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i. SALLY3 b. S. about 1831; m. John Carpenter, settled at Center Valley, Kas. Had several ch.
ii. CHARLES S. about 1833; settled in Ark .; m.
iii. HENRY Salisbury (?), Vt., about 1835; settled in Ark .; m .; several ch. iv. HARRIET Salisbury (?), Vt., about 1838; settled Center Valley, Kas .; m. 4. HIRAM3 HUDSON (Elder James2 and Lucinda, Brooks1) b. Gilsum Aug. 3, 1820; d. Keene Sept. 17, 1876; m. Oct. 10, 1848 Rosetta Phebe Smith, b. Acworth Jan. 1, 1825, dau. of Henry and Rebecca (Bixby) Smith. They res. 1858-9 in house with J. D. Blake, No. 34.
HUMPHREY
*This name originally was written HOMFRAY, was of Penelope Castle, Eng. The name appears in France as early as 1390. Of the women it is said they were "noted for vivacity, intelligence and pleasing address; their sons manifesting in a remarkable degree these family traits."
1. JOHN' HUMPHREY of Eng., m. Susan They are supposed to have been the parents of:
2. THOMAS2 HUMPHREY who came to America, 1634; m. Hannah Lane and settled in Hingham, Mass.
3. GEORGE3 HUMPHREY of Hingham; m. Elizabeth -, 1686.
4. THOMAS HUMPHREY m. Oct. 26, 1725 Ann Lambert.
5. MICAH5 HUMPHREY m. Oct. 4, 1741 Elizabeth Davis.
*This record is from the Humphrey Genealogy and material compiled by Mrs. Sarah E. (Johnson ) Hudson, Winthrop, Mass., etc.
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6. JONATHAN® HUMPHREY b. N. Cohasset, Mass., July 29, 1764; d. Aug. 2, 1836; m. Dec. 20, 1786 Rebecca Vinal of Scituate, Mass., b. Aug. 16, 1764. He was a Rev. soldier at 17 years of age in 1781, and patroled the coast of Nantasket one winter and for a bounty received a coat from the Gov- ernment. The eldest of their eleven ch. was:
7. Capt. THOMAS HUMPHREY (Jonathan®, Micah5, Thomas4, George3, Thomas", and John1 ?) b. N. Cohasset, Mass., Feb. 25, 1788; d. S. Jan. 16, 1832. He was a mariner as was his father, and went to sea early in life: While still a young man he became captain of a sailing vessel; went on sev- eral voyages to Brazil; to China where he spent six years, and twice circled the globe. He arrived at New Orleans during the war of 1812 where he left his vessel and by riding horse-back and walking reached Boston where he remained till peace was declared. Having accumulated a fortune for those days, his wife to keep him from the sea, purchased about 1822 a farm in S .; No. 68, where he lived until d .; the burial was at Cohasset. He kept tavern in S. and bought pew No. 23 in the meeting house, Feb. 7, 1822. His longing to return to sea never ceased. He m. June 20, 1812 Sally Sprague, b. S. Hing- ham, Mass., Feb. 15, 1788; d. Roxbury, Mass., Mar. 1, 1879, dau. of Jacob and Sprague; a descendant of Jacob Sprague, a "minute-man" at Lex- ington. His wife descends from Richard Warren of the Mayflower. Capt. Humphrey had five or six brothers who were sea-captains.
Children b., i in Hingham, others in S .:
i. §SARAH b. Hingham Feb. 10, 1814; d. Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 12, 1863; m. 1840 John Johnson, q. v. She was educated in S. schools and Miss Fisk's Seminary in Keene.
ii. THOMAS S. May 1, 1822; d. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 16, 1909. (8)
iii. MARY S. Sept. 4, 1824; d. Waltham, Mass., May 30, 1900; m. Feb. 10, 1848 Lewis Taylor, b. Hinsdale, N. H., Aug. 19, 1824; d. Boston Feb. 10, 1907. Ch. b. Boston: i. William Lewisº b. Mar. 4, 1850; received a "Franklin Medal"; m. Oct. 27, 1886 Emma Winslow of Dorchester. Ch. b. Boston: 1. Winslow Lewis10 b. May 21, 1888. 2. Ralph Humph- rey Nov. 28, 1889. ii. Webster Humphrey9 Oct. 11, 1852; m. Sept. 1873 Ella Frances Chase of Boston. Ch. b .: 1. Haverstock10. iii. John Oscar® June 25, 1854; d. Feb. 23, 1883. iv. Edward Lasell May 8, 1857; d. June 10, 1859. v. Mary (also called "Minnie") Gay Oct. 27, 1868.
iv. ELIZABETH DAVIS S. Dec. 7, 1827; d. Boston Dec. 11, 1881; m. May 4, 1851 Charles Gordon Cutter of Cambridge, Mass., b. June 25, 1827; d. Sept. 2, 1863; a Sergt. in 42nd Mass. Vol. Regt., in Civil war. Ch. b. Boston: i. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Adamsº b. Apr. 19, 1852; m. June 21, 1879 Augustus Sparhawk, b. Feb. 21, 1849, at Para, Brazil, S. A .; d. Brookline, Mass., Oct. 8, 190 -. While Mr. Sparhawk was at Zanzibar on a business trip with Capt. Bertram (?), of Salem, Mass., they entertained Henry M. Stanley the explorer who was in search of Dr. Livingstone. Following his marriage, a bridal trip was taken to Europe; visiting England, France and Belgium where they met the sister of King Albert (King Leopold being the man in office and one of the projectors of the African trip). Continuing they went as
§One record states, Sarah Humphrey, b. "Feb. 9, 1811."
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far as Madeira, when Mr. Sparhawk pressed forward and met Mr. Stanley and they went on an exploring expedition to the west coast of Africa. He contracted the "African fever" from which he never fully recovered. Ch. b. Boston: 1. Stanley Gordon1º b. Sept. 5, 1883; m. Eva Morey of Woonsocket, R. I. ii. Ella Dearbornº Nov. 9, 1853; d. Cambridge, Mass., July 25, 1855. iii. Charles Gordon Boston, May 21, 1860; m. (1) -; m. (2) Feb. 7, 1907 Elizabeth Watson of Boston.
8. THOMAS HUMPHREY (Capt. Thomas", Jonathan®, Micah5, Thomas‘, George3, Thomas2, and John1 ?) lived with his mother and sisters on the old home place, No. 68, for a few years after the d. of Capt. Humphrey when they all rem. to Boston or vicinity. For many years he was an occasional visitor to his native town. He m. Mar. 24, 1846 Mary Jane Morton, b. (Boston, Charlestown, or Drewsville ?); d. June 4, 1890 Cambridge, Mass., dau. of Seth Morton, Jr., q. v.
Ch. b. Boston, Mass .:
i. LOUISE ADELAIDE' Jan. 1848; d. there Sept. 28, 1848.
ii. FREDERICK U. d. Lexington, Mass., 1878; m. Nettie Cook of Province- town, Mass. Ch .: i. Annie10 m. John Atkins. ii. Wallace.
iii. CHARLES SPRAGUE d. Arlington, Mass., 1906. (9)
iv. MARY JANE (called "Jennie") Apr. 11, 1856; res. (1920) 840 Humphrey St., Swampscott, Mass. She m. 18-, John S. Way of Cambridge, b. Walpole; d. Cambridge, Mass. Ch. b .: i. John Sartwell10 b. Cam- bridge; m. Lillian Brown; res. Swampscott. Two ch.
9. CHARLES SPRAGUE HUMPHREY (Thomas8, Capt. Thomas7, Jona- than®, Micah5, Thomas4, George3, Thomas2, and John1 ?) m. (1) 18-Emma J. Adams, dau. of Benjamin W. Adams, q. v. He m. (2) Annie Kline.
Ch. by (1) w .:
i. HELN MARION10 m. Oscar Johnson, b. Sweden. They res. Westmore- land where she d. Had a dau. b.
ii. A child; d. young.
iii. EDITH m. Mr. Moody, res. Cambridge, Mass.
iv. A child; d. young.
Ch. by (2) wife:
v. EDWARD. Served in the World war.
10. * JAMES' HUMPHREY b. at or near Providence, R. I., about 1750. He enl. in Rev. war "at its beginning, and served till its close, having been at Valley Forge with Gen. Washington, and experienced much danger and hard- ship on many other fields." After the close of the war, he lived at Warren, R. I. until about 1782/3 when he settled in S. He rem. between 1790 and '95, to Alstead, then to Brookfield, Vt., where several of his ch. were said to have been b. He m. Amy Hardy (also called "Harden" and "Harding.") Ch. b., i in Warren, ii-vi in S., others perhaps, Brookfield:
i. JAMES2 b. Mar. 9, 1780; d. ; settled Jericho, Vt. (11)
ii. AMY Sept. 4, 1781; d. Jericho, Vt., age 82 years; m. William Messinger of Jericho; a soldier in 1812 war; was taken prisoner at Buffalo and
*This record is from the Humphrey Genealogy; S. records, etc .; the order of b. of several of his ch. is not found.
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d. in a British prison at Halifax. He was a farmer at Jericho where they five ch. were b.
iii. WILLIAM Apr. 24, 1783; d. Richmond, Vt., Nov. 15, 1857. (12)
iv. BETTY Aug. 30, 1784; d. young.
v. ELISHEBA July 24, 1786; d. unm. Jericho, Vt., at old age.
vi. BETSEY (or Elizabeth) Aug. 31, 1789; d. Jan. 2, 1837; m. Mar. 3, 1817 Silas Benham of Jericho who d. there Apr. 29, 1865. Seven ch.
vii. NANCY d. Jericho; m. Jesse Thompson and had several ch.
viii. JOHN d. young; unm.
ix. EDE Brookfield; m. Phebe Lee of Jericho, where their ch. were b.
x. TRUMAN d. at about 19 years of age, unm.
xi. RELIEF Dec. 15, 1792; res. (1883) Stark, Minn.
xii. HARRY Brookfield; was a physician at Boston, Mass., for many years; rem. to E. Bridgewater, Mass., where he d .; m. and had ch.
11. JAMES HUMPHREY (James1) m. (1) 1811 Cynthia Messinger of Jericho who d. at birth of ch. He m. (2) Oct. 1822 Arpha Dow of Richmond, Vt. He settled in Jericho in 1801.
Ch. :
i. A son3 b. and d. young.
ii. HOSEA T. July 17, 1823; settled Pipestone Co., Minn.
iii. HARRY G. July 26, 1826.
iv. HIRAM A. Oct. 1, 1829.
v. ANDREW D. Nov. 1, 1832.
vi. HARMON S. Sept. 24, 1834.
vii. STEPHEN D. July 26, 1837.
12. WILLIAM2 HUMPHREY (James1) served through the war of 1812, and when peace was declared returned to his family in Richmond; a farmer; m. Oct. 1806 Betsey Clawson of Richmond, b. there Feb. 24, 1790; d. Mar. 28, 1850.
Ch .:
i. A son3 d. 3 years of age.
ii. DIANTHA June 26, 1809.
iii. LUCY Feb. 25, 1811; a twin.
iv. LAURA Feb. 25, 1811.
v. DR. TRUMAN R. Dec. 3, 1813. (13)
vi. CAROLINE M. May 23, 1816.
vii. WILLIAM H. Aug. 5, 1818.
viii. ALONZO Aug. 20, 1820; d. young. ix. AMY Aug. 31, 1822.
x. NANCY Dec. 19, 1824.
xi. JESSE Oct. 7, 1826.
13. Dr. TRUEMAN R.3 HUMPHREY (William2, James1) went to Boston, 1834; studied medicine and began practice at Houghton, Mass., and finally at Thornton, where he remained 16 years; in 1859 he removed to Stark, Brown Co., Minn., where he continued his practice and took up farming; "a skillful and successful physician." He m. (1) Dec. 1, 1847 Elizabeth Merrill who d. May 20, 1850; m. (2) June 27, 1854 Mary J. Sawyer, dau. of Sylvester and Sarah (Clark) Sawyer.
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Ch. by (2) wife:
i. TRUMAN A.4 b. Jan. 27, 1856; res. (1883) Sleepy Eye, Minn.
ii. WILLIAM R. Apr. 19, 1858; d. Sept. 7, 1859.
iii. LAURISTON E. Aug. 5, 1861.
iv. AMY P. Sept. 30, 1866.
HUNT
1. JOHN PERCIVAL1 HUNT of London, England, was a surgeon in the British Army. He m. Emily Anne Harpur. They had six ch .: i. Emily Mary2 b. 1869. ii. & iii. twins, d. young. iv. Rev. Arthur Clements London, July 28, 1873; pastor of Congl' ch., at Gilsum 1917 .* v. Frederick Cecil (2). vi. Maurice Percival Jan. 11, 1877.
2. Rev. FREDERICK CECIL2 HUNT (John P.1) b. London May 13, 1875, came to London, Ontario, in April 1901; five years later went to Massachu- setts; then to Penn. From that state he rem. to Raleigh, N. C., where he was in a green-house, and while there was licensed to preach in the M. E. church. He came to S. May, 1916, as acting pastor of the village ch. and remained un- til Sept. 20, 1918 when he entered Bangor (Me.) Theological Seminary from which he was graduated 1921, after which he became pastor at So. Gardiner, Me. He was unm. while here and lived at No. 46.
HUNTLEY
1. ELIJAH HUNTLEY d. in Marlow about 1862; aged 84 years. He m. Roxa Elliott.
2. WILLIS LEMUEL? HUNTLEY b. Marlow 1820; d. there June 24, 1891; m. Sarah Jane Russell of Clinton, Mass., who d. in Marlow Dec. 15/16, 1916. Among their ch. was:
3. FREEMAN RUSSELL3 HUNTLEY (Willis L.2, Elijah1) b. Marlow Mar. 30, 1846; res. (1923) Marlow. He has res. at Claremont, S. (at No. 4, 1897), Washington. A farmer. He m. (1) Oct. 24, 1868 Ella Frances Rogers who d. 1907, dau. of John H. Rogers, q. v. He m. (2) Jane Vickery of Wash- ington.
Ch. b. Marlow by (1) wife :
i. SARAH EMILY b. Sept. 10, 1869; m. John Champney; res. Marlow. Ch. b. Marlow: i. Robert Waldo who d. ii. Don F. iii. Inez. iv. Perley Henry. v. Vern J. vi. Ruth Gladys. vii. Francis H. viii. Earl S. ii. ALICE ELMIRA Nov. 5, 1872; res. Fitzwilliam; m. (1) Walter Moors of Claremont; d. She m. (2) Turner; separated. No ch.
iii. ALTON FREEMAN Sept. 26, 1874; d. Marlow Jan. 20, 1907; m. Alstead Nov. 24, 1895 Mehitable Jane Porter of Alstead, there 1877 (?); d. Jan. 17, 1907; dau. of Julius H. Porter. Ch. b .: i. Frank5 and ii. Ira, both res. (1923) Keene.
iv. BERT LUCIUS July 5, 1876; d. Hudson, N. H., Aug. 3, 1909; m. Aug. 4, 1904 Eva S. Marshall; dau. of Fred B. Marshall, q. v. No ch.
v. FRED GRANVILLE Apr. 5, 1878; res. Marlow; emp. by N. H. State High- way Dept .; m. (1) Stella F. Moore who d. 1917 (divorced) ; m. (2)
*Rev. Arthur C. Hunt rem. from Gilsum to Deerfield, N. H., June 1921. He d. Jan. 26, 1922, at Concord, N. H.
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June 30, 1917 Irene A. Lewis, b. Marlow June 9, 1892; dau, of Clar- ence A. and Amy E. (Campbell) Lewis.
vi. CORA MABEL Nov. 6, 1879; m. Keene Oct. 19, 1897 Byron F. Nichols, b. Salem 1869 (?); an engineer; res. Athol, Mass .; s. of Abraham and Clara (- -) Nichols. Ch .: i. Annie6, m. and had two ch.
vii. INEZ ELVA July 28, 1881; d. Aug. 29, 1881.
viii. AVIS ELLA July 28, 1881; d. Jan. 13, 1882.
ix. GUY FRANK Dec. 1, 1884; rem. to Calif., about 1919; now emp. in a garage at Corning, Calif. He m. Dora Eunice Marshall of Marlow. Ch .: i. Ernest5 b. Marlow. ii. Ralph, Calif.
x. IVA FLORENCE July 5, 1888 (twin) ; m. Walter Reed of Stoddard; res. Palermo, Me. Ch .: i. Wayne5. ii. Fred. iii. Esther. iv. Norma.
xi. IVAN FLORENTINE July 5, 1888; res. Marlow; m. Emma Louise Clark, b. Ashaway, R. I., June 25, 1894; dau. of Amos Clark. Ch. b .: i. Louise Florence5. ii. Roger Freeman. iii. Grace Mildred.
4. RAY P.2 HUNTLEY, s. of George1 and Myra (Smith) Huntley, b. Mar- low 1890 (?) ; res. S. 1912-13, '21; also Keene and Gilsum. He m. Apr. 8, 1913 Eva M. Cass of Keene, dau. of Almon and Grace L. (White) Cass of Rich- mond; divorced, Keene, Apr. 1922.
HURD
This name is written Hurd, Herd, Heard, etc. The family has been some- what noted for physical strength, long life and military tastes.
1. JOHN' HURD came from England to America about 1635; settled at Stratford, Conn.
2. EBENEZER? HURD b. 1668; rem. to East Haddam, Conn.
3. JUSTUS3 HURD, b. E. Haddam, Conn., 1721; rem. to Gilsum; d. 1804; m. Rachel Fuller.
4. Capt. ROBERT LANE4 HURD b. E. Haddam, Conn., Feb. 29, 1764; d. Vienna, Mich., Sept. 27, 1856. He was a Rev. soldier; lived on his father's place in Gilsum until about 1814, then rem. to Chesterfield, and finally to Vienna; a man of great energy and marked executive ability; Captain of the militia for many years, being very popular with his men. He was Moderator, Town Clerk and Selectman in Gilsum and in 1809 represented that town and S. in the Legislature.
A sketch of his life, his photo cut and a long record of the Hurd family can be seen in Gilsum History. He m. Nov. 28, 1788 Lydia Russell of Lunenburg, Mass.
5. RUSSELL GOLDSMITH HURD (Capt. Robert L.4, Justus3, Ebenezer2, John1) b. Gilsum July 3, 1789; d. Vienna Sept. 1860. He came to S. in 1814 and rem. 1817. He m. (1) Rebecca Sawyer, d. Vienna 1858, dau. of Jonathan Sawyer of Alstead. He m. (2) 1859 Mrs. Flora Cole.
Ch .:
i. NELSON6 b. S. or Pike, N. Y., about 1816; m. Sarah Harrison of Lewis- ton, N. Y .; 2 ch.
ii. CALISTA Pike about 1818; d. Vienna 1851; m. John Wright; had s. Homer.
iii. ELIZA Pike 1822; m. Jehiel Boutwell of Gainesville, N. Y .; had 5 ch.
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iv. HIRAM Pike May (?) 1825; res. Vienna 1878; unm.
v. FRANKLIN Pike about 1827; m. Celia Mason, d. Vienna soon after their m.
vi. SAWYER Pike about 1829; m. 1856 Marietta Toogood of Vienna; had one s.
6. HARVEY' HURD, b. 1817/18 probably at Claremont, N. H .; d. Tully, Mass., 1880. He res. Claremont, Newport, Keene, and came to S. about 1842 and res. at No. 13; rem. 1853 to Chester, Vt., then Keene, and finally to Tully. While here he rented his place of Edmund Woodward. He m. at Springfield, Vt., Lydia Litchfield, b. Scituate, Mass., 1817/18; d. Tully (?), 1890.
Ch. b., i in Keene, others in S .:
i. MARY JANE2 1841; d. S. Mar. 26, 1842.
ii. GEORGE HARVEY 1843; d. Malone, N. Y., 1877; a merchant. (7)
iii. SARAH JANE 1845 (?); d. W. Somerville, Mass .; age 48 years. She m. Henry Blake (a brother of Julia F. Blake, her sister-in-law) of Keene, s. of Elijah and Mary (Baker) Blake.
iv. LUCIA ANN Sept. 12, 1847; res. (1923) Tully (a village in Orange township), Mass .; m. Daniel (or Joseph) Hager, b. Boxborough, Mass.
7. GEORGE HARVEY? HURD (Harvey1) rem. to Malone, N. Y., soon after his m. where he became a merchant with a branch at Ogdensburg. He m. 1870 Julia Frances Blake, b. Keene May 5, 1841; d. there July 9, 1899; dau. of Elijah and Mary (Baker) Blake, of W. Keene.
Ch .:
i. GEORGE3 d. young.
ii. HARRY BLAKE Athol, Mass., May 12, 1873; d. Walpole Aug. 22, 1905; employed in Ashuelot Nat. Bank in Keene, also in bank at Walpole. He m. May 12, 1900 Annie Elizabeth Gray, dau. of Hiram and Sarah (Allen-Phinehas Allen, Jr., family, q. v.) Gray. She res. in Keene (1922). Ch .: i. Julia Frances4 b. Keene July 17, 1901. ii. Katharine Gray Walpole Aug. 11, 1903.
HUTCHENS
1. ASA1 HUTCHENS, a cordwainer of Alstead bought pew No. 35 on the ground floor in Surry meeting-house of Calvin Brockway of Alstead on Oct. 3, 1820, n. f. r.
INGALLS
1. JOSEPH1 INGALLS (Ingals) appeared in S. 1799; name of parents, the exact date, and place of b. unknown. He d. Keene Oct. 12, 1858, aged 83 years. In 1801 he purchased of Jonathan Ingalls the fulling works, house and barn-No. 120 and 121. In 1807 he sold and later lived in Keene. He m. (1) Lucy b. 1773; d. Keene Oct. 12, 1822. He m. (2) Keene Oct. 12, 1825 Mrs. Anna Stearns of Marlboro, b. 1792; d. Keene July 24, 1850. (Age 60, K. S.) Ch .:
i. NELLA WETHERBEE (adopted child) b. 1805; m. Keene Nov. 9, 1822 Charles Ingalls, of Keene, a sign and ornamental painter; b. Jaffrey
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Sept. 23, 1794; d. Windsor, Vt., 1873, s. of Josiah and Sarah (Bowers) Ingalls. Ch. b .: i. Sophia b. Windsor Aug. 10, 1835; d. Keene, unm. Jan. 4, 1894.
Ch. b. Keene (2) w .:
ii. ELBRIDGE HALE Nov. 22, 1826 in Keene. (A child of Joseph Ingalls, d. Dec. 22, 1830.)
iii. JOHN FRANKLIN Dec. 27, 1833 in Keene; d. there Dec. 29, 1851.
2. JONATHAN1 INGALLS (probably kin of Joseph, above, bought the fulling mill property, No. 120, 1798, and which he sold to Joseph Ingalls, and rem. from S. 1800. He may possibly be the "John Ingals" taxed in S. 1797.
3. SIMEON' INGALLS came from Alstead to S. about 1814; taxed 1815; rem. to Gilsum where he lived two or more years. He m. S. Nov. 22, 1814 Rhoda Smith, dau. of Thomas Smith, Jr., q. v.
4. JOSEPH' INGALLS of Rockingham, Vt., came to S. about 1821; rem. but returned again 1825, and left a second time, 1830/1. He lived at No. 138 few years; m. 18-, Rodentha Perigo Ripley, b. about 1791; d. S. Apr. 13, 1864.
Ch. b. Rockingham, Vt. (Perhaps there were other ch.) :
i. CHRISTIANA RODENTHA2 July 15, 1817; d. S. Dec. 1, 1906; m. Oct. 20, 1857 George Wilcox, q. v.
ii. FRANCIS JEFFERSON S. July 26, 1831; d. Claremont May 15, 1894; m. Orrilla H. Slade of Alstead.
5. JAMES' INGALLS of Walpole was m. in S. Nov. 25, 1802 to Margaret (Peggy) Baxter, dau. of Capt. Simon Baxter, q. v .; res. Alstead and at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1817. Upon the d. of Capt. Baxter he returned and lived at No. 24 in S. until 1822, from which date we have no further knowledge.
INGERSON
1. WILLIAM'INGERSON lived at No. 44, 1916/17; rem. to Alstead. He m. and had a dau. Ruth b. about 1908. They came from Hinsdale (?); rem. to Alstead.
INGRAHAM
1. JEREMIAH1 INGRAHAM and wife, Zilpha, were "warned out" in 1794. He remained, however; was taxed 1795; rem. to Gilsum where he paid tax 1796-7, then returned to S. 1798, n. f. r. He lived in s. w. part of town, at or near No. 190. He was called a "doctor." .
2. ELIPHALET INGRAHAM, probably related to above, taxed in S. 1795 or '96.
ISHAM
The progenitor of this family was Roger de Isleam, a benefactor of the church at Northampton, England.
1. ROBERT' ISHAM who d. in 1424 was one of the first to suppress the "de" before his name. His line of descent is as follows:
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2. ROBERT ISHAM.
3. WILLIAM3 ISHAM who asked for a loan of money of King Richard III.
4. THOMAS' ISHAM.
5. EUSEBY ISHAM.
6. GYLES" ISHAM who d. 1559.
7. ROBERT ISHAM.
8. GREGORY ISHAM.
9. Sir EUSEBY' ISHAM who d. in 1626.
10. Sir JOHN10 ISHAM, Knight, was high sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1651.
1. JOHN' ISHAM (Isum) of Northamptonshire, England, supposed to be the ancestor of all the Ishum's in America, except those who settled in Vir- ginia, came to Massachusetts, and settled at Barnstable in 1670, and where he d. Sept. 3, 1713. He m. Dec. 16, 1677 Jane Parker, b. Mar. 21, 1664; d. 1719.
2. ISAAC' ISHAM b. Feb. 7, 1682/3. (It is possible this date should be ten years later, thus: 1692/3.) He m. May 3, 1716 Thankful (or Abigail) Lumbert. His will, probated Aug. 5, 1771, mentions wife Abigail.
3. TIMOTHY' ISHAM b. Barnstable May 30, 1725; d. Bolton, Conn., July 16, 1812; m. Apr. 25, 1751 Rebecca7 Fuller, b. Barnstable, Mass., Apr. 3, 1731; d. Bolton Apr. 8, 1823, dau. of Samuel and Lydia (Lovell) Fuller, q. v .* Timothy was living at Colchester, Conn., at time of his m. 1751.
Ch. b. Bolton, Conn .:
i. THANKFUL4 Mar. 21, 1752 (O. S.).
ii. ABIGAIL Aug. 19, 1753; d. Bolton, Conn., Feb. 3, 1800.
iii. TIMOTHY Jan. 19, 1755; d. Nov. 20, 1776, a prisoner of war at New York.
iv. JOSEPH Oct. 16, 1756. Lived in Conn.
v. BENJAMIN Feb. 17, 1758; rem. to S. where he d. Aug. 20, 1802. (4)
vi. REBECCA Oct. 17, 1759; d. S. Nov. 14, 1782; m. Charles Carpenter, q. v. vii. TEMPERANCE Aug. 12, 1761.
viii. EBENEZER Dec. 2, 1762; rem. to Gilsum, d. Oct. 27, 1819. (5)
ix. SAMUEL June 30, 1764; rem. to Gilsum and d. Apr. 26, 1854. (6)
x. DAVID Feb. 9, 1766; res. Gilsum and rem. to Vt., about 1800; m. Julia. (7)
xi. DANIEL June 7, 1767. He m. Thankful Hooker of N. Y. Four ch. xii. JOSHUA Apr. 17, 1769; rem. to N. H. and d. in Alstead Aug. 3, 1861. (8) xiii. ANNA Jan. 12, 1771; d. Bolton, Conn., Dec. 11, 1807. (Called "Anne".) xiv. ELIZABETH Mar. 13, 1772. Lived in Conn. (?).
xv. ISAAC Mar. 11, 1774. Lived in Conn.
xvi. JOHN Jan. 4, 1776. Lived in Conn.
4. BENJAMIN ISHAM (Timothy3, Isaac2, John1) purchased 50 acres land in 1782 and settled at No. 165 about that time; supposed to have built first buildings there. This farm was occupied by the Isham family about 65 years.
*Samuel6 Fuller (Barnabas5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Edward2, Robert1) m. (1) Ruth Crocker, the mother of Joshua Fuller, q. v. He m. (2) Dec. 20, 1727, Lydia, widow of Andrew Lovell of Barnstable. They had a dau. Rebecca b. Apr. 3, 1731.
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He m. Oct. 24 1782 Martha Wilcox, dau. of Obadiah Wilcox, q. v. She m. (2) 1808 Elias Bundy, q. v. He probably was the Rev. soldier from Alstead, q. v. Ch. b. S .:
i. BENJAMIN5 July 13, 1783; lived in S. till 1805/6 when he settled at Con- cord, Vt. He m. Dorcas Nichols. Had three boys and four girls.
ii. TIMOTHY Mar. 16, 1785; d. at Drewsville July 22, 1861. (9)
iii. JOSHUA Apr. 14, 1787; d. unm. S. July 14, 1808.
iv. MARTHA (called "Patty") Apr. 5, 1789; d. May 18, 1854; m. Samuel B. Bliss, q. v.
V. PRUDENCE Nov. 15, 1796; d. S. Mar. 25, 1809.
5. EBENEZER ISHAM (Timothy3, Isaac2, John1) rem. to Gilsum 1794, and settled in what is known as "Hammond hollow," where he built a log house. He m. Dec. 21, 1793, Chloe Carpenter, who d. Gilsum May 15, 1831, dau. of Jedediah Carpenter, q. v.
Ch. b. Gilsum:
i. EBENEZER5 b. Sept. 22, 1794; d. Aug. 13, 1835; m. Jan. 24, 1822 Ruthy U. Hosmer, b. June 13, 1796, dau. of Benjamin and Ruthy (Upham) Hosmer of Gilsum. She m. (2) Robert Austin of S. and Gilsum, q. v. Had five ch. one of whom was James Carpenter®, b. Dec. 5, 1829; m. Nov. 12, 1862 Mary Ann Austin, dau. of Robert Austin, see above.
ii. LEVI Sept. 20, 1797; d. Sept. 2, 1864; m. twice, record given in Gilsum History.
iii. WILLIAM May 19, 1800; d. 1812.
iv. HULDAH May 19, 1800; d.
*6. SAMUEL4 ISHAM (Timothy3, Isaac2, John1) bought his brother David's farm in Gilsum about 1800 and the latter rem. to Vt., about that time. He m. 1799 Mary (Polly) Carpenter who d. Gilsum Oct. 12, 1811, dau. of Jedediah Carpenter, q. v.
Ch .:
i. SAMUEL JR.5 b. Gilsum May 6, 1800; d. June 21, 1871; a farmer and brick-mason. (10)
ii. POLLY Nov. 29, 1801; d. unm. Dec. 4, 1860.
iii. REBECCA May 22, 1803; d. Dec. 2, 1871; m. 1826 William Banks of Marlboro.
iv. DIMMIS June 17, 1806; m. David Chapin, q. v.
v. BETSEY Sept. 22, 1811; m. Nov. 18, 1857 Willard Bill of Westmoreland. 7. DAVID ISHAM (Timothy3, Isaac2, John1) lived in Bolton till about 1794, then rem. to S. and thence to Gilsum 1795, where built and lived in a log house. He sold this place to his brother and moved to some place in Vermont. Gilsum History states he m. Julia , however, if so, she was a 2nd wife, as in the birth records of his ch. her name is given as Thankful.
Ch. b. i, ii, Bolton, Conn., iii in S .:
i. ABIGAIL5 b. Sept. 30, 1791.
ii. REBECCA Mar. 22, 1793.
iii. DAVID, JR., Apr. 17, 1795.
*8. JOSHUA ISHAM (Timothy3, Isaac2, John1) settled over the Mountain in Gilsum about 1800 where his house was destroyed by fire, May 1803. He
*This family is given more fully in History of Gilsum.
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m. S. Apr. 5, 1797 Huldah Carpenter who d. Alstead June 25, 1841, dau. of Jedediah Carpenter, q. v. He was taxed in S. 1807.
Ch .:
i. SARAH5 b. June 30, 1799; d. May 21, 1800.
ii. JAMES FULLER May 21, 1801; d. Alstead Feb. 22, 1874; m. and had five ch.
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