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None of John Woodbury's children, born in England, came here, except his son Humphrey, who was born in 1608. In the first church record, at its beginning in 1629, his wife's name is given as Agnes; but when he died he left a wife Ann, who sold the house in Salem Village to George Curwin in 1660. The records of the first church in Salem give dates of baptism of three children: Hannah (1636), Abigail (1637), and Peter (1640).
Peter Woodbury, son of John and Ann Woodbury, was born in 1640; married, first, Abigail Batchelder, who left a son Peter, born Dec. 12, 1666 (the ancestor of the wife of Peter Woodbury of Francestown). He
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married, second, Sarah Dodge, and their children were Josiah and seven daughters. He died July 5, 1704.
Josiah Woodbury, son of Peter and Sarah (Dodge) Woodbury, was born June 15, 1682; married Lydia Herrick in 1708, and had one son, Josiah, and four daughters.
Josiah Woodbury, Jr., son of Josiah and Lydia (Herrick) Woodbury, was born Feb. 15, 1709; married Hannah Perkins of Ipswich, who died in 1761, aged forty-six years. He died in 1773. They had two sons, Peter and Josiah, and four daughters.
PETER WOODBURY, son of Josiah, Jr., and Hannah (Perkins) Woodbury, was born in Beverly, Mass., March 28, 1738; married Mrs. Elizabeth (Dodge) Rea (a great-granddaughter of Richard Dodge, Esq., of Beverly, Mass., and widow of James Rea, Esq., being then seventeen years of age with one child), in 1760. She is described as "a woman of shrewdness and energy." His cousins, Josiah and James of Frances- town, served several campaigns in the French war. A tradition in the family is that Peter was also out at Lake George during one campaign. In his youth he passed some years as a sea-faring man. In 1773 he went to Amherst, N. H., and settled in what is now Mont Vernon. He was several years on the board of selectmen, representative to the general court in 1776 and 1777, and member of the convention which framed the first constitution of New Hampshire. When the Revolution became im- minent, a declaration of association to resist with arms the encroach- ments of the English Parliament, started in Amherst, April 10, 1776, was sent through the State for signatures. The fifth signature in Am- herst was Peter Woodbury. His name occurs several times on the records after Mont Vernon was set off. It was probably about 1800 that he moved to Antrim and took up his abode with his son, Mark Wood- bury, then a flourishing merchant here. He seems to have been taxed subsequently in Mont Vernon as a non-resident. He died Oct. 11, 1817, aged seventy-nine years and six months. His wife died in Antrim, April 19, 1812, aged sixty-nine years. They were buried on Meeting-House Hill. The children of Peter and Elizabeth Woodbury were: First, Levi, who was born Jan. 20, 1761; entered the privateer service in the Revo- lution, was captured in the armed ship " Essex," and died in prison at Plymouth. Second, Jesse, who was born Oct. 2, 1763; went to Mexico, where he procured large grants in Western Texas, and died, it is said, about the time of the Texan Revolution. The third child of Peter and Elizabeth was Peter, who was born Jan. 17, 1767; settled in Francestown, and married his second cousin, Mary Woodbury (daughter of James Woodbury, whose ancestor was the Peter Woodbury born in 1666). He was a prominent citizen of Francestown, being representative about fif- teen years and senator two years in the state legislature, besides holding many minor offices. His children were Peter P., who was born Aug. 8, 1791, and was a physician in Bedford during a long life; Hon. Levi Woodbury, LL. D., who was born Dec. 22, 1789, was judge of our state court at the age of twenty-eight, was twice United States senator, was associate justice of the United States supreme court, was secretary of
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state under Jackson and Van Buren, and, at the time of his death, a leading candidate for the office of President of the United States, with every prospect of election; Rev. James T. Woodbury, of Acton, Mass .; Jesse Woodbury, Esq., now living in Francestown; George W. Wood- bury, M. D., of Yazoo County, Miss .; Mary, who married Dr. Luke How of Jaffrey; Anstess, who married Hon. Nehemiah Eastman, for- merly member of congress; Martha, who married Thomas Grimes, a merchant of Windsor, Vt .; Hannah T., who married Hon. Isaac O. Barnes of Boston; Harriet, who married Hon. Perley Dodge of Amherst; and Adeline, who married Edwin F. Bunnel, a merchant of Boston. The fourth child of Peter and Elizabeth was Betsey, who was born Feb. 9, 1770, and married Peter Jones, Esq., of Amherst. The fifth was Han- nah, who was born Feb. 14, 1772, and died young. The sixth was Mark of Antrim, who is further noticed below.
EsQ. MARK WOODBURY, youngest child of Peter and Elizabeth Woodbury of Beverly, Mass., was born in Amherst (now Mont Vernon), Jan. 1, 1775. When quite young he started out for himself, opening a store in Hancock as early as 1793. Came here from the last-named place and opened a store in 1794. His store for four years was in one end of the house, leaving only one room to live in. The store was moved across the road to its present site in 1800. The house was enlarged in subse- quent years according to necessity and ability. He married Alice, daugh- ter of Dea. Joseph Boyd. Was vigorously engaged in trade and farming for many years. He was justice of the peace and representative, and died March 17, 1828, leaving a large property. His widow died April 15, 1858, aged seventy-eight. She was a noble woman, -one of piety, and great strength of character. Their children were as follows : -
1. HON. LUKE, [b. Dec. 25, 1800 ; graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege in 1820; was for many years judge of probate for Hills- borough County, and at the time of his death was the Dem- ocratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire. He m. Mary E. Wallace of Antrim, June 10, 1834. Built his fine residence in South Village in 1849, and d. Aug. 27, 1851; no children. Was a very honest and truthful man. His schoolmates used to say, " You can't trust any deviltry with Luke ! " Was a man extremely diffident and self- distrustful, but capable of filling any office with credit. His death was universally deplored.]
2. SABRINA, [b. Feb. 4, 1804 ; she was called the " best-educated girl in town ; " m. George W. Hill, May 20, 1828, and d. May 8, 1856. Of her children three survive : Alice R .; Susie S., who is the wife of Morris Christie, M. D. ; and John R., who is a prominent citizen of Johnson, Vt.]
3. MARY, [b. Dec. 8, 1805 ; m. Joshua C. Dodge, Oct. 23, 1828, and d. May 3, 1836.]
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4. BETSEY, [b. May 8, 1808 ; d. in infancy.]
5. BETSEY B., [b. May 8, 1809 ; m. Benjamin B. Muzzey, Oct. 6, 1834, and d. March 20, 1849.]
6. MARK B , [b. May 9, 1811 ; m. Emily Wilson of Stoddard, in 1837 ; was in trade on the Woodbury stand many years ; was a genial, social man. His wife d. June 30, 1872, aged 57. He d. Oct. 24, 1874. Marion E. Woodward had her home with them several years. She was daughter of Frank- lin and Sarah ( Bradford) Woodward of Francestown. She m. Eugene G. Bullard, Nov. 12, 1865, and after living here a few years, moved to Woburn Mass. Mark B. Woodbury left but one child : -
Frank B., (b. Jan. 28, 1849.)]
7. FANNY, [b. Nov. 14, 1813 ; d. Oct. 15, 1858.]
8. . NANCY, [b. Oct. 28, 1817 ; m. 1st, A. N. Moore in 1837, who d. in 1844, and she m. 2d, George C. Trumbull, Oct. 21, 1855, and now resides in Boston.]
9. LEVI, [b. Feb. 18, 1820 ; m. Anna M. Baldwin of Bennington, May 21, 1856 ; was in trade at the old stand, did much to im- prove the village, and d. much lamented, Aug. 10, 1865. His widow now occupies the fine residence at the South Village ; has no children ; is always ready with heart and hand to aid in every good work, and has generously aided in procuring the illustrations of this book. Levi Woodbury was genial and popular, a man of genuine worth.]
10. JOHN B., [b. Oct. 13, 1823 ; m. 1st, Mary F. Pattee, daugh- ter of Hon. L. N. Pattee, March 6, 1849, who d. Oct. 15, 1858, leaving three children ; m. 2d, Mary C. Whittemore of Antrim, May 28, 1861. He continues in trade at the old stand, where the family have done business for more than eighty years. His children by second marriage are the four last named : -
John N. P., (b. Oct. 31, 1850 ; m. Ella L. Carr of Antrim, Feb. 12, 1873 ; was in business with his father some years ; now owns the stage-line from Hillsborough to Greenfield. They have one child, Nannie Blanche, b. June 19, 1877.) Levi, (b. Jan. 14, 1854 ; m. Ida M. Whittle of Hillsborough Bridge, Aug. 26, 1873, and now lives in that place.)
Mary Alice, (b. Oct. 8, 1858. After the death of her mother she went to Goffstown to live with her grandfather, L. N. Pattee, and there m. William A. Parker, Aug. 23, 1876.)
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Helen C., (b. Aug. 7, 1863.)
George T., (b. Sept. 18, 1865.) Arthur W., (b. Feb. 14, 1868 ; d. April 12, 1869.) Ralph B., (b. March 4, 1879.)]
STEPHEN WOODBURY came here from Vermont in 1802. He lived a few rods southeast of Linn Parker's, a short distance from the present road, remaining here about twelve years, when he moved back to Vermont. The house (built by Nathan Cole, Jr., in 1795) was after- wards occupied by various parties, and was taken down in 1847. Mr. Woodbury was at one time selectman. He was frequently in disagree- ment with those around him, and engaged in several lawsuits. He claimed a tract of land on the river now Mr. Holton's, which to this day is called the " battle-ground," because here he had so many severe fights in trying to drive other claimants off. He had three sons and one daugh- ter. The name of the latter cannot be found.
1. STEPHEN, JR., [m. - Holden of Hillsborough ; went into the tanning business in the Center of that town about 1825.]
2. WILLIAM.
3. JOHN.
WOODCOCK.
JOHN WOODCOCK came here from Peterborough about 1788 and succeeded Dea. James Nesmith on the Chandler Boutwell place. His wife was Dorothy Brackett, an older sister of James Brackett of Antrim. She was born in Peterborough, Oct. 7, 1772. They moved to Hillsbor- ough in 1804. While there they had their name changed to "Bertram." Thence they moved to Newport, where he died, Sept. 19, 1854, aged ninety-seven. His wife died in Enfield, this State, 1864, aged ninety-two. They were married in Peterborough, 1785. They had nine children, five of whom died with consumption :-
1. JOHN, [studied medicine ; took degree of M. D. from Dart- mouth College ; was associated in practice with Dr. Gregg of Unity and Dr. Farley of Francestown two or three years, but began practice for himself in Townsend, Mass., in 1827. Had a large practice and was a worthy and promising phy- sician. He d. of consumption, Dec. 8, 1846, in Townsend. Left no children. He m. 1st, Ann Gilman of Unity ; 2d, Mary Adams of Townsend, Mass., April 13, 1831.]
2. SALLY, [b. in Antrim ; m. Elesson Emerson ; lived in Lemp- ster, Newport, and Enfield, and d. in the last-named town in the fall of 1862.]
3. SAMUEL, [m. Lydia Wilkins of Unity ; was a hotel-keeper ; moved to Cambridge, N. Y .; d. in Rome, that State, 1869.]
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4. ELIZA, [b. in Antrim ; m. Hiram Smith ; lives in Champlin, Minn. He was a comb-manufacturer, out went West in 1854 and settled down at farming.]
5. CALISTA, [m. Oren D. Thompson ; lived in Newport, Spring- field, and Grantham, and d. in the last-named town Febru- ary, 1876.]
6. DOROTHY, [d. young.]
7. REBECCA, [b. in Antrim ; d. unm., aged 30.]
8. WILLIAM, [b. in Antrim ; d. in infancy.]
9. BELINDA, [b. in Hillsborough ; d. there, aged 15.] .
WORTHLEY.
CAPT. JOHN WORTHLEY, son of Timothy and Molly (Johnson) Worthley, was born May 20, 1769 ; married Phoebe Vose, daughter of Sam- uel Vose of Bedford, and lived west of the pond, clearing his farm himself. He lived to a good old age, obtained a large estate, was an influential, hard-working man, and the last survivor of those who cleared their own farms. Was selectman seven times. Was chairman of the committee to build the Center Church. He died Feb. 3, 1853. His wife died Nov. 29, 1835, aged seventy. Their children were as follows :-
1. DEA. JOHN, [b. Oct. 31, 1795; m. Betsey Templeton, March 23, 1819, who d. May 4, 1823, leaving two children, twins, as follows : -
Samuel N., (b. in Unity, April 21, 1823 ; m. Nancy Crawford of Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1845. He is a carpenter ; built his house in 1866, in Clinton. Their children now living are Mary H., b. Nov. 13, 1855, and Alice E., b. Aug. 22, 1870. Their son, John L., was b. March 10, 1849, and d. Jan. 22, 1869. Was a soldier in the Union army.)
Thomas S., (twin-brother of Samuel N. ; m. 1st, Mary R. Rob- inson, Aug. 31, 1847, who d. June 15, 1857, leaving chil- dren as follows: Frank S., b. April 12, 1851, m. Lizzie Bowker and lives in Charlestown, Mass. ; Edwin T., b. Sept. 30, 1854, m. Lottie Ritchie July 27, 1873, lived awhile in Lowell, and bought the Lovejoy place in 1876, and has children, George A., b. Aug. 8, 1874, and Eva J., b. Oct. 31, 1877 ; and Mary Ella, b. June 13, 1857, adopted by Frank Robinson. In 1859, Thomas S. Worthley m. Mrs. Emily J. Merrill, and they have one child, Flora A., b. Oct. 20, 1864.)
After the death of his first wife, Dea. Worthley m. Polly Harwood of Unity, and they had children as follows : -
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Mary E., (b. June 19, 1825; m. Franklin Robinson, Nov. 8, 1853.)
John O., (b. April 29, 1828; went to California in 1849,
where he d. in 1851. Had accumulated quite an amount of gold, and, for possession of it, is supposed to have been helped out of the world.)
Martha J., (b. May 31, 1831 ; m. Charles Bruce and moved · to Winchendon, Mass., where she d. in 1857, aged 26.)
Mariam, (b. Feb. 22, 1834 ; m. Henry E. French of Jaffrey, and they live on her father's farm.)
Dea. John Worthley lived some years in Unity, but moved back to Antrim in 1841, on to the old place, which he sold in 1854, and bought the Daniel Lowe farm, where he d. June, 1877. His second wife d. in 1861. He was deacon of the Congregational Church in Unity ; was a per- son of some peculiarities, but a good man, enjoying the con- fidence of the entire community.]
2. DANIEL, [b. Dec. 7, 1797 ; m. Elizabeth Smallcorn, and lived in Brookline, Mass., where he d. in 1875.]
3. PHŒBE, [b. Feb. 22, 1800 ; d. in infancy.]
4. MARY, [b. Jan. 8, 1802 ; m. John R. Hills, April 6, 1830, and lives in this town.]
5. MIRIAM, [b. May 16, 1804; d. in 1831.]
6. MARK, [b. Jan. 20, 1807; m. Catherine Durgin, and d. in Charlestown, Mass., in 1861.]
7. LUKE, [b. June 27, 1809; m. Elizabeth Poor, June 2, 1835, and lives in Andover, Mass.]
WRIGHT.
DEA. IMLA WRIGHT, son of Ephraim and Mary (Blodgett) Wright of Westford, Mass., and grandson of Abram and Abigail (Trowbridge) Wright, was born in Littleton, Mass., July 13, 1799. He tended store awhile at Westford, Mass., then was clerk several years in Swanzey, after which he went to Westford to learn the carpenter's trade ; worked at his trade for a time in New Ipswich. He married Rachel McMaster of Ben- nington, July 7, 1823 ; and in 1824, went to Shirley, Mass., to run a fac- tory, which he did for six years. At the same time that he was engaged there, he moved his family to Antrim, in 1828, and built a cotton-mill right in the woods, on the spot now occupied by E. Z. Hastings's shop. There was, at that time, no building of any kind in the vicinity, the near- est house being Dea. Parmenter's, and that could not be seen, on account of the woods. He built the Hastings house the same year. After sev- eral years, Dea. Wright sold out to a company (incorporated as the Clin-
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ton Company in 1831). De Witt Clinton was then very popular, and they, being in search of a name, took a fancy to this, and adopted it. Dr. Stickney proposed to call the village, then growing up, " Wrights- ville," in honor of Dea. Wright ; but the deacon objected, and proposed that they call the place, as they had the company, "Clinton," by which name it has ever since been known. In the panic of 1837 this company went down. Dea. Wright, as owner or agent, run the mill till 1841. In 1844 he built the Dodge mill, where he made batting and twine till 1854, when he sold his machinery to a man in Bunker Hill, Ill., where he spent the succeeding year in setting it at work. He has been, for many years, engaged in probate business, and has been a counselor to all in trouble. Men of better heart or clearer head than Dea. Wright are hard to be found. He was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1860. His children are as follows, the three oldest born in Shirley, Mass., the rest here : -
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1. ABRAHAM W., [b. March 18, 1824; m. 1st, Sarah R. Whit- comb of Waldo, Me., Feb. 4, 1854, and built the house now J. N. Wilkins's, which he moved from Nahor Hill. His first wife d. in 1860, and he m. 2d, Margaret Stockton of Gillespie, Ill., and is now engaged in teaching here and there in the West, being a very faithful and successful teacher. His first wife left one child : -
Sarah A., (b. in Antrim, January, 1855.)]
2. LOUISA M., [b. July 15, 1825 ; d. in infancy.]
3. GEORGE W., [b. Feb. 29, 1828; d. aged 3.]
4. CHARLES I., [b. Aug. 14, 1829 ; m. 1st, Maria A. Corey of Stoddard ; moved to Bunker Hill, Ill., thence to Pittsburg, Penn., where she d. In 1868 he m. 2d, Mrs. Eliza Lovejoy, and moved to Damascoville, Ohio, where he d. at the age of . 48.]
5. MARY E., [b. Oct. 3, 1831 ; m. J. N. Wilkins, Sept. 27, 1857, and lives at Clinton Village.]
6. JACOB H., [b. April 30, 1834 ; d. aged 3.]
7. SARAH A., [b. Dec. 13, 1838 ; m. 1st, Dr. Albert R. Sawyer in 1856, and lived in Bunker Hill, Ill., where he d. in 1868. March 8, 1871, she m. 2d, Thomas Collier, and now lives in Dover, N. Y.]
WYMAN.
IPS WYMAN, son of Jonathan and Ruby (Richardson) Wyman, was born in Greenfield in 1810; married Lydia A. Ward of Berkshire, Vt., and came here from Stoddard on to the Butters place in 1867. Their children are : -
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1. AMOS A., [b. in Glenville, N. Y., in 1840 ; m. Francelia. A. Eaton, and is in business at Hillsborough Bridge.]
2. RUBY B., [b. in Glenville in 1842 ; m. Albert O. Cutter.]
3. RODNEY D., [b. in Hancock in 1844; m. Lizzie J. Boutelle, and d. in Nelson in 1866.]
4. HIRAM E., [b. in Hancock ; d. in 1863 aged 17.]
5. LYDIA A., [d. at the age of 3 years.]
6. ARMENDA O., [b. in Hancock in 1851 ; m. George F. Mellen of Stoddard.] .
7. SARAH C., [b. in Hancock in 1855 ; m. William H. Shoults, Feb. 13, 1879.]
YOUNGMAN.
JABEZ YOUNGMAN, JR., son of Jabez and Susannah (Powers) Youngman of Hollis, was born in Hollis in 1786, and was the eldest of twelve children. The elder Jabez Youngman, with three brothers, was in the Revolutionary army, and Ebenezer, one of the brothers, was killed at Bunker Hill. He and his wife lived together fifty-four years, and died in Lempster (whither they had removed from Hollis) so near together that they were both buried at one funeral and in one grave. Jabez Youngman, Jr., married Emma Baldwin of this town, March 14, 1809, and moved here on to the William Parker place. He moved to Wilmot in 1812, thence after many years to Dorchester, where he died in 1863. The children were : -
1. DAVID S., [b. in Antrim in 1809 ; d. in 1835.]
2. ISAAC B., [b. in Antrim in 1811 ; m. Mrs. Hannah (Thomp- son) Langley, and lives in Wilmot Center.]
3. FANNY B., [b. in 1814; m. Wells Currier in 1835, and lives in Danbury.]
4. NAHUM B., [b. in 1817 ; m. Elsie Hadley, and lives in Went- worth.]
5. EMMA B., [b. in 1819 ; m. 1st, Wells Robbins of Antrim, who . d. in 1860; 2d, Ezra Alden. and lives in Lyme.]
6. MARY B., [b. in 1822; m. Thomas Parsons, and d. at Wilmot in 1850.]
7. MILTON B., [b. in 1824 ; m. Susan Leavitt of Dorchester, and d. in that town in 1860.]
8. HARRIET B., [b. in 1826 ; m. Nathaniel Burnham, and resides in Dorchester.]
9. JANE, [b. in 1828 ; m. Washington Perkins of Londonderry, where they now reside.]
10. WALTER S., [b. in 1830 ; d. in 1847.]
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11. ALDEN, [b. in 1832; m. Maria Smith of New Boston and lives in Dorchester.]
12. BERTHA P., [b. in 1840 ; m. 1st, Samuel Roberts, who d. in the army in 1862; 2d, George E. Patterson, and moved to South Merrimack, where she d. in 1875.]
NOAH YOUNGMAN, brother of Jabez Youngman, Jr., mentioned above, was born in Hollis in 1788; married Sarah Field, daughter of John Field, Sen., of Peterborough, in 1812, and came here on to the Zadok Dodge place early in the year 1813, he and his wife uniting with the church here that year. Afterwards he lived on the Dea. Worthley place. He moved to Lempster in the fall of 1818. Mrs. Youngman died March 24, 1854, aged sixty-three years. He died in Newbury in 1867. Their children were : -
1. JOHN F., [b. in Peterborough ; was an infant when his father came here ; m. Roxanna Bailey in 1830, lived in Lempster, and d. in 1838.]
2. LOUISA S., [b. in Antrim in 1815 ; m. Elliot Wright of Swan- zey in 1834, who d. in the army in 1862, leaving a large family.]
3. SARAH F., [b. in Lempster, November, 1818 ; d. unm. in 1852.]
4. HARRIET S., [b. in 1823; m. David McIndoe in 1850, and lives in Windsor, Vt.]
5. NOAH E., [b. in 1827 ; d. at the age of 5.]
ADDENDA.
ISAAC EATON, son of James and Martha (McClure) Eaton, lived some years in Antrim, here and there, chiefly in the house next east of Maplewood Cemetery. His wife's name was Lorinda, and she was a Francestown girl. He died Feb. 4, 1866. He buried a daughter, Lorinda, Sept. 15, 1855, aged twenty-one years. His son, John H. Eaton, of the Fifth N. H. Regiment, lost his life in the war, Sept. 9, 1862, aged twenty years.
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A bbott, Stephen G., letter of, 159; Mrs. S.| Communion services, 181. G., poem of, 162. Conventions, 62, 108, 113. Cotton-mill, 248. Cumberland, 16. Acworth, 7. Adams, Hon. Charles, Jr., address of, 135. Aiken, James, arrival here, 20; trials of, 21, 23 ; James, poem of, 157.
Amusements, 272.
Antrim, first settlement, 8; name and ori- gin, 39; topography, 299. Apple-parers, 252. Artillery, 212. Association test, 35.
Baldwin, Cyrus, address of, 146; Isaac, re- sponse of, 164. Band, 212. Baptist church, 189. Bates, Rev. John H., settlement of, 186. Bemaine, George, 25. Birth, first in town, 22. Branch river, 305. Branch, first settlement of, 27; village, 261. Brick-making, 286. Bridges, great, 52, 88. · Brooks, 306. Building, first framed, 24. Burial customs, 269.
Cedars, 310.
Cemeteries, enlargement of, 95, 233; num- ber buried on hill, 234; Center, 235; East, 235 ; Plain, 235; Maplewood, 236. Census, 1767, 21; 1773, 29; 1775, 34; 1786, 74.
Centennial celebration, 114; close of, 173; comments on, 174. Center, finding of, 46; present, 262. Cherry Valley, settlement of, 3; ruin of by Indians, 4. Choristers, 223. Church, formation of, 77, 180; town action about, 97; seating at, 187. Clinton Village, 263. Cochrane, Rev. W. R., settlement of, 186. Cooking, 278.
Dark day, 58. Death, first in town, 22; number of, 312; by violence, 313. Debt of town, 112. Default of English, 64.
Descendants of Scotch-Irish, 297. Dinsmore, Hon. W. B., letter of, 159; Col. Silas, response of, 160.
Division of town, 99.
Dog-pelters, 80. Drinking habits, 267. Duncan, John, 28. Dunlap, Dea. A. H., response of, 168. Dysentery scourge, 86.
East church, 188. Ecclesiastical history, 176. Edes, Amasa, letter of, 156.
Fires, 324. Food, one hundred years ago, 280. Forests, 301. Fountain, 236. Funerals, 270.
Game, 317. Genealogies, 327. Geological formations, 309. Ghosts, 316. Graduates, 321. Granite State Cadets, 212. Grasshopper year, 97. Great brook, 305. Gregg's mill, 247. Gregg's pond, 307. Grenadiers, 203, 204.
Hard winter, 57. Hillsborough, first settlement of, 9; second settlement, 20.
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Hog-reeves, 60, 94. Home manufactures, 274. Huntley, Mrs. Emma M., reading of, 149. Hurricanes, 76, 94.
Inconveniences, 277. Incorporation, 36, 41.
Indians, petitions for protection from, 9; at- tack on Hopkinton, 10; of Antrim, 16; burial-place, 18, 314.
Justices of peace, 323. Juvenile library, 222.
Kidd, noted Capt., 317. Knights of Honor, 225.
Lawyers, 322. Libraries, 222, 223. Liquor, 98. Little, Rev. Arthur, letter of, 155. Londonderry, colonies from, 3-8.
Madan Society, 223. Mail, 320. Manufactures, 245. Marriage customs, 270. Masonian claim, 12; established, 14; boun- dary of, 15.
Masons, 225.
Meeting-house, building of first, 71; new, 96, 184; raising the old, 179; position of old, 257. Methodist church, 192.
Military, 194; honor to New Hampshire troops, 198. Militia, 202. Mills, first saw-mill, 34; grist-mill, 45, 245. Minister, first, 87. Minute-men, 83, 201. Moose-drives, 18. Mountains, 302.
Names now gone, 313. Nesmith, Hon. George W., letter of, 156. New Boston, settled by Scotch, 5. Nichols, Thomas, 22.
Odd Fellows, 224. Old Center, 257. Old common, 61, 82. Old customs, 265. Organ, 186. Ousting town officers, 72.
Palm-cloth, 234. Patriotism of Antrim, 32, 60.
Paper money, 50, 53, 65, 73. Pasturage, 300. Peg-mill, 246. Physical powers of settlers, 295. Physicians, 163, 323. Pierce, Frank H., response of, 153. Pine-tree law, 279.
Pleuro-pneumonia, 109.
Peterborough, settled by Scotch, 6. Poem, centennial, 130.
Politics, 87. Pound, 90.
Ponds, 307.
Population, 311, 312.
Post-offices, 320.
Preaching, first vote on, 50.
Presbyterian, first church formed, 3.
Prices, regulation of, 54.
Printing, 321. 1 Professional men, 322.
Reed, Henry, address of, 153.
Relics of hunters, 19. Religious traits, 290. Representatives, 67, 75, 84.
Revival of 1827, 185.
Riley's flight from Antrim, 11; return, 20.
Roads, petition for, through Society Land, 24; first, 47; round Meeting-house hill, 96; Keene road, 103; roads and bridges, 226.
School-committees, 219, 220. School-districts, 217.
School-houses, first, 215; South Village, 216.
Schools, first money for, 73, 213; high, 218. Scotch-Irish, 289; honesty of, 290; gener- osity of, 291; accent, 293.
Selling poor, 78.
Session, 187.
Shaw, Rev. E. M., settlement of, 190.
Shovel-shop, 251. Silk-mill, 250.
Slavery, 75. Small beginnings, 269. Small-pox, 106. Smith, William, the second settler, 25; note to, 26.
Snow-shoes, 284. Snow-storm, 89. Soldiers of revolution, 199; of 1812, 206; of rebellion, 208. South Village, 258. Sowens, 274. Spotted fever, 92. State line contested, 13.
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Stickney, Dr. James, response of, 163. Societies, Center, 184; various, 222. Society Land, 16. Social Library Association, 222. Stoddard addition, 70. State road, 230. Store, first, 77. Streams of Antrim, 304. Streets in South Village, 260. Summer boarders, 325. Superstitions, 315.
Tannery, 245, 253, 254. Tavern, big, 89. Taxes, Antrim's first state, 49; non-resi- dent, resistance to, 51, 54; collection of, 105; ministerial, 180. Tax-payers, 325. Teachers, first, 214; names of, 221. Temperance, 107. Time-keeping, 282. Tithing-man, 56, 266. Tools, 283, 285. Topography of town, 299. Town officers, 237. Town meeting, first, 44. Town house, 101. Town farm, 104.
Town line broken, 108. Traders, 319. Troop, 203. Truro, 7. Turnpike, 85.
Umbrellas, 281.
Villages, 257. Vose, Prof. James E., centennial address by, 121; Col. S. I., response of, 165.
Wagons, 281. Wallace, E. A., letter of, 153.
War, of revolution, breaking out of, 30; close of, 66, 198; second, with England, 93, 204; of rebellion, 110; men in all, 211.
Warning out of town, 68. Water company, 223. Weaving, 275. Whittemore, Reed P., welcome by, 120. Whiton. Rev. Dr. John M., settlement of, 90, 183; Rev. J. M., address of, 149; Rev. Dr. John M., farewell of, 186.
Witches, 315. Woolen-mill, 246, 251, 254. Wolves, 69, 318.
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