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 63

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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climate would build up his health. This recuperation was realized to some extent. But on his way to church one bright Sabbath morning in the summer of 1823, while supposed to be in his usual health, he fell down in the road and died in a moment. His age was sixty-three. Through his many years in Antrim he was never known to fly into a passion, and his rebukes were of a persuasive and gentle order. It is said, how- ever, that on one occasion when they were singing in church, and he was annoyed beyond measure by the loud, unmelodious bellowing of his brother at the foot of the choir, he reached over the pew-tops with his cane and gave him a nudge, saying: " Dea. Jamie, Dea. Jamie, I wish you would sing in the spirit; for you do make an awfu' noise in the flesh !" It will be noticed that for sixteen years there were three Dea. Nesmiths in town; and they were known as "Dea. Jonathan," " Dea. James," and "Dea. Arthur," and certainly were noteworthy men. Dea. Arthur's children were: -


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1. JOHN, [b. March 6, 1794 ; fitted for college in company with Hon. George W. Nesmith, but, his father feeling unable to send him, he went to Ohio, and there gained a noble repu- tation as a teacher ; m. Mary A. Hull of Canandaigua, N. Y .; d. at the age of 63 ; left no children.]


2. MARY D., [b. Feb. 5, 1796, and d. in 1800.]


3. CYRUS, [b. Jan. 1, 1798, and d. in 1800.]


4. ELISABETH PINKERTON, [b. Aug. 3, 1799; m. 1st, Col. Talcot Bales of Norton, Ohio; 2d, Thomas Brown, and settled in Buchanan, Mich. ; left large family, and d. at the age of 74.]


5. CYRUS ARTHUR, [b. Oct. 24, 1801; m. Marinda Hurlburt ; settled near his brother John in Wadsworth, Ohio, but moved in 1847 to Metamora, Ill., where he now resides. He remembers Antrim with great interest. Has a large family, several of whom live near him. His children have come to honor. As inventors and merchants and stock- raisers, they may be counted successful men. All are musi- cians.]


6. MARY D., [b. March 31, 1803, m. Hiel Bronson, and lives in Princeville, Ill.]


7. ABIGAIL MOOR, [b. Oct. 5, 1805 ; d. young.]


8. MILTON WHITON, [b. Feb. 9, 1809; m. 1st, Antonette Bron- son ; 2d, Mary Sabin ; lives in Princeville, Ill.]


9. THOMAS, [b. Oct. 5, 1810, m. Reesa Northe, and lives in Western Star, Ohio.]


NEWMAN.


DEA. HARRIS B. NEWMAN, son of Joseph and Pamelia (Bing- ham) Newman of Washington, and grandson of Benjamin and Abigail


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(Lewis) Newman of Deering, was born in Washington, Oct. 31, 1814; married Mary B. Gray of Hancock in 1842; came here from Hillsborough in 1855, and bought the Jonathan Carr place, which he sold in 1868 and bought the Gates place (where Rev. Mr. Bates lived), where he died Feb. 28, 1876. The family were from Woburn, Mass. Dea. Newman was representative in 1872 and 1873, and was appointed deacon in the Pres- byterian Church in 1870. He was a man of singular purity. Among all the good men of this town, probably no one has ever been superior to him in sweetness and holiness of life. All people held the same exalted opinion of him. Though he was not what the world calls great and learned, he was good, and highly honored by all who knew him. His sickness was long and distressing, and death came to him as a friend long sighed for and welcome. His widow and two youngest children live on the homestead. The children are as follows : -


1. HELEN, [b. Aug. 23, 1843, in Hillsborough ; m. John H. Wil- kins Nov. 4, 1873, and lives in Boston.]


2. GEORGE, [b. in Hillsborough, Sept. 23, 1845 ; d. aged nearly , two years.]


3. GEORGE F., [b. in Fitzwilliam, Sept. 30, 1848 ; m. Ella Bass of Antrim, Nov. 30, 1871, and lives in Somerville, Mass. ]


4. JOSEPH W., [b. Jan. 20, 1852, in Hillsborough, and lives on the homestead.]


5. MARY LOUISE, [b. in Antrim, Oct. 23, 1857.]


JOHN G. NEWMAN, shoemaker, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Gor- don) Newman of Washington, and cousin of Dea. 'Harris B. Newman, was born in 1798; married Margaret M. Ring of Hillsborough, and came here in 1824, into the Robert McCoy house (once a store and liquor-shop), which he occupied till his death in 1874. His children are : -


1. ELIZA J., [b. in 1825, m. Frank A. Stone, and lives in Hol- liston, Mass.]


2. JOHN B., [b. in 1832 ; has been in California since 1853.]


NEWTON.


GILES NEWTON, son of Giles and Naomi (Duncan) Newton of Francestown (this elder Giles built and occupied the old Dane store, and the hotel, burned in that town in 1854), and grandson of Isaac Newton of Newport, was born Jan. 25, 1799; married Sally Bell, Aug. 25, 1825; bought of Daniel Buswell the farm next east of Mr. Greeley's, now un- occupied, and lived there till his sudden death July 14, 1868. He went into the field to get a load of hay and dropped dead while engaged in loading. Was a good and pious man. His children were : -


1. ELISABETH, [b. June 14, 1827, m. J. C. Loveland of Spring- field, Vt., and d. there in 1868.]


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2. MARY, [b. May 18, 1829, m. Adna Brown of Springfield, Vt., Sept. 10, 1850, and d. there in 1861.]


3. SARAH N., [b. Feb. 12, 1832, m. Obed Spalding of Stoddard, May 5, 1852, and now lives in Springfield, Vt.]


4. ROBERT D., [b. Jan. 31, 1834, m. Lizzie Albee, and lives in Troy, Penn.]


5. SAMUEL GILES, [b. Dec. 27, 1839 ; m. Lizzie M. Gillis of An- trim, April 27, 1871; was for a long time clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington, and had an extensive acquaintance with public'men. He now lives in Ashburn- ham, Mass. Has three children : -


Mary G., (b. July 2, 1873.)


Annie Bell, (b. Oct. 2, 1875.)


Helen, (b. Nov. 8, 1876.)]


NICHOLS.


Four brothers, Daniel, Adam, John, and Thomas, lived in a row in the east part of the town. Daniel lived on the Turner place, Adam on the McCoy place, John on the Ferry place, and Thomas on the Shattuck place. They were sons of Samuel Nichols, who came from Antrim, Ire- land, in 1754, and after living in several other towns came here to spend his old age with his children, and died very aged in 1804. The first to break the continuity of the land of those four brothers was Robert Dun- can, who bought and built in between in 1787. Each of these four broth- ers had a son Samuel, so there were at one time five by the name of Sam- uel Nichols in town. It has been found very difficult to get information of these families, as they have been all gone from town more than fifty years. All these brothers served more or less in the army of the Revo- lution.


THOMAS NICHOLS was born in Ireland and was brought over when an infant. He was the first of the four to set foot on the soil of this town. He ran away from a master in Newburyport, and came here to live with Dea. Aiken in the fall of 1767. He began the Dea. Shattuck farm when a mere boy. It is said he hunted the town over for game, and had a chance to pick his farm where he chose. Is spoken of as "an In- holder in Antrim " in 1788. Was a man of much life and energy. Was captain of the militia, which was an office of great honor and importance in those days. It is reported that he had trouble with the Indians. He was a great hunter, and often traded with the natives. They came to the conclusion that he cheated them, and sought to take his life in revenge. His method was to tell them that his fist weighed a pound, and then to use said fist to balance furs, etc., in weighing them ! The red men soon thought he got " too much pound," and laid their plans to kill him ! But he sus- pected trouble, and prepared a hiding-place under his house, made by digging a hole out horizontally from one side of the cellar, which he en-


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tered by removing a stone and replacing it behind him. Here he slept for a long time, and succeeded in escaping his foe. But he was on the watch for years, till the Indians disappeared forever. He used to go by the name of the " Indian Trader." His wife was Hannah Clark, whom he seems to have found in Francestown, though said to be a Boston woman. In the dysentery of 1800 he buried three children, Betsey, Thomas, and Nancy, in one day, Aug. 21. Capt. Nichols moved to New York in the fall of 1808, and, after living in several places, settled in Cattaraugus, that State, in 1811. He died there the next year, dying in bed beside his wife, so silently that she did not know it till morning. They dug out a huge trough and buried the body in that, as it was all a new country and they had no means of procuring a coffin. The next year the family forsook their settlement and moved to West Bloomfield in the same State. There, soon after, 'the mother died, aged sixty-six. Capt. Nichols's life was full of romance. He had a roving disposition - was smart and cunning - was an influential, stirring man; and he ended his active life as he began it, - a pioneer in the wilderness. His age was sixty-seven. His children were : -.


1. MARY ANN, [b. in Francestown, Dec. 31, 1778 ; m. Ephraim Hall, April 21, 1801; went to New York in 1808.]


2. POLLY, [b. in Antrim,.July 2, 1781 ; m. Nathan Cole, Jr., Oct. 22, 1805 ; d. in Franklinton, Ohio, in the fall of 1846.]


3. SAMUEL, [b. June 3, 1783 ; m. 1st, Clarissa Lee of West Bloomfield, N. Y. ; second wife unknown ; moved to Mun- roe, Mich., and d. there.]


4. SALLY, [b. March 23, 1785; m. her cousin Samuel Nichols, son of Adam ; lived and d. in Munroe, Mich.]


5. PEGGY, [b. Aug. 23, 1787 ; m. a Mr. Nevins of Cattaraugus, N. Y., and d. there.]


6. NANCY, [b. May 2, 1790; d. of dysentery, Aug. 20, 1800 ; a younger sister and brother d. of the same disease the day previous, and they were all buried in one day, and in one grave.]


7. BETSEY, [b. Dec. 15, 1792, and d. Aug. 19, 1800.]


8 .. GEORGE C., [b. July 25, 1795 ; m. Hester Ball of West Bloom- field, N. Y .; d. Aug. 4, 1864. Was thrown from a car- riage and survived his injury but an hour.]


9. THOMAS, [b. Dec. 21, 1797, and d. Aug. 19, 1800.]


DEA. DANIEL NICHOLS, brother of Thomas, came here in 1774 to make his beginning on the farm now Mr. Turner's. For several years he lived alone, or boarded with neighbors. Was one of the most efficient men in town in his day. Was much in town office. He represented Antrim, Deering, and Hancock in the constitutional convention of 1791-92. Dr. Bouton (Provincial Papers, Vol. X., page 37) represents


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Hon. John Duncan of this town as being in said convention. But in this he is mistaken, and he applies the "pallyar " story to the wrong man. Col. John Duncan of Acworth, cousin of " Hon. John " of Antrim, was a member of the convention, and the good Dr. B. confounded the two. Daniel Nichols, often designated "Esquire," was a small man. He being a land-surveyor, this was convenient, as when they came to a brook they were in the habit of picking him up and carrying him over ! Was chosen elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1800, which office he held till death. He married Mary Dinsmore, sister of Samuel Dinsmore, Sen., of Antrim, Dec. 29, 1785. Was selectman nine years. He died March 3, 1812, aged fifty-eight. His death was caused by the spotted fever, was very sudden, and was among the most lamented of the many fatalities by that terrible scourge. He was an able and good man. On his now broken tombstone it is written: "The poor will cherish his memory; the widow and the fatherless shall call him blessed." His children were: -


1. MARY ANN, [b. Oct. 29, 1786 ; m. 1st, John Emerson of Deering ; 2d, Thomas Costello, Sept. 21, 1826. She d. in Concord in 1875.]


2. MARTHA, [b. May 30, 1788 ; m. James Maberry, and went West. ]


3. REV. JOHN, [b. June 20, 1790 ; graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege in 1813 ; m. Elisabeth Shaw of Beverly, Mass., in 1817, and sailed for India as a missionary. He d. on the field in the prime of his usefulness, Dec. 9, 1824, at the early age of 34. He was an able and devoted man, and an honor to his native town. Was much beloved and lamented by the natives generally, and they tenderly cherished his memory, saying to one of his successors, " He was a good man." His widow m. an Episcopal missionary in Ceylon.]


4. MARY, [b. Sept. 19, 1793 ; was finely educated, and became a successful teacher ; d. in New York while visiting there in 1823.]


5. SAMUEL, [b. Aug. 17, 1795; went to New York, and thence to Michigan.]


6. SILAS, [b. June 21, 1797 ; d. in childhood.]


ADAM NICHOLS, another brother, came here with Daniel in 1774, and soon after began the McCoy place (next north of John Duncan's). He married - Atwood, probably of Francestown; moved to New York, and thence to Kentucky, where he died in 1846, aged ninety. He was several times selectman while living here; was a soldier of the Revolu- tion. Children: -


1. SAMUEL, [m. his cousin Sally Nichols ; d. in Munroe, Mich.]


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2. DANIEL, [m. a Smith, and lived and d. in Western New York.]


3. JAMES, [nothing known.]


4. THOMAS, [nothing known. ]


5. DAVID, [nothing known.]


6. DOLLY, [m. Jesse Atwood, and went to Kentucky.]


7. MARY, [m. - Vanpelt, and went to Kentucky.]


JOHN NICHOLS, brother of the three mentioned above, came here somewhat later than his brothers, and began the Ferry place. He was a soldier under Stark, and participated in the battle of Bennington. He married Sarah Steele; moved to Francestown about 1789, and thence to New York, where he died in 1849, aged ninety. The only children we know of are these: -


1. PEGGY, [taught school in Antrim as early as 1805.]


2. SAMUEL, [m. Betsey Moor in Francestown, Dec. 25, 1800.]


EBENEZER NICHOLS, son of Benjamin Nichols, was born in Reading, Mass., in 1755; married, first, Rebecca Howard, and after her death married Elisabeth Dix of Townsend, Mass. He came here from Hillsborough about 1800 and settled on the north side of Tuttle Moun- tain, where he lived till 1812, and then moved back to Hillsborough. He afterwards lived some years in Windsor, and died in Wakefield, Mass., in 1840, aged eighty-five. His children, all by the second wife, were : -


1. EBEN, [b. in 1790 ; m. Susan Avery of Middleton, Mass., and settled in Danvers, where he d. in 1820.]


2. BETSEY, [m. Paron Wheeler of Windsor, April 20, 1814, and is still living there at an advanced age.]


3. REBECCA, [b. in 1796; m. Jonathan Wilson, and went to Danvers, Mass.]


4. SALLY, [m. Henry Wardwell of Lynn, Mass., and lived and d. in that city.]


5. JONATHAN, [b. in 1800 ; m. Betsey Emerson of Wakefield, Mass., and is one of the heaviest farmers in that place. ]


6. NANCY, [d. at the age of 28.]


7. DANIEL, [b. in 1806 ; m. 1st, Eliza Jones of Windsor ; 2d, Mary Green of Wakefield, Mass., where he now lives.]


8. MARY, [b. in 1808, m. Daniel Rowe of Lynn, and d. in 1864.]


DEA. BENJAMIN NICHOLS, son of Phinehas and Polly (Chase) Nichols, was born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1775; married Polly Hardy of Bradford, Mass. ; came here in 1825, and bought of Henry Hill what is now known as the Jonas White place. He was appointed deacon in the Baptist Church, March 13, 1806. He died here in 1859, aged eighty-four.


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His wife died in 1856, aged eighty. Their children, all born in Benning- ton, were : -


1. POLLY, [d. in childhood.]


2. ANN, [b. in 1798 ; m. 1st, Charles Stewart; 2d, Timothy Hardy, March 23, 1826 ; d. in Cornish.]


3. JOSEPH, [b. in 1801 ; m. Philo Mellen, and lives in Milford.]


4. CONVERSE, [b. in 1803 ; m. Sylvia Cummings, and resides in Lowell.]


5. BENJAMIN, [b. in 1806; m. 1st, Nancy Smith ; 2d, Mary Smith ; 3d, Mrs. E. H. White, and now lives in Keene.]


6. ROXANNA, [b. July 25, 1808 ; m. 1st, Jonas Ball ; 2d, Alfred Crane, and now resides in Amesbury, Mass.]


7. JOHN, [b. in 1810 ; m. Julia Chase, and resides in Haverhill, Mass. ]


8. LUKE, [b. April 4, 1813 ; m. Lucy E. Tenney, April 21, 1836 ; lived on the homestead, where he d. Aug. 12, 1856. His children were : -


Luke A., (b. March 17, 1837 ; d. on homeward trip from West Indies, May 8, 1860, and buried at sea.)


Elvira H., (b. Dec. 8, 1838 ; d. in infancy.)


Henry M., (b. in Acworth April 12, 1842 ; m. Ella E. McCoy ; is a provision-dealer in Boston.)


Alden S., (b. March 15, 1844, in Acworth ; went to Minnesota in 1865, and has not been heard from since.)


Elvira L., (b. March 13, 1848, in Antrim; m. William H. Gray of Charlestown, Mass.)


Adna L., (b. Oct. 16, 1855 ; is a clerk in Boston.)]


9. ALDEN, [b. Nov. 11, 1814; m. Almira Tilton and lives in Somerville, Mass. Was a teacher in Baltimore and else- where in the South, many years.]


10. ABIGAIL, [b. in 1816, m. William H. Drake of Marlow, Jan. 23, 1844, and d. in 1852.]


11. ALMIRA, [b. April 10, 1819, m. Alfred Crane Aug. 14, 1844, and d. in Amesbury, Mass., in 1874.]


ORDWAY.


ELIEZER ORDWAY came here from Deering on to the Dimon Dodge place in 1825, and moved back to Deering in 1833. He died in Deering in 1846, aged eighty-six. His wife was Susannah Dow, and she died in 1836. Their children were : -


1. JUDITH, [m. John Putney, and lived and d. in Bradford.]


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2. LYDIA, [m. William Stanley, and they moved to Canada many years ago.]


3. HANNAH, [m. Nathan White of Deering.]


4. BETSEY, [m. James M. Palmer of Deering, May 1, 1831.]


5. ABIAL, [lived mostly in Deering, but d. in Goffstown in 1858, unm.]


6. BENJAMIN, [m. Sally Temple, Aug. 19, 1827; lived in the Thomas Carr house in the east part of the town, and after- wards in South Village, where he d. We have no record of dates except that a grave was dug at Maplewood cemetery for Mrs. Benjamin Ordway, Aug. 6, 1868 ; and for her hus- band, Dec. 18, 1868. I can only learn that they had three children. A daughter m. Selden Miller of Windsor, but soon d. Another daughter m. Lorenzo D. Richardson of Bennington. The only son I can learn of is Eben Ordway, now living at Hillsborough Lower Village.]


7. ABIGAIL, [m. Stephen Barker, July 12, 1835 ; d. in Lyndebor- ough, July 15, 1850.]


8. SUSAN, [m. Richard McAllister of Hillsborough, April 4, 1841.]


9. JONATHAN, [b. Nov. 9, 1814 ; m. Mehitable Gay of Deering, Oct. 4, 1835, and lives in Hillsborough Lower Village.]


ORR.


HUGH ORR, son of John and Margaret (Kamel) Orr, came over from the north of Ireland with his father in 1726, and settled in Bedford. There his father and mother died within four days of each other in the year 1754. Hugh was the oldest child, and remained on the homestead and took care of the family. He married Sarah Reed of Londonderry. After some years he sold to his brother, Hon. John Orr, and came here. His settlement here was in 1790, or a little earlier. He built near the Temple place, - a little southwest of the same. The house stood on the north side of the road as now made, and, very much to his lament, proved to be just within the limits of Hancock. This fact seems to have been the occasion of his removal. He was a man of intelligence and honesty. People regretted his departure from them. He moved to Rockingham, Vt., in 1795; thence, after a short stay, to Homer, N. Y., where he died. He is said to have had six sons and three daughters. Many of his de- scendants are supposed to be scattered over the Western States. One daughter married James Aiken of Antrim.


PAIGE.


JOHN PAIGE, born in Dedham, England, in 1586, came over in the company which, under Gov. Winthrop, founded Boston in 1630. He


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afterwards settled in Dedham, Mass., and died there in 1676, aged ninety years. His wife's name was Phobe. This first John Paige had a son Samuel, born in 1633, who lived in Salisbury, Mass .; and he, among other children, had a son John Paige, Jr., born in 1696. This second John, grandson of the first, married Mary Winslow, and lived in Salisbury, Mass. He raised a large family, and afterwards moved to South Hampton, where he died. Among the sons of this second John was Samuel, called " Col. Paige" (which commission he held before the Revolution). This Col. Paige married, first, Eleanor Stevens, and settled in South Hampton, but moved to Weare in 1772. Their children were Samuel, Jonathan, Lem- uel, John, and Eleanor. Col. Paige married, second, Mrs. Sally (Osgood) Evans, and died in Weare in 1800, quite aged. Of these children of Col. Samuel Paige: -


Samuel, the first son, married Sally Osgood in 1769, and died in Weare in 1815.


Jonathan, the second son, married, first, Miriam Barnard, and had the following children : Jonathan, Jr., Tristram, Enoch, Moses, and John. The elder Jonathan Paige married, second, Hannah French, and died in 1814. This eldest son, Jonathan Paige, Jr., was born in Weare in 1775, married Judith Coburn of Wilton, had a large family, and died in Deer- ing. One son of Jonathan, Jr., was Tristram B. Paige, who married Sophronia Duncan of Antrim, lived here, on the place now owned by Mr. Greeley, and will be noticed below.


Lemuel, the third son of Col. Samuel Paige, had two wives: first, Bet- sey Brown, and second, Mrs. Phœbe (Sargent) Green. He settled in An- trim and left a large family, which will be further noticed.


John Paige, the fourth son of Col. Samuel Paige, married Hannah Barnard, had three daughters, and died in 1812.


Eleanor, daughter of Col. Samuel Paige, married Samuel Caldwell of . Antrim, and is further noticed under the Caldwell family.


LEMUEL PAIGE, son of Col. Samuel and Eleanor (Stevens) Paige, and the fifth in descent from John and Phoebe Paige who came from Dedham, England, was born in 1752. He settled in Weare, but came here from that place in 1793, and bought of Samuel Gregg the Dea. New- man place. The present place known by this name was then the center of a large tract of land, now divided into half a dozen small farms. Mr. Paige married, first, Betsey Brown, who died in Weare in 1785, leaving two children. He married, second, Mrs. Phoebe (Sargent) Green, who died in 1833. Lemuel Paige died Nov. 13, 1805, aged fifty-three. All his children were : -


1. ELEANOR, [m. a Mr. Barnard, and went to Barnet, Vt.]


2. BETSEY, [b. July 17, 1780 ; m. Robert Boyd ; went to Provi- dence, Penn., and d. there in 1869, aged nearly 90.]


3. STEVENS, [b. in 1786 ; m. 1st, Jenny McAdams, Nov. 27, 1806, and lived on the old homestead. Mrs. Paige d. Dec. 20, 1836, aged 54. He m. 2d, Jane Duncan, Feb. 8, 1838, and


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built the house on the cross-road west of the Dea. Parmenter place, where he d. July 1, 1853, aged 67. He had one child : -


Harriet, (b. July 7, 1807, m. William S. Foster Dec. 27, 1827, and d. Feb. 19, 1850.)]


4. REUBEN, [m. Sarah Forsaith of Deering, and d. at Oil Mill Village in Weare at the age of 35. He was a blacksmith by trade, and had a shop for a few years, it is believed, on the spot where the town-house now stands ; seems to have worked awhile subsequently in Deering, and then in Oil Mill Vil- lage. He probably d. in the year 1823. I have knowledge of only two children ; others might have d. young.


Dr. Lemuel W., (b. in Antrim Aug. 3, 1807. He studied medicine with Dr. Adams of Goffstown, and began practice at East Weare. Had an extensive business in all that vicinity for twenty-five years. He moved to Chicopee Falls, Mass., in 1853, and had a large practice until his death, which occurred Dec. 31, 1857, in the prime of his useful- ness. Dr. Paige m. 1st, Harriet Little, daughter of Thomas Little of New London ; 2d, Hannah J. Abbott of Concord. Had six children, five daughters and one son. The latter is now a druggist in Chicopee Falls, Mass., - Edgar T. Paige, Esq.)


Lorinda P., (b. in Deering; m. Joseph C. Emerson, and is now living in Cleveland, Ohio.)]


5. ADONIRAM, [b. in 1791; m. 1st, Eunice Blake, who d. Oct. 20, 1833 ; 2d, Mrs. Abigail (Gilman) Tilton. Went to Pittsfield when a young man, and d. there in 1843. Had but one child, a daughter, Louisa.]


6. JONATHAN, [b in 1793 ; m. Mehitable Dodge of Bennington in 1813 ; was a saddler by trade. He carried on this business in South Village a short time, but built the Draper house at the Center soon after the erection of the church, and here he lived many years. Worked at his trade in the basement of his house for a time. Afterwards he built a small har- ness-shop a little east of the house and nearer the road. He moved to Bennington in 1850, and d. in that town in 1852. His four children were all b. in Antrim, and all d. in Bennington.


Gideon D., (b. Dec. 18, 1816 ; m. Harriet Alcock of Deering, and lived in Hancock ; d. in Bennington Dec. 18, 1847.


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Two children survive him : first, George B., who was b. in Hancock in 1841, lives in Antrim, m. Carrie Howard and has children, Martha A., b. May 28, 1866, and George K., b. Oct. 9, 1870 ; and second, Mary F., who was b. in Ben- nington in 1843, and m. Charles H. Edgewell of Tam- worth.)


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Adeline A., (b. Dec. 22, 1820, m. William Griswold, and d. in 1843.)


Mary W., (b. March 30, 1824, and d. aged 17.)


Harriet, (d. unm. Dec. 6, 1860, aged 33.)]


7. SALLY, [b. April 17, 1796, m. John Wallace Feb. 24, 1824, and d. Jan. 22, 1864.]


8. PHOBE, [b. May 25, 1799, and d. Aug. 24, 1800.]


9. HANNAH, [b. April 11, 1801, and d. unm. in 1843.]


TRISTRAM B. PAIGE, son of Jonathan, Jr., and Judith (Coburn) Paige, grandson of Jonathan and Miriam (Barnard) Paige, and great- grandson of Col. Samuel and Eleanor (Stevens) Paige, was born in 1804. He married Sophronia Duncan, daughter of Dea. Josiah Duncan, Sept. 21, 1826; came here from Deering, and lived on the Josiah Duncan place, now occupied by Mr. Greeley. He died in Amherst in 1855. The chil- dren were : -




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