History of the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912, v. 2, Part 50

Author: Lyford, James Otis, 1853-
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Concord, N. H., Rumford
Number of Pages: 476


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Jessie F. 227


Mary P. (Seavey) 107


Sarah F. 339


Sophia 150


WESTON


Abby Johnson 125


Elizabeth S. (Parker) Mor- rill 256


Ellura Huntly 125


Charlotte (Clifford) 66 Charlotte H.6 336


Clara Louise7 336 Deborah4 334


Diadama Sanborn 335


Eliza7 336


Eliza A. (Jackson) 336 Elizabeth3 244, 334, 335


Elizabeth (Small) 333


Emma C. (Chase) 64,336


Eunice4 334, 335


Eunice (Parsons) 333 Fred Webster? 336


George H.6 336


George Parsons5 334


Hannah4 334


Hannah (Doe) 115, 334


Hariette L. (Van Fleet) 336


Henry6


336


Ichabod2


333


Ichabod3


334


Irene (Pollard) Huckins


196, 335


Jacob Cilley5 335, 336


James2 333


Jane4 335


Jane Hamilton7


336


Jane (Moore)


195,


196,


245, 334


Jeremiah3 334


Jeremiah4


334


Jeremiah5


334


John2 333


John4 334, 335


John6 336


John Alfred7 336


John P.6 336


Jonathan P.5


335, 336


Josiah3 334


Judith (Rolfe) 336


Julia Green6 336 Louisa J. (Clifford) Dane 66, 93, 336 Mark3 334


Mary Alvina7 336


Mary P. Chase 336 Mary P. (Tilton) 334


Nancy4 335


Nathaniel3 195, 196, 245,


334


29,


Nathaniel4


335


Oriett5


336


Parsons3


115, 334


Parsons4


334


Pegzzy4 335


Pitts W.4 see William P. Whidden Polly4 196, 334


Polly (Currier) 334


Rachel3 334


Rose Ellen7 336


Rose McEnanry 336 Samuel1 333 Samuel2 333


.


Ernest E. 284


Frances P.


284


Harold B.


284


Harriet H. (Pickard) 284


Marjorie 284


WETHERBY Richard 210


WHEAT Abigail (Ballard) 45


WHEELER


Abel2 29, 332


Adele G.4 333


Almira 192


Ann 73


Anna Mae 280


Attelle Grace 30


Belle (Gage) 30, 122, 333


Bert Gage5 30, 122, 333


Bessie W. (Emery) . 122, 333


Charles 332


Charles B.4 30, 333


Christobel E. (Ward) 36


George W. 30


Doddridge 23


Dodridge Perkins 280


Ella Augusta 280 Ellen Grace 30 Florence Mabel 280


Florina S. (Perkins) 280


George W.4 333


Georgia (Briggs) 30, 333


Helen Grace5 333


John 6


John 52


John


59, 73


John 122


John 280


John3


29, 332


John S.4 30, 333


Jonathan1 332


Kate B. (Dow) 23


Lizzie S. (Buntin) 280


Martha A. 30, 52, 333


Mary Frances4 30, 333


Mary (Hosmer) 29, 332


Mary J. (Blanchard) 52, 332


Millard Emery6 333


Nancy (McDonald) 333


Nancy Perkins 280


Nellie M.4 30, 333


Russell 280


Seymour 36 Susan Annette 6, 280, 281


Susan C.4 30, 333 Susannah Diantha 280


William Carter6 333


William W.4 333 William W. S. 30


WHEELOCK Rowena 144 WHEATON Elizabeth 231 WHIDDEN


Abigail (Matthews) 334


Agnes M. (Taylor) 334


Alvin B.6 336 Amanda Annā 336


Annie (Doss) 336 Benjamin4 334 Benjamin6 336


Charles Frank6 64,336


Harrison 125


Sarah C. 151 Sarah J. 242


WETHERBEE


Daniel J. 284


Mason


424


INDEX.


WHIDDEN (cont.)


Sally4 335


Sarah 195 Sarah (Fellows) 336


Sarah G. (Hill) 343 Sarah M.6 336


Susan 115


Susan4 334


Thomas L.ª 93, 335, 336


William P.4 196, 335


WHIDDIT


Clara L. (Whidden) 336


Marie Louise 336


William Wall 336


WHINFIELD


Mary 183


WHIPPLE


Benjamin T. 346


Dorothy


77


Fay 340


Helen M.


3.16


Henrietta K. (Hersey) 77


Katharyn Carleton 77


Nellie C. (Foster) 151


Rebecca L. (Clough) 77


Ruth Elizabeth 340


Sarah J. Melvin 346


Sherman Leland 77


Sherman Leland Jr. 77


Solomon Mason 77


W. E. 151


William 60


WHITCHER


Abbie W. 346


Abby A. (Lyford) 225


Abigail (Stevens) 231


Anna 231


Anna (Sanborn) 234


Annie M. (Danforth)


250


Benjamin 231


Charles D. 250


Chase R. 280, 281


Clarence W. 225 Deborah 238


Dorothy Osgood 345, 346


Eda M. (Aldrich) 281


Edith Aldeane 281


Frank P. 280, 281


Hattie Louise (Deane) 281


Jonathan 262


Josephine P. 262


Mary 233


Mary E. 262


Mary J. 345


Mercy (Priest) 280


Melinda 271, 272


Nathaniel 233


Pamelia 234


Pheeb H. 281


Pheeb H. (Perkins) 280


Reuben 345, 346


Ruth (Moore) 250


Sarah (Harvey) 233


Sylvanus 250


Tamer (Sawyer) 262


Ward Priest 280


William 234


WHITTEN


Dorothy 305


Nancy3 337


Nancy (French) 337


Nathaniel 282, 338


Nathaniel1 337


Nathaniel3 337


WHITE


B. F. 143


Joseph 254


Benjamin 83


Joseph 343


Josephine 343


Ruth (Green)


254


Samuel 343


Sarah Elizabeth4


155, 337


Helen A. 258


WHITE (cont.) Joseph 248


Mabel (Foster) 143


Mary H. (May) 279


Susanna (Cogswell) 83


Thomas R. 279


Geo. F. Whittredge 328


WIDMER


Alice Webster 120


Edith Webster 120 Elizabeth (Horner) 120


Elizabeth (Webster) 120


Frederick 120


Fred Emery 120


Frederick W. 120


Jamie 120 Mary Elizabeth 120


WIGGIN Abigail3 337


Alice Gertrude6 338


Andrew 329


Arthur Walters


338


Bertie Lena5 338


Betsey3 337


Blanch (Thurston) 338


Bradstreet 248


Catherine 226


Charlie 21


Daniel3 337


David2


337


David3 337


Ellen Swett4 337


George3 338


George W. · 251


George W.3 339


Hannah R. (Snell) 338


Ida 100


Ida Frances3 339


Inez Blanche 160


Jemima S. (Lane) 160


Jeremiah2 338


Joseph2 338


Katherine3 339


Katie A.3 338


Laurentia A.3 338, 344


Lawrence Haines 176


Leavitt2


338


Leonard1 23, 282, 338


Mabel 152


Mary2 338


Howard Melvin6 338


James M.3 72, 155, 337


Jennie 192


John Henry4 337, 338


Nellie M.4 339


Joseph Hale4 337


Judith 282


Lena Blanch6


338


Levi3 337


Lucia A. (Moore) Osgood 248 Lydiz3 337


Silas2 338


William3 338


Martha3 337


Mary 338


Mary3 337


Mary E. (Williams) 339 Mary Ellen4 337


Maude (Battis) 21 William 250


William E. 262 Winthrop C. 280


Hernert L. 305


Mabel E. (Mosher) 305


Catherine 343


Jeremiah 343


Olive3 337 Ruth Esther6 338


Sally3 337


Sally (Whitney)


282, 338


Sarah3 337


Emeline 181


Harriet 279


Susanna 254


WHITTIER Thomas 254 WHITTREDGE Annah S. (Locke) Tallant 328


WHITEHEAD Emma 90 John 90


WHITESIDE Lydia 117


WHITELAW Florence 37


WHITING Cora E. 146, 151


WHITNEY


Amanda3 338


Amos 127


Amos L. 160


Armenia J.4 339


Catherine 145


Catherine2 338


Charlotte E.3 339 Charles A.3 338


Charles S.4 339


Dorcas 276


Dorcas2 338


Eliza 342


Eliza A.3 338


Elizabeth G. (Haines) 176


Frank3 338


Eliza 329


Eliza Ann4


337


Eliza (Clough) 72, 155, 337 Elizabeth (Huntress) 337


Emma L. (Wiggin) 337


Emma Louise4 337


Ethel May5 338


Flora Keith 337


George3 337


George Clough5 338


George Edwin4 337


Gideon3 337


Gladys Lane5 338


Hannah3 337


Hannah (Fifield) 337


Hannah (Rollins) 337


Howard Moody5 338


Mary Goodwin 176


Polly 23


Nancy S. (Sargent) 338


Polly (Elliott) 338


Polly (Fletcher) 127


S. Elliott2 338, 339


Sally2 282, 338


Sarah F. (West) 339


William Scott 176


Victoria G. (Moore) 251


WHITTEMORE Addie G. 328 Mellie 42


338,


Herbert


305


WHITCOMB Louisa L. 284


Eliza M. (Moore) 248


Susan (Burshsted)


338


425


INDEX.


WIGGIN (cont.) Walter Harveys 338


Thomas3 337 WILBUR Rebecca (Merrill) 242 WILDE Sarah 174 WILDER Charles 57 Jessie C. (Chaplain) 57


WILEY


Rebecca 278


WILKINSON Clarence 341 Emma 343 Florence 343 Lunette J. (Young) 343 Mary 124 Sara 137


WILLARD


Almira E. (Abbott) Hay- ward Burdeen 1


Edgar M. 237


Edward F. 1 Frank Davis 237


Orrissa H. (McClary) Thomas Ezra 237 WILLEY Asenath 166


Julia 90


Martha 56


Martha (Nudd)


271


Susannah


303


WILLIAMS


Amos S. 339


Amos James1 339, 340


Andrew A.4 339


Bertha A. (Neal) 339


Caroline C. (Cogswell)


87


Charlotte E. (Clough) Clara (Rogers) 339


Cyrus Brooks 76


Elizabeth (Hills) 180 Emma F. (Marshall) Jones 340


George L4 339


Guy Voorhees 76


John 34 John A. 87


Judith (Ordway) 339


Kate E. (Bowden) Barrett 340


Mary 34 Mary Ella$ 338, 339


Mary J. (Lane) 339


Mary N. (Brown) 76 Mary (Wiggin) 338


Sarah 91 Sarah 180 Sarah Daniels 339 William 180


WILMOT


Allen B. 269 B. W. 269 Lillian W. 269 Nancy B. (Neal) 269


Sally (Bettis) 232 Zoe 232 WILSON 202


Alvah Dearborn 101


Bertha F. 286 Deborah 299 Elsie (Shirran) 38


Frances E. 235


Glenn B. 38


Grace Almira 38


Helen B. 328 Humphrey 299 John 109


Lucy (Foster) 133


WILSON (cont.) Lydia R. 277 Martha A. (Bradley) 38


Mary (Leavitt) 299


Merit A. 38


Olive 208 Robert 101 Sarah 99, 208


Susan (James) Morse 202


Susan R. (Dearborn) 101


Thomas 208 William James 101


Winnifred Chamberlain 38 WINCH Adeline (Daley) 320


Susan M. 292


WING


Angie Clara 331


. Daniel William 331


Edgar 331 Elizabeth (Clark) 331


Florence 331


George Henry 331


Halsey K. 331


Halsey McKie 331


Halsey R. 331


Harriet N. (Walton) 331


Helen M. (Davis) 331


Helen M. (Murry) 331


Leavens 331 Leroy Chapin 331


Murry 331 Persons Walton 331


Walton Stewart 331


WINKLEY


Benjamin 228


Flizabeth P. Titman 228


Hannah P. 228


Rebecca 113


Sarah Chase 340


Sarah Rogers7 340 Sarah (Rogers) 340 Susan Caroline7 136, 340


WOODWARD Elizabeth 250 Jennie 121


WORCESTER Abby C. W. Foster (Carter) 49 James 19


WORKMAN John 238 Mary (McCrillis) 238


Foster


WORRALD Susan Lydia 216 WORSTER Susan (Fletcher) 127


WORTHEN Betsey (Huntoon) 198


Byron 235 Dorothy 130 Harold Mathes 235 Jacob 198


Mary 48 Mary A. (Mathes) 235


Sadie Ellen 235 Sarah see Worthing, Sarah Susanna 138


WITTY George W. 346 Mary E. (Young) 346


WOLCOTT Welthy A. 153 WOOD Abigail (Foster) 137


Amaziah 137 D. C. 346 Lenora M. (Young) 346


Margaret 228 Sarah L. E. 346


WOODBURY


Annie (Hammond) 90


Ebenezer 326 Elizabeth 326 Grace B. 152, 154 Hannah 84 Hazadiah 90 Mary 245 Sylvania 90 WOODDELL


Arthur Clough 78


Deloss Watson 78


E. ((Griffith)


78


Fred Joseph 78 Henry Frederick 78 Lena M. (Clough) 78 Marion Mabelle 78


WOODENBURY John 332 Mary (Welch) 332 WOODMAN Anna (Adams) 113


Apphia 213


Asa Fosterī 136, 340 Caleb Morse6 136, 340


Edward1 340


Elizabeth 113


Hannah Foster7 136, 340


Harriet J. (Wright) 340


Helen Amanda7 136, 340 Henry C. Woodman7 136, 340 Horace C.7. 136, 340 John 113


Lucy W. (Foster) 136, 340


Mark5 340


Mary7 136, 340


WINN 76


Abner B. 30


Frances M. (Harvey) 30


Sarah I .. 251 Stella Mary 30


WINSHIP Edward 45 Jane 45 Mary 15


WINSLOW Joshua B. 275


Lydia (Page) 275


Molly 198 Sarah 1 WINTERS Charles Edward 216


Edith (Lake) 216


WISE Annie Ruhamah 134


John 134 Joseph 134 Lucy Rogers 132 WISWELL Deborah 206


WITHEE


Hannah


232


WORTHING Sarah 290 WORTHINGTON Julia Amelia 148


WRIGHT


Harriet J. 340


Sarah


45


WYATT Alfred C. 225 Anna (Lyford) 222 Annie Lyford 225


237


426


INDEX.


WYATT (cont.)


Betsey C. (Lyford) 222


Chase 85, 222 Joseph Clough 225 Lucy C. (Lyford) 225 Nancy (Cogswell) 85 Nellie M. (Mead) 225


WYCKOFF


George D. 87 John N. 87


Myra Ames 87 Nancy G. (Cogswell) 87


WYMAN


Annibec Proctor 153


Betsey A. (Morrill) 262


Hannah (Clifford) Weeks,


Pulsifer 66, 332 Jerry Clapp 262


Maud Beatrice 262


Nellie Grant 262


YATES


Cora G. (Elliott) 111 Rollin Eugene 111


YEATON


Alexander S. 86


Hannah F. (Cogswell) 86


YORK Charles 39 Sarah E. (Bradley) 39


YOUNG


Abbie W. (Whitcher) 346


Abigail4 342


Adna6 343 Alice (Pickering) 344


Alice Sophia6 343 Andrew Bailey4 343


, Ann (Kimball) 345


Ann Maria3 345 Anna6 343


Anna (Folsom) 170


Anna F.4 344


Annie L. (Elliott) 346


Apphia Amanda4 301, 344


Aretas6 344 Benjamin1 341


Benjamin3 341, 342


Benjamin4 342


Benjamin Baron 130


Bessie J. (Brown) 16


Betscy 206


Betsey3 341, 343


Betsey4 344


Betsey B. (Forrest) Moore 131


Betsey (Young) 343


Catharines 345


Catharine (Johnson) 319,


342


Catharine Johnson4 345 Catherine S. (Johnson) 344


Charles Ayers


16


David 128


YOUNG (cont.)


Dearborn Johnson5 343, 346


Deborah3 341


Deborah1


342


Delia A. (Matthews) 346


Dolly (Tirrell) 341


Edith G.€ 346


Edwin Johnson5 345, 346


Eleazar4 344


Electa M. 106 Elijah4 342


Eliza J. (Evans) 343


Elizabeth


106


Elizabeth Ann5 344


Elizabeth C. (Hickson)


346


Elizabeth Hill5 345, 347


Elizabeth J. (Barber) 346


Elizabeth (Jackson) Page 271


Ellen Louise 16, 18


Elmer 106


May Whipple6 347


Mcrtie6 344


Mertie (Fisher) 344


Milo F.4 342


Nancy 246


Nancy3 341, 344


Nancy4 344


Nancy (Chase) 343


Obadiah4 342


Odessa (Riley) 346


Olive (Twombly) 345


Olivia Sophinia5 344


Orren Demerritt5 343


Otis3 319, 341, 342 Otis5 345 Peter Clark4 344


Polly3 341, 342


Polly (Cochran) 341


Sallie H. (Cofran) 345


Sarah Emery4 344


Sarah Frances5 345


Sarah Maria5 345, 346


Shirley6 344


Solomon3 281, 301, 341, 344 Sophia (Jones) 343 Sophia (Miner) 342


Sophronia4 343


Stephen2 341


Stephen4 342


Susan G. (Ayers) 16


Susie Almira 16


Thomas J.1 342, 345


Thomas J.5 345, 346


Thomas J.6 346


Verna1 344 William D. 106


William Harrison4 342


William H. H.5 345


William H.6 346


Lenora M.6 346


Lizzie6 343


Lois (Miner) Waldron 342


Loren Whiting4 342


YOUNG (cont.) Lulu G.6 346 Lunette Jane6 343 Lura A. (Dow) 106 Mabel Ann6 347 Mahalaette5 344


Maria4 342 Maria (Morrill) 301, 344 Mary 170 Mary 278


Mary4 342 Mary A. (Clough) 76


Mary (Batchelder) 128


Mary F.6 346


Mary (Jackson) 342


Mary J. (Whitcher) 345 Mary Otis4 312, 319, 342


Mary Otis5 345


Mary (Otis) 341 Maude A.6 346 Maud E. (I.ore) 346


Emilie Ayers 16, 18


Emily Sophia5 345


Emma Pickcring 344


Ernest E. 106


Eugene Stephen 111


Fannie H.5 345, 347


Flora A.5 345, 346


Fred J.6 346


George6 344


Georgia E. (Lancaster)


346


Hannah 312


Hannah3 341


Hannah (Peverly) 281,


34-1


Harriet L.5 345, 347


Harrison4 342


Hazel7 344


Helen Amanda5 345


Helen M. (Whipple) 346


Helen S. 106


Henry Harrison5 344


Henry Parker . 344


Herbert G.6 346


Hestcr A.5 345


Howell Winthrop5 345


Jackson4 342


James Rilcv 16


Janc Eliza5 345


Jeff6 343


Jesse 76


John4 342


John Langdon4 342, 345


John Morrill5 345, 346


Jonathan2


341


Jonathan3


341


Joseph 170, 343


Joshua 274


Lavonia4 343


Winthrop2 61, 312, 341


Winthrop3


341


Winthrop‘


342, 344, 345


Winthrop Judson5 345


1


APPENDIX. OFFICIAL ROSTER OF CANTERBURY.


GOVERNORS.


Joseph M. Harper, 1831-32. As president of the Senate, he succeeded to the governorship when Matthew Harvey resigned to accept an appointment as U. S. District Judge.


CONGRESSMEN.


Rev. Abiel Foster, 1783-86, under the Articles of Confederation, 1789-91 and 1798-1803 under the Constitution. Joseph M. Harper, 1831-35.


COUNCILLORS.


Ezekiel Morrill,1 1835, 1836. Joseph Clough, 1848, 1849. David M. Clough, 1874.


STATE SENATORS.


Rev. Abiel Foster,2 1791-95. Ezekiel Morrill,1 1823-25. Joseph M. Har- per,: 1829-31. Amos Cogswell, 1838-40. Andrew Taylor, 1846. David Morrill, Jr., 1860-62.


REPRESENTATIVES TO PROVINCIAL CONGRESSES AND STATE LEGISLATURES. 4


Dea. Ezekiel Morrill, 1774.


Lieut. Samuel Ames, 1775.


Thomas Clough, 1776, 1777.


Dea. Asa Foster, 1778, 1786.


Rev. Abiel Foster,6 1779, 1781, 1782, 1791, 1792.


Capt. Jeremiah Clough, Jr.,6 1783, 1784, 1788, 1790.


David McCrillis,7 1792, 1795, 1798, 1799, 1800.


Samuel Gerrish, & 1794.


Nehemiah Clough, 1796, 1797.


Joseph Clough, 1801, 1802, 1803.


Masten Morrill, 1804, 1805.


Obadiah Clough, 1806, 1807.


Jonathan Ayers, Sr., 1808, 1809, 1810.


1 Son of Masten Morrill.


2 President of the Senate, 1793.


President of the Senate, 1831.


+ Canterbury, Loudon and Northfield were classed together for representa- tion in the legislature until 1783.


5 No record for 1780.


6 No record for 1785 and 1789. Voted not to send in 1787.


7 Elected, 1792, for balance of term, Abiel Foster, having been elected to the Senate.


& No record for 1793, but probably Samuel Gerrish.


428


APPENDIX.


John Sutton, 1811, 1812. Morrill Shepard, 1813, 1815, 1816. Abiel Foster, Jr., 1814. Ezekiel Morrill, son of Masten Mor- ril, 1817, 1818, 1819. Amos Cogswell, 1820, 1821.


Richard Greenough, 1822, 1823.


Leavitt Clough, Jr., 1824, 1825. Joseph M. Harper, 1826, 1827. Joseph Moody, 1828. Tristram C. Dow, 1829.


Joseph Lyford, 1830.


Elder Jeremiah Clough, 1831, 1832.


Otis Young, 1833, 1834. John Harriman,1 1837, 1838.


David Morrill, 1839, 1840.


Benjamin Sanborn, 1841.


Andrew Taylor, 1842, 1843. Dudley Hill, 1844. "Squire" Joseph Clough, 1845, 1846, 1847.


John Mathes, 1848, 1849.


Jonathan Ayers, Jr., 1850, 1851.


Benjamin Whidden, 1852.


James S. Elkins, 1853, 1854.


Joseph Ham, Jr., 1855, 1856.


Nathan Emery, Jr., 1857, 1858.


David Morrill, 1859. Edward Osgood,2 1860, 1862. George W. Peverly, 1860, 1861. Jeremiah L. Clough, 1863, 1864. David M. Clough, 1865, 1866. Moses C. Lyford, 1867, 1868. Joseph S. Ayers, 1869, 1870.


Joseph G. Morrill, 1871, 1872.


Nahum Blanchard, 1873, 1874.


Henry L. Clough, 1875. Alfred H. Brown, 1876, 1877.


David M. Foster,3 1878, 1879-81.


Milton B. Neal, 4 1883-85.


John H. Lyford, 1885-87. Samuel C. Pickard, 1887-89.


Charles H. Ayers, 1889-91.


Frank S. Davis, 1891-93.


Alfred G. Chase, 1893-95.


Paul H. Jones, 1895-97.


Philip C. Clough, 1897-99.


Fred H. Blanchard, 1899-01.


Milo S. Morrill, 1901-03.


John A. Beck, 1903-05.


Millard F. Emery, 1905-07.


Olwyn W. Dow, 1907-09.


George P. Morrill, 1909-11.


Charles N. Clough, 1911-13.


DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.


Rev. Abiel Foster, 1775-76.


Capt. Jeremiah Clough, Sr., 1775-76.


Archelaus Moore, 1778.


Samuel Haines, 1779.


Capt. Jeremiah Clough, Jr., 1781-83.


Rev. Abiel Foster, 1791. Benjamin Sanborn, 1850.


James O. Lyford, 1876.


Alfred G. Chase, 1889.


James Frame, 1902.


POSTMASTERS.


CENTER.


Joseph M. Harper, January 1, 1813, to July 1, 1813. Ezekiel Morrill, July 1, 1813, to July 1, 1815, Joseph M. Harper, July 1, 1815, to January 13, 1821.


1 In 1835 no representative appears to have been elected. The town voted "not to send" in 1836.


2 Canterbury entitled to two representatives in 1860.


In 1878 the change from annual to biennial elections occurred.


«In 1881-83, voted "not to send."


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429


APPENDIX.


David McCrillis, January 13, 1821, to December 22, 1825. Jacob Blanchard, December 22, 1825, to April 15, 1829. Richard Greenough, April 15, 1829, to May 18, 1841. Nahum Blanchard, May 18, 1841, to June 17, 1842. Nathaniel Wiggin, June 17, 1842, to January 4, 1844. Joseph M. Harper, January 4, 1844, to August 5, 1850. Joseph M. Foster, August 5, 1850, to April 6, 1853. Josiah E. White, April 6, 1853, to March 22, 1856. Jonathan C. Greenough, March 22, 1856, to April 3, 1857. Thomas L. Whidden, April 3, 1857, to April 13, 1861. Isaiah L. Pickard, April 13, 1861, to March 28, 1862. Alfred H. Brown, March 28, 1862, to May 24, 1877. Margaret L. Brown, May 24, 1877, to October 14, 1886. William M. Cogswell, October 14, 1886, to May 13, 1887. John W. French, May 13, 1887, to February 13, 1889. Sam W. Lake, February 13, 1889, to June 17, 1889. Alfred H. Brown, June 17, 1889, to April 6, 1893. Sam W. Lake, April 6, 1893, to April 16, 1897. Alfred H. Brown,1 April 16, 1897.


HILL'S CORNER.


Dudley Hill, December 8, 1827, to October 29, 1834. Jeremiah Kimball, October 29, 1834, to May 27, 1836. Dudley Hill, May 27, 1836, to March 20, 1844. Orville Messer, March 20, 1844, to September 23, 1845. Amos Cogswell, September 23, 1845, to June 22, 1848. Samuel Morrill, June 22, 1848, to April 12, 1861.


SHAKER VILLAGE OR EAST CANTERBURY.


Robert Shepard,2 April 12, 1861, to July 28, 1868. James S. Kaime, July 28, 1868, to October 21, 1875. Benjamin H. Smith, October 21, 1875, to November 11, 1884. Nicholas A. Briggs,3 November 11, 1884, to February 1, 1895. Arthur Bruce, February 1, 1895, to January 27, 1896. Mary L. Wilson,‘ January 27, 1896.


CANTERBURY DEPOT.


Henry L. Clough, January 12, 1888, to April 3, 1889. Arthur L. Barnes, April 3, 1889, to September 20, 1889. Samuel C. Pickard, September 20, 1889, to December 9, 1896.


1 Postmaster at present time, 1911.


? The post office in the east part of the town was at Hill's Corner until 1861, when it was removed to Shaker Village.


¿ The name of the post office was changed from Shaker Village to East Can- terbury, November 15, 1889.


« Postmistress at the present term, 1911.


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APPENDIX. .


Kay Cass, December 9, 1896, to April 12, 1900. Ernest R. Little, April 12, 1900, to April 22, 1902. John Ralph Little, April 22, 1902, to October 17, 1905. Harry Colburn, October 17, 1905, to July 11, 1906. Samuel B. Hildreth,1 July 11, 1906.


UPLANDS.


George H. Hancock, January 7, 1891, to March 22, 1892. Joseph W. Ham,? March 22, 1892, to November 18, 1898. Olwyn W. Dow, November 18, 1898, to June 21, 1902. Mary Chase,3 June 21, 1902, to October 15, 1910.


TOWN OFFICERS.


Before 1750 the meetings of the proprietors were held in Durham and it was not until 1738 that any of the inhabitants of Canterbury were chosen to office. That year Jeremiah Clough was elected one of the selectmen. In 1740 and 1743 John Moore was chosen a highway surveyor. Other residents of the town may have been selected for various town offices from 1738 to 1744, but the records of the proprietors are very incomplete for these years.


In 1744 the following residents were chosen: Jeremiah Clough, selectman; Josiah Miles and William Foris (Forrest), highway surveyors; William Curry and John Dolloff, tithingmen; Abner Clough, collector; Samuel Shepard, constable; Thomas Clough and William Moore, field drivers; Jeremiah Clough and John Moore, lot layers; James Head and Josiah Miles, fence view- ers; John Gibson, hog constable.


In 1745 Jeremiah Clough and Nathaniel Randall were chosen selectmen; Ephraim Morrill, collector, John Moore, constable; Josiah Miles, field driver; William Miles and William Moore, fence viewers; Benjamin Blanchard, hog constable.


For the next three years there is no record of what was done at the proprie- tors' meetings. In 1749, Ephraim Clough is recorded elected constable, Josiah Miles and James Head, field drivers; Thomas Clough and William Moore, tithingmen; and Jeremiah Clough one of the lot layers. Beginning with 1750 the roster is complete, except for the years 1760 and 1764.


MODERATORS.


Joseph Sias, 1750. Ezekiel Morrill, 1761, 1768, 1774. Josiah Miles, 1762.


Jeremiah Clough, 1751-53, 1755, 1757, 1766, 1767, 1769-73.


Ephraim Hackett, 1756, 1763.


John Moore, 1754, 1758, 1759.


Samuel Moore, 1765.


1 Postmaster at present time, 1911.


2 Mr. Ham died September 11, 1897. Office probably administered by his bondsmen until Mr. Dow's appointment.


3 Post office abolished October 15, 1910.


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Benjamin Blanchard, Jr., 1775-79. Samuel Gerrish, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1796, 1798-1800, 1803. Dea. Asa Foster, 1782, 1784, 1790, 1791. Abiel Foster, 1786-89, 1792-95.


Leavitt Clough, 1797, 1801, 1802, 1809, 1810, 1811. Col. Asa Foster, 1814. Masten Morrill, 1804, 1806, 1812, 1813. Joseph Clough, 1805. Samuel Haines, 1807, 1808.


John Sutton, 1815.


Joseph M. Harper, 1816-18, 1823- 26, 1847, 1848.


Ezekiel Morrill,1 1819-21, 1827, 1829, 1831, 1832, 1834, 1835.


Amos Cogswell, 1822, 1837.


Benjamin Sanborn, 1828.


Elder Jeremiah Clough, 183,0.


"Squire" Joseph Clough, 1833, 1867. John J. Bryant, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841-43, 1846. Gardner T. Barker, 1840.


Andrew Taylor, 1844, 1845.


Jonathan Ayers, Jr., 1849, 1850, 1853, 1854.


David Morrill, Jr., 1851, 1852, 1855, 1856, 1860, 1861.


Edward Osgood, 1857, 1858.


Joseph G. Clough, 1859.


Jeremiah L. Clough, 1862-66, 1871. Joseph A. Brown, 1868.


Matthias M. Moore, 1869, 1870, 1874, 1876-79.


Nahum Blanchard, 1872, 1878, 1880, 1883, 1884.


Josiah B. Higgins, 1873.


Charles H. Ayers, 1875.


Samuel C. Pickard, 1881, 1882.


Robert Frame, 1884.


George P. Morrill, 1885, 1886.


Millard F. Emery, 1886.


1889-1896,


Charles Smith, 1887, 1900-1906. Lyman A. Conant, 1888.


Robert S. Morrill, 1896-1900, 1906-08. Edwin Weston Dow, 1908-12.


TOWN CLERKS.


James Scales, 1750, 1751. Thomas Clough, 1752-57, 1761-63.


Archelaus Moore, 1758, 1765-72, 1774-78, 1780-89. Ezekiel Morrill, 1759. David Foster, 1773. Abiel Foster, 1779.


Daniel Ames, 1790-96.


Abiel Foster, Jr., 1797-1800, 1828.


John Sutton, 1801-10, 1817-20.


Ezekiel Morrill,2 1811-16, 1822-25, 1836. Richard Greenough, 1821, 1833. Joseph Clough, 1826, 1827, 1829-32. Jonathan T. Underhill, 1834. Joseph C. Greenough, 1835.


1 Son of Masten Morrill.


Benjamin Sanborn, 1837-40. Amos Cogswell, 1841, 1842. John A. Chamberlain, 1843-45. Jonathan Ayers, Jr., 1846, 1847.


Lorrain T. Weeks, 1848-50, 1852- 54, 1863-66. Edward Osgood, 1851.


Luther Sargent, 1855, 1856. Josiah E. White, 1857, 1858. Howard Moody, 1859, 1860, 1862.


Isaiah L. Pickard, 1861. Charles L. Brown, 1867-69. John J. Railey, 1870.


Alfred H. Brown, 1871-88, 1899-1911.


Frank W. Morrill, 1889-96. George H. Gale, 1897, 1898.


2 Son of Masten Morrill.


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SELECTMEN.


Jeremiah Clough, Sr., 1750-52, 1759, 1762, 1767, 1773.


John Moore, 1750, 1751, 1755, 1756, 1758.


Josiah Miles, 1750, 1753, 1757, 1759, 1776.


Archelaus Moore, 1751, 1753, 1755, 1756, 1760, 1762, 1763, 1767-71, 1773, 1774.


William Curry, 1752.


William Miles, 1752.


James Lindsey, 1753.


Ezekiel Morrill, 1754, 1758, 1761, 1763, 1768.


William Moore, 1754.


Joseph Symonds, 1754.


Thomas Clough, 1755-57, 1760, 1761, 1765, 1766, 1769-71, 1775.


Ephraim Hackett, 1757, 1760, 1761.


John Dolloff, 1758.


Samuel Moore, 1759.


Henry Young Brown, 1762, 1763.


Stephen Gerrish, 1765, 1766, 1769.


Samuel Ames, 1765.


Joseph Mann, 1766, 1767.


Henry Elkins, 1768.


Abraham Batchelder, 1770, 1771.


John Hoyt, 1772.


Jonathan Clough, 1772.


William Ellison, 1772.


Dea. Asa Foster, 1773, 1791.


Edward Blanchard, 1774, 1775, 1777.


David Morrill, 1774, 1775.


Joseph Soper, 1775. David Foster, 1776-78, 1781-86.


Benjamin Blanchard, Jr., 1776.


Nehemiah Clough, 1777-80.


Ebenezer Kimball, 1778.


Abiel Foster, 1779, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1796.


Samuel Gerrish, 1779-81, 1786, 1792, 1795-1800. Jonathan Heath, 1779. John Maloney, 1779.


Obadiah Mooney, 1780, 1781, 1785- 87.


Jeremiah Clough, Jr., 1782, 1783. Gideon Bartlett, 1782-84.


David McCrillis, 1784, 1793.


Leavitt Clough, 1785, 1787-89, 1791, 1792, 1794-97, 1800-1802.


Obadiah Hall, 1787.


William Hazeltine, 1788-90.


David Morrill, 1788-90.


Winthrop Young, 1790.


Obadiah Clough, 1793.


Masten Morrill, 1794, 1797, 1801-03. Joseph Moore, 1795.


Joseph Ayers, 1798, 1799, 1801, 1802. William Foster, 1798-1800.


John Kimball, 1803, 1804.


Elijah Sargent, 1803, 1804.


Abiel Foster, Jr., 1804, 1806-08, 1817- 23. William Forrest, 2d, 1805-09, 1812, 1813, 1815.


Moses Cogswell, 1805-07.


Joseph Clough, 1805.


Leavitt Clough, Jr., 1808, 1809, 1817, 1818.


Ezekiel Morrill,1 1809, 1810, 1833.


Samuel C. Hazelton, 1810-16.


Elijah Mathes, 1810, 1811.


Samuel Morrill, 1811, 1812.


Joseph Kimball, Jr., 1813-15.


Asa Foster, Jr., 1814.


Amos Cogswell, 1816, 1817, 1822, 1823, 1829, 1830, 1834, 1835, 1837, 1838, 1840.




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