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BACON
GEORGE! BACON embarked for New England in Apr. 1635, on the "Increase" of Lon- don, Robert Lee, master. The passenger list (as copied by Hotten) reads: "A mason, George Bacon ae. 43, Samuel ae. 12, John ae. 8, Susan ae. 10, children of sd mason," In Sept., 1635 he was a proprietor in Hingham, Mass., and in 1642, he died there. His wife was Margaret - Two children, perhaps others were born in Hingham.
A child of George Bacon (Thomas) baptized Nov. 27, 1640; child of George Bacon (Peter) baptized Mar. 30, 1642. Thomas Bacon settled in Roxbury; Peter remained in Hingham on the homestead of his father, and assumed the care of his aged mother, who subsequent to the death of her husband, George Bacon, married Edward Gold, a cooper, of Hingham. She died Feb. 6, 1682-3.
THOMAS1 BACON (George1) married May 27, 1663, Mary, daughter of Robert Gamlin, Jr. He lived in Roxbury and died there Oct. 25, 1701. The births of nine children are found in the Roxbury records:
1. THOMAS3 b. Jan. 7, 1763-64; settled in Woodstock, Conn., 1687.
2. JOSEPH3.
3. MARY3 b. July 27, 1668.
4. GEORGE3 b. Sept. 12, 1671; d. July 19, 1672.
5. - b. Oct. 4, 1673, stillborn.
6. GEORGE bapt. Sept. 20, 1674; killed Sept. 19, 1715; m. May 4, 1699, Mary Davis.
7. MARGARET bapt. May 16, 1680; d. Oct. 18, 1682.
8. MARGARET bapt. Jan. 14, 1682-3; m. June 12, 1706, Timothy Whitney.
9. HANNAH bapt. Jan. 10, 1685.
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JOSEPH3 BACON (Thomas,2 George1) born Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 1, 1665-6; married Nov. 6, 1688 Margaret, daughter of Lieutenant Henry and Elizabeth (Johnson) Bowen, born Roxbury Jan. 26, 1667-8, died Feb. 19, 1726-7 at Woodstock, Conn. He died Pomfret, Conn., May 31, 1741. The Bowens might properly be called an ancient family. There is an ancient record in the Herald's College, London, which traces the ancestry of Griffith Bowen, father of Lieut. Henry, back to 55 B. C. Griffith Bowen came from Glenmorganshire, Wales, to New England, settled in Boston, was a member of the First Church, but returned to England where he died in 1676. Lieut. Henry Bowen was in Capt. Isaac Johnson's Company in the Great Swamp Fight Dec. 19, 1675, in which Capt. Johnson was killed. The eight children of Joseph3 and Margaret were born in Roxbury:
1. MARGARET4 b. Oct. 9, 1689.
2. ELIZABETH4 b. Oct. 19, 1691.
3. HENRY4 b. Nov. 20, 1693.
4. MARY4 b. Nov. 24, 1696.
5. JOSEPH4 b. Aug. 29, 1700.
6. BENJAMIN4 b. Nov. 26, 1703; d. Apr. 22, 1704.
7. MEHITABLE4 b. May 26, 1706.
8. UNICE4 b. Oct. 15, 1710.
LIEUT. HENRY4 BACON (Joseph,3 Thomas,2 George1) born Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 20, 1693; died Pomfret, Conn., Apr. 6, 1752; married, first, Hannah Adams, who died Decem- 22, 1730; married, second, Sarah -, born Pomfret, Conn., July 30, 1710; died Mar. 7, 1746; married, third, Sept. 17, 1746, Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman. He removed to Con- necticut settling in Woodstock and later in Pomfret. Children by first marriage:
1. HANNAH5 b. Mar. 16, 1720.
2. HENRY5 b. Nov. 2, 1722.
3. BENJAMIN5 b. Feb. 2, 1724; d. Apr. 30, 1724.
4. EPHRAIM5 b. Mar. 15, 1725; d. Aug. 30, 1726.
5. BENJAMIN5 b. Jan. 4, 1727.
6. EPHRAIM5 b. Dec. 1, 1728.
7. JOSEPH5 b. Dec. 10, 1730; d. Dec. 16, 1730.
Children by second marriage:
8. SARAH5 b. Aug. 7, 1732.
9. MARY5 b. Aug. 5, 1734.
10. NEHEMIAH5.
11. JOSEPH5 b. Sept. 7, 1738.
12. ABNER5 b. Jan. 29, 1740; soldier in War of Revolution, rank of captain.
13. WILLIAM5 b. June 1743.
14. DARIUS5 b. Aug. 29, 1745.
NEHEMIAH® BACON (Lieut. Henry,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 George1) born Pomfret, Conn., Sept. 6, 1736; died Pomfret Nov. 6, 1832; married in Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 29, 1756, Ruth Adams, who died June 28, 1825. He enlisted from Pomfret in the War of the Revolution, in May 1775 and served eight months, under Israel Putnam; enlisted again in 1777 and served till 1780 or 81 under Capt. Abner Bacon and Col. John Durkee; pen- sion granted on his application dated July 6, 1818. He was then a resident of Suffield County, Ohio. Births of children recorded in Pomfret, Conn .:
1. HENRY6 b. June 12, 1757; d. Feb. 22, 1838.
2. MARY6 b. Apr. 26, 1760.
3. SARAH6 b. Mar. 9, 1762; d. Nov. 4, 1843.
4. JOSEPH6 b. Feb. 12, 1764.
5. RUTH6 b. July 22, 1766.
6. ABNER®.
7. WILLIAM® b. May 20, 1771; d. Jan. 22, 1850.
8. CHAPMAN® b. May 17, 1774; d. Mar. 8, 1847.
9. JOSEPH6 b. May 17, 1777.
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DEA. ABNER6 BACON (Nehemiah,5 Lieut. Henry,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 George1) born Pomfret, Conn., Aug. 15, 1768; died Putney, Vt., May 16, 1864; married Putney, Vt., Sept. 6, 1795, Katherine Read of Putney, born Mar. 6, 1773, Dunstable, Mass., daughter of Timothy and Susannah (Tayler) Read. She died Sept. 21, 1861. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to learn the tanners and shoemakers trades of a man in Putney, Vt. After his marriage he lived for two years or so in Salisbury, Conn., but after the birth of his eldest son, he removed to Putney where he lived till his death. Six children:
1. ASA7.
2. TIMOTHY READ7.
3. ABNER7 b. Mar. 20, 1801; d. Aug. 26, 1801, Putney.
4. WILLIAM C.7 b. Putney, Vt., Aug. 11, 1804; d. Dec. 10, 1868, Putney.
5. CLARK7
6. GEORGE7 b. Oct. 10, 1809; d. Feb. 24, 1846.
ASA7 BACON (Abner6, Nehemiah5, Lieut. Henry4, Joseph3, Thomas2, George1) born Salisbury Corner, Oct. 30, 1796; married Feb. 29, 1824, Roxana Matilda, daughter of William and Eleanor (Jones) Perry of Putney, Vt., born May 6, 1801; died, Haverhill Apr. 25, 1883. He died Aug. 15, 1882. He removed with his parents to Putney, Vt., where he lived till shortly after his marriage when he removed to Haverhill where he had previously purchased the 70 acre lot No. 24 in the north division. The lot was a dense forest and he proceeded to clear the land for his home and farm, where with his wife, his life was spent, a quiet, unassuming, God-fearing citizen, a credit to the com- munity and town. For the first ten years they lived in a log house, then in a frame house which was built on the site of the house on the Pond road now occupied by his only grandchild E. H. Lewis. In the first years of their residence in town Mrs. Bacon taught school in the district now known as Number Ten, at a salary of $1.00 per week, and boarded herself. Five children born in Haverhill:
1. KATHERINE MATILDA8 b. Feb. 21, 1826; d. Aug. 28, 1831.
2. GEORGE HENRY8 b. May 17, 1830; d. Mar. 28, 1832.
3. WILLIAM PERRY8 b. Oct. 21, 1832; d. Sept. 26, 1848.
4. FAYETTE F.8 b. Oct. 24, 1835; m. Oct. 11, 1859, Susanna C., dau. of Russell and Hannah C. Wright, b. Hav. Feb. 11, 1837, d. Apr. 13, 1887. No children. Mr. Bacon, farmer, wheelwright and lumber manufacturer and dealer, lives (1915) on Pond road where his sawmill is situated. Republican; Free Baptist.
5. CAROLINE MINERVA8 b. May 26, 1838; m. Dec. 31, 1874, W. Henry Lewis of West- port, Mass., b. Oct. 30, 1844, Lewiston, Me. Mrs. Lewis lives with her brother (1915), housekeeper. One child: Enos Henry b. Apr. 16, 1878; m. Hav. Jan. 1, 1902, Mrs. E. (Allen, Gale, Blake) Clifford, dau. Pardon W. and Dorcas (Howe) Allen. Live in Hav. He is a stationary engineer.
TIMOTHY READ7 BACON (Abner6, Nehemiah5, Henry4, Joseph3, Thomas2, George1) born Putney, Vt., Oct. 16, 1798; died Haverhill Nov. 24, 1895; married Nov. 21, 1825, Betsey, daughter of Archibald and Susanna (Pierce) Chase of Putney, Vt., born at Royal- ton, Mass., Feb. 23, 1801, died Haverhill May 1, 1870. Her grandfather, Lieut. Francis Chase, rendered honorable service in the War of the Revolution, and her great-great- grandfather, John Chase, fought under Capt. Turner in "The Falls Fight" May 18, 1676, King Philip's War. They lived in Newfane and Wardsboro, Vt., where their children were born, until the spring of 1840, when they came to Haverhill and with his brother, William C., purchased the farm on the Pond road where they lived till 1865, when he sold his farm to Daniel W. Meader, and in 1867 purchased the Benjamin K. Eastman farm on the County road where he lived till his death. Eight children:
1. ABNER& BACON (Timothy R7., Abner, Nehemiah5, Henry4, Joseph3, Thomas2, George1) b. Newfane, Vt., Jan. 28, 1827; d. West Lebanon Dec. 18, 1907; m. Oct. 12, 1852, Mary J., dau. of Henry and Phebe Ann (Avery) Hanchett of Plain- field, b. Jan. 10, 1829. He learned the trade of carpenter and lived in W. Leba- non. One child:
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(1) Charles Abner9 b. July 3, 1855; m. Nov. 30, 1879, Annie A. Wood of Plain- field, b. July 24, 1857. He lives (1915) at W. Lebanon; contractor and builder; Republican; K. T. Mason. Two chil .: (a) Charles Abner, Jr.10 b. W. Lebanon Sept. 16, 1886; m. Sept. 30, 1907, Emma Brown Holton, b. Apr. 1, 1885, Chicago, Ill. He lives in W. Lebanon, and follows the occupation of father and grandfather. Two chil .: Wendell Abner11 b. Sept. 26, 1908; Everett Holton11 b. June 29, 1910. (b) Elloine Dickin- son10 b. W. Lebanon June 23, 1894; d. June 28, 1901.
2. ELMON CHASE& BACON (Timothy R.7, Abner", Nehemiah5, Henry4, Joseph3, Thomas2, George1) b. Newfane, Vt., Dec. 1, 1828; d. Cleveland, O., May 22, 1909; m. Feb. 25, 1856, Lucia Kent, dau. of Rinaldo and Harriet (Kent) Mullin of Lyman, b. Feb. 10, 1837, d. Cleveland, O., Mar. 8, 1892. He learned the carpenters' trade, engaged in bridge building and later became travelling salesman for the Fairbanks Scale Co. About 1874 went to Cleveland, O. Salesman for a wholesale tea and coffee house, and later, till his death, a wholesaler of lightning rods. Prominent in Masonry. Four children:
(1) Edward Rinaldo9 b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 26, 1857; d. Cleveland, O., May 15, 1911; m. July 19, 1893, Lena, dau. Frank S. and Mary Anna (Sears) Lang of Cleveland. Hotel clerk and bookkeeper. Two chil: (a) Lucia Mary10 b. May 7, 1894; m. 1913 A. J. Fish; one child: Elizabeth Jane11 b. Oct. 12, 1914. (b) Harriett Anna10 b. May 4, 1898. (2) Harriet Emily9 b. Cleveland, O., Oct. 26, 1860; m. Mar. 4, 1885, Carl, s. of George and Lena (Gressmuck) Dueringer of Cleveland, b. Sept. 4, 1864. Living (1915) Euclid, O. Four chil .: (a) Florence Lucia10 b. Feb. 25, 1890; m. Dec. 27, 1912, Chester Gans, s. of Frank J. and Mary E. (Gans) Warns of Cleveland, b. Cincinnati July 3, 1891. One child: Lucia Kent11 b. Oct. 23, 1914. (b) Lelia Bacon10 b. Apr. 5, 1892; m. Aug. 17, 1914, Harold C. s. of George F. and Mary G. (Hahan) Folts of Chicago, b. Aug. 11, 1875. (c) Edna Harriet10 b. Cleveland, May 19, 1894; m. Dec. 4, 1912, Darwin Sherwin Barrett Jr. of Cleveland, b. Oct. 16, 1892. One child: Darwin Sherwin 3d11 b. Aug. 24, 1914. (d) Harriet Kent10 b. Sept. 8, 1902.
(3) Minnie9 b. Hav. Mar. 26, 1862; d. Hav. Aug. 15, 1863.
(4) Elmore Chase Jr.9 b. Cleveland, O., Oct. 6, 1878; m. Nov. 26, 1901, Min- erva Janet Hertel of Cleveland, b. July 8, 1882. Lives in Cleveland. On editorial staff "Cleveland Leader." Four chil .: (a) Elmore Chase 3d10 b. July 21, 1903. (b) Dorothy Jean1º b. Aug. 13, 1906. (c) Edward Kent b. Jan. 23, 1908. (d) Betsey Blanche10 b. Sept. 19, 1914.
3. SUMNER PIERCE& BACON (Timothy R.7, Abner6, Nehemiah5, Henry4, Joseph3, Thomas2, George1) b. Newfane, Vt. June 7, 1830; m. Aug. 10, 1856, Mariah Marietta, dau. Orrin and Nancy (Burley) Stebbins of Grand Rapids, Mich., b. Borodeno, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1833; d. Terrace Park, O., Jan. 1, 1910. Dealer in coal and iron, living (1915) Terrace Park, Hamilton Co., O. Six chil.
(1) Sarah Inez9 b. No. Hav., Nov. 15, 1857.
(2) Emma Lucena9 b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 25, 1860; m. Nov. 28, 1882, William, s. of William L. and Mary Beal Christopher, b. Aug. 10, 1856. Two chil .: (a) Marietta10 b. Sept. 17, 1883, at Milford, O., m. Aug.7, 1906, F. Moulton Cobb; two chil .: Dorothy11, b. June 14, 1907, and William Christopher11 b. Apr. 5, 1910. Lives in Jackson, Mich. (b) Raymond B.10 b. Milford, O., Feb. 3, 1885; m. Dec. 13, 1911, Pearl Ida Breeling, Terrace Park, O.
(3) Charles Sumner9 b. Terrace Park, O., Sept. 16, 1867; m. Mary Eliza Stovall of Cincinnati. Lives Terrace Park, O .; bookkeeper. Three chil .: (a) Corinne Inez10 b. Cincinnati July 23, 1892. (b) Owen Stovall10 b. March 5, 1895. (c) George Leete10 b. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 29, 1888.
(4) Blanche Anna9, b. Terrace Park Nov. 16, 1869; m. June 14, 1899, Charles A. Myers, Jr. of Cincinnati, b. July 4, 1870. Lives at Terrace Park. Two chil .: (a) Dorothy10 b. June 24, 1901. (b) Janet b. May 29, 1903.
(5) George Read9 b. Terrace Park, O., Jan. 26, 1873.
(6) Jennie Eudora9 b. Terrace Park, O., July 12, 1875.
4. KATHERINE8 b. Apr. 20, 1832; d. in infancy.
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5. LUCENA BREWSTER8 (Timothy R.7, etc.) b. Wardsboro, Vt., Jan. 6, 1834; m. Apr. 26, 1864, Trustum C. Haynes of St. Johnsbury, b. Hardwick, Vt., Jan. 12, 1835, d. Oct. 6, 1889. She d. Oct. 14, 1911. Lived St. Johnsbury, Vt. One child: George Carlos9 b. Nov. 18, 1872; d. Oct. 7, 1874.
6. MARY ANN8 (Timothy R.7,) b. Wardsboro, Vt., Dec. 9, 1835; m. Apr. 18, 1865, Moses Blood Meader of Hav. Lives (1915) No. Hav. (See Meader.)
7. CAROLINE ELVIRA8 (Timothy R.7, etc.) b. Wardsboro, Vt., Mar. 21, 1838; m. Nov. 29, 1859, James E. Haywood, living (1915) Port Huron, Mich. (See Hay- wood.)
8. MARTHA MARIA8 (Timothy R.7, etc.) b. Wardsboro, Vt., Oct. 17, 1839; m. Apr. 16, 1865, Chester M. Carleton of Hav. (See Carleton.)
WILLIAM C.7 BACON (Abner6, Nehemiah5, Henry4, Joseph3, Thomas2, George1) born Putney, Vt., Aug. 11, 1804; died there Dec. 10, 1868; married Haverhill Feb. 16, 1843, Maria Mary, daughter of Joshua and Mary Blaisdell of Haverhill. He came to Haver- hill about 1835 and in company with his brother, Timothy R., purchased the Pond road farm. In 1844 sold to his brother and soon after returned to Putney, Vt. Carpenter and builder. Five children:
1. JENNIE L.8 b. Hav. Dec. 9, 1843.
2. HENRY C.8 b. Hav. Sept. 7, 1845. Living at Bellows Falls, Vt.
3. GEORGE8 b. Putney, Vt., Jan. 31, 1847; d. Bellows Falls, Vt., Nov. 5, 1911.
4. ELLA8 b. Putney, Vt., May 25, 1849.
5. EMMA8 b. Putney, Vt., May 25, 1849.
CLARK7 BACON (Abner6, Nehemiah5, Henry4, Joseph3, Thomas?, George1) born Oct. 10, 1806, Putney, Vt .; married Mar. 2, 1836, Lydia B., daughter Valentine and Rhoda (Winslow) Kerr, born June 9, 1812. Came to Haverhill about 1835. Bought lot No. 14 in the "Fisher Farm" tract. In 1854 he sold 25 acres of this to Drusilla M. Bisbee and Sarah Bisbee, and in 1855 sold the remainder to Horace Wilmot and returned to Putney. One child:
HARRISON K.8, soldier in War of Rebellion, 1st lieut., d. in 1866.
BAKER
HOSEA SWETT BAKER was less than twenty years old when he came to Haverhill, about 1817. He was born in 1797 (?) and is said to have descended on his mother's side from Capt. John Lovewell, the famous Indian warrior. He came on his mother's death to live with an uncle in Piermont. He earned money to obtain an education at the Academy and pursued teaching for several years in Rumney and Haverhill. He was always a busy man and said it was better to work for his board than to go idle. After- wards he engaged in the lumber business on the Oliverian. He moved to the Corner in 1825, engaged in the meat business, and was with Blaisdell & Co. in general merchandise trade. The succeeding thirty years were spent in farming at East Haverhill on what is known as the Baker farm. No man was better known in town than himself, and was noted for his line of conversation and anecdote. Mr. Baker held many positions of trust and honor. He was deputy sheriff, captain of militia, postmaster, selectman, representa- tive, trustee Haverhill Academy and for more than forty years a justice of the peace, performing marriage ceremonies without number. He was also in requisition in the settlement of estates. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Methodist, and was a member of the Republican party.
He married Fanny Huntington of Hanover. He died May 20, 1885, at the age of 88 years, and she died Apr. 16, 1874, at the age of 72.
PEYTON RANDOLPH BAKER was born Sept. 2, 1825. Graduated at Dartmouth in the Class of 1848 and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., 1853. He was a
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physician and died May 17, 1873, at Warren, Me. Oliver Randolph Baker, a clothing merchant at Bradford, Vt., was a son of his.
ROYAL H. BAKER died Aug. 22, 1871, at the age of 49.
OLIVER H. BAKER died July 11, 1902, aged 68; Chastina B. Baker died Jan. 31, 1897, aged 52.
SOLON H. BAKER died Jan. 29, 1906, 76 years 5 months 23 days. He was 30 when married. Chastina L. Baker died July 20, 1894, aged 53. They were married June 12, 1860. He was a farmer and lived with her father. Republican; Methodist.
FANNIE M. BAKER was married at the age 29 to Rev. Moses T. Runnells of Orford.
BARBOUR
NED T. BARBOUR, son of Zachariah R. and Eliza Cross Barbour, born Fairlee, Vt., July 27, 1856; married at Bradford, Vt., Aug. 17, 1892, Edith, daughter of Milo and Ellen (Page) Bailey of Haverhill, born Haverhill Sept. 4, 1870. Have lived since marriage in Haverhill, for past fifteen or twenty years in Woodsville; business, restaurant. Two children :
1. MADGE GERTRUDE b. Hav. Sept. 4, 1894.
2. DOROTHY ELLEN b. Woodsville Apr. 17, 1900.
BARRON
CAPT TIMOTHY BARRON' born in Groton or Westfield, Mass., about 1740; married Olive Moore, widow of Col. Russell. Came to Haverhill about 1774; died Nov. 7, 1797. He took an active part in the Revolution. He was one of the committee chosen at the annual town meeting in Mar. 1775 "to see that the results of the Continental Congress were observed in town." He held a captain's commission in Col. Bedel's regiment for the defence of the frontier in 1778 and 1779. He also served in Capt. Joseph Hutchins company of 34 men that went from Haverhill to the Northern Army under Gen. Gates in 1777. His son, Jonathan, served in Gen. Stark's brigade from July 24 to Sept. 27, 1777, and also in Col. Bedel's regiment for the defence of the frontier from Apr. 1778 to Apr. 1779. He was selectman in 1780. He lived at Horse Meadow, and gave the plot of land which was the nucleus of the Horse Meadow Cemetery. There are none bearing the name of Barron now living in town though he still has descendants both in Haverhill and Bath. Five children :
1. JONATHAN 2 b. June 30, 1760, soldier in Revolution; m. Jan. 29, 1784, Thankful Miner.
2. DEBORAH 2 b. Nov. 25, 1763; m. Jan. 21, 1784, Edward Pickett.
3. HANNAH 2 b. June 14, 1766; m. Aug. 22, 1784, Jacob Hurd of Bath.
4. PRISCILLA 2 b. Oct. 6, 1768; m., 1st, May 24, 1784, Nathan Clough; 2nd, Apr. 7, 1787, Noah Moulton of Lyman.
5. SARAH 2 b. Nov. 12, 1771; m. Dec. 28, 1799, Ezekiel Tewksbury.
The town records show other marriages: Mary Barron to Herman Pennock May 31, 1821. William Barron to Sophia Morse Apr. 24, 1836. Mrs. Hannah Barron to David Northey of Franconia Feb. 22, 1785. Timothy Barron of Bath to Susanna White Jan. 29, 1809.
In the Barron lot in Horse Meadow Cemetery, there are besides the Capt. Timothy Barron monument, headstones with inscriptions as follows: Capt. Moses Barron died Mar. 7, 1841, in his 86th year. Rhoda, wife of Capt. Moses Barron, died Aug. 4, 1833, aged 71 years. Mary, daughter Fletcher and Mary Barron, died Mar. 1832, aged 1 year 2 months.
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BARSTOW
WILLIAM BARSTOW! was one of two brothers who embarked from Yorkshire, England, Sept. 20, 1635, for New England in the ship "Truelove," John Gibbes, master. He was in Dedham, Mass., 1636, and later settled in that part of Scituate which is now Hanover, when he died 1668 aged 56 years.
JOSEPH BARSTOW2 (William1) born Dedham, Mass., 1639; married May 16, 1666, Susanna Lincoln; died Apr. 17, 1712.
SAMUEL BARSTOW3 (Joseph2, William1) born Scituate, Mass., Jan. 1, 1683; married Mar. 17, 1708; died Scituate Oct. 23, 1730.
JOSEPH BARSTOW4 (Samuel3, Joseph2, William1) baptized Scituate, June 13, 1725; re- moved to Lebanon, Conn., about 1735; married May 6, 1752, widow Mary Webster, maiden name Bliss; died May 4, 1770.
MICHAEL BARSTOW5 (Joseph4, Samuel3, Joseph2, William1) born Lebanon, Conn., May 24, 1754; soldier in Revolutionary War six years; married Ruth Abbott of Lebanon. Removed first to Campton, N. H., later to Haverhill where his sons were engaged in business; died June 27, 1836, and his wife died three months later. He was a man of remarkable physical power, exceedingly athletic and nimble even after he became an octogenarian. "The prominent traits in his character were courage and piety, and he died as he had lived, a Christian soldier and an honest man." Six children all born in Campton:
1. WILLIAM.
2. HENRY.
3. CHARLES; lived and d. in Campton.
4. THOMAS.
5. NANCY b. - -; d. Sept. 1, 1827, ae. 38.
6. RUTH b. -; d. Mar. 31, 1832, ae. 34.
WILLIAM BARSTOW6 (Michael5, Joseph4, Samuel3, Joseph2, William1) born Campton Jan. 22, 1784; married (published Nov. 1809) Abigail, daughter Ebenezer Townsend of Chester; died Mar. 1, 1844; she died Sept. 16, 1862, age 73 years. He was in trade at the Corner. In 1827 he appears in a business directory as "a dealer in English and W. I. goods." In his political affiliations he was a Federalist and Whig. He was defeated for the office of town clerk in 1831 by his brother Henry, Democrat, at one of the exciting town meetings of those days. On the incoming of the Harrison administration he was appointed postmaster and held the office until his death. Ten children all born in Haverhill:
1. JULIA ANN 7 b. 1810; d. Dec. 4, 1815.
2. GEORGE 7 b. 1811; m. June 4, 1844, Emily, dau. of John Shipley of Saco, Me. They had no children. He was educated at the Academy and at Dartmouth College leaving College, however, before graduation. He read law with Robert Rantoul in Boston, was admitted to the bar and began practice in that city. Returned to to New Hampshire and practiced in Hillsborough and Manchester. After the admission of California to the Union he removed to San Francisco and successfully engaged in the practice of his profession there. He was a man of marked ability, of high character, and was distinguished in his profession. While in Hillsborough he served on the staff of Maj .- Gen. John McNiel. Before leaving New Hampshire he wrote and published a history of the state, a work of much value. While in California, he was active in politics, was a member of the state legislature and Speaker of the House.
3. WILLIAM H.7 b. 1812; m. 1831 Margaret, dau. of Rev. William Woodward of Ver- mont; d. of cholera in Auburn, N. Y., 1832.
4. ABIGAIL 7 d. in infancy.
5. JAMES TOWNSEND.7
6. ABIGAIL.7
7. MARY A.7 lived in Columbia, Tex., and d. there.
8. CHARLES W." educated at the Academy and became a devoted and successful Moravian minister; settled in Iowa and d. there.
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9. MARY 7 m. Edwin S. Thayer of So. Milford, Mass.
10. EBENEZER T.7 was a merchant in Columbia, Tex., and d. there unm.
11. CATHERINE 7 b. 1833; d. Hav. Sept. 24, 1864.
DEA. HENRY BARSTOW6 (Michael5, Joseph4, Samuel3, Joseph2, William1) born 1787; came to Haverhill about 1801; married, first (published Nov. 12, 1813), Harriet, daughter Capt. David Webster of Plymouth; married, second (published Aug. 16, 1825), Frances Pierce of Woodstock, Vt., born Sept. 22, 1803, died Oct. 26, 1888. Dea. Barstow died Lowell, Mass., Feb. 24, 1849.
He took an active part in town and church affairs, was as uncompromising a Democrat as his brother William was Federalist and Whig. He was town clerk and treasurer in 1831-33, and again in 1835-36. He became deacon of the church Jan. 8, 1829, and held that office until his removal to Claremont in Apr. 1841. He was a partner of his brother William in the business of keeping a general store until 1822, when the partnership was dissolved, his brother continuing the business at the old stand a little south of Towles tavern, while Henry began business on his own account in the store which had formerly been occupied by Samuel Brooks. His stock according to his advertisement in the local newspaper consisted of W. I. goods, hardware, crockery, glassware, dry goods, wines, rum, brandy, sugar, etc. The selling of rum and brandy was not deemed at all inconsist- ent with holding the office of deacon. After a few years in Claremont he removed to Lowell where he resided until his death in 1849. Four children by his first marriage:
1. LYDIA WOODWARD7 b. Mar. 9, 1815; m. Merrill Pearson. (See Pearson.)
2. HARRIETT7 b. May 26, 1816; d. Aug. 11, 1839.
3. HENRY7 b. June 25, 1819; went to California.
4. HORACE7 b. Feb. 20, 1822.
Ten children by second marriage:
5. FRANCES7 bapt. Apr. 3, 1826; m. Benj. F. Larabee of Hartland, Vt.
6. DAVID PIERCE7 bapt. Sept. 30, 1827.
7. ALFRED7 bapt. Apr. 7, 1829. At the age of nineteen he entered the law office of his cousin, George Barstow in Manchester. In 1849 he joined the Argonauts and went to California. Finishing his law studies he was admitted to the bar, and became a prominent and successful lawyer. He was also a pioneer in the grape growing industry of his adopted state. He m. in 1868 the dau. of his law partner, ex-Judge A. L. Rhodes of the California Supreme Court. He resided in Oakland, with law offices in San Francisco. He was a man of marked ability and force of character.
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