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Two of their ch. lived in S. Ch. b .: i. William7 b. 1804 (23). ii. Charles. iii. Josiah 1807 (24). iv. Abijah Wilder who settled in Gilsum. v. Albert. vi. Julia Ann. vii. Mary. viii. George. ix. Abigail Martha. x. Sarah. xi. Elizabeth.
22. CYRUS KINGSBURY (Nathaniel5, Daniel4, Dea. Daniel3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1) b. Keene Jan. 12, 1798; d. there June 30, 1863; a captain in militia; m. (1) Nov. 20 (or 24), 1825, Rachel Olcott who d. Keene 1843; m. (2) Keene Mar. 30, 1846 Olive Willey. One of the ch. by (1) wife was: William Henry7 b. Keene Sept. 7, 1827, of S. Keene and Westmoreland. (25)
25. WILLIAM HENRY' KINGSBURY (Capt. Cyrus®, Nathaniel5, Daniel4, Dea. Daniel3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1) b. Keene Sept. 7, 1827; d. Westmoreland June 12, 1895. He usually was known as "Henry Kingsbury"; a soldier in Civil war, q. v .; was taxed in S. 1866-67. (His family record is given in de- tail in Sullivan History and will not be repeated in full here). He m. (1) Apr. 1, 1856, Lucretia B. Hastings who d. Keene 1870; m. (2) July 4, 1871 Mrs. Minerva A. (Bigelow) Lee who d. in Chesterfield May 20, 1894.
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JOSIAH KINGSBURY 1807-1893
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Ch. by (1) wife:
i. ABIJAH H.6 b. Jan. 22, 1857; d. Keene Mar. 10, 1906; m. and had sev- eral ch.
ii. CHARLES HENRY Keene May 2, 1860; d. Westmoreland Dec. 26, 1904; m. Nov. 27, 1889 Adeline Maria Mason who m. (2) in S. Jan. 26, 1906 John Milton Curtis. There were several ch. b. to Charles and Adeline in Westmoreland.
iii. GEORGE FREDERICK May 11, 1863; res. Allen Ct. Keene (1922) ; m. and has a dau. living.
iv. EDWIN CYRUS Oct. 1, 1865; d. Keene Oct. 19, 1911; m. and left one dau. v. WILLIAM FRANK Sept. 1, 1867; d. Keene Sept. 11, 1867.
23. WILLIAM KINGSBURY (Abijah®, Nathaniel5, Daniel4, Dea. Daniel3, Nathaniel“, Joseph1) a shoemaker, farmer, carpenter and an old fox-hunter. He was b. June 3, 1804; d. S. Sept. 15, 1880; res. at No. 26 soon after m., then bought land and erected the buildings at No. 21 where he lived until d. He m. Mar. 5, 1846 Huldah Stone who d. S. Aug. 19, 1885, dau. of David Stone, q. v. No ch. He shot a Canadian lynx on Surry Mountain in the fall of 1850.
24. JOSIAH KINGSBURY (Abijah®, Nathaniel5, Daniel4, Dea. Daniel3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1) b. Keene Nov. 6, 1807; d. there Nov. 19, 1893; a me- chanic and farmer; selectman in S. 1857. He settled at No. 23 in 1838 and rem. to Keene in 1866. He m. (1)) Mar. 22, 1838 Sarah (or Sally) Baker of Westminster, Mass., who d. S. Apr. 25, 1843, dau. of Nathan and Sally (Miles) Baker; m. (2) Sept. 6, 1843, Cynthia Baker (a sister of Sarah) who d. S. Feb. 5, 1854; m. (3) Feb. 7, 1855, Delilah H. Dickinson of Keene, who d. in Keene Dec. 11, 1870; m. (4) Mar. 24, 1874, Eloisa Taft, b. Chesterfield May 17, 1817; d. Keene July 1, 1897, dau. of Zadock and Sarah (Black-see Black family) Taft.
Ch. b. S. by (1) wife :
i. EDWARD APPLETONS Feb. 14, 1839; res. (1922) Keene. A farmer. (25)
ii. GEORGE BRADLEY Sept. 28, 1840; d. Kalamazoo, Mich., Mar. 22, 1897. (26)
25. EDWARD APPLETON® KINGSBURY (Josiah7, Abijah", Nathaniel5, Daniel4, Dea. Daniel3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1) a farmer; res. S .; Georgetown, Mich .; Acworth and Keene. Selectman in Acworth, on the school board, and councilman in Keene, and represented his Ward in General Court, 1905-6. A member of constitutional convention at Concord, 1918 and 1921. A soldier in Civil war, q. v. He m. Keene June 29, 1864, Ellen Maria Carpenter, dau. of William Carpenter, q. v. They moved from S. to Georgetown, Mich. (that part now within the township of Allendale), in Mar. 1866; returned to N. H., Nov. 1870; res. in Acworth, 1871-1887, and since that time in Keene.
Ch. b., i in S .; ii-v, Georgetown; vi-viii, Acworth:
i. EDDIE MILESº b. Mar. 14, 1865; d. Acworth Mar. 22, 1879; bur. S.
ii. LIZZIE ELLEN Oct. 22, 1866; res. Keene; m. Aug. 13, 1891 Clarence Adolphus Chase, b. Keene July 28, 1871, s. of Alvin B. and Sarah (Burnett) Chase. He is in real estate business in Keene. Ch. b .: i. Madalene Kingsbury10 July 23, 1893; d. Dec. 15, 1893. ii. Hazel Katharine Jan. 29, 1896; m. (1) Keene May 1, 1914 Harold E. East- wood-divorced; m. (2) Dec. 26, 1921 George Holbrook of Swanzey. Ch. b. Keene: 1. Geraldine H.11 Aug. 7, 1916. iii. Mildred Sarah10,
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Feb. 10, 1898; m. Harold Moses; res. (1921) Milltown, N. J. iv. Al- vin Edward June 2, 1900; a student at N H. State College, Durham. v. Pearl Estelle Nov. 17, 1903.
iii. A dau. (twin) Oct. 22, 1866; d. Oct. 31, 1866.
iv. FRANK BURNSIDE Feb. 20, 1868; res. No. 35, S. since Apr. 1920. (27)
EDWARD A. KINGSBURY
v. DELIA FLORENCE Nov. 16, 1869; m. Keene Nov. 4, 1890 Wilder F. Gates of Keene, q. v.
vi. MAY DANIELS Aug. 7, 1871; d. Acworth Dec. 28, 1874; bur. S.
vii. CHARLES ARTHUR June 12, 1876; res. Keene; m. Keene Jan. 1, 1902 Ida Mary Allen, b. Keene Mar. 11, 1874, dau. of Benjamin F. Allen, q. v. Ch. b. Keene: i. Arthur Allen10 May 3, 1905. ii. Florence Louise Aug. 2, 1908.
viii. BESSIE ELVA May 6, 1878; m. Keene Aug. 26, 1896 Dr. Archie Coburn Gillis, s. of Archibald L. Gillis, q. v. Ch. b. Keene: i. Frank Coburn10 Apr. 9, 1900; d. there Jan. 28, 1912.
26. GEORGE BRADLEY8 KINGSBURY (Josiah7, Abijahe, Nathaniel5, Daniel4, Dea. Daniel3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1) a farmer; rem. to Mich., soon after m. and settled in Allendale, Ottawa Co., that state. He m. Feb. 14, 1865, Elva Medora Rogers, dau. of John H. Rogers, q. v. She res. (1921) Allendale and Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Ch. b. Allendale, Mich .:
1. ALICE E.º b. Mar. 14, 1866; d. Nov. 6, 1868.
ii. JOHN ROGERS May 16, 1868; res. on old farm at Allendale, Mich., unm.
iii. GEORGE WILLIAM Dec. 30, 1869; res. Fitchburg, Mass., since 1893; m. Keene Aug. 9, 1897, Candace Isabel Gillis, dau. of Archibald L. Gillis, q. v. Ch. b. Keene: i. Gordan Gillis1º Oct. 24, 1901; d. same day. iv. ISABELLE F. Nov. 26, 1871; d. Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 7, 1884.
v SARAH ADELAIDE Aug. 8, 1873; m. Oct. 20, 1897 Fred K. Parker; res. (1920) Concord, Cal. Ch. b .: i. Russell Kingsbury10 Aug. 22, 1898; d. Jan. 27, 1899. ii. John Stanley Grand Rapids July 28, 1900; served in World war at Magnolia, Md .; a student.
vi. MARTHA ELLEN May 1, 1875; m. Sept. 28, 1903 Frank H. Melendy, b. Pomfret, Vt., Mar. 12, 1874; res. Grand Rapids, s. of Gustavus S. and Sarah S. (Hall) Melendy. (Harvey Melendy, b. 1812, the father of Gustavus S. Melendy, had a sister Zelinda C. Melendy who m. Noah Allen, q. v.) Ch. b. Grand Rapids: i. Marjorie Ellen10 b. June 26, 1907. ii. Robert Erwin May 30, 1910.
vii. JESSIE IRENE Aug. 19, 1876; unm. (1920) res. Allendale.
27. FRANK BURNSIDE® KINGSBURY (Edward A.8, Josiah7, Abijah6, Nathaniel5, Daniel4, Dea. Daniel3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1) res. Swanzey, Marl- boro, Fitchburg, Mass., Rutland, Proctor, Vt., Keene and S. The author of this history; m. June 29 1912 Mabel H. Kingsbury, b. No. Reading, Mass., July 19, 1874, dau. of Rev. Josiah W. B.7 and Mary H. (Jackson) Kingsbury. (Her line of descent is as follows: Rev. Josiah W. B.7, Rev. Samuel®, James", Daniel4, Dea. Daniel3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1).
Ch. b. Proctor, Vt .:
i. MILLICENT ELLEN10 b. July 20, 1914; d. there Oct. 29, 1914; bur. S.
KINGSBURY Augustus Kingsbury Family
28. ELEAZER2 KINGSBURY (Joseph1 in the preceding families) b. Ded- ham, Mass., May 17, 1645; m. Oct. 30, 1676, Esther Judson who d. 1717.
29. JOSIAH3 KINGSBURY b. Dedham Dec. 26, 1677; d. Needham Apr. 20, 1739; m. Susannah Morey.
30. CALEB4 KINGSBURY b. Apr. 26, 1719; d. Needham Nov. 16, 1796; Capt. of the Needham Co. at the Lexington fight, Apr. 19, 1775; m. Esther Townsend.
31. JONATHAN KINGSBURY b. Needham Aug. 4, 1754; d. there Oct. 15, 1806; an officer in Rev. war; a Col. in the militia; m. 1775 Sarah Pratt.
32. CYRUS KINGSBURY b. Needham Feb. 1, 1787; d. there Sept. 19, 1826; m. Sukey Fessenden.
33. AUGUSTUS KINGSBURY (Cyrus6, Col. Jonathan5, Capt. Caleb4, Josiah3, Eleazer2, Joseph1) b. Needham, Mass., Nov. 20, 1814; d. S. Sept. 2, 1844. He was a mechanic, and a farmer in S. He m. Keene Jan. 22, 1839 Eunice Stone who d. Fitchburg, Mass., 1870, dau. of David Stone, q. v. They res. Roxbury, Mass., and moved to No. 85 Apr. 1, 1843, then at No. 27 where he d. He was in ill health when he came to S.
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Ch. b. Roxbury, Mass .:
i. WILLARD" June 18, 1839; d. Keene June 28, 1884. A farmer in Keene. (34)
ii. * CYRUS Oct. 28, 1841; d. Concord Nov. 30, 1909. Town clerk in S. (35) iii. SUSAN (twin) Oct. 28, 1841; she res. in Fitchburg, Mass., a widow, in 1902; m. Jan. 26, 1867 Charles Willard Babbitt, b. N. Y. state Aug. 26, 1833; d. Fitchburg Sept. 10, 1886; a soldier in Co. F, 57th Regt. (Mass. ? ) in Civil war; a shoemaker. Ch. b. Fitchburg: i. Mabel
CYRUS KINGSBURY 1841-1909
Edithº Nov. 18, 1868; m. Apr. 19, 1890 Andrew Lincoln Maynard and rem. to Redlands, Calif. No ch. 1902. ii. Ida Estell Apr. 7, 1878; m. Dec. 29, 1897 Floyd Holmes Hardy, b. Fitchburg July 6, 1874, s. of Alanson Henry and Sarah Jane (Holmes) Hardy of Fitchburg. After their m. they rem. to Redlands, Calif., and had b. at Redlands: i. Gladys Beatrice10 July 12, 1898.
34. WILLARD® KINGSBURY (Augustus7, Cyrus®, Col. Jonathan®, Capt. Caleb4, Josiah3, Eleazer2, Joseph1) a farmer in Keene; m. 186-, Ellen S. Pond, b. Keene Jan. 22, 1834; d. Keene Apr. 9, 1885, dau. of Levi and Sophronia (Emerson) Pond.
*The date of b. of Cyrus and Susan is given as "1842."
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Ch. b. Keene:
i. FRANCES VICTORIAº b. Aug. 8, 1870; d. Claremont Sept. 8, 1921; bur. Keene. She m. Keene Aug. 8, 1888, James Thomas Cone, b. Keene Jan. 9, 1860; res. (1920) in Claremont, s. of James M. and Harriet C. (Richardson) Cone. Ch .: i. Willis Stewart10 b. Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 11, 1891; res. Claremont. ii. Leon James Fitchburg, Mass., Sep- tember 29, 1892; res. (1922) Ironwood, Mich .; m. Aug. 6, 1919 Minnie Hanen. iii. Rishury (?) Irvin Springfield, Mass., Dec. 2, 1894; res. Claremont. iv. Annie Mae Keene Apr. 24, 1897. v. Paul Alfred Keene Jan. 23, 1902; res. Manchester. vi. Ray Albert Claremont Oct. 11, 1903. vii. May Frances Claremont July 3, 1907. viii. Warren Thomas Claremont Sept. 14, 1908. (Records supplied by Mr. James T. Cone.)
35. CYRUS KINGSBURY (Augusta7, Cyrus®, Col. Jonathan5, Capt. Caleb+, Josiah3, Eleazer", Joseph1) after the death of his father went to live in the home of William Kingsbury, at No. 21, whose wife was aunt to Cyrus. During the fall of 1900 he sold this farm and rem. to No. 48 in the village. He was merchant several years in the Town Hall; tax collector 1880-'90; town clerk for nearly 20 years. He m. Jan. 28, 1864, Lydia J. Ellis, b. Keene Sept. 20, 1842; d. there Aug. 9, 1917; bur. S .; dau. of Gilbert and Roxana (Dickinson) Ellis. No ch.
KNAPP
1. EDWARD J.1 KNAPP of Hinsdale m. Maranda C. Davis, b. Williams- town, Mass. She came to S. a wid. and kept house for James D. Carter, q. v., for a few years after his wife d. He was b. Woodford, Vt. Ch .:
i. LOTTIE MYRTLE2 b. Hinsdale Sept. 25, 1877; m. 1896 Charles S. Payne, q. v.
ii. CLARENCE E. Hinsdale 1882; res. (1920) Sullivan. (2)
2. CLARENCE E.2 KNAPP (Edward J.1) lived in Keene and about three years at No. 4. He m. Keene Sept. 16, 1901 Daisy E. Devine, b. Pittston, Penn. 1884, dau. of Charles and Mary (Ferguson) Devine. Ch. : 3 .
i.
ii. ROYDEN ROLAND Keene Dec. 30, 1905.
iii. JOHN EDWARD S. Sept. 21, 1909.
3. CLARK A.1 KNAPP a Civil war soldier, b. in Vt., res. Keene 1920, bought No. 35, 1917, and sold same in 1920; never lived in S. to any extent. Record not given.
KNIGHT
Judge Elijah Knight Family
1. BENJAMIN' KNIGHT, a son of one of the three brothers of the name who came to America from England, settled at Sutton, Mass .; rem. to Spen- cer where he was an early settler. He m. Esther Burt.
2. SIMEON? KNIGHT b. Northfield, Mass., May 23, 1725; d. before Apr. 15, 1759, probably in Canada. He was one of the "grantees" of Rockingham,
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Vt., and one of the first settlers; m. Sarah Harwood, dau. of John Harwood of Ware, Mass. She m. (2) - Roundy.
3. Judge ELIJAH® KNIGHT (Simeon2, Benjamin1) b. Northfield Dec. 27, 1756; d. Keene Dec. 4, 1842. He was a prominent man in all military affairs in the Connecticut river valley during the time Vermont was an independent republic-1777-1791; a soldier in Rev. war, q. v .; admitted to the bar, June 1796 and became the first lawyer in Rockingham; was selectman there, 1805 and town clerk in 1787. He came to No. 135 in 1819, soon after built the front part of this house and the following year opened a tavern and the first post office in town in this house; he served as first postmaster. He was an able lawyer and judge of Windham Co. (Vt.) Court 14 years, Judge of Probate at same place; res. in Keene 15 or 20 years, prior to d.
While living in this town he did much of the legal business. After a few years he rem. to Keene and lived in the "Kate Tyler" house where he con- tinued as inn-keeper. That house stood until about 1880, and was 20 or 30 feet north of what is now No. 572 Court St. He m. (1) Sept. 5, 1779 Mercy Fuller, dau. of -. He m. (2) Nov. 21, 1805 Mrs. Martha (Baxter) Tyler, dau. of Capt. Simon Baxter, q. v. and divorced wid. of Stephen Tyler, q. v.
It is related that Judge Knight secured her divorce, fell in love and m. her. Ch. by (1) wife :
i. SIMEON4 bapt. Rockingham Feb. 17, 1782.
JOSIAH KNIGHT FAMILY
4. Dr. JONATHAN2 KNIGHT, s. of Jonathan1 Knight, lived in Westmore- land; m. there Oct. 29, 1789 Betsey Dudley, dau. of John Dudley who lived to be over 90 years of age. They rem. to Piermont, N. H., where Mrs. Knight d. 1866, aged 103 years and six months.
5. JOSIAH3 KNIGHT (Dr. Jonathan2, Jonathan1) b. Westmoreland Mar. 8, 1792; m. in S. Apr. 20, 1815 Betsey Joslin, dau. of Peter Joslin, q. v. They had three ch. b. in S .; rem. (after 1830) to Piermont; thence to Fryeburg, Me., where they were living about 1845; rem. West they settled at Charles City (or St. Charles), Iowa, where he d. at over 90 years of age. He kept store in S., 1816.
Ch. b., i-iii in S., others in Westmoreland:
i. JOSIAH WILLIAM4 b. Feb. 25, 1816; d. 18 -; m. June 25, 1853 Mary R. Chandler, b. Evansville, Ind., Nov. 10, 1818. Ch. b. Evansville: i.
Lizzie5 Apr. 27, 1854.
ii. LIVERIA AURETT June 11, 1817; d. ; m. Oct. 21, 1844 Azro B. F. Hildreth, b. Feb. 29, 1816. Ch. b. Bradford, Vt .: i. Mary L. A.5 June 23, 1851; d. Charles City, Ia., Nov. 29, 1857.
iii. MARY JOSLIN Mar. 25, 1819; d. Evanston, Ill., Nov. 23, 1878; m. Sept. 15, 1842; Obadiah Huse, b. Weare (N. H. ? ), July 1, 1810; d. Dover Minn., Oct. 26, 1886. Ch. b .: i. Frederick J.5 b. Dresden, Me., Dec. 30, 1847. ii. Lucy M. Castine, Me., July 27, 1850. iii. Florence E. Napiterville, Ill., July 23, 1856.
iv. CAROLINE AMELIA Sept. 24, 1821; d. ; m. June 17, 1846 Calvin Stone, b. Waterford, Me., June 4, 1808; d. Ch. b .: i. Frederick K.
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b. Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 14, 1847. ii. Frank P. Charlestown May 13, 1854 iii. Carrie R. Rockford, Ill., Oct. 11, 1856. iv. Henrietta L. Melrose, Mass., July 26, 1864; d. Aug. 15, 1864.
v. PERSIS MARIA Mar. 10, 1828; d. Ellsworth, Me., July 25, 1857; m. Dec. 1, 1853 Samuel Waterhouse, b. Saco, Me., Sept. 2, 1822. Ch. b. Ells- worth: i. Caroline J.5 Mar. 15, 1855. ii. Persis M. June 4, 1857.
*JOSEPH KNIGHT FAMILY
6. JOSEPH1 KNIGHT, a shoemaker of Alstead came to S. as early as 1809; said to have lived in the "plastered house" No. 146. He m. Sally Brooks of Alstead who d. there July (7 ?), 1813. He m. (2) Betsey Cheney.
Among their ch. were the following probably b. in Alstead :
i. JOSEPH Jr.2 A blacksmith in S. 1826. (7)
ii. SHEPARD settled at Lancaster.
iii. SALLY m. Ezra Kinniston; res. at Lancaster; had two sons and one dau.
iv. LUCINDA Weathersfield, Vt., Sept. 11, 1811; d. S. Mar. 11, 1889; m. David Reed, Jr., q. v.
v. MARIA Alstead June 27, 1813; d. Landgrove, Vt., May 8, 1869; m. 1840 Jefferson Kidder, q. v. Her mother d. when she was ten days old.
7. JOSEPH2 KNIGHT (Joseph1) came to S. 1825 and remained few years; rem. to Springfield, Vt. A blacksmith. He m. (1) in S. Dec. 1, 1825 Judith Leonard of Gilsum (a sister of Temperance Leonard who m. William Kings- bury, q. v.), dau. of Benjamin and Judith (Macomber) Leonard, of Raynham, Mass. He m. (2) Bethia Spencer.
Ch. by (1) w .:
i. LOUISA3 d. unm.
ii. CAROLINE settled in Calif.
iii. PASCHAL res. Springfield, Vt.
iv. NANCY m. Lieut. Gov. Machine of Calif. Ch. by (2) w .:
v. FRANK probably d. single.
vi. ABIGAIL (or ABBIE).
vii. SHEPARD.
8. BENJAMIN' KNIGHT was taxed in S. 1822-25, n. f. r.
9. Miss ADALINE F. KNIGHT of S. m. Nov. 8, 1848 William J. Sabin of Saxtons River, Vt.
JOHN H. KNIGHTS FAMILY.
1. JOHN H.2 KNIGHTS s. of John H.1 and Laura (Brooks, q. v.) Knights, owned the Brooks place, 1878, at which time he and his wife Hannah were living at Syracuse, N. Y.
LA BOUNTY
1. ANTONIO1 La BOUNTY (La Bonte, La Bonta) was b. in Canada Feb.
*This family is somewhat traditional and doubtless contains errors. We have compiled the same with the data at hand.
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(28 ?) 1841; came to S. about 1889 and lived at No. 172, and 102. He has also lived at Nelson, Keene, and Fall River, Mass. He m. (1)
m. (2) Matilda Durant (a sister of Joseph Durant, q. v.)
Ch. by (1) w., b. Charlbrook, Canada :
i. MALVINA2 b. Charlbrook, Can., Apr. 9, 1866; res. (1921) Gilsum; m. (1) Joseph Durant, q. v .; m. (2) 1918 Alfred Peter Sinclair, q. v.
ii. MARY (twin) Charlbrook, Can., Apr. 9, 1866; m. Joseph Blanchard, q. v .; res. Keene. Ch. by (2) w .:
iii. ANTONIO JUSTIN July (10 ?), 1873; res. (1920) Keene. (2)
iv. PETER JOHN Nelson May 24, 1876; res. (1921) Gilsum. (3)
v. JOSEPH Fall River, Mass., Aug. 6, 1880; res. Keene and Marlboro. (4) 2. ANTONIA JUSTIN? LaBOUNTY (Antonio1) lived at No. 85 and 102; m. Nov. 27, 1895 Rose LeBlanc-White. (Her father changed his name from LeBlanc to White after he came to the state.) She was b. Lowell, Mass., Mar. 30, 1869, dau. of Nelson and Sarah (Boamo) LeBlanc-White. (Divorced). Ch. b. :
i. NELSON AUGUSTON3 b. S. Dec. 20, 1897; a soldier in World war; killed in France July 17, 1918; was in Co. H, 103d Inf.
ii. ROSE MATILDA Keene Aug. 3, 1899.
iii. EDWARD PETER S. Jan. 12, 1904.
3. PETER JOHN2 LaBOUNTY (Antonio1) lived in S .; m. S. Jan. 13, 1901 Rosa M. Lower of Keene; b. Malone, N. Y., 1884, dau. of Jerry and Rosella F. (- -) Lower.
Ch. b .:
i. PETER JERRY3 b. Keene Apr. 19, 1902. ("Pierre Jeremie" as given in K. V. R.)
ii. FLORENCE LILLIAN S. Nov. 7, 1905.
iii. EVA DORA MAY Keene July 31, 1907.
iv. CLARA EVELINE (or LILLIAN) Keene Mar. 27, 1909.
v. MABEL TERESA Keene Oct. 20, 1910.
vi. VIRGINIA CATHARINE Gilsum Sept. 25, 1915.
4. JOSEPH2 LaBOUNTY (Antonio1) m. (1) S. Dec. 24, 1900 Daisy M. Bates of Keene, b. 1882, dau. of James M. and Lucy E. (-) Bates. He m. (2) in S. Oct. 25, 1907 Susan Mary Fisher, b. Winchester Nov. 26, 1889, dau. of Rodney E. Fisher, q. v. (Divorced). He m. (3) Keene Apr. 23, 1921 Emma P. (Berthiaume) Crouse, b. Canada 1882, dau. of Charles Berthiaume. She m. (1) Crouse.
Ch. b. (2) wife:
i. JOSEPH WALTER3 b. Roxbury, N. H., Sept. 8, 1908.
ii. LEWIS LUCIUS Roxbury Feb. 3, 1910; d. Keene May 28, 1912 "at 1:30 A. M."
iii. LENA LILLIAN Keene Feb. 23, 1912.
LAMMINEN
1. ELIAS1 KASI b. and lived in Finland; d. at Jamijarvi, Olo Co., Finland. He had a s .:
2. MATI2 LAMMINEN b. at Jamijarvi; m. Ida Nase; one of their six ch. was:
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3. VICTOR3 LAMMINEN (Mati2, Elias1) b. Jamijarvi, Finland, Sept. 9, 1881; came to America and landed in N. Y. City Dec. 13, 1901; lived first two years at Fitchburg, Mass .; rem. to New Orleans, La .; thence to Negaunee, Marquette Co., Mich., from which place he moved to S. and purchased the old Capt. Dort farm, No. 85, Dec. 15, 1910. He has built a new house and re- paired the barns since he came to town; an industrious farmer. He m. Nov. 11, 1902 (?), Elina Mik, b. Kurikka, Warsaw, Co., Finland, Nov. 18, 1877, dau. of Nikodocmu Mik. She came to Boston Mar. 1900.
Ch. b. Marquette Co., Mich .:
i. AINA MARY' b. Feb. 18, 1904.
ii. UNNO MATTA June 2, 1906.
iii. A son, AMILARTU Jan. 19, 1908; d. Nov. 18 (?), 1910.
LANE
1. JUSTUS LANE b. Mar. 24, 1778; d. Mar. 14, 1859; m. at Westminster, Vt., Huldah Veasey; res. Charlestown.
2. MARK' LANE (Justus1) b. Unity Apr. 3, 1812; m. Oct. 20, 1840 Louisa Holden, b. June 11, 1820; d. S. Dec. 24, 1908, dau. of Timothy and Catharine (Humphrey) Holden. She came to this town a wid. and lived with her dau., Mrs. C. W. Reed at No. 135, until d.
LAWRENCE
1. W. L.1 LAWRENCE lived at No. 23 and was foreman for Mr. A. T. Batchelder 1888 and 1889.
LEAVITT
1. SAMUEL LUNT' LEAVITT, b. Limestone, Me., Oct. 3, 1894, s. of George M.1 and Martha (Lunt) Leavitt, came to S. 1918; has worked as a farm hand for H. R. Crane, G. B. Conley, C. A. Wilbur, and in Walpole; unm. His home-town is Biddeford, Me.
LEE
1. JOSEPH' LEE appeared in S. 1786 and rem. before 1790, perhaps to Hanover. He bought a house of Thomas Darte, Jr., which stood in the edge of the highway; supposed to have been No. 122. He m. Abigail and had b. in S .:
i. REUBEN2 Sept. 11, 1786.
LEONARD
1. BENJAMIN' LEONARD of Raynham, Mass .; supposed to have been the man of that name who was taxed in S. 1816-18; m. Judith Macomber. From another record he m. Molly Ryder-possibly a (2) wife. They moved from Raynham to Westmoreland when their s. George was 12 years of age.
Ch. (The following were among their 13 ch .; order of b. unknown) :
i. ARNOLD2 m. Westmoreland Dec. 15, 1803 Hannah Shelley who d. in Keene a wid. Aug. 8, 1858; aged 80 years.
ii. DANIEL.
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iii. LEVI probably res. in Westmoreland; m. Charlotte Ch .: i. Rufus. ii. Sanford. iii. Harrington. iv. Mary. v. Lucy. vi. Re- lief. vii. Isabel.
iv. TEMPERANCE Raynham, Mass., June 21, 1799; d. Aug. 1, 1873; m. Wil- liam Kingsbury, s. of James Kingsbury, q. v.
v. ELI (supposed to have been of this family) was a voter in S. 1812-15.
vi. GEORGE rem. from Raynham, Mass., to S. about 1815. (2)
vii. ROWENA m. in Westmoreland Oct. 2, 1809 Jonathan Fiske, q. v.
2. GEORGE LEONARD (Benjamin1) rem. from S. to Walpole 1820/21; then to Moira, N. Y .; m. in S. Sept. 5, 1816 Betsey Abbott, dau. of Daniel Abbott, q. v.
Ch. b., i-ii in S., iii in Walpole, others in Moira, N. Y .:
i. GEORGE HENRY3 Dec. 15, 1816; d. in Napa Cal .; m. Mary Jane Henry of Iowa. Eight ch.
ii. NANCY ELIZABETH Nov. 17, 1819; d. Keene Jan. 10, 1911; m. George K. Wright, q. v.
iii. CHARLES LEONARD Walpole about 1823, and soon after the family rem. to N. Y.
iv. LUCY ADALINE m. DeWitt Clinton Bryant of Moira; d. in Jesup, Iowa. Ch. b. Moira: i. Eli John4. ii. Emma d. young. iii. Addie Louisa m. in Jesup, Arthur Hutton. iv. Elmer Edward m. Rose Anna Donlin of Granby, Mass.
v. WALTER NORTON m. Lois Tracy of Moira; d. in Mo. Ch. b. Moira, N. Y .: i. Ira3. ii. George.
vi. LOUISA m. John D. McNally. Three ch. b. and d. in inf.
vii. HIRAM a soldier in Civil war; wounded and d. in N. Y. hospital.
viii. ELI d. in early manhood.
ix. ALMEDA ISADORE d. when a young woman.
LeWARE
NELSON1 and RAYMOND1 LeWARE, Canadian wood choppers lived in S. 1876. They lived at No. 81. Had several ch .: i. Mary. ii. Charles, and others.
LEWIS
1. WILLIAM HENRY1 LEWIS of New Ashford, Mass .; m. Sarah Whiteker.
2. MELVILLE CENTER2 LEWIS (William H.1) b. New Ashford May 1, 1868; res. Springfield, Mass., rem. to S. 1909 (?) lived at No. 39, 119 and 126; a farmer and teamster. He m. (1) Lena S. Whitcher of So. Adams, Mass .; separated. He m. (2) Gilsum May 29, 1919 Mrs. Ella M. (Kenney) Cham- bers, dau. of W. Riley Kenney and (divorced) wid. of Clifton Chambers, q. v. Ch. by (1) w .:
i. BERTIE3 res. S. Adams, Mass.
ii. MILDRED res. S. Adams, Mass.
Ch. b. S. by (2) w .:
iii. FLORENCE EVELYN Dec. 1, 1919.
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LUIS or LEWIS
3. JAMES' LUIS (as the name was spelled) m. Grace ; res. at Walpole.
4. DAVIDª LUIS (James1) b. 1780; came to S. and worked for Capt. Thomas Harvey at No. 177 in 1801. During the small-pox epidemic in S. he contracted the disease. Having nearly recovered he took a long horse back ride, had a relapse and d. Jan. 29, 1802. He was buried near the barn on that farm where his grave is marked by a head-stone.
LOCKE
1. Dea. WILLIAM1 LOCKE b. London, Eng., Dec. 13, 1628, came to N. E. in the "Planter" with an uncle in 1634, d. Woburn, Mass., 1720; m. Mary Clarke.
2. JAMES' LOCKE b. Woburn, Mass., Nov. 14, 1677; d. there Dec. 11, 1745; m. Sarah Cutter.
3. JAMES LOCKE b. Woburn, Mass., June 17, 1703; d. Sept. 1, 1782; m. Elizabeth Burnap.
4. WILLIAM4 LOCKE b. Apr. 12, 1748; rem. to Fitzwilliam 1773; d. there Mar. 30, 1829; m. Feb. 2, 1773 Rebecca Barrett who d. 1831.
5. JONATHAN& LOCKE (William4, James3, James2, Dea. William1) b. Fitzwilliam Nov. 15, 1784, came to S. 1806 and settled at No. 121. A clothier and owned the "fulling mill" No. 120; rem. from town 1813. He m. Sept. 9, 1807 Nancy Bates, b. Springfield, Vt., Aug. 25, 1785, dau. of James and Bet- sey (Nichols) Bates.
Ch. b. S .:
i. BELINDA6 Dec. 10, 1811.
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