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iii. GEORGE M., b. 27 May, 1843; d. 26 Oct., 1872.
iv. ORRIN, b. 24 Oct., 1845; d. 30 Oct., 1846.
v. JOSEPH F., b. 20 April, 1849; d. 21 Jan., 1853.
2. vi. SYLVESTER J., b. 3 Sept., 1852.
3. vii. MARY P., b. 15 Oct., 1855.
2. SYLVESTER J3. Dow (Joseph2, Joseph1) b. 3 Sept., 1852; m. 6 Sept., 1879, in Franklin, Eliza, dau. of Abel Lord and Martha (Alexander) Butter- worth, b. in Rochdale, Eng., 1 Aug., 1858. He d. at Bow, 3 Aug., 1891. She m. second, 20 April, 1909, William L. Kimball of Cheney, Kan. Children b. in C .:
i. JAY HENRY4, b. 8 July, 1884; m. Nov., 1906, Lynne Roberds, at San Bernardino, Cal. Child: Dorothy M5., b. 29 Jan., 1909.
ii. ADA MAY, b. 3 Sept., 1886; m. 19 Dec., 1905, Abram E. Valentine, at San Bernardino, Cal. Child: Melvin Dows Valentine, b. 18 May, 1910.
3. MARY P3. Dow (Joseph?, Joseph1) b. 15 Oct., 1855, at C .; m. 19 Nov., 1881, in Franklin, Thomas E., son of Joseph L. Simpson of Deerfield, b. at Winona, Minn., 10 Feb., 1856. Child: Sam W4. Simpson, b. 15 Aug., 1883, in Deerfield.
DOW.
1. JOSIAH1 Dow was b. 1755 in Epping; m. first, - Sias; after her death he removed to C .; m. second, Sarah, dau. of Jeremiah5 and Abigail (Kezer) Clough, b. 20 Feb., 1766, in C., d. 30 Sept., 1846. He d. 28 March, 1827: both d. in Concord and were interred in the Center ceme- tery of C. Children:
i. MARTHA, m. Crockett.
ii. CHARLOTTA.
iii. MARY JANE, m. Noble.
iv. TRISTRAM, m. Lyford of Northfield.
2. v. SUSAN CLOUGH.
vi. JEREMIAH.
vii. JOSIAH, m. first, - Hann; m. second, Mrs. Johnson.
2. SUSAN CLOUGH? DOW (Josiah1) m. Albegence7 Mead (Jasons, Samuels, Samuel4, Thomas?, Israel?, Gabriel1) Gabriel1 or Goodman1, came in 1635 to this country from England. Children:
i. DARIUS JOHNSON3, m. Elizabeth Jennings.
ii. JEROME, m. Mary
iii. SARAH ELIZA; m. George Warner Weeks, b. 12 Aug., 1824, d. 10 Sept., 1903; she d. 22 Oct., 1903. He was of the sixth genera- tion in direct line from Leonard Weeks of Greenland, b. 1639 in
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Compton Martin, Somerset County, Eng. (George W.s, Dud- ley J.5, Josiah4, Matthias3, Capt. Samuel?, Leonard Weeks.) Leonard was first heard of in this country 1655, in Portsmouth.
Children of George W. and Sarah E. (Mead) Weeks: 1. Laura Arvilla4, b. 1849; d. at the age of six years. 2. Medora, b. 2 Jan., 1855, in Manchester, m. 26 Dec., 1878, in Manchester, Alonzo, son of Albert and Adeline (Blackburn) Elliott, b. 25 July, 1849, in Augusta, Me., d. 20 Aug., 1909, in Manchester. Children: (1) Lucille Weeks Elliott, b. 14 June, 1880; m. 10 Dec., 1902, Harry Gilman Clough, d. 30 Dec., 1909. (2) Laura Medora Elliott, b. 15 July, 1882. (3) Mildred Weeks Elliott, b. 1 Feb., 1890. (4) Alonzo Elliott, b. 25 May, 1891. (3) Perley Weeks, b. 1863; m. Carrie Foote Everett of Bradford, Mass., d. 1907.
iv. MARY JANE, m. Alfred Fife of Pembroke.
v. JOSEPH, unm.
DREW.
The first Drew of whom a record is found in this country is John Drew, who appeared in Plymouth, Mass., about 1660. He is supposed to have been a son of William Drew and a grandson of Sir Edward Drew, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1589. (From Drew's Landmarks of Plymouth, Mass.)
ALBERT FRANCIS4 DREW was b. 12 Dec., 1843, in Plymouth, Mass. He was a son of Josiah3 and Sarah Jane (Hodgkins) Drew. Josiah was b. 1812, d. 1850. His wife was a duaghter of David and Mary Hodgkins. She d. 10 Sept., 1881. Mary, the wife of David Hodgkins, was a dau. of John Wilson who came to Marblehead from Edinburgh about 1750; b. 27 Feb., 1748; d. 1793. The grandfather of Albert Francis Drew was Atwood? Drew, who m., 1802, Lydia, dau. of William and Lydia Rider. His great-grandfather, David1 Drew, m. Elizabeth Atwood.
Albert Francis Drew m. 25 Feb., 1873, in Boston, Mass., Mary Ella, dau. of Alfred G. and Mary L. Chase. (See Chase Gen.) Mr. Drew removed in 1880 from Boston to C., where he d. 23 Feb., 1909. Children:
i. FRANK EDWARD5, b. 23 March, 1874, in Boston; m. 7 Oct., 1908, in N. Y. City, Marion Freeman of Cleveland, O., b. 3 June, 1875. He is a graduate of Dartmouth, 1897, Boston University Law School, 1900, admitted to the Mass. Bar in 1900, and is prac- ticing law in Boston.
ii. HARRIET EMMA, b. 16 July, 1876, in Boston; m. 11 June, 1902, in C., George Henry Gleason. (See Gleason Gen.)
iii. MABEL LOUISE, b. 15 March, 1881, in C .; m. 11 June, 1908, Philip H. Pike, b. 3 April, 1884. Children: 1. Grace Ora® Pike, b. 27 Jan., 1909. 2. Marion Louise Pike, b. 24 March, 1910.
DRISCOLL.
JOHN WILLIAM2 DRISCOLL, b. 17 Aug., 1852, in Quebec, Canada, son of Wil- liam and Margaret Driscoll; m. first, 4 Feb., 1870, Minnie H., dau. of David H. and Sarah C. (Johnson) Perley of Enfield; m. second, Lucy Mae, dau. of Addison Augustus and Abigail (Lovering) Arlin of Con- cord. Mr. Driscoll had three sisters: Mary Ann, m. first, Joseph
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Twombly of Hill, m. second, Cyrus Pattee of Haverhill, Mass .; Mar- garet, m. Rufus W. Smart of Hopkinton, and Lizzie, unm. In Feb., 1897, Mr. Driscoll purchased the place at C. known as the Jonathan K. Taylor place, where he now resides. Child by first marriage:
i. JENNIE P.8, b. 12 April, 1871; m. Herbert W. Metcalf of Lowell, Mass. Children, b. in Lowell: Paul and Ruth B. Metcalf.
EDGETT.
KENYON TRUEMAN2 EDGETT, eighth son of Andrew1 and Priscilla (Greenough) Edgett, b. 28 March, 1868, in Hillsboro, N. B .; m. 9 Oct., 1894, Ella Alice, eldest dau. of Adam and Emma A. (Adams) Tait of E. Boston, Mass. Mr. Edgett and his family removed from Boston to C. 16 March, 1908, where they have since resided, occupying the Luther Cody house. Children: i. Wellington Ethelbert3, b. 6 Oct., 1896, in Mattapan, Mass. ii. Lillian Mae, b. 4 March, 1898, in Dorchester, Mass. iii. Grace Louise, b. 8 March, 1899, in Dorchester, d. 12 Nov., 1901, in Boston. iv. Myrtle Irene, b. 11 May, 1903, in Boston. v. Luther Trueman, b. 1 Jan., 1905, in Boston. vi. Esther Emma, b. 28 Sept., 1907, in Boston.
ELKINS.
JAMES S. ELKINS, son of James? and Mehitable (Rand) Elkins, was b. 24 Dec., 1809, in Rye. His father was b. 3 May, 1777, in Rye, d. 29 Nov., 1855, in C .; his mother was b. 19 June, 1787, in Rye, d. 20 July, 1859, in C. The grandfather of James S. was Samuel Elkins. James S. was a stone-cutter by trade, and for several years he was engaged in this business in Quincy, Glouces- ter and Boston, Mass. In 1834 he came with his parents to C., where he pur- chased a farm. In 1873 he disposed of this property and removed to the Center. He m. first, 1840, Abigail Tallant; she d. 22 Nov., 1884, aged sixty-eight years; he m. second, 2 Dec., 1885, Lucia Maria, dau. of Jonathan and Phoebe (Eastman) Sargent, b. 10 Sept., 1833. Mr. Elkins d. 4 Aug., 1898. He was a successful business man, a public-spirited citizen and a generous contrib- utor to every worthy cause.
ELLIOTT.
1. GEORGE BRADLEY1 ELLIOTT, m. in C., 22 Dec., 1842, Abigail, b. in C., 3 Oct., 1821, dau. of Levi and Abigail (Chase) Bennett. Levi and Abigail Bennett were m. in C., 29 June, 1813. Abigail Chase's parents were Joseph and - - (Moore) Chase. Children:
i. ALONZO BUTLER2, b. 7 March, 1844.
ii. RONALDO CORTEZ, b. 24 Dec., 1845.
2. iii. NANCY MELISSA, b. 15 Aug., 1848.
3. iv. ELIZA EUDORA, b. 9 June, 1850.
4. v. CORA GENEVA, b. 16 Aug., 1852.
vi. GEORGE BRADLEY, b. 10 Dec., 1854; m. Nov., 1883, Kate Atwood. No children.
5. vii. CHARLES FREMONT, b. 17 June, 1857.
6. viii. JESSIE MARIA, b. 26 June, 1859.
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2. NANCY MELISSA2 ELLIOTT (George1) b. 15 Aug., 1848; m. 6 Sept., 1869, James Fields Hicks, b. 22 Aug., 1839. Children: 1. Winfield Scotts Hicks, b. 7 May, 1873. ii. Addie Iola Hicks, b. 10 May, 1878. iii. Walter Leon Hicks, b.1 April, 1881.
3. ELIZA EUDORA? ELLIOTT (George1) b. 9 June, 1850, in Concord; m. 13 Dec., 1871, Edwin Oscar Batchelder, b. 25 Aug., 1842. Children: i. Harry Eugene3 Batchelder, b. 14 May, 1873; m. 23 June, 1900, Grace A. Taft. Child: Charles Donald Batchelder, b. 30 Nov., 1901. ii. Cora Abby Batchelder, b. 4 June, 1875; m. Fred H. Brown. (See Brown Gen.) iii. Estelle Charlotte Batchelder, b. 19 Oct., 1877.
4. CORA GENEVA2 ELLIOTT (George1) b. 16 Aug., 1852; m. 7 May, 1872, Eugene Stephen Yates, a physician. After her husband's death, Mrs. Yates studied medicine and is now practicing in Pawtucket, R. I. She owns a summer home near the Center. Child: Rollin Eugene3, b. 10 Sept., 1879.
5. CHARLES FREMONT2 ELLIOTT (George1) b. 16 June, 1857, in Penacook; m. in C., 1884, Florence G. Chase. (See Chase Gen.) Children, b. in C .: i. Ernest Everett3, b. 16 May, 1885. ii. Eva Belle, b. 2 April, 1887. iii. Mary Louise, b. 4 June, 1891; d. in C., 26 Sept., 1891. iv. Alfred Chase, b. 22 July, 1889. v. Harry Earl, b. 6 Sept., 1893. vi Gladys Beulah, b. 12 Nov., 1894.
6. JESSIE MARIA2 ELLIOTT (George1) b. 26 June, 1859; m. 17 June, 1883, George William Loud, b. 28 July, 1859. Children: i. Raymond Elliott3, b. 19 Oct., 1884. ii. Ralph William, b. 2 April, 1888. iii. Marion, b. 20 June, 1891.
EMERY .*
1. JOHN' EMERY, SR., son of John and Agnes Emery of Romsey, Hants, Eng., was b. in Eng., 29 Sept., 1598. He sailed from Southampton, 3 April, 1635, with his brother Anthony, in the ship James of London, their wives and one or two children each, probably, with them. He landed in Boston 3 June, 1635, and went soon after to Newbury, where he had a town grant of half an acre for a house lot. John Emery was made freeman 2 June, 1641, and recorded as one of the ninety-one freeholders of the town 2 Dec., 1642. On 16 March, 1663, he was presented to the Court at Ipswich by Henry Jacques, Constable of Newbury, for enter- taining travelers, and Quakers; 5 May, 1663, his presentment for enter- taining Quakers was referred unto next Court. The next Court fined him four pounds, costs and fees for entertaining strangers. In May, 1663, he petitioned the General Court for the remission of his fine. His petition was signed by the selectmen of the town and fifty of the citi- zens. The fine was not remitted. He was selectman, 1661; fence
* The facts given here concerning the early Emery families are taken from Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery, compiled by Rev. Rufus Emery, and published in 1890.
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viewer, 1666; grand juryman in the same year; jury of trials,in 1672; appointed to carry votes to Salem in 1676. He m. first, in Eng., Mary -, who d. in Newbury, April, 1649; m. second, Mrs. Mary Web- ster (née Shatswell) widow of John Webster of Ipswich, 29 Oct., 1650, He d. in Newbury, Mass., 3 Nov., 1683. His wife d. 28 April, 1694. Children:
2. i. JOHN2, b. about 1628, in Eng. ii. ANN, b. about 1631, in Eng. iii. EBENEZER, dau., b. 16 Sept., 1648, in Newbury. iv. JONA- THAN, b. 13 May, 1652, in Newbury.
2. JOHN2 EMERY (John1) came with his father to Newbury in 1635; m. Mary Webster, dau. of John and Mary (Shatswell) Webster, 2 Oct., 1648. Selectman, 1670-1673; chosen to carry votes to Salem 1675-76; tything- man, 1679; way-warden, 1679. He is styled Sergeant on the records. Made freeman 30 May, 1660; made his will 3 Aug., 1693. His wife d. 3 Feb., 1709. Children, b. in Newbury:
i. MARY3, b. 24 June, 1652.
ii. HANNAH, b. 26 April, 1654.
3. iii. JOHN, b. 12 Sept., 1656.
iv. BETHIA, b. 15 Oct., 1658.
V. SARAH, b. 26 Feb., 1660.
vi. JOSEPH, b. 23 March, 1663.
4. vii. STEPHEN, b. 6 Sept., 1666. viii. ABIGAIL, b. 16 Jan., 1668. ix. SAM- UEL, b. 20 Dec., 1670. x. JUDITH, b. 5 Feb., 1673. xi. LYDIA, b. 19 Feb., 1675. xii. ELIZABETH, b. 8 Feb., 1680. xiii. JOSIAH, b. 28 Feb., 1681.
3. JOHN3 EMERY (John2, John1) m. 13 June, 1683, Mary Sawyer, dau. of William and Ruth Sawyer, b. 29 July, 1660, she d. 3 Nov., 1699; m. · second, Abigail Bartlett, 27 May, 1700; and third, Mary March, 7 Dec., 1723. Children, b. in Newbury:
i. MARY4, b. 29 Dec., 1684;
5. ii. JOHN, b. 29 Sept., 1686. iii. JOSIAH, b. 19 Dec. ,1688. iv. DANIEL, b. 15 June, 1693. v. LYDIA, b. 29 April, 1698. vi. SAMUEL, b. 25 Oct., 1699. vii. Ruth. viii. HANNAH.
4. ENSIGN STEPHEN' EMERY (John?, John1) b. 6 Sept., 1666; m. 29 Nov., 1692, Ruth, dau. of Henry and Anna (Knight) Jaques, b. 14 April, 1672; millwright and planter; d. 1 Feb., 1746-47. His wife d. 9 Jan., 1764. Children, b. in Newbury:
i. ANNA,4 b. 10 Oct., 1693. ii. SARAH, b. 1 Jan., 1696. iii. RUTH, b. 6 June, 1698. iv. MARY, b. 15 Dec., 1700. v. JUDITH, b. 25 Feb., 1703. vi. ABIGAIL, b. 4 May, 1705. vii. ELIZABETH, b. 2 Feb., 1708.
6. viii. STEPHEN, b. 16 July, 1710.
ix. HANNAH, b. 23 April, 1712.
x. MIRIAM, b. 22 Nov., 1714.
7. xi. LYDIA, b. 29 July, 1717.
5. JOHN4 EMERY (John3, John?, John1) b. 29 Sept., 1686; m. Mehetable, dau. of Henry and Ann (Longfellow) Short, 30 Dec., 1714. He d. 30 June, 1750. His wife d. 11 June, 1773, aged sixty-eight. Children:
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8. i. MOSES5, b. 12 Oct., 1715. ii. ANNA, b. 21 Nov., 1716. iii. JOSIAH, b. 16 March, 1718. iv. MARY, b. 25 Jan., 1720. v. JOHN, b. 24 Feb., 1722. vi. MEHETABLE, b. 23 March, 1725. vii. SARAH, b. 15 Dec., 1726. viii. JANE, b. 4 Aug., 1729. ix. JOSIAH, b. 29 Oct., 1731. x. DANIEL, b. 7 Dec., 1733. xi. SAMUEL, b. 26 July, 1737.
6. STEPHEN4 EMERY (Stephens, John2, John1) b. 16 July, 1710; m. Hannah Rolfe, dau. of Henry and Hannah (Tappan) Rolfe, 5 May, 1732. He was commissioned Ensign 21 May, 1746; Colonel 23 March, 1767; d. in West Newbury 16 Sept., 1795. His wife d. at the same place 10 Jan., 1779, aged 71. Children, b. in Newbury:
9. i. STEPHENS, b. 18 Jan., 1733. ii. BENJAMIN, b. 14 May, 1735. iii. HANNAH, b. 25 Oct., 1737. iv. BENJAMIN, b. 10 Dec., 1738. v. JOSEPH, b. 19 Sept., 1740. vi. NATHANIEL, b. 23 Aug., 1741. vii. HANNAH, b. 12 Feb., 1744. viii. MARY, b. 12 May, 1746. ix. ELIPHALET, b. 20 July, 1748. x. ELIZABETH, b. 30 July, 1750. xi. ENOCH, b. 13 April, 1752.
7. LYDIA4 EMERY (Stephens, John?, John1) b. 29 July, 1717; m. 24 March, 1738, Moses5, son of John and Mehetable (Short) Emery, b. 12 Oct., 1715. She d. 11 July, 1800. (For children, see No. 8.)
8. MOSES5 EMERY (John', Johns, John?, John1) b. 12 Oct., 1715; m. 24 March, 1738, Lydia, dau. of Stephen and Ruth (Jacques) Emery; d. 11 April, 1789. Children, b. in Newbury:
i. LYDIA6, b. 17 Feb., 1738-39. ii. MARY, b. 14 April, 1741. iii. JOHN, b. 12 March, 1743. iv. MosEs, b. 31 Jan., 1745.
10. v. JOSIAH, b. 17 May, 1747. vi. NATHAN, b. 31 May, 1750; d. unm. vii. SARAH, b. 13 July, 1753. viii. ANN, b. 13 May, 1756. ix. AMOS, b. 24 April, 1758. x. MICHAEL, b. 5 Aug., 1764:
9. STEPHENS EMERY (Stephens, Stephens, John2, John1) b. 18 Jan., 1733; m. 6 Nov., 1760, Sarah Moody. She d. 6 Nov., 1777, aged 36; m. second, Sarah Bartlett, who d. 23 July, 1791. He d. 16 April, 1799. Chil- dren, b. in Newbury:
i. STEPHEN6, b. 8 July, 1761.
11. ii. ENOCH, b. 16 March, 1763. iii. ELIZABETH, b. 7 Dec., 1764. iv. HANNAH, b. 20 Dec., 1765. v. MOODY, b. 20 June, 1769. vi. NATHANIEL, b. 24 July, 1772.
10. JOSIAH6 EMERY (Moses5, John4, Johns, John?, John1) b. 17 May, 1747; m. 1770, Rebecca, dau. of John and Anna (Adams) Woodman, sister to Elizabeth, who m. John6 Emery, b. 10 July, 1746, d. 5 Jan., 1788; m. second, Mrs. Elizabeth (Meader) Morrison, widow of Samuel Morrison, 13 Oct., 1791. She d. July, 1837, aged 70. Children:
i. MOSES7, b. 2 Feb., 1772, at Epping.
12. ii. NATHAN, b. 6 Dec., 1773, at Epping.
iii. ANN (Nancy), b. 8 July, 1775, at Sanbornton.
iv. MOLLY (Polly), b. 21 March, 1777, at Sanbornton; m. John P. Hayes, son of William.
v. LYDIA, b. 8 Nov., 1778; m. 15 Nov., 1798, Jeremiah Hackett of C.
vi. REBECCA, b. 9 Nov., 1780; m. Jonathan Morrison, Jr.
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vii. SARAH (Sally), b. 26 Aug., 1782; m. Joseph Huse, Jr.
viii. BETTY (Betsey), b. 3 May, 1784; m. 6 Feb., 1817, Simon D. Sanborn. ix. An infant.
11. ENOCH6 EMERY (Stephens, Stephen‘, Stephen:) b. 16 March, 1763; m. July, 1784, Sarah Sargent, b. June, 1766, d. Nov., 1848. He d. 20 May, 1846. He was the first settler in C. of this branch of the family. Children :
i. ELIZABETH7, b. 17 Feb., 1785.
ii. SARAH, b. 12 Oct., 1786.
iii. EDMUND SAWYER, b. 28 Jan., 1789; d. 1810, at sea.
iv. HANNAH, b. 21 March, 1791.
v. MOODY, b. 9 May, 1793; d. at 9 years of age.
vi. MARY, b. 7 Aug., 1795; d. unm., in Newmarket.
13. vii. ENOCH, b. 26 June, 1797.
viii. NATHANIEL, d. young.
ix. SUSAN, b. 2 Aug., 1800.
x. STEPHEN, b. 1803; d. young.
xi. CATHERINE, b. 18 May, 1805.
14. xii. MOODY, b. 8 Feb., 1807.
xiii. STEPHEN MOODY, b. 26 Dec., 1809; graduate of Dartmouth College, 1836; Dartmouth Med. School, 1842; m. Lucy Ann Augusta, dau. of Capt. Jacob and Catherine (Wellington) Hosmer, 22 Nov., 1838; b. 16 July, 1809, d. 8 April, 1878, at Penacook. He settled in Penacook, Boscawen side, where he d. Nov., 1881.
12. NATHAN' EMERY (Josiahs, Moses5) b. 6 Dec., 1773, at Epping. Moved with his parents to Sanbornton, about 1774, and remained there till 1789, when he came to C. Here he m. 1798, Betsey, b. 8 Aug., 1780, at C., dau. of Col. David and Susannah (Webster) Moore McCrillis. She d. in Lowell, Mass., 6 Aug., 1852. He d. 19 Feb., 1850. He was a type of the best citizenship of C., and prominent in town affairs. Children:
i. JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN8, b. 10 Jan., 1799; settled in C .; m. first, Mary Sanborn, dau. of Simon D. Sanborn, b. Jan., 1804, d. 8 Oct., 1853; second, Mrs. Catherine Foster. He d. 20 Aug., 1886.
15. ii. DAVID, b. 24 May, 1800.
16. iii. JOSIAH, b. 30 Nov., 1801.
iv. CHARLES, b. 25 Dec., 1803; mate of a vessel; d. of yellow fever in Havana, W. I., Nov., 1824; unm.
v. NATHAN, b. 19 Feb., 1806; m. first, 16 Dec., 1829, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel and Betsey (Sherburne) Peverly; second, Louisa, b. 14 April, 1813; d. 25 May, 1879, dau. of Timothy and Anna (Morrill) Bradley; spent his life at the homestead in C .; d. 4 Jan., 1884.
vi. SUSAN, b. 23 Dec., 1807; d. 11 June, 1811.
17. vii. NANCY, b. 13 Sept., 1809.
18. viii. ALVIN, b. 17 March, 1811.
19. ix. JOSEPH WOODMAN, b. 15 Jan., 1813.
20. x. HENRY, b. 5 Nov., 1814.
xi. MARTHA, b. 2 Sept., 1816; m. M. Franklin Dwyer, from Canada, a blacksmith in C. for many years. Later they moved to central Ill. Four children.
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xii. MARY, b. 2 Sept., 1816; m. Thomas Peverly of C., son of Nathaniel and Betsey (Sherburne) Peverly, and brother of Mary Peverly, who m. Nathan& Emery. Thomas and Mary (Emery) Peverly moved to Clinton, Ill., in Nov., 1855, and later to Decatur, Ill. She d. March, 1869. He d. 11 May, 1875, at Toronto, Kan. (For children, see Peverly Gen.)
xiii. ELIZABETH, b. 24 Jan., 1819; d. 22 Nov., 1821.
21. xiv. MosEs, b. 21 April, 1820.
22. xv. ENOCH, b. 31 Aug., 1822.
23. xvi. SAMUEL, b. 17 June, 1827.
13. ENOCH7 EMERY (Enochs, Stephens, Stephen4) b. 26 June, 1797; m. 1 Oct., 1818, Abigail, b. 7 Jan., 1791, dau. of Jeremiah Pickard. She d. 21 Sept., 1879; he, 1 Oct., 1879. Children:
24. i. ELIZA ANN8, b. 25 Aug., 1819.
25. ii. MOSES MOODY, b. 9 Dec., 1821.
iii. APPHIA MARIA, b. 18 May, 1824; d. 15 Feb., 1852, at Stewartstown.
iv. MARY, b. 22 Jan., 1827; d. 10 Jan., 1858; at Oskaloosa, Ia.
v. CHARLES SARGENT, b. 22 July, 1830; m. 5 April, 1856, Sarah N., dau. of Nathaniel and Abigail (Garland) Garland.
26. vi. DANIEL, b. 27 March, 1853.
14. MOODY7 EMERY (Enochs, Stephens, Stephen4) b. 8 Feb., 1807; m. 17 May, 1831, Susan, b. 5 Nov., 1805, dau. of Parsons and Hannah (Doe) Whid- den. They removed from C. to Mount Morris, N. Y., in 1863, to Monroe, Ia., in 1868, and to Reasnor, Ia., in 1879. They both d. in Reasnor: he, 5 March, 1899; she, 26 May, 1900. Children:
27. i. HANNAH8, b. 1 June, 1832.
28. ii. STEPHEN MOODY, b. 21 Nov., 1837.
15. DAVID& EMERY (Nathan1, Josiah6, Moses5) b. 24 May, 1800; lived, first in Ithaca, N. Y., afterward in Maroa, Ill .; m. 8 Jan., 1829, in Concord, Mahala, dau. of Captain John and Rebecca (Currier) Hoit. She d. 28 July, 1851, at Ithaca, N. Y .; m. second, at Candor, N. Y., Lois Cutler. He d. 7 Aug., 1877, at Maroa, Ill. Children:
i. MARY ELIZABETH9, b. 28 Feb., 1830, at Concord; m. Charles Bundy of Elmira, N. Y .; one dau., who d. in infancy. She d. 3 Aug., 1898.
ii. CLARISSA ANNE, b. 29 June, 1831, at Concord.
iii. CHARLES FRANKLIN, b. 26 May, 1833, at Ithaca, N. Y.
iv. SUSAN REBECCA, b. 14 April, 1836, at Ithaca, N. Y .; d. 14 Feb., 1842.
29. v. JOHN HOIT, b. 13 April, 1839.
vi. FREDERICK VOSE, b. 22 June, 1843, at Ithaca, N. Y .; d. at Fredericks- burg, Md., 15 Oct., 1862, from wounds received in battle. He belonged to Co. E, 64th N. Y. Vols.
16. JOSIAH& EMERY (Nathan1, Josiah6, Moses5) b. 30 Nov., 1801; m. 12 Feb., 1830, Julia Ann, dau. of John Beecher. She d. 25 July, 1871. He was educated at Dartmouth College, which he entered in 1819, leaving in 1821; taught five years in N. Y. state; entered Union College in 1826 and graduated in 1828; principal of Wellsboro, Penn., Academy, 1828- 1830; practiced law in Wellsboro 1831-1871; removed to Williamsport, Penn., 1871; district attorney, commissioner of bankruptcy and com-
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missioner of draft; frequent writer in various publications. Children, b. in Wellsboro:
30. i. MARY CLARINDA9, b. 27 Nov., 1830.
31. ii. CHARLES D., b. 17 May, 1833.
32. iii. MARTHA P., b. 16 Feb., 1838.
33. iv. EVA VANDERBILT, b. 15 Feb., 1840.
34. v. ELIZABETH, b. 24 May, 1842.
35. vi. JOHN BEECHER, b. 28 Dec., 1843.
36. vii. WILLIAM VANDERBILT, b. 29 Oct., 1845.
37. viii. CLARA BEECHER, b. 6 June, 1848.
ix. ANNIE, b. 30 Jan., 1851; d. 15 Dec., 1851.
x. GEORGE, b. 28 Feb., 1852; d. 17 Sept., 1862.
38. xi. FRANK B., b. 15 Sept., 1855.
17. NANCY& EMERY (Nathan, Josiah6, Moses5) b. 13 Sept., 1809; m. 9 May, 1833, Freeman Webster of Boscawen, b. 13 Aug., 1808, at Hill. She d. 23 Jan., 1892; he, 9 May, 1892. Children, b. in Concord:
39. i. ELIZABETH9 WEBSTER, b. 27 April, 1845.
40. ii. CLARA WEBSTER, b. 9 April, 1851.
18. ALVIN& EMERY (Nathan1, Josiah6, Moses5) b. 17 March, 1811; m. first, Susan, dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth (Woolman) Haines; second, Henrietta Ward of Lowell, Mass. He settled in Mich., and afterwards in central Ill .; d. 8 Oct., 1864, in Cataba, Ala. Children, b. in Ind .:
41. i. JOSEPH9, b. 27 Sept., 1845. ii. JESSIE, b. 1860; d. Feb., 1873. iii. LILLY, m. Cornelius Tryner.
19. JOSEPH WOODMAN& EMERY (Nathan', Josiahs, Mosess) b. 15 Jan., 1813; m. first, March, 1838, Frances Rosalinda Leland, Upton, Mass., b. 11 Jan., 1818; d. 17 Sept., 1853, in C .; m. second, 16 Feb., 1854, Frances Ann Sanborn. He spent the latter part of his life in Ill., and d. 21 Nov., 1882. Children:
i. CHARLES9, b. Feb., 1839; d. 29 Sept., 1841, at C.
ii. ELLEN SOPHIA, b. 30 Aug., 1842, at Upton, Mass .; d. 3 Dec., 1896.
iii. BETSEY, b. 3 March, 1844, at Upton.
iv. MARY JANE, b. 14 May, 1847; d. 2 Feb., 1864, at Austin, Ill.
v. CHARLES WOODMAN, b. 5 Oct., 1851, at Upton; graduate of Dart- mouth, 1875; studied law in Concord; m. 27 Feb., 1883, in C., Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of David M. and Sarah (Robertson) Foster, b. 16 Oct., 1848, in Providence, R. I. He d. 6 Jan., 1904, in Oakland, Cal., where she still resides. Child: Nathan, b. 9 Dec., 1883, in C., and d. there 28 Feb., 1885.
42. vi. CLARENCE F., b. 29 Sept., 1856, at Clinton, Ill.
vii. FRANCES ROSALINDA, b. Aug., 1862, in Macon County, Ill .; d. 13 March, 1870.
20. HENRYS EMERY (Nathan, Josiahs, Moses5) b. 5 Nov., 1814; m. 5 June, 1843, Betsey A., b. 1 April, 1818, dau. of Isaac and Lois (Fernald) Martin of Wolfboro. He d. 15 Sept., 1891, in Lowell; his wife d. there 1 May, 1893. Children:
i. ELMINA L.9, b. 3 April, 1844, in Boston, Mass .; m. 17 Dec., 1870, Addison L. Nute, b. 10 July, 1846, at Wolfboro; d. 27 June, 1880, in Lowell.
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ii. ANGELINE, b. 14 July, 1845, in Boston; d. 3 Aug., 1846.
iii. WILLIAM H., b. 24 March, 1847, in Lowell; m. June, 1896, in Lowell, Mrs. Martha A. Stiles.
iv. MARIA M., b. 7 Oct., 1851, in Lowell, Mass .; d. there 11 March, 1896.
21. MOSES& EMERY (Nathan, Josiahs, Mosess) b. 21 April, 1820; m. 4 Sept., 1847, at New Carlisle, Ind., Rebecca, b. 27 Aug., 1828, at Miami, O., dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth (Woolman) Haines, who, coming from Virginia, were among the early settlers of Ind. Moses Emery d. 16 June, 1908; his wife, 10 March, 1902, both at New Carlisle, Ind. Chil- dren, b. at New Carlisle:
43. i. FRANK9, b. 28 Aug., 1848.
ii. CHARLES, b. 1 Jan., 1850; d. in infancy.
iii. SUSAN, b. 29 March, 1858; m. 20 Jan., 1887, at New Carlisle, James H. Everett of Watertown, S. D., b. 17 May, 1843, son of and Susan (Hinman) Everett. He served three years during the Civil War in Co. B, 10th Conn. Regt .; d. 10 Sept., 1900. She still resides in Watertown, S. D.
iv. NATHAN, b. 29 Dec., 1859; unm.
v. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. 16 Dec., 1864; m. at New Carlisle, J. V. Gar- outte, b. 8 Aug., 1864, at New Carlisle, son of Thomas Jefferson and Sarah (Burke) Garoutte. She is a kindergarten teacher in Watertown, S. D.
vi. A dau., b. in 1866; d. in infancy.
44. vii. JOHN, b. 29 July, 1868.
22. ENOCH& EMERY (Nathan™, Josiah6, Moses5) b. 31 Aug., 1822; m. first, Mary Moore; second, Lydia Whiteside; connected with the press in Lowell, Mass., and later editor of the Peoria, Ill., Transcript. D. 20 June, 1882. Children by first marriage: i. Grace. ii. Gertrude, m. Boardman and has two sons and a dau. Child by second marriage: iii. Paul.
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