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2. Frances Estelle, b. September 19, 1889.
3. Clarence Easterbrook, b. July 23, 1892.
4. Theodore Stanley, b. June 6, 1895; d. January 1, 1901.
5. William Curtis, b. January 26, 1900; d. August 8, 1900.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Marshall Curtis, b. in Boston, February 17, 1914.
2. Charlotte Elizabeth, b. in H., August 3, 1915.
BAXTER.
JONATHAN, b. in Wilmington, Mass., April 4, 1770, was the son of Thomas Baxter, a Revolutionary soldier, who d. of small pox while in the service; his wife was Abigail P. Wilkins of Mont Vernon, b. Oct. 26, 1773. They lived several years in New Boston, and Francestown, before coming here about 1817, living on a farm in the east part of the town. His w. d. Aug. 1, 1853 ; he d. Sept. 9, 1862.
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III. CHILDREN.
1. Fannie E., b. December 28, 1798; d. in Deering, March 31, 1869, unm.
2. Levi R., b. January 30, 1801; succeeded to the homestead in H., living with his parents and sister Fannie; d. October 12, 1876.
3. Elizabeth L., b. April 11, 1803 ; m. March 31, 1829, Robert P. Creas- sey, of Bradford; d. in Deering, 1887.
4. Enos Knight, b. in Francestown, April 20, 1805 ; worked in factory at Bridge Village when young and rem. to Boston, Mass., where he was "shipping merchant" with store on India wharf; ret. to H. in 1837; went to California in 1849, and upon his ret. kept a store in Bradford in company with his bro. Moses E .; went to Colorado in 1860, where he d. January 1, 1889. He m. first, Annice Grimes, who d. in 1861 or '62; m. second, Louisa, dau. of David J. and Nancy (Wilson) Beard.
IV. CHILDREN, ALL BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Sarah J.
2-3. Mary F. and James G., twins. Mary F. m. Gen. C. C. An- drews. (See)
5. Jonathan, Jr., b. in Francestown, Aug. 3, 1807; merchant in Boston, Mass., where he m. Eliza Snow; d. August 2, 1834.
6. William B., b. Francestown, March 6, 1810; m. first, 1838, Judith Mears, of Stanstead, Can., who d. in Boston, 1830; m. second, 1850, Angeline Parker, of H .; rem. to Mt. Sterling, Ill., 1840, where he d. Mar. 10, 1891.
IV. CHILDREN, ONE BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. William M., b. in Boston, 1839, a physician at Mt. Sterling, Ill .; m. Ella Horsman, and had issue, Frederick, Mabel, and Bertha.
2. Abbie, b. December, 1842 ; m. Jefferson Frye; res. in Mt. Sterl- ing, Ill. Their children were Nellie, Ralph, Leonard, Levi, b. March 2, 1862 ; m. Elizabeth Glass.
7. Moses E., b. September 7, 1812, in Francestown; m. August 14, 1834, Elizabeth Howe, of Warner; in trade for a number of years at Bradford; rem., 1857, to Griggsville, Ill., where he farmed and kept a meat market; d. October 18, 1891.
IV. CHILD.
1. Edwin W., b. July 9, 1837 ; m. March 8, 1857, Helen M. Harvey, Warner; rem. to Griggsville, Ill., same year, where he d. February 16, 1892; wid. d. February 25, 1896.
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V. CHILDREN.
1. Mary E .; 2. Helen M .; 3. Emma F .; 4. Harvey E .; 5. George E .; 6. Arthur.
8. Lydia B., b. Francestown, October 11, 1814; m. October 6, 1840, Isaac A. Hatch. (See)
BEARD.
This patronymic in olden times was spelled Bard and so pronounced, with the "e" occasionally added, until this letter be- came a fixture. The first to bear the name in town was Elijah Beard, or Bard as it is generally given on the old records, who came here from Wilmington, Mass., in 1785, and settled on the farm that has borne his name until very recently and occupied by descendants. He was a man of great energy and persever- ance. Active in public affairs, he served as Town Clerk and chair- man of the Board of Selectmen for three years, and otherwise as Selectman for six years more, while he represented the town in the Legislature five years.
It is related that on reaching this tract of land which he had purchased through the agency of a relative, he found it an un- broken wilderness, and when a small clearing had been made and seed time had arrived his garner and exchequer were both equally empty. Nothing daunted, however, like all brave men and wom- en, of those times, who submitted to defeat under no circum- stances he shouldered a bag for corn, pocketed his wife's shoe buckles for currency and made his way on foot guided by blazed trees to Amherst, exchanged the cherished buckles for a bushel of corn, with which he returned to his patiently waiting wife and children. This same corn was planted and in due course of time it sprang up, and reached maturity with a promise of abundant increase, but between this and its ripening for harvest it must be protected from the ravages of lawless bears, which duty fell upon the fearless wife. Filling the fists of her little ones-too tender to trust outside the sheltering walls of their miniature cabin- with bread well saturated in West Indies molasses, nearly the only luxury in the way of sweets in which people of those times could afford to indulge, the brave mother would sally forth several
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times each day for her only weapon a stout stick. To the con- fusion and routing of the cowardly thieves. In this she never failed of success and her faithful watchfulness was rewarded by a plenteous harvest.
He was the s. of Ebenezer, Jr., (Ebenezer, Andrew), b. in Wilmington, Mass., Sept. 3, 1765; m. Mar. 17, 1785 (the same year he came to H.), Phoebe, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Hopkins) Jones, of the same town. He d. Oct. 5, 1814; wid. d. Oct. 10, 1856.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Phoebe, b. in Wilmington, Mass., May 31, 1786; m. September 8, 1807, George Raymond, of Mont Vernon.
2. Catherine, twin of Phoebe; m. Robert Fulton, of Bradford; d. in H., December 25, 1878.
3. Elijah, b. March 29, 1787.
4. Clarissa, b. May 12, 1789; m. May 4, 1806, Thomas Wilson. (See)
5. David J., b. January 12, 1792 ; m. December 19, 1815; Nancy Wil- son; d. March 19, 1822.
6. Nabby, b. May 2, 1794 ; m. May 30, 1815, Luther Andrews. (See)
7. Thirza, b. January 25, 1797; d. in infancy.
8. Jonathan. (See)
9. Ira, b. May 4, 1801; d. October 14, 1822, unm.
10. Mark, b. May 31, 1806 ; m. ; d. August 9, 1840.
DAVID J. (ELIJAH), b. Jan. 12, 1792; m. Dec. 19, 1815, Nancy Wilson (sis. of Thomas Wilson) of Deering.
VI. CHILDREN.
1. Edwin, b. November 11, 1817; d. at sea unm.
2. Rodney, b. June 17, 1819; d. unm.
3. Louisa, b. June 17, 1821; m. Enos Baxter; lived and d. at Upper Village.
JONATHAN, s. of Elijah and Phoebe (Jones) Beard; b. Dec. 29, 1798; m. Sept. 7, 1824, Jane, dau. of Alexander Wilson, of Deering. He remained on the homestead and built a saw and grist mill upon the stream which runs through the farm; he was largely instrumental in laying out and building what is known as the "Beard Road," leading from the foundry towards E. Wash- ington. He built a house and barn at the intersection of that road with the one leading from the Upper Village and the Centre,
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which were burned in . He was Town Clerk three years, and Selectman four years. He d. April 20, 1846, and his wid. m. Jan. 30, 1848, Nathaniel Woods, who lived upon the farm, and d. Jan. 17, 1890. She d. April 25, 1887.
VI. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Sarah Jane, b. April 15, 1827; d. April 10, 1828.
2. Harriet N., b. December 21, 1834; m. May 20, 1855, Charles L. Hartwell. (See)
3. Lucy O., b. June 10, 1837; m. October 16, 1872, Calvin O. Bailey, b. North Anson, Me .; res. for fifteen years in Somerville, Mass .; lived since at Melrose. One s. George A., b. June 25, 1878.
BELCHER.
MOSES, 3rd, s. of Moses, Jr., Moses, Gregory Belcher, was b. Mar. 8, 1715-16; m. Eunice, dau. of Experience and Remember (Bourne) Mayhew, of Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, b. April 4, 1716; lived in Braintree, Mass. His maternal grandfather was Samuel Sarson.
v. CHILDREN.
1. Eunice, b. December 25, 1736.
2. Lucy, b. March 2, 1738-9.
3. Capt. Sarson, b. June 21, 1741; m. March 24, 1763, Fenton (some- times given as Fanny), dau. of Capt. John and Elizabeth Hill, b. March 7, 1742-3, and d. August 25, 1793 ; he d. December 24, 1794. (For issue see N. E. Hist. and Gen. Register, vol. 60, pp. 125, 243.) Captain Belcher settled in Boston in the business of a hatter, joined the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company in 1765. He was a Captain in Colonel Hatch's regi- ment of Boston Militia in the Eighth Co. during the Revolu- tion. He was a son-in-law of Colonel Hill.
BELL.
HIRAM, s. of Thomas and Mary (Giles) Bell of Deering ; b. Mar. 16, 1803; m. Dec. 19, 1832, Mary French, b. Aug. 28, 1813 in Hancock; popular landlord in Henniker; presided at Profile House for seven seasons; at the Crawford house for a time ; and at the Pemigewasset House at Plymouth for a number of years ; exceedingly genial and made a host of friends ; d. Feb. 27, 1871.
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III. CHILDREN.
1. George E., b. May 15, 1834, in Antrim; m. December 4, 1862, Susan J. Thompson ; hotel keeper in Boston; capable and popular ; alderman of Boston; several years in custom house; d. in April, 1880.
2. Mary E., b. August 21, 1837, in Henniker; m. February 20, 1860, Col. Edwin R. Abbott.
3. Ellen A., b. May 4, 1845, in Henniker ; m. July 1, 1873, Solon New- man.
BENNETT.
JAMES M., s. of Moses and Mary (Tucker) Bennett; b. in Sandown, Nov. 14, 1809; came to H. in 1828 and lived at the Centre, with the exception of three years in Springfield, Mass. He was a house and carriage painter. Married May 8, 1834, Sarah, dau. of William and Rhoda (Symond) Howard.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Anne E., b. October 21, 1835, at Springfield, Mass .; m. William B. Abbott, of Manchester.
2. Harlan Page, b. March 11, 1837(?). He was lieutenant in the 12th Regiment, Mass. Vols. in the Civil War. Married first, Emma Plasdail, who lived three years; m. second, Della Christian, who lived two years; m. third, Josephine Lightall, by whom he had two children, Josie L. and Harlan LeGrand. He d. in New Ipswich, June 25, 1882.
3. Mary C., b. November 22, 1842; m. Charles F. Wilson, of New Ipswich.
4. Sarah F., b. April 4, 1847; m. Frank E. Gale; res. in Aurora, Ill.
5. James W., b. March 9, 1855 ; m. Emma Peebles ; res. in Aurora, III.
DANIEL, m. Hannah Lowell.
II. CHILDREN.
1. Betsey, b. December 29, 1793; m. Moses Codman.
2. Lucy, b. February 24, 1795 ; m. Jonas Smith.
III. CHILD.
1. Daniel B., m. Mary H. Goodale, May 16, 1843 ; d. March 9, 1848.
3. Hannah, b. August 17, 1798 ; d. May 25, 1823.
4. Daniel, b. August 8, 1801; d.
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BICKFORD.
JOHN, THOMAS, JAMES and ELEAZER, landed in Dover in 1620, according to family tradition. These brothers were great Indian fighters, especially Thomas, who lived on Oyster River, a branch of the Pascataqua. He lived in a garrison, and at one time, expecting an Indian attack, he sent his family by boat down the river, and defended the place alone. Ninety-one persons were killed or taken prisoners at this period.
Thomas, a descendant of John, settled on Putney Hill in Hopkinton, and served as soldier under Col. John Stark in the expedition against Ticonderoga. He had four sons: Samuel, John, Joseph and Thomas.
Joseph, the third son of Thomas, Sr., served seven years as an apprentice at the carpenter's trade in Salem, Mass. He became very skillful in this line of work, and was the first man to use an edge tool in the construction of the New Hampshire State Capitol building at Concord. Sometime after the completion of this building he removed to Hillsborough, and settled in the northern part of the town. He worked at his trade until the last years of his life, and among the buildings he contracted was the meeting house at Francestown. He m. Sally Doak, dau. of a naval officer of Marblehead, Mass .; she d. April 27, 1863, aged 77 years and 8 months ; he d. April 12, 1866, aged 82 years.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. No record found.
2. Eliza F., b. Hopkinton, February 15, 1811; m. Ammi M. George. (See)
3. James Doak, twin of Eliza, b. in Hopkinton, February 15, 1811; d. in H., April 1, 1905. (See)
JAMES D., b. in Hopkinton, Feb. 15, 1811; d. in H. April I, 1905. He first lived at the Upper Village, but later bought the old David Goodell farm pleasantly situated on the summit above the hamlet where he had been living. He was a musician of marked ability, both vocal and instrumental. He led the choir and played in the Baptist Church for thirty years. April 26, 1828, he became a member of the Hillsborough Instrumental Music Band, the first incorporated band in the state. (See bands.)
GARDNER TOWNE
JAMES D. BICKFORD
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He m. Oct. 1, 1835, Elizabeth Ann Conn, b. Oct. 16, 1816, dau. of William and Sally (Priest) Conn.
VIII. CHILDREN.
1. Sarah Fuller, b. June 25, 1838; ed. in the town schools, Tubbs Academy, Washington, Francestown Academy, and Crosby's Academy, Nashua; graduating from the Worthington and Warner Commercial College, Concord, having made a specialty of penmanship. She taught penmanship at Pem- broke Academy and other academies in the state; was special teacher of writing in Dover for five years, and Assistant Engrossing Clerk in the New Hampshire Legislature in 1868. She taught penmanship for two years at Lassall Seminary, Auburndale, Mass., and conducted a private school of her own under the name of "Madam Hafey's Writing Academy" in Boston for ten years. She m. February 5, 1879, Charles M. Hafey, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, who fitted for college and graduated from Columbia Law School, New York City. Mrs. Hafey had literary aspirations, and wrote 51 "Song Poems". She d. January 31, 1920.
IX. CHILDREN.
1. Frank B., who d. in infancy.
2.
John Willard, b. in H .; ed. in town schools and Henniker and Francestown academies. He taught school for a number of years, and read law in the office of Francis N. Blood in H. He entered the Law Department at Harvard College, and was drowned in Charles River, June 26, 1866, about six months before he had expected to graduate.
3. Frank James, b. in H., January 27, 1849; ed. in town schools and Henniker and Francestown academies. He taught schools for several years during the winter, but finally devoted all of his time to caring for the home farm and dealing in cattle. A Democrat in political belief, he has not sought political offices, but has served eleven years on the School Board, been Supervisor of Checklists and acted on committees in the, settlement of estates.
BIXBY.
. ANDREW (JOSEPH, JOHN, JOSEPH, JR.,), often spelled Bix- bee, was an early settler in H. He was a connection of the family by that name in Francestown. The early records show that he was here in 1774, and he may have been here before that date.
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He finally located on a farm in the west part of the town, which remained in the family for three generations. He m. - Cole
V. CHILDREN.
1. Mary, b. in Amherst, about 1751; m. David Hildreth, of Litchfield, b. July 17, 1748; res. in Amherst. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, and d. March 25, 1831; she d. November 4, 1836, aged 85 years.
2. David, b. about 1753; an eccentric; m. late in life Sarah Blan- chard, and rem. to Salisbury, where he d. leaving a dau. Olive, and perhaps other children.
3. Olive, b. about 1756; m. Stephen Wyman, of Windsor.
4. Hannah, b. in 1759; m. Joshua Jones, of Windsor.
5. John, b. about 1761. (See)
6. Andrew, b
; went to Genesee Valley, N. Y., which he called "Sundown"; he went with the family of Joshua Jones, and d. there of fever and ague.
JOHN, s. of Andrew and (Cole) Bixby; b. about 1761, suc- ceeded to his father's homestead; served in the Revolution; m. in 1789, Rebecca, dau. of David and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Goodell. She d. in 1806, and he m. second, Sally Goodell, a sister of his first wife. He d. Dec. 31, 1830; she d. Dec. 6, 1833.
VI. CHILDREN, ALL BUT YOUNGEST BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Dolphus, b. January 7, 1790. (See)
2. Ransom, b. June 4, 1791. (See)
3. Nancy, b. March, 1793; m. October 3, 1821, Moody M. Barker, of Antrim, in which town she d. March 26, 1873, two days after the death of her husband.
4. Sarah, b. October 3, 1795 ; m. Miles Cole, of Salisbury ; rem. to Ill. in 1838, where she died.
5. Aris, b. May 10, 1797 ; m. September 15, 1818, Elijah Monroe. (See) 6. Mandana, b. January, 1813 ; m. S. Chellis Hatch; they rem. to Ill. in 1835, where she d. about 1844.
DOLPHUS, s. of John and Rebecca (Goodell) Bixby ; b. Jan. 7, 1790; m. Jan., 1813, Achsa, dau. of Robert and Abigail (Jones) Carr. He was a "moving planet", living in several towns in this part of N. H., besides several in Vt. He had a penchant for buying old orchards, selling the timber to be manufactured into
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shuttles, for which use it was well adapted on account of the hardness and smoothness of the wood. His first wife d. in 1864, and he m. second, Lydia Jones, but she lived only a short time after their marriage; he d. at the home of his son Russell in Marlboro.
VII. CHILDREN, ALL BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Henry, b. September 9, 1813 ; m. Sarah J. Carey.
2. Russell, b. March 1, 1816; m. May 15, 1842, Sarah L. Wright, b. August 15, 1813 ; she d. April 24, 1849, and he m. second, August 1, 1850, Emly R. Dana, b. August 29, 1826; res. many years in Marlboro.
3. Mansel, b. April 28, 1818.
4. John, b. June 3, 1821; d. September 4, 1837.
5. Nancy, b. October 11, 1825 ; d. August 17, 1837.
6. Charles C., b. October 18, 1829; d. January 1, 1831.
7. Charles Carr, b. August 7, 1833 ; m. Weltha A. Jones; res. in Lan- caster, N. Y .; three children.
8. Achsa A., b. February 19, 1836; m. Selden Miller. (See)
RANSOM, s. of John and Rebecca (Goodell) Bixby; b. June 4, 1791, inherited his father's homestead; served in the War of 1812; stationed at Portsmouth ; was Orderly Sergeant of his Co .; served the town as Treasurer, was Selectman several years ; Deputy Sheriff under Elijah Monroe. He m. Dec. 8, 1824, Sarah, dau. of Solomon and Sarah (Bradford) Andrews, of Windsor ; he d. May 10, 1850, aged 59 years; she d. Feb. 1, 1874, aged 80 years.
VII. CHILDREN.
1. Elizabeth H., b. November 30, 1825.
2. Sarah A., b. August 30, 1828 ; m. September 28, 1848, David Star- rett. (See)
3. Rebecca, b. January 14, 1834; d. May 2, 1842.
OLIVER, s. of Thomas and Rebecca (Holmes) Bixby ; b. in Francestown, April 28, 1796; m. Nov. 13, 1823, Abigail W. Far- rington, of Lyndeborough; she d. in and he m. second, Huldah D. Farrington; he was a farmer and merchant; res. in Francestown, where he was Postmaster and Town Clerk, Wilton, Lyndeborough, Amherst and Hillsborough, where he d. Feb. 27, 1879.
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III. CHILDREN, FIVE BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Mary J., b. August 23, 1824 ; d. at Amherst, August 21, 1835.
2. David F., b. August 1, 1826 ; d. at Surinam, South America, in 1856.
3. Augusta, b. September 30, 1827; m. Sidney R. Gage; d. in Nashua, November, 1890.
4. Thomas, b. December 14, 1829; d. at New Orleans, La., October 19, 1849.
5. Oliver H., b. June 29, 1837 ; m. Sarah E. Clement ; d. at So. Boston, Mass., December 19, 1897.
6. Levi W., b. March 22, 1845; m. first, May, 1871, Caroline E. Clement, of Warren; she d. Aug. 29, 1872; m. second, Decem- ber 17, 1877, Lydia A. Burt ; ; he was a farmer, and lived near Bridge Village; was Selectman at the time of his death, May 1, 1893 ; his wid. m. second, May 7, 1900, at Washington, Mel- bourne A. Farnsworth.
IV. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Helen A., b. June 23, 1882 ; m. September 7, 1911, H. E. Stan- dish, of Concord; res. in H.
2. Caroline C., b. April 17, 1884.
7. Mary C., b. June 23, 1849, in Lyndeborough; res. in H. for many years ; Librarian of Fuller Free Public Library.
BLACK.
EZRA C., s. of Jesse L. S. and Dorcas C. (Chandler) Black ; b. in Concord, May 24, 1850; after res. in Concord and Weare, came to H. Bridge Village in 1875, as a mill operative; m. July 3, 1873, Laura I., dau. of Ebenezer H. and Eliza G. (Peaslee) Hemphill, of Henniker. He collected a considerable number of Indian relics and antique articles, in which he took great pride. He d. Aug. 27, 1904.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Queenie Ola, b. January 28, 1879; m. September 30, 1901, Scott I. Gay; she d. November 26, 1909.
2. Beryl E., b. May 16, 1882.
3. Bernice F., b. July 16, 1885 ; m. October, 1903, William L. Childs, Henniker.
CHILD.
1. Queenie E., b. February 8, 1906.
4. Loren E. Nichols, an adopted son, d. November 2, 1888, 18 years of age.
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BOOTH.
BOOTH.
Among the earliest settlers in H. at the second settlement were George Booth and his family of eight children, coming here from Middleton, Mass. He located first upon a "settler's lot" of 50 acres, which has since become a portion of the David Kimball farm; afterwards he moved upon the homestead occupied a few years since by William Gould. Mr. Booth was a soldier in the "Old French War," and in the Expedition to Louisburg in 1745, and was blown up by the explosion of a mine, being badly burned and losing the sight of one eye. He was a carpenter, as well as farmer, and worked upon the construction of the first meeting house and the "Old Town House" and second meeting house. He m. Nov. 8, 1748, Elizabeth Rapin, in Middleton, Mass .; she d. Dec. 6, 1792 ; he d. Jan. 20, 1800, aged 83 years. Dr. Goodell, in speaking of him, says: "He shared in the hard- ships incident to the early settlement of the town, 'when venison was the beef and bear meat the pork', and was obliged to carry his grain on his back to New Boston for meal."
II. CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN MIDDLETON, MASS.
1. Mary, b. July 3, 1749 ; m. December 24, 1782, Rev. David Gould, of Topsfield, Mass .; she d. October 1, 1785; had one child, Molly, b. September 28, 1785 ; d. December 4, 1785.
2. Sarah, b. May 23, 1751; m. July 13, 1774, Jonathan Sargent. (See)
3. Betsy, b. December 20, 1752; m. Moses Nelson. (See)
4. William. (See)
5. Hannah, b. March 21, 1756 ; d. unm.
6. Eunice, b. August 5, 1759 ; m. Stephen Rolfe. (See)
7. Susan, b. June 28, 1761; m. in 1790, Jesse Warde, of Henniker ; d. September 26, 1809.
8. Andrew, bap. September 22, 1765.
WILLIAM, s. of George and Elizabeth Booth; b. in 1754; belonged to Captain Baldwin's Company and went to Bunker Hill with the others, but having been detailed to return with the horses they had taken for the journey, he did not participate in the battle, though he rejoined the company directly afterwards. He served in the Revolutionary War one year; he was at the battle of Bennington, acting an important part in the prelim- inaries of that struggle. He was noted as a scout and woods-
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man, and was one of the twenty trusty men General Stark de- tailed to reconnoitre the enemy's position before the battle. Upon finding that the enemies had no re-inforcements near at hand, the order was for this squad to signal at a certain time this fact, and it was that signal, after having satisfied themselves no aid was at hand, which prompted Stark to open the battle. He m. after the close of the war, Eunice Gould, of Topsfield, Mass., and succeeded to his father's homestead.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Mary, b. July 30, 1787; d. December 24, 1867, unm.
2. Sarah, b. February 8, 1789; d. May, 1836, unm.
3. William, Jr., b. November 9, 1790. (See)
4. Nancy, b. January 10, 1793 ; d. unm.
5. Lucinda, b. September 13, 1795; d. April 6, 1874.
6. Sabra, b. September 21, 1797; m. Jonathan Gould. (See)
WILLIAM, JR., b. Nov. 9, 1790; m. Margaret Grimes, of Deering ; succeeded to his father's homestead. He was Captain of the Cavalry in the 26th Reg. N. H. Militia. He d. Jan. 4, 1887, in his 97th year, having retained his mental faculties to a remarkable degree; his memory was clear and distinct and his mind a storehouse of traditions and facts relating to the early settlement of the town. During his long lifetime he never missed casting his vote at every election, a record not often matched. His wife, for many years insane, d. Jan. 29, 1847; no children.
JOHN, who came to H. in 1879, does not seem to have been related to the family already noticed. He was b. at Fishkill Plains, N. Y., Mar. 10, 1830. When a young man he was en- gaged in the construction of the Eastern Division of the Erie Railroad, and ran the first train over the road from New York City to Port Jarvis, where he resided several years. He was afterwards engineer on the Long Island Road, and later ran an engine on the Panama Railroad, until his health was impaired by tropical fevers, so he was compelled to return to the north. He enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. G., 13Ist Reg., N. Y. Vols .; was severely wounded at Port Hudson, July 13, 1863, a portion of his skull being shot away. He was discharged from service Aug. 9, 1869, and came to this town ten years later. He was employed
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BOOTH-BOWERS.
by the Contoocook Mills Co .; was Selectman for six years, and was noted for the efficiency of his service; was a member of Senator Grimes Post, G. A. R. He m. first, in 1854, Ann Hat- terick, who d. in 1857, and he m. second, in 1858, Rosanna Che- valier, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who d. Aug. 18, 1878, and he m. third, June II, 1879, Mrs. Eliza (Carter) Wallace, of this town. She d. May 26, 1897 ; he d. Dec. 26, 1900, highly respected.
II. CHILDREN, BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
1. Elizabeth, b. September 16, 1860 ; m. first, September 1, 1877, Joseph Rogers, who d. October 24, 1891; m. second, July 9, 1893, Gustave Haleman; res. Burnt Hills, N. Y.
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