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3. GLEASON H.4 b. Hav. May 9, 1865; d. in infancy.
4. BERNICE BELL' b. Hav. Apr. 9, 1881; m. Apr. 1901 William Wilkie; live in Plymouth. Four chil. b. Woodsville: (1) Glea B. b. Apr. 1902; (2) Eunice B. b. Apr. 4, 1904; (3) Beatrice M. b. Oct. 16, 1906; (4) Arthur Wendell b. Oct. 16, 1908.
BOYNTON
1. JOHN BOYNTON, emigrant, born Knapton, Wintringham, East Riding, Yorkshire 1614; came to America with his brother William and settled in Rowley, Mass., 1638. Seven children.
2. CAPT. JOSEPH BOYNTON, eldest son of John, born Rowley 1644; married, first, May 13, 1669, Sarah, daughter Capt. Richard and Ann Swan; second, Elizabeth Wood. Lived in Rowley. Nine children.
3. RICHARD BOYNTON, fourth child Capt. Joseph and Sarah (Swan), born Rowley Nov. 11, 1675; married Dec. 24, 1701, Sarah, daughter John and Martha Dresser, born Rowley Apr. 4, 1678, died Apr. 26, 1759. He died Dec. 25, 1732. Seven children.
4. NATHANIEL BOYNTON, sixth child Richard and Sarah (Dresser), born Aug. 18, 1812; married Mar. 8, 1736-7, Mary, daughter Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Stewart) of Rowley. Twelve children.
5. ASA BOYNTON, eleventh child Nathaniel and Mary (Stewart), born Rowley Mar. 4, 1760; married Apr. 11, 1781, Mary, daughter Joseph and Mary Fry Edmands of Lynn, Mass., born Lynn Aug. 9, 1762. Came to Haverhill about 1791, and settled at the Corner. He does not appear to have purchased real estate prior to 1795, when he bought the meadow farm of Jonathan Sanders, deceased, and shortly afterwards prior to 1800 bought several other properties in Haverhill and Piermont. He was one of the highway surveyors in 1793, selectman in 1802-03. In 1797 he was one of the four persons in town licensed to "keep tavern and sell liquor," the others being Joshua Howard, Amasa Scott and Joseph Bliss. The Boynton tavern was probably located fronting the com- mon on the southwest corner of Court and Academy streets, the Bliss tavern being on the northwest corner. A large part of the present common, all that on the south side of Court Street, was given by him to the village, though tradition assigns the gift to Col. Charles Johnston. Mr. Boynton was among the leading citizens of the town, and in 1804 was, with three exceptions, the largest taxpayer, the three being Col. Asa Porter, Lieut. John Page and Moody Bedel. Shortly after he suffered some financial reverses, and in 1806 he went to Ohio, took up land on the Old French Grant, and located the township of Haverhill, Ohio. He left his family in Haverhill till 1810, when he took them to his new home, the newest Haverhill. They went in wagons, driving some live stock and were six weeks in making the journey. He died Feb. 21, 1837. There were six children:
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1. MARY b. Lynn, Mass., Dec. 17, 1782; d. Hav. May 4, 1797.
2. AsA b. Lynn, Mass., Aug. 4, 1784; d. Hav. Aug. 30, 1802.
3. Lucy b. Lynn, Mass., Jan. 26, 1787; d. Nov. 29, 1797.
4. LYDIA b. Lynn, Mass., Jan. 24, 1789; m. 1815 James B. Prescott; d. Feb. 23, 1825.
5. JOSEPH E. b. Lynn, Mass., Feb. 21, 1791; m. 1813 Betsey Wheeler; d. Haverhill, O., Aug. 17, 1817; left a s.
6. CHARLES C. b. Hav. Dec. 29, 1792; m. Rhoda H., dau. Edwin C. Sumner of Peacham, Vt. Chil. were b. in Wheelersburg, O.
BRADISH
JAMES BRADISH1 came from Vermont to Haverhill about 1800. He married Polly Jones. During the war of 1812-14 he carried provisions to the army in New York, and died at Manlius, N. Y. Children:
HOSEA2 b. -; m. Maria Perry and went to Chester, Vt., where he d.
CAROLINE2 b. ; m. Albert Bullen; lived in Charlotte, N. Y .; had two chil. She d. at the Old Ladies' Home, Concord, N. H.
ABIGAIL2 b. -; m. Lorenzo Palmer of Hav.
CYRUS2 b. -; went to Illinois; m. twice; a s., Cyrus, lives in Ottawa, Ill. His first wife was Hannah Batchelder of Hav. Cyrus has six chil.
LEVI2 b. in Hav. about 1808.
These children were all very young when their father left. They were brought up by friends. James's widow married, second, Phineas Gould, son of James and Mary (Love- joy) Gould.
LEVI BRADISH2 (James1) son of James1, was born in Haverhill about 1808; married Permelia Morse, born in Haverhill about 1813, daughter of Col. Caleb and Polly (Fair- banks) Morse. He was a lumberman all his life, and spent the most of his life in Hav- erhill, but late in life removed to Grand Junction, Col., where his son settled and died there about 1883. His widow died in the same place about 1887. Children born in Haverhill:
ELLEN PERSIS3 b. Aug. 10, 1837; m. Jan. 10, 1863, George Porter Clark, b. in Ca- naan, N. H., Apr. 29, 1834, s. of Stillman and Clarissa (Porter) Clark. He was a soldier in the Civil War. His chil. were b. in Canaan, but about 1880, he removed to Concord, where he d. Dec. 23, 1901. Chil .: (1) Cora Eloise b. Aug. 26, 1866; lives in Boston; unm. (2) Amasa Burton b. Nov. 2, 1863; m. Harriet Johnson. He grad. from the Chandler Scientific School, Hanover. He is a civil engineer in New York City. No chil. (3) Mildred B. b. Aug. 31, 1872; m. Harry Christman; reside in Concord. Child: Natalie Christman b. in Concord Sept. 25, 1909. (4) Kate Felch b. Dec. 16, 1876. She has never m. and lives at home in Concord. She is a stenographer and typewriter in the New Hampshire Savings Bank, Concord.
KATE AUGUSTA3 b. Jan. 26, 1848; m. Henry F. Felch of Piermont. They removed to Grand Junction, Col., where she d. leaving one dau., Claribel, who m. a Fowle and live in Piermont. Mr. Felch d. in Cal. after the death of his wife.
JAMES ORSON b. Nov. 10, 1850; m. Ellen Van Armon of Chicago, Ill. He resided in Grand Junction, Col., until a few years since, when he removed to San Diego, Cal., where he still resides. Child: (1) Fannie b. -; m. a Paddock; lives in Oakland Cal.
BROWN
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BROWN born Lisbon, son of Samuel Prescott and Mary Rebecca Thompson Brown, Oct. 17, 1854; married Haverhill Sept. 6, 1882, Cora Anna, daughter Alonzo W. and Fanny Thurston Smith, born Vershire, Vt., Dec. 2, 1862. Has been in the service of the railroad since 1880; was assistant road master of the Boston, Concord and Montreal for a short time and then road master of the Northern division of the Concord and Montreal. Has held that position on the Passumpsic Division of the Boston and Maine, the Connecticut River and Sullivan County, St. Johnsbury and Lake
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Champlain, constructed the Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad, and in Dec. 1911 came to Woodsville again as road master of the Boston and Maine and its branches north of Woodsville. Has lived in St. Johnsbury, Wells River, Hardwick and Lyndonville, Vt., and in Woodsville. Republican. Universalist. One child:
CHRISTOBEL FANNIE b. Woodsville Apr. 12, 1883; m. Aug. 17, 1910, Warren Wil- liams Mack of Hardwick, Vt. Two chil .: (1) Lois b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1913; (2) Franklin Brown b. Sept. 10, 1915.
BROWN
1. JOHN BROWN, son of Caleb Brown of Bristol, born Nov. 22, 1784; married Jan. 7, 1813, Olive Colby, daughter of John Colby of Salisbury. John Colby had charge of Daniel Webster's Salisbury farm, With his brother, Richard, he removed to Coventry (Benton) about 1830. Of their ten children four became residents of Haverhill: Jonas G .; Susan married Joseph Hutchins; Eliza J. married John Flanders (see Delaney); Julia Ann married Elisha Hibbard.
2. JONAS GALUSHA BROWN born Andover Dec. 17, 1814; died Haverhill Oct. 2, 1889; married Jan. 1838 Angeline, daughter Richard and Phebe (Willoughby) Whitman, born Warren Oct. 5, 1814, died Haverhill Dec. 18, 1879. Married twice. He went to Coventry (Benton) with his parents about 1830, engaged in farming and manufacture of lumber till 1869 when he removed to Haverhill purchasing the Metcalf farm at the Centre where he resided till his death. Adventist. Democrat. Children all born in Benton:
1. MARIUM M. b. Dec. 23, 1838; m. Chester C. Clough.
2. GEORGE E.
3. OLIVE b. Sept. 1842; d. Aug. 1843.
4. CLARA A. b. July 8, 1847; m. Willard W. Coburn.
5. CYRENIA M. b. May 1, 1850; m. 1869 Ransom Coburn.
6. IMOGENE b. Sept. 2, 1853; m. Mar. 17, 1880, Calvin W. Cummings of Warren.
3. REV. GEORGE E. BROWN born Benton May 31, 1841; died Haverhill June 13, 1907; married Sept. 9, 1863, Eveline D., daughter Noah C. and Hannah (Jessemen) Hutchins, born Benton June 4, 1847. Children:
1. JONAS N. b. Sept. 25, 1864.
2. ALLEN M. b. Apr. 13, 1867.
3. ABBIE F. b. Benton June 29, 1869; d. Hav. July 28, 1879.
4. MARIUM M. b. Hav. Oct. 9, 1871; engaged in teaching; d. Feb. 16, 1916.
5. C. IDA b. Hav. Mar. 10, 1874; m. Nov. 1, 1894, Moors Clough.
6. JOSIE L. b. Hav. Sept. 27, 1876; d. 1879.
7. GRACE EDITH b. Hav. Mar. 31, 1881; m. Harry A., s. of Ira B. and Susan Clark. (See Clark.)
Mr. Brown was a successful farmer, and a larger owner of real estate, and was asso- ciated with his father in business until the death of the latter. His early educational advantages were limited, but he made the most of these and began fitting himself for the ministry in the early 60's. He was ordained a minister of the Advent denomination Aug. 20, 1871, and preached in various places in New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada, though always residing in Haverhill. In early life was a Democrat but after his ordi- nation took no part in politics.
4. JONAS N. BROWN born Benton Sept. 25, 1864; married Jan. 8, 1888, Emma, daugh- ter Parker and Nancy Bancroft. Resides in Haverhill. Farmer; Democrat; Adventist. Children all born in Haverhill:
1. GEORGE P. b. Feb. 2, 1889; m. Belle Andrews.
2. HARRY R. b. Nov. 8, 1890; m. Lila Hannet.
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3. BERTHA MAY b. Sept. 6, 1892; d. Jan. 1, 1906.
4. LILIAN EVALINE b. Nov. 1, 1895; m. Roy Dunkley. (See Dunkley.)
5. HAZEL THEO b. Dec. 12, 1896; m. Edwin Spooner, s. Horace Spooner.
6. MILLY b. Dec. 14, 1898; m. Carl Spooner, s. Horace Spooner.
7. MARGARET LOUISE b. Sept. 21, 1908.
5. ALLEN M. BROWN born Benton Apr. 13, 1867; married Apr. 10, 1889, Lizzie, daughter of - Wooster B. and Ardella French Titus, born Haverhill. Resides in Haverhill. Farmer; Democrat; Adventist. Children born in Haverhill:
1. BEULAH H. b. Mar. 31, 1896.
2. KATHLEEN b. Dec. 1, 1906.
BRYANT
JOHN S. BRYANT was born in Meredith Apr. 11, 1800, and after leaving his native place lived in Bristol till 1839 when he came to Haverhill. He was deputy sheriff for a number of years, and was also engaged as surveyor of lands. He devoted some of his time to the study of the law and was admitted to practice in 1846 as "a statute lawyer." He died Sept. 5, 1873. He married Harriet Powers who was born Mar. 21, 1801, and who died June 29, 1893. His mother came to Haverhill with him; born June 25, 1775, and who died Mar. 14, 1863. He was full of energy, industry and perseverance and enjoyed a good practice. They had three children:
GEORGE FRANKLIN d. while a student at Dartmouth College, Aug. 22, 1843, ae. 17 yrs.
ANN became the wife of Gardner Elliott and lived for many years in the South. She had a s. who was in the U. S. navy, and a member of the expedition in search of the Long exploration party which was lost in the Arctic regions.
LOUISA m. George W. Burleigh of Great Falls.
BUCKLEY
JOHN W. BUCKLEY born Wells River, Vt., Feb. 13, 1863. Lives in Woodsville. Married Oct. 4, 1886, Alice G., daughter of James and Amanda Keeble, born Ply- mouth Nov. 16, 1868; died Nov. 17, 1907. Two children born Woodsville:
1. GOLDIE m. Sylvester P. Kennedy. (See Kennedy.)
2. GEORGE m. and lives in Portsmouth. Is a railway trainman. Name of child Edward Merrick Buckley.
BURBANK
HENRY BURBANK married - Mary or (Polly), daughter Charles and Ruth John- ston, and at the time of the death of Charles Johnston lived in Enosburg, Vt. Later in life he lived in Haverhill, being taxed there in 1839. They had sons Henry, Jr., Johnston, Michael, and Elijah.
JOHNSTON, son of Henry and Polly (Johnston) Burbank lived in the family of his grandfather at the time of the death of the latter. He married Nov. 6, 1818, Polly Perrin of Pomfret, Vt., and resided in Haverhill. His name appears on the tax list as late as 1830.
MICHAEL, another son of Henry and Polly (Johnston) Burbank married Rosilla, daughter James Eastman, Jan. 5, 1828. He was born Royalton, Vt., June 17, 1799; died Haverhill 1839. She was born Benton Sept. 14, 1803; died Clintonville, N. Y., June 5, 1872.
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BURBECK
EDWARD BURBECK1 is recorded as married in Boston Dec. 17, 1712, to Martha Shute, and the birth of three children is also recorded: Martha, William and Edward.
WILLIAM BURBECK2 (Edward1) born Boston July 22, 1716; married, first, Abigail Tuttle; second, Oct. 7, 1748, Jerusha Glover, born Dorchester, Mass., Dec. 3, 1722, died July 27, 1777. He died July 22, 1785; buried at Copp's Hill; was wood carver, and also student of gunnery and pyrotechnics. In 1769 was second officer at Castle William, and in 1775 succeeded Col. Gridley in command of the Massachusetts Artillery. After the war Col. Burbeck was stationed again, but under the new flag, at Castle William. Two children by first marriage, nine by second. One of the nine was Gen. Henry Burbeck born June 8, 1754; died Oct. 2, 1848, captain of artillery in the Revolution, and a brig- adier general in the War of 1812. He saw thirty-six years' service under the flag, and was more responsible than any one else for the erection of buildings at West Point.
EDWARD BURBECK3 (William2, Edward1) born Boston about 1738; married Mar. 23, 1761, Jane, daughter John and Jane (Brown) Milk, born Sept. 16, 1739. Was a wood carver; captain of artillery, and by family tradition a member of the "Boston Tea Party." Removed to Newburyport, Mass .; killed in his house by a stroke of lightning June 23, 1782.
JAMES BURBECK4 (Edward3, William2, Edward1) born Boston Jan. 15, 1763; married 1784 Elizabeth Butler of Newburyport, Mass. In 1789 removed to Plymouth, and in 1791 to Campton where he lived till his death Mar. 17, 1844. She died Mar. 22, 1844. He was deacon of the Campton Congregational Church from 1816 till his death. Four- teen children:
1. EDWARD5 b. Feb. 13, 1788; d. Bridgewater, Mass., Oct. 15, 1855.
2. ABIGAIL5 b. July 15, 1789; m. Mar. 11, 1818, John Rogers; d. Lowell, Mass., Dec. 4, 1884.
3. JAMES5 b. Feb. 3, 1791; m. Apr. 20, 1831, Ruth Pulsifer; lived in Campton; d. Aug. 27, 1873.
4. EBENEZER L.5 b. Campton May 4, 1792; m. Laura Carr May 28, 1823 (see Carr); d. in New Jersey Dec. 11, 1882.
5. JOHN5 b. Sept. 3, 1793; d. Dec. 27, 1796.
6. ELIZABETH G.5 b. June 5, 1795; m. William Rogers; d. Sept. 6, 1884.
7. MARY5 b. Aug. 26, 1796; m. Arnold Ladd; removed to Wisconsin; d. 1848.
8. JOSEPH5 b. Apr. 11, 1798; m. Anna Regan; d. 1882 in New Jersey.
9. JANE5 b. Sept. 3, 1799; m. Nov. 13, 1882, John Chandler of Campton; d. June 21, 1865.
10. SARAH5 b. Feb. 5, 1801; m. William Orr; d. Jan. 25, 1881.
11. SUSANNAH5 b. Sept. 24, 1802; d. Dec. 25, 1825.
12. SAMUEL K.5 b. Apr. 25, 1804; d. in Boston, Feb. 25, 1886.
13. WILLIAM HENRY5 b. May 16, 1807.
14. BENJAMIN C. b. Mar. 2, 1810; d. Jan. 13, 1811.
WILLIAM HENRY BURBECK5 (James4, Edward3, William2, Edward1) born Campton, May 16, 1807; died Dec. 8, 1893; married, first, - Little; one child, Harriet Little, lives in Concord; married, second, Sarah C. Carleton born Haverhill Mar. 18, 1819, daughter of Micah Carleton, died June 1910. He came to Haverhill, and was bound out to learn carpenter's trade. Worked for a time in Boston. Came to Haverhill before 1850. Six children:
1. EDWARD C. b. Boston July 18, 1846; d. Denver, Col., Mar. 27, 1897; m. Luella Carleton. Left 2 chil .: (1) Myra L. m. Feb. 27, 1876, Col. Johnson; (2) Edward K.
2. JAMES b. Boston June 29, 1848; m., 1st, Janie Thompson of Woburn; had three chil., Ethel, Bertha, and Ben, who live in Woburn. His second wife was Jane Pickard of Canterbury. They live in Concord.
3. GEORGE b. Hav. Aug. 4, 1850; grad. at Dartmouth 1874; went to California, live in Oakland; m .; one dau.
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4. WILLIAM O. b. Jan. 4, 1853; m. Carrie Blanchard of Maine; went to California in 1910 or 11. Four chil .: (1) Everett; (2) Walter; (3) Perry; (4) Ella.
5. WALTER b. May 24, 1855; m. Dec. 7, 1880, Abbie E. Kimball, dau. Ezra S. Kim- ball. Lived in Binghamton, N. Y. Was express agent; ran mill for Pike three years; was with Pike Co. for several years. Is in bark business. Has been supervisor ten years; was commissioner one year, and member of the legislature in 1913. Congregationalist. Republican. Mrs. Burbeck d. May 3 1916. Five chil .:
(1) Martha A. b. Feb. 14, 1883; m. Sept. 4, 1896, Warren B. Gilchrist, Proctors- ville, Vt .; manager Murdock Woolen Mills. Educated Academy, W. H. S. and Tilton. Has two chil .: Lucille S. b. June 29, 1907, and Burbeck Benton b. Mar. 1915.
(2) Harry W. b. Aug. 31, 1886; d. Jan. 14, 1887.
(3) Florence M. b. July 10, 1891; m. May 20, 1916, Floyd G. Davison. Has two chil .: John Philip b. Apr. 21, 1917, and Edward B. b. July 23, 1918.
(4) Elizabeth C. b. Feb. 22, 1897; educated W. H. S. Is pursuing 2d year violin study at present.
(5) Stanley O. b. Nov. 1, 1900.
6. MARY b. June 28, 1861; educated Haverhill Academy. Taught school, and has been for several years instructor in Perkins Institution for the Blind.
BURTON
ISRAEL BURTON1 of Voluntown, R. I., married June 23, 1748, Silena Herrick. Ten children.
JACOB BURTON2 (Israel1), Revolutionary soldier, married Keturah Palmer. Six children.
STEPHEN BURTON3 born Stonington, Conn., Sept. 23, 1796; married Dec. 12, 1821, Judith Noyes Peaslee; lived in Washington, Vt., till 1864, then in Newbury with his youngest son, A. H. Burton, till death of his wife, Jan. 3, 1865. He died in Woodsville at home of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Marcia B. Emery, Sept. 13, 1886 age 90. Another daughter married Rev. Ollof H. Call, a member of the New Hampshire Methodist Epis- copal Conference, paster of church at North Haverhill in 1853.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BURTON4 (Stephen3, Jacob2, Israel1) born Washington, Vt., Oct. 14, 1839, youngest of eight children; married Oct. 7, 1863, Ella A., daughter John and Susan (Sanborn) White, born Jan. 18, 1838. Received education at Newbury Sem- inary and Barre, Vt., Academy. Studied law with C. B. Leslie, Wells River, Vt., and was admitted to the bar before reaching his majority. He then went west, and practiced law in Michigan and Minnesota till 1863 when he returned to Vermont and for a short time lived on a farm at the Oxbow. Came to Woodsville in 1868 and began trade in the store, which after rebuilding is now the Sargent block. In 1880 on account of failing health he sold his store and removed to Bath purchasing the William Abbott farm above Woodsville, on the Ammonoosuc, where he lived till his death Aug. 30, 1898. He was a man of sound judgment and good business ability. Four children born Haverhill (Woodsville) :
1. SUSIE MAY5 b. Aug. 3, 1869; d. Sept. 1, 1871.
2. STEPHEN J.5 b. Apr. 12, 1871; m. Oct. 11, 1893, Maude Hibbard of Bath; lives in Bath.
3. WILBUR I.5 b. Dec. 23, 1873; m. Apr. 12, 1899, Belle Bartlett of Lisbon; lives on the Woodsville-Haverhill highway in the old Swan Tavern stand.
4. HAMILTON H. b. Apr. 1, 1875; unm., lives in Portsmouth.
BUTSON
JOHN BUTSONT and Sarah Norton Butson lived in Topsham, Vt. He died in 1906, and the mother lives on Highland Street, Woodsville. They had nine children: 1, James born 1865, dead; 2, John born 1866; 3, Wm. Henry born 1868; 4, Ella J. born 1870; 5,
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Charles born 1872; 6, Frederick born 1875, dead; 7, Robert born 1877; 8, Edward born 1879; 9, Jessie born 1881.
CHARLES A. BUTSON2 born June 19, 1872; educated at Peacham Academy; married Feb. 1, 1903, Eva R., daughter of William McVety of Quebec, P. Q. Came to Woods- ville in 1901. Is in meat business. Odd Fellow; Republican; Methodist. Five chil- dren born in Woodsville:
1. IRENE RUTH3 b. Jan. 2, 1905.
2. HELEN SARAH3 b. Aug. 11, 1911.
3. HAZEL3 b. Apr. 10, 1914.
4. CHAS. HAROLD3 b. Nov. 26, 1915; d. May 2, 1917.
5. CHAS. LINCOLN3 b. Dec. 24, 1917.
ROBERT R.2 born June 13, 1877; married Dec. 25, 1903, Mary McVety, daughter of John McVety of Quebec. Has lived in Haverhill ever since. Lives now on the Eben Eastman farm. Republican. Methodist. Two children:
1. HARRIET HAZEL3 b. Jan. 28, 1905.
2. ERNEST HENRY3 b. Nov. 29, 1909.
EDWARD? born July 30, 1879; unmarried; lived with his mother in Woodsville. Is in water business. Republican. Methodist.
BUNCE
BUNCE is an early family name of Hartford, Conn. Thomas Bunce went to Hartford from Massachusetts in 1637. He was an ensign in the Pequot Indian War. Died Hartford in 1683.
RUSSELL BUNCE1, descendant of Thomas, born Hartford Oct. 10, 1776; died April 20, 1846. Deacon First Church, Hartford, many years; married Lucinda Marvin of Lyme, Conn., a descendant of Thomas Lee who settled in Saybrooke 1641.
JOHN LEE BUNCE (Russell1) born Hartford 1802; married, first, June 17, 1824, Louisa, daughter Richard and Rebecca Gookin, born July 15, 1803; died Apr. 17, 1837; married, second, June 6, 1838, Louisa, daughter Capt. Benjamin Merrill, born Dec. 30, 1816. He came to Haverhill in 1824 or 1825 to become cashier of the Grafton Bank, having previously filled a subordinate position in a bank in his home city. He was a model cashier, and in addition to the duties of this position, he proved himself a forceful and vigorous newspaper editor. He became part owner of the New Hampshire Post, and the Grafton and Coos Advertiser the publication of which was begun in 1827, and which for the next twenty years, was the pronounced Whig and anti-Democratic organ of the north country. The publication was also vigorously anti-Masonic, and during a large portion of the time Mr. Bunce was its guiding spirit. He wielded a trenchant pen, and editor Reding of the Democratic-Republican had to deal with a formidable rival. He sold the paper to George S. Towle, who removed it to Lebanon and about 1844, he re- turned to Hartford as cashier of the Phenix bank in that city, later its president till his death Apr. 10, 1878. He was a devoted disciple of Isaak Walton and Lake Tarleton was one of his favorite resorts. Gentlemanly, affable, fond of society, he was during his twenty years residence at the Corner no unimportant factor in the social, educational, business and political life of the town. Active in the militia he had a commission as captain. He had seven children born in Haverhill:
1. CHARLES H.3
2. SARAH G.3 b. 1829; d. May 27, 1831.
3. EDWARD MERRILL.
4. FREDERICK LEE.
5. HENRY LEE
6. ALICE.
7. RICHARD GOOKIN.
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CARBEE
JOEL CARBEE of Dedham, Mass., who had a record of three different enlistments in the Revolutionary War, settled in Newbury, Vt., about 1790. He married Louise Downer, who died Apr. 11, 1844, aged 83. He died Feb. 19, 1834, in his 71st year. Their seven children were all born in Newbury, Vt .:
1. JOHN H. b. June 1, 1791; m. - -.
2. MOSES P. b. May 18, 1793; m. -.
3. JOEL b. Apr. 24, 1795.
4. WILLIAM PEACH b. Nov. 3, 1798.
5. ANDREW b. Aug. 16, 1802.
6. THOMAS HENRY b. Dec. 23, 1804.
7. SARAH b. July 15, 1807.
JOHN H. CARBEE2 (Joel 1) married Mar. 4, 1819, Anna, daughter Samuel Powers, born Newbury, Vt., Feb. 14, 1797, died Bath June 25, 1857. He died Bath June 25, 1877. He settled in Bath after his marriage on the farm now owned by his son, Henry C. Car- bee, and was one of the leading citizens of the town. Ten children born in Bath.
SAMUEL POWERS CARBEE3 (John H.2, Joel1) was the ninth, born June 13, 1836. After finishing his academic studies at the Newbury Seminary he spent two years in teaching, and then began the study of medicine with Dr. Albert H. Crosby of Wells River, Vt., and continued later with Drs. Dixi and A. B. Crosby of Hanover. In the autumn of 1862, he enlisted as a private in the 12th Regiment New Hampshire Vols. He was a little later commissioned as assistant surgeon and served in that capacity until the close of the war. He finished his studies at the Dartmouth Medical School, gradu- ating in 1866, and began the practice of his profession in Haverhill as the successor of Dr. Tenney. He was a faithful and skillful physician, and enjoyed a very extensive practice on both sides the river. While in the military service he was with his regiment at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and with the Army of the Potomac from the Wilderness to the Capture of Richmond. He was greatly interested in public affairs, and was a leading member of the Republican party of the state. He served as surgeon-general on the staff of Governor Busiel, was elected county commissioner for Grafton County in 1884, and re-elected in 1886. He represented Haverhill in the legis- lature in 1894 and was for several years a member of the Haverhill Board of Education. He married Sept. 30, 1885, N. Della, daughter of Lyman Birch of Haverhill. He died Jan. 31, 1900.
WILLIAM PEACH CARBEE2 (Joel1) married Feb. 1, 1827, Euseba Smith. They lived in Bath. He died July 9, 1876. She died June 10, 1887. Eight children.
HORACE CLARK CARBEE3 (William P.2, Joel1) born in Bath Sept. 25, 1839, spent the latter part of his life in Haverhill, and was for many years in the employ of the Concord and Montreal and Boston and Maine railroads. He married Feb. 26, 1866, Marcia White of Norwich, Vt., born Dec. 19, 1846, died Nov. 23, 1907. He died in Woodsville Dec. 13, 1907. They had three children:
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