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1. William, b. April 26, 1757, Revolutionary soldier
2. *Robert, b. Sept. 3, 1759.
3. Rachel, b. Oct. 19, 1761.
4. Deborah, b. May 3, 1764.
5. *Benjamin, b. March 18, 1766
6. Penelope, b. July 23, 1768.
Robert Parker, son of Robert and Penelope Parker, b. Sept. 3, 1759. m. Sept. 11, 1783, Rebecca, dau. Dea. Oliver and Amy (Washer) Carle- ton of Mont Vernon. She was b. Jan. 21, 1764. They moved to Barre, Vt., from Mont Vernon in 1805 and d. there. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Ch. all probably b. Mont Vernon.
1. Robert, m. Fanny Batchelder, dau. Ebenezer and Elizabeth T. S. Batchelder, May 29, 1806. She was b. July 8, 1785, moved to Landgrove, Vt.
2. Stephen lived in Newport, N. H., was a highly respected and prominent citizen, was Representative from that town.
3. Oliver.
4. Carlton, settled in Andover, Mass., m. a Miss Abbott, left five ch. viz: Carlton, George H., Charles S., Mary and Martha.
5. George.
6. John.
7. Enoch.
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The daughters :
8. Mary (Mrs. Damon of Pembroke Mass.).
9. Lucy (Mrs. Hewitt of Barre, Vt.).
10. Hannah (Mrs. Davis of Barre, Vt.)
11. Emma, unm.
12. Sarah, lived Brewer, Me
Capt. Benjamin Parker, son Robert and Penelope Parker, b. Mont Vernon, March 18, 1766, d. Jan., 1826; m. Oct. 10, 1794, Betsey, dau. Joseph and Patience (Bradford) Lovejoy of Mont Vernon. She d. Am- herst, Sept. 25, 1859, was b. in 1772. Ch.
1. Nancy, m. Moses B. Stewart of Amherst, May, 1825, d. Bluffville, Ill., Sept., 1855, aged 59 years, 4 months.
2. Joseph, d. Dec. 26, 1823, aged 19.
3. Arethusa, d. Sept., 1830, age 25.
4. Thomas J., d. March 21, 1837, age 30, m.
5. Lucretia, d. April. 1834, aged 18.
6. Samuel, went West.
Caesar Parker (of colored blood) was from Weare, lived in a small house in the South part of the town several years, m. Margaret Spear of Weare. She d. Feb. 24, 1854, age 85 yrs. ; had several ch. He d. 1855, age 99 yrs.
Nathaniel, b. 1802, went to live with David McCauley of Antrim in 1809, became a respected citizen of the town, d. there unm.
Humphrey Moore, d. June 28, 1861, age 53 years and 9 months Mark.
Ross.
There were two dau., one m. a Baptist clergyman of Newport, R. I. James, d. Dec. 4, 1839, age 27.
Granville Parker came from Nelson, lived on the Joseph H. Tarbell farm and on farm now owned by Estate of E. C. Flanders, southeast of the village. He moved to Deering. He m. Elizabeth, dau. Elisha and Betsey (Temple) Swinnington of Mont Vernon. She d.
Ira A., m. Harriet, dau. John J. and Sarah (Hopkins) Carson. She d. June 26, 1881, age 28. He m (2) Miss Case; lives Deering.
Elbridge Parker, b. New Boston, March 27, 1815, son of William and Martha (Fox) Parker, m. Nov., 1844, Hannah Elizabeth Fillebrown, b. Lexington, Mass., July 29, 1819, d. Mont Vernon, March 11, 1898. They lived three years in Mass., then bought the John Fairfield farm in New Boston and lived there until 1885, when they moved to Mont Vernon. He d. June 12, 1886.
1. Henry Herbert, b. March 12, 1846, d. unm. May, 1871.
2. Mary Frances, b. New Boston, May 27, 1851, m. Nov. 3, 1875, *George N. Foster of Mont Vernon, who d. May 12, 1881. She d. Mont Vernon, Oct. 22, 1892; one dau., Annie P. Foster, b. Nov. 17, 1880.
3. Charles A., b. Sept. 6, 1856, in New Boston ; lives Arlington, Mass., unm.
4. Lizzie R., b. New Boston, Nov. 9, 1861, lives Mont Vernon, unm.
PEABODY.
Col. Stephen Peabody, son of William and Rebecca (Smith) Peabody,
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b. Sept. 3, 1742, m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah( Goffe) Chan- dler of Bedford, in 1763. She d. in Montpelier, Vt., Aug., 1826, age 79 years. He was Adjutant of Col. Reed's Regiment in the Battle of Bunker Hill, aid to Gen. Stark at Bennington and Lieutenant-Colonel commanding a battalion sent to Rhode Island in 1778. The cellar of his large mansion on Purgatory Hill, one mile and one-half west of Mont Vernon Village can still be seen. He d. Sept. 19, 1780. Inscription on his tombstone in Mont Vernon Cemetery :
"In memory of Col. Stephen Peabody who, after he had displayed his martial abilities in the service of his country d. at home, 1782, age 38. Ch. b. Mont · Vernon.
1. Thomas, b. Feb. 15, 1764, 111. (1) Sarah Perkins, March 10, 1785; m. (2) Mrs. Bird, a sister of Gen. James Miller. He settled in Vermont. Near the close of the war for Independence he was surgeon in a regiment commanded by Col. Evans.
2. Dr. John, b. May 17, 1766, m. Keziah Hubbard, located Saleni. Mass., had three ch.
3. Hannah, b. July 2, 1768, m. * Enoch Carleton of Amherst; had four ch.
4. Rebecca, b. July 17, 1770. She was a physician and surgeon, m. Gen. Perley Davis of Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 4, 1794, d. in East Montpelier, Feb. 5, 1853.
5. Stephen, b. Aug. 23, 1772, m. Martha, dau. Joseph and Martha (Dodge) Trow of Mont Vernon, Dec. 6, 1795. She was b. March 13, 1772. He was a physician in Orange, Vt.
6. Asenath, b. July 25, 1774, d. March 15, 1777.
7. Sarah, b. Dec. 2, 1776, d. suddenly on the day appointed for her marriage.
8. Asenatlı, b. Dec. 14, 1779, m. Lewis Parker of Cambridge. Vt., d. March, 1846.
Samuel Peabody, son of Moses and Sarah (Holt) Peabody, b. Sept. 1, 1741, d. Mont Vernon, Aug. 6, 1814, in. Elizabeth, dau. Joseph Wilkins of Amherst. They settled in Andover, Mass., removed to Mont Vernon, 1785.
1. *Moses.
2. Samuel, m. Huldalı Stiles, June 11, 1790, d. June, 1825.
3. Jolın, m. Holt.
4. Joseph, b. Oct. 3, 1770 d. Nov. 1, 1853, m. (1) Olive Berry, Sept. 4, 1800 ; m. (2) Anna Flint, Oct. 22. 1805. They settled in Middletown, Mass., where he was deacon in the church several years ; had seven ch.
5. Sarah, m. Damon, settled in Marshfield, Vt.
6. Aaron, in. Edith Wilkins, d. in Mont Vernon, 1854, age 82. She d. 1863, aged 82. No ch.
7. Jacob, m. Sally Wilkins. They settled in Milford, Had a son, Horace, b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 28, 1814, lived in Milford.
8. Joel, b. 1778, m. Elizabeth Wilkins, settled Middletown, Mass .; five ch.
Moses Peabody, son Samuel and Elizabeth (Wilkins) Peabody, d. in Mont Vernon, Nov. 4, 1842, m. May 25, 1786, Sarah, dau. Ebenezer and Lydia (Peabody) Holt. She was b. in 1757, d. Mont Vernon, May 25, 1845. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Moses, m. Mary Marvell. He d. in the army at Burlington, Vt., in May, 1813.
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2. Lydia H., m. * Azel W. Burnham, 1818.
Ch. Moses and Sarah H. Peabody :
1. Keziah, m. Nahum Bullard, 1830.
2. Mary Ann, b. July 2, 1812, m. April 19, 1830, Joshua F. Skinner of Amherst, lived Amherst, four ch., a dan. d. in infancy.
PERKINS.
John Perkins, the emigrant ancestor of the Mont Vernon Perkinses, was born in Newent, Gloucester, England, in 1590, sailed from Bristol, England, for Boston, Dec. 1, 1630. Rev. Roger Williams was a fellow passenger. Perkins had with him his family, consisting then of wife and five children. Landed in Boston. Lived there about two years, where another ch., Lydia, was born. Removed to Ipswich in 1633, became an ex- tensive land owner in Ipswich, appears to have been one of the leading men. Deputy to the General Court in 1636, d. 1654. age 64. His ch. named in his will were John, Thomas, Mrs. Eliabeth Sargent, Mrs. Mary Bradbury. Mrs. Lydia Bennett, Jacob Perkins. His wife, Judith Perkins, to execute will.
Joseph Perkins (fifth generation from the first John Perkins, 1; Jacob, 2; John, 3; Thomas, 4; Joseph, 5;). son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Fowler) Perkins, b. Sept. 15, 1735. m. Emma Dodge of Beverly, May 12, 1761. They resided in Beverly some years after their marriage. He was a tailor by trade. Probably came to Mont Vernon in 1776, not 1773, as Lydia, the youngest of his four daughters, was baptized in Beverly, Dec. 10, 1775. He d. Mont Vernon, Dec., 1823.
His third dau., Betsey, m. * Joseph Trow of Mont Vernon. She d. Aug. 22. 1851, age 83. His son, Capt. Joseph Perkins, Jr., b. Beverly, Mass., Feb. 6, 1761, d. Mont Vernon. Nov. 22, 1822, came to Mont Vernon with his parents when a lad. July 3, 1779, at 18, he enlisted in the army and served one year. While in the service he was on a privateer vessel, which was taken by the British and the crew was taken to England and confined in what was called the Will Prison. While in prison he worked at his trade of tailoring, in which way he contrived to get some money, which made his lot more tolerable than that of many others. Tradition says that when he secured a guinea he would cover it with cloth and sew it on his coat for a button. M. Hannah, third dan. of James and Hannah (Trask) Woodbury. She was b. Oct. 5, 1766, d. April 15, 1856. He d. Nov. 22. 1822. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1783, m. Levi Ray, Jan. 19, 1804.
2. * Mark Dodge. h. June 5, 1785.
3. John Trask, b. Dec. 7. 1787. d. Mont Vernon, Jan. 16, 1859. 11nm.
4. Lucretia, b. March 6, 1790, m. Jesse Woodbury of Weare, d. 1873.
5. Joseph, b. March 13, 1294, d. Aug. 19, 1797.
6. *Joseph. b. April 18, 1796.
7. James Woodbury, b. March 6, 1797, d. March, 1802.
8. *James Woodbury, b. April 12, 1798, m. Fanny Cochran of New Boston. dau. John Cochran, Esq., d. New Chester, Wis., March 30, 1874. 9. Sarah, b. April 20, 1800, m. March 22, 1825, *Joseph Trow, d. July 31, 1837 ; six ch.
10. *Hiram, b. May 16, 1802.
11. Solomon, b. March 2. 1804, d. March 19, 1804.
12. Catherine, b. Sept. 15, 1805, in. May 4, 1826, Elijah Putnam, Jr., of Amherst; two ch. She d. March 18, 1884.
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13. * Elbridge Fisk, b. Sept. 9, 1811.
Mark Dodge Perkins, son of Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Woodbury) Perkins, b. Mont Vernon, June 5, 1785, lived for many years in the house now burnt, which stood below A. W. Bragg's. Was Deputy Sheriff many years ; 111. (1) Feb., 1809, Mahala, dau. Peter and Betsey (Woodbury) Jones. She was b. 1788, d. June 24, 1843. He m. (2) Cynthia Johnson in 1842. She d. Feb. 19, 1867, aged 69. He d. Mont Vernon, July 22, 1881. Ch. by first wife b. Mont Vernon.
1. Betsey J., m. her second cousin, *Charles R. Beard, in 1829. She d. Dec. 26, 1850, aged 40 yrs.
2. Abigail F., m. Aug. 10, 1836, Zephaniah Hutchinson of Milford ; had two ch. She d. Milford, April 20, 1848, aged 37.
3. Maria, m. Bradbury.
4. Hannah, m. Luke Beard, brother of Chas. R. Beard; four ch. viz; Albert, Horace, Emily, Luke. They lived in Wilton.
5. Peter J., d. unm. Aug. 10, 1843, aged 23.
6. Harriet N., d. Aug. 30, 1828, age 5.
7. Mahala. d. Aug. 23, 1828, aged 1 yr., 4 mos.
8. Emily L., m. * J. H. A. Bruce. She d. June 19, 1860, aged 26 yrs., 9 mos.
Joseph Perkins, son of Capt. Joseph and Hannah ( Woodbury) Per- kins, b. Mont Vernon, April 18, 1796, owned and occupied the Perkins farm in the North District; m. (1) Sally, dau. of Daniel and Granddau. of Dea. Daniel Smith. She d. June 4, 1830, age 32. He m. (2) Susanna B. Locke of Woburn, Mass. She was b. November 15, 1803, d. Mont Vernon, May 10, 1867. He d. Oct. 21, 1877. Ch. all b. Mont Vernon. Ch. by first wife :
1. Hannah, b. April 24, 1816, m. * Trask W. Averill, April 9, 1835; eight ch. She d. May 2, 1849.
2. James Woodbury, b. May 9, 1818, m. (1) Frances S. Bryant, July 9, 1837. She d. Nov. 3, 1855, age 39. He m. (?) Mrs. Jane Loveren. She d. Jan .. 1873. He was a tin pedlar, lived in Amherst and Lowell, d. Lowell, Nov. 6, 1887.
3. * Daniel Smith, b. Sept. 22, 1821. m. (1) Jan. 28. 1842, Emeline F. Crosby. She d. July 18, 1868, age 45.
By second wife :
4. Joseph Elbridge, b. July 24, 1835, farmer, lived on his father's farm, m. April 6, 1862, Eleanor, dau. Jesse and Eleanor ( Morgan) Man- ning. She was b. in Billerica, Dec. 13, 1841, d. June 29, 1902. He d. March 15. 1897 ; no ch. She m. after his death J. Henry Smith
5. * John Trask, b. June 28, 1839.
Dr. James Woodbury Perkins, son of Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Woodbury) Perkins, b. Mont Vernon, April 17, 1798. was installed as minister in Warner, N. H., March 4, 1840, dismissed in 1846. Fred Myron Colby, in his sketch of Warner in History of Merrimack Co., character- izes him as having been an earnest, laborious and efficient pastor. He commenced his labors in Nooksett, Feb., 1846, was at Alstead, commenced preaching in Hillsboro in 1852 and at Deering in 1854, and finally left on account of ill health : was also a physician ; m. Fanny, dau. Jolin Cochran, Esq., and Frances (Gove) Cochran of New Boston. He d. New Chester, Wis., March 30, 1874. A son, Charles, went West, established a paper and lived in New Chester, Wis., where his father died.
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Hiram Perkins, son of Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Woodbury) Per- kins, b. Mont Vernon, May 16, 1802, owned and occupied the Lt. James Woodbury farm in the village many years (now owned by Estate of Dr. C. M. Kittredge. He m. Feb. 23, 1837, Serviah, dau. Capt. William and Serviah (Jones) Lamson. She was b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 15, 1815, d. March 1, 1871. He d. Nov. 13, 1880. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Ann Augusta, b. Jan. 15, 1838, m. Nov. 27, 1862, *Clark Campbell. She d. Aug. 16, 1900.
2. Mary F. B., b. Sept. 23, 1839, m. Feb. 15, 1866. Charles A. Hutch- inson, lived Hilton Head, S. C., and at Jacksonville, Fla., where they both d. March 25, 1872. Ch., Chas. Everett, b. Hilton Head, S. C., Nov. 27, 1866, m., lives in Cal; two ch .; George MI., b. Nov. 10, 1869, m .; one ch .; lives in Cal.
3. Harriet Ida, b. Aug. 21, 1842, m. George W. Miller, Jan. 13, 1868, d. at Providence, R. I., March 1, 1869; one ch., Ada P., b. Providence, R. I., Feb. 14, 1869.
4. Hiram Osborn, b. July 16. 1844, d. July 11, 1862.
5. Elbridge Weston, b. Oct. 2, 1846, d. Oct. 3, 1847.
Elbridge Fisk Perkins, son of Capt. Joseph Perkins, Jr., and Hannah (Woodbury) Perkins, b. Mont Vernon, Sept. 9, 1811, m. (1) Abby, dau. Abiel and Emma ( Howard) Wilkins, Sept. 10, 1830. She d. Oct. 4. 1853. Lived in Amherst and Wilton. Was a merchant tailor. He d. July 19, 1894. He m. (2) Jan. 31, 1854, Mary L., dau. Col. Levi and Sophia (Gilmore) Jones of Amherst. She was b. Amherst, June 13, 1821. Ch. by second wife b. Wilton :
1. Levi Woodbury, b. March 26, 1855,' 111. Oct. 14, 1880, Lenore C. Emerson of Wilton.
2. Hattie Sophia, b. Nov. 26, 1860.
John Trask Perkins, son of Joseph and Susanna B. (Locke) Perkins, b. Mont Vernon, June 28, 1839, m. April 18, 1860, Laura A., dau. of Nathan and Abigail (Weston) Richardson of Mont Vernon. She d. Jan. 19, 1873, age 30 years, 11 months. He m. (2) Sept. 14, 1878, Mar- garet W. Currier of Newburyport, Mass., res. Westboro, Mass. He served in 13th N. H. Regt. in War of '61-65. Ch. all by first wife b. Mont Vernon :
1. John Ellsworth, b. June 10, 1862, m. Nov. 3, 1892, Catharine Laws at Breckenridge, Col.
2. Nellie Grace, b. July 21, 1867, m. at Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 18, 1892, Albert F. Swaine.
3. Laura Etta, b. June 26, 1869. m. at Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 14, 1894, Arthur F. Ingram.
Daniel Smith Perkins, son of Joseph and Sally (Smith) Perkins, b. Mont Vernon, Sept. 22. 1821, m. Jan. 28, 1842, Emeline F., dau. Otis and Salome (Whipple ) Crosby. She d. July 18, 1868, age 43. He resides Campton, N. H. Their ch. buried in Mont Vernon were :
Joseph, d. 1845, age 4 yrs.
Charles W., d. age 3 yrs., 6 mos.
Eva F., d. at 18 mos.
James W., d. July 24, 1851, age 3 yrs., 3 mos.
Harriet, d. July 27, 1851, age 17 mos.
Daniel Otis, d. April 22, 1852, age 6 yrs., 3 mos. Harriet E.
Willis C., d. City of Mexico.
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Edward lives in Mexico, m. Mrs. Spencer of Boston; 10 ch.
PIKE.
Peter F. Pike, son (name not known) and Lucy (Foster) Pike, b. Dec. 25, 1824, painter, m. Dec. 30, 1847, Nancy E., dau. Benjmain F. and Hannah (Smith) Hill. She was b. Mont Vernon, Sept. 6, 1832. He served in the 13th N. H. Regt. in the War for the Union. He d. Sept. 29, 1898. She res. Mont Vernon. Ch. b. Mont Vernon :
1. Ella M., b. Aug. 20, 1848, m. (1) Edwin N. Gutterson of Amherst, June 6, 1867, m. (2) Richard Beach: d. Oct. 2, 1888.
2. Almus W., b. April 7, 1851, d. April 29, 1865.
3. Frank L., b. March 12, 1860, m. Nov. 27, 1884, Mary A. Haridon of New Boston. They reside in Milford.
4. Alice B., b. Aug. 10, 1866, d. Jan. 29, 1867.
5. George W., b. Oct. 30. 1868, m. Feb. 24, 1892, Lura B., dau. Ed- ward and Martha (Hardy) Colburn of Hollis. She was b. in Hollis. April 6, 1868. They reside in Mont Vernon.
Ephraim Pike lived on Battle's place in East Dist., before the Battles came, was moderator in 1813 and 1815, m. Sept. 10, 1809, Nancy, dau. James and Mehitable (Woodbury) Ray. She was b. Mont Vernon, March 24, 1791.
PINKHAM.
William F. Pinkham, b. Nashua, March 7, 1854. Has resided in Brideport, Ct. Lived here from 1890 to 1896. Now resides in Hyde Park. Mass. He is a civil engineer and speculator. He m. Dec. 25, 1876, Caroline Frances, dau. Charles and Almira L. (Trow) Forsaith. She was b. Oct. 30, 1854. Ch.
1. Ralph Howard, b. Jan. 16. 1880.
2. Charles Forsaith, b. July 14, 1881.
3. Henry Palmer, b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 16, 1894.
PREBLE.
Preble, b. Ossipee, N. H., d. Lawrence, 1850. age 51, m. Sally D. Barker of Marblehead. They lived here on the place now occupied by Charles J. Smith a few years in the forties. She now resides with her son Henry, in Lynn. Ch.
Henry, b. Mont Vernon, 1844, shoe cutter, resides Lynn.
PRENTISS.
John Prentiss came from Salem, Mass., to Mont Vernon about 1816. He was a most excellent penman. He was a merchant here. Removed to Amherst in 1825, where he was cashier of the Farmers' Bank through the whole of its existence. He was town clerk there and postmaster some years during the time. His wife, Mrs. Azubah Prentis, played the organ in the meeting house at Amherst several years. He d. in Clare- mont, March 2, 1868, aged 82 years, with his son, John J. Prentiss. Ch. were :
1. Howard.
2. John J., m. Mary Ann, dau. Hon. Edmund Parker; lawyer, set-
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tled in Henniker and Claremont; was speaker in the N. H. House of Rep- resentatives ; m. 1855. Lived in Chicago, Ill., afterwards.
3. Henry, d. young.
PERHAM.
Joel Frank Perham, son of Joel H. and Alice G. (Lynch) Perham, b. Wilton, Sept. 25, 1862, m. June 2, 1890, Annie E., dau. of Daniel H. and Mary J. (Holt) Smith of Mont Vernon. She was b. Mont Vernon, June 30, 1869. No ch. He is a cattle dealer and farmer and lives in village.
RAMSEY.
Dr. John Ramsey came here from Greenfield, succeeded Dr. Rogers Smith, was taxed here in 1815, practised here a few years, m. Miss Davis, dan. Jonathan and Mary Davis of Westford, Mass. He returned to Greenfield. Ch. probably b. in Greenfield.
1. Margaret, m. (1) Dr. George W. Moore of Amherst. He d. Sept. 8, 1866. She m. (2) Dr. Leonard French of Manchester, June 25, 1867.
2. John, farmer in Greenfield.
3. William, res. Wisconsin.
RAY OR REA.
James Ray, Esq., was the only ch. of James and Elizabeth (Dodge) Ray of Beverly, where he was b., May 1, 1759. His father d. shortly after his birth, leaving his mother a widow 17 years of age. In 1760 she m. Peter Woodbury and in 1773 the family moved to Mont Vernon, where James grew to manhood with his half-brothers, Levi, Jesse, Peter and Mark Woodbury. Here young Ray m. Mehitable, dau. James Woodbury, May 3, 1780. He was a noted inn-keeper and an active man in Mont Vernon. Trask W. Averill said that James Ray lived on the Dr. Adams place most of the time he lived here, and carried on the potash business, as well as keeping a tavern. In 1817 he moved to Amherst and kept the hotel afterwards known as the Nutt tavern until Jan., 1827. He d. Amherst, Jan. 15, 1830, age 70. His wid. d. in Francestown, Feb. 4, 1858. Ch. b. Mont Vernon :
1. James, b. July 9, 1780, m. Elsie Dana, April 26, 1810, lived on the New Boston road, had ch., d. April 2, 1857.
2. John, b. Aug. 13, 1781, d. Nov. 25, 1781.
3. Mehitable, b. April 15, 1783, d. Dec. 15, 1832, m. John Moor of New Boston, Aug. 25, 1804. One of her ch., Sabrina, was mother of Clark Campbell, Esq., of Mont Vernon.
4. Levi, b. July 13, 1785, m. his cousin, Hannah Perkins of Mont Vernon, Jan. 9, 1804. .
5. Sabrina, b. Oct. 14, 1786, d. Dec. 11, 1802.
6. Henry Hammond, b. Sept. 9, 1789, d. Feb. 20, 1829.
7. Nancy, b. March 24, 1791, m. Sept. 10, 1809, Ephraim Pike.
8. Frances W., b. Jan. 13, 1794, m. James W. Haseltine of Frances- town in 1814, d. Manchester, Dec. 12, 1877; had four ch.
9. John T., b. Nov. 15, 1795, d. 1797.
10. Elizabeth D., b. May 8, 1798, m. Newell Dean in Dec., 1828, d. Boston, Mass., July 7, 1858.
11. Mary, b. May 31, 1800, d. Feb. 22, 1802.
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12. Peter W., b. Dec. 5, 1802, lived in Salem, Mass.
13. Horace, b. Nov. 5, 1807.
RAYMOND.
John Raymond of Beverly, b. about 1616, m. Rachel Scruggs, who d. 1666. He m. (2) Mrs. Judith Woodbury, wid. William Woodbury, Jr. She d. 1702, aged 75. His ninth ch. and the first by his second wife was 2Nathaniel, b. March 15, 1670, d. Jan. 8, 1749, mn. Rebecca, dau. Lot Conant, b. Jan. 31, 1671, d. Dec., 1760. They had 10 ch., of whom 3Nathaniel was the ninth, b. April 1, 1712, m. Martha Balch, Oct. 3, 1735. They had eight ch., of whom the sixth was Nathaniel, 4th generation, b. Beverly, May 8, 1749, m. Phebe Dodge, dau of Geo. Dodge, Hamilton, Mass. He d. Mont Vernon, 1800. He removed to Mont Vernon in 1773. He was a sailor. His wife d. Nov. 15, 1825, age 70. He lived on Ray- mond farm in South Dist. Ch.
1. Martha, m. Dea. Andrew Hutchinson of Milford, had sons, Nathaniel, Elisha and Stillman.
2. Mary, m. Nov. 15, 1800, David Goodell and settled in Hillsboro, d. Antrim, 1864, aged 85; had two sons, George D. and Jesse R. Goodell. George D. was the father of Dr. John Goodell of Hillsboro and Jesse R. Goodell, the father of Ex .- Gov. D. H. Goodell, of Antrim.
3. Sally, b. Jan. 26, 1781, m. Samuel Hartshorn of Lyndeboro, had six ch., of whom the first was Dea. Samuel, b. Feb. 25, 1810, d. Mason, Nov., 1846, was deacon Baptist Church, Lyndeboro, and Hancock.
4. *George, b. 1783.
5. * Jolın, b. July, 1785.
6. * Jesse, b. 1792.
George Raymond, son of Nathaniel and Phebe (Dodge) Raymond, b. Mont Vernon, 1783, m. Dec. 19, 1809, Mary, dau. John and Polly (Brad- ford) Wallace of Milford. She was b. May 13 1785, d. Sept. 8, 1862. He was selectman, was representative in 1842; lived on the homestead in the South Dist., d. Dec. 14, 1853 Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Mary, b. Jan. 5, 1811, was teacher and principal of the Female Seminary in Hancock, m. Jan. 19, 1839, Rev. Dura D. Pratt of Nashua, d. Aug. 8, 1902, at Evanston, Ill.
2. Phebe B., b. Sept. 13, 1812, m. Eugene Hutchinson of Milford, d. Nov. 13, 1837 ; one dau.
3. George, b. Nov. 3, 1814, d. Aug. 9, 1818.
4. *Andrew W., b. Oct. 19, 1817.
5. Sally, b. Oct. 3, 1818, d. Oct. 14, 1819.
6. *George, b. Aug. 9, 1820.
7. Nancy, b. April 25, 1824, m. May 11, 1847, Dana WV. Pratt of Pen- acook, N. H., d. Feb., 1871; one son, Charles D., who d. at Milford, N. H.
John Raymond, son of Nathaniel and Phebe (Dodge) Raymond, b. Mont Vernon, July 23, 1785. m. Sally, dau. John and Polly (Bradford) Wallace of Milford. He d. April 22, 1850. They settled on the farm now of George F. Tarbell. In 1839 he sold his farm and moved to Union Co., Ohio, where he afterwards gave the name to the town of Raymond, where he and his wife, Sally, d. Ch. b. Mont Vernon :
1. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 19, 1811, was taxed here five years until 1838. Went first to Raymond, Ohio, thence to Champaigne, Ill., d. May 19, 1890.
2. John Wallace, b. March 5, 1815, m. Feb., 1839, Lucinda Smart, d. Raymond, Ohio, June 30, 1841, without ch.
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3. * Robert Burns, b. May 2, 1824. -
Jesse Raymond, son Nathaniel and Phebe (Dodge) Raymond, b. Mont Vernon, 1792, m. Betsey Dale of Wilton, N. H. He d. July 14, 1862. He lived on the farm in South Dist., now occupied by C. F. Isola. Ch. b. Mont Vernon :
1. John Goodell, b. Sept., 1816, m. Oct. 8, 1839, Roxanna, dau. Alfred and Lydia (Foster) Hutchinson; m. (2) March 20, 1856, Abigail, dau. John and Rosanna ( Mills) Bullard; m. (3) March 20, 1877, Mrs. Nancy J. (Cilley) Hill. He was a blacksmith, lived and d. in Milford, Jan. 14, 1885. His ch. were Abbie, m. Albert Conant of South Lyndeboro, and David E. of Peterboro.
2. David Goodell, d. Milford, Sept. 7, 1843, aged 24 years.
Andrew Wallace Raymond, son of George and Mary (Wallace) Ray- mond, b. Mont Vernon, Oct. 19, 1817, m. March 7, 1843, Abbie Stevens of Goffstown. She d. Feb. 23, 1883, age 65. He lived on the homestead, d. Julv 5, 1895. Ch. b. Mont Vernon :
1. Mary Frances, b. Jan. 7, 1844, m. March 4, 1863, Dodge G. Hart- shorn of Milford, d. Milford, Aug. 17, 1899; one dau., Mrs. D. O. Handley of Milford.
2. *Charles Henry, b. Feb. 21, 1846.
3. * George Andrew, b. July 1, 1849.
4. Abbie E., b. Oct. 13, 1851, m. Walker.
5. John W., b. April 6, 1857, m. April 14, 1886, Henrietta Colston; has two ch .. lives in Concord, Mass.
6. Dana Pratt, b. Dec. 23, 1859, d. March 8, 1870.
George Raymond, son of George and Mary (Wallace) Raymond, b. Mont Vernon, April 9, 1820, lived in Antrim, Concord, N. H .; lives Rock- bottom, Mass., m. Eleanor Pollard of Antrim. Ch.
1. * Edwin Herbert, b. Aug. 18, 1849.
2. Elsie A., b. Nov. 8, 1853, m. Nov. 30, 1882, Thomas J. Niles of Concord, N. H.
Nathaniel Raymond. son of John and Sally Bradford Raymond, b. Mont Vernon. Sept. 19, 1811, was taxed here five years until 1838. Went first to Raymond, Ohio, thence to Champaigne, Ill., d. May 19, 1890. Ch. of Nathaniel and his wife. Melissa, were:
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