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i. An infant2 ; d. Feb. 18, 1819.
ii. JONATHAN EDWARDS Cambridge. Vt., Aug. 23, 1820.
iii. ERASMUS DARWIN Bennington, Vt., Mar. 10, 1822.
iv. JANE ELIZABETH Bennington, Jan. 30, 1824.
v. GEORGE FORDYCE S. Feb. 27, 1827; d. S. July 5, 1829.
3. AARON' DAVIS came to S. in 1797-'98 and entered into partnership with Capt. Simon Baxter in the mill, but rem. within two years. In 1809 he was living at Strafford, Vt. He m. May 14, 1809 in S. to Rheuhannah Benton b. Mar. 15, 1782, dau. of Abijah Benton, q. v. Tradition says her disposition
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was such that her husband and son "ran away and left her." In her old age she lived at No. 107, 75 and d. at Hiram Britton's at No. 98; was helped by the town.
Ch. b. S .:
i. AARON CLARKº Sept. 8, 1809; n. f. r.
4. JOSHUA DAVIS m. Dorothy and lived probably in Mason.
5. JOSHUA DAVIS (Joshua1) b. Mason Jan. 12, 1771; d. S. June 5, 1861 at the home of Calvin Randall, his son-in-law, on farm No. 149. He m. Oct. 4, 1801 Azubah Mansfield, b. New Ipswich Dec. 3, 1773; d. S. Dec. 9, 1859, dau. of Ezra and Rebecca (Kinney) Mansfield.
Ch. b. Alstead :
i. JOSHUA" Sept. 16, 1802; d. there Mar. 1, 1863.
ii. AZUBAH Sept. 24, 1803; m. Aug. 17, 1830 William W. Miller; settled Hudson.
iii. REBECCA ; m. Elder Joseph Grover; went to Uintah, Utah.
iv. BARUCH Apr. 17, 1807; d. Feb. 5, 1839; lived in Gilsum. (6)
v. ASA May 31, 1809; m. Mar. 29, 1842 Angeline Pierce; settled Omro, Wis.
vi. NANCY Sept. 3, 1811; d. Alstead Jan. 14, 1823.
vii. EZRA July 18, 1813; d. Alstead Dec. 11, 1826.
viii. SARAH Mar. 15, 1815; m. Feb. 27, 1839 Calvin Randall, q. v.
ix. DOLLY Nov. 14, 1818; m. (1) Abram Converse, q. v. She m. (2) Aug. 10, 1876 Almon Durkee of Stockbridge, Vt .; d. Keene Dec. 25, 1877.
6. BARUCH3 DAVIS (Joshua2, Joshua1) m. Nov. 24, 1831 Betsey Davis Beckwith, b. Lempster Aug. 3, 1812; d. Gilsum Nov. 9, 1886; dau. of Bethuel and Betsey (Davis) Beckwith. After the death of Mr. Davis she m. (2) Aug. 16, 1842 Isaac Loveland, s. of Israel and Sally (Chapman) Loveland of Gil- sum by whom she had three ch.
Ch. (Davis) :
i. ALMORINE BETSEY b. Alstead, Nov. 30, 1832; d. Sept. 3, 1850.
ii. BETHUEL JOSHUA Gilsum (?) Aug. 16, 1835; d. Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 21, 1893. (7)
7. BETHUEL JOSHUA DAVIS (Baruch3 (his name is also written “Bar- rick), Joshua2, Joshua1) a soldier in Civil war, in Co. A, 14th N. H. V., q. v.
He m. in Grand Rapids June 6, 1858 Phebe Lavina Terwilliger, b. Shuwan- gunk, Ulster Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1843, she res. (1921) Keene, with her dau. She was dau. of John B. and Margaret (McCord) Terwilliger. After m. they moved from Grand Rapids to S. in Jan. 1860, lived with Calvin Randall at No. 149, then at No. 102, and for a short time at No. 130 when he enl. in the war and his w. went to live at No. 124 with two other "war widows," viz .: Mrs. Henry D. Spaulding and Mrs. Chauncy Kenney. After the war they lived at No. 116, Bellows Falls and Keene.
Ch. b. Keene:
i. NETTIE MABEL5 Mar. 9, 1868; res. Keene, unm. 1920.
8. JAMES' DAVIS of Northboro, Mass., came to town about 1845 and in a year or two returned. He was engaged in the tanning business at No. 130 at which time he lived at No. 132. While living here he had a tame bear that was chained to a tree near the highway and which he later "swapped" for a horse with a Walpole man, named Sparhawk. Mr. Sparhawk's father got within
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reach of bruin one day and was being roughly handled when his son came to the rescue with a sled-stake and dispatched the bear.
9. JOHN' DAVIS, a foreigner, was a town charge in 1804 and on Mar. 2nd of that year the State paid this town $52.81 for his support.
10. AMOS' DAVIS, taxed 1825 and '26; probably unm., n. f. r.
11. OLIVER' DAVIS taxed 1832, '3, '45 and '46.
12. CHARLES1 DAVIS taxed 1854; b. about 1833; attended the village school as a young man and worked for Jonathan Harvey, Jr., at No. 73.
13. HIRAM N.º DAVIS of Gilsum, s. of Silas1 Davis of Newport, "missing in army" m. (1) Aug. 25, 1859 Rebecca O. Waldron who d. Nov. 13, 1860. He m. (2) Jan. 3, 1861 Elizabeth M. Howard of Gilsum, b. Feb. 14, 1843; d. S. May 12, 1919, dau. of Henry H. and Lucinda W. (Davis) Howard. She m. (2) Wm. Riley Kinney, q. v. Ch .:
i. HIRAM OTIS3 Nov. 12, 1860; d. Oct. 22, 1864.
ii. WILLIAM ORSAMUS Sept. 7, 1864; res. S. at No. 233. (14)
14. WILLIAM ORSAMUS3 DAVIS (Hiram N.2, Silas1) has lived at No. 31, 2301/2, in Alstead, Keene and Marlow. He m. Oct. 25, 1891, Mary D. Cady, b. Alstead Sept. 30, 1875, dau. of Willard Spaulding and Adelaide Augusta (Allen) Cady. Ch .:
i. A dau.4 (stillborn) Mar. 8, 1895; S. (?).
ii. IDA MAY S. Nov. 11, 1896; m. Feb. 6, 1914 John D. Hale, b. Swanzey 1894; s. of Walter W. and Laura W. (Bartlett) Hale.
iii. ELMER W. S., S. Oct. 22, 1897; res. (1921) S .; unm.
iv. WILLIAM MCKINLEY S. Jan. 1, 1900; res. S. (1921) unm.
V. NELLIE FLORENCE Alstead Nov. 10, 1901; m. S. Apr. 15, 1918 Frank L. Ellis, b. Keene 1880, s. of Charles and Rosella (Wyman) Ellis.
vi. GRACE EFFIE Keene Nov. 28, 1903; m. Keene Nov. 22, 1919 Perley W. Wheeler, q. v.
vii. EMMA THERESA Marlow July 2, 1907.
viii. ELIZABETH ADELAIDE S. Mar. 25, 1910.
ix. CARL ORSAMUS S. Jan. 9, 1913.
x. RAY GEORGE S. Feb. 13, 1920.
15. ORRIN' DAVIS m. Stone and lived at Chester, Vt., and in other places. Among his ch. was:
16. LOREN ARTHUR2 DAVIS (Orrin1) b. Chester, Vt., Sept. 12, 1878. He was placed at Maplewood Farm in Westmoreland when a small child and when about four years of age came to live with Stephen H. Clement, q. v., where he remained until he attained his majority. He m. Aug. 24, 1902 Cora May Guillow, dau. of Edward J. Guillow, q. v. He res. with his father-in- law at No. 188, then (1920/1) on the late Albert B. Pond farm in north part of Keene 1922, at No. 223. Ch. b. S .:
i. LYLE EDWARD3 Mar. 24, 1903; d. S. Apr. 9, 1908.
ii. CHRISTINE ALMA Feb. 14, 1906.
iii. RUTH IRENE June 17, 1913.
iv. MARION OLIVE Sept. 19, 1915.
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DAWES or DAWS
1. JEPTHAH' DAWES b. 1738; d. in S. Aug. 7, 1811. Nothing is known of his early life or parentage. He was taxed first in S. 1795. He m. Mary (or Marah) - -, b. 1736, who was living at time of his d.
The family were "warned out" of town Oct. 18, 1794.
They had one ch. at least:
i. SETH2 b. 1761; d. unm. in S. June 3, 1807.
2. POLLY DAWS m. in 1792 William Hartwell of Westmoreland and. S., q. v. She may have been connected with above family.
3. ROBERT DAWS a goldsmith of Harvard and Boston, Mass., settled in Walpole. He bought five acres in S. L. 9, Range 1, in 1801 which he sold in 1816. It is not known that he ever lived in this town.
DAY
1. ROBERT DAY the emigrant ancestor of this family was b. in England in Aug. 1604; with wife Mary he emigrated to America in the bark "Eliza- beth" in 1634; settled first in Newton, Mass., a freeman 1635, rem. with Rev. William Hooker's company to Hartford, Conn., in 1639 where he d. in 1648. He "was a pioneer of Hartford and his name is on the monument raised in that city to the memory of the 1st settlers there." He m. (2) Editha Steb- bins, sister of Deacon Edward Stebbins of Hartford. The family said to have originally come from Wales to England.
2. JOHN' DAY, b. lived and d. in Hartford, Conn .; m. Sarah Butler.
3. JOHN3 BUTLER b. Hartford 1677; d. Colchester, Conn., 1752; m. (1) Jan. 21, 1696, Grace Spencer; m. (2) Mary Hale who d. 1749; dau. of Samuel Hale.
4. BENJAMIN' DAY lived probably in Colchester, Conn.
5. BENJAMIN DAY b. Colchester Sept. 13, 1731; settled about 1774, Royal- ton, Vt.
6. RALPH DAY lived in Vt. (perhaps in Royalton).
7. DANFORTH DAY of Vermont m. Nov. 9, 1817 Betsey (or Mary) Mc- Allister. They had six ch .; the two youngest, Samuel and Danforth, settled in S.
8. SAMUEL DAY (Danforth7, Ralph®, Benjamin5, Benjamin4, John3, John2, Robert1) b. in Royalton (?), Vt., Mar. 3, 1827; he came to this town with his brother Danforth about 1855 and lived in top story of the old saw-mill No. 5. They were engaged in sawing logs and making carriages, one of which was a large omnibus for a liveryman in Keene. Samuel was quite seriously injured in his head one day from a stick he was sawing. His scalp was crushed and he lost an eye, and was assisted by the town for some months. They left town in 1856 or '57. He m. Lucia A. Ham. They res. Lowell, Mass., later.
Ch. b. S .:
i. A sonº b. May 16, 1855. (Perhaps there were other children.)
9. DANFORTH8 DAY, brother of Samuels, came to S. at same time and lived at No. 7 and worked in the mill. He was b. Royalton, Vt., Nov. 21, 1829; d. S. Royalton, Jan. 5, 1900; m. Nov. 23, 1851, Harriet Adeline Parkhurst, b.
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July 24, 1830; dau. of Phineas and Esther (Wight) Parkhurst of Royalton. Royalton History states Mr. Day's parents d. when he was young and he was taken by James Smith of Barnard, Vt., and after his m. he lived in S., East Bethel, Vt., and his home town. fie was a wheelwright, carpenter and car- riage painter.
Ch .:
i. EDWARD JUAN" b. Bethel Gilead, Oct. 17, 1852; d. S. Royalton Dec. 28, 1883; unm.
ii. FLORA ADELINE S. Jan. 27, 1855; m. (1) William Albert Bingham, s. of Harry and Marcia L. (Dodge); m. (2) Jan. 11, 1890 James Cromp- ton of R. I.
iii. DANFORTH LYNN Keene Apr. 21, 1857; drowned E. Bethel, Mar. 26, 1862.
iv. An infant E. Bethel Nov. 18, 1860; d. there Dec. 16, 1863.
v. KILBURN LESLIE Bethel Nov. 16, 1862; m. (1) Lizzie H. Smith of Calais, Me .; d. Feb. 12, 1893; m. (2) Oct. 1, 1894 Mrs. Lulu (Bailey) Hunter, dau. of Joseph W. and Mary M. (Pierce) Bailey and wid. of Horace Hunter. She b. Royalton May 24, 1866; d. Tewksbury, Mass., Mar. 19, 1908.
Eight ch. b. in Royalton and Hartford, Vt .: i. Karl N.1º b. Apr. 28, 1887. ii. Earl L. July 4, 1889; d. Oct. 5, 1894. iii. Amy M. Apr. 14, 1892; d. Sept. 24, 1892. iv. Leroy R. Mar. 9, 1895. v. Ora W. Apr. 21, 1897; d. next day. vi. Ola M. (twin) Apr. 21, 1897; d. Sept. 24, 1892 (?). vii. Rex R. Aug. 17, 18 -; d. July 30, 1899. viii. Evan about 1903.
vi. LEONA ESTELLA Barre, Vt., Aug. 11, 1867; m. William A. Bingham (who m. (1) her sister Flora and was divorced).
vii. ALA MAY Barre, Apr. 26, 1869; res. (1910) S. Royalton, Vt., with her widowed mother; unm. She is a skilled dressmaker and noted cook.
10. HENRY DAY, probably kin to the above brothers, taxed in S. 1855 and '56.
DEAN-DEANE
1. WARREN' DEAN paid Poll-tax, 1831-2-3.
2. WILLIAM1 DEAN taxed 1874.
DEANE
3. ALPHEUS DEANE, res. in Massachusetts. He m. and had :
4. BRIGHAM2 DEANE, b. Mass .; d. Phenix, R. I., aged 84 years. He m. Phelia Brown Beales who also d. in Phenix. He was in the shoe business at Phenix for many years. They had ch .:
i. ARTHUR W.3 b. 18 -; served in 7th R. I. Regt. in Civil war.
ii. LUCY ADELAIDE ; m. Alfred Arnold; res. Keene and Phenix.
iii. OSCAR BRIGHAM Wakefield, R. I., Feb. 4, 1847; res. S. and Springfield, (5)
iv. EVERETT DEFOREST 18 -; d. unm.
v. A daughter b. and d. young.
vi. A daughter b. and d. young. (Order of birth unk.)
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5. OSCAR BRIGHAM3 DEANE (Brigham2, Alpheus1) settled at No. 33 in Apr. 1905 and has res. here and at Springfield, Mass., to the present (1921). He was a taxidermist in the latter place for about 40 years. Wakefield, his birth place is now Arctic, R. I. He also lived in Keene at one time where he m. Feb. 26, 1871 Emily Althea Crosby, dau. of Benjamin C. Crosby, q. v. Ch. b .:
i. MINNIE PHILA4 So. Hadley, Mass., Jan. 13, 1872; d. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 19, 1881.
ii. WILLIAM BRIGHAM Springfield, Nov. 30, 1873; a pawnbroker in Spring- field (1921) ; m. Minnie Bull. They had b .: i. Marion5 b. and d. same day.
iii. MABEL LUCY Springfield, Sept. 12, 1875; m. Sept. 3, 1896, George Wil- liam Shackley, b. Sheffield, Eng., May 21, 1875; came to America when three years of age, s. of Walter and Mary (-) Shack- ley. They res. in Springfield where was b .: i. Althea Olive5 b. Nov. 9, 1899. ii. Theodore George Oct. 28, 1903; served one year in U. S. Navy. iii. Deane William Dec. 5, 1906.
iv. VELMA EMILY Springfield, Nov. 14, 1879; d. unm. Oct. 30, 1918/19; bur. in S.
v. OSCAR BRIGHAM Springfield Oct. 20, 1883; a pawnbroker in Springfield (1921) ; m. Palmyra Rioux, b. Canada; dau. of Joseph Rioux. They have b .: i. Oscar Brigham5 3rd, b. Springfield Sept. 1916.
DEAN or DAIN
6. JOHN' DEAN (or DAIN as the name was formerly) lived in Bethel, Vt. He may have been s. of the "Zachariah Dean" of Bethel, 1790. He m. Sarah Livingston. They had two or more ch .:
i. HORACE M.2 (or R.) b. 1811 (?) ; d. . (7)
ii. MARIA Bethel Mar. 7, 1813; d. Keene Mar. 14, 1903 (over 90 yrs). She came to S. about 1830 and worked in the "Robbins tavern" at No. 83; m. (1) Chandler Wilbur, q. v., and after his d. m. (2) Horace Gould, q. v.
7. HORACE M.2 DEAN (John1) taxed in S. 1832, 3, 4. He m. here Apr. 10, 1833 Harriett Wilbur, q. v. They res. Claremont, Weathersfield, Vt., and elsewhere. Ch. b. S .:
i. EMILY3 (or Ellen) b. Aug. 4, 1834; d. Keene, Mar. 3, 1911; m. (1) Longley (?); m. (2) Cass. They res. in Claremont; had several ch.
ii. JOHN ; d. suddenly at Troy. He had dau. and s. Ernest4, n. f. r.
iii. GEORGE ; d. Troy (?) ; m. but left no ch.
(There was a DUDLEY C. DEAN taxed 1841, perhaps of this family.)
DELANCE
1. DELEVAN1 DeLANCE (or as the name sometimes was written, "Dela- varne Dellance") was doubtless of French descent; supposed to have been b. at Champlain, N. Y., and d. at Essex that state. He settled in S. as early as 1769 and remained for about 25 years; was constable 1788-9; served from S. as sergeant in Rev. war, q. v. 1789 he purchased pew No. 22 and 26 on the first floor in the meeting house. On Mar. 7, 1778 he purchased land in the north-
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west corner of the town, near where "Delevan Road" was laid out in 1786. In 1791 he swapped this land with John Marvin for No. 43 in the village. He m. in S. Nov. 22, 1769, Hepzibah Marvin, dau. of John Marvin, q. v. Ch. b. S .:
i. HEPZIBAH2 Sept. 13, 1771; m. S. Feb. 27, 1794, Daniel Parkhurst.
ii. DELEVAN Feb. 5, 1774. (2)
iii. JOHN Apr. 2, 1775.
iv. PHEBE Feb. 9, 1777; d. S. May 16, 1785.
v. MARVIN 1780; d. S. May 25, 1785. (Possibly other ch.)
2. DELEVAN' DeLANCE (Delevan1) appears to have lived in town until about 1797 and his subsequent life is unknown. He m. Anna Blish, b. Glaston- bury, Conn., July 22, 1776, dau. of David and Lucy (Wilcox) Blish of Gilsum and S.
Ch. b. S. and elsewhere:
i. DAULPHIN FRANCIS3 Jan. 29, 1795. (3)
ii. DEAN Oct. 6, 1796; m. and d. at Chazy, N. Y.
iii. LUCY ; m. Stoughton Richardson of Essex, N. Y. They had b .: Helen, m. Stickney of Au Sable Forks, N. Y .; two ch.
iv. PHEBE ; m. Eggleston of Essex, N. Y .; later res. in Vt.
v. GARRETT rem. West.
vi. THANKFUL
; lived in Chazy, N. Y.
vii. DAVID.
viii. ALVAN.
ix. JANE
;m. Nichols, res. Chazy.
x. MARY.
3. DAULPHIN FRANCIS3 DeLANCE (Delevan2, Delevan1) married and returned to S. about 1838. The following adv. appears in Keene Sentinel :
"Surry Aug. 17, 1839, Daulphin Delance and family, town paupers of Surry have left town. All persons are hereby forbid harboring or trusting them.
Samuel Robinson - Selectmen
Benjamin Hills of
Peter Hayward L. Surry."
About 1845 the town sold his property at public auction. He lived his last days in town at No. 138.
DELINO
1. AARON1 DELINO of Greenfield, Mass., purchased the Toll-gate prop- erty in 1842 and sold in 1844; perhaps did not settle here .- R. of D.
DEMERSE
1. LEWIS DEMERSE b. in Canada; m. Mary
2. LEWIS? DEMERSE, Jr., b. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 1841; res. in Alstead (1922) ; m. (1) Ada Walker; divorced; m. (2) Effie L. Whittier, b. Stoddard June 29, 1858; d. Alstead Dec. 5, 1887; dau. of David V. and Lucy A. (George) Whittier of Lowell, Mass. By first wife he had :
3. EDMUND MONROE3 DEMERSE (Lewis2, Lewis1) b. Lempster Apr. 5, 1871; came to S. May 3, 1919 and lived at No. 234 at which time Mrs. Grace E. Partridge, q. v., was his housekeeper. He has since lived and worked in
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town to some extent; has been m. three times and divorced from each wife. He m. (1) Nov. 28, 1893, Bertha May Orne, b. Alstead Sept. 3, 1879, who m. (2) Edward Elisha Royce, q. v .; dau. of Frank Warren and Julia Emma (Austin, see Austin family) Orne. He m. (2) Mamie Dupre. He m. (3) about 1920, Mrs. Ida May (Kenney-Wheeler) Chamberlain, q. v., and soon separated.
Ch. by (1) wife b. Alstead :
i. WARREN CHESTER4 July 20, 1894 (in Gilsum July 20, 1895).
ii. BLANCHE GRACE Jan. 1, 1898, or 1899. She m. Alfred Bourret.
DeWOLF or DOLPH
This name appears as DeWOLF, DeWOLFF, DeWOOLF and DOLPH. Several of the name resided in Connecticut during the eighteenth century. The following is supposed to be the ancestral line of our Surry family, yet this has not been fully established by the compiler.
1. MATTHEW' DeWOLF of Bolton, Conn., m. Patience - -. had:
They
2. MATTHEW2 DeWOLF b. May 15, 1724 in Bolton. He m. (1) May 23, 1743 Eunice Baker who d. July 9, 1743. He m. (2) Elizabeth They had:
3. MATTHEW3 DeWOLF b. Bolton Jan. 6, 1744. He is supposed to have been identical with the man of that name who moved to Gilsum and m. Sibyl Bliss, dau. of Jonathan and Sibyl (Fox) Bliss of Windsor, Conn. They had b. Gilsum:
i. DAVID4 Mar. 11, 1772; d. in S. about 1801. (4)
ii. ROXANA Jan. 13, 1774.
iii. PHILADELPHIA (also called "Dilly"), probably was his daughter.
4. DAVID4 DeWOLF (Matthew3, Matthew“, Matthew1) lived in Gilsum and probably in Jerico, Vt., where one of his ch. was b., but it appears he returned to S. about 1800 in indigent circumstances. As no mention of his wife is made, the supposition is that she died in Vermont, leaving two daughters who came to S. with their father. He was taken ill and became a "town charge" in 1801. The town paid Charles Carpenter $21.57 for his care during his last illness. Daniel Hayward $1.50 for making a coffin and Phinehas Allen .84 cents as sexton. He m. in S. by Lemuel Holmes, Esq., Aug. 27, 1793, Sarah (Sally) Borden, dau. of Samuel Borden, q. v. Dr. Seward's History of Sullivan states she m. (2) a Mr. Kelsey and d. in Vermont. David, is called a "for- eigner," and the State paid S. $82.60 on June 10, 1802-per N. H. State Papers. Ch .:
i. SARAH (Sally)5 b. Jericho, Vt., May 2, 1794.
ii. MARY (Polly) 1796.
At a town meeting, Mar. 26, 1801, it was "Voted to set up two poor Girls at the lowest Bidder which are thrown on the Town of Surry." The meeting adjourned to the house of Jonathan Robinson's (the village tavern, at No. 55) where the girls were sold. Josiah Hendee bid off Polly Dewoolf, a girl of five years of age to keep until she was 18 years of age, for $28.50. Hercules Hayward bid off Sally Dewoolf a girl of seven years of age, to keep until she was 18 for $16.00. Sally may
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have had too much "Wolfship" for Mr. Hayward, for, after keeping her 29 weeks, sold her back to the town for $8.00. This is the only record in the annals of this town when the young were sold to the highest bidder, and we have no knowledge what became of the girls after they left S.
DODGE
1. JOHN' DODGE m. Nov. 17, 1805, Nabby Frink, b. Keene Feb. 19, 1786, dau. of Dr. Willard and Thankful (Pond) Frink.
DOLBY
1. This name is variously written as Dolby, Dolbe, Doulby, etc. A negro of this name lived at No. 242 about 1830. He was m. and had several ch. Nigger Hollow received its name from him. Little can be learned regarding him, and his Christian name is not even known. He was known as "Old Dolby." Subsequently he lived in Chesterfield and on East Surry road in Keene.
DOYLE
1. MARTIN' DOYLE was taxed 1809; had horse, cow and about 17 acres land, lived in S. W. part of S. Matthew Doyle, probably same man, taxed 1808.
DRAPER
1. Rev. LORENZO1 DRAPER, a single man, of the M. E. faith preached here from June 1848, until May 1850.
DRURY
1. BARNABUS DRURY was an Ensign in 4th Co., 20th Regt. N. H. militia, Aug. 31, 1825. In 1827 he was living in north part of town and paid tax.
DUFFY
1. JAMES C.1 DUFFY b. Waddington, N. Y., came to S. 1902 and returned in 1909. He res. while here at No. 235, 4 and 32. He m. Apr. 8, 1897, Jennie T. Martin, dau. of William Martin, q. v. Ch .:
i. ELIZABETH2 (or Bessie) b. Waddington, Sept. 1900.
ii. GEORGE (or William James) S. Apr. 3, 1903.
iii. RAY (or James) S. Nov. 18, 1906.
iv. FRANCIS Waddington, 1912; d. there 1913.
DURANT
1. JOSHUA DURANT was of Keene, lived in S. W. part of S. 1807, '08. He was a soldier in Rev. war; a captain in the militia; of Huguenot descent; a
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man of more than average ability, and Joshua D. Blake, q. v. and several others were named after him. He may have d. in Weathersfield, Vt. He m. (1) in Keene, May 19, 1780, Unity Clark, b. Keene, Jan. 12, 1762; d. there Nov. 29, 1781; dau. of Simeon and Betty (-) Clark; m. (2) 17- Hannah who d. in Keene Oct. 10, 1797 aged 48 years; m. (3) in Keene Nov. 26. 1799, Mrs. Mary Dauson.
Ch. b. Keene by (1) w .:
i. A child2 b. and d. Nov. 20, 1781.
Ch. b. Keene by (2) w .:
ii. RELIEF July 20, 1785; d. S. Apr. 11, 1872; m. 1806, Benjamin Britton, q. v.
iii. UNITY July 20, 1785 (twin) ; d. about Apr. 5, 1818; m. James Fowler, q. v.
iv. JOSHUA Apr. 14, 1787.
v. A child, stillborn, June 22, 1788.
vi. SALLY Mar. 6, 1790.
vii. JOTHAM Nov. 5, 1791; d. in Springfield, Vt., 1870. (2)
viii. POLLY Dec. 20, 1794.
(Note: John Durant, perhaps of this family, d. in Keene Feb. 19, 1843; aged 60 years.)
2. JOTHAM (W.)2 DURANT (Joshua1) moved from Keene to Wethers- field, Vt., 1818; in 1842 rem. to Ohio; m. 1818 Lucy H. Chilson, dau. of Walter Chilson of Weathersfield; they both d. in Springfield, Vt. (per Springfield History). He is called the youngest son of Joshua Durant, late of Weathers- field.
Ch. :
i. EDWARD J. b. lived in Lebanon; rem. to Pasadena, Cal. (There were probably other ch.)
3. * JOSEPH1 DURANT b. in Canada; m. Jan. 10, 1884 in Keene Melvina LaBounty, b. Charlbrook, Can., Apr. 9, 1866, dau. of Antonio LaBounty, q. v. She m. (2) May 9, 1918, Alfred Peter Sinclair, q. v. In 1916 Mrs. Durant built a small house at No. 232 in which she lived until her 2nd m. when the house was moved to No. 230. She previously lived at No. 85. Ch. :
i. MELVINA2 b. Harrisville, Nov. 28, 1885; d. Keene, Mar. 20, 1914; m. Medos Corey; 6 ch.
ii. LEWIS AGUSTARD Troy, Feb. 1, 1886; m. Kate - of Keene. He served in World war, q. v. Res. Gilsum, 1920.
iii. ROSANNA MAY Keene Mar. 5, 1889; m. William H. Rollins, q. v.
iv. CLIFFORD MOSES Nelson Oct. 26, 1892. See N. H. Sentinel, Apr. 7, 1915. v. WILLIAM NAPOLEON Nelson Oct. 12, 1894; res. Keene 1920; a soldier in World war, q. v. He m. in Keene July 22, 1919, Mrs. Anna Bertha (File) Held, b. N. Y. City, July 7 (?), 1890; dau. of Frederick W. and Hannah (Preston) File, and divorced widow of Robert Held. He lived in S. several years.
vi. LILLIAN HELEN Oct. 10, 1895; d. Harrisville Oct. 2, 1904.
"Mrs. Melvina (Durant) Sinclair supplied the above record, to a large extent.
Her husband was brother to her step-mother.
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HISTORY OF SURRY
vii. MINNIE ROSELDA Nelson Apr. 6, 1897; m. Ludger Perault who served in World war; res. 1919 Keene.
viii. ERNEST WILLIAM Nelson June 15, 1900.
ix. EVA AGNES Nelson Apr. 14, 1901.
x. EVELYN MAY (or Mary Everline) S. Sept. 15, 1904.
DURRELL
1. PHILIP' DURRELL was b. on the island of Jersey, near the English Channel; came to America and was a soldier at Exeter, in Sept. 1696; sub- sequently he moved to Newmarket where he res. until 1700, when he rem. to Kennebunkport, Me.
2. JOSEPH2 DURRELL b. ; d. ; m. Rebecca Adams.
3. JOSEPH3 DURRELL, b. ; d. ; m. Hannah
4. Lieut. ELIPHALET DURRELL, b. in Lee, 1748; res. in Northwood, N. H .; a soldier in Rev. war; m. Dorothy Bennett.
5. NICHOLAS DURRELL b. Lee 1777; d. Bradford, N. H., July 20, 1844; m. Mary Batchelder, b. Northwood 1782, dau. of Corporal Simon Batchelder, a soldier of the Rev. and a direct descendant of Rev. Stephen Batchelder the first pastor of the church at Hampton, "may, more than any other person be regarded as the father and founder" of that town.
6. LEVI® DURRELL (Nicholas5, Lieut. Eliphalet4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Philip1) b. Bradford May 15, 1811; d. S. June 20, 1887. A farmer. Rem. from Brad- ford to S. in 1845, living first in the old Smith house, No. 61, until he built his new dwelling at No. 63 about the year 1853. (He was an uncle to Fred- erick Myron Colby of Warner; b. Dec. 9, 1848; d. May 19, 1920, writer of both prose and poetry.) He rem. from S. to Keene; m. Sept. 15, 1836, Almena Hastings3 Connor, b. Warner Apr. 25, 1811; d. S. Sept. 22, 1889; dau. of David and Sarah2 (Hastings) Connor, and gr-dau. of Joseph1 and Rebecca (Amey) Hastings of Hopkinton.
Ch. b. Bradford :
i. MARTHA JANE Mar. 3, 1838; d. S. Jan. 20, 1853; unm.
ii. CAROLINE M. June 23, 1841; d. Mar. 23, 1878; m. May 23, 1872, Homer W. Howe; res. New Haven, Conn.
iii. LUCY ANN Jan. 30, 1844; d. Nov. 12, 1903; m. Sept. 16, 1862, Charles H. Perkins, q. v.
DUSTIN or DUSTON
1. * THOMAS' DUSTON lived in Haverhill, Mass. He m. Dec. 3, 1677, Hannah Emerson b. in Haverhill Dec. 23, 1657, dau. of Michael and Hannah ( --- ) Emerson. On Mar. 15, 1697 when a band of Indians attacked Haverhill his house was burned, his wife captured and her six day old baby was barbarously murdered before her eyes. While being taken to Canada the Indians camped on an island in the Merrimack River at Penacook, N. H., and here "on the night of April 29, 1697 assisted by Mary Neff and Samuel Leon- ardson she killed ten of the twelve savages in the wigwam, and taking their scalps and her captor's gun as trophies of her remarkable exploit she em-
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