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1. GEORGE D. b. Mar. 6, 1892. In trucking business at Woodsville.
2. BLANCHE L. b. Mar. 6, 1892 (twin of George). Educated at St. Mary's, Concord, and in Boston. Resides at home.
TOWLE
CALEB TOWLE2, son of Philip1 and Isabel (Asten) Towle, born Hampton May 14, 1678; married Zipporah Brackett. Was one of the society for settling the Chestnut country in 1719 which in 1721 was incorporated as the town of Chester. Nine sons, three daughters.
ZECHARIAH TOWLE3 (Caleb2, Philip1) born Hampton Aug. 13, 1705; married May 15, 1728, Anne, daughter of William Godfrey. Lived in North Hampton. Seven children.
ISAAC TOWLE4 (Zechariah3, Caleb2, Philip1) born Feb. 23, 1735; married Feb. 17, 1754, Elizabeth, daughter Nathan and Dorcas (Johnson) Philbrick. Lived in Chester. Four children.
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SIMON TOWLES (Isaac4, Zechariah3, Caleb2, Philip1) born May 22, 1759; married May 19, 1779, Eleanor, daughter Nathaniel and Mary Hall of Chester, born June 29, 1759. Lived in Chester till about 1805 when he removed to Haverhill, where he died Dec. 11, 1808. While living in Chester he took a prominent part in town affairs, was a soldier in the Revolution, a colonel of the militia, and representative for several years in the legis- lature. On coming to Haverhill he purchased the Asa Boynton tavern which, under his management and that of his son, Edward, who succeeded him, became one of the best-known hostleries of the old stage days. Col. Towle was a man of massive build and is said to have weighed upwards of four hundred and fifty pounds. Five children all born in Chester:
1. EDWARD6 b. Dec. 25, 1781.
2. HENRY6 b. Aug. 19, 1788.
3. CHARLES6 b. Sept. 7, 1792.
4. ELIZABETH6 b. Aug. 19, 1795; m. Nov. 17, 1814, Samuel Brooks of Newbury, Vt. He d. Mar. 23, 1849, ae. 56 yrs. Six chil .: (1) William Brooks b. Aug. 31, 1815; (2) Charles b. July 5, 1817; (3) Samuel b. Dec. 28, 1823; (4) Eleanor b. May 12, 1825; (5) George b. Feb. 17, 1828; (6) Edward b. July 6, 1830.
5. FREDERICK6 b. Nov. 23, 1797. A jeweler; spent most of his life in Tallahassee, Fla .; d. in New York City Oct. 30, 1857.
EDWARD TOWLE6 (Simon5, Isaac4, Zechariah3, Caleb2, Philip1) born Chester Dec. 25, 1781; married June 25, 1807, Nancy Elliott, born Chester 1785, died in Haverhill 1860. He died in Haverhill May 31, 1829. Succeeded his father in the management of the tavern. Was selectman in 1819. Five children born in Haverhill:
1. EMILY H. b. Mar. 10, 1810; d. May 22, 1829; unm.
2. ELIZABETH b. Aug. 10, 1812; m. Dr. Hiram Morgan; d. 1880. No chil.
3. ELEANOR H. b. July 25, 1816; m. George W. Chapman, lawyer at the Corner; she d. Feb. 19, 1891; he d. Aug. 11, 1896. No chil.
4. NANCY E. b. Nov. 1, 1818; m. Oct. 8, 1846, George S. Towle of Lebanon, lawyer and editor.
5. SYLVESTER CHARLES b. July 25, 1822. Lived in Canada.
HENRY TOWLE6 (Simon5, Isaac4, Zechariah3, Caleb2, Philip1) born Chester Aug. 19, 1788; married Susan, daughter James and Mary Ann Pierce of Chester, born May 30, 1788, died July 25, 1838. He died Mar. 28, 1867. Jeweler, and proprietor of drug and book store for many years at the Corner. Seven children born in Haverhill:
1. SIMON7 b. June 23, 1817.
2. JAMES H. b.7 Aug. 18, 1819.
3. FREDERICK 7 b. July 7, 1822; d. Jan. 25, 1825.
4. ISABELLA7 b. Feb. 13, 1825; d. Apr. 13, 1825.
5. MARY ANTOINETTE7 b. Apr. 24, 1827; m. Aug. 1852 Horace Hunt. Two chil .: (1) Susan Emily Hunt m. C. Markell, Sydney, Australia; two chil .: (a) Horace Francis Markell, lawyer; (b) Leoline. (2) Antoinette Hunt m. Dr. E. B. Dench, New York; one child, Catherine Dench, m. Russell Hawks.
6. SUSAN EMILY7 b. Aug. 22, 1829; d. Mar. 1, 1848.
7. FREDERICK7 b. June 24, 1832.
CHARLES TOWLES (Simon5, Isaac4, Zechariah3, Caleb2, Philip1) born Sept. 7, 1792; mar- ried Jan. 14, 1828, Lucy Bellows, born Jan. 1, 1805. Four children: 1, Eleanor born Aug. 31, 1828; 2, Charles B. born Mar. 13, 1830; 3, Emily born Apr. 25, 1833; 4, Charles E. born May 11, 1837.
SIMON TOWLE7 (Henry6, Simon5, Isaac4, Zechariah3, Caleb2, Philip1) born June 23, 1817; married, first, Oct. 16, 1845, Rebecca Parkhill, died Tallahassee, Fla .; married, second, Oct. 6, 1852, Harriet Hunt of Haverhill, born May 4, 1829, died Mar. 16, 1896, Detroit, Mich. He died in New York Apr. 13, 1879. He was a lawyer, and resided at Tallahassee, Fla., Detroit, Mich., Hartford and Middletown, Conn., Washington and New York. Five children; by first marriage:
1. SUSAN ANNETTE8 b. July 13, 1847, at Tallahassee; d. Sept. 7, 1867.
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By second marriage:
2. EMILY PRESCOTT8 b. Dec. 31, 1853; m. Nov. 14, 1878, William T. Cushing of Chicago, b. Aug. 28, 1844, d. Chicago Dec. 19, 1812. Two chil .: (1) Margaret Hunt Cushing b. June 20, 1887, d. Dec. 17, 1890; (2) Thurber Wesson Cushing b. Mar. 5, 1891. 3. FREDERICK8 b. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 11, 1858; m. Alice Hubbard. One child, Pres- cott King Towle9, b. Oct. 19, 1890, d. Jan. 7, 1917.
4. HENRY8 b. July 13, 1863, at Hartford, Conn. El Paso, Tex.
5. WILLIAM CONRAD8 b. Newark, N. J., Nov. 23, 1869; d. Chicago"July 25, 1896.
JAMES H. TOWLE7 (Henry6, Simon5, Isaac4, Zechariah3, Caleb2, Philip1) born Aug. 18, 1819; married Sept. 12, 1855, Mary Greenleaf, daughter Dr. Phineas and Caroline (Loth- rop) Spalding of Haverhill born Sept. 12, 1834, Lyndon, Vt., died -. He died Haver- hill May 1904. He was engaged in jewelry trade in New York City. One child, Carrie A. Towle8, born -. Resides in Haverhill.
WALLACE
WILLIAM K. WALLACE, son of James and Ann (Gibson) Wallace, born Newbury, Vt., Oct. 9, 1833; married Jan. 20, 1859, Harriet C., daughter Arad S. and Mary Ann (Grif- fin) Kent of Newbury. She was born Lowell, Mass., Apr. 8, 1833. He died Haverhill (Woodsville) Nov. 24, 1909. He learned the trade of watchmaker and jeweler, and carried on that business in Newbury from 1855 to 1872, except for his nine months service in Company H, Twelfth Vermont Volunteers during the war for the Union. Was engaged in manufacture of jewelry in Boston 1872-74, and was in the watch and jewelry business in Woodsville 1875-89. In the latter year he bought a farm near Woodsville, which gained an enviable reputation as the Wallace Hill horse farm, where he resided until his death, a trainer and dealer in fine horses. Mrs. Wallace still (1915) resides on the farm which is carried on by her nephew, Harry Kent. Mrs. Wallace is a great-grand- daughter of Col. Jacob Kent, one of the pioneers in the settlement of Newbury, captain of a company serving in the conquest of Canada in the old French War, and during the War of the Revolution commanded a Coos regiment at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga in Oct. 1777.
JAMES WALLACE, the father of William K., born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 1794, and came to America with his parents, settling in Newbury in 1801.
WARD
SAMUEL THORPE WARD born in Hanover in 1814; died at home of his daughter, Mrs. R. C. Drown, Horse Meadow; married Emeline W. Eastman, daughter of Moses East- man of Lyman (William4, Jonathan3, Thomas2, Roger1), born Lyman Oct. 17, 1823, died North Haverhill Oct. 1881. Farmer; lived in Landaff and Haverhill. Seven chil- dren :
1. MINA b. May 30, 1845; m. (pub. Apr. 9, 1864) John C. Shelley, b. 1843; served in Union Army; d. June 29, 1879. Of their children, Cora B. b. Oct. 1871, d. Sept. 14, 1872; Mattie B. b. 1866, m. Jan. 31, 1887, Charles K. Carleton, 2d wife (see Carleton); m., 2d, June 21, 1885, Richard C. Drown, s. of Amos and Olive, b. Hav. 1831; was soldier in Union Army in same company with J. C. Shelley; d. at Horse Meadow.
2. CALEB F. b. Nov. 28, 1847; m. Ann, dau. Savory Gordon of Landaff; lives in Lyme. One child, Perley Ward.
3. MARTHA M. b. Nov. 3, 1848; d. Aug. 3, 1864.
4. LoIs A. b. Apr. 27, 1851; d. Apr. 26, 1855.
5. INEZ F. b. Oct. 3, 1856; d. July 1864.
6. SIDNEY b. May 3, 1861; d. July 1864.
7. CLINTON R. b. Feb. 17, 1864; m. Jan. 19, 1886, Minnie L., dau. of Nelson and Lucinda (French) Hannaford of Hav .; railroad employee; resides in Woods- ville. She d. Aug. 11, 1915, ae. 56. Four chil .: (1) Harold N. b. Nov. 17, 1888; d. Feb. 16, 1889; (2) Leon Clinton b. Oct. 30, 1890; (3) Reymer E. b. July 19, 1892; (4) Loeita E. b. Sept. 21, 1905.
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WARREN
BENJAMIN L. WARREN1 born Aug. 27, 1803; married Mar. 27, 1828, Lucy Barton, born Apr. 12, 1795. He died June 27, 1867. She died Apr. 9, 1886. Two children:
1. BENJAMIN F.2 b. June 25, 1829; m. Mary L. Stearns July 5, 1851; d. Sept. 12, 1899. One child, Sarah E.3 b. Oct. 2, 1859; d. May 4, 1878.
2. ASHAEL L.2 b. June 4, 1835; m. Apr. 7, 1857, Lucia L. Heath, b. in 1831, d. May 11, 1914. He d. Aug. 26, 1907. Five chil .: (1) Justin J. b. May 9, 1858, d. Mar. 23, 1863; (2) Ora M. b. Oct. 15, 1861, d. Mar. 31, 1863; (3) Octavia M. b. Jan. 17, 1867, m. Ernest W. Jeffers; (4) Weston B. b. May 11, 1869, d. June 30, 1886; (5) Eastion A. b. Oct. 31, 1875, d. Sept. 4, 1876, lived in Benton on the road through the Flats; contracted for and cut many thousand cords of wood in Benton for use of locomotives on B. C. & M. R. R .; moved to Haverhill about 1883. While in Benton he filled various town offices and after coming to Haverhill served as selectman.
WEBSTER
CAPT. DAVID WEBSTER6 (Col. David5, Stephen4, Nathan3, Nathan2, John1) born Hollis Nov. 30, 1763; married Nov. 18, 1785, Lydia Cummings, born Aug. 31, 1769. His par- ents removed to Plymouth 1764. Prominent in the militia there; deputy sheriff many years; came to Haverhill in 1799 and was jailer till 1816; held that position at the time of the murder of Starkweather and Freeman by Josiah Burnham. He is said to have built the house where Samuel T. Page now lives. He died Plymouth June 4, 1844; she died Sept. 2, 1865, aged 96. Thirteen children:
1. DAVID7 b. May 9, 1786; d. Hav. Sept. 29, 1801.
2. SAMUEL C.7 b. June 28, 1788; m. Catherine, dau. Moor Russell. (See Russell.)
3. ELIZA C.7 b. Oct. 15, 1790; m. Oct. 20, 1808, George Woodward; d. July 4, 1809. (See Woodward.)
4. LYDIA b.7 June 18, 1792; m. Dec. 28, 1809, George Woodward; d. May 8, 1815.( See Woodward.)
5. HARRIET7 b. Mar. 17, 1794; m. Dec. 16, 1813, Dea. Henry Barstow. (See Barstow.)
6. SUSAN S.7 b. June 1796; d. July 19, 1818.
7. RALPH7 b. May 25, 1798; m. Ann Eliza Cushing; d. Cincinnati, O., 1827.
8. ARTHUR LIVERMORE7 b. Hav. June 11, 1800; sheriff Grafton County, 1840-45; d. Jan. 12, 1872, at Grand Rapids, Mich.
9. MARY LAWRENCE7 b. Hav. May 7, 1802; m. Sept. 29, 1819, John Ward.
10. ANN MARIA7 b. Hav. Sept. 8, 1804; d. unm. Oct. 15, 1835.
11. JANE LIVERMORE7 b. Oct. 22, 1807; d. Apr. 4, 1818.
12. A DAUGHTER7 b. June 18, 1810; d. same month.
13. ELIZABETH CLOUGH7 b. Oct. 20, 1813; d. May 17, 1836.
SAMUEL C. WEBSTER7 born Plymouth June 28, 1788; died Haverhill July 13, 1835. Was high sheriff. Graduated from Dartmouth in 1808 and was admitted to the bar at Plymouth. He was a man of marked ability and influence. He married Catherine, daughter of Moor Russell of Plymouth.
STEPHEN P. WEBSTER became a citizen of Haverhill early in the closing years of the 18th century and was clerk of the court from 1805 till his death, some time in the 40's, at the age of 70 years. He lived in a large two-story house on the left as you go east, the house where Rev. Ethan Smith lived about 1790-1800. He was a Harvard graduate and held the principalship in 1798-1800. He became a lawyer, and Haverhill honored itself in honoring him. He was moderator no less than thirteen times, selectman no less than sixteen, representative three times and councillor in 1829. He was a man of culture and urbaneness of manners and of high character. He was leader of the singing in the old Ladd Street Meetinghouse, and his peculiar gestures in marking the time made a deep impression on the young people of the day. His wife, Mary P., was born in Atkinson Feb. 15, 1775, and died Nov. 14, 1856. * "The pair had been denied chil-
* Reminiscences of the Corner, p. 16.
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dren, in order it would seem, that the love with which her heart abounded might be shed far and wide penetrating places otherwise loveless and forlorn, and ascend to the exalted source and worthy object of it. . . On Sunday mornings in summer we were sent to our chambers, each with a tract to await the hour of preparation for a more serious duty, and her familiar hail at the foot of the stairs, 'Now, boys, you may lay aside your tracts and go into the garden and gather your carraway, and then it will be time to set out for meeting.' That sort of nosegay was deemed to be the thing for the holy hour, and to say the truth, it has to this day the odor of sanctity to my nostrils." Mr. Webster's father was a leading citizen of Landaff.
COL. MOSES WEBSTER and Sarah (Kimball) Webster were prominent in Landaff society. Of his ten children three lived in Haverhill. Mrs. David Quimby was the last survivor of these children.
JOHN V. WEBSTER was for many years engaged in business in Haverhill. He carried on a tannery in company with the late James A. Currier, and later was agent of the Haverhill Paper Co. He was born in 1790, died Oct. 16, 1866. He married Sarah H. Perkins of Lyme, born 1820, died Oct. 19, 1889.
JAMES P. WEBSTER, brother of John, born 1813 (?); died Feb. 16, 1876, aged 63 years. He married Rebecca M. English, born 1818 (?), died Mar. 8, 1898, aged 80 years. They had one child, Eliza W., who married Dec. 18, 1860, Hiram S. Kellum. He died July 15, 1877, aged 42 years. She died July 11, 1890, aged 49 years, 9 months. One son, James H., died Sept. 1, 1868, aged 2 years, 6 months. He was moderator twelve years in succession, going out when the Democrats came into power in 1866, and was one of the selectmen in 1855 and 1856.
AUGUSTA G. WEBSTER, daughter of Walter and Catherine Webster, died Sept. 17, 1853, aged 9 years.
WEBSTER
ALMON G. WEBSTER, son of Orris D., and Mary M. (Keyser) Webster, born Franklin Aug. 6, 1863; married Dec. 21, 1884, Emma, daughter John and Adeline M. (Rogers) Stevens. Entered the employ of railroad as fireman in 1880; has been locomotive engineer since 1885. One son, Ralph E. engine dispatcher B. & M. R. R., Woods- ville. Democrat, Odd Fellow. Attendants on services of Methodist Episcopal Church. Reside in Woodsville.
WEED
EBEN C. WEED, son of William F. and Susan (Stearns) Weed, born Grafton, Vt., June 12, 1841; died Haverhill Feb. 3, 1910; married Dec. 10, 1865, Helen Frances, daugh- ter of James and Rachel (Hilliard) Burns of Topsham, Vt. Mr. Weed enlisted at Haver- hill Sept. 3, 1861, in Company I, Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, and served till honorably discharged Aug. 28, 1865, holding a commission as first lieutenant. He saw service at Port Royal, Fort Fisher, Petersburg and Cold Harbor. On his return from the army he was employed in the paper mill at the Brook, then went into the lumber business in Topsham, Vt., for six years, returning to the Haverhill paper mill for seven years more. In 1885 he was appointed deputy sheriff and jailer serving six years. In 1892 he purchased the residence, store and stock of F. T. Kisnan at the Brook and con- ducted the business of a general store, till a few years before his death. He was a mem- ber of Nathaniel Westgate Post, G. A. R., of Grafton Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and in politics an uncompromising Republican. Their only son and child, Allen C. Weed, died at the age of nineteen.
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WEEKS
LEONARD WEEKS1 came to America from England previous to 1655 in which year he was witness to a bond in York County, Mass. (now Maine). He received a grant of eight acres of land in Portsmouth, now Greenland, June 29, 1656; died Greenland 1707; married 1667 Mary, daughter Dea. Samuel Haines of Portsmouth. Six children born Greenland.
CAPT. SAMUEL2 (Leonard1), second son Leonard and Mary Weeks, born Dec. 14, 1670; married Elinor, daughter Samuel Haines, Jr., of Greenland, born Aug. 23, 1675. He died Nov. 19, 1736. Seven children born in Greenland.
JOHN3 (Capt. Samuel?, Leonard1), second, son Capt. Samuel and Elinor Weeks, born 1702; cordwainer in Greenland and Epping; married Hannah - -. Joined the church in 1728. Eight children.
BENJAMIN4 (John3, Capt. Samuel2, Leonard), youngest son John and Hannah Weeks, born Epping Apr. 26, 1742; married about 1761 Marion Hanniford, born Feb. 28, 1741. Lived in Epping; later resided in Deerfield, then in Wentworth; settled as farmer in Piermont.
JOHN5 (Benjamin4, John3, Capt. Samuel2, Leonard1), eldest son of Benjamin and Marion Weeks, born Oct. 26, 1762; married Esther, daughter, Hubbard and Eunice Spencer, born Sept 17, 1769, died Dec. 6, 1833. He died Piermont where he lived, farmer, Jan. 3, 1841. He gave the town of Piermont land for the town cemetery. There were nine children.
ENOCH R.6 (John5, Benjamin4, John3, Capt. Samuel2, Leonard1) eldest son of John and Esther Weeks, born Piermont Mar. 5, 1787; died Warren Jan. 26, 1867; married Mar. 2, 1814, Sally Merrill, born May 9, 1793. Farmer and hotel keeper in Warren. Ten children.
ENOCH R., JR.7 (Enoch R.6, John5, Benjamin3, Capt. Samuel2, Leonard1), ninth of the ten children of Enoch R. and Sally K. Merrill Weeks, born Warren Apr. 13, 1831; mar- ried Oct. 5, 1854, Melissa H. Metcalf, born July 27, 1834. Merchant in Warren till 1872 when he removed to North Haverhill, and kept a country store successfully until it was destroyed by fire about 1886. He was town clerk 1874-95, and town treasurer for nearly this entire period. In politics was an uncompromising Democrat, and was prominent in the councils of his party. He was one of the promoters of the North Hav- erhill Granite Company, which for some years operated quarries on Brier Hill, but the enterprise was not financially successful. He was held in high esteem by his townsmen, and was one of the foremost citizens of North Haverhill. He died May 8, 1908. She died. Six children all born in Warren.
1. FRANK M.8 b. Oct. 3, 1856; d. May 29, 1858.
2. HERBERT8 b. July 16, 1859; d. Apr. 7, 1865.
3. HATTIE8 b. Aug. 20, 1862; d. Nov. 9, 1872.
4. SARAH LIZZIE8 b. Nov. 12, 1864; m. Feb. 24, 1886, Chas. P. Page. (See Page.)
5. MARY MELISSA8 b. Apr. 14, 1867; m. Aug. 17, 1891, Samuel, s. of James and Augusta Weeks Mattocks, Kansas City, Mo. Two chil .: (1) Muriel E. b. June 3, 1894; (2) Millicent E. b. Dec. 17, 1896.
6. EMMA C.8 b. Sept. 23, 1869; m. June 17, 1903, Frank E., s. of Amos P. and Harriet J. (Potter) Oliver. Resides Malden, Mass.
JONATHAN WEEKS6 (John5, Benjamin4, John3, Capt. Samuel?, Leonard1), fourth son of John and Esther (Spencer) Weeks, born June 29, 1794; died Nov. 1836; married June 25, 1718, Betsey (Brown) Huse, born June 4, 1794, died Jan. 30, 1847; tanner and shoemaker at Lyndon, Vt. Six children.
CHARLES MARSHALL WEEKS7 (Jonathan6, John5, Benjamin4, John3, Samuel2, Leonard1), youngest son of Jonathan and Betsey (Huse) Weeks, born Lyndon, Vt., May 21, 1835; married 1857 Jane, daughter of Roswell Wilmot, born Mar. 10, 1836, and who died
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Aug. 3, 1899. He died in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 20, 1887. Mr. Wilmot was born in Sheffield, Vt., and had purchased what is known as the Wilmot farm on the line of the railroad above Woodsville. Children: 1, Nellie; 2, George Lewis died Oct. 19, 1864, aged 4 years, 10 months; 3, Jennie May; 4, Charles; 5, Lovicea; 6, Clara; 7, Cora; 8, Frank; 9, Bertha.
Mr. Weeks on coming to Woodsville in 1859 engaged in trade and proceeded to place Woodsville on the map as a center for out of town trade. First of all he was a Democrat, and was the moderator of the town meetings in Haverhill beginning in 1871 till 1884, with the exception of 1874 when Henry P. Watson was elected and 1879 when Enoch G. Parker was elected. He was representative in 1868, and also again in 1869. He was appointed postmaster in 1860. Built the Weeks block and the E. B. Mann residence the first buildings on that side of the railroad.
WEEKS
FRED G. WEEKS, D. D. S., born Chatham Apr. 23, 1869, son of James H. and Lois A. Weeks; educated in the Chatham schools and Fryeburg Academy and the Boston Dental College, graduating in the class of 1894. He immediately located in Woodsville, and has a successful practice. Mason, Odd Fellow, Universalist. Married Mar. 29, --- Clara A. Dickinson, daughter Curtis and Flora Lang Dickinson of Barnet, Vt., born 1870. Six children born Haverhill (Woodsville):
1. MARION MAXINE b. Jan. 31, 1899.
2. MADELINE MARIE b. Jan. 15, 1901.
3. WILFRED HOLMES b. Dec. 25, 1904.
4. CLARICE JEANNETTE b. Feb. 8, 1907.
5. CAROLYN RUTH b. Aug. 20, 1910.
6. ALBION LANG b. May 13, 1913.
WELLS
1. THOMAS WELLS was a native of Essex, a shiretown in England on the North sea. Tradition says he came to America, concealing himself in a empty water cask, on an out- going vessel. He landed in Massachusetts, but went immediately to Rhode Island.
2. HUGH born Essex; married there and ultimately came to New England.
3. THOMAS born about 1620 in England; came to Hadley, Mass., and died there 1676; married Mary.
4. EPHRAIM, son of Thomas and Mary, born about 1674; married Jan 23, 1696, Abigail Allis. Lived in Colchester, Conn.
5. EPHRAIM, son of Ephraim and Abigail, born 1726; married Lydia Chapman.
6. EZEKIEL, son of Ephraim and Lydia, was born July 22, 1745. Was a grantee of Canaan as was also his father, Ephraim. Ezekiel went to Canaan prior to 1769, and settled in that town. He married Nov. 25, 1779, Phebe Meacham who was 15 years and 6 months old. In the first ten years of their married life they had nine children, and in 1809, they were the parents of eighteen children.
7. ENos, seventh son and tenth child of Ezekiel and Phebe, born Feb. 14, 1791.
ENOS WELLS1 of Canaan settled in Coventry (now Benton) in 1816 on the South road so-called in what became known as "the Wells neighborhood." For a period of more than thirty years he was prominent in all the affairs of that town, social, religious, po- ยท litical (see Coventry-Benton, Whitcher, pp. 40-41). He was born in 1791, and died Oct. 16, 1862. He was twice married, first, to Lois - who died Apr. 4, 1821, aged 31 years. Children by this marriage died in infancy. He married, second, Sally Clark of Landaff who died Oct. 18, 1894, aged 93 years, 7 months. (For ancestry see above.) Four children by second marriage, born in Benton: 1, Caleb2; 2, George2; 3, Enos C.2; 4, Chester2 born July 7, 1842.
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CALEB WELLS2 (Enos1) born Oct. 19, 1826; married, first, Nov. 11, 1847, Martha H., daughter Sylvester Gordon of Landaff, born Sept. 11, 1828, died Feb. 21, 1871; married second, Lucy Ann, sister of first wife, born Jan. 22, 1827, died Dec. 20, 1899. He died Nov. 24, 1912. Like his father he was a prominent figure in the affairs of Benton till his removal to Haverhill about 1869. He was educated in the common schools and at New- bury Seminary; was active in church work,-a Methodist till after his removal to Haver- hill where he became identified with the Advent Church,-and was interested in all matters pertaining to the social and educational welfare of his town. He was for many years superintendent of schools, collector of taxes, and served several years on the Board of Selectmen. He represented the town in the legislature in 1867 and 1868. When he moved to Haverhill he purchased a farm near the Union Meetinghouse at the Centre where he lived till his death, doing quite an extensive business, in addition to his farming, in shipping potatoes to the Boston market. He served four years as one of the Haverhill selectmen, 1882-86, and was chairman of the board in 1883-84. One of the recognized leaders of the Haverhill Democracy, he was always optimistic in defeat, and had the un- tiring persistence which taught his political opponents that it was unsafe to leave him out of their reckoning in political contests. In his later years it was his ambition to live to see the election of another Democratic president, an ambition which was gratified a few days before his death in 1912. Five children born in Benton:
1. HELEN A.3 b. June 10, 1849; m. Sept. 7, 1871, George C. Clifford of Hav .; d. Hav. Nov. 8, 1897.
2. ELLA G.3 b. Nov. 11, 1857; m. Nov. 11, 1877, Edwin U. Hamblett of Hav. Resides in Hav. No chil.
3. HERBERT E.3 m. Ida McGiverny; two chil .; was a freight conductor on B. & M. R. R .; killed by overhead bridge at Pike.
4. SCOTT3 b. Oct. 29, 1865; d. 1907; m. Belle Hadlock; was a conductor on B & M. R. R.
5. ADDIE BELL3 b. Sept. 11, 1867; d. Jan. 5, 1869.
GEORGE WELLS2 (Enos1) born Mar. 18, 1828; married Oct. 14, 1849, Caroline Burbank, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Lovejoy) Morse of Haverhill (see Morse), born May 24, 1830, died May 8, 1905. He died July 29, 1905. After his marriage he settled on a farm in Benton till about 1865 when he removed to Haverhill, purchasing the Daniel Morse farm, near that of his father-in-law, Jacob Morse, where he lived until his death. While in Benton he served as town clerk and selectman, and was recognized as one of the town's most useful citizens. In religious faith he was a Methodist, in politics a Democrat, an industrious citizen, a substantial farmer. Six children:
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