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HELEN HUNT married Hon. Stoddard Colby, prominent lawyer of Montpelier, Vt., and register of the U. S. Treasury. They had two children.
HUTCHINS
JOSEPH HUTCHINS with his wife, Martha, came from Haverhill, Mass., to the New Hampshire Haverhill in 1765. He purchased of Timothy Bedel for the sum of one hundred and thirty dollars, the original right of John Church, grantee, which embraced Meadow lot Number 43 in Hosmer's Meadow and settled at the Brook. The deed bears the date of July 3, 1765, and he is described as "Yeoman."
From the beginning he was prominent in the affairs of the town, serving on important
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committees appointed by the proprietors, and filling also the most important town offices. His name appears as the first of the Board of Selectmen in 1769, and he was again a member of the board in 1788 and in 1791. He was representative to the General Court in 1788 and 1789, and represented the towns of Haverhill, Piermont, Warren and Coventry in the Convention of 1788 that adopted the Federal Constitution. In 1791 he was a member of the Convention called to revise the constitution of the state. During the War of the Revolution he was a member of the Committee of Safety and was in com- mand of a company of volunteers who served in the Eastern Division of the Northern Department in Gen. Jacob Bayley's brigade from Aug. to Oct. 1777. The names of some of the privates of his company indicate the regard in which he must have been held-Timothy Barron, Samuel Ladd, Ebenezer McIntosh, John Page, Jona. Sanders, Jona. Ring, James Woodward, James Bailey, Nathaniel Rix, Joshua Howard. He lived on Ladd Street, and operated a gristmill which the proprietors granted him permission in 1779 "on the south side of Hosmers (Oliverian) brook below the bridge." His name appears frequently in the records with the title of "Colonel," but this must have been a militia title, and not one by right of commanding a regiment during the war. His name disappears from the town records after 1791, and in 1792 or 1793 he removed with his family to Middlesex, Vt. The cause of his removal was perhaps financial embarrassment, as the court records show a large number of executions issued against him. Twelve chil- dren all except eldest born in Haverhill:
1. RUTH b. Feb. 6, 1764; m. Nov. 29, 1883, Moody Bedel.
2. MEHITABLE b. May 24, 1766; m. (pub. July 4, 1791) John Clark.
3. JOSEPH b. Apr. 5, 1768.
4. WILLIAM b. July 9, 1770.
5. HANNAH b. Aug. 2, 1772; m. (pub. Nov. 5, 1791) Amos Fish.
6. JEREMIAH b. Dec. 9, 1774; m. Feb. 4, 1798, Hannah Clark of Wentworth.
7. ZERENIAH b. Feb. 27, 1777.
8. ABIGAIL b. June 25, 1779.
9. TIMOTHY b. Sept. 2, 1781; m. Feb. 18, 1805, Deborah Cross.
10. BETSY b. Apr. 13, 1784.
11. SOLOMON b. Feb. 27, 1787.
12. MARTHA b. Sept. 24, 1790; d. Sept. 27, 1790.
HUTCHINS
JOSEPH HUTCHINS2, son of Benjamin C. Hutchins1, born Apr. 1815; married Susan E., daughter John and Olive Brown of Benton born Apr. 17, 1822, died Haverhill Nov. 25, 1881. He died Haverhill Nov. 15, 1872. Farmer, lived in Benton till about 1865, when they came to Haverhill and lived on the road leading from the County road near the old town house to North Haverhill. Five children:
1. MARIETTE3 b. Oct. 22, 1840; m. Lafayette W. Flanders. (See Flanders.)
2. ELLEN A.3 b. Feb. 24, 1843; m. Frank L. Wilmot. (See Wilmot.)
3. JANE B.3 b. Nov. 18, 1846; m. Moses Clough; d. May 7, 1873.
4. SALLY ANN3 b. Oct. 22, 1848; m. Moses P. Bemis. (See Bemis.)
5. CHARLES A.3
CHARLES A. HUTCHINS3 (Joseph2, Benj. C.1) born Benton Sept. 4, 1853; married Emma, daughter of William Harden. He died Nov. 7, 1916. Railroad employee for some years, and later employee of Woodsville Aqueduct Co .; lived in Woodsville; widow resides with her daughter. One child Gladys K. born 1882; married Earl F. Mulliken.
INGALLS
JOHN CALVIN INGALLS1 had a son, Stephen Raymond2, born Acworth; married Sapphira Griswold. Lived in Eden and Montgomery, Vt. They had a son:
WILLIAM INGALLS3 b. Eden, Vt., Sept. 26, 1829; m. Emily J. Lord. £ Was farmer in
Brownington, Vt. Five chil.
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WILLIAM HERBERT INGALLS4 (William,3 Stephen R.2, John C.1), third child, born Brown- ington, Vt., June 11, 1856. Came to North Haverhill from Brownington about 1890; married Londonderry, Vt., May 2, 1900, Eva M., daughter Silas and Maria (Little) Bartlett. Bought the farm known as the Merrill or town farm. Successful farmer. Republican. Children born in Haverhill:
1. CARROLL H. b. Feb. 5, 1902.
2. CLARK B. b. Dec. 19, 1909.
JACKSON
ROBERT JACKSON and Mary Ann Jackson removed from Heigh street, Benton (Coven- try) to Haverhill and settled in North Haverhill. He died in 1843 at the age of 83, and his wife in 1835. Children:
MARCUS B. b. Benton Dec. 14, 1808; thrice married, 2d, Sarah B. Glazier who d. at age of 25; 3d, Widow Elizabeth Chase, b. in Peterboro. He d. Dec. 24, 1876. DAN YOUNG b. Feb. 11, 1810; d. in 1876.
WILLIAM WITSON b. Mar. 2, 1812.
FLETCHER b. Aug. 25, 1814.
ELIZA b. Mar. 3, 1818.
THOMAS BRANCH d. Feb. 19, 1890, at the age of 70; his wife, Sarah J., d. Sept. 4, 1906, ae. 79.
JOHN WESLEY b. 1822; m. June 9, 1851; Eliza W. Whitman. They had one s., Willis F., b. in 1852, d. in 1853. He d. in 1890.
JACOBS
CHARLES HODGDON JACOBS, son of Samuel and Sally Tuttle Jacobs, born Barnstead Aug. 27, 1821; married Jan. 10, 1848, Sarah Jane, daughter of Elisha and Anna (Harris) Hurlburt of Haverhill. Resided as blacksmith and teamster in Haverhill, Benton and Warren. Two children both born in Haverhill:
1. GEORGE FRANKLIN b. Mar. 27, 1849.
2. SARAH ANNA b. Dec. 31, 1851.
JOHNSTON
MICHAEL JOHNSTON and Mary Hancock, his wife, came from Londonderry, Ireland, to Londonderry, N. H., in 1727 or 28, but removed soon after to that part of Haverhill, Mass., which later after the settlement of the boundary line question became New Hamp- shire territory, and constituted a part of the town of Hampstead. Here their six children were born, three of whom, like others from the town, were to become factors in the settle- ment and development of the Coos country. The children were:
1. MIRIAM b. Hav. (later Hampstead), Aug. 31, 1728; m. Eben Mudgett of Hampstead and Weare.
2. JOHN b. -; d. Hampstead 1756, and buried in the Hampstead Cemetery beside his parents, Michael and Mary.
3. MICHAEL b. -; drowned in the Connecticut river in the early summer of 1762, having spent the previous winter on the Oxbow meadows, in the employ of Capt. John Hazen. With a co-employee, John Pattie, they brought up, in the summer of 1761 by way of Charlestown, some cattle for Capt. Hazen, which they cared for during the winter in Coos. On the arrival of the advance guard of settlers the next year they started to return home, but their canoe was upset in the river at a point now known as Olcotts Falls, and Johnston lost his life.
4. SARAH b. - ; m. Thomson.
5. CHARLES b. May 29, 1737.
6. ROBERT b. Sept. 3, 1738.
The three brothers saw service in the old French war. Michael was a private in the 7th company of Blanchard's regiment, enlisted for service against the French forts, and served from Apr. 28 to Oct. 1755. Charles and Robert were privates in the 4th company
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of Col. Peter Gilman's regiment, of which Jacob Bayley was a lieutenant from Sept. 22, 1755, to the end of the campaign. Michael and Robert were privates in the 11th com- pany of Meserve's regiment in the Crown Point Expedition of 1756 and served seven months. They also served in the same regiment in 1757. Michael was also a private in Capt. John Hazen's company of Goff's regiment from Mar. 5, 1760, to the end of the war in November. Charles was quartermaster in the same regiment. Robert was one of the early settlers of Newbury, building the first two story house in that town in which he kept tavern. He rendered honorable and distinguished service in the Revolutionary War, was in Capt. Thomas Johnson's company of minute men in 1775, in Peter Gilman's regiment in 1776, and in Capt. Thos. Johnson's guarding and scouting 57 days. In Oct. 1778, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 4th regiment, was recruiting officer, and his house was several times made a rendezvous for troops. In civic affairs he was prominent. He was four times married and had a family of 16 children.
CHARLES JOHNSTON, son Michael and Mary Hancock Johnston, born May 29, 1737; married May 31, 1762, Ruth, daughter Ephraim and Hannah Smith Marsh, born Haver- hill, Mass., June 22, 1739. He died Haverhill Mar. 5, 1813. She died Haverhill Aug. 29, 1816. They were admitted to membership in the church at Hampstead Mar. 25, 1764, and were dismissed to be received by the church at Newbury-Coos Feb. 27, 1774.
Bittinger gives the year of Johnston's settlement in Haverhill as 1769, which is prob- ably correct. Previous to this he had purchased land in the town of New Chester (now Hill). In conveyances dated Oct. 5, 1765, Dec. 8, 1868, and Mar. 29, 1769, in which he is named as grantee, he is described as of Hampstead, but at the annual town meeting in Haverhill in Mar. 1770 he was elected as one of the selectmen of the town. It does not appear that he ever lived in New Chester, but probably removed direct from Hamp- stead to Haverhill. He settled at the Corner, and with marked foresight purchased a large part of the land which later became the prosperous and beautiful village. He had the prudence, thrift, and energy characteristic of the Scotch-Irish combined with the characteristic religious devotion. Notably public spirited, he immediately took a lead- ing part in all the affairs of the town, and was a constant and untiring promoter of all enterprises which he believed would enhance the industrial, social, educational and relig- ious welfare of the town. He gave to the place the two Commons or parks about which the village was built; he also gave the land on which the old Courthouse and the Academy were built and led in the enterprise of founding the Academy and securing the transfer of the jail and Courthouse from their first site on the plain near Horse Meadow to the Corner. He was one of the incorporators of the Social Library, and a leading spirit in securing the incorporation and construction of the old Cohos turnpike. For a period of forty years no names appear more frequently on the records of the town, no man was more prominent in its affairs, and none held more varied public positions of honor and responsibility. He presided at no less then twenty-four town meetings, was twice elected town clerk, was twenty-one times elected selectman, served usually as chairman on all important town committees, was town treasurer and county treasurer for many years, was a member of the Executive Council in 1780-82 and filled the important office of judge of probate for Grafton County for a period of twenty-six years from 1781 until disqualified by age. His military record was a most honorable one. Aside from his service in the old French war he took an active part in the Revolution. He was com- missioned lieutenant-colonel of the 12th regiment, Col. Hobart's, Stark's brigade, and was distinguished for special gallant conduct at the Battle of Bennington. He was active in the organization of the Congregational Church in Haverhill, and was its first deacon. Whatever early educational advantages were his were improved, and while not a graduate of college he was deemed qualified to take charge of the Academy for a term when there was a vacancy in the principalship. His handwriting as it appears in the
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town and county is a marvel of beauty. Mrs. Johnston, who survived him somc thrce years, was of a quiet retiring disposition but a woman of estimable worth, a helpmate indeed to her husband. They had eight children:
1. MICHAEL b. Hampstead Apr. 19, 1764.
2. MARY b. Hampstead May 13, 1766; m. - Henry Burbank; lived in Enosburg, Vt.
3. RUTH b. Hampstead July 31, 1768; m. Ebenezer Gray, pub. Jan. 29, 1784.
4. CHARLES b. Hav. July 19, 1770; d. July 5, 1775.
5. ABIGAIL b. Hav. Sept. 20, 1772; m. Israel Swan, pub. Aug. 22, 1790. (See Swan.)
6. SARAH b. Hav. May 22, 1775; m. Apr. 12, 1792, Simon Rodiman.
7. ELIZABETH b. Hav. Sept. 26, 1777; m. May 27, 1794, Lawson Drewey.
8. CHARLES b. Hav. Oct. 22, 1779; d. June 24, 1783.
1. MICHAEL, son of Charles and Ruth Johnston, married Sarah Atkinson of Boscawen, published July 19, 1784. She was born May 11, 1764; died Haverhill Apr. 28, 1849. He succeeded his father on the homestead at the Corner. He served for two years in the Revolution, was a captain of militia, was town treasurer in 1799, and a member of the Board of Selectmen in 1800 and 1810. He died Oct. 2, 1842. Their eight children all born in Haverhill:
1. SARAH b. Mar. 1787; m. 1809 Stephen Adams of Hav., pub. July 22, 1809. (See Adams.)
2. CHARLES b. June 3, 1789. Grad. from Dartmouth College in 1813; studied theology with the Rev. Grant Powers, and later with Lyman Beecher and entered the Pres- byterian ministry. He labored for a time as an evangelist with the Rev. Dr. Nettleton, and then was settled as pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Otisco, N. Y. He never lived in Hav. after finishing his studies with Mr. Powers.
3. HANNAH b. June 17, 1793; m. June 3, 1821, Rev. Silas McKeen, D. D., pastor of the Congregational Church, Bradford, Vt. She was educated at Hav. Academy, was "a woman of devoted Christian character," a devoted wife and mother. She was before her marriage superintendent of the first Sunday school organized in Hav. 4. MICHAEL b. Feb. 13, 1797.
5. HALE A. b. June 19, 1802; grad. at Dartmouth College in 1825; taught in academy Northumberland, Pa .; read law in New York, and then with Joseph Bell, Hav., and was admitted to the bar in 1829, and began the practice of his profession in Hav. He had prospects of a successful career, but d. of consumption Jan. 28, 1831.
6. BETSEY b. May 25, 1804.
7. GEORGE WHITEFIELD4 born Aug. 10, 1806.
8. HORACE M.4 born Mar. 28, 1809; died Nov. 12, 1816.
MICHAEL JOHNSTON4 (Michael3, Charles2, Michael1) born Feb. 13, 1797; married 1838 Ann, daughter Joseph and Anna Atkinson, born Boscawen July 30, 1812, died Apr. 19, 1859. He succeeded to the ownership of the Johnston farm which remained in the Johnston family until some time after his death Sept. 22, 1874. Six children born in Haverhill:
1. EDWARD 5 b. Dec. 15, 1839; d. Philadelphia May 28, 1907; m. Nellie Conrad June 17 -; lived in the South.
2. MARY P.5 b. May 19, 1841; d. Dec. 5, 1870.
3. CHARLES M.5 b. Sept. 8, 1844; d. May 3, 1846.
4. KATE M.5 b. Apr. 20, 1846.
5. HARRY A.5 b. Nov. 6, 1848; d. Nov. 2, 1883; m. (pub. Nov. 1, 1878) Jennie C. and Mary J. (Weeks) Merrill.
6. FRANK P.5
6. BETSEY D.4 born May 25, 1804; married (published Oct. 8, 1827) Nathaniel Pea- body Atkinson of Wheeling, W. Va., born Boscawen Jan. 15, 1785; died Nov. 13, 1868. He was of the Boscawen family which became so intimately connected by marriage with the Haverhill Johnstons. Eight children: 1, Charles Peabody Atkinson5 born Oct. 8, 1828; 2, Hale Johnston born Jan. 31, 1830, died Aug. 25, 1832, buried in Haverhill Ceme- tery; 3, Sarah Johnston born Jan. 26, 1834; 4, Julia Amanda born Nov. 25, 1835; 5, Augusta Hale, born Sept. 25, 1838, died Feb. 13, 1840; 6, Samuel B. born Aug. 24, 1840,
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died July 30, 1844; 7, Edward Melanthon born May 3, 1843; 8, Helen Maria born Apr. 14, 1845.
GEORGE WHITEFIELD JOHNSTON4 (Michael3, Charles2, Michael1) born Aug. 10, 1806; married Susan, daughter Joseph and Anna Atkinson, born Boscawen Mar. 12, 1808, died Mar. 1, 1887. Four children born Haverhill:
1. HALE ATKINSON5 b. Nov. 2, 1830.
2. SARAH5 b. Sept. 10, 1832; m. Dr. Tenney; d. Irving, Kan., Feb. 7, 1914.
3. ELLEN H.5 b. July 8, 1834; d. Irving Kan., July 31, 1912.
4. GEORGE WASHINGTON5 b. June 4, 1836.
HALE ATKINSON JOHNSTON5 (George Whitefield4, Michael3, Charles2, Michael1) born Haverhill Nov. 2, 1830; married Mar. 30, 1857, at Palaskala, O., Lucy Alward, born Nov. 3, 1834. He died Champaigne, Ill., Sept. 22, 1913. Eight children:
1. ANNA C.º b. Apr. 22, 1858; m. Apr. 7, 1881, C. L. Hutchinson. Two chil .: (1) Ella May Hutchinson, b. Sept. 23, 1882. (2) Anna Belle Hutchinson b. May 5, 1884; m. Dec. 27, 1904, Howard Drake; four chil .: (a) Erma Aline Drake b. Nov. 12, 1906; (b) Beula Avis Drake b. June 26, 1910; (c) Geneve Drake, b. May 28, 1913; (d) Marvin Emerson Drake, b. Sept. 24, 1915.
2. CHARLES HENRY.6
3. ADA ELLEN6 b. Nov. 21, 1863; m. Champaign, Ill., Apr. 8, 1890, Howard E. Ward, b. Howard County, O., Apr. 29, 1866. Seven chil .: (1) Ethel Lucy Ward b. Feb. 20, 1891; m. June 4, 1913, Cecil C. Drennan; two chil. (a) Eleanor J. b. July 20, 1914; (b) Clarence Lyle b. Dec. 16, 1915. (2) Frank Howard Ward b. Dec. 6, 1892. (3) Mabel Sarah Ward b. Mar. 11, 1895; m. Sept. 28, 1916, Archibald Shields, b. Jan. 2, 1893. (4) Helen Marie b. Apr. 20, 1897. (5) Leslie Orlando b. Mar. 31, 1900. (6) Edna Louise, b. Jan. 5, 1902. (7) Ted Johnston b. Apr. 25, 1905.
4. ELMER A.6 b. July 16, 1867; grad. Rush Medical College 1897; d. June 3, 1904.
5. ELLA M.5 b. July 16, 1867; d. Sept. 15, 1882.
6. FRANK P.6 b. Nov. 29, 1869; d. Nov. 25, 1892.
7. GEORGE H.6 b. July 10, 1873; d. Mar. 11, 1874.
8. EDNA L. b.6 Dec. 9, 1875; d. Jan. 2, 1902.
GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHNSTON5 (George Whitefield4, Michael3, Charles2, Michael1) born Haverhill June 4, 1836; married Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 20, 1864, Sarah Shearer, born Delhi, N. Y., Mar. 22, 1845, died Nov. 26, 1896. He died Champaign, Ill., Oct. 19, 1905. Four children born in Champaign, Ill .:
1. LEE GEORGE6 b. Sept. 13, 1865.
2. JESSIE6 b. May 31, 1868; m. Feb. 27, 1888, John West. She d. May 30, 1890. One child Jesse B. West b. May 25, 1890; m. Aug. 26, 1913, Pansy Harriet Bierman.
3. HERBERT6 b. Sept. 1, 1870; m. Feb. 7, 1906, Olive Alma Berry; reside Champaign, Ill. No chil.
4. HARLEY TENNEY6 b. Sept. 18, 1873.
CHARLES HENRY JOHNSTON6 (Hale A.5, George Whitefield4, Michael3, Charles2, Mich- ael1) born Champaign, Ill., July 24, 1860; married, first, Eva West, died Sept. 20, 1896; married, second, Feb. 3, 1897, Ollie Snyder. Three children born in Champaign:
1. WAYNE ALVIN7 b. Jan. 4, 1890.
2. FLORENCE RUBY7 b. Oct. 30, 1891.
3. IRVING WEST7 b. Mar. 15, 1893; m. Apr. 6, 1916, Rose Ehler.
LEE GEORGE JOHNSTON® (George Washington5, George Whitefield4, Michael3, Charles2, Michael1) born Sept. 13, 1865; married May 24, 1894, Annie Jervis, born Dec. 16, 1868. Reside Champaign. Two children.
1. LILLIAN RUTH7 b. Feb. 2, 1896.
2. CLARENCE LEE7 b. Feb. 4, 1898.
HARLEY TENNEY JOHNSTON® (George Washington5, George Whitefield4, Michael3, Charles2, Michael1) born Sept. 18, 1873; married May 23, 1897, Clara Roe Seeley, born Manchester, O., July 20, 1875. One child, George Seeley7 born Champaign May 25, 1903.
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JONES
HORACE JONES, born July 17, 1815; married Haverhill Dec. 31, 1841, Roxana W. Page, born Dec. 8, 1824, died Dec. 13, 1904. He died Jan. 17, 1891. He lived at East Haverhill, farmer till about 1860, where he removed to South Landaff, and later to Bath where he resided till his death. Six children born in Haverhill.
1. CHARLES FRANKLIN b. Dec. 26, 1842; d. Dec. 12, 1889.
2. OLIVER DOE b. Nov. 22, 1846; d. Sept. 15, 1848.
3. HORACE EDWIN b. Mar. 13, 1849; d. Sept. 5, 1874.
4. MARY ALICE b. July 27, 1851; m. Ai Willoughby. (See Willoughby.)
5. HARRY HIBBARD b. Apr. 6, 1856; farmer resides in Bath; m., 1st June 3, 1880, Alice Bell. Child b. June 21, 1855, d. Oct. 1, 1884; 2d, Jennie L. Dearth Apr. 25, 1892, b. Sept. 10, 1868. Five chil .: (1) Raymond C. b. Mar. 15, 1881, physician, Fitchburg, Mass .; (2) Helen Maude b. Sept. 20, 1882, resides in Woodsville, unm., clerk in Woodsville postoffice; (3) Alice Bell b. Mar. 15, 1884, d. May 20, 1885; (4) Charles F. b. Aug. 23, 1895; (5) Horace Edwin b. Nov. 3, 1900.
6. NELLIE LOUISE b. Aug. 18, 1859; d. Aug. 4, 1893.
KAY
BRYAN KAY, farmer, born 1736, with his wife, Dorothy, born 1732, and five daughters, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, Anne, and Jane, all from Yorkshire, England, in Mar. 1774 sailed for Fort Cumberland on Bay of Fundy. (See New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 36, p. 135.) In landing at Halifax the two elder daughters, Elizabeth born 1758 and Han- nah born 1760 were drowned. The remainder of the family came to Haverhill soon after. A special town meeting held Jan. 2, 1776, was at the house of Bryan Kay, and at the regular meeting Mar. 12, 1776, in arranging for meetings for preaching it was voted "that the town of Haverhill meet one half of the first six months at Mr. Kay's lower barn near where Luther Richardson lately lived, and the other six months the town agrees that the selectmen shall provide for as they think proper." Previously the town meetings had been held at John Hazen's and Luther Richardson's, but for the next twenty years when not held at the Courthouse Bryan Kay's appears to have been the favorite meeting place. Dorothy, wife of Bryan, died about 1800 and he married second, July 8, 1801, at Bath the "Widow Elsie McCormack" published at Haverhill July 6. She died previous to 1810, and he married third Mary, widow of David Smith. He died Haverhill 1813. Five children born in England by first marriage, three in Haverhill:
1. ELIZABETH b. 1758; drowned at Halifax in 1774.
2. HANNAH b. 1760; drowned at Halifax in 1774.
3. SARAH b. 1762; m. Stephen Morse. (See Morse.)
4. ANNE b. 1764; m. Moses Porter. (See Porter.)
5. JANE b. 1766; m. John Morse, brother of Stephen.
By 2d marriage:
6. BRYAN J. b. 1803; m. Olive Wheeler; moved to N. Y. state and from there to Sis- terville, W. Va., where he d. Apr. 29, 1857.
7. ROBERT b. Apr. 11, 1805; m. Hav. Dec. 20, 1831, Roxalina, dau. Cyrus and Eleanor (Fitch) Allen, b. June 9, 1809, d. at Troy, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1874.
8. HANNAH b. 1806.
KENNEDY
SYLVESTER P. KENNEDY1 born 1887 (?), son of Patrick and Mary Kennedy, married Nov. 23, 1907, Goldie M. Buckley, daughter of John W. and Alice G. Buckley, born 1887 in Woodsville. Trainman, lives in Concord. Three children:
BEATRICE ALICE2 b. Woodsville Jan. 2, 1909.
DOROTHY EDNA2 b. Woodsville Oct. 11, 1911. JOHN BUCKLEY2 b. Concord June 14, 1916.
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KENT
JACOB KENT born Essex, Mass., June 12, 1726; married, first, Dec. 26, 1752, Abigail, daughter Joseph and Abigail Webster Bailey; second, at Plaistow June 16, 1762, Mary, daughter Nicholas White, born Aug. 14, 1736, died June 17, 1834. He died Dec. 13, 1812. He came from Plaistow to Coös in 1763, and was one of the pioneer settlers of Newbury, Vt. Five children born in Newbury, Vt.
JOSEPH KENT2 (Jacob1), third son of youngest child, born Newbury, Vt., Dec. 29, 1773; married Apr. 3, 1800, Elizabeth, daughter Remembrance Chamberlain, born Dec. 19, 1781, died Feb. 26, 1837. He died July 20, 1859. Eleven children born in Newbury, Vt.
ARAD STEBBINS KENT3 (Joseph2, Jacob1) eldest son, born Mar. 27, 1802; married Boston, Mass., May 3, 1828, Mary Ann Griffin, born Dec. 19, 1806, died Jan. 2, 1885. He died Feb. 1, 1871. Six children born in Newbury, Vt.
JOSEPH FRANK KENT4 (Arad S.3, Joseph?, Jacob1) born Feb. 13, 1845; married June 19, 1869, Effie A. Burbank of Haverhill; she died Derby, Vt., Dec. 15, 1882; married, second, July 3, 1883, Eunice Idella, daughter Alonzo R. and Emelia B. Parker of Derby. He was a farmer lived in Derby till 1909, when he came to Woodsville to take charge of the farm of his sister Mrs. William K. (Kent) Wallace. Three children. One by first marriage, two by second.
1. HATTIE M.5
2. WILLIAM F.5 b. W. Derby, Vt., Apr. 12, 1890; d. Sept. 9, 1898.
3. HARRY FRANK5 b. W. Derby, Vt., Dec. 18, 1891. Lives in Woodsville on the Wallace farm.
KEYES
SOLOMON KEIES.1 The original spelling of this name appears to have been Keies. The marriage of Solomon Keies and Frances Grant Oct. 2, 1653, is found in the Newbury, Mass., records. In 1664, Solomon Keies took up land in Chelmsford and the house he built the next year is still standing in that part of Chelmsford now called Westford. The old town clerks book of Chelmsford has this entry: "Sargent Solomon Keys dyed Mar. 28, 1702." His wife died 1708. Eleven children.
SOLOMON KEIES? or Keys (Solomon1) born June 24, 1665; twice married; name of first wife Mary, of second Priscilla.
SOLOMON KEYS3 or Keyes (Solomon2, Solomon1), third son of Solomon and Mary, born May 11, 1701, married Sarah - -. He was in Capt. Lovewell's Company on its famous excursion to Pequawket, Me., in Apr. 1725, and was one of the few survivors. He received three bullet wounds and was believed to be dying. He rolled himself down the beach and into a canoe to prevent his body from being mutilated by the Indians. The canoe was blown across the pond at Fryeburg and he escaped. He settled in Warren, Mass., was a soldier in the old French war and was killed at Lake George Sept. 8, 1755. His eldest son was wounded in the same battle. Eight children.
COL. DANFORTH KEYES4 (Solomon3, Solomon2, Solomon1) born Warren, Mass., 1740. Was a soldier in the old French war; was in the same battle in which his father was killed, but escaped unharmed; served through the war and was at the surrender of Mont- real. Was the first child born in the town of Warren, Mass. He also served in the War of the Revolution beginning with Lexington and Bunker Hill. During the entire war he visited his home but twice. He was a personal friend of Washington. The town of Hardwick, Vt., was granted to him and his Associates. Married Dec. 6, 1764, Sarah Cutler of Warren, Mass., born Apr. 2, 1745; died Aug. 19, 1831. He died Sept. 14, 1826. Eight children.
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