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1. DEA. EDWARD D., [b. in Antrim in the old Cummings house, Dec. 9, 1841. Served as a clerk in a store in Bradford six years ; then was clerk for a time in Concord. Came here and went into trade in the McKeen store in firm of Putney and Cummings, Sept. 10, 1866. After six months he bought out the latter, and has continued there in trade till the present time, - in later years in company with his brother. Is postmaster at this writing; has been town clerk ; was chosen deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1870. Built his present residence in 1876 ; m. Angie M. Marshall of Bradford, Nov. 21, 1866. They have only one child : -
Bertha Angilene, (b. July 3, 1878.)]
2. DEA. CHARLES G., [b. in Sutton, July 22, 1846; m. Izora Chote of Leominster, Mass. ; is a cabinet-maker by trade ; lives in Orange, Mass. ; is an officer of the Congregational Church in that place.]
3. LUCIEN W., [b. in Sutton, June 29, 1852 ; m. Clara L., daugh- ter of Eben and Clara (Wilkins) Bass, Nov. 25, 1875; the same year went into trade with his brother in South Vil- lage as firm of E. D. and L. W. Putney.]
4. EMMA, [b. Aug. 13, 1860.]
5. CARRIE, [child of second wife, b. July 10, 1864. ]
RALEIGH.
PHILIP RALEIGH, a Scotchman, formerly called Riley, the first settler of Antrim, was born in Ireland in 1719; came to Boston late in 1743, and at once joined the settlers in Hillsborough, and in the spring of 1744 he began his clearing and put up his log cabin on the farm now oc-
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cupied by Reed P. Whittemore. He married an English woman by the name of Sarah Joiner, but it does not appear that his family came with him at this time. Being driven away from his cabin by Indians in 1746, he went to Sudbury, Mass., where he lived for fifteen years, returning to Antrim in 1761, with his family, and for the next six years his was the only family in Antrim. By some means he became dependent on the town in his old age. This record occurs for March, 1783: "Voted Mi- chael Cochlan be freed of Reats this year, he providing for old Mr. Realy for this year." After Cochlan's failure to do this, Raleigh being a simple, peaceable old man, and pioneer of the town, he was kindly boarded round (by public vote) till the close of 1789, when he went to Sudbury, and died there in 1791. He had eight sons and four daughters. One daughter married Michael Cochlan, named above, and another married Philip Coffin and died in Antrim in 1822, aged ninety. It may be added, that, as the families of the settlers were large, and either poor or of limited means, in the course of a few years the expense of boarding the old gentleman became burdensome. Others thought that his relatives were able to take care of him and should be compelled to do it. Something was done, therefore, in this line, under date of June 26, 1788, as appears by the following papers left by Hon. Matthew Patten:
" State of New Hampshire Hillsborough SS.
"To Matthew Patten, Nenian Aiken, David Starret Esqrs,
" A Petition from the Selectmen of Antrim in said county humbly Shows - that Phylip Ralley of said Antrim is now become a publick charge, & Whereas disputs have arisen concerning his Support Whither he ought to be maintained by Major Ralley his natural soon and other Relatives. or the town of Antrim therefore we your petitioners pray your Hons would take the Matter under your Consideration and appoint a time and place to Enquire into and determine Said Dispute and we shall ever pray
" THOMAS STUART " SAMUEL DINSMOOR Selectmen." " DAVID M. CLUER
" Hillsborough SS.
" On reading and Considering the foregoing Petition ordered That the Petitioners be heard thereon on Wednesday the ninth day of July at nine O Clock in the forenoon at the Dwelling house of Thomas Nichols In- holder in Antrim - And that the Petitioners serve Major Ralley and Mical Cochland with a Copy of the above Petition and order thereon eight days before the Day of hearing that they May appear and shew cause if any they have Why the Town of Sd Antrim should maintain the said Philip.
" MATTHEW PATTEN Justices " NENIAN AIKEN of the Peace
" DAVID STARRET and Quorum."
This petition may account for the fact that within a few months Philip went off among his children near Boston, and died there. Nothing is
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known of his daughters except that one of them married Michael Coch- lan, and another married Philip Coffin of Antrim. The "Miels Really " supported by the town in 1778 is supposed to be a son of Philip, the first settler. Money was voted for " Miels Really's Family," but nothing is known of any children. Probably they returned to the vicinity of Sud- bury, Mass., whence they came. A "Susey Realy " lived at Dea. Isaac Cochran's in 1789. Also, March 23, 1802, " Boarding of Susannah Raly Struck off to Samuel Christie at three Shillings a week." This girl spent some years at Dea. Joseph Boyd's ; was insane at intervals; and an old person says of her, "She made us much sport by her antics." A daughter of Philip Riley may be referred to in the following marriage record: "John Beady and Margrat Raley Sept. 21, 1779." '
MAJOR RALEIGH, one of Philip's sons, was a young man living in Concord, Mass., when the Revolutionary war broke out, and participated in the battle of Lexington. He came here in 1779, and began the Elijah Gould farm; after selling to Gould he lived awhile on the Gibson place, but moved to Derry in 1815; married Mary Blanchard, and had two sons and one daughter. He died in Deering in 1838, aged eighty-nine. The bed of the railroad is now laid on the spot where his humble dwelling stood. The daughter of Major Raleigh, whose name has not been ascertained, died at the age of twelve years. His sons were: -
1. MAJOR, JR., [b. March 15, 1785 ; m. Nancy Ordway of Goffs- town ; lived several years in Hillsborough, then in Wash- ington a few years, from whence he moved to Pennsylvania, about 1835, where he d. in 1848, His wife d. in Goffstown in 1863. They had five sons : -
John, (b. in 1807; m. 1st, Roxanna Merrill; 2d, Hannah Wheeler, and lives in Hooksett.)
James, (lived in Newport, and d. there in 1872.)
Joseph, (was never heard from after going to Pennsylvania with his father.)
David, (m. Sophia Morrill, and d. in Goffstown in 1873, aged 57.)
Daniel, (went to Pennsylvania ; entered the Union army from that State in 1861 and was killed in battle.)]
2. JAMES, [b. March 11, 1790 ; m. Susan H. McCoy of Pembroke ; lived awhile in Goffstown, then in Francestown, and moved back to Antrim about 1827. Among other children b. in Goffstown and Francestown were two sons : -.
George W., (m. 1st, Lucy Hutchinson of Milford ; 2d, Mary Jane Wheeler of Warren ; now resides in Milford, and is a veterinary surgeon of considerable note.)
Alonzo H., (is a noted Mormon of Salt Lake City.)
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The children of James and Susan Raleigh b. in Antrim were : - -
Mary Jane, (b. in 1829; m. 1st, Homer S. Lathe in 1850, and lived in Claremont; m. 2d, George B. Putnam, and moved to the West.)
Maria W., (b. in 1830.)
Joshua Blanchard, (b. in 1833; went into the army ; was wounded and had his leg amputated. He soon d. from the operation, and was buried at Hillsborough Lower Village.)
Hiram B., (b. in 1835; m. Jenny Murdough of Hillsborough and now lives in Windsor.)
Jacob P., (b. in 1838, and d. in 1840.)]
RAMSAY.
ABRAM A. RAMSAY, son of Ebenezer and Mary D. (Butler) Ram- say, and grandson of Samuel and Betsey (Wilson) Ramsay, was born in 1836; came to Antrim in April, 1852, at the age of sixteen, to live with Widow Alice Woodbury, working on the farm in summer and attending school in the winter. Went away and remained one year, but in April, 1854, came back to work in the store for L. and J. B. Woodbury, where he remained six years. In 1859 he married Helen P. Baldwin of Ben- nington, bought the house now owned by Mrs. Nancy Jameson, and also the store owned by the late Charles McKeen, now owned by Putney Brothers, and traded there till the spring of 1864, when he sold to Tread- well and Company of Boston, and moved from Antrim to Bennington in the fall of 1865, where he lived until April, 1867, and then moved to Wil- ton, where he now resides, being engaged in trade. He was town clerk here several years. He has one child: -
1. ANNE A., [b. in Wilton Aug. 23, 1870.]
RAND.
DEA. JONATHAN RAND was born in Lyndeborough June 24, 1762. His father was Rev. John Rand, who was graduated at Harvard College in 1747, and settled in Lyndeborough as first Congregational minister of that town about 1761; and his mother was Sarah Goffe, daughter of Col. John Goffe of Derryfield. Rev. John and Sarah (Goffe) Rand had seven children, of whom Dea. Jonathan and his twin-brother John were the eldest. Dea. Jonathan Rand married Sarah Abbott of Mont Vernon, and came here in 1844. He lived in Clinton in part of the house owned by his nephew, John R. Abbott, where he died in 1848. His wife died the same year. He was deacon in the Baptist Church, probably at Goffs- town, and was a most excellent man. An acquaintance says of him: " He was a man of prayer and walked with God, and though poor in this world's goods he had treasure laid up in heaven." Children: -
1. MILLE, [b. April 29, 1795 ; m. Robert Parker of Bedford.]
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2. ESTHER P., [b. Dec. 30, 1796 ; now Mrs. Tollman of Nelson, and the only one of Dea. Rand's children now living.]
3. JONATHAN, [b. Jan. 11, 1799, and drowned in Merrimack river June 6, 1810.]
4. JOHN, [b. Jan. 27, 1801 ; was quite distinguished as a portrait- painter, which art he practiced some years in England, where he m. ; but he afterwards came to New York, and d.]
5. EPHRAIM, [b. Dec. 17, 1803 ; m. Catherine Gray of Augusta, Me.]
6. SARAH, [b. Feb. 3, 1806 ; d. Feb. 8, 1832.]
7. DOROTHY, [b. May 15, 1809 ; d. May 16, 1811.]
8. PHILANDA P., [b. July 9, 1811; was a fine scholar and teacher at New Hampton, but d. April 6, 1832, at the early age of 21.]
RANSOM.
MANLY RANSOM, no doubt born a slave, and the only one ever held in Antrim, was the servant of John Moore when the latter was killed, and was given by his widow to Dr. Charles Adams, at the Center, in 1808. He lived with Dr. Adams till his removal to Oakham, Mass., in 1816, when he went to live with Dr. Adams's father in Brookfield, Mass. When the first school-house at the Center was burned in 1811, school being in session at the time, this boy was so frightened that he hid under a seat, was fearfully burned, and would have been burned to death had he not been missed, searched for, and dragged out. After he went to Mas- sachusetts he finally drifted off and married among the people of his own color. He lived in Sturbridge, Charlton, and at last settled in Spencer, Mass. Many years after, in a paroxysm of anger he struck his wife a blow (from the effects of which she died), and then fled to Stoddard, where he remained concealed about two years. He then returned to Massachusetts, and learned for the first time of the fate of his wife, when he again fled to Northampton, Mass., but was soon discovered and ar- rested, tried, convicted, and sent to prison. Serving out his sentence, he returned to Spencer, paid a visit to Worcester, and while walking on the railroad track in that place he was struck by a locomotive and fatally injured. He died June 29, 1861, aged fifty-nine.
RAYMOND.
GEORGE RAYMOND, son of George and Mary (Wallace) Raymond, was born in Mont Vernon in 1820; married Eleanor Pollard (who was ยท born in Hudson in 1828), came here on to the Dea. Taylor farm in 1847, and moved to Concord in 1854. His two children were born here: -
1. EDWIN H., [b. in 1849, m. Eva G. Wheeler, and lives in Anna, Ill.]
2. ELSIE A., [b. in 1853.]
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REED.
JOEL REED, son of Eliphaz Reed, was born in Woburn, Mass., in 1757; married Keziah Reed, and came here from Deering in 1790. He built a house between S. A. Holt's and Frank Robinson's, about half-way down the hill, but moved to Washington about 1803, where he died in 1830. His widow died in 1845, aged eighty. Their children were :-
1. KEZIAH, [b. in Francestown ; m. John Metcalf of Washington, and d. in 1874, aged 88, leaving five children.]
2. MARY, [b. in Francestown, and d. unm. in 1819.]
3. SALLY, [b. in Deering ; m. Silas Fisher, and lived in Wash- ington, where she d. in 1875.]
4. OLIVE, [b. in Antrim ; m. Benjamin Jefts ; went to Alstead, and d. there in 1848.]
5. ASA, [b. in Antrim ; m. Sarah Davis of Stoddard, and d. in 1830, leaving one son, George D. Reed of Washington.]
A SAMUEL REED lived on the Thomas Flint farm, or near there, in 1804. Nothing further known of him.
ZADOK REED, son of William and Lucy (Spaulding) Reed, whose ancestors were of English descent, and came from Westford, Mass., was born in Litchfield in 1752. His father was killed while raising a building only eight feet square, but the son served' through the whole seven years of the Revolutionary war without receiving a scratch. He married Lucy McLane of New Boston, and lived in that town some years, but came here in 1795, following his daughter, Mrs. Sawyer, who had settled here the year previous. He lived awhile on the Abraham Smith farm, and moved on to the Clark farm with his son-in-law, Samuel Sawyer, and died in 1827. His children were: -
1. FRANCIS, [was a sailor and d. at sea.]
2. SUSANNAH, [b. in 1774; m. Samuel Sawyer in 1794, and d. June 17, 1815.]
3. SALLY, [m. Samuel Wilson ; d. Nov. 4, 1844, aged 68.]
4. DUDLEY, [m. Anna McAllister April 1, 1813 ; lived awhile on the Clark place ; had a large family ; moved to New York, in 1825, since which I can find no trace of him.]
NATHANIEL REED, son of Dea. William Reed of Litchfield (which Dea. William was a brother of Zadok), was born in 1784; came to Antrim to work in the store for the elder Mark Woodbury in 1805, and died here in 1808, unmarried, aged twenty-four. He was an excellent man, and his early death was the occasion of general sorrow.
FRANCIS REED, a brother of Nathaniel, was born in 1792; came here in 1814, and learned and afterwards carried on the clothier's busi-
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ness at North Branch. He married Betsey Wallace of this town, Dec. 23, 1817, and moved to Manchester in 1836; thence to Haverhill, Mass., in 1854, where he died in 1866, leaving children : -
1. SAMANTHA R., [b. in 1818 ; m. 1st, George Minot of Man- chester, and went to New Orleans, where he soon d. ; m. 2d, Ezra Kelley, and lives in Haverhill, Mass.]
2. CAROLINE G., [b. in 1820 ; unm.]
3. LAURA F., [b. in 1822; m. Samuel E. Huse, and lives in Cali- fornia.]
4. BETSEY, [d. in 1843, aged 19.]
5. LOUISA L., [b. in 1826 ; m. Eustice P. Bowman of Manchester, in 1852, who is manager of a gold-crushing machine in Black Hills.]
6. GEORGE W., [b. in 1828 ; m. Maria Brigham of Manchester, in 1855, and lives in Montreal, Canada.]
ROBERT REED, another brother, was born in 1790; married Mary Moody of Newburyport in 1820, and in the spring of the same year came here. He opened a store at the Center, in the building next west of the church, in 1826, where he continued in trade until 1834, when he moved to Lowell, where he died in 1879, in piety and general respect. He had six children, all born here : -
1. WILLIAM W., [b. in 1822 ; m. Hannah J. Pusher of Lowell, where he lives.]
2. ENOCH M., [b. in 1824; m. Carrie Conant of Newburyport, and lives in Boston.]
3. ROBERT, [d. in 1829, aged 3.]
4. MARY M., [lives unm. in Lowell.]
5. ROBERT L., [b. in 1830 ; m. Maria H. Fox of Dracut, Mass., who d. the same year ; lives in Lowell. ]
6. JOHN R., [b. in 1832; never m. ; is a leading merchant in Charleston, S. C.]
HENRY REED, another brother, was born in 1804; came here in the fall of 1825 and entered into partnership with his brother in trade at the Center, where he remained five years, then went into trade in Pelham; married Rowena, daughter of Dr. Israel Hildreth of that place; went thence to Lowell in 1850, and died in that city in 1878. He was a talka- tive, jolly boy, always up to jokes. A man once called at the store to borrow a harness, and young Reed sent him up to Lynda Flint, a maiden lady who lived alone, and had the greatest antipathy to horses. She not only never owned one herself, but could not be persuaded to ride with any one else. As may be imagined, on being applied to for the loan of a harness, she made some remarks not of a complimentary nature !
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Henry Reed's wife was sister of Gen. Butler's wife, and he followed the General through the war, being post-sutler at Ship Island, New Orleans, Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk. His only surviving children, Philip and Henry, are lieutenants in the regular United States army. He was in trade in various places forty years, and acquired a large property. Was unable to be here Centennial Day, but sent his address in manuscript.
JAMES REED came from Francestown to South Village in 1840, into what is now the Corey house. First wife unknown; second, Ruth Bux- ton of Weare, who died at West Deering. He afterwards moved into the Samuel Wilson house west of Reed Carr's. He married, third, Mrs. Lucinda (Bowen) Walker, and died Aug. 3, 1865.
RHODES.
SOLOMON RHODES was born in New Marlborough, Mass., Nov. 30, 1783. His parents, Solomon and Elenor Rhodes, had fifteen children: Reuben, Solomon, Elenor, Rufus, James, Silas, Amos, Levi, Nancy, Patty, Chesterfield, Betsey, Abigail, Lucinda, and Harriet. Solomon of Antrim came here from Deering; married Mary Fairbank of this town in 1807, and lived many years on the John Smith place (now Thomas Flint's). He had no children. Died in 1850.
SILAS RHODES, brother of Solomon of Antrim, born March 8, 1792, married Rebecca Hayward Nov. 26, 1815. He lived many years in the Moses Duncan house, next west of his brother's, but afterwards moved to Alexandria. There he married, second, Laura C. Ballou, had several children, and died in January, 1880. He lived for a time in Stoddard. Four children were born in Antrim, the others after his removal from town, and all were as follows : -
1. THOMAS H., [b. March 8, 1816 ; m. Jennie C. Taylor ; is a farmer in Lexington, Mass.]
2. HARRIET, [m. Hezekiah C. Gale ; lives in Cambridge, Mass. ]
3. SILAS, [b. Feb. 11, 1820 ; m. 1st, Luciana Sleeper ; 2d, Mary Jane Stickney ; 3d, Angie Lyon ; lived in Cambridge, Mass. ; was a house-builder, very respectable, and filled many places of trust; d. Jan. 3, 1879.]
4. SARAH ELENOR, [b. June 7, 1822.]
5. SOLOMON, [lives in Somerville, Mass. ]
6. JAMES, [lives in Winona, Minn. ]
7. JOSIAH R., [carpenter in Cambridgeport, Mass.]
8. MARSHA R., [d. in the West, unm.]
RICHARDSON.
JOHN P. RICHARDSON, familiarly known as "Cap'n P.," came here in 1832, and built a house on the west side of the road, nearly oppo- site George Thompson's. He was a blacksmith by trade, and his shop
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stood on the south side of the road, a little east of George A. Cochran's. This shop was afterwards bought and moved away by Dea. Isaac Cochran, and is now used for a store-house. Mr. Richardson married Abigail Man- ning of Bennington. After remaining here a few years he moved to Hillsborough, thence in 1842 to South Antrim, thence to Deering, thence to Hancock, where he died May 14, 1871, aged sixty-one. His children were : -
1. PUTNAM, [b. in Deering, March 18, 1829 ; m. Eliza A. Kelley of Deering, and lives in Peterborough.]
2. MARY R., [b. in Deering, July 12, 1831; m. Charles M. Flint of Fitchburg, Mass.]
3. MATILDA M., [b. in Deering, Jan. 14, 1833 ; m. Russell Mar- tin, and lives in Richmond.]
4. NANCY J .. [b. in Antrim, March 7, 1836 ; m. Israel F. Walker, now of North Weare.]
5. WILLIAM C., [b. in Hillsborough, July 31, 1838 ; d. Feb. 25, 1840.]
6. ABIGAIL E., [b. in Hillsborough, Nov. 20, 1840; m. Albert Gay Aug. 24, 1860, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.]
7. JOHN C , [b. in Antrim, March 6, 1842 ; m. Anna Scott, and lives in Peterborough.]
8. LOUSTER A., [b. in Antrim, July 26, 1846; d. aged 6.]
9. LORINDA S., [b. in Antrim, Feb. 13, 1849 ; m. Levi Ring of Deering, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.]
JOHN RICHARDSON, son of Thomas Richardson, was born in Deering in 1788 ; married Huldah Batchelder of Francestown, in 1815, and moved from there to the McNiel place (Mr. Eaton's) in 1826, where he remained seven years and then moved back to Francestown, where he died in 1864, leaving children as follows : -
1. EMELINE B., [b. in Francestown in 1818 ; m. David Smiley, and lives in Stoughton, Mass. ]
2. HULDAH A., [b. in Francestown in 1821; m. 1st, William Woodbury of Pelham ; 2d, Philip Piper, and lives in New- buryport, Mass. ]
3. MARY D., [b. in Antrim in 1827 ; m. John E. Parker, and lives in Boston.]
4. DEA. JOHN P., [b. in Antrim in 1830; m. 1st, Mary A. Hardy of Greenfield ; 2d, Amelia Cutter of Pelham, and lives in Francestown, being deacon of the Congregational Church in that town.]
JAMES C. RICHARDSON, grandson of Phinehas, and son of Phine-
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has and Mehitable (Clark) Richardson of Lempster, was born June 15, 1834; married Harriet E. Potter, Nov. 24, 1853; came to this town in August, 1854. He was a member of the Thirteenth N. H. Regiment, from this town, - a soldier brave and true. Their infant child died in Hillsborough, April 16, 1864. The other children are: -
1. LOUISA E., [b. Feb. 18, 1859 ; d. March 15, 1879.]
2. EOLE J., [b. Feb. 24, 1861.]
3. PERLEY ERNEST, [b. Aug. 3, 1880.]
WILLIAM H. RICHARDSON, son of Moses and Esther (Richard- son) Richardson, was born in Pelham in 1819; married Lydia Hale of Temple; came here in 1856, took the town farm one year, and then bought the James Baldwin place, which he occupied many years. Sub- sequently lived in South Village. His children are :-
1. MARY E., [b. in Lowell in 1851; m. Charles W. Thompson, Oct., 7, 1875.]
2. JOHN W., [b. in 1860.]
JAMES RICHARDSON, brother of William H., was born Sept. 1, 1832; married Abbie A. Cooledge Nov. 30, 1871, and bought the Dea. Bond place in 1876, where he now resides.
RING.
BENJAMIN RING, a man of whom little can be learned, came here from Dunbarton; lived here and there in town awhile, but built in 1792 a small house on the east side of the road between the Nathaniel Herrick place and Chester Conn's. He deserted his family in 1802, and nothing has been heard of him since.
RITCHIE.
REV. WILLIAM RITCHIE, of Scotch-Irish descent, son of James and Sally (Dunlap) Ritchie of Peterborough, and grandson of William and Mary (Waugh) Ritchie, who were among the first permanent set- tlers of Peterborough, was born in Peterborough March 25, 1781. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1804; studied theology with Dr. Lathrop of Springfield, Mass. ; preached here awhile in 1806, and received a call from the Presbyterian Church in this place, which he declined, and went to Canton, Mass. He was ordained there July 1, 1807, and dis- missed June 18, 1820. Being settled at Canton, as was supposed, for life, and being strongly attached to the place, he felt disposed to stand on his legal rights, and the parish gave him fifty dollars to leave quietly. Wouldn't liberal farewell presents often be a good investment for parishes to make now? After Mr. Ritchie left Canton, he was settled over the First Parish in Needham, Mass., to which he ministered twenty years, and died Feb. 22, 1842. Chapman's " Graduates of Dartmouth College " says that he became a Unitarian. He married Clarissa Kimball of Brad-
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ford, Mass., who died at Needham, leaving children: William, James, Sophia, and Kimball.
ROACH.
CALEB W. ROACH, son of Timothy and Susan (White) Roach of Deering, was born in that town Jan. 19, 1809. He married Mary Far- rington March 14, 1850, and moved on to the Woodbury Fairbanks place, which he still occupies. Has but one child, Frank F., born Jan. 12, 1851, who is a tailor by trade and has carried on business in South Village some years ; married Emily A. Clapp of Hillsborough, Jan. 31, 1877.
EDWARD B. ROACH, son of Josiah and Hannah (Weeks) Roach, married Mary J. Combs, who lived but a few days. Both are buried at the Branch cemetery. He built the house in South Village now Mr. Sweetzer's. He died July 16, 1864, aged thirty-one. She died Nov. 6, 1863, aged twenty-six.
CHARLES W. ROACH, brother of Edward, inherited the house built by him; married Jennie M. Day, and lived here a few years. Left Antrim about 1872, and now lives in Salem, Mass.
ROBB.
ANDREW ROBB (son of John Robb, whose wife was a Scott) came here from Peterborough, cleared on the west of Robb Mountain, and set- tled there in 1796. He owned a vast tract of land, and the mountain still bears his name. He married Betsey Robb, and went to Webster, N. Y., in 1816. The children were :-
1. JAMES, [went to New York ; m. there and went into the army in the war of 1812 ; was captured, and d. a prisoner at Hal- ifax, N. S.]
2. JOHN, [went to New York in 1811, and d. there. ]
3. NANCY, [m. John Robinson, March 28, 1816.]
4. PATTY, [m. Reuben Cobb of Nelson, and moved to Webster, N. Y., where all the family went.]
5. DAVID, [went to New York while quite young, and we know nothing more of him, or of the younger children named below.]
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