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1. Horace. 2. Melissa. 3. Frank.
6. Rebecca b. Atkinson Aug. 22, 1801; d. Westmoreland Sept. 19, 1875 ; m. Cyrus Cheney of Orange, Mass. ; four ch. 7. David b. Atkinson Aug. 28, 1804 ; d. Alstead Aug. 13, 1814. 8. Elizabeth b. Ap. 3, 1807 ; d. Keene May 3, 1875 ; m. Reuben Giffin b. Marlow Ap. 30, 1804, son of Patrick and Rachel Giffin of Marlow.
1. John (Giffin) m. Hannah Eliza Mack (q. v.) ; r. Charlestown.
2. Abigail (Giffin) m. - Beckford ; r. Keene. 3. Allen (Giffin) (q. v.) m. Elvira M. Lovejoy.
9. Amos b. Jan. 3, 1810; d. Boston, Mass. from a wound by a nail; m. 1st Mrs. Austin ; rem. from Boston, Mass. to Marlow.
1. Lucy m. and r. Lynn, Mass.
m. 2d Mrs. Elizabeth Rood ; m. 3d Rhoda Giffin ;
m. 4th Cemira Tubbs. [She m. 2d - Shepley.]
2. Alice.
JAMES SAWYER m. Mary, dau. of Simeon Ellis of Keene; one or two ch. b. in Gilsum.
JONAS SCOTT on tax list 1834.
SCRIBNER. Iddo Scribner was one of the early settlers at Andover. His son William m. Nancy Shepherd. Among their children was John.
JOHN SCRIBNER b. Andover Jan. 1, 1816; m. 1st March 16, 1843 Martha Maria Scovill b. Walpole Ap. 3, 1821, d. Nov. 18, 1850, dau. of Frederic and Sarah (Howard) Scovill.
1. Elbridge Llewellyn b. Surry Jan. 29, 1846 ; m. Oct. 1871 Clara Ella Littlefield b. Salis- bury, Mass. about 1845, dau. of Benjamin F. and Clara (Springer) Littlefield ; r. Suncook. 1. Freddie Warren b. Suncook Sept. 13, 1873. 2. Ivory Frank b. Suncook July 16, 1875. 3. John Linwood. 2. John Elmore b. Oct. 20, 1850; d. Nov. 13, 1850.
m. 2d Aug. 31, 1851 Matilda Hurd Booth. (See Hurd.)
3. Clara Matilda b. Newport March 7, 1853 ; m. July 6, 1869 Otho Willard Eastman b. Corinth, Vt. 1845, son of Jesse and Lorinda (Heath) Eastman.
1. Jennie Matilda (Eastman) b. Newport June 7, 1870. 2. John Randolph (Eastman) b. Newport Ap. 17, 1873. 3. Herman Leonard (Eastman) b. Newport Nov. 9, 1874.
4. George Alonzo b. Newport March 31, 1855; m. Jan. 16, 1877 Celia Cutts b. Goshen Dec. 17, 1854, dau. of Charles and Elsea Chase (Sholes) Cutts.
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5. Jennie Maria b. Newport Sept. 19, 1858 ; m. Dec. 4, 1878 Daniel Webster Dudley b. New- port March 7. 1854, son of Abijah and Lucinda (Clark) Dudley.
WALTER R. SCRIPTURE son of Charles and Abigail (Priest) Scripture of Nel- son, m. May 11, 1872 Mrs. Alice J. (Cram) Hodgman (see Houghton) ; r. Keene. 1. Maria b. Surry Dec. 20, 1873. 2. Addie Jane b. Surry Nov. 30, 1874; d. there Aug. 1875. 3. Charles Willard b. Surry June 3, 1877. 4. George Walter b. Surry Feb. 7, 1879.
EBENEZER SEVERANCE on tax list 1800-1.
LORENZO SHAFFNER son of George and Huldah Elizabeth (Lapaugh) Shaffner who emigrated from Germany in 1837, was b. Hunter, N. Y. Dec. 10, 1842; m. 1st July 3, 1868 Susan Hathhorn b. Londonderry, Vt. 1840, d. there Dec. 31, 1869, dau. of Eleazer Hathhorn; m. 2d July 22, 1877 Rose Bell b. Dorset. Vt. Nov. 9, 1855, dau. of Alva Bell; came to Gilsum Dec. 1879.
1. Cora Bell b. Dorset, Vt. May 7, 1878.
MILO SHATTUCK from Vt., in Factory 1841.
SAMUEL SHIPMAN m. Eunice -
1. Chloe. 2. " Dosha " b. Oct. 10, 1799. And others.
JOHN SHRIGLEY an Englishman, in Factory 1836.
SILSBY. Two brothers, Samuel and Henry Silsby, came from Windham, Conn. and s. in Acworth 1769. They were grandsons of Jonathan and Bethiah Silsby, and sons of Jonathan and Lydia Silsby. Henry m. Mrs. Bethiah (Woodward) Laselle. The third of their eight ch. was Jonathan m. Rachel Blood of Groton, Mass. and had ten ch., the first of whom was Nathaniel b. Acworth 1774; d. there Aug. 6, 1825; m. Mary Montgomery b. Acworth 1788, d. there Feb. 1, 1831, dau. of Hugh and Mary (Campbell) Mont- gomery. They had Lavina m. Allen Hayward (q. v.), Lyma m. Eli Twitchell, Harriet m. - Hurd, Jonathan r. Newport, Roxilla m. Henry Gleason, Milton, and Roswell W.
MILTON SILSBY b. Acworth July 11, 1819; m. Jan. 11, 1842 Betsey Mahala Huntoon b. Unity July 4, 1820, dau. of Joseph and Betsey (Glidden) Huntoon; r. Philadelphia, Penn.
ROSWELL WILLARD SILSBY bro. of the preceding, was b. Acworth Sept. 22, 1822; m. May 14, 1846 Frances Catherine Davis b. Rockingham, Vt. 1825, dau. of Elijah and Nancy (Tyler) Davis; r. Claremont.
1. Julia Arletta b. May 14, 1850; m. Oct. 2, 1878 John B. Williamson b. Claremont Ap. 29, 1845, son of Alonzo B. and Sarah A. (Blake) Williamson, a merchant in Milton, Oregon. 1. Charles B. (Williamsom) b. Milton, Oregon May 7, 1880.
2. Charles Frederick b. Claremont Dec. 11, 1859 ; d. Boston, Mass. March 4, 1880 ; a seaman. EPHRAIM SLADE on tax list 1847.
ROSWELL SLADER taxed here 1853-5; r. Dracut, Mass.
GRANVILLE CLINTON SLATER from Acworth; on tax list 1850; m. - Banks; went West; d. in army.
SMEAD. 2 Joseph Smead b. Montague, Mass. June 26, 1759; d. Swanzey March 11, 1834; m. 1st Nov. 27. 1782 Persis Lyman b. Northfield, Mass. Oct. 7, 1758, d. about 1814, dau. of Simeon and Sarah (Field) Lyman; had one dau. Sally. He m. 2d Sept. 1816 Mrs. Sally (Brown) Wetherell, and had Persis Lyman, Joseph Brown, and Ephraim Alexander.
JOSEPH BROWN SMEAD b. Swanzey Sept. 20, 1819; m. Nov. 16, 1842 Rachel Melvina, dau. of Simeon and Rachel (Holman) Cook of Richmond ; r. Fitchburg, Mass. ; in Hemenway's awl shop 1848.
"MRS. BETSEY SMITH d. Jan. 8, 1837, æt. 48."
DAVID SMITH son of Joel, was b. Gardner, Mass. Feb. 12, 1787 ; killed at " a rais- ing " March 20, 1825 ; m. June 14, 1814 Lucy Hill b. Gardner, Mass. Feb. 7, 1793, dau. of Bezaleel and Hannah (Baker) Hill. (See Gates.)
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1. Harriet Baker b. May 11, 1815; m. William Brooks (q. v.).
2. Lucy b. Jan. 17, 1817 ; d. Attleboro', Mass. Dec. 1868; m. Nelson Jackson.
1. Edward (Jackson) b. Attleboro' March 1846.
3. Nancy (twin) b. Dec. 7, 1819; m. Sept. 15, 1858 George Washington Towns b. Keene (now Roxbury, ) June 4, 1807, d. Marlboro' Feb. 15, 1874, son of John and Susan (Grimes) 'Towns.
1. Edward Burton (Towns) b. Marlboro' March 6, 1863.
4. Orinda (twin) b. Dec. 7, 1819 ; in. Alexander Brigham Brown (q. v.).
5. Lewis How b. Jan. 8, 1822; m. Nov. 27, 1845 Ellen Maria Jackson b. Attleboro', Mass. May 10, 1824, dau. of William and Eunice (Bly) Jackson.
1 .- David Francis b. Sterling, Mass. June 29, 1848; d. Providence, R. I. March 19, 1875; m. March 6, 1871 Mary Rosa Kemp b. Alstead March 6, 1853, dau. of Perry E. and Mary (Newton) Kemp.
1. Henry b. Providence, R. I. May 16, 1872. 2. Raymond Perry b. Sullivan Oct. 28, 1874.
2. George Dana b. Sullivan Feb. 24, 1852; m. Oct. 5, 1873 Gertrude Laura Thayer b. Worcester, Mass. Jan. 16, 1854, dau. of Burton Darling and Laura Ann (Bancroft) Thayer. 1. Lewis Willard b. Sullivan Sept. 11, 1874.
3. Nellie Augusta b. Sullivan Jan 31, 1870.
DUDLEY SMITH son of Dudley and (Baker) Smith, was b. Dracut, Mass. Feb. 10, 1772; d. Ap. 20, 1855; m. 1st Hannah Graham b. Pelham? July 26, 1770, d. Feb. 25, 1822.
1. Dudley b. Sept. 15, 1799; d. De Kalb, Ill. March 28, 1874 ; m. 1st June 5, 1827 Eliza G. Davis of Concord, Mass. ; m. 2d July 12, 1859 Sarah H. Grimes b. Keene 1816, d. there Dec. 17, 1875, dau. of Alexander and Abigail Grimes.
2. Daniel b. Nov. 13, 1804 ; d. June 30, 1813. 3. Dinsmoor b. Nov. 1, 1809 ; d. Daysville, Ill. Dec. 14, 1838 ; m. Elizabeth Burgess of Groton, Mass.
4. Hannah Graham b. July 27, 1811 ; d. Chicago, Ill. Ap. 19, 1865 ; m. 1st Daniel Day Jr. (q. v.) ; m. 2d John Randolph Hamlin of Chicago, Ill. 1. Caroline (Hamlin.)
m. 2d Aug. 13, 1822 Betsey Rollins b. Dublin July 25, 1790, d. Dec. 2, 1872, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Greenwood) Rollins.
5. Daniel b. Ap. 14, 1825 ; m. Dec. 10, 1844 Martha Ann Loveland (q. v.).
1. Daniel Elliot b. March 3, 1847; d. March 11, 1847.
2. John Algernon b. Ap. 27, 1849; m. June 20, 1872 Carrie E. Hayward (q. v.).
3. Frederick Seymour b. June 24, 1853; m. Oct. 26, 1875 Fanny Roxana Wright (q. v.).
6. Joseph Elliott b. Sept. 24, 1827; m. 1st Sept. 15, 1853 Mary E. Livermore (q. v.) d. Acworth March 9, 1872 ; rem. to Acworth 1867.
1. John Willie b. Jan. 1, 1855. 2. Charles Fremont b. Gardner, Mass. Nov. 15, 1857; d. Marlow Oct. 27, 1878. 3. Ida Mary b. Marlow Sept. 3, 1860; d. Acworth Dec. 3, 1876. 4. Henry Elliot b. Marlow Jan. 1, 1867.
m. 2d Nov. 27, 1873 Mrs. Laura Lestina (Cummings) Sanborn b. Acworth Nov. 19, 1841, dau. of Alvah and Polly (Grout) Cummings.
5. Mary Laura b. Acworth Jan. 21, 1875.
7. Eliza Ann b. Jan. 28, 1830 ; m. Philander Howland (q. v.).
8. Elbridge b. Jan. 11, 1834; m. Oct. 20, 1859 Mary Ann Emerson b. Keene Sept. 19, 1835, dau. of Charles and Belinda (Stone) Emerson.
1. Arthur b. Marlow Oct. 10, 1860. 2. Frank Elbridge b. Marlow Oct. 17, 1862.
3. Alice Eliza b. Keene May 15, 1868. 4. Rollins Emerson b. Keene Aug. 4, 1872.
FRANKLIN A. SMITH m. March 12, 1845 Sarah Collins. (Town Book.)
GEORGE KILBURN SMITH b. 1823; m. Patty Malvina Webster (q. v.).
1. Abby Olive b. Ap. 26, 1850. 2. Stella F. b. 1856 ; d. Nov. 21, 1861.
JONATHAN SMITH JR. m. March 10, 1768 Huldah Hayward b. Mendon, Mass. Nov. 1748, d. March 11, 1839, dau. of Peter and Ruth (Rutter) Hayward.
JOSEPH SMITH (bro. of Dudley ?) on tax list 1821.
OBADIAH SMITH m. Aug. 27, 1772 Martha Dewey; lived on May place.
1. Martha b. Aug. 20, 1774. 2. John b. March 25, 1777. 3. Israel b. Sept. 18, 1780.
4. Obadiah b. March 3, 1782; d. March 4, 1782. 5. Susannah b. Aug. 23, 1784.
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ORA SMITH of Acworth m. Dec. 17, 1844 Frances L. Shapley. (Town Book.) SAMUEL SMITH b. Goffstown Dec. 21, 1757; d. Jan. 8, 1853; m. Margaret - b. Goffstown Nov. 13, 1764, d. unk Sept. 10, 1815.
1. Abigail b. Goffstown March 10, 1785 ; d. Hartland, Vt. March 17, 1852 ; m. - Jaquith.
2. Sarah b. New Boston Ap. 23, 1787. 3. Betsey b. New Boston Oct. 3, 1788 ; d. Jan. 8, 1837.
4. Mary b. Hartland, Vt. Sept. 2, 1790 ; m. David Ware (q. v.). 5. Abel b. Hartland, Vt. Nov. 27, 1793 ; d. there Sept. 30, 1803. 6. Nancy b. Hartland, Vt. March 13, 1796.
7. John b. Hartland, Vt. Feb. 5, 1798 ; d. Bangor, N. Y. March 24, 1841 ; m. May 27, 1824 Lucy Whitney (q. v.) ; a Christian minister. 8. Edith Clements b. Hartland, Vt. Jan. 20, 1800 ; d. unk. Ap. 8, 1827 ; m. - Bagley. 9. Samuel b. Hartland, Vt. Nov. 9, 1801. 10. Calista b. Hartland. Vt. Dec. 8, 1804; m. Rev. George Fairbanks (q. v.).
11. William b. Hartland, Vt. July 12, 1807 ; d. Ap. 1, 1870 ; m. June 9, 1835 Annis Eliza Newman (q. v.).
1. Jane Elizabeth b. Millbury, Mass. Ap. 8, 1836; m. George Wright (q. v.).
2. Flora Medora b. Sullivan Dec. 26, 1847; in. Henry Grant (q. v.).
12. David McAllister b. Hartland, Vt. May 29, 1809 ; m. Jan. 1, 1831 Lucy B. Hemenway (q. v.) d. Springfield, Vt. Jan. 1847 ; r. Springfield, Vt.
1. Rosalie Hemenway b. Feb. 15, 1832. 2. Laforest Marcellus b. Oct. 12. 1833.
SOLOMON SMITH bro. to Dudley, was b. Dracut? 1770; d. Oct. 1, 1859; m. and had several ch .; m. 2d Sept. 15, 1840 Rebecca Baker (q. v.) d. Sullivan June 1875.
THOMAS SMITH son of Jonathan, m. Ap. 15, 1762 Elisheba Jones d. Surry Feb. 21, 1825 æt. 85.
1. Stephen b. Hartford, Conn. Aug. 24, 1763. 2. Thomas b. Hartford ? Conn. Nov. 14, 1765. 3. Daniel b. Nov. 5, 1767 ; m. 1st Nabby - d. Surry Sept. 1798.
1. Charlotte b. Surry 1788. 2. Daniel b. Surry 1790. 3. James b. Surry 1794. 4. Thankful b. 1796. 5. Nabby b. Sept. ? 1798; d. inf.
m. 2d Nov. 28, 1799 Sibyl Hayward b. Surry 1772, dau. of Peter and Esther (Holmes) Hay- ward.
6. Nabby Ann b. Surry 1800; m. and d. Wisconsin. 7. Sarepta b. Surry May 31, 1803; m. Willard Car- penter (q. v.). 8. Thomas Jefferson b. Surry 1805; r. Wisc. and has a large family.
9. Jonathan Howard bapt. Surry June 5, 1808.
10. Elias bapt. Surry March 5, 1810: was a prominent Christian minister and d. Corning, N. Y.
11. Stephen bapt. Surry Sept. 4, 1817; d. there Ap. 28, 1848; m. Ap. 29, 1847 Betsey C. Ware (q. v.).
4. Cushman b. Surry Sept. 12, 1769; m. Azubah b. unk. 1770.
1. Sophronia b. Surry 1795. 2. Azubah b. Surry 1797.
3. Trumbull b. Sorry 1799. 4. Alden b. Surry 1804.
5. Thankfull b. Surry July 9, 1772. 6. Ichabod b. Surry May 23, 1775 ; d. there Sept. 18, 1777.
7. Roxelana b. Surry Aug. 14, 1777.
THOMAS SMITH m. Nov. 15, 1832 Almira Chase both of Unity. (Town Book.) JAY S. SNELL b. N. Y. 1843; at Dr. Hammond's 1865.
MOREY SNELL bro. of preceding; at Dr. Hammond's 1865.
JOHN SPALDING a Christian minister 1835-7.
JOHN H. SPARHAWK m. Martha, dau. of Lyndon and Elizabeth Stowell (Willis) Watkins; r. Swanzey; taxed here 1855-7.
1. George. 2. Carrie. 3. Willie. 4. Charles.
TOWER SPEAR m. " Ellener " - -; a blacksmith 1828-31.
1. Martin Tower b. Keene Sept. 1826.
JOSEPH SPENCER m. Lucy, dau. of Daniel Dart of Bolton, Conn.
1. Luther b. May 17, 1766. 2. Chloe b. Aug. 11, 1768. 3. Elijah d. Jan. 13, 1769.
4. Ruth b. Surry Ap. 9, 1771. There were also Erastus, Joseph, and Jerusha.
CALVIN W. SPOONER, son of Elhanan and Emily (Palmer) Spooner, was b.
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Woodbury, Conn. 1838; d. Philadelphia, Penn. Dec. 1873; m. June 9, 1862 Ellen Augusta Mack (q. v.).
1. Calvin Mack b. June 21, 1863.
WILLIS STANFORD b. Dummerston, Vt. June 1, 1808; m. Elinda Adams h. Keene ? June 30, 1808, d. there Oct. 1857, dau. of Elijah and Amanda Adams; r. Chesterfield.
1. George Willis b. Marlboro' 1826 ; killed on Cheshire Railroad about 1848.
2. Elizabeth b. Marlboro' 1830 ; d. Worcester, Mass. 1857; m. George Lovell. 1. Charles (Lovell) a stock-raiser in Colorado.
3. Sarah Sophia b. Marlboro' Ap. 11, 1833; m. March 29, 1853 Morgan J. Sherman b. Worth- ington, Mass. Jan. 27, 1828, son of Asa and Margaret ( Van Etten) Sherman.
1. Lizzie Van Etten (Sherman) b. Westminster, Vt. Jan. 10, 1856; m. Sept. 27, 1875 Lemuel Alexander Brandebury, in pension office at Washington, D. C.
1. Carl Sherman (Brandebury ) b. Keene Dec. 10, 1876.
2. Grace Fassett (Sherman) b. Westminster, Vt. Nov. 19, 1857. 3. George Edward (Sherman) b. Walpole Nov. 14, 1863. 4. Kate Spalding (Sherman) b. Walpole Aug. 13, 1866.
4. Mary Ann b. Keene May 6, 1835; m. Darius E. Smith of Worcester, Mass.
1. Edward (Smith) b. Worcester, Mass. 1865.
5. Elias Marble b. Keene Feb. 15, 1837 ; r. Boston, Mass.
6. Charles Henry b. Keene June 1839; m. Augustus Cutler ; r. Nelson. 1. Eva. 2. Edward. 3. John. 4. Mabel.
7. Ellen Maria b. Keene Aug. 20, 1841 ; r. Keene.
m. 2d Laura, dau. of Abraham Stiles of Keene.
STANLEY Pentecost Stanley of Attleboro', Mass., supposed to be a grandson of Matthew of Tops- field, Mass., m. Patience Blackmer and had Rhoda, Sally, Dolly, Israel, Abner went South, Lucy, Patience and Nancy. Israel m. Eunice Norwood and had Nathaniel, Susan, Arvilla, Orra, Nancy, and Alonzo A. r. Swanzey. Nathaniel m. Sylvia Hills and had Francis H., Cyrus W., and Fidelia L.
CYRUS WRIGHT STANLEY b. Swanzey June 11, 1828; m. Eunice Cynthia Wat- kins b. Winchester Oct. 31, 1832, dau. of Lyndon and Elizabeth Stowell ( Willis) Watkins; on tax list 1855.
STEARNS In England this name has usually been written Sterne. Isaac Stearns prob. from . Nayland, Suffolk Co. England, came to New England in 1630 and settled in Watertown, Mass. In his will his signature is spelled Sternes, and he bequeathes £10 " to my kinsman Charles Stearns." The relationship however remains undetermined. Charles Stearns was admitted freeman May 6, 1646, and in 1648 he bought land in Watertown, Mass. His wife Hannah d. 1651. He m. 2d June 22, 1654 Rebecca, dau. of John and Rebecca Gibson of Cambridge, Mass. Their son John b. Watertown, Mass. Jan. 24, 165 ;; m. 1st Judith, dau. of George Lawrence; m. 2d Ap. 2, 1713 Mary, dau. of Richard Norcross, and s. in Lexington, Mass. where he d. Feb. 22, 1722. A son by his 1st wife was John b. Lexington, Mass .; in. Aug. 10, 1715 Deliverance Bigelow b. . Watertown, Mass. Sept. 22, 1695, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow. He rem. to Worcester, Mass. where in 1748 he was Captain of rangers sent out against the Indians. His son Jotham was bapt. June 22, 1718, m. Mary, dau. of Bartholomew Flagg. The eldest of their three children was Bartholomew b. Worcester Aug. 4, 1742; m. Mary Raymond and s. in Winchendon, Mass. 1777. They had ten ch., of whom Amos m. Deborah Miller, and had sixteen ch., the twelfth of whom was Milton I.
MILTON ISAAC STEARNS b. Winchendon, Mass. June 5, 1821; m. Dec. 31, 1850 Winefred Elizabeth Paine b. Chester, Vt. Dec. 25, 1827, dau. of Ephraim and Bet- sey (Spaulding) Paine.
1. Lowell Harvey b. Cavendish, Vt. Nov. 17, 1857; m. June 3, 1879 Mary E. Hayward (q. v.) d. Sept. 19, 1880.
2. Arabella Eliza b. Alstead Sept. 1, 1866.
WILLIAM STEARNS from Walpole; in Factory 1836; went to Daysville, Ill. DANIEL STEELE on tax list 1798-1802.
EMIL STEFFINS in Factory 1872.
JOHN STEVENS b. Mason Jan. 17, 1778; d. Surry June 7, 1845; m. March 6, 1800 Lydia Brown b. Mason Dec. 19, 1779, d. Surry June 14, 1843, dau. of David and Lydia Brown.
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1. Martha b. Alstead ? Jan. 22, 1801 ; m. Nov. 25, 1833 Dean Tyler, son of Steplien and Patty ( Baxter) Tyler.
1. John Stephen (Tyler) b. Langdon Dec. 29, 1834; d. Marlow March 23, 1862; m. Hattie, dau. of Dick Elliot of Marlow.
2. Julia Ann (Tyler) b. Keene Sept. 19, 1836; m. Oct. 2, 1858 Alfred L. Lane of Templeton, Mass. 1. Mattie (Lane.) 2. Arthur Elmer (Lane. )
2. Almon b. Alstead Aug. 29, 1804; d. Surry Nov. 18, 1865; m. Elizabeth Bodge b. Dor- chester, Mass. Dec. 10. 1803, dau. of David Osborne and Sally ( Blake) Bodge.
1. Sarah Louisa b. Surry June 3, 1832; d. there June 27, 1848.
2. George Almon b. Surry Ap. 6, 1837; d. Jan. 7, 1877; m. Oct. 22, 1855 Urbanah M. Mack (q. v.).
1. Mary Adaline b. Surry Oct. 30, 1857. 2. Fred Arthur b. Surry May 28, 1862. 3. Mabel Estella b. Sept. 13, 1870.
3. Willard Brown b. Alstead 1807 ; d. Somerville, Mass. Sept. 20, 1859; m. June 2, 1831 Mary Wilson of Hancock.
1. Frances Louisa b. Hancock June 30, 1832; d. there Oct. 26, 1839.
2. Mary Frances b. Hancock Oct. 8, 1839: m. Milton Bruce of Townsend, Mass. 1. Harry (Bruce) d. ch. 2. Walter (Bruce.)
4. Louisa b. Alstead Aug. 28, 1810 ; d. unm. Surry June 30, 1832.
5. Holland b. Surry May 10, 1813 ; m. Mrs. Maria ( Benton) Britton (see Benton) ; r. Surry. ABRAHAM STILES on Pease place 1820; rem to Keene.
1. Lucy. 2. Miranda. 3. Gardner.
NELLIE (DAVIS) STIMPSON b. Fitchburg, Mass. 1854; housekeeper for George N. Hayward.
1. Ernest b. Fitchburg, Mass. 1876.
STONE. The tradition is that two brothers of this name came from the old country. The first name we have is Samuel b. Groton, Mass., rem. to Gardner, Mass., m. Martha Wilder. He d. Gard- ner, Mass. 1831, æt. 80. They had Eunice m. Israel Stone; Samuel; Joseph; Josiah; Benjamin and Oliver, twins; Mary m. Jonas Patch; Abram; Diedamia m. Joel Walker; and Miriam.
OLIVER STONE b. Gardner, Mass. Jan. 20, 1789; d. Aug. 31, 1874; m. Oct. 14, 1823 Betsey Holt b. Nelson Sept. 6. 1789, d. Milford Jan. 12, 1863.
1. Bradley b. Sullivan Aug. 6, 1824; m. 1st June 4, 1851 Asenath Jane Colburn b. Brook- line March 1821 ; d. Milford Oct. 10, 1861, dau. of Nathaniel Wheat and Asenath ( Melendy) Colburn.
1. Betsey Jane b. Milford March 12, 1852; d. there Sept. 3, 1854.
m. 2d June 26, 1863 Harriet Eliza Jane Semple b. Cambridge, Mass. Aug. 15, 1826, dau. of Jolin and Susan Caroline (Leslie) Semple.
2. Ada Lillian b. Milford Feb. 6, 1865. 3. Myra Jane b. Milford June 10, 1867.
CLEMENT STONE m. Lydia Thompson (q. v.) d. Saxonville, Mass. Jan. 24, 1865; taxed here 1845.
LUTHER STONE on tax list 1862.
STURTEVANT. Cornelius Sturtevant, son of David, was b. Plympton, Mass. Nov. 13, 1734;
rem. to Keene 1779; s. in a log house on the Isaiah Wilder place, and taught school. He d. Keene March 8, 1826; m. Sarah Bosworth b. Plympton, Mass. Dec. 19, 1737, d. Keene Ap. 25, 1826. Their ch. were Luke b. Oct. 12, 1767, killed by fall of tree June 22, 1811, m. Abial Kingsbury; Elias m. Jerusha Wright (q. v.); Cornelius; Luther d. inf .: Luther b. Feb. 6, 1775, d. Keene Dec. 31, 1863, m. Azubalı Claflin; Isaac (twin) b Aug. 19, 1777, d. unm. Keene July 5, 1816; and Sally (twin) m. 1st John Osgood of Sullivan, m. 2d John Snow of Keene. Cornelius Jr. b. Plympton, Mass. May 8, 1771; d. in U. S. army at Piketou, O. Aug. 2, 1821; served in 17th Reg't Infantry in the war of 1812; m. Molly Fisher b. Keene Ap. 4, 1770, d. there May 4, 1853, dau. of Ichabod and Experience Fisher. He was a printer and edited " The Rising Sun," a paper published in Keene about 1795. He contributed many articles both in prose and poetry to the papers of the day. (Appendix K.) His ch. were Henry b. Keene Feb. 2, 1795, d. Sept. 6, 1812; Maria b. Keene May 13, 1797, d. Feb. 24, 1804, and George W.
GEORGE WASHINGTON STURTEVANT b. Putney, Vt. Jan. 28, 1799; d. Keene Aug. 9, 1875; m. Ap. 15, 1823 Fanny Kilburn (q. v.) d. Keene July 18, 1875; taxed here 1820.
1. George Henry b. Keene Jan. 19, 1824; m. Feb. 18, 1847 Susan Maria Farnsworth b. Ray- mond Ap. 24, 1826 ; d. Concord Dec. 6, 1864, dau. of Rev. Sethi and Amanda Melvina (Ut- ley) Farnsworth; a printer in Boston, Mass.
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1. Ella Louisa b. Keene March 5, 1849.
2. Edward Everett b. Keene Aug. 7, 1827 ; killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dee. 13, 1862; major in U. S. army.
3. Frances Cornelia b. Keene July 27, 1829 ; m. March 20, 1850 Samuel Elkins Hall b. Lee Feb. 18, 1825, son of Hatevil and Abigail ( Elkins) Hall ; r. Keenc.
1. Edward Eugene (Hall) b. Epsom Feb. 26, 1851; in. Mrs. JJennie (Smith) Thompson; a carpenter; r. Greenwich, Mass. 2. George Henry (Hall) b. Keene Ap. 22, 1853.
3. Ada Frances (Hall) b. Keene Oct. 10, 1855.
4. Emma Grace (Hall) b. Kcene Dec. 7, 1857; d. there Dec. 24, 1857.
5. Lizzie Elkins (Hall) b. Keene Jan. 2, 1859. 6. Ellen Grace (IIall) b. Kecne Dec. 20, 1860.
7. Etta Lillian (Hall)
[8. Emma Marian (Hall)
b. Keene Ap. 14, 1865. 9. William Hatevil (Hall) b. Keene July 7. 1867.
10. Frank James Elkins (Hall) b. Keenc Ap. 16, 1869. 11. Lulu Estelle (IIall) b. Keene Sept. 7, 1872. 4. Sarah Elizabeth b. Keene Sept. 2, 1832. 5. Ellen Mary b. Keene Oet. 7, 1834.
6. William Wright b. Keene Nov. 4, 1843; in. Nov. 2, 1872 Minnie Kidder ; a musician ; r. Boston, Mass.
1. Alice Mabel b. Concord July 24, 1872; d. there Aug. 24, 1872.
2. Maud Irene b. Taunton, Mass. Oct. 21, 1873.
WILLIAM SULLIVAN from Springfield, Vt. worked in Factory 1872.
CHARLES SUMNER b. Dedham, Mass. 1769; d. March 24, 1835; m. Cynthia Pet- tee b. Dedham, Mass. Jan. 1777, d. Aug. 28, 1859, dau. of Benjamin Pettee.
1. John b. unk. about 1800; d. Keene Aug. 1852; m. 1st Eliza Ann Mansfield b. Stoddard 1818, d. May 6, 1836, dau. of Daniel Mansfield ; m. 2d Sept. 1838 Lucy Smith b. Keene March 16, 1816, dau. of Augustus Antoine and Susannah (Trask) Smith.
1. John b. Aug. 1839, d. inf. 2. Henry Harrison b. 1840, d. inf. 3. Henry b. Keene Jan. 3, 1842; d. there Sept. 1856. 4. Corydon Knapp b. Keene Oct. 1845; d. there Sept. 1847.
5. Eliza b. Keene Sept. 1847; m. Ransford Williams of Rockville, Com.
1. Nellie (Williams) d. ch. 2. Henry ( Williams) b. Rockville, Conn. 1868.
2. Joel d. Brattleboro', Vt. ; m. Sarah Dewey of Keene ; a ship earpenter ; r. N. Y.
1. Sarah Jane m. Levi W. Gunn (q. v.). 2. William Henry.
3. Charles b. unk. about 1804 ; d. Bethlehem; m. Jan. 5, 1826 Abigail M., dau. of Bezaleel and Hannah (Baker) Hill ; r. Brattleboro', Vt.
1. Willard. 2. Henry. 3. Thomas. 4. Mary. 5. Harriet.
4. Naney b. unk. 1811 ; m. John Grimes (q. v.). 5. Irene b. Stockbridge, Vt. May 16, 1810 ;
m. Hezekiah Webster (q. v.). 6. Luey b. Keene 1811; d. unm. Jan. 13, 1834.
7. David b. Keene 1813 ; d. Manchester Sept. 1872; m. 1st Dee. 10, 1834 Sarah Grimes (q. v.) d. Keene Oet. 19, 1874.
1. Cynthia Sarah b. Sept. 26, 1835; d. Keene Feb. 17, 1859; m. July 7, 1857 Henry J. Day.
2. Elmira Calista b. July 24, 1838; m. 1st June 6, 1856 George Gilbert b. Northfield, Mass. Feb. 18, 1841, d. there June 4, 1863, son of Lyman and Emily Gilbert; m. 2d March 7, 1866 Sylvenus Meriman Stebbins b. Northfield, Mass. Ap. 4, 1817, son of Cyrus and Mary Stebbins.
1. Lora Cynthia (Stebbins) b. Northfield, Mass. Dec. 1, 1867. 2. Lester Eliot (Stebbins) b. Northfield, Mass. Sept. 15, 1869.
in. 2d Dec. 14, 1843 Charlotte Mandell Smith b. Keene Dee. 12, 1824, dau. of Augustus Antoine and Susannah (Trask) Smith.
3. Alonzo b. Keene Aug. 1844; d. unm. Wilton 1875. 4. Susan Morna b. Keene Ap. 1846; d. Sept. 12, 1847. 5. Susan A. b. June 1848. 6. Edward b. March 11, 1851.
8. Luke b. Keene and d. there young.
HARRIET LOCARD SWINTON, dau. of Andrew and Anna (Glover) Swinton, was b. Manchester, Eng. Sept. 2, 1836; came over in 1864; a weaver; rem. to Peter- boro' 1880.
STEPHEN C. SWITZER b. Bath 1793; m. Dec. 1, 1863 Mrs. Fanny (Willis) Ware (q. v.); on tax list 1864. She r. Surry.
MOSES SYLVESTER worked for W. A. Wilder 1878.
JOSEPH N. TAFT b. Winchester 1821; m. Mary H. Alcott b. Swanzey 1822; in Gilsum 1860.
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1. Annette M. b. unk. 1844. 2. Abby B. b. unk. 1847. 3. Adora J. b. unk. 1851. 4. Char- lie J. b. unk. 1853. 5. James O. b. unk. 1856. 6. Annis A. b. Keene Aug. 16, 1858.
TAYLOR. Tradition says three bros. of this name came from England "soon after the Pilgrims." One s. in Mass., one in Conn., and the other in Virginia. Caleb Taylor supposed to be grandson of the Massachusetts brother, r. at Littleton, Mass., m. Mary Witt, and had Samuel, Thomas, Richard, Elias and Caleb. A Thomas Taylor supposed to be identical with the one just mentioned, was b. Littleton, Mass. Ap. 14, 1718, and about 1767 rem. from Dunstable, Mass. to Milford, N. H. where he d. 1818. His ch. were Thomas m. - Hutchinson, aud r. Milford; William s. at Lyndeboro'; Samuel s. at Hillsboro'; Simeon ; Joseph; John r. at Nashua; Elizabeth b. June 23, 1764 ; and three daus.
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