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4. THOMAS LEVERETT b. 1856; m. 1886 Emma Augusta Cody.
5. HANOUR b. 1859; d. 1882.
6. JOHN NELSON b. 1860; d. 1861.
7. DAVID STUART b. 1862.
8. LOIS LEVERETT b. 1865; d. 1888.
9. ELIZABETH NELSON b. 1867.
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DOUGLASS
ALONZO S. DOUGLASS born July 25, 1853, at Greenbush, Me., son of William and Catherine (Page) Douglass; married Nov. 24, 1904, Bertha E., daughter of Alonzo W. and Fannie T. (Merrill) Smith of East Haverhill. Resides at East Haverhill. Contractor. Democrat. One child:
VIRGINIA S. b. E. Hav. Apr. 8, 1909.
DOW
GEN. MOSES Dow, who was the first lawyer settling in Haverhill and for the latter quarter of the eighteenth century one of the three or four citizens who exercised a mould- ing influence in the development of the affairs of the town, came and established himself as a lawyer in Plymouth in 1774, and five years later removed to Haverhill, where he lived till his death in 1811. He was a graduate of Harvard, class of 1769; and Dart- mouth made him an honorary son by bestowal of the degree of A. M. in 1785. A brief sketch of his notable career will be found in the chapter on the Courts and the Bar.
THOMAS Dow1, his eminent ancestor, was an early settler in Newbury, Mass., remov- ing to Haverhill, where he died May 31, 1664.
STEPHEN DOW2 (Thomas1) born Newbury, Mar. 29, 1642; married Sept. 16, 1663, Ann Storie of Salem, who died Feb. 3, 1714. He married Feb. 7, 1715, Joanna Hutch- ins, who died Oct. 29, 1734. He died Haverhill July 3, 1717.
JOHN DOW3 (Stephen2, Thomas1) born Haverhill, Mass., July 13, 1675; married May 23, 1696, Sarah, daughter Abraham and Elizabeth (Sheperd) Brown, born Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 25, 1676 7.
JOHN DOW4 (John3, Stephen?, Thomas1) born Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 19, 1707; mar- ried June 3, 1728, Mehitable Haynes, born Jan. 25, 1709. The Dow homestead was in the northern part of Haverhill, but became New Hampshire territory in the town of Atkinson after the establishment of the province line in 1741. He died Jan. 20, 1786. She died Oct. 24, 1783. The house he built in Atkinson, the oldest in town, is owned and occupied by a descendant, George P. Dow.
GEN. MOSES Dow® (John4, John3, Stephen?, Thomas1) born Atkinson Feb. 17, 1746-47; graduated Harvard 1769; removed to Plymouth 1774; to Haverhill 1779. His official preferments were frequent and substantial. He, like John Hurd and a few other officials under the Crown, espoused the patriot cause when the Revolution came. (See Courts and Bar, Vol. I.) He married Phebe Emerson. He died Haverhill Mar. 31, 1811. She died July 11, 1842, aged 91 years and 4 months. Nine children:
1. MEHITABLE6 b. Atkinson Nov. 15, 1769; m. Dec. 29, 1793, John Hazeltine. She d. May 22, 1823. Of her chil. one, a dau., Phebe, m. Hanes Johnson of New- bury, Vt.
2. PHEBE6 b. Atkinson Feb. 17, 1772; m. Sept. 11, 1790, Moses Johnson, b. Feb. 29, 1768, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lowell) Johnson of Newbury, Vt. They lived in Newbury, where she d. Aug. 16, 1836. Seven chil.
3. KATEE6 b. Jan. 22, 1774; d. Hav. Aug. 16, 1779.
4. MosEs6 b. Plymouth Nov. 6, 1775.
5. JOSEPH EMERSON6 b. Plymouth Dec. 28, 1777.
6. LUCY6 b. Hav. May 12, 1780; m. May 5, 1803, Hon. James Elliott, b. Gloucester, Mass., 1775, s. of James and Martha (Day) Elliott. He was a prominent lawyer of Brattleboro, Vt., and representative to Congress three terms. He d. Nov. 10, 1839. She d. about 1867.
7. MARY6 b. Hav. Oct. 13, 1784; d. unm. Feb. 8, 1840.
8. NANCY6 b. Hav. July 19, 1787; d. Feb. 3, 1802.
9. HANNAH6 b. July 29, 1789; d. unm. Dec. 8, 1853.
The farm known for so many years as the Dow farm, and now owned and occupied as a residence by Gov. Henry W. Keyes, was purchased by Gen. Dow in 1785, and remained
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in his possession and that of his family till 1848, when it was sold to Hon. Henry Keyes, the father of Governor Keyes of New Hampshire. Gen. Dow resided here, building the fine colonial mansion farmhouse, burned in 1899, until his official duties required his presence at the Corner where he lived in what was later known as the Milo Bailey house, west of the Common and next to Towles tavern. Gov. Keyes built his present fine and commodious brick residence on the site of the original Dow mansion, which at the time of its erection was on the regular laid out highway. In the spring of 1810, however, the selectmen laid out a new road across the plain, belonging to the farm, discontinuing the road which passed by the residence and awarded Gen. Dow damages amounting to $20. From this award he appealed to the Court of Sessions, on the ground that the new road made necessary from 500 to 600 rods of entirely new fence, that it cut off some 80 acres of pasture land from water, and that all travel was diverted to a distance of about 80 rods from his dwelling, thus preventing him from opening it as a much needed public house and a store for merchandise which he had contemplated. His residence which had been delightsome, pleasant and agreeable, had been rendered by the substitution of the new for the old road, lonesome, unpleasant and gloomy. The Court appointed as commissioners to consider his petition Samuel Wetherbee, Benjamin Barron and John Kimball, and after a hearing they awarded him Oct. 16, 1810, damages in the sum of $575 and $24 costs.
The gloom and seclusion of which Gen. Dow complained was later welcomed by at least one member of his family. After the death of Gen. Dow, when Joseph Bell was establishing himself as a lawyer at the Corner, he became a boarder at the home of Mrs. Dow and her daughters, Mary and Hannah. His relations with the family were such as to lead unfortunately to expectations on the part of Miss Mary Dow, which were shared by her mother and sister, and which were doomed to disappointment.
*"It is not necessary to believe that Mr. Bell willingly caused or knew of the existence of these expectations. During a few days absence at court, the ladies heard of his en- gagement to a granddaughter of their old neighbor, Col. Porter, charged him with it on his return, and expelled him from the house, hurling his boxes into the road, and giving publicity to grief in every possible manner. I use the terms of plurality, because I did not learn that the lady to whom the alleged wrong had been done, was particularly active in these demonstrations. She very soon retired to the place of her father's former resi- dence, and there remained during her life (a period of twenty years) in absolute seclusion. By reason of the shortening of the road the house had been thrown into obscurity behind a dense growth of trees and underwood, and to the traveller who with difficulty gained a view of it, seemed the fit abode of gloom and despondency. Her sister, a more strenu- ous character, gave expression to opinion not fully warranted by the evidence, and in- duced her sister to consent to a suit at law. That unfortunate measure was attended in the first place with a trial at Haverhill in which the jury failed to agree, and later at Plymouth where a verdict was rendered for the defendant."
Mr. Bell was married to Miss Catherine Olcott of Hanover in 1821.
Allusion has been made to the declination by Gen. Dow of an election to Congress, on the ground of inability to properly perform the duties of the office. His letter of declina- tion addressed to Pres. Meshech Weare must be regarded as one of the curiosities of political literature. Under date of "Haverhill, Oct. 4, 1784," he wrote:
t"Having lately received from your Secretary a copy of the vote of the General Court, appointing the Hon'ble Abiel Foster, Jona Blanchard, & John Landgon Esquires, with myself delegates to represent this state in the Congress of the United States the ensuing year, I take this opportunity to make my sincere and hearty thanks to your Excellency
* Livermore's Reminiscences, pp. 10-11.
+ State Papers, Vol. 12, p. 182.
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& the Court for the honor done me in this appointment. I feel the most agreeable sen- sations, when I find, that I possess so much of the confidence of my fellow citizens, as leads them to such an election and as I have always made it my principal design uprightly to endeavor the promotion of the public good, my ambition is highly gratified, while I thus experience the public approbation.
"I acknowledge the appointment, to be honorable, & very respectable, and concieve, the tour & employment would be exceeding pleasant and agreeable-and that all the unhappiness I should find in the pursuit, would arise from a consciousness of my inability to render that service to the State my inclination would dictate. As I have had no apprehension, but some two of the three worthy gentlemen, at the same time elected, who are experienced, & much better qualified for the purpose at this important and critical junction, when matters of the last consequence are before Congress, which require the greatest wisdom and perseverance, would have undertaken the representation of the State, I have entirely neglected every necessary preparation.
"The present infirm state of my health, the real conviction of my inequality to the business of the mission, and many other circumstances, unnecessary to be mentioned, render it extremely difficult, or rather impossible for me to engage in a trust so arduous & interesting! And I doubt not but the candor of your Excellency, and of the worthy members of the General Court will readily apologize for and excuse me, while I say I cannot concieve it to be my duty, or by any means, see my way clear, at this time to un- dertake an appointment of such weight and importance.
"With the highest sentiments of esteem, I have the honor to subscribe myself, your Excellency's most obedient & most humble Servant MOSES Dow"
The editor of the State Papers fitly remarks that "it is difficult to believe in these times that any man would decline to accept an election as member of the United States Congress, on the plea of a lack of ability to fill the position." Elections to Congress are not declined in these modern days.
MOSES Dow® (Moses5, John4, John3, Stephen2, Thomas1) born Plymouth Nov. 6, 1775; married Sarah Young of Rumney Mar. 18, 1825. He died Nov. 27, 1839. She died July 6, 1866. After the death of her husband she married, second, Voranus B. Keith of Laconia. He studied law with his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1800. He lacked the force of character of his father, took no important part in town affairs, and his professional practice was inconsiderable. He succeeded his father as register of probate in 1808 and held that office till 1838, about a year before his death. He was postmaster for several years, but was removed by President Jackson. Four children born in Haverhill:
1. ANNA CATHERINE7 m. Cogswell Eastman.
2. SARAH7 m. Carl Ansorge.
3. MOSES FRANKLIN7 engaged in teaching in the South and d. unm.
4. JAMES E.7 d. young Aug. 3, 1832.
Arthur Livermore in his Reminiscences says of him:
"He was a man of remarkable quietude of manner, and, on sitting down, uncon- sciously assumed all the appearance of being fast asleep. He testified in a certain case concerning an incident noticed by him about 8 o'clock in the evening. Counsel in his argument to the jury in commenting on this testimony said: 'Eight o'clock in the even- ing? Impossible gentlemen! My word for it, he was at that hour asleep. Do you doubt it? Then look at him, for there he sits the very image of profound repose.' I never heard a syllable in disparagement of his character or conduct in office."
JOSEPH EMERSON DOW6 (Moses5, John4, John3, Stephen2, Thomas1) born Plymouth Dec. 28, 1777; married, first, Mar. 10, 1803, Abigail B., daughter of Dr. Jonathan and Polly (Burr) Arnold of St. Johnsbury, Vt., born Mar. 12, 1780, died Mar. 23, 1824; sec- ond, Nancy Bagley of Thornton. He died Franconia Aug. 25, 1857. He graduated at Dartmouth 1799, studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar in 1802, removed
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to Littleton in 1807 and became the pioneer lawyer in that town. After 1811 he lived in Franconia and Thornton, engaged more in teaching than in the practice of his pro- fession. Six children:
1. CATHERINE" d. young.
2. JAMES B.7 b. May 5, 1807; m. Mary McVarney; printer and publisher in Boston; d. 1877.
3. MOSES A.7 b. Littleton May 20, 1810; m. Oct. 20, 1836, Elizabeth Tayler Houghten, b. July 7, 1811. He d. June 22, 1886. She d. Nov. 14, 1901. At the age of fourteen he came from Franconia to Hav. to learn the printer's trade and attend the academy. Four years later he went to Boston and in a short time started in the publishing business for himself. Before he was thirty years of age he had started the publication of nine different periodicals all of which were failures. He worked for some months as compositor on the Boston Traveller and in 1850 started the Waverly Magazine, with less than five dollars capital of his own. Pub- lished at first at a heavy loss, he persevered, increasing its circulation until at its best, it paid a net income of $150,000 a year. He remembered his home town of Franconia and was the founder and liberal benefactor of Dow Academy. He had two chil .: (1) Mary Elizabeth8 b. Dec. 22, 1844; m. Sept. 29, 1869, Rev. Geo. R. W. Scott, D. D., the able pastor of Congregational churches in Newport and Fitchburg, Mass. He d. Berlin, Germany, Sept. 13, 1902. Their s., Geo. D. Scott, is a physician in New York; another s., Arnold Scott, a lawyer in Boston, Mass., and a dau., Mary Elizabeth Scott, d. in infancy. (2) Emma Jane8 b. Oct. 15, 1846; m. Oct. 7, 1876, Leonard F. Cutter of Boston and their five chil. are: Lillian Arnold, Lucy Elizabeth, Leonard Francis, Charles Winthrop and Irving Tayler.
4. GEORGE BARKER7 b. July 5, 1912; m. Hannah Emerson; d. Charlestown, Mass., 1880. Two chil .: (1) Abigail Arnold8, (2) James Charles8.
5. CHARLES MARSH7 b. June 6, 1816; d. Boston, Mass., 1841, unm.
6. JOSEPH7, only child of second wife, Nancy Bagley, d. in youth.
DOW
BENJAMIN Dow of Woodsville traced his ancestry to the emigrant THOMAS1, who set- tled in Newbury, Mass., in 1640.
STEPHEN2 (Thomas1).
STEPHEN3 (Stephen2, Thomas1) born 1760 Haverhill, Mass .; married 1697 Mary, daughter of Joseph and Johanna (Corlis) Hutchins; carpenter; died 1743.
RICHARD4 (Stephen3, Stephen2, Thomas1) born Haverhill, Mass., 1706; married 1728 Phebe Heath, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Bradley) Heath. In 1741 lived in Salem, N. H., where he was leading citizen. Took part in expedition to Ticonderoga and Crown Point; was captain of militia company in 1777; died 1780.
ASA5 (Richard4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Thomas1) born Salem 1743; married Mary, daugh- ter of Benjamin and Mary Wheeler of Salem. He lived in that part of Salem which became Windham in 1785; died 1825.
CYRUS® (Asa5, Richard4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Thomas1) born Salem (Windham) 1772. Removed to Bath with brother, Caleb, 1795; married, first, Mary Tullock; second, Abi- gail Millen; died 1851. Eight children.
ALDEN7 (Cyrus6, Asa5, Richard4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Thomas1) born Bath 1804; mar- ried 1826 Laodicea, daughter of John and Mary (Stanford) Cobleigh of Littleton; died 1849.
BENJAMIN Dow8 (Alden7, Cyrus®, Asa5, Richard4, Stephen3, Stephen2 Thomas1) born Bath 1830; married 1862 Sarah E., daughter of James M. and Betsey (Titus) Moulton of Lyman; died Woodsville Dec. 5, 1909. In 1848 he went to Boston, where he remained in business as master teamster until 1860 when he returned to New Hampshire, buying a farm in Lyman and engaging in stockraising until 1879, representing the town in the legislature of 1874 and 1875 and holding various town offices. In 1879 removed to Woodsville and as a dealer in horses and cattle became widely known in Haverhill and
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surrounding towns. He was county commissioner 1879-82, was member of Board of Education and treasurer of the Union School District for several years; active member and liberal supporter of Woodsville Methodist Episcopal Church. Two children.
GILBERT M. Dow9 (Benjamin8, Alden7, Cyrus®, Asa5, Richard4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Thomas1) born Lyman 1865; married Dec. 5, 1888, Cynthia R. (Cheney) Page, daughter of Joseph Y. and Juliette (McNab) Cheney; railroad conductor; lived in Woodsville; died Apr. 11, 1894. (See Cheney.) Two children:
1. SHIRLEY C. Dow10 b. Feb. 25, 1890; teacher in Lisbon schools.
2. NORMA Dow10 b. Apr. 13, 1892; stenographer.
EUGENE MADISON DOWY (Benjamin8, Alden,7 Cyrus6, Asa5, Richard4, Stephen3, Ste- phen2, Thomas1) born Lyman Aug. 28, 1878; married Frances W. Burdett of Middleton, N. S .; prepared for college Woodsville High School, graduated Dartmouth 1901, Rufus Choate grade in scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa, A. M. Harvard 1904; member American Association Advanced Science; teaching in College Preparatory Schools, Boston. Two children:
1. ALLYN M.10 b. 1909; d. 1910.
2. VIRGINIA10 b. 1911.
DOW
JAMES Dow1 born Barnet, Vt., Sept. 23, 1780. Two sons: Samuel2, Amos H.2
SAMUEL Dow2 (James1) born Barnet, Vt., Aug. 27, 1803; married Oct. 1, 1829, Jen- nette Kingsley, born Dec. 9, 1803, died Dec. 12, 1846. He died Greensboro, Vt., Apr. 1, 1871.
WILLIAM KINGSLEY DOW3 (Samuel2, James1) born Barnet, Vt., Oct. 13, 1830; married Huldah Maria, daughter of Alden Farnsworth, born May 6, 1828; died Clinton, Wis., Nov. 7, 1875. He died Lincoln, Neb., May 17, 1877. Travelling salesman; Democrat. Three children: 1, William K .; 2, Dexter D .; 3, Jennie A.
DEXTER D. Dow4 (William Kingsley3, Samuel?, James1) born Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1863; unmarried. Prepared for college at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy; graduated Dartmouth class of 1889; read law with Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor; admitted to bar 1892. In Jan. 1893 he was appointed clerk of the Supreme Court for Grafton County and on the reorganization of the courts was appointed clerk of Supreme Court. Has resided in Woodsville since 1893, maintaining, however, his legal domicile in Lit- tleton. He is trustee of several estates, and of several trust funds, is frequently ap- pointed administrator, and guardian; is justice of the Haverhill Police Court; director of the Woodsville National Bank; vice-president and clerk, Woodsville Guaranty Sav- ings Bank, and clerk and trustee of the Woodsville Free Library; Democrat; K. P .; A. F. and A. M., Burns Lodge; K. T., St. Gerard Com .; A. A. S. R. 32d.
DROWN
CHESTER CROUCH DROWN, son of Amos and Olive (Crouch) Drown, born about 1832 or 1834 in Haverhill, N. H .; died in Colorado. Lived for a time, in Danbury, N. H .; married Mar. 24, 1871, to Alice B. Carleton, who was born in Haverhill, N. H., Oct. 19, 1848, and died in Danbury, N. H., Jan. 16, 1887; she was the daughter of Isaac Carle- ton and his second wife, Ruth B. Clough. One child:
AMOS B. DROWN b. Apr. 1, 1872.
DUTTON
REV. JOHN DUTTON died May 18, 1848, aged 71 years. Betsey, wife of Rev. John Dutton, died Jan. 19, 1842, aged 57 years. Jacob B. Dutton died Feb. 14, 1847, aged 34.
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EASTMAN
1. ROGER EASTMAN born 1611; came to America in 1638 and settled in Salisbury, Mass .; married Mary Smith, born 1621, died Mar. 11, 1694. He died Dec. 6, 1794. Of their ten children, two, Philip and Thomas, had numerous descendants who have lived in Haverhill and adjacent towns.
2. PHILIP.
3. EBENEZER.
4. OBADIAH.
5. OBADIAH born Salem, N. H., May 7, 1747; married Nov. 19, 1767, Mehitabel, daughter of Peter Merrill, born Apr. 27, 1747, died Coventry, now Benton, Dec. 27, 1815. He died Coventry Jan. 10, 1812. He was one of the first settlers of Coventry, having previously served in the War of the Revolution; was in Capt. Jesse Page's Company, Col. Jacob Gale's Regiment as corporal; joined army in Rhode Island Aug. 1778. Eight children: 1, Jesse born Sept. 13, 1769; 2, Sarah born July 31, 1771; 3, James born Mar. 12, 1774; 4, Obadiah born Oct. 5, 1777; 5, Mehitabel born Feb. 21, 1780; 6, Moses born Dec. 21, 1782; 7, Ruth born July 26, 1785; 8, Peter born June 3, 1788.
1. JESSE EASTMAN, S. of Obadiah and Mehitabel, b. Salem, N. H., Sept. 13, 1769; m. Sally Merrill, b. Jan. 21, 1780, d. Jan. 30, 1863. He d. Hav. Sept. 16, 1858. Chil .: (1) Lavinia b. July 24, 1798; d. July 20, 1870; m. John Lathrop of Chelsea, Vt., b. Jan. 24, 1795, d. Feb. 17, 1864; lived in Benton; four chil .: Horace, Caro- line, David, Benjamin. (2) Belinda b. Hav. Aug. 6, 1800; d. Hav. 1875; m. Aug. 6, 1825, Joseph Niles, farmer and teacher; lived in Benton and Hav. (See Niles.) (3) Jesse b. Hav. Feb. 27, 1803; m. Sarah C. Barber of Warren; chil .: Belinda N .; Caroline L .; lived in Benton and Hav. (4) Benjamin b. Hav. Nov. 30, 1807.
3. JAMES EASTMAN, S. of Obadiah and Mehitabel, b. Salem, N. H., Mar. 12, 1774; m. Aug. 28, 1798, Betsey Boynton, b. Oct. 8, 1778. Eight chil .: (1) Jesse b. July 28, 1799; (2) Rosilla b. Sept. 14, 1803; d. Clintonville, N. Y., June 5, 1872; m. Hav. Jan. 5, 1828, Michael, s. Henry and Polly Johnston Burbank, b. Royal- ton, Vt., June 17, 1799, d. Hav. 1839; (3) Louisa b. June 29, 1805; (4) Nancy b. June 13, 1808; (5) Sylvester b. Aug. 3, 1814; (6) Betsey b. Sept. 22, 1816; (7) Moses b. Dec. 14, 1818; (8) James b. - 1820.
(5) Sylvester Eastman, s. of James andBetsey Boynton, m. Mar. 1, 1841, Louisa, dau. William and Mary (Noyes) Whitcher, b. Benton Dec. 22, 1811, d. May 4, 1889. He d. Jan. 19, 1860. Lived in Benton. Three chil .: George E., Ruth J., William W. George E. Eastman, s. of Sylvester and Louisa, b. Dec. 8, 1841; m., 1st, Mar. 14, 1866, Rebecca W., dau. David and Azubah (Judd) Bronson; two chil .: (a) Louisa Ellen b. June 21, 1868; unm .; resides No. Hav. (b) Mary Elizabeth b. May 20, 1874; m., 1st, William F. Polley of Quebec, P. Q., who d. in New Mexico Sept. 17, 1895; 2d, Walter J. Trafton of Lynn, Mass. George E. m., 2d, Sept. 17, 1906, Mrs. Susan S. Clark, b. 1840. He resided in No. Hav. till 1910, when he removed to Laconia.
4. OBADIAH EASTMAN, S. of Obadiah and Mehitabel, b. Salem, N. H., Oct. 5, 1777; m., 1st, Ruth , d. Hav .; m., 2d, Jan. 23, 1814, Eunice Eastman, widow of his brother Moses. Lived in Hav., but after his second marriage moved to Broome, Canada, where he lived till his death. Four chil. b. in Hav .: Obadiah b. Nov. 6, 1804, Ezra B., Ebenezer, Ruth.
2. THOMAS.
3. JONATHAN.
4. WILLIAM, son of Jonathan, born Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 3, 1715; married, first, Dec. 14, 1738, Ruth Chase, died Jan. 2, 1742; second, Apr. 19, 1748, Rebecca Jewett. Chil- dren born in Hampstead. Removed to Bath 1767 after living a short time in Haverhill; died Nov. 30, 1790. She died Jan. 26, 1806, aged 84 years. Buried in Pettyborough burying ground.
5. JAMES EASTMAN, son of William and Rebecca (Jewett), born Hampstead Sept. 24,
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1753; died Haverhill Jan. 7, 1853, aged 99 years, 3 months; married Mar. 7, 1782, Mary Searle of Hollis, born Mar. 18, 1760; died Oct. 23, 1737. Settled in Bath. After birth of their eight children removed to Haverhill in winter of 1833, followed later by his son Moses. Was soldier in War of Revolution. Children:
1. JAMES b. Nov. 1782; d. May 1, 1842.
2. MosEs b. Dec. 16, 1784.
3. Amos b. Dec. 9, 1786; d. Oct. 15, 1787.
4. SEARLE b. Jan. 24, 1789.
5. MARY b. Jan. 19, 1792; m. Lazarus Sampson; d. Jan. 30, 1879.
6. WILLIAM b. July 9, 1794; d. unm. in Benton Aug. 16, 1879.
7. JOEL b. Aug. 24, 1800; d. 1833 Washington, D. C.
8. EBER b. Aug. 10, 1803.
2. MOSES EASTMAN, son of James and Mary Searle, born Bath Dec. 16, 1784; died Haverhill Mar. 6, 1842, married May 16, 1816, Sally Smith, born Feb. 18, 1796, died Haverhill Dec. 1, 1886. He came to Haverhill Mar. 17, 1834, and purchased the farm originally owned by Maj. Nathaniel Merrill, the farmhouse having been built by the Major. This farm has been in the family ever since. They had ten children all but the youngest born in Bath:
1. MELISSA b. July 25, 1817; m. S. S. Southard. (See Southard.)
2. HUBERT.
3. CELESTA b. Nov. 25, 1820; d. July 30, 1851.
4. SUSAN E. b. Apr. 1822; d. June 28, 1900; unm.
5. WILBUR F. b. Dec. 14, 1823; d. Dec. 22, 1841.
6. CHARLES W. b. May 1825; d. June 29, 1825.
7. LUCIA K. b. July 18, 1826; m. Moses Abbott; d. Apr. 14, 1853.
8. HENRY O. b. Aug. 26, 1829. Went west and resided in Union City, Ind., on the Ohio side; d. Oct. 23, 1919.
9. RUTH E. S. b. Sept. 4, 1832; m. Chas. Chamberlin; one s. living, Henry R. Cham- berlin, Concord, city clerk.
10. ABBIE F. b. Hav. Oct. 28, 1834; d. Apr. 3, 1864.
HUBERT EASTMAN, son Moses and Sally (Smith), born Bath Nov. 16, 1818; married Jan. 4, 1847, Esther L. Rice, born Dover, Vt., Dec. 28, 1818, died Haverhill Nov. 20, 1904. He died Nov. 5, 1908. Mrs. Eastman was seventh generation from Edmund Rice who came from England in 1638 and settled in Sudbury, Mass. She was daughter of Amos and Martha (Brown) Rice. Her great grandfather, Ashur, was carried captive by Indians to Canada, and after some years was redeemed by his father. Her grand- father, Benjamin, was wounded at Bunker Hill, and carried the bullet in his body during life. Three children born in Haverhill:
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