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11. Lovicy b. unk. Feb. 14, 1805 ; m. July 17, 1824 Thomas Jefferson Butler d. Johnstown, Penn. March 23, 1873 ? æt. 69.
1. Thomas Jefferson (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. Jan. 19, 1826; r. San Francisco, Cal.
2. Elijah (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. Feb. 17, 1828; d. there Aug. 23, 1870.
3. Mary (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. Aug. 13, 1829.
4. De Witt Clinton (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. Aug. 13, 1831; d. there Aug. 28, 1832.
5. Lydia Jane (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. July 11, 1833; m. Samuel Long of Columbia, Penn.
6. De Witt Clinton (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. July 7, 1835. 7. John (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. Sept. 1, 1837; r. Baltimore, Md. 8. Nathaniel (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. Ap. 29, 1839.
9. Hadassah Terrese (Butler) b. Johnstown, Penn. June 22, 1843.
HORACE MANN REDFIELD in Factory 1874-6; went to California.
CALVIN REED a shoemaker; on tax list 1837.
ERASTUS B. REED bro. of preceding, m. June 3, 1846 Betsey Mark (q. v.) d. Peterboro' Sept. 20, 1854; went West; returned to Peterboro' and d. there.
1. James Erastus. 2. Mary Jane. 3. Josiah. 4. George. 5. Lizzie d. y. 6. Jennett d. inf.
LYMAN REED bro. of preceding, m. Mehitabel Clark (q. v.); went West; a carpenter.
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RICE. Peter Rice s. in Keene where he d. 1777; m. Mrs. Phebe Ellis and had Esther m. Samuel Riggs ; Abigail m. Jabez Hurd; Peter d. ch .; Sarah m. Comfort Ware (q. v.); Mary m. Amasa Carpenter of Surry; Peter; Pamelia m. Thomas Redding (q. v.); and Fanelia.
PETER RICE b. Keene Jan. 1, 1772; m. Ist Lucy
1. Jesse b. Dee. 27, 1793. 2. Fanela b. Aug. 6, 1795. 3. Orilla b. Mareh 13, 1797.
4. Henry b. March 15, 1799. 5. Sherman b. Jan. 6, 1801. 6. Rosemelanda b. May 1, 1803. m. 2d Jan. 13, 1806 Judith Smith of Swanzey.
CHARLES RICE a Revolutionary pensioner m. Miriam Clark b. Keene June 24, 1744 O. S., dau. of Isaac and Susannah Clark who willed her " a black Callimanco gown."
1. Tamar b. Keene Sept. 5, 1762 ; m. Nov. 15, 1781 Peter Wilder.
2. Reuben b. Westmoreland (now Surry) Oct. 2, 1766.
1. Lorena b. Rockingham, Vt. Sept. 15, 1806; m. 1st George S. Howard (q. v.); m. 2d William E. Com- stock (q. v.). And others.
3. Miriam b. Westmoreland (now Surry) Feb. 26, 1769 ; m. Elias Maekentire (q. v.).
4. Euniee b. Surry Feb. 5, 1771 ; m. Benjamin Hall (q. v.).
5. Timothy b. Surry June 2, 1777.
LORENZO RICE from Woodstock, Vt. worked at Elder Hemenway's 1834-5.
RICHARDSON. Richard Richardson, whose father is supposed to have come from England, m. - Ball, and rem. from Townsend, Mass. to Stoddard before the Revolu- tion. He served in the French and the Revolutionary wars. He had eleven ch., the oldest of whom, Nathaniel, was in the Revolutionary war with him, and Richard was the first male child born in Stoddard. His third son Nathan b. Townsend, Mass .; d. Chazy, N. Y. about 1839; m. Dorcas Dodge of Winchester, who d. Chazy, N. Y. 1834. They had ten ch., of whom the youngest was Luther.
LUTHER RICHARDSON b. Stoddard Sept. 4, 1808; m. 1st 1833 Lucy Triphena Dunn b. Stoddard Oct. 10, 1809, d. there Oct. 31, 1862, dau. of Joseph and Sally (Jenkins) Dunn; r. Sullivan.
1. David Luther b. Stoddard Jan. 1834 ; m. Ellen Knight of Swanzey. 1. Carrie. 2. Edward.
2. Lyman Edward b. July 19, 1835 ; m. Mary Jane Pratt of Fitzwilliam ; r. Sioux City, Iowa.
3. Harriet Maria b. Sullivan May 19, 1837 ; m. William Dodge ; r. Stoddard ; five ch.
4. Edwin b. Stoddard July 9, 1839 ; m. Myra, dau. of Hollis Blake of Keene ; r. Springfield, Mass. ; a R. R. engineer. 1. Lizzie.
5. Frank b. Stoddard July 12, 1841 ; went to Black Hills.
6. Lucy Ann b. Stoddard Sept. 3, 1843 ; m. Charles Wilson Rugg. (See Beverstoek.)
7. Amanda Jane b. Stoddard Sept. 4, 1845 ; m. Joseph Beauregard ; r. Sullivan ; four eh.
8. James Harvey b. Stoddard Ap. 13, 1847 ; r. Iowa.
9. William Wallace b. Stoddard Aug. 6, 1850 ; m. Ada Hadley of Peterboro' ; three eh.
m. 2d Oct. 2, 1866 Mrs. Rachel P. (Holt) Tarbox b. Temple Sept. 14, 1803, dau. of Ephraim Adams and Rhoda (Russell) Holt; r. Sullivan.
ELI RIGGLESWORTH worked in Factory 1860.
OLIVER ROBBINS from Nelson m. Ap. 18, 1833 Sophira Temple b Marlboro' Nov. 27, 1800; dau. of Ebenezer and Olive (Gibbs) Temple; a shoemaker.
JOHN ROBERTS a Frenchman; woodchopper 1857. 1. Eli.
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ROLLINS, RAWLINGS or RAWLINS. This name is said to be Ralph's son, the same as Rawson, coming from the Scandinavian Rollo perhaps through the French Raoul. James Rawlins emigrated to America in 1632 with the settlers of Ipswich, Mass., and s. in that part of Dover called Bloody Point (now Newington) as early as 1644, where he d. in 1691. His wife's name was Hannah, and their ch. were Ichabod, Thomas, Samuel, James, Benjamin, Joseph, and Deborah m. James Benson of Kittery, Me. Thomas b. 1641 ; r. Exeter where he d. about 1706; m. about 1670 Rachel, dau, of Moses and Alice Cox of Hampton. Their ch, were Thomas, Moses, Joseph, Mary m. Stephen Page of Hampton, Benjamin, Aaron, Samuel, John, Alice m. Roger
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Shaw of Hampton, and Rachel. Joseph b. Excter May 6, 1674; d. about 1748; r. Stratham; m. Ist Hannah and 2d Lydia His ch. were Mary, Joseph, Hannah m. Joseph Redman of Hampton, Elizabeth m. Obadiah Marston of Hampton, Charity m. JJoseph Merrill of Epping, Mercy, Rachel, Mary m. - Wright, and Joshua. Joseph b. Stratham Dec. 19, 1702: in. Ist March 7, 1728 Hannah Redinan of Hampton. The name of his second wife is not known. He r. Exeter and Hampton Falls, and had Joshua, Patience in. - Underhill, Eliphalet, Joseph, Simeon, Catharine in. - Tucker, and John. Eliphalet b. Exeter July 23, 1734; d. Loudon about 1818; m. Abigail Glidden; s. in that part of Canterbury now London. Their ch. were Eliphalet, Nathaniel, John, Abigail m. Dr. William Tenney of Loudon, Joseph, Joshua, James, Jonathan, David, and An m. Dr. JJeremiah Clifford of Loudon. Eliphalet b. Exeter 1756; d. Andover 1843; m. 1783 Elizabeth Bean d. Sept. 26, 1849. Their ch. were Eliphalet, Nathaniel, Enoch W., John A., Edward B., Jonathan, Abigail d. inf., Elizabeth in. Levi Bean of Bethlehem, and Dorcas d. ch.
EDWARD BEAN ROLLINS b. Andover May 27, 1793; d. Braintree, Vt. Feb. 1, 1875; m. Rhoda Norton.
1. Percy Ann b. unk. May 9, 1820 ; d. unk. 1859; m. Franklin M. Towle of Piermont.
1. Rhoda Elizabeth (Towle.)
2. Rhoda Octavia b. unk. Ap. 8, 1826; m. Woodbury Langdon Jenness of Piermont; r. Corning, N. Y.
3. Edward Fay b. unk. Jan. 11, 1829 ; m. June 11, 1850 Phebe E. Davis of Ashburnham, Mass. 1. Edward Cushing b. Ashburnham, Mass. March 11, 1851; d. there June 22, 1852.
2. Ella E. b. Fitchburg, Mass. Feb. 12, 1853; d. there Aug. 30, 1853.
3. Mary Edwina b. Boston, Mass. 1864; d. there May 30, 1868.
4. - b. Aug. 1834; d. July 24, 1835.
m. 2d Mary Mann; m. 3d Almira Daniels.
JOSEPH ROLLINS on tax list 1823.
ROOT originally from Routes, a commune in Normandy. Thomas son of John and Ann (Russell) Roote was b. Badby, England Jan. 16, 1605, came about 1637 among the first settlers of Hartford, Conn. Had seven ch., of whom the sixth Jacob b. Hartford, Conn. about 1652? m. 1680 Mary Frary of Deerfield, Mass. He was among the first settlers of Hebron, Conn. where he rem. 1705. Had five ch., of whom the second was Daniel b. Northampton, Mass. Oct. 2, 1684; m. 1714. Had three ch., of whom the second Ebenezer was b. Hebron, Conn. May 22, 1717; d. Hebron, Conn. March 13, 1777; m. Aug. 25, 1737 Rachel Skinner b. Conn. 1716, d. Gilsum Oct. 7, 1807. Had seven ch., among whom were Rachel m. Ebenezer Bill (q. v.), and Ebenezer b. Hebron, Conn. July 22, 1743; m. Nov. 13, 1764 Deborah Buck of Hebron, Conn. They had three ch., the youngest of whom was Obadiah.
OBADIAH ROOT b. Hebron, Conn. July 1780; m. Susannah -; rem. to N. Y. 3. Minerva b. Nov. 11, 1808.
JOHN ROUNDY b. unk. 1789; d. Nov. 16, 1825; m. Hannah Sawyer (q. v.), d. Swanzey March 1875.
1. Mary b. May 28, 1812 ; m. Sept. 1836 Addison Monroe of Jaffrey ; r. Norwich, Conn.
2. Lydia. 3. John Elijah b. March 10, 1819 ; d. unm. Ware, Mass. Dec. 1840.
ELIJAH ROUNDY bro. of preceding, m. Oct. 27, 1813 Lydia Hale b. Alstead Sept. 26, 1793, d. 1847, dau. of David and Hannah Hale. [She m. 2d Joshua Willard (q. v.).]
1. Elijah H. often called Elisha (p. 111) ; d. Putney, Vt. 1871 ; m. Elmira Pierce of Put- ney, Vt.
1. Ellen Maria m. Charles Puffer; r. Dummerston, Vt. 2. A son who was drowned.
2. David Almon b. Sept. 12, 1820 ; m. Feb. 2, 1843 Susan Morse (q. v.).
1. Edward Elisha
2. Edwin Emerson ( b. Fitzwilliam Oct. 17, 1844; m. Nov. 5, 1865 Harriet M. Mansfield (q. v.).
m. June 6, 1871 Hattie Ellen Thurston b. Alstead Aug. 27, 1852, dau. of Alden Spooner and Esther Adaline (Miller) Thurston. 1. Nellie Lillian b. Alstead Dec. 14, 1872.
3. Franklin Warren b. Ap. 18, 1847; m. March 22, 1868 Rosina R. Howard (q. v.).
4. Clark Pierce b. Sept. 23, 1849; m. Lucy Leonard d. Nov. 1, 1871 æt. 22, dau. of John Leonard of Ash- burnham, Mass .; r. Boston, Mass. 5. David Dinsmoor b. Oct. 1, 1851; m. Aug. 1876 Mary Darling of Keene; r. Walpole. 6. Charles Henry b. Feb. 17, 1856; a blacksmith ; m. Aug. 23, 1880 Mary L. Blake; r. Surry.
7. Fred Morse b. July 25, 1859; m. Aug. 20, 1877 Cora E. Willard of Alstead; r. Surry. 1. George L. b. Surry 1879.
3. Hannah Melissa b. 1822; m. 1st Levi Collins of Fitzwilliam ; three ch .; m 2d Horace Andrews of Lebanon, where they r.
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4. George Emerson b. Oct. 1824 ; m. 1st Mary Stanley of Troy ; m. 2d Maria Butterfield of Surry ; r. Worcester, Mass.
1. Luella E. b. unk. 1853; d. Troy Jan. 30, 1871; m. Luke Parkhurst of Troy.
THOMAS ROURK b. 1827; m. Ellen - b. 1820. 1. John b. 1846. 2. Michael b. 1848.
ASHBEL WHITNEY ROUSE b. North Adams, Mass. 1824; m. twice; served in the U. S. army 1862-3; lived at Dea. Mark's 1839-42.
ROWE. This name is often written Row. The family came fromn Hebron, Conn. There is great difficulty in getting the record in correct shape. The following is not probably accurate in all particulars, but has been arranged from items in Town records, and from the testimony of aged people.
JOHN ROWE d. Sullivan about 1806, æt. 100 years and 4 months; m. Mary - d. Aug. 3, 1777.
1. James b. Hebron, Conn. 1736 ; burned to death Sullivan Oct. 10, 1805 ; m. Esther, dau. of Josiah Mack of Gilead, Conn. [She m. 2d Aug. 26, 1807 Caleb Winch of Fitzwilliam.]
2. Martha m. Thomas Morse (q. v.).
3. John m. Elizabeth Bill (q. v.).
1. Rachel d. Surry Sept. 4, 1795. 2. Elizabeth m. 1791 Rufus, son of Woolston Brockway of Surry. 3. Sarah b. Oct. 26, 1773.
4. Molly m. Jan. 13, 1778 John Chapman.
5. " Mayanne " or " Maney " m. 1st -- Bishop d. in war ; m. 2d Ebenezer Hibbard (q. v.).
6. Ann d. unm. 7. Hannah m. Ebenezer Burditt (q. v.).
m. 2d Mrs. Hephzibah, widow of William Comstock.
7. Theophilus Lord b. Aug. 1, 1778.
ROWELL. Josiah Rowell whose ancestors came from England and s. in Conn., d. Sandown June 1852. He had Amos, Jonathan, David, and Richard. Amos b. 1775; d. June 1836; m. 1794 Dolly Griffin and had Levi, Abigail d. unmn. Croydon 1816, Sally, Gilman, Anna d. ch. 1816, Eliza, Almira, Roxana, and Lovina. Levi b. Sunapee Oct. 18, 1795; m. Oct. 10, 1825 Mary, dau. of Joseph and Mercy (Wood- ward) Lear of Goshen, and had Abigail d. inf .: Amos; Josiah G .; Abigail Aurilla m. Jolin Hurd and had ten ch .; Clark F. r. Keene; Mary Lovina d. unm. 1854; Granville; Olivet L .; and Eugene Ai.
JOSIAH GILMAN ROWELL b. Goshen July 5, 1829; m. 1st 1858 Maria B. Wilcox b. Lempster June 1837; d. July 11, 1870, dau. of John B. and Betsey Wilcox; a tanner in Gilsum ten years; now r. on farm at Cornish.
1. Lillie Maria b. Lempster June 7, 1860.
m. 2d 1871 Sarah Comings b. Cornish Oct. 28, 1846, dau. of William F. and Marcy Comings.
2. Sarah Emma b. Claremont July 6, 1874. 3. Effic Almira b. Cornish Oct. 30, 1878.
RUSSELL. William Russell and his wife Martha emigrated from England and settled in Cam- · bridge, Mass. before 1645. He d. Feb. 14, 1662 leaving nine ch. She d. 1694, having married twice after his death. Their sixth ch. was Philip b. 1650; m. 1st Ap. 19, 1680 Joanna Cutler d. Nov. 26, 1703 æt. 43. He m. 2d Oct. 18, 1705 Sarah Brooks of Medfield, Mass. and d. Feb. 7, 1730. Their son Capt. William m. Elizabeth - and r. Lexington, Mass. Among their ch. was Joel b. Lexington, Mass. Aug. 2, 1716; . Huldah - and d. about 1780. Their ch. were Silas, Hannah d. ch., Joel, Lydia, William, Samuel, Daniel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Nathaniel, and Abigail. William b. Littleton ? Mass. June 18, 1751 ; served in the Revolution; rem. to Surry as early as 1782; was Justice of Peace and a land surveyor. His wife was Lucy Goldsmith, and their ch. were Hon. William; Lydia m. Robert Lane Hurd (q. v.); Josiah; Lucy m. William Hayward and rem. to Fryeburg, Me .; Hannah; Jesse ; Peter; Polly m. Jonathan Pease (q. v.); Leonard; and Clementina.
CLEMENTINA RUSSELL b. Mass. 1781; d. Chesterfield Ap. 1864; m. 1st Henry Kendrick (q. v.); m. 2d Charles Frederick Daniels b. Chesterfield 1781, son of John and Zipporah Daniels.
1. Charles Decatur (Daniels) b. Chesterfield, d. Concord.
2. William Marshall (Daniels) b. Chesterfield Aug. 1818 ; d. unm. Keene May 15, 1856.
3. John Goldsmith (Daniels) b. Chesterfield ; m. Hannah Churchill of Woodstock, Vt. ; r. Lawrence, Ill.
1. Ella Clementine (Daniels) d. ch. Springfield, Mass. 2. Clara (Daniels) b. Springfield, Mass .; m. Nov. 1877 - Wait. 3. Charles (Daniels) b. Springfield, Mass .; m. 1877 Ida Frost.
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4. George Farrington (Daniels) b. Springfield, Mass .; m. 1876 Fanny -. 5. William H. (Daniels.) 4. Judith Babbitt (Daniels) b. Chesterfield Feb. 13, 1824; m. 1st June 1, 1848 Seth Heaton
b. Keene Aug. 15, 1824 ; d. there Dec. 21, 1854, son of David and Rebecca (Moore) Heaton. 1. Julia Ella (Heaton) b. Kecne JJan. 8, 1851; d. there July 9, 1855.
m. 2d Dec. 24, 1857 Addison Woodcock b. Swanzey March 1820; d. Keene Sept. 22, 1868, son of Levi and Roxana (Gale) Woodcock.
2. Charles Addison (Woodcock) b. Kecne June 1, 1861.
m. 3d March 29, 1871 John Lawrence b. Packersfield (now Roxbury ) July 7, 1798, d. Keene Dec. 1, 1878, son of John and Ruth (Nims) Lawrence.
JAMES W. RUSSELL b. 1841; m. Martha M. - b. 1841; on tax list 1870-2.
1. Evelyn W. b. unk. 1866. 2. Walter C. b. 1869.
JOSEPH R. RUSSELL on tax list 1839-40.
STEPHEN RUSSELL overseer in Wedgwood's Factory 1853-7; killed by falling from a house in Bethel, Vt.
GEORGE WESLEY RUSSELL (see Eugene Nash) b. Schroon, N. Y. Oct. 2, 1855; m. Oct. 30, 1879 Mattie J. Plummer (q. v.).
SANGER. Richard Sanger came from Hingham, Eng., and s. at Sudbury, Mass. His son Richard had a son Nathaniel b. Feb. 14, 1651 or 1652; d. about 1735; m. twice, and had ten ch. The youngest was Eleazer d. Keene March 24, 1765, æt. 67, leaving a widow Mary d. Keene 1783, æt. 80. Among his ch. were Ezra d. unm., Abner, Elizabeth d. unm., and probably Eleazer r. Keene.
ABNER SANGER b. Keene June 11, 1739, O. S .; d there Oct. 1, 1822; m. Ap. 1, 1784 Mrs. Elizabeth (Johnson) Mead b. Lynnfield, Mass. Nov. 7, 1751, d. Dublin March 19, 1799, dau. of William Johnson, and widow of David Mead, who d. in the Revolutionary War. [Her former ch. were Betsey, Mary, and David Mead.] 1. Hephzibah b. Keenc March 16, 1785; d. there Ap. 1785.
2. Abner b. Keene Ap. 19, 1786; d. Peabody, Mass. Ap. 16, 1867 ; m. 1st Dec. 27, 1811 Sally Herrick b. Fitchburg, Mass. March 18, 1788 ; d. Reading, Mass. July 14, 1813.
1. Augustus Herrick b. Danvers, Mass. Dec. 19, 1812 ; m. Martha J. Stevens b. Boxford, Mass. Nov. 5, 1813. 1. Augustus Herrick b. Danvers, Mass. Jan. 8, 1835 ; d. there Aug. 12, 1838.
2. Sally Herrick b. Danvers, Mass. Oct. 31, 1838; d. there the same day.
3. Augustus Herrick b. Danvers, Mass. Nov. 25, 1841; m. Ap. 22, 1865 Martha Lucelia Kimball b. Peabody, Mass. Sept. 1843, dau. of George Augustus and Martha Goss (Curry) Kimball. 1. Edward Curry b. Peabody, Mass. June 30, 1868. 2. Helen Stevens b. Peabody, Mass. Feb. 9, 1870.
3. Carrie Herrick b. Peabody, Mass. Jan. 24, 1872; d. there Oct. 3, 1873. 4. Chester Herrick b. Peabody, Mass. Feb. 10, 1874. 4. Theodore Herrick b. Danvers, Mass. Sept. 26, 1843; d. there Oct. 2, 1844.
5. Fred Herrick b. Danvers, Mass. Dec. 31, 1844; m. Annie Benson.
1. Fred Benson b. Peabody, Mass. March 1, 1869 ; d. inf. 2. Fred Benson d. inf. 3. Sally Herrick b. Peabody, Mass. March 2, 1874. 6. Charles A. b. Danvers, Mass. July 26, 1847; m. March 16, 1871 Catherine Sayers Wright b. Roxbury, Mass. Jan. 14, 1847, dau. of George W. and Roxana (Bessey ) Wright.
1. Ella Cook b. Peabody, Mass. Jan. 1, 1872. 2. Frank Herrick b. Peabody, Mass. Oct. 27, 1873. 3. Louie Chase b. Peabody, Mass. March 22, 1875.
m. 2d Oet. 5, 1815 Mary Flint b. Reading, Mass. Jan. 2, 1788, d. Peabody, Mass. Jan. 27, 1874. 2. Mary Flint b. Danvers, Mass. Jan 4, 1817; m. Aug. 21, 1851 Samuel Francis Bulkley d. Gloucester, Mass. Feb. 25, 1872, æt. 54, son of Samuel and Mary (Plumer) (Hough) Bulkley.
3. George Flint b. Danvers, Mass. July 2, 1824; m. 1st Dec. 7, 1851 Ellen Augusta Cox b. Malden, Mass. June 27, 1829, d. Peabody, Mass. Jan. 20, 1872, dau. of Lemuel and Lydia (Harnden) Cox.
1. Maria Augusta b. Salem, Mass. Feb. 25, 1854; d. Peabody, Mass. May 24, 1874. 2. George Abner b. Salem, Mass. July 6, 1855 ; r. Washington Territory.
m. 2d Oct. 25, 1876 Lucy Ann, dau. of Hiram and Mary (Richardson) Kimball.
3. Hephzibah Mead b. Keene July 24, 1788 ; d. Port Hope, Ont. Nov. 1861; m. Feb. 2, 1812 John Wilder ; r. Canada.
1. Elizabeth Johnson (Wilder) b. Hamilton, Ont. May 2, 1813; d. Sandwich, Mass. May 1869; m. Feb. 1840 Dennis Barrie Hannan from Ireland.
1. George Graham (Hannan.) 2. Augusta Wilder (Hannan.) 3. Katherine Harriet (Hannan. )
2. Charlotte Augusta Ballard (Wilder) b. Hamilton, Ont. July 24, 1815; d. there July 30, 1854; m. July 3, 1833 Joseph, son of Abraham and Nancy Hagirman.
1. Emily Wilder (Hagirman) m. Thomas Plews ; five ch. 2. John Graham (Hagirman. )
3. James Harvey (Hagirman) m. Elizabeth Scott; six ch. 4. Margaret Minerva (Hagirman) m. Thomas Alexander Mitchell; one ch. 5. Oliver Goldsmith (Hagirman.) 6. William Chauncey (Hagirman.)
3. Emily (Wilder) b. Hamilton, Ont. Dec. 14, 1818; d. Peabody, Mass. July 28, 1839.
4. Harriet Newell (Wilder) b. Hamilton, Ont. Aug. 24, 1820; m. Aug. 1, 1844 James, son of John and Margaret Ashford; r. St. Thomas, Ont.
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1. Volney Vallaincourte (Ashford) b. Ont. June 24, 1845; m. and has one ch .; enlisted in 21st Reg't N. Y. Cavalry in June 1863, and served till close of war. 2. Margaret Hepzibah ( Ashford) b. Ont. Jan. 30, 1848; m. and has one ch.
3. John Quincy (Ashford) d. ch. 4. George Wilder (Ashford) b. Ont. Aug. 15, 1852; m. and has one ch.
5. Florence Eliza (Ashford)
6. Frances Augusta (Ashford) \ b. Ont. Jan. 19, 1855; d. there 1872.
m. and has three ch.
7. James Clarence William (Ashford)
8. Harriet Clara Wilhelmina ( Ashford) ( b. Ont. Feb. 24, 1857. 9. Edith Virginia (Ashford) b. Ont. Sept. 30, 1863.
4. Abigail b. Dublin Aug. 1, 1790 ; d. there Ap. 1, 1791.
5. Abigail Willey b. Dublin May 22, 1792 ; m. Edmund Wilcox (q. v.).
6. Rhoda Jackson b. Dublin Aug. 12, 1794 ; d. Keene Ap. 7, 1871; m. June 1, 1815 Abijah Wilder b. Keene Feb. 10, 1784, d. there Feb. 20, 1864, son of Abijah and Martha (Blake) Wilder.
1. Frances Amelia (Wilder) b. Keene Ap. 15, 1816; d. there Nov. 10, 1850; m. Luther Holbrook d. Keese- ville, N. Y. about 1844.
1. Harriet Isabel (Holbrook ) b. Fitchburg, Mass. July 10, 1841; d. unm. Keene Feb. 1879.
2. George Edward (Holbrook) b. Fitchburg, Mass. Aug. 1842; d. unm. Superior, Wisc. Nov. 1869.
2. David Mead (Wilder) b. Keene Feb. 2, 1819; d. there Ap. 5, 1874; m. 1st Sarah Alexander d. Keene about 1866, dau. of Medad Alexander of Northfield, Mass.
1. Mary Sanger (Wilder) d. ch.
m. 2d Sarah - [She m. 2d - Davis of Lowell, Mass.]
2. Emma Frances (Wilder) b. Northfield, Mass. Aug. 1854; m. Sept. 20, 1880 Frank F. Watkins; r. Hinsdale, Mass. 3. Charles (Wilder) d. inf.
3. Elizabeth Johnson (Wilder) b. Keene Nov. 6, 1821; d. Logansport, Ill. May 13, 1851; m. Ervin W., son of Joel Gates of Hancock.
4. Martha (Wilder) b. Keene March 4, 1824; m. Feb. 1855 Aquila Ramsdell Taft of Swanzey; r. Home- wood, Ill.
5. George Sanger (Wilder) b. Keene June 30, 1826; m. Mary E., dau. of David and Mary Russell; r. Walpole.
6. Emily Sarah (Wilder) b. Keene Jan. 15, 1829; d. Cambridgeport, Mass. Sept. 5, 1876; m. Jan. 15, 1852 George Barker b. Keene Oct. 9, 1828, son of David and Clara (Stimpson) Barker; r. Cambridgeport, Mass. 1. George Thorndike (Barker) b. Boston, Mass. Dec. 9, 1853.
2. Elizabeth Sanger (Barker) b. Boston, Mass. Feb. 5, 1856; d. unm. Keene March 4, 1879.
3. John Henry Eastburn (Barker) b. Boston, Mass. 1857; d. unm. Cambridgeport, Mass. Aug. 23, 1876.
4. David (Barker) b. Boston, Mass. Dec. 20, 1860. 5. Emily Wilder (Barker) b. Boston, Mass. July 18, 1864. 6. Frank Arthur (Barker) b. Boston. Mass. Sept. 8, 1867.
7. Rhoda Jane (Wilder) b. Keene July 26, 1832; m. May 1868 Edward H. Pettengill, a physician at Sax- ton's River, Vt.
1. George Thomas (Pettengill) b. Saxton's River, Vt. July 11, 1869.
2. Fanny Mabel (Pettengill) b. Saxton's River, Vt. Sept. 22, 1870.
3. Florence Wilder (Pettengill) b. Saxton's River, Vt. July 23, 1872.
4. Edward Barrett Sanger (Pettengill) b. Saxton's River, Vt. Nov. 17, 1874.
5. Helen Barrett (Pettengill) b. Saxton's River, Vt. Aug. 4, 1878.
8. Mary Ellen (Wilder) b. Keene Feb. 7, 1834; m. Erwin W. Gates, a teacher at Superior, Wisc. (See 3 above.)
1. Edward Strong (Gates) b. Superior, Wisc. Ap. 19, 1859. 2. Ervin Wilder (Gates) b. Superior, Wisc. Oct. 8, 1861.
3. Samuel W. (Gates) b. Superior, Wisc. Nov. 3, 1863; d. there Aug. 10, 1864.
4. Fanny Janet (Gates) b. Superior, Wisc. Oct. 22, 1868. 5. Gertrude O. (Gates) b. Superior, Wisc. Dec. 31, 1872. 6. Joel Franklin (Gates) b. Superior, Wisc. Ap. 1, 1875. 7. Dennis Clough (Gates). 8. Mary Bell (Gates).
9. Harriet Puffer (Wilder) b. Keene Ap. 4, 1836; m. Sept. 15, 1868 Elisha Frederick Lane b. Swanzey Ap. 29, 1836, son of Ezekiel and Rachel Thayer (Fish) Lane.
1. Henry Wilder (Lane) b. Keene Ap. 2, 1871. 2. Susan Grace (Lane) b. Keene Sept. 14, 1874. 3. Hattie (Lane) b. Keene July 6, 1879.
7. Sally b. Dublin Oct. 8, 1796.
SAWYER. Jonathan Sawyer b. unk. 1728, was a saddler at Woburn, Mass .; rem. to Atkinson and thence to Alstead where he d. June 22, 1813. His son Benjamin enlisted in the revolu- tionary army at the age of sixteen and served till close of the war.
BENJAMIN SAWYER b. Atkinson 1763; d. Alstead Feb. 13, 1813; m. 1784 Abigail Webster b. Atkinson Jan. 1768, dau. of Jonathan Webster. [She m. 2d Clisby of Alstead; m. 3d Jesse Dart (q. v.).]
1. John b. Atkinson Ap. 20, 1788; went West.
2. Sally b. Atkinson Feb. 1, 1790; m. Belding Dart (q. v.).
3. Hannah b. Atkinson May 1, 1793 ; m. 1st John Roundy (q. v.); m. 2d Lemuel Davis ; r. Lempster.
4. Jonathan b. Atkinson Dec. 25, 1795 ; m. 1st Feb. 20, 1823 Harriot Dwinell b. Keene July 11, 1801, d. there Feb. 15, 1840, dau. of Michael Dwinell.
1. Willard Jonathan b. Alstead Ap. 14, 1824 ; m. Martha Burrill; r. Keene.
1. Charles Willard b. Walpole Aug. 13, 1850. 2. Harriet Perkins. 3. Mary Dustin. 4. Edward Franklin.
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2. John Warner b. Alstead July 28, 1826; m. Nov. 25, 1852 Eveline T. Brigham b. Alstead Ap. 11, 1829, dau. of Aaron and Susanna (Proctor) Brigham; r. Marlboro'.
1. Lestina A. b. Alstead July 16, 1855; m. Ap. 16, 1876 Charles E. Richardson b. Marlboro' Dec. 2, 1845, son of Arte- mas and Lavina (Bemis) Richardson ; r. Winchendon, Mass.
3. Emily Abigail b. Alstead March 4, 1828; m. Levi Towne; r. Jaffrey.
1. Carrie (Towne. ) 2. Julia (Towne.)
4. Amos Augustus b. Alstead July 19, 1829; in. Lydia Buss; r. Peterboro'.
1. Arvilla Harriet mn. George Augustus Ayers; r. Peterboro'. 2. Arthur Augustus.
5. Daniel Webster b. Alstead JJune 20, 1832; m. 1st May 11, 1851 Miranda Abigail Kidder b. Alstead Jan.
20, 1833, d. there Oct. 11, 1873, dau. of Nelson and Sophia (George) Kidder; r. Alstead.
1. Albert Franklin b. Alstead Nov. 18, 1855; r. Manchester.
2. Abbie Auelle b. Alstead Oct. 1, 1857 ; m. Aug. 20, 1874 Frederick O. Pitcher of Alstead. 1. Burt Francis (Pitcher) b. Alstead Dec. 11, 1876.
3. George Fred b. Alstead Oct. 8, 1860. 4. Carrie Emma b. Alstead June 25, 1862.
5. Willard Nelson b. Alstead Ap. 10, 1864. 6. John Wesley b. Alstead June 10, 1867. 7. Joseph Amos b. Alstead June 14, 1869. 8. Arthur Henry b. Alstead Jan. 23, 1871.
m. 2d Jan. 13, 1876 Mrs. Laura Ann (Parkhurst) Tupper. 9. Ralph Webster b. Alstead June 12, 1877.
6. Harriet Caroline b. Alstead Oct. 26, 1831; m. Joseph White of Winchendon, Mass.
1. Delia ( White) d. ch. 2. Homer Hosmer ( White.)
7. Benjamin Franklin b. Alstead Oct. 24, 1836; m. Cynthia Buss of Peterboro'; r. Springfield, Mass .; one ch.
m. 2d May 4, 1841 Sally Giffin b. Marlow July 29, 1800, d. Kecnc Feb. 24, 1845, dau. of Patrick and Rachel Giffin.
m. 3d Jan. 27, 1849 Elmira Buckman Davis b. New Ipswich Junc 19, 1804, dau. of Jolin and Betsey (Wheeler) Davis.
5. Benjamin b. Atkinson Oct. 28, 1797 ; m. Feb. 10, 1825 Priscilla, dau. of Samuel and (Webster) Gibson of Alstead ; r. Hampstead.
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