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CHILDREN
42. Joshua Norris, b. Milwaukee, Wis., July 19, 1858; m. Sept. 7, 1885, Charlie Talley. He is master mechanic of the Brainard & Northern Minn. railway. Children :
a. Minnie, b. 1886.
b. Sarah, b. 1889.
43. Laura Bell, b. Mar. 4, 1860 ; d. Apr. 25, 1860.
44. Alice Jane, b. Nov. 22, 1861; m. Jan. 30, 1889, George Irving Brown. Res. Watertown, Wis.
45. Anna Maude, b. Nov. 25, 1868 ; m. Sept. 9, 1891, Frank A. Stoltze.
SHERBURN SANBORN AND HIS DESCENDANTS
(7) Sherburn Sanborn, son of Daniel, was b. July 10,
1756. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary army, froin Ken- sington. In 1775, he was serving at Portsmouth, in company with Moses Sleeper, who later settled in Bristol, and Abram Hook, who settled on the Gilbert B. Dolloff farm in Bridge- water. In 1777, he served in Rhode Island, and, in 1780, was in Colonel Bartlett's regiment at West Point. In one enlist- ment his occupation is given as a cordwainer. He m. Molly Hoyt, dau. of John, of South Hampton, b. Jan. 26, 1764. He came to Bristol about 1780, and built a log cabin on the site of the present farmhouse of Mrs. J. W. Sanborn, and to this hum- ble home he brought his bride. Besides his household goods he brought a pig and cow, but the bears carried off his pig and nearly killed his cow. Some years later he built a frame house where he kept tavern. He removed to Chester to care for his father-in-law, and there d. May 8, 1836, ae. 79-9-28.
CHILDREN, all born in Bristol
*46. Moses Hoyt, b. Sept. 22, 1783.
*47. John Hoyt, b. Apr. 2, 1789.
48. Dolly, b. Aug. 17, 1791 ; m. Ebenezer Poor, and was the mother of eight children : Climena, Boardman, Sarah Ann, Hannah, Polly, Sherburn, Octave, Orren B.
49. Nancy, b. Oct. 17, 1793 ; m. Nathaniel Brown, of Fremont.
50. Lucretia, d. in Bristol.
*51. Simon Merrill, b. Dec. 15, 1796.
(46) Moses H. Sanborn, son of Sherburn, b. Sept. 22, 1783, m. in Fremont, Sept. 20, 1801, Susanna, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Moulton) Brown, b. Fremont, Feb. 10, 1785, and there d. May 15, 1850, ae. 65-3-5. He was a farmer in Fre- mont till about 1807, when he returned to Bristol, occupied his father's farm for a few years, and here a part of his children were b., when he again went to Fremont to care for his wife's parents, and there d., Apr. 21, 1867, ae. 83-6-29.
CHILDREN
52. Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1801 ; m. Ariel Sanborn.
53. Asa, b. Jan. 30, 1803 ; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1825, Farrena Gilman, who d. Mar. 20, 1841, (2) Oct. 27, 1841, Abigail Sanborn. Res. and d. in Fre- mont.
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54. Rena, b. July 15, 1804 ; n1. James Sawyer, of Danville; d. June 13, 1887, ae. 82-10-28.
55. Moses Nelson, b. Jan. 9, 1806; m. Dec. 13, 1827, Cyrene Tucker, dau. Benjamin, b. 1806. He d. June 4, 1873, ae. 67-4-25. She d.
56. True Glidden, b. Bristol, Jan. 8, 1808; m. Nov. 25, 1830, Rachel, dau. David Sleeper, of Sandown, b. July 12, 1811 ; d. July 20, 1885, ae. 74- 0-8. He d. Apr. 19, 1886, ae. 78-3-11. Farmer in Sandown. Children : a. Charles, b. July 27, 1832 ; m .; no issue ; res. Fremont.
b. Harrison, b. Oct. 12, 1836 ; m. Nov. 24, 1881, Sylvia H. Beede, of Fremont. He was a lumber merchant in Epping. Daughter, Sylvia, b. May 26, 1883.
c. Francellus Burton, b. Apr. 3, 1844 ; unm .; res. Sandown.
57. John L., b. B., Mar. 8, 1810; m. 1828, Hannah, dau. of David Sanborn (See), b. Jan. 31, 1809. He was a farmer in Fremont, where he d. Mar. 8, 1845, ae. 35-0-0. She m. (2) Oren Poore, of Fremont, and d. Fremont, Mar. 4, 1897, ae. 88-1-3. Children :
a. David, b. Sept. 25, 1828; m. Nov., 1847, Elizabeth Branscomb. Children : (I) Elizabeth Ann, b. June, 1848. (2) John, b. Nov., 1850. (3) Arabella, b. Sept., 1852. (4) - b. 1856. b. Sarah Ann, b. Fremont, June 26, 1832 ; m. Warren W. Wilbur. (See.)
c. Otis Frank, b. Aug. 4, 1835 ; d. unm., about 1886, ae. 51.
d. William Foote, b. May 11, 1839; m. (1) Frank Morey, d. 1864 ; (2) Emma Smith, d. 1871 ; (3) Kate Flanders. Hed .; she res. in Massachusetts.
58. Jonathan Brown, b. Oct. 12, 1811 ; m., Sept. 17, 1837, Rachel S. Tilton. He was a farmer in Sandown; d. Aug. 30, 1884, ae. 72-10-18. She d. Dec., 1887. Seven children.
59. Nancy, b. July 13, 1813 ; d. Mar. 5, 1814.
60. Sherburn, b. Dec. 18, 1814 ; m. Dec. 12, 1839, Elizabeth Sanborn, and d. Apr. 27, 1889, ae. 74-4-9. She d. May 29, 1880.
61. Nancy, b. May 2, 1816 ; d. Sept. 20, 1824, ae. 8-4-18.
62. Lewis, b. July 18, 1819; m. Oct. 18, 1842, Abigail F. York. He d. in Fremont, April, 1891, ae. 71-9 -. She d.
63. Alvah, b. Mar. 6, 1822 ; d. June 3, 1823, ae. 1-2-27.
64. Alvah, b. Dec. 31, 1823 ; a prosperous farmer in Fremont. He m., Sept. 26, 1843, Nancy, dau. John Page, of Sandown. Children :
a. John Page. c. Alden F.
b. Susan Emily.
d. Eugene Dana.
65. Nancy, b. Sept. 14, 1825 ; d. Jan. 27, 1843, unm., ae. 17-4-13.
(47) John H. Sanborn, son of Sherburn, b. Apr. 2, 1789, went to Fremont, where he m., Mar. 21, 1810, Olive Saw- yer, of Danville, b. Hawke, Nov. 25, 1790. He was a farmer and brick mason in Fremont till about 1817, when he returned to Bristol and took possession of his father's farm. He erected the farmhouse now standing, and there he res. till 1832, when he removed to the farm now occupied by George Price, on the road to Hill, where he d. May 17, 1849, ae. 60-1-15. She d. in Fremont.
CHILDREN
66. Adeline, b. Fremont, Oct. 22, 1812 ; m. Sept. 19, 1833, Parker P. Roberts, and d. in Lawrence, Mass.
67. Luella Bartlett, b. F., Sept. 30, 1814 ; d. unm., Jan. 22, 1836, ae. 21-3-22.
68. John Washington, b. F., Apr. 21, 1816 ; m. June 24, 1841, Mary C.,
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dau. Daniel Bennett (See), b. Oct. 5, 1824. He spent his life in Bristol. He built and occupied for years the farmhouse now occupied by Benja- min Gray, on the Hill road. Was a brick mason as well as a farmer. He d. Jan. 9, 1885, ae. 68-8-18. She res. on the farm originally settled by Sherburn Sanborn on north slope of New Chester mountain. No children.
69. Sherburn Sawyer, b. Bristol, Mar. 31, 1818; d. Apr. 21, 1818.
70. Betsey Ann, b. B., June 27, 1819; m. Stephen L. Gordon. (See. )
*71. Sherburn Sawyer, b. B., Mar. 29, 1821.
72. Mary H., b. B., July 6, 1823; m. (1) Oct. 24, 1844, Daniel M. Elliott. He went to California in 1849, and was never heard from later. She m. (2) June 1, 1857, Capt. Isaiah Sanborn. Child :
a. Helen Elliott, m. - Colston ; res. Fremont.
73. James Templeton, b. B., June 28, 1825; m. Sarah W., dau. of Nathaniel and Abigail M. (Williams) Moulton, b. Oct. 24, 1818. He was a carpenter and builder. Was selectman five years, deputy sheriff three years, and served as town recruiting agent during Civil war. He d. Bristol, Sept. 26, 1884, ae. 59-2-28. She res. with her daughter, Mrs. M. F. Wilbur, in Lexington, Mass. Children, all b. in Bristol :
a. John Hoyt, b. May 10, 1846 ; d. Feb. 16, 1851, ae. 4-9-6.
b. John Hoyt, b. Oct. 16, 1851 ; d. July 14, 1852.
c. Kate E., b. Nov. 16, 1855 ; m. Moses F. Wilbur. (See.)
d. Alla Betsey, b. Feb. 9, 1858 ; m. June 23, 1877, James S. Rob- erts, b. Barton, Vt., Jan. 26, 1836, his second wife. Res. Medford, Mass. Children: (1) Alla Bessie, b. Exeter, May 24, 1878. (2) James Levi, b. E., May 4, 1880. (3) Ivaloo, b. Medford, Apr. 12, 1887.
74. Sarah Jane, b. B., July 12, 1827; m. Feb. 3, 1846, Augustus S. Bunker, Durham ; d. Lawrence, Mass., Apr. 24, 1850, ae. 22-9-12. Chil- dren :
a. Franz, b. Lawrence, Jan. 4, 1847 ; d. Oct. II, 1848, ae. I-9-7. b. Dion Cammillo, b. L., Mar. 9, 1850. Res. Lawrence.
75. Abram Jackson, b. B., Aug. 6, 1829 ; d. Bristol, Aug. 1, 1846, ae. 16-II-25.
76. Caroline Matilda, b. B., Aug. 27, 1831 ; m. Sept. 21, 1850, Augus- tus S. Bunker, his second wife. She d. Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 17, 1868, ae. 37-1-20; he d. L., Aug. 19, 1896, ae. 73-0-28. Children :
a. Flora Annielka, b. Gilford, June 30, 1851 ; m. Jesse Moulton, Oct. 3, 1876. Res. Dorchester, Mass.
b. George Augustus, b. Lawrence, Apr. 12, 1853 ; d. July 16, 1853.
c. Fred Clinton, b. L., June 18, 1854 ; d. Oct. 19, 1893, ae. 39-4-1.
d. Arthur Lovell, b. L., Aug. 15, 1857 ; d. June 2, 1858.
e. Carrie Addie, b. L., Aug. 20, 1860 ; d. Sept. 11, 1860.
77. George W. L., b. B., Apr. 13, 1834 ; d. Bristol, Nov. 3, 1853, ae. 19- 6-20.
(51) Simon M. Sanborn, son of Sherburn, b. Dec. 15, 1796, m. Roxana Mills, b. Oct. 1I, 1796, d. Aug. 20, 1846 ; divorced, and m. (2) Belinda West, b. Oct. 20, 1817, and d. Aug. 11, 1857, ae. 39-9-21; m. (3) Mary West. He was a cooper and farmer in Chester, where he d.
CHILDREN
78. Mary A., b. Dec. 10, 1819 ; d. 1824, ae. 5.
79. Isaiah, b. Jan. 24, 1821 ; m. (1) May 21, 1848, Lydia A. Swain, of Candia ; (2) June 1, 1857, Mary H. (Sanborn) Elliott. Children :
a. Madison M. b. Nov. 7, 1849. b. Loretta E., b. Nov. 21, 1853.
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80. Horace, b. Nov. 9, 1822; m. Mar. 19, 1850, Chastina M. Sanborn, res. in Chester, and there d. without issue, June 19, 1852, ae. 29-7-10.
81. Luther M., b. Jan. 15, 1824; m. Dec. 16, 1845, Nancy J. Sanborn. He d. Oct. 27, 1851, ae. 27-9-12. His widow m. Henry W. Quimby.
82. Mary A., b. Oct. 10, 1825; m. Sept. 23, 1846, David T. Sleeper, of Sandown.
83. Sarah J., b. Jan. 16, 1827 ; d. May 7, 1847, ae. 20-3-21.
84. John Collins, b. Apr. 20, 1828 ; m. 1863, Mary A. B. Hook, of Fre-
mont. He is a house carpenter in Fremont. Children :
a. Bert S., b. Sept. 30, 1863 ; m. and res. No. Uxbridge, Mass.
b. Ruth Grace, b. Mar. 10, 1865 ; m. - Bartlett, of Kingston.
85. Sylvester, b. July 13, 1829; a wheelwright in Amesbury, Mass .; m. June 5, 1855, Mrs. Chastina M. Sanborn, widow of Horace, above; she d. Jan. 23, 1856 ; m. (2) Nov. 16, 1856, Almira Fassett, of Kingston. No issue.
86. Alvira, b. Apr. 23, 1831 ; m. 1851, Elijah Sanborn. She d. Sept., 1855, ae. 24-5 -.
87. Clarissa, b. Dec. 18, 1832 ; m. Aug., 1856, Elijah Sanborn.
88. Laura, b. Sept. 4, 1834 ; d. 1838, ae. 4.
89. Harriet, b. Mar. 26, 1836; m. John S. Kelly, of Sandown.
90. Mark, b. Oct. 21, 1839; m. June 20, 1889, Martha J. Marden, of Chester.
91. Harrison, b. July 2, 1843; d. New York, a member of Co. D, 7th Regt., N. H. Vols., Feb. 19, 1862, ae. 18-7-17.
92. Frank, b. Nov. 17, 1846 ; d. 1852, ae. 6.
93. Laura J., b. Mar. 14, 1848 ; m. John M. Haines, of Sandown.
94. Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1850 ; m. Jan. 1, 1876, Abigail C. Elkins, of Kingston. A carpenter at Danville. Children :
a. Eva C., b. Sept. 26, 1877.
b. Herman Elkins, b. May 11, 1879.
c. Lillian Louise, b. Oct. 19, 1882 ; d. 1886, ae. 4.
d. Clifton, b. Aug. 24, 1885 ; d. 1889, ae. 4.
95. Maria Ellen, b. July 27, 1851 ; m. S. S. West, Raymond.
96. Lucinda, b. Feb. 13, 1853 ; d. 1854.
97. Frank, b. Aug. 8, 1854; d. 1854.
(71) Sherburn S. Sanborn, son of John H., b. Mar. 29, 1821, m. Aug. 22, 1843, Nancy K., dau. of Jonathan Fellows (See), b. Apr. 26, 1821. He was a farmer and brick mason, and d. Bristol, Mar. 24, 1891, ae. 69-1I-25. She res. with her daughter, in Waltham, Mass.
CHILDREN
98. Malina J., b. Wentworth, Oct. 8, 1844 ; m., Jan. 6, 1861, John W. Marden. He is master car builder for the Fitchburg railroad, at Wal- tham, Mass.
99. Charles W., b. Thornton, Jan. 20, 1846; m. Aug. 12, 1875, Abbie M., dau. of Moses Emmons (See), b. Apr. 20, 1851. He is a mason and woodworker in Bristol. Mason, Odd Fellow.
100. Frank S., b. Bristol, Feb. 21, 1853; m. Nov. 29, 1876, Ella J. Swallow. Res. 45 Columbus Ave., Somerville, Mass. Since 1881, in the employ of Fitchburg railroad, now general foreman and general wrecker of that road.
IOI. Maron J., b. B., Apr. 23, 1857 ; m. Dec. 25, 1880, Helen M. Nowell. Res. Cambridge, Mass.
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ELIJAH SANBORN AND HIS DESCENDANTS
(8) Elijah Sanborn, son of Daniel, b. Sept. 22, 1761, m. Sept. 7, 1779, Elizabeth Tilton, of Danville. He saw service in the Revolutionary army; came to Bristol with his family as early as 1794, and was a farmer and miller. At one time he lived on High street and had charge of the first grist-mill in town. At another time he res. on the Solon Dolloff farm. After the death of his first wife he m., Apr. 21, 1799, Sarah Gordon, and removed to Burroak, Mich., where he d. He had two children by his second wife, whose names are unknown.
CHILDREN
I02. Elijah, went West with his father.
IO3. Eben, b. Jan. 20, 1780; d. June 20, 1780.
*104. David, b. Danville, July 26, 1783.
IO5. Mercy, b. Sept. 1, 1785 ; m. Sherburn Tilton, of Sandown; d. Sept. 20, 1855, ae. 70-0-19.
106. Elizabeth T., b. Dec. 27, 1787; m. Caleb Atwood, of Enfield.
(104) David Sanborn, son of Elijah, b. July 26, 1783, was a resident of Bristol from the time his father came here till about 1812, when he removed to the Sanborn farm on the New Hampton side of the Pemigewasset river. He had charge of Ichabod C. Bartlett's potash for some years. He m., Feb. II, 1806, Sally Foot, dau. of Samuel and Sally (Lowell) Foot, b. Amesbury, Mass., May 14, 1784 ; d. in New Hampton, Oct. 3, 1864, ae. 80-4-19. He d. New Hampton, Apr. 24, 1862, ae. 78-8-28.
CHILDREN
107. Elizabeth, b. Bristol, Mar. 16, 1807 ; m. Oct. 28, 1856, Morrill Dickerson, of Hill, who d. spring of 1882. She d. at home of her brother David, Oct. 16, 1881, ae. 74-7-0.
108. Hannah, b. B., Jan. 31, 1809; m. Jolin L. Sanborn. (See.)
109. William Foot, b. B., Mar. 23, 1811; drowned June 3, 1837, while rafting lumber down the Pemigewasset, ae. 26-2-10. (See Stories and Incidents. )
IIO. Nancy, b. New Hampton, Jan. 29, 1814; m. July 12, 1832, Jacob Heath, of Franklin. They settled in New Hampton, where he was a farmer, and d. Dec. 14, 1872; she d. New Hampton, May 18, 1885, ae. 71- 3-19. Children :
a. Sarah A., b. Mar. 25, 1836; m. Hiram P. Ballou. (See.)
b. Annette, b. Jan. 4, 1839 ; m. Edgar A. F. Hammond, Jan. 10, 1858; d. Aug. 5, 1893, ae. 54-7-[. He res. New Hampton. Chil- dren : (1) Frank W., b. Oct. 10, 1859; res. New Hampton. (2) Edgar A. F., b. June II, 1865 ; d. Nov. 16, 1866, ae. 1-5-5. (3) Henry A., b. Aug. 4, 1871.
c. Maria S., b. June 7, 1842 ; m. John R. Swain, Apr. 5, 1860; d. Sept. 14, 1879, ae. 37-3-7. Seven children.
d. Gustavus S., b Jan. 2, 1848 ; d. Nov. 1, 1871, ae. 23-9-29.
e. Julia K., b. June 1, 1852 ; res. unm., New Hampton.
*III. Otis, b. N. H., Aug. 20, 1816.
II2. Gustavus Bartlett, b. N. H., Jan. 12, 1819; m. July 4, 1842, Sophronia Maria, dau. of Moses M. Smith (See), b. May 9, 1822. He
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was a farmer in Hill, and there d. May 10, 1845, ae. 26-3-28. She m. (2) William P. Ballou. (See.) Child :
a. Henrietta Newell, b. Hill, Oct. 10, 1843 ; m. Everett Chandler, " and d. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 2, 1899, ae. 55-2-22. Child : George Brinton, m .; one child ; res. 922 Ave. D, Bayonne, N. J.
113. Julia M. M., b. N. H., Mar. 3, 1822; m. Daniel Kelley. (See.)
II4. Elijah, b. N. H., June 21, 1824 ; in. Nov. 15, 1849, Mahala K., dau. of James and Sally (Gordon) Hight, b. New Hampton, Apr. 1, 1824. He was a farmer, lumber manufacturer, and brick maker at Profile Falls ; d. No. Main street, Dec. 16, 1900, ae. 76-5-25. She res. No. Main street. No children.
115. ; David, b. N. H., Nov. 11, 1829 ; m. June 1, 1852, Aramentha, dau. of Benjamin and Harnel (Kelley) Gordon, b. New Hampton, Nov. 6, 1830, and d. June 10, 1883, ae. 52-7-4. He succeeded his father on the home farm. Children :
a. Sarah Hattie, b. New Hampton, Dec. 2, 1855. Res. with her father, unm. Two sisters d. in infancy.
(III) Otis Sanborn, son of David, b. Aug. 20, 1816, m. Aug. 22, 1840, Lucy Ann Tilton, dau. of Jonathan, b. San- down, Nov. 11, 1822, and d. Laconia, June 15, 1898, ae. 75- 7-4. He was a farmer and brick mason, and spent most of his life in Bristol. For thirty-eight years he res. in the Locke neighborhood, where he d. Oct. 19, 1895, ae. 79-1-29. When a young man, for ten years he run rafts of lumber down the river from Moore's Mills to market.
CHILDREN
116. William Jewett, b. Fremont, Mar. 11, 1841 ; m. (1) in 1865, Maria, dau. of Isaac Healey. He m. (2) Cornelia Arabella Grant. In company with his father-in-law, he kept the hotel known as Boars Head on Lake street in the sixties, and res. many years in Plymouth. He served in the 5th Regt., N. H. Vols., in the Civil war and was twice wounded. Dis- charged for disability, and later served in 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery. He d. at Soldiers' Home, Tilton, Dec. 25, 1901, ae. 60-9-14. Children, all born in Plymouth:
a. Jewett Perley. b. George Tilden. €. Edna. d. Frank. e. Lewis.
II7. Julia Maria, b. New Hampton, July 17, 1842 ; d. 1844, ae. 2.
118. Lizzie Harriet, b. N. H., Dec. 4, 1846; m. Oct. 25, 1871, Joseph C. N. Davis. Res. 16 Spring street, Laconia.
II9. Daniel Kelley, b. N. H., Dec. 31, 1849; m. Ada Shaddock, h. Canaan. He was for 30 years steward at Eagle Hotel in Concord. He d. Concord, Jan. 3, 1903, ae. 53-0-2.
120. Frank E., b. Plymouth, Sept. 23, 1852 ; m. 1898, Jennie Jay Cox. Is a brick mason in Hartford, Vt. Child :
a. Harry June, b. Hartford, Vt., Mar. 17, 1900.
I2I. Roscoe Elijah, b. Bristol, June 2, 1860 ; m. June 3, 1886, Mary Susan, dau. Joseph and Harriet (Beckford) Clough, b. Dorchester, Jan. 7, 1863. He is a brick mason. Res. Hanover. Child :
a. Channing, b. Laconia, Jan. 25, 1890.
I22. Elmer Tilton, b. B., Nov. 9, 1862 ; m. Jan. 14, 1887, Emma Archi- bault, dau. of John, b. Enosburg Falls, Vt. He is a farmer in Bristol. Child :
a. Otis, b. New Hampton, Nov. 21, 1898.
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I. Joseph Sanborn, b. Kensington, Sept. 9, 1751, was of the fourth generation from Lieut. John, b. England, 1620; through Nathaniel, b. Hampton, Jan. 27, 1766 ; Richard, b. Hampton Falls, Feb. 27, 1793 ; Moses, b. Kensington, July 12, 1717. Joseph, m. Mary Clough, of Danville. They came from Sandown and settled on lot 75 in New Chester, about one mile south of Smith's river, in 1773, and here they rounded out seventy years of wedded life. He d. Mar. 14, 1841, ae. 89-6-5.
CHILDREN, all born in Hill
2. Priscilla, b. Jan. II, 1772 ; m. - Corless, and d. in Alexandria.
3. Sarah, b .- Feb. 18, 1773.
4. Obediah, b. Mar. 7, 1775 ; m. Sally Moore; lived in Hill a farmer, and there d., Mar. 31, 1805, ae. 30-0-24. He was the father of Tappan, Moses, and Obediah.
5. Polly, b. May 4, 1778 ; m. Joseph Hastings. (See.)
6. Judith, b. Nov. 16, 1780; m. Nathaniel Collins ; d. Webster.
※7. Joseph, b. May 24, 1784.
8. Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1786 ; d. 1797, ae. II.
9. Reuben, b. June 27, 1791 ; d. Hill, Apr., 1812, ae. 20-10 -.
*IO. Moses, b. July 24, 1795.
(7) Joseph Sanborn, son of Joseph, b. May 24, 1784, m. Sally Pearson, dau. of William and Sarah (Jones) Pearson, of Tewksbury, Mass .; b. Sept. 7, 1784, and d. in Bristol, at the residence of her son Gilman, Feb. 9, 1864, ae. 79-5-2. He d. same place, Mar. 24, 1861, ae. 76-10-0. At m., they settled on a farm in the Borough, about one-half mile south of Smith's river, and here their children were b.
CHILDREN
II. Cynthia, b. Hill, June 19, 1807 ; m. Hosea Ballou. (See.)
12. Mary, b. New Hampton, Apr. 10, 1809 ; m. (1) Alexander Simon Wolcott, who d. New York city, Nov. 10, 1844. She m. (2) James Meeker, who d. 1886; she d. at her home on the New Hampton side of the Pemi- gewasset river, July 20, 1895, ae. 86-3-10.
13. William, b. Hill, Mar. 20, 1811; m. Aug., 1833, Joanna Wells. He d. in Bristol, June 10, 1865, ae. 54-2-20. She d. Mar. 15, 1877. Two children.
14. Reuben, b. H., Dec. 29, 1813 ; lived in Bristol, unm., where he d. Jan. 3, 1840, ae. 26-0-4.
*15. Gilman, b. H., Apr. 5, 1816.
(10) Moses Sanborn, son of Joseph, b. July 24, 1795, m. Mar. 2, 1815, Lucy Wells, dau. of Reuben and Priscilla, b. Nov. 8, 1797, and d. Oct. 3, 1843, ae. 45-10-25. He m. (2) Betsey Stevens. He was a carpenter and farmer and spent his last years in the family of his daughter, Mrs. O. F. Morse, in Bristol, where he d. Nov. 27, 1888, ae. 93-4-3. He was a cap- tain in the artillery, state militia.
CHILDREN
16. Cyrus, h. Sept. 20, 1816 ; d. Nov. 22, 1822, ae. 6-2-2.
17. Mary Jane, b. Hill, Apr, I, 1821 ; m. Eben Eaton. (See.)
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18. Rozilla, b. Mar. 2, 1825 ; d. May, 1839, ae. 14-3 -.
19. Eliza Ann, b. June 14, 1831 ; m. Oscar F. Morse. (See.)
20. Catherine, b. Mar. 17, 1834; d. in the family of Eben Eaton in Bristol, Mar., 1848, ae. 14-0 -.
(15) Gilman Sanborn, son of Joseph, b. Apr. 5, 1816, m. (1) Apr. 9, 1835, Mary Elizabeth Badger, dau. of Daniel, b. Mal- den, Mass., Mar. 8, 1816, and d. May 9, 1859, ae. 43-2-1. Hem. (2) Widow Morrill, of Bridgewater. She d. Apr. 30, 1866, and he m. (3) Dec. 14, 1868, Rubie Hayward. He was a carpenter and farmer in Alexandria, and, for many years before his death, on the 'west side of the lake in Bristol, where he d., Mar. 20, 1883, as the result of having one leg nearly severed from his body three days before. He walked on a revolving saw in a saw-mill while snow blind. His age was 66-11-15.
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21. Carroll, b. Alexandria, Mar. 5, 1836; m. Clarinda J. Hastings, July 5, 1859: She was dau. of John Hastings (See), b. Jan. 16, 1839. He was a soldier in the 9th Regt., N. H. Vols., and was wounded at Antietam and again at Fredericksburg. Died at Lowell, Mass., of gunshot wound. Children :
a. Fred, d. b. Lola, b. before war. c. Ada E., b. during war. 22. James, b. A .; killed when 18, by accidental discharge of gun while hunting in Lowell, Mass.
23. Mary Elizabeth, killed while young, by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of a brother.
24. Charles, d. in infancy.
25. John Gilman, d. in infancy.
26. Henry Augustus, b. Alexandria, Apr. 16, 1847; m. 1872, Elvira Straw; divorced ; m. (2) Dec. 12, 1887, Ida May, dau. of Capt. James W. Saunders. (See. ) Child :
a. Elmer Earl, b. Franklin Falls, May 12, 1896.
27. Julia, b. Bristol, Oct. 26, 1849. Res. Tilton. Unm.
28. Henrietta, b. Alexandria, Sept. 25, 1854 ; m. Samuel Scott Fel- lows. (See.)
29. A daughter, b. Bristol ; d. infancy.
30. Anna Donna, b. B., Feb. 16, 1857 ; d. Feb. 26, 1873, ae. 16-0-10.
I. Benia Sanborn, son of Zadok, b. Brentwood, Jan. 14, 1759, was of the fourth generation from William, b. England, 1622, through Stephen, b. Hampton, 1671 ; Zadok, b. Hampton, 1707; and Zadok, his father, b. Brentwood, 1733. Benia, m. Lydia Powell and settled in New Hampton, but later came to Bristol and settled in the Locke neighborhood, on the farm where Otis Sanborn lived for many years. She d., Aug. 18, 1845, ae. 79.
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2. William, b. New Hampton, about 1786; m., and had one dauglı- ter. He was a school teacher for many years.
3. Susanna, b. 1789 ; m. Josiah Fellows. (See.)
4. Anna, b. 1791 ; m. Smith Powell. (See.)
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5. Ruth, b. 1793 ; m. Nathaniel Smith. She came in possession of her father's farm well stocked ; signed notes to cover her husband's debts contracted before marriage, and d. in poor-house at New Hampton.
I. Benjamin Franklin Sanborn, son of Jacob B., was of the sixth generation from William, b. England, 1622, through Stephen, b. Hampton, 1671 ; Zadok, b. Hampton, 1707 ; Zadok, b. Brentwood, 1733; Nathaniel, b. Brentwood, 1768, who lived in New Hampton and Alexandria, and Jacob B., b. New Hamp- ton, Feb. 19, 1801. Benjamin F. is supposed to have been born in Alexandria, Oct. 11, 1826. He m., Feb. 20, 1850, Joanna L. Darling, dau. of Ebenezer (See), b. July 20, 1825, and d. Bris- tol, Sept. 19, 1891, ae. 66-1-29. He was a farmer on the road to the Locke neighborhood, till after the death of his wife. He d. Alexandria, Apr. 8, 1898, ae. 71-5-27.
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2. Infant son, d. Oct. 5, 1851, ae. 6 weeks.
3. Charles E., d. Sept. 24, 1853, ae. 14 months.
4. Orrin D., b. Bristol, 1854.
5. George Selden, b. B., Aug. 2, 1861 ; is a farmer on his father's farm ; unm.
I. Sewell Sanborn was b. in Salisbury, Oct. 16, 1801. He was of the sixth generation from John, b. England, 1620, through John, b. about 1649; Tristram, b. 1684; Abraham, b. Kingston, 1717 ; John, b. Kingston, 1741, and Capt. Abraham, his father, b. Sandown, 1759. Sewell m. (1) Nov., 1829, Har- riet Bean, who d. Mar. 17, 1847 ; (2) Dec. 5, 1847, Mrs. Phebe Fogg, widow of Thomas, who d. May 7, 1882, ae. 75-4-5. He came to Bristol, 1863, and d. Oct. 30, 1866, ae. 65-0-14.
CHILDREN
2. Mary Bean, b. Salisbury, Nov. 18, 1830; m. Joel Gurdy. (See.)
3. Harriet, b. May 19, 1833 ; m. Eben Trask, Salem, Mass .; d. Apr. 21, 1868, ae. 34-II-2.
4. George W., d. at Alexandria, July 28, 1858, ae. 21.
5. William Henry Harrison, b. Sept. 15, 1839; m. Apr. 21, 1869, Phedora Elizabeth, dau. of Calvin Golden; d; she res. New Hampton. (See.) Children :
a. Herman H., b. Alexandria, July 25, 1874 ; res. New Hampton. b. Raymond, b. Hill, Apr. 29, 1876 ; m. Alice Hammond. One child : Katherine.
6. Ira Chase, b. July 29, 1841; . m. Alberta S. Crowell, and d. in Albany, Vt.
7. Sylvanus, b. June 12, 1843 ; d. unm.
8. Horace, b. May 10, 1845 ; m. ; res. at Franklin ; one son.
9. Gustavus B., b. Sept. 4, 1848 ; m. Susan Ford, Groton. Divorced. He was a manufacturer of waterproof blacking, babbit metal and rules in Bristol, removed to Ballard, Wash., where he accumulated a property through the rise of real estate, and d. in Dec., 1902, ae. 54-3 -. They had two children.
Io. Phebe, b. May 21, 1851 ; m. Louis Rowe. (See. )
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