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ALFRED SAWYER m. Lucy M. -.
1. Mary A.
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LEONARD F. m. Mary B.
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HARVEY SAWYER, b. in Sharon ; came to Jaffrey in 1854; m. Adaline Haywood, and settled on the Hay- wood farm.
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SHATTUCK FAMILY.
VRYLING D. SHATTUCK Was b. in Pepperell, Mass. ; April 21, 1836, came to Jaffrey, and settled on lot II, range 5 ; m. Sally M., dau. of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter. Four children :
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I. Josephine M., b. April 3, 1837 ; m. Edwin R. Spaulding, q. v.
II. Edward Cutter, b. July 30, 1839 ; d. April 4, 1842.
III. Henry Vryling, b. Nov. 20, 1841 ; m. Clara Mixer. She d. Oct. 26, 1874.
IV. Lucy Vrylena, b. Feb. 10, 1844 ; m. Austin A. Spaulding, Oct. 19, 1871, q. v.
EDMUND P. SHATTUCK, brother of Vryling D., came to Jaffrey, and settled on the farm formerly owned by Dr. Adonijah Howe; m. Rachel R. Cutter, dau. of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter, May 18, 1837. Seven children :
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I. Mary Abbie, b. Sept. 1, 1840; m. Leonard E. Spaulding, Feb. 25, 1868, q. v.
II. Sarah Jones, b. Sept. 4, 1842 ; d. Sept. 17, 1872. III. Elizabeth Parker, b. Feb. 20, 1844; m. Joel H. Poole, Feb. 25, 1868, q. v.
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IV. Susan Maria, b. March 19, 1846 ; d. March 26, 1848.
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v. Lucy Maria, b. May 21, 1848.
VI. Edmund Cutter, b. April 20, 1851.
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SHEDD FAMILY.
The Shedd family came from England, and settled in Groton, Mass. Abel was b. there ; m. Ruth Haskell ; re. to Rindge about 1780, and d. Sept. 21, 1819. He was the son of Jona- than and Sarah (Barron) Shedd, who were m. April 13, 1722.
(1) Abel ; (2) Samuel ; (3) John H .; (4) Henry ; (5) Josiah ; (6) Timothy ; (7) Ebenezer.
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ABEL SHEDD Was b. in Mason, Aug. 15, 1769 ; settled in Jaffrey in 1793, and in 1800 re. to Rindge. He m., Ist, Priscilla, dau. of John and Priscilla French, of Jaffrey, Oct. 23, 1793. She d. Sept. 27, 1799. He m., 2ª, July 20, 1802, Rebecca, dau. of Ephraim and Lydia (Kinsman) Adams, of New Ipswich, sister of Prof. Ephraim Adams, of Dartmouth college. He d. Sept. 17, 1819. His widow d. Sept. 11, 1823.
I. Ruthy, b. Aug. 15, 1794 ; m. William Kimball. II. Sally (twin), b. Aug. 15, 1794 ; m. Cummings French, q. v.
III. Abel, b. May 11, 1797 ; m., June 16, 1825, Mary, dau. of Oliver and Mary (Turner) Jewett.
IV. Charles, b. Oct. 21, 1802 ; graduated from Dart- mouth college, 1826; was eight years an instructor in Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. H. ; from 1834 to 1841, princi- pal of the Appleton academy, New Ipswich. In 1842 he was ordained pastor of the Con- gregational church in Campton, N. H., where he remained fifteen years, when he re. to Minnesota ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. J. Rowell, of Cornish, N. H.
v. James Adams, b. Feb. 25, 1804 ; m. Augusta Adams, of New Ipswich. M., 2ª, Carrie Brown. He practised law in Detroit, Mich., and Dayton, O., and farming in Denmark, Iowa.
VI. Curtis, b. Feb. 2, 1809 ; m. Sophronia Taylor ; re. Denmark, Iowa.
VII. George, b. May 13, 1810 ; graduated from Dart- mouth college, 1839 ; settled, as a physician, at Denmark, Iowa.
VIII. Rebecca, b. March 20, 1813 ; m. Dr. William Gallup, who settled in New Ipswich ; re., in 1836, to Concord, Mass., where she d. Dec. 17, 1838.
JOHN HASKELL SHEDD was b. March 1, 1771, in Ma- son, N. H .; re. to Rindge with his parents about 1780 ; carried on the blacksmith trade ; exchanged the home farm in Rindge, with his brother Abel, for his farm in Jaffrey ; m., Nov. 30, 1800, Susannah, dau. of Josiah and Tabitha Carter White, b. in Leominster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1783 ; re. to Jaffrey, Dec., 1800 ; was a thrifty
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farmer ; d. July 17, 1819. His widow m., Sept. 24, 1822, Abel Kendall, of Leominster, Mass., a farmer, b. Nov. 13, 1770, who d. at New Ipswich, Aug. 13, 1846. She d. in Derby, Vt., July 27, 1852. Eight ch. by first marriage :
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I. Alvin, b. Sept. 7, 1801.+
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III. John Haskell, b. March 19, 1805.+
IV. A daughter, b. and d. May 26, 1806.
v. Susan Maria, b. Oct. 27, 1807; m. Charles Adams, son of Benj. and Olivia (Everett) Adams, of New Ipswich, b. Dec. 21, 1802 ; was a tanner in that place. In 1834 he re. to Derby, Vt. ; was a farmer there. In 1869 he re. to Ann Arbor, Mich., where they now reside. Three children :
I. Susan Augusta, b. March 29, 1826; d. d. Nov. 19, 1838.
2. Charles Kendall, b. Jan. 24, 1835 ; graduated at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1861 ; teach- er and assistant professor in the University, 1862-'7 ; spent a year in travel and study in Europe ; now professor of history in the University ; m, Aug., 1863, Mrs. Abigail (Disbro) Mudge, of Ann Arbor.
3. Emily Maria, b. Sept. 10, 1840; m., July 20, 1859, James Stanton ; d. Jan. 25, 1862, while her husband was in the army, leaving one son, now, with his father, living in Ne- braska.
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VI. A son, b. and d. Dec. 26, 1809.
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VII. A son, b. and d. Dec. 10, 18II.
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VIII. A son, b. and d. April 10, 1813.
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ALVIN SHEDD settled in New Ipswich ; was a tanner ; re. to Derby, Vt. ; afterwards to Salem, Vt., and carried on the business of farming. He m. Laurinda Smith, of Hollis, Dec. 27, 1825 ; d. at Salem, Oct. 13, 1842.
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I. Laurinda, b. Oct. 17, 1826 ; m. Darius Good- win ; r. in California. Two sons.
II. Lewis, b. Nov. 16, 1827; m. Mary Jane Hun- toon ; r. in Salem, Vt. Two ch.
III. Josiah, b. July 9, 1829 ; m. Ann E. Durgin ; r. in Derby, Vt. Two ch.
IV. Alvin, b. July 6, 1831 ; m. Alice Salmon, d. ; r. Cal.
v. George Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1833 ; r. Cal. VI. Mary Jane, b. June 11, 1834 ; d. 1842. VII. John Haskell, b. April 11, 1836 ; r. Cal. VIII. Amos Farley, b. July 24, 1838 ; d. 1848. Ix. Abel Kendall, b. April 4, 1840 ; d. 1842.
x. Lydia Jane, b. Aug. 7, 1841 ; m. Zebbord T. White ; r. in Winchester, Mass.
The widow of Alvin r. in California with her ch.
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HENRY SHEDD m., Sept. 28, 1829, Mary Gerrish, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Chandler) Gerrish, of Can- terbury, N. H. His wife d. in Mt. Gilead, March 12, 1835. M., 2ª, Sept. 13, 1838, Lucretia C. George, dau. of James and Hannah (Church) George, of Dunbarton, N. H.
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I. Charles, b. in Mt. Gilead, O., June 23, 1830 ; m. Caroline E. Mateer ; r. Mt. Gilead ; in the shoe and leather business ; have had five ch.
II. John Haskell, b. in Mt. Gilead, July 9, 1833 ; graduated at Marietta college, 1856 ; Andover Theological Seminary, 1859; was a mis- sionary to Persia eleven years ; now profes- sor in Biddle Institute (for the education of colored young men), Charlotte, N. C. ; m. Sarah Jane Dawes, of Marietta, O. Eight ch.,-six b. in Persia (three not living), and two b. in Charlotte.
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III. Mary Lucretia, b. in Mt. Gilead, Oct. 26, 1840 ; graduated at the Western Female Seminary, Oxford, Ohio, 1860; now assistant teacher in the high school of Mt. Gilead.
IV. James G., b. in Pleasant Valley, O., June 23,
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1842 ; graduated at Western Reserve Col- lege, O., 1865 ; was tutor one year in that college ; is now a professional teacher in Illinois ; m. Helen Lescure, of Danville, Ill., where they now reside.
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v. Henry Gilman, b. in Delaware Co., O., Sept. 25, 1845 ; enlisted in the 26th Regt. O. V. I., Feb., 1864 ; discharged Nov., 1865, and d. April 1, 1867, from disease contracted in the army.
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VI. William Edgar, b. in Marysville, O., Aug. 18, 1847 ; enlisted into the 15th Regt. O. V. I., March, 1864 ; was taken prisoner May 27; held in Andersonville prison four months, also in Millen six weeks ; released Nov. 25 ; continued in service till Dec., 1865 ; m. Alice M. Scott, of Kansas City, Mo. ; r. in Danville, Ill. ; a hardware merchant.
VII. Ambrose White, b. in Marysville, O., June 14, 1851 ; d. May 31, 1852.
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JOHN HASKELL became a merchant in the store of Henry Payson, in Jaffrey for some years, also in Hart- land, Vt. ; m., April 28, 1829, Eliza Ann, dau. of Dea. David and Lucy (Wellington) Gilmore ; settled in Bos- ton. She d. Jan. 29, 1844. He m., 2ª, Susan Flint, of Lincoln, Mass., June 26, 1845. She was b. Jan. 30, 1825. He d. in Lynn, April 18, 1865. Three children :
1. Henry Ripley, b. in Cambridgeport, Sept. 16, 1830 ; d. Dec. 19, 1831.
II. Lyman Munson, b. Dec. 8, 1835 ; r. Newport or Derby, Vt. III. John Henry, b. Sept. 18, 1838; d. Nov. 13, 1860; was in a jewelry and silverware store.
REUBEN SHEDD was b. in Billerica, Mass., Nov. 24, 1781 ; m., Dec. 25, 1819, Lucy Cummings, b. Oct. 13, 1782 ; r. Sharon, N. H. He d. Jan. 12, 1868, a. 86. She d. Oct. 30, 1869, a. 87. Three children :
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I. James Parker, b. May 14, 1820; m. Martha Nichols ; r. Chautauqua, N. Y.
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III. John Brooks, b. April 20, 1829; m. April 12, 1853, Sarah Jones, dau. of John and Sarah Jones (Smith) Verder, b. April 20, 1825. Child,-one son.
I. Frank E., b. July IS, 1856.
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NATHAN CUMMINGS SHEDD m. Sally M., dau. of Lot Nichols, of Sharon, b. April 19, 1832 ; r. Jaffrey.
I. Zenophon Brooks, b. April 20, 1849 ; m. Mar- tha, dau. of Charles Nutting ; r. Fitchburg, Mass. II. Merick Nichols, b. Jan. 18, 1852 ; d. July 13, IS52. III. Frederick Elery, b. July 3, 1859 ; d. Aug. 10, 1862.
Iv. Mark Dane, b. Oct. 2, 1869.
SHERWIN FAMILY.
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SAMUEL SHERWIN was chosen one of a committee to count, with the selectmen and constable, at the meeting for the organization of the town in 1773. It seems quite probable that he afterwards went to Rindge, as his name does not again appear on the town records.
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DAVID SHERWIN, son of Jonathan, who came from Boxford and settled in Rindge, was b. March 28, 1764; m., Nov 28, 1786, Hannah, dau. of Paul and Hannah (Perley) Pritchard, from Boxford, then of New Ips- wich, b. March 28, 1864. Mr. Sherwin r. Rindge till 1790, when he re. to Jaffrey, and occupied the mills in that place. In 1795 he left Jaffrey, and afterwards re- sided in Westmoreland, New Ipswich, and Temple. While in Rindge he held the offices of town-clerk and selectman ; was in the Revolution, and at the battle of Bennington. His wife d. in Temple, Oct. 1, 1806. Eight children :
I. Sally, b. in Rindge, Nov. 20, 1787 ; m., Aug. S, 1822, Abram Mead, and d. in Littleton, Mass., March 30, 1860.
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III. Mary, b. in Jaffrey, Aug. 25, 1791 ; m. Chris- topher P. Farley, and d. in Hollis, Nov. 23, ISI3.
IV. Hannah, b. May 21, 1795 ; d. in New Ipswich, Sept. 21, IS19.
v. Thomas, b. in Westmoreland, March 26, 1799 ; graduated Harvard college, 1821 ; tutor of mathematics in IS27 ; elected master of the English high school in 1837, and in 1868 a member of the New England Historic-Gen- ealogical Society. In addition to many val- uable communications, he published two valuable works on algebra, now in extensive use in the schools of the United States. He m., June 10, 1836, Mary King Gibbens, of Boston. He d. July 23, 1869, leaving three sons : Henry, a merchant, N. Y. Thomas, breveted brigadier-general for distinguished service in the late war; now city collector in Boston. He m. Isabel Fiske, dau. of Hon. Thomas M. Edwards, of Keene, N. H. Edward, paymaster in the navy during the war, now agent of the Philadelphia Coal and Iron Co.
VI. Betsey, b. in Westmoreland, April 16, ISO1 ; d. unm.
VII. Anna, b. in New Ipswich, Nov. 5, 1803.
SMILEY FAMILY.
I WILLIAM SMILEY (Dea.) was b. in Ireland, in 1727, of Scotch-Irish origin. He was one of the earliest set- tlers. His family was one of the nine reported by Grout and Gilmore to the proprietors of the township. He settled on lot 13, range 8, on the eastern borders of the Gilmore pond, and resided there till he left town, about the year ISIo. This pond was first known as the Smiley pond. The place is now uninhabited. Dea. Smiley was one of the prominent men. When the town was organized he was chosen town-clerk and one of the board of selectmen. He was the first town treas- urer, and the first representative chosen under the state constitution, in 1784. He was also a delegate to the state convention in 178, for the formation of a constitu- tion. He appears to have held almost every office in the gift of the town. He was one of the first members
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of the church, and deacon of the same. Two of his sons, David and Robinson, were the first college gradu- ates from the town of Jaffrey. David graduated at Harvard and Robinson at Dartmouth. David was a lawyer, the first one who opened an office for that busi- ness in Jaffrey. In 1810 Dea. Smiley removed, with his son Robinson, to Springfield, Vt., and d. March 4, 1813, a. 86. He m. Sarah Robinson, of Boston, who d. Nov. 14, 1815, a. 86. Ten children :
I. John, b. Aug. 21, 1754 ; d. in the state of New York at a great age.
II. Agnes, b. Dec. 8, 1755 ; m. Robert Smith, of Peterborough ; d. Oct. 10, 1791. Two ch., William and Fanny.
III. William, b. July 12, 1751 ; d. in the service of his country at Ticonderoga, Oct. 14, 1776.
IV. Francis, b. Feb. 21, 1759; re. to Elba, New York, and d. March 23, 1844. He was a physician.
v. David, b. Nov. 16, 1761 ; d. Feb. 27, 1763.
VI. Sarah, b. Oct. 5, 1763 ; m. Josiah Belknap. They re. to Springfield about 1818; d. Feb. 20, 1846. He d. April 27, 1845, a. S5. He owned a fulling-mill near the Davidson mill, south of the centre of the town, now owned by Heath and Gilmore.
VII. James, b. May 7, 1766; re. to Buford, Canada West ; d. Sept. 27, 1845. He m. Hannah Hathorn. One ch.,-James, b. in Jaffrey, April 15, 1795.
VIII. David, b. March 16, 1769 ; graduated Harvard ; studied law ; practised in Jaffrey till 1807, when he re. to Grafton, N. H., and d. May 19, 1845. He m. Mary -; had one ch., b. in Jaffrey,-Mary, b. and d. June, 1804. Ix. Robinson, b. April 12, 1771 ; grad. Dartmouth college, 1798; studied divinity ; settled in Springfield, Vt., and d. there June 26, 1856, a. 85.
x. Hugh, b. March 29, 1793 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Lieut. John and Elizabeth (Proctor) Harper; a farmer ; settled on the home- stead in or about ISI0 ; he re. to Pennsylva- nia and d. there.
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ELIAS SMILEY, son of Dr. David Smiley, of Peter- borough, N. H., b. July 10, 1783 ; m. Betsey Bowers, of Rindge. He d. Dec. 2, 1865, a. 82. She d. Dec. 14, 1865, a. 82. No children. -
SNOW FAMILY.
JESSE SNOW was a soldier in the Revolution from Jaffrey, as reported by the state.
ASA SNOW was a tax-payer in 1793 ; resided on lot 10, range 6, now owned by James T. Brown.
JOSIAH SNOW was a tax-payer in 1796 and 1797.
SAMUEL SNOW came from Sterling, Mass. ; settled on lot 16, range 5 ; was taxed in Jaffrey for the last time in 1793. He re. to Dublin and d. there ; was buried in Jaffrey. He m. Dorothea Richardson. They were both members of Mr. Ainsworth's church soon after its incorporation.
I. Samuel, re. to New York state.
II. Ezra, b. Aug. 19, 1785 ; re. to Dublin.+
III. Tilly, re. to Boston.
IV. Dorothea, m., 1812, Jas. Phelps ; r. New York state.
v. Mark studied medicine in Rochester, N. Y. ; commenced the practice of his profession in the state of Ohio. In 1820 re. to St. Francis- ville, La., and r. there four years ; re. to Jef- ferson county, Miss., and re. there two years ; re. to Hinde county, Miss., and was a pioneer settler in that place ; became a distinguished physician in that section. In May, 1844, while in Vicksburg for the purpose of pur- chasing medicine, he was stabbed in the neck, robbed, and thrown from a window at the Glidden House in that place. The as- sassin made his escape; the doctor was maimed for life, and obliged to retire from the practice of his profession, and d. at Au- burn, Hyde county, May 12, 1866, having been an esteemed citizen of that vicinity for a period of thirty years, and a resident of
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Mississippi forty-two years. He m. Aman- da Whittaker, and had six children,-Olivia C .; Marcus, d .; Abram, d .; Gertrude ; Mary ; Frank.
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EZRA SNOW settled in Dublin ; a farmer ; m., Dec. 15, 1807, Mary, dau. of Moses and Mary (Twitchell) Rider, b. Aug. 13, 1788. He d. Feb. 4, 1850. She d. at Peterborough, Dec. 4, 1872, a. 84.
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II. Dorothea R., b. May 2, ISII ; m. Rev. Augus- tus Berry, of Pelham, Mass., a distinguished minister of that place. She d. March 15, I873, a. 62.
III. Edward, b. May 29, 1813 ; d. Feb. 14, 1861.
IV. Ezra G., b. Dec. 9, 1815 ; d. Oct. 3, 1839, while practising medicine with his uncle, Mark Snow.
v. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1818 ; r. Boston.
VI. Julia, b. Oct. 5, 1820 ; d. Peterborough, Feb. 20, 1877.
VII. Harriet S., b. March 22, 1823 ; m. Aaron B. Grant, who d. Sept. 29, 1850, a. 33. One child, d. M., 2ª, John Wilder, a merchant in Peterborough.
VIII. Emma A., b. July 4, 1825.
IX. Francis M., b. March 2, 1829. In 1848 re. to Buffalo, N. Y. ; was employed by the firm of Howard and Whitcomb, importers and dealers in dry-goods ; became a partner of the firm in 1854. In 1856 he m. Julia F Miller, youngest dau. of James Miller, one of the oldest residents in the place. He d. of typhoid fever, Sept. 28, 1861, leaving a widow and two children.
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I. Albert F., b. March 2, 1858 ; fitted for college and entered the University of Rochester. His health failed at the close of his junior year, and he went with his mother to Colorado Springs, Col., where he now (1880) resides.
II. James Miller, b. Jan. 23, 1860 ; grad- uating with credit at the high school, and after a partial course at Rochester
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University he commenced the study of medicine, and will probably graduate from the Buffalo Medical College in ISSI.
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JOSEPH SNOW, brother of Samuel, Sen'r, came to Jaffrey about 1794 ; settled on lot 22, range 3, after- wards owned by John Wilder, now (1873) uninhabited. In 1817 he re. to Washington ; last tax that year.
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I. Joseph, Jr., paid tax in 1801 ; re. to Georgia.
II. Abigail, m. Eli Upton, May 10, 1809 ; she d. May 19, 1830, a. 40 ; r. Sharon.
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IV. Sally, m. Zadoc Merriam.
SPAULDING FAMILY.
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PHINEAS SPAULDING was the first man of that name who settled in the town of Jaffrey. He was a descend- ant of Edward Spaulding, who came from England to this country between the years 1630 and 1633. He had five sons,-Edward, John, Joseph, Benjamin, and An- drew. The order of descent was, first, Edward the emigrant, Edward his son, Edward, third, Phineas, fourth, and Phineas, fifth, who settled in Jaffrey on lot 3, range 8, about 1772. He was b. in Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H., April 27, 1745, Old Style, or May 8, New Style. His father d. when he was quite young, and he was bound out, during the period of his minority, to a man by the name of Hamlet. Af- ter the time expired he went to Chelmsford, now Low- ell, for the purpose of teaching school, and while thus employed he heard much said about the rich and fertile lands around the Grand Monadnock. This induced him to visit that locality. The appearance of the land meet- ing his expectations, he purchased a tract of Mr. Henry Coffeen. It was then a dense forest, no inhabitants within two or three miles. He commenced levelling the forest, cleared a small spot, built a cabin, and then returned to Chelmsford for a wife, and m. Miss Eliza- beth Bailey, whom he had previously engaged. An opportunity was now given for a wedding tour. With foot-paths or cart-paths for roads, marked trees for guide-boards, and fords for bridges, they started on their tour ; not in a coach or car, but in an ox-cart, which
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contained all their household furniture, an indispensa- ble spinning-wheel, and a cow tied behind. Hope and high expectation made bright the future and easy the task. How long the tour lasted is not on record. The last day of their journey was from Rindge to their cab- in, which they reached at nine o'clock at night.
Mr. Spaulding became a very prominent leading man in town affairs, and held all the important offices in the gift of the town. He was a member of the first board of selectmen, moderator of their town-meeting, and was the first delegate chosen by the town to attend a con- vention at Concord, in 1778, for the purpose of forming
a plan of government. He was a man of industrious and frugal habits, reserved in his manners, strict in the discipline of his children, Calvinistic in his faith. His memory comes down to his descendants as a man who bore an unsullied name, and in his dealings with his fellow-men ever maintained integrity, uprightness, and truth. He was interested in the cause of education-a school-teacher himself, the first one employed in the district where he lived. He sent two of his sons to Dartmouth college, one of whom, Oliver, was drowned while a member. The other, Rev. Levi, graduated, and afterwards became a distinguished missionary at Ceylon, East India. Mr. Spaulding d. Jan. 14, 1809, a 64. His widow, Elizabeth, b. July 5, 1751, d. Sept. 29, ISI9, a. 68.
I. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1774 ; m. Moses Flint, of Lyme, N. H .; r. there, and had a large family of children.
II. Phineas, b. Feb. 28, 1776.++
III. Mary, b. Jan. 22, 1778; m. Samuel Flint, a brother of Moses; r. in the same town. They had a large family, one son of whom, Samuel, was the Labor Reform candidate for governor in IS71.
IV. Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 17So ; m. Abraham Spofford, q. v.
v. Edward, b. Oct. 19, 1781.++
VI. Lydia, b. Sept. 20, 1783 ; m. Benj. M. Stanley, q. v.
VII. Oliver, b. Aug. 10, 1785 ; drowned in the Con- necticut river while a member of Dartmouth college, July 29, IS07.
VIII. Daniel, b. Dec. 26, 788; m. Lucinda Perkins. Five children. +
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Ix. Levi, b. Aug. 22, 1791.+
x. Rhoda, b. May 22, 1793 ; d. Dec. 11, 1856; unm.
XI. David, b. May 17, 1795.+
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PHINEAS SPAULDING m. Sally, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Shipley) Fisk, of Jaffrey. He settled near the hometead of his father, afterwards re. with his son Ly- man to the farm now owned by Thomas Stearns, where his wife d. April 21, 1844. After her death he and his son re. to Medina, Mich., and d. there.
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EDWARD SPAULDING settled on the home farm. For many years he was quite a prominent man in Jaffrey, filling the offices of town agent, deputy sheriff, select- man, representative, and justice of the peace with marked ability. He was one of the distinguished school- teachers, and held the commission of captain in the state militia. He m. Nabby Newton, of Phillipston, Mass., and d. Jan. 20, 1843. His widow d. Dec. 6, 1861, a. SI. One child by adoption.
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I. Ambrose W., b. ISIS; m., Ist, Caroline, dau. of Levi and Mary (Jewett) Benjamin. Had one son, Charles. She d. Oct. 12, 1849, a. 28. He m., 2ª, Elizabeth Robinson, of Royalton, Vt., and has two daughters,- Carrie L., b. 1853, and Minnie, b. 1864. He d. March 5, 1878.
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DANIEL SPAULDING m. Lucinda Perkins, dau. of Robertson Perkins, of Fitzwilliam ; r. Fitzwilliam ; had five children :
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I. Mary Elizabeth d. Oct. 9, 1848, a. 26.
II. Jared Perkins d. Aug. 25, 1827, a. 2 yrs.
III. Daniel Robinson d. Oct. 26, 1875, a. 47.
IV. Julia Ann, b. March 5, 1831 ; m. Oscar Holmes Bradley, M. D. Dr. Bradley was b. in the city of Louisville, state of Kentucky, Feb. 10, 1826. His mother was the daughter of
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
Jonathan Holmes, of Londonderry, N. H., an officer who served under Gen. Stark at Bennington, and under Washington through the dark and memorable winter at Valley Forge. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish extraction, and among the number of those
who early settled at Londonderry. His parents were poor, with a family of six chil- dren, and, in those early days in the south- west, found it a stern and laborious task to obtain the means of their support. When the subject of our sketch was about four years of age, he re. with his parents to the western part of Vermont, where he lived until he reached the age of seventeen. The means of obtaining an education in that sec- tion of the state were very meagre at that time, but every advantage within his reach was improved, and, by dint of perseverance and application, teaching the district school in the winter months, and afterwards as an assistant instructor in the Black River acad- emy, at Ludlow, Vt., he succeeded in grad- uating with honor from that institution in the autumn of IS47. He taught school at Mt. Holly, Vt., in the following winter, and in the spring of IS48 entered the law office of Hon. D. E. Nicholson, of Rutland, where he pursued the study of law for several suc- ceeding months. Not finding the law con- genial to his tastes, he abandoned it, and in the autumn of ISAS commenced the study of medicine with Drs. Amos and George B. Twitchell, of Keene, N. H. He found here his favorite science, and began at once, by diligent application, to lay the foundation of that successful career as a practising physi- cian and surgeon, which has so notably crowned his subsequent life. He studied medicine with the Drs. Twitchell about two years and six months, at the same time sup- porting himself by teaching the high school in the adjoining towns of Troy, Fitzwilliam, and Stoddard. He also attended medical lectures at Woodstock, Vt., under the in- struction of such eminent professors as Alon-
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