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BENJAMIN2 (John1), b. 1648 ; m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel and Anne (Pell) Thurston.
BENJAMIN,3 fourth child of Benjamin,2 b. 12 Aug., 1690; m. Dorothy Moody.
Isaac.
Jeremiah.
ISAAC,4 Dea., b. 21 Oct., 1728; m., 1st, 28 Nov., 1751, Sarah Gerrish, who d. 16 March, 1773, aged 44 years ; 2d, Anna Plumer, 11 Jan., 1774, who d. 2 April, 1789, without issue; 3d. Mary Eaton. 1789, who d. 30 March, 1848, aged 96, without issue. He was chosen deacon of the church of B. about the year 1770; was also elected deacon of the church in the east part of the town in the year 1786; d. 8 March, 1805, aged 77.
Children of Sarah :
Moses, b. 21 Nov., 1752; d. 8 Dec., 1752.
Mary Elisebeth, b. 3 Oct., 1753; m. Maj. Enoch Gerrish.
Joseph, b. 17 Aug., 1755; m. Hannah Atkinson ; moved to Haver- hill, N. HI.
Jane, b. 1 Dec., 1757 ; d. 20 May, 1758.
Jane, b. 10 May, 1759; d. 4 July, 1759.
Isaac, b. 7 Aug., 1760; m. Sarah Allison; lived in Northfield; d. without issue.
Somersby, b. 27 Aug., 1763.
Moses, b. 12 Dec., 1765; d. 31 Jan., 1767.
SOMERSBY,5 Capt. (Isaac,4 Dea.), b. 27 Aug., 1763; d. 12 July, 1811, aged 48; m. Judith, dau. of Joshua and Re- becca (Gerrish) March, who d. 9 Dec., 1820, aged 50. Isaac, b. 14 May, 1792.
Mary, b. 7 April, 1794; m. John Cogswell; d. 5 April, 1823, aged 29.
Rebecca, b. 1799; d. 4 May, 1812, aged 13.
Judith, b. 1803; d. 17 April, 1819, aged 16.
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ISAAC6 (Somersby,5 Capt.), b. 14 May, 1792; d. 4 March, 1824, aged 32 years ; m. Hannah, dan. of Major Enoch Gerrish, 1 June, 1814, who d. 29 Jan., 1821.
Rebecca, b. 12 Nov., 1815; d. 22 July, 1814; m. Calvin Gage, of B .; children,-Hannah Pearson, b. 13 June, 1836; d. 5 July, 1852, aged 16; Martha Ann, b. 10 May, 1840; d. 19 July, 1846.
The family of Capt. Somersby Pearson is extinct.
JEREMIAH4 (Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 John1) in. Elizabeth Pearson.
Nathan, b. 1766. Samuel, b. 28 Nov., 1771. Polly, m. Paul Dodge.
NATHAN5 (Jeremiah4) m. Elisabeth Thurlow; d. Jan., 1850; moved to B. from Newbury, Mass., 1795.
Polly, b. 17 July, 1787 ; m. Isaac HIale; d. 14 Nov., 1865. Betsey, b. 25 April, 1790; m. Isaac HIale ; d. 9 Jan., 1832.
Paul, b. 10 July, 1792; d. 27 Sept., 1797.
Paul, b. 19 Oct., 1798.
Nathan, b. 22 Sept., 1802.
SAMUEL5 (Jeremiah4), b. 28 Nov., 1771; m. Mary B. Lane; moved to B. from Newbury, 1796; d. 20 Nov., 1843.
Annie, b. 6 Sept., 1797; d. 27 Jan., 1800.
Lydia, b. 24 July, 1799 ; d. 11 Dec., 1800.
Annie, b. 14 March, 1802 ; d. 9 April, 1804.
Mary, b. 23 Nov., 1805: m. Plummer R. Stevens.
Nancy, b. 25 Jan., 1808; d. 20 Nov., 1856.
PAUL6 (Nathan,5 Jeremiah4) m. Sarah Couch ; member of the legislature 1856, 1857.
William, b. 5 March, 1827. Charles, b. 17 Aug., 1829. Sarah J .. b. 22 Dec., 1835; m. Henry H. Gerrish. IIenry F., b. 23 July, 1839.
NATHAN6 (Nathan5) m. Eliza Couch, d. 12 Oct., 1868 [see Biog.] John C., b. 25 May, 1835.
WILLIAM7 (Paul6) m. Rebecca Corser. Clara, b. 3 Jan., 1859 ; d. 22 June, 1859. Charles, b. 23 April, 1861.
CHARLES7 (Paul6) m. Fanny Prescott; d. March, 1856. Lizzie F., b. 18 Jan., 1853; m. D. B. Badger, of Boston.
HENRY F.7 (Paul6) m. Henrietta Bills. Edwin H., b. 9 Feb., 1863. George L., b. 34 March, 1865. Jessie E., b. 30 July, 1869. Henry F., ( b. 3 Oct., 1873. Henrietta,
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JOHN C.7 (Nathan6) m. Elizabeth S. Colby ; member of legislature 1871, 1872; resides at Fisherville.
Carrie E., b. 23 Dec., 1857.
Edward N., b. 7 Sept., 1859 ; in Dart. coll., class 1881.
John Walter, b. 17 Feb., 1862.
Harlow C., b. 27 Nov., 1872.
PILLSBURY.
Compiled by Alfred Little.
WILLIAM1 (the name originally called Pillesburgh,-see Coffin's Hist. of Newbury) was b. in Staffordshire, England, 1605; came to Newbury, Mass., in 1641, thence to Dorchester the same year ; m. Dorothy Crosby of that town, in 1642; returned to Newbury in 1651 [?], where he d. 19 June, 1686. He bought his farm of Edward Rawson, secretary of state, which has ever since been owned by his lineal descendants, and is now occupied by Joshua Pillsbury of High st., New- buryport. He was a man of wealth; owned a large tract of land, and had money to let, which tradition says he kept secreted under the eaves of his thatched barn.
Job, b. in Dorchester, Mass., 16 Oct., 1643.
Moses.
Abel, b. 1652.
Caleb, b. at Newbury, Mass., 28 Jan., 1654; d. 4 July, 1680.
William, b. 27 July, 1656.
Experience, b. 10 April, 1658.
Increase, b. 10 Oct., 1660.
Thankful, b. 22 April. 1662.
Joshua, b. 20 June, 1674.
JOB2 (William1) m. Katharine Gavet, 5 April, 1677.
Daniel, b. 20 Sept., 1678. Josiah, b. 17 April, 1686.
DANIEL3 (Job,2 William1). In 1700, he built the Pillsbury house on High st., Newburyport, which has ever since been occupied by his descendants ; m. Sarah Allen, 18 Jan., 1703.
Joshua, b. 11 Feb., 1704; d. 21 March, 17SS.
JOSHUA4 (Daniel,8 Job2) m. Mary Somersby, of Newbury, Mass., 1731, who d. 16 April, 1794, aged 87.
Joshua, b. 23 March, 1738; d. 6 April, 1798.
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JOSHUA5 (Joshua,4 Danie]3) m. Rebeckah Witham, of Peppers- boro' (Wells), Me., 1764, who d. 28 June, 1819, aged 77.
Daniel, b. 15 April. 1765; d. at B , 8 Dec., 1844. Joshua, b. 1769 ; d. at B., 15 Aug., 1811.
He had also several other children,-daughters.
DANIEL, 6 Lieut. (Joshua,5 Joshua+), m. Eunice Thurlow, of New- buryport, Mass., 5 Feb., 1788 ; who was b. 5 May, 1765, and d. 27 Oct., 1847. Soon after his marriage he re- moved to B. and settled on his father's farm on Water st., which he subsequently purchased ; was a carpen- ter and mill-wright. Though a man of medium stat- ure, yet the united heights of his 7 sons amounted to 423 feet.
Daniel, b. 20 March, 1789; d. 19 July, 1872.
Enoch, b. 14 Ang., 1790.
George T., b. 7 Feb., 1792; d. 16 May, 1836.
Moody A., b. 4 May, 1794; d. 8 Jan., 1863.
Rebecca, b. 29 April, 1796 ; d. 5 Oct., 1874 ; m. Jeremiah Titcomb, of Derry, 29 April, 1823 ; lived in B.
Paul P., b. 9 Nov., 1797.
Joseph, b. 7 Aug., 1799; d. 14 May, 1861.
Eunice, b. 22 Sept., 1803; d. 2 Nov., 1843.
Mary, b. 6 Feb., 1805; d. 7 April, 1843.
Sarah, b. 4 Nov., 1806; resides on the homestead.
William T., b. 24 Aug., 1809 ; d. 27 Aug., 1845.
JOSHUA,6 Capt. (Joshua,5 Joshua+), m. Elizabeth Wood, of New- buryport, Mass., 1793, who d. 1 Dec., 1816. He re- moved to B. in 1809.
Enoch, b. 7 Jan., 1795: d. at Nashua, 26 Jan., 1857.
Joshua, b. 13 Ang., 1796.
Elizabeth, b. 1 Aug., 1798; d. 16 Oct., 1825; m. Jeremiah Little, of B., 5 March, 1816.
Nathaniel, b. 13 Sept .. 1800 ; d. 14 April, 1863.
Eunice, b. 2 Jan., 1803; d. in Lawrence, Mass., 1 Aug., 1872 ; m. Simon Brown, of Derry, in 1828.
Mary C., b. 20 March, 1805; d. 25 July, 1869 ; m. Capt. Richard Little, of B., 22 May, 1827. Phebe, b. 21 May, 1807; m. in 1829. Caroline, b. 10 July, 1811; m. 1834.
DANIEL,7 Capt. (Daniel,6 Lieut., Joshua5), removed to West New- bury, Mass ; m., 1st, Dorothy Searles, of New Ches- ter, 26 Nov., 1812, who d. 4 June, 1819; 2d. Betsey Burleigh, of Franklin, 9 Nov., 1820, who d. 19 Sept., 1868.
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Children of Dorothy :
Elvira D., b. 25 June, 1815; d. 7 Aug., 1824. Melvin, b. 11 July, 1818.
Children of Betsey :
Mary A., b. 10 Sept., 1821 ; d. 2 July, 1834. Joseph B., b. 19 June, 1823: d. 23 Dec., 1833. Benjamin D., b. 25 Oct., 1824.
ENOCH7 (Daniel,6 Lieut., Joshua5) was a soldier in the war of 1812; resides in Webster; m. Martha Burleigh, of Franklin, 6 Dec., 1822.
Enoch Hilton, b. 5 May, 1824; d. 23 Dec., 1857.
Martha A., b. 26 Jan., 1836; d. 22 Sept., 1860; m. Ezekiel W. Burbank, of Webster, in 1851.
GEORGE T.,7 Dea. (Daniel,6 Lieut., Joshua5), lived in B. ; was a mill-wright and carpenter, and the first man in town to frame buildings by square rule ; m. Susannah, dau. of Dea. Eliphalet Kilburn, of B., 16 June, 1813, who was b. 16 Feb., 1790, and d. in Chicago, Ill., 31 March, 1861. [See Biog. ]
Emily, b. 26 Sept., 1814; was a successful teacher in N. E. and at the South; m., 1st, Rev. A. B. Burke, in Alexander, Burke county, Ga., 19 Dec., 1848, who d. 10 May, 1849 ; 2d. Col. D. F. Kimball, of Chicago, Ill., 19 Sept., 1859 ; resides in Fisherville.
Catharine, b. 22 Sept., 1820 ; d. 19 Oct., 1843; m. Sewell Hoit, of Concord, 26 Jan., 1837.
MOODY A.,7 Gen. (Daniel,6 Lieut., Joshua5), lived at Bashan ; m., 1st, Abigail W., dau. of Col. Timothy Dix, of B., 1 Oct., 1818, who d. 9 May, 1852; 2d, Louisa F. Dix. sister of Abigail, 25 Nov., 1852. [See Biog.]
Children of Abigail :
Moody Adams, b. 20 Sept., 1820; m. Charlotte Couch, of B., 15 March, 1847; resides in Webster.
George, b. 17 Oct., 1823.
Charles W., b. 7 June, 1826; d. 17 May, 1828. Charles S., b. 14 April, 1828.
PAUL P.,7 Capt. (Daniel,6 Lieut., Joshua5), resides at Andover, Mass. ; m., 1st, Hannah Frost, 2 May, 1825, who d. 27 Sept., 1847, aged 52 years, 5 months ; 2d, Sarah A. Stephens, of Andover, Mass., 10 Jan., 1848, who d. 5 Feb., 1868, aged 52 years, 10 months.
Child of Hannah :
Solomon F., b. 8 June, 1829; d. 29 Aug., 1847.
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Children of Sarah :
Solomon B., b. 14 Dec., 1848. George P., b. 22 Nov., 1851. Infant, b. and d. 12 May, 1855.
JOSEPH,7 Dea. (Daniel,6 Lient., Joshua5), received a common- school education, which was improved by judicious reading and association with people of intelligence. He, as well as five of his brothers, held a captain's commission. In early life he experienced religion, and united with the Congregational church, of which he was ever an active and consistent member; was chosen deacon of First Congregational church in B. He first settled on a farm at East B. In 1831, he accepted the position as agent and overseer of a large farm, containing 1,500 acres, in Jackson, Me., owned by Thorndike, Sears & Co., of Boston. Here he re- mained five years, filling this place of responsibility with satisfaction to his employers. He returned to B. in 1836, and settled on the "Mt. Pleasant " farm, which he occupied through life. In 1840, '41, and '42, he was employed by the U. S. Land Co., of Bos- ton, as inspector and appraiser of their lands in west- ern Pa. He was well known as a progressive and practical agriculturist. While a young man he re- ceived an injury that resulted in a chronic disease of the stomach, from which he was a sufferer till death. He possessed a genial, social nature, and his life was filled with deeds of kindness. For a description of his character, see Titus, 1st, 8th. He m. Martha, dau. of Jesse Little, of B., 19 May, 1825.
Henry W., Col., b. 27 June, 1827; was a young man of promise in the church and Sabbath-school. During the years 1849 and 1850 he was employed by Col. L. C. Little, in the lum- ber business, on the Alleghany and Ohio rivers. In 1853 and 1854 he became overseer, and furnished lumber supplies for the Chicago & Fort Wayne R. R .; subsequently was in company with his brother, Col. J. L. Pillsbury, as con- tractor on the Mobile & Girard R. R .; was last engaged in railroad work at Dubuque, Iowa, where he d. 12 Dec., 1857.
Joseph L., b. 10 Feb., 1829; d. at B., 10 Jan., 1873.
George T., b. 26 March, 1833; d. 11 Oct., 1834.
Martha. S., b. 15 Feb., 1836; m. Daniel D. Webster, of B., 24 April, 1867.
George L., b. 17 May, 1839.
WILLIAM T.,7 Capt. (Daniel,6 Lieut., Joshua5), lived in Solon, O., for several years ; returned to N. H. and settled on
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the "mountain farm" in Salisbury; was a noted hunter; m. Eunice Fowler, of B., 10 Jan., 1833, who was b. 27 Aug., 1808.
Elvira, b. 26 April, 1839. Ellenette, b. 4 June, 1842.
ENOCH7 (Joshua, 6 Capt., Joshua5) lived in B., afterwards re- moved to Nashna ; m. Margaret. dau. of Caleb Knight, Esq., of B., 22 Feb., 1816, who was b. 2 Jan., 1795, and d. at Nashua, 19 Sept., 1845.
Children of Margaret :
Jonathan K., b. 21 Feb., 1817; d. at Walpole, Mass., 9 Dec., 1876. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 21 March, 1819.
Phebe K., b. 6 April, 1821; d. at Nashua, 21 Jan., 1845.
Margaret A., b. 23 April, 1823 ; d. at Malden, Mass., 14 Aug., 1866. .
Caleb K., b. 30 Dec., 1824.
Eunice WV., b. 19 Feb., 1827 ; m. Win. G. Bailey, of Weymouth, Mass., 30 Nov., 1851; resides at Beverly, N. J.
Joshua P., b. 4 Jan., 1830; d. at Woonsocket, R. I., 28 Oct., 1877.
Sophia F., b. 12 JJuly, and d. 24 Aug., 1833.
Rebecca D., b. 19 Oct., 1831; m. James Wood, of Lebanon, 24 Oct., 1855.
Catherine B., b. 14 April, 1837; m. Rev. Jesse K. Bragg, 25 Dec., 1861, who d. at Norfolk, Mass., 14 June, 1874.
JOSHUA7 (Joshua,6 Capt., Joshua5) resides in the house built by Daniel,3 on the farm purchased by William,1 situated on High st., Newburyport. He m. Sarah D. Rolfe, of that city, 24 July, 1821.
Samuel R., b. 8 May, 1822; d. Jan .. 1842.
Hannah R., b. 21 April, 1821; m. Hubbard Getchell, of Sanford, Me., Nov., 1848; resides in Newburyport.
Joshua, b. 20 April, 1828. George, b. 5 March, 1832; d. 17 July, 1851.
Sarah J., b. 1 Aug., 1838; d. 17 Nov., 1865.
NATHANIEL7 (Joshua," Capt., Joshua5) lived in Newburyport ; in., 1st, Hannah Giddings, of Derry, 1824, who d. Aug., 1839; 2d, Martha A. Huse, of Windham.
Children of Hannah :
Francis E., b. Feb., 1825. John W., b. 1828. George WV., b. 1832; d. May, 1843.
Children of Martha :
Emily W., Mary E., Harvey II.,-all married.
MELVIN8 (Daniel," Capt., Daniel,6 Lient.) resides in Newbury- port ; is a machinist ; m., 1st, Mary J. Craig, of Read- field, Me., 2 May, 1839, who d. 13 April, 1854; 2d, Mary H. Marling, in Danvers, Mass., 6 March, 1868.
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Children of Mary J. :
Henrietta R., b. 12 Feb., 1840; d. 4 May, 1866; m. Phineas W. Perrin, in Aurora, III., 28 March, 1866.
Georgianna D., b. 17 Feb., 1843; d. at Oakland, Cal., 12 July, 1875 ; m. Clinton Cushing, M. D., of Turner, III., 4 May, 1865.
Ella F., b. 28 May, 1845; d. 18 March, 1850.
Child of Mary H. :
Frank M., b. 17 July, 1869.
BENJAMIN D.,8 Rev. (Daniel," Capt., Daniel,6 Lieut.), is presiding elder in the Methodist church, at Middletown, Ct. ; m. there Maria Chandler, April, 1848. Chandler, b. 10 Aug., 1854.
Minnie, b. 1857 ; d. 1874.
GEORGE,8 Dea. (Moody A.,7 Gen., Daniel,6 Lieut.), is a farmer ; resides at Tewksbury, Mass. ; m. Lydia A. Marshall, of that town, 1 April, 1852.
Abby M., b. 3 Sept., 1855.
George E., b. 26 July, 1857 ; is a civil engineer.
Louisa F., b. 2 Sept., 1859.
Charles A., b. 21 Sept., 1862.
Arthur M., b. 17 Oct., 1865.
Herbert W., b. 7 June, 1868.
CHARLES S.8 (Moody A.," Gen., Daniel,6 Lieut.) lives in London- derry ; is a farmer, justice of the peace, and has filled various offices in town ; m. Mary C. Runnels, of War- ner, 24 Dec., 1863.
Charles G., b. 15 Feb., 1865. Adams D., b. 23 March, 1868; d. 3 May, 1877. John A., b. 26 Aug., 1872; d. 17 Jan., 1873.
JOSEPHI L.,8 Col. (Joseph," Dea., Daniel,6 Lieut.), m. Mary A. Ely, of Wooster, O., 18 May, 1854. [See Biog. ]
Mary E., b. 1 May, 1855; resides in Wooster, O.
George II., b. 18 Aug., 1857 ; d. 21 March, 1865. Charles D., b. 19 Nov., 1859.
GEORGE L.8 (Joseph," Dea., Daniel,6 Lieut.), carpenter; resides at B. ; m. there Lucina T. Quimby, 2 Dec., 1873. Joseph Henry, b. 23 Nov., 1875; d. 20 March, 1876. Mary Agnes, b. 15 Dec., 1876.
JONATHAN K.8 (Enoch," Joshua,6 Capt.) lived at Nashua, after- wards at Walpole, Mass. ; m. Sarah P. Little, of B., 21 Nov., 1850.
Mary E., b. 31 Oct., 1853; m. Julius Guild, of Walpole, Mass, 9 Sept., 1875.
Fannie L., Addie L., S b. 30 Aug., 1856.
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CALEB K.8 (Enoch," Joshua,6 Capt.) resides in Lawrence, Mass. ; m. Ellen B. Smith, of Andover, Mass., 18 Sept., 1862. Annie S., b. 15 March, 1864.
Lucretia S., b. 20 Jan., 1868.
JOSHUA P.,8 Capt. (Enoch,7 Joshua,6 Capt.), lived at Woon- socket, P. I. ; m. there Celia M. Jencks, 8 Nov., 1860. Sherwin J., b. 23 Oct., 1863.
Bertha, b. 16 July, 1865.
JOSHUA8 (Joshua," Joshua, 6 Capt.) m. Abbie J. Sargent, of Law- rence, Mass., Nov., 1854.
George S., b. 18 May, 1856.
Charles J., b. 19 March, 1859.
Helen A., b. 18 Dec., 1868.
FRANCIS E.8 (Nathaniel,7 Joshua,6 Capt.) resides in Newbury- port, Mass .; m. Abby Lunt, of that city, May, 1852.
Frank O., b. 27 March, 1853; m. Florence A. Ellis, of Walpole, Mass., 25 April, 1878.
JOHN W.8 (Nathaniel," Joshua," Capt.) m. Hannah B. Merrill, of Newburyport, Jan., 1852.
Helen A., b. May, 1854.
Mattie, b. Feb., and d. Oct., 1863.
Lizzie G., b. 1866.
PINKERTON. Compiled by David Pinkerton.
DAVID,1 son of Matthew Pinkerton, was born in Londonderry, 17 June, 1775; m. Susannah, dau. of Dea. Griffin, of Londonderry ; moved to B. in 1817, and settled on the river road near Salisbury (now Franklin) line.
John M., b. 15 June, 1800; m. Rebecca Hastings, of Littleton; lived and d. at Lockport, N. Y.
Jane B., b. 20 Nov., 1802; m. Israel Webster, of Manchester; d. 1872.
Hannah D., b. 3 Feb., 1806; d. in 1862.
Sarah J., b. 12 Nov., 1808; m. J. B. Robertson; moved to Iowa; d. 1876.
David, b. 3 Nov., 1813; graduated at Dartmouth college; studied theology at Andover Seminary; grad. 1843 ; sent to Wis. by Home Miss. Society; m. Mary Ann Hitchcock, of Galesburg, Ill., in 1845; resides at Grinnell, I. Mary, the oldest, is a teacher in the Zulu mission.
Moody M., b. 9 Dec., 1815; m. Jane Clark, of Portland, Me. Two sons,-Myron, the oldest, b. in B., 18 July, 1843 ; grad. at Ripon college, Wis., July, 1868, and at Chicago Theo. Sem., April, 1871; sailed for Zulu mission, 9 Aug., 1871, with his wife, dau. of II. II. Byington, Chicago, Ill. James, b. 24 Oct., 1818; m. Mary E. Howser, of Salisbury Mills, N. Y .; lives in Wis.
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PLUMMER.
Compiled by Helen Elizabeth Plummer.
The Plummer families of B. were descendants of
FRANCIS,1 who came from England in 1633. He was a linen weaver, and settled in Newbury, Mass., 1635. His first wife, Ruth, d. 18 Aug., 1647. He m., 2d, Ann Palmer, who d. 18 Oct., 1665; 3d, Beatrice, widow of William Cantlebury, of Salem, Mass., 29 Nov., 1665 ; d. 17 Jan, 1673. The land owned by him is still held in the family.
Samuel, b. 1619. Joseph, b. 1630. Mary.
SAMUEL2 (Francis1) m. Mary -; d. Jan., 1702.
Samuel, b. 26 April, 1647; m. Joanna Woodbury.
Mary, b. 8 Feb., 1650.
John, b. 11 May, 1652.
Ephraim, b. 16 Sept., 1655.
Hannah, b. 16 Feb., 1657.
Silvanus, b. 22 Feb., 1658.
Ruth, b. 7 Aug., 1660.
Elisabeth, b. 19 Oct., 1662.
Deborah, b. 13 March, 1665.
Joshua, b. 2 July, 1668 ; ? m. Elizabeth Dale.
Lydia, b. 2 July, 1668. S
Bathshina, b. 31 July, 1670.
EPHRAIM3 (Samuel,2 Francis1) m. Hannah Jaques, 15 Jan., 1680.
Mary, b. 19 Feb., 1681. Hannah, b. 12 Oct., 1682.
Samuel, b. 27 Oct., 1684.
Elizabeth, b. 21 Nov., 1686.
John, b. 7 Nov., 1688. Ruth, b. 5 Nov., 1690.
Daniel, b. 10 March, 1693.
Richard, b. 3 Aug., 1695.
Bitfield, b. 12 June, 1697.
Sarah, b. 26 July, 1699.
Emma, b. 21 June, 1704.
SAMUEL4 (Ephraim,3 Samuel,2 Francis1) m. Elizabeth John, b. 5 Feb., 1722.
JOHN5 (Samuel,4 Ephraim3) m. Hannah Bitfield, b. 11 Feb., 1742.
BITFIELD6 (John,5 Samuel,4 Ephraim3) m. Priscilla Richardson, of Chester, Oct., 1769; came from Newbury to B .; settled on land still held by his descendants; was killed by a falling tree, 19 Nov., 1788.
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Ephraim, b. 1771. John, b. 10 Aug., 1774.
Priscilla, b. 12 Jan., 1786; m. Richard Little, 7 Dec., 1815 ; d. 24 Feb., 1825.
EPHRAIMâ„¢ (Bitfield,6 John,5 Samuel4) m. Rachel, dau. of Nehe- miah Cogswell, 31 May, 1792; lived on the home- stead ; d. 6 May, 1793.
Ephraim, b. 29 Aug., 1793.
EPHRAIM8 (Ephraim,7 Bitfield6) m. Lucy, dau. of Henry Gerrish, 11 Jan., 1821, and resided on the homestead inherited from his father-afterwards removed to the south part of the town ; a man of strict integrity, and an excel- lent citizen ; d. 20 July, 1872.
Polly Little, b. 23 Nov., 1821; m. Henry L. Dodge, 17 June, 1841. Abiel G., b. 24 May, 1824.
Priscilla P., b. 28 May, 1826 ; m. Luther Gage, 2 March, 1859.
Helen Elizabeth, b. 26 March, 1834.
Frances Ann, b. 18 Nov., 1837 ; m. Albert Reed, 26 Nov., 1864.
ABIEL9 (Ephraim,8 Ephraim7) m. Kate Baughman, 5 June, 1855 ; resides at West Creek, Ind.
Frank B., b. 16 Jan., 1858.
Albert R., b. 14 March, 1863.
Edwin, b. 19 Aug., 1864.
JOHN7 (Bitfield6) m. Hannah Jackman, 1 Jan., 1799; d. 24 Feb., 1827.
Bitfield, b. 9 Nov., 1799.
Nancy, b. 7 Sept., 1801: m. Daniel Emerson; d. 11 March, 1853.
Jeremiah, b. 8 Oct., 1803; d. 1 July, 1867, at Lancaster, Pa.
Mary, b. 25 Aug., 1805; m. Charles Abbot, of Lowell, Mass. ; d. Dec., 1868.
Hannah, b. 31 March, 1807 ; d. 9 Sept., 1823.
Frederick T., b. 15 Sept., 1809 ; d. 24 March, 1815.
George IV., b. 29 July, 1814 ; d. 10 July, 1841.
Frederick T., b. 26 July, 1817; d. 25 Nov., 1853.
Nathan, b. 21 July, 1821 ; d. 2 Nov., 1873.
BITFIELD8 (John,7 Bitfield6) m. Susan Chadwick, 2 Nov., 1835; d. 23 Oct., 1875.
Hannah M., b, 5 Sept., 1836 ; d. 13 June, 1838. Frank J., b. 16 Feb., 1844.
JEREMIAH8 (John,7 Bitfield6) m. Electa Day, of Springfield, Mass., 23 April, 1843; d. 13 July, 1867.
Elizabeth Hamlin, b. 14 June, 1845; m. William Fowler, 25 Dec., 1869. George W., b. 26 Aug., 1846 ; d. 4 Aug., 1849.
Mary Frances, b. 12 June, 1849 ; 3 d. 29 Aug., 1850. Frank, d. 20 June, 1849.
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Mary Frances, b. 30 May, 1854.
Jeremiah, d. from injuries received by a boiler explosion, 18 July, 1867.
FRANK J.9 (Bitfield,8 John7) m. Abbie D. Knowles, 17 Sept., 1868.
Hannah Louise, b. 27 Feb., 1872.
Mary Abbie, b. 20 Dec., 1873.
Charlotte M., b. 4 April, 1875.
George Bitfield, ?
Inez Era, b. 23 Aug., 1876.
Sarah Angenette, b. 4 Nov., 1877.
Another branch of the Plummer family came from Newbury, Mass. The first was JOSEPH. 1
BENJAMIN2 m. Mary Wood.
NATHAN,3 b. in Rowley, Mass. .
NATHAN4 moved from Newbury, Mass. ; m. Elizabeth Dustin, 18 Oct., 1771; d. on B. Plain, 1773.
Mehitable, b. 25 Feb., 1772; m. Col. Benj. Choate, 20 Nov., 1793; d. at Enfield, 17 Dec., 1858.
Nathan, b. in B., 2 April, 1774.
NATHAN5 (Nathan,4 Nathan,3 Benjamin,2 Joseph1) m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Ames, 14 June, 1804, and settled on Fish street. A persevering and energetic business man. To the care of his farm he added the business of lumbering. A good citizen, and highly esteemed ; represented B. in legislature two terms ; d. 7 April, 1848. Sarah d. 25 Feb., 1842.
Mehitable, b. 14 June, 1806 ; m. 1st, Joseph Gerrish, 11 Nov., 1830; 2d, Thomas Lyford, of Sanbornton, 16 Nov., 1854; d. at Fisherville. 15 Feb., 1877.
Mary, b. 16 Jan., 1810; m. Fisher Ames, of Canterbury, 15 Feb., 1844. [See Ames Gen.] Eliza Jane, b. 31 Oct., 1814; m. Dearborn Glines, 11 June, 1846; d. 2 Sept., 1877.
Another branch of the Plummer family :
JOSHUA C., Capt., son of Samuel and Dorcas (Coffin) Plummer, came to Boscawen from Newbury, Mass., while a youth, and lived with his uncle, Caleb Knight, Esq .; after- wards settled upon the Knight homestead,-the farm now owned by Capt. George W. Stone. He is re- membered as a man of culture, of gentlemanly bearing,
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and one who was active in the promotion of religion and good order. Removed to Bangor, Me., 1829; d. there 10 Dec., 1844. He in., 1st, Eunice Knight, 21 March, 1816; 2d, Sophia W. Dix, 25 Dec., 1828.
Children of Eunice :
Caleb K., b. 5 Dec., 1816; d. 28 Oct., 1818.
Charles F., b. 4 Jan., 1819; d. 4 Sept., 1820.
Lucretia A., b. 22 Aug., 1820; d. 3 Dec., 1864; m. Charles Tem- ple.
Louisa, b. 26 Aug., 1822; d. 12 July, 1876.
William L., b. 11 May, 1824; d. 17 Dec., 1874.
Catharine K., b. 29 April, 1826; d. 26 Nov., 1828.
Eunice, b. 16 Sept., 1827 ; d. 10 Jan., 1828.
Children of Sophia :
George D., b. 8 March, 1830; d. at Memphis, Tenn., 12 Oct., 1873. Freddie, d. in infancy.
Eddie,
Frances M. P., b. 23 Dec., 1833 ; m. Edward L. Pickard.
Lucy H., b. 6 July, 1836; m. -- Chapin, Otsego, Mich.
Edward D., d. Feb., 1844.
John A., b. 4 May, 1841.
Katherine M., b. 29 April, 1845.
PRICE.
EBENEZER,1 Rev., son of William and Sarah Price, was b. in Newburyport, 14 Sept., 1771; m. Lucy Farrer; d. 19 Feb., 1864. [See Biog.]
Mary F., b. 26 Dec., 1804; m. Rev. Addison Kingsbury, D. D .; re- sides in Zanesville, O.
Lucy Ellsworth, b. 17 Jan., 1808; d. 20 March, 1859.
Emily Preston, b. 25 Oct., 1809; m. Rev. Zerah H. Hawley; lives in Memphis, Tenn.
Ebenezer Sewall, b. 1 Feb., 1812; m. Elizabeth Wilson, of Boston, Mass. He was trained to mercantile pursuits, which he followed in B., and afterwards in Boston; and subsequent- ly for nearly 20 years was in the U. S. revenue service in Boston, Mass.
Frederic C., b. 6 Aug., 1815 ; was educated at Dartmouth; removed to the West; m. Mary Belt; practised as a physician.
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PUTNEY.
Compiled by Miss Ida Putney, of Webster.
The Putney family came from Scotland. The B. branch are descendants of a family that settled in Dunbarton. In 1752, SAM- UEL PUTNEY1 and a citizen by the name of Kimball were captured by Indians, who also undertook to surprise the settlement at Contoocook, but who were themselves surprised by the set- tlers near the "Mountain." In their haste to escape they left young Putney behind. He settled on " Putney hill," in Hopkin- ton. His sons were Joseph, William, Enoch, Samuel, Stephen. STEPHEN2 (Samuel1), b. 12 Feb., 1765; enlisted as soldier in the Revolution,-served one year and three months. In 1795 he purchased a piece of land of Wm. Coffin, of Newbury, Mass., and cleared his farm, now occupied by his son, Charles E. Putney ; m., 1st, Sally East- man, of Hopkinton, who d. 1809; 2d, Susan Eastman ; 3d, Sally Eastman, -- three wives of the name of East- man, and the first and third named Sally. The record of six of the twelve children of Sally, 1st, is wanting. Stephen Putney was the father of 22 children. He was an industrious man, and an estimable citizen. He d. 18 Feb., 1847.
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