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Thomas E. Sawyer, 185. Samuel Dinsmoor, 44. John Atwood, 25.
1852. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. Selectmen, George D. Hapgood, Jason B. Perry, Josiah Stratton.
Thomas E. Sawyer, 159. Noah Martin, 41. John At- wood, 23.
1853. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Josiah Stratton, Zebulon Con- verse. James Bell, 160. Noah Martin, 37. John H. White, 30. 53
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1854. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingal Is. Selectmen, Josiah Stratton, Zebulon Converse, Alison Lake.
1855.
James Bell, 133. Nath'l B. Baker, 36. Jared Perkins, 50. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, James Ramsdell, Joshua C. Towne.
1856.
Ralph Metcalf, 224. Nath'l B. Baker, 24. James Bell, 7. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. Selectmen, Zebulon Converse, Alison Lake, Elijah Bemis. Ralph Metcalf, 200. John S. Wells, 38. Ichabod Goodwin, 4.
1857. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. Selectmen, George D. Hapgood, Elijah Bemis, George W. Stearns.
Wm. Haile, 195. John S. Wells, 44. Chas. B. Haddock, 1.
1858. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. Selectmen, Elijah Bemis, George W. Stearns, Harrison G. Rice.
Wm. Haile, 222. Asa P. Cate, 22.
1859. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. Selectmen, George W. Stearns, Harrison G. Rice, Martin L. Goddard.
Ichabod Goodwin, 224. Asa P. Cate, 41.
1860. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls.
Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Harrison G. Rice, Benj. Hale.
Ichabod Goodwin, 240. Asa P. Cate, 40.
1861. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls.
Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Benj. Hale, Zachariah F. Whitney.
Nathaniel S. Berry, 226. Geo. Stark, 40.
1862. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls.
Selectmen, Benj. Hale, Zachariah F. Whitney, Rodney A. Hubbard.
1863.
Nath'l S. Berry, 217. Geo. Stark, 33. Paul J. Wheeler, 3. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls, and Samuel Stearns.
Selectmen, Zachariah F. Whitney, Jason B. Perry, Joseph S. Wetherbee.
Joseph A. Gilmore, 226. Ira A. Eastman, 48. Walter Harriman, 4.
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1864.
Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Geo. W. Stearns. Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Joseph S. Wetherbee, Ezekiel Cudworth.
Joseph A. Gilmore, 250. Edward W. Harrington, 34.
1865. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Omar D. Converse. Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Ezekiel Cudworth, Josiah Stratton.
Frederick Smyth, 216. Edward W. Harrington, 31.
1866. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Henry W. Stearns. Selectmen, Ezekiel Cudworth, Josiah Stratton, Joshua C. Towne.
Frederick Smyth, 206. John G. Sinclair, 31.
1867. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Henry W. Stearns. Selectmen, Josiah Stratton, Joshua C. Towne, Samuel W. Kimball.
Walter Harriman, 191. John G. Sinclair, 32.
1868. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Henry W. Stearns. Selectmen, Joshua C. Towne, Martin L. Goddard, Orlando J. Raymond.
Walter Harriman, 215. John G. Sinclair, 41.
1869. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Orlando J. Raymond, Jas. B. Robbins.
Onslow Stearns, 183. John Bedell, 32.
1870. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Orlando J. Raymond, Jas. B. Robbins.
Onslow Stearns, 179. John Bedell, 45. Scattering, 1.
1871. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. Selectmen, Orlando J. Raymond, Jas. B. Robbins, Stephen Hale.
Jas. Pike, 176. Jas. A. Weston, 48. Scattering, 1.
1872. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. Selectmen, James B. Robbins, Stephen Hale, Martin L. Goddard.
1873.
Ezekiel A. Straw, 190. Jas. A. Weston, 47. Scattering, 1. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. Selectmen, Stephen Hale, Martin L. Goddard, Daniel H. Sargent.
Ezekiel A. Straw, 179. Jas. A. Weston, 42.
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1874. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. Selectmen, Elijah Bemis, Daniel H. Sargent, William M. Lamb.
Luther McCutchins, 191. Jas. A. Weston, 50.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. - There was a time when the cheeks of the child would glow with a reasonable pride in the contemplation of the fact that he was descended from a Justice of the Peace, or a Magistrate, as the officer was frequently styled. But in these latter days, and since in all country towns these officials have become as numerous as in Pemberton Square, Boston, the honor becomes of a less certain character. The first Justice of the Peace in this town was Enoch Hale, his commission being dated 1768, and issued in the name of King George the Third. The Provincial Congress, perhaps to make known that it was its policy to allow the people the most unqualified liberty, authorized the several towns to nominate some person whom they desired to have appointed. The vote of the town in 1777, " Chose Daniel Lake a Justice of the Peace," indicates that he was thus recommended for appointment, and not chosen, as in the words of the record. Mr. Lake, however, was soon after appointed in accordance with this expression of the people. Soon after, Edward Jewett and Daniel Rand were commissioned, and in the present century the appoint- ments have been much more numerous. The following list is believed to contain all who have resided in Rindge any considerable time after the receipt of their commissions : Thomas Jewett, Isaiah Whitney, Samuel L. Wilder, Ezra Thomas, Joshua Converse, Amos Keyes, John P. Symonds, Stephen B. Sherwin, Levi Howe, Thomas Ingalls, Jason B. Perry, Zebulon Converse, Arba S. Coffin, George W. Stearns, Oratio P. Allen, Ebenezer Blake, Josiah Abbott, James B. Robbins, Harrison G. Rice, Ezra S. Stearns, Alison Lake,
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Elijah Bemis, George A. Whitney, Martin L. Goddard, Samuel W. Fletcher, Willard G. Jones, Joel Wellington, Henry A. Russell, Warren W. Emory.
A large number of trees in different parts of the town have been measured by Zebulon Converse, Esq., and the author. The dimensions of several, in December, 1874, are given below. The present information is of neither value nor interest, but the progress of their growth may occasion reference to their present dimensions which will present data for future comparison. The dimension here given is the circumference of the tree at two feet from the ground. The elm near the house of John Sanders, 8} feet. Two rock maples, the most southern, in front of the residence of Dr. Josiah Abbott, were transplanted in 1850, then two or three inches in diameter, measured 4} feet and 2 feet respectively. A maple of unusual symmetry of form, south of the hotel building, 26 inches. The three maples in front of the residence of Daniel H. Sargent, commencing with the eastern, were 31, 28, and 32 inches. The southern of the elms east of the residence of Washington Snelling, 9% feet, and the northern, 9 feet. The elm in front of the east end of the Congregational parsonage measured 6} feet. A young and thrifty elm between the hotel and the residence of Willard Jones, 2} feet. A small elm near the southwest corner of the meeting-house, 82 inches. For this tree a slow growth is predicted. The larger elm in front of the residence of A. S. Sawtell, at West Rindge, 10 feet. The largest elm near the Jewett place (now owned by J. O. Barrett), 123 feet. An elm near the residence of Deacon William M. Lamb, 14 feet and. 11 inches. A row of fifteen beautiful maples in front of the residence of Lyman Bennett measured each about 30 inches.
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
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THE EARLY FAMILIES OF RINDGE.
INTRODUCTION.
IN THE PREPARATION of the following registers, no effort to secure accuracy has been spared; but vanity is not sufficiently predominant to presume that all errors have been avoided. In many instances duplicate records have presented a most bewildering confusion of dates, and great difficulty has frequently been experienced in ascertaining which should be received as correct. To secure the record of the generations of so many of the Rindge families, pre- vious to their removal to this town, which appear in the following pages, has been a prolonged and tiresome labor. The omission of such information of the families of a few of the early settlers is deeply regretted. The effort was not abandoned until the most persistent inquiry had failed.
If it is thought by any that too little attention has been paid to those families who have more recently removed to this town, or to the record of the younger generation of the present inhabitants, the size of the volume will plead excuse ; and in many instances the absence of record or
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other information, has made it impossible to present any connected or intelligent account. It is also hoped that the recollection of promises to furnish information which remain unfulfilled, and requests for copies of family records which were unheeded, will charitably overlook not a few of the omissions and incomplete registers which easily might have been avoided.
In gathering the material for the following pages, above one thousand letters have been written, and a great number of public records and private papers have been attentively and laboriously perused. This labor has been cheerfully performed, in the hope that in some small measure the work would prove acceptable to my townsmen, and to the sons and daughters of Rindge who may find pleasure in its perusal.
EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS. - In these registers the parents' name standing at the head of a paragraph is given in full, and printed in small capitals. The Christian names of the chil- dren only are given, and are printed in italic, and are numbered in Roman numerals, I., II., III., etc. Whenever the names of their children or grandchildren of the person whose name introduces the paragraph appear, they are indented, printed in lower case, and are numbered in Arabic figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The numbers in the margin are consecutive; persons bearing the same family name are numbered in the order in which they are introduced. The character + after a person's name indicates that the name is thereafter repeated, and can be easily found by following down the margin until the same number appears enclosed in parentheses.
ABBREVIATIONS. - b. stands for born; bap. for baptized; d. for died; md. for married; unmd. for unmarried; dau. for daugh- ter; s. p., or sine prole, for without offspring; q. v. for which see, or see the name of the person to whom the letters apply in the register of that family.
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
ABBOTT.
Descendants of George Abbott, who emigrated from England, and d. in Rowley 1647, have been numerous in many places ; but the representa- tion in this town has been limited in number. George Abbott, Jr., the eldest son of the emigrant, was also b. in England, and settled in Andover, where he md. 1658, Sarah Farnum. He d. Mar. 22, 1689, and his widow md. Aug. 1, 1689, Henry Ingalls, son of Edmund Ingalls, the emigrant. She d. May 12, 1728, aged 90. George and Sarah (Farnum) Abbott were the parents of thirteen children. Samuel, the youngest son, b. May 30, 1678, md. June 26, 1705, Joyce Rice, dau. of Edmund and Joyce (Russell) Rice, of Sudbury. He settled in Sudbury, where his children were b. His son, Samuel Abbott, Jr., b. Aug. 21, 1716, md. 1737, Abigail Mirick, and left nine children, and among them Samuel Abbott, Jr., who md. Martha Jennings, and removed to Framingham previous to the Revolution. He d. in Sherburne, of small-pox, 1791. His widow md. Noah Eaton, and d. in the autumn of 1834. The eldest son of Samuel and Martha Jennings Abbott, was Josiah, b. Sept. 26, 1775, md. Ruth Estabrook, of Holden. Resided in Framingham.
1 JOSIAH ABBOTT, M. D., son of Josiah last named, and seventh generation from George Abbott, was b. in Fram- ingham, May 22, 1811, md. Jan. 5, 1842, Arminda P. White, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Matilda (Davis) White, and removed to Rindge in the autumn of 1843, where he has since resided. Vide Chap. XVII.
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E. DARWIN ABELL, M. D., a skillful and popular physi- cian in Rindge from 1840 to 1852. Vide Chap. XVII. He md. Jan. 30, 1845, Anna P. Whittier, dau. of Richard Whittier, Esq., of Grafton, N. H.
ADAMS.
Descendants of several branches of the Adams family have resided in Rindge. Among these are the descendants of Robert Adams, the emigrant, who was residing at Ipswich as early as 1635. Three years later he removed to Salem, and in 1640 to Newbury, where he d. Oct. 12, 1682, leaving "a good estate." He was a tailor, and emigrated from Devonshire, England. By his first wife, Almira, he had ten children, two of whom were b. in England, one in Salem, and seven in Newbury.
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His wife d. June 12, 1677, and he md. (2d) Feb. 6, 1678, Sarah Glover, widow of Henry Short, of Newbury, who survived him, and d. Oct. 24, 1697. Abraham, his son, styled Sergeant Adams, was b. in Salem 1639, and md. Nov. 16, 1670, Mary Pettingell, dau. of Richard and Joanna (Ingersoll) Pettingell, of Newbury. She was b. July 6, 1652. He d. June 14, 1714, aged 75, and his wife Sept. 19, 1705, aged 53. They had ten children, of whom the third son was Isaac, b. Feb. 26, 1679, and md. 1708, Hannah Spofford, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Birbee) Spofford, of Rowley. (This Samuel Spofford was a son of John, the emigrant.) They had seven children, of whom the second son was Isaac, Jr., b. May 25, 1713, and md. Apr. 1, 1743, Mary Wood, of Boxford. They resided in Boxford, where their ten children were b., several of whom removed to Rindge, and are mentioned below.
1 ISAAC ADAMS, son of Isaac and Mary (Wood) Adams, was b. June 2, 1745, and removed to Rindge about 1772. He enlisted April 23, 1775, in Capt. Thomas' company, and was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. He was not married. "Oct. 15, 1773, Isaac Adams, of Rindge, sells Jeremiah Chapman, for £1463, the sixth lot in the fourth range," which includes the site of the mills' of A. S. Coffin, Esq.
2 DAVID ADAMS, a brother of Isaac, b. June 20, 1747, md. March 4, 1773, Phebe Spofford, dau. of Dea. Abner and Sarah (Colman) Spofford, of Byfield, now George- town. She was b. Jan. 6, 1751. Mr. Adams had settled in Rindge previous to his marriage. In May, 1777, he was a member of Capt. Brown's company. After the Revolution, he was captain in the militia, and constable in 1786. He d. Nov. 17, 1831, aged 84, and his wife Feb. 17, 1822, aged 71. Their children were :-
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I. Sally, b. Aug. 18, 1774.
II. Isaac, b. Jan. 8, 1776; d. 16 same month.
III. Phebe, b. Feb. 21, 1777; md. Harry Hale, q. v.
IV. Mercy, b. March 24, 1779; md. March 29, 1805, James Stevens, of Jaffrey.
v. David, b. Oct. 12, 1780; d. Sept. 3, 1781.
VI. David, b. March 11, 1782. +-
VII. Moody, b. March 25, 1784, md. Betsey Batchelder, dau. of Samuel Batchelder, of New Ipswich. Settled in New Ipswich.
VIII. Isaac, b. July 14, 1788; twin, d. 18 same month.
IX. Naomi, b. July 14, 1788; md. Feb. 2, 1809, Isaac Spofford, son of Moody and Huldah (Spofford) Spofford, of Georgetown. They subsequently removed to Brighton, and were the parents of six children, all of whom d. young, except Phebe Adams, who md. - Morse, of Roxbury.
x. John Spofford, b. May 8, 1791; d. in Rindge, unmd., Feb. 19, 1852.
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XI. Isaac, b. Aug. 18, 1793 ; md. (1st) Sophia Spofford, dau. of Jacob and Mary (Tenney) Spofford, of Bradford and Ipswich, Mass. She d. Dec. 21, 1832, and he md. (2d) Sarah Searle, of George- town. He resided in Boxford.
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SAMUEL ADAMS, a brother of Isaac and David, b. Aug. 22, 1750; md. July 1, 1773, Lucy Spofford, dau. of Col. Eliphalet and Lucy (Peabody) Spofford, of Boxford. Removed to Rindge about 1772, and to Jaffrey in 1778. While residing in Rindge, he served, May, 1777, in Capt. Brown's company, which was raised for the defence of Ticonderoga. He had ten children. Two eldest children were b. in Rindge; the others in Jaffrey.
I. Eliphalet, b. Feb. 10, 1775. Removed to Canada. II. Isaac, b. Nov. 18, 1776; md. (1st) Deborah Twitchel; (2d) Olive Wight, of Dublin, N. H. Settled in Gilead, Me .; d. Nov. 12, 1848.
III. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1779; d. in Canada, 1854.
IV. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1782; md. (1st) 1815, Sarah Wright; md. (2d) Eliza Learned. He d. 1854.
v. Lucy, b. Jan. 23, 1785; md. Artemas Lawrence, of Jaffrey.
VI. Polly, b. Jan. 5, 1787; md. (1st) Perley P. Burn- ham, and (2d) Joseph G. Swan. - Settled in Gilead, Me.
VII. Israel, b. Jan. 27, 1790; md. Harriet Putnam ; resided in Danvers, Mass .; d. Feb. 8, 1857.
VIII. Jacob, b. Sept. 25, 1791; d. in Canada, Jan. 21, 1867.
IX. Elizabeth, b. March 24, 1794; md. Eliphaz Chap- man ; d. at Bethel, Me., Oct. 15, 1847.
x. Daniel, b. Aug. 19, 1796; settled in Western States ; was drowned.
THOMAS ADAMS, brother of Isaac, etc., b. Oct. 7, 1752; resided several years in Rindge, and d. unmd.
DANIEL ADAMS, brother of Isaac, etc., b. May 5, 1754; resided in Rindge. He was in Capt. Stone's company under Gen. Stark, in 1777, and a lieutenant in Col. Nichols' regiment, raised for the defence of West Point, in 1780. He d. unmd. about 1800. Israel Adams, another brother, md. in Rindge, Jan. 14, 1808, Lucinda Baxter, a sister of Polly Baxter, wife of William Sher- win. Mrs. Adams d. in Rindge, March 1, 1864, aged 90.
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DAVID ADAMS, son of David, md. 1812, Silence Sawin, of Templeton ; b. Nov. 8, 1785, he resided, a farmer, in Rindge, on the old homestead. His wife d. March 14,
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1835, aged 50, and he md. (2d) Sept. 7, 1836, Zerviah (Morse) Clark, widow of Warren Clark, and dau. of Adam and Lydia (Bacon) Morse. Mr. Adams d. Aug. 19, 1852. His widow is living. Six children by first wife.
I. Silence Jones, b. Oct. 21, 1813; md. Julius C. Sher- win, q. v.
II. Edwin Spofford, b. Oct. 29, 1815. For several years he was a successful teacher in Dover and West Dedham, in Mass., and in Albany, N. Y. Since 1855, he has been principal of one of the largest and most important of the Grammar Schools of Brooklyn, N. Y., at present accommo- dating nearly two thousand pupils. He md. June 10, 1844, Cynthia A. Witbeck, of Castle- ton, N. Y.
III. Catherine Sawin, b. April 11, 1819. Resides in Natick, Mass.
IV. Mary Jones, b. Nov. 6, 1820. Resides, unmd., in Natick, Mass.
v. David Wood, b. Feb. 1, 1823; md. Sept. 30, 1865, Martha Shattuck, of Groton, Mass. He d. Sept. 18, 1867.
VI. Moses Sawin, b. Oct. 19, 1826; an attorney, formerly of Topeka, Kansas, now of Wichita, prosperous. He md. 1857, Lizzie Dimond, of Springfield, Mass.
ISRAEL ADAMS, and wife, Tabitha, removed from Andover, Mass., to Rindge in the year 1772. Nothing concerning his ancestry has been secured. He d. Oct. 16, 1789, aged 73, and his widow Feb. 18, 1804, aged 97. These dates are thus upon the headstones, but it is proba- ble that he was 83 years of age at the time of his death.
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ISRAEL ADAMS, Jr., son of the above, came also to Rindge in 1772. He was one of the selectmen 1775, and was chosen constable 1783. His wife, Elizabeth, d. Nov. 9, 1809, aged 71; he d. May 15, 1809, aged 85. Five chil- dren were born in Andover; the others in Rindge.
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I. Joshua, - is supposed to have been killed at the battle of Plattsburg, 1814.
II. Betsey, b. 1761; d. unmd. in Rindge, Sept. 28, 1835.
III. Samuel, b. 1765, d. unmd. in Rindge, March 5, 1852. IV. Israel, b. Jan. 8, 1768. +
36 37 38 v. Esther, b. 1770, d. unmd. in Rindge, May 26, 1822. 39 VI. Sarah, b. 1773; d. unmd. in Rindge, Nov. 21, 1823.
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VII. Daniel, b. 1778; a farmer, in Rodman, N. Y., where he d. unmd. 1871.
VIII. Hannah, b. 1784; d. unmd. in Rindge, Jan. 19, 1852.
40 41 (37) ISRAEL ADAMS, Jr., md. Aug. 28, 1796, Sally Adams, dau. of Nathaniel Adams, of Ashburnham, Mass. He resided on the farm occupied by his father and grand- father; was selectman several years, and d. Sept. 16, 1856; she d. May 4, 1838. Their children were : --
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I. Sybil, b. Jan. 9, 1797 ; md. Ebenezer Stratton, q. v.
II. Susan, b. Dec. 24, 1798; md. July 5, 1827, Martin Smith, son of David and Abigail (Bruce) Smith. See Book of the Lockes, 268; md. (2d) Greene. He died and she resides, a widow, at Middletown, Vt. One son by first marriage, Martin A. Smith, formerly resided in Rindge, now in Pittsford, Vt. A son by second marriage, Albert Arad Greene, resides in Middle- town.
III. Clarissa, b. Jan. 10, 1802; d. unmd. in Jaffrey, Aug. 23, 1869.
IV. Israel, b. March 12, 1804; d. Aug. 1, 1808.
v. Albert, b. March 4, 1807. +
VI. Israel, b. Jan. 16, 1810; died April 1, 1810. VII. Arad, b. April 26, 1812. +
VIII. Louisa, b. Jan. 22, 1815; md. Marshall A. Hale, q. v., and (2d) John Platts, q. v.
ALBERT ADAMS, son of Israel, md. May 26, 1836, Mary Pollard, dau. of Levi and Rhoda (Teel) Pollard, of Winchendon, and a sister of Rev. Andrew Pollard, D. D., of South Boston. Mr. Adams is a successful farmer in Rindge. Issue : -
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I. George A., b. June 7, 1837; md. H. M. Phillips, of Homer, N. Y. She d. 1861, and he md. (2d) Arville Brown. He was a captain in the 157th N. Y. Vols., was wounded at battle of Gettysburg, and died a few days subsequently.
II. Israel, b. -; d. Oct. 28, 1841.
III. William, b. Oct. 5, 1840; d. Sept. 10, 1856.
IV. John B., b. Aug. 12, 1842; md. May 23, 1872, Mary J. Woodbury, dau. of Samuel D. and Jerusha (Vose) Woodbury, of Winchendon. Reside in Rindge.
v. Francis A., b. April 9, 1844; md. Nov., 1863, Emma C. Bruce. She d. Sept. 24, 1873. Farmer in Rindge.
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VI. Mary B., b. Feb. 4, 1847; md. Jan. 17, 1866, Leon- ard F. Sawyer, son of Josiah and Margaret (French) Sawyer, of Jaffrey. Reside in Jaffrey. VII. Orange H., b. Jan. 1, 1856.
ARAD ADAMS, son of Israel ; a merchant in Rindge and in Jaffrey. See Chap. XVII. Resides in Jaffrey. He ind. May 9, 1839, Ruby Hale, dau. of Emerson and Jemima (Foster) Hale, q. v.
1. Maria, b. June 25, 1840.
II. Lizzie, b. May 8, 1843; d. January, 1857.
OLIVER ADAMS, a son of Oliver Adams, of Chelmsford, and a brother of Sibyl Adams, wife of Moses Hale, was probably descended from Henry Adams, the emigrant, who d. in Braintree, 1646. He came to Rindge about 1788. He subsequently md. Betsey Marshall, of Chelms- ford, and settled upon the farm, now of W. C. Brigham. He d. Dec. 29, 1813. His widow md. (2d) Jonathan Parker, of Chelmsford, and d. 1852. Three children.
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I. Infant; d. young.
II. Marshall, b. March 14, 1801. +
III. Fanny, b. Jan. 22, 1803; md. 1828, Thomas Baker, of Johnson, Vt .; d. s. p. 1833.
MARSHALL ADAMS, son of Oliver, learned the clothier's trade with Dea. Brown, and removed to New Boston, N. H., in 1823, where he carried on the same business. Is a valuable citizen, and a deacon in the Presbyterian Church for more than forty years. He md. May 9, 1826, Sarah G. Richards, of Rindge. See Richards family. The chil- dren of Dea. Adams are : -
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I. Marshall Coolidge, b. May 23, 1827; md. April 19, 1853, Susan B. Patterson, and resides in Jaffrey.
II. Sarah Eliza, b. Feb. 23, 1829; md. Horace Pettee, Esq., son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Hall) Pettee, of Francestown, N. H. A merchant of Man- chester, N. H.
III. William Richards, b. Aug. 1, 1830; graduated at Dartmouth College 1859. Now pastor of Pres- byterian Church in Shipman, Ill. He md. Ellen D. Richmond.
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IV. John R., b. March 3, 1832; md. 1858, Jane R. Carhart, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Taylor) Carhart, of Natick. He is a shoe manufacturer in Natick, Mass.
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v. Frances B., b. Sept. 8, 1833; md. Oct. 31, 1857, Holmes R. Pettee, son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Hall) Pettee. A merchant in Manchester, N. H. VI. Mary N., b. July 4, 1835.
VII. Joseph G., b. Dec. 12, 1836; md. May 10, 1858, Martha J. Perry, dau. Samuel and Martha (Stone) Perry, of Natick, Mass. A merchant in Natick.
VIII. Henry Parker, b. Aug. 8, 1838; md. Fannie B. Patterson. Resides in Baltimore, Md. Is supt. of Y. M. C. A. of that city.
IX. Charlotte R., b. Feb. 2, 1840.
x. James C., b. Dec. 27, 1841; d. in the army July 12, 1864.
XI. Ellen M., b. Nov. 3, 1843; md. William C. Prince, of Milford, N. H.
XII. Charles A., b. May 25, 1847 ; a physician in Web- ster, Mass.
XIII. George A., b. April 25, 1849; a physician in Web- ster, Mass.
EBENEZER AGER was b. in Weymouth, Mass., Aug. -, 1794. He md. - Hovey, and after a brief resi- dence in Abington, and in Hardwick, Mass., came to Rindge in 1793. An elder daughter had md. and re- moved to Springfield, Mass., previous to this date. He d. Nov. 10, 1829, aged 85; his wife Aug. 22, 1813. Five children of Mr. Ager removed to Rindge. The order of age may not be preserved.
I. Joel, b. 1782; d. unmd. in Rindge, July 30, 1861. II. Ebenezer, ; d. in Rindge about 1810.
2 3 4 III. Betsey, b. 1784; md. Benjamin Stowe, g. v.
5 IV. Polly, b. ; md. May 16, 1815, Abner Brown, son of Capt. Josiah Brown, of New Ipswich. He d. 1824, aged 48. 6 v. Nancy, b.
ALLEN.
Two families of Allens were here previous to the incorporation of the town, but removed previous to the Revolution. Having left no descend- ants which have had a residence here, no extended record will be given. The record of another family bearing this name is more extended.
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