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5. Anna (Fancher) b. Java, N. Y. July 28, 1851.
2. Jonas Dana b. June 23, 1818 ; d. St. Charles, Ill.
3. Betsey b. Feb 9, 1820 ; m. Dec. 10, 1843 Asahel Potter b. Java, N. Y. Ap. 13, 1819. 1. Eugene (Potter) b. Java, N. Y. Nov. 7, 1848; r. Holland, N. Y.
2. Paschal (Potter) b. Java, N. Y. June 20, 1861.
4. Rosetta b. Feb. 9, 1824 ; m. Sept. 18, 1846 Addison Reed b. Java, N. Y. Nov. 15, 1823. 1. Mary Jane (Reed) b. Java, N. Y. Ap. 13, 1848. 2. Webster (Reed) b. Java, N. Y. Feb. 5, 1859.
REUBEN BROWN son of Nehemiah and Susannah ( Ward) Brown, was b. West- moreland 1787; d. there 1869; m. Nov. 12, 1812 Sena Hayward b. Surry June 25, 1787, dau. of Maj. Nathan and Sarah Hayward.
1. Calvin m. twice ; r. Penn. 2. Hubbard m. and d. Dansville, N. Y.
3. Edmund m. and d. Dansville, N. Y. 4. Charles.
BRUCE. Timothy Bruce from Scotland s. in Mass .; m. Susanna Joslin who d. Bolton, Mass. in 101st year of her age. Among their ch. was Timothy b. Bolton, Mass. Aug. 1752; d. Alstead Jan. 24, 1843; served four years in Revolution; m. 1781 Matilda Wheeler d. Alstead 1849, at. 89. They had Abel r. Fitchburg, Mass .; eight daus .; Timothy ; and Samuel.
SAMUEL BRUCE b. Bolton, Mass. Nov. 27, 1804; d. Athol, Mass. 1865; m. Ap. 15, 1829 Abigail F. Fuller b. Fitchburg, Mass. June 6, 1810.
1. George Augustus b. Fitchburg, Mass. Jan. 28, 1830 ; served in army through the war.
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2. Charles Franklin b. Fitchburg, Mass. March 11, 1835; d. there 1866; m. 1864 Ann S. Hale of Winchendon, Mass. [She m. 2d Benjamin O. Hale, r. Winchester.]
1. Katie m. Proctor A. Willard; r. Winchester.
3. Henry Waldo b. Walpole Sept. 28, 1846 ; d. Winehendon, Mass. 1867 ; m. Lizzie Streeter of Fitchburg, Mass.
Timothy Bruce son of Timothy and Matilda, was b. Bolton, Mass. Ap. 17, 1801; m. Ap. 17, 1826 Mary Field of Peterboro', and had seven ch., among whom were William F., and Mary E. m. George S. G. Porter (q. v.).
WILLIAM F. BRUCE son of Timothy and Mary, was b. Lempster July 12, 1829; m. May 30, 1853 Hannah Traynor of St. Johns, N. B .; enlisted in 1st N. H. Cav- alry, Troop D, 1864, was promoted to Sergeant, and served till close of war; r. Lempster.
1. James W. b. St. Johns, N. B. Ap. 5, 1854. 2. John W. b. St. Johns, N. B. June 19, 1855.
3. George T. b. Sanford, Me. Ap. 26, 1857. 4, 5, 6, and 7, all d. inf.
8. Catie V. b. Lempster Dee. 1863 ; d. Aug. 19, 1864. 9. Lena M. b. Lempster Ap. 1, 1872.
BRYANT. This is often written Briant. John Bryant, Jr. b. Rutland, Mass. Dec. 20, 1758; rem. to Alstead, where he d. March 4, 1814; m. Tabitha Moore b. Rutland, Mass. Feb. 13, 1761, d. Lempster March 16, 1850. Among their ch. was Samuel F.
SAMUEL FLAGG BRYANT b. Rutland, Mass. Sept. 21, 1786; d. Unity Oct. 19, 1865; m. Nov. 29, 1810 Prudenee Whittemore, d. Lempster Ap. 13, 1865.
1. George W. b. Alstead Dec. 11, 1811; d. Unity Mareh 8, 1870 ; m. 1845 Jane, dau. of Abraham Lurvey of Roekport, Mass.
1. Angeline b. Lempster July 14, 1846; d. there Aug. 1848.
2. Ella b. Lempster May, 1849; m. 1869 Granville, son of Paul Morgan of Gloucester, Mass. 1. George Granville (Morgan) b. Unity Sept. 1870; d. there Dec. 1875.
2. Josie Florence (Morgan ) b. Unity Jan. 1873; d. there Dec. 1875. 3. Wesley. Newton (Morgan) b. Unity Jan. 1877. 3. Albro b. Lempster Dec. 1850; m. Jan. 1, 1872 Jennie Cummings b. unk. 1858.
1. George b. Unity July, 1875; d. there March, 1876. 2. Lottie b. Unity May 13, 1877.
2. Susanna b. Alstead Ap. 16, 1813 ; m. Jan. 1843 Albert Zaeeheus Spencer b. Lempster 1817, son of Ralph and Deborah (Smith) Spencer.
1. Ellen Sophia (Spencer) b. Lempster June, 1845.
2. Orville Ralph (Spencer) b. Lempster Ap. 1850; d. unm. Walpole Oct. 1873.
3. Samuel Newton (Spencer) b. Lempster Sept. 1855; d. there unm. Ap. 1857.
3. Eliza b. Alstead Sept. 1823; m. Jan. 1843 Erastus Otis Lowell b. Lempster 1815, d. Goshen June 1869, son of James and Naomi ( Ames) Lowell.
1. Jane (Lowell) b. Lempster July 14, 1844; m. Ira Huntoon, son of Harvey and Sarah Huntoon of Unity. 1. Ruel (Huntoon) b. Goshen Oct. 1867; d. there July, 1868. 2. Georgiana (Huntoon) b. Goshen Sept. 1870. 3. Josie (Huntoon) b. Unity Aug. 1872. 4. Gertie (Huntoon) b. Unity 1875.
2. George (Lowell) b. Lempster 1846; m. Oliva, dau. of Samuel and Clarissa Gutterson of Goshen. 1. Grace (Lowell) b. Goshen June, 1873.
3. Orpha (Lowell) b. Lempster Ap. 1849; m. Dec. 25, 1869 Abram, son of Abraham Lurvey, of Rockport, Mass.
1. Angie (Lurvey) b. Rockport, Mass. Ap. 1873. 2. Susie (Lurvey) b. Rockport, Mass. Ap. 1876. 4. Eliza (Lowell) b. Lempster 1851, d. inf.
4. Ann Maria b. Alstead Jan. 22, 1830 ; m. May 28, 1851 Lewis Bailey Allen b. Lempster Jan. 30, 1823, son of Penuel and Catherine (Littlehale) Allen.
1. Dora Ann (Allen) b. Lempster Dec. 6, 1852. 2. Charles Edgar (Allen) b. Lempster May 20, 1854.
3. Marcus (Allen) b. Lempster July 13, 1855. 4. Eva Maria (Allen) b. Lempster Oct. 13, 1857.
5. John Jennett (Allen) b. Lempster Sept. 3, 1862.
6. Catherine Clementine (Allen) b. Lempster May 17, 1868.
CHARLES BURBANK from Brighton, Mass. hired Towne's Mill 1867.
EBENEZER BURDITT m. 1st Ap. 1, 1784 Hannah Rowe (q. v.); m. 2d March 16, 1786 Ruth Loveland (q. v.); a blacksmith; r. Sullivan.
1. (Polly m. June 11, 1801 William Chapman) ? 2. Ebenezer b. Oet. 23, 1786.
ROBERT BURNS son of Patriek and Ellen Burns, was b. Keene May 24, 1853; m. Mary Buckley; r. Manchester; employed in Factory 1875.
BURROUGHS. John Burroughs came to Alstead from Tolland, Conn. in 1766. His wife was Sarah Abby -, and they had five sons and two daus., among whom was John Burroughs both Captain and Deacon. He m. Mehitable Carlton of Tolland, Conn., and d. Alstead Sept.
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17, 1828. They had Samuel, John, Hannah m. - Parker, Mehitable m. - Waldo, Rhoda m. - Emery, Clarissa m. - Slade, Sally m. - Porter, and Anna m. - Saunders.
JOHN BURROUGHS b. Alstead May 23, 1782; d. unk. 1851; m. Anna Slade b. Alstead 1783, d. unk. 1838, dau. of William Slade.
1. Mary Ann b. Alstead June 14, 1805. 2. Guy Slade b. Alstead 1807 ; m. Fanny Fleteher of Acton, Mass. where they d. ; a blacksmith. 3. Eunice b. Alstead 1810.
4. Catherine b. Alstead May 4, 1814 ; m. Lucius H. Mead of Chester, Vt., a blacksmith. 1. Emily A. (Mead.) 2. George E. (Mead.) Both d.
5. Ai Calton m. and d. Boston, Mass. ; a blacksmith.
6. Eliza A. b. Alstead 1819; in. Loomis Holton of Westminster, Vt.
1. Ira B. (Holton) ; a farmer. 2. Annie O. (Holton) m. Brigham T. Phelps, deputy sheriff; r. Westmin- ster, Vt. 3. Abbie J. (Holton.)
7. James b. Alstead July 10, 1821 ; d. Nov. 25, 1821.
8. Ira Allen b. Gilsum ; m. and went to Pike's Peak ; not heard from for thirty years.
9. Helen M. b. Gilsum. 10. Stephen.
BUTLER. Daniel Butler r. Monson, Mass. His ch. were Sarah d. at the West; Benjamin r. . Monson, Mass .; Nathaniel; Joseph d. Delmar, Penn .; Allen ; Anna m. John Borden (q. v.); and a dau. m. Nathan Warner r. Monson, Mass.
ALLEN BUTLER b. Monson, Mass. May 14, 1770; d. Delmar, Penn. Jan. 9, 1846; m. Susanna Borden (q. v.) d. Delmar, Penn. Jan. 15, 1850.
1. Susan b. unk. Dee. 9, 1794 ; d. Oak Hill, N. Y. July 4, 1870 ; m. Nov. 29, 1814 Calvin Brown.
2. Belinda b. unk. ; d. Wellsboro', Penn. ; m. Luther Hildreth.
3. Betsey b. unk. May, 1797 ; d. Delmar, Penn. Sept. 13, 1868; m. John Dort (q. v.).
4. Allen b. Surry June 14, 1798 ; d. Chatham, Penn. Oct. 23, 1868; m. 1st Fch. 12, 1823 Fanny Hammond (q. v.) d. Feb. 5, 1824.
1. Fanny Hammond b. Dec. 24, 1823; m. Daniel W. Bill (q. v.).
m. 2d Oet. 11, 1827 Dimmis Hammond (q. v.).
2. Lucy Belinda b. Jan. 31, 1829; m. Ap. 13, 1853 Dalphon Osborn b. Mount Holly, Vt. March 29, 1825, son of Cyrus and Betsey S. (Ayers) Osborn; r. Peterboro'.
1. Milton Eugene (Osborn) b. Nelson Jan. 21, 1855. 2. Frank Hammond (Osborn) b. Peterboro' Ap. 25, 1869.
3. Abigail Jaquith b. March 12, 1833; m. Feb. 7, 1854 James Harrison Dean b. Yorkshire, Eng. March 25, 1827; r. Chatham, Penn.
1. Fanny Victoria (Dean) b. Chatham, Penn. Ap. 15, 1860. 2. Effie Mabel (Dean) b. Greenfield, Wis. June 26, 1863. 3. Louis James (Dcan) b. Chatham, Penn. Aug. 10, 1867.
4. Adaline Orilla b. Feb. 23, 1835; m. Addison G. Gates (q. v.).
5. Aaron Allen b. March 23, 1838; m. Jan. 1, 1869 Caroline Butler; r. Chatham, Penn. 1. Fred Daniel b. Chatham, Penn. Oct. 13, 1870.
6. Woodbury Osgood b. Ap. 16, 1841; m. May 12, 1861 Rebecca Doane; r. Wellsboro', Penn.
1. Minnie Bell b. Chatham, Penn. Feb. 13, 1862. 2. Hattie Estella b. Chatham, Penn. Feb. 25, 1863.
3. Theo Lovisa b. Chatham, Penn. July 13, 1865. 4. Florence Lucy b. Jan. 3, 1867.
5. Lottie Alline b. Wellsboro', Penn. Feb. 29, 1876.
5. Hartford b. Ap. 6, 1800 ; d. Wellsboro', Penn. May 6, 1876 ; m. Matilda Hodgkiss of Penn. 6. Wellman b. Alstead Oet. 29, 1801; m. 1st 1823 Naney Rhodes of Keene, m. 2d Feb. 26, 1835 Margaret Matilda Steele of Delmar, Penn.
7. Dolly b. Rochester, Vt. Dee. 9, 1804 ; d. Delmar, Penn. Nov. 25, 1871; m. 1825 Simon Dimmiek of Delmar, Penn.
8. Selden b. Rochester, Vt. July 15, 1806 ; m. Lueretia Dort of Charlestown, Penn.
9. Eunice b. Rochester, Vt. July 13, 1807 ? d. Charlestown, Penn. 1827 ; m. Cyrus Catlin.
10. Crete b. Monson, Mass. March 6, 1809; d. Delmar, Penn. Oet. 23, 1871 ; m. James Warner of Delmar, Penn.
IRA M. B. BUTLER from Vernon, Vt .; worked in factory 1851.
CADY. Jesse Cady ser of Noah Cady of Weathersfield, Vt., m. Diantha Tenney of Alstead, rem. to Langdon, and ha ( a son Willard S.
WILLARD SPAULDING CADY b. Langdon Ap. 18, 1826; m. 1st Aug. 6, 1844 Abigail Davis (q. v.) d. Feb. 23, 1852; r. Alstead.
1. Carrie Maria b. Walpole Ap. 14, 1847 ; d. Springfield, Mass. Oet. 3, 1875; in. 1873 Will Turner of Athol, Mass.
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m. 2d 1854 Orpha E. Seward b. Stoddard June, 1824; d. Alstead March 16, 1867, dau. of Thomas and Sally (Dodge) Seward.
2. Emma b. Stoddard 1854; d. there Sept. 6, 1858.
3. Lizzie b. Stoddard 1856; d. there Sept. 6, 1858.
4. Elmer Willard b. Stoddard March 14, 1859. 5. Nettie b Marlow Sept. 2. 1861.
m. 3d 1867 Adelaide Allen b. Lempster 1845, dau. of Stephen and Phebe (Lewis) Allen.
6. Emma b. Marlow March 14, 1868 ; d. Alstead Nov. 3, 1874.
7. Mary b. Alstead Sept. 30, 1874. 8. Clarence Stephen b. Alstead Feb. 21, 1877.
Isaac Cady rem. from Pomfret, Conn. to Alstead, and m. Sarah Kendrick. Their son Joseph m. Rebecca Cheever and had William.
WILLIAM CADY b. Alstead Feb. 8, 1805 ; m. 2d Mrs. Lucetta (Nash) Cook (g. v.).
1. Flora Diantha b. Aug. 2, 1860 ; m. Henry W. Howard (q. v.).
2. Achsah b. Alstead Nov. 1861; d. Aug. 1864.
CALDWELL .. Samuel Caldwell came from Scotland, s. at Hudson, and m. Susan Clyde of Windham. Their son Joseph m. Dec. 30, 1830 Maria Antoinette Hadley and had JOSEPH WARREN CALDWELL b. Londonderry Oct. 11, 1838; m. Nov. 30, 1865 Harriet Ellen Redding b. Alstead Feb. 4, 1843, dau. of Jonathan and Irene (Streeter) Redding.
1. Etta Eudora b. Surry Nov. 25, 1866.
CAMPBELL. Daniel Campbell, lineal descendant of John, Duke of Argyle, was b. Scotland
1660; was an officer in the army of William III. His son Henry b. 1697; m. Martha Black; emigrated to America in 1733. His ch. were William, Samuel, James, John, Henry, and Daniel b. in this country; s. Acworth; m. 1st Jane, dau. of Matthew Wallace, who had six ch .; m. 2d Ann Houston of Bedford by whom he had Jane d. y., Susannah H. m. T. M. Dickey, Thomas J., Joseph, and William.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL b. Acworth; d. St. Joseph, Mo. June 26, 1851; m. May 21, 1837 Nancy Nash (q. v.), d. St. Joseph, Mo. June 30, 1851.
1. Adoniram Judson Seymour b. Ap. 17, 1838 ; d. St. Joseph, Mo. June 28, 1851.
2. Rosella Jane b. Feb. 18, 1841. 3. Elparan Maroni b Dec. 8, 1842.
4. Charles Edward b. Peterboro'.
DANIEL CAMPBELL b. 1803; a blacksmith in 1860.
MICHAEL CANAAN on tax list 1837.
GEORGE W. CANNON from Surry worked in Chair Factory 1847-50.
CARPENTER. Tradition tells of four bros. three of whom left England on account of polit- ical troubles. The other d. unm. leaving an immense estate, to which the Carpenters in America suppose themselves heirs. Jedidiah Carpenter, a descendant of one of the bros., was b. Rehoboth, Mass. Oct. 8, 1732; s. at Keene, and rem. to Surry 1777, where he d. March 26, 1815; m. Polly Peck b. Swansea, Mass. Oct. 20, 1738, d. Surry May 10, 1823. Their ch. were Charles; Chloe m. Ebenezer Isham (q. v.) ; Jedidiah; Aaron b. Keene Ap. 22, 1767 ; Polly m. Samuel Isham (q. v.) ; Huldahin. Joshua Isham (q. v.) ; Ezra (see Chapin); Orinda b. Keene March 4, 1777, m. Gaylord Wilcox; and Sarah b. Surry July 2, 1779. Charles b. Rehoboth, Mass. Feb. 25, 1761; d. Surry March 2, 1845; m. Rebecca Isham b. Bolton, Conn. Oct. 17, 1759, d. Surry Nov. 14, 1782, dau. of Timothy and Rebecca (Fuller) Isham. Their ch. were Ariel, Joel, Sarah, Rebecca m James Hudson (q. v.), Lovisa, and Warren.
ARIEL CARPENTER b. Surry Dec. 16 or 30, 1789; d. there Feb. 16, 1870 ; m. 1818 Abigail Streeter b. Surry Oct. 30, 1799, d. Winchester Nov. 1, 1871, dau. of Jesse and Mary Streeter.
1. Ariel Dana b. Surry June 6, 1819; d. Albany, N. Y. Ap. 2, 1864; m. Susan Porter b. Antwerp, N. Y. 1814; r. Theresa, N. Y. ; several ch.
2. George b. Surry Dec. 24, 1822 ; m. Julia Coates of Port Huron, Mich.
1. George Prosper b. Alstead Oct. 1843; a wood-turner in New York; m. and has three ch.
3. Irene b. Surry Oct. 23, 1824; m. July 8, 1855 Samuel Orville Gregory, M. D. b. Manlius, N. Y. Jan. 17, 1814, son of Samuel and Lydia ( Lathrop) Gregory.
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4. Mary Jane b. Littleton Feb. 21, 1828 ; d. Surry June 21, 1856 ; m. May 3, 1849 Samuel Whitney b. Fitzwilliam Feb. 1818. [He r. Granby, Mass. and is m. again. ]
1. Charles (Whitney) b. Surry Ap. 29, 1850; m., and has one ch .; r. Granby, Mass.
2. George ( Whitney) b. Fitzwilliam 1852; r. Granby, Mass.
5. John b. Alstead Dec. 1, 1838 ; m. Jan. 2, 1866 Nancy E. Kingsbury (q. v. ) ; r. Keene. 1. Effie Irene b. Keene Nov. 19, 1866. 2. Anna Bell b. Keene Aug. 20, 1874.
3. Emna Jane b. Keene July 2, 1877.
6. Haskell b. Alstead Sept. 2, 1842; m. Ap. 17, 1868 Harriet Isabel Wilbur b. Surry Aug. 10, 1846, son of Barney and Hannah (Cushing) Wilbur.
1. Minnie Jane b. Surry Nov. 18, 1869. 2. Gertie May b. Surry July 31, 1872.
3. Fred Leslie b. Keene Sept. 29, 1873. 4. John Henry b. Swanzey Ap. 24, 1875.
JEDIDIAH CARPENTER son of Jedidiah and Polly, was b. Keene Feb. 1, 1765; d. Sept. 8, 1828; m. 1st Oct. 13, 1785 Eunice Brabrook b. unk. 1763, d. June 8, 1819.
1. Olive b. Surry Feb. 1, 1787 ; m. Abram C. Wyman (q. v.).
2. Simon b. Surry March 27, 1788; d. Ap. 13, 1863 ; m. May 10, 1814 Anna Mark (q. v.)
d. Dec. 29, 1847
1. Jennet Mark b. Feb. 7, 1815; d. Nov. 28, 1823. 2. George B. b. 1817; d. Nov. 22, 1823.
3. Eunice b. May 20, 1796 ; m. William Tubbs (q. v.).
m. 2d Jan. 28, 1823 Mrs. Eunice (Bliss) Taylor (q. v.).
WILLARD CARPENTER son of Ezra, (see Chapin) was b. Surry Nov. 1, 1803; d. Jan. 27, 1875; m. Sarepta Smith b. Surry May 31, 1803, d. there Oct. 3, 1863, dau. of Daniel and Sibyl (Hayward) Smith.
1. Seraphina b. Surry Oct. 27, 1823; d. there Sept. 15, 1832.
2. Davis b. Surry Oct. 17, 1827 ; m. June 6, 1849 Livonia Ware (q. v.) ; r. Marlboro'. 1. Martha Adelaide b. Surry Nov. 17, 1853; d. Keene Dec. 12, 1874; m. William, son of Thomas and Grace M. Swithin of Quincy, Mass .; r. Manchester.
1. Arthur Willie (Swithin) b. Keene June, 1874; adopted by Frank Russell of Surry.
2. Amy Maria b. Surry June 13, 1855. 3. Mary Emma b. Surry Jan. 1857; d. there Ap. 12, 1858.
4. Charles Edward b. Surry Oet. 6, 1859. 5. James Henry b. Surry Aug. 11, 1862; d. Keene June 14, 1865.
6. Johnnie A. b. Keene May, 1865; d. there Sept. 15, 1867. 7. Ida May b. Keene Sept. 1, 1867.
8. Arthur Willie b. Keene Dec. 25, 1870; drowned Marlboro' July 25, 1879.
9. Walter b. Keene July 29, 1873; d. there Sept. 1873.
3. Curtis Charles b. Surry June 24, 1831; m. Sarah Cushing b. Surry March 18, 1834, d. there March, 1871, dau. of John A. and Susan Miranda ( Wilber ) Cushing.
1. Jennie Louise b. Surry Aug. 4, 1856; m. C. D. Newman (q. v.).
2. Mabel Luella b. Surry Ap. 6, 1858; m. Aug. 1878 Ervin Griffith. 1. Freddie Ervin (Griffith) b. Keene Feb. 1879.
3. Emma Grace b. Surry May 23, 1859; m. Edward John Gurnsey b. Winchester Dee. 25, 1852, son of Norris Greenleaf and Miranda Abilena (Piekett) Gurnsey.
1. Charlie Fremont (Gurnsey ) b. Keene Jan. 18, 1879.
4. Nettie Medora b. Surry July 18, 1862. 5. Freddie Arthur b. Surry Oct. 20, 1866. 6. Stella Isabel b. Surry July 4, 1869.
m. 2d 1872 Abbie Knights of Minnesota where they r.
7. Charlie d. inf. 8. Ida May. 9. James. One or two more.
4. James Smith b. Surry July 20, 1834 ; m. June 6, 1863 Susan A., dau. of John A. and Susan Miranda (Wilber) Cushing of Surry ; r. in Gilsum from 1863 to 1866 ; now r. Marlow. 1. James Orvis b. June 20, 1864. 2. Nina Miranda b. Surry 1866. 3. Oren Anson b. Walpole.
4. Dora Bell b. Walpole. 5. Elmer Benson & b. Alstead March, 1877. 6. Ida Viola
5. Ira b. Surry June 14, 1838 ; d. unm. Grafton, Vt. Ap. 26, 1862.
6. George Hammond b. Alstead Jan. 31, 1840 ; m. June 8, 1864 Martha Ellen Cater b. Alstead June 18, 1845, dau. of George and Cynthia Mandane (Miller) Cater.
1. Charles Gardis b. Aug. 31, 1865. 2. Mary Delida b. May 12, 1869.
7. Bennett b. Alstead Jan. 1, 1842; d. unm. March 29, 1868.
8. Louisa Elizabeth b. Alstead Dec. 22, 1843; d. Brattleboro', Vt. June 2, 1870 ; m. June
9, 1861 John Baxter Zuill, d. Brattleboro', Vt. Aug. 1871, son of James Zuill of Grafton, Vt.
9. Dennis b. Alstead March 12, 1846; d. unm. Dec. 12, 1869.
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EUGENE ROSCOE CARPENTER son of William, (see Samuel White,) was b. Surry Sept. 1, 1849; m. Ap. 19, 1876 Lizzie Nettie Craig b. Westmoreland June 9, 1852, dau. of Almon and Helen (Cook) Craig.
1. Agnes Lizzie b. Keene Feb. 12, 1877; d. Sept. 2, 1877. 2. Blanche b. Dec. 31, 1878.
Jonathan Carpenter m. Nov. 26, 1789 Rachel, dau. of Peter and Ruth (Rutter) Hayward. She lived in her old age with Calvin Mack in Gilsum, where she d. 1830, at. 79. They had one son, Alvan.
ALVAN CARPENTER b. Surry Sept. 24, 1790; d. there Nov. 20, 1819; m. Aug. 5, 1812 Sally Clark (q. v.).
1. Jonathan Clark b. Jan. 16, 1813 ; d. Keene Sept. 24, 1815.
2. Sarah b. Keene Aug. 25, 1814 ; m. Nov. 2, 1831 Jeremiah Foster b. Roxbury Feb. 28, 1810, d. Nelson Jan. 28, 1867, son of Enoch Foster (q. v.).
1. Alvan Carpenter (Foster) b. Lancaster, Mass. Nov. 2, 1832; murdered at Keene May 23, 1876; m. Sept. 26. 1855 Arvilla Louisa Day b. Nelson June 5, 1833, dau. of Rufus and Louisa (Barnes) Day.
1. Fred Carpenter (Foster) b. Orange, Mass. Aug. 9, 1857.
2. Helen Louisa (Foster) b. Nelson Nov. 22, 1859: m. Sept. 25, 1877 Charles Curtis Stearns b. Brattleboro', Vt. March
4, 1855, son of Ebenezer Stratton and Mary E. (Curtis) Stearns; r. Marshalltown, Iowa. 1. Alvan Foster (Stearns) b. Marshalltown, Iowa Oct. 18, 1879.
3. Carrie Mabelle (Foster) b. Putney, Vt. July 17, 1864.
2. Enoch W. (Foster) b. Lancaster, Mass. March 11, 1835; m. March, 1861 Sarah E. Sutton.
1. Clementina E. (Foster) b. unk. Feb. 1862. 2. Lewis Alvan (Foster) b. unk. Jan. 1867.
3. Persis P. (Foster) b. Princeton, Mass. June 30, 1837; d. Keene July 20, 1860; m. 1853 Lyman A. Tenney of Marlboro'.
1. Viola A. (Tenney) b. Orange, Mass. May 5, 1855 ; m. Aug. 1871 Frank King of Jaffrey.
2. Clifford H. (Tenney ) b. Keene Nov. 22, 1859.
4. Benjamin Franklin (Foster) b. Lancaster, Mass. June 14, 1839; d. Nelson May 19, 1842.
5. Jeremiah Franklin (Foster) b. Nelson May 25, 1843; m. Feb. 2, 1867 Sarah A. Day of Windham, Vt.
1. Grace L. (Foster) b. Boston, Mass. May 28, 1872. 2. Sadie E. (Foster) b. Boston, Mass. Jan. 28, 1876.
6. Amanda A. (Foster) b. Nelson Aug. 7, 1846; m. Feb. 2, 1867 William W. Dawson of Boston, Mass. 1. John A. (Dawson) b. Boston, Mass. March 8, 1868.
2. Alma E. (Dawson) b. Boston, Mass. Aug. 8, 1870; d. there Oct. 8, 1876.
7. Sarah R. (Foster) b. Nelson June 28, 1851; d. there Feb. 21, 1861.
8. Jessie F. (Foster) b. Nelson June 7, 1856; m. Feb. 10, 1875 Ulric Gonyon of Clinton, Mass. 1. Aylesworth (Gonyon) b. Clinton, Mass. May 24, 1876; d. there Oct. 26, 1876.
3. Alvan b. Keene Feb. 13, 1816 ; d. Nov. 18, 1823.
4. Franklin b. Dec. 15, 1817 ; d. Nov. 4, 1823.
ELI CARPENTER son of Thomas and Julie (Pipier) Carpenter, was b. Canada Ap. 1847; m. 1867 Maria Fleurer b. Nicolet, Canada May 31, 1849, dau. of Louis and Marie (Lamprienne) Fleurer ; came to Gilsum 1879.
1. Anna b. Barton, Vt. Ap. 21, 1876.
CARTER. Jude Carter, a deaf mute, rem. from Leominster, Mass. to Rindge before 1780. His wife was Polly Turner. Their ch. were Nancy m. Luther Goodridge; Jonah; Polly m. David Beaman of Winchendon, Mass .; and Jude. Jonah bapt. Rindge Aug. 27, 1780; m. Sally Haywood of Winchendon, Mass. Their son Amos m. Adaline Divoll; s. in Surry and had Henry H.
HENRY HAYWOOD CARTER b. Surry March 1, 1843; m. Feb. 22, 1876 Jose- phine H. Clark (q. v) .; came to Gilsum 1879.
HORACE CARTER m. - Wood of Lebanon ; worked for the Silsbys 1845. JONATHAN M. CASS m. Emily -; came from Richmond ; rem. to Keene. 1. A son b. Dec. 18, 1855.
MOSES CASS from Richmond worked for Dr. Hammond 1855; rem. to Keene. CHANDLER. Lev't Samuel Chandler m. Margaret Thompson; rem. from Enfield, Conn. to Alstead 1767. Their son John b. Enfield, Conn. Feb. 29, 1764; m. Lucy Brown. The ninth of their eleven ch. was Calvin.
CALVIN CHANDLER b. Alstead Nov. 23, 1805; m. 1st June 1828 Grace Maria Huntoon b. Unity Ap. 1810, d. Alstead May 23, 1836, dau. of Joseph and Betsey (Glidden) Huntoon.
1. Lora Elmira b. Alstead Jan. 27, 1829 ; m. July 4, 1854 Charles Augustus Keyes of Worcester, Mass.
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1. Stella (Keyes) b. Worcester, Mass. March, 1857; d. there 1858. 2. George Calvin (Keyes) b. Worcester, Mass. Nov. 8, 1858. 3. Fred (Keyes) b. Worcester, Mass. March, 1862.
4. Dora (Keyes) b. Worcester, Mass. May, 1865. 5. Mabel (Keyes) b. Worcester, Mass. Nov. 1866.
6. Stella Augusta (Keyes) b. Worcester, Mass. Nov. 1868.
2. Andrew Jackson b. Alstead Oct. 20, 1832; m. Sept. 28, 1856 Marietta Louisa Slade h. Alstead June 1, 1833, dau. Allen and Nancy ( Kingsbury ) Slade ; r. Alstead.
1. Willie Andrew b. Alstead Oct. 21, 1857; d. there Oct. 25, 1858. 2. Etta Caroline Hatch b. Alstead Oct.
23, 1859; d. there Oct. 8, 1863. 3. Marietta Caroline b. Alstead Oct. 8, 1864.
4. Leslie Huntoon b. Alstead Ap. 21, 1867. 5. Gracie Ellen b. Alstead Jan. 30, 1871.
6. Nancy Slade b. Alstead Feb. 8, 1876; d. there Feb. 18, 1876.
3. Austin Gilman b. Alstead Nov. 2, 1833, d. unk. Oct. 11, 1859.
m. 2d Feb. 6, 1838 Polly E. Webster (q. v.) d. Ap. 13, 1872.
4. Ellen b. Alstead Sept. 28, 1839 ; m. Jan. 26, 1859 Stephen Slade b. Alstead Oct. 11, 1835, son of Allen Slade.
1. Elbridge Austin (Slade) b. Alstead Jan. 4, 1862; d. there May 5, 1869.
2. Norman Allen (Slade) b. Alstead Sept. 11, 1865.
3. Frederic Watkins Chandler (Slade) b. Alstead Ap. 13, 1872.
5. Mary Andalusia b. Alstead May 10, 1842; m. Aaron D. Hammond (q. v.).
6. George Webster b. Alstead Aug. 14, 1846 ; d. there Feb. 24, 1849.
MARTIN L. CHANDLER b. unk. 1836; m. Aug. 1855 Jennie L. Case b. Clare- mont 1834.
CHAPIN. This name is thought to be derived from Chapel, being first Chapelin and tlien contracted to its present form. The family is supposed to be of Welsh origin. The ancestor of all the Chapins in this country is believed to be Dea. Samuel Chapin who rem. from Dorchester, Mass. to Spring- field, Mass. 1642. In 1652 he was appointed one of the magistrates in that place. He d. there Nov. 11, 1675. His wife's name was Cisily, and d. Springfield, Mass. Feb. 8, 1683. Of seven children Japhet is supposed to be the oldest. He was b. Springfield, Mass. Oct. 15, 1642; d. Chicopee, Mass. Feb. 20, 1712; m. 1st July 22, 1664 Abeline Cooley d. Chicopee, Mass. Nov. 17, 1710, dau. of Benjamin Cooley. He m 2d May 31, 1711 Dorothy Root of Enfield, Conn. [She m. 2d 1720 Obadiah Miller of the same place.] On the leaf of an old account book is found the following record, supposed to be in his hand-writing : "I went out Volenteare against ingens the 17th of May, 1676 and we ingaged batel the 19th of May in the morning before sunrise and made great Spoil upon the enemy and came off the same day with the Los of 37 men and the Captin Turner, and came home the 20th of May." The fifth of his ten children, Ebenezer b. Chicopee, Mass. June 26, 1677; d. Enfield, Mass. Dec. 13, 1772; m. Dec. 1702 Ruth dau. of Abel Janes of Northampton. They had thirteen children, the seventh of whom was Aaron b. Enfield, Conn. Sept. 28, 1714; d. Ap. 19, 1808; m. Sybel Markham of Enfield, Conn. who d. March 11, 1791 æt. 72. Their ch. were Sybel m. - Gurley of Mansfield, Conn .; Hiram; Azubah - Root, r. Vt .; Aaron m. Phebe Spencer, r. Strafford, Conn. ; Justus; Gideon d. in the war; Jeremiah m. Chloe Cooley, r. Somers, Conn. ; Oliver m. Elizabeth Allen of Surry ; Delight m. Phineas Jones, r. Otis, Mass. ; and Joseph d. unm. He rem. with his sons to Surry and built the first mills there before 1765. Hiram d. Surry March 15, 1783; m. Sarah dau. of Eleazer Bartlett; and had Alpheus went West, Jairus, Ebenezer r. Conn., Joseph r. Conn., and two daus. Jairus b. Surry Dec. 18, 1773; m. Ist Lucinda Cobb; rem. to Langdon. Their. ch. were Laura m. Smith Milliken of Charlestown; Elmira m. John Brown r. Stowe, Mass .; Clint s. at Concord, Mass .; Emily m. and r. Stowe, Mass .; Samuel r. Boston, Mass .; Henry r. Westminster, Vt .; Arethusa d. unm .; Betsey m. and r. Concord, Mass .; Alpheus; Harriet m. David Danforth of Walpole; and Ebenezer r. Kansas. Jairus m. 2d Mary Fassett and had Parker, a Baptist minister; Leander r. Boston, Mass .; Milo; Ebenezer d. ch .; William ; and George.
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