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iv. SIDNEY DANIEL Oct. 4, 1845; d. Meriden, Conn. He m. Emma Jeru- sha Snow.
v. RHODA ANN Sept. 16, 1849; d. Jan. 16, 1850.
2. OWEN BENTON2 TUFTS (Daniel H.1) enlisted when 19 in Co. C, 16th Regt. Vt. Vol. in Civil war, which was organized at Ludlow, Vt. Aug. 20, 1862; mustered in at Brattleboro Oct. 23, 1862, served until end of war then settled in Ilion where he was a merchant for many years; m. (1) 1865, Lucy (or Lavina) A. Fairchild who d. 1881; m. (2) 1883, Emma S. Schwartz.
*From Town Records, History of the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches of N. H. -1856, and History of Congregational Churches of Vt., 1915.
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Ch. by (1) wife b. Ilion :
i. WESLEY3 res. at Ilion at time of his d.
ii. I. BELLE m. June 21, 18-, Horatio P. Baum; rem. to Hastings, Neb.
iii. IDA (twin) ; m. H. N. Joslyn; res. Ilion.
iv. IVA (twin) ; m. William Farnell; res. (1922) Mohawk, N. Y.
3. ZACHARIAH1 TUFTS of Keene taxed in S. 1789; m. Keene Oct. 2, 1783, Polly Washburn of Keene b. 1762 ?; d. Keene Aug. 23, 1836. He d. Keene Mar. 12, 1828; "killed by falling"; aged 70 years. Ch. b. Keene: i. Sally2 b. Dec. 7, 1783. ii. Lucinda b. Mar. 23, 1785; m. Keene Nov. 7, 1800, Daniel Smith. iii. William b. Jan. 23, 1787. iv. George b. Dec. 29, 1788. v. Daniel b. Mar. 26, 1791. vi. Zachariah b. Feb. 6, 1793. vii. Joshua b. Feb. 8, 1795. viii. James b. Oct. 17, 1797; d. Keene July 9, 1857. ix. John b. Apr. 17, 1800; d. Keene Nov. 20, 1848. x. Mary b. May 17, 1802; m. Keene May 18, 1820, William Kelsey. xi. Abigail b. Feb. 26, 1804; m. Keene Apr. 10, 1822, Joseph Harwood. xii. Caleb b. Sept. 1, 1806.
TURNER.
1. EBENEZER TURNER (perhaps of Connecticut) drew a ten-acre meadow lot in Westmoreland Leg. This lot was situated on Ashuelot river in what later became the south part of Surry. John Ranstead, q.v., purchased this land, and sold the same to William Hayward, Feb. 8, 1775. Ebenezer Turner is not known to have res. in this vicinity.
2. ELIJAH1 TURNER appears to have res. in town 1830-32 and his s. died here.
Ch .:
i. CYRUS2 abt. Feb. 1830; d. in S. Feb. 21, 1832, n.f.r.
TWITCHELL.
1. SETH1 TWITCHELL, taxed in S. 1832. Ch .:
i. MARY2 abt. 1830; d. in S. Sept. 15, 1832, aged two yrs. n.f.r.
TYLER.
1. GIDEON' TYLER (or Tylor) was of Boxford, Mass .; m. Mehitable .
2. STEPHEN2 TYLER (Gideon1 b. Boxford June 9, 1760; m. Nov. (or Dec.) 1790, Martha (Patty) Baxter, dau. of Capt. Simon Baxter, q.v. This m. proved unhappy and she obtained a divorce, after which she m. (2) Hon. Elijah Knight, q.v.
Ch. (Tyler) :
i. CATHARINE3 b. 1797; d. unm. in Keene Apr. 6, 1885; aged 87 y., 9 mos. She was the well known "Kate Tyler," an odd character, res. at No. 75, and later at the old tavern of Judge Elijah Knight which stood abt. two rods north of 572 Court street in Keene.
ii. DEAN Nov. 30, 1791, d. in S. June 13, 1854 from an accident. (3)
iii. STEPHEN d. at New Orleans, La., of yellow fever, when a young man.
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iv. NANCY Mar. 20, 1799; d. Dec. 7, 1880; m. Sept. 17, 1818, Elijah Davis of Alstead b. June 4, 1792; d. June 16, 1876; s. of Nathaniel Davis, Jr .* Ch .: i. Henry T.4 b. Mar. 16, 1823. ii. Martha K. iii Frances C. iv. Julia A.
3. DEAN3 TYLER (Stephen2, Gideon1) res. at Langdon and came to S. prior to 1842 and presumably res. here until d., which was caused from a fall while getting over a fence on the meadow, east of No. 34. He was a farmer and lived at No. 44 at time of d. He m. Nov. 25, 1833, Martha Stevens b. in Alstead Jan. 22, 1801, dau. of John Stevens, q.v. Dean res. in S. before his m. 1831.
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i. JOHN STEVENS Langdon Dec. 29, 1834, d. Marlow Mar. 23, 1862; m. 1859/60 Hattie Elliot, dau. of Dick Elliot of Marlow.
ii. JULIA ANN Keene Sept. 19, 1836; res. (1921) Templeton, Mass., m. Bolton, Mass. Oct. 2, 1858, Alfred L. Lane who d. Feb. 5, 1915. Ch .: i. Martha L.5 b. Lancaster, Mass. 1860; m. Herbert F. Smith. ii. Arthur Elmer b. Templeton, Mass., May 31, 1873, d. July 3, 1914. (Two other ch. who d. in infancy) .
UPHAM.
1. Miss CATHARINE BELLE UPHAM of Boston, Mass., dau. of Dr. Up- ham, res. at No. 28 during the summer season a few years abt. 1900; with her was a friend, Miss Caroline E. Ward, q.v. They named the place "The Cones."
VINCELLETTE.
1. ANTTEONY' VINCELLETTE lived at West Farnum, Canada; m.
2. NICHOLAS2 VINCELLETTE (Antteony1) b. West Farnum abt. Jan. 30, 1831, d. Westmoreland Oct. 28, 1909, bur. S. He went to California when a young man, returned, res. in Vermont some years, also at Walpole and Westminster, Mass., coming to S. 1869 and chopped wood. First he lived in a small camp at No. 233; then bought land of C. Augustus Blake May 16, 1870, and built the first buildings at No. 235, later he lived at 130 and 124. He m. Apr. 7, 1853, Olive Patenaude b. Longeuil?, Canada May 9, 1832; d. Keene Aug. 18, 1904, dau. of Louis Patenaude. He also lived several months at No. 137, abt. 1865.
Ch. (Two or three ch. d. young) :
i. OLIVE3 b. in Vt. Aug. 31, 1854; d. S. Feb. 23, 1880/85; m. (1) Jan. 6, 1871, Lewis Bedaw b. Canada 1849; m. (2) Lewis Debell.
ii. MARIE Vt. Nov. 25, 1855; d. Apr. 28, 1875.
iii. PROSPERITY Vt. May 9, 1858; d. Oct. 22, 1859.
iv. DENNIS N. b. Walpole Sept. 10, 1862; res. Fitchburg, Mass. (1922). Taxed in S. 1885.
v. ALBERT E. Westminster Dec. 2, 1867; res. Fitchburg; proprietor of the Fitchburg Enamel Works. He went to Leominster, Mass. when a
*History of Rockingham, Vt. by Lyman S. Hayes, 1907; page 641.
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MR. AND MRS. NICHOLAS VINCELLETTE
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young man and worked in an enamel shop; in 1900 he was foreman of Sun Enamel Works, then he purchased property and began busi- ness in Fitchburg. He is quite a sportsman-fishing and hunting --- in the States and Canada, and is m.
vi. JOSEPHINE S. Jan. 27, 1871; m. Dec. 22, 1885, George Milan Hodg- kins, q.v.
vii. A child 1874; d. S. July 9, 1874.
WADE.
1. DURAN WADE, one of the "Proprietors" of Gilsum was of Lyme, Conn. In the drawing of the lots he was No. 13, and drew three 50 acre lots in what is now S .; L. 6; R. 1. L. 6; R. 2. L. 6; R. 3., all of which were on "Carpenter hill." Duran built on his land prior to 1770; in 1772, he was chosen "fence vuer." He sold a portion of his S. farm to his s. Thomas, Mar. 19, 1770 (R. of D.) and the balance to Dr. Gideon Tiffany of Keene in 1773. Abt. that time he rem. to Walpole where he res. until 1789, when he appears to have left. M. Lyme, Jan. 3, 174-, Phebe Ransom. Ch .:
i. ANNA2.
ii. PHEBE m. 1772, John Still q.v.
iii. THOMAS *bought land of his father in 1770; lived at or near No. 167, in 1770-73; sold property to Dr. Tiffany Jan. 13, 1773 and rem. from S. He m. S. Feb. 6, 1770, Dorothy Mack, dau. of Joseph Mack, q.v. Ch. b. in S .: i. Roswold3 Jan. 28, 1772.
iv. JOHN.
WAIT.
1. JOHN' WAIT, perhaps of Alstead, was taxed in S. 1830 to 1833; in 1830 he was on a committee to build school-house in the middle district at No. 51. (Note; there was a John Wait, who signed the Association Test in Alstead in 1776; possibly this man.).
2. VOLNEY (or Volany) B.1 WAIT, perhaps a s. of John1, was taxed in S. 1833-34. His m. int. was published Aug. 23, 1834, to Miss Cornelia Em- erson of Alstead.
WAKEFIELD.
1. Dr. JOHN' WAKEFIELD came to S. June 1821 and remained three or more years. In 1823 the town paid him $17.60 for doctoring Phebe Crandall, a pauper; and in May 1824 he doctored John Williams, a foreigner and negro who d. n.f.r.
WARD.
1. GEORGE' WARD m. Susan Holbrook, and had,-b. S:
i. A son2 Dec. 7, 1868.
2. Miss CAROLINE E. WARD of Beacon St., Boston, res. at No. 28 in company with Miss Catherine B. Upham during the summer for a few years, 1900 ?.
*Either he or another Thomas Wade was living at Pembroke, Mass., in 1816.
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WARE.
*1. ROBERT' WARE b. England, d. 1699 probably at Wrentham, Mass. In 1642 land was granted him in Dedham, Mass. He m. (1) Mar. 24, 1645, Margrett Huntinge, d. Dedham, Aug. 26, 1670, dau. of John and Esther (Sea- born?) Huntinge. M. (2) 1676 Hannah Jones. Robert and Margrett are supposed to have been the ancestors of all of the name WARE who were living in New England prior to 1800.
2. MOSES' WARE (the possible line to Robert1 is as follows: Moses' b. June 7, 1702, John3 b. June 17, 1670, John2 b. Oct. 6, 1646, Robert1 Ware) b. Wrenthan, Nov. 16, 1739; d. Keene, N. Y. Aug. 23, 1812. He res. Norton, Mass., Swanzey and Gilsum. It is thought he was the "Mr. Moses Ware" who lately came from Wrentham to Surry and who was warned out of town, Dec. 24, 1778 by Moses D. Field, constable-recorded in town books, Dec. 3, 1784. As he remained in town several years thereafter evidently he did not seriously consider the "Warning." He m. 1768, Betsey Puffer (or possibly, Rebecca Puffer in 1761). They had numerous descendants connected with S. A more complete record is given in Gilsum History, pp. 408-10.
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i. ELIJAH2 b. Swanzey? Mar. 9, 1769; d. June 27, 1847; m. (1) Sept. 4, 1792, Anna Hathorn, q.v .; m. (2) Dec. 27, 1808, Patty Withington. One of their ch. was Nancy3 b. Aug. 25, 1794; m. Capt. True Webster, q.v. Another was Eunice b. July 13, 1806; m. Otis Gardner Ham- mond of Gilsum, whose grandson (Isaac W.') Otis Grant5 Hammond is now secretary of N. H. Historical Society, Concord, N. H.
ii. COMFORT 1764; m. Sept. 11, 1787, Sarah Rice, dau. of Peter and Phebe (Ellis) Rice, q.v. Taxed in S. 1789 on land and stock. They rem. to Keene, N. Y. Five ch.
iii. BENJAMIN Swanzey? May 17, 1773; d. Gilsum Jan. 1, 1858, was cap- tain in the militia; m. (1) 1794, Huldah Wilcox, dau. of Obadiah and Lydia (Wilcox) Wilcox, q.v. of Gilsum, d. Mar. 29, 1811; m. (2) Aug. 14, 1811, Martha Chapin b. Alstead July 14, 1788, dau. of Jus- tus and Martha (Taylor) Chapin q.v., who d. Gilsum Sept. 30, 1849; m. (3) Jan. 1, 1850, Fanny Willis b. Keene Dec. 6, 1798, d. in S. There were nine ch. by (1) wife and eight by (2) wife. One was Betsey C.3 b. 1819; d. 1917; m. (1) Stephen Smith, q.v .; m. (2) Bradley Britton, q.v.
iv. MOSES Jr. b. S. June 1776; m. Hannah Hathorn, rem. to Keene, N. Y.
v. EUNICE m. John Ellis of Gilsum; rem. to Swanzey.
vi. MILLY.
vii. REBECCA b. S. May 10, 1780.
3. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS3 WARE (Benjamin2, Moses1) b. Dec. 17, (or 19), 1822, d. at the home of his sister, Mrs. Bradley Britton q.v., in S. Aug. 29, 1865. He was a clergyman and d. soon after he came to S .; was m. and had six ch.
*Ware Genealogy, 1887, by Emma F. Ware of Milton, Mass. and History of Gilsum.
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§4. WARD" WARE, s. of Jason5 (Nathaniel', Nathaniel", Ebenezer', Rob- ert1) m. Sarah (Washburn) Ware of Hancock, b. Sept. 28, 1792, d. Washing- ton May 28, 1870. He res. in Hancock, Marlow, S. 1856 to '59, and Washington. Perhaps lived with his dau. Jane Mansfield-Stuart in this town. He m. (1) Mar. 2, 1819, Sarah Matthews b. Bradford, Aug. 23, 1789; d. Marlow Jan. 11, 1833, dau. of Robert; m. (2) Oct. 23, 1833, Mrs. Sarah (Hall) Clyde b. Antrim Sept. 15, 1797, dau. of Samuel Hall of Hillsboro, and wid. of Samuel Clyde.
Ch. by (1) wife:
i. JANE b. Feb 23, 1820, d. S. Dec. 3, 1865; m. (1) Willard Mansfield who d. in S. May 24, 1855; m. (2) Apr. 5, 1859, James Stuart, q.v.
ii. CALISTA b. Marlow July 10, 1822; d. there July 19, 1822.
iii. EMILY MARIA b. Marlow Dec. 9, 1824; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1845, Stephen Cragin who d. Jaffrey Aug. 31, 1866; m. (2) Sept. 1, 1870, Orlando Cragin.
iv. ERASTUS ALBERT b. Hancock Oct. 10, 1827; d. of lock-jaw on his for- tieth birthday in San Francisco, Cal. He lived in S. a year or so, abt. 1855. He m. (1) Oct. 21, 1858, Mary Elizabeth Dort who d. S. Apr. 28, 1859, dau. of Capt. Eliphalet Dort q.v .; m. (2) Jan. 1, 1861, Lucy Almira Pitcher b. Stoddard Apr. 30, 1844, d. Washington Aug. 27, 1863, dau. of Luther and Mary H. (Stuart) Pitcher.
5. ROBERT' WARE, ancestry unknown, b. abt. 1737; d. Jan. 30, 1800; bur. in s. w. cemetery in S .; aged 63 yrs. He m. Hannah b. abt. 1751; d. Jan. 4, 1827, aged 76 yrs .; bur. in same lot with her husband. We find no record they ever res. in S. and believe they lived in edge of Westmore- land. His sister probably was Esther who m. Dr. Noah Fuller, q.v.
6. FANNY WILLIS WARE (the (3) wife of Capt. Benjamin Ware, see above), came to S. and spent the last 10 or 12 years with Mrs. Bradley Brit- ton, where she d. Jan. 1881 ?; bur. in Gilsum. The Sullivan History p. 1466 states she m. (2) Dec. 1, 1863, Stephen C. Switzer b. Bath 1793. She was fre- quently called, "Fanny Willis" even after marriage. No. ch.
WASHBURN.
1. SIMEON' WASHBURN d. Keene Oct. 27, 1802, came to S. prior to 1790 and rem .- probably to Keene abt. 1792; m. -, his widow perhaps was the "Old Widow Washburn" who d. in Keene Nov. 11, 1804. He was doubtless the man of that name who signed the Association Test in Keene 1776.
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i. CALEB2 m. Keene Apr. 4, 1787, Chloe Puffer of Keene (2)
ii. POLLY m. Keene Oct. 2, 1783, Zachariah Tufts of Keene who "served with credit" in the Rev. war, and d. in Keene Mar. 12, 1828; aged 70 years a pensioner. Ch. b. Keene: i. Sally3 b. Dec. 7, 1783. ii. Lu- cinda b. Mar. 23, 1785. iii. William b. Jan. 23, 1787. iv. George b. Dec. 29, 1788. v. Daniel b. Mar. 26, 1791. vi. Zachariah b. Feb. 6, 1793. vii. Joshua b. Feb. 8, 1795. viii. James b. Oct. 17, 1797; d.
§History of Hancock, 1889, by William W. Hayward.
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Keene July 9, 1857. ix. John b. Apr. 17, 1800; d. (Keene Nov. 20, 1848-aged 44?). x. Mary b. May 17, 1802. xi. Abigail b. Feb. 26, 1804. xii. Caleb b. Sept. 1, 1806.
iii. JOSHUA m. Keene Mar. 22, 1789, Hepzibah Oaks of Keene. Ch. b. Keene: i. Relief3 b. 1788; d. Keene Dec. 20, 1791.
2. CALEB7 WASHBURN (Simon1) a bricklayer of Keene bought land of Nathan Hayward in S. June 9, 1788; sold this property Mar. 8, 1790 to James McCurdy.
Ch. :
i. JOSIAH3 b. Keene Aug. 29, 1787.
ii. SIMEON b. S. Apr. 11, 1789.
iii. RICHARD b. S. Nov. 10, 1790.
iv. DANIEL Jan. 1, 1793 in Keene; d. there Jan. 8, 1793.
WATKINS.
1. ZACCHEUS' WATKINS, an early settler of Dublin, N. H., came to S. as early as 1795 and remained until 1798/9; lived at No. 214; m. May 1, 1788, Rhoda Weatherly.
Ch. b. Dublin :
i. TABITHA2 Dec. 10, 1788.
2. NATHAN WATKINS, a blacksmith of Ashford, Conn. b. 1732; d. Wal- pole Oct. 6, 1805. When a young man he was a boatman on the Mohawk river in N. Y. state. He m. Esther Lyons b. 1756; d. Jan. 4, 1824.
3. EDWARD? WATKINS b. 1763; d. Walpole Nov. 13, 1838; m. Oct. 3, 1786, Keturah Dennison, dau. of Daniel Dennison. He was a Rev. soldier, according to his obit. notice-K. S.
4. ROYAL3 WATKINS (Edward2, Nathan1) b. Walpole Oct. 1, 1788; d. Napoleon?, Mich., July 1875. He settled at No. 218 abt. 1817, in 1832/33 he built No. 217 and lived there until Apr. 1835 when he removed to Michigan, town of Napoleon Jackson Co., probably. He m. May 24, 1810, Sally Carpen- ter b. S. Feb. 23, 1791; d. Napoleon, Aug. 14 (or 15), 1855, dau. of Benjamin Carpenter, q.v.
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i. FREEMAN CARPENTER4 Mar. 29, 1811, res. 1879, Norvell, Mich. An interesting letter which he wrote to a local paper is given in this work. He m. (1) Philinda Fitzgerald. Taxed in S. 1832.
ii. ELVIRA HAYWARD Jan. 3, 1815; m. Obed Hall.
iii. RUTH MARIA Feb. 6, 1818; m. T. W. Waterman Thompson.
iv. CORDELIA ANN JOSEPHINE Sept. 19, 1825.
v. LUCIUS DENNISON Oct. 13, 1828; m. (1) Lucy A. Baldwin; m. (2) Sarah T. English.
5. BETSEY' WATKINS "of Surry" m. Nov. 23, 1826, Zina Buck, q.v.
6. ALEXANDER1 WATKINS of Walpole 1777/78, m. Hannah Ruggles.
7. ALEXANDER' WATKINS, Jr., b. May 5, 1786, m. Mary Sherman.
8. GEORGE3 WATKINS b. Mar. 15, 1811; living in Walpole 1878; m. Em- eline Jennings of Walpole.
9. ALONZO J.4 WATKINS (George3, Alexander2, Alexander1) was taxed in S. 1881.
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WEATHERHEAD.
1. JOSEPH WEATHERHEAD m. Mary Jenks.
2. JEREMIAH2 WEATHERHEAD b. Providence, R. I. Jan. 22, 1714; m. Rachel Franklin.
3. JOSEPH3 WEATHERHEAD b. (Scituate, R. I .? ) Oct. 13, 1766; m. (1) -; m. (2) Sarah Tossey (or Jorsey?). He rem. to Guilford, Vt. prior to 1790.
4. ABEL+ WEATHERHEAD b. Guilford Sept. 23, 1786; d. Apr. 2, 1855; m. Ruth Davis.
5. ALONZO WEATHERHEAD b. Guilford Feb. 5, 1832; m. (1) June 24, 1854, Annise Clark; m. (2) Sept. 15, 1868 Ellen P. Arms.
6. HENRY ALONZO® WEATHERHEAD (Alonzo5, Abel', Joseph3 Jere- miah, Joseph1) b. Guilford Dec. 28, 1862, moved from Guilford to S. May 23, 1900, lived at No. 4; bought the old saw mill (No. 5), repaired the same and put in a portable grist mill which he ran until abt. 1909. In 1901 he bought No. 240 and here lived until Nov. 1909 when he removed to Fredonia, N. Y|, his present (1922) res. He m. (1) Sylvan Orcutt of Guilford; m. (2) Sept. 27, 1897, *Mrs. Oriette Elizabeth (Kingston) Goodrich, b. Cavendish, Vt. Apr. 11, 1862, dau. of James and Olive Melissa - Kingston) Streeter and widow of Joseph Paine Goodrich.
Ch. by (1) wife b. in Guilford, Vt .:
i. EDITH SYLVAN7 Jan. 16, 1883; m. Hinsdale Feb. 23, 1898, Albert Cressy Hudson, b. West Dover, Vt. Mar. 3, 1875, s. of Marshall Seth and Francelia (Pease) Hudson. Ch .: i. Hazel Edith8 b. Guilford June 28, 1900. ii. Herman Albert b. Guilford Mar. 13, 1902. iii. Alonzo Floyd b. Vernon, Vt. May 1, 1904. iv. Sylvan Emma b. Chesterfield, N. H., Feb. 13, 1907, d. same day. v. Ardelle Clarice b. Brattleboro,
*Family record of Joseph P.1 and Oriette E. (Kingston) Goodrich :
1. Joseph Paine1 Goodrich b. Cavendish Vt. Feb. 6, 1852, m. Apr. 7, 1879, Oriette Elizabeth Kingston b. Cavendish Apr. 11, 1862; she m. (2) Henry Alonzo® Weatherhead q.v.
Ch. (subject to errors) (Goodrich) :
i LUCY EUGENIA2 b. Cavendish Oct. 13, 1880; m. Jan. 18, 1903; res. Fitchburg, Mass.
ii. THEODORE GARFIELD Cavendish Jan. 1, 1882; m .; res. (1918) Groton, Conn. He served nine months on the Mexican Border.
iii. ETHEL MELISSA Chester, Vt. May 10, 1884; m. Aug. 1, 1905; res. Ashby, Mass.
iv. DANA CHARLES Chester Vt. June 19, 1885; m .; res. 1918, Chester, Vt. V. DELLA MARIA Chester Vt. May 30, 1887; m. Mar. 7, 1906; res. Caven- dish, Vt.
vi. DALLAS ELMER Ludlow, Vt. Mar. 22, 1890; unm. 1918; res. Chester.
vii. NEIL ELSWORTH Ludlow, Vt. June 16, 1892; unm. 1918; res. Groton, Conn.
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Vt. Aug. 19, 1908. vi. Marshall Henry b. Vernon June 17, 1910. vii. Myrtle Ida b. Chesterfield June 28, 1912, d. there Jan. 18, 1913. viii. Dorr Warner b. Chesterfield Oct. 14, 1916.
ii. ANNISE HARRIETT Oct. 31, 1888; m. Keene Apr. 23, 1910, Norris Way- land Drury b. Troy Dec. 15, 1887, s. of Arthur W. and Eda J. (Wilder) Drury. Ch .: i. Clayton Alfred Weatherhead' b. Guilford Mar. 12, 1906; adopted. ii. Winfred Norris b. Guilford Feb. 20, 1911. Cr. by (2) wife b. in Keene:
iii. VERA ELEANOR May 26, 1902, d. Keene Mar. 12, 1904.
NOTE :- Above records supplied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Weatherhead.
WEBER.
1. ANDREW' WEBER b. Germany Aug. 29, 1820; came to New York City, 1854, then to Walpole 1858. He m. 1856 Elizabeth Grova?, b. Germany July 20, 1823/4; came to America, 1855; both living in Walpole 1878.
Ch. b., i in N. Y. City, others, Walpole :
i. JOHN A." Mar. 20, 1857; res. 1923, Walpole, a merchant and printer. (2)
ii. LIZZIE E. May 11, 1861; d. 1894.
iii. CARRIE E. Mar. 13, 1863; d. 1893.
iv. MARY F. Sept. 27, 1865; m. Osmor Haas; res. Worcester, Mass.
2. JOHN A.2 WEBER (Andrew1) entered Bryant & Stratton Business College, Boston, 1878, from which he was graduated, taught penmanship; came to S. 1879 and worked for Hollis Wilcox at No. 93; went to Chicago where he was employed by the W. W. Wilcox Co .; returned and worked on the Holly Farm 1885-'92 then removed to Walpole. He m. 1895, Ella M. Wil- bur b. Norfolk, N. Y. Dec. 31, 1856; dau. of James (b. Westmoreland Aug. 18, 1829; d. Dec. 15, 1861) and Hannah S. (Wier, b. Walpole Sept. 25, 1826; d. Apr. 15, 1891) Wilbur.
WEBSTER.
1. JONATHAN' WEBSTER res. in Atkinson, before and after 1790.
2. TRUE2 WEBSTER b. Atkinson Jan. 9, 1768; d. (Gilsum?) Apr. 3, 1850; m. (1) Feb. 3, 1791, Patty (Martha) Emery b. July 22, 1770; d. Sept. 8, 1827; m. (2) June 10, 1828, Mrs. Mary (Eaton) Wilson b. Pelham Nov. 22, 1766, d. Francestown, Apr. 25, 1857, dau. of Moses and Anna (-) Eaton, and widow of James Wilson of Francestown. Ch. b. (1) wife: i. Ben- jamin E.ª b. 1792, (3). ii. True b. 1793 (4). iii. Jonathan b. Dec. 4, 1794 (5). iv. Rollins b. 1796. v. Eliphalet K. b. 1798. vi. Patty Malvina b. 1800. vii. Abner b. 1800 (twin). viii. Hezekiah b. 1802. ix. Mark b. 1804 (6) x. Rebecca b. 1805; d. y. xi. Polly E. b. 1808. xii. Ezra b. 1811.
3. BENJAMIN EMERY3 WEBSTER (True2, Jonathan1) b. Gilsum Jan. 9, 1792; d. Walpole Mar. 1, 1862. He came to S. from Gilsum as early as 1816 and bought an interest in the "fulling mill," No. 120; sold his S. prop- erty in 1826; res. in Alstead, Walpole and Westmoreland. He m. (1) May 18, 1820, Jane' Slade b. Alstead June 18, 1792, d. Aug. 23, 1852, dau. of Sam- uel3 (John2, William1) and Hannah (Thomson) Slade.
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
Ch. b. i-ii in S., others in Walpole:
i. SAMUEL HADLEY4 Dec. 29, 1822; d. June 19, 1898, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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ii. HARRIET May 6, 1824; d. Portland, Me. Nov. 9, 1895; m. Westmoreland May 2, 1844, Artemus Knight 2nd of Westmoreland, b. July 17, 1821, d. Council Grove, Kansas, Mar. 3, 1884, s. of Luther Knight. He rem. to Kansas where he was successfully engaged for some years in company with his brother-in-law, Lewis4 Webster. Ch .: i. Sarah Jane5 b. Apr. 7, 1845; m. Nov. 16, 1870, Elton A. Hall b. Westmore- land, who entered R. R. work and in recent years was Supt. of Maine Central R. R., res. Portland, Me. ii. Charles Luther b. Oct. 15, 1847; from Westmoreland he moved to Merrimack in 1874; in June, 1876, rem. west and settled in Dunlap, Morris Co., Kan., in the sheep in- dustry; in 1883 rem. to Council Grove where he was postmaster 1885-91, then rem. to Kansas City, Mo. He m. (1) Oct. 8, 1867, Agnes Buchanan b. St. Stephens, N. B. Oct. 4, 1847; d. Kansas City, June 30, 1894; m. (2) July 8, 1896, Susan H. Ridgeway, b. Jacksonville, Mo., July 31, 1858. Three ch. iii. Lewis Webster b. Dec. 15, 1849; d. Detroit Apr. 11, 1853.
iii. LUCY Sept. 21, 1828; d. Saginaw, Mich. abt. 1902; m. Peter Dixon.
iv. LEWIS Sept. 21, 1828 (twin); rem. West; res. at Emporia, Kan .; m. Martha Dunlap, dau. of Dr. Dunlap of Westmoreland. He was in the sheep husbandry with Artemus Knight. He had several ch.
4. TRUE3 WEBSTER (True2, Jonathan1) b. Mar. 10, 1793; d. July 21, 1870 in Gilsum; m. (1) Nancy Ware who d. July 18, 1840, dau. of Elijah Ware of Gilsum; m. (2) Mar. 4, 1841, Harriet Bryon Hill b. S. June 12, 1800, dau. of Moses and Lucy (Adams) Hill q.v. He was captain of Gilsum mili- tary Co. Taxed S. 1842.
Ch. by (1) wife:
i. BENJAMIN EMERY b. June 6, 1815; res. in Walpole, m. twice, two Nims' sisters.
ii. ELIJAH EMERSON May 25, 1817; d. Aug. 3, 1817.
iii. ANNA WARE May 30, 1820; d. S. Oct. 28, 1894, m. William L. Kings- bury, q.v.
iv. HANNAH Aug. 30, 1823, d. Apr. 20, 1824.
v. PATTY MALVINA June 18, 1828, m. (1) Geo. K. Smith of Gilsum; m. (2) Joel Cowee Jr. of Gilsum.
Ch. b. in S. by (2) wife:
vi. HARRIET AUGUSTA Jan. 3, 1843, m. Ira D.ª Gates of Gilsum b. Oct. 4, 1833, d. Keene, s. of Levi2 (Laban1, q.v.) and Elsea B. (Wyman) Gates. Ch .: i. Lelia T. b. Gilsum Feb. 12, 1862; d. Keene Nov. 7, 1912, m. Arthur L. Fairbanks. ii. Hattie B. iii. Carrie G. iv. Elbert E. W.
5. JONATHAN® WEBSTER (True", Jonathan1) came to this town 1815. and bought a half interest in the "fulling mill," No. 120, and sold his interest to his brother Benjamin E.3 the year following. He rem. to Gilsum as early as 1818. Finally he moved to Penn. where he d. May 29, 1823, m. Dec. 1, 1814,, Milly Blish of Gilsum.
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HISTORY OF SURRY
Ch .:
i. LUCY' m. - Jackson.
6. MARK3 WEBSTER (True2, Jonathan1) b. Feb. 29, 1804; d. Walpole Nov. 18, 1876, m. (1) Sept. 13, 1823 Eunice Wright b. Groton, Mass., May 1805, d. Apr. 13, 1831; m. (2) Eunice Knowlton b. Walpole Mar. 8, 1803; d. Feb. 9, 1880, dau. of Luther and Prudence (Dadman) Knowlton.
Ch. by (2) wife:
i. MARY ELIZA4 May 12, 1833, m. Jan. 24, 1853, Franklin O. Pierce, q.v.
ii. EZRA June 10, 1835, d. Alstead May 17, 1917; a farmer; res. at No. 152. (8)
iii. EDWIN ELIPHALET b. Walpole Apr. 22, 1837; d. Keene 1905 ?; m. Em- ily E. Upham.
iv. HENRY MARK Aug. 3, 1839; d. Lebanon, Conn. Jan. 1876; m. Harriet Farr.
v. EUNICE AUGUSTA May 10, 1843; m. Ira E. Blake q.v.
vi. FRANKLIN PRESTON Walpole Nov. 16, 1848; d. Keene Sept. 24, 1921; res. in S. (9)
7. SAMUEL HADLEY WEBSTER (Benjamin E.", True2, Jonathan1) rem. West, was a successful merchant at Detroit and Saginaw, Mich. In the latter city he was in the lumber business after 1856; m. May 21, 1847, Ange- line Rice of Perkinsville, Vt. b. Feb. 14, 1825.
Ch .:
i. BENJAMIN FRANK5 b. Sept. 8, 1853; rem. to Colorado Springs, Colo., in real estate business; m. June 4, 1879, Leona Livingston of Sag- inaw. Ch .: i. Benj. Frank, Jr.6 b. June 4, 1887. ii. Walter L. b. June 16, 1892.
8. EZRA+ WEBSTER (Mark3, True2, Jonathan1) a farmer and carpenter; m. (1) Dec. 27, 1857, Victoria Wilson of Gilsum who d. Alstead Jan. 28, 1889, dau. of Davis H. Wilson; m. (2) abt. 1891 Lottie F. George of Lawrence, Mass .- separated.
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