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Milton Whiting, (b. Jan. 4, 1852; mn. Rosa A. Hobbs, Dec. 26, 1878.)]
3. ALFRED, [b. Jan. 6, 1812; d. May 23, 1819.]
4. DR. JAMES MILTON, [b. Nov. 24, 1813 ; studied medicine with his father, graduated at Vermont Medical College, and has long been in practice in Pepperell, Mass. He m. Mary ' Eaton of Townsend, Mass., but has no children.]
5. LEANDER, [b. Nov. 12, 1815 ; m. Fanny Rogers in 1841, who d. in 1851; m. 2d, Mary E. Dowlin, in 1853. He is in company with his brother, Whiting Stickney, in the spice business at Albany, N. Y.]
6. MARY WHITING, [b. July 2, 1818; m. Moody B. McIlvaine, Oct. 29, 1835, and lives on the homestead at North Branch. ]
7. EMILY, [b. Sept. 27, 1820 ; m. James Templeton of Peter- borough, in 1844, and now lives, a widow, in that town.]
8. CAROLINE, [b. Nov. 28, 1822 ; m. Robert C. Stuart of Antrim, Oct. 1, 1844.]
9. SYLVESTER, [b. Dec. 12, 1824; d. Dec. 26, 1824.]
10. LOUISA TUTTLE, [b. Dec. 2, 1825 ; m. Harrison G. O. Whittle, Nov. 25, 1845, and resides in North Chelmsford, Mass.]
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11. ALMIRA, [b. Nov. 8, 1827; m. Stephen W. Flint in 1848, and lives at Bellows Falls, Vt.]
STORY.
Ambrose, Daniel, Simon, and Hiram Story, four brothers, sons of Wil- liam and Lois (Lowe) Story of Goffstown, were all born in that town. William Story's father moved there in 1777. He was of English origin, the son of Dea. William Story, whose father is believed to have been one of three brothers who came over and settled in Essex, Mass., and were probably the ancestors of all the Storys in New England. Two of these brothers were once out hunting and were surrounded by Indians, when one of them was killed and the other saved his life by hiding in a hollow log.
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AMBROSE STORY was born in 1806. He came to Antrim in 1832, and boarded with his uncle, Daniel Lowe, while he built the house and mill now occupied by his brother, Daniel Story. In 1833 he married Ra- chel Smith, daughter of Dea. Thomas Smith of New Boston. In 1835 he sold his house and mill to his brother Daniel, and moved to Goffstown. He came back to Antrim in 1851, and sometime after bought the Dr. Whiton place at the Center, where his wife died in 1868. In April, 1869, he married Mrs. Almira Travis, and died in 1875, aged sixty-nine, leaving no children and devising part of his property as a fund for the Center Church.
DANIEL STORY was born May 8, 1807. He came to Antrim in 1833, to work for his brother, Ambrose Story, mentioned above; bought him out in 1835, and has since been engaged there in manufacturing bed- steads and similar wares. Sept. 24, 1835, he married Almira Parmenter, who died in 1846, leaving two children. Mr. Story married, second, Hannah M. Gregg, Sept. 10, 1847. He is one of the purest of men, peace- able and Christian, without deception and above reproach. He was ap- pointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1860, but declined.
1. WILLIAM W., [b. June 16, 1837 ; m. Lizzie, daughter of Hon. R. B. Cochrane of New Boston, Nov. 6, 1870 ; built his house in Clinton in 1872, and has children as follows : - Anna G., (b. March 8, 1872.)
Myra F., (b. May 9, 1874.)
John Parker, (b. April 15, 1878.)]
2. CHARLES H., [b. July 20, 1841 ; m. Margaret J. Holt in 1862 ; entered the army, and d. in service at Milldale, Miss., July 24, 1863, leaving one child : -
Charles F., (b. Nov. 23, 1862 ; now lives in Lowell.)]
HIRAM STORY, a younger brother, was born in 1824. He came to Antrim in 1849, and worked some years for his brother Daniel. He mar-
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ried Keziah Wellman of Lyndeborough, May 8, 1855; and bought the Cummings place (now Dea. E. C. Paige's) and mill, where he manufac- tured bedsteads until he died, much lamented, in the prime of life, June 22, 1866, aged forty-two. He had two children, both of whom died before him. The widow married Henry W. Austin, Feb. 6, 1872, and lives in Milford.
SIMON STORY, another brother, was born in 1815. He married Mindwell Smith, and came to Antrim from Mont Vernon in 1860, and lives in " Happy Valley," so called. They have but one child living : -
1. WILLIAM, [b. Feb. 13, 1846, in Mont Vernon; m. Nellie Brooks, and lived in Greenfield several years. Has recently moved to Antrim.]
STOWELL.
JOSHUA P. STOWELL, son of Moses and Mary (Chessmore) Stow- ell of Ashburnham, Mass., and grandson of John and Susanna (Todd) Stowell of Temple, was born in Leominster, Mass., May 10, 1837. He married, first, Eunice L. Whipple of Ashburnham, Mass .; was out in the army in the Twenty-fifth Mass. Volunteers (October, 1861), and in Sep- tember, 1862, was discharged on account of an injury received in the ser- vice, by which he was disabled. Mr. Stowell married, second, Elvira L. Green of Antrim, Dec. 29, 1874, having come here the same year on to the Caleb Clark place, owning one-half of the same. His children are: -
1. ELMER F., [b. in Ashburnham, Oct. 11, 1861.]
2. IRVING E., [b. in same town, June 17, 1865.]
3. EDGAR A., [b. in Antrim, Oct. 30, 1875.]
. STUART.
CAPT. THOMAS STUART came here from Merrimack and settled the Flint place at the Branch in 1775; married Sarah McCauley, a most excellent woman ; was called a Revolutionary soldier. Was chairman of the first board of selectmen, though but twenty-nine years of age, and was ten years selectman. He died Dec. 9, 1803, aged fifty-four. He and his wife were among the founders of the church in 1788. She died July, 1817, aged sixty-seven. Their children having all died, their property was inherited by Capt. David McCauley, a nephew, whose brief history will be found on another page. John, only son of Capt. Thomas Stuart, died December, 1785, aged eight years. His only daughter, Molly, died May 30, 1800, aged twenty. This family were of Scotch race. A Mr. "John Stewart " was one of the proprietors of Londonderry, 1722. This name, once common in Antrim, long since disappeared. A John Stuart lived on the Dimon Dodge place in 1804, possibly being one of the old gentlemen named below. 4
FRANCIS STUART, brother of Thomas, married Susannah Swan of Peterborough, and moved on to the English Hill northeast of the Branch
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in 1777. After two years he went on to the Stacey place. The house stood in the field south of William Stacey's. He went to Canada, in after years, thence to Grand Isle, Vt., and died there. His children were : -
1. ANN H., [m. Robert Carr, and d. Jan. 24, 1856, aged 73.]
2. ELIZABETH, [m. Brewer Dodge ; went to Montreal, and d. there. ]
3. SUSAN, [m. Silas Gear of Canada.]
4. NANCY, [m. Silas Carr, and went to Canada, thence to Frank- lin, Vt., where she d.]
5. THOMAS, [m. Sally Combs, May 31, 1814 ; lived in various places in town, then went to Canada, thence to Ohio, where he lived many years a sort of hermit life, accumulated prop- erty, and d. in 1860. After his departure Mrs. Sally (Combs) Stuart lived many years in a small house which stood on the south side of the road at the corner just east of Reed Carr's. Nearly opposite and close by, on land now Mr. Pelsey's, stood another small house remembered as oc- cupied by a Widow Blanchard. Thomas and Sally had two children : -
Harriet, (m. Alvin Glover of Berkshire, Canada, and raised up fifteen children.)
Robert C., (was brought up from a babe by his uncle, Robert Carr; m. Caroline Stickney, daughter of Dr. Jeremiah Stickney, Oct. 1, 1844, and lived some years at the Branch. Afterwards, his father, who had never seen him, wrote to him to come to Ohio and receive his property and care for him in his old age. He first wrote to the postmaster of Antrim, inquiring if such a young man were living. The son immediately started for the place (Peru, Ohio), took care of his father in his last sickness, and remained in that vicinity till his own family was broken up by death. His wife d. Feb. 12, 1876, in Ashley, Ohio. He d. very recently in Palmyra, Mich. The children of Robert C. Stuart and Caroline Stickney, the three oldest of whom were b. in Antrim, were : Emma, who d. at the age of thirteen ; Al- bert J., who lives in Palmyra, Mich. ; Frank Carr, who m. Lillie Julian and lives in Ashley, Ohio; Carrie, who m. Willis Julian, and lives in Ashley, Ohio; Henry L. ; and Mary E.)]
6. FRANCIS, [m. in Canada, but left and went to Ohio and lived with his brother Thomas, where he d. in 1850.]
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7. JANE, [m. Silas Durgee, and has always lived in Canada.]
JOHN STUART, cousin of Capt. Thomas and Francis Stuart, was born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1727. He came here from Londonderry in 1778 ; lived a year or so on the Wallace place, south of William Stacey's, then some years out northeast of the Branch. He moved to Unity in 1816, where he died in 1818, aged ninety-one. His wife was Abigail Phipps, born in Cape Ann, Mass., and was said to be a great-granddaugh- ter of Sir William Phipps, the royal governor of Massachusetts. She was probably a remote connection, but Gov. Phipps is understood to have left no children. Mrs. Stuart was always called "Granny Stuart." She was a woman of great endurance, was excellent in sickness, and frequently took the place of a doctor in the new settlement, being always ready for many years to start at any hour of the day or night in service to the suffering. She died in 1800, aged seventy-five. She was said to be a second wife, and to have left no children. She was marked with negro blood; and this surely may be said of her, that she did a great deal of good in her day. I can learn nothing positive about the descendants of this John Stuart; but he seems to have gone in old age to live with some of them, and I think they are still living in Unity and Goshen.
JOHN STUART and Jean Stuart were " published" in Antrim, Jan. 14, 1781. I think this John was son of the preceding John by a former wife, but cannot be sure. He had his leg taken off, after having been lame many years. Was a shoemaker; lived in a house that stood at or near the place now occupied by Grafton Curtis; afterwards lived at the Branch, but became poor and died on the town farm some forty-five years ago. He had a sister Lydia that married David Stevens of Bedford and lived and died with him there. Another sister, Sarah, was a great spin- ner and weaver, and used to go from house to house to carry on this work; lived many years in New Boston, but died here, unmarried, on the town farm about 1845, aged about eighty. The children of John and Jean (Stuart) Stuart were as below, though perhaps in different order :-
1. JOHN, [was out in the war of 1812 ; was several years after the war in the United States service ; came back and d. here on the town farm, unm., March, 1856.]
2. WILLIAM, [m. Betsey Hall ; lived some years in the Dea. Al- exander house at the Branch, and in other places in town ; subsequently went to Washington, and d. there Jan. 21, 1845, aged 56. His son, James Stuart, lives in Walpole.]
3. SARAH, [m. John Pettingill, and.d. in 1855.]
4. MARY, [m. John Elliot of Mont Vernon, and d. in that town very aged, 1879.]
5. ABIGAIL, [called " Nabby," unm.]
6. HANNAH, [m. Joseph Derush.]
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SUMNER.
SYLVANUS SUMNER owned and run the clothing-mill at the Branch a short time. He married a daughter of Samuel Gove of Weare. Little is known of him.
SWAIN.
JEREMIAH SWAIN, first of this family known in America, was in Charlestown, Mass., in 1638, and soon after moved to Reading, Mass. His son, Maj. Jeremiah Swain of Reading, was born in 1643. Was a physician by profession. Was commander-in-chief of all the forces raised in the colony against the Eastern Indians, and had his headquarters for some time in Berwick, Me. Was in many battles and skirmishes with the red men, and is described as "an able and brave officer." Benjamin Swain, son of Maj. Jeremiah, was a physician, selectman of his town, and lieutenant in the army. John Swain, son of Dr. Benjamin, was a captain in the army. Rev. Joseph Swain, son of Capt. John, was born in 1723; was graduated at Harvard College in 1744, and was pastor of the Congregational Church in Wenham forty-two years. He married Mrs. Elizabeth (Chipman) Warren, widow of his predecessor, Rev. John Warren, and daughter of Rev. John Chipman, who was pastor of the church in North Beverly, Mass., sixty years. Rev. Joseph Swain had six children, and died June 27, 1792. It must not escape our notice that he was the author of several of the most beautiful hymns in our language. Some of these may be found in almost any collection. The hymns com- mencing, "O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight," and "I stand on Zion's mount," are worthy of note. Few hymns have been more admired than that we sing so often: -
" How sweet, how heavenly is the sight When those who love the Lord, In one another's peace delight, And so fulfill his word!
" When each can feel his brother's sigh, And with him bear a part! When sorrow flows from eye to eye, And joy from heart to heart! "
Daniel, the fourth child of Rev. Joseph Swain, was born Sept. 19, 1756. He went to New Ipswich in 1780 and set up business as a hatter, which he continued till his death by spotted fever about 1808. Was a man of wit and considerable ability. The first page of his account-book dated " Nov. ye 3ª 1780" is headed thus: -
" Daniel Swain is my name, English is my nation ; The hatter's trade my choice - An honest occupation."
He married Hittie Stickney of New Ipswich, April 25, 1782, and had nine children. The widow died in Antrim, June, 1847, aged eighty-nine.
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GILMAN SWAIN, eighth child of Daniel, was born June 6, 1800, and came to Antrim to work at the age of fourteen. He married Betsey Combs, April 19, 1825; lived on the B. F. Dustin place in the west part of the town, and died April 5, 1862. His widow reached the ripe age of eighty-two. They had children thus: -
1. ROANSA F., [b. Jan. 28, 1826 ; m. Alonzo Dimond of Antrim in 1850, and d. July 20, 1854. Left no children.]
2. ADNA T., [b. April 1, 1828; m. Alice Lonergan of Boston, April 12, 1863, and lives in that city.]
3. CHARLES, [b. Sept. 8, 1830 ; d. in infancy.]
4. SARAH M., [b. Aug. 27, 1833 ; m. Charles W. Abbott of Low- ell, Mass., Oct. 23, 1858. They now live in Reading, Mass. They have one child, Frank P., who was born at Salmon Falls, this State, Jan. 11, 1860. Mrs. Abbott has furnished much information concerning this family and others, and in most welcome and scholarly shape.]
5. ANSON T., [b. Sept. 13, 1836 ; m. Mary - in New York City in 1864, and d. there April 12, 1865. The widow soon after m. and went to California. They had one child, Sarah Louise. ]
6. HENRY E., [b. Sept. 15, 1838; m. Mary A. Upton of Stod- dard, Sept. 15, 1862. Was a cavalry soldier in the war against the rebels. Has been a life-long student in phre- nology and kindred sciences. Is abroad on lecturing tours most of the time, with noteworthy success. Is described as an easy and agreeable speaker, and as one having marked proficiency in the line of his subject. Resides at the Branch. Has children : -
Helen R., (b. March 14, 1864.)
Mary A., (b. April 6, 1866.)
Henry E., (b. July 8, 1868.)
Gracie A., (b. Oct. 11, 1870.)
Sarah B., (b. April 23, 1873 ; d. July 30, 1878.)]
SWETT.
Three brothers, Henry B., Daniel, and Oliver, came here from Wind- sor. Their grandfather, Jonathan, settled in that town in 1779, coming there from Nottingham. This Jonathan was son of John Swett; and John's father, Jonathan, came from England and was among the early settlers of Portsmouth.
HENRY B. SWETT, son of Samuel and Mary (Dresser) Swett, and grandson of Jonathan and Lydia (Huntress) Swett, was born in Windsor
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June 26, 1810; married Sarah B. McIlvaine of Antrim, and lived in Wind- sor many years. After the death of his son he came to North Branch, where he now resides. He was selectman in 1862. His children are: -
1. DANIEL M., [b. in Windsor, Dec. 19, 1834 ; d. Dec. 7, 1861.] 2. MARY E., [b. April 11, 1839; m. David M. Stacey, Nov. 27, 1862, and lives at North Branch.]
DANIEL SWETT, brother of Henry B. Swett, was born in Windsor in 1812; married Roxah Boutwell of Antrim, June 18, 1840, and came here from Windsor in 1857. He bought the Webster place. The house once stood on the north declivity of Meeting-House Hill, and was there occupied by Abraham McNiel. It was moved to its present locality in 1832. The old Webster house stood on the opposite side of the road, so high on the bank that they had to have stairs to get up to it. Daniel Swett's wife died Aug. 26, 1875, aged sixty. Their children are: -
1. MARTHA A., [b. in Windsor, March 27, 1841; m. Charles D. Sawyer of Antrim, Nov. 5, 1863.]
2. ANSON, [b. in Windsor, Feb. 2, 1845; m. Alice C. Wilkins, March 15, 1877.]
3. FRANK, [b. March 31, 1848 ; leader of Center choir ; lived on the homestead with his father ; m. Lizzie J. Goodwin, Feb. 4, 1879 ; d. June 7, 1880 ; a young man universally loved, and of great value in the community.]
4. MARTIN, [b. Nov. 22, 1855.]
OLIVER SWETT, another brother, was born July 16, 1818; married Mahala Perkins in 1845, and came to Antrim in 1860 and bought the Dustin, or Dea. Weston place at North Branch. They have two chil- dren: -
1. LUMAN A., [b. Aug. 5, 1847 ; m. Alma A., daughter of Ben- jamin Swett, Dec. 2, 1874, and lives at the Branch, having one child : -
Edward H., (b. Aug. 8, 1876.)]
2. LAURA J., [b. July 13, 1850 ; d. Oct. 24, 1868, aged 18.]
LANGDON SWETT, son of John and Mary (Preston) Swett, and cousin of the brothers Henry B., Daniel, and Oliver Swett, was born in Windsor in 1805; married Sarah Allds, April 25, 1833; came here in 1863 and bought what was called the Cooledge place at North Branch (house built by Joel Jones in 1807). His wife has become totally blind. She is a devoted Christian and wonderfully sustained in this affliction by the grace of God. Have no children.
BENJAMIN SWETT, son of Daniel and Jane Swett, was born in Perry, Me., Feb. 5, 1805; married Elsie J. Shannon of Gilmanton, and
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came to Antrim in 1869. Mrs. Swett died April 10, 1874. Their chil- dren are: -
1. CELESTIA A., [b. in 1833 ; m. William Eaton; lives in Weare. ]
2. ELIZA J., [b. in 1836 ; m. Edward F. Beals, and lives in Au- gusta, Me.]
3. DANIEL E., [b. Dec. 4, 1838 ; m. Mrs. Ellen (Smith) Lazelle ; lived in Boston, but moved back to Antrim in 1877, now occupying the Chapin place.]
4. NATHANIEL F., [b. Dec. 4, 1840 ; m. Lucy W. Annis of Goffs- town, May 5, 1858 ; moved to Antrim in 1872, and occupies the William Wilkins place, having two children : -
Willie N., (b. in Goffstown, July 3, 1859.)
Florence E,, (b. in Sanbornton, June 27, 1872.)]
5. ELLA M., [b. Nov. 8, 1849 ; m. Marshall J. Wood, Feb. 10, 1870, and went to Brooklyn, N. Y.]
6. ALMA A., [b. in 1852 ; m. Luman A. Swett, Dec. 2, 1874.]
7. FRANK, [b. Aug. 3, 1853 ; m. Lizzie Early in 1874, and now lives in Nashua.]
NAHUM B. SWETT, son of Bela M. and Persis (Brown) Swett, was born in Henniker in 1822; married Ruth I. Stearns of Bradford, Me., in 1851 (both mutes), and came here from Henniker on to the Thomas Bar- ker place, at the foot of sand-hill, in 1870. Mrs. Swett died Aug. 10, 1872, aged forty-eight. Their children are : -
1. MARY J., [b. in Henniker, Jan. 6, 1857 ; m. Andrew J. Ste- vens of Bennington, Aug. 24, 1879.]
2. CHARLOTTE E., [educated mute, b. April 2, 1861.]
3. MITCHELL S., [educated mute, b. Oct. 2, 1862.]
4. MARGARET S., [educated mute, b. Jan. 12, 1866.]
TAYLOR.
JAMES TAYLOR, named below, came here, a young, unmarried man, to succeed Benjamin Sargent as a clothier. The following advertisement appears in the Amherst paper: -
" CLOTHING BUSINESS.
" The subscriber takes this method to inform the public that he carries on the clothing business at the Fulling mill in Antrim lately occupied by Mr. Benjamin Sargent, where he proposes dying deep blue, crimson, scarlet, and other good durable colors. Those who will favor him with their custom may depend upon having their work done with fidelity and dispatch. Constant attendance will be given, and any favor gratefully received.
" JAMES TAYLOR.
" Antrim, July 25, 1796."
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In this business he continued several years. The mill stood on the site of the Breed mill, just below the blacksmith's shop of Locke Hill in South Village. James Taylor was son of James Taylor. His mother's name was Elizabeth Center. He came here from Dunstable in 1795, and married Rachel Duncan, daughter of Hon. John Duncan, in 1801. He was once licensed as a hotel-keeper here, was quite a military man, and a long time captain of one of the companies of this town. He lived in several places in town, was a short time in Lyndeborough, and after a return went to New Boston, thence to Herkimer, N. Y., in 1814, where he died July 1, 1834, aged sixty-seven. His widow died May 7, 1852. Their children were : -
1. WILLIAM T., [b. June 24, 1802 ; d. in infancy.]
2. JOHN MOOR, [b. Jan. 7, 1804, in Antrim ; went West in early life and d. unm.]
3. ADELINE, [b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 5, 1806 ; d. in 1822.]
4. ELIZABETH C., [b. in Antrim, Oct. 20, 1807; in. William Tubbs of Herkimer, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1831.]
5. KATHERINE McF., [b. in Antrim in 1810; d. unm. Feb. 14, 1863.]
6. JAMES B., [b. in New Boston, Feb. 17, 1812. He was last heard of in California, about 1850 ; was shot in the street while having his boots blacked. One son, Charles B., lives at Mohawk, N. Y.]
7. THERESA A., [b. in Lawrence, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1815 ; m. Mi- chael Schaffner of Herkimer, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1840, and lived in New York City till 1861. He was a wholesale con- fectioner ; went into the army in 1861, thence retired, in poor health, to Herkimer, N. Y., where they now reside.]
NATHAN TAYLOR moved here from Amherst in 1780, and subse- quently succeeded John Gordon on the Dea. Weston place at the Branch (now Oliver Swett's), and died about 1808, after great suffering. Noth- ing more can be learned of him. He seems to have lived on the Gordon place only a short time before Dea. Weston. But he was in town as early as 1776, though probably without his family, having a log house somewhere in the vicinity of the Branch. His name appears to the As- sociation Test in the summer of 1776. The town voted him " six cord of good fire wood " at the March meeting of 1802, and continued the same by annual vote for five years. As they voted March 10, 1807, " not to sup- ply the wood," it is supposed he was understood to be near his end so as not to need it.
DEA. JOHN TAYLOR came here from Beverly in 1800, and lived where Raymond afterwards lived, at the corner below the Nesmith place. He was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1816; went to New York in 1824, and died in Newark, N. Y ., in 1837, aged seventy-five.
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He married, first, Hannah Woodbury, who died in 1819, aged fifty-seven; married, second, Mrs. Judd of Newark. His children, all by the first wife, were as follows : -
1. POLLY, [b. in 1784 ; m. James, son of Dea. Jonathan Nes- mith ; lived on a farm now George Brown's some years, then moved to Cortland, N. Y., where she d. in 1845.]
2. JOHN B., [b. in Beverly in 1787 ; m. Margaret Steele, sister of Dea. Steele, Dec. 7, 1815 ; built southeast of the Thomas Brown place, now Andrew Cochran's pasture, in 1812 ; went West in 1821 ; then his house fell to pieces. He was noted as a musician, being for some years a leader of church music. He d. in Geneseo, Ill., in 1839. The children of John B. Taylor were : -
Nancy S., (b. in Antrim in 1816; m. Sperry S. Howard in 1832, and now lives, a widow, in Edgerton, Wis.)
John, (b. in Antrim in 1818; d. in infancy.)
Harriet N., (b. in 1820 in Antrim ; m. 1st, John T. Nesmith in 1842; 2d, William T. Crosier in 1854, and lives in · Sharon, Ill.)
Mary A., (b. after her father moved West; m. Charles B. Miner of Weathersfield, Ill.)
Samuel S., (m. Rosaltha M. Bliss of Sharon, Ill.)
John M. W., (m. Lizzie T. Steele of this town, Oct. 6, 1852, and d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1873.)
Jane C., (m. George I. Bliss, and lives in Geneseo, Ill. )]
3. ANDREW, [b. in Beverly, Jan. 17, 1789 ; m. Polly Brown, Oct. 11, 1814, who d. in 1828 ; went to Union County, N. Y., in 1825; m. 2d, Rebecca Butterfield, and d. Oct. 26, 1843. His children, all by the first wife, were : -
John B., (b. Nov. 7, 1815 ; d. in infancy.)
Nathan W., (b. July 28, 1817 ; m. Elizabeth Coleman in 1844, and d. July 4, 1875.)
James N., (b. June 17, 1819 ; m. Sarah Decker in 1842, and d. March 26, 1866.)
John, (b. Aug. 16, 1821; m. Elizabeth Ogden, Nov. 15, 1849, and lives in Atkinson, Ill.)
Mary E., (b. March 4, 1823 ; m. James S. Hamilton, March 4, 1840, and lives in Florence, Io.)
Sarah A., (b. May 18, 1827, in Union, N. Y., and d. in in- fancy.)]
4. HANNAH, [b. in 1791; m. John McCoy, Jr., April 13, 1813,
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and d. in Bennington, Sept. 5, 1847; several of her descend- ants reside in Lowell.]
5. ABIGAIL, [b. in 1793 ; m. Isaac Barker of Antrim, Dec. 25, 1817 ; lived in Somerville, Mass., where she d. in 1846.]
6. NANCY, [b. in Ipswich, Mass., in 1795; m. Thomas Barker, Dec. 8, 1825, and d. in Bennington in 1849.]
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