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i. SARAH FRENCHS, b. 14 March, 1806; m. 14 Jan., 1835, Ira Huntoon.
ii. LUCINDA, b. 11 Jan, 1808; d. 1826.
iii. REBECCA, b. 1 Jan., 1810; m. June, 1828, Smith Knowles. (See Knowles Gen.)
7. iv. SOPHIA BROWN, b. 7 March, 1812.
8. v. JULIA FRENCH, b. 7 Dec., 1814.
vi. LYDIA CLOUGH, b. 22 Nov., 1817; m. Benjamin McClary. (See McClary Gen.)
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vii. ELIZABETH, b. 22 Dec., 1820; m. Orren Evans. She d. Aug., 1868. Children: Claras, Frank and Fred Evans.
viii. MARY, b. 5 Sept., 1825; m. first, 23 Sept., 1848, in C., Thomas Mc- Clary (see McClary Gen.); m. second, 13 Nov., 1866, in North- field, Benjamin Kenison of Northfield, where he d. 2 Dec., 1877.
6. IRAS HUNTOON (Joshuas, Johns, John?, Philip1) b. 5 April, 1805; m. 14 Jan., 1835, Sarah French, dau. of Elijah4 and Hannah French Huntoon. Ira lived in C. many years. Children:
9. i. LUCINDA6, b. 11 Sept., 1835.
10. ii. CHARLES, b. 19 Feb., 1837.
iii. DANIEL M., b. 12 Nov., 1840; d. 21 Sept., 1864, in Hampton, Va.
iv. LYDIA ANN, b. 18 Oct., 1843, in C .; d. 12 June, 1845.
11. v. GEORGE F., b. 10 April, 1851.
7. SOPHIA BROWN5 HUNTOON (Elijah4, John3) b. 7 March, 1812; m. 24 June, 1847, Samuel B. Upton of Bow. Children: i. Francis® Upton, m., Annie Chapman of Epsom. Child: Ella7 Upton. ii. Ellen Sophia Upton m. Albert Watson of Pittsfield. Children: Ethel Gertrude7, Parker Hanaford and Bertha Watson.
8. JULIA FRENCH5 HUNTOON (Elijah4, John3) b. 7 Dec., 1814; m. Milton Nelson. Children:
i. MARIA6, m. Job Giles. Children: Frank and Mabel Giles.
ii. DARIUS, unm .; d. returning from the Civil war.
iii. JANE, m. Kendrick Palmer of Bow. Children: Elias7 and Grace Palmer.
iv. SYLVESTER, m. Helen Clark of Sanbornton. Children: Nellie7, Josie, Ralph Sylvester.
v. ALBERT, m. and has children.
9. LUCINDA® HUNTOON (Iras, Joshuas, John3) b. 11 Sept., 1835; m. 1 Jan., 1855, Prescott Hall. Children:
i. ANNETTE7 HALL, m. George W. Knowles. Children: Addie Lous and Charles P. Knowles.
ii. EDWARD HALL, m. Lillian E. Foss. Children: Sadie Frances& and Lora Edna Hall.
10. CHARLES6 HUNTOON (Iras, Joshua4, John3) b. 19 Feb., 1837; m. 28 Nov., 1866, Caroline, dau. of Lyman Abbott. Mr. Huntoon d. 3 Nov., 1876. Children:
i. NELLIE7, m. Sydney Prescott. Children: Charles&, Sydney, Harvey Oscar, Ralph and Ruth Prescott.
12. ii. FRANK ELMER, b. 20 Oct., 1873.
11. GEORGE F.6 HUNTOON (Iras, Joshuas, John3) b. 10 April, 1851; m. 4 Feb., 1873, Abigail Herbert. Child: Curtis F.7
12. FRANK ELMERT HUNTOON (Charless, Iras, Joshua4) b. 20 Oct., 1873, in Belmont; m. 21 Sept., 1897, in Lakeport, Ethel May, dau. of Martin J. Bagley. She was b. 18 Aug., 1874, in Thornton. Children: i. Charles Martin&, b. 13 Oct., 1898. ii. Pearl Evelyn, b. 11 May, 1901.
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HUTCHINS.
1. EBENEZER1 HUTCHINS, b. 25 Feb., 1776; m. Abigail Bryar who was b. 30 May, 1787. He d. Sept., 1858. She d. 14 Oct., 1851. Children:
i. NANCY C.2, b. 16 Sept., 1810; m. 8 March, 1835, Nathaniel Stevens. He d. 11 Nov., 1881.
2. ii. REUBEN, b. 24 April, 1812.
iii. SARAH, b. 29 June, 1815; m. 11 April, 1838, Caleb C. Hall.
3. iv. JOHN, b. 4 July, 1818.
v. HANNAH, b. 8 Jan., 1820; m. in 1850, Amasa Tucker.
vi. EBENEZER, b. 3 Aug., 1822; m. March, 1847, Citana McDaniel.
vii. JOSIAH H., b. 22 Aug., 1825; m. Charlotte Clisby.
viii. JANE, b. 25 July, 1828; m. June, 1848, Van R. Moore; d. 6 Sept., 1886.
2. REUBEN2 HUTCHINS (Ebenezer1) b. 24 April, 1812; m. first, 18 Oct., 1837, Apphia C., dau. of William and Dolly or Sarah (Worthen or Worthing) Randall. Children:
i. MARY3, m. Sawyer.
ii. HENRY W., b. 1842; m. 3 Jan., 1878, in C., Sarah E. Pillsbury. (See Pillsbury Gen.)
iii. JOSEPHINE, m. first, Clay; m. second, Richard Sanborn, b. in 1800; m. third, Frank Hall and resides in Boscawen.
iv. IANTHA, resides in Franklin; m. first, Jonathan Moulton; m. second, Prescott J. Webber. Child by first marriage: 1. William J.‘ Moulton, m. 1 Sept., 1890, Lillian Frances Gleason. (See Gleason Gen.) Children: (1) Lillian G.5 Moulton, b. 8 July, 1892. (2) Leon A. Moulton, b. 28 Jan., 1895.
v. SARAH LOUISE, d. in infancy.
3. JOHN C.& HUTCHINS (John2, Ebenezer1) b. Feb., 1841, in C .; m. Caroline Curtis of Concord, where Mr. Hutchins has spent most of his life. He has been in the employ of the B. & M. R. R. fifty-four years; since 1861, or for fifty years, he has been an engineer on the old Concord line.
INGALLS.
1. JOHN5 INGALLS (Eldad4, Samuels, Henry?, Edmund1) first of the name to settle in C. about 1775, east of the Shaker Settlement, then a wilder- ness, came from Atkinson. Edmund1, son of Robert and grandson of Henry Ingalls, was b. in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, Eng., about 1598, and came to Salem, Mass., in Governor Endicott's Company in 1628. With his brother and four others he began the settlement of Lynn. Johns, m. Elizabeth Copp, who d. 22 Jan., 1819, aged 81 years. He d. 8 March, 1815, aged 92 years. Children:
2. xi.
i. ELIZABETH6, b. 12 Dec., 1757. ii. MEHITABEL, b. 2 April, 1759. iii. MOSES, b. 7 Oct., 1760. iv. SAMUEL, b. 28 Sept., 1762. v. ABIAH, b. 27 Nov., 1764. vi. CALEB, b. 4 July, 1766. vii. JOSHUA, b. 5 Feb., 1768. viii. JESSE, b. 7 April, 1770. ix. JUDITH, twin, b. 18 Feb., 1772. x. ABIGAIL, twin, b. 18 Feb., 1772. NATHANIEL PEABODY, b. 25 Sept., 1773. xii. DANIEL, b. 7 Dec., 1775. xiii. JAMES, b. 23 Dec., 1776; d. 1789. xiv. DAVID, b. 14 Sept., 1778. xv. JAMES, b. 5 Sept., 1782.
2. NATHANIEL PEABODY6 INGALLS (Johns, Eldad4) b. 25 Sept., 1773; m. first, Polly Haines who d. 1 July, 1823, aged 44 years; m. second, Mrs.
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Sophia (Bradley) Batchelder, dau. of Philbrick and Sarah (Emery) Bradley of Concord. Mr. Ingalls resided on his father's homestead. He d. 21 April, 1853. Mrs. Ingalls d. 4 Oct., 1854, aged 66 years. Children by first marriage, b. in C .:
i. CALVIN7, b. 6 July, 1799.
ii. PEABODY, b. 18 Aug., 1800.
iii. POLLY, d. 15 March, 1803.
iv. POLLY, b. 28 March, 1808; m. 12 July, 1829, Moses Davis of Loudon.
v. MATILDA, b. 25 March, 1810; m. 27 Nov., 1834, in C., Solomon Moody Clifford. (See Clifford Gen.)
vi. DEBORAH, b. 12 June, 1814; m. 1 April, 1835, John S. Hunt of Gilford.
vii. JULIA, b. 14 Nov., 1816; m. 23 Nov., 1841, Reuben T. W. French of C. Occupation, carpenter. In 1860, he went to Mount Morris, N. Y., as agent for the Shakers, to superintend their farm in the raising of broom corn. Later he retired from business but continued to reside at Mount Morris, where he and Mrs. French lived to ripe old age. Two sons, Jeremiah and Charles French. 3. viii. JOHN, b. 16 Oct., 1820.
Children by second marriage, b. in C.
ix. ALMEDA CHRISTIE, b. 27 Dec., 1826; m. 1867 in Concord, Simon Cass. (See Cass Gen.)
4. x. DANIEL MORRILL, b. 1 July, 1829.
3. JOHN7 INGALLS (Nathaniel Peabody6, Johns) b. 16 Oct., 1820; m. 23 Dec., 1846, Melinda Hilliard of Gilmanton, who d. 18 Jan., 1901. Mr. Ingalls resided on the ancestral homestead where he d. 26 Aug., 1900. Chil- dren, b. in C .:
i. ARIANA B.8, b. 24 Jan., 1848; d. 15 Jan., 1872.
ii. ORIELLA, b. 14 May, 1849.
iii. FRANK B., b. 8 Dec., 1854; d. 18 April, 1867.
iv. HELEN C., b. 4 Sept., 1859.
v. JOHN E., b. 15 Aug., 1861; d. 16 June, 1870.
4. DANIEL MORRILL INGALLS (Nathaniel Peabody," Johns) b. 1 July, 1829; m. 4 July, 1854, in Franklin, Ann Elizabeth, dau. of Lieut. William and Sarah W. (Rand) Hancock. (See Hancock Gen.) Mr. Ingalls d. 18 Sept., 1894, in C. Children, b. in C .:
5. i. BYRON PEABODY8, b. 9 July, 1856.
6. ii. FRED WILLIAMS, b. 28 Nov., 1858.
iii. GEORGE HANCOCK, b. 22 Oct., 1860; m. 14 Dec., 1886, Louie Brown of Belmont. He was a graduate of Vermont University, M. D., 1885; taught school in Gilmanton, Belmont and C .; began practice in Belmont, where he served the town as representa- tive, 1893-94; member School Board; member of American Med. Assoc .; N. H. Med. Society; Mass. Med. Society; ex-president West Roxbury District Med. Society; councilor and censor Mass. Med. Society; on the staff of the Faulkner Hospital.
iv. WILLIAM DANIEL, b. 6 March, 1865; unm .; passed examination at Dartmouth, 1889, but on account of illness returned home and, after teaching several terms in C. and Belmont, settled in E. Kingston, where he was member of legislature, 1899-1900, 1907- 08. In trade and farming.
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5. BYRON PEABODY& INGALLS (Daniel Morrill", Nathaniel Peabody6) b. 9 July, 1856; m. 30 Aug., 1884, Alice McCarley of St. Stephens, N. B. Resides at Tilton, where he is in trade. Children, b. in C .:
i. HAROLD WILLIAMS9, b. 5 Sept., 1885.
ii. ARTHUR BROWN, b. 26 Jan., 1888; m. 17 Sept., 1910, in Saugus, Mass., Christine Margaret Bruce.
iii. MABEL ELIZABETH, b. 24 Nov., 1892; m. 4 Feb., 1911, in Tilton, Arthur Guy, son of W. E. Carr of Franklin.
6. FRED WILLIAMS8 INGALLS (Daniel Morrill", Nathaniel Peabodys) b. 28 Nov., 1858; m. 26 Nov., 1885, Nellie Frances, dau. of Moses J. and Alcina French of Kingston. He was a graduate of Vermont University, M. D., 1884. Physician in Kingston and served the town as supervisor, town clerk, member Board of Education, and representative to legis- lature, 1893-94. Dr. Ingalls d. 14 March, 1894, in Kingston. Child, b. in Kingston: i. WINIFRED PEARL9, b. 18 Dec., 1886.
JAMES.
JONATHAN2 JAMES, b. in Deerfield, was a son of John James of Deerfield; m, Nancy Sherburne; they resided many years in C .; he d. 24 April, 1864, in C., aged 66 years. Child:
i. ROXANNA3, b. 21 Jan., 1832, in C .; m. Charles F. Morrill; d. 19 March, 1908, in C. Before her marriage, Miss James spent several years as a missionary teacher in schools of colored chil- dren in the South. After her marriage, Mrs. Morrill resided in C., where she always gave freely of service and money to whatever promoted the interests of the church and the welfare of the community.
JAMES.
1. JOHN JAMES, b. at Pittsfield; m. first, Mehitable Buzzell; m. second, 11 Sept., 1823, at C., Jane Stevens; she d. 15 Feb., 1857, aged 67. Chil- dren by first marriage:
i. MARY2, m. Wasson Page.
2. ii. ALMIRA B., b. 1817.
iii. SARAH B., b. July, 1819; m. 1843, in C., Richard L. Shaw. (See Shaw Gen.)
iv. SAMUEL, d. young.
Children by second marriage:
v. MEHITABLE, m. Asa Lombard; they resided in Franklin, where both d. vi. JOHN, m. first, 14 Feb., 1849, in C., Julia A. Arlin; she d. 14 March, 1849, in C .; m. second, Mrs. - Hanson Nudd. Children : Julia and Fred.
vii. SUSAN; m. second, Nelson Morse of Franklin; m. third, Wilson; resided in Chicago, Ill., where she d. in 1908.
3. viii. JOSIAH STEPHEN.
ix. CHARLES, b. in C .; m. and resides in Chicago, Ill.
2. ALMIRA B.2 JAMES (John1) b. 1817; m. 5 Dec., 1844, Moses Leavitt Hun- kins, b. 23 or 26 March, 1810; d. in Manchester, 1880. Child: Jose- phine: Hunkins, b. 7 Aug., 1850; m. 2 Sept., 1870, John Dolber. One dau., Florence+ Dolber, d. 1901, aged 20 years.
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3. JOSIAH STEPHEN2 JAMES (John1) b. in C .; m. first, 10 Feb., 1853, at Franklin, Judith A. Davis; she d. June, 1873, at Franklin; m. second, 25 March, 1875, Harriet E., dau. of George W. and Almira (Sanborn) Peverly of C. Mr. James d. 8 Feb., 1906, at Pittsfield. Children by first marriage: i. GEORGE C.3, b. 19 Nov., 1854; d. 2 Sept., 1855. ii. IDA BELLE, b. 7 July, 1856; d. 7 April, 1861. iii. FRANK D.
Children by second marriage: iv. BLANCHE, m. 2 June, 1902, Mayland P. Foss, a jeweler at Pittsfield. v. FLORENCE C.
JONES.
BENJAMIN2 JONES, son of Benjamin1, was b. in C .; m. 1810, Sophia, dau. of Timothy and Eleanor (Lovering) Gleeson or Gleason of Loudon, b. 6 Dec., 1786. Directly after their marriage, they started from Loudon on an ox sled loaded with their household goods and with a heifer tied behind the sled, for Stewartstown, where they settled. Mr. Jones built the first frame house in that town. Religious services were often held here, and for several years the annual town meeting. Later Mr. Jones and his family came to Northfield. He was employed by the Canterbury Shakers and by farmers in surrounding towns. He d. in C. in 1836. Mrs. Jones d. 9 Dec., 1865, in Lowell, Mass.
Timothy Gleason, the father of Sophia (Gleason) Jones, was b, 22 March, 1748, and is said to have come to this country about 1760. It is thought that he was of Irish descent, and that he came here from Scotland. He was familiarly styled "Master" Gleason, and he was one of the school masters who exerted a powerful influence upon education in N. H. in its early history. "Master" Gleason taught in the schools of Loudon, C. and Northfield, which often numbered sixty or eighty pupils; he also taught private classes. Mrs. Charlotte Allison Butler, mother of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, was one of his pupils and attrib- uted her fondness for letter writing to the instruction of "Master" Gleason. He was a fine penman, and was often employed by the select- men to record the taxes and town proceedings. Of large stature, he is remembered as always wearing the Colonial dress. He served in the Revolutionary war. He m. first, Anne Evans of Barrington, b. 13 March, 1754; m. second, Eleanor Lovering, 1 Oct., 1785, at Loudon, where he d. 7 Feb., 1827. Children of Benjamin and Sophia Gleason Jones:
i. MOSES3.
ii. HANNAH CHESLEY, b. 1811; m. Charles, son of Timothy and Fannie (Center) Kendall; d. 15 Jan., 1843, in Nashua.
iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, m. Mary Baxter Adams of Quincy, Mass., who was b. 27 July, 1820.
iv. ELIZA ANN PICKARD, b. 20 June, 1815, in Northfield; m. first, Thomas J. Brackett of Methuen, Mass., b. 14 Nov., 1806, d. 29 April, 1843; m. second, 1847, Wesley P. Balch of Boston, Mass .; she d. 29 Aug., 1892.
v. MARY EVANS, b. 22 Jan., 1818; m. first, 1843, Newman S. Foster of Nashua, who was a son of Maj. Perley Foster and brother of Gen. John Gray Foster; m. second, 6 July, 1865, at Lowell,
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Mass., Augustus Gardner Reed, b. 8 Sept., 1816, in Stoddard. He died 3 July, 1896. She d. 25 April, 1893.
vi. SOPHIA.
vii. CHARLOTTE.
viii. CHARLOTTE SOPHIA, b. 11 June, 1825, in Northfield; m. Edwin P. Hutchins.
ix.
JOHN PAUL, b. 1828, in Northfield; m. Harriet Daggett of Law- rence, Mass. He d. 28 Nov., 1907. She d. 1 June, 1909. No children.
JONES.
WALTER ALBERT' JONES, b. 12 Oct., 1883, in Pittsfield, son of Charles A.2 and Mary (Jarvis) Jones. Charles A.2 was the son of James1. Mary L. Jarvis was the daughter of Benjamin and d. 23 Sept., 1903. Walter A. has resided in C. since 1897.
JONES.
The name Jones is of Welsh origin and derived from the Christian name John. This branch of the large family of Joneses in the U. S. settled, no doubt, in what is now known as Rockingham County.
1. WILLIAM JONES was a resident of Cambridge, Mass., in 1635, and sold out his lands there is 1638. He appears at Portsmouth in 1644, and was at Bloody Point (Dover) in 1644. He is not found in the records of that town after 1648.
2. STEPHEN JONES, supposed to have been a son of William, was an accepted inhabitant of Dover in 1666. He was married 29 Jan., 1663, to Eliza- beth Field.
3. JOSEPH3 JONES (Stephen?, William1), undoubtedly a son of Stephen and Elizabeth Field, b. probably before 1680, and d. before 30 Jan., 1744, at which time the inventory of his estate was made. His estate was divided in 1746, the beneficiaries being his widow, Ann, his sons, Joseph, Benjamin, John, Anthony, Richard and a dau. of a deceased son, Samuel.
4. BENJAMIN' JONES (Joseph3, Stephen?, William1) b. soon after 1700, at Durham, and probably settled in Lee. He m. about 1767-68, Hannah Chesley, b. in 1751, at Durham. He settled in C. about 1773-74. Chil- dren:
i. BENJAMIN5, d. young.
ii. ROSA.
iii. ELIZABETH. 5. iv DANIEL, b. 1776. v. HENRY. vi. BENJAMIN. 1
5. DANIEL5 JONES (Benjamin4, Joseph3, Stephen?, William1) b. in 1776, at C., where he passed the most of his life engaged in farming. He m. 4 Oct., 1803, Sophia, dau. of Henry and Janet (McCurdy) Parkinson,
*Stearns' Genealogy of New Hampshire.
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and d. in 1832, at Dorchester, where he had removed but a short time before. She d. 29 March, 1862, at C. Children:
i. ABIGAIL6, b. 25 Feb., 1804.
ii. MARY A., b. 18 July, 1806.
iii. GEORGE SULLIVAN, b. 10 Oct., 1810.
iv. LUCINDA JANE, b. 23 April, 1815.
6. v. CHARLES, b. 22 Aug., 1817.
6. CHARLES6 JONES (Daniels, Benjamin4, Joseph3) b. 22 Aug., 1817, at C .; m. 9 Sept., 1846, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Susan (Harvey) Pickard, b. at C., 24 May, 1826, and d. 18 July, 1886. He d. 14 May, 1879. Children, b. in C .:
i. FRANK P.7, d. in Boston, 1870, aged 23.
7. ii. EMILY J., b. 18 Nov., 1848.
iii. ELLEN.
iv. EDA, d. at C., 31 Dec., 1860, aged 7.
8. v. PAUL HENRY, b. 2 Aug., 1855.
9. vi. CHARLES F., b. 4 Sept., 1858.
10. vii. SETH WARNER, b. 23 June, 1864.
11. viii. MARY S., b. 17 Nov., 1866.
7. EMILY J.7 JONES (Charles®, Daniels, Benjamin4, Joseph:) b. 18 Nov., 1848, at C .; m. 26 Nov., 1882, at Penacook, Charles Elliott, son of Dan W. and Sarah A. (Batchelder) Morrill. (See Morrill Gen.) Child: Guy Ethelbert & Morrill.
8. PAUL HENRY JONES (Charless, Daniels) b. 2 Aug., 1855, at C .; m. 10 Dec., 1882, at Chichester, Lizzie Hall, dau. of John F. and Sarah J. (Towle) French, b. at Chichester, 30 Sept., 1860. John F. French was b. 19 July, 1837, and Sarah Jocina Towle, 13 Nov., 1841, at Chichester. Child:
12. i. FRED CHARLES&, b. 4 May, 1884.
9. CHARLES F.7 JONES (Charless, Daniels) b. 4 Sept., 1858, at C .; m. 6 Aug., 1893, at Saratoga, Wyo., Mary Emma, dau. of John Rudersdorf, b 22 Sept., 1858, in Germany. Children:
i. JOHN PAUL8, b. 8 Aug., 1894, at Pass Creek, Wyo.
ii. THOMAS RUDERSDORF, b. 2 Nov., 1895, at Pass Creek, Wyo.
iii. CHARLES CARROLL, b. 21 June, 1897, at C.
10. SETH WARNER7 JONES (Charless, Daniels) b. 23 June, 1864, at C .; m. 19 July, 1892, at Chichester, Susan Ann, dau. of John F. and Sarah J. (Towle) French, b. 4 Nov., 1871, at Bristol. Children:
i. COMPTON WILSON8, b. 24 Sept., 1895.
ii. WARNER EDRICK, b. 17 June, 1897.
11. MARY S.7 JONES (Charles6, Daniels) b. 17 Nov., 1866; m. 6 April, 1892, at Concord, John Welch French, b. 3 Nov., 1862, at Chichester, and was the son of John F. and Sarah J. (Towle) French. Children:
i. LLOYD REGINALD& FRENCH, b. 5 Aug., 1895, at Laconia; d. 20 Aug., 1902.
ii. HAZEL ARDELLE FRENCH, b. 22 Oct., 1898, at Laconia.
iii. RUTH EVELYN FRENCH, b. 28 March, 1901, at Northfield.
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12. FRED CHARLES& JONES (Paul Henry1, Charless, Daniels) b. 4 May, 1884, at C .; m. 28 Feb., 1909, at E. Corinth, Vt., Jessie Blanche, dau. of Joseph H. and Carrie M. (Taplin) Carter (See Carter Gen.), b. 1 Dec., 1889. Child: Elizabeth Burnieces, b. 17 May, 1910.
KEYSAR-KEZER.
It is difficult to trace the Keysar families with certainty on account of the several spellings of the name, Keysar, Kezer, Kezar, Keasor, Keazor, Kizar. The two spellings, Edmond, Edmund, also cause confusion. These differences make some of the dates given here questionable.
DR. EBENEZER KEZER, who was a Revolutionary soldier, had sons, Edmond, John and George.
Edmond had children, Joseph, John, Jessie, Benjamin, Mary, Betsey, Phebe, Susan, Miles, Edmond, Rhoda and Olive.
EDMOND KEYSAR, b. 1781, in C .; m. Betsey Young. He d. 14 March, 1853; she d. 31 July, 1839, aged 55. Child.
BENJAMIN KEYSAR, b. 1811 in C .; m. Belinda, dau. of Stevens and Abigail Burleigh. He d. 1852; his wife d. 1886. Children:
i. OLIVE KEYSAR PIPER. Children: Frank, Elmeda, Fred, Emma, Thomas.
ii. DUDLEY S., b. 23 Jan., 1833, in Stewartstown; m. 6 Oct., 1858, Marinda, dau. of Thomas and Emma Hart. He d. 18 Nov., 1901; she d. 6 April, 1910. Children: Jennie E., Mary S., Kate B., Etta J., Isabella O., George D. Kate B., b. 6 April, 1865, in Hereford, P. Q., m. 11 Nov., 1891, in Pittsburg, Walter C. Wells.
iii. POPE, d. unm.
iv. JOSEPHINE, m. Blodgett. Children: Henrietta Blodgett, Ben
Blodgett.
v. EDMOND C., d. unm.
JOHN KEYSAR, son of Edmond, m. Deborah Wiswell. Children: Myra, Sarah, Phebe, Wiswell, Susan, Burkley, Clark and Blakley. Lived in Clarksville and Stewartstown.
An Edmund Kezer's name appears on the roll of the soldiers of the Revolu- tion as corporal from C., and on the tax list 1775. He was a native of Northfield.
JOHN KEZER, son of Edmund, b. 1776, came to C. about 1826; m. 4 March, 1847, Susannah, dau. of Miles Hodgdon, who lived on the place now owned by Granville W. Morgan. Mr. Kezer d. 1853; his wife, b. 1783, d. 1859. Miles Hodgdon d. 6 Oct., 1838, aged 76; his wife, Mary, d. 22 May, 1841, aged 91. John Kezer had a sister, Mary, who m. Merrill and lived in Stewartstown. Ebenezer, brother of John, d. with his nephew, Edward Osgood in C., 19 Dec., 1846, aged 55, unm. Child of John and Susannah Kezer:
i. NANCY, m. David Towle as his second wife. No children. Jacob, a son of Mr. Towle, by a former marriage, resides in C. David Towle d. 13 Jan., 1872, aged 57; his wife d. 31 May, 1879, aged 72 .*
*See Kezer Seminary, chapter on schools, Vol. I.
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KIMBALL .*
1. RICHARD1 KIMBALL was probably the ancestor of most of the numerous families of the name of Kimball in New England. On 10 April, 1634, O. S., at the age of 39, he embarked at Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, Old Eng., in the ship, Elisabeth, William Andrews, master, for Massachusetts, and landed at Ipswich. He first settled in Watertown, of which he was a proprietor, in 1636-37; was admitted a freeman 6 May, 1635.
He soon removed from Watertown to Ipswich, and is first known as an inhabitant of that place, 23 Feb., 1637-38, when he was granted by the town "a house lott next adjoining to goodman Simons at the west end of ye town"; also granted him the same day "40 acres Beyond the North River near the land of Robert Scott." In 1639-40, he had "lib- erty to pasture two cows free." He is mentioned "the last day of last month 1641," as among the commoners of Ipswich, and appointed, 1 March, 1645-46, as one of the "Seven men."
His occupation was that of a wheelwright. January, 1649-50, he was granted liberty "to fell such white oaks as he hath occasion to make use of about his trade for the towns use." Also, 1660, "to fell 20 white oak trees to make weels for the Townsman their use." In 1653, he was of a committee of three to survey fences in the common fields north of the river.
He m. first, Ursula, the sister of Thomas and dau. of Martha Scott, before his arrival in Ipswich; m. second, Margaret, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton, 23 Oct., 1661. Margaret d. 1 March, 1675-76. Richard d. 22 June, 1675, leaving a will dated 1674-75. His age was 80 years. Eleven children of whom Richard? was the fourth.
2. RICHARD2 KIMBALL (Richard1) b. in Eng., 1623, came with his parents to New England when but eleven years old, in the ship Elisabeth, and settled with them in Watertown, Mass., but soon after moved to Ips- wich, where he became a proprietor in 1648; removed to Wenham as early as 1656; was one of the first settlers, and the first of the name in that town. He was a wheelwright by trade. Soon after his removal, he subscribed £3 as minister's rate, to be paid one half in wheat, the balance in Indian corn. The next year he was chosen selectman, in which office he continued, with the exception of three years, till 1674. 4 Dec., 1660, he was on the committee to arrange for the building of a new meeting house. He m. first, Mary Gott, who d. 2 Sept., 1672; m. second, Mary -, who survived him. An agreement was made, 26 Sept., 1676, where there were eight children mentioned, probably by his first wife. Richard d. at Wenham, Mass., 26 May, 1676, aged 53. Of these children Caleb was the sixth.
3. CALEB3 KIMBALL (Richard2, Richard1) was b. in Wenham, Mass., 9 April, 1665. He was of Exeter, having moved there from Wenham; was a *For fuller account of the Joseph Kimball family see Genealogy by John Kimball of Concord.
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mason by trade. He purchased land in Exeter as early as 1720. He did not remain there, for he d. in Wenham, 25 Jan., 1725-26. His widow, Sarah, d. in Wenham, 20 Jan., 1731-32. Eight children, b. in Wenham, Mass., of whoin John was the second.
4. JOHN4 KIMBALL (Caleb3, Richard2, Richard1) was b. in Wenham, Mass., 20 Dec., 1699, and settled upon land acquired by his father in Exeter; m. first, Abigail Lyford, 14 Feb., 1722-23. She d. in Exeter, 12 Feb., 1737-38; m. second, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Thomas Wilson, 18 Sept., 1740. Children by first marriage, b. in Exeter:
i. JUDITH5, b. 11 June, 1724.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. 18 Aug., 1726.
iii. JOHN, b. 20 Feb., 1728-29; d. 1 Feb., 1738-39.
5. iv. JOSEPH, b. 29 Jan., 1730-31.
v. LYDIA, b. 4 Oct., 1733.
vi. THOMAS, b. 10 March, 1735-36.
Children by second marriage, b. in Exeter:
vii. SARAH, b. 24 Aug., 1741; m. Nicholas Dudley, and settled in Barn- stead. Nicholas d. 27 June, 1818; Sarah d. 28 April, 1821.
viii. JOHN, b. 20 Nov., 1742; m. Dorothy Dudley, of Exeter, who was b. 1739. They settled in Wakefield.
ix. NOAH, b. 31 May, 1744, settled in Wakefield.
x. OLIVE, b. 12 July, 1746; m. John Dudley, 16 Oct., 1771, and set- tled in Gilmanton. John d. 2 Oct., 1837; Olive d. 23 April, 1841.
xi. NATHANIEL, b. 16 Oct., 1747; m. Mehitable Beede, of Gilmanton, where they settled, and where Mehitable d. about 1826. He afterward moved to Jackson.
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