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1. Effie V., b. Reed's Ferry, N. H., Aug. 24, 1902, m. George P. Nutter of Nashua. Nov., 1878.
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2. Carrie L., b. Reed's Ferry, July 23, 1854, m. July 4, 1876, David W. Duncklee of Nashua, d. Nashua, Feb. 25, 1882.
3. Sherman E., b. Reed's Ferry, June 2, 1864, m. Feb. 15, 1890, Julia A. Cody, res. Providence, R. I.
4. *Miles E., b. Manchester, Feb. 24, 1867.
5. Mytelle M., b. Nashua, May 27, 1869; res. Mont Vernon.
6. Minnie O., b. Nashua, July 19, 1871, m. Ira R. Brown of Lynde- boro, Nov. 25, 1896; res. Lyndeboro.
Miles E. Wallace, son of Milton W. and Margaret P. ( Mears) Wal- lace, b. Manchester, N. H., Feb. 24, 1867. He is a carpenter ; came to Mont Vernon from Milford in 1897; m. April 17, 1886, Ida B., dau. Leonard G. and Nancy D. ( Larkin) Brown. She was b. Lyndeboro, July 25, 1865. Ch.
Maud Ethel, b. Lyndeboro. April 21, 1890.
WESTON.
Ebenezer Weston, b. Reading, Jan. 28, 1702, m. Mehitable, dau. Isaac Sutherick, Nov. 29, 1726. She was b. Oct., 1706. They settled in Sou- hegan West, now Amherst, in 1752. Ch.
1. Mehitable, b. Nov. 27, 1727. m. Sept. 30, 1751, Timothy Nichols of Amherst ; three ch.
2. Elizabeth. b. Oct. 6, 1729, m. Larrabee.
3. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 10, 1731, m. (1) Eliza Hildreth, by whom he had three ch. ; 111. (2) Sarah Herrick ; had three ch. ; d. June 12. 1846; lived in Amherst; was on Committee of Safety in Revolutionary War.
4. Ann, b. March 31, 1734, d. Sept. 3, 1751, unm.
5. *Daniel. b. Oct. 11, 1735.
6. Hepsibah, b. June 11, 1738, d. unm. advanced age.
Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1740, d. Sept. 22, 1751.
8. Judith, b. June 3, 1742, d. Aug. 31, 1751.
9. *Thomas, b. June 26, 1744.
10. *Isaac, b. May 11, 1746.
11. Tabitha, b. March 31, 1748, m. (1) Daniel Wilkins, Jr., m. (2) Jesse Baldwin, m. (3) Lt. Joseph Farnum, d. at Mont Vernon, Jan., 1820. Her dau., Abigail (Wilkins) Dix, was the mother of of Gen. John A. Dix, War Governor of New York.
12. Sutherick, b. Nov. 19, 1731, m. Mary Lancy ; Revolutionary soldier ; seven ch .. d. Antrim, May 11, 1831.
Daniel Weston, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable ( Sutherick) Weston, b. Reading, Mass., Oct. 11, 1735; came to Amherst with his parents about 1752 ; in. April 20, 1762, Mary, dau. David and Sarah ( Phelps) Hartshorn, who came from Reading as early as 1747. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War; d. 1768. His wid. m. Thomas Carleton, by whom she had four ch. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Judith, b. March 30, 1763, m. Dea. John Carleton, d. Mont Vernon, Nov. 25, 1824: 12 ch.
2. Daniel, b. July 8, 1764, grad. Harvard College 1795, was a clergy- man nearly 40 years at Gray, Me., where he d. May 28, 1837, aged 72.
3. Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1766, m. Daniel Averill of Mont Vernon.
4. David, b. Oct. 13, 1767, d. in infancy.
Thomas Weston, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable ( Sutherick) Weston,
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b. Reading, June 26, 1744, m. 1769, Ruth Tuttle, d. Dec. 27, 1822; settled on the farm in Mont Vernon occupied more than 100 years by his de- scendants, now owned by Cleon M. Hall. Was on Com. of Safety in Rev- olutionary War. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Ruth, b. Nov. 17, 1769, d. unm.
2. *Thomas, Jr., b. Jan. 20, 1773.
3. Sarah, b. 1776, d. March 17, 1777.
4. Sarah, b. July 21, 1279, m. John Worthley.
Isaac Weston, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable ( Sutherick ) Weston, b. Reading, May 11, 1746, m. Hannah Cole. She d. June 1, 1831, age 80; lived in the East Dist. ; was on Com. of Safety in Revolutionary War. Ch. Mont Vernon.
1. *John, b. July 17, 1775.
2. Hannah, b. 1777, m. Daniel L. Herrick, Sept. 27, 1802.
3. Betsey, b. 1779, m. Benjamin Durant of Mont Vernon, Jan. 15, 1804.
4. Susannah. b. 1781.
5. Isaac, Jr., b. Nov. 27, 1781, m. Aug. 20, 1812, Alehitable Batchelder ; lived in Amherst; three ch .; d. Jan. 23, 1869.
6. Luther, b. 1785, d. infancy. 1- Luther, b. 1787. d. about 1808.
Thomas Weston. Tr., son of Thomas and Ruth ( Tuttle) Weston, b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 20, 1773; settled on the homestead in North Dist., Mont Vernon; d. Nov. 22, 1840, m. 1775. Lucy Wilkins, dau. Abijah and Lucy (Averill) Wilkins. She was b. March 27, 1777. d. Feb. 18. 1851. Cli. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Ira. b. Feb. 18, 1796, m. Miriam Chellis in 1825 ; physician in Wind- ham and Bradford, N. H., d. Oct. 12, 1868.
2. Lucy. b. Sept. 7, 1799, d. Oct. 26, 1851.
3. John. b. Dec. 13, 1801, d. unm. May 15, 1857.
4. Thomas, b. Oct. 27, 1803, killed by lightning. May 30, 1810.
5. Jason, b. May 17, 1805, m. Eliza Wilkins in 1832; lived in Man- chester.
6. Langdell, b. March 24, 1808, d. March 16, 1814.
Sarah. b. Sept. 12, 1810. m. Elbridge G. Fairfield in 1836.
8. Abigail Tarbell. b. Oct. 13. 1813. d. March 27, 1814.
9. Abigail Tuttle, b. March 4, 1815, m. * Nathan F. Richardson of Mont Vernon in 1840, d. Nov. 16, 1853.
Lt. John Weston, son of Isaac and Hannah ( Cole) Weston, b. July 17, 1775, was killed by the falling of a mill-stone in his mill, which was on the site of J. A. Brown's mill in the East Dist., in 1810; m. Sept. 27, 1802, Abigail Haseltine, sister John Haseltine of Amherst. She m. (2) Jan. 31, 1826, Moses Newman of Mont Vernon. She d. May 12, 1860, age 77 yrs .. 8 mos. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. * James, b. Dec. 5, 1803.
2. Hannah. b. Oct. 25, 1805, d. unmm. March 14, 1859.
3. Thirza. b. Sept. 5, 1807, d. unm. March 23, 1840.
4. Abigail. b. June 25, 1809, d. Ang. 31, 1823: m. Arlin ; had ch., lived in Lowell.
5. Mary, b. June 24, 1811, d. July 22, 1877. at Chelsea : m. * Reuben K. Batchelder.
James Weston, son of John and Abigail ( Haseltine) Weston, b. MFont Vernon, Dec. 3, 1803 ; lived in North Dist. a few years; moved to Cali-
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fornia, where he d. Sept. 11, 1852; i. (1) Diantha Chapin; m. (2) Mary Haraden. Ch. by first wife :
1. John, d. infancy.
2. Diantha Maria, b. Sept. 2, 1830, d. April 1, 1889.
3. James Franklin, b. Aug. 16, 1832, d. June 23, 1892; lived in Bos ton and Lowell, was a belt manufacturer.
4. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 6, 1835: was Female Supt. of State Hospital for Insane at Jacksonville, Ill., and for many years Matron of the Old Ladies' Home; Lowell, where she d. inm., March 26, 1900.
Ch. by second wife :
Abigail R., b. Aug. 2, 1848: res. Lowell, 1mm.
WETHERBEE.
Asa Wetherbee, son of Joseph Wetherbee, b. July 18, 1802, Wilton ; farmer ; came here from Lyndeboro and lived about 17 years here ; moved to Milford about 1849, d. Milford, April 13, 1885; m. May 1. 1824, Lavina, dau. Ebenezer and Hannah ( Upton) Mills. She was b. Mont Vernon, Dec. 3, 1805. d. Milford, April 6, 1889. Ch).
1. John F., b. Milford, March 13, 1825; hotel-keeper : res. Leed, Me., m1. Lucinda J. Caldwell of Hudson.
2. William W., b. Wilton, March 11, 1827, m. Elizabeth Parker, dlau. Robt. Parker of Milford; res. Milford; four ch.
3. David G., b. Lyndeboro, Jan. 21, 1829, d. Milford, Sept. 22, 1859; shoemaker ; m. Mary J. Gerald of Milford.
4. James Addison. b. Mont Vernon, April 7, 1832. m. Nov. 27, 1856, Harriet F., dan. Joseph and Indiana ( Burns ) Duncklee, b. Milford. Aug. 1, 1838: one son, Dr. Fred M. Wetherbee of Milford; J. A. d. Milford, Sept. 27, 1895 : was a merchant.
5. Henry M., b. Mont Vernon, May 31, 1836, d. July 14, 1837.
6. Henry P .. b. Mont Vernon, July 10, 1838; laborer, res. Milford,
7. Emma A., b. Mont Vernon, Dec. 6, 1843. m. June 18, 1863, Mar- cellies MI. Marvell of Milford, d. Feb. 6, 1880.
S. Mary C .. b. Mont Vernon, April 15, 1845. in. Jan. 28, 1866. John R. Perkins of Weare; res. Milford.
Jesse Wetherbee, son of Joseph Wetherbee, m. Permelia Osborn Gleeson. She d. March 16, 1884, age 82, at Merrimack; lived in the house afterwards known as Conant Hall, moved to Nashua, then to Merrimack ; was partner of Asa Stevens at Nashua in the manufacture of shoes; one SO11.
Joseph Wetherbee, son of Joseph Wetherbee and brother of Asa and Jesse Wetherbee, m. Clarissa Heywood, dan. Wm. Heywood; lived in Mont Vernon several years: came here from Lyndeboro. Ch. were :
1. Joseph, b. Mont Vernon, m. (1) Nancy Tuttle of Wilton, m. (2) Mrs. Nancy (Gould) Flint Barnes of Wilton, dan. Benjamin and Nancy Gould. He d. June, 1870, in Wilton ; had five ch.
2. Abbie, d. unm. in Boston.
WHITE.
Kneeland C. White, son of Aaron and Louisa ( Cram) White, b. Deer- ing, N. H., Dec. 30, 1835 ; lived New Boston, Brandon, Vt., 25 years : came
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to Mont Vernon in 1888, worked before coming to Mont Vernon seal- ing scales in scale shop; m. June 28, 1859, Jennie D. Ober of New Bos- ton, dau. Gary and Salome ( Mills) Ober. She was b. Johnson, Vt., Aug. 6, 1840; no ch.
William White came here from Weare, lived about 12 years in East Dist., moved to Wilton about 1858. He m. Mary, dan. Isaac and Eunice ( Flagg) Colby of Amherst, Oct. 6, 1835. She was b. June 27, 1810. Ch.
1. Stillman C., b. July 8, 1839; lives Wilton.
2. Henry, lives Wilton.
Eliza J., b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 8, 1849, in. Jan. 26, 1870, Horatio C. Shaw, son Christopher C. and Rebecca P. ( Hutchinson) Shaw of Milford ; res. Milford ; one ch.
WILKINS.
Bray Wilkins a large land owner in Middleton, Mass., was the an- cestor of all of that name who have lived in Amherst or in any of the towns severed from that town.
Joshua Wilkins, fourth generation from Bray Wilkins, b. Middleton, Mass., Aug. 26, 1718. He and his wife, Ruth, were residents of Amherst (now the East Dist., Mont Vernon), March, 1776. Ch.
1. Aspath, b. March 17, 1738.
2. Eli, b. Sept. 21, 1741, d. young.
3. Sylvester, b. Jan. 11, 1744, d. young.
4. Joshua, b. Oct. 12, 1746.
5. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1748, d. young.
6. *Abijah, b. Oct. 7, 1751.
7. *Eli, b. April 6, 1753.
S. Sylvester, b. Nov. 24, 1757. a Revolutionary soldier. d. Easton. Pa.
9. Ruth, b. March 21, 1761.
10. Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1764.
Abijah Wilkins, son of Joshua and Ruth Wilkins. b. Middleton, Mass., Oct. 2, 1751; lived in the North Dist. on the farm now owned by S. E. Curtis : d. Mont Vernon, July, 1833, age 81 ; m. (1) Lucy Averill, May 7, 1772. She was b. Dec. 18, 1752. He m. (2) Sarah Farmer, Sept. 30, 1788. She d. Feb. 8, 1818, age 59. Ch. by first wife :
1. * Abijah, b. Sept. 18, 1771.
Probably b. Mont Vernon :
2. Lucy, b. March 27, 1777.
3. Jason, b. Dec. 7, 1780.
4. Asaph.
Ch. by second wife probably b. Mont Vernon :
5. * Charles W., b. Oct. 30, 1791.
6. George, b. Dec. 12, 1793, d. mmmm. Holliston, Mass., May 4, 1826 ; studied medicine, was licensed by the N. H. Medical Society in 1820, prac- tised two years at Littleton, Mass., and from thence went to Holliston. By his premature removal the community lost a faithful physician and a citizen of uprightness and integrity.
7. Esther. b. Nov. 28, 1797, d. May 19, 1820, a very pious and amiable young lady.
8. . Ruth K., b. Dec. 17, 1801, d. unm. Nashua, Aug. 18, 1871.
Eli Wilkins, son of Joshua and Ruth Wilkins, b. April 6, 1753, m. Leach : settled in Amherst (now East Dist., Mont Vernon), school
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teacher, selectman from 1781 to 1788 inclusive; was for many years Justice of the Peace; was made Justice in 1787. Ch. b. Mont Vernon :
1. Eli.
2. * Ira.
3. *John L.
4. Joshua.
5. Tryphosa, m. Gerry Knights of Francestown.
6. *Alvah.
7. Nathaniel.
Abijah Wilkins, son of Abijah and Lucy ( Averill) Wilkins, b. Sept. 18. 1771. d. 1856; settled in Boston before 1800 and there he was for many years an industrious carpenter and masterbuilder, a Christian very much respected. He left one son and two dan.
Charles Warren Wilkins, son of Abijah and Sarah (Farmer) Wil- kins, b. Mont Vernon, Oct. 30, 1791: settled in Lowell, d. there June 16. 1871 ; m. March 2, 1815, Emma D. Trow. dau. Joseph and Sarah ( Perkins) Trow. She was b. Aug. 18, 1791, d. Lowell, Jan. 26, 1868. Ch. b. Lowell, probably.
1. Chas. P .. b. 1815. in. (1) Abigail Brown; m. (2) Grace Puffer ; removed from Lowell to Auburn, N. Y., d. there April, 1889, leaving seven ch.
2. Sarah A., b. 1818, m. Elijah Perry, d. 1845.
3. Esther. b. 1822, d. unm. Lowell, June 6, 1841.
4. Martha, b. July 15, 1823, m. June 16, 1849. Theophilus D. Berry of Lowell, who d. Nov. 29, 1885.
5. Elizabeth, b. 1827, d. unm. Sept. 1, 1848.
6. Geo. Henry, b. 1829. d. 1842.
Joseph A., in. Mrs. Anna Hunt: has seven ch, lives Whitefield, N. H.
Ira Wilkins, son Eli Wilkins, m. Anna P., dau. Nathan and Sarah (Kendrick) Kendall of Amherst. She was b. July 17, 1787, m. July 11, 1815. He d. Burlington. Ohio, July 16, 1849. He lived for a time where C. O. Ingalls now does ; four dau.
John L. Wilkins, son Eli Wilkins. He lived in East Dist., (on place now burnt, formerly occupied by Bradley Jones ). He moved to New Boston and d. at the poorhouse there; m. Susan Weston.
Ira Wilkins (his son) lived in East Dist., m. Feb. 18, 1835, Nancy, dau. Isaac and Eunice ( Flagg) Colby of Amherst. She was b. Oct. 29, 1813, d. April. 1858. He d. Wilton, June 20, 1888, age 78 yrs .. 3 mos. ; one dau .. Mrs. Dunbar : one son. Ira Gardner was a captain in Civil War, lived in Fitchburg, Mass.
Alvah Wilkins, son Eli Wilkins, lived in East Dist., m. (1) Sarah, dan. James Hill. She d. Oct. 19. 1857. age 61. He m. (2) Mrs. Sarah S. Gould. Sept. 25. 1860. He d. Oct. 5. 1862. age 65. Ch. by first wife, a dat. in. Peter Douglass : had one ch.
Jonathan Wilkins, son of Rev. Daniel and Sarah ( Fuller ) Wilkins ; a Revolutionary soldier, served on board the armed ship Hague, was wounded in battle with British vessel. He d. Mont Vernon, April 18, 1821, aged 75. Susannah, his first wife, d. Dec. 23. 1778, age 30. Ch. were.
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1. Polly, m. Bradford.
2. David G., lived Addison, Vt.
3. Jonathan, lived Goffstown.
4. Samuel, lived New Albany, Ind.
5. Robert, lived Jaffrey, N. H.
6. James, b. Dec. 15, 1784, was apprenticed to James McKean of Am- herst, whence he took the name of Mckean. He rem. to Maine with Mr. McKean, where his education was neglected. When he returned to Amherst at the age of 19 he was unable to read or write. Determined to have an education he applied himself vigorously to study, fitted for col- . lege, grad. at Dartmouth College in 1812, read law with Hon. Daniel Ab- bott of Dunstable and practised many years in Bedford and Manchester. He served as Representative, Senator and Councillor, and d. Manchester unm. Jan. 18, 1855.
Abiel Wilkins, b. Jan. 6, 1778. Was the son of Wm. Wilkins of English descent, whose mother lived in Salem, Mass. She was accused when a girl of being a witch, went home from church and when they fol- lowed her, her father fought them with pitch fire brands and thus saved his child. Very little is known of Wm. Wilkins. Abiel removed from Salem, or that vicinity, after the Revolutionary War, settled on the farm in the South Dist., now owned by Jesse R. Wilkins. Abiel had five sons who reached manhood. Ch.
1. * William.
2. James, moved to Antrim in 1799, m. Lydia Whipple . Probably sister to his brother William's wife). He d. June 13, 1801. James, his eldest child, d. Weston, Vt., had nine ch. His youngest son, Dea. Joel Wilkins of Antrim, m. (1) his cousin, Betsey Wilkins; m. (2) H. B. Crombie. He d. Nov., 1865 ; had 11 ch.
3. Enoch, m. Sally Case, lived in Antrim. He d. June 13, 1851, age 75. She d. 1852.
4. *Abiel, b. Jan. 6, 1778.
5. Jesse, d. of spotted fever, 1812, age 30 years.
6. Phebe, m. John Heywood, March 27, 1825.
William Wilkins, son of Abiel, moved from Mont Vernon to Antrim in 1798, m. (1) Sarah Whipple of Hamilton, Mass .; m. (2) Elizabeth Hopkins of Antrim. He d. May 15, 1837. age 63. He had five ch. by first wife and two ch. by second wife. His second ch., Betsey, b. 1801. became first wife of her cousin, Dea. Joel Wilkins. His seven ch., Maria Eliza. m. John Kidder of Mont Vernon, Sept. 15, 1837, is still living.
Abiel Wilkins, son Abiel Wilkins, b. Jan. 6, 1778, lived on homestead where he d. July 31. 1859; m. Amy or Emma Heywood, dau. Wm. Hey- wood, Jan. 31, 1812. She was b. April 15, 1791, d. Aug. 23, 1872. He d. July 31, 1859. Farmer. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Abigail, b. May 10, 1812, m. March, 1832, *Elbridge F. Perkins, b. July 29, 1811. She d. Oct. 4. 1833.
2. Jesse b. Sept. 24, 1813, d. Sept. 10, 1818. 3. Eliza, b. Nov. 21, 1815, in. Sept., 1837, George E. Robbins of Wil- ton.
4. *Luke, b. April, 1818.
5. Emma J., b. Aug. 4, 1820, d. July 17, 1854, m. April 10, 1844, Wil- liam P. Duncklee of Milford, who was b. Ang. 28, 1817.
6. Almira Wilkins, b. Jan. 17, 1825, d. Dec. 13, 1852, m. * Tyler Tup- per of Mont Vernon.
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Luke Wilkins, sou of Abiel and Amy ( Heywood) Wilkins, b. Mont Vernon, April, 1818, d. May 8, 1857 ; lived on Wilkins farm in South Dist., m. June 22, 1843. Elizabeth, dau. of Mark D. and Lucy ( Whipple ) Lang- dell. She was b. March 13, 1820. She m. (2) Levi Curtis, Nov. 28, 1867, d. Milford, May 28, 1897. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. *Jesse R., b. Dec. 13, 1844.
2. Mary E., b. Oct. 10, 1846, m. (1) Dec. 15, 1869, James A. Langdell, who d. April 2. 1870: m. (2) Chas. H. Gutterson, March 31 1877; one son ; res. Mont Vernon.
3. Lucy J., b. Nov. 29, 1848, m. Oct. 14, 1871, Henry Appleton Hutchinson of Mont Vernon, res. Mont Vernon; five ch.
4. Emma F., b. July 22, 1853. m. Nov. 30, 1876, Marcus U. Gutterson of Milford, d. Milford, Dec. 10, 1884; one ch., Alburen.
Luke A., d. June 27, 1862, aged 10 yrs., 9 mos.
Jesse R. Wilkins. son Luke Elizabeth ( Langdell) Wilkins. b. Mont Vernon, Dec. 13, 1844, m. Oct. 14, 1871. A. Frances, dau. John and Mary ( Nichols ) Follansbee. She was b. Londonderry. Dec. 25. 1848. He lived in South Dist. until 1891, when he moved to the north part of Milford ; farmer. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Willie A., b. Oct. 28, 1872, meat cutter, m. June 30, 1896, Cora Belle, dau. George and Abbie ( Flanders ) Stone of Greenville, res. Mil- ford.
2. Frances M .. b. May 10, 1824, in. March 3, 1896, Louis A., Son Thos. B. and Adaline A. ( Crosby ) Hall of Milford; res. Milford; two ch. 3. Clarence E .. b. Aug. 17, 1888.
Benjamin Wilkins, m. Naomi, dau. Cooley and Sarah ( Burnham ) Smith. She was b. April 25, 1757, d. May 11, 1850; settled in Lyndeboro: several ch., a dau., Naomi. m. Abraham French. d. Nov. 11. 1871, aged 86 yrs., 3 mos.
His son, Benjamin Wilkins, settled in Hillsboro, m. Nov. 27. 1806, Lydia, dau. Ebenezer and Elizabeth T. S. Batchelder. She was b. Nov. 21. 1786, m. Nov. 27. 1806: several ch.
Silas, son of Benjamin and Naomi ( Smith ) Wilkins, lived in West Dist .. m. Martha, dau. Lt. Joseph and Mary (Lyon ) Farnum of Mont Vernon, Nov. 21, 1810. He d. Oct. 29, 1851, age 61. His wife d. April 14, 1841. age 51. Ch b. Mont Vernon.
1. Sophronia, b. June 22, 1812, m. Dec. 15, 1832, *Capt. Leander Smith, d. Antrim. Nov. 25, 1882.
2. Naomi S., b. Feb. 9, 1814, m. (1) Jan. 10, 1833, Wm. Underwood of Amherst, had three ch. He d. Nov. 28, 1841. She m. (2) John H. McConihie of Amherst: two ch. She d. July 25, 1900.
3. Hannah, b. May 11, 1816, m. * Trask W. Averill, Oct. 11, 1849 ; one ch. She d. Feb. 28, 1900.
4. Silas, b. July 3. 1819. m. Helen M. Tappan, lived in Bradford and Newport.
5. James, b. June 8, 1823: stable-keeper. Nashua.
6. Emily M., b. Sept. 15, 1826. m. May, 1847, Walter M. Gilson; res. Nashua and Mont Vernon.
Charles Lucien Wilkins, son of Frederick and ( Marston) Wil- kins, b. Montgomery, Vt., lived in a house which stood between the Belle- vue and Dr. Hallowell's, and where C. J. Smith now does; was a house
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painter ; moved to Milford in 1871, thence to Amherst, Mont Vernon and New Boston, where he d. by drowning Aug. 13, 1888, age 65. He m. Mary Mills of Chester, N. H. He served in 8th N. H. Regt. in Civil War. Ch. Charlena M., m. May 1. 1878, Waler Wilkins of Omaha, Neb., re- sides Omaha, Neb.
WINCHESTER.
Lemuel Winchester, son of Isaac and Deborah Winchester, b. Tewks- bury, Mass .. May 13, 1740, m. Lydia Flint of Reading in 1760, served in French and Indian War; moved to Mont Vernon between 1768 and 1775; settled on farm in East Dist., served in the Revolution from Amherst, now Mont Vernon, was a corporal, promoted to sergeant ; moved to Danvers, where he d. Feb., 1841, aged 101 years. Ch.
1. Silas, m. Dolly Wilson, lived and d. in Danvers, Mass.
2. Lemuel, b. 1768, lived and d. in Andover, Mass.
3. Isaac, twin, b. Mont Vernon, April 19, 1770, m. Polly Balch ; ch. lived in Providence. R. I.
4. Deborah, twin, b. Mont Vernon, April 19, 1770. in. Elias Cheney of Antrim, moved to Vermont. Among her ch. were two sons. Franklin Cheney, who was the father of Rev. William P. Cheney. Rector Church Good Shepherd, Oakdale, Mass., and Jesse Cheney, father of Benj. P. Cheney, who was a famous expressman in Boston and became a million- aire.
5. Lydia, b. 1771, b. Geo. Sumner, descendants live in Hill. N. H.
6. Betsey, b. 1779, m. Samuel Sargent of Ilill.
Alonzo Winn, son of Benjamin and Clarissa (Foote) Winn, b. An- trim, Dec. 22, 1849, in. 1871. Elnora, dau. George and Sarah ( Battles) Jones. She was b. March 22, 1851, in New Boston. He resided in the East Dist. several years: rem. to Wilton; now lives Mont Vernon; is a farmer; no ch.
WOODBURY.
John Woodbury came to Cape Ann, Gloucester in 1624, moved to Bev- erly in 1626, was an energetic, faithful and worthy man, d. 1641, probably not above 60 years of age. We regard him as standing next to Conant in intelligence and usefulness in the colony. His son, Humphrey. b. 1608. during his residence in Somersetshire, Eng., came over in 1628, was head of a family in 1638. His descendants were Peter. 1; Josiah, 2: Josiah, 3; Peter. 4: Peter, 5. They were all thrifty and substantial citizens. John Woodbury at death owned a house in Salem, where he had first settled. though he probably then resided at the farm near the pond being East of and adjoining Roger Conant's. The five planters were Conant, Woodbury, Palfrey. Balch and Trask.
William Woodbury was b. England, 1589. John. his brother, was for some 10 years his servant. John settled at Cape Ann 1624, and was one of the old planters, who settled Salem 1626. He was second of the five old planters to whom 1000 acres was granted in that part of Salem after- wards incorporated as Beverly, where he and his brother, William, who came to Massachusetts in 1631, planted and their descendants multiplied.
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HISTORY OF MONT VERNON.
John Woodbury's 200 acres is still owned by one of his descendants, Levi Woodbury.
Peter Woodbury, son of Peter and Hannah (Perkins) Woodbury. b. Beverly, Mass., March 28, 1:38, d. in Antrim, Oct. 11, 1817 ; m. Mrs. Eliz- abeth ( Dodge) Rea or Ray in 1760, wid. of James Ray. She d. Antrim, April 19, 1812, age 69 years. They settled in Amherst, now Mont Vernon. He rem. to Antrim in 1799 or 1800. From C. L. Woodbury in New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Register Jan., 1894: "As Peter Wood- bury signed a petition in 1770 relative to town affairs in Amherst, he was already living there. He was an ardent rebel. His name is fifth of those who in April, 1776, pledged to resist with arms and fortune the encroach- ments of the British Parliament on American Liberty. He was of the Legislature who formed the first constitution of New Hampshire, and was frequently on the Committee on Public Safety. Two of his sons, Levi and Jesse, served in the army and were afloat under the flag. Peter, the third son, enlisted at 13. but his father stopped him."
His cousins, Josiah and James, were at Lake George, and tradition says that he was out one campaign in the French War. He passed some years as a sea-faring man and in 1760 m. a widow of 17 years, with one son, a woman of shrewdness and energy, who d. in Antrim, April 9, 1812, age 69 years. He served as Representative to the General Court and joined in the convention which made the first constitution of New Hampshire. He lived on the place afterwards known as the Dr. Adams place in the village. He probably moved to Antrim about 1800. Ch.
1. Levi, b. Beverly, Jan. 20, 1761, captured on the privateer Essex and carried a prisoner of war to England, where he d. at Plymouth.
2. * Jesse, b. Oct. 2. 1763, d. Texas, about 1835.
3. * Peter, b. Jan. 9, 1767.
4. Betsey. b. Mont Vernon, Feb. 9. 1770, m. June 5, 1787, Peter Jones of Amherst. d. April 3, 1843: four ch.
5. Hannah, b. Mont Vernon. Feb. 14. 1:72. d. young.
6. * Mark, b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 1, 1775.
Peter Woodbury, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Dodge) Woodbury, b. Jan. 9, 1767 ; lived and d. in Francestown, Sept. 12, 1834; m. April 23, 1787. Mary, dau. James and Hannah ( Trask) Woodbury. She was b. Mont Vernon. Aug. 15, 1769, d. Francestown, Dec. 31. 1839. Ch. b. Fran- cestown.
1. Mary, b. Oct. 28. 1787. in. (1) Dr. Adonijah Howe of Jaffrey ; m. (2) Dr. Luke Howe of Jaffrey : d. Jan. 18, 1875.
2. Levi, b. Dec. 2, 1789, Governor of New Hampshire, Secretary of Treasury under Jackson and Van Buren, Secretary of Navy, first term of Jackson: Associate Justice Supreme Court, U. S .: d. Sept. 4, 1851 ; m. a Miss Clapp of Portland, Me .: three dau. and one son, Chas. Levi Wood- bury of Boston.
3. Peter P., b. Aug. 8, 1791. physician in Bedford; d. Dec. 5, 1860. He was an ancestor of Gordon Woodbury of Manchester.
4. Antress B., b. May 29, 1793, m. Nehemiah Eastman of Farming- ton, d. Sept. 10, 1847 ; had ch.
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