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Ellen A., (b. in 1837, and in. Benjamin D. Felch of Benning- ton Nov. 29, 1860.)]
7. ALEXANDER M., [b. Dec. 15, 1791, m. Hannah Mcllvaine April 18, 1817, and went onto the old Robert Burns place near the former High Range school-house. Moved about in town somewhat, and then in 1839 went to Bedford, thence to Amherst, where he d. in 1869. Children : --
Sabra G., (b. in 1818, m. Abram J. Twiss, and located in Manchester.)
Lorenzo C., (m. Caroline Hastings of Amherst.)
Elizabeth M., (unm., and lives in Bedford.)
Mark M., (m. 1st, Emma Ferson of Goffstown ; 2d, Mary A. Clement of Hillsborough ; and d. in Manchester in 1872.)
Hannah J., (m. Timothy Jones of Amlierst.)
Alexander M., Jr., (d. unm., aged 25.)]
8. SILAS, [b. July 17, 1794, m. Nancy Stuart, and went to Canada. ]
9. JONATHAN, [b. April 21, 1797, and d. aged 3 years.]
JOHN CARR, familiarly called "Old John," the second of the Carr brothers in town, came here about 1780, and began the Oren Carr farm. He married Sarah Shackford of Newburyport, Mass., who died young, leaving three children. Her age was twenty-seven, and the year of her death, 1786. Married, second, Chloe Hickson of Sharon, Mass., and died in 1822, aged sixty-three. His widow, a woman of clear mind and accu- rate memory, survived him long, dying in 1856, aged eighty-eight. Children : -
1. HANNAH, [b. in 1784, m. Otis Howe of Hillsborough, and lived and d. in that town. One daughter, Hannah B., became wife of Cyrus Saltmarsh of Antrim.]
2. JOHN, JR., [b. in 1785 ; m. Polly Holt June 18, 1811 ; began the Emery place in the west part of the town ; left that place in 1820 ; lived in several places, West Deering among them, but went to Elmwood, Ill., in 1855, where he d. in 1867. They were members of the East church, - " faith- ful unto death." Their large family was as follows : - Sarah S., (b. Sept. 4, 1811, and m. Daniel Willard of Har- vard, Mass. He d. in 1854, aged 48.)
Mary B., (b. May 10, 1813, m. Samuel Baker and went to
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Lowell. He d. in 1855. Two sons, Samuel R. and George W., were officers, the former colonel, the latter captain, in the late war. She lives with them in Peoria, Ill.)
Hepsibeth H., (b. Feb. 21, 1815, m. Joseph Closson, lives in Elba, Ill.)
Hannah H., (b. June 17, 1816, m. Jonas M. Damon, went to Lancaster, Mass., and d. there in 1864.)
Sapphira, (b. March 18, 1818, d. unm. 1836.)
Jeremiah S., (b. in 1820, m. Martha W. Merrill of Bromfield, Me., in 1847, d. at Elba, Ill., 1875.)
Ottora, (d. unm. in Lancaster, Mass., in 1848, aged 27.)
Dorothy H., (d. unm. in 1847, aged 23.)
John, (b. in Deering, in 1826; m. 1st, Fannie A. Wood of Merrimack ; 2d, Cynthia Jones of Peacham, Vt. Was drowned in Lake Erie, Oct. 26, 1856.)]
3. SARAH. [b. in 1786, m. Ezekiel Flanders, went to Boscawen, and d. in 1810.]
4. ISABELLA, [town record has it " Habilla, " m. Enoch Roby Jan. 10, 1811, and went to Warner.]
5. NAOMI, [m. Ezekiel Roby, Aug. 3, 1817 ; went to Boscawen.] 6. JANE, [m. William B. Walker, Dec. 2, 1819, and went to Warner where she died in 1830.]
7. JONATHAN, [m. 1st, Annis Dinsmore, Feb. 27, 1828, who d. in 1844 ; 2d, Jane M. Gregg, in 1846. Inherited the home- stead, but after some years sold and bought the Twiss place, now Luther Campbell's. Moved to Hancock in 1852, and d. there May, 1858, aged nearly 58. His children were all by his first wife. One son, John Carr, m. Augusta Eaton of Boston, and is cashier of the First National Bank of that city. By the cruel fatality of consumption all the other children were swept away in early life. They were charac- terized by sweetness and promise, and were greatly mourned. Their names were as follows : Samuel D., who d. in 1853, aged 21 ; Mary A., who d. 1853, aged 17 ; Adeline, who d. in 1854, aged 15; and Caroline, twin sister of the last, who d. in 1856, aged 17.]
8. TRISTRAM, [d. unm. in 1834.]
9. MARGARET, [b. in 1807, m. Emmons Burditt of Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 5, 1833, lives in Litchfield, Ill.]
10. SHACKFORD, [went into U. S. navy, d. in Lowell, in 1837, unm.]
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DAVID CARR, the third of the Carr brothers in town, considerably younger than the others, followed them here about 1788. He built a log house on the road south of the Oren Carr place, then occupied by his brother John. The farms of the three brothers thus joined each other. A big rock formed one side of his log house, against which he built his fire; and as there was no cellar, this rock is now the only mark of the settler's rude but happy home. After a dozen years, Mr. Carr built in the field near the river, and north of Dea. James. This house has been gone many years, but the Keene road was built past it, and the cellar may be seen now on the north side of said road east of Mr. Atwood's. From this place, he moved to Holderness in 1811, and died there in 1848, aged seventy-eight. The youngest son settled with his father in that town, the other four cleared and settled on either side of their father, all in a row; and hence the neighborhood was called Carrborough. His wife was Sarah Gardiner of New Bedford, Mass. Their children, all born in Antrim, were : -
1. THOMAS, [b. in 1790, m. Mariam Blanchard of Tewksbury, Mass., and d. in 1873.]
2. AMOS, [b. in 1798, m. Lucy Woodbury of Campton, and d. 1876.]
3. DAVID, [b. in 1801 ; m. 1st, Sally Bethel of Plymouth ; 2d, Deborah Bedee of Holderness ; d. in 1873.]
4. JACOB, [b. 1802, m. Harriet Bedee of Holderness, d. in 1845.] 5. SAMUEL, [b. in 1808 ; m. 1st, Sarah Smith of Holderness ; 2d, Mary A. Hodgdon of Porter, Me .; 3d, Eliza Shaw of Holderness, and d. in 1874.]
WILLIAM CARR, cousin of Dea. James Carr, came here from Goffs- town in 1787, and began the farm now David White's; built the house now on the place; married Ann Boyce of Bedford, and died March 18, 1840, aged eighty-three. His wife died in 1849, aged 93. Children : -
1. PEGGY, [m. Chandler B. Boutwell June 4, 1811, d. October, 1873, aged 89. An excellent woman, smart and vigorous to the last.]
2. THOMAS, [m. Elisabeth Gregg, daughter of Alexander Gregg, Jan. 30, 1817 ; lived in a house built for the purpose on the farm of his father, a few rods west of David White's ; d. Oct. 15, 1837, aged 50. Children : -
William, (b. June 21, 1818, m. Mary L. Mitchell, lives at Hillsborough Bridge. His wife was from Lowell, and they were married June 14, 1840.)
Sarah A., (b. Feb. 29, 1820, m. Willard Eaton of Francestown in 1842, and d. March 6, 1857.)
Alexander G., (b. Oct. 7, 1821, lives in Boston.)
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Clark H., (b. Jan. 25, 1828, m. Caroline A. Gould of Stoddard, Dec. 1, 1853, served in the army, d. May 3, 1869, in Rox- bury.)
Nancy J., (d. in early life. )]
3. MARY, [m. Dan Dunlap Oct. 21, 1813, d. Jan. 9, 1819.]
4. WILLIAM, [b. in 1791; m. 1st, Mary Hosley of Hancock ; 2d, Mrs. Martha (Parker) Gregg; 3d, Mrs. Mary ( Wilson) Jen- kins of Stoddard, May 24, 1842; d. Sept. 12, 1850. Was a capable and honest man, often entrusted with town business. Inherited the homestead of his father. Children : -
Mary Ann, (b. March 31, 1817, m. David O. White Dec. 13, 1838, lives on homestead of her father.)
Benjamin, (b. April 24, 1822 ; m. 1st, Ann Jenkins of Stod- dard, Sept. 10, 1844 ; 2d, Angelia S. Moses of Portsmouth. Was photograph artist in Concord. Leaning out the win- dow after some work, he lost his balance and fell to the pavement and was killed, June 9, 1877.)
William P., (b. Oct. 6, 1831, only surviving child of second wife, is a man of note in Nebraska.)]
5. BENJAMIN, [d. young and was buried on the hill. ]
6. SAMUEL, [d. young and was buried on the hill. ]
7. ANN, [d. young and was buried on the hill. ]
CARTER.
CHARLES H. CARTER, son of Henry and Augusta (Marshall) Carter, was born in Amherst in 1825, married Maria N. Keenan of Rome, N. Y., and came to Antrim in 1860, engaging in the manufacture of the " People's Pump." To enlarge the business he went to Peterborough in 1870, but sold out, and returned to this town in 1876, when he enlarged and extensively improved the George Duncan place in South Village, making the public house known as the "Carter House." He has three children : -
1. CHARLES E., [b. in 1850, m. Julia Taylor of Lowell, and is now a druggist in that city.]
2. EDWARD A., [b. in 1853. Has been for several years a sales- man for a Chicago firm.]
3. MARY W., [b. in 1870.]
CASE.
DAVID CASE, son of John and Elisabeth (Curtis) Case, was born in Lyndeborough. His parents came here when he was eight years old. His father, John Case, was a native of Middleton, Mass., and a Revolutionary soldier, serving during the whole seven years of the war. He had a large
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family, was very poor, and his wife drove the cattle into the woods daily in winter to browse, this being the only means she had of keeping them alive. He came here from Mont Vernon in 1796, and died at a good old age in 1828. David Case married Huldah Curtis, who died July 28, 1879, aged ninety-three. He lived in various places in town and died in 1867, having two children : -
1. BENJAMIN, [who d. in 1856 at the age of 28.]
2. JOHN, [who m. Maria F. Coburn of Deering, lived on the Moses Duncan place, and d. there Feb. 22, 1858, aged 28, leaving three children : -
Laura J., (b. June 22, 1854, m. William Ruffle, June 6, 1876.) Mary F., (b. March 10, 1856.)
John B., (b. Feb. 2, 1858, m. Ella F. Ordway of Francestown, May 13, 1875, and now resides in that town.)]
HORACE CASE, son of Amos, and cousin of David, named above, married Almira Twiss of West Deering. He lived in several places in the east part of the town. Had two sons, George and John. Mr. Case was drowned at Hillsborough Bridge in the fall of 1858. He drove into the river by mistake, at a time of high water, and was carried down by the current. The road was fenced up, as it was not considered safe. But he thought he could go through. Was found half a mile below the Bridge the next day with his horse, in deep water, both dead.
CAVENDER.
CHARLES CAVENDER lived here some years in the Jonas Wil- son house burned in 1868. His first wife was a Nahor of Hancock. He married, second, Hannah Hopkins of Antrim July 6, 1822, who died in 1834, aged forty-two. Afterwards Mr. Cavender went to Bunker Hill, Ill., and died there in 1878, aged eighty-two. His son, David Cavender, is now living in that place.
CHAMPNEY.
CHARLES C. CHAMPNEY, son of John and Sybil (Chamberlain) Champney, was born in New Ipswich Aug. 10, 1801; married Jane McIlvaine of Antrim Dec. 26, 1833, and moved from Amherst to this town in 1860, and died at North Branch Aug. 10, 1876. Was long a hotel-keeper in Amherst, and was a genial and friendly man. They had four children : -
1. MARTHA JANE, [b. Sept. 9, 1839, and d. Nov. 28, 1859.]
2. CAPT. CHARLES H., [b. Aug. 9, 1841; was a soldier in the Union army ; is now captain of the Granite State Cadets. ] 3. JOHN S., [b. June 20, 1847.]
4. HANNAH M., [b. Oct. 4, 1851, and m. Charles Griffin of North Branch Nov. 2, 1869. They buried two little girls in one casket Jan. 6, 1877.]
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CHANDLER.
The Chandlers of America are descended from William and Annis (Alcock) Chandler, who came over from England in 1637, and settled in Roxbury, Mass., and afterwards in Andover, Mass. With other chil- dren they had a son William, who married Mary Dane of Andover, Mass. One of the sons of William and Mary (Dane) Chandler was named William, and married Sarah Buckminster of said Andover. These last had a son Philemon, who married Elizabeth Rogers of Andover. Phile- mon's son William married Mary Ballard of Andover, and their son Philemon came here with his large family from Albany, Me., in the fall of 1816.
PHILEMON CHANDLER was born in Andover, Mass., Dec. 14, 1783, and married Asenath Case of Albany, Me., in 1801, who died in this town in 1817. He afterwards married Mary Whiting of Merrimack, who became the mother of his four youngest children. He was a master- builder and first-class mechanic, and died in Boston July 14, 1847. His children were : -
1. ESTHER A., [d. in childhood.]
2. PHILEMON, [b. Aug. 31, 1803, m. Susan C. Patch Feb. 26, 1824, and lived in Bennington. He served in the Mexican war, and d. on his way home, at Philadelphia, in 1847.]
3. JACOB, [b. Aug. 31, 1804 ; m. 1st, Sarah Beetle ; 2d, Lovina Corner, and lives in Peterborough.]
4. SYRENA, [b. in 1806 ; m. 1st, B. Allen Nay of Peterborough ; 2d, William Puffer of the same town.]
5. THOMAS J., [b. in 1807, m. Elvira Wilkins of Reading, Vt., in 1838, and lives in Canaan. They have two sons, Rev. Frederick D. Chandler, pastor of the Congregational Church in Kensington, and Dr. M. H. Chandler of Woodstock, Vt.] 6. VINSON G., [b. in 1809. He was a sailor by profession, and d. in Boston in 1853.]
7. MARTIN L., [known in this town as Luther, was b. July 10, 1810, m. Mary Ann Bean in 1844, and was in trade at the Center for four years, part of the time in company with E. L. Vose. He d. at Caledonia Station, Mich., in 1874.]
8. WILLIAM, [b. March 26, 1812, m. Ann Straw of Hopkinton, and lives in Henniker. He is a blacksmith, having followed that trade nearly half a century.]
9. JOHN C., [was a plane-maker by trade, and d. in Cambridge, Mass., in 1836, aged 21.]
10. ISAAC N., [b. in 1821, and d. in infancy.]
11. MARY E., [b. in 1823, and m. Lewis C. Wheeler in 1838.]
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12. SUSAN E., [d. in infancy in 1826.]
13. LYDIA S., [b. in 1827, and is now a teacher in one of the public schools of Boston.]
CHAPIN.
OBADIAH CHAPIN, grandson of Obadiah, and son of Obadiah and Lois (Rose) Chapin, was born in Granby, Conn., in 1795, married Mary G. McColley of Hillsborough in 1817, and came to Antrim in 1842. The next year he moved onto the place long occupied by the Chapin family, now Daniel Swett's. He died April 24, 1863, leaving children : -
1. HARRIET J., [b. Dec. 1, 1821, m. Isaac Manning, and moved to Nashua. The noted elocutionist, Mrs. Emma (Manning) Huntley, is her daughter. ]
2. HENRY D., [b. Dec. 17, 1828, and m. Maria L. Hardy May 4, 1853, who soon d. He m. Thirza A. Davis of Nelson Sept. 4, 1854, who d. in 1859, leaving one son : -
Charles H., (b. April 2, 1857.)
For his third wife Mr. Chapin m. Margaret J. Pitney of Sparta, N. J., June 28, 1860, who d. in 1869, leaving two sons : -
George A., (b. March 1, 1866.)
Earnest P., (b. Oct. 31, 1868.)
His fourth wife, now living, was Martha J. Newman of Wantage, N. J., whom he m. Oct. 27, 1870, and they have one child : -
Maggie E., (b. in 1872.)
Mr. H. D. Chapin has been quite distinguished as a school-teacher in New Jersey and New York, as well as in this town, where he now resides. Is confessedly a man of very scholarly attainments. Recently fitted up the poor-farm house in excellent shape, and occupies the same. ]
3. MARIA L., [b. April 10, 1833. For many years she has been an invalid, and quiet sufferer, living with her brother, H. D. Chapin.]
4. MARY E., [b. May 12, 1835, m. Jacob B. Upham of Amherst Aug. 31, 1871, and d. in that place in 1874. She was a very superior woman.]
5. GEORGE C., [b. June 18, 1837, and d. Nov. 24, 1860. He was a fine scholar and devoted Christian.]
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CHARON.
LEWIS CHARON was born in Canada in 1822. His parents were Roman Catholics, but having been converted to Protestantism when Lewis was a lad, they were constantly annoyed by the Catholics. Their stock was injured, their buildings burned, and the old father persecuted and worried into his grave. Young Lewis obtained most of his educa- tion after he was put out to his trade. He was fourteen when he first saw the word of God. He was in college awhile, and was afterward a colporteur and licensed preacher among the French for some years. He married Sarah La Point of Sherbrooke, Canada, in 1865, and came to An- trim from Haverhill, Mass., in 1871, purchasing the old tannery at North Branch with the house adjoining, where he carried on the tannery busi- ness, making many improvements and repairs. He moved to Lawrence, Mass., in 1877; more recently to Stoddard. His children are: -
1. SARAH E.
3. GEORGE E.
2. JULIA A.
4. MARY L.
CHENEY.
DEA. TRISTRAM CHENEY located on the old road from the Jacob Whittemore place to the Gould place, and only a few rods from Hillsbor- ough line. Very likely he supposed his settlement was in that town, in which, alone or in connection with his sons, he also had another settle- ment. His house was small and low, and has been gone and forgotten long since. Tradition says the barn was moved over the line onto the White place in Hillsborough. Dea. Tristram probably moved to his set- tlement in Antrim as early as the spring of 1769, or earlier, as he was chosen deacon at the organization of the church in Hillsborough, Oct. 12 of that year. He always went there to church. Dea. Tristram is believed to have been the son of William and Abigail Cheney of Dedham, Mass., and was born in 1720, their home being near Roxbury line. He had four sons, Elias, John, William, and Tristram, Jr., and perhaps daughters. Some of these were grown up on his arrival here. It is not known how many of them were born in Antrim. Dea. Cheney seems to have had a residence part of the time somewhere near Hillsborough Center, though he resided here and was moderator of a town meeting, April 21,' 1778. Elias will be noticed below. William went to Acworth and died there. John went to Ohio. Tristram, Jr., unknown. Dea. Tristram moved from Hillsborough to St. Johnsbury, Vt., in 1804, and died in Danville, Vt., December, 1816, aged ninety-six. His wife was a Miss Clapp of Dor- chester, Mass. They first resided in Sudbury, that State, and came from that place here. Their descendants are very numerous, and in the highest walks of life. She was daughter of Noah Clapp, who willed her half his real estate, under date of June 20, 1751.
ELIAS CHENEY, son of Dea. Tristram named above, was the first settler of the Dimon Dodge place, near Cork bridge. He served three years in the Revolutionary army from Antrim, one year for himself, one for his father, and one for his brother John. He located on the above-
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named farm in 1778. He married, first, Miss Blanchard, who lived in West Deering; second, Deborah Winchester of Hillsborough. She was born in 1777, and died in 1853. Her father, Samuel Winchester, fought at Bunker Hill, and died at Danvers, Mass., at the age of one hundred and one years. . The six youngest children were by her. Elias Cheney moved from Antrim to Cabot, Vt., in 1804, and died in Concord, Vt., in 1816, aged sixty-two. When he was in the army, Nov. 25, 1782, the town " Voted that Elias Chaney be allowed Twenty Dollars It to be paid in his Reats till hiss Reats Amounts to the Sd Twenty Dollars." All his large family of thirteen children were born in Antrim. Have but limited in- formation concerning them, and that after long search. Part has been furnished by B. P. Cheney, Esq., of Boston. The names are given in order below.
1. WILLIAM, [b. Dec. 31, 1787, m. Mehitable Carr, was out in the war of 1812 from some town in Vermont; d. in Stowe, Vt., 1874, aged 86.]
2. ELIAS, JR., [was probably twin brother of William ; m. Nancy Carr ; d. at Albany, Vt., December, 1845, aged 58.]
3. JESSE, [b. Oct. 3, 1788, m. Alice Steel Nov. 25, 1813; was a blacksmith by trade, having served an apprenticeship with Isaac Baldwin. He d. in Manchester, June 23, 1863. His wife was b. Aug. 12, 1791, and d. July 28, 1849. She was a sweet singer and leader of her part in the choir. Jesse Cheney lived quite a number of years at the Branch. Had eight children besides one buried in infancy. Most of them were born in Hillsborough or Francestown. He built and occupied the Henry Pierce house, Lower Village.
Benjamin Pierce, (b. Aug. 12, 1815 ; named for Gov. Pierce, who gave the boy three sheep for the name. They doubled the next spring ; but as it was the year of almost famine in this section, they had to be killed and the boy lost his flock. B. P. Cheney now resides in Boston ; has been remarkably successful in the express business. Has long been at the head of " Cheney & Co.'s Boston and Montreal Express." His boyhood was chiefly spent in this town, and he gives a clear account of the actors then on the stage here. B. P. Cheney married Elisabeth Stickney Clapp of Dorchester, Mass., June 6, 1865. They have children : Benjamin P., Jr., Alice S., Charles P., Mary, and Elisabeth. Mr. Cheney received the degree of A. M. from Dartmouth College. He has just honored himself by giving fifty thousand dollars to that institution. The view of the Steel place appears in this book by his gift. ' Has quietly been used to doing these
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generous things. It has been said of him that he finished his education in the district school under Clark Hopkins ; that he never aspired to political life ; and that in religion, " he never got beyond the foundation, namely, that of being a sober, energetic, industrious, honest, humble, God-fearing man.")
James S., (b. July 1, 1817 ; m. 1st, Augusta M. Osgood ; 2d,
Emma Knowles. He d. Feb. 16, 1873. Left two sons, Frank P., and Benjamin P.)
Jesse, (b. Nov. 19, 1819 ; is a farmer in Goffstown.)
Gilman, (b. Jan. 25, 1822, m. Mary A. Riddle. Is general manager of Canadian Express Co. Lives in Montreal. Has . one son, William G.)
Lucy A., (b. Jan. 11, 1824 ; m. John Plumer of Manchester.)
Alice Maria, (b. May 26, 1827, in Francestown.)
Charlotte, (b. July 3, 1829, in Francestown ; m. William H. Plumer of Manchester.)
John, (b. May 21, 1833, d. Aug. 28, 1863.)]
4. JOHN, [m. Betsey Newton.]
5. JOEL, [m. Olivia Hills, d. in 1848.]
6. SARAH, [m. 1st, Rev. Benjamin Wells of Concord, Vt .; 2d, Rev. Mr. Capron of Hardwick, Vt. ; d. in 1878.]
7. LUCY, [m. Jesse Wells.]
8. BETSEY, [m. John Hunter.]
9. CLARA, [m. Samuel Stiles.]
10. LEMUEL.
11. HANNAH, [m. Samuel Hill.]
12. ROXANNA, [m. Rev. Calvin Stiles.]
13. FRANKLIN, [m. Sarah Abrahams, lives in Lowell, Mass. ]
CHESSMORE.
RANSOM S. CHESSMORE, son of Daniel and Mary (Gibson) Chess- more of Troy, Vt., was born in that town, Sept. 27, 1812. He married Eliza L. Plummer of Rindge in 1847, and moved to Antrim in 1855. Mrs. Chessmore died in 1861, and Mr. C. afterwards married Mrs. Caro- line (True) Wilson of Francestown, sister of the late Mark True of this town.
CHRISTIE.
SAMUEL CHRISTIE, born Feb. 20, 1764, was son of Dea. Jesse and Mary (Gregg) Christie of New Boston. His mother was a sister of Sam- uel Gregg who settled at the Center in 1777 or earlier. She was a noted woman in New Boston, had a family of twelve children, several of whom
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settled in New Brunswick; was one remembered by the old people as a noble and devoted Christian of great kindness and full of good works; and was often spoken of on account of her great size. The writer remem- bers hearing it said in his boyhood that she weighed upwards of three hundred and fifty pounds, and that when she died the narrow doors of her house bad to be widened to make a passage for her coffin ! Samuel was the third child; was born in New Boston in 1764, and followed his uncle Samuel Gregg to Antrim in 1788. He purchased a large tract of land next east of the cemetery at the old Center, and built there a small, low house in the fall of that year. His father, Dea. Jesse Christie, was a mill-owner and carpenter, well off in the world, and no doubt aided the youthful pioneer on the top of Meeting-House Hill. Near the close of 1788, he received a companion in his new home, in the person of Miss Zibiah Warren of New Boston. She also was very "young and fair," as traditions say. She was the third child of Josiah and Jane (Livingston) Warren and was born in New Boston, 1771. After a few years Mr. Christie put up the large, old-fashioned tavern so long known on the line. It stood some forty rods north of the cemetery, on the opposite side, and a little off from the road. It had the large square rooms, enormous fire- places, and long dancing-hall usual in such buildings. Here he " kept tavern " for many years. There was then, before the day of railroads, considerable travel through the town. Mr. Christie also did a large busi- ness on the frequent training-days, and at town meetings; and traditions assure us that on cold Sabbaths many of Mr. Whiton's hearers from the church near by were able better to warm up with the subject by visiting the bar of said tavern ! Here for some years the older persons had a Bible-class on the Sabbath under charge of Mr. Whiton. The tavern was amazingly handy. Here Mrs. Zibiah Christie died in 1813. The second wife was Elizabeth Campbell of New Boston, who on the death of her husband returned to that town, and survived him more than forty years. Mr. Christie and his wife joined the church in 1800. He died in the prime of manhood, Oct. 25, 1818. His children were all by first wife and were as follows : -
1. DANIEL M., [known in Antrim as " Miltimore," b. Oct. 15, 1790 ; worked on the farm and picked up his knowledge as best he could, having few advantages in preparing for his course of higher study. But he entered Dartmouth College in 1811, and was graduated in 1815 at the head of his class, of which he was the last surviving member. Studied law three years in the office of James Walker of Peterborough, began practice in York, Me., in 1818, but soon moved to South Berwick and thence to Dover in 1823, where he pur- sued his profession over fifty-three years ! He died Dec. 8, 1876, having almost no sickness or loss of mental power till the day of his death. He was a remarkable man, of great intellectual power, and spotless integrity. Was one
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