History of the town of Antrim, New Hampshire, from its earliest settlement to June 27, 1877, with a brief genealogical record of all the Antrim families, Part 59

Author: Cochrane, Warren Robert, 1835-1912
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Manchester, N. H., Mirror Steam Printing Press
Number of Pages: 942


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MANAHAN.


DR. VALENTINE MANAHAN was son of John and Zurintha (Felch) Manahan of Deering. He was a student of New London and. Dartmouth, and a graduate of Jefferson Medical College in 1850. He came here the same year, got well started in practice, but suddenly left the next year and went to Springfield. In 1851 he married Abby E. Por- ter of Sutton, and is now living in Enfield, engaged in large practice.


MANSFIELD.


JAMES A. MANSFIELD lived here for a time in the Jonas Hub- bard house northwest of the pond, in connection with Bezaleel Wheeler, moving away about 1824. Little is known of him, but it is believed that he went to Boston and died there.


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MARSH.


EBENEZER MARSH came here from Hudson, about 1798, and located on the mountain west of the Capt. Worthley place, beyond the pond. After about ten years he moved back to that town, where he died. The name " Marsh " occurs now and then in the old papers and records of that vicinity, but of this one nothing further has been learned.


MARSHALL.


SAMUEL MARSHALL came here from Hudson and succeeded Na- than Cross on the Asa Robinson or Steel place. The house stood near the end of the lane on the opposite side of the road from the present house. On the "Cold Friday," Jan. 19, 1810, the wind took the roof off his house, and the whole family barely escaped perishing with the cold. He had five children born here. Four were by his first wife, Hannah, daughter of Jacob Paige of Litchfield; and one by his second wife, Abi- gail Robb, whom he married March 18, 1817.


1. SAMUEL, [b. March 8, 1809.]


2. ELIZA, [b. Feb. 7, 1811.]


3. ENOCH, [b. Jan. 1, 1813.]


4. JOHN, [b. Oct. 24, 1814.]


5. HANNAH, [b. Nov. 30, 1817.]


MATTHEWS.


ROBERT MATTHEWS and his wife (Gibson) came to Hancock among the first settlers of the town. He came from Londonderry, bring- ing his son James, then a very small boy. The latter married Abigail Kieth of Sullivan, in 1810. She was a native of Uxbridge, Mass. In 1815 James Matthews moved to Antrim, and lived in this town fifteen years, when he moved back to Hancock. All the children except the two first were born in Antrim. He died Nov. 13, 1852, aged seventy-one; and his wife died Dec. 30, 1872, aged eighty-three. He lived in the southwest part of Antrim, near Hancock line, and was chiefly identified with the latter town. The farm was chiefly in Antrim, but the town line ran through the room in which the children were born. Children were : -


1. ELVIRA, [b. March 29, 1811 ; m. Franklin Robinson of Green- field, in 1838; d. in California, Dec. 2, 1878.]


2. ABIGAIL, [b. Feb. 15, 1813 ; m. Lewis W. Alcock of Hancock, Aug. 31, 1837, and is now living in that town.]


3. HANNAH, [b. April 15; 1815 ; m. A. R. W. Burt of Benning- ton, Oct. 28, 1845 ; d. April 2, 1876.]


4. MELVIN, [b. Feb. 19, 1817 ; m. 1st, Sarah Richardson of Ashby, Mass. ; 2d, Hannah Watson of Charlestown, Mass .; d. March 28, 1861.]


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5. ARVILLA, [b. Dec. 26, 1819 ; m. David Seward of Sullivan, Oct. 1, 1840. She was mother of Rev. F. L. Seward of Lowell (Harvard College, 1868).]


6. ADELINE, [b. Jan. 2, 1821; d. Oct. 20, 1847.]


7. NORMANDA, [b. Aug. 6, 1822 ; d. Jan. 25, 1844.]


8. EMILY, [b. Sept. 15, 1824 ; m. Gardner Town of Sullivan, Jan. 4, 1870.]


9. DAVID, [b. May 20, 1826 ; unm. ; lives in Hancock. ]


10. ELMINA, [b. July 7, 1828, d. in infancy.]


MCADAMS.


SAMUEL MCADAMS and his brother William, cousins of Mrs. Rob- ert McIlvaine, came here in 1795 from Hudson, where they had lived but a short time, as they were from Londonderry, in which town they signed the Association Test in April, 1776, and they also signed a petition there as late as 1778, and may have lived there some years after that. A Sam- uel McAdams was one of many protesting against the formation of a new parish in Londonderry, Feb. 9, 1740. These brothers were Scotchmen. They located on the "tops of the mountains " in Antrim. Samuel Mc- Adams succeeded Dea. Alexander on what is now the S. A. Holt farm on Holt Hill, while his brother William located on Patten Hill, not far from Samuel Patten's. But little is known concerning these two broth- ers. . They moved together to Tunbridge, Vt., in 1808.


MCALLISTER.


The McAllisters came from Argyleshire in Scotland. The name is very common in many parishes of that country to the present day. In the Scotch colony in the north of Ireland, there were also many McAllis- ters; and from the last-named locality there were three families that came to New Hampshire, though from names and association in the early days we conclude they were near of kin. These have been traced back through the sojourn in Ireland to Scotland, but it is impossible at present to give ancestral names prior to the emigration from the latter country. A later branch of McAllisters is represented by Judge W. K. McAllister of Chicago, Ill., who was son of William, who was son of Hamilton, who came from Edinburg, Scotland, and bought his farm in Salem, Mass., April 26, 1776. This farm remained in the family more than a hundred years, and from it went out many to New York and the West.


The ancestor of the Londonderry family was Angus (sometimes called Ananias) McAllister, who married Margaret Boyle, and came to this country with eight children in the year 1718, and settled in Lancaster, Mass. The old people say he was near of kin to Richard who settled in Bedford, and John who settled in New Boston. In 1731 Angus moved to Londonderry, and settled the farm now in possession of his descend- ant, Jonathan McAllister, Esq. He had been a soldier in the wars of Ireland, - had an ear shot off in an engagement of Pennyburn Mill,- and


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was exempted from taxes on account of his military services. At his death, his body was carried six miles for burial on a bier on the top of men's shoulders, as was always the custom in that day. On the way they met Thomas Wilson, an old companion in arms, who took off his hat and shouted: "Auld Ireland forever ! Weel, Angus, they're na taking the lug [ear] aff you head at Pennyburn Mill the day, mon !" William, son of Angus, married Jennette Cameron, and died in 1755, aged fifty-five. His descendants removed to Jaffrey, and thence William, Jr., one of his sons, went to Berlin, Vt., and his descendants are numerous in that State. David, second son of Angus, married Elenor Wilson ; died in London- derry in 1750, aged forty-six, and left children: Alexander, John, Arch- ibald, George, Margaret, and Jennette. Of these six children of David, we have only room to say, that Alexander married Abigail White of Goffstown, and his descendants remain in that town. John married Mrs. Rebekah (Henderson) White of Bedford in 1770, and died in 1780, aged thirty-six. His widow died in 1839, aged ninety-six. She was the girl that went with Hon. John Orr after the cows, in the early history of Bed- ford. He was about fifteen, and she some younger. They came across a bear, and she picked up stones for Johnny to throw at him. Bruin stood it awhile, and then went for them. He treed Johnny, and Beccie ran; and while bruin looked after the more offensive party, she escaped and got help ! Isaac McAllister, son of John and Rebekah, was born Jan. 19, 1776; married Sarah Harriman of Londonderry in 1814, and was father of Jonathan McAllister, who now occupies the original homestead settled by Angus in 1731, and is one of the leading citizens of London- derry. He married Caroline Choate of Derry, Nov. 11, 1852, and has a'son, George I., who graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1877. It may be added that John, the other son of Angus, returned to Ireland, and that his five daughters were: Mary Ann, who married David Morrison; -- , who married John Taggart of Coleraine, Mass. ; -- , who married Thomas Knox of Pembroke; -- , who married James White of Pembroke; and -- , who married John White of Pembroke. The descendants of Angus are very many, and stand well in the world. It seems probable that Randall McAllister of Peterborough, a Revolu- tionary soldier terribly wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, was of the same stock. The latter died in 1819, aged seventy-five. Dr. Thomas S. McAllister of Amesbury, Mass., was son of Benjamin, and grandson of Isaac and Sarah named above.


RICHARD MCALLISTER, ancestor of one branch of the Antrim McAllisters, and of that which was earliest here, married Ann Miller in Ireland, about 1735; came over in the winter of 1738-39, and found his way at once to Londonderry, as we conclude from the fact that he was a citizen in full standing there in 1741. But soon after there was quite a migration from Londonderry to the promising settlement of Narragansett No. 5 (now Bedford), and Richard McAllister seems to have been among the number. He settled on a farm now a few rods west of Bedford vil- lage, and four miles from the present city of Manchester. He went to Bedford probably in the spring of 1743, and was one of the leading land-


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holders at the organization of the town in 1750. His name appears among the petitioners of Bedford, then called " Souhegan East," to the governor and assembly for protection against the Indians, June 12, 1744. His wife died March 12, 1776, in the sixty-seventh year of her age. The children of Richard and Ann (Miller) McAllister were nine in number, thus: First, " Archy," who was born in Ireland. He settled in Wiscasset, Me., and lived to great age. George C. McAllister, Esq., of Milltown, New Brunswick, is his great-grandson. The second child of Richard and Ann McAllister was John, who was born on the ocean Jan. 18, 1739. The fact that he is recorded as born in "Chelsie, Mass.," arises from their making the registry of birth at the first place where they stopped on arrival in this country. The tradition in all branches of the family as to the birth on the water is so strong as to leave no reasonable doubt of its truth. John McAllister enlisted as a soldier in the French war, April 17, 1758, and served six months. He also enlisted a second time in the spring of 1760. He was also out for a time in the Revolutionary army. Was a stirring, wide-awake man. He was a blacksmith by trade; came here about 1776, and located on the north side of Meeting-house Hill, building his log cabin on the west side of the road near where a branch turns eastward towards the old Mellvaine place. He was the only blacksmith in town for many years. His shop on the hill stood in the corner of the roads opposite his house. He did not, however, remain long on the hill, but cleared and settled what is now the Pelsey farm. His humble dwelling stood nearly opposite the Sally Sawyer house, and the old shop he worked in stood on the same side of the road a little east of his dwelling. He raised a large family, who all left town in early life. In his old age he followed his children. In the year 1814, and at the age of seventy-five, he moved to Rochester, Vt., and died there in 1828. His wife was Anna Steel, who lived some twenty years longer, and died very aged in the same town. His children, of whom we know but little, were as follows, most of them being born here: -


1. JOHN W., [b. in 1784 ; m. Vina Jones of Hillsborough, and d. in Rochester, Vt., aged 64. His death was early in the year 1849. His wife, while walking out, dropped dead in the road, in September, 1858, aged 72. His children were : -


William, (b. in Antrim, m. Orlena Brown, and d. in Cham- paign, Ill., in 1863. His first wife d. Nov. 3, 1839. His house was burned in 1827, and three of his children per- ished in the flames. His eldest son, Stillman McAllister, when on a deer-hunt with his father-in-law in New York, was shot dead by the latter. His age was 44. They put on deer-skin coats so as to deceive the animals, and separated in the forest. The shooting was at long range with the rifle, and was done on the supposition that a deer was aimed at.)


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Julia Ann, (b. in Antrim. She m. a shoemaker by name of Kidder, of Hancock, Vt., and is now living in Leicester, Vt.) Vianna, (b. in Antrim; m. Alvah Russ of Stockbridge, Vt .;


he d. there ; she lives in Manchester, with Dr. Alvah A .: Russ, her son, as is thought.)


Paulina, (m. Manning Finney, and they live in Stockbridge, Vt.)


Pamelia, (m. Horace Brink, and d. in Rochester, Vt.)


Orrilla, (m. Ithiel Austin. They live in Pulaski, N. Y.)


Hiram, (b. in Hancock, Vt., m. Olive Brown, and d. in Elgin, Ill., July 7, 1870.)


Sophronia, (m. Samuel Parsons of Manchester.)


Adeline, (d. in Whiting, Vt., unm.)


Sylvester, (b. in Hancock, Vt., in 1820 ; m. Mary Munger of Whiting, Vt. ; has lived in Elgin, Ill., since 1861, and is a man of high standing.)


Milo, (m. Abbe Goodrich, and lives in Whiting, Vt.)


Lovica, (d. in Rochester, Vt., unm.)


Philena, (m. George Piper. They live in Manchester.)]


2. DANIEL, [nothing known.]


3. JESSE, [m. Deborah Paige April 20, 1815 ; can't trace further. ]


4. ISAAC, [reported to me as " a Methodist exhorter and an old man ; " was last known in Pulaski, N. Y. He m. a Miss Benson of Benson, Vt. Nothing known of his family.]


5. DAVID, [m. Susan Nason of Rochester, Vt., moved to Penn- sylvania in 1836, and nothing more is known of him. ]


6. WILLIAM, [b. in Antrim, m. Diadamia Washburne, and d. at age of sixty-four in Rochester, Vt. What is on a preceding page about Stillman McAllister, killed on a deer-hunt, an- other authority would put here, making him son of this William, which was probably the case.]


7. BETSEY, [nothing known.]


8. ANNA, [m. Dudley Reed, April 1, 1813. A large family were born to them here, but am unable to find one of them.]


9. FANNIE, [b. in Rochester, Vt. She is known to have in. a Mr. Austin of Rochester, Vt., who was killed in moving a build- ing in that place, when a young man. She afterwards m. a Smith, and d. recently in that place.]


10. NANCY, [nothing known.]


The third child of Richard McAllister and Ann Miller was William, who was born in Londonderry, July 14, 1741. He married Jerusha Spof-


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ford of Rowley, Mass .; remained in Bedford ; was out in the French war; and died Feb. 11, 1787. He had children: Sally (b. Dec. 25, 1766), Ann, William, John, Martha, Polly, James, Benjamin, and Apphia. The de- scendants are very numerous. John, the fourth child, remained in Bed- ford; married Jane, daughter of Capt. James and Margaret (Waugh) Aiken, and died July 25, 1853, aged seventy-seven. Their son, William McAllister, Esq., now owns and occupies the homestead. Commodore Belknap, of the U. S. navy, is said to be a great-grandson of William and Jerusha McAllister.


The fourth child of Richard and Ann was Mary, who was born in Bed- ford, Aug. 10, 1743. Have no further positive knowledge concerning her.


The fifth child was Ann, who was born in Bedford, Nov. 6, 1745, and died in her native town, Oct. 31, 1760.


The sixth child of Richard and Ann (Miller) McAllister was Susan- nah, born Aug. 20, 1747. A Susannah McAllister married Hugh Moore in Bedford, March 21, 1792. They settled in Amherst and lived to good old age. Circumstances indicate that the first Susannah died in infancy, and that the wife of Moore was a second daughter to whom the same name was given, and who was born about 1756. She died June 8, 1842.


RICHARD MCALLISTER, JR., the seventh child of Richard and Ann, was born Oct. 20, 1749. He was last taxed in Bedford, his native town, in 1772. He seems to have been here part of the two following years preparing his clearing on the northward slope of Meeting-House Hill. He moved here in 1775. His house stood first north of the fork of roads, and is known as the Abraham Smith place. He was prominent among the first settlers, and was a member of the first board of selectmen. His wife was Susannah. He moved to Alstead, giving place to Abraham Smith in 1795. Subsequently, for a time, he lived in Springfield, Vt., be- yond which we cannot trace them. They had children, several in num- ber, it is believed, when they came to this town. Have made great effort to hunt up this family. Two children were born to them after arrival here, of whom we can give only the date of birth.


1. RICHARD, [b. Dec. 25, 1779.]


2. ANN, [b. March 8, 1782.]


JAMES MCALLISTER, the eighth child of Richard and Ann (Miller) McAllister, was born in Bedford, Feb. 29, 1752. He was last taxed in Bedford in 1773; came here the same year, and pitched upon a tract of land now the farm of Isaac M. Tuttle, Esq. After working two summers or more, and building, he moved his family here. The house stood on the old road five or six rods north of the present dwelling, and the cellar still marks the spot. James McAllister married Sally McClary, daughter of David McClary of Bedford, October, 1773. He died Aug. 27, 1823. The widow survived till July 2, 1841. She was a rare and excellent woman, her long life was one of energy and consistent piety, and she was one referred to as being ready for any emergency. It is related, that, when they raised their barn, she saved the men from a serious accident. The


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population being very sparse for many miles, only a handful of men could be found. These got a band part way up - they couldn't raise it an inch farther - it was so situated that they dare not let it down. Their shouts alarmed Mrs. McAllister, and she ran out with her lady visitors to their help. Instead of shrieking and crying " Murder ! " she snatched up a pole and put her shoulder to the lift. By the addition of this help of the women, with great difficulty the timbers were raised to their place. The children of James and Sally McAllister were : -


1. RICHARD, [b. in Bedford ; m. Peggy Aiken, daughter of Dea. James Aiken. She d. March 1, 1813, at the age of thirty- five, and leaving four children. Sometime in the following year he m. Mrs. Betsey Grant, who soon d. leaving a son Richard. For a third wife he m. Hannah Taylor, March 26, 1818. He built and lived and d. in a house recently taken down, which stood on the opposite side of the river from Miles Tuttle's on the road leading to James Wood's. He d. Nov. 19, 1845, and was buried on the hill. The children were as follows : -


Nancy, (d. unm. in Manchester in 1856, aged 49.)


Sophronia, (m. Jonas Harvey, Jr., of Manchester, and d. in that city Nov. 25, 1873, aged 62.)


Nathan-W. C., (d. unm., in Weare, Aug. 9, 1835, aged 30.) Mary, (b. in 1813 ; was brought up in Hillsborough by a Mr. Newman ; then all went to Vermont.)


Richard, Jr., (b. Nov. 19, 1815, m. Susan Ordway April 4, 1841, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.)


James B., (b. Nov. 25, 1818 ; m. Fidelia Champlin of Sutton, in 1842, and lives in the south village in that town. Is a trader and postmaster there.)


Leonard, (at seven years of age a fork was thrust into his eye, destroying his mind. He d. unm., in 1867, aged 47.)


Benjamin, (b. Sept. 22, 1821, m. Mary A. Bryant Dec. 23, 1841, and now lives in Stoneham, Mass.)


David, (b. Dec. 19, 1824, m. Harriet White Dec. 14, 1853, and lives in Deering.)


Louisa, (b. Sept. 22, 1826 ; m. Everett Cowdry of Stoneham, Mass.)


Stickney, (b. in 1827 ; d. at age of 4.)]


2. DAVID, [d. when one year old.]


3. THOMAS, [b. in 1775 ; m. in Boston, 1803, to Nancy Smith ; lived here and there in this town about a dozen years after marriage, and all his children save the last two were born in


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Antrim ; moved to Windsor about 1820, and d. there April 2, 1840, aged 65. After his death the widow and several children lived some years at the Branch in a small house in Park- hurst's mill-yard. His children were : -


James, (b. Sept. 17, 1804, m. Charlotte Moulton of Shirley, Mass., in 1827, and d. in Boston March 29, 1860.)


William, (b. Feb. 1, 1806; m. Harriet Moulton of Shirley, Mass.)


Sylvanus, (b. Jan. 6, 1808 ; m. 1st, Susan Long of Harwich, Mass. ; 2d, Jane Wetherell of Pocasset, Mass., where he now lives.)


Sally, (b. Jan. 26, 1810, m. Daniel Dresser of Windsor Oct. 31, 1833, and now lives in Grafton, Vt.)


Nancy, (b. Sept. 26, 1811 ; unm. ; is an invalid in London- derry, Vt .; is a beneficiary of the society of Cincinnati, on account of her grandfather, Capt. Sylvanus Smith of Shirley, Mass., a captain in the Revolutionary army.)


Katherine, (b. Sept. 21, 1813; m. Merrick Woods of London- derry, Vt., Sept. 19, 1854, and they now live in that town.) Thomas, (b. Oct. 6, 1816 ; m. Anna Gibbs of Pocasset, Mass., June 27, 1841, and lives in that place.)


Benjamin, (b. in Windsor, April 3, 1821, and d. September, 1868. He m. Charlotte Sargent of Lawrence, Mass., in 1850.)


Mary Ann, (b. Feb. 3, 1823, m. Barnet S. Waite June 17, 1849, and lives in Londonderry, Vt.)]


4. JAMES, JR., [lost overboard in Chesapeake bay.]


5. WILLIAM, [b. May 3, 1781 ; m. Rachel Kendall of Hillsbor- ough ; lived awhile in this town, and had four children here ; moved to Deering, thence to Wilmot, and d. March 23, 1862, in that place. The children were : -


Orrin, (d. aged 13, in the year 1831.)


Joshua H., (b. March 27, 1820; m. Margaret Spear of Stone- ham, Mass. ; went into the war, was disabled, and d. in a Soldiers' Home at Togus, Me., Oct. 18, 1874, aged 54.)


George S., (b. Feb. 5, 1822 ; m. Martha A. Ferson of Lebanon, June 9, 1850, and lives in Lyndeborough. Is a tanner by


ยท trade. He m. 2d, Ellen L. Pollard of Nashua, Jan. 28, 1869.)


Sarah Olivia, (.b. June 11, 1827 ; m. John L. Farwell July 10, 1853, and d in Hillsborough, Aug. 11, 1858, childless.)


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Clara S., (b. in Deering Feb. 14, 1831 ; m. Eldridge Fisher of North Weare July 1, 1855, and d. there Feb. 6, 1865. )]


6. ANNE, [b. Aug. 12, 1783 ; m. Benjamin Tuttle, April 17, 1804 ; lived in Hillsborough, near her father's residence in Antrim, and d. April 20, 1855. She was the mother of Isaac M. Tuttle, Esq., of this town, and Benjamin Tuttle, Esq., of Newport. ]


7. BENJAMIN, [b. July 3, 1785 ; went to Canada in early life, and nothing more is known of him.]


8. RACHEL, [m. Jonas Harvey of Manchester, February, 1827, and d. in that city Nov. 19, 1860 ; left' no children.]


9. SALLY, [b. June 20, 1789, m. Dr. Charles Adams Feb. 13, 1809, and d. in Oakham, Mass., Dec. 5, 1868. She was mother of a noble family, including Hon. Charles Adams, Jr., who has done a great deal to help in the preparation of this book. She is spoken of as a rare and blessed woman, with charity for everybody, and never knowing one that wished her ill.]


10. POLLY, [b. Feb. 21, 1792 ; m. Sampson Tuttle, Jr., of Han- cock, May 30, 1820, and d. in that town Nov. 10, 1857. Her husband d. Feb. 19, 1857, aged 67.]


The ninth child of Richard McAllister and Ann Miller was Benjamin, who was the youngest of the family, and was born in Bedford, May 31, 1754.


JOHN MCALLISTER of New Boston was the ancestor of the third family of McAllisters in New Hampshire. He came over from the north of Ireland and settled in that town in 1748. He owned a large tract of land near Joe English Hill; was an energetic, live man, was strongly religious, was on the first board of selectmen in 1763, and died in a good old age. The writer remembers hearing much said about the McAllisters of New Boston by old people now gone. This John had three sons and one daughter, as follows: Archibald, who was born in Ireland, and married Maria McKeen; lived awhile on the homestead, but after many years moved to Francestown, and thence came here about 1790, and died here in good old age. He and his wife were among the early members of the church on the hill, and were most worthy and devout people. The second child of John was Agnus, who settled near the south line of New Boston on a beautiful farm, but afterwards moved to Fryeburg, Me., and died there quite aged. The third son of John of New Boston was Dan- iel, who settled on what is called the Lamson farm in that town; was selectman of New Boston; moved in mature life to New Brunswick, and died there. Mary, the daughter of John of New Boston, married Daniel Kelso, and was the mother of Ananias Kelso, who recently died


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in South Village at great age. Thus this Mary was grandmother of Mrs. Henry Hill of this town. She was born during the passage across the ocean ; was a praiseworthy woman, and was up to jokes, - like many of her descendants. The writer remembers hearing it said that when Rev. Solomon Moor, the first minister of New Boston, made his first call upon her, about 1769, he asked her if she were born in Ireland. " Na, indade, I was not," said she. - " Were you born in England ?" again he asked. - " Na, sir, indade I was not."-" Then you must have been born in Amer- ica." - "Na, na, I was not born in America, sir." -" Then where upon 'arth were you born ?"-"Indade, sir, I was not born upon the 'arth at all, sir !" The minister, who was a jolly, witty man, soon saw through the matter, and long laughed over the joke ..


ROBERT MCALLISTER, son of Archibald and Maria (McKeen) McAllister, and grandson of John of New Boston, came here from that, his native town, about 1793, and lived in a house at the foot of Perry's Hill, near the brick school-house, and raised up a large family. He was a carpenter, school-teacher, and farmer. In 1805 he moved to Newbury, Vt., and died there March 7, 1862, aged eighty-eight. His wife was Sarah Stewart of Amherst. His children are highly respectable. All but the two youngest were born here.




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