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MARTHA WASHINGTON, b. 6 June 1819.
ANN SUMNER, b. 4 Dec. 1820; m. Volney French; I ch. : Ada, m. H. H. Briggs.
HORACE LYMAN, b. 25 Nov. 1822.
JAMES MONROE, b. 21 July 1824.
NAHUM LYMAN, b. 15 Aug. 1827.
CHARLES WELLINGTON, b. 15 Dec. 1830.
3. Alpheus Hatch (Noah1) was born June 20, 1801. He married (1) Lucinda Marshall, who was born January 15, 1802, the daughter of Antipas and Sarah (Low) Marshall. His second marriage was to Mrs. Eliza Swett Bowles.
LAVINIA, b. 30 Jan. 1825; d. 1843.
WILLIAM W., b. 26 Apr. 1827; m. Mary E. Wesson; 2 ch .: Willis I, Cora.
7. GEORGE C., b. 2 Jan. 1829; m. Vianna Curtis. SUSAN M., b. 30 Nov. 1830.
4. Phebe Foster Hatch (Noah1) was born January 20, 1808. She married Joel Forbes of Northumberland.
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ALLEN H., m. Susan Rolfe; 4 ch. : Fred, Mary, Oscar, Allen A. MARIA, d. young.
JULIA, m. George Fellows; 2 ch .: Edgar, Irving.
CHARLES, m. Ann Bond; 3 ch .: Addie, Nellie, Frank.
HUBBARD, m. Mary Garland; 4 ch .: Elmer, Charles, Ada, Waldo.
WILLIAM HENRY, m. Addie Wells; 3 ch .: William H., Ellen, Irving. EDWARD B., unm.
WILLIAM.
MARY, d. in infancy.
MARTHA, d. in infancy.
5. Noah Brown Hatch (Noah1) was born November 12, 1812. He married (1) Ann Byron, and (2) Josephine Kimball.
(First Marriage)
ELLEN B., m. Sylvanus Holmes.
8. ANTIPAS M., m. Mary B. Platt.
MARY, m. (I) Charles Wood, (2) Sylvanus B. Chesman. GEORGE C.
ANNIE M., m. Gilbert Crabtree.
6. Asa Hatch (Noah1) was born May 15, 1815. He married Elvira Curtis, daughter of David and Hannah (Taylor) Curtis.
ADDIE, m. Volney French.
HENRY A., m. Ella Ehle; I ch .: Lee.
WILLIE C., m. Mary Bridge.
DEWER B., m. Alice Cole; 3 ch .: Gertrude, Esther, Harold. CANNING H., m. Jennie Rich.
ADA C., m. Dr. Frank A. Colby; 2 ch .: Hortense, Fletcher. FRED H., m. ; I ch .: Albra V.
CHARLES, d. early.
MARTHA, d. early.
7. George Hatch (Alpheus2, Noah1) was born January 2, 1829. He married Vianna Curtis.
CHARLES.
SUSAN, m. Charles Ray, Providence, R. I .; 2 ch .: Elmer, Walker. ROSWELL, d. at 13.
SARAH, d. at 16.
HORACE, m. Hannah Fling, Randolph, Mass.
MARY, m. Bennett; I ch .: Edwin, m. (I) Althea Brown, I ch .: Millie, and (2) Mrs. Thompson, 2 ch .: Ida, May.
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8. Antipas M. Hatch (Noah Brown2, Noah1) married Mary R. Platt, daughter of Grandison and Mary (Blake) Platt, who was born June 1, 1848. Mary R. P. Hatch is a popular writer and novelist. She was educated at the public schools in Stratford and at Lancaster Academy. She took the Chautauqua College course, and a two years' special course at Radcliffe, where she studied dramatic technique under Prof. George P. Baker. Since then her plays have been produced in Boston and Washington, and some of them filmed. "The Missing Man," perhaps her most popular book, has gone the round of the picture houses. "The Missing Man" heads the list of a long series of novels, most of them of the mystery type. Her latest, "The Shadow of Cleo," is psychological. After the death of her husband, March 20, 1896, she sold the farm in Northumberland, and devoted her efforts to the education of her two sons. She has resided for several years in Brookline, Mass., and Boston, where she has become a prominent club woman. Mrs. Hatch is a member of the Boston Authors' Club, before which she recently gave a talk on "How I Write My Stories." She was the founder, and presi- dent for ten years, of the Half Century Club of Boston, vice- president of the Harvard Woman's Club, of which she was one of the founders, historian of the Old Blake House Chapter, D. A. R., member of the Presidents' Club, etc.
LAWRENCE BROWN, b. 28 Apr. 1879; M.D. from Dartmouth Med. Col., fine record in World War overseas.
JARED PLATT, b. 22 Oct. 1884; Dartmouth 1904; Harvard.
HINMAN
The Hinmans come from old Connecticut stock. The first of the name in New England, Sergt. Edward Hinman, came from England to Stratford, Conn., between 1650 and 1652. Family tradition states that Edward Hinman was a sergeant of the body- guard of King Charles I, and escaped to America in the time of Oliver Cromwell, who sought to do him harm. He was a farmer while at Stratford, and an extensive land owner, and was the first proprietor of the old tide mill between Stratford and Bridgeport, which has ever since been in the possession of his descendants. He sold his homestead in Stratford in 1681, and moved to Woodbury, where he died November 26, 1681. He married, about 1651,
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Hannah, daughter of Francis and Sarah Stiles of Windsor, Conn. Their children were: Sarah, Titus, Samuel, Benjamin, Hannah, Mary, Patience, Edward. The descendants of two of these sons -Titus and Edward-are represented in the families of Stratford, N. H.
Captain Titus Hinman, born in 1651, was a person of promi- nence. He was a member of the General Assembly in 1715-16- 19-20. He married (1) Hannah Coe, (2) Mary Hawkins. He died in 1736.
JOSEPH, b. 1767; m. Esther Downs.
Elijah Hinman (Joseph 3, Titus 2, Edward 1) was born, accord- ing to some records, April 8, 1733, although the family records give the date as 1737. He was one of the original grantees under the charter of Woodbury, and was one of the few to come to Stratford as a settler. His may have been the inn where so many of the early proprietors' meetings were held in Woodbury. In 1773 Lieut. Elijah Hinman is one of a committee "to proceed to said township and assist in allotting the first division, and second if they think proper, etc."
Elijah Hinman's name is prominent in the early records of Stratford, although he did not come here to settle until after the Revolution. He is supposed to have served as a soldier in that war from Connecticut, but was here as early as 1786, when he is on a committee with Jabez Baldwin and Andrew Beers to see John Gamsby concerning his mill, and also serves as surveyor of roads. He was the first sheriff of Stratford, and settled at the "Porter place," selling to Isaac Stevens early in 1800. His name disap- pears from the town records at that time, and it is supposed that he made his home with his son, Joseph, with whom he died at St. Armand, Quebec, October 8, 1832, aged 95 years. We do not know Mrs. Hinman's name, but by the custom, as one son was Curtis and the only daughter was Aletta, we might conclude that her name was Aletta Curtis.
ELIJAH, baptized in Woodbury, Conn., 22 Aug. 1763.
2. JOSEPH, b. 5 Oct. 1775; m. (1) Ruth Irwin, (2) Diana Blod- gett.
AMOS, m Phebe Bowker.
CURTIS.
ALETTA, b. 7 Aug. 1781; m. Thomas Giles French.
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2. Joseph Hinman (Elijah 1) was born in Connecticut, October 5, 1775. His father was living in Woodbury in 1773, but Joseph is said to have been born in Canterbury. In February, 1797, at Southbury, Conn., and by Benjamin Hinman, Esq., he was married to Ruth Irwin, who was born April 21, 1776, and died April 8, 1813. He married (2) Diana Blodgett, daughter of Elijah Blodgett. Joseph Hinman was a clothier, and settled first in Guildhall, Vt., then in Lancaster, N. H., and later in St. Ar- mand, Quebec, where he died October 12, 1827.
(First Marriage)
OLIVE, m. Newcomb Blodgett.
PRESTON, stage driver between Boston and Albany.
ALMEDA, m. Job Chadsey; 8 ch .: Charles, Eliza, Hiram N., George E., Mary D., Albert, Emily E., Irwin E.
3. ELIZA, m. Daniel S. Chadsey.
(Second Marriage)
4. GEORGE W., b. 4 Apr. 1816; m. Mary Curtis.
WILLIAM B., 1823; d. 1863; m. (1) Mary Alden, (2) Sylvania Curtis.
JOSEPH, JR., m. Sarah Booth; killed in battle of Wilderness.
3. Eliza Hinman (Joseph2, Elijah1) married Daniel S. Chadsey. ERWIN, b. 1829; d. Illinois 1856; physician and music teacher. EDWARD, b. 1830; d. young.
JOSEPH, b. 1832 ; teacher ; quartermaster in army three years; Sparta, Wis.
ALBERT, d. 9 yrs. old.
ALMEDA, m. James Lee, Irasburgh, Vt .; 4 ch.
DANIEL N., b. 25 Feb. 1838; m. Melinda Lee; I ch .: Gertie. Ordained to the Advent ministry, 1865; pastor at East Colebrook, Whitefield, Gilmanton Corner, N. H .; home for many years in Colebrook, where he carried on his trade as jeweller.
SARAH ELIZA, m. Horace -------; 2 ch .: Ada, Luclin. LEVI, m. Aggie Morrison; 5 ch :; live in Minnesota. In the D. S. Chadsey family there were three music teach- ers, five school teachers, two ministers, and one physician.
4. George Washington Hinman (Joseph2, Elijah1) was born in Northumberland, N. H., April 4, 1816, and died in Stratford April 19, 1903. He married Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Curtis, who was born March 6, 1817, and died December 14, 1900. Mr. Hinman was a skilled blacksmith, carrying on his trade for many years at Stratford Center, coming there from Guildhall, Vt. He
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was an industrious and energetic man, and of strong intelligence. When not following his trade he devoted his time to farming, both in Stratford and Bloomfield, Vt.
5. GEORGE, JR., b. 30 Jan. 1840; m. Eliza Davis.
MARY, b. 24 Nov. 1841 ; d. 14 Sept. 1924; m. Fred Norcott; I ch .: Jennie, m. Harry B. Smith.
CHARLES, b. 29 June 1844; m. Fannie Hill; dentist, Ports- mouth, N. H.
EMMA, b. 3 Oct. 1846; d. 29 Nov. 1902; m. Thomas Sweetzer; I ch .: Almon, m. Cora Roby.
ANNIE ROSETTA, b. I July 1849; m. (I) George Chandler, (2) James Prince ; 2 ch. : Maud Chandler (m. (I) Edward Soule, (2) Arthur Dunstan; 3 ch .: Annie, Edna, Eleanor), Grace Chandler (m. Norman Matthews; I ch .: Donald Chandler). FRANK, b. 17 Oct. 1853; d. 1870.
6. FRED ALBERT, b. 6 Nov. 1855; m. Abbie Larrabee.
HATTIE MARIA, b. 2 Jan. 1858; m. Abram Bryant; d. 15 May 1891.
FOURTH GENERATION
George Hinman, Jr., (George 3, Joseph 2, Elijah 1) was born in Guildhall, Vt., January 30, 1840. He married Eliza Davis, Octo- ber, 1869. Mr. Hinman was one of the first to enlist in the Civil War, serving in the 3rd. Vt. Vol. After his return he bought a farm in Northumberland. He now resides in Groveton, one of the few G. A. R. veterans remaining in this region.
Mary, b. 1870.
FRANK, m. Mary Cooper; 2 ch .: George, Helen.
BESSIE, m. Freeman Lurvey ; I ch. : Bernard.
HERBERT, m. Marion Stanley ; 2 ch.
CHANNING, m. Norah H. Spence; I ch. FLORENCE, unm.
6. Fred Albert Hinman (George 3, Joseph 2, Elijah 1) was born in Stratford, November 6, 1855. He married, January 7, 1902, Abbie Augusta Larrabee, Cambridge, Vt. Mr. Hinman's time has been equally divided between mercantile and agricultural pursuits. He began life in the former as clerk in the store of N. B. Waters at Stratford Hollow, later at North Stratford with Pattee & Clark, and with E. B. Merriam, where he was employed winters, and during the remainder of the year he worked on the farm. In April, 1908, he went into business at North Stratford under the firm name of Hinman & Sweatt, retiring in 1914 to devote himself to the care of his large farm of about 175 acres, purchased of Mrs.
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J. M. Baldwin in 1889. On account of ill health he was obliged to sell this farm, and in 1918 he bought the one adjoining, where he has carried on farming on a smaller scale. Mr. Hinman is a man of strict integrity, a deacon of the Baptist Church, where he was superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty years, resigning that office in 1906.
HINMAN
SECOND FAMILY
The generations of the second branch of this family from Ser- geant Edward and Hannah (Stiles) Hinman are:
II. Edward, born at Stratford, Conn., 1672. He was one of the first Episcopalians in Connecticut. He sustained a high char- acter of integrity and moral worth; lived and died in Stratford; married Hannah Jennings. Twelve children.
III. Ebenezer, son of Edward and Hannah (Jennings) Hinman, was born October 5, 1709; died November 18, 1795; married, June 4, 1739, Obedience Jennings, who was born 1720; died 1812. Ten children.
IV. Eben, second son of Ebenezer and Obedience (Jennings) Hinman was born at Stratford January 25, 1792; died 1810; mar- ried Eunice Chatfield of Derby, Conn. Five children.
V. Solomon Chatfield Hinman (Eben 4, Ebenezer 3, Edward 2, Edward1), eldest son of Eben and Eunice (Chatfield) Hinman, was born in Derby, Conn., December 23, 1779; lived in several towns in Connecticut, and for a few years in Brunswick, Vt., then settled in Bristol, Conn .; moved from there to Cincinnati, then to Phila- delphia, where he died, December 29, 1861. He married Urania Hawkins of Oxford, Conn., who was born in May, 1781, and died at Philadelphia, March 6, 1866.
DANIEL B.
2. HARVEY.
HAVILAH BURRITT.
2. Harvey Hinman (Solomon 1) was born in Bristol, Conn., August 15, 1803, and died March 20, 1886. He married Harriet Hugh of Brunswick, Vt., daughter of John and Abigail (Hall) Hugh, who was born April 5, 1812, and died December 1884. Mr. Hinman was reared and educated partly in Connecticut and partly in Vermont. He followed farming on his own account in Brunswick and Canaan, Vt., and later removed to North Strat-
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ford, where he lived thirty-five years, and a large part of that time was proprietor of the Hinman House.
SOLOMON C. d. in infancy.
URANIA, b. 4 Mar. 1840; d. 6 July 1881; m. John Severy; 8 ch .: (Ransom, Frank, Ora).
PHOEBE N., b. II May 1847; d. 3 April 1923.
MARY W., b. 18 July 1849; d. 12 Jan. 1883; m. Hazen Beecher, I ch .: Phoebe.
3. HAVILAH B., b. 19 Feb. 1851 ; m. Kate M. Barrett.
3. Havilah Burritt Hinman (Harvey2, Solomon1) was born in Canaan, Vt., February 19, 1851. The family moved to North Stratford in the fall of 1852, and Mr. Hinman was a resident of the town from that time until his death, January 10, 1907, and became a prominent citizen in its social, political and business activities. In the various fraternities he held the highest rank; as an officer of the town he served as selectman, as moderator for twenty years, collector, representative, and was deputy sheriff of Coös county for ten years. As a business man Mr. Hinman was farmer, tavern keeper, livery man, and the latter years of his life were principally devoted to the large lumbering interests in which he was actively and successfully interested. He married, December 28, 1873, Kate M. Barrett, daughter of Levi S. and Hannah (Holmes) Barrett of Canaan, Maine, who was born January I, 1855, and died October 22, 191I.
4. HARVEY L., b. I Aug. 1875; m. Emily McBride.
HARRIET H., b. 28 Oct. 1878; postmistress, North Stratford since 1905.
CARRIE, d. in infancy.
5. BURRITT H., b. 3 July 1883; m. Ellen Drew.
6. JOHN H., b. 2 Oct. 1885; m. Jennie C. Drew.
7. HAROLD P., b. 25 Nov. 1887; m. Marion Hutchinson. MARY H., b. 2 Nov. 1889; grad. Cushing Acad., Wheaton ; Asst. Man. Woman's City Club, Boston.
8. HAZEN B., b. 29 Mar. 1892; m. Katherine Buol. HAL STEARNS, b. 4 June 1894; d. 17 Sept. 1894. ALICE H., b. 7 Mar. 1897, grad. Cushing Acad., Y. W. C. A .; Dietitian University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.
FOURTH GENERATION
4. Harvey L. Hinman (Havilah3, Harvey2, Soloman1) was born August 1, 1875. Educated at Norwich University (1904), East- man's Business College, and has been railway mail clerk between
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Island Pond, Vt., and Portland, Maine, for twenty-two years. He married Emily McBride of Somerville, Mass.
DORIS H., b. 20 Jan. 1905; student, Wheaton College. HAVILAH B., b. 20 Mar. 1908
5. Burritt H. Hinman (Havilah 3, Harvey 2, Solomon 1) was born July 3, 1883. Educated at Phillips Exeter, Dartmouth 1904, law department Michigan University, 1907. Practised law at Island Pond, Vt., and Berlin, N. H. Captain, overseas in World War. In judge advocate general's office, Manchester (N. H.) New York, Washington, and Omaha. He married Ellen Drew, daughter of Edward and Abbie (Crawford) Drew of Cole- brook, N. H.
PHOEBE, b. 8 May 1813. ROBERT R., b. 7 Dec. 1915. BURRITT JR., b. 2 Mar. 1918.
6. John H. Hinman (Havilah 3, Harvey 2, Solomon 1) was born October 2, 1885, and married Jennie C. Drew, daughter of Edward and Abbie (Crawford) Drew of Colebrook, N. H. Mr. Hinman is a graduate of Stratford High School, 1901, Dartmouth 1905. He is a farmer and lumberman, superintendent of Champlain Real- ty Co., and member of Stratford School Board.
HOWARD DREW, b. 5 June 1912. EDWARD BARRETT, b. 10 Dec. 1913. CRAWFORD HOLMES, b. 21 Apr. 1916. RICHARD HUGH, b. 14 May 1923.
7. Harold P. Hinman (Havilah 3, Harvey 2, Solomon 1) was born November 25, 1887. Graduate of Stratford High, 1906; Dartmouth 1910. He married Marion Hutchinson of Canaan, N. H. Mr. Hinman is a granite manufacturer Barre, Vt.
HAROLD P. Jr., b. 5 Dec. 1914. KATHERINE M. b. 18 Jan. 1918.
8. Hazen B. Hinman (Havilah 3, Harvey 2, Solomon 1) was born March 29, 1892. Graduated from Stratford High, 1910; Dart- mouth, 1914. In World War he was second lieutenant at Platts- burg ; first lieutenant, Camp Devens; instructor, officers training school, Camp Lee, Va. At present he is superintendent of steel mill, Warren, Ohio. He married Katharine Buol of New Britain, Conn.
HAZEN JR., b. 31 July 1920.
A. BUOL, b. 12 Feb. 1924.
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HOLBROOK
Capt. John Holbrook was one of the most prominent men in town during the Revolutionary War. He came to Stratford from Oxford, Conn., in 1776. He was commander of Stratford's fort, selectman, surveyor, etc. His name appears on several petitions. He lived on the Abijah French place. At a meeting held June 17, 1778, in regard to the first settlers having the first pitches, it was agreed that Jabez Baldwin and Eunice Holbrook should have the privilege of making the next two pitches in the Second Division. This probably indicates that Captain John was not living at that time. After the war the family went to Maine, but most of them returned to Stratford and Stark. Several names appear in the records that cannot be traced in the genealogies. In the resident inventory of 1805 but few of them are found in Stratford.
DAVID, b. 1766; m. Hepzibah Smith; 2 ch .: David, Maxfield, Maine, and James, Prospect, Maine.
2. RICHARD, b. 3 Jan. 1768; m. Rachel Smith.
CLARA.
DANIEL, m. Alice Brown; settled first in Maine, then in Stark, N. H.
Joseph Holbrook was a brother of Captain John, and settled on the Judge Baldwin place (now property of Stave and Heading Mill). He married Wooster. As his son, Wales, was later engaged in a lawsuit in regard to the care of his mother, Anna Holbrook, her name was probably Anna Wooster. (See chapter on "Early Town Records.")
DAVID WALES, m. Kate Edwards; no children. Wales Holbrook was an eccentric person and claimed to be an heir to an English estate. He and his wife died in 1842 within a few days of each other from malignant erysipelas. DEBORAH ANN, m. Andrew Martin, from Connecticut.
2. Richard Holbrook (John1) was born January 3, 1768, in Derby, Conn., and died September 15, 1859. He was married by Elijah Hinman on June 8, 1795, to Rachel Smith of Candia, N. H., who was born January 8, 1765, and died September 28, 1847. After his return from Maine he settled on the Judge Marshall place. He enlisted in the War of 1812, but was not accepted ; he received his land warrant, however. He settled on Sugar Hill in 1824, where he bought of John Chase.
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TABITHA H., b. 26 Dec. 1795; m. Wm. Wait; 2 ch .: William Harvey, Cylene.
JOHN S., b. 29 June 1797; went to Alabama; trace lost.
ABEL, b. 28 May 1799; m. Lucinda Barnes; I ch .: Henry, Canaan, Vt.
CYLENE, b. 15 Mar. 1803; m. Rev. John W. Dyke; 2 ch .:
George W., Casco, Me., Cylene, m. Geo. B. Hall.
3. OREN, m. Willibe Dyke.
3. Oren Holbrook (Richard2, John1) was born May 2, 1806. He married Willibe Dyke. Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook died in Bethel, Vt.
HORACE WOOSTER, was preparing for the ministry, went to Raymond, Maine; d. 1857, aged 20.
MARY ANN, m. Geo. B. Hall; 3 ch .: Ellen M., Mary Ella, Lyman Ernest, d. I yr.
ROSWELL, m. (1) Malinda Dyke, (2) Mary Tilton; lived at West Randolph, Vt .; 4 ch .: Mary, Willibe, Asa H., Cora Malinda.
DAVID, m. Mary L. Cranmore; lived in Lancaster; 6 ch .: Katie A., John, Milton T., Oren, Lillian, Mary Ellen.
4. MOSES, b. 1844; m. Emma C. Tapley.
MARTHA, b. 1846; d. 17 July 1864.
JOSHUA, b. 1839; d. 20 Feb. 1875.
RICHARD, b. 1851 ; d. 9 Apr. 1882, Kansas City, Mo.
EDSON EMERY, m. Minnie M. Marden; lived in Bethel, Vt .; 2 ch .: Florence Mattie, Lawrence Garfield.
4. Moses Holbrook (Oren3, Richard2, John1) was born in Stratford, November 17, 1844. He studied law with Hon. B. F. Whidden at Lancaster, and at the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, and was in practice in Boston. He married Emma C. Tapley.
MARSHALL SUMNER. HELEN VIOLA. GRACIA WILLIBE.
HUTCHINS
Parley Hutchins, from Edinburgh, Scotland, a private in the British army, was the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the Hutchins family. He came to this country in 1774, to assist in putting down the rebels in the colonies, and became an American citizen after the war, and settled in Connecticut. His son, Parley, moved to Wolcott, Vt., about the year 1816, and cleared a home for himself in the wilderness. In 1830 he built a large tavern,
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which he ran until his death, in 1858. He married Polly Whitney, who was born in 1794. His third son, Lewis Smith Hutchins, who was born in 1825 and died in 1895, succeeded him in the hotel busi- ness. Lewis married Marcia Aiken, who was born. February II, 1826, and died April 13, 1878. His children were: Emma C., Mary P., J. Warner, Marcia M., Frederick L., Burt M., Kate A., John Corbin, and Frank D.
John Corbin Hutchins (Lewis S.3, Parley 2, Parley 1) was born in Wolcott, Vt., February 3, 1864. He was graduated from Hard- wick (Vt.) Academy in 1883, and had considerable experience as teacher in the high schools and academies of Vermont. In 1884 he came to North Stratford, and was employed as a clerk in the drug and jewelry store of W. C. Carpenter, and was registered as a druggist in 1886. On account of ill health Mr. Carpenter sold his business to Mr. Hutchins in 1886, who expanded it to include furniture, house furnishings and paints, as well as real estate. Mr. Hutchins is an extensive owner of timber lands. He is president of the Farmers' Guaranty Savings Bank, Colebrook, N. H., and a director of the Guaranty Trust Company, Berlin, N. H. He was a member of the New Hampshire General Court in 1899 and 1925; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908 and 1916; member of the New Hampshire Senate, 1913-14; Demo- cratic candidate for Governor, 1914 and 1916; member of the State Board of Education; and is at present a trustee of New Hampshire University. Mr. Hutchins has been moderator of the town of Stratford for more than twenty years, chairman of the Board of Selectmen for twenty years, was a member of the town Board of Education for twenty-five years, was chairman of all the Liberty Loan drives for the town during the World War, was one of the "dollar-a-year " men serving the Federal Government dur- ing that war, and is county chairman for the Near East Relief. He is a 32nd degree Mason, past grand chancellor and past su- preme representative of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias. He married, in 1889, Saidee H. Mayo of West Stewartstown, N. H., daughter of Thomas and Ellen (Rowell) Mayo, who was born June 6, 1866.
RALPH MAYO, b. 20 Aug. 1890; grad. Middlebury College, 1914; World War, 2nd Lieut., Camp Jos. E. Johnston; m. Alice Brockington; I ch .: Ruth Alice.
RUTH WARD, b. 29 Aug. 1892; d. 10 Jan. 1896.
PAUL AIKEN, b. 17 Aug. 1900; grad. Dartmouth College, 1924.
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JOHNSON
Isaac W. Johnson, whose ancestors came from Aberdeen, Scot- land, was born in Barnston, Quebec, September II, 18II. He came to this country in 1849, and lived in Newburyport, Mass., for some time, afterwards going to Montreal, where he lived for several years, and where some of his children were born. He then returned to the United States and remained until his death. He was a combmaker by trade; but, for the larger part of his life, he devoted himself to the business of repairing clocks and watches, and was known as "Tinker Johnson," a sobriquet of which he was proud. Mr. Johnson married Jane A. Bedell, who was born in Haverhill, N. H. Her maternal grandfather was Thomas Willey, who came to this country with the forces of Lafayette from France, and who was so attracted to this new land for whose sake he had fought that he decided to make it his home. Mr. John- son died November 6, 1900, and his wife died February 3, 1896.
WILLIAM WALLACE, b. Newburyport, Mass .; m. Jane Curtis, dau. of Lewis Curtis; 5 ch .: Lawrence, Scott, Ona, Winnie, Burton.
HELEN MARR, b. Montreal, Can., II Sept. 1835; d. 6 Nov. 1912; m. Truman A. Peck, who was b. Maidstone, Vt., 17 Sept. 1828, and d. 25 Feb. 1891 ; 3 ch .: Isabel, Nettie, Irvin. EMMA, m. Curtis Kidder.
AUGUSTA A., b. 1842 ; m. Samuel Harden ; 5 ch. : Fred, Jennie, George, Lila, Daisy.
TIMOTHY B., d. April 1913; m. Nellie Blodgett; 3 ch .: Maud, Albert, and
JOHN G., m. Arianna Curtis; 4 ch. : Ray, Ernest, Hazel, Alice.
JOHNSON
Isaac Johnson of Stratford, Conn., was one of the seven men who came to the Upper Coös in 1772, at which time he and Archip- pus Blodgett nearly precipitated the town of Stratford, then Woodbury, into a lawsuit, by engaging in a contest of felling the first tree on territory claimed by Northumberland. Mr. Johnson was the winner, and the town of Stratford won also, for the next year by the new charter Stratford's territory was confirmed to her. Mr. Johnson finally made his pitch on the place so long known as the "Isaac Johnson Farm." He did not bring his family here until after the Revolution, and is said to have made the journey to Connecticut seven times.
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