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KIMBALL, MILTON, Rev., Cong. minister; preached West.
KIMBALL, WILLIAM M., mechanical engineer; resides in Minneapolis, Minn. [see Gen.].
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COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL RECORD.
KIMBALL, WILLIAM S., mechanical engineer; resides in Rochester, N.
Y. [see Gen.].
KIMBALL, JOHN, mechanical engineer [see Biog.].
KIMBALL, BENJAMIN A., grad. Dart. Scientific School, 1852; inechani- cal engineer [see Biog.].
LITTLE, JACOB, D. D., Rev., grad. Dart. 1822; Cong. minister, Gran- ville, O. [see Biog.].
LITTLE, HENRY, D. D., Rev., grad. Dart., 1826; agent Amer. Home Miss. Society [see Biog.].
LITTLE, CHARLES H., Rev., grad. Dart., 1827; editor N. H. Observer [see Biog.].
LITTLE, LEVI, Rev., grad. Dart., 1854; Cong. minister [see Gen. ].
LITTLE, ARTHUR, Rev., grad. Dart., 1860; Cong. minister Bedford, and Fondulac, Wis., N. E. church, Chicago [see Gen. ].
LITTLE, CHARLES, grad. Dart., 1860; surgeon U. S. Navy; physician at Acton, Mass. [see Biog.].
LITTLE, MOSES C., civil engineer, St. Louis, Mo. [See Gen.].
MERRILL, NATHANIEL, Rev., grad. Harvard, 1755; third minister in Boscawen [see Hist.].
MORRILL, ROBIE, Rev., grad. Harvard, 1755; second minister in Boscawen [see Biog.].
MORRILL, CALVIN, grad. Dart., 1829; teacher; resided on Corser hill [see Gen.].
MORRILL, WILLIAM S., Rev., minister Christian Union church [see Ecclesiastical Hist. ].
PEACH, THOMAS, physician on Plain 1813-1832 ; moved to West Creek, Ind., 1856, where he still resides.
PECKER, J. E., teacher and journalist [see Biog.].
PETERSON, DANIEL, first physician in Boscawen, 1772-1817; surgeon in Bennington campaign; had an extensive practice.
PETERSON, DANIEL, Jr., physician.
PETERSON, SAMUEL, physician.
PILLSBURY, BENIAMIN D., Rev., presiding elder M. E. church, Mid- dletown, Conn.
PILLSBURY, JOSEPH L., engineer [see Biog. ].
PINKERTON, DAVID, Rev., grad. Dart .; Cong. minister; resides Grin- nell, Iowa [see Gen.].
PINKERTON, MYRON, Rev., grad. Ripon college, Wis .; missionary Amer. Board to South Africa [see Gen.].
POLLY, MOSES, Rev., minister Christian Union church, 1840-1845.
PROCTOR, JOHN, physician on the Plain, 1820-1825; moved to Epsom.
PRICE, EBENEZER, Rev., first minister Cong. church, Webster [see Biog.].
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COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL RECORD.
PRICE, FREDERIC, grad. Dart., 1838; physician in Ohio [see Gen.].
ROWELL, ELIJAH, physician on Corser hill, 1816-1820.
ROLFE, HENRY P., grad. Dart. 1848; attorney in Concord [see Gen.]. SAWYER, SAMUEL, physician mentioned by Rev. Mr. Price. SAWYER, BENJAMIN, physician on Corser hill, 1840-1843.
SEVERANCE, M. L., Rev., grad. Middlebury ; minister Cong. church, 1864-1869, now at Orwell, Vt.
SHEPARD, FORREST, Prof., grad. Dart., 1827 [sce Biog.].
SLEEPER, NEHEMIAHI, Rev., minister Christian Union church, 1835- 1840 [see Gen.].
SMITHI, AMBROSE, Rev., grad. Dart. 1845; minister Cong. church, 1853-1862 [see Biog.].
SMITH, JUSTIN H., grad. Dart., 1877 [see Gen.].
STONE, SILAS C., teacher; master Sherwin school, Boston [see Gen.]. STONE, C. J. F., attorney at Plymouth; died 1860 [see Gen.].
STEVENS, PHINEAS, Rev., grad. Harvard; first minister in Boscawen [see Biog. ].
STEVENS, BRADFORD N., Hon., grad. Dart., 1835; attorney at Prince- ton, Ill .; member of Congress.
TENNEY, JONATHAN, grad. Dart., 1843; teacher Pembroke Academy, 1844-1849; Pittsfield, 1850-1853; Manchester, 1853-1856; Elm- wood Institute, 1856-1868 [p. 291]; connected with N. Y. State Board of Education; Librarian of Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation at Albany.
TILTON, JOHN, Rev., minister Christian Union church.
TITCOMB, G. P., physician in Salisbury.
TRACY, CALEB B., Rev., grad. Williams; minister Cong. church, 1837- 1851 [see Ecclesiastical Hist.].
TUCKER, WILLIAM J., D. D., Rev., grad. Dart., 1861; minister Frank- lin St. Cong. church, Manchester, now of Madison Square Pres- byterian church, New York.
WALKER, SILAS C., grad. Dart., 1829; attorney in Virginia, Mississip- pi; died in Arkansas, 1858.
WEBSTER, DANIEL, Hon., grad. Dart., 1801; attorney [see Biog.].
WEBSTER, EZEKIEL, Hon., grad. Dart., 1804; attorney [see Biog.]. WEBSTER, ELIPHALET K., physician [see Biog.].
WELLS, THOMAS, physician on the Plain, 1795-1800; moved to IIop- kinton.
WHITMAN, Z. G., grad. Harvard; attorney on Corser hill, 1831-1840. WILSON, JOB, physician; resided on Water st., afterwards in Franklin. WOOD, SAMUEL, Rev., grad. Dart., 1779; minister in Boscawen [see Biog.].
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MINISTERS' WIVES.
MINISTERS' WIVES.
In addition to those citizens of Boscawen and Webster who have entered the ministry, are the women whose names are here given, who have married ministers, and have thus been influential in moulding society :
BRIDGE, EMILY, dau. Samuel, of Billerica, Mass .; resides in B. ; m. Rev. Henry Jewett, Cong. minister in Maine.
COGSWELL, RUTH, dau. Nehemiah, sen .; m. Rev. Samuel W. Colburn [see Professional Record].
DIX, RACHIEL B., dau. Col. Timothy; m. Rev. Daniel Temple, of Read- ing, Mass .; missionary to Malta [see Gen.].
DIX, LOUISA FRANCES, dau. Col. Timothy; m. Rev. Edward Buxton, of B. [see Gen.].
GREENOUGHI, ELLEN, dau. John; m. Rev. D. R. Brewer, minister Episcopal church.
GERRISH, SALLY, dau. of Dea. Enoch ; m. Rev. Samuel Bliss [see Gen.]. GERRISH, SALLY, dau. of Col. Joseph; m. Rev. Enoch Corser [see Ger- rish and Corser Gen.].
GERRISH, MARY, dau. Col. Joseph; m. Rev. Wm. Patrick, of Canter- bury [see Gen.].
GERRISH, APPHIA, dau. Jacob ; m. Rev. Phannuel Warriner, of Canan- daigua, N. Y .; resides in Texas [see Gen.].
KNIGHT, CATHARINE, dau. of Caleb; m. Rev. Nathaniel Barker, Cong. minister at Wakefield for many years.
LITTLE, RHODA, dau. Benjamin ; m. Rev. Calvin Cutter, Presbyterian minister at Windham. Her eldest son, Rev. Charles, is Cong. minister in Ohio ; her second son, Rev. Carrol, is president West- ern Reserve College, Ohio [see Gen.].
LITTLE, JANE, dau. of Joseph; m. Rev. Amos P. Brown, of Campton, home missionary for many years in Ill. [see Gen.].
LITTLE, EMMA, dau. Jesse; m. Rev. Addison Kingsbury, of Putnam, O. [see Gen.].
PATRICK, MARY, dau. of John, and great-granddaughter of Col. Jo- seph Gerrish, is missionary to Turkey, residence at Constanti- nople.
PRICE, MARY F., dau. Rev. Ebenezer; m. Rev. Addison Kingsbury, of Putnam, O.
PRICE, EMILY P., dau. Rev. Ebenezer; m. Rev. Z. K. Hawley, Cong. minister of Conn .; resides in Memphis, Tenn.
PLUMMER, LUCRETIA A., dau. Capt. Joshua C .; m. Rev. Charles Tem- ple.
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MINISTERS' WIVES.
SWEATT, FLORA, dau. Isaac T .; m. Rev. HI. Hartwell, minister Meth- odist church.
SWEATT, EMILY, dau. Isaac T .; m. Rev. Greenleaf Warner, minister Methodist church.
SWEATT, ARIETTA, dau. George; m. Rev. G. W. Smith, minister Methodist church.
WEBSTER, ALICE, dau. Hon. Ezekiel; m., 1st, Rev. Jarvis Gregg, pro- fessor at Western Reserve college, O .; 2d, Rev. Geo. B. Whip- ple, of Oberlin.
WEBSTER, MARY ANN, dan. Hon. Ezekiel; m. Prof. Edwin D. San- born, of Dartmouth college.
WEBSTER, ANN R., dau. Nathaniel ; m. Rev. Horace Eaton, D. D., min- ister at Palmyra, N. Y.
WORCESTER, BETSEY, niece of Rev. Samuel Wood; m. Rev. Stephen Bliss, Cong. minister.
GENERAL INDEX.
Academy, Boscawen 290, 291. .. Penacook, 292. Admiral Boscawen, 79, 81, 84. Ainsworth's Psalms. 293. Alcoholic liquors 210. Ahus-house, town, 190. county, 222.
Ames. Simeon, arrest of, 62.
Ancient houses, 649.
Anti-slavery, 200, 201, 206, 207.
Apprentices, 54. Association, ministerial, 228. Association test, 114, 115.
Battle of Lexington, 247. Baptisms, 240.
Baptist society, 205. church, 243. Bashan Mining Co., 179. Bay State l'salm Book, 293. Bennington campaign, 253.
battle, 257.
soldiers, 255, 265. anniversary, 225. Bennet, Salmon, Rev., 232, 235.
Bishop, Josiah, killed by Indians, 39. Enos, captured by Indians, 69, 76. Biographical history, 301. Boscawen, how spelled, 83.
Boston, Fort hill, 105.
Boscawen Musical Society, 296. Bonds, taxation of, 223. " sale of, 224. Bounties for soldiers, 222. Bridges-Boscawen, 198, 646.
Blackwater, 104, 105, 128, 131. Canterbury, 165, 166, 198, 645. Chandler's, 646.
Clay hill, 13].
Contoocook, 21, 92, 166, 189, 647.
Brown, John, journal, 11. Buxton, Edward, Rev., 239, 323. Bunker hill soldiers, 248. Burial grounds, 180, 223.
Cambridge platform, 233. Campaign of 1777, 252. Call, Philip, Mrs., killed by Indians, 69. California emigration, 210. Cæsar killed by Indians, 41. Canterbury garrison, 40. Central Musical Society, 298. Celebration at Newbury, 79.
Centennial celebration, 215. Characters, 650.
Check-list, 181. Church and state, 152, 161. Church difficulties, 241. Churches in New Hampshire, 216. Christian Baptist church, 242.
242. Union society, 188, 191, 206, 240,
Clocks, 643. Clough, Abner, journal, 43, 45. Clough, Jeremiah, 40, 78. Collegiate record, 657. Coös soldiers, 253.
Coös, road to, 55. Cold Friday, 178. Colonial jurisdiction, 33, 35.
Constitution of N. II., 143, 221, 224.
Cook, Thomas, killed by Indians, 41.
County almshouse, 222. Coffin, Peter, Capt., 111. 113.
Correspondence between Gov. Wentworth and Gov. Shirley, 57, 62.
Committee of Safety, 112. Commercial distress, 202.
Corser hill meeting-house, 236.
Continental soldiers, 267.
Congregational church in Fisherville, 243. Congregationalism, return to, 235.
Cut nails, 642. Currency, 55, 101, 117, 119, 129, 132, 156. Customs, 174, 194, 195. Crows, 197.
Dartmouth college, 227. 66 road to, 131. Day-book of Dea. Enoch Little, 184. Debt, funding of, 213. Destitution, 184.
Diary of Col. Henry Gerrish, 247. Lieut. John Flanders, 250. Capt. Peter Kimball, 253, 261.
Disturbance in town-meeting, 168. Division of the town, 619. Dollars, first use of the word, 100. Duston, Mrs., 5. Duston memorial, 648. Dutch ovens, 176.
Eastabrook, Samuel, Rev., 118. Early singing, 294. Ecclesiastical history, 226. Educational history, 279.
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GENERAL INDEX,
Ela, Samuel, Rev., 113. Elmwood Institute, 291. Elevations, 635. Endicott, Gov., 5. Expedition to Upper Connecticut, 68.
Federal soldiers, 209. constitution, 134, 135.
Festivities, 141. Felt hats, 642. Ferry, 22. First law-suit, 92.
66 settlers, 15.
minister, 22.
66 town-meeting, 83.
election under the constitution, 135. military company, 37.
saw-mill, 17, 21. child, I8. Fire precinct. 209.
engine, 207.
Foxes, 197. Fort, 26, 52. French war, 51, 76, 79. Framed houses, 85. Freshets, 191, 192, 198.
Gates, Horatio, thanks to Boscawen sol- diers, 266. Gentlemen's farms, 10. Goffe, John, 41, 72. Going to meeting, 174. Grant to Contoocook, 3. Grafton Presbytery, 108, 234. Grist-mill in Concord, 48. Grist- mills in Boscawen, 638. Gunpowder, 132.
Ilay-scales, 177. Hearse horses, 193. HIealth, 636. Ilighway obstructions, 2'1. llistory of the town, 214, 224, 225. Honorable action of proprietors, 52. Household furniture, 73, 176. Hudson River campaign, 251.
Illegal voting, 211. Implements, 1,4. Industries, 637. Insurance company, 206.
Indians, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 53, 63, 64, 65, 68, 4. Party spirit, 174, 202, 203.
69, 70, 71, 75, 78.
Iron axles, 184.
Jackman, Moses, captured by Indians, 78. Justice of the peace, 94.
Kearsarge mountain, 44.
Lexington, battle of, 111, 113. Legacy of Rev. Samuel Wood, 232. Line between Boscawen and Canterbury, 209.
Line between Boscawen and Concord, 198. 66 Mass. and N. II., 34.
Library, 144. Licenses, 148, 193. Lien of mechanics, 209. Lots, 12. 14, 23, 24, 88. Lords proprietors, 49, 126. Lumber, 210, 637.
Martin Luther Musical Society, 298. Manufacturers, 132, 641.
Map for schools, 210. Merrimack valley settlements, 19.
hall, 233. Merrill, Nathaniel, Rev., 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 108, 234.
Meloon family captured, 63, 65, 66, 67. Methodist church, 243.
Meeting-houses, 23, 25, 98, 101, 105, 119, 129, 131, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 153, 157, 187, 188, 200, 226. Military history, 245.
spirit, 170. preparations, 268.
receipts, 252, 266. campaigns, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273.
Mills, 17, 21, 224, 225, 638. Ministers, 657. Minister's lot, 75.
patriotism, 228.
oaths, 227. wives, 662.
Miscellany, 619.
Money, scarcity of, 132.
Mother IIoit, 176.
Moral society, 182.
Morrill, Robie, Rev., 84, 86, 87, 88, 91, 93, 94, 96,113.
Musters, 192, 193, 273, 274, 275.
Musical societies, 196. education, 293. 66 instruments, 296.
Newspapers, 177. New style, $5. New lights, 233. New county, 134, 188, 189.
New York campaign, 251.
Norway plain, 212.
Notices of first settlers, 302.
Occupations, 173, 174, 175. Ordination of Rev. Phineas Stevens, 29, 30, 31, 32.
Overhauling a committee, 131. Official history, 619.
Palm-leaf hats, 641.
Patriotic action, 117, 219, 220. Parsonage lands, sale of, 143. Pains, 88. Paper rags, 120.
Paupers, 105, 162, 178.
Penacook academy, 292. Penalties, 312
People's declaration, 106, 107.
Petitions of citizens of Andover and other towns, 1.
Petition of citizens of Newbury, 3.
Petitions of citizens of Contoocook, 23, 37, 38, 47, 48, 64, 74, 94, 97. Petition for a new town, 137.
Physicians, 108. Plunder, sale at Battenkill, 265.
Pound, 149.
Post routes, 113, 206. Pottery, 642. Polls, 100.
Population, 24, 99, 112, 128, 133, 191, 635. Progress, 172.
Professional record, 661.
Prisoners, liberation of, 59. Produce, prices of, 155. Province road, 103. Price, Ebenczer, Rev., 187, 236.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Proprietors' records, 208. Proprietors' meetings, 3, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 26, 35, 38, 40, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 63, 75, 77, 89, 150. Proprietors' clerk, 84. Preaching at the West end, 118.
Quebec expedition, 249.
Raising the meeting-house, 148. Railroads, 207, 208, 211.
Record of mortality, 636.
Revivals, 182.
Receipt for gun, 249. Rebellion, 212, 213, 217, 219.
Religious society records, 230. controversy, 174. dissent, 50, 51, 77. =
Reduction of Canada, 85. Rhode Island campaign, 267. Roll of honor at Bunker hill, 249. Road to Hopkinton, 190.
Saw-mills on the Blackwater, 119. Sabatis and Plansawa, 53, 56, 57. Sale of almshouse, 214.
Scouting party, 63.
Selectmen's accounts, 87, 88, 81, 93, 94, 108, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 148, 170.
Settlements, 85, 90.
Seraphines, 299.
Second Cong. church, 238, 239.
Schools, 86, 92, 97, 104, 108, 109, 112, 113, 116, 118, 124, 128, 129, 135, 148, 153, 167, 169. School lots, 135. " law, 169.
Shay's rebellion, 133.
Sheep, 180, 193.
Singing-schools, 299, 390.
Soldiers in Indian wars, 244, 245.
66 in Revolution, 247, 249, 251, 253, 255, 263, 267.
Soldiers in war with Great Britain, 269. in the Rebellion, 276, 277, 278.
Smith, Ambrose, Rev., 235. Small pox, 218, 160. Spinning, 637.
Stages, 178. State capital, 163.
bounties, 222. police, 223.
Stevens, Phineas, Rev., 22, 28, 72. Stores, 148.
Snits to recover taxes, 151. Surplus revenue, 197, 201.
Survey of Contoocook, 8. Sunday travelling, 160. " schools, 183, 244. Swine, 181, 192.
Tanning, 643.
Taxation, exemption from, 224.
Taverns, 149, 150, 165, 193.
Teachers' institute, 222.
Temperance, 194, 195, 196.
Theology, 125.
Ticonderoga soldiers, 251.
Town charter, 74, 76, 79. corn, 108.
census, 128.
house, 21, 201, 206, 209.
66 farm, 190, 197.
= seal, 192.
officers, 622
Transition period, 150.
Trespass, 156.
Trees, 232, 656.
Travelling on Sunday, 183.
Trouble with England, 149.
Turnpikes, 162.
Tract distribution, 229.
Universalist society, 161, 197.
Vagrants, 197, 202.
Vermont Committee of Safety, 254.
Volunteers, 212, 213.
Washington, death of, 158. Benevolent Society, 181.
War with Great Britain, 181, 269.
War of Rebellion. 275.
Warning out, 90, 130.
Westerly Religious society, 166, 236.
Webster, Ezekiel, death of, 193.
66 John, Captain, 71.
incorporation of, 217.
first town-meeting in, 219. settlement witli Boscawen, 219.
Whipping-posts, 170.
Wild animals, 650. Wood, Samuel, Rev., 123, 125, 144, 161.
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