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Amarantha
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Lot 17, range 7.
Susan A.
52,
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Anna M.
22,
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Lot 17, range 7.
Abby C. Tucker,
81,
CHAPTER XVIII.
CONCLUSION-1880.
T HE end of the period covered by this history has now arrived,-a period of 130 years. Two generations have passed and gone, and only a few are left of the third to tell the history of the first. The descendants of the early settlers are in the minority among the present inhabitants of the town. Very few are in possession of the original homesteads, and that number is fast diminishing. In the male line we find only the names of Clarence S. Bailey, Fred. J. Lawrence, John and Simpson Hodge, William and Charles Stevens, and Geo. A. Underwood. In the female line, Joel W. Poole, Jona. J. Comstock, and Jonas C. Rice.
The early settlers now represented by their descendants are Oliver Bacon, David Bailey, Jacob Baldwin, Jona. Blod- gett, Moses Burpee, Kendall Briant, Joseph Cutter, John Cutter, Moses Cutter, James Cutter, David Chadwick, Jo- seph Chamberlin, Thomas Dutton, Daniel Emery, William Emery, Jona. Fox, Thomas French, Thomas Fisk, Benjamin Frost, Roger Gilmore, Thomas Goff, Joseph Hodge, Eben- ezer Jaquith, Jacob Jewell, Levi Johnson, Joseph Joslin, David Lacy, Benj. Lawrence, Thomas Mower, Benj. Nut- ting, Isaac Nutting, Jacob Newell, Joseph Perkins, Samuel Pierce, Ebenezer Poole, Benj. Prescott, David Sawtell, David Stratton, Jona. Stanley, James Stevens, Jereme Underwood, Elijah Wellman, and even these have probably more repre- sentatives in other places than in the town of Jaffrey. Wherever they are, I think, like the Romans of old, they will feel honored in being sons of Jaffrey.
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TOWN OFFICERS, ETC.
The census recently taken shows the number of inhabi- tants to be 1,267. The largest number in Jaffrey was in 1850, which was 1,497. Number of tax-payers in 1880, 468 ; valuation, including polls, $730,798.
MONEY ASSESSED.
For state tax,
$1,868.00
county tax,
1,523.31
school tax,
1,634.50
town charges,
1,674.19
interest on town debt,
1,000.00
highway and bridges,
700.00
breaking roads,
300.00
deficiencies for 1879,
700.00
· watering-troughs,
100.00
redeeming town bonds,
1,000.00=$10,500.10
Drawn from state,
$2,400.00
Outstanding taxes,
300.00 .
Money in savings-bank,
1,300.00=$4,000.00
$6,500.00
Five per cent. added,
325.00
$6,825.00
Tax on dogs,
49.00
SCHOOLS.
Money assessed,
$1,634.50
Literary fund and interest,
272.98
$1,907.48
TOWN OFFICERS, ETC., 1880.
Moderator-Charles H. Powers.
Town-clerk-Joseph P. Frost.
Selectmen-Clarence S. Bailey, Geo. A. Underwood, W. B. Robbins.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
Town treasurer-Charles H. Powers.
Superintending School Committee-Wm. W. Livingston. Deputy sheriff-Fred. S. Pierce.
Justices-State : Frank H. Cutter, Fred. S. Pierce, F. B. Spalter ;- County : G. A. Phelps, J. W. Fassett, Alfred Saw- yer, H. B. Aldrich, L. N. Willoughby, J. P. Frost.
Postmasters-Centre, G. A. Phelps ; East Jaffrey, Peter Upton.
Physicians-Centre, G. A. Phelps ; East Jaffrey, Oscar H. Bradley.
Lawyer-East Jaffrey, John H. Fox.
Ministers-Centre, Rev. Wm. W. Livingston ; East Jaf- frey, 2d Congregational, Rev. John C. Staples ; Baptist, Rev. Theodore C. Gleason ; Universalist, Rev. Fred. W. Bailey.
Express agent-Aaron Perkins.
Insurance agents-Pierce & White, F. S. Cutter.
Hotels-Centre, Jonas Cutter, Jonas C. Rice ; East Jaf- frey, Granite State, Rodney Brown ; Mountain House, Batchelder & Newton.
Merchants-Centre, J. T. Biggelow ; East Jaffrey, J. S. Lacy, C. H. Powers, Walter Goodnow & Co .; meat, Kit- tredge & Robbins, Reuben Pierce.
Millinery-Mrs. Prescott.
Dress-makers-Centre, Miss E. R. Gibbs, Mrs. G. L. Rice ; East Jaffrey, Mrs. T. Hanscom.
Hair-dresser-A. Caldwell.
Banks-Monadnock National Bank, Benjamin Cutter, president, Peter Upton, cashier ; Monadnock Savings Bank, Oscar H. Bradley, president, Peter Upton, treasurer.
Livery stables-Centre, Jonas Cutter ; East Jaffrey, Aaron Perkins.
Manufacturers-Centre : leather, Julius Cutter ; chair stuff, Heath & Gilmore; furniture, F. L. King ; shoes, Luke French ;- East Jaffrey : wooden ware, A. J. & J. E. Bemis ; blue drilling, White Bros. ; dry pulp, G. A. Shep-
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TOWN OFFICERS, ETC.
ard & Co., Elijah Sturtevant, agent ; lumber, J. E. Bemis ; nest-boxes, Annett & Murdock ; shoes, G. Fairbanks ; shoe- knives, Wilbur Webster.
Mechanics-Centre : blacksmiths, Joseph Smith & Son ; carpenters, J. P. Frost, Alvah Parker ; cooper, Elbridge Baldwin; printers, Livingston Bros .; wheelwright, John Dunbar ;- East Jaffrey : blacksmiths, D. A. Colburn, Ira Gardner ; carpenters, L. L. Pierce, Liberty Towne, G. A. Towne, Sylvester Towne, B. E. Bartlett, P. B. Robinson ; cooper, N. C. Shedd ; gunsmith, J. S. Dutton ; brick-masons, I. C. Ryan, W. H. Ingraham ; watches and jewelry, J. S. Freeman.
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
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GENEALOGY.
Abbreviations :- a., aged ; b., born ; m., married ; unm., unmarried ; d., died ; s., son ; dau., daughter ; ch., child-children; r., residence; re., removed.
AINSWORTH FAMILY.
I DANIEL AINSWORTH and his wife Alice, natives of England, settled in Roxbury, Mass., where she d. in 1685, childless. He sent to England for his nephew, Edward, and made him his heir.
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Edward Ainsworth appears to have been a sea-faring man. He m. Joanna Hemmingway, Jan. 11, 1687-S. Children by Joanna (Hemmingway) Ainsworth :
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I. Joshua, b. Jan. 22, 1688-9 ; lived only three days. II. Hannah, b. Jan. 21, 1689-90 ; m. John Green, of Brookfield, Mass.
III. Edward, b. Aug. IS, 1693 ; m. Joanna Davis, of Roxbury, Mass. +
IV. Elizabeth, b. Nov. IS, 1695 ; m. John Johnson, of Brookfield, Mass.
v. Daniel, b. Oct. 7, 1697. VI. Joanna, b. - 1699.
VII. Joanna, b. Oct. 5, 1700 ; (?) is this a second Joanna, or by error per the date of the first. VIII. Judith, b. Jan. 25, 1702-3 ; m. James Marcy.
Ix. Smith, b. March. 25, 1712 ; a bachelor.
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EDWARD AINSWORTH, JR., m. Joanna Davis.
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I. Abigail, b.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
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II. Daniel, b.
III. Alice, b.
IV. Edward, b. - , 1728 ; m. Sybil Child.
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v. William, b. -, 1729; m. Mary Marcy ; d. Nov. 14, 1805.+
WILLIAM AINSWORTH, of Woodstock, Conn. Chil- dren by Mary (Marcy) Ainsworth :
I. Laban, b. July 19, 1757 ; m. Mary Minot ; d. March 17, 1858. +
II. Marsylvia, b. Aug., 1759 ; m. Daniel Needham ; d. May 20, 1853.
III. Louisa, b. -; m.
- Paul, of Newport,
N. H.
IV. Andrew, b. March 17, 1766, unm. ; d. July, 1796. v. Oliver b.
VI. Luke, b. -; d. young.
LABAN AINSWORTH. The town records, which have been badly kept and badly transcribed, state his birth as of July 9, 1754, while authority says July 19, 1757. He studied under Nathaniel Tisdale, of Lebanon, Conn., and entered Dartmouth college as sophomore in 1775 ; graduated, 1778 ; studied theology with Rev. Stephen West, of Stockbridge. Preached for two years at Spen- certown, on the Hudson ; was for some months chaplain in Major Mckinstry's corps. Ordained pastor of the church in Jaffrey, Dec. 11, 1782 ; m. Dec. 4, 1787, Mary Minot, dau. of Jonas Minot, of Concord, Mass. She d. Feb. 3, 1845. Their children were,-
I. Sarah, b. March 23, 1789; m. Isaac Parker ; d. May 29, 1857.
II. William, b. Aug. 24, 1792 ; m. Mary Morse Stearns ; d. June 14, 1842. + [See Coll. Graduates. ]
WILLIAM AINSWORTH. Children by Mary Morse (Stearns) Ainsworth :
I. Frederick Smith, b. April 11, 1820; m. Mary Harris. [See Coll. Graduates. ]
II. Mary Minot, b. Feb. 26, 1822 ; m. Theodore P. Green, U. S. Navy.
III. William Parker, b. Dec. 22, 1825. Killed in Battle at Port Royal, Va., 1862.
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
28 | IV. Josiah, b. Aug. 14, 1832 ; d. Oct. 23, 1833. After these, the names in this branch are all extinct.
ADAMS FAMILY.
Many of the descendants of this family have been residents of Jaffrey ;- Thomas and Stephen, previous to 1774; Ephraim, previous to 1778 ; Samuel, 1778; Jonas, 1785 ; and Silas, pre- vious to 1792.
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THOMAS was a son of Dea. Ephraim and Lydia (Kinsman) Adams, of New Ipswich, a descendant of William Adams, who settled in Cambridge in 1635, and removed to Ipswich, Mass., previous to 1642. He m. Molly Farnsworth, and settled on lot 17, range 4; d. Oct. 11, 1820, a. 69. His widow d. June 24, 1842, a. SS. They had no children.
Mr. Adams was one of the prominent men in town, and held many offices of trust ;- was moderator, select- man, town treasurer, a militia officer, and a soldier in the Revolution.
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EPHRAIM ADAMS was probably a brother. He set- tled on lot 7, range 3, at the base of Grand Monadnock, afterwards the residence of Joseph Meeds, now un- inhabited. His name appears on the records for the last time, as highway surveyor, in 1789. He was a soldier in the Revolution.
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STEPHEN ADAMS settled in the west part of the town. His name appears in 1774 on a remonstrance, signed by the inhabitants of Jaffrey, against the annex- ation of a portion of the east part of the town to Peterboro' Slip, now Sharon. In 1775 he enlisted into Capt. Philip Thomas's company, of Rindge. This com- pany was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and lost three men, killed in that battle.
In 1777 Stephen Adams enlisted for three years, or during the war, and was in service at Ticonderoga. It seems quite probable that he was the same man who enlisted for three months in Capt. Thomas's company in 1775.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
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JONAS ADAMS came from New Ipswich and settled on lot 11, range 4, previous to 1785, and left town about 1798. He married Phebe -, and left a birth record of six children.
I. Lucy, b. March 22, 1784, at New Ipswich.
II. Jere, b. Aug. 15, 1785.
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III. Jonas, b. Aug. 25, 1787 ; d. Feb. 26, 1790.
Iv. Phineas, b. Oct. 20, 1789.
v. Milley, b. Sept. 2, 1791.
VI. Nancy, b. Jan. 25, 1794.
II SILAS ADAMS m. Lois - , and left on record the birth of five children.
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I. Thirza, b. July 7, 1792.
II. Silas, b. Feb. 6, 1796.
III. Lois, b. Oct. 29, 1799.
IV. Gregory, b. June 16, 1804.
v. Asa, b. Oct. 3, 1805.
Mr. Adams settled on lot 16, range 2, about 1793, and left town about 1807. It was afterwards owned by John Pierce.
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THOMAS ADAMS, 2ª, son of Daniel and Sarah (Clark) Adams, and grandson of Dea. Ephraim Adams, of New Ipswich, was born at Fitzwilliam, May 9, 1785 ; became a resident of Jaffrey in 1806. He settled on lot 17, range 4, and m. Sarah Sawtell, of Jaffrey. Capt. Adams was highly esteemed as a citizen, and held many offices of trust : was town-clerk, selectman, superintending school committee, and for many years a distinguished teacher in the public schools. When the rifle company was organized, he was chosen one of its officers, and afterwards its commander. They had a family of ten children, none of whom are now residents of the town. He d. Sept. 11, 1841, a. 56. His wife d. Oct. 25, 1828, a. 40.
I. Cynthia, b. Oct. 20, ISOS ; m. Orford Capron, q. v.
II. Thomas, b. Jan. 27, ISI0 ; d. Dec. 7, 1834.
III. Ephraim, b. Nov. 15, ISII ; m. Catherine Cal- lahan ; r. in Nashua.
Iv. David Sawtell, b. Dec. 11, 1813 ; d. at Canton, Oct. 15, 1834 ; unm.
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v. James, b. Feb. 8, 1816; m. and re. to Eliza- bethtown, Ill.
VI. George, b. March 2, ISIS ; re. to Dorien, Ga. VII. Moses, b. Feb. 1, 1820 ; m. Fanny Howe ; and d. at Nashua, Feb. 8, 1850, leaving a son, John Quincy, b. Aug. 21, 1847 ; afterwards adopted by Orford Capron ; d. Oct. 23, 1864, in the marine hospital at Portsmouth, N. H.
VIII. Amos S., b. Jan. 30, 1823 ; studied medicine at Woodstock, Vt., and settled in Lynn, Mass.
Ix. Charles A., b. Aug. 17, 1824 ; r. in Lynn ; is a teacher of music.
x. Sarah M., b. Sept. 18, 1826 ; r. in Nashville, N. H .. 1852.
CAPT. SAMUEL ADAMS was born in Boxford, Mass., Aug. 22, 1750. He was a son of Isaac and Mary (Wood) Adams. Removed with his father to Rindge, about 1772, and to Jaffrey in 1778. The emigrant of this family was Robert, who resided in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635, afterwards in Salem and Newbury, and d. in 1682. In 1773, July 1, Capt. Adams m. Lucy, dau. of Col. Eliphalet and Lucy (Peabody) Spofford, of Boxford. He built the first meeting-house in Jaffrey ; was a Capt. of the militia and a soldier in the Revolu- tion. He d. of typhus fever, Feb. 21, IS13 ; his widow d. Feb. 23, of the same disease, and both were buried in the same grave. They had ten children. The two oldest were born in Rindge.
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1. Eliphalet, b. Feb. 10, 1775. Emigrated to Upper Canada.
II. Isaac, b. Nov. 18, 1776. +
III. Sally, b. Jan 28, 1779. Emigrated to Upper Canada, and d., 1854.
IV. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1782. +
v. Lucy, b. Jan. 23, 1785 ; m. Artemas Lawrence, q. v.
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VI. Polly, b. Jan. 5, 1787; m. Ist, Perley P. Burnam ; m., 2ª, Joseph G. Swan, of Gilead, Me.
VII. Israel, b. Jan. 27, 1790 ; m. Harriet Putnam ; r. in Danvers, Mass. ; d. Feb. 8, 1857.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
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VIII. Jacob, b. Sept. 25, 1792 ; re. to Sacket's Harbor ; from thence to Upper Canada ; and d. Jan. 21, 1867.
Ix. Betsy, b. March 24, 1794; m. Eliphas Chap- man, of Bethel, Me. ; d. Oct. 15, 1847.
x. Daniel, b. Aug. 19, 1796; re. to Watertown, N. Y., and was drowned.
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ISAAC ADAMS m., Ist, Deborah Twitchell, of Dublin, N. H. ; re. to Gilead, Me. Mrs. Adams, with her in- fant, was drowned in the Androscoggin river. M., 2ª, Olive Wright, of Dublin. He d. Nov., 1848 ; his wid., Olive, d. April 22, 1856, a. 79.
Children by first wife :
I. Eliphalet, b. Feb. - , ISO1 ; d. 1803.
II. Infant, drowned 1803.
Children by second wife :
III. Eliphalet, b. Feb. 23, 1804.
Iv. Darius, b. April 1, 1805.
v. Samuel, b. Dec. 19, 1806.
VI. Deborah, b. March 23, ISOS.
VII. Lucy, b. Jan. 9, 1810.
VIII. Aphia, b. Oct. 3, ISII.
IX. Isaac, b. July 23, 1813.
x. Israel, b. May 26, 1815. XI. Olive, b. ISIS.
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SAMUEL ADAMS m., Ist, Sally, dau. of Francis Wright, of Jaffrey ; m., 2ª, Eliza Learnard, of Dublin ; r. Watertown, N. Y. He d. Dec. IS, 1854, a. 72 ; his wife, Sally, d. Aug. 19, 1837, a. 47.
Children by first wife :
39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
Albertype-Forbes Co., Boston.
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
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I. John Wright, b. Nov. 5, 1816; m., 1846, Ber- intha Gowdy.
II. Israel, b. Nov. 12, ISIS ; m. Harriet Boynton. III. Artemas L., b. Jan., 1821 ; m., Ist, Delilah Hill ; 2ª, Mary J. Adams.
IV. Lucy, b. Sept. 3, 1822 ; m. Pierson H. Thurs- ton.
v. Caroline Elizabeth, b. July 21, 1826 ; m. Henry Andrews.
Child by second wife :
VI. Sarah E., b. Aug. 31, 1843 ; d. Sept. 7, 1845.
STEPHEN ADAMS came from Ipswich, Mass., about 1807 ; settled in school-district No. 5; m. Mehitable -, and had children :
I. Stephen, b. at Ipswich ; m., Aug., 1813, Re- becca Chadwick, of Rindge.
II. Isaac, b. 1794; m. Adelia, dau. of Capt. Ed- ward and Ruth Perkins, of Jaffrey ; d. May 18, 1852. She d. July 28, 1864, a. 63.+ III. Jesse, b. 1796 ; d. Dec. 15, 1863.++
ISAAC ADAMS and wife, Adelia, had,-
I. Edward Francis, b. May 25, 1825.
II. Daniel Perkins, b. March 8, 1827 ; m. Emily L., dau. of Edmund and Olive Burpee.
III. Lysander Alonzo, b. July 5, 1829.
IV. Stephen A.
v. Andrew J.
VI. Adelia M., b. 1838 ; m. George G. Bailey, Oct. 21, 1859.
JESSE ADAMS m. Ruth Perkins ; six children :
I. Joseph A., b. 1830.++
II. Sarah M., b. 1832. III. Alphonzo A., b. 1855.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
IV. Austin O., b. 1838 ; m.
v. Roderick R., b. 1840.
VI. Elizabeth A., b. 1846.
69 70 71 (66) JOSEPH A. ADAMS m., Ist, Martha -; m., 2ª, Mrs. Roancy Plummer.
(1) Edgar, b. 1857. (2) Everett F., b. 1862. Elmer J., b. 1863.
(3)
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AUSTIN O. ADAMS m. Sarah A. -. Two children :
(1) Grace M., b. 1871. (2) Willie M., b. 1872.
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DANIEL ADAMS, b. at Cambridge, Mass., March 14, 1768, was a son of Dea. Joseph Adams, a descendant of Henry, who emigrated from Devonshire, England, in 1630. He m. Phebe Britton, b. Jan. 25, 1778 ; came to Jaffrey about 1813, and purchased the farm of Dea. Eleazer Spofford, which now comprises a large part of East Jaffrey. He afterwards soll the same, and bought a farm of Amos Milliken, near the Monadnock Mineral Spring. In 1840. he re. to Springfield, Vt., and d. April 3, 1857. His wife d. May 20, 1847.
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I. Phebe. b. March IS, 1794.
II. Cynthia, b. April 14, 1796.
III. Daniel, b. May 22, 1798.+
IV. Hannah, b. May 20, ISO1 ; d. -.
v. Hannah, b. Feb. 18, 1804; Adams ; r. Chester, Vt.
m. Jonathan
VI. Franklin, b. April 7, 1805.
VII. Louisa, b. Dec. 14, 1806 ; m. Enos Holmes ; d. at Bertrand, Mich., Jan. 25, 1776.
80 VIII. Harriet, b. Dec. 14, 1817 ; m. Amos E. Buss, r. Oneida, Ohio. He d. at Springfield, Vt., April 3, 1857. She d., May 20, 1847.
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DANIEL ADAMS m., Ist, Elmira, adopted dau. of Will- iam and Sally (Searle) Hodge ; m., 2ª, Betsey Holmes ; re. to Springfield, Vt., and d. there.
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I. Sarah, b. -; m. Rev. Eleazer S. Foster, q. v.
II. Caroline, b. at Jaffrey ; m. Daniel Brown, of Springfield, Vt.
III. Cynthia, b. at Jaffrey ; m. John M. Wales ; d. 1874, a. 48.
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NEHEMIAH ADAMS came from Ipswich, Mass., about IS20 ; settled in school district No. 5 ; m. Lydia Benja- min ; had eight children. He d. Aug. 10, 1853, a. 53. Mr. Adams was a member of the state convention for the revision of the constitution in 1850.
(1) Augustus A., b. at Hartford, Vt. in 1829.
(2) George A., b. Nov. 24, 1831 ; m. Josephine, dau. of Luther and Caroline Cutter, r. Troy.
(3) Oscar N., b. 1833.
(4) Isaac M., b. 1835.
(5) Helen L., b. 1838.
(6) Oren S., b. 1840.
(7) Charles W., b. 1843.
(8) Abby F., b. 1845.
ARAD ADAMS, son of Israel Adams, who came from Andover, Mass., to Rindge in 1772, came to East Jaf- frey, and engaged for a time in trade. He m. Ruby Hale, daughter of Emerson and Jemima (Foster) Hale. and has two children. Mr. Adams d. at East Jaffrey.
(1) Maria, b., June 25, 1840.
(2) Lizzie, b. May 8, 1843 ; d. Jan., 1857.
MARSHAL C. ADAMS, son of Marshal Adams, a de- scendant of Oliver Adams, of Chelmsford, Mass., was b. at Rindge, May 23, 1827 ; m., April 19, 1853, Susan B. Patterson ; re. to Jaffrey, and settled on lot 5, range 6, the old Gilmore place. Four children :
(1) Sarah L., b. 1859.
(2) Susan E., b. 1861.
(3) Alice P., b. 1867.
(4) George A., b. 1870.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
BACON FAMILY.
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THOMAS BACON emigrated from England to Ply- mouth, Mass. He d. April 11, 1749, a. SI ; his widow d. April 17, 1759.
2 His son, the Rev. Jacob Bacon, graduated at Har- vard college in 1731, studied divinity, and settled in Keene, N. H., Aug. 5, 1738. He was the first minister settled in that town. In 1747 he was dismissed at his own request, without the usual formalities. A few days afterwards the town was abandoned by the inhabitants, through fear of the Indians, who soon burnt it. Mr. Bacon returned to Plymouth, and m., April 22, 1749, Mary -, by whom he had five children :
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I. Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1750.
II. Jacob, b. Aug. 25, 1751.
III. Thomas, b. Feb. 15, 1753 ; d. Aug. 6, 1753.
IV. David, b. Aug. 24, 1754.
v. Oliver, b. Oct. 28, 1755.+
VI. Hannah, dau. of Thomas, m. Nathaniel Wight ; d. Oct., 1754, a. 58. He d. April 3, 1755.
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OLIVER BACON re. from Plymouth to Jaffrey, about He first settled on lot 14, range 5, afterwards owned by Robert Harkness. He m. Mrs. Rebecca (Cummings), dau. of the Rev. - Jewett, of Hollis ; d. March 25, 1835 ; his wid. d. June 25, 1843, a. 87. He was a lieutenant in the Revolution. They had five children :
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I. Jacob, b. Dec. 11, 1786. + II. Mary, b. May 2, 1788; d. Jan. 2, 1871 ; unm.
II III. Rebecca, b. May 20, 1790; d. March 23, 1876 ; unm.
12 IV. Oliver, b. Dec. 2, 1792 ; killed by lightning, July 2, 1801.
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v. Jonathan Jewett, b. May 26, 1795.
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
JACOB BACON m. Betsey Sawyer, of Boothbay, Me. They had 4 children :
I. Oliver, b. March 15, 18II. ++
II. Martha, b. Jan. 2, 1813 ; m. Stilman Burpee, q. v.
III. Charles, b. Oct. 16, 1814. +
IV. Rebecca, b. Oct. 9, 1816 ; m., Ist, June 16, 1846, Faxon Rice ; 2ª, Zervia M. Smith.
Jacob Bacon d. March 18, 1866 ; his wife d. July 26, I854, a. 72.
JONA. JEWETT BACON m. Sally, dau. of Samuel Patrick, Jr. : re. to Canada. Children :
(1) Sarah, b. Dec. 11, ISIS.
(2) Oliver Jewett, b. Jan. 16, 1821 ; m. (3) Eliza A. (4) Samuel (5) Caroline. (6) Abi- gail. (7) Relief.
OLIVER BACON m., June 11, 1840, Mary Ann, dau. of Jared Pratt. Had eight children. His wife d. Jan. IS. 1867, a. 48 yrs., 11 mos., 16 dys.
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I. Henry, b. March 24, 1841.
II. Frances A., b. Dec. 20, 1843 ; d. June 23, 1865, a. 22 yrs., 6 mos., 5 dys.
III. Stephen S., b. Dec. 31, 1844.
IV. Sydney C., b. Oct. 10, 1846 ; d. March 12, 1848, a. 16 mos., 5 dys. v. C. Oliver, b. Sept. 13, 1848 ; d. Aug. 28, 1867, a. 18 yrs., II mos., 15 dys.
VI. Clara A., b. Oct. 15, 1850 ; d. Feb. 3, 1871, a. 20 yrs., 3 mos., 18 dys.
VII. Adelia J., b. Aug. 23, 1852. VIII. Willie, b. Sept. 4, 1855.
CHARLES BACON m. Eliza J., dau. of James Leath- ers, of Peterboro' ; she d. Feb. 9, 1871, a. 50; m., 2ª, Mrs. Frances Bruce, dau. of Goodyear Bassett ; b. at Hancock, May 6, 1836; had by first husband, French Bruce, I child, Cora Bruce, b. May 9, 1869.
Children by first wife :
I. Frank, b. May 13, 1846 ; d. Sept. 1, 1848.
II. Abby E., b. March 16, 1849 ; m. Oct. 6, 1872, John G. Morse, of Worcester, Mass.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
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III. Burt, b. Feb. 13, IS51.
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Iv. Omar, b. Nov. 25, IS58 ; d. Nov. 26, 1861.
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v. Hattie June, b. Nov. 7, 1855.
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VI. Fred. E., b. Sept. 2, IS5S.
BAILEY FAMILY.
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JETHRO BAILEY was the first man of the name who settled in town. His residence was south-west of Abra- ham Bailey's, near the road from Marlboro' to Rindge. At the annual meeting, 1774, he was chosen auditor of accounts ; in 1775, a member of the committee of inspec- tion. In 1777 his name appears, for the last time, in the record of a transcript of a road running by his house. From whence he came or whither he went we have no knowledge.
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DAVID BAILEY, born in England, 1716, came to this country with his brother Nathan and settled in Andover, Mass. ; married and had a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters. His sons were Oliver, who died in service during the French War, Abraham, David, and Oliver. Abraham was the first one of the family who came to Jaffrey, settled on lot 7, range 5, on the east part of which he built a saw-mill, and sold the west half to his father, who, after the death of his wife at Andover in 1775, came to Jaffrey with his youngest son, Oliver, and an unmarried daughter, and settled on the premises. He d. Dec. 23, 1803, a. S6.
Abraham remained in town till 17So, when he sold his premises to John M. Coughran and removed to Keene, from thence to Vt. and Brookline, N. H., and died there. He was auditor of accounts and highway surveyor in 1778, and in 1779 was one of a committee to average service in the war of the Revolution. The birth of one child, Ephraim, b. Nov. 23, 1777, appears on the town record of births.
David Bailey, Jr., settled in town, and was highway surveyor in 1784-5-6. He re. to Windsor, Vt., from thence to St. Louis, and d. there.
Oliver, on reaching his majority, m. Polly, dau. of Capt. Joseph Perkins. She was born at Methuen, Mass., in 1771 ; d. Aug 27, 1861, a. 90. He d. Dec. S, IS55, a. SS.
The dau. of David, Sen'r, Sarah, m. Beterly, and settled in Brookline, N. H.
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OLIVER BAILEY m. Polly Perkins, and settled on the homestead. Mr. Bailey was a successful farmer. He built a large mansion house on his farm, now in the possession of his son Abner, and grandson Clarence S. Bailey. They had eight children :
I. Edward, b. Sept. 23, 1792.+
II. Mary, b. May 8, 1794 ; m. Samuel Emery, Jr., q. v.
III. Oliver, b. April 16, 1796.++
IV. Abner, b. June 5, 1798.
v. Almon, b. Jan. 21, 1801 ; m. Maria Stone, of Marlborough, and d. there Aug. 12, 1837 ; she m., 2ª,
VI. Marinda, b. Oct. 30, 1804; m. David H. Gil- more, q. v.
VII. Louisa, b. 1809 ; d. July 12, 1827.
VIII. Elizabeth, b. 1816 ; m. Abner Gage ; r. in Fitz- william ; has three children.
CAPT. EDWARD BAILEY was a woollen manufacturer. His mill was located on the lot formerly owned by his uncle Abraham. His mill was burnt in -, and he built another on the same stream lower down, and car- ried on the business of making carriages. He was a very worthy man, and was an early commander of the famous Rifle company. He m., Ist, Nabby, dau. of Al- exander Milliken, Esq., Sept. 20, 1820; m., 2ª, Mrs. Sarah (Hayden) Perkins, of Fitzwilliam. His first wife d. Oct. 6, 1826, a. 24 ; he d. Jan. 6, 1871, a. 78. His widow d. Nov. 29, 1877.
Children by first wife :
1. Alfred, b. May 11, 1823 ; d. Feb. 11, 1827.
II. Randall, b. Feb. 11, 1824 ; d. Jan. 27, 1825.
Children by second wife :
III. Frederick W., b. Aug. 15, 1833 ; m. Mary, dan. of Moses and Cozby (Cooledge) Perkins. She d. Dec. S, 1867, leaving an infant daughter, Mary F., b. Dec. S, 1867. He d. at Keene, April 27, 1870. [See College Graduates. ]
IV. Edward H., b. - -; m. Abbie A., dau. of Nathaniel and Mary Woodbury Cutter, July 23, 1865 ; two children :
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