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ENOCH WHITCOMB resided upon the farm now of Charles A. Wilder, from 1805 to 1818. His son David md. Rebecca Chase, of Leominster, and removed to Surry, N. H. These are the parents of Henry Whitcomb, of Winchendon, who md. Fanny Buttrick, dau. of Amos Buttrick, q. v. Enoch Whitcomb had other sons, Silas, Joseph, and Levi, and daus. Rebecca, Polly, and Anna.
EPHRAIM WHITCOMB, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Carter) Whitcomb, of Jaffrey, resided in Rindge many years, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He md. in Jaffrey, Feb. 10, 1803, Lucy Leland, and d. in Rindge May 3, 1847, aged 68.
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I. George, md. 1829, Sarah Smith, of Jaffrey; she d. Aug. 26, 1830; md. (2d) 1831, Betsey Rolfe, who d. about 1851; md. (3d) 1857, Betsey Smith, dau. of Abel Smith, g. v. He d. in Win- chendon, about 1865.
1. Mary Ann, md. N. P. Cummings, q. v.
2. Rosina, md. - Peaslee.
3. George L., md. -; resides in Gardner.
4. Charles S., md. -; has resided several years in Rindge; removed 1874 to Orange, Mass.
5. Henry C., md. Angeline (Ward) Baldwin, widow of John Baldwin, of Winchendon, and dau. of Alvin and Eusebia (Russell) Ward, of Ashburnham; she d. Aug. 18, 1867.
6. Albert H., b. Oct. 24, 1842; md. June 29, 1863, Melvina Crouch, dau. of Joel and Rebecca (Gilson) Crouch. He resides in Westminster, Mass.
7. Julius, b. March 3, 1846.
8. Jane, b. Feb. 27, 1848.
II. Irene, md. Emery Carroll, of Winchendon; he d. about 1865.
III. John, md. -; resides in Winchendon.
BENJAMIN WHITE, b. 1788, removed to this town, and upon the Josiah Peirce farm in 1836. He d. Nov. 8, 1873. His widow resides upon the homestead.
I. John A., is a manufacturer of lumber, and occu- pies the Tarbell mill.
II. E. Dorr., resides upon the homestead.
III. W. Ann, md. Dec., 1860, Appleton B. Chadwick, of Jaffrey. She d. in Rindge April 2, 1865, aged 35.
SAMUEL WHITING md. in Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 1, 1772, Ruth Goodrich, b. Sept. 13, 1751, dau. of Joshua and Lydia (Stearns) Goodrich, of Lunenburg. They removed to Rindge in 1774. He served in the Revolution (vide p. 131), was selectman 1784, and his name disappears from the records soon after.
I. Lucy, b. in Lunenburg Dec. 19, 1773.
II. Abijah Stearns, b. Dec. 24, 1775; d. young.
III. Elizabeth, bap. May 23, 1779.
IV. Abijah Stearns,
v. Thomas Stearns, S twins, bap. April 12, 1781.
VI. Samuel, bap. March 28, 1784.
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JOHN WHITING and wife were residents here several years soon after the Revolution, and were assisted by the town. Their daughter Molley was many years a town charge. She d. Oct. 12, 1817.
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EDWARD WHITMORE, who md. Lydia Sampson, removed from Ashburnham to the south-west part of this town in 1804, and resided there sixteen years. He d. in Vermont.
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OLIVER WHITMORE, son of Edward, was b. in Ash- burnham Feb. 16, 1787; md., 1808, Sophia Stone, dau. of Capt. Salmon Stone, q. v., and resided in this town. 1804-1810, when he returned to Ashburnham, where he d.
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I. Eli S., b. in Rindge Jan. 27, 1809; md. Nov. 14, 1837, Rebecca Darling, dau. of Amos Darling, g. v. He was a resident of Rindge 1846-1853. II. Charles F., resides in Providence, R. I.
III. Elvira, md. Stephen Tolman, of Winchendon.
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WHITNEY.
JOHN WHITNEY embarked at Ipswich, England, for America in April, 1635. He was then aged 35, his wife Ellen, or Eleanor, 30, and sons, John, 11; Richard, 9; Nathaniel, 8; Thomas, 6; and Jonathan, 1 year. He settled in Watertown, where he was selectman several years between 1638 and 1655, and was Town Clerk 1655. He owned considerable land, and in his social position was highly respected. His wife d. May 11, 1659, and he md. (2d) Sept. 29, 1659, Judith Clement. He survived his second wife, and d. June 1, 1673, aged 74. He was probably b. in April or May, 1599. His son John, b. in England, 1624, md. Ruth Reynolds, dau. of Robert Reynolds, of Boston, and resided in Watertown, and was select- man 1673, '74, '75, '76, '78, '79. He d. Oct. 12, 1692, leaving a comfort- able estate. His fourth son and sixth child was Joseph Whitney, b. Jan. 15, 1651-2; md. Jan. 24, 1674-5, Martha Beach, dau. of Richard and Mary Beach, of Watertown. John Whitney, their son, was b. July 29, 1680; md. Feb. 22, 1703-4, Sarah Cutting, and settled in Weston. His son, Zachariah Whitney, b. Dec. 28, 1711, md. Sarah Boynton, and among their children was John Whitney, of Lunenburg, who md. Priscilla Battles; and among their children were Zimri and John, who will be mentioned hereafter.
Nathaniel Whitney, another son of John and Ruth (Reynolds) Whit- ney, and an elder brother of Joseph, was b. Feb. 1, 1646-7; md. March 12, 1673-4, Sarah Hagar. They resided in Watertown and in Weston. He d. Jan. 7, 1732; she d. May 7, 1746. Their eldest son, Nathaniel Whitney, b. March 5, 1675-6, md. Nov. 7, 1695, Mary Robinson. They resided in Weston, where he d. Sept. 23, 1730; she d. Dec. 31, 1740. Their son Solomon was an inhabitant of Rindge, and is again named.
1 MOSES WHITNEY, the first of the name in Rindge, was a merchant a short time previous to the Revolution. He came from New Salem in June, 1772, and removed from
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the town in 1773, or early in 1774. ( Vide Chap. XVII.) By wife Sarah he had three children, b. previous to 1772 : Moses, Ephraim, and Salmon.
2 LEVI WHITNEY, parentage unknown, was b. in Har- vard, Mass., June 23, 1751; md. Sept. 17, 1772, Sarah Lawrence, of Bolton. They came from Ashburnham to Rindge in 1780, or soon after; his wife d. Oct. 19, 1783, and he md. (2d) Dec. 25, 1783, Hepsibeth Fav, b. in Westboro Oct. 1, 1759. They removed to Marlboro, N. H., in 1785, where he d. in that or the following year. A few of the dates are a little crowded, but they are thus upon the records.
I. Sarah, b. in Concord June 12, 1774.
II. Lydia, b. in Westminster May 20, 1776.
III. Levi, b. in Ashburnham May 12, 1778; d. Dec. 1, 1780.
IV. John, b. in Ashburnham Aug. 26, 1780.
v. Betsey, b. in Rindge April 5, 1783.
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VI. Levi, b. in Rindge Sept. 28, 1784. VII. Amos.
SOLOMON WHITNEY, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Robinson) Whitney, bap. June 17, 1711, then three years of age; md. March 5, 1731-2, Martha Fletcher, and removed from Lincoln to Rindge, 1773. No date of his death has been found. He was living in 1780.
I. Solomon, bap. Dec. 14, 1735; md. in Lincoln, June 14, 1761, Mary Fay.
II. Sarah, bap. Aug. 28, 1737.
III. Sarah, bap. Nov. 5, 1738.
IV. Lois, bap. Jan. 1, 1743-4; md. Richard Davis, q. v. They came to Rindge 1773.
v. Abigail, bap. March 1, 1740-1.
VI. Martha, b. May 14, 1754; md. William Davis, of Rindge, q. v.
SILAS WHITNEY came in 1773 from Winchendon, where he had resided about ten years. The family did not tarry long in Rindge. By wife Jane he had six children, b. 1752-1772: Love, Oliver, Bartholomew, Jane, Phebe, Samuel, and Mercy, b. in Rindge, 1773.
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DAVID WHITNEY, prosperous farmer, resided upon the Bennett Hill, in the north-east part of the town, from about 1785 to 1800, when he removed to Bolton, Mass. Five children were b. in Rindge: Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 1788; Betsey, b. Jan. 3, 1791; Nancy, b. March 20, 1794; Sally, b. May 28, 1796; David, b. April 14, 1798.
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DR. ISAIAH WHITNEY, son of Isaiah Whitney, was b. in Harvard, Mass., Dec. 13, 1765. He md., 1787, Dorcas Whitman, dau. of Dr. Charles Whitman, of Stow, Mass., and removed to Rindge in April, 1790 (vide p. 364). He d. Nov. 30, 1839. His widow was drowned near Bur- lington, Vt., by the upsetting of a coach in which she was journeying, and which fell into a river near the high- way, July 11, 1844.
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1. Clarissa, b. 1788; md. Lemuel Page, Jr., q. v .; md. (2d) Joseph Jones, Esq.
II. Lovell, b. June 20, 1790; md. Feb. 7, 1819, Rebecca Witt, dau. of Capt. Thomas Witt, of Woodstock, Vt .; she d. May 18, 1862. He resides in Rindge Centre.
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1. Harriet J., b. Jan. 1, 1820 ; resides, unmd., with her father.
2. William L., b. March 12, 1822; md. Sarah P. Whitney, dau. of John Whitney, q. v. They reside in West Rindge. Lizzie S., b. Jan. 19, 1850; Wayland J., b. Dec. 21, 1853; Emma H., b. Jan. 1, 1860; Ida S., b. Sept. 16, 1865.
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3. Eliza K., b. Jan. 31, 1829; md. Addison Rugg, son of Capt. Luke Rugg, g. v.
4. Cornelia, b. Nov. 16, 1836; d. April 21, 1862.
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III. Charles Whitman, b. Nov. 15, 1791. He was educated under the tuition of Rev. Dr. Payson, and at the academy in New Ipswich, and studied medicine with his father, and with Dr. John Randall, of Boston. In 1818 he commenced the practice of his profession in Troy, N. H., where he continued in a successful practice, and in the unqualified esteem of his townsmen until his death, Oct. 31, 1861. He md. Nov. 10, 1818, Mary Griffin, dau. of Dea. Samuel Griffin, of Fitzwilliam.
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1. Samuel G., b. Sept. 20, 1819; md. May 24, 1842, Abigail N. Whittemore, b. May 29, 1820, dau. of Salmon and Lydia Whitte- more, of Troy. He was a merchant in Troy several years, and now resides in Monticello, Iowa.
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2. Charles, b. July 27, 1824; d. Jan. 10, 1827. 3. Henry N., b. Oct. 8, 1825; d. Feb. 17, 1827.
4. Charles W., b. Nov. 26, 1827; md. Sept. 2, 1850, Frances Taylor, dau. of William
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and Mary Taylor, of Francestown, N. H. Mr. Whitney is a merchant in Troy, ยท where he has been postmaster about fifteen years. He represented the town in the Legislature 1871 and 1872, and possesses the esteem and confidence of all who know him.
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5. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 13, 1830; md. Dec. 18, 1856, Dr. Samuel A. Richardson, b. Dec. 23, 1830, son of Dea. Abijah and Mary (Hayes) Richardson, of Dublin, N. H. Dr. Richardson is a skillful and popular physician in Marlboro, N. H. He was surgeon of the 13th N. H. regiment.
IV. Harry, b. Oct. 26, 1793 ; md. Aug. 30, 1821, Mary Goldin. They reside in Burlington, Vt.
1. Mary Elizabeth, md., 1852, Miner Martin, and reside in California.
2. Jane D., md., 1861, Noah Allen, of Bur- lington.
3. George I., md., 1865, Emma E. Sweet. Live in Burlington.
4. Charles H., md., 1868, Mary J. Kelly. Live in Burlington.
v. Felicia, b. May 26, 1795; md. Samuel Nichols, of Burlington, Vt. She d. about 1869.
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2. Samuel. Resides in New Jersey.
VI. Isaiah, b. Jan. 25, 1799. He studied medicine with his father, and commenced practice in Marlboro, Mass., but soon removed to Province- town, Mass., where after a successful career and a useful, active life, he d. Dec. 10, 1866. Dr. Whitney md. May 10, 1832, Henrietta A. Nicker- son, dau. of Capt. Seth Nickerson. She d. Aug. 21, 1848; md. (2d) Sarah L. Small, who d. Feb. 10, 1851; md. (3d) Aug. 28, 1851, Mrs. Hannah (Freeman) Crosby, dau. of Joshua Freeman.
1. Electa A., b. July 12, 1833 ; d. Aug. 1, 1861.
2. Lauretta, b. April 1, 1835; d. Aug. 27, 1836.
3. Henrietta, b. Oct. 9, 1838. Resides in Clinton, Mass.
4. Felicia, b. May 19, 1841; d. Aug. 26, 1842.
5. Isaiah, b. Aug. 30, 1843; resides in Boston. 6. Charles H., b. Dec. 11, 1854.
VII. Dorcas, twin, b. Jan. 25, 1799; md. Harry Hub- bard, q. v.
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VIII. Stephen, b. Dec. 19, 1800; md. Lovilla Goldin, and removed to Burlington, Vt., where he d. 1868.
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1. Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1834; md. - Wilson.
2. Edward Payson, b. Oct. 20, 1837; d. Sept. 10, 1873.
3. Helen, b. May 14, 1840; md. William Lar- ryshare, of Burlington.
4. Isaiah Whitman, b. Oct. 7, 1842; deceased.
5. Harrison, b. Oct. 5, 1844; d. Sept. 9, 1865.
IX. Sophronia, b. Aug. 18, 1803; md. Sept. 28, 1844, Joseph Jones, Esq., whose first wife was Cla- rissa, her eldest sister. They resided in Troy, N. H. She d. Jan. 10, 1872.
x. Anna, b. Oct. 17, 1805; d., unmd., Feb. 19, 1838.
ZIMRI WHITNEY, son of John and Priscilla (Battles) Whitney, b. in Lunenburg May 14, 1776, md. May 28, 1801, Susanna Sanderson, b. May 15, 1782, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth (Peabody) Sanderson. They resided in Rindge 1812 and 1813, removed to Vermont and again to Rindge, and remained 1827-32, when he removed to Jaffrey, and later returned to Peru, Vt., where he d. Aug. 24, 1862, aged 86; his widow d. about 1865.
I. Isaac S., b. April 7, 1802; md., 1822, Maria Oving- ton. Eight children.
II. Abraham, b. Jan. 19, 1804; md. Adaline Sawyer. Resided in Jaffrey, where he d., leaving two children, Feb. 22, 1872.
III. Charles, b. March 2, 1806; md. Adaline Strong. They had ten children. He d. in Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 26, 1851.
IV. Alvah, b. June 27, 1808 ; md. April 26, 1838, Caro- line Geer ; he d. in Cambridge, Mass., leaving three children, 1870.
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v. Susannah P., b. Aug. 22, 1810; md. Benjamin Penfield, of Gorham, Me. Seven children.
VI. Hosea, b. in Rindge March 17, 1813; md., 1837, Charlotte Sawyer. They had four children. He d. in Charlestown, Mass., July 1, 1861.
VII. Thomas P., b. in Jaffrey Aug. 29, 1816; md. April 26, 1838, Harriet A. Benjamin. Six chil- dren.
VIII. George S., b. in Jaffrey April 17, 1819; md., 1844, Eveline Barnard. He d. at Glen Falls, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1863.
IX. John S., b. in Jaffrey, May 21, 1822; md., 1847, Valisa P. Johnson. Five children. Resides in Jaffrey.
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JOHN WHITNEY, brother of Zimri, b. in Lunenburg July 2, 1788, md. Dec. 8, 1812, Sophia Faulkner, dau. of Jonas and Eunice (Stone) Faulkner. She d. April 16, 1858, leaving nine children; and he md. (2d) April 12, 1860, widow Fanny (Howe) Blodgett, dau. of Abijah and Margaret Howe. Removed to Peru, Vt., and also resided in Lunenburg, Mass., and in Rindge. He was an intelligent, liberal-minded citizen, and an exemplary Christian. He d. Oct. 15, 1873, aged 85.
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I. Sophia, b. Dec. 30, 1813; md. March 21, 1832, Brooks Wheeler, of Lincoln, Mass. She d. Oct. 23, 1841.
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II. Zachariah, b. April 15, 1816; md. May 13, 1841, Hepsibeth Smith, dau. of Thomas Smith, q. v. He removed to Rindge from Peru, Vt., 1856, and has since resided upon the farm previously occupied by Capt. Asa Brewer. He was select- man 1861, '62, '63.
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1. Osborne A., b. July 12, 1842; md. Jan. 12, 1870, Mary J. Brown, dau. of Robert Brown, of Glen William, Ont. Resides in Glen William.
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2. Thomas S., b. April 21, 1844; md. March 3, 1869, Abbie S. Everett, dau. of George C. and Fannie (Thompson) Everett, of Fitzwilliam. Resides in Rindge.
3. Ellen S., b. Feb. 5, 1846.
4. Lauretta H., b. May 25, 1848; d. Sept. 2, 1852.
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6. George A., b. March 10, 1854.
7. Susan E., b. July 21, 1856; d. Jan. 8, 1863. III. Eunice, b. May 6, 1818; md. Sept. 14, 1841, George E. Smith, son of Thomas Smith, q. v.
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IV. John Osborn, b. Jan. 12, 1821; md. March 25, 1854, Abbie L. Lyon, b. June 4, 1838, dau. of Freeman and Miranda (Smith) Lyon, of Peru, Vt. He resides in Rindge; has been in Cali- fornia several years.
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1. Charles A., b. April 29, 1856.
2. Eva S., b. June 11, 1858.
3. Mark A., b. May 24, 1874.
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v. Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1823; md., 1840, Edmund Wheeler, a brother of Brooks Wheeler, who md.
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5. John D., b. Aug. 17, 1850; md. Sept. 17, 1874, Alta Ashley, dau. of George L. and Sarah (Crapo) Ashley, of Rindge; now of Dartmouth, Mass.
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her eldest sister. They resided in Quincy, III., where she d. Sept. 5, 1844.
VI. Sarah, d. at about three years of age.
vIl. Sarah P., b. April 16, 1827; md. William L. Whitney, son of Lovell Whitney, q. v.
vnI. Charles A., b. Feb. 16, 1830 ; md. April 29, 1857, Lydia M. Lyon, b. Sept. 11, 1835, a sister of the wife of his brother, John Osborn.
1. Frank Lincoln, b. Sept. 15, 1860.
2. Arthur Burnside, b. Nov. 4, 1863.
3. Mary Isabelle, b. Feb. 14, 1866.
4. Edith M., b. Feb. 15, 1870.
IX. Susan E., b. Sept. 7, 1833; md. April 29, 1856, Albert S. Marshall, b. May 31, 1828, son of Sam- uel and Nancy (Smith) Marshall. They removed from Lunenburg to Rindge, 187 -.
1. Minnie Anna, b. Oct. 25, 1857.
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 2. Albert A., b. Aug. 6, 1860. 93 3. Charles E., b. April 8, 1863. 94 4. Fred W., b. May 24, 1865. 95 5. Susan A., b. Aug. 2, 1867. 96 6. Annetta S., b. Sept. 11, 1871. 97 x. George A., b. - -, 1837; md. Dec. - , 1861, Mattie A. Colburn, dau. of Norris Colburn, q. v .; she d. March 29, 1867 ; and he md. (2d) Sept. 1, 1869, Susie R. Converse, dau. of C. C. and Susan (Daniels) Converse, q. v. He represented the town in the Legislature 1868, '69, and has served several years in the supervision of schools (vide pp. 306, 318).
WHITTEMORE.
This name was sometimes spelled Whitemore, Whitamor, and Whitta- mor, and is probably a distinct name from Whitmore, as no consan- guinity has been discovered between these families. Thomas Whitte- more, the American ancestor of those bearing the name in New England and other States, was b. in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, about 1595. He emigrated to this country previous to 1645, when he purchased a parcel of land of John Cotton, teacher, of Boston. He settled in that part of Charlestown now embraced in the limits of Malden, Mass., where he d. in 1660. John Whittemore, his son by wife Hannah, was bap. in Hitchin February 11, 1638. He md. Mary Upham, dau. of John Upham, of Weymouth and Malden; she d. June 27, 1677; md. (2d) Nov. 8, 1677, Mary Miller. Benjamin Whittemore, the fourth son of John and Mary (Upham) Whittemore, b. Sept. 1, 1669, md. Aug. 17, 1692, Esther Brooks, b. July 4, 1668, dau. of Dea. Joshua and Hannah (Mason) Brooks, of Concord, now Lincoln, Mass. He settled in Concord, and represented that town in the Provincial Legislature 1709, '10, '11, '14, '19, and '20. He d. Sept. 8, 1734; his widow d. 1742. Their son, Nathaniel
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Whittemore, resided in Concord and Harvard. He md. Abigail Blood, who d. March 26, 1760. Their only son, Nathaniel Whittemore, Jr., was b. July 4, 1741, and d. in Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 3, 1822. The youngest of his nine children became a resident of this town.
1 PRESCOTT WHITTEMORE, son of Nathaniel, Jr., was b. in Harvard, Mass., July 28, 1787. He removed with his parents to Lancaster, Mass., and after the death of his father he removed to the north-west part of this town in the spring of 1822. He md. Oct. 14, 1811, Lucy Rebecca Geer, b. Jan. 15, 1795, dau. of Ebenezer Stowell and Lucy (Hibbard) Geer, of Hampton, Ct., and Worcester, Mass. In the spring of 1838, Mr. Whittemore, with his wife and ten of his children, removed from Rindge to Township 43, now Grafton, McHenry County, Ill., and in 1861 to Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, where he d. Jan. 13, 1871 ; his wife d. June 4, 1865. Six children were b. in Lancaster, and seven in Rindge.
I. Asa Dunbar, b. Aug. 9, 1812; d. in Worcester, Mass., March 1, 1869.
II. George Prescott, b. March 5, 1814; removed, 1838, to Grafton, Ill., and 1861 to Beatrice, Neb., where he now resides. His aged parents, in their declining years, resided with him.
III. Edward Hibbard, b. Feb. 12, 1816; d. in Cen- tralia, Iowa, Oct. 23, 1856.
IV. Harriet Augusta, b. Nov. 2, 1817; md. S. B. Grout; resides in Waterloo, Iowa.
v. Charles Henry, b. Nov. 17, 1819; d. at Grafton, Ill., June 30, 1855.
VI. Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1821; md. Rev. Elisha Dayton, of Marengo, McHenry County, Ill.
VII. Washington, b. in Rindge Oct. 10, 1823; md. Dec. 11, 1855, Susan Perry, dau. of Col. Jason B. Perry, q. v. They reside at Huntley Grove, McHenry County, Ill.
VIII. Lucy E., b. Sept. 20, 1826; md., 1852, James H. Lemmon, and d. in Kiowa, Neb., Dec. 26, 1873.
IX. Ebenezer Stowell, b. Sept. 4, 1828, a lawyer of Sandwich, Mass .; md. Feb. 27, 1859, Mary Louisa Murray, dau. of John Murray, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass. He was named for his maternal grandfather, Ebenezer Stowell Geer. Mr. Geer and his father, John Geer, were in the Revolutionary army at the same time, the father being forty years of age, and the son seventeen, at the time of their enlistment. The father was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, and d. on board a British prison ship in the harbor of New York. Hon. E. S. Whittemore,
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after receiving a liberal education, which was the result of his individual effort, entered the Dane Law School at Cambridge, in 1853, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the summer of 1855, and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in Boston, on motion of Rufus Choate, Oct. 7, 1857. The following year he began the practice of his profession at Sandwich, in the county of Barnstable, Mass., and continues a leading lawyer at the bar of that county to the present time. Since 1860, he has been Trial Justice of criminal offenders, for nearly ten years a County Commissioner, and public Administrator for several years. In 1862 he was selected by the Republicans to represent the district in the Legislature, but declined the nomination.
x. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 9, 1830; unmd .; has resided in Colorado, and is now at Silver City, Nevada.
XI. Benjamin, b. Jan. 2, 1833; has resided in Cali- fornia; is a farmer in Sacramento County. He md., 1872, Annie Snyder, of Grafton Ill.
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XIII. Volney Stone, b. March 15, 1838; resides in Beatrice, Neb. He is md.
WILDER.
The Wilders of Rindge are descendants of the Wilder family of Lancaster and Sterling, whose names have been honorably associated . with the history of those towns for several generations. Thomas Wilder was a son of widow Martha Wilder, who came from England and settled in Hingham 1638, where she d. April 20, 1652. He [Thomas] was admitted to the church in Charlestown Jan. 1, 1640; juryman 1658; and removed to Lancaster, Mass., July 1, 1659. He md. Anna - -, who d. 1692; he d. Oct. 23, 1667, leaving three sons. Of these, Nathaniel Wilder was killed by the Indians, at Lancaster, in July, 1704. His son Ephraim Wilder was b. 1675, and d. 1769, aged 94. Ephraim Wilder, Jr., the only son of Ephraim Wilder, was b. 1702, and d. 1770. His son, Capt. Ephraim Wilder, of the sixth generation, was b. July 8, 1733, and resided in that part of Lancaster which in 1781 was included in the town of Sterling. He was a member of the Massachusetts Convention which assembled in 1787 to adopt the Federal Constitution, and was one of only seven delegates from Worcester County who voted in favor of its adop- tion. He was representative from Sterling several years, and was promi- nent in the municipal affairs of the town. He md. April 3, 1755, Lucretia Locke, b. Nov. 5, 1733, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Richard- son) Locke, of Lancaster, and a sister of Samuel Locke, D. D., President of Harvard University. Capt. Wilder d. Jan. 29, 1805; his widow d. Dec. 29, 1816. Of their nine children two became residents and influ-
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ential citizens of Rindge, and are named below. Of this family, the Worcester Magazine, Vol. II., p. 45, says : "Of all the ancient Lancaster families, there is no one that has sustained so many important offices as this." And the declaration holds true of the descendants who have resided in Rindge.
1 COL. JOSIAH WILDER, son of Capt. Ephraim and Lucre- tia (Locke) Wilder, b. July 16, 1770, removed to Rindge 1794, and md. April 11, 1802, Susan Carlton, dau. of James Carlton, of Rindge, g. v. He was Town Clerk 1801-1807; selectman 1801; representative 1802-1810; and State Senator 1811 (vide p. 377). Col. Wilder d. April 27, 1812, and his widow md. (2d) Nov. 28, 1813, Jacob Haskell, Esq., of Harvard, Mass., where she d. Nov. 20, 1844.
T. Julia Ann, b. in Rindge Sept. 21, 1802; md. Sept. 24, 1835, Augustus Robbins, M. D., of Harvard, and later of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a son of Jacob and Olive (Willard) Robbins, and received his degree from Harvard 1832.
1. Alfred Augustus, b. July 6, 1836.
2. Olive Susannah, b. July 8, 1839.
II. Alfred Montrose, b. in Rindge April 17, 1804; a merchant in Brunswick and Brooklyn, N. Y. He md. Nov. 9, 1835, Lydia Esther Babcock.
1. Emma Carlton, b. Oct. 8, 1836; d. Jan. 11, 1837.
2. Emma Carlton, b. Aug. 28, 1838.
3. Ella Hampton, b. Dec. 6, 1840.
4. Alfred Montrose, b. May 19, 1844.
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SAMUEL LOCKE WILDER, EsQ., son of Capt. Ephraim and Lucretia (Locke) Wilder, b. March 14, 1778, md. Anna Sherwin, dau. of Jonathan Sherwin, of Rindge, q. v. He was Town Clerk 1808-1824, representative 1815-1823, '28, '29, '38, and '39. He was a delegate to the Walpole Convention which elected Daniel Webster to represent the State in the famous Hartford Convention, and during the Dartmouth College case he was deeply interested in behalf of that institution, and contributed liberally to aid in carrying the case to its successful termination (vide p. 377). He d. April 7, 1863 ; his wife d. Feb. 5, 1851.
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I. Marshall Pinckney, b. Sept. 22, 1798. +
II. Eurydice, b. July 13, 1801; d. Jan. 9, 1818.
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