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1. Lucy, b. Sept. 26, 1820; m. William Dal- ton ; d. in Illinois.
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5. Ira, b. Aug. 24, 1823; m. Sarah J. Rob- erts. He is a Methodist minister, now preaching in Illinois,
6. Amos, b. July 12, 1825; m. Jane Taylor ; resides in Texas. He and his brother Asbury are carriage-makers.
11 LIEUT. CALEB EMERSON, probably not related to the preceding family, was b. in Hampstead, N.H., about 1741; m. Abagail French. He settled in Marl., on the place now owned by Thaddeus Metcalf, where he d. Apr. 15, 1811.
I. Hannah, -; m. - - Johnson ; removed to Vermont.
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VI. Joseph, - -; d. Apr. 28, 1810, æ. 30.
VII. Lydia, -; d. Nov. 18, 1804, æ. 23. VIII. Ezra.+
ROBERT EMERSON, son of Lieut. Caleb, m., Nov. 14, 1805, Rachel Howard, b. Apr. 20, 1780. Mr. Emerson d. in Marl., Apr. 1, 1824. The family left town soon after the death of the father. Mrs. Emerson d. Feb. 27, 1868.
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I. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1806; m., June 6, 1839, Augustus French ; d. May 15, 1860.
II. Abigail F., b. Jan. 25, 1808; d. Jan. 12, 1863.
III. Lydia, b. Nov. 26, 1809; m., Nov. 9, 1843, George A. Nutt.
Iv. Caroline, b. Dec. 15, 1811; m., June 19, 1834, Albert Marshall.
v. SSophia Maria, b. Jan. 23, 1814; m., June 14, 1836, Henry C. Dodge.
VI. Joseph II., b. Dec. 28, 1815; m., Feb. 21, 1844, Sophronia Pierce of Holliston, Mass .; d. May 20,1851.
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EZRA EMERSON, son of Lieut. Caleb, m., May 7, 1815, Sally, dau. of Oliver Carter. He was a millwright, and resided in Marl. and Swanzey. The first two children b. in Marl., the others in Swanzey.
I. Franklin Carter, b. Aug. 19, 1815.
II. Laurinda A., b. May 21, 1817.
III. Phebe Carter, b. Nov. 18, 1820.
1v. Marietta, b. Apr. 21, 1822.
v. Infant, b. June 1, 1824; d. VI. Joseph French, b. July 12, 1825.
VII. Laura, b. Sept. 27, 1827.
VIII. An infant son, b. June 24, 1829; d.
IX. Sally Maria, b. June 23, 1830.
x. Irina, b. March 6, 1836.
ANDREW J. EMERSON, b. in Ware, N.H., March 6, 1828; m., July 4, 1852, Mary A. Crediford, b. in Abbot, Me., Sept. 15, 1833. He has resided in Charlestown and Cambridge, Mass., also Rindge, N.H., from which place he came to this town in 1871, where . he still resides.
1. Arthur H., b. in Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 8, 1856; resides in Minnesota.
II. Fred C., b. in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 6, 1857 ; resides in Minnesota.
III. Florence J., b. in Rindge, Nov. 13, 1862; d. Jan. 21,1879.
IV. Ida May, b. in Rindge, Jan. 20, 1866.
v. Herman L., b. in Rindge, March 28, 1869.
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HENRY ESTY, son of Aaron and Susannah (Davis) Esty, b. in Roxbury, Apr. 21, 1818. He came to Marl. to reside, 1871; m., Feb. 4, 1874, S. Addie, dau. of James C. and Elizabeth R. (Brown) Breed, b. in Antrim, Sept. 18, 1842.
I. Minetta L., b. July 22, 1879.
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TIMOTHY M. FAIRBANKS, b. in Wrentham, Mass., Feb. 18, 1760 ; m. Lucy Kendall, b. in Walpole, Mass., Aug. 23, 1764; settled first in Walpole, Mass. He also resided for a short time in Wrentham. About 1799, he came to Marl., and located in the north part of the town, on what is now the Esty place in Roxbury. In 1816, he removed, with his family, to Cambridge, Vt., and sub- sequently to Waterville, Vt., where he d. Oct. 1, 1844. His widow d. March 16, 1846.
I. Samuel, b. in Walpole, Mass., Oct. 28, 1788; m., 1813, Lois Willey of Jericho, Vt. He resided
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in Lamoille Co., until 1820, when he removed to Columbia, Bradford Co., Pa .; d. in 1846. She d. 1862. Descendants still living in Penn- sylvania.
Il. Benjamin, b. in Walpole, Mass., Jan. 12, 1791 ; m., 1816, Hannah, dau. of James and Lois (Walker) Bemis. He d. in Richmond, May 29, 1871.
III. John, b. in Walpole, Mass., Sept. 17, 1794; d. Jan. 22, 1875, nm.
iv. Lucy, b. in Wrentham, June 4, 1796; d. in Rox- bury, May 9, 1872, um.
v. Sally, b. in Wrentham, Mass., Feb. 10, 1798; d. in Waterville, Vt., May 25, 1876, um.
VI. Thomas, b. Jan. 6, 1800 ; m. Arvilla Hodskins of Belvidere, Vt .; d. in Manchester, N.H.
VII. Susan, b. Jan. 14, 1802 ; m., 1826, David Willey of Waterville, Vt.
VIII. Nancy, b. Apr. 12, 1804; m. Russell S. Many of Montgomery, Vt.
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1 GEORGE V. R. FARNUM, b. in Chelsea, Vt., Sept. 5, 1812; m., Dec. 2, 1834, Nancy V. Webb, b. in Brook- line, Mass., March 17, 1813. He d. of disease contracted in the army, July 3, 1871.
I. Oscar W., b. Nov. 12, 1835; d. Apr. 22, 1868, um. II. John R., b. Jan. 13, 1839; m., Aug. 15, 1864, Ellen L. Wheeler.
2 3 4 III. Rebecca C., b. Sept. 12, 1842; m. L. A. Adams,
5 IV. Mary E., b. Oct. 15, 1845; m., Dec. 2, 1863, Charles L. Clark ; d. in Jaffrey, Apr. 17, 1867.
6 v. Hattie M., b. Ang. 22, 1847 ; m., Ang. 22, 1867, J. Allen Greenwood; d. Nov. 7, 1871.
VI. William C., b. May 22, 1849.
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FARRAR.
The name of Farrar is said to have been derived from the Latin and French word signifying iron, and was, doubtless, first used to desig- nate a locality where that metal was found. As a family name, it was first known in England from Walkeline de Ferrars, a Norman of dis- tinction, attached to William, Duke of Normandy, before the invasion of 1066. From him all, of the name in England and America, are de- scended. His son, Henry de Ferrars, was the first of the family to settle in England, which he did soon after the Conquest. The family after-
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wards became very numerous in England. Among the original proprie- tors of Lancaster, Mass., were two brothers by the name of John and Ja- cob Farrar. They were there as early as 1653. Tradition tells us that they came from Lancashire, England. Jacob Farrar, the youngest of the two, was probably thirty years old, or more, when he came to this country. His wife and children remained in England till a new resi- dence was prepared for them in Lancaster, 1658. During King Philip's War, he had two sons killed. He d. in Woburn, Aug. 14, 1677. His eldest son, Jacob, b. in England probably about 1642, m., 1668, Hannah, dau. of George Hayward. He was killed by the Indians, Aug. 22, 1675. George, second son of Jacob, Jr., b. Ang. 16, 1670, m., Sept. 9, 1692, Mary Howe, and settled in that part of Concord, now Lincoln. He was brought up a farmer. When he was twenty-one years of age, he had but a quarter of a dollar. Calling together his companions, he told them he would treat them with all he had, and begin the world square. He is said to have been a man of great energy and thrift. He d. May 15, 1760. His wife d. Apr. 12, 1761.
Daniel, the second son of George and Mary (Howe) Farrar, b. Nov. 30, 1696; m. Hannah Fletcher; settled in Sudbury, and d. about 1755. Josiah, the eldest son of Daniel, b. Sept., 1722; m., 1745, IIannah, dau. of John Taylor, of Northborough, a man of considerable note and a Tory of the Revolution, whose name was borne by a former Governor of New Hampshire, John Taylor Gilman. Josiah Farrar d. in Marl., Nov. 24, 1808, having come here to reside with his son Phinehas. His wife d. Feb. 10, 1810.
Daniel Farrar, a brother of Josiah, b. 1724; m., 1748, Mary They were the parents of Daniel and George, who settled in this town, and are numbered 57 and 69 in the following register.
1 PHINEHAS FARRAR, son of Josiah and Hannah (Tay- lor) Farrar, b. in Sudbury, Ang. 20, 1747; m. Lovina Warren of Marl., Mass. In 1768, he came to this town, purchased several lots of land, and built a small house in the southerly part of the township, in what is now Troy, and near the spot where Jonas Bemis for- merly lived. In 1773 or 1774, he went to Newfane, Vt., where he resided about two years, at the expiration of which time he returned to Marl. In 1788, he exchanged farms with Benoni Robbins, who then resided on the Artemas Collins place. He immediately sold. the latter place, and bought the farm afterwards owned by his son James, where Ansel Nye now resides. He d. Apr. 1, 1841, æ. 94. ITis widow d. Feb. 17, 1845, æ. 92.
I. Phinehas, b. Nov. 12, 1771.+
11. John, b. Aug. 24, 1773 ; m. Cynthia Stone.
III. Betsey, b. Jan. 18, 1776; m. Elijah Frost, q.v.
IV. Calvin, b. Jan. 11, 1778; m. Bethsheba B. Bates of Brimfield, and resided in Waterford, Me., where he d. Feb. 9, 1819. His eldest dan., Caroline Eliza, b. 1804, m. Levi Brown of . Waterford, Me., and was the mother of Charles Farrar Brown, whose nom de plume was Arte- mas Ward.
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v. Luther (twin to Calvin), b. Jan. 11, 1778; m. Mercy Whiting of New Ipswich ; was a law- yer, and settled in Norway, Me .; d. March, 1812 (see Chap. XIII.).
VI. Josiah, b. Apr. 1780; m. Betsey Prince of Waterford, Me., where he settled and d.
VII. Bildad (who on becoming of age took the name of William), b. Oct. 21, 1782.+
VIII. Daniel W., b. Feb. 22, 1786; m., May 24, 1812, Eliza, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Wright ; settled in Troy, where he was for more than fifty years one of the most enterprising men of the town. His name was identified with almost every pub- lic act; and, although his position at times may have been violently assailed, yet all have been willing to give him the credit of acting from the best of motives. In some respects, he was a remarkable man. He possessed good native talent, an active mind, and was quick of appre- hension ; but his school advantages were very limited. But he had a mind for improvement, and an energy which enabled him to overcome the most formidable obstacles, and to make up in good measure the deficiency of early school- advantages. He d. March 7, 1860.
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1. David Warren, b. Jan. 30, 1817; m., June 29, 1841, IIannah Wheeler ; resides in Troy.
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2. Eliza Wright, b. Sept. 26, 1818; m., Aug. 17, 1844, Rev. Alfred Stevens; d. Dec. 8, 1844.
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3. Helen Maria, b. June 15, 1820; m., June 7, 1848, Rev. A. Jenkins ; d. May 22, 1851.
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4. Edward, b. Nov. 14, 1822; m., Aug. 23, 1858, Caroline Brainard. He graduated at Harvard Law School 1847; resides in Keene; is clerk of the Court for Chesh- ire Co., and has also been mayor of the city.
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5. Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1824; d. March 27, 1838.
6. Daniel, b. May 29, 1836; was a physi- cian ; d. in Leominster, Mass.
Ix. Darid, b. July 5, 1788; d. at Waterford, Me., May, 1817.
x. ( Nancy, b. March 16, 1792; d. May 14,
Twins. 1795.
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PHINEHAS FARRAR, son of Phinehas, m., May, 1794, Abigail, dau. of Eliphalet and Lydia (Goddard) Stone; settled in Dublin on Sect. 22, Range 1, which by an act of the Legislature was annexed to Marl. in 1818. His wife d. Jan. 24, 1840. He afterwards removed to Michi- gan, where he d. Sept. 24, 1855.
I. Cynthia, b. Apr. 20, 1795. She was a successful teacher in Boston, but was led to think of be- coming a missionary in connection with matri- monial prospects. Just here is an element of romance in her history, which may not be dwelt upon at length. Suffice it to say those pros- pects were not realized, though it was no fault of her own. The paths of the parties lay widely apart. Having put her hand to the plough, Miss Farrar was not one to look back, and so she went alone. She left America in 1827, and was the first single lady to go as a teacher from this country to India.
As has been said, her field was in India, and she had for her associates such men and women as the Graveses, Burgesses, and others whose names are venerated in missionary annals. By them she was held in high regard, her counsels were often sought, and her judgment was much respected. She was not only a teacher, but a housekeeper also, and in this position commanded the respect and esteem of both na- tive and English residents among whom she re- sided. In reply to some unfriendly criticisms on the keeping of servants by missionary fam- ilies, she once said, after stating circumstances in vindication of the custom, that, "of sixteen girls who had lived with her at different times, she had reason to believe all or nearly all were no longer idolaters, and several gave evidence of true change of heart." Testimonials of re- gard were at different times sent her by her friends at the English residency in both Bom- bay and Calentta ; and once, when her horse fell with her and was killed, another and more val- nable animal, with equipments complete, was presented to her by some of them, with most flattering expressions of the esteem in which they held both her and her work.
Although of different church relations from herself, they yet recognized and thus acknowl- edged her worth and the value of her labors. To her more immediate associates, she also
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greatly endeared herself by her comforting ministrations in times of sickness and sorrow, as may be learned from her letters, still in pos- session of relatives. Of her death, which oc- curred Jan. 24, 1862, we have no particulars ; but she was full of days, and had finished her work. Her name shall be held in everlasting remembrance. Her record is on high.
11. Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1796 ; m., March 12, 1822, Dorcas, dau. of Abraham Coolidge ; removed to Michigan.
III. Nancy, b. Oct. 20, 1798; m. Asa Holman, q.v.
Iv. Philinda, b. Feb. 24, 1801; m. George H. Lane, 9.0.
v. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1802; resided in Romeo, Mich .; d. Aug. 24, 1873, um.
VI. Edmund W., b. Nov. 16, 1804; m., June 6, 1838, Harriet Kerchdale of Columbia, Tenn .; resided in Nashville.
VII. Ruth, b. Aug. 8, 1807 ; m., Nov. 16, 1829, Minot T. Lane ; removed to Detroit, Mich. ; d. Jan. 9, 1863.
VIII. Minot, b. Sept. 22, 1810; m., Nov. 24, 1834, Mabel Barns of Whitesborough, N.Y .; settled in Romeo, Mich. In Nov., 1837, he returned to Marl., where he resided until March, 1858, when he removed to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where he d. Apr. 18, 1874.
1. Caroline E., b. Sept. 8, 1836; m., Apr. 21, 1875, Samuel T. Bird ; resides in Boston.
2. George H., b. Jan. 14, 1840; m., July, 1870, Meta M. Macarty of Philadelphia.
Ix. Caroline, b. March 24, 1813; d. Dec. 17, 1834. x. Luther, b. Sept. 14, 1817 ; d. in Michigan, Feb., 1870.
WILLIAM FARRAR, sixth son of Phinehas,; m., Nov. 27, 1812, Nancy, dau. of Levi and Hannah (Baker) Whitcomb; settled on the eastern half of home farm ; d. Dec. 28, 1863. His wife d. Sept. 3, 1861.
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I. Eliza, b. Dec. 12, 1815; d. Sept. 21, 1846, um. II. Alonzo, b. Aug. 6, 1818; m., Sept. 16, 1845, .Nancy S. Bailey of Jaffrey ; she d., and he m. (2d), Dec. 20, 1852, Louisa Stone of Nelson ; resides in Sullivan.
III. Arvilla, b. June 7, 1820; m., May 25, 1848, Charles Ryan, q.v.
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IV. William, b. March 14, 1822; m., Apr. 20, 1854, Almira B. Taggard, b. in IHillsboro, Oct. 16, 1825. He d. May 19, 1869; and his widow m. (2d) Moses S. Deeth, resides in Rindge.
1. Emma Eliza, b. Sept. 1, 1856; d. July 26, 1861.
2. Sarah Lizzie, b. Sept. 12, 1859.
3. Ida Florence, b. June 4, 1867.
v. Calvin, b. March 21, 1824; m., May 1, 1849, Atossa F., dau. of Charles and Emily (Frost) Gilbert ; resides on the farm formerly owned by Charles Gilbert.
1. Charles Edwin, b. Feb. 8, 1850; resides in Fitchburg.
VI. Myron, b. Ang. 2, 1826; d. Dec. 21, 1826. VII. Maria A., b. Sept. 3, 1829; d. June 26, 1861, um. VIII. Edwin, b. Sept. 18, 1832; m., Oct. 4, 1855, Lou- isa C. Bailey of Jaffrey ; is a machinist ; resides in Springfield, Mass., c.
DEACON JAMES FARRAR, youngest son of Phinehas, m., Feb. 22, 1816, Roxanna, dau. of Col. Joseph and Zil- pha (Roberts) Frost; settled on the home farm. He was for more than thirty years a deacon of the Congre- gationalist Church. Mrs. Farrar d. Nov. 6, 1845; and he m. (2d), June 3, 1846, Zoa Noyes of Westmoreland, who d. Jan. 26, 1876. He d. Nov. 3, 1861. Children by first wife.
I. Nancy, b. July 29, 1817 ; d. June 5, 1840, um.
II. Harriet, b. Nov. 18, 1818 ; m. Henry T. Wiswall, q.v. III. Caroline, b. Apr. 13, 1820; d. Dec. 12, 1825. IV. Orinda, b. Apr. 22, 1822; d. July 4, 1840.
v. Warren, b. Dec. 26, 1823 ; m., Dec. 31, 1857, Mrs. Louisa J. Woodward ; d. Jan. 25, 1867.
1. Anna, b. Oct. 2, 1858; d. March 25, 1864. VI. Sumner, b. March 6, 1826; d. Feb. 28, 1854, um. VII. Elvira, b. Nov. 22, 1827 ; m. Albert Whitcomb, q.v.
VIII. Cyrus S., b. Sept. 29, 1829; m., Dec., 1849, Sarah Jane Spaulding, who d. Feb. 8, 1851; m. (2d), Ang., 1851, Mary E. Pratt of Lowell, Mass. He was a member of a Wisconsin Reg. in the war of the Rebellion.
1x. Miron W., b. Feb. 9, 1832; d. May 10, 1832.
x. Emily F., b. June 24, 1833 ; m. Loren L. Moors, q. v.
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XII. Minot, b. Oct. 29, 1837 ; was a Corporal in the 5th Wisconsin Reg .; was in the battles before Richmond, and soon after was taken sick and d. in the hospital at Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1862, mn.
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DANIEL FARRAR, son of Daniel and Mary Farrar of Lincoln, Mass., was b. March 25, 1755. He served for a short time in the war of the Revolution. Soon after his return from the army, he m. a dan. of John Bruce of Sudbury, and settled in Lincoln, where he resided until 1799, when he purchased a lot of land in the southerly part of Marl. and now included in Troy. Early in the following spring, he built a log house, to which he re- moved his family, and devoted his time to clearing and cultivating his land. He possessed a strong constitution, and was able to perform more labor than most men. He d. Nov. 13, 1837. His wife d. Aug. 20, 1838.
I. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1776; m. (1st) Nathan Platts, (2d) S. Rockwood.
11. Daniel, b. March 24, 1778 ; d. æ. 3 years.
III. Lucy, b. Oct. 31, 1780; m. Caleb Winch; d. 1848.
Iv. Daniel, b. Nov. 10, 1782; m., 1806, Lncena, dau. of Daniel Millin of Fitzwilliam ; settled in Troy.
v. Samuel, b. Apr. 15, 1785; m. Lydia, a dau. of Moses Cutting; settled in Vermont.
VI. John B., b. Dec. 17, 1787.+
VII. Mary, b. Apr. 14, 1790; m. William Winch ; removed to the West.
VIII. Sally, b. Feb. 16, 1792; m. 1843.
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1x. William, b. Feb. 18, 1794; m. Betsey Whit- temore; removed to the West.
x. Nancy, b. Jan. 5, 1797; m. A. Rawson; d. in Vermont.
XI. Tryphena, b. Oct. 21, 1799; m. Robert Fitz; d. in New Ipswich, 1842.
GEORGE FARRAR, a brother of Daniel, came to Marl. in 1783, and located in what is now Troy. In 1789, he
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sold his farm to Hezekiah Coolidge; and after a resi- dence of two years in Templeton, Mass., he purchased a farm on what is now called " West Hill" in Troy, where he d. Nov. 1, 1824. His widow d. March 26, 1825.
I. George, b. Dec. 8, 1784; m. (1st) Naomi Starkey, who d. Sept. 2, 1842; m. (2d) Sally, dau. of John Whitney.
II. Nahum, b. Nov. 7, 1786; d. 1812.
III. Stephen, b. Jan. 1, 1789 ; m., Dec. 7, 1815, Delila, dan. of Jonathan and Delila (Rhodes) Bemis. She d. July 31, 1838.
IV. Patty, b. Apr. 21, 1793 ; d. 1810.
v. Sally, b. Sept. 11, 1797 ; m. Luther Bemis, q.v.
JOHN B. FARRAR, son of Daniel, m., Aug. 15, 1810, Anna, dan. of Timothy and Martha (Long) Harvey ; settled first in Hinsdale, afterward in Marl., on the farm of Timothy Harvey, since owned by Ebenezer Green- wood. He d. Oct. 14, 1854. His widow removed to Carthage, Jefferson Co., N.Y., where she d. Jan. 14, 1870.
I. Samantha, b. June 1, 1811 ; m. - Worcester ; removed to Canada, and thence to Illinois.
II. Adaline, b. Apr. 20, 1813; resides in Carthage, N.Y., um.
III. Emily, b. Feb. 1, 1815 ; m., May 9, 1835, William Jones ; removed to Carthage, N.Y.
Iv. Amanda, b. Apr. 18, 1817; m. Loren C. Frost ; d. June 27, 1845.
v. Sarah, b. Sept. 15, 1819; d. Apr. 8, 1833. VI. Martha, b. Sept. 11, 1821.
VII. J. Eldridge, b. Aug. 11, 1823 ; m., and settled in Denmark, N.Y.
VIII. Harvey D., b. March 2, 1828; m., June 1, 1853, Caroline R., dan. of Silas and Achsah (Holman) McCollester, who d. Oct. 8, 1854; and he m. (2d), Jan. 1, 1862, Ellen A. McCollester, sister of his first wife; resides in Carthage, N.Y.
FELTON.
NATHANIEL FELTON, b. in England, 1616; was in Salem, Mass., in 1633. The following year he went back to England, and returned to this country in 1635. with his mother and brother Benjamin, and set- tled in Salem, where he d. in 1705. He had, among other children, John, who m., 1670, Mary Tompkins. Samuel, son of John, m., 1709, Sarah Goodale, and had nine children. Jacob, the third child, b. 1712, re- moved to Marl., Mass., 1738, and soon after m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Barrett. She d. 1742, æ. 27; and he m. (2d), July 27, 1749, Hezadiah, dau. of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Rice) Howe, who d. Feb. 25, 1819, æ. 93. He d. Nov. 20, 1789.
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JOHN FELTON, son of Samuel and Sarah (Barrett) Felton, b. in Marl., Mass., Nov. 9, 1741; m., Jan. 23, 1766, Persis Rogers, a sister of John Rogers of this town. He is first mentioned in the proprietors' records in 1767, when he was chosen one of a committee of three to serve as trustees of the school-money. He was the first to make a clearing, and bring into a state of eulti- vation the farm now owned by Rufus S. Frost. He re- moved to Cooperstown, N.Y., previous to 1800. Chil- dren born in Marl.
I. John, b. Sept. 17, 1766. II. Sarah, b. Ang. 10, 1768.
3 4 III. Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1770. 5 IV. Jedediah, b. Feb. 2, 1773. 6 7 8 VII. Persis, b. Jan. 16, 1779. 9 VIII. Anna Sophia, b. Apr. 5, 1782.
v. Jacob, b. Dec. 6, 1774; d. Nov. 23, 1776. VI. Levi, b. July 22, 1776.
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IX. Sylvanus, b. Ang. 22, 1785.
1 JAMES FIELD was in town as early as 1770, and was that year allowed £2 138. 10d. for work done about the meeting-house. He resided on the place near the Cummings pond, afterwards owned by Moses Alden. About 1787, he removed to Nelson, probably exchanging farms with John Esterbrook.
2 DEXTER FIELD, b. in Leverett, Franklin Co., Mass., Ang. 9, 1812; m., March, 1836, Celinda, dau. of Dea. Andrew and Sally (Adams) Spooner of Oakham, Mass., b. Oct. 7, 1814. He resided ten years or more, after marriage, in Leverett, and then removed to Montague, where he lived seven years. In 1854, he came to Marl., and located on the Eber Tenney place, now owned by Amos A. Mason, where he d. Sept. 3, 1867. His widow now resides in Jaffrey.
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I. Charles Allen, b. in Leverett, Mass., June 24, 1837 ; resides in Jaffrey, um.
11. Daniel Adams, b. in Leverett, Mass., July 17, 1839; m., Aug., 1866, Mary E., dan. of George W. and Mary (Bemis) Brown of Troy ; resides in Jaffrey.
11. Arthur Wells, b. in Leverett, Mass., Oct. 2, 1846; 11., Nov. 19, 1868, S. Delia, dan. of Miriek and Charlotte E. D. Stimpson of Ashburnham ; resides in Leominster, Mass.
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Iv. Idella. Celinda, b. in Montague, Aug. 30, 1849; d. March 11, 1863.
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7 v. Frances Dexter, b. in Montague, Sept. 10, 1851; d. March 4, 1863. ..
8 VI. Edwin Leroy, b. in Marl., Nov. 20, 1856 ; d. March 21, 1863.
FIFE.
"The surname Fife claims to be descended from a younger son of Fife Macduff, Earl of Fife, from which title they have the name and carry the arms."-Lower's Family Names of the United Kingdom. “ It is not doubted that those of the name of Fife are descendants of Fife Macduff. They have the paternal arms of Macduff."-Old Manuscript furnished by Joseph Bainbridge Fife, M.D. While it is true that the name had its ori- gin in the foregoing manner, it is believed to have also been assumed by natives of the county of Fife, Scotland, other than descendants of Fife Macduff, and, as applied to their descendants, is a local surname. The county is spelled Fife, but in Scotland the surname is most often spelled Fyfe.
This is one of the oldest families in Scotland, as is shown by its fre- quent and honorable mention in Scotland's history from the very com- mencement of the use of surnames, and by traditions handed down in the family from generation to generation. James and William were the ancestors of the Fife family in this country. They were natives of Fife- shire, Scotland, and were among the early settlers of Bolton, Mass. James m. Patience Butler, a native of Bolton. They had twelve children, among whom were Silas, and Robert, who is number 24 in the following register.
1 DEA. SILAS FIFE, son of James and Patience (Butler) Fife, b. in Bolton, Mass., Oct. 4, 1743; m., Aug. 15, 1772, Abigail Houghton, a native of Bolton. He was one of the earliest settlers of this town, and located on the farm, now in Troy, since owned by Dea. Abel Baker (see Chap. II.). In 1779, Mr. Fife united with the Con- gregational Church in Marl., of which he was made one of the deacons June 22, 1791, and continued to hold that office until Sept. 3, 1815, when he withdrew from the Marl. Church in order to unite with the Congrega- tional Church in Troy, on account of the latter being much nearer his residence. He also held various posi- tions of honor and trust in town, with credit to himself and advantage to his fellow-citizens. He d. in Troy, May 23, 1836. His wife d. March 25, 1823, æ. 72.
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