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Rev. Mr. Thomas continued as pastor until the first of April, 1844, a period of fifteen years, when he was dismissed at his own request.
Rev. Mr. Tilden, now of Walpole, was engaged to supply the pul- pit as pastor, whose labors extended to July, 1847-a period of three years. The Society were without a stated pastor until the 1st of August, 1849, when Rev. Augustus Woodbury was ordained, who continued as pastor for a period of three years, and was dismissed at his own request.
Rev. Artemas B. Muzzey, of Cambridge, Mass., was installed as pastor on the 29th of March, 1854, and is the present pastor of the Society .* The church edifice of the Society was destroyed by fire on the 2d of November, 1854, caused by a defeet in the gas pipes which had been previously introduced. The loss to the Society by the destruction of their church and organ was not less than $10.000. Notwithstanding this severe loss, the Society, with a commendable spirit, have subscribed the sum of $11.000, and a contract has been made for the erection of a new church on the same site, the land being a gift to the Society from the late Hon. William A. Kent.
WEST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Previous to 1832 all the people in the West Parish, of the Con- gregational order, attended public worship at the old North meeting- house. In November, 1831, it was decided to form a new religious society, and build a meeting-house in that section of the town. The house was completed and dedicated "to Almighty God - Father, Son and Holy Ghost" - January 15, 1833. Sermon by Rev. Mr. 'Bouton, from Gen. 13 : 8. On the first Sabbath in March, the same year, the Rev. Asa P. Tenney began his labors there as a candidate. While he was preaching in that capacity a request was presented to the First church, signed by twenty-seven males and sixty-one females residing in the west part of the town, for letters of dismission and recommendation, for the purpose of being organized into a new church, which request was granted unanimously. On the 23d of
* Rev. Mr. Muzzey was born at Lexington, Mass., Sept. 21, 1802 ; son of Amos Muzzey and Lydia, formerly Boutelle, of Leominster, Mass. ; graduated at llarvard College, 1824, and studied at the Cambridge Theological School. Was licensed to preach July, 1828. He was ordained at Framingham, Mass., June 10, 1830 ; resigned in May, 1833. Was installed at Cambridgeport, Jan. 1, 1834, and resigned in May, 1846. Entered on pastoral office of "Lee Street Church," Cambridge, in July, 1846; resigned in March, 1854, and installed at Concord, March 27, 1854.
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April, in the forenoon, the church was organized, composed of the aforesaid members. Rev. John M. Putnam preached, from Isaiah 40 : 31. In the afternoon Rev. Mr. Tenney was installed pastor. Rev. George Punchard, of Plymouth, preached from 1 Thes. 5: 12, 13. Rev. Mr. Tenney still remains pastor of the church. His labors have been highly acceptable and useful. The church has steadily increased; but in some years there have been seasons of revival, in which large accessions have been made. From June to December, in 1833, the additions were twenty-nine; in 1834, twenty- nine; in 1838, thirty-six; in 1843, fifty-three were added. The whole number added after the organization of the church to the close of 1853, was two hundred and thirty-two- making in all, including eighty-nine at its organization, three hundred and twenty-one mem- bers .*
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
In 1836, the First Congregational church and society having be- come too numerous to be well accommodated in their house of worship, a number of individuals, residing in the southerly part of the village, procured a lot of land and erected a new house of worship at the corner of Main and Pleasant streets, about one mile south of the old house.
At the dedication of the house, which was noticed in due order, (p. 437,) the exercises were : Invocation, by Rev. M. Kimball, Hop- kinton ; the Reading of Scripture, by Rev. O. G. Thatcher, Brad- ford ; Prayer, by Rev. J. Scales ; Sermon, by Rev. N. Bouton ; Dedicatory Prayer, by Rev. A. Burnham ; Concluding Prayer, by Rev. A. P. Tenney ; Benediction, by Rev. N. Bouton.
The following original hymn, written by N. G. Upham, was sung on the occasion, to the tune of Old Hundred :
DEDICATION HYMN.
I. To thee, O God, with joy we raise, In these thy courts, our songs of praise, And dedicate this shrine to thee, Sacred, incarnate Mystery.
II.
So when thy chosen temple rose O'er Judea's land of fearful woes, Thy children met in gladness there, To consecrate thine house with prayer.
III.
And now, in Western lands afar, Led hither by thy Bethlehem star, God of our fathers ! while we here Erect thine altars, be thou near !
* Rev. Mr. Tenney was born in Cornish, Vt., February 4, 1801 - a son of Jonathan Tenney and Anna Bailey ; studied at llaverhill Academy, and read divinity with Rev. Grant Powers, in Haverhill; was settled in Hebron and Groton, April, 1828, where he remained five years.
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IV.
Here be thy power and glory known By clouds of incense from thy throne : And here, the broken-hearted soul,
At touch of thine, be rendered whole.
V.
These sacred symbols often prove To grateful hearts thy dying love ; And life's young hours with joy begin With sprinklings from thy crystal spring.
VI.
Here may thy banner wave abroad, Inscribed with " Holiness to the Lord ;"
And peace and love long years to come, Make this our favored Gospel Home.
In the autumn of that year sixty-seven members of the First church -twenty-two males and forty-five females -asked and received a dismission, for the purpose of being formed into a new church, in connection with the new house.
A council of neighboring churches was convened, by their pastors and delegates, February 1, 1837, and in the evening the church was organized in due form. Rev. Rufus A. Putnam read the Scriptures and invoked the divine blessing; Rev. Abraham Burnham prayed before sermon; Rev. John M. Putnam preached ; Rev. N. Bouton propounded the Articles of Faith and Covenant; Rev. Jacob Scales offered consecrating prayer; Rev. Asa P. Tenney gave the right- hand of fellowship, and Rev. Moses Kimball offered the concluding prayer.
On the 20th of February, 1837, the church gave a call to Rev. Daniel J. Noyes, then tutor in Dartmouth College, to settle with them in the ministry. The call was accepted and Rev. Mr. Noyes ordained May 3, 1837. On this occasion Rev. Mr. Bouton preached the ser- mon; Rev. William Patrick offered the ordaining prayer; Rev. A. Burnham gave the charge; Rev. Asa P. Tenney gave the right- hand of fellowship, and Rev. Mr. Clement, of Chester, addressed the people.
Rev. Mr. Noyes, having received the appointment of Philips Pro- fessor of Divinity in Dartmouth College, resigned his charge, and his pastoral relation was dissolved October 10, 1849 .* Under his min- istry the church was highly prosperous-the number of members having increased to about two hundred and twenty.
As successor to Mr. Noyes, Rev. Henry E. Parker, a native of Keene- a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1841, and of the Theo- logical Seminary in New-York - received and accepted a call to settle.
* Rev. Daniel J. Noyes was a native of Springfield, N. H .; was born September 17, 1812; fitted for college at Pembroke Academy, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1832 ; taught a part of the next year in the preparatory school of Caledonia College, Washington, D. C .; com- menced the study of theology at'Andover in 1833; was appointed tutor in Dartmouth College in 1835. Aftr resigning his charge at Concord he entered on the duties of professor in col- lege November 1, 1849.
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He was installed May 14, 1851, and remains still in office. The church now numbers two hundred and sixty-seven members; sustains a highly flourishing Sabbath school, and abounds in works of benev- olence to spread the Gospel .*
EAST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
In the year 1841 a new house for public worship was erected on the east side of the Merrimack river, principally by members of the First Congregational church and society there residing. In March, 1842, a request was presented to the First church, signed by forty- four members residing in that part of the town, viz., fourteen males and thirty females - requesting letters of dismission and recom- mendation, for the purpose of being organized into a new church, which request was granted. The East Congregational church was organized by a council of neighboring churches, on the 30th of March, 1842, and Rev. Timothy Morgan, from the Theological Sem- inary at Gilmanton, was engaged to supply the pulpit. Mr. Morgan continued his labors more than a year, and the church was consider- ably enlarged. After closing his labors, Rev. Hiram Freeman was invited to settle, and he was ordained September 27, 1843. Rev. Mr. Freeman was highly acceptable and useful, but being deeply im- pressed with the wants of our Western country, and of the impor- tance of spreading the influences of the Gospel there, tendered his resignation, and was dismissed from his charge in June, 1845. On the 24th of March, 1847, Rev. Winthrop Fifield, former pastor of the Congregational church in Epsom, having accepted a call from the church and society, was installed as pastor. Mr. Fifield continued his services with good success, but under embarrassing circumstances, about three years, when the pastoral relation was dissolved, agreeably to the advice of an ecclesiastical council. In 1850 the church con- sisted of one hundred and six members -thirty-four males and sev- enty-two females. June 25, 1851, the Rev. Henry A. Ken- dall, who had been pastor of the church in Dublin, N. H., was installed pastor of the East church, and has continued his labors with encouraging success till the present time.t
THE UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY.#
The Universalist society in this city was organized January 5, 1842. Its church edifice, on the corner of State and School streets, was erected the same year, at a cost of about $4000. The ministers of the society liave been Rev's Ezekiel Dow, J. F. Witherell, W. H. Ryder, Thompson Barron and John Moore.
* For further particulars see Records of the First and South churches, and Rev. Mr. Bou- ton's twenty-fifth Anniversary Discourse.
t The Rev. Henry A. Kendall was born Aug. 6, 1810, at Leominster, Mass .; studied the- ology at Gilmanton Theological Seminary; ordained over the Congregational Church in Dublin in 1840.
# Furnished by Rev. John Moore.
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A church was organized in connection with said society, December 28, 1843, numbering now about thirty members. The society and congregation now number about one hundred paying male members, which would be much increased if the house of worship was larger. Measures are about being taken by the friends of this Society to fur- nish themselves with the much needed room in their place of worship, and to place in it a suitable organ .*
FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH .¡
The Free-will Baptist church of Concord was gathered under the labors of Rev. John Kimball, in 1844. Some time in 1845 or 1846 the society built their present house of worship, on the corner of Centre and Green streets. In 1847 Rev. S. T. Catlin became pastor of this church. He was succeeded, in 1849, by Rev. E. J. Helme, who soon was suddenly removed by death. Soon after his death Rev. A. D. Smith became the pastor of this church. He resigned in 1852, and was immediately succeeded by Rev. A. Caverno. In 1853 Rev. Hiram Whitcher, its present pastor, took the charge of this church. Since that it has been remodelled,t and now it numbers eighty members, with a congregation of between two and three hun- dred, and a Sabbath school of one hundred scholars.
The distinctive doctrines of this church are as follows :
1. Baptists-Holding that true faith in Jesus Christ, and its profession before the world, are pre-requisites to baptism, and that plunging is the Apostolic action of baptism.
2. Arminians- Believing in a general atonement ; in a full and free salvation, and in man's power of volition and choice.
3. Open communion -Permitting all true Christians-and no others -to come to the Lord's table with us.
4. Trinitarians- Believing Christ to be both human and divine - the God-man; one with the Father; of the same nature, and worthy of the same honor.
5. Congregational - In government.
* Previous to the annual election in March, 1855, Rev. Mr. Moore was nominated by the Know-Nothing party as candidate for Governor of the State ; but it was ascertained that he had net resided in the State long enough to be eligible to that office. On the 5th of March, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, while walking in School street, from the railroad dépot to his house on Green street, he suddenly fell, of disease of the heart, and immediately ex- pired. Ile was 58 years of age on the day of his death. A new house is now being erected by the society. [Furnished by Rev. Hiram Whitcher.
| Rev. Mr. Whitcher, who is now pastor of the South Free Will Baptist Church, was born in Danville, Vt., March 18, 1809. His parents removing to Sweden, Monroe County, N. Y., he there, at the age of sixteen, united with a Christian Baptist Church, and at the age of twenty commenced holding meetings, and exhorting the people to repent. Subsequently he attended Academies, but at the age of twenty-two was ordained to the work of the ministry. Previous to coming to Concord, in 1853, he spent eight years as a preacher in Reches- ter, N. Y.
# Since the foregoing communication was made a second Free Baptist church has been organized, and worship in the house lately owned hy the Universalist society, which was purchased and moved to a more southerly location, on State street, where Rev. Mr. Whitcher now preaches.
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6. Total abstinence, in temperance ; and anti-slavery in feeling and action.
PLEASANT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Pleasant street Baptist church edifice was erected in 1853 by a few enterprising gentlemen of the First Baptist society of this city. It occupies a very commanding position on Pleasant street, at its junction with Green and South streets, on the west, and Elm street, on the east. The edifice is built of brick-seventy-five by fifty-one feet, with a spire one hundred and forty- seven feet in height-and cost ten thousand dollars. The interior is finished in a neat, plain manner, with nothing to dazzle the eye or draw the attention from the message of heaven. The pews are built on a circular line, so that the whole congregation face the speaker. The house was dedicated Jan. 11, 1854. On the same day the Pleasant street Baptist church was constituted, and Rev. E. E. Cummings, who, for eighteen years, had been pastor of
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the First Baptist church, was publicly recognized as its pastor. The church was originally formed with thirty members. It has since received to its fellowship thirty-four, and two having died, leaves its present number sixty-two. There has been gathered during the brief year of its existence a good congregation, and a flourishing Sab-
* Furnished by Rev. E. E. Cummings, D. D.
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bath school, and every thing foretokens a useful and prosperous society .*
CHRISTIAN BAPTISTS.
Besides the foregoing churches there was, in 1833, and perhaps earlier, a Christian Baptist church and society, the members of which resided principally at the Borough and Horse hill.
SECOND ADVENT SOCIETY.
Since 1843 a meeting has been held in town by those who are called "Adventists," or believers in the personal and visible reign of Christ upon earth, within a definite time. This meeting originated in the excitement about that time, created by what is called "the Miller doctrine."
No. 4.
GENEALOGICAL.
HISTORY OF FAMILIES THAT SETTLED IN CONCORD PREVIOUS TO 1800.
In the execution of this most difficult part of his work, the author has sought, and in some measure, obtained assistance from individual members, or relatives of several of the ancient families of Concord - particularly the Abbots, Ayers, Bradleys, Carters, Chandlers, East- mans, Elliots, Farnums, Herberts, Kimballs, Merrills, Potters and Walkers. Of these the genealogies may be regarded as complete for the period which they embrace. Facts concerning other families have been arranged in proper order, and a large number of the lists are copied from the town records. The latter are authentic and reli- able, as far as they go; but the reader should understand that in many cases only part of a family has been put upon record, and it was not possible for the author to supply the deficiency. Should any members or connections of such families be disposed to complain they will please bear in mind that they have been urgently requested, by public notices, to furnish the author with complete lists ; but he has obtained nothing from them. In short, I give them all I possess, freely and impartially.
* Ebenezer Eelson Cummings, son of Dea. Joseph and Hannah Cummings, a native of Claremont, was born November 9, 1800; graduated at Waterville College, 1828, and ordained over the First Baptist church in Salisbury, September 17, 1831. In 1832 he was settled over the First Baptist church in Concord. Moved to Newark, N. J., June, 1850 ; moved to Spring- field, Mass., November, 1850; moved to Pittsfield in April, 1852; installed as pastor of the Pleasant street Baptist church, Concord, January 11, 1854. Was married to Chloe Brown Humphrey, of Orwell, Vt., in 1831.
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It has been expedient to adopt abbreviations, such as the follow- ing : b. for born, d. for died, m. for married, dau. for daughter, y. for young, ch. for children, wid. for widow, &c.
It will be seen that the more extended genealogies are prepared by their respective compilers on a different plan, each following his own taste and judgment ; but the plan pursued by each can easily be un- derstood.
In the register of the Abbot Family, which stands first in order, the several generations are numbered from George Abbot, of Andover, the common ancestor. When the seventh generation is reached the names only are given, without date of birth. The figures denote the generation as reckoned from 1-George, thus: 3-Edward, 4-Dan- iel, 5-Reuben, &c., means third, fourth and fifth generation from George.
FIRST CLASS, FURNISHED WHOLLY OR IN PART BY INDIVIDUALS.
THE ABBOT FAMILY. BY GEORGE ABBOT, ESQ. The coat of arms was the figure of a pear.
The following are the names of children of 2. Thomas .Abbot, of Ando- ver, Mass., who were born there, but came to Penacook. They were grand- children of 1. GEORGE ABBOT, of Andover, the common aneestor of the Abbot family, both of Andover and Concord.
3 .- Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1700; d. July 22, 1746, unmarried.
3 .- Edward, b. June 9, 1702; d. April 14, 1759.
3 .- Deborah, b. Dee. 1, 1704; d. Oct. 25, 1801, æ. 97.
3 .- George, b. Nov. 7, 1706 ; d. Oet. 6, 1785, æ. 79.
3 .- Benjamin, b. March 31, 1711; d. March 8, 1794, æ. 83.
3 .- Isaac, b. Feb. 13, 1717 ; d. Nov. 3, 1745, at Louisburg.
Descendants of
3 .- EDWARD ABBOT, who was one of the proprietors. See notice, p. 133. Married Doreas Chandler, daughter of Thomas and Mary Peters Chandler. She died May 16, 1748. Their children were, 4 .- Doreas, b. Feb. 15, 1728 ; m. June 17, 1746, Ebenezer Hall. She d. Sept. 28, 1797. 4 .- Edward, b. Dec. 27, 1730; d. Sept. 15, 1801. 4 .- Phebe, b. Feb. 13, 1732 ; d. Jan. 6, 1776 ; m. 4. Jabez .Abbot. 4 .- Lydia, b. May 7, 1735; d. June 18, 1736. 4 .- Lydia, 2d, b. June 15, 1737; d. Dee. 15, 1811; m. 4 .- Aaron .Abbot. 4 .- Timothy, b. July 21, 1739; d. 1814. 4 .- Rachel, b. March 31, 1742; d. young. 4 .- Betsey, b. Aug. 28, 1743; d. 1837; m. 1759,. Thomas Saltmarsh. 4 .- Jemima, b. June 23, 1746; d. y. 4 .- Je- mima, 2d, b. April 29, 1748; d. July 31, same year.
4 .- EDWARD ABBOT, m. Deborah Stevens ; their children were, 5 .- Mary, b. 1761 ; d. 1843; m. Thomas Capen. 5 .- Mchetable, b. April 23, 1763 ; d. 1838 ; m. Benjamin Lufkin. 5 .- Susannah, b. Feb. 25, 1765 ; d. Feb. 25, 1841 ; m. John Weeks. 5 .- Edward, b. about 1767, d. aged 17. 5 .- Tim- othy, b. March 12, 1769; d. Jan. 22, 1819. 5 .- Samuel, b. 1771, d. --- 5 .- Deborah, b. about 1773; d. y. 5 .- Deborah, 2d, b. May 29, 1774; m.
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Dec. 21, 1799, Phineas Howe. 5 .- Esther, b. about 1777; d. about 1824; m. Trueworthy Kilgore.
5 .- TIMOTHY ABBOT, 1 m. Sarah Bradley. Their children, 6 .- Esther, 6 .- Philbrick, 6 .- George. He 2 m. April 17, 1810, 5 .- Lydia Abbot. No children. She d. May 25, 1853, aged 85. See p. 366, note.
3 .- DEBORAH ABBOT, m. Dea. Joseph Hall. See notice, pp. 136, 137, and Register of "Hall Family."
Descendants of
3 .- GEORGE ABBOT, who settled in Concord about 1732. He purchased the original right of Samuel Grainger, and became a proprietor in the town. His house was the old mansion still standing on Fayette street, (see p. 515,) and was occupied as a garrison .* He was a deacon in the first church about forty-one years. Enterprising, industrious, charitable; a man of sound good sense, whose remarks were treasured up as maxims. A strict observer of the Sabbath and of religious order, he was constant with his family at public worship, and faithful in the instruction of his children. His life was cheerful, his end peace. He m. Feb. 1, 1737, 4 .- Sarah Abbot, daughter of 3. Stephen, and great-grand-daughter of 1 .- George. She was b. Oct. 8, 1711 ; d. June 14, 1769. She also was of a kind and charitable disposition. She not only relieved the immediate wants of the poor, but gave them advice and instruction relative both to temporal and spiritual things. She died in the hope of eternal happiness, through Jesus Christ. Their children were : 4 .- Daniel, b. Aug. 7, 1738; d. June 11, 1804. 4 .- George, b. April 9, 1740 ; d. Sept. 17, 1791 ; never married. 4 .- Joseph, b. Oct. 23, 1741; d. Jan. 19, 1832. 4 .- Samuel, b. March 30, 1743; d. Nov. 5, 1761, at Crown Point, in the French war. 4 .- Stephen, b. Dec. 10, 1744; d. Oct. 10, 1746. 4 .- Stephen, 2d, b. Oct. 28, 1746; d. May 12, 1811. 4 .- Nathan, b. Nov. 16, 1748; d. March 7, 1749. 4-Nathan, 2d. b. July 3, 1752 ; d. Nov. 15, 1758. 4 .- Ezra, b. Aug. 24, 1756 ; d. Feb. 21, 1837, aged 80.
4 .- DANIEL ABBOT, (see notice, pp. 202-204,) m. 1761, 4 .- Rachel, dau. of 3 .- Nathaniel Abbot, and grand-daughter of 1 .- George, of Andover. Their children were: 5 .- Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1761; d. Jan. 21, 1774. 5. Samuel, b. Mar. 26, 1764; d. Dec. 1, 1849. 5 .- Jeremiah. b. Feb. 21, 1766; d. Feb. 10, 1811. 5 .- Daniel, b. Feb. 21, 1768; d. Sept. 19, 1769. 5 .- Daniel, 2d, b. March 7, 1770 ; d. about 1806. 5 .- George, b. May 12, 1772; d. April 18, 1813. 5 .- Thomas, b. July 5, 1776; d. Sept. 22, 1845. 5 .- Abiel, b. March 19, 1778; d. Aug. 1836. 5 .- Peter H., b. Feb. 28, 1780. 5 .- Benjamin, b. March 29, 1782. 5-Judith, b. April 4, 1784; d. April 18, 1831 ; m. John Carpenter.
4 .- Daniel Abbot, 2 m. Jan. 1, 1789, Mercy Kilburn. Their children were: 5 .- Sarah, b. April 4, 1790. 5 .- Hannah, b. Oct. 28, 1791; m. 6 .- Reuben .Abbot. 5 .- Lois, b. Oct. 31, 1793. 5 .- Susanna, b. May 23, 1797 ; d. June 22, 1847 ; never married. 5 .- Nathan K., b. Aug. 30, 1799.
5 .- Beriah Abbot, b. 1754; d. March 13, 1832; served six and a half years in the Revolutionary war ; was taken prisoner, and escaped by running away.
5 .- SAMUEL ABBOT, m. Nov. 17, 1787, Mary Story, who d. Dec. 22, 1849, aged 85. They lived together 62 years, and died within three weeks of
* There is a tradition that at an early period of the settlement, Dea. Abbot raised fire bush- els of potatoes one year, to the great wonderment of his neighbors as to what he would do with so many.
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each other. Their children were: 6 .- Rachel, b. Aug. 28, 1788; m. 1812, John Flanders. 6 .- Jere, b. Oct. 29, 1790. 6 .- Polly B., b. April 30, 1793 ; m. Jan. 1819, 6 .- Calvin Abbot. 6 .- Huldah, b. March 28, 1796 ; m. April 13, 1818, Jacob Flanders. 6 .- Joseph S., b. May 28, 1800. 6-George D., b. Aug 14, 1804. 6-Abigail S., b. May 10, 1807 ; d. May 16, 1828 ; never married.
6 .- Jere Abbot, m. June 14, 1821, Rebecca Chandler. Their children were : Jeremiah S., Leonora A., John K., Abigail S., Adeline Knowlton. Their child, Daniel K., b. March 19, 1850, d. April 12, 1853, in conse- quenee of falling into a pail of hot water.
6 .- Joseph S. Abbot, m. Dec. 24, 1827, Esther Farnum. Two children : Almira F. and Isaac N.
6 .- George D., m. Nov., 1832, Phebe Ballard. Two children : William B., m. Ann E. Bennett; and Clara Ann.
5 .- THOMAS ABBOT, m. April 14, 1801, Anna Eaton. Their children were : 6 .- Eunice B., b. Nov. 22, 1801, m. Abira Fisk. 6-Judith, b. Dec. 17, 1803 ; m. William Moore. 6 .- Peter H., b. April 8, 1806; d. Dec. 17, 1813. 6-Harriet, b. May 9, 1808. 6 .- Rufus, b. Feb. 7, 1810 ; m. Susan K. Ladd. 6 .- Lucretia, b. March 6, 1812 ; m. Doliver Johnson. 6 .- Lucy E., b. April 30,-1815 ; m. Samuel Noyes. 6 .- Dorcas M., b. April 16, 1817 ; m. John Stickney. 6 .- Clarissa Ann, b. Nov. 6, 1819 ; m. Joseph D. Pills- bury. 6 .- Francis B., b. Aug. 11, 1821 ; m. Nancy Goldwaite. 6 .- Sarah E., b. July 15, 1823.
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