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i. ASAHEL® Mar. 5, 1788; d. Mar. 7, 1788; age 36 hours.
ii. ELIPHALET Mar. 19, 1790; d. S. Jan. 18, 1869. Capt. in militia. (13)
iii. JOHN Feb. 12, 1792; d. Sept. 13, 1863. (14)
iv. ELIHU Feb. 3, 1794; d. S. Dec. 13, 1829. (15) v. JOANNA July 29, 1796; d. S. Nov. 5, 1814, unm.
vi. THANKFUL June 2, 1798; d. Feb. 4, 1826; m. Willard Emery of Alstead. vii. AZUBAH Aug. 19, 1800; d. S. Sept. 24, 1812.
viii. MIMA Sept. 20, 1802; d. ; m. Mar. 13, 1828, Charles Daniels of Keene.
ix. OBED Apr. 6, 1804; d. Keene Jan. 9, 1894. (16) (Possibly, Emery who settled at Plymouth, Vt .- G. H.)
11. JOHN DORT (Dea. Eliphalet4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) was living in S. 1788; m. in Keene Sept. 29, 1788, Elisheba Briggs, b. Keene Aug. 10, 1769; d. Gilsum, Nov. 2, 1842, dau. of Elisha and Mary (-) Briggs of Keene. They res. Keene, Gilsum, and he d. Broome Co., N. Y.
Ch. b. Keene and Gilsum:
i. ELISHEBA6 Feb. 28, 1789; d. Pontiac, Mich., May 22, 1866; m. Rev. Mr. Ruggles.
ii. ELI Jan. 14, 1791; d. Harpersville, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1857; m. Feb. 16, 1815, Eleanor Farrar, b. Troy (formerly, Marlboro ?), N. H., Nov. 7, 1789, dau. of John and Ruth (Davis) Farrar. He was deacon in church. Three ch.
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iii. DAVID Jan. 6, 1793; d. Mar. 10, 1841; m. June 2, 1813, Polly Mack and became a Mormon Elder.
iv. CYNTHIA Dec. 11, 1794; d. Amboy, Ill., Nov. 6, 1872; m. Reuben Brig- ham.
v. LUCY Apr. 4, 1797; d. 1864; m. Jan. 11, 1818, David Bill of Gilsum. Four ch.
vi. ANNA May 2, 1799; d. ; m. Mar. 1824, Vestus Chapin of Gilsum, s. of Justus and Martha (Taylor) Chapin, q. v.
vii. ELISHA July 22, 1801; d. June 15, 1802.
viii. POLLY Feb. 3, 1803; m. John Post supposed to have been drowned.
ix. JOHN Feb. 17, 1805; d. Jan. 29, 1880, Pawnee City, Neb .; m. Oct. 18, 1831 Roxy Wadsworth of Troy who d. Pawnee City. Six ch.
x. OTIS Mar. 1, 1807; m. Dec. 24, 1832, Emily Sanforn; settled Goshen, N. Y.
xi. LOISA BRIGGS June 23, 1809; d. Painted Post, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1834; m. June 14, 1832, Franklin Dart.
xii. SUSAN BOND July 6, 1811; d. Afton, N. Y., July 10, 1844; m. Peter Ward. Five ch.
12. JOSHUA S.6 DART (Daniel5, Joshua4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) was a shoemaker, res. Rochester, Springfield and Weathersfield, all in Vt .; m. July 15, 1846, Maria Hastings (his cousin), b. Dec. 2, 1825; d. Mar. 29, 1894, dau. of Garanter and Hannah (Olcott) Hastings of Rockingham, Vt. Ch .:
i. MARY ANN7 b. Apr. 17, 1847; d. Aug. 29, 1849.
ii. CLARA C. June 8, 1850; m. Feb. 9, 1887, Rev. Stephen H. Robinson, a Congl. minister, b. Providence, R. I. Pastor at several places in Vt.
iii. ELLEN M. June 6, 1854; m. Feb. 7, 1874, Jeremiah N. Kew.
iv. JULIUS H. May 21, 1856; m. Nov. 13, 1878, Mary J. Connell; res. Clin- ton, Mass.
v. JULIA E. May 21, 1856 (twin) ; m. June 11, 1879, Charles F. Herrick of Manchester, N. H.
13. ELIPHALET6 DORT (Dea. Eli5, Dea. Eliphalet4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Rich- ard1) was a cabinet maker and wheelwright; captain in the militia, and for many years made all the coffins used in S. for which he received from $1.50 to $3.00 each. He lived at No. 98, collected Toll and was carriage maker until 1827 when he rem. to No. 85 and had his shop at No. 86. He was town clerk, 1836, '42-54; selectman, 1850; Justice of the Peace and postmaster several years. He m. Nov. 21, 1811, Lois Bemis, b. Jan. 30, 1792; d. S. June 15, 1864, dau. of David and Lucinda (Wright) Bemis of Dublin and Marlboro.
Ch. b. S .:
i. CYRUS E.7 1811; d. S. Feb. 2, 1820.
ii. GEORGE DICKINSON Aug. 22, 1812; d. Keene Aug. 26, 1895. (17)
iii. DAVID BEMIS Apr. 14, 1814; d. Keene by an accident, Jan. 29, 1859. (18)
iv. ELI June 25, 1816; d. Keene Aug. 18, 1897. (19)
v. CYRUS ELIPHALET Nov. 13, 1820; d. Feb. 2, 1830.
vi. WILLIAM May 16, 1824; d. Keene Oct. 7, 1881. (20)
vii. OBED GILMAN Jan. 25, 1828; d. Keene Sept. 4, 1908. (21)
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viii MARY ELIZABETH Apr. 12, 1833; d. Apr. 28, 1859; m. Oct. 21, 1858, Erastus Albert Ware. She played a small melodeon in S. church for several years.
14. JOHN® DORT (Dea. Eli5, Dea. Eliphalet4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) res. in S. until about 1817; m. Sept. 1, 1814, Betsey Butler b. S. May 19, 1797; d. Delmar, Pa., Sept. 13, 1868, dau. of Allen Butler, q. v. Ch. :
i. JOHN DENNIS b. S. Jan. 17, 1816.
ii. RUSSELL ; d. ; m. Jane McCurdy.
iii. ALMINA ; d. ; m. Samuel Kelsey.
iv. DRACY ; d. ; m. Nathaniel Simpson.
v. EUNICE ; d. ; m. Nathaniel Furman (?).
vi. JULIUS and JULIA (twins) b. Jan. 17, 1824.
vii. CYRUS.
viii. ELIHU Jan. 15, 1832.
ix. HORACE ; m. Nancy Wilcox.
x. HARRIS ; m. Caroline Wilcox.
xi. EMILY ; m. Palmer Wilcox.
15. ELIHU® DORT (Dea. Eli5, Dea. Eliphalet', Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) res. at No. 98 in 1827 and d. two years later; m. Dec. 31, 1818, Nancy Russell of Keene, b. 1801; d. Keene July 13, 1875. She m. (2) Mar. 6, 1838 George Allen of S. and Keene, q. v.
Ch. b. S. (Dort) :
i. NANCY ALMIRA Aug. 21, 1820; m. Dec. 6, 1836, William Dinsmore of Keene.
16. OBED® DORT (Dea. Eli5, Dea. Eliphalet4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) lived in S. till about 1828 when he settled in Keene; m. (1) Jan. 10, 1831 Arvilla Maria Shaw of Foxboro, Mass., who d. Keene June 3, 1843, aged 27 years, 4 mos .; m. (2) Dec. 16, 1845, Louisa Brown, b. June 10, 1818 in Sulli- van; d. Keene Jan. 25, 1885, dau. of Dea. Amasa and Mary (Gleason) Brown.
Ch. by (1) w .:
i. HELENEYRE7 b. S. Nov. 18, 1831.
ii. GEORGE SHAW Oct. 1834; d. S. Mar. 18, 1835.
iii. ROLAND G. Jan. 1834; d. Keene Jan. 31, 1859. Ch. by (2) w .:
iv. LEWIS EDGAR Nov. 1849; d. Keene May 5, 1854.
17. GEORGE DICKINSON DORT (Capt. Eliphalet®, Dea. Eli5, Dea. Eli- phalet4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) settled in Keene when a young man; in 1842 was Lt. Col. in the 20th Regt. N. H. militia; became a carriage and sign painter; was associated with Joseph Wheeler under the firm name, "Wheeler & Dort" which business was dissolved Sept. 14, 1834. Mr. Dort continued the business at the "old stand, one door north of Keene jail." Col. Dort m. Aug. 24, 1834, Elizabeth Maria Robinson who d. Keene July 5, 1883, dau. of Capt. Samuel Robinson, q. v.
Ch. b. Keene:
i. ANN ELIZABETH8 July 21, 1842; d. July 12, 1857.
ii. GEORGE FREDERICK May 15, 1845; d. May 20, 1847.
iii. SUSAN MARIA May 2, 1850; m. Dec. 23, 1875 Dyer Webster Perry; res. in Keene. He was b. Henniker Aug. 16, 1850, s. of Caleb Dustin and
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Mirriam E. (Rogers) Perry; a traveling salesman. Ch .: i. Grace E." b. Keene Nov. 5, 1876; m. July 25, 1903 (?) Joseph H. Liebmann, res. (1920) San Francisco, Cal. ii. Maude Dort Keene July 19, 1880. iii. Gale Chadwick Keene June 25, 1889, a physician in Boston, Mass. iv. HENRY ROBINSON Dec. 11, 1857; a painter; res. Keene; m. May 2, 1883 Cora A. Kendall, b. Winchendon, Mass., May 2, 1859, dau. of Ephraim and Melvina H. (Parks) Kendall. No ch.
18. DAVID BEMIS DORT (Capt. Eliphalet®, Dea. Eli6, Dea. Eliphalet4, Daniel", Daniel", Richard1) was "killed instantly between two railroad cars in Keene"; m. Nov. 23, 1848, Frances A. Pond, b. Keene Nov. 23, 1830; d. Keene Feb. 28, 1916, dau. of Levi and Sophronia (Emerson) Pond. She m. (2) Al- bert W. Sheldon as his (2) wife. Mr. Sheldon m. (1) Sarah Jane Woodward, dau. of Edmund Woodward, q. v.
Ch. b. Keene (Dort) :
i. A son Oct. 4, 1849; d. Oct. 10, 1849.
ii. CHARLES F. July 26, 1852; d. Keene Mar. 24, 1855.
iii. EDWARD CLARENCE Oct. 10, 1855; d. Keene Feb. 10, 1861.
19. ELF DORT (Capt. Eliphalet“, Dea. Eli5, Dea. Eliphalet4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) settled in Marlboro where he was in business as a house painter until 1865 when he rem. to Keene. He m. Nov. 19, 1840 Caroline E. Cummings, b. June 12, 1821, d. Keene Oct. 18, 1884, dau. of Joseph and Hep- zibah (Robbins) Cummings of Marlboro.
Ch. b. Marlboro:
i. ASA CUMMINGS July 10, 1843, a prominent citizen of Troy, a soldier in Civil war, member of School board, a Mason, deacon in the church, member of the General Court of N. H., and of the Constitutional Convention 1918-20. He m. Dec. 27, 1865 Ellen A. Buttrick of Troy. Ch .: i. Edwin B.º b. Dec. 29, 1866. ii. Katie B. May 31, 1868; d. 1872. iii. Mary S. Apr. 1, 1872; m. Eugene C. Myrick; res. (1920) New Rochelle, N. Y.
ii. ELIZA ALMIRA Mar. 30, 1847; d. Keene Oct. 25, 1903; m. Horace N. Irish of Colchester, Vt. Ch .: i. Eva J.º b. 1873. ii. Arthur D. 1876. iii. GEORGE GILMAN Aug. 27, 1850; res. (1920), 216 W. 79th St., N. Y. City. He was a druggist in Keene, Fall River, Mass., and Providence, R. I. and is a druggist salesman. He m. May 31, 1877 Mary A. Wilson of New Bedford, Mass., dau. of John C. and Lydia (Case) Wilson. Ch. b. Keene: i. Wilson Case' Jan. 4, 1880, a doctor in Boston. ii. Mamie Sept. 22, 1881; d. young. iii. Joseph Cummings Dec. 18, 1885, a Civil Engineer in U. S. Forest Service at Berkley, Cal .; m.
iv. EVA JULIA Aug. 16, 1852; m. July 23, 1879, Theodore Jewett Locke of Sullivan. He is janitor of the Thayer City Library in Keene. No ch. v. MARY ELIZABETH Jan. 27, 1860; m. June 18, 1885 Frank Herbert Wright b. Oct. 10, 1858; d. Keene, Mar. 20, 1917. A shoe merchant in Keene for many years. Ch. b. Keene: i. Bertha C.º Aug. 1, 1886. ii. Wil- lard Lyman Aug. 27, 1888; a physician with office at 784 Beacon St., Boston; m. iii. Mildred Dort Apr. 23, 1890.
. 20. WILLIAM DORT (Capt. Eliphalet", Dea. Elis, Dea. Eliphalet4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) res. in S. and Keene. A painter. He m. (1) May 16, 1849,
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Elvira Jane Thompson of Keene, b. Apr. 23, 1827; d. Keene Sept. 9, 1852, dau. of Daniel and Sally (Putnam) Thompson; m. (2) about 1863, Mrs. Sabrina R. (Clapp) Guild who d. Nov. 26, 1897, wid. of William Guild.
Ch. by (1) w .:
i. ELLA AUGUSTAS b. S. Sept. 26, 1850; res. (1920) Keene.
ii. WILLIAM THOMPSON Keene July 25, 1852; d. Rochester, N. Y., Mar. 23, 1918; m. twice.
iii. BERTHA GUILD Keene Dec. 10, 1869; d. Keene May 25, 1872.
21. OBED GILMAN DORT (Capt. Eliphalet®, Dea. Eli5, Dea. Eliphalet4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) attended school in his native town and was gradu- ated from the Academy at Keene, at 15 he began the trade of carriage and sign painting in Keene, at 22 he was a dealer in drugs, paints, etc .; subse- quently he became a druggist and was in business in Keene for 25 years, a portion of the time under the firm name of "Dort & Chandler." He was a member of the old Light Infantry militia company when a young man, and finally was appointed lieutenant. In the fall of 1861 Mr. Dort enlisted a company of men to serve for three years in the Civil war, and he was com- missioned captain of his Company, which became a part of the 6th N. H. Regt. Vols.
Not long after Capt. Dort was promoted to major of the regiment. This body of troops took part in Burnside's expedition to North Carolina, and fought at the battles of Elizabeth City, Camden, Second Bull Run, South Moun- tain and Antietam. During the summer of 1862 Maj. Dort's wife and son Arthur came to visit him in camp, accompanied by wives of other officers. They had only just landed at Newport News when suddenly the regiment was ordered away. The visitors embarked on the steamer West Point enroute for the North. In the evening of Aug. 13, 1862, the West Point ran into the steamer George Peabody and sank almost immediately. Mrs. Dort, her son and other women perished in the disaster. This was a terrible shock to Maj. Dort and he resigned and returned home to Keene to look after his business which had been in charge of his wife. He m. (1) Oct. 1, 1851, Julia Nancy Wakefield ,b. Roxbury Mar. 7, 1832; d. by accident in the Potomac River Aug. 13, 1862, dau. of James and Nancy Patterson (Parker) Wakefield of Dublin, Sullivan and Marlboro. He m. (2) Dec. 17, 1863, Sarah Jane Haile of Hins- dale, b. Feb. 1, 1837; d. Keene, dau. of Hon. William and Sabrina S. (Walker) Haile, q. v. Hon. O. G. Dort was President of a bank in Keene, 1883. .
Ch. b. Keene by (1) w .:
i. ARTHUR WAKEFIELD® Feb. 25, 1856, drowned in Potomac River, Va., Aug. 13, 1862, aged 6 y; 6 mo.
ii. FRANK GILMAN Dec. 17, 1857; rem. to Montreal, Can., about 1914 where he is engaged in the real-estate business. He was a druggist in Keene for several years, then a salesman. He m. Jan. 14, 1885, Kate Bard- well Cobb, b. Putney, Vt., Apr. 25, 1863, dau. of Norman and Ann Eliza (Perry) Cobb, Jr. Ch. b. Keene: i. A sonº (stillborn) Mar. 20, 1888. ii. Robert Gilman Aug. 10, 1892, a soldier in World war, Sept. 1917-Nov. 1919; was in Y. M. C. A., Chemical Div. of Air Ser- vice-in England, France and Dayton, Ohio. iii. Frank Wakefield Jan. 19, 1895, was in the service during World war Oct. 1918-Nov.
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11, 1918 stationed at Camp Kendricks, N. J. iv. Norman Perry Jan. 28, 1905, a student in Keene.
iii. MARY ELLEN Feb. 13, 1861; d. Nov. 27, 1861.
THOMAS DART-DORT FAMILY.
22. THOMAS' DARTE (supposed to have been a cousin of Joshua, Nath- aniel and Eliphalet Darte, above) b. Bolton, Conn., Apr. 25, 1724; d. Gilsum Apr. 9, 1792, perhaps a s. of Ebenezer and Rebecca (-) Darte of Bolton. He was called a "carpenter" of Bolton when he bought land in S. June 3, 1771 of Charles Rice and William Barron. About 1781 he rem. to Gilsum where he built himself a dwelling house and served that town as selectman. He was a Rev. soldier. q. v .; m. in Bolton May 31, 1745 Sarah Belding.
Ch. b. in Bolton, Conn .:
i. EBENEZER Nov. 24, 1747; m. Darkis Olcott. (23)
ii. REBECCA Apr. 23, 1751.
iii. THOMAS June 30, 1754; a Rev. soldier, q. v. (24)
iv. JESSE Dec. 8, 1758; d. Gilsum June 9, 1829 where he settled 1780 (?). (25)
v. ROGER June 18, 1756; settled in Gilsum. (26)
vi. ABIJAH Oct. 7, 1762; m. in S. May 11, 1782, David Bond who d. Gil- sum Oct. 16, 1786, s. of Stephen and Mary (Yemmons) Bond of He- bron, Conn.
23. EBENEZERE DARTE (Thomas1) rem. to Gilsum; in 1806 he sold his land to Capt. Simon Baxter of S. and rem. probably to N. Y. state. His w. Darkis is probably the "Darcos" b. Bolton, Conn., Sept. 27, 1761, dau. of Ezekiel and Darcos (Lyman) Olcott.
Ch. b. Gilsum :
i. Rachel3 June 21, 1782; m. Oct. 15, 1801, Ziba Ware of Winchester, N. H.
24. THOMAS' DARTE (Thomas1) a Rev. soldier, q. v. joined S. church 1781; rem. to Gilsum prior to 1790. He built a log house next to his brother Ebenezer in 1778 where he lived a few years then went to live with his father. -G. H.
He m. Sarah Wilcox who d. Aug. 26, 1809, dau. of Obadiah Wilcox, q. v. They rem. to New Keene, N. Y.
Ch. b. i. in S. others in Gilsum:
i. SARAH3 May 8, 1780.
ii. JERUSHA Dec. 2, 1781.
iii. LYDIA.
iv. JEMIMA.
v. THOMAS.
vi. EBENEZER Aug. 26, 1788.
vii. FANNY Aug. 12, 1797.
viii. EUNICE bapt. Apr. 19, 1801; m. Squires.
25. JESSE" DARTE (Thomas1) a Rev. soldier, q. v .; lived in S. about the time of the war; settled in Gilsum 1780 where he built a comfortable house, and for a time the family cooking was done in an oven on a large rock in the dooryard near his dwelling. He m. (1) Jane McCurdy who d. July 10, 1825,
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dau. of Samuel McCurdy, q. v .; m. (2) Oct. 2, 1826 Mrs. Abigail (Webster- Sawyer) Clisby who d. Nov. 10, 1862.
Ch. b. Gilsum by (1) wife:
i. THOMAS3 b. ; d. inf.
ii. JANE May 20, 1781; d. July 21, 1839 in Nashua; m. 1803, Ira Bingham of Gilsum who d. Shoreham, Vt., Mar. 12, 1817. Ch .: i. Ira4 b. Mar. 28, 1804. ii. Hervey W. Essex, N. Y, Mar 3, 1807. iii. Belding Dart Shoreham, Vt., July 12, 1812; d. Nashua Oct. 4, 1878.
iii. JESSE June 8, 1783; rem. to Schenectady, N. Y. (27)
iv. SAMUEL June 22, 1785; rem. to N. Y. state; m. Hannah Sartwell.
v. BELDING Aug. 30, 1788; d. Keene Apr. 6, 1879; m. Feb. 1810, Sarah Sawyer and res. in Alstead, Gilsum and Keene; had ten ch. and numerous descendants. (28)
vi. BETSEY June 3. 1790; m. Sept. 20, 1814, Luther Whitney of Gilsum. Four ch.
vii. WILSON June 3, 1792; d. Oct. 5, 1794.
viii. ANNA Nov. 1795; d. Nashua Sept. 1871; m. Mar. 17, 1818, Dr. Jona- than E. Davis of Gilsum and S., q. v.
26. ROGER2 DARTE (Thomas1) a Rev. soldier, q. v .; lived in S, several years; rem. to Gilsum before 1790; m. S. Aug. 19, 1779, Elizabeth Newton, b. Aug. 21, 1756, dau. of Elnathan Newton, q. v. Ch .:
i. BETSEY3 b. S. Dec. 21, 1779.
ii. LUCINDA S. Mar. 30, 1782.
iii. JOANNA bapt. Oct. 3, 1784.
27. JESSE3 DART (Jesse2, Thomas1) lived in S .; m. Dec. 15, 1805, Susanna Capen "of S." They rem. to Schenectady, N. Y.
Ch .:
i. WILSON4 b. Sept. 18, 1806; d. July 26, 1886.
ii. CALVIN Dec. 25, 1808.
iii. WILLARD Apr. 5, 1810; d. 1881 in Iowa.
iv. SUSAN Nov. 29, 1812.
v. SARAH Jan. 11, 1814.
vi. ROSETTA Apr. 23, 1816; d. 1869.
vii. THOMAS Jan. 25 (or Feb. 3), 1818.
28. BELDING3 DART (Jesse2, Thomas1) was "a man of great endurance, and did more hard work than almost any other man in Gilsum."-G. H.
He m. Feb. 1810 Sarah Sawyer b. Atkinson, Feb. 1, 1789, d. Oct. 7, 1857, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Webster) Sawyer. Ch .:
i. HANNAH MARIA4 b. May 27, 1811; m. Dec. 7, 1834, James Pickering of Gilsum. Ch. b .: i. James F.5. ii. Mary Elizabeth. iii. Lydia Ann. iv. Harriet Maria. v. Abigail Medoria. vi. Mary Jane. vii. John Quincy whose dau. Nellie Medoria6 m. Fred E. Carpenter, q. v. vii. Julietta.
ii. ELIZABETH GRAY Oct. 15, 1812; m. Dec. 3, 1838, George Washington Blake, s. of George Blake, q. v.
iii. ELIAS FISHER Aug. 17, 1814; d. in 1818.
iv. IRA Mar. 30, 1815; d. young.
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V. ABIGAIL SAWYER Apr. 27, 1817; d. in 1819.
vi. SARAH CALISTA Jan. 4, 1819; m. Joseph Finlay Wallace of Acworth, s. of Capt. James and Betsey (King) Wallace. They res. Marlow. Ch. b .: i. Emmaroy^. ii. James B .; d. y. iii. Oscar b. ; d. unm. vii. JESSE Dec. 6, 1821; d. Keene June 8, 1890. He was a farmer and butcher in Keene, lost one hand after middle life; m. (1) Jan. 6, 1847 Maria Theresa Foster of Sullivan, b. June 27, 1825; d. Keene Mar. 28, 1879, dau. of Stephen Jr. and Nancy (Briggs) Foster. He m. (2) Feb. 19, 1880, Martha Ann Partridge, b. Macon, Ill., Apr. 1845, dau. of Ariel and Mary (Jones) Partridge. Ch. by (1) wife: i. Samuel Woodward b. May 15, 1850; d. Gilsum Jan. 20, 1913; the well known "S. W. DART" who ran a steam saw mill in Gilsum several years. He was m. and had two ch. ii. Marcella Theresa Jan. 11, 1857; m. 1881, William E. Stevenson of Keene.
viii. ANNA REBECCA LITTLE Sept. 1, 1822; m. Alfred Greeley, a cousin of the Hon. Horace Greeley of N. H. and N. Y. City. Had several ch.
ix. PRISCILLA July 26, 1825; m. (1) Elisha Eveleth of Alstead who d. in Somerville, Mass., Mar. 7, 1854; m. (2) Feb. 13, 1856, John R. Wil- lard of Gilsum, b. Feb. 22, 1822.
x. HARRIET DWINELL Nov. 25, 1829; d. Marlow Feb. 27, 1865; m. May 1854, Alonzo Fox of Marlow, s. of George W. and Rebecca (Royce) Fox.
TIMOTHY DART FAMILY
29. DANIEL3 DARTE (Daniel2, Richard1) b. Aug. 31, 1691; d. 1771.
30. JONATHAN DARTE b. Jan. 10, 1733; d. ; m. June 16, 1755, Lucy Whitney of Canaan, Conn.
31. TIMOTHY DARTE (Jonathan4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) b. Bolton, Conn., Nov. 15, 1756; d. Gilsum June 27, 1814; m. Nov. 13, 1776, Margaret Taylor, b. Bolton, Conn., Nov. 22, 1756. They rem. from Bolton to S. about 1783 where they lived about five years, then settled in Gilsum. He was a blacksmith. He changed his name to DORT.
Ch. b. i-iv in Bolton, Conn., v-vii in S., others in Gilsum :
i. MARGARET® Jan. 6, 1777.
ii. TITUS Jan. 6, 1779; d. Plainfield, Ohio, Mar. 3, 1844. (32)
iii. LAVINA Jan. 26, 1780; m. Apr. 15, 1802, Simon Brooks Beckwith of Alstead and rem. to Ticonderoga, N. Y.
iv. IRENE Feb. 19, 1782; d. S. July 7, 1784.
v. RHODA Mar. 14, 1784.
vi. ORINNA Aug. 25, 1786; m. June 18, 1809, Samuel Smith of Bridgeport, . Vt.
vii. SALLY Sept. 12, 1788; m. Oct. 1, 1809, Elijah Mansfield of Alstead, q. v. viii. LEVI Dec. 3, 1790; d. ; m. Oct. 3, 1816, Mitty Hatch of Alstead; rem. to Ill.
ix. CHLOE July 8, 1794.
X. TIMOTHY Nov. 6, 1796; d. Butler, Ill., Nov. 24, 1860; m. twice. Seven ch.
32. TITUS® DORT (Timothy", Jonathan4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) lived in Gilsum until 1818 when he settled at Darby Creek (now called Plainfield), Ohio; m. Nov. 13, 1800, Charlotte Clark, dau. of Samuel Clark, q. v.
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Ch. (several were b. in Gilsum) :
i. DAVID Nov. 25, 1801; d. Sept. 16, 1881.
ii. PEGGY Sept. 25, 1804; d. y.
iii. TITUS Jan. or June 17, 1806; d. Oct. or Nov. 9, 1879 in Mich. (33)
iv. CALVIN Gilsum Aug. 2, 1808; d. Nauvoo, Ill., May 25, 1879; m. (1) Mary B. Clark b. Apr. 17, 1810; d. July 21, 1846; m. (2) Oct. 28, 1847, Emeline Warner. Ch. b .: i. David (Charles Clark) b. Nov. 25, 1836; d. in Chicago. ii. Amelia Sophia Charlotte Jan. 1, 1838; d. Nov. 27, 1881; m. William Bolton, b. Hull, England, Apr. 13, 1833. Ch. b .: 1. Thaddeus Lincoln' Nauvoo, Ill., July 27, 1865, is a Prof. at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. (Prof. T. L. Bolton is writing iii. Fedora Aug. 11, 1839; d. 1908. iv.
the Dart-Dort genealogy.)
Florilla 1843; d. . Ch. by (2) w .: v. Titus J. Sept. 10, 1850; d. 1883. vi. Huldah Jane June 26, 1852; d. 1917 in No. Dakota.
v. JOSIAH May 3, 1810; b. Inkster, Mich., 1871. He was a physician and merchant at Inkster for many years. He m. (1)
m. (2) Mary Jones (Straight) b. Mar. 16, 1816; d. Flint, Mich., May 1897. Ch. by (1) wife: i. Napoleon® b. and d. y. Ch. by (2) wife: ii. Josiah Dallas, b. Inkster Feb. 2, 1861 who lived most of his life at Flint, Mich., where he was engaged for more than 30 years in the manufacture of carriages in company with W. C. Durant. With the rise of the automobile business Mr. Dort began the manufacture of the automobile which is known as the DORT. J. D. Dort m. (1) Jan. 12, 1887, Nelly Matilda Bates, b. Newport, Ontario, Aug. 18, 1865; d. Phoenix, Arizona, Mar. 1900; m. (2) Marcia Webb, dau. of Maj. Charles A. Webb, U. S. A. Ch .: 1. Ralph Bates' b. Flint, Nov. 11, 1891. 2. Dorothy Sept. 15, 1893 Ch. by (2) wife: 3. Dalles Webb Feb. 17, 1908. 4. Margery May 23, 1912.
vi. CHARLOTTE June 19, 1813; d. young.
vii. LEVI Jan. 13, 1816; d. June 25, 1843.
viii. JAMES B. June -, 1817; d. Dec. 16, 1882.
ix. CATHERINE July 1, 1821; d. Dec. 23, 1885.
33. TITUS' DORT (Titus", Timothy, Jonathan', Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1) was b. in Gilsum, d. at Dearborn, Mich., 1879. He was a brickmaker and farmer, also Justice of Peace. His farm was located between Dearborn and Detroit on the old Toll Road which was an extension of Michigan Ave. The property has been purchased by Henry Ford and is now a part of his great estate. Mr. Dort served six years in the Mich. Legislature and four terms in the Michigan Senate and was a man of considerable influence at the time of his d. He m. Nov. 30, 1829 Diademia Thomas. He had:
i. ANDREW JACKSON' who lived on the old farm.
DASSANCE
1. JESSE1 DASSANCE, b. Sept. 2, 1747; d. S. Oct. 12, 1796; a soldier in the Rev. war; under Capt. Isaac Wyman of Keene. Marched from Keene Apr. 21, 1775-see History of Keene, p. 173. He moved from Keene to S. as early as 1781 and appears to have lived in S. W. part, probably at No. 1901/2.
(NOTE-This name is written, Dassance, Dessance, Desance and Dauson.)
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HISTORY OF SURRY
He m. in S. Oct. 26, 1781, Mary Packard (or Peekard). On Sept. 23, 1784 he sold land and his dwelling-house to his brother Martin Dassance of S.
2. MARTIN' DASSANCE a brother of Jesse was "of Surry" at time he bought his farm in 1784. He appears to have left S. within a few years; pos- sibly he is the "Martin Deasanee" who was living in Shrewsbury, Vt., in 1790. He m. in Keene Apr. 13, 1781 Patience Hilton. He had one ch., at least, Mary, who m. Keene Jan. 3, 1781, David Foster, b. Keene, Mar. 9, 1755; d. there Jan. 7, 1798, s. Dea. David and Hannah (- -) Foster of Keene. Patience Hil- ton was Martin's (2) wife.
3. ZIBA1 DASSANCE, a brother of Jesse or Martin (above), came to S. as early as 1795, but little is known regarding him. He is supposed to have also lived at No. 190 1-2 before 1798. He m. Experience Ch. b. in S .:
i. SARAH2 Nov. 16, 1796; d. S. Nov. 18, 1796.
ii. EXPERIENCE Jan. 23, 1798.
4. ELEANOR1 DASSANCE probably kin of above m. Elizur Wright of S. and she d. June 6, 1820; age 55 years .- Gilsum History; p. 327.
DAVIS
1. LEVI DAVIS b. 1771, was living in S. 1806, was in Gilsum 1794 and in 1800/'02. He m. Hannah Follett of Nelson, b. 1769.
Ch.
i. ASA2 b. Oct. 6, 1793, Gilsum (?). He m. Irene Dart of Gilsum, n. f. r.
ii. LEVI Jr. 1798.
iii. LURENA 1800.
iv. JESSE 1801-2.
v. SAMUEL 1804.
2. Dr. JONATHAN EDWARDS' DAVIS of Gilsum settled at No. 103 as early as 1824 and left S. during the month of February 1829. He was a man of more than average ability and appears to have practiced his profession in connection with his small farm while in town. He was selectman 1828 and moderator the same year. He res, in Gilsum prior to 1820 where he delivered an oration on July 4 (1820 ?), after which he probably lived in Vermont where three of the ch. were b. He m. Mar. 17, 1818 Anna Dart, b. Nov. 1795; d. Nashua, N. H., Sept. 1871, dau. of Jesse Dart, q. v.
Tradition says that while in this town he forged notes against Capt. Francis Holbrook and George Daggett and suddenly left his family and friends. Sub- sequently he was found in New York state. While there he was taken seri- ously ill and at a council of doctors his identity was revealed. Later he met his family though probably did not live with them. Ch. b .:
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