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I must not omit one other severe trial of Gen. Miller during this year, at the sortie of Fort Erie, Sept. 17, 1814, which, after one of the sharpest and most bloody of the battles of the war, was entirely successful. In this engagement he had the command of one of the
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divisions, consisting of the ninth, eleventh, and nine- teenth regiments, and acquitted himself with his usual bravery and discretion, well sustaining the enviable reputation he had acquired a short time previous at the battle of Niagara. This was a fierce and desperate encounter, in which the officers were killed in a large proportion to the soldiery ; for he says in a letter : "Our loss was betwixt four and five hundred - killed, wounded, and prisoners. We took three hundred and eighty-five prisoners, besides what we killed and wounded. Since I came into Canada this time every major save one, every lieutenant-colonel, every colonel that was here when I came and has remained here, has been killed or wounded, and I am now the only general officer out of seven that has escaped."
Gen. Miller continued in active service to the close of the war, and as an acknowledgment for his personal bravery and untiring devotion to his country, the State of New York presented him a beautiful sword, with the following inscription : "Presented by His Excellency Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor of the State of New York, pursuant to resolutions of the Senate and Assem- bly of the said State, to Brigadier-General James Miller, as a testimony of gratitude for his services and admira- tion of his gallant conduct." And Congress awarded him a gold medal, bearing the following inscription, together with a representation of the scene of the charge on the battery at the battle of Niagara : "Battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814; Niagara, July 25, 1814; Erie, Sept. 17, 1814." He was promoted as follows : In Au- gust, 1812, he was brevetted a colonel for distinguished services, probably the battle of Brownstown or Maguaga, and in March, 1814, he was appointed Colonel of the 2 Ist Reg. of Infantry, and subsequently brevetted Brig- adier-general, for his courage and gallantry at Lundy's Lane, battle of Niagara.
In 1819, receiving the appointment of Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, he resigned his commission in the army. It was an act he always afterwards regretted. The military had engaged so long a period of his life, and had so absorbed the whole man, that he could not easily transfer his powers to any other kind of business with any satisfaction to himself. The climate of Arkan- sas disagreeing with his health, he returned to New Hampshire an invalid in 1823, and in 1824 he was elected a Representative to Congress in the district in which he resided ; but having, in the meantime, received the appointment of Collector of Customs for the district of Salem and Beverly, he concluded to accept it, and
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consequently never took his seat in Congress. He retained the office of Collector of Salem twenty-four years, and until his health had become enfeebled by paralysis, when he resigned and was succeeded by his youngest son, who also held the office eight years. He. then removed to his farm in Temple, where his daugh- ters now reside. He had a second stroke of paralysis on the morning of the 4th of July, 1851, and died on the 7th at the age of seventy-five years .* His remains now repose beside those of his wife and two daughters, in the beautiful cemetery of Harmony Grove, in Salem, Mass.t
No one ever questioned the courage and military character of Gen. Miller. Hawthorne speaks of him as "New England's most distinguished soldier." # He was always competent to every undertaking that fell to his lot. He cheerfully submitted to all the exactions and severe discipline of military life, and required the same of others under his command. He strove faith- fully and conscientiously, in every respect, to do his whole duty. It was with great regret and sorrow he saw how miserably the military affairs, both by the gov- ernment and by incompetent generals, were conducted during the first part of the war.
He possessed, in an eminent degree, all the elements of a soldier,-true honor, capacity, courage, decision, patience, and hardihood, and no doubt merited a higher rank in the war of 1812 than he held ; but he gained honor enough, for few came out of that war with such a har- vest of fame as he did. He bore his honors with a modesty and discretion that won for him a general esteem. He was universally respected and honored through the country. He did nothing to mar his good name, but rather to increase it, so that no one could say that it was mere chance or good-luck that had made him so famous. It was the intrinsic virtues of the man, his resolute determination to do his duty under all circum- stances, be that duty what it might.
He was a man of the kindliest affections. His auto- graph letters to his wife during his military service on the Canada frontiers are models of good sense, sincer- ity, and affection, rarely met with under such circum- stances. In reading these letters we are often surprised at the sagacity evinced in his views so freely expressed here. Notwithstanding all these discouragements, he never failed in his own duty ; he was always ready to
* Pictorial Field Book of War of 1812, p. 820.
t History of Temple, p. 237.
# Scarlet Letter, p. 12.
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carry out any order, even such as that of storming the battery at Lundy's Lane.
Gen. Miller was always respected for his virtues and sterling integrity in all the relations of life.
In his personal appearance he was highly blessed by nature. He was of a large frame, erect and graceful in his movements, and a noble specimen of manly dignity and strength, with a pleasant and agreeable countenance, and a gentle and smooth speech that always impressed strangers favorably.
His talents were of that useful kind that were aided and wonderfully elicited by good common-sense and a sound judgment. He was always a cultivated and re- fined man, making himself equally the companion and friend of the first men of the nation.
Gen. Lewis Cass, in a letter to the daughters of Gen. Miller, says (Washington City, July 8, 1858), "I knew your lamented father well. A more gallant soldier or a purer patriot it has never been my fortune to meet. He devoted the best years of his life to the service of his country, and his exertions and exposures shattered his constitution, and ultimately carried him to the grave."
He attended the centennial celebration of Peter- borough, Oct. 24, 1839, and was called out by the fol- lowing toast : "Gen. James Miller. A brave man never to be forgotten by his country or native town."
He made a brief speech, expressing his satisfaction in being present on this occasion, and meeting so many of his old friends, and thanking them for so flattering a notice, and closed with the following beautiful and exquisite sentiment : "May we encourage literature, revere religion, and love one another."
He m., Ist w., Martha Ferguson, dau. of Henry Fer- guson. She d. at Greenfield, May. 12, 1805, æ. 23 yrs. Hem., 2d w., Ruth Flint, of Lincoln, Mass. She d. May 20, 1830; Ist w., two ch .; 2d w., five ch.
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Mary, b. March 13, 1803, at Greenfield ; m. Capt. Jona- than M. Ropes ; r. Elizabeth Port, N. J.
James F., (Commodore) b. April 28, 1805 ; m. Emily Fox, New Ipswich ; m., 2d w., Caroline Fox, of New Ipswich. He d. July 1I, 1868, æ. 63 yrs.
Ephraim, b. October, 1808; m. Catharine Seymour. Eight years collector of customs, Salem, Mass .; r. Salem.
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Ruth, b. January, 1815 ; d. Sept. 24, 1822, æ. 6 yrs., 8 mos. Augusta, b. April 17, 1818.
ANDREW MILLER. He remained on the old home- stead. He m. Jane Ames, b. July 6, 1778, of Hancock ; she d. Sept. 10, 1865, æ. 87 yrs. He d. April 27, 1848, æ. 75 yrs.
t William, b. Sept. 13, 1799 ; m. Mary Gray, Aug. 24, 1824. Mark, b. Nov. 10, 1809 ; m., Ist w., Abby A. Abbot ; 2d w., Susanna S. Pierce. He d. April 9, 1874, æ. 64 yrs., 5 mos.
Mark Miller's early life was spent on the farm. He enjoyed only the ordinary means of education. After ten years of age, being useful on the farm, he only attended the short winter term of the district school. At eighteen he attended for one or two terms an academy, kept one or two district schools, and then went to Lowell, and served the usual time in the printing busi- ness. He commenced his editorial labors in his native town, when he was twenty-three years of age, but soon moved to Fitchburg to edit a weekly paper. While here he was appointed Postmaster of Fitchburg, which office he held till he removed to Albany, 1834. He there engaged in wood and copper engraving, which occupation he followed in that city, and at Rochester, for many years. In 1848 he removed to Racine, Wis., where he issued the first number of the Wisconsin Farmer, which he published till 1854. He removed to Des Moines in 1862, and here started the Homestead. He was principally editor of this paper till 1870, when he established a monthly journal entitled the Western Pomologist, which he conducted till his death. In an obituary notice of his death, the editor of the Daily State Register, Iowa, thus speaks of him :-
" As a horticultural editor, and as a practical horticult- urist, Mr. Miller had, perhaps, no superior in the coun- try. He was not only a clear and fluent writer, and versed in practical knowledge in everything whereof he wrote, but he was also of eminent reputation as an engraver on copper and wood. He was, therefore, able to illustrate as well as write, and this he always did, which gave to his contributions to the literature of horticulture an especial value. It is not for us to award to Mr. Miller his real rank in the profession and labor he loved so well and served so devotedly. Nor may we tell in such eulogy as will be just the tribute
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his life and labors deserve. . . . Meantime, it will suffice, perhaps, to say that for the home of his later years, for the State of Iowa, in whose development he took such an interest, he has done much, both in journalism and in the practical field of horticulture and agriculture. . . . He has left his enduring monument on thousands of Iowa farms and Iowa homes, and under the broad, kind shel- ter of trees and orchards and groves that his hands or his advice helped to plant, and helped to make success- ful verities, a grateful people will, for long years to come, talk kindly of the name of Mark Miller, and treas- ure gratefully his memory." He left five children, four sons and one daughter. His two oldest sons are settled near Palatka, in Florida, the others are in Des Moines. It says further, "Mark Miller left the world much better for his having lived in it; and those who will mourn his death sincerely as that of a true friend, and a kind man, always will be many." "The remains were laid at rest with the head resting at the foot of a favorite apple-tree, in a place selected by Mr. Miller a few days before he died. There, surrounded by the objects that he loved, and in a place that he had made beautiful and attractive, let him sleep."
Luke, b. Aug. 18, 1815 ; m., Ist w., Abby D. Lovell ; she d. Sept. 12, 1865 ; 2d w., Hannah Dane, of Peter- borough ; r. Lanesville, Minn.
Luke Miller by his own unaided exertions was en- abled to acquire a good education. He was educated to be a practical printer till his declining health induced him to turn his attention to other pursuits. He now attended the academy at Hancock, and prepared him- self to enter Norwich University, where he graduated in 1841. He was attracted to the medical profession, and studied it principally with Professor Albert Smith and Wm. Follansbee, M.D., of Peterborough, and took his med- ical degree at Woodstock, Vt., in 1844. Before he left Peterborough, he represented the town in the Legislature for 1845, '46. He first located himself as a physician in Troy, where he was eminently successful, and also acquired much reputation as a surgeon. He removed to Chatfield, Minn., in 1857, where he was soon again engaged in a laborious practice, in which surgery had a special prominence. His operations were numerous, especially in the threshing seasons, when so many acci- dents occur with these ponderous machines. He was elected in 1862, and for eight successive years, a Sena- tor to the Minnesota Legislature. He was appointed by the Governor, in 1864, as State agent to look after the sick and wounded soldiers of Minnesota, which office he
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held till his health failed in 1866. Subsequently, when an insane asylum was established in Minnesota, he was appointed one of the first board of trustees, which office he held until the institution was in successful operation. He has also held important offices in the Northern Min- nesota Railroad, which he has of late declined. He again changed his residence, removing to Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minn., where he now resides. He has two children living, Luke Lovell, b. May 7, 1849, Jennie Abby, b. Nov. 28, 1852.
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John, b. March 30, 1822 ; m. Harriet L. Brayton. He d. Nov. 26, 1863, æ. 41 yrs., 7 mos. ; r. Rochester, N. Y. He left town when he was eighteen years of age. He first learned the cabinet trade, but, not satis- fied with it, subsequently devoted himself to engraving on wood and copper, and took up his permanent resi- dence in Rochester, N. Y., where he d. Nov. 26, 1863, æ. 41 yrs., 7 mos. He was highly respected in the community in which he lived, for his honesty, integrity, and Christian virtues. He had only one son, Charles Andrew, who d. June 12, 1874, æ. 23 yrs.
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WILLIAM MILLER. He lived in the north-east part of the town, his farm adjoining to the Hovey lot. He m., Ist w., Ruth Ames, of Hancock, b. Nov. 8, 1780 ; she d. Sept. 24, 1815, æ. 35 yrs .; m., 2d w., Gratia Holmes, dau. Abraham Holmes ; she d. June 11, 1855, æ. 79 yrs. He d. May 22, 1855, æ. 81 yrs.
Samuel, b. March 26, 1800. He m. Sarah Blood, of Pepperell, Oct. 16, 1825 ; ch., (1) Sarah E. ; (2) Mary Frances ; (3) Martha ; (4) Louise. He d. June 30, 1872, æ. 72 yrs. ; r. Pepperell.
t David, b. May 12, 1802 ; m., Ist w., Mary Ames, Pep- perell ; 2d w., Rebecca Colburn, of Nashua.
Stephen, b. June 13, 1804 ; m. Eliza Beaverstock ; r. Cam- bridge, Mass. He was a pulpit and pew builder, - a first-class workman. Three ch. He d. Oct. 18, 1873, æ. 69 yrs., 4 mos. She d. April 10, 1858.
Sally, b. April 12, 1806; m. Moses Wilkins. She d. Feb. 15, 1852, æ. 46 yrs.
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John, b. April 20, 1808 ; d. July 19, 1811, æ. 3 yrs., 2 mos. Jacob, b. May 27, 1811; m. Caroline Williams ; r. Pep- perell ; a carpenter ; two ch. living, Charles H. and Ellen A. Ellen A. m. Arnold F. Minor, Pepperell. Ruth, b. April 24, 1814 ; d. Aug. 5, 1836, æ. 22 yrs.
SAMUEL MILLER. He lived in north part of the town, on the Thomas White farm. He was a farmer. For
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many years he was a deacon in the Congregational (Unitarian) church in Peterborough. He was a sub- stantial and worthy man, honest and upright in all his dealings, and reverent and devout in his feelings, a faithful and true Christian. He held many offices of trust and importance in town -selectman 1850, '51, and representative to the General Court 1851, '52. He m. Ruth Bowers, dau. of Capt. Francis Bowers, Aug. 9, 1831. He d. May 9, 1872, æ. 76 yrs.
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t James R., b. June 21, 1833 ; m. Carrie M. Chandler, of Westford.
Frank B., b. June 4, 1836 ; m. Callie Clark ; he d. May 30, 1871, æ. 35 yrs.
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WILLIAM MILLER. He lived on the homestead. He m. Mary Gray, dau. Matthew Gray, Aug. 24, 1824 ; she afterwards m. William S. Smith. He d. Dec. 29, 1848, æ. 49 yrs.
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Mary Jane, b. Aug. 13, 1831 ; m. A. C. B. Phelps ; d. Jan. 13, 1852, æ. 20 yrs.
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DAVID MILLER. He r. on the homestead many years, and then re. to Pepperell, where he now lives. He m. Mary Ames, of Pepperell, Nov. 28, 1836 ; she d. April I, 1856 ; m., 2d w., Rebecca Colburn, of Nashua, June 10, 1857 ; Ist w., three ch.
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William A., b. Peterborough, July 20, 1838 ; m. Mary Dwight, of Rockford, Ill., March 6, 1867; r. Ogle Co., Ill. A carpenter.
Thirza Fane, b. Peterborough, Sept. 4, 1841 ; r. Pep- perell. Music teacher and organist.
Elijah A., b. Aug. 10, 1846 ; r. Pepperell. A carpenter.
JAMES R. MILLER m. Carrie M. Chandler, of West- ford, b. Jan. 2, 1835 ; r. Lowell.
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Mabel R., b. Feb. 15, 1869. Frank Perley, b. April 14, 1873.
SAMUEL MILLER is of a race entirely distinct from the above, or only remotely related to it. He came from Londonderry as the other family did, and a majority of his children were b. there. We do not know the sur- name of his wife. He d. March 27, 1791, æ. 75 yrs. Name spelled on gravestone, Old Cemetery, Millow. His w., Margaret, d. Oct. 8, 1806, æ. 78 yrs. He lived on
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farm east and opposite to William Smith, Esq. The first eight ch. were b. in Londonderry, the others in Peterborough. It is related that when the youngest of this large family was twenty-five years old, the whole family, with their wives, husbands, and children, all assembled and ate supper at the old gentleman's house.
Jenny, b. -; m. Charles McCoy ; 2d hus., Thomas Turner. Mary, b. -; m. Alexander Thompson, Shelburne, Mass.
Elizabeth, b. 1741 ; m. Moses Cuningham ; d. May 13, 1819, æ. 78 yrs.
Margaret, b. -; m. Robert Taggart.
Sarah, b. 1744; unm. ; d. Dec. 4, 182 1, æ. 77 yrs.
Nancy, b. -; m. James Taggart (Sprawly) ; frozen to death on Temple Mountain.
Hannah, b. 1748 ; m. John White (Pond) ; d. Dec. 23, 1825, æ. 77 yrs.
¡Samuel, b. 1752 ; m. Sally Adams, of Hollis, Dec. 26, 1782.
Ann, b. -; unm. ; d. in Sharon.
Joseph, b. 1756 ; m. Ann Wire ; re. to Sharon and then to Maine.
Abigail, b. 1758 ; m. William Gowing ; d. Feb. 23, 1830, æ. 72 yrs.
Rebecca, b. -; m. Samuel Clark ; r. Sharon.
SAMUEL MILLER, Jr. He bought and begun a new place of two hundred acres on the East Mountain, east of the Carley place. It has within a few years been abandoned as a farm. He m. Sarah Adams, of Hollis, who d. July 9, 1835, æ. 82 yrs. He d. Jan. 17, 1834, æ. 82 yrs.
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¡ Adams, b. Jan. 1, 1783 ; m. Anna Robinson. Fanny, b. Jan. 12, 1785 ; unm. ; d. Aug. 3, 1865, æ. 80 yrs.
David, b. July 1, 1787 ; m. Clarissa Haskins ; d. Aug. 8, 1872, æ. 85 yrs. ; she d. July 21, 1848, æ. 56 yrs.
Fane, b. May 3, 1789 ; m. James Gregg, May 15, 1817. t Jesse, b. July 6, 1791 ; m. Asenath Bonner, of Hancock. Rhoda, b. July 12, 1793 ; unm. ; d. May 29, 1869, æ. 76 yrs.
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ADAMS MILLER. He lived in east part of the town, on the lot south of Hugh Miller's. He m., Nov. 28, 1805, Anna Robinson, of Londonderry, b. July 25, 1783 ; she d. June 1, 1856, æ. 73 yrs. He d. Dec. 27, 1859, æ. 77 yrs.
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1 Samuel R., b. Dec. 11, 1809 ; m. Elizabeth Carter, Octo- ber, 1835. Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1807 ; m. Joseph Holt, Jan. 17, 1832. Lucinda, b. Aug. 31, 1811 ; m. Oliver Sanderson ; seven ch.
JESSE MILLER r. many years on a mountain farm near his father's old farm, when he re. to the village, where he now lives. He m. Asenath Bonner, b. May 31, 1797 ; d. March 16, 1868, æ. 71 yrs.
t John R., b. Nov. 6, 1828 ; m., Ist w., Allura A. Moore ; 2d w., Ellen A. Townsend.
¡ Charles A., b. June 2, 1830 ; m. Sarah A. Ames.
SAMUEL R. MILLER r. in Lowell some years, and then returned to Peterborough, where he now lives ; m. Elizabeth Carter, Oct. 1, 1835. Selectman 1859, '60.
Frances A., b. Sept. 7, 1836; m. W. W. H. Wilder, August, 1862.
Sarah E., b. June 10, 1841 ; d. Jan. 6, 1844, æ. 2 yrs., 6 mos.
Abbie A., b. Dec. 4, 1843 ; m. Wallace Scott, Nov. 13, 1865.
Sarah L., b. Lowell, May 31, 1848 ; d. Nov. 18, 1865, æ. 17 yrs., 5 mos.
Nettie F., b. Dec. 14, 1857 ; d. Nov. 30, 1859, æ. I yr., II mos.
JOHN R. MILLER. He learned the printer's trade at Concord, in the office of A. C. Blodgett, publisher and editor of the New Hampshire Courier. He returned to Peterborough in 1847, and worked for S. P. Brown. Subsequently he associated himself with Kendall .C. Scott, whom he taught the printer's trade, in the job printing business. They issued the first number of the Contoocook Transcript, May 27, 1849, which they con- tinued two years, when Miller sold out to his partner, who continued the paper, with the changed name of The Peterboro' Transcript, and it is now in a flourishing condition. In December, 1851, he purchased the stock of drugs and medicines of the late Franklin Kendall, and by diligence and care has made himself a good apothecary, which business he now continues in the vil- lage. He was appointed postmaster, Aug. 17, 1861, and has held the office by reappointments ever since. He was appointed a justice of the peace, Sept. 10, 1863, and justice of the peace and quorum throughout the State,
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Sept. 10, 1868, and now does most of the trial justice business of the town. He m., Ist w., Nov. 24, 1851, Allura A. Moore, of Sharon, b. Feb. 19, 1831. She d. July 8, 1858, æ. 27 yrs., 4 mos. ; m., 2d w., Jan. 11, 1860, Ellen A. Townsend, b. July 30, 1838 ; Ist. w., two ch. ; 2d w., two ch.
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Edward E., b. Aug. 24, 1853.
Frances A., b. June 17, 1858 ; d. July 25, 1858, æ. 38 dys. Arthur H., b. Jan. 5, 1863.
Harry E., b. June 10, 1867.
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CHARLES A. MILLER m. Sarah A. Ames, dau. of Alvah Ames, June 7, 1854. He is a machinist. He re. to West Meriden, Conn., where he now r.
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Lizzie M., b. Peterborough, June 2, 1856. Freddie M., b. Peterborough, Oct. 8, 1860.
Frank E., b. West Meriden, Ct., May 5, 1866 ; d. Sept. 16, 1866, æ. 4 mos.
THE MITCHELL FAMILY.
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SAMUEL MITCHELL (Dea.) came to Peterborough in 1759 from Londonderry. He owned the mills where the first Peterborough cotton factory now stands, and car- ried them on several years. These were built by Jona- than Morison in 1751, and were the first mills built in town. When the property came into the hands of Dea. Mitchell, it was found that a mortgage existed given by Jonathan Morison to Gordon and Hugh Wilson, which was not known. It was thought that Mitchell would lose his property, but it turned out that the mortgage deed was not put on record till after the deed to Mitchell had been recorded, so he sustained no loss .* We do not know just what time he sold out to Asa Evans, probably not far from 1784 or.'85, about the time Evans removed to town.
In the first meeting of the town after incorporation, he was appointed, with Alexander Robbe and William Smith, to " recon" with the old. committee. He was selectman in 1762-66, and town clerk thirteen years, from 1767. His record is a very good one, in plain, legible writing, and in good English. He appears to have been an influential man, both in the church and town. At a meeting of the town, Jan. 3, 1769, under his own record occurs the following vote: "Voted, That
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Esq. Hugh Wilson and Samuel Mitchell be brought to an account of the money that they received when the sacra- ments were held in this town." "Voted " (under the same head), "Thomas Morison, William Smith, Samuel Moore, John Gregg, Sen., and David Steele should be a committee to settle with said Wilson and Mitchell, and col- lect the money due from them to the town, and appropriate the said money to the use which it was intended for, viz .: to buy utensils for serving the sacrament." It is sup- posed that the utensils so long in use in the Congrega- tional Church (Unitarian), viz .: two tankards, four cups, and two platters, were those purchased, in part, with this money. These vessels were in constant use more than a century, when Mrs. Ruth Miller, widow of Dea. Sam- uel Miller, presented to the society and church a full set of beautiful silver-plated utensils for the sacramental table, viz .: two tankards, four goblets, two platters, a baptismal basin, and an ice-pitcher and goblet for the pulpit. He m. Janet Morison, dau. John and Margaret Wallace Morison, b. 1721. She d. Nov. 11, 1791, @. 70 yrs. He d. May 3, 1798, æ. 76 yrs. ; b. in 1722.
Fohn, b. Sept. 23, 1749 ; re. to St. Albans, Vt., and d. there. Margaret, b. Aug. 3, 1751 ; m. David Ames ; r. Hancock, and d. there.
¡Samuel, b. April 22, 1753 ; m. Peggy Swan; r. Man- chester, Vt.
t Benjamin, b. Jan 9, 1755 ; m. Martha Steele. Ann, b. Feb. 24, 1757 ; m. - Swan; re. to Manches- ter, Vt.
Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1759 ; m. - - Putnam, June, 1805 ; r. Vermont.
Fanet, b. April 27, 1761 ; m. Samuel Whitcomb ; r. Han- cock.
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SAMUEL MITCHELL, Jr. We know but little of this family. He rendered a good deal of service in the Revolution. He was at Cambridge in 1775. He was mustered into continental service, April, 1777, being one of twenty-two men then required. He also served at Bennington and Saratoga. He removed to Manchester, Vt., the time unknown. He m. Peggy Swan.
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