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3. Alonzo S., b. May 15, 1845.
4. Eugene S., b. August 10, 1849.
5. Edwin H., b. Dec. 26, 1855, lives Nashua, m. Miss Hall, dau. Samuel Hall.
Frank S. Carson, b. Sept. 26, 1842, son of Asa and Edah (Cooper ) Carson, m. Mary G., dau. of Nathaniel and Lucy (Carson) Hooper. Ch: 1. Eda M., b. New Boston, July 21, 1862, m. Aug. 24, 1880, Frank Carson.
2. Jessie Estella, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 9. 1864, m. John Har-
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vell of Amherst, May 2, 1884, two children. She d. April 26, 1900 in Somerville, Mass.
CHAPIN. -
Rev. Stephen Chapin. b. Milford. Mass., in 1778, a graduate of Har- vard in 1804, a pupil in divinity with the famous Dr. Nathaniel Em- mons of Franklin, Mass., his first settlement was in Hillsborough from 1805 to 1809. He was Pastor of the Mont Vernon church from 1809 to Oct. 1818. Having embraced Calvinistic Baptist views he resigned his pastorate. After a three years' pastorate as a Baptist clergyman at North Yarmouth, Me., he was in 1822, called to a professorship in Waterville College, Me., and thence to the presidency of Columbia College at Wash- ington, D. C., which he occupied many years.
Mr. Chapin was a man of positive convictions and bold, unadorned and uncompromising in his style of preaching. His earnest, able preachı- ing and stringent discipline made a deep impression upon his people.
He m. Sally Mosher, adopted dau. of Rev. Daniel Emerson of Hollis, Dec. 21, 1809. They had children.
George S. Chapin of Auburndale, Mass., graduate of Bowdoin Col- lege in 1893, was the principal of McCollom Institute from 1898 to 1900.
CHEEVER.
Rev. Ebenezer Cheever was ordained minister of the Congregational Church here, Dec. 8, 1819. He continued pastor until April 8, 1823, with an addition to the church in the meantime, of twenty-two members. He baptized thirty-nine children in less than three years. In the spring of 1820, the first Sabbath School was organized here, being held in the schoolhouse and composed exclusively of children. After leaving here. Mr. Cheever was pastor of a church in Waterford, N. Y., and at other places and d. in 1866, age ?5 years, in New Jersey. He was married twice, his first wife dying in Mont Vernon.
CLEAVES.
Nathan Cleaves, b. July 11, 1748, came to Mont Vernon, and settled before the Revolution. He was a tailor by trade, and owned and oc- cupied the farm now Jesse S. Trow's. He d. Aug. 25, 1812, age 64. His wife, Sarah, d. July 1, 1817, age 67. His children were :
1. *Dr. Nathan Cleaves, b. Mont Vernon.
2. Betsey, b. Mont Vernon, m. Oct. 2. 1796, Samuel Clark of Hopkin- ton, had several daughters.
3. * Nathaniel, b. Mont Vernon, 1778.
4. Dorcas. b. Mont Vernon, in. John Kelso of New Boston. had several children.
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5. *Joshua, b. Mont Vernon.
6. John, b. Mont Vernon, lived with his brother Joshua, was never 111.
Dr. Nathan W. Cleaves, son of Nathan and Sarah Cleaves, b. Mt. Vernon, 1773, studied his profession with Dr. Benj. Jones of Lyndeboro', settled in Antrim in 1793, and d. there in 1807, age 33. His fever was caused by a ten-mile walk on snow shoes to visit a sick woman. He m. Jennie Hopkins of Antrim. Ch .: Dorcas W .; m. James Jameson, June, 1812, d. in 1848. She was the mother of Nathan W. C. Jameson, who is the father of Nathan C. Jameson of Antrim, a Democratic politician of much note. 2nd ch. Robert Hopkins, m. Anne Jameson, Sept. 24, 1818, lived where his father died, was killed by a fall, Dec., 1843, left five ch. : Dr. C. left four other ch .: Solomon, John, Luther and Calvin.
Nathaniel, son of Nathan and Sarah Cleaves, b. Mont Vernon, m. (1) Hannah Bradford, April 10, 1794, m. (2) Relief, dau. of Dea. Ephraim Barker, Jan., 1806. He lived in Amherst many years. He d. in Mont Ver- non, Dec. 16, 1850, age ?2. Children :
1. Miranda, d. April, 1803, age 5 years.
2. James Barker, b. Constable, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1820, d. Amherst, Nov. 18, 1850, m. Joanna, dau. of Capt. Daniel and Dolly (Hastings) Harts- horn of Amherst. She was b. 1824, m. (2) - Torrey, he d. Waltham, Mass., April 9, 1867, one ch., Lucy. Nathaniel Cleaves had other children.
Joshua, son of Nathan and Sarah Cleaves, b. Mt. Vernon, 1787, was a farmer, lived on his father's farm, m. Elizabeth Lincoln of Leominster, Mass. He d. Jan. 13, 1868, age 80. She d. Nov. 4, 1856, aged 72. Ch. b. Mt. Vernon :
1. Elizabeth, b. 1808, d. Jan. 17, 1840, age 32 years, 6 mos.
2. Nathan, graduate Dartmouth College, studied medicine, located in Mexico, and at Rio Grande, Mexico, was shot by two negroes, Feb., 1849. His age was 30.
3. *Wm. Lincoln, b. April 11, 1821.
4. Lydia Ann, b. June 8, 1823, m. June 8, 1843, Charles B. Tuttle of Amherst, had seven ch. She d. Milford, July 26, 1866.
5. Augusta, b. April, 1826, a teacher. m. Benj. C. Jones of Chicago, had one daughter, d. Chicago, June 5, 1894, age 68 years, 2 months.
William Lincoln Cleaves, son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Lincoln) Cleaves, b. Mt. Vernon, April 11, 1821, farmer, lived on his father's farm, also dealer in lumber, m. Dec. 8, 1856, Harriet, dau. Rufus and Ann (Blanchard) Crosby of Milford. She was b. March 3, 1832, in Milford. He d. Sept. 26, 1860. One child :
1. William C., b. Milford, Jan. 12, 1861, farmer, res. with mother, is unm.
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CLEMENT.
Jesse Clement, son of Jesse and Mary (Cram) Clement, b. Weare, Sept. 1, 1796. His grandmother Clement was the youngest daughter of Hannah Dustin, of Indian fame. He moved with his parents to Unity. N. H., in 1805; m. June 30, 1829, Eliza Glidden, who d. Sept. 10, 1891, age 86 years. She was the dau. of Stephen and Elizabeth (Jones) Glidden of Unity, and was b. July 20, 1805. In 1832, Jesse Clement removed to Lowell, represented Lowell in the Massachusetts legislature in 1837, thence to Mont Vernon in 1844, then Lyndeboro'. In 1850 he sat in the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention as delegate from Lyndeboro'. In 1852 he was an efficient promoter of annexing the part of Lyndeboro' to Mt. Vernon, in which his farm was located. The place is now owned by Edward G. Averill. He d. July 28, 1858, age 62. Children :
1. Harriet Celinda, b. Lowell, Dec. 8, 1830, m. * Henry Hiram Trow, Oct. 8, 1856, d. March 31, 1897.
2. * Stephen Glidden, b. Lowell, June 15, 1833.
3. Henry J., b. Lowell, June 16, 1837, d. Sept. 15, 1840.
4. Mary E., b. Lowell, Dec. 26, 1838, d. Sept. 16, 1840.
5. Ellen J., b. Lowell, July 13, 1841, d. at Antrim, Sept. 30, 1870.
Stephen Glidden Clement, son of Jesse and Eliza (Glidden) Clement, b. Lowell, June 15, 1833, m. (1) 1865, Susan M. Butler of Antrim, who d. Sept. 18, 1867, age 33, m. (2) Josiephine E., dau. of Trask W. and Hannah (Perkins) Averill, b. Sept. 23, 1843, in Mont Vernon. He moved here from Antrim in 1877. He lived on the farm in North District, now occupied by Harry G. Blood. He d. here, Oct. 21, 1888. She m. (2) Sept. 23, 1892, Frank Brooks of Greenfield. He d. May 20, 1903, one ch. :
1. Gertrude E., b. Antrim, Nov. 30, 1872, res. Melrose Highlands, Mass.
Dr. Thomas R. Clement, b. Landaff, N. H., was taxed here from 1852 to 1860, in East District, served in 8th N. H. Regt., 10th N. H. Regt., and 18th Regt., in Civil War, m. May 2, 1855, Juliette, dau. Timothy and Bet- sey P. (Gay) Hartshorn of Amherst, now resides Osterville, Mass.
CLOUTMAN.
Capt. Thomas Cloutman, b. Marblehead, Mass., Oct. 1, 1761, moved to Mont Vernon, about 1800, d. Nov. 18, 1825. He lived where C. J. Smith does, farmer. He m. Sept., 1788, Susannah Haskell, b. Sept. 23, 1759, d. Jan. 31, 1838. Their children were:
1. Susannah, b. Dec. 26, 1789, d. Nov. 27, 1794.
2. Ruthy, b. Oct. 23, 1791, m. * Jotham Richardson, Dec. 1, 1814:
3. Sukey, b. June 5, 1795, d. June 13, 1812.
4. *Thomas, b. May 13, 1799.
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Thomas Cloutman, Jr., son of Capt. Thomas and Susannah (Haskell) Cloutman, b. Marblehead, Mass., May 13, 1799, d. Mont Vernon, Nov. 8, 1884, m. Jan. 23, 1822, Nancy, dau. of Calvin and Esther (Wilkins) Stevens. She was b. Feb. 11, 1800, d. Feb. 15, 1877. He lived on Clout- man farm (C. J. Smith's) farmer, moved into village, was a tavern keeper. Children were b. in Mont Vernon.
1. Susan, b. March 13, 1823, m. May 30, 1850, *Daniel Porter Ken- dall. She d. Jan. 8, 1897.
2. Nancy A., b. Oct. 26, 1824, m. Sept. 24, 1846, *William A. Stinson. She d. Oct. 18, 1898.
3. Esther Stevens, b. Sept. 28, 1826, d. July 30, 1828.
4. Esther Stevens, b. June 21, 1828, m. Charles Gray, Nov. 16, 1848. She d. Feb. 2, 1851, age 22 years, 8 months, leaving one daughter, Mary A., who m. * Thomas Winters and res. Milford.
5. Ruthey Ellen, b. Feb. 20, 1830, m. * John F. Colby.
6. Thomas Haskell, b. March 7, 1832, d. Dec. 8, 1833.
7. Sarah Emeline, b. May 6, 1834, m. * William H. Conant.
8. Mary, b. 1836, d. March 15, 1841, age 4 years, 10 months.
9. Elizabeth H. D., d. Sept. 4, 1840, age 2 years, 6 days.
10. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 24, 1840, m. Nov. 24, 1870, Frederick Davis of Falmouth, Mass. Ch .: 1. Adolphus, b. Dec. 23, 1871, d. young ; 2. Marian Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1873, m. June 3, 1896, Alden R. Palmer of Wellington, O., one ch., Lawrence, b. 1899. She d. at Mont Vernon, Sept. 1, 1901; 3. Edith Frances, b. Oct. 11, 1880.
COBURN.
Josiah Coburn, b. Dracut, Mass., March 31, 1775, lived there until 10 years of age, d. Mont Vernon, April, 1826, m. April 26, 1804, Judith, dau. of Dea. John and Judith (Weston) Carleton. She was b. Mont Vernon, July 8, 1783, d. Oct. 5, 1864. Lived on Beech Hill Road. Children were all b. Mont Vernon.
1. Daniel Weston, b. March 11, 1805, d. Oct. 18, 1835.
*George Clinton, b. July 14, 1806, d. Nov. 24, 1835. 2. Twins.
3. Sabrina, b. Sept. 29, 1807, d. Feb. 9, 1808.
4. Servilla, b. Sept. 29, 1807, d. Dec. 29, 1807.
5. Sabrina, b. Aug. 31, 1809, d. Feb. 9, 1867, unm.
6. *John Carleton, b. July 21. 1811, d. Dec. 17, 1856.
7. Emma Carleton, b. Dec. 10, 1812, d. Dec. 27, 1834.
8. Hannah, b. July 21, 1815, d. Dec. 31, 1842, m. Charles C. Durgin of Gilmanton. No children.
9. Clarissa Davis, b. April 29, 1818. She m. Geo. W. Burns of Mil- ford, had one dau., d. Nov. 3, 1843.
10. Samuel, b. Dec. 31, 1820, d. March 20, 1841. He m. Laura Lam- kin of Jay, Me.
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11. Henry, b. Dec. 3, 1823, d. Jan. 30, 1895, at Strafford, N. H., be- came a spiritualistic doctor, had an adopted dau.
12. * Stephen Chapin, b. Nov. 19, 1825.
George Clinton Coburn, son of Josiah and Judith (Carleton) Coburn, b. Mont Vernon, July 14, 1806, m. March 30, 1831, Mahala, dau. of Daniel and Betsey (Durant) Secombe. She was b. in Mont Vernon, July 27, 1806. He was a worthy mechanic and a devout Christian. He d. Nov. 24, 1835, ch. b. Amherst.
1. George E., b. March 11, 1832, m. Ellen Davenport of Canton, Mass., May 21, 1863, d. Fitchburg, Mass., Feb. 22, 1881, two children.
2. Sabrina Frances, b. Aug. 2, 1833, d. May 14, 1848.
John Carleton Coburn, son of Josiah and Judith ( Carleton) Coburn, b. Mont Vernon, July 21, 1811, d. Mont Vernon, Dec. 17, 1856, m. July 6, 1835, at Lowell, Julia Holbrook. She was b. Frankfort, Me., Sept. 27, 1809, d. July 20, 1892, at Salina, Kan. Children all b. in Lowell. He lived in Auburn, N. Y. several years.
1. Charlotte Emma, b. Nov. 22, 1839, d. Auburn, N. Y., April 21, 1869.
2. Julia Amanda, b. March 2, 1843, m. July 28, 1860, Rev. William Simpkins of Auburn, N. Y. They now (1902) reside in Salina, Kansas, ch : 1. Albert Gallatin, b. Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1870, d. Dec. 23, 1872; 2. Emma Coburn, b. Salina, Kas., Nov. 15, 1873; 3. Louise Holbrook, b, Salina, Kas., Oct. 30, 1876; 4. Florence Lee, b. Salina, Kas, May 22, 1881.
3. Elizabeth Alden, b. June 10, 1850, d. June 17, 1870.
Stephen Chapin Coburn, son of Josiah and Judith (Carleton) Coburn, b. Mont Vernon, Nov. 14, 1825, moved to Milford in the fifties. He carried on a shoe store there many years. He was Representative from Milford from 1879 to 1883, five years. Selectman, being Chairman of the Board four years. He now (1902) lives on a farm in the south part of Milford. He mn. Sept. 11, 1856, Ann, dau. of Aaron K. Putnam and Polly ( Shat- tuck) Putnam of Wilton. She was b. Wilton, July 26, 1826, children b. Milford.
1. Mary E., b. July 9, 1857, mn. April 8, 1880, Albert A. Gilson of Milford, two children, res. Walpole, N. H.
2. Florence S., b. April 13, 1859, m. July 13, 1887, Wm. H. Whit- more, res. Cleveland, O.
3. Grace P., b. Sept. 9, 1862, m. April 30, 1865, Geo. A. McIntire, one child, res. Milford.
4. S. Carroll, b. June 26, 1866, m. 1896, Belle Goodwin of Milford, one child, grocer in Milford.
5. Charles H., b. April 4, 1874, druggist in Barton, Vt.
CODMAN.
Dr. Henry Codman, b. Middleton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1744, d. in Amherst,
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March 14, 1812. His wife, Agnes, d. Jan. 19, 1808, age 69. He practised medicine in Amherst. Children :
1. Henry Codman, Jr., studied medicine, practised in Mont Vernon, where he d. July 31, 1806, age 29 years. He m. Feb. 19, 1796, Rebecca, dau. of Joseph Langdell. She m. (2) Thos. Hamlin, May 3, 1837, and d. May 5, 1855, aged 76. Her remains rest by the side of her first husband in Mont Vernon Cemetery.
2. Catherine, d. June 10, 1781, age 2 years, 3 months.
Nathan Codman, b. Hillsboro' Bridge, m. Hannah Cree of New Bos- ton. He d. Dec. 17, 1874. She d. Aug. 29, 1881. Children b. West Deer- ing, N. H.
1. George N., b. July 11, 1867, res. Mont Vernon, laborer.
2. Ida Jennie, b. Sept. 27, 1869, m. June 21, 1890, *Charles W. Blood.
3. Harry W., b. March 9, 1873.
COGGIN.
Joseph Coggin, son of Joseph and Mary Coggin, b. Reading, Mass., March 26, 1740, m. Ruth Hopkins, moved from Wilmington to Mont Vernon about 1778 and settled on Potato Street, in the East District. Their children were:
1. *William, b. Wilmington, Mass., March, 1767.
2. *Joseph, Jr., b. Wilmington, 1771.
3. Hannah, m. (1) -
Fairfield, m. (2) - Fairfield, d. in New Boston.
4. Ruth, m. - Fairfield, settled and d. in New Boston.
5. Sally, b. August 28, 1782, m. - McMillen, d. in New Boston.
William Coggin, son of Joseph and Ruth (Hopkins) Coggin, b. Wilmington, in March, 1767, lived on the Stiles' farm, on Potato Street in the East District, was a blacksmith and farmer, d. Mont Vernon, Sept. 18, 1856, age 89 years, 6 months, m. (1) Susannah Haseltine. She d. Sept. 20, 1835, age 65; m. (2) Mrs. Mary Reed. She d. Sept. 20, 1871, aged 85 years and 3 months. His children were b. Mont Vernon.
1. Susan, b. Mont Vernon.
2. *Nathaniel, b. Mont Vernon, 1802.
3. John, m. Lucinda Lund, was a furniture dealer in Nashua.
4. Nancy, m. William Kelso of New Boston.
Joseph Coggin, Jr., son of Joseph and Ruth (Hopkins) Coggin, b. Wilmington, 1771, m. Sept. 5, 1795, Betsey, dau. of Josiah and Mary (Low) Herrick of Amherst. She was b. in Wenham, Mass., May 7, 1769, d. in Mont Vernon, April 6, 1846. He d. in Milford, Jan. 10, 1849. They settled on the Coggin homestead on Potato Street in the East Dis- trict, where they resided more than fifty years. Children all b. in Mont Vernon.
1. William, b. July 22, 1790, m. (1) Atness Batchelder, Dec. 1, 1814, m. (2) Mrs. Sarah (Duncklee) Peacock. He d. in Nashua, May 17, 1864. 2. * Daniel, b. June 23, 1792, m. (1) Rebecca Brigham of Goshen, m. (2) Elizabeth Briar. He d. in Milford, Aug. 24, 1872.
3. Betsey, b. May 22, 1796, d. in Amherst, Sept. 28, 1881, unm.
4. Fanny, b. April 27, 1799, m. Moses Foster of Milford, d. May 9, 1842.
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5. *Luther, b. Aug. 16, 1801.
6. Mary, b. May 23, 1805, m. Levi Duncklee, d. Milford, Dec. 4, 1871.
Nathaniel Coggin, son of William, Sr., and Susannah Haseltine Cog- gin, b. Mont Vernon, 1802, moved to Milford in 1835, resided in the South part of the town, was a blacksmith and operated a sawmill, removed to Wilton in 1855, d. 1870, m. (1) 1832, Hannah, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Dodge) Peabody, b. New Boston, 1805, d. Milford, Dec. 14, 1853. He m. (2) Eliza H., widow of Shubael Shattuck. She was the dat. of John and Sarah (Holden) Knowlton, and was b. in New Ipswich, July 12, 1799. She d. Jan. 23, 1863. Children :
1. Chas. Henry, b. Mont Vernon, July, 1835, is a mechanic, resides San Francisco, m. (1) Oct., 1857, Julia A., dau. Eldad and Mary (Peter- son) Sawtelle of Brookline, N. H., m. (2) Emily C., dau. of George W. and Clarissa D. (Coburn) Burns of Milford, Nov., 1866, m. (3) Hannah Wright, a widow, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Davis) McAdam, Jan. 1877.
2. Isaac Clinton, b. Milford, 1837, is a musician in San Francisco, m. July, 1860, Clara, dau. of Lemuel and Rebecca (Shattuck) Hall of Brookline, N. H.
Daniel Coggin, son of Joseph, Jr., and Betsey (Herrick) Coggin, b. June 23, 1792, at Mont Vernon, was a farmer in Milford, resided on place near road to Amherst, where he d. Aug. 31, 1872, m. (1) Rebecca Brig- ham of Goshen, m. (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Jane (Kelly) Bryer (or Briar), Feb. 1, 1845. She was b. Boothbay, Me., June 13, 1808. Children by first wife :
1. Eunice B., m. Joseph Sanderson of Nashua, d. there, 1892.
2. Eliza, m. a Mr. Black of Roxbury, Mass., d. there.
3. Rebecca, m. a Mr. Coolidge of Somerville.
4. Emily, m. a Mr. Bemis of Waltham.
5. Joseph, m. Roselle Bundy.
6. Henry.
By second wife :
7 . Frank F., b. Milford, March 9, 1847, resides Lynn Centre, Mass., m. Ellen M. Holmes, has three children.
Luther Coggin, son of Joseph, Jr., and Betsey (Herrick) Coggin, b. Mont Vernon, Aug. 16, 1801. d. Amherst, Jan. 18, 1877, m. (1) Mary Har- wood, Sept. 13, 1827. She was the dau. of John and Mary (Carlton) Harwood, and was b. in Mont Vernon. April 13. 1807, d. Nov. 4. 1859. He m. (2) Mrs. M. W. Warriner of Bedford, March 15, 1860. He settled in New Boston, where he resided several years, thence he removed to the Fletcher tavern stand in Amherst. where he d. Children were :
1. Mary Augusta, b. March 16, 1830, m. Sept. 23, 1854.
2. Luther, Jr., b. Jan. 2, 1835, m. Mary L. Carleton, May 9, 1861 lives in Amherst, one son.
3. * John H., b. March 10, 1838.
John H. Coggin, son of Luther and Mary (Harwood) Coggin, b. New Boston, March 10, 1838. m. (1) Harriet N., dau. of Daniel and Eliza- beth (Austin) Secombe, April 9, 1866. She was b. Nov. 9, 1838, d. Jan 8, 1882, m. (2) Mrs. Dell Seavey of Nashua, Oct. 23, 1882, resides on the Fletcher place in Amherst, formerly owned by his father. Children:
1. Frederick Lampson, b. June 11, 1870.
2. *George Whitfield, b. Nov. 28, 1871.
JOHN H. COLBY.
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George Whitfield Coggin, b. Nov. 28, 1871, moved to Mont Vernon, 1897, is a blacksmith, m. Sept. 30, 1895, Nellie A., dau. of John and Frances (Little) Murphy of Milford. She was b. Milford, March 31, 1874, one child :
1. Guy, b. Mont Vernon, Aug. 23, 1897.
Francis Coggin, son of William and Atness (Batchelder) Coggin, was b. in Mont Vernon, March 17, 1820. He moved to Nashua early in life. He spent much of his time before and since the Civil War in the South. He was a pioneer in the cotton business, and a heavy owner in a large number of mills. He also owned a controlling interest in the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle, one of the largest newspapers in the South, of which he was formerly editor. Prior to the Civil War he was a slave owner. He d. in Nashua, Jan. 19, 1903. He was m. but left no children.
COLBY.
John Colby, son of John and Prudence (Dane) Colby, b. Weare, April, 1801, m. April 29, 1831. Mary H. Holt of Lyndeboro'. He d. Nov. 5, 1849. She d. at her daughter's, Mrs. John M. Haggett in Wilton in 1880. Children b. in Bennington.
1. Samantha A., b. March ?, 1832, m. Nov. 11, 1851, John M. Hag- gett, son of James and Charlotte (Merrill) Haggett of Lyndeboro'. She d. Boston, May 16, 1884, one child, Carrie A., b. April 30, 1858.
2. * John Freeman, b. March 3, 1834.
3. Augustus Grovesnor, b. May 23, 1838, m. Dec. 31, 1859, Sarah M. Ames of Milford. She d. Aug. 26, 1867. One child, Charles F., b. Jan. 31, 1861, d. July 17, 1861. Mr. A. G. Colby attended the academy here, and lived some years in Mont Vernon. He enlisted in the army from Mil- ford in May, 1861, discharged for disability in Aug., 1861. He enlisted at Lowell in 1862 in Second Mass. Cavalry under General Butler. Was wounded in engagement at Port Hudson in summer of 1863, carried to hospital at Baton Rouge, La., where he d. Sept. 2, 1863.
John Freeman Colby, son of John and Mary H. (Holt) Colby, b. Bennington, March 3, 1834, d. while visiting in Hillsboro', June 7, 1890. He m. Jan. 24, 1861, Ruthey E., dan. of Thomas and Nancy (Stevens) Cloutman. She was b. Mont Vernon, Feb. 20, 1830. For extended ac- count of John F. Colby, see Chapter on "Prominent Men," in History Manuscript. Their children were:
1. John Henry, b. Randolph, Mass., June 13, 1862, m. 1891, Annie E. Corneilus of Boston, is a Boston lawyer, spends his summers at Mont Vernon, one child, John.
2. Charles Dane, b. Mont Vernon, June 30, 1865, d. Sept. 2, 1865.
3. Arthur Stevens, b. Boston, March 23, 1869, d. Mont Vernon, Aug. 25, 1889.
COLE.
John and Tyler Cole lived in South District. John Cole was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775.
CONANT.
Roger Conant, son of Richard and Agnes Clarke Conant, b. East Bud- leigh, Devonshire Co., England, baptized April 9, 1592, m. in London, Nov.
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1618 to Sarah Norton, emigrated with his brother, Christopher, arriving at Plymouth in July, 1623, he being a Puritan and Separatist did not like and after a year went to Nantasket Hull in 1624. The next winter, 1624-1625, he was employed by the Dorchester Co., to manage all their affairs in fishing and planting as agent, and Governor in the fall of 1625, and there may still be seen the remains of a rude fort on the west side of Gloucester Harbor, called by its constructors, "Fort Conant." In 1625 or 1626 he had 200 under his charge, but the business proved unprofitable and he having heard of a place called Naumkeag, induced the company to close up at Cape Ann, and establish him at Naumkeag, which they did after a loss of 3.000 lbs. sterling. After a couple of years, he was super- seded by John Endicott, in 1628, who came over from England, with a company of emigrants, representing a new company, who had purchased the interest of the Dorchester Company. In 1635-1636 he moved over to Beverly, to a 200-acre farm, which had been granted him, and built a house, which stood on the east side of Cabot, near Balch Street. Jona- than Conant (5th generation) was probably the last of the name who lived in it. He sold the northern part of the homestead farm to Dr. Ingalls Kittredge, who m. his datt., Sarah. Dr. Kittredge built a brick house, now standing. Roger Conant d. Nov. 19, 1679, in the 89th year of his age, place of burial unknown. Children were:
1. Sarah, d. in infancy.
2. Caleb, b. London, came with his parents to Massachusetts, re- turned to England and d. there in 1663.
3. Lot, m. Elizabeth Walton, and had sons, viz .: Nathaniel, John, Lot, William, Roger.
Roger's son Roger, b. Salem, 1626, first white child b. there.
Jonathan Conant. 5th generation from Roger (Jonathan, 4; Lot, 3; Lot, 2; Roger, 1), b. Beverly, Aug. 9, 1737. He lived in Beverly on the Roger Conant homestead till about 1783, when he removed to a farm on Cheny Hill. In 1791 he sold the Cheny Hill Farm and removed to Am- herst (now Mont Vernon). On the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, he was chosen one of the Committee of "Correspondence and Safety." At the Lexington alarm he marched from Beverly to Boston under Capt. Peter Shaw, he was afterwards paymaster in Col. Francis' Regiment, and then in Col. Tupper's, serving four years or more. In 1787 he was one of the selectmen of Beverly, Mass., and soon after removed to Mont Vernon, where he d. He was the second justice of peace in Mont Vernon. He m. Jan. 30, 1758, Mercy Lovett. He d. in 1820. Children were :
1. *Jonathan, b. April 11, 1760, in Beverly.
2. *Lot, b. June 18, 1764, in Beverly.
3. Joseph, baptized Sept. 28. 1766, d. young.
4. *Israel, b. Nov. 15, 1767.
5. Sarah, baptized June 3, 1770, m. * Dr. Ingalls Kittredge.
6. Josiah, baptized July 7, 1776, supposed to have d. young.
Jonathan Conant, 6th generation (Jonathan, 5: Jonathan, 4; Lot, 3: Lot, 2: Roger, 1), b. B verly, Mass., April 11, 1760, moved to Mont Ver- non with his parents, where he d. Oct. 28, 1829. In 1803 his name appears in list of inhabitants ~~ Amherst. In 1811 he settled in Antrim, N. H., where he remained un' ! 1816, when he returned to Mont Vernon. He m.
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WILLIAM CONANT. Deacon from 1832 to 1875.
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Polly Baker of Wenham, Mass., who d. April 26, 1834, age 69 years. Children :
1. *Israel Elliott, b. Oct. 6, 1789, in Mont Vernon.
2. Mehitable, m. (1) *WVm. Marvell, m. (2) 1843, *Ezekiel Upton.
3. Ruth, m. William Morgan of Beverly.
4. Nancy.
5. Mary, m .- Marshall.
6. *William, b. Mont Vernon, Oct. 31, 1802.
7. Fanny, m. Feb. 24, 1828, Hiram Reed of Nashua.
Lot Conant, 2nd son of Jonathan Conant, Esq., and Mercy (Lovett) Conant, b. June 18, 1764, in Beverly, moved to Mont Vernon with his par- ents, where he d. 1833. He m. Mehitable Woodbury, who d. Dec. 6, 1844, age 77. She united with Mont Vernon Church, May 15, 1797. Children :
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