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JOHN3 (Benjamin2, John1), b. July 18, 1657; d. Nov. 19, 1738; m. Dec. 23, 1674, Hannah, dau. of Philip and Joanna Veren [b. 1655]. He was a carpenter and farmer on the ancestral farm. He was selectman, representative, and a lieutenant.
DAVID4 (John3, Benjamin2, John1), b. Oct. 1, 1691; d. Topsfield, Mass., Sept. 25, 1769; m. (1) Apr. 29, 1713, Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Wallis) Perkins [b. Feb. 10, 1692/3; d. Jan. 1, 1747/8]; (2) Nov. 14,
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1752, Esther, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Dwinel of Topsfield [b. May 1, 1720; d. Jan. 13, 1815/6]. Res. in Topsfield.
JOHN5 (David4, John8, Benjamin2, John1), b. Nov. 2, 1716; d. Dec. 31, 1774; m. June 17, 1740, Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Curtis) Smith [b. about 1714; d. Mar. 1, 1794]. He was a tanner and currier in Topsfield.
ROBERT® (John5, David4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), bapt. July 28, 1745; d. Aug. 3, 1830; m. Nov. 28, 1769, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Solomon Dodge [b. June, 1752; d. Mar. 16, 1822]. He was a farmer in Topsfield, but re- moved to New Boston, 1791.
JOHN7 (Robert6, John5, David4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), b. June 25, 1779; d. June 20, 1822; m. Deborah Kenniston of Weare. He was a farmer at Jericho, Vt.
JOHN JEFFERSON8 (John7, Robert6, John5, David4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), b. June 27, 1804; d. Mar. 10, 1879; m. Nov., 1827, Abigail J. Mudgett. Res. New Boston, but removed to Lyndeboro in 1862.
1. MOSES M.9 (John8, John7, Robert6, John5, David4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), b. Sunapee, Sept. 11, 1831; d. June 5, 1914; m. Nov. 20, 1856, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Asa and Polly (Tapley) Stiles of Wilton. After reaching the age of man- hood he lived five years at Weare, then in Temple until 1878, after which time he was a citizen of New Ipswich. He had previously owned and conducted a saw and grist mill, and despite the loss of the greater part of his right hand while sawing, he purchased the mill at the Gibson Village, and con- tinued a similar industry for ten years. His home of later time was the house in the Center Village upon the north side of the Turnpike, long the dwelling of Charles A. Whitney. Children :
2. i. ANNA JANE, b. Oct. 11, 1858; m. June, 1908, Frank J. Mc- Laughlin. Res. in Peterboro.
3. ii. ELLA MINERVA, b. July 3, 1862; m. Jan. 24, 1883, Albert F. Walker (S. 33).
4. iii. ABBIE LOUISE, b. Feb. 1, 1870; m. Apr. 26, 1892, Wilbur L. Phelps (4).
5. iv. ALBRO LESLIE, (adopted) b. Jan. 8, 1878; m. June 25, 1902, Mary Louisa Mansfield (33). Child: i. Hazel Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1905.
BALLARD.
1. JOSIAH1 BALLARD, b. Apr. 14, 1806; d. Dec. 12, 1863; m. Oct. 16, 1835, Elizabeth Dorothy, dau. of Rev. Dr. John Mil- ton and Abby (Morris) Whiton of Antrim, N. H. [b. Mar. 7, 1811 ; d. Aug. 10, 1862]. He was the son of William and Mary (Abbot) Ballard of Peterboro, where he was born and where
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he attended the district schools until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Boston and there learned the mason's trade, at which he labored for several years. He then entered the academy at Monson, Mass., fitted for college, and gradu- ated from Yale in 1827. After a brief period as a teacher in the academy at Westfield, Mass., he commenced the study of theology with Rev. Dr. Whiton at Antrim, was ordained in 1835, and held pastorates at Chesterfield, Nelson, and Sudbury, Mass., before coming to New Ipswich in 1852 and becoming the first pastor of the Second Congregational church, just or- ganized as related on a preceding page. The unpleasant con- ditions then existing caused him to believe it well that he should sever his connection with that church a little before the close of his third year of earnest labor as its head, and he afterward served the churches in Plympton, Mass., and Carlisle, Mass., at which last-named place he died. To the end of his life there were plainly manifest the characteristics of an earnest, self-made man. Children :
2. i. EDWARD OTIS, b. Apr. 19, 1837.+
3. ii. CATHERINE ELIZABETH, b. Nelson, Apr. 9, 1840; d. Apr. 3, 1877; m. Jan. 23, 1864, Emory B. Smith, a lawyer of Platts- burg, N. Y., and later of Boston. Res. Melrose, Mass. Children: i. Walton Ballard Smith, b. Sept. 24, 1866; m. Nov. 23, 1893, Edith Hoffnagle; res. Attleboro, Mass .; four children. ii. Bertha Leland Smith, b. May 12, 1868; m. Nov. 13, 1897, Carl Smith; res. Attleboro, Mass. iii. Catherine Elizabeth Smith, b. Mar. 13, 1877; unm .; res. Malden, Mass .; she is connected with the Massachusetts State Board of Charities.
2. EDWARD O.2 (Josiah1), b. Apr. 19, 1837; m. (1) Sept. 24, 1859, Lauretta Sophia Thayer (6); (2) Sept. 4, 1884, Katherine Agnes McConnellogue. He studied at New Ips- wich Appleton Academy, and in 1854 went to Boston, and has passed his life in mercantile and insurance industries. Res. Marlboro, Mass. Children :
4. i. HERBERT EDWARD, b. Aug. 21, 1863; d. Aug. 11, 1864.
5. ii. CLARENCE EUGENE, b. Oct. 9, 1866; d. Feb. 11, 1867.
6. iii. ETTIE ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 9, 1869; m. June 2, 1892, Dr. Eddy B. Swett of Marlboro, Mass. Res. Grasmere, N. H. Six children.
7. iv. AGNES ANNA, b. Aug. 30, 1870; d. Oct. 15, 1870.
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BANCROFT.
THOMAS1 BANCROFT, b. England, 1622; d. Lynnfield, Aug. 19, 1691; m. (1) 1647, Alice Bacon who d. soon; (2) Sept. 15, 1648, Elizabeth Met- calf. He settled in Dedham, removed to Reading about 1650, and thence to Lynnfield. He was a lieutenant with record of honorable service.
THOMAS2 (Thomas1), b. Dedham, Sept. 24, 1649; d. July 12, 1718; m. Apr. 10, 1673, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Poole [d. May 20, 1723]. He removed to Reading before his marriage. He was a deacon, and also a lieutenant with the record of having saved the garrison at Exeter from an Indian assault.
THOMAS3 (Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Reading, Sept. 8, 1673; d. Nov. 9, 1731; m. Aug. 1, 1694, Mary Webster. He served in the Indian wars, and like his father and grandfather, was a lieutenant. He was repre- sentative in the General Court at the time of his death.
BENJAMIN4 (Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Reading, May 6, 1701; d. Apr. 3, 1790; m. Anna, dau. of John and Anna (Tarbell) Lawrence of Lexington [d. July 21, 1787]. He lived in Charlestown, and removed thence to Reading, where he was a tanner. He was a captain.
BENJAMIN5 (Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas?, Thomas1), b. Sept. 29, 1724; d. Oct. 27, 1804; m. Oct. 18, 1749, Alice, dau. of William and Mary (Farnsworth) Tarbell [d. Nov. 29, 1781]. He also was a tanner in Groton. He was a deacon.
JOSEPH® (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. July 3, 1760; d. Townsend, Oct. 21, 1815; m. Susannah, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Patterson) Hubbard [d. July 17, 1825]. He was also a tanner, living in Groton, Lunenburg, and Townsend successively.
1. JAMES? (Joseph6, Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Sept. 27, 1803; d. Mar. 18, 1884; m. (1) May 28, 1829, Sarah W., dau. of Oliver and Lucy (Welling- ton) Kendall [b. Mar. 3, 1810; d. Jan. 23, 1861]; (2) Dec., 1865, Jemima, dau. of Emerson and Jemima (Foster) Hale of Rindge [b. July 26, 1822; d. May 7, 1910]. He came from Ashby to New Ipswich about 1833, and lived in Wilder Village about twelve years, near the High Bridge for two years, in the Newhall house formerly standing at the corner near the town house, and in 1849 he settled at Hodgkins corner (S. R., X : 2,) where he lived until his removal to Rindge in 1857. He was a carpenter, and a man whose unfailing smile and helpful kindness attracted the young to the church in which he was a deacon, and is well remembered as conducting strangers to seats with a reverent, noiseless footfall along the aisle. Children :
2. i. NANCY R., b. Dec. 23, 1830; d. Sept. 23, 1833.
3. ii. HENRY A., b. June 2, 1832; d. May 27, 1848.
4. iii. NANCY R., b. Sept. 27, 1834; d. Dec. 11, 1906; m. Nov. 11, 1852, Ivers H. Brooks (27).
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5. iv. SUSAN F., b. Oct. 25, 1836; d. Jan. 3, 1885; m. June 6, 1867, Albert Conant. Children : i. Alice Bancroft Conant, m. Frank Wadleigh of Milford. ii. Ann Sanborn Conant, m. Ernest Horton of Boston. iii. Harry Winthrop Conant; he graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Law School; res. in Somerville, Mass. iv. John Bancroft Conant; he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is an electrician at Dallas, Texas.
6. v. CECIL FRANKLIN PATCH, b. Nov. 25, 1839.++
7. vi. MARY H., b. Apr. 3, 1841; m. July 15, 1869, Thomas, son of John and Eleanor (Spence) Annett [b. Dec. 1, 1831; d. Feb. 22, 1903]. Res. East Jaffrey. Children : i. Sarah E. Annett. ii. Elsie C. Annett. iii. Marietta E. Annett. iv. Markwell Annett. v. Cecil B. Annett.
8. vii. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 15, 1842; d. Sept. 12, 1865; m. Mar. 15, 1860, George S., son of William and Ruthy (Shedd) Kimball of Rindge [b. Mar. 1, 1839; d. Jan. 17, 1862, at Annapolis, Md., where he was a member of the 6th N. H. Regt.]. Two children who d. young.
9. viii. HENRY A., b. Feb. 13, 1849. He lives in California.
6. CECIL FRANKLIN PATCH8 (James7, Joseph6, Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Nov. 25, 1839; d. Oct. 4, 1901 ; m. May 6, 1867, Fannie Adelia, dau. of Capt. Timothy Kittredge of Mt. Vernon, N. H. [b. Feb. 12, 1844; d. Mar. 29, 1898]. He prepared for college at New Ipswich Appleton Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1860. He was principal of Appleton Academy, Mont Ver- non, N. H., for four years after graduation, was a student at Union Theological Seminary and at Andover Theological Seminary for three years, graduating from the last-named in- stitution in 1867, principal of the Lookout Mountain Institute, near Chattanooga, Tenn., during its brief life of five years. In 1873 he entered upon what may properly be termed, from its breadth and complete success, his life-work as principal of Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., where he labored until he met his death, as he often said he desired, "in the harness." His entire life was by no means included in his professional work; to an unusual extent he was identified with the busi- ness interests of the town and of its citizens, until he was termed "the first citizen of the town." He had a share in the management of the neighboring State Almshouse at Tewks- bury ; his counsel was valued in the directorates of bank and of insurance company, and he was one of the trustees of Dart- mouth College, his Alma Mater. He received as honorary degrees Ph. D. from the State University of New York,
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Litt. D. from Williams College, and LL. D. from Yale Uni- versity. But neither these honors nor his election to the pres- idency of the "New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools" testify as surely to the strength and breadth of his work as the practically unanimous testimony of the six thousand students who came under his care; these give his work broader and longer power than has fallen to the lot of the efforts of any other native of the town. Children :
10. i. CECIL KITTREDGE, b. Dec. 15, 1868. He graduated from Phil- lips Academy in 1886, from Yale College in 1891; taught at Morristown, N. J., for two years, and after a year in Eu- rope and another as tutor and instructor at Yale became instructor and registrar at the institution so long controlled by his father.
11. ii. FRANCES MARSH, b. Sept. 12, 1872; m. Sept. 5, 1900, Rev. William Joseph Long. She graduated from Smith College in 1894, and taught at Andover in Abbot Academy for three years before her marriage. Res. in Stamford, Conn. Children : i. Lois Long. ii. Frances B. Long. iii. Brian Long.
12. iii. ARTHUR KENDALL, b. Mar. 10, 1874; d. Aug. 9, 1880.
13. iv. PHILLIPS, b. Apr. 21, 1878. He graduated from Phillips Acad- emy in 1898, from Yale College in 1902, and has since been occupied by financial duties at Phillips Academy.
14. v. MARY ETHEL, b. May 22, 1882. She graduated from Smith College in 1904, has taught in New Haven, Conn., and in Abbot Academy in her native town.
BARR.
1. JAMES1 BARR, son of George and Mary (Whitehill) Barr, of Kilbarchan, county of Renfrew, Scotland, b. Dec. 12, 1752; d. Mar. 7, 1829; m. 1783, Molly Cummings (12) [b. Dec. 2, 1764; d. Feb. 23, 1845]. He came to New England when about 21 years of age, and after traveling for a time in the new land settled in New Ipswich, succeeding Joseph Bullard in the occupancy of the lot on Knight's Hill, (II : 2, S. R.,) and be- ing associated with Eleazer Cummings in his malting industry, and in the manufacture of oatmeal, having brought from Scot- land a knowledge of methods of preparing and hulling the oats, before unknown in this land. But after the death of Joseph Pollard Mr. Barr removed to his farm at the end of the road on the east side of Page Hill, (64, N. L. O.,) which was his home for about forty years. The last few years of his life he lived on the "Warren farm" at the summit of the hill. Children :
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2. i. JAMES, d. in infancy.
3. ii. NANCY, b. July 25, 1784; d. July 9, 1857 ; m. Jeremiah Prich- ard (17).
4. iii. SARAH, b. May 25, 1788; d. Sept. 29, 1864; m. Dr. William Lovejoy. Res. in West Townsend, Mass.
5. iv. JAMES, b. May 23, 1790.+
6. v. GEORGE, b. Feb. 6, 1792.++
7. vi. CAROLINE MATHILDA, b. Jan. 6, 1794; d. Oct. 3, 1874; m. Asa Prichard (22).
8. vii. CUMMINGS, b. May 9, 1795.+
9. viii. ROBENA, b. Feb. 22, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1873, unm.
10. ix. CHARLOTTE, b. Mar. 13, 1801; d. Aug. 27, 1842, unm.
11. x. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 7, 1803; d. West Townsend, Mass., unm.
He left New Ipswich soon after attaining his majority. Res. for some years with his brother George, and in va- rious other places.
12. xi. MARY WHITEHILL, b. Dec. 15, 1805; d. Nov. 19, 1830, unm.
13. xii. JOHN, b. Mar. 10, 1808.+
14. xiii. ESTHER JANE, b. Dec. 4, 1810; d. July 26, 1837, unm.
15. xiv. CHARLES, d. in infancy.
5. JAMES2 (James1), b. May 23, 1790; d. June 6, 1845; m. Apr. 21, 1824, Laura Livermore (Bellows) (3). After due at- tendance at New Ipswich Academy he studied medicine with Dr. Haskell of Lunenburg, Mass., and Dr. Twitchell of Keene, and received his degree from Harvard Medical School in 1817. He then entered upon practice in his native town, and in close attention to his professional duties passed his life, attaining high success, and continuing his desired attention to the needs of the sick, despite the weakness of fatal pulmonary disease, almost until the end. Children :
16. i. MARY HARTWELL, b. Jan. 16, 1825; d. May 27, 1893; m. July 14, 1843, Samuel T. Ames (E. 1).
17. ii. SARAH JANE, b. July 11, 1827.+
18. iii. GEORGE LYMAN, b. Mar. 12, 1830.++
19. iv. JAMES WALTER, b. June 7, 1833; d. Apr. 19, 1834.
20. v. CAROLINE FRANCES, b. Feb. 27, 1835; resides in New Ipswich in the former home of her great-grandfather, Ephraim Hartwell.
21. vi. JAMES HENRY, b. Sept. 16, 1837; d. Sept. 19, 1838.
22. vii. ELLEN MARIA, b. Nov. 10, 1840; d. Feb. 7, 1895. She was a teacher in the high school of Medford, Mass., for some years and then established in Boston a successful private school for girls. Her later years were largely occupied in traveling.
6. GEORGE2 (James1), b. Feb. 6, 1792; m. June 12, 1828, Amelia Ames (D. 4). He removed to New York State. Children :
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23. i. SARAH.
24. ii. CAROLINE.
25. iii. GEORGE. One or more others.
8. CUMMINGS2 (James1), b. May 9, 1795; d. 1854; m. Eliza, dau. of Nathaniel, Jr., and Ruth (Eliot) Peabody of Middle- ton, Mass. He went to Lowell, Mass., in his early manhood. He was an engineer in the fire department of the city for a time, and was a contractor in canal work, etc. Children :
26. i. ELIZA JANE, b. 1829; d. 1881; m. Charles Cheney of Man- chester. Children: i. Evelyn Cheney, b. 1854; d. 1878; m. Franklyn P. Johnson; two children. ii. Myra Cheney, b. 1859; m. Charles Dougan; one son. iii. Maud Cheney, b. 1870; m. Morris C. Austin of Goffstown; two children.
27. ii. ELLEN MARIA, b. 1833; d. in infancy.
28. iii. GEORGE CUMMINGS, b. 1834; d. 1896; m. 1868 Mary Frances, dau. of John and Mary (Bean) Brown [d. 1906]. He lived in Manchester after 1852. Child: i. Florence Goodwin, b. 1881.
29. iv. ELLEN, b. 1837; d. in infancy.
30. v. JOHN MORTIMER, b. 1840; d. 1842.
13. JOHN2 (James1), b. Mar. 10, 1808; m. -. He left New Ipswich in early manhood, going to Gouverneur, N. Y. Children :
31. i. JOHN. He enlisted in the Civil War, and was killed at Fort Pillow.
32. ii. MOSES.
There were several other children.
17. SARAH JANE3 (James2, James1), b. July 11, 1827; d. Feb. 5, 1897; m. Mar. 15, 1847, Sanford B. Perry [d. Sept. 12, 1884]. Children :
1. FREDERIC, BARR PERRY, b. May 7, 1848; d. Feb. 3, 1908; m. Oct. 18, 1881, Sarah A. Proctor [d. May 28, 1914]. Chil- dren : i. Helen C. Perry, b. August 10, 1882; m. Francis B. Reynolds; one son. ii. Sarah Barr Perry, b. Nov. 2, 1884; m. Bryan Bell. iii. Bertha Perry, b. July 6, 1889; d.
ii. WILLIAM NELSON PERRY, b. March 9, 1852; d. Nov. 21, 1899; m. Feb. 15, 1884, Laura O. Barker. Children : i. Ruth Barker Perry, b. Jan. 29, 1885; m. Edmund F. Saxton. ii. Elsie Barr Perry, b. Jan. 6, 1888; m. Harold M. Nichols. iii. George Sanford Perry, b. Nov. 6, 1889.
iii. GEORGE BARNUM, b. Apr. 12, 1861; m. May 24, 1899, Helena S.
£ Lewandowska. Is a dentist in Chicago.
18. GEORGE LYMAN3 (James2, James1), b. Mar. 12, 1830; d. Apr. 1, 1877; m. Nov. 20, 1851, Elizabeth Maria, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence [b. Medford, Mass.,
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Aug. 5, 1835; m. (2) Apr. 21, 1880, George Robert, son of George and Frances (Ames) Barrett (19)]. He early entered business life as a clerk in a dry goods store at Boston, but soon undertook a similar business for himself, and in a few years became a member of a large distilling firm at Medford, Mass. He retired from active business in 1867, and divided his time between city matters (having control of its fire de- partment for several years), and historic antiquarian pursuits, the collection of rare books, coins, etc. Children :
33. i. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b. Mar. 3, 1854; m. 1880, Eugene A., son of Jean Baptiste and Madeline (Nehr) Kayser. Res. Newton, Cambridge, and Boston. Children: i. Paul James Barr Kayser, b. Nov., 1881. ii. Robert Barr Kayser, b. Oct. 25, 1889. iii. George Barr Kayser, b. Jan. 15, 1891. iv. Elizabeth Barr Kayser, b. July 15, 1897.
34. ii. LAURA MARIA, b. July 22, 1859; unm. Res. Boston.
35. iii. CAROLINE HARTWELL, b. Nov. 13, 1864; m. Apr. 20, 1897, Winthrop Howland Wade of Boston. Res. Dedham, Mass. Child : i. Winthrop Howland Wade, b. Feb. 18, 1898.
36. iv. JAMES CUMMINGS, b. Mar. 15, 1867.+
37. v. DANIEL LAWRENCE, b. Nov. 17, 1869; m. Sept. 23, 1908, Mrs. Morrison Eggers of Pittsburg, Pa. He graduated from Harvard College in 1896, and later from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an electrical engineer in Pittsburg, Pa.
36. JAMES CUMMINGS4 (George Lyman3, James2, James1), b. Mar. 15, 1867; m. (1) Nov. 5, 1890, Sally, dau. of George Gordon and Helen (Devens) Crocker of Taunton, Mass .; (2) June 1, 1910, Lalla (Griffith) Fairfield, dau. of Collin McLeod and Frances (Chandler) Griffith [b. St. Albans, W. Va., Jan. 17, 1873]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1890, and upon graduation entered the scientific study of electricity with the Thomson-Houston Company, in connection with which he held very responsible positions in relation to the application of electricity to coal mining. In later years he has been en- gaged in the railway supply business at Boston. For several years he held commission in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, is prominent in the recent work in aviation, and is a member of leading clubs in Boston, New York, and Washing- ton. Children :
39. i. HELEN, b. July 29, 1891.
40. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 14, 1893.
41. iii. JAMES CUMMINGS, b. Mar. 3, 1898.
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JOHN BARR, who lived for a time in the house opposite the Barrett mansion and elsewhere, was apparently of a different family from the one here given.
BARRETT.
HUMPHREY1 BARRETT, b. 1592; d. Nov. 7, 1662; m. Mary - [d. Aug. 15, 1663]. He is believed to have come from County Kent, England. He settled at Concord in 1639, where he had a farm of three hundred acres and a "house lot" of twelve acres near the centre of the town.
HUMPHREY2 (Humphrey1), b. England, 1630; d. Jan. 3, 1715/6; m. July 16, 1661, Elizabeth Paine [d. Dec. 21, 1674]; (2) Mar. 23, 1674/5, Mary, dau. of Luke and Mary (Edmunds) Potter [b. 1656; d. Nov. 17, 1713]. He was a deacon in the Concord church, ensign in the foot com- pany, and represented the town in the General Court in 1691.
JOSEPH3 (Humphrey2, Humphrey1), b. Jan. 31, 1679; d. Apr. 4, 1763; m. Dec. 24, 1701, Rebecca, dau. of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott [b. Feb. 9, 1685; d. June 23, 1738]. He was town treasurer, and also captain of the foot company. He was one of the original grantees of Grafton.
BENJAMIN3 (Humphrey2, Humphrey1), b. May 7, 1681; d. Oct. 25, 1728; m. Jan. 3, 1704/5, Lydia, dau. of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott [b. Mar. 12, 1686/7]. Like his brother, he was a farmer and general business man, and one of the original grantees of Grafton.
JOHN4 (Joseph3, Humphrey2, Humphrey1), b. Feb. 14, 1719/20; d. Apr. 19, 1790; m. 1744, Lois, dau. of Joshua and Lydia (Wheeler) Brooks [b. June 29, 1723; d. Apr. 12, 1805]. He was in service at the North Bridge Apr. 19, 1775.
THOMAS4 (Benjamin3, Humphrey2, Humphrey1), b. Oct. 2, 1707; d. June 20, 1779; m. about 1730, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Ruth (Brown) Jones [b. Mar. 23, 1715; d. Jan. 30, 1804]. He was a prominent business man of Concord and a deacon. Col. James Barrett, commander of the Provincial troops in the "Concord fight," was his younger brother.
JOSEPH5 (John4, Joseph3, Humphrey2, Humphrey1), b. Jan. 5, 1745; d. Dec. 20, 1831; m. Sarah, dau. of John and Lucy Brooks. He removed to Mason in his early manhood, and settled upon the farm which has descended to successive generations of Barretts. He held all the more important town offices, and represented the town in the Legislature for several years. His inherited military traits are shown by his title of captain.
1. CHARLES5 (Thomas4, Benjamin3, Humphrey2, Hum- phrey1), b. Jan. 13, 1739/40; d. Sept. 21, 1808; m. 1764, Re- becca, dau. of Samuel and Dorcas (Prescott) Minott [b. Jan. 14, 1744; d. 1838; m. (2) about 1810, Francis Cragin (1)]. He left Concord in early manhood, and after a brief sojourn in that part of Mason which is now Greenville, where his characteristic business habits were foreshadowed by his part
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with a brother in the erection of a saw and grist mill, at about the period of his marriage in 1764, he settled in New Ipswich. At first he was near the Mason line, (I: 2, S. R.,) in which neighborhood he quickly became a leader; in 1780 he removed to the Center Village, and purchased the Joseph Kidder lot, (IX: 1, S. R.,) then considered a proverbially poor tract of land, but destined to show very different capabilities under the handling of its new manager. He there built for his resi- dence the "Bullard house," just north from the well-known Barrett mansion of later days, which he built 25 years after for the second bearer of his name.
·The business operations upon which he entered seem al- most petty when compared with the activities of the twentieth century, but at that period a journey to New York was a greater undertaking than is a trip to the Pacific coast in the present days. The settlement of Barrettstown, now known as Hope, in Lincoln county, Me., the erection of the mill upon the neighboring George's River, the construction of canals and locks upon the same river, the aid given to the glass manu- factory just across the Temple line upon Kidder Mountain, and the cotton mills of the town, said to have been undertaken at his suggestion and with his cooperation, all these were en- terprises to be promoted only by a man of broad outlook and exceptional business confidence and sagacity. That he had ability to know when he saw a man, is illustrated by the incident related in the account of the Appleton family on a previous page. This power doubtless had a part in making it true that his failure to take a position satisfactory to his fellow townsmen, in the "times that tried men's souls" when the nation had its birth, did not permanently alienate public feeling, as is conclusively shown, not merely by his repeated elections to represent New Ipswich in the Legislature, and in the convention called to ratify the national Constitution, but also by the votes from a larger territory giving him place as a state senator and as councillor. Children :
3. i. CHARLES, b. Jan. 8, 1765; d. June 10, 1766.
4. ii. DORCAS, b. Apr. 20, 1767; d. Jan. 31, 1818, unm.
5. iii. CHARLES, b. Sept. 24, 1773.+
6. iv. GEORGE, b. Feb. 27, 1777; d. Aug. 14, 1812, unm.
7. v. REBECCA, b. Sept. 4, 1779; d. May 11, 1834; m. Dec. 5, 1795, Hon. Samuel, son of Rev. Samuel and Anna (Kendrick) Dana of Groton [d. 1837]. Children : i. Charles Dana. ii. Anna Dana, m. Col. John Sever. iii. George Dana. iv.
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Rebecca Dana, m. Kilby Page. v. Samuel Dana. vi. Martha Barrett Dana, m. Gen. George C. Greene. vii. James Dana. viii. Thesta Dana, m. Gen. James J. Dana.
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