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JOHN SINKLER1 settled in Exeter prior to 1658.
JAMES2 (John1) born Exeter July 27, 1660; married Mary, daughter Richard and Prudence (Waldron) Scammon. Lived in Exeter.
EBENEZER3 (James2, John1) born subsequent to 1710; married Abigail Folsom; resided in Exeter; died 1754.
RICHARD4 (Ebenezer3, James2, John1) born about 1740; hatter by trade and farmer; resided in Sandwich till 1807, when he sold his farm and removed to Haverhill with his son, Jonathan, where he spent the remainder of his life.
JONATHAN SINCLAIR5 (Richard4, Ebenezer3, James2, John1) born Sandwich about 1768; married Feb. 24, 1800, Abigail Frieze of Moultonborough. Came to Haverhill in autumn of 1807; settled at the Corner, and at once entered into the activities of the town. He was blacksmith, farmer, hotel keeper, captain in militia, deputy sheriff, but it was as
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"mine host" of the Grafton Hotel-later the residence of Dr. Phineas Spalding, and now again a hotel, the Crawford House-that he won enviable fame and reputation. A prospectus which he issued in 1830, when the Corner was a famous stage and tavern centre, indicates to some extent the character of his house:
Jonathan Sinclair has recently repaired and enlarged the Grafton Hotel at Haverhill Corner, his former establishment, and has reopened the same as a house of public enter- tainment. To his friends and former customers he would say that his accommodations are much superior to what they formerly were, and inferior to none in the state. To the public generally he would observe that his house shall never become the haunt of tipler, gambler, and idler, but shall on all occasions be found a pleasant and commodious resort for the weary traveller, the man of business and the gentleman of pleasure. On the sub- ject of charges, attendance and fees, the proprietor would remark that fair dealing, trusty servants and good living shall be found inmates of his establishment. He also professes to be a connisseur in the article of coffee, and can well distinguish the Coos Domestic from the Java Coffee. His bar is well furnished with the best of liquor and one toddy stick for the accommodation of gentlemen, with many for family use. Haverhill Feb. 24, 1830.
Mr. Sinclair was prominent in Masonry, a supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the committee which built the brick church, and was an ardent Democrat in politics, an enthusiastic supporter of Jackson. Late in life he closed out his business in Haverhill and went to Newton, Mass., to spend his last years with his only daughter and child, Augusta, wife of Ezra C. Hutchins, married Feb. 7, 1820.
EBENEZER SINCLAIR5 (Richard4, Ebenezer3, James2, John1) born Exeter; baptized Aug. 29, 1762; married Mercy Hoag of Sandwich; lived in Sandwich. He and his wife were members of the Society of Friends.
ASA SINCLAIR® (Ebenezer5, Richard4, Ebenezer3, James2, John1) born Sandwich; black- smith; lived in Haverhill.
JOHN SINCLAIR® (Ebenezer5, Richard4, Ebenezer3, James2, John1) born Sandwich; learned his trade as blacksmith with Paul Bunker of Sandwich. Thrice married. His wives were daughters of Moses Page of Sandwich-Nancy, Betsey, Polly. Published to Nancy Page June 27, 1794; settled in Haverhill as blacksmith; no record of children.
MOSES HOAG SINCLAIR® (Ebenezer5, Richard4, Ebenezer3, James2, John1) born Sand- wich Mar. 5, 1797; removed to Haverhill; shoe manufacturer. Had a wide acquaint- ance, familiarly known as Major Sinclair; was jailor for 21 years; served as moderator; died of consumption Feb. 22, 1844; married Mary, daughter Jonathan Wells of Rumney, born Nov. 2, 1797, died Mar. 7, 1881. Four children born Haverhill:
1. ASA CROSBY7 b. Dec. 17, 1824; m. May 24, 1849, Zeruiah, dau. Simon and Sally Fitch (Dale) Eggleston of Northfield, Vt. In early life was stage driver between Hav., Hanover, Montpelier and Waterbury, Vt. Later became baggage master on the B. C. & M. R. R. Lived in Littleton; d. Charlestown, Mass., Aug. 14, 1871, buried in Hav. No chil.
2. HENRY MERRILL7 b. Nov. 30, 1827; learned printer's trade in Hav .; employed in Hav. and Concord; m. Sept. 25, 1853, Emily Augusta Hodgkins of Concord, two children: (1) Charles H. b. Jan. 21, 1859; (2) Frank B. b. Feb. 8, 1862.
3. GEORGE HUTCHINS7 b. Apr. 17, 1829; printer in Hav., Concord, and Chicago; d. in Concord; m. Nov. 28, 1850, Ruhamah W. Brainard of Hav. One dau. Mary Grace Sinclair d. ae. 19.
4. NELSON BURNHAM7 b. June 19, 1836; went to Concord 1854; in silver plating busi- ness for ten years; later engaged in jewelry business; m. Mary Ann, dau. Elias and Eliza Horner of Concord; three daughters.
SAMUEL SINCLAIR5 (Richard4, Ebenezer3, James2, John1) born Sandwich -; married Nov. 17, 1791, Sarah, daughter of Daniel Moulton of Sandwich. About 1803, removed to Haverhill and made his home in a block house which he erected on the road leading from the Limekiln road to the County road. Mrs. Sinclair was a woman of rare beauty
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of character, enduring with marked patience and fortitude the many sorrows which darkened her life. Their six children were born in Sandwich:
1. JAMES SINCLAIR® (Samuel5, Richard4, Ebenezer3, James2, John1) went to sea in boy- hood, and during his absence of twenty years nothing was heard of him. On his return he came to Hav. where he lived till his death a few years later.
2. JOHN ST. CLAIR6 came to Hav. as a child with his parents. His life was spent on the farm of his father on the road near Limekiln, previously mentioned. Five children born Haverhill: (1) Frank7 d. at age of 12; (2) Jonathan7 m. - Titus, lived in Lowell, Mass .; (3) Myra7, 2d wife of James Bancroft, no children; (4) Jane7 d. young; (5) Stephen Badger7.
3. SAMUEL SINCLAIR6 b. Dec. 14, 1800; came to Hav .; m. Sept. 18, 1823, Eliza Hamblet, b. Feb. 28, 1804, d. Jan. 20, 1871; lived about a mile from Hav. Corner. Nine chil. all b. Hav .:
(1) SARAH7 m. Oct. 30, 1848, Ephraim Hildreth.
(2) MARY7 m. May 8, 1845, Rufus C. Keyes; resided in Iowa; three chil.
(3) SOPHIA7 m. Sept. 22, 1844, Geo. W. Woods of Hav .; removed west; four chil.
(4) ALBERT7 d. leaving family in Clinton, Ill.
(5) PHEBE7 m. Charles Robinson, Concord; lived in Ypsilanti, Mich .; one child.
(6) CHARLOTTE7 m. Henry T. Swan, Hav .; one child. (See Swan.)
(7) LUCY ANN7 m. James Wilson of Newbury, Vt .; went west.
(8) EDWARD CHAPMAN7 b. Dec. 31, 1845.
(9) ADELAIDE7 b. Aug. 22, 1850; m. James F. Sleeper, Hav .; d .; two chil.
4. HANNAH6 b. -; m. Simeon Hildreth.
5. MYRA6 m., 1st, Edwin Davenport, Newbury, Vt .; one child, Edwin Davenport, b. Sandwich; m., 2d, Levi Hamblett, d. in Canaan leaving a family.
6. STEPHEN BADGER SINCLAIR6 b. Sandwich; lived in Hav .; m. Sally Nute of Sandwich, pub. Jan. 17, 1831; d. Moultonborough, Oct. 1881; two chil .:
(1) EDWIN DAVENPORT7 b. Hav. June 19, 1831; m. May 5, 1860, Sarah Augusta Cram of E. Sanbornton; lived Sandwich, Moultonborough and Meredith; farmer. Member of Co. K, 14th N. H. Vols. in War of Rebellion. One s. Oscar Harrison b. Aug. 18, 1865.
(2) WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON7 b. Hav. 1838; lived Sandwich; unm .; enlisted, Co. K, 14th N. H. Vols .; d. in service, Savannah, Ga., 1865.
STEPHEN BADGER ST. CLAIR7 (John®, Samuel5, Richard4, Ebenezer3, James2, John1) born Haverhill Apr. 1835 (?); married Lydia J., daughter Jeremy Titus (published Sept. 14, 1857); born 1840 (?). Lives in Haverhill; farmer. Lived on farm of his father till 1872 when he moved to Brier Hill where he still resides.
SMITH
ABIJAH SMITH1 of Ashford, Conn., was a Revolutionary soldier, but the dates of his birth and death are not known by his descendants. It is, however, known that he served sixteen days at the time of the Lexington Alarm, and also served in Capt. Knowlton's Ashford Company from May 6 to Dec. 10, 1778.
ABIJAH SMITH2 (Abijah1) born probably in Ashford; married Aug. 28, 1783 Judith Whiton. He died in Randolph, Vt. Seven children: Martha, Stephen, Judith, Polly, Abijah, Elijah W.3, and Howard.
ELIJAH WHITEN SMITH3 (Abijah2, Abijah1) born Randolph, Vt .; died 1850 in Randolph; married, first, - Arnold who died leaving six children; married, second, Mrs. Dolly (Higgins) Stevens, who bore him four children: Harriet, Delia, Edgar W. and Prentiss C. She died in Randolph 1894. He belonged to the local militia and was captain of the Light Artillery Company of his town.
EDGAR WILLIAM SMITH4 (Elijah W.3, Abijah2, Abijah1) born Randolph, Vt., July 3, 1845; married Aug. 17, 1869, Emma M. Gates, born Jan. 11, 1849, at Morrisville, Vt .; died Wells River, Vt. Married, second, Nov. 24, 1919, Mrs. Clementina Crocker of Boston. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and at New Hampton Institute. He taught school in Fairview, N. J., for several years, then returned
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to Randolph where he also taught for a time and began the study of law. He continued this later in the office of former Governor Hendee at Morrisville, Vt .; and still later with Judge Abel Underwood of Wells River, from whose office he was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1872. He began practice in Wells River, occupying a desk in Judge Underwood's office till his death when he took over the entire office and has since enjoyed a large and most important practice both in Vermont and New Hampshire, being an acknowledged leader of his profession. Forming a partnership in 1884 with Scott Sloane, they had offices both in Wells River and Woodsville. Mr. Sloane retired in 1899, and was suc- ceeded as partner by Mr. Smith's son, Raymond U., under the firm name of Smith & Smith. Has been state's attorney, town representative 1882-83; member of the Vermont and the New Hampshire Bar Associations. Republican. Congregationalist. Honorary degree A. M. Norwich University 1874. Has published papers on legal sub- jects. Three children: Percy Gates, graduate Norwich University and is successful civil engineer; Raymond Underwood, and Llewellyn who died in infancy.
RAYMOND U. SMITH5 (Edgar W.4, Elijah W.3, Abijah2, Abijah1) born Wells River, Vt., Sept. 11, 1875; graduated Norwich University 1904. Studied law with his father, and was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1897 and to the New Hampshire bar in 1900; became partner with his father in 1899 (Smith & Smith) with offices in Woodsville and Wells River. This partnership was dissolved in 1911 since which time Mr. Smith has been in practice alone, with office in Woodsville. Became a resident of Haverhill in 1910. Was assessor of taxes at the time of the revision of the tax list in 1912; served as moderator at special town meetings, and was elected moderator in 1916 for the term of two years. Was elected solicitor for Grafton County in 1914, and re-elected in 1916, and has won credit for his performance of the duties of that important office. His appointment as major on the staff of Gov. Henry W. Keyes, in 1917, was recognized as an excellent one, his military training at Norwich when he was commander of the University battalion giving him special fitness for the position. He is an Odd Fellow, Mason, a K.T., a Shriner, and a member of the New Hampshire and Vermont Bar Associations. Active in Republican party organizations. He has published "Occasional Addresses" and "Promotions in the National Guard," Journal of the Military Service Institution, Jan. 1899. Unmarried.
SMITH
ELEAZER SMITH1 came to Haverhill in 1838 from Washington, Vt., where he was born in 1797. He had previously been one of the drivers on the Concord and Haverhill stage line. He purchased and managed, for a period of twenty years, the Exchange Hotel, but which was better known under his management and that of his son who succeeded him as "Smiths'." He married in 1821 Anna, daughter of Andrew Barnet and Lydia (Bliss) Peters of Bradford, Vt., born Nov. 2, 1793, died June 25, 1848; her father was a leading citizen of Bradford, holding the office of town clerk for a period of more than forty years. He married, second, Betsey Currier who died Apr. 24, 1890, aged 78 years. After selling the hotel to his son, about 1856, he went to Wentworth and kept a hotel there for thirty years. He died Oct. 9, 1880. Two children by first marriage:
1. CHARLES GOUDY2.
2. WILLIAM PETERS2 b. 1825; killed by the overturning of a stagecoach Mar. 23, 1847.
CHARLES G. SMITH2 (Eleazer1) born Haverhill Jan. 11, 1822; married, first, Ruth W. Morse, daughter of Col. Caleb Morse (see Morse), born 1823, died Jan. 16, 1886; married, second, Charlotte S. Dow, born 1840, died Nov. 10, 1890. He died Sept. 25, 1902. Two children:
1. WILLIAM P.3 b. 1848; d. July 10, 1894, unm.
2. ANNA M.3 m. Solon Melvin of Lyme. No chil.
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As a boy he spent several years in Lyndon, Vt., and for a few years was clerk in a store in Charlestown, Mass., returning to Haverhill to assist his father in the hotel business. In 1853 he was appointed a clerk in the Portsmouth Navy Yard, remaining there till, about 1857, he purchased the Haverhill hotel of his father. He kept the hotel until 1881. Mr. Smith was a prominent and useful citizen. A Congregationalist in his church preferences, a Democrat in politics, public spirited, of sound business judgment, he filled many positions of trust and honor and filled them faithfully and efficiently. He was elected town clerk in 1850; selectman in 1870, '71, '72, '73, '74, and was instrumental in funding the burdensome war debt of the town; member of the legislature in 1866 and 1867, and county commissioner for six years. He was trustee and president of the Brad- ford Savings Bank, a trustee of the academy and for a time president of the board. A prudent and safe counsellor on business matters, he deservedly possessed during his long life the confidence of his fellow citizens.
SMITH
ALONZO W. SMITH1 born Feb. 17, 1836, Vershire, Vt., son of T. H. and Sarah (Prescott) Smith; married Dec. 6, 1860, at Corinth, Vt., Fannie T., daughter of Calvin and Hannah (Thurston) Merrill. Came to East Haverhill in 1866 and purchased what is known as the William Gannett farm. Is a prosperous and successful farmer. Republican. Four children:
1. CORA A.2 b. Dec. 2, 1862, Vershire, Vt .; m. B. Frank Brown. (See Brown.)
2. MERRILL A.2 b. Vershire, Vt., Mar. 4, 1866; m. Mar. 1897 Ruby M., dau. of Alonzo F. and Ellen (Hutchins) Pike. Has lived in Newton, Mass., and Wakefield, Mass., and is now a farmer in Newbury, Vt. Two chil .: (1) Paul T. b. Newton, Mass., Apr. 9, 1898; (2) Patricia E. b. Wakefield, Mass., Dec. 26, 1904.
3. BERTHA E.2 b. E. Hav. May 6, 1871; m. Nov. 24, 1904, Alonzo S. Douglass. (See Douglass.)
4. EVERETT H.2 b. E. Hav. Sept. 18, 1876; m. Mar. 9, 1901, Mamie, dau. Sam and Eugenia (Davis) Elliott of E. Hav. Farmer, and dealer in cows. Lives E. Hav., farm adjoining that of his father. Five chil. b. E. Hav .: (1) Natalie b. Sept. 20, 1904; (2) Lawrence E. b. July 8, 1909; (3) Niel K. b. Aug. 8, 1911; (4) Pauline b. May 13, 1913; (5) Erville H. b. Mar. 25, 1915.
SMITH
CHARLES B. SMITH1 born Dec. 19, 1814, in Belgrade, Me .; died Aug. 27, 1880; married May 1, 1842, Mary B. Foss, born Mar. 15, 1821, died Dec. 26, 1888. Three children:
1. GEORGE F.2
2. CHARLES O.2 b. Mar. 15, 1854; d. Aug. 27, 1880.
3. HENRY M.2
GEORGE F. SMITH2 born May 1, 1848; died Apr. 14, 1907; married July 16, 1867, Harriet F., daughter of John G. and Susan (Sanborn) White. She died Feb. 3, 1913. Six children:
1. PHILIP C.3
2. GEORGE A.3 b. Jan. 19, 1874.
3. CHARLES O.3
4. MARY E.3 b. June 25, 1882.
5. HARRY S.3
6. MARGARITE T.3 b. Dec. 19, 1887; d. Feb. 9, 1893.
HENRY M. SMITH2 born Mar. 15, 1858; died Oct. 29, 1892; married June 15, 1881, Lizzie Wiggin of Plymouth. Two children:
1. FRANK E.3 b. Jan. 4, 1884, m. Sept. 25, 1907, Mae Mulvey of Boston. Two chil: Henry C.4 b. Sept. 2, 1908; Elizabeth C.4 b. Oct. 30, 1913.
2. LUCY B.3 b. June 15, 1886.
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PHILIP C. SMITH3 born Sept. 8, 1871; married June 6, 1893, Jane E., daughter of Charles and Mary Stevens. One child: Henry F.,4 born June 5, 1896.
CHARLES O. SMITH3 born June 25, 1876; married June 5, 1901, Dora E. McNeal, of Sutton, Que. One child: Marguerite A.4 born July 1, 1906.
HARRY S. SMITH3 born Mar. 28, 1885; married June 22, 1908, Goldie M. Palmer of Whitefield.
SOUTHARD
THOMAS SOUTHARD1 born Acworth Apr. 11, 1750; married about 1777 Rachel -, born May 17, 1750. They lived in Acworth till his death. She came with her two sons, Aaron and Moses, to Haverhill in 1822 where she died Nov. 14, 1823, at the age of 75 years. Six children born in Acworth:
1. WEALTHY2 b. Mar. 11, 1779; d. 1783.
2. JAMES2 b. Aug. 20, 1780; m. Hannah Wilcox; came to Hav. some time previous to 1850. No record of chil. has been obtainable. He d. Feb. 25, 1864; she d. Oct. 24, 1864; buried Horse Meadow Cemetery.
3. AARON2 b. Oct. 23, 1784.
4. MOSES2 b. Oct. 23, 1784.
5. ELIZA? b. June 10, 1787; m. Samuel Putnam.
6. LUCINDA2 b. July 16, 1789; m., 1st, - Nesmith; 2d, - Parker; 3d, - Ken- nedy.
AARON and MOSES SOUTHARD, twin brothers, engaged in mercantile business in Wal- pole until 1822, when they disposed of their property there and purchased the valuable Asa Porter farm at Horse Meadow, which they divided and occupied as two distinct farms during the remainder of their lives. They devoted themselves unreservedly to their farms, each winning large success, and were among the leading agriculturists of Grafton County. Because of their striking physical resemblance, they were often each mistaken for the other. They were highly respected and substantial citizens.
AARON SOUTHARD2 (Thomas1) born Acworth Oct. 23, 1784; married Jane. T., daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Witherspoon) Finlay, born 1790, died Dec. 13, 1875. He died Sept. 20, 1857. Congregationalist. Republican. Five children:
1. SAMUEL F.3 b. Walpole May 17, 1813; d. Hav. unm. May 4, 1893. His common school education was supplemented by attendance at Hav. Academy, for which institution he cherished lifelong regard and affection. Inheriting from his father the characteristics of a good agriculturist, as well as the valuable Connecticut Valley farm, he threw himself with all his energy into the cultivation and im- provement, and won success because he deserved it. "A citizen of sterling integrity, kind and generous feelings, frank and manly bearing, he enjoyed the friendship and esteem of the leading men of his section. Socially he was plain and unpretending; but had an active inquiring mind, and a clear and retentive memory." The residue of his large estate was left to Hav. Academy and the public schools of Hav. "The Southard Fund," for the support of schools, is his enduring monument.
2. ELIZA3 b. Walpole Aug. 28, 1815; m. Henry H. Page. (See Page.)
3. ANN JANE3 b. Walpole Feb. 9, 1820; m. Nathaniel M. Page. (See Page.)
4. JOSEPH E.3 b. Hav. June 1824; d. Dec. 1, 1833.
5. KATE3 b. Hav. 1829; m. John N. Morse. (See Morse.)
MOSES SOUTHARD2 (Thomas1) born Acworth Oct. 23, 1784; married Nancy, daughter of Samuel King, born Acworth 1780, died in Haverhill Jan. 23, 1845. He died in Hav- erhill Apr. 16, 1852. Republican. Congregationalist. Five children born in Walpole:
1. SOLON S.3 b. May 28, 1813.
2. CAROLINEª b. 1815; d. 1816.
3. LYMAN M.3 b. Nov. 1, 1817.
4. FRANKLIN K.3 b. Apr. 1819; d. Nov. 18, 1833.
5. GEORGE H.ª b. Sept. 1821; d. Dec. 26, 1833.
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SOLON S. SOUTHARD3 (Moses2, Thomas1) born Walpole May 28, 1813; married Dec. 22, 1841, Berintha, daughter of David and Dorothy (Clark) Merrill, born Haverhill Mar. 4, 1817, died Jan. 17, 1854; married, second, Sept. 14, 1854, Melissa, daughter of Moses and Sally (Smith) Eastman, born Bath July 25, 1817, died Bristol Oct. 10, 1905. He died Dec. 21, 1870. He was a farmer at Horse Meadow till 1867, when he removed to Bristol. Five children born in Haverhill; by first marriage:
1. GEORGE S.4 b. May 14, 1843; enlisted Co. G, 11th N. H. Vols .; d. in hospital, Cin- cinnati, O., Apr. 17, 1863.
2. FRANK4 b. Apr. 21, 1845; d. Apr. 13, 1879; unm.
By second marriage:
3. SOLOMON SUMNER4 b. Sept. 27, 1855; m., 1st, Oct. 23, 1877, Clara E., dau. John S. Nelson of Bristol, b. Nov. 28, 1850, d. Canterbury Apr. 1, 1894; m., 2d, Ellen M. Parshley, b. Canterbury Apr. 7, 1855. Manufacturer of excelsior. No chil.
4. MOSES EASTMAN4 b. June 26, 1857; m. Feb. 16, 1880, Nellie A., dau. of William H. Beckford; m., 2d, Aug. 27, 1893, Clara, dau. of Russell Tirrell, b. Hebron Sept. 11, 1864. Resides in Bristol. Farmer. Republican. Odd Fellow. Three chil .: (1) William5 b. Oct. 15, 1881; (2) Vera Bell5 b. Nov. 19, 1894, d. Dec. 9, 1894; (3) Ethel b. May 26, 1897.
5. C. AARON4 b. Feb. 14, 1861; m. Dec. 12, 1887, Cora, dau. Stephen W. and Maria (Chapman) Knowles. Carpenter and farmer. Resided in Bristol till 1902 when he removed to Franklin. Killed in paper mill at Bellows Falls, Vt., Oct. 28, 1903. Republican. Odd Fellow. K. of P. Three chil .: (1) Zilla b. July 17, 1889; (2) Harry 5 b. May 29, 1892; (3) Abbie M. b. July 31, 1896.
[Sally (Smith) Eastman spent her last years with her daughter, Mrs. Solon S. Southard, died Dec. 1, 1886, age ninety-one years, nine months, fifteen days. Her sisters, Han- nah who married John Woolson, Abigail who married Oscar F. Fowler, and Ruth who married Nathaniel S. Berry, all became residents of Bristol-History of Bristol, Vol 2, p. 417.]
LYMAN M. SOUTHARD3 (Moses2, Thomas1) born Nov. 1, 1817; married, first, 1846, Jane Backop of Newbury, Vt., who died 1856; married, second, Sept. 16, 1857, Mehit- abel C., daughter of Dudley C. and Sally (Putnam) Kimball, born Feb. 3, 1832. (See Kimball.) Farmer. Republican. He died July 31, 1895; she resides with daughter in Lynn, Mass. Four children born in Haverhill:
1. MARY ELLEN4 b. 1849 (?); m. Apr. 12, 1871, David C. Merrill. Resides in Chatta- nooga, Tenn. (See Merrill.)
2. MARTHA P.4 b. Mar. 14, 1862; m. Aug. 10, 1887, Frank Eugene Wells. (See Wells.) Resides, Lynn, Mass.
3. CHARLES F.4 b. June 24, 1866.
4. ANNABEL MARGARET4 b. Nov. 1, 1876; m. June 23, 1904, Thomas Emery. Resides Lynn, Mass. One child.
CHARLES F. SOUTHARD4 (Lyman M.3, Moses2, Thomas1) born June 24, 1866; married Sept. 20, 1893, Mary J., daughter David R. and Josephine (Smith) Long of Orford, born June 25, 1872. Merchant at North Haverhill, and postmaster since 1897. One child, Josephine N.5, born North Haverhill May 1, 1906.
SOUTHARD
LEMUEL SOUTHARD1, farmer and bridge builder, Valley Fall, Vt .; married Jennie Moore. Falling from a bridge he was constructing at White River, he was drowned at the age of 28, leaving a widow and two children.
WILLIAM SOUTHARD2 (Lemuel1) born Valley Fall, Vt., Oct. 16, 1807; died Bath (Swift- water) Oct. 28, 1891; married Feb. 4, 1833, Ann W., daughter of Timothy and Susan (White) Barron of Bath, granddaughter of Col. Timothy Barron of Haverhill. He began farming in Haverhill after his marriage, but some time after 1840 he sold his farm
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and purchased another in Bath (Swiftwater) where he lived till his death. Eleven children born in Haverhill and Bath.
LEMUEL J. SOUTHARD3 (William2, Lemuel1) born in Bath; enlisted Feb. 27, 1864, First New Hampshire Cavalry, mustered out July 1, 1865; married Hannah, daughter Drury of Easton. Farmer. Democrat. Owned the Lyman Noyes farm near Swift- water till 1915 when he sold it and purchased a residence on Main Street, North Haver- hill, where he now (1917) resides. Mrs. Southard is an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the W. C. T. U.
SPALDING
EDWARD SPALDING1, it is probable, came from England to Virginia about 1620 with his brother Edmund, and that later when the latter joined the Maryland Colony Edward came to Massachusetts. It is known that he settled in Braintree prior to 1640.
BENJAMIN SPALDING2 (Edward1) born Braintree, Mass., Apr. 7, 1643; married Oct. 30, 1668, Olive Farnall. Five children.
EDWARD SPALDING3 (Benjamin2, Edward1) second child, born June 18, 1672; died Canterbury, Conn., Nov. 29, 1740; lived in Chelmsford and Canterbury. Ten children.
EPHRAIM SPALDING4 (Edward3, Benjamin2, Edward1) born Canterbury, Conn., Apr. 3, 1700; died there 1776; married Abigail Bullard of Plainfield, Conn .; she died 1789, 90 years of age. Ten children born in Plainfield.
REUBEN SPALDING5 (Ephraim4, Edward3, Benjamin2, Edward1) born Plainfield, Conn., Feb. 26, 1728; died Tyringham, Mass., 1765; married Mary Pierce, born Nov. 15, 1728, died Sharon, Vt. 1826. Five children born Plainfield, Conn., and Tyringham, Mass .:
1. MARY6 b. June 19, 1748; m. Ebenezer Parkhurst, Sharon, Vt.
2. AZEL 6 b. Plainfield; m. Alice Cole; d. Fairfax, Vt.
3. REUBEN.6
4. PEDEN6 (dau.) d. about 4 yrs. of age.
5. PHINEAS d. at age of 4 yrs.
REUBEN SPALDING6 (Reuben5, Ephraim4, Edward3, Benjamin2, Edward1) born Tyring- ham, Mass., Dec. 15, 1758; died Sharon, Vt., Sept. 15, 1849; married Jerusha Carpenter of Sharon, Vt., June 21, 1785. She died Dec. 7, 1827. Twelve children all born Sharon:
1. PIERCE7 b. Feb. 9, 1786.
2. POLLY7 b. Aug. 12, 1788; m., 1st, 1805, Benj. Vail. He d. 1807; m., 2d, Aug. 15, 1814, Oliver Fales. She d. Sharon, Vt., May 1864.
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