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Wealthy, (no information of her.)
Angeline, (b. here in 1834; m. in New York, and soon d.)]
5. HANNAH H., [m. Benjamin M. Buckminster in 1819 ;. d. June 19, 1848.]
6. SILAS, [b. in Nelson, Nov. 20, 1799; m. Abigail Farley of Hollis in 1826 ; came to Antrim from Westminster, Vt., in
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1835, on to the Dr. Whiton farm, where he remained until 1853, when he sold to Eben Bass, and moved to New Ips- wich. He d. March 5, 1855, leaving two children : - Sarah A., (b. June 25, 1827, in Westminster, Vt .; m. Dr. A. J. French, Nov. 11, 1852, and lives in Lawrence, Mass.) Ann Eliza, (b. in Westminster, Vt., May 18, 1834; m. Robert F., son of Dea. Robert Steele of this town, in April, 1857, and they now reside in Geneseo, Ill.)] 7. LoIs, [m. Henry Kelsey.]
JOHN HARDY, son of David Hardy, was born in Wilmington, Mass., June 23, 1791. His father was born September, 1746 ; moved from Massachusetts to Lyndeborough in 1790, and died June 8, 1821 .. John Hardy married Mary Morrill, Jan. 11, 1820. They lived some years in Francestown, from which town they came here on to the Munhall place in 1834. There he died Jan. 23, 1850. Was shoemaker by trade. Chil- dren were: -
1. WILLIAM, [b. Feb. 7, 1821 ; d. Nov. 28, 1870; enlisted in the Fourteenth N. H. Regiment, and served till close of the war; m. 1st, Mary Ann Senter of Hudson, May 12, 1846 ; 2d, Lucinda Spalding, Oct. 21, 1854.]
2. MARY, [b. June 30, 1824 ; m. Peter C. Gregg, Oct. 28, 1854 ; - lives in Bradford.] 1
3. GIDEON, [b. June 21, 1827; m. Ursula Lovejoy of Nashua, July 3, 1854 ; resides in Nashua, and is foreman of a bobbin- factory in that city.]
4. CHARLES, [b. June 19, 1829; m. L. Jane Blood of Goshen, June 19, 1852 ; resides in Nashua ; is foreman of a bobbin- factory, and a man of some prominence in that city.]
HARTWELL.
WILLARD HARTWELL, a cooper by trade, was born in 1781, and came here from Temple about 1799. He married Betsey Spofford of Temple in 1803, and lived on the Fletcher place now owned and occupied by George Brown. He moved to Keene, N. Y., in 1813, thence to West- port, N. Y., where he died in 1867. His wife died in the same place in the year 1875, aged ninety-two. Their children were: -
1. ISAAC S., [b. in 1803, and d. unm. in 1852.]
2. IMLA, [b. in 1806; m. Avis Storrs, and lives in Westport, N. Y., having ten children.]
3. BETSEY, [b. in 1809 ; m. Alanson Denton, and d. at Lewis, N. Y., in 1876.]
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4. NANCY, [b. in 1811 ; m. Richard Brown of Westport, N. Y., and has a large and respectable family.]
5. ARTEMAS S., [b. in 1813 ; m. Lucy Gibbs of Westport, N. Y., and d. in that place in 1874.]
6. MARY, [b. in 1817 ; m. Alanson Byam of Orwell, Vt., and d. there in 1851.]
7. LUCY M., [b. in 1819; m. J. C. Barnes of Westport, N. Y.]
8. WILLARD, [d. in 1825, aged 4.]
9. JESSE S., [b. in 1823, and lives in Westport, N. Y., unm. ] .
10. PHINEHAS N., [b. in 1825 ; m. Elmina Jackson of Panton, Vt.]
11. HELEN M., [b. in 1827 ; m. Stephen Gibbs, and lives at Fort Ann, N. Y.]
HASTINGS.
DEA. EDWARD Z. HASTINGS, son of Zadok P. and Hannah (Dutton) Hastings of Deering, was born in Westford, Mass., in 1831, and came to Antrim in early life to work in a shop at Clinton. He went into the door and blind business in company with Chapin Kendall, in the shop now owned by Abbott F. True, but sold out in about three years, and worked for J. R. Abbott till 1865, when he bought the Danforth place. In 1867 he sold that to John Gibson, and soon after bought of Enoch Paige the old factory stand in Clinton, built the two-story part of his shop in 1870, and put the upper story on his house in 1873. Mr. Hastings was appointed deacon in the Baptist Church in 1875. He mar- ried, first, Nancy Jackson of Tamworth, Nov. 5, 1853, who died of con- sumption the next year; second, Sarah J. Tuttle, Nov. 8, 1855, who died in 1860. He afterwards married, Aug. 21, 1860, Mary J. Tuttle, niece of Sarah J. Tuttle, his second wife. His children are as follows, the oldest being the child of his second wife: -
1. GEORGE E., [b. June 25, 1858.]
2. JULIA A., [b. Jan. 7, 1864.]
3. MINNIE A., [b. March 3, 1867.]
DEA. JOHN E. HASTINGS, brother of Dea. Edward Z., was born Aug. 5, 1836; came to Antrim to live with Dea. Boyd in 1851, where he remained three years, and has since worked in the shop at Clinton. For the last twelve years he has been foreman in the shop of J. R. Abbott and Company. He was appointed elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1870. In 1863 he married Mary E. Tarbell of Hancock (born Sept. 19, 1839), and their children are: -
1. GERTRUDE A., [b. June 25, 1867.]
2. MABEL S., [b. May 4, 1870.]
3. JOHN R., [b. April 4, 1872.]
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4. HARRIET J., [b. June 1, 1875.]
5. FRANK P., [b. Feb. 1, 1877.]
6. LUTHER W., [b. May 5, 1879.]
HATCH.
WARREN D. HATCH, son of Sanford and Annie (Keith) Hatch, was born in Oakham, Mass., April 9, 1821; married Eunice L. Peabody of Dorset, Vt., Jan. 15, 1852, and came here from Jaffrey the same year. He lived near Willard Pond fourteen years; engaged in various manufac- tures in the shop there; then moved to South Village. Built his resi- dence on Pleasant street in 1879. His children are : -
1. SARAH A., [b. Nov. 3, 1852, m. Charles E. Wilkins Aug. 18, 1872, and lives in Boston.]
2. SANFORD K., [b. March 1, 1856, d. April 9, 1857.]
3. CLARA E., [b. April 13, 1858, m. Hiram A. Curtis April 24, 1879.]
4. VIOLA G., [b. April 17, 1859.]
5. CORA A., [b. Oct. 3, 1860, m. Josiah P. Curtis, Jr., Jan. 15, 1879.]
6. WARREN D., JR., [b. Nov. 27, 1865.]
7. ELLEN M., [b. Nov. 26, 1868.]
Mr. Hatch is a man of many inventions, some of which have been patented and are as follows: -
1. A " self-acting car-coupler," patented in 1869; a good thing but not remunerative.
2. A machine for making slate-pencils, patented in 1867; afterward applied for working wood and proved a very valuable machine.
3. A "peach-stoner." Patent sold to D. H. Goodell.
4. " Sewing-machine caster," patented in 1871, and held in high esti- mation.
5. The "adjustable spring-bed," patented in 1875, and now manufac- tured for him, on small royalty, by Dea. E. Z. Hastings. This is consid- ered by many the best spring-bed in existence.
HAWES.
NATHAN HAWES came here from Goffstown soon after the close of the Revolutionary war; was the first settler on the Butman farm, on which he built a house in 1788. He sold to John Butman in 1794, and moved back to Goffstown. In great old age he found a home with friends on Hackett Hill in Hooksett, where he died in 1853. Was out in the Revolutionary war; was sixteen years old at the battle of Benning- ton ; lay down in a hollow while the Hessian bullets cut the grass down above him; then he sprung up and got behind a large tree, and there, in connection with Capt. Richards of Goffstown, he kept shooting away at the enemy till the battle was over.
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HAYWARD.
JOSIAH HAYWARD was born in Braintree, Mass., in 1766. In 1772 his mother died, and he went the next year to live with his uncle Moses Burge 'of Westford. There he married, first, Rebecca Reed in 1786, and came here with two children in 1790. He lived in various places in town, and moved from here to the Benjamin Tuttle place in Hillsborough, but in 1804 changed that with Tobias Butler for the Eben Bass place, on which he was soon succeeded by Dr. Whiton. He moved to Alexandria in 1838, from thence to Bristol in 1842, where he died in 1845, aged seventy-nine. His wife and three children died within nine days, of spotted fever, in March, 1812. Married, second, Abigail Sawyer, Nov. 11, 1813. His children were all by first wife, and were : -
1. SAMUEL B., [b. in 1787, m. Nabby Killam of Hancock, and had one child b. in Antrim. He went to Rutland, Vt., in 1805, and died in 1840.]
2. SARAH, [b. in 1789, and d. unm.]
3. REBECCA, [b. in Antrim in 1791, m. Silas Rhodes Nov. 26, 1815, lived some years on the Thomas Flint place, then moved to Alexandria, and d. there in 1857.]
4. JOSIAH, [b. in 1793, and went to Connecticut.]
5. JONATHAN, [b. in 1794. He enlisted in the war of 1812, and served in the army five years; was discharged, but was never heard from after.]
6. THOMAS P., [b. in 1797, and d. aged 18.]
7. BETSEY, [d. in 1812.]
8. CHARLES P., [b. April 6, 1801; m. 1st, Lucinda Rhodes of Antrim ; 2d, Loisa Whittemore of Pembroke, and lives in that place.]
9. WALTER, [b. March 27, 1803 ; m. 1st, Ann Sales of Boston ; 2d, Mrs. Peter Bullock of Alexandria.]
10. JONAS R., [b. April 25, 1805 ; m. 1st, Maria Sleeper of Alex- andria ; 2d, Mrs. Mary (Webster) Bodwell of Pembroke, and d. in that town in 1873.]
11. HANNAH, [b. April 26, 1807, d. in 1812.]
12. MARY, [b. Aug. 17, 1809, d. in 1812.]
HAZELTON.
DR. DANIEL W. HAZELTON, son of Daniel and Mary (Walker) Hazelton, was born in Hebron in 1824. He studied with Dr. Gilman Kimball of Lowell, and took the degree of M. D. from the Vermont Medical College in 1848. He came to North Branch early in 1849, and in 1850 married Laurette Hammond of Hebron. He was highly esteemed in Antrim, but removed to Cavendish, Vt., in 1853, where he has sus- tained a large practice to the present tinie.
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HEATH.
RICHARD HEATH came here from Hampstead in 1795 or before, and bought a tract of land, " eighty acres more or less," on the west side of the road from Clinton to Dea. Boyd's. He sold to James Boyd, Sen., in September, 1800, and moved from town; but I have not been able to discover where he went or to find any further traces of him. The house stood a few rods west of the present road.
HERRICK.
JOSIAH HERRICK, son of Josiah and Mary (Low) Herrick of Box- ford, Mass., was born in 1762; married, first, Esther Tarbell of Hudson; came here in 1807, and bought, of the elder Samuel Dinsmore, the saw and grist mill, and homestead at the mill. He was a cooper by trade, and a large manufacturer of pails and barrels, for that day. He was also a Revolutionary soldier. His children all died in childhood. For his second wife, he married Fanny Howard, March 16, 1841. He died April 8,1853.
JOSEPH HERRICK, brother of Josiah, was born in 1783; married Mary Cox of Beverly, and came here in 1821 into the old mill-house at Loveren's mill. He was in company with Josiah, and died in 1833; having children: -
1. JOSEPH, [b. in 1807 ; m. Julia Willoughby of Milford, and had a large family, one son being George L., who m. Lucy A. Tuttle, and resided in Clinton several years. His wife d. there leaving one child, Walter L., b. June 7, 1868. Joseph Herrick d. in 1847, aged 40, being killed by a cow, in Wilton.]
2. WILLIAM C., [m. Sarah Russell, and lives in Nashua.]
3. SARAH B., [b. in 1810 ; m. Ira A. Fuller, April 2, 1835 ; lived for some years in Stoddard, then moved to Bristol Station, Ill., and d. there in 1864.]
4. NATHANIEL B., [b. in Beverly, April 22, 1813; m. Elvira Simonds, Oct. 6, 1835, and carried on the town farm for many years. In 1856 he moved on to the John Simonds place, on which he lived until the spring of 1877, when he bought the Draper place opposite the Center Church, where he d. Sept. 1 of that year, after a long and wearisome sick- ness, in the peace, and assurance of a Christian hope. He was a man singularly good and pure. They had children : - Timothy, (b. Oct. 19, 1836 ; m. Elisabeth Muldoon of Staats- burg, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1858, where he now resides.) Almena, (d. in 1847, aged 9.)
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Clementine, (b. July 18, 1840; m. H. D. Robb of Stoddard, Jan. 1, 1860, and lives in Staatsburg, N. Y., having two children : Edward H., b. here March 5, 1862, and Grace A., b. in Staatsburg, June 20, 1873.)
Luella L., (b. in Windsor, Dec. 22, 1850 ; m. James D. Cut- ter, Oct. 11, 1868, and lives in Stoddard, having, besides other children, one child, Emma N., b. in this town June 23, 1873.)]
5. SAMUEL D., [b. in 1815; m. Mary E. Abbott, and was long a trader in Beverly, Mass., but now lives in Amherst.]
6. JOSIAH, [d. in April, 1871, unm., in Londonderry, aged 50.] 7. JOHN W., [b. here April 17, 1822; m. Angeline Curtis in April, 1847 ; lived in various places, mostly in Peterbor- ough, but came back to Antrim in 1875. Has children : - Laura E., (b. in 1848 ; m. Calvin Bullard, and lives in Peter- borough.)
Frank C., (residence unknown.)
Alphonso S., (d. in 1872, aged 18.)
Fannie F., (m. Charles A. Preston ; lives in Peterborough.) Emily, (d. in 1875, aged 16.)]
8. CHARLES, [m. Mary Dodge, and lives in Londonderry.]
9. HARRIET E., [b. Aug. 24, 1828 ; m. William H. Gilmore in 1848, and lives in Hillsborough.]
ELIJAH HERRICK came here in 1832 as the successor of Benjamin Rollins in the old grist and saw mill at South Village. But little is known of him. He lived here several years. Had four sons and some daughters.
HILDRETH.
WILLIAM A. HILDRETH, son of George and Lucy (Winslow) Hil- dreth (she was a descendant of the Plymouth Winslow), and grandson of George Hildreth of Westford, Mass., was born in Quincy, Mass. ; married Helen J. Smith of Lunenburg, Mass., in 1869; moved here in 1871, and built the Hildreth mill the same year. His children are: -
1. WILLIAM A., [b. in Lunenburg, July 13, 1870.]
2. ROSA May, [b. in Antrim, April 28, 1873.]
3. ELVIRA R., [b. in Antrim, Nov. 29, 1874.]
HILLS.
DAVID HILLS, born in 1770, was son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Dow) Hills of Hudson. This Jeremiah was son of James Hills, and was
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born in 1726 in Newburyport, where his father settled in 1716; was out in the French war and Revolutionary war, and was married in 1776. David came to Antrim in 1802 and bought the Nathan Cole place, now owned and occupied by Franklin Robinson, just west of the pound; mar- ried Mehitable Robinson, and lived there over half a century. In old age he lived with his oldest son at the Branch, and died there in 1861 aged ninety-one. Children: --
1. JEREMIAH, [b. Nov. 23, 1798 ; m. Jane Gregg Dec. 24, 1846 ; no children ; d. at Branch, July 1, 1868.]
2. DAVID, [b. March 1, 1801; m. Asenath Cummings March 28, 1828, and succeeded Robert Gregg on the place now Chan- dler Butterfield's, but sold this and moved to Clinton in 1869, and d. Dec. 2, 1879. Has children : -
Cummings E., (b. May 25, 1835 ; m. Lizzie Rogers of Con- cord, Aug. 24, 1865 ; has two children : William C., b. Jan. 17, 1868, and Oscar E., b. Feb. 13, 1877 ; lives in Clinton.) John M. W., (b. in 1843; m. Sarah Whitmore, Aug. 21, 1871 ; has one son, Morris D., b. Dec. 11, 1873 ; lives in Clinton. )] 3. JOHN R., [b. Aug. 20, 1803 ; m. Mary Worthley April 6, 1830 ; moved on to the Cummings place west of the pond, and lived there twenty-nine years, but d. in South Village in the summer of 1869 ; a social, cheerful, live man, with hosts of friends, and his sudden death was lamented by all. Had but two children : -
Elisabeth, (d. aged 17.)
Phebe, (b. in 1839 ; m. Ezra Pettingill Nov. 21, 1870 ; d. Oct. 26, 1874 ; was librarian of the library association till her death ; a most faultless and amiable woman.)]
4. SARAH, [b. April 6, 1805 ; m. Rodney Sawyer Oct. 29, 1835 ; d. Feb. 11, 1853, without a moment's warning and in the prime of life.]
5. REUBEN, [b. July 4, 1807 ; m. 1st, Lydia Fletcher Nov. 4, 1834; built the house in Clinton occupied by his brother David ; there his wife d. April 25, 1852. He m. 2d, Emily S. Worthen of Montpelier, Vt., and now lives in South Weare. Children : -
Abby Frances, (m. Whitney Dunlap ; d. in 1861, in Keene.) Samuel F., (d. in California, unm., in 1865.)
James Austin, (m. Ellen Blood of Manchester, and d. in that city in 1877.)
Helen M., (b. in Nashua ; is school-teacher in Boston.).
Emma H., (adopted child ; d. in 1870, aged 11.)]
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6. SOPHIA, [b. Aug. 9, 1813 ; m. Smith Campbell June 5, 1848 ; they settled in Litchfield ; he d. March 25, 1864. Had chil- dren : Matthew; Alfred H., Clara S., and Arthur S. Alfred H. Campbell graduated at Dartmouth College, and is in preparation for the ministry.]
7. MEHITABLE, [b. Oct. 12, 1815; became 2d wife of Dimon Twiss June 10, 1845 ; d. in Mont Vernon, June, 1874.]
8. LOUISA, [b. July 22, 1821; m. John W. Tenney April 18, 1844 ; d. Nov. 2, 1870, aged 49 ; a most amiable and pious woman, - beautiful in sickness, and happy in death.]
WILLIAM HILL came here from Hudson, where there were many by the name of Hill, or Hills. In a petition to Gov. Wentworth about 1743, of the people in that place to be incorporated as a town, fully one- third of the names are Hill. James, grandfather of David, Sen., is among them, and probably the " Henry Hill, Jr.," of that paper was father of William who came to Antrim. This William came here in 1810, on to the Dea. Worthley farm ; came in the prime of life, bringing five sons, the oldest twenty-six, the youngest sixteen. Their mother was Sarah Smith. After a few years Mr. Hill moved to Newport, and thence in 1818 to Penfield, N. Y., where he died in 1830. His sons were as fol- lows : -.
1. TIMOTHY S., [b. May 5, 1784 ; m. Patty Gates of Antrim, Feb. 25, 1813 ; lived with his father a short time ; moved then to Penfield, N. Y. He d. in Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1837. Children : -
Timothy S., Jr., (b. Aug. 11, 1814; d. Sept. 5, 1853 ; was called " Smith Hills ;" m. 1st, Elisabeth Coldren in 1844; 2d, her sister, Cornelia Coldren, in 1847.)
Luther B., (b. Sept. 1, 1815 ; lives in Irving, Mich. ; m. his brother's widow, Cornelia, in 1854.)
Sarah J., (b. April 12, 1816, in Antrim, as the preceding, but the following were b. in Penfield, N. Y. ; m. H. Bovee of Utica, Mich., in 1834 ; now lives in Big Rapids, Mich.)
Mary A., (b. Nov. 20, 1818; m. Christopher C. Fisher July 29, 1839, now of Antrim, Minn.)
George W. P. G., (b. Aug. 12, 1820; d. aged 2.)
Martha A., (b. May 19, 1822 ; m. William Marvin of Green Bay, Wis.)
Charles G., (b. April 21, 1824; d. aged 18.)
Alta M., (b. March 29, 1826 ; m. Buel Bradley in 1853 ; lives in Wayland, Mich.)
Harriet Cordelia, (b. Nov. 15, 1828; d. Aug. 10, 1851; was
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adopted by Charles Gates ; m. E. W. R. Huntley March 15, 1849.)]
2. WILLIAM, [b. 1786 ; m. Anstiss Smith, his cousin ; had but one child, Sarah, who m. a Van Deiburg, and whose sons live in Hillsdale, Mich. William Hill d. in that place in 1845.]
3. HENRY, [b. in 1789; m. Rebecca Kelso. Dec. 9, 1824. Her father, Ananias Kelso, son of Daniel and Mary (McAllister) Kelso of New Boston, d. in this town May 27, 1872, aged 93. Mr. Hill the same year of his marriage settled as a blacksmith on the Jonas White place, where he worked at his trade till 1832, when he bought the Ballard house in South Village, which he occupied till his death in 1871. Thus he was nearly thirty-nine years in service as a black- smith in that village, and plied the hammer in all more than half a century. Children : -
Mary E., (d. in 1837, aged 12.)
William H., (b. in 1833; m. Judith N. Kelsea; built the double house in South Village in 1864, and the one he now occupies in 1877 ; has been some years a member of the Silk Manufacturing Company ; has children : Annie E., b. Sept. 1, 1860, and Grace M.)
John G., (d. in infancy.)
Luke W., (b. Sept. 20, 1837 ; now owns and occupies the Gil- man Cleaves house in South Village ; is one of our best men ; is a blacksmith, honoring the trade of his father ; m. 1st, Jennie Roach of Bennington, Dec. 22, 1863, who d. Feb. 16, 1872 ; m. 2d, Jan. 19, 1875, Hannah B. Duston of Hen- niker, a direct descendant of Hannah Duston the famous captive, who slew the savages and escaped.)
Clara R., (b. in 1841 ; m. George F. Corey, Nov. 29, 1860.) Annie R., (d. in 1859, aged 16.)]
4. JAMES, [b. in 1792 ; m. Hannah Sprague of Bedford. He moved the Ambrose Story house from west of the pond to its present location, and lived in it several succeeding years ; subsequently he moved to Bedford, but early in 1837 he went to his brother's in New Boston, where he d. of con- sumption April 16, 1837. He had children : Gates, Sabra, Ursula, and Alden, as they were called. The latter m. Bet- sey A. Butler of Antrim, and soon d. leaving one son. The daughters both lived and d. in Bedford. Of Gates, or prob-
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ably Charles G., I have but little information. He went to sea in early life, and the family had no definite tidings of him after that.]
5. JOHN, [b. in 1794; m. Mrs. Hannah (Twiss) Livingston July 17, 1836, and settled in New Boston, where he d. Sept. 10, 1873. He was a tanner by trade; was a man of taste and skill in music, and, as playing the violin, was long held as an essential part of the old choir in New Boston. The writer remembers him as being, always in a pleasant way, a skillful and most amusing tantalizer of the young folks, always having a shrewd, sharp hit at each one he met. He left no children.]
HOLMAN.
REV. MORRIS HOLMAN came here from Deering on to the John S. Parmenter place in the spring of 1875. Was son of Jeremiah and Sarah (McIntire) Holman of Charlton, Mass., and grandson of Thomas Holman of Union, Conn. Was born in Union, Conn., Feb. 11, 1811, grad- uated at Amherst College in 1837, and at Andover Seminary in 1840. Was ordained at York, Me., Jan. 15, 1845, where he remained fifteen years; was then pastor at Kennebunkport, Me., five years; and soon after became stated supply of the Congregational Church, Deering, this State, where he continued in service nearly twelve years. Has been known as a clear writer and a man of sound scholarship. He married Mary A. Lunt of York, Me., Feb. 18, 1845, and has children .: -
1. ALFRED MORRIS, [b. Nov. 18, 1845, m. Lilla Haskell of Low- ell, Mass., and lives in Lowell ; was a seaman and traveled the world over in his boyhood.].
2. WILLIAM A., [b. Nov. 27, 1849; was graduated with first lionors at Dartmouth College, in 1872 ; is now a lawyer in Pittsburg, Penn.]
3. SAMUEL W., [b. June 5, 1855 ; is a lawyer, of firm Pierce and Holman, Hillsborough Bridge.]
4. SADIE M., [b. Oct. 24, 1857.]
HOLMES.
WILLIAM HOLMES, a wheelwright by trade, came here in 1785 and settled on the place known as the James Baldwin place. About 1793 he moved to Peterborough. Nothing further can be learned of him.
WILLIAM HOLMES was son of John and Mary (McCauley) Holmes of Dunbarton. His mother was born in Ireland and came over when a little girl. It was a vigorous Scotch family. William came here from Dunbarton in 1786, and began the farm now in the possession of his grandson, Ira Holmes. He married Margaret Moore of Bedford. Built
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a few rods north of the present buildings. Was a large land-owner and an upright man; but died in the prime of his years in 1798, aged thirty- eight. His widow afterwards married William Combs. William Holmes's children were : -
1. JOHN, [b. 1789; went to Canada in early life, thence to Buf- falo, N. Y., where he d. in 1835. In 1815 his brother Thomas went out to visit him and walked every step of the way ! John m. Hannah Douglass of Toronto, Canada ; was a carpenter ; left three children : William, Robert, and John.] 2. ROBERT M., [never m. ; was b. in 1792; was out through the war of 1812, was wounded and pensioned, but on return gradually failed in health and d. in 1818.]
3. THOMAS S., [b. March 14, 1793 ; m. Sarah Dinsmore, March 2, 1820; inherited the homestead of his father ; built the present house in 1812; was a carpenter by trade, and a hard-working, diligent, and honest man. He built the Levi Curtis house (on the mountain) in 1815, that being the first building ever framed in Antrim by " square rule." The neighbors laughed at the innovation and said he could never get the frame together. But it went up like a charm, and that was the end of the old way in this vicinity. Pre- viously, the timbers had to be laid together, marked and fitted separately, and then numbered and " scribed " before they were taken apart. Mr. Holmes was quite a reader, and in his old age could quote Pope's "Essay on Man," and other old writers, with ease and accuracy. His widow yet survives in active and smart old age. After fifty-six years of life together, he dropped away April 8, 1876. They had children : -
Ira, (b. March 6, 1821 ; was ten years in California ; was fa- miliar with all our Western country ; m. Mary W. Williams of Clear Lake, Io., May 30, 1864; inherits the paternal homestead ; has greatly improved the buildings and farm ; is among our most substantial men. Has two children : Minnie V., b. Aug. 4, 1866, and Mabel F., b. Aug. 14, 1879.) John, (b. Feb. 20, 1823, d. Oct. 17, 1841.)
Samuel D., (b. Dec. 24, 1824, d. Oct. 3, 1828.)
Mary E., (b. Feb. 4, 1828, m. Hiram Fifield of Andover, April 20, 1867.)
Vienna, (b. June 23, 1830, d. of consumption in 1860.)
Eliza, (b. Jan. 27, 1833, d. aged 16.)
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Hiram L., (b. March 25, 1835; m. Mary Boquith of Elgin, Ill., in 1870 ; now lives in Chicago.)]
4. MARY, [b. 1794 ; never m. ; lived in Boston ; a woman of piety and good works ; brought to Antrim for burial Jan. 24, 1880.]
ROBERT HOLMES, brother of the last-named William, was born in Dunbarton, March 5, 1766. He came here at the same time, with his brother, and began the place known as the poor-farm. Here he resided a number of years, and then he moved back to Dunbarton. He married Susannah Chandler of Hopkinton. Was often in town office in Dunbar- ton. Was colonel of the Ninth N. H. Regiment in 1811, and subse- quently, and is spoken of as a " good officer." He died Feb. 28, 1850. It is worthy of note that Anna Holmes, sister of William and Col. Rob- ert, is now living in Webster, smart and well at the age of ninety-nine years. She married Perley P. Ray, a native of Amherst, Oct. 11, 1807; and after a married life of forty years she has now been a widow more than thirty years ! The children of Col. Robert were as follows : -
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