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1823 and there passed his remaining years, but he seems to have occupied the Woolson farm, (IV : 2, S. R.,) from 1810 to 1814, and after that he probably passed a few years in some other town or towns, as his son Leonard is said to have been born in Lebanon. The order of birth of his children is uncer- tain. Children :
3. i. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 28, 1810; d. Jan. 17, 1814.
4. ii. MARY LOUISA, b. Oct. 1, 1812; d. Dec. 19, 1830.
5. iii. HANNAH ALMIRA, b. Jan. 29, 1814; d. 1901; m. about 1843, Wilder Butters. Removed to Fitchburg, Mass.
6. iv. WILLIAM B.
7. v. LEONARD WALKER, b. Feb. 9, 1816.+
8. vi. AMOS, m. - Brown. He res. in Woburn, Mass., and was a dealer in baker's goods.
9. vii. GEORGE S., b. about 1822; d. June 22, 1838.
7. LEONARD WALKER3 (William2, Oliver1), b. Feb. 9, 1816; m. Mary Eliza Brown [b. South Reading, Mass., Jan. 13, 1828]. He succeeded to the occupancy of the family farm soon after his father's death and remained until about 1856, although he does not appear to have owned the property. He removed to the vicinity of Boston. Children :
10. i. MARY COWDREY, b. Sept. 2, 1848.
11. ii. LEONARD WALKER, b. May 6, 1850. Other children not recorded.
HARTWELL.
WILLIAM1 HARTWELL, d. Concord, Mass., Mar. 12, 1689/90; m. Jazan [d. Aug. 6, 1695]. The record of the birth of his son John, Feb. 23, 1640/1, gives the first appearance of this family name in the vital records of Concord.
SAMUEL2 (William1), b. Mar. 26, 1645/6; d. July 26, 1725; m. (1) Oct. 26, 1665, Ruth, dau. of George and Katherine Wheeler [b. Feb. 23, 1641/2; d. Dec. 9, 1713]; (2) Rebecca - [d. Dec. 23, 1721/2]; (3) Feb. 6, 1723, Elizabeth, dau. of Joshua and Sarah (Willy) Fletcher of Chelms- ford, Mass. [b. June 10, 1698; d. Oct. 4, 1732].
SAMUEL3 (Samuel2, William1), b. Oct. 2, 1666; d. Nov. 27, 1744; m. (1) Nov. 23, 1692, Abigail Stearns of Cambridge [d. May 11, 1709]; (2) Rebecca - - [d. Apr. 15, 1714]; (3) widow Margaret Tompkins [d. Apr. 5, 1723]; (4) Experience Tarbox.
EPHRAIM4 (Samuel3, Samuel2, William1), b. Jan. 14, 1706/7; d. May 7, 1793; m. Nov. 7, 1732, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Hey- wood [b. June 3, 1714; d. Jan. 30, 1808].
1. EPHRAIM5 (Ephraim4, Samuel3, Samuel2, William1), b. Jan. 8, 1745; d. May 30, 1816; m. June 1, 1769, Mary Brown (A. 9). He was born in that part of Concord, Mass., which is
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now Lincoln, but removed to Princeton, Mass., and thence about 1782 to New Ipswich, where he passed an energetic and successful life. He bought the house and store of Josiah Rogers facing on the Village Green and since well known as the "Barr house," and conducted the store twenty-five years. He was also interested in a scythe factory situated at the place of the waterpower above Gibson Village since utilized by the Walker bedstead factory and turning-shop, in the first linseed oil mill, which preceded the first cotton factory in the Bank Village, and in works for the manufacture of pearlash near his own house. He was one of the first trustees of the Acad- emy and only one man made a larger subscription for its sup- port in those days. He was captain of one of the military companies of the town, and was so evidently a trusted and popular citizen that it is surprising to find that he held no one of the principal town offices. Children :
2. i. MARY, b. Aug. 25, 1770; d. July 11, 1846; m. Mar. 6, 1791, Caleb5, son of Gen. Benjamin Bellows.
ABIGAIL® (Ephraim4, Samuel3, Samuel?, William1), b. June 9, 1744; d. Mar. 8, 1809; m. Sept. 6, 1763, Jonas, son of Ephraim Jones (3).
HASSALL.
1. WILLIAM1 HASSALL, b. 1799 at Hillsboro, N. H .; d. Mar. 3, 1874, at New Ipswich; m. (1) Nov. 26, 1826, Betsy, dau. of Daniel and Sarah (Shattuck) Butterfield and granddau. of David5 Shattuck [b. Aug. 9, 1806; d. Sept. 21, 1868] ; (2) May 3, 1870, Mrs. Rhoda C. Powers, sister of his first wife [b. June 18, 1798; d. Oct. 23, 1872]. He was a wheelwright, his shop standing where is now the public library, and he built for his own occupancy the house next south of the library. He was a deacon in the Congregational church more than twenty years. Children :
2. i. WILLIAM E., b. Sept. 24, 1827; m. Dec. 27, 1849, Elizabeth F. Stark, great-granddaughter of Maj. Gen. John Stark [b. about 1823; d. Nov. 29, 1870]. One dau., Anna C., b. Nov. 26, 1851; m. Dec. 26, 1871, Frederic D. Shattuck of Fitch- burg, Mass .; is prominent in the Woman's Relief Corps, D. A. R., and O. E. S.
3. ii. JAMES L., b. Sept. 1, 1829; d. Dec. 1, 1880; m. Angeline, dau. of William Loomis [d. Feb. 16, 1893, aged 62]. Children : i. Mary, m. Charles Blodgett. ii. Clara. iii. A child, d. Apr. 24, 1852.
4. iii. GEORGE A., d. Apr. 11, 1842, aged 4 yrs., 6 mos.
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HASTINGS.
THOMAS1 HASTINGS, b. about 1605; d. about 1685; m. (1) Susanna [b. about 1609; d. Feb. 2, 1650]; (2) Apr., 1651, Margaret, dau. of William and Martha Cheney of Roxbury, Mass. He came from England in 1634 and settled at Roxbury. He was selectman many years, also town clerk and representative. He was a deacon.
SAMUEL2 (Thomas1), b. Mar. 12, 1665/6; d. 1723; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1687, Lydia, dau. of Caleb and Joanna (Sprague) Church [b. Dedham, Mass., July 4, 1661; d. about 1691]; (2) Apr. 24, 1694, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Nevison [b. Oct. 22, 1675; d. 1700]; (3) July 10, 1701, Sarah, dau. of Simon and Hannah (Barron) Coolidge [d. 1724]. Res. in Watertown, where he was for a time innkeeper.
NATHANIEL3 (Samuel2, Thomas1), b. after 1702; m. Apr. 16, 1734, Esther, dau. of Samuel and Margaret (Traine) Perry. Res. in north part of Shrewsbury, which is now Boylston, Mass.
SAMUEL4 (Nathaniel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), b. 1735; d. Sept. 9, 1823; m. Oct. 26, 1757, Anna, dau. of Joseph and Martha (Brigham) Bigelow. He removed to Princeton, Mass., soon after his marriage and there he passed his life.
CHARLES5 (Samuel4, Nathaniel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), b. Nov. 26, 1760; d. Nov. 28, 1850; m. June 3, 1782, Anna, dau. of Samuel and Tabitha (Eveleth) Woods [b. Apr. 4, 1731; d. Dec. 19, 1825]. He removed to Ashburnham, Mass., in 1783. He served about two years in the Revolu- tion.
1. CHARLES6 (Charles5, Samuel4, Nathaniel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), b. June 16, 1800; m. Dec. 15, 1824, Susan, dau. of Isaac and Hannah (Russell) Hill of Ashburnham [b. Oct. 3, 1797 ; d. Dec. 17, 1870]. He was a merchant in Ashburnham, Mass., until middle life, when he came to New Ipswich and remained twenty years or more. He engaged in various ac- tivities at the Center Village, being postmaster 1843-45. He afterward returned to Ashburnham, and there spent his later years.
2. LEONARD W.6 (Charles5, Samuel4, Nathaniel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), b. Aug. 14, 1803; d. Apr. 11, 1883; m. (1) 1832, Elvira Burrows (11); (2) Nov. 12, 1862, Martha Colburn of Temple. He came to New Ipswich somewhat earlier than his brother and passed his life as a farmer, for more than twenty years upon the Wheelock farm, (51, N. D.,) and then removing for a somewhat briefer residence upon 58, N. D., formerly connected to the farm first mentioned by a road now completely obliterated for the greater part of its length, and leaving the second farm at the end of a road from the opposite direction. Children :
3. i. HARRIET A., b. 1833; d. Aug. 1, 1854.
4. ii. EMMA A., b. 1842; d. Jan. 31, 1865.
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HATCH.
WILLIAM1 HATCH, d. Nov. 6, 1651; m. Jane - He came from Sandwich, Kent, England, in 1634, with wife and five children, and set- tled in Scituate. His widow m. Mar. 31, 1653, Thomas King, and died the same year.
WALTER2 (William1), m. May 6, 1650, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Holbrook.
ISRAEL3 (Walter2, William1), b. Mar. 25, 1667; m. July 27, 1699, Elizabeth Hatch.
ISRAEL4 (Israel3, Walter2, William1), b. May 5, 1701; m. Oct. 27, 1725, Bethia Thomas of Marshfield, Mass.
ISRAEL® (Israel4, Israel3, Walter2, William1), b. Aug. 8, 1730; d. Mar. 3, 1809; m. Jan. 31, 1755, Mary Hatch [b. about 1730; d. Dec. 22, 1802]. JOEL® (Israel5, Israel4, Israel3, Walter2, William1), b. Apr. 3, 1771; m. Apr. 21, 1796, Huldah Truant.
1. AMOS7 (Joel6, Israel5, Israel4, Israel8, Walter2, William1), b. Sept. 17, 1807; d. Aug. 9, 1878; m. Apr. 16, 1829, Lucinda Sargent [b. Mar., 1805; d. Aug. 27, 1888]. He was a carpen- ter in Boston, where all his children were born, but in 1849 he came to New Ipswich and bought the farm first settled by Joseph Parker, (44, N. D.,) and lived there about twenty-five years, after which he removed to the Center ' Village and passed the last four or five years of his life in the house on the Turnpike long the home of Nathan Sanders. His wife conducted a successful water-cure while residing on the farm. Children :
2. i. AMOS E., b. Aug. 6, 1830; d. Mar. 18, 1832.
3. ii. EDWARD A., b. Oct. 12, 1833; d. June 28, 1836.
4. iii. ABBY SARGENT, b. July 28, 1836; m. Nov. 19, 1873, Joseph Addison Wheeler (118).
5. iv. SYLVANUS, b. Jan. 15, 1839. Removed to California.
HEALD.
JOHN1 HEALD, d. May 24, 1632; m. Dorothy -. He came from Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, and settled in Concord, Mass., as early as 1635.
JOHN2 (John1), b. prob. in England; d. June 17, 1689; m. June 10, 1631, Sarah Dane (or Dean) [d. July 22, 1689]. He res. in Concord.
JOHN3 (John2, John1), b. Sept. 19, 1664; d. Nov. 25, 1721; m. Dec. 18, 1690, Mary, dau. of Roger and Mary (Simonds) Chandler [b. Jan. 17, 1671; d. Aug. 14, 1759]. He res. in Concord, and is mentioned in Wal- cott's "Concord in the Colonial Period" as follows: "The Revolution that expelled James II. from the throne of England afforded the oppor- tunity desired by the colonists, who rose almost as one man, to defend their homes and the rights of Englishmen. In 1689 on the nineteenth of April, an oft recurring date in American history, the Concord people
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dispatched their military company to Boston under the command of Lieutenant John Heald to assist in the revolt."
TIMOTHY4 (John8, John2, John1), b. June 7, 1696; d. Mar. 28, 1736; m. Hannah
1. JOSIAH4 (John3, John2, John1), b. Feb. 28, 1698/9. It is by no means certain that he was the bearer of that name who was taxed in New Ipswich in 1754, and is said in the former town history to have been probably the brother of Thomas Heald of the next generation and to have lived upon the same lot. But a careful search of the Concord records discloses no such brother, and gives ground for the inference that the temporary resident was an uncle instead of a brother of the next member of the family here named.
2. TIMOTHY5 (Timothy4, John3, John2, John1), b. Oct. 14, 1723; m. Elizabeth . He came to New Ipswich at about the time of the Masonian charter, and was Proprietors' clerk for several years. He settled near the east line of the town upon the lot afterward known as the "Pierce farm," (186, A. D.,) and evidently was a trusted member of the infant settlement. But for some reason he remained less than twenty years, removing to Maine about 1767. Children :
4. i. TIMOTHY, b. May 24, 1749.
5. ii. JOHN, b. Oct. 4, 1751.
6. iii. SIBYL, b. Oct. 25, 1755.
7. iv. JONAS, b. June 23, 1757.
8. v. JOSIAH, b. Sept. 14, 1759.
3. THOMAS5 (Timothy4, John3, John2, John1), b. June 14, 1732; d. Aug. 20, 1805; m. (1) Sibyl Adams [d. 1788]; (2) Deliverance, prob. dau. of William3 and Deliverance (Parker) Blanchard [b. about 1760; d. Aug. 11, 1845; m. (2) about 1808, James (1) Chandler]. Apparently he came to New Ipswich somewhat later than his brother Timothy, and was associated with that brother until his removal from town. Some years later he built the house afterward well known as the "Esta- brooks tavern," at the corner of the old Ashby road, (187, N. L. O.) He was deeply interested in military affairs, and he rendered excellent service in the Revolution, being in com- mand of the New Ipswich company on Apr. 19, 1775, serving as lieutenant-colonel on two or more expeditions to Ticon- deroga, and leading the two New Ipswich companies to Royal- ton, Vt., at the time of the raid from Canada in 1780. He received a colonel's commission in due time, and that title is borne upon his gravestone. Children:
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9. i. THOMAS, b. Mar. 31, 1768; d. July, 1821; m. Dec., 1800, Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Locke of Ashby, Mass. [b. 1770; d. May 25, 1843; m. (2) Elijah Newhall (6)]. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1794, studied law, and practiced successively at Concord, Mass., Montpelier, Vt., and Blakely, Ala. Later he was judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama. He inherited a military spirit, and held a lieutenant's commission in the United States army, but his service was apparently limited to the command of a troop of cavalry at Concord, Mass. Five children.
10. ii. SIMON, b. Oct. 19, 1773; d. Nov. 2, 1774.
11. iii. NATHAN, b. Sept. 24, 1775; m. 1811, Rebecca Wells of Ken- tucky. He was a major in the United States army, and in command of Fort Dearborn, situated on the present site of Chicago, Ill., at the time of the massacre there in 1812.
12. iv. SIMON, b. June 20, 1777; d. Nov. 2, 1779.
13. v. JONAS, b. Apr. 2, 1780.
14. vi. GILMAN, b. Oct. 13, 1790.
15. vii. SIBYL, b. Apr. 7, 1792; m. Leavitt Lincoln. Res. in Winchen- don, Mass.
16. viii. POLLY, b. Feb. 29, 1796; d. Dec. 9, 1874; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1837, Francis Shattuck (48) ; (2) Leavitt Lincoln. Res. in New Ipswich.
17. ix. EBEN, b. about 1801; d. June 1, 1863. Res. in New Ipswich.
HILDRETH.
RICHARD1 HILDRETH, b. 1605; d. Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 23, 1692/3; m. (1) Sarah - [d. Cambridge, Mass., June 15, 1644]; (2) about 1645, Elizabeth - [b. about 1625; d. Malden, Mass., Aug. 3, 1693]. He ap- pears to have been the ancestor of all bearing the name in America. He seems to have lived in Cambridge, Woburn, and Chelmsford, where he bore the title of sergeant. Very possibly his disabled right hand was due to military service. He was admitted freeman 1643. The family has been largely in evidence at Westford, Mass., since the time of its separation from Chelmsford and incorporation as a town. The first two or three steps in the line of descent given below are not certainly proven, but they are believed to be correct.
JAMES2 (Richard1), d. about 1695; m. June 1, 1659, Margaret Ward. Res. Chelmsford.
JOSEPH2 (Richard1), b. Apr. 10, 1658; d. Chelmsford, Jan. 28, 1795/6; m. Apr. 28, 1683, Abigail Wilson of Woburn, who m. (2) Jonathan Barrett.
RICHARD3 (James2, Richard1), m. Dorcas
JOSEPH3 (Joseph2, Richard1), b. Nov. 30, 1695; d. Westford, 1780; m.
(1) Deliverance -; (2) Feb. 2, 1743, Abigail Hill of Billerica. EPHRAIM3 (Joseph2, Richard1), m. Mary
JAMES4 (Richard3, James2, Richard1), b. about 1700; d. Cape Breton, 1748; m. Lydia Wright, probably dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah Wright.
EPHRAIM4 (Josephª, Joseph2, Richard1), b. 1718; m. Westford, Nov. 30, 1741, Priscilla Barron.
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1. SIMEON4 (Ephraim3, Joseph2, Richard1), b. 1736; d. about 1776; m. Westford, Feb. 8, 1758, Hannah Spalding. He came to New Ipswich soon after his marriage, and had a portion of lot XII : 4, S. R., his house being about thirty rods to the southwest from the Roger Chandler house still standing, but upon an old road now long discontinued. His name is borne upon the alarm list of the morning of April 20, 1775, and upon the rolls of Capts. Joseph Parker, Stephen Parker, and Silas Wright, and also upon that of Capt. Benjamin Mann of Mason, but without doubt his son also served, and there may have been a third bearer of the name from a neighboring town. It seems probable, however, that this New Ipswich soldier was the one named in the list given in the former history of the town of those who "died of sickness in the army, or soon after they were brought home." Only one child is recorded :
3. i. SIMEON, b. 1758.+
2. STEPHEN5 (James4, Richard3, James2, Richard1), b. 1743; d. Oct. 26, 1800; m. 1764, Esther Manning of Townsend, Mass. He gave Revolutionary service in the companies of Capts. Briant and Brown. According to tradition an unmarried brother lived alone at the foot of the mountain near Pratt Pond. The spot is probably indicated by the remains of an old cellar a short distance west from the southern end of the pond. Only two brothers of Stephen are named in the rec- ords of Westford, Samuel, b. 1735, and James, b. 1748. Both of these names appear upon the New Ipswich records between 1780 and 1786. Children :
4. i. ZILPAH, b. about 1774; d. July 4, 1824; m. Feb. 26, 1795, Benjamin Fletcher (26).
5. ii. JAMES, b. about 1777.+
ELIJAH5 (Ephraim4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Richard1), b. 1750; d. Mar. 17, 1798; m. Mary, dau. of Peter Reed of Littleton, Mass. [d. Feb. 22, 1843; m. Westford, June 6, 1803, Capt. Eleazer Cummings (2) ].
3. SIMEON5 (Simeon4, Ephraim3, Joseph2, Richard1), b. 1758; d. Meriden, N. H., Sept. 8, 1843; m. Apr. 9, 1799, Mary (Dustin), widow of William Shattuck (3) [d. Aug. 6, 1832]. After his marriage he removed to Bradford, N. H., and thence to Meriden. A unique story of his service at Bunker Hill may perhaps be again related here. "'See,' said he to a fellow soldier, 'how I do it;' and drawing a ball from his pouch, and then wetting it in his mouth, he let it fall into the muzzle of his gun; and then taking deliberate aim at a particular person
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in the British ranks, he sent it through his heart. 'There,' said he, 'this is the sixteenth that I have fixed in like manner.'" He had no children.
5. JAMES6 (Stephen5, James4, Richard3, James2, Richard1), b. about 1777; d. Sept. 10, 1844; m. Nov. 15, 1805, Rebecca Davis (42). He succeeded to his father's farm and there passed his life, being known as an exceptionally honorable and kindly man. He had no children, but he practically adopted two, Daniel Farwell and Lucinda Giles, who married and succeeded to his property.
6. ELIJAH6 (Elijah5, Ephraim4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Richard1), b. Westford, July 25, 1776; d. Aug. 26, 1853; m. Nottingham, (now Hudson,) N. H., Isabella Caldwell [b. Hudson, Aug. 5, 1783; d. Westford, Aug. 7, 1884]. He came to New Ipswich about 1830, and lived at Smith Village the remainder of his life, his business being that of a cooper. He lived in the house once occupied by the Locke store. Children :
7. i. ISABELL, b. Tyngsboro, Mass., May 26, 1804; d. Westford, Feb. 12, 1869; m. Amos Day.
8. ii. ELIJAH, b. Sept. 2, 1805. He was a seaman, and when last heard from was in South America. Unm.
9. iii. ELEAZER CUMMINGS, b. Topsham, Vt., Aug. 12, 1807; d. Baltimore, Md. He was a stonecutter.
10. iv. JOHN CALDWELL, b. Topsham, Vt., Dec. 20, 1808.+
11. v. LEVI CURRIER, b. Topsham, Vt., Mar. 15, 1811; d. July 16, 1864, in the military prison at Andersonville, Ga. He was serving in a New York regiment when captured.
12. vi. JONATHAN HARTWELL, b. Topsham, Vt., Dec. 18, 1813; d. Concord, Aug. 16, 1826.
13. vii. JOEL BULLARD, b. Topsham, Vt., Feb. 23, 1816.++
14. viii. MARY LETITIA, b. Chelmsford, Mass., Mar. 23, 1818; d. West- ford, Mass., about 1904, unm.
15. ix. JOSEPH HARTWELL, b. Westford, Mass., June 20, 1822; d. Derry, Aug. 23, 1832.
16. x. CHARLES LEWIS, b. Concord, May 3, 1825; d. Lowell, Mass. 17. xi. OLIVE ELIZABETH, b. Concord, May 3, 1825; d. Concord, June 11, 1825.
18. xii. ASAPH, b. Hooksett, Nov. 4, 1826; d. Nashua, July 21, 1837.
10. JOHN CALDWELL7 (Elijah6, Elijah5, Ephraim4, Joseph8, Joseph2, Richard1), b. Topsham, Vt., Dec. 20, 1808; d. New Ipswich, Jan. 17, 1905; m. Sept. 29, 1836, Harriet Maria Blanchard (30). He came to New Ipswich in 1839 and bought the blacksmithy in Smith Village, which he carried on suc- cessfully until advancing years compelled his withdrawal from
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severe labor. He built for his home the house now standing on the opposite side of the narrow road in front of the smithy. He was a deacon of the Baptist church fifty-five years. Chil- dren-born in New Ipswich except the first, born at North Chelmsford :
19. i. JOHN LEWIS, b. Nov. 29, 1838.+
20. ii. HENRY AUGUSTUS, b. May 14, 1841; d. Auburn, Me., Jan. 19, 1908; m. (1) Nashua, Jan. 26, 1863, Celia Maria Brad- ford, d. Dec. 31, 1893; (2) Turner, Me., Jan. 16, 1895, Lura Frances McKenney. He first learned his father's trade, but a business training acquired during four years' service in the commissary department at Washington during the Civil War turned his later life in mercantile directions. He was engaged in the grocery business at Turner, Me., for several years, and for the rest of his life was a very successful shoe dealer. The home of his later years was at Auburn, Me.
21. iii. HARRIET AUGUSTA, b. May 14, 1841; m. Aug. 13, 1884, Alfred Reed Tenney (36). Before her marriage she was a trained nurse.
22. iv. WILLIAM HARTWELL, b. Apr. 19, 1845.+
23. v. CHARLES WILLIS, b. Sept. 10, 1847.+
24. vi. MARY ELLA, b. Oct. 7, 1853; m. July 3, 1878, Walter Clarence Frost, who graduated from Dartmouth College in 1876, and is a real estate dealer at Colorado Springs, Colo. Children : i. Hildreth Frost, b. June 22, 1880; he gradu- ated from Colorado College in 1901 and from Harvard Law School in 1904: he is in practice at Colorado Springs. ii. Hester Frost, b. June 9, 1884; she graduated from Wellesley College in 1907 and is professor of English Literature in Hamilton College, Lexington, Ky.
13. JOEL BULLARD7 (Elijah6, Elijah5, Ephraim4, Joseph3, Jo- seph2, Richard1), b. Topsham, Vt., Feb. 23, 1816; d. Sept. 25, 1889; m. Jan. 19, 1847, Almira Spaulding (148). When a young man he was a stage-driver in Vermont, and later through Manchester and Concord, when the former city was only a small village. After his marriage he settled in New Ipswich upon the "Spaulding farm," (XI : 3, S. R.) Children :
25. i. LUCY JANE, b. June 30, 1849; m. Aug. 8, 1871, William E. Maxwell.
26. ii. MARY ANN LETITIA, b. June 20, 1851; unm. Res. in Littleton, Mass.
27. iii. GEORGE CARPENTER, b. Sept. 18, 1854.+
28. iv. CHARLES BULLARD, b. Dec. 19, 1857; d. Jan. 1, 1859.
19. JOHN LEWIS8 (John C.7, Elijah6, Elijah5, Ephraim4, Jo- seph3, Joseph2, Richard1), b. Nov. 29, 1838; m. Mar. 2, 1864, Achsah B., dau. of Nathan and Jane (Parker) Colburn of
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Temple [b. July 17, 1837]. He entered Dartmouth College in 1860, but in his second year withdrew and entered the service of the Sanitary Commission for the soldiers in Virginia and Louisiana, which service determined his choice of a profession, so that at the close of the war, instead of completing his col- lege course he commenced the study of medicine, and gradu- ated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1867. Nearly his entire professional life has been passed in Cambridge, Mass., where his success has placed him among the very first mem- bers of his profession in that vicinity, and has been further attested by the gift from his Alma Mater of the baccalaureate degree and the replacement of his name upon the roll of the class of 1864 as though he had formally completed the course, an action endorsed by his fellow alumni in his election as pres- ident of the Alumni Association. He was for some years dean of the Medical School of Tufts College, and has received from that institution the degree of LL. D. He is a loyal son of New Ipswich, in which he has as a summer home, the "Col. Smith house" in Smith Village, and he is an earnest worker as a trustee of Appleton Academy. Children :
29. i. JOHN LEWIS, b. Aug. 17, 1870.+
30. ii. BEULAH GERTRUDE, b. June 2, 1873; m. May 31, 1894, Charles Edward Barrett (24).
31. iii. ALFRED HITCHCOCK, b. Sept. 10, 1874.+
22. WILLIAM HARTWELL8 (John C.7, Elijah6, Elijah5, Eph- raim4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Richard1), b. Apr. 19, 1845; d. Jan. 15, 1903; m. Aug. 3, 1868, Helen Josephine Flagg [b. Dec. 24, 1844; d. Nov. 2, 1908]. He fitted for college in Appleton Acad- emy, but studied medicine without pursuing a previous college course and graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1868. He practiced at Fitchburg, Mass., for a short time, but most of his professional life was spent at Newton Upper Falls, Mass., where he was successful, but feeble health and absences necessarily resulting forbade the higher position of which his ability justified the expectation. Child :
32. i. FLORENCE JOSEPHINE, b. Sept. 26, 1870; m. Oct. 1, 1902, Alex- ander Hiram Dresser.
23. CHARLES WILLIS8 (John C.7, Elijah6, Elijah5, Ephraim4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Richard1), b. Sept. 10, 1847 ; m. Apr. 6, 1871, Lucy Maria, dau. of Nathan and Jane (Parker) Colburn of Temple [b. June 2, 1845]. He is a farmer in Westford, Mass. Children :
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33. i. HENRY WILLIS, b. May 26, 1874; m. Nov. 5, 1907, Harriet Craven Sargent of Graniteville, Mass. He is bookkeeper in a bank.
34. ii. CHARLES LEWIS, b. June 15, 1879; m. July 24, 1907, Elizabeth Hayward of Westford. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1901, and from Harvard Law School in 1904. He is in practice at Lowell, Mass.
27. GEORGE CARPENTER8 (Joel B.7, Elijah6, Elijah5, Eph- raim4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Richard1), b. Sept. 18, 1854; m. (1) May 14, 1876, Eveline A., dau. of Ralph and Azubah Wright; (2) Nov., 1895, Mary Aker of Townsend, Mass. He lived for some years upon the northern part of XV: 3, S. R., long the home of Ezekiel Nutting, but in 1904 removed to West Townsend. Children :
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