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GENEALOGIES.
two lines of descent still remained distinct. The pages immediately fol- lowing contain such data as could be found concerning the descendants of both RICHARD and JOHN.
RICHARD BROWN.
The vessel Mary and John sailed from London, England, in March and reached Boston, Mass., in May, 1634. Among the passengers were GEORGE, RICHARD and SARAH, children of JOSEPH BROWN of Southampton, England. Sarah was the wife of Rev. James Noyes, who became the associate pastor and teacher of the First Church at Newbury, Mass. Mr. Noyes d. Oct. 21, 1656; Sarah d. July 13, 1691; 10 ch. George Brown, with his brother, and Mr. Noyes and his wife, settled first at Agawam, now Ipswich, Mass., but were residents of Newbury, Mass., in 1635. George Brown was a proprietor at Newbury in 1637; made a freeman May 13, 1640, and d. Aug. 1, 1642, leaving a wife but no chil- dren.
RICHARD BROWN became one of the prominent citizens of Newbury and d. April 26, 1661; m. (1), EDITH - -, who d. April, 1647; m. (2), Feb. 16, 1648, ELIZABETH (GREENLEAF) BADGER, widow of Giles Badger of Newbury and dau. of Edmund and Sarah (Dole) Green- leaf, baptized Ipswich, England, Jan. 16, 1622; she was living in 1683.
Joseph, b. Newbury, -; d. before 1661, the date of his father's will.
JOSHUA,
b. Newbury, April 10, 1642; m. Sarah Saw- yer.
Caleb, Elizabeth,
b. Newbury, May 7, 1645; d. before 1661.
b. Newbury, May 22, 1649; m., Jan. 3, 1665- 66, Israel Webster; she d. Oct. 10, 1668; 1 ch.
Richard,
b. Newbury, Feb. 18, 1651; m., May 7, 1674, Mary Jaques; one son, Rev. Richard, b. Sept. 12, 1675; H. C. 1697; res. Reading, Mass.
Edmund, Sarah,
b. Newbury, July 17, 1654.
b. Newbury, Sept. 7, 1657; m. Benaiah Tit- comb of Newbury; 8 ch.
Mary,
b. Newbury, April 10, 1660; m., Sept. 8, 1680; Wm. Partridge of Portsmouth, N. H .; later lieut. gov. of province of N. H .; he d. Jan. 3, 1728-29; she d. June 10, 1739; 5 ch.
JOSHUA, Dea., son of Richard and Edith (- -) BROWN, b. Newbury,
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April 10, 1642; m., Jan. 15, 1669, SARAH, dau. of William and Ruth SAWYER; res. in Newbury, Mass. Dea. Joshua's will dated May 20, 1711, probated May 9, 1720.
JOSEPH, Joshua,
b. Oct. 11, 1669; m. Sarah Treadwell.
b. May 18, 1671; m. Elizabeth 1
he d. Nov. 21, 1742; several ch.
Tristram, Sarah,
b. Dec. 21, 1672; m. Elizabeth
b. Dec. 5, 1676; m., May 14, 1696, Thomas Wells. In 1703 Sarah and her 3 ch. were killed by Indians in Wells, Me.
Ruth,
b. Oct. 29, 1678; m., Oct. 31, 1698, John Ayer; living in 1711.
Elisabeth,
b. April 2, 1682; m. - Lunt; living in 1711.
Samuel,
b. Sept. 4, 1687; living in 1711; grad. Har- vard College 1705; first minister in Abing- ton, Mass.
JOSEPH, DEA., son of Dea. Joshua and Sarah (Sawyer) BROWN, b. New- bury, Mass., Oct. 11, 1669; d. Amesbury, Mass., Oct. 18, 1732; m., about 1694, SARAH, dau. of Nathaniel and Abigail (Wells) TREADWELL; b. Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 15, 1674.
Abigail,
b. Newbury, April 6, 1695; m. Benjamin Currier of Amesbury; 8 ch.
Nathan, b. Newbury, June 18, 1697; d. young.
Sarah,
b. Newbury, June 22, 1698; m. (1) Dec. 12, 1717, Daniel Currier of Amesbury; 2 ch .; m. (2), April 28, 1731, Joseph Sar- gent; 1 ch .; m. (3), May 24, 1736, Jarvis Ring; 1 ch .; m. (4), before April, 1739, Leavitt.
Nathaniel,
b. Newbury Aug. 1, 1700; grad. Harvard College, 1722; teacher in Amesbury; d. Nov. 30, 1729.
JOSHUA,
b. Amesbury, July 1, 1704; m. Joanna Mor- rill.
Simeon,
b. Amesbury, --; m., March 13, 1729, Hannah Young. Simeon was a physician and res. in Kingston, N. H., and Haver- hill, Mass. His eldest son, Henry, was a captain in the French and Indian wars. In 1745 sold his farm in Kingston to his brother Joshua.
JOSIIUA, son of Dea. Joseph and Sarah (Treadwell) BROWN, b. in Ames- bury, Mass., July 1, 1704; d. Kingston, N. H., April, 23, 1756;
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m., Salisbury, Mass., Dec. 8, 1726, JOANNA, dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stevens) MORRILL. Mr. Brown was a merchant and farmer at Kingston, where he lived after 1745, and acquired a good estate. Mrs. JOANNA m. (2), JONATHAN BROWN of Kensington, the father by a former marriage of Lieut. ABBA BROWN, who lived in Andover.
Joseph, Elizabeth,
bap. Salisbury, Mass., Nov. 19, 1727. bap. Salisbury, Mass., Aug. 17, 1729.
JOSEPH,
b. Salisbury, Mass., April 28, 1733; m. Elizabeth Sawyer.
Joanna, bap. Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 4, 1736.
Jacob,
bap. Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 24, 1742.
Nathaniel,
bap. Salisbury, Mass., May -, 1744; d. Feb. 21, 1746.
Abigail, Nathaniel,
b. Kingston, N. H., Sept. 18, 1746.
b. Kingston, N. H., Oct. 2, 1748; m., Nov. 17, 1771, Mary Clifford; he d. Hawke, April 9, 1802.
The names of the first and second of the above children are uncertain.
JOSEPH, son of Joshua and Joanna (Morrill) BROWN, b. in Salisbury, Mass., April 28, 1733; d. Andover, April 6, 1812; he res. in King- ston, Hawke and Andover; m., at Kingston, Dec. 30, 1757, ELIZA- BETH, dau. of Joseph and Dorothy (Brown) SAWYER, bap. at Salis- bury, Mass., Aug. 27, 1738; d. Andover July 13, 1813. Mr. Brown came to Andover in 1781, building his log cabin on the old road leading from the highway near the A. J. Hall place to the "Flag- hole" road. He was an active, worthy and highly respected citi- zen.
JOSEPH,
b. Kingston March 31, 1759; m. Abigail Towle.
ISAAC, MOSES,
NATHANIEL,
b. Hawke May 24, 1761; m. Sarah Aiken. bap. Hawke Nov. 3, 1765; m. Molly Blake. bap. Hawke May 27, 1770; m. Mehitable Sweatt.
bap. Hawke Feb. 14, 1773; m. Lovey Ladd.
HENRY, Elizabeth, bap. Hawke Feb. 16, 1777; d. Andover Nov. 15, 1862; unm.
Hannah,
bap. Hawke Jan. 24, 1779; d. Andover March 26, 1806; unm.
JOSEPH, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, b. Kingston March 31, 1759; d. Andover July 29, 1843; he was a soldier in 1776-77; afterwards enlisted in the Continental Army; m. at South Hampton, Sept. 5, 1780, ABIGAIL, dau. of Caleb Jr., and Ruth
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(Page) TOWLE. b. at Hawke, March 24, 1761; d. Andover, Oct. 28, 1831. Mr. Brown built, in the autumn of 1781, the so-called "Red" house on the road southeast of East Andover village, now owned by Ezekiel Eastman. The house is still standing in a fair state of preservation. A part of the land remained in the family name over 120 years. Mr. Brown built and gave to his son, Reu- ben, the so-called Brown house and also gave him 100 acres of land at the time of Reuben's marriage. Mrs. Brown's mother, Ruth Towle, "Aunt Ruth." came to Andover soon after her daughter moved here. She was a woman of noted ability in many ways and it was said that through her influence Caleb Towle Marston and Caleb Towle Robie received their names. She d. Sept. 14, 1828, and was buried in the North Church cemetery.
Ruth,
Dorothy,
REUBEN,
Lois,
b. Hawke, April 14, 1781; m. William Em- ery (see). b. Andover, July 2S, 1783; m. Caleb Mars- ton (see). b. Andover, June 24, 1785; m. Lydia Sim- onds. b. Andover, Oct. 15, 1792; d. unm., Jan. 22, 1861.
REUBEN. son of Joseph and Abigail (Towle) BROWN. b. Andover June 24, 1785; d. Andover June 17, 1846; m., 1807, LYDIA. dau. James and Lydia (Morrison) SIMONDS of Andover; she d. Oct. 29, 1850. Mr. Brown res. on the paternal homestead at E. Andover.
Abigail, b. May 4, 1SOS; m. David Fuller.
Lydia S. b. Sept. 15, 1809; d. Andover, March 2, 1897; unm.
JOSEPH.
b. May 9, 1811; m. Hannah Greeley.
Sally, b. March 22, 1813; m. Ruel Long.
Harriet, b. July 23, 1819; d. Andover Jan. 22, 1SSS; · unul.
Lydia S. and Harriet were noted for their skill as tailoresses.
JOSEPH, son of Reuben and Lydia (Simonds) BROWN. b. Andover May 9, 1811; d. Andover Jan. 13, 1878; m., 1835, HANNAH, dau. of Moses and Hannah (Eaton) GREELEY, b. Salisbury Oct. 26, 1809; d. Laconia April 25, 1901. Mr. Brown res. on the farm formerly owned by his father. He was interested in militia affairs and held several commissions in the companies of the 21st Regt.
MOSES G.,
b. Oet. 25, 1835; mı. Azuba A. (Sargent) Brown.
Jane H., b. April 10, 1837; m. John B. Wadleigh.
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Louisa A.,
b. May 14, 1839; m. George O. Fuller; moved to Ill. in 1859.
Viola L.,
b. July 21, 1844; m. John B. Wadleigh.
FRANK J.,
b. Nov. 15, 1848; m. (1) Josephine Buxton; (2) Lizzie M. Bryant.
MOSES G., son of Joseph and Hannah (Greeley ) BROWN, b. Andover Oct. 25, 1835; d. Andover July 3, 1878; m., Concord, Nov. 26, 1868, AZUBA A. (SARGENT) BROWN, dau. of Richard and Betsey Sar- gent, b. Concord Oct. 12, 1845; d. Andover Sept. 10, 1875.
Hermon G., b. Sept. 15, 1869; res. E. Andover.
George W., b. June 28, 1871; res. Concord.
Lucia Elvira, b. Nov. 23, 1873; m. Edward Chamberlain; res. Washington, N. H .; 2 ch.
FRANK JOSEPH, son of Joseph and Hannah (Greeley ) Brown, b. Andover Nov. 15, 1848; m. (1), Jan. 31, 1871, JOSEPHINE, dau. of Frederick and Olive A. (Dockham) BUXTON, b. Worcester, Mass., 1852; m. (2), Aug. 17, 1890, LIZZIE M., dau. of James and Judith M. (Bart- lett) BRYANT, b. Meredith May 22, 1855. Mr. Brown res. at La- conia and at Toronto, Ontario.
Fred Buxton, b. Laconia, Oct. 26, 1872; served in Spanish war; res. Philadelphia.
Vernon Dudley, b. Laconia, Jan. 23, 1894.
ISAAC, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, b. Hawke May 24, 1761; d. Andover, March 30, 1812; m., Dec. 24, 1782, SARAH, dau. of John, Jr., and Sarah (-) AIKEN, b. Chester, Feb. 21, 1763. He settled on the Jacob Weare place at the top of the hill on the old road to Franklin, and built and operated a sawmill on Mill brook in "Hog Back." He was one of the original members of the Free Will Baptist Church. Mrs. Sarah Brown m. (2) En- sign Stephen Green, who lived on the William Weare farm near Cilley hill.
Elizabeth,
Sally, Isaac,
b. Sept. 23, 1783; m., Jan 31, 1809, Thomas Piper; res. Andover, Laconia, etc .; 6 ch. b. Dec. 5, 1785; d. Dec. 28, 1800.
b. Jan. 29, 1788; m. (1) Polly Green; (2) Polly Tucker; rem. to Michigan; nothing further known.
Polly,
b. May 21, 1790; m. Jonathan Fellows, who was a vocal music teacher; res. Gilman- ton and Peterborough; no ch.
Joseph, Ruth, 3
b. May 23, 1792; d. June 23, 1795.
b. July 8, 1794; m., 1821, James Perley Glines (see).
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
HENRY,
b. Feb. 20, 1797; m. (1) Asenath M. (Dur- gin) Holcomb; (2) Hannah Bean.
JOHN,
b. May 29, 1799; m. Susan Fuller.
Hannalı,
b. May 22, 1803; m., 1824, Ira Forbush of Peterborough; 9 ch .; res. Peterborough; she d. Aug. 9, 1885; her husband d. July 20, 1879.
Amos,
b. June 19, 1805; m. Esther - -; he set- tled in Peterborough. He worked in Bos- ton several years. With the money he had saved in his pocket, he took the stage for his home in Peterborough, but was never heard from afterwards. His widow returned to her friends in Philadelphia. One dau., d. young.
HENRY, son of Isaac and Sarah (Aiken) BROWN, b. Andover, Feb. 20, 1797; d. Andover about 1850; m. (1), 1823, ASENATH M. (DURGIN) HOLCOMB, dau. of John and Lydia (Morrison) Durgin of Sanborn- ton; she d. Andover Nov. 8, 1841; m. (2) HANNAH, dau. of David and Betsey (Beckford) BEAN of Sanbornton. Mr. Brown was a blacksmith and res. at Sanbornton, Northfield and Andover.
Lydia Ann,
b. Northfield, Feb. 23, 1828; m., at Lowell, Mass., Feb. 13, 1846, Rev. William H. Yeoman, b. in England; pastor of Free Baptist churches in Me. and N. H .; he died Wilmot Flat May 1, 1894; she d. Biddeford Nov. 13, 1864; 4 ch.
Charles H., b. - -; m. Caroline Chamberlain of Vt .; he was a soldier in 6thı Mich. Regt. and a lieut. in colored regt.
Arthur,
b. Sanbornton about 1843; was living in Andover in 1850.
Dea. John, son of Isaac and Sarah (Aiken) Brown, b. Andover May 29, 1799; d. Belmont July 17, 1868; m., April 16, 1825, SUSAN, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Rollins) FULLER, b. Andover, Sept. 10, 1802; d. Belmont June 17, 1883. Mr. Brown settled at E. Andover on the John Leavitt place and planted the big elm near the house. He was a deacon in the Christian church at E. Andover and at Bel- mont.
Mary Jane,
b. Andover, May 5, 1827; d. July 20, 1828.
ALBERT HARLEIOII,
b. Andover, Oct. 21, 1829.
Susan Jeanette, Eveline Jeannette,
b. Belmont, Aug., 1840; d. Dec. 8, 1843.
b. Belmont Jan. 27, 1844; m. (1) Andrew Hersey Smith; (2) William Stevens.
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ALBERT HARLEIGH, son of Dea. John and Susan (Fuller) BROWN, b. An- dover, Oct. 21, 1829; d. Tilton Oct. 30, 1900; m. (1), May 23, 1847, EVELINE M., dau. Rev. John and Sally GILLINGHAM, b. Bradford April 2, 1826; d. Dec. 3, 1869; m. (2) May 11, 1875, Mrs. HORATIA A. HILL of Tilton, b. Sidney, Me., Sept. 27, 1843. Mr. Brown was a railway employee for several years, afterwards a wood and coal merchant at Tilton.
Frank Albert,
b. Belmont, April 20, 1848; m., July 24, 1875, Clara Ella Clark; 6 ch.
Florence Agnes, b. Belmont, May 22, 1851; m., Jan. 16, 1875, George W. Baker; d. April 25, 1907; no ch.
Charles Harleigh, b. Bradford, Jan. 7, 1853; m., Aug. 8, 1880, Sarah Thompson.
Hallie Elliott, b. Tilton, Oct. 16, 1879.
BROWN-SMITH.
EVELINE JEANNETTE, dau. of Dea. John and Susan (Fuller) BROWN, b. Belmont Jan. 27, 1844; m. (1), Sept. 1, 1861, ANDREW HERSEY SMITHI, who d. Belmont, Dec. 24, 1867; m. (2), Oct. 29, 1880, WIL- LIAM STEVENS of Hill, who d. Sept. 7, 1897. Mrs. Smith-Stevens res. Laconia.
Nora B. Smith, b. Nov. 1, 1862; m. Alonzo C. Randlett of Belmont; d. July 24, 1901; 1 ch.
Mabel F. Smith, b. Nov. 26, 1866; d. June 2, 1869.
BROWN.
Capt. MOSES, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, baptized Af Hawke, Nov. 3, 1765; d. Andover, Oct. 30, 1812; m. (1), Feb. 23, 1786, MOLLY, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Molly (Baird) BLAKE of Andover; she d. Aug. 23, 1799. (Rev. Josiah Badcock records in his diary: "Mr. Moses Brown Jun. lost his wife by reason of death.") M. (2), NANCY, dau. of John and Dorothy Leavitt Row- ELL. Mr. Badcock's record of marriage was: "Nov. 13, 1800, being Thanksgiving, Mr. Moses Brown and Nancy Rowell." She d. in Franklin June, 1855. Mr. Brown res. nearly opposite the place of the late Silas M. Ellis.
b. Aug. 10, 1786; m. Rebecca Fellows.
SAMUEL, Moses, b. -; m. twice, had two sons, Henry and William; res. Auburn, N. Y., and in Ohio.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
Enoch,
b. May, 1805; m. Hannah Prescott; 1 ch., · Electa Anna, m. Cyrus G. Currier, who d. July 2, 1892; 2 ch., both dead.
b. -; d. young.
ELIZA,
b. March 19, 1809; m. James Harvey Proc- tor.
NANCY,
b. Oct. 20, 1811; m. William Williams Han- cock.
SAMUEL, son of Moses and Molly (Blake) BROWN, b. Andover Aug. 10, 1786; d. Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1857; m., July 1, 1803, REBECCA, dau. of Joseph and Molly (Huntoon) FELLOWS, b. Andover April 25, 1784; d. Auburn, N. Y., April 8, 1861. Mr. B. was known as "Squire" Brown, and was a prominent man of affairs at East Andover. In the writing of deeds, wills and other legal docu- ments, he occupied the place of a lawyer among his neighbors. He carried on an extensive business as a blacksmith, employing several assistants. He built the original house on the Weare D. Tuttle place and sold it to Thomas R. White. He afterwards lived on the "Weymouth" place, which he bought of Henry D. Hil- ton. On April 22, 1836, he moved with his family to Auburn, N. Y.
JACOB MOORE, Mary Blake,
b. April 19, 1805; m. - , Sally Weare.
b. April 13, 1807; m. James C. Nelson of Ithaca, N. Y .; she d. Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1873; 5 ch.
Sally,
b. March 4, 1809; d. April 16, 1809.
SAMUEL BLAKE,
b. Oct. 6, 1811; m. Ann Gilman Leighton.
Moses,
b. Sept. 19, 1813; d. May 25, 1814.
Jane Tyler,
b. June 6, 1815; m. Horatio Gates Emery.
Isabel, Adaline,
b. Oct. 12, 1817; d. April 25, 1818.
b. Sept. 13, 1819; m., Oct. 10, 1841, Geo. W. Randlett of Laconia; res. Milton, Mass .; d. Milton, Oct. 9, 1905; 5 ch.
Joseph Fellows,
b. July 31, 1821; was a sailor in the East India trade; d. Milton, April 4, 1846; unm. b. Nov. 2, 1827; m. Alfred A. Cain; res. Auburn, N. Y .; d. Oct. 2, 1846; 1 ch.
Susan R.,
Moses Van Buren,
b. Jan. 5, 1830; m. (1) Victoria Frieze; (2) -; res. Cal. and Nev .; d. June 16, 1885; 1 ch.
JACOB MOORE, son of Samuel and Rebecca ( Fellows) BROWN, b. Andover, April 19, 1805; d. Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1886; m., Dec. 9, 1829, SALLY, dau. Joshua Lane and Polly (Graves) WEARE, b. An-
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dover, Sept. 12, 1809; d. Auburn, N. Y., June 24, 1872. Mr. Brown moved to Auburn, N. Y., with his father in 1836.
George W., b. July 3, 1830; m. - -; res. Auburn,
N. Y.
Mary R. J., b. July 21, 1832; d. Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1846.
Sarah Jane, b. May 22, 1836; d. Auburn, N. Y., June 4, 1846.
John Milton, b. Feb. 14, 1845; d. Auburn, N. Y., June 16, 1874; unm.
Edwin W.,
b. May 14, 1847; m., Franklin, N. H., May 12, 1869, Georgianna E. Weare, dau. of Joseph and Eliza A. (Bickford) Weare of Andover; 2 ch .; res. Auburn, N. Y.
SAMUEL BLAKE, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Fellows) BROWN, b. An- dover, Oct. 6, 1811; d. Brownton, Minn., Dec. 27, 1891; m., Milton, Mass., Oct. 6, 1835, ANN GILMAN, dau. of Paul LEIGHTON, b. Fal- mouth, Me., May 1, 1812; d. Brownton, Minn., May 9, 1885; res. Milton and Quincy, Mass., and Brownton, Minn.
Henrietta Bryant, Alonzo Leighton,
b. Milton, June 24, 1836. b. Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1838; m .; res. Brownton, Minn .; soldier, 4th Minn. Regt .; capt. 50 U. S. colored regt .; law- yer; d. Oct. 11, 1904; 1 ch.
Charles Henry, b. Falmouth, Me., Sept. 20, 1841; soldier 4th Minn .; d. Corinth, Miss., June 26, 1862. Alfred Augustus, b. Auburn, N. Y., May 27, 1844; served in army 1861-65.
Andrew Jackson, b. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1845; served in army 1861-65.
Emma Frances, b. Auburn, N. Y., April 27, 1848.
Horace Eugene, b. Auburn, N. Y., April 12, 1853.
Martha Anna, b. Auburn, N. Y., April 29, 1854.
BROWN-PROCTOR.
ELIZA, dau. of Moses and Nancy (Rowell) BROWN, b. Andover, March 19, 1809; d. Lowell, Mass., Feb. 26, 1892; m., June 6, 1833, JAMES HARVEY, son of James and Abigail (Ladd) PROCTOR. b. Claremont Nov. 23, 1806; d. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 19, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor are buried at Franklin. Mr. Proctor was a machinist.
Eliza Anna Proctor, b. Dover, N. H., May 14, 1834; m., Sept. 4, 1856, Bradbury M. Morrill of Hill; she d. June 5, 1873; 3 ch.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
John Carroll Proctor, b. Manchester, Oct. 23, 1840; m., Dec. 7, 1870, Adaline E., dau. of Prof. Ira Young of Dartmouth College. Mr. Proctor was professor of Greek at Dartmouth Col- lege 1870-79. He d. at Hanover Oct. 29, 1879; 3 ch.
George Howard Proctor, b. Manchester, June 12, 1844; m., Jan. 6, 1867, Mary L. Wooster; he d. Lowell, Mass., Dec. 28, 1895; 4 ch.
Clara Ellen Proctor, b. Lowell, Mass., April 29, 1848; m., Nov. 22, 1882, George F. Colson; 2 ch.
BROWN-HANCOCK.
NANCY, dau. of Moses and Nancy (Rowell) BROWN, b. Andover Oct. 20, 1811; d. Franklin April 23, 1880; m., May 6, 1833, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, son of Lt. William and Polly (Cross) HANCOCK, b. Northfield July 12, 1807; d. Franklin Feb. 23, 1885; res. in Frank- lin 47 years.
MARY JANE Hancock, b. Dec. 10, 1834; m. William Francis Pear- son.
Caroline Hancock, b. April 26, 1836; m. James L. Keniston of Andover.
Arthur Hancock, b. March 27, 1838; d. Aug. 22, 1854. Enoch Brown Hancock, b. Oct. 20, 1839; m., about 1867, Jennie Locke of Franklin; res. Reno, Nev.
William Graves Han- cock, b. March 9, 1842; m. (1) Sarah A. Eaton of Concord; (2) Adelaide M. Hall of Pal- myra, N. Y .; d. 1907; 4 ch.
Parker Cross Hancock, b. Oct. 26, 1843; m., May 26, 1866, Jennie M. Burgess of Maine; res. Franklin; 8 ch. Nancy E. Hancock, b. Oct. 13, 1846; m. James L. Keniston of Andover.
Frank Knapp Hancock, b. Feb. 8, 1849; m. (1) Nellie Keasar; (2) Emmeline White; 2 ch.
Henry A. Hancock,
b. Oct. 26, 1852; d. May 28, 1873.
Abbie Susan Hancock, b. Dec. 5, 1855; m., Jan. 2, 1889, Frank L. Morrison; res. Franklin; he d. Jan. 12, 1907; no ch.
BROWN-HANCOCK-PEARSON.
MARY JANE, dan. of William Williams and Nancy (Brown) HANCOCK, b. Dec. 10, 1834; m., Jan. 1, 1857, WILLIAM FRANCIS, son of Samuel
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GENEALOGIES.
and Hannah (Calef) PEARSON, b. Salisbury, N. H., April 2, 1828; res. Salisbury.
Mary Lizzie Pearson,
b. Nov. 18, 1857; d. Nov. 18, 1872.
Clara A. Pearson,
b. April 11, 1859; d. young.
Samuel Pearson,
b. Jan. 30, 1861; d. young.
Willie A. Pearson,
b. April 1, 1863; d. young.
Ned F. Pearson,
b. Oct. 26, 1864; d. young.
Alice Pearson,
b. Nov. 3, 1868; m. Silas Fifield of Andover; res. West Salisbury.
Carrie Grace Pearson,
b. Aug. 11, 1870; m., Jan. 1, 1902, Roscoe Pearson Prince; res. Salisbury; 2 ch.
John B. Pearson,
b. Dec. 10, 1872; m., April 4, 1895, Mary Ayer of Glasgow, Scotland; res. Frank- lin; 2 ch.
Nancy Ella Pearson,
b. July 15, 1876.
Anna Pearson,
b. Sept. 23, 1881.
BROWN.
NATHANIEL, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, baptized Hawke, May 27, 1770; d. about 1850; m., Sept. 29, 1800, MEHITABLE SWEATT of Salisbury. Mr. Brown owned and resided on lot 65 in the 3d Range, which became a part of Franklin when Andover was divided. Mrs. Brown d. about 1848.
NATHANIEL, b. -; m. (1), Clarissa Woodmausee; m. (2) Mary G. -. William, b. - 1810; d. Andover, 1868; unm.
MOSES, b. - ; m. (1) Mary Fellows; (2) Dolly (Mastin) Jehannett. b. - -; d. Franklin; unm.
Dolly, Sally, b. -; d. Franklin, unm.
NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Sweatt) BROWN, b. An- dover -; d. Lowell, Mass., about 1846; m. (1), CLARISSA WOOD- MANSEE of Greenboro, Vt., where Nathaniel res. till death of his wife; 1 ch .; m. (2) MARY G. -; 3 ch .; she m. (2) Abbott and res. Hill, N. H., in 1868. -
Esther, b. -; m. R. B. Anderson; d. Boxford, Mass., Feb. 2, 1864; no ch.
Harriet M., b. April, 1838; m. Charles H. Furnald; res. Medford, Mass., in 1868.
George H.,
b. Nov., 1840; res. Alexandria in 1868.
Hiram, b. July, 1843; res. Hill and in Bloomington, Ill; a soldier in Co. C, 12th N. H. Regt .; served from Sept. 5, 1862, to May 31, 1865.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
MOSES, son of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Sweatt) BROWN, b. Andover - -; d. Franklin Jan. 8, 1877; m. (1), about 1850, MARY, dau. of Ebenezer FELLOWS of Norwich, Vt .; she d. at Franklin about 1863; m. (2), Oct. 6, 1868, DOLLY (MASTIN) JEIIANNETT, dau. Jo- seph Mastin; she d. Jan. 18, 1892.
Mary,
b. about 1852; m. (1), - O'Clair; 2
ch .; m. (2), Benj. Evans; d. June 15, 1888.
George H., b. ; res. Holliston, Mass.
Lucy, b. about 1860; res. Franklin.
HENRY, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, baptized Hawke, Feb. 14, 1773; d. Bridgewater Dec. 21, 1834; m., March 15, 1804, LOVEY LADD; she d. at New Hampton Feb. S, 1866, a. S8-9-26. Mr. Brown res. in several places in Andover, and in 1817 he moved to Bridgewater.
JAMES,
b. Andover, July 3, 1805; m. Judith Blais- dell Harran.
Hannah, b. Andover -; m., Oct. 23, 1842, Wil- liam Bailey; d. Bridgewater, 1862.
b. Andover, -; d. Bridgewater, Sept. 29, 1818.
Mary Potter,
b. Andover, Sept. 12, 1816; m., 1832, Seth Spencer of Bridgewater; d. Jan. 14, 1892; 6 ch.
JAMES, son of Henry and Lovey (Ladd) BROWN, b. Andover July 3, 1805; d. at Plymouth Jan. 17, 1898; m., Nov. 18, 1830, JUDITH BLAISDELL, dau. of John and Nancy (Pressey) HARRAN, b. Bridgewater, Jan. 12, 1807; d. Bristol June 12, 1883. Mr. Brown res. New Hampton, Bridgewater, Bristol and Plymouth; was a deacon in the Second Baptist Church at Bridgewater.
Mary Elizabeth,
b. Bridgewater, Dec. 5, 1831; m., Nov. 30, 1852, Dudley Marshall.
JOSEPH HARRAN,
b. New Hampton, Dec. 19, 1833; m. Har- riet Newell Huse.
Manson S.,
b. Bridgewater, Nov. 29, 1835; m. Ann Polly Elliot Whitney; no ch .; he adopted son of sister Lovinia G .; soldier in 13th Regt .; sheriff of Grafton Co., and state sen- ator 1886-87.
John Henry, Hester Ann,
b. Bridgewater -; d. young.
b. Bridgewater, Jan. 25, 1839; m., March 1, 1865, Melvin Dame; d. Stafford, March 14, 1866.
Hannah Angeline,
b. Bridgewater, July 31, 1841; m., Oct. 5, 1875, John D. Harris; d. Ipswich, Mass., April 5, 1893.
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GENEALOGIES.
Josephine G., Lovinia G.,
b. Bridgewater, Feb. 5, 1844; m., Dec. 16, 1865, Wm. H. Abel; d. June 20, 1869.
b. Bridgewater, April 13, 1847: m., June 20, 1870, Wm. H. Abel; d. Aug. 7, 1870. Mr. Abel killed in railway accident May 8, 1882. One son, adopted by Manson S. Brown.
JOHN HENRY,
b. Bridgewater, May 20, 1850; m. Marietta Sanborn Lougee.
Rev. JOSEPH HARRAN, son James and Elizabeth Blaisdell (Harran) BROWN, b. New Hampton Dec. 19, 1833; d. Concord March 16, 1900; m., May 1, 1862, HARRIET NEWELL, dau. Joseph and Harriet N. (Frye) HUSE, b. Danville, Vt., Aug. 18, 1837; 1 ch. Mr. Brown was educated at New Hampton; was ordained as a Baptist min- ister and was a pastor at Bow Lake, Stafford, Epsom and Hill. In 1870 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Conference and held appointments at Rumney, Lisbon, Franklin Falls, Jefferson, Stark, Manchester First Church, North Haverhill, Sandwich Center and Marlborough and supplied at Lempster, South Acworth and Web- ster. He was a member of the legislature from Hill in 1870; and was a member of the board of education in nearly every town where he preached. One child res. in Lancaster, with whom Mrs. Brown made her home.
JOHN HENRY, son of James and Elizabeth Blaisdell (Harran) BROWN. b. Bridgewater May 20, 1850; m., June 10, 1872, MARIETTA SAN- BORN, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Sarah C. (Cram) LOUGEE, b. San- bornton, Sept. 22, 1849; no ch. Mr. Brown was a merchant in Bristol and was engaged in the lumber business. He served as deputy sheriff and was a representative in the legislature. For several years he was claim agent for the Boston & Maine R. R., and a res. of Concord after 1895. He was commissary general on the staff of Gov. Busiel, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896, presidential elector in 1900 and is now postmaster at Concord. He has been a member of the Republi- can State Committee of N. H. for twenty-five years.
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