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6. Catherine M., b. September 23, 1816 ; m. first in 1839, Syl- vester Dean; m. second, November 6, 1861, Henry Train, who was b. May 14, 1811, in Washington; he d. March 29, 1886; wife d. March 22, 1886.
7. William F., b. May 1, 1818; m. April 18, 1841, Ruth A. Wheeler ; d. June 21, 1872, in H.
8. Henry D., b. March 21, 1821; m. Susan Nichols ; d. October 6, 1857, in H.
9. Joannah, b. March 7, 1822 ; d. March 14, 1822.
10. Mary D., b. June 17, 1823; m. December 22, 1842, Henry Taylor.
11. : Joseph Clark, b. May 25, 1825; m. first, January 28, 1847, Clara H., dau. of Abram and Lucretia (Caldwell) Dow, b. October 1, 1826, in Weare; she d. September 16, 1865; he m. second, October 16, 1866, Mrs. Mary Frances Morrill, dau. of Mason H. and Mary (Gage) Carr, b. August 15, 1844, in Washington.
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12. Nancy A., b. August 28, 1827; m. May 25, 1847, Gilbert H. Buzzell.
13. Eliza A., b. October 29, 1829 ; m. December 11, 1849, Edward W. Dodge.
14. Moses G., b. December 2, 1831; d. April 18, 1834.
3. William, b. in October, 1791; rem. to South Boston, where he d.
4. Isaac, b. January 7, 1795 ; m. - Smith; rem. to N. Y., where he d.
5. Mary D., b. June 10, 1797; m. March 24, 1824, Alfred, s. of Nathaniel and Mille (Rand) Gordon, b. November 4, 1794, in Bedford; res. in Washington until 1836, when he rem. to Griggsville, Ill., where he d. December 17, 1880; his w. d. April 24, 1867.
6. Martha, b. April 3, 1799 ; m. January 25, 1818, Asa, s. of Joshua and Betsey (Noyes) Kimball, b. in Henniker, August 25, 1780; he d. April 8, 1852 ; she d. February 15, 1856.
III. CHILDREN, BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
7. Solomon E., b. September 13, 1803; m. June 9, 1831, Harriet L. Smith, b. in Sharon, Mass .; popular and successful teacher ; afterwards engaged in trade at East Washing- ton, where he d. July 19, 1871.
IV. CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN EAST WASHINGTON.
1. Harriet A., b. September 23, 1834; d. September 25, 1837.
2. Amos B., b. January 27, 1837; m. in March, 1864, Emma, dau. of B. H. Smith of Charlestown, West Va.
3. Julia A., b. January 3, 1841 ; m. December 25, 1867, Samuel A. Duncan of Meriden ; res. at Englewood, N. J.
8. Simon W., b. February 6, 1805; m. June 4, 1828, Eliza G., dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Gordon) Newman, b. January 17, 1808, in Washington; res. in Washington ; he d. December 10, 1882, in H .; his w. d. January 1, 1875.
IV. CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN WASHINGTON.
1. Sarah N., b. July 23, 1829; m. July 8, 1855, Cornelius Cooledge ; she d. in 1915.
2. Lovilla G., b. December 11, 1831; m. September 10, 1855, Fred H. Bailey of Hopkinton; res. in Chicago, Ill., where she d. September 20, 1868.
3. Moses E., b. August 24, 1834; d. September 7, 1834.
4. Hiram Jackson, b. August 11, 1835; m. June 4, 1857, Cor- nelius Ford of Nashville, Tenn .; res. in Chicago, Ill.
5. Belinda N., b. August 14, 1839 ; m. January 26, 1874, Charles C. Chase of Chicago, Ill .; res. at Lake View, Ill., where she d. February 4, 1883.
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6. Jane G., b. April 24, 1842; m. November 21, 1872, Luther Rawson; res. in Miss .; she d. July 18, 1876, at Lake View, Ill.
9. Nathaniel Gordon, b. May 20, 1806 ; m. first, December 21, 1826, Asenath, dau. of Thaddeus and Mary (Mann) Graves, b. September 2, 1800, in Washington; she d. February 9, 1843. He m. second, June 7, 1843, Elvira, dau. of Richard and Betsey (Hutchinson) Gage, b. July 11, 1819; res. in East Washinton, where she d. January 29, 1889.
IV. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
L 1. Thaddeus A., b. March 18, 1828, in H .; m. November 13, 1860, Emily A. Magee; res. at Washington, D. C.
2. Julia A., b. September 7, 1831, in Brookline, Mass .; m. January 2, 1856, Andrew J., s. of John and Judith Putney.
3. Cordelia J., b. March 2, 1834, in Washington; m. January 2, 1856, John Q. A. French.
4. William G .. b. February 12, 1836, in Washington; m. March 10, 1873, Lucinda M. Garcelon; res. in Cambridge, Mass.
IV. CHILDREN, BY SECOND MARRIAGE, ALL BORN IN WASHINGTON.
5. Ellen E., b. November 14, 1844.
6. George S., b. February 28, 1847; m. February 14, 1871, Flora Fone. :
7. Kate A., b. April 21, 1851; d. April 29, 1868.
8. Alice E., b. May 6, 1861; m. August 21, 1876, Fred Brock- way.
9. Fred E., b. December 13, 1863.
10. Hiram, b. May 17, 1808; m. Diadema Rand; settled in Alton, Ill., where he d. September 10, 1843, leaving one son who has since d.
11. Catherine M., b. February 22, 1814; m. first, November 6, 1834, Gilman, s. of Asa and Nancy (Woodward) Spaulding, b. September 4, 1811, in Lempster ; d. January 21, 1837.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Samantha, b. September 2, 1835, in Lempster ; d. February 19, 1851.
2. Gilman, b. June 17, 1836, in Lempster ; m. November 21, 1860, Clara S., dau. of William and Elizabeth (Wilson) Harnden, b. in Stoddard, December 13, 1834; m. sec- ond, October 19, 1848, Stephen, s. of Stephen Farrar, Jr., b. February 22, 1808, in Groton, Mass .; res. at East Washington, where he d. March 20, 1884.
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12. Amos B., b. May 7, 1815 ; m. in April, 1841, Clarissa Millard of Conn .; res. in Washington and afterwards Burlington, Vt .; d. in 1878.
13. Eliza A., b. March 15, 1820; m. in 1836, Samuel, s. of Richard and Betsey (Hutchinson) Gage, b. September 6, 1811, in Wilton; res. at East Washington, where he d. April 21, 1851 ; his w. d. December 25, 1869.
IV. CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN WASHINGTON.
1. Albert N., b. May 7, 1837; m. in July, 1868, Elva Davis of Warner.
2. Charles C., b. February 16, 1839 ; d. in Boston, February 24, 1881.
3. Hiram J., b. August 30, 1844; m. January 1, 1867, Mina S., dau. of Amos and Zilpah (Sweet) Kidder.
4. Roger S., b. February 19, 1851; m. August 24, 1870, Jennie A. Neaskearn of Clayville, N. Y.
CHARLES A., s. of Amos and Hannah (Bassett) Jones, and grandson of James and Ruth (Hanson) Jones, was b. in Gilman- ton, Mar. 31, 1844; m. in Weare, June 13, 1867, Anna Maria, dau. of Allen and Mary B. (Peasley) Sawyer, of Weare. Mr. Jones lived in Gilmanton from 1844 to 1858; Weare from 1858 to 1889, and from the last date to the present in H., where he has been Superintendent of Contoocook Mills Company and Contoocook Mills Corporation, still holding the position. While active in the interests of public affairs, he has never sought nor held a public office in H., but represented the town of Weare in the Legislature for 1870.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Helen M., b. in Weare, September 25, 1868.
2. Annie Alice, b. in Weare, April 7, 1870; d. June 8, 1870.
3. Chauncey G., adopted, b. December 7, 1874, in Concord ; m. January
1, 1902, Eva Emma Clark, of Franklin.
V. CHILD.
1. Charles Frederick, b. September 2, 1907.
CHARLES C., s. of Thomas Jefferson and Nancy N. (Averill) Jones, was b. in Windsor ; m. Roseltha R. Wilson, and soon after rem. to Hillsborough.
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III. CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN WINDSOR.
1. Etta G., b. October 13, 1858 ; m. Joseph R. Nelson, of Windsor.
2. Elizabeth B., b. April 7, 1863 ; m. Fred W. Hardy, of H. :
3. Irvin J., b. February 21, 1867 ; m. June 3, 1894, Elnora A., dau. of Gus. H. and Lovina Brown, of H. Engaged in trade at Bridge Village.
4. Harry A., b. in May, 1871.
EDWARD NATHANIEL, s. of Frederic Boyden and Emma L. (McKeen) Jones, b. Mar. I, 1867, m. Miss Addie C. Wood, b. in Stoddard. Feb. 10, 1870. He was a mechanic and employed for several years in Blood's Locomotive Works, Manchester.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Charles (York), b. in 1887 ; is m. and res. in Manchester.
2. Grace Jane, b. December 25, 1894; is shoe shop operative and has lived in Hillsborough, and Manchester (N. H.), Lynn and Lowell, Mass.
KEITH.
BENJAMIN F. KEITH, b. Jan. 26, 1846, in a house standing opposite the foundry at Lower Village, which was burned some years ago; m. in 1873, Kate Branley, Providence, R. I. He was a pioneer in vaudeville and moving picture forms of entertainment. He d. a few years since, leaving a million or more of money, and a son, Andrew Paul, who is now dead. Some years ago Mr. Keith bought a farm near Loon Pond, with the avowed purpose of making it his summer home. But he finally disposed of the place without carrying out his intentions.
Mr. Keith conceived the idea of the vaudeville show a third of a century ago, and he opened in Boston a small place with the little money he had reserved from his daily earnings. Cages of animals and exhibits stood at the entrance, while within was a diminutive stage and auditorium. Next door to Keith's un- pretentious entrance to his basement showhouse was one of Boston's largest theatres, where everybody seemed to be going. Finally, when the theatre was playing "The Mikado" to big audiences that fairly went wild over the show, and no one stopped to enter his "den", Keith lost courage.
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At this critical moment E. F. Albee, who had been at the head of a country circus, came to town. He met Mr. Keith and listened to his tale ot woe.
"Let me work out an idea?" asked Mr. Albee, and gladly Mr. Keith gave his consent. Immediately the entrance was cleared of its "attractions," and a Japanese garden, which fitted well to the Mikado, was inaugurated, singers, if cheap, were engaged for a week, and, what was really the secret of its success, extensive ad- vertising was done. It did not matter to him if he had never seen a Japanese garden, Mr. Albee went about his task with the spirit of conquest in his eye-and he conquered !
Upon the day of opening such a crowd gathered about the place that extra policemen had to be called, and this continued for months. Thus Boston was conquered. Keith's vaudeville from that day has been a success. B. F. Keith died a millionaire, and E. F. Albee became noted as a master workman in his craft.
KELLOM (KILHAM).
The Kellom, properly Kilham, family traces its ancestry back to the days when a township bore their patronymic, or vice versa, and Kilham town was located in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Austen Kilham, with his wife, came to Salem, Mass., in 1637, and in 1649 rem. to Wenham, Mass., becoming one of the first settlers in that town. His descendants have been found in various Mass. towns.
Among his descendants was Daniel Kellom (Thomas, Daniel, Austen, Thomas), as the name had come to be spelled now, b. in 1755, in that part of Woburn known as Wilmington, Mass .. so he was old enough to serve in the War of the Revolution. At its close he came to H., and settled first on the Samuel M. Baker farm for which he paid $10,000, payment being made in rye at $75.00 a bushel, both prices being fixed by the value of depreciated currency. He moved from there to the C. C. Sturtevant farm, and later to the "County Road." He m. Rebecca Belknap, probably of Billerica, Mass. He d. Nov. 19, 1851 ; she d. Aug. 28, 1856, aged 100 years, 7 mos.
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VI. CHILDREN.
1. Rebecca, b. January 13, 1777; m. March 4, 1806, William Connery ; d. in Milford.
2. Polly, b. October 17, 1781; m. Jeremiah Ames; d. in Salem, Mass.
3. Josiah, b. October 2, 1783. (See)
4. Hannah, b. August 23, 1785; d. in H., unm.
5. Daniel, b. August 30, 1787 ; d. in infancy.
6. Isaac, b. August 7, 1789; d. in Salem, Mass., in February, 1863.
7. Ruel, b. July 30, 1791 ; m. Clarissa -.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. John H., b. March 5, 1818.
2. Mary A., b. July 17, 1820; m. a Mr. Marsh; d. March 2, 1898.
3. Asa B., b. February 21, 1822.
4. Phebe F., b. February 29, 1824.
5. Hannah B., b. November 10, 1827.
6. Susan F., b. July 20, 1831. 7. Lafala, b. March 2, 1833.
8. Ruth, b. Februrary 9, 1792 ; m. John Whittaker, of Hopkinton ; d. in Concord, November 10, 1881.
9. Orpah, b. April 25, 1796 ; m. Lyman Robbins. (See.)
10. Sylvester, b. August 7, 1800; m. Hannah ---; d. in Salem, Mass., in 1881.
JOSIAH, s. of Daniel and Rebecca (Belknap) Kellom, b. Oct. 2, 1783 ; m. Sarah Wyman, of Deering.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. Daniel, b. September 3, 1810; d. young.
2. Frederick, b. April 21, 1812.
3. Stephen W., b. July 27, 1815. (See)
4. Page, b. August 2, 1817 ; d. young.
5. Edward, b. June 8, 1826. (See)
6. Sybil, b. August 22, 1828 ; m. David Kimball. (See)
STEPHEN W., s. of Josiah and Sarah (Wyman) Kellom, b. July 27, 1815; m. first, May 5, 1847, Sarah, dau. of Isaac F. Ferrin, b. in Concord, Mar. 5, 1828, and d. June 5, 1873 ; he m. second, Eliza Loveren. Lived in Concord after first m., and served in the city government several years.
VIII. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE, AND ALL BUT FIRST BORN IN CONCORD.
1. Elizabeth B., b. in H., March 4, 1848 ; m. November 6, 1873, John Morison. Four children : Sadie, Mary, Frank and Archie.
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2. George S., b. in Concord, August 6, 1850; m. March 10, 1877, Annie Murphy.
3. Frank P., b. in Concord, August 16, 1852. Was a member of the State Legislature for 1880 and 1881.
4. Mary A., b. November 18, 1856 ; d. June 5, 1875.
5. Walter H., b. November 2, 1858; d. August 25, 1859.
6. Willis H., b. September 28, 1862.
7. Sarah E., b. May 17, 1873 ; d. July 31, 1873.
EDWARD, s. of Josiah and Sarah (Wyman) Kellom, b. June 8, 1826; m. Aug. 15, 1858, Harriet M., dau. of William and Priscilla (Atwood) Thissell, of Newbury; he lived in Concord a while, but ret. to Hillsborough Bridge, where he d. June 12, 1908. He was a member of Valley Lodge, No. 43, I. O. O. F., for more than fifty years.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Arthur C., b. January 21, 1860, in Concord.
2. Charles E., b. March 7, 1874.
THOMAS, JR., bro. of Daniel and s. of Thomas Kellom, Sen .. was b. in Wilmington, Mass., and served in the War of the Revolution ; came to H. about 1792, and settled on a farm west of the "Town Farm." He m. first, Hannah Jaquith ; she d. Aug. 12, 1808, and he m. second, Lois Taylor, who d. Oct. 27, 1849; he d. Mar. 15, 1850, aged 90 years.
VI . CHILDREN, ALL BUT LAST BY FIRST MARRIAGE, AND ALL BUT LAST TWO BORN IN WILMINGTON, MASS.
1. George, b. December 9. 1781.
2. Francis, b. February 3, 1785 ; m. Patty -. Children : 1. Charlotte, b. April 3, 1814 ; d. August 27, 1818 ; 2. Sarah, b. March 5, 1816; d. August 24, 1818.
3. Orford, b. October 15, 1787.
4. Eliab, b. May 1, 1791; m. March 1, 1830, Rebecca, dau. of Maj. Isaac and Rebecca (Symonds) Andrews, and settled on farm for- 1 merly owned by Thomas Carr. He d. June 28, 1867; wife d. April 4, 1867. Children: 1. Eliab; 2. Frank, b. in 1833; left home when 20 years old, lived in Ill., Miss., and Tex., where he m. Mary I. Wells, who d. in 1880. Not known if he is living or dead. 3. Edwin.
5. Thomas, 3rd, b. July 3, 1796. (See)
6. Oliver J., b. May 1, 1814.
WALTER L. KELSO, M. D.
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THOMAS, 3rd, s. of Thomas, Jr., and Lois (Taylor) Kellom, was b. July 3, 1796, and succeeded to the family homestead; m. Jan. 23, 1826, Eliza B., dau. of James and Hannah (Vose) Tileston, b. in Washington, Jan. 27, 1798. He d. Mar. 10, 1852; she d. in Claverack, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1882.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. George O., b. July 29, 1827; lived on the old homestead; m. May 13, 1852, Rachel, dau. of Lyman and Orpah (Kellom) Robbins, who d. August 3, 1909.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. -, b. December 8, 1854 ; d. within four days.
2. Elveretta F .. b. March 24, 1856,
3. Arthur H., b. February 22, 1860.
4. May E., b. August 15, 1864; m. September 15, 1886, John G., s. of George and Elizabeth (Barnes) Nelson, b. November 19, 1850.
2. Susan A., b. April 25, 1830; m, May 14, 1851, William T. DeLuce, b. in Boston, April 4, 1829 ; she d. at Melrose, Mass., December 4, 1853. They had a son, Clarence Adelbert, b. in East Boston, June 3, 1853 ; d. July 20, 1853.
3. Harvey T., b. August 23, 1833 ; went to California about 1853, where he has since res .; m. in 1867, Lucy V., dau of Charles G. and Louisa S. (Fales) Smith; of San Francisco. Children : 1. Ger- trude, b. in 1871; 2. Arthur E., b. in 1874.
4. Emma B., b. July 18, 1838 ; m. April 30, 1863, Rev. William F. Hat- field, b. June 5, 1834, at Scarsdale, Westchester Co., N. Y. He was a Methodist clergyman, educated at Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn., and Concord, Mass., Theological Institute, and held appointments at Brooklyn, Portchester, White Plains, New York City, Tarryton, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and other places.
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VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Jennie E., b. in Portchester, N. Y., May 6, 1864.
2. Emma L., b. November 19, 1865, at Portchester.
3. William J., b. November 13, 1867, at Greenwich, Conn.
4. Sadie F., b. September 28, 1875, at White Plains, N. Y.
KELSO.
WALTER LAMSON, B. L., M. D., s. of Henry, b. in New Boston, N. H., Feb. 3, 1843, and Harriet Frances Lamson, b. in Mont Vernon, N. H., April 6, 1850; grands. of Robert Patterson
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and Juliana Perkins Kelso, b. in New Boston, N. H., Feb. 17, 1872, ed. McCollom Ins't, '90, MontVernon; Dartmouth '95; Univer- sity of Vt. Coll. of Medicine '05; physician. Res. in Boston, Mass., six years, and Burlington, Vt., four years. He m. in An- trim, N. H., Aug. 1, 1906, Carrie May Butterfield, dau. of John C. and Rosanna A. Robb, of Antrim. Came to H. in August, 1905.
IV. CHILD.
1. Velna Marriett, b. in H., December 26. 1910.
KEMP.
BENJAMIN HOLDEN, s. of John Buswell and Laura (Reed) Kemp, and grandson of Holden and Eunice (Ingalls) Kemp, was b. in Acworth, Oct. 1, 1843; m. in H., Dec. 16, 1863, Sarah Ann, dau. of Chapin K. and Sarah (Beckwith) Burtt; res. in H. since 1863 ; she d. Feb. 6, 1898, aged 58 years.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Minnie L., b. May 7, 1867.
2. John B., b. April 3, 1869.
KENDALL.
CAPT. NATHAN, b. in 1726; m. in 1753, Rebecca Colburn, of Merrimack; rem. from Litchfield to Souhegan West, Amherst, between 1747 and 1754. He d. Nov. 10, 1791 ; wid. d. in Antrim, in 1818, aged 88 years. They had children: Nathan, Joshua, Rebecca, Jesse, Timothy, b. in Amherst, in 1770; m. Esther Pierce of Chelmsford, Mass .; Thaddeus and John Colburn.
JOSHUA, 2d s. of Captain Nathan Kendall, b. in Amherst, Sept. 9, 1758; m. a Miss Howard and came to H. in 1787; res. at Upper Village, on the place since known as the Carter homestead. He d. in 1823.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Rachel, m. December 28, 1815, William, s. of James and Sally Mc- Allister, b. in Antrim, May 3, 1781; had several children. He d. in Wilmot, March 23, 1862.
2. Oliver.
3. Sally.
4. Joshua, Jr.
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JESSE, 3d s. of Capt. Nathan and Rebecca (Colburn) Ken- dall, b. in Amherst, July 8, 1766, bought the Farley farm in H., in 1790, and lived four years in a barn on the place, until he could build him a house in 1794, which year, April 19, he m. Molly Kim- ball; sold his farm in 1800, to Dr. Peter Emerson, and rem. to Concord End, where he d. in Oct., 1825.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Patty, b. in 1795; d. September 3, 1799, aged 4 years, 21 days.
2. Rebecca C., b. in 1797 ; d. September 1, 1799, aged 2 years, 4 mos.
3. Emily, m. Cyrus Andrews. (See)
4. J. Converse, d. unm.
5. Mary, m. Frederick W. Symonds.
6. Nathan, b. in June, 1805. (See)
Andrew, bap. June 7, 1807
NATHAN, s. of Jesse and Molly (Kimball) Kendall, b. in June, 1805, at "Concord End," inherited his father's homestead at 20 years of age, where he lived until finally selling out he rem. to the Silas N. Sawyer farm on the road to Lower Village. He was active in public affairs, being Collector of taxes for several years. He m. May 5, 1833, Zilpha, dau. of Solomon and Hannah (Fife) Moore, b. July 26, 1809; he d. Feb. 1, 1874; wid. d. Oct. 19, 1897.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Edward S., b. January 25, 1839; d. February 27, 1893, unm.
2. Solomon L., b. April 17, 1851; m. April 16, 1874, Eunice A., dau. of Edward W. and Ann Pease of West Lebanon. . Upon the death of his father he inherited the homestead. which he sold in 1881, and rem. to Bridge Village.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Emily Z., b. January 20, 1875 ; m. December 26. 1907, Chas. S. Flanders. Children: 1. May Elizabeth, b. December 9, 1908; 2. Warren Kendall, b. May 30, 1910; d. March 9, 1911 ; 3. Mabel, b. April 2, 1912.
2. Jennie M., b. March 4, 1877; m. December 17, 1897, Leon W. Dennison.
3. Annabelle, b. September 25, 1881; m. October 14, 1904, Wm. F. Bennett. Child : b. January 4, 1914, Wm. Batchelder.
4. Elizabeth, b. September 26, 1886; unm.
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5. Stella, b. July 18, 1888; m. January 4, 1915, Thos. Blake Am- brose of Nashua. 1
6. William Scott, b. October 4, 1891.
7. Robert Fay, b. July 11, 1893.
GERSHAM KEYES.
On account of his early activity and close association with Colonel Hill in the settlement of Old Number Seven, it is thought proper to include his name, if not his family, here. Mr. Keyes, a trader in Boston at the time, is supposed to have been a descendant of Solomon Keyes of Lovewell War fame.
As well as being financially interested in Hillsborough, he was concerned in the early opening up of the town of Weare, for a time known as Hale's Town in honor of its first projector. In 1738 Robert Hale of Boston conveyed by deed to Mr. Keyes 3,000 acres of land in the above mentioned town for one hundred pounds of current money of New England. To obtain this money Keyes mortgaged this land on April 3, 1738, to Joseph Heath. These acts, of course, were taken under the laws of Middlesex County, Mass. Dr. Hale, an active physician, had secured his title to the new township.
William Little, in his History of Weare, page 67, says, "There is a tradition that a man named Keyes, sometime before 1740, built himself a rude cabin in the woods of old Halestown. He lived in the forest primeval; heard the howl of wolves, the gobbling of wild turkeys, the splash of the otter, saw the conical huts of the beaver, saw the deer and the moose, and the wild ducks swimming on the streams."
How long or just when Gersham Keyes did this is not verified by any records, as far as is known, any more than the record found by Mr. George W. Riddle among the papers of Matthew Patten of Bedford making a complaint against Keyes for burning the meeting house (first) at Hillsborough to get the forged nails used in making the building. One is tradition; the other a statement that is lost.
KIDDER.
WARREN R., s. of John and Sarah (Chandler) Kidder, b. in Antrim, June 30, 1822; m. in Nov., 1852, Hannah J. Hoyt, of
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Gilford; settled in New Boston; wife d. in Sept., 1861. He came to H. in 1868, and lived here near the Lower Village until his death, Aug. 3, 1905. He was a musician and skilled violin maker, and many of the instruments made by him are in the town today.
KIMBALL.
The Kimball family is among the oldest in New England, its direct ancestor was Richard, b. in Ipswich, Eng., about 1595, who m. Ursula, dau. of Henry Scott, of Rattlesden, Eng., this couple with their seven children being passengers on the ship "Elizabeth" that made the voyage to New England in 1634. The head of this sturdy group was then 39 years of age. He belonged to the Bay Colony and set. in Ipswich, Mass., named for the parent town across the ocean. He was admitted as a Freeman the following year, which shows that he must have been a Puritan in good standing. H m. scond, Oct. 23, 1661, Margaret Dow, wid. of Henry Dow, of Hampton; he d. in June, 1662; wid. d. Mar. I, 1676.
II. Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball had eleven children; the second s., Richard, Jr., b. in Rattlesden, Eng., about 1623; m. twice, his second wife being Mary Gott, and had nine children. III. Caleb, the 5th child of Richard and Mary Kimball, was b. April 9, 1665, in Wenham, Mass .; m. Sarah -; d. January 25, 1725- 1726.
IV. Abraham, 4th child and 3rd s. of Caleb and Sarah Kimball, b. August 14, 1702 ; m. pub. April 26, 1729, Elizabeth Houlton; d. in 1772.
V. Benjamin, 7th child of Abraham and Elizabeth (Houlton) Kim- ball, b. in Wenham, Mass., January 5, 1745; m. July 7, 1768, Hannah Parker, of Topsfield, Mass., b. in Bradford, Mass., December 18, 1750. They came to Hillsborough in 1776, and set. on a farm at "The Bridge" since occupied by his grand- son, Herbert N. He d. June 4, 1813 ; wid. d. August 21, 1825.
VI. CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND HANNAH (PARKER) KIMBALL; FOUR OLDEST BORN IN TOPSFIELD, MASS., OTHERS BORN IN HILLSBOROUGH.
1. Abraham, b. April 8, 1770 ; m. November 16, 1796, Lovey Morse, of Deering ; d. April 6, 1840 ; wid. d. February 22, 1864.
VIL CHILDREN.
1. Parker, b. July 15, 1797 ; m. Charlotte Atwood; he d. in 1881.
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HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Henry S., b. in 1823 ; m. December 9, 1879, Celia M. Robin- son of Boston, Mass.
2. Adeline, m. a Gavin.
3. David, b. January 16, 1829 : m. March 21, 1852, Sybil W., dau. of Josiah and Sally (Wyman) Kellom. Settled first on County Road, but lived in various places, until he bought the William Codman farm, where he res. until his death.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Charlotte. b. December 31, 1852; m. April 2, 1897. Joseph N. Cross.
2. Laura K., b. October 29, 1860; m. September 21, 1894. Alfred B. Goodwin of Henniker.
x. CHILDREN.
1. Mabel, b. July 6, 1896.
2. Oscar P., b. December 25, 1899.
3. Eno B., b. March 24, 1904.
4. Obed.
5. Daniel.
6. Sarah, m. Cyrus Perry.
2. David, b. October 22, 1798; m. September 9, 1823, Elizabeth Grimes; d. in March, 1867; she d. in Billerica, Mass., Sep- tember 28, 1831; no children.
3. Amos. b. December 6, 1801; was a farmer; settled in north- east section of the town; m. first, June 8, 1826, Hannah, dau. of Peter and Mary (Holmes) Clement ; she d. April 28, 1857, and he m. second, November 13, 1862, Patty P. Ames ; he d. July 26, 1870.
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