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67. CHARLES ADDISON9 FOSTER (Joseph A.8, Daniel K.7, Daniels, Daniels, Asa4) b. in Loudon, 5 Oct., 1854; m. Luella J. Taylor, 22 June, 1872. Resides in Manchester. Children:
77. i. FRED ADDISON10, b. 19 Jan., 1875; m. Grace B. Woodbury.
ii. CLARA KENNEY, b. 17 May, 1878; m. 14 April, 1897, John Wilfred Ferrier, b. 15 Aug., 1870. Child: Raymond Wilfred11, b. 24 Dec., 1898.
68. JOHN WHEELER9 FOSTER (Daniel K.8, Daniel K.7, Daniels, Daniels, Asa4) b. 15 April, 1872, in Pittsfield; m. Anna Eastman Field of Chelsea, Mass., on 15 July, 1908, b. 8 Dec., 1874. He is a lawyer and resides in Madi- son, Me.
69. STEPHEN PERKINS9 FOSTER (Rinaldo B.8, Daniel K.1, Daniels, Daniels, Asa4), wheelwright, b. in Loudon, 21 Dec., 1868; m. Mrs. Georgia Belle Clough of Concord, née Colby, 12 Dec., 1896. Child: Deane Kitt- redge10, b. 3 Sept., 1900.
70. GEORGE TAYLOR9 FOSTER (Myron C.8, Simeon B.7, Daniels, Daniels, Asa4) b. in C., 20 Dec., 1860; m. Alice E. Morrison of Ashland. Merchant in Contoocook. Children: i. Harold Edward10, b. 30 March, 1896. ii. Arthur Myron, b. 21 March, 1910.
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71. LYMAN BEECHER9 FOSTER (Myron C.8, Simeon B.7, Daniel6, Daniels, Asa.) b. in C., 31 Oct., 1867; m. Annibec Proctor Wyman of Concord. Res., Farmington, where he is engaged in the grocery business.
72. WESLEY SHERMAN9 FOSTER (Alonzo8, Simeon B.7, Daniels, Daniels, Asas) b. in Elmira, Olmsted County, Minn., 3 March, 1872; m. 21 Oct., 1899, to Halesia Sperry. He is a lawyer in Milaca, Minn., and a director and vice-president of Mille Lacs Investment and Improvement Co. Children: i. Imogen10, b. 17 March, 1905. ii. Eleanor, b. 9 Dec., 1907.
73. MILTON LYMAN9 FOSTER (Alonzo8, Simeon B.1, Daniel6, Daniels, Asa.) b. in Elmira, Olmsted County, Minn., 18 Dec., 1876; m. 28 June, 1903, to May Sandrock. He d. 24 July, 1907. Resided in Minnesota. Children: i. Madge Arletta10, b. 7 Aug., 1904. ii. Ellery Alonzo, b. 3 Aug., 1905. iii. Reginald, b. 17 Feb., 1907.
74. CHARLES THOMAS9 FOSTER (Moses A.&, Jonathan B.7, Jeremiah, Daniels, Asa4) b. in C., 22 July, 1869; m. in Tilton, 25 Oct., 1893, Eva Gertrude Hill, b. 8 Aug., 1869. He and his wife were graduated from Tilton Seminary in 1889, where she was valedictorian of her class. After serving several years in the Leominster National Bank, which was preceded by a commercial school training in Boston, he turned his atten- tion to real estate, in connection with which he has developed a large poultry and fruit farm and has been highly successful, having a capacity of keeping about four thousand head of poultry. He has served his town as selectman and is a highly regarded citizen of Leominster, Mass. Children: i. Malcolm Hill10, b. 28 July, 1894. ii. Gordon Chase, b. 21 Feb., 1896.
75. JONATHAN BRADLEY9 FOSTER (Moses A.&, Jonathan B.7, Jeremiah6, Dan- iels, Asa4) b. in C., 6 Sept., 1871; m. 14 June, 1893, Quincy, Mass., Fan- nie Warren Osborne, b. 22 Aug., 1869, d. 8 May, 1904; m. second, Welthy A. Wolcott, 6 July, 1905. After attending Tilton Seminary he learned the trade of a tinsmith, and worked in Concord, Mount Airy, Md., Boston and Quincy, Mass. Having a strong attachment for his native town, however, he returned to C. in 1896, and later purchased his fath- er's farm in Hackleborough school district, where he now resides. He has served his town as selectman and is one of only a few of the young men of his generation to reside in C., and do his share in maintaining and promoting the town's welfare and progress. Children: i. Kenneth Richardson10, b. 5 Feb., 1896, in Quincy, Mass. ii. Warren Bradley, b. 5 Feb., 1896, in Quincy, Mass. iii. Moses Augustus, b. 7 March, 1907, in C.
76. GEORGE RICHARDSON9 FOSTER (Moses A.8, Jonathan B.7, Jeremiah®, Daniels, Asa4) b. in C., 18 April, 1874; m. 12 June, 1895, Maude Marion Perry of Milford, Mass. He is an accountant and was employed by Draper Co. of Hopedale, Mass., from Feb., 1896, to 11 Dec., 1909, when he resigned to accept a similar position with the Dennison Mfg. Co. of South Framingham, Mass. He resides in Milford, Mass. His early
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education was acquired in the common schools, Tilton Seminary and Bryant & Stratton Commercial School of Boston, Mass.
77. FRED ADDISON10 FOSTER (Charles A.9, Joseph A.8, Daniel K.", Daniels, Daniels, Asa4) b. 19 Jan., 1875; m. 9 Oct., 1895, to Grace Belle Wood- bury, b. 17 March, 1875. Children: i. Roland Addison1, b. 26 May, 1903. ii. Argyle Kittredge, b. 25 Aug., 1904; d. 14 July, 1905. iii. Gladys Marion, b. 17 Feb., 1908.
NOTE .- Frederick Clifton Pierce's book on the American Fosters published in 1899 by W. B. Conkey & Co., of Chicago, was largely used in compiling the genealogy of this family, and its great assistance is hereby acknowledged.
FRAME.
1. JAMES1 FRAME was b. 5 Sept., 1832, in Scotland; m. 1858, Jane, dau. of William Paterson, b. 1838, in Scotland; d. 31 Jan., 1910, at C. Mr. Frame came to C. in Dec., 1890, from Newport, R. I. Children:
2. i. ROBERT2, b. 1859.
3. ii SUSAN HAMILTON, b. 1863; d. 1893.
iii. JANET PETTIGREW, b. 1865; resides with her father.
iv. JEANIE, b. 1866; d. 1887.
2. ROBERT2 FRAME (James1) b. 1859; m. 19 July, 1883, Minnie F. Gale of C. (See Gale Gen.) He graduated from Dartmouth College, 1882. Chil- dren, b. in Newport, R. I .: i. Edna Elizabeth3, b. 9 Jan., 1887. ii. James, b. 8 June, 1888.
3. SUSAN H.2 FRAME (James1) b. 1863; m. 1888, George W. Hardy of Manches- ter. Children, b. in Lynn, Mass .: i. Jeanie Frames, b. 1889. ii. Franklin E., b. 1891.
FRENCH.
1. JAMES1 FRENCH settled in Jaffrey. He was on the committee to hire sol- diers in 1781. He m. 1 Sept., 1760, Sarah Brooks. He moved to Rindge in 1793. Children:
2. i. JAMES2, b. 6 June, 1761.
ii. SARAH, b. 21 Nov., 1766.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. 8 March, 1769.
iv. MARY, b. 19 May, 1771. v. BURLEY. vi. OLIVER.
2. JAMES2 FRENCH (James1) b. 6 June, 1761, d. 1 Sept., 1822, in Boscawen. He was wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill; m. first, 13 April, 1781, Hannah, dau. of Jabez Russell; m. second, Olive Sawyer, b. 8 Aug., 1783, in Dracut, Mass. Her parents were Dea. Francis and Tamar (Barker) Sawyer. She d. 17 Jan., 1875, in C. Mr. French moved from Rindge to Boscawen about 1812. Children by first marriage, b. in Rindge: i. Isaac L.3, b. 22 June, 1782. ii. . Hannah, b. 6 Feb., 1783; d. in infancy. iii. Hannah, b. 24 June, 1784. iv. Sally, b. 17 Feb., 1786. v. James, b. 3 Feb., 1788; d. in infancy.' vi. James, b. 28 Feb., 1789. vii. Jonathan Brooks, b. 2 Aug., 1791; d. 23 Jan., 1886. viii.
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Betsy, b. 13 May, 1793. ix. Edward J., b. 27 June, 1795. x. Nancy, b. 12 March, 1802. xi. Mahale, b. 25 May, 1804.
Children by second marriage: xii. Francis Sawyer, b. 31 May, 1810, in Rindge. xiii. Olive, b. 1 Feb., 1812, in Boscawen; m. Stewart Noyes. (See Noyes Gen.) xiv. Asa Milton, b. 3 Oct., 1814, in Boscawen.
3. FRANCIS SAWYER3 FRENCH (James?, James1) b. 31 May, 1810, in Rindge; d. 4 April, 1870, in Boscawen, where he was a prominent citizen for many years, taking a vital interest in all public affairs; m. 10 Nov., 1835, Asenath, dau. of Aaron and Sarah (Griffin) Sawyer. Aaron Sawyer was a son of Dea. Francis Sawyer by his first wife, Elizabeth Richardson. Asenath was b. in Methuen, Mass., 10 Nov., 1810; d. in Plymouth, 27 March, 1905. Children, b. in Boscawen:
i. ANNA MARIA4, b. 2 May, 1838, graduated at Meriden Academy, 1857; m. 19 June, 1872, David Morrill Tenney, b. 3 Nov., 1825, in Groton. He was the son of Benjamin and Betsey (Taylor) Tenney, both b. in Hollis in 1781, but after marriage lived in Groton. David Morrill Tenney d. 29 Oct., 1910, in Plym- outh. Mrs. Tenney still resides in Plymouth, moving there from Groton in 1886.
ii. EMMA, b. 6 May, 1844; d. 19 Aug., 1845.
iii. JAMES FRANCIS, b. 14 June, 1848; m. 15 Dec., 1875, in C., Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of James M. and Eliza (Clough) Wiggin. (See Wiggin Gen.) Mr. French has been a resident of C. since 1878. ASA MILTON, b. 14 March, 1850.
4. iv.
V. WILLIE AARON, b. 6 Dec., 1854, drowned in the Merrimack River, 17 July, 1870.
4. ASA MILTON4 FRENCH (Francis3, James?, James1) b. 14 March, 1850, grad- uated at Dartmouth College, 1872. He is a civil engineer and lives in Corpus Christi, Texas; m. 26 Nov., 1890, Frances Mary, dau. of H. W. and Mary A. (Collins) Garrett of Rochester, Minn. Children: i. Maud Annas, b. 23 Nov., 1891. ii. Francis Garrett, b. 2 Nov., 1894. iii. Herbert Sawyer, b. 29 Aug., 1897.
GALE.
1. BARTHOLOMEW1 GALE came from England to Boston and was a ship- wright. He had two sons, Jacob and Daniel, besides others. Jacob settled in Kingston and Daniel in Exeter.
2. JACOB2 GALE, son of Bartholomew1.
3. DANIEL3 GALE (Jacob?, Bartholomew1) b. 2 Sept., 1739, probably in King- ston; m. 29 May, 1760, Patience Eastman, b. 14 Dec., 1734. He moved from Kingston to Gilmanton in 1780. Daniel d. in Nov., 1801, and his wife, Patience, in May, 1804. Children:
4. v.
i. SUSAN4. ii. JACOB. iii. JOSEPH. iv. SHUAH, twin, b. 28 March, 1767. DANIEL, twin, b. 28 March, 1767. vi. MARY. vii. STEPHEN. viii. ELIZABETH.
4. DANIELA GALE (Daniels, Jacob2, Bartholomew1) b. 28 March, 1767; m. 5 Aug., 1790, Dolly, dau. of Dr. William and Betsey (Batchelder) Smith, b. 17 Jan., 1764. Children:
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i. WILLIAM5.
ii. BETSEY, m. Lemuel Smith.
iii. SUSAN, m. Francis Ayer.
iv. EBENEZER, m .; two sons, Orison and Lyman.
v. DOLLY.
vi. DANIEL, m. Mary Ellen - -.
vii. ROBERT SMITH, m. Betsey Peaslee. Children: 1. Georges. 2. Laura Ann. 3. Martha Jane.
5. viii. ELIPHALET, b. 16 Dec., 1806.
5. ELIPHALET5 GALE (Daniel4, Daniels, Jacob2) b. 16 Dec., 1806, in Gilman- ton; m. first, 28 Dec., 1836, Hannah, dau. of Stephen and Lois (Patten) Gale. She d. in Concord, 19 Aug., 1849; m. second, 26 June, 1850, Mary Jane, dau. of Jonathan and Margaret (Clark) Merrill, b. 2 May, 1823, in Methuen, Mass. Eliphalet moved from Concord to C. in 1856, and settled on the farm previously occupied by Rev. William Patrick, where he d. 16 April, 1891. His wife, Mary Jane, d. in C. 28 June, 1906. Children by first marriage, b. in Concord:
6. i. STEPHEN EDWIN6, b. 7 Jan., 1842.
ii. MARTHA ANNA, b. 20 Dec., 1844; d. young.
7. iii. ELIPHALET FRANK, b. 24 Feb., 1848.
Children, by second marriage:
iv. MARGARET ELIZABETH, b. 16 May, 1851, in Concord; m. Alfred H. Brown. (See Brown Gen.)
8. v. GEORGE HOWARD, b. 26 March, 1853, in Concord.
vi. WILLIAM CLARK, b. 6 March, 1855, in Concord; d. 20 April, 1865, in C.
9. vii. ANNA GERTRUDE, b. 23 Jan., 1858, in C.
viii. MINNIE FRANCES, b. 9 Oct., 1860, in C .; m. Robert Frame. (See Frame Gen.)
ix. SARAH ANGIE, b. 27 July, 1863, in C., where she d. 26 April, 1865.
x. CLARENCE SIDNEY, b. 18 April, 1865, in C.
10. xi. BERTHA MAY, b. 16 May, 1869, in C.
6. STEPHEN EDWING GALE (Eliphalets, Daniel4, Daniel:) b. 7 Jan., 1842; m. 3 Dec., 1871, in Gilmanton, Clara, dau. of Zaccheus and Betsey A. (Parrish) Peaslee, b. 16 Aug., 1846, at Gilmanton. Zaccheus Peaslee was b. Jan., 1812, and d. Jan., 1892. His wife, Betsey, d. in May, 1882. Stephen Edwin d. 29 Jan., 1890, in C. Mrs. Gale later m. Lyman H. Haynes. (See Haynes Gen.) Child: i. Ethel Ida7, b. 13 May, 1877, in C .; m. Alexander W. Morrill. (See Morrill Gen.)
7. ELIPHALET FRANK6 GALE (Eliphalets, Daniel4, Daniel:) b. 24 Feb., 1848, in Concord; m. Fannie Bennett of New Ipswich. Resides in Aurora, Ill. Children: i. Jessie Clark7, b. 2 July, 1874, in Concord. ii. Chester Howard, b. 7 Dec., 1878, in C .; m. 2 June, 1910, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Clara Adaline Adams.
8. GEORGE HOWARD6 GALE (Eliphalets, Daniel4, Daniel:) b. 26 March, 1853, in Concord; m. 17 Oct., 1900, in N. Y. City, Martha J., dau. of Carl F. and Elizabeth (Dolde) Fichtel, b. 30 June, 1872, in N. Y. City. Carl F. Fichtel was b. 20 July, 1829, in Nürtingen, Germany, d. 31 Dec.,
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1897, in New York. Elizabeth Dolde was b. in Nürtingen, Germany, and was dau. of John G. and Elizabeth (Hafendorfer) Dolde.
9. ANNA GERTRUDE6 GALE (Eliphalets, Daniel4, Daniel:) b. 23 Jan., 1858; m. 10 July, 1886, in Concord, George M.8 Clough (Joseph7, Josephs, Joseph5, Reuben4, Joseph3, John2, John1), b. 28 May, 1863, in Warner. She d. 26 Feb., 1903, in Somerville, Mass. Children: i. Gertrude Geor- ganna7 Clough, b. 29 Aug., 1889, in Somerville, Mass. ii. Portia Eliza- beth Clough, b. 7 April, 1891, in Somerville. iii. Maurice Joseph Clough, b. 25 Sept., 1892, in Woburn, Mass.
10. CLARENCE SIDNEY6 GALE (Eliphalets, Daniel4) b. 18 April, 1865, in C .; m. 19 Oct., 1887, in C., Lillian M., dau. of Dan W. and Sarah A. (Batchel- der) Morrill. (See Morrill Gen.) Children: i. Philroy Clifton7, b. 3 April, 1889, in C. ii. William Morrill, b. 27 March, 1891, in C. iii. Joseph Morrill, b. 29 May, 1895, in Concord. iv. Clarence Harlan, b. 1 April, 1898, in Concord, where he d. 11 Aug., 1899.
11. BERTHA MAY6 GALE (Eliphalets, Daniel4) b. 16 May, 1869; m. 8 June, 1890, in C., John O., son of Robert and Adaline (Duncklee) Houston, b. 6 April, 1858, in Bedford. Children, except i and ii, b. in Boscawen:
i. ROBERT MERRILL" HOUSTON, b. 13 Nov., 1891, in C.
ii. GEORGE SIDNEY HOUSTON, b. 28 May, 1893, in Penacook.
iii. MARY GENEVRA HOUSTON, b. 5 Jan., 1896.
iv. MARGARET LOUISE HOUSTON, b. 30 Sept., 1897.
V: BAYARD GALE HOUSTON, b. 11 Sept., 1899.
vi. DOROTHY ELIZABETH HOUSTON, b. 13 Dec., 1901.
vii. THEODORE JOHN HOUSTON, b. 15 April, 1904.
viii. FRANCES EDNA HOUSTON, b. 26 June, 1906.
GERRISH.
1. CAPTAIN WILLIAM1 GERRISH was b. 20 Aug., 1617, in Bristol, Somerset- shire, Eng. The name Gerrish is of Prussian origin. Captain William came to New England as early as 1639; settled in Newbury, now New- buryport, Mass .; removed to Boston, Mass., 1678; m. twice, had eight children; at the semi-centennial anniversary meeting of the town of Boston, 14 March, 1686, Captain Gerrish opened and closed the exer- cises with prayer. He d. 9 Aug., 1687, at his son Benjamin's, in Salem, Mass.
2. COLONEL MOSES2 GERRISH (William1) b. 9 May, 1656; m. 24 Sept., 1677, Jane, dau. of Rev. Henry Sewall and sister of Chief Justice Sewall of Mass. She was b. 25 Oct., 1659, in Badesly, Eng .; d. 29 Jan., 1717. He d. 4 Dec., 1694. They resided in Newbury; had six children.
3. COLONEL JOSEPH3 GERRISH (Moses2, William1) resided in Newbury, Mass .; was a member of the Colonial Legislature twenty years; m. Mary Little of Newbury; they had thirteen children.
4. CAPTAIN STEPHEN4 GERRISH (Joseph3, Moses2) b. 22 June, 1711, in New- bury, Mass .; d. 1788, in Boscawen; m. first, Martha Chase, 1738; lived
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in C .; m. second, Joanna Hale, 15 July, 1741, b. June, 1715, d. about 1792. She was a dau. of Samuel Hale of Newbury and sister of Richard Hale who was father of Capt. Nathan Hale, the martyr spy in the Revo- lution. Captain Gerrish had six children: Henry5, Jane, Samuel, Enoch, Joseph and Stephen.
5. SAMUEL5 GERRISH (Stephens, Joseph:, Moses2, William1) m. Lucy Noyes of Hebron, Jan., 1773, who d. in 1818, aged 66; he d. in 1824; settled first on High Street, Boscawen; moved to C., in 1776, his farm lying on the Merrimack River. Children:
i. ENOCH®, b. 1775; m. first, Judith Chandler of Concord, who d. at St. Armand, L. C., 1825; m. second, Martha Foster of C., who d. 1833. He d. in 1856. No children.
6. ii. JOSEPH.
iii. STEPHEN, b. 1789; d. 1811.
6. CAPT. JOSEPH6 GERRISH (Samuels, Stephen4) lived on the Gerrish homestead in C .; m. first, Sarah, dau. of Nathan Chandler of Concord, b. 20 March, 1780; d. 14 Nov., 1812; m. second, Sarah Church, b. 9 June, 1784; d. 2 Feb., 1854. Children by first marriage:
i. JUDITH7, b. 22 Feb., 1802; d. 1820.
ii. LUCY, b. 24 Jan., 1804; m. 1 June, 1826, Rev. Jacob Little of Bos- cawen; she d. 5 Oct., 1834, at Granville, O.
iii. MARY, b. 14 April, 1807; m. 28 Sept., 1828, Rev. Henry Shedd, Leo- minster, Mass., who went in 1825 as Home Missionary to Ohio. iv. NATHAN b. 28 Oct., 1811; d. 1 June, 1825.
Children by second marriage:
v. JOHN, b. 26 April, 1814; m. Rhoda B. Little, b. 7 or 9 Dec., 1816.
vi. SARAH, b. 2 March, 1816; m. 22 March, 1843, Dr. James B. Abbott; d. 28 Nov., 1893, in Sanbornton.
vii. ENOCH, b. 16 Feb., 1818; m. Abigail Cogswell, b. Aug., 1822. He d. 30 March, 1858.
viii. SUSAN, b. 1 Feb., 1820; m. 3 Feb., 1841, True O. Fernald. She d. 1892, in Manchester. He d. 8 July, 1897, in Manchester.
ix. CHARLES, b. 1 March, 1822; m. 18 March, 1845, Olive Dimock of West Hartford, Vt., b. 28 Nov., 1818. He d. 12 Jan., 1903, at St. Charles, Minn. Children: 1. Allen& of St. Charles. 2. Ada, m. Dyer; resides in St. Charles. 3. Etta D., m. Dyer; resides in Rochester, Minn.
7. x. JUDITH, b. 21 May, 1824.
xi. NEWELL, b. 23 Feb., 1826; m. 12 Oct., 1857, Quolhobls Spotcanum. She d. 26 Nov., 1876, at Port Townsend. He d. about 6 Jan., 1893, in Victoria, B. C.
7. JUDITH7 GERRISH (Josephs, Samuels, Stephen4) b. 21 May, 1824; m. 24 Nov., 1842, Farnum Coffin, b. 16 March, 1813; d. 21 Sept., 1856, in Bos- cawen. Children :
i. JOHN8, b. 19 June, 1846; m. 21 March, 1872, Nellie F. Sleeper, of Bristol; resided in Mason City, Iowa, till 1876. He d. 18 Nov., 1905. Children: 1. Laura, b. 26 March, 1873. 2. George Henry, b. 10 Dec., 1875. 3. Frank Joseph, b. 27 Dec., 1879.
ii. CLARA, b. 18 Jan., 1850; d. 16 March, 1881. '
iii. JOSEPH, twin, b. 4 Feb., 1853; d. 6 June, 1858.
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iv. HENRY, twin, b. 4 Feb., 1853; m. 1888, Loie Crosby of Hebron, He d. Aug., 1907. Children: 1. Cora9, m. Walter A. Morgan of Lu- nenburg, Vt. One child. 2. Alice. 3. Charles Carlton.
GIBSON.
The Gibson* family is said to be of English origin. Two brothers, James and John, when coming to this country, are said to have lost their father on the passage. A legend exists that one of these brothers m. the dau. of a nobleman, against the will of her parents, and that he was the father of Jeremiah Gibson, an early settler of C. The name appears as "Gipson" on a petition in 1768, which was signed by the oldest of the five brothers, who early gained possession of Lot No. 58, Second Division, Sanbornton, on which Union Bridge village now stands, and gave their original name, Gibson, to the falls below the bridge. Only the two oldest and youngest of these brothers can be traced to any extent. It is certain that their father did not settle in Sanbornton, though supposed at first to have been the "John" of 1768. Perhaps he was the "Jere- miah" of C. The five brothers were John, James, Jeremiah, Enoch, Thomas.
Jeremiah, who lived near the south end of the lot where now Capt. Jacob Sanborn (Lakeman place in Sanbornton) lives, m. Eleanor Forrest and re- moved with four children quite early to Canada. Children b. but not m. in Sanbornton, were Robert, John, Judith, Comfort.
Enoch was in Sanbornton with his brothers; unm., and also went to Canada.
Thomas, the youngest, and the last who came to this region, located directly across the river on the Gilmanton side, at Union Bridge, having previously settled in C., and m. Jemima, dau. of Capt. James Shepard. Children: Abi- gail and Martha, both d. young; Enoch, Polly, Nancy, Elsey, Naaman, Jemima, Naomi, Royal.
1. JAMES1 GIBSON settled in C., 1748.
2. JAMES2 GIBSON (James1) joined with Jeremiah Gibson, John Willey, hus- band of Eleanor Gibson, and James Gibson, Jr., in settling among them- selves the estate of their "honored father and grandfather, James Gibson of C., deceased." Date of this paper is 17 Feb., 1798. Memorandum on back of another deed states that James Gibson d. 26 Feb., 1796. This may be the James Gibson who is found as a settler in C., in 1748. Mary Gibson d. 17 Feb., 1792.
3. THOMAS3 GIBSON (James?, James1) b. 23 June, 1755; m. 15 Oct., 1778, Jemima, dau. of Capt. James Shepard of Revolutionary fame. He d. 3 Feb., 1813. She was b. 5 Nov., 1758; d. 18 March, 1832. Children:
i. ABIGAIL4, b. 17 Feb., 1779; d. 29 Jan., 1799.
ii. ELSEY, b. 22 March, 1780; m. Robert Smith of Gilmanton; they had five sons and three daus.
iii. SARAH, b. 25 Feb., 1781; d. 14 Jan., 1799. .
4. iv. ENOCH, b. 19 March, 1784.
v. NANCY, b. 19 May, 1788; d. 20 March, 1821.
5. vi. JEMIMA, b. 2 May, 1790.
* History of Sanbornton.
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vii. POLLY or MARY, b. 2 June, 1792; m. John Prescott of Gilmanton; resided in Lake Village, now Lakeport; d. 10 Nov., 1866, in Manchester. John and Polly Prescott had three sons and four daus.
viii. NAAMAN, b. 11 Aug., 1794, went to Stanbridge, Canada; m. 19 Feb., 1840, Phebe Tilton of C .; d. 28 July, 1874.
6. ix. NAOMI, b. 31 Aug., 1796.
7. x. ROYAL, b. 14 Sept., 1798.
xi. JOHN, b. 17 Sept., 1802; d. 26 Sept., 1825.
4. ENOCH4 GIBSON (Thomas3, James?, James1) b. 19 March, 1784; m. first, 10 Oct., 1810, Mary or Polly, dau. of Jeremiah and Jemima (Shepard) Gibson, b. 4 Sept., 1791. She d. 14 Sept., 1817. Enoch Gibson m. sec- ond, Widow Nancy Clough, 15 Sept., 1819, a dau. of Col. David Mc- Crillis. He d. in C. 30 Nov., 1861. Nancy Gibson d. 20 March, 1862. Children by first marriage:
i. THOMAS5, b. 1 April, 1811, at Union Bridge, d. 28 April, 1833.
8. ii. CAROLINE, b. 15 Oct., 1814.
Children by second marriage:
9. iii. ENOCH, b. 30 March, 1821.
iv. NEHEMIAH, settled in Hamilton, Mo .; farmer; four sons.
v. POLLY, m. Moses R. Elkins of Lake Village and d. there. They were m. 4 July, 1850, at C.
5. JEMIMA4 GIBSON (Thomas3, James?, James1) b. 2 May, 1790; m. Benjamin Swasey of Gilmanton; d. there 19 July, 1830. They had five sons and one dau., Mary, who m. Abel Baker Boyce. (See Boyce Gen.)
6. NAOMI4 GIBSON (Thomas3, James?, James1) b. 31 Aug., 1796; m. Davide Lane of Sanbornton (Davids, John4, Joshua3, William?, William1) 20 Nov., 1817, in C. Children:
i. DAVID5 LANE, b. 11 July, 1819; m. 6 May, 1841, Roxana M. Ames of Lowell. Children, b. in Lowell: George Henrys, Charlotte Ann, David Henry, Abbie Elizabeth, Mima (?) Sheppard.
ii. ELSIE SMITH LANE, b. 10 Aug., 1821; m. 4 Sept., 1838, Samuel Tarson of Lowell. Children, b. in Lowell. Dorcas Isoras, Frank Ernest, Fred Eugene, Mary Estelle, Lettie Isabel, Minnie Frances and Flora Inez Tarson.
iii. JEMIMA SWASEY LANE, b. 19 Jan., 1827; m. Amos L. Whitney. Child: Inez Blanches Whitney.
7. ROYAL4 GIBSON (Thomas3, James?, James1) b. 14 Sept., 1798; m. 17 Aug., 1825, Harriet: (Phineas2, John1) Thorne of Concord, b. 22 April, 1801. Royal d. 10 Oct., 1875. Resided in Lind, Wis. Children: i. Hollis5, b. 14 Dec., 1826. ii. Charles, b. 3 April, 1833. iii. Lucia, b. 15 July, 1835. iv. Alice, b. 4 July, 1838.
8. CAROLINE5 GIBSON (Enochs, Thomas3) b. 15 Oct., 1814; m. first, 7 May, 1840, Samuel Tallant of C., who d. 1 April, 1846; m. second, 17 June, 1856, David Morrill Clough of C. (See Clough Gen.) £ One child by her first marriage: i. Mary6 Tallant, b. 10 Nov., 1842; d. 8 April, 1872.
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GENEALOGIES.
9. ENOCH5 GIBSON (Enoch4, Thomas3) b. 30 March, 1821; m. 18 April, 1847, Nancy, dau. of Dea. John Clough. (See Clough Gen.) She d. in March, 1863. He d. 3 Feb., 1910, at Boscawen. Children: i. Ellen Marias, b. 11 Oct., 1848; d. 18 Sept., 1849. ii. Frank. Wilbur, b. 21 July, 1851, at C.
GILMAN.
1. CHARLES AUGUSTUS2 GILMAN, son of Samuel and Pamelia (Blanchard) Gilman (see Blanchard Gen.) was b. 8 May, 1833; m. Celia Amanda Glover, who d. 25 April, 1891. He d. 18 Aug., 1869. Children:
i. GEORGE3, d. young.
2. ji. FRANK AUGUSTUS, b. 29 April, 1864.
2. FRANK AUGUSTUS3 GILMAN (Charles Augustus?, Samuel1) b. 29 April, 1864, in C .; m. 18 Feb., 1887, in Tilton, Maude Webster, dau. of Lyman Augustus and Mary Ann (Brown) Conant. (See Conant Gen.) Mr. Gilman was a brick mason and contractor. He resided in Tilton where he d. 18 April, 1909. Child: Mary Marguerite4, b. 1 April, 1892. Graduate Tilton Seminary, 1910; studying music in Boston Conserva- tory.
GLEASON.
1. ZEBADIAH WILLIAMI GLEASON was b. 1787; m. Mary, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah Shattuck, who was a descendant of Jeremiah Shattuck, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. She was b. 1788 in Pepperell, Mass., d. 5 Sept., 1863. Mr. Gleason d. 17 Feb., 1864.
2. HENRY S.2 GLEASON (Zebadiah W.1) b. 26 July, 1820; m. 12 March, 1845, Lydia B., dau. of Jacob and Lydia (Emerson) Gale; d. 19 Oct., 1867. She d. 25 March, 1896. Lydia (Emerson) Gale was b. 25 Aug., 1783, in Haverhill, Mass .; d. 14 Aug., 1873. She was a descendant of Hannah Dustin.
3. GEORGE H.3 GLEASON (Henry S .? , Zedadiah W.1) b. 7 Dec., 1845; m. 20 April, 1866, Martha A., dau. of John Chandler and Elizabeth S. (Sar- gent) Gage. (See Sargent Gen.) She d. 4 July, 1880. He d. 20 Jan., 1907. He was in the Civil war, enlisting 7 Sept., 1864, in Co. A, 18th N. H. Vol. Inf .; mustered out 10 June, 1865. Children:
4. i. FREDERICK GAGE4, b. 14 July, 1867.
ii. LILLIAN FRANCES, b. 3 Oct., 1870; m. William J. Moulton. (See Hutchins Gen.)
iii. HANNAH ELIZABETH, b. 17 Jan., 1872; m. 6 Nov., 1907, in Boscawen, Glenn A. Hall. He had a dau., Lelia, by his first marriage.
iv. KATHERINE ESTELLE, b. 28 Feb., 1874; m. Merrill S. Randall. (See Randall Gen.)
v. GEORGE HENRY, b. 21 Aug., 1876, in Boscawen; m. 11 June, 1902, in C., Harriet Emma, dau. of Albert F. and Mary Ella (Chase) Drew. (See Chase and Drew Gens.) She was b. 16 July, 1876, in Boston. Mr. Gleason came to C. about 1881.
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