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303. JOHN GRIMES bought this place in 1807, and built a log house, where he lived about twelve years.
Asa Nash settled here in 1824, and built the house now standing. He was for many years the leading man of this part of the town, and ealled himself "king of the hill." He joined the Christian Church, and was ordained Deacon by Elder Hemenway.
Sylvester Nash, son of Asa, still oeeupies the place, which he carries on with remarkable success, considering that he has but one leg. (Page 153.) His brother Joel lives with him.
304. The house on this spot was a shop built on number 370.
John Barron moved it here about 1850 and lived in it ten years, when he removed to Stod- dard, where he still resides.
Harvey Bates next occupied it till 1873 when Adelbert Nash bought it and still lives here.
376. School House. (Page 131.)
305. ELIJAH DERBY, possibly a brother of Samuel, built a log house near this spot.
In 1799,Marturin Guillow from Gill, Mass., bought the place. He built the house now standing, soon after.
Asa Bradford Nash, son of Dea. Asa, is the present owner.
371. A. B. Nash's Grist Mill. (Page 136.)
306. JOHN DAVIS built a log house here in 1811 and lived in it six years.
307. JOHN DAVIS came with his mother from Shutesbury, Mass., in 1794, and lived for seventeen years on the " Eaton place " in the edge of Sullivan. In 1817 he built the house on this spot. He built the stone chimney himself, and hewed and framed the timber with a common ax. He still lives here at the age of 87, being the oldest man in town.
Lewis Davis, son of John, resided in Royalston, Mass., and afterwards in Underhill, Vt. In 1865 he returned to Gilsum and lives here with his father. Hiram H. Davis, his son, served three years in a Vermont Regiment, and was sun-struck. Another son, Willard Milan, died of wounds received in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va.
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308. Levi Nash had a log house here. 375. Old Log School House. (Page 131.)
309. JAMES DAVIS built a log house here about 1797. The present house was built by James Morse about 1850. George W. Bates settled here about 1856.
Other residents : - John Barron, James L. Bates, Levi Nash, Gardner Nash, and Cyrus R. Bliss.
310. Levi Nash had a log house here. 311. Here Daniel Nash had a log house.
312. Thomas Powell had a hut here beside a great rock, about 1801-5.
313. JAMES DAVIS built a log house here in 1843. This was the last log house built in Gilsum. The road then went near the river. About three years after, the shop from number 370 was moved here and fitted up for a house. Jotham Bates lived here a while, also Charles E. Crouel.
314. LINUS NASHI built a house on this spot about 1834. In 1839 he moved it to number 315.
315. Josiah Guillow came here in 1849, and lived in this house about five years. It was afterwards moved and is now Adelbert Nash's barn, number 304.
316. JOSIAH GUILLOW built this house in 1854 and has resided here ever sinee. He has served the town as Seleetman.
317. Martin Comstoek settled here and built a house about 1856.
370. This was a turning mill built by Jacob and Linus Nash. (Page 145.) While standing here, it was used for a tenement and occupied by Harvey B. Miller, Willard S. Cady, and perhaps others.
379. ORSAMUS NASH built a house in 1859 and lived here about two years. (Page 44.)
318. J. PHILANDER NASH built this house about 1847: He served nine months in the 12th Vt. Regiment, Co. A, and was in the battle of Gettysburg. He now resides in Walpole.
Other residents : - James W. Due, Amos Nash now Amos Wilbur, Charles E. Crouch, Gilbert Guillow, Henry Howard, and Mrs. Lucetta Cook.
319. EZRA HOWARD moved a blacksmith's shop from Marlow to this spot, and made it into a house in 1871. In 1877 he went to the Raymond place in Marlow, number 341.
320. EPHRAIM HOWARD built this house in 1870, and in 1878 Lueius M. Miller removed here.
321. ZEBEDEE WHITTEMORE from Marlow built a log house on this spot in 1822. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and his wife is remembered as "a very neat woman." His son, Prentiss Whittemore, and his son-in-law, Samuel Flagg Bryant, lived here with him. In 1826 they returned to Marlow.
392. Old Downing place in Marlow.
322. IRA EMERSON COMSTOCK built this house in 1854. He lived here eight years and removed to Sullivan.
Other residents : - Amasa Barron, B. F. Nevers, and Ephraim Howard.
323. WILLIAM E. COMSTOCK came from Sullivan in 1823, and built a small house near this spot. In 1849, he built the present house, where he died in 1876.
Other residents : - B. F. Nevers, Luther Guillow, and L. Milan Miller.
324. Near this spot was the hut where " Dilly Wolf " lived a year or two. (Page 47.)
325. DANIEL NASH had a log house here for several years.
326-7-8. JAMES DAVIS built these three houses, in which he and his mother lived at different times. 329. PHILIP HOWARD lived here a few years.
330. CHARLES NASH had a house here a short time.
Lydia Smith of Taunton, Mass., married Abram Nash and removed to Shutesbury, Mass. About 1794, she moved with seven children to Sullivan. In June of that year she bought of James Grimes of Swanzey what is known as the Eaton place. She was said to be of Indian descent and was the mother of all the families of the Nash name both here and at Chesterfield.
331. JAMES NASH, her oldest son, bought 84 aeres in the 13th and 14th Lots of the 10th Range, of Ananias Tubbs for $150, in August, 1797. He built a house on this spot where he spent his life. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and his grand-daughter, Mrs. Rhoda Brown of Saxon-
James Downing
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ville, Mass., has his powder horn, also a six dollar continental bill that he had. He set out the white-oak, and chestnut, and willow now growing here. His wife, Matilda Waters of Taunton, Mass., was the one afterwards murdered. (Page 152.) All that remain in Gilsum of the Nash name are his descendants.
332. CYRUS BLISS built a house on this spot, where he lived for many years.
333. CYRUS BLISS built a log house here about 1823.
334. DANIEL NASH settled here about 1818, and remained here till his death in 1830.
335. This is the house of Daniel H. Corey in the edge of Sullivan. .
336. This is also in Sullivan, and is where Curtis Nourse lived for many years.
337. NATHAN WOODCOCK eame to Gilsum from Swanzey in 1811, and lived for a short time in the Blood house. He built a log house on this spot, where he resided a few years, and returned to Swanzey.
338. DANIEL ISHAM was a goldsmith by trade, and lived somewhere near here 1800-2, when he returned to Bolton, Conn., and afterwards removed to Weathersfield, Vt.
Moses Farnsworth eame to Gilsum from Swanzey in 1791, and settled on this place. Jacob Ames eame from Keene in 1813, married the widow Farnsworth and resided here till his death in 1818. Moses Farnsworth, Jr., remained here till 1835 and removed to New York.
339. FRANKLIN BARKER settled on this spot about 1825, and removed to New York in 1836.
340. ABRAHAM GRIFFIN bought a part of the Samuel Wadsworth lot marked S. W. on the map, (page 24,) in July, 1776, and built a log house near this spot. Eleven years after, he was killed by the fall of a tree. (Page 151.) Samuel Farnsworth was administrator of the estate. The real estate was as follows : - " One acre improved land, £1. 10 sh. ; one house, 10 sh. ; 199 aeres wild land, £58." In the Probate Records he is called Abraham Griffith.
Abner Raymond resided here ten or twelve years and removed to Keene in 1837. Calvin Wilson lived here in 1839-40.
341. JONATHAN RAYMOND settled here in Marlow about 1790, and was killed by the fall of a tree in 1798. (Page 151.) His son John lived here many years. The place is now occupied by Ezra Howard.
342. This house is also in Marlow and was the residence of Cutler Knight. Julius H. Pletzner has lived here since 1876.
386. Union School House. (Page 129.)
343. LEVI BLOOD, a soldier of the Revolution, (page 39,) built the house on this spot about 1793. The town line runs through the house leaving " the living part " of it in Gilsum. In 1798, he married Mrs. Betsey Downing of Marlow. Five years later she united with the Congre- gational Church in Stoddard. Being unable, on account of feeble health, to go to the Meeting House, a church meeting was held in the barn, she being carried thither in a chair. She was there baptized and received to the church, and the Lord's Supper was administered. Her son James, then thirteen years old, was baptized on her aecount. His son, Franklin Downing, of Swanzey, has the ehair used on this oeeasion.
Mrs. Blood's first husband was Daniel Downing who removed from Antrim in 1794 and settled a little north of the town line in the edge of Marlow. (392.) Four years after, he died leaving an only son, James Downing, who was brought up at Gen. Blood's in Gilsum, but on coming of age settled on his father's farm in Marlow. He was an industrious farmer and accumulated considerable property. After the new road was opened from Keene to Marlow, he and his wife removed their church relation to Gilsum. For nearly thirty years following, they were among the most reliable and efficient supporters of the gospel here. Though their home was four miles distant, their seat was very rarely vaeant on the Sabbath.
In 1861, their children and grandchildren, (then 28 in number,) met at the old homestead and celebrated their
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golden wedding. The day was spent in "cordial greetings, agreeable conversation," and appropriate festivities, with prayer and remarks by their pastor, Rev. Mr. Adams, and Rev. Mr. Smith of Alstead, interspersed with song and mutual presentation of gifts. ( Appendix I.)
Mr. Downing married for his second wife the youngest daughter of the first minister of Gilsum.
" He was a man of strong physical powers, and mental energy, modest and unassuming, kind and obliging, charitable, liberal in his contributions to Christian enterprises, economieal in his expenditures, never idle."
His children and grandchildren, now widely scattered, have been everywhere valuable eitizens, and three of them for many years among the best supporters of the Congregational Society in Gilsum. The removal of Franklin Downing to Swanzey in 1873 was a great loss to the place. Daniel and James Downing remain near the old homestead in Marlow, both families retaining their ehureh eonneetions in Gilsum.
Calvin Wilson, who had previously lived at the Abner Raymond place for two years, came here in 1841 and remained four years. He afterwards lived two years in Gilsum village, 1847-8, and some years in Stoddard. In 1863 he came back to this place, where he died in 1864. His widow remained here till 1877, when she went to live with her daughter in Marlow. Other residents : - Walker Gassett, Almon P. Tyler, and Edward W. Moulton.
385. Jonathan Heaton removed from Keene to Gilsum about 1780 and settled in what is now the southeast part of Sullivan. His son Nathaniel in 1843 removed to the farm formerly owned by Rev. Dr. Robinson in Stod- dard and soon after bought the Farnsworth place. (338.) He built a barn on spot numbered 385, known as the Heaton barn. His widow now resides in Keene.
PART III.
GENEALOGICAL.
"Once in the flight of ages past, There lived a man: and who was he ? Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast That man resembled thee.
He suffered - but his pangs are o'er ; Enjoyed - but his delights are fled ; Had friends - his friends are now no more ; And foes- his foes are dead.
He saw whatever thou hast seen ; Encountered all that troubles thee ; He was - whatever thou has been ; He is - what thou shalt be.
The annals of the human race, Their ruins, since the world began, Of him afford no other trace Than this-there lived a man !"
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EXPLANATIONS.
Ancestral records are in small type at the beginning of each family. When the family enters Gilsum, the name of its head is in small capitals, followed by his personal record, and the family name is not afterwards repeated. Each generation of descendants is indented, but in smaller type than the preceding. Daughters' chil- dren not having the family name are in Italics, followed by the surname in parentheses.
The place of marriage is uniformly omitted. In ancestral records the omission of the place of births or deaths denotes that it is unknown to the writer ; in other cases the omission of the place signifies Gilsum. Where no State is named, New Hampshire is to be understood.
Peculiarities in the spelling of names are taken from the person's own writing, or that of his near relatives. See also the Preface.
ABBREVIATIONS.
b. born. bapt. baptized. bro. brother. ch. children, child, or childhood. d. died. dau. daughter. d. ch. died in childhood. d. inf. died in infancy. inf. infant or infancy.
m. married. q. v. which see. r. resides, resided, or residence. rem. removed. s. settled. unk. unknown to the writer. unm. unmarried. y. young.
GENEALOGIES.
ABBOT. George Abbot emigrated from Yorkshire, Eng., about 1640, and s. at Andover, Mass., where he d. Dec. 24, 1681, O. S., at. 66. He m. 1647 Hannah, dau. of William and Annis Chandler. Their ch. were John: Joseph d. inf .; Hannah d. ch .; Joseph killed by Indians; George; William; Sarah; Benjamin ; Timothy ; Thomas; Edward drowned y .; Nathaniel; and Elizabeth m. Nathan Stevens. Benjamin b. Andover, Mass. Dec. 20, 1661; d. there March 30, 1703; m. 1685 Sarah dau. of Ralph Farnum. Ch. :- Benjamin, Jona- than, David, and Samuel. David b. Andover, Mass. Jan. 29, 1689; d. there Nov. 14, 1753; m. 1718 Hannah Danforth, and had Hannah d. inf .; Hannah; David; Solomon ; Sarah m. Robert Hildreth of Dracut, Mass .; Elizabeth d. y. ; Josiah d. y .; Jonathan; and Benjamin d. y. Solomon d. Dracut, Mass. Dec. 17, 1797; m. 1756 Hannah Colby. Ch. : - Hannah, Solomon, Sarah, Daniel Colby, Elizabeth D., Lydia, and David. Daniel Colby, Esq. b. Dracut, Mass. Oct. 26, 1766; d. there Sept. 18, 1842; m. 1792 Patience Coburn. Their ch. were Patience m. William Ames, Esq. of Hollis; Luther ; Daniel C. d. inf .; Ziba ; Dolly m. Leonard Peabody of Bradford, Mass .; and Daniel.
LUTHER ABBOT b. Dracut, Mass. May 20, 1795; d. Stoddard March 2, 1872; m. Dec. 27, 1825 Nancy Locke b. Sullivan Ap. 10, 1802, dau. of Calvin and Sarah (Jewett) Locke. [She m. 2d July 6, 1873 David Wilkinson of Marlboro', where he d. Nov. 3, 1879; and she r. with her sister at Concord.]
1. Lydia Eveline Miller (adopted) b. Feb. 25, 1826 ; d. Westfield, N. Y. Nov. 1847.
2. William Luther (adopted) b. Boston, Mass. Ap. 6, 1848; m. Dec. 17, 1867 Ella Eliza- beth Osgood b. Milford, Mass. Feb. 14, 1853, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Lovejoy) Osgood.
1. Ada Nancy b. Stoddard Ap. 8, 1870. 2. Fred Luther b. Peterboro' March 6, 1872. 3. Samuel Gerould b. Peterboro' Aug. 25, 1875; d. Stoddard Dec. 26, 1878. 4. Abner William b. Stoddard Ap. 28, 1878.
Henry Adams of Devonshire, Eng., emigrated with eight sons, 1630, and s. at Braintree,
ADAMS . Mass. Of his sons, one returned to England; Joseph remained at Braintree; Henry, Jonathan, Edward, and Peter s. at Medfield, Mass .; Thomas and Samuel s. at Chelmsford, Mass. Edward's sons were Henry rem. to Canterbury, Conn .; John r. Medway, Mass .; Dea. Jonathan r. Medway, Mass .; James r. Bar- rington, Mass .; Elisha ; Edward; and Eliashib r. Bristol, (R. I .? ) The sons of John were Thomas r. Amherst, Mass. ; Jeremiah r. Brookfield, Mass .; Phineas r. Medway, Mass .; Abraham r. Brookfield, Mass .; John r. Medway, Mass. ; Edward rem. to Milton, Mass .; Eleazer; Daniel; Obadiah ; and Jonathan r. Medway, Mass. The sons of Obadiah were David r. Spencer, Mass .; Obadiah r. Bellingham, Mass .; Nathan r. Medway, Mass .; Jesse r. Holliston, Mass. ; and Stephen r. Medway, Mass. Stephen had Ezra b. Medway, Mass. 1775, m. Nabby Partridge, dau. of Joel and Waitstill (Morse) Partridge of Medway, Mass. Their ch. were Cyrus, Stephen, Ezra, and Nancy.
EZRA ADAMS b. Medway, Mass. Aug. 28, 1809; d. March 20, 1864; m. 1st Oct. 16, 1839 Abigail Bigelow b. Winchendon, Mass. July 26, 1814, d. Feb. 23, 1858, dau. of Wm. and Betsey (Maynard) Bigelow.
1. William Bigelow b. Surry Nov. 17, 1840 ; m. March 22, 1869 Emily Dunham Francis b. Edgartown, Mass. Ap. 8, 1843, dau. of Charles and Mary Stuart (Dunham) Francis.
1. Frank Stanley b. Xenia, O. March 12, 1870. 2. Mary Abbie b. Xenia, O. Dec. 9, 1873.
3. Emma Parker b. Xenia, O. Ap. 9, 1875. 4. Alice Esther b. Xenia, O. Dec. 3, 1876.
2. Ann Maria b. Roxbury Nov. 13, 1843 ; d. there May 21, 1844.
3. Herbert Eugene b. Roxbury Aug. 14, 1845 ; m. Dec. 24, 1871 Eliza Richmond Francis b. Edgartown, Mass. Aug. 1, 1845, dau. of Charles and Mary Stuart (Dunliam) Francis.
1. George Eugene b. June 14, 1873. 2. Charles Ezra b. Nov. 14, 1874. 3. Albert Francis b. July 13, 1876. m. 2d Oct. 20, 1858 Alice Melissa Ware b. Swanzey May 30, 1829, dau. of Dea. Jonathan and Alice (Hamblet) Ware.
4. Myron Winslow b. Nov. 27, 1860.
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JONATHAN ADAMS b. Hebron, Conn. 1732; d. Sept. 8, 1813; m. March 11, 1756 Hannah Yemmons b. Hebron, Conn. March, 1735; d. Feb. 5, 1833.
1. David b. Canterbury, Conn. March 7, 1757 ; d. Oct. 1, 1844 ; m. Jan. 7, 1784 Alice Love- land (q. v.) d. Oct. 13, 1846.
1. Elsea b. Oct. 28, 1784; in. Ebenezer Bill (q. v.).
2. Anna b. Feb. 2, 1786; d. Westmoreland March 13, 1815; m. Jan. 15, 1811 Amasa Chaffe b. Westminster, Vt. March 30, 1786, d. Westmoreland March 22, 1863.
1. Anna L. (Chaffe) b. Westmoreland Sept. 26, 1811; in. Otis Ammidown (q. v.).
2. Constant (Chaffe) b. Westmoreland Oct. 15, 1813; d. there July 19, 1815.
3. Hannah b. Aug. 21, 1787 ; m. Stephen Mansfield (q. v.).
4. Salome b. March 22, 1789 ; m. Calvin May (q. v.). 5. Amasa b. March 19, 1793; d. Lempster Sept. 26, 1806.
2. Hannah m. Oct. 16, 1786 Eliphalet Farnam.
3. Jcrusha b. Sept. 25, 1774 ; m. David Fuller (q. v.). 4. Amasa d. Dec. 24, 1777.
MASON ADAMS son of James Mason Adams of Franklin, Mass .; m. Ruth Car- penter (q. v.) ; was taxed here in 1822; d. Walpole; family rem. West.
PETER ADAMS m. June 30, 1778 Dinah Porter " of Gilsum."
STEPHEN ADAMS m. and d. Marlow about 1856; was taxed here 1849-50-53.
ALDRICH. A man of this name came from England and s. at Mendon, Mass. He had a son, Nathan Aldrich, who first s. at Smithfield, R. I., was in the army at Cambridge, Mass., when Gen. Washington took the command, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. After the war he rem. to Richmond. His son Levi b. Smithfield, R. I. 1777 ; d. Richmond May, 1852; m. Mary Bolles; and had Jerome Bonaparte.
JEROME BONAPARTE ALDRICH b. Richmond Ap. 16, 1808; m. Aug. 16, 1836 Sabrina Knight dau. of Joseph and Anna ( Wilder) Knight of Marlow; r. Bos- ton, Mass.
1. Willie b. Sept. 16, 1837 ; d. the next day. 2. Adalette E. b. Sept. 20, 1838 ; d. Boston, Mass. Aug. 6, 1854. 3. Estella G. b. Marlboro' Aug. 31, 1842.
4. Florence F. b. Boston, Mass. March 17, 1845 ; m. Jan. 20, 1865 William H. Tuttle.
1. E. Maud (Tuttle) b. Boston, Mass. Aug. 20, 1866.
2. Carrie E. (Tuttle) b. Lynn, Mass. Sept. 20, 1869; d. Boston, Mass. Dec. 22, 1869. 3. Eliza D. (Tuttle) b. Boston, Mass. June 24, 1871.
4. William H. (Tuttle) b. Cambridge, Mass. Oct. 20, 1873; d. there Nov. 7, 1874.
5. Herbert L. b. Concord, Mass. June 27, 1848 ; d. there Aug. 31, 1848.
6. Rosabelle V. b. Boston, Mass. June 10, 1851.
ALEXANDER. Jabez Alexander, youngest son of Thomas who was killed in the French
war, was b. Marlboro' 1755; d. Acworth Feb. 18, 1845; m. 1st Lois Pool, who d. Acworth June 19, 1821, and left 11 ch. He m. 2d Dec. 13, 1821 Betsey Way.
BETSEY (WAY) ALEXANDER b. unk. 1792. [She m. 2d Capt. Solomon Mack q. v.]
1. Elkanah M. b. Acworth Jan. 14, 1824 ; d. Lempster Oct. 28, 1870; m. Arvilla Booth dau. of Truman and Sophia (Spencer) Booth of Lempster.
1. George E. 2. Eugene A. 3. Orra T. 4. Ada S., and one more.
2. Jabez L. b. Acworth Nov. 8, 1828 ; m. 1st Sally A. Cram, dau. of Willard and Harriet (Straw) Cram ; m. 2d - Brown ; r. Boston, Mass.
3. Chauncey b. Acworth Dec. 15, 1831 ; d. Ap. 26, 1851.
4. George Byron b. Acworth Aug. 12, 1833 ; m. Jan. 8, 1860 Pamela Statira Bignall b. Alstead Nov. 16, 1844, dau. of Joseph Perkins and Harriet Cambridge (Beckwith) Bignall. (Sec Redding.)
1. Frank Ellsworth b. Feb. 5, 1862. 2. Hattie Monona b. Feb. 12, 1866. 3. Fred Warren b. Dec. 13, 1868.
4. Minnie Lusylva b. Oct. 20, 1871. 5. George Clarence b. March 28, 1874. 6. Bertie Almon b. Nov. 14, 1878.
ROBERT ALEXANDER a Frenchman, m. Selina -; r. Burlington, Vt. 1. A son b. Feb. 26, 1857.
ALLEN. Abel Allen, ancestor of all the Surry Allens, was b. Windsor, Conn. Aug. 14, 1733, O. S .; d. Surry Aug. 18, 1808; m. 1756 Elizabeth Chapin b. Conn. 1736, d. Surry Nov. 13, 1820, dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Pease) Chapin. They had Abel; Phineas m. Rachel Platts; Love b. Gilsum
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(now Surry) Nov. 29, 1766; Samuel; Susannah m. Dr. Samuel Thompson, the founder of the Botanic system of medicine ; David m. Achsah Dart (q. v.); Noalı; and two more. Abel, Jr., b. Conn. 1756; d. Surry 1839; m. March 2, 1786 Susanna Wilber b. Nov. 29, 1757; d. Surry Sept. 10, 1811. Their ch. were Susanna m. John S. Britton; Abel; Mary m. Elijah Mason; Elizabeth m. Alvin Alden of Alstead; Daniel ; Joseph b. Surry May 28, 1798, m. March 5, 1820, Lyna Abbot, and had a large family of ch., among whom is Hon. Wm. H. H. Allen of Claremont; and Calvin, r. Troy. Abel, Jr., m. 2d Delane -, and had Delane b. Surry Oct. 18, 1814.
DANIEL ALLEN b. Surry Nov. 4, 1795; d. Keene Ap. 20, 1874; m. Dec. 29, 1816, Deidamia Wilber b. Westmoreland Ap. 14, 1800, dau. of Hananiah and Phebe (Brockway) Wilber. He served 3 months in the war of 1812, and was Captain in the militia.
1. Phebe Wilber b. Surry Oct. 10, 1817 ; m. March 3, 1853 Joseph Cross b. Swanzey Oct.
25, 1824, son of Eldad and Betsey ( Heffron) Cross. He served in the 6th N. H. Reg't, Co. F, and is supposed to have d. in the rebel prison at Florence, Ala.
2. Susan Deidamia b. Surry May 22, 1820 ; m. Nov. 14, 1844 Alba Marle Bragg b. Brandon, Vt. Ap. 25, 1822, son of Roswell and Rachel (Twiss) Bragg of Swanzey ; r. Alstead.
1. Susan Deidamia (Bragg) b. Keene March 23, 1846.
2. Daniel Alba (Bragg) b. Charlestown Aug. 25, 1848; d. Langdon Sept. 12, 1854.
3. Mary Jane (Bragg) b. Charlestown June 15, 1850. 4. Emily Melissa (Bragg) b. Langdon Ap. 27, 1853.
5. Marshall Franklin (Bragg) b. Langdon Dec. 28, 1855. 6. Alma Eliza (Bragg) b. Langdon March 20, 1858. 7. Nellie Etta (Bragg) b. Alstead Aug. 28, 1860.
3. Daniel b. Surry Jan. 2, 1822 ; d. there Dec. 12, 1841.
4. Hananiah Wilber b. Surry Dec. 11, 1823 ; m. Ap. 28, 1855 Lydia Ann Long b. Swanzey May 1, 1826, dau. of Joseph and Gillias (Rice) Long ; r. Alstead.
1. John Herbert b. unk. Sept. 14, 1865. 2. Edward Lawson b. unk. May 28, 1867.
5. Emily b. Surry Oct. 5, 1825 ; d. there July 24, 1831.
6. Hiram Britton b. Surry Ap. 20, 1828; m. Elizabeth Osborne of Peterboro' ; r. California. 1. Etta Viola. 2. Irving Elmer. 3. Mary.
7. Joshua Britton b. Surry Jan. 19, 1830 ; m. Nov. 29, 1877, Lydia Ann Marden b. Lancaster Sept. 24, 1836, dau. of John and Mary Ann (Chamberlain) Marden.
8. Emily Trythena b. Surry Jan. 26, 1832 ; m. Jan. 21, 1869, Dr. Azro Hebard Reynolds b. Tunbridge, Vt. Dec. 14, 1838, son of Joseph Warner and Eliza (Cleaveland) Reynolds.
1. Zoe Emily (Reynolds) b. Barnston, P. Q. Dec. 20, 1869.
2. Josephine Deidamia (Reynolds) b. Tunbridge, Vt. Ap. 8. 1873.
9. Levi b. Surry Jan. 18, 1834 ; r. Keene.
10: Sarah Jane b. Surry Ap. 13, 1836 ; d. Alstead Feb. 23, 1873; m. Ap. 2, 1863, Henry Rockwell Thayer b. Acworth Jan. 18, 1839, son of Larned and Serena (Fay) Thayer.
1. Albert Larned (Thayer) b. Alstead Sept. 13, 1866. 2. Jennie Serena (Thayer) b. Alstead Sept. 14, 1868. 3. Addie Maria (Thayer) b. Alstead Sept. 19, 1870.
11. Benjamin Franklin b. Surry Dec. 2, 1838 ; m. Jan. 1, 1867, Ellen Webster, (q. v.) ; is a printer ; r. Keene.
1. Frank Webster b. Keene Sept. 15, 1871. 2. Ida Mary b. Keene March 11, 1874.
12. William Brockway b. Surry Feb. 14, 1841 ; m. May 29, 1865, Kate Elizabeth Smith b. Cheshire, Mass. May 1, 1848, dau. of John Minor and Diantha (Sornberger) Smith.
1. Cora Bell b. Keene Oct. 28, 1866; d. there Sept. 6, 1869. 2. Arthur Sinith b. Keene Sept. 6, 1877.
13. Daniel h. Keene June 28, 1843, m. Nov. 5, 1874, Margery Rutledge. He is a tailor at Boston, Mass.
14. Lucius Lorenzo b. Keene, Sept. 26, 1845 ; r. there.
LEWIS L. ALLEN, son of Galen and Hannah (Copeland) Allen, from Acworth, was clerk for Jones and Webster, 1853-4.
PHINEHAS ALLEN m. Eleanor - -.
" 5th dau." Sarah Ford b. Oct. 10 or Nov. 20, 1780. Other ch. were Abijah, Lois, Fanny, and several more.
JACOB AMES from Keene m. 2d 1813 Mrs. Martha (Woodcock) Farnsworth. They had one ch., Fisher b. June 5, 1814. The will of Jacob Ames was proved July 8. 1818, and the ch. mentioned were Jacob, Hannah Ferren, Thomas F., Simeon, Silas, and Mary Jane Farnsworth.
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AMMIDOWN. This name is variously spelled Aimedown, Aimedowne, Ammeydowne, Ami- don, and Amadon. " The latter is believed to be the correct name." The famn- ily origin is from the French Huguenots. Roger Ammidown, who s. in Salem, Mass., before 1636, is supposed to be the ancestor of all of the name in America. He rem. to Weymouth, Mass., and was one of the first proprietors of Rehoboth, Mass., in 1644, where he was buried Nov. 13, 1673. His wife was Sarah and their ch. were Sarah, Lydia, Roger, Ebenezer, and Joanna. Roger, Jr. m. Dec. 27, 1666 JJoanna Harwood, and had Philip, Henry, and Mchetable. Philip m. 1st Mehetable Perry by whom he had Henry and Roger. He rem. to Mendon, Mass .; m. 2d Ethemore Warfield, and had Ichabod, Mary, Philip, Ephraim, Ethimore, John, and Hannah. Philip, Jr. b. 1708; m. Submit Bullard, and had Caleb, Joseph, and Reuben. Caleb b. Aug. 1736; d. Ap. 13, 1799; m. Ap. 14, 1758 Ilannah Sabin; r. Charlton, Mass. Their ch. were John, Luther, Calvin, Mehetable, Susannah, and Hannalı. John b. Ap. 5, 1759; d. Dec. 3, 1814; m. June, 1783 Olive Sanger, and had Caleb, Otis, Larkin, Lewis, Susannalı, Adolphus, Callina, John, Olive, and Julina. Otis b. JJan 1, 1785; d. Dec. 19, 1827; m. Sally May, and had Otis and Elbridge.
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