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It is possible that there were other and older children than those named below. The date of birth of Joseph and Jesse is found upon the records of the ancient town of Naticook, or Litchfield, then including the present town of Merrimac: (1) Joseph, b. Nov. 13, 1739; (2) Jesse, b. Dec., 1741; (3) Zebulon, b. March 21, 1744. Joseph md. Elizabeth Davis, and resided many years in Bedford, Mass., where his ten children were born. Late in life he removed to Chesterfield, N. H., where he d. Feb. 16, 1828. Betsey, his eldest dau., md. Levi Mead, son of Matthew and Martha (Danforth) Mead. They resided in Chesterfield, and were the grandparents of Larkin G. Mead, the distinguished sculptor. It was James Converse, the third son of Joseph, who studied divinity in Rindge with Dr. Payson, and was many years pastor of the church in Weathers- field, Vt.
Of Jesse, the second son of Joshua, less is known. Probably he was the Jesse Converse who was a member, in 1758, of Capt. Nehemiah Love- well's company, in Col. John Hart's regiment, raised for the expedition to Crown Point. Zebulon, the youngest son, b. the year in which his father d., settled in Rindge, where, as will appear, many of his descend- ants still reside.
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1 ZEBULON CONVERSE, b. March 21, 1744; md. April -, 1773, Sarah Merriam, b. Oct. 10, 1753, dau. of Nathaniel and Olive (Wheeler) Merriam, of Bedford, Mass. They removed to Rindge, and upon the first lot in the first range, in 1773 or 1774, which in 1778 he sold to Eben- ezer Muzzey, and purchased the succeeding year lots four and five in the fourth range. Later he resided at Converseville, and in 1786 he removed to the farm, now of George G. Rice, where he d. Nov. 10, 1805, and his wife the 28th of the same month.
I. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 17, 1774; d. unmd. in Beau- fort, S. C., April 10, 1815.
II. Sarah, b. March 15, 1776; md. Eliakim Russell, son of Nathaniel, g. v.
III. Rachel, b. July 3, 1777 ; d. young.
IV. Olive, b. May 15, 1779; md. Solomon Sawtell, son of Obadiah, q. v.
v. Joshua, b. April 23, 1781; d. young.
VI. Ira, b. May 28, 1783; d. young.
VII. Joshua, b. July 2, 1786. +
VIII. Rachel, b. Oct. 12, 1788; md. Daniel Jones. Vide p. 487. +
IX. Ira, b. March 1, 1791. - +-
x. Rebecca, b. Feb. 18, 1794; md. Charles Stearns. Vide p. 488. +
XI. Zebulon, b. Oct. 8, 1795. +
JOSHUA CONVERSE, EsQ., was the only child of Zebu- lon Converse, who has left descendants bearing the family name. In addition to the management of a farm, he was much employed in other pursuits. In 1845, he purchased the mills and removed to the locality now known as Con- verseville, where he became extensively engaged in the manufacture of coarse lumber and wooden-ware, in which he was subsequently associated with his sons, Zebulon and Omar D. Converse. With generous foresight Mr. Converse was engaged in several enterprises from which he neither hoped nor expected remunerative returns. The system of flowage secured through his efforts and influence, comprising the capacious reservoirs constructed mainly at his expense, may properly be regarded as public improvements which have advantageously affected the material interests of the town. As a citizen he was highly respected. Possessing superior abilities, warmed into activity by an earnest solicitude for the public good, his services were frequently sought by his townsmen. He represented the town in the Legislature, 1840 and 1841, and was a member of the Constitutional Conven- tion in 1850. For seventeen years he was elected to the
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board of selectmen, a longer period of service than has fallen to the lot of any other individual in the town's history; and other public services efficiently rendered were neither few nor unimportant. He md. May 6, 1808, Polly Piper, dau. of Thomas Piper, g. v., who d. Feb. 7, 1840, leaving thirteen children. He md. (2d) May 20, 1841, Polly Kimball, dau. of William Kimball, g. v. He d. Nov. 1, 1862; his widow d. Sept. 10, 1866. Two chil- dren not named below d. in childhood.
I. Lucius Manlius, b. July 20, 1809. - +-
II. Ebenezer Hartshorn, b. Nov. 14, 1811. ++
III. Joshua, b. June 15, 1813. +
IV. Christopher Columbus, b. Dec. 20, 1814. + v. Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1816; md. David Stowe, g. v.
VI. Abraham Jewett, b. Aug. 18, 1818. +
VII. Levina Piper, b. May 21, 1820; md. Reuben Ramsdell, g. v.
VIII. Zebulon, b. May 20, 1822. ++
IX. Omar Duane, b. March 9, 1824. +
x. Alfred Collins, b. March 17, 1827. +
XI. Amanda M., b. Feb. 11, 1829; md. May 15, 1850, Edward Miller, of New York city. They resided in Milwaukee, Wis. She d. March 8, 1869. Buried in Rindge.
XII. George Washington, b. Aug. 29, 1830. + XIII. Gustavus Adolphus, b. Jan. 21, 1833. +
RACHEL CONVERSE md. July 9, 1811, Dea. Daniel Jones ; b. Dec. 23, 1788, son of Enos and Mary (Whitmore) Jones. They resided in Ashburnham, where he d. March 14, 1843. After the death of Dea. Jones, she resided several years in Winchendon, but d. at the residence of her dau., Mrs. Sawtell, in Ayer, Mass., April, 1873.
I. Mary, b. March, 26, 1813; d. unmd. Aug. 30, 1846. II. Sultyna, b. April 26, 1815; md. June 2, 1840, Asa Elbridge Woods, son of Sewell and Anna (Whit- aker) Woods. They resided in Mason, N. H., where he d. July 25, 1850. She md. (2d) March 26, 1856, Ezra H. Sawtell, son of Asa Sawtell, q. v. Reside in Ayer, Mass.
III. Eliza, b. Oct. 4, 1821; d. Feb. 22, 1824.
IV. Eliza Rachel, b. Aug. 1, 1826; md. Jan. 3, 1854, Horace O. Whitcher, son of Jeremiah and Persis (Craig) Whitcher. Reside in Barton, Vt.
v. Daniel Wayland, b. Jan. 14, 1829. A physician, formerly of Rindge, now of Newton, Mass. Vide Chap. XVII. He md. July 13, 1853, Minerva A. Tyler, dau. of Ephraim and Mary (Bissell) Tyler, who d. Jan. 31, 1858; md. (2d)
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Dec. 24, 1860, Josephine D. Bullard, dau. of Elias and Persis (Daniels) Bullard, of Holliston, Mass. She d. May 25, 1871.
IRA CONVERSE Ind. Susan Tilden. For many years he was an overseer in a corporation in Waltham, Mass. He returned to Rindge in the year 1850, and d. March 21, 1862. He was a worthy, blameless citizen. His widow d. Sept. 13, 1867.
I. Hattie M., md. Sept. 20, 1871, Charles I. Chadwick, son of Abner F. Chadwick, q. v. Reside in Rindge.
II. Ira, d. at four years of age.
REBECCA CONVERSE md. Oct. 19, 1821, Charles Stearns, son of William and Lydia (Davis) Stearns, and grandson of Hon. Isaac Stearns, of Billerica, Mass. They resided in New Ipswich, where he d. March 6, 1838. Subse- quently she removed to Lowell, Mass .; d. Sept. 3, 1870.
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I. Edwin Jones, b. Oct. 6, 1823; d. April 16, 1842.
II. Susan Davis, b. - , 1826; d. unmd. March 23, 1868.
III. Charles Converse, b. - , 1830; d. unmd. Oct. 24, 1860.
IV. Jane Rebecca, b. 1835; d. Oct. 29, 1836.
ZEBULON CONVERSE md. Ann Harris, who d. without issue 1865. He was a merchant and postmaster for sev- eral years at Cape Vincent, New York, where he d. 1874.
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LUCIUS M. CONVERSE md. April 12, 1827, Cynthia Saw- tell, dau. of Solomon and Olive (Converse) Sawtell, q. v. He was a farmer, and resided upon the farm still owned by the family. He d. March 14, 1864, aged 54.
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I. Charles Stearns, d. young.
II. Simeon Farwell, d. young. Resides in
III. Clovis Manlius, b. Sept. 27, 1832. Rindge.
IV. Cornelia Lestina, b. Dec. 11, 1834. Postmaster at East Rindge.
v. Marion Willshire, b. Oct. 23, 1837; d. June 4, 1863, in New Orleans; a member of Co. F, 16th N. H. Vols.
VI. Conrad Rodolphus, b. June 10, 1840; md. Martha H. Dewhurst, dau. of William Dewhurst. They reside in Newton, Mass.
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VII. Anza Merovius, b. June 3, 1842; d. June 16, 1850. VIII. Ralsamond De Witt, b. April 29, 1844.
IX. Cleros Sherebiah, b. March 13, 1846.
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46 x. Rondo Remon, b. Feb. 8, 1848. XI. Ulric Adzera, b. Oct. 21, 1849. 47 48 XII. Cynthia Anna, b. Jan. 27, 1853; md. July 31, 1873, William H. Smith. Reside in Rindge. (14) CAPT. EBENEZER H. CONVERSE md. Oct. 8, 1835, Sarah Darling, dau. of Jewett B. and Hannah (Murdock) Darling, of Winchendon. With the exception of a resi- dence of a few years in New Ipswich, he has resided in this town. He was four years an officer of the Rindge Light Infantry, and commanded the company 1836 and 1837. Enjoying the confidence of his townsmen, he easily and promptly raised a company for the 6th New Hampshire Volunteers, in the autumn of 1861, of which he was commissioned captain, and of which he continued in command until his resignation the following year.
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I. Morton E., b. Sept. 17, 1837; md. Aug. 19, 1869, Hattie M. Atherton, dau. of Thomas and Susan Atherton, of Lowell, Mass. He resides in Rindge, and is a manufacturer of wooden-ware and pyroligneous acid, iron liquor, acetic acid, and other chemicals obtained from a wood acid base.
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II. Nettie S., b. Aug. 29, 1841; md. May 1, 1871, Albert A. Spear, son of Palmer M. and Eliza- beth (Proctor) Spear, of Warren, Me. He is a dealer in stoves, ranges, and furnaces, in Fitch- burg, Mass.
III. Oscar Irving, b. Aug. 9, 1843; md. March 8, 1867, Coralie S. Mix, dau. of Hon. James D. Mix, of Walla Walla, Washington Territory. He is an officer in the United States army.
IV. Clarence, b. Oct. 8, 1855; resides in Fitchburg.
JOSHUA CONVERSE in early life engaged in the manu- facture of cotton fabrics. He was Superintendent of the Suffolk Corporation of Lowell several years. In 1859 he removed to Salmon Falls, N. H., and accepted an appoint- ment of Agent of the Salmon Falls Manufacturing Com- pany, a position in which he has been highly successful. While a resident of Lowell he was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature and of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen. He was a Director and subse- quently President of the Traders and Mechanics Insur- ance Co., a Director of the Prescott Bank, and a Trustee of the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank, from the organi- zation of these associations until he removed from Low- ell. Since 1860 he has been a Director of the Salmon Falls Bank, and Vice-President of the Rollinsford Sav-
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ings Bank. In the discharge of these important trusts, and in the management of the business of an extensive manufacturing corporation, the ability and integrity of Mr. Converse have commanded the unqualified respect of his associates. He md. Oct. 18, 1835, Jane B. Damon, dau. of Galen and Jane (Bowker) Damon. She d. March 4, 1868. He md. (2d) Aug. 30, 1869, HI. Jennie Dearborn, dau. of Joseph and Harriet (Drew) Dearborn.
1. Mary Jane, b. June 10, 1837; md. June 2, 1864, James A. Place, son of James H. and Lydia (Chesley) Place. They reside at Salmon Falls. II. William Henry, b. 1849; d. 1842.
III. Josephine, b. 1843; d. 1844.
CHRISTOPHER C. CONVERSE md. Dec. 3, 1840, Susan B. Daniels, dau. of William B. and Susannah (Bowker) Daniels. Was five years in the livery business in Lowell, thirteen years a dealer in flour and grain in Boston, and returned to Rindge 1855, where he continues to reside.
I. Charles B., b. March 27, 1842; d. Aug. 18, 1842.
II. Susan R., b. June 6, 1846; md. Sept. 1, 1869, George A. Whitney, Esq., son of John Whit- ney, g. v.
ABRAHAM J. CONVERSE, a farmer in Rindge, resides upon the farm formerly of his father; md. April 25, 1843, Adaline F., dau. of Daniel and Eliza (Foster) Peacock. She d. Jan. 3, 1874; md. (2d) Dec. 24, 1874, Lizzie Dear- born, dau. of Joseph and Harriet (Drew) Dearborn.
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I. Addie A., b. June 3, 1844; md. Henry W. Stearns, son of Col. George W. Stearns, q. v. II. Elson A., b. July 22, 1850.
ZEBULON CONVERSE EsQ., a manufacturer in Rindge. He was first a member of the firm of J. Converse & Co., of Z. & O. D. Converse, and now of R. Ramsdell & Co., who are engaged in the manufacture of nest and fruit boxes. He was selectman for the years 1851, '53, '54, '56, a representative 1862 and '63, and a commissioner for Cheshire County 1864 to 1867. He md. Aug. 12, 1845, Ann Mixer, dau. of Charles Mixer, q. v.
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I. Ann Zebulina, b. May 8, 1846; d. Dec. 21, 1852.
II. Marianna, b. Dec. 29, 1853; d. July 6, 1854.
III. Charles, b. Aug. 8, 1854; d. Aug. 22, 1856.
IV. Idella Emeretta, b. Sept. 13, 1857.
V. Infant son, b. Nov. 21, 1866; d. same day.
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DEA. OMAR D. CONVERSE, formerly a member of the firms mentioned, and now associated with his son in the manufacture of coarse lumber, and also dealers in corn and meal. They have the only grain mill remaining in Rindge. He was representative 1871, '72, and has been a deacon in the Congregational Church since 1856. He md. Aug. 16, 1847, Harriet Henry, dau. of Francis and Per- melia (Brown) Henry, of Chesterfield, N. H., who d. July 15, 1860, and he md. (2d) Dec. 26, 1865, her sister, Jane E. Henry.
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I. Francis Duane, b. Dec. 17, 1848; of the firm of O. D. Converse & Son.
II. Harriet Amanda, b. Oct. 9, 1852; md. June 3, 1874, Frederick W. Forristall, son of John M. and Mary J. Forristall, of Winchendon. in W. Reside
III. Irving Omar, b. March 9, 1856.
ALFRED C. CONVERSE removed to New York in 1850, and to Boston 1854. Is a type founder, now a partner in the well known firm of Phelps, Dalton & Co. The type from which this volume is printed is of their manufacture. Residence in Chelsea, Mass. He md. Nov. 13, 1855, Julia A. Woods, b. Nov. 22, 1833, dau. of Aaron B. and Ellenor (Eggleston) Woods, of Hillsboro', N. H. She d. Jan. 5, 1868; md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1869, Hulda H. Mitchell, dau. of Nahum and Mary (Hatch) Mitchell, of Marshfield, and later of Medford, Mass.
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I. Julia Luella, b. Feb. 4, 1859. II. Lillia Frances, b. May 10, 1865; d. Sept. 15, 1866.
III. Son, b. and d. Oct. 23, 1870.
IV. Alfred Otis, b. Dec. 21. 1871.
GEORGE W. CONVERSE resided in Winchendon, where he d. Sept. 19, 1872. He md. Aug. 26, 1856, Ellen A. Knapp, dau. of Orris and Milley (Flagg) Knapp, of Mason, N. H.
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I. Georgie A., b. Dec. 27, 1857 ; d. June 19, 1863.
II. Nellie L., b. Aug. 27, 1862.
III. Willie K., b. Sept. 25, 1870.
GUSTAVUS CONVERSE resides in Winchendon. He md. Nov. 19, 1856, Phebe J. Larrabee, dau. of Joseph C. and Eunice (Larrabee) Larrabee, of Bangor, Me.
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THOMAS COWDIN, son of Thomas, was from Fitchburg, Mass. His father and relatives were leading men of that place. He md. March 11, 1798, Betsey Sawyer, dau. of
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Abner Sawyer, q. v. He resided on the Dea. Goddard farm, and the parents of his wife had a home with him. The family removed from town 1820.
1. Experience, b. Feb. 1, 1799.
3 II. Joseph, b. Feb. 9, 1801.
4 III. Augustus, b. May 16, 1803.
5 Iv. Horace, b. May 27, 1805.
6 v. Addison, b. June 28, 1807.
VI. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1810.
8 VII. Mary F., b. Oct. 26, 1813.
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CRAGIN.
JOHN CRAGIN Was b. in the south of Scotland about 1634. While young he was pressed into the royal service, and was one of the prisoners taken by the army of Cromwell at the battle of Dunbar, 1650, and shipped to America the following year with other prisoners taken in the same battle. Nov. 4, 1661, he md. Sarah Dawes, a native of England, and settled in Woburn, where he d. Jan. 27, 1708. Among his eight children was John, Jr., b. Sept. 9, 1677; md. April 13, 1700, Deborah Skilton. His three children were b. in Woburn. The eldest of these was John; md. Judith Barker, and, after a residence of several years in Acton, he removed to Temple, N. H. Benjamin, the sixth of nine chil- dren, was b. in Acton July 8, 1740; md. May 2, 1766, Mercy Robbins. They resided in Temple and Mason, now Greenville, N. H., where he closed an active, useful life April 20, 1816.
1 AARON CRAGIN, son of Benjamin, was b. in Temple April 16, 1772; md. Feb. 16, 1797, Sarah Wilkins, of Carlisle, Mass. He removed from Temple to Rindge 1812, and remained a citizen of this town about nine years, when he removed to New Ipswich, and subsequently to the State of New York, where he d. Feb. 13, 1849. Three children were b. in Rindge. Of these one d. Sept. 1, 1817.
2 MOSES CRAGIN, a brother of Aaron, b. in Temple Dec. 4, 1778; md. May 5, 1799, Lucy Felt, and is said to have resided in Rindge a short time immediately after his mar- riage; but his name is not found upon the tax lists. He d. in Temple April, 1804. His widow md. Joseph Bullard, q. v. She had three children by the first, and four by the second marriage.
I. Moses, b. Dec. 24, 1800; md. 1822, Sarah Chamber- lain. She d. Aug. 20, 1842, aged 38; md. (2d) 1843, Elleanor Walton, who d. Nov. 27, 1845; md. (3d) Sept. 22, 1846, Fanny Bidwell. He lived in Rindge upon the farm now of Sawin until 1847, when he removed to Marlow, N. H. Seven children b. in Rindge.
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4 II. Orlando, b. Aug. 24, 1802; md. Dec. 25, 1825, Malinda G. Christie; md. (2d) Emily (Ware) Cragin, widow of Stephen Cragin. Resides in East Jaffrey. His son, George W. Cragin, re- sides in Rindge.
III. Timothy, b. March 4, 1804; md. March 24, 1830, Melissa Holman. Hotel keeper in Rindge. He d. Oct. 25, 1856.
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6 1. Harvey, b. March 13, 1835. Resides in Chicopee, Mass. 1 JAMES CRUMBIE, with his wife Mary and five children, came to Rindge, from Andover, Mass., in June, 1772. With him came Phinehas Ames, an apprentice. Mr. Crumbie was a carpenter and joiner, then generally called housewrights. He was clerk of Capt. Hale's company in 1775, and a lieutenant in Capt. Smith's company in 1776. Early in the year 1777, upon the organization of the three continental battalions, he was commissioned a lieu- tenant in Col. Nathan Hale's regiment. After a few months' service in this regiment he was injured by a fall from his horse, and was permitted to return to his home. He resided at West Rindge, and d. Oct. 7, 1802, aged 65; his widow survived him a few years. This name is here spelled as it appears upon the Rindge records; but the form of Crombie perhaps more generally prevails in other places.
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I. Mary, b. in Andover, -, 1761; md. Joshua Chadwick, q. v.
II. Sally, b. in Andover.
III. Joseph, b. in Andover, Nov. 19, 1765; md. Mary Wright. +
IV. Anna, b. in Andover, Aug. 22, 1768.
v. Benjamin, b. in Andover, July 8, 1770.
VI. Thomas, b. in Rindge, April 25, 1773; d. Feb. 14, 1800.
VII. James, b. March 26, 1775; d. Oct. 21, 1776. VIII. Betty, b. Sept. 11, 1777.
IX. James, b. Sept. 28, 1779; d. July 30, 1804.
x. Rebecca, b. Feb. 16, 1782.
XI. Enoch Poor, b. May 26, 1784; d. May 4, 1786.
JOSEPH CRUMBIE lived at West Rindge, where O. P. Allen, Esq., now resides. He was a tanner, and had a yard nearly south from his house, and between the two roads as now traveled. He md. June 25, 1794, Mary Wright, dau. of Francis Wright, of Jaffrey. She was b. Feb. 13, 1773. He d. at the residence of his son, who a short time previous had removed to Jaffrey, Oct. 31,
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1746, and was buried in the cemetery at East Jaffrey. The gravestone records his death as Oct. 31, 1747, an error of one year. His widow d. July 1, 1749. Children all b. in Rindge.
1. Nancy, b. April 7, 1795; mnd. Sept. 24, 1820, Dr. John Peirce, of Lunenburg, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Chaplin) Peirce. He d. March 13, 1848, aged 63; she d. in Fitchburg, Feb. 5, 1874. They had two children : -
1. Nancy C., b. March 18, 1829; md. June 20, 1854, Charles A. Emory, of Fitchburg, son of Daniel Emory, Jr., q. v.
2. Abby A., b. June 18, 1840; md. Sept. 5, 1860, Charles A. Brick, of Fitchburg.
II. Sally, b. Nov. 4, 1796; md. Nov. 21, 1816, Peter J. Gayety. He d. in Pittsburg, Pa., June 28, 1826; she d. in Franklin, Pa., May 10, 1842. They had four children.
III. Polly, b. March 31, 1798; d. May 30, 1799.
IV. Thomas, b. Sept. 3, 1800; md. Dec. 25, 1828, Vesta L. Metcalf, dau. of Timothy Metcalf, q. v. They resided several years in Rindge; are now in Orange, Mass.
v. Polly, b. Jan. 9, 1803; md. Nov. 12, 1826, Daniel French, son of Daniel, of Jaffrey. She d. July 5,1850.
VI. Joseph, b. May 6, 1805; md. Aug. 20, 1851, Mary S. French, dau. of Thomas and Sophia (Jewell) French, of Jaffrey. They reside in Jaffrey.
VII. Dolly, b. June 9, 1807; md. Nov. 18, 1830, Elijah Bowker, a manufacturer of pails and tubs in Fitzwilliam.
VIII. Benjamin, b. March 28, 1810.
Ix. Martha, b. Aug. 13, 1811; md. July 17, 1834, Jason Mooar. They removed to Watertown, N. Y., where he d. 1868.
x. Rebecca, b. June 14, 1814; md. Sept. 3, 1835, Reuben Barrett. He d. 1870. She resides in Amherst, Mass.
XI. Elizabeth, b. April 27, 1817; md. May 18, 1846, Perkins Bigelow. They reside in Jaffrey.
EZEKIEL CUDWORTH, b. in Greenfield, N. H. March 14, 1784, md. Lydia Lewis, who was b. Feb. 17, 1783. Pre- vious to their removal to Rindge, in 1843, they had resided in Marlborough and Westmoreland, N. H. He d. Sept. 15, 1866. His widow d. Jan. 5, 1869. Their children were : -
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II. Lewis, b. Jan. 15, 1814; d. 1839 in Marlboro. Left a family.
III. Emery, b. Aug. 2, 1815; d. in Marlboro. Left a family.
IV. Timothy, b. Sept. 6, 1818. Resided in Rindge since 1841; md. Dec. 23, 1841, Ruth S. Sawtell, dau. of Aaron Sawtell, q. v. Four children liv- ing, two of whom are md.
1. Willard, b. Oct. 16, 1842; md. 1864, M. Net- tie Hall, dau. of Horatio Hall, of Fitz- william. Resides in Rindge.
3. Martha J., b. June 29, 1847; md. D. S. Cummings. Reside in Phillipston, Mass.
1 5 6 7 8 v. Ezekiel, b. Aug. 8, 1820; md. April 3, 1844, Achsa Tarbell, dau. of Reuben Tarbell, q. v. Mr. Cud- worth removed in 1872 to Littleton, N. H., where he is extensively engaged in the manufact- ure of coarse lumber. While in Rindge he was selectman three years, and held other local offices. They have six children living.
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VI. Moses, b. April 27, 1827; md. Lavilla Moore, who d. Jan. 5, 1855; md. (2d) Mary A. Kendall, b. Dec. 23, 1831, dau. of Joseph Kendall, of Troy. They reside near the Fitzwilliam line, and have several children.
DEA. ADIN CUMMINGS, who had passed several years of his minority in this town, md. 1820, Sarah (Wetherbee) Breed, widow of Enoch Breed, g. v. She d. June 29, 1840, and he md. (2d) Nov., 1841, Cynthia Brigham, of Waltham. Removed to Jaffrey 1855.
I. Adin Milton, b. July 20, 1821; md. Dec. 5, 1843, Elizabeth M. Peaslee.
II. John Calvin, b. Feb. 27, 1843; d. -.
NATHAN P. CUMMINGS removed to Rindge about 1828. He lived upon the farm next west of the Amos Keyes farm. He md. - Joslin, of Rindge, q. v., and removed from town about twenty years ago.
I. Langdon.
II. Harriet, md. - McCrillis.
III. Nathan P., md. Mary Ann Whitcomb, q. v.
IV. Charles, md. Eliza Moore, dau. of Dea. Nathan and Sarah (Russell) Moore, of Sharon. They reside in Lyndeboro, N. H.
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HISTORY OF RINDGE.
CUTLER.
SOLOMON CUTLER, the ancestor of the Cutlers of Rindge, was from Lexington, Mass., where his kinsfolk have been numerous. He was a descendant of James Cutler, the emigrant, who was b. in England about 1606, and settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1635. About 1648 he removed from Watertown to Cambridge Farms, now Lexington, where he d. May 17,1694. His first wife, Anna, d. in Sept., 1644; he md. (2d) March 9, 1645, Mary King, widow of Thomas King, who d. Dec. 7, 1654, and he md. (3d) about 1662, Phebe Page, a dau. of John Page, the emi- grant, ancestor of numerous Page families in Rindge. James Cutler, the eldest son of James and Anna Cutler, was b. Nov. 6, 1635, and md. June 15, 1665, Lydia (Moore) Wright, widow of Samuel Wright, of Sudbury, and dau. of John Moore, also of Sudbury. He d. in Lexing- ton, July 31, 1685. Thomas Cutler, his son, b. Dec. 15, 1677; md. Sarah Stone, dau, of Dea. Samuel and Dorcas (Jones) Stone, of Lexington. They resided in Lexington. He was selectman several years. Their eldest son was David Cutler, b. Aug. 6, 1705; md. Mary Tidd, dau. of Joseph and Mary Tidd. They resided on the old homestead, near the Bedford line. He was selectman 1749, 1750, 1751. He d. of small-pox, Dec. 5, 1760, and his widow d. May 25, 1797. They had nine children. Of these the sixth was Solomon, who settled in Rindge. Vide Hudson's "History of Lexington."
1 SOLOMON CUTLER was b. in Lexington, May 10, 1740 (not May 15, as stated by Dr. Bond and by Hudson). He was md. by Benj. Read, Esq., of Lexington, Dec. 23, 1761, to Rebecca Paige, of Bedford, a sister of John Paige, of Hardwick, who md. Mary Cutler, a sister of Solomon. Rebecca was b. in Bedford, Aug. 23, 1743. They came to Rindge, probably in 1771, and were admitted to the church by letter from the church in Lexington, March 21, 1772. Capt. Cutler lived many years as a farmer and innholder, about one-half mile from Rindge Centre, on the farm subsequently occupied by Dr. Thomas Jewett. He was styled Lieutenant in 1775, and Captain in 1777, and subsequently, on account of commis- sions held in the home organizations. In 1777 he was a member of Capt. Stone's company, which marched in response to an alarm at Ticonderoga, but is not known to have been in the service at any other time. He was selectman 1775, 1777, and 1783. His wife, the mother of eight children, d. Oct. 18, 1782, and he md. (2d) Hepsi- beth Bush, of Sterling, Mass., by whom he had two children.
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