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i. MINNIE B.5, b. 13 May, 1867; m. first, 3 May, 1885, Charles Patten, who d. 22 Dec., 1894. Children: 1. Daisy6 Patten, b. 31 Aug. 1888. 2. Joseph Patten, b. 8 July, 1890. Minnie B. m. second, 3 July, 1897, Edgar Davis.
ii. LENA E., b. 10 Feb., 1875; m. 14 Aug., 1902, Harry Ingerson. Chil- dren: 1. Doris® Ingerson, b. 5 May, 1903. 2. Edith Ingerson, b. 14 June, 1907. 3. Elenor Ingerson, b. 10 Dec., 1908; d. 30 April, 1910.
iii. LILLIAN M., b. 6 July, 1877; m. Leland Bundy. One child.
iv. VERNIE C. C., b. 10 April, 1883; m. Stella Ham. Children: 1. Violet6, b. Sept., 1904. 2. Abbie, b. 22 Aug., 1907. 3. Bertha, b. 16 March, 1908.
SNOW.
1. ERNEST WHITE SNOW, son of Andrew Fayette? and Isabelle (Howland) Snow and grandson of David! Snow, was b. 2 Oct., 1874, in Whitefield; m. 24 Dec., 1896, in Belmont, Lilla Ivanette, dau. of Martin L. Lane. She was b. 26 Nov., 1878, in Center Harbor. They moved to C., March, 1906. Children: i. Lurline Lane4, b. 22 Nov., 1900. ii. Martin Fayette, b. 1 Dec., 1902.
SNYDER.
1. JOHNI SNYDER was b. 22 May, 1776, at Frankfort-on-the-Rhine, Germany. He came to Boston, 1800; m. 1805 at Marblehead, Mass., Mrs. Sarah Nicholson, dau. of Sylvester and Sarah Stevens; settled in C., 1829. He was a skilled mechanic. He d. 16 March, 1859. His wife d. 18
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May, 1851, aged 69. They had seven children, five of whom lived to. be heads of families. Three, Elizabeth2, Christopher and John, spent a large part of their life in C. Elizabeth, b. in Marblehead; m. 31 March, 1864, Ezra B., son of Ezekiel and Huldah (Burbank) Getchell, b. in Wethersfield, Vt. She d. 1887. Christopher Snyder, b. in Deerfield, N. Y., d. 14 Nov., 1864, in C.
2. JOHN? SNYDER (John1) b. 24 Sept., 1814, at Utica, N. Y .; m. 9 Feb., 1843, at C., Abigail S. Merrill, b. 19 Oct., 1814, at Orange. She was a dau. of James Merrill who was b. 16 March, 1775, in Amesbury, Mass. Her mother, Elizabeth Heath Merrill, was b. 18 Jan., 1784, at Sandown; d. 7 April, 1870, in C. John Snyder was by occupation a carpenter and pump builder. He was appointed Lieutenant of the Company of Riflemen in the 38th Regt. of N. H. Militia, 1 April, 1842. He was honorably discharged at his own request, 20 April, 1843. Abigail (Merrill) Snyder d. 14 Jan., 1872. He m. second, 13 Aug., 1873, at Concord, Ellen Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan and Abigail (Bancroft) Hamlet. Jonathan Hamlet d. 27 Feb., 1865; his wife d. 12 June, 1883. John Snyder d. 15 Dec., 1898, in C. Children by first marriage: i. James M.3, b. 27 Jan., 1844. ii. Charles T., b. 28 Dec., 1846; d. 3 July, 1867. iii. George C., b. 22 Aug., 1849; d. 22 Jan., 1852. iv. Frank P., b. 21 Dec., 1851.
Child by second marriage: v. Ethel Hamlet, b. 11 Jan., 1877; d. 2 July, 1898.
3. JAMES M.3 SNYDER (John?, John1) b. 27 Jan., 1844; m. 1873, Mary E. Fitts, b. 1852, at Webster. He is a carpenter and a building contractor. He has served the town of Webster several years as selectman and member of the school board. Children:
i. NELLIE ALBERTA4, b. 30 March, 1877; m. Walter Chase of Concord. Child: Alan Snyders Chase, b. 13 May, 1909.
ii. MAHLON J., b. May, 1879; m. Lizzie Avery. Their two children are: 1. Ethel5, b. 20 April, 1908. 2. Bessie May, b. 10 Oct., 1909.
4. FRANK P.3 SNYDER (John2, John1) b. 21 Dec., 1851, m. 26 Nov., 1884, Mrs. Dora E. Brown, b. 11 Aug., 1858. She had a dau., Bessie E., who m. Oscar F. Timlin and lives in Dorchester, Mass. Dora Brown Snyder d. Dec., 1897. Frank P.3 Snyder was an upholsterer in Boston; d. 1 Feb., 1897.
5. ELIZABETH H.3 SNYDER (Elizabeth2 John1) b. 8 June, 1841, in C .; m. 3 Dec., 1857, Jason Chamberlain of Marblehead, Mass. He d. 4 July, 1899. Children: 1. Eleanor A.4 Chamberlain. 2. Sarah M. Cham- berlain. 3. William H. Chamberlain. 4. George J. Chamberlain. 5. Mary F. Chamberlain. 6. Daniel A. Chamberlain. 7. Lilla S. Chamberlain.
SQUIERS.
1. HIRAM CLARK2 SQUIERS, b. 4 Dec., 1821, in St. Albans, Vt., son of Philip1 and Caroline (Clark) Squiers; m. first, Alma, dau. of James and Phebe (Clark) Pevere, b. 22 Feb., 1819; d. 18 May, 1865; m. second, Anne
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Allen of Gilmanton; served four years in the Civil war; resided in C. several years; d. 4 April, 1897, in Manchester. Children, all by first marriage:
i. MARY ANNE3, b. 14 Aug., 1839, in St. Albans; m. C. Robert Foss of Manchester, a soldier in the Civil war; d. Jan., 1867. Children:
1. Charles Foss. 2. Lucy Foss, m. William Farmer.
ii. ELVIRA CLARK, b. 23 April, 1841; m. first, Charles Livingstone, b. in Vt. He served in the Civil war; d. in Reasnor, Ia. Child: Charles4 Livingstone. She m. second, Stephen M. Emery of Reasnor. (See Emery Gen.)
iii. RUBY WOODWORTH, b. 31 Dec., 1846, in Swanton, Vt .; m. 18 Nov. 1865, Frank Peverly. (See Peverly Gen.)
iv. PHEBE LOUISE, b. 7 April, 1851; m. first, Joseph Heath of C. (See Heath Gen.); m. second, Moses Gerrish Shaw, b. in Salisbury. Children: 1. Pliny Shaw. 2. Jessie Shaw. 3. Plummer Shaw.
v. PHILIP JAMES, b. 30 Dec., 1855.
vi. HIRAM FRANK, b. 27 April, 1858, in Vt .; m. Louise Roberts, b. in Manchester. Child: Bertha.4
STEVENS.
In nearly every state of the Union there are descendants of William1 Stevens, the progenitor of the Stevens family of C., who came with his brother John and mother "Wid. Ann Stevens from Gonsham, Oxford Co., Eng., in the ship Confidence" to Newbury, Mass., in 1638.
1. WILLIAMI settled in Newbury; m. Elizabeth Bitfield of Newbury, 19 May, 1645. He d. 19 May, 1653. Three children, of whom John? was the second.
2. JOHN2 STEVENS (William1) b. 19 Nov., 1650, took the oath of allegiance in 1669 and again in 1678; m. 9 March, 1669, Mary, dau. of Aquila and Anne (Wheeler) Chase, who was b. in Newbury, 3 Feb., 1650. He resided in Newbury, Haverhill and Gloucester. His will dated 19 May, 1715, mentions his ten children by name of whom Otho3 was the young- est.
3. ENSIGN OTHOR STEVENS (John?, William1), b. 1702, in Haverhill, Mass., d. 1771, in Hampstead; m. first, 21 March, 1723, Abigail, dau. of Josiah and Mary (Lufkin) Kent, b. in West Gloucester, Mass., 9 July, 1697; d. in Hampstead. They resided on "Kent's Farm" and there their chil- dren were b. M. second, Mary Dodge. Nine children by first mar- riage, of whom Otho4 was the second child.
4. OTHO4 STEVENS (Otho3, John2) b. 1726; m. Abigail Emerson, 28 Oct., 1752. He was constable of Hampstead, 1754-55. He served in the French and Indian war, was in Wolfe's Brig., at Quebec, and was seriously injured in climbing the Heights of Abraham. He was conveyed to Ft. Oswego, where he d. 21 Sept., 1759. His wife, who was b. in Hampstead 20 March, 1737, was dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Watts) Emerson and through her mother a descendant of the famous Hannah Dustin of Haverhill. After her husband's death she continued to res.
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at Hampstead for a few years. While visiting her sister, Mrs. Susan Chase of C., she met Dea. David Morrill, to whom she was m. 28 Dec., 1763 and with her children moved to C. She d. 30 June, 1833, and was buried in the cemetery at the Center. Children of Otho and Abigail (Emerson) Stevens:
i. ABIAH5, b. 23 Aug., 1753; m. John A. Moore, of Loudon.
5. ii. SIMON, b. 14 March, 1755.
6. iii. JESSE, b. 22 Jan., 1757.
iv. JACOB, b. 16 March, 1759; d. 27 Feb., 1760.
5. SIMONS STEVENS (Otho4, Otho3) b. 14 March, 1755, in Hampstead; came to C. about 1763; m. Elizabeth Boynton, b. 10 Nov., 1754; d. 9 Feb., 1846. He d. 19 June, 1825. Children, b. in C .:
i. OTHO6, b. 22 July, 1776; m. Susan Robinson. One son: Orlando7, m. 9 Oct., 1863, Eliza A. Batchelder (See Batchelder Gen.), who with his mother rem. to New York.
ii. EDMUND, b. 3 July, 1778; m. Betsey Shepard of Gilmanton, d. in C. 10 March, 1842. He d. 13 Dec., 1854 .. Children: 1. Eliza Etta7, b. 29 Oct., 1810; m. 3 May, 1842, Rev. James Doldt of Effingham. She d. 1 March, 1857. 2. William Shepard, b. 21 June, 1816.
iii. DAVID, b. 10 Nov., 1780; d. 3 Dec., 1806.
7. iv. BETSEY, b. 8 Dec., 1783.
8. v. JOHN, b. 29 July, 1785.
9. vi. JESSE, b. 29 Sept., 1788.
10. vii. MARY, b. 13 Sept., 1791.
viii. ABIAH, b. 12 Oct., 1793; m. Ebenezer Batchelder. Gen.)
(See Batchelder
11. ix. MOSES, b. 29 July, 1796.
x. ABIGAIL, b. 11 Sept., 1799; m. Mark Davis. (See Davis Gen.)
12. xi. THOMAS JEFFERSON, b. 18 July, 1801.
xii. SIMON, JR., b. 18 July, 1803; d. 16 Sept., 1806.
6. JESSE5 STEVENS (Otho4, Otho3) b. 22 Jan., 1757; m. Elizabeth Heath. Children:
i. ELIZABETH OR BETSEY6, b. 20 Oct., 1784; m. 6 Oct., 1807, Ezekiel Morrill. (See Morrill Gen.)
ii. SUSANNA, b. 23 July, 1789; m. Jonathan Ayers. (See Ayers Gen.)
iii. ANNA (Nancy), b. 4 Dec., 1791.
iv. ASA, b. 5 May, 1794; m. 18 Jan., 1825, Susanna, dau. of Abiel and Susanna (Moore) Foster. (See Foster Gen.) Res. in C. till 1833, when he rem. to Ohio. Children, first three b. in C .: 1. Alfred7, b. Dec., 1825. 2. Abiel Foster, b. 27 Aug., 1827. 3. Martha Amanda, b. 2 March, 1833; m. Little. Res. in Abilene, Kan. 4. Emma S., m. Hobart. Res. in Parsons, Kan.
7. BETSEY6 STEVENS (Simons, Otho4) b. 8 Dec., 1783; m. 18 Aug., 1801, Samuel, son of Samuel and Miriam (Tucker) Sargent of C. (See Sargent Gen.)
8. JOHN STEVENS (Simons, Otho4) b. 29 July, 1785; d. 8 July, 1869; m. March, 1810, Submit, dau. of Dea. Newcomb of Greenwich, Mass., b. 1790; d. 30 Sept., 1825. After his m. Mr. Stevens rem. to Boscawen. In 1836, he moved West. Children, b. in Boscawen: David7, Bradford, Adaline, Calvin, Justus, Louisa, Submit, Elizabeth.
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9. JESSE® STEVENS (Simons, Otho4) b. 29 Sept., 1788; m. 30 Nov., 1814, Abigail Sherburne, b. 16 March, 1793, in Epsom, d. 9 July, 1880. Children, b. in C .:
13. ii.
i. HARRIET7, b. 23 Dec., 1815; m. Gardner Mason. (See Mason Gen.) MARY ANN, b. 12 Jan., 1818.
iii. SYLVESTER, b. 21 Jan., 1820; m. 21 Oct., 1845, Mary Otis, dau. of Otis and Katherine (Johnson) Young, b. 13 July, 1818. He d. 1 April, 1902; she, 23 April, 1903. Children, b. in Chiches- ter: 1. Mary Elizabeth8, b. 7 Dec., 1851. 2. Georgia Anna, b. 3 July, 1854; m. 12 Oct., 1887, James F. Burke of Boston. One son: James H.9 Burke, b. 23 Oct., 1894. Mrs .. Burke d. 22 Feb., 1899, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
14. iv. CAROLINE, b. 17 Sept., 1822.
15. v. SUSAN TILTON, b. 26 July, 1825.
vi. NANCY VICENA, b. 26 Jan., 1829; m. 22 June, 1862, Moody S. Far- num of Concord, b. 10 Dec., 1824; d. 10 Feb., 1900.
16. vii. ALBERT, b. 24 Jan., 1833. viii. SARAH GAGE, b. 31 May, 1836; d. 22 Nov., 1838.
10. MARY6 STEVENS (Simons, Otho4) b. 13 Sept., 1791; m. Jesse Emerson of Newburyport, Mass., b. in Hollis. In 1836, they rem. to French Grove, Buda, Ill. He d. 1838. Children: Abigail7 Emerson, Mary Stevens Emerson, Jesse Emerson, Roxanna Emerson, Josephine Emerson, William Edwin Emerson, George Stevens Emerson and Elizabeth Emerson.
11. MOSES6 STEVENS (Simons, Otho4, ) b. 29 July, 1796; m. 4 Jan., 1820, Mary Stevens, b. 19 Oct., 1798; d. 28 June, 1870, in Ill. Children : David7 and Elbridge, both b. in C. He d. 22 Feb., 1864.
12. THOMAS J.6 STEVENS (Simons, Otho4) b. 18 July, 1801; m. first, Elizabeth Smith of C .; second, Mrs. Eliza Simpson in Concord, 1854. Moved to Buda, Ill., 1836; d. 22 March, 1853. Children by first marriage, b. in C. Lurana7, Mary, Joseph, Emeline, Frank W. Children, b. in Ill .: Caro- line, Sarah J., Elizabeth.
13. MARY A.7 STEVENS (Jesses, Simons) b. 12 Jan., 1818; m. 4 June, 1840, Rufus, son of Isaac Virgin, of Concord, b. 7 Jan., 1818; d. 26 Jan., 1899. Children :
i. ELLEN AMANDA & VIRGIN, b. 22 March, 1842; d. 12 Nov., 1909.
ii. EMMA AMELIA VIRGIN, b. 16 March, 1845; m. 24 June, 1880, Nathan Pingree. He d. 3 May, 1897.
iii. FRANK PIERCE VIRGIN, b. 3 Oct., 1847; d. 10 Aug., 1871.
iv. ESTHER ANN VIRGIN, b. 9 Aug., 1850; m. 30 Nov., 1872, Frank P. Batchelder of Loudon. He d. 1 April, 1900. Children: Susan Mary9 Batchelder, b. 12 Nov., 1877; m. 9 Aug., 1905, Dr. John Calvin Huckins. Child: John Haven10 Huckins, b. 24 Dec., 1906. 2. Caroline Ethel Batchelder, b. 28 June, 1880. 3. Bertha Edith Batchelder, b. 1 July, 1885; m. 10 March, 1904, Fred B. Rowe. 4. Gladys Mildred Batchelder, b. 16 May, 1892.
V. FRED PEASLEE VIRGIN, b. 25 Jan., 1853; m. 13 June, 1876, Ada L. Batchelder of Loudon. He d. 29 May, 1908. Children: 1. Arthur Russell9 Virgin, b. 2 May, 1877. 2. Lelia Stevens Virgin, b. 24 Sept., 1879.
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vi. FALES PERLEY VIRGIN, b. 31 Oct., 1856; m. 24 Dec., 1879, Rose E. Johnson of Concord. Children: 1. Bessie Ella9 Virgin, b. 21 Feb., 1880; m. 5 Sept., 1905, Roy W. Maynard of Loudon. Children: Hazel Beatrice10, Clarence Virgin and Helen Ger- trude Maynard. 2. Belle Florina Virgin, b. 26 Dec., 1882. 3. Bernice Johnson Virgin, b. 16 Aug., 1889.
14. CAROLINE7 STEVENS (Jesses, Simon5) b. 17 Sept., 1822; m. 18 April, 1849, Stephen Clark of Boston, Mass. Res. in Concord. Children:
i. FRED EVERETT& CLARK, d. in infancy.
ii. FRANK EDWARD CLARK, m. Jennie Estelle Smith. Children: 1. Fred Everett Clark, d. in infancy. 2. Ethel Clark.
15. SUSAN T.7 STEVENS (Jesses, Simons) b. 26 July, 1825; m. 10 Feb., 1851, David A. Morrill of C. Res. in E. Concord. Child:
i. ALBERT JESSE& MORRILL, b. 9 Nov., 1859; m. Rose, dau of Charles H. and Mary E. (Boyce) Colby, b. 20 Sept., 1862. Children: 1. Grace Morrill. 2. John J. Morrill.
16. ALBERT7 STEVENS (Jesses, Simons) b. 24 Jan., 1833; m. Susan Ellen, dau. of Reuben Goodwin, b. 7 July, 1839. He remained on the home farm until 1861, when he rem. to E. Concord. Children:
i. LILLIAN MABEL8, b. 24 Feb., 1868; d. in infancy.
ii. JESSE GOODWIN, b. 24 June, 1870; m. Sarah O. Regan, b. 20 Feb., 1873. Children: 1. Ernest Edwin9, b. 3 Nov., 1897. 2. Geor- gia Alice, b. 30 March, 1900. 3. Susie Lucy, b. 1 Nov., 1901. 4. Mary Lillian, b. 1 Dec., 1903.
STREETER.
1. RAPLH2 STREETER (David1) b. 17 Feb., 1813, in Lisbon; m. 8 July, 1835, Caroline E., dau. of Benjamin Daley. She was b. 25 Jan., 1820, in Lisbon, d. 11 Oct., 1859, in Northfield; m. second, Mrs. Adeline Winch, twin sister of first wife. She d. 15 March, 1891, in C. He came to C. in 1845; was a farmer and mechanic; d. 6 May, 1877, in C. Children by first marriage:
2. i. MARTIN V. B.3, b. 22 Jan., 1837.
ii. HIRAM, b. 16 Feb., 1840; m. 29 Sept., 1861, Sevira, dau. of Shubael and Polly Glines of Northfield, b. 30 April, 1843. (See Glines Gen.) He was master mechanic of the Stevens' Mills, Frank- lin, for thirty years; 32d degree Mason.
iii. CATHARINE D., b. 28 July, 1843; d. 2 Sept., 1849.
iv. LYDIA B., b. 11 Dec., 1845; m. 28 Sept., 1860, Tristram McDaniel. (See McDaniel Gen.)
v. LOUISA, b. 29 Feb., 1848; d. 8 Aug., 1849.
vi. SARAH ANN, b. 14 May, 1850; d. 11 Oct., 1863.
vii. HANNAH, b. 19 July, 1852; d. 7 Oct., 1868.
3. viii. CHARLES A., b. 17 April, 1855.
ix. FRANK E., b. 1 Oct., 1857; m. Ellen Warborton. He is a mechanic; had charge of a machine shop in Haverhill, Mass., for several years. One child.
Children by second marriage:
x. CARRIE E., b. 9 May, 1862; m. 4 June, 1880, George Noyes. (See Noyes Gen.)
xi. GEORGE F., b. 1 Jan., 1864; d. 7 Jan., 1891. He was a farmer.
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2. MARTIN V. B.3 STREETER (Ralph2, David1) b. 22 Jan., 1837, in Lisbon; m. 18 Oct., 1859, Elizabeth McDaniel of C. (See McDaniel Gen.) She d. 27 July, 1890. He m. second, 18 Feb., 1892, in C., Mrs. Isoline McDaniel. He was supt. for many years of the pulp mill at Franklin; d. 28 March, 1898, in Northfield. Children by first marriage:
i. NELLIE LOUISE4, b. 26 May, 1864, in Somerville, Mass .; m. 1 Jan., 1891, in Franklin, Louis John Cherrier. She d. 22 March, 1893, in Nashua.
4. ii. WALTER WILLIAM, b. 3 Dec., 1865.
iii. DORA MAY, b. 17 May, 1872, in Franklin; m. Harry Gordon.
5. iv. MAUD ELIZABETH, b. 4 May, 1880.
3. CHARLES A.3 STREETER (Ralph?, David1) b. 17 April, 1855; m. Annie Pet- tingill, b. 16 March, 1863. He was supt. of pulp mill in Franklin for several years. Children:
i. RALPH4, b. 15 Dec., 1885. ii. Hazel, b. 8 Nov., 1891. iii. Deborah, b. 23 Sept., 1897. iv. Ruby, b. 16 March, 1904.
4. WALTER WILLIAM4 STREETER (Martin V. B.3, Ralph?, David1) b. 3 Dec., 1865, in C .; m. 15 Dec., 1888, in Tilton, Cora Maud, dau. of Edwin and Sarah E. Moorhouse, b. 20 Nov., 1868, in Lakeport. Children:
i. SARAH ELIZABETH5, b. 10 Oct., 1890, in Franklin; m. 7 July, 1909, in Warren, Sydney C. Weeks. Child: Newell Eaton6 Weeks, b. 2 April, 1910, in Warren. ii. Nellie Louise, b. 27 March, 1893, in Franklin; m. 25 Feb., 1910, in Sanbornton, Waldo C. Bailey. Child: Mildred Streeters Bailey, b. 21 Dec., 1910, in New Boston. iii. Martin Hiram, b. 23 Oct., 1895, in Franklin. iv. Beatrice Lillian, b. 1 Sept., 1898, in Tilton. v. Edwin Sumner, b. 10 Sept., 1900, in Northfield. vi. Gladys Moor- house, b. 15 March, 1904, in Northfield. vii. Walter Eugene, b. 3 July, 1906, in Northfield. viii. Nora Loett, b. 12 April, 1910, in Northfield.
5. MAUD ELIZABETH4 STREETER (Martin V. B.3, Ralph?, David1) b. 4 May, 1880, in Franklin; m. 19 June, 1900, in Franklin, Scott Frank Taylor. Children, b. in Hyde Park, Mass .: i. Clarence Scotts Taylor, b. Aug., 1903. ii. Donald Francis Taylor, b. 4 Dec., 1908.
SUTTON.
The first reference to the Sutton family in the C. records is when the wid. Margaret Sutton was taxed in 1776. Her name continues on the tax list until 1787, but not appearing as the head of a family in the U. S. Census of 1790, it is presumed that she went to res. with her son John, with whom she remained until her death, 12 March, 1816. Whether she was accompanied by her husband when she came to C. is not known. If so, he d. soon after her arrival. The following entries relative to the Sutton family appear in the town register of births, marriages and deaths:
The birth of MICHAEL SUTTON's children:
i. STEPHEN, b. 1 Sept., 1756, probably the Stephen who m. 10 Oct., 1800, Betsey Folsom. ii. Michael, b. 11 Sept., 1757; d. Sept., 1797. iii. Edmund, b. 4 May, 1759, d. 11 Feb., 1776. iv. 22-II
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Mary, b. 2 Dec., 1760, d. 27 March, 1761. v. John, b. 14 Jan., 1762, d. at Concord, 1840. vi. Solomon, b. 18 May, 1765, d. Oct., 1814.
Wid. Margaret Sutton, the mother of the above, d. 12 March, 1816, aged 86 years, 9 months and 10 days.
JOHN2 SUTTON (Michael1) b. 14 Jan., 1762; m. Lydia Lyford, 12 March, 1788. She was b. at Epping, 31 March, 1762, and dau. of John3 Lyford (Thomas?, Francis1). (See Lyford Gen.) Children:
i. JOHN, JR.3, b. 29 Nov., 1788, d. 14 Sept., 1801. ii. Polly, b. 26 Dec., 1790. iii. Samuel Gerrish, b. 25 April, 1793; m. 19 Jan., 1817, Sarah Graham of Concord. iv. Thomas Lyford, b. 14 Oct., 1795; d. 21 March, 1809. v. Harmon, b. 16 March, 1798. vi. Eunice, b. 27 Sept., 1801; m. 13 May, 1819, Frederick Chase of C. vii. Nancy, b. 24 May, 1804.
EDMUND2 SUTTON (Michael1) b. 4 May, 1759; d. 11 Feb., 1776; m. and had at least one child.
i. EDMUND3, b. in Loudon, 15 Nov., 1782; m. Lucy Morton, b. in Gorham, Me., 1785. Children: 1. Margaret, b. Farmington, Me., 1805. 2. Hannah Adams, b. Freeman, Me., 25 March, 1806. 3. Nancy Carlton, b. Freeman, Me., 17 Sept., 1809. 4. James F., b. 2 Dec., 1816; d. 8 Feb., 1818. 5. Mahala Jane, b. 9 April, 1819.
John Sutton was town clerk of C. for several years. The last entry in the early register of vital statistics is as follows:
"Where births or marriages are recorded without naming the place, they are to be considered as belonging to Canterbury, so far as has been recorded by me, the subscriber, and I do recommend it to my successors to consider it in like manner or else to note the place of the birth and the place of abode of each person at the time of their marriage."
"John Sutton, Town Clerk.
"Canterbury, March, 9, 1806."
Stephen Sutton, the first born of Margaret Sutton, appears on the tax list in 1778, when he was in his twenty-second year, and again in 1785 and 1787. He is not found in the U. S. Census of 1790, unless he was residing with one of his brothers. Michael Sutton is taxed for the first time in 1779, again in 1785 and 1787 and he is enumerated in the Census of 1790. His family, including himself, consisted of two males of sixteen or over, two males under sixteen and three females, one of whom was probably his wife. The additional male of sixteen or over may have been his brother Stephen or his brother Solomon. The latter is taxed in 1785 and 1787, but is not found in the Census of 1790.
An Edmund Sutton of a later generation, who lived a mile and a quarter north of the Chase farm in the Hill's Corner school district and worked for Levi Chase, must have been a grandson of Margaret Sutton. This Edmund had a dau. who m. Simeon Spencer who was a tenant after m. on the Nathaniel Batchelder place.
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When administration was granted on the estate of Margaret Sutton in 1816, Stephen Sutton declined administration in favor of his brother John. The latter presented a bill for the care of his mother from March, 1806, to March, 1816. There are credits in the bill of payments by Edmund Grover and Capt. Thomas Curry for the use of her place. Mrs. Sutton's real estate consisted of a forty-acre lot in C. which was appraised at $325. John Sutton's bond as administrator was signed by his brother Stephen and by Thomas Lyford.
Stephen Sutton resided in the Hill's Corner school district from 1801 to 1805 on the farm where James G. Lyford settled and is said to be buried in the cemetery on that farm.
SWASEY.
1. BENJAMIN CONNOR1 SWASEY, b. in Gilmanton; m. Jemima Gibson, b. 2 May, 1790. She d. 19 July, 1830; he, 1871 in C., aged 83. Children:
i. DAVID2, b. July, 1813.
ii. MARY, b. 8 July, 1814, in Gilford; m. A. B. Boyce. (See Boyce Gen.)
2. iii. NAAMAN G., b. 5 Feb., 1818.
iv. LYMAN T., b. 11 Nov., 1821; d. 20 Jan., 1849; unm.
3. v. GEORGE SHATTUCK, b. 16 Jan., 1825.
vi. BENJAMIN C., b. 27 March, 1829.
2. NAAMAN G.2, SWASEY (Benjamin1) b. 5 Feb., 1818; m. 8 Sept., 1842, Eliza Magoon. He d. 27 Oct., 1861; she, 8 July, 1863. Child: Orianna3 m. David Morrill of Brighton, Mass., d. 20 Dec., 1871. (See Morrill Gen.)
3. GEORGE SHATTUCK" SWASEY (Benjamin1) b. 16 Jan., 1825; m. May, 1857, in Manchester, Sarah F. Barnard of Lowell, Mass. George S. Swasey came to C. from Boston, at four years of age, where he remained till he was twenty-one. He d. 3 Jan., 1878, in Lowell, Mass. His wife d. 17 April, 1902, in Concord. Children:
i. GERTRUDE F.3, b. 19 Jan., 1860, in Lowell, Mass., m. 13 Sept., 1882, Rev. John Vannevar at Malden, Mass. Children: 1. Aaron Vannevar, b. and d. 19 Jan., 1886. 2. Dorothy Frances Van- nevar, b. 12 March, 1891. 3. Elizabeth Ryder Vannevar, b. 1 April, 1896.
ii. GEORGE LYMAN, b. 3 Aug., 1861, in Lowell.
TALLANT.
1. HUGH1 TALLANT, b. in Co. Carlow, Ire., was of Scotch descent, and came as a pioneer to Haverhill, Mass., before 1731. He was an employee of Col. Richard Saltonstall, a member of His Majesty's Council. Con- siderable romance attaches to this first American Tallant. Whittier's poem of "The Sycamores" was written about him.
"Green memorials of the gleeman! Linking still the river-shores, With their shadows cast by sunset, Stand Hugh Tallant's sycamores."
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HISTORY OF CANTERBURY
Miss Noyes' "History of Hampstead, " says: "Hugh Tallant, who set out the long rows of sycamore trees on the 'Saltonstall seat,' or what has been known in later years as the 'Buttonwoods,' on Water street, Haverhill, came as a pioneer to the 'Island Farm' in 1731. He was known as 'Fiddler Hugh.'" The "Island farm in Perch pond" originally belonged to Col. Richard Saltonstall. Hugh Tallant after- wards lived in another part of Hampstead, later in Plaistow, and finally Pelham where he d. about 1795.
In 1749, Hugh Tallant m. Abiah, dau. of Daniel Little of Hampstead, b. 14 Aug., 1723. They settled in Plaistow where their two sons were b. She d. about 1752. He m. second, 28 June, 1753, Mary Dodge of Hampstead and had ten children. There is record of the bapt. of Hugh and James, the eldest sons of the second marriage, in the Congregational Church of Hampstead. Certain documents in possession of Mrs. Henry Pinkham Tallant of Nantucket would seem to indicate that Hugh Tal- lant was a member of the Church of England. His name, however, appears seventh on a list of petitioners of Pelham for a parish. His second wife d. 22 Feb., 1815. Children by first wife:
i. JOHN2, b. at Plaistow, 6 April, 1750; m. 30 July, 1786, Mary Langdon of Portsmouth, sister of Gov. John Langdon. She d. without children. He m. second, Betsey Rogers, a wid. He d. at Not- tingham West, 21 July, 1819. After his death she m. Blodgett and d. without issue.
ii. JOSEPH, b. in Plaistow, 10 May, 1752; was in the Revolutionary war, enlisting from Pelham, 27 May, 1775, in Capt. Samuel Gil- man's Co., Col. Enoch Poor's Regt. (N. H. State Papers, Vol. I, p. 135 and Vol. IV, p. 7.)
Children by second wife:
iii. HUGH, b. 1754, bapt. in Hampstead, 1754.
2. iv. JAMES, b. 30 April, 1756, in Plaistow.
v. ABIAH, b. 10 June, 1758, in Plaistow; m. Sept., 1781, Seth Cutter of Nottingham West. She d. at Pelham, Sept., 1841. He d. at Pelham, 20 Sept., 1853. He was a Revolutionary soldier in Col. Stark's Regt. (See Cutter family pamphlets of N. E. by Clapp & Co., 1871.)
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