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Isaac Johnson was born February 19, 1741, and died June 27, 1822. He married Phebe Grant, daughter of a Congregational minister, born April 27, 1745, died April 27, 1808. Mr. Johnson was a leader in civil and religious affairs and his triumphant Christian death was one of the cherished traditions of his family.
GRANT, Revolutionary soldier; d. soon after war, Stratford, Conn.
JOHN, b. 1768; d. 1859.
ISAAC, unm .; went to New York.
WILLIAM m. Katy Little; went to New York.
2. SAMUEL, b. 19 Aug. 1780; m. Deborah Cole.
3. ELISHA, b. 1783; m. Lydia Smith.
LYDIA, m. Benj. Strong.
2. Samuel Johnson (Isaac 1) was born August 19, 1780, and died Mar. 13, 1843. He married Deborah Cole, who was born December 28, 1784, and died February 15, 1841.
4. JOSEPH, b. 15 Aug. 1807; m. Susan Tyler. HARRIET, b. 14 June 1809; d. 10 Apr. 1882; m. Orlando Shoff.
5. ISAAC, b. 5 Jan. 1812; m. Elizabeth Frances Gotham. SAMUEL WILLIAM, b. 31 Dec. 1813; m. Laura McIntire. MARY ANN, b. 14 Apr. 1816; m. Samuel McIntire.
EMILY, JANE b. 3 Aug. 1818; d. 10 Nov. 1874; m. James Legro, 2 ch .: Frances, Harriet J.
JAMES MONROE, b. 1821; d. 1822.
3. Elisha Johnson (Isaac 1) was born in 1783, and died Novem- ber 24, 1852. He married, July 7, 1805, Lydia Smith, daughter of Jonathan and Judith (Thayer) Smith, who was born January 8, 1782, and died March 23, 1870. He lived at what is now the Isaac Crown place.
6. MARCUS DEFOREST, b. 15 Dec. 1805; m. Maria Marshall. ANN SMITH, b. 27 Oct. 1807; d. 4 Jan. 1864; m. Emery Bissel. 9 ch .: Eliza, Harriet K., Julia H., Jas. M., Samantha J., Henry D., John Wesley, Emery Herbert, Annette M. LYDIA, b. 7 July 1809; d. 18 May 1844; m. (1) Wm. Mahurin, (2) Jonathan Rolfe, 3 ch .: Frank, Samantha, Charles.
7. JOHN WESLEY, b. 14 July 1811; m. Mary Byron.
8. ELISHA, b. 2 June 1813; m. Jane Byron. SAMANTHA B., b. 14 Mar. 1816; d. 8 Jan. 1835; unm. HANNAH B., b. 19 Jan. 1818; d. 5 Jan. 1832; unm. PRISCILLA S., b. 7 Mar. 1821; d. 14 Feb. 1870; unm.
9. JAMES MADISON, b. 19 Jan. 1826; d. 14 May 1905. LUCRETIA, b. 1827; m. Abram Brown Towle; 6 ch .: Herbert J., Marcus E., Jeremiah W., Wesley A., Anna S., George H.
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THIRD GENERATION
4. Joseph Johnson (Samuel2, Isaac1) was born August 15, 1807. He married, June 9, 1845, Susan Tyler, who was born Dec. 29, 1819. Moved to Randolph, Vt. Selectman 1843, '44, '45; Town clerk 1846-54.
HENRY, b. 22 Feb. 1848; m. -- Newell; 2 ch .: George N., HARRY N.
CLARA A., b. 31 May, 1850; m. John Baldwin, Chicago; I ch .: Myra Belle, m. Willard Moffett.
5. Isaac Johnson (Samuel2, Isaac1) was born January 5, 1812, and died November 26, 1888. Married June 28, 1848, Elizabeth Frances Gotham of Lancaster, daughter of Artemus and Mary (McIntire) Gotham, who was born at Jefferson, N. H., October 17, 1828, and died January 21, 1899. Isaac Johnson lived on his grandfather's farm. Isaac 1, the pioneer's, farm was in the pos- session of the family over 125 years.
LEONORA FRANCES, b. 23 Feb. 1851; d. 10 Jan. 1918; m. John I. Crown.
JENNIE, b. 26 Jan. 1864; m. Albert C. Blodgett.
6. Marcus DeForest Johnson (Elisha2, Isaac1) was born Decem- ber 15, 1805, and died June 18, 1895. He was married September 30, 1832, by Rev. Edw. T. Manning, to Evelina Ann Maria Marshall, who was born at Northumberland, N. H., October 25, 1804, and died December 2, 1882. Marcus Johnson was a man of affairs in all matters connected with the business of the town. From the time he attained his majority until enfeebled by old age he was engaged in some form of public service, and filled nearly every office in the gift of the town. His keen intelligence, interest in civic matters, both at home and abroad, and cool judicial mind rendered him peculiarly adapted for public life. He was a surveyor by profession and probably had a more practi- cal knowledge of the topography of the towns in this section than has ever been possessed by any other citizen of Stratford.
Mrs. Johnson was a woman of marked ability and force of character, and possessed talents of high order. Although a confirmed invalid for more than forty years, she educated her children. Later she turned her attention to the study of medi- cine, with which she became well acquainted. A number of articles appeared from her pen and she also learned to read in
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foreign languages. Mrs. Johnson had spent several years with her grandmother, Dorothea Iemison, and from her recollections wrote the book "Dorothea," referred to elsewhere. She was a wide reader, keeping in touch with current events. Perhaps her greatest strength lay in her humanities, her love of children, her faith in the advancement of the world in knowledge, religion and virtue, and her broad and liberal views of life.
IO. JOHN JAY, b. 30 Nov. 1833; m. Ann Titus.
II. CHARLES DEFOREST, b. 13 June 1835; m. Emma M. Day.
12. GEORGE MARSHALL, b. 21 Jan. 1838; m. Mary Jane Martin.
13. GUY WILLIAM, b. 15 Dec. 1839; m. Eva Ruth Martin. JULIA EMMA, b. 5 Feb. 1842; d. 12 Nov. 1847.
7. Rev. John Wesley Johnson (Elisha 2, Isaac 1) was born July 14, 18II, at Stratford and died in Sunapee, N. H., April 12, 1862. He married Mary Byron, of Maidstone, who was born 1816, the daughter of Washington and Polly (Marshall) Byron. She died at Hartland, Vt., August 31, 1876. Mr. Johnson possessed many qualities that fitted him for the duties of a Christian pastor, and preached as effectively by his Christ-like example as by his pulpit ministrations. He began his ministry in the Methodist Church at an early age. As a local preacher he joined the New Hamp- shire Conference on trial in 1839; was ordained deacon in 1841. In 1842 he located at Stratford and Maidstone until 1849. Other pastorates were at Enfield, Tuftonboro, Wolfboro, 1850; White- field, Bethlehem and Dalton, 1852-55; Landaff, 1856-57; Hamp- ton, 1858-59; Hudson, 1860-61 ; Sunapee. No children.
8. Elisha Johnson (Elisha 2, Isaac 1) was born June 2, 1813, died July, 1885. He married (1) in 1842 Jane Byron, daughter of Washington and Polly (Marshall) Bryon, Maidstone, Vt., who was born in 1817, and died 1852; (2) Emmeline Stock- well of Lancaster. Elisha Johnson was one of Stratford's substantial citizens, a genial friend and neighbor. Children of first marriage:
14. SAMANTHA B., b. 18 April 1844; m. Elliot Whipple. . MARY ALINE, b. Feb. 1850; m. Arthur F. Dow.
9. James Madison Johnson (Elisha 2, Isaac 1) was born January 19, 1826, and died in California May 14, 1905. He married September 12, 1854, Georgianna Stanley of Lancaster, N. H., who was born June 15, 1830, and died July 31, 1886. Mr. Johnson was
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a farmer and mill owner in Stratford. He moved to California in the '70's where he did business in lemon tree nurseries.
ADDIE M., b. 15 Sept. 1855; unm .; Chula Vista, Calif.
15. J. HERBERT, b. 19 Oct. 1858; m. 1885 Lillian Merriam. CHARLES G., b. 12 April 1861; m. ; National City, Calif.
FLORENCE MAY, b. 28 Mar. 1865; m. Elmer Flanders; 4 ch .: Stanley, Raymond, Roxana, Harriet; Chula Vista, Calif.
HATTIE A., b. 23 Apr. 1867; m. Augustus Brooks Kimball; I ch .: Gordon; National City, Calif.
MYRTLE, unm .; Chula Vista, Calif.
FOURTH GENERATION
10. John Jay Johnson (Marcus 3, Elisha 2, Isaac 1) was born in Stratford, November 30, 1833. He married Ann Titus January 4, 1862, and died in California, May 14, 1894. John J. Johnson enlisted in 1862, in the 13th N. H. Vol., and served through the war. He lived in Brunswick, Vt., on his grandfather Marshall's farm, now called the "Flanders Place." He moved to California in the '80's.
HENRY MARCUS, b. 3 Jan. 1863; m. (1) Sophia Perry, died 1913; (2) Anna Schmidt; 2 ch .: Lynn Arthur, Eva Ann; San Diego, Calif.
EMMA, b. 28 Apr. 1867; died 1867.
JESSIE, b. 8 Apr. 1869; m. Edw. G. Bradley; 2 ch .: Alfred, Ethel; Riverside, Calif.
MELVIN DURWARD, b. 21 Mar. 1873; m. Mabel Ross; 3 ch .: Ross, Orva, Ruth.
CHARLES FAY, b. 21 Apr. 1875; m. Agnes Patterson; I ch .: Jesse J.
GRACE, b. II July 1877; m. Ernest Bresee; I ch .: Phineas; Los Angeles, Calif.
MURRAY S., b. 26 Apr. 1881; m. George McDonald; 3 ch .: Anna Carmen, Doris, Scott.
II. Charles DeForest Johnson (Marcus D3, Elisha2, Isaac1) was born June 13, 1835, and died October 28, 1860. He married May 1859, Emma Day, daughter of Nahum D. and Janet (Platt) Day, who was born 1838, and died December 18, 1864.
Charles D. Johnson was a young man of much promise. He studied law in the office of Messrs. Williams at Lancaster, entering in 1855. In January, 1858, he became editor of the Coös County Democrat, when it was published at Lancaster. He had occasion- ·
ally contributed to the editorial department before that time. In
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May, 1858, he removed the office to North Stratford. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1858 and began the practice of law at North Stratford. The death of Mr. Johnson was severely felt by the community. As a citizen his efforts were indefatigable in advanc- ing the interests of the place he had chosen for his future home. Mrs. Johnson, a young woman much beloved by all, died, as did her husband, before reaching the age of twenty-six.
12. George Marshall Johnson (Marcus D.3, Elisha 2, Isaac 1) was born January 21, 1838, and died May 3, 1917. He was mar- ried at Lancaster, N. H., September 7, 1870, to Mary Jane Martin, who was born at Bradford, Vt., March 28, 1844. . Mr. Johnson served as superintendent of schools through the '60's. Through- out his long life he was vitally interested in current events, and in his extensive reading kept in touch with the affairs of the outside world.
GERTRUDE IEMISON, grad. Worcester Normal; Teacher Cambridge, Mass.
JULIA EMMA, teacher, Lancaster, N. H.
13. Dr. Guy William Johnson (Marcus D.3, Elisha 2, Isaac 1) was born December 15, 1839, and died December 15, 1902. He was married at Worcester, Mass., August 8, 1873, to Eva Ruth Martin, who was born at Corinth, Vt., November 17, 1850. Guy W. Johnson was a Civil War veteran, having enlisted in the 13th N. H. Vol., Co. I. He fitted as a physician at Bowdoin Medical School, graduating in 1869. He practiced in Conway, Colebrook and Stratford. Dr. Johnson was a man of scholarly tastes, who read widely and intelligently. Public spirited and able, he served the town in many capacities, as library trustee, member of the school board and selectman.
RUTH JENNESS, grad. Worcester Normal; principal, Wor- cester, Mass.
EDGAR ALDEN, b. 18 Nov. 1877; d. 12 Oct. 1908; civil engineer; fitted at Worcester.
EDITH MABEL, Normal training; teacher.
HUGH HUNTER, Stratford High; selectman; member of school board.
ETHEL PEARL, graduate nurse; Memorial Hospital, Worcester.
14. Samantha Byron Johnson (Elisha 3, Elisha 2, Isaac 1) was born in Stratford, N. H., April 18, 1844, and died at Avon Park, Florida, June 18, 1922. She married August 27, 1863, Elliot Whip-
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ple, who was born, 1842, at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and died at Pasa- dena, Calif., 1912. Mr. Whipple was a successful teacher and filled important positions both in New England and as president of Wheaton College, Illinois. Mrs. Whipple was associated with her husband in his teaching and was a woman of literary tastes and culture.
HARLAN WOODBURY, b. 8 Oct. 1865, Fairhaven, Mass .; d. 25 Dec. 1911, Lawrence, Mass .; 2 ch .: Elsie,
MAUD, b. 6 Apr. 1869, Wheaton, Ill .; m. Linus Helm Park; 4 ch .: Martha, Lee Whipple, Caroline,
15. J. Herbert Johnson (J. Madison 3, Elisha 2, Isaac 1) was born October 19, 1858. He married Lillian Merriam, daughter of William Henry and Martha Annette (White) Merriam, born February 24, 1869. Mr. Johnson has engaged in farming and hotel business. Brookside Cottage at Stratford Hollow, Eagle Hotel at Groveton.
GRACE, b. 20 May, 1885; m. William M. Gale. I ch .: Dorothy.
HAROLD BURTON, b. 24 Aug. 1889; m. (I) Ruth Cole, d. (2) Mabel Blais.
KIMBALL
George Kimball was born in Lunenburg, Mass., December 9, 1793; died in Stratford May 10, 1871; married, March 24, 1819. Mary, daughter of Henry and Mary (French) Schoff, born in Northumberland, N. H., May 18, 1793, and died in Stratford, March 6, 1873.
George Kimball was a veteran of the 1812 War, and came to Stratford, with discharged Stratford soldiers from Plattsburgh, N. Y., after the close of the war. (See Chapter, "Stratford's Soldiers.") He built first on the hill near the John Hinman farm, then on the farm owned in late years by N. W. Baldwin. Mr. Kimball was a successful farmer, and a worthy citizen, leaving as a precious heritage to his large family the record of an honorable life. Mr. and Mrs. Kimball were members of the Methodist Church at an early date.
2. ALBINA E., b. 7 July 1820; m. Silas Curtis. Hazen D., b. 24 Feb. 1822.
3. EDWARD WALTER, b. 14 Feb. 1824; m. M. Jannette Luey. THOMAS N., b. 21 Feb. 1826; d. 20 Sept. 1828.
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4. BERENICE, b. 20 Jan. 1828; m. Horace Richey.
5. ELSIE M., b. 20 May, 1830; m. Asa B. Garland.
6. GEORGE C., b. I Jan. 1834; m. Vine Fletcher.
ELVIRA B., b. 4 Nov. 1838; m. Dr. Moses Whitcomb; I ch .: Mary, m. Walter Libby.
2. Albina E. Kimball (George1) born in Stratford, July 7, 1820, . and died March 4, 1899. She married Silas Curtis, who was born in 1820, and died July 15, 1895. Silas Curtis was a farmer and stonecutter by trade, operating a granite quarry on Meriden Hill, where his farm was situated, also in the Nulhegan quarry .. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis were both prominent members of the Baptist Church at North Stratford.
MARY, m. Ephraim Hall; 6 ch .: Julia, Silas, Ellery, Ansel, Albina, Asa.
MARIA, m. William Barnett; 4 ch .: Archie, Eddie, Howard, Ray.
CHARLES, m. Anna Luce; I ch .: Ethel.
ELSIE, m. Oramon Kenny; 2 ch .: Ola, Hiram.
ARDELLA, unm .; d. 25. Feb. 1892.
Aaron, d. young.
ALMON, drowned young.
ELSIZA, m. John Cummings; 3 ch .: Nila, Marion, Curtis. ALLIE, m. Ed. Mayhew; I ch .: Minnie. LOTTIE, m. Perry Robbins; I ch .: Clyde.
OLIVER, m. George Cummings.
3. Edward Walter Kimball (George1) was born February 14, 1824, and died November 18, 1865. He married Marcelvia Jannette Luey, daughter of Dexter and Eliza (Thomas) Luey, who was born March 15, 1829, and died June 30, 1891. Walter Kimball was a Civil War veteran, enlisting from Columbia in Co. I, Heavy Artillery. (See "Soldiers of Stratford.")
7. WILLIAM HENRY, b. 18 Nov. 1851; m. Emma Bass. MARY ELIZA, b. 28 Aug. 1855; m. (1) Samuel Brown, (2) William Hapgood.
C. LUELLA, b. 22 Sept. 1859; m. Leslie Brown; I ch .: Carl L.
4. Berenice Kimball (George1) was born January 20, 1828. She married Horace Richey of Northumberland.
LUCY, m. Willard Whipple.
CARRIE, unm.
IRVING, manager Besse Stores, New Haven.
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5. Elsie Kimball (George1) was born May 20, 1830. She married Asa B. Garland, an old time conductor on the Grand Trunk Railway.
ANNA, d. unm.
GEORGE, m. Fanny Sargent; Gorham, N. H.
JOHN, m. May Young; Portland, Me.
6. George C. Kimball (George1) was born January 1, 1834. He married Vine Fletcher, of Holland, Vt. George C. Kimball was one of the Stratford men to go out with the "Glorious Thirteenth" in the war of '61. Enlisted as private in 1862, and rose to rank of first lieutenant. Mr. Kimball was employed for several years in the firm of George R. Eaton & Co. at North Stratford. About the year 1882 he removed to Holland, Vt., where he again took up farming.
ARTHUR, m. Minnie Sherman; d. June 1922.
7. William Henry Kimball (George)1 was born November 18, 1851. He married Emma Bass, daughter of George and Angelina (Platt) Bass. Mr. Kimball is one of Stratford's leading business men, dealing extensively in timber lands and the operation of saw mills. In 1891 he purchased some 8,000 acres of timber lands of the Turner Falls Co., and did an increased business at the Merrill's mills for several years. Of late years he has operated the mills on the Ockington site. Mr. Kimball has served the town in many a public capacity as legislator, selectman, library trustee, etc.
GEORGE MARDEN, b. 27 Mar. 1891; d. 25 May 1924; m. Annie Connary.
LINA J., b. I Sept. 1897; m. (1) Eddie Connary (2) Frederick Maynard.
LAMKIN
Joshua Lamkin (or Lambkin) was one of Stratford's earliest settlers. His name is among those who came here in the summer of 1772, and he was undoubtedly one of the Judson settlers, since Agur Judson of Stratford, Conn., transfers land to him November 15, 1773; and he settled on the Judson lots, now the Burnside place. .
His was one of the seven families that braved the dangers and loneliness of a frontier town during the Revolution. His name
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appears frequently in the early records, often as Captain Lamkin, a title earned, perhaps, in Connecticut.
Joshua Lamkin was one of the first selectmen chosen by the proprietors in 1773. He held several offices, and his name is signed, as moderator, to petitions, etc., as late as 1800.
The Lamkin family is supposed to have come originally from Cape Cod, but we cannot locate Joshua's birthplace. He buys land near Stratford, Conn., about 1762. He was an Episcopalian, and from church records some facts of his early life have been gleaned. But he seems to have been of a roving disposition, and to have lived in several towns before coming to New Hampshire. He lived to a great age, and died about the year 1812, while living with his son, Joshua R. Lamkin, in Brunswick, Vt., where he was drowned in the Connecticut in the time of a freshet, when the water was very high. He had wandered out to see it, and in his infirmity fell from a high bank into the river. Thus passed away one who had braved all the dangers and hardships of the pioneer life.
The list of his descendants is the longest of any person who helped settle the town. He married Hannah Robinson, and had thirteen children, only a part of whom came to Stratford, N. H.
2. JOSHUA ROBINSON, m. Hannah Bishop.
OLIVER, b. 14 Dec. 1749, Coventry, Conn .; m. 1776, Sarah Beard of Connecticut; ch .: Beulah, Sarah, Lewis, Josiah. There is evidence that Oliver was in New Hampshire, as Israel Wetmore of Stratford, Conn., transfers land to him 13 May, 1774, "duty as settler." Pitched in 1789.
3. THOMAS, m. Judith Dickinson.
TRYPHENA, m. Hezekiah Fuller.
TARMANIA, b. 9 Aug. 17-, Coventry, Conn.
NEWCOME, m. Armenall Northrup of Connecticut, who buys land in 1768 near Stratford, Conn. He is in the campaign of 1759 from New Haven, also in the Revolutionary records from Lanesboro, Mass., in census of 1790.
4. JOSIAH, m. (2), Charity Curtis.
BENJAMIN, buys land in Stratford, Conn., 1773. He was in the campaign of 1761 from New Haven, and in the 1790 census, Greenfield, Mass.
POLLY, m. Elijah Blodgett.
HANNAH, m. James Brown.
5. EZRA, b. 14 Oct. 1770; m. Sarah Smith.
BETSEY, d. in Stratford, N. H., age 16, Ist death in town.
LEWIS was in Stratford in 1800. Probably went to Black River, N. Y.
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2. Joshua Robinson Lamkin (Joshua1) came early to Stratford. In real estate transfers, "March 5, 1772, Samuel Beers to Joshua Robinson Lamkin, consideration as a settler." "January 6, 1774, William Samuel Johnson to Joshua Robinson Lamkin, settle and do duty." His name does not appear on the tax list for 1807, which makes his removal to Brunswick, Vt., prior to that date. At the first town meeting in Brunswick, Vt., March 31, 1796, Joshua R. Lamkin was elected lister, also poundkeeper. He settled on what is now the Fitts place, and his father and mother spent their last days at his home. He died about 1831. Married Hannah Bishop.
6. BISHOP, m. (1) Sally Schoff, (2) Abigal Camp.
HANNAH, m. James Frazier; 2 ch. : Helen, Marcia. MARY, m. James Davis.
TAMSON, m. Henry D. Schoff, Maidstone, Vt.
7. GRANT, m. Marcia Day.
ANNIE, m. (1) Daniel Schoff, (2) Royal Boston; 3 ch .: Chester, Leroy, Adelaide.
RUFUS, m. Lucy L. Flanders; 3 ch .: Ellen M., Gilman H., Gilbert R.
FANNIE, m. John Schoff.
CAROLINE, m. Joseph Taylor; I ch .; Herbert, d. in army.
3. Thomas Lamkin (Joshua1) was another of Joshua's sons who came as a settler to Stratford. "William Thompson of Stratford, Conn., transfers land to Thomas Lamkin, duty as a settler, Janu- ary 19, 1774." But he did not come to the "Upper Coös" until after the Revolution, as we find him listed as a Revolutionary soldier in Connecticut in 1775, and he and his wife, Judith Dickinson, have four children baptized near Stratford, Conn., viz .: Isaac, Huldah, George, Laura. We find him in Stratford, N. H., in 1789, when he is declared entitled to make one pitch in the Second Division, and his name is signed to a petition previous to 1785. His name does not appear after that, though his son Isaac's name is on the list in 1809.
Thomas Lamkin is supposed to have been the first settler in Bloomfield, Vt., and he came, probably, in 1796. He warned the first freeman's meeting, September 7, 1802, and took the freeman's oath at that time and was appointed constable. Isaac Lamkin also made a pitch in Bloomfield. Thomas and family, with the exception of Laura, moved to Black River, Genesee Co., N. Y.
ISAAC, m. Olive Gile; I ch .: Abram.
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9. LAURA, m. Comens Buffington; II ch. GEORGE.
HULDAH.
ABI, m. Joseph Walker.
LAVINIA, m. Harvey Durfee.
LETTIE, m. George Tooley.
ROSWELL.
LUTHER.
GRANT and HARVEY, twins, d. at 17.
4. The name of Josiah Lamkin (Joshua1) first appears in the town reports in June, 1800, when Isaac Johnson, Hezekiah Fuller and Josiah Lamkin are appointed shepherds. He lived in Canada for a time, but his name appears on the tax list of 1807. He returned to the place first settled by his father, where he died years after. The name of his first wife is unknown. The children of that marriage returned to Canada. He married (2) Charity Curtis, daughter of William Curtis, who was born February 26, 1788. Children by first marriage:
RUSSELL.
WEALTHY.
MALVINA, m. Parker.
DOSIA, m. Wright. LINDA.
(Second Marriage)
8. Dow, m. Lydia Barlow.
DENNISON.
HARRISON. FINETTE, m. Henry O. White.
5. Ezra Lamkin (Joshua1) was born October 14, 1770. He married Sarah Smith, daughter of David and Patience (Blake) Smith, who was born December 29, 1774. They were married December 4, 1790. He died August 18, 1848, and his wife died December 12, 1865. Ezra Lamkin settled back of the Judge Marshall place. About 1815 they moved from Stratford to Indiana.
HULDAH, b. 9 May 1792; m. John Kemp. JUDSON, b. Mar. 1795; m. Rachel Dorset. THEODOTIA, b. 2 Nov. 1798; m. James Smith Learned. HERIAM, b. 14 Feb. 1801; d. young. ROXENA, b. 4 Feb. 1803.
EURYDICE, b. 20 Mar. 1805; m. Abijah Mendell.
HIRAM, b. 27 Apr. 1807; m. Catherine Graves.
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EZRA, JR., b. 26 Mar. 1814; m. Mary Reed.
THOMAS, b. 21 Mar. 1817; m. Eliva Graves.
THAYER, b. 25 Jan. 1820; d. young.
THIRD GENERATION
6. Bishop Lamkin (Joshua R.2, Joshua1) married (1) Sally Schoff, daughter of Daniel Schoff, who was born in Stratford, N. H., June 23, 1799; (2) Abigal Camp.
(First Marriage)
GUY (boot and shoe dealer in Boston).
JOSHUA R. (boot and shoe dealer in Chicago).
SARAH, m. Abel Benjamin.
FIDELIE, m. - Newhall.
ADALINE, m. Alonzo F. Brown.
FANNY S., m. Sullivan Boyce; 3 ch .: Guy L. (Boot and shoe dealer in Boston), John W., Sadie A.
(Second Marriage)
EMILY A., m. West. WILLIAM C. (boot and shoe dealer in Chicago).
7. Grant Lamkin (Joshua R.2, Joshua1) married Marcia Day, who was born August 18, 1800.
ALBURN.
IO. HAVILLA M., b. 1824.
RUFUS.
MARCIA, m. Henry Lougee.
JOSHUA.
LUCIA, m. Green Moore; 5 ch .: Hattie, Ida, Edward, Lulu, Nora.
EDWIN.
8. Dow Lamkin (Josiah R.2, Joshua1) married (I) Lydia Barlow; (2) Widow Sarah Bass Brown.
(First Marriage)
ELLEN, m. William French ; 3 ch .: Isora, Dow, Irvine.
ELIZABETH, m. Samuel Powers; I ch .: Lottie.
EDSON, d. at 14.
MARY, m. Joseph Blossom; 3 ch .: Hattie, Lizzie, Wilbert Harrison.
MARTHA, m. Malcolm Smith; I ch .: Lottie.
LUCIA, d. at 19.
(Second Marriage)
WILLIS D., m. Cora Young; 2 ch .: L. Dow, Jessie L.
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9. Laura Lamkin (Thomas2, Joshua1) was born in Connecticut. Married Comens Buffington, who came from Swansea, Mass., as overseer for the farms on the Wooster Bow, Maidstone, Vt., owned by Dr. Samuel Clark of Boston, and -- McLellan. Settled in Lemington, Vt.
ARTEMAS, m. Dorcas Abbott.
OLIVE LAVINIA, m. Thomas P. Holbrook.
SARAH MATILDA, m. Isaac Aldrich.
LAURA CATHERINE, m. Nathan Brown.
COMENS, d. young.
DARIUS, d. young.
WILLIAM COMENS, m. Diana Hobart; I ch .: Estella.
PHEBE, m. George Blodgett; 2 ch .: Helen, Gaius. DELIA ANGELINA, m. Charles G. Lyman.
HELEN EUPHOSIA, d. young.
ADELIA THERESA, m. Augustus Osgood.
FOURTH GENERATION
IO. Havilla M. Lamkin (Grant3, Joshua R.2, Joshua1) was born in Brunswick, Vt., in 1824. He moved to Maidstone in 1839, and held the offices of selectman, town clerk, lister, justice of the peace, and town representative. He married Maria, daughter of Charles Stevens, in 1854.
ADA M., m. H. W. Smith; I ch .: Clesson H. DELIGHT E., m. L. G. Barrett, Lisbon, N. H. JAMES, d. 1878. NELLIE BELLE.
LYMAN
Noah Lyman, son of Stephen and Anna (Blair) Lyman, was born October 2, 1778; died December II, 1866; came to Colum- bia, N. H., 1812, and settled on the farm just north of the Strat- ford line, so long the home of the Lyman family. For a gun and a horse he bought a large tract of land. From the Stratford records we find that he was a large owner of wild lands in the latter town, part of the time in the care of an agent. Later the farm adjoining, the one farthest north in Stratford, was occupied by the Lyman family. Noah Lyman married (1) Clarissa Granger, (2) Olive French, daughter of John Milton and Tirzah (Day) French, and was the father of thirteen children: John Scott (2), Elias, Elvira, Stephen, Wharton, Noah, Caleb, William G., George B., Clarissa A., Charles C., Olive, Mariana.
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