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VII. Easman, b. Sept. 5, 1819; m., Dorothy Ann Law- rence of Troy ; removed to Gardner, Mass.
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VIII. John C., b. March 17, 1822; m., Dec., 1852, Laura Bayard of Fitzwilliam; d. in Troy.
Ix. Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1824; m., Dec. 31, 1846, Luther Whittemore of Troy.
x. Sarah, b. Oct. 4, 1825; m., Oct. 10, 1848, Levi Merrifield.
ABIEL ALGER, b. in Bridgewater, Mass., June 22, 1772; m., 1789, Rhoda Drake, b. in Easton, Mass., Feb. 26, 1770. He settled first in Bridgewater. About 1794, he moved to Winchendon, where he resided until 1814, when he came to this town and located on the farm which still bears his name. Mr. Alger was a noted fox-hunter; and, his farm being in proximity to the mountain, he found plenty of them. Oftentimes in the winter season he would procure a quantity of meat, and placing it in an open field he would wrap himself in buf- falo robes, select a position near, and watch the coming of reynard. He was a good marksman, and would fre- quently obtain several of these creatures in one night. The first pair of oxen he purchased, after coming to Marl., he paid for in fox-skins to the value of fifty dol- lars. In his old age, he returned to Winchendon, where he d. Jan. 24, 1848. His widow d. Jan. 20, 1860.
I. Olive, b. in Bridgewater, Oct. 9, 1789; m., Apr. 19, 1812, Jonathan Wyman; resided in Win- chendon, where she d. Aug. 25, 1871.
2 3 II. Lavina, b. in Bridgewater, Apr. 1, 1791; m., Dec., 1825, A. Flagg. He d., and she m. (2d), Jan., 1845, S. Tenney ; resided in Winchendon, where she d. Oct. 23, 1866.
III. Abiel, b. in Bridgewater, March 19, 1793; d. in Vt., Dec., 1814.
IV. Chloe, b. in Winehendon, Nov. 11, 1794; m., March 9, 1826, Luke Rice ; resided in Winchendon ; d. Dec. 4, 1873.
v. Sylvia, b. in Winchendon, July 3, 1796; d. in Winchendon, Nov. 26, 1873, um.
VI. Asnah, b. in Winchendon, May 18, 1798 ; m., Feb., 1828, Sally Norcross; she d., and he m. (2d), Aug., 1860, Mary Moore; resides in Orange, Mass.
VII. Adah, b. in Winchendon, July 29, 1800; m., Oct., 1821, Ezra Porter; resides in Winchendon.
VIII. Nathan, b. in Winchendon, Jan. 27, 1802; m., Nov., 1831, Louisa Hale; resides in Winchen- don.
1x. Melona, b. in Winchendon, Oct. 29, 1804; m., May, 1829, Silas S. Norcross; resides in Win- chendon.
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11 x. Christopher Columbus, b. in Winchendon, June 17, 1807; m., March 29, 1836, Sabrina Balcom ; resides in Winchendon.
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1. Christopher C., b. July 14, 1837 ; m., Sept. 22, 1874, Ella L. May; resides in Win- chendon.
2. Amelia V., b. May 17, 1839; m., Feb. 15, 1870, Calvin Miller ; resides in Athol.
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XI. Rhoda, b. in Winchendon, Jan. 17, 1811 ; m., July, 1834, Joel Sibley ; he d., and she m. (2d), July, 1864, William Sibley ; resides in Winchendon. XII. Horace B., b. in Marl., Nov. 17, 1817 ; m., 1842, Betsey Smith. He was a member of the 10th Ohio Cavalry; d. while in the service, Apr. 6. 1864.
1 CHARLES A. ALLEN, b. in Wardsboro, Vt., Sept. 13, 1836; m., Sept., 1870, Susie A. Davis, b. in Rockingham, Vt., June 27, 1838. Mr. Allen was a member of Co. I, 4th Reg. Vt. Vols. Served three years and one month.
I. George H., b. Aug. 17, 1873; d. Ang. 3, 1875.
I SAMUEL ALLISON, son of Andrew and Sarah (Morse) Allison, b. in Dublin, March 29, 1795; m., Jan. 28, 1851, Mrs. Maria (Mason) Piper, widow of Artemas Piper, b. in Dublin, March 6, 1804, d. in Marl,, Jan. 26, 1880. Mr. Allison came to Marl. to reside in 1848. He removed to Charlestown in 1859, and returned to this town in 1867, where he still resides. c. His sister Sarah resided with him for many years. She was b. in Dublin, March 13, 1787; d. in Marl., May 4, 1878, um.
1 JOHN AMIDON, b. in Fitzwilliam, Nov. 4, 1813; m. Betsey Putney of Chesterfield, b. July 3, 1814; resided in Fitzwilliam, Richmond, and Troy. He came to this town in 1851, and resided here some seven years, work- ing at his trade of blacksmithing. Mr. Amidon was a member of Co. F, 6th Reg. N.H. Vols. He d. at Hatteras Inlet, Jan. 15, 1862. His widow resides in Troy.
I. Sarah E., b. in Troy, July 1, 1841 ; m. J. Foster Capron ; resides in Troy.
II. James O., b. Sept. 10, 1842; m. Susie Bryant ; resides in Keene.
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served three years, and was in twenty-three battles. He was one of the number who sur- vived the wreck of the ill-fated steamer " West Point," which was sunk in the Potomac River. At the end of his term of enlistment, he re- ceived an honorable discharge, returned home, where he soon d. of disease contracted in the army.
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IV. Frank E., b. in Richmond, July 30, 1847 ; m. Sarah A. Wright; resides in Keene.
v. Charles H., b. in Troy, Nov. 3, 1849; is a sailor. VI. Ella M., b. in Marl., Oct. 2, 1855; m. Julius Bemis of Athol, Mass., where she now resides. VII. George F., b. in Marl., May 11, 1857.
1 HENRY A. ATHERTON was b. in Ashburnham, Mass., Oct. 29, 1842. He enlisted in Co. E, 6th Reg. N.H. Vols .; was mustered into service Nov. 28, 1861; was wounded at the second battle of Fredericksburg. He was discharged on account of ill-health, May, 1865. He m., Feb. 27, 1864, Mary L., dan. of Moses and Mary (Pratt) Putney; she d. July 24, 1865; m. (2d) Lizzie M. Putney, a sister of his first wife, who d. May 29, 1870. He d. Apr. 2, 1869.
2 I. Willie, b. July 16, 1867.
1 RICHARD ATWELL is first mentioned on the town rec- ords as one who refused to sign the " Association Test," July, 1776. He is supposed to have resided on the Sweetser place lately owned by Moses Hunt. He was conspicuous in the affairs of the town until near the close of the Revolution. The names of only two chil- dren appear on the records.
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II. Hannah, b. May 28, 1777.
1 EBENEZER BACON came to Marl. at an early date, and located in what is now Troy village. He was a clothier by trade, and built a mill for fulling and coloring cloth. He continued this business some nine or ten years, when he sold to John Potter, and left the place. He in. Betsey, dau. of Ephraim Root.
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1 ALMON BAILEY, b. in Jaffrey, Jan. 21, 1801 ; m. Maria, dan. of Shubael and Polly (Rogers) Stone; resided first
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in Jaffrey, then for a short time in Utica, N.Y. He came to Marl. about 1836, and located in a small house near the present residence of Clark Hill. Here he had the misfortune to lose his house by fire, and he soon after erected the house now owned by Hiram Collins, where he d., Aug. 12, 1837. Mr. Bailey was a man pos- sessed of considerable mechanical ingenuity, and could manufacture almost any article to which he turned his attention ; but his chief business was building church organs, and he is said to have been a very skilful work- man at that trade. His widow m. Hiram Collins, q.v.
I. Almon Fernando, b. Dec. 21, 1835; m., Apr. 9, 1856, Susan M. Smith of Worcester, b. May, 1835. He was a soldier in the Union army, and d. at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864, twelve hours after he was wounded in battle.
BAKER.
JOHN BAKER and Elizabeth, his wife, were in Concord, Mass., in 1729. Of his ancestry, we have no knowledge; but he was probably b. in England, emigrated to this country when a young man, and settled in Concord, where four of his children were b. He is supposed to have returned to England, where he remained some three years, when he again emigrated to this country, and settled in Waltham, where he resided five or six years, and then, with a part of his family, moved to Killingly, Conn. Richard, son of John and Elizabeth, was b. in Concord, Apr. 8, 1729. When twenty-nine years of age, he purchased a tract of wild land in Westminster, Mass., intending to take up his abode there, but was pressed into the British service in the French and Indian War for one year. At the expiration of his term of service, the English officers refused to give him and his company their discharge, and retained them against their consent. They prepared themselves with snow-shoes ; and the whole company, consisting of about sixty men, left the camp at Albany about midnight, intending to cross the Green Moun- tains to Massachusetts. They got lost, wandered several days among the mountains, but finally found Deerfield River, which they followed to Coleraine, where they found inhabitants, after having been ont nine days without provisions, except a small dog which they killed the fifth day, and having the snow, which was some four feet deep, for their bed. Mr. Baker reached home in safety, and soon m. Mary Sawyer of Lancaster, settled in Westminster, raised up a numerous family of chil- dren, and d. Dec. 13, 1808. Mary (Sawyer) Baker's grandfather, Thomas Sawyer, was one of the first settlers of Lancaster, Mass. He built a house, surrounding it by a fort, and a saw-mill, to which the inhabitants of his village resorted in case of Indian hostilities, which were very common from 1670 to 1710. At one time, supposed to be between 1675 and 1680, his garrison was attacked by the Indians; and all were killed except Mr. Sawyer and two women. Night came on, the women loaded the guns, and Mr. Sawyer continued to fire from the port-holes till nearly mid- night, at which time the Indians withdrew from the place. Mr. Sawyer then caught his horse, and after setting fire to his house, which contained shocks of grain, the women mounted the horse, and he walked by their side until they reached a place of safety. On the 15th of October,
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1705, Mr. Sawyer, with his son Elias and John Bigelow, were taken captive by the Indians at his saw-mill, a little after daylight, whither he had gone to commence the labors of the day, and the savages imme- diately set out with their prisoners to Canada. On their journey, they treated Mr. Sawyer with great cruelty. On arriving at Montreal, he remarked to the governor, whose residence was at that place, that there was a good site for mills on the River Chamblee, and that he would build him a saw-mill, on condition that he would procure his, his son's, and Bigelow's redemption. The governor readily closed in with the proposal, as at that time there was not a saw-mill in all Canada, nor an artificer capable of building one. He accordingly applied to the Indians, and very readily procured the ransom of young Sawyer and Bigelow, but no sum would procure Mr. Sawyer's redemption ; him - being dis- tingnished for his bravery, which had proved fatal to a number of their brethren - they were determined to immolate. The victim was. accord- ingly led forth, and fastened to the stake environed with materials so disposed as to produce a lingering death. The savages, surrounding the unfortunate prisoner, began to anticipate the horrid pleasure of behold- ing their victim writhing in tortures amid the rising flames, and rend- ing the air with their dismal yells. Suddenly a friar appeared, and with great solemnity held forth what he declared to be the key to the gate of Purgatory, and told them that, unless they released their prisoner, he would instantly unlock that gate, and send them headlong thereinto. Superstition prevailed, and wrought the deliverance of Mr. Sawyer; for they at once unbound him, and gave him up to the governor. In one year from that time, he completed the mill, when he and Bigelow were discharged. They retained his son Elias one year longer to instruct them in the art of sawing, and keeping the mill in order. He was then amply rewarded, and sent home to his friends; and both he and his father lived to an advanced age, and were gathered to their graves in peace.
1 JONADAB BAKER, the eldest son of Richard and Mary (Sawyer) Baker, was b. in Westminster, Mass., Aug. 31, 1759. He served two enlistments during the Revolu- tion (see Chap. III.). After his discharge, he returned to Westminster, built a shoemaker's shop in the centre of the town, and, being an excellent workman, followed that business some three or four years. He was one of the government troops in the rebellion headed by Capt. Daniel Shays, and followed them to Phillipston, where Gen. Lincoln fired upon the insurgents. About the year 1787, he came to Marl. and purchased the farm formerly owned by Samuel Soper, in the south-east part of the town, situated on what was then the great road from Keene to Boston, and is now owned by David S. Derby. Having received an injury in early life which disabled him for hard labor, he hired most of his work done on his farm, and resumed his former ocenpation of shoe- making. It was a saying in those days that no man could go to the General Court until Jonadab Baker had made him a pair of boots. IIe m., Apr. 20, 1787, Tabi- tha Willson of Royalston, Mass. He d. Sept. 25, 1820,
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leaving an estate valued at about twelve thousand dollars. Among his assets were twelve hundred silver dollars, deposited in stockings, and kept in the old- fashioned cloek-case. Mrs. Baker d. Dec. 2, 1840, æ. 80.
I. Persis, b. June 19, 1790; m. Ephraim K. Frost, M.D., q.v.
II. Polly, b. Feb. 3, 1792; m. Calvin Hastings, q.v.
III. Lucy, b. Feb. 4, 1794; m., Dec. 26, 1815, Carter Whiteomb, who d. in 1879. She still resides in Swanzey.
IV. Tabitha, b. June 7, 1796; m. Calvin Tenney, q.r.
BEZALEEL BAKER, fourth son of Richard and Mary (Sawyer) Baker, was b. in Westminster, Mass., Jan. 4, 1768. At fifteen years of age, the care of his father's farm and brick-yard devolved on him and two younger brothers, his father being confined to the house by siek- ness for several years. He first came to Marl. in Dec., 1787, worked for his brother Jonadab at shoemak- ing and other business during the winter, and returned to Westminster in the spring; went back and forth occa- sionally until Nov. 16, 1789, when he purchased a traet of wild land which comprised the farm recently owned by Lyman Underwood. He m., Sept. 17, 1793, Abigail, dan. of Dea. Nathan and Rebecca (Haynes) Wood * of Westminster, b. June 9, 1770. Mr. Baker and his wife came to Marl. the next day after their marriage, attended the ordination of Rev. Halloway Fish, and ocenpied their new house for the first time. Mr. Baker was strictly a temperance man, when every one else thought it did them good to drink; yet his neighbors said that they never knew him drink spirits but once, and that was at a wolf-hunt, where one was killed, and the bounty paid in rum, and, while the rain fell in tor- rents, he drank with the others. But the influence of his temperance habits has been very salutary on his family, for no one of them has ever made excessive use of ardent spirits. He built upon his farm, during his oceu- pation of it, two houses, four forty-feet barns, one hun-
* Deacon Nathan Wood was a descendant of William Wood, who came to this country in 1638, and settled in Concord, Mass. Married, May 2, 1750, Rebecca, daughter of Ahijah Haynes of Sudbury, Mass., b. Feb. 14, 1731. Mr. Wood removed to Westminster in 1756. He was active in opposing those measures of the British government which led to the Revolution and the struggle for independence; was a member of the first congress, which met in Cambridge, and encouraged resistance to the arbitrary acts of the English crown. But he died June 19, 1777, and hi- fifteen children followed his remains to the grave. His posterity have since settled in almost every State in the Union, and among them have been many clergymen.
Ahijah Haynes wis a son of James and Strah (Noyes) Haynes, and was born in Sudbury, Oct. 16, 1701. Married, Jan. 18, 1726, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith. James Haynes was the son of John and Dorothy Haynes, b. at Sudbury, March 17, 1661.
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dred and eighty feet of wood-houses, tool-houses, sheds, and a cider-mill, one set of barns and sheds having been struck by lightning and consumed in Ang., 1829. He d. Oet. 1, 1849. His widow d. Apr. 10, 1862.
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1. Rebecca, b. July 14, 1795; m. Etheel Parmenter, q.v.
II. Abel, b. Apr. 8, 1797; m., Apr. 18, 1821, Cordelia, dan. of Caleb and Deborah (Fairbanks) Perry; settled in Troy; she d. Ang. 4, 1839, and he m. (2d), Nov. 16, 1840, Mrs. Sarah (Crosby) Bush; she d. March 27, 1872, and he m. (3d), Apr. 29, 1875, Martha, dan. of Elijah and Pru- dence (Newell) Harrington. He d. in Troy, Sept. 26, 1878 (see Chap. XIII.). Children all by his first wife.
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1. Orissa, b. Aug. 28, 1822; d. Sept. 6, 1823.
2. Cordelia, b. Dee. 27, 1823; m., Dee. 1, 1845, John F. Humphreys; resides in Athol, Mass.
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3. Abel Warren, b. Apr. 28, 1825; m., Apr. 8, 1847, Mary, dan. of Joseph and Ruth (White) Haskell; resides in Keene.
4. Caroline B., b. Jan. 5, 1827; m., June 6, 1848, F. S. Parmenter; resides in Athol, Mass.
5. Myra A., b. Feb. 24, 1832; m., Dec. 10, 1856, John U. Beers; d. in Hinsdale.
6. Mary W., b. May 21, 1836; m. Rev. J. A. Batcheller; resides in Boston.
III. Ezra, b. Feb. 27, 1799; m., Feb. 21, 1826, Caro- line Adams; resides in Jaffrey. He was one of the board of selectmen of that town in 1845, 1846, and 1847; also for several years one of the directors of Monadnock Bank at East Jaffrey. He is considered a man of sound judgment and a good counsellor in settling difficult matters pertaining to town affairs. A man of undoubted integrity, plain and unassum- ing in his manners, kind and social in his inter- course with his fellow-men, a good farmer and a most worthy citizen.
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1. Milton, b. July 23, 1830; resides in Jaf- frey, nm.
2. Mahala, b. Aug. 15, 1833; m. George A. Underwood ; resides in Jaffrey.
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IV. Mary, b. June 27, 1801; m. Luke Moors, q.2. v. Asa, b. Feb. 24, 1803.+
VI. Thirza, b. Dee. 7, 1804; m., Nov. 26, 1828, Joel Holt; d. in Troy, June, 1862.
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VII. Caleb, b. Feb. 27, 1807; d. Jan. 16, 1837, um. VIII. Mahala, b. Apr. 3, 1810; m., Nov. 5, 1839, Erastus Spaulding of Jaffrey ; d. in Troy, Nov. 18, 1847 ; was fatally burned by the firing of a kettle of varnish that was upon the stove in the room where she was sitting.
ASA BAKER, son of Bezaleel, m., Sept. 19, 1830, Han- nah Moors of Sharon, b. Oct. 28, 1807, d. Dec. 30, 1854; and he m. (2d), June 19, 1856, Adaline Plummer of Goffs- town. Mr. Baker first settled on the farm he had previ- ously purchased of Nathan Barker. In the spring of 1839, he sold his farm to the town, and removed to Jaffrey, where he was for many years a prosperons farmer. He d. Oct. 12, 1869. His widow now resides in Antrim. Children all by his first wife.
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1. Erastus, b. in Marl., Apr. 8, 1833 ; d. May 3, 1833. II. Sumner A., b. in Marl., May 5, 1834; m., July 15, 1865, Myra A. Coombs of Winchester.
III. Edwin C., b. in Jaffrey, July 4, 1843 ; m., Nov. 18, 1869, Julia P. Paul of Walpole; resides in Fitzwilliam.
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Iv. Elliott W., h. in Jaffrey, Sept. 1, 1846; m., Feb. 10, 1878, Julia V. McCoy ; resides in Antrim.
JOSEPH BAKER, supposed to be the son of William and Eliza Baker of Concord, Mass., settled in old Marl., Mass., previous to 1710, at which time he is mentioned as one of the proprietors. He d. June 2, 1755. Robert, son of Joseph, b. Nov. 24, 1713; m. Lydia - They had fifteen children, among whom was Thomas, b. Dec. 31, 1756; m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan and Dorothy (Morse) Temple of old Marl., and settled in Nelson.
27 THOMAS J. BAKER, son of Thomas and Sarah (Tem- ple) Baker, b. in Nelson, Ang. 27, 1804; m., Feb. 24, 1835, Lovina Taft, b. in Nelson, Sept. 20, 1802, d. in Marl., Aug. 5, 1878.
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I. C. Elmina, b. Dec. 6, 1836; m. James F. Town- send, q.r.
II. Sarah E., b. Feb. 24, 1838; d. in Keene, Nov. 3, 1855.
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III. Dascomb H., b. Aug. 7, 1843; m. Nancy Petts ; resides in Keene.
1 EDWARD S. BALDWIN, b. in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 12, 1837 ; m., Feb. 24, 1863, Josephine D. Black, dan. of Horace and Betsey Black, b. in Putney, Vt., Feb. 4, 1843. He came to Marl. to reside in the spring of 1875.
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3 II. Ada Maria, b. in Marl., Sept. 11, 1876.
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DANIEL BALL came from Holden, Mass., to this town in 1785, and located on the farm known as the Abner Russell place, on the old road leading from Marl. to Pottersville. He remained here until Apr., 1812, when he removed to that part of the town now included in Troy, where he d. Feb. 23, 1830, æ. 74. His wife was Lydia Smith of Worcester. She d. Oct. 13, 1840, æ. 86.
I. Lydia, m. John Thurston, q.v.
II. Betsey, m., March 24, 1807, Amos Stanford of Dublin.
III. Relief, b. Oct. 15, 1781 ; m. Liebieus Rhodes, q.v. Iv. Olive, m., Apr. 20, 1802, Simeon Cobb of Dublin. v. Esther, m. Benjamin Bosworth of Winchendon.
VI. Ruth, b. March 14, 1786 ; m. Stephen Rhodes, q.v. VII. Lucy, b. Feb. 24, 1789; m. Daniel Woodward of Swanzey.
VIII. Patty, b. March 4, 1793; m., March, 1816, Stephen Harris of Troy; she d. 1852.
Ix. Daniel, b. March 16, 1795; m. Hannah Bolls of Richmond.
x. Wesson, m. Lydia Walker of Royalston, Mass.
JONATHAN BALL came from Southborough to Marl. in 1787. He built a tavern on the Flint place, so called, now within the limits of Troy. He continued to keep a public house until 1796, when he sold his location to Christopher Harris, and removed to New York. On his way there, Rebecca, one of his daughters, became sud- denly ill, and d. before reaching the end of the journey. His wife was Anna, supposed to be the dau. of Isaac Gibbs.
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I. Jonathan.
II. Rebecca.
III. Polly.
IV. Nancy.
v. Nabby, b. June 19, 1786.
VI. Lucinda, b. Apr. 25, 1789.
VII. Silas, b. March 26, 1792.
ISRAEL BANKS, son of William,-who came from Oak- ham, Mass., and settled in that part of Keene which was set off to make the town of Roxbury,-b. May 30, 1780 ; m. Patty, dau. of James and Martha (Collins) Lewis, and settled about 1802 on the farm known as the "Banks place," on the Daken road, so called. About 1807, he removed to Wheelock, Vt., and thence to Shefford, Can- ada, about 1812. Ile d. in Oxford, Canada, 1835. The three eldest children were b. in Marl.
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I. William, b. May 30, 1802; m. Rebecca Isham ; resides in Gilsum.
II. Israel, b. Apr. 8, 1804; settled in Nevada, Iowa.
III. Eliza, m. Neal Raney ; d. in Oswego, N.Y.
IV. Alvin, m. and resides in Iowa.
v. Patty, m. Heman Clothier; d. in New Milford, Ill.
VI. Lucinda, m. Samuel Beach of Oxford, Canada.
VII. Amanda, m. Washington Burr; resides in Syca- more, Mich.
VIII. Samuel, resides in Iowa.
IX. Sullivan, resides in New Milford, Ill.
WILLIAM BANKS, a half-brother of Israel, mn. Elizabeth Dwinell, a native of Topsfield, Mass. He resided for some time on the farm with his brother, afterwards re- moved to Gilsum, where he d. Apr. 27, 1830. Ile was for several years one of the selectmen of this town. His wife d. in Gilsum, March 3, 1853, æ. 97. c.
1 NATHAN BARBER was allowed for "worek in the Roads in 1768 & 1769, 7%. 67." On the church records we find
1. " Hannah, dau. of Nathan Barber and Margaret, his wife, bap. June 23, 1771."
II. " Nathan, bap. Sept. 17, 1775."
3 1 WILLIAM BARKER is supposed to have been a native of Concord, Mass. He m. Jane, dau. of William and Keziah (Cloyes) Goddard, b. March 12, 1739; settled first in Westborongh. In 1761, he became one of the proprietors of Monadnock, No. V., and immediately commenced preparations for settling here. He is said to have first visited the township some time during that year, and to have spent considerable time here in 1762 and 1763. He also spent the spring and summer of 1764 in clearing his land and erecting a log house, into which he moved his family, Sept. 17, 1764. So to this family belongs the honor of being the first one to settle in this town. Mr. Barker was for many years an active and influential citizen. He d. Oct. 5, 1798, æ. 62.
I. Abagail, b. Ang. 20, 1760.
II. William, b. June 5, 1762; d. Apr. 12, 1790.
III. Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1763.
IV. Ruth, b. Apr. 2, 1766; d. Apr. 7, 1790. v. John, b. Dec. 1, 1767; d. 1820.
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8 VII. Luke, b. Oct. 12, 1771; d. March 3, 1786.
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VIII. Nathan, b. Sept. 28, 1773; m., Jan. 6, 1804, Lucy Lawrence ; settled in Vermont.
Ix. Peleg, b. Aug. 6, 1776; d. March 1, 1786.
x. Lucy, b. July 14, 1780.
XI. Olire, b. Sept. 18, 1783; was scalded to death, Jan. 7, 1786.
13 FRANCIS BARKER, a half-brother of William, was b. in Concord, Mass., Feb. 24, 1760. At the age of seventeen, he entered the Continental army, where he remained three years and six months. Soon after the close of the war, he purchased a tract of land in the south-west part of this town, afterwards the town-farm and still known as the Barker-place. The land at that time was covered with a heavy growth of pine-trees, some of which were of immense size; and, as he was looking about for a place on which to erect a temporary shelter, he by acci- dent discovered that the stub of one of these was hollow. It had an entrance near the ground, and had evidently been the abode of wild beasts. He entered this opening, and, to his surprise, found that, although nearly six feet in height, he could lie down easily. This he at once decided to make his abode, while clearing his land. Cleaning it ont, he obtained a large flat stone, which he placed within to be used as a door, fastening it with a prop placed against the opposite side. Here he would lie down at night after the labors of the day, having his slumbers often disturbed by the howling of wolves, which gathered in large numbers about his rude habita- tion. This was consumed when he burned his first chopping, although he used every precaution to prevent its destruction. He then constructed a hut not unlike an Indian wigwam, in which he continued to reside until he could ereet a more commodious dwelling. His food consisted mainly of raw salt pork and brown bread, which he obtained at his brother's once a week. He m. Lucy Derby of Concord, Mass., who d. Sept. 16, 1817, æ. 55. He d. Oct. 4, 1828.
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