin C. and Lucy (Buck) Keniston.
Ida Jane,
b. Dec. 29, 1859; m. Frank H. Fifield of En- field.
Fred Eugene, b. June 17, 1861; m., Oct. 31, 1SS2, Lillie Anna Seavey.
Marcilea Maria, b. July 16, 1863; m. William Morrill of An- dover.
Jesse Mark, b. Sept. 16, 1864; m., Sept. 6, 1887, Flora Blake.
Bertie Willie, b. Dec. 21, 1866; m., March 18, 1895, Annie Dailey.
ISAAC, son of Isaac and Miriam (Cilley) Downes, was b. in Salisbury April 22, 1841; d. in Andover May 29, 1907; m., June, 1865, ABBIE A., dau. of Enos and Miriam ( Keniston) SLEEPER.
Stella Maria, b. in Andover Sept. 23, 1866; m. George H. Thompson.
Isaac Nelson, b. in Andover Feb. 1, 1868; m.
DUDLEY.
The history of the Dudley family in this country is, to a great extent, fragmentary, but in some lines it is quite complete.
ROBERT DUDLEY was a captain in the wars under Queen Elizabeth, and was killed in battle, a comparatively young man.
THOMAS, son of Capt. Robert DUDLEY, was b. in England in 1576. He came to Massachusetts at an early period and was Governor in 1634, 1640, 1645, and 1650. He was Deputy Governor for thir- teen years.
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GENEALOGIES.
Rev. SAMUEL, son of Gov. Thomas DUDLEY, was b. about 1610, and was a settled minister in Exeter, N. H., from 1650 till his death in 1683. He m. (1), in 1632, MARY, dau. of Gov. John WINTHROP; she d. in Salisbury, Mass., April 12, 1643; m. (2) MARY BYLEY; m. (3) ELIZABETH - , who was living in 1702.
Children by first wife:
Thomas, bap. in Boston March 9, 1634.
John,
bap. in Boston Jan. 28, 1635.
Margaret, bap. in Cambridge; d. young in Salisbury.
Samuel,
bap. at Cambridge Aug. 2, 1639.
Ann, b. Oct. 16, 1641.
By second wife: Theophilus, b. Oct. 31, 1644.
Mary,
b. April 21, 1646.
Byley, b. Sept. 27, 1647.
Mary,
b. Jan. 6, 1649-'50.
Thomas, b. -; m. Mary - -; d. Exeter 1713.
By third wife:
Elizabeth,
b. 1652.
STEPHEN, b. at Exeter. (See.)
James,
b. at Exeter 1663.
Timothy, b.
Abigail.
Dorothy.
Rebecca.
Samuel.
STEPHEN, son of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth DUDLEY, was b. at Exeter; m. (1), Dec. 24, 1684, SARAH GILMAN; m. (2) MARY THING; m. (3) MERCY GILMAN.
Samuel, b. at Exeter Dec. 19, 1686; m., Nov. 24, 1709, Hannah Colcord.
Stephen, b. at Exeter March 10, 1688; m. Sarah Dav- idson.
JAMES, b. at Exeter June 11, 1690; m. Mercy Fol- som of Exeter.
John,
b. at Exeter Oct. 4, 1692.
Nicholas,
b. at Exeter Aug. 27, 1694.
Joanna, b. at Exeter May 3, 1697.
Trueworthy,
b. at Exeter 1700.
Joseph,
b. at Exeter 1702.
Abigail, b. at Exeter
Sarah, b. at Exeter Jan. 15, 1706.
JAMES, son of Stephen and Sarah (Gilman) DUDLEY, was b. in Exeter June 11, 1690; d. in Exeter in 1746; m. MERCY FOLSOM of Ex- eter.
JAMES, b. Exeter 1715; m. Deborah Bean.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
Abigail,
b. Exeter Oct. 31, 1716.
Samuel,
b. Exeter 1720.
John,
b. Exeter April 9, 1725.
Joseph,
b. Exeter 1728.
Joanna,
b. -; m. Daniel Ladd of Deerfield.
Sarah,
b. d. unm.
Mercy,
b. -; m. - - Emerson of Maine.
JAMES, son of James and Mercy ( Folsom) DUDLEY, was b. in Exeter in 1715; d. in Brentwood 1761; m. DEBORAH BEAN, who d. in An- dover 1810. Children all born in Brentwood.
James, b.
Eliphalet, b. -; d. young.
Stephen, b.
Jonathan, b. 1752; d. in Revolutionary Army at Ti- conderoga in 1776.
JOHN, b. m. Abigail Dudley.
Hannah,
b. , m. Gilman.
JOHN, son of James and Deborah (Bean) DUDLEY, b. in Brentwood; d. in Andover 1810; m. ABIGAIL, dau. of Samuel Paul and Jane (Hubbard) DUDLEY, b. Exeter April 20, 1752; d. Andover 1836. Mr. Dudley was the first settler at West Andover, coming from Brentwood about 1789. He lived in the last house in Andover on the Grafton turnpike. He served six years in the army during the Revolution.
Deborah, b. -; m. Jonathan Scribner and moved to Rome, Me .; he was drowned; she d. in York, leaving children.
HUBBARD, b. June 24, 1782; m. Lydia Tirrill of An- dover.
JOHN, b. 1788; m. Betsey Tirrill of Andover.
Abigail, b. -; m. Amos Flanders of Wilmot; 4 ch.
HUBBARD, son of John and Abigail (Dudley) DUDLEY, was b. June 24, 1782; m., 1805, LYDIA, dau. of John and Sarah (Eastman) TIR- RILL of Andover. She was b. April 18, 1782; d. April 7, 1866. He was a farmer and lived at West Andover; d. Feb. 6, 1873.
Sarah Tirrill, b. Oct. 19, 1806; d. unm. Jan. 27, 1901.
An infant,
b. -; d. May, 1808.
Betsey,
b. Jan. 2, 1810; d. unm. Feb. 15, 1855.
Lydia, b. March 1, 1812; m., Feb. 14, 1839, William Butterfield of Danbury; d. 1852.
Henry Harrison,
b. Dec. S, 1814; d. 1816.
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GENEALOGIES.
George Washington, b. Feb. 26, 1816; m., Oct. 17, 1844, Ann, dau. of Stephen Pingree of Salisbury; d. Oct. 13. 1893. George Stephen, b. Nov. 29, 1851; d. April 2, 1871.
Joseph,
b. April 11, 1818; m. Maria Louise Ott of Keokuk, Iowa; no ch.
Harriet Newell, b. Dec. 16, 1820; m. (1), Jan., 1839, Ashley D. Pomeroy, who d. Oct. 20, 1840; 1 ch .; m. (2), Dec., 1843, Col. Horace Crandall of Manchester; 3 ch. Louisa Jane, b. Dec., 1822; d. 1824.
JOHN, son of John and Abigail (Dudley) DUDLEY, b. 1788; d. in Ando- ver Sept., 1861; m. BETSEY, dau. of John and Sarah (Eastman) TIRRILL; she d. March 30, 1837.
John Langdon, D. D., b. Jan. 12, 1812. (See Ministers.)
Timothy Kelly, b. Ang. 2, 1813; d. Aug. 24, 1846.
Enoch Tirrill, b. Oct. 30, 1815; m. (1) -; m. (2) Eliza C. Jones; d. March 26, 1900.
Ormascinda, b. Feb. 18, 1818; m. Rev. Caleb Branch Tracy; d. in Andover Aug. 30, 1901.
James Buck, b. Jan. 20, 1820; m. -; d. in Andover Dec. 4, 1890.
Walter Harris, b. July 2, 1822; d. June 7, 1843.
Henry Mace, b. April 11, 1825; d.
Lucinda, b. May 29, 1827; d. Ang. 7, 1827.
Charles Curtis, b. July 7, 1829; d.
Ann Charlotte, b. June 7, 1832; d. Sept. 21, 1834.
SAMUEL PAUL, son of Stephen and Sarah (Davidson) DUDLEY, was b. in Exeter 1721; d. Andover Jan. 9, 1789; m. in Kingston Jan. 21, 1746, JANE HUBBARD; d. Andover July 17, 1814 (a. S9y. 7m.).
Abigail, b. 1752; m. John Dudley of Brentwood.
Jeremiah, b. 1756; m., Feb. 4, 1791, Mary Roberts of Salisbury.
Hubbard, b. in Hawke, Feb. 18, 1764; d. Dec. 13, 1841, .at Durham, Canada.
JACOB, b. in Hawke 1766; m. Mehitable Scribner.
STEPJIEN, b. in Hawke 1771; m. Abigail Tilton.
Anna, b. in Hawke; d. in Andover.
JACOB, son of Samuel Paul and Jane (Hubbard) DUDLEY, b. in Hawke 1766; d. in Hanover Oct. 15, 1851; m. in Andover Dec. 28, 1789, MEHITABLE, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Colby) SCRIBNER of An- dover; she. d. in Hanover April 6, 1858 (a. S9y.). They lived in Andover until 1815, when they moved to Hanover. 8
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
Sarah C.,
b. Jan. 1, 1791; d. at Lebanon Feb. 16, 1877;
Mary (Polly), b. Oct. 8, 1792; m. Peter Rowe of Andover, who d. Berlin, Vt., about 1834; Mary d. Jan. 30, 1859.
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