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Ch. by (1) w .: ii, and iii, in Westminster, Vt., others in S .:
i. EUNICES Nov. 12, 1791; d. S. June 5, 1858; m. Dea. Ichabod Ballou, q. v.
ii. NANCY Feb. 10, 1793; d. May 30, 1871; m. (1) Lewis Reed, q. v .; (2) Asa Wilcox, q. v.
iii. FANNY June 11, 1795; d. unm. Jan. 31, 1812.
iv. ASAHEL Oct. 17, 1798; d. July 26, 1835, "of remittent fever." (11)
v. CLARINDA Dec. 8, 1801; d. Feb. 20, 1899, Chicopee, Mass .; m. Geo. Cre- hore, q. v.
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vi. FANNY HALL Apr. 30, 1821; d. July 14, 1907; m. Hiram Britton, q. v.
8. THOMAS' HARVEY (Capt. Thomas®, John5, Thomas4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1) bought the southwesterly corner of his father's farm, some 80 acres, 1791 and built at No. 182. After five years he sold, but appears to have re- mained in town until the summer of 1799, as his tax was abated for that year. It is said he "left for parts unknown, and was never heard from. It is sup- posed that he went to sea." He m. at Walpole Dec. 2, 1793 Priscilla Baker. Ch. b. S .:
i. HARRYS b. July 10, 1794. n. f. r.
9. JONATHAN HARVEY (Capt. Thomas®, John5, Thomas4, John3, Thomas', Thomas1) received a portion of his father's home farm 1797; built and settled at No. 172 at that time. He moved to No. 83 in 1817; rem. 1830 to No. 147, thence to No. 76 during the early fifties, and where he d. He kept tavern while at No. 83. At the time he went to live at No. 147 there was a boulder some four feet in diameter resting on top of Bald Hill. In 1842 or '43 several of our young townsmen decided a suitable and proper way to cele- brate our natal holiday would be to roll this boulder off the top of the Hill. They met at the appointed time and discovered to their dismay, that Mr. Har- vey, fearing his barn would be demolished in its flight, hired a man to split the boulder. They partially succeeded, however, in their endeavor by rolling the pieces down the slope, where one has been found in recent years. He served
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as constable 1806, 7 and 8. He m. Jan. 21, 1796 Roxana Baxter, dau. of Capt. Simon Baxter, q. v.
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i. ROXANA" Jan. 12, 1797; d. Oct. 2, 1864; m. Peter Hayward, q. v.
ii. JONATHAN Apr. 14, 1799; d. S. Aug. 25, 1862. (12)
iii. SIMON BAXTER 1804; d. there Feb. 10, 1830. (13)
iv. GEORGE WASHINGTON July 8, 1806; d. Aug. 22, 1822, unm.
v. SOPHRONIA A. Mar. 4, 1811; d. July 24, 1813.
vi. ARVILLA MARIA Mar. 20, 1813; d. Aug. 6, 1814.
vii. NANCY B. Nov. 20, 1815; d. Jan. 17, 1859; m. 1836 (?) Winthrop Whit- man, q. v.
viii. FRANCES MARY June 1, 1818; d. Oct. 1, 1901; m. Mar. 1836 Abner B. Winn of Hudson, b. 1816; d. 1864; s. of Reuben and Mary (Bowman) Winn. Mrs. Winn lived in S. for some time in old age. No ch.
ix. MARTHA MILLICENT Aug. 15, 1820; d. Dec. 25, 1894; m. S. Nov. 26, 1846, Stephen Shepley, b. Shirley, Mass., Dec. 29, 1818; d. Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 18, 1880, s. of Stephen and Amelia (Shattuck) Shepley of Groton, Mass. "For some years before Fitchburg had grown to be the commercial city that it now is, he kept the one book-store of the town." Subsequently he was engaged in the manufacturing of paper in both Shirley and in Fitchburg. Their ch. all b. in Fitchburg, Mass .: i. Charles Harvey9 b. Apr. 29, 1848; m. June 8, 1881 Eugelia M. Whitney; res. Boston, Mass. ii. Francis Baxter Jan. 6, 1851; m. Jan. 20, 1895 Charlotte M. Allen; res. Concord, Mass. iii. Alice Martha Aug. 9, 1852; m. June 8, 1881 Rev. Harry Pierce Nichols, b. Salem, Mass., Sept. 3, 1850; was Rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, Minn., 1895; had five ch.
10. CYRUS HARVEY (Capt. Thomas6, John5, Thomas, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1) lived in town till 1812-13 when he settled in New York state; said to have been in the vicinity of Syracuse. He was an ensign in the militia. He m. (1) Oct. 19, 1800 Phebe Stiles, b. May 20, 1781; d. S. Aug. 8, 1805, a dau. of John Stiles, q. v. He m. (2) Mar. 16, 1806 Hannah White Dana of Spring- field, Vt.
Ch. by (1) w. b. in S .:
i. CYRUS8 Dec. 4 (or 9), 1800; d. Sept. 11, 1802 S.
ii. CYRUS HENRY Aug. 9, 1802.
iii. GRACE Aug. 20, 1804.
Ch. by (2) w. first and second in S. others in N. Y. State :
iv. PHEBE DANA Mar. 6, 1807.
v. HELON HALL (a son) July 22, 1809.
vi. JOSIAH H. June 30, 1813; d. July 26, 1814.
vii. MARY ANN JANE Dec. 18, 1815.
viii. THOMAS CLARKE Feb. 10, 1818.
ix. ELIZA EMELINE Oct. 11, 1820.
These children were b. in "N. Y. State," but are recorded on Surry town records. -
11. ASAHEL8 HARVEY (Asahel7, Capt. Thomas®, John5, Thomas4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1) entered the K. S. office when a young man and remained there for seven years living in the family of his employer. In the spring of 1825 he purchased the "Livingston Journal" at Geneseo, N. Y .; about 1828, settled at Canandaigua, N. Y., where he became one of the owners of the "Ontario Repository" and which he continued till d.
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He was an uncommonly well instructed and skillful printer; his ingenious inventions for facilitating the business of book binding, which he carried on, were decisive evidence of his mechanical ability; industrious and upright in his business, amiable and estimable in his domestic and social relations, he had the good will and respect of all who knew him. He m. 18-, -
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i. A childº b. about 1834.
12. JONATHAN® HARVEY (Jonathan", Capt. Thomas6, John5, Thomas4,. John3, Thomas", Thomas1) was a thrifty well-to-do farmer, a man of sterling worth and character. He lived before middle life at No. 147, but at No. 73
JONATHAN HARVEY, JR. 1799-1862
after 1835. He dealt in cattle and sheep to quite an extent-buying and sell- ing-in which he was successful; often his annual returns were more in this business than he received from his farm. He was town treasurer 1849, '52, and selectman, 1837. He m. (1) May 4, 1820, Persis Joslin, b. Winchendon, Mass., Sept. 23, 1798; d. S. Jan. 17, 1826, dau. of Peter Joslin, q. v. He m. (2) June 12, 1828 Mrs. Eliza (Howe) Redding, b. Feb. 28, 1801, dau. of Rev. Perley Howe, q. v. and widow of James Redding, q. v.
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i. SOPHRONIA A.º Feb. 24, 1821; d. unm. Sept. 20, 1855.
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ii. GEORGE KIMBALL Feb. 18, 1829; d. S. Feb. 19, 1898. (14)
iii. JAMES HOWE Mar. 18, 1831; d. Mar. 12, 1836.
iv. PERSIS ELIZA Apr. 12, 1833; d. unm. S. June 26, 1901; a teacher in public schools for many years; a trustee of Reed Free Library, etc.
ELIZA (HOWE) HARVEY 1801-1879
. v. SARAH BARNES Oct. 24, 1835; d. Newport Nov. 7, 1881; bur. S .; m. George W. Britton, q. v.
vi. SIDNEY BAXTER Dec. 1, 1838; d. S. Aug. 18, 1841.
13. SIMON BAXTER HARVEY (Jonathan7, Capt. Thomas®, John5, Thomas4, John3, Thomas", Thomas1) "a young man of promise" died in early manhood. He kept tavern at Cambridgeport, (Vt. ? ), and also at Fitzwilliam. Two days before d. made his will. Francis Holbrook and Jonathan Harvey, Jr., were appointed executors. Among other accounts they settled: Paid Eliphalet Dort $4.00 for making a coffin; to coffin-plate and shroud $3.70. He m. Apr. 15, 1829 Mary Holbrook, dau. of Capt. Francis Holbrook, q. v. Ch. b .:
i. FRANCIS BAXTERº b. 1830; d. S. Apr. 15, 1832.
14. GEORGE KIMBALL' HARVEY (Jonathan8, Jonathan", Capt. Thomas®, John5, Thomas', John3, Thomas2, Thomas1) received a good education in the schools of his locality; attended Mount Caesar Seminary 1846, and Saxtons River (Vt.) Seminary, 1849-50; soon after was farming at No. 76 and where
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he remained until d. While yet a young man Mr. Harvey became identified with the interests of his native town. He held every town office, and was re- peatedly called upon to fill important positions, where his good sense, judg- ment and business capacity were appreciated by his neighbors and friends. Politically, he was a stanch Republican and was often consulted in the affairs of his party. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years; was interested in the temperance cause as early as 1859; was a member of the
GEORGE K. HARVEY 1829-1898
New Hampshire Agricultural Society; served nine years on the State Board of Agriculture, and was a member of Cheshire (Keene), and Surry Grange, P. of H. He was President of the Board of Trustees of the Reed Free Library and took special interest in its welfare. He served as moderator in town meeting, 1858, 65, 67-71, 77, 78, 80-83, 85-90, 93-97; town clerk, 1855; town treasurer, 1857, 58, 70, 83, 92-97; selectman, 1862, 63, 64, 65, 67-69, 74-78' 86-90; representative in the State Legislature 1866, 67, 79; a member of the N. H. State Senate 1883, and a member of the Constitutional Conventions 1876 and 1889.
No man ever had the welfare of his native town more at heart than Hon. George K. Harvey, or was more highly regarded by his fellow townsmen. He m. Feb. 7, 1856 Sarah Lorinda Wilcox, dau. of Hollis Wilcox, q. v.
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i. JAMES ELLSWORTH10 b. Sept. 8, 1861; res. (1923) Surry at No. 73. (15)
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ii. JOHN HOWE July 18, 1863; d. Oak Park, Ill., Feb. 21, 1921. (16)
iii. MINNIE Monday Feb. 4, 1867; librarian Reed Free Library.
iv. ELIZA Aug. 31, 1870; d. S. Jan. 28, 1884.
v. HOLLIS WILCOX Sept. 19, 1876; res. on old homestead No. 76. (17)
15. JAMES ELLSWORTH HARVEY10 (Hon. George K.º, Jonathan‘, Jona- than', Capt. Thomas®, John", Thomas', John3, Thomas2, Thomas1) graduated from N. H. State College 1886 with degree of B. S. attended Mass. Inst. Tech. 1887. For many years he pursued his profession of photographer, at W. Som- erville, Mass., 7 years; Clinton, Mass., 10 years; Concord, N. H., 13 years; May 1, 1919 he returned to Surry and settled at No. 73. He served as tax col- lector in S. 1920; town treasurer since 1922. He m. May 28, 1889 Ellen Har- riett Porter, dau. of Dr. William H. Porter, q. v.
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i. SHIRLEY WILCOX11. Twins b. Somerville, Mass., Nov. 2, 1892. (18) (19)
ii. ROBERT PORTER.
iii. GEORGE KIMBALL Clinton, Mass., Mar. 2, 1899; d. Concord, N. H., July 19, 1912; bur. S.
16. JOHN HOWE10 HARVEY (Hon. George K.º, Jonathans, Jonathan7, Capt. Thomas6, John5, Thomas4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1) was educated in his native town; 1883 was graduated from Eastmans College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and in the fall of 1884 went to Chicago, Ill., and entered the employ of his uncle, W. W. Wilcox, q. v. For many years he was closely identified with the firm of W. W. Wilcox Mfg. Co .; was its president in recent years, also presi- dent of the Wilcox & Harvey Mfg. Co. He d. suddenly at his home at Oak Park, Ill., after two days' illness, Feb. 21, 1921. He m. Chicago Oct. 22, 1890 Florence Evelyn Dicker, b. Grafton, Wis., June 20, 1867, dau. of Osmond and Mary Ann (Cotton) Dicker. Ch. b. Chicago:
i. GEORGE WALLACE11 Feb. 10, 1896; d. June 10, 1907.
17. HOLLIS WILCOX10 HARVEY (Hon. George K.º, Jonathan, Jonathan', Capt. Thomas®, John5, Thomas', John3, Thomas2, Thomas1) has always lived on the home farm. He is a strong advocate of State Roads; a granger; chair- man of Board of Trustees Reed Free Library; interested in Cheshire Co. Farmers' Exchange, and chairman of committee on Surry History. He has served as moderator, selectman and town treasurer. He m. Nov. 9, 1901 Eliza- beth Emeline Britton, dau. of George B. Britton, q. v.
18. SHIRLEY WILCOX11 HARVEY (James E.10, Hon. George K.º, Jona- than®, Jonathan7, Capt. Thomas®, John5, Thomas4, John 3, Thomas2, Thomas1) Instructor in English, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. He was for three years employed as clerk in the Ashuelot Nat. Bank of Keene; graduated from Dartmouth College 1916 with degree of A. B., from Harvard University 1918 degree of A. M. He m. June 18, 1919 Helen Maude Crehore, dau. of Chas. E. Crehore of Chicopee, Mass. (q. v.). She was a graduate of the Westfield (Mass.) Normal School. She d. Keene Feb. 19, 1922.
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i. THOMAS CREHORE12 b. Keene Feb. 18, 1922; d. same day.
19. ROBERT PORTER11 HARVEY (James E.10, Hon. George K.º, Jona- than$, Jonathan7, Capt. Thomas®, John5, Thomas4, John3, Thomas", Thomas1) employed as patent counsel for the Federal Division of the Fisk Rubber Co.
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at Cudahy, Wis. He was for several years an examiner in the Patent Office at Washington, D. C. He graduated from Dartmouth College 1916 with the degree of B. S .; from Thayer School at Hanover, 1917, degree of C. E .; from the Washington College of Law 1922, degree of LL. B., admitted to the bar the same year. He m. July 17, 1918, Margaret Posey Wilson, b. Denver, Col., Nov. 21, 1890, dau. of Posey S. and Augusta E. (Fallon) Wilson of Washington, D. C. She graduated from George Washington University, class of 1914, degree A. B.
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i. ROBERT WILSON12 b. Washington, D. C., Mar. 18, 1920.
LOIS ROYCE of Walpole (dau. of Esq. Jonathan and Sarah (Marvin) Royce) m. "a Harvey, of Surry, N. H.", n. f. r .- History of Walpole, N. H., p. 347.
HASKINS
1. CALVIN' HASKINS b. 1777 (?); possibly of Westmoreland, settled in S. as early as 1801 and rem. 1807. In 1804 he is called "Dr. Haskins." He m. S. Sept. 1, 1803, Rhoda Field, b. May 4, 1787, dau. of Dea. Moses D. Field, q. v. Ch. b. S .:
i. PATTY (MARTHA) BRIMMER2 May 9, 1804.
ii. CYRUS Aug. 2, 1806.
2. LORENZO1 HASKINS taxed 1879, perhaps is the Haskins who lived at No. 96 about that time, and m. Lucy Keezer of Westmoreland, b. 1849; d. No. Adams, Mass., 1915 (?);, dau. of Charles Keezer, a blacksmith at East West- moreland. He rem. to Kansas (?) and after a few years returned to Keene driving a pair of horses overland. A. L. Haskins taxed 1882-83, is perhaps same man.
HATCH
The Hatch family cannot be compiled satisfactorily with the data at hand, but from the best information obtained, it appears as follows:
1. JOSEPH' HATCH came from England between 1625 and '30; soon after he purchased the township of Falmouth, Mass., of the Indians, where he lived and d.
2. JOSEPH2 HATCH, Jr., b. 1652, at Falmouth, Mass.
3. ICHABOD3 HATCH b. Falmouth Oct. 12, 1691; m. Abigail Weeks.
4. JOSEPH HATCH (Ichabod3, Joseph, Jr.2, Joseph1) b. Tolland, Conn., Aug. 15, 1718. He settled at Acworth, 1774, where he d. He m. Sarah Stearns and had seven sons and three daus.
5. JAMES HATCH, a grandson, or great-grandson of Joseph4 Hatch, was from Acworth where it is supposed he was b. 1787. He was a blacksmith, carriage maker and wheelwright and settled in S. 1809; his first shop was at No. 123, later he purchased the Wilcox malt mill, No. 127, and the brick black- smith shop No. 128, and his dwelling was 124. Tradition says he was a good workman and usually had one or two assistants. He sold his property at public auction Apr. 20, 1836 and left town. His adv. in K. S. states there was
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a blacksmith shop, wheelwright shop, two dwelling houses, one acre of land, one 2nd hand chaise, a clock, one organ-the first, so far as known in S., and household goods, etc. One incident in his life has been handed down. In those days a sheriff could arrest a man for a small debt, and it appears Mr. Hatch could not meet a bill when due, so the "Officer" was sent to take and lodge the body of Hatch in jail. Not taking kindly to the outlook, Hatch plunged into Ashuelot river and escaped. He m. (1) M. Eliza (or Loisa) -, b. 1799 (?) ; d. S. Oct. 18, 1819; m. (2) Hannah.
Ch. b. S .: (first three by (1) wife, others by (2) wife) :
i. CHARLES HENRY Nov. 26, 1814.
ii. JAMES Aug. 13, 1816. He ran away from home Oct. 1833 .- K. S.
iii. SALLY Mar. 7, 1818.
iv. ELIZA Apr. 1, 1825; d. S. July 11, 1830; drowned in mill pond near her home on Sunday morning while picking raspberries.
v. SAMUEL June 1823; d. S. Feb. 21, 1824.
HAWES
1. SAMUEL1 HAWES (or, Haws) was in north school district 1809. He was a shoemaker; purchased No. 171 Apr. 2, 1815, which property he sold the same year and soon rem. from town. He probably was of Westminster, Vt. He m. Hannah
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i. JEREMIAH ROBBINS2 b. Westminster, Vt., June 5, 1808. (b. recorded in S.)
ii. JONATHAN S. Oct. 2, 1810.
iii. SETH CLAPP S. Feb. 1, 1812.
2. BENJAMIN' HAWES (or HOWES) was in S. 1781, n. f. r.
3. Capt.1 HAWS, name appears on the records, 1797, n. f. r.
4. DANIEL1 HAWES taxed 1826. Perhaps this name originally was "Handy" or possibly "Hendy."
HAYES
This name appears as Hayes, Hays, Haze, and Hais.
1. RICHARD1 HAYES of Lyme, Conn., was one of the original proprietors of Gilsum, according to the "Range Table" in G. H. One lot of his land was in what is now S. It is hardly probable he ever lived here for any length of time, yet some of his kindred came to what later became S. He was an Ensign and 1st Lieut. of the training band of Lyme. He is said to have served in the French and Indian war. He m. Apr. 24, 1735 Patience Mack, b. Apr. 3, 1714, dau. of John and Love (Bennett) Mack. They had eight ch. The 7th was:
2. PHILEMON2 HAYES (Richard1) b. Lyine, Conn. (?), Feb. 26, 1748/9. He came to S. as early as 1782 and remained three or more years.
HAYWARD
*1. WILLIAM1 HAYWARD b. England 1617; came to America in the "Ann and Elizabeth" in 1635; was a proprietor of Charlestown, Mass., 1637; rem. to Braintree, Mass., where he was Deputy 1641; in 1648 he appears of Wey- mouth, Mass. He signed his name "William Haywood" and met d. by drown- ing May 10, 1659. He m. Margery (perhaps Thayer, but a suggestion is made
*The probable line of descent from William1 Hayward to William4 of S.
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that the name was "Margery Barron"). She d. in Braintree July 18, 1676 and her son Jonathan2 was admr. of her estate-Aug. 1, 1676.
Ch. (order of b. unknown) :
i. HULDAH2 b. 1636; d. Mendon, Mass., 1690; m. Ferdinando Thayer.
ii. SAMUEL about 1639; d. Mendon July 20, 1713.
iii. JONATHAN 1641; d. Braintree, Mass., 1689/90.
iv. WILLIAM d. Braintree, Dec. 7, 1717. (2)
v. ROBERT d. 1683.
2. WILLIAM2 HAYWARD res. in Swansea, Mass., from 1672 until 1700 when he rem. to Bellingham, Mass. He m. (1) Sarah Buttersworth, b. Reho- both, Mass., May 28, 1653; d. before 1708; dau. of John and Sarah (-) Buttersworth; m. (2) May 6, 1708 Priscilla Marsh who m. again after his d. Ch. b. Swansea :
i. JONATHAN3 b. Apr. 8, 1672; d. 1734. (3)
ii. MARGERY 1673-1726.
iii. SARAH 1676-1712.
iv. MARY 1678.
v. WILLIAM 1680.
vi. MERCY 1681-1710.
vii. SAMUEL 1683-1721.
viii. HULDAH 1685.
ix. OLIVER 1687.
x. HANNAH 1689.
xi. BENJAMIN 1692-1714.
xii. CONTENT who d. 1694.
3. JONATHAN3 HAYWARD res. in Mendon, Mass., 1692 until 1725; rem. 1727 to Ashford, Conn., where he d. He m. (1) Trial Rockwood, b. 1676/7; m.
(2) Grace who d. Billingham, Mass., Aug. 28, 1720.
Ch. b. Mendon, Mass .:
i. SARAH4 1794.
ii. WILLIAM Jan. 30, 1696/7; d. S. Aug. 10, 1768. (4)
iii. JONATHAN Apr. 8, 1699; d. 1751.
iv. DAVID July 8, 1701.
v. ELIZABETH June 30, 1704.
vi. JOSEPH 1707; d. 1775.
vii. JOHN 1709; d. 1782.
viii. BENJAMIN 1714.
ix. SAMUEL 1716; d. 1795.
x. SARAH 1718.
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4. WILLIAM+ HAYWARD (Jonathan3, William2, William1) res. Mendon, Mass., until 1746 when he bought land and moved to Ashford, Conn. For a time he lived with Benjamin Carpenter, his son-in-law, q. v., then 1762 came to S. with his wife and lived with his s. Peter, at No. 1. He m. Joanna -, b. 1686; d. S. Nov. 2, 1767. Both bur. in South Cemetery in S. Ch. b. Mendon, Mass., except vi. in Bellingham:
i. MARTHA5 b. Feb. 26, 1722.
ii. PETER 1725/6; d. S. Aug. 18, 1791; a Rev. soldier, q. v. (5)
iii. JOANNA Sept. 7, 1728; d. Landgrove, Vt. (?); m. Benjamin Carpenter, q. v.
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iv. RACHEL Nov. 17, 1729; d. ; m. 1756 John Johnson, q. v.
v. DANIEL ? ; n. f. r. unless he is our No. 24.
vi. WILLIAM Jan. 15, 1736/7; d. S. Feb. 24, 1785; a farmer at No. 8. (6)
5. PETER HAYWARD (William4, Jonathan3, William2, William1) received a gift of 30 acres from his father-in-law in Woodstock, Conn., in 1752, to which place he moved from Mendon, Mass .; while "of Woodstock" he bought land in Keene June 8, 1753. According to family records and tradition he was the FIRST SETTLER in that part of Westmoreland, now Surry. A History published in 1825 states the town of Surry was, "First settled by one, Peter Hayward in 1764." This date (1764) has usually been taken by later writers. As a matter of fact if Peter Hayward was the "first settler" he came here prior to this date and there is proof that not only he but others were living in town before 1762. He commenced clearing the land and laboring on his farm in the summer, making his home at the fort in Keene, going daily to his labor always accompanied by his faithful dog and gun. Having finished his log cabin at No. 11/2 his wife and three daughters moved up from Mendon, Mass., the baby, Rachel" in her lap, while Deborah® and Huldah® were placed in bas- kets, one on each side of the horse. This took place "between the years 1752 & 1755," according to Dea. Amherst? Hayward's records,* and whom we further quote: "This Peter Hayward was the first man that began a settlement in that town ; was soon after the close of the French and Indian War and before the Indians had done coming from Canada to plunder, kill and burn the defenceless settlers of New England in consequence of this, the fam- ilies of Keene & Vicinity had repeatedly to fly to the fort in that town for pro- tection thus we find this family though five miles off were hurried there in the year 1755 ; his wife went to visit her father's house at Mendon-was seized with a fever and died away from her family which is the reason her grave is not found by her husband's in Surry. * "He was a man of uncommon integrity and skill in mechanic arts for that day and was one of the most successful hunters of wild beasts which were plenty in those days ; one anecdote of him which I have heard my Father (Silvanus®) tell when I was young as a specimen of the trials of those times and how he met them. 'He and his boys were chopping over the river on the plain above the meadow west of the house, I think in the month of Sept., it was Friday at dinner his wife told him the meal and meat was all spent and she had not bread enough to last over the next Sabbath. He made reply that he had no money to buy anything with and went back to choping-he kept working and studying but spoke but little till about 4 o'clock he told his boys how to do- then took his gun which he always carried out with him in those days and went off westerly on to the high lands a mile or more-as he stopt a moment to look around he saw a deer rubbing his horn against a tree-he thought the distance too great to fire-judging it to be from 30 to 40 rods down hill-but if he tried to get nearer the deer would be off, so as quick as thought, he slip- ped an extra bullet into his long gun fired and killed the Deer which proved to be a very large fat Buck,-he hung up 3 quarters out of the way of wolves and carried 1 quarter and the hide home-after eating some victuals (for it was now almost sundown) he took his horse and started for Northfield, Mass.,
*In October 1854, Dea. Amherst? Hayward (1788-1867), grandson of Peter, wrote his family record in a small book, which is now in the hands of Mrs. John A. Smith of Gilsum, a great-great-granddaughter of Peter" Hayward.
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about 30 miles off,-he sold the Buckskin (then in great demand for military uniforms) for enough to buy 3 Bushels of corn got it ground on the way and arrived home Saturday evening so that before the Sabbath his family were supplied with plenty of meat and bread.' Thus our Heavenly Father who feeds the Ravens when they cry also in his good providence supplies the wants of all who will faithfully do their duty and trust in him."
There is a tradition that when Peter built the house now standing, that the outside was boarded with plank; Oct. 16, 1761 a Proprietors meeting was' held "at the house of Mr Peter Haywood of Westmoreland," and the first tav- ern in town, so far as discovered, was opened in 1765 in his house. He was moderator of the first town meeting of Surry-1769-also selectman that year, 1770 and '72; served on various committees. He m. (1) int. Mendon, Mass., Mar. 1, 1745/6, Ruth Rutter (or Ritter) of Mendon, Mass., b. July 7, 1727; d. there Oct. 13, 1761; m. (2) June 2, 1762, Esther Holmes of Ashford, or Mans- field, Conn., who d. S. May 28, 1782; m. (3) May 6, 1783, Mrs. Hannah Fay of Winchester, b. 1726; d. Nov. 2, 1796.
Ch. by (1) wife; i-iv in Mendon, others in that part of Westmoreland now S .:
i. DEBORAH® Jan. 25, 1746/7; d. Mar. 22, 1773; m. 1766 Nathaniel Dart, q. v.
ii. HULDAH 1749; d. Gilsum Mar. 11, 1839; m. Mar. 10, 1768 Col. Jonathan Smith, Jr. q. v.
iii. PETER 1750; d. y. in Mendon.
iv. RACHEL 1751; d. Gilsum (or S.) 1830; m. 1789, Jonathan Carpenter, q. v.
v. NATHAN Westmoreland Dec. 3, 1754; d. S. Aug. 3, 1818; Rev. soldier; major. (7)
vi. SILVANUS May 16, 1757; d. Gilsum Oct. 1, 1817; a Rev. soldier, q. v. (8) vii. WILLIAM May 21, 1759; d. in N. Y. state 1812; a Rev. soldier. (9) Ch. b. (2) wife, viii-x in Westmoreland now S., others in S .:
viii. RUTH Mar. 22, 1763; d. S. July 26, 1832; m. Keene 1784, Benjamin Car- penter, Jr., q. v.
ix. MOLLY Mar. 2, 1765; d. S. Aug. 24, 1808; m. Keene Jan. 2, 1793 Moses Field, q. v.
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