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1. MARTHA L. b. July 11, 1848; m. June 20, 1877, John G. Chamberlin of Bath.
2. WILBUR FISK.
3. JOHN ELBRIDGE b. May 19, 1860; d. Oct. 21, 1863.
WILBUR FISK EASTMAN, son Hubert and Esther, born Oct. 26, 1851; died June 27, 1913. Thrice married: first, June 12, 1878, Jennie W., daughter of Timothy and Alice (Lang) Buck of Bath, born May 20, 1852, died Nov. 9, 1881; second, Dec. 25, 1882, Hattie A. Day, daughter of Daniel M. Day of Winchendon, Mass., died Jan. 10, 1886; third, Apr. 30, 1890, Mrs. Annie Miller Holmes, daughter of Edward and Eliza Gates Miller of Ryegate, Vt. Three children:
By 1st marriage: JOHN ELBRIDGE b. Dec. 12, 1880; m. Oct. 6, 1909, Cora May, dau. Cyrus Batchelder, b. Lancaster Sept. 11, 1883.
By 2d marriage: MARTHA ALICE b. Mar. 8, 1884; d. Feb. 26, 1885.
By 3d marriage: Wilbur Fisk b. May 21, 1893; m. May 21, 1914, Hazel, dau. Cyrus Batchelder, b. Sanford, Me., Oct. 5, -
4. SEARLE EASTMAN, son of James and Mary Searle, born Jan. 24, 1789; lived in Bath. Child:
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1. ORRIN EASTMAN, S. of Searle, b. Bath July 4, 1819; d. Dec. 14, 1901; m. Mar. 25, 1848, Hannah Nute, b. Bartlett Mar. 13, 1827, d. Bath May 24, 1893. Lived in Bath, Landaff and Benton. Five chil .: (1) Frank E. b. Landaff Oct. 15, 1850. (2) Mary F. b. May 12, 1852; m. Harry H. Elliott of Benton. (3) Eunice L. b. Nov. 29, 1855; d. Feb. 7, 1864. (4) Kate b. Sept. 23, 1857; d. Dec. 29, 1863. (5) James O. b. Lisbon Dec. 22, 1860; d. May 30, 1910; m. Sarah, dau. of Jesse Mann of Bath, adopted dau. of Moody Mann of Haverhill; resided in Ladd Street. Two chil .: (a) Frank J. b. Hav. Aug. 23, 1889, d. by drowning in Connecticut River July 1, 1906; (b) Leon b. Hav. Dec. 17, 1890, d. by drowning in Connecticut River July 1, 1906.
8. EBER, son of James and Mary (Searle) Eastman, born Aug. 10, 1803; married Apr. 9, 1839, Cynthia Clark of Landaff; died Sept. 26, 1891. She died Nov. 13, 1882. They lived at North Haverhill on the farm now owned by - Keith, and which was originally a part of the farm of his father, James, and his brother, Moses. In his early life he devoted himself to teaching. He was for several years superintendent of schools in Haverhill, and represented Haverhill in the legislature of 1843 and 1844. He published an account of the capture by the Indians, and subsequent rescue of his great grand- mother, Hannah Eastman. He was a Democrat in politics, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a most estimable citizen. They had two children both of whom died in infancy.
EMELINE W. EASTMAN, daughter of Moses5 (William4, Jonathan3, Thomas.2 Roger1) born Lyman Oct. 17, 1823; married Samuel T. Ward. (See Ward.)
WILLIAM EASTMAN7 (Jonathan6, Obadiah5, William4, Jonathan3, Thomas2, Roger1) born Orford Mar. 4, 1821; died Haverhill Oct. 20, 1865; married May 1, 1844, Ellen Ramsey Davis of Orford. They lived on the Pond road in Haverhill, and their family of five children were born in Haverhill. Mr. Eastman spent his boyhood days in the family of Zebulon Cary, who owned the farm which afterwards came into his possession.
Children:
1. SARAH JANE b. Aug. 31, 1845; m. Sept. 30, 1866, Samuel E. Merrill of Hav. (See Merrill.)
2. STEPHEN ORLANDO b. Feb. 8, 1850; d. Mar. 9, 1854.
3. MARY NETTA b. Aug. 24, 1854; teacher in public schools, Haverhill, Mass.
4. EVA SOPHIA b. Apr. 15, 1857.
5. SUSAN A. b. Oct. 23, 1860, teacher in public schools, Haverhill, Mass.
EASTMAN
OLIVER DAVIS EASTMAN, M. D., born July 8, 1808, Senora, Cal .; married Dec. 14, 1882, Addie, only daughter of Darius K. and Susannah Howe Davis. His parents who had gone to California from the East, died when he was quite young; he came East to make his home with his grandfather in Newbury, Vt. He graduated from the Dart- mouth Medical School in 1882, and after practicing his profession a short time in Pier- mont settled in Woodsville in 1884, where he has built up a large and successful practice. Democrat; Odd Fellow; Mason; K. of P .; Universalist. Has served several years on the School Board. Five children, sons born in Piermont and Haverhill:
1. D. K. b. Piermont Jan. 8, 1884. Graduate Cornell. Now in government service as veterinary.
2. OLIVER NEWELL b. Woodsville Aug. 13, 1885. Graduated as M. D. at Burlington; m. 1910 Ethel Southwick of Burlington; two chil., Oliver N. b. Nov. 20, 1910; Winnie S. b. Apr. 22, 1916.
3. BURNS RUSH b. Woodsville Aug. 22, 1887. m. 1913 Francis Scrivner of Montreal; one child, Francis S., b. Oct. 14, 1917.
4. ABEL EARL b. Woodsville May 15, 1890; d. Oct. 6, 1891.
5. MILO DONALD b. Woodsville Feb. 2, 1892.
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EATON
REV. CHARLES EDWARD EATON born Sutton, Mass., Dec. 23, 1847, married Jan. 28, 1871, Mary A., daughter Erastus and Laura (Lawrence) of Broome, P. Q ., born Oct. 2, 1850. Educated in high school Lodi, Wis. Worked as a mechanic till 1881 when he joined the New Hampshire Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and continued in the pastorate until 1915, when he purchased a home in North Haverhill nearly oppo- site the town hall and retired from active work. He was pastor of the Methodist Church in that village from 1899 to 1912, and at the close of this pastorate he had broken the record for length of continuous Methodist pastorate in New England. One daughter:
EDITH AMELIA b. June 26, 1877; m. Oct. 16, 1900, J. Ray Sargent of Franklin, s. of Johnson and Nettie Bruce Sargent. He d. Dec. 1900 and since his death his widow has resided with her parents.
EDSON
TIMOTHY A. EDSON born 1770, came to Haverhill from Charleston, purchasing the John Hazen farm of Nathaniel Merrill Mar. 31, 1803, and was a leading citizen of the town till his removal to Littleton in 1824. He married Betsey, daughter of Samuel Wetherbee of Concord, Vt., born 1781, died in Littleton 1856. He died 1854. He was selectman in Haverhill in 1807, and held various other town offices. He was sheriff of Grafton County five years, 1813 to 1818. Two children:
1. SAMUEL A. b. Hav. Oct. 5, 1815; m. Nov. 5, 1844, Hannah M. Varney. He lived in Littleton till his death in July 1878. Representative 1869-70. Two chil .: (1) Susan Carolina b. Dec. 16, 1849; m. Charles G. Morrison. (2) George A. b. Sept. 15, 1851; m. Oct. 11, 1876, Clara M. Longley; two chil .: (a) Bessie May; (b) Harold Alden.
2. CAROLINA BETSEY b. Littleton Sept. 13, 1824; m. Joseph L. Gibbs, hotelkeeper, Littleton.
ELKINS
JONATHAN ELKINS, son of Jonathan and Joanna Roby Elkins, was born in Hampton Aug. 3, 1734, and married Elizabeth Rowell of Chester. He came with his wife to Haver- hill in 1764. He purchased of John Hazen two full grantees rights drawn to Reuben Mills and James White, for the sum of £1350 old tenor, and later from Abraham Davis of Amesbury for the sum of £500 the original right of Robert Peaslee. He settled at the Corner near the Piermont line, and the controversy that arose later over the Haverhill- Piermont boundary line may have had much to do with his removal after some ten years' residence in Haverhill to Peacham, Vt. He was influential and prominent both in Haverhill and Peacham, and was regarded as the father or founder of the latter town. His son, Harvey, was the first white child born in Peacham. He was active in the forma- tion of the Congregational Church in Peacham, and was its first deacon. He was one of the selectmen of Haverhill in 1765 and 1766, the first two years of which there are town meeting records. Of his large family eight children were born in Hampton and Haverhill. The record of those born in Peacham has been obtained.
1. JONATHAN b. Hampton Oct. 23, 1761; m., 1st, Sally Philbrook of Hampton Feb. 1793.
2. MosEs b. Hampton Sept. 15, 1763.
3. JOSIAH b. Hav. Nov. 5, 1766; m. Nancy Shirley; lived in Piermont.
4. SABRA b. Hav. May 19, 1768.
5. DAVID b. Hav. Aug. 1, 1769.
6. SALMON b. Hav. Apr. 11, 1771.
7. CURTIS b. Hav. Nov. 4, 1772.
8. SAMUEL b. Hav. Aug. 17, 1774.
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During the War of the Revolution he rendered valuable service as a pilot for Col. Bedel's regiment on its way to Canada. During this war Peacham was one of the extreme frontier towns, and Mr. Elkins was compelled to move his family back to Haverhill for a temporary sojourn on two occasions when the town was threatened.
His eldest son, Jonathan, was a scout in Col. Hazen's regiment which was stationed along the road from Haverhill to Peacham. He was captured in 1781 in an attack by the British and Indians on Peacham, and was carried to Quebec and thence to England, where he was imprisoned till near the close of the war when he was exchanged and returned to Peacham where he lived till 1836, when he removed to Albion, N. Y. He was twice married, his second wife being the widow of Alden Sprague, a leading Grafton County lawyer, a woman of brilliant mind and great force of character. Ephraim S., a son by this marriage, married a daughter of Obadiah Swasey of Haverhill (see Swasey), a successful lumber dealer of Chicago.
EMERY
JOHN EMERY1 born 1781; died Mar. 19, 1848; married Sally -, born 1786, died 1858.
JAMES K. R. EMERY2 (John1) born Dec. 18, 1828; died Feb. 22, 1893; married Caro- line H. Goodwin, born June 21, 1835, died Oct. 15, 1899. Lived in Newton Lower Falls, Mass. Four children:
CHARLES W.3 d. Mar. 15, 1856.
GEORGE E.3 FRANK S.3 NETTIE B.3
GEORGE E. EMERY3 (James K. R.2, John1) born Feb. 4, 1855, Newton Lower Falls; died May 17, 1919; married Sarah Glines Bickford, daughter Charles R. Bickford, born May 30, 1850, died Sept. 9, 1918, Plymouth Normal School; have lived in Holderness, Ply- mouth and Woodsville. In last place about 43 years. Clerk, plumber, Democrat, Mason. One child:
CHARLES S. EMERY4 (George E.3, James K. R.2, John1) b. Dec. 21, 1879; m. Dec. 18, 1901, Blanche, dau. James W. and Mary (Weeks) Foster of Bath. Child: George James5 b. Oct. 26, 1915.
EVANS
ELI L. EVANS1, a brother-in-law of Russel King, came to Haverhill from - and settled in Woodsville. He married Betsey King who died Mar. 19, 1887, aged 77 years and 11 months. He died Mar. 4, 1880, at the age of 73 years, 6 months. Children:
SOLON S. m. Oct. 13, 1858, Mary W. Gale of Bath; educated in Hav. Academy; postmaster, Woodsville, 1889-97. He d. -. She d. 1900.
ELIZA A. m. May 7, 1857, Jason G. Spaulding of Concord. She d. Aug. 11, 1862. He d. Nov. 12, 1876, ae. 45 yrs., 8 mos.
FARMAN
CHESTER FARMAN1 came to Haverhill with his wife and three children from Strafford, Conn., in 1810 and settled at North Haverhill near Pool Brook, engaging in lumbering and mill building. Quiet and unassuming in his manners, he was a man of devoted piety, of the strictest integrity, and excellence of character. He became deacon of the Con- gregational Church at Ladd Street in 1815 and continued in that office till his death Dec. 29, 1847. He was twice married, his second wife being Lucy Stearns, married Aug. 9, 1842; died July 20, 1861. In his address at the centennial anniversary of the
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church Mr. J. H. Pearson of Chicago in describing how the congregation were seated in the 30's said: "Deacon Chester Farman had a front pew in the next row of seats. He lived farthest away from the church, and yet you would always find him and his family in their seats before any others. He was a very substantial and good Christian man, and every one knew where to find Deacon Farman." He had three children, two daugh- ters and one son:
1. MIRIAM SARGENT2 m. Nov. 29, 1821, Austin Ladd. (See Ladd.)
2. ANNE WATSON2 In. Aug. 31, 1825, Henry Morse of Lyme.
3. JEREMIAH GORDON2 m. 1823 or 24, Cynthia Hastings Ladd. (See Ladd.)
JEREMIAH G. FARMAN2 (Dea. Chester1) born Strafford, Conn .; came to Haverhill in 1810 with his parents; married 1823 or 24 Cynthia Hastings, daughter of Samuel and Cynthia Hastings (Arnold) Ladd, born Haverhill May 11, 1796. He lived in Haverhill until 1852, when he removed to Hartland, Vt., and afterwards to Claremont, where he resided with his son, Samuel. Five children born in Haverhill:
1. ANNE WATSON3 b. Oct. 13, 1824; m. Dec. 1, 1864, Theron Howard, a lawyer of St. Johnsbury, Vt.
2. SAMUEL LADD3 b. Sept. 12, 1829; m. Sept. 12, 1858, Alma A. Carr; d. W. Lebanon May 15, 1914. Five chil. He was connected with the Claremont Paper Co. and later lived at White River Junction, Vt. He was the last of Dea. Farman's descendants bearing the family name.
3. CYNTHIA HASTINGS3 b. Sept. 13, 1831; m. May 1866 Carlos Fulton of Bradford, Vt.
4. MIRIAM ELIZA3 b. June 10, 1836; d. Mar. 26, 1841.
5. ELEANOR LOUISA3 b. Mar. 10, 1841; m. Apr. 1879 Leonard Cady of St. Johnsbury, Vt.
FARNHAM
STEPHEN FARNHAM1 came from Ohio to Haverhill. He married Apr. 26, 1827, Han- nah, eldest daughter of Dea. John Carr, born Aug. 30, 1801, and who died Sept. 10,1851. He died Jan. 10, 1844, at the age of 59. Children:
1. GEORGE2 b. Mar. 24, 1829; m. and d. in Dunstable, Mass.
2. JOHN C.2 b. Nov. 24, 1830.
3. ELIZA ANN2 b. Nov. 11, 1833; m. Lyman Buck; d. soon after.
4. STEPHEN JR.2 b. Dec. 18, 1839; d. Apr. 13, 1862, ae. 23 yrs.
JOHN C. FARNHAM2 born Haverhill 1838; married Nov. 29, 1865, Laura Ann Howe, daughter of Jotham Howe, born Oct. 3, 1843, died June 15, 1866, married, second, Apr. 28, 1868, Mary Jane Howe, daughter of Jotham Howe, born Mar. 27, 1849. He died Jan. 29, 1897. Republican. Methodist. Children:
ARTHUR STEPHEN3 b. June 2, 1869; m. Apr. 28, 1891, Emma Jane Gale. One child: John Leon4 b. Hav. Apr. 21, 1896.
BERTHA LAURA3 b. Apr. 21, 1874; d. Nov. 15, 1905.
MILO GEORGE3 b. Dec. 31, 1877; m. Oct. 1, 1901, Belle Rinehart; d. in 1906; m., 2d, in 1907 Mary E. Keith. 'One child: Flossie Mary4 b. Mar. 6, 1901; lives Townsend Harbor, Mass.
FARNSWORTH
STEPHEN FARNSWORTH born Dec. 22, 1788; married Jan. 27 in Haverhill Anna Martin. Came to Haverhill from Hebron and settled on the Oliverian, between East Haverhill and Pike, about 1817. He died Dec. 26, 1831. She died February 1, 1838. Ten chil- dren, the two eldest born in Hebron, the others in Haverhill:
1. CYRUS b. Oct. 25, 1814; d. in Hav. Apr. 17, 1832.
2. STEPHEN b. Sept. 1, 1816.
3. CALVIN b. Sept. 12, 1818.
4. LYDIA b. Aug. 9, 1820; m. Dec. 24, 1840, Robert W. Carr.
Both became Mormons and went to Utah, when they remained till their death.
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5. LAURA b. Mar. 19, 1822; m. Thomas Pillsbury of Boston; d. there.
6. ESTHER b. Mar. 1, 1824; m. - Dutton; d. in Boston. Two chil .: Lydia C. b. Oct. 26, 1848; Elmer C. b. Aug. 21, 1850.
7. JOEL b. Feb. 18, 1826. He was last seen taking a steamboat on Lake Michigan; was never heard from subsequently.
8. ANNA b. Jan. 29, 1828; d. June 19, 1828.
9. DAVID b. June 19, 1829; mysteriously disappeared in New York State when a young man.
10. ORRIN b. May 16, 1831; enlisted in 3d Vt. Vols .; killed in action at Fredericksburg, Va., May 4, 1863.
2. STEPHEN FARNSWORTH, son of Stephen and Anna (Martin) born Sept. 1, 1816; married, first, Dec. 7, 1837, Mary Ann Locke, died Aug. 29, 1848, aged 32 years; married, second, July 18, 1849, Ann Sylvester, died Feb. 23, 1854, aged 29 years, 5 months, 23 days; married, third, Oct. 15, 1854, Jane C. Smith, died Barnet, Vt., Aug. 17, 1872, aged 59 years, 1 month, 16 days; married, fourth, in California, Amanda Mason. She died in California. Stephen Farnsworth lived in East Haverhill in what was known as the mill house near the present railroad crossing, and later until he moved to Barnet, Vt., about 1865, on what is known as the Farnsworth homestead, opposite the East Haverhill Pike Cemetery. After the death of his third wife he removed to Cali- fornia, where he lived until his death. He was a Republican in politics, a Methodist, an upright, industrious, substantial citizen. Five children by first marriage all born in Haverhill:
1. DAVID L. b. Nov. 15, 1838; m. Fannie Clough; went to California when a young man and engaged in the trucking business in which he was very successful. Held important official positions in the San Francisco city government; d. in 1900, leaving a property of more than half a million. Two chil .: Silas B. and Lottie P .; both living (1915) in San Francisco.
2. MARY ANN b. Feb. 8, 1840; m. Samuel Magoon of Corinth, Vt.
3. ELBRIDGE G. b. Mar. 13, 1842; m. Louise Somers; lives E. Barnet, Vt .; three chil .. one living; m., 2d, Frances G. Carr.
4. FLORINDA L. b. Mar. 25, 1844; m. Job C. Bartlett; lives in California.
5. ORRIN E. b. Nov. 29, 1846; lives in Oregon; m. June 18, 1873, Catherine M. Pray.
Five children by third marriage, all born in Haverhill:
6. ABBIE JANE b. Oct. 17, 1855; m .; lives (1915) Waterbury, Vt.
7. ALICE ORINDA b. Oct. 17, 1855; deceased.
8. STEPHEN b. June 23, 1857; lives in San Francisco.
9. WILLIS STEBBINS b. Jan. 29, 1859; manufacturer of letter boxes, parcel post boxes, etc .; lives in Chicago.
10. LIZZIE B. b. Mar. 22, 1861; m. - Dixon; lives in Barnet, Vt.
3. CALVIN FARNSWORTH, son of Stephen and Anna (Martin), born Haverhill Sept. 2, 1818; married -. He died Northfield, Vt., Jan. 9, 1891. She died -. They lived in Haverhill and Lyman and Lyndon and Northfield, Vt. Five children :
1. RUSSELL b. Hav. Aug. 12, 1839; m., 1st, Oct. 30, 1867, Ellen Fairbrother of E. Burke, Vt. Two chil .: (1) Josie, living (1915) Pasadena, Cal .; (2) Herbert, d. by drown- ing. M., 2d, Belle - of Richland, Kan. Two chil .: Jennie and Mabel, both m. and living in Kansas. He d. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 31, 1897.
2. SILAS b. Hav. 1842; enlisted in 3d Vt. Vols .; killed in Battle of the Wilderness May 12, 1864.
3. REV. ROBERT W. CARR b. Hav. Feb. 20, 1844; m. Aug. 10, 1871, Emma S. George of Newbury, Vt .; enlisted 10th Vt. Vols. 1862, commissioned captain Co. F, 32d U. S. Colored Infantry; severely wounded and discharged 1865. Grad. Wesleyan University 1871; studied theology Boston University 1872-74; joined Providence Conference 1874; pastorates in New England eight years, Fall River, New Bedford and West Dennis, Mass., and Davidsonville, Conn. Transferred to southern Califor- nia Conference; pastorates in Pasadena, San Gabriel, presiding elder Los Angeles district. Dean Maday School Theology. Died San Fernandino, Cal., Jan. 3, 1888.
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4. REV. CHARLES H. b. Jan. 19, 1846; m. Aug. 27, 1868, Amelia A., dau. Reuben and Olive (Martin) Hatch; educated Newbury, Vt., Seminary and School of Theology, Boston University. Joined Vermont Conference 1881. Has held pastorates in Marshfield, Groton, Plainfield, White River Junction, Bellows Falls and Proctors- ville, Vt .; transferred to New Hampshire Conference; pastorates in Hudson, N. H., Haverhill and Lawrence, Mass., Manchester, Woodsville and Penacook, N. H. Resides (1915) Concord, N. H.
5. ELLEN J. b. Lyndon, Vt., Apr. 7, 1854; m. 1873 Rev. Orville Dwight Clapp of the Vermont Methodist Episcopal Conference. Three chil .: (1) Florence d. Burlington, Vt., Jan. 1, 1899; (2) Ernest, living (1915) Warsaw, Wis .; (3) Robert, clerk in Santa Fé Railroad office, Chicago.
FARNSWORTH
MATHIAS FARNSWORTH1 born 1612 probably in or near Farnsworth, Lancashire, England; married Mary Farr of Lynn, Mass .; sixth son, tenth child. Eleven children.
JONATHAN FARNSWORTH2 born June 1, 1675; married 1698 Ruth Shattuck of Water- town; lived in Groton, Mass .; died June 16, 1748.
SIMEON FARNSWORTH3, seventh son, twelfth of 15 children of Jonathan; married, first, Martha Hale; second, Lucy Atherton; lived in Harvard till 1781, then removed to Wash- ington, N. H .; died Mar. 21, 1805.
SIMEON FARNSWORTH JR.4, eldest son, second child of 17 children; born Harvard Sept. 24, 1746; lived in Washington; married Esther or Ellen Ellenwood; died Jan. 27, 1791.
STEPHEN FARNSWORTH5, fourth son, seventh of 8 children; born Dec. 21, 1788; married Anna Martin; resided Haverhill, N. H .; died Dec. 26, 1831.
STEPHEN FARNSWORTH6, second son, Stephen; born Sept. 1, 1816, Haverhill; married twice; went to California; returned to Haverhill.
CALVIN FARNSWORTH6, third son, third of 10 children of Stephen Farnsworth; born Sept. 18, 1818; married Mary J. Underwood; resided Northfield, Vt., Haverhill, N. H.
R. W. C. FARNSWORTH7, third son, third child of 5 children of Calvin Farnsworth; born Haverhill Feb. 20, 1844; graduated Wesleyan 1871; married Emma George; M. E. Ministry North Church, Fall River; Forth Street, New Bedford; Davidsonville, Conn .; 1880 transferred to Southern California Conference; presiding elder; dean of School History, University Southern California; delegate to General Conference 1884; elected in 1888, did not serve; died Los Angeles Jan. 3, 1888.
CHARLES H. FARNSWORTH7 fourth son of Stephen.
ALBERT FARNSWORTH published to Betsey Danforth, both of Haverhill, Dec. 25, 1814.
FELTON
NATHANIEL FELTON1, the emigrant, born about 1615; came from England to Salem, Mass., 1633, where he lived till his death about 1705; married Mary, daughter Rev. Samuel Skelton, first minister of Salem, who died July 30, 1705, aged 90 years.
NATHANIEL FELTON2 (Nathaniel1) born Salem Aug. 15, 1655; seventh child; married Ann, daughter Dea. John Horn; lived Salem; died Jan. 1733-34, aged 78 years.
SKELTON FELTON3 (Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1) eldest child born about 1680; married 1712 Hepsibah, daughter William Sheldon; lived Salem 65 years; moved to Rutland, Mass., 1744; died there 1749.
JOSEPH FELTON4 (Skelton3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1), eldest son, third child; baptized Aug. 14, 1715; married Mary Trask of Salem; moved to Rutland, Mass., 1744; died Feb. 14, 1803. Eleven children.
BENJAMIN FELTON5 (Joseph4, Skelton3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1), eldest son, second child; born Salem Mar. 12, 1739; married, first, Dec. 24, 1867, Jennie Dorrety; married, second, Ruth Hamilton; lived in Sturbridge and Brookfield, Mass .; died Jan. 26, 1820.
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BENJAMIN FELTON6 (Benjamin5, Joseph4, Skelton3, Nathaniel?, Nathaniel1), eldest son, second child of 13 children; born July 20, 1771; married Sept. 1794 Nancy Ellis; lived East Pelham (incorporated 1722, Prescott), Mass .; moved 1810 Wardsborough, Vt., and later to Jamaica, where he died Oct. 18, 1858.
NATHAN B. FELTON7 (Benjamin6, Benjamin5, Joseph4, Skelton3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1), eldest son, second child of 8 children; born East Pelham, Mass., Nov. 12, 1798; married Haverhill May 22, 1836, Ann, daughter of John Reding of Portsmouth; born Feb. 20, 1809; died Haverhill June 30, 1900. (See Reding.) Graduated Middlebury College 1821 with high honors; read law with Morton Field of Newfane, Vt., and with Jonathan Hunt of Brattleboro; admitted to bar 1825; began practice of his profession in Lebanon; postmaster 1825-35; clerk Supreme Court, Grafton County, 1835-47; register of probate 1852-56; town clerk 1837, 1843; representative 1842, 1853; practiced profession in Haver- hill till his death Dec. 22, 1876. Funeral services in Congregational Church on Christ- mas Day. Addresses by Evarts W. Farr of Littleton, and W. H. Duncan of Hanover. No children. (See chapter on Courts and Bar.)
FILLEY
MARY ANN POWERS, daughter of Jonathan and Anne Kendall Powers, born Dec. 12, 1821, in Bristol, and died in Haverhill May 6, 1910. She married Sept. 1, 1859, Edward R. Filley in Lansingburg, N. Y. After the death of Mr. Powers they moved to his homestead. She died May 6, 1910. Four children:
1. AURELIA FILLEY KITTREDGE b. Aug. 4, 1852.
2. CHLOE FILLEY b. Feb. 24, 1856; d. July 5, 1858.
3. AUGUSTUS FILLEY b. July 26, 1858; d. Apr. 2, 1904.
4. ANNE K. FILLEY b. Aug. 22, 1861.
FLANDERS
STEPHEN FLANDERS1 with his wife, Jane, came to America and settled in Salisbury, Mass., about 1640-46. He died June 27, 1684; she died Nov. 19, 1683. Six children.
STEPHEN FLANDERS2 (Stephen1), eldest child, born Mar. 8, 1646; married Dec. 28, 1670, Abigail Carter; lived in Salisbury, Mass. Eleven children.
PHILIP FLANDERS3 (Stephen2, Stephen1), eighth child and seventh son; born Jan. 8, 1681; married Joanna Smith. Seven children.
PHILIP FLANDERS4 (Philip3, Stephen2, Stephen1), second child and eldest son; born South Hampton Mar. 13, 1710; married Hannah Morrill 1734; resided in Kingston; died 1754. Eight children.
EZRA FLANDERS5 (Philip4, Philip3, Stephen2, Stephen1), fifth child, fourth son; born 1743; married Sarah Blaisdell. Resided in Hawke, now Danville. Seven children.
JOHN FLANDERS6 (Ezra5, Philip4, Philip3, Stephen2, Stephen1), eldest child, born Hawke Jan. 24, 1769; married Feb. 24, 1794, Rebecca, daughter of Andrew (a Revolutionary sol- dier) and Abigail (Greeley) Pettingill of Salisbury; died May 7, 1848. Came to Brad- ford, Vt., in 1796. Eight children, the first born in Warner, the others in Bradford.
PETER FLANDERS7 (John6, Ezra5, Philip4, Philip3, Stephen2, Stephen1), seventh child, fifth son; born Jan. 14, 1813; married Apr. 4, 1844, Mary E., daughter Jacob and Abigail (Parks) Cass, born Mar. 30, 1821. He died Haverhill June 24, 1890; she died Oct. 5, 1877. Lived in Bradford until 1854, when the family went to Piermont for two years then to Haverhill in 1856, living on the farm east of the Haverhill Cemetery till his death. Congregationalist, Republican. Three children born in Bradford, Vt .:
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