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HENRY STEWART, and Sarah his w., came from Amherst, N. H., 1779, and settled on lot 16, range 4. Ch .:
I. Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 1773. II. Lucy, b. Sept. 3, 1776, III. Polly, b. Nov. 1, 1778. IV. Reney, b. April 1, 1781. V. Henry, b. Jan. 4, 1785 ; d. Feb. 5, 1785. Sarah, w. of H. S., d. Jan. 5, 1785.
SILAS STONE, and Elizabeth his w., lived on lot 5, range 5. He was an early settler in Dublin. Silas Stone, jun., and the John Stone mentioned on page 22 of Mr. Mason's Address, are supposed to have been his sons. The births of four ch. are recorded : I. Julia, b. July 25, 1765. II. Jeduthan, b. April 17, 1767. III. Eli, b. April 28, 1769. IV. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1772.
JOHN STONE, from Leominster, Mass .; b. 1751; d. Nov., 1813 ; settled first in Jaffrey ; re. to Dublin, 1792, and lived on lot 22, range 4; m., 1779, Lydia Byam, b. Oct. 6, 1760, of Templeton, Mass., d. April 20, 1849. Ch .:
I. Lydia, b. Aug. 10, 1779 ; m., Sept., 1796, William Rollins, q. v. II. John, b. Nov. 16, 1783; d. Sept. 7, 1851; m. Lucy Colburn, of Langdon, N. H .; re. to Nelson, 1826. Ch .: 1. ELIAS, b. Oct. 28, 1807; d. Dec., 1811. - 2. LUCY, b. Sept. 7, 1809 ; m. Stephen Miller, of Alstead. - 3. JOHN, b. June, 1811 ; d. 1828. - 4. SILAS, b. Oct. 7, 1813. - 5. DAVID, b. March, 1820. III. Oliver, b. Dec. 20, 1786; d. Dec., 1841 ; m. Charlotte Kittridge, of Nelson.
IV. Samuel, b. June 15, 1790; d. Aug. 15, 1832 ; m. Alona
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Morse. Ch .: 1. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 22, 1818. - 2. LEONARD, b. Jan. 12, 1826. V. Silas, b. Sept. 12, 1792 ; d. Oct., 1813. VI. Betsey, b. Oct. 11, 1794; d. June 13, 1832; m. Calvin Hastings, of Marlborough. VII. Asa, b. March 14, 1796 ; d. Jan., 1803. VIII. Asenath, b. Oct. 6, 1799 ; m., Dec. 23, 1823, Silas Stone, q. v., son of John S., 2d. IX. Eunice, b. Dec. 28, 1802; d. Dec., 1811. X. Asa, b. Oct., 1807 ; d. Nov., 1811.
JOHN STONE, 2d (Capt.), from Spencer, Mass .; b. March 7, 1765; d. April 13, 1849 ; settled in Dublin, 1788, on lot 22, range 5 ; m., first, March 12, 1788, Elizabeth Stanley, b. 1769, d. Nov. 4, 1813. Ch. :
I. John, b. Dec., 1788; d. Nov. 29, 1804. II. Polly, b. Nov., 1790; m. Seth Fisher ; r. to Francestown. III. Betsey, b. Oct., 1792 ; m., Nov., 1811, Jesse Worsley. She d. 1833 ; r. Marl- borough. IV. Abigail, b. Nov., 1794; m., Jan., 1815, Robert Hardy; re. to Rutland, N. Y. V. Andrew, b. Oct. 11, 1796 ; d. 1833 ; m. Hannah Shurtliff, of Watertown, N. Y. VI. Martha, b. Jan. 19, 1798 ; m. Socrates Fay ; re. to Framingham, Mass.
VII. Silas, b. Jan. 12, 1800 ; m., Dec. 23, 1823, Asenath Stone, dr. of John S., 1st. Ch .: 1. EDWIN, b. Oct. 9, 1826; d. April 24, 1837. - 2. ELIZABETH S., b. Jan. 22, 1828 ; d. April 3, 1837. - 3. ELMIRA E., b. Jan. 17, 1830 ; d. April 8, 1837. - 4. L. JEN- NETTE, b. July 2, 1834. - 5. ELIZABETH E., b. Oct. 21, 1836. VIII. Aaron, b. Feb. 28, 1802; m., June 12, 1828, Mary Ward, dr. of Reuben W .; re. to Marlborough. IX. Mahala, b. Feb. 20, 1804; d. Oct., 1804. X. Mahala, b. Aug. 8, 1806 ; m., June, 1831, Francis Cooledge ; re. to Framingham. XI. Lydia, b. June 4, 1808 ; m., April 13, 1830, Benjamin Olcutt, of Keene. She d. 1844. XII. Emeline, b. May 8, 1810; m., June, 1831, Peter Lawson ; r. Lowell. XIII. Louisa, b. Jan. 14, 1812 ; r. Lowell.
The second w. of John Stone, 2d, was Mrs. Rebecca (Cooledge) Ward, m. Nov. 4, 1816. Ch .:
XIV. John C., b. Aug. 20, 1819 ; r. Marlborough. XV. Caro- line E., b. Aug. 28, 1821 ; m., Feb. 15, 1849, William J. Logan, of Bellows Falls. XVI. Helen, b. Feb. 24, 1824; r. Bellows Falls. XVII. George H., b. Dec. 21, 1825 ; r. Bellows Falls.
JOHN STONE, 3d, b. in Swanzey, N. H., Feb. 28, 1819 ; m., Oct. 26, 1841, Hannah S. Healy, b. in Winchester, N. H., Nov. 17, 1819, dr. of Davis H. They re., Sept., 1842, to Medina, Mich. In the spring of 1845, they re. to Swanzey, and, in Oct. of the same year, re. to Dublin. They live on lot 2, range 1. Ch .: I. Ellen Maria, b. at Medina, Sept. 2, 1843. II. Lucy Elizabeth, b. at Medina, Oct. 13, 1844. III. Amelia Delora, b. in Dublin, April 13, 1848. IV. Lucy Asenath, b. Oct. 28, 1849. V. Edmund Martin, b. Oct. 20, 1851.
HENRY STRONGMAN, b. about 1716 ; a weaver by trade ; emi-
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grated to this country from Dublin, Ireland, about 1736. He r. in Boston for a time, and, it is supposed, m. his first w. there. He afterwards re. to the vicinity of Deerfield, Mass. Ch. :
I. John, b. May 20, 1739 ; killed by the Indians in the French War, in what was called Roger's Winter Fight. II. Margaret, b. Aug. 3, 1741 ; m. . - - Shiner; r. Charlemont; then re. westward. III. William, b. Sept. 13, 1750; m. Mary Caldwell, of Dublin ; re. to North Hero, Grand Isle Co., Vt., where he d. Ch. : 1. MARY, b. March 13, 1774. - 2. MARGARET WASSON, b. June 12, 1775. - 3. JENNETTE ALEXANDER, b. Oct. 29, 1777.
IV. Richard, b. June 4, 1753 ; d. Aug. 12, 1791 ; m., Jan. 5, 1778, Betty Rix. She d. March 8, 1825, æ. 73. Ch .: 1. JOHN, Nov. 6, 1778 ; d. Jan., 1813. - 2. RICHARD, b. May 8, 1780 ; m., June 30, 1806, Sally Rollins, b. June 30, 1785, dr. of Joseph R. : ch. (1) Adaline, b. Jan. 26, 1808, m. Charles Whitney, r. Charles- town, Mass .; (2) Mary, b. May 3, 1809, d. Oct. 28, 1809 ; (3) Mary Livingston, b. Oct. 23, 1810, m., Dec. 26, 1844, Jonathan K. Smith ; (4) Richard Rodney, b. June 27, 1812, m., Aug., 1841, Sarah A. Bagley, r. Manchester, N. H. (5) Joseph Rollins, b. Nov. 14, 1813, d. Oct. 19, 1845, m., April 8, 1841, Mary Caroline Brown : ch. 1. Emogene Brown, b. Dec. 26, 1841 ; 2. Lucy Maria, b. Aug., 1844 ; (6) Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1816, d. Jan. 23, 1820 ; (7) Sarah Maria, b. Nov. 19, 1823, m., May 14, 1848, Martin L. New- ton, of Marlborough. - 3. HENRY, b. Feb., 1782; d. June, 1840. - 4 and 5. ELIJAH and ELISHA, twins, b. March 25, 1786; Elisha d. Aug. 15, 1787 ; Elijah d. Oct. 4, 1804. - 6. POLLY, b. Sept. 15, 1788 ; m. William Livingston, and went to the West.
Henry S., sen., for his second w., m. Jennette Alexander, b. about 1719, and re. to Dublin, being the fifth family in town, and the first that made a permanent residence here. His w. was the sister of John Alexander; and she kept her brother's house in Dublin several years previous to her marriage, drawing three lots of land in consequence of being the first permanent female resident. She left her brother, and went to the vicinity of Deerfield, where she m. Mr. S., and came back to occupy her land. Henry S. d. March 14, 1786, æ. 70. Jennette S. d. Nov. 20, 1792, æ. 73.
In the year 1800, the several branches of the Strongman or Strongmun Family took the name of Strong, by which they have since been designated. They were so called in conversation before the above date.
JOHN TAGGART (Ensign), b. Feb. 22, 1750, in Roxbury, Mass. ; came to Peterborough, 1752; remained in Peterborough and Sharon till 1797 ; then re. to Dublin, where he d., Nov. 15, 1832. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and an Ensign in the army of the Revolution. He m., first, 1774, Anna Emes, who was the mother of all his ch .:
I. Jacob, b. 1777. II. David, b. 1779; d. 1805.
III. John, b. 1781 ; m., 1804, Hannah Patterson, of Belfast, Me.
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She d. 1828. He d. Sept. 13, 1835. Ch .: 1. ANNA, b. 1805; d. 1807. - 2. MARY, b. 1807 ; m., first, Feb. 5, 1828, Cicero Robbe, of Peterborough, son of Daniel R. He d. 1829. Second h., m., Dec. 22, 1831, Jonathan Holmes; re. to Michigan : ch. (1) Mary Lane, b. Oct. 15, 1832; (2) John, b. Dec. 4, 1836; (3) Cicero, b. Nov. 13, 1844 ; (4) Florence E., b. Dec. 15, 1853. - 3. DAVID, b. July 9, 1809; m., Oct. 29, 1835, Sarah Perry, dr. of Benjamin P .: ch. (1) John, b. Jan. 10, 1840 ; (2) Frederick William, b. Feb. 7, 1842 ; (3) Benjamin P., b. Aug. 18, 1843; (4) George, b. May 22, 1845; (5) Harry, b. May 14, 1848; (6) Sarah Maria, b. May 17, 1850 ; r. Bronson, Mich. - 4. EMILY, b. Oct. 10, 1811 ; m., Jan. 24, 1833, James Adams. She d. Aug., 1835. - 5. FREDERICK WILLIAM, b. Sept. 28, 1813 ; d. 1839. - 6. JOSEPH Y., b. July 25, 1816; m., Feb. 8, 1844, Penelope L. Bosworth, of Cleveland, Ohio. She d. Feb. 9, 1850: ch. (1) Mary Jane, b. March 17, 1845. - 7. JANE, b. June 30, 1818 ; m. Jesse Warren, q. v. - 8. NANCY, b. Sept. 19, 1821 ; m., Nov. 24, 1841, David Holmes : ch. (1) Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1842 ; (2) Samuel, b. Nov. 30, 1844. - 9. JOHN MUN- ROK, b. Dec. 15, 1825.
IV. Sally, b. 1789; m. Joseph Twitchell, jun., q. v .; d. at Mil- ford, N. H., Sept. 25, 1851, at the house of her son-in-law, Dr. S. S. Stickney.
JAMES TAGGART (brother of Ensign John T.), with his w. Eli- zabeth, lived on lot 1, range 3; came to Dublin, 1788. Ch .: I. Barbara. II. William. III. Elizabeth. IV. Margaret. V. Re- becca. VI. James. VII. John. VIII. Washington.
JOSEPH THURSTON, b. in Alstead, N. H .; m. Betsey Brown, of Sullivan ; a blacksmith by trade, which he pursued in Sullivan till 1836, when he bought the Stand of John Sanders, and re. to Dub- lin. He built a new house ; sold, in 1853, to Almerin Gowing, and re. to Keene. Ch .:
I. Edward, b. 1830; d. Nov., 1837. II. Albert Bradley, b. June 20, 1837. III. William Henry, b. July 20, 1840; d. Oct., 1843.
DAVID THURSTON, and Alice his w .; r. in the west part of Dub- lin. Ch. : I. Alice, b. Dec. 5, 1794. II. Obed, b. Feb. 3, 1797. III. Charlotte, b. July 6, 1800. D. T. re. 1801.
CORNELIUS TOWNE, came from Rindge, 1804 or 5; b. at Topsfield, Mass., Feb. 13, 1772 ; m., 1791, Hannah Chaplin, of Rindge. Ch .:
I. John, b. March 4, 1792; r. Jaffrey. II. Rebecca, b. May 2, 1794 ; m. Josiah Wight, q. v. III. Moses, b. July 21, 1796; m., Dec. 29, 1818, Eliza Pierce ; r. Townsend, Mass. IV. Cornelius, b. April 18, 1803 ; m., first, May, 1824, Mary Knowlton, dr. of Deacon John K. She was b. July 2, 1804, and d. May 19, 1836. Ch. : 1. CORNELIUS K., b. Jan. 30, 1826. - 2. JOHN P., b. Sept.
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1, 1827. - 3. HANNAH C., b. Oct. 23, 1831. - 4. MARY E., b. Aug. 11, 1833. - 5. GILBERT, b. Jan. 27, 1836. Second w., m., March 16, 1837, Hannah Farnum, b. Nov. 22, 1798, dr. of Joshua F. Ch. : 6. GEORGE M., b. Jan. 16, 1838. - 7. CLARA F., b. March 8, 1839. V. Elijah W., b. Jan. 6, 1807.
DAVID TOWNSEND, b. in Lynn, Mass., 1725; d. Oct., 1788; re. to Dublin, with his family, 1779, having purchased his land as early as 1773, and performing labor upon it before he settled. He m. Judith Wiley, dr. of Benjamin Wiley. She was b. 1715, and d. Oct. 5, 1800. Ch .:
I. Judith, b. Sept. 4, 1749 ; m., 1772, David Gray Nutting, q. v. She d. 1834. II. Esther, b. Oct., 1750; m., 1770, Aaron Marshall, q. v. She d. Dec., 1806. III. Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1753 ; m., Aug. 9, 1773, Benjamin Smith, a soldier of the Revolution. He d. Sept. 8, 1826, æ. 74. She d. Dec. 25, 1836.
IV. David, jun., b. Nov. 13, 1755; m., 1780, Tamesin Wiley, d. April, 1837, æ. 80. Second w., m., Nov. 28, 1837, Mrs. Esther Fiske. He d. June 2, 1841. All his ch. by his first w .: 1. POLLY (Mary), b. June 24, 1782; m., June 2, 1800, Aaron Greenwood, q. v., son of Moses G., sen. - 2. DAVID, jun., 2d, b. Dec. 4, 1783 ; m., June 7, 1807, Dolly Fisher : ch. (1) Alfred, b. July 9, 1808; m., Dec. 4, 1838, Mary Ann Graham, of Peterborough ; r. Clare- mont; (2) Daniel, b. May 19, 1810 ; m., Dec. 31, 1836, Betsey Morse, dr. of Peter M. : ch. 1. Milan, b. Nov. 18, 1837 ; 2. Alvin, b. Sept. 14, 1840 ; (3) Elvira, b. Feb. 5, 1812 ; m., Sept. 1, 1831, Aaron Twitchell, son of Joshua T .: ch. 1. Joshua, b. June 3, 1834, d. March 8, 1850; 2. Aaron M., b. Jan. 8, 1840 ; (4) Mary, b. Jan. 11, 1819, m., Feb. 16, 1837, Bela Morse : ch. 1. Elbridge, b. July 11, 1847, d. March, 1850; 2. Ella, b. Aug. 19, 1852; (5) Harriet, b. Jan. 26, 1817, m. Ivers Flint, q. v .; (6) Lydia, b. Jan. 12, 1819, m., Oct. 18, 1842, Joseph Turner, of Peterborough : ch. 1. Charles H., b. 1848 ; 2. Emma F., b. Feb., 1850 ; 3. Frank F., b. Feb., 1852; (7) Eveline, b. May 5, 1821; (8) Tamesin, b. Feb. 26, 1824; (9) David, jun., 3d, b. April 23, 1827, m., Dec. 27, 1852, Hannah Lawrence, of Ashby ; r. on the homestead ; (10) Caroline, b. Nov. 3, 1829, m., March 8, 1849, Rufus W. Piper; r. Man- chester, N. H.
3. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 19, 1786 ; m., Dec. 10, 1807, Cynthia Fisher: ch. (1) Charles E., b. Jan. 17, 1810, m., May 28, 1840, Emeline Emes, dr. of Alexander E .: ch. 1. Cynthia M., b. Sept. 24, 1844; 2. Esther, b. March 27, 1850, d. April 1, 1850; (2) Benja- min F., b. June 3, 1812, d. July 25, 1843 ; (3) George W., b. Nov. 22, 1814, m., Nov. 25, 1836, Orilla Keblin, of Ashburnham, Mass. She d. Aug. 2, 1844: ch. 1. Emily A., b. June 17, 1840 ; 2. Ellen A., b. May 28, 1843; second w., m., 1847, r. Chelsea, Vt .; (4) . Samuel F., b. Oct. 16, 1817, m., July 3, 1847, Mrs. Betsey G. Twitchell, of Manchester, N. H .: ch. 1. Franklin M., b. Jan. 29, 1851; (5) David M., b. Oct. 3, 1820, m. July 11, 1853, Maria H.
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Powers, of Barre, Vt., r. Chelsea, Vt .; (6) and (7) Almira A. and Emily A., b. Sept. 18, 1824; Emily A. d. Dec. 7, 1828; (8) Emily A., b. April 13, 1830, d. April 27, 1838. - 4. DAVID, b. July 13, 1788 ; d. Feb. 2, 1808. - 5. Amos, b. April 7, 1790 ; d. Jan. 12, 1849 ; m., June 8, 1821, Betsey Priest, of Hancock. She d. Jan. 25, 1854: ch. (1) Mary Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1822; (2) Lucy, b. July 10, 1824, d. Sept. 10, 1826 ; (3) Jabez P., b. June 4, 1826; (4) Charles M., b. Sept. 19, 1828; (5) Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1833. - 6. ANNA, b. Dec. 31, 1792 ; m., May 7, 1850, Isaac Remick, of Man- chester, N. H .; r. Dublin. - 7. TAMESIN, b. Dec. 25, 1796; d. March 4, 1809. - 8. AARON, b. 1798 ; d. Sept. 1799. - 9. AARON, b. March 17, 1801 ; d. Jan., 1802. - 10. CHARLES, b. Feb. 18, 1803 ; d. Aug. 2, 1809.
V. Abigail, b. Dec. 1757; m., 1782, Benjamin Wiley, jun., q. v. She d. 1830.
SAMUEL TWITCHELL (Esq.), son of Joseph T.,* Esq., of Sher- born ; b. Aug. 24, 1840 ; m., 1766, Alice Wilson, dr. of Dr. John W., of Sherborn. She d. Nov. 7, 1805. Second w., m., Nov. 2, 1807, the widow of Dr. Young, of Peterborough. He d. April 16, 1820. Mary Wilson, widow of Dr. J. W., d. in Dublin, June 12, 1774. The character of Samuel Twitchell, Esq., is sufficiently in- dicated in the preceding' History. The public offices which he held show him to have been a man in whom his fellow-citizens confided, as an able and faithful manager of their municipal affairs. Ch .:
I. Hannah, b. July 1, 1767 ; d. Aug., 1767. II. Ephraim, b. [?] ;
* Rev. Abner Morse, of Sherborn, has kindly furnished, from his " MSS. History of the Twitchells, alias Tuchills," a genealogy of that part of the said family to which Samuel T., with his brothers and sisters, belonged. We insert here an abridgment of Mr. Morse's communication; and we commend the labors of Mr. M. to all who bear the name of Twitchell, or who are of their " kith and kin."
The forefather of the family was Joseph Twitchell, who was admitted to the free- man's oath, May 14, 1634. He r. in Dorchester in 1653; and was probably the father of Joseph, who settled in Sherborn immediately after Philip's War, where he d., Oct. 24, 1710. He was a man of irreproachable character; and tradition represents him to have been a Cyclops in stature, and a Hercules in strength. He had four daugh- ters, and a son Joseph who m. Elizabeth Holbrook, whose son Joseph was the father of Samuel, who settled in Dublin. Of this Joseph, Mr. Morse gives the following account: -
" Joseph (Esq.), b. Feb. 13, 1718-19; m. Deborah Fairbanks, June 28, 1739, dr. of Joseph F., of Sherborn, and with her was received to the church, July 27, 1740. He m., second, Widow Deborah (Sanger) Fasset, Jan. 5, 1786, and d. with the apo- plexy, March 12, 1792. He settled on the east side of Dirty Meadow, on the south side of a steep, rocky hill; and became the leading citizen of Sherborn for a series of years. He served as Captain of the militia, Representative to the General Court, and Justice of the Peace, and for fourteen years as Town-Clerk and Treasurer. His memory is still cherished here by the grandchildren of his cotemporaries." Joseph T., Esq., had fourteen children. For convenience of reference, we give their names in this note : 1. Samuel. 2. Joseph. 3. Elizabeth, m. Joel Wight. 4. Eleazer. 5. Ezra. 6. Martha, m. Nathan Bixby. 7. Deborah, b. March 26, 1749; d. May 13, 1752. 8. Abel. 9. Deborah, b. Dec. 23, 1752; m., May 5, 1775, Joseph Maynard, of Framingham. 10. Molly (Mary), m. Moses Rider. 11. Amos, baptized Jan. 2, 1757; d., um., in the army. 12. Eli, baptized Feb. 25, 1759; m., Sept. 23, 1784, Rhoda Leland; settled in Bethel, Me. 13. Peter, baptized Aug. 30, 1760; m., May 8, 1783, Sarah Bullard, who d. Sept. 20, 1791; second wife, Amy Perry, m. Jan. 10, 1793; r. Bethel, Me. 14. Julia, b. March 18, 1766; m. Wm. Tucker, of Framingham.
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d. Aug. 7, 1768. III. Sarah, b. Feb. 18, and d. Feb. 21, 1770. IV. Polly (Mary), b. Jan. 23, 1771; m. Samuel Fisk, q. v. V. Betsey, b. April 18, 1773 ; d. Jan. 20, 1853 ; m. Dr. David Carter. Ch .: 1. ELIZA, b. March 5, 1792; r. Keene. VI. Samuel, b. June 13, 1775 ; d. Sept. 1, 1777. VII. Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1777; d. April 8, 1784.
VIII. Amos (Dr.), b. April 11, 1781 ; d. May 26, 1850. In the Memoir of Amos Twitchell, by Dr. Henry I. Bowditch, the day of his birth is stated to have been April 14; but the town-clerk's record has it April 11. It is said, also, that he was the seventh of nine children ; but the register furnished for this publication makes him the eighth of ten children. These are unimportant points. The Memoir is a valuable one ; and it should be read by the young as an encouragement to persevering industry under limited oppor- tunities for literary acquisitions. Dr. Twitchell is said to have been fond of books when he was only six years of age. As he grew older, his love of reading increased ; and he read, with deep interest, history, voyages, and travels. Books were scarce in his youthful days; but he read thoroughly such as he could obtain. In conse- quence of his love of reading and his studious habits, he was sent to New Ipswich Academy, of which, at that time, Rev. Samuel Worcester was Preceptor, and where he remained seven or eight months. He was afterwards instructed by Rev. Mr. Palmer, of Townsend. He entered Dartmouth College, 1798, at the age of seventeen, and graduated 1802, delivering, at the time of his gra- duation, an oration in Greek. During the winters of his collegiate course, he taught district schools. He studied medicine under the direction of Dr. Nathan Smith, Professor at the Medical School in Hanover; and commenced practice, 1807, in Marlborough, N. H. He removed to Keene, 1810. In 1819, he was offered a Professor- ship at Dartmouth ; in 1824, at the Vermont Academy of Medicine; in 1826, at Castleton; and, in 1826, at Bowdoin College, each of which offers he declined. He was an earnest advocate of the cause of temperance, and strongly opposed to the use of tobacco in any form. From its incorporation, in 1833, to the close of his life, Dr. T. was President of the Cheshire Provident Institution for Savings. He m., 1815, Betsey Goodhue, dr. of Dr. Josiah G., of Chester, Vt. She d. 1848, c. Dr. Bowditch says, " She was a model of a physi- cian's wife, in the care and many kindnesses with which she mini- stered to those who called to consult him," her husband.
IX. Timothy, b. Jan. 28, 1783; m. Susan Watson, dr. of Daniel W., of Keene. Ch .: 1. HENRY, b. in Keene, Sept. 2, 1815; r. Cincinnati, Ohio. - 2. MARY, b. in Petersburg, Va., Aug. 14, 1818. -3. GEORGE BROOKS, b. in Petersburg, Va., Sept. 20, 1820; physician and surgeon, Keene; m. - - Thayer, dr. of G. F. Thayer, of Boston. - 4. CHARLES WATSON, b. in Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 17, 1823 ; d. Aug. 24, 1847, at Memphis, Tenn. - 5. LAURA ANNA, b. in Pensacola, May 6, 1826 ; d. Oct. 3, 1826 .- 6. EDWARD, b. in Arcadia, Fla., Nov. 8, 1828 ; now in California.
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X. Samuel, b. Feb. 26, 1785; d. Aug. 12, 1820; m. Abigail Bailey, and had two daughters. Second h., Samuel Patrick, of Jaffrey. She, and her two daughters by S. Twitchell, are dead.
JOSEPH TWITCHELL (second son of Joseph, of Sherborn), b. Nov. 27, 1741; m., Nov. 13, 1766, Marcy Holbrook ; settled on lot 9, range 3. Ch. :
I. Joseph, b. Nov. 24, 1767 ; d. 1767. II. Jonathan, b. June 27, 1769; d. Dec. 6, 1773. III. Marcy, b. June 4, 1772; d. Sept. 8, 1777. IV. Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1774 ; d. Aug. 3, 1777. V. Lois, b. Jan. 6, 1777 ; m. Samuel Derby, q. v. VI. Marcy, b. Feb. 9, 1779 ; m. John Snow, jun., q. v. VII. Joseph, b. June 25, 1781; m. Sally Taggart, dr. of Ensign John T. Ch .: 1. SARAH ANNE, m. Dr. S. S. Stickney ; r. first in Dublin, now in Milford, N. H .; ch. n. u. -2. ALFRED, m .; r. first in Boston, now in Milford, N.H .; ch. n. u. VIII. Persis, b. May 4, 1784; m. Daniel Twitchel, q.v., son of Gershom T., jun. IX. Reuben, b. May 17, 1786; m. Sally Wilder, dr. of Col. Abel W. Ch .: 1. ORLANDO, b. Feb. 6, 1808; d. at the West. - 2. REUBEN WILDER, b. Sept. 17, 1810; m., Sept., 1834, Hannah P. Wight, who d. May 3, 1847. Ch. n. u.
ELEAZER TWITCHELL (third son and fourth ch. of Joseph of S.), b. Jan. 22, 1744-5 ; m., April 4, 1768, Martha Mason, dr. of Moses M., sen. Ch. : I. Deborah, b. Feb. 1, 1772 ; first settled in Dublin on the " Yeardly Place," then on the " Scripture Place," in Nelson ; re. to Bethel, Me. After his removal to Bethel, he was taken cap- tive by the Indians, at the house of one of his neighbors, - a Capt. Clark, - on an afternoon when he happened to be there. Quite a number of Indians came suddenly upon the house, entered it, took Clark and Twitchell captive, bound their hands behind them, set one of their number as a guard, while the rest went into the cellar to regale themselves at a barrel of rum. Having partaken very freely, they called to the guard to come and take his turn. Mr. Twitchell, in anticipation of what might happen, had prepared him- self for escape; and, the moment the guard left him, sprang out of the house, ran a short distance, jumped over a brush-fence, and curled down. In a moment after, he heard them give the alarm that Mr. Twitchell was gone. They ran to the woods in search of him; mistaking the noise of some cattle in the brush for their captive. He embraced the opportunity to run into an adjacent corn-field, and there secreted himself for the night, and, in the morning, found, but a few rods from himself, Mrs. Clark, who on the approach of the Indians to the house had fled there for safety, neither having been aware that the other was near, or even in the corn-field. Capt. Clark was carried off to Canada. Jonas Clark, of Dublin, while in Canada, became acquainted with the Indian who took him, and received from him an account of the adventure.
EZRA TWITCHELL (fourth son and fifth ch. of Joseph, of S.), b. June 23, 1746 ; m. Susanna Rice, of Framingham; settled in Dub-
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I. Susanna, b. Nov. 9, 1768; d. at Framingham, Dec. 19, 1776. II. Anna, b. Dec. 15, 1770; d. at Framingham, Dec. 18, 1776. III. Calvin, b. Nov. 2, 1772; d. IV. Calvin, b. June 4, 1773; d. at Framingham, Dec. 18, 1776. V. Cynthia, d. at Framingham, Dec. 18, 1776. VI. Susanna, b. Nov. 2, 1777. VII. Ezra, b. Nov. 24, 1781. VIII. Eli, b. July 26, 1785.
ABEL TWITCHELL (fifth son and eighth ch. of Joseph, of S.), b. May 28, 1751 ; m., first, Sarah Adams, dr. of Joseph A .; settled in Dublin, on the Capt. Joseph Hayward Place. His house was where the old curry-shop stood; re. to Sherborn, and entered the army ; returned to Dublin, and settled on his place at Harrisville, where he d. March 8, 1837. The second w. of Abel T. was Elizabeth Clark, sister of Jonas C. She d. Jan. 13, 1846. All the ch. of Abel T. by first wife :
I. Sally, b. at Dublin, April 9, 1775 ; m., first, Aug. 8, 1793, Stephen Beard, of Nelson. who d. July, 1802, of hydrophobia, having been bitten by a mad dog. Ch .: 1. STEPHEN, d. in infancy. - 2. BETSEY, d. in infancy. - 3. STEPHEN, r. New Haven, Conn. -4. LYMAN, d. - 5. ELIZA, d. Second h., Samuel Messenger, of Stoddard, d. 1824. Ch .: 6. SARAH ANN, d.
II. Deborah, b. at Sherborn, Aug. 14, 1776; m., Jan. 1, 1794, Bethuel Harris, of Nelson.
III. Cyrus, b. March 13, 1778 ; m., 1800, Eunice Belknap; J. P .; r. Milan, N. H. Ch .: 1. RANSOM, J. P .; Rep. - 2. GILMAN. - 3. SULLIVAN, r. Philadelphia; purchased Charles Whittemore's beer establishment, and carries on the business. - 4. CYRUS. - 5. HANNAH ADAMS. - 6. CLAYTON, J. P. One son drowned while a boy.
IV. Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1780; m. Jonas Clark, q. v. (Page 323, fifth line from top, read Mary instead of Sarah.)
V. Peter, b. July 10, 1781; m., first, Dec. 22, 1803, Hannah Belknap, dr. of Nathaniel B .; r. Middlebury, Vt., Vergennes, Vt., and d. at Saratoga, N.Y. Ch .: 1. and 2. TWINS, n. u .; manufac- turers in the north part of Vermont; both d. of consumption. - Five ch. now living; two of them daughters, LOUISA and PAME- LIA ; names of the others unknown. Name of second w. not known.
VI. Abel, b. July 13, 1783 ; m. Abigail Greenwood, dr. of Joshua Greenwood, 2d; lived on the homestead ; d. July 15, 1834. She d. 1854. Ch .: 1. ELVIRA, b. April 25, 1809 ; d. May 18, 1845 ; um. - 2. ELBERTSON, b. Feb. 23, 1811; d .- 3. CHARLES MAN- SEL ADAMS, b. Feb. 22, 1819 ; m., Oct., 1844, Eliza Fay Bliss, of Boston, dr. of Levi and Harriet B .: ch. (1) Linette Frances, b. Dec. 15, 1849; (2) Charles Edwin, b. Sept. 25, 1852; r. East Boston.
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