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Referring to Mr. Manahan's reputation as an auctioneer, it is probably safe to say that he knew more men, or rather, more men knew him by sight than any other man in New Hampshire during the most busy period of his career. Among the many. many sales he made-either alone or with Mr. Baker-were the sales of the Lowell Foundry property and the old Manchester House in 1887, when one of the largest crowds ever seen in the city greeted him, laughing at his numerous witticisms and jokes or listening with deep interest when he wanted them to do so. He sold beach property along the Ogonquit coast and elsewhere for fourteen years. He monopolized the auctioning in Concord for thirty years. Handled some of the biggest timber trades in the state, a strong point in his favor being his ability to estimate cor- rectly on any sized tract. In fact, he was in every state in New England, excepting the small territory of Rhode Island. Nor were his sales confined to New England, for we see him in New York, New Jersey ; ay, we see him traveling 9,000 miles to make three sales in Kentucky, and he would have gone farther had he
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not been taken ill and thought it better to return to his home. As an auctioneer few have, if any, equaled him, while none have excelled him.
Mr. and Mrs. Manahan celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary March 31, 1912, when a large circle of relatives and friends were present to bestow upon this worthy and fortunate couple the blessings of that harvest which belongs to lives well spent.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Josephine Emily, b. August 14, 1863 ; became a student at the Con- servatory of Music, Worcester, Mass .; m. November 28, 1894, Dana L. Fuller, of Fitchburg, Mass.
2. Frances Gertrude, b. September 25, 1871; grad. of State Normal School at Plymouth ; was a teacher in the Grammar School at Bridge Village for several years: is a member of the Old South Chapter, D. A. R., Boston. She m. October 10, 1900, Charles S. Adams, M. D., of Wollaston, Mass.
v. CHILD.
1. Frances Adams, b. March 1. 1904.
William Henry, Jr., b. December 28, 1877; ed. in the common and High schools of H. and Colby Academy, New London. While a student he won an enviable reputation as speaker and debater, winning the Demarest silver medal for proficiency in elocution. He was graduated from the Illinois College of Photography in 1899 and purchased the Photographic Studio conducted by Chas. Brockway at the Bridge Village, where he has since devoted his attention to that work and with his natural artistic ability has acquired an excellent reputation in his chosen vocation. In 1904 he was elected Vice-Pres. of the Photographers Association of New England. Later he became president and has held this office for several years. One of his studies of his father has been accepted and hung in the Degarre Memorial Inst. at Winona Lake, Ind. He has also been awarded several prizes by the Photographers Associa- tion of New England and The National Photographers Asso- ciation of America for landscape and portrait work and in 1915 was one of six in New England to have a picture hung in the New England Section of the National Salon. He is very much interested in anything pertaining to the advancement and bet- terment of the town and was one of the organizers and the first president of the Hillsborough Board of Trade. A true sportsman he has received wide recognition as a writer relat-
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ing to hunting and fishing. "A Morning Sport in New Hamp- shire," "A Convenient Swamp," and other articles have been published in Field and Stream. Mr. Manahan m. April 9, 1902, Ethel, dau. of Fred and Alice (Jones) Brockway, of Hillsbor- ough, who is a competent assistant in his studio.
MANN. .
JAMES, s. of Nathan and Martha (McColley) Mann, b. Mar. 9, 1787, was said to be the first male child born in Topsham, Vt .; in fact, in the county. He rem. to H., then to Concord, after- wards res. in Levant and Dexter, Me., finally returning to this town, where he set. on a small place about two and one-half miles north of the Centre. He was a shoemaker. Married Dec. 14, 1814, Mary, dau. of Elijah and Elizabeth (Binney) Fisk, b. Nov. 26, 1795 ; he d. April 6, 1868; she d. Aug. 17, 1880.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Mary F., b. in H., February 26, 1816; m. September 29, 1844, Rev. Robert, s. of Robert and Nancy (Thompson) Cole, b. in Levant, Me., June 21, 1815.
IV. CHILDREN, BORN IN HARRINGTON, ME.
1. Fanny M., b. February 12, 1846.
2. Addie M., b. March 22, 1848.
3. Charles R., b. October 6, 1853.
. 2. J. Willard, b. in H., December 1, 1820; d. in Manchester, March 16, 1846.
3. Hannah, b. in Concord, September 30, 1823; d. September 3, 1825. 4. Adeline E., b. in Levant, Me., April 14, 1830; m. first, June 2, 1849, Edward, s. of Eben and Martha (Mann) Sargent; he d. December 3, 1855. (See) She m. second, July 2, 1856, Enoch G., s. of Elbridge Barker. (See) She m. third, November 3, 1863, Thomas McCoy, of Peterborough; she d. in Henniker, Novem- ber 12, 1888. By her last m. she had one child, Lizzie A., b. in H., October 6, 1864; m. Elmer A. Blodgett of Newbury; res. in Henniker.
5. B. Frank, b. in Dexter, Me., December 14, 1833 ; he came to H. with his parents when a small boy; rem. to Lowell, Mass., in 1856; then to Lynn; m. November 5, 1856, Irene, dau. of Stacy D. and Jane (Abbott) Hanson, of Lowell. He served in the Civil War; was taken prisoner by the Confederates at Danville, Va., and d. in Andersonville, Ga., in September, 1864.
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ALFRED LATHROP, s. of Alfred R. and Ellen R. Sprague Mansfield, b. in Keene, N. H., Apr. 25, 1874; educated in Keene, bank cashier; lived in Keene twenty years; Boston, Mass., two years, and since then in H. He m. in H., June 1, 1898, Mary C., dau. of Ruthven and Nettie (Shedd) Childs; he d. in March, 1922.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Marguerite Antoinette, b. in H., April 27, 1899 ; d. April 12, 1901.
2. Norman Lathrop, b. in H. May 11, 1903.
MARCY.
This noted family name is represented by two branches or divisions one descending from de Marcy of France, the patrony- mic appearing in Normandy with Rollo, 912 A. D., and thence carried into Great Britain under William the Conqueror in 1068, to become common in Cheshire County under the orthography of Massey in its Anglicised form. From Cheshire, Eng., a certain head of this branch removed to the West Indies, and from there to this country about one hundred years ago. He had two sons, Daniel Marcy, of Portsmouth, N. H., and Peter Marcy, of New Orleans, La.
The other branch of this family tree represented now by des- cendants in Hillsborough can be traced easily to John Marcy, son of the High Sheriff of Limerick, Ire., born about 1662, and came to New England in early manhood, as we find records of his as- sociation with the Apostle Eliot's church at Roxbury, Mass., Mar. 7, 1685. In April, 1686, with Benjamin Sabin, Jonathan Smithers, Henry Bowen, John Frizzell, Mathew Davis, Nathaniel Gary, Thomas Bacon, Peter Aspinwall, George Griggs, Benjamin Griggs, Ebenezer Morris, John Lord, took possession of the grant of Quatosett-Woodstock, Conn.,-made by Roxbury in 1663. He married before leaving Roxbury, Sarah, dau. of James and Sarah (Draper) Hadlock, b. Dec. 16, 1670. He d. in Woodstock, Dec. 23, 1724; she d. May 9, 1743.
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II. CHILDREN.
John, and Sarah (Hadlock) Marcy had 11 children, the second child and oldest s., b. in Woodstock, November 17, 1689 ; m. January 14, 1712, Experience Colburn .*
III. CHILDREN.
John, Jr., and Experience (Colburn) Marcy had 8 children, the oldest of whom named Israel, date of birth not found, m. Abigail Fuller.
IV. CHILDREN.
Israel and Abigail (Fuller) Marcy had 6 children, the youngest of whom, Abraham, m. Ursula Stone. He d. June 23, 1827, aged 77 years ; she d. April 26, 1850, aged 70 years.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Isaac; res. in Woodstock, and d. unm.
2. John A .; m. Sabra Hayward; d. October 13, 1864, aged 79 years.
3. Joshua. (See)
4. Prudence, m. Ebenezer Hamblin, of Coventry, Conn.
5. Charles ; d. unm.
6. Abraham, Jr., m. Sally Wilbur, Burlington Falls, N. Y.
7. Chester ; m. Damoras Clark, Woodstock, Conn.
8. Leonard ; m. Sally Lillie.
JOSHUA (Abraham, Israel, John, Jr., John), b. in Woodstock, Conn., Nov. 10, 1787; m. Patty Smith, b. in Boston, Jan. 4, 1794, and came to Hillsborough in 1827, having previously res. in Pep- perell, Mass., Peterborough and Wilton, N. H. He bought of James P. Baker the land where he built a factory the following year, and began the spinning of cotton yarn and the manufacture of cotton batting and wadding, later adding that of twine and candle wicking. About 1835 he built the house opposite the grist mill. In 1845 he purchased of John Grimes and Alden Walker the saw and grist mill on the north side of the river, and the same year the mill of Sandy Smith and Silas W. Sawyer. In 1846 built the brick grist mill which was considered at that time the best mill of the kind in the state.
While his opportunities for an education were limited to a few weeks in school, with his little pocket slate and a level head his
*See N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., July, 1875.
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accounts were always correct. Doing business largely with bor- rowed money, and being heavily in debt, he allowed no small ac- counts to accumulate to embarrass him. Energetic and public spirited, he was highly respected and his integrity never doubted. He was a Whig in politics.
VI. CHILDREN.
1. Martha, b. April 24, 1813 ; m. June 6, 1837, Granville Turner, of Mil- ford, where she d. August 20, 1882.
VII. CHILDREN, BORN IN MILFORD.
1. Fred, b. September 1, 1845 ; m. Georgia Harwood, of Peterboro; res. in Milford.
2. Frank, b. July 21, 1847 ; m. Emma -, of New Haven, Conn.
3. Ella, b. February 22, 1852 ; m. Humphrey Ramsdell; d. March 15, 1907.
4. Nellie, b. November 18, 1858 ; m. George Eaton.
2. Joshua, Jr., b. February 10, 1815. (See)
3. Isaac S., b. February 23, 1817; m. May 30, 1839, Emily D. Cook ; he d. August 6, 1871; she d. in Nashua, aged 78 years. No chil- dren.
4. Chester, b. December 17, 1819. (See)
5. Eliza M., b. October 29, 1820; m. January 31, 1848, Salmon Sawyer, of Milford, where they res .; he was killed by accident in a mill, April 22, 1872 ; she d. March 4, 1905.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. Amy Lizzie, b. October 19, 1849; m. George Bryant, and res. at Newton Highlands, Mass .; d. March 13, 1896.
2. Ned, b. January 18, 1859; d. June 17, 1864.
6. Harriet, b. May 6, 1823 ; m. Eben Whitcomb; res. at Centre White Creek, N. Y. She d. in Boston, February 6, 1901.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. Darwin E., b. April 1, 1848 ; d. September 20, 1892, unm.
2. Nellie, b. December 11, 1849 ; m. Arthur Cottrell.
VIII. CHILD.
1. Louise, b. November 13, 1877.
3. Alice, b. May 7, 1852 ; m. April 5, 1884, Clarence F., s. of Philip Marcy Stoddard, of Vt. He d. September 20, 1900; she d. June 29, 1816.
7. Augusta, b. in Wilton, April 10, 1825; d. in Concord, May 6, 1859, unm.
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8. Charles C., b. February 22, 1827; educated in the common schools of H. and Francestown Academy ; assisted in the operation of the Marcy Mills until 1864, when he went to Peterborough and operated a grist mill there, until 1872, when he went into the shoe business at Winchester, Mass., and was later in the same business at Winchendon and Athol, Mass .; ret. to Peterborough in 1880, spending the last years of his life as a nurse. He m. October 30, 1850, Mary E., dau. of John W. and Achsah (Fair- banks) Bean, of Francestown, b. July 27, 1827; he d. April 16, 1901, at Cambridge, Mass.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. Mary E., b. December 26, 1851.
2. Charles B., b. November 9, 1853 ; d. November 8, 1858.
3. Elmer P., b. March 12, 1860; d. August 22, 1911.
9. Horace, b. May 17, 1832. (See)
JOSHUA, JR., b. in Pepperell, Mass., Feb. 10, 1815, went with his parents when quite young to Wilton and from thence to Peter- borough, and when 12 years of age came to Hillsborough, where he res. the balance of his life. He was engaged in mill and lumber business, at one time manufacturing shovel handles for the Ames. Company, of Boston, Mass. He m. Nov. 15, 1838, Julia Ann Waterman, b. Nov. 28, 1817; he d. May 6, 1870; wid. d. Oct. 4, 1903.
The Rev. Stephen S. Morrill, in his discourse at the funeral of Mr. Joshua Marcy, Jr., in the Congregational Church at Bridge Village, May 8, 1870, said in part : "It has not been my lot to meet many men whom I so heartily respected, and always more the better I knew him. His nice sense of honor, his keen discrim- inating sense of justice, his clear view of the bearings of a ques- tion, and, above all, his honest desire to give every claim due weight, ever blew a fresh breath upon one and gave new courage and strength to pursue the right or discharge a duty. * * * Mr. Marcy came to Hillsborough from Wilton with his father when he was 12 years of age. From that time this town has been his home, and both its history and its future welfare had great in- terest for him. From early manhood he has been not merely an inhabitant but a citizen in its fullest sense of the term in whatever- concerned its prosperity."
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VII. CHILDREN.
1. Ellen Eliza, b. December 22, 1839; grad. from Mount Holyoke Col- lege in 1862. She was an accomplished teacher in the public schools. At the time of her death, October 13, 1879, she was Principal of the Jersey City Heights school, No. 14.
2. Caroline, b. October 11, 1843 ; res. in Hillsborough.
CHESTER (Joshua, Abraham, Israel, John, Jr., John), b. in Groton, Mass., Dec. 17, 1819; m. Eliza Amy Waterman, b. Jan. 16, 1820; he d. May 9, 1849, at Fort Independence, Mo., of cholera on his way overland to California during the "gold fever." (See Goldseekers in Vol. I.) She d. Oct. 6, 1895.
VII. CHILDREN.
1.
Emma Frances, b. December 15, 1842 ; ed. in Hillsborough and Mil- ford; concert and church singer, teacher of music both vocal and instrumental; also teacher of painting in water colors ; sent to Boston, Mass., from San Francisco, Cal., in 1872, to represent the Contraltos on the Bouquet of Artists at the Peace Jubilee in the former city in 1872. The mother of the great tragedienne, Charlotte Cushman, was a cousin of Joshua Marcy, grandfather of the subject of this sketch. She m. Lyman H. Clement, of Post Mills, Vt., and she has res. in Hills- borough, Boston, San Francisco, Cal., New York, N. Y., Paris, France, and at present time living in H. Mr. Clement res. in San Francisco, Cal.
VIII. CHILD.
1. Ethel, b. in San Francisco, Cal., February 9, 1874; artist, for- merly member of San Francisco Art Assn .; exhibitor at Paris Salon of 1908, where her portrait of her mother was hung on the line, a special compliment to an Am. artist ; she was a pupil of Fred Yates and Emil Carlsen at the Art Student's League of San Francisco; student of Joseph de Camp and Ernes L. Major at Cowles' Art School, Boston ; of Kenyon Cox, Douglas Volk and George Barse at the Art Student's League, N. Y .; and of Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert Fleury, at the Julian Academy, Paris; and of George Langee in Picardie. (See "Women in the Fine Arts." Clara Erskine Clement.) Supt. of the San Fran- cisco Assn., Reading Room and Library for the Blind, March, 1912, to November, 1914. Teacher of Drawing Miss West's School (Private) San Francisco, 1905-1906, and Hillsborough Public Schools 1906-1907; contributor to magazines.
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2. Clara Imogene, b. Mary 4, 1846 ; musician and botanist ; played and sang in New Hampshire concerts before marriage, and con- tinued teaching several years after marriage. In later years took up botanical work, and presented to the Gray Herboriam of Harvard University a large collection of botanical speci- mens arranged by herself. She m. at Hillsborough, January 2, 1867, Charles Abbott, s. of Moses and Rebecca Howard (Rundlett) Cheney, of Henniker. Res. in H., 1846-1867; Hen- niker, 1867-1871; Chelsea, Mass., 1871-1878 ; Boston, 1878-1911; she d. in Boston, February 18, 1911.
VIII. CHILD.
1. Amy Marcy, b. September 5, 1867, in Henniker. She ex- hibited unusual musical talent when a child of three years, and she was placed under the tuition of eminent teachers until she has become America's foremost woman composer-pianist. This fact has been proven by the public and musical critics of America and Europe, all of whom have united in declaring her genius as a composer, her art as a pianist. Her recognition was first won by her songs, the great critic of the Chicago Herald, Felix Borowski exclaiming : "There is not another woman in America whose skill in handling the higher forms of composition is as fine as hers."
She has played her Concerto with the Berlin Philhar- monic, Hamburg Symphony, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco and Los Angeles Festival Or- chestras and others; she has given recitals of her own compositions in the principal cities of Europe and Amer- ica, until such honors have been bestowed upon her as is seldom received by an American musician at home or abroad. It has been well said that her career has been a series of triumphs for her art and personality. Yet she is a simple, unaffected, wholesome American woman, quite unspoiled by all the praise that has been heaped upon her, and with a wonderful personal charm that enthralls all who know her.
She m. H. H. A. Beach, M. D., a noted California phy- sician, who was stricken in the midst of his good work, and Mrs. Beach makes her home in Hillsborough, where she is loved and respected.
HORACE, s. of Joshua and Patty (Smith) Marcy, b. May 17, 1832 ; m. Jan. 28, 1858, Catherine A., dau. of Cyrus and Margaret (Miller) Sargent, b. April 11, 1834. He purchased the general
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store of Cyrus Sargent, at Bridge Village, and changed it to a grocery and drug store, where he carried on a successful business. He d. June 12, 1883.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. Willis S., b. November 21, 1858 ; m. December 7, 1885, Helen Louise, dau. of Dustin and Louise (Hall) Barrett, of Antrim. She d. March 4, 1907.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Kate Agnes, b. January 15, 1887; d. in August, 1904.
2. Philip Barrett. b. April 4, 1888.
3. Helen Marjorie, b. March 3, 1890; d. March 25, 1904.
4. Theodore Stuart, b. September 26, 1896; d. June 30, 1898.
2. Angie I., b. March 4, 1861.
3. Ernest Hale, b. June 21, 1869 ; m. first, November 18, 1891, Flora May Critchett, of Concord; div. and m. second, January 5, 1914, Elizabeth May Brigden, of Hoathly, Sussex, Eng.
VIII. CHILDREN, ONE BY EACH MARRIAGE.
1. Catherine Camille, b. January 10, 1894.
2. Gloria Kate, b. February 28, 1915, at Fitchburg, Mass.
MARSHALL.
SILAS, s. of Joseph and Susanna (Walker) Marshall, was b. in Weare, Aug. 15, 1780. He m. first, Catherine, dau. of William and Betsy (Miller) Houston, of Antrim, April 29, 1806. She was the mother of his six oldest children, and d. April 27, 1819; he m. second, Abigail, dau. of Zachariah and Abigail (Hildreth) Rob- bins. Mr. M. was a carpenter by trade, and res. at the Lower Village, where he was Postmaster several years; also Deputy Sheriff of Hillsborough County. He d. Dec. 30, 1868; his second w. d. Feb. 26, 1864.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Gustine, b. May 15, 1807 ; m. Emily Heald; d. at Concord, December 30, 1868.
2. Caroline S. W., b. April 2, 1809; m. Calvin Stanley ; d. at Dixfield, Me., January 11, 1864.
3. Catherine C. M., twin of Caroline; m. George Tuttle; d. at Nashua, July 28, 1859.
4. Sarah F., b. October 19, 1813 ; d. September 3, 1814.
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5. Louisa M., b. February 25, 1816; m. Levi B. Tyng; d. at Lowell, Mass., March 7, 1883.
6. Emily A., b. October 27, 1818; m. Alvin Barnard; res. in Minne- apolis, Minn.
7. Asaph R., b. June 1, 1823. (See)
8. Sarah C., b. February 1, 1825 ; d. unm., October 15, 1853, at Clinton, Mass.
ASAPH R., s. of Silas and Abigail (Robbins) Marshall, was b. in H., June 1, 1823 ; was ed. in the common schools and academy of his native village; went to Nashua upon attaining his majority, where he res. ten years; from thence he rem. to Clinton, Mass., but rem. to Worcester in 1865, where he lived until his death, Jan. 30, 1884. He was a merchant, honorable in his business transactions. He received many civic honors ; was a member of the Board of Visitors from Mass. to the Ojibway Indians under President Grant's administration from 1868 to 1871; Justice of the Peace, member of the Board of Assessors of Worcester from 1879 to 1883; member of the School Board from 1880 to 1883; special agent in the department of Manufactures U. S. Census, 1880; Representative to the State Legislature, being Chairman on the Committee on Manufactures in 1881 and 1882; he was a member of the Old South Church of Worcester, of which he was chosen Deacon a short time before his death. He m. Jan. 17, 1860, Emma B., dau. of Jacob and Betsy (Blodgett) Parkhurst, of Groton, Mass., who survived him. No children.
MARTIN.
SAMUEL K., b. in Alexandria, Mar. 23, 1811 ; m. about 1839, Julia Ann, dau, of Nathaniel and Rachel (Andrews) Coolidge, b. Dec. 3, 1811. Res. in Boscawen, Wilmot, N. H., Norwich, Vt., and Revere, Mass., from 1840 to 1861, when he came to H.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Henry R., b. February 16, 1840, in Boscawen; s. of Samuel K. and Julia A. (Coolidge) Martin ; m. first, May 8, 1866, in Rochester, Vt., Betsy C., dau. of George Hubbard; she d. September 15, 1875 ; he m. second, July 11, 1905, Mrs. Frances E. Webber, of Boston. He lived in Boscawen, Wilmot, N. H., Norwich and
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Rutland, Vt., and Revere, Mass., coming to H. in 1861 where he resided until his death. He served in the Civil War Company B, Sixteenth Reg., N. H. Vols.
III. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Anna M., b. May 6, 1868; m. Lyman Willey; he d. April 18, 1916 ; no children.
2. George H., b. October 30, 1870; m. Margaret McInnis of Bay Chaleur.
3. Ida Belle, b. August 3, 1873 ; m. George Mullen.
4. Charles R., b. June 5, 1875 ; d. September 10, 1875.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Dorris.
2. Howard.
3. Helen, res. in Los Angeles ; m. second, Addison Merrill, of San Francisco.
2. Julia Ann, b. in Wilmot, April 7, 1842 ; m. Orrin Stocker ; d. in 1910.
3. Almira, b. January 9, 1851, in Norwich, Vt., m. William M. Sargent.
4. Franklin P., b. in Norwich, Vt., October 24, 1852; res. in Revere, Mass., five years, and since lived in H. He m. in December, 1889, Elizabeth Alfors from Alinas, Sweden. No children.
FRANCIS B., m. Betsey (Hadley) Martin.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Richard H., b. in Goffstown, in December, 1825; m. Betsey Hadley, b. in April, 1825 ; res. in Goffstown and Weare.
III. CHILDREN, FOUR BORN IN GOFFSTOWN AND FOUR IN WEARE.
1. Sarah E., b. June 3, 1861; m. J. S. W. Preston, of Waverly, Mass.
2. Leonard F., b. March 7, 1853, in Goffstown; m. in Weare, March 20, 1878, Anna J., dau. of William and Sarah (McQuestion) McNiel, of Deering, b. December 27, 1855; at this time he was living in Riverdale, Weare and she in Deering ; he res. in Goffstown, 1853-1859; in Weare, 1859-1878 ; came to H. in 1878.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Grace Anna, b. October 13, 1882; m. September 3, 1902, Charles O. Card.
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V. CHILDREN.
1. Beatrice M., b. May 17, 1903.
2. Leonard H., b. February 15, 1905.
3. Oscar F., b. July 6, 1906, in Derry.
4. Robert M., b. September 13, 1908.
5. Donald F., b. September 17, 1910, in Southville, Mass.
6. C. Norman, b. January 13, 1915, in Gardner, Mass.
2. Fred Joshua, b. November 7, 1883; m. Achsah Sargent of West Hopkinton, N. H.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Walter L., b. September 26, 1906.
2. 3. Twins, b. August 14, 1907.
4. 5. Twins, Harold M. and Henry G., b. October 1, 1908.
6. Dorothy A., b. April 20, 1912.
3. Letitia O., b. August 16, 1855; m. George F. Melvin, of Weare.
IV. CHILD.
1. Mamie L., b. June 20, 1881.
4. Joshua F., b. July 6, 1857 ; m. Jennie Ordway, of Manchester.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Giles Ordway, b. October 19, 1894.
2. Richard Hadley, b. October 3, 1896.
3. Philip, b. in 1899.
5. Willie R., b. August 31, 1859; d. February 7, 1884, in Weare.
6. Francis B., b. July 16, 1862 ; m. Angie Barrett ; he d. in 1898.
7. George H., b. October 5, 1864; m. Mary L. Goodale in Goffstown.
IV. CHILD.
1. Franklin Goodale, b. February 26, 1901.
8. Charles R., b. September 15, 1869; m. Cora Poore, Manchester.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Bernice E., b. June 6, 1894; m. in 1913.
2. Andrew Anderson.
MATHEWS.
HERMAN W., s. of Joseph H. and Adeline (Adams) Mathews, was b. in Henniker, Oct. 5, 1866; m. in Antrim, Nov. 25, 1891, Olive P., dau. of Walter and Susan D (Tuttle) Buch- anan, b. in Newbury, Vt., May 15, 1870.
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III. CHILDREN.
1. Elton R., b. March 1, 1895, in Henniker.
2. Vera E., b. September 12, 1900, in Peterborough.
3. Fred H., b. April 28, 1903, in Ludlow, Mass.
4. Merlin D., b. September 26, 1907, in Palmer, Mass.
MERRILL.
The early history of the Merrill family has been traced to Norman-French origin, believed to have been among the Pro- testant Huguenots, and said to be connected with William the Conqueror. A number of Protestant leaders are mentioned in French history by the name of Merle, among those of more recent date being Merle De Beigue. Merle was the family name of the historian. His grandfather married a De Beigue, and accepted his wife's name as a part of his own. The patronymic gradually changed its form of spelling from Merle to Merel, Merell, Merrel, Merrell to its modern form of Merrill.
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