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Clark, Joseph d. November 2, 1853, aged 81; (d); m. No- vember 30, 1794; Abigail Welch, b. 1770; d. November, 1846; (d). Eight ch .: Caleb, b. July 4, 1796; Chase, b. April 11, 1798; Polly, b. February 6, 1800; Sally, b. August 8, 1801; Hannah, b. February 6, 1804; Tilton, b. October 1, 1805; Samuel, b. November 2, 1807; d. October 29, 1872; (d). Esther, b. June 24, 1811.
Clark, Prescott, m. Lydia Bailey had four ch .: Amos, b. October 12, 1812; d. July 27, 1883; (b) ; m. Frances D. March, b. November 3, 1813; d. August 14, 1854; m. 2d, Sophronia C. Morey, b. November 29, 1811; d. January 3, 1898; (b). Three children : Sarah E., b. September 10, 1844; d. October 8, 1860. John H., b. June 11, 1846; d. July 18, 1887, Com- pany F. Eighteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Jennie S., b. 1857; m. 1889, Russell A. Miller; d. February, 1909. Richard, son of Prescott, b. March 12, 1814; d. 1903. Pres- cott, Jr., third son of Prescott, b. April 13, 1816; d. Sep- tember 4, 1893 (b) ; m. October 11, 1840, Susan Sanborn of Holderness. Ch .: Arthur B., d. June 18, 1850, aged 5 mo. 7d. and Frank P., d. December 13, 1901, aged 53 y., 5 mo., 7d. (b) m. January 23, 1872, Nellie P. Gray. Ch .: Charles R., b. May 2, 1877. Chestina, dau. of Prescott, b. August 21, 1818, m. Colonel Safford of Vermont. Angie L., m. Au- gust 31, 1843, William A. Flanders, son of Sylvester. Fred, b. 1857, b. November 27, 1881, Mary F. Jones.
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Clark, Richard, m. a Marston. He was born in Greenland, N. H., in 1693. He had four sons, Caleb, David, John and Richard. John never came to Canaan, but the other three did. Caleb bought 300 acres of land of Theophilus Dame October 9, 1773, extending across the Gore and in 1777 he bought 100 acres more adjoining it. Captain Caleb d. in 1793 ; his wife's name was Mary. His children were David, Prescott, Susanna, who married Nathaniel Bartlett; Lydia, who m. Reynold Gates; Elizabeth, who married Jehu Jones; Mary, who married Josiah Bartlett; Caleb, Joshua, Jacob, Joseph, Anne. Prescott Clark's children were: Polly, b. May 29, 1794; m. William Chambers in Canada. Charlotte, b. May 31, 1796 ; m. Levi Clement in Canada. David 3d, b. April 15, 1798. John Basford, b. February 10, 1805; d. March 2, 1888. Betsey, b. January 15, 1802. Horatio Nel- son, b. March 3, 1804. Leah, b. March, 1806; m. Jeremiah Potter in Canada. Henry Harris, b. April 2, 1809.
Richard, son of Richard, b. 1725; d. 1815; (d) ; m. Elizabeth Burley and had six children: Lydia, who m. John Sco- field, Jr., Anna, Josiah, Richard, Jr., Eliphalet, who m. December 4, 1818, Charlotte Gates, Ebenezer. Colonel Josiah said his "grandsir was buried by the military,' and there was a great gathering of people from all around to attend it, and there was a great drunk after it on Canaan Street.
Josiah, son of Richard, b. 1758; d. June 7, 1851; m. 1782, Pernal Barber, this is the way she spelled her name in deeds but it is spelled Purnel in other places, dau. of Robert; d. September 29, 1855, aged 91. They had five ch. : Judith, d. June, 1797, aged 13, the first person buried in Wells cemetery; Betsey, who m. John Worth (see Worth) ; Robert B .; Sally, who m. Daniel Blaisdell, Jr. (see him), and Josiah.
Robert Barber, b. August 17, 1787; d. January 29, 1857; (b) ; m. 1st, 1810, Betsey Currier, dau. of Theophilus; d. May 10, 1826, aged 35, they had ten ch. He m. 2d, February 27, 1827, Mrs. Eliza (Hewes) Currier of Lyme; b. De- cember 6, 1794; d. September 28, 1849; had two ch. He
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m. 3d, 1852, Mrs. Mary (Flint) Wallace; no ch. By his first wife he had Sophronia, b. November 29, 1811; d. January 3, 1898; Eliza, b. October 10, 1813; d. June 19, 1836, m. October 1, 1834, Leonard Davis, and had a dau. Arvilla (see him) ; Mary J., b. December 11, 1815; Robert Barber, b. February 26, 1818; d. in Dover, March 2, 1890, m. Elvira G. Stevens, b. in Wentworth, July 4, 1818; d. April 25, 1869. His children were Jemima L., who m. Fred Bane; Wyman R., who m. Mary Buckner; Frank B., b. May 27, 1851; m. November 20, 1877, Lillea M. Davis, b. December 8, 1858; one ch., Alice Benson, b. July 24, 1881. Richard O. and Austin E., Frank B., lives in Dover. Josiah 3d, fifth ch. of Robert B., b. February 26, 1818; d. November 14, 1850; m. Harriet Braley of Graf- ton, No ch. Eleanor Webster, b. February 12, 1820; d. July 24, 1907; m. August 18, 1847, David Kimball, b. March 14, 1817; d. February 1, 1909, one ch., Ella A., m. October 14, 1875, Daniel G. S. Davis, had one son, Orel K., b. July 3, 1879; m. Mary Martin and lives with his mother on the old Robert Clark farm.
Richard C., son of Robert B., b. May 30, 1822; d. August 9, 1844. Emily Swett, b. March 30, 1824; d. January 15, 1880; m. Hibbard P. Ross, lived in Groton, Mass .; two ch. d. young, Willie and Artemus. Betsey Currier, dau. of Robert, b. May 5, 1826; d. Cambridge, Mass .; m. April 3, 1854, Willard W. Balcom. Theoda Hewes, b. December 11, 1827; m. July 19, 1855, John Sanford Shepard (see him). Pernell Elisa, b. April 29, 1834; m. February 22, 1871; Freeman Wight of Boston, b. October 3, 1834; d. January 13, 1909, was in the fur business for many years in Boston. Two ch .: Freeman Clark, b. June 28, 1872; m. December, 1900, Mattie Eva Spafford; no ch. Robert Franklin, b. September 2, 1881; m. April 13, 1903, Blanche L. McIntire; had one ch. d. young.
Josiah, son of Josiah, b. January 9, 1795; d. July 3, 1892; (b) ; m. 1st, December 28, 1814, Betsey Bailey, dau. of Levi, b. November 8, 1793; d. April 16, 1825; three children. He m. 2d, September 19, 1827, Sally Gilman, dau. of
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Nathaniel; d. March 16, 1843, aged 47; had two chil- dren. He m. 3d, Mrs. Sally Hazeltine, widow of William of Groton, d. December 31, 1838, aged 44. His ch .: Sally, d. March 3, 1824, aged 3. Dorothy, m. Roswell Elliott; 2 ch. : Belle and Carrie who m. Wallace G. Goss; Jesse, d. July 6, 1887, aged 71 y., 4 mo. ; he m. Sarah M. Elliott, dau. of Asa and Betsey Elliott; d. June 20, 1852, aged 24 y., 9 mo .; Judith, m. a Woodard and Joseph, d. single ; Gilman and Horace were the other sons by Sally Gilman.
Richard, Jr., son of Richard, b. October 28, 1761; m. Septem- ber 16, 1788, Esther Jones, dau. of James and Sarah (Pad- dleford) Jones, b. December 9, 1768. They had four ch .: Jehiel, b. November 3, 1790; Lucy, b. July 23, 1792; Ebenezer, b. April 7, 1795; m. April 19, 1832, Rhoda Blaisdell, dau. of Daniel. His first wife, Nancy A., d. December 8, 1822, aged 22; (a) ; by whom he had one ch., Andrew J., d. February 23, 1823, aged 6 m; (a). His sec- ond wife, Ruth, d. September 21, 1831; (a) ; by whom he had two ch. Lucius G., d. September 11, 1827, aged 10 y. and Richard, d. November 21, 1830, aged 4 m .; (a) ; Rich- ard, fourth ch. of Richard, Jr., b. December 9, 1798.
Clark, Anna, d. January 31, 1832, aged 12; (d) ; must have been of the last family, also Mary Ann, dau. of Richard and Abigail Clark, who m. April 2, 1838, John Rockwell and d. October 21, 1851, aged 41. (d).
The Genealogy of John Currier.
I. Richard Currier was born in England in 1617 and was one of the original settlers of Salisbury, Mass. He had two chil- dren, perhaps more, Hannah and Thomas. Richard died in 1687.
II. Deacon Thomas, b. Amesbury, March 8, 1646, m. December 3, 1668, Mary, dau. of William Osgood; he died 1687; she died 1712. Their children, born in Amesbury, were:
1. Hannah
4. Samuel
2. Thomas
5. William
3. Richard 6. John
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7. Joseph 10. Daniel
8. Benjamin
11. Mary
9. Ebenezer
12. Ann
III. Joseph, b. 1674, m. December 9, 1708, Sarah Brown. Their children, born in Amesbury, were :
1. Nathan 6. Hannah
2. Joseph
7. Ann
3. Ephraim
8. Mary
4. Abner
9. Miriam.
5. Sarah
IV. Nathan, b. November 6, 1710; m. April 14, 1736, Mehitable Silver. Children born in Amesbury.
1. John, b. December 12, 1733; d. July 17, 1736.
2. Seth, b. March 10, 1735.
3. John (of Hopkinton), b. May 1, 1737.
4. Sarah, b. December 9, 1738.
5. Anna, b. January 8, 1740; d. 1781, in Hampstead; m. Peter Morse of Warner, father of James Morse, b. 1739; d. 1787, (see him).
6. Daniel, b. December 13, 1748.
7. Hannah, b. August 5, 1750; m. Zebulon Davis.
8. Nathan, b. July 27, 1756.
V. Deacon John, moved to Hopkinton, N. H., 1766; m. in Ames- bury, Sarah Clark; he died December 23, 1804. Ten chil- dren :
1. John (of Canaan), b. January 6, 1762; d. May 10, 1826.
2. Clark (of Canaan), b. June 2, 1763; d. July 6, 1813.
3. Seth, b. December 8, 1764; d. Canaan, Me., January 1, 1842; Dartmouth College, 1796.
4. Anna, b. August 24, 1766; d. February 12, 1816.
5. Amos, b. August 25, 1768; d. November 29, 1846, grand- father of John F. Jones of Hopkinton.
6. Sarah, b. August 16, 1770; d. July 26, 1834.
7. Hannah, b. July 8, 1772; d. January 20, 1793.
8. Stephen, b. January 11, 1774, d.
9. Persilla, b. Aug. 16, 1776; d. December 7, 1854.
10. James, b. January 20, 1778; d. April 19, 1813.
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VI. "September 21, 1783. Then John Currier and Lois Morse were married in Hopkinton." Lois Morse was a cousin to John, dau. of Peter and Anna (Currier) Morse. She was brought up in the family of Deacon John of Hopkinton. She died October 17, 1816, aged 55 yrs. 10 mos. He m. 2d, March 5, 1822, Mrs. Abi Plummer Richardson, widow of Eliphalet Richardson, who survived him until January 3, 1851, aged 83 yrs.
Dea. John Currier of Hopkinton was a large owner of Canaan lands purchased at low prices from the original grantees, who had ceased to have a taste for forest speculations. It does not appear that he ever visited Canaan to examine his real estate. About the year 1781 he sent his two boys, John and Clark, to look after his interests, with instructions if they found the place agreeable, to "pitch" upon some of the lands and improve them as settlers. The young men were well pleased with their prospects. John built a log house on West Farms on the 100 acres his father had bought of John P. Calkins, cleared up an acre or two, and returned to Hopkinton for his cousin as a wife, and it seems he did not go any too soon. They had six daugh- ters and one son born to them.
1. Anna, b. June 30, 1784.
2. Sarah, b. December 26, 1785.
3. Hannah, b. August 27, 1789.
4. James, b. November 2, 1791.
5. Lois, b. May 30, 1795.
6. Permelia, b. January 8, 1798.
7. Clarissa, b. October 10, 1799.
All his children were born on West Farms, for it was not until August 25, 1804, that he bargained farms with Jacob Tucker and went to live on the hill on the farm still in the possession of his descendants. Jacob Tucker afterwards sold his farm to Abraham Longfellow. Esquire John was one of the most promi- nent men in Canaan during the forty-five years of his life here. He was very influential, not only in the Proprietary, in the division and lotting of land, but in the affairs of the town, was a lieutenant and captain in 1793 and 1794 in the Fourth Com-
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pany of the Twenty-Fourth Regiment. He was clerk of the proprietors from 1808 to 1821, one of the "Lot laying Commit- tee" from 1805 to his death, and many of the lots were surveyed by him. He made a survey of the town in 1805 traversing all the boundary lines. He was sent to the General Court in 1810, 1811 and 1817. He was selectman in 1800 to 1803, 1805, 1807, to 1812, 1816 to 1817, 1819 and in 1823, fifteen years.
1. Anna, m. John Stanley of Hopkinton, March 3, 1802, and had eight children; she d. March 9, 1858.
1. Julia, b. December 10, 1804.
2. Lois, b. December 21, 1806.
3. John Currier, b. Lyman, N. H.2 December 13, 1809.
4. Henry, b. June 26, 1813.
5. Lyman, b. September 13, 1814.
6. James, b. April 14, 1819.
7. Nancy, b. April 4, 1823.
8. Lavina, b. November 13, 1826.
Julia Stanley, m. John Smith, January 16, 1834, and d. June 18, 1835, leaving no children.
Lois, m. April, 1832, George Hazeltine, and d. March 7, 1861; a daughter of Julia, d. September 27, 1850, aged 17 yrs. There were two other daughters, Ellen S. and P. Jennie and a son, George Henry.
John Currier, m. June 21, 1843, Jane Beattie of Ryegate, Vt. Their children were:
1. William J. B., b. April 13, 1844.
2. Margaret Ann, b. September 3, 1845.
3. Catherine Jane, b. September 23, 1846.
4. Robert James, b. March 28, 1848.
5. Harriet E., b. June 9, 1849.
6. Hannah G., b. May 11, 1853; d. November 24, 1875.
Henry Stanley, m. Feb. 5, 1846; Chloe Bartlett of Water- ford, Vt. Three children :
1. Ellen Francis, b. January 25, 1848.
2. Martha Marian, b. April 22, 1851.
3. Carrie Louise, b. November 28, 1856.
Lyman Stanley, m. November 26, 1842, Laura A. Way of Barnet, Vt. Their children were :
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1. L. Edgar, b. January 26, 1848.
2. P. Jennie, b. March 25, 1850.
3. Charles A., b. April 13, 1853.
4. Alfred, b. January 2, 1857.
5. Herbert A., b. March 9, 1862.
James Stanley, m. October 28, 1857, Julia F. Byron of Maid- stone, Vt. Their children were:
1. Frederic James, b. August 29, 1858; d. August 1867.
2. Julia Emma, b. September 14, 1860; d. in August 1867.
3. Stella J., b. June 16, 1869.
4. Susie L., b. December 6, 1873.
Nancy Stanley, m. 1st, December 11, 1845, W. S. Hinman, no children; m. 2d, March 26, 1854, Lester S. Richards. She d. West Concord, Vt., May 13, 1872. Children were :
1. Oliver S., b. January 31, 1855.
2. William John, b. January 7, 1860; d. January 26, 1864.
3. George Sherman, b. July 31, 1866; d. April 20, 1868. Lavina Stanley, m. 1st, January 27, 1848, William G. Pad- dleford; no children; m. 2d, October 28, 1857, Spof- ford A. Way. Her children were :
1. William J., b. December 1851.
2. Frank A., b. December 27, 1858.
3. Allen, b. July 21, 1860.
4. Anna, b. January 13, 1864.
2. Sarah, dau. of John (of Canaan), m. 1809, George Flint of Canaan; she d. at Cleveland, O., February 15, 1841; he d. Cleveland, O., October 20,, 1869. Two children :
1. John Currier, b. November 10; 1810; m. 1833, Emma Storrs of Lebanon ; b. April 14, 1814. He was killed by a falling tree while chopping alone in the forest, June 22, 1838 (a). Three children.
1. Edwin, b. May 15, 1834; m. October 10, 1862, Sarah Buck of Cleveland, O., b. June 6, 1838; now living in Canaan. No children, but adopted a son, George, now dead.
2. Horace C., b. December 29, 1836; m. March 13, 1861,
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Agnes Nichols; one child, Emma, living in Avon, Loraine Co., O.
3. Oscar Wade, b. September 14, 1838; d. September 1862, single. Was adopted by a brother of Senator Ben. Wade of Ohio, and died while studying law in his office.
2. Louisa, b. August 15, 1815 ; d. in Old Ladies' Home, Man- chester, September 13, 1903; single.
3. Hannah C., m. November 3, 1810, Daniel Hoyt, b. July 7, 1787. She d. August 4, 1863. He was drowned in Goose Pond in 1813, July 29, while poling logs. Their ch .:
1. Lois Maria, b. January 14, 1812; d. December 23, 1879; m. September 5, 1837, Levi French of Enfield, b. No- vember 13, 1812; d. February 27, 1871. Their children were :
1. George Hoyt, b. January 15, 1839; m. November 14, 1866, Luella Clement of Underhill, Vt. Their chil- dren :
1. Guy Clement, b. June 10, 1869.
2. Helen May, b. May 23, 1871.
2. Darwin Gallatin, b. May 14, 1845; m. 1st, June 5, 1866, Hattie P. Wright; she d. May 27, 1868; one child, Hattie W., b. March 20, 1868. He m. 2d, Emma L. Mead November 2, 1869; one child, Emma Lillian, b. May 20, 1875.
3. Lois Maria, b. September 6, 1851; d. December 23, 1869. 2. George F., b. March 13, 1813; d. August 22, 1815 (a). Hannah C., m. 2d, David Goodhue of Underhill, Vt., one ch.
VII. 4. James, m. January 4, 1837, Louisa Wier, dau. of Wil- liam and Nancy (Morse) Wier of Grafton, Vt .; b. Jan- uary 4, 1802; d. July 25, 1884. He d. Canaan May 22, 1846. Three children. She m. 2d, May, 1847, Isaac W. Perkins of Lyme. He d. September 22, 1855; no. ch. 1. A son died in infancy, b. December 12, 1837.
2. Mary Duncan, b. November 20, 1838; m. January 8, 1865, William Allen Wallace, son of James and Mary (Flint) Wallace of Canaan, b. September 28, 1815. He d. Feb- 34
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ruary 15, 1893. She d. December 25, 1898. One son. James Burns, b. August 14, 1866, m. December 21, 1889, Alice Hutchinson, dau. of Lucius B. and Alice Maria (Rollins) Hutchinson ; b. June 22, 1867. No children. 3. John, b. January 8, 1841; d. October 5, 1909 ; m. January 27, 1896, Mrs. Mary Puffer. No children.
John Currier passed all his days upon the farm which his father and grandfather had tilled before him and where they had lived and died. Three generations followed in each other's footsteps. Born in the old house his grandfather built, he was but five years old when his father died, leaving a large farm, for his mother and sister, then eight years old, to carry on. The burden was almost too much for his mother, who married the next year. Her second husband died when John was four- teen years old and from that time on, he had to assume the duties of the head of the household. His mother was strong willed and very set in her purposes and this characteristic was early instilled into and imbibed by him. His mother would never have any assistance in her household, and up to the last year of her life, insisted upon doing her own work. Her son was obliged to do the same, so far as he was able in his earlier years and as he grew older, the old lady was persistent in her efforts to hire as little help as possible. His early years were a cease- less round of hard toil, with few pleasures. His mother's tastes were simple, and she insisted upon there being no ex- travagance. Everything was saved, it might be useful sometime. This trait followed him through his whole life. While she lived he was constant in his duty to her and her slightest wish was always granted. He was educated in the district schools of the town and Canaan Union Academy, attending at times when the farm work was not important. His sister would often go away to visit relatives, but he never went. He never would go away from home to stay over night without protest, and then to return as soon as possible. He first became interested in town affairs in 1877, when he was chosen selectman, again in 1878 and 1879. The politics of the town changed and he was not again in office until 1881, when he was chosen overseer of the poor and held the office the following year. He was on the board of select-
Jahn Connies.
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men in 1886, also in 1892, and in 1894 he began the long- est term of continuous service of any one in the history of the town, being chairman of the board all the time, a period of fifteen years, making in all twenty years as selectman. He was the most prominent man in town affairs for the last ten years and his knowledge of them was not surpassed by any one. He was familiar with the ownership and location of every piece of land in town. His memory of events and persons was phenom- enal and often served him to good purpose in town affairs. Great confidence was placed in his judgment. He made many wills and in consequence was called upon to administer many estates. He was trustee and treasurer of the Methodist Church on the Street for many years. The Currier family were Con- gregationalists, and his sympathies were with the old church at the upper end of the Street. Although not a church member, he was almost a constant attendent upon the Methodist service. Until within the last two years of his life, he was a man of great endurance, strong and powerful. He never smoked but once, and that made him so sick he never tried it again. His was an active life and he rarely stopped to think of himself. The last two years he contended with a disease which at times was very painful, but the end was peaceful. He was not of a nervous disposition and was never known to lose his temper, never seemed to be irritated in his dealings with men, and however much they might be angered, there was always a smile upon his lips. I, his nephew, can pay no better tribute to him, than to say he was my "Uncle," in all ways, "Uncle John," and such he grad- ually became to every one.
5. Lois, m. January 26, 1818, Uriah Welch of Canaan, son of Samuel Welch, b. July 5, 1793; she d. January 24, 1821 (1831 on tombstone) ; he died August, 1839. He m. 2d. January, 1821, Sarah French. Removed to Concord, August 13, 1839, and while at work on the Free bridge over the Merrimac River fell in and was drowned. Their children were:
1. George Porter, b. December 29, 1820; was a printer in Boston.
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2. John Currier, b. October 18, 1826; d. January 18, 1827. 3. Unnamed infant.
6. Permelia, m. December 4, 1823, Samuel C. Sawyer of En- field; she d. February 23, 1856, in the Insane Asylum at Taunton, Mass. They had six children: Anne, Olivia, Augusta, Mary, Burns, John.
7. Clarissa, m. November 13, 1828, Ezra Gilman of Canaan, both d. in Manchester; he, April 26, 1855; she July 21, 1869. Their children were :
1. James Currier, b. January 31, 1831; d. 1909; m. Nancy Smiley of Bedford in 1868; d. 1908 in Manchester; no children.
2. Daniel Hoyt, b. December 8, 1836; m. 1860, Mary Ben- nett of Indian Orchard, Mass .; one son, Elmer A. Daniel was killed by falling bricks in the Hazeltine house, Manchester.
VI. 2. Clark, younger brother of Esquire John, came to Canaan from Hopkinton, 1872. He settled on the hundred acres his father purchased of George Harris and now occupied by Edgar Ricard. He m. in Canaan, 1787, Margaret Norris whose father, Eli- phalet, was a clothier at the Corner. They had four children. Mrs. Currier died about the year 1825. She was insane for many years previous, shut up in a pen and treated harshly by her family.
1. John, b. February 25, 1789, m. about 1812, Eliza Hewes of Lyme, by whom he had one daughter, Sarepta, m. to E. J. Morrill of Franklin. John lived with his wife some years and then disappeared from this part of the world. Several years afterwards he was recognized by a neighbor in Troy, N. Y. He denied his name and refused to give reasons for his strange conduct.
2. Margaret, b. August 22, 1791; m. August 25, 1816, David Norris of Cornith, Vt. Several children; she d. 1869. One, Clark C., d. November 2, 1817, aged 17d, is buried on Sawyer Hill.
3. Sally, b. April 18, 1796; m. December 25, 1816, Nathan Cass of Canaan, moved to Concord, Mass., had several children and d. February 23, 1880.
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4. Infant dau. d. August 1800, aged 5d. ; first person buried in Sawyer Hill Cemetery.
5. Hannah, b. 1807; m. 1828, - Smith of Corinth, Vt. Several children.
VI. 4. Anna, sister of John and Clark, m. Moses Flanders of Hopkinton, lived and died on a great farm in En-
field. She d. February 12, 1816. Their children were :
1. Sally, m. Samuel Day.
2. Hannah, m. David Day.
3. Moses, d. unm.
4. Timothy, d. while attending Dartmouth College.
5. Mary, m. Daniel Smith, left two daughters:
1. Anne, m. Levi F. Webster of Canaan, one son ; Herbert L., b. May 31, 1866; m. December 31, 1891, Ida Belle Sargent, b. 1866.
2. Mary F., b. June, 1841.
The Doles.
In the cemetery on the Street is a group of graves of the Dole family. It is many years since any additions were made to that group. The head of the family was Capt. Moses Dole, who came to Canaan in 1801, from Cheshire County, having recently married, March 1, 1801, Miss Lucy Poor of Charlestown. He bought the tavern and farm of Dudley Gilman and hung out a sign on which was painted, "Mr. Dole's Inn, 1802." That old tavern occupied the site of the present Hotel Lucerne. The sign swung there more than a quarter of a century, inviting travelers to partake of his hospitality. He was a courteous gen- tleman, and Mrs. Dole was distinguished for her refinement and intelligence. Socially and politically, they exercised a large in- fluence. The captain was held in high esteem and was elected to various offices of trust, the duties of which he discharged with fidelity. He was chosen representative to the general court in 1808, 1809, 1818, 1819, 1820; selectman in 1804; town clerk from 1801 to 1806 inclusive, and from 1808 to 1817 inclusive, sixteen years longer than any other, with the exception of George H. Gordon. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge; was born September 17, 1777, and on the 2d of June, 1828, was
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buried with Masonic honors. Mrs. Dole, born January 16, 1774, had died October 6, 1826, with an epidemic which raged fatally among young and old during that season. They had two chil- dren, Joseph and Mary. Joseph, born October 31, 1801, died May 16, 1817; Mary was born October 28, 1803, married first, August 15, 1823, Dr. Charles Plastridge, brother of Doctor Caleb of East Lebanon ; he died October 16, 1826, aged 29. She remained here until 1829, and is the Mrs. Plastridge referred to by Mr. Foster. She married second in 1828, Hon. Joseph Saw- yer, and became a resident of Piermont. Five daughters and one son were born to them.
Mr. Sawyer died in 1858, and being left nearly destitute, she took up her abode with her daughter in Cambridge, Mass. At the time of her death, February 1, 1885, she was on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Kimball in Pontiac, Mich. She was strongly religious, having inherited her convictions, and was a member of the Congregational Church from the year 1816.
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