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Harriet, (b. Aug. 19, 1816, m. Sewall Preston of Windsor, May 15, 1854, and now lives, a widow, at North Branch.) Benjamin Franklin, (b. May 4, 1818 ; m. 1st, Sabrina S. Burns, March 20, 1845, and lives on the Burns place, where she d. Jan. 19, 1860, aged 42, leaving children thus : Esther M., who was b. Jan. 11, 1846, m. Charles E. McColley of Hillsborough Dec. 25, 1865, and lives in that town ; Harriet
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P., who was b. Nov. 25, 1848, m. Chester A. Conn July 4, 1867, and lives in this town ; George F., who was b. Aug. 8, 1851, m. Sarah A. Boutelle Dec. 3, 1875, and lives on the Abner Cram place in this town ; and Henry, b. April 14, 1858, who d. in childhood. Mr. McIlvaine m. 2d, Martha J. Emery, Sept. 12, 1860, and their children are : Nellie S., b. Sept. 27, 1862 ; Madison P., b. Jan. 24, 1865 ; and Lillie B., b. Nov. 30, 1867.)
John, (b. April 28, 1820 ; m. 1st, Jane Little, daughter of Dea. William Little, April 23, 1846, who d. April 28, 1849, aged 27, leaving one son, John S., who was b. in Antrim April 18, 1849, m. Abbie H. Cram of Stoddard, and lives in Washington. In 1850, Mr. McIlvaine m. 2d, Elmina Sweet of Washington, and has since resided in that town.)
Hannah, (b. Nov. 18, 1822, m. John Twiss of Amherst, Sept. 5, 1846, and d. Sept. 4, 1856.)
Robert, (b. June 25, 1824, m. Rosina Richardson of Stoddard, and now lives in Stedman, N. Y.)
Peter, (b. June 2, 1826 ; d. Oct. 15, 1828.)
Hiram B., (b. April 28, 1828 ; m. Angeline Conn, Nov. 10, 1853; lived where Mary Clark now lives, but soon moved to Windsor. He returned in 1862, and the following year built where he now lives, just east of the Branch. He is a wheelwright by trade, and has carried on business for sev- eral years in the old Steele shop. They have two children : Willie B., b. June 16, 1867 ; and Herbert C., b. Oct. 11, 1870.)
Emeline D., (b. June 30, 1832 ; m. 1st, Willard Preston of Windsor, Oct. 4, 1853, who d. in 1863. She m. 2d, William H. Hopkins of Francestown, March 6, 1873, and lives in that town. )]
7. ELIZABETH, [b. in Antrim Jan. 14, 1788 ; became the 2d wife of Asa Robinson, May 19, 1832, and is now living at ad- vanced age in Clinton.]
8. SAMUEL, [b. in Antrim May 23, 1790 ; d. June 27, 1792.]
9. HANNAH, [b. in Antrim Oct. 7, 1792 ; m. Alexander Carr of Antrim, and moved to Mont Vernon about 1845. She d. at the age of 86. An amiable and noble woman.]
10. JANE, [b. Oct. 27, 1796 ; m. Abijah Barker Aug. 8, 1817, . and has always lived in Antrim. She was one of those who spun flax on Centennial Day, after the example of the olden time.]
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McKEEN.
JAMES McKEEN of Londonderry, Ireland, was a stout Protestant, and was one of the bravest defenders of that city during the Papal siege. He had three sons : James, who came to this country in 1718, and who was called " Justice McKeen," because he held the first commission of magistrate in the new settlement of Londonderry in this country ; John, who was intending to come over, but died a few days prior to the time of departure, but whose widow and children came over, and from whom are descended the McKeens of Deering, of Amherst, David McKeen of An- trim, the McKeens of Nashua, and Robert McKeen of Cherry Valley, N. Y., which last was grandfather of Dea. Robert Steel, Mrs. Edmond Saw- yer, and others of this town; and William, who was born in 1704, was left behind in 1718, but came over in 1727 and settled in Pennsylvania, and was grandfather of Thomas McKeen, who was a signer of the Dec- laration of Independence, and many years governor of that State.
James McKeen, or " Justice McKeen," the eldest of these brothers, had two wives. His first wife was Janet Cochran, who was buried in the old country. By her he had two daughters : Janet, who married her cousin, John Cochran of Windham, and was mother of all the Antrim Cochrans; and Elisabeth, who, before coming over, married James Nes- mith, and was mother of the Nesmiths of Antrim. His second wife was Annis Cargil, sister of Marion Cargil, wife of Rev. James McGregor. Justice McKeen died Nov. 9, 1756, aged eighty-nine. The second wife died Aug. 8, 1782, aged ninety-three. They had children: John, Mary, David, James, Janet, Martha, Margaret, Annis, and Samuel. Of these children, we will only speak here of Martha, who married John Dins- more, and was mother of the Dinsmores of Antrim; of Mary, who mar- ried Robert Boyd, afterwards moved to New Boston, - was the good old " Molly Boyd," - had no children, but brought up her half-sister's grand- child, John Cochrane (see page 428) ; and of John, afterwards known as "Dea. John," who was elder in the Presbyterian Church, married his cousin, Mary McKeen, and was father of a numerous and honorable fam- ily, among them Robert of this town, Judge Levi McKeen of New York, and Joseph McKeen, the first president of Bowdoin College.
ROBERT McKEEN, son of Dea. John and Mary (McKeen) McKeen, came here in 1778 and began the McClure place, east of Samuel Dinsmore's. He was cousin of Dea. Isaac Cochran and of Samuel Dinsmore, was near . relative of the Nesmiths, and these kindred seem to have been much bound up with each other, and almost one in heart in the hardships of their settlement here. He married Mary McPherson of Raymond. Af- ter a few years he exchanged farms with Col. David McClure, who had begun the farm east of Jonathan Nesmith, now known as the Raymond or Taylor farm. Here Mr. McKeen lived till 1800, when he moved to Corinth, Vt. He took with him only two children, having buried three upon the hill. In Corinth he purchased a farm adjoining that of his cousin, David McKeen, their wives being sisters. Thus situated, they lived very happily two or three years. In February, 1804, the daughter, Mary, died suddenly of fever. She was born in Antrim April 10, 1787.
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Then in the following September her mother died with the same disease, aged fifty-one; her sister, Mrs. David McKeen, having died Sept. 17, - just a week previous ! After this the two broken families lived together till 1810, when the small-pox was brought upon them by certain persons from Canada. Robert McKeen, on taking the disease, was hurried off to a remote camp in the woods; and with only one attendant, - poorly but most kindly cared for, - after great suffering he died, in frightful disfigurement, Oct. 27, 1810, aged sixty-one. The remaining child, Jo- seph, then in his twenty-third year, having been born in Antrim Aug. 29, 1788, was ambitious of learning, and was eager at his books every spare minute; and having obtained a good academic education at Haver- hill (N. H.) Academy, and under the help of President McKeen at Bow- doin, he went to New York City and served an apprenticeship in a printing-office. But preferring to teach, and an opportunity occurring, he commenced that occupation, rose rapidly, and was soon appointed one of the superintendents of the city schools, - which honorable and im- portant trust he held till death. He died April 12, 1856. On the day of his funeral all the public schools in the city were closed, as a mark of respect, - an honor conferred on very few ! He was a most efficient and distinguished educator. The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him. He was among the foremost of the sons of Antrim. Starting in orphanage, and with small means, and compelled to work his way slowly and enter upon his profession late in life, his marked success ought to stimulate the sons of his native town to follow his persevering and praise- worthy example ! He married Jane McLeod of Claverack, N. Y., and had three sons, all of whom died before their father. The mother, left alone, and discouraged, soon followed, dying May 11, 1860; and now all sleep together in Greenwood cemetery!
DAVID McKEEN - son of Dea. William McKeen, who married Ann Graham and was one of the first settlers of Deering, grandson of Samuel and Agnes McKeen of Amherst, and great-grandson of John McKeen, who was getting ready to come over with his brother in the emigration of 1718, but suddenly died in the prime of life - was born in Deering in 1784. In 1805 he went to Boston on foot, with a pack on his back, to find work; married Nancy Ferson of Deering in 1810, and went to Salem, Mass., to live, but moved back to Deering in 1815, and came here in 1840, buying the Aiken or Dea. Burnham place, where he died in 1862. He was a useful citizen and several times selectman. His children were: -
1. DRUSILLA, [b. in 1811, m. Fisher Silsby in 1835, and lives in Troy.]
2. EVELINE L., [b. in 1812, m. Benjamin L. Willoughby, and d. in Lowell, Mass., in 1864.]
3. CHARLES, [b. in 1816 ; m. Maria Bradford of Francestown in 1841, and was a trader in that town until 1845, when he came here and opened a store (now Putney's). He was a
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smart and agreeable man, was town clerk and representa- tive, and d. in 1862 in the prime of life. The only living children are : -
Charles A., (b. here in 1844, m. Franc Ambler, and is now living in Chester, Minn.) y William, (b. in 1854 ; is now a teacher in California. )]
4. MARY ANN, [b. in 1819, and d. in 1833.]
5. WILLIAM H., [b. in 1822, and d. in 1836.]
6. NANCY JANE, [b. in 1828, m. Bennett S. Buckminster Dec. 22, 1857, and d. in 1866, without children.]
McMASTER.
THOMAS MCMASTER, son of John and Betsey (Brown) McMaster of Windham, married Lydia, daughter of Dea. David Badger of Lynde- borough. Mr. McMaster cleared the ground and built his log house on the Hiram Whittemore place, just over the line in Hancock, which he left in 1799. He died in Antrim in 1841, aged eighty. His wife died in 1853, aged eighty-seven. Their children were :-
1. LYDIA, [b. in 1787; m. Archiless Tay of Woburn, Mass.]
2. DAVID, [drowned in 1790 by falling into a well on the Whitte- more place, aged one year and six months.]
3. HANNAH W., [b. in 1789; d. unm. in Lowell, Mass., Sept. 23, 1846.]
4. MARGARET D., [b. Jan. 29, 1793, m. Abraham McNeil of New Boston, Nov. 11, 1813, and d. in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 7, 1849.]
5. THOMAS, [b. in Hancock, Jan. 22, 1795 ; m. Lydia C. Thomp- son of Stoddard, Dec. 29, 1829. He lived some years at the South Village, and in 1830 built the house long occupied by Mark Woodbury (now N. C. Jameson's) ; was in trade a short time in Woodbury's store ; was much in town office ; moved to Hancock in 1838, and d. in Southborough, Mass,, Dec. 21, 1875, aged nearly 81. His wife is still living in Southborough, Mass. Their children were : -
De Witt C., (b. Oct. 20,'1830; is a painter in Southborough, Mass., living, unm., with his aged mother.)
Miranda A., (b. May 29, 1832, and d. Oct. 23, 1832.)
Thomas Allen, (b. Aug. 27, 1833 ; m. Sarah A. Hadley of Lowell, Mass., June 12, 1872, and is now engaged in the boot and shoe business in that city.)
Lucas Irving, (b. Sept. 8, 1835, m. Nancy P. Davis of Water- ville, Me., June 4, 1860, and now resides in Apopka, Fla.)
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Lydia A., (b. in Hancock May 1, 1838; m. Milo A. Crouch of Southborough, Mass., Jan. 25, 1865, where they now live.) Angeline E., (b. in Hancock Sept. 12, 1840 ; d. Feb. 16, 1841.) Louisa, (b. in Hancock Jan. 21, 1842 ; m. Charles B. Sawin of Southborough, Mass., where she d. March 11, 1869.)
Henry Austin, (b. in Hancock June 24, 1844; m. Mary C. Rymes of Boston, May 1, 1869, and is now engaged in market business in Boston.)
Anna M., (b. in Dublin Oct. 7, 1847 ; d. in Southborough, Mass., June 3, 1867.)]
6. SETH H., [b. July 29, 1797; was a machinist ; d. unm. in Pelham. ]
7. RACHEL B., [b. Sept. 6, 1800 ; m. Dea. Imla Wright of An- trim, July 7, 1823.]
8. BETSEY, [b. in 1802, and d. aged 3 months.]
9. ANN M., [b. July 31, 1803 ; m. Asa McClure of Amherst.]
10. SARAH B., [b. March 29, 1806 ; m. Peter Andrews of Shir- ley, Mass., April 20, 1831.]
11. STEPHEN, [b. in 1808, and d. in infancy.]
12. BETSEY A., [b. Sept. 16, 1810 ; m. William Buswell May 20, 1834, and lived on the Gregg place near the pond. He d. in 1853, leaving three children, and Mrs. Buswell afterwards m. Hugh Rogers, and still lives on the same place.]
SAMUEL McMASTER, younger brother of Thomas, Sen., came here from Windham as early as 1790 .. He was here only a few years, and lived a part of the time in the old house between Frank Robinson's and Samuel A. Holt's, known as the Joel Reed house. He married Jennie Smith of New Boston. 'She was a daughter of Dea. John Smith by his second wife, Ann Brown of Francestown, and was sister of Dea. Thomas Smith, long prominent in that town. She was probably born in 1763, as she was older than Dea. Thomas, and he was born May 7, 1765. Samuel McMaster lived here until about 1795, when he moved West, and soon died with consumption. He is supposed to have left six children, but nothing is known of them. Two who were born in Antrim were as follows: -
1. ANNE SMITH, [b. March 5, 1791.]
2. JOHN SMITH, [b. Oct. 4, 1792.]
McNIEL.
There was a tradition among the early settlers, that the first McNiel came to America in flight from the revenge of injured nobility, like some others whose blood flows in our sons. Having visited a friend who gave
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him a stick well shaped to make a scythe-snath, he was met by the lord of that district, who charged him with stealing it from his forest. On his denial, the lord flew into a passion, called him a liar, and lashed him with his whip; whereupon McNiel struck him probably a fatal blow with the stick, and then fled to this country. Among his descendants were two brothers, Abraham and John McNiel, who came to this town. They were sons of Dea. William (who was born March 28, 1746) and Rachel (Patterson) McNiel of New Boston, and grandsons of Abraham and Jane McNiel of Ballymoony, county of Antrim, Ireland. Abraham was born in New Boston July 24, 1782, and came here about 1800. Feb. 3, 1807, he married his cousin, Mary Patterson of Londonderry, sister of Hon. George W. Patterson of Westfield, N. Y. He was here considerably in his childhood ; has grown to opulence and honor, and has been in Con- gress many years, being now (1877) the oldest member of that body. He was one of the donors of the Center vestry. Mr. Patterson has great regard for the hills of New Hampshire, and often speaks of the spot where his sister was buried in the lofty cemetery of Antrim. She was noted for her great beauty, in that day. Mr. McNiel lived nearly half a mile north of the first meeting-house, and boarded the ministers a long time, among them Mr. Whiton. After a time the family moved to the South Village, where they remained awhile. He was deputy-sheriff in 1833, and moved to Lowell in 1840, where he died June 20, 1846. Mrs. Mary McNiel died of spotted fever, Feb. 22, 1812, greatly loved and lamented. She was taken with pain in the little finger and lived but a few hours. It is said, that, under the fearful and mistaken applications of heat, she was nearly roasted to death. She was every way a noble woman, and her early death was one of the saddest of that awful winter. In 1813, Mr. McNiel married Margaret McMaster. The children of Abra- ham McNiel were as follows, the three eldest being the children of his first wife : -
1. ELISABETH P., [b. Dec. 26, 1807 ; m. Samuel Ladd of Warsaw, N. Y. ; now lives in Utica, Mich., having a family of ten children.]
2. SALLY JANE, [b. April 9, 1809, and d. unm. in Lowell in 1846.]
3. RACHEL, [b. March 31, 1811, m. Hon. Ira H. Butterfield of Greigsville, N. Y., in 1839, and d. at Utica, Mich., Oct. 26, 1846.]
4. MARY P., [b. July 15, 1814, and lives unm. in La Pier, Mich. ]
5. ALICE WOODBURY, [b. Oct. 2, 1816; became the 2d wife of Hon. Ira H. Butterfield of La Pier, Mich., in 1847.]
6. LYDIA TAY, [b. June 29, 1818, and d. in 1836.]
7. GRISSY MARGARET, [b. Nov. 9, 1820 ; has never married, and has her home with Hon. G. W. Patterson in Westfield, N. Y.]
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8. SABRINA W., [b. July 1, 1823 ; lives in La Pier, Mich., unm. ] 9. WILLIAM T., [b. Oct. 8, 1825, m. Jane Stiles Feb. 10, 1848, and lives in Worcester, Mass.]
10. JOHN A., [b. July 19, 1828, m. Mary Tozer of New York City, and lives in Sacramento, Cal .; is a leading man in that city, widely known, trusted, and wealthy. Himself and wife are prominent musicians there.]
JOHN McNIEL, a younger brother of Abraham, was born Nov. 14, 1788, and came here some years later. Dec. 26, 1815, he married Susan Warner (a girl brought up by her mother's sister, Mrs. John (Wilson) Smith, on the Thomas Flint place), and lived on the farm now occupied by Hiram Eaton, where he built the south house as a factory for making winnowing-mills; but after his death it was no longer used for that pur- pose, and was finished up into a dwelling-house by Bartlett Wallace, for his aged father. Mr. McNiel was found dead in the field, on that place, July, 1825, at the early age of thirty-seven. His wife died two years be- fore him at the age of twenty-eight. They left two children : -
1. JOHN S., [b. Sept. 27, 1818, m. Lucretia Robb of Stoddard in 1841, and d. in Bedford Jan. 25, 1877. His two daughters were Martha Jane, who m. John A. Robb of Waterman, Wis., and Frances Maria, who m. Edmund Kendall of Bed- ford.]
2. MARTHA J., [b. Sept. 28, 1823 ; m. David Crowell of Goffs- town ; lived awhile on the Flint place, and moved to Man- chester, where she d. Jan. 11, 1857. He d. in Newton in 1872.]
MILLER.
JACOB MILLER, brother of Gen. Miller, son of James and Cath- erine (Gregg) Miller of Peterborough, and grandson of Samuel Miller of Londonderry, was born about 1783. About 1808 he came here and went into trade under the firm name of " Miller and Caldwell," in the Whitte- more store at South Village (now Gibson house). This firm also largely manufactured potash in Aiken's upper mill. Near the close of 1812, he sold out and went into business in Peterborough, but came back to An- trim, and married Jane Hopkins, Dec. 16, 1813. After several years he went to Arkansas, where he died in 1822, leaving no children.
ALFRED ARTHUR MILLER, son of Alfred and Mary (Munroe) Miller, was born in Hillsborough Oct. 15, 1842; married Esther A. Dow, Nov. 2, 1868; has since lived on the James Hopkins farm ; was one of the selectmen in 1875 and 1876. His grandparents, William Miller and Lettice Curtis, were married in Antrim, April 25, 1815. Farran Miller, father of this William, was a Revolutionary soldier and associate of Gov.
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Pierce. Mr. Miller has now, in good preservation, the powder-horn car- ried through many battles by his great-grandfather. Has but one child :-
1. ETTA MAY, [b. March 18, 1872.]
MILTIMORE.
COL. DANIEL MILTIMORE, son of James and Elisabeth (Aiken) Miltimore of Londonderry, was born in that place in 1752. His father was the first one of the name in this section, being a Scotchman from the north of Ireland. His mother was a sister of' Dea. James Aiken. He came here from Londonderry in 1777; married Agnes Hunter in 1778, and began the Whitely place. He was among the ablest of the early settlers, was much in town office, and moved back to Londonderry near the close of the century, where he was known as "Col. Miltimore." He was a Revolutionary soldier, being a lieutenant in the battle of Ben- nington, and was efficient in the war. His name occurs in the military history of Antrim. His children, besides four that died in infancy and were buried on the hill, were : --
1. JAMES, [b. Oct. 13, 1780, and d. at the age of 6.]
2. JOHN HUNTER, [b. Jan. 8, 1783, and d. unm. in London- derry.]
3. ELISABETH, [b. July 30, 1789, m. Leonard Hale of Hollis, and is now living in Derry.]
REV. JAMES MILTIMORE, brother of Daniel, was born in Lon- donderry in 1755, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1774, and was licensed by the Londonderry Presbytery in 1776. He preached here a part of five years; was called in 1780 and declined; declined three other calls, but settled in Stratford in 1786, where he married Dolly Wiggin the same year. He was dismissed in the fall of 1807, and the next spring was settled in Newburyport, Mass. In 1831 he gave up that charge, and died in 1836, aged eighty-one. He was an able and good man, much loved here and always tenderly remembered.
MOORE.
JAMES MOORE (formerly spelled Moor), a Scotchman, came origi- nally from Ireland, probably to Londonderry, as one of the proprietors, and from there to Antrim with his nephew, Samuel, who was also his son- in-law, about 1776, and settled on the Wallace place at the Branch. They had the first grist-mill in town at North Branch. James Moore was known as "Miller Moore." He died here, about 1788, well advanced in years. The most diligent search has failed to ascertain anything with regard to his family, save that his daughter Hannah married his nephew, Samuel Moore, mentioned below.
SAMUEL MOORE, nephew of James, married Hannah Moore, daugh- ter of James, mentioned above, and lived at the Branch. It is supposed
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that he lived some years in Londonderry before coming here. Dr. Whiton says he had twelve children, and moved to Walpole with his family in 1790. A sister Betty remained here and was for some years a town charge. The births of seven of his children are on the town record as follows : -
1. MARTHA, [b. April 27, 1774.]
2. DANIEL, [b. Feb. 1, 1778. He seems to have m. and lived in town, as his name occurs on the records after his father moved away.]
3. SAMUEL, [b. May 20, 1780.]
4. CALDWELL, [b. Oct. 15, 1782.]
5. SARAH, [b. Dec. 3, 1784.]
6. SARAH, [b. Dec. 3, 1785.]
7. REBECCA, [b. Dec. 5, 1787.]
JOHN MOORE was shot dead in his yard in the infamous and devil- ish massacre of Glencoe, Scotland, Feb. 12, 1692. He had two little daughters, which a servant took care of and safely removed to Ireland. Mrs. Moore, after covering up her dead husband, fled to a malt-kiln for safety, and that same night was delivered there of a son. This child was the John Moore who came over to Londonderry in 1718 or 1719. One of the daughters was Beatrix Moore, who married Col. Andrew Todd. This John Moore married Janet Cochran, and had the following chil- dren: Robert, Samuel, William, John, Agnes, Mary, and Ann. Samuel and William settled in Peterborough, and their descendants have re- mained permanently in that town.
JOHN MOORE of Antrim, son of John and Janet (Cochran) Moore, and grandson of John, the victim of Glencoe, came here about 1785 and began the place now Hiram Eaton's. He married Abigail, daughter of Hon. John Duncan; was fatally wounded by the limb of a tree falling on his head in the woods, but lived over six days in an unconscious state, and died Jan. 3, 1809, aged forty-nine. Left no children.
JOSEPH MOORE came here from Washington when a young man, and married Esther Wier of this town; lived in Antrim about forty years, chiefly on the Lawson White place, afterwards on various places, and died in Wilton July 6, 1880, aged ninety-one. Had but three chil- dren: -
1. ELISABETH, [b. in Antrim Nov. 2, 1820; m. Jeremiah S. Atwood.]
2. NANCY A., [d. at age of 5.]
3. MARY R., [m. Nathaniel Philbrick. They lived some years at Butler's Crossing, and then moved to Harrisville where she d. in 1869.]
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MORRISON.
BENJAMIN F. MORRISON, son of Samuel and Betsey (Hosley) Morrison, grandson of Moses Morrison of Hancock, and great-grandson of John Morrison of Londonderry who was born in Ireland in 1679, was born in Alstead in 1813, married Sophia K. Dodge of Hartland, Vt., and came here from Marlow in 1844. He lived at the South Village, but re- mained in town only five years, and is now living in Central City, Io. His children were: -
1. JAMES H., [b. in Marlow Aug. 11, 1840 ; m. Silvia M. Corey of Washington, July 4, 1864 ; is a currier by trade, and lives in his native town.]
2. FRANCES A., [b. in Antrim July 9, 1845, and d. in Alstead in 1853.]
MORSE.
ANTHONY MORSE was born in Wiltshire, England, May 9, 1606; came to America and settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1635. His grandson, Dea. Benjamin Morse, was born there in 1676; and this Benjamin had a son, Capt. Abel Morse, who married Grace Parker of Bradford, Mass., in 1714. Their son, Josiah Morse, married Mary Chase, and settled in Chester. Dea. Parker Morse, son of Josiah and Mary, was born in that town in 1751, married Love Knowles, and went to Deering, where he died in 1805.
ยท CAPT. PARKER MORSE, son of Dea. Parker and. Love (Knowles) Morse, was born in Chester July 12, 1774, and came here from Deering on to the Amos Dodge farm in 1798. In 1799 he married Jane Langdon of Beverly, Mass., and moved to Rochester, Vt., in 1815; thence to Meta- mora, Ill., where he died in 1862. His wife died in 1853, aged seventy- four. He was a most worthy and desirable citizen, and had a large fam- ily. Some of his children were buried on the hill. Three sons in the West are now deacons. Children are as follows: -
1. ELISABETH T., [b. March 22, 1800, m. Joel Ramsey of Stock- bridge, Vt., and d. in 1858.]
2. DEA. MARK, [b. Sept. 18, 1801; m. Mehitable Jones of Al- stead ; is now deacon of a Congregational Church in Gales- burg, Ill.]
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