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VIII. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Clarissa A., b. April 2, 1827; m. May 10, 1854, Andrew D. Favour, of Henniker.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Charles E., b. June 22, 1856.
2. Maria A., b. October 7, 1860.
2. Edward, b. August 7, 1828; m. June 16, 1857, Louisa J. Ewins ; set. on the homestead, until after his father's death in 1870, when he rem. to Bridge Village, upon what was known as the "Smiley Farm." Was a Republican in politics, and a firm believer in Spir- itualism; was a good neighbor and an honest man: d. December 16, 1904.
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IX. CHILDREN.
1. Ella M., b. July 4, 1858 ; m. first, May 1, 1876, Augustus J. Rogers; he d. September 24, 1882, leaving one child, Archibald L., b. May 30, 1877. She m. second, September 3, 1885, Frank L. Gordon, of Andover ; res. in Henniker ; they had one child, William E., b. June 2, 1886.
2. Warren C., b. January 20, 1866; d. December 29, 1880.
3. Myra Belle, b. April 20, 1869 ; m. in April, 1886, George B. Staniels, of Newport.
X. CHILDREN.
1. Lela M., b. September 27, 1888.
2. Earle H., b. December 27, 1890.
3. Peter C., b. August 9, 1831; d. February 1, 1901, unm.
4. Maria, b. June 15, 1833 ; d. May 11, 1854.
2. Hannah, b. April 12, 1772 ; m. David Batchelder. (See)
3. Mehitable, b. October 10, 1773; m. Fisher Gay. (See)
4. Sarah, b. June 14, 1776; m. Samuel Lacy. (See)
5. Samuel, b. March 12, 1778 ; m. Nancy Alcock.
6. Benjamin, Jr., b. April 3, 1780; m. March 15, 1807, Susanna, dau. of Joseph and Ruth (Nichols) Gerry; he d. April 19, 1855; his widow d. April 18, 1862.
VII. CHILDREN.
1 Herbert N., b. March 12, 1809 ; m. December 2, 1835. W. Sarah, dau. of Ephraim and Phebe (Wilkins) Abbott. He d. Sep- tember 1, 1887 ; his wife d. January 6, 1875, aged 63 years.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Martha A .. b. October 26, 1836 ; m. F. Jefferson Murdough. (See)
2. Benjamin F., b. January 4, 1840 ; d. in infancy.
B. Frank, b. January 16. 1841; m. Luella Smith.
4. Albert D .. b. June 28, 1842 ; m. Minerva Taft; res. in Pas- coag, R. I.
5. Amos M., b. May 18, 1848; d. August 25, 1911.
6. Phebe J., b. March 11, 1850 ; d. May 26, 1855.
7. Addie M., b. December 2, 1852.
2. Abram, b. August 9, 1810 ; m. December 13, 1838, Sarah, dau. of Silas and Betsy (Colby) Rice of Henniker; res. on Gerry homestead: d. June 14, 1872; wid. d. February 9, 1885; house burned November 7, 1908.
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VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Joseph G., b. September 28, 1839; d. February 19, 1841.
2. Elizabeth R., b. December 26, 1841; m. November 29, 1865, Albert H. Jones, b. October 27,. 1841, in Billerica. Mass .; res. in B. where he d. October 13, 1873.
IX. CHILD.
1. Albert Howard, b. October 13, 1868 ; m. October 2, 1894, Ada F. Lynde, dau. of Stephen and Mary Ann (Holden) Lynde.
X. CHILDREN.
1. Alden Clifford, b. July 16, 1895.
2. Helen, b. March 2, 1898 ; d. July 23, 1913.
3. Sarah C., b. September 19, 1843; d. March 10, 1861.
4. Abram Cummings, b. October 28, 1850; m. December 25, 1877 : Mary E., dau. of Henry and Eliza (Stow) An- drews ; res. in Henniker ; d. July 11, 1902. She d. May 30, 1908 ; no children.
5. Mariella, b. June 15, 1852; m. March 12, 1882, Fred W. Flint. (See) One son, Abram, b. October 8, 1883.
6. S. Clark, b. July 7, 1854 ; m. in 1875, Annie M., dau. of John and Jane (McLane) McAllister, b. July 5, 1856 ; wid. d. February 19, 1908.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Burton, b. September 10, 1875 ; d. December 24, 1894.
2. Florence, b. December 11, 1879; m. January 15, 1902, Chesley P. Favor.
3. Lisamae, b. October 17, 1881; m. in September, 1903, Edward Merritts.
3. Betsy, b. December 12, 1811; d. September 22, 1835, unm.
4. Samuel, b. May 3, 1813 ; followed various occupations and lived in several places in town ; m. April 22, 1834, Dorcas, dau. of Nathan White; he d. in 1874; she d. in 1870.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Infant, b. in 1835, and d. in infancy.
2. Augustus B., b. May 17, 1836 ; m. Vanlora Knott, of Barnet. Vt., b. in 1843; d. October 20, 1899.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Edith A., b. August 20, 1862 ; d. October 25, 1863.
2. Charles A., b. June 29, 1864; d. in July, 1899.
3. Georgianna, b. February 4, 1866.
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4. Cora M., b. July 14, 1869 ; m. October 27, 1892, Levi G. Jones. (See Goodale.)
5. Emily M., b. September 1, 1872; m. Everett E. Lowe; res. in Swedesboro, N. J. Children : Grace M., Leon E .: Marion.
6. Warren A., b. February 24, 1875.
7. Ira J., b. January 28, 1877; m. November 3, 1902, Flora, dau. of Charles B. and Lucy (Wood) Bailey.
8. Augustus B., Jr., b. January 27, 1880; d. March 27, 1890.
9. Marietta, b. December 4, 1884.
3. Charles, b. August 13, 1839. (See)
4. Maria, b. January 5, 1842; m. Warren French of Boston; d. in April, 1892.
5. Mary Elizabeth, b. September 12, 1846; d. in November, 1872.
6. Adeline Sophia, b. September 15, 1848; d. April 7, 1849.
7. Susan, b. January 10, 1850; d. in 1857.
8. Nathan S., b. October 6, 1851; rem. to Chicago and then to Toronto, P. of O., where he was m. and four chil- dren were born.
5. Elijah, b. October 25, 1814; m. April 21, 1842, Caroline P., dau. of Edmund and Phillippi (Jackman) Stratton, of Brad- ford. He lived on his father's homestead until 1873, when he rem. to Antrim.
VIII. CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN HILLSBOROUGH.
1. Henry P., b. November 15, 1843 ; m. April 8, 1869, Susan E. Towne, of Peabody, Mass .; he was a carpenter, and res. in Antrim.
2. John C., b. January 3, 1848 ; went West and set. in Hamel, Ill .; m. Mary Newman, who d. March 9, 1877; he was a successful teacher.
3. Eliza A., b. May 27, 1851 ; lives in Antrim.
6. Susan W., b. March 10, 1816; m. Samuel D. Landers; res. at Quechee, Vt.
7. Ruth, b. September 12, 1817; m. Charles C. Smith.
8. Mary, b. August 1, 1819 ; d. December 15, 1819.
9. Mary, b. October 15, 1820; m. Clark Wright; res. at Quechee, Vt.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Benjamin Kimball Wright, b. June 29, 1848.
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IX. CHILD.
1. Ernest, m. Montague Woodstock.
2. Charles Clark Wright, b. February 26, 1863.
10. Benjamin, 3rd, b. January 29, 1823; went to Calif.
11. Retire P .. b. March 25, 1825 ; d. November 11, 1853, at Winches- ter, Mass., unm.
7. Child, b. and d. in 1781.
8. Keziah, b. July 1, 1782 ; m. David Fuller. (See)
9. Betsy, b. July 28, 1786 ; m. June 4, 1818, her cousin, Jacob Kimball of Amherst ; d. at Amherst, April 14, 1875.
10 Retire P., b. February 4, 1789 ; m. March 24, 1819, Lucinda Bell. He was Colonel of the N. H. Militia.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. Edward P., b. February 2, 1820; rem. to Troy in 1836, where he d. January 23, 1900. He was a man of energy and in- fluence; was Justice of the Peace, Postmaster, Deputy Sheriff, and Sheriff of Cheshire County. He m. July 9, 1844, Mary A., dau. of Cyrus and Betsy (Jackson) Fair- banks.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Charles E., b. July 10, 1847.
2. George F., b. April 1, 1851.
3. Warren W., b. March 1, 1857.
2. Charles H., b. February 5, 1823 ; d. October 2, 1826.
3. Frederick, b. April 3, 1825, d. October 2, 1826.
11. Henry, b. in 1793; d. July 12, 1814, unm.
12. Abigail, b. in 1794; m. Thomas Miller, of Deering.
CHARLES, was b. in Hillsborough, Aug. 13, 1839, the second s. of Samuel and Dorcas (White) Kimball. Finishing his educa- tion he entered the hotel business at Lower Village with his father, selling out in 1864. He was in the manufacture of bricks for several years, the bricks from his kiln being used in the "New Mill" and St. Charles Hotel, as well as elsewhere. This energetic man next removed to Bridge Village, to engage in the buying and selling provisions at this place. He also had a wholesale store in Lowell and Brighton, Mass., dealing in beef and lambs. This he stopped in 1870.
His provision store he changed into a village grocery, and his brother Augustus was in partnership with him for a time. He
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then engaged in the brick business on the Holt lot for 1872-'73-'74. In the fall of 1874 he was appointed deputy sheriff, which office he held for two years with credit. In 1884 he was appointed Postmaster, holding this office for four years. He had already opened a clothing house on Main street, which place of business he has continued, either alone or with a partner, the firm name for several years having been Kimball & Roach, so that he is today and has been for some years the oldest business man at one stand in town. He is one of the best and most favorable known men in town, still alert and keen for business.
He m. first, Emeline, dau. of Boyd H. and Roxy (Petts) McClure, of Stoddard; she d. Aug. 3, 1866, and he m. second, Nov. 11, 1871, Laura J., dau. of Horace and Sarah (Forsaith) Gove, of Deering.
IX. CHILD, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Lillian, b. June 21, 1865 ; m. first, July 22, 1883, John W. Woodward, of Woodstock, Vt .; div. and m. second, August 27, 1901, John W. Bush.
x. CHILDREN, THREE BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Grover Cleveland, b. August 30, 1884.
2. Leon Jay, b. November 20, 1888; d. in September, 1891.
3. Fred Earle, b. March 30, 1892. ..
4. Charles Hiram, b. August 18, 1902.
5. Margaret Emma, b. December 23, 1904.
LEONARD M., s. of Samuel and Nancy (Alcock) Kimball, b. July 20, 1806; m. first, Mar. 15, 1832, Abigail (Brooks) Kendall, b. in Amherst, Feb. 4, 1805; d. April 7, 1851 ; m. second, Oct. 7, 1851, Mrs. Margaret A. Clement, of Newport. He was a merchant and Postmaster from 1831 to 1847, and kept the St. Charles hotel at the Lower Village; he afterwards res. in Amherst, being Register of Deeds from 1847 to 1850; then rem. to Princetown, Scott Co., Ia, where he d. Oct. 1, 1855.
VIII. CHILDREN, ALL BUT LAST BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1 Abigail M., b. December 3, 1832 ; d. December 29, 1833.
2. Charles C., b. April 6, 1835 ; d. July 27, 1851.
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3. George P., b. December 2, 1836 ; m. October 4, 1859, Lydia Almira, dau. of Charles E. and Cynthia (Rich) Bruce, of Clinton, Mass. He served nine months in the 45th Mass. Vols. and three years in Battery K., 3rd U. S. Artillery, during the Civil War; was two years member of the Common Council and Board of Al- dermen, and two years as Assessor of Nashua; was Quarter- master of the 2d Reg., N. H. Vols .; res. in Boston, West New- hury and Medford, Mass., and Nashua, N. H.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Abby Luella, b. in Boston, July 13, 1864.
2. Kate Isabella, b. in West Newbury, Mass., August 16. 1872 ; d. in Nashua, December 2, 1880.
3. George Edward, b. in Nashua, July 9, 1882.
4. Lucy S., b. June 4, 1839 ; m. October 23, 1867, Charles Rodney Bout- well; res. in West Medford, Mass., and Lyndeborough. She d. April 29, 1909.
5. Samuel H., b. February 2, 1841 ; d. October 6, 1841.
6. Catherine S., b. November 20, 1843; d. April 1, 1847.
7. Leonard M., Jr., b. in Amherst, April 18, 1848 ; attended High School, in Nashua ; began the study of medicine with C. S. Collins, M. D., of Nashua, in 1877; attended the Boston University of Medicine the following year ; grad. from Pulte Medical College, Cincinnati, O., in 1880; located in Boston in practice of general medicine and surgery ; d. in Brookline, Mass., August 3, 1912.
8. J. Fred B., b. April 2, 1854 ; m. September 6, 1883, Addie M. Stanley, of Waltham, Mass.
LACY.
CHARLES HEHRY, s. of Thomas and Eliza (Day) Lacy, was born in Bath, Eng., Jan. 20, 1859. Educated and learned trade of loom-fixer in England. Came to this country about 1880. One year later came to H., employed in Woolen Mill. He m. in Henniker, July 2, 1882, Addie Amanda, dau. of Ich- abod F. and Eliza T. (Gordon) Connor, b. Nov. 5, 1860. Mr. Lacy d. May 2, 1909.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Blanche Dale, b. May 16, 1883 ; d. June 20, 1893.
2. Pearl May, b. January 5, 1885 ; m. Scott H. Eaton, in 1909.
3. Ernest Charles, b. May 20, 1888 ; d. April 8, 1891.
4. Maude Esther, b. July 16, 1890.
5. Edith Hattie, b. August 15, 1892 ; d. December 14, 1893.
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6. Bessie Ethel, b. December 14, 1893; m. Carroll Deering, of Me., February 13, 1913 ; had a dau. Frances.
7. Howard Scott, b. March 25, 1895 ; m. Thelma Shaw, April 4, 1914; had a dau. June Winona.
8. Dorothy Frances, b. February 24, 1899.
9. Paul Joshua, b. February 28, 1903.
10. Florence, m. Albert Greenlaw; res. in Lowell.
LATHAM.
LESTER H., s. of George W. and Maria (Calwell) Latham, of Smithfield, R. I., lives on Kimball farm on road from Lower Vil- lage to the Centre ; came here in 1904.
LAWTON.
REV. JOHN, s. of Jacob Lawton, was b. Aug. 14, 1780, at Hardwick, Mass., and was of the 5th generation in direct line of descent from John Lawton, who d. Dec. 17, 1690, at Suffield, Conn., aged 60 years. He was graduated, in 1805, from Middle- burg College and pursued his theological studies with Rev. John B. Preston at Newport, Vt .; received license to preach in June 1808; ordained, Windham, Vt., Oct., 1809; dismissed in Oct. 1819 and immediately commenced preaching here; installed Nov. 7, 1821; dis. April 22, 1834, on his own request and went to Illinois as agent for the Home Missionary Society in whose behalf he labored earnestly. He was very much interested in educational matters and served on school board for several years. He m. first, Sept. 14, 1806, Sarah W. Davis, b. Hubbardson, Mass., Mar. 19, 1787 ; she d. Jan. 22, 1824, at H. and he m. second, Feb. 9, 1826, Abigail, dau. of Rev. Jonathan and Abigail (Curtice) Barnes, who d. Dec. 16, 1868; he d. April 18, 1842, at Newport, Vt.
VT. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Sarah D., b. September 10, 1807, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; went with her father in 1834 to Carthage, Ill .; m. November 10, 1836, Thomas Gregg.
2. Joanna C., b. January 19, 1810, in Windham, Vt .; m. April 26, 1842, Ebenezer Rand of Carthage, Ill.
3. Abigail N., b. December 24, 1811, at Windham; m. October 7, 1839, Frederick Symonds of H. ( See)
4. Jacob L., b. July 25, 1814, at Windham, Vt .; m. October 9, 1845, at Birmingham, Iowa, Catherine A. Griffith.
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5. Harriett N., b. July 7, 1816, in Windham, Vt; m. November 12, 1840, Lucius Parker; rem. to Carthage, Ill.
6. John H., b. February 23, 1819, in Windham, Vt .; rem. with his father to Ill .; m. April 15, 1847, Hannah Felton at Vernon, Vt.
7. Cyrus B., b. November 4, 1821, in H .; d. December 24, 1821.
8. Anne E., b. April 30, 1823 ; m. first, February 22, 1844, Lieut. Frank- lin A. /Worrell of Carthage, Ill., who was killed by the Mor- mons, September 16, 1845; she m. second, February 17, 1853, Dr. Geo. L. Hewitt, at Quincy, Ill., who d. at Jefferson City, Mo .; she m. third, November 24, 1881, Thomas Sharp, editor of the Carthage, Ill., Gazette.
CHILDREN, BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
1. Cyrus B., b. May 1, 1828 ; d. February 18, 1856.
2. Catherine M., b. May 1, 1830; d. October 26, 1851.
3. Cornelius, b. January 22, 1834 ; d. in infancy.
LEWIS.
The Lewis family, the name spelled Lewes prior to 1700, is an English kindred, the first to come to this country being George Lewes from Greenwich, Kent County, Eng., about 1632, he hav- ing previously m. in England, in 1626, Sarah Jenkins. He was a member of the Plymouth Church, 1633, and dismissed the follow- ing year he removed to Scituate, Mass., to join the church there.
The ancestor of the Lewis families in this vicinity was John Lewis, or "Deacon John" as he was generally known, b. in South- ampton, Mass .. Nov. 7, 1770, and who m. Hannah Flanders, and came to Henniker, this state, where he res. for a short time and then settled in Hillsborough, about 1798; a few years later he again rem. to a farm on the road leading from the Upper Village to East Washington, about three miles south of the latter hamlet. The last years of his life he res. on what has since been known as the Woodbury Dresser place, where he d. June 17, 1847; wid. d. Sept. 14, 1856.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Timothy, b. in Henniker, November 24, 1792; m. Sarah Rines : res. in Washington; d. November 10, 1865; wid. d. December 18. 1879.
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III. CHILDREN.
1. David W., b. in December, 1826; was a soldier in the Civil War, in the 8th Reg., Vt. Vols .; d. in the service, July 10, 1864.
2. Stephen L., b. July 13, 1828; m. first, July 26, 1857, Naney J. George, of Chelsea, Vt .; she d. March 4, 1876, and he m. second, June 10, 1878, Abbie L. Hildreth. He served twenty years on the police force of :Boston, Mass .; upon being retired for physical disability he came to H., and re- mained until his death.
3. Harriet L., b. February 8, 1831; m. February 17, 1856, Lyman Dennison.
4. Leonard R., b. May 23, 1835; served in the 8th Reg., Vt. Vols., Civil War; d. May 22, 1864.
5. Edwin N., b. in September, 1837; m. first, Susie Marple, and afterwards, Elizabeth Marple; served in 3rd Mass. Bat- tery, Civil War; d. April 5, 1862 ..
2. John, b. in Henniker, March 22, 1795 ; m. May 6, 1817, Joanna Holt, of Lempster ; res. in Washington, Goshen and Wilton; wife d. in December 1885.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Jane, b. April 21, 1819 ; m. a Harwood.
2. Abner K., b. January 10, 1821.
3. Calvin H., b. March 27, 1825.
3. Betsy, d. in early womanhood.
4. Joseph, b. May 9, 1800; m. in 1824, Abigail, dau. of Nehemiah and Mary (Perkins) Jones; res. in Washington ; w. d. in Campello, Mass., in October, 1821; he d. May 2, 1866.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Abigail M., b. in October, 1826; m. Horace Atwood, of Wash- ington; she d. April 18, 1871.
2. Cyrus J., b. May 1, 1828 ; m. first, Sarah J., dau. of John and Sophia Greeley, of Salisbury, b. August 8, 1831. Was for some time stage driver on coach owned by Franklin Pierce, then baggage master on Boston and Concord rail- road; learned shoe trade in North Bridgewater, Mass .; was foreman of W. L. Douglass cutting room ; was Repre- sentative to General Court; served in Civil War hospital duty ; m. second, - -; first wife d. January 3, 1877 ; he d. May 7, 1885.
IV. CHILDREN, ALL BUT ONE BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Augusta, d. in infancy.
2. Carrie Augusta, m. Charles Grace.
3. Hattie Sophia, m. Walter H. Hunt.
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4. Warren John, unm.
5. Ernest Linwood, unm.
6. Merton Clifton, unm.
7. Eldon Seymour, unm.
5. Daniel N., b. in 1802; m. Mary, dau. of Nehemiah and Mary (Per- kins) Jones; res. in Washington; d. April 23, 1859; wid. d. March 11, 1872.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Thomas J., b. in 1824; d. in 1848, in Reading, Mass.
2. Luman P., b. in 1829 ; d. January 22, 1850.
3. D. Perkins, b. May 4, 1832 ; m. December 9, 1858, Hattie C., dau. of John and Sarah (Howe) Lincoln; res. in Boston, em- ployed for years as guard at State Prison; d. June 20, 1876.
4. S. Jay, b. July 4, 1835 ; d. January 20, 1862.
5. Ellen M., b. in October, 1844.
6. Julia J., b. in 1849 ; d. October 4, 1872.
6. Lorinda, b. May 30, 1808 ; m. November 17, 1832, Woodbury, s. of John Dresser, Washington; res. on the Dea. John Lewis home- stead.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Francis G. Dresser, b. March 4, 1835 ; m. January 1, 1860, Mary E., dau. of William and Laura M. (Dow) Dole, of Wash- ington; res. in Windsor until 1889, when he rem. to the Upper Village, where his wife d. June 1, 1901 ; he d. Janu- ary 18, 1904.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. F. Herbert, b. March 27, 1862 ; m. November 24, 1884, Mar- tha J. Friend, of Washington. (See)
2. Lillian M., b. August 12, 1869 ; m. November 27, 1890, Allen E. Follansbee, of Canaan; res. in H.
V. CHILD.
1. Grace Follansbee, b. September 14, 1891; d. February 3, 1913.
2. Mary M., b. in Washington, March 18, 1837; m. in June, 1857, Daniel C. Adams. (See)
7. Lyman S., b. February 16, 1810; m. November 10, 1831, Eliza B. Lewis, of Brownfield, Me .; res. in W. some years; rem. to Fryeburg, Me .; came to H. in 1871.
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III. CHILDREN.
1. Harris A. P., b. in September, 1832; d. in 1843.
2. Isabella L., b. April 13, 1836 ; d. April 10, 1902, unm.
3. Harris A. P., b. May 21, 1844; m. in 1872, Melissa M. Davis.
LINCOLN.
Among the honored names of this country few have been traced into the misty past farther than that of Lincoln, which takes us to a period when the River Witham wound a lonely course through the reeds and ettah bushes of Eastern England, and was then known as the River Lindus. This name was a legacy of the Cesarian conquest in Great Britain, 66 B. C. The Romans attracted by the beauty of the country lingered here long enough to build a town which they appropriately named Lindum. Then the Roman legion vanished, and by and by the Normans swept like a hurricane over the land and their banner waved in victory over the camps of Lindum, and erecting a castle on the embattled heights they Normandized the name to Lincoln, which I believe was the first time it appeared in history.
Eventually, about 1539, the head of one of the families of Lincoln, b. about 1518, removed to Norwich, Norfolk County, Eng., an ancient town situated about one hundred miles N. E. from London, and he became known as "The Man from Lincoln." He had a son known as "Lincoln," who was b. about 1548, and lived his days in Norwich. He m. and had children, the oldest of whom b. in 1575, was a weaver and farmer in Norwich, and named Thomas was known as "Thomas, the Son of Lincoln." He m. and seven children were born to him and his wife Miriam, the oldest of whom was named for himself, b. about 1600. They also had a son named Samuel, b. in 1616. Both were weavers by trade, and cultivated little patches of land when not busy at their em- ployment.
The Lincolns lived in a typical cottage of the time, low- walled and roof thatched with sod and straw. Upon still even- ings the sweet music of the cathedral bell in the nearby town was wafted over the lowlands to their listening ears. Their situation was not unlike the majority of those who came early to New Eng- land. While living peaceful lives amid pastoral scenes, warlike
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rumors were abroad. The talk of friends and the gossip of neigh- bors were largely filled with accounts of troubles between courts and people; of the death of King James, the accession of King Charles, of the assessment of taxes without authority of parlia- ment, of certain church restrictions,-all of which the sturdy pop- ulation looked upon as usurpations of their rights. Then, mingled with stories of these everyday affairs, came tales of imprison- ment in the guildhall of Norwich of the more outspoken repre- sentatives of the class known as Puritans, and so bitter and op- pressive became the enmity of the Royalists that those who could began to flee the country.
Among those who sought refuge in New England was Thomas Lincoln, the younger, followed as soon as he became of age, by his brother Samuel who sailed on the ship "Dorothy," and entered the port of Salem, in 1637. The colonists had little wool to weave, so he was forced to abandon his trade and become a farmer, joining his brother in Hingham, Mass., where he m. and reared a family of seven children. The third of these, Mordecai, having a son who emigrated to New Jersey, and was the ancestor of President Lincoln. His oldest son, named Thomas for his father, was the paternal progenitor of the Lincolns who settled in New Hampshire.
The Lincoln lineage, as early perhaps as it can be traced, runs as follows :
I. "The Man from Lincoln," b. about 1518 ; rem., about 1539, to Nor- wich, Norfolk Co., Eng., situated on the Wensum River, about 100 miles N. E. from London, an ancient town noted in the days of Edward the Confessor.
II. Lincoln, son of "The Man from Lincoln," b. about 1548, and lived his days in Norwich.
III. Thomas, son of "Lincoln," b. in 1575 ; lived in Norwich.
IV. Samuel, son of Thomas and Miriam Lincoln, b. in 1616 ; came to. Salem, Mass., as soon as he was of age; m. and rem. to Hing- ham, Mass., where he reared a family of seven children. This Samuel had an older brother Thomas, who lived in Hingham. and who was known as "Thomas the Cooper," to distinguish him from others of the same name. He was the ancestor of President Lincoln. Thomas had a son Joseph, whose grandson David rem. from Abington, Mass., to Bedford, N. H. and from thence to Washington about 1802.
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v. Thomas, oldest son of Samuel, b. about 1641.
VI. £ Ezekiel, son of Thomas, b. about 1667.
VII. Elisha, son of Ezekiel and Miriam(?) Lincoln, was b. in Hing- ham, October 2, 1692; m. January 10, 1721, Melia Whitcomb, and lived for a time in their native town, and then rem. to Weymouth, Mass., where both d. :
VIII. John, 5th child of Elisha and Melia (Whitcomb) Lincoln, was b. in Weymouth, July 12, 1732; d. in W. January 9, 1827. Eleven children.
IX. Robert, oldest s. of John and - -Lincoln, was b. May 29, 1762 ; m. first, Miriam Lincoln, his second cousin, b. in Abington, Mass., June 25, 1766 ; they rem. to Bedford, N. H., where they res. until 1799, when they came to Hillsborough, to set. in the Northeast part of the town on the farm since owned by Levi Davis. His wife d. January 19, 1803, and he m. second, Betsy Wallace. He d. in June, 1847; his wid. d. in January, 1856, aged 81 years.
X. CHILDREN, THREE BORN IN BEDFORD AND LAST IN HILLSBOROUGH.
1. Abigail, b. January 10, 1791; d. in H., in 1872, unm.
2. Nancy, b. May 2, 1793; d. in East Washington, November 20, 1859, unm.
3. John, b. October 22, 1795. (See)
4. Joanna, b. June 26, 1817 ; m. first, Jason Marshall; he d. and she m. second, December 30, 1856, Tilly H. Wheeler; res. in Londonderry ; he d. November 15, 1880; she d. March 14, 1900.
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