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DAVID HOLMES resided in Amherst, where all his chil- dren were born. He was many years the cashier of the old Hillsboro Bank, at Amherst. After its failure, he engaged in the card-making business, at the same place, and continued in it until the newly invented labor-saving machines revolutionized the business. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church at Amherst, under the late Dr. Lord, but withdrew from the society in conse- quence of embracing the Unitarian views of Christianity. He published a pamphlet vindicating his course, which we have never been able to obtain. He m., Ist w., Elizabeth White, dau. John White, Jr., Oct. 12, 1800. She d. at Bath, Me., March 16, 1846, æ. 65 yrs., 7 mos. ; 2d w., Dec. 22, 1846, Sophia Sawyer. He d. at Bath, Me., Nov. 1, 1867, æ. 89 yrs.
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Stephen R., b. Feb. 22, 1801 ; d. Jan. 11, 1830, æ. 29 yrs. Graduated at Harvard University, 1822. Professor of Spanish at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, Md.
Asahel C., b. April 12, 1803 ; d. at New Orleans, of yel- low fever, September, 1842, æ. 39 yrs. David, Fr., b. Oct. 18, 1805 ; d. in Georgia.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1808 ; m. B. F. Aiken ; five ch .; one only living. She d. Oct. 12, 1856, æ. 48.
Mary S., b. June 3, 1811 ; d. at Bath, Me., Dec. 6, 1862, æ. 51 yrs.
Charles W., b. June 27, 1816; m. Sarah J. Harding ; three ch.
Charlotte W., b. Nov. 21, 1823 ; m. Jacob S. Sewall, of Bath, Me .; two ch.
ABRAHAM HOLMES, Jr. He always lived in town, and was usually engaged in the lumbering business. He began a set of mills, saw and grist-mill, in the north-east part of the town, known as "Holmes' Mills," and d. there. He m., Ist w., Mary Cavender, dau. of John Cavender, Greenfield, January, 1807 ; she d. ; m., 2d w., Mary Dickey, May, 1828. She d. Oct. 5, 1860, æ. 77 yrs. He d. Feb. 3, 1858, æ. 77 yrs., 7 mos. ; Ist w., four ch .; 2d w., three ch.
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Eleanor, b. Dec. 7, 1807 ; d. Nov. 28, 1826, æ. 19 yrs.
2I Gracy, b. June 2, 1809 ; m. Zalmon Smith ; r. Milford.
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Fames, b. Aug. 27, 1811 ; m. Mary Ann Grimes, of Greenfield.
Mary, b. Aug. 2, 1818 ; m. Hubbard Newton ; d.
t Fohn Dickey, b. April 13, 1829 ; m. Sarah T. Morrison ; r. Alstead.
Elizabeth R., b. Sept. 27, 1830 ; m. George F. Living- ston, May 20, 1858.
Sarah Jane, b. Dec. 23, 1831 ; d. Aug. 27, 1856, æ. 24 yrs., 8 mos.
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JOHN DICKEY HOLMES. For some years he carried on the mills erected by his father, but sold out and removed to the village, and subsequently to Alstead, where he now resides, and is engaged in the lumber and grain business, under the firm of Holmes & Buxton. He m. Sarah T. Morrison, dau. of Josiah S. Morrison, July 4, 1854.
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James M., b. Sept. 26, 1855 ; d. Nov. 10, 1856, æ I yr., I mo.
Frederick A., b. April 6, 1857.
Ella y., b. Sept. 6, 1858.
George E., b. July 16, 1864.
William M., b. Aug. 27, 1868 ; d. March 18, 1874, æ. 5 yrs., 6 mos.
THE HOLT FAMILY.
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TIMOTHY HOLT, son of Joshua and Phebe Holt, was born in Andover, Mass., April 1, 1767. He m. Lydia Holt, of Andover, Nov. 7, 1793, and removed to Peter- borough the 15th of the same month. She d. at Peter- borough, Nov. 22, 1825, æ. 58 yrs. He m., 2d w., March II, 1830, Charity Savage. She d. Feb. 28, 1846, æ. 67 yrs., 9 mos. He was a deacon 'in the Congregational Church, in Greenfield, where he always worshipped. He lived on the East Mountain, on one of the farms situated on the Greenfield line, and d. there, Oct. 20, 1856, æ. 89 yrs., 6 mos.
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Lydia, b. April 19, 1795 ; unm. ; lived in town ; d. Nov. 5, 1867, æ. 72 yrs.
Chloe, b. March 30, 1797 ; m. Ziba Baldwin, of Green- field, in 1834 ; d., Peterborough, 1876, æ. 79 yrs.
Talitha, b. Sept. 16, 1799 ; unm. ; d. Jan. 22, 1855, æ. 55 yrs., 4 mos.
Timothy, b. May 16, 1802 ; m. Mary Jackman, 1825 ; d. Fisherville.
t Joseph, b. April 4, 1804; m. Mary I. Miller, dau. Adams Miller.
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Joshua, b. March 17, 1807 ; d. July 9, 1811, æ. 4 yrs., 3 mos. Ruth, b. Feb. 8, 1810 ; d. July 18, 1811, æ. I yr., 5 mos. Ruth, b. May 11, 1812 ; m. Timothy L. Hovey.
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JOSEPH HOLT. He remained on the homestead. He m. Mary I. Miller, dau. Adams Miller, Jan. 17, 1832. He d. Dec. 13, 1861, æ. 58 yrs. She d. July 16, 1870, æ. 64 yrs.
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Lydia Ann, b. April 18, 1833 ; m. Edwin J. Smith, July 5, 1854. He died Dec. 28, 1872, æ. 41 yrs. ; r. Nashua. George A., b. Jan. 26, 1835 ; m., Oct. 5, 1856, Celestia M. Benham ; r. Morrisburg, Canada West.
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Fames A., b. May 28, 1837 ; d. Aug. 3, 1860, æ. 23 yrs., 2 mos.
Mary E., b. Aug 8, 1839; m. Orlando H. Dodge; r. Lowell.
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Hannah M., b. Sept 28, 1844; m. John S. Rines; r. Lowell.
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RICHARD HOVEY and his brother David bought their farms together in 1782, situated in the north-east part of the town, and then divided them, Richard taking the east part, now occupied by his descendants, and David the west part. David sold his farm and moved to Acworth in 1802, where he d. Sept. 3, 1838, æ. 80 yrs.
Richard Hovey was b. in Boxford, Mass., Feb 4, 1761. He was out in the Revolutionary War three months, he being very young, and happened to be at West Point at the time the traitor Arnold attempted to deliver up the American forces there to the British. He m., Ist w., Rebecca Roberts, in 1789; 2d w., May 29, 1811, widow A. Hall, of Francestown, maiden name, Asenath Bax- ter, b. in Methuen, Nov. 10, 1769, by whom he had one child, Timothy L. The rest of the children were by the first wife. He d. May 10, 1842, æ 81 yrs. Ist w. d. May 25, 1807, æ. 37 yrs., 6 mos. ; 2d w. d. Nov. 26, 1853, æ. 85 yrs.
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Sarah, b. Dec. 10, 1790 ; m. Thomas Carter in 1810 ; r. Windham. Eight ch.
Stephen, b. June 19, 1794; m. Martha Ferson, of Francestown ; d. in Lancaster, March 15, 1849, æ. 54 yrs., 8 mos. Seven ch.
4 Joseph, b. Oct. 19, 1800 ; m., 1827, Dolly Shattuck ; r. Pepperell, Mass. Four ch.
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5 Jonathan, b. July 10, 1803 ; m., 1828, Betsey Persons, of Acworth ; d. in Lancaster, June 5, 1851, æ. 47 yrs., 10 mos. Robert, b. May 17, 1807 ; m., 1834, Elizabeth Smiley, dau. Francis Smiley ; r. Swanzey ; twelve ch.
Rebecca, b. May 17, 1807 ; m. Isaac Clark ; r. Barn- stead ; d. Sept. 17, 1845, æ. 38 yrs., 4 mos. ; three ch.
The sons of Robert Hovey enlisted in the late war of the Rebellion, and contracted diseases in the same, which brought on consumption, of which they all d. soon after their return home.
t Timothy L., b. Aug. 9, 1813 ; m. Ruth Holt, Nov. 17, 1836. She d. 1874.
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TIMOTHY L. HOVEY succeeded his father on the home- stead, where he now lives. He m., Nov. 17, 1836, Ruth Holt, dau. of Dea. Timothy Holt ; she d. July 29, 1874, æ. 62 yrs. ; m., 2d w., Mrs. Hutchinson. .
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Lydia Jane, b. June 2, 1838 ; d. Sept. 18, 1854, æ. 16 yrs., 3 mos.
Asenath B., b. Oct. 20, 1840; m. George W. Marden, Sept. 3, 1862 ; ch., (1) Cora A., b. Aug. 9, 1863 ; (2) Jennie S., b. Sept. 21, 1865 ; (3) Walter H., b. May 30, 1867.
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John A., b. March 19, 1845 ; m., Oct. 24, 1869, Julia Senter, of Lyndeboro ; r. on the home farm.
Almon T., b. Sept. 17, 1846 ; m., June 5, 1870, Mary A. Senter, of Lyndeboro.
Josephine, b. Sept. 22, 1849 ; m., Nov. 1, 1871, Albert O. Smith ; a trader in town.
DAVID HOVEY, Jr. He was b. Feb. 28, 1785, and suc- ceeded his father on the farm when he removed to Acworth. He m. Betsey Gregg, of Jaffrey, b. July 9, 1791. He remained in town eighteen years, till 1832, after his father's removal, and then he bought a farm, and removed to Francestown. His children were all b. in Peterborough. He d. at North Lyndeboro, May 5, 1868, æ. 83 yrs. His wife d. June, 1869, æ. 78 yrs.
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Sarah, b. April 12, 1814 ; m. Sylvester Proctor, North Lyndeboro ; four ch. Eliza A., b. Aug. 24, 1818; m. Franklin Senter, North Lyndeboro ; one ch. Phebe F., b. March 19, 1825 ; m. Josiah Swinerton ; r. Lyndeboro ; five ch.
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SAMUEL HOWE came from Amherst to Peterborough about 1790. He lived on the place subsequently owned and occupied by his son James, who built a large house a short distance south of the old one occupied by his father. He m., June 8, 1780, Agnes Templeton, dau. of James and Janet Templeton, b. Sept. 24, 1758. He d. April 28, 1818, æ. 67 yrs. She d. Jan. 1, 1823, æ. 64 yrs., 3 mos. The first four children were born in Amherst.
Fane T., b. July 19, 1782 ; m. J. McIntire ; d. March 21, 1854, æ. 72 yrs.
t James, b. Oct. 24, 1784 ; m., Ist w., Martha Craige ; 2d w., Eliza Gould ; 3d w., Nancy Witt.
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Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1787 ; m. Isaac Hadley.
Annie, b. April 23, 1789 ; m. Matthew Gray, Sept. 15, 1816 ; d. July 1, 1834, æ. 45 yrs.
tSamuel, b. June 6, 1791 ; m. Rachel Twiss, May 1, 1823 ; d. Sept. 18, 1872, æ. 81 yrs.
William, b. Dec. 30, 1793 ; d. Jan. 22, 1794, æ. 24 dys. t Charles, b. April 2, 1795 ; m. Betsey Powers.
Amy, b. Aug. 26, 1797 ; m. Ebenezer Hadley ; d. Jan. II, 1874, æ. 76 yrs.
Nancy, b. June 17, 1800 ; m. William Puffer.
Asahel, b. July 19, 1802 ; m. Fanny Spofford ; re. Nau- voo, and d. Aug. 13, 1844, æ. 42 yrs.
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William, b. Feb. 26, 1805 ; m. Caroline Stone ; d. April 17, 1873, æ. 68 yrs.
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JAMES HOWE. He erected, in addition to his other buildings, a saw-mill, on a little brook running through his farm, in which he did a good deal of business for some years. Two or three years before his death he removed to Jaffrey, where he d. March 25, 1863, æ. 79 yrs. He m., Ist w., Martha Craige, Oct. 22, 1815 ; she d. Dec. 9, 1830, æ. 38 yrs ; m., 2 w., Eliza Gould, 1832 ; she d. Aug. 16, 1847, æ. 42 yrs. ; m., 3d w., Nancy Witt, of Jaffrey, March 6, 1849 ; Ist w., seven ch. ; 2d w., six ch .; 3d w., two ch.
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Eleanor, b. June 26, 1816 ; m. Nathan Leathers ; d. Dec. 9, 1861, æ. 45 yrs.
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Jonathan, b. Oct. 3, 1817 ; d. Dec. 17, 1852, æ. 33 yrs. Fames, b. July 23, 1819 ; m. Mary Ann Whiting, Jan. 21, 1846 ; d. Oct. 16, 1850, æ. 30 yrs.
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Montgomery, b. Sept. 8, 1823 ; m. Lizzie Shenck ; r. Cal- ifornia.
Martha, b. Nov. 28, 1825; m. Joseph Boardman ; r. California.
Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 25, 1828 ; m. Albion P. Dresser ; 2d hus., John Sanderson, Springfield, Mass.
t Elbridge, b. Sept. 6, 1833 ; m. Henrietta Felch, Oct. 3, 1859.
Elizabeth Minerva, b. Dec. 23, 1834 ; m. Jackson Clem- ent ; one ch., Freddie A.
Alfred, b. April 13, 1837 ; m. Georgianna Thomas ; two ch. ; r. Dracut, Mass.
¡ Allison G., b. April 16, 1839 ; m. Sarah Haskell.
Francis, b. Aug. 14, 1841 ; d. March 24, 1843, æ. I yr., 7 mos.
Francis, b. Sept. 26, 1843. Suppose killed at Fair Oaks, in 1863, æ. 20 yrs. Louis, b. June 7, 1850.
Elton, b. April 19, 1854 ; d. 1875.
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SAMUEL HOWE. He m. Rachel Twiss, May 1, 1823. She d. Jan. 22, 1852, æ. 65 yrs. He d. Sept. 18, 1872, æ. 81 yrs.
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Samuel R., b. July 31, 1824.
George, b. Feb. 5, 1828 ; m., Oct. 9, 1851, Sarah J. Wil- kins ; she d. May 4, 1860; I ch., Katie Jane, b. Dec. 8, 1856 ; m., 2d w., Sept. 10, 1863, Abbie Brown, of Lynn ; r. Lynn, Mass.
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CHARLES HOWE. He re. to Lowell after all his children were born. He m. Betsey M. Powers, dau. Whitcomb and Miriam Bond Powers, Dec. 11, 1823. He d. at Lowell, April 1, 1866, æ. 71 yrs.
Mary A., b. Oct. 10, 1824 ; m. George W. Haines, Low- ell, March 7, 1846.
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Charles G., b. April 10, 1826 ; d. Sept. 11, 1828, æ. 2 yrs., 5 mos. Lydia E., b. May 27, 1828 ; m. Josephus Emery, Nashua, Jan. 13, 1862.
Charlotte A., b. July 4, 1830 ; m., April 14, 1849, Ira Bickford, Lowell.
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Amanda J., b. March 20, 1832 ; m., March 10, 1855, Samuel Easter, Lowell. She d. in Lowell, Aug. 12, 1867, æ. 35 yrs., 4 mos.
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Charles H., b. March 21, 1834.
Edwin G., b. May 12, 1836; m., May 18, 1857, Jane Howe, Lowell.
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ELBRIDGE HOWE. A mechanic, and is engaged ex- tensively in the truss-making business in the village. He m. Henrietta Felch, Oct. 3, 1859.
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Albion P., b. March 5, 1860.
F. Everett, b. Sept. 7, 1869.
Dana Burdett, b. October, 1873.
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ALLISON G. HOWE. Early in the late Rebellion he enlisted, and remained in service till he lost his health, and came home with little hope of ever overcoming a very unpromising pulmonary disease. But by the aid of a good constitution he partially recovered, so as to learn the principles of dentistry, and prepare himself in the art, to practice the same for a livelihood. He continued the same for some years, and very acceptably to the peo- ple, and established a good character for integrity and manliness. Being attacked with a severe pneumonia, he was soon overcome with the disease from the weakened condition of his lungs. He died much regretted and lamented. He m. Sarah Haskell, of Troy, b. June 12, 1839. He d. March 3, 1872, æ. 32 yrs.
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WILLIAM HOWDEN was born in England, and came to this country as a British soldier at the commencement of the Revolutionary War. He soon deserted the British army, and was among the patriots at the battle of Bun- ker Hill. He m. Sarah Barnard, of Lyman, Mass., and settled at Salem as a tailor, where all his children but one were born. He moved to Peterborough in 1790, and lived on the south part of William Smith's farm many years, and followed his trade. Left Peterborough, in 1816, for Bristol, Vt., where he d. in 1829. His w. d. at Hinesburg, Vt.
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3 John, b. June 6, 1781 ; r. Bristol, Vt. ; d. about 1858.
4 Sally, b. Oct. 19, 1783.
5 Polly, b. May 12, 1785 ; m. James Nay ; re. to Vermont.
6 Thomas, b. Feb. 14, 1787.
7 Betsey, b. March 28, 1789 ; m. Girdon Mansell, Char- don, O .; d.
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THE HUNT FAMILY.
EBER HUNT was a descendant, in the fifth generation, from Enoch Hunt, an Englishman, who was one of the first settlers of Weymouth, Mass. He was the son of Ebenezer Hunt. He came to Peterborough in 1784 or '5, from Weymouth, with five ch., and at first rented the Dunbar place. He d. at an early age, Jan. 26, 1787, æ. 49 yrs., leaving his wife and family poor. Timothy, the eldest, took the principal care of the family for a year or two, when his brother Eli came to his relief. They bought the Warren farm together, now owned and occu- pied by the descendants of Timothy, and afterwards added to it the Swan farm adjoining. The brothers divided their land, and Eli took the Swan portion, while Timothy the part now occupied by his family. He m. Abigail Nash, of Weymouth, who d. Jan. 25, 1825, at Peterborough, æ. 84 yrs.
Salome, b. Sept. 12, 1762 ; m. Vincent Tirrell, Wey- mouth, Mass.
+ Eli, b. Feb. 24, 1765 ; m. Lydia Rideout.
+ Timothy, b. May 3, 1767 ; m. Nancy Wade. .
Abigail, b. April 17, 1772 ; m. William Davison ; d. Feb. 29, 1796, æ. 24 yrs.
Eber, b. June 28, 1776 ; unm. ; d. May 8, 1804, æ. 27 yrs., 10 mos.
Lucy, b. June 5, 1780 ; unm. ; d. Aug. 30, 1804 ; æ. 24 yrs.
Lydia, b. Aug. 31, 1785 ; unm. ; d. Feb. 7, 1810, æ. 24 yrs., 5 mos.
ELI HUNT. During the last years of his life lived opposite the house of James Wilson, Esq., and traded, the place now remaining in the hands of one of his descendants, Mrs. John Little. He m. Lydia Rideout, of Hollis, Dec. 1, 1805, who d. Dec. 7, 1852, æ. 65 yrs. He d. May 27, 1833, æ. 68 yrs.
+ Eli S.,b. May 25, 1807 ; m. Mary Goddard, of Swan- zey, Feb. II, 1835.
Mary R., b. Aug. 12, 1809 ; m. John Little.
Fane, b. June 21, 1811 ; d. young.
Fane B., b. Oct. 7, 1813; m: Kimball W. Brown, Nashua ; d. March 16, 1851, æ. 37 yrs., 5 mos.
Lydia Lucretia, b. March 21, 1816 ; m. Joseph Brackett, Oct 1, 1846.
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Elizabeth, b. April 18, 1818 ; m. Francis W. G. Powers. She d. May 23, 1870, æ. 52 yrs., 5 mos. ; c.
Charles, b. March 19, 1820 ; d. Sept. 19, 1836, æ. 16 yrs., 6 mos.
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Lucy Caroline, b. Nov. 20, 1824; m. John S. Bellis, Waltham, Nov. 16, 1848 ; ch., (1) George P. ; m. Jane D. Farnsworth, Groton ; ch., George A. ; (2) Albert H .; (3) William S.
James Albert, b. July 24, 1827 ; m. Ann Vinal, Waltham ; d. March 10, 1872, æ. 45 yrs., 7 mos. ; ch., (1) Clara Ann ; (2) Lydia M .; (3) James H .; (4) John E.
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TIMOTHY HUNT (Dea.) came to town with his father's family when he was about seventeen or eighteen years old - 1784 or '5. By the early death of his father the principal support of the family devolved on him and his elder brother at an early age. He was successful in life, and reared up a large, respectable family, and d. honored and respected in an extreme old age. He first erected a saw and grist mill near his residence, and carried it on many years. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church in town. He m. Nancy Wade, who d. Aug. 30, 1861, æ. 93 yrs. He d. March 11, 1857, æ. 90 yrs.
Nancy, b. Sept. 21, 1794; m. John Dennis, March II, 1817 ; r. Hancock. He d. at Quincy, Ill., January, 1874.
Abigail, b. April 11, 1798 ; m. Richard T. Bass., Jr., March 7, 1826 ; d. Oct. 12, 1839, æ. 40 yrs., 6 mos. tNorton, b. March 27, 1800 ; m., Ist w., Mary Cum- mings ; 2d w., Mrs. Rebecca Tufts.
Juliana, b. March 14, 1802 ; m. Dea. John Vose, May 4, 1829 ; r. Antrim ; d. Dec. 23, 1831, æ. 29 yrs., 9 mos. Lucy, b. July 30, 1804 ; d. March 17, 1829, æ. 24 yrs., 7 mos.
Bethiah, b. June 3, 1807 ; m. Dea. Nathaniel H. Moore, Dec. 1, 1831.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 1809 ; d. June 17, 1829, æ. 19 yrs. Louisa, b. Oct. 11, 1812 ; m. S. F. Safford, Hamilton, Ill. He d. 1859 ; ch., (1) Sarah L .; d. 1839 ; (2) Abby L .; (3) George B .; (4) Charles C .; (5) Stephen Henry ; (6) Mary A. ; (7) John T.
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ELI S. HUNT. He was many years engaged in manu- facturing cotton goods at the North Cotton Factory, until the works were suspended. The last part of his life was devoted to farming. He was selectman four
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years, 1861, '2, '3, '4. He m., Feb. 11, 1835, Mary God- dard, of Swanzey. He d. Jan. 29, 1870, æ. 63 yrs., 8 mos.
Ellen A., b. May 2, 1836 ; m. J. Hamilton Spofford, Nov. 25, 1858 ; d. Oct. 27, 1875, æ. 39 yrs., 6 mos. ; ch., Louis H. ; r. Dublin.
Charles A., b. Aug. 30, 1838 ; m. Hattie Bryant, June, 1867 ; one ch., Charles C .; she d. September, 1869.
George E., b. July 27, 1843 ; m. Frances M. Richardson, Greenfield, Nov. 24, 1868.
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NORTON HUNT (Col.) succeeded his father on the homestead. He was Colonel of the 22d Regiment of the N. H. Militia. He represented the town in the State Legislature in 1847. He m., Ist w., Mary Cum- mings, of Hancock, who was the mother of all the chil- dren ; she d. Jan. 18, 1860, æ. 53 yrs. He m., 2d w., Mrs. Rebecca B. Tufts, March 14, 1861.
i George A., b. Feb. 14, 1828 ; m. Elizabeth Curtis. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 5, 1832 ; unm.
Nancy A., b. July 26, 1839 ; d. May 20, 1869, æ. 29 yrs., 9 mos.
t Timothy Norton, b. Aug. 30, 1841 ; m. Elsie Wilder.
GEORGE A. HUNT. He graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege, 1852. Studied law, and settled at Quincy, Ill., where he practised his profession a few years until the failure of his health. He stood high in the profession, and gave promise of a high degree of eminence, but was cut off by consumption at an early age. He d. March 24, 1867, æ. 39 yrs. He m. Elizabeth Curtis, of Han- over, Sept. 6, 1853, and left no children living. In an obituary notice of Mr. Hunt, in the Peterborough Tran- . script of April 13, 1867, it says : "Mr. Hunt was a good scholar, a man of a highly cultivated intellect, and had the reputation of great culture. He was always a grow- ing man, and, had his life been spared, would no doubt have acquired a wide-spread reputation in his adopted State. He was an honor to his native town, and his memory should be cherished among those sons who have well sustained the honor and character of the old home." The Adams County bar, Quincy, Ill., March 26, 1867, passed the following resolution, viz. : " Resolved, That in the character of George A. Hunt we recognize all the elements of material greatness, talent, industry, and energy ; and in his death the bar has lost an able repre- sentative, the profession a genial companion, and the world a fearless and honest man."
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TIMOTHY N. HUNT. He is the third generation on the old homestead, devoting himself to farming. He m. Elsie E. Wilder, Dec. 13, 1870.
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Emma W., b. Sept. 30, 1871. George A., b. Sept. 16, 1873 ; d. 1876. John Norton, b. Sept. 27, 1875.
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NATHANIEL INGALLS was a native of Andover, Mass., and was born in 1752. He emigrated to Rindge with his father's family, in 1764, when twelve years of age. He removed to Peterborough with his family in 1803. He was first a miller at the Morison mill, at the South Factory Village, and subsequently, for two years or more, at the mill under the first Peterborough cotton factory. He. m., June 5, 1787, Sarah Hale, b. in Rindge, Feb. 7, 1765 ; she d. Sept. 18, 1844, æ. 79 yrs., 7 mos. He d. March 9, 1814, æ. 62 yrs.
Tabitha, b. in Rindge, Feb. 27, 1789 ; m. Amos Woolson, Jan. 8, 1809 ; d. Jan. 14, 1812, æ. 23 yrs.
Sally, b. May 31, 1791; m. Robert White, April 30, 1837 ; d. March 25, 1845, æ. 54 yrs.
Betsey, b. Oct. 2, 1793 ; unm. ; d. Feb. 15, 1845, æ. 51 yrs. t Cyrus, b. Feb. 7, 1797 ; m. Mary Louisa Dakin.
Sabra, b. October, 1799 ; unm .; d. Feb. 6, 1860, æ. 60 yrs. Almira, b. Aug. 14, 1803 ; m. Charles Carter, May 8, 1827 ; r. Leominster.
1 George H., b. March 21, 1805 ; m. Betsey Loring, 1831. Hannah M., b. 1810 ; d. Jan. 21, 1812, æ. 2 yrs.
CYRUS INGALLS. He has resided in various places, mostly in Peterborough and Leominster, Mass. He left Peterborough in 1833. He followed the mercantile bus- iness when in town. Was town clerk, 1829, '30; '31, '32. He m. Mary Louisa Dakin, Sept. 13, 1830; she d. at Leominster ; r. Leominster, Mass.
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Frederick Cyrus, b. Sept. 12, 1832; r. Chicago; is a lawyer.
Helen S., b. July 20, 1835 ; d. February, 1856, æ. 21 yrs. Charles E., b. March 29, 1839.
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GEORGE HANDEL INGALLS (Dr.). He was first en- gaged in mercantile business in Lowell, but afterwards studied medicine, and took his medical degree in the Berkshire Institution, Pittsfield, Mass., in 1837. He
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REBECCA JEWETT.
located himself at Proctorsville, Vt., as a physician, in 1838, and remained in a very successful practice until 1848, when his health failed, and he returned to Peter- borough, and d. of consumption, May 26, 1849, æ. 44 yrs. He was a worthy man, and highly esteemed as a useful and skilful physician. He m. Betsey Loring, of Sterling, May 28, 1831 ; she d. at Proctorsville, Vt., June 30, 1842.
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Sarah Eliza, b. Lowell, Feb. 13, 1834 ; d. Peterborough, Nov. 28, 1852, æ. 18 yrs.
Mary B., b. Sterling, Oct. 1, 1835 ; d. Feb. 1, 1852, æ. 17 yrs.
George F., b. Proctorsville, Aug. 3, 1838 ; m. Ellen A. Merril ; r. Danbury, Conn.
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Betsey L., b. Proctorsville, April 6, 1842 ; r. Leominster.
THE JEWETT FAMILY.
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JOHN JEWETT was the son of Joseph and Rebecca Abbot Jewett, of Westford, Mass. He moved to Peter- borough in 1797. His father came in 1808, and d. here, Aug. 25, 1814, æ. 74 yrs. He m. Elizabeth Cummings, of Westford ; she d. May 10, 1798, æ. 29 yrs. He m., 2d w., Margaret Moore, dau. Dea. Samuel Moore ; she d. Jan. 6, 1850, æ. 83 yrs. He was b. in Littleton, Mass., May 30, 1766, and d. at Peterborough, Feb. 6, 1851, æ. 84 yrs., 8 mos. He first settled on Windy Row, near the factories, where he remained till 1817, when he re. to Sharon, where he remained some years, but ulti- mately returned to Peterborough ; Ist w., four ch. ; 2d w., four ch.
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John, b. Dec. 1, 1786. He was ten yrs. old when his father moved to Peterborough. When he came of age he went to New York City, where, by industry and perseverance, he was eminently successful in busi- ness, and acquired a fortune. He was highly respected as an honorable, honest, and upright man. He had two wives; the last one survived him. His ch. are established in New York in the same business pur- sued by himself. He retired from business some years before his death, and d. at his country-seat, Orange, N. J., Dec. 23, 1867, æ. 81 yrs.
Jonathan, b. Aug. 11, 1788 ; d. in Mobile, Ala., 1839, æ. 51 yrs.
3 4 + Ahimaz, b. Jan. 19, 1794; m. Eliza Scott.
5 Rebecca, b. Dec. 30, 1795 ; unm. ; d. in Peterborough, Aug. 18, 1848, æ. 53 yrs.
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SAMUEL JEWETT.
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Samuel, b. Feb. 22, 1802 ; m. Elizabeth Taggart, Sharon. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 22, 1803 ; m. Ira Felt, April 28, 1825. Mary, b. June 22, 1805 ; m., Sept. 8, 1825, Moses Gow- ing.
Margaret, b. Feb. 22, 1808 ; m. John Hoyt; r. Man- chester.
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Joseph, b. Aug. 11, 1809 ; m. ; d. Albion, N. Y., March, 1867, æ. 57 yrs.
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AHIMAZ JEWETT. He m. Eliza Scott, dau. John Scott, Esq., Feb. 17, 1821 ; she d. Oct. 12, 1842, æ. 43 yrs., 4 mos. He d. Nov. 2, 1860, æ. 66 yrs., 9 mos.
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