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1. Aaron. 2. Patty b. unk. 1793 ; m. Levi Nash (q. v.).
m. 2d Nov. 28, 1799 Sarah Withington b. Fitzwilliam Ap. 1. 1773, d. Ap. 15, 1836, dau. of William and Martha (Locke) Withington.
3. William Withington b. Oct. 1803; m. 1st Aug. 17, 1830 Azuba Davis (q. v.) d. Alstead Sept. 8, 1843 ; r. Hudson.
1. Azuba Permela b. Alstead May 1831; d. inf. 2. William Davis b. Winhall, Vt. May 1832.
3. Rebecca b. Winhall, Vt. July 1833; d. unm. Saxton's River, Vt. about June 1853.
4. Betsey b. Winhall, Vt. July 1835; d. Aug. 1836. 5. Mary Jane b. Nov. 1836; m. Edwin Cross; r. Hudson. 6. Martha Maria b. Alstead May 1838; m. and rem. to Nova Scotia.
7. George Wesley b. Alstead Sept. 1840; lost an arm in the war, and is a Telegraph operator in Mass. m. 2d and has several ch.
4. Hezekiah drowned in Canada. 5. Jared b. about 1806 ; rem. to Winhall, Vt.
6. Elvira r. Winhall, Vt.
7. Jesse b. unk. Ap. 19, 1808; m. Ist Dec. 31, 1835 Harriet Pollard b. Charlestown June
25, 1820 ; d. there Oct. 14, 1849, dau. of Samuel and Betsey (Sawyer) Pollard ; r. Charlestown. 1. Sumner m. Thirsa Clark; r. Holyoke, Mass.
2. Herbert H. b. Charlestown March 4, 1844; m. Dec. 21, 1864 Laura E. Taylor b. Charlestown Aug. 9, 1845 dau. of Oren and Charlotte M. (Haywood) Taylor.
1. Charles H. b. Charlestown Feb. 5, 1866.
m. 2d Feb. 1850 Olive Ardelia Fletcher b. Orwell, Vt. Dec. 28, 1811, dau. of Joel and Dolly (Silsby) Fletcher.
FRANCIS CHARLES MINOR son of Joseph and Margaret (Abert) Minor of French descent, was b. Chanbly, C. E. June 12, 1832; m. Nov. 29, 1855 Emily F. Thompson (q. v.).
1. Frank Leslie b. Keene May 7, 1857 ; d. Feb. 23, 1880 ; m. Oct. 16, 1877 Irene M: Polley (q. v.). 2. Elmer Ellsworth b. Northfield, Vt. July 2, 1861.
3. Charles Clifton b. Northfield, Vt. Nov. 22, 1864 ; drowned July 27, 1869.
MITCHELL. Thomas Mitchell m. Mary -, came from Ireland, and had Jane m. - Hoag;
William s. in Acworth 1777; John; Thomas; and Mary m. James Bridges. Thomas had Jennie m. James Dickey, Thomas, and Nancy m. Jonathau Mitchell. Thomas b. Francestown 1783; d. Lemp- ster 1834; m. Mercy, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Holden) Slader. Their ch. were Thomas D .; William E .; Camilla F. m. 1st John Severns, m. 2d William Osgood; Zenas S. ; Jonathan D. L .; Lewis d. y .; Nancy Lewis d. unm .; Sylvester A. ; Mary Lucina m. J. Symonds Bowers ; and George C.
SYLVESTER ALMOND MITCHELL b. Acworth 1828; m. Sept. 8, 1852 Frances Amanda Carpenter of Walpole; r. Alstead; in Gilsum 1848-50.
1. Mary Frances b. Wyocena, Wisc. Sept. 9, 1854; m. Sept. 20, 1876 James A. Linsley of Alstead. 2. Hattie Jane b. Wyocena, Wisc. July 15, 1861 ; d. Alstead ? Sept. 23, 1877.
3. Eddie Almond b. Wyocena, Wisc. March 5, 1863.
PHINEHAS MOOR m. Hannah -; a blacksmith about 1812-7.
1. Lucy Kendall b. Sept. 10, 1816. Probably others.
FRANK H. MOORE worked for E. W. Gunn 1875.
MICHAEL MOORE " boss finisher " for Collins 1875.
MRS. CHARLOTTE (MAYO) MORRISON dau. of Elisha and Abigail (Breed) Mayo, was b. Acworth; m. Dexter Bates Morrison of Alstead; r. Gilsum a year or two after his death.
1. Elisha. 2. Charlotte Adeline b. Alstead March 23, 1855 ; m. J. Q. Pickering (q. v.).
3. Hattie. 4. Willie.
MORSE. Samuel Morse b. 1585; emigrated from England 1635; s. Dedham, Mass. 1637; d. Med- field, Mass. Ap. 5, 1654; m. Elizabeth - d. June 20, 1654 æt. 67. Their ch. were John, Daniel, Joseph, Abigail, Samuel, Jeremiah, and Mary. Joseph b. 1615; d. 1654; m. Hanuah Phillips of Water-
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town, and had Lient. Samuel, Hannah, Sarah, Dorcas, Elizabeth, Joseph, and Jeremiah. Capt. Joseph b. Dedham, Mass. July 26, 1649; d. Feb. 19, 1713; m. Oct. 17, 1671 Mehetabel b. July 22, 1655, d. Sherborn, Mass. Nov. 12, 1681; m. 2d Ap. 11, 1683 Hannah Badcock b. Feb. 8, 1661, d. Sherborn, Mass. Nov. 9, 1711; m. 3d May 17, 1713 Mrs. Hannah, widow of Joseph Dyer of Weymouth, Mass. d. Sherborn, Mass. Sept. 1, 1727 æt. 67. Ch. by first wife : - Mehetabel d. inf .; Joseph d. inf .; Elisha, Joseph, and Mehetabel. Ch. by second wife : - James, Hannah, Sarah, David, Isaac, Keziah, and Asa. James b. Sherborn, Mass. July 1, 1686, d. there June 5, 1725; m. Jan. 5, 1708 Ruth Sawin d. Sherborn, Mass. Jan. 12, 1774. Ch. : - Thomas; Ruth m. Joshua Leland ; Deborah m. Capt. Samuel Bullard of Holliston, Mass .; James; and Abraham. Thomas b. Sherborn, Mass. Dec. 5, 1709; d. Dublin Jan. 7, 1783; m. Mary Treadwell b. May 16, 1718, d. Dublin Dec. 25, 1776. Their ch. were Mary m. 1st Abraham Wheeler of Kecnc, m. 2d Ezekiel Newton of Southboro', Mass .; Ruth m. Daniel Morse; Reuben; Rachel m. Jabez Puffer; Silence d. inf .; Abigail m. Daniel Wilson of Sullivan; Thomas; Sarah m. Thaddens Mason; Ezra; Maj. John; Jonathan; Hannah ; and Amos.
THOMAS MORSE b. Sherborn, Mass. May 21, 1748; d. Canada; m. Jan. 20, 1773 Martha Rowe (q. v.) ; r. in what is now Sullivan.
1. Thomas b. Jan. 8, 1774. 2. Martha b. Feb. 12, 1777 ; d. Sullivan Nov. 11, 1792. 3. Olive b. March 21, 1781. 4. Josiah b. Jan. 23, 1787.
James Morse son of James and Rnth, was b. Sherborn, Mass. Dec. 21, 1720; d. there Feb. 7, 1812. He was a soldier in the French and Revolutionary Wars. He m. Grace Bullen d. Sherborn, Mass. Jan. 28, 1796. Ch .: - James, Susanna m. Perley Death of Fitzwilliam, Deborah in. Benjamin Guy of Dover, Elizabeth, Joseph, and Dea. Abner. James b. Sherborn, Mass. Feb. 16, 1743; d. Fitzwilliam Ap. 17, 1805; m. 1769 Betsey dau. of Nathan Bullard of Shrewsbury, Mass. and had Joseph; Silas, Asa, Ede m. Caleb Felch, Milly m. Daniel H. Corey (q. v.), and Nathan.
SILAS MORSE b. Holliston, Mass. 1777; d. Fitzwilliam Jan. 13, 1859; m. Dec. 30, 1807 Susannah Phillips b. Fitzwilliam 1786, d. there Nov. 15, 1868, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary Phillips.
1. James b. Fitzwilliam Feb. 6, 1809; m. Nov. 11, 1839 Esther Nash (q. v.) d. Marlboro' March 24, 1848 ; r. Keene.
1. Silvanus Andrew b. Sullivan Dec. 8, 1840; m. Nov. 2, 1867 Rhoda Edwards b. Otisfield, Me. Ap. 9, 1841, dau. of Preston and Sarah Jane (Caldwell) Edwards; r. Keene.
1. James Preston b. Keene Dec. 6, 1870. 2. Nellie Jane b. Keene June 30, 1872. 3. Elmer Thomas b. Keene Jan. 14, 1876.
2. Lorinsa b. Winhall, Vt. May 28, 1842; m. Joseph William Cummings (q. v.).
3. Ansil Alvin b. Stoddard Aug. 5, 1844; m. 1st Dec. 1865 Louisa F., dau. of Henry Smith of Keene; r. Swanzey.
1. Stella b. Swanzey Dec. 6, 1869.
m. 2d Esther L. Ferris of Charlotte, Vt.
4. Albert b. Marlboro' Sept. 5, 1846; d. Sept. 11, 1850.
2. Mary Lorinda b. Fitzwilliam Jan. 11, 1811 ; m. Thomas Foristall ; r. Fitzwilliam.
1. Charles H. (Foristall) b. Fitzwilliam May 1841.
2. Sarah Jane (Foristall) b. Fitzwilliam 1843; m. Charles Pope; r. Fitzwilliam. 1. Flora (Pope.)
3. Levi A. (Foristall) b. Fitzwilliam ; d. inf. New Orleans, La.
4. Susan J. (Foristall) b. Fitzwilliam ; d. there nnm.
3. Nathaniel b. Sullivan Feb. 25, 1813; rem. to Mich. where he m. and d. leaving six or seven ch.
4. Ira Lee b. Sullivan Aug. 19, 1815 ; m. Aug. 10, 1852 Silvia Ann Cummings (q. v.) ; r. Fitzwilliam.
1. Alfred Ira b. Jnne 2, 1853; d. Fitzwilliam Sept. 1865.
2. Willie Anson b. Fitzwilliam Jan. 1862; d. there Sept. 1865.
5. Susan b. Sullivan Jan. 21, 1818, m. David A. Roundy (q. v.).
6. Archibald b. Sullivan May 13, 1820 ; m. and r. Montrose, Mich. ; several ch.
7. Silas Abbot b. Sullivan Aug. 3, 1823 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Caleb Boyce of Fitzwilliam ; r. South Royalston, Mass. ; one ch.
8. Nathan b. Sullivan Ap. 15, 1825 ; m. Irene, dau. of Caleb Boyce of Fitzwilliam ; r. Mich. ; several ch.
9. Alexander b. Sullivan Nov. 8, 1829; m. 1st A. M. Chase of Royalston, Mass. who had three ch. ; m. 2d Lucy Day of Royalston, Mass. ; five ch .; r. Royalston, Mass.
HENRY MORSE from Antrim, in Tannery 1854 6.
1. Henry Lawrence killed in army. 2. Charles served in army ; d. 3. Annie. JEREMIAH L. MORSE taxed here 1845.
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RICHARD D. MORSE on tax list 1855.
EDWARD W. MOULTON lived on Blood place 1877.
MULLINS. Thomas Mullins and his wife Catharine MacMillen emigrated to this country from . Edinburgh, Scotland about 1840 and had John r. Canton, N. Y .; Edward r. Lisbon, N. Y .; Mary m. John Hayes ; Byron J .; and Kitty d. unm.
BYRON JAMES MULLINS b. Ogdensburgh, N. Y. July 4, 1849; m. Nov. 15, 1873 Mrs. Harriet Samaria (Towne) Shepherd dau. of Elisha and Harriet (Webster) Towne.
EDWARD MUNSON of Marlow m. Jan. 26, 1847 Jane T. West of Hancock. 1
MICHAEL MURPHY b. Ireland; d. Alstead; m. Oct. 10, 1830 Sally Mackentire (q. v.) ; rem. to Alstead.
1. Betsey. 2. Mary. 3. James.
MRS. MURPHY d. June 7, 1870, æt. 40; a transient boarder from Providence, R. I. GUSTAVE MYERS in Factory 1875.
NASH is of Saxon origin, said to be derived from a residence near an ash tree. Tradition says four bros. came to America, viz. : - James s. at Weymouth, Mass. ; Thomas s. at New Haven, Conn .; Edward s. at Norwalk, Conn .; and William s. in Virginia or North Carolina. The Gilsum family have not traced their origin beyond
ABRAM NASH who r. Shutesbury, Mass .; m. Lydia Smith b. Taunton, Mass. 1735, d. Feb. 1830.
1. James b. Shutesbury ? Mass. 1759 ; d. Dec. 7, 1825 ; m. Matilda Waters b. Taunton, Mass. 1759, and was murdered in Sullivan June 13, 1829, dau. of Zebulon Waters.
1. James b. Mass. 1782 ; d. inf.
2. Daniel b. Mass. 1784; d. Oct. 1830; m. 1st Jan. 5, 1808 Wealthy Bingham (q. v.) d. March 8, 1815. 1. Willard b. Sullivan Sept. 29, 1808; d. inf. 2. Lyman b. Dec. 25, 1810; went with a Fur Company to Rocky Moun- tains and never heard from. 3. Emily b. Jan. 11, 1813; m. - Clark of Lawrenceville, N. Y. 4. Wealthy Bingham b. Feb. 5, 1815; d. Sept. 9, 1820.
m. 2d Mrs. Betsey (Farwell) Bridge d. Ap. 11, 1853, æt. 75.
5. Ephraim b. Dec. 18, 1822; m. March 24, 1846 Mary Jane Crossfield b. Keene June 1820, dau. of James and Roxana (Eveleth) Crossfield. 6. Elizabeth d. ch. about 1833.
3. Asa b. Taunton, Mass. Sept. 18, 1789; killed by fall of a tree Oct. 21, 1856; m. May 30, 1809 Rhoda Davis (q. v.) d. Sept. 14, 1871.
1. Lydia b. May 21, 1810; d. May 21, 1875.
1. Susan b. May 4, 1827, m. Harvey B. Miller (q. v.).
2. Linus b. March 31, 1812; d. Dec. 11, 1847; m. Mrs. Eliza (Curtis) Nash b. Chesterfield 1811, d. Jan. 13, 1850, widow of Ebenezer Nash.
1. Semantha Jane b. Feb. 26, 1834; m. 1st Charles E. Crouch (q. v.) ; m. 2d Gilbert Guillow (q. v.). 2. George Washington b. Jan. 14, 1836; m. Roxelana Nash (q. v.); r. Camden, N. Y. 3. Franklin Melvin b. Dec. 26, 1838 ; m. Eliza Barlow ; r. Camden, N. Y. 4. Stillman Denzel b. Dec. 30, 1843; in. Elizabeth Simonds; r. Camden, N. Y.
3. Asa Bradford b. March 11, 1814; m. 1st Nov. 25, 1836 Lydia Davis (q. v.) d. Sept. 20, 1859. 1. Lura Alfreda b. Ap. 11, 1838; m. Solomon M. Howard (q. v.). 2. Adelbert Bradford b. Ap. 7, 1841.
3. Martha Cynthia b. June 20, 1843; d. Dec. 10, 1845. 4. Phila Elizabeth b. Jan. 20, 1846; in. William H. Bates (q. v.). 5. Quincy Bethuel b. Dec. 2, 1848; m. Feb. 10, 1872 Arvilla C. dau. of William and Lestina Hastings ; r. Sullivan. 6. Everetta Rozella b. Ap. 4, 1852 ; m. Woodbury Corey (q. v.).
m. 2d Mrs. Nancy Melissa (Parkhurst) Barron (q. v.).
4. Nancy b. Jan. 9, 1817, in. William Campbell (q. v.).
5. Rhoda Melissa b. June 24, 1819; m. Feb. 27, 1842 William Martin Brown of Saxonville, Mass. where they r. 1. William (Brown) b. Saxonville, Mass. 2. Edgar (Brown) b. Saxonville, Mass. ; d. there unm.
6. Lucetta b. Ap. 12, 1822; m. 1st Alonzo B. Cook (q. v.); m. 2d William Cady (q. v.).
7. Jacob Dwight b. July 6, 1824; m. 1st July 28, 1845 Lydia Diana Cady b. Langdon Nov. 22, 1827, d. Saxonville, Mass. Dec. 26, 1863, dau. of Jesse and Diantha (Tenney ) Cady.
1. Eugene Pownal b. May 17, 1846; m. 1st June 11, 1870 Mrs. Maria Polly (Pitkin) Russell b. Schroon, N. Y. Dec. 14, 1834, dau. of Russell and Clarissa (Hosford) Pitkin. [She m. 1st June 19, 1853 Charles Wesley Russell b. Schroon, N. Y. Dec. 1, 1835, son of Ceylon and Betsey (Whitney) Russell. Their children were
1. George Wesley (Russell) (q. v.) b. Schroon, N. Y. Oct. 2, 1855. 2. Willie Ceylon (Russell) b. Schroon, N. Y. Nov. 9, 1860.] m. 2d Ap. 12, 1880 Della J. Vose b. Vt. May 1, 1859, dan. of George Vose ; r. Keene.
2. Gilmore Otis b. Jan. 16, 1849; m. and r. Burnet, Tex. 1. Jacob Eminett.
3. Emmett Jesse b. Sept. 12, 1851 ; d. Feb. 10, 1852. 4. Emmett Jesse b. Ap. 4, 1853; m. and r. Ala.
5. Nellie Josephine (adopted) b. Waltham, Mass. May 27, 1862; m. July 3, 1878 Albert Harder from N. Y .; r. Nelson.
m. 2d June 3, 1864 Elizabeth Culverhouse b. Trowbridge, England May 5, 1838, dau. of John and Harriet (Knee) Culverhouse.
8. Joel b. June 12, 1827.
9. Sylvester Lyman b. May 14, 1832; m. Feb. 19, 1864 Caroline Gary b. Ira, Vt. March 2, 1850, dau. of Stephen and Miami (Porter) Gary.
1. Orsamus Chauncey b. July 19, 1865. 2. Oramanthia Miami b. Feb. 2, 1868. 3. Ida Lenora b. Feb. 4, 1870.
4. Ada Rozelma b. Dec. 26, 1871. 5. Effie Euphemia b. Dec. 1, 1873. 6. Gertrude May b. Feb. 3, 1876.
7. Flossie Adine b. Ap. 25, 1878. 31
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10. Allen b. Nov. 22, 1835; d. num. Dec. 3, 1857.
11. Orsamns b. Ap. 7, 1838; d. in army ; m. Oct. 28, 1858 Fanny Melissa Iloward (g. v.). 1. Daniel Orsamus b. May 1860.
3. Levi b. Mass. 1793; d. Dec. 7, 1848; in. Jan. 12, 1815 Patty Miller (q. v.) d. Nov. 8, 1849.
1. James Philander b. Aug. 27, 1817; m. 1st Nov. 28, 1844 Harriet Metcalf d. May 1871, dau. of John O. and Kezia Metcalf of Marlow; r. Walpole.
1. Alice Elvira b. Stoddard Ang. 9, 1845; d. Alstead Sept. 6, 1872; m. Erastus Smith.
1. Herman A. (Smith.) 2. Lena L. (Smith.)
2. Christopher James b. Feb. 13, 1847; m. Feb. 1871 Louisa, dau. of Roswell Blanchard of Walpole. 1. Mabel. 2. Eva. 3. Avis,
3. Chauncey Willis b. July 16, 1849; in. Addie, dau. of Charles and - (Wilder) Spaulding of Westminster ; r. Walpole. 1. Alice. 2. George Herbert.
4. Ilerbert A. b. Sept. 15, 1851.
m. 2d 1857 Ellen Josephine Lovell b. Rockingham, Vt. 1839, d. Walpole? May 6, 1871, dau. of Ebenezer and Miranda Lovell.
5. Ellen Henrietta b. Westminster, Vt. Sept. 15, 1857. 6. Emma Josephino b. Hartland, Vt. Feb. 1, 1861. 7. Ida May b. Westminster, Vt. May 6, 1867.
2. Gardner Towne b. Dec. 1819; d. Aug. 1852; m. June 7, 1843 Lurinda R. Capron of Royalston, Mass .; had his name changed to Gardner N. Towne. [She m. 2d - Collins of Keene. ]
1. A son d. Nov. 19, 1844 æt. 7 mos.
3. Esther b. 1821; m. James Morse (q. v.).
4. Harriet Elizabeth b. 1823; d. Maneliester, Vt. Jan. 1850; m. Henry Weed of Manchester, Vt. 1. Lura (Weed); and twins d. inf.
5. Hezekiah b. 1825; d. unm. Ap. 4, 1848. 6. Chastina b. 1827 ; m. Cyrus Bliss (q. v.).
7. Aaron Hammond b. 1830; drowned June 3, 1848.
8. Amos Wilber b. Feb. 22, 1832; m. Mary Lovell b. Lempster 1838, d. July 11, 1871; r. Westminster, Vt. ; had his name changed to Amos N. Wilber.
1. Rosette. 2. Frances Bell. 3. George.
9. Lovisa Jerusha b. Jan. 16, 1834; m. 1st Justus Heath (q. v.); m. 2d Dee. 30, 1864 William Benjamin Sullivan b. Co. Carey, Ireland, Nov. 15, 1832.
1. Mary Jane (Sullivan) b. Jan. 29, 1866.
m. 3d John Lewis Foss (q. v.).
10. Diansa Morilla b. Ap. 6, 1835; d. Canaan Aug. 25, 1874; m. Nov. 30, 1856 Moses C. Tueker b. Andover Jan. 13,
1830, d. there Nov. 12, 1876.
1. Georgiana M. (Tucker) b. Canaan Nov. 1, 1857. 2. Sarah Edith (Tucker) b. Canaan Dec. 21, 1861, d. there March 1, 1864. 3. Ida Eunice (Tucker) h. Canaan Nov. 10, 1866.
4. Samuel b. Sullivan ? 1795; m. June 5, 1816 Deliverance Converse (q. v.); rem. to N. Y. where he was accidentally killed while building a house.
1. Deliverance. 2. Samuel. 3. Stephen. 4. Daniel. 5. Mary. 6. Arvilla. 7. Matilda.
8. Daniel. 9. James. 10. Roxelana mn. George Washington Nash (q. v.).
5. Charles b. July 24, 1797; d. Niagara, N. Y. Dec. 29, 1878; m. 1st Nov. 21, 1820 Sally Converse (q. v.) d. Feb. 12, 1832.
1. Sarah Maria b. Oet. 8, 1821; d. Feb. 16, 1822.
2. Charles b. Alstead Jan. 25, 1823; m. 1850 Mary Ann Wheeler of Keene; r. Marshalltown, Iowa. 1. Mary E. b. 1852. 2. Clary E. h. 1855. 3. Fred C. b. 1858. 4. Nellie b. March 2, 1861.
3. Albert b. Alstead July 28, 1824; railroad engineer at Niagara, N. Y.
4. Seaver b. Jan. 11, 1827 ; d. New Orleans, La. 1859.
5. George Hammond b. March 28, 1829; d. Swanzey Feb. 17, 1856; m. Caroline N., dau. of Leonard and Phylinda (Blood) Whitney of Aeworth.
1. George b. Sept. 9, 1852; d. Walpole ahout 1862. 2. Nancy J. b. Langdon 1854; m. and r. Methuen, Mass. 3. Edgar H. b. Ap. 13, 1856 ; m. and r. Alstead.
6. Willard Converse b. July 25, 1831. (See Eveleth. )
m. 2d Jan. 1, 1833 Eliza Gates (q. v.).
7. Sally b. March 5, 1834; m. Wesley Hill; r. Winona, Minn.
8. Andrew b. Aug. 8, 1836; m. Susan E. Waldron (q. v.). 1. Beulah Rebecca b. Nov. 24, 1863. 2. Andrew Eddie b. Nelson Ap. 25, 1866. 3. Charley Perry b. Nelson Jan. 5, 1869.
9. Roswell Levi b. Jan. 27, 1840; m. Ann Williams from Ireland; r. Pittsburg, Penn. 1. Charles A. b. March 28, 1866 ; d. y. 2. Willie. 3. Sarah. And three more.
m. 3d July 25, 1868 Mrs. Abigail (Howard) Nash. (See Howard.)
6. Stephen
d. inf.
7. Elisha
. b. 1799; d unm. Westmoreland Ap. 28, 1880.
2. John b. Mass. 1763 ; d. Nov. 2, 1836 ; m. Ruth, dau. of John Bolton of Taunton, Mass.
3. Asa m. Lydia Pratt ; s. at Hamilton, N. Y.
4. Levi was deformed by rickets and d. unm. at Sullivan.
5. Abram d. Chesterfield ; m. 1st Nancy Alexander.
1. Sophia Alexander b. Sullivan March 5, 1800.
2. Lovina b. Sullivan 1803; m. Philip R. Howard (q. v.). 3. Sukey b. Jan. 26, 1804.
m. 2d Dilly Dolph.
4. David b. Chesterfield Dec. 1, 1804; d. Alstead Nov. 15, 1867; m. March 6, 1825 Abigail Howard (q. v.). 1. David Oliver b. Dee. 1, 1825; m. 1st March 15, 1847 Andana Rebecca Woodward b. Hartland, Vt. 1826, d. Springfield, Vt. June 7, 1856 dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Gould) Woodward.
1. Charles Herbert b. Salem, N. Y. Sept. 24, 1848 ; m. Feb. 4, 1872 Mrs. Nancy Jane (Lapham) Kelley b. Monroe, Ohio Oct. 7, 1835, dau. of Winslow and Henrietta (Oshorne) Lapham, and widow of William Kelley.
2. William Calvin b. Springfield, Vt. Oct. 1, 1850 ; m. 1st Sept. 26, 1871 Ann Josephine Miller (q. v.) ; m. 2d Mrs. Harriet (Marvin) Nash (see 2 helow) ; r. Brimfield, Ohio. 3. Lydia Ella h. Charlestown Sept. 6, 1853 ; d. Alstead May 10, 1861.
m. 2d March 1859 Hannah Smith b. Aeworth July 1831, dau. of Henry and Euniee (Smith ) Smith.
4. Martha Ellen b. Alstead Aug. 16, 1861 ; d. there March 26, 1877. 5. Franklin Otis h. Alstead Ap. 21, 1867. 6. Hattie Ann h. Alstead June 12, 1870.
2. Philip Israel b. March 28, 1827; killed on Railroad ; m. Jan. 7, 1846 Harriet, dau. of Seth Marvin.
1. Joseph D. b. unk. 1848. 2. John. 3. Percy h. March 8, 1851. 4. Harvey.
GEO.W. NEWMAN AND FAMILY.
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The Hettotype Envitun C. d' Tremont &P
Mire DW Nowman
C.D. Newman Mrs C.D. Newman
F. L. Newman. Mrs J.B. Newman. J. B. Newman.
DW Newman Geo W.Newman. Mrs Geo .W. Newman. Geo. E.Newman. Mrs Geo. E.Newman
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3. Otis Calvin b. Jan. 1, 1830; d. Springfield, Vt. July 25, 1863; m. Lomelia - of Springfield, Vt.
1. Otis. 2. Abby. 3. Jennie.
4. Abigail Matilda b. Marlow Jan. 30, 1832; d. Keene 1858; m. Columbus Mason b. Surry Nov. 15, 1829, son of Elijah and Mary ( Allen ) Mason.
1. Charles Henry (Mason) b. Keene Feb. 12, 1859.
5. Horace Houghton b. Marlow March 2, 1834; m. 1st 1853 Sarah E. Chapin (q. v.).
1. Willie Parker b. March 28, 1854 ; had his name changed to Chapin; m. July 4, 1874 Rosie Lord b. Glen's Falls, N. Y. Sept. 1859, dau. of Andrew and Lucy (Howe) Lord.
1. Anna (Chapin) b. Glen's Falls, N. Y. June 12, 1875. 2. Alpheus (Chapin) b. Glen's Falls, N. Y. Ap. 12, 1877.
2. Ida Caroline b. Sept. 1858; m. 1876 William Johnson of Kent, Ohio. 3. Frank D. b. 1859; d. July 16, 1861.
4. Eliza Jennette b. June 1862.
m. 2d Mary West ; r. N. Y.
6. Ruth Julia b. Marlow Dec. 18, 1835; m. June 1857 Anthony King; r. Placer Co. Cal.
1. Emma. 2. Mary ; and two more.
7. Emily Roxana b. Marlow Jan. 16, 1838; m. about 1855 Kendall, son of Thomas and Lucy (Kendrick) Austin ; r. Alstead.
1. Fred Merrill (Austin) b. Keene Aug. 23, 1858.
2. Julia Emma (Austin) b. Alstead Ap. 1861 ; m. 1876 Franklin Orne of Marlow.
1. Bertha (Orne) b. Alstead 1879.
3. Celia (Austin) b. Alstead 1870. 4. Arthur Morris (Austin) b. Alstead Ap. 1871; d. there from the kick of & horse July 17, 1879. 5. Proctor (Austin) b. Alstead 1873. .
8. Joseph Allen b. Alstead Jan. 10, 1840; d. there June 19, 1842.
9. Mary Lovina b. Alstead Ap. 23, 1841; d. Keene about 1864 ; m. Christopher Mason twin bro. to Columbus. (See 4 above.) 1. Mary (Mason.)
10. Nancy Amanda b. Alstead Nov. 22, 1842; m. Dexter, son of John Smith of Alstead. . 11. Charles Nelson b. Alstead Oct. 14, 1845; d. there July 21, 1848. 12. George Allen b. Alstead Jan. 10, 1847; d. there Sept. 10, 1850.
5. Hannah b. Sullivan; m. and d. Pownal, Vt.
6. Betsey b. Taunton, Mass. 1769; m. James Davis (q. v.).
7. Hannah b. 1770; d. Oct. 29, 1850.
1. Cyrus (Bliss) (q. v.).
GEORGE MILES NESMITH son of Jonathan and Marietta (Morrill) Nesmith, was b. Antrim Sept. 26, 1857 ; worked for George E. Newman 1879-80.
DANIEL JOSEPH NEVERS son of Alpheus and Sarah, was b. Charlestown March 12, 1838; m. Sept. 23, 1871 Rizpah O. Howard (q. v.); rem. to Hanover.
1. Bertha May b. July 18, 1872.
FRANKLIN GILES NEVERS bro. of preceding, was b. Charlestown Feb. 3, 1842; m. Mrs. Mary L. (Howard) Bates (q. v.) d. Jan. 15, 1879.
1. Charles Albert b. Ap. 25, 1866. 2. Lizzie Ellen b. Dec. 30, 1869.
DANIEL NEWELL worked at W. A. Wilder's 1878.
JOHN NEWMAN son of William whose father emigrated from Ireland, was b. Morristown, Vt. June 27, 1786; d. March 9, 1854; m. Mary Willis b. Keene March 17, 1785, d. Sullivan Nov. 9, 1826, dau. of Benjamin and Annis (Briggs) Willis.
1. Caroline h. Keene (now Roxbury) Sept. 8, 1811, m. Levi Isham (q. v.).
2. Mary b. Keene June 19, 1813 ; d. there ch.
3. Annis Eliza b. Keene Aug. 26, 1815; m. 1st William Smith (q. v.); m. 2d Nov. 9, 1876 Jonathan Howard (q. v.).
4. George Washington b. Keene Nov. 18, 1818; in. Dec. 22, 1842 Esther Loveland (q. v.). 1. Florentine b. Aug. 19, 1843; d. Sept. 24, 1843. 2. Abba Stella b. July 4, 1844; d. Dec. 21, 1848.
3. George Elmore b. March 5, 1850; m. Sept. 29, 1875 Sara Ann Wilder b. Alstead May 3, 1855 dau. of George and Nancy Jane (Washburn) Wilder.
4. Daniel Webster b. Dec. 16, 1851 ; m. Jan. 10, 1877 Delphine Louisa Tinker (q. v.). 1. Mott Stacy b. Jan. 28, 1878. 2. George Willard b. Keene May 31, 1879.
5. Isaac Batron b. Feb. 5, 1853; m. June 23, 1875 Mary Adaline Jewett b. Alstead July 6, 1855, adopted dau. of Eli and Adaline (Severance) Jewett ; r. Langdon.
1. Florence Mary b. Langdon July 29, 1877; d. there Ap. 9, 1879. 2. Clarence Jewett b. Alstead Aug. 12, 1880. 6. Charles Dudley b. Nov. 15, 1857 ; m. Nov. 15, 1877 Jennie Louise Carpenter (q. v.).
7. Fay Loveland b. Feb. 2, 1862.
5. Charles Warren b. Sullivan May 8, 1821 ; d. by fall from a house Plainfield, N. J. June 1876 ; m. July 5, 1853 Myra Clough b. Chester, Vt. 1824.
6. Harriet b. Sullivan Jan. 11, 1824; m. Dec. 15, 1858 Solomon Wright b. Lancaster, Mass. Feb. 12, 1810, son of Philemon and Abigail (Bigelow) Wright ; r. Keene.
7. Henry Jackson b. Ap. 10, 1826 ; m. Dec. 31, 1863 Lucinda B. Woodbury b. Rindge Feb.
4, 1832, dau. of Nathan and Clarinda (Whitney) Woodbury ; r. Rindge.
1. Hattie. 2. Le Forest.
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GILSUM.
NICHOLS Joseph Nichols in. Sally Pickard; emigrated to this country in 1866. Their son, James A. came over in 1871; s. at Salem; came to Gilsum 1878.
JAMES ALFRED NICHOLS b. Leeds, England June 5, 1852; m. Oct. 3, 1875 Margaret Eliza Cullen b. Elizabethtown, N. Y. Aug. 26, 1855, dau. of Henry Patrick and Maria (Cole) Cullen.
1. Alfred b. Salem Aug. 8, 1877. 2. Joseph William b. Oct. 20, 1879.
Samuel Nichols b. Dracut, Mass .; m. Polly Moore b. Sharon 1790. She came to live with her son in Gilsum and d. there Jan. 31, 1859. Their only ch. was Kendall.
KENDALL NICHOLS b. Stoddard Ap. 7, 1818; m. Feb. 26, 1847 Mary S. Isham (q. v.).
1. George Kendall b. June 13, 1849; m. June 12, 1868 Effie R. Guillow (q. v.).
1. Bernice Rosa b. Sept. 19, 1870. 2. John Kendall b. Fort Edward, N. Y. July 12, 1872.
3. Mark Fuller b. Fort Edward, N. Y. Nov. 27, 1873. 4. Jessie Isham b. Fort Edward, N. Y. Oct. 14, 1875. 5. Luke Hemenway b. Cambridge, N. Y. Oct. 5, 1877. 6. Cherrie Pearl b. Cambridge, N. Y. Feb. 12, 1880. 2. Mary Florence b. March 31, 1852 ; m. Clarence Gould (q. v.).
3. Helen Julia b. June 18, 1864. 4. Bertha Harriet b. March 3, 1869.
CHARLES ALLEN NICHOLS (see Downing,) was b. Orange, Mass. March 24, 1851; m. Oct. 12, 1873 Hattie R. Howard (q. v.).
1. Mabel Hattie b. Fitchburg, Mass. Aug. 29, 1874. 2. Allen Roy b. Marlow June 2, 1877.
MAHLON OR MALONE NORRIS b. unk. 1827; on tax list 1856-61; served in 1st Reg't Vt. Cavalry, and d. in the army.
NOURSE. Tradition says three bros. of this name emigrated from England. Daniel Nourse rem. from Westboro', Mass. to Acworth 1785, and had William ; Nancy m. Joel Hubbard; Julia A. m. Samuel H. Edes; Helen Marr m. George H. Fairbanks; George W. ; and Freeman W. m. Mary Peck, r. Wisc.
WILLIAM NOURSE b. Acworth May 10, 1822; m. Ellen M. Hatch b. Newport Sept. 19, 1834; d. there Feb. 27, 1872, dau. of Mason and Apphia (Andrews) Hatch; r. Newport where he has been Town Clerk and Representative in the Legislature; taxed here 1845-6.
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