History of the town of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire : from date of severance from Gilsum and Westmoreland, 1769-1922, with a genealogical register and map of the town, Part 90

Author: Kingsbury, Frank B. (Frank Burnside), 1868-
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: Surry, N. H., Pub. by the town
Number of Pages: 1086

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Ch. b. i in Westmoreland, others in S .:

i. PHILIP3 May 28, 1806; d. Walpole May 4, 1886; bur. in S. (3)

ii. RICHARD Oct. 24, 1807; d. Swanzey. Taxed in S. from 1829 to '32. (4)

iii. LOUISA Aug. 29, 1809; d. E. Westmoreland Apr. 27, 1857; bur. S .; m. (1) in S. Aug. 29, 1828, Charles Cobb of S., q.v .; m. (2) Like Thomas.§ Ch. (Cobb) : i. Charles4 went to sea and never returned. ii. Mary Louisa m. May 15, 1846, William B. Mixer of Rindge, b. Apr. 28, 1825, s. of Charles (Pepper) and Mehitable (Smith) Mixer. Ch .: 1. George W.5 b. Dec. 13, 1847; entered the U. S. Navy.

iv. MARY Sept. 1, 1811; d. S. Sept. 19, 1811.

v. ELI Oct. 27, 1812; d. Sept. 14, 1813.

vi. MARY Nov. 2, 1815; d. S. Oct. 11, 1847; m. 1834, Benjamin M. Brit- ton, q.v.

vii. SARAH FISK Dec. 20, 1817; d. Worcester, Mass., Apr. 10, 1910; m. 1837, Daniel W. Aldrich, q.v. She gave the organ to Surry church.

viii. HARRIET NEWELL Oct. 10, 1820; d. in S. Jan. 15, 1885; m. Gilbert Crain, q.v.

ix. NANCY TRYPHENA June 11, 1823; d. S. Jan. 14, 1835.

*From History of Rindge, N. H., 1875; family Bible and other records.

§ There was m. in Keene Sept. 13, 1852, Luke Thomas of Boston, Mass., to Mrs. Louis Walton of Surry-K. V. R. Possibly this couple were those here mentioned.

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3. PHILIP3 THOMAS (Philip2, Capt. Philip1) was sometimes called, "Philip 3rd" was "of Haverhill" at time he m. which took place in S. Oct. 14, 1828, to Susanna Allen Britton; dau. of John Seely Britton, q.v. He lived at No. 192 until after 1860 when he and his wife rem. to Walpole. He was taxed 1866 in S. for last time.

4. RICHARD THOMAS (Philip2, Capt. Philip1) rem. to Swanzey Factory where he met d. by an accident 1865/70. He was taxed in S. as late as 1840. He m. S. Nov. 24, 1828, Nancy Dean Britton of Westmoreland.

Ch. (order of b. uncertain) :

i. NANCY FIDELIA4 Apr. 20, 1829.

ii. RUTH TYPHENA May 25, 1830; m. Ira Gustine of Winchester.

iii. SARAH ANN S. Mar. 19, 1832.

iv. CARRIE m. Henry Matthews of Swanzey. Ch. b .: i. Frank5.

v. AUGUSTUS d. Gardner, Mass .?; m. had a son.

vi. DEXTER d. abt. 1875; buried in Keene. He was m.

vii. WILLARD I. Sept. 3, 1844; d. May 13, 1873; m. Ruth Clementine Hovey b. Aug. 4, 1848, dau. of Robert Hovey of Swanzey; s. p.

viii. A dau. m. a Mr. Wilson. They had two ch.

5. MORGAN H.1 THOMAS b. Wales 1832 ?; d. Chicago (Roeland dist.) Ill., Feb. 1917 ?. He m. Ann Sims b. Wales Nov. 22, 1839; res. (1921) Chicago. They came and lived in S. 1912/13 with son-in-law, Samuel Ball at No. 63. Ch .:

i. JOHN D.2 d. Youngstown, Ohio; m. and left 3 sons and a dau.

ii. THOMAS res. 1921, Chicago; m. and has a son and two daus.

iii. MARY ANN Black Rock (near Buffalo), N. Y., Oct. 25, 1866; m. Samuel Ball, q.v.

iv. WILLIAM res. 1921 Youngstown, O .; m. Lottie Lute; seven ch. b.

v. HARRIETT CENTENNIAL 1876; res. Dunlap, Iowa; m. Edw. B. Acton; 2 daus.

vi. IDA MAY res. Delano, Fla .; m. Gilford Hamilton.

THOMPSON.

1. WILLIAM THOMPSON b. abt. 1776. He came to S. as early as 1806 and remained three or four years, living in the old McCurdy log house at No. 2. He m. Betsey b. abt. 1776.

Ch. (taken from the Surry census of 1806) :

i. LUMAN2 b. 1798.

ii. OTIS 1800.

iii. GILMAN 1802.

iv. BETSEY 1804.

v. ASAHEL 1805/06.

2. JOSEPH H.1 THOMPSON b. in Mass .; d. in Oakland, Cal. Jan. 30, 1902. He res. in Winchester, N. H., then in Keene a few years, after which he left the East and settled in the Golden State where he became a well known rail- road official. He m. Jan. 5, 1875, Mary Alice Cushing, dau. of John A. Cush- ing, q.v. She later m. Charles O. Cummings and now (1922) res. in Keene. Ch. b. in S .:

i. FRANK LESLIE2 Aug. 12, 1875; res. (1922) East Swanzey, N. H. · (3)

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ii. BURTON WILFRED Oct. 13, 1880; res. in Keene. (4)

3. FRANK LESLIE' THOMPSON (Joseph H.1) m. July 1, 1896 in Keene, Ada Fannie Blake, dau. of John A. Blake, q.v. Ch .:

i. GLADYS ABBIE3 Keene Mar. 27, 1898; m. Keene Sept. 14, 1920, Ralph William Davis b. Bethlehem, N. H. May 12, 1899, s. of Cadmon E. and May (Perry) Davis of Swanzey Center.

ii. LESLIE WILFRED Keene Dec. 26, 1899; enl. July 25, 1917 in Co. H. First N. H., 103d Regt., 26th Div. in World war; discharged at Camp Bart- lett, Westfield, Mass. Sept. 14, 1917. He m. Keene July 9, 1920, Lu- rena Marjorie Nelson of East Swanzey, b. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 22, 1900; d. Keene June 23, 1921; dau. of Edward A. and Emma (Hol- brook) Nelson. Ch .: i. Marjorie Nelson4 b. June 22, 1921 in Keene. iii. FRANK JOSEPH East Sullivan Aug. 26, 1919.

4. BURTON WILFRED THOMPSON (Joseph H.1) m. July 23, 1907 Nel- lie Sadie Ballou b. Swanzey Sept. 1, 1888, dau. of George O. and Rosanna (Hale) Ballou, and gr-dau. of Alonzo and Sarah (Mellen) Ballou of Swanzey. Ch. :

i. GRACE MARY3 b. Swanzey May 17, 1908.

ii. MABEL ANNA Keene Dec. 4, 1909.

iii. VIOLA NELLIE Keene Aug. 20, 1911.

5. JAMES THOMPSON, formerly of Londonderry, and recently of Wal- pole, d. "very suddenly" in S. Dec. 13, 1815; aged 68 years,-consumption.

6. WILLIAM THOMPSON, a native of the Emerald Isle, b. around 1795 to 1800 came to S. 1830 and with his father lived a year or two at No. 182. He was known as "Billy Thompson" and by occupation was a carpenter; worked at his trade in Walpole and Westmoreland, returned to S. abt. 1860. He was unm .; a slave to the "cup" and usually put up where night overtook him; in barns, sheds, on a cot in the bar-room at Capt. Robinson's tavern, etc. Having a thirst one day he took a mug at the Captain's bar (at No. 55) remarking, "Well suh Capt. Robinson, well suh, I left my wallet down to Capt. Humphry's, now captain, you-stand-right-there, while I run and get it, stand right there!" and off he went at full speed, down meeting house hill, but instead of going to No. 68, he went up the Joslin road, and was not seen in the village again for several weeks.

John Thomson Family.

John1 Thomson built his first log cabin and his later dwelling several rods over the town line in Alstead, but for years a portion of their farm was in S .; the family paid a tax here and were associated with this town. Finally the house was moved a few feet over the line into S. where it now stands, the ell at No. 135.

1. * JOHN' THOMSON (or "Thompson") was b. Northbridge, Mass. abt. 1744; d. at Jericho, Vt. Aug. 1820. While living at Grafton, Mass., Oct. 23, 1765, he purchased of Moses Chase of Cornish, his farm in Alstead and soon

*John Thomson was one of four men in Alstead 1776, who refused to sign the Association Test.

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after built a cabin at No. 136. In 1777 he built a new dwelling, which is now (1922) standing. He built at the north end of Surry valley, on a fertile tract of land, surrounded by hills to the north, east and west, and quite near an excellent spring of water. For some 30 years this house stood at the end of the road, a bridle path, was cut through during this time to Alstead Center. He m. 17-, Hannah Cobb b. Medway, Mass., abt. 1740; d. Alstead May 13, 1790, "of consumption following a case of measles." (For further account see sketch by his s. Samuel.)

Ch. b. probably in Alstead:

i. LUCY2 1766; d. S. Aug. 22, 1850; m. 1786/7?, Samuel Hills, q.v. As a widow she lived some years at No. 137, then with her s. Benjamin at No. 135 where she d. She was an active energetic person; retaining her mental faculty in old age to a remarkable degree; did all her cooking in the fireplace. While living alone she kept a faithful dog, and raw-hide whip which was vigorously used when required. When a child she and her sister went on the hill north-east of their home for blackberries, where they discovered fresh tracks of a bear; on another occasion while returning home one evening from No. 132 she was followed by a wolf.

ii. SAMUEL Alstead Feb. 9, 1769; d. Boston, Mass., Oct. 5, 1843; "the doc- tor." (2)

iii. A son was living, 1835 at Jericho, Vt.

iv. A son d. when 14 years of age.

v. A son was living at Jericho, Vt., 1835.

vi. A dau. m. Walter Mather; res. (1835) in Ohio.

2. Dr. SAMUEL THOMSON (John1) was the founder and "originator of the Thomsonian system of medicine." Much has been written of the life and practice of Dr. Samuel Thomson; some criticised and ridiculed his system, while others were firm friends and followers. During his life Dr. Thomson wrote two books; one, "A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND MEDICAL DISCOVERIES OF SAMUEL THOMSON, 1825," and the "THOMSONIAN METERIA MEDICA, 1841." Abstracts from one of these works follows:

"This country was a wilderness when my parents came here a year before I was born; there were no roads and they were guided by marked trees; the snow being very deep my mother had to travel over a mile on snow-shoes, through the woods, to get to their habitation. Our nearest neighbor to the south was a mile, and to the north, no one within three miles. They were poor, having nothing to begin the world with. but to depend on their labor for support. My father had bought a piece of wild land on credit and had to pay for it by his labor in what he could take off the land, which caused us great hardship and depriva- tion for a long time. When I was five years of age I had to go to work on the farm; when eight, we lived mostly on bean-porridge and some potatoes; that winter (1777) we lived most of the time in our barn, while my father was building a new house. By July he had got a part of the roof on and we moved into the new house, which was more com- fortable than the barn. When I was ten years of age I attended a school (No. 105) a mile away for one month. My parents were of the Baptist persuasion and we attended meeting every sabbath; my father

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DR. SAMUEL THOMSON 1769-1843

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prayed night and morning in his family, but when I was about 14, they left that faith and joined the Universal salvation, in which belief my mother remained until. her death. When 16 I heard my parents say, that as I was so much taken up in roots and herbs, they thought it best to send me to live with Dr. Noah Fuller of Westmoreland, who was called a root doctor. But as I was needed on the farm, I was much dis- appointed not to go.

"I received my first instructions in roots and herbs from old Mrs. (Elijah?) Benton who doctored in our family when I was young.

"In 1788 my father purchased a piece of land on Onion (now the Winooski) River in Vermont, and on the 12th of October he started from his home in Alstead for the "far north"; taking me along to assist in clearing and working on the land and building a dwelling to which place he expected to move his family. While thus engaged I acciden- tally severely cut my ankle Dec. 2nd, which nearly cost my life, but through my own directions I finally, on Jan. 1, 1789, was able to start for home on a bed of straw placed on a sled, and after receiving treat- ment from a doctor near home I recovered. * On Feb. 9, 1790, when I was 21, my father sold me, 'for and in consideration of love and good will,' 122 acres of his farm in Alstead and Surry, granting all, 'except the privilidge of the northeast room in the house and privilidge to the Sellar and well and oven for his grandfather and mother their life time.' On May 13, 1790 my mother died of consumption. During 1794 (Jan. 28, 1796-R. of D.) *I purchased the balance of my father's farm for $666.66; about 130 acres; here I lived until the spring of 1806 when I rented the farm and went to New York City in order to study the 'Yellow fever' which was then raging; after moving about for some time I finally located in Boston."

An article written, 1909, by Dr. G. C. Hill to the Granite Monthly, Vol. XLI, the "Early Physicians of Cheshire County" throws some light on the life of Dr. Samuel Thomson; a copy of the same follows:

"Samuel Thomson, founder of the Thomsonian system of medicine, was born in Alstead, February 9, 1769. He remained on his father's farm during minority, and then kept a hotel in Alstead for a time; but later purchased and located upon a farm in the northern part of Surry§; married and reared a family. Frequent illness in the family led him to engage Dr. Abner Bliss of Gilsum, a retired physician, to move into a vacant house (probobly No. 137) on his farm that he might be in ready access in time of need. He took an interest himself in the med- icinal properties of roots and herbs, consulting Dr. Bliss as to the same, and finally, becoming dissatisfied with the doctor's treatment of one of his children, dismissed him and took charge of the case himself, and was subsequently his own family doctor with such success that his neighbors ultimately employed him to some extent. He prepared various remedies, got the same patented, and sold family rights for the use of his system and medicines at twenty dollars each, doing consid- erable business.

*Confirmed from records found in office of Cheshire County R. of D.

§ It is doubtful he "kept a hotel"; and his Alstead and S. farm is one and the same.

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"He was coarse and unlettered, but possessed of considerable natural talent. He was the first man in America to oppose the current method of his day among physicians, such as bleeding, cupping, leeches and blistering. He gained many followers, and in the first half of the last century Thomsonian practitioners were numerous in this part of the country. Their remedies in most cases were lobelia emetics, sweating, capsicum, composition powder and 'hot drops.' Thomson traveled about for some years, and then located in Beverly, Mass., subsequently re- moving to Boston, where he had an infirmary. Among his disciples was Benjamin Thomson of Andover, who studied with him in Boston about 1832, and subsequently himself opened an office. in Concord, N. H."

Dr. Samuelª Thomson was m. in Keene (by Rev. Aaron Hall) July 7, 1790, to Susanna Allen, dau. of Abel Allen, q.v.

Ch. b. in Alstead and S .:

i. HANNAH July 4, 1791; d. S. May 9, 1813; m. S. Sept. 13, 1810, Levi Brooks, q.v.

ii. SUSANNA Mar. 1793. When abt. two years of age she lost the sight of one eye through cankerrash.

iii. JOEL 1795/6; m. May 14, 1818, Polly Holbrook of Westmoreland.

iv. CYRUS 1797.

V. SAMUEL 1799.

vi. JOHN 1802; rem. to Albany, N. Y .; said to have become a doctor of the Thomsonian system. He presented the bell to the old meeting house (our present Town Hall) July 4, 1836, which is still in use on the Sabbath.

vii. JESSE Dec. 12, 1804.

viii. POLLY June 26, 1807.

3. EUNICE THOMSON, probably a sister of John1 Thomson, Sr., a "spin- ster" of Northbridge, Mass., bought of John of Alstead 371/2 acres in Alstead Oct. 15, 1774, and on June 21, 1784, she "was of Alstead" and sold the same property back to John .- Item from R. of D.

NOTE: In the deed of Feb. 9, 1790; John Thomson to his son Samuel as noted above, is mentioned the grand-parents of Samuel2. We find no other mention of them; the supposition is that they were on the paternal side, as there were Thomsons in Alstead 1790, but no one by name of Cobb. It may have been the "David Thompson" found in the U. S. Census for that year; also his wife, and dau. Eunice, were then with him.

THORNE.

1. WILLIAM HENRY THORNE of P. E. Island; m. Harriet Cook. They had :

2. HAMMOND FRANCIS2 THORNE (William H.1) b. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island July 6, 1863. He came to S. abt. 1905 and lived for a year or more at No. 103; res. now at East Alstead. He m. Apr. 3, 1883, Maria Alice Stewart, b. New Haven Conn. Aug. 23, 1865; dau. of Ewen Walter and Annie Bessie (Kivel) Stewart.

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Ch. b. Winchester, Mass .:

i. BESSIE MAUD" May 6, 1888; m. 1905, Fred E. Kingsbury, q.v.

TILESTON.

1. Rev. ABRAM1 TILESTON, said to have been an unordained preacher of the Methodist faith, came from Walpole and preached in S. church 1852/53, and again, 1856-57. He lived at No. 87 in 1854, then at Keene. He m.

Ch. b. in S .:

i. A dau.º S. Sept. 13, 1853.

TOWNE.

1. EPHRAIM' TOWNS (or Towne) b. abt. 1779; d. Keene Mar. 24, 1849; aged 70 years. m. Hannah b. Oct. 1779; d. Keene Sept. 17, 1863; res. in Keene.

Ch. b. Keene:

i. HARRIOT2 Mar. 31, 1801.

ii. MARY Oct. 19, 1808.

iii. JOSEPH S. June 3, 1810; perhaps m. Keene Oct. 13, 1836, Harriet Wilbur. iv. EPHRAIM F. Mar. 1, 1812; res. in S. and later in Swanzey. (2)

v. MOODY Oct. 2, 1816; res. in S. short time, abt. 1860. (3)

vi. JOSHUA AUGUSTUS Sept. 21, 1818; d. Keene July 5, 1868.

vii. HANNAH ALMIRA Oct. 3, 1822.

2. EPHRAIM F.2 TOWN (Ephraim1) of Keene purchased the Peter Hay- ward farm, No. 1, Aug. 11, 1854 and sold the same to Jonathan R. Field, q.v., Dec. 16, the same year, reserving the right to said farm until Apr. 1, 1855. Res. in Swanzey several years, then rem. to Rindge where he d. He m. (1) Sabrina Brown b. Nov. 8, 1815, dau. of Asa Brown of Glover, Vt .; m. (2) Sarah R. Hubbard of Rindge b. Sept. 6, 1839, dau. of Eliphalet and Betsey (Sawtell) Hubbard.

Ch. by (1) wife:

i. CHARLES E.3 Mar. 22, 1840; d. Feb. 20, 1865. (Perhaps a Civil war sol- dier).

ii. KIMBALL M. Nov. 29, 1842; d. July 22, 1864.

iii. FRANCIS E. May 10, 1847; d. Jan. 24, 1872.

iv. EVELINE E. Dec. 26, 1848; m. (1) Charles H. White of Keene; m. (2) George W. Richardson.

v. EMMA ARVILLA May 22, 1854; d. Aug. 1856.

3. MOODY' TOWNE (Ephraim1) was a farmer; res. for several years on East Surry Road in Keene; m. Sylvia

Ch. b. in S. (probably there were others) :

i. EMMA J.3 abt. 1860; d. Aug. 4, 1905 (Keene?) ; m. Kingman. 4. ELIJAH' TOWNE res. in Sturbridge, Mass .; m. and had a s .:

5. SALEM2 TOWNE (Elijah1) b. Sturbridge Jan. 30, 1814; d. Walpole Jan. 7, 1892. He res. in Walpole not far from the S. line and through his associa- tion with this town and by marriage, we give the following brief record: He m. (1) Louisa Cushing, dau. of David Cushing, q.v. He m. (2) Sept. 23, 1873,

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Emily Carpenter, dau. of Calvin Carpenter of Walpole. She d. Holyoke, Mass., Feb. 1914.

Ch. by (1) wife: (Five ch .; record of three given) :

i. HASKELL C.3 Alstead Aug. 30, 1841; d. Walpole May 4?, 1911; m. Lizzie F. -- b. Keene July 28, 1845. Ch. b .: i. Gertrude M.4 b. Jan. 18, 1874; m. Walter L. Ford; res. Chesterfield. ii. George S. b. June 3, 1877; d. unm. iii. Grace m. Ralph Slade of Walpole, res. Holyoke.

ii. MELINDA M. May 23, 1851; d. unm. in 1872.

iii. MIRIAM ADAMS Feb. 14, 1853; res. in Keene (1922) a widow; m. (1) Newton Reed, q.v .; divorced. She m. (2) Keene Oct. 22, 1902, Mar- shall Allen Davis b. Rockingham, Vt. Apr. 21, 1824; d. in Keene Dec. 26, 1913; s. of Jedediah and Mary (Simonds) Davis. He res. in North Walpole and late in life at Keene. He manufactured and sold medicine for many years, traveling in N. H., Vt., and Mass. and was well known as "Dr. Davis." By his (1) wife, Rebecca Pulsipher (who d. May 9, 1896), he had several ch. No. ch. by last m.

Ch. by (2) wife:

iv. WILLIAM ELMER Nov. 20, 1874; res. (1919) Holyoke, Mass .; m. Eliza- beth Strobble? of Portland, Oregon. No ch.

TOWNSEND.

1. LEVI TOWNSEND of Bolton, Mass. b. abt. 1768; d. Alstead 1851 ?. When a lad of 18 he came to Alstead and began working for Joel Chandler, Sr., Esq., who owned and lived on a large tract of land a mile west of the old Center of that town. He finally m. Mehitable Chandler, a dau. of Joel and settled on a portion of his father-in-law's farm. (Her sister, Naomi Chandler is said to have m. William Shedd, the father of Hon. John G. Shedd-see the Porter family).

2. CHARLES TOWNSEND b. East Alstead June (6?), 1808; d. (Alstead Jan. 1890?) ; m. (1) Eliza Ann Parker b. Pepperell, Mass., abt. 1814; d. May 1846; m. (2) 1847, Lucinda Messer of Marlow who d. Alstead abt. 1868, aged 57. He had six ch. by (1) m. and two by (2) m. Two ch. by (1) wife lived in S. They were: (3)

i. CHARLES PARKER3.

ii. EDWARD JEFFERSON. (4)

3. CHARLES PARKER® TOWNSEND (Charles2, Levi1) b. Alstead May 12, 1832; d. Richfield, Ohio, abt. 1918. He was educated in his home town and then taught school in Langdon, then in S. village school, 1855-56; had 58 scholars. Then he rem. to Richfield and taught in their Academy for several years. While thus engaged he and a body of his students enlisted in the Civil war, he being chosen captain of the company and was assigned to the 77th Artillery Battery, Ohio Vols. He finally engaged in the exterior and in- terior painting business; m. Rowena Wilbur a dau. of Nelson Wilbur of Westmoreland. She is still living at Richfield. Ch .:

i. CORA4 d. within recent years.

ii. MARY living, (1923).

iii. EMMA d. y.

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4. EDWARD JEFFERSON3 TOWNSEND (Charles2, Levi1) b. Alstead July 2, 1843; res. Keene. He res. Westminster, Vt., Walpole, Westmoreland Depot and came to S. 1896, res. at No. 171, 98, 103 and 125, then, 1901, moved. to Keene. He m. Nov. 1882, Sabra Deshon Barnard b. Watertown, Mass. June 30, 1850; d. S. Sept. 29, 1900; dau. of John and Sarah (Richards) Bar- nard. She was sister of Mrs. Fred B. Marshall, q.v.

Ch. b. i, in Westminster, Vt., ii, in Walpole:

i. LILLIAN DELMANNING' June 26, 1884; unm. (1922), res. Keene.

ii. BERTRICE BELLE Jan. 13, 1887; unm. (1923), res. Leominster, Mass.

5. FRED TOWNSEND, taxed in S. 1900.

6. LESTER E. TOWNSEND b. abt. 1899; lived at Stephen H. Clements for several years, now (1923) res. unm. Keene.

TRASK.

1. NICHOLAS TRASK b. 1798; lived in Winchester; d. Keene Jan. 29, 1860; m. Abigail Smith.

Ch .:

i. WILLIAM H.2 Keene Sept. 1, 1821; d. Aug. 6, 1896; res. Keene. (2)

ii. AUGUSTUS SMITH Keene Jan. 19, 1827; d. there June 9, 1892. (3)

2. WILLIAM HUNT' TRASK, a carpenter in Keene probably m. Mary W. who d. in Keene Sept. 20, 1861, aged 35 years. He m. Esther Christianna Wright b. Weathersfield, Vt. July 15, 1840; doubtless his (2) wife .- K. V. R. Ch .:

i. DANIEL W.3 Keene 1842/3; d. Keene Dec. 22, 1869. He res. in Keene. (4)

3. AUGUSTUS SMITH2 TRASK (Nicholas1) b. in Keene or Winchester, res. in Keene; m. (1) Nov. 12, 1851, Mary Ellen Nims b. 1833; d. Keene July 15, 1861 (see History of Sullivan, p. 1247). He m. (2) Sept. 14, 1862, Mrs. Harriet A. (George) Allen, q.v. (Poole Family).

Ch. b. Keene by (1) wife:

i. A dau3 Aug. 1852; d. Sept. 27, 1862.

ii. AUGUSTUS Aug. 1855/56; d. Keene June 30, 1867.

His (2) wife, Harriet A. (George Allen had two ch. b. (Allen) whose names were changed to Trask. (See Andrew J. Allen record) .

Ch. (Allen-Trask) :

i. ISABELL A. ALLEN S. July 14, 1860-name changed to Isabell A. Trask.

ii. FRED A. ALLEN Keene Mar. 25, 1862-name changed to Fred A. Trask.

4. DANIEL W.3 TRASK a member of Co. F, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols .; enlisted Oct. 23, 1861; wounded June 1862 at Fair Oaks; wounded again Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va., and again May 1863 at Chancellorsville after which he was discharged. He re-enlisted Feb. 22, 1864 and was discharged June 28, 1865 after close of the war. He m. Jan. 24, 1866, Ellen Perry b. Nov. 17, 1843; dau. of Edward and Emeline (Williams) Perry of Swanzey. She m. (2) Aug. 1870, Charles S. Barnes of Nashua. Ch. by (1) m .:

i. EUGENE WESLEY Keene July 31, 1868; emp. U. S. Post Office Dept., Bellows Falls, Vt. (5)

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5. EUGENE WESLEY TRASK (Daniel W.3, William H.2, Nicholas1) came to S. in 1880 and for abt. 12 years lived with his aunt Mrs. George B. Britton, then worked in Keene for Curtis G. Britton, after which he settled at Bellows Falls, Vt. He m. Sept. 2, 1891, Mabelle Emma Parsons b. May 3, 1872; dau. of William E. and Rosabelle (Burnham) Parsons of Bellows Falls. Ch. b. Bellows Falls, Vt .:

i. EVERETT EDMUND5 Nov. 29, 1894. Now an Osteopathic physician at Bellows Falls, Vt.

TREADWAY.

1. Rev. JAMES' TREADWAY b. Colchester, Conn .; d. in the state of Maine, 1798; graduated from Yale University in 1759. At a special town meeting, Oct. 4, 1773, "to See if Sd Town will agree to hire the Revd Mr. Treadway anny more on probation" it was "Voted not to hire Mr. Treadway on the terms the committa related." This indicates Mr. Treadway had been preaching in town prior to Oct. 1773, and so far as discovered he was the first clergyman to regularly preach in Surry, although no doubt ministers from the adjoining towns had been here to hold religious services at an earlier date. The town of Alstead "employed Mr. James Treadway to supply them with preaching" in 1773, and "subsequently, they gave him a call to settle with them in the ministry," but he declined because no church was there organized .* From 1777 until abt. 1779 he preached at Springfield, Vt. and then was ordained over the Congregational ch. at Weathersfield, Vt. where he remained until dismissed, 1783.

TUFTS.

1. DANIEL H.1 TUFTS b. Andover, Vt. Mar. 22, 1817; d. there Jan. 16, 1850. He m. May 12, 1839, Mary Ann Benton who d. S. July 30, 1873, dau. of Erastus Benton, q.v. She m. (2) Mar. 16, 1850, Charles A. Britton, q.v. After her (2) m. she and her ch. came to live in S.

Ch. b. in Andover, Vt .:

i. SABRA MARIA2 May 29, 1840; d. Keene Jan. 30, 1908; m. John L. Brit- ton, q.v.

ii. CELUDA JANE Oct. 10, 1841 (one record states b. in Cavendish, Vt.) ; d. S. Dec. 31, 1904; m. 1861, George H. Wilcox, q.v.

iii. OWEN BENTON Sept. 24, 1843; d. Ilion, N. Y. June 17, 18 -. (2)

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History of the town of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire : from date of severance from Gilsum and Westmoreland, 1769-1922, with a genealogical register and map of the town, Part 90

Author: Kingsbury, Frank B. (Frank Burnside), 1868- Publication date: 1925 Publisher: Surry, N. H., Pub. by the town Number of Pages: 1086

Author: Kingsbury, Frank B. (Frank Burnside), 1868-
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: Surry, N. H., Pub. by the town
Number of Pages: 1086