History of the town of Andover, New Hampshire, 1751-1906, Part II, Part 8

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, son of James, was a cooper and lived in Lynn, Mass .; he m. SARAH


- -; moved to Boxford, Mass., where he d. suddenly in 1737 (a. 68).


SAMUEL, Anna,


b. Dec. 27, 1687.


b. Aug. 5, 1690.


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SAMUEL, son of John and Sarah (-) COLE, b. Dec. 27, 1687; moved to Boxford with his parents in 1717; m. SUSANNA -, who d. July 29, 1785 (a. 95).


SAMUEL, b. -; Il., Oct. 5, 1738, Bethia Hardy.


JOHN, b. -; in. Eunice Spofford.


Rebecca, b.


Susanna, b.


Mary, b.


The order of these names is doubtful.


SAMUEL, son of 'Samuel and Susanna (-) COLE. b. -; d. -; m., Oct. 5, 1738, BETHIA HARDY; she d. June 27, 1764. He lived in Boxford, Mass.


Daniel, b. March 2, 1740; in military service in 1776.


Benjamin,


b. Nov. 22, 1741.


Solomon,


b. April 3, 1743.


Phineas, b. Nov. 25, 1744; moved to Pelham, N. H., soon after 1800.


Mercy,


b. Aug. 3, 1746.


Martha,


b. Oct. 12, 1748.


Rebecca,


b. June 5, 1750.


Eliphalet, b. May 23, 1752; in military service in 1776.


Samuel, b. March 3, 1754; in military service in 1776.


Peggy,


b. Feb. 27, 1756.


David, b. Jan. 5, 1758; d. June 11, 1762.


Jesse,


b. Jan. 5, 1758; d. June 9, 1762.


Bethia,


b. July, 1760; d. June 12, 1762.


Simeon, b. July, 1762.


Bethia,


b. June, 1764.


JOHN, son of Samuel and Susanna (-) COLE; b. -; d. -; m. EUNICE SPOFFORD; int. pub. Dec. 4, 1748; moved to Amherst, N. H., in 1763. Mr. Cole was a Revolutionary soldier from Amherst and was killed at Bunker Hill. John Cole 2d and Nathan Cole were also soldiers in the Revolutionary war.


Abigail, b. Feb. 5, 1750.


Hannah,


b. Oct. 7, 1751.


John, b. June 27, 1753.


NATHAN, bap. Feb. 23, 1755; m. Molly Flint.


Priscy, bap. Dec. 12, 1756.


NATHAN, son of John and Eunice (Spofford) COLE, bap. Boxford, Mass., Feb. 23, 1755; m. MOLLY FLINT; moved to Antrim 1795; from Antrim to Hill in 1802; d. at home of dau. in Danbury (a. 84).


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JOIIN,


b. about 1777; m. (1) Jennie Gregg; m. (2) Sally Smith.


Betsey,


b. 1780; m., June 17, 1804, John Wadleigh; res. Hill.


b. -; m. William Winter.


Susanna, Patty,


b. -; m. (1) Smith; m. (2)


Barrett.


Nathan,


b. -; m. Nichols; went with father-in-law to N. Y. b. -; m. Pamelia Chase.


Jedediah,


Miles,


b. -; m. Sally Bixby; res. Hill and Andover; went to Ill. in 1838.


Lucy,


b. -; m., as 2d wife, Samuel, father of Luke P. Pillsbury of Danbury.


Levi, b. --; m., March 7, 1834, Polly M. Phil- brick; res. Andover and Danbury; no ch.


JOHN, son of Nathan and Molly (Flint) COLE, b. about 1777; d. in Hill; m. (1) JENNIE GREGG, probably of Antrim, who d. in Hill; 2 ch .; m. (2) SALLY SMITH; d. in Hill; 6 ch. Mr. Cole lived


. in Hill in 1802 on the road from Tucker mountain to Poverty pond and just north of the Andover line. H afterwards lived on "Momipey" hill in Andover near Cole pond. He was an industrious but not a prosperous farmer financially.


Elmira, b. -; m. Maine.


Morris and went to


Samuel,


b. - -; m. -; res. and d. in Lowell,


Mass .; no ch. b. -; m. John Hilliard; res. Hill; 6 ch.


Jane,


John,


b. -; d. unm.


Sally,


b. -; m., Sept. 1, 1834, Philip Cilley.


Betsey,


b. ; m. Timothy Westcott; res. Dor. chester. b. - -; m. Francis W. Keniston; 4 ch.


Mary,


Nathan,


b. 1828 ( ?); m. - Sanborn; 7 ch; he was drowned in river near Plymouth.


CYRUS WEBSTER, son of Jedediah COLE of Antrim and Pamela Chase of Salisbury, grandson of Nathan Cole, was b. in Hill March 27, 1822; m. Jan. 3, 1852, ABBIE CATE, dau. of Daniel M. and Nancy (Hersey) PIPER of Sanbornton. She was b. Nov. 12, 1827; d. Jan. 20, 1899. Mr. Cole settled at East Andover in 1852; was postmaster from 1861 to 1869.


Lorin Piper, b. June 9, 1856; m., April 2, 1879, Belle Bullock of Grafton; Ralph, b. -.


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Elmer Ellsworth,


Edna Smart,


b. Feb. 11, 1861; m., Feb. 11, 1886, Lizzie Emery; one dau. b. Nov. 6, 1868; d. March 20, 1891.


COLLINS.


LESTER L., son of Jonathan L. and Hannah K. (Floyd) COLLINS, was b. in Franklin Sept. 21, 1868; m., Aug. 12, 1896, MABEL N., dau. of Alonzo S. and Mary L. (Sargent) GREELEY of Andover. Mr. Collins res. in Andover.


Marion G.,


b. April 8, 1897.


CONNOR.


SIMEON, son of and (-) CONNOR, was b. about 1746. He came from Kensington and settled in Andover in 1766; d. in Andover Oct. 2, 1832; m. BETTY, dau. of William and Dorcas (Scylla) MOREY, bap. June 4, 1749; d. Dec. 2, 1830.


Tabitha, b. about 1771; d. July 29, 1795.


Nathaniel,


b. about 1772; d. Oct. 27, 1794.


Sarah,


b. about 1774; d. March 13, 1790.


Joseph,


b. about 1781; d. April 11, 1802.


Eunice, b. about 1782; d. Nov. 7, 1837.


SIMEON, b. June 21, 1784; m., Nov. 1, 1804, Deborah H. Rendall.


Chandler,


b. ; d. Feb. 9, 1795, a. 9y.


SIMEON, son of Simeon and Betsey (Morey) CONNOR, was b. in Andover June 21, 1784; d. in Andover July 23, 1820; m., Nov. 1, 1804, DEBORAH HAMILTON, dau. of James and Margaret (Fellows) RENDALL, b. July 6, 1783; d. in Illinois Sept. 26, 1847. Mrs. Connor m. (2) Smith in Illinois.


Betsey, b. May 27, 1805; m., July 4, 1824, Mial Shepard; d. in Ill. June 22, 1848.


JAMES RENDALL, b. Sept. 26, 1806; m., Dec. 24, 1833, Hannab R. Beal of Salisbury.


Chandler,


b. June 30, 1808; m., May 21, 1839, Joanna, dau. of John Sawyer of Franklin; he d. 1880; 6 ch.


Jemima S.,


Deborah,


b. March 14, 1810; m., Oct. 7, 1832, Jere- mialı Brown; d. at Kickapoo, Ill., 1862. b. Oct. 13, 1811; m., Dec. 24, 1833, Joseph Eaton; d. at Kickapoo, Ill., Sept. 30, 1861; 6 ch.


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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.


Peggy Ann,


b. Nov. 5, 1813; m., March 4, 1841, Uriel Rollins; d. Dec. 17, 1866.


Mary Amanda,


Susan, b. June 4, 1815; m., April 3, 1836, Jacob Wells; d. in Kickapoo, Ill., Feb. 11, 1849. b. Sept. 25, 1817; m., June 6, 1837, Harvey M. Merrill; d. in Lockport, Ill., Dec. 31, 1855; 2 ch.


JAMES RENDALL, son of Simeon and Deborah Hamilton (Rendall) CON- NOR, was b. in Andover Sept. 26, 1806; d. in Andover June 6, 1860; m., Dec. 24, 1833, HANNAH R. BEAL of Salisbury, b. Aug. 22, 1809; d. July 21, 1879.


Joseph Chandler, b. Oct. 24, 1834; m., 1859, Susan D. Jones; d. in Malden, Mass., Feb. 1, 1893; 3 ch.


Ellen Sarah, b. July 14, 1836; m., Dec. 9, 1874, John True Fifield.


Hamilton Simeon, b. May 2, 1838; m. Amanda Nelson; res. Oakland, Cal .; 5 ch.


JOHN ROLLINS, b. Oct. 13, 1840; m., March 1, 1861, Lydia Frances Yeaton.


OTIS REED, b. May 22, 1843; m. (1) Sarah Apphia Pettengill; (2) C. May Walker.


Deborah Caroline, b. July 17, 1846; m., Jan. 29, 1872, Benj. Trne Severance; no ch.


Lucy Abby, b. Dec. 7, 1848; m., Oct., 1876, G. H. Pear- son; d. in Boston, March 22, 1877.


JOHN ROLLINS, son of James Rendall and Hannah R. (Beal) CONNOR, was b. in Andover Oct. 13, 1840; res. in Bristol; m. March 1, 1861, LYDIA FRANCES, dau. of Ebenezer Pray and Mary (Tucker) YEATON, b. Feb. 15, 1844.


Carrie Ellen, b. in Kickapoo, Ill., June 27, 1862; d. Sept. 21, 1900.


May Bell, b. in Andover Sept. 21, 1864; d. July 17, 1866.


Fred John, b. in Andover July 27, 1866; d. Sept. 2, 1868.


Charles Eben, b. in Andover Nov. 26, 1868; d. June 8, 1872. b. in Andover Nov. 24, 1875.


Albert John,


Lou Frances, b. in Bristol June 21, 1879; m., May 25, 1901, W. H. Mckenzie; res. Natick, Mass.


OTIS REED, son of James Rendall and Hannah R. (Beal) CONNOR, b. Andover May 22, 1843; m. (1) SARAHI APPHIA, dau. of Benja- min Franklin and Apphia (Morse) PETTINGILL, b. Feb. 13, 1848;


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d. Dec. 12, 1894; m. (2), April 29, 1901, C. MAY, dau. of Mrs. Rachel Agnes (Wood) WALKER Briggs, b. May 1, 1868, in Fair- fax, Vt. Mr. Connor was a soldier in the Eighteenth New Hampshire Regiment; res. in Andover.


Anna Pearl, b. Aug. 10, 1881; m.


Rachel Hannah,


b. Feb. 7, 1903.


Helen May,


b. June 11, 1905.


COOPER.


Rev. DAVID, fourth child of Owen COOPER of Arlington, Vt., b. June 14, 1799; d. in Sutton June 26, 1885; m. (1), March 7, 1822, SARAH GOODSPEED of Wells, Vt .; she d. in Andover June 7, 1847; m. (2), Sept. 23, 1847, Mrs. NANCY (HASKINS) HASKINS, wid. of Allen Haskins, who d. at Andover Centre Nov. 24, 1845.


Eveline, Elvira,


b. Jan. 22, 1823; d. April 23, 1825. b. Aug. 21, 1824; m., April 28, 1844, George W. Proctor; d. in Andover May 25, 1848.


Caroline M., b. Jan. 18, 1828; m., Oct. 3, 1845, Amos Her- vey Proctor; d. in Andover Sept. 25, 1846. SOLON. b. Sept. 19, 1835; m. (1) Lydia F. Phelps; m. (2) Dolly M. Bragg; m. (3) Mrs. Hannah (Sargent) Adams.


Carrie H., b. April 25, 1859; m., May 29, 1898, C. E. Babbitt of W. Andover.


SOLON, son of Rev. David and Sarah (Goodspeed) COOPER, b. Sept. 19, 1835; d. in New London May 24, 1904; m. (1), Jan. 1, 1859, LYDIA F., dau. of Isaiah PHELPS; m. (2), Dec. 18, 1867, DOLLY M. BRAGG of New London; m. (3), April 20, 1892, Mrs. HANNAH (SARGENT) ADAMS. Mr. Cooper res. in Andover and New Lon- don. He was a soldier in Company E, Tenth New Hampshire Regiment.


One child, 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 .; 8 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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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.


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, SARAII 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. iu 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.


PELETIAH, 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.


b. 1800.


John, 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, AZUBAII


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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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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.


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 Anı, 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, SARAII, 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. S, 1791; m. Lucretia Albee of Mass.


Sally,


b. July 5, 1793.


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.


b. April, 1818; d. June 7, 1883.


George, John, 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; in., 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- dover 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, MARTHIA 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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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.


LUCY MARIA, dau. of Benjamin and Betsey (Grant) SMITH 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. b. -; m. Etta


Francis,


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,


William W.,


b. 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,


John,


b. in Andover Feb. 11, 1825; m., Dec. 25, 1849, James Wheeler Roby; 2 ch., Frank and Nancy Jane; d. April 6, 1897. 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 Eugene, 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, b. 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 ALDRICH, 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.


Thomas, b. 1839; m. Margaret Mehan and had 5 ch.


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, 8th 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, Levl 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.




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