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4. i. ROBERT RUSSELL, b. Feb. 12, 1883; m. May 27, 1911, Margaret . F. Glover. One son.
5. ii. RICHARD, b. May 26, 1885; m. Dorothy Abbott. One son.
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SAMUEL1 APPLETON, b. Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England, 1586; d. Rowley, Mass., June, 1670; m. (1) Jan. 24, 1616, Judith Everard [d. about 1630]; (2) Martha - He was in Ipswich with wife and five children in 1636, and was deputy to the General Court the following year. His services in that capacity, however, terminated during the same year, apparently because he was not considered to be sufficiently intolerant in relation to Mrs. Hutchinson and her adherents.
SAMUEL2 (Samuel1), b. Little Waldingfield, 1625; d. Ipswich, May 15, 1696; m. (1) Apr. 2, 1651, Hannah, dau. of William Paine of Ipswich; (2) Dec. 8, 1656, Mary, dau. of John Oliver of Newbury [d. Feb. 15, 1698].
ISAAC3 (Samuel2, Samuel1), b. 1664; d. May 22, 1747; m. Priscilla, dau. of Thomas Baker of Topsfield [d. May 26, 1731].
ISAAC4 (Isaacª, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. May 30, 1704; d. Dec. 18, 1794; m. (1) pub. Apr. 25, 1730, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Sawyer of Wells, Me. [b. 1710; d. Apr. 29, 1785]; (2) Dec. 11, 1785, Mrs. Hephzibah (prob. Swain) Appleton, widow of Dea. Joseph4 Appleton, (Oliver3, Samuel2, Samuel1), [d. July 7, 1788]. He was the largest proprietor of New Ips- wich, having six shares; but he is not believed to have been an actual resident in the town.
1. ISAAC5 (Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), bapt. May 30, 1731; d. Feb. 26, 1806; m. Apr. 24, 1760, Mary, dau. of Joseph
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Adams of Concord [b. Mar. 14, 1742; d. May 22, 1827]. He came to New Ipswich about 1750, and settled upon one of the 24 lots owned by his father (N. D., 41,) building his house near the southeast corner of the lot, upon the west side of the old "country road" not far from the point where the turnpike was to intersect it fifty years later. But in 1756 he removed a short distance farther up the country road and there built the house which still bears over its entrance the date of its erection, and which was to be his home for half a century, during which he was a power in the town for all that tended to true prosperity. He held the office of town clerk and of selectman each for several years and was a deacon for thirty years. He responded to the call to arms from Concord, and also served under Capt. Smith. Children-all born in New Ipswich :
3. i. ISAAC, b. June 6, 1762.+
4. ii. JOSEPH B., b. June 25, 1764; d. Keene, Dec. 2, 1791. He grad- uated from Dartmouth College in 1791.
5. iii. SAMUEL, b. June 22, 1766; d. July, 1853; m. Boston, Nov., 1818, Mary, dau. of John Lekain, widow of John Gore [d. May 19, 1870]. The years of his childhood and youth were passed upon his father's farm, where his monetary resources bore little similarity to those of his later life. Many years afterward he related the story of his first trip to Peterboro in his fourteenth year, which he made on foot while aiding in the management of a drove of cattle, for which assistance his father had received in advance the sum of "ninepence" (121/2 cents). But at the end of the stipulated ten miles an extension of the contract was nego- tiated, by virtue of which he continued service over an additional ten miles, and placed in his own pocket in return therefor "fopence ha'penny" (61/4 cents). It was probably a little before his arrival at his majority that Hon. Charles Barrett (5) suggested that he should remove to his settle- ment in the Maine forests, then known as Barrettstown, and presented him with land for a farm, such as he was selling to the other settlers for one hundred dollars, which proposition he accepted, and labored upon his new domain for about three years, also acting as Mr. Barrett's agent. He did not, however, choose a permanent farmer's life, but returned to New Ipswich, was one of the earliest stu- dents at the newly founded Academy, and received from Principal John Hubbard the first certificate of ability to teach issued from that institution. He availed himself of the privilege thus conferred for only two or three terms, and about the age of twenty-five he opened a store in Ash- burnham, Mass. This business he transferred the following
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year to his native town, and occupied the low store-building standing until recently at the foot of Meeting-house Hill, which Mr. Barrett had built for his use. In 1794, by advice of that discerning friend, he removed to Boston, and en- tered upon a quarter-century of eminently successful com- mercial activity in that city, accumulating a fortune reck- oned among the largest of those earlier days, and maintaining in all things a spotless reputation. Near the close of his life he declared that Mr. Barrett's confidence and aid were the origin of his wealth; and he gave form to his grateful appreciation in gifts to the descendants of his thus avowed benefactor amounting to $10,000. He retired from active business about 1820, and for more than thirty years his useful life was occupied with worthy interests of the city and the bestowal of discriminating assistance upon deserv- ing benevolences. His estate, according to the estimate of his will, amounted to almost $1,000,000, of which $200,000 were bequeathed to "Scientific, literary, religious and chari- table purposes" at the discretion of his executors. In the history of the Academy, previously given in this volume, it is shown how he probably saved its life at the time of a serious crisis, and also gave later aid commemorated by its assumption of his name.
6. iv. AARON, b. Aug. 6, 1768; d. Keene, June 20, 1852; m. (1) Nov. 17, 1799, Eunice Adams (W. 25); (2) Keziah, dau. of Nathan Bixby of Keene [b. about 1798; d. June 4, 1870]. He was a successful merchant in Dublin, but in 1814 he removed to Keene, where he continued his business as a general merchant, and also was interested in a glass factory. He was one of the largest tax-payers of the town.
7. v. DOLLY, b. Sept. 6, 1770; d. Jan. 16, 1859; m. Dec. 29, 1799, David, son of David and Susannah (Ralph) Everett of Princeton, Mass. [b. 1769; d. Dec. 21, 1813]. Mr. Everett was not a son of New Ipswich, but Dea. Benjamin Adams (W. 2) was his stepfather, and Maj. Benjamin Adams (W. 22) was his brother-in-law, which facts, together with his preparation for college at New Ipswich Academy and his marriage, made him a citizen of the town in spirit, and his widow's long residence in town after his death seems to give his life a place which demands recognition. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795 and afterward resided in Boston, except for a few years in Amherst, N. H., and a few months in Marietta, O., where he died. He was in practice as a lawyer, but was also largely occupied with political and literary activities, being connected with several newspapers and also publishing works from his pen as di- verse as dramas and theological essays, all showing good mental power and exceptional adaptive ability. But nothing from his pen is likely to be remembered longer than the lines beginning
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"You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage,"
which he wrote while teaching in New Ipswich, during his preparation for college, to be spoken by Ephraim H. Farrar (17), then a lad of seven years, at an exhibition of his school. Mrs. Everett returned to New Ipswich after her husband's death, and lived in the house a little below the central burying-ground which she bequeathed to the Congre- gational church for a parsonage.
8. vi. MOSES, b. Mar. 17, 1773.+
9. vii.
MARY, b. June 22, 1775; d. Dec. 16, 1853; m. Oct. 3, 1809, Joseph Barrett (2).
10. viii. EBENEZER, b. Oct. 17, 1777; d. July 7, 1780.
11. ix. NATHAN, b. Oct. 6, 1779.++
12. x. EMILY, b. Nov. 7, 1781; d. Burlington, Vt., June 4, 1809; m. Nov. 6, 1804, Moses Jewett [d. Columbus, O., Aug. 12, 1847].
13. xi. EBEN, b. June 7, 1784.+
14. xii. EMMA, b. Apr. 14, 1787; d. Dec. 30, 1791.
2. FRANCIS5 (Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), bapt. Mar. 25, 1733; d. Jan. 29, 1816; m. May 5, 1758, Elizabeth Hubbard of Ipswich [d. Nov. 7, 1815]. He came to New Ipswich a little before 1770 and settled on the lot next northeast of that of his brother, N. D., 38, where he lived quietly, scarcely en- tering any public activities, although he enlisted at least once in the Revolutionary service, and was present at the surren- der of Burgoyne. But his son also had a part in the contest, so that it is uncertain who is designated by the common name upon the company rolls. Children-born in Ipswich with the exception of the youngest :
15. i. FRANCIS, b. May 28, 1759.+
16. ii. ISAAC, b. Jan. 14, 1761.+
17. iii. JOHN, b. Mar. 28, 1763.++
18. iv. MARY, b. 1764; d. New Ipswich, 1820.
19. v. ELIZABETH, b. 1767; d. New Ipswich, Nov. 27, 1850.
20. vi. JESSE, b. Nov. 17, 1772.+
3. ISAAC® (Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. June 6, 1762 ; d. Dublin, N. H., Aug. 19, 1853; m. Dec. 9, 1788, Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer Twitchell of Dublin. Children-all born in Dublin :
21. i. SARAH, b. Mar. 5, 1790; m. James B. Todd of Byron, N. Y.
22. ii. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 5, 1791.+
23. iii. EMILY, b. May 15, 1794; d. Sept. 9, 1842; m. June 9, 1825, Samuel Estabrook.
24. iv. DAVID, b. July 16, 1796; d. Mar., 1870.
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25. v. MARY, b. Mar. 12, 1800; m. (1) Jan. 30, 1823, Cyrus B. Davis; (2) Mar. 10, 1853, Asa Holt of Ashby.
26. vi. SAMUEL, b. July 12, 1803.+
27. vii. ISAAC, b. Feb. 21, 1806; d. Nov. 26, 1827.
28. viii. HARRIET, b. Dec. 1, 1811; m. May 27, 1844, Rev. Henry A. Kendall of Dublin.
8. MOSES6 (Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Mar. 17, 1773; d. Waterville, Me., May 5, 1849; m. 1801, Ann Clark [d. Jan. 4, 1864]. Children-all born at Waterville :
29. i. ANN LOUISA, b. Sept. 26, 1802; m. May, 1826, Samuel Wells of Portland, Me.
30. ii. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 30, 1803.
31. iii. MARY JANE, b. Dec. 14, 1805; m. June 22, 1830, Samuel Plasted of Waterville.
32. iv. GEORGE ALFRED, b. June 15, 1809; d. Nov. 5, 1811.
33. v. MOSES LARKE, b. Feb. 3, 1811.+
11. NATHAN6 (Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Oct. 6, 1779; d. July 14, 1861; m. (1) Apr. 13, 1806, Maria Theresa, dau. of Thomas Gold of Pittsfield, Mass. [b. Nov. 8, 1786; d. Feb. 10, 1833] ; (2) Jan. 8, 1839, Harriot C., dau. of Jesse Sumner of Boston [d. Oct. 10, 1867]. Children -- all born at Boston :
34. i. THOMAS GOLD, b. Mar. 31, 1812.
35. ii. MARY, b. Oct. 18, 1813; m. Dec. 26, 1839, Robert James Mack- intosh of London.
36. iii. CHARLES SEDGWICK, b. Oct. 9, 1815; d. Oct. 25, 1835.
37. iv. FRANCES ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 6, 1817; d. July 10, 1861; m. July
38. v.
13, 1843, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow of Cambridge. GEORGE WILLIAM, b. Oct. 1, 1826; d. May 25, 1827.
39. vi. WILLIAM SUMNER, b. Jan. 11, 1840.+
40. vii. HARRIOT, b. Nov. 16, 1841; m. Nov. 17, 1863, Greely Steven- son Curtis of Boston.
41. viii. NATHAN, b. Feb. 2, 1843.
13. EBEN® (Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. June 7, 1784; d. Lowell, Apr. 29, 1833; m. Oct. 12, 1809, Sarah Patterson [d. July 12, 1837]. Children :
42. i. SARAH, b. Liverpool, Eng., July 12, 1810; d. June 5, 1837.
43. ii. SAMUEL, b. London, Eng., Dec. 26, 1811.+
44. iii. WILLIAM STUART, b. Cambridge, June 1, 1814.++
45. iv. CAROLINE FRANCIS, b. London, Eng., Aug. 27, 1817; m. Dec. 17, 1844, Samuel Blatchford of Auburn, N. Y.
15. FRANCIS® (Francis5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. May 28, 1759; d. Dublin, July 16, 1849; m. June 2, 1789, Mary, dau. of Noah Ripley of Barre [d. Aug. 2, 1840]. He served under Capts. Briant, Stephen Parker, and Fletcher in
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the earlier years of the Revolution, unless, as has been earlier suggested, a part of this service should be credited to his father. In 1779 he removed to Dublin, where he passed the remaining 70 years of his life, and where he was a deacon for 36 years. Children-all born at Dublin :
46. i. An infant, b. Mar. 9, 1790; d. Mar. 10, 1790.
47. ii. MARY, b. Sept. 22, 1792; m. Feb. 16, 1813, Jonathan Warren of Dublin.
48. iii.
ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 12, 1795; d. Sept. 11, 1798.
49. iv. ASHLEY, b. Dec. 23, 1796.+
50. v. FRANCIS GILMAN, b. Feb. 24, 1799.+
51. vi. ELIZA ANN, b. May 28, 1801; d. July 19, 1840; m. Dec. 31, 1823, John Gould (32).
52. vii. SERENA, b. June 1, 1804; m. June 28, 1832, Thaddeus Morse of Dublin.
53. viii. SOPHIA, b. Nov. 15, 1806; m. Apr. 19, 1832, Thomas Fisk of Dublin.
54. ix. JESSE RIPLEY, b. Apr. 25, 1809.+
16. ISAAC6 (Francis5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Jan. 14, 1761; d. Aug. 27, 1838; m. June 2, 1791, Hepzibah Foster (8). He lived at the north end of Smith Village, S. R., X: 3. His house was the first upon the right hand side of the road from the Center Village, but it now occupies the second place on the same side of the road, Capt. Nutting, who oc- cupied the place for many years, having moved it down the hill about 1850, and built the present house upon the site of the Appleton house, and another house having been erected still nearer the Center Village. Children-born in New Ipswich :
55. i. ISAAC H.
56. ii. EMILY, b. 1800; d. Boston, Dec., 1866; m. May 23, 1850, Joseph Noyes of Boston.
17. JOHN6 (Francis5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Mar. 28, 1763; d. Feb. 16, 1849; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Ephraim Peabody of Wilton [d. Oct. 28, 1809]. He succeeded to the occupancy of his father's farm. Children-born in New Ipswich :
57. i. JOHN, b. July 12, 1804.++
58. ii. ELVIRA, b. Apr. 6, 1807; d. Apr. 24, 1852; m. June 3, 1830, George C. Gibson (3).
20. JESSE® (Francis5, Isaac4, Isaac8, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Nov. 17, 1772; d. Brunswick, Me., Nov. 12, 1819; m. Apr. 25, 1800, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Means of Amherst, N. H. [d.
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Boston, Oct. 29, 1844]. He prepared for college in the acad- emy while at home, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1792. He then taught for two years in Dover and in Amherst, studied theology, and began to preach at the age of twenty-three, and two years later was ordained at Hampton, N. H. After ten years he left that post to accept the presi- dency of Bowdoin College, which he held until his death, per- forming not only the duties especially appropriate to that office, but also, as was necessarily the custom at that time, giving instruction to a very considerable extent. As a preacher, as a teacher, and as an executive officer he was eminently successful, and his personal relations with the stu- dents were exceptionally kind and valuable. He received from his Alma Mater and also from Harvard the Doctor's degree in Divinity. Children-the earlier three born at Hampton and the later at Brunswick :
59. i. MARY MEANS, b. Oct. 27, 1801; m. May, 1832, John Aiken of Lowell.
60. ii. ELIZABETH FRANCES, b. Apr. 22, 1804; d. June 2, 1839; m. May 24, 1827, Alpheus Spring Packard of Brunswick.
61. iii. JANE MEANS, b. Mar. 12, 1806; d. Dec. 2, 1863; m. Nov., 1834,
62. iv. Franklin Pierce, afterward President of the United States. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 7, 1808; d. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 19, 1830.
63. v. ROBERT, b. Dec. 4, 1810.
64. vi. JOHN, b. Aug. 4, 1814; d. Oct. 19, 1817.
22. JOSEPH7 (Isaac6, Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Sam- uel1), b. Dec. 5, 1791; d. May 9, 1840; m. Mar. 24, 1818, Han- nah, dau. of Elisha Knowlton of Dublin who m. (2) Jan. 23, 1844, Oliver Barrett of New Ipswich. Children :
65. i. JOSEPH B., b. New Ipswich, Mar. 9, 1819; m. Sept. 18, 1844, Abby H. Hunt.
66. ii. MARY THERESIA GOLD, b. New Ipswich, Oct. 20, 1820; m. Apr. 20, 1843, Edward F. Preston (50).
67. iii. ISAAC HENRY CLAY, b. New Ipswich, July 20, 1827; d. Mar. 28, 1830.
68. iv. H. CELESTIA, d. 1859; m. June 26, 1848, N. Gilman Bagley [b. Candia, N. H., July 19, 1813; d. Aug. 6, 1909]. Res. in Sharon. Children : i. David Bagley. ii. Mary Celestia Bagley.
69. v. HENRY CLAY, b. 1835; d. Feb. 25, 1837.
70. vi. EUGENE, b. about 1838; d. Mar. 11, 1874.
26. SAMUEL7 (Isaac6, Isaac5, Isaac4. Isaac3, Samuel2, Sam- uel1), b. July 12, 1803; d. June 20, 1830; m. Mar. 20, 1827,
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Emily, dau. of Joseph Hayward of Dublin, who m. (2) June 5, 1833, Calvin Aiken of Francestown. Child :
71. i. MARY JANE, m. - Farr of Portland, Me.
33. MOSES LARKE7 (Moses®, Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Feb. 3, 1811; d. Bangor, Me., Sept. 25, 1859; m. Mar., 1835, Jane Sophia, dau. of Thomas A. Hill of Bangor, Me. Children :
72. i. EDWARD LARKE, b. Sept. 8, 1839; d. Boston, Oct. 25, 1868.
73. ii. FRANCIS E., b. 1841.
74. iii. ALICE G.
75. iv. MARGARET, b. 1855.
39. WILLIAM SUMNER7 (Nathan6, Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Jan. 11, 1840; d. Apr. 28, 1903; m. Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 12, 1871, Edith Stuart Appleton (92). Chil- dren :
76. i. ELEANOR ARMISTEAD, b. Paris, France, May 11, 1872; m. Apr. 12, 1904, Maj. Robert Hargreave Fraser Standen [b. in India, July 2, 1871]. She resides in Ireland. Children: i. Edith Appleton Standen, b. Halifax, N. S., Feb. 21, 1905. ii. Anthony Standen, b. Temple Ewell, Kent, Eng., Sept. 9, 1906. iii. Marjorie Standen, b. Temple Ewell, Kent, Eng., Oct. 20, 1907.
77. ii. WILLIAM SUMNER, b. May 29, 1874.
78. iii. MARJORIE CRANE, b. May 19, 1875; d. Nov. 19, 1913.
79. iv. DOROTHY EVERARD, b. Jan. 10, 1878; m. Dec. 8, 1904, George Francis Weld [b. Apr. 22, 1866]. Res. Santa Barbara, Cal. Children : i. Dorothy Weld, b. Jan. 31, 1906. ii. Anna Weld, b. July 26, 1908. iii. George Francis Weld, b. Nov. 4, 1910. iv. Sumner Appleton Weld, b. June 24, 1912.
80. v. GLADYS HUGHES, b. Nov. 22, 1881.
43. SAMUEL7 (Eben6, Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Sam- uel1), b. Dec. 26, 1811; d. June 4, 1861; m. (1) London, Eng., Sept. 24, 1839, Julia, dau. Daniel Webster of Marshfield, Mass. [d. Boston, Apr. 28, 1848]; (2) July 28, 1857, Mary Ann Whiting [d. Oct. 27, 1870]. Children-all born at Boston :
81. i. CAROLINE LEROY, b. Oct. 3, 1840; d. Nov. 19, 1911; m. (1) Newbold Edgar of New York [d. Ems, Germany, July 26, 1869]; (2) Newport, R. I., Sept. 7, 1871, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte.
82. ii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 25, 1841; m. (1) Philadelphia, June 22, 1863, Mary Ernestine, dau. of J. J. Abercrombie of the U. S. Army [d. Aug. 27, 1869]; (2) Oct. 9, 1872, Anna Maybin Jones of Southboro, Mass.
83. iii. JULIA FLETCHER, b. Feb. 8, 1844; m. Apr. 12, 1871, Walker Keith Armistead of New York.
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84. iv. DANIEL WEBSTER, b. May 6, 1845; d. Boston, May 23, 1872; m. Mary Freeman of Ayer, Mass.
85. v. MARY CONSTANCE, b. Feb. 7, 1848; d. Mar. 15, 1849.
44. WILLIAM STUART7 (Eben6, Isaac5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Sam- uel2, Samuel1), b. June 1, 1814; m. Nov. 27, 1838, Georgiana Louisa Frances, dau. of George Armistead of the U. S. Army. Children-all born at Baltimore:
86. i. LOUISE ARMISTEAD, b. Dec. 6, 1839; m. Berlin, Prussia, Oct. 15, 1871, Frederick Irving Knight of Boston.
87. ii. SARAH PATERSON, b. Nov. 2, 1840; d. Aug. 4, 1841.
88. iii. WILLIAM STUART, b. Nov. 1, 1841; d. Jan. 6, 1845.
89. iv. GEORGE ARMISTEAD, b. Aug. 11, 1843.
90. v. EBEN, b. Aug. 19, 1845; m. Nov. 24, 1868, Isabel, dau. of John Slade of New York.
91. vi. GEORGIANA LOUISE FRANCES GILLIS ARMISTEAD, b. July 15, 1847 ; m. Sept. 2, 1869, George M. Hunter of Wilmington, Del.
92. vii. EDITH STUART, b. June 11, 1849; d. Jan. 19, 1892; m. Berne,
Switzerland, Aug. 12, 1871, William Sumner Appleton (39). 93. viii. MARGARET ARMISTEAD, b. Feb. 19, 1851; m. Feb. 23, 1871, George Livingston Baker of Boston.
94. ix. CAROLINE FRANCES, b. July 4, 1853; d. Sept. 21, 1857.
95. x. ALICE MAUD, b. Sept. 24, 1859.
49. ASHLEY7 (Francis6, Francis5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Dec. 23, 1796; m. Jan. 27, 1823, Nancy, dau. of Thaddeus Metcalf of Keene. Children-born at Granby, Vt .:
96. i. GEORGE ASHLEY, b. Nov. 23, 1823; m. May 11, 1851, Fanny Reed, dau. of Rev. John Wooster of Granby.
97. ii., FRANCIS GILMAN, b. June 15, 1825; d. Apr. 27, 1849.
98. iii. NANCY METCALF, b. Oct. 26, 1831; m. June 20, 1855, Oliver L. Richardson of Atlanta, Ga.
50. FRANCIS GILMAN7 (Francis6, Francis5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Samuel1), b. Feb. 24, 1799; m. Sept. 29, 1825, Mary, dau. of Joseph Haywood of Dublin. Children-born at Troy, N. Y. :
99. i. ALFRED CURTIS.
100. ii. MARY ELIZABETH.
101. iii. FRANCES.
54. JESSE RIPLEY7 (Francis6, Francis5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Sam- uel2, Samuel1), b. Apr. 25, 1809 ; m. (1) Apr. 13, 1841, Louisa, dau. of Thaddeus Mason of Dublin [d. Nov. 3, 1844]; (2) Mar. 11, 1852, Abbie Sophia, dau. of Calvin Mason of Dublin. Children-born at Dublin :
102. i. ELLEN REBECCA, b. Nov. 30, 1853; d. Sept. 14, 1859.
103. ii. CHARLES FRANCIS, b. Apr. 6, 1856.
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57. JOHN7 (John6, Francis5, Isaac4, Isaac3, Samuel2, Sam- uel1), b. July 12, 1804; d. Feb. 7, 1891; m. Feb. 6, 1834, Sarah, dau. of Hon. Samuel Allen of Northfield, Mass. He prepared for college at New Ipswich Academy, entered Bowdoin Col- lege at the age of fourteen, and graduated in 1822. He was a teacher for a brief period after graduation, then entered upon the study of the law, and when only twenty-two years old was admitted to the bar at Amherst. His life thereafter was spent in Maine, at first at Dixmont, later at Sebec, and after 1832 at Bangor, where he was for many years one of the lead- ing practitioners of the state. In 1852 he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, and ten years later became chief justice of the Supreme Court, which position he held for a period of 21 years. He paid special attention to the law of evidence, and his published writings in that field had great influence for the removal, in both state and national courts, of the former legal disability of parties to a suit, either civil or criminal, to be heard as witnesses. He was a trustee of his Alma Mater, from which he received the degree of LL. D. in 1860. Children :
104. i. JOHN FRANCIS, b. Aug. 29, 1838; d. Aug. 21, 1870. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1860. He was brevet brigadier- general in United States Volunteers, and held the position of United States District Judge in the Eastern District of Texas.
105. ii. SARAH PEABODY, b. July 2, 1841; d. Jan. 24, 1844.
106. iii. FREDERIC HUNT, b. Jan. 14, 1844; m. Feb. 18, 1892, Mary Allie Gibson (20). He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1864, and received the degree of LL. D. He was a lawyer at Bangor, Me.
107. iv. EDWARD PEABODY, b. June 11, 1846; d. July 6, 1869.
108. v. HENRY ALLEN, b. Jan. 7, 1849; d. 1903.
BACON.
MICHAEL1 BACON, d. Apr. 18, 1648; m. Alice - [d. Apr. 2, 1648]. He came to New England, probably from Suffolk county, England, in 1640, and was one of the early settlers at Dedham, Mass.
DANIEL2 (Michael1), probably b. in England; d. Sept. 7, 1691; m. Bridgewater, Mass., Mary, dau. of Thomas Reed of Colchester, Essex county, Eng. [d. Oct. 5, 1691]. Res. successively at Dedham, Woburn, Bridgewater, and Newton, in which last town he died.
DANIEL3 (Daniel2, Michael1), probably b. at Bridgewater; m. Aug. 1, 1664, Susanna, dau. of Michael Spencer of Salem. He lived at Boxford in 1660, but removed to Salem, where he was a shipwright in 1664.
MICHAEL4 (Daniel3, Daniel2, Michael1), b. Salem, Oct. 23, 1676; m. Margaret -. Res. at Salem.
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1. RETIRE5 (Michael4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Michael1), bapt. Salem, Apr. 17, 1720; m. (1) Boxford, Mass., Apr. 14, 1741, Mary, dau. of Jacob and Hannah (Goodline) Hale [b. Feb. 25, 1722; d. about 1762]; (2) Rowley, Mass., Aug. 27, 1764, Margaret Burnham of Ipswich, Mass., who died in 1808, at which time it was said she was 100 years, 5 months, and 21 days of age, and had "drank nothing stronger than small beer for fourteen years before her death." He probably lived in Boxford, Mass., until after his second marriage, and he ren- dered military service in 1758, but in May, 1771, he came from Ipswich, Mass., to New Ipswich, and his name appears on the tax list until 1787. He lived on the southern part of XI : 1, S. R., on the old "malt-house road" not far from the present road from Hodgkins corner to Davis Village. He also had a large tract of land in Sharon, and perhaps he occupied it for a few years before making his home in New Ipswich. Children :
2. i. HANNAH, bapt. Apr. 22, 1744.
3. ii. SUSANNA, bapt. May 27, 1744; d. young.
4. iii. SARAH, bapt. Jan. 25, 1747; d. young.
5. iv. SARAH, bapt. Nov. 6, 1748.
6. v. JACOB, bapt. Feb. 17, 1751.
7. vi. SUSANNA, bapt. July 17, 1757.
8. vii. MOLLY, bapt. Oct. 8, 1758.
9. viii. HETTY, bapt. May 23, 1762.
BALCH.
JOHN1 BALCH, d. Salem, Mass., 1648; m. (1) Margery -; (2) Agnes (or Annis) Patch. He came from Somersetshire, England, in 1623, landing at Weymouth. He settled at Salem, and was made freeman in 1631, the earliest date of such action. In 1638 he built a house in the region which is now Beverly, which house is still standing and in the possession of the family. He was one of the first board of selectmen.
BENJAMIN2 (John1), b. of first marriage in winter of 1628/9; d. after Jan., 1714/5; m. (1) about 1650, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Gardner [d. Apr. 5, 1686]; (2) Feb. 5, 1689, Abigail, widow of Matthew Clarke of Marble- head, Mass. [b. about 1635; d. June 1, 1690]; (3) Mar. 15, 1691/2, Grace Mallet [d. before 1704]. Res. in the family home.
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