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Dr. Green lived and died in a house, since burnt down, which stood directly opposite the new City Hall. IIe retained his active habits in old age. Like most physicians of his period, he rode on horse-back; and, when eighty years of age, would place one foot in the stirrup and mount from the ground into the saddle with the agility of a young man. The evening of his life was serene and peaceful. He spent much time in reading the Scriptures, with Scott's Commentary. He died March 31, 1828, in the 83d year of his age. The children of Dr. Green and Ruth Ayer were :
1. Martha, b. Sept. 26, 1774; d. unmarried. 2. Peter, b. June 24, 1776; d. of yellow fever, in New York, 1800. 3. Samuel, b. Dec. 29, 1778; m. Fanny Harwood, of Shrewsbury, Mass. 4. Abigail, b. May 3, 1781; d. y. 5. Abigail, b. Aug. 9, 1782; d. unmarried, aged 37. 6. Polly, or Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1784; 1 m. Moses H. Bradley ; 2 m., Nathan Stickney, no ch. 7. Thomas, b. Jan. 12, 1787; lost at sea in 1812. S.
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William, b. Dec. 19, 1788; 1 m. Clarissa Harris, dau. of Rev. Walter Harris, D. D., of Dunbarton ; 2 m. Harriet Kimball, of Concord -four daughters. 9. Ama, b. May 26, 1791; m. Thomas D. Merrill, Esq., of Epsom. Mr. Merrill was b. in Salem, N. H .; went into trade in Epsom ; was selectman, town clerk one year, representative, and for about fifty years a man of extensive and beneficial influence in that town. In 1849 he closed his business there and moved to Concord. In his last sickness, at his own residence, March 9, 1851, he professed his faith in Christ, re- ceived baptism, and was admitted a member of the First Congregational church. He died April 12, 1851, aged 75. In his last will he made a leg- acy of $1500 to the Congregational Church and Society in Salem, N. I., his native town ; $1000 to the " Free Church" in Manchester; $1000 to the First Congregational Society in Concordy $1000 to the South Congre- gational Society in Concord; $1000 to the American Colonization Society, and $1000 to the Academy in Pittsfield, N. H., leaving his widow in very com- fortable circumstances. Dr. Green's tenth child was Eliza, b. April 5, 1793; m. Asaph Evans; d. 11. Charles Rufus, b. Feb. 11, 1795 ; m., and lives in Georgia. 12. Ruth Ayer, b. Sept. 13, 1797 ; d. y. 13. Clarissa Dwight, b. Nov. 17, 1799 ; m. Dr. Thomas Chadbourne-see " Physicians."
Ruth, the wife of Dr. Green, d. April 12, 1823, aged 69.
THE HERBERT FAMILY.
THE HERBERT HOUSE .*
LIEUT. RICHARD HERBERT.
Lieut. Richard Herbert came to Concord about 1752, and at first worked at his trade of shoe making. Tradition says he bought the first lot of
* This cut and that of the new North Church were engraved by Mr. B. F. Allen, of Boston, son of Mr. Ezra Allen, formerly of this town, and both were gratuitously furnished, as his contribution to this History.
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land sold by the proprietors on Main street, situated where the new City Hall is located. For this land, which was apparently a sand heap, he paid ten dollars, and in 1756 built the two-story house, called the " Dearborn house," which was recently removed to what is called Fosterville-see page 514-515.
He was frequently rallied by his neighbor land-holders for his singular pur- chase, at such a price ; but in 1854 the city paid six thousand dollars for the same land ; and, as Gov. Baker remarked at the laying of the corner stone of the new City Hall, this latter price was about equal to the compound interest of ten dollars, at six per cent., for one hundred years. About 1765 Lieut. Herbert sold his house to Dea. David Hall, and built the house where his son, Capt. Samuel Herbert, now lives, and which is well represented by the annexed eut ; and for a number of years carried on the manufacture of malt-page 521. In the Revolutionary war he was a Lieutenant in Capt. Ebenezer Webster's company, and was in the battle of Bennington, in Col. Stickney's regiment. After the battle he was one of a court-martial, held September 2, 1777, for the trial of two soldiers, on a charge of stealing "two horses and a quantity of other plunder." He was one of the town " Committee of Safety," in 1776 and 1777, and sustained other important offices of trust and responsibility. See List of Officers. Lieut. Herbert is remembered for his original and pithy sayings,-exhibiting shrewdness and a knowledge of human nature. One of his neighbors, owing him a sum of money, which he found it difficult to collect or to get a note for it renewed, Mr. Herbert had an interview with him before the late Charles Walker, Esq., and after urging a variety of motives in vain to induce his neighbor to pay or renew the note, suddenly taking him by the arm, he said-" Come, go with me down to the bank, and let Esq. Sparhawk weigh you in his money scales, to see if you are an honest man !" This appeal decided the matter, and the note was renewed. After the passage of a new law by Congress, 1817, making provision for poor Revolutionary soldiers, Lieut. Herbert, then about ninety years of age, and in comfortable circumstances, having been introduced to President Monroe, on his visit to Concord, the same year, wrote and published in the N. H. Patriot the following com- munication :
" CONCORD, May, 1818.
" Lieut. Herbert gives his humble and hearty thanks to the President of the United States, that in his wisdom he recommended, and with the appro- bation of Congress, has made ample provision for the poor who jeoparded their lives in the high places of the field in defence of the sacred rights of America. Thanks be to God that their labors were blessed, and that we were not carried into captivity before our enemies. Now to the President : Give him long life and prosperity ; give him the wisdom of Solomon and the patience of Job; make him victorous, happy and glorious, long to rule over us. Save the President ! Let his enemies bow and tremble before him. May his name be written in a bound book, and be read by twenty genera- tions. God save the President !"
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DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD AND HANNAH HALL HERBERT.
[For the names and dates of this genealogy, I am indebted to Miss Alma J. Herbert. ]
Richard Herbert, born Dec. 31, 1729; died July 17, 1823. He was the first of the name in Concord, and the youngest child of James Herbert, who came to America from London, Eng., and settled in Salisbury, Mass. He married Susanna Woodbury, of Rowley, Mass.
Richard Herbert m., Jan. 27, 1757, Hannah Hall; b. Nov. 31, 1735; d. Aug. 11, 1825, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Hall, of Bradford, Mass. Their children were-
2-Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1757. 2-James, b. Mar. 11, 1759. 2-Richard, b. Oct. 14, 1761. 2-Sarah, b. May 21, 1766. 2-Mary, b. Feb. 11, 1769. 2-Persis, b. Dec. 22, 1772. 2-Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1775. 2-Samuel. 2- Charles, b. March 2, 1779.
2-JONATHAN, never married, but remained in Concord through life, and for many years kept a store in the building on Main street, next north to that now occupied by Mr. J. D. A. West. When Jonathan was five years old he received a present of a little manuscript book from his cousin John, of Newbury, Mass., written in a neat and ornamental hand, with the alpha- bet, and drawings of various kinds of birds and quadrupeds, a ship, meet- ing-house, mariner's compass, all which seemed to be original. On the first leaf was written :
JONATHAN HARBUT, of Penacook, his Book, Anno Dominy 1762.
On the second leaf:
John Harbut is my name, And English is my nation ; Newbury my dwelling-place, And Christ is my salvation.
When I am dead, and in my grave, And all my bones are rotten, You see, remember me -- I may not be forgotten.
January 10, 1762.
Jonathan kept this little gift till his death, Feb. 26, 1836, aged 79; then it was preserved as a sacred relic by his brother Richard, and is now carefully treasured by the daughters of the family.
2-JAMES HERBERT, settled in Rumney, N. H. ; m. Nov. 12, 1784, Olive Gage, of Merrimack, his cousin. She was born July 14, 1767; d. Oct. 26, 1835 ; he d. Jan. 1, 1843. Their children were-
1. John, b. Jan. 25, 1786; d. May 13, 1841; 1 m., March 17, 1812, Sarah Allen, by whom he had two children, Samuel, b. Dec. 17, 1813, and Emeline, b. May 28, 1815; 2 m. Lydia Darling, March 17, 1818. His son Samuel, attorney at law, m. Lydia M. Darling, Sept. 4, 1831. Their ch., seven, Ellen Maria, d. at Thetford, Vt., Nov. 4, 1854 ; Caroline Adelia, d. Nov. 22, 1845 ; Charles Wayland, Henry, d., Henry William, Mary Car- oline, d., and John. Emeline m. Robert Colby, Sept. 3, 1834. Their ch., three, Mary Adaline, Charles H., d., and Charles H. Emeline H. Colby d. April 4, 1844.
2. Charles, M. D., b. May 15, 1789; d. at Concord, Oct. 28, 1816.
3. Hannah, d. at the age of two years.
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4. Sarah, b. Dec. 17, 1792 ; m. Samuel C. Allen, Jan. 23, 1813. Their ch., four, viz. : Mary H., Valeria, Thaddeus S., d., Charles J. Valeria 1 m. Hiram Keav, Nov. 7, 1836. Their ch., Orestes H., Francis Luella. 2 m. Aaron Page, Oct. 3, 1850-one child, Herbert Allen.
5. Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1796 ; d. at Rumney, Jan. 11, 1834, unmarried.
6. Richard, b. May 7, 1798 ; M. D. Dart. Coll. 1822; settled in Rowley, Mass. ; 1 m. Nancy Kendall, July 10, 1822, who d. Aug. 29, 1826. Their child, Helen Augusta, d. y. 2 m. Ann L. Lancaster, March 29, 1827. Their ch., William Orestes, b. Dec. 27, 1827; d. Dec. 26, 1849, in San Francisco, Cal. ; Lydia Lancaster m. Gorham Thurber, Providence, R. I. ; Helen, Charles Hale, d. y., and Charles.
2-RICHARD HERBERT, whose perfect likeness is here presented, was born in the first house built by his father, and attained to within one month of the same age. He died March 31, 1855, aged 93 years, 5 months and 17 days, being at the time the oldest native born person in town. Mr. Herbert is well remembered by a large portion of the inhabitants of the town. He always lived in the neighborhood where he was born ; industrious, tem- perate, and regular in his habits; an obliging and kind neighbor; of a retentive memory, and shrewd, and often witty in his observations. For several years, from about 1808 to 1818, carried on the butchering business, and hence was commonly called " butcher Herbert." He built the Merri- mack house, and kept tavern in it at different times, about fourteen years. In 1842, at the age of eighty, Mr. Herbert, who had always been a sup- porter of public worship and religious institutions, made a public profession of religion in the First church, and his subsequent years were spent in com- parative ease and retirement. He generally rose at an early hour, in the summer and winter; overlooked his affairs, and devoted a portion of each day to reading the scriptures. His health was uniformly good. In the last two or three years of his life he was in the habit of walking once a week from his house, about half a mile, to a barber's to be shaved. In winter he used a staff, which was a present to him, about five feet long, pointed at the end, and which he held in both hands; placing it on the left side of him, it served the double purpose of holding him up and of shoving him along. His step was slow, measured and long. His venerable and singular appear- ance when walking in the street with his staff, always attracted attention. His last sickness was short, seeming at first to be a slight influenza ; which, however, as it increased, alarmed his children, all of whom, living near, gathered around him. When he expired he lay on his bed, gently ele- vated by pillows, with both hands extended, like an old patriarch pronouncing a benediction. He retained his faculties to the last, and expired so easily that the moment of the change was hardly perceptible.
2-RICHARD HERBERT, m. Sarah Wiggin, April 29, 1800, who d. May 5, 1851, aged 74. Their children were-1. Charlotte, b. Jan. 27, 1801; m. James Woolson, July 5, 1836-one child, Charlotte Augusta, b. Sept. 24, 1840; he d. March 23, 1853, aged 51 years. 2. Sarah Odlin, b. May 24, 1803. 3. Gilbert, b. Dec. 24, 1805; d. Feb. 22, 1830. 4. Belinda, b. Dec. 4, 1808 ; m. Shadrach Seavey, Jan. 22, 1834. Their ch., Gilbert H., b. May 5, 1835; Ellen Augusta, b. May 31, 1837; Marshall, b. July 10,
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RICHARD HERBERT. Aged. 93 Yrs.
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1841; d. Aug. 22, 1850. 5. Albert, b. May 22, 1812. 6. Mary Clark, b. Dec. 10, 1817.
2-SARAH, m. John Odlin, Nov. 20, 1791-one child, Charlotte, d. Feb. 10, 1793 ; she d. April 9, 1794.
2-MARY, m. Maj. William Preston, Rumney, N. H., Jan. 21, 1807; he d. Jan. 18, 1842. Their ch., Jonathan H., b. July, 1809; d. March 15, 1804; Hannah H., b. June 4, 1811; m. Hazen Webster, Oet. 3, 1833. Their ch. seven, viz. : Kendrick Brown, Amanda Jane, Mary P., William P., Alma H., Esther Gould, d., and Mary F.
2-PERSIS, m. Benjamin Little, Esq., Boscawen, N. H., March 5, 1816- no children. Esq. Little d. Aug. 30, 1846.
2-HANNAII, m. Dr. Benjamin Marshall, Jan. 14, 1799; he d. July 9, 1824; she d. Aug. 22, 1835. Their ch. seven, viz. :
1. Charlotte, b. July 26, 1801; m. Sylvanus B. Stillwell, Brooklyn, N. Y., July 25, 1822. Their ch., Benjamin M., attorney at law, m. Eliza Jo- sephine Wood, who d. Sept. 26, 1846, aged 19 years ; Charles H., M. D., m. Sarah D. Wardsworth-three ch. ; Mary, m. Samuel F. Whiting - three ch .; Sarah Ann, m. Charles Davis-three ch. ; Hannah M., d. y. ; Thomas Hunt, William Ross, Hannah Maria and Samuel D.
2. Persis, b. Oct. 1, 1804; d. Sept. 24, 1805.
3. Benjamin, b. June 11, 1806, M. D., New York, d. Oct., 1853; m. Ann Skidmore, April 1, 1827-five ch., viz., Edward S., Benjamin, d. y., Benjamin, graduate N. Y. Medical College, Charlotte Stillwell, and Ann Skidmore.
4. Hannah, b. Aug. 16, 1808; m. Eben Sillick, New York, May 11, 1828. Their ch. four, viz., Sarah Ann, m. William Ludlum, one child ; Lueretia, Maria Louisa, and Thomas Abraham, d.
5. Charles H., b. Sept. 4, 1810; d. July 29, 1812.
6. Lucretia, b. Dec. 14, 1813; m. Edward B. Coleman, Oct. 29, 1835 -- one child, Marshall ; she died at the Astor house, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1852.
7. Persis L., b. June 11, 1816; m. Henry Coleman, Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1837. Their ch. seven, viz., Elizabeth M., Edward H., Marietta, d., Marietta, Henry B., Charlotte L., Earnest.
2-SAMUEL, m. Feb. 11, 1823, Naney Bridges, dau. of James and Mary Montgomery Bridges, of Andover, Mass. Their ch. five, viz. :
1. Alma Jane, b. Dec. 15, 1823. 2. Charles Horace, b. Feb. 6, 1825 ; m. Dec. 9, 1848, Louisa W. Sampson. Their ch. two, Charles A. and Mary. 3. Marcia Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1826; m. Leonard Holt. 4. Sam- uel Sparhawk, b. March 2, 1828; d. of yellow fever at New Orleans, La., Oet. 9, 1854. 5. Juliette Bridges, b. June 9, 1832; d. April 6, 1845.
2-CHARLES, twin brother of Samuel, learned the trade of a hatter, and carried on the business in Concord for many years. In 1811 he made a public profession of religion in the First church, and was distinguished in subsequent life for devotion and zeal in his Master's service. With Joshua T. Russell, Joshua Abbot, William Clark, Henry Wood, and two or three others, about 1816, he commenced, in his father's house, the first prayer meeting ever held in Concord by male members of the church. The meet- ing has been continued, on Saturday evenings, till the present time, and has proved to be a rich means of spiritual blessings to those who have attended. Mr. Herbert was able and fervent in prayer ; a diligent reader of the serip- tures ; very exemplary in life; free to converse on religious subjects, to dis-
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tribute tracts, and to contribute for missionary and benevolent objects. He never married, but lived with his brother Samuel, esteemed and loved by all who knew him. He died of dyspepsia, Aug. 25, 1829, aged 50.
THE HUTCHINS FAMILY.
The ancestor of the Hutchins family in Concord was Col. GORDON HUTCHINS, son of Ephraim Hutchins, born in Exeter, this State, in 1733. At about the age of 13, Gordon accompanied his father, who commanded a company in the expedition against Louisburg, in the capacity of a waiter, but subsequently held a lieutenancy in the army. Returning from the war, he married and settled at Harvard, Mass., from which place he removed to Concord, about 1773. The part he took in the war of the Revolution, and in the affairs of the town, is recorded in the preceding history, (pp. 265- 274. See Officers.) He rose to the office of Colonel. After the war Col. Hutchins returned to domestic life, and died in Concord, highly respected, Dec. 8, 1815, aged 82. Col. Hutchins married twice, and had a family of twenty children, of whom Levi and Abel settled in Concord. Ezra Hutchins lived in Concord some years, but then moved to Exeter ; returned to Concord ; moved to Andover, N. H., and thence to Bangor, Me.
LEVI HUTCHINS, son of Col. Gordon, married Phebe Hannaford. Their children were :
1. Ruth, b. Dec. 29, 1789. 2. Anne, b. Aug. 25, 1791. 3. Harriet, b. May 13, 1793. 4. Mary, b. July 13, 1795. 5. Lucy, b. April 18, 1797. 6. John, b. April 12, 1799. 7. Ednah, b. June 21, 1803. 8. Samuel.
Levi Hutchins, d. June 13, 1855, aged 93 years and 10 months. Phebe, wife of Levi Hutchins, died April 2, 1829, aged 68.
ABEL HUTCHINS, son of Col. Gordon, married Betsey Partridge. Their children were :
1. Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1786; m. Mary Thorndike. 2. Sally Gridley, b. July 3, 1788: m. Warren Lovejoy, Boston. 3. Dolly, b. July 18, 1790; m. Isaac Danforth, Boston, now of Concord. 4. Catherine, h. July 21, 1792 ; m. William Kent ; d. 5. Eliza, b. Nov. 16, 1794; m. Samuel N. Baker, of Ipswich, Mass. 6. George, b. Oct. 21, 1797; m. Sarah R. Tucker. 7. Jane Johnson, b. July 15, 1799; m. Col. Robert Ambrose. 8. Lewis, b. Sept. 30, 1801; d. at Wetompke, Ala. 9. Ephraim, b. Oct. 4, 1803 ; m. Elizabeth Blodgett, of Randolph, Vt. 10. Hamilton, b. July 10, 1805 ; m. Miss Chandler ; d. 11. Mary Ann, b. June 1, 1807. 12. Hannah Taylor, b. Dec. 22, 1810; m. A. C. Pierce ; d. 13. Martha Cur- rier, b. March 1, 1813 ; m. A. C. Pierce.
EZRA HUTCHINS married widow Sally Currier, whose maiden name was Lamson, who had one daughter that married Nathan Stickney-first wife- the mother of Martha Stickney, wife of Mr. Edward Pendexter, of Mad- bury, N. H. The children of Ezra Hutchins and Sally C. were: Clarissa Lamson, b. Dec. 10, 1797, in Concord ; Mary Parker, b. July 10, 1799, in Exeter ; Dolly, b. June 10, 1802, in Exeter; m. Richard Potter, Esq.
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DESCENDANTS OF 1-ABNER HOIT.
Abner Hoit, who was the first of the name in Concord, came from Ames- bury, Mass., probably between 1728 and 1731; was the son of William Hoit ; married Mary Blaisdell, Nov. 14, 1717. Their children, of whom the youngest only was born in Concord, were :
1. Jacob, b. June 16, 1718. 2. Zuriah. 3. Betsey. 4. Stephen. 5. Apphia. 6. Philip. 7. John, who is said to be the second male child born in Concord, Sept. 10, 1732. [See Moore's Annals of Concord, p. 11.]
Of the foregoing children of Abner Hoit, Jacob, after residing several years in Concord, went to Rochester, Vt. He married Margaret Coleman, and d. about 1800. Zuriah m. Joseph Farnum. Betsey, 1 m. Lamson Colby, of Hopkinton ; 2 m. Ezekiel Straw. Apphia, m. Nathan Lovejoy, of Andover. Philip, died young. Stephen, m. Abigail Eastman; their ch., Stephen, b. Sept. 23, 1746; Enoch, b. Oct. 11, 1748; and one other son. [See p. 194.]
2-JOHN HIOIT, son of Abner and Mary, married Abigail Carter. Their children were :
1. Mary, b. Dec. 12, 1775 ; unmarried. 2. Abigail, b. March 12, 1757; m. Joseph Durgin. 3. Abner, b. April 15, 1759; 1 m. Betsey Blanchard, had 12 ch .; 2 m. widow Phillips, and had 1 ch. 4. Martha, b. Feb. 10, 1761; m. Jeremiah Clough. 5. Sarah, b. April 16, 1763; m. Ebenezer Foss. 6. John, b. Dec. 4, 1765. 7. Susanna, b. Dec. 17, 1767 ; 1 m. Ebenezer Sanborn; 2 m. Meshech Lang. 8. Ezra, b. Jan. 23, 1770. 9. Jacob, b. March 28, 1772. 10. William, b. May 2, 1774; d. y. 11. Ruth, b. May 21, 1777; m. Jonathan Fowle. 10. Betty, b. Nov. 8, 1779; m. William Knowles. 13. William, b. Nov. 24, 1782.
3-JOHN HOIT, son of 2-John and Abigail, 1 m. Sally Crosman. Their children were : 1. Clarissa. 2. Sarah. 3. Ruth. 4. Abigail. 5. Susan. Sally, his first wife, d. 1801; 2 m. Rebecca Currier, Oct. 5, 1802. Their children were : 6. Philip C., d. y. 7. Mahala. 8. John Currier. 9. Mary.
3-JACOB HOYT, son of 2-John and Abigail, 1 m. Ruth Virgin, Oct. 27, 1800. By her one ch., Prudence V., b. Aug. 24, 1802; m. Francis W. Tucker. Ruth, his wife, d. July 28, 1803. He 2 m. Fanny Tucker, Feb. 7, 1805. Their children were :
1. Sophia, b. Feb. 12, 1806; m. Asa Fifield. 2. John, b. Nov. 10, 1807; m. Margaret M. Jewett; lives in Cleaveland, (O.) 3. Daniel V., b. Aug. 23, 1809; m. Elizabeth Brown; was killed in Andover, Mass., Oct. 5, 1844, on a freight train, of which he was conductor. 4. Rachel T., b. March 2, 1813 ; d. 1835 ; m. Asa F. Bradley, 5. Fanny Jane, b. April 25, 1815 ; d. 1843; m. Cyrus Tucker, of Loudon. G. Jedediah T., h. Aug. 21, 1817 ; m. Mary Jane Crunkleton ; now lives on the homestead in East- Concord. 7. William, b. April 6, 1820; d. June 16, 1842. 8. Ruth E., b. April 19, 1824; m. John MI. Dearborn. 9. Jacob N., b. Dec. 15, 1831.
3-WILLIAM HOIT, son of 2-John and Abigail, m. Betsey Thompson, March 14, 1808. Their children were :
1. Charles T., b. Jan. 9, 1809 ; m. Hannah Wyatt; died in Haverhill, Mass. 2. Ruth T., b. Oct. 18, 1811 ; m. Ebenezer Eastman ; lives in San- bornton. 3. Nahum P., b. Aug. 30, 1813; d. in New-York State, 1842. 4. Hannah G., b. Dec. 22, 1821; d. 1849. 5. William F., b. July 9, 1826. 6. George Henry, b. June 21, 1828; d. at sea.
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4-WILLIAM HOIT, son of 3-Abner, and grandson of 2-John, m. Betsey Hazeltine, June 7, 1809. Their children were :
1. William Barnes, b. Jan. 20, 1810. 2. Hephsibah Hall, b. Feb. 20, 1812. 3. George Hough, b. Sept. 1, 1814. 4. A daughter, d. in infancy. 5. Thomas Chadbourne, b. May 16, 1818. 6. Grace, (a twin,) b. May 14, 1821. 7. Charles Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1823. 8. Edward, b. Aug. 19, 1826. 9. Franklin, b. Aug. 23, 1829.
William Hoit, printer, called the " Old Veteran," died at Pembroke, Dec. 28, 1854.
OLIVER HOIT AND BROTIIERS.
OLIVER HOYT, son of Joseph, of Boscawen, was the first settler at Horse-hill, in 1772. He first married Rebecca Gerald. Their children were :
1. Susanna, b. May 21, 1766; m. Nathan Davis. 2. Moses, b. March 11, 1768; m. Nera Gerald. 3. Anna, b. Oct. 3, 1770; m. Moody Dow. 4. Polly, b. Dec. 7, 1772; m. William Cleasby. 5. Phebe, b. March 19, 1775 ; m. John Powell. 6. Hannah, h. April 2, 1777; m. Zechariah H. Sargent. 7. James, b. June 30, 1779; m. Mary Pibbles. 8. Joseph, b. April 26, 1781; m. Jane Davis. 9. Enoch, b. Aug. 16, 1783; m. widow Mary Hoit. 10. Sally, b. July 2, 1785 ; m. Isaae Esty. 11. Mehetabel, b. June 2, 1787 ; m. Joshua Esty. 12. Ezra, b. July 15, 1789 ; 1 m. Abi- gail Ferrin ; 2 m. Fanny Call. 13. Rebecca, b. March 11, 1791; d. 1819.
Rebecca, wife of Oliver. d. 1808. He then m. widow Whittier, of New- town ; maiden name Rhoda Hoit. Oliver Hoit d. Sept., 1828, aged 80.
JEDEDIAHI HOYT, son of Joseph, of Boscawen, and brother of Oliver, 1 m. Hannah Elliot, of Concord. Their children were :
1. Jonathan. 2. James. 3. John. 4. Miriam. 5. Naomi. 6. Han- nah. 7. Jedediah, b. Feb. 15, 1795. Hannah, first wife of Jedediah Hoyt, d. Feb. 26, 1795. He then married widow Sarah Farnum, Feb. 28, 1796, and he died 1840, aged 82.
JOSEPHI HOIT, son of Joseph, of Boscawen, and brother of Oliver and Jedediah, settled at Horse-hill; married Molly Elliot, of Concord, 1786. Their children were :
1. Hannah, b. Oct. 17, 1786 ; m. Joseph Colby, jr. 2. James, b. Sept. 17, 1788; m. Nancy Abbot. 3. Molly, b. June 22, 1791; m .; d. 1816. 4. Benjamin, b. July 25, 1793 ; m. Hannah Eastman. 5. Martha, b. Sept. 25, 1796 ; d. April 26, 1797. 6. Joseph, b. Oet. 30, 1797 ; m. Mary East- man. 7. Amos, b. Feb. 20, 1800; m. Betsey Abbot, and lives on the homestead. 8. Ruth, b. May 24, 1803 ; m. William Eastman.
Joseph Hoyt died April 17, 1839, aged 78. His widow, Molly, d. Dec. 17, 1839, aged 68.
THE KENT FAMILY. [See Biography.]
WILLIAM AUSTIN KENT, 1 m. Charlotte Mellen, dau. of Rev. John Mellen, of Sterling, Mass. She d. May 6, 1820, aged 52. Mr. Kent 2 m. wid. Margaret Tucker. She d. Feb. 28, 1833, aged 57. Mr. Kent had children only by his first wife, viz. :
1. William, b. April 2, 1793; 1 m. Catharine Hutchins, Nov. 27, 1817. Their children were-1. Charlotte Augusta, b. Sept. 3, 1818. William
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Austin, b. May 5, 1820. 3. Lucy Jane, b. Sept. 25, 1821. 4 Henry Mel- len, b. Nov. 8, 1823. 5. Henry Kirkwood, b. Aug. 27, 1827. 6. John, b. Sept. 8, 1829. 7. Ellen Emerson, b. July 31, 1831. 8. Charles Edward, b. Nov. 26, 1833. 9. Prentiss Mellen, b. Aug. 17, 1837. Mrs. Catherine Kent d. March 12, 1839; 2 m. Letitia C. Stinson, of Dunbarton-one child. 10. Frederick Augustus, b. Oct. 2, 1840.
2. Charlotte Mellen, b. Oet. 25, 1794; m. Hon. James II. Bingham, of Alstead.
3. George, b. May 4, 1796 ; m. Lucia Ann Farrand, dau. of Hon. Dan- iel Farrand, of Burlington, Vt. Their children were-Alexander Hlamil- ton, b. Oct. 22, 1822, d. ; Mary Farrand, b. Jan. 23, 1823; George Fred- erick, b. Feb. 4, 1824.
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