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TEMPLE.
ZENAS TEMPLE, son of Jonathan and Hepsibah (Parker) Temple, was born in Reading, Mass., Feb. 17, 1786. He came to Antrim in 1805, and with his father bought the then-called Alexander Jameson place, where he lived sixty-six years. He married Margaret J., daughter of Thomas Jameson, Dec. 23, 1813. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church forty years, - the father, mother, and daughter uniting at the same time. His wife died Aug. 4, 1870, aged eighty-three. He died April 7, 1871. His father died here Jan. 1, 1842, aged eighty-two; and his mother, Jan. 27, 1837, aged sixty-three. His children were : -
1. JANE M., [b. in 1814. She was a' dressmaker, and d. here Nov. 11, 1861.]
2. HARRIET N., [b. Sept. 21, 1815 ; d. of brain fever, March 27, 1836, at the age of 20.]
3. JONATHAN E., [b. May 15, 1818; m. Lucy Damon of Reading, Mass., and d. Jan. 1, 1869. They had six children, only two of whom are now living: Lucy E., now Mrs. A. G. Patch of Boston, and John F., who lives with his sister.]
4. MARGARET A., [b. March 12, 1820 ; m. Simon A. Peaslee of Nashua, Oct. 8, 1850, and had two daughters and a son, all of whom d. in infancy. Mr. Peaslee lived largely in Nashua, but spent the last few years of his life in South Village on the spot where Dea. Aiken built. He was foreman in the knife-factory till failing health compelled him to give up business ; was a genial, generous, and good man, and d. in the summer of 1877. His widow survives.]
5. SOPHIA J., [b. in 1822 ; d. in childhood.]
6. THOMAS, [b. in 1824 ; d. in childhood.]
7. MARY J., [b. Feb. 4, 1827 ; m. William A. Ober of Nashua, Oct. 8, 1850. The two sisters, Margaret and Mary, with their husbands, were united in marriage by Dr. Whiton in . one ceremony. She has no children and resides in Nashua. ]
TEMPLETON.
There was a Matthew Templeton in the French war, who was dis- charged Oct. 27, 1758. This was, without question, the settler in Antrim.
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He was son of Adam and Margaret (Lindsay) Templeton, and was born in Ireland, though of Scotch race. He came over to Windham with his parents when a small boy. There he married Jennie Harkness. He came from that town to Antrim in 1775 (though he lived in Peterborough part of several previous years), and began the Isaac Cochran place. He was constable in Windham before coming here. The name of his father, Adam Templeton, appears on the town record of Windham in 1753, and occasionally until the fall of 1776. Adam Templeton's wife, Margaret (Lindsay) Templeton, died in Windham, April 5, 1784, aged sixty-five; and after her death he followed his son to Antrim, died here in 1795, aged eighty-four, and was buried in the old cemetery on the hill. They had other children, as John, who was the father of Isaac Templeton of this town; Daniel Templeton of Hillsborough; James, who settled in Peterborough; and others. Matthew Templeton's wife died in Antrim in 1780, aged forty-three. He moved from this town to Peterborough in 1784, where he died May 30, 1809, aged seventy-three. He was an odd mortal, strictly pious, a rigid Presbyterian, and terribly bitter against all innovations. His cuts and thrusts against new fashions became by-words, and probably helped along what he opposed, as is often the case. He considered the use of instrumental music in church an invention of the devil, and left the church in indignation when a bass-viol was first intro- duced. While living in Peterborough, he thought to get rid of the offen- sive music by going to Greenfield to meeting ; and accordingly he started one Sabbath morning, but, he says, " When I got in sight of the meeting- house, there was a man with a goon [bassoon ], and Dagon [bass-viol] was there too, and I jist got on to mee ould meer and cum home." The pitch- pipe he called the " whastle." On one occasion when the chorister, John Smith, gave the key with the pitch-pipe, the choir broke down and stopped, when Mr. Templeton called out in an audible voice, " Ah ! Johny Smith, ye maun blaw your whastle again!" If the old gentleman had lived in these days of operatic performances in church music, he might think the devil rather active, and, perhaps, not get far from the truth. His children were: -
1. BETSEY, [b. in Windham in 1770; m. John Holmes of Peter- borough, and went to Montpelier, Vt.]
2. SAMUEL, [b. in Windham in 1772; m. Jane Miller, and set- tled on his father's farm in Peterborough. He d. in 1832, and of his children his daughter Catherine (b. Oct. 22, 1811) alone survived him. She m. Caleb F. Wilder, and occupies the homestead.]
3. JEAN, [called " Jane," b. in 1774; m. Hugh Miller of Peter- borough in 1795, and d. June 9, 1845.]
4. SALLY, [b. in Antrim in 1776 ; m. Reuben Robbe, but didn't succeed in living with him.]
5. JENNIE, [b. in Antrim in 1778; d. unm. Feb. 19, 1849.]
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ISAAC TEMPLETON, son of John and Mary (Mayhew) Templeton of Windham, grandson of Adam and Margaret (Lindsay) Templeton, and nephew of Matthew Templeton, mentioned above, was born in Windham in 1795; married Mary Ross, March 15, 1814; came here from Hillsborough in 1817, lived here and there in town, and after several years moved to Deering, thence back to Hillsborough, where he died April 19, 1869, aged seventy-four. His wife died in 1874, aged eighty-three. Their children were : -
1. -, [b. in Hillsborough in 1815; d. in infancy.]
2. MARY J., [b. in Hillsborough, April 21, 1816 ; m. Robert B. Austin of Deering, who was a mechanic and worked at mak- ing organs, and d. in Worcester, Mass., in 1875. She now lives, a widow, at Hillsborough Bridge.]
3. JAMES R., [b. in Antrim, May 4, 1818 ; m. Emily Stickney, daughter of Dr. Stickney of Antrim; was a tailor ; lived several years at the Branch, thence moved to Peterborough, where he d. April 8, 1876. Their children are : -
Harry H., (b. Oct. 8, 1846 ; m. Mary Ella, daughter of Fred- erick Livingston of Peterborough, Jan. 2, 1870, and is en- gaged in business as a merchant-tailor in Peterborough.)
Frank G., (b. in Nashua, Nov. 9, 1853; m. Mattie J. Hub- bard, Nov. 27, 1876 ; is assistant in clothing-store of Mar- shall Nay, Peterborough.)
Carrie, (b. Dec. 10, 1855 ; d. in infancy. )]
4. MARGARET, [twin-sister of James R. ; d. in infancy.]
5. JOHN, [b. in Antrim, July 31, 1822; m. Mary J. Nichols of Hillsborough ; d. in 1848.]
6. ISAAC, [b. Sept. 22, 1824 ; m .. Sarah A. Brooks of Benning- ton ; d. in the army at Hilton Head.]
7. LINDA E., [twin-sister of Isaac ; m. William Pritchard, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.]
8. LUTHER, [b. in Antrim ; d. at the age of 4.]
9. MADISON, [one of triplets, b. April 22, 1830; m. Mary A. Newton of Bennington ; d. in Worcester, Mass., in 1868.]
10. MILTON, [one of triplets mentioned above ; d. in infancy.]
11. MARIA, [one of triplets, sister of Madison and Milton ; d. in infancy.]
12. EMILY, [b. in June, 1835 ; m. Rodney Clark, and lives in Deering, near Hillsborough Bridge.]
13. EMELINE, [twin-sister of Emily ; m. Edward Cotter, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.]
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TENNANT.
ROBERT TENNANT came here from Deering in 1795, or before, and bought, of John Gilmore, the Whitney place, which he occupied many years, and was appointed by the selectmen of Antrim to keep tavern and sell rum at that place in 1795. He married Elizabeth Alcock, daughter of Judge Robert Alcock of Deering. His name was Hogg, but just be- fore his marriage he had it changed to Tennant. Probably she didn't want to be called " a Hogg !" She died Oct. 30, 1839. He lived awhile on the Charles Appleton place, where he died May 26, 1843, aged eighty- two. They had but one child: -
1. JOHN, [m. Elizabeth Houston of Antrim, who d. April 18, 1823, aged 31. He was drowned in the Contoocook River, not far from George Thompson's, Oct. 12, 1839. He walked off the bank into the river, it being a dark night, and thus perished, being the last of the family. They had three chil- dren, as follows : -
Moses B., (d. Jan. 3, 1832, aged 17.)
Elizabeth, (d. Oct. 20, 1829, aged 13.)
Aura Ann, (d. Oct. 10, 1829, aged 10.)]
TENNEY.
In the year 1638, Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and twenty families of his peo- ple came over from Rowley, in Yorkshire, England, and settled a town- ship in Massachusetts which they called " Rowley," for their old home. Among these families were Thomas Tenney and his wife Ann. The next year, William Tenney, a younger brother of Thomas, came over with forty families. In 1667 this William was chosen deacon of the church. His only son died young. Thomas had four sons and two daughters. One son, Daniel, by his wife Mary had six sons and two daughters. William, fourth son of Daniel and Mary, had two wives, Ab- igail and Mehitable. The first wife died young, leaving one daughter and no sons. The second wife left four sons and two daughters. William, second son of William and Mehitable, married Ann Jewett, moved to Hollis in 1750, and died in 1783, leaving children: Martha, Benjamin, William, Ann, and Oliver. The second of these, Benjamin, born Oct. 28, 1746, married Ruth Blanchard and settled in Temple. He died at the age of forty-three, leaving children: William, Benjamin, Lucy, Amos, Samuel, Solomon, and John. The widow afterwards married Darius Hudson of Temple, and died April 13, 1831, aged seventy-nine.
JOHN TENNEY, youngest son of Benjamin and Ruth (Blanchard) Tenney, was born in Temple in 1787; came to Antrim in 1815; bought the Nathaniel Griffin place, now J. F. Tenney's, and married Betsey Wright of Concord, Mass. He died in 1820, aged thirty-three. Chil- dren : -
1. BETSEY CAROLINE, [b. in Temple, March 19, 1812 ; became
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second wife of John S. Parmenter, April 5, 1832 ; d. sud- denly, Dec. 31, 1867.]
2. LUCY ELVIRA, [b. in Temple, Oct. 1, 1813 ; m. Luke Nichols, April 21, 1836 ; d. very suddenly, Jan. 30, 1856.]
3. RUTH MERRIAM, [b. June 30, 1815 ; d. at age of 20.]
4. JOHN W., [b. June 8, 1817 ; m. Louisa Hills, April 18, 1844 ; lived on the old homestead, and d. March 10, 1851, leaving children : -
Lizzie S., (b. March 8, 1845.)
John E., (b. March 25, 1850.)]
5. ABNER SPOFFORD, [b. Feb. 8, 1819 ; d. in childhood.]
6. BENJAMIN B., [b. Feb. 10, 1821; m. Tryphena Putnam of Lyndeborough ; came on to the old homestead at the death of his brother John, and d. there Jan. 1, 1866, leaving children : -
John F., (b. May 30, 1851; m. Julia L. Richardson of Dublin, Dec. 14, 1876, and lives on the old homestead ; has one child, Lucy Anabel, b. Dec. 4, 1878.)
Amy T., (b. Sept. 7, 1854 ; d. March 10, 1871.)]
JAMES E. TENNEY, son of Stillman and Roxanna (Smith) Ten- ney, was born in Hancock in 1840; came to Antrim in 1866, and bought the John Robinson place ; is engaged in the lumber business ; married Leona A. Dutton of Greenfield, March 7, 1864, and they have one child : - 1. NETTIE L., [b. Dec. 1, 1871.]
THAYER.
CHARLES THAYER came into possession of the mill on the old Aiken stand, South Village, after Abijah Whitcomb. He married a Miss Mayo from Cape Cod, from which vicinity he came. He lived here and carried on the mill about eight years.
THOMPSON.
JOHN THOMPSON was actively engaged in the war of the Revolu- tion, being out at sea in privateers. He was twice taken prisoner by the British, once being taken to Halifax, and once to the Island of Bermuda, where he was charged with desertion from the British, and his life threat- ened. The officer who examined him being a Tory, and having some knowledge of the town from whence he came, confirmed his statement of being an American, and he was accordingly liberated or exchanged. He married, first, Esther Redington, and came to Antrim from Beverly in 1793. They lived in a log house at the corner of the roads east of the Artemas Brown place, where they had seven children, only one of whom, James C. Thompson of Illinois, now survives. Several years after the
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death of his first wife, Mr. Thompson was in the United States navy; but returned about 1810, married Betsey Day, July 25, 1811, and lived on the mountain southeast of Samuel Dinsmore's. About 1830, he bought land of John C. Flint, and built on it the house recently occupied by Henry D. Chapin. After a few years he sold that and moved into the stone house by the pond, where he died in 1842, aged eighty-one. By the last marriage there were the following children : -
8. THOMAS, [b. May 11, 1812; m. Elizabeth M. Buswell in 1842, and lived on the Dea. Bond place, from whence he moved to Francestown, remaining there four years. He came from thence into the stone house in Antrim, and in 1850 he built over what had been the tin-shop of his brother Luke into the house he now occupies in Clinton. He is a humble, modest, and godly man, well versed in the sacred Word, and was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1860. His children are : -·
Augusta M., (b. Aug. 6, 1843 ; m. James Thompson of Fall River in 1872 ; d. in Antrim Feb. 10, 1878.)
Daniel W., (b. Nov. 19, 1844 ; cabinet-maker by trade ; lives in Melrose, Mass.)]
9. SARAH, [b. May 1, 1813 ; m. Aaron Morse of Lynn, Mass., and has since lived there.]
10. BETSEY, [d. at the age of 13.]
11. LUKE, [b. May 30, 1817 ; m. Sabra A. Muzzey, April 18, 1844, and went to Nashua. He afterwards came to Clin- ton, where he had a tin-shop some years. In 1862. he built the tin-shop at South Village, and did a good business for ten years, when he sold out to Squires Forsaith, the pres- ent occupant. In 1863 he built the house he last occupied. Built the lower mills in 1868, where, in connection with his son, he carried on manufacturing business of various kinds. He d. suddenly, Nov. 16, 1878. His children are : -
Edward J., (b. Feb. 11, 1846 ; m. Flora Goodell, Oct. 15, 1868 ; is a printer by trade ; was for a time editor of " Hills- borough Messenger." Published the " Antrim Home News " for a time. Has a good job-printing business at South Vil- lage, and does highly creditable work.)
Emma F., (b. Oct. 31, 1848; m. Stephen Trask of Lynn, Nov. 27, 1869.)
Charles W., (b. May 5, 1851 ; m. Mary E. Richardson, Oct. 7, 1875.)]
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ALEXANDER THOMPSON, an emigrant from Perth, Scotland, was of a family of wealthy land-holders there. His father had six sons, and some of them, according to the English law, must be given to the army. The lot fell on Alexander to go, and he served in the British army several years. He began the farm now occupied by his son, George Thomp- son, about 1796. He descended from a daughter of the Scottish chief Robert Bruce. Was born in 1761. Married Elisabeth Nutt, and died in 1827. His wife died May 27, 1840, aged seventy-eight. Their children were:
1. MARY M., [b. May 27, 1790, in Londonderry ; m. 1st, John McCoy of Francestown, March 10, 1814; 2d, Israel Gilling- ham of Newbury, Oct. 20, 1838. She d. in the last-named town, Dec. 26, 1876.]
2. ALEXANDER, [b. in 1792 ; m. Matilda Richardson ; moved to Newbury, Vt., and d. there. ]
3. LEVI, [b. in 1793 ; left town when a young man, and never subsequently heard from.]
4. ISABEL, [b. in 1794 ; m. Benjamin Durant, Jan. 19, 1815 ; went to Stowe, Vt., and d. there.]
5. DEA. DANIEL, [b. in 1796 ; m. Persis Ladd of Haverhill ; was a blacksmith many years in Francestown ; was deacon in the Congregational Church there ; now lives in Lancaster.]
6. ELISABETH, [b. in 1798; m. Ephraim Stearns, Dec. 19, 1823 ; d. in this town many years ago. Her husband m. again, and is now living in Nashua.]
7. SAMUEL, [b. in 1801 ; m. Rachel Kingsbury ; lived and d. in Roxbury, Mass. ]
8. GEORGE, [b. July 26, 1803 ; m. Melita Gillingham of Brad- ford, in the spring of 1839; lives on the farm settled by his father, and is among the largest land-owners of this vicinity. His wife d. May 20, 1852. Their children were : -
George E., (b. Sept. 11, 1840.)
Helen M., (b. June 25, 1842 ; m. Marcus M. Bailey, April 18, 1867, and lives in Nelson.)
Eveline M., (b. Dec. 16, 1843.)
Addie E., (b. March 9, 1845 ; m. Alvin Sheldon, June 4, 1871, and lives in Hancock.)
Samuel M., (b. Aug. 9, 1848; m. Sophia Chaney of Benning- ton, Oct. 29, 1878 ; lives on the McCoy or Reuben Boutwell place.)
Mary J., (d. in infancy. )]
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TODD.
SOLOMON TODD, a connection of Col. Andrew Todd named below, was born in the north of Ireland, and came over to Londonderry in 1740. He is said to have been nineteen years old on his arrival. He married Elisabeth, daughter of John and Janet (Steele) Wallace. He was an officer in the Revolutionary army, serving through the war with distinc- tion ; but the exposure and hardship told upon him, and he died soon after the close of the war. Not long subsequent to his death, in the year 1787, his widow and her five children came here. Samuel Gregg, who was then wealthy and lived at the Center, and whose wife Margaret was a sister to Mrs. Todd, built a house for the widow and her children. It stood on the west side of the old road a few rods above the town-house. Here they had a home many years. The children were "put out " at one place and another in town and served till " twenty-one." Mrs. Elisabeth Todd subsequently married a Kinnard, whom she also survived; was a useful and noble old lady, known as " Grandmother Kinnard; " and died at the age of ninety-six. The children of Solomon and Elisabeth Todd were : -
1. HENRY, [m. Sarah McIlvaine, who d. in childbirth, leaving a babe, b. Nov. 2, 1802. He was named Robert M., and on coming of age went below, m. Elisabeth M. Hodgkins of Gloucester, Mass., and is now one of the leading and most worthy citizens of Milton, Mass. Henry Todd, soon after the death of his wife, went off into the State of Maine, and d. in Knox, that State, in 1820.]
2. JOHN, [b. Feb. 17, 1777 ; m. Dolly Hood of Boxford, Mass., Nov. 3, 1806 ; lived in Salem, Mass., where he d. Jan. 15, 1831. Left five sons and four daughters. Two sons, John and Benjamin, d. in Africa. Most of this large family are now gone. One son, Charles, now lives in Salem, Mass., after years of life on the sea.]
3. DEA. SAMUEL C., [b. in Peterborough during a brief sojourn of his parents in that town. In August, 1808, he m. Lydia Gould, who is now living, at the age of ninety-one. He was brought up by James Steele, his mother's uncle, in the east part of Antrim. In 1803, he went to Topsfield, Mass., and learned the trade of making fishermen's boots, which trade he followed most of his life. He d. Dec. 31, 1858, aged 75 years and 8 months. Was deacon in the Ortho- dox Church of Topsfield, more than forty years. Left a family of eleven children. Prof. A. C. Perkins of Exeter, a native of Topsfield, speaks of him as his " first Sabbatlı- school teacher, and a godly man, whose good name will live
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forever in the Topsfield church." His oldest son, Samuel Todd, Esq., b. Oct. 15, 1812, is one of the leading men of Topsfield at the present time, honored in every possible way by his native town.]
4. ALEXANDER, [went to Belfast, Me., quite young, to live with a person for whom he was named. Two sons, Samuel and Alexander, were in the lumber business in the city of Bel- fast a few years ago.]
5. MARGARET, [went with her brother to the State of Maine. She was b. about 1781. It is not known that she was ever married, though a report has it that she entered the sacred bonds somewhat late in life, spent her days in Belfast, and d. without children.]
COL. ANDREW TODD, ancestor of the other Todds of Antrim, was born in Ireland in 1697. His parents, James Todd and Rachel Nelson, were both born in Scotland. He was married in Ireland to Beatrix Moore, daughter of John Moore who was murdered in the massacre of Glencoe, Scotland, in 1692. Andrew Todd was not one of the first set- tlers, but arrived in Londonderry in the year 1720. He soon became a leading man in town; was often moderator of their public meetings; was fourteen years a selectman; was representative of the town in the provincial legislature; was an officer in the French war of 1744, and again in the war of 1755, in the course of which he was promoted to the rank of colonel. His military reputation was of the best. In his old age he went to live with his daughter in Peterborough, but survived there less than a year, dying Sept. 15, 1777. Of his eight children we have only room to say, that they were as follows : Samuel, who was born in Londonderry, June 3, 1726, married, first, Hannah Morrison, and second, Ann Cochran, and, settling in Peterborough, was killed by the fall of a tree, March 30, 1765; Rachel, who married Moses Morrison and lived in Hancock; John, who was drowned at Amoskeag Falls at the age of twen- ty-four; James, who inherited the homestead of his father in London- derry, but died soon after; Jane, who married William Miller of Peter- borough; Andrew, who was called "Uncle Andrew" by everybody, led a wandering life, never married, was full of jokes and stories, and loved a " drop of spirit " a little too well. At one time he stopped over night with Samuel Duncan of Hancock, carrying his faithful jug. In the morning he went out in the woods where Duncan was chopping, and lay down to sleep near by, having his jug beside his head. A large hemlock- tree fell the wrong way, and the limbs crashed down on to the sleeping man. Duncan ran and pulled him out, crying " Uncle Andrew, are you dead? Uncle Andrew, are you dead? " -" I can't tell, Sam; but hand us the jug; we'll na part wi' dry lips ! " Todd lived to wet his lips a good many times after that. The other child of Col. Andrew was Capt. Alex- ander, who was born Jan. 2, 1731; married Letitia Duncan; lived on a beautiful farm in Hooksett, and died in Londonderry at the age of sev-
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enty. He was a captain in the French war; was taken prisoner by the Indians, and after due time they prepared to burn him, according to their custom. When all was ready, they stripped him naked; but just as they got his shirt off over his head, he sprang away and ran for his life. He was hotly pursued but managed to escape, was three days and nights naked in the woods, and succeeded in reaching his camp in safety. Capt. Alexander Todd left several children, one of whom was Andrew, who married Margaret Duncan and was father of Josiah D. Todd and George Todd of Antrim.
JOSIAH D. TODD, son of the last-named Andrew, was born in Han- cock, May 26, 1817. At the death of his father in 1826, he came here to live with his uncle, Dea. Robert Duncan. There he grew up to man- hood, and has spent most of his life in Antrim. Is unmarried, a carpen- ter by trade, and lives in Hancock at this writing.
GEORGE TODD, brother of Josiah D., was born March 25, 1819, and was brought up by Giles Newton of Antrim. Married, Dec. 9, 1858, Mrs. Silvia N. Todd, widow of his brother, John Todd. He died in Peterbor- ough, July 10, 1878.
JOHN TODD, brother of Josiah D. and George, was born June 28, 1809; lived some years with Dea. Josiah Duncan; married Sylvia Knowl- ton of Nelson, and settled in Hancock, where he died Jan. 3, 1858. His children are mostly in Peterborough.
It may be added to the above that it is believed Col. Andrew Todd had a younger daughter whose birth is not recorded, that she was born about 1744, and married Dea. Robert Duncan of Hancock.
CAPT. JOSHUA TODD married Mrs. Sarah (Parker) Fletcher, mother of Dea. Samuel Fletcher, and came here in old age to die with him, but did not survive many years. His death occurred April 23, 1815, at the age of ninety. His wife died Dec. 25, 1825, at the age of eighty- five.
TOMB.
REV. SAMUEL TOMB was born in Wallkiln, N. Y., in 1766. Was of the Scotch-Irish race, and hence was introduced in Antrim. Was son of Dea. David Tomb. Studied for the most part at Columbia College ; was licensed to preach by the Associate Reformed Synod of New York in 1789 ; came here early in May, 1792, and stayed till November. The people were greatly pleased with him and gave him a call, which he declined. But so much were the people desirous of him that they sent for him the next spring and renewed their call '(1793). It was a matter of sad disappointment to them when he declined a second time. He was settled in Newmarket in July, 1793. After four years he was called to Newbury, Mass. From that place he was soon called to Salem, N. Y., where he was settled in 1806. In this field he continued to labor till 1832, when he resigned his charge on account of bodily infirmities. He died a few weeks after. Tall, slim, of dark complexion, long hair, flash-
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ing eye, and strong voice, he made an impressive appearance in the desk. He was a man of accurate scholarship, peculiarly gifted in prayer, fluent without notes ; and it is no wonder the people sought after him. He used to keep his finger in his vest-pocket when he prayed, so an old person remembers hearing it said : " Mr. Tomb, we always know when we are to have a good prayer by how deep you dig in your pocket."
TRAVIS.
LEVI TRAVIS came from Deering, but lived in Washington, and came here from that town about 1840; lived in various places in town, being a shoemaker by trade. He married Almira Hall of New Boston, and died here (Clinton) May 6, 1866, aged nearly fifty-nine. Children were as follows : -
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