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25. I. Sarah A., b. Oct., 1858 ; d. Oct. 19, 1858.
26. 2. Etta L., b. April 19, 1860.
27. 3. Ina B., b. April 30, 1864.
28. 4. Mary N., b. Sept. 27, 1876.
29. Page F., md., 1863, Hattie R. Buckley ; resides in Min- nesota.
30. Elizabeth, md. Jonathan Vitty, of Weare.
31. Mary, md. A. Buckland, of Canada.
32. Lucy, md. William Vitty, of Weare ; children born in Hopkinton.
(10.) Levi Howe, md. Elvada -.
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33. Vinal G., b. July 14, 1836.
34. Elvada, b. Sept. 15, 1838.
35. Dolly B., b. Aug. 24, 1840.
HOWLETT.
Thomas Howlett was one of the early settlers of Henniker, residing in the south-west part of the town. He was one of the original members of the first church embodied in this town. There is no record of him or his family, or of where he came from ; resided here a short time, and removed to Hillsborough ; was the ancestor of the Howletts residing in the south-east part of that town. He died May 6, 1797; his wife died June 8, 1776.
HOYT.
I. George Hoyt, was b. in Salisbury, Mass .; md. Rhoda Blaisdell, of Amesbury, Mass .; came to Weare prior to the Revolution, and to this town shortly after; he was a shoemaker, and lived awhile where Kendall Whitcomb now resides ; a portion of his children were born in Weare, the others here.
2. Betsey, b. Oct. 10, 1774; md. James Joslin, of this town, in 1797; second husband, Jonathan Straw, of Warner, where she d. April 2, 1876; she resided in this town the larger part of a long and useful life.
3. Saunders, b. Aug. 27, 1785.+ 4. Daniel. 5. Rhoda.
6. Mary, md., April 21, 1812, Zebulon Farrar.
(3.) Saunders Hoyt, md., March 22, 1809, Sally Rice, and resided where J. W. Emery now resides. He moved to Manchester, where he d. May 27, 1850; his wife d. Sept. 17, 1854.
7. Leonard, b. Feb. 20, 1810; d. Aug. 17, 1814.
8. Louisa, b. July 28, 1812 ; d. Aug. 14, 1814.
9. Edmund, b. 1815 ; d. July 22, 1818.
IO. Emily A., b. July 20, 1817 ; md. Peleg W. Smith.
II. Warren W., b. June 12, 1820.
12. I. Ellen M., b. in 1848 ; d. Aug. 23, 1851.
13. Emmons R., b. Jan. 1, 1823 ; d. Sept. 1, 1844.
14. Sarah, b. in 1825.
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15. Benjamin Hoyt, came to this town early in the century, and settled where Timothy Peaslee resides.
16. Johnson, b. Aug. 17, 1789 ; d. July 20, 1793.
I7. Moses, b. Aug. 29, 1791 : md. Hannah Rolte, of Hills- borough ; resided a portion of his life in Cambridge, Mass., where he d. Feb., 1868.
18. I. Betsey, b. March 23, ISII ; md. Samuel Sargent, of Warner, Oct. 10, 1834.
19 2. Sally, b. Dec. 15, 1812.
20. 3. Benjamin J., b. June 19, 1820 ; resides in Cambridge, Mass.
21. James Hoyt, son of Moses; md. Hannah Greeley, of Kingston, and resided in this town where Henry Tucker lives. He d. July 29, 1854; his wife d. July 21, 1854.
22. Mary, b. 1807. 23. Nathan G., b. April 18, 1809.+
24. James, b. Nov. 12, 1810 ; md. -- Sibley ; d., 1876, in Hopkinton.
25. Benjamin, b. Feb. 11, 1813 ; resides in Hopkinton ; an extensive farmer.
26. Sarah G., b. Aug. 25, 1815 ; d. Oct. 6, 1855.
27. Hannah, b. May 6, 1817 ; d. Jan. 20, 1824.
28. George W., b. May 28, 1823 ; resides in Bradford.
29. Thomas G., b. Aug. 8, 1824 ; resides in Nevada.
(23.) Nathan G. Hoyt, md., Dec. 7, 1837, Susan Warde, who was b. Nov. 21, 1805.
30. Henry A., b. Sept. 15, 1838 ; md., first wife, - Hoyt ; second wife, Mrs. Elbra E. Morrill, who d. July 21, 1875.
31. Hannah J., b. June 10, 1840 ; md. J. P. Dow.
32. Wealtha Ann, b. Sept. 30, 1841 ; md. Gilman Straw.
33. Mary Louisa, b. Feb. 11, 1843 ; md. G. W. S. Dow.
34 Jonas, b. 1847 ; d. June 7, 1848. 35. Clarinda.
HUNTER.
Edward Hunter, of Marlboro', Mass., md. Tabitha -, who died, and he md. Mrs. Moore, of Berlin, Mass. He represented the town in the legislature. Among his children was
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I. Edward, b. Dec. 30, 1748 ; he became a physician ; md. Thankful Newton, dau. of Micah and Mary (Howe) Newton, of Marlboro', and settled in this town upon the place known as the "Hunter place," about the commencement of the Revolution ; remaining here a while he moved back to Marlboro', Mass. ; remained there a short time, and then came back to this town, where he d. June 29, 1793. The records of this en- tire family are very obscure.
2. Solomon. 3. Silas, md., Feb. 4, 1816, Patty Eastman. Thankful, md., Jan., 1814, Israel Adams.
4.
5. Patty, md., March 10, 1815, David Brown. 6. William. 7. John, md., first wife, Susanna Witt; second wife, Dol- ly Temple.
HUNTINGTON.
I. Simon Huntington sailed from England for this coun- try in 1633, together with four sons. Simon d. on the passage hither. One of the sons returned to England, and the other three-William, Christopher, and Simon-remained. Simon settled in Salisbury, Mass., now Amesbury,-that portion of it,-in 1640. From him came William,2 John,8 William,4 John,5 John,6 Benjamin,7 all the generations being born in Amesbury. Benjamin settled in Weare, and of his children, two became residents of this town.
2. Jacob, b. Sept. 3, 1783.+
3. Betsey, b. Feb. 14, 1788 ; md. Timothy Mathews.
(2.) Jacob Huntington, md., May 4, 1809, Huldah Gove, of Weare, and settled the same year in this town, where his son J. J. resides. He was a strong, pow- erful man, with great powers of endurance ; was a prominent member of the Friends' society, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. His first wife died Oct. 20, 1819; he md., for his second wife, Feb. 1, 1824, Mehitable Hedding, who d. March 4, 1827, and he md., Oct., 1829, Lavinia H. Breed. He d July 15, 1857. His wife d. Oct. 13, 1859.
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Children by first wife.
4. Elijah Brown, b. June 15, 1811.+
5. Elizabeth, b. March 29, 1813 : md., Oct. 21, 1834, Ja- cob Huntington ; d. Sept. 16, 1838.
6. Sarah, b. May 31, 1815 ; d. June 15, 1834.
7. Robert G., b. May 21, 1817 ; d. Oct. 22, 1819.
Children by second wife.
8. Franklin T., b. Aug. 21, 1830.++
9. Huldah G., b. March 23, 1834 ; md. May, 1837, Josh- ua Buxton, of Danvers, Mass.
IO. Son, b. July 25, 1838 ; d. Sept. 27, 1838.
II. Joseph John, b. March 16, 1840.+
(4.) Elijah Huntington, md., Oct. 24, 1838, Mary P. Breed, dau. of Richard and Bethia Breed, of this town. His wife d. Feb. 5, 1864.
12. Sewell C., b. May 5, 1856.
(8.) Franklin T. Huntington, md., June 15, 1853, Lavina Gove.
13. Laura Etta, b. May 22, 1854 ; md., Feb. 12, 1879, John Willis Fowler, of Newbury.
14. Dana E., b. Dec. 13, 1857 ; md., Aug. 13, 1879, Laura A. Woodward, Antrim.
(II.) Joseph John Huntington, md., May 15, 1861, Mary T. Gordon, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Gordon, of this town.
15. Henry Francis, b. April 3, 1864.
16. Alice Josephine, b. April 29, 1868.
17. Arthur Nelson, b. Feb. 7, 1879.
HUSE.
I. One of the first settlers in this town was Moses Huse, who was a descendant of Abel Huse, who came from London in 1635, and settled in Newbury, Mass. He obtained a partial education, and was at one time a minister, although he directed his attention to till-
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ing the soil. He md. Abigail -, who was of Ind- ian extraction, but a very helpful mate. They set- tled in this town on what is known as the " Gould Harriman place."
2. D-, b. June 13, 1768 ; md. John Kimball.
3. Abigail, b. Sept. 21, 1771 ; nd. David Morrill.
4. Azuba, b. Dec. 23, 1773. 5. Mary, b. April 13, 1776.
6. Eliza, b. April 13, 1776 ; md. Moses S-
7. Samuel, b. Aug. 8, 1778 ; Baptist clergyman.
8. John, b. 1780; d. Oct. 29, 1825.
9. Jerusha, b. 1795 ; d. Sept. 12, 1854.
HUSSEY.
I. Joseph Hussey, son of Daniel, was born in Somers- worth in 1767 ; came to this town when quite a young man, md. Sarah Paige, of Weare, and settled where his grandson Paul now resides ; he d. May 18, 1847 ; his wife d. Dec. 1, 1840.
2. Daniel, b. May 14, 1790.+
3. Bethiah, b. Aug, 28, 1792 ; md, Richard Breed.
4. John, b. Aug. 20, 1794 ; d. Aug. 28, 1806.
5. Hannah, b. Sept. 25, 1796.
6. Joseph, b. Dec. 6, 1798; md., Nov. 15, 1820, Mary D. Brown, of Weare.
7. Sarah, b. July 3, 1801 ; md. Winthrop Chase, of Weare, Feb. 2, 1827.
8. Mary, b. Jan. 31, 1807.
(2.) Daniel Hussey, md., Oct. 26, 1815, Elizabeth M. Os- borne, of Danvers, Mass., and always resided on the old homestead. He d. Nov. 9, 1865 ; his wife d. Sept. 28, 1873.
IO.
9. Abigail, b. May 20, 1817 ; md. - Dow, of Weare. Ruth O., b. March 17, 1821.
II. Infant, b. 1824 ; d. Jan. 20, 1824.
I2. James B., b. Feb. 20, 1825.
13. Eunice P., b. Nov. 27, 1827 ; d. Oct. 4, 1863.
14. Paul, b. Oct. 17, 1831 ; md., May 22, 1867, Sarah A. Dodge, of New Boston.
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15. I. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 20, 1868.
16. 2. Jennie Evelyn, b. Feb. 8, 1874.
17. Sarah, b. 1833.
JACKMAN.
I. John W. Jackman, son of Stephen Jackman, of Brad- ford, was b. March 3, 1844; mechanic ; has taught music many terms ; md., May II, 1873, Ida E. Warde.
2. Alice M., b. March 8, 1874.
3. Alana F., b. March 14, 1878.
JACOBS.
Capt. Daniel Jacobs was at one time the owner of the lower mills. When he lived here he was living with his seventh wife, and he was her seventh husband. He died here Jan. 6, 1816.
JAMESON.
I. John W. Jameson, son of John and Mary R. Jameson, of New Salem, was born in Bradford, Jan. 22, 1823 ; md., for his first wife, Oct., 1846, in this town, Pris- cilla Ward, of Bradford, who d. April, 1848, when he md., for his second wife, Marinda Hall, of Warner, Nov. 25, 1848, and settled in this town on " Goss hill," where he still resides ; he was a very efficient officer in the Warner artillery.
Child by first wife.
2. George W., b. in Bradford, Feb. 24, 1848; d. April 3, 1848.
Children by second wife.
3. Addie A., b. in Bradford, Aug. 2, 1849; md. Elisha Winham, of Washington.
4. Elizabeth A., b. in Warner, April 30, 1852 ; d. Sept. 28, 1866.
5. Eliza A., b. in Warner, April 30, 1852 ; d. Nov. 15, 1866.
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JOHNSON.
I. Solomon Johnson, who came to this town near the close of the Revolution from Marlboro', Mass., was the son of Abraham and Sarah Johnson, and fourth in line of descent from Solomon Johnson, who was in Sud- bury, Mass., in 1639; he was born in Marlboro', April 9, 1765 ; md. Azubah Witherbee, and settled where C. A. Bean now resides ; his wife d. Sept. 18, 1849.
2. Solomon, Jr., b. 1789 ; md. Sally Page, Oct. 24, 1809. Josiah, b. April 8, 1791 ; d. Sept. 5, 1800.
3.
4. John, b. Jan. 29, 1793 ; 5. Lydia, b. March 24, 1794. 6. Edward, b. March 28, 1796.
7. Woodbury, b. Feb. 15, 1798.
8. Thomas, b. March 26, 1800 ; d. March 26, 1800.
9. Azubah, b. July 5, 1801. 10. Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1804.
II. Josiah S., b, Nov. 26, 1806.++
12. Gardner, b. Nov. 22, 1818.
(II.) Josiah S. Johnson, md., June 25, 1826, Mary Oakes Howe, of this town. He d. Dec. 4, 1852; his wife d. June 1, 1872.
13. Mary F., b. Oct. 21, 1826 ; md. C. A. Bean.
14. Anstiss Maria, b. Jan. 3, 1830 ; md., first husband, John Smith ; second husband, Jonathan Flanders.
15. Emily, b. July 31, 1831 ; d. Feb. 20, 1832.
16. George W., b. Aug. 7, 1834 ; md., Feb. 24, 1861, Isa- bella W. Ransom, of Springfield, Ill., where he re- sides ; is a machinist.
17. John Johnson, son of Enoch, was b. in Unity, Sept. 27, 1771; md. Anna S. Folsom, of Deering, Dec. 1, 1802; settled in this town where Norman Matthews lives. He d. March 10, 1837; his wife d. in Derry.
18. Joshua M., b. Dec. 9, 1803,+ in Deering : the others in this town.
19. John F., b. March 24, 1806.+
20. Mary B., b. April 11, 1808 ; d. May 26, 1842.
21. Infant daughter, b. Jan. 17, 18II ; d. same date.
22. Sarah Ann, b. May 9, 1813 ; md. Ephraim Morrill.
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23. Julia M., b. Jan. 25, 1816 ; d. April 12, 1833.
24. Moses H., b. May 1, 1819.+
25. Daniel A., b. Aug. 25, 1821 ; a physician in Boston, of extensive practice.
(18.) Joshua M. Johnson, md., June 3, 1828, Clara A. Patter- son ; was a clothier by trade, afterwards a daguerrean artist; d. in Contoocook, Feb. 20, 1852; widow still living.
26. Annie Maria, b. in Deering, June 26, 1831 ; md., Dec. 25, 1859, Edward W. Howe; two children.
27. Julia M., b. in Lowell, Mass., June 7, 1838 ; a teacher in the schools of Concord eleven years.
28. Sara A., b. in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 17, 1840 ; md., May 14, 1866, Grovenor A. Curtice, of Contoocook.
(19.) John F. Johnson, md., first wife, Ruth Purington, who d. Dec. 12, 1836, and he md., second wife, Mehitable Caldwell, of this town; he resided mostly upon the homestead. He d. in Malden, Mass., Mar. 10, 1847. Children by first wife.
29. George H., b. March 10, 1832 ; d. Aug. 1, 1834. Susan M., b. Jan. 7, 1834.
30.
Children by second wife.
31. George H., b. Jan. 13, 1844.
32. Charles H., b. Sept. 9, 1845.
(24) Moses H. Johnson, md. Frances Nelson, first wife, Nov 22, 1841, who d., and he md., March 29, 1867, Mahala E. Chase; resides in Weare.
Children by first wife.
33 John E., b. Feb. 30, 1843.
34. Josephine, b. Dec. 22, 1845.
35. Moses A., b. Aug. 1, 1848.
Franklin P., b. March 1, 1850. 37. Era, b. Feb. 19, 1853.
36. 41
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JOSLIN.
I. James Joslin, came to this town before the Revolution, and settled in the valley near Capt. Josiah Ward's ; he came from Stow, Mass .; md. Sarah Wetherbee, of Stow. He d. March 20, 1790; she d. at Lebanon.
2. Abigail, b. Sept. 19, 1771 ; md. James Hemphill, Dec. 29, 1791. [See Hemphill family.]
3. Sarah, b. May 16, 1774.
4. Joel, b. March 20, 1776 ; md. Elizabeth Patterson, sister of Joseph, Dec. 25, 1799 ; moved to Lebanon, thence to New York ; was a carpenter. His wife died near Buffalo, N. Y.
5. James. 6. Nancy. 7. Laura. 8. Dunlap.
9. James, b. April 1, 1778; md. Betsey, dau. of George Hoyt, of Weare, in 1797. They resided upon the farm with his father. They had four children born to them. He died Nov. 26, 1802 ; his widow md. Jonathan Straw.
IO. I. Infant, b. 1798; d. Aug. 8. 1798.
II. 2. Infant, b. 1799 ; d. Aug. 13, 1799.
12. 3. Infant, b. 1799 ; d. Aug. 13, 1799.
13. 4. James, Jr., b. 1800 ; married and lived in Vermont ; died young.
14. Thomas, b. June 13, 1780 ; d. in Lebanon.
15. Betsey, b. Nov. 17, 1782 ; d. Nov. 28, 1802.
16. Katurah, b. June 18, 1785.
17. Lydia, b. Sept. 19, 1787 ; md. William Patterson.
18. Molly, b. Aug. 16, 1790.
KEMP.
Levi Kemp was a merchant, and lived where Fred Rog- ers resides. He had a family, but there is no record of it. He died Nov. 1, 1841 ; his wife died March 29, 1845. His son, Levi, Jr., buried several children here.
KEZER.
I. Moses, Jonathan, and Nathaniel Kezer were brothers. They came to this town about the close of the Revo- lution. Moses d. Aug. 31, 1834.
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2. Jonathan Kezer, md., June 6, 1793, Mehitable Clough, of Hopkinton, and resided in the east part of the town, near the "Page place," westerly from the cov- ered bridge, now on the road leading to Hopkinton. He d. Feb. 14, 1857.
3. John, b. 1805.
4. Timothy, b. 1807 ; md. Abigail Patch for his first wife.
5. Calista, md. John M. Page. 6. John.
7. Ophelia. S. Polly, b. 1809 ; d. Oct. 3, 1831.
9. Rachel, b. ISII. IO. Nancy, b. 1813.
II. Angeline, b. 1816 ; d. April 13, 1816.
12. Levi, b. ISIS. Not in regular order.
13. Nathaniel Kezer, brother of Jonathan, came to this town from Vermont, and md. Rachel Elliott, of War- ner ; resided where Mrs. David Stevens now lives. His children were b. in this town. He removed to Warner, and thence to Dorchester, where he died.
14 Moses, b. 1800. 15. Nathaniel, b. 1802.
16. Isaac, b. 1804.
17. Dolly, b. Jan. 19, 1806 ; md. Thaddeus Goodwin.
18. Moses, b. ISOS ; resides in Hopkinton ; md. - Ord- way.
19. Nathaniel, b. ISI0; resides Mast Yard ; md.
20. Mahala, b. 1812 ; md. - - Colby.
21. Charlotte, b. 1814. 22. James, b. 1816.
23. Fanny, b. ISI8.
KILBURN.
I. Jedediah Kilburn, was b. in Rowley, Mass., April 20, 1699 ; md. Susanna Fish, of Ipswich, Mass.
2. Jedediah Kilburn, b. in Rowley, Mass. ; md. Hannah Platts, of Rowley ; moved to Boscawen, then here early in the settlement of the town; resided in the south-east part of the town, easterly from the "Plum- mer place," occupied by Mr. Parker; some of the orchards of his planting are still in existence. Some of the children were born in Boscawen, others here. He d. March 30, 1803, and the family moved from town.
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3. Nathan. 4. Eliphalet. 5. Lucy. 6. Mary.
7. Hannah. 8. Jedediah. 9. Nathaniel. IO. Susan.
II. Joseph C. Kilburn, son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Cogs- well) Kilburn, was b. in Boscawen, July 3, 1839 ; was a soldier in the late war; md., first wife, July 13, 1865, Mary A. Hawkins, of Sanbornton; a mer- chant in Concord from 1871 to 1875, then settled in this town. His first wife d. Feb. 6, 1878, and he md., second wife, Lizzie Barnes, March, 1879.
I2. Walter E., b. Aug. 14, 1868.
KIMBALL.
The family in this town by this name has been quite numer- ous ; they are descendants of John and Mary Kimball, who were early in Newbury, Mass. 1. Joseph.+ 2. Samuel.+ 3. Joshua.+ These brothers came to this town from Plaistow before the Revolution, and settled in the south-east part of the town.
(I.) Joseph Kimball, was a prominent man in the town dur- ing the Revolution ; no record of his family.
(2.) Samuel Kimball, was b. July 14, 1745 ; md. Abigail Eastman, who was b. Jan. 30, 1748 ; resided near the David Plummer place. He d. Dec. 6, 1802. His wife d. March 23, 1819.
3. William, b. March 22, 1768 ; d. June 14, 1787.
4. John, b. Nov. 1, 1769.++ 5. Samuel, b. Jan. 22, 1770.+ Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1771 ; md., Nov. 16, 1797, Micah Hoyt.
6.
Born in this town.
7. Abigail. b. Jan. 1, 1774 ; md. Baxter Bowman.
8. Joseph, b. Aug. 28, 1776.
9. James, b. June 27, 1779 ; resided in Charlestown, Mass. ; a wealthy leather dealer.
IO. Molly, b. Dec. 22, 1783 ; md., Jan. 26, 1815, Moses Person.
II. Fanny, b. July 28, 1786 ; unmd.
12. William, b. July 9, 1789 ; d. Nov. 23, 1791.
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13. Sophia, b. Dec. 22, 1791 ; md., Dec. 14, 1815, John Sawyer, Jr.
Most of this family left town, and resided, some in Can- ada and some in New York.
(3.) Joshua Kimball, md. Betsey Noyes, and lived where James P. Flanders resides. He d. April 15, 1810 ; his wife d. Aug. 21, 1830. Children born here.
14. Nancy A., b. Oct. 10, 1776 ; unmd.
15. Joshua, b. Jan. 31, 1779. 16. Asa, b. Aug. 25, 1780.++
17. Betsey, b. Jan. 2, 1783 ; md. James Gove.
18. Stephen, b. Aug. 22, 1789 ; was an energetic business man ; md., June 2, 1824, Anstiss B. Searle ; he d. Aug. 3, 1861.
19. I. Stephen N., b. Nov. 19, 1825 ; d. Nov. 7, 1828.
20. Samuel, b. Aug. 22, 1789.+
2I. Sarah, b. Dec. 10, 1792 ; unmd.
(4.) John Kimball, md., Feb. 7, 1796, Betsey Huse, and re- moved to Rochester, N. Y., where he d. May 27, 1812. Children born here.
22. William, b. Dec. 8, 1796. 23. Betsey, b. July 5, 1798.
24 James, b. Oct. 2, 1800. 25. Molly, b. Oct. 17, 1802.
26. Huse, b. 1804 ; d. Dec. 23, 1805.
27. Catharine M., b. 180 -; d. July 3, 1810.
28. Harriet, b. 180 -; d. May 21, 18II.
(5.) Samuel Kimball, md., Nov. 17, 1797, Betsey Sargent ; resided on the homestead ; he d. Feb. 3, 1852 ; his wife d. March 2, 1813 ; he md., second wife, Feb. IO, 1818, Jennie Mannehan.
29. Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1798; md. David Plummer.
30. Betsey, b. Jan. 1, 1800; md. Nathaniel Patch.
31. Abigail E., b. April 7, 1802.
32. Lucy, b. Oct. 9, 1804. 33. Joseph, b. Dec. 24, 1806.
34 Fannie, b. Jan. 4, 1810 ; d. Oct. 11, 1869.
35. Catharine, b. Dec. 14, 1812. 36. James (by second wife) .
(16.) Asa Kimball, md. Martha Jones, of Washington ; kept a hotel and store many years in the house now owned by his daughter, Mrs. Holt. He d. April 8, 1852 ; his wife d. Feb. 15, 1856.
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37 Robert D., b. Feb. 3, 1819 ; md. and resided in Boston, where he d. 1856 ; left several children.
38. Franklin W., b. June 28, 1821 ; resides south part of the town.
39. Ann, b. May 20, 1825 ; md., May 26, 1849, Joseph Sar- gent ; d. in Trenton, N. J., July, 1879.
40. Martha, b. Feb. 18, 1828 ; d. Aug. 19, 1829.
41. Anstiss, b. Jan. 22, 1831 ; md. Woodbury D. Holt re- sides Trenton, N. J.
42. Charles, b. March, 1834 ; d. Feb. 13, 1835.
(20.) Samuel Kimball, md., first wife, Betsey Eaton, who d. April 22, 1835, and he md., second wife, Betsey Muz- zey, and resided upon the homestead. He d. Feb. 14, 1864 ; his widow is still living.
Children by second wife.
43. Samuel J., b. June 17, 1836 ; d. June 29, 1836. 44. Betsey E., b. Jan. 2, 1838 ; md. Feb. 5, 1856, James P. Flanders.
55. Moses Kimball, was a carpenter ; built and resided in the house now occupied as a parsonage for the Con- gregational church. Children b. here.
46. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 9, 1835.
47. Delia, b. Jan. 5, 1837. 48. Sarah, b. Aug. 1, 1838.
49. Moses F., b. July 30, 1840.
50. Abraham Kimball, md. Esther, who d. Jan. 24, 1828.
51. Edward, b. Sept. 3, 1796.
52. Leonard, b. March 18, 1798.
53. Abraham, b. Oct. 4, 1800 ; md. Hepsibeth Leslie, Aug. 10, 1828.
54 Susanna, b. Sept. 10, 1802. 55. Daniel, b. Oct. 8, 1803.
56. David, b. Dec. 19, 1804. 57. John, b. May 29, 1806. 58. Hannah, b. June 28, 180S.
KIRK.
The Kirks were descendants of John and Abigail (Rideout) Kirk, who came to this town from Dunstable, Mass., about 1808. Children b. in Dunstable.
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I. Joseph. 2. Betsey. 3. Charles. 4. John.++
5. Judith, md. Parker Newhall.
6. Thomas.+ 7. Daniel.+ 8. Artemas.
(4.) John Kirk, md., 1808, Dorothy (Ramsdell) Green, youngest sister of Hannah Ramsdell, mother of Re- becca.
9. Daniel, b. March 22, 1809. 10. Dorothy, b. ISII.
II. Mary, b. 1813; md. Nathaniel Peaslee, of Weare ; a very worthy citizen ; seven children ; five daughters died, two sons living.
12. Hannah, b. 1816.
13. Lucy, b. 1818 ; md. Peter Hemphill.
14. Samuel, b. 1820. 15. Robert, b. 1822.
This family removed to Alexandria, this state.
(6.) Thomas Kirk, md. Elizabeth B., dau. of William and Polly Bowman, Feb. 23, 1819. No children. She d. Jan. 15, 1842. He d. Sept. 18, 1862.
(7.) Daniel Kirk, md. Susan, dau. of John and Susanna Connor, Feb. 25, 1817. He followed the business of a drover. He d. in Nashua.
16. Susannah Kimball, b. Sept. 19, 1817 ; md. Alfred Win- ship, Nov. 12, 1840.
17. Clarinda Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1821 : md .. June 20, 1844, Enoch P. Couch, of Nashua.
18. Sophronia Connor, b. May 13, 1824 ; md .. Jan. 1, 1850, Henry L. Hardy, of Nashua. Two children. Md .. second husband, Nov. 24, 1859, Cyrus M. Mitchell. of Nashua.
KNOTT.
I. Charles Knott, son of Robert and Izannah Knott, was b. in Boston, April 7, 1828 ; printer by trade ; md., Dec. 2, 1850, Eliza Jane Flanders, of this town, who d. July 18, 1862 ; and he md., second wife, Dec. IO, 1865, Ann R. Rollins, who d. April 22, 1878. He d. 1878. Children b. here, save the first one.
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HISTORY OF HENNIKER.
2. Robert Moore, b. Nov. 11, 1851.
3. Elizabeth J., b. June 29, 1854 ; md. Thomas Howlett, Bradford.
4. Georgie A., b. Sept. 30, 1855.
5. Thomas, b Sept. 29, 1857. 6. Susie J., b. May 7, 1860. 7. Mary J., b. April 20, 1862 ; d. Sept. 30, 1862.
By second wife.
8. Clemmie M., b. July 2, 1869.
LESLIE.
I. George Leslie, md. Miriam -, and resided in various places in this town. He d. April 2, 1813 ; his wife d. Dec. 13, 1817.
2. Polly, b. May, 1788 ; md. - Greenleaf.
3. Hannah, b. Sept. 26, 1789 ; md. John Harthorn.
4. David, b. May 7, 1792 ; md. Patty Greenfield, May 10, 1818 ; several children ; resides in Warner.
5. George, b. March 31, 1794.
6. Hepsibah, b. May 27, 1796; md. Abraham Kimball.
7. Martha, b. April 30, 1798; md. Levi Washington.
8. Sally, b. Oct. 13, 1800 ; md. Bartlett Mack.
9. Betsey, b. Oct., 1804 ; md. - Hardy.
LIVINGSTON.
I. William Livingston moved to this town from Billerica, Mass., in 1796, and settled upon the hill just wester- ly of West Henniker village. He was the son of Thomas Livingston, who came to town with him, and who died here Sept. 5, 1807. He md. Hannah -- , and his children were all born in this town save the two oldest.
2. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1795 ; md. James Rice, April 27, 1815.
3. William, b. Aug. 16, 1796; md. Dec. 28, 1820, Eliza- beth A. Patterson.
4. Judith, b. June 30, 1798 ; md., March 30, 1820, David Person.
5. Alpha, b. May 18, 1800.
6. Emeline, b. Feb. 12, 1804 ; d. June 11, 1808.
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GENEALOGY-LIVINGSTON.
7. Harriet, b. July 11, 1805. S. Louisa, b. Feb. 20, 1808.
9. Emeline, b. April 28, 1810.
IO. Charlotte. b. June 12, 1812.
This family settled in eastern New York mostly.
II. Nathaniel Livingston, brother of William, came to this town from Billerica, Mass., in 1799, and lived many years in a little house that stood upon what was known as the "Darling acre lot," and just in the rear of the present residence of J. H. Albin. Five of his children were born in Billerica, the other five in this town. His wife was Lucy -, of Tewks- bury, Mass.
12. Lucy, b. Nov. 2, 1788; md. Nathan Mears, Billerica ; five children.
13. Nathaniel, b. June 16, 1791 ; md. Hannah Holden, in Ohio.
14. I. Emeline. 15. 2. Lucy. 16 3. Abby. 17. 4. Chancellor. 18. Lydia, b. April 24, 1793 ; md. Micah Howe, Jr.
19. Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1795 ; d. Feb. 29, 1816.
20. Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1796 ; unmd.
21. Phebe, b. Feb. 3, 1798 ; md. Joseph Marshall, Weare, Oct. 10, 1817 ; ten children.
22. Thomas, b. Aug. 16, 1800.+
23. Enoch, b. May 31, 1802 ; md., 1829, Malinda Flanders, Boscawen. Resided on Blackwater.
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