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iv. ELLEN C., b. Aug. 1, 1861; m. Dec. 25, 1879, Daniel O. Eaton of West Lebanon. One child: Guy H., b. May 18, 1882. The family live at West Lebanon.
V. ABBIE R., b. July 24, 1870; m. Oct. 27, 1891, Perry Fletcher Burr of Cornish. Seven children (1906). (See Burr.)
HEYWOOD.
COL. WILLIAM HEYWOOD of Revolutionary fame had twelve children. His second child, Eleazer, b. May 8, 1755; m. Dorcas Whittaker about 1790, and had eight children. The third (Mary), b. -; m. James W. Bradley of Cornish and d. in Claremont in 1873. The fourth child was Willard Heywood, b. Jan. 12, 1796, in Plainfield, and lived in Cornish many years. His last years were spent in Windsor, Vt., where he d. about 1875 (?). He m. June 2, 1832, Emily Baldwin, dau. of Dr. Eleazer and Polly (Ladd) Baldwin of Strafford, Vt., b. April 16, 1812; d. Nov. 18, 1877. He was a teamster. Was selectman in Cornish 1855-56. Children:
i. EMILY A., b. Nov. 13, 1835, in Meriden; m. June 13, 1855, Orson G. Couch. Res. mainly in Amherst, Mass., where she d. Dec. 28, 1901. She had five children. (See Couch.)
ii. LUCIA M., b. Sept. 16, 1837, in Meriden; m. in 1870, Clark Spaulding. Res., Lancaster, Mass.
iii. MARY FRANCES, b. Aug. 5, 1839, in Grantham; m. Dec. - , 1857, in Cornish, C. E. Billings. She d. Nov. 27, 1872.
iv. ELEAZER BALDWIN, b. May 4, 1842, in Grantham; m. in 1867, Sarah Stebbins, Res., Alton, Ill.
V. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Aug. 10, 1844, in Grantham; m. in 1871, Rose Brady. Res., Windsor, Vt.
vi. FREDERIC A., b. Nov. 16, 1846, in Grantham; m. in 1870, Ella Aldrich. He d. Dec. 12, 188S.
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vii. BRADLEY B., b. March 29, 1849, in Cornish; d. June 11, 1887.
viii. JENNIE, b. June 19, 1851, in Cornish; m. in 1873, Eben Stocker; d. Oct. 2, 1880.
ix. EDA JOSEPHINE, b. Oct. S, 1854, in Cornish; m. in 1875, Charles Jones. Res., Lancaster, Mass.
HILDRETH.
The Hildreths of Cornish trace their ancestry back to Richard Hildreth, who came to this country in 1643 and settled in Cambridge, afterwards living in Woburn and then in Chelmsford, where he d. in 1693. Stephen Hildreth, a descendant of Richard, m. Esther Manning and settled in New Ipswich, N. H., where he d. in 1800. Here their son:
1. SAMUEL HILDRETH was b. in 1764. He m. - , Zilpha Gilbert, dau. of John and Sarah (Rich) Gilbert, b. in 1771 and d. June 25, 1851, in Cornish. They came to Cornish before 1790 and settled in the west part of the town. His mother, Esther, also came with them and d. in town, April 16, 1826. He d. Sept. 1, 1840. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. BETSEY, b. Dec. 29, 1790; d. Sept. 16, 1886.
ii. LYMAN, b. - , 1792; d. Oct. 25, 1795.
iii. SOLOMON, b. Oct. - , 1794; d. March 3, 1861.
2. iv. JAMES, b. Dec. 12, 1797.
v. CHLOE H., b. June 13, 1800; m. May 1, 1834, Daniel Bryant of Cornish. Four children. (See Bryant.) She d. March 25, 1890.
vi. JOHN L., b. in 1802; d. Aug. 1, 1803.
vii. MANNING, b. in 1804; d. Nov. 28, 1830. (Mon. Rec. Oct. 28.)
viii. SARAH, b. -; d. Jan. 12, 1811.
2. JAMES HILDRETH (Samuel, Stephen, ... Richard1) was b. Dec. 12, 1797, in Cornish; m. first, Nov. 7, 1838, Tamar Manchester, dau. of Nathaniel and Polly (Wheeler) Manchester, b. Feb. 24, 1806, and d. Sept. 5, 1854; m. second, April 22, 1852, Harriet B. Manchester, sister of his former wife, b. May, 1818, and d. Dec. 22, 1889. He d. May 29, 1872. Chil- dren by first wife and b. in town:
i. WILLIAM B., b. Dec. 10, 1839.
ii. JAMES B., b. March 28, 1843; m. Nov. 27, 1869, Elmira E. Harlow of Cornish, dau. of Levi B. and Althea D. (Parker) Harlow, b. Nov. 7, 1843. No children.
iii. HARRIET J., b. Aug. 15, 1841.
iv. BENJAMIN F., b. March 2, 1846; d. March 7, 1847.
Children by second wife and b. in town:
v. GEORGE FRED, b. March 6, 1853; m. Feb. 20, 1883, Cora E. Jones, dau. of Asa and Cleora (Oakes) Jones.
vi. LEWIS C., b. Sept. 30, 1854; m. Nov. 27, 1878, Hattie M. Pierce, dau. of S. T. and Melissa (French) Pierce, b. June 13, 1857, and d. Feb. 13, 1906. One child: Lillian A., b. in town Jan. 23, 1887, who m. Sept. 16, 1908, Oscar S. Tyrrell of Wilder, Vt.
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HILLIARD.
1. SAMUEL HILLIARD, b. in Conn. Nov. 16, 1747, came to Cornish from Ston- ington. Here he lived many years. Hem. Phoebe Yerrington, b. in 1747. On her tombstone (now broken) is inscribed "In memory of Phoebe, wife of the Rev. Samuel Hilliard, who d. July 18, 1798, aged 52."
"Be still my friends, dry up your tears, I must lie here, 'till Christ appears."
It is said that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and participated in the battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington. After his settlement in Cornish he helped organize the Cornish Baptist Church in 1789, and was one of its first deacons. On July 3, 1792, the church expressed their approbation that "Deacon Hilliard improve his gift in public." He soon after became popular as a Baptist preacher, but after some years his religious views changed and he became a Universalist, and as such was settled as pastor in Shrewsbury and Wallingford, Vt., and finally at Clarendon, Vt., where he d. Nov. 16, 1831. His remains were brought to Cornish and buried beside those of his wife, Phoebe, in a lot, now an open pasture belonging to Freeman A. Johnson. After leaving Cornish in 1800, he m. second, Caroline Lathrop, by whom he had six children, all b. in Vt. She was b. June 1, 1770, and d. Feb. 21, 1845. Children by Phoebe, supposed to have been b. in Cornish:
i. SARAH, b. - , 1768; m. Joseph Bartlett; d. July 5, 1798, aged 30.
2. ii. AMOS AVERY, b. July 7, 1770.
3. iii. BENJAMIN, b. March 19, 1774.
iv. POLLY (or Mary), b. Dec. 10, 1775; m. Joseph Richardson of Cornish.
Had twelve children. (See Richardson.) She d. May 7, 1822.
v. PHOEBE, b. Sept. 17, 1780; m. May 20, 1800, Isaac Griggs.
vi. SAMUEL, b. April 6, 1784; m. - , Fanny W. Fling.
4. vii. JOSEPH, b. May 1, 1787.
viii. ESTHER B., b. Jan. 18, 1788; m. Feb. 19, 1809, Gilbert Gross. Children by Caroline Lathrop.
ix. CAROLINE, b. Sept. 26, 1801.
x. PASHUR LATHROP, b. Sept. 8, 1803.
xi. Lois, b. July 11, 1806.
xii. HARRY, b. Dec. 19, 1807.
xiii. JEROME BONAPARTE, b. June 22, 1810.
xiv. PAMELIA, b. Sept. 17, 1813.
2. AMOS AVERY2 HILLIARD (Samuel1) b. July 7, 1770; m. June S, 1794, Sarah Huggins of Cornish, dau. of Jonathan and Ruhamah (Brown) Huggins, b. March 19, 1775, and d. July 18, 1856. Mr. Hilliard d. April 24, 1856. A farmer and lived in school district No. 8. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. MARY, b. Dec. 9, 1794; m. Aug. 26, 1811, John Weld of Cornish. Ten children. (See Weld.) She d. March 12, 1862.
ii. SARAH, b. Oct. 9, 1797; m. July 16, 1816, Constant W. Smith of Cornish. Twelve children. (See Smith.) She d. Dec. 3, 1882.
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iii. SOPHIA, b. March 24, 1801; m. first, March 13, 1823, Asa Kimball Smith by whom she had two children (see Smith); m. second, Wm. Martindale. No issue. She d. April 2, 1900, aged 99 years, five days.
iv. AMos A., b. Dec. 25, 1803; m. first, Charlotte Town; m. second, -- , Abbie Sprague.
V. SUSAN, b. Jan. 16, 1805; m. first, Jan. 27, 1830, Alfred Nevens, by whom she had two children (see Nevens); m. second, Joshua Atwood of Cornish. She d. April 4, 18SS.
vi. LUCINDA, b. Sept. 30, 1808; d. April 4, 1814. (See Casualties.)
5. vii. GILBERT, b. Dec. 17, 1811.
viii. and ix. Twins, b. April 17, 1814, and d. the same day.
3. BENJAMIN2 HILLIARD (Samuel1) b. March 19, 1774; m. Roxana Hall, dau. of Dr. David and Olive (Smead) Hall, b. Jan. 16, 1778, and d. Nov. 26, 1866. Mr. Hilliard lived a few years in Claremont, but most of his life was spent in Cornish. The last years of his life, he and his wife lived with their son, David H., where he d. July 4, 1858. He was an excellent carpenter and erected many buildings in Cornish and elsewhere. Of a very social nature and said to have been very fond of telling stories. Children :
6. i. DAVID HALL, b. Dec. 3, 1805.
ii. CATHERINE OLIVE, b. Dec. 23, 1807; m. July 2, 1839, Lyman Bartlett of Cornish. Five children. (See Bartlett.) She d. Feb. 27, 1895.
iii. HARRIET ROXANA, b. Sept. 25, 1809; m. Nov. 18, 1835, Job Williams of Plainfield. Had three children. She d. June 16, 1SS7. He d. May 16, 1874.
iv. MARY ESTHER, b. April 21, 1811; m. James Hudson of Lynn, Mass.
V. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Nov. IS, 1812. Twice m. Had six children.
vi. ELIZABETH CHASE, b. Jan. 29, 1815; m. John Hudson of Lynn, Mass. She d. Jan. 6, 1SSO.
Vii. CAROLINE PHOEBE, b. July 8, 1817; m. July 1, 1841, Horace L. Dem- ing of Cornish. Four children. (See Deming.) She d. Oct. 13, 1867.
viii. GILBERT GROSS, b. July 21, 1819; m. May 13, 1846, Marcia L. Bart- lett of Cornish, dau. of John and Polly (Williams) Bartlett, b. Dec. 25, 1824, and d. Aug. 17, 1848; m. second, Oct., 1849, Ann Richardson of Lands Grove, Vt., who d. June 19, 1857; m. third, -, Mrs. Shaw by whom had triplets. He d. in the army in 1863.
4. JOSEPH2 HILLIARD (Samueli) Bro. of Benjamin and Avery, b. May 1, 1787. Was a prosperous farmer and lived in the south part of the town. A zealous supporter of the Baptist Church; m. Feb. 23, 1815, Roxana Day of Cornish, dau. of Rufus and Betsey (Comings) Day, b. Jan. 23, 1795, and d. April IS, 1878. He d. July 1, 1870. Children, all b. in Cornish :
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i. RUFUS, b. July 9, 1815; m. - , Martha McClure, res. in Acworth, N. H. Two children. He d. Jan. 20, 1886.
ji. BETSEY, b. Nov. 20, 1816; m. - , Adnah Keyes. Res., Acworth, N. H. Two children. She d. May 19, 1894.
iii. CHESTER, b. Nov. 22, 1818; m. April 24, 1844, Ellen Ashley. Res., Cornish and Cal., where he d. April 16, 1879.
iv. CHARLOTTE, b. May 2, 1821; m. Jan. 16, 1844, Quartus Fletcher. Four children. (See Fletcher.) She d. Sept. 23, 1908.
vi.
V. ESTHER, b. April 10, 1823; m. Oet. 18, 1849, Charles Putnam of Croydon, where she resided. She d. Jan. 29, 1865. Four children. ROXANA, b. Sept. 8, 1826; m. Oct. 13, 1852, Ira Proctor of Clare- mont, where she afterwards resided. Three children. She d. March 29, 1907; buried in Cornish.
vii. EMELINE, b. Sept. 8, 1829; m. Oct. 18, 1849, Ira Proctor (first wife). One son, Wallace. She d. July 30, 1851.
7. viii. JOSEPH L., b. Nov. 29, 1831.
8. ix. HIRAM DAY, b. March 10, 1834.
x. SARAH JANE, b. May 26, 1836; m. April 20, 1857, Amos Richardson of Cornish. Three children. (See Richardson.)
9. xi. GEORGE W., b. April 17, 1839.
5. GILBERT3 HILLIARD (Amos Avery2, Samueli) b. Dec. 17, 1811, in Cornish, where he res. till 1858, when he rem. to Northfield, Mass .; m. Nov. 7, 1833, Sophia Plaistridge, dau. of Caleb and Susannah (Luey) Plaistridge, b. Sept. 8, 1813, and d. in Northfield Jan. 29, 1878. He d. Jan. 7, 1907, in Northfield, Mass. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. ELLEN S., b. Dec. 14, 1835; m. May 23, 1857, Fordyce H. Smith, formerly of Cornish. (See Smith.) They lived in Brattleboro, Vt., till 1897. Then rem. to Northfield Farms, Mass., where they have since resided.
ii. SULA L., b. July 14, 1839; m. Dec. 26, 1861, Marshall Stearns. Res., Northfield, Mass.
iii. SARAH J., b. Jan. 25, 1841; m. Jan. 1, 1866. Frederick G. Morgan. Res., Northfield Farms, Mass.
iv. FREEMAN A., b. Dec. 14, 1843; m. first, July 4, 1867, Isadore A. Wright; m. second, June 5, 1873, Ellen A. Haywood; m. third, May 6, 1877, Sarah Gaines. Res., Northfield, Mass.
v. EMMA S., b. May 5, 1845; m. July 10, 1866, George Merriam. Res., Greenfield, Mass.
vi. ALBERT D., b. Jan. 4, 1850; d. March 25, 1850.
vii. ADA E., b. June 24, 1852; m. first, Nov. 29, 1871, Dr. E. R. Morgan; m. second, March 26, 1883, George Chamberlain. Res., Boston, Mass.
6. DAVID HALL3 HILLIARD (Benjamin2, Samueli) b. Dec. 3, 1805; m. Sept. 10, 1835, Sarah E. Smith, dau. of Joseph and Judith (Savory) Smith, b. Sept. 26, 1816. Excepting a few years in Claremont, he spent the most
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of his life in Cornish. Was prominent in the affairs of the town, a lead- ing Democrat, a ready debater, public spirited and deeply interested in everything that tended to promote the welfare of the town. He was a gunsmith by trade and carried his art to a high state of excellence, and had a wide reputation of manufacturing rifles and other firearms, of as good quality as any manufacturer of his time. He d. June 10, 1877. After Mr. Hilliard's death his wid. m. Caleb H. Pool, a blacksmith, who d. June 3, 1SSS. She d. in Cornish April 17, 1908. Children:
DAVID H. HILLIARD.
10. i. CHARLES NELSON, b. June 5, 1836, in Claremont.
11. ii. GEORGE ELBRIDGE, b. Aug. 26, 1838, in Ludlow, Vt.
7. JOSEPHI L.3 HILLIARD (Joseph?, Samueli) b. Nov. 29, 1831. Lived on the homestead of his father. A farmer; m. Sept. 27, 1853, Mary Bryant of Cornish, dau. of Aaron and Hannah W. (Johnson) Bryant, b. July 27, 1836. Mr. Hilliard d. Feb. 5, 1871. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. ADA H., b. July 22, 1855; m. March 24, ISS6, Frank H. Weld of Cornish. Two children. (See Weld.)
ii. JULIA E., b. Jan. 15, 1858.
iii. NELLIE J., b. March 14, 1860, m. May 20, 1884, Herbert Deming of Cornish. Four children. (See Deming.)
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iv. ADNAH J., b. March 5, 1862; m. June 15, 1904, Gertrude Marshall of Langdon. Three children: 1. Alton M., b. March 30, 1905. 2. Afton B., b. June 6, 1906. 3. Adnah Deane, b. June 6, 1907. V. CLAYTON B., b. Nov. 26, 1864; m. Nov. 19, 1888, Sybil Gertrude Lear of Cornish, dau. of Wm. D. and Hannah A. (Fletcher) Lear, b. Jan. 21, 1869. Two children: I. Ethel, b. April 17, 1894. 2. Wallace, b. Sept. 30, 1895.
8. HIRAM DAY3 HILLIARD (Joseph?, Samuel1) b. March 10, 1834; m. Oct. 22, 1862, Isabel Deming of Cornish, dau. of Judah Solon and Caroline Matilda (Jackson) Deming, b. Sept. 1, 1834; d. Aug. 3, 1893. He d. March 17, 1903. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. EMMA MATILDA, b. Oct. 28, 1862.
ii. A dau. b. Nov. 1, 1863; d. young.
iii. EDWIN HIRAM, b. April 5, 1865; d. March 8, 1907, unm.
iv. JEROME JUDAH, b. March 9, 1867.
v. AMY ISABEL, b. Jan. 28, 1870. A successful teacher many years; m. July 14, 1909, Josiah Davis of Cornish.
13. vi. JOSEPH LEROY, b. April 23, 1873.
vii. INA ELIZA, b. May 24, 1878; m. July 3, 1901, Clarence E. Bailey of Claremont.
9. GEORGE W.3 HILLIARD (Joseph2, Samuel1) b. April 17, 1839; m. April 24, 1862, Ursula K. Fletcher of Cornish, dau. of Quartus and Annie (Kelley) Fletcher, b. Nov. 22, 1836. In 1863 (April 15) they rem. to Acworth, where they lived mainly till 1900, when they rem to Redlands, Cal. Children :
i. LADORA J,. b. March 27, 1863, in Cornish. Graduated N. H. State Normal School. Teacher Hanover and State Normal School, Milwaukee, Wis .; m. Oct. 16, 1888, Dr. Frederic C. Rogers of Milwaukee. Live in Oconomowoc, Wis. Two children, both b. in Milwaukee: 1. Malcolm Fletcher, b. April 18, 1891. 2. George Frederic, b. Jan. 27, 1900.
ii. BURTON JAMES, b. April 26, 1866, in So. Acworth. A merchant at Saxtons River, Vt .; m. Feb. 5, 1891, Angeline M. Davis of Saxtons River. Three children: 1. Lineol Wallace, b. Oet. 23, 1891. 2. Ethel Martha, b. Nov. 3, 1892. 3. Lloyd Burton, b. Oct. 27, 1901.
iii. GEORGE WALLACE, b. Sept. 17, 1868, at So. Acworth; d. May 7, 1888. iv. OLIE MAY, b. May 6, 1871, at So. Acworth. A graduate of Bridge- water, Mass., Normal School. Teacher in normal schools several years; m. Oct. 25, 1905, David McClelland of Redlands, Cal. One child: Alice Hilliard, b. Feb. 4, 1907.
v. CARLOS GROUT, b. Sept. 28, 1877, in So. Acworth. Graduated from Brown University with degree of B.A., and M.A. and at Yale Medieal School with the degree of M.D. A physician in Red- lands, Cal .; m. March 20, 1907, Margaret E. Shields of Halifax,
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N. S. Two children, both b. in Providence, R. I .: 1. Elizabeth, Morrison, b. Dee. 25, 1907. 2. Carlos Burton, b. Sept. 3, 1909.
10. CHARLES NELSON4 HILLIARD (David II.3, Benjamin?, Samuel:) b. June 5, 1836; m. first, July 20, 1862, Sarah Abbie Weld of Cornish, dau. of Maj. George and Maria (Chase) Weld, b. Feb. 16, 1846; d. Oet. 16, 1874; m. second, May 1, 1878, Claribell Sherburne, dau. of Samuel Mills and Mary A. (Dewey) Sherburne, b. Dec. 23, 1858. They res. in Ilion, N. Y., where Mr. Hilliard has charge of extensive machine works of the Remington Arms Co. and special rifle and repair works. Children by first marriage:
i. FLORA MAY, b. May 13, 1869.
ii. CARRIE EVA, b. Oct. - , 1867; d. March 30, 1868.
iii. ARTHUR LEE, b. Oct. 13, 1874; d. Feb. 20, 1878.
Children by second marriage:
iv. HERBERT HALL, b. July 24, 1882.
V. ETHEL LILLIAN, b. Oet. 6, 1886; d. July 3, 1891.
vi. EDITH CLARIBELL, b. Nov. 19, 1890, and d. May 11, 1898.
vii. CHARLES SHERBURNE, b. Dee. 23, 1894.
11. GEORGE ELBRIDGE4 HILLIARD (David H.3, Benjamin?, Samueli) b. Aug. 26, 1838; m. Sept. 23, 1862, Ella M. Bartlett of Cornish, dau. of Hiram D. and Sarah A. (Fellows) Bartlett, b. April 25, 1845. Mr. Hilliard spent several years in the employ of the Vt. Central R. R., first as fireman and afterwards as engineer, serving in that capacity seven years. He then returned to Cornish and went into the gun business with his father. After the death of the latter, he carried on the business alone till his death. He was constable fifteen years, justice of the peace and notary public fifteen years. Cornish school district elerk two years and post- master twenty-five years. He was a member of Cheshire Lodge, F. A. A. Masons and also a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of Windsor, Vt. He d. March 31, 1904. Child:
i. EMMA L., b. July 18, 1866; m. Dec. 26, 1894, Cullen W. Diggins of Cleveland, Ohio. One child: Ethel Ellen, b. Feb. 24, 1897.
12. LUMAN HENRY4 HILLIARD (Joseph3, Joseph?, Samueli) b. May 24, 1865; m. Dec. 31, 1890, Ida Eldora York of Cornish, dau. of Hiram H. and Eliza (Walker) York, b. Jan. 11, 1870. They res. in Claremont, where he is engaged in the livery business. Children:
i. MARY ELIZA, b. Sept. 29, 1891.
ii. RUTH IDA, b. Jan. 17, 1893.
13. JOSEPH LEROY4 HILLIARD (Hiram D.3, Joseph?, Samueli) was b. April 23, 1873; m. June 12, 1898, Florence Emery, dau. of Peter Emery of Cor- nish, b. June 5, 1876. Children:
i. LEROY HIRAM, b. Dee. 20, 1899.
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ii. HAZEL ELIZA, b. June 5, 1901.
iii. MYRA ISABEL, b. June 5, 1902.
iv. RAY EMERY, b. Feb. 12, 1904.
v. LAWRENCE JOSEPH, b. March 3, 1906.
vi. LESTER EDWARD, b. May 20, 1907.
GEORGE E. HILLIARD.
14. RICHMOND HILLIARD lived in town several years; m. first, March 16, 1790, Polly Wilson, who d. without issue about 1792 (?); m. second, April 13, 1795, Lydia Goodwin Ford then of Claremont, eldest dau. of Capt. Daniel and Lydia (Goodwin) Ford, b. Aug. 31, 1774; d. -. Mr. Hilliard's connection with the other Hilliard families in town is uncer- tain, but is supposed to have been a brother of Dea. Samuel. It is not known when or where he d. Children, all by second wife:
i. EUNICE, b. May 14, 1796.
ii. LYDIA GOODWIN, b. May 9, 1798.
iii. ALBERT FORD, b. April 1, 1803; d. Dec. 16, 1804.
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iv. MARIA ALICE, b. March 4, 1805; d. Dec. 1, -.
v. SOPHIA MARIETTA, twin, b. June 30, 1807.
vi. HIRAM ALONZO, twin, b. June 30, 1807.
vii. THOMAS JEFFERSON, twin, b. June 10, 1809.
viii. JAMES MADISON, twin, b. June 10, 1809.
15. LUTHER HILLIARD was b. May 5, 1759 (?) ; m. - , Abigail T. - , who was b. Dec., 1790 (?), and d. Dec. 27, 1859. Hed. Dec. 2, 1850, and both buried in Cornish. He may have been a brother of one or both of his contemporaries, Samuel or Richmond. According to the census of 1790, his family in town, consisted of two males and three females but the records of the family have not been found, except the above cemetery records.
HOLBROOK.
ALONZO HOLBROOK, b. at Lemington, Vt., Nov. 23, 1808; m. May 12, 1836, Sarah C. Bradley of Cornish, dau. of Isaiah and Mary (Dustin) Bradley, b. Feb. 16, 1807, in Haverhill, Mass .; d. in Claremont March 12, 1877. They settled in Cornish soon after their marriage, where he d. April 21, 1852. The family remained in Cornish a few years longer. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. ISAIAH THOMAS, b. Aug. 6, 1837. His father dying when he was but 14, left him in charge of the farm which he cared for till his majority. He enlisted in the 7th Regt. N. H. Vols. (See Military.) After the war he engaged in trade for a time at the Flat, when he suddenly left town, going west to Mo., where it is said he d. at Marcellus, Mo., in 1897. Was twice m.
ii. ELLEN MARIA, b. Feb. 18, 1840; d. March 19, 1859.
iii. ELIZABETH SARAH, b. April 22, 1842; m. Dec. 26, 1865, George H. Stowell, Second, of Claremont, where they both spent their lives. They had five children, all b. in Claremont. He d. Nov. 21, 1888. She d. Oct. 5, 1899.
iv. SUSAN AMELIA, b. Oct. 1, 1850; m. Sept. 18, 1877, at Newport, Wil- liam H. Ellsworth. Four children. Res. a short time in Clare- mont and then rem. to Cal., where she d. at La Verne Dec. 30, 1890.
HOOK.
1. DYER HOOK came to Cornish from Candia in 1805. He was b. Oct. - , 1778; m. - , Mary Griffin of Sandown, dau. of Isaae Griffin, b. - , 1785. Mr. Hook d. July 3, 1815. His wid. afterward m. July 16, 1817, Walter H. Foss and had children. (See Foss.) She d. June 13, 1865. Children by Dyer Hook:
2. i. PETER, b. in Cornish April 19, 1810.
3. ii. MOODY, b. in Cornish June 24, 1813.
2. PETER2 HOOK (Dyer1) b. April 19, 1810; m. April 19, 1847, Lucia Maria Kendrick of Cornish, dau. of Clark and Lydia (Smith) Kendrick, b.
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Oct. 6, 1827, and d. July 26, 1854. They res. for a time in Croydon. After the death of his wife, he returned to Cornish where he spent the most of the remainder of his life. He d. March 5, 1883. "A devout and godly man." Children, all b. in Croydon:
i. ELLEN MARIA, b. Aug. 22, 1848; m. March 11, 1896, Joseph Lang of Candia, son of Isaac and Martha A. (Ladd) Lang. No chil- dren.
ii. CLARA ELLA, b. Sept. 9, 1850; m. July 1, 1873, Wilbur W. Cole of Cornish. One child, Merton K., b. June 29, 1878. (See Cole.) An osteopathic physician. Res. in Newton Center, Mass.
iii. EMMA ELIZA, b. Dee. 29, 1852; m. June 7, 1876, Fred W. Read of Cornish. Six children. (Sec Read.)
iv. CLARK K., b. and d. in 1854.
3. MOODY? HOOK (Dyer1) was b. June 24, 1813. Was a farmer. Like his brother Peter, he was possessed of a sweet and happy spirit, ever loyal to an enlightened conscience, holding the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He m. Sept. 7, 1842, Eliza Carroll of Croydon, dau. of John Prince and Rachel (Powers) Carroll, b. Jan. 12, 1823, and d. Nov. 30, 1884. He d. Aug. 17, 1886. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. RACHEL ANN, b. Aug. 30, 1843. She was a successful teacher of schools several years; m. Jan. 1, 1868, Ira F. Rowell of Sutton, N. H. He was a prominent man in Sutton and afterwards repre- sented Claremont in the N. H. Leg. of 1899. They rem. to Clare- mont in Nov., 1882, where they have since lived. One child, Harry Franklin, who graduated from Stevens High School in 1893; m. Oet. 5, 1899, Flora A. Magown of Claremont. Has been a trusted employee of the Sullivan Machine Co. for sixteen years (1910).
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. ii. MARY FRANCES, b. April 29, 1845. She also was a successful teacher of schools; m. Feb. 15, 1866, Frances Edward Freeman of Cor- nish. Two children. (See Freeman.) Lived a few years in Cornish and then rem. to Claremont, where she d. Aug. 3, 1903. ALICE JANE, b. Nov. 21, 1848; m. July 4, 1875, Rev. Howard R. Mitchell of Waterville, Me. He has had several pastorates, but they are now (1910) living in Waterville, Me. Two children: 1. Frank Howard, b. in Oskaloosa, Ia., Aug. 13, 1876. 2. Grace Alice, b. in Hinsdale, May 18, 1880; m. June 7, 1911, Edward Payson Davis of Waterville, Me.
iv. LUETTE ELIZA, b. June 26, 1851; m. June 12, 1873, Seth Raynsford Cole of Cornish. One son, Clarence. (See Cole.) She d. in Cornish Jan. 3, 187S.
V. ANDREW JACKSON, b. Dec. 7, 1864. (See sketch.)
HOWARD.
1. MARSHALL S. HOWARD was b. Sept. 14, 1815; m. first, -, Hopy B. Winter of Croydon, dau. of Timothy and Mehitable (Thompson) Win-
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ter, b. Dec. 28, 1815; d. Oet. 23, 1873; m. second Has res. in several places in Cornish and Claremont. He d. in Claremont, June 15, 1905. Children, all by first wife:
2. i. WILBUR F., b. Jan. 29, 1840.
3. ii. WALDO L., b. Aug. 30, 1841.
iii. IRENA M., b. Sept. 25, 1843; m. first, in 1860, Thomas B. Edminster of Cornish. Had two children. (See Edminster.) She m. second, Dec. 22, 1866, Charles H. Thompson. No issue. She d. April 29, 1874.
iv. ROSELLA B., b. March 11, 1846; d. June 29, 1849.
v. PHEBE ANN, b. Sept. 18, 1847; m. Jan. 26, 1870, Edward T. Ayers of Cornish. Two children. (See Ayers.)
vi. HANNAH C., b. April 30, 1849; m. - , Wallace Fletcher. One child. She d. Dec. 2, 1870.
4. vii. MARSHALL M., b. April 19, 1854.
viii. HOPY DIANTHA, b. June 17, 1854; m. first, George Taylor; m. second, Briggs. Res. in Salt Lake City, Utah.
ix. GEORGE S., b. Sept. 29, 1857. Res., Bridgeport, Conn .; m. - , May Lyon. Noissue. Hed. -----.
2. WILBUR F.2 HOWARD (Marshall S.1) b. Jan. 29, 1840; m. June 6, 1866, Mrs. Luette L. (Coburn) Tasker of Cornish, dau. of Stillman and Martha W. (Mathews) Coburn, b. July 28, 1845. He was a soldier in the Civil War, a member of Co. I, 14th Regt. N. H. Vols. Lost a foot in battle. (See Military.) For years afterwards he was mail carrier between Cornish Flat and Windsor, Vt. He d. March 6, 1894. Children, all b. in Cornish:
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