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37. LEONª ALLEN (George F.º, Capt. Elisha1) a lapidarian, b. Stoneham, Aug. 21, 1861; learned his trade in his native state; res. (1922) on the road to Spragueville, in edge of Swanzey township. About 1915 he purchased a small tract of land near the foot of S. mountain on which he has opened a small mine, working the same each summer to the present (1922), with limited suc- cess. He has taken out about five tons of mica of various grades and a very small quantity of golden beryl; one gem, 1/2 carat, being of excellent quality.
* Aldrich's Ilistory of Walpole, N. H. 1880, and other sources.
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Thus far he has worked alone, doing drilling and blasting. He m. Hattie E. Thompson. No. ch.
ANDERSON
1. JOHN ANDERSON, s. of Anders1 Nelson, b. Resibara, Skane Co., Swe- den July 24, 1839; d. S. July 17, 1907. He embarked on the Allen Line and landed in Boston, May 1881 and immediately came to Gilsum where he was employed during the following year by Daniel Wright. In 1882 he came to S. where he was a farm hand, and in this town his remaining days were spent. He bought No. 235 in 1893 where he lived until his d. - a respected and industrious citizen. He was one of the early Swedish men in this county and the first to permanently locate in Surry. He m. in Sweden Oct. 13, 1871 Miss Cecilia Jacobson b. in Sonnarslof, Skane Co., Sweden, Mar. 15, 1852; dau. of Jacob and Uhannah (Hanfast) Jacobson. She and the two eldest ch. came to America on the Allen Line, via Copenhagen, Quebec, and arr. in S. Aug. 7, 1883. The family moved from No. 235 to No. 49 in 1911. Ch. b. i, ii in Sonnarslof, others in S .:
i. ALMA3 b. Aug. 16, 1872; m. June 27, 1890 Axal Theodor Johnson b. Monsap, Jonkoping (city), Smoland Co., Sweden, May 30, 1866, s. of Jonas and Christiana (Anderson) Jonasson. He came to America May 9, 1888, res. (1920) New Britain, Conn., where their ch. were b .: i. Ajalmer Theodor4 b. Jan. 7, 1892. ii. Axel Sigfrid Feb. 23, 1894. iii. Florence Theresia May 17, 1897. iv. Alma Axcelia July 12, 1899. v. Eileen Amanda Aug. 30, 1905. vi. Evelyn Hope Oct. 26, 1908.
ii. NILS EDWARD June 24, 1874; res. (1920) New Britain; m. Apr. 13, 1905 Mary Ham, b. Hartford, Conn., Apr. 12, 1884; separated. Ch. b .: i. Ethel Mabel4 b. in Winsted, Conn.
iii. CLEVELAND GOTFRID Jan. 9, 1886; d. suddenly in S. Nov. 23, 1897.
iv. ANDERS Dec. 16, 1887; res. (1921) at No. 49 in S. (2)
v. AMANDA July 6, 1889; res. Keene; m. June 5, 1906 Edward Edgar Brad- bury, q. v.
2. ANDERS3 ANDERSON (John2, Anders1), a farmer and town Fire war- den in 1921, m. in S. Nov. 25, 1920, Lois Mildred Ball, dau. of Samuel Ball, q. v.
3. Rev. WILLIAM SINCLAIRª ANDERSON b. Belfast, Ireland, Aug. 7, 1870; res. 1920, Montague, Mass .; s. of James1 and Ellen (Murdock) Ander- son. He came to America 1893; a student at Mt. Hermon and was ordained pastor of S. Congregational church Oct. 26, 1897 and remained until 1900. He returned to his native land in 1899 where he was m. Aug. 15, 1899, to Minnie Wearing b. (Demaighy ?), Ireland Dec. 24, 1876, dau. of John and Mary Ann (Granger) Wearing. He came to America at the invitation of D. L. Moody in company with 13 other young men; going to the Bible Institute, Chicago, Ill., where he spent six months during the World's Fair; in the fall of that year he entered the Mt. Hermon School at Northfield, Mass., where he spent several yars, then came to S. From this town he became pastor of a church at Prescott, Mass., and after a year settled over a church at Leverett that state for four years. For the past 18 years he has been engaged in religious work in Franklin and Berkshire Counties in Mass. In speaking of Surry he
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writes: "It was my first church in this country-I shall always feel greatful to God for the kindness of my many friends there." Ch .:
i. JAMES WEARING3 b. Prescott, Aug. 24, 1900.
ii. JOHN GRANGER Leverett Sept. 9, 1902.
iii. PAUL WILLIAM Apr. 3, 1905; d. Sept. 1921.
iv. SAMUEL ENRICH Montague Jan. 19, 1907.
4. HERMAN1 ANDERSON b. Sweden Oct. 15, 1867; d. S. Oct. 15, 1909; settled at No. 11 about 1903 where he lived until d. He m. Hannah E. Lar- son b. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 8, 1880, and after his d. she m. (2) John P. John- son; res. (1921) Orange, Mass. Ch. b .: ii, and iii in S .:
i. CARL ABIN2 Dec. 23, 1902.
ii. FLORENCE July 1, 1904.
iii. HELEN ELIZABETH June 21, 1907; d. S. Jan. 15, 1909.
5. AXEL 1ANDERSON, a native of Sweden, taxed in S. 1884-85. He lived at No. 171 with his future wife. He was a half-brother to Nils and Carl John- son, now of Keene. He was also called "Nordquist" his militia name; while in S. he worked for F. D. W. Carpenter. (NOTE: In some of the records he is called, "Axel Anderson," and in other places, "Axel Johnson.")
7. JOSEPH1 ANDERSON, the first of the name in S. was taxed 1818 until 1822; n. f. r.
ARMSTRONG
DINAH1 ARMSTRONG was the last of the Indians to reside within our borders. Something has been written and many a legend has been told of "Old Dinah," who for years lived alone in the southerly part of the town. She was of a cheerful nature and was wont to ramble from her lonely home to the middle of the town, making friendly calls on each family receiving a kind- ly welcome, a substantial meal and a cup of tea. The flat rock near the wheel track on Kingsbury Hill was her favorite resting place in returning from the village, and here she would chat with those passing by. For over a century this rock has been known as "DINAH'S ROCK" and was so inscribed by W. Wallace Wilcox about 1884.
Our earliest knowledge of this Indian woman, taken from Town Records: Born, May 6, 1769, Warren2 Starling, son of Jacob1 Starling and Dinah Arm- strong. What became of this son we have no knowledge. On Mar. 2, 1789 the town appointed a committee to examine into the circumstances of Dinah Armstrong being brought into Surry which would indicate she had been ab- sent for some years. The committee reported their findings May 28th, fol- lowing but no action was taken and the town supported her for years.
For years she lived in the log house at No. 236 (map) ; in 1806 in the fam- ily of Thomas Redding and finally with Maj. Nathan Hayward at No. 8, where she died Apr. 4, 1812, aged 73 years. June 13, 1812 the town voted to allow John Thayer $1.75 for making a coffin for Dinah Armstrong also to allow Major Nathan Hayward $12.55 in full for taking care of Dinah in her last sickness."
"And upon my vesture did they cast lots"
At a town meeting July 4, 1812; voted to sell the clothings and other ef- fects of Dinah Armstrong, late of Surry, to the highest bidder, giving six months credit with good security. She was buried in the South Cemetery.
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AUSTIN
1. THOMAS' AUSTIN, b. (possibly in Mason, N. H.) 1755; d. Mason Dec. 18, 1804; said to have served three months in Rev. war, although his name has not been found on the N. H. roll. He m. Ruth Russell, b. 1756; d. Richmond, Vt., June 24, 1840. Ch. b. Mason :
i. ROBERT2 Aug. 20, 1785; d. Gilsum Mar. 23, 1852. (2)
ii. JANE ; m. John Williams and settled Richmond, Vt.
iii. HANNAH ; m. James Higley and settled Richmond, Vt.
iv. RUTH.
V. THOMAS, JR., Mar. 2, 1793; d. Keene Mar. 9, 1860. (3)
2. ROBERT AUSTIN, (Thomas1), and his brother Thomas2 settled in S. about 1812, purchasing the James McCurdy farm on top of S. mountain and erecting a new dwelling there, 1814, living in the mean time in an old log house which stood where the boys later built a cider mill. Robert moved to Walpole, about 1824 and later to Gilsum. He m. (1) Jan. 14, 1812, Rebecca Farmer, b. Townsend, Mass., Apr. 1, 1777; d. Braintree, Mass., Nov. 7, 1849; m. (2) Dec. 26, 1850, Mrs. Ruthy U. (Hosmer) Isham of Gilsum b. June 13, 1796; dau. of Benjamin and Ruthy (Upham) Hosmer, and wid. of Ebenezer Isham. Ch. all b. in S. except 1st:
i. HASKELL3 b. Swanzey, Apr. 12, 1812; d. S. Aug. 16, 1813.
ii. HASKELL Nov. 22, 1813; d. Halifax, Mass., 1877; m. (1) Dec. 5, 1842, Mary Ann Richardson of Pownel, Me .; m. (2) Nov. 1867, Hannah Matilda Byam of Winchendon. He was a "49er" and remained in California about ten years.
iii. SOPHIA June 19, 1815; d. Worcester, Mass., June 10, 1868; m. Nov. 1842, Jeremiah Eastman; res. Henniker. Ch. b .: i. Mary4 , d. young. ii. Sophia d. y. iii. Jeremiah Austin d. single.
iv. MARY ANN Mar. 14, 1817; m. Nov. 12, 1862, James Carpenter Isham. v. MANTHANO Sept. 17, 1819; d. Sept. 10, 1821.
vi. ELVIRA Mar. 13, 1821; d. May 5, 1822.
3. THOMAS' AUSTIN, Jr. (Thomas1) came to S. when 19 years of age; later he and his brother Robert settled at No. 2, as noted, and where Thomas lived until he moved to No. 146 in 1853; then to Keene a few months after- wards. He was an honest hard working man; a thorough christian of the Methodist faith and he and his family were very regular in attendance at the village church. His mother, Ruth, came and lived with her sons on the moun- tain farm for a few years then went to Vermont. He m. Mar. 28, 1816, Lucy Kendrick b. Hanover Oct. 30, 1794; d. E. Templeton, Mass., Nov. 24, 1883; dau. of Thomas and Sevia (Closson) Kendrick. Ch. b. S .:
i. WILLIAM3 b. Dec. 9, 1817; d. Aug. 28, 1913, Gardner, Mass. (4)
ii. THOMAS DAVENPORT Feb. 8, 1820; d. Rindge Jan. 30, 1913. (5)
iii. LOUISA Nov. 8, 1822; d. Templeton, Mass., July 3, 1890; m. (1) Apr. 16, 1844, Alonzo Russell who d. July 2, 1865. At time of their m. both were of Peterboro, N. H .- K. S .; m. (2) May 26, 1867, John Potter. iv. NANCY Sept. 14, 1824; d. Keene May 26, 1856; m. June 2, 1845, Sinon Flora of Stoughton, Mass. Ch. b. i. Louisa4 b. 1846; d. Keene Sept. 20, 1849.
v. LUCY ANN Mar. 4, 1826; d. Keene Dec. 11, 1873; m. Aug. 18, 1846, Asa P. Perley of Gardner, Mass.
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vi. LEWIS Dec. 11, 1827; d. S. Jan. 11, 1829.
vii. WESLEY Sept. 22, 1829; d. Keene May 14, 1885. (6)
viii. SEVIAH CLOSSEN June 12, 1831; res. 1921 Keene. She m. Sept. 1, 1856, John Flynn, b. 1830, N. Y. City; d. Keene Sept. 4, 1911; s. of John and Ellen Flynn. He was a marble cutter and worked upon and set up the first marble and granite monuments in Woodland cemetery in Keene. He had entire charge of the granite construction in the building of the present Baptist church in Keene of which he was a faithful member. No ch.
ix. DINSMORE Feb. 4, 1833; d. Jefferson, Iowa, Sept. 8, 1902. (7)
x. HOLLIS Jan. 1835; d. Mar. 1835.
xi. KENDALL June 15, 1837; d. East Alstead Mar. 9, 1919; a soldier. (8)
xii. CHARLES FISHER Nov. 6, 1839; settled in New Jersey. (9)
4. WILLIAM3 AUSTIN (Thomas, Jr.,2 Thomas1) went to Gardner, Mass., 1833, and at the time of his d. he "was the oldest member of the First Con- gregational church, both in point of age and membership." He was engaged in manufacturing chairs a few years, later was employed by the Hayward Chair Co. "He was a man of strictly temperate habits and a home lover" and after d. of his wife lived a few years in Rindge. He m. Jan. 10, 1843, Lucy Richardson b. Apr. 13, 1816; d. June 2, 1901; dau. of Asa and Elizabeth (Glazier) Richardson. Ch. b .:
i. SARAH LOUISE' July 4, 1845; d. Feb. 9, 1917; m. Oct. 29, 1874, Daniel H. Rand, b. Jaffrey May 26, 1845; res. (1921) Gardner; s. of Solomon H. and Eunice E. (Allen) Rand.
ii. LUCIA OLIVIA Dec. 13, 1849; d. Feb. 8, 1913; m. 1875, Warren Kimball. 5. THOMAS DAVENPORT3 AUSTIN (Thomas, Jr.2, Thomas1) m. (1) Apr. 30 (or May 13), 1844, Roxanna Russell of Peterboro who d. Dec. 23, 1844; m. (2) May 26, 1886, Jorain Woodcock who d. about 1915. They had a son4 July 4, 1846; d. about 1866.
6. WESLEY3 AUSTIN (Thomas, Jr.2, Thomas1) res. in Gilsum and Mar- low. He m. (1) May 11, 1854, Emily Phelps of Marlow, b. July 14, 1831; d. Dec. 1874; dau. of Luther and Polly (Miller) Phelps, Jr. He m. (2) Oct. 7, 1875, Mary E. Woodward b. May 27, 1838; d. Keene Feb. 16, 1917; dau. of Samuel Woodward of Gilsum. Ch. b. Marlow:
i. CARRIE STELLA4 b. Mar. 3, 1867; m. Nov. 4, 1890 in Keene, Thomas W. Hall, b. Westmoreland about 1862; res. in Keene; s. of James and Mary (Wright) Hall.
7. DINSMORE3 AUSTIN (Thomas, Jr.", Thomas1) m. (1) Aug. 14, 1851, Emily Gould who d. Jan. 1870; m. (2) Oct. 30, 1870, Maggie Carvert.
8. KENDALL FREDERICK3 AUSTIN (Thomas, Jr.2, Thomas1), a soldier in Civil war, q. v., settled in East Alstead where he was an honored and re- spected citizen. He m. July 2, 1856, Emily Roxana Nash, b. Marlow Jan. 16, 1838; d. Alstead Mar. 2/3, 1897; dau. of David and Abigail (Howard) Nash, of Sullivan. Ch. b. i in Keene, others in Alstead:
i. FRED MERRILL4 b. Aug. 23, 1858; d. Alstead Dec. 31, 1883; m. Jennie Swain of Bellows Falls, Vt.
ii. JULIA EMMA Apr. 10, 1861. She m. (1) Mar. 14, 1877, Frank Warren Orne, b. Marlow Dec. 11, 1849; d. Concord Mar. 4, 1885; s. of John and Ruth (Royce) Orne. She m. (2) July 30, 1885, George Henry
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Willis, b. Alstead 1863, s. of Samuel and Sarah Ann (Heath) Willis; m. (3) June 28, 1888, James Martin Comstock b. Gilsum Sept. 29, 1832, who d. Jan. 11, 1904. Ch. by 1st m .: i. Mary5 b. Mar. 7, 1878; d. y. ii. Bertha May Sept. 3, 1879 who m. (1) Edmund M. Demerse, q. v .; m. (2) Edward E. Royce, q. v. iii. Mabel Josephine Alstead July 4, 1882. By 2nd m .: iv. Edith Grace Alstead Apr. 26, 1886.
iii. CELIA MELISSA May 4, 1867; m. (1) Sept. 14, 1885, Paul M. Willis of Alstead, b. June 2, 1867; s. of Wilber F. and Mary Ann (Hale) Wil- lis; divorced. She m. (2) Aug. 14, 1890, George L. Nash b. Mar. 20,
1864. Ch. by 1st m. b. Alstead: i. Mary Emily Alstead June 28, 1886. ii. Florence Tisdell Sept. 5, 1888. Ch. by 2nd m .: iii. Myrtle Celia b. Alstead Mar. 9, 1892. iv. George Henry b. Richmond Aug. 8, 1894.
iv. ARTHUR MORRIS Apr. 23, 1870; d. July 17, 1879, from kick of a horse. v. PROCTOR ALLEN Feb. 2, 1874; m. (1) Sept. 1897, Marcia Baine, b. Mar- low Sept. 27, 1883; dau. of Edward R. and Lilla Ann (Spooner) Baine; divorced. He m. (2) Mrs. Eva Belle (Dupuis) Ellis b. Al- stead Jan. 4, 1875. Ch. b .: i. Fred M. Nov. 28, 1899. ii. Louisa Jane, June 23, 1901.
9. CHARLES FISHER® AUSTIN (Thomas, Jr.2, Thomas1) m. Mar. 24, 186-, Sarah Whitcomb. He rem. to New Jersey.
BACHELOR
4. THOMAS PACKER" BACHELOR (or Batchelder) son of Breed1 Bach- elor of Roxbury, b. June 8, 1770; d. Keene June 24, 1828; m. Nov. 17, 1805 in Keene Anna Baker, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Baker of Keene. (His family record is more fully given in Sullivan History, pp. 843 and 844.) Probably he lived in S. for a few months, but moved to Sullivan in 1806. Sept. 18th of that year he was summoned to make a fence within six days between his land and Col. Jonathan Smith's land in Surry.
BAIN
Alexander1 Bain the emigrant ancestor of the Bain family from Scotland settled in Nova Scotia about 1762.
1. WILLIAM3 BAIN lived and d. in Wellington, Yarmouth Co. N. S. He m. Polly Patten (?).
2. NATHANIEL PATTEN BAIN b. Wellington Sept. 10, 1841; res. (1920) Cambridge, Mass. He m. Laura Mary Robbins of Chatham, Mass. Ch .:
i. FRANCIS LLOYD" Hebron, Yarmouth Co. N. S., Sept. 11, 1878. (3)
ii. MARION LUCILLE Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 15, 1892.
3. FRANCIS LLOYD® BAIN (Nathaniel P.4, William3) with his parents came to the states in 1880 settled in Colorado Springs, Colo., then in Pueblo, next in Minneapolis, Minn., and then at Cambridge, Mass., about 1885. Mr. Bain was graduated from Cambridge Manual Training School, Harvard En- gineering School, 1910, attended Boston University. Professor of Manual Training, Cambridge Public Schools. Prof. Bain in 1920 became assistant di- rector, Department of Manual Arts, Boston school committee, also employed
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in the Massachusetts State Board of Education and Counselor in Rehabilita- tion work under direction of Federal Board for Vocational education, 1919, 1920.
Prof. Bain served in World war from Aug. 1918 until Apr. 1919 as Captain of Engineer Corps U. S. Army, being stationed at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Va. He was promoted to Major, Engineer Reserve Corps U. S. A.
Maj. Bain bought the "Cones" (No. 28) in 1912 and has since occupied this as his summer res. He m. Aug. 28, 1901 Alice Bertha Holmes b. Cambridge, Apr. 21, 1876, dau. of Francis Marshall and Julia Adeline (Cooper) Holmes. Ch. b. Cambridge:
i. CARLTON LLOYD" Jan. 5, 1904.
ii. MARJORIE HOLMES Oct. 5, 1910.
BAKER
1. WILLIAM BAKER, b. Westminster, Mass., May 20, 1817; d. unm .; s. of Nathan1 and Sally (Miles) Baker, lived in S. 1849/50 and worked for his brother-in-law, Josiah Kingsbury at No. 23.
2. A.1 BAKER taxed 1791 (?), n. f. r.
BALEY
1. NOAH' BALEY (or Bailey, as usually written) paid poll and school tax in 1795. n. f. r.
BALL
1. RICHARD1 BALL of Horschay, England, came to America in 1880 and settled at Youngstown, Ohio. He m. Hannah Wheeler; among their ch. was: . 2. SAMUEL BALL (Richard1) b. Horsehay Apr. 26, 1866; came to Amer- ica and landed at Philadelphia in April 1880; has res. at Youngstown, Pull- man, Ills .; Elmira, N. Y .; then in Montreal, Can., for two years; was em- ployed in steel mills for several years; a member of "Balls brass band." From Montreal he moved to No. 63 in this town, Feb. 1912; served as selectman 1920-'23; elected a member of N. H. House of Representative 1923-'24. He m. at Youngstown, O., Dec. 27, 1888, Mary Ann Thomas, dau. of Morgan H. Thomas, q. v. Ch. b. at Pullman, Ills .:
i. SAMUEL THOMASª Dec. 9, 1889; res. 1922, Canton, Ohio. (3)
ii. ERNEST WILBUR June 5, 1892; res. 1923, at No. 124; a farmer. (4)
iii. HOWARD DANIEL Jan. 29, 1894; res. 1923, Elmira Heights, N. Y. (5)
iv. EDITH MARIAN Dec. 10, 1896; m. Sept. 25, 1919, John Lovel Fiester, b. Elmira Jan. 21, 1883; son of Henry and Mary Olive (Lovel) Fiester. They res. Elmira. Ch .: i. John Lovel, Jr.4 b. Aug. 18, 1920.
v. LOIS MILDRED Apr. 21, 1900; m. S. Nov. 25, 1920, Anders Anderson, q. v. vi. CHARLES LORENZO June 12, 1902; res. S. and at Elmira, N. Y. 1923.
3. SAMUEL THOMAS3 BALL (Samuel2, Richard1) foreman in steel mill; m. July 7, 1916, Mrs. Gertrude Adaline (Rinehart) Baxter, b. Louisville, O., May 19, 1888; dau. of Oscar and Anne (-) Rinehart, and divorced wid. of - Baxter. Ch. b. Canton, O., by Baxter:
i. JAMES HAROLD (Baxter-Ball) b. Jan. 10, 1911.
ii. MERIAM GENEVIVE (Baxter-Ball) b. Jan. 25, 1913.
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4. ERNEST WILBUR3 BALL (Samuel“, Richard1) res. S., Keene, Alstead; lived at No. 151, and moved to 124, 1922. He m. June 12, 1915, Victoria Nellie Webster, dau. of Herbert M. Webster, q. v. Ch. all b. in Keene:
i. ERNEST WESTON' Mar. 11, 1916.
ii. ELIZABETH ALICE Apr. 19, 1917.
iii. LOIS VICTORIA Sept. 7, 1918. .
iv. HERBERT WEBSTER Oct. 17, 1919.
v. SARAH JANE Oct. 14, 1921.
5. HOWARD DANIEL® BALL (Samuel“, Richard1) enlisted from Elmira in World war; served in France, was in the trenches but three weeks when he was disabled by inhaling German gas. Employed by a merchant at Elmira in 1922. He m. June 25, 1919, Frances K. Hill, b. Elmira, June 16, 1896; dau. of Frank O. and Mary E. (Everts) Hill.
BALLOCK
1. WILLIAM1 BALLOCK came as early as 1794 and removed before 1799. Nothing is known of his early life, or where he went from S. unless possibly to Montreal. There is a suspicion he may have been near kin to Mrs. Janet (Balloch) Ralston, w. of Alexander of Keene and a native of Scotland. The name in our records appears as "Ballock" and not "Balloch." He lived at No. 182 and sold property to Alexander Ralston in 1798. Ch. b .- iii and iv in S .: i. JENNY2.
ii. DAVID.
iii. RALSTON Mar. 25, 1794. The town voted Sept. 25, 1809 that the "Se- lectmen shall take care of Ralston Ballock until next annual meeting for the benefit of said town." Mar. 10, 1810 the town paid $28.87 the expense of sending Ralston Ballock to Montreal. n. f. r.
iv. HANNAH Jan. 12, 1796. (The two younger ch. baptized in S. May 22, 1796.)
BALLOU
1. MATURIN' BALLOU (or "Matteaurian" as he spell his name) came from England, though a Frenchman by descent, about the year 1640. He was a co-proprietor with Roger Williams in his Providence Plantation situated in the present state of Rhode Island. He m. between 1646 and '49, Hannah Pike.
2. JAMES BALLOU b. 1652. He m. and had s.
3. NATHANIEL3 BALLOU b. Apr. 9, 1687. He had s.
4. AMARIAH BALLOU b. Feb. 27, 1722. He had s.
5. NATHANIEL BALLOU b. Wrentham, Mass. (in what is now Cumber- land, R. I.), Oct. 6, 1750. He m. (1) Jane Ware by whom he had 3 ch. He m. (2) Jane Pickering by whom he had 5 ch., one of whom was:
6. * ICHABOD® BALLOU b. Mendon, Mass., May 4, 1790; d. Keene May 5, 1879. Dec. 9, 1812 Abraham Ballou of Smithfield, R. I., bought land in West- moreland and S. and Nov. 16, 1813 Abraham "of Westmoreland" sold land to Ichabod Ballou "of Uxbridge, Mass." He m. (1) Phila Ballou, dau. of Abra-
*Ichabod Ballou is said to have m. (4) Mrs. Sumner who d. 1876.
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ham (probably same man mentioned above). He m. (2) Apr. 25, 1819, Eunice Harvey, dau. of Asahel, q. v. She d. Keene June 5, 1858. He m. (3) Apr. 4, 1859, Mrs. Anna Worster of Keene; she d. there Jan. 7, 1866; 78 yrs. He was a soldier in war of 1812 and in his old age drew a pension of $8.00 per month for services; he came to S. from Westmoreland, 1821, built a house at No. 183, subsequently lived at No. 66 and 34 where he built an addition to the south end of this house; then at No. 62 where he added a second story. He moved to Keene about 1852, his last home being on "Swanzey Plain" in a house of many colors. He was a carpenter, deacon in S. Congregational church, a man of peculiar and eccentric nature, town sexton 1841-1848. Of his 17 ch., ten where by his first w. and seven by second w. i. and ii. b. Mendon, others probably in Westmoreland and S .:
i. SIMEON b. July 1, 1811; d. Keene Dec. 18, 1884; a deacon in ch .; a di- rector in Keene Y. M. C. A. at its organization. He m. Paulina Fay of Walpole who d. Keene May 5, 1854; age 47. He m. (2) Jan. 1, 1855 Susan Heaton of Keene; d. Apr. 5, 1887. (She was dau. of David and Rebecca). Ch. b .: i. Warren8. ii. Frank8. iii. Charles8 a clergyman and an eminent evangelist preacher in N. Y. City and the middle west iv. Anna M.8 b. 1847; d. Keene Mar. 6, 1871.
ii. ELIZAª b. ; m. Edison.
iii. LORING VELORUS b. Apr. 1, 1813; d. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1896. (7)
iv. HIRAM Mar. 29, 1815; d. ; moved West. (8)
v. JANE J. Apr. 17, 1817; d. ; m. Sept. 4, 1834, Leonard P. Edson
of Westmoreland; eleven ch.
viii. ix.
vi. vii. Possibly d. young. One may have been the Sophronia C. Ballou who m. in Walpole Oct. 22, 1840, to Ebenezer W. Titus of Walpole.
X. j Ch. by 2nd w. b. S .:
xi. EUNICE b. Sept. 4, 1821; d. S. Mar. 18, 1903; m. Benjamin C. Crosby, q. v.
xii. NANCY Jan. 17, 1823; d. Westmoreland about 1886; unm.
xiii. HARVEY Mar. 24, 1824; d. Westmoreland; bur. Keene; tax in S. 1847- 50. (9)
xiv. and xv. "Twin sons of Mrs. I. Ballou d. Apr. 4, 1825, a few hours old." xvi. FANNY Nov. 24, 1827; d. S. July 16, 1849; unm.
xvii. CLARINDA Oct. 2, 1830; d. Cleveland, O., Sept. 20, 1890; unm.
7. LORING VELORUS BALLOU m. Rhoda B. Martin, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Hall) Martin of Walpole. Had three ch. b. in Cleveland, O.
8. HIRAM BALLOU m. Fannie Fidelia Chamberlain, b. Westport, N. Y. They had 13 ch. b. in Blandinsville, Ill.
9. HARVEL BALLOU (Dea. Ichabode, Nathaniel5, Amariah4, Nathaniel8, James? Maturin1) res. S. and Keene. He m. Jan. 17, 1856, Miss Mary E. Calef of Keene; d. in Chicago. Ch. b. Keene:
i. LIZZIE' Oct. 4, 1858; d. Keene Dec. 1, 1862.
ii. JENNIE Oct. 21, 1860; d. Keene Nov. 29, 1862.
iii. GEORGE ; m. ; res. Chicago, Ill.
iv. CLARA ; res. Chicago, Ill.
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
BARNES
CHARLES H.1 BARNES settled at No. 199; taxed 1858-61.
BARRON
1. WILLIAM1, Oliver1 and Elias1 Barron came to America from the north of Ireland about the middle of the eighteenth century. "They were Protestants and of Scotch descent, large heavy men of great endurance." They stopped for a time at Concord, Mass. William desiring to push further into the wil- derness to find a settlement "started north with nothing but his dog, axe and gun, with nothing to guide him but a foot path and marked trees. He went to the top of Wachusett Mountain, from there to the top of Monadnock Moun- tain, then to the valley of the Ashuelot where he settled upon about 200 acres of land, and built a log house." (An extract from the family records.) In 1753 he was of Upper Ashuelot (Keene). The name was frequently written "Barnes" in early records. He is doubtless the "William Barnes" who signed the petition for the incorporation of Keene in 1753. There appears no proof that he is the "Capt William Barron of Merrimack" an officer in the Revolu- tionary war. Jan. 26, 1762 he bought of John Johnson 104 acres in that part of Westmoreland (now Surry) where he settled. This is No. 16, and where he d. May 19, 1797. His old dwelling stood until 1848, was medium size, low, one story, standing end to the road, and four rods directly south of the pres- ent house. From the family records we learn that William Barron had nearly finished his day's work building a stone wall on the west side of the highway and opposite his house on Apr. 20, 1775 when he saw "a man on horseback rid- ing up the road from Keene, carrying a red flag to call the settlers to arms." He immediately unyoked his oxen and in haste left his home in season to join the Keene Company which marched early the next morning for Concord and Lexington. He did "not return until after the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he was with the New Hampshire troops of Gen. John Stark, at the Rail fence." His will now on file in Cheshire Co. Probate Office was made Feb. 29, 1796, in which he names William Barron "my eldest Son my Executor." He m. (1) at Lunenburg, Mass., Sept. 28, 1752, Isabel Larrabee who d. S. June 5, 1770; dau. of Samuel and Sarah (-) Larrabee. He m. (2) Aug. 7; 1770 Tabitha Williams who d. S. Dec. 1, 1775. He m. (3) Jemima -; b. 1730; d. S. July 25, 1810. Ch. b. i. and ii. in Keene others in S .:
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