History of the town of Andover, New Hampshire, 1751-1906, Part II, Part 4

Author: Eastman, John R. (John Robie), 1836-1913
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Concord, N.H. : Printed by the Rumford Print. Co.
Number of Pages: 474


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JOHN BROWN.


JOHN BROWN was b. in London, England, in 1589, of Scottish parent- age; left England on the vessel Elizabeth, April 17, 1635, for Bos- ton; resided in Watertown and Salem, Mass., and was in Hamp- ton in 1638, where he became a large landholder, farmer, stock raiser and shipbuilder. He was the third in wealth on the earliest known tax list. He m. SARAH WALKER, who came from England


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on the same vessel; she d. at Hampton July 6, 1672, a. 54. He d. at Hampton Feb. 28, 1686.


Sarah,


b. about 1643; m. John Poor; d. Charles- town, Mass., Dee. 28, 1678.


John.


b. Aug. 29, 1645.


Benjamin,


b. about 1647; m. Sarah Brown; d. about 1736.


Elizabeth,


b. -; in. Isaac Marston; d. Oct. 5, 1689.


JACOB,


b. 1653; m. Sarah Brookings.


Mary,


b. Sept. 13, 1655; m., April 15, 1675, Nathan Parker.


Thomas,


b. July 14, 1657; m. Abiah Shaw; d. June 29, 1744.


Stephen,


b. about 1659; killed by Indians at Black Point at Scarborough, Me., June 29, 1677.


JACOB, son of John and Sarah (Walker) BROWN, b. in Hampton 1653; d. Hampton Feb. 13, 1740; was a soldier in the Indian Wars; m., about 1682, SARAII, dau. of William and Mary (Walford) BROOKINGS of Portsmouth.


John,


b. about 1684; m. Ruth Kelley; d. April, 1747.


Samuel, b. Sept., 1686; m. Elizabeth Maloon; d. Jan. 14, 1772.


Abraham,


b. --- 1688; m., Feb. 6, 1718, Argentine, - dau. of John Cram; res. Hampton Falls.


Joshua, b. April 1, 1691; m. (1) Rachel Sanborn; (2) Sarah Leavitt; d. Dec. 10, 1783.


Sarah, b .- 1693; m. Philip Green.


Jacob, b. -- 1695; m., Nov. 16, 1721, Joanna Jones; res. Hampton Falls; d. about 1730.


Abigail, b. March 3, 1698; m. (1) John Dowst; (2) Amos Knowles; d. Nov. 3, 1776.


JONATHAN, b. Feb. 24, 1700; m. (1) Joanna Abba; (2) Joanna (Morrill) Brown.


Jeremiah, b. June 28, 1702; m. Elizabeth Moody; d. Saco, Me., about 1780.


JONATHAN, son of Jacob and Sarah (Brookings) BROWN, b. in Hampton, Feb. 24, 1700; d. July 10, .1766; m. (1), Feb. 17, 1726, JOANNA, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Severance) ABBA of Salisbury, Mass., b. Nov. 15, 1706; d. Kensington Sept. 7, 1757; m. (2), Nov. 30, 1758, Mrs. JOANNA (MORRILL) BROWN, widow of Joshua Brown of Kingston.


Abigail, Miriam, b.


l). -.


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Sarah,


b.


Joanna,


b.


Jonathan,


b.


ABBA,


b. Kensington May 28, 1739; m. Elizabeth Leavitt.


JOSEPH,


b. -; m. Ann Brown.


Lydia,


b.


Moses,


b.


Judith,


b.


Lieut. ABBA, 6th child of Jonathan and Joanna (Abba) BROWN, b. in Kensington May 28, 1739; d. in Andover Jan. 1, 1831; m., Nov. 24, 1768, ELIZABETH, dau. of Amos and Elizabeth, (Verrell) LEAVITT of Hampton Falls. Lieut. B. came to Andover about 1778 and settled on Knowles hill, not far from where B. F. Scribner lived in 1880. Mrs. B. d. Sept. 24, 1803, a. 52.


Elizabeth,


b. in Kensington Nov. 20, 1769; d. in Frank- lin Feb. 10, 1861; unm.


Jonathan, b. in Kensington March 12, 1772; d. June 7, 1772.


Mercy, b. in Kensington March 17, 1774; m., Nov. 2, 1797, John Sawyer (see).


JONATHAN, b. in Kensington Jan. 25, 1777; m. Sarah Blaisdell.


Lydia, b. in Andover May, 1779; d. June, 1779.


Joanna, b. in Andover March 12, 1781; d. July 1, 1848; unm.


MOSES,


JOSEPH,


John,


b. in Andover Nov. 27, 1783; m. Sarah Hil- ton. b. in Andover Sept. 9, 1786; m. (1), Sarah Colby; m. (2), Betsey Giles. b. in Andover Aug. 30, 1794; d. June 2, 1797.


JONATHAN, son of Lieut. Abba and Elizabeth (Leavitt) BROWN, b. in Kensington Jan. 25, 1777; d. Tamworth Iron Works, N. H., Oct. 5, 1851; m., July 10, 1800, SARAH, dau. of Henry and Hannah (Ross) BLAISDELL, b. Brentwood March 7, 1781; d. at Washington, Vt., 1829; res. Chelsea, Washington and Worcester, Vt., and Tam- worth Iron Works, N. H.


John,


b. Chelsea, Vt., -; d. suddenly uear Boston when about 20 years old.


Joanna,


b. - -- 1803; m. Abner Hood; res. Chel- sea, Vt.


Sally,


b. -; d. young.


Hannah, b. -; d. young.


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Amanda K.,


b. Washington, Vt., Nov. 9, 1810; m., 1833, Charles White; d. Cambridgeport, Mass., 1888.


Mercy W .. b. Chelsea, Vt., Dec. 26, 1812; m. Abner Blaisdell.


Martha,


b. Chelsea, Vt., -; m. Consider Gan- nett.


Mark B.,


b. Chelsea, Vt., -; m. -; d. in Cal. 1902.


Mary N.,


b. Chelsea, Vt., Dec. 21, 1816; m. James Emery; d. Tamworth July 26, 1869; 3 ch.


Abby,


b. -; m. George Parmenter.


Henry B.,


b. m. Judith Hubbard.


Melissa,


b. -; d. a. 1 year.


MOSES, son of Lieut. Abba and Elizabeth (Leavitt) BROWN (called in town record Moses3), b. in Andover Nov. 27, 1783; d. in Andover July 5, 1852; m., Dec. 25, 1805, SARAHI, dau. of Charles and Mary (Wadleigh) HILTON; she d. at Clinton, Mass., Dec. 17, 1865.


JOHN PIKE HILTON, b. Andover Jan. 17, 1807; m. Hannah San- born.


Nancy Hilton, b. Andover, -; m. Gilman Moody Palmer; no ch.


May Hilton, b. Andover Dec. 23, 1823; m. (1), John Warren Ware; (2), Alvah W. Lewis.


JOHN PIKE HILTON, son of Moses 3d and Sarah ( Hilton) BROWN, b. An- dover Jan. 17, 1807; d. E. Andover July 27, 1852; m., Feb. 22, 1828, HANNAH, dau. of Simon and Anna (Chase) SANBORN. b. Sanbornton, June 7, 1808; she m. (2), Aug. 21, 1853, Samuel Mer- rill of Bradford, Vt .; she d. Corinth, Vt., March 7, 1890. Mr. Brown res. Franklin, N. H., Lowell, Mass., and E. Andover; was an overseer in the Hamilton mills in Lowell.


Mary Jane, b. Franklin Feb. 16, 1830; m. (1), Edmund B. Hayward; m. (2), Albert S. McConnell.


Martha Lang, b. Franklin June 3, 1836; m. (1) James C. Ewer; m. (2), John Merrill.


Adaline Ann, b. Franklin Aug. 5, 1838; d. Nov. 27, 1839.


JOSEPH, son of Lieut. Abba and Elizabeth (Leavitt) BROWN, b. Andover Sept. 9, 1786; d. at Franklin May 19, 1848; m. (1) SARAII COLBY; m. (2) BETSEY, dau. of Benjamin and Jane (McCoy) GILES, b. Ang. 2, 1807, in Derry; d. Franklin Feb. 15, 1904. Mr. Brown res. in Chelsea, Washington and Barre, Vt., and Franklin, N. H. He was a soldier in war 1812-15.


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Oscar,


b. Chelsea, Vt., May 7, 1827; d. Chelsea, Mass., April 5, 1902.


Elizabeth, b. Chelsea, Vt., July 21, 1828; m. J. D. Kim- ball; res. Fitchburg, Mass.


Orlando,


b. Washington, Vt., March 11, 1830; d. Bos- ton, Mass., Sept. 5, 1883.


Orrin,


b. Washington, Vt. Dec. 18, 1832; d. Dan- bury, Conn., Oct. 2, 1885.


b. Barre, Vt., Sept. 21, 1834; res. Cal.


Benjamin, Caroline, b. Barre, Vt., June 22, 1836; m. William Rowell; res. Franklin, N. H.


Martha, b. Chelsea, Vt., June 12, 1839; d. Franklin Nov. 2, 1857.


John,


b. Franklin, N. H., July 1, 1842; d. N. Y. Aug. 12, 1892.


Capt. JOSEPH, son of Jonathan and Joanna (Abba) BROWN; m., Feb. 18, 1762, or April 12, 1763, ANN, dau. of Nehemiah BROWN of Kensing- ton; res. in Kensington and had thirteen children. Of these:


MOSES, b. Dec. 9, 1763; m. Abigail True; res. on Beech Hill in Andover.


JONATHAN, b. Feb. 4, 1768; m. Elizabeth Huntoon; res. Beech Hill in Andover.


Joseph,


b. Nov. 21, 1769; m. -; d. Wilmot Oct. 22, 1844.


William, b. March 22, 1782; m., Dec. 27, 1804, Esther Rolfe Burpee; res. Andover and Stanstead, Can.


Lt. MosEs, eldest son of Capt. Joseph and Ann (Brown) BROWN of Ken- sington, N. H., settled on Beech Hill in Andover before 1790; he was b. Dec. 9, 1763; d. in Andover Feb. 23, 1831; m., Dec. 1, 1788, ABIGAIL, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Clough) TRUE of Seabrook, b. Oct. 23, 1763; d. in Andover Oct. 28, 1842.


JOSEPH,


b. July 16, 1790; m. Mary W. Sweatt.


THOMAS,


b. Aug. 1, 1792; m. Mary Moore.


Joanna, b. Aug. 24, 1794; m. Jesse Graves.


Sally,


b. July 4, 1796; m. (1), Joseph S. Huntoon; (2), Feb. 12, 1839, Noah Rowe. b. Sept. 13, 1798; d. Dec. 14, 1825.


Moses,


Daniel,


b. Aug. 10, 1800; d. Nov. 4, 1818.


STEPHEN,


b. April 12, 1803; m. (1), Mary Reynolds; (2), Miriam F. Collins.


TRUE, ABIGAIL,


b. April 4, 1805; m. Lucinda Blake.


b. May 3, 1807; m. Benjamin F. Scribner.


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Capt. JOSEPH, son of Moses and Abigail (True) BROWN, was b. in An- dover July 16, 1790; d. Feb. 6, 1833; m., Jan. 24, 1819, MARY W., dau. of Peter and Mary (Wadleigh) SWEATT of Andover; she d. Feb. 23, 1861.


Daniel Wadleigh, b. June 24, 1820; d. July 16, 1843, at Port Leon, Fla.


Peter Sweatt, b. July 12, 1822.


Alden Partridge, b. July 19, 1824; d. June 22, 1826.


Dr. THOMAS, son of Lt. Moses and Abigail (True) BROWN, was b. in An- dover, Aug. 1, 1792; d. in Manchester Aug. 15, 1849; m., Nov. 12, 1823, MARY or POLLY, dau. of Dr. Jacob Bailey and Mary (Eaton) MOORE of Andover. She was b. April 25, 1799; d. Nov. 8, 1871. Mr. Brown was a physician and practised in Deerfield, Concord and Manchester.


Lucretia Anne,


b. Deerfield Oct. 9, 1824; d. Manchester Feb. 3, 1873.


Moses True, b. Deerfield March 4, 1827; m. Cora Barney of Sandusky, Ohio; he d. Sept. 19, 1900; no ch.


Jacob B., b. Deerfield Aug. 15, 1829; d. Nevada, Cal- ifornia, March 25, 1859.


Thomas Scott, b. Concord Oct. 10, 1831; d. Manchester Aug 10, 1866.


Mary A., b. Concord July 6, 1834; d. Manchester Nov. 14, 1871.


DR. STEPIIEN, son of Lt. Moses and Abigail (True) BROWN, b. in An- dover April 12, 1803; d. iu Deerfield April 11, 1877; m. (1), April 22, 1830, MARY REYNOLDS of Lee, who d. June 26, 1842, a. 39; m. (2), Feb. 1, 1843, MIRIAM F., dau. of Col. Samuel and Sarah (Haines) COLLINS of Deerfield; b. Feb. 28, 1804; d. Aug. 23, 1878. Mr. Brown practised in Nottingham, Raymond and Deerfield.


Moses, b. May 29, 1831; m. Susan R. James.


Joseph T., b. June 28, 1833; mn. Mary E. Batchelder.


Mary Abigail, b. Aug. 3, 1837; d. July 12, 1874.


Martha A., b. Jan. 9, 1842; d. May 10, 1842.


Sarah Collins, b. July 17, 1848; d. April 4, 1874.


TRUE, son of Moses and Abigail (True) BROWN, was b. in Andover April 4, 1805; d. in Elgin, Ill., Aug., 1870; m., June 27, 1830, LU- CINDA, dau. of William and Hannah (Purmoit) BLAKE, b. Aug. 15, 1809; d. in Elgin, Ill., April, 1869. Mr. Brown moved from Andover to Elgin, Ill., In 1854.


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Lucinda Ann,


b. March 16, 1832; m., Sept. 30, 1858, H. F. Plummer of Elgin, Ill .; d. Aug. 5, 1877; 3 ch.


Joseph True, b. Jan. 12, 1835; m., Oct. 19, 1861, Emma Chase; d. 1868; captain Co. I, 52d Regt., Ill. Vols.


Charles Carroll, b. July 29, 1838; d. June 1, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo .; sergeant-major 52d Regt., III. Vols.


Daniel Webster, b. March 29, 1840; m., 1876, Maria Deane; d. Aug. 7, 1890; private Co. A, 36th Regt., Ill. Vols .; 3 ch.


Francis Moses, b. Feb. 8, 1845; . m., Oct. 7, 1865, Nettie Bangs; res. Iowa.


Ella Augusta, b. Feb. 12, 1848; m., 1867, Henry Sawyer; d. Nov. 10, 1868.


All of True Brown's children were born in Andover.


JONATHAN, sou of Capt. Joseph and Auu ( Brown) BROWN of Kensington, N. H., settled on Beech Hill in Andover in 1790. He was b. Feb. 4, 1768; d. in Andover Nov. 28, 1844; m., Nov. 22, 1792, ELIZABETHI HUNTOON, b. May 3, 1771; d. in Andover Aug. 9, 1853. Mercy, b. April 13, 1793; m., June, 1815, Nathaniel Rollins; d. March 11, 1871.


Mary, NANCY,


b. April 18, 1793; d. young.


b. March 23, 1795; m. Josiah Stearns of Wilmot.


Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1796; m. (1), March, 1827, John Bailey; (2), - - Newton; d. Nov. 20, 1867.


Hannah,


b. Dec. 20, 1796; m., Dec., 1822, Thomas S. French of Hopkinton; d. June 14, 1887; 2 ch.


JONATHAN, Syrena,


b. July 5, 1799; m. Abigail Philbrick.


b. June 17, 1802; m., April 6, 1856, Robert Shields of Ill .; d. Jan. 27, 1880.


John,


b. May 7, 1804; m. (1), April 28, 1834, Eliza Noyes of Springfield; (2), Dolly Spiller; d. March 29, 1874.


Benjamin Huntoon, b. Aug. 23, 1806; m. (1), April 21, 1828, Fannie N. Jewett; (2), Mary A. Lamb; d. in Ill. June 24, 1886.


Mary J.,


b. Aug. 23, 1809; m., June 27, 1827, Stephen Noyes; d. Nov. 15, 1888.


Rachel R.,


b. Aug. 17, 1811; m., April 13, 1837, Joel Whittemore.


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Sewall L., b. Oct. 3, 1814; m. (1), Jan. 8, 1840, Mary E. Riley; (2), June 14, 1848, Mrs. Caro- line L. Jack; he d. in Denton, Texas, Dec. 7, 1905.


BROWN-STEARNS.


NANCY, dan. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Huntoon) BROWN, b. Andover March 23, 1795; d. Wilmot July 28, 1853; m., July 8, 1828, Jo- SIAII, son of - and STEARNS; res. North Wilmot.


Susan, b. Wilmot Nov. 1, 1829; m. Seth Goodhue; res. Wilmot; 3 ch.


Josiah Lane,


b. Wilmot March 19, 1831; m. -.


Minot, b. Wilmot Feb. 7, 1833; m., Aug. 25, 1861, Sarah J. Hazeltine of Springfield; 6 ch.


Tiras, b. Wilmot June 19, 1835; soldier Co. D, 112th Ill. Regt .; killed in battle Oct. 23, 1863, in Tenn.


Pluma, b. Wilmot Aug. 15, 1836; m., Sept. 7, 1859, Joshua Holland; d. July 24, 1903.


Two children d. a. less than 1 y.


Minot Stearns was a soldier in Co. E, 16th N. H. Regt.


BROWN.


JONATHAN Brown, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Huntoon) BROWN, was b. in Andover July 5, 1799; in., Dec. 16, 1824, ABIGAIL, dau. of Samuel and Mary Page (Gove) PHILBRICK; he d. in Andover Sept. 11, 1873; she d. Jan. 22, 1872, in Concord.


James Harvey,


b. Sept. 4, 1825; m. (1), Oct. 28, 1847, Cyn- thia Lane Fifield; (2), Nov. 30, 1869, Mrs. Martha Tiger Petty; 1 ch., Sarah Abbie, by first wife.


JOSEPH EMERY,


b. July 8, 1828; m. (1), Ann H. Ladd; (2), Betsey N. Watson.


Mary Elizabeth,


b. Feb. 10, 1830; m., June 26, 1859, Ira Har- ris Couch; d. Oct. 9, 1861; one ch., d. young. b. Aug. 10, 1832; d. young.


Child,


SAMUEL PHILBRICK, b. July 29, 1836; m. Phebe Call of Bos- (awell.


JONATHAN HORACE, b. July 19, 1843; m. Emma A. Weare.


JOSEPH EMERY, son of Jonathan and Abigail ( Philbrick) BROWN, was b. in Andover July 8, 1828; m. (1), June 22, 1853, ANN H. LADD


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of Upper Gilmanton; she d. Nov. 7, 1871; m. (2), Nov. 24, 1877, BETSEY N. WATSON of Warner. Mr. Brown lived in An- dover until 1856. He afterwards lived in Sanbornton Bridge, Northfield and Concord; d. in Concord June 17, 1886.


Lizzie Ann, b. in Andover Oct. 25, 1855; d. Sept. 4, 1872.


Ida Ladd, b. in Sanbornton Bridge June 14, 1857; m., Jan. 31, 1888, John Frazier of South Dan- bury.


Elmer Joseph, b. in Northfield Feb. 1, 1861; m., Sept. 14, 1886, Nellie M. White of Concord; 2 ch.


Tryphena Hornbrook, b. in Concord Aug. 6, 1866; m., Sept. 3, 1891, Charles W. Nelson of Concord; 4 ch.


Arthur Walter, b. in Concord July 12, 1869; d. Danbury Nov. 15, 1891.


Willis Emery,


b. in Concord Jan. 8, 1879.


SAMUEL PHILBRICK, son of Jonathan and Abigail (Philbrick) BROWN, was b. in Andover July 29, 1836; m., April 22, 1857, PHEBE CALL of Boscawen, b. Jan. 28, 1836. Mr. Brown lived in Andover, Bow, Concord and Cal .; d. San Jose, Cal., April 4, 1908.


Wilbur, Mary Elizabeth,


b. April 7, 1860; d. Andover Dec. 16, 1861. b. July 28, 1861; m., Nov. 29, 1883, George A. Simonds of Dunbarton, who d. June 2, 1893; 3 ch.


b. Sept. 22, 1863.


Sarah Maud, Abbie Philbrick, b. July 1, 1865; m., June 2, 1893, Jacob Chadwick.


Charles Samuel,


b. Dec. 16, 1868; m., Oct. 4, 1898, Flora E. Buck of Worcester, Mass.


Edwin Call,


b. Sept. 14, 1870; m., Feb. 1, 1893, Florence G. Knight of Boston, Mass.


Annie Blanche, Fred William,


b. Sept. 20, 1872.


Frank Guy,


b. Jan. 13, 1875; m., May 7, 1900, Grace Emma Drake of Rye, N. H. b. April 1, 1877.


JONATHAN HORACE, son of Jonathan and Abigail (Philbrick) BROWN, was b. in Andover July 19, 1843; d. in Somerville, Mass., Feb. 23, 1905; m., Aug. 17, 1862, EMIMIA A., dau. of Alfred WEARE of East Andover.


Myra Jane, b. Feb. 17, 1867, in Concord; m., June 3, 1886, Edwin A. Page of Wentworth; 1 ch. Ola Alby, b. Nov. 9, 1869, at East Andover; m., July 24, 1889, Fred W. Higgins of Somerville, Mass .; 1 ch.


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Harry Weare,


b. in Andover June 9, 1876; d. in Asheville, N. C., Feb. 22, 1896.


EZEKIEL, son of Ezekiel BROWN who was b. in Salisbury, England, Jan. 1, 1741, and d. in Epping, N. H., Aug. 11, 1780; was b. in Ep- ping in 1776 and d. in Sanbornton Feb. 24, 1836; m., Dec., 1797, HANNAH. dau. of Simeon and Mary (Rollins) ROLLINS of An- dover; she was b. 1780; d. Feb. 10, 1832.


Ezekiel,


b. in Sanbornton Sept. 9, 1798; d., unm., April 11, 1836.


Mary,


b. in Sanbornton March 2, 1800; d. Frank- lin, unm., March 20, 1895.


Sally, Sally,


b. in Andover Feb. 28, 1802.


b. in Andover July 10, 1804; m. Samuel Clark; d. June 26, 1843; 1 ch.


David,


b. in Andover May 22, 1807; d., unm., Nov. 21, 1829.


Eliza,


b. in Andover Sept. 25, 1812; m. Zachariah Craig.


Simeon Rollins,


b. in Andover Feb. 21, 1814; m. (1), Olive Sawyer; (2), Louise Judkins; d. Dec. - , 1871; 1 ch.


JOHN,


b. in Andover Dec. 12, 1815; m. Mary Lea- men.


Hannah,


b. in Andover Sept. 4, 1818; m. Allen Ful- ler; d. Feb. 21, 1853.


JOSEPH,


b. in Andover July 30, 1821; m. (1), Mrs. Mary (Leamen) Brown; m. (2), Mrs. Elizabeth Judkins.


JOHN, son of Ezekiel and Hannah (Rollins) BROWN. was b. in Andover Dec. 12, 1815; d. Oct. 3, 1845; m. MARY LEAMEN; she m. (2), Joseph Brown.


Sarah Jane,


b. March 30, 1844; m., 1861, Lyman G. Thompson of Franklin.


JOSEPH, son of Ezekiel and Hannah (Rollins) BROWN, b. in Andover July 30, 1821; left Andover in 1832; res. in Franklin, where he d. Feb. 8, 1906; m. (1), Jan., 1847, Mrs. MARY (LEAMEN) BROWN, who d. June, 1873; m. (2), Jan., 1877, Mrs. ELIZABETH JUDKINS.


Annie Louisa,


b. April 16, 1848; m., Aug. 21, 1867, Rev. J. T. Davis, who d. July 9, 1896; she res. in Franklin.


Mary Elizabeth, Eliza Craig,


b. May 24, 1854; d. Nov., 1870.


b. May 31, 1862; m. (1), Jan. 10, 1882, Burt D. Pope; m. (2), Sept. 29, 1897, Chas. H. Thomas of Tilton.


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ABRAHAM BROWN and HANNAH OSGOOD, m. in 2nd Church, Salisbury, Mass., Nov. 30, 1743 .- Hoyt's Salisbury Hist., p. 460.


ABRAHAM. son of Abraham and Hannah (Osgood) BROWN, b. Epping Oct. 9, 1752; d. -; m., May 27, 1777, MARY, dau. of Rev. Benjamin and Dorcas (Abbott) BUTLER of Nottingham. After her husband's death Mrs. Brown lived in Northfield with her son Abraham.


Molly,


b. Epping March 13, 1778.


Sarah,


b. Epping Feb. 23, 1780.


Clarissa,


b. Epping May 23, 1782.


Dorcas, b. Epping April 5, 1785; m. Enoch Osgood (see).


Abraham, b. Northfield Sept. 1, 1787; m., Dec. 21, 1808, Betsey Forrest of Northfield.


Phebe, b. Nottingham June 7, 1796; d. Andover May 28, -.


BENJAMIN BUTLER,


b. Nottingham April 19, 1800; m. (1) Phebe Gale; m. (2), Polly Sanborn.


BENJAMIN BUTLER, son of Abraham and Mary (Butler) BROWN, was b. April 19, 1800; m. (1) Dec. 30, 1824, PHEBE GALE, b. 1802; d. Feb. 7, 1845; (2), POLLY SANBORN Feb. 12, 1855, b. June 7, 1808; d. Aug. 16, 1878. Mr. Brown came from Northfield in 1855 to East Andover, where he d. Feb. 12, 1867.


Henry, b. 1825; m. Mrs. Cordelia R. Myers in Cal.


Stephen Gale, b. 1828; d. in 1849 in Cal.


BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 27, 1831; m. Phebe S. Sanborn.


Mary Ann, b. Aug. 23, 1833.


Charles Gale,


b. Dec. 11, 1835.


GEORGE GALE,


b. Oct. 20, 1837; m. (1), Ada B. Reed of Claremont; m. (2), Ellen E. Prescott; m. (3), Etta Frances (Johnson) Shaw.


BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, son of Benjamin Butler and Phebe (Gale) BROWN, was b. in Northfield Oct. 27, 1831; d. in Concord; m. April 5, 1855, PHEBE S., dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Clough) SAN- BORN of Canterbury, b. Oct. 12, 1835.


Addie C., b. Oct. 11, 1856; m. Charles Fowler of Bris- tol; 3 ch.


Nellie M., b. Oct. 14, 1858; m. Willard E. Crosby of Bristol; d. July 20, 1886; 1 ch., Nellie M .; Mr. Crosby d. Sept. 4, 1887.


b. Jan. 21, 1862; d. July 4, 1868.


Mabel E., Flora P., b. Dec. 6, 1870.


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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.


GEORGE GALE, son of Benjamin Butler and Phebe (Gale) BROWN, b. in Northfield Oct. 20, 1837; m. (1), Nov., 1863, ADA BYRON, dau. of Philip and Lydia REED of Claremont, b. June 17, 1836; d. Bristol Nov. 3, 1865; m. (2), July 16, 1867, ELLEN ELIZABETH, dau. of Josiah D. PRESCOTT, b. Feb. 28, 1844; d. Bristol, Nov. 7, 1874; m. (3), May 30, 1901, Mrs. ETTA FRANCES SHAW, dau. of John W. and Ann D. JOHNSON of East Tilton. Mr. Brown res. in Andover, Bristol and Tilton.


b. Bristol Sept. 15, 1865; d. May 21, 1866.


George Henry, Ada May, b. Bristol Sept. 27, 1869; m., Oct. 15, 1896, George Bertrand Cavis; 1 eh., Nyla Brown, b. Bristol Sept. 2, 1900.


Nellie Prescott, b. Bristol Oct. 31, 1874; m., March 21, 1901, George Henry Davis of Tilton; 1 ch., Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1902.


STEPHEN, son of Francis and Abigail (Carter) BROWN, b. May 16, 1786; res. Andover and Wilmot; d. Wilmot Aug. 12, 1864; m. (1), Sept. 29, 1808, NANCY, dau. of William and Anna (Morrison) DYER of Andover; she d. March 13, 1828; m. (2), Feb. 12, 1829, HANNAH, dau. of Ebenezer and Leah (Lovering) TILTON; m. (3), Nov. 17, 1853, Mrs. SALLY (CILLEY) SEAVEY, who d. Aug. 12, 1882, a. 87.


Mary, Abby,


b. Andover - ; m. Harrison Peabody.


b. Andover m. (1), John Wil- loughby; 4 ch .; (2), William Packard.


Lydia Dyer,


b. Andover -; m. Josiah B. Rogers.


JOHN,


b. Andover Jan. 11, 1818; m. Adaline Pea- body of Salem, Mass .; 3 ch.


Bradbury,


b. Andover - m. Bowen.


Laura Ann, b. -; d. March 21, 1831.


JOHN, son of Stephen and Nancy (Dyer) BROWN, was b. at East Andover Jan. 11, 1818; d. in Belmont 1903; m., in Lowell, ADALINE PEA- BODY of Salem, Mass. Mr. Brown lived in Andover, Lowell, Wilmot, Danbury and Belmont.


George,


b.


Bradbury, b.


Nannie,


b.


JOHN BROWN, son of Joseph T. and Susan (Danforth) BROWN of Can- terbury, was b. in Canterbury Sept. 17, 1853; m., Sept. 11, 1871, JENNIE HELEN PICKARD of Canterbury. Mr. Brown came from Enfield to Andover in 1875 and lived on Beech Hill and at Cilleyville.


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GENEALOGIES.


Nellie May,


b. May 4, 1876; m., Nov. 3, 1894, Charles W. Stetson.


Emily Abigail,


b. Aug. 26, 1878; m., July 16, 1899, Will A. Stetson.


JOHN G. BROWN was b. in Newport, N. H., May 20, 1804; d. Stanstead, P. Q., March 17, 1866; m., Dec. 19, 1827, ELIZABETH JOHNSON of Onondaga, N. Y., b. June 26, 1810. Mrs. Brown settled at Pot- ter Place in 1866.


Charles K., William J.,


b. Sept. 29, 1828; d. - b. July 9, 1830; m. (1), Susan F. Carr of Wilmot; (2), Sadie Stevens of Grafton.


John,


b. Aug. 9, 1832; d. -.


Seth P.,


b. March 15, 1835; m. Sallie A. Jenkins of Stanstead, P. Q.


Joseph C., b. Aug. 3, 1837; m. Henrietta H. Jones of Wilmot; d. -


Eunice H.,


b. March 17, 1839; d.


Porter L., b. Jan. 29, 1843; m. Agnes Bugbee of Or- ange.


Lorella M.,


b. April 15, 1845; d. -.


Elizabeth A.,


b. April 13, 1847; d.


Arletta A.,


b. April 2, 1849.


Cornelia S.,


b. Dec. 2, 1851; d.


Eva P.,


b. Nov. 17, 1853; d.


John G.,


b. Sept. 28, 1856.


BRYANT.


JEREMY YOUNG, son of John and Sally (Young) BRYANT, a merchant in Newmarket, N. H., was b. in Newmarket March 12, 1800; d. in Andover June 2, 1860; settled in Andover in 1818; m., June 18, 1821, MERCY PURMOIT, dau. of William and Hannah (Pur- moit) BLAKE, b. in Andover March 2, 1798; d. in Andover Nov. 7, 1867. John and Sally Young, parents of Jeremy Young Bryant were m. in Newmarket June 9, 1796.


Drusilla, b. April 26, 1823; m., Aug. 3, 1842, Clark Durgin; d.


NAPOLEON B., b. Feb. 25, 1825; m. (1), Susan M. Brown; (2), Louisa Waldridge.


Mary Ellen, b. Feb. 23, 1832; m., Sept. 29, 1852, Hiram F. Emery; d. Aug. 30, 1854.


John Jeremy, b. Feb. 20, 1835; m., Oct. 30, 1861, Susan Perry.


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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.


JOHN J., son of John Bryant, a merchant in Newmarket, was b. in New- market, -; d. in Canterbury -; m., 1823, REBECCA GALE. b. in Fairfax, Vt., 1803; d. 1834.


Maria, b. Rebecca, b. -; d. 1834.


NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, son of Jeremy Young and Mercy Purmoit (Blake) BRYANT. b. in Andover Feb. 25, 1825; d. in Andover Jan. 28, 1902; m. (1), May 30, 1849, SUSAN M., dau. of Abraham and Betsey (Forrest) BROWN of Northfield, b. Nov. 27, 1822; d. in Boston May 16, 1874; m. (2), 1877, LOUISA WALDRIDGE.


Charles Phillips,


b. in Bristol May 19, 1850; m., Aug. 1, 1870, Margaret Gormley, b. in Utica, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1849.


Henry Brown, b. in Bristol Nov., 1851; m. Annette Ripley Chadbourne of Saco, Me .; he d. in Boston Feb. S, 1SS2.


Clara Climena,


b. in Plymouth in 1854; d. in Concord Jan. 18, 1858.


Mary Ellen,


b. in Plymouth Aug. 27, 1855; m., Oct., 1875, Edward L. Chaffee, who d. Jan. 12, 1SSS.


Hattie B., b. in Concord in 1857; d. in Concord Dec. 14, 1857.


Susan M., b. in Concord in 1859; d. in Melrose, Mass., Aug. 23, 1861.


Frederick Lincoln, b. in Melrose, Mass., in 1862; d. in Melrose Nov. 11, 1862.


George Butler,


b. in Melrose, Mass., in 1864.


JOHN JEREMY, son of Jeremy Young and Mercy Purmoit (Blake) BBY- ANT, b. in Andover Feb. 20, 1835; d. in Andover July 12, 1898; .m., Oct. 30, 1861, SusAN. dau. of Uri and Roxy (Reynolds) PERRY, b. in Cambridge, Vt., Feb. 10, 1840.


Jeremy Young, b. Oct. 6, 1862; m., Nov., 1886, Laura A. Morey of Wilmot.


Amanda Belle, b. May 29, 1867; m., Dec. 14, 1889, William E. Marston; 2 ch.


Edwin Purmoit, b. Feb. 21, 1874; m., Oct. 26, 1901, Flora L. Stolworthy; res. in Franklin Falls.


BUCK.


JAMES Buck, b. Windsor Jan. 31, 1805; d. in Andover Max 9, 1868; res. in Wilmot and Andover; in., April 16, 1833, NANCY, dau. of


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GENEALOGIES.


Stephen and Abigail (Tilton) DUDLEY of Wilmot, b. in Andover June 10, 1808; d. in Wilmot Oct. 26, 1887.


Lucy,


b. Jan. 24, 1835; m., Jan. 6, 1853, Benjamin C. Keniston of Wilmot.


Horace,


b. Dec. 21, 1853; d. Dec. 2, 1862.


BURLEY.


DANIEL BUZZELL, son of James and Nancy (Leavitt) BURLEY of Candia, b. Ang. 20, 1832; settled in Andover in 1880; m., April 11, 1864, HULDAH LOUISA, dau. of Warren W. and Sarah (Sanborn) WILBUR, b. Sept. 29, 1848.


Child,


b. Sept. 13, 1866.


(From Town Records.) BURN OR BYRNE.


PHILIP BURN Or BYRNE lived in Hampton before coming to Andover; he was a Rev. soldier; enlisted from Hampton; m., 1765, MARY, dau. of Joseph WORTH.


Lydia, b. Feb. 4, 1767. Molly, b. Jan. 13, 1769; m. Jacob Rowe (see).




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