The history of Dublin, N.H., Volume 1852, Part 31

Author: Dublin, N.H; Leonard, L. W. (Levi Washburn), 1790?-1864. cn; Mason, Charles, 1810-1901. cn
Publication date: 1855
Publisher: Boston, Printed by J. Wilson and son
Number of Pages: 561


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-10. Thirza, b. July 3, 1775, twin; m. Samuel White; re. to Peter- borough. - 11. Joseph, q. v. - 12. Esther, b. in Jaffrey, June 5, 1780; m. Perley Fasset; re. to Winchester, N. H .; second h., Josiah Burbank. - James G., sen., re. from Lynnfield to Jaffrey, 1777. James Gowing, jun., m., 1792, Abigail Greenwood, dr. of Moses G., sen. She was b. April 27, 1774, and d. Jan. 10, 1817. Ch. :


I. Anna, b. May 20, 1793 ; m. Rufus Piper, q. v.


II. Elmira, b. Nov. 21, 1794; m. Jackson Greenwood, q. v.


III. Moses G., b. June 25, 1797; m., March 17, 1824, Lucy Derby, dr. of Samuel D. Ch .: 1. MARIA B., b. March 16, 1825. -2. LUCY, b. June 7, 1827; d. June 13, 1827. - 3. CALVIN CLARK, b. Aug. 14, 1831.


IV. Almerin, b. Oct. 1, 1799 ; m., Sept. 19, 1826, Sarah San- ders, b. Aug. 9, 1806, dr. of Samuel S., of Jaffrey. Ch .: 1. GEORGE A., b. Dec. 8, 1827; m., Oct. 15, 1850, Lydia S. Perry, dr. of Benj. P .: ch. (1) Ellen, b. Aug. 9, 1851. - 2. ELIZABETH M., b. July 13, 1829 ; m., Sept. 29, 1846, Jonas B. Piper, q. v. - 3. ELLEN A., b. Dec. 10, 1832 ; m., Oct. 15, 1850, J. Granville Evleth; r. Philadelphia. - 4. ELBRIDGE J., b. Jan. 26, 1838. - 5. ALBERT J., b. Jan. 26, 1838; d. Feb. 18, 1838. - 6. ADDY L. (Adelaide), b. March 8, 1842.


V. Harriet, d. in infancy. VI. Lyman, d. in infancy.


VII. Betsey, b. Sept. 22, 1805 ; m., Oct., 1824, Samuel Twitchell; re. to Peterborough. She d. March 29, 1851.


VIII. James, d. in infancy. IX. Jonathan, d. in infancy.


X. Abigail G., b. May 15, 1810; m., May 27, 1835, Charles W. Pierce, q. v.


XI. James, d. in infancy. XII. Harriet, b. March 4, 1814, um.


The second w. of James G., jun., was Mrs. Lucy Wilder, of Keene; m., Feb., 1818. Ch .:


XIII. James R., b. Dec. 14, 1818 ; d. at Boston, Sept. 7, 1842.


JOSEPH GOWING, eleventh ch. of James G., sen .; b. Dec. 12, 1777 ; d. Jan. 26, 1838; settled in Dublin, 1806, on lots 6 and 7, range 2, purchased of his brother, William G .; m., Nov. 17, 1807, Hepzibah Fairbanks, b. March 31, 1785, dr. of Asa F. ; d. Oct. 13, 1843. Ch .:


I. Asa F., b. Dec. 8, 1808 ; m., Dec. 2, 1845, Agnes Robbe. Second w., m., May 31, 1853, Catherine Robbe ; r. Peterborough.


II. Joseph M., b. April 8, 1810; m., Dec. 10, 1840, Harriet M. Brown ; r. in Batavia, N. Y.


III. Zaman A., b. Nov. 10, 1811; m., Oct. 11, 1842, Mary Greenwood, b. Dec. 24, 1818, dr. of Aaron G. Ch .: 1. EUGENE L., b. May 11, 1844; d. Dec. 30, 1847. - 2. EMILY A., b. March 28, 1849.


IV. Louisa H., b. June 7, 1814 ; m., Sept. 27, 1842, James Adams.


V. Amna A., b. March 7, 1817 ; m., Nov. 6, 1845, Abel Wilder, jun .; r. in Peterborough.


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VI. Charles W., b. Dec. 21, 1819; m., May 24, 1846, Julia Foster, b. Sept. 5, 1826, dr. of Ephraim F.


VII. Lavater L., b. Jan. 17, 1827; d. Sept. 19, 1851.


VIII. Lydia R., b. Dec. 1, 1829 ; m., June 30, 1850, Joseph W. Powers, q. v.


BARTHOLOMEW GOYER, with his w. Joanna, was the first settler on lot 8, range 1. He was a foreigner, said to have been b. in France; played upon the violin, and told fortunes with cards and by inspecting the palms of hands. He sold his farm to Samuel Derby, and re. to North Adams, Mass. Ch. :


I. Sarah, b. July 28, 1774; d. Aug. 12, 1774. II. Jemima, b. Oct. 4, 1775. III. William Alexander, b. Nov. 4, 1777. IV. Bartholomew, b. Nov. 4, 1779. V. Ebenezer, b. July 22, 1781. VI. Deborah, b. March 5, 1785; d. Sept. 10, 1786. VII. Benja- min, b. July 8, 1786.


WILLIAM GREENWOOD, from Sherborn, worked on the roads in Dublin, as early as 1762; settled on lot 8, range 6, in 1765; a car- penter by trade, and was killed at the raising of the frame of a barn belonging to Deacon Benjamin Learned, June 28, 1782, æ. 61. He m. Abigail Death, of Sherborn, who d. Oct. 1, 1814, æ. 91. Ch. :


I. Daniel, m. Rebecca - Ch .: 1. Simon,b. March 2, 1773. II. Waitstill, m. Ebenezer Twitchell, q. v .; d. June, 1788.


III. Elizabeth, m., Aug. 27, 1772, Moses Greenwood, q. v.


IV. Eli, b. 1751; m., Dec. 12, 1776, Betsey French, dr. of John F., b. in Hollis, 1760, and d. in Dublin, Jan. 17, 1833. He came to Dublin with his father, 1762; settled on a farm, given him by his father, lot 21, range 9, where he d. Oct. 8, 1827. Ch .: 1. BETSEY, b. March 5, 1791 ; d. Jan. 8, 1818. - 2. LUCINDA, b. Nov., 1795 ; d. April 25, 1797 .- 3. ELI, b. March 13, 1799 ; m., Sept. 25, 1822, Roxana Carlton, b. Jan. 20, 1801, dr. of Luther C., of Lunenburg, Mass. Mr. Carlton re. to Dublin, and d. 1838. Ch. of Eli G., jun .: (1) Arvada, b. Oct. 30, 1824; d. Nov. 21, 1824; (2) Eliza M., b. Dec. 6, 1825, m., June 10, 1846, John P. Wight, q. v., r. Troy, N. Y .; (3) Zoa Ann, b. Oct. 4, 1829; (4) Martha A., b. Aug. 24, 1832, d. Sept. 19, 1848 ; (5) Charles I., b. Nov. 12, 1837 ; (6) Sarah S., b. Dec. 10, 1838, d. Sept. 10, 1839. Eli G., jun., re. to Marlborough, March, 1836, and to Nashua, April, 1842.


V. Joshua., m., Aug. 22, 1779, Hannah Twitchell, dr. of Gershom T., sen., and settled on the homestead. Ch .: 1. SARAH, b. June 7, 1780 ; m. Philo Sage; r. in Richland, N. Y. - 2. ABNER, b. Aug. 30, 1781 ; m. Polly Edson; r. in the State of New York. - 3. WILLIAM, b. July 9, 1783 ; m. Betsey Morse, dr. of Thaddeus M., sen .: ch. (1) George G., b. Nov. 13, 1808; (2) William A., b. Aug. 14, 1811, m. Sophia Hopewell, r. Peoria, Ill. William Green- wood, son of Joshua, was distinguished while in Dublin for his ingenuity as a mechanic ; and his portrait, which his friends have


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furnished for this book, is a good representation of the features and expression of his countenance in 1852, when he visited his native town .- 4. JOHN, b. Jan. 26, 1785 ; m., March, 1811, Polly Mason, dr. of Thaddeus M., sen., and re. to Richland, N. Y .; d., and his widow still r. there : ch., six, n. u. - 5. ANNA, b. April 11, 1787; m. William Spaulding, of Cavendish, Vt .; ch., n. u. - 6. JOSHUA, b. Aug. 3, 1789 ; m. Eunice H. Bond; r. Richland, N. Y. -7. HANNAH, b. July 1, 1791; m., Dec. 22, 1814, Joseph Twitchell, q. v., son of Joshua T .- 8. JEREMIAH, b. June 1, 1793 ; m. Dorcas Wilder, dr. of Col. Abel W .; r. Keene : ch. (1) Edward Sprague, b. May 18, 1818, m .; (2) James Wilder, b. March 5, 1820, m .; (3) Cyrus, b. May 14, 1822, d. Oct. 25, 1822 ; (4) Han- nah Sprague, m., Aug. 27, 1839, Jeremiah Lanphear, d. Dec. 5, 1842, ch. n.u .; (5) Julia, m .; (6) A daughter, d. Feb. 23, 1829, æ. one year and seven months; (7) Jeremiah ; (8) Electa, d. Aug. 3, 1837, æ. 7; (9) Albert, d. Feb., 1837, æ. 2. - 9. JULIA, b. March 29, 1795 ; d. Aug. 31, 1796. - 10. AsA, b. July 3, 1797 ; m., Dec. 31, 1821, Mrs. Lucy Evans, widow of Heman E., dr. of Benjamin Mason: ch. (1) Heman; (2) John, and others, n. u .; re. to Marlborough, N. H .; built a house of granite ; his w. d .; he m. a second w., Mary Minot, dr. of John and Prudence (Twitchell) M., and re. to Illinois. Mr. Asa Greenwood built the granite bridge on the road from Keene to Swanzey; another in the village of Peterborough, and the granite factory of the Messrs. Colony in Harrisville. - 11. PRUDENCE, b. Dec. 23, 1799 ; m., May 11, 1819, John Piper : ch. (1) Solomon, b. Feb. 10, 1820 ; m., Aug. 9, 1840, Jane McMichael, of Philadelphia ; ch. 1. William Henry, b. July 3, 1841 ; 2. George, b. Oct., 1842, d. July 19, 1850; 3. Mary Anne, b. Sept., 1848, d. July 27, 1850. - For other ch. and grandch. of John P., see article Solomon Piper.


VI. Hepzibah, m., Nov. 4, 1779, James Rollins, jun .; re. to Parkerstown, Vt.


VII. Abigail, m., Oct. 6, 1785, Joseph Rollins, q. v.


VIII. William, m. Azubah -; d. Aug. 30, 1830, æ. 74. Ch .: 1. AZUBAH, b. March 3, 1783. - 2. LEVICE, b. Jan. 10, 1785. - 3. SYLVIA, b. Feb. 4, 1787 ; d. May 21, 1830; um. - 4. ARBA, b. June 12, 1790 ; m. Betsey -; d. May, 1836: ch. (1) Laura Adeline, b. Sept. 17, 1813 ; (2) Prentiss William, b. Oct. 22, 1815, m. Harriet Knowlton, dr. of Elisha K .; ch. 1. Leroy P .; 2. Wash- ington H. H .; (3) Lumida Azubah, b. April 16, 1822. Second w. of Arba G., Nancy S. -; d. 1854, æ. 53. - 5. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 18, 1791. - 6. DANIEL, b. Feb. 13, 1794. - 7. EMILY, b. June 25, 1798. - 8. ELMINA, b. Jan., 1816.


JOSEPH GREENWOOD, Esq., was an early settler in town, and succeeded John Alexander on lot 7, range 5. He is said to have been a carpenter and a weaver. He was employed as a teacher of youth, and gave instruction in his own house. The town-records, which he kept from the date of incorporation till 1793, are legibly


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written. In the record of births, we do not find the names of his own children. His wife's name was Sarah. Among the few deaths recorded is the following: " Ebenezer Greenwood, son of Joseph and Sarah Greenwood, deceased January 30th, 1780." He re- moved with his family to the District of Maine, in 1793. See Mr. Mason's Address, page 14.


MOSES GREENWOOD, from Newton, Mass .; b. 1750 ; d. July 2, 1827 ; settled in Dublin, 1771, on lot 6, range 5; m., Aug. 27, 1772, Elizabeth Greenwood, b. 1754, in Sherborn ; came to Dublin with her father's family, and d. April 5, 1827. Ch. :


I. Abigail, b. April 27, 1774; m. James Gowing, q. v.


II. Moses, b. June 29, 1776 ; m., 1792, Asenath Hill, b. Aug. 17, 1768, dr. of Ebenezer H. He d. Sept. 6, 1827. She d. May 31, 1851. Ch .: 1. SENE, b. Oct. 23, 1798; d. March 6, 1803 .- 2. NATHAN, b. Aug. 22, 1800; m. Marinda Cragin, of New Ipswich ; d. of cholera, 1832, in New York. - 3. ALVIN, b. Dec. 7, 1802; m. Sophia Wood, of Hancock ; d. in Georgia. - 4. ASENATH, b. July 8, 1804; m., March 3, 1824, Charles Cragin, of New Ipswich ; d. in Northville, N. Y. - 5. MOSES, b. March 6, 1806; m. Serena Willis, of Newton, Mass. ; re. to North Leeds, Me. - 6. WILLIAM ALLEN, b. Feb. 19, 1809 ; m., April 12, 1836, Martha Green, b. April 25, 1813, of Northborough, Mass .; re. to Boston, 1833 : ch. (1) William, b. July 16, 1837, d. Feb. 19, 1853 ; (2) Mary, b. Nov. 5, 1838 ; (3) Arthur, b. Sept. 4, 1835, d. April 3, 1846 ; (4) Annie, b. Nov. 18, 1850. - 7. OLIVE, b. Oct. 21, 1810; um. - 8. EBEN- EZER, b. Oct. 23, 1812, in a log-house opposite the "Rider Mill," lot 3, range 5 ; m., Nov. 19, 1835, Lucy Smith, b. Nov. 5, 1816, dr. of Ruggles S. Mr. Greenwood has held the office of town-clerk for nine successive years ; and a portion of that time, town-treasurer. He was Postmaster from 1849 to 1853. Ch. (1) Lucy Marcella, b. Aug. 21, 1836 ; (2) Mark True, b. Nov. 18, 1838 ; (3) Eben- ezer Tyler, b. Feb. 27, 1841 ; (4) Jonathan Allen, b. Jan. 16, 1844 ; (5) George Leonard, b. July 16, 1849; (6) Sarah Maria, b. April 28, 1852 .- 9. HORATIO, b. Oct. 21, 1811; m., Jan. 16, 1838, Sophronia Wilson, b. Feb. 2, 1816, dr. of James W., 2d, of Keene, granddr. of Seth Broad; re., 1854, from lot 6, range 5, to the " Belknap Farm," which he had purchased : ch. (1) Charles A., b. March 8, 1839, d. Nov., 1839; (2) Charles A., b. July 24, 1842 ; (3) Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1844; (4) Ellen S., b. Oct. 11, 1849 ; (5) James F., b. Sept. 3, 1851 .- 10. EDMUND QUINCY SEWALL, b. March 27, 1820; m., Nov. 8, 1843, Mary Jane Hill, b. March 27, 1822; r. Peterborough : ch. (1) Ellen W., b. Aug. 12, 1844 ; (2) Almira L., b. May 1, 1846; (3) Charles E., b. July 3, 1848 ; (4) Caroline A., b. April 19, 1851.


III. Aaron, b. Sept. 23, 1778 ; m. Mary Townsend, dr. of David T .; d. June 10, 1827. Ch .: 1. TAMESIN, b. March 28, 1810; m., March, 1837, Malachi Richardson, q. v. - 2. NEVERSON, b. April 20, 1812 ; m., Jan. 31, 1843, Margaret Gilchrest, dr. of John G.


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He d. Feb. 22, 1845 (see page 287) : ch. (1) Emogene. - 3. CHARLES, b. March 15, 1817; d. March 11, 1819. - 4. MARY, b. Dec. 24, 1818 ; m., Oct. 11, 1842, Zaman A. Gowing, q. v.


IV. Hannah, b. May 5, 1781; m., 1799, Jesse Ockington ; d. Jan. 2, 1828. Ch .: 1. HORATIO. - 2. MARIA, m., Dec. 20, 1823, Isaac Whitney, of Jaffrey. - 3. BENJAMIN.


V. Samuel, b. Aug. 12, 1783; d. March 29, 1785.


VI. Samuel, b. June 27, 1786; m., 1827, in Lower Canada ; d. Aug. 3, 1830.


VII. James, b. June 23, 1788; m. Mary Symonds. Ch. (first three b. in Dublin, and the other two in Weld, Me., where they r.) : 1. CYRUS, b. Nov. 16, 1810. - 2. JOSEPH, b. 1815. - 3. JULIA, b. 1816. - 4. JAMES. - 5. MARY.


JOSHUA GREENWOOD, from Newton, Mass .; b. July 26, 1757 ; d. Oct. 23, 1839 ; m., Jan. 12, 1786, Abigail Bird, of Needham, b. Feb. 22, 1767, d. Aug. 9, 1830. He settled in Dublin, 1790, on the west half of lot 6, range 6, and there died. He was a blacksmith by trade. Ch. :


I. Abigail, b. April 28, 1786; m., 1806, Abel Twitchell, jun., q. v.


II. Joshua, b. July 15, 1788 ; d. Oct. 21, 1849 ; m. Sarah Davis, of Hancock, who d. July 7, 1842; r. on the homestead. Ch .: 1. SARAH, m., April 2, 1845, William Dickinson, of Keene. - 2. CHARLES (Rev.), first, a preacher at Alstead, N. H. and New Market, N. H., in connection with the Methodists ; next, as a Con- gregationalist, at Monimet Parish, Plymouth, Mass .; m. Adaline McGilvray, of Peterborough; r. North Chelsea, Mass. - 3. GEORGE. -4. CURTIS. - 5. HENRY .- 6. MUNROE.


Second w. of Joshua G., jun., was - Cochran, of New Boston, N. H. Ch .: 1. TWINS, d .- 2. A SON, b. 1849 ; d. April 6, 1850.


III. Sarah, b. April 25, 1789. IV. Catharine, b. July 14, 1791 ; m. Cyrus Piper, q. v. V. Mary, b. April 4, 1793 ; d. Aug. 24, 1819. VI. Luther, b. Dec. 1, 1796; d. Aug. 20, 1832. VII. Calvin, b. May 22, 1801 ; d. July 20, 1813. VIII. Louisa, b. May 12, 1803 ; um. IX. Lavina, b. April 16, 1807; d. Oct. 28, 1815. X. Gilman, b. April 16, 1809; m., 1838, Balona Reed, of Maine ; ch. n. u. He d. Nov. 7, 1851.


JOSIAH GREENWOOD, and Martha his w., lived on lot 3, range 4, also on lot 7, range 6. Ch. :


I. Josiah, b. June 15, 1770. II. John, b. Dec. 30, 1771. III. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 11, 1773. IV. Sabrah, b. Feb. 20, 1775 ; d. Aug. 17, 1777. V. Abigail, b. April 27, 1774.


NATHANIEL GREENWOOD, m., June 24, 1782, Mary Mason, b. March 22, 1760, dr. of Moses M., sen .; re. to Bethel, Me., 1792, and there she d. Her h. m. again in 1825, and in 1840, r. at Farmington, Me. Ch .:


I. Sarah, b. March 6, 1783. II. Ebenezer, b. July 30, 1785.


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III. Polly, b. April 4, 1787. IV. Joseph, b. Feb. 2, 1789. V. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 27, 1790. - The following is a copy of a record by the town-clerk, James Emes: " Thaddeus Greenwood, the son to Nathaniel and Mary Greenwood, and Lydia Greenwood, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Greenwood, were born at Sud- bury, Canada, January 14, 1794." It is probable that Bethel was the place of this birth of twins, then called as in the record.


ISAAC GREENWOOD (the son of Nathaniel, the son of Josiah, the son of John, the son of Thomas, who came to this country in the year 1667) was b. in Newton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1759. In the spring of 1780, he bought his time (he was not twenty-one till the next Aug.), and enlisted in the army of the Revolution. He served six months at West Point, on the Hudson. He was there at the time of Arnold's plot ; and, had that traitor been successful, he would have been surrendered with the troops to the British. He m., Feb. 26, 1784, Abigail Jackson, b. 1762, dr. of Deacon Joseph J., of Newton. Immediately after his marriage, he settled in Dublin, on lot 6, range 6, which he purchased of William Strong. He r. in Dublin till Feb., 1815, when he re. to Needham, Mass., where he d., Jan. 19, 1832. His w. survived him but a short time. Ch. : .


I. Charles, b. Dec. 7, 1784; d. Dec. 29, 1787.


II. Abigail, b. Sept. 28, 1786; m. Amos Lyon, and r. in Lowell, Mass.


III. Charles, b. Oct. 7, 1788 ; m. Susannah Kean ; r. in Wal- tham, Mass., where he d. Nov. 22, 1820.


IV. Patty, b. May 4, 1791; d. Nov. 19, 1792.


V. Isaac, b. Sept. 17, 1793 ; m. Abigail Perry, and r. in Dover, Mass.


VI. Jackson, b. May 4, 1796 ; m., first, Elmira Gowing, b. Nov. 21, 1794, d. May 11, 1845, dr. of James G. Ch. : 1. WALTER, b. July 5, 1827; m., March 9, 1850, Sarah B. Wight, b. Nov. 27, 1829, d. May 13, 1850, dr. of Capt. John W. : ch. (1) Frank. - 2. MARTHA E., b. Aug. 19, 1832. Second w., m., July 9, 1846, Han- nah Piper, dr. of Solomon P., sen.


VII. Abijah, b. June 13, 1792; m. Charlotte McIntosh; r. in Needham.


VIII. Betsey, b. Dec. 29, 1802 ; m. John Morse ; r. in Natick.


IX. Lyman, b. April 22, 1806; m. Eliza Parker; r. in Natick.


BELA GREENWOOD, from Sherborn, with his w. Mary, lived on lot 22, range 10. His name was last in the tax-list, 1795; and it is supposed that he returned to Sherborn with his family about this time. Ch .:


I. Persis, b. Jan. 5, 1784; d. May 10, 1784. II. Calvin, b. Sept. 14, 1785. III. Polly, b. Sept. 3, 1787. IV. Cyrus, b. Jan. 4, 1792.


SAMUEL HAMILTON (Dr.), son of Lucretia H., who came to


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Dublin, 1801, from Brookfield, Mass., a widow, d. 1805. Samuel was the sixth of a family of ten ch .: 1. Hannah, b. May 3, 1760 ; 2. Silas, b. Aug. 16, 1762; 3. Asa, b. Dec. 28, 1763; 4. Lydia, b. June 21, 1766 ; 5. Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1768 ; 6. Samuel, b. Nov. 5, 1770 ; 7. Dolly, b. May 23, 1772; 8. Luke, b. March 29, 1775 ; 9. Betsey, b. March 27, 1778; m. Reuben Muzzy ; 10. Eli, q. v.


Dr. Samuel H. m. Mehitable Bemis, of Brookfield, Mass. Ch .: I. Ashley, b. Feb. 24, 1794; m. Clarissa Chamberlain, dr. of Cyrus C. Ch .: 1. JULIANNA, b. Oct. 2, 1816; r. Palmyra, N. Y. -2. EDMUND SEWALL, b. July 22, 1818 ; r. city of New York. - 3. CHARLES, r. Canandaigua, N. Y. Five other ch., n. u., have d. II. Eliza, b. Aug. 9, 1796 ; m. Silas Ball; re. to Rochester, N.Y. III. Rebecca, b. June 16, 1798. IV. Harriet, b. Aug. 3, 1800. V. Mary Fay, b. Nov. 7, 1802.


ELI HAMILTON, b. April 19, 1781 ; m., Feb. 21, 1804, Mary Twitchell, b. April 22, 1785, dr. of Gershom T., jun. He d. March 24, 1852. Ch. :


I. Horace, b. Nov. 19, 1805 ; d. Oct. 8, 1807.


II. Horace Adams, b. Aug. 31, 1808 ; d. May 15, 1809.


III. Hubbard Adams, b. Feb. 20, 1811; d. Jan. 20, 1840; m. Mary D. Sargent, who d. July 2, 1852. Ch. : 1. MARY JANE, b. Nov. 16, 1833 ; d. July 3, 1846. - 2. GEORGE AUSTIN, b. March 5, 1836.


IV. Charles Augustus, b. Feb. 22, 1815; m., July 7, 1835, Susan Perry, dr. of Benjamin P. Ch .: 1. CHARLES, b. Dec. 10, 1837. - 2. EDWIN, b. Feb. 23, 1842. - 3. HORACE, b. May 4, 1847. - 5. OLIVER, b. April 10, 1852.


GEORGE HANDY, from Rindge, began the manufactory of wooden- ware at the mills on lot 5, range 9 ; came to Dublin, 1837 ; re. 1853; first w. d. Jan. 25, 1849 ; ch. : I. George E., b. 1844. Second w., Julia A. Chapman, dr. of Moses Chapman, of Peterborough.


THOMAS HARDY, b. in Hollis, N. H., June 11, 1756; d. July 25, 1816 ; purchased, July, 1777, part of lots 21, ranges 5 and 6, of his brother-in-law Thomas Wakefield, who r. on the south part of lot 21, range 5. He was in the army of the Revolution three years ; and was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill, Bennington, and Trenton. He was at West Point at the time of Arnold's treachery. When he was not in the army, he worked on his land; clearing it, and putting up buildings. He m., Jan., 1784, Lucy Colburn, of Hollis, b. Jan. 12, 1761, d. Sept. 29, 1846. Ch. :


I. Thomas, b. Oct. 23, 1784; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1812; Preceptor of Chesterfield Academy ; teacher in Exeter and Boston ; m., Sept., 1826, Sarah Folsom, of Exeter; r. at Dover, N. H .; ch. n. u.


II. Moses, b. Sept. 14, 1786 ; m., Oct. 3, 1813, Elizabeth Sar- geant, of Marlborough. Ch .: 1. ELIZA, b. May 8, 1814; d. Sept.


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27, 1817. - 2. HARRIET, b. May 2, 1815 ; d. Dec. 20, 1830. - 3. MOSES, b. May 26, 1816; m., first, March 28, 1843, Clarissa Sar- geant, of Phillipston, Mass. She d. Oct. 12, 1843. Second w., m., Dec. 24, 1845, Emily Colburn, of Langdon, N. H .; r. Roxbury, N. H. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1850. -4. LUCY, b. July 11, 1817 ; m., Sept. 4, 1845, John Towns ; r. Marlborough. - 5. CYRUS EDMUND, b. Sept. 29, 1818; m., May 11, 1845, Sarah Jones, of Marlborough : ch. (1) Eugene Walker, b. Feb. 19, 1846; (2) Solon Augustus, b. July 5, 1847, d. July 30, 1852; (3) Abbie Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1848 ; (4) Adah Maria, b. April 10, 1851, d. June 11, 1851; (5) Charles Webster, b. April 11, 1852. - 6. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 7, 1820; m., Dec. 13, 1837, Nathan H. Knight; r. Roxbury, N. H. - 7. THOMAS, b. Feb. 22, 1821; m., Nov. 4, 1847, Annis Willard, dr. of Levi W .; r. Rox- bury. - 8. SAMUEL SARGEANT, b. Sept. 7, 1822; m., Nov. 12, 1848, Mary Foster, of Peterborough; r. Nelson. - 9. DEBORAH JANE, b. March 26, 1824 ; m. Joseph S. Phillips; r. Roxbury. - 10. DANIEL WEBSTER, b. May 13, 1831.


III. Elias, b. April 3, 1788; d. April 20, 1788.


IV. Robert, b. March 23, 1789 ; m., Feb., 1815, Abigail Stone, dr. of John Stone; r. Rutland, N. Y.


V. Lucy, b. Nov. 25, 1792 ; m. Amos Sargeant, of Marlborough; re. to Dublin, 1849 ; Deacon of the Baptist Church.


VI. Phinehas, b. Jan. 23, 1795 ; m., 1822, Sarah Howland, of Rutland, N. Y .; r. at Leroy, N. Y.


VII. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28, 1796 ; m., May, 1832, Silas Knowl- ton, q. v.


VIII. Elias, b. Dec. 19, 1798 ; m., Feb. 28, 1826, Alice W. Fisk, dr. of Samuel F .; re. to Walpole, N. H., April 6, 1842. Ch .: 1. SAMUEL ALBERT, b. Nov. 18, 1827 ; m., Jan. 3, 1854, Sarah Ann Hall; r. Boston. - 2. THOMAS ALFRED, b. Nov. 27, 1827; d. Oct. 1, 1853. - 3. JULIA SOPHIA, b. Feb. 23, 1832. - 4. MARY LOUISA, b. May 20, 1824. - 5. LUCY MARIA, b. June 4, 1839. - 6. ANNA ELIZABETH, b. June 8, 1844.


IX. Anna, b. May 4, 1801 ; d. Oct., 1840 ; m., Nov., 1825, Joel Hart, q. v.


BENJAMIN P. HARDY, son of Solomon H., from Hollis, with his w. Mary, settled on lot 20, range 5; succeeding Josiah Bemis on the "Williams Farm." Ch .: I. Lavina. II. Angeline. III. Harlan P., d. July 29, 1851. IV. Elvira. V. A daughter, d. June, 1851, æ. 4. VI. Solomon S. VII. Clarissa L. VIII. Elizabeth A. IX. Mark A. Solomon Hardy, father of B. P. H., d. May 11, 1851, æ. 84.


DAVID HART, from Ashby, settled in Dublin, 1812, on the south part of lot 21, range 5; m. Lucy Page. Ch. :


I. Jacob, m., 1821, Susan Williams, dr. of Samuel W. Ch .: 1.


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CORDELIA, b. 1822. - 2. ADALINE WILLARD, b. 1824. Re. to Charlestown, N. H., 1824.


II. Nathaniel. III. Joel, m., Sept. 24, 1825, Anna Hardy, dr. of Thomas H. Ch .: 1. LEROY, b. Nov. 16, 1826. - 2. JOEL WILLARD, b. Sept. 11, 1830. - 3. ANNA ELIZA, b. March 29, 1833. Re. to Barry, Ill. IV. Lucy.


V. Suel Page, b. June 13, 1813 ; m., 1835, Mary Ann Bemis, dr. of James Bemis. Re. to Barry, III.


VI. Norman, b. Nov. 5, 1817; m., 1836, Emily Greenwood, of Marlborough ; d. Nov., 1838, on his way to Barry, Ill. Ch .: 1. SYLVIA, b. Nov., 1837.


JASON HARRIS, m. June 8, 1786, Elizabeth Adams, dr. of Joseph A .. a blacksmith, on lot 13, range 10. Ch. :


I. Heman, b. Feb. 20, 1790. II. Hannah, b. May 28, 1794. III. Jason, b. Dec. 28, 1797.


BETHUEL HARRIS, m., Jan. 1, 1794, Deborah Twitchell, dr. of Abel T. His brick house in Harrisville was placed on the line that separates Dublin from Nelson. Nelson, however, was the town in which he voted, and paid a poll-tax. Ch .: Cyrus, Milan, Lovell, Calmer, Charles P., and several daughters, one of whom m. A. S. Hutchinson.


THOMAS HAY (recently changed by some of the family to Hayes), from Merrimack, N. H .; b. 1760; d. March 2, 1839; settled in Dublin, 1792; m., 1792, Rebeckah Pool, b. 1766, d. Feb. 1, 1854. Ch. :


I. Mary, b. 1794; m., April 29, 1819, Abijah Richardson, jun. II. Thomas, b. 1796; m. Abigail Wilkins.


III. Joseph F., b. 1799 ; m., 1820, Nancy Sanders, dr. of Samuel S., of Jaffrey. Ch .: 1. NANCY A., b. May 28, 1821 ; m., April 28, 1845, Nathan Whitney, from Massachusetts, b. Nov. 3, 1818; re. to Peterborough, 1840, and to Dublin, 1851: ch. (1) Albert R., b. March 25, 1846; (2) Eugelia Mezota, b. May 28, 1848; (3) Frances Emelia, b. Aug. 9, 1850 ; (4) Clara M., b. June 24, 1852. - 2. JOSEPH A., b. 1823 ; d. Sept. 28, 1826. - 3. SOPHRO- NIA, b. May 28, 1827 ; d. Dec. 23, 1846. - 4. EMELIA M., b. Nov. 9, 1832 ; m., June 13, 1850, Samuel W. Hale, of Fitchburg, Mass .: ch. (1) William, b. May 17, 1854. - 5. M. DE LAFAYETTE, b. Oct. 27, 1834. - 6. ISABEL, b. June 22, 1837. - 7. WILLIE, b. May 13, 1839 ; d. July 22, 1839.


IV. William, b. 1803; m., 1849, Rebecca H. Loring, of Boston. V. Dexter, b. 1807; m. Rhoda Doe. Ch. : 1. MARY L. - 2. WILLIAM.


JOSEPH HAYWARD, from Concord, Mass., 1781; m. Rebecca Prescott ; settled on lot 12, range 6. She d. Oct. 30, 1825, æ. 79. He d. May 9, 1835, æ. 89. Ch. :


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I. Rebecca, d. July 10, 1785.


II. Betsey, m., Aug. 14, 1793, Reuben Morse, jun. She d. July 5, 1851, æ. 80. Ch .: 1. ELIZABETH, b. March 27, 1794 .- 2. REBECCA H., b. March 13, 1796; d. Dec. 30, 1847; m., 1826, Charles Davis, of Milford, N. H. - 3. REUBEN, b. March 23, 1805 ; m., 1840, Melinda Lane.


III. Joseph, b. Nov. 22, 1772; d. March 14, 1846; m., Feb. 23, 1846, Sally Minot, of Concord, Mass., b. Oct. 26, 1780, d. Dec. 8, 1824. Ch .: 1. MINOT, b. Dec. 3, 1800; d. April 21, 1828 ; m., Dec. 19, 1826, Rebecca T. Brooks, dr. of Jonas B .: ch. (1) Sarah Ann Willis. - 2. MARY, b. Aug. 26, 1803; m., Sept. 29, 1825, F. Gilman Appleton, q. v. - 3. SALLY, b. July 1, 1805 ; d. Oct. 27, 1820. - 4. EMILY, b. Jan. 2, 1808; m., March 20, 1827, Samuel Appleton, q. v .; second h., m., June 5, 1833, Calvin Aikin ; ch. n. u. - 5. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 4, 1810 ; d. Feb. 6, 1810. - 6. SYLVIA, b. April 9, 1811 ; m., Nov. 28, 1833, William H. Whittemore, of Greenfield, N. H .; ch., n. u. - 7. HANNAH, b. Aug. 11, 1813 ; m., May 15, 1838, George W. Bailey, of Greenfield ; r. Pittstown, N.Y. -8. JOSEPH PRESCOTT, b. Feb. 24, 1816 ; d. Oct. 24, 1820. - 9. JAMES, b. Jan. 23, 1820; d. Sept. 28, 1850; m., Oct. 24, 1844, Amy C. Hoag, of Pittstown, N. Y .: ch. (1) Emily A. H., b. Sept. 12, 1845 ; (2) Alfred J. M., b. Sept. 12, 1849. - 10. SOPHIA, b. April 19, 1822 ; d. July 11, 1829. - The following are the ch. of Joseph H. by his third w. : 11. CHARLES P., b. July 7, 1833. - 12. JOSEPH FRANKLIN, b. Nov. 30, 1836.




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