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John Averill Jr., 1839, 1840, 1841. 1844, 1845. 1851, 1852.
Henry C. Dodge, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1846. 1847, 1850. 1853, 1855.
Clinton Roby, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1851.
John Carleton, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1849.
Trask W. Averill, 1846, 1847, 1857, 1860.
Andrew W. Raymond. 1848, 1853, 1854, 1857, 1858.
James Weston, 1849. F. O. Kittredge, 1850.
George E. Dean, 1851, 1860, 1867.
C. R. Beard. 1852, 1864. William Bruce, 1854. 1855, 1859, 1861, 1862, 1865.
J. P. Trow, 1855, 1856.
J. D. Towne, 1856.
Alonzo Travis, 1857, 1858. 1879, 1880.
Nelson E. Shedd, 1860, 1861.
James Upton, 1861, 1862, 1863. 1876, 1877, 1883, 1894, 1895. George W. Averill. 1862, 1863 1864, 1865, 1866, 1874. 1875, 1887.
Samuel F. Livingston. 1863, 1864, 1865.
Henry H. Trow. 1866, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1879, 1900. Captain John Trevitt, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1872, 1873. J. H. Tarbell. 1867.
Thomas Wason, 1867.
Charles J. Smith, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871.
Daniel R. Baker, 1869, 1870. David Marden, 1871.
John T. McCollom, 1871, 1872, 1873.
Cornelius Green, 1874.
Henry F. Dodge, 1873, 1874. 1876, 1877. 1878. 1892, 1893. David Stiles, 1875. Jesse Wilkins, 1875.
Thomas H. McQuestion, 1876, 1877. 1878. Charles H. Raymond, 1878, 1879, 1880. 1881. 1885. 1886, 1890. 1891, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1905, 1906. Benjamin F. Davis. 1881, 1882. George G. Batchelder. 1880, 1882. Josiah Swinnington, 1881, 1883. John W. Carson, 1882, 1883, 1884,
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Frank O. Lamson, 1884, 1888, 1906.
Joseph W. Averill, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1900.
George A. McQuestion, 1885, 1886, 1887.
William F. Hadley, 1887, 1889, 1890.
Joseph G. Carleton, 1888, 1889, 1901, 1902.
Willard P. Woods, 1889, 1890.
William G. Burnham, 1891, 1892, 1893.
George C. Hadley, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895.
Daniel Richardson, 1894.
Harry G. Blood, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1904.
William L. Robinson, 1896, 1897, 1898.
William H. Kendall, 1897, 1898, 1899.
Charles H. Trow, 1898.
Charles O. Ingalls, 1899.
Louis A. Trow, 1901, 1902, 1903.
Joel F. Perham, 1903.
Leander F. Humphrey, 1904.
Nathaniel F. Hooper, 1904.
John M. Fox, 1905.
Edward W. Trow, 1905.
John M. Fox, 1906.
There has been no fixed compensation for town officers, and no records have been kept of this, except in the annual town reports which commenced about 1868.
For the year ending Feb. 28th, 1871, the selectmen's bills amounted to $174.00.
For the year ending February 28th. 1882, $123.50.
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March 1st, 1891, 133.00.
February 15th, 1896, $140.25.
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66 1897, $121.00.
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.. 1898, $141.25.
.. 66 1899, $140.00.
REPRESENTATIVES.
In giving a list of the names of those who have served the town as representatives in the legislature, it is interesting to recall a peti- tion to the General Court. dated Mont Vernon, December 20, 1803.
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which was just after the town had been incorporated. The petition is given as recorded, both in spelling and punctuation :
To the Honorable Sennate and House of Representatives in Gen- eral Court conviened sheweth, that our present Situation, is sutch, that we cannot be conveniantly Anexed to Any other Corporation for the benefit of representation, in said General Court, As our present Numbers Amount to no more than one hundred and twenty seven - votable polls-Therefore your petitioners pray that we may have lib- erty to send a representative to represent us in your Honorable House the Next Session and so in futer.
Mont Vernon December 1803.
Eli Wilkins
Joseph Trow, Jn'r Ezekiel Upton. Jr
David Smith
Enos Bradford
William Hastings
Joseph Farnum
John Harwood
Isack Weston
Josiah Kittredge
Isac Smith Sollomon Kettredge
Benj'n Durant
Cyrus Stiles
Thos. Kendall
Ebenezer Holt
Jonathan Lord
Mun Dodge
James Ray
Benjamin Pike
Parker Richardson
Jacob Smith
Joseph Dodge
Wiliam Cogen
Joseph Perkins, jr
John Batchelor
John Colburn Kendal!
Lant Kidder
Benjamin Stearns Nathan Jones
John Weston
Abijah Spofford
Allen Goodridge
Jake Peabody
Eben'r Batchelder
William Bradford
Lamb't Bradford
Samuel Phelps
Aaron Peabody
Wm. Bradford, jun
John Peabody
Jonathan Wilkins James Woodbury Peter Herrick
Moses Peabody
James Bennett
John Rollings
John Fisk
Daniel Smith
John Trow
Nathan Flint
Nehemiah Upton
Jacob Curtice
Joseph Langdell
William Lamore
Jesse Avrell James Smith Joseph Perkins
Dan'l Kendall
John Averel
Jacob Kendall Josiah Dodge
Abial Wilkins
William Wilkins
Joseph Trow
John Averill, Jun Mark Burnham John Carleton
Nathan Smith
Timothy Hill
Samuel Mitchell
John Lamson
Joseph Cogin
Ebenezer Mills
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This petition was referred to a joint committee of the two branches, who after investigation reported that the prayer of the petitioners be granted, and this report seems to have been accepted. Whether any formal enabling act was passed is doubtful. At any rate, Major William Bradford represented the town in 1804. The following is a list of the several representatives and the years in which they served :
Major William Bradford, 1804, 1805, 1806.
1807, no representative.
Capt. John Batchelder, 1808, 1809. 1810.
Benjamin Durant, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814. 1815.
Andrew Wallace, 1816.
Ezekiel Upton, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821.
Dea. JJolin Bruce, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826.
Aaron F. Sawyer, 1827. 1828, 1829.
Nathaniel Bruce, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. 1840. 1841.
Daniel W. Baker, 1834, 1835.
Porter Kimball, 1836.
George Raymond, 1837, 1838, 1839. 1842.
Zephaniah Kittredge, jr., 1843.
William Conant, 1844.
Leander Smith, 1845, 1846, 1847. 1851, 1852.
John Averill, 1848.
J. A. Starrett, 1849. William Bruce, 1850.
Alonzo Travis, 1853, 1854, 1855.
Charles R. Beard, 1856, 1857.
Ira Kendall, 1858, 1859.
Charles J. Smith, 1860. 1861.
Ira Roby, 1862.
Wm. G. Bruce, 1863, 1864.
Henry C. Dodge, 1865.
Geo. A. Bruce, 1866. Charles F. Kittredge, 1867.
Andrew W. Raymond, 1868, 1869. Joseph H. A. Bruce, 1870, 1871. James Upton, 1872, 1873. John Trevitt, 1874, 1875. Dan'l P. Kendall. 1876, 1877.
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Elbridge F. Trow, 1880, 1882.
1884, voted not to send. 1886, not entitled. Henry F. Dodge, 1888.
John M. Fox, 1890.
Wm. G. Burnham, 1892, 1894. Not entitled. 1896.
Franklin Marden, 1898.
Charles H. Raymond, 1900, 1902.
William H. Kendall, 1903, 1904. Joseph G. Carlton, 1905, 1906.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
The following citizens of Mont Vernon have been commissioned as Justices of the Peace : Eli Wilkins, Jonathan Conant. Dea. John Carleton, Aaron F. Sawyer. Dr. Dan'l Adams, Elijah Beard. John Bruce. Nathaniel Bruce, George Raymond, Alonzo Travis, John Trevitt. Franklin O. Kittredge, Charles J. Smith, Wm. H. Conant, Clark Campbell, Alonzo S. Bruce, Wm. F. Hadley, John M. Fox. Win. H. Stinson, Oramus W. Burnham, Wm. H. Kendall, Arthur P. Temple.
CHAPTER XV.
CONCLUSION.
In writing this, the closing chapter, it is left only to record the testimonial o' our citizens to the splendid work done by those who have with great painstaking labor compiled the interesting data of these pages.
In 1890 the town voted to publish a history and appointed a committee of three, William H. Conant, Charles H. Raymond, and Charles F. Stinson, to have charge of the arrangements for the com- pilation of it. In the same meeting the sum of five hundred dollars was appropriated for the use of the committee.
Hon. Charles .J. Smith at once commenced work. and the assem- bling of facts for a true history of the generations past and present has been carried on until now. As usual where much time is required to sift and sort the faets from the fiction, to verify tradition and hearsay, it has seemed to those waiting that the history would have to repeat itself.
Only one, Mr. Raymond, of the original committee remains, the others having passed from amongst us; his associates now being Henry F. Dodge and Willard P. Woods.
It is a pleasure as well as a measure of justice to say that ont of a mind stored with accumulated facts acquired through a long life of vital, active interest in the affairs of Mont Vernon we secured results which money could not buy in the work of Mr. Smith. Having been endowed with a wonderful memory. he has given to us a genealog- ical record simply beyond comparison, and we are deeply grateful for his life and work.
In the original resolution it was written that a final revision of the work should be made by Hon. George A. Marden. During the past four years, through failing health and great physical discomfort, he has worked on this with a thoroughness and fidelity which can never be overestimated.
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He died December 19, 1906, before entirely completing the work, and it is unusually fitting that this book should close with a tribute of love and praise for the absolutely unselfish interest, for the self sacrifice and the limitless generosity which has characterized his whole life. Living as he has through the epoch making period of our country's existence and taking no small part in shaping its truer life, he ever and always stood staunchly for justice and the right. It is with honest pride of justification that we treasure the honor of his complete life as our heritage.
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PART II
GENEALOGY
GENEALOGY
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
b .- born. ch .- child or children. d .- died. dau .- daughter. dys .- days. grad .- graduated.
m .- married.
res .- resides or resided.
unm .- unmarried.
wid .- widow.
yrs .- years. &-and.
rem .- removed.
Regt .- Regiment. Dist .- District.
mos .- months.
Mt. V .- Mont Vernon.
There are the usual abbreviations for months of the year, and states of the Union.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
The sign * before a given name denotes that that person is mentioned at length afterward, or mentioned elsewhere.
The numeral placed after a given name denotes the number of the generation of such person reckoning from his earliest ancestor, mentioned in the genealogy. Where cities and towns in New Hampshire are referred to, the name of the state is not given, nor is it given, if the city mentioned is a well-known city.
DANIEL ADAMS, M. D.
ABBOTT.
1. Deacon Ephraim Abbott, b. December 16, 1742, m. Dorothy, dau. of Caleb Stiles. She was b. September 2, 1740. Deacon Abbott lived on the place now occupied by Miss Lizzie R. Parker. He was a Baptist dea- con, and d. in Goffstown, 1827.
2. His son, Rev. Samuel Abbott, b. in Mont Vernon in 1777, m. in 1798, Sarah, dau. of Rev. John Rand of Lyndeborough. He was pastor of Baptist churches at Middleboro, Bridgewater and Chester, Mass., and Londonderry, N. H. He was the inventor of "Abbott's Window Shades," 1825, went to Antrim in 1838 and bought an estate in Clinton Village, where he remained until his death in 1853. Mr. Abbott was wholly un- educated in the schools, but had strong native abilities, was a good ser- monizer, and an impressive preacher. In style, he was bold, incisive and logical. As a minister he was honest and fearless. He never wrote a sermon. He had nine children, one of whom, Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, was b. in Bridgewater, Mass., November 9, 1819.
3. Sarah, dau. of Deacon Ephraim and Dorothy Stiles Abbott, m. Rev. Jonathan Rand, one of the seven children of Rev. John Rand, first minister of the Congregational Church, Lyndeboro. They moved to An- trim in 1844. She d. in 1848. They had seven children.
4. Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, son of Rev. Samuel Abbott, b. Bridge- water, Mass., November 9, 1819. He studied theology at New Hampton, settled in Needham, Mass., and other places. He m. in 1846 Sarah B. Cheney of Holderness. He received the degree of A. M. from Bates College in 1870. Has one child who is:
5. Hon. John T. Abbott, b. Antrim, 1850, graduated from Bates College, 1871, is now ą lawyer in Keene.
ADAMS.
Dr. Daniel Adams was b. in Townsend, Mass., September 9, 1773, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1797, and at its medical school in 1799. After residing several years at Leominster he removed to Boston. For a period was engaged in publishing an agricultural journal in Boston; came to reside in Mont Vernon in 1813, and was employed in preparing his various publications and in his profession here until his removal to Keene, in 1846. His "Scholar's Arithmetic," Adams' "New" and "Rc- vised" all were in very extensive use for many years. He wrote and pub- lished several pamphlets. Dr. Adams was very highly esteemed in Mont Vernon, and during his thirty-three years' residence here, he wielded a
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controlling influence in behalf of temperance, education and morality. In 1839 and 1840 he was a member of the New Hampshire Senate from the district where he resided. He m. August 17, 1800, Nancy, dau. of Dr. Mulliken of Townsend, Mass. She d. at Keene in 1851. He d. at Keene, June 8, 1854, aged 90 years, 9 months. Their ch. were:
1. *Rev. Darwin Adams, b. Leominster, Mass., October 10, 1801.
2. Arabella, b. Leominster, September 9, 1803, d. in infancy.
3. Nancy, b. Leominster, July 7, 1810, d. June 1, 1820.
4. *Dr. Daniel Lucius, b. Mont Vernon, November 1, 1814.
5. *Nancy Ann, b. Mont Vernon, December 3, 1821.
Rev. Darwin Adams, eldest son Dr. Adams, b. Leominster, October 10, 1801, graduated at Dartmouth College 1824, at Andover Theological Seminary 1827, m. October 9, 1828, Catherine H. Smith of Hollis, N. H., who d. at Wellesley Hills, Mass., July 1897, aged 95 years. He d. in Groton, Mass., August 16, 1889. Their children were:
1. George Darwin, b. Camden, Me., April 18, 1830, m. Eliza Ann Brown of Ohio, resides at Tanesfield, Ohio.
2. * Rev. Daniel Emerson Adams, b. Camden, Me., June 22, 1832.
3. Mary Emelia, b. Alstead, N. H., April 1, 1835, d. Dunstable, Mass., July 5, 1855.
4. Catharine Lucretia, b. Alstead, November 12, 1836, d. Alstead, December 31, 1845.
5. John Smith, b. Alstead, October 7, 1839, enlisted in Company F., Sixth N. H. Regiment in 1862 as 2nd Lieutenant, was with Gen. Burn- side at Hatteras Inlet, and Roanoke Island, was wounded in the second Bull Run battle, and reported as killed, laid on the field from Thursday until Monday afternoon, and lived to return to his father's home in Al- stead. He was afterwards Commissary of Stores in Hospitals at Brattle- boro, Montpelier and Bennington, Vt. Was promoted to Captain. He was at the time of his death, March 11, 1869, engaged in the wholesale linen business in New York City. He was in his youth a student at Appleton Academy (McCollom Institute. ).
Dr. Daniel Lucius Adams, second son of Dr. Adams, was b. at Mont Vernon, November 1, 1814, graduated at Yale College, 1835, m. Cornelia A. Cook of New York City, March 7, 1861. He d. at New Haven, Conn., January 3, 1899. Their ch. were:
1. Charles C., b. Ridgefield, Conn .. August 24, 1864, d. September 21, 1864,
2. Catharine, b. Ridgefield, Conn., May 3, 1866, m. April 23, 1896, Dr. William L. Elkin, Professor in Yale University.
3. Mary W., b. Ridgefield, Conn., October 15, 1869, resides New Haven, Conn.
4. Frank M., b. Ridgefield, Conn., June 7, 1871, Professor in Yale University.
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5. Roger C., b. Ridgefield, Conn., May 1, 1874, electrician in Buffalo, N. Y.
Nancy Ann Adams, youngest dau. of Dr. Adams, b. Mont Vernon, December 3, 1821, m. May 18, 1841, William S. Briggs of Keene. She d. February 14, 1868. Ch :
1. Daniel A. Briggs, d. in infancy.
2. William A. Briggs, b. July 31, 1848, m. November 27, 1872, Emelia F. Whiting of Montpelier, Vt.
Rev. Daniel Emerson Adams, second son of Dr. Darwin Adams, b. Camden, Me., June 22, 1832, graduated Bangor Theological Seminary, was settled over a parish in Wilton, N. H., where he was the beloved pastor of the Congregational Church many years. He was then called to the pastorate of a church at Wellesley Hills, Mass. He is now (1902) preaching in Mason, N. H. He was at one time Supt. of Public Schools for Hillsboro' County, m. (1) September 16, 1854, Ellen F. Kingsbury of Keene, who d. at Ashburnham, May 21, 1882. He m. (2) Marion E. Center of Wilton, February 28, 1884. Ch., all by first wife, were:
1. Charles Darwin, b. Keene, October 21, 1856, m. August 24, 1881, Julia A. Stevens of Wilton, graduated Dartmouth College, 1877; is Pro- fessor of Greek in Dartmouth College, has three children.
2. Mary Catherine, b. Wilton, April 7, 1863, m. December 4, 1899, Rev. Martin F. Nevis, Pastor Pilgrim Congregational Church, Southboro', Mass., 1 child.
3. George Wilton, b. Wilton, April 27, 1873, m. June 8, 1899, Grace A. Turner of Natick, Mass., has one ch., residence Mattapan, Mass.
Dea. Jonathan S. Adams, brother Dr. Daniel Adams, trader here several yrs. He d. 1867, age 81. His wife Betsey W. Adams d. 1866, age 79.
ALEXANDER.
1. James Alexander, b. in Londonderry, April 19, 1802, m. (1) Eliza M. Dickey, June 14, 1835. She was b. May 31, 1813, d. June 25, 1854; m. (2) Elizabeth L. Reed, December 1, 1854, settled in the easterly part of Mont Vernon, adjoining Amherst, about 1836. He died July 24, 1885. Their ch. were:
1. William E., b. July 13, 1837, m. Emma F. Keith, July 5, 1871. He is a soap manufacturer, resides on what was formerly the Daniel Campbell farm in Amherst, and has five children.,
2. James A., b: November 17, 1838, m. (1) Mary L. Sargent, De- cember 3, 1860, resides in Boston, Mass. He m (2) Evaline Gusting, March 7, 1879.
3. John P., b. April 20, 1840, d. September 20, 1863, Mattoon, Ill., was a member of the Sixteenth N. H. Volunteer Infantry.
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4. Harriet M., b. April 2, 1842, m. Ira Chase, October 5, 1862; resides in Milford.
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5. Mary E., b. May 6, 1844, m. William D. Robbins of Brookline, N. H., April 23, 1884, one daughter.
6. Sarah J., b. January 6, 1846, m. January 1, 1867, John T. Grafton of Milford. They have two sons.
7. Ellen F., b. March 6, 1850, m. Edward Cloutman of Lynn, Mass., December 17, 1879. She d. at Milford, a widow, March 6, 1893.
8. Daniel C. Alexander came to Mont Vernon from Nashua in 1896, and has since resided in the East District. He was b. in Vermont, Janu- ary 25, 1865, m. May 30, 1891, Mary Alice Grant of Craftsbury, Vt. She was b. February 16, 1866.
ALCOTT.
Gilman Alcott, son of Benj. Alcott, a native of Bedford (now West Manchester ), moved here from Lowell in 1843, and bought the Goodrich farm (now belonging to Mrs. Joseph H. Tarbell). He was a tin pedler. He removed to Lowell in 1848 and d. there September 11, 1858, aged 47 years. He m. (1) June 24, 1837, Lucy Ann, dau. of Ezra and Rebecca Langdell of this town. She was b. August 6, 1814, d. March 12, 1838. He m. (2) Mary F. Langdell, sister of his first wife. She was b. April 6, 1829. By his second wife he had children.
ANDERSON.
Edwin L. Anderson, b. Limington, Me., October 20, 1853, m. Abbie C. Leavitt, August, 1880. She was b. in Tuftonboro', N. H., De- cember 28, 1862. Mr. Anderson and family came from Parsonsfield, Me., to Mont Vernon in August, 1897. He works on the Edward H. Best farm in the East District, and resides in East District. Their children were :
1. Jessie May, b. Parsonsfield. November 18, 1882.
2. Annie Ruth. b. Parsonsfield, October 20, 1886.
3. Marion Mabel, b. Parsonsfield, November 30, 1895.
4. Grace Verna. b. Mont Vernon, September 3, 1898, d. January 26, 1900.
Mr. D. A. Anderson, a native of Goffstown, N. H., a graduate of Dartmouth, was the ninth principal of McCollom Institute, remaining two years, from 1870 to 1872.
AVERILL.
John Averill, the ancestor of all the name in Mont Vernon, was b. in Middleton, Mass., June 2, 1740, m. Mary Bradford, dau. of William and Mary Lambert Bradford (Bradford was the ancestor of the Mont Vernon
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Bradfords). She was b. in 1741. They came to what is now Mont Ver- non in 1763. He d. May 21, 1815, aged 75. His wife d. August 21, 1814, aged 73. Their children were:
1. Naomi.
2. * Daniel.
3. Mary m. Benjamin Simonds of Mont Vernon, whither he re- moved to Antrim in 1793. They had eight children, of whom four were born in Mont Vernon, and four in Antrim.
4. Anna, m. - McAllister.
5. *John, Jr., b. October 13, 1767.
6. *Jesse, b. 1772, d. March 2, 1840, aged 67.
7. *Levi.
Daniel Averill, son of John and Mary (Bradford) Averill, m. (1) April 24, 1783, Mary, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Hartshorn) Weston. She was b. Mont Vernon, February 20, 1766. He m. (2) April 26, 1827, Mrs. Manning. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and d. in Barre, Vt., April 21, 1848, aged 86 yrs. He lived on the Odell farm in West District (now J. Hazens). He had several ch. all by first wife, of them :
1. Mary, b. Oct. 26, 1783, m. May 16, 1805, *David Smith of Mont Vernon, d. Aug. 25, 1864.
Of his sons :
David W., m. Aug. 27, 1809, Submit French (sister of Abraham and Dolly French).
Daniel, m. July 17, 1809, Dolly French (sister Abraham and Submit French). Both sons settled in Barre, Vt., and among their descendants are prominent merchants of that city.
Sylvia, a dau., m. Nov. 11, 1824, *Timothy Baldwin. She d. March 28, 1867, age 62 years, 6 months.
John Averill, Jr., son of John and Mary Averill, b. Oct. 13, 1767, d. Oct. 26, 1844, m. Anna, dau. of James and Hannah (Trask) Woodbury. She was b. Aug. 4, 1774, d. May 9, 1858. They lived in the west part of the town, near Beech Hill. Their children were:
1. Nancy, b. Feb. 19, 1792, m. Asa Wallace of Milford, Aug. 16, 1814, who d. in Tennessee, Feb. 5, 1815. Mrs. W., afterwards m. William Bradford of Goshen, and d. Aug. 13, 1837, aged 45, leaving one child, Asa Wallace.
2. Betsey. b. Feb. 7, 1794, m. Levi Trow of Mont Vernon, May 5, 1812. They moved to Goshen.
3. * John, b. March 10, 1796.
4. Bernard, b. April 26, 1798, m. Harriet Richardson, Nov. 4, 1829, settled and d. in Farmington, N. H., leaving five daughters and two sons.
5. Hannah, b. May 13, 1800, d. July 23, 1803.
6. Mary, b. July 13, 1802, m. Nathaniel Cutter of Jaffrey, N. H., Oct. 11, 1827.
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7. Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1805, m. William Butterfield of New Boston, Dec. 26, 1835. She d. Oct. 13, 1890, leaving four children.
8. Fanny, b. June 5, 1807, d. June 6, 1814.
9. Lucretia, b. March 5, 1809, m. Joel W. Duncklee of Milford, March 8, 1832. She d. Aug. 25, 1844, leaving seven children.
10. * Trask Woodbury b. March 20, 1841.
Jesse Averill, son of John and Mary (Bradford) Averill, b. 1772, d. March 2, 1840, age 67 years. He d. at small house near Henry F. Dodge's old farm. He m. (1) *Sarah, dau. Andrew Leavitt. He m. (2) Dec. 4, 1825, Abigail Swinnington (sister Elisha and Job Swinnington).
Children by first wife :
1. Joseph, settled in Lowell.
2. * Jesse, b. 1799.
3. Franklin, m. - Flanders, 4 children : three daughters and one son.
4. Chili, b. 1805, d. Coburg, Ontario, Oct. 11, 1884, aged 78 yrs.
5. William, d. Merrill, Wis., 1885, age 78.
6. Chandler, d. Mont Vernon. July 6, 1853, aged 43. He was a soldier in the Mexican War. He left one son.
7. Jonathan, d. Mont Vernon, May 28, 1831, age 19 years, 4 months.
8. A dau. Sarah of Jesse and Sarah (Leavitt) Averill, m. Dr. Abram McMillen of New Boston.
Children by second wife :
9. Miles, d. July 4, 1847, aged 26.
10. Rensalaer, left home when about 18, and was never heard from.
Levi Averill, youngest son of John and Mary (Bradford) Averill, m. Mary Jones of Wilton. He lived in the West District, on the place now occupied by George Stearns. He d. Aug. 31, 1868, age 85. She d. November 28, 1864, age 80. Their children were:
1. Mary Bishop, b. Feb. 19, 1804, m. Thomas Dunlap of Antrim. He d. Aug. 17, 1865, aged 62. She d. June 18, 1874, age 70. They had thirteen children.
2. Hiram, b. Oct. 21, 1805, d. Warren, R. I., Feb. 1, 1886, aged 80. He was a brush manufacturer in Charlestown, Mass., of the firm of Averill and Hunting.
3. Lucinda, b. Sept. 8, 1809, m. Nov. 16, 1829, Alexander Jameson of Antrim. She d. Nov. 26, 1843, aged 34, leaving three daughters, viz :
1. Mary R., m. D. F. French of Washington, N. H., d. three weeks after marriage.
2. Anne W., m. Harris E. Cutter, lives in Chicago.
3. Emily S., d. 1869, aged 27.
4. Lucy, m. Sumner French, lived in Milford.
5. Mark, settled in Tewksbury, Mass.
6 and 7. Nancy and Hannah, twins. Nancy m. - Carter, lived in
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Somerville, Mass. Hannah m. (1) - Clough, (2) - Seaver of En- field, N. H.
8. John P., graduated Dartmouth College, was for many years prin- cipal of the Chapman School, East Boston, Mass., is now living in Con- cord, N. H. Has two children.
9. Thomas, lived in New Boston and Francestown, d. in Frances- town.
10. Levi, b. April, 1821, d. May 26, 1892.
John Averill, son of John and Anna (Woodbury) Averill, b. March 10, 1796, m. (1) Dec. 15, 1825, Hannah, dau. of Abraham and Naomi French. She was b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 9. 1804, d. July 10, 1855. He m. (2) Dec., 1856, Dorcas Smiley. She d. March 21, 1885, age 71. He d. May 3, 1883, age 87 years. He lived on the farm, now of Henry H. Trow, but moved to the village, where he died. His children, all by his first wife were born at Mont Vernon :
1. Charles Frank, b. Nov. 4, 1826, now living unm. in California, where he emigrated in 1850.
2. * George Woodbury, b. March 10, 1829.
3. Harriet Frances, b. Dec. 31, 1830, d. April 16, 1850, unm.
4. Caroline S., b. Nov. 15, 1832, m. Sept. 22, 1859, *Benjamin F. Davis, resides Mont Vernon.
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