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ALPHEUS CHAPIN b. Langdon Nov. 7, 1815 ; m. 1837 Lucinda Emerson b. Al- stead July 13, 1813, dau. of Clark and Mary (Merryfield) Emerson.
1. Sarah Emerson b. Alstead March 18, 1838; m. 1st Horace H. Nash (q. v.) ; m. 2d Aug. 1866 Charles Cobb of Corinth, N. Y.
2. Ellen Augusta b. Alstead Jan. 18, 1846 ; m. Elmer D. Banks (q. v.).
3. Charles Parker b. Alstead Ap. 14, 1849 ; d. there July 1, 1851.
4. Mary Jane b. Alstead June 14, 1851; m. 1st James Welsh (q. v.) ; m. 2d Henry S. Beek- with (q. v.).
JUSTUS CHAPIN son of Aaron was b. Somers, Conn. Jan. 30, 1753 ; d. July 15, 1825 ; m. 1st Feb. 29, 1776 Johannah Fuller b. Conn. June 9, 1757, d. Surry Jan. 15, 1779, dau. of Joshua Fuller.
1. Betty b. Surry May 16, 1777 ; d. there Sept. 14, 1819 ; m. Dec. 28, 1797 Ezra Carpenter b. Keene June 9, 1774 ; d. Surry Jan. 4, 1849, son of Jedediah (q. v.). [He m. 2d July 9, 1820 Mrs. Sibyl (Hayward) Smith.]
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1. Luman (Carpenter.) 2. Ruth (Carpenter) m. Mason Adams (q. v.). 3. Hannah (Carpenter) d. y.
4. Willard (Carpenter) b. Surry Nov. 1, 1803 (q. v.). 5. Betty (Carpenter) m. Sylvester Smith.
6. Mary (Carpenter) m. Willard Streeter. 7. Harriet (Carpenter) d. ch.
8. Arvilla (Carpenter) in. - Sawyer. 9. Nancy (Carpenter) m. James Hamilton.
10. William (Carpenter) b. Surry Jan. 26, 1814; in. Abigail White (q. v.).
2. Johannah b. Surry Jan. 14, 1779; d. there June 17, 1785.
m. 2d May 19, 1785 Martha Taylor b. Bolton, Conn. Sept. 19, 1764; d. June 12, 1839.
3. Joanna b. Alstead May 22, 1786 ; d. there Feb. 18, 1856 ; m. Benjamin B. Beckwith (q. v.).
4. Martha b. Alstead July 14, 1788 ; m. Capt. Benjamin Ware (q. v.).
5. Justus b. Alstead March 31, 1790; d. there Sept. 20, 1869 ; m. Annis Willis b. Keene May 25, 1794 ; d. Alstead March 13, 1867.
1. Martha Taylor b. Aug. 18, 1816; m. Ephraim P. Evardon (q. v.).
2. Mary Wilder b. Oct. 7, 1818; d. unm. Dec. 6, 1836.
3. Fanny Willis b. Oct. 9, 1820; d. unm. Westmoreland Oct. 10, 1871.
4. Ezra Carpenter b. Alstead Oct. 19, 1822; d. Ayer, Mass. Jan. 4, 1876; m. Hannah Adams Barrett.
5. Rebecca Webster b. Alstead Sept. 25, 1825; m. William Brown; r. Utah. 1. Zuah Rebecca (Brown.)
6. Eliza Ann b. Alstead Oct. 30, 1836; d. there Feb. 3, 1839.
6. Silas B. b. Feb. 5, 1793 ; d. Big Flats. N. Y. Dec. 30, 1828 ; m. Dec. 5, 1823 ? Charity Whitney b. Newtown, N. Y. Sept. 6, 1803. dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Parker) Whitney.
1. Vestus b. Big Flats, N. Y. June 27, 1825; m. March 30, 1847 Martha Celia, dau. of Samuel and Caroline (Burget) Olney; r. Climax, Mich.
1. Caroline Ermina b. Climax, Mich. Sept. 25, 1848.
2. Arvilla Louisa b. Climax, Mich. Sept. 15, 1851; m. March 14, 1873 Alvin Strong, son of William and Mary Ann (Lindsey) Warson; served in 8th N. Y. Reg't Heavy Artillery, Co. H. ; r. Evart, Mich.
3. Henry b. Climax, Mich. March 1, 1855. 4. Ida Rosalie b. Climax, Mich. May 20, 1856.
5. Franklin Olney b. Climax, Mich. June 29, 1858. 6. Elmer Ellsworth b. Climax, Mich. June 26, 1861.
2. Caroline b. Big Flats, N. Y. March 21, 1827; m. Feb. 21, 1849 Daniel Schenck Denise b. Monmouth, N. J. Nov. 5, 1822; r. Charlotte, N. Y.
1. Julia Etta Elizabeth (Denise) b. Greene, N. Y. June 19, 1850; m. Feb. 15, 1870 Marion R., son of Ira and Mary (Goodell) Wilder of Riga, N. Y. 2. Edgar Arlington (Denise) b. Greene, N. Y. Oct. 19, 1852.
3. William Henry (Denise) b. Greene, N. Y. Ap. 7, 1854. 4. Daniel Schenck (Denise) b. Greene, N. Y. Jan. 27, 1861; d. there July 6, 1863. 5. Elbert Lunday (Denise) b. Greene, N. Y. Sept. 20, 1867.
3. Cornelia Ann b. Big Flats, N. Y. Ap. 28, 1829; m. Aug. 26, 1848 James Ball Davis b. Auburn, N. Y. June 6, 1824, son of William Dixon and Comfort (Ball) Davis; r. Le Roy, Mich.
1. Alva (Davis) b. Le Roy, Mich. July 28, 1849; m. March 4, 1875 Mary Maria Bayley b. Kendall, N. Y. March 25, 1849, dau. of Alden Clark and Angeline ( Farnsworth) Bayley; r. Battle Creek, Mich.
2. George Washington (Davis) b. Le Roy, Mich. July 27, 1856. 3. Louis Herbert (Davis) b. Le Roy, Mich. Ap. 5, 1860. 4. Effie Cornelia (Davis) b. Le Roy, Mich. July 26, 1868; d. there March 4, 1872.
7. Orinda b. Jan. 14, 1795 ; d. Aug. 10, 1797.
8. Vestus b. Dec. 4, 1796 ; d. Bath, N. Y. July 27, 1869; m. March 1824 Anna Dort (q. v.).
1. Edward. 2. Martha Ann. 3. Diantha. 4. Silas drowned ch. 5. Dennis. 6. Eliza Maria.
9. Thomas Taylor b. May 21, 1799 ; drowned Oct. 10, 1827 ; m. Dec. 1825 Frances Craig b. Sharon June 27, 1802.
1. Althina Bennett b. Ap. 26, 1827; m. 1st - Spaulding of New Ipswich; m. 2d - Ryan.
10. Asa b. March 1, 1802; m. Jan. 18, 1827 Cornelia Simons b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. July 16, 1804 ; learned clothier's trade of Luther Whitney ; became a Christian minister.
1. Robert Simons b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. Jan. 15, 1830; m. Jan. 14, 1872 Elizabeth Ann Millard.
2. Cordelia b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. Ap. 18, 1834.
3. Diantha Lucretia b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. May 20, 1842; d. there March 14, 1850.
4. Erastus Asa b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. June 18, 1844; m. Dec. 24, 1872 Frances Caroline Gerry. 1. Lottie Mary b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. Aug. 8, 1874. 2. Cornelia Belle b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. Jan. 30, 1878.
5. Maria Estelle b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. Nov. 20, 1847; m. Jan. 29, 1871 William Nathaniel Cottrell b. West Bloomfield, N. Y. July 30, 1832.
11. David b. May 12, 1804 ; d. Richmond, N. Y. Oct. 26, 1833 ; m. May 3, 1832 Dimmis Isham (q. v.).
12. Diantha b. Sept. 27, 1807; d. Lowell, Mass. July 24, 1839 ; m. Nov. 27, 1827 James Weston of New Ipswich.
1. John (Weston.) 2. Maria (Weston.) 3. Mary Jane (Weston.) 4. James (Weston.) 5. Martha Ann (Weston.)
13. Joseph Markham b. May 12, 1810 ; m. Nov. 12, 1844 Mrs. Dimmis (Isham) Chapin. (See above.)
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CHAPMAN. David Chapman, son of David and Molly (Hibbard) Chapman, d. Grafton, Vt .; in. Jan. 13, 1795 Bethshuah Ellis. Their son Daniel m. Ap. 24, 1822 Rebecca Cady b. Alstead March 8, 1800, dau. of Joseph and Rebecca (Cheever) Cady. Their son
JAMES CHAPMAN b. Alstead Jan. 12, 1829 ; m. Ist Alfrances Genett Shaw b. Alstead March 2, 1836, dau. of Smith Moulton and Susan (Cady) Shaw.
1. Daniel Elmore b. Alstead 1854 ; d. Aug. 20, 1856.
2. Ida Bell b. Alstead Jan. 26, 1857; m. Aug. 1877 Orrison D. Peabody b. Hudson 1837, son of Frederic and Susan ( Lane ?) Peabody ; r. Alstead.
m. 2d Ap. 2, 1862 Ellen Melissa McCoy (q. v.).
In. 3d Nov. 21, 1874 Mrs. Josephine A. (Miller) Nash (q. v.).
JOHN CHAPMAN, will proved Sept. 1805 ; m. 1st Sibbel -, d. Sept. 24, 1777; r. in what is now Sullivan.
3. Sibbel b. Jan. 7, 1768. 4. David b. Oct. 5, 1770. 5. James b. Jan. 10, 1773.
m. 2d Jan. 13, 1778 Mary Rowe (q. v.).
6. Calvin b. Aug. 2, 1778 ; m. Dec. 30, 1831 Dolly Bolster of Sullivan.
7. Mary b. Ap. 6, 1780. 8. Penelipe b. Dec. 23, 1781.
The will mentions also Rhoda, Benjamin, William, and. John.
JOSEPH CHAPMAN m. Lory Ann -, d. March 4, 1831, æt. 37.
THOMAS F. CHAPMAN from Walpole, was employed in Brigham's Factory 1836-7.
THOMAS CHARMBURY son of Thomas and Sarah (Bray) Charmbury, was b. Trowbridge, England Ap. 14, 1831 ; m. Maria Marchant b. Trowbridge, England Nov. 1826, dau. of Richard and Jane (Elliot) Marchant ; emigrated to America 1879. 1. Helen b. Trowbridge, Eng. June 10, 1849 ; m. Feb. 8, 1872 James Coke son of James and Karen (Martin) Coke of Trowbridge, England.
1. Ida Maria (Coke) b. Amesbury, Mass. Nov. 28, 1873. 2. James (Coke) b. Trowbridge, Eng. Sept. 10, 1877.
2. George Luther b. Trowbridge, Eng. Nov. 30, 1851; d. there Jan. 8, 1854.
3. Thomas b. Trowbridge, Eng. March 15, 1854; m. Ap. 7, 1874 Ellen Matilda Brinson b. Trowbridge, Eng. Jan. 19, 1854, dau. of Thomas and Matilda (Parsons) Brinson ; emigrated to America, April 1874.
1. Thomas Herbert b. Rockford, Conn. Oct. 18, 1875.
4. Ann b. Trowbridge, Eng. July 29, 1856. 5. Sarah Jane b. Trowbridge, Eng. Feb. 8, 1859. 6. Agnes b. Trowbridge, Eng. Nov. 30, 1861.
CHASE. Francis Chase a descendant of Aquila Chase was the father of Ebenezer of Bedford, who also had a son Ebenezer.
EBENEZER CHASE b. Bedford May 19, 1785 ; d. Tisbury, Mass. May 22, 1866 ; m. 1st Dec. 22, 1805 Sally Chase b. Bedford? Feb. 16, 1786 ; d. July 24, 1817.
1. Diadama b. unk. Ap. 21, 1807 ; d. same day.
2. Albon b. Deering Oct. 4, 1808 ; d. Athens, Ga. ; m. there and was editor of the Southern Banner ; had one son William d. in Confederate army, and one dau.
3. Daniel b. Deering Jan. 21, 1811 ; d. Independence, Texas, 1874 ; m. Hannah Williams of Concord ; had ten ch. ; was an Episcopal clergyman.
4. Elbridge Gerry b. Deering June 4, 1813 ; m. Caroline Eaton of Concord.
5. Silas b. Deering ? May 10, 1816 ; d. same day.
m. 2d March 11, 1819 Eliza Patten b. Deering May 14, 1801 ; d. Hillsboro' March 25, 1877, dau. of Jonathan and Abigail (Blood) Patten.
6. Eliza Patten b. Andover Sept. 11, 1820 ; m. July 14, 1840 Capt. Joseph Nickerson b. South Dennis, Mass. Jan. 3, 1811, son of David and Mary (Baker) Nickerson.
1. Albert (Nickerson) b. West Tisbury, Mass. July 3, 1841; d. there Feb. 23, 1842
2. Hobart Leighton (Nickerson) b. West Tisbury, Mass. Dec. 12, 1846; m. Dec. 3, 1876 Mattie Jones b. Deering 1849, dau. of Hanson and Anna (Chase) Jones; r. West Tisbury, Mass.
3. William Ebenezer (Nickerson) b. West Tisbury, Mass. July 20, 1849; in business at New York.
4. George Wheaton (Nickerson) b. West Tisbury, Mass. Feb. 7, 1852; studying medicine in New York.
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5. Josephine (Nickerson) b. Chilmark, Mass. May 30, 1857 ; d. there Aug. 14, 1858.
6. Lucy (Nickerson) b. Chilmark, Mass. Dec. 21, 1859; d. there Jan. 21, 1861.
7. Sarah Ermina b. Enfield May 5, 1823 ; m. June 20, 1841 William Athern b. West Tisbury,
d. there May 1864, son of Jonathan and Lucy Athern.
1. Elbridge Chase (Athern) b. West Tisbury, Mass. Oct. 6, 1842; m. Abby Barrows of Middleboro', Mass .;
r. Campello, Mass.
2. Lucy (Athern) b. West Tisbury, Mass. June 27, 1847; m. Dec. 25, 1873 Charles Bessey b. Ohio, is Prof. of Botany and Chemistry in Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. Two children.
3. Sarah Ermina (Athern) b. West Tisbury, Mass. May 22, 1852; music teacher at Williamstown, Mass. 4. William Edward (Athern) b. West Tisbury, Mass. Nov. 15, 1857; grad. at Williams College.
8. Amanda b. Enfield Aug. 24, 1826 : d. there Nov. 22, 1827.
9. Nancy Ursula b. Nov. 27, 1831 ; d. unm. Hillsboro' Nov. 9, 1876.
10. Edward Payson b. Westmoreland Dec. 12, 1834.
Child of Mrs. Cheney d. Nov. 1830 æt. 21 months.
SAMUEL CHURCH d. Jan. 31, 1776 ; m. Elizabeth
1. Martha ? 2. Ebenezer b. Conn. Dec. 14, 1752 ? m. Dec. 12, 1776 Abigail, sister to Capt.
Jehiel Holdridge. 3. Thomas b. Conn. Feb. 19, 1754 ; d. unm. June 21, 1778.
4. Ido b. Conn. Feb. 14, 1756 ; " Kild in Battle " Sept. 19, 1777.
5. Jonathan b. Ap. 12, 1758 : d. Ap. 29, 1826 ; m. Feb. 11, 1783 Rachel Bill (q. v.) d. Jan. 3, 1841.
1. Olive b. Nov. 9, 1783; d. unm. Feb. 4, 1821. 2. Rachel b. Ap. 21, 1786 ; m. Ivory Randall (q. v.).
3. Elizabeth b. Ap. 7, 1788; m Aaron Day (q. v.).
4. Iddo b. March 6, 1797; m. 1st Emeline Kemp b. Sullivan, d. Sept. 1833. 1. Sally Ann b. Feb. 28, 1830; d. Winchendon, Mass. Aug. 26, 1861; m. 1852 Otis W. Hapgood, b. Mass. 1824; d. Winchendon, Mass. May 2, 1863.
1. d. inf. 2. Jane M. (Hapgood) b. Winchendon, Mass. Aug. 1856; d. y.
m. 2d Betsey Hovey dau. of David and Elizabeth (Chambers) Hovey of Acworth. 2. Azel m. Lydia J. Symington; r. Acworth.
6. Ira b. Conn. Sept. 1, 1760. 7. Elizabeth b. Conn. March 25, 1763 ; m. Roswell Hubbard (q. v.).
8. Dorothy b. Conn. July 3, 1767. 9. Azel b. unk. July 12, 1769 ?
10. Daniel b. Oct. 28, 1771? 11. John b. Nov. 16, 1772.
FOREST CILLEY worked in Tannery 1867 ; rem. to Mass.
CLARK. Elisha Clark m. Mary Towne, and was the first of this name in Gilsum. Joseph and Samuel came soon after. They were from Worcester, Mass., and supposed to be brothers. The ancestor of the Gilsum family was Sumuel.
SAMUEL CLARK d. Jan. 16, 1812, æt. 83 ; m. Mercy Perry d. July 4, 1814, æt. 83.
1. Nathan lost at sea. 2. David on tax list 1808. 3. Sally m. Brooks Hudson (q. v.).
4. Jonathan b. Mass. Sept. 7, 1758 ; d. Sept. 15, 1830; m. 1st Delilah Thompson b. Alstead July 24, 1771, d. Dec. 5, 1819, dau. of William and Lydia Thompson.
1. Sally b. Feb. 1, 1791; d. Clintonville, Mass. March 18, 1878; m. 1st Alvan Carpenter (q. v.); m. 2d about 1834 Dea. John Burdett d. Clinton, Mass. 1856. 1. Franklin (Burdett) d. ch.
2. Samuel b. Jan. 30, 1793; d. N. Y. Dec. 1873 ; m. March 16, 1814 Sally Farnsworth (q. v.); rem. to N. Y. 1. Sarah b. Ap. 21, 1816. 2. Esther m. - Rockwood. 3. Mary E. m. - Bliss. 4. Josiah. All r. West Stock- holm, N. Y.
3. Polly b. March 28, 1795; d. about 1870; m. John U. Weeks (q. v.). 1. Frank ( Weeks) d. in army.
4. Mercy b. July 17, 1797; m. 1829 Jonathan ? Walker of Newport; r. Norfolk, N. Y.
5. Delilah b. March 14, 1800; m. Merit Winter (q. v.); five ch.
6. Jonathan ? d. unm. Newport July 25, 1824.
7. Joseph b. June 25, 1802; d. Raymondville. N. Y. Feb. 15, 1878; m. June 2, 1824 Rizpah Field b. Surry March 20, 1802, d. Raymondville, N. Y. July 27, 1877, dau. of Moses Dickinson and Molly (Hayward) Field
1. Amos Field b. March 19, 1825; m. Jan. 1, 1850 Clarissa Carpenter b. Washington, Vt. Ap. 24, 1822. 1. Kate R. b. N. Y. 1852; d. unm. Raymondville, N. Y. March, 1879. 2. George A. b. N. Y. 1856. 3. Fred Hayward b. N. Y. 1863.
2. Lucenia Amanda b. Ap. 24, 1827 ; m. 1850 James W. Dennison; r. California.
1. Fayette (Dennison) b. Cal. Oct. 26, 1850; d. there Aug. 6, 1852; and several others.
3. Joseph Franklin b. June 14, 1829; m. Sarah A. Russell; a farmer and stock raiser in Nevada.
4. Helen M. b. June 15, 1831; m. William P. L. Winham; a land broker at Salinas, Cal. 1. Jacky ( Winham) b. unk. 1862; d. unk. Aug. 18, 1864; and others ?
5. Jonathan Edwin b. Ap. 11, 1834; d. Raymondville ? N. Y. Nov. 16, 1868; m. May 5, 1866 Mrs. Almira Blatchley; served three years in Union army.
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6. Rizpah Alleitn b. May 17, 1836; d. Penn. Ang. 2, 1869; m. March 14, 1864 Agro A. Woodward. 1. Carrie ( Woodward) b. Great Bend, Penn. Sept. 19, 1866. 2. Arthur A. (Woodward) b. Great Bend, Penn. Aug. 10, 1868.
7. William Henry b. Norfolk, N. Y. Ang. 9, 1839; m. Feb. 1, 1869 Maggie Scott; left for dead at battle of Fair Oaks; taken by rebels and imprisoned a long time at Riebmond, Va .; in a land office at California. 1. Harry S. b. Salinas, Cal. ; and perhaps others.
8. Moses Alonzo b. Narfolk, N. Y. March 1, 1842; d. there March 18, 1849.
9. Silas Wright b. Norfolk, N. Y. Nov. 17, 1845 ; m. Feb. 17, 1872 JJannette Scott; r. Nevada. 1. Frank Scott b. Raymondville, N. Y. June 16, 1873 ; and perhaps others.
10. Charles Albert b. Norfolk, N. Y. June 28, 1848; m. Oct. 26, 1871 Josephine Stearns; r. Raymondville, N. Y. 1. Joseph S. b. Raymondville, N. Y. July 22, 1874.
8. Huldah b. July 24, 1801; d. unm. Jan. 10, 1831. 9. Franklin b. Oct. 5, 1807; d. March 5, 1808.
10. Mary Ann b. Jan. 2, 1809; m. JJohn Holden (q. v.); r. Elgin, Ill .; five ch.
11. Mehitabel b. Ap. 24, 1814; m. Lyman Recd (q. v.).
m. 2d May 16, 1823 Tamar Foster of Croydon.
5. Polly m. James Ballard (q. v.). 6. Charlotte m. Titus Dart (q. v.).
7. Calvin b. March 19, 1782.
William Clark and his wife Esther Rogers r. Acworth and had five children the oldest of whom was Thomas b. Acworth Ap. 19, 1781; d. there Aug. 10, 1864; m. Ap. 8, 1806 Lydia Woodbury b. Salem Feb. 2, 1781, d. Dec. 3, 1866, dau. of Andrew and Eunice Woodbury. They had eight children of whom the fourth was
THOMAS TYLER CLARK b. Acworth Oct. 17, 1818 ; d. Oct. 8, 1879 ; m. Feb. 26, 1846 Laura Hayward (q. v.).
1. Josephine Hayward b. Middlesex, Vt. Dec. 11, 1857 ; m. Henry Haywood Carter (q. v.). JOHN T. CLARK b. unk. 1842; m. Eliza H. - b. unk. 1845 ; a painter.
1. Clara E. b. 1866. 2. Minnie b. 1868
FRANCOIS CLOUTIER a Frenchman employed in Tannery 1872.
CLYDE. Hugh Clyde was b. in Ireland 1724. He was of Scotch parentage, and s. in Windham where he d. July 11, 1800; m. Sarah - d. Windham 1777. Among their ch. was Joseph. JOSEPH CLYDE b. Windham Sept. 28, 1773; d. Marlow Nov. 10, 1850; m. Feb. 8, 1803 Mehitable Griffin b. Windham Jan. 17, 1781, d. Alstead July 6, 1843, dau. of Peter and Dolly Griffin.
Four children, of whom two were twins d. inf.
5. William b. Windham Feb. 4, 1808 ; d. New Paris, Ind. Nov. 10, 1861 ; m. 1st Susannah Whittemore b. Hancock July 28, 1807, d. there Jan. 9, 1838, dau. of Asa Whittemore.
1. William Horace b. July 31, 1828; r. Washington. 2. Wallace Bruce b. Hancock Aug. 22, 1831 ; d. ch. 3. Edwin Wallace b. Hancock Ap. 13, 1836; d. ch.
m. 2d Ap. 16, 1839 Harriet Rebecca Pierce b. Dublin June 10, 1820, dau. of David and Hepzibah (Davis) Pierce.
4. Rebecca b. New Paris, Ind. July 3, 1841; d. inf. 5. Allen Comly b. New Paris, Ind. July 21, 1842.
6. Melissa Jane b. New Paris, Ind. May 16, 1845; d. inf.
7. Jane Melissa b. New Paris, Ind. Sept. 29, 1847; d. inf. 8. Sophronia b. New Paris, Ind. May 29, 1849.
9. Eben Hills b. New Paris, Ind. Oct. 6, 1851. 10. Mary Ellen b. New Paris, Ind. May 22, 1854.
6. Dorothy S. b. Windham Sept. 14, 1810 ; d. there Ap. 14, 1812.
7. Dorothy b. Windham May 3, 1813 ; d. Alstcad July 6, 1870 ; m. June 7, 1844 Ebenezer Knight Hills b. Alstcad, d. Hancock, son of Elijah and Lydia (Knight) Hills. 1. George Eben (Hills) b. Alstead Sept. 26, 1852; r. Nashua.
8. Harriet Griffin b. Windham Ap. 10, 1815 ; m. 1st Luther Brown Pierce b. Dublin Feb.
28, 1805, son of David and Hepzibah (Davis) Pierce ; r. New Paris, Ind.
1. Sarah Abby Cleora (Pierce) b. Dublin Ap. 16, 1836. 2. George Washington (Pierce) b. New Paris, Ind. Aug. 21, 1840. 3. Sarah Jane (Pierce) b. New Paris, Ind. Feb. 24, 1842.
4. Lucy Ann (Pierce) b. New Paris, Ind. June, 1844.
m. 2d May 7, 1846 Danicl Rhorcr.
5. Mary Elizabeth (Rhorer) b. New Paris, Ind. Oct. 6, 1848. 6. Catherine (Rhorer) b. New Paris, Ind. July 24, 1850. 7. William Franklin (Rhorer) b. New Paris, Ind. July 14, 1854.
9. Theodore b. Windham Nov. 17, 1817, r. Windham.
10. Joseph b. Hancock March 14, 1820 ; m. May 21, 1843 Mary Abigail Knight b. Marlow Jan. 14, 1821 dau. of Ira and Abigail (Pratt) Knight ; r. Marlow.
1. George Wesley b. Marlow Sept. 18, 1846; m. Sept. 16, 1874 Felicia Ladora Shepardson b. Reading, Mass. Aug 15, 1848, dau. of George and Electa (Copeland) Shepardson.
2. Melbern Griffin b. Marlow Ap. 25, 1851; drowned there Dec. 31, 1862.
CHARLES COBB m. Louisa Thomas.
Stephen Collins
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1. Charles b. Jan. 1, 1832. 2. Mary Louisa b. Surry ; m. May 15, 1846 William B. Mixer b. Rindge Ap. 28, 1825, son of Charles and Mehitable (Smith) Mixer ; r. Philadelphia, Penn. 1. George W. (Mixer) b. Keene ? Dec. 13, 1847; is in U. S. Navy.
COLE. John Cole and his wife Mehitabel came from Rowley, Mass. to Lisbon where he d. Their son John d. Surry Oct. 4, 1807 æt. 39; m. Polly Bemis b. Rowley, Mass. 1762, d. Gilsum Dec. 30, 1825. Their ch. were Hitty d. ch .; Zaccheus r. Westminster, Vt .; Betsey m. Amherst Hayward (q. v.) ; John; Polly m. Amherst Hayward (q. v.); and Asa.
JOHN COLE b. Gardner, Mass. Sept. 13, 1797; m. May 10, 1860 Mrs. Lucinda (Petts) Bolster (q. v.) d. July 16, 1870.
ASA COLE (bro. of preceding,) was b. Surry Oct. 20, 1804; m. Sept. 3, 1829 Sarah Pitts b. Uxbridge, Mass. Nov. 5, 1808, dau. of Job and Mary (Reed) Pitts b. Uxbridge, Mass. Jan. 22, 1772 d. Jan. 20, 1850; r. Keene.
1. Charles Pitts b. Jan. 20, 1832 ; d. Sept. 4, 1832.
2. Daniel Reed b. Aug. 20, 1835 ; in. Nov. 23, 1858 Adeliza Jones b. Marlow Jan. 3, 1838, dau. of Gilman and Eliza (Towne) Jones.
1. Frank Albert b. Keene Sept. 18, 1861. 2. Hattie Ellen b. Keene July 24, 1870.
COLLINS. James Collins m. Mary Bulger and had a son John m. Norah Dugan; emigrated from Ireland 1830; and s. at Worcester, Mass. where he d. 1860. Norah d. Worcester, Mass. 1858. Their son Stephen came to N. Y. from Ireland in 1834. John Jr. came with his parents.
STEPHEN COLLINS b. Co of Dublin, Ireland, June 24, 1811; m. May 31, 1835 Anastasia Murphy b. Co. of Kilkenny, Ireland, Aug. 1811 dau. of James and Mary (Nolan) Murphy.
Their 1st, 2d, and 5th children were each Mary Jane and d. inf.
3. Michael b. Dudley, Mass. June 6, 1839, served 3 months in 3d Mass. Rifle Battalion.
4. John Stephen b. Oxford, Mass. Dec. 15, 1841, served 9 months in Gun Boat Neptune, U. S. N.
6. Mary Jane b. Strafford, Conn. July 1856.
JOHN COLLINS bro. of Stephen, was b. Co. of Dublin, Ireland, July 1824; m. July 12, 1851 Sarah Fitzpatrick b. Leeds, England, Dec. 8, 1835 dau. of John and Mary (O'Donald) Fitzpatrick; came to Gilsum in 1867; rem. to Keene 1879.
1. Mary Ellen b. Millbury, Mass. Nov. 6, 1854 ; d. there March, 1855.
2. William Henry b. Brattleboro', Vt. May 9, 1857.
3. John Bernard b. Worcester, Mass. Jan. 24, 1859.
4. Ellen Norah b. Webster, Mass. Dec. 11, 1861 ; d. Oxford, Mass. Ap. 22, 1864.
5. James Edward b. Cherry Valley, Mass. March 29, 1863 ; d. there Ap. 7, 1865.
6. Charles Francis b. Cherry Valley, Mass. March 30, 1866 ; d. there Ap. 25, 1867.
7. Leonard b. March 16, 1870. 8. Joseph b. Ashuelot Aug. 7, 1871.
9. Francis b. Ashuelot May 18, 1873 ; d. there March 4, 1874.
10. George Herbert b. Ashuelot Aug. 17, 1875.
E. BARTLETT COLLINS m. June 14, 1855 Mrs. Lurinda R. Nash both of Fitz- william.
JOSEPH COLLINS an Englishman, employed in Collins's Factory 1859; rem. to Springfield, Vt. where he m.
EDGAR W. COLLINS lived with Solomon Mack 3d, in 1872.
COMSTOCK. Tradition says three or four brothers of this name, sometimes written Cumstock, emigrated to this country from England. William Comstock son of one of these brothers, came from Lyme, Conn. and s. in Sullivan where he d. 1773. His first wife was Elizabeth; second wife, Hephzibah who after his death m. John Rowe. The ch. mentioned at the settlement of his estate were Lydia m. Simeon Ellis, William " Eldest Son now surviving," and Mary wife of William Corey. There was also James bapt. about 1773, and perhaps others. William m. Ist Dec. 21, 1797 Sally Emerson d. Sullivan Jan. 25, 1800, æt. 24. She was dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Collins) Emerson of Marlboro'. He m. 2d March 10, 1801 Polly Jewett b. Rindge Ap. 13, 1774; d. Sullivan May 30, 1803; dau. of Jonathan and Martha (Belcher) Jewett. His third wife was Ruth. By his first wife he had William Emerson ; by the second wife, Hephzibah b. Sullivan May 8, 1802; by the third wife, David b. Sullivan March 11, 1805, d. same day.
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WILLIAM EMERSON COMSTOCK b. Sullivan Dec. 14, 1798; d. Ap. 14, 1876; m. Ist Oct. 20, 1823 Milly Fairbanks b. Washington 1794, d. Feb 2, 1857.
1. and 2. d. inf. 3 Ira Emerson b. Feb. 13, 1829 ; m. Nov. 28, 1854 Esther Rachel Wheeler b. Keene July 28, 1834, dau. of Joseph and Betsey (Prime) Wheeler ; r. Sullivan. 1. Frank Emerson b. July 21, 1856. 2. George Wheeler b. Aug. 7, 1861.
3. Joseph Fred b. Sullivan June 6, 1866.
4. James Martin b Sept. _ 9, 1832 ; m. Sept. 5, 1858 Mrs. Caroline N. (Whitney) Nash (q. v.).
5. Emily Roancy b. Aug. 15, 1836 ; d. unm. Keene Feb. 25, 1864.
m. 2d July 4. 1860 Mrs. Lorana (Rice) Howard (q. v.); d. Ap. 6, 1878.
DANIEL CONVERSE son of Daniel Converse and Rosella Coombs, was b. Douglass, Mass. Dec 21, 1773; d. Sept. 28, 1852; m. Ruth Seaver b: Framingham, Mass. Sept. 1772, d. Ap. 2, 1856, dau. of Shubael and Dilly Seaver.
1. Polly b. Junc 1, 1795 ; m. Joseph Thompson (q. v.).
2. Danicl b. Oct. 29, 1796 ; m. Jan. 8, 1822 Early Miller of Alstead. 1. Phebe Miller b. Nov. 19, 1822; rem. to Sherburne, Vt.
3. Deliverance b. May 4, 1799 ; m. Samuel Nash (q. v ).
4. Sally b. Feb. 1801 ; d. March 1801. 5. Sally b. March 27, 1802 ; m. Charles Nash (q. v.).
6. Rosanna b. March 17, 1804; d. May 11, 1804. 7. David b. Nov. 13, 1805 ; d. Sept. 16, 1808.
8. David b. Sept. 24, 1809; d. Alstead Aug. 11, 1851; m. May 23, 1837 Matilda Phillips (q. v.) ; rem. to Alstead.
1. Gilbert Phillips b. Ap. 4, 1841 ; m. Jennie Flanders; r. Watertown, Mass.
2. Granville Smith b. May 30, 1843; m. Anna Collins of Gardner, Mass. ; r. Leominster, Mass. 1. Frederick Granville. 2. George Edward, both b. Leominster, Mass.
3. Ellen Maria b. Alstead March 5, 1845; m. George, son of Washington Brown of Troy. 1. Henry Ennis (Brown.) 2. Eva Maria (Brown. ) 3. Alberta Gertrude (Brown.)
4. Jennie Frances b. Alstead Ap. 16, 1847 ; d. Province of Quebec Feb. 21, 1875; m. Stephen Henry Ennis. 1. Mary (Ennis.) 2. Jennie Matilda (Ennis.) 3. Luretta (Ennis.) 4. Elizabeth Frances (Ennis.) 5. David Merrill b. Walpole March 9, 1851.
9. Abram b. Jan. 7, 1813 ; d. Sept. 20, 18:2 ; m Dec. 21, 1837 Dolly Davis (q. v.).
1. Loena A. b. Ap. 3, 1840; d. unm. Surry Dec. 22, 1861.
2. Stillman Abram b. March 18, 1843; m. May 23, 1867 Sarah Elizabeth Chase b. Keene Feb. 1843, dau. of Stephen and Louisa (Dickinson) Chase; r. Hartford, Conn. Two ch.
3. Edmund Ambrose b. Sept. 29, 1844; m. June 12, 1866 Ella Annette Taylor b. Taunton, Mass., dau. of Addison Taylor; r. Worcester, Mass. Two ch.
4. Gilman Alonzo b. Aug. 24, 1848; m. March 2, 1868 Ella Annette Hall b. Westmoreland. One ch.
5. Ella Angeline b. June 29, 1851; d. unm. Surry Dec. 26, 1870.
10. Rosannah b. Ap. 1, 1817 . m. Francis N. Phillips (q v.).
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