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2. Theron Uriah b. Jan. 11, 1871.
EDWARD H. BATES a tin-peddler, m. Nancy Swallow from Vt., taxed 1843.
JAMES BATES nephew of James L., a blacksmith, worked in Chandler's shop 1865; rem. to Keene.
BAXTER. Simon Baxter, a noted Tory in the Revolution r. Alstead. His wife's name was Pru- dence. Among their ch. were Simon, William, and Abraham b. Alstead July 17, 1771. Capt. Simon b. Alstead 1747 ; m. Margaret -; rem. to Surry where he d. Ap. 17, 1817. His widow Margaret d. Surry Sept. 16, 1825 æt. 75. Among their ch. were William, Simon, Benjamin, George, Hollis, and Nancy.
WILLIAM BAXTER b. Alstead Nov. 2, 1770; d. Surry Sept. 1828; m. 1st Ap. 16, 1792 Thankful Smith d. Surry Sept. 29, 1799 æt. 27; m. 2d July 7, 1800 Rachel Bill (q. v.) d. Oct. 22, 1861.
BECK WITH. Andrew Beckwith came to Alstead from Lynn, Mass. 1767, m. Catherine Shailer and had nine ch. among whom was
BENJAMIN BROOKS BECKWITH b. Alstead June 10, 1786; d. Alstead July 10, 1831; m. Joanna Chapin (q. v.) d. Alstead Feb. 19, 1856.
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1. Alfred b. March 25, 1808 ; m. Rachel Spaulding ; r. Stoddard.
1. Helen b. New Ipswich. 2. Emma b. Hooksett. 3. Sarah b. Sept. 1834. 4. Henry b. Gilsum. 5. Herbert b. Stoddard. 6. Arthur b. Stoddard.
2. Orinda b. May 8, 1810 ; m. June 9, 1835 Richard Kimball Metcalf (q. v.).
3. Oliver b. Walpole Ap. 11, 1816. 4. Silas b. Alstead Nov. 1, 1818 ; m. in California.
5. Rizpah Field b. Ap. 25, 1821; m. George Stewart of Stoddard; r. at Hillsboro'; three daus. 6. Edna b. Alstead May 6, 1826 ; m. John H. A. Young (q. v.).
Niles Beckwith m. Jemima Wedge from Conn. ; s. at Lempster and had Warren (see Redding) ; Byron m. Candace Hurd (q. v.); Bethuel ; Lauren m. Sally Dutton of Lempster ; Nelson ; Polly m. -- Hodge of Lemp- ster ; Charlotte ; Betsey m. Moses Cooper of Greenfield; Lucinda ; Esther m. -- Fuller of Sutton ; Jemima; Clarissa m. Caleb Stiles of Greenfield ; and one more.
BETHUEL BECKWITH b. Lempster June, 1782; d. Alstead Oct. 10, 1831; m. June 9, 1808 Betsey Davis (q. v.) d. Lempster Aug. 22, 1809.
1. Bethuel Davis b. Lempster Aug. 19, 1809; d. unm. Townsend, Mass. Oct. 23, 1833.
m. 2d Margaret Davis (q. v.).
2. Linus Niles b. Lempster Aug. 19, 1811 ; d. Alstead Feb. 19, 1880 ; m. Oct. 16, 1835 Eliza Ann Davis b. Barre, Mass. Feb. 16, 1816, dau. of Tilly Moses and Katherine (Morse) Davis. 1. Albert Davis b. Lempster Feb. 22, 1837; m. Oct. 25, 1870 Amelia Lincoln; enlisted in 2d Vt. Reg't, June, 1861, and served till close of war; was wounded in battles of Fredericksburg and The Wilderness. 1. Ernest Clarence b. Alstead Oct. 1873. 2. Edna Jane b. Alstead Sept. 29, 1878.
2. Ransom Esker b. Lempster Dec. 29, 1838; d. Nashua Sept. 22, 1878; m .: 1st Nov. 1861 Mary Peck d. Chester, Vt. July, 1866.
1. George d. inf.
m. 2d Lizzie White. 2. Lucina Elsina b. Florida March, 1876. }
3. Henry Harrison b. Marlow June 20, 1841; m. June 17, 1874 Eliza Ann Townsend b. Alstead May 29, 1850, dau. of Charles and Lucinda (Messer) Townsend.
1. Charles Henry b. Keene Sept, 19, 1875; d. there Aug. 31, 1876. 2. Harry Willard; b. Keene Oct. 14, 1876. 4. George Augustine b. Weston, Vt. June 22, 1843; wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. and d. in army hos- pital May 13, 1864. 5. Eliza Ann b. Weston, Vt. Oct. 21, 1845; d. unm. Alstead Jan. 15, 1865.
6. Milan Niles b. Weston, Vt. Aug. 29, 1848; m. July 3, 1870 Ruth Ella, dau. of Henry Dodge of London- derry, Vt .; served in 2d Vt. Reg't; r. Nashua.
7. Nelson Bethuel b. Weston, Vt. Dec. 11, 1850; m. 1st July 24, 1874 Caroline ;Beebe d. Keene June 25, 1875. 1. Eva Grace d. inf.
m. 2d 1878 Florence Wheeler.
9. Addie
8. Addison ? b. Weston, Vt. Sept. 16, 1853; d. Alstead May 28, 1870.
10. Hattie Matilda b. Weston, Vt. Feb. 24, 1857; d. Alstead Oct. 25, 1870.
3. Betsey Davis b. Lempster Aug. 3, 1812 ; m. 1st Baruch Davis (q. v.) ; m. 2d Isaac Love- land (q. v.).
4. Lucy Almorine b. Lempster Sept. 24, 1814 ; m. Ransom Tifft d. Franklin, Mass. Dec. 1872. 1. Sarah (Tifft) (adopted.)
5. Salmon Chandler b. Marlow July 7, 1816 ; d. unm. Lempster Dec. 1853.
6. John Benjamin b. Alstead Sept. 6, 1819 ; m. Susan Cushing of Walpole ; r. Illinois. 1. Mary. 2. Susan. 3. Milton. 4. Helen. 5. Matilda. 6. Joseph. 7. David. 8. Charles. 9. Dora Bell d. ch. 10. Carrie Bell.
7. Margaret Charlotte b. Alstead Feb. 14, ? 1823 ; d. unm. Mason July 10, 1860.
8. Esther Matilda b. Alstead Nov. 28,1824 ; m. Sept. 1850 Oliver Inman ; r. Burrillville, R. I. 1. Willie (Inman) b. R. I. 1855; m. 1877 Edna - 2. Irene (Inman) b. R. I. 1859.
9. Amanda Augusta b. Alstead July 28, 1828 ; m. James Spaulding of Wilton ; r. Wisc. 1. Ida (Spaulding,) and several more.
10. Ezra Nelson b. Alstead May 9, 1832; d. there Jan. 3, 1868; m. Maria Spaulding of Hollis.
1. Charles b. Alstead 1849. 2. Nellie Margaret b. Alstead 1852. 3. Henry Nelson b. Alstead 1855.
ALVIN A. BECKWITH b. Conn. 1827; m. Nancy Redding b. Alstead 1830, dau. of Jonathan and Irene (Streeter) Redding; r. Drewsville.
1. Charles E. b. Walpole 1855.
HENRY SUMNER BECKWITH (see Redding) b. Bennington Dec. 26, 1849; m. Jan. 20, 1873 Mrs. Jennie M. (Chapin) Welch (q. v.).
1. Lena b. Oct. 12, 1873.
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FRANCOIS BELLISLE known as Frank Bell, m. Mary Fairbanks; rem. to Win- chester; six eh.
ROSWELL GRIGGS BENNETT son of John, was b. unk. Dec. 1807; d. Nunda, N. Y. May 21, 1878; m. Oct. 20, 1836 Betsey Day (q. v.) d. Nunda, N. Y. Dec. 20, 1877; taxed here 1829-35.
1. Ira Griggs b. Nunda, N. Y. July 14, 1849 ; d. there Ap. 30, 1865.
ALFRED BERNARD son of George and Marguerite (Berri) Bernard, was b. Canada Ap. 3, 1851; m. Oct. 18, 1873 Kate Cassidy b. Quebec, Ap. 5, 1856, dau. of John and Marie (Cloutier) Cassidy; came to Gilsum 1879.
1. Joseph George b. Concord, Vt. Nov. 1, 1876.
2. William Alfred b. Claremont Dec. 9, 1878.
THOMAS L. BERRY, son of John, was b. Keene Sept. 21, 1858; m. March 13, 1880 Mrs. Fanny (Houghton) Jefts (q. v.).
CHARLES W. BERRY bro. of the preceding, was b. Keene Jan. 1, 1861.
BEVERSTOCK.
The ancestor of all the Beverstocks in this country emigrated hither before the Revolution. His name is not known. He was drafted to serve in the Revolution, but his son John went in his place. His wife's name was Margaret. John s. at Needham, Mass., and had a son Daniel.
DANIEL BEVERSTOCK b. Needham, Mass. Feb. 5, 1762; d. Alstead 1837; m, Jan. 26, 1804 Lueinda Bingham (q. v.) d. Sullivan Ap. 24, 1854.
1. Lueinda b. Keene Mareh 16, 1805, m. March 26, 1826 Martin Rugg b. Sullivan July 29, 1798, d. there Oct. 21, 1858, son of Elijah and Lois (Wilder) Rugg.
1. James Henry (Rugg) b. Sullivan Ap. 4, 1827; d. there Aug. 29, 1832.
2. Lucy Ann (Rugg) b. Sullivan March 28, 1830; m. Ebenezer Franklin Temple (q. v.).
3. Ellen Jane (Rugg) b. Sullivan May 17, 1836; m. Jan. 1858 Eben Clark Tolman b. Nelson Dec. 6, 1831, son of Cyrus and Lucy (Abbot) Tolman.
1. Ellen Gertrude (Tolman) b. Nelson May 14, 1862. 2. Cyrus Wilmer (Tolman) b. Nelson Ap. 17, 1870.
4. Charles Wilson (Rugg) b. Sullivan Oct. 4, 1838; m. Nov. 19, 1861 Lucy Ann, dau. of Luther and Lucy (Dunn) Richardson of Stoddard.
1. Fred Andrew (Rugg) b. Sullivan Nov. 30, 1863. 2. Harlan Elbert (Rugg) b. Sullivan Ap. 1867.
3. Myra Jane (Rugg ) b. Sullivan Nov. 1871. 4. Lucy Isabel (Rugg) b. Sullivan June 8, 1876.
5. Andrew Jackson (Rugg) b. Sullivan Sept. 21, 1841 ; d. in army Philadelphia, Penn. July 25, 1862; served in 2d N. H. Reg't Co. D.
6. Emily Sophia (Rugg) b. Sullivan June 18, 1846; m. Nov. 17, 1864 Henry Davis b. Stoddard May 5, 1841, son of Marcus and Lydia Lane (Wilson) Davis.
1. Leston Francis (Davis) b. Sullivan Ap. 7, 1877.
2. Olive b. July 27, 1806 ; m. Alanson Bingham (q. v.).
3. Sophia b. Alstead Ap. 30, 1808 ; m. Jan. 30, 1824 Harrison Rugg b. Laneaster, Mass. June 27, 1791, d. Sullivan May 25, 1859.
1. Emily Sophia (Rugg) b. Sullivan July 17, 1825; m. Daniel Towne; r. Marlboro'. 1. Emily Rosette (Towne) b. Sullivan Ap. 1845; m. Albert Davis; r. Nashua. 1. Lida Luella (Davis.)
2. Clara Ann (Towne) b. Langdon June, 1847; m. George H. Clapp; r. Brattleboro', Vt.
3. Daniel Watson (Towne) b. Langdon May, 1850; m. Jennie Phillips; r. Marlboro'. 1. Harry Delbert (Towne.)
4. Loren Wesley (Towne) b. Langdon Jan. 1853. 5. Addie Lovina (Towne) b. Langdon Oct. 1855.
6. Ella Sophia (Towne) b. Hebron, N. Y. Aug 1, 1863. 7. Lester Henry (Towne) b. Cambridge, N. Y. Dec. 28, 1865.
2. Horace Kendall (Rugg) b. Sullivan Dec. 6, 1830; m. 1st Clara Keith; d. Acworth 1868; r. Acworth.
1. Elmer Herbert (Rugg) b. Langdon May, 1858.
m. 2d Mary Chatterton, dau. of Alpheus and Esther (Richardson) Chatterton. 2. Floyd Newell (Rugg) b. Acworth Dec. 6, 1876.
3. Gardner Harris (Rugg) b. Sullivan Feb. 15, 1834; m. Elizabeth Jackson d. Carbondale, Ill. Ap. 21, 1867; served in the army.
1. Etta Luella (Rugg) b. Carbondale, Ill. May, 1859. 2. Frank Curtis (Rugg) b. Carbondale, III. Dec. 1862.
4. Daniel Willard (Rugg) b. Sullivan July 18, 1836; in. 1st Elvira Davis of Stoddard. 1. Arthur Harrison (Rugg) b. Sullivan Sept. 1863.
m. 2d Rosabel Davis of Stoddard.
5. Edward Ellery (Rugg) b. Sullivan Jan. 7, 1841 ; m. Sabrina S. Barrett of Stoddard.
6. Edna Elmira Luella (Rugg) b. Sullivan Dec. 14, 1851; d. unm. Acworth Jan. 1, 1870.
4. Sibyl Bond b. Alstead Oct. 15, 1810; m. Feb. 22, 1838 Daniel Holt b. Temple June 5, 1805, d. Nelson June 24, 1871, son of Ephraim and Rhoda (Russell) Holt.
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1. Abbie M. (Holt) b. Keene Jan. 13, 1839.
2. Emily M. (Holt) b. Keene May 22, 1840; m. Dec. 30, 1860 Francis Stratton b. Lincoln, Mass., son of Henry and Sylvia (Bowker) Stratton; r. Harrisville.
1. Henry Francis (Stratton ) b. Harrisville Dec. 18, 1861. 2. Fred Smith Adams (Stratton) b. Harrisville March 19, 1866. 3. Edgar Harris (Stratton) b. Harrisville Aug. 28, 1871; d. there Nov. 1871.
3. Lawson C. (Holt) b. Keene Dec. 28, 1841; d. there Ap. 3, 1842.
4. Lawson A. (Holt) b. Keene Ap. 10, 1844; d. there March 31, 1845.
5. Asahel N. (Holt) b. Keene Aug. 16, 1845; m. July 13, 1869 Nellie A. Pond b Bennington Aug. 27, 1849, dau. of James and Electa J. (Richardson) Pond.
1. Mamie Luella (Holt) b. Harrisville March 9, 1872.
6. Paschal A. (Holt) b. Keene May 15, 1847; m. Nov. 3, 1870 Mary, dau. of Patrick Magee of Farming- ton, Conn.
1. Grace Mary (Holt) b. Farmington, Conn. June 13, 1872. 2. Jennie Alice (Holt) b. Farmington, Conn. Nov. 22, 1873. 7. Sumner A. (Holt) b. Keene Ap. 6, 1850; d. Nelson Ap. 6, 1861.
5. Daniel Wright b. Alstead Oct. 6, 1815 ; d. Marlow Ap. 26, 1842; m. Ap. 5, 1836 Louisa M. Guillow (q. v.).
1. Alma Augusta b. Ap. 12, 1837 ; m. May 1, 1855 Charles Albert Tarbox b. Stoddard Feb. 18, 1834, son of Stearns and Nancy (Smith) Tarbox; r. Sullivan.
1. Frank Albert (Tarbox) b. Nelson Jan. 23, 1857. 2. Charles Arthur (Tarbox) b. Nelson Sept. 3, 1864.
3. Alice Mabel (Tarbox) b. Nelson Nov. 11, 1868. 4. Willie Herbert (Tarbox) b. Marlboro' Dec. 17, 1870.
5. Anna Louise (Tarbox) b. Sullivan March 16, 1874.
2. Oscar Page b. Alstead June 27, 1839; d. Marlow Ap. 9, 1842.
3. Daniel Oscar b. Marlow June 27, 1842; m. 1866 Sarah Nims, dau. of Gilman and Charlotte (Stowe) Nims of Roxbury; r. Sullivan.
1. Cora b. Sullivan; d. there ch. 2. Oscar b. Sullivan Nov. 1874. 3. Herbert b. Sullivan Dec. 1, 1875.
BILL is one of the oldest names in England. It is probably derived from the bill or battle-ax carried by a cer- tain class of soldiers. The origin of the family in America is not certain. | John Bill bapt. 1576 Parish of Much Wenlock, Shropshire, Eng., m. Anne Mountford who d. May 3, 1621 æt. 33, leaving an only child John, who is supposed to have m. Dorothy Tuttle, and to have emigrated to America before 1635. Ch. : - James, Thomas, Philip, John, and Mary. Philip b. England about 1620; m. Hannah -; s. at Ipswich, Mass .; rem. to New London, Conn. about 1667. Their ch. were Philip, Mary, Margaret, Samuel, John, Elizabeth, Jonathan, and Joshua. Samuel b. Ipswich, Mass. about 1665; m. Ist Mercy, dau. of Richard Haughton of New London, Conn. ; m. 2d Elizabeth -; and had Hannah, Samuel, Philip, James, Ebenezer, Joshua, Jonathan, Mercy, John, and Abigail. Ebenezer b. Groton, Conn. about 1696; m. Patience Ingraham b. France; d. 1771. Their ch. were Samuel, Bridget, Beulah, Hannah, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Thomas, Asahel, and Eunice.
SAMUEL BILL b. Groton, Conn. Sept. 25, 1719; d. May 8, 1800; m. Sept. 16, 1742 Sarah Bond b. Hebron, Conn. May 28, 1719, d. Feb. 22, 1796, sister of Dea. Stephen Bond.
1. Samuel b. Hebron, Conn. Aug. 7, 1744; d. y.
2. Sarah b. Hebron, Conn. Jan. 30, 1746 ; m. Ebenezer Kilburn (q. v.).
3. Elizabeth b. Hebron, Conn. Feb. 5, 1748 ; m. John Rowe (q. v.).
4. Ebenezer b. Hebron, Conn. Jan. 19. 175º ; d. Feb. 15, 1815; m. Rachel Root b. Hebron, Conn. Aug. 11, 1753 ; d. Nov. 7, 1828.
1. Rachel b. July 20, 1774; m. William Baxter (q. v.).
2. Ebenezer b. March 30, 1776; d. Feb. 9, 1850; m. Nov. 7, 1802 Elsea Adams (q. v.); d. Keene July 15, 1868.
1. Willard b. Dec. 8, 1803 ; m. 1st May 1, 1834 Clarissa Esty b. Westmoreland July, 1804, d. there Dec. 19, 1856, dau. of Steward and Mary ( Brown) Esty. 1. Willard b. Westmoreland Oet. 14, 1839 ; m. Ap. 12, 1866 Ellen O. Isham (q. v.). 1. Clara Frances b. Westmoreland June 23, 1869. 2. Jennie Lillian b. Westmoreland Ang. 21, 1873.
m. 2d Nov. 18, 1857 Betsey Isham (q. v.).
2. Harvey Adams, twin, b. Ap. 30, 1808; d. Keene Ap. 21, 1858; m. Dec. 31 1840 ? Susan Butterfield Keyes b. Keene Aug. 8, 1816, dau. of Zebadiali and Sibyl (Dunn) Keyes.
3. Emily, twin, b. Ap. 30, 1808; d. Keene Sept. 19, 1879. 4. Hiram b. July 2, 1810; d. July 29, 1810. 5. Mary b. Ap. 19, 1813; m. Samuel Woodward (q. v.).
3. Mehitabel b. JJune 1, 1778; m. Josiah Hammond (q. v.).
4. Anna b. Oct. 16, 1779; d. Sullivan Ap. 28, 1872 ; m. Nov. 29, 1796 Messer Cannon, M. D. of Sullivan where he d. Feb. 3, 1829.
1. Eliza (Cannon) b. Sullivan Jan. 30, 1798 ; d. Keene June 15, 1876; m. Sept. 21, 1819 Stephen Dean b. St. Johnsbury, Vt. Ap. 23, 1796, d. Keene June 29, 1876, son of Abiathar and Freelove (Hawkins) Dean.
1. Nancy Hawkins (Dean) b. Westmoreland June 11, 1820; d. Manchester May 23, 1866 ; in. Joshna Brooks Bradley d. Man- chester Dec. 1870, son of Joshua ? and Doreas (Coburn) Bradley of Draeut, Mass.
1. Charles Brooks (Bradley ) b. Lowell, Mass. 1842; in. 1871 Lizzie -- d. Manchester, 1879; r. Manchester.
2. Mary Fiorella (Bradley) } b. Lowell, Mass. 1844: d. tliere 1844.
3. Stella Eliza (Bradley) 1. Charles (Blackiner) d. inf. 2. James Malcolm (Blackmer) b. Charlestown, Mass. 1874.
' n1. 1869 James Blackmer of Charlestown, Mass.
4. Leslie Maria (Bradley) b. Lowell, Mass. 1846; m. Sept. 1868 JJ. Brooks Bodwell of Manchester.
1. Charles (Bodwell) b. Manchester Nov. 1872. 2. Irving (Bodwell) b. Manchester Dec. 1875.
5. Glen Roy ( Bradley) b. Lowell, Mass. 1848; d. Keene 1853.
6. Malcolm Lafayette (Bradley) b. Keene Nov. 4, 1854; m. 1875 Pauline Demorest; r. Manchester.
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2. Stephen Hawkins (Dean) b. Westmoreland Dec. 4, 1821; d. there Jan 15, 1825.
3. Messer Cannon ( Denn) b. Westmoreland Dec. 5, 1823 ; m. 1st Jan. 15, 1852 Harriette Ann Osgood b. Milford, May 28, 1828, d. Chicago, 11. May 6, 1857, dau. of Josiah and Marin Theresa ( Vanghan) Orgood.
1. Harriette Vaughan (Dean) b. Keene Oct. 31, 1852; m. Dec. 5, 1876 Jaines S. Harvey b. Kingsbury, N. Y. Sept. 7, 1841. 1. Dean (('survey) b. Chlengo, In. Jan. 2, 1870.
2. Frank Ilam kins ( Dean) b. Keene Jan. 7, 1854 ; d. Chicago, III. July 20, 1855.
m. 2d May 15, 1866 Martha Jane Cornell b. Jamestown, N. Y. July 8, 1837, dan. of Sidney Smith and Caroline (Tubbs) Cornell.
3. Mae Bishop (Dean) b. Chicago, 111. Feb. 9, 1865. 4. Messer Edward (Dean) b. Chicago, III. Nov. 26, 1870; d. there dan. 25, 1872. 4. Stephen Hawkins (Dean) b. Westmoreland June 5, 1826; d. Keene Sept. 14, 1842.
5. Eliza Aan (Dean) b. Westmoreland March 15, 1828; m. Nov. I, 1855 Milton Hutchins b. Thetford, Vt. Sept. 5, 1826, son of Ezra and Asenath ; Warriner) Hntehins.
1. Herbert Milton (Hutchins) b. Boston, Mass. Dee. 14, 1856.
2. Annie Luedla (Hutchins) b. Medford, Mass. Oct. 4, 1859 ; d. Melrose, Mass. Feb. 5, 1872.
3. Walter Dean (Hutchins) b. Medford, Mass. Oct. 21, 1861.
4. Alice Eliza (Ilutchins) b. Melrose, Mass. March 20, 1868; d. there Sept. 9, 1868.
6. Lafayette Philip (Dean ) b. Westmoreland Nov. 3, 1830 ; m 1st 1859 Nancy Marilla Lamphear d. Keene 1860. 1. Fred Stephen (Denn) d. Inf.
m. 2d Sept. 25, 1862 Rebecca Martin Crossfield d. Keene Oct. 22, 1870, dau. of Kendall and Rebecca (Martin) Crossfield.
2. Emma Jame (Dean) b. Keene Oct. 30, 1863. 3. Harry Crossfield (Dean) b. Keene Oct. 19, 1870.
7. Laura Cannon ( Dean) b. Chester, Vt. Feb. 11, 1833. 8. Bradley (Dean) b. Keene Oct. 11, 1840 ; m. Jan. 1869 Maria Dixon ; served four years in the army, and was Captain of a Mass. Cavalry Co.
2. Nancy (Cannon) b. Sullivan Oct. 26, 1800; m. Sept. 24, 1818 George Hubbard b. Sullivan Sept. 4, 1797, d. there June 12, 1853, son of Roswell and Elizabeth (Church) Hubbard.
1. Eliza Ann (Hubbard) b. Sullivan Oct. 24, 1819 ; m. K. D. Webster, M. D. (q. v.). 2. George Cannon (Hubbard) (q. v.) b. Sullivan Ap. 14, 1827.
3. Laura (Cannon) b. Sullivan June 21, 1804; d. there March 6, 1811.
4. Mary Ann (Cannon) b. Sullivan Nov. 28, 1809; d. there Aug. 8, 1813.
5. David b. Hebron, Conn. March 2, 1753 ; d. Nov. 11, 1824; m. 1st Fcb. 13, 1777 Prudence Willcy of East Haddam, Conn.
1. Prudence m. 1st Thomas Redding (q. v.); m. 2d Capt. William Thomson (q. v.).
m. 2d Dec. 30, 1798 Mrs. Susannah (Kimball) Locke d. Sullivan Nov. 6, 1842 æt. 86, widow of James Locke (q. v.).
2. Susan b. 1800; di unm. Clinton, Mass. June 2, 1866. 1
6. Patience b. Hebron, Conn. July 26, 1757 ; m. Daniel Wright (q. v.).
7. Rachel b. Hebror, Conn. Jan. 7, 1760 ; m. Jonathan Church (q. v.).
8. Samuel b. Hebron, Conn. Feb. 27, 1763; d. Aug. 13, 1845 ; m. Jan. 26, 1786 Lydia Mack (q. v.) d. Jan. 8, 1826.
1. Lydia b. Jan. 30. 1787; m. Truman Miller (q. v.).
2. Samuel b. Sept. 1, 1788; d. Ap. 12, 1824; m. Sept. 4, 1810 Melintha Ellis (q. v.).
1. Melintha b. Nov. 15, 1811; m. 1st Abram Wilkins (q. v.); m. 2d Jonathan Mansfield (q. v.).
2. Truman b. March 21, 1813; d. March 5, 1860.
3. Otis b. Jan. 19. 1815; d. May 16, 1878; m. Nov. 19, 1840 Lucy Tryphena Mansfield b. Stoddard July 15, 1822, d. Langdon, dau. of Daniel and Betsey (Jenkins) Mansfield.
4. Elmira Louisa .). Jan. 20, 1817; d. Ashburnham, Mass. June 20, 1874; m. Feb. 1841 John Varnum Platts, son of John Varnum anc. Maria (Demary ) Platts; r. Ashburnham, Mass.
1. Maria (Platts) b. Rindge. 2. Irving Emery (Platts) b. Ashburnham, Mass. 3. Jerome (Platts) b. Ashburnham, Mass. 5. Irving Emery b. Jan. 31. 1819; drowned Swanzey June 13, 1841.
6. Mary Ann b. Feb. 12, 1821; d. Winchendon, Mass. Aug. 1, 1842; m. Samuel, son of Archibald and Susanna (Jones) Tenney of Marlboro'. 7. Lucy b. March 10, 1824; d. 1832.
3. Lucy b. Nov. 23, 1792; d. inf. 4. David b. Ap. 2, 1794; d. inf.
5. David b. Nov. 2, 1795; m. Jan. 11, 1818 Lucy Dort (q. v.) ; d. June 29, 1864.
1. David Wilder b. Dec. 20, 1818; m. June 4, 1845 Lucretia Tenney b. Marlboro' March 19, 1827, dau. of Archibald and Susanna (Jones) Tenney.
1. Emma Lueretia b. June 24, 1848; d. Sept. 16, 1848.
2. Daniel Wright b. July 10, 1822; m. Nov. 11, 1846 Fanny Hammond Butler (q. v.).
1. Lucy Mahala b. Dec. 14, 1851 ; m. Albert Israel Loveland, M. D. (q. v.).
3. Samuel Dennis b. Sept. 9, 1824; m. June 15, 1853 Susan Pratt Knight b. Marlow Sept. 5, 1826, dau. of Ira and Abi- gail (Pratt) Knight.
1. David Dennis b. May 15, 1854; d. Sept. 1, 1858. 2. Fred Wilder b. Marlow Dee. 27, 1850.
4. Louisa Dort b. Ap. 5, 1827; m. Martin Luther Goddard (q. v.).
6. Lucy b. Jan. 8, 1798; m. Amasa Miller (q. v.).
CHARLES BILLINGS half bro. of Zenas D. Metcalf, m. ---- Esty of Roxbury.
BINGHAM is supposed to be of Saxon origin, as a family of this name lived in Sutton, England before the Norman Conquest. Four brothers, supposed to be of about the 20th genera- tion, sons of Thomas and Mary Bingham of Sheffield, Eng., came to America in the latter part of the 17th cen- tury. Thomas, Samuel, and Joseph settled in New England ; William in Pennsylvania. Dea. Thomas b. Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng. 1642; d. Windham, Conn. Jan. 16, 1730; was one of the Proprietors of Norwich, Conn. in 1660, where he m. Dec. 12, 1666 Mary, dau. of Jonathan Rudd. Their ch. were Thomas, Abel, Mary, Jonathan, Ann, Abigail, Nathaniel, Deborah, Samuel, Joseph, and Stephen. Abel b. Windham, Conn. June 25, 1669, m. Elizabeth - in England. Their ch. were Abigail, Mary, John, Elizabetlı, Abel, Ann, Jemima, Jonathan, and David. John b. Stratford, Conn. Feb. 9, 1700; d. Ellington, Conn. Sept. 9, 1747; m. Dec. 6, 1721 Mary Moulton. Their ch. were Dea. Ithamar, Thomas, Mary, Lucy, Josiah, Jerusha, and John.
JOHN BINGHAM b. Windham, Conn. Dec. 22, 1737; d. Dec. 18, 1815; m. Sibyll Wright b. Windham, Conn., d. Dec. 25, 1815. (He chose his bro. Ithamar for his guardian.)
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GENEALOGIES.
1. Sibyll b. Mansfield, Conn. June 27, 1767 ; m. Elisha Yemmons Bond (q. v.).
2. Mary b. Montague, Mass. July 2, 1770 ; m. Samuel Cory (q. v. ).
3. Orinda
m. David Fuller (q. v.).
4. Lucinda ( b. Montague, Mass. July 10, 1772 ; m. Daniel Beverstock (q. v.).
5. Hannah b. Montague, Mass. Nov. 1, 1774 ; d. Belmont, Ont. Sept. 15, 1864; m. March 15, 1808 John Austin Sumner b. Conn. Nov. 18, 1768 ; d. Westminster, Canada Dec. 21, 1854. Three ch. d. inf.
4. Frances M. (Sumner) b. Canada Ap. 5, 1810; m. July 4, 1832 Horatio Grece b. Ryegate, Surry, Eng. Nov. 23, 1801; d. Belmont, Ont. July 21, 1870.
1. Maria Anne (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. Aug. 19, 1833. 2. Cornelia Victoria (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. Jan. 2, 1837.
3. John William (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. Feb. 24, 1839. 4. Octavia (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. Feb. 28, 1841.
5. Martha Zenobia (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. Ap. 3, 1843. 6. Horatio (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. June 21, 1845. 7. Edward Septimus (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. Sept. 15, 1847; a lawyer in Detroit, Mich.
8. Charles Wesley (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. March 5, 1849. 9. Henry (Grece) b. Belmont, Ont. May 31, 1852. 5. Erastus b. Canada Sept. 9, 1812.
6. John b. Montague, Mass. May 25, 1777 ; d. N. Y. Ap. 1857 ; m. Anna Hebbard b. Shafts- bury, Vt., d. West Pawlet, Vt. Feb. 1843.
1. David b. July 21, 1803; went West; m. 1st Harriet B. Chase of Bloomington, Ind .; four ch .; m. 2d about 1830 Armena Granger; r. Fort Ann, N. Y .; six ch.
2. Philarmon b. 1805; m. about 1834 Maria Stevenson of Queensbury, N. Y ..; rem. to Canada.
3. John Hebbard b. Granville, N. Y. 1807; d. Fort Ann, N. Y. 1872; m. about 1850 Caroline Stearns; . three sons.
4. Ann b. 1809; m. 1st Oliver Gates of Kingsborough, N. Y .; one son; m. 2d Joseph Gates, bro. of Oliver; three daus.
5. Laura b. 1811; d. Iowa Jan. 1877; m. 1st David Draper a blacksmith, rem. to Hartford, N. Y., where he was killed by kick of a horse Sept. 1838; left three sons, all of whom d. in army. She m. 2d Ephraim Perrin r. Granville, N. Y. He had 22 children by two former wives, and three more by this third wife.
6. Alanson b. Alstead Ap. 21, 1813; m. Ap. 5, 1836 Olive Beverstock (q. v.) d. Marlboro' Sept. 22, 1875. 1. Laura Ann b. Alstead Nov. 29, 1836 ; m. Ap. 9, 1856 Daniel Wetherby Willoughby ; r. Fitchburg, Mass. Ten ch .; one living, Elberton (Willoughby) b. Fitchburg, Mass. 1869.
2. Osmore Alanson b. Sullivan Sept. 8, 1840; m. Aug. 1870 Eunice Piper, dau. of Thomas and - (Smith) Piper of Weathersfield, Vt.
3. Elmaetta Augusta b. Sullivan Sept. 30, 1842; m. Sept. 30, 1863 Nahum Wright b. Keene Sept. 24, 1821, son of James and Lucy (Nims) Wright.
1. Anna May (Wright) b. Keene June 6, 1876.
7. Chauncey b. May, 1815.
8. Samuel Perry.b. Granville, N. Y. 1820; killed at Queensbury, N. Y., by slipping on hoe-handle, June, 1835. 9. Lucy Maria b. Kingsborough, N. Y. 1827; d. Fort Ann, N. Y. 1830.
7. Zenas b. Jan. 23, 1780 ; d. Jan. 1, 1857 ; m. Jan. 1, 1805 Electa Mackentire (q. v.) d. Feb. 22, 1872.
1. Lucina b. Oct. 20, 1805; m. Nathan Ellis, Jr. (q. v.). 2. Franklin b. Aug 31, 1807; d. Sept. 24, 1809. 1
3. Mary b. Ap. 2, 1810; m. Marvin Gates (q. v.).
4. Amasa Wright b. Nov. 15, 1811; d. unm. in Texas 1834.
5. Franklin b. Feb. 4, 1814; m. 1st Sept. 11, 1838 Pamela Thurston Emery, b. unk. 1819, d. Oct. 22, 1839, adopted dau. of John and Roxa (Gerould) Thurston.
1. George Henry b. Oct. 19, 1839; d. Oct. 21, 1839.
m. 2d Nov. 5, 1846 Elvira Mckean b. Bedford Nov. 17, 1827, dau. of David Daniel and Lydia (Page) Mckean.
2. Pamelia Gertrude b. Nashua June 6, 1850; m. Sept. 19, 1872 George Ebenezer Burtt b. Pelham Nov. 12, 1839, son of Ebenezer and Nancy (Ellenwood) Burtt.
6. Sibyll b. March 15, 1817; d. Ap. 3, 1818. 7. Zenas b. Jan. 23, 1819; d. Ap. 14, 1820.
8. Calvin Clark b. March 19, 1821; m. 1st Feb. 26, 1839 Syrena E. Loveland (q. v.) d. Nashua Oct. 25, 1846.
1. Amoretta b. Aug. 18, 1840; d. Nashua Aug. 19, 1841.
2. Marthietta b. Oct. 18, 1843 ; m. 1st Aug. 11, 1862 Ezra S. Lewis b. unk. Feb. 16, 1839, d. Elizabethtown, N. Y. Nov.
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