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Fanet, b. Dec. 19, 1781.
9 IO Margaret, b. Sept. 5, 1784.
II Jeremiah, b. Dec. 31, 1786.
12 Samuel, b. Aug. 15, 1789. (13) Harry, b. -.
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BENJAMIN MITCHELL. He first lived on the lot south of the Charles Stuart farm, the same that was appro- priated by the proprietors as the ministerial lot. Late in life he re. to the Dea. Samuel Moore place. He resid- ed a short time in Temple, before his death. He was among those who marched to Lexington on the alarm, April 19, 1775 ; was also mustered into service for two mos., Sept. 20, 1776 ; marched to Bennington, 1777, in service from July 19 to Sept. 26. He was present at the centennial celebration of the town, 1839, and was one of three survivors present of those who signed the Association Test, or Declaration of Independence, June 17, 1776. The other two were Thomas Steele and Capt. William Robbe. He m. Martha Steele, dau. of Capt. David Steele, 1779. She d. Feb. 9, 1853, æ. 90 yrs. He d. at Temple, Sept. 24, 1840, æ. 85 yrs.
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Stephen, b. March 29, 1780; m. Sally Mills, Durham. A graduate of Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1801. Studied law with Judge Steele in Durham, and practised his profession there .* Mr. Mitchell was esteemed a good lawyer. He was a man of talents and standing. He had quite a literary turn, and used often to write for newspapers. When Lafayette visited Durham, in 1825, Mr. Mitchell was selected to address him in behalf of the town, which he did in a very handsome and appropriate manner. He d. Feb. 15, 1833, æ. 53 yrs. ; c.
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David, b. May 31, 1782 ; m. Ruth Hoyt, Bradford. He studied medicine with Dr. Howe, of Jaffrey ; attended medical lectures at Hanover ; lived and d. in Brad- ford. He d. suddenly of an affection of the heart, Jan. 21, 1821, æ. 39 yrs. Two ch., Nancy and Mar- garet.
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Margaret, b. Sept. 6, 1784; m. Peter Bachelder ; 2d hus., Dea. Stephen Holt. She taught a high school for young ladies in New Ipswich before her first mar- riage, and was considered highly accomplished. One ch. by Ist hus., Jane, who m. Robert Bradford, Fran- cestown. After her second marriage, she spent her last days in Greenfield ; d. Aug. 17, 1867, æ. 83 yrs.
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Jonathan, b. Jan. 21, 1787 ; m., March 13, 1817, Sally White ; re. to Preble, N. Y., 1840. Four ch., Susan, Frances, Emily, and Stephen, all b. in Peterborough. He d. at Belvidere, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1853, æ. 66 yrs., 7 mos. She d. at same place, 1861, æ. 74 yrs.
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Frederick A., b. July 15, 1789 ; m. Lucy Aiken ; 2d w., Rhoda Johnson. He studied medicine with Dr. Starr,
* Letter David Steele, Esq., Dover.
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of this town, and Howe, of Jaffrey, and attended medical lectures at Hanover ; practised his profession at Chester and Bradford. He relinquished the prac- tice some years before his death. He d. in Manches- ter, July 28, 1869, æ. 80 yrs. Seven ch.
Elizabeth, b. May 6, 1793 ; m. Isaac Edes, April 24, 1823. John, b. March 22, 1795 ; m. Lucretia Mason ; re. to New York State. A hatter by trade. Two ch., sons ; d. in Ohio.
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Charlotte, b. July 21, 1798 ; m. Samuel Gates, Oct. 26, 1824. Fane, b. Feb. 21, 1803 ; d. Sept. 28, 1805, æ. 19 mos. Samuel, b. March 4, 1807; m. Harriet Childs ; d. Aug. 21, 1850, æ. 43 yrs.
ISAAC MITCHELL, suppose related to the above. We know nothing more, only this record of this family on the town books. His wife's name was Jemima.
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John, b. Dec. 7, 1766. (26) Isaac, b. Jan. 24, 1769. Martha, b. Nov. 20, 1770.
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William, b. March 7, 1773.
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Margaret, b. March 31, 1775. (30) James, b. May 1, 1779.
JOHN MITCHELL, probably of the same family. His wife's name was Beersheba ; this record only is found.
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THE MOORE FAMILY.
The ancestors of this important family can be traced back to Scotland. In the Revolution of 1688, it was sometime before all the Scottish chiefs submitted and took the oath of allegiance to the new government. In 1691, King William issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all the chiefs and their clans who would take the oath of allegiance before December 31. All of them submitted within the prescribed time, except the aged MacIan, or MacDonald, of Glencoe. On the 3Ist he appeared at Fort William to take the oath, but the officer in command not being a magistrate, he could not administer it. MacDonald made his way as speedily as the travelling and the condition of the country would admit to Iveray, where he took the oath, Jan. 6, 1692. His allegiance happened a few days later than the time required by the proclamation, and he was represented by three great Scottish chiefs, who had been his hereditary
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enemies, and who were determined to avail themselves of this unintentional delay for the destruction of the tribe of MacDonald, to William as not having submitted, and dwelling in a valley with a tribe no better than a band of robbers, and as being the only remaining obsta- cle to a complete pacification of the highlands. An order was issued for their extirpation. It was executed with horrible treachery and cruelty. A body of one hun- dred and twenty soldiers was sent, Feb. 1, 1692, com- manded by Campbell, of Glenlyon, to occupy Glencoe. They came professing peace and friendship, and were received with the kindest hospitality, and for a fortnight lived at free quarters in the utmost familiarity with the people. On the evening of the 12th February, after the kindest entertainment at the MacDonald house, the playing cards with him and his family, an attack was made upon the chieftain ; he was shot through the head, his family murdered, and the inhabitants of all ages cruelly massacred, with the intention, no doubt, to slaughter the whole tribe. Forty were actually murdered. The inclemency of the weather was such that the detach- ment of soldiers sent to guard the outlets of the valley did not arrive in season, so that most of the inhabitants, alarmed by the report of fire-arms, made their escape, not without many perishing with cold and hunger. No punishment was inflicted on the author of this crime.
A graphic account of the massacre of Glencoe is given by Macaulay in his History of England, Vol. 4, and Campbell has made it a subject of a poem, "The Pil- grim of Glencoe." A writer in Blackwood's Magazine, July, 1859, accuses Macaulay of partiality in his account of Glencoe, and charges the responsibility of the massa- cre on William III., acquitting him, however, of any intention of sanctioning treachery and breach of hospi- tality .*
In this infamous massacre of Glencoe, John Moore, the progenitor of the race that came to this town, was shot dead in his garden. He was the father of two daughters, whose lives were saved by a servant who took care of them, and safely re. them from the country. One of them, Beatrix Moore, married Col. Andrew Todd, afterwards so famous in our colonial history. Mrs. Moore, finding her husband dead, after covering his body with a sheet, fled to a malt-kiln for safety, and during that night was delivered of a son, the John Moore who was one of the first settlers of Londonderry. She subsequently escaped safely, and took up her resi-
* New American Cyclopedia, Vol. 8, p. 297. Art. " Britain" Encyclopedia Brittanica.
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dence in or near Londonderry, Ireland, and here for- tuitously met with her two daughters. In 1718 John Moore, her son, was among the emigrants in the five ships that came to America this year. He was with those under the charge of Rev. Mr. McGregor, who, with one of the ships, entered Casco Bay, intending to settle in that region, but who, having endured the hard- ships of a very severe winter, and not being satisfied with the land on the appearance of spring, they returned to Haverhill, and from thence made their first settlement in Nutfield, or Londonderry. He m. Janet Cochran, and left a family of four sons and three daughters : Robert, Samuel, William, John, and Agnes, Mary, and Ann. Of these, Samuel and William re. to Peter- borough, and were patriotic and loyal men ; while John and Robert remained in Londonderry, and were both reported as refusing to sign the Association Test, in April, 1776. John became a professed Tory, and Robert remained and d. in Londonderry. The old house is still standing in which John Moore lived, situated on the turnpike, about two miles south of the village of Derry ; also the old well, and a huge elm planted by his own hands. For a time he was the king's surveyor of the town. He d. early in 1741, æ. 49 yrs.
SAMUEL MOORE (Dea.) came to town from London- derry about 1751 or '52, in company with Samuel Todd, and they fixed upon a plot of land situated in the west part of the town, lying on the Dublin line, extending over the river and embracing the meadows. They pur- chased the same of the proprietors, John Fowle, John Hill, and William Gridley for a crown an acre .* By
deed of Nov. 15, 1753, they held it in common ten years before they divided. When the division was made, Dea. Moore took the westerly part, and Samuel Todd the easterly, which occurred but a short time before Todd was killed by the falling of a tree. Dea. Moore lived on what was afterwards known as the "Spring place." He built a house here, long since demolished, and the site deserted. In 1779, he sold this place to Dr. Marshall Spring, and then began a new one just east of the Todd farm, since occupied by Benjamin and Jona- than Mitchell, where both he and his wife died.
After the birth of his first child, John Moore, Nov. 5, 1753, probably on account of apprehended danger of the
* See Waverley Novels. Chronicles of Canongate, p. 121. "Go put your head under the belt of one of the race of Dermid, whose children murdered, yes," she added, with a wild shriek, "murdered your mothers, fathers, in their peaceful dwellings in Glencoe."
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French and Indian war, he removed with his family to Londonderry, where he remained till after 1760. He returned sometime before 1763, being absent about six years, for he is elected one of the selectmen of this year. He was chosen as a representative to a meeting held at Exeter, Dec. 21, 1775, and was the first man to repre- sent the town in any free meeting after the commence- ment of the Revolution. He was an influential man in town. Moderator in 1771, and also selectman, tithing- man, surveyor of highways at various times to 1783. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church. He m. Mar- garet Morison, dau. John and Margaret Wallace Mori- son, Dec. 31, 1751, the same day that William Smith m. Elizabeth Morison, her sister .* It is reported that the same night in which William Smith and Elizabeth Mori- son were married, Samuel Moore and Margaret Morison, who were present at the wedding in Londonderry, after all the ceremonies were over, mounted their horses and rode to Chester, where they were married by Justice Flagg, by a license.
This good man was a slave-holder, owning two slaves, Baker and Rose. He could not be esteemed a very hard master, as he sold his freedom to Baker, for which he never received any remuneration, and he provided for Rose in the following clause in his last will of Aug. 31, 1790 : " And I do give and bequeath unto my said wife during her life my negro slave, Rose, and it is my will that my son Ebenezer shall maintain her as long as she lives." He d. Jan. 28, 1793, æ. 66 yrs. ; b. Aug. 30, 1727. She d. April 29, 1811, æ. 84.
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t Fohn, b. Nov. 5, 1753 ; m. Margaret Stuart. William, b. -; re. to Frankfort, Me. +Samuel, b. June 10, 1756 ; m. Jenny Thompson. Ann, b. 1760 ; m. Thomas Steele.
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JOHN MOORE always lived in town, occupying a farm south of Reuben Washburn's farm, and north of the Carley place. He m. Margaret Stuart, dau. of Charles and Esther Ferguson Stuart. She m., 2d hus., Asa Evans, July 13, 1809 ; 3d hus., Richard Gilchrist, Sept. 15, 1816. She d. Aug. 7, 1818, æ. 50 yrs., 8 mos. He d. at Cambridge, N. Y., and was buried there, on his return from Saratoga Springs, where he had been for his health, July 7, 1800, æ. 46 yrs:, 8 mos. He was a man
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of excellent character, and highly esteemed by all who knew him.
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Fanny, b. Oct. 15, 1789 ; m. Dr. Jabez B. Priest, April 4, 1820 ; 2d hus., Samuel Holmes ; d. Jan. 6, 1875, æ. 85 yrs. Sophia, b. April 25, 1790 ; unm. ; d. Earlville, Ill., No- vember, 1866, æ. 74 yrs.
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John, b. March 10, 1794; went West; nothing known of him.
II Samuel Morison, b. Oct. 25, 1796 ; m. Mary Smith ; ch., John and S. Anna. S. Anna m. Hon. P. C. Cheney ; d. Jan. 7, 1858, æ. 27 yrs. ; r. Bronson, Mich.
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Charles, b. May 26, 1798 ; d. at Peterborough, Dec. 2, 1835, æ. 36 yrs., 6 mos.
Joseph Henry, b. Aug. 25, 1800 ; m: Esther Pellet, Nor- wich, N. Y. ; he d. February, 1858, æ. 58 yrs.
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SAMUEL MOORE, Jr. He lived in the north-west part of the town, on farm adjoining Reuben Washburn's. He was mustered in the alarm at Lexington, April 19, 1775 ; also served at Cambridge in 1775. He m. Jenny Thomp- son, dau. Dea. Robert Thompson, in Londonderry, July 24, 1784. He d. Feb. 5, 1844, æ. 87 yrs. She was b. in Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 8, 1759; d. Dec. 13, 1831, æ. 72 yrs.
Mary, b. June 10, 1785 ; unm .; d. Oct. 3, 1852, æ. 67 yrs. Robert, b. May 30, 1787 ; m., 1813, Avis Stearns, Wal- tham, Mass. ; d. New Orleans, July, 1820, æ. 33 yrs. Margaret, b. May 2, 1789 ; unm. ; d. Nov. 23, 1860, æ. 71 yrs.
Samuel f., b. July 13, 1791 ; m. Mary M. Talen, Lib- erty, Miss. ; d. at Alexandria, La .; date unknown. Fane, b. Sept. 28, 1793 ; m., Jan. 31, 1815, Harvey Lan- caster, Acworth ; d. Dec. 13, 1821, æ. 28 yrs. John, b. Dec. 31, 1795 ; m. Mehitable Foster, of Unity, May, 1824 ; d. at Acworth, Sept. 3, 1834, æ. 39 yrs. Ira, b. Dec. 22, 1797 ; d. Lebanon, Ky., Oct. 12, 1825, æ. 28 yrs.
Anson, b. Sept. 16, 1800 ; m., 1825, Sarah Mattoon ; 2d w., Olive Tenney ; 3d w., Mrs. Esther Fairbanks. He
d. in Edinburg, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1863, æ. 63 yrs., 2 mos. William, b. Dec. 13, 1802 ; d. in infancy.
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WILLIAM MOORE.
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I- 6 EBENEZER MOORE. He succeeded his father on the homestead. In 1813 he re. to Preble, N. Y.,.where he lived till his death. He m. Rosanna Duncan, dau. George Duncan, Sen. She d. in Preble, Sept. 30, 1842, æ. 77 yrs. He d. at Preble, April, 1851, æ. 86 yrs., 5 mos.
Samuel, b. 1793 ; d. Oct. 24, 1800, æ. 7 yrs.
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Adeliza, b. 1794 ; m. Dr. Samuel Taggart ; r. Byron, N. Y. George, b. Feb. 9, 1797 ; m. Polly Cummings ; r. Belvi- dere, Ill. Two ch.
Margaret, b. 1800; m. Abraham Woodward; r. Belvi- dere, Ill.
Ebenezer, b. 1802 ; m. Sally Cummings ; r. Preble ; d. in Belvidere, Ill., 1870, æ. 68 yrs.
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WILLIAM MOORE was a brother of Dea. Samuel Moore, and son of John and Jean Moore, b. Sept. 26, 1731,* in Londonderry. He settled in south part of the town, on the farm now occupied by Dea. Nathaniel H. Moore and his son William. We find in the register office for Rock- ingham County, Exeter, a deed recorded from John Hill to Halbert Morison, No. 37, two divisions of two hundred and three acres, dated July 5, 1753, and of the same date, Lot No. 33, two divisions of two hundred and forty- five acres, to Thomas Morison. We suppose the farm was deeded to Wm. Moore by Halbert Morison. Will- iam Moore m. Jane Holmes, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Holmes, and sister of Dea. Nathaniel Holmes, in Londonderry, Dec. 13, 1763. She was b. Jan. 16, 1744, and d. Aug. 22, 1831, æ. 87 yrs., 7 mos. He d. Sept. 7, 1818, æ. 87 yrs. It is supposed that he came to town about the time of his marriage, 1763. He was made selectman in 1769, and perhaps in 1770. The record of this year is missing.
The following singular incident and coincidence is worthy of notice, as having occurred in the experience of Mrs. Moore. Great reliance, in our early settlements, was placed on the household manufactures, for thrift and ' success in life. The new country was well adapted to the flax culture, and they brought such skill and industry to its manufacture that they afforded the best and the most perfect linen fabrics.
When a family had accumulated some two hundred yards of linen cloth, the woman of the house took the same on horseback, and started for a market, all alone
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and unprotected. Such a thing as an insult or a robbery of these unprotected females was never heard of. Hav- ing sold her cloth, and received for the same such necessaries as they needed, a part in money to pay mortgages or educate their children abroad, she re- turned home. It is related by George W. Moore, Esq., a grandson, as follows : My grandmother (about 1786 or '88) went to Boston with a load of cloth, and on enter- ing a public house in Cambridgeport, she found her mother, Mrs. Duncan, of Londonderry, who had mar- ried Maj. Duncan for her second husband. After the usual friendly greetings and inquiries concerning friends, a third person entered the room, who proved to be my grandmother's daughter, Anna, who had married Daniel Moore, and lived in Bradford, Vt. Here three genera- tions unexpectedly met, without any knowledge of each other's being there. The next day, the daughter, moth- er, and grandmother pursued their journey home together to Peterborough.
Mr. Moore served in the French and Indian wars before he came to Peterborough. He was a drummer ; and subsequently in Peterborough he was a lieutenant in the militia under Capt. Alexander Robbe. He did not render much military service during the Revolution, hav- ing been in feeble health in consequence of an injury received in early life. But his whole heart and soul were in the enterprise, and he made every effort in his power in its behalf.
The following anecdote is furnished me by George W. Moore, Esq., a grandson of William Moore : -
" My grandfather Moore was a firm supporter of the war of the Revolution, and a great admirer of Washing- ton. The name of Washington was a new name in New England, and was considered a very awkward one, until the war made it famous throughout the land. On the birth of his first son after the war commenced, my grand- father decided that his name should be Washington ; but the mother was opposed to the name, and mentioned the names of William, Samuel, and Robert as much more appropriate. The time came when the child was to be baptized, and, as usual on such occasions, the ladies gathered round the door of the church to see the baby.
"Granny Duncan asked what they were going to call him, and my grandmother told her, that his name was to be Washington. Mrs. Duncan said it was a pity to spoil so fine a baby with such a terribly awkward name. My grandmother decided to make one more effort to prevent his name being Washington ; and as they were
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about to enter the door of the church, she put on one of her pleasantest smiles, and placing her hand very affec- tionately upon his arm, she said : 'Billy, ye will not call the baby Washington, will you?' 'Indeed, I will ! If I had forty children to be baptized here to-day, I would call them all Washington.'"
He bought his farm of Halbert Morison, and for more than one hundred and twelve years, it has been deeded from sire to son, through four generations, and yet remains in the family. The first house was built on the highest knoll west of the railroad, in the interval or meadow belonging to the farm. Mrs. Moore was a notable and eminently Christian woman, and has im- pressed her virtues on a long line of descendants. No drunkenness, immorality, or profanity has ever appeared in the race. The religious element has largely abounded, and the influence of the family is everywhere moral and good.
Ann, b. Oct. 1, 1764; m. Daniel Moore ; r. Bradford, Vt. ; d. May 24, 1824, æ. 59 yrs., 7 mos.
Betsey, b. Aug. 10, 1766 ; m. John Coughran ; r. Attica, N. Y. ; d. Aug. 16, 1847, æ. 81 yrs.
t Fohn, b. May 10, 1768; m. Belinda Bardwell ; r. Whately, Mass.
¡ Nathaniel, b. March 28, 1770 ; m. Sarah Ferguson.
Euphamia, b. May 11, 1772 ; m. Orange Bardwell; r. Whately ; d. June 26, 1847, æ. 75 yrs.
Jenny, born June 3, 1774; m. William Smith.
Sally, b. July 5, 1776 ; m. George Gregg; re. to New York ; d. Nov. 23, 1838, æ. 62 yrs.
Washington, b. Sept. 25, 1778 ; m. Susanna Rice, of Conway ; re. to Michigan ; d. May 25, 1856, æ. 78 yrs. Nancy, b. Aug. 19, 1780 ; d. March 6, 1801, æ. 21 yrs. Mary, b. Aug. 22, 1782 ; d. May 20, 1785, æ. 2 yrs., 8 mos.
Mary, b. May 6, 1785 ; m. Wirling Gregg ; r. Sharon ; d. Dec. 3, 1857, æ. 72 yrs.
William, b. April 9, 1787 ; m. Lucy Rice, Nov. 7, 1806 ; 2d w., Mrs. Sally Holmes, wid. of Nathaniel Holmes, Jr., April 17, 1847 ; r. Moorsville, Mich. ; ten ch. ; d. Dec. 4, 1850, æ. 63 yrs.
JOHN MOORE. He early re. to Whately, Mass. He m. Belinda Bardwell. She d. Sept. 6, 1851, æ. 80 yrs., 6 mos. He d. Nov. 7, 1803, æ. 35 yrs., 6 mos.
Polly, b. Dec. 1, 1793, at Whately ; m., July 17, 1810, Thomas Dinsmore, Jaffrey ; d. February, 1875, æ. 81 yrs.
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Electa, b. Feb. 9, 1795, at Whately ; m. Cephas Boyden, Conway, Mass ; d. June 15, 1855, æ. 60 yrs.
Lucy, b. June 24, 1796 ; m. - Wood, South Hadley, Mass. ; d.
Fane, b. Aug. 12, 1797 ; m. Gov. John H. Steele ; d. July 30, 1831, æ. 34 yrs.
William, b. April 23, 1799 ; m. Sarepta Rodgers ; d. Bulford Centre, Mich., Sept .. 30, 1871, æ. 72 yrs. Nancy, b. May 8, 1801 ; m. Gov. John H. Steele.
Alinda, b. Oct. 5, 1803 ; m. William Turner ; d. April 6, 1865, æ. 61 yrs.
NATHANIEL MOORE (Dea.). He succeeded his father on the homestead. He was chosen deacon in the Pres- byterian Church in town, May 22, 1830. He was select- man eight years in succession, from 1819 to 1827. He was a worthy and upright man, and was universally respected. He m. Sarah Ferguson, dau. Henry Fergu- son, March 14, 1800. She d. April 10, 1850, æ. 74 yrs. He d. Oct. 27, 1853, æ. 83 yrs.
+ Henry, b. Jan. 21, 1801 ; m. Charlotte Spaulding, Aug. 21, 1822.
t William, b. July 15, 1802 ; m., Ist w., Caroline Robbe ; 2d w., Rachel P. Robbe.
John, b. Jan. 20, 1804; m. Sabrina Beard ; r. Gillions- ville, S. C .; d. May 15, 1871, æ. 67 yrs.
+ Nathaniel H., b. Nov. 18, 1805 ; m., Dec. 1, 1831, Be- thiah Hunt.
James, b. Feb. 3, 1808 ; unm. ; d. at sea, July 27, 1827, æ. 19 yrs.
Fane F., b. Feb. 8, 1810 ; m., Feb. 4, 1830, Jonathan Holmes ; d. April 19, 1831, æ. 21 yrs.
Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 1812 ; m., May 5, 1836, John Smith ; 2d hus.,
t George W., b. April 3, 1814; m., Ist w., Caroline Mori- son ; 2d w., Harriet P. Bigelow.
Martha F., b. April 22, 1817 ; d. Sept. 28, 1818, æ. I yr., 5 mos.
Thomas F., b. Oct. 2, 1819 ; m., May 27, 1840, Rachel Todd ; r. Adrian, Mich.
HENRY MOORE. He m. Charlotte Spaulding, dau. Jeremiah Spaulding. In 1833 he re. from town, his first three ch. being b. in Peterborough, and the other three at Griffin's Mills, N. Y., where he now lives.
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James, b. May 8, 1832 ; d. Sept. 13, 1852, æ. 20 yrs. Sarah Jane, b. June 20, 1838.
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WILLIAM MOORE. He was a machinist, and carried on a large and extensive machine-shop in town for many years. He was a worthy and exemplary man. He was deacon in the Congregational Church (Unitarian) ; he also held many important town offices. He was treas- urer of the town for five years from 1838, and repre- sented the town in the Legislature in 1838, '39. He m., Ist w., Caroline Robbe, dau. of Capt. Alexander Robbe, April 16, 1829 ; she d. Dec. 6, 1839, æ. 31 yrs. ; m., 2d w., May 14, 1840, Rachel P. Robbe, dau. of above. He d. of consumption, Nov. 11, 1848, æ. 46 yrs.
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Sarah C., b. June 1, 1830 ; d. Dec. 3, 1852, æ. 22 yrs. Fane M., b. July 3, 1832 ; m., June 11, 1856, Parker W. Burnham ; ch., (1) Sarah C., b. Nov. 4, 1859 ; (2) Will- iam H., b. Sept. 28, 1863 ; (3) Edward M., b. April 21, 1871 ; r. Adrian, Mich.
William H., b. Feb. 22, 1835 ; d. Jan. 23, 1840, æ. 4 yrs., II mos.
Ellen, b. June 30, 1838 ; d. Aug. 19, 1839, æ. 1 yr.
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NATHANIEL H. MOORE succeeded his father on the homestead. Is a successful farmer. A deacon in the Union Evangelical Church in town ; has held many im- portant offices in town ; Representative to the Legislature in 1865, '66. He m. Bethiah Hunt, dau. of Dea. Timo- thy Hunt, Dec. 1, 1831.
Julia, b. March 6, 1835; m .. Rev. Cyrus Jordan ; d. March, 1874, æ. 39 yrs.
Henry, b. May 6, 1838 ; d. June 27, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, La., æ. 25 yrs. He belonged to Co. C, 118th Regt. Ill. Vols., U. S. service.
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