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121. i. OWEN TAFT, b. Dec. 5, 1837; m. Dec. 5, 1866, Mary Elizabeth Gate. Two children.
122. ii. EMMA MARIA, b. Dec. 7, 1840; unm. Res. in Enfield.
123. iii. ALBERT GALLATIN, b. Nov. 8, 1842; m. Oct. 10, 1871, Nellie T. Currier. Four children.
124. iv. PERLEY MARTIN, b. July 19, 1844; m. (1) Feb. 12, 1874, Eliza- beth Wanzer; (2) Nov., 1888, Mrs. Virginia Ellis. Three children.
125. v. HOMER HAMILTON, b. Feb. 3, 1846; m. June 17, 1873, Sarah Cowden. Seven children.
126. vi. MARY ANNA, b. Apr. 18, 1848; d. Mar. 12, 1893, unm.
127. vii. DILLIS MORRIS, b. Jan. 17, 1850; d. Aug. 23, 1853.
128. viii. CORDELIA ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 1, 1852; d. Aug. 18, 1853.
129. ix. DELIA MINERVA, b. Feb. 16, 1854; unm. Res. in Enfield. 130. x. WALTER DILLIS, b. Nov. 12, 1856; d. Nov. 21, 1863.
49. ALBERT GALLATIN7 (Warren6, Samuel5, John4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. Mar. 19, 1812; d. June 17, 1886; m. June 10, 1838, Cynthia Jewett Robbins [b. July 28, 1820; d. July 8,
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1900]. He was a clergyman in several places in New Hamp- shire and Massachusetts. Children :
131. i. JAMES, b. Mason, Nov. 2, 1839; d. Dec. 3, 1839.
132. ii. JOSEPH TAYLOR, b. Salem, Mass .; d. June 13, 1867; m. Apr.
21, 1864, Sarah Elizabeth Dow. His death resulted from wounds received in the Civil War.
133. iii. MARY LYDIA, b. Boston, Jan. 25, 1844; d. June 22, 1873.
134. iv. ALBERT LUTHER, b. Boston, May 21, 1846; m. Aug. 14, 1873, Emma J. Dow. Six children.
135. v. MILLIE J., b. Mason, Dec. 3, 1848; d. May 3, 1891; m. Nov. 11, 1874, Daniel E. Plummer. Two children.
136. vi. WILLIS JOHNSON, b. Mason, Nov. 5, 1852; m. Oct. 4, 1888, Marianne B. Chase.
137. vii. CARRIE WHEATON, b. Freetown, Mass., Jan. 16, 1858; m. Nov. 2, 1876, Charles K. Weeden. Two children.
138. viii. FREDERICK PLUMMER, b. Freetown, Mass., Apr. 11, 1858; unm. Res. at Tacoma, Wash.
139. ix. EARNEST SMITH, b. Lee, Oct. 1, 1860; d. Sept. 28, 1886. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1884, and was em- ployed in the U. S. signal service.
50. SENECA7 (Samuel6, Ebenezer5, William4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. Antrim, May 16, 1817; d. New Ipswich, Aug. 12, 1856; m. Oct. 28, 1847, Abigail Mary Stearns (20). He gradu- ated from Dartmouth College in 1844 and from Union Theo- logical Seminary in 1847. He sailed for China as a missionary of the American Board in October of that year, and remained as stationed at Foo Chow for seven years, when his health required a vacation and in 1855 he returned to America, and his expected return the following year was prevented by death. Children :
140. i. ABBY LUCINDA, b. Oct. 3, 1850; d. Nov. 21, 1850.
141. ii. GEORGE SENECA, b. Aug. 11, 1852; d. Sept. 28, 1857.
142. iii. JOHN WYMAN, b. Sept. 16, 1854.+
56. CHARLES8 (Charles7, Eleazer6, John5, John4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. July 15, 1804; d. Belleville, Ill., Feb. 10, 1845 ; m. Nov. 28, 1828, Mary, dau. of John and Mary (Morse) Bill- ings [b. Groton, Mass., Mar. 15, 1809]. He lived at Hancock during the early years of his manhood, but returned to New Ipswich about 1831 and was employed in the factory. Chil- dren :
143. i. MARY JANE, b. Sept. 9, 1829; m. Nov. 19, 1852, George L. Campbell.
144. ii. CHARLES, b. Jan. 20, 1831; d. Mar. 8, 1857.
57. JOHN WILLARD8 (Charles7, Eleazer6, John5, John4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. Oct. 29, 1806; d. Oct. 16, 1854; m.
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Maria, dau. of Thatcher and Mercy (Foster) Bradford [d. Jan. 5, 1882]. He was a mason in Hancock, where he died. Chil- dren :
145. i. ORVILLE, d. young.
146. ii. MARIA, b. June 15, 1835; m. Aug. 11, 1859, J. Frank Washburn. FRANK M., b. Feb. 15, 1838; d. Gardner, Mass., Feb. 14, 1869;
147. iii. m. Jan. 1, 1866, Lydia F. Wells. Child: i. Elmer Lincoln, b. Jan. 5, 1868. He graduated from Harvard College.
148. iv. NETTIE VIOLA, b. June 27, 1842; m. (1) Nov. 16, 1854, Gran- ville Matthews; (2) Jan. 1, 1877, Otis Holden. Res. Acton, Mass.
149. v. BELLE S., b. Feb. 9, 1844; m. Jan. 4, 1866, Henry D. Estabrook of Lexington, Mass. One child.
150. vi. JAMES M., b. May 1, 1849; m. Oct. 12, 1876, Nellie Farrar. Res. Peterboro.
151. vii. JOHN O., b. Mar. 31, 1851; d. Jan. 22, 1875; m. Oct. 28, 1872, Annie Butler. Res. at Rockford, Il1.
142. JOHN W.8 (Seneca7, Samuel6, Ebenezer5, William4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. Foo Chow, China, Sept. 16, 1854; m. Harriet Angie, dau. of Silas Boyce (11). He has been con- nected with the National Temperance Society for a long time and is now its treasurer. Res. Brooklyn, N. Y. Children :
152. i. JOHN SENECA, b. Dec. 22, 1875.
153. ii. GEORGE BAIN, b. Feb. 11, 1890.
CUSHING.
MATTHEW1 CUSHING, bapt. Hardingham, Norfolk, England, Mar. 2, 1589; d. Sept. 30, 1660; m. Aug. 5, 1613, Nazareth, dau. of Henry Pitcher, bapt. Oct. 30, 1586; d. Sept. 30, 1660. He came to America with his wife and five children in 1638 and settled at Hingham, Mass., where he was deacon. His house lot of five acres remained in the hands of his family until 1887. Hon. Caleb Cushing, U. S. minister to China, general in the Mexican War, and U. S. Attorney General was his descendant by the line John2, Caleb3, Caleb4, Benjamin5, John N.6, Caleb7.
DANIEL2 (Matthew1), bapt. Hingham, England, Apr. 20, 1619; d. Hingham, Mass., Dec. 3, 1700; m. (1) Lydia, dau. of Edward and Mary (Clark) Gilman [b. England; d. Hingham, Mass., Mar. 12, 1689]; (2) Mar. 23, 1691, Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas and Mary Jacob and widow of Capt. John Thaxter [b. England; d. Hingham, Mass., Nov. 14, 1725]. He was a magistrate and for many years a selectman of Hingham, also town clerk and representative to the General Court.
MATTHEW3 (Daniel2, Matthew1), b. July 5, 1660; d. June 23, 1715; m. Dec. 31, 1684, Jael, dau. of Capt. John and Mary (Russell) Jacob [b. Hingham, Sept. 7, 1662; d. Dec. 23, 1708]. He lived in the ancestral home at Hingham, where he was selectman, and also a captain.
SAMUEL4 (Matthew3, Daniel2, Matthew1), b. Feb. 4, 1699; m. (1) pub. Nov. 7, 1722, Hannah Tileston of Dorchester, Mass. [d. July 17, 1748] ;
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(2) Aug. 10, 1749, Mrs. Hannah Sparhawk of Scituate, Mass. He lived in that part of Hingham which is now Cohasset, where he was selectman and a justice.
TIMOTHY5 (Samuel4, Matthew3, Daniel2, Matthew1), b. Feb. 2, 1738; m. June 4, 1765, Desire Jenkins of Scituate, Mass. He was a farmer and a carpenter.
DAVID® (Timothy5, Samuel4, Matthew8, Daniel2, Matthew1), b. Mar. 2, 1771; m. May 29, 1800, Mary Pook of Boston. Res. in Ashby, Mass., where he was a farmer.
1. SAMUEL7 (David6, Timothy5, Samuel4, Matthew3, Dan- iel2, Matthew1), b. Oct. 15, 1810; d. Nov. 25, 1861; m. Apr. 10, 1834, Mary Ann Campbell (7). He came to New Ipswich in early manhood and passed his life as a farmer, for several years on the "Conant farm," (87, A. D.,) and after 1850 at the end of the road leading northward from the "Gibson school- house," (IV : 4, S. R.) Children :
2. i. GEORGE W., b. Jan., 1836.++
3. ii. ANN MARIA, b. Mar. 12, 1838; d. Nov. 8, 1861, unm.
4. iii. SARAH JANE, b. Nov. 25, 1840; d. July 5, 1908; m. Jan. 1, 1862, George H. Wheeler (121).
5. iv. CHARLES G., b. Feb. 7, 1844.+
6. v.
HENRY, b. Apr. 1, 1846.+
7. vi. EMMA M., b. Mar. 1, 1848; m. Mar. 2, 1866, George M., son of William and Lucretia Blanchard [d. June 29, 1886]. Res. Lynn, Mass. Children : i. Frank W. Blanchard, b. Sept. 19, 1867; m. Mabel Libbey of Lynn; he is a traveling sales- man; res. Lynn. ii. George Ernest Blanchard, b. Feb. 28, 1872; d. July 30, 1882. iii. Edith A. Blanchard, b. Aug. 7, 1874; m. June 13, 1889, Percy DeCoster, a traveling sales- man; res. Lynn. iv. Elmer Blanchard, b. Feb. 26, 1877; d. June 9, 1877.
8. vii. FREDERIC J., b. Mar. 4, 1850.+
9. viii. ARDELLA, b. Sept. 15, 1854; d. June 29, 1869.
10. ix. FANNIE, b. Oct. 7, 1858; m. May, 1884, John Woodman. He is in mercantile business in Lynn. Child : i. Florence Woodman, b. May, 1885.
11. x. SAMUEL ELLSWORTH, b. Apr. 17, 1862; m. Aug. 10, 1892, Susie Sauble of Delaware, O. Res. at Lynn, where he was con- nected with the Lynn News. Later he removed to Straf- ford, where he is a farmer.
2. GEORGE W.8 (Samuel7, David6, Timothy5, Samuel4, Mat- thew3, Daniel2, Matthew1), b. Jan., 1836; d. Apr. 12, 1870; m. Nov. 23, 1862, Julia Whitney (26). He was a farmer, and succeeded to his father's farm. Children :
12. i. ARTHUR WALDO, b. Feb. 20, 1864.+
13. ii. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS, b. Nov. 23, 1868; m. (1) Oct. 19, 1897, Ella M., dau. of Elias M. and Lucy J. (Waters) Hudson ;
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(2) Sept. 17, 1909, Bessie M., dau. of Charles and Mary Helen (Flagg) Tarbell and widow of Walter N. Thomp- son. He is a farmer and for many years was in the employ of George S. Wheeler, but later purchased for his home the "Safford farm," near the Congregational church, (VII : 2, S. R.) He has been a selectman for three years.
14. iii. FRANCES ANN, b. Nov. 23, 1868; m. Mar., 1906, Harry Emer- son Farnum of Peterboro. Res. at Cleveland, O.
5. CHARLES G.8 (Samuel?, David6, Timothy5, Samuel4, Mat- thew3, Daniel2, Matthew1), b. Feb. 7, 1844; d. Feb. 3, 1900; m. Cora S. Eastman of Townsend, Mass. [d. 1896]. Res. in Lynn, Mass. Children :
15. i. CARL.
16. ii. ADELAIDE.
17. iii. BERTHA.
18. iv. JOSEPHINE.
6. HENRY8 (Samuel?, David6, Timothy5, Samuel4, Mat- thew3, Daniel2, Matthew1), b. Apr. 1, 1846; d. Mar. 2, 1822; m. Mary, dau. of Asa Sawin of Ashburnham, Mass. Child :
19. i. WALTER. Res. in Leominster, Mass.
8. FREDERIC J.8 (Samuel7, David6, Timothy5, Samuel4, Mat- thew3, Daniel2, Matthew1), b. Mar. 4, 1850; m. (1) Clara A. Davis of Sandwich; (2) -. He is a real estate dealer in Tampa, Fla. Children :
20. i. BRADBURY, b. Apr. 27, 1872. He is manager of Poland Spring Hotel, Poland, Me.
12. ARTHUR WALDO9 (George W.8, Samuel?, David6, Tim- othy5, Samuel4, Matthew3, Daniel2, Matthew1), b. Feb. 20, 1864; m. Dec. 15, 1887, Mabel Stanford. Res. Fitchburg, Mass. He is a plumber. Children :
21. i. MILDRED LOUISA, b. Feb. 17, 1895; d. June 1, 1905.
22. ii. FREDERIC STANFORD, b. May 9, 1906.
CUTTER.
ELIZABETH1 CUTTER, widow of Samuel Cutter of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, England; came to America with two sons and a daughter in 1640. Perhaps the eldest of the sons had come earlier, but in either case he returned to England before 1654. She lived with her daughter, who had married Elijah Corlet the school-master at Cambridge, until her death June 10, 1663/4.
RICHARD2 (Elizabeth1), the younger son, b. about 1621; d. June 16, 1693; m. (1) Elizabeth [d. Mar. 5, 1661/2]; (2) Feb. 14, 1662/3, Frances (Perriman), widow of Isaac Amsden of Cambridge. He lived in Menotomy (now Arlington), where he had fourteen children by his first marriage.
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EPHRAIM3 (Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. 1651; m. Feb. 11, 1678/9, Bethia Wood, probably dau. of Nicholas and Mary (Williams) Wood of Med- field [b. July 28, 1660; d. Sept. 18, 1731]. He was a glazier, living suc- cessively in Cambridge, Charlestown, and Watertown Farms (now Weston). He was an officer in King Philip's War.
JOHN4 (Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Watertown, July 23, 1700; d. Nov. 20, 1747; m. Rachel Powers, who survived him and married Barnabas Davis of Littleton, Mass. John followed his father's trade of a glazier, and lived at Lexington and at Woburn. Four of his nine children settled in New Ipswich.
1. JOHN5 (John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Wo- burn, Jan. 9, 1726/7; d. New Ipswich, Sept. 27, 1771; m. Nov. 16, 1749, Susanna, dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Brown) Hastings of Waltham [b. May 26, 1731]. She survived him and married Simeon Gould (2), and died at Jaffrey, Aug. 5, 1827. He fol- lowed the family occupation, plying the glazier's trade at Waltham, Lexington, and Shrewsbury. About 1767 he came to New Ipswich, settled near the Temple line, (32, N. D.,) and became a farmer, although frequently absent working as a glazier in the neighboring towns. His mother and step- father made their home with him for several years. Children :
5. i. JOHN, b. Lexington, Aug. 25, 1750.+
6. ii. JOSEPH, b. Lexington, May 13, 1752.+
7. iii. MOSES, b. Shrewsbury, May 28, 1754; d. Oct. 6, 1756.
8. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Shrewsbury, June 8, 1756.++
9. v. SUSANNA, b. Shrewsbury, Jan. 5, 1759; d. Aug. 17, 1815; m. May 15, 1777, Supply Wilson (J. 1).
10. vi. MOSES, b. Shrewsbury, Mar. 26, 1760.+
11. vii. DAVID, b. Shrewsbury, Oct. 28, 1762.+
12. viii. RACHEL, b. Shrewsbury, Jan. 20, 1764; d. Jan. 12, 1768.
13. ix. SARAH, b. New Ipswich, Jan. 30, 1767; d. Jaffrey, Apr. 28, 1852; m. (1) Isaac Kimball of Temple [b. June 17, 1763; d. June 13, 1804]; eight children; (2) William Marshall of Jaffrey [d. 1828]; two children.
14. x. RACHEL, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 2, 1769; d. Mason, Sept. 12, 1863; m. Feb. 5, 1794, Dr. William Barber of Worcester, Mass. Seven children.
15. xi. BENONI, b. New Ipswich, Oct. 19, 1771.+
2. NATHAN5 (John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Woburn, Mar. 13, 1733/4; d. Mar. 6, 1778; m. Hannah He was a "housewright." He served as a soldier in Nova Scotia in 1775. He seems to have come to New Ipswich earlier than his brother John, as his name is on the first tax- list after incorporation, that of 1763. He settled one lot far- ther east than his brother, but he afterward removed to "Cutter's Lane," which probably was nearly the same as the
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road leading to the "Bucknam farm," (XII: 2, S. R.,) first occupied by Amos Taylor. He served in the Revolution under Capts. Josiah Brown in 1777 and Robert Fletcher in 1778. Children, probably born in New Ipswich, except per- haps the first :
16. i. NATHAN, time and place of birth unknown.+
17. ii. HANNAH, b. Oct. 24, 1761.
18. iii. RACHEL, b. Aug. 7, 1763.
19. iv. BARNABAS, b. Mar. 17, 1766.
20. v. ISAAC, b. Sept. 26, 1768.
21. vi. RHODA, b. Aug. 27, 1770.
3. ELIZABETH5 (John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Lexington, May 24, 1741; d. New Ipswich, 1787; m. (1) Elijah Dutton [d. Dec. 24, 1764]; two children; (2) Mar. 8, 1769, Ezra Towne (1), [d. Dec. 29, 1795] ; six children.
4. BENJAMIN5 (John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Lexington, Jan. 27, 1744/5; d. Temple, Mar. 16, 1821 ; m. about 1768, Hannah Andrews [d. Oct. 13, 1837]. He came to New Ipswich and settled with his brothers, but afterward removed over the town line into Temple, where his farm is still occupied by his descendants. He did good service in the Revolution, under Capts. Ezra Towne in 1775, Abijah Smith in 1776, and Samuel Twitchell in 1778. He was a selectman in Temple, and ready in all town activities. Children, all born in Temple :
22. i. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 19, 1768.++
23. ii. JEREMIAH, b. Feb. 10, 1771; d. 1773.
24. iii. HANNAH, b. Apr. 17, 1773; d. 1815; m. Nov. 26, 1797, Jonathan Foster of Temple. They removed to Weston, Vt., where she died.
25. iv. LUCY, b. July 11, 1775; d. Feb. 5, 1807; m. Feb. 4, 1794, James Bartlett.
26. v. RACHEL, b. Oct. 16, 1777; d. July, 1857 ; m. 1798, and removed to Dublin.
27. vi. JONATHAN, b. June 16, 1780.+
28. vii. SOLOMON, b. Jan. 10, 1783.+
29. viii. RHODA, b. Mar. 26, 1785; d. Sept. 27, 1850; m. Sept. 18, 1804, Levi Pierce.
30. ix. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 22, 1787; d. Feb., 1853; m. Feb. 3, 1806, David Amsden of Mason, where she died.
31. x. POLLY, b. May 4, 1790; m. May 14, 1811, Joshua P. Searle of Temple.
32. xi. LOUIS, b. June 25, 1792; d. Jan. 27, 1814.
5. JOHN® (John5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Lexington, Aug. 25, 1750; d. New Ipswich, May 1, 1812; m. (1) 1773, Rebecca Browning of Rutland, Mass .; (2) Mrs. Allen
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of New Ipswich. He lived for a time upon his father's farm, and afterward built a house in Davis Village, (49, N. D.) He is credited with eleven days' service at the time of the Con- cord alarm, with service in Capt. Smith's company in 1776, under Capt. Brown in 1777, and he was one of the sixty-five volunteers to meet the raid from Canada in 1780. Children, all born at New Ipswich :
33. i. REBECCA, b. Sept. 15, 1774; d. Jaffrey, Sept. 22, 1867; m. Col. Josiah Mower of Jaffrey [b. Topsfield, Mass., Nov. 17, 1768; d. Jaffrey, May 5, 1852]. Six children.
34. ii. MOODY, b. Sept. 1, 1782; d. Stoddard, N. H., July 29, 1827 ; m. Apr. 10, 1805, Henrietta, dau. of Isaac and Abigail (Ayer) Fletcher of Wrentham, Mass. He studied law with Judge Champney, and in Stoddard he combined the duties of lawyer, farmer, and teacher. Six children.
35. iii. NATHAN, b. about 1786; d. Nov., 1808.
There were several other children who died before maturity whose names are not found on record.
6. JOSEPH6 (John5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Lexington, May 13, 1752; d. Jaffrey, June 25, 1840; m. 1776, Rachel, dau. of Nehemiah and Rachel (Shattuck) Hobart of Pepperell, Mass. [b. Apr. 12, 1750; d. Jan. 20, 1835]. He was a farmer, but in early manhood he removed to Jaffrey, where he passed the rest of his life, and therefore, although he served for a time in the Revolution, at least thirteen days on the Concord alarm, his name does not appear on the roll as from New Ipswich. Children, all born in Jaffrey :
36. i. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 23, 1777; d. Jaffrey, Nov. 20, 1860; m. June 17, 1804, Phebe, dau. of Capt. James and Sarah (Clawson) Gage of Jaffrey [b. Dec. 15, 1779]. Eight children.
37. ii. RACHEL, b. Jan. 9, 1779; d. Jaffrey, Sept. 21, 1825; m. June 28, 1803, John, son of Jerome and Lucy (Wheat) Under- wood [b. Feb. 16, 1777]. Six children.
38. iii. JOHN, b. Oct. 24, 1780; d. Jaffrey, Jan. 15, 1857; m. Mary, dau. of Daniel and Betsey Batchelder of Wilton [d. June 3, 1859]. He was a farmer and wool-grower. He had ten children, among whom was Calvin, b. May 1, 1807, who attended New Ipswich academy, studied medicine, and re- ceived the degree of M. D. from Dartmouth in 1832. He is well known throughout the land as the author of the textbooks for which it is hardly too much to say that they made the study of physiology practicable in the public schools, not only of this country, but also in many others into the languages of which they have been translated.
39. iv. SUSAN, b. June 3, 1782; d. Amherst, July 28, 1826; m. Dec. 29, 1812, Edmund, son of Judge Abel Parker of Jaffrey. Two children.
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40. v. DANIEL, b. Feb. 2, 1784; d. Sept. 23, 1868; m. Nov. 18, 1806, Sally, dau. of Col. Timothy and Rebecca (Bateman) Jones of Bedford [b. Aug. 9, 1786; d. July 7, 1864]. He had a rocky farm upon the side of Monadnock, but by patient and well-directed labor he supported his family and gave all his nine children an academic education, three of them graduating from Dartmouth.
41. vi. SABRA, b. Oct. 11, 1785; d. Jaffrey, Feb. 4, 1843, unm.
42. vii. NEHEMIAH, b. Mar. 21, 1787; d. Pepperell, Mass., Mar. 15, 1859; m. (1) Lucy Stevens of Middlebury, Vt .; (2) Mary, dau. of Lemuel and Hannah (Gilson) Parker; (3) Eliza Jones of Boston. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1814, from Yale Medical School in 1817, and practiced at Pepperell. He did pioneer work in founding asylums for the insane.
43. viii. OLDIST, b. May 14, 1790; d. Mason, Mar. 30, 1838; m. Feb. 20, 1811, Oliver Barrett of Mason. Four children.
44. ix. ABEL, b. Apr. 18, 1793; m. Oct. 10, 1815, Mary, dau. of Reuben and Polly (Pratt) Spaulding of Jaffrey. He was a farmer in Jaffrey, but in later life he lived in Boston and in Cambridge. Ten children.
45. x. JOEL, b. Apr. 18, 1793; m. Feb. 27, 1816, Mary S., dau. of Col. Timothy and Rebecca (Bateman) Jones [b. June 17, 1793; d. Oct. 13, 1853]. He was a farmer in Jaffrey. Ten children.
8. BENJAMIN6 (John5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Eliza- beth1), b. Shrewsbury, June 8, 1756; d. Lachute, Quebec, Feb. 7, 1820; m. Catherine Farnsworth [b. about 1760; d. Nov. 12, 1833]. His occupations and places of residence were widely varied, but he passed most of his life in Northern New Eng- land and Canada. Children :
46. i. MOSES, b. Jaffrey, June 22, 1781; d. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 23, 1858; m. Hannah, dau. of Col. Christopher Webber [b. Walpole, 1775; d. St. Louis, Mo., 1854]. He was a mer- chant in Royalton, Vt., Cleveland, O., and St. Louis, Mo., successively. Four children.
47. ii. CATHERINE, b. Alstead, 1783; m. John S. Hutchins, and re- moved to Lachute, Quebec. Many children.
48. iii. BETSEY, b. Alstead, May 12, 1785; m. William Powers and removed to Lachute, Quebec. Many children.
49. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Alstead, June 25, 1787; d. Feb. 23, 1867; m. Roxey Comstock. He was a farmer in Williamstown, Vt., but in 1835 he removed to Bloomfield, O. Three children.
50. v. TRYPHOSA, b. Alstead, Apr. 2, 1789; d. Winona, Minn., 1864. NAWA, b. Alstead, Mar. 27, 1794; m. at Lachute, Quebec,
51. vi.
52. vii.
Davis. They removed to Royalton, N. Y. Two children. ORLANDO, b. Jaffrey, June 5, 1797; m. (1) Feb. 10, 1820, Phyana M., dau. of Seth and Sarah (Pierce) Phelps of Painesville, O .; (2) Nov. 8, 1832, Sarah A., dau. of David 357
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and Lydia (Hudson) Hieland of Cleveland, O. He was a merchant's clerk in Royalston, Mass., and in Boston, and a merchant in Cleveland. Twelve children.
53. viii. SARAH, b. Alstead, Mar., 1800; m. John D. Howe.
54. ix. ABILENE L., b. Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 3, 1802; d. Cleveland, O., Sept. 11, 1852; m. Wooster, O., Oct. 31, 1831, Mary S. Humperly [b. Beaver, Penn., Sept. 12, 1816]. He was suc- cessively a clerk for his brother Orlando, and a merchant in Wooster, O., and in Cleveland, O. Ten children.
10. MOSES6 (John5, John4, Ephraim8, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Shrewsbury, Mar. 26, 1760; d. Jaffrey, Apr. 10, 1816; m. Rachel, dau. of Lieut. William Turner of Jaffrey [b. Sept. 30, 1769; d. Aug. 21, 1839]. He was a farmer at the base of Monadnock about a mile from his brother Joseph. He served in the Revolution, being for a time in Washington's Life Guard. Children :
55. i. JANE, b. Aug. 4, 1787; d. Oct. 14, 1838; m. June 21, 1810, Samuel Bates of Jaffrey [b. Apr., 1786; d. June, 1854]. Three children.
56. ii. SUSAN, b. May 19, 1789; d. Bradford, July 7, 1818, unm.
57. iii. RACHEL, b. Oct. 31, 1792; d. Oct. 14, 1848; m. Jan. 1, 1815, Abel Nutting [b. Groton, Mass., Feb. 13, 1788; d. Marlboro, June 10, 1863]. Five children.
58. iv. MARY, b. Mar. 22, 1794; d. Albany, N. Y., 1832; m. Richard Hoyt of Bradford.
59. v. MOSES, b. Nov. 11, 1795; d. Princeton, Mass., Feb. 21, 1854; m. Dec. 28, 1826, Abigail, dau. of William and (Wright) Davison of Peterboro [b. Jan. 27, 1802]. He was a farmer. Five children.
60. vi. WILLIAM T., b. Mar. 5, 1798; d. Jaffrey, June 4, 1866; m. Mar. 7, 1832, Lydia, dau. of Micah and Lucy (Vose) Jen- nings of Waltham, Mass. [b. June 18, 1808]. He was a farmer. Five children.
61. vii. SARAH, b. Nov. 13, 1801; m. Artemas Law of Jaffrey [d. Nov. 12, 1836]. Two children.
62. viii. PAMELIA, b. Aug. 8, 1803; d. Jaffrey, Oct. 10, 1867; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1829, Charles G., son of Roger Gilman of Jaffrey [d. May 12, 1838]; (2) Sept., 1852, Dea. John Sanderson. Three children of first marriage.
63. ix. WILLARD, b. July 14, 1806; d. Meadville, Pa., Feb. 8, 1860; m. July 30, 1830, Eliza, dau. of William and Rebecca (Moore) Shaley of Waltham, Mass. [b. Sudbury, Mass., Oct. 27, 1806]. He was a carpenter, living in Meadville, Pa., after 1835.
64. x. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 26, 1809; d. Dec. 26, 1861; m. Sept. 15, 1830, Luther, son of John (38) and Mary (Batchelder) Cutter [b. Jaffrey, May 1, 1807].
65. xi. JOHN, b. July 11, 1812; d. Jaffrey, Mar. 12, 1842.
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11. DAVID6 (John5, John4, Ephraim3, Richard2, Elizabeth1), b. Shrewsbury, Oct. 28, 1762; d. Jaffrey, June 12, 1826; m. Sept. 30, 1789, Polly, dau. of Dea. Eleazer and Mary (Flint) Spofford of Jaffrey [d. Nov. 26, 1857]. He was a farmer living near "Jaffrey Mineral Spring." Children :
66. i. ISAAC, b. July 24, 1793. The time and place of his death are not known. He served as drummer in the war of 1812, and later enlisted in the regular army.
67. ii. DAVID, b. June 9, 1795; m. (1) Jan. 5, 1824, Eliza, dau. of William and Mary (Brown) Tolman of Winchendon, Mass. [b. 1804; d. Oct. 14, 1825]; (2) Dolly, dau. of Rev. Levi and Sarah (Packard) Pillsbury of Winchendon. He served in the army through the Mexican War. He was last heard from in Kansas. One child by first marriage and two by second.
68. iii. POLLY, b. Aug., 1797; d. Aug. 14, 1800.
69. iv. JOHN, b. Apr. 29, 1800; m. Mar. 17, 1825, Eliza, dau. of Rev. Levi and Sarah (Packard) Pillsbury of Winchendon, Mass. He was a farmer at Winchendon Center, was selectman, and generally trusted in town and church matters. Four children.
70. v. LUKE, b. Apr., 1802; d. Sept. 12, 1802.
71. vi. MARY, b. Mar. 2, 1803; m. May 20, 1824, Levi Bigelow of Fitzwilliam. He removed to Iowa. Five children.
72. vii. LUKE H., b. Apr. 28, 1805; d. New Ipswich, Mar. 8, 1845; the name of his wife is not known. He was a farmer in Peterboro for a time, but he spent a few of his later years on the "Stratton farm," (9, N. D.,) returning to which on a cold evening he was frozen. Five children.
73. viii. NATHAN, b. Dec. 22, 1807; d. Dec. 22, 1807.
74. ix. ADONIJAH, b. Aug. 29, 1808; d. July 19, 1860; m. Nov. 27, 1840, Maria, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Perry) Wilson of Fitzwilliam. He was a minister in Strafford, Vt., Hano- ver, and Nelson.
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