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1. Ebenezer, d. 2. Damaris, m. Benjamin O. Adams. Rev. E. E. Ad- ams, Nashua, and J. O. Adams, Esq. editor of the Granite Farmer, Manches- ter, are their sons. Mrs. Adams d. June 19, 1854, aged 59. 3. Ezra, living in Gilford. 4. Caleb, living in Monroe Co., N. Y.
4-JONATHAN EASTMAN, JR., ESQ.,
Son of 3-Jonathan Eastman, b. Nov. 14, 1781 ; m. Mary Chandler. Their children were :
1. Caroline, b. Sept. 29, 1806; d. Sept. 30, 1830. 2. Annette, b. Oct. 30, 1809 ; m. Jeremiah F. Daniell, Franklin. 3. Sarah Chandler, b. Dec. 16, 1812; m. James Frye. 4. Mary Lang, b. Dec. 22, 1815 ; m. Jere- miah Pecker, jr. 5. Harriet Stark, b. July 26, 1828.
4-ROBERT EASTMAN,
Son of 3-Jonathan, b. Dec. 31, 1783; m. Sarah Lee. Their children were :
1. Seth, b. Jan. 24, 1808, [See Graduates ;] m. Mary Henderson. Has six chidren. 2. Charles, b. March 4, 1809 ; grad. Union College ; lives in Austerlitz, N. Y. 3. Mary Jane, m. Rev. Samuel Utley; has four chil- dren. 4. Julia Ann, m. Jonathan Palmer ; lives in Boston. 5. Sarah E., m. Stephen Sage, merchant. 6. Maria Lee, a teacher, Village Green, near Philadelphia. 7. Hannah E., b. July 7, 1817 ; d. May 7, 1818. 8. Han- nah E., m. Martin B. Chittenden, musician, at Granville, Ill. 9. Robert, merchant, Lowell, Mass., m. Martha Richardson. 10. Harriet Lee. 11. Caroline O. 12. Rachel O., m. Benjamin E. Badger. 13. John F., a machinist, attended the World's Fair, London.
4-JOHN LANGDON EASTMAN,
Son of 3-Jonathan, b. Nov. 31, 1786; m. Mary Osgood, b. June 8, 1788. Their children were :
1. Philip, b. Nov. 23, 1805; m. Martha Lovejoy, Nov. 20, 1838. 2. Seth, b. Nov. 10, 1807; d. Feb. 27, 1815. 3. Susan O., b. Sept. 4, 1809 ; m. Henry B. Brewster, July 26, 1835 ; d. Oct. 10, 1838. 4. Marianna, b. Dec. 19, 1811 ; m. Joel S. Morrill, Dec. 11, 1834. 5. Sarah H., b. Dec. 24, 1814; m. Joshua Osgood, Nov. 23, 1837. 6. Lucretia A., b. Aug. 17, 1816. 7. John L., b. Dec. 29, 1824 ; d. Nov. 16, 1826. 8. Ann E., b. Feb. 19, 1828. 9. John L., b. Oet. 27, 1829. 10. Seth W., b. Feb. 13, 1831. 11. Maria L., b. Aug. 22, 1833 ; m. Otis Warren, Oct. 25, 1851.
4-CHARLES EASTMAN,
Son of 3-Moses Eastman, jr., b. Dec. 11, 1774 ; d. Sept. 26, 1847, aged 72. 1 m. Sally Bradley. Their children were :
1. Lucy, b. Oet. 24, 1799. 2. Eliza, b. April 21, 1801. 3. Maria, b. July 16, 1803. 4. Sally, b. Aug. 6, 1805. 5. Lycurgus, b. July 16, 1807. 6. Lucretia, b. Oct. 15, 1809 ; d. at Cambridge, Feb. 18, 1832, aged 22.
Ile 2 m. Persis Chamberlain. Their children were : 7. Moses L. 8. Charles. 9. Betsey C. 10. Alfred, d.
4-CYRUS EASTMAN,
Son of 3-Capt. John Eastman, b. May 7, 1787; m. Eliza Cushing. Their children were :
1. Louisa Cushing, b. April 16, 1813 ; m. Dr. Hezekiah Eldridge, Mil- ford. 2. Ilarriet R., m. W. B. Woodman, Danvers, Mass. 3. Elizabeth
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B., b. Sept. 9, 1821; m. Ervin B. Tripp. 4. Abigail, m. Geo. B. Melendy, New-York City. 5. Mary. 6. Sarah. 7. Helen.
4-JOHN EASTMAN, ESQ.,
Son of 3-Capt. John Eastman, b. Sept. 3, 1791; 1 m. Dorothy DeForest, who died July 8, 1836. Their children were :
1. Mellen. 2. Jane. 3. Laura. 4. Dorothy. He 2 m. Lucinda Bus- well.
4-GEN. ISAAC EASTMAN,
Son of 3-Nathaniel, b. June 16, 1780; m. Abigail Tay. Their children were :
1. Samuel, b. Aug. 30, 1807; m. Mary Brown. 2. Ruth Bradley, b. March 22, 1812; m. Edward L. Staniels. 3. Abraham Bradley, b. April 29, 1817 ; m. Sarah Sturtevant. 4. Charles Smith, b. Dec. 27, 1818 ; m. Charlotte Bedlow. 5. Isaac C., b. Oct. 1, 1826.
4-TIMOTHY EASTMAN,
Son of 3-Nathaniel, b. Sept. 15, 1786; m. Abigail Wilkins, 1810. Their children were :
1. Abigail, b. June 30, 1811. 2. Elbridge G., b. Feb. 27, 1813 : editor of the Nashville Daily American, Nashville, Tenn. 3. Charles B., b. Jan. 29, 1815 ; now in California. 4. Hazen B., b. Nov. 1, 1821 ; now in California.
4-EBENEZER EASTMAN,
Son of 3-Nathaniel, b. Feb. 20, 1791; m. Mary D. Underwood, of Portsmouth. Their children :
1. John U., b. June 24, 1826; now in Tennessee. 2. Sarah D., b. Jan. 5, 1828; m. H. S. Thatcher. 3. John M., b. July 1, 1838.
4-CAPT. SETHI EASTMAN,
Son of 3-Nathaniel, b. Aug. 11, 1801 ; m. July 14, 1830, Sarah Coffin, who was born Jan. 29, 1805. Their children were :
1. Enoch C., b. April 20, 1831 ; d. June 20, 1837. 2. Edson C., b. Nov. 9, 1832. Samuel C., b. July 11, 1837. 4. John W., b. April 13, 1840 ; died Jan. 1841.
NOTE. Besides the foregoing - descendants of Capt Ebenezer Eastman - there have been and still are others of the name of Eastman in Concord. For example, on the Town Records are the following :
JOSEPH EASTMAN, [who m. Abigail, dau. of 2-Joseph, son of Capt. Ebenezer, and who, as related, p. 196, was a companion of John Shute, had children :
1. Henry, b. July 12, 1765. 2. James, b. Aug. 5, 1767. 3. Dorothy, b. Aug. 7, 1769. 4. Nathan, b. July 30, 1772. 5. Naomi, b. Feb. 11, 1775. 6. Polly, b. Oct. 15, 1780. 7. Sarah, b. July 30, 1783.
Joseph Eastman, d. 1815, aged 95. His wife, Abigail, to distinguish her from others, was called by the neighbors "Widow Deacon Joseph East- man." She d. Dec. 3, 1831, aged 90. Their son, James, d. 1843, aged 75. Sarah d. Sept. 11, 1855, aged 72; she never married.
Abigail, dau. of James and Polly Eastman, was b. July 27, 1796.
JOSEPH EASTMAN, [T. Rec.] 1 m. Abigail. Their children : IIannah, b. Dec. 16, 1730. John, b. May 11, 1739. Ann, b. Feb. 6, 1742. 2 m. Tamasin Woodwell. Had Benjamin, b. Aug. 15, 1747; and David, b. Aug. 17, 1749.
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SAMUEL EASTMAN, [T. Rec. ] m. Elizabeth. Their children : Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1740. Abigail, b. March 5, 1742. Mary, b. May 21, 1745.
RICHARD EASTMAN, [T. Rec.] m. Hannah Merrill. Their children, Betsey, b. July 14, 1770. Hannah, Ap. 1, 1772. Molly, Nov. 9, 1774. Hannah, June 10, 1777.
EDMUND EASTMAN, a graduate, 1793, was son of Benjamin, who came to Concord, 1749, son of Joseph, who m. Tamasin Woodwell.
The descendants of ROGER EASTMAN, who came to this country from Wales, and settled in Salisbury, Mass., 1640, are widely scattered over the country.
THOMAS EATON, [T. Rec.] m. Molly. Their children, Molly, b. Aug. 10, 1769. Thomas, b. July 21, 1771. Moses, b. Jan. 19, 1775. Joseph, b. Dec. 18, 1776. Sarah, b. Jan. 23, 1779.
Thomas Eaton d. Ap. 17, 1799. Molly, dau. of Thomas, Jr., and Sally Eaton, b. Ap. 14, 1791.
MOSES EATON, [T. Rec. ] m. Lucy Their children, Nicholas, b. Jan. 4, 1797. Roxanna, b. Dec. 2, 1799. Mahala, b. Ap. 28, 1801.
THE ELLIOT FAMILY.
The history of this family involves the history of the settlement of the " Borough," so called, in the north-western part of the town.
Mr. Joseph Walker, brother of James Walker, the tailor, was the first person who lived at the Borough, on what was called the "Snow Farm," because laid out to Mr. Zerobbabel Snow. Mr. Walker lived in a log hut, within a few feet of the house where now reside Aaron and Eli Elliot. He remained there but a short time, and, for fear of the Indians, moved away. This was a few years after the massaerc.
Mr. RICHARD ELLIOT went to the Borough immediately after the French and Indian wars; built the first saw-mill, on what is called the "out-let," and boarded, while building the mill, with Mr. James Abbot, at Rattlesnake Plain, a distance of about four miles. Mr. Elliot was one of Maj. Rogers' rangers, and while upon one of his scouting expeditions in the vicinity of Penacook, accidentally discovered the out-let, a small. stream branching off from the Contoocook river at the head of the falls, and uniting again about a mile below, which attracted his notice as affording valuable mill privileges. Two or three years afterwards he sold out to his brothers, Jonathan and Benjamin. This was about 1770. Mr. Jonathan Elliot lived in the mill- yard, near where now resides Jeremiah Fowler, Esq. ; and Benjamin, where now lives Lieut. M. Baker. Richard Elliot was never married. He was here as early as 1760.
On the 19th of February, 1778, Mr. Joseph Elliot, husband of old Mrs. Lydia Elliot, now living, at the great age of 102 years, moved with his family into a log house, opposite to where Mr. David Elliot now lives.
L.G.
a) W Chandler & P., with Baston
MRS. ELLIOT. Aged, 102 Yrs.
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Mr. John Elliot moved the same year into a log house above Mr. Ba- ker's. He was not related to those before mentioned, but they all came from Newtown. Here they lived, in badly constructed houses, without chim- neys and without windows, enduring all the hardships, toils and poverty incident to new settlements-often eating the last morsel of bread, and not knowing where to procure the next.
Three of old Mrs. Lydia Elliot's children were born in this log house.
In several respects Mrs. Lydia Elliot, or, as now commonly called, " Aunt Lydia," whose life-like likeness is here exhibited, is the most remarkable person that ever lived in Concord. She entered on her 103d year in January, 1855. She is at this time in good health, in the enjoyment of her mental faculties and bodily senses in a remarkable degree,-her hearing only being somewhat impaired. She relates of herself, " that she never had a physi- cian in her life, except at times of confinement with her children ; never took physie, or an emetie, or had a tooth drawn, or was bled." She has always been industrious, and even laborious ; spinning and weaving at home, or in families where she was wanted. In her younger life she used to go to Mr. Nathaniel Rolfe's, about a mile and a half from her home, to assist in pulling flax. Sometimes she carried an infant, and then she would lay the babe, wrapped in a blanket, under the shade of a tree, and work all day- nursing her child as it needed. Many a time has she walked from the Bo- rough to the old North Meeting-house, on the Sabbath, to worship, carrying a babe in her arms. In the last fifty years of her life she has dressed herself every day. During the last seven or ten years she has spent a considerable portion of her time in knitting, at which she is very expert. She has a good appetite, is most of the time cheerful and uncomplaining ; walks ereet, and converses with ease and good sense. On the hundredth anniversary of her birth, January 30, 1853, a religious service was held at the house of her son, Mr. David Elliot, with whom the old lady resides, of which the following account subsequently appeared in the New-Hampshire Statesman.
"INTERESTING OCCURRENCE.
We gladly availed ourself of the opportunity to be present, on Monday last, at religious services held in the dwelling of Mr. David Elliot, in the north-west part of Concord. The circumstance which suggested them was, that on the preceding day his mother, Mrs. LYDIA ELLIOT, attained the age of one hundred years. The occasion attracted to the dwelling a num- ber of people so large as nearly to fill the lower rooms; and, as may easily be imagined, it was one of very deep interest, not only to the descendants of Mrs. Elliot, but all others who had the privilege of being present. Peo- ple of all ages were there-quite a number of whom had reached the al- lotted period of human life, and several who numbered more than eighty years.
Prior to the commencement of religious services, several people who went up from this part of the town, were introduced to Mrs. Elliot by her grandson, with each of whom she held brief conversation. These were Mr. Richard Herbert, Mr. Abiel Walker, Francis N. Fisk, Esq., Mr. James C. Dame, (the venerable father of Mr. George Dame, of the Pavilion, ) Mr. and Mrs. Bouton, Mrs. Dr. Carter, and the editor of this paper. Others,
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also, before and at the close of the exercises, availed themselves of the op- portunity to say a few words to the venerable lady, upon whom all eyes were turned. On the morning of that day she rose in season to breakfast with the family, dressed herself without assistance, and made the bed in which she slept. She is a person of medium female height; her eye yet gives evidence that in youth she was one whose countenance was lighted by the vivacity of that organ; and, although quite deaf, she yet possesses her bodily and mental faculties in a remarkable degree. She was dressed in a very neat and becoming manner, and during the religious exercises sat in- mediately near the table by which stood her pastor, Rev. Mr. Tenney. She was seated in a rocking-chair, which she kept in constant motion, and intently eyed the clergyman during the exercises. Immediately back of her chair were several aged people, and in tiers in the rear of them, those of various ages down to children and youth. From this room, the doors opened into other apartments, so that all might hear.
Rev. Mr. Tenney commenced by reading the first four verses of the 71st Psalm, by Watts, 3d Part, as follows :
God of my childhood and my youth, The guide of all my days, I have declared thy heavenly truth, And told thy wondrous ways.
Wilt thon forsake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart? Who shall sustain my sinking years, If God, my strength, depart?
Let me thy power and truth proclaim To the surviving age, And leave the savor of thy name When I shall quit the stage.
The land of silence and of death Attend my next remove ; O, may these poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love.
Succeeding the reading of the above stanzas was a discourse by Rev. Mr. Tenney, founded on the 71st Psalm, 18th verse : "Now also, when 1 am old and grey-headed, 'O God, forsake me not ; until I have sheiced thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come." From this appropriate discourse, the train of remark in which may be readily conjectured, and which was listened to with the utmost attention by all, and by none more than the venerable person for whom it was particularly written, we gather the following facts :
Lydia Goodwin (now Mrs. Joseph Elliot ) was born in territory once called Salisbury Newtown, ( now Newton, in this State,) January 30, 1753. She married Mr. Elliot in 1773, and they removed to Concord in February, 1778. She was of a family of nine children; two sons and seven daugh- ters. One of her brothers was a soldier in the French War, and died at twenty-two years of age, and a sister died when only four years old. Of the others, Samuel died in Northfield, when more than 97 years of age ; Molly died in Concord, aged 97; Sally in Candia, aged 99 years and eight months; Elizabeth lived to be 77; Hannah died at 50, and Judith is now living in Loudon, aged 96. Of the six daughters who were married, all survived their husbands, and no one married a second time. The husband of Mrs. Lydia Elliot, the subject of this notice, died about forty years ago.
She had eleven children, all of whom reached mature years, and ten were married. Four only are now living. Her grand-children number seventy; her great-grand-children one hundred, and of the fifth generation
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there are known to be at least eight. IIer son, Mr. David Elliot, at whose dwelling these services took place, is seventy-five years of age, although his appearance indicates a person of but little over sixty. It is a long-lived family, as preceding faets make very certain.
Rev. Mr. Tenney, at the conclusion of his discourse, invited Rev. Dr. Bouton to make such remarks as would be suggested by the occasion ; who pro- ceeded accordingly to address the congregation for a few minutes, in the course of which he stated, that of the aged people who died in Concord since his settlement, it was usually the ease that such as lived longest pos- sessed to the last their mental, and usually their bodily faculties, in remark- able perfection. Of such, he named Capt. Joseph Farnum, aged 97; Mrs. Hazeltine, aged 100 years and six months; Mr. John Shute, aged 98; Mrs. Robert Ambrose, aged 98; Mr. Jeremiah Bridge, aged 93; and Polly Odlin, aged 95.
The services occupied about one hour and a quarter, at the close of which many took leave of Mrs. Elliot by a formal farewell, and the com- pany soon dispersed, highly gratified with the opportunity of being present and looking upon the second person in Concord who reached one hundred years of age."
To the above notice it may be added, that after the meeting a pair of neatly wrought stockings were shown to the company, which were knit by Mrs. Elliot the past summer, and which were ornamented with figures called clocks. When she was ninety-one years of age she knit a pigeon net of fifty-two yards, and "lashed" the net-completing the whole in seven days.
In the following genealogy the generations are reckoned from the early settlers, as numbered :
1-Richard, never married. 1-Jonathan Elliot and his brother, 1-Ben- jamin, came in 1768. 2-Joseph Elliot, came in 1778. 2-John Elliot, came, probably, the same year. 2-Jonathan Elliot, Jr., or 2d, soon after.
1-JONATHAN ELLIOT, m. Naomi Swett, 1762; settled at the Borough. Their children, probably the first three born in Newtown, were :
1. Naomi, m. David Jackman. 2. Moses, m. Sally Stevens. 3. Lois, m. Enoch Gerald. 4. Sarah, b. June 1, 1769. 5. Richard, b. Feb. 14, 1771. 6. Jonathan, b. May 28, 1773.
1-BENJAMIN ELLIOT, m. Abigail Webster. Their eh. were: 1. Sally. 2. Betsey. 3. Cotton. 4. Dolly. 5. Abigail. 6. Benjamin. 7. David. 8. Ruth, and moved to Rumford, Me.
2-JOSEPH ELLIOT, m. Lydia Goodwin ; came from Newtown to the Bo- rough, in Concord, Feb. 19, 1778; went into a log house opposite where Mr. David Elliot now lives. Their children were-
1. Sally, m. Hezekiah Hutchins, Rumford, Me. 2. Polly, m. Leonard Whitney. 3. David, m. Mehitable Farnum. 4. Joseph, m. Dorcas Far- num. 5. Frederic, m. Naney Colby; children, Jacob, George B. 6. Ja- cob, m. 7. Samuel, m. Emma Sargent, Rumford. 8. Benjamin, m. Judith Colby, Boseawen. 9. Judith, m. David Colby, Rumford. 10. Eleanor, m. Jacob Lufkin, Rumford. 11. Lydia, m. Nathaniel Simpson, Con- cord.
2-JOHN ELLIOT, (father of " soldier John,") m. Hannah Jones; moved from Newtown to the Borough, in Concord, about 1778; lived in a log house just above where Lieut. Marshall Baker now resides. Their children were-
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1. Barnard. 2. Jonathan. 3. John. 4. Sally. 5. Polly. 6. Miriam. 7. Hannah. 8. Mehitable.
3-BARNARD ELLIOT, son of 2-John, m. Elizabeth Carter, and d. Jan. 15, 1828, aged 76. Their children were-
1. Abigail, b. Sept. 5, 1778; m. 2. Ezra, b. May 20, 1781; m. Grata Welch. 3. Barnard C., b. April 1, 1784; m. Deborah Welch. 4. James, m. Eleanor Colby. 5. Betsey, m. Jonathan Sleeper.
2-JONATHAN ELLIOT, Jr.,* m. Molly Collins. Their children were-
1. Charles, b. Sept. 22, 1780; m. Phebe Farnum. 2. Hannah, b. July 27, 1782. 3. Aaron, b. Nov. 24, 1784. 4. Jonathan, b. Jan. 27, 1787. 5. John, b. March 24, 1789. 6. Rebecca, b. Aug. 31, 1791. 7. Polly, b. April 30, 1794. 8. Jacob, b. May 31, 1799. 9. Mary, b. April 28, 1803; m. Ezekiel Elliot. 10. Henry Lovejoy, b. Oct. 27, 1805. 11. Eli, b. July, 16, 1808.
3-JOHN ELLIOT, Jr., m. Mary Huntoon. He served several years in the Revolutionary army ; was in the battle of Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, and also served in the war of 1812. He lived and died Dec. 2, 1842, in a small house near Mr. Joseph Eastman's, in the West village. Their chil- dren were-
1. Aaron, b. Aug. 21, 1779. 2. William, b. Aug. 5, 1781. 3. John Friend, b. Aug. 31, 1787. 4. Jeremiah, b. July 26, 1789. 5. Polly, b. Jan. 20, 1791 ; m. Dr. Andros. 6. Hazzen, b. Jan. 14, 1793. 7. Sally, b. Aug. 1, 1796. 8. Dorcas, b. Sept. 20, 1798; m. Peter Glines. 9. Jones, b. Aug. 21, 1800.
3-MOSES ELLIOT, Jr., a Congregational preacher, son of Moses, (?) m. Judith Carter. Their children were-
1. Sally Chellis, h. Jan. 26, 1798. 2. Ezra Carter, b. Feb. 19, 1800. 3. James Carter, b. March 5, 1802. 4. Judith Carter, b. April 12, 1804. 5. Ephraim Carter, h. Ang. 19, 1806.
3-JOSEPH ELLIOT, Jr., son of Joseph Elliot and Lydia Goodwin, m. Dor- cas Farnum, dau. of Josiah. Their children were-
1. Phebe C., b. April 16, 1801. 2. Theodore Farnum, b. Sept. 22, 1803.
4-JAMES ELLIOT, son of Barnard Elliot and Elizabeth Carter, m. Eleanor Colby. Their children were-
1. Joseph Carter, born Nov. 17, or Dec. 31, 1800-two dates. 2. Emily, b. July 27, 1809. 3. Roxillary, b. Dec. 21, 1812.
3-DAVID ELLIOT, son of 2-Joseph Elliot and Lydia Goodwin, m. Me- hitabel Farnum, dau. of Josiah Farnum. Their children were-
1. Ezekiel Farnum, b. July 27, 1807. 2. Eben. Farnum, b. July 4, 1809. 3. Lucy Gerrish, b. July 23, 1812. 4. Enoch Brown, b. Dec. 15, 1814. 5. Sally Austin, h. March 23, 1816. 6. Luther Bolton, b. Dec. 28, 1820.
2-RICHARD ELLIOT, son of 1-Jonathan, m. Hannah. Their ch., Gil- man, b. Dec. 1, 1802; Joel, b. Nov. 19, 1805 ; Caroline, b. Sept. 20, 1808; Louisa, b. Aug. 16, 1810.
* This Jonathan, Jr., could not have been the son of 1-Jonathan ; because, as stated above, Jonathan, son of I-Jonathan, was born 1773, and was not of age to marry at this time.
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THE FARNUM FAMILY.
DESCENDANTS OF EPHRAIM, JOSEPH, ZEBEDIAII AND JOSIAII, WHO WERE ORIGINAL SETTLERS.
BY MR. SIMEON ABBOT.
EXPLANATION OF THE PLAN OF GENEALOGY.
The first column of figures on the left in parentheses, refers to notices of particular heads of families, and also like figures on the right of names on the right hand, refer to the same. The next column, connected by a hy- phen, shows the number from the head descendant, and also the number of children in a family. The next, in Roman, shows the number of the generation from RALPHI, the common ancestor. Thus : (3) 8-1. III. EPHRAIM FARNUM, (3,) means that Ephraim Farnum of the III. gene- ration from Ralph, is the 8th descendant from Ralph ; the 1st child of II. Ephraim, and the (3d) head of a family in order; the (3) on the right hand refers to the (3) where Ephraim as a head of a family is found, and in III. Josiah, (51,) the latter figures show where in the genealogy the family of Josiah is noticed.
(1) 1-1 I. RALPHI FARNUM is called the I. generation in this geneal- ogy. He came from Wales, England; settled in Andover, Mass. ; m. Elizabeth Holt, 1658. Their children were :
2-1 II. Ralph, -
4-3 II. Henry, - 6-5 II. Ephraim, (2.)
3-2 II. John, 5-4 II. Thomas, 7-6 II. Sarah.
(2) II. EPHRAIM FARNUM, (6-5,) d. in Andover, Mass. Five of his sons were among the first settlers of Concord, originally called Pennycook, viz. :
8-1 III. Ephraim, (3.) 11-4 III. Josiah, (51.)
10-3 III. Zebediah, (42.)
9-2 III. Joseph, (25.) 12-5 III. James, who soon moved away.
(3) III. EPHRAIM FARNUM, (8-1,) m. Molly Ingalls ; lived at Rattle- snake Plain, (so called,) about two miles from the old North meeting-house, on the road to Boseawen. His children were :
13-1 IV. Ephraim, b. Sept. 21, 1733, (4.)
14-2 IV. Benjamin, b. March 21, 1739, (11.)
(4) IV. EPHRAIM FARNUM, (13-1,) m. Judith Hall, of Bradford, Mass. ; lived on the homestead, dividing it with his brother Benjamin, who lived a quarter of a mile south of the paternal home ; d. -. His children were: 15-1 V. Naomi, b. Ap. 28, 1760, (5) 19-5 V. Moses, b. Oet. 20, 1769, (8) 16-2 V. John, d. young. 20-6 V. Esther, b. Oct. 25, 1772, (9) 17-3 V. Judith, b. June 13, 1764, (6) 21-7 V. Susannah, b. June 3, 1781, 18-4 V. Sarah, b. Aug. 9, 1767, (7) (10)
(5) V. NAOMI FARNUM, (15-1,) m. Capt. John Chandler, of Boseawen, innholder. Their children were:
John, Nathan, Ephraim, Mary, Susannah, Judith, Rhoda.
(6) V. JUDITH FARNUM, (17-3.) m. Jeremiah Chandler, of Lovell, Me .; an early settler, and farmer. Their children were :
John Carter, m. Mehitable Hazelton, n. eh. Mary, m. Philip C. Johnson, 9 children.
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(7) V. SARAHI FARNUM, (18-4,) m. Nathan Carter, of Boscawen. Their children are : John, Jeremiah, Nathan, Judith.
(8) V. MOSES FARNUM, (19-5,) 1 m. Rhoda Carter, by whom he had 3 ch .; 2 m. Esther Carter, daughter of Ezra Carter, of West-Concord. His children were : Hannah C., m. John Rogers ; 5 ch. Emily, m. Dea. Benj. Farnum ; 7 ch. Samuel. Moses H., m. Judith A. Killburn ; 3 ch. Lavina, m. Asa P. Eastman ; 4 ch .; Jennett, m. James Lougee ; 4 ch.
(9) V. ESTHIER FARNUM, (20-6,) m. Ebenezer Eastman, of Franklin, merchant. Their children are: Judith, m. Caleb Merrill ; no ch. Char- lotte, m. Dudley Ladd ; 1 ch. Mary A., m. Dr. John L. Perley. Franklin, m. Mary Morrison ; 2 ch.
(10) V. SUSANNAH FARNUM, (21-7,) m. Moses Coffin, of Boscawen. Their children are : Rebecca, m. John Sanborn ; 12 ch. Lucy J., m. Sam'l R. Allen ; 3 ch. Peter, m. Eunice T. Couch ; 3 ch. Judith, d. Farnum, m. Judith Gerrish ; 4 ch. Nehemiah C., m. Susan Rust ; 4 ch. Susan- nah, m. Enoch L. Morrill, 4 ch. Esther E., m. Henry Peach ; 1 ch.
(11) IV. BENJAMIN FARNUM, (14-2,) m. Anna Merrill ; lived on the south half of the paternal homestead. His children were :
22-1 V. Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1764. (12) |30-9 V. Lydia, b. Sept. 26, 1776. (18) 23-2 V. John, b. Jan. 2, 1766. (13) 31-10 V. Jonath'n, b.J'ly 26, 1778.(19)
24-3 V. Anna, b. March 18, 1767. 32-11 V. Naney, b. Jan. 30, 1782. (20) 25-4 V. Benj'n, b. S'pt. 10, 1768. (14) 33 -- 12 V. Abiel, b. Apr. 24, 1780. (21) 26-5 V. Ephraim, b. Apr. 5, 1770. (15)| 27-6 V. Hains, b. Oct. 31, 1771. (16) 34-13 V. Abigail, b. Oct. 30, 1783.(22) 35 -- 14 V. Jerem'h, b. J'ly 29, 1785 (23) 28 -- 7 V. Jonathan, b. Aug. 2, 1773. 36-15 V. Sarah, b. Mar. 29, 1787. (24)
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