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He was a man of great endurance, as well as of courage and energy, for a long series of years. In 1862, Mrs. Jane (Sweetser) Emery died, and in 1863 he married Betsey Colby of Sutton. His children are : -
1. AURILLA, [m. Samuel Robb of Stoddard, July 3, 1851.]
2. MARTHA J., [m. B. F. McIlvaine Sept. 12, 1860.]
ENGLISH.
THOMAS ENGLISH came here in 1779, probably from Hancock, and settled on the old road from the Madison Tuttle place to the Branch. The house stood on the north side of the road on the highest knoll in the field now James M. Tuttle's, but the cellar is filled up, and fifty harvests have grown upon the spot. He married Nancy Moore, daughter of Dea. William Moore of Bedford; was constable and tax-collector; was fifer in the Revolutionary army; was trusted and respected, but absconded with a portion of the town's money in 1782. The town attached his land, and friends settled it up; but he came here no more tolive. He had a family of six children, but all have been dead many years, and nothing is known of their descendants.
It appears from the records of Bedford, that Nancy Moore, named above, who was a sister to Mrs. Alexander Jameson, was a second wife, inasmuch as it speaks of children of "Thomas English and Agnes his wife " and then speaks of the two youngest as " born in Antrim." The names of his children, so far as known, were these : -
1. JENNY, [b. in .Bedford, April 12, 1771.]
2. JAMES, [b. Sept. 16, 1773.]
3. WILLIAM, [b. in Bedford, Jan. 23, 1776.]
4. ELIZABETH, [b. in Hancock, June 6, 1778.]
5. SARAH, [b. in Antrim 1781.]
6. ANDREW JACK, [b. in Antrim, April 21, 1783.]
ESTEY.
EDGAR W. ESTEY was born in Hillsborough, Oct. 6, 1841. He came here at the age of twelve years to live with James Wood, where he remained until he entered the army in 1861. He was in the Ninth N. H. Regiment, and passed through many conflicts, and now carries in his body a bullet received in the battle of Spottsylvania Court-House. He was son of Joshua C. and Paulina (Emerson) Estey, and grandson of Joshua Estey, who was born in Hillsborough, July 2, 1776. The " Annals of Hillsborough " speak of "Joshua Easty," who was head of a family there in 1767. This Easty, or Estey, was from Middleton, Mass., and is no doubt the one who died Oct. 2, 1807, aged seventy-two. The father of Edgar W. was born Saturday, Oct. 17, 1812. Edgar W. Estey married Helen B. Curtis of Antrim, March 18, 1869; lived awhile at Staatsburg, N. Y., but now occupies the house at the Steele mills. Children: -
1. DANA W., [b. Nov. 28, 1870 ; d. March 19, 1872.]
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2. EVA B., [b. Feb. 27, 1875.]
JOSHUA B. ESTEY, brother of the above, was born July 1, 1846; lived many years with Rev. Mr. Bates. He is now one of the leading dry-goods merchants in Manchester. He married Florence M. Burn- ham of Hartland, Vt.
FAIRBANKS.
ZACCHEUS FAIRBANKS lived here nearly fifty years. His mother and the house she occupied were swept away by a hurricane. The house was carried forty rods. Portions of her clothing were torn off and carried five miles. Yet she survived and lived to be nearly one hundred years old. He came here from Framingham, Mass., and bought of Samuel Caldwell the Luke Vose place, as now known, in 1798. He was several years licensed to keep a hotel and sell liquor, which was not a disreputable busi- ness at that day. In 1835, being then an old man, he moved into a house built for the purpose by his son Woodbury, between Caleb Roach's and Thomas Flint's, where he died Jan. 6, 1845, aged eighty-six. He married, first, Mary Brinley, March 3, 1779, who lived but a few years; married, second, Martha Gates. The latter died May 21, 1853, aged eighty-six. There were fourteen children, two of them by the first wife; the five last being born in Antrim, the others in Framingham: -
1. NANCY, [m. 1st, a Mr. Bannister of Framingham ; 2d, a Mr. Easty.]
2. THOMAS, [b. June 17, 1783 ; m. Mary Laws of Acton, Mass., lived in Natick, Mass. ; had a large family ; d. about 1870.] 3. MARY, [known as " Polly," b. April 23, 1787 ; m. Solomon Rhodes, Oct. 22, 1807 ; d. Aug. 23, 1867. No children.] 4. KATHERINE, [b. March 20, 1789; m. Robert, son of James Duncan, Aug. 29, 1811 ; d. about 1847.]
5. CAPT. DEXTER, [b. Dec. 19, 1790; went into the war of 1812 ; after his return sunk into consumption and d. at age of 27.]
6. SAMUEL, [b. Jan. 11, 1793 ; d. unm., aged 32.]
7. CLARISSA, [b. Oct. 4, 1794 ; m. Nathaniel Nichols of Haver- hill, Mass., Oct. 20, 1814 ; d. in 1842.]
8. CHARLES, [b. Sept. 15, 1796 ; was out two years in the war of 1812 ; afterwards m. Maria Parker of Bradford, Mass. ; was long in business in that place ; has sons in trade in Haver- hill, Mass., and there he is now living.]
9. CURTIS, [b. Nov. 13, 1798 ; d. of spotted fever in 1812.]
10. PETER WOODBURY, [always called simply " Woodbury," b. in Antrim, Oct. 31, 1800 ; m. Miriam Wilcox, Aug. 23, 1825 ; built the Caleb Roach house, where he lived many years, but in later life he moved to Lowell, Mass., and d. there in 1870. Children : -
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Mary, (b. Jan. 20, 1827 ; d. March 4, 1834.)
Kate, (b. Feb. 20, 1830 ; m. Harrison Flint of Danbury, Conn.)
Frances, (b. April 20, 1833 ; m. John M. Godown of Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Clark, (b. July 31, 1834 ; unm. ; has long been editor of the " Free Press," Fort Wayne, Ind.)
George D., (b. Feb. 13, 1840 ; m. 1st, Lucy Putnam of Lowell, Mass .; m. 2d, Nannie Miner of Alexandria, Va. Is a mer- chant in Springfield, Mass.)]
11. SUSAN, [b. June 25, 1802 ; d. in childhood. ]
12. LUCINDA, [b. March 30, 1804 ; m. Josiah Duncan, Dec. 28, 1826.]
13. WILLIAM E., [b. April 17, 1806 ; m. Hannah Coburn of Dracut, Mass. ; moved to Cranston, R. I., and d. there.]
14. ABIGAIL MORRIS, [b. June 16, 1808 ; m. W. W. Coburn of Deering ; lived and d. in that town. Her death occurred in March, 1853.]
FAIRFIELD.
ALMUS FAIRFIELD, son of Joseph and Ruth (Campbell) Fair- field of New Boston, was born in that town Sept. 12, 1821. Ruth Camp- bell was a daughter of William and Ann (Christie) Campbell, and niece of John Campbell who settled in Antrim. Joseph Fairfield was son of Joseph and Elisabeth (Sweetser) Fairfield of Wenham, Mass. The last was son of Benjamin Fairfield, the leading man in Wenham in Revolu- tionary times. Benjamin's father was Hon. William Fairfield, who was for a long time the most prominent man in that section, was speaker of Massachusetts House of Representatives, and held every office then within the gift of the State. While he was speaker, all traveling then being on horseback, he started one morning to catch the animal and ride in for the usual session, as was his custom; but being absent-minded and much absorbed in the expected business of the day, he walked into Boston, seven or eight miles, bridle in hand, and mounted the speaker's desk before he noticed that he hadn't got the horse ! The Hon. William was born in 1661, died 1742; was son of Walter, and grandson of John Fairfield, who was the first of the family this side the water, and died at a very great age in 1646. Almus Fairfield came to Antrim in 1841 as clerk for Hiram Griffin at the Branch. Bought out Mr. Griffin in 1849, and has been doing business there up to the present date. Has been postmaster since 1850, - longer probably than any other man in the county. Has been ten times elected town clerk. Has been much em- ployed by his townsmen in probate business and making conveyances of real estate as justice of the peace. Married Lydia A. Gregg of Deering, Jan. 8, 1852. Their only child, Ruth Antoinette, born Nov. 12, 1853,
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married Charles E. Averill of Mont Vernon, Sept. 1, 1875, and now lives in Nashua. Almus Fairfield carried on an extensive business as a printer for many years in connection with his store, but relinquished it about 1875.
FARRINGTON.
BARNARD FARRINGTON came here from Greenfield 1819, lived on the Dea. Shattuck farm, built the present house in 1829; was son of Ebenezer and Mary (Cudworth) Farrington ; married Elenor Brewster of Francestown; lived here till 1830, when he sold to J. W. Christie, and rnoved to Deering, and died in that town 1848. His leg was badly broken and lacerated by the fall of a tree; he lingered several months in great distress, and passed away at the age of fifty-eight. Left three children besides two sons that died in childhood : -
1. EBEN, [b. here Nov. 27, 1820 ; m. Laura Sherborne, and now lives in Lowell.]
2. JAMES B., [b. Sept. 12, 1825 ; m. Sarah Taylor of Atkinson ; has been many years a trader in Holyoke, Mass.]
3. MARY, [b. May 30, 1827 ; m. Caleb W. Roach, March 14, 1850.]
DANIEL FARRINGTON came here from Deering in 1823, and built the same year what was known as the Moses Duncan house. This house stood next west of Thomas Flint's, and was taken down in 1870. He was a brickmaker by trade; though an old man he superintended making brick for the Center Church, 1826. Died at great age, Feb. 25, 1842. He married, first, Barrodil Bucknam; second, Mrs. Elenor (-) Rhodes. They moved to Alexandria, and he died in that town. Had children (all we know of) : -
1. DANIEL, JR., [b. in Medford, Mass., May 22, 1789; m. 1st, Nancy Green of Francestown, who. d. 1817, aged 27 ; m. 2d, Elisabeth Gibson of Francestown in January, 1822; went from Antrim to Great Valley, N. Y., 1815; was town clerk in that place twenty years, postmaster fourteen years ; held many other important trusts ; left a large family, and . d. there Sept. 25, 1863.]
2. FANNY, [m. Charles Houghton ; d. De Oota, Io., Oct. 17, 1857.]
3. NANCY, [d. 1822 unm., aged about 25.]
FERRY.
NOAH C. FERRY, son of Daniel and Elenor (Clark) Ferry, was born in Granby, Mass .; married Mary Smith of Deering; lived some years in Vermont; came here on the Alexander Parker place in 1838,
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but after a few years moved to West Deering, where he died in 1876, aged eighty-five years. His children are : -
1. LUCINDA, [m. Henry Holton and lives in Deering. Their only child, Edwin C. Holton, was editor of the " Hillsborough Messenger," and is now on the " Boston Globe."]
2. NOAH C., [b. in Vermont in 1825 ; m. Lucy J. Duncan of this town, Dec. 29, 1853, and now lives in the first house east of the East school-house, having children : -
Jennie M., (b. May 1, 1855 ; m. John C. Holt of New Boston, Jan. 2, 1878.)
Horace C., (b. Aug. 9, 1857 ; m. Annie George of Weare, March 5, 1880.)
Morris C., (twin-brother of Horace C., d. in 1865.)
Francis H., (d. in 1868, aged nearly 2 years.)
Nettie C., (d. in 1872, aged 3 years.)
Nellie F., (b. in 1875.)]
3. ALVIN, [m. Diana Marshall and lives in Hillsborough Upper Village.]
4. SARAH, [m. John A. White of Deering ; d. Aug. 16, 1878.]
5. JAMES P., [b. in Johnson, Vt., in 1835 ; m. Nancy W. McClure of New Boston, and lives in West Deering.]
6. HARRISON C., [b. in Antrim in 1838; m. 1st, Clintina Colby of Bennington ; m. 2d, Louise M. Dodge of Antrim, and lives in West Deering. Is editor and proprietor of the " Hillsborough Messenger."]
FERSON.
JOHN FERSON, son of James and Margaret (Starrett) Ferson, came here from Francestown in 1819 and lived on the James Nesmith place, on the northwest slope of Meeting-House Hill. He married Lucy F. Wood of Francestown in 1819; moved to Nashua, where he died in 1872, aged eighty-two. His children were : -
1. LUCY M., [b. in 1820; m. Granville Rideout, and d. at Nashua in 1860.]
2. MARY S., [b. in 1822, and d. in Francestown in 1840.]
3. JOHN L., [b. in 1823 ; m. Mary Branch, and is now living in Oshkosh, Wis.]
4. CLARA A., [b. in 1826, m. Amos Fletcher, and now lives in Nashua.]
5. JAMES S., [b. in 1827 ; m. Augusta Willard, and lives in Pine City, Minn.]
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MOSES B. FERSON, brother of above, married Sally Colby, Oct. 21, 1823. He owned and lived on the place where N. C. Ferry now resides, and died in 1857. His children are : -
1. LEVI C., [b. Dec. 13, 1824; m. Lizzie R. Fields of North- field, and now resides at Andover.]
2. HARRIS DANE, [b. June 30, 1826; m. Lucy Codman of Deer- ing, and now lives in California.]
3. SARAH M. C., [b. June 27, 1829 ; m. George Holt, and lives in Chelmsford, Mass.]
4. JOHN J., [b. Dec. 8, 1831, and now lives in Hanover.]
5. VERONA E., [b. Dec. 16, 1833 ; m. Stillman Willard, and lives in Methuen, Mass.]
6. MARY A., [m. John N. Webster ; lives in Fitchburg, Mass.]
7. GEORGE L., [now living in Lowell, unm.]
FIELD.
OTIS FIELD, son of John and Ruth (Thayer) Field of Peterborough, was born in that town Jan. 12, 1794; married Lydia Dodge; came here and lived a few years at the Center of the town. Here his wife died Nov. 10, 1839, aged forty-seven. He died in 1863. They had six children, but we have no knowledge of them further. Otis was a brother of Dea. John Field of Peterborough. The family came from Braintree, Mass.
FISHER.
DEA. SAMUEL FISHER came from Ireland at the age of eighteen, in " the starved ship," in 1740. A table-spoonful of oat-meal moistened with salt water was the daily allowance for fourteen days. This failing at last, they lived on the bodies of the dead. When these were con- sumed they drew lots to determine which should die to preserve the rest, and the lot fell on Mr. Fisher. But as the sad preparations were nearly completed, a ship came in sight, signals of distress were made, the work of death was delayed, and all were soon rescued. In all his long life Dea. Fisher could never after " see, without pain, the least morsel of food wasted, or a pail of water thrown carelessly on the ground." His first wife was Sarah Taylor of Londonderry. In that town he settled, and died there April 10, 1806, aged eighty-three. Dea. Fisher was tall, grave, commanding, and able both in body and mind. He had twelve children. One of them was Dea. James Fisher, who married Sarah Steele of Antrim, aunt of Dea. Robert Steele. This James Fisher seems to have been bere for a time, and probably his oldest child may have been born here. He then settled in Francestown, and was a leading man in that place. He was a very devoted man. Some of the first meetings in Francestown were held in his barn. He is said to have given the ground on which the church of Francestown stands. He was a vigorous and consistent Presbyterian. Himself and wife in the early days
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came to Antrim to communion, and brought their children here to be baptized. The mother was a fleshy woman and had to have a horse by herself. Sometimes they came with the cart and oxen.
There was a Samuel Fisher in this town two or three years, running the first little fulling-mill in South Village. He advertised in the Am- herst paper May 12, 1798, for payment by "all indebted for dressing cloth as he should leave town in three weeks." He was probably a son of Dea. Samuel of Londonderry, and brother of Dea. James named above. I have found no further information concerning him.
Matthew A. Fisher, born in 1785, was son of Dea. James Fisher and Sarah Steele; married Jane Warren Christie of Antrim; settled in Han- cock, where his two oldest children were born, and subsequently located on the homestead of his father in Francestown. Their five children are all living as follows: Zibiah Ann, who married Roswell N. Temple of Reading, Mass .; Mary Jane, who married James H. Hall of Brookline; Samuel C., who married, first, Mary E. Barnes, and second, Sarah Jane Christie, and lives in Dover; Charles W., who married Elisabeth Nott, and lives in Chelsea, Mass .; and Gilman C., who married Hattie W. Ste- vens, and lives in Dover.
CHRISTOPHER C. FISHER was son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Adams) Fisher, and grandson of Jonathan and Phebe (Thurston) Fisher of Alstead, and was born in Dalton, Sept. 8, 1809; came here in May, 1847; married Mary A. Hills, July 29, 1839; had charge of town farm from 1859 to 1865; moved to Antrim, Minn., in 1865, where he yet lives. They had but one child: -
1. LIZZIE A., [b. May 1, 1847 ; m. Jason K. Webster, Jan. 1, 1867. (See Webster.)]
FLANDERS.
JONATHAN FLANDERS lived here five or six years, say from 1790 to 1795; but I have not found where, nor learned much concerning him. Jonathan and Sarah Flanders had two children born here: -
1. BETTY, [b. Aug. 18, 1790.]
2. THOMAS, [b. March 29, 1792.]
FLETCHER.
ROBERT FLETCHER, the ancestor of the American Fletchers, came from Yorkshire, England, to Concord, Mass., and settled there in 1630. His fourth son, Francis Fletcher, was born in Concord, Mass., in 1636. His son Joseph was born in 1661, and his son Francis in 1698. This second Francis had a son Francis, who was born in Concord, Mass., in 1733; served through the Revolutionary war; married Sarah Parker of Westford, Mass., and moved to New Ipswich in 1760, where he died in 1797, leaving a large family, one of whom was Samuel, who came to Antrim.
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DEA. SAMUEL FLETCHER was born in New Ipswich, April 19, 1789. At the death of his father he was but eight years of age, and he then went to live with Dr. James Crombie of Temple. He came to Antrim in 1813; April 20, 1814, he married Annie Bodwell of Antrim, and settled on the farm near the late Artemas Brown's, in the west part of the town, where he died in 1845. His mother, Mrs. Sarah (Parker) Fletcher, died in this town in 1825. His widow now lives in Bunker Hill, Ill. Dea. Fletcher was for many years an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and prominent in various public affairs. He represented An- trim in the legislature six years, and was one of the selectmen twelve years, being most of the time chairman of the board. He was justice of the peace, and for a time town clerk. He was highly and universally esteemed, and his death in the prime of his years was an event of public sorrow. He died suddenly of malignant erysipelas. Being called to assist in preparing for burial the body of his near neighbor, Joseph S. Atherton, who died of that disease, he is supposed to have been inocu- lated with it, as it soon after came upon him in terrible form. His chil- dren, all of whom are gone from Antrim, are as follows: -
1. LYDIA, [b. June 8, 1815 ; m. Reuben Hill, Nov. 4, 1834, and d. April 25, 1852.]
2. LOUISA, [b. June 26, 1816 ; m. George W. Winship of Nashua, Feb. 1, 1841, and d. at Brighton, Mass., Aug. 31, 1845, having children : -
Georgianna, (b. Dec. 17, 1841.)
Louisa F., (b. Aug. 19, 1845 ; m. 1st, John A. Hall of Hills- borough ; m. 2d, Stephen A. Brown of that place, Lower Village.)]
3. HANNAH K., [b. March 17, 1818 ; m. Milton Hill of Hancock, Oct. 23, 1838. They removed to the West in 1859 and now live in California. Three children grew up, as follows : - Lorenzo M., (b. Jan. 2, 1840; m. Annie Sheppard ; lives in Macon, Ill. )
Elisabeth, (b. June 10, 1842; m. 1st, Reuben Bates, who was killed in the capture of Fort Blakely, Mobile, in 1864 ; m. 2d, A. D. Kieth, and lives in Geyserville, Cal.)
Ellen E., (b. Oct. 16, 1846 ; m. Henry Judd, Aug. 10, 1876, and lives in Cottonwood Falls, Kan. )]
4. JOANNA C., [b. Jan. 24, 1820 ; m. J. H. Muzzey, Sept. 27, 1846 ; d. at Bunker Hill, Ill., in 1864.]
5. RACHEL, [b. Sept. 23, 1822 ; m. Samuel Fletcher of East Washington, and has but one child living, Ida Florence, b. June 26, 1859.]
6. SAMUEL A., [b. Sept. 26, 1824 ; m. Henrietta M. Crane in
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1851; moved to Bunker Hill, Ill., in 1857 ; has been mayor of that city. Has children : -
James A., (b. in Antrim, Feb. 29, 1852.)
William F., (b. in Bunker Hill, Ill., June 7, 1860.)
Fannie May, (b. Dec. 2, 1868.)]
7. SARAH E., [b. Dec. 27, 1827; m. John R. Gregg of Peter- borough, May 20, 1847 ; he d. April 16, 1873, aged 55 ; she has recently followed him; was a most devoted woman. They had three children : -
Annie J., (b. March 23, 1848 ; m. Wiley J. Macy of Munford- ville, Ky, and lives in that place.)
Sarah E., (b. April 24, 1851, m. Frank Wright, and lives in Harrisville.)
Harriet L., (b. Nov. 21, 1860, d. aged 17.)]
8. FRANCIS, [b. May 3, 1830, and d. April 4, 1831.]
9. MARTHA J., [b. in 1832; m. John Johnson, Dec. 21, 1852, a mechanic, who d. in 1857. She removed to Bunker Hill, Ill., m. Henry Wise in 1864, and d. Aug. 18, 1867, leaving two children : -
Nellie Johnson, (b. in Antrim March 26, 1855, m. John Hill, and lives in Bunker Hill, Ill.)
Henry H. Wise, (b. Feb. 20, 1865.)]
GEORGE H. FLETCHER, known as "Howard Fletcher," moved here in October, 1866, and from here to Mont Vernon, April, 1873. The family for several generations lived in East Washington, where George H. was born March 6, 1844. He married Luthera C. Barney of Wash- ington, July 4, 1866. Lived in the Charon house, North Branch. He was the son of Samuel and Rebecca Fletcher, and grandson of Jeremiah and Lucy Fletcher. This Jeremiah was brother of Dea. Samuel Fletcher of Antrim.
ISAAC FLETCHER, son of Samuel and Beulah (Hathorn) Fletcher of Chelmsford, Mass., was born in Temple in 1805, married Roxanna Blanchard of Washington in 1827, lived in Unity, Lempster, Milford, and other places, and came here in 1860, on to the Starrett place in South Village. His children are : -
1. SILAS, (m. Mary J. Fifield of Nashua, and d. in Antrim in 1860, leaving two children : -
Annie.
Charles, (b. here a few weeks after his father's death.)]
2. CHARLES S., [b. in 1831, m. Sarah A. Allds March 25, 1874, and now lives in South Village.]
3. JANE, [m. George Smith of Mont Vernon; d. there in 1869.]
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4. NANCY, [d. unm. at the age of 20.]
5. ALMIRA, [m. John H. Smith of this town, in 1862.]
FLINT.
Four men by the name of Flint came over and settled in Massachu- setts as early as 1640. Thomas and William, brothers, came from Wales, and settled in Salem, Mass. This Thomas was ancestor of Hutchinson Flint of Antrim. William owned nearly all the land on which the city of Salem now stands, was a prosperous man, and died in 1673, aged seventy. His daughter Alice was arraigned before the Essex County Court in 1652, for " wearing a silk hood;" but on proving she was worth two hundred pounds (and therefore could afford to dress better than other girls), she was discharged. Two other brothers, probably akin to those named above, came from Matlock, Derbyshire, England, and set- tled in Concord, Mass., in 1638. The older of these, Rev. Henry Flint, married Margery Hoar (sister of President Hoar of Harvard College), and was settled in Braintree, now Quincy, in 1640, and died at his post in 1668, leaving five children. Thomas, brother of Rev. Henry, was a man of wealth and Christian excellence, and died in 1653, aged fifty. His descendants are very numerous and respectable; among them the Flints of Rutland, Mass., from whom came the family of John G. Flint, Esq., of Antrim. This Thomas settled and died in Concord, Mass. His wife, Abigail, died Dec. 18, 1689. Thomas and Abigail had a son, Col. John Flint, who married Mrs. Mary Oakes, Nov. 12, 1667. Col. John was rep- resentative of Concord, Mass., in 1678, 1680, and 1682; was town clerk from 1680 to 1686; and died Dec. 5, 1686. Col. John had a son Thomas, born Jan. 16, 1682, who married Mary Brown, and had a large family, among them a son, Thomas, Jr., who settled in Rutland, Mass. Thomas of Rutland was thus a great-grandson of the Thomas who settled in Con- cord, Mass., in 1638. Thomas Flint of Rutland married Eunice How, Jan. 22, 1745. He died May 6, 1802. She died Sept. 10, 1796, aged sev- enty-nine. She was daughter of Moses How, Esq., formerly of Brook- field, Mass. Her brother, Samuel How, born Sept. 23, 1719, was the first white male child born in Rutland, for which his father received one hun- dred acres of land.
Thomas, of Salem, first mentioned above, was in that place as early as 1640. He purchased tracts of land in 1654, and again in 1662, which are in possession of the family to this day. Giles Cary, who witnessed these deeds, became a victim to the witchcraft delusion in 1692, being very aged, and was executed by being " pressed to death." Thomas of Salem, by his first wife, Ann, left six children. Capt. Thomas, the oldest of them, was a brave military man, was in King Philip's war, was badly wounded, but lived to good old age and left a large family. Ebenezer, his son by his second wife, Mary Dounton, was born in 1683, married Gertrude Pope, and died in 1767. Nathan, son of Ebenezer Flint and Gertrude Pope, was born May 8, 1716, and moved with his family from North Reading, Mass., to Amherst, in 1774. His wife was Lydia Hutch- inson, and the youngest of his six children was Hutchinson Flint, who came to Antrim, and whose record is given below.
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HUTCHINSON FLINT was born in North Reading, Mass., June 10, 1764; married Lucy Cole, and came here from Amherst (now Mont Ver- non) in 1795. He succeeded Robert Holmes on the place long known as the town farm, where now is the new and desirable residence of H. D. Chapin. His first residence here was in a log house a little west of the Bond place. Afterwards he built a better log house about sixty rods north of the first one, and after a few years built the framed house on the present site. Mr. Flint was many years a sufferer from paralysis, - be- came almost helpless, - and passed away with the sympathy and respect of his fellow-men. His death was in June, 1817. His children were :-
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