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Bradbury, Samuel, m., Nov. 5, 1815, Phoebe Porter. Children: Phoebe, b. Sept. 4, 1816; d. March 3, 1879; m. George Davis, d. July 26, 1872, ag. 60y., 6m., 26d. (a). Children: Phoebe, d. June 28, 1856, and Leroy S., b. 1842; d. 1894 (a); m. Emma M. Merrill and had three children: Kitty, m. (1) John Harrigan, and had one child; m. (2) Albert Richard- son; Etta Bell, d. Feb. 3, 1866, ag. 21d, and an infant, d. April 11, 1868. Samuel, son of Samuel, b. Dec. 16, 1817; Polly, b. Feb. 12, 1819; Enos Wells, b. Dec. 24, 1820.
Briggs, Howard C., son of C. B. and A. E., b. March 13, 1884; d. May 12, 1903 (b).
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Brocklebank, Moses A., d. Sept. 8, 1898, ag. 79y., 5m., 16d. (c); m., Oct. 13, 1879, Sophronia Stevens of Enfield, d. Oct. 19, 1878, ag. 54; their dau., Laura R., d. May 17, 1862, ag. 11y., 5m., 20d .; Nellie A., d. Feb. 12, 1894, ag. 36y., 4m .; m. (1) Oscar Harris; m. (2) Henry Choate.
Brown, Susan F., dau. of B. and S. P., d. Sept. 15, 1873, ag. 21 (b). Brown, Abel, b. Feb. 28, 1780; m., Jan. 3, 1811, Sally Folsom, b. Oct. 19, 1785. Child: Adaline Colby, b. Feb. 23, 1812.
Brown, John G., son of Charles and Mary, d. July 22, 1880, ag. 19 (b).
Bucklin, Mary E., dau. of Welcome Aldrich, wife of David, d. Aug. 14, 1871, ag. 29y., 9m. (b); Allie S., son, d. May 1, 1871, ag. 4m., 14d .; Arthur M., b. 1864; m., July 4, 1883, R. Clara Akerman, b. 1863.
Burke, Michael, d. Nov. 16, 1902, ag. 82y., 7m. (c); his wife, Honora, d. April 13, 1872, ag. 49; son, John W., d. Aug. 22, 1881, ag. 32 (c).
'Burnham, James, d. March 16, 1849, ag. 74y., 7m. (e); by his wife, Elizabeth, he had Elzina, d. May 16, 1827, ag. 10; Dea. Silas d. May 4, 1887, ag. 81y., 6m. (c); m. (1), June 15, 1837, Ruth P. Colby, d. March 9, 1849, ag. 36y., 2m. (e); m. (2), Jan. 15, 1849, Lydia San- born, d. March 29, 1871, ag. 52 (c). Adelia A., wife of William H. Clough, d. March 24, 1891, ag. 42y., 4m., 7d. (e). James, probably the son of James, d. July 10, 1827, ag. 27; and Joseph d. Nov. 9, 1838, ag. 41, his wife, Lucy, d. March 6, 1836, ag. 37.
Burnham, Mason, b. Oct. 18, 1823; d. Sept. 1, 1891; his wife, Ruth L., b. July 27, 1824; d. Feb. 11, 1894.
Burnham, Nellie W., dau. of George W. and Mary L., d. Oct. 2, 1862, ag. 5y., 2m., 21d; another, Liona E., d. Sept. 25, 1862, ag. 2y., 10m., 1d. (c).
Butman, Mary, wife of Paul, d. April 23, 1850, ag. 45 (a). Children: Laura, m. (1) a Sanborn; m. (2), Aug. 18, 1861, David T. Ford; Frank, b. Dec. 27, 1824; d. Aug. 14, 1896 (d) ; m., Feb. 6, 1849, Susan T. Colby, dau. of Adonijah and Susanna Colby, b. Feb. 2, 1824; d. Oct. 21, 1893. Children: Frank H., d. Sept. 30, 1881. ag. 28y., 4m. (d); m., Jan. 1, 1874, Eva Gorham; George E., b. 1863; d. 1890 (d); Alma A. Clough, wife of another son, Charles H., b. Sept. 3, 1861; d. Feb. 4, 1895 (d). Another son of Frank: Fred E., is married and has three children: Blanche, Oscar and Grace.
Butterfield, son of William and Harriet Jones, d. Sept. 11, 1849, ag. 4w; another son, George, d. Aug. 11, 1849, ag. 2y., 4m. (a).
Call, Enoch, d. Feb. 23, 1877, ag. 76y., 4m., 18d. (d); by his wife, Ruth, he had: Sarah J., b. 1845; m., Nov. 29, 1865, John Wheeler of Dorchester; William R., b. 1838; m., Sept. 21, 1869, Abbie F. Harris.
Campbell, William, d. Aug. 7, 1863, ag. 88 (c); his wife, Hannah Hardy, d. July 7, 1862, ag. 83y., 6m. Children: Capt. Daniel, d. Dec. 11, 1850, ag. 52y., 10m. (c); m., July 11, 1821, Polly Wells, dau. of Ezekiel and Polly, d. Sept. 4, 1882, ag. 81y., 4m .; their children were: Daniel H., d. May 19, 1885, ag. 57y., 8m., 26d. (c); m. Angelina F. Webster, d. Jan. 26, 1886, ag. 55; their children were: Daniel W., b. 1855; m., April 30, 1882, Mary J. Clough, dau. of B. W. Clough, b. 1860; Sarah F., b. 1859;
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m., June 15, 1887, Elmer E. Brown; Ella, m. a Carr; Mary, m. Frank Howe. Charles A., b. 1867; d. 1895; m., Dec. 7, 1887, Hannah A. Goss of Hanover; had four children. Alba A., son of Capt. Daniel, d. Oct. 10, 1853, ag. 19. Polly, dau. of William, b. March 31, 1807; d. Jan. 8, 1821. William, Jr., d. May 28, 1839, ag. 31. Betsey, d. Sept. 12, 1862, ag. 62; m., Nov. 22, 1821, Nathaniel Shepard, d. Oct. 27, 1881, ag. 82y., 11m. Hannah, m., Jan. 31, 1822, Timothy Sanborn.
Carlton, Jonathan, m. Molly; she d. Nov. 5, 1821, ag. 61. Children: Daniel, b. April 21, 1783; child, Moses. Jonathan, d. Dec. 3, 1878, ag. 78y., 2m .; m. Eliza Shattuck, d. March 26, 1852, ag. 53y., 4m. (a) ; Francis C. and Mary had a son, Miles, d. Sept. 26, 1821, ag. 9m. (a).
Carlton, Thomas L., and Edna, had a son, Albert, b. Nov. 3, 1839. Nancy, wife of Thomas J., d. April 2, 1860, ag. 24 (c).
Carter, William, d. April 12, 1871, ag. 84y., 10m .; he m. Abigail and had a son, George, d. Dec. 25, 1856, ag. 21.
Caverley, Harriet D., b. 1819; d. 1909 (c).
Chamberlain, William A., b. March 6, 1855; d. June 14, 1906 (c).
Chase, Ambrose, d. about 1803 (d), and Hannah, had Hannah, b. March 13, 1801, and William, who m. Abigail and had Elisa, b. June 11, 1811, Hannah Hawthorne, b. May 26, 1813, and John R., b. March 31, 1815.
Chase, Joseph, d. Sept. 6, 1820, ag. 46; Nancy E., his wife, d. Jan. 20, 1857, ag. 82. Children: Sarah, m. Uriah F. Lary (see him) ; Horace W., b. March 18, 1809; d. Jan. 3, 1877 (a); m. Abigail Martin, dau. of Robert, Dec. 24, 1835; b. June 26, 1818; d. March 29, 1901. Children: William M. (see lawyers) ; Henry M., b. Aug. 27, 1857; d. May 22, 1902 (a) ; m., June 1, 1878, Addie B. Smith, and had a daughter.
Chase, William, d. Oct. 14, 1857, ag. 61y., 3m.
Chase, Ezra, d. Jan. 14, 1864, ag. 84 (b); his wife, Sarah E. Morrill, d. March 17, 1848, ag. 63y., 9m. Children: Betsey M., d. Nov. 21, 1888, ag. 79; m., Aug. 1837, Gideon Lowell, d. Sept. 2, 1863, ag. 62. Children: Frank B. and Belle. Samuel B., son of Ezra, b. March 6, 1819; d. Nov. 15, 1893; m. dau. of Otis Barney. Sarah Ann, dau., d. Jan. 8, 1891, ag. 74y., 6m .; m. Aaron Barney (see him) ; Charles C .. Francis M., son of Ezra, d. March 29, 1875, ag. 63 (b); m. Eliza J. and had Clarence J. A., d. Dec. 24, 1857, ag. 7w., 7d., and Viola J., d. Dec. 14, 1860, ag. 8y., 2m., 1d.
Chesley, Eleazer, d. Sept. 29, 1876, ag. 80y., 5m. (c); Ann, his wife, d. Aug. 15, 1869, ag. 67. Their son, Eleazer B., d. April 2, 1868, ag. 31.
Childs, Oliver B., m. Mary Stone, b. Feb. 5, 1844; d. Jan. 21, 1903. Almira T., b. Dec. 9, 1844; d. Nov. 7, 1879; m. George Barker. Mary Ella F., dau. of Oliver B., d. Aug. 8, 1898, ag. 36y., 9m., 18d .; m. Fred B. Wilson.
Clark, Amasa, son of Moses, b. in Warner, Aug. 10, 1777; d. Feb. 17, 1854 (d); m. Sally Ladd in Hopkinton, from the family of Daniel Flan- ders, came to Canaan in 1804. She d. Nov. 30, 1858, ag. 75. They had six children:
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1. Laura, b., Hopkinton, Feb. 14, 1803; m., Jan. 26, 1825, Noah Saw- yer of Canaan; three children: one of them, Seraph, d. Jan. 11, 1835, ag. 8; Stephen, b. 1835; m., Jan. 7, 1871, Mary E. Cilley, dau of Mark, b. 1835.
2. Zilpha, b. Oct. 2, 1804; m., Feb., 1837, John Hobbs, Jr., of Andover; one child, Catherine, who married and died, leaving three children.
3. Samuel Stillman, b. April 15, 1807; d. April 25, 1876; m., 1833, Clarissa Porter of Canaan, b. Jan. 2, 1804; d. March 4, 1863, leaving three children. He died April 25, 1876; was blind many years. Chil- dren: 1. George Porter, m. (1) - Pettingill; she was divorced; m. (2) Ellen Bradish of Haverhill; several children. 2. Sarah, b. 1841; m., 1868, Benjamin Clay of Danbury; resides California. 3. Eliza P., b. 1841; m., June 13, 1870, Sigismond Wolfson of Germany; four chil- dren: Mabel M., d. Nov. 8, 1897, ag. 22y., 10m .; Clara F., d. April 15, 1874, ag. 29; Maurice S., d. Sept. 22, 1873 (d), ag. 1y., 1m., 21d .; Carl, who m. Lillian Jewel and lives with his father and mother in Canaan on old Porter farm.
4. Carlton Currier, b. Oct. 3, 1814; m., June, 1841, Lucinda Bowen of Grafton; no children; m. (2), Oct. 19, 1871, Mrs. Mary Sargent, who soon died, Sept. 14, 1874, ag. 47y., 5m., leaving an infant that died a few months after. He died Dec. 17, 1875 (d). Child: Alma C., d. March 14, 1876, ag. 1y., 11m., 16d.
5. Sarah, b. June 19, 1818; d., unm., Feb. 24, 1841 (d).
6. Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1820; m., Feb. 3, 1859, Joel Osborne of Chelsea, Vt .; she died Oct. 28, 1863; no children.
Clark, Theodore, d. June 13, 1858, ag. 85y., 6m., 8d .; bought his farm of his father, Timothy, who came from Pelham; his second wife, Betsey, d. Sept. 26, 1884, ag. 87y., 7m., 8d. Children: Daniel, d. April 17, 1892, ag. 78y., 5m., 8d .; m. (1) Dorcas Hadley, dau. of Stephen 1st, d. March 18, 1876, ag. 61 (e); m. (2), Nov. 19, 1876, Elizabeth Hale. Children: Emeline, d. Feb. 5, 1904, ag. 63; m. John W. Philbrick, son of Hiram; Irena, b. 1846; m., Aug. 6, 1865, Alexander Evans, b. 1836; Benjamin O. T., b. 1849; d. Oct. 7, 1867 (e) ; m., July 4, 1861, Carrie E. Philbrick, dau. of Francis and Abigail Welch, she was known afterwards as "Inda E."; Betsey, b. 1834; m. (1), Oct. 12, 1857, Anthony Welch; m. (2) Hiram Philbrick; m. (3) Willard Colburn, d. July 13, 1893, ag. 60y., 2m., 24d .; Rachel G., b. 1850; m., Oct. 11, 1865, Elijah W. Edwards, m. (2) John Ford; Leonard A., b. 1851; m., Oct. 8, 1874, Malvina Shattuck; Henry W., b. 1859; m., Sept. 1, 1879, Hattie J. Shattuck, b. March 7, 1864. Children: Dorcas, b. March 20, 1883; m. Ira A. Tarbell, and Josie m. Albert Goss; Mahala D., d. July 1, 1879, ag. 22y., 10m .; m. John Ford (e). Betsey, dau. of Theodore, d. March 1, 1824, ag. 2; Reuben, d. Oct. 29, 1884, ag. 66y., 2m., 24d. (c). Children: Jennie D., d. March 6, 1884, ag. 24y., 1m., 23d .; m. a Dunham.
Clark, Dorinda, first wife of Reuben, d. July 27, 1842, ag. 23 (e) . His second wife, Miriam J., d. Sept. 13, 1898, ag. 68y., 8m., 6d. (c).
Clark, Helen A., wife of Frank E., d. May 15, 1903, ag. 31 (e).
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Clark, Jacob S., b. 1799; d. 1881; his wife, Hannah S., b. 1811; d. Feb. 11, 1898 (a).
Clark, Mary E., dau. of O. A. and G. A., b. Nov. 3, 1904; d. Feb. 18, 1905.
Clark, Warren W., son of John B. and Susan B. ( Waterman), d. Jan. 15, 1857, ag. 6y., 7m., 2d., and Warren T., d. Oct. 2, 1862, ag. 1y., 8m. (c); John S., son of John B., b. 1843; m. (1) Mary A. Morey; m. (2), Aug. 30, 1891, Mary A. Woodbury, b. 1853; Truman J., b. 1856; m., Oct. 27, 1906, Gertrude A. Austin, b. 1873; d. Dec. 27, 1908, ag. 35y., 1m., 8d. Child: Lizzie M., b. 1907; d. 1908 (c). Horace A., son of John B., b. 1848; m., Jan. 10, 1874, Mary E. Stark, dau. of Jonathan of Hanover.
Clement, O. F., Co. B, Fourth Vermont Volunteers. (c).
Clement, Annie B., wife of Frank A., b. 1874; d. 1895 (c).
Cleveland, William A., b. Nov. 22, 1816; d. Sept. 4, 1887; his wife, Deidamia, b. Dec. 7, 1824; d. Oct. 18, 1903. Children: Clara A., b. July 11, 1865; d. June 22, 1898; m. a Wright.
Clough, Samuel, d. Nov. 23, 1862, ag. 82 (d); his wife, Jerusha Clark, d. Sept. 22, 1853, ag. 74. Children: Miriam, d. July 20, 1827, ag. 19; Mary A., d. Sept. 14, 1884, ag. 61y., 11m., 21d .; m. - - Williams; Clark, b. 1818; d. 1892 (c); m. Elsie (Miller) Richardson, b. 1817; d. May 30, 1897. Children: Sarah J., wife of John P. Daines, b. 1852; d. 1905; one son, Byron. Emma A., dau. of Clark, b. 1858; m., June 19, 1877, Albert Packard, son of John, b. 1858. Children: Ethel, Burton. John F., son of Samuel, b. 1820; m., March 13, 1844, Hannah E. Pack- ard, dau. of Chamberlain, b. Feb. 1, 1827; d. Oct. 6, 1894 (d): Chil- dren: Allen J., d. Feb. 5, 1907, ag. 62y., 8m .; he m., April 19, 1864, Sarah Ann Whittier, dau. Elijah and Matilda, and had a son, Bert. Mary A., dau. of John F., b. 1854; m., April 9, 1879, Daniel Goss, Jr., son of Daniel and Loraine, b. 1852; one son, Albert, m. Josie Clark, dau. of Henry; one dau., Beatrice.
Clough, Clark, d. April 1, 1853, ag. 26 (d).
Cobb, Salmon, b., Mansfield, Mass., Oct. 22, 1760; d. Nov. 4, 1851; m. (1), Oct., 1785, Abigail Pratt, b. Oct. 1765; d. May 1, 1804; m. (2), May 1, 1811, Bathsheba Briggs, b. April 29, 1770; d. May 26, 1863. He was a Revolutionary soldier before he came to Canaan (a). Children: Seven by first and one by second wife: Polly, b. March 15, 1788; Abi- gail, b. June 2, 1790; Fanny, b. Aug. 19, 1792; d. Sept. 12, 1879, single; Salmon P., b. Dec. 19, 1793; d. Sept. 3, 1878 (b); m. Betsey Fisher, b. Dec. 31, 1801; d. Dec. 20, 1869. Children: Hiram, d. Feb. 21, 1824, ag. 5m., 3d .; Elizabeth F., b. 1828; d. 1884, single; Abbie P., d. May 6, 1849, ag. 21; Adelia F., m. James H. Davis (see him); Caroline, and Phoebe, d. Jan. 29, 1901, ag. 66y., 9m., 14d .; Lucretia B., d. Oct. 22, 1906, ag. 69y., 4m., 7d .; m., April 24, 1860, Albert A. Haggett; two children, one dau. died, and one dau., Minnie L., living with her father, single. Phoebe, dau. of Salmon, b. Oct. 25, 1795; d. March 23, 1832 (b); m., Sept. 23, 1824, Timothy K. Blaisdell, son of Daniel (see him). Guil- ford, b. July 17, 1799; d. April 23, 1853 (a); m., 1832, Susan Arvin, dau.
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of Simeon, b. May 8, 1809; d. Aug. 12, 1867. Children: Hiram M., b. July 21, 1828; d. April 12, 1897; m. Malvina Snell, b. Jan. 24, 1839; d. Jan. 14, 1907; Susan Frances, b. Dec. 4, 1833; d. Aug. 21, 1903, single. Hiram, son of Salmon, b. March 6, 1801. Edwin, b. March 8, 1812; d. Nov. 16, 1870 (a); m., March 19, 1837, Emma E. Brooks, b. July 27, 1815; d. June 28, 1885. Children: Emma E., b. May 27, 1840; m., Jan. 1, 1862, Wyman Stevens. Children: Ellen E., b. Aug. 11, 1862; m. Burns M. Barnard. Henry P., b. May 6, 1864; d., single. George E., son of Edwin, b. Feb. 20, 1844; m., Nov. 8, 1879, Lucia A. Folsom, b. May 21, 1860. Children: Fannie L., b. July 5, 1880; m., June 19, 1904, Ernest D. Fleet- ham, b. Sept. 14, 1869. Children: Constance, b. Sept. 12, 1906; Ernest D. Jr., b. Feb. 2, 1909.
Colburn, Leonard, d. Oct. 16, 1828, ag. 85 (d); his wife, Elizabeth, d. April 6, 1815, ag. 73 (e).
Colburn, Willard, d. July 13, 1893, ag. 60y., 3m .; his first wife, Man- dana B., d. May 21, 1881, ag. 47y., 6m .; m. (2) Betsey Clark, dau. of Daniel.
Colby, Daniel, d. July 23, 1853, ag. 99y., 7m .; his wife, Mary Folsom, of Haverhill, Mass., d. March, 1850, ag. 92. He had fifteen children, one of them, Lucy, b. Feb. 25, 1799; d. Feb. 19, 1876; m., Jan. 19, 1815, Joshua Wells (see him). Ensign, d. Aug. 17, 1866, ag. 87 (a); m., March 16, 1806, Silvia Fales, d. March 12, 1850, ag. 62. Children: Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1806; d. May 18, 1881; m. Thomas J. Hardy, d. Sept. 20, 1883, ag. 78 (a). Alvin, b. April 2, 1808. John H., b. March 20, 1818; m., Sept. 2, 1838, Emeline D. Hadley. Children: Sidney L., b. 1846; m., Dec. 24, - -- , Sophia L. Morse, b. 1850. Joseph, d. Feb. 22, 1825. Abner Chase, son of Daniel, m., Nov. 12, 1795, by William Ayer, Betsey Laff Flagg. Aaron H., m., March 23, 1814, Sally Haynes.
Colby, Adonijah, b. Gilmanton; d. Jan. 14, 1849, ag. 71 (a); m. (1) Susan Taylor, d. Dec. 5, 1818, ag. 39; m. (2), Dec. 2, 1819, Susanna Richardson, dau. of John, b. July 16, 1790; d. Oct. 23, 1855. Children: John, d. Sept. 30, 1887, ag. 60y., 5m .; Susan T., d. Oct. 21, 1893, ag. 69y., 7m., 21d .; m. Frank Butman, son of Paul and Mary Butman (see him). Capt. Elijah R., son of Adonijah, d. Feb. 20, 1864, ag. 53y., 10m., 6d. (a); m. Lucinda A. Lathrop, b. Oct. 2, 1809; d. May 7, 1899; she m. (2) Thomas Sanborn. Nancy R., dau. of Adonijah, b. Sept. 10, 1816; d. July 1, 1887; m., Dec. 17, 1846, Henry E. Joslyn.
Colby, Moses, old stone defaced (a); d. about 1804.
Colby, Enoch, had a dau., Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1808; may have been wife of Harry Leeds.
Colby, Willaby, d. Sept. 28, 1858, ag. 79 (d); Elizabeth Tewksbury, his wife, d. April 29, 1849, ag. 66. Children: Sarah, wife of Israel Porter, d. Dec. 1, 1896, ag. 86; Willaba, d. May 31, 1848, ag. 26; Mary C., m., Nov. 28, 1845, Darious W. Copp of Sanbornton, and d. Sept. 22, 1884, ag. 61y., 4m., 9d .; he d. June 8, 1891, ag. 64 (d). John S., d. Sept. 30, 1887, ag. 60y., 11m .; single. Elizabeth, d. Jan. 28, 1881, ag. 69; m. a Jones.
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Colby, Martha A. (Houston), wife of Moses T., d. April 25, 1903, ag. 68y., 2m., 24d. (c). Children: Ella J., d. Aug. 23, 1883, ag. 20; Charles M., d. June 25, 1860, ag. 2; Edna R., d. Dec. 6, 1874, ag. 4; Lizzie M., d. April 4, 1877, ag. 10. The last three buried in Hanover.
Cole, Joseph H., b. May 11, 1815; d. June 24, 1849; m., 1843, Melissa J. Lowell, b. May 1, 1820; d. July 26, 1867. Children: Daniel W., b. Oct. 16, 1847; d. March 4, 1868 (a); m., April 27, 1867, Ellen Dean; Amon H., b. Dec. 11, 1843; d. Nov. 4, 1867 (a) ; Etta M., b. Jan. 24, 1850; d. Oct. 21, 1874 (a); Alvin B., b. Oct. 12, 1845; m., Feb. 6, 1875, Lizzie M. Boyce. Melissa J. Lowell m. (2), 1852, William Digby, b. Nov. 4, 1825; d. Aug. 23, 1863. Children: Florence H., b. Aug. 30, 1854; d. Aug. 13, 1856 (a); Rosilla E., b. Sept. 28, 1857; d. Feb. 14, 1862; Joseph W., b. Nov. 7, 1859; d. July 23, 1867 (a).
Cole, Norman W., d. Sept. 29, 1891, ag. 29y., 11m., 22d .; Viola M., d. March 7, 1883, ag. 18y., 6m., 14d. Children of Justus and Caroline (Digby) Cole.
Collins, Nellie M., dau. of J. O. and C. F., d. Aug. 29, 1883, ag. 3y., 9m. (a).
Collins, John, b. April 3, 1788; m., April 5, 1819, Sally Stevens, b. Sept. 1, 1797; d. Jan. 16, 1824. Children: James Stevens, b. March 16, 1820, Olive Stevens, b. Nov. 27, 1822.
Columbia, Charles, d. Aug. 21, 1900, ag. 40 (b); Anthony, d. Nov. 30, 1893, ag. 80y., 10m., 2d .; his wife, Lasett, d. May 19, 1883, ag. 93y., 6m.
Conant, Henry F., son of Rev. Liba and Deborah, d. Nov. 28, 1836, ag. 7 (a).
Copp, Henrietta, d. Feb. 9, 1879, ag. 14y., 9m .. Elsworth W., d. Dec. 19, 1878, ag. 8y., 1m .; children of Lemuel M. and Lucy E.
Corliss, Joseph Folsom, son of Daniel and Rachel, d. Nov. 21, 1816, ag. 20 (b).
Crosby, Benjamin J., son of Stephen and Rhoda, d. Jan. 25, 1850, ag. 21 (b).
Cross, Bailey, son of Jonathan and Molly (Bailey) Cross of Methuen, d. March 12, 1812, ag. 41 (b), on tombstone; town records say d. Feb. 28, 1813; m., March 14, 1802, Susannah Bagley; she m. (2) Stephen Worth. Children: Leonard, b. Feb. 14, 1803; lived in Georgia; m; Luther, b. Sept. 16, 1804; a doctor, lived St. Catherine, Ont .; m., no children; Lemira H., b. Aug. 31, 1806; m. Henry J. Deaver; Calvin, b. Aug. 16, 1808; d. 1902; m. and had a dau. who m. Dr. Goodnow of St. Catherine, Ont. Amey, b. June 12, 1811; d. March 1, 1813; Susanah, b. May 12, 1813; m. Anthony Groves. The other children of Jonathan and Molly were: Nathan, d. Sept. 21, 1857, ag. 73 (b); Jonathan B .; Rebecca, m. David Dustin; Elizabeth, m. Caleb Welch; Olive, the school teacher, d. single; Fanny, m., Sept. 7, 1815, Theophilus Sanborn of Bridgewater.
Cummings, Martha, wife of William, d. Oct. 9, 1852, ag. 101 y., 7m., 11d. (b).
Currier, Nathaniel, son of William and Nancy, b. Oct. 6, 1791; d. Sept.
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12, 1863 (a); m. Rebecca V. Pratt, d. July 24, 1872, ag. 78 (a). His mother, Elizabeth P., d. March 21, 1832, ag. 79 (a). Nathaniel's chil- dren were: William P., d. June 6, 1838, ag. 21; Horace S., b. April 25, 1818; d. June 17, 1866 (a); m. Emma C. Plastridge, d. April 6, 1888, ag. 65; their children were: William Darwin (a); m. Kate M. Woolfe Jennie W., who m. M. P. Pratt, and had two children, Louise and an- other dau. Frank D., b. 1854; m., May 31, 1890, Addie H. Sargent, dau. of Horace Rollins of Grafton; Charles Warren, b. Feb. 23, 1863; d. Dec. 6, 1891 (a), and Maud Mabel, b. March 16, 1860. Oliver C., third son of Nathaniel, d. Sept. 13, 1826, ag. 5. Frank, d. Jan. 13, 1889, ag. 65 (a); m., March 16, 1874, Ella R. Milton, and had two children: Helen R., b. March 13, 1875, single; and John Pratt, b. 1880; m., July 25, 1903, Ruby I. Goss, b. 1885, and has two children: Dorothy E., b. May 4, 1904, and Helen, b. Nov. 19, 1905. Oliver P., d. Dec. 25, 1826, ag. 4w. George K., d. Jan. 22, 1907, ag. 78y., 8m., 5d. (a); m. Mary Louise George, b. 1847. Henry K. W., d. Aug. 10, 1831, ag. 16m. Nathaniel S., d. Homer, La., Oct. 19, 1852, ag. 30 (a). Henry K., d. Dec. 28, 1883, ag. 46 (a); m. Mary - -; one son, Nathaniel, b. June 9, 1863, who is married, and one dau., Lizzie, d. Feb. 28, 1862, ag. 2y., 6m. Eliza- beth P., dau. of Nathaniel, m., Dec. 5, 1856, John C. Dunklee; one dau., Helen, m. and had two children.
Currier, Reuben, m., Aug. 8, 1792, Abigail Clough, and had Reuben, Jr., b. Aug. 10, 1793; d. March 1, 1797 (b); Henry, b. Nov. 8, 1794, Theophilus S., b. April 11, 1797.
Currier, Dea. Joshua, b. Southampton, Mass., d. June 18, 1871, ag. 92y., 1m. (b); tombstone says d. June 16, 1871, ag. 93; his wife, Mary Farrington, d. April 2, 1864, ag. 85. Children: Betsey, b. 1808; d. Aug. 10, 1829; Farrington, d. Aug. 11, 1891, ag. 86y., 3m .; his wife d. June 16, 1873 (c); child, Amos; Eben F., m. Sophia Noyes, d. June 14, 1873, ag. 72. Children: Moses E., b. Feb. 5, 1836; d. April 8, 1887; m., Oct. 19, 1865, Arabel Hadley. Dorothy Jane, b. 1813; d. April 28, 1821. So- phronia D., b. 1815; d. Oct. 5, 1829; Ann, d. Jan. 3, 1818, ag. 7m .; Wil- liam Ayer, d. Feb. 10, 1818, ag. 17m.
Currier, Theophilus, d. Sept. 28, 1837 (g), ag. 85; m. Elizabeth Fol- lensbee; his dau., Betsey, m. Josiah Clark (see him). Theophilus, Jr., d. Oct. 9, 1865, ag. 72y., 10m., 17d. (g); m., Dec. 24, 1817, Sarah P. Tyler, dau. Job Tyler, d. April 20, 1866, ag. 73. Richard, son of Theophilus, d. Jan. 18, 1822, ag. 36 (g). John Wesley, son of Theophilus, Jr., b. Dec. 22, 1828; m. Catherine B. Doten (see her). Elizabeth, dau. Theophilus, Jr., m., April 4, 1841, Moses French. Fanny, m. John Cun- ningham; Alonzo, m. his cousin.
Currier, David, d. July 19, 1839, ag. 70y., 3m., 2d. (b); m., Feb. 2, 1797, Ruth Stevens of Enfield, d. Nov. 1, 1846, ag. 71y., 9m., 15d. Chil- dren: Edward, d. Jan. 13, 1892, ag. 86y., 7m., 1d .; Aaron, d. June 10, 1880, ag. 66; Hannah, m., Dec. 2, 1819, Grover Burnham. David, d. July 2, 1862, ag. 59y., 5m. (b); m. Rhoda Tyler, d. March 31, 1894, ag. 86y., 8m., 26d. Children: Rhoda M., d. Sept. 16, 1842, ag. 2y.,
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1d .; Ruth, b. 1830; m., Oct. 22, 1879, Carey Leeds. Dorothy, dau. David and Ruth, d. Sept. 26, 1885, ag. 86y., 8m. (b). Abigail H., d. Jan. 28, 1892, ag. 88y., 14d. (d).
Currier, Simeon, son of Samuel and Mahala (Blaisdell), b. Feb. 23, 1839; d. Oct. 14, 1900; Co. H., Seventh Vermont Volunteers (c). Child: Samuel W., m. Etta Hadley. Children: Eva and Hammond.
Daines, Peabody M., b. 1814; d. 1887 (c) ; m. Hannah Peters. Children: Marcia M., b. 1851; d. Nov. 6, 1889; Sadie R., b. 1864; d. 1885; Louisa, d. Oct. 2, 1860, ag. 16y., 8m., 6d. (c), and John P., who m., Dec. 14, 1889, Sarah J. Brocklebank, b. 1852; d. 1905; had Bryon; m. a second time. Dalpha, Lida, dau. of D. J. and M. A., d. Sept. 20, 1886, ag. 4m. (a).
Davis, James H., d. Sept. 14, 1864, ag. 34y., 6m., 22d. (b); m., Feb. 23, 1854, Adelia F. Cobb, dau. Salmon P., d. Dec. 12, 1867, ag. 33y., 6m., 5d. Children: Frank A., d. Nov. 5, 1860, ag. 5y., 2d .; Charles H., d. April 9, 1862, ag. 2y., 5m., 4d.
Davis, Samuel, of New Grantham, d. Feb. 7, 1867, ag. 90 (b); m., March 11, 1817, Miriah Hadley, dau. Simeon and Lucy, d. June 5, 1872, ag. 76. Children: Isaac, d. May 9, 1894, ag. 74y. 1m .; m., Oct. 14, 1841, Eliza Ann Tyler, dau. of Job C. Tyler, d. Aug. 12, 1882, ag. 58; m. (2), June 26, 1884, Mrs. Lydia (Rogers) Wright; she m. (3), Feb. 8, 1898, James Morrill. Children of Isaac and Eliza: Herbert C., b. Oct. 20, 1845; m., 1864, Nettie Merriam. Three children: Herbert Eugene, b. Oct. 29, 1865; Everett Tyler, b. March 2, 1867; Fanny Elsie, b. Sept., 1880. Julia A., dau. of Isaac, b. April 8, 1854; m. (1) Charles Swett; m. (2), Dec. 4, 1893, Ben A. Goss. Charles, son of Samuel, b. Dec. 5, 1823; m. (1), Feb. 28, 1850, Caroline T. Miner, dau. of Elisha, b. March 2, 1826; d. Aug. 1, 1896; m. (2), Jan. 3, 1906, Mary J. Martin, b. 1851. Children: Wesley, Milan E., b. 1853; m., Dec. 26, 1876, Jennie P. Worthen; Roxie L., m., Nov. 29, 1888, Edwin M. Allen. Children: Lena F., b. Aug. 9, 1890. Martin, son of Samuel, d. Oct. 4, 1866, ag. 40; killed at Ruggles Mica Mine, Grafton; m., March 8, 1849, Lydia Aldrich of Hill. Alfred, son of Samuel, b. 1829; m., March 8, 1849, Abigail Aldrich of Hill, b. 1829. George W., b. 1834; m. Emeline L. Kilton, b. 1844. Chil- dren: Arthur L., b. 1863; d. 1905; m. (1), Dec. 24, 1887, Katherine R. Murray, dau. of George W., b. 1864. Children: Verne L .; b. July 5, 1890; Lilla L., dau. Geo. W., b. 1868; m., Jan. 21, 1891, Irving B. Andrews, b. 1859; Lizzie Jane, b. 1871; m., June 15, 1904, Fred D. Taylor, b. 1870; Nettie E., m. Frank H. Webster; two children. Alvin, son of Samuel, b. 1840; m. Sarah C. Richardson, dau. of Willard, d. Nov. 30, 1897, ag. 56y., 8m., 4d .; m. (2), July 8, 1903, Abbie B. Boutwell. Children: Fred U., b. 1866; m. (1), Oct. 14, 1889, Hattie E. Worthen, b. 1871; m. (2), Feb. 4, 1897, Martha J. Bullock, b. 1873. Willie M., b. 1868; m., May 16, 1891, Belle M. Dresser, dau. of John of Enfield, b. 1872. Harry A., d. April 7, 1903, ag. 30y., 10m., 9d. Leon A., b. 1881; m., March 28, 1904, Eva M. Sanborn, b. 1882. Laura E., b. 1879; m., July 16, 1902, Ralph W. Gordon, b. 1882. Child: Lawrence D., b. Oct. 12, 1902.
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