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James Porter, b. Sept. 11, 1816 ; d. at Woburn, Mass., Oct. 9, 1842, æ. 26 yrs. Mrs. Gibbs afterwards m. Deacon Samuel Maynard.
THE GOODRIDGE FAMILY.
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RILEY GOODRIDGE was b. in Westminster, Vt., June 18, 1795. He came to Peterborough to work at ma- chinery. He was postmaster a number of years, and
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having gone West on some business he d. at Council Bluffs City, Ia., Sept. 8, 1851, æ. 56 yrs., 2 mos. He m. Polly D. Powers, dau. Whitcomb and Merriam B. Powers, Nov. 8, 1830. She d. at Peterborough, June 12, 1870, æ. 77 yrs.
Mary Antoinette, b. Aug. 24, 1831 ; m. Charles Gold- thwaite, Sept. 13, 1859. One ch., Mary Louisa, b. May 8, 1862.
Louisa T., b. June 25, 1833 ; m. Josephus Emery, Nov. 23, 1854. She d. April 27, 1860, æ 26 yrs., 10 mos. ; r. Lowell.
THE GORDON FAMILY.
SAMUEL GORDON came from Ireland when he was seventeen years of age, and was the son of Nathaniel Gordon, who was b. in the county of Tyrone, Ireland, 1700 ; m. Sarah Martin ; had four ch., viz., John, James (who d. young), Samuel, and Hannah. About the year 1749 Nathaniel Gordon and family arrived in Boston. John, his son, b. in 1729, was a brewer by trade, and went into business in Boston, with the great Samuel Adams, between 1750 and '60. . Nathaniel, the father. and Samuel, went to Dunstable, Mass., in the employ of William Gordon, an English merchant of that place, and remained five years, then bought a farm in Shirley, when the father and two sons, John and Samuel, re. to it, The next move was to Peterborough. Samuel and fam- ily re. in 1780 ; their parents, Nathaniel and Sarah Mar- tin Gordon, came with them. Mrs. Gordon d. in Peter- borough in 1781, and Nathaniel Gordon d. in 1788. There are no gravestones for them in the old cemetery.
Eleanor Mitchell, w. of Samuel Gordon, re. from Ire- land to Cape Breton, when the French and English were at war, where her father was killed, and all the rest of the family but her mother, brother, and herself, were carried off by the small-pox. Her mother, after they came to Boston, m. a Mr. Holden, and had several ch.
Samuel Gordon was b. in Ireland, May 17, 1732, and d. in Peterborough, Dec. 2, 1818, æ. 86 yrs. His w. d. Nov. 2, 1820, æ. 74 yrs. He always lived on the same place that he first occupied in town, known as the Gor- don farm. He and his wife were strict Presbyterians, good and pious persons. Mr. Gordon was the first to sign a remonstrance, with twenty others, against the ordi- nation of Rev. Elijah Dunbar to the Christian ministry in Peterborough. We suppose that he was a man of moderate talents. Among the town offices held by him
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we find that he was pound-keeper eight years, and tithing-man three years before 1804.
Samuel, b. in Shirley, May 27, 1765 ; m. Lydia Ames. Sally, b. in Shirley, Feb. 10, 1767 ; r. Charlestown, with her uncle Holden.
Betsey, b. in Shirley, Jan. 23, 1769 ; m. Joseph Barnes, Sharon, Sept. 17, 1801 ; d.
Hannah, b. 1772 ; m. Stephen Pierce.
Nathaniel, b. -; re. to New York ; d. 1827 ; frozen to death.
Eleanor, b. -; m. Capt. Andrew Cochran, U. S. A., March 11, 1816.
Fane, b. -; unm. ; r. Milford.
Polly, b. - -; m. Adam Dickey, Milford, Nov. 7, 1808. Nehemiah, b. -; unm. ; went to sea ; d. at Martha's Vineyard.
t Fohn, b. Dec. 20, 1790 ; m. Betsey Smith.
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SAMUEL GORDON was a man of superior talents. He first located himself at Hancock as a trader, and soon became the leading man in that town. He removed from Hancock to Charlestown, Mass., and kept a hotel. At one time public suspicion rested on him as being concerned in the robbery and murder of David Starrett, on Charlestown bridge, who was a guest at his hotel, and who all at once mysteriously disappeared, his rifled trunk being found on the bridge, but who, after some ten or twelve years, his estate in the meanwhile being set- tled in probate in New Hampshire, was found to be liv- ing in one of the Western States. Mr. Gordon removed to Hallowell, Me., and d. there, June 23, 1853, æ. 88 yrs. He m. Lydia Ames, dau. David Ames, of Hancock, May 20, 1790. She d. at same place, July 5, 1853, æ. 79 yrs. ; b. Feb. 19, 1774.
I3 Samuel, b. Aug. 7, 1791, in Hancock ; d. in infancy. Yorick S., b. Jan. 9, 1793, in Hancock ; d. Pineville, S. C., 1820, æ. 27 yrs.
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Oliver H., b. June 27, 1794 ; d. Woodside, N. J., 1869, æ. 75 yrs.
Lydia, b. Dec. 25, 1795 ; m. - Kimball ; he d.
Isabella, b. June 14, 1798 ; m. - White ; he.d. Eleanor, b. Jan. 30, 1800 ; d. Sept. 8, 1808, in Hancock, æ. 8 yrs., 7 mos.
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Rebecca C., b. Feb. 29, 1808 ; d. June 27, 1808, in Han- cock, æ. 4 mos.
Samuel A., b. Oct. 3, 1810 ; d. Hallowell, Me., Feb. 26, 1845, æ. 35 yrs. Sarah M., b. March 6, 1813 ; m. Dr. Justus Hurd ; r. St. Louis, Mo.
John Clark, b. Oct. 12, 1818 ; d. Oct. 19, 1818, æ. 7 dys. The first nine were b. in Hancock, the remainder in Charlestown, Mass.
JOHN GORDON succeeded his father on the homestead, and remained there till after the death of his parents. He re. to Montebello, Ill., in 1831, where he d. April 3, 1839, æ. 48 yrs. He m. Betsey Smith, dau. Deacon Jona. Smith, Dec. 31, 1819, who d. Aug. 12, 1845, æ. 50 yrs.
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Fona. S., b. Oct. 20, 1822 ; d. Montebello, Ill., March 27, 1839 , æ. 17 yrs.
Samuel, b. May 3, 1825 ; m. Permelia A. Alvord, April 3, 1851 ; ch., (1) Ella E., b. Oct. 1, 1852 ; (2) John A., b. Aug. 21, 1855 ; (3) Alice A., b. Jan. 14, 1858 ; (4) Agnes C., b. Dec. 17, 1860 ; (5) Robert Smith, b. Dec. 10, 1866 ; (6) Mabel B., b. Dec. 30, 1870. Samuel Gordon r. in Hamilton, Ill.
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WILLIAM GOWING was the son of James and Lydia Wellman Gowing, of Dublin, -one of twelve children. He re. to Peterborough in 1794 ; m. Abigail Miller, dau. Samuel Miller, Sen., Jan. 6, 1795. She d. Feb. 23, 1830, æ. 72 yrs. He m., 2d w., Lucy Adams, of Sharon, Nov. 25, 1830. She d. in Sharon, Nov. 27, 1862. He was b. in Lynnfield, Mass., March 1, 1766 ; d. at Peterborough, Oct. 25, 1854, æ. 87 yrs. He lived on the Miller place, directly east of the Smith farm.
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Margaret, b. in Dublin, Jan. 1, 1796 ; m. Daniel Chap- man.
William H., b. Oct. 21, 1798 ; m., May 6, 1830, Laura Hale ; r. East Wilton. He d. July 8, 1859, æ. 60 yrs., 8 mos. ; ch., (1) Ariana ; m. Warren Jones, East Wil- ton ; (2) Sarah ; m. Joseph Langdell, East Wilton. Mrs. Gowing d. 1875.
¡ Moses, b. Sept. 11, 1800 ; m. Mary Jewett.
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MOSES GOWING. He succeeded his father on the homestead, and r. there till 18-, when he sold his farm and removed to the village where he now lives.
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He m. Mary Jewett, dau. of John and Margaret Jewett, Sept. 8, 1825. They celebrated their golden wedding Sept. 8, 1875, by a large assemblage of their friends, and were made the recipients of many useful and substantial presents.
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Sophia M., b. Dec. 28, 1826 ; m. Albert Sawyer. Mary E., b. Nov. 30, 1828 ; m. Albert Taggart. Henry M., b. Sept. 11, 1832 ; m., Oct. 15, 1866, Tillie E. Irving ; r. New York City.
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ASA F. GOWING was the son of Joseph and Hepzibeth Fairbanks Gowing ; b. Dec. 8, 1808, in Dublin. He came to Peterborough to reside in 1840 ; m., Dec. 2, 1845, Agnes Robbe, dau. Samuel and Betsey Scott Robbe. She d. May 20, 1852, æ. 37 yrs. ; 2d w., May 31, 1853, Catharine Robbe, sister of above; c. He d. June 30, 1872, æ. 63 yrs., 6 mos.
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Lizzie R., b. Dec. 15, 1847.
Frederick, b. Aug. 15, 1851 ; d. Dec. 4, 1851, æ. 3 mos.
THE GRAY FAMILY.
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KELSO GRAY came from Pelham to Peterborough probably about 1766 or '67. The record of the family must be very imperfect from the scanty materials fur- nished. He m. Phebe Gray, who d. March 27, 1814, æ. 74 yrs. He d. Oct. 28, 1824, æ. 86 yrs. He began the Gray farm, south of David Blanchard's.
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Hugh, b. -; m. Jenny Moore, of Sharon ; re. to Montpelier, 'Vt.
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Reuben, b. -; r. Montpelier, Vt.
Esther, b. 1770 ; d. March 5, 1795, æ. 25 yrs.
Kelso, b. - -; m. Anna Wilson ; r. Montpelier, Vt. i Matthew, b. Dec. 9, 1772 ; m. Polly Conner, of Poplin. Jean, b. 1776 ; m. John Shearer White.
t William, b. Dec. 3, 1781 ; m. Harriet Scott.
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Phebe, b. -; m. Adam Penniman.
David, b. -; m. Drusilla La Baines ; r. Montpelier, Vt.
MATTHEW GRAY succeeded his father on the old place. He m. Mary Conner, of Poplin. She d. Jan. 8, 1846, æ. 75 yrs. He d. Dec. 25, 1841, æ. 69 yrs.
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Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1799 ; m. Wm. Miller ; 2d hus., Wm. S. Smith.
Azuba, b. Nov. 27, 1801 ; m. Hiram Chapman.
t William Conner, b. June 8, 1804 ; m. Lucinda Parker. Lorinda, b. Nov. 14, 1806 ; m. David Emerson ; 2d hus., Warren Woods Hancock. She d. Hancock.
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WILLIAM GRAY settled and lived on the George Dun- can, Jr., place until within a few years before his death, when he re. to the village, where he died. He m. Har- riet Scott, dau. John Scott, Esq., April 4, 1811. He d. March 31, 1855, æ. 74 yrs.
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Bethiah, b. Jan. 7, 1812 ; m. Moses Greenfield, Jan. 19, 1835. He d. Nov. 28, 1844 ; ch., (1) Bethiah, b. Oct. 25, 1835 ; m. Lucien Alexander ; I. ch., Lizzie, b. 1861 ; (2) Maria, b. June 10, 1845 ; d. 1846.
t John S., b. June 11, 1813 ; m., Dec. 21, 1842, Eliza- beth H. Flint.
Jane, b. July 8, 1815 ; m., March 25, 1832, Lyman Knowlton. He d. in Nelson.
Harriet, b. Jan. 30, 1818 ; m., Jan. 1, 1839, Horatio Nelson.
William S., b. Oct. 13, 1819 ; m. Louisa Whitcomb ; r .-. Adam P., b. June 10, 1823 ; d. Aug. 15, 1842, æ 19 yrs. t Charles S., b. Nov. 25, 1824 ; m. Lydia Ann Stevens. James S., b. March 9, 1829 ; m., Ist w., Mary Ann -, in New York City. She d. Aug. 8, 1852, æ. 20 yrs., II mos .; 2d w., Ada Lewis ; c. ; r. Peterborough. Samuel, b. April 29, 1832 ; d. 1832. Sarah E., ( m. Reuben Baldwin ; d. Mary Eliza, b. Feb. 22, 1835 ; 1 d. in 1836.
WILLIAM CONNER GRAY. He r. in various places in town, and devoted himself principally to farming. He m. Lucinda Parker, Jan 23, 1834. He d. May 25, 1865, æ. 61 yrs. She d. Nov. 17, 1870, æ. 62 yrs. ; b. Nov. 2, 1808.
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Helen y., b. June 18, 1836; m. William McCain; r. St. Paul, Minn.
Clara L., b. Nov. 25, 1842 ; m. Ervin H. Smith ; r. Springfield, Mass.
JOHN SCOTT GRAY. He was engaged in the mercan- tile business in the village, when he was attacked with a prevailing typhoid fever, and d. Oct. 13, 1843, æ. 30 yrs. He m. Elizabeth H. Flint, dau. of Jacob Flint, Dec. 21. 1842. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Gray, widow of John S. Gray,
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m., 2d hus., Samuel Nay, Esq., of Sharon, April 3, 1863 ; r. in town.
John Flint, b. -; d. Oct. 17, 1848, æ. 5 yrs.
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CHARLES SCOTT GRAY. He fell from his buildings while repairing the same, and fractured the fourth verte- bra of his spine, of which he d., after a painful sickness, Oct. 26, 1868, æ. 43 yrs., II mos. He m. Lydia Ann Stevens, dau. of Joshua Stevens, Nov. 4, 1847. He lived on the homestead.
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Charles S., b. Sept. 1, 1848 ; d. Aug. 29, 1849, æ. I yr.
Lizzie Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1850 ; d. Dec. 24, 1850, æ. 4 mos.
Fred A., b. June 13, 1852.
John S., b. Dec. 27, 1854.
Arthur H., b. Oct. 4, 1857.
Annie C., b. Aug. 17, 1859.
Franze S., b. Dec. 17, 1861 ; d. Sept. 12, 1870, æ. 8 yrs., 8 mos.
Addie L., b. Feb. 3, 1863.
Fames S., b. Sept. 16, 1864.
Charles S., b. Oct. 15, 1865.
Perley B., b. July 22, 1867 ; d. Feb. 6, 1871, æ. 3 yrs., 6 mos.
THE GREGG FAMILY.
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MAJOR SAMUEL GREGG was the son of John Gregg, and grandson of Capt. James Gregg, who was one of the first sixteen who settled in Londonderry, and who was b. in Ayrshire, Scotland, and emigrated with his parents to Ireland about the year 1690 .*. He was a linen draper, and acquired considerable property before he emigrated to America. He embarked for America in 1718, and spent the winter at Cape Elizabeth, Me., amid many trials and much suffering. He had four sons and one daughter ; of these John was the father of Major Samuel Gregg above. He moved on to a tract of land in the north part of Peterborough, situated on the Contoocook River, about three miles north of the village, as a squat- ter, and before any company or claim had been put on the land in that vicinity, and soon after the Indians had left for Canada .; After this, little hostility was expe- rienced from the Indians. The tribe that annoyed this vicinity was the Pennacooks, considered the most cruel and savage on the continent. We are unable to state the year Major Gregg came to Peterbor-
* History Londonderry, p. 274. t Letter Samuel Gregg, June 5, 1873.
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ough, only that it was some years previous to the incor- poration of the town in 1760. Major Gregg enlisted in the British army before he was twenty years old, as a ser- geant, was in the war between the French and Eng- lish in 1759, and also in the battle in the Plains of Abra- ham under the brave Gen. Wolfe. When the Revolution broke out, he was offered a commission in the King's service, but refused, and risked all in the cause of his country.
At the commencement of the Revolution he was ap- pointed a major in the Continental service, and was with the regiment formed in Peterborough and vicinity, which was summoned to Charlestown at the time of the battle of Bunker Hill. As soon as possible he enlisted two hundred men and started for Charlestown, seventy miles distant, and by marching day and night he arrived the day after the battle. After a few days they returned home. The Major shared all the hardships of the expe- dition with the soldiers, by footing it with them.
By his own and his wife's energy and industry, they accumulated considerable property, and erected a good and comfortable dwelling-house, out-houses, and barns. He was a mechanic, and manufactured foot-wheels for spinning flax, and big-wheels, so called, for spinning wool and tow, which he peddled through the country. In those days the women had to manufacture the cloth- ing for the family, or they had to go without it. Samuel Gregg, son of Hugh Gregg, and grandson of Major Gregg, to whom we are indebted for many of the facts in this account, says in a letter to us: "I have worn many a suit that was never out of the house until it went out on my back, and have worn many a tow shirt, all carded and spun at home. A girl was not considered marriageable until she understood the making of cloth. My grandfather was a great economist, but his table was always loaded with the substantials of life, and no person went away from his house hungry, if known to be so." His name does not appear on the town records till 1768 as selectman, while the names of John Gregg, Sen., and John Gregg, Jr., appear a number of times. He was also selectman in 1771, and perhaps for 1770 ; the record of that year is missing. He was one of the Committee of Safety in 1779. He m. Agnes Smiley, of London- derry ; b. 1743 ; d. at Peterborough, Feb. 2, 1803, æ. 60 yrs. He was b. 1738 ; d. Dec. 10, 1808, æ. 70 yrs.
2 John, b. Feb. 23, 1764. Went West.
3 Hugh, b. Nov. 22, 1765 ; m. Sarah Holmes ; d.
4 Sarah, b. Nov. 7, 1769 ; m. Gen. David Steele.
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Samuel, b. Oct. 25, 1772 ; r. Boston.
George, b. March 15, 1775 ; m. Sally Moore, dau. Wm. Moore.
Anne, b. Nov. 14, 1778 ; m. - Gregg, Londonderry. Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1782 ; m. Asa Gibbs ; d. Feb. 24, 1813, æ. 31 yrs.
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 21, 1785 ; m. Wm. Hutchins, Boston, Feb. 6, 1806.
JOHN GREGG (Lieut.), we suppose the son of John Gregg, brother of the above, and grandson of Capt. James Gregg, one of the first settlers of Londonderry. He came to town about 1759, and settled on the south part of Farm C, having sixty-three rods of the south part of the same deeded to him by John Gregg, of London- derry, Oct. 8, 1765, the father receiving a deed of the same lot C from John Hill, one of the proprietors, Dec. 6, 1743. He occupied the farm since owned and im- proved by his son, James Gregg. The place directly north, also a part of farm C, was begun and occupied by Major Samuel Gregg. There were other John Greggs in town, and he was designated, we know not why, as black John Gregg ; m., Ist w., unknown, by whom he had six ch., to 1768 ; 2d w., Elizabeth, widow of William Stuart, and dau. of Patrick White. She d. Nov. 2, 1803, æ. 59 yrs. He d. Feb. 24, 1798, æ. 70 yrs. ; Ist w., six ch. ; 2d w., five ch.
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Agnes, b. April 6, 1760. (12) Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1762. Fenne, b. May 3, 1764. (14) Benjamin, b. May 13, 1766. Ebenezer, b. April 24, 1768.
William, b. June 12, 1770.
Betsey, b. Sept. 1, 1774 ; unm. ; d. Feb. 9, 1846, æ. 72 yrs. Fane, b. Dec. 22, 1776 ; unm. ; d. July 2, 1805, æ. 28 yrs. Fohn, b. Aug. 10, 1779 ; unm. ; d. young.
Fanny, b. May 8, 1782 ; unm. ; d. Aug. 9, 1866, æ. 84 yrs., 3 mos.
t Fames, b. Aug. 19, 1785 ; m. Jane Miller.
JAMES GREGG settled on the homestead, and lived there till his death, He m. Jane Miller, dau. of Samuel Miller, May 15, 1817. She d. March 28, 1845, æ. 56 yrs. He d. Feb. 28, 1842, æ. 56 yrs.
t John R., b. April 27, 1818 ; m., May 20, 1847, Sarah E. Fletcher.
Sarah A., b. 1822 ; m. Ervin Nelson, of Sutton ; d. March 2, 1870, æ. 48 yrs. ; three ch.
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Fanny Fane, b. 1826 ; m. John Nelson, of Sutton ; d. April 13, 1871, æ. 45 yrs. ; two ch.
JOHN R. GREGG succeeded his father on the home farm, but afterwards, on account of poor health, was obliged to sell the same. He subsequently bought the Adam Penniman farm, where he d. April 16, 1873, æ. 55 yrs. He m. Sarah E. Fletcher, of Antrim, May 20, 1847.
Anna Fane, b. March 23, 1848 ; m. Wiley J. Macy, of Munfordville, Ky.
Sarah E., b. April 24, 1851 ; m. Frank Wright ; r. Har- risville.
Hattie L., b. Nov. 21, 1860.
HUGH GREGG. We do not know whether this is a dis- tinct family from the above or not. His wife's name is unknown, only the Christian name of Jean. He d. March 21, 1791, æ. 90 yrs.
Adams, b. Sept. 23, 1745. (29) William, b. July 1, 1748. Hugh, b. Sept. 5, 1754. (31) Jacob, b. March 19, 1757.
JOHN GREGG, JR. We are uncertain in regard to this family. His wife's name was Jane; and on the town records we have these births. His name appears as se- lectman in 1767, and that of John Gregg, Sen., in 1762 and '63. I think John Gregg, Jr., is son of John Gregg, Londonderry, and brother of Major Samuel Gregg. But who is this John Gregg, Sen. ?
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Robert, b. Dec. 8, 1758. Margaret, b. March 19, 1762. Fane, b. July 26, 1764.
JOHN GREGG, whose wife's name is Rachel, is found on the town records. We do not know of what race he is, nor anything of his descendants.
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Hugh, b. Dec. 12, 1787. (36) Rachel, b. Jan. 8, 1789.
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AARON GRIMES was b. at Windham, Dec. 12, 1769. He came to Peterborough about 1787. He then went to Jaffrey for three years to learn his trade, that of a carpenter. He bought the Milliken place, and lived there a few years, and at various other places in town, till he removed to Lowell in 1839, where he remained till his death. He was esteemed an excellent workman
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at his trade. He m. Polly Milliken, dau. of William Milliken, Nov. 1, 1804; b. at Peterborough, Oct. 18, 1784. He d. Sept. 8, 1853, æ. 83 yrs., 8 mos.
Mary A., b. Oct. 25, 1805 ; unm. ; r. Lowell.
t William M., b. Dec. 6, 1807 ; m. Betsey Fairbanks.
Katherine S., b. Nov. 10, 1809 ; m. Henry Wade ; ch., Sarah, b. March 27, 1845; m. E. J. Milton ; ch., George, b. May 14, 1869. Mrs. Wade d. in Lowell, Dec. 9, 1852, æ. 43 yrs.
Louisa E., b. March 16, 1812 ; m. William Wilson, Ben- nington. He d. at Lowell, November, 1839 ; 2d hus., Ebenezer Crane ; three ch.
John H., b. March 18, 1814; d. Burlington, Ia., May 11, 1854, æ. 40 yrs.
Aaron A., b. Aug. 20, 1815 ; unm. ; suppose d. at sea.
Frederick, b. July 2, 1817 ; m. Margaret Wade ; ch., William and Belle.
Sarah A., b. March 31, 1819 ; d. Aug. 25, 1844, at Low- ell, æ. 25 yrs., 4 mos.
Fane B., b. April 1, 1823 ; m. John L. Ordway, Dec. 21, 1846 ; ch., Jeannie Eliza, b. Oct. 15, 1847.
Caroline Y., b. March 17, 1829 ; unm. ; r. Newton, Mass.
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WILLIAM M. GRIMES. He has always lived in town. A carpenter by trade. He m. Betsey Fairbanks, dau. of Ebenezer Fairbanks, Dec. 6, 1837.
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Caroline E., b. July 3, 1840 ; m. Frederick Newman, Sept. 21, 1867 ; r. Fitchburg, Mass.
Kate M., b. April 19, 1843 ; m. George W. Wilson, Sept. 21, 1867 ; d. July 7, 1876, æ. 33 yrs.
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Ann, b. June 9, 1848. (15) Helen, b. June 2, 1850. Alfred, b. May 24, 1852.
Frank, b. Sept. 30, 1855 ; m., 1876, Hattie E. Lovejoy.
THE HADLEY FAMILY.
EBENEZER HADLEY, the son of Thomas and Ruth Lawrence Hadley, was b. May 5, 1757, and m., May II, 1779, Phebe Winship, b. July 23, 1755, both being natives and residents of Lexington, Mass. He, with his father, Thomas Hadley, and his brother Samuel, were all members of Capt. John Parker's company, and stood on the Lexington Common on the morning of April 19, 1775, when the British troops came up and commanded them to disperse and to lay down their arms. On their refusal to obey, no doubt also with a defiant look, and a bold and menacing aspect, the British fired on them,
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killing nine of these patriots ; Samuel Hadley, brother to Ebenezer, being among the slain. Their blood was first shed for the cause of freedom in America. Capt. Park- er's company was on active duty all the day, and had ample scope for vengeance, especially in watching and harassing the enemy on their retreat. Both father and son, no doubt, were among the number of this company in that day's work. That they were bold and defiant, the considerable loss sustained by the American force would seem to indicate -forty-nine having been killed, thirty-nine wounded, and five missing ; in all ninety- three ! Ebenezer Hadley's name is among the number of Capt. Parker's company called to Cambridge, May 6 to 10, 1775 ; also among those called to Cambridge, June 17 and 18, 1775, while the name of the father does not appear. Ebenezer Hadley was not in the battle of Bunker Hill. Capt. Parker's company was detained at Cambridge, and thereby deprived of the honor of par- ticipating in this ever-memorable battle, from the appre- hension that the British might cross the river and attack the camp, while so many were engaged in the battle at Charlestown. In the "History of Lexington," p. 387, we find the services of Ebenezer Hadley rated at £9 for five months' service at Ticonderoga in 1775, and also his name, p. 391, among those who enlisted for three years or during the war in 1780. Whether he rendered any other service we have no means of knowing. His widow received a pension of $10 per month from the time it was given to the Revolutionary soldiers to her death.
All the sons of Ebenezer Hadley were brickmakers by trade, and worked at it in Massachusetts till they came to Peterborough to buy farms. It may be that they came before their father. He moved to town in 1804. These brothers have made nearly all the brick manufactured in town for the last seventy years. Mr. Hadley d. from an accident. He fell from his horse, one foot remaining in the stirrup, by which he was dragged some distance on the ground, and was so injured that he d. the next day. He d. June 15, 1810, æ. 59 yrs. She d. Aug. 25, 1849, æ. 94 yrs. All the ch. of Ebenezer Hadley were b. in Lexington.
2 i Thomas, b. June 13, 1782 ; m., Ist w., Mary Symonds ; 2d w., Martha Barber.
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+ Isaac, b. Aug. 9, 1784 ; m., Feb. 9, 1813, Sarah Howe. + Ebenezer, b. May 1, 1787 ; m. Amy Howe.
5 ¡ Ethan, b. April 7, 1791 ; m., Ist w., Eliza Faxon; 2d
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MARTHA HADLEY.
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Martha, b. March 23, 1792 ; unm. ; d. Nov. 15, 1869, æ. 77 yrs. Fonas, b. May 3, 1795 ; d. July 17, 1814, æ. 19 yrs.
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THOMAS HADLEY occupied the farm west of and adjoin- ing the Hunt place. He m., Ist w., Mary Symonds, of Lexington, who was the mother of all his ch. She was b. March 4, 1788 ; d. at Peterborough, Nov. 2, 1828, æ. 40 yrs. He m., 2d, w. Martha Barber, dau. Silas Barber ; d. Feb. 6, 1860, æ. 71. He d. April 3, 1856, æ. 73 yrs.
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Mary Ann, b. Dec. 22, 1811 ; d. Dec. 30, 1811, æ. 8 dys. George W., b. Sept. 13, 1813 ; m., Ist w., Melinda Corey, April 1, 1849. She d. March 18, 1865, æ. 58 yrs. ; 2d w., Sept. 21, 1865, Mrs. Sally Taylor, of Frances- town ; b. in Temple, Aug. 31, 1809.
Jonas, b. April 4, 1816 ; d. Sept. 5; 1818, æ. 2 yrs., 6 mos.
Abigail S., b. Sept. 7, 1821 ; m. Moses A. Fairbanks, Dublin.
t Thomas, Fr., b. March 16, 1824; m., Ist w., Asenath Dyer ; 2d w., Maria A. Crosby.
ISAAC HADLEY. He lived on the old George Duncan place. He was captain of the artillery. He m., Feb. 9, 1813, Sarah Howe. She d. Sept. 27, 1855, æ. 68 yrs., 6 mos. He d. June 25, 1843, æ. 59 yrs.
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