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to travel nearly two miles to attend school in the win- ter, as she could not be spared in the summer. Two of her teachers in the old school-house on the common were Capt. Isaac Long, afterwards connect- ed with the Yellowstone exploring expedition, and Ichabod Bartlett, afterwards member of congress. She began teaching school in 1820, in this town ; af- terwards taught several terms in Warner; in June, IS28, she went to Cambridge, Washington county, N. Y .. where she taught, in that and adjacent towns, for twenty years. In 1842 she was presented with a county license, and in 1844 with a state license, on parchment, giving her permission to teach anywhere in the state the remainder of her life. Feb. 18, 1846, she married Harvey Culver, of Cambridge, and re- moved to Bennington, Vt., where she taught a select school until 1854, when she returned to Cambridge, and opened a select school, which she taught for fif- teen years, finishing her career as a teacher in March, 1869, having been almost constantly in the school- room for forty-nine years. Her husband died March 19, 1875, and she removed to Vassar, Mich., where she still resides. She has written much for the press, and is now engaged upon a work entitled "Recollec- tions and Incidents." Has been a member of the Presbyterian church for fifty years; her eyesight is unimpaired, she having never yet used artificial help. She is a woman of rare excellence, and has led a busy life. Some of the first men and women of the coun- try have been her pupils.
Dan, b. Nov. 11, 1804 ; d. Nov. 14, 1804.
49. 50. Dan H., b. Nov. 11, 1806.+ 51. Clara A., b. April 7, 1809 ; md. Joshua M. Johnson.
(16.) Abraham Patterson, md. Eunice, dau. of David and Demarara Clough, Nov. 17, 1803.
52. Jennette, b. Nov. 4, 1804. But little is known of this family.
(20.) William Patterson, md., first wife, Lydia Joslin, dau. of James Joslin, of this town, who was the first settler on the place owned by Jonathan Gordon. His wife d. March 12, 1816, and he md., for his second wife, Frances M. Shepard, of Holderness. He resided upon the homestead until 1843, when he moved to
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Manchester. He was captain of one of the militia companies, and was an active, energetic man, and highly respected. He d. in Lowell, in April, 1862 ; his wife d. June, 1857.
Children by first wife.
53. Mary, b. 1811 ; d. March 24, 1812.
54. Alonzo, b. March 21, 1813.+
55. George W., b. March 12, 1815.+ Children by second wife.
56. Lydia J., b. May 27, 1822 ; d. Sept., 1836.
57. James Willis, b. July 2, 1823.+
58. Sophia Ann, b. in 1825 ; md. Charles Wilkins ; resides in California.
59. Joseph D., b. 1827 ; d. April, 1828.
60. Harriet, b. 1830; md. Charles Smith, of Lawrence, Mass.
(31.) Heman Patterson, md., Nov. 1, 1825, Mehitable, dau. of George and Hannah Connor. He d. in New Ips- wich, March 5, 1857 ; his wife d. Nov. 4, 1874.
Born in Hopkinton.
61. Nelson R., b. March 10, 1827 ; md. Louisa Wilson, of Sharon, June 20, 1855 ; children b. there.
62. I. Alzada L., b. Aug. 28, 1856.
63. 2. Heman D., b. Sept. 9, 1859.
64. 3. Laura W., b. Dec. 20, 1860.
65 4. Nellie H., b. April 13, 1864.
66. 5. Charles N., b. Dec. 21, 1867 ; d. May 10, 1868.
67. Fanny E., b. Aug. 10, 1829.
68. Hannah J., b. Jan. 22, 1833.
69. Heman R., b. Nov. 7, 1835 ; md. Lydia Sanborn, May 2, 1876 ; selectman.
Born in Henniker.
70. Infant daughter, b. and d. April 11. 1838.
71. Mary M., b. Feb. 29, 1840 ; md. C. C. French.
Beside living in this town and in Hopkinton, Mr. Patter- son resided in Bedford four years, then in Nelson six years, then in New Ipswich, where he died. His wife d. here.
(43.) Levi Patterson, md. Waity Matterson ; resided here many years after marriage, then removed to Ulysses, Penn., where he d. Aug., 1852. Children b. here.
72. Mary A. 73. Elizabeth. 74. Imri Woods.
NUFFORD. BOSTON
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(45.) Joab Patterson, md., Aug. 30, 1821, Mary Loveren, of Deering; was a clothier by trade; resided many years at Contoocookville, where he was post-master several years, and where he d. in 1879. His first wife d., and he md., second wife, Susan Herbert.
Children of first wife.
76.
75. Mary J., b. April 23, 1823 ; md. Harry Fuller. Sarah A., b. Feb. 20, 1825 ; md. Ezra Abbott. These two b. in Deering.
Born in Contoocookville.
Infant daughter, b. and d. July 20, IS27.
77. 78. Joab Nelson, b. Jan. 12, 1835 ; grad. Dartmouth col- lege ; captain in 2d Reg't N. H. Vols. ; lieut .- colonel June 21, 1864 ; col. of 2d Reg't ; Brig. Gen. ; U. S. Marshal since 1866; md. Sarah Bouton ; resides in Concord.
79 George H., b. Jan. 6, 1837. 80. S. Folsom, b. Jan., 1840. Child of second wife.
81. Harvey F., b. Aug., 1847.
(47.) David Patterson, md., March 16, 1830, Maria Woods, of Deering; was a clothier with his brother Joab ; resides at Contoocookville with his second wife. Children by first wife ; b. in Contoocookville.
82. Susan M., b. Feb. 3, 1835 ; md. Capt. D. Howard.
83. William A., b. Dec. 12, 1836; md. Olive A. Allen.
84. Annette, b. Nov. 19, 1839.
85. Jennette, b. Nov. 19, 1839 ; md. Chas. Upton.
(50.) Dan H. Patterson ; md. Hannah Morse, of Newbury, where he resides. Shoemaker. Children b. there.
86. Mary M., b. March 6, 1834 ; md. Alfred Sargent.
87. Martha M., b. Jan. 22, 1836 ; md. Cyrus Ayer.
88. Dalton S., b. Sept. 6, 1838; md. Lizzie A. Peabody ; resides in Chicago ; in mercantile business.
(54.) Alonzo Patterson, md., Nov. 25, 1841, Caroline E., dau. of Col. Imri and Hannah Woods, of this town. He has always resided here; has been selectman, and filled many other positions of honor and trust with fidelity.
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89. George W., b. Nov. 27, 1843.+
90. Ellen, b. Aug. 24, 1845 ; unmd.
91. Georgiana, b. July 15, 1847 : teacher ; unmd.
92. Hannah Maria, b. June 11, 1849.
93 Herbert A., b. April 18, 1855.
94 Hattie F., b. Aug. 5, 1858.
95. Carrie W., b. Nov. 12, 1862.
(55.) George W., md., first wife, Nov. 25, 1841, Fanny Wil- kins, of Lyndeborough, who d. Dec. 2, 1847; he md , second wife, Sept. 5, 1848, Julia A. Woods, dau. of William L. Woods, who d. Aug. 9, 1854; and he md., third wife, Oct. 6, 1855. Resides in Lowell, Mass., where he has been engaged in a cotton-mill for many years as overseer.
Children first wife.
96. William J., b. Sept. 3, 1844 ; d. March 23, 1850.
97. Fanny M., b. Aug. 4, 1847 ; d. Oct. 31, 1847. Child second wife.
98. David N., b. Aug. 9, 1854 ; a physician ; md., May 20, 1879, Adaline Whitney.
99. 100.
Children third wife. George W., b. Feb. 15, 1858; d. Sept. 8, 1858. Maria D., b. Sept. 23, 1859 ; d. Nov. 8, 1862.
(57.) James Willis Patterson, remained at home, working upon the farm and attending the district school in winter until his father removed to Lowell, Mass., where he attended school a portion of the time, and, when out of school, worked in one of the cotton factories. At the end of five years, his father returned to this town, and here the son worked upon the farm in the summer and attended the district school in the winter. He returned to Lowell, where he worked a while in a factory, then in a count- ing-room one or two years, when he returned home again, and, at the age of eighteen, taught his first school at Westboro' Corner; attended the academy here two or three terms. He now determined to obtain an educa- tion, and, after one year of close study, he entered Dart- mouth college, from which he graduated in 1848 at the head of his class ; he went from college to Woodstock, Ct., taking charge of an academy, and reading law at the same time. In 1851, he entered the Theological Sem- inary, at New Haven, paying his expenses by teach-
Peter Patterson
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ing a private class of ladies in that city ; in 1852 he was called to Dartmouth as tutor of Latin and Mathematics ; in 1854 was made professor of Mathematics, and after- wards of Astronomy and Meteorology ; was secretary of the Board of Education of this state from IS58 to 1862 ; was elected to the legislature in 1862 ; elected repre- sentative in congress in 1863, and reelected in 1865 ; chosen U. S. senator in 1867, which position he held six years ; has travelled extensively in Europe, and his ser- vices are in frequent demand for lectures upon his for- eign travels, and also before literary and scientific socie- ties. His powers of disputation and for argument be- gan to unfold themselves when, in his boyhood, he took an active part in the debates in the town lyceum, where he was generally first in debate. In the U. S. senate he took high rank as an orator, not so much for the matter of speaking, but in the higher ranges of literature and statesmanship, his efforts at times attracting great atten- tion. His oratory is of the fervid, impassioned style, and when roused in debate his flights of eloquence are often thrilling in the extreme. His home is at Han- over. He married, Dec. 24. 1854, Sarah P. Wilder, of Laconia, a graduate of New Hampton, and a lady of rare culture.
IOI. George Willis, b. Dec. 16, 1857; in Dartmouth col- lege.
102. Arthur H., b. June 12, 1862 ; d. April 19, 1863.
(89.) George W. Patterson, md., Nov. 21, 1873, Emma L. Emerton, of Wentworth; resides on the homestead.
103. Eda G., b. Oct. 7, 1874.
104. Ida F., b. April 18, 1876.
105. Charles E., b. Jan. 1, 1878.
Peter Patterson, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Wallace) Pat- terson, was born in Londonderry, Nov. 14, 1779, and died Feb. 17, 1865, at Mount Morris, N. Y. In early life he learned the joiners' trade, which he followed until 1806, when he became a merchant at Derry, in partnership with his brother James ; he was engaged in mercantile business until 1820, when he pur- chased the Matthew Thornton house, in which he resided until 1829, when he removed to Warsaw, N. Y. During these nine years he was a farmer. After a short residence at Warsaw, he removed to Perry, N. Y., where he spent twenty years of his life. He then removed to Leicester, returning in a short time
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to Warsaw, where he resided until his death. He represented Londonderry in the legislature in 1819 and '20; town-clerk in 1809, 'II, '13, '15, and '17 ; selectman in 1813, and justice of the peace many years; was justice at Perry, N. Y., twelve years ; represented Genesee county in the assemby of New York in 1833 and '34 ; and, upon the organization of Wyoming coun- ty, was appointed judge of the county court. He was a kind friend and neighbor, and personally very popular ; was many years a member of the Presbyterian church. He married, Nov. 6, 1814, Mary, daughter of Judge Robert Wallace, of this town. One of his daughters (Susan) married John C. Woods, of this town.
Wallace. Mary. William C. Susan B. Mrs. E. J. Harding.
PEABODY.
The Peabody family in this town are descendants, in a direct line, from Lieut. Francis Peabody, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, who was b. in 1614, and came to this country in the ship Planter, in 1635, and first resided in Ipswich, Mass., after- wards permanently in Topsfield, Mass. The immediate ances- tor of the family was Ammi Peabody, son of Jedediah, who was b. in Boxford, Mass., July 4, 1769. When twelve years of age he came to this vicinity with his father and lived for a short time in a house that stood in the "Peabody pasture," so- called, in the edge of Warner, now owned by Joshua Sanborn. He came to this town and remained until he was twenty-five years of age, when he made him a home in Newport. He md., Feb. 23, 1797, Polly Rice, dau. of Daniel and Sarah Rice, of this town. She lived but a short time, and he md., second wife, Dec. 12, 1802, Sarah Johnson, of Claremont.
Children of first wife.
I. Lucy, b. Oct. 9, 1797 ; md. Leonard Wood.
2. Martha, b. Oct. 23, 1799; md. Harry Phelps, Crown Point, N. Y.
Children by second wife.
3. Asenath, b. Oct. 15, 1803 ; d. Jan. 28, 1833.
4. Calvin, b. Jan. 18, 1805 ; d. in Mo.
5. Ruel, b. Nov. 13, 1807 ; living in Ill.
6. Maria, b. April 28, 1809 ; md. Dutton Woods.
7. Eliza, b. March 31, ISHI ; resides in Concord.
8. Frederick, b. Dec. 6, 1812 ; d. in Ill.
9. Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1814; d. in Iowa.
IO. Charles, b. Nov. 8, 1815 ; resides in Chicago.
Mary Wallace Patterson
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II. Leonard W., b. Sept. 13, 1817.+
12. Carroll W., b. Oct. 2, 1819.
13. Dexter, b. Dec. 14, 1822 ; resides in Newport.
14. Helen, b. May 6, 1826 ; principal of seminary, Oxford, Ohio.
(II.) Leonard W. Peabody, received preparatory education at Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, and at Con- cord Literary Institute; studied medicine with Drs. Haynes of Concord and Swett of Newport; attended medical lectures at Castleton and Woodstock, Vt. ; graduated June, 1844; received honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine at Dartmouth in 1867; com- menced practice in this town, but soon after remov- ed to Epsom, where he resided until Nov., 1871, when he came to this town, and where he still re- sides. Was post-master of Epsom from 1861 to 1871; town-clerk in Epsom in 1871; justice of the peace and quorum for fifteen years. He md., Jan. 28, 1846, Louisa L. Kelley, of Warner, dau. of Hon. A. B. Kel- ley.
15. Elizabeth K., b. Dec. 31, 1846 ; md. Rev. W. Wilmer, Ind., Aug. 18, 1875.
16. Sarah M., b. July 6, 1850. 17. Maria A., b. Apr. 1, 1852.
PEARSON.
I. David Pearson was here early in this century. He was a wheelwright and carpenter ; md., first wife, March 30, 1819, Judith Livingston, of this town, who d., and he md., second wife, Abigail Rice, of this town. He d. in Boscawen, March 26, 1874; his wife d. Sept. 23, 1859.
2. Lucy Ann, b. March 9, 1820 ; unmd.
3. Louisa, b. Nov. 9, 1821 ; md. - Meader.
PEASLEE.
I. Micajah Peaslee, son of Joseph, md. Jane Morrison, and resided in Newton. He was a prominent member of the Society of Friends.
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2. John Peaslee, son of Micajah, was b. in Newton, July 13, 1793 ; md., April 25, 1814, Hannah Adams, of Weare, and settled in this town, where he still re- sides with his son. Like his father he has been a de- voted and faithful member of the Society of Friends, and has always maintained the reputation of an up- right and honest man. His wife died July 11, 1867.
3. Son, d. Nov. 30, IS15.
4. Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1819 ; md. Allen Sawyer.
5. Micajah, b. July 9, 1822.++
6. Jane M., b. March 31, 1827.
7. Moses, b. March 3, 1830 ; d. March 17, 1838.
(5.) Micajah Peaslee, md., Feb. 19, 1846, Seba Green, of Weare.
8. Charles H., b. Dec. 11, 1846 ; md. Annette Jones.
9. Mary E., b. July 7, 1848 ; d. June 11, 1869.
IO. Fannie, b. Sept. 15, 1850. II. Abbie, b. Feb. 26, 1858.
12. Timothy Peasley, son of Philip Peasley, of Sandwich, md. Lydia Buxton, of Weare, and resided in the south-west part of this town, upon the place so long occupied by his son Timothy. He served two years in the War of 1812. His father, Philip, d. in the service in 1812. He d. April 21, 1853; his wife d. May 6, 1868.
13. Ruth B., b. Jan. 26, 1821 ; md. John Codman, Oct. 23, 1845.
14. Eliza G., b. April 9, 1824 ; md. Ebenezer Hemphill, Nov. 23, 1855.
15. Infant, d. July 14, 1829.
16.
Lydia, b. Oct. 10, 1830 ; md.
17. Timothy, b. July 10, 1833 ; md. Antoinette, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Gordon, Nov. S, 1860.
IS. I. Fred A., b. Nov. 11, 1861.
19. 2. Flora M., b. Jan. 28, 1873.
20. 3. Cora A., b. Aug. 20, 1874.
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PEAVEY.
I. Jacob S. Peavey, b. in Geeenfield, Dec. 24, 1797; came to this town in the early part of the century ; md., Nov. 2, 1824, Susan, dau. of Phinehas and Susanna Campbell, and lived where W. B. Barnes resides ; he was a wheelwright by occupation. His first wife d. Feb. 16, 1838, and he md., second wife, March 22, 1839, Sally, dau. of Joseph and Mehitable Marsh. Mr. Peavey resided in this town until 1843, when he removed to Manchester, and afterwards to London- derry, where he died March 5, 1872. His children were all born in this town.
2. Jacob C., b. Jan. IS, 1825 ; resides in California.
3. Susan, b. March 18, 1827 ; d. April 14, 1865.
4. Lucy E., b. July 17, 1831 ; md. - Parkhurst.
5. Sarah A., b. June 15, 1833 : md., Sept., 1865, Alfred Colby, of Dunbarton.
6. Abial C., b. Oct. 15, 1835.
7. Daniel M., b. Feb. 4, 1838.
PERKINS.
I. David P. Perkins, was b. in Meredith, Jan. 29, 1810; entered New Hampton academy in the spring of 1826, where he pursued a preparatory course of study, supporting himself by teaching during the winter. He came to this town in March, 1835, and opened a select school in Bartlett's hall ; kept the village school the winter following; the Elliot brick block being built in the summer of 1836, he taught a select school in it that fall, and the village school during the win- ter. In the spring of 1837 he opened a select school in Rockport, Mass., where he remained until 1839; then returned to this town, and taught school in the Elliot block ; then returned to his school in Rockport again. In 1841 he was principal of the High School
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in Manchester, being the first teacher there; he re- mained in this school two years, and then commenced reading law in the office of Hon. George W. Morri- son, and was admitted to the bar in 1849; was spe- cial justice of the police court several years ; formed a law partnership with Hon. Moses Norris; in 1853 received an appointment in the Pension Bureau at Washington, where he remained until July, 1863, when he returned to this town and engaged in farm- ing several years ; then removed to Manchester, where he is practising law in company with his son, a rising young lawyer. Mr. Perkins married, 1839, second wife, Mary M., dau. of Col. Imri and Hannah Woods, of this town. Two children,-David L. and Mary Eliza.
Elbridge Perkins, was a tailor here previous to Mr. Web- ster; he resided here a few years; lives in Wilton. No record of his family.
PERRY.
I. Joseph Perry, was b. in Milford, and md., Feb. 26, 1795, Sarah, dau. of Moses and Marcy Duston, of this town; resided until his death with his father-in-law. He d., and his widow md., second husband, Enoch Pressey, of this town.
2. Moses, b. 1795. 3. William, b. 1797.+
4. David D., b. Oct. 3, 1798.+
5. Phebe, md., Jan. 27, 1825, Simon Low.
6. Caleb, b. March 26, 1817.++ 7. Susanna.
(3.) William Perry, md., Dec. 13, 1821, Aseneth, dau. of Enoch and Mary (Cass) Perry, of this town. His children, save the two first, were born in this town.
8. William P., b. Jan. 3, 1820.
9. Lucinda G., b. May 9, 1822.
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(4.) David D. Perry, md., June 24, 1819, Hannah, dau. of John and Fracheur, of this town. He lived in the north-east part of the town where his son Moses now resides. He d. May 7, 1862; his wife d. 1875.
IO. John F., b. Sept. 17, 1819.+
II. Abigail F., b. May 27, 1821.
12. Moses D., b. April 22, 1823.
13. Eliza F., b. May 6, 1825 ; md., first husband, Joseph P. Kenney ; second, John L. Favor.
14. Sylva C., b. May 4, 1827.
15. Hannah F., b. Mar. 19, 1830.
16. Caroline, b. Sept. 19, 1834 ; d. Sept. 22, 1834.
17. Matthew H., b. Nov. 19, 1835.
IS. Lucinda M., b. Sept. 16, 1838.
19. Christopher, b. Sept. 3, 1840; d. May 18, 1844.
20. Francis L., b. Jan. 6, 1845.
(6.) Caleb D. Perry, md. Miriam Rogers; he d. Feb. 9, 1870; his wife d. March 3, 1877.
21. Son, b. 1837 ; d. Feb. S, 1841.
22. Robert R., b. 1844 ; d. Feb. 18, 1875,-and others.
(10.) John F. Perry, md., first wife, 1843, Roxana Scribner, of Salisbury.
23. Julia A., b. 1844 ; md. D. K. Robbins.
24. Sylva R., b. 1846 ; md. O. E. Seward.
25. Frances H., b. 1849 ; teacher. 26. Frank D., b. 1851.
PETERS.
James Peters, one of the original proprietors of this township, was in Concord with his family, and was in the garrison at the West Parish, Aug. 11, 1746. James, the settler here, and his son William, were also there at the same time. The family soon after settled in Hopkinton.
I. James Peters, the first settler of the town, and son of James, one of the original proprietors of the town- ship, of whom mention is made elsewhere, moved to this town from Hopkinton. [See Early Settlers.] There is but little record of him or of his family. 44
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2. William.+ 3. Sibbons, d. prior to 1772, aged 16 years.
4. Joseph, b. 1768; md. Sarah Peters, Nov. 29, 1791.
(2.) William Peters, md. Sarah Peters, and came to Henni- ker a short time after his father. [See Early Set- tlers.] He was killed by a falling tree, July 5, 1775, a little east of the present residence of Frank Goss.
5. Mary, b. 1779. 6. Jacob, b. Aug. 17, 1772.+
(6). Jacob Peters, md. Dec. 3, 1793, Sarah Wood Eager, of this town, and always resided upon the homestead. His wife died July 26, 1814, and he md., for his sec- ond wife, Sept. 7, 1815, Anna Cochran. He d. Sept. 19, 1845.
Children by first wife.
7. William, b. Sept. 10, 1794.
8. John, b. Sept. 29, 1796.+
9. Hannah, b. June 7, 1799 ; d. Nov. 28, 1825.
IO. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 2. 1801.
II. Moses S., b. June 10, 1804 ; md., Nov. 8, 1827, Lois M. Phillips.
12. Lois, b. Feb. 14, 1809 ; md. Henry F. Murdough, Dec. 24, 1829.
Children by second wife.
13. Joseph C., b. June 1, 1816.
14. Sarah W., b. Feb. 28, 1818; md., first husband, Jo- seph Colby ; second husband, C. G. McAlpine.
15. Mary C., b. Nov. 21, 1819. 16. Jacob, b. Oct. 9, 1821.
17. Fanny, b. 1827 ; d. April 13, 1831.
(8.) John Peters, md. Feb. 17, 1825, Eliza, dau. of Zebulon and Polly Foster, of this town; was a cabinet-maker by trade; resided at West Henniker. His first wife d. Jan. 18, 1855 ; he md., second wife, Nov. 1, 1855, Mary Sawyer, of Warner. He d. April 4, 1876.
18. John F., b. Feb. 14, 1826.+
19. Eliza M., b. Aug. 14, 1827 ; md. Levi C. Newton.
20. Walter H., b. March 2, 1831 ; d. April 13, 1846.
(18.) John F. Peters, resides in Concord ; an employé of the Concord Railroad four years, and a large portion of
BUFFORD, BOSTON.
Olivier Pillsbury
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the last twenty-three years express messenger be- tween Concord and Boston ; md., Nov. 3, 1857, Hat- tie J. Heath, of Bristol.
21. Everett F., b. March 12, 1863 ; d. July 28, 1863. 22. Arthur W., b. Oct. 29, 1867 ; d. Oct. 14, 1872.
PHILLIPS.
I. Ebenezer Phillips, md. Hannah Eager, and resided in the east part of the town.
2. Polly, b. July 19, 1799 ; md. Daniel L. Tucker, March 6, 1823.
3. Lois M., b. March 1, 1804; md. Moses S. Peters.
4. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 9, 1808 ; md. Eliza Fracheur, who d. March 20, 1848.
5. I. Oliver C., b. June 6, 1847.
6. John F., b. July 12, 1813 ; d. Nov. 8, 1817.
7. Martin E., b. Aug. 4, 1815.+
8. Sarah W. E. P., b. Sept. 24, 1817 ; md. Joseph Peters.
9. Dexter F., b. July 7, 1819.
(7.) Martin E. Phillips, md. Mary J. Emerson, of Hopkin- ton, Oct. 29, 1844. Mechanic.
IO. Ira C., b. Nov. 27, 1845 ; md., Nov. 27, 1867, Angie M. Hardy.
II. John S., b. March 5, 1847. 12. Sara E., b. Nov. 16, 1848.
13. Eliza J., b. June 15, 1850.
14. Mary A., b. Nov. 25, 1851 ; d. March 15, 1871.
15. Miriam S., b. Aug. 19, 1853.
16. Seth G., b. Feb. 8, 1855. 17. James B., b. Jan. 20, 1857. 18. William E., b. Oct. 20, 1858 ; d. Feb. 12, 1875.
19. Emma H., b. Jan. 27, 1862.
20. Henry A., b. May 22, 1865.
21. Frank H., b. May 6, 1867 ; d. July 10. 1867.
PILLSBURY.
I. Dea. Oliver Pillsbury, was born in Newbury, now New- buryport, Mass., Oct. 29, 1783. His parents were Par- ker and Sarah Dickinson Pillsbury. Coffin's history of Newbury names William Pillsbury as settled in that town, who emigrated from Dorchester, England, about 1641, and died June 19, 1686. It further appears that
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HISTORY OF HENNIKER.
he bought of one Edward Rawson the farm now owned by Joshua Pillsbury, a direct descendant, the house upon which was erected in 1700. This house, now a very comfortable one, but of most venerable appearance and antique style, displaced one of logs, in which one generation of Pillsburys were born, while seven gener- ations have been born in the present house. It is shown by deeds and wills that this place has been already owned by a Joshua Pillsbury 194 years. It is believed that all the Pillsburys in this country originated here. In 1787, when Oliver was four years old, his father moved to West Boscawen (now Webster), then a wil- derness. At the age of 19, Oliver returned to Newbury, and, after farming awhile, hired himself to a blacksmith. His aptness for this trade was such that at the end of six months he received full journeyman's pay. Before entering into business for himself he went to Dummer academy, in Byfield, to improve his education, never having before studied arithmetic but one term of six weeks. He there made acquaintance with a school- mate from Chebacco (now Essex) by the name of Anna Smith. The result was their marriage on the 8th of Dec., 1808. They settled in Hamilton, Mass., he as a blacksmith doing the work of a chaise manufactory. In 1814, the war interfering with the business of the con- cern, they moved to Henniker, purchasing the farm at the south-west part of the town now owned by Hiram G. Patten. War prices then ruled for all agricultural products, and he took the risk of incurring a debt of fifteen hundred dollars. But, with the peace concluded with Great Britain in 1815, farm products declined to a low figure, so that it required a long, hard struggle to cancel this debt, the interest paid nearly equalling the principal before final settlement. And yet no man was more active in promoting the general welfare of the town. In the construction of roads and bridges, erecting or repairing churches, school-houses, or other public improvements, he cheerfully paid his full share of the expenses. In 1824 he united with the Congregational church, and was subsequently elected a deacon, which office he held till his death. Of him it may truly be said, that he signally adorned the position by "a well ordered life and godly conversation." He was frequent- ly superintendent of the Sunday-school, which always flourished under his fostering care. For many sum- mers he sustained such a school in his own remote dis- trict, meeting a houseful there after having been with
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