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9. MARIA L. m. Rufus Dow.
BELL
1. JOHN BELL1 born in Ireland; came to Bedford, N. H., about 1736. In 1739 he was followed by his wife and four children: John, Joseph, Mary and Susanna.
2. JOHN BELL? (John1) born Ireland 1732; came with his mother to Bedford in 1739. Married Jane Carr who died soon after without issue; married, second, Sarah Bell of Londonderry. They had eleven children: Joseph, John, Rachael, Susanna, and Mary, the others dying in infancy.
3. JOSEPH BELL3 (John2, John1) born Apr. 17, 1757; died Amherst May 18, 1828; married June 4, 1776, Mary Houston, born 1753, died Dec. 7, 1830. Nine children, all born in Bedford:
1. SARAH4 b. Apr. 4, 1777; m., 1st, Daniel Platt; 2d, Oliver Townsend.
2. JOHN 4 b. Feb. 23, 1779; m. 1801 Peggy Brown; resided in Antrim; d. Oct. 5, 1864.
3. MARY4 b. Apr. 12, 1781; m. David Atwood; resided in Bedford; d. Oct. 12, 1857.
4. ISAAC4 b. Apr. 9, 1783; m. Susanna Hutchinson; d. Feb. 2, 1830.
5. SUSANNAH4 b. Sept. 25, 1785; d. in infancy.
6. JOSEPH4 b. Mar. 21, 1787.
7. DAVID4 b. Oct. 16, 1789; m. Polly Houston; d. Nov. 29, 1832.
8. JAMES4 b. Jan. 15, 1792.
9. JACOB4 b. Apr. 30, 1795.
6. JOSEPH BELLA (Joseph3, John2, John1) born Bedford Mar. 21, 1787; died Saratoga, N. Y., 1851; married (published Sept. 3, 1821) Catherine, daughter Peletiah Mills and Sarah Porter Olcott of Hanover. He graduated, Dartmouth, class of 1807. Came to Haverhill and was principal of the Academy one year. Studied law and located in Haverhill. Had a large and lucrative practice and was the high priced lawyer of his time. His practice extended into other counties, and he was without question the leader of the Grafton bar. He was stronger as a lawyer than as an advocate. In speech he was loud and imperious, in his manners aristocratic and overbearing, and often repelled rather than attracted the sympathies of juries. They had a family of five chil- dren all born in Haverhill. A son, Joseph Mills, graduated at Dartmouth in 1844, studied law with his father, and became a partner of Rufus Choate, whose wife was sister to his mother. During the War of the Rebellion, he served on the staff of Gen. B. F. Butler in New Orleans, and later was appointed to judicial position in that city.
HELEN SARAH, dau. Joseph and Caroline O. Bell, bapt. Sept. 8, 1822. HARRISON C., son Joseph and Caroline O. Bell, b. Apr. 1, 1832; d. June 28, 1837. ISABELLA O., dau. Joseph and Caroline O. Bell, b. Nov. 2, 1834; d. Jan. 29, 1838.
8. JAMES BELL4 (Joseph3, John,2 John1) born Jan. 15, 1792; died Bolton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1864; married, first, Sept. 21, 1813, Mary Barnett, and settled in Amherst. She died 1825. Married, second, Rebecca F. Weston of Amherst, born 1800; died 1883.
James Bell came to Haverhill from Amherst about 1830 and entered into partnership with his brother, Jacob, who had come to town some twenty years previously. The
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firm of "J. and J. Bell" occupied an important place in the business life of the town in the zenith of its prosperity. They were proprietors of a large general store, the owners of a sawmill, gristmill, and a large tannery and potash factory, the products of which were exchanged in Boston for South American hides. He was a man of great executive and business ability, and was the financial manager of the firm. He removed to Bolton, Mass., about 1840 living there till his death in 1864. He had a family of thirteen chil- dren, by his first marriage five, all born in Amherst:
1. LIATTE5 b. 1814; d. 1832.
2. ALFRED5 b. 1816; d. 1847.
3. BROOKS5 b. 1818; d. 1865; m. Abby F. Morse who d. in Florence, Italy. Two chil .: (1) William McPherson Bell6, who d. in Medford, Mass. (2) Helen Calista.
4. CALISTA5 b. 1821; d. 1910; m. 1848 William Johnston McPherson of Boston who d. 1900. Mr. McPherson had an enviable reputation as a decorator. No chil.
5. ORFA5 b. 1824; d. 1888; m. 1850 Walter McPherson, twin brother of William J. He d. 1854. No chil.
6. LATETIA5 b. Amherst 1827; d. 1870; m. 1850 Windsor Howe Bigelow who d. 1874 at Bolton, Mass. Four chil .: (1) James Gilbert b. 1853; d. 1872. (2) Walter McPherson and (3) William Johnston b. 1860; d. 1860. (4) Mary Alice b. 1858; lives in Scituate, Mass.
7. RUANA5 b. Amherst 1829; d. 1908.
8. JAMES WEBSTER5 b. Hav. 1832; m. Charlotte Lincoln; followed the business of decorator with his brothers-in-law, the McPhersons, and retired on an ample fortune. During the administration of Gen. Grant he was decorator of the White House; d. 1903.
9. JOHN5 b. Hav. 1834; d. 1837.
10. RUFUS CHOATE5 b. Hav. 1836; d. 1836.
11. JOHN5 b. Hav. 1837; d. 1908; m. Caroline F. Pratt; was a prominent and successful dentist in Boston. Lived in Chelsea. Five chil.
12. LUCETTA, b. Hav. 1840; d. 1902.
13. CHARLES HENRY b. Bolton, Mass., 1842; d. 1898; m. A. J. Willoughby. Lived in Boston. No chil.
JACOB BELLA (Joseph3, John2, John1), son Joseph and Mary (Houston) Bell born Apr. 30, 1795; died July 2, 1870; married May 9, 1822, Laura, daughter Dr. Ezra and Han- nah Bartlett, born Oct. 20, 1799, died Washington, D. C., Dec. 31, 1872. He came to Haverhill in 1811, and engaged in teaching for a time in North Haverhill, and later became a clerk in the store of Gen. Montgomery at the Brook, until he engaged in busi- ness for himself in which he was joined by his brother James. He was the only one of the three brothers who came to Haverhill, who remained in town till his death. Con- gregationalist in his religious affiliations, Whig and Republican in politics, devoted to business, he enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow townsmen. Seven children all born in Haverhill:
1. LAURA LUELLA BARTLETT5 b. Jan. 18, 1823; m. Daniel F. Merrill. (See Merrill.)
2. EZRA BARTLETT5 b. July 15, 1825; d. Feb. 16, 1829.
3. JOSEPH ADDISON5 b. June 10, 1827; d. Mobile, Ala., Nov. 15, 1851.
4. HANNAH5 b. Mar. 30, 1830; d. Jan. 23, 1844.
5. MARY HOUSTON5 b. Aug. 14, 1833; m. Dec. 5, 1853, Ellery A. Hibbard, s. of Silas and Olive Albee Hibbard, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., July 31, 1826, d. Laconia, July 24, 1903. She d. May 16, 1905. Mr. Hibbard was a prominent member of the bar, served with honor in the National House of Representatives to which he was elected as a Democrat and in 1874 was appointed to the superior bench by Gov- ernor Weston serving until the reorganization of the courts under the succeeding Republican administration. They had four children: (1) Charles Bell Hibbard, a prominent practicing lawyer in Laconia, b. Dec. 25, 1855; m. Dec. 14, 1897, Mary Eastman Gale. Two children: Ellery Gale b. Sept. 3, 1900, d. Sept. 25, 1900; Elizabeth Chadwick b. Sept. 29, 1901, d. May 18, 1902. (2) Jennie Olive, b. Mar. 1, 1860; m. Apr. 14, 1884, Orman True Lougee; d. Dec. 19, 1912; resided in Laconia. (3) Walter Silas b. Oct. 23, 1862; d. Feb. 27, 1870. (4) Laura Bart- lett b. May 25, 1865; lives in Laconia.
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6. EZRA BARTLETT5 b. Sept. 17, 1837; d. Washington, D. C., Jan. 6, 1874; m. Laconia Aug. 11, 1864, Elizabeth Ann Thomas. Living (1915) in Boston. One child: Anna Loring Bell.
7. JACOB LEROY5 b. Nov. 29, 1839; m., 1st, June 24, 1869, Sarah E., dau. of William Fling of Compton, P. Q., b. Dec. 17, 1845, d. Oct. 25, 1878; one child: Harry Fling b. Oct. 17, 1878, d. Nov. 19, 1878; m., 2d, Oct. 5, 1880, Harriet P., dau. of Moses M. and Sarah M. Weeks of Bath, b. Oct. 6, 1844, d. May 2, 1893. Capt. Bell engaged in mercantile pursuits, but had retired from business in recent years owing to failing health. In 1862 he enlisted as private in the 11th N. H. Vols., and rendered honorable and efficient service especially in the campaign against Richmond from the battle of the Wilderness to the autumn of 1864. He was mustered out at the close of the war with the rank of captain, the only one of Haverhill's enlisted men obtaining like promotion. Capt. Bell resided for years previous to his death in the spacious Gen. Montgomery mansion at the Brook which was purchased by his father after the death of the General. He d. May 14, 1916.
BEMIS
MOSES P. BEMIS, son of Lyman and Ann (Coon) Bemis and grandson of Reuben Bemis, born Lisbon Aug. 30, 1841; married, first, Nov. 26, 1865, Sally Ann, daughter Joseph and Susan (Brown) Hutchins, born Benton Oct. 22, 1848; died Haverhill July 29, 1891. He died Nov. 1905. Farmer; Republican; Odd Fellow; Natt Westgate Post, G. A. R. Came to Haverhill 1868. Nov. 7, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, 6th N. H. Vols., and served through the entire war, mustered out second lieutenant Company G. He took honorable part in no less than twenty-two engagements, and received his promotions for special bravery. Two children:
1. EUGENE W. b. 1866; m. Hav. Oct. 13, 1889, Susie, dau. Luther and Jane Blake, b. Hav. 1871. Farmer; resides in Hav .; d. 1916. Three chil .: (1) Holan M .; (2) Josie B. b. Hav. Apr. 2, 1894; (3) - b. Hav. Feb. 18, 1896.
2. LILLIAN B. b. 1870; m. Nov. 28, 1829, Albert A. s. John C. and Carrie M. (Brown) Hall, stone cutter, b. Illinois 1865. Three chil .: Earl C., Claude E., deceased, and Darrall.
BISBEE
THOMAS BISBEE1, the common ancestor of the New England family of Bisbee, came to this country, sailing from Sandwich, England, with his wife and six children on the ship "Hercules," John Winthrop, master. He landed at Scituate, Mass., in the spring of 1634, removed to Sudbury, Mass., where he died 1672.
ELISHA BISBEE2 (Thomas1) born Scituate.
JOHN BISBEE3 (Elisha2, Thomas1).
JOHN BISBEE' (John3, Elisha2, Thomas1) married Mary Oldham; lived in Pembroke, Mass.
ABNER BISBEE5 (John4, John3, Elisha2, Thomas1) born Pembroke, Mass., July 31, 1734; married Mary daughter of George Hall, born Fort Dummer, Brattleboro, Vt .; a strong, vigorous minded woman of Scotch-Irish descent. He was an officer in the French and Indian War, and also in the War of the Revolution. Held three commissions as captain: one under the Crown, another from Gov. Clinton of New York and another from Gov. Chittenden of Vermont. Came to Springfield, Vt., in 1763, on horseback, with a bed of sea fowl feathers and a few household utensils strapped to his horse. Was a farmer and tanner. Seven children, born Springfield, Vt .:
1. ELIZABETH6 b. Feb. 18, 1769.
2. ABNER6 b. Sept. 24, 1773.
3. JOHNG b. Sept. 3, 1777.
4. ELISHA6 b. Apr. 25, 1780.
5. SALLY6 b. 1782.
6. ELIJAH6 b. 1786.
7. GAD6 b. Jan. 2, 1789.
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GAD BISBEE6 (Abner5, John4, John3, Elisha2, Thomas1) born Springfield, Vt., Jan. 2, 1789; married Nov. 13, 1808, Lilly, daughter James and Rebecca (Bates) Litchfield, born Springfield 1792. [Her mother, Rebecca Bates, was a daughter of Lieut. Levi Bates, a soldier of the Revolution and two brothers, Dexter and Lewis, were early Methodist itinerants in New England. Rev. Levi B. Bates, father of former Gov. John Lewis Bates of Massachusetts was cousin of Lilly (Litchfield) Bisbee.] Gad Bisbee and wife, Lilly and four eldest children came to Haverhill from Springfield, Vt., accompany- ing their household goods on an ox-team, in 1823, and settled at the Centre near the present Advent meetinghouse on the Pond road. He was a farmer; Democrat; Metho- dist. He died Sept. 9, 1857. She died June 16, 1876. Nine children, five born Spring- field, four Haverhill:
1. JAIRUS7 b. Springfield, Vt., about 1810; d. June 2, 1838; unm.
2. GEORGE W.7 b. Springfield 1812.
3. FANNY7 b. Springfield 1815 (?); m. Hiram Lockwood; moved to Ohio, and d. there about 1839.
4. MARTHA7 b. 1818; m. Valentine Morse. (See Morse.)
5. JAMES LITCHFIELD b. Apr. 1821.
6. DRUSILLA b. Hav. 1824; m. James B. Clark. (See Clark.)
7. SARAH T.7 b. Hav. Jan. 6, 1826; d. Aug. 5, 1905; m. George W. Mann. (See Mann.)
8. AURELIA7 b. 1829 (?); m. Benj. F. Haywood. They had four chil. b. Hav .: (1) Alvah, lives in Michigan. (2) Ella J. m. Orman L. Mann; lives in Benton; widow, with one dau. Grace (Mrs. Charles C. Tyler). (3) Mary A. m. Frank L. Chase; d. Feb. 2, 1903. (4) Martha m. Frank Parker of Lisbon.
9. LEVI BATES7 b. 1831 (?).
BLAISDELL
RALPH BLAISDELL1 came from Lancashire, England, in 1635; settled first in York, Me., and in 1642 in Salisbury, Mass.
HENRY BLAISDELL2 (Ralph1) married, first, Mary Haddon; second, Elizabeth
JONATHAN BLAISDELL3 born Oct. 11, 1676; married 1698 Hannah Jameson.
ENOCH BLAISDELL4 born July 2, 1714; married Mary Satterlee.
ELIJAH BLAISDELL5 born Dec. 31, 1740; married Mar. 14, 1759, Mary Sargent. About 1762 he moved to Warner.
DANIEL BLAISDELL® (Elijah5, Enoch4, Jonathan3, Henry2, Ralph1) born Amesbury, Mass., Jan. 25, 1762; married Jan. 29, 1782, Sally Springer, born Oct. 15, 1761, died June 10, 1838. He died Jan. 10, 1833. After the war in 1780, he went to Canaan, where his life was spent. His was a strong character. He was a Baptist; a Federalist-and he hated Thomas Jefferson. In all things he was aggressive. He was ten times a member of the New Hampshire House, several times a senator, five times a member of the Execu- tive Council, served one term in Congress, and was for some years a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Grafton County. He had a family of eleven children: 1, Elijah7; 2, James7; 3, Daniel, Jr.7; 4, William7; 5, Joshua7; 6, Parrott7; 7, Jacobs7; 8, John7; 9, Sally7; 10, Rhoda7; 11, Timothy K7.
JOSHUA BLAISDELL7 (Daniele, Elijah5, Enoch4, Jonathan3, Henry2, Ralph1) born Canaan Apr. 20, 1791; married Dec. 19, 1813, Polly, daughter of his uncle Parrott Blaisdell6, who died in Pottsdam, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1865; married, second, Mrs. Mehitabel Springer Frost, who died in Thetford, Vt., Oct. 12, 1883. From 1818 to 1833 he was deputy sheriff and lived at the Corner. Was a member of two or three different firms in connection with his brother, John, and John A. Page engaged in general trade at the Brook and on Court Street. He moved with his family to Fort Covington, N. Y., in 1842, and later to Pottsdam, N. Y., where he died. He had six children, four sons and two daughters. The eldest, Justin, died Apr. 19, 1831, and was buried in the old cemetery near Ladd Street. No record of the other children who were born in Haverhill is avail-
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able. He was an ardent Baptist and was one of the leaders in the organization of the Baptist Church at North Haverhill.
JOHN BLAISDELL7 (Daniele, Elijah5, Enoch4, Jonathan3, Henry2, Ralph1) born Feb. 19, 1798; married, first, Persis, daughter of Col. Jeremiah and Ann Eames, who died in Haverhill Nov. 7, 1832; second, Sept. 9, 1835, Hannah, daughter of Dr. Ezra Bart- lett. (See Bartlett.) He came to Haverhill about 1825, and was engaged in trade with his brother, Joshua, John A. Page, J. Williams and others until he went to Illinois, some time after 1840. Two children born Haverhill:
1. JOHN L.8 b. Mar. 1841; d. May 2, 1842.
2. ARIANA8 living unm., Alton, Ill., 1890.
JACOB BLAISDELL7 (Daniele, Elijah5, Enoch4, Jonathan3, Henry2, Ralph1) born Oct. 20, 1795; married Mar. 7, 1825, Eliza Harris of Canaan; both died in Keysport, N. Y. As a seventh son, it was thought necessary for him to enter the medical profession. He was for a time in Haverhill, his card as physician and surgeon appearing in the Demo- cratic-Republican Jan. 6, 1836. Nothing is known of his practice in town. No children.
TIMOTHY K. BLAISDELL7 (Daniel6, Elijah5, Enoch4, Jonathan3, Henry2, Ralph1) born May 9, 1904; died Sept. 24, 1853; married, first, Sept. 23, 1824, Phebe Cobb who died Mar. 23, 1832; second, Harriet, daughter Capt. Benj. Merrill, born Nov. 1813, died Dec. 1848. He was for several years a prominent merchant at the Corner until he failed in business during the panic of 1837. Later he lived in Boston, agent of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. till his death. He was a pronounced Abolitionist and mem- ber of the Congregational Church. He was town clerk in 1838, and postmaster in 1841. He built and occupied as a residence the house which is now the Congregational par- sonage. Five children by second marriage born Haverhill:
1. SARAH8 m. William Blanchard of Chicago.
2. HARRIET b. Nov. 11, 1834; m. Apr. 30, 1856, Charles H. Cram, b. Hanover, Mar. 22, 1832. Grad. Dartmouth; successful shoe merchant in Chicago. Nine chil .: (1) Clara b. Jan. 19, 1857; (2) Nathan D. b. Aug. 2, 1857; (3) Charles H. b. Nov. 12, 1862; (4) Harriet B. b. Aug. 26, 1864; (5) Bessie; (6) Timothy b. Apr. 26, 1870; (7) Rupert; (8) Walter b. Jan. 10, 1874; (9) Mildred b. Aug. 11, 1876, who d. Mar. 5, 1900. Mrs. Cram returned to Hav. after death of husband, and Mrs. Paulson lived with her.
3. TIMOTHY served in war of rebellion and contracted consumption from which he d. single.
4. EDWARD.
5. FRANK.
DANIEL BLAIDSELL, 3D8 (Elijah7, Daniel6, Elijah5, Enoch4, Jonathan3, Henry2, Ralph1) born Pittsfield Aug. 25, 1806; died 1875; married Charlotte Osgood of Haverhill. Law- yer; treasurer Dartmouth College. (See Osgood.)
BLANCHARD
HORACE L. and ELIZA BLANCHARD. Three children born Haverhill:
1. EMMA P. b. June 21, 1857; m. Oct. 7, 1885, George Pickering, b. Rome, Italy, 1853, s. William and Emma Pickering.
2. MARY A. b. May 14, 1859; m. Apr. 2, 1876, Simon W. Clifford.
3. SARAH M. b. July 1, 1861; m. Sept. 1, 1884, Edward Dennis, b. Strafford.
BLIFFEN
DAVID E. BLIFFEN 1832-1900. Farmer. Was superintendent County Farm. Eleanor A., wife of David E. Bliffen, 1830-1906. Children:
DAVID M., s. of David E. Bliffen, 1854-1859.
THOMAS E. m. Sept. 30, 1885 (27), Nettie B. Sleeper (23), dau. of Hibbard S. and Ellen M. Sleeper. Lives in Boston.
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BLISS
Families bearing the name of Bliss who have resided in Haverhill may trace their ancestry to THOMAS BLISS,1 who came to America in 1635, and settled first in Braintree, Mass., and later in Hartford, Conn., and Springfield, Mass. Ten children.
SAMUEL BLISS2 (Thomas1) born England 1624; married Mary Leonard.
THOMAS BLISS3 (Samuel2, Thomas1) born Springfield, Mass., Feb. 8, 1668; m. Hannah Caldwell. Thirteen children.
REV. DANIEL BLISS4 (Thomas3, Samuel2, Thomas1) born June 21, 1715, tenth of thir- teen children. Graduated Yale College 1732, ordained Mar. 1739 pastor Congregational Church, Concord, Mass .; pastor till his death 1764. One of the most distinguished clergymen of his day who were denominated "New Lights"; several times before a council on account of his religious views. Married July 1738 Phebe Walker. Nine children.
CAPT. JOSEPH BLISS5 (Rev. Daniel4, Thomas3, Samuel2, Thomas1), youngest of nine children, born Concord, Mass., July 23, 1757; married July 11, 1786, Nancy, daughter of Major Cook of Newton, Mass .; died Jan. 3, 1819. At the age of 18 he was clerk in the bookstore of Gen. Harry Knox of Boston; enlisted in Knox's Regiment and served as ensign, lieutenant, captain and paymaster. Came to Haverhill about 1790 and took a leading part in the affairs of the town. He was trustee of the Academy and one of those who erected the first building; was also the first postmaster in town, having been ap- pointed under Washington. His tavern, still standing at the corner of Court and Academy streets, the Bliss tavern, now known as the Leith house, had a wide reputation, and was one of the famous hostleries of the old stage days. After his death Mrs. Bliss kept a store in the east room of the tavern. They had five children:
1. JOHN A. BLISS6 b. Concord, Mass., 1787; graduated Harvard 1808, admitted to the bar in New York City 1811; was lieutenant-colonel serving in the War of 1812. s., John H. Bliss7, was lawyer, civil engineer and manufacturer in Wisconsin.
2. LOUISA6 b. Hav. 1791; m. Mar. 27, 1810, Hon. Arthur Livermore of Holderness, chief justice of New Hampshire, 1809-13; member of Congress 1817-21, 1823-25; chief justice Court of Common Pleas 1825-33. He was b. Londonderry June 28, 1766; d. Campton. She d. St. Peter's, Minn., Feb. 28, 1871. Of their eight chil. Arthur, the eldest, b. June 7, 1811; educated at the Academy and Dartmouth, class 1829, was lawyer in Bath, entered consular service in 1861, and d. Bath, England, in his 95th year. His reminiscences of Haverhill Corner-"Seventy Years Ago"-privately published is a delightful monograph.
3. HORACE BLISS6, youngest s., b. Hav. May 24, 1802; educated West Point, grad. in class of 1822; resigned from army in 1836 as lieutenant-colonel; engineer in service of several railroads; from 1853-57 in charge of public works for the government of Chile; m. a Miss Calhoun of Baltimore and lived in that city till his death, Nov. 7, 1878.
Two dau. of Capt. Joseph Bliss, Caroline and Julianna, d. young.
JOHN BLISS2 (Thomas1), tenth child Thomas. Married Patience Brent. Seven children.
NATHANIEL BLISS3 (John,2 Thomas1) born Jan. 26, 1761; married Feb. 3, 1697, Mary Wright. Five children.
HENRY BLISS4 (Nathaniel3, John2, Thomas1) born Enfield, Conn .; married 1724 Bethia Shafford. Nine children.
PELATIAH BLISS5 (Henry4, Nathaniel3, John2, Thomas1) born Lebanon, Conn., Mar. 6, 1725; married June 19, 1744, Hepzibah Goodwin; lived in Lebanon and Bolton, Conn. Seven children.
PELATIAH BLISS® (Pelateah5, Henry4, Nathaniel3, John2, Thomas1) born Lebanon, Conn., Apr. 3, 1749; removed to Newbury, Vt., 1770; married Newbury Aug. 20, 1772, Ruth Lowell; minute man under Capt. Thomas Johnson in 1775; taken prisoner in 1782
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by a detachment of British troops sent out to capture Gen. Bayley; blacksmith. His last years were spent in Haverhill. Nine children.
DAVENPORT BLISS7 (Pelatiah6, Pelatiah5, Henry4, Nathaniel3, John?, Thomas1) born Newbury, Vt., Dec. 27, 1779; married Newbury, Oct. 13, 1800, Ruth Hibbard; died West Concord, Vt., Nov. 23, 1856. She died June 5, 1857. He was a blacksmith and spent most of his life in Haverhill, where his seven children were born:
1. PELATEAH8 b. June 24, 1801; m. Abigail Kellum; blacksmith, Irasburg, Vt .; d. Hav. ae 24 yrs.
2. BETSEY8 m. Bailey White; farmer, Newbury, Vt., and Hav .; d. Hav.
3. MARY8 b. Oct. 17, 1810; m. Henry Smith; druggist, Canton, N. Y.
4. HANNAH8 b. Apr. 18, 1813; m. John R. Stevens; d. Hav. Mar. 1840.
5. WILLIAM8 b. Apr. 1, 1817.
6. ALDEN E.8 b. Sept. 7, 1821; m., 1st, Feb. 13, 1843, Lucy Ann Frye; one child, Clara E.9, b. Mar. 5, 1848; m., 2d, Aug. 15, 1871, Mary A. Truell. He was a dealer in hardware, Lowell, Mass.
7. LUCY ANN,8 b. May 2, 1824; m. May 17, 1840, T. H. B. Dowse; farmer, Concord, Vt.
WILLIAM BLISS8 (Davenport7, Peletiah6, Pelatiah5, Henry4, Nathaniel3, John?, Thomas1) born Apr. 1, 1817; married Lucy Stevens, born Middlesex, Vt .; blacksmith at North Haverhill and Benton. Three children born Haverhill:
1. LYDIA b. -; m. Jeremiah B. Davis, Jr. Live in Easton.
2. JANE b. -; m. William Steere.
3. ISAAC.
BLUMLEY
SOLOMON BLUMLEY born Barnet, Vt., Jan. 28, 1831, the fourth of the twelve children of Charles and Betsey (Chadwick) Blumley, who came to America from Richdale, Eng- land; married 1858 Mary A. Swift of Haverhill; died Aug. 26, 1913. He came to Haver- hill about 1840, and except for a few years spent in Amesbury, Mass., always lived in Haverhill. He lived for more than fifty years on his farm on the River road just south of North Haverhill village. In politics he was a staunch Republican, always attending the party caucus and missed but one election after attaining his majority. Eight chil- dren born Haverhill:
1. JOHN WARREN b. Nov. 1, 1860; d. July 10, 1911.
2. WILLIAM ELISHA b. Feb. 26, 1863.
3. MARY ELIZABETH b. Dec. 20, 1866; m. Jan. 8, 1890, Chas. Frank Gale. (See Gale.)
4. CARRIE CHILDS b. Jan. 16, 1869; d. Nov. 13, 1881.
5. CHARLES ALLEN b. Nov. 24, 1871; d. Jan. 28, 1888.
6. ANNA BETSEY b. Dec. 16, 1873; d. Aug. 3, 1887.
7. SAMUEL CARBEE b. Nov. 26, 1875; d. Dec. 28, 1881.
8. EDWARD LIVINGSTONE b. Nov. 26, 1875.
BOSWELL
JOHN BOSWELL1 born Hebron; married Lucinda Pike, daughter of Moses, born Hebron; lived in Hebron, Warren, Benton and Haverhill. Children:
1. LAURA2 b. Warren; m. Gleason Haines; went to Gurney, Ill., and d. there.
2. WILLIAM2 b .-; m. Kate Lyons of Green Bay, Wis. Lived in Michigan.
3. JOSEPH2 d. in infancy.
4. ELIZA2 m. Ephraim Cook. Lived in Hartford, Conn.
5. JOHN went west, lived in Michigan.
6. HANNAH m. - Cass.
7. DOROTHY m. Charles Knox of Ossipee.
8. MOSES P. b. Hav. Feb. 4, 1830.
9. ALBERT lived in Estelline, Hamlin Co., S. D.
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HISTORY OF HAVERHILL
10. NATHAN K. m. Martha Lived in Laramie City, Wyo .; warden of peniten- tiary 12 yrs .; first sheriff of his county.
11. JAMES S. b. Hav. Jan. 8, 1840; m. Jan. 14, 1864, Lucy F., youngest dau. Alexander and Mary Ann (Martin) Manson; lived in Wisconsin. Three chil. : (1) John P .; (2) Ruby m. Geo. E. Green of Minneapolis, Minn .; (3) Gladys m. John Hoschied of Castlewood, S. D.
12. LOTTIE m. George Wheeler of Hollis.
MOSES P. BOSWELL2 (John1) born Haverhill Feb. 4, 1830; married June 6, 1861, Mary Bailey, daughter Alexander and Mary Ann (Martin) Manson. He died Feb. 23, 1910. She died Feb. 29, 1896. Lived in Haverhill and Benton; farmer; Republican. Four children:
1. EDITH M.3 b. Benton May 16, 1863; m. Chas. S. Newell. (See Newell.)
2. ALBERT P.3 b. Hav. Sept. 22, 1868; m., 1st, Mrs. Hattie Swett, dau. of Charles Craig of Warren; m., 2d, sister of first wife. Two chil. by 2d m., (1) Hattie M., (2) Bernice.
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