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14. MARTHA ELIZABETH5 AYERS (Joseph4, Jonathan3, Joseph2, Jonathan1) b. in C., 29 May, 1848. Graduate of Kimball Union Academy, 1866. Successful teacher. M. 29 May, 1873, Joseph Gerrish Clough, b. 18 May, 1835, d. 7 July, 1900. (See Clough Gen.) Children b. in C .:
i. ALICE AYERS® CLOUGH, b. 23 June, 1874; d. 23 July, 1875.
27. ii. HARRY GERRISH CLOUGH, b. 2 Oct., 1876.
15. JOSEPH GERRISH5 AYERS (Charles4, Jonathan3, Joseph2, Jonathan1) b. 3 Nov., 1839. Graduate University of Vermont, 1864. Second and first lieutenant Co. G, 15th Regiment, N. H. Volunteers, 11 Oct., 1862, to 13 Aug., 1863. (Thirteen men of this company went from Ct.) Acting asst. surgeon, U. S. Army, 28 June to 27 Oct., 1864; acting asst. surgeon, U. S. Navy, 17 Dec., 1864, to 24 Sept., 1866; commis-
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sioned asst. surgeon in regular navy, 8 Oct., 1866. Medical Director U. S. Navy. Placed on retired list on reaching age limit-rank rear admiral, 3 Nov., 1901. Residence Port Jervis, N. Y. M. 11 July, 1884, Olinda Ann Austin, b. 9 Nov., 1861, dau. of Rev. Alonzo E. and Isabella (Camp) Austin of New York City. Children b. in C .:
i. JOSEPH GERRISH6, b. 11 July, 1887. Yale, Class of 1909.
ii. CHARLES HAINES AUSTIN, b. 24 April, 1889. Yale, Class of 1911.
16. SUSAN GERRISH5 AYERS (Charles', Jonathan3, Joseph2, Jonathan1) b. 29 Dec., 1841; m. 25 April, 1865, James Riley Young, born in Lisbon, 31 Jan., 1828. Mr. Young was a merchant in Lyman and Lisbon for twenty years. Later, with Charles Parker, organized the Parker & Young Manufacturing Company of Lisbon. He d. in Lisbon, 21 Feb., 1884. Children b. in Lisbon:
28. i. EMILY AYERS& YOUNG, b. 29 Oct., 1866.
29. ii. ELLEN LOUISE YOUNG, b. 10 April, 1871.
iii. SUSAN ALMIRA YOUNG, b. 8 April, 1873; d. 14 Nov., 1873.
iv. CHARLES AYERS YOUNG, b. 27 July, 1874. Student at Tilton Sem- inary and Worcester, Mass., Academy. Business course in Boston. Engaged in lumber business in Lisbon, in the Philip- pines and in Canada. M. 20 Nov., 1905, Bessie Jane Brown, b. in Wentworth, 23 Aug., 1881, dau. of James B. and Eva (Merrill) Brown.
17. CHARLES HENRY5 AYERS (Charles4, Jonathan3, Joseph2, Jonathan1) b. 31 May, 1843, as a young man entered the lumber business. Later was interested in railroading in the West. In 1877, he returned to C. and engaged in farming. M. 30 May, 1876, Martha Jane Day, b. in Mc- Keesport, Pa., 15 Aug., 1846. Children b. in C .:
i. CHARLES HAINES6, b. 8 Aug., 1878; d. 5 April, 1882.
ii. HENRY DAY, b. 14 July, 1882. Graduate Boston University, A.B. 1908. Teacher of German.
18. ELLEN MARIA5 AYERS (Charles', Jonathan3, Joseph2, Jonathan1) b. 4 Sept., 1846; m. 16 June, 1870, Charles Edward Cummings, b. in Lisbon, 28 Feb., 1847, d. in Canton, Mo., 9 Sept., 1897. Mr. Cummings was engaged in an extensive lumber business in Canton from 1872 till the time of his death. M. second, 20 Nov., 1901, in Canton David M. Hibbard, b. in Monroe, 20 Nov., 1840, d. in Canton, Mo., 27 Feb., 1902. He and Mr. Cummings were for many years business partners. Chil- dren by first marriage, b. in Canton:
i. SUSAN ELLEN6 CUMMINGS, b. 7 Jan., 1873. M. 29 April, 1896, Joseph Cason, a successful merchant in Canton, b. 28 Sept., 1871.
30. ii. KARL GREENLEAF CUMMINGS, b. 29 Nov., 1877.
iii. ALBERT EDWARD CUMMINGS, b. 15 March, 1880. Engaged in the lumber business organized by his father and later in the north- west.
19. JONATHAN5 AYERS (Charles4, Jonathan3, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. 17 Dec., 1850. Electrician. Improved, also invented, several of the first electrical signals used on the New York Central R. R. Later had .
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charge of all the electric fire alarm signals in New York City, and invented several electrical devices. At the time of his death, he was controller of golden stock instruments in Wall Street. He also invented a musical instrument, the principle of which is now used in the pianola. M. 9 Sept., 1875, in St. Patrick's Cathedral, N. Y., Mary Frances Delany, b. 28 April, 1855, d. 2 June, 1882. Jonathan d. 2 April, 1882, in C. Children, b. in New York City:
31. i. SUSAN TILDEN6 VERONICA, b. 25, Oct., 1876.
ii. MARY FRANCES LEONTINE, b. 15 Jan., 1878. Educated at St. Gabriel's Academy, New York City.
iii. JOHN, b. 26 Jan., 1879; d. 2 July, 1879.
20. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN5 AYERS (Charles4, Jonathan3, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. 6 Jan., 1854; m. 3 Dec., 1885, Pamelia Ella Roberts of Northfield, b. 4 June, 1867. One son, Herman Eugene1, b. 14 Jan., 1890, in North- field.
21. ALMIRA JOSEPHINE5 AYERS (Charles', Jonathan3, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. 2 Aug., 1855; m. 29 Oct., 1878, William Young Sargent, b. in C., 19 April, 1851. One daughter: Myra Ayers Sargent, b. in C., 12 Oct., 1888; d. 14 Oct., 1888.
22. HELEN MCGREGOR6 AYERS (Augustines, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. in Concord, 26 Oct., 1878. Graduate of Concord High School, 1897, Wheaton Seminary, 1900. M. 10 Oct., 1905, Robert John Graves, M. D., b. in Boscawen, 22 June, 1878. Graduate of Har- vard University, 1900. Harvard Medical School, 1903. Residence, Concord. Children:
i. KATHARINE7 GRAVES, b. 3 Aug., 1906.
ii. JANE PHILLIPS GRAVES, b. 28 Jan., 1909.
23. AUGUSTINE HAINES6 AYERS (Augustines, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, Joseph, Jonathan1) b. in Concord, 1 March, 1883. C. H. S. 1902. Dartmouth College, 1906. Thayer School Civil Engineering, 1907. Asst. instructor in University of Wis., 1907, 1908. 1910, Asst. engineer, So. Alberta Land Co., Alberta, Canada. M. 29 June, 1909, Bernice Celeste Millen, b. in Winona, Minn., 17 June, 1888, dau. of James Dixon and Kathleen Millen. Child: JOHN KIMBALL7, b. in Winona, 14 Dec., 1910.
24. JOSEPH HENRY6 AYERS (Jeremiahs, Joseph4, Jonathan3, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. in Pittsburgh, 29 Nov., 1870. Educated in schools of Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo. Accountant-cashier of the Rocky Mt. Fuel Co. M. 25 Sept., 1895, Ruth Vallette of Chicago, Ill. Children:
i. AGNES MIRIAM7, b. and d., 11 June, 1898.
ii. ADELAIDE ELIZABETH, b. 25 Oct., 1900.
iii. ANNA REA, b. in Littleton, Colo., 27 Jan., 1906, d. 18 July, 1907.
iv. JOSEPH SHERBURNE, b. in Littleton, Colo., 4 Sept., 1908.
25. ELSIE CARLETON6 AYERS (Jeremiahs, Joesph4, Jonathan3, Joseph2, Jona- than1) b. in Denver, 17 Feb., 1876. Graduate of Chicago Kindergarten 3-II
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College, 1899. Principal of Kindergarten, Ft. Collins, Colo., 1901- 1905. M. 27 May, 1905, Harry Carson Riddle, b. in Allegheny, Pa., 4 Feb., 1869, moved to Colorado, 1881, admitted to bar 1896, elected district judge, 1906. Children b. in Denver:
i. CARSON7 RIDDLE, b. 23 March, 1906.
ii. LUCY AYERS RIDDLE, b. 7 Aug., 1907.
iii. ELIZABETH REA RIDDLE, b. 4 April, 1911.
26. ELIZABETH REA6 AYERS (Henrys, Joseph4, Jonathans, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. 17 Feb., 1874, in Titusville, Pa., educated in Pittsburgh and Morris- town, N. J. M. 1892, Graham Chapin Wells, b. in Denver, 13 Oct., 1872. Residence, Pittsburgh. A son: Clinton Ayers7 Wells, b. in Pittsburgh, 6 Sept., 1900.
27. HARRY GERRISH6 CLOUGH (Martha E.5, Joseph4, Jonathans, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. 2 Oct., 1876, in C. Student in Kezer Seminary. Engaged in mercantile business till his father's death in 1900, when he returned to C. M. 1906, Laura Maud Buehler, b. 6 Jan., 1877, in Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming. Children b. in C .:
i. BEULAH7 CLOUGH, b. 20 Dec., 1906.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH CLOUGH, b. 1 July, 1908. (See Clough Gen.)
28. EMILIE AYERS6 YOUNG (Susans, Charles4, Jonathans, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. 29 Oct., 1866, in Lisbon; graduate of St. Johnsbury Academy, Boston University, College Liberal Arts, A. B. 1891, School of Medicine, 1893. M. 19 Feb., 1895, Robert Lincoln O'Brien, b. in Abington, Mass., 14 Sept., 1865. Mr. O'Brien was a graduate of Harvard, 1891, private secretary of Grover Cleveland between his administrations, executive clerk of the White House during his second term of office, Washington correspondent and, later, editor of the Boston Transcript; 1910, editor and manager of the Boston Herald. Children:
i. MIRIAM7 O'BRIEN, b. 22 July, 1898, Forest Glen, Md.
ii. EMILY YOUNG O'BRIEN, b. 30 Sept., 1905, Whitefield; d. 1 Nov., 1905.
iii. LINCOLN O'BRIEN, b. 4 Feb., 1907, Boston, Mass.
29. ELLEN LOUISE& YOUNG (Susans, Charles4, Jonathans, Joseph2, Jonathan1) b. 10 April, 1871, Lisbon; graduate at St. Johnsbury Academy (Vt.) 1891, special course of two years at College Liberal Arts, Boston Uni- versity. M. 3 June, 1897, Lucian Scott Ash, b. 21 Sept., 1870, in Lisbon. Children b. in Lyman:
i. ROLAND SHERBURNE7 ASH, b. 18 Jan., 1900; d. 21 Jan., 1900.
ii. MARJORIE ASH, b. 11 June, 1901.
iii. DANA WELLINGTON ASH, b. 18 July, 1904.
30. KARL GREENLEAF CUMMINGS (Ellens, Charles4, Jonathan3, Joseph?, Jona- than1) b. 29 Nov., 1877, Canton, Mo., engaged with his brother Albert in the lumber business organized by his father till 1910 when he moved to Oregon. M. 18 Jan., 1906, Mary Maple Waters, b. 26 July, 1897. One child: Margaret,7 b. 17 Sept., 1909, Canton.
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31. SUSAN TILTON VERONICA® AYERS (Jonathans, Charles', Jonathans, Joseph?, Jonathan1) b. 25 Oct., 1876, N. Y. Educated at St. Gabriel's Academy, Ursuline Seminary and National Academy of Design. M. 10 Nov., 1909, Charles H. Coveny. One child: Frances Ayers Coveny, b. 23 Aug., 1910, New York City.
BAGLEY.
1. SAMUEL1 BAGLEY b. 30 Jan., 1766; m. Marion -, b. 9 March, 1770. He served in war 1812.
2. JOHN2 BAGLEY (Samuel1) b. 4 Jan., 1796, d. Aug., 1836; m. 21 Dec., 1826, Sarah Hunnewell.
3. GEORGE W.3 BAGLEY (John2, Samuel1) b. 16 Jan., 1828, at Candia; d. 21 Aug., 1892, at Boscawen. M. 1856, Mary C., dau. of John and Alice (Arlin) Hanson, at Sanbornton. She was b. 20 Feb., 1840, at Boscawen. (John Hanson was b. in Aug., 1800; d. 15 Aug., 1880. Alice, his wife d. 28 Nov., 1902. John's father, who was also John, served in the war of 1812.) Mary C. Bagley later m. John B. Carter. Children:
4. i. SAMIE ELWOOD4, b. 9 Jan., 1857, in Boscawen.
5. ii. HARRY LEONIDAS, b. 1 March, 1858, in Boscawen.
6. iii. IDA SELINA, b. 7 July, 1861, in Boscawen.
7. iv. FLORENCE GERTRUDE, b. 14 Sept., 1865, at C.
4. SAMIE E.4 BAGLEY (Georges, John2, Samuel1) b. 9 Jan., 1857; m. 24 March, 1887, Alice May George, b. 24 March, 1861. One child: Lewis Mer- rill, b. 20 Jan., 1888, at Danville, d. 21 Jan., 1888.
5. HARRY L.4 BAGLEY (Georges, John?, Samuel1) b. 1 March, 1858, at Bos- cawen; m. 11 Feb., 1891, at E. Concord, Nellie Blakesley, dau. of Charles C. P. and Lois F. (Danforth) Moody. She was b. 11 Feb., 1874, at E. Concord. Children all b. in C .:
i. HARRY LEE5, b. 10 May, 1895; d. 9 Sept., 1900.
ii. DOROTHY MAY, b. 9 Jan., 1897.
iii. EVELYN INGALLS, b. 28 June, 1898.
iv. ALICE ALMEDA, b. 18 Oct., 1902.
v. GEORGE LEONIDAS, b. 26 Sept., 1903.
vi. MARY LUCIA, b. 19 Sept., 1908.
6. IDA SELINA' BAGLEY (Georges, John?, Samuel1) b. 7 July, 1861; m. 7 Feb., 1894, Alfred G. Chase.
7. FLORENCE GERTRUDE4 BAGLEY (Georges, John?, Samuel:) b. 14 Sept., 1865; m. Almon J. Small. (See Small Gen.)
BATCHELDER.
1. EBENEZER1 BATCHELDER of Loudon m. 19 May, 1818, in C., Abiah, dau. of Simon and Elizabeth (Boynton) Stevens, b. 12 Oct., 1793, in C. They resided in C., until late in life, when they removed to Ohio. Children:
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i. MARY JANE2, b. 21 June, 1821.
ii. ELIZA ANN, b. 11 March, 1825; m. Orlando Stevens (See Stevens Gen.)
iii. ABIGAIL B., b. 3 Dec., 1827.
iv. CHARLES WASHINGTON, b. 23 July, 1830; m. Mary Jane Chase (see Chase Gen.), b. 1 Aug., 1841. In 1877 they removed to Columbus, O., where she d. 21 Aug., 1910.
v. THOMAS JEFFERSON, b. 12 July, 1832.
BATCHELDER.
1. EBENEZER1 BATCHELDER m. 16 April, 1795, Hannah Heath of Northfield; d. 1840. Children:
i. JOHN2, m. Sally Batchelder of Loudon. Children: 1. Charles m. Sweatt. 2. Frank m. Addie Morrill; after his death she m. George Abbott of Penacook.
2. ii. EBENEZER, b. 6 March, 1797.
iii. MARIA, m. 26 Dec., 1836, Albert, son of Thomas and Lucy (Foster) Ames. Sons, Thomas and Francis. Albert Ames d. 28 Aug., 1852; his wife d. 30 Sept., 1873, in Omaha, Neb.
iv. ALMYRA, b. 7 June, 1805; m. David M. Clough. (See Clough Gen.)
2. EBENEZER2 BATCHELDER (Ebenezer1) b. 6 March, 1797: m. 19 Dec., 1821, Elizabeth Kimball, b. 18 Nov., 1802, in C. He d. 21 May, 1867. She d. 8 Oct., 1888. Children:
i. PAMELIA3, b. 13 Dec., 1823; m. 16 July, 1843, Horace W. Matthews. (See Matthews Gen.)
3. ii. SILAS K., b. 3 March, 1826.
4. iii. JOHN HAM, b. 27 April, 1828.
iv. MARY ELIZABETH, b. 3 March, 1835; m. Philip C. Clough. (See Clough Gen.)
v. SARAH ANNA, b. 23 July, 1836; m. Dan W. Morrill. (See Morrill
Gen.)
vi. EBEN LAROY, b. 15 April, 1842; m. Susan A. Clough. (See Clough Gen.)
3. SILAS K.3 BATCHELDER (Ebenezer?, Ebenezer1) b. 3 March, 1826; m. 26 May, 1849, Elizabeth A. Huckins. He d. 14 Sept., 1879. Children:
i. ABBIE MARIA4, b. 29 July, 1850; m. 2 July, 1873, James M. Gilmore, of Putnam, Conn., b. Dec., 1838. Children: 1. Jennie Idas b. 20 Dec., 1876; m. 31 Aug., 1896, Fred Currington. 2. Josie I., b. 14 Sept., 1879.
ii. JOSEPH ORMAN, b. 8 May, 1852, m. 23 June, 1875, Emma Augusta Buttrick, b. 23 March, 1855. He d. 17 Feb., 1896. Children: 1. Mabel Clover, b. 14 March, 1877. 2. Maud Cecile, b. 11 Oct., 1882.
iii. IDA OCILLA, b. 22 Feb., 1855.
iv. FRED SILAS, b. 23 Oct., 1857; d. 13 March, 1889.
4. JOHN HAM& BATCHELDER (Ebenezer?, Ebenezer1) b. 27 April, 1828; m. Sarah dau. of Jonathan Bradley of Vienna, Me. She was b. 3 Jan., 1833; d. 22 Sept., 1904. John H. d. 7 Jan., 1894, both in Penacook. Children · b. in C .:
i. GEORGE C.4, b. 5 April, 1861, in Boston; d. 4 Oct., 1892.
ii. HARRY VICTOR, b. 13 Feb., 1874.
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BATTIS-BATTES.
1. SAMPSON1 BATTIS was doubtless the first person of the name of Battis in C. The exact date of his birth is not known, but it was probably in 1750. He was in C. as early as 1776, as he enlisted in the Revolution- ary War in this town. His age is then given as 26. He m. Lucy Carey, a West India Indian. The Boscawen town history states that she was a slave of William Coffin. Mr. Battis is said to have lived to the age of 103 years. A stone appropriately inscribed marks his grave in the C. Center cemetery. He had two children Sophia and Sampson- perhaps others.
2. SOPHIA2 BATTIS (Sampson1) m. William Robinson. They had two sons Natt. and Jack. Natt. m. - Twombly; they had 22 children, of whom six daughters are now living. Sarah resides at Winnes- quam, East Tilton, Annie, m. Hilliard and resides in Laconia, Cora, m. Graves and resides in Enfield, Martha, m. Hoyt and resides in Gilman- ton, Nellie, m. Hilliard and resides in Weirs, Ida.
3. SAMPSON2 BATTIS (Sampson1) m. Betsey Lester who was of Irish parentage. Children all b. in C .:
4. i. ELIZA3, b. 1 Jan., 1815.
5. ii. NATHANIEL HALL, b. 30 Nov., 1816.
iii. LUTHER, b. 2 July, 1821.
6. iv. CALVIN DUSTIN, b. 27 Oct., 1823.
7. v. PRUDENCE, b. 18 Oct., 1827.
8. vi. JOHN FRANKLIN LESTER, b. 1 Sept., 1829.
vii. HORATIO, b. 11 Oct., 1834; d. 16 Jan., 1847.
4. ELIZA3 BATTIS (Sampson2, Sampson1) m. Ephraim Haskell. They had eight children. Of these Charles C. Haskell is now at the Soldiers' Home in Tilton.
5. NATHANIEL3 BATTES (Sampson2, Sampson1) m. first, 6 Jan., 1843, Jane Glover, second Margaret Harris. Nathaniel Battes d. 30 Sept., 1895 in C. Child by first marriage.
i. ELECTA4, m. Charles Moody. They have a son who is m. and has one son, and a dau. who m. George A. Jones of Gilmanton. They have six dau., Myrtie who m. Jason Fogg of Gilmanton, Emily who m. Homer Davis of Laconia, Carrie, Eva, Edith, and Ethel.
Children by second marriage:
ii. HENRY, m. Children : Ernest and Maora Currier. She m. and has a son.
iii. THOMAS went to sea, and did not return.
iv. NATHANIEL m. and had a son, Fred A., and a dau. His dau. m. John R. Hickey of Manchester. They have a dau. Katharine. v. ALONZO, m. No children.
vi. GEORGE O., m. He has one dau., Clyde Wescom5, who is m.
vii. DAVID, m. Children, Maudes, Nettie, Charlie, Ada, Hubert and Ida. Maude m. Charlie Wiggins. Nettie m. Lonnie Blanchard.
viii. JENNIE, m. Charles Davis. Children: Ivas, Charlie, Harry.
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6. CALVIN DUSTIN3 BATTES (Sampson?, Sampson1) b. 27 Oct., 1823; m. 1847, Ann M., dau. of George Castle; her mother was of German nationality, her father was a mulatto. She d. 22 Dec., 1874. Children:
9. i. MATTIE A.4, b. 30 April, 1863.
ii. A son who d. at the age of four.
7. PRUDENCE3 BATTES (Sampson2, Sampson1) m. Joseph Bland. They had one dau. and six sons: Fannie, Charles, William, James, Nathan, Reuben and Everett.
8. JOHN FRANKLIN LESTER3 BATTES (Sampson?, Sampson1) b. 1 Sept., 1829; m. in Warner, Lydia A., dau. of Henry Burnham. She was b. in C .; d. Sept., 1877, in Gilmanton. Children:
10. i. EMMA E.4, b. 11 Jan., 1867.
ii. MALVINA, b. 3 July, 1871.
iii. HARRY J., b. 7 Feb., 1872; d. 28 April, 1899.
iv. JOHN H., b. 17 Dec., 1873.
v. WALTER H., b. 9 Jan., 1875; d. 10 Sept., 1895.
9. MATTIE A.4 BATTES (Calvin Dustin3, Sampson2, Sampson1) b. 30 April, 1863, in C .; m. first, 17 Dec., 1881, in Northfield, Benjamin F. Morrill, son of Mrs. Diana Roberts; m. second, 3 Dec., 1902, Patrick A. Welch in Manchester. Children by first marriage:
·i. ARTHUR F.5, b. 9 Oct., 1882.
ii. HERMAN H., b. 23 Aug., 1886; d. 19 March, 1887.
iii. HARRY F., b. 30 July, 1888; d. 26 Aug., 1888.
10. EMMA E.4 BATTES (John F. L.3, Sampson?, Sampson1) b. 11 Jan., 1867, m. June, 1883, George F. Haskell of Gilmanton. Children:
i. ELMENA M.5, b. 17 Feb., 1885; m. 23 March, 1902, John H. Paul of Sanbornton, two dau.
ii. MAUD A., b. 11 April, 1887; m. Sept., 1904, Arthur A. Dowes of Bel- mont, two sons.
iii. ELIZABETH J., b. 14 April, 1888; m. 16 Dec., 1905, Bert E. Oleary of Bristol.
iv. IVAN P., b. 11 Jan., 1890.
BECK.
1. HENRY1 BECK came to America in 1635 from England; m. Ann Frost of Piscataqua. Children: Joshua?, Thomas, Caleb, Henry and Mary. He settled at Portsmouth.
2. THOMAS2 BECK (Henry1) b. about 1657 in Portsmouth; m. Mary Frost. Children: Thomas3, Joshua, Abigail, Henry, Mary, Samuel and Hannah. He d. 7 Nov., 1734; she d. 25 Feb., 1753.
3. HENRY3 BECK (Thomas?, Henry1) b. about 1695 in Portsmouth where he afterwards resided. His wife was Jane, dau. of John and Judith Cate of Greenland. In 1765 he bought land and buildings in Rumford (Concord) and located near the Loudon line. Children: Mary4, Mar- garet, John, Nathaniel, Hannah, Elizabeth and Henry.
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4. HENRY4 BECK (Henry3, Thomas2, Henry1) b. 27 Jan., 1739, probably in Portsmouth, and d. 30 Jan., 1811, in C .; m. 20 Jan., 1762, Alice Thomp- son of Greenland, b. 15 Dec., 1742; d. 20 Jan., 1841, in C. Settling in Concord, they became interested in the. Shakers, who had recently organized in C., and joined that community with their children. Be- coming dissatisfied, they withdrew and settled on a farm a mile south of Shaker Village. Their daughters Sarah and Anne remained with the Shakers, and their first son, John, became an elder in the Shaker church at Enfield, where he d. 3 Sept., 1844. Children:
i. SARAH5, b. 28 Dec., 1763; d. 11 Jan., 1851.
ii. HANNAH, b. 1 Aug., 1767.
iii. MOLLY, b. 18 April, 1769; d. 25 July, 1781.
iv. ANNE, b. 13 April, 1771; d. 31 Dec., 1852.
v. JOHN, twin, b. 4 June, 1773.
vi. MARGARET, twin, b. 4 June, 1773.
vii. CHARLES, b. 29 May, 1775.
viii. CLEMENT, b. 3 Nov., 1780.
5. ix. HENRY, b. 2 Oct., 1783.
. X. POLLY, b. 8 April, 1785.
5. HENRY5 BECK (Henry4, Henry3, Thomas?, Henry1) b. 2 Oct., 1783, in Con- cord; m. 25 Dec., 1805, in C., Mary (Polly), dau. of Leonard Whitney and his first wife, whose name was - - - Wheeler. She was b. 18 July, 1787, in C .; d. 25 Sept., 1857. He d. 28 Oct., 1874. Children b. in C .:
i. MELINDA6, b. 6 May, 1807; m. Isaac Hoague; d. in C. 17 Jan., 1895. No children.
6. ii. CATHERINE, b. 9 Jan., 1810.
iii. ALBERT, b. 6 May, 1812, m. Mary Lord.
iv. JOHN, b. 31 Jan., 1817.
7. v. THOMPSON, b. 6 June, 1819.
vi. ABIEL, b. 19 March, 1821.
vii. MARGARET, b. 20 May, 1823; m. Shepard Phillips. (See Phillips Gen.)
viii. LOWELL, b. 27 Aug., 1825; d. 11 Nov., 1908, in C., unm.
ix. DIANTHA, b. 15 Dec., 1828.
8. x. ALVIN, b. 28 Nov., 1831.
6. CATHERINE6 BECK (Henrys, Henry4, Henry3) b. 9 Jan., 1810; m. 23 April, 1832, in C. Amos, son of Thomas Sargent, of Loudon. Amos was b. in 1806 in Loudon, where he d. 15 Aug., 1881. Catherine d. 1 March, 1874. Children b. in Loudon:
i. ELBRIDGE E.7, b. 13 Feb., 1833; d. 2 July, 1894.
ii. DAVID, b. 7 Feb., 1836; d. 7 Oct., 1836.
iii. MARY A., b. 29 May, 1838; d. 27 Aug., 1890.
iv. DAVID S., b. 9 March, 1844; d. 20 Jan., 1907.
v. ALBERT B., b. 2 Sept., 1848; m. first, Ellen, dau. of Calvin and Amanda (Whitney) Eaton of Concord, d. 20 Nov., 1904, in Loudon; m. second, 25 Feb., 1909, in Loudon, Mrs. Kate B. Wheeler, widow of Doddridge and dau. of William P. and Abbie M. (Sweatt) Dow. She d. 23 Jan., 1910. No children.
7. THOMPSON6 BECK (Henrys, Henry4) b. 6 June, 1819; m. 1 April, 1858, Delia C., dau. of Thomas and Polly (Blanchard) Fernald of Loudon, b. 28 March, 1828, in Loudon, d. 2 Oct., 1906, in C. Thompson d. 1 Dec.,
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1901. In 1874 he removed from the old home where his ancestors had lived for three generations to the "Ames" farm in the Baptist Dis- trict. Children b. in C .:
i. JOHN A.,7 b. 10 Oct., 1859.
ii. FANNIE E., b. 12 April, 1861; d. 11 June, 1894.
iii. NELLIE, b. 24 Nov., 1863; d. 15 Jan., 1878.
iv. CHARLES, b. 14 Sept., 1865; d. 30 Sept., 1906, unm.
8. ALVING BECK (Henrys, Henry4) b. 28 Nov., 1831; m. first, Mary Bickford; m. second, Mrs Mary Josephine (Travers) Bickford, b. 5 May, 1842, in Chelsea, Mass .; d. 18 Sept., 1910, in Tilton. Alvin d. 24 Dec., 1894, in Loudon, where he had resided for many years. Child by first marriage:
i. CLARA BELLE7, m. Nathaniel Currier. Children: 1. Eugene®.
2. Clara Belle. 3. Otis. 4. Frank.
Children by second marriage, b. in Loudon:
ii. HENRY, b. 1 March, 1863; d. 11 March, 1893, in Loudon; m. Lilla A. Merrill, who d. 17 May, 1892. No children.
iii. JOSEPHINE LUELLA, b. 26 Dec., 1866; m. 24 Dec., 1887, Herbert Alvi, son of Merrill and Mary E. (Stevens) Storey. Herbert A. was b. 3 Feb., 1863, in Littleton. Child: Esther Lelas, b. 12 Sept., 1899.
BLANCHARD.
The connection between the Blanchards of C. and of Northfield is not clear, but those of Northfield claim descent from the same ancestor, Thomas, the Huguenot, who came to America in 1639 in the ship Jonathan and set- tled in Braintree, Mass., in 1646. It was a Benjamin Blanchard who was the first settler in Northfield, and he went up from the fort in C. in 1760 through the unbroken forest to the foot of Bay Hill and located on the farm later owned by Judge Peter Wadleigh. Having made a clearing and erected a shelter, he went back for his wife, Bridget Fitzgerald, and nine children (History of Northfield, Part II, p. 23). Benjamin's father was scalped by the Indians in their raid on C. in 1746, near his home not far from the fort. The father's name is given as both Benjamin and Richard (see Chapter II, Vol. I of C. History).
1. BENJAMIN BLANCHARD was probably a scout on duty in C. in 1746 after the date of his father's death, and he signed with others a petition to the Provincial Government in 1748 for protecting the grist mill of Henry Lovejoy in West Concord (Bouton's History of Concord, page 176). He m. Bridget Fitzgerald and had nine children before he emigrated to Northfield on 1760.
2. EDWARD2 BLANCHARD (Benjamin1) was captain of a company in Col. John Stark's regiment in the Revolution. He married and had children.
3. EBENEZER: BLANCHARD (Edward2, Benjamin1) b. 12 June, 1768; m. Sarah Smith, b. March, 1774, and d. in Franklin 2 Nov., 1854. She was a native of Windham. Her mother, whose maiden name was Isabella
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GENEALOGIES.
Wasson, was b. in Scotland and was one of the Londonderry Scotch- Irish Colony. Children of Ebenezer and Sarah (Smith) Blanchard:
i. ISABELLA S.4, b. 23 Dec., 1795, d. 18 June, 1882; m. James West, b. 5 May, 1794; d. 11 Jan., 1848.
4. ii. ALICE, b. 28 Feb., 1800.
iii. CYNTHIA P., b. 1804; d. 1838.
iv. CLARISSA A., b. 1815; m. Stephen Kenrick, b. 1806, and d. 1884; she d. 1893.
4. ALICE4 BLANCHARD (Ebenezer3, Edward2, Benjamin1) b. 28 Feb., 1800; m. 15 Nov., 1821, Kendal O. Peabody, b. 20 Dec., 1792, and d. 23 Jan., 1855. She was a graduate of Bradford Academy, Mass., in 1818, and d. 23 Dec., 1832. Mr. Peabody m. second, 30 Dec., 1833, Betsey Austin, b. 10 Oct., 1796, and d. 19 Dec., 1869. Children by first wife:
5. i. SARAH B.5, b. 11 Dec., 1825.
ii. ELLEN NOYES, b. 10 April, 1828; d. 28 Jan., 1859; m. 7 Sept., 1854, William Frederick Goodwin, b. 27 Sept., 1823. He graduated at Bowdoin College 1848, and at Harvard Law School 1854; taught school and practiced law in Concord. He was lieutenant of the 16th U. S. Infantry in the Civil War, and did fine serv- ice at Hoover's Gap and at Chickamauga, where he was wounded. He d. March 12, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin had one child, Susan Austin6, b. 29 July, 1855, d. 26 Aug., 1856.
iii. CHARLES KENDALL, b. 23 June, 1830; d. 11 Jan., 1849.
Children by second wife:
iv. DAVID AUSTIN, b. 3 Oct., 1835; d. 10 June, 1836.
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