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LOTHROP.
JOHN LOTHROP was b. in Easton, Mass., Oct. 12, 1759; m. first, Dee. 7, 1780, Sarah Cook of Easton. They came to Cornish to live in 1807, and set- tled on the farm since known as the Goward homestead. This farm was first owned by Thomas Nutter and was deeded by him to Mr. Lothrop May 23, 1807, who deeded the same to Isaac Goward Nov. 9, 1824. Mrs. Lothrop d. June 29, 1827. He m. second, June 10, 1828, Mrs. Lydia (Bradley) Rice, wid. of Dimond Rice, who was b. in 1774, and d. Sept. 14, 1864. He d. Nov. 21, 1836. Children, all by first wife, and b. in Easton, Mass .:
i. CALVIN, b. Sept. 24, 1781; m. May 14, 1807, Betsey Clapp.
2. ii. FRANCIS, b. Sept. 18, 1783.
iii. ANSEL, b. Aug. 3, 1785; m. Nov. 8, 1812, Abigail R. Dimond.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 13, 1787; m. Sept. 30, 1804, Isaac Goward of Easton.
Nine children. (See Goward.) She d. in Cornish June 16, 1848.
v. RUEL, b. July 7, 1789; m. Nov. 13, 1812, Mary Judkins.
3. vi. CHARLES, b. Oct. 26, 1791.
vii. JASON, b. May 16, 1794; in. Feb., 1818, Susan Judkins.
viii. RHODA, b. May 29, 1797; m. Sept. 2, 1823, Benjamin Kingsbury.
ix. WILLIAM, b. July 1, 1799.
2. FRANCIS2 LOTHROP (John1) b. Sept. 18, 1783, in Easton, Mass .; m. first Feb. 7, 1808, Rhoda Keith. She d. -. He m. second, April 11, 1821, Sarah Huggins of Cornish, dau. of John and Sarah (Richardson) Huggins, b. Feb. 5, 1799; d. Dec. 14, 1873. He lived several years in Meriden; engaged in making nails, then came to Cornish in 1839 or 1840. Built and settled on the place near Dea. John Chase's mills, where he spent the rest of his life. He d. May 25, 1868. Children by Rhoda Keith:
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i. PASHUR, b. Sept. 8, 1803.
ii. WILLARD FROST, b. April 22, 1810.
iii. JOSEPH KEITH, b. March 31, 1812.
iv. NAHUM, b. Aug. 13, 1816; d. April 4, 1817.
Child by Sarah Huggins:
V. EDWIN A., b. 1824. He fell from the roof of a building, dying sud- denly, June 25, 1842. (See Fatalities.)
"Edwin, the world no more ean claim thee for her own, Yet spirit dear, forgive the tear,
Which those must shed, who're doomed to linger here." (Epitaph on his tombstone.)
3. CHARLES2 LOTHROP (John1) b. Oct. 26, 1791, in Easton, Mass., m. April 11, 1816, Mary Johnson of Cornish, dau. of Abraham and Merey (Huggins) Johnson, b. Aug. 6, 1784, d. -. He d. -. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. CHARLES D., b. April 5, 1817; m. Sept. 1, 1839, Mary E. Richardson of Acton, Mass. Occupation, a chair manufacturer. He d. in N. Y. City Nov. 17, 1883.
ii. MARY E., b. May 19, 1818; m. May 11, 1843, David Comings of Cornish. No issue. He d. July 29, 1846; m. second in Acton, Mass., Albert Haynes and settled in Cherokee, Iowa, where she d. iii. HARRIET E., b. July 2, 1819; m. first, in Acton, Mass .; Oct. 26, 1846, Francis Huntoon. He was killed in 1847 in Athol, Mass., by the falling of a bridge. She m. second, Lafayette Huntoon, a brother of her former husband. She d. in Natiek, Mass., Oct., 1889.
iv. WILLIAM REED, b. Sept. 30, 1820; m. first, Sept. 11, 1845, Mary E. Weston. She d. June 25, 1848; m. second, Sept. 14, 1849, Susan Putnam. He d. Feb. 22, 1853. Occupation, a tailor. Res., Acton, Mass.
V. JOHN JOHNSON, b. June 17, 1822; m. first, Jan., 1845, Nancy Hildreth, who d. in 1850; m. second, in 1850, Mary M. Mead. Res., San Francisco, Cal., where he d. March 10, 1886. A sewing machine agent.
vi. HENRY O., b. Sept. 16, 1823; m. first, Nov. 22, 1846, Rebecca W. Wood of Acton, Mass., who d. Aug. 23, 1854; m. second, March 6, 1856, Mrs. Susan (Putnam) Lothrop, wid. of William R. Lo- throp. She d. Oct. 22, 1887, in South Boston; m. third, Mrs. Ida Knight of Dorchester, Mass., in 1895.
vii. ELMIRA M., b. Feb. 13, 1825; m. at Acton, Mass., June 19, 1845, Cyrus Noyes. Settled in Milford, Mass., where she d. Jan. 20,1887.
LUEY.
JOHN LUEY was the first known of the name who came to America. He came from France and could speak only the French language. He m.
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about 1750, Eleanor Yuran who was bap. in Greenland, in 1726. Their children as far as known were:
i. WILLIAM, b. - , 1752.
ii. JOHN, b. Sept. 27, 1754.
iii. GEORGE, b. - , 1756.
iv. POLLY, b. Sept. 3, 1759; m. Oet. 14, 1784, Joseph Haines.
v. SAMUEL, b. - , 1761.
vi. HOMER, b. - -.
vii. BETSEY, b. - -; m. Jeremiah Holmes.
viii. SARAH, b. -
WILLIAM LUEY, son of John, was b. in 1752; m. - , Mrs. Sarah (Williams) Carter, b. in 1756, d. in Cornish April 7, 1831, aged 75. He d. in Cornish March 6, 1801, aged 49. Their children, without order of birth are:
i. WILLIAM, b. -; m. Nov. 14, 1803, Lois Hadley.
ii. ELIZABETH W., b. -; m. Feb. 7, 1814, Francis Cobb of Cornish. She d. Dec. 13, 1814, with two infant children.
iii. AMY, b. 1787; d. unm. Nov. 27, 1807, aged 20.
iv. SAMUEL, b. -; m. Jan. 10, 1820(?).
v. SARAH, b. -; m. first, a Mr. Biddle and had by him one child. Mr. B. was accidentally killed. She m. second, Dec. 14, 1809, Gardner Dustin. Seven children. (See Dustin.) She d. April 2, 1835.
vi. JAMES, b. -; m. March 17, 1818, Elizabeth Sanborn. They buried a dau. in town who d. in May, 1837.
vii. SABRINA, b. - , 1795; m. Dec. 25, 1826, Ichabod Smith of Cornish. Seven children. (See Smith.) She d. Oct. 3, 1869, aged 74.
SAMUEL LUEY, supposed to be a son of William, m. Jan. 10, 1820, Anna Smith of Cornish, dau. of Iehabod and Anne (Bruce) Smith, b. Feb. 29, 1795, d. in Coneord Jan. 12, 1860, aged 64. He d. in Concord Feb. 29, 1864. He moved with his family to Concord, April 14, 1847, from the farm he bought and settled on in 1820. It was formerly owned by a Mr. Dana. Children, all b. in town:
i. MARTHA ANN, b. Dec. 6, 1823; d. in Concord May 3, 1881.
ii. SAMUEL SYLVESTER, b. Dec. - , 1824. He d. March 26, 1836.
iii. MARY SMITH, b. May 15, 1830; d. in Concord, Nov. 14, 1890.
iv. FIDELIA, b. June 20, 1832. Still living (1905) in Coneord.
v. ADALINE ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 6, 1836; d. in Concord Dec. 22, 1859, aged 23.
THOMAS LUEY, supposed to be a son of John1, was b. in Greenland May 11, 1762. Came to Cornish about 1784; m. April 7, 1789, Ruhamah Roberts of Sutton, Mass., b. - , 1765, and d. Oct. 18, 1841, aged 76. He d. Sept. 16, 1837, aged 76. Their children were all b. in Cornish:
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1. OLIVER, b. Feb. 8, 1790; m. Charlotte Wright of Rochester, Vt. Three children, all sons. They all rem. to Wisconsin.
ii. DEXTER, b. Feb. 11, 1792; m. Eliza Thomas of Cornish. Went to Columbia and spent their lives there. Eight children.
2. iii. JOHN, b. April 23, 1794.
iv. CYRENA, b. June 28, 1796; d. young.
V. RUHAMAH, b. Nov. 29, 1798; m. April 13, 1820, Samuel Johnson of Cornish. Five children. (See Johnson.) She d. in Milford, with her dau. June 27, 1878. Buried in Windsor, Vt.
vi. WILLIAM B., b. March 6, 1801. It is not known that he m. He d. in Weathersfield, Vt., from injuries received from a falling barn to which he had resorted for shelter during a heavy storm of wind and rain.
JOHN LUEY, son of Thomas, was b. April 23, 1794; m. 1825, Clarissa Spaulding of Plainfield, dau. of Simon and Mary (Mason) Spaulding, b. Oct. 30, 1796, d. Feb. 10, 1855, aged 58. He remained in Cornish on the old homestead caring for his parents while they lived. After the death of his wife, he sold out and bought a farm in Shelburne, Mass., and rem. there till 1872, when he rem. to Northfield Farms, Mass., and d. there March 22, 1878, buried in Cornish. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. MARY MASON, b. Dec. 19, 1826; never m .; d. in Greenfield, Mass., April 10, 1899, aged 73.
ii. SIMON SPAULDING, b. Jan. 1, 1829. Went to Cal. in April, 1851, with others from town when the gold fever was raging and he never returned. He d. at Willow Valley, Cal., May 27, 1893. iii. CLARISSA CYRENA, b. Sept. 22, 1830; m. Jan. 1, 1886, Pliny Porter of Greenfield, Mass. One child: Florence Cyrena, b. Jan. 27, 1870. To Mrs. Porter we are indebted for most of the records of this family.
iv. JOHN WESLEY, b. Nov. 5, 1832; m. Jan. 21, 1861, Margaret Cady of Boston. He d. in Plainfield June 19, 1882, and is buried there.
V. EDWIN TAFT, b. Sept. 4, 1834; m. Nov. 14, 1858, Jennie Merriam of Greenfield, Mass. One child: Clara. Mr. Luey d. Nov. 30, 1901, at Millers Falls, Mass.
vi. FLORENCE JANETTE, b. Nov. 5, 1841. She d. Dec. 19, 1863, in Shelburne, Mass. Was buried in Cornish.
"One less to love on earth, One more to meet in Heaven."
(Inscription on her tombstone.)
A few of the name Luey who have lived in town whose pedigree is unknown:
(1) Susannah Luey, who was b. May 1, 1780; m. July 9, 1807, Caleb Plastridge and d. March 30, 1867. Four children. (2) Susannah Luey; m. Dec. 13, 1803, Jonathan Hilliard.
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(3) Sarah Burns Luey; m. March 12, 1812, Joseph Little of Boscawen.
(4) Eliza Gibson Luey; m. April 19, 1812, Aaron Post, Jr.
(5) Hannah Luey; m. John Ayers.
(6) The parents of Charles Luey who became a pauper in town May 31, 1835.
LUTHER.
CALEB LUTHER was b. in 1751, in Warren, R. I. He was a Revolutionary soldier, presumably from Rhode Island. He m. first, about 1773, Rebecca Brown of Barrington, R. I. She was b. in 1755, and was a near relative of Nicholas Brown of Providence, R. I., who founded Brown University. She d. in Cornish Oct. 20, 1792, aged 37. He m. second, May, 1793, Mary Foss, of -, b. -; d. in Cornish April 7, 1842, aged 84. He d. in Cornish Jan. 27, 1840, aged 89. Children, all by first wife except last one:
i. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 28, 1774. Lived in Plattsburg, N. Y. He d. Sept. - , 1843.
ii. JABEZ, b. Nov. 22, 1776; m. Oct. 20, 1806, Eliza Parkman. Lived many years in town. Lost both arms by premature discharge of gun. Manufactured grain eradles.
iii. REBECCA, b. Dec. 24, 1778. Went to Mich .; m. a Wagner.
iv. Amos, b. April 9, 1781; d. Sept. 27, 1814.
V. CALEB, JR., b. Jan. 23, 1783; d. Nov., 1828.
vi. POLLY, b. May 23, 1785; m. April 8, 1810, Jedediah Gates of Plainfield. She d. Jan., 1848.
vii. MARTHA, b. May 4, 1787; m. first, -, Sears Bryant of Cornish. Five children. (See Bryant.) She m. second, -, Joseph Abbott and d. Sept. 23, 1850. .
viii. JAMES, b. Feb. 21, 1789. He d. -- , 1848.
ix. ALICE, b. Sept. 7, 1792; m. Jan. 26, 1824, Willard Weld of Cornish. Three children. (See Weld.) She d. Feb. 3, 1869.
Child by last wife:
2. x. NATHAN SMITH, b. Oct. 1, 1795.
2. NATHAN SMITH2 LUTHER (Caleb1) was b. Oet. 1, 1795; m. first Nov. 2, 1821, Betsey Gates of Plainfield, b. -; d. Jan. 5, 1831; m. second, -- , Priscilla S. Gates, a sister of his former wife, b. -; d. -. Lived in Cornish till 1859, when they rem. to Lebanon. Here they remained till about 1875, when they rem. to Ripon, Wis., with their eldest son, where Mr. Luther d. March 20, 1877. Children by first wife, and b. in Cornish:
i. THOMAS GATES, b. July 20, 1825. A dentist; settled in Boston seven years, in Polo, Ill., four years and later in Ripon, Wis., where he d. -. One son.
ii. EDWIN, b. Nov. 1, 1830; merchant in Ill., 1855-60; m. in 1856, Abba Hall of Boston; d. in Charles City, Iowa, in April, 1866.
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Children by Priscilla S. and b. in town:
iii. DARWIN S., b. Aug. 3, 1836; m. Jan. 15, 1863, Abby E. Gallup of Lebanon. She d. -. He was a merchant tailor in Lebanon and d. July 24, 1863.
iv. BETSEY G., b. in 1837; never m .; d. June 16, 1874.
LYNDS.
DAVID and JERUSHA LYNDS had the following children, b. in Cornish. Nothing further is known of the family.
i. PETER, b. Sept. 3, 1769; d. Sept. 20, 1769.
ii. JUDITH, b. Oct. 8, 1770.
MACE.
SAMUEL MACE was b. May 25, 1807, in Tewksbury, Mass., the son of Tristram and Betsey (Kittridge) Mace. Res. several years in Hartland and Weathersfield, Vt. and came to Cornish about 1844, where he spent the rest of his life; m. Feb. 26, 1834, Susan L. Vinton, b. Oct. 27, 1808, and d. April 14, 1893. He d. July 12, 1900. Laborer and farmer. Children, the last seven b. in Cornish:
i. SUSAN L., b. in Hartland, Vt., Nov. 28, 1834; d. Feb. 15, 1835.
ii. MARIA S., b. in Hartland, Vt., Oct. 23, 1835; m. Aug. 27, 1862, Henry Smith of Cornish. No children.
iii. ANGELINE HULDAH, b. in Hartland, Vt., April 10, 1837; m. first, Sept. 2, 1858, Levi M. Bean of Grantham. One child: Martin L. (See Bean.) She m. second, Jan., 1873, Samuel Hutchin. son, then of Cornish. Two children. (See Hutchinson.) She d. April 8, 1887.
iv. FIDELIA T., b. in Weathersfield, Vt., April 23, 1838, and d. Sept. 16, 1839.
V. DANIEL D., 1ST., b. in Weathersfield, Vt., June 18, 1840; d. Sept. 10, 1842.
vi. CHARLES HENRY, b. in Hartland, May 3, 1843; m. Dec. 25, 1865, Sarah O. Ellis of Thetford, Vt., b. May 9, 1844. Two children. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in the 14th Regt. N. H. Vols. Res., Charter Oak, Los Angeles Co., Cal.
vii. EMILY A., b. May 18, 1845; m. June 28, 1871, John Humphrey. Res., Charlestown,
viii. LAURA J., b. May 20, 1847; m. Oct. 10, 1869, Philander C. Stearns of Cornish. Five children. (See Stearns.) She d. May 16, 1910, in Charlestown.
2. ix. ALMON E., b. May 4, 1848.
x. HELEN A., b. Aug. 3, 1849; m. Jan. 11, 1874, Ruvilla Skinner. Three children. Rem. to Wapping, Conn.
xi. DANIEL D., 2D., b. Oct. 14, 1850; m. March 21, 1874, Emma Streeter, dau. of Adam and May (Morris) Strecter. One child. Res., Lisbon.
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xii. SARAH J., b. June 3, 1852. Never m. She d. in Redlands, Cal., May 8, 1908.
xiii. CLARA M., b. April 5, 1855; m. Dec. 25, 1881, Lovell Comstock. Res., Charlestown. One child.
2. ALMON E.2 MACE (Samueli) b. May 4, 1848; m. first, Nov. 28, 1876, Lizzie I. Townsend of Lebanon, dau. of Joseph Townsend. She was divorced in 1886 (?); m. second, May 30, 1887, Mrs. Frances Ella Sturte- vant of Hartland, Vt. Children, all by first wife:
i. MAUDE A., b. March 15, 1878.
ii. EDITH M., b. Aug. 8, 1880; m. Nov. 1, 1898, Daniel F. Blood of Plainfield.
iii. HARRY A., b. Jan. 5, 1882, d. May 2, 1882.
MARBLE.
ANTIPAS MARBLE was b. in Sutton, Mass., Nov. 8, 1766, and d. July 1, 1841. He came to town before his m. He m. Jan. 1, 1793, Sally Putnam, dau. of Daniel and Anna (Chase) Putnam of Cornish, b. March 3, 1772, and d. in town March 20, 1826. They lived first on the place now owned and occupied by W. E. Chadbourne and afterwards on the Capt. Constant Smith place, now owned and occupied by Herbert Deming. Mr. Marble m. again Sept. S, 1831, Mrs. Anna (Munroe) Ford, wid. of Capt. Daniel Ford. He then rem. to Claremont, where he d. but was buried in Cornish. Children, all b. in town:
i. MARCH CHASE, b. Nov. 4, 1793; m. - , Persis Underwood and had four children: 1. March, Jr. 2. Persis. 3. Sarah Put- nam. 4. Elizabeth. He d. Aug. 26, 1822.
ii. SARAH ALMIRA, b. Sept. 30, 1795; never m .; d. at Claremont, Aug. 9, 1855. Buried in Cornish.
iii. ANNA MARIA, b. Feb. 25, 1798; m. first, Parmerson Platt and had one child: Helen Maria, b. in Cornish Sept. 21, 1818, d. in Claremont May 6, 1876; m. second, Nov., 1831, Joseph Rich- ardson and by him had two children. (See Richardson.) Mr. Richardson d. Oct. 27, 1839. She m. third, Sept. 1, 1842, Thomas Kirk, without issue. She d. in Claremont April 21, 1876. iv. GRATIA, b. March 30, 1800; d. Aug. 8, 1803.
v. HIRAM HOLLAND, b. March 27, 1802; d. Aug. 7, 1803.
vi. HIRAM DUDLEY, b. Dec., 1803; m. June 21, 1831, Harriet Smith, dau. of Nathaniel Smith. Had two children: 1. Edwin Smith, b. June 24, 1834, and d. Feb. 1, 1866. 2. Elizabeth Goodwin, b. June 23, 1836, and d. July 5, 1900. Hiram D. d. Dec. 24, 1851. His wife d. July 10, 1886.
vii. GRATIA, 2D, b. 1806; m. Oct. 11, 1837, Amos Goodwin, the husband of her deceased sister. Two children: 1. Ellen Wentworth, b. Aug. 16, 1838; d. April 19, 1907. 2. Gratia Almira, b. May 10, 1840, and d. Aug., 1840. The mother d. July 25, 1840, in Saco, Me.
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viii. ELIZABETH, b. May 25, 1808; m. June 25, 1827, Amos Goodwin of Saco, Me. She d. May 30, 1834, in Saco, Me., leaving two ehildren: 1. Daniel Albert, b. May 4, 1828, and d. at Bidde- ford, Me., June 23, 1844. 2. Elizabeth Marble, b. Feb. 11, 1830; m. Nov. 17, 1853, William F. Jones of Claremont and d. March 18, 1896, leaving three children.
ix. DANIEL PUTNAM, b. 1810; m. Oct., 1835, Elizabeth Howes; d. at New Orleans April 5, 1840, buried in Cornish.
.x. GEORGE H., b. 1813, d. Sept. 11, 1843, in Claremont, buried in Cornish.
xi. WENTWORTH P., b. 1824 (?); m. and went south teaching; d. at Co- lumbus, Ga., Jan. 4, 1853.
MARTINDALE.
LIEUT. ELIAS MARTINDALE was b. in 1764, in -; m. - , Mindwell Belden, b. in 1754; d. in Cornish Jan. 18, 1851, aged 97. He d. Jan. 10, 1826. Both were buried in the cemetery at the Flat. They eame to town near the elose of the eighteenth century and settled on the Flat. Their children were:
2. i. LEMUEL, b. July 16, 1787.
ii. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 23, 1789. Went west to Ohio about the time he became of age; was m. in 1824 and became the parent of eleven children.
iii. ELIAS, Jr., b. April 25, 1791. He never m. Remained in the old home on the Flat and cared for his mother while she lived. He was a general mechanic. He d. June 23, 1865.
iv. ROBERT, b. Aug. 12, 1793. Went west to N. Y. state about the time his brother Stephen left home. No further record of him is known.
V. HENRY, b. March 22, 1795; d. May 23, 1796.
vi CLARISSA, b. 1798; m. Nov. 11, 1824, Moses White of Cornish, a son of Thomas White.
2. LEMUEL? MARTINDALE (Elias1) was b. July 16, 1787; m. Dec. 21, 1815, Chloe Powers of Croydon, dau. of Col. Samuel and Chloe (Cooper) Powers, b. May 21, 1795, and d. Nov. 9, 1883, in Waukon, Iowa, aged 88. Mr. Martindale d. Jan. 9, 1838, aged 49. His wife remained a wid. about forty-five years. Children, all supposed to have been b. in town:
i. ALMEDA M., b. Oct. 21, 1816; m. May 3, 1837, Henry Jackson of Cornish. Two children. (See Jackson.) She d. April 14, 1884, in Concord.
ii. MARY ANN, b. Nov. 1, 1818; m. - , 1839, Solomon Rickard. She d. March, 1857, in Iowa. Five ehildren.
iii. £
LEMUEL, JR., b. Feb. 28, 1821; m. April 22, 1849, Mrs. Rebecca (Westgate) Comings, wid. of Benjamin Comings, b. Jan. 14, 1816, d. May 26, 1897. No issue. He was a farmer, a man of
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sound judgment and strict integrity. Held many town offices. Was an ardent promoter of the Grange from its introduction in 1874, till he d. Sept. 19, 1894.
iv. SAMUEL POWERS, b. Oct. 18, 1823; never m .; d. in April, 1850, on overland route to California.
V. IRA R., b. Dec. 19, 1826; d. Aug. 23, 1830.
vi. SARAH A., b. June 5, 1829; m. Oct. 6, 1853, Carlisle D. Beeman. Six children. Lived in Waukon, Iowa, where she d. Feb. 3, 1893. vii. LUCY A., b. Feb. S, 1832; in. Jan. 30, 1856, Andrew Lane. Res. in Lebanon. Two children.
viii. ITHAMAR, b. July 25, 1834. When of age he went west to Waukon, Iowa. He m. Sept. 19, 1872, Rachel Hall. Three children. He d. March 25, 1887.
ix. LAURA J., b. Dec. 19, 1837; m. March 29, 1866, Nathaniel Mitchell. Lives in Rossville, Iowa, 1908. Four children.
PELETIAH MARTINDALE was a brother of Lieut. Elias and came to town probably about the same time. But little record of him or his family has come to hand. He m. - , Betsey Jackson, b. about 1770 and d. Sept. 6, 1828, aged 58.
"Within this saered bed of rest A tender mother lies, But she shall live among the blest When Christ shall bid her rise." (Inscription on tombstone.)
They had a dau. Lydia C., b. about 1804, d. April 22, 1820, aged 16. They also had a son William; m. Mrs. Sophia (Hilliard) Smith, dau. of Amos Avery and Sarah (Huggins) Hilliard. No issue. Some years after, he left town for parts unknown. Sophia d. April 2, 1900, aged 99 years, 9 days.
MASON.
CHARLES MASON was b. in Swanzey, Mass., March 2, 1822. He was the son of Valentine Mason, who was the son of Job Mason, both of whom res. in Swanzey, Mass. He was m. Feb. 27, 1845, to Eliza S. Peek, also of Swanzey, b. May 25, 1927. After their m. they lived several years in Warren, R. I., where their children were all b. In 1875, they eame to Cornish, purchasing and settling on the Amos Richardson farm. In 1890, after fifteen years res. here, declining health and loss of a leg caused him to sell and rem. with all his family to Franklin, Mass., where he d. Sept. 11, 1896, aged 74. Mrs. Mason d. - -. Children:
i. CHARLES CLARENCE, b. March 26, 1852; m. - , Mrs. Ellen M. (Ripley) Davis, dau. of David K. and Rosilla (Clark) Ripley. He d. in Franklin, Mass., March 6, 1893.
ii. GEORGE PECK, b. March 2, 1855. Res., Franklin, Mass.
iii. EDMUND VALENTINE, b. July 26, 1870. Res. in Everett, Mass.
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MELENDY.
DAVID E. MELENDY, was b. in Croydon June 19, 1828, the son of John and Sally (Clark) Melendy; m. June 9, 1870, to Susan Comings of Cornish, dau. of William F. and Abigail (Bryant) Comings, b. Jan. 13, 1837. No children. A farmer, quiet and unostentatious. He came to Cornish and res. for a time at the "Hempyard," and later owned and res. on the Levi Ayers farm till Jan., 1904, when his house was burned, and he, being in a crippled condition, was taken to Claremont, where he d. Feb. 21, 1904, aged 75.
MERCER.
WILLIAM MERCER was b. in 1771, in Scotland, and also Elizabeth his wife, and all of their children. The family came to this country in 1818, and soon after located in Claremont as wool-workers and machinists. Mr. Mercer d. in Claremont Oct. 15, 1826, but his sons continued the business. About 1830, most of the family rem. to Cornish and built the mills in the west part of the town, long known as "Mercer's Mills." Here they did a thriving business at wool-manufacturing. The business continued till about 1887, when, by reason of the death of some of the principals, and age and infirmity of those remaining, the business declined and finally ceased. Children of William and Elizabeth Mercer, and born in Scotland:
i. WALTER, b. April 9, 1804; m. - , Susan T. Cady of Weathersfield, Vt., b. Sept. 24, 1815, and d. May 3, 1887, dau. of Silas and Polly (Chase) Cady. They had one child: William W., b. May 21, 1843, and d. Sept. 19, 1895. In William's will, he bequeathed several thousand dollars for the benefit of education in Cornish. (See High Schools.) Walter Mercer, the father, was a wool- worker and machinist. He d. May 30, 1845.
ii. GEORGE, b. June -, 1805, was also a wool-worker. After the death of his brother, Walter, he m. - , his wid., and by her had one son: Edwin. George d. Jan. 15, 1880.
iii. JOHN, b. - , 1808; m. - , Julia Cone. No children. He was. also a wool-worker. He d. May 9, 1875.
iv. WILLIAM, JR., b. - , 1809. A first-class machinist. He d. in Cuba. It is said he m. and had a son William living on Long Island.
v. ELIZABETH, b. - , 1810; m. first, Mercer who came from Scotland with her father. One child. (See John H. Mercer.) M. second, -, Alexander Barker. Four children. (See Barker.) She d. in 1896.
vi. JANE, b. - , d. in Scotland.
vii. THOMAS, b. -. A machinist. Never m. Contracted consump- tion in N Y. Came home and d. in Cornish.
SIR WALTER MERCER, a cousin of William, Sr., was b. in Scotland, came with the family of his cousin and was a member of the same firm of wool-workers.
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He m. - , Malinda Hicks of Weathersfield, Vt., d. in Cornish July 1, 1882. Sir Walter d. Oct. 27, 1864.
2. JOHN II. MERCER, the son of Elizabeth and Mercer, was b. July 11, 1831. Lived in Claremont, Plainfield and lastly in Cornish where he d. Jan. 7, 1904. He m. April 29, 1862, Martha E. Plummer of Chelsea, Vt., who d. Sept. 2, 1877. She had two children.
i. HENRY H., b. July 22, 1864; m. Oct. 7, 1891, Minnie L. Goward of Cornish, dau. of Edwin O. and Mary (Redfield) Goward, b. July 5, 1867. He grad. from Kimball Union Academy, class 1885. A pattern designer.
ii. FANNIE M., b. March 29, 1869, and d. Sept. 13, 1870.
MERRILL.
JOHN MERRILL, son of Obadiah and Hannah Merrill was b. Nov. 15, 1756; m. first, Susanna , b. Sept. 27, 1757, and d. May 6, 1800; m. second, April 15, 1803, Lydia King of Croydon. He d. Sept. 23, 1837. They lived -. Their children, all by first wife, were:
i. POLLY, b. Oct. 28, 1778; d. Oct. 26, 1798.
ii. ARAD, b. March 8, 1781; d. Jan, 23, 1849.
iii. IRA, b. Oct. 31, 1785; d. Dec. 10, 1855.
2. iv. JOHN, b. June 30, 1791.
v. SIBBIL, b. Jan. 4, 1794; d. Jan. 20, 1794.
vi. ELI, b. Jan. 10, 1796; d. March 30, 1855.
2. JOHN? MERRILL (John1) was b. June 30, 1791, in --; m. first, March 3, 1819, Dorothy Bean of Grantham or Plainfield, b. Dec. 28, 1790, and d. July 17, 1850; m. second, Nov. 6, 1851, Julia Ann Avery of Plainfield, dau. of Samuel and Mercy (Wood) Avery, b. May 7, 1827. Mr. Merrill had no children by either wife. While living with his first wife they adopted a child (James S. Hunter) but never changed his name. (See Hunter.)
Mr. Merrill was a thrifty farmer and lived in the northeast part of the town in school district No. 16. It is said he was a soldier of the War of 1812. He d. Oct. 17, 1859. His wid. afterwards m. Norman E. Hebard. (See Hebard.)
MITCHELL.
EBEN MITCHELL was b. in Corinth, Vt., in 1809. He was the son of Eben and Sally (Eastman) Mitchell. He m. in 1839, Mary W. Allen of Croydon, dau. of Thomas and Lydia (Wright) Allen, b. Oct. 22, 1815. They came from Croydon to Cornish in 1860 and spent the rest of their lives here. Mr. Mitchell d. Sept. 12, 1875. His wife d. Jan. 4, 1894. Children, all b. in Croydon.
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