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3. George, b. December 18, 1835; d. February 25, 1841.
4. Sarah C., b. March 23, 1837; d. June 28, 1868; was m. a few days before her death.
5. Catherine C., b. June 27, 1839 ; d. February 23, 1841.
3. Josuah D., b. October 30, 1809; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joash and Sally (Hildreth) Minot, February 21, 1837; settled in Unity, where they remained two years, and rem. to near East Wash- ington, where he d. August 4, 1870 ; she d. April 5, 1884.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Sylvanus O., b. May 2, 1840 ; d. February 16, 1841.
2. Sarah Eglantine, b. June 20, 1842 ; m. September 26, 1871, John L. Safford, of Washington, where they res.
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IV. CHILDREN.
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 24, 1873; d. January 27, 1884.
2. Carroll D., b. August 4, 1875.
3. Ruth E., b. November 16, 1881.
JOHN W., s. of Hartwell and Sarah (Collins) Craine, was b. in Wilmot, Sept. 13, 1844; m. Dec. 30, 1869, in Deering, Lottie A., dau. of Amariah and Susan C. Craine, and grand daughter of Jesse and Susanna (Clark) Craine. Educated in Washington Union Academy. He enlisted Nov. 18, 1861, and was mustered in Nov. 25, '61, as private in Co. - , Reg., N. H. Vols. ; re-enlisted and must. in Jan. 4, 1864, and trans. to Co. A., Vet. Battl., 8th N. H. Vols., Jan. 1, 1865 ; app. Corporal, June 6, '65 ; mustered out Oct. 28, 1865. As a member of Co. A., 8th Reg. N. H. Vols., he took part in eight battles and 47 skirmishes. He was a member of Co. K, 2d Reg. of the N. H. National Guard ; app. 2d Lieut. Oct. 31, 1888; Ist Lieut. Feb. 28, 1889, by Governor Sawyer. He d. at H. Mar. 28, 1903.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Bert L., b. October 28, 1870. (See)
2. M. Grace, b. February 18, 1873, in Washington; m. Harry E. Loveren, of Manchester. (See)
BERT LINWOOD, s. of John W. and Lottie A. Craine, was b. in Deering, Oct. 28, 1870; ed. in schools of Washington and Hills- borough; weaver in mills; res. in Washington, Deering and Hillsborough, in last town since 1884. He m. May 8, 1894, Alice J., dau. of Joseph J. and Mary T. (Gordon) Huntington, of Henniker.
IV. CHILD.
1. Glenna M., b. July 20, 1902.
CROOKER.
In tradition the Crooker family is one of the most ancient in Devon County, Eng., and an old saw runs : "Crooker, Cressey and Copplestone were at home when the Conqueror came." The name has run according to different languages: English, Crocker,
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Croker, Crooker; Norman, Kraker; Norwegian, Krok; German, Kroker; Dutch, Krook and Krueger, Kruger; Flemish, Crock- east. In the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries it was a knightly race, and held the office of High Sheriff of the County of Devon. Sir Hugh Croker was Lord Mayor of Exeter in 1641, and John Crooker was cupbearer to King Edward. Leander J. Crooker, Jr., of Augusta, Me., in a manuscript record of the "Crooker Family History" says :
"The ancestry of the Crooker family seems to have been English, though some claim a Scottish origin. One Francis Crocker is named in the records of Barnstable (Mass.) as early as 1645, the place of his nativity being uncertain. He was a soldier in the Narraganset Expedition in 1645, and m. in 1647, Mary Gaunt or Grant, dau. of Peter Gaunt. Francis d. in 1693.
"Jonathan Crooker, supposed to have been the second s. of Francis, was b. in 1650; he m. Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Burroughs and d. in 1745. He had a s. Francis, second, who had a s. Isaiah, who was b. in Marshfield, Mass., in 1730."
Isaiah Crooker is described as a man weighing four hundred pounds, a shipbuilder. He emigrated to Long Reach (afterwards Georgetown, now Bath), Me., when 18 or 20 years old. He m. first, Betsy, dau. of Jonathan Philbrick, of Long Reach; she d. in 1757, and he m. second, Mrs. Hannah (Harding) McKenny. He built his last ship in 1780; d. 1795, aged 65 ; wid. d. Apr. 25, 1825, aged 89 years.
V. CHILDREN, ALL BUT FIRST CHILD BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
1. Priscilla, b. in 1757.
2. Huldah, b. May 12, 1762.
3. Isaiah, Jr., b. in April, 1764.
4. Elizabeth, b. in May, 1766.
5. Jonathan Harding, b. in 1768.
6. Gamaliel, b. in 1771. (See)
7. Timothy. Lost at sea.
8. William Swanton, b. April 3, 1773.
9. Francis Winter, b. June 27, 1775.
10. Zachariah or Zacheus, b. July 13, 1778.
11. Hannah, b. in April, 1781.
NOTE-The seven sons were all over six feet in height, stalwart and active. The eldest, Isaiah, Jr., weighed 400 pounds.
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GAMALIEL, sixth child and third s. of Isaiah and Hannah (McKenny) Crooker, b. in 1771 ; m. in 1795, Martha McFarland.
VI. CHILDREN.
1. Gamaliel, Jr., b. in 1797.
2. Robert, b. in 1800. (See)
3. Andrew Jackson.
4. 5. Elizabeth and Martha, twins, b. 1799 .
6. Jonathan Harding, 3d, b. 1807.
7. Rachel.
8. Frances Jane.
9. David, 1815 ; d. 1884.
CAPT. ROBERT, s. of Gamaliel and Martha (McFarland) Crooker, was b. in Bath, Me., July 1, 1800; m. in 1819, Sarah Bowker, of Brunswick, Me., b. Oct. 18, 1799. He enlisted and was stationed at Fort Popham at the mouth of the Kennebec River during the last year of the War of 1812. He followed a sea-faring life for 40 years, serving the U. S. Government three years at the mouth of the Mississippi River; was sailing master of his own vessels for 30 years. When at last he tired of sea life, he settled as a farmer in Wrentham, Mass., until he came to H. in 1883, purchasing the Brazilla Gibson farm; w. d. Jan. 18, 1879 ; he d. July 28, 1887.
VII. CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN BATH, EXCEPT THE LAST.
1. Elizabeth, b. in January, 1820; m. William Allen, of Essex, Mass .; d. July 17, 1873.
2. Robert, Jr., b. in 1822; lost on Lake Michigan, in 1840.
3. Martha, b. in 1825; d. at Canterbury, May 14, 1895.
4. Sarah A., b. in 1827; d. at Canterbury, February 13, 1877.
5. Jane, b. in 1828; d. in infancy.
6. Gamaliel, b. in 1829; learned the trade of currier under Stephen Westcott & Son, Boston, Mass .; came to Hillsborough in 1859 as Superintendent of their business at Lower Village. He m. August 31, 1854, in Essex, Maria S. Pratt, who after his death, May 16, 1876, m. S. Scott Miller. (See)
VIII. CHILD, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Stephen E. Crooker, b. April 29, 1861; d. June 21, 1882.
7. Andrew J., b. March 29, 1832. (See)
8. Jane, b. in Tamworth, 1834; d. at Canterbury, February 18, 1916.
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ANDREW J., s. of Capt. Robert and Sarah (Bowker) Crooker, b. in Bath, Me., Mar. 29, 1832, was educated at Canterbury, where he lived until 21 years of age, when he came to H., in the employ of his brother Gamaliel in the "curry shop" at the Lower Village. He enlisted in the Eleventh Reg., N. H. Vols., Aug. 14, 1862; he was wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862, and again at Petersburg, Va., Aug. 7, 1864; discharged May 20, 1865. He was Representative to the State Legislature 1897-1898. He m. Sept. 1, 1856, Lucy A., dau. of John and Lucy A. (Whitney) Jones, of Lexington, Mass. ; she d. Oct. 12, 1910.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Elizabeth F., b. May 12, 1860, in Roxbury, Mass .; m. September 7, 1881, Fred B. Putnam, of Wilton.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Minnie Edith, b. in Wilton, June 25, 1882 ; m. March 25, 1907, Norman S. Britton, b. February 23, 1876.
2. Fred Ernest, b. in Wilton, September 10, 1883; m. June 9, 1906, Jessie Julia Lee.
CHILDREN.
1. Hazel Winoa, b. March 25, 1907.
2. Grace Evelyn, b. May 4, 1908.
3. Cora Elizabeth, b. June 27, 1911.
3. Ida F., b. in Pepperell, Mass., March 21, 1893.
4. Robert Whitney, b. in Antrim, March 19, 1899.
2. Robert G., b. September 18, 1862 ; m. June 25, 1885, Edna L. Horn; res. on the Brazilla, formerly the Rodney Gibson farm; d. 1904.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Lucy J., b. April 18, 1886 ; d. June 25, 1886.
2. Hattie E., b. October 7, 1887.
3. Ethel E., b. April 8, 1891.
3. Harriet G., b. April 3, 1866 ; m. June 25, 1885, William F. West, a blacksmith at the Lower Village; d. Jan. 7, 1907.
IX. CHILD.
1. Florence E., b. July 29, 1887 ; d. August 6, 1887.
4. Lucy M., b. July 24, 1867; m. June 17, 1883, James O. Carr, of Antrim.
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IX. CHILDREN.
1. Jackson Carr, b. March 3, 1890; m. in 1908, Myrtle Smith.
X. CHILD.
1. Marion Eula, b. in December, 1909.
2. Aura M., b. December 16, 1894; m. in 1912, Weldon Sterling.
X. CHILDREN.
1. Walter Crooker, b. October 5, 1913.
2. Robert Wellington, b. October 10, 1914.
3. Franklin Weldon, b. July 26, 1916.
5. Sarah J., b. May 6, 1871; m. November 21, 1888, Frank L. Straw, of Contoocook; d. August 10, 1908.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Lucy F., b. in Manchester, May 13, 1890; m. in 1914, O. D. Le Bert.
X. CHILD.
1. Gordon Neil, b. May 29, 1915.
2. Bernice A., b. June 7, 1892 ; m. 1914, Thomas L. Corson.
X. CHILDREN.
1. Harriet Gertrude, b. June 16, 1915.
2. Sarah Elizabeth, b. October 3, 1916.
6. Andrew J., b. June 17, 1875 ; m. August 18, 1893, Mary L. Woods; div. and m. second, in 1908, Lizzie M. Travis.
IX. CHILDREN, BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
1. Andrew Jackson, b. in Peterborough, July 27, 1914.
2. David William, b. in H., April 7, 1916.
CROSBY.
The ancestry of this family has been traced back to 1220, and the first immigrant by that name to come to New England was Simon Crosby and his wife Anna, who came in the vessel "Susan and Ellen," 1635, and settled in Cambridge, Mass. His descend- ants run down through seven generations : Simon, Simon, Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Josiah; Othni, Othni, Jr., who was b. in Dublin, N. H., Dec. 21, 1811, and came to H. in 1836. He m. Julia, dau. of Alexander and Abigail (Breed) Parker, and settled on the
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"Parker farm," between the Centre and Bridge Village. He was deacon of the Congregational church at the Centre for many years. He d. at Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 21, 1888.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Abby P., b. May 2, 1838 ; m. Leonard W. Lane, of Salem, Mass., December 18, 1859. He was a machinist, and had charge of the Eastern Railroad machine shop at Salem. One child, Julia C.
2. Austin R., b. December 17, 1841; m. S. Emeline Nowell, of York, Me. He was a salesman and lived at Cambridge, Mass .; d. January 25, 1906.
ALPHEUS, s. of Abraham and Mary (Tebbetts) Crosby, b. in Sanford, Me., Oct. 18, 1810; was brought to H. when he was 3 years old; lived here except three years in Lowell, Mass., and two years in Washington, until 1868, when he rem. to Deering, where he d. Feb. 24, 1882. He m. May 4, 1856, Esther, dau. of William and Susie Jones; in early life he was a teamster, but later he became a farmer.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Mary A., b. August 2, 1858; was a noted school teacher ; secretary of Valley Grange, P. of H., several years.
2. Jessie F., b. June 4, 1860.
3. Frank B., b. May 5, 1863.
4. Fred A., b. in Washington, March 19, 1865.
5. William F., b. February 2, 1867.
6. Sarah F., b. in Deering, October 8, 1872.
CROSS.
JOSEPH NATHAN, b. in New London, N. H., Dec. 1, 1853; m. Charlotte Kimball, dau. of David and Sybill (Wyman) Kellom, b. in H., Dec. 31, 1852.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Harry Richard, b. in H., October 2, 1878 ; m. in H., October 25, 1905, Carrie Cynthia Boyce, dau. of Samuel and Jennie C. (Ellis) Boyce, of H.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Harold Joseph, b. December 27, 1907.
2. Richard Kimball, b. October 8, 1910.
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CUMMINGS.
THE REV. JACOB, S. of Solomon and Mary (Graham) Cum- mings, was born at Warren, Mass., Dec. 5, 1792. His family were religious in character, from the remote ancestor who landed in Salem, in 1630. His mother was the dau. of Rev. Dr. Graham, of Conn., a graduate of Yale College in 1740, while he was the s. of Rev. Dr. John Graham, one of the founders of that institution. He was born at Belfast, Ire., Sept. 20, 1694, and graduated at University Glasgow, Scotland, 1714; landed in Boston, Mass., Aug. 4, 1718. He was the son of Andrew Graham of Glasgow, Scot., one of the House of Graham of Montrose.
The subject of this sketch was fitted at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., graduated from Dartmouth College, 1819, and studied for the ministry at Andover Theological Seminary ; was Pastor at Stratham from 1824 to 1836; Sharon and Southboro, Mass., 1836 to 1843, and at Hillsborough Bridge Village from 1843 to 1856, when he retired from active ministry, removing to Exeter, where he d. June 20, 1866. He belonged to the strict Calvinistic type. Mr. Cummings m. Apr. 21, 1824, Harriet, dau. of John Sargent and Mary (Cheever) Tewksbury, of Chelsea, Mass. She d. at Newburyport, Mass., May 20, 1880.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Dr. Edward P., b. at Stratham, May 19, 1825 ; was ed. at Dartmouth and Harvard Medical schools ; graduated an M. D. at Univer- sity of N. Y., March 16, 1849. Became a physician and surgeon of note. Practiced in town from 1857 to 1860. He m. January 1, 1851, Harriet Bailey, of Brookline.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Harriet Ellen, b. in Francestown, May 13, 1852.
2. Mary W., b. in Philadelphia, February 8, 1857; d. in Exeter, July 6, 1864.
3. Willis B., b. in Exeter, May 6, 1860.
4. Alice M., b. in Newburyport, Mass., March 25, 1867.
3.
2. Mary C. G., b. in Stratham, April 17, 1829 ; d. in H., March 18, 1855. Harriette P., b. in Stratham, April 25, 1833 ; d. in Exeter, November 10, 1856.
4. John W., b. in Sharon, Mass., June 23, 1837; d. at H., November 9, 1858.
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5. Horace S., b. in Southboro, Mass., July 1, 1840; fitted at Phillips Exeter Academy, and after graduating from college studied law, in the practice of which profession he became distin- guished, holding many high offices in the state and nation. He m. October 15, 1874, Jeannette E. Irvin, at Pittsburg, Penn. No issue.
REV. CHARLES. This eloquent divine was the s. of Rev. Joseph and Annie Cummings, and was b. in Seabrook, Sept. 23, 1777. His educational advantages were adverse to his success, but despite this he became a very successful preacher along evangelistic lines. He was licensed to preach by the Baptist Board of ministers in 1805, and was ordained in Sullivan in 1810. He was active in organizing Baptist churches in Keene, Swansey, Peterborough, Marlboro, Hillsborough and elsewhere. He was one of the pioneers in the ministry, and preached frequently in this town between 1820 and 1828, when he came here as a settled minister for two years, and then returned to Sullivan. "Prayer- ful and zealous in every good work, he belonged to a class of men that ought never to be forgotten."
He m. Oct. 9, 1798, Mary Hemenway, of Roxbury, Mass., b. Jan. 21, 1781, a woman worthy to be the helpmeet of such a man. He d. in Roxbury, Dec. 27, 1849; she d. July 8, 1857.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Charles H., b. June 28, 1799 ; m. first, April 15, 1824, Lydia Higbee, who d. October 20, 1844, in O .; m. second, April 19, 1845, Ruth Smart. He d. in O., December 7, 1870.
2. Elias P., b. April 18, 1802 ; d. April 12, 1813, in Roxbury.
3. Mary C., b. August 22, 1807; m. June 25, 1828, Luke Hemenway ; she d. February 20, 1885, in Florence, Italy ; he d. February 17, 1870, in N. Y.
4. Joseph E., b. June 15, 1811; m. June 30, 1836, Daphna Wright ; he d. in Mich., June 26, 1855 ; wid. d. October 27, 1855.
5. Enoch P., b. March 28, 1815 ; m. first, June 13, 1838, Dolly Pillsbury, who d. in Sutton, December 8, 1858, and he m. second, May 26, 1859, Mary Russell; he d. in Concord, December 31, 1883.
6. Cyrus, b. September 5, 1817; m. May 25, 1846; d. in Mich., Novem- ber 4, 1882.
7. Anna G., b. November 22, 1820; m. April 5, 1838, Elijah Boyden ; res. in Marlboro.
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CUNNINGHAM.
ROBERT, SILAS and ISAAC, brothers, came to H. Robert lived on the Lorenzo Wilson farm; Silas and Isaac, both bachelors, lived on the Mark McClintock farm. Another brother, name unknown, lived in town a short time and then rem. to Lempster.
CURRIER.
JAMES, s. of Isaac and Lizzie (Hadlock) Currier, was b. in Deering, May 4, 1799; rem. to H. in 1822, and set. in the south- east part of the town on the farm since owned by Hiram Brown. He m. Mar. 20, 1823, Mercy A., dau. of Thomas and Mary (Newton) Howlett, b. Dec. 16, 1805. He d. Mar. 10, 1863 ; she d. at Tuckaho, N. Y., May 15, 1872.
III. CHILDREN.
1. I. Newton, b. December 20, 1823; m. December 17, 1845, Hannah G., dau. of Parker and Mary (Gunnison) Richardson, b. in Goshen. He succeeded to his father's farm, but later rem. to the north part of the town to the Abraham Coolidge farm near which he d. March 7, 1883. They had a s., J. Parker, b. November 26, 1849; rem. to San Francisco, Calif., in January, 1876, where he engaged in the silk business; became Vice- President and Secretary of the Carlson & Currier Silk Manuf. Co. He m. October 1, 1878, Gertrude A. Laurilard, of San Francisco.
2. Mary N., b. June 10, 1830; m. May 22, 1851, Russell T. Noyes. (See)
3. M. Marinda, b. June 18, 1841; m. June 14, 1860, Rev. John W. Ackerly. Had a dau. Abbie H., b. in Hancock, N. Y., August 13, 1862.
HIRAM B., s. of Herman J. and Sarah J. (Durgin) Currier, b. in Concord, 1866, came to Hillsborough in 1890. He worked in the mills about two years, and then for Horace Marcy eight years ; after which he went into the undertaking business which he continues. He succeeded Amos Wyman as Tax Collector March, 1921. He m. Jennie Jackson Woodbury, and they reside on Church Street. She had one child by first marriage, Philip Woodbury, a soldier in the World War.
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CURTICE.
JOHN came here in 1788 (first taxed in 1789), and is sup- posed to have lived in the east part of the town near the small pond called "Curtice Pond." Before coming he had m. Eunice -, who d. and he m. second, July 2, 1799, Betsy, dau. of Moses and Betsy (Booth) Nelson, b. Jan. 21, 1778.
II. CHILDREN, FOUR BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. John, Jr., b. December 30, 1786 ; d. in infancy.
2. Eunice, b. October 22, 1788 ; d. in infancy.
3. Joseph H., b. June 25, 1791; m. Cynthia Gibbs ; he d. about 1865.
4. Betsy S., b. February 14, 1794; m. first, Reuben Monroe, second, Isaac Merrill; d. April 16, 1873.
5. Sarah, b. November 13, 1799; d. in infancy.
6. John, b. April 5, 1801; d. in infancy.
7. Polly, b. March 27, 1802; d. in infancy.
8. George, b. March 29, 1804; m. Sarah, dau. of Almira Clark; d. January 31, 1887.
9. Lucetta, b. February 13, 1806 ; m. Lyman Hoxie; she d. in January, 1891.
10. John, b. January 2, 1808 ; m. first, Bernice Schofield, second, Car- oline Verdun, third, Hannah Verdun; he d. in January, 1885.
11. Sally, b. April 2, 1810; m. Robert Seafield; d. June 9, 1841.
12. Ruth, b. February 29, 1812 ; m. Gideon Archer ; d. April 16, 1885.
13. Charles, b. May 12, 1814; m. first, Abigail -; she d. and he m. second, Harriet Levally ; he d. in Carlton, N. Y., in February, 1885.
14. Francis, b. April 5, 1816 ; m. Mary Ann Bedell, of Ohio.
15. Moses N., b. November 13, 1821; m. Adeline Whitmarsh ; she d. and he m. second, Ruth Morse, of Neb.
CURTIS.
JOHN M., s. of David Curtis, b. in Windsor, Oct. 19, 1828; m. Apr. 27, 1862, Charlotte J., dau. of Ira and Abigail (Hill) Mellen, of Washington, b. Sept. 1, 1828; came to H. soon after marriage, to the place since occupied by Charles H. Danforth ; afterwards rem. to the Upper Village, where he d. suddenly Nov. 3, 1898; wid. d. Jan. 31, 1913. He was Justice of the Peace for many years; Collector of taxes in 1880 and 1881; Selectman from 1882 to 1886.
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III. CHILDREN.
1. Alice, d. in infancy.
2. Maribelle, b. April 29, 1866, in Plymouth, unm.
DANE.
WILLIAM (sirname also spelled Deane) came from Andover, Mass., about 1793, and settled in the northeasterly part of the town on what became known as "Dane Hill." He had served in the War of the Revolution, and fought at the battle of Lexington. His wife was Phebe Hall, but the records of the family are very meagre. Among their children was Timothy, date of birth un- known; succeeded to his father's homestead ; m. first, Esther, dau. of Oliver and Hepzibah (Monroe) Wheeler, b. Mar. 24, 1778; m. second, Mrs. Sarah (Tucker) Howe, of Henniker.
III. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Phoebe, m. John Butterfield, and rem. to Francestown.
2. John, m. Elizabeth Covill; he went to California in 1849, and d. there.
3. Timothy, Jr., m. Rhoda Proctor.
CHILDREN, BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
4. Moses.
5. Joseph, d. in infancy.
6. Sarah.
7. Esther, b. August 7, 1820; always res. in town, a seamstress at Bridge Village; d. March 3, 1906, unm.
DANFIELD.
WILLIAM, b. in St. John, N. B., in 1808; m. Nancy A., dau. of Benjamin and Clara (Ayer) Nichols, of Bradford; res. in Washington, Hillsborough (18 years) and Newbury (5 years). Served in Civil War, Co. A., 7th Reg., N. H. Vols.
II. CHILDREN.
1. William N., b. January 19, 1838 ; m. Laura Garfield ; d. in Louisiana, while serving in the Civil War, in 1863.
2. George, b. June 3, 1840. (See)
GEORGE, s. of William and Nancy (Nichols) Danfield, and grandson (maternal) of Benjamin and Clarissa (Ayer) Nichols ;
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was b. June 3, 1840; m. Mar. 17, 1860, Sarah, dau. of John and Hannah (Ayr) Robbins, of Washington. Served in the Civil War, Co. B., 16th Reg., N. H. Vols.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Carrie E., b. December 10, 1861.
2. Lizzie E., b. in Bradford, April 15, 1868 ; d. in Bradford, March 4, 1871.
3. Fred W., b. February 10, 1875 ; d. in Bradford, September 15, 1883.
DANFORTH.
NICHOLAS, came to New England from Framingham, Suf- folk, Eng., where he was b. about Mar. I, 1589, his wife Elizabeth having died about five years before this. He settled in Cam- bridge, Mass., with six of his children, Elizabeth, Anna, Thomas, Lydia, Samuel and Jonathan. The parish register of Fram- ingham, Eng., gives eleven different ways of spelling the sirname, and Nicholas was of the first generation recorded there, and was a "church warden." In Cambridge he became a leading citizen ; was chosen Deputy or Representative to the General Court, Mar. 3, 1635, only a year after his settlement here. With others he was "deputised to sett out the bounds of the new plantation above Charles Ryver" (Concord.) He performed similar work "to measure and sett out the bounds of Roxbury, Dedham and New- tone." He was also one of the eleven men (each representing a town) allowed by vote of the court, Mar. 12, 1637-1638 "to sell wine and strong water." He d. in April, 1638.
His descendants have proved useful and patriotic citizens, following nearly all of the vocations and serving in all of the wars of the country. The name of Jonathan Danforth appears on the tax list of this town for 1782, so he had evidently come here some- time in the previous year. He (s. of Benjamin, b. Billerica, Dec. 8, 1724, d. at H., Oct. 10, 1816, Jonathan, 3d, Jonathan, Jr., Jonathan, Nicholas) was b. in Billerica, Mass., July 20, 1754, was in the battle of Lexington, as was his father, while his mother and a younger brother sat up all night running bullets; he held a lieutenant's commission in the Revolutionary Army. He m. first, Jan. 19, 1786, five years after coming to H., Sarah, dau. of l'homas Chandler, of Tewksbury, Mass., b. April 20, 1756, who d.
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Dec. 18, 1794; he m. second, Mrs. Elizabeth Twist, of Danvers, Mass. He settled in H. on the road to E. Washington, one mile northeast of the Centre, and his father seems to have lived with him his last years. He d. Oct. 10, 1816; second wife d. April 24, 1824.
VII. CHILDREN, ALL BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Sarah, b. October 12, 1786 ; m. April 9, 1809, John Allen. (See)
2. Jonathan, Jr., b. May 5, 1788. (See)
3. Benjamin, b. August 30, 1789. (See)
4. Francis, b. February 28, 1793 ; became a clergyman; m. first, July 14, 1823, at Royalton, Vt., Sarah, dau. of Daniel H. and Hannah (Marsh) Park, b. April 11, 1799, and d. at South Hadley, Mass., October 15, 1841. He m. second, August 1, 1842, Elizabeth W. Dole, of Claremont; she d. October 15, 1842 ; he m. third, October 1, 1844, Susan Baldwin, of Lakeville; he d. in Clarence, N. Y., January 29, 1854 ; his wid. d. at Jasper, N. Y., November 26, 1882.
5. Elizabeth, b. December 15, 1794; m. March 20, 1819, David Wood- ward, of Lyndeborough, who d. in that town March 15, 1852; she d. May 28, 1878.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. George Dexter, b. October 5, 1823; m. October 30, 1850, Mary E. Prentice, of Lyndeborough.
2. William F., b. October 5, 1828; m. January 13, 1852, Sarah C. Everett ; he d. at Jasper, N. Y., June 25, 1864.
3. Eliza Jane, b. July 19, 1830 ; m. April 23, 1857, David C. Hollen- beck, b. in Jasper, N. Y., July 2, 1822.
JONATHAN, JR., b. in H., May 5, 1788; m. first, Nov. 29, 1814, Catherine Duncklee, of Greenfield, b. Dec. II, 1786; she d. May 26, 1838; and he m. second, June 21, 1840, Betsy, dau. of Robert and Ruthy (Blood) Austin, b. July 1, 1793; d. Mar. 5, 1863. He was a shoemaker ; d. Dec. 22, 1876.
VIII. CHILDREN, ALL BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Oramel, b. in Francestown, August 14, 1815 ; m. first, April 15, 1846, Mary Willey, Sheffield, Vt., b. December 28, 1821; d. December 1, 1879, and he m. second, Angelina Bignall. No children. He d. May 19, 1889.
2. Catherine, b. May 20, 1817; m. April 27, 1842, John Willey, Sheffield, Vt .; they were the parents of ten children; she d. at Topsham, Vt., December 27, 1875.
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3. Eliza Ann, b. December 21, 1818 ; m. July 3, 1843, Reuben Lewis, b. in Groton, Mass., September 13, 1816; she d. December 12, 1864. Child : Charles Henry, b. February 19, 1846; m. Lucy Moors, of Groton, Mass. They had one s. Joseph.
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