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LEIGHTON
LAYTON, LATON, LAITON
REUBEN LEIGHTON1, born in Dover; went to Newbury, Vt., about 1800; bought forest land and cleared a farm on what is known as "Leighton Hill." He died June 28, 1842, aged 72, and his wife, Mary, died Feb. 21, 1862, aged 92 years and 5 months. Nine children:
STEPHEN D. LEIGHTON2 (Reuben1) born Newbury, Vt .; settled in Bath; married Mar. 5, 1829, Sarah, daughter Joel and Louise (Downes) Carbee, born Newbury, Vt., July 15, 1807. He died Feb. 19, 1834, in his 71st year. She died Apr. 11, 1844, aged 83. Twelve children born in Bath:
SARAH LEIGHTON3 (Stephen D.2, Reuben1) married David G. Forsyth. She resides in Woodsville, with her children, Mabel L. and John A.
ANDREW J. LEIGHTON3 (Stephen D.2, Reuben1) born May 28, 1831; married Helen L. Bedell, born Apr. 24, 1836, died Mar. 1, 1909. He died Jan. 3, 1907. Five children:
EMMA C. b. May 11, 1854; d. July 10, 1880; m. Apr. 16, 1871, J. E. Taplin of Corinth, Vt. Two chil .: Frank H., b. May 21, 1879; Helen J., b. July 18, 1877. FRANK A. b. Dec. 15, 1857; d. unm. Mar. 1, 1891.
FRED M. b. Apr. 25, 1859; m. Dec. 13, 1888, Emma, dau. of William Kimball. HENRY A. b. May 28, 1865; m. Oct. 19, 1898, Carrie, dau. of R. M. Johnson. Two chil .: Philip H. b. July 1899; Richard A. b. July 1891.
BELLE C. b. 1867; m. Aug. 23, 1887, Lloyd Kimball; 2d, George W. Canty of New- port, Vt. Two chil .: Ray Kimball b. Oct. 6, 1888; Frank C. Kimball b. July 21, 1890.
ALBERT HENRY LEIGHTON3 (Stephen D.2, Reuben1) born Bath; died Woodsville, Jan. 14, 1917; married Sept. 5, 1872, Ellen C., daughter of Edward and Hannah Lother, born in Benton. Resided in Woodsville most of his life, in business with his brother-in- law, Q. A. Scott, and proprietor many years of the Hotel Wentworth, which he built. Was the efficient superintendent of streets for years. Democrat; Universalist; out- spoken in his convictions; a useful citizen. One child:
MARTHA LOUISE b. Feb. 23, 1879; m. Fred L. Sargent. She has been clerk in office of register of deeds, and of probate since 1902.
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LEITH
GEORGE W. LEITH1 born in Quebec, P. Q., May 20, 1820; was of Scotch ancestry, his father being a ship-builder who removed from Leith, Scotland, to the Canadian provinces soon after 1800. He served an apprenticeship at the trade of tailor, and in 1852 after two years in Adams, Mass., came to Haverhill and established himself as merchant tailor; married 1855 Eveline E., daughter Charles S. and Abigail (Haskell) Frary, born Haverhill Oct. 10, 1835, died Dec. 20, 1908. He enlisted Sept. 10, 1862, Company B, Fifteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, and was mustered out Aug. 13, 1863; wounded at Port Hudson, La., just before his discharge; re-enlisted in Company L, First New Hamp- shire Volunteers, Heavy Artillery, Sept. 27, 1864, and was mustered out June 15, 1865. On account of failing health he retired from business in 1893 and died Aug. 14, 1905. His home at the Corner was in the famous Bliss tavern. Four children born in Haverhill:
1. GEORGE E.2 superintendent of Pinkerton detective agency in Boston.
2. WILLIAM H.2 b. May 19, 1859.
3. HARRY W.2 b. Apr. 4, 1871; d. Hav. June 16, 1911. Physician.
4. WALTER H.2
WILLIAM H. LEITH2 (George W.1) born Haverhill May 19, 1859; educated at Haver- hill Academy, Braintree, Mass., High School and Medical College of the University of Vermont, graduating with degree of M. D. in class of 1883. Practicing physician in Lancaster since 1886. Married Oct. 4, 1888, Minnie P., daughter of George Roscoe and Sarah J. (Parker) Eaton of Lancaster. One child, Eaton3.
LEONARD
HENRY BAXTER LEONARD was born in Sharon, Vt., July 8, 1817, the eldest son of Gains and Eunice (Spalding) Leonard. His mother was a daughter of Reuben and Jerusha (Carpenter) Spalding and a sister of Dr. Phineas Spalding, so long in practice of his profession at Haverhill Corner. His early years were spent on the home farm, but he acquired by his own efforts and perseverance an academic education and began the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. James Spalding, in Montpelier, Vt., and later graduated from the Woodstock, Vt., Medical College. He began the practice of his profession at North Haverhill and continued with marked fidelity and success until his death Feb. 7, 1869. He was the ideal country doctor. He took an active interest in pub- lic affairs, was a Democrat in his political affiliations, and represented Haverhill in the legislature in 1866-67.
Dr. Leonard was twice married: first, Nancy, daughter Obadiah and Nancy (Merrill) Swasey, born Haverhill Apr. 27, 1805, died without issue, Aug. 3, 1867; married, second, Sept. 23, 1867, Lizzie M. Dunkley of Haverhill. One child, Henry B. Leonard, Jr., born Haverhill Sept. 1, 1868.
LEONARD
JAMES FREDERICK LEONARD born Springvale, Me., Oct. 31, 1857, son of William M. (born Taunton, Mass., Sept. 7, 1834) and Avis Gardner (Macy) Leonard (born Nan- tucket, Mass., May 31, 1836), great grandson of Nathaniel and Sally Leonard and grand- son of James and Elizabeth (Richmond) Leonard; married July 17, 1886, at Olathe, Kan., Ada Weimer, daughter Solomon A. Weimer, born Oct. 31, 1857. Came to Woods- ville Sept. 1887; was yard master at the freight yards until appointed postmaster by President Wilson, taking office Mar. 2, 1914. Began his railroad work with the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad. Was in railroad employ in the west from 1880 to 1887,
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when he returned to Woodsville and entered the employ of the Boston and Maine. Democrat; Episcopalian. Two children born in Woodsville:
1. JAMES MORTIMER b. Jan. 18, 1888; electrical engineer, N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Boston, Mass. Lieut., Naval Reserves, 1917-18.
2. MARY BREWER b. May 15, 1892.
LEVERETT
LOIS BURNHAM LEVERETT, wife of John Nelson; Mary Leverett and Abigail B. Leverett, first and second wives of Deacon Abel K. Merrill, and daughters of John Leverett of Windsor, Vt., were each of such influence in their respective families and in the social life of the town that the genealogical record of the Nelson and Merrill families would lack completeness without a sketch of their ancestry. The regard in which this ancestry is held by both families is proven by the frequency of the appearance of the name among the descendants of John Nelson and Deacon Merrill.
ELDER THOMAS LEVERETT1, emigrant ancestor from Boston, Lincolnshire, England," where the youngest of his sixteen children was baptized, came to America in company with Rev. John Cotton and settled in Boston 1633. Became a member of the First Church. Following the ordination of Mr. Cotton, he was made ruling elder and held this office till his death. He married 1610 Anne Fisher; died Apr. 3, 1650; she died Oct. 16, 1656.
GOVERNOR JOHN LEVERETT2 (Thomas1) born England July 1616; came to America with his father. He was a merchant, but the greater part of his life was devoted to the colony. He was deputy governor 1671 and 1672 and governor from 1673 till his death. In 1676 he received from Charles II the order of Knighthood, but never assumed the title. Married, first, 1639, Hannah, daughter Ralph Hudson, died July 7, 1646; mar- ried, second, Sept. 7, 1647, Sarah Sedgwick,who died Nov. 2, 1704. He died Mar. 16, 1678-9.
HUDSON LEVERETT3 (John2, Thomas1) born Boston May 3, 1640; married 1661 Sarah Peyton, born Boston 1643. She died about 1679; married, second, Elizabeth - He died 1694; his widow died 1714. Merchant. One son of Hudson and Sarah: John born Aug. 25, 1662, became president of Harvard College.
THOMAS LEVERETT4 (Hudson3, John2, Thomas1) born Boston; baptized 1674; married Dec. 11, 1701, Rebecca Winsor, born Nov. 3, 1673. He died 1706.
KNIGHT LEVERETT® (Thomas4, Hudson3, John2, Thomas1) born Boston Jan. 1, 1702-3; married Feb. 1, 1725-6, Abigail Buttolph. Merchant; inherited both lands and money. Died Jan. 11, 1753.
JOHN LEVERETT6 (Knight5, Thomas4, Hudson3, John2, Thomas1) born Boston, Jan. 28, 1726-7; married Dec. 19, 1757, Mary Greenleaf, born Nov. 20, 1732, daughter of Stephen and Mary Gould Greenleaf. Was line officer in Col. John Phillips' Regiment of Militia, and in 1771 was commissioned lieutenant-colonel in Col. John Erwing's Regiment; was subsequently its colonel; was a merchant and importer of British goods. His ware- house and contents were destroyed by the King's troops when they took possession of Boston in 1774. He removed his family to Middletown, Conn., where he died June 10, 1777. His widow removed with her sons to Windsor, Vt., where she died July 8, 1795. There were three sons: 1, John; 2, William, whose daughter Mary married Hon. Horace Everett; daughter Elizabeth married Hon. George Woodward of Hanover, and daughter Lucretia married Jonathan Bliss; 3, Thomas, secretary of state of Vermont.
JOHN LEVERETT7 (John6, Knight5, Thomas4, Hudson3, John2, Thomas1) born Boston Sept. 19, 1754; Harvard 1776. Removed from Middletown, Conn., to Windsor, Vt., and was through life an able and trusted lawyer. He was in affluent circumstances and refused all overtures of political preferment. He was a studious gentleman of rare
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attainment and marked ability. Married, first, Mar. 3, 1790, Lois Burnham, born Mar. 29, 1764, died Jan. 11, 1791; married, second, June 7, 1792, Hannah Leverett, granddaughter of Knight Leverett5; she died Apr. 29, 1799; married, third, June 9, 1803, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury of Boston, born Aug. 15, 1772; died Apr. 17, 1848. He died Apr. 18, 1839. One child by first, three by second and seven by third marriage:
1. LOIS BURNHAM b. Dec. 29, 1790; m. Mar. 16, 1818, John Nelson. (See Nelson.)
2. JOHN b. Mar. 11, 1793; m. Sept. 1, 1824, Esther S. Wellman, merchant in Boston and New York; d. 1843.
3. THOMAS b. May 29, 1795; d. June 6, 1816.
4. HANNAH b. Mar. 29, 1798; d. Jan. 4, 1826.
5. SAMUEL SALISBURY b. May 14, 1804; d. Apr. 30, 1828; Dartmouth 1822.
6. JOSIAH b. Jan. 24, 1810; unm .; merchant, New York.
7. ELIZABETH b. Sept. 3, 1805; m. July 1836, Rev. John S. Davenport; d. Aug. 18, 1894.
8. MARTHA b. Jan. 2, 1807; m. William C. Thompson, lawyer, Plymouth. (See Thompson.)
9. MARY b. June 2, 1808; m. Apr. 30, 1832, Abel K. Merrill. (See Merrill.)
10. ABIGAIL B. b. Oct. 14, 1811; m. Abel K. Merrill. (See Merrill.)
11. WILLIAM b. July 8, 1813; Yale 1834; lawyer, Plymouth, till his death Sept. 18, 1874.
LIBBEY
LUKE LIBBEYI came into Warren from Landaff just as the War of the Revolution closed. He had served for seven years in the war and had spent fourteen months in an English prison.
GEORGE LIBBEY2 of Warren was a son of Luke Libbey.
JOHN A. LIBBEY3 was born in Warren and married Angeline Prescott Nov. 12, 1843. They had five children: 1, William A.4; 2, Ellen4; 3, E. Irving4; 4, Emma4; 5, Elmer P.4; died Rutland.
WILLIAM A.4 born Sept. 14, 1843, educated in public schools of Piermont; married Aug. 9, 1864, Lucy Stone, born Feb. 22, 1845. They are still living. Three children born in Piermont: Lettie Stone5; Elbert G.5; John Edward5.
JOHN EDWARDS married Feb. 22, 1903, Lois F. Albee of West Littleton, born June 1876. One child. Democrat; Methodist; Mason. In company with J. L. Batchelder, gentle- men's furnishings.
JOHN A.6 born Mar. 26, 1905.
LOCKE
JOHN LOCKE1 came from Yorkshire, England, about 1644, and settled in Dover about 1652; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Berry of Rye and removed to that town. He was killed by Indians Aug. 26, 1696, while reaping grain in his field, but two of his sons who were with him escaped.
WILLIAM LOCKE2 (John1), fourth of the six sons of John and Elizabeth, born Rye Apr. 17, 1677; married Nov. 23, 1699, Hannah Knowles, born Apr. 18, 1678; died Sept. 12, 1769. He died Jan. 22, 1768; was deacon of church in Rye many years.
ELISHA LOCKE3 (William2, John1) baptized in Rye 1719; married Jan. 14, 1743, Try- phena, daughter of Daniel and Phebe (Philbrick) Moulton of Rye, born 1726; lived in Barrington and Chester; purchased land in Haverhill in 1763 and came to his new pos- sessions soon after; was moderator of the first annual town meeting of which there is record (1765); selectman that same year, and town clerk 1766-67. He sold his real estate in Chester in 1767, and in the conveyance is described as miller. In Oct. 1764 the Haverhill proprietors "voted the whole privilege of the lower falls on Hosmers
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(Olivarian) Brook with the whole lands laid out for said privilege to Timothy Bedel and Elisha Lock provided they complete two mills by the 20th of Nov. 1765, one a sawmill, the other a gristmill on said falls." These two mills were probably not built at that time since in 1768 there were further rates in reference to the sawmill. The gristmill, however, had evidently been erected by Elisha Lock, as appears from proprietors rates Apr. 1, 1768, and Feb. 4, 1771.
The first gristmill at "the Brook" was owned and operated by "Elisha Lock, miller." He was one of the leading and influential men of the pioneers. Seven children born in Barrington, Chester and Haverhill:
1. ELISHA b. 1743; d. young.
2. DAVID b. 1745; d. infancy.
3. MARY S. b. 1747; m. Jonathan Ladd. (See Ladd.)
4. SERGT. WILLIAM b. 1753; m. Tryphena Saunders. 5. HANNAH b. 1755; m. Dec. 3, 1772, James Ladd. (See Ladd.)
6. ELISHA b. Chester 1760; m. Mehitable Stickney.
7. DAVID b. Hav. 1767 (?); m., 1st, 1787 Elizabeth Lillingham; 2d, Nov. 6, 1809, Rachel Brainard.
SERGT. WILLIAM LOCKE4 (Elisha3, William2, John1) born 1753; married Tryphena Saunders. Lived in Bath and Haverhill. He was in Capt. James Osgood's company, enlisted June 24, 1776. He was also a member of Capt. Post's Company, Stark's regi- ment. He is said to have been a man of marked eccentricities, and was known as "Picker," probably suggested by his trade that of stonecutter. His children, probably born in Haverhill, went to New York, none of them settling in Haverhill and late in life he returned to Rye, where he died "a lone man" Apr. 19, 1828. Five children:
1. JONATHAN5 b. Nov. 26, 1797; m. Jan. 31, 1822, Sophia Thurston; settled Brasher Falls, N. Y.
2. ABIGAIL5 m. John Saunders.
3. TRYPHENA 5m. Isaac Winter.
4. ADELINE A m. Cornelius Rice.
5. NELSON HORATIO5 m., 1st, Amanda Squires.
CORP. ELISHA LOCKE4 (Elisha3, William2, John1) born 1760; married Mehitable Stick- ney, daughter of James and Eleanor (Wilson). He was in Simpson's Rangers 1776; Stark's Regiment, Capt. Post's company, July 24, to Sept. 25, 1777; in Capt. Barrow's company 1779; paid for services 1777 to Jan. 1778, and to Apr. 9, 1782. He removed with his family to Monroe County, N. Y., 1816; pensioned in 1841; died Jan. 28, 1844; wife died previous to 1820. Eleven children born in Haverhill:
1. PHEBE5 b. 1790; d. 1809.
2. REV. WALLACE5 b. 1792; Methodist minister.
3. SUSAN5 b. 1794; m. Nov. 21, 1821, Peter Eastman of Bath.
4. DAVID5 b. 1796; m. Mehitable Pattee; lived Cold Water, Mich.
5. DOROTHY5 b. 1798; d. 1816.
6. JONATHAN5 b. 1800; d. 1829.
7. JOHNSON5 b. 1802.
8. NATHAN5 b. Apr. 8, 1804; m. Mar. 2, 1828, Esther Kittredge.
9. AMOS5 b. 1806.
10. DUDLEY5 b. 1809; m. Olive Strong.
11. DOLLY m. James Pierce; lived Hartland, N. Y.
JOSEPH LOCKE7 (David6, Simeon5, David4, Jonathan3, Dea. William2, John1) born Lyman Feb. 27, 1812; married 1844, Arvilla Carr of Haverhill. Lived in Haverhill till about 1863, when he went with family to Titusville, Pa., where he died July 6, 1777. Six children born in Haverhill :
1. NANCY ALICE8 b. Mar. 31, 1846; m. Apr. 8, 1865, Theodore M. Shearer.
2. HENRY WALKER8 b. May 6, 1847; m. 1st, 1869, Amanda Lutz; m., 2d, 1886, Clara Alexander.
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3. JOHN CARR& b. Feb. 12, 1850; d., unm., Harmony, Pa., June 1893.
4. MORRILL SILAS8 b. Sept. 10, 1853; m. 1876 Susan F. Parker of Titusville, Pa. Machinist, living (1915) Bridgeport, Ill.
5. JOSEPH HANNIBAL8 b. May 20, 1856; m. 1888, Sarah Ditson, Lima, O .; machinist in oil business, Robinson, Ill .; d. June 1, 1907.
6. WILLIAM HALE8 b. Aug. 17, 1858; m. July 13, 1891, Elizabeth Boyd.
LOTHER
EDWARD H. LOTHER, son Edward and Hannah Lother, born Newbury, Vt., May 20, 1852; married Apr. 17, 1883, Ellen Augusta, daughter of John and Betsey Elizabeth (Manning) Stebbins, born Royalton, Vt., Feb. 17, 1854. Has lived in Woodsville since 1883. At first in employ of railroad, but since 1892 in the hardware business. Univer- salist, Democrat, Odd Fellow, Maccabee. One child:
HENRY EDWARD LOTHER b. Woodsville Aug. 12, 1892; m. July 25, 1914, Eva May, dau. George Davis of Lakeport. Chief clerk in office of division engineer, B. & M. R. R. at Woodsville.
LOVEJOY
WELLINGTON H. LOVEJOY born Peru, Me., Oct. 22, 1842, son of Reuben and Martha Reading Lovejoy; married, first, Apr. 16, 1877, Fatima M. Porter of Paris, Me., died Woodsville May 10, 1905; married, second, June 19, 1906, Mrs. Harriet (Bancroft) Thorpe of Harrisville. Went to Boston as a young man, and was employed in the Quincy Market till Apr. 3, 1865, where he enlisted in Second United States Cavalry. After a few months service in the Shenandoah Valley he saw service on the Plains, until mustered out with rank of sergeant in Apr. 1868. Was wood contractor on the Grand Trunk Railway till about 1881, when he went into the meat and provision business in Stratford; came to Woodsville in 1896, built the block on Central street, where he con- ducted a market till about 1906, when he retired. In politics he is a Democrat; attends Methodist Episcopal Church; trustee Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank.
LYONS
GEORGE LYONS born in Landaff on Nov. 20, 1848; married Inez Eastman, born in Littleton, July 18, 1850. They were married Dec. 11, 1875. He died Apr. 10, 1916. Children :
1. GEORGE C. b. Lancaster Dec. 9, 1876; engineer B. & M. R. R.
2. MAY M. b. Elkhart, Ind., Dec. 15, 1879; m. A. C. Sault.
MACKINTOSH
EBENEZER MACKINTOSH born Boston, Mass., 1736; married first, - Maverick, whose brother, Samuel, was killed in the Boston Massacre Mar. 5, 1770; married, second, Nov. 11, 1784, widow Elizabeth Chase of Newbury, Vt. He died Haverhill 1816, buried in the Horse Meadow Cemetery.
* He acquired prominence in the local disturbances in Boston prior to the outbreak of the Revolution, but he disappears from her history before Lexington and Bunker Hill. He was a shoemaker at the South End of the town, and was the leader of a faction of young men who maintained a feud with a like faction at the North End, and who were almost constantly in trouble with each other. In 1765 the two factions harmonized and after a friendly meeting in King (now State) Street marched together to Liberty Tree. The leaders, Mackintosh of the South and Swift of the North End, appeared in military habits, with small canes resting on their left arms, having music in front and flank. All
*Drake's Tea Leaves, pub. 1884, p. 126.
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the property used on such occasions was afterwards burned on Copp's Hill. Mackin- tosh was one of the leaders in the riot of Aug. 16, 1765, when Lieutenant-Governor Hutch- inson's house was destroyed, and was arrested in King Street next day but was imme- diately released by the sheriff, on the demand of a number of merchants and other persons of character and property.
The following passage occurs in the "Diary and Letters of Thomas Hutchinson":
"The governor had summoned a council the day after the riot. The sheriff attended, and upon enquiring, it appeared that one Mackintosh, a shoemaker, was among the most active in destroying the Lieutenant-Governor's house and furniture. A warrant was given to the sheriff to apprehend him by name with divers others. Mackintosh appeared in King Street, and the sheriff took him, but soon discharged him, and returned to the council chamber, where he gave an account of his taking him, and that Mr. Nathaniel Coffin, and several other gentlemen came to him and told him that it had been agreed that the cadets and many other persons should appear in arms the next evening, as a guard and security against a fresh riot, which was feared and said to have been threatened but not a man would appear unless Mackintosh was discharged. The Lieutenant-Governor asked, 'And did you discharge him?' 'Yes.' 'Then you have not done your duty.' And this was all the notice taken of the discharge. The true reason of this discharging of Mackintosh was that he could disclose who had employed him, whereas the other persons apprehended were such as had collected together without knowing of any previous plan."
Such is Governor Hutchinson's account. There were more "higher up" who wished to protect themselves, and they feared that Mackintosh might talk too much. From what was known of him in his later years, he had indeed this weakness. He was called "Captain" Mackintosh, and he claimed to have been the "First Captain General of the Liberty Tree," but there is no evidence of any such title belonging to him except as it was self-bestowed, or that he ever held a commission. There is no doubt whatever that Mackintosh was a member of the party which on the night of Dec. 23, 1773, emptied 342 chests of tea valued at £18,000 into Boston Harbor. It is not yet definitely known who constituted the party. Thatcher in his "Traits of the Tea Party, " published in 1835, gives the names of fifty-eight of them secured after careful and prolonged investigation, but the Christian name of Mackintosh and one other Martin does not appear, but there is no evi- dence that Mackintosh was a leader. But two of the recognized leaders of the people were there- Dr. Young and Thomas Molineaux. Says Drake: "Most of them were mechanics and apprentices of the Stamp of Revere, Howard, Wheeler, Crane and Peck, men who could restrain and keepin due subordination the more fiery and dangerous element, always present in popular demonstrations. That element was not wholly absent on this occa- sion, for Mackintosh the leader in the Stamp Act riots was present with 'his chickens' as he called them and active in destroying the tea. There were also professional men and merchants, men of high character and standing, so that all classes were fairly repre- sented." The statement that Mackintosh was the leader of the Boston Tea Party, made in the history of Ryegate, Vt., page 289, is incorrect. There is no doubt that in his later years he claimed this leadership but he talked too much. It was the fact which doubtless led to his being induced to leave Boston soon after the party as he probably also knew too much for the comfort of the real leaders. He is said to have come "to Haverhill on foot through the wilderness leading a son, Paschal, by the hand and carry- ing his daughter, Betsey, in his arms their mother being dead." If he came as early as 1774, Betsey who was six years of age must have been something of a burden. He settled on the Plain, North Haverhill, but also lived for a time in Newbury and also Ryegate, Vt., with his daughter after her marriage. During the Revolution he enlisted in Capt. Joseph Hutchins' company of thirty-four men in the Eastern Division of the
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Northern Department under the command of Gen. Gates, and in Gen. Jacob Bayley's brigade, from Aug. 18 to Oct. 6, 1777. He certainly served in distinguished company. Among other privates and comrades were Timothy Barron, Samuel Ladd, Seth Ford, John Rich, John Page, John Sanders, Josiah Elkins, Luther Richardson, James Bailey, James Woodward, Jonathan Ring, Nathaniel Rix, John Young and Joshua Howard. The records of 1780 also show payment for scouting duty. The office of sealer of leather was an important one in the early days, and in Haverhill was held by such men as Ezekiel Ladd, Richard Gookin and John Montgomery, but in 1782, '83, and '84, Eben- ezer Mackintosh, who must have been recognized as an expert in the matter of leather properly tanned and which could not be used until officially stamped and sealed, was elected to that important office. There was nothing like leather in those days.
The census of 1790 credits him with a family of five including himself and wife. It gives two white males under 16 years of age. There may have been two children by his second marriage, but of this there is no record. Children:
1. PASCHAL b. Boston about 1766; went to Montmorency, O .; m. and reared a large family. His father, Ebenezer, spent a few years with him before his death going and returning on foot it is said. Some of his descendants recently sent to the Coosuck Chapter of the D. A. R. at No. Hav. funds for the erection of a monument to his memory. The Chapter performed this office by the erection on Main Street of a marble tablet inclosed in cement on the site of the house occupied by him for several years, as it was found impossible to locate his grave in the Horse Meadow Cemetery. It is to be regretted, however, that the Chapter or the persons authorizing the erection of the tablet were not a little more careful in making the inscription. It is to the memory of "Capt. Philip Mackintosh." The "Mackin- tosh" is all right but the "Capt." is apocryphal, and it is hardly possible to twist "Ebenezer" into "Philip."
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