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8. EUGENE W. b. Apr. 27, 1862.
JOHN D. PIKE9 (Isaac8, Moses7, Daniele, Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Isaac, born Feb. 14, 1822; died Jan. 17, 1902; farmer in Haverhill; married Apr. 5, 1848, Jane Poor. Children:
1. IDA A. b. Jan. 11, 1849; m. George Hatch.
2. JOHN b. July 1, 1850; d. Aug. 20, 1872.
3. SAMUEL P. b. June 21, 1852.
4. LOUISA b. Jan. 21, 1853; m. George Perkins.
5. ETHAN b. Sept. 25, 1854; d. June 20, 1874.
6. IRENA b. Oct. 5, 1857.
7. JULIAN b. Aug. 10, 1859; d. July 14, 1885.
8. EMMA b. Sept. 10, 1861.
9. EPHRAIM b. July 17, 1863.
ISAAC PIKE9 (Isaac8, Moses7, Daniel6, Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Isaac, born May 15, 1829; died Dec. 11, 1901; married, first, Mary Lather; married, second, Permelia G. Titus, born Feb. 8, 1859; died May 8, 1912. Six children, four by first marriage and two by second:
1. MARY ETTA b. June 16, 1853.
2. FLORA JENNIE b. June 7, 1854.
3. LIZZIE E. b. Aug. 21, 1856; m. George Wilson of West Newbury, Vt.
4. BION W. b. Apr. 18, 1858; d. Newbury, Vt., Dec. 31, 1876.
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5. MINNA A. b. Nov. 21, 1884; m. Guy Day.
6. ISAAC WATSON b. Feb. 3, 1889.
ALONZO FRANKLIN PIKE? (Isaac8, Moses7, Daniele, Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Isaac, born Haverhill, N. H., Aug. 26, 1835; died Danville, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1891; married in 1867 Ellen Maria Hutchins of Wells River, Vt., born May 5, 1846; died July, 1891. Children:
1. ELLEN M. b. Apr. 21, 1869; m. Wilmas N. Cheney; d. July 30, 1892.
2. KATHERINE HOPE b. Apr. 17, 1873; m. Harry K. Noyes; d. June 9, 1910.
3. ANNA RAY b. May 21, 1877; d. Aug. 7, 1877.
4. RUBY MELISSA b. June 29, 1878; m. Merrill A. Smith.
5. EDITH BLANCHE b. Sept. 13, 1881; m. Harry K. Noyes.
6. ATHIE FLORENCE b. Sept. 13, 1880; d. Nov. 9, 1881.
7. ADDIE FLORENCE b. Nov. 10, 1886; m. Harriman C. Dodd of Worcester, Mass.
EDWIN BURBANK PIKE9 (Isaac8, Moses7, Daniel6, Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Isaac, born Apr. 7, 1845; died Aug. 24, 1908; married, first, Apr. 14, 1865, Addie A. Miner who died 1887; married, second, Harriet D. Tromblee of Montpelier Sept. 10, 1890. Five children, three by first marriage and two by second:
1. EDWIN BERTRAM b. July 24, 1866.
2. WINIFRED ALTA b. May 21, 1869; m. Walter L. Emory of Fitchburg, Mass.
3. ARCHIE FLORENCE b. Sept. 24, 1873; d. Dec. 15, 1887.
4. MARY DOROTHY b. Nov. 20, 1892; d. Feb. 14, 1896.
5. HARRIET KATHERINE b. Dec. 13, 1895; m. Sept. 25, 1915, William V. M. Robertson, Jr., of Birmingham, Ala.
CHARLES J. PIKE9 (Drury8, Moses7, Daniel6, Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, John1) born Dec. 23, 1846; married Ellen S. Talbirt Mar. 31, 1868; she was born Nov. 2, 1849. He died Aug. 16, 1913. Was interested in town affairs, served fourteen terms as selectman. Children:
1. FREDERICK D. b. Mar. 13, 1869.
2. HARRY H. b. Sept. 20, 1870.
3. BERTHA M. b. June 1, 1876; m. June 5, 1895, D. K. Merrill.
FREDERICK D. PIKE10 (Charles J.9, Drury8, Moses7, Daniel6, Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, John1) married Mrs. Susie Gannett Cutting, Feb. 28, 1898. Children: 1. KENNETH EARL b. Sept. 27, 1899.
2. LOUIS TALBOT b. July 3, 1905.
EDWIN BERTRAM PIKE10 (Edwin9, Isaac8, Moses7, Daniel6, Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Edwin B., born July 24, 1866, Salem, Mass .; married Feb. 17, 1911, Mrs. Mamie Pearson Rix, daughter of Robert H. and Sally (Harrison) Pearson of Bir- mingham, Ala. President National Bank of Newbury. Children:
1. CONSTANCE HARRISON b. Feb. 18, 1913.
2. EDWIN BERTRAM b. Aug. 19, 1914.
3. DEBORAH b. Apr. 1, 1917.
PILLSBURY
MOSES W. PILLSBURY married Eliza E. Clement and lived in Warren. He was en- gaged for a time as blacksmith, and was also for several years engaged in trade, his store being opposite the Moosilauke House. Democrat in politics, and one of the sub- stantial citizens of the town. Children born in Warren:
1. CLARA A. b. 1854; m. 1873 Manus H. Perkins, b. in Danville, P. Q., s. of Stephen and Augusta Perkins, d. Dec. 18, 1893, ae. 49 yrs., 7 mos. Was freight conductor on B. & M. R. R. One dau., Lila, b. Sept. 10, 1880; m. June 14, 1899, Norton Lindsay, b. June 24, 1872; is a B. & M. conductor. She d. Apr. 6, 1908. Chil .: J. Herbert b. Apr. 2, 1902; Roger M. b. Nov. 13, 1903; Richard F. b. Feb. 17, 1907.
2. FRED T. b. Mar. 20, 1857; m. Manchester 1906 Isabel V., dau. of Thomas Clarke, b. Northampton, Mass., and Catherine (McDonald) Birge, b. Prince Edward
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Island. He entered the employ of the B. C. &. M. R. R. and was twenty-three years engineer on the Mt. Washington railroad. Represented Warren in the legislature of 1891-93, and served as selectman in 1888, '89 and '91. Removed to Woodsville in 1891. Half owner of Bittinger Block, so-called. Retired. Resides King St. Democrat. One child, Frederick Herbert, b. Woodsville Sept. S, 1908; d. Dec. 26, 1908.
MOSES HERBERT PILLSBURY born Feb. 28, 1868; married Sept. 20, 1905, Alice M. Battis, daughter James and Tryphena (Putnam) Battis. Came to Woodsville to live in 1891. Was in hotel business for a time in Lisbon.
POOR
JOSEPH POOR, son of Jesse and Mary (Hook) Poor, born Orford, Oct. 3, 1840; married Jan. 16, 1873, Elizabeth, daughter of George and Louisa (Lang) Swasey of Newbury, Vt., born Sept. 30, 1845, died July 5, 1905. He died Mar. 20, 1908. One child, Mary Louise, born Feb. 23, 1874; married Dr. Henry C. Stearns. (See Stearns.)
Mr. Poor came to Haverhill about 1860 as clerk in the store of William H. Page who married his sister. Later he became partner, and later still he was in partnership with Tyler Westgate in a general store until the store was destroyed by fire. In politics he was a Democrat and, in 1884, failed of an election to the legislature by a single vote, the result being that the town sent but one representative. Quiet and unobtrusive in his manners, he was successful in business, accumulated a handsome property, and enjoyed the respect of his fellow townsmen.
PORTER
1. In 1635, JOHN PORTER born in England about 1595, was a settler in Hingham, Mass .; married Mary -. May have lived in Boston or Dorchester. Was deputy to General Court from Hingham in 1644. Removed to Salem same year. Died Sept. 6, 1676, aged eighty-one. Eight children.
2. SAMUEL, son John and Mary Porter, married Hannah
3. JOHN, son Samuel and Hannah Porter, born 1658; married Lydia. Eleven children.
4. BENJAMIN, son John and Lydia Porter, born 1692; married Sarah Tyler. Lived in Boxford.
5. MOSES, son Benjamin and Sarah (Tyler) Porter, born Boxford, Mass., Nov. 17, 1719; married Dec. 3, 1741, Mary, daughter of Edmund Chadwick of Bradford, born 1720, died Mar. 7, 1781. He helped form the church in Boxford, upper parish, of which he was a member for a period of seventy years preceding his death in 1813. Eight children all born in Boxford:
1. AsA b. May 26, 1742.
2. WILLIAM b. Apr. 27, 1744.
3. MARY b. 1748; d. 1752.
4. MosEs b. Jan. 18, 1750.
5. AARON b. Mar. 28, 1752.
6. MARY b. July 20, 1754; m. Joseph Hovey.
7. Lucy b. Oct. 1, 1756.
8. JAMES b. Dec. 1758; d. 1761.
1. COL. ASA, son Moses and Mary (Chadwick) Porter, born May 26, 1742; graduated at Harvard College 1762; established himself as a merchant in Newburyport, Mass. He married Mehitabel, daughter of John Crocker, Esq., of that town and came to Haverhill not later than 1770. He became from the first one of the leaders in the life of the new town. His Royalist sympathies during the War of the Revolution placed him tempo- rarily under a cloud, but his attitude then did not permanently affect his standing and influence with his townsmen. His title of colonel came from his commission in the
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second regiment of Provincial militia, and when the Court of Common Pleas was estab- lished in 1773 in Grafton County with Col. John Hurd as chief justice Col. Porter was nained as one of the three associate justices. While never holding town offices, except when called upon to preside at town meetings, he occupied a position of influential leader- ship in public matters and his advice and services were frequently sought in the settle- ment of estates and in the promotion of business enterprises and public improvements. He made his farm a profitable one, and the census of 1790 shows his houschold to be the most numerous in town, a total of nineteen persons, including three negro slaves. His landed estate was large. Besides his holdings in Haverhill, he owned at one time nearly 100,000 acres, aside from the township of Broome in Canada which had been granted him by the Crown in recognition of what he had suffered in person and property because of his Loyalist sympathies. At one time he owned a large part of Topsham, Vt., and ex- tensive tracts in neighboring towns. He claimed title also to the town of Woodstock, Vt., and was offered a crown ($1.10) per acre to compromise his claim, but with character- istic tenacity of purpose he clung to his title until his claim was decided adversely to him. At one time in order to fulfil a contract with the British government for building a bridge at Quebec, he accompanied his men on foot from his Haverhill home to that city. He had a select stable and was an accomplished horseman, but preferred to walk as an encouragement to his men. Col. Porter was a striking figure in his personal appearance. He was tall and spare, erect in carriage, and punctilious in matters of deportment and dress, a favorite overcoat of his being one of sable skins lined with scarlet broadcloth. He died Dec. 28, 1818, in his seventy-seventh year, leaving an estate valued by the appraisers at nearly $20,000, a large one for the time and the locality in which he lived.
His wife, Mehitabel Crocker, was of a notable Newburyport family. Her father, John Crocker, was a direct descendant of William Crocker who came to New England about 1630, and was a direct descendant of Sir John Crocker, cup-bearer to Edward IV. John Crocker was noted for his fine personal presence as well as for great moral purity of life and character. Mrs. Porter's sister, Elizabeth Crocker, was a member of Col. Porter's family, a woman of refinement and culture, and rendered great service in the early education and training of her nephews and nieces, a service graciously and grate- fully acknowledged by Col. Porter in his will. The six children of Col. and Mrs. Porter were given the best of educational advantages, the daughters becoming brilliant and accomplished by their training in Newburyport and Boston. Mrs. Porter died Feb. 27, 1821, at the advanced age of eighty years. Six children:
1. JOHN b. - , Newburyport, Mass .; grad. Dartmouth College 1787; read law; was admitted to the bar, and lived in Hav. as late as 1800, but a little later settled in Broome, Lower Canada, the township which had been granted to his father.
2. BENJAMIN b. Hav. July 13, 1771; m. Oct. 11, 1800, Martha, dau. of Col. Peter Olcott of Norwich, Vt. He read law with Daniel Farrand in Newbury, Vt., and succeeded to his practice. He was successful both as a lawyer and business man, and was greatly interested in agriculture. One of his accomplishments in this line was the introduction of a new variety of grass, the so-called "witch grass, " also known as "Porter grass." His name is still fresh in the minds of the farmers of this sec- tion. He spent the summer of 1818 at Saratoga on account of failing health and on his returning journey to his home d. in Hanover at the home of his brother- in-law, Mills Olcott, Aug. 2, 1818. Mrs. Porter removed to Hanover and d. there May 4, 1825. They had eight chil .: (1) Timothy Olcott b. Feb. 12, 1802; grad. Dartmouth 1822, Dartmouth Medical School 1829; practiced his profession for a time when he engaged in literary work until his death in 1852; was asso- ciated with N. P. Willis in the publication of the Corsair, a noted weekly journal of the time. (2) Benjamin b. Jan. 31, 1804; m. Rebecca S. Maitland; engaged in literary work with his brothers; d. Dec. 11, 1840. (3) Mehitabel b. Dec. 28, 1805; m. - Paine. Resided in Washington, D. C. (4) Martha b. Dec. 5, 1807. (5) William Trotter b. Dec. 21, 1809. Lived in New York; founded in 1831 the sporting paper, The Spirit of the Times, Horace Greeley being his foreman, and later The American Turf Register. He was one of the most widely known
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New Yorkers of his time; d. July 19, 1857. (6) Sarah Olcott b. Nov. 16, 1811; m. Francis Brinley, a well-known literary character. His life of William T. Porter was published by the Appletons in 1860. (7) George b. Nov. 27, 1813; grad. Dartmouth 1831; studied law, but in 1842 became associate editor of the New Orleans Picayune; d. New Orleans, La., May 24, 1849. (8) Francis b. 1816; associated with his brothers; succeeded his brother, George, on the Picayune; d. New Orleans Feb. 28, 1855. These brothers, except the youngest, were each over 6 ft. 4 in. in height and large in proportion. Like their father they were men of imposing presence.
3. MARY b. Hav. Aug. 23, 1773; m. May 1, 1794, David Farrand of Newbury and Burlington, Vt. Judge Farrand was one of the leading members of the Vermont bar and bench; he was eight times town representative from Newbury, was once speaker of the House; elected associate justice of the Supreme Court. He d. Burlington, Vt., Oct. 13, 1825; she d. Mar. 24, 1812. Their family of nine daughters was noted for personal charm and accomplishments: (1) Eliza Crocker b. Sept. 11, 1795; m. Dr. A. L. Porter of Dover. (2) Mary Porter b. Dec. 11, 1796; m. Nathaniel P. Rogers of Plymouth; lawyer, editor and philanthropist. (3) Lucia Ann b. July 29, 1798; m. George A. Kent of Concord, banker. Frances Jacobs b. Sept. 16, 1800; m. John Richardson of Durham, lawyer. (5)
(4) Caroline Thompson b. Apr. 8, 1802; teacher; d. unm. 1871. (6) Charlotte Parm- alee b. Feb. 3, 1804; m. Dr. Stephen C. Henez. (7) Arabella Marie b. Aug. 23, 1806; m. George Willson, teacher, mathematician and author; Mrs. Willson was also an author, publishing her "Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons," and other works, as well as sketches and poems, one of the more notable of the latter being "An Appeal for Pewer Air, To the Sixtant of the Old Brick Meetin House." (8) Martha b. Sept. 6, 1808; d. unm. 1878. (9) Ellen b. Feb. 7, 1812; m. Nathaniel E. Russell.
4. ELIZABETH b. Hav. 1775; m. Thomas W. Thompson, b. Boston Mar. 15, 1766; grad. Harvard College 1786; admitted to bar and practiced law in Salisbury 1790- 1810, and in Concord till 1819; was speaker of the New Hampshire House of Rep- resentatives 1813-14; member of the 9th Congress; United States senator from Sept. 19, 1814, to Mar. 3, 1817. He was of superior scholarship, refined man- ners, a learned lawyer, a Christian gentleman. He was deacon of the First Church in Concord at the time of his death in 1821. They had a family of five chil., all b. in Salisbury: (1) Lucia Kinsman b. May 6, 1798; m. Jan. 9, 1823, Rev. Thomas J. Murdock of Norwich, Vt .; d. June 29, 1824. (2) Caroline b. Jan. 8, 1801; d. Jan. 19, 1801. (3) William C. b. Mar. 17, 1802; grad. Dartmouth 1820; admitted to the bar in 1824, and practiced his profession in Plymouth, Concord and Worcester, Mass .; m. Oct. 15, 1828, Martha H., dau. of John Leverett of Windsor, Vt .; m., 2d, Susan B., dau. of John Nelson of Hav .; four chil., William C., LL.B. Harvard 1856; John L., Col. 1st N. H. Cavalry in War of Rebellion; Thomas W., grad. Dartmouth 1859, Andover Theological Seminary 1866, missionary in China seven years; Martha Leverett d. young. (4) Francis b. Feb. 24, 1804; drowned in Merrimack River June 22, 1814. (5) Charles Edward (see Thompson).
5. SARAH b. Hav. 1777; m. Pelatiah Mills Olcott of Hanover, s. of Col. Peter Olcott of Norwich, Vt., a brother of the wife of her brother, Benjamin. He grad. Dart- mouth in 1790, read law and entered on the practice of his profession at Hanover in 1800. He did not aspire to eminence as a lawyer, but he was noted for his extraordinary business capacity, his elegant presence, his generosity and univer- sal friendliness, and his abounding hospitality. He was treasurer of Dartmouth from 1816 to 1822, and from 1821 to 1845 was a prominent member of the corpora- tion. As an attorney he brought the suit upon which, in 1819, was rendered the judgment in the famous college case. He was an ardent Federalist, and was one of the two delegates from New Hampshire to the Hartford Convention in 1814. The children of Mills Olcott and Sarah Porter did credit to their parentage and training. Two of their sons were lawyers: William b. 1810, grad. Dartmouth, became a lawyer, practiced in Hanover till 1835 when he removed to Buffalo, N. Y., and later to Shreveport, La., where he was in practice till his death in 1851; Edward R. b. 1805, grad. Dartmouth in 1825, practiced law in Hanover and Hav .. removed to Louisiana where he was raised to the bench. Their daughters married Joseph Bell, Rufus Choate, William H. Duncan and Charles E. Thompson, all graduates of Dartmouth, and all members of the legal profession in which Choate and Bell were so eminent.
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6. MosEs b. Hav. - 1779; d. unm. Hav. Jan. 14, 1817. He grad. Dartmouth in 1798 and resided with his father. He does not appear to have taken life very seriously. The inventory of his estate, filed Dec. 20, 1817, an estate, which, except for one lot of land in Bath, consisted for the most part of wearing apparel, indicated that whatever might be his accomplishments, he was certainly a well- dressed gentleman.
Col. and Mrs. Porter might well have taken just pride in their children and grand- children. No representative of the family is now living in town.
2. WILLIAM, son Moses and Mary (Chadwick) Porter, born May 10, 1744; died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., July 26, 1822; buried at Danville, Vt .; married Mary Adams, born Boxford, Mass., June 13, 1795, died Apr. 15, 1816. They came to Haverhill from Box- ford about 1777 and for many years lived on the farm of his brother, Col. Asa, at Horse Meadow. They were living there as late as 1806. Soon after they removed to a farm on Haverhill turnpike and Porter Hill takes its name from him. He was selectman in 1799, and held other town offices. They had nine children:
1. HANNAH b. Boxford Jan. 26, 1769.
2. WILLIAM (BILLY) b. Boxford Mar. 26, 1770.
3. JAMES b. Boxford Aug. 28, 1771; m. Margaret Tilton of Piermont, pub. Dec. 1794; d. 1860; m., 2d, 1806, - Merrill.
4. AARON b. Boxford June 7, 1773; lived in Danville, Vt .; d. Mar. 23, 1860.
5. MARY b. Boxford June 3, 1775 (?).
6. SARAH b. Boxford or Hav., Apr. 22, 1777; d. Hanover Oct. 5, 1859; m. John Osgood. (See Osgood.)
7. ISAAC A. b. Hav. Mar. 22, 1779; d. Apr. 15, 1860.
8. ELIZABETH (BETSEY) b. Hav. Nov. 29, 1782; d. Apr. 24, 1857.
9. PAMELIA b. Hav. Feb. 5, 1785; m. Luther Clark, Danville, Vt .; d. Jan. 21, 1844.
2. WILLIAM, familiarly known as "Billy, " son of William and Mary (Adams) Porter, born Mar. 25, 1770; died Feb. 18, 1851; married Letitia Wallace of Londonderry, born 1770, died Oct. 8, 1848. They resided on the Porter homestead on Porter Hill. Chil- dren born in Haverhill:
1. MARY A. b. 1801; d. Apr. 18, 1832.
2. BETSEY b. 1804; d. Feb. 21, 1869.
3. ALDEN E. b. 1806; d. Nov. 5, 1852.
His wife, Rebekah, d. Oct. 12, 1850.
4. WILLIAM b. 1809; d. Apr. 2, 1864.
5. JANE M. b. 1810; d. Mar. 27, 1882.
4. MOSES, son Moses and Mary (Chadwick) Porter, born Jan. 18, 1750; came to Haverhill about 1782 (?); married Oct. 10, 1780, Ann (Nancy), daughter of Bryan Kay. Was selectman in 1792. Removed from town prior to 1806, probably to Broome, Canada, a township largely owned by his brother, Col. Asa Porter. Seven children, all (except eldest born Boxford, Mass.) born in Haverhill:
1. JAMES b. Dec. 30, 1781.
2. AARON b. Nov. 29, 1783.
3. BETSEY b. Oct. 8, 1785.
4. WILLIAM b. June 10, 1787.
5. THOMAS b. Nov. 5, 1788.
6. POLLY b. Nov. 29, 1790.
7. RUFUs b. Dec. 10, 1792.
POWERS
WALTER POWERS1, emigrant ancestor, born in Devonshire, England, in 1640; came to Massachusetts; married Tryal, daughter of Dea. Ralph Shepherd of London, England, and Malden, Mass. Settled in Nashobah, now Littleton, Mass. Nine children, seven sons, two daughters.
DANIEL POWERS2 (Walter1) born 1669; married Elizabeth Bates. Ten children, seven sons, three daughters.
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CAPT. PETER POWERS3 (Daniel2, Walter1) born Littleton, Mass., 1707; married Anna Keyes of Chelmsford, Mass., and settled in West Dunstable, now Hollis. Captain in the militia, and leader of a company of exploration into the Coos County in 1754, and of the Hollis company in the Crown Point expedition of 1755. He died in Hollis Aug. 27, 1757, and his wife, Anna, Sept. 21, 1798, at the age of 90. They had thirteen children: Peter, Stephen, Anna, Whitcomb, Phebe, Alice, Levi, Nahum, Francis, Fanny, Philip, Sampson and Favma. Stephen, Whitcomb and Levi served in the old French war. Stephen, Francis, Nahum and Sampson served in the Revolution.
REV. PETER POWERS4 (Peter3, Daniel2, Walter1) born Dunstable Nov. 28, 1728; fitted for College with Rev. Daniel Emerson of Hollis, and graduated at Harvard in 1754 in the same class with John Hancock, John Adams and Gov. John Wentworth being in the class below him. Ordained pastor of the church at Newent (now Lisbon, Conn.) Dec. 2, 1756; dismissed 1765. Received a call to become pastor of "the church of Christ at Haverhill and Newbury" Jan. 27, 1765, which he accepted Feb. 10, and was installed Feb. 27, the services being held at Hollis. He moved his family to Newbury in April of the same year. His church was one, but during his pastorate which closed in 1782 he lived in Newbury till 1781, when he removed across the river to Haverhill, where he closed his ministry in 1783. He then preached for some time at Cornish, but in 1785 was installed pastor at Deer Isle, Me., where he remained till his death, May 13, 1800. He married in 1756, Martha, daughter of Jonathan Hale of Sutton, Mass., who died Jan. 22, 1802, while on a visit to her children in Newbury. In person Mr. Powers is described as "above the middle height, strong and athletic. He was a ready speaker, possessing a strong voice, and a very distinct utterance. His dress on the Sabbath was a Kersey- mere coat, with breeches and stockings, a three-cornered hat, a fleece-like wig, a white band and white silk gloves."
*"The figure of Rev. Peter Powers stands out from the obscurity of the early days as does that of no other man. He seems to have been an able and faithful minister of the gospel, widely known and beloved, and won the affectionate regard of the people. He was the man for the time and place, and filled admirably every position to which he was called. His labors were arduous and he must have possessed a constitution of iron to have accomplished all he did. His parish included at the first all the settlements from Hanover to Lancaster; he was often called to go on long and lonely journeys through the wilderness to solemnize marriages, bury the dead, and break the bread of life to the peo- ple, and he did not shrink from any labor however great. Very little of his work has come down to us-a few printed sermons which are earnest and devout, and letters (a few in number) concise, practical, and to the point. In his views, he was very decided, and for those times very liberal." Publications: (1) Installation Sermon of Rev. Peter Powers, 1765; (2) Funeral Sermon of D. Bailey, 1772; (3) Vermont Election Sermon, 1778; (4) Tyranny and Toryism Exposed, 1781; (5) A Humble Inquiry into the Nature of Covenanting with God, 1796. Thirteen children:
1. PETER b. Oct. 9, 1757; d. at New York in the Continental Army Sept. 3, 1776.
2. MARTHA b. May 24, 1759; d. Hav. Oct. 16, 1782.
3. DAMARIS b. Jan. 8, 1761; m. Samuel Grow.
4. STEPHEN b. July 15, 1762; m. Mary Grow; settled West Newbury, Vt.
5. JONATHAN b. Mar. 17, 1764; twice m .; pastor Congregational Church, Penobscot, Me.
6. SAMUEL b. Newbury, Vt., Jan. 31, 1766; settled in Newbury.
7. JOHN b. Newbury, Vt., Dec. 13, 1767; d. Apr. 18, 1778.
8. PRESCOTT b. Newbury, Vt., Jan. 8, 1770; settled in Maine.
9. HALE b. Newbury, Vt., Dec. 22, 1771; settled in Maine.
10. MOODY b. Newbury, Vt., Nov. 9, 1773; physician at Deer Isle, Me.
11. ANNA b. Newbury, Vt., June 27, 1775; d. June 4, 1777.
* Wells' Newbury, p. 660.
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12. PETER b. Newbury, Vt., Aug. 4, 1777; settled in Maine; d. 1870.
13. ANNA b. Newbury, Vt., July 25, 1779; d. in Maine.
While there are numerous descendents of Mr. Powers in Newbury, Vt., there are none in Haverhill.
REV. GRANT POWERS" (Sampson4, Capt. Peter3, Daniel2, Walter1), son of Sampson and Elizabeth (Nutting) Powers, born Mar. 31, 1784. Prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy; graduated at Dartmouth class of 1810; studied for the ministry with Rev. Asa Burton, D. D., of Thetford, Vt., 1811-12; licensed to preach Nov. 1812; during the summer and autumn of 1813 and the winter of 1814 supplied at Cayuga, N. Y .; ordained pastor at Haverhill Jan. 4, 1815; dismissed Apr. 28, 1829; became pastor of the Congregational Church in Goshen, Conn., in Aug. of the same year and died there Apr. 10, 1841. Married Sept. 22, 1817, Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Hopkins of Thetford, Vt. She died Washington, D. C., 1887.
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