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Mrs. Hemphill is unable to walk, and sits in a chair, which she can move about somewhat. Her eyes are quite bright, and she distinguishes many of the passers by the horses which they drive. She seems to be in good health, and has an excellent appetite, and is anticipating with much pleasure the coming of string beans and cucumbers. She has been a temperate woman during life, though Father Trask will be grieved to know that for many years she was an inveter- ate snuff-taker. After leaving that off, on the earnest
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urging of her sons, she immediately took up smoking, which she continued till a few years since, when a fit of sickness came upon her, and she lost all desire to smoke, and has never resumed the habit since. Her powers of endurance have been remarkable through life. She used to ride to Windham on horseback, and carry a child in her arms ; and only last year she rode to Grantham, a distance of twenty- seven miles, to visit her son. In early life she used fre- quently to ferry people across the Contoocook river, at a ferrying-place near her father's house, the landing of which is still plainly to be seen. Her life covers almost the entire history of the town of Henniker, it being incorporated in 1768, and much of its unwritten history has been and can be gathered from her.
CONTOOCOOK RIVER.
The Contoocook (meaning long river) was always called, in the grants and plans of the townships through which it passed, " the great river." The town of Rindge, in the south-western part of the state, is divided into two parts by the water-shed of the Connecticut and Merrimack valleys. Contoocook river takes its rise in Long pond, in Rindge, which drains the northern slope of the town, and receives a small branch before it reaches East Jaffrey, where there is a large manufactory. It receives two small streams before reaching Peterborough, the largest manufacturing town in south-western New Hampshire, where it receives the Nu- banusit, which is quite a river of itself. It receives many brooks before reaching this town, and upon it, at Benning- ton and Hillsborough Bridge, it is used largely for manu- facturing and mechanical purposes. It enters Henniker from Hillsborough in the ninth range, and in the centre of the ninth lot of the range; it is very circuitous in its course through the town, running north-easterly, and reaches its highest point in that direction in the sixth range, east side of the ninth lot of the range; thence flows south-
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easterly into the range in which it enters the township, and passes out of the town into Hopkinton at the north-east corner of the same range in which it enters the town. Its circuit in the town is about eight miles. It passes on through Hopkinton, and enters the Merrimack at Fisher- ville. It receives several brooks in its course through this town, the largest being Ammi brook, a little river in itself.
As most appropriate in this place, we append the follow- ing gem from one of the sweetest poets of the land, Henni- ker's gifted daughter, Edna Dean Proctor, who was born on
" The pine-crowned hill, That overhangs the village plain."
How true to life is her description of this beautiful river !
CONTOOCOOK RIVER.
BY EDNA DEAN PROCTOR.
Of all the streams that seek the sea
By mountain pass or sunny lea,
Now where is one that dares to vie
With clear Contoocook, swift and shy ?
Monadnock's child, of snow-drifts born,
The snows of many a winter morn,
And many a midnight dark and still,
Heaped higher, whiter, day by day, To melt, at last, with suns of May, And steal, in tiny fall and rill,
Down the long slopes of granite gray ; Or, filter slow through seam and cleft When frost and storm the rock have reft, To bubble cool in sheltered springs, Where the lone red-bird dips his wings, And the tired fox that gains its brink
Stoops, safe from hound and horn, to drink. And rills and springs, grown broad and deep,
Unite through gorge and glen to sweep In roaring brooks that turn and take The over-floods of pool and lake, Till to the fields the hills deliver Contoocook's bright and brimming river !
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Oh ! have you seen, from Hillsboro' town, How fast its tide goes hurrying down, With rapids now, and now a leap Past giant boulders, black and steep, Plunged in mid water, fain to keep Its current from the meadows green ? But, flecked with foam, it speeds along ; And not the birch tree's silvery sheen, Nor the soft lull of whispering pines, Nor hermit thrushes, fluting low, Nor ferns, nor cardinal flowers that glow Where clematis, the fairy, twines, Can stay its course, or still its song ; Ceaseless it flows, till, round its bed, The vales of Henniker are spread, Their banks all set with golden grain, Or stately trees whose vistas gleam- A double forest in the stream ; And winding 'neath the pine-crowned hill That overhangs the village plain, By sunny reaches, broad and still, It nears the bridge that spans its tide- The bridge whose arches low and wide It ripples through-and should you lean A moment there, no lovelier scene On England's Wye, or Scotland's Tay, Would charm your gaze, a summer's day.
And on it glides, by grove and glen, Dark woodlands, and the homes of men, With now a ferry, now a mill ; Till, deep and calm, its waters fill The channels round that gem of isles Sacred to captives' woes and wiles, And, gleeful half, half eddying back, Blend with the lordly Merrimack ; And Merrimack, whose tide is strong, Rolls gently, with its waves along, Monadnock's stream, that, coy and fair, Has come its larger life to share, And to the sea doth safe deliver Contoocook's bright and brimming river !
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF HENNIKER FAMILIES.
F HIS register contains a record of all the early families of this town which it has been possible to obtain ; also, a very large number of the later families in the town.
To collect, prepare, and arrange this register has required a vast amount of labor as well as patience, as, save in a few instances, I have endeavored to make it historical rather than eulogistic. Hundreds of letters have been written, in- numerable interviews have taken place, and public and pri- vate papers have been attentively perused. Many of the older families had left behind them but little record, and many families, both of the earlier and later, will find in this register the only record they ever saw or heard of of their ancestors, and many, even, of their own families. Errors there will undoubtedly be, but I have endeavored to make it as reliable as is possible to be done. The record of many families is incomplete, from the fact that my urgent re- quests for more knowledge of them have not been regarded. In most instances, however, information has been promptly and cheerfully given.
I call particular attention to the large number of eminent men and women Henniker has produced, who have done much to honor their native town. It will be seen that one family-Lieut. John Goodenow-had five sons, all of whom
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became eminent lawyers, and two of them members of con- gress. I take pleasure in presenting this, as I believe, the most perfect register yet published in the history of any town in this state. I have the pleasure of giving a short sketch of a few of the original proprietors of the township, with a fac-simile of their hand-writing, for which I am in- debted to Robert C. Mack, Esq., the eminent historian of Londonderry.
EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
In each family the parents' names will be found in full, while the Christian names only of the children are given. When grandchildren are given, they are numbered in Ro- man numerals, I, II, III, etc. The numbers of the family are given consecutively in the margin, and members of the fam- ily are given in the order in which they are produced.
The sign of + after a person's name denotes that the name will again appear with the same number enclosed in a parenthesis.
Abbreviations-b. stands for born ; d. for died ; md. for married ; dau. for daughter ; unmd. for unmarried.
ABBOTT.
I. George Abbott, of Andover, Mass., was the ancestor of the Abbott family, largely, in this country. Jabez Abbott, son of Jabez, son of Thomas, son of Thomas, son of George of Andover, resided in Concord, where he md. Hepzibah Stevens.
2. Dyer Abbott, son of Jabez and Hepzibah Abbott, was b. in Concord, June 18, 1778. Md. at the commence- ment of the present century, Sarah Atkinson, and, in company with his mother-in-law, came to this town in 1810, and purchased of the heirs of Maj. Da- vid Campbell the place now owned and occupied by
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W. S. Childs and his sons. Mr. Abbott was a great lover of music, and was chorister of the North Church in Concord in 1805. He d. March 8, 1832. Born in Concord.
3. Charles, b. Aug. 20, 1802. 4. Sarah J., b. Jan. 28, 1810. Born in Henniker.
5. Herman, b. Oct. 16, 1811 ; afterwards insane.
6. Maria, b. July 24, 1813. 7. John, b. Aug. 14, 1815.
8. Seth, b. March, 12, 1817; resides in Illinois, and is the father of Emma Abbott, the celebrated prima donna.
9. Frances B , b. Jan. 12, 1819.
IO. Phebe C., b. Feb. 10, 1821 ; d. Feb. 17, 1832.
II. Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1823 ; d. Feb. 12, 1832.
12. Benjamin A., b. Jan. 20, 1825 ; d. Feb. 13, 1832.
13. Timothy Abbott, md. Sarah, dau. of Ezekiel Smith, of this town, and resided a number of years on the Wadsworth Hill road. Nothing is known of the family after leaving town. Children born here :
14. James, b. Feb. 17, 1788. 15. Daniel, b. Mar. 12, 1790.
16. Nathan, b. Dec. 22, 1791. 17. Seba, b. July 28, 1794.
18. Sally, b. July 25, 1796. 19. Jenny, b. April 1, 1798.
20. Appleton, b. May 4, 1800. 21. Jonas, b. Feb. 14, 1802.
22. William Abbott, was b. in Bradford, Aug. 23, 1788; was a shoemaker, and came to this town about 1812. He md. Lucinda Bailey, July 4, 1815, who was b. Aug. 6, 1796. He d. Dec. 12, 1840 ; his wife d. Feb. 13, I864.
23. Lucretia A., b. May 14, 1816 ; md. Harvey Allen.
24. Calvin, b. Nov. 11, 1817 ; resides in Michigan, unmd.
25. Mary G., b. June 16, 1819 ; d. Sept. 16, 1820.
26. Louisa, b. Dec. 26, 1820 ; md. - Gray.
27. George, b. March 7, 1823 ; d. Oct. 8, 1823.
28. Harrison, b. Sept. 14, 1824 ; d. March 29, 1826.
29. William, b. July 14, 1827.+
30. Madison, b. March 5, 1830 ; d. Jan. 10, 1842.
Helen, b. Dec. 6, 1833 ; md. Jan. 1, 1856, Alvin N. Judd, Dunkirk, N. Y. Has several children.
31. 32. I. William B., b. Jan. 5, 1862, and other children.
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(29). William Abbott, md. Nov. 29, 1860, Abby P., dau. of Daniel and Jane S. Rice, of this town ; resided here most of the time until 1873, when he removed to Michigan, and now resides at Petoskey, in that state. Is a machinist and farmer, and will be remembered as one of the leading musicians of Henniker, and of the state.
33. Louisa, M., b. Feb. 16, 1862 ; d. June 10, 1863.
34. William M., b. Nov. 29, 1863.
35 Frank M., b. Dec. 4, 1868.
36. Charles R. D., b. Dec. 13, 1878.
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ADAMS.
This family was at one time one of the most numerous in town. Some of the earliest settlers and most enterprising citizens of Henniker were found in this family. Not one of the name from this family now resides in the town, and only one repre- sentative of the family. The families that resided here were descendants of Richard Adams, who was a tailor by trade, and was at Salem, Mass., in 1638, and Newbury, Mass., 1640 ; emigrated from Devonshire, Eng., and md. Eleanor -, who d. June 12, 1677. The record of the Adams family is very in- complete.
I. Capt. Aaron Adams was the son of Israel Adams, b. in Rowley, Mass., 1739, and md. Betsey, and settled in this town soon after its incorporation. He resided near where J. H. Matthews now lives, and was at one time quite a large distiller. He was for many years one of the most influential men of the town, and represented it in the legislature of 1798-'99, and was one of the selectmen in 1773, '74, '75, and '86 ; was commissioned Lieutenant 8th Co., 15th Reg. N. H. Militia, March 1, 1774. He d. March 14, 1819. His wife d. April 27, 1818.
Born in Rowley, Mass.
4.
2. Gideon, b. Aug. 28, 1764.+ 3. Moses, b. Dec. 2, 1766.++ William, b. Dec. 27, 1769.+
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Born in Henniker.
5. Stephen, b. March 15, 1774 ; } d. Aug. 30, 1777.
6. James, b. March 15, 1774 ; § d. Sept. 4, 1777.
7. Aaron, b. July 10, 1777. S. George, b. Aug. 21, 1784.+
9. Betsey, b. 1786 ; md. Moses Pressey, March 14, 1811.
(2). Gideon Adams, md. Lucy -, and resided upon what is now known as the Squire Dow place. He was the first merchant in the town.
IO. Elizabeth, b. Dec., 1784. II. Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1786.
12. Phebe, b. May 10, 1789. 13. Lucy, b. May 31, 1791.
14. Thomas P., b. July 31, 1793.
15. Aaron, b. Nov. 7, 1795. 16. Lucinda, b. June 25, 1798.
17. Joseph Lewis, b. Oct. 4, 1800.
IS. George W., b. Jan. 24, 1803.
(3). Moses Adams, was one of the selectmen of the town in 1794, '95, '96, '97, '98, and 1800. There is no record of his marriage or of his family but this.
19. James, b. Feb. 15, 1789 ; was always known as “ Mas- ter Adams," having taught school a great deal in this and other towns. He d. in Weare, Sept. 22, 1870.
(4). William Adams, md. first wife, Mary Hanaford, who d. July 2, 1807, and he md. second wife, Polly, dau. of Eliphalet Wood, of Harvard, Mass., who d. April 20, 1841. He d. Jan. 6, 1851.
20. Stephen, b. 1792.+ 21. James, b. March 21, 1794.+ 2.2. George, b. -; md. Mary Thurston ; no children ; committed suicide.
23. William, b. 1798 ; d. Aug. 30, 1803.
24. Polly, b .- -. 25. Betsey, b. 1803 ; d. Oct. 19, 1803. Children second wife.
26. Patty, b. 1808 ; d. April 2, 1809.
27. John, b. May 17, 1810.+
28. Sally, b. -; md. Richard Alley.
(8). George Adams, md. March 6, 1806, Olive, dau. of Jonas and Lucy P. Alexander, of this town, and resided near the old homestead. He d. March 3, 1852. 29
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29. Aaron A., b. Sept. 2, 1806. 30. Betsey, b. Jan. 5, 1808.
31. Gilbert, b. July 2, 1809. 32. Jane M., b. June 22, 1810.
33. Sophronia, b. Dec. 2, 1811. 34. Dean, b. Dec. 27, 1813.
35 Maria Jane, b. Oct. 1, 1816. 36. Abi, b. Dec. 15, 1819.
(20). Capt. Stephen Adams, md. Abi, dau. of Jonas and Lucy P. Alexander. He d. July 1, 1843 ; widow still living.
37. William, b. 1810; d. March 25, 1816.
38. Mary, b. -; md. Col. David Eaton, of Hopkinton.
39 Sally P., b. 1814 ; d. Nov. 12, 1837.
40. Martha, b. -. 41. Stephen D., b. -.
(21). James Adams, md. Lydia Johnson, Feb. 12, 1815. He d. March 10, 1850; his wife d. April 10, 1865.
42. Betsey G., b. June 3, 1815.
43. James M., b. March 28, 1817.
44. Harriet R., b. July 4, 1819; md. Isaac Rowell, West Hopkinton, Feb. 20, 1840 ;- mother of five children. Mary J., b. Oct. 8, 1821.
45.
46. William, b. Jan. 13, 1824 ; md. Angelina, dau. of Joseph Felch ; resides in Michigan.
47 George W., b. May 13, 1826.
48. Franklin P., b. Aug. 9, 1828 ; d. March 21, 1829.
49. Maria, b. -
50. Franklin P., b. 1834 ; d. April 12, 1836.
51. Lydia A., b. 1837 ; d. Feb. 9, 1841.
(27). John Adams, md. first wife, Lorinda Jones, who d. Jan. 2, 1850, and he md. second wife, Nov. 14, 1850, Abigail Richardson, of Dracut, Mass. He resided upon the old homestead ; d. Nov. 17, 1853, and his widow md. Nathan Blanchard.
52. Eliza Ann, b. March 31, 1834 ; d. Dec. 19, 1849.
53. Adaline M., b. Aug. 26, 1840 ; md. Joseph H. Mathews.
54. Almira B., b. 1844 ; d. April 5, 1847.
55. Israel Adams, 2d, brother of Capt. Aaron, md. Elizabeth Adams, of Rowley, Mass., and came to this town shortly after his brother, and resided near where R. J. Clark now resides. He had two sons.
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56. John, d. at Portsmouth, during the War of ISI2. 57. Israel, 3d, md. first wife, Charity Bailey, who d. Jan. 23, ISO8 ; md. second wife, Sept. 15, 1808, Rhoda, dau. of Dea. Ebenezer and Rhoda Harthorn, of Hen- niker. He was prominent as a military man, and commanded a company during the War of 1812. He was one of the founders of the Methodist church in this town, and one of the selectmen in 1827.
Children of first wife.
58. Charity, b. Feb. 9, 1801. 59. Israel, b. Dec. 4, 1802.
60. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17, 1804 ; md., Dec. 28, 1825, Tim- othy Morse, of Hopkinton.
61. Thomas B., b. May 27, 1806.+
62. George W., b. Dec. 4, 1807 ; d. same day. Children of second wife.
63. Ebenezer H., b. Sept. 10, 1809.
64 Rhoda H., b. Oct. 30, 1810 ; d. Nov. 4, 1810.
65. Amanda, b. Sept. 25, ISII ; md., April 9, 1834, Rev. Azel P. Brigham.
66. Augusta, b. Sept. 25, ISII ; md., Sept. 13, 1841, Rev. R. W. Smith, Canton, Mass.
67. Christopher C., b. June 21, 1813 ; emigrated to Ohio.
63. John, b. Dec. 3, 1815. 69. Cassandra, b. July 25, 1817.
70. Aaron, b. May 21, 1819.
71. Infant, b. May 21, 1819.
Both d. same day.
72. Roana, b. July 27, 1820.
(61.) Thomas B. Adams, md., April 2, 1835, Mary Pressey, of Henniker; resides in Bradford. Children born in this town :
73. Israel, b. Nov. 20, 1838 ; d. Feb. 5, 1839.
74. Mary E., b. Nov. 26, 1839 ; md. S. Bumford.
75. Eben H., b. March 6, 1840.
76. Thomas B., b. March 4, 1842 ; d. Dec. 15, 1862. Roll of Honor.]
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77. Richard S., b. Aug. 28, 1845 ; d. Aug. 14, 1847.
78. Israel, b. May 20, 1848.
79. Frances A., b. March 18, 1850.
80. Ella A., b. Sept. 14, 1852.
81. Stephen Adams, son of William and Betty Noyes Adams, was born in Rowley, Mass., Feb. 27, 1729, and md., 1760, Susanna Dorman, of Topsfield, Mass.,
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who was b. Sept. 15, 1740. They came to this town shortly after its incorporation, and settled in the north-east part of the town, where the Patterson brothers reside. He was a large, fleshy man, and al- though wilful and obstinate, was possessed of a jovial disposition. His six first children were born in Row- ley,-the others in this town. He d. Jan. 5, 1811. His wife d. Oct. 15, 1804.
82.
Jacob, b. Feb. 23, 1761 ; was a soldier in the Revolu- tion ; md. and had two children ; he d. in New York March 25, 1841.
Amelia, b. May 26, 1762.
Juliana, b. Sept. 1, 1764 ; d. Aug. 13, 1812.
Henry, b. Sept. 2, 1766. The three last joined the En- field Shakers.
83. 84 85. 86. Susanna, b. March 28, 1769 ; d. Nov. 10, 1776.
87. 88. 89.
David, b. Nov. 5, 1771 ; d. Nov. 10, 1771.
David, b. Nov. 8, 1772.+
Elijah, b. Dec. 9, 1774 ; d. Jan. 9; 1775.
90.
Israel, b. Jan. 25, 1776.+
91.
Susanna, b. Oct. 17, 1779; md., Dec. 4, 1803, Barzilla Hayward, and d. in Grantham.
92. Enoch, b. Jan. 5, 1783.+
(88.) David Adams, md. and moved to Orange, Vt., in 1799, where he d. in February, 1858. A part of his chil- dren were born in this town.
93 Stephen, d. Taunton, Mass. 94. David, d. Barre, Vt.
95. Moses, resides in Iowa. 96. Susanna, md. - Goff.
97. Maria, d. young. 98. John, resides in Vt.
99. Samuel, resides Johnston, Vt. 100. Betsey, d. young.
IOI. Judith, d. Worcester, Mass.
(90.) Israel Adams, md. Feb. 12, 1811, Betsey Sargent, of this town. Resided in Henniker many years ; sepa- rated from his wife, and taking two of his children went to Baltimore, Md., thence to New Orleans, La. They had four children ; no names of them.
(92.) Enoch Adams, md., Nov. 27, 1810, Eunice Whiddon, of Canterbury, who was b. Sept. 12, 1781, moved to
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Sangerville, Maine, thence to Amestown, Me., in 1813, where he d. Aug. 8, 1860. His wife d. March 5, 1855. Hannah Roland, b. July 6, 1814; md. Nov. 3, 1836, Benj. Lane.
IO2.
103.
Susan, b. June 1, 1816 ; md. Nov. 17, 1839, Enos G. Flanders ; resides in Sangerville, Maine.
104.
John, b. July 7, 1818 ; d. Sept. 28, 1821.
Elizabeth, b. June 7, 1821 ; md., Nov. 14, 1850, John B.
105. Springall, of Great Yarmouth, Cornwall county, England. She d. Sept. 17, 1852. He d. Oct. 17, 1 860.
106.
Julia, b. Dec. 23, 1823 ; d. March 29, 1846, unmarried.
ALBIN.
I. John Albin purchased the upper grist-mill in Jan., 1869, and moved to town soon after. He d. Oct., 1869, from an injury received in the mill.
2. John Henry Albin, son of John, was b. in Randolph, Vt .; fitted for college at Concord ; graduated from Dart- mouth college in 1864; commenced reading law im- mediately after with Hon. Ira A. Eastman, at Con- cord; admitted to the bar Oct., 1867. He was one of the representatives to the legislature from Ward 5, Concord, in 1872 and 1873, and also from Henniker in 1877 ; has filled the various offices of the Order of I. O. O. F., becoming the Most Worthy Grand Mas- ter of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of this state, Oct. 8, 1879. He m., Sept. 5, 1872, Georgie A. Mod- ica, of this town.
3. Henry A., b. Feb. 7, 1875.
4. Mabel W., b. Aug. 17, 1876.
5. Edith G., b. Aug. 7, 1878.
ALEXANDER.
I. Thomas Alexander, of Marlboro,' Mass .; md. Phebe -, 1747, and they had-
2. Jonas, b. Mar. 8, 1749.+ 3. Jeduthan, b. Sept, 5, 1751.
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4. Phebe, b. Sept. 22, 1753 ; came to this town with her brothers.
5. Jabez, b. Aug. 22, 1755 ; came here and settled near his brother Jonas ; no record of his family.
(2.) Jonas Alexander, md., July 28, 1770, Sarah Pool, of Stowe, Mass .; came to this town immediately after, and settled where Ezra Chase resides. The family moved to Brownfield, Me., about the beginning of the present century.
6. Betsey, b. 1774; md., April 4, 1792, John Brown.
7. Phebe, b. 1776; md., June 19, 1793, Thomas Pingree.
8. Jonas, b. 1778.
9. Sally, b. 1780 ; md. Daniel Tyler, May 31, 1796.
IO. Olive, b. 1784 ; md., March 6, 1806, George Adams.
II. Jeduthan, b. 1786. 12. Lydia, b. 1789.
13. Abi, b. 1791 ; md. Stephen Adams.
14. Lewis, b. 1793 ; md. - Trumbull.
ALLEN.
I. Harvey Allen, son of Solomon, was b. in Greenfield, Mass., Jan., 1805; md. Lucretia, dau. of William and Lucinda Abbott, of this town ; resided here and also in Chelsea, Vt. ; d. here August 14, 1869. His wife d. Feb. 7, 1874.
2. William H., b. July 9, 1849 ; md., Mar. 23, 1874, Em- ma V. White, of Hillsborough.
3. I. Gertrude F., b. Dec. 7, 1874.
4. II. Grace Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1876.
5. Herbert P., b. Nov. 20, 1850 ; d. Sept. 24, 1879.
6. Lillian H., b. March 24, 1854.
ALLEY.
I. Daniel B. Alley came to this town about the beginning of the present century, and settled where John F. Perry now resides. He was a prominent member of the society of Friends, who were then settling in the southerly portion of the town. He was a strong ad-
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vocate of the principles of his belief, but quite eccen- tric. In his later years he was insane, and was an inmate of the asylum at Concord. He d. Feb. 27, 1848 ; his wife, Abigail, d. Feb. 17, 1836.
2. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 19, 1796; md., April 17, 1822, James Peaslee.
3. Abigail, b. Sept. 12, 1797.
4. Daniel, b. April 9, 1799.+
5. Hugh J., b. June 28, 1800 ; d. Nov. 14, 1816.
6. Samuel, b. Jan. 28, 1802 : d. May 16, 1817.
7. Joshua F., b. Dec. 26, 1804.
8. John, b. Nov. 25, 1806 ; d. June 26, 1810.
(4.) Daniel Alley, md. Rachel Folsom, Nov. 20, 1826; was a prominent citizen of the town, and at one time sher- iff. He d. Jan. 28, 1847 ; his widow is still living.
ANDREWS.
I. Benjamin C. Andrews, son of Benjamin and Mary H. C. Andrews, and grandson of Joseph and Margaret Fos- ter Andrews, who came from England and settled in New Boston, was born in that town Dec. 6, 1814. He was a painter by trade, and came to this town in 1835, and md., May 16, 1839, Abigail Ann, dau. of David and Hannah Cogswell. He resided here until 1845, when he removed to Nashua, thence to North Chelmsford, Mass., then to Nashua, where he d. July 15, 1865. His wife died May 15, 1860.
2. Cleora Cogswell, b. Feb. 21, 1841 ; md., Jan. 13, 1869, Geo. H. Hill, Haverhill, Mass.
3. Celia Cochran, b. April 12, 1842 ; unmarried.
4.
Ira Perley, b. Feb. 3, 1844 ; d. Dec. 5, 1868.
5. Frank Selwyn, b. Nov. 20, 1847 ; killed at Port Hud- son, La., June 14, 1863 ; member of Co. B, Sth N. H. Vols.
6. Charles Haskell, b. Nov. 23, 1848 ; member of Co. A. 18th N. H. Vols. ; d. of disease, Nov. 18, 1864. [See Roll of Honor. ]
7. Infant son, b. Feb. 4, 1850 ; d. Feb. 28, 1850.
8. Ben Waldo, b. March 9, 1852 ; d. Aug. 17, 1854.
9 . John Cleaveland, b. June 14, 1854.
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HISTORY OF HENNIKER.
IO. David Edgar, b. Feb. 5, 1857.
II. Kate Russell, b. Dec. 22, 1859.
12. Infant son, b. April 9, 1860 ; d. Aug. 9, 1860. The first three born in this town, the rest in Nashua, save the fifth and sixth children.
13. Joseph F. Andrews, brother of Benjamin, was born in New Boston, Nov. 18, 1816, and came to this town with his brother, and was a mason by trade. Md., Dec. 24, 1844, Sarah Almeda, dau. of Capt. Harry and Polly Barnes, of this town. He removed to Nashua about 1845-'46, where he has since resided. Was three years in the War of the Rebellion as a member of First R. I. Cavalry, of which he became major.
14. Ella J., born Jan. 2, 1846 ; md., Dec. 22, 1869, Rev. James Powell, who came from England at nine years of age, and graduated at Dartmouth.
15. Lucius C., b. Sept. 14, 1848; killed in Jersey City, N. J., July 21, 1869, by the falling of a church wall.
16. Grace W., b. July 6, 1850.
17. Joseph E., b. Sept. 27, 1852 ; d. Oct. 7, 1853.
18. Mary E., b. May 12, 1855. All born in Nashua.
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