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The Melvin name perished from town before the close of the eighteenth century.
MILES.
JOHN1 MILES, d. Concord, Mass., Aug. 26, 1693; m. (1) Sarah [d. July 18, 1678] ; (2) Feb. 10, 1679, Susannah Rediat. Res. in Concord, Mass.
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JOHN2 (John1), b. May 20, 1680; d. Aug. 23, 1725; m. Apr. 16, 1702, Mary Prescott. Res. in Concord.
JOHN3 (John2, John1), b. Dec. 24, 1702; d. prob. Feb. 4, 1781; m. Eliza- beth - [b. about 1704; d. May 5, 1782].
1. ABEL4 (John3, John2, John1), b. Sept. 9, 1733; d. Dec. 6, 1814 ; m. Feb. 26, 1756, Lydia, dau. of Capt. Daniel4 and Eliza- beth (Minot) Adams (Joseph3, John2, Henry1). He came from Concord to New Ipswich about 1771, and settled where the road now ends on the Ramsdell farm east from Whittemore Hill, (70, A. D.,) where he lived until his death. Children :
2. i. LYDIA, b. Feb. 20, 1757; m. Feb. 25, 1800, David Rumrill.
3. ii. BETTY, b. Dec. 4, 1758; d. Jan. 3, 1798; m. Dec. 11, 1783, John Shattuck (10).
4. iii. POLLY, b. July 8, 1760; d. Nov. 14, 1804, unm.
5. iv. REBECCA, b. Jan. 3, 1762; m. Jan. 21, 1781, Levi Mansfield.
6. v. ABEL, b. Oct. 17, 1768; m. Nov. 10, 1794, Betsy Shepley.
NEWHALL or NEWELL.
THOMAS1 NEWHALL d. May 25, 1674; m. Mary [d. Sept. 25, 1665]. He was an early settler in Lynn, Mass., and in 1638 he was allotted thirty acres of land in that part of the town which is now Reading.
THOMAS2 (Thomas1), b. 1630 or earlier; d. Apr., 1687; m. Dec. 29, 1652, Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Potter [d. Feb., 1686/7]. He is said to have been the first child born in Lynn. He held the office of ensign. His property at the time of his death amounted to nearly £700.
JOSEPH3 (Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Sept. 22, 1658; d. Jan., 1705/6; m. probably in 1678, Susanna, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar of Lynn [b. Mar. 26, 1659]. Seven years after his death she m. Benjamin Simonds of Woburn. He represented the town in the General Court and often held other honorable and responsible positions. Like his father he was an ensign.
EBENEZER4 (Joseph3, Thomas', Thomas1), b. June 3, 1693; d. June 22, 1766; m. 1718, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph4 (Joseph3, Allen2, Allen1) and Sarah (Farrington) Breed [b. Oct. 6, 1695; d. Feb. 7, 1770]. He was a clothier, and he too held the family office of ensign.
1. EBENEZER5 (Ebenezer4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Dec. 9, 1725 ; d. 1783 ; m. Dec. 25, 1755, Mary Newhall [b. about 1731 ; d. Mar. 20, 1826], very possibly the widow of his cousin Elijah5 (Elisha4, Joseph3) who had died the preceding year, and if so, she was dau. of Thomas and Mary (Baker) Cheever. He came from Lynnfield to New Ipswich in 1780 and owned what has since been known as the "Newhall farm," (76, A. D.,) where he lived only three years. He was, in accordance with his desire, buried in his orchard. Children :
2. i. ONESIMUS, b. Oct. 12, 1756.+
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3. ii. MEHITABLE, b. Sept. 17, 1758; d. Dec. 21, 1821.
4. iii. EBENEZER, b. Oct. 29, 1760.
5. iv. ELIZABETH, b. July 26, 1763.
6. v. ELIJAH, b. Mar. 9, 1766.+
7. vi. Lors, b. Mar. 20, 1768; m. Nehemiah Stratton (3).
8. vii. EZRA, b. Sept. 2, 1770; m. Eunice -. Removed to Acton, Mass.
9. viii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 23, 1772.
2. ONESIMUS6 (Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Oct. 12, 1756; d. Apr. 16, 1833. The name of his first wife, who died 1786, does not appear, but he m. (2) Lydia He served through the entire time of the Revolutionary War in either the army or in naval service, failing to have a part at Bunker Hill only because his company did not arrive until the engagement had ended, doing duty in Rhode Island and at Ticonderoga ; while serving upon a privateer so wounded in the face as to cause a severe permanent distortion, and for a brief time being a prisoner at Newfoundland. He came to New Ipswich at the close of the war and succeeded to the ownership of the Newell farm. Children :
10. i. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 5, 1789. He graduated from Harvard College in 1818.
11. ii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 26, 1791; m. Adeline -. One son, Samuel, d. Feb. 6, 1832, aged 5 months.
12. iii. SETH, b. Feb. 3, 1794.+
13. iv. SARAH, b. Mar. 18, 1796; d. Groton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1873, unm.
14. v. MARY, b. June 11, 1798; m. (1) -- Harris; (2) Jan. 15, 1845, Peter Shumway of Oxford, Mass.
15. vi. LUCY, b. Sept. 2, 1800.
6. ELIJAH® (Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Mar. 9, 1766; d. Aug. 7, 1851; m. (1) Hannah Gill [b. about 1763; d. Jan. 21, 1830]; (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Locke of Ashby, Mass., and widow of Thomas Heald (9) [b. 1770; d. May 25, 1843]. He lived upon the "Newell farm," (76, A. D.,) or near that place in 77, A. D., until about 1828, when he removed to the corner house just south from the town-house, and there passed his later years. Children :
16. i. WILLIAM, b. July 28, 1790.+
17. ii. HANNAH, b. Feb. 2, 1792; d. Mar. 25, 1792.
18. iii. NANCY, b. Feb. 12, 1794; d. June 18, 1858, unm.
19. iv. JAMES, b. Aug. 5, 1795.+
20. v. HANNAH, b. 1797 or 1798; d. Mar. 30, 1862; m. June 4, 1835, Gilman Ames (3).
21. vi. CLARISSA, b. Dec. 25, 1799; d. Feb. 9, 1861; m. May 7, 1845, Dea. Asa Symonds of Hancock.
22. vii. LOUISA, b. Aug. 7, 1802; d. July 19, 1860, unm.
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12. SETH7 (Onesimus6, Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Feb. 3, 1794; d. Apr. 9, 1867 ; m. Han- nah Kemp [b. about 1795; d. Aug. 12, 1862]. Soon after his marriage he settled near the Mason line upon 186, A. D., where most of his children were born, and then removed to the "Chickering house," opposite the house which is now the Con- gregational parsonage, which was his home for about twenty years. Children :
23. i. MILTON P., b. Feb. 24, 1823; d. Feb. 27, 1823.
24. ii. LUCY ANN, b. about 1825; d. June 18, 1853; m. Stephen Pea- body of Danvers, Mass.
25. iii. SARAH C., b. about 1827; d. Aug. 14, 1886; m. E. W. Hayes.
26. iv. MARIA C., b. about 1829; d. Sept. 10, 1850, unm.
27. v. HARRIET ATWOOD, b. 1830; d. Jan. 30, 1872; m. John W. Shep-
28. vi.
ard of New Bedford, Mass. One son who died in youth. MARY JANE, b. about 1832; d. 1908; m. Warren Bushby of Peabody, Mass.
29. vii. PHILENA, b. about 1834; d. about 1894; m. Sylvester Adams, a dentist in Boston.
16. WILLIAM7 (Elijah6, Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. July 28, 1790; d. Dec. 26, 1845 ; m. Dec. 6, 1814, Catherine Foster [b. about 1793; d. Nov. 15, 1875]. He appears to have lived with or near his father in the south part of the town until about 1823, and afterward for a time in the nearest house to that of his father at the town-house corner, on the road to Smith Village. Children :
30. i. MARY KENDALL, b. July 22, 1815; d. Sept. 3, 1826.
31. ii. REBECCA FOSTER, b. June 12, 1817; d. Aug. 11, 1848, unm.
19. JAMES7 (Elijah6, Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Joseph3, Thom- as2, Thomas1), b. Aug. 5, 1795; d. Apr. 16, 1853; m. June 17, 1832, Abigail Rhoads (5). He left New Ipswich soon after reaching his majority. For a time he drove a stage between Boston and Keene, but in his later years he was the proprietor of a stable in Boston doing a livery, cab, and hack business. Child :
32. i. HENRY CLAY, b. Mar. 9, 1843.+
32. HENRY CLAY8 (James7, Elijah6, Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Mar. 9, 1843; d. Dec. 11, 1909; m. (1) Sept. 18, 1876, Georgiana, dau. of Luther and Mary C. (Corey) Clark [b. July 28, 1854; d. Feb. 2, 1899] ; (2) Jan. 15, 1902, Jennie M., dau. of Willard and Lizzie C. (Derby) Page of Leominster, Mass. He was a meat dealer and a prominent
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citizen of Ashburnham, Mass., of which he was a selectman for about ten years, assessor nearly thirty years, and also a representative in the Legislature. Children :
33. i. NELLIE ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 2, 1905.
34. ii. ALBERT HENRY, b. May 21, 1906.
35. JOSEPH NEWHALL, b. about 1780; d. Feb. 24, 1862; m. Elizabeth F. - [b. about 1783 ; d. Jan. 17, 1856]. His name is borne upon the tax-lists of New Ipswich from 1803 until his death. He was before 1820 the first landlord of the tavern in the Center Village on the Turnpike, just east of the corner store, and the home of his later years was the house directly opposite Union Hall. But his relationship to the family re- corded above does not appear. Children :
36. i. MARY CAROLINE, b. Oct. 7, 1812; d. Oct. 9, 1812.
37. ii. JOSEPH FISK, b. about 1815; d. Mar. 21, 1817.
38. iii. HELEN M., b. Oct. 8, 1818; d. Jan. 27, 1889; m. July 8, 1847, Ephraim F. Fox (25).
NICHOLS.
RICHARD1 NICHOLS, d. 1674; m. Anna - [d. 1692]. He was a set- tler in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1648, and removed thence to Reading, Mass.
JOHN2 (Richard1), b. 1651; d. 1721; m. Abigail, dau. of Dea. Thomas Kendall [b. about 1655; d. 1721]. He lived in Reading, Mass.
RICHARD3 (John2, Richard1), b. 1682; m. 1706, Abigail Damon. Res. in Reading.
JOHN4 (Richard3, John2, Richard1), b. 1711; m. 1733, Joanna, dau. of James and Mary Nichols (?). He succeeded to her father's house in Reading.
JOHN5 (John4, Richard3, John2, Richard1), b. 1736; d. 1819; m. 1760, Bethiah, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Abigail (Bickford) Burnap. He suc- ceeded to the family home.
KENDALL6 (John5, John4, Richard3, John2, Richard1), b. 1776; m. Han- nah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Damon) Symonds [b. 1767]. He removed to Sharon.
1. SYMONDS7 (Kendall6, John5, John4, Richard3, John2, Richard1), b. about 1798; d. Aug. 19, 1885; m. Oct. 18, 1818, Harriet Gregg [b. 1802; d. Mar. 12, 1892]. He came to New Ipswich in middle life and soon made his home in the house still known by his name, situated on the southern side of the Turnpike next eastward from the stable of the tavern long known as Clark's Hotel. Children :
2. i. HARRIET L. E., b. 1820; d. 1896; m. William J. Greenman [b. Dec. 13, 1821; d. Mar. 18, 1909]. He was a cigar maker in New Ipswich. Children: i. Georgiana Greenman, b. 531
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about Aug., 1848; d. Feb. 26, 1850. ii. William Silas Green- man, b. 1852; d. May 15, 1875.
3. ii.
LOUISA, b. about 1822; d. Oct. 26, 1843.
4. iii. ANDREW SYMONDS, b. about 1824; d. Nov. 14, 1855, unm. He removed to California in the early years of gold mining there, and made that state his home.
5. iv. CLARISSA, b. Apr. 2, 1828; d. Jan. 1, 1903; m. Henry Otis Preston (52).
6. v. SARAH J., b. about July, 1834; d. Jan. 4, 1903.
NUTTING.
JOHN1 NUTTING, d. Mar. 13, 1676; m. Aug. 28, 1650, Sarah, dau. of Stephen Eggleton. He came from County Kent, England, to America a little earlier than 1650, and settled at Woburn, Mass., where he married. He removed to that part of Chelmsford which is now Westford, and thence, about 1661, to Groton, where his house was one of the garrison houses. He was the first one killed by the Indians in their destructive attack upon the town.
JOHN2 (John1), b. Woburn, Mass., 1651; d. 1717 or later; m. (1) 1674, Mary -; (2) Mrs. Maria Parker. He returned to Groton after the Indians' attack, and there passed his life. His children were of the first marriage.
EBENEZER2 (John1), b. Groton, Mass., 1666. He removed from his native town before 1707 and settled in Cambridge, Mass., where he was known as the "learned blacksmith." Later he became a doctor. He represented the town in the General Court.
DANIEL3 (John2, John1), b. about 1680.
JOHN3 (Ebenezer2, John1), m. (int. Westford, Mass., Mar. 23, 1754,) Hannah, dau. of John and Anna (Chamberlain) Read [b. Feb. 15, 1723; d. Dec. 21, 1814].
EZEKIEL4 (Daniel®, John2, John1), b. 1720.
THOMAS4 (John3, Ebenezer2, John1), b. Westford, Dec. 10, 1758; d. Plymouth, Dec. 28, 1813; m. (int. Westford, Aug. 31, 1781,) Sybil, dau. of Jona and Hannah (Bulkeley) Prescott [d. Oct. 29, 1831]. He lived many years in Westford, where his children were born, but in 1812 he removed to Plymouth, N. H., where he was a farmer and tanner. He served in the Revolution, enlisting at least three times.
EZEKIEL5 (Ezekiel4, Daniel3, John2, John1), b. 1751.+
1. JONAS5 (Thomas4, John3, Ebenezer2, John1), b. Oct. 15, 1783 ; d. Apr. 23, 1842 ; m. Sept. 7, 1805, Mary Spaulding (20). He lived in Ashburnham, Mass., on the farm previously owned by his father-in-law, but so near the New Ipswich line that his social relations, including those of school and church, were with New Ipswich, and he is here presented as though he were legally resident in the town. Children :
3. i. JONAS, b. May 11, 1806.+
4. ii. SALLY, b. Sept. 20, 1808; d. May 17, 1890; m. Apr. 2, 1835, Ezekiel Nutting (2).
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5. iii. PHINEAS S., b. 1810; d. Jan. 1, 1830, unm.
6. iv. HIRAM, b. Nov. 1, 1812.+
7. v. MARY, b. about Nov., 1815; d. Aug. 6, 1816.
8. vi. JOHN, b. Nov. 6, 1817.+
2. EZEKIEL6 (Ezekiel5, Ezekiel4, Daniel3, John2, John1), b. 1806; d. June 19, 1891 ; m. Apr. 2, 1835, Sally Nutting (4). He came from Groton, Mass., to New Ipswich at about the time of his marriage, and passed his life as a farmer on the northerly part of XV : 3, S. R. Children :
9. i. CHARLES P., b. June 13, 1836.+
10. ii. GEORGE HENRY, b. about 1837; d. July 4, 1864. He enlisted in the 13th New Hampshire Regiment, and died at Washing- ton, D. C., from a wound received at Cold Harbor, Va.
11. iii. MARY JANE, b. 1843; m. Sept. 10, 1862, John H. Whitney (23).
12. iv. JAMES FRANCIS, b. about Feb., 1846; d. Jan. 15, 1862. He en- listed in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment, and died of disease at Annapolis, Md., while in service.
3. JONAS6 (Jonas5, Thomas, John3, Ebenezer2, John1), b. May 11, 1806; d. June 20, 1873; m. (1) Aug. 29, 1828, Lucy Sylvester (5) ; (2) 1864, Mrs. Sophia Hayden [d. Apr. 28, 1881]. He remained in Ashburnham until 1837, when he re- moved to Smith Village and after the death of Isaac Appleton bought his property at the northern end of the village and there made his home until 1869. The Appleton house, however, after a few years he removed several rods down the hill to its present position, and replaced it with the larger and more modern house now occupying the place. He was a farmer, and also did a very considerable business for those days in the manufacture of wooden chairs in connection with the sawmill and gristmill also dependent upon the waterpower below the bridge. The home of his later years was in the Center Village, where he bought the house opposite the Barrett mansion, long occupied by Moody Adams. At the outbreak of the Civil War he became active in the enlistment of soldiers for the New Ipswich and Rindge company in the 6th New Hampshire Regi- ment. He had previously been a captain in the militia, and he was commissioned lieutenant in this company and, despite his age, did active service for some months. Children :
13. i. LAURA M., b. June 12, 1829; d. Dec. 17, 1898; m. June 19, 1851, Joseph Sylvester Wetherbee of Rindge (1).
14. ii. MARY LOUISA, b. Aug. 20, 1831; d. Dec. 29, 1907; m. Apr. 26, 1853, Augustus C. Wheeler (119).
15. iii. JOHN CHAUNCEY, b. Aug. 5, 1833.+
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16. iv. GEORGE P., b. Mar. 6, 1836; d. Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 20, 1874, unm. He served for a time in the Civil War. He after- ward followed various lines of business in many different parts of the country, and died while on his way to Cali- fornia.
17. v. CHARLES S., b. July 30, 1838; d. Roanoke Island, N. C., Mar. 29, 1862. He enlisted with his father in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment, and died of disease while in service. 18. vi. HENRY WILLIAM, b. Oct. 20, 1840.++-
19. vii. ALLEN A., b. Sept. 25, 1842; d. Washington, D. C., June 9, 1863, unm. He served in the Civil War in the 2d Massa- chusetts Regiment, and was shot while on picket duty.
20. viii. AUGUSTA H., b. Dec. 20, 1846; d. Boston, Mass., May 20, 1884; m. Feb. 25, 1880, William Lesure.
6. HIRAM6 (Jonas5, Thomas4, John3, Ebenezer2, John1), b. Nov. 1, 1812; d. Aug. 28, 1857; m. (1) Dec. 6, 1832, Asenath Tenney (22) ; (2) Nov. 2, 1847, Mrs. Minerva Nelson [d. Den- ver, Colo., about 1881]. He remained in or near New Ipswich until 1842, living some years at Smith Village in the house long owned by Russell Farwell, nearly opposite the school- house, but a little farther north. At the age of thirty he re- moved to Illinois, settling where the town Preemption now is. Five years later he removed to Fairfield, Iowa, in 1849 to Des Moines, Iowa, whence a year later he, with his family, crossed the plains to California, being nearly five months upon the way. After two years' labor in the mines he became a farmer at Bloomfield, Cal., where he passed the last five years of his life. Children :
21. i. MARY ASENATH, b. Sept. 8, 1833; d. Nov. 22, 1873; m. (1) Nov. 4, 1849, Daniel Hickman [d. Nov. 16, 1850]; (2) Robert Bailey [d. Jan., 1891]. She removed to California with her father, and her first husband died soon after their arrival there. She had nine children of her second mar- riage.
22. ii. REBECCA HILDRETH, b. Dec. 6, 1835; m. (1) Apr. 15, 1852, George Woodson [d. Mar. 19, 1869]; (2) 1870, Frank Ball [d. Apr., 1902]. She had nine children of her first mar- riage and one of her second.
23. iii. HORACE CLARK, b. July 14, 1837; d. May 9, 1908; m. Dec. 6, 1860, Sarah Woodson. Three children.
24. iv. LAURA MARIA, b. Dec. 6, 1849; m. - Bailey. She is a widow with no living child.
25. v. FRANK AUGUSTUS, b. Aug. 15, 1854; d. in Colorado, Apr., 1882, having been run over by a team.
8. JOHN6 (Jonas5, Thomas4, John3, Ebenezer2, John1), b. Nov. 6, 1817; d. Mar. 5, 1876; m. (1) Oct. 10, 1839, Cynthia,
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dau. of Abel and Zinthia (Sylvester) (22) Davis of Winchester [b. Jan. 31, 1816; d. June 18, 1867] ; (2) 1870, Mrs. Elizabeth (Davis) Hosley, a cousin of his first wife. He was a farmer on the Simeon Wright farm at the foot of Binney Hill, near the school-house of District No. 6, (98, N. L. O.,) for several years after 1845, and later on the next farm to the east, long occupied by Joseph Tenney. At about the time of his second marriage he removed to Richmond, and was engaged in the pail business with his sons until his death. Children :
26. i. GEORGE PHINEAS, b. 1840; d. in infancy.
27. ii. JOHN PHINEAS, b. 1840; d. in infancy.
28. iii. CYNTHIA ANN, b. Oct. 19, 1841; d. Mar. 16, 1888; m. 1865, David Amos [d. July, 1905]. Res. Petaluma, Cal. Children : i. Edwin William Amos. ii. Elmer John David Amos. iii. Ellen Cynthia Margrett Amos. iv. Anna May Amos.
29. iv. MARY ELIZA, b. May 17, 1844; m. (1) Apr. 30, 1865, John Adams, a blacksmith in Ashburnham, Mass., and Winches- ter, and a grandson of William Adams (W. 41) ; (2) Delos Thomas of Worcester, N. Y., who d. soon. Res. Brooklyn, N. Y. Children : i. Harry Willard Adams. ii. George Wesley Adams.
30. v. JOHN PHINEAS, b. Nov. 11, 1846.+
31. vi. OLIVER JONAS, b. Aug. 9, 1848.+
32. vii. LAURA MARIA, b. June 23, 1851; d. Framingham, Mass., 1889; m. Oct., 1874, Frederic Barrett. Res. Framingham, Mass. Children : i. Frederick Eugene Barrett; res. Denver, Colo. ii. Robert Edward Barrett; res. New York city.
33. viii. JENNIE ADELIA, b. Apr. 7, 1856; m. George Leander Sprague of Richmond. Children: i. Vere Nutting Sprague; res. Denver, Colo. ii. George Leroy Sprague; res. New Bed- ford, Mass.
9. CHARLES P.7 (Ezekiel6, Ezekiel5, Ezekiel4, Daniel3, John2, John1), b. June 13, 1836; d. Mar. 9, 1895 ; m. Sarah J. Manley. He served in the Civil War in the 4th New Hampshire Regi- ment, and was severely wounded at Petersburg, Va. He passed most of his later life as a farmer on the "William Taylor farm" across the road from the town farm, (XV : 3, S. R.,) and the "Zachariah Parker farm," later occupied by Timothy Carl- ton, (XIII : 3, S. R.) Children :
34. i. SARAH LILIE JOSEPHINE, m. Frank M. Dow. Res. Saugus, Mass.
35. ii. IZZIE MAY, b. 1868; d. 1879.
36. iii. GERTRUDE M., b. 1869; d. 1886.
37. iv. GEORGE F., b. 1872.
38. v. MAUD A., b. 1873.
39. vi. WALLACE S., b. 1874.
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40. vii. MINNIE C., b. 1876.
41. viii. LEWIS, b. 1877.
15. JOHN CHAUNCEY? (Jonas6, Jonas5, Thomas4, John3, Ebenezer2, John1), b. Aug. 5, 1833; d. Dec. 12, 1898; m. June 2, 1857, Maria Stone (34). He served during the Civil War in the 4th New Hampshire Regiment, and was made lieutenant on the day that he was mustered out of service. He afterward was a farmer in Leominster, Mass. Children :
42. i. JENNIE MARIA, b. Apr. 24, 1860; m. May 14, 1890, Austin Presby.
43. ii. WILLIAM JOHN, b. Mar. 25, 1862; m. Mar. 25, 1900, Gertrude M. Jarvis. Child: i. Howard Sterling, b. Jan. 21, 1901.
44. iii. EDWARD HERBERT, b. July 6, 1869; m. Nov. 2, 1896, Caroline
L. Rugg. He has been a selectman of Leominster for several years. Children: i. Gladys Berly Catherine, b. Mar. 3, 1898. ii. Doris Althea, b. Jan. 16, 1900; d. Aug. 16, 1901.
45. iv. CHARLES ALLEN, b. Nov. 11, 1873; m. Apr. 20, 1904, Alice E. Merriam. Children: i. John Lyman, b. June 1, 1905. ii. Charles Edward, b. Aug. 16, 1906.
46. v. FRANKLIN STONE, b. Jan. 26, 1877.
18. HENRY WILLIAM7 (Jonas6, Jonas5, Thomas4, John3, Ebenezer2, John1), b. Oct. 20, 1840; m. Jan. 22, 1868, Annette M. E. Bemis of Worcester, Mass. He is proprietor of a stable in Worcester. Children :
47. i. WALTER BEMIS, b. Dec. 22, 1870.
48. ii. HARRIET MAUDE, b. Nov. 14, 1874.
49. iii. FREDERIC TEMPLE, b. Sept. 21, 1877.
30. JOHN PHINEAS7 (John6, Jonas5, Thomas4, John3, Ebene- zer2, John1), b. Nov. 11, 1846; m. Elizabeth H. Bullock of Richmond. He removed to Richmond in 1870 and was en- gaged in the manufacture of pails for several years, but the shop being burned he went to Lyme and entered the lumber business. In 1891 he removed to Winchester, where he has been a successful farmer and dealer in live stock. He has rep- resented the town in the Legislature and has been called to other positions of responsibility and trust. Children :
50. i. VICTOR PHINEAS, b. June 10, 1875.
51. ii. WALTER ASA, b. Oct. 21, 1885.
31. OLIVER JONAS7 (John®, Jonas5, Thomas4, John3, Ebene- zer2, John1), b. Aug. 9, 1848; d. June 24, 1889; m. Dec. 2, 1873, Clara L. Wetherbee (3). He was engaged in the manufacture of pails with his father and brother, but after the burning of
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their shop he removed to Peterboro and carried on the same industry until his death, caused by diphtheria, his four children dying of the same disease at nearly the same time. Children :
52. i. ORA MAY, b. Apr. 10, 1876; d. May 19, 1889.
53. ii. JOHN GUY, b. Sept. 16, 1877; d. June 18, 1889.
54. iii. STELLA LOUISE, b. Oct. 3, 1879; d. June 17, 1889.
55. iv. MYRTA CLARA, b. Nov. 15, 1880; d. Apr. 2, 1882.
56. v. FRED OLIVER, b. Dec. 21, 1886; d. June 16, 1889.
OBEAR.
RICHARD1 OBEAR, bapt. Nov. 21, 1641; m. 1671, Abigail Woodbury [b. about 1655]. He was son of John and Elizabeth (Bucher) Obear of Abbotsburg, near Southampton, County Hampshire, England, a descendant of a French Huguenot, the earlier form of the name being "de Auburt." He came to America in 1662, and settled in that part of Salem, Mass., which afterward became Beverly.
RICHARD2 (Richard1), m. - Woodbury. Res. in Beverly.
JOSIAH3 (Richard2, Richard1), b. Beverly, 1718, or 1719; m. (1) 1741, Hannah, dau. of Dea. Jonathan Kimball of Wenham, Mass .; (2) 1763 Hannah Haskell. He removed from Beverly to Wenham in 1739. His descendants still occupy the "Old Ober House," built about 1680, and held by the family since 1747.
1. JOSIAH4 (Josiah3, Richard2, Richard1), b. Aug. 29, 1747; d. Feb. 17, 1820; m. (1) 1772, Phebe, dau. of Dea. Jonathan Kimball of Wenham, Mass. [d. 1782]; (2) 1802, Abigail, dau. of Abram Carlton of Lunenburg, Mass. [b. 1770; d. Oct., 1863]. He came from Wenham to New Ipswich at some time between 1782 and 1788, and entered business as a shoemaker on the north side of the old "country road" not far from the store of David Hills, but in a few years he bought the Daniel Foster house, just north of the site of the central graveyard, which was his home during the rest of his life. He kept a daily journal with a record of public events, especially deaths, which continued by his family has furnished the writer of this vol- ume many desired facts not elsewhere recorded. Children :
2. i. WILLIAM, b. 1773; d. 1825.
3. ii. SAMUEL, lost at sea while yet a boy.
4. iii. SALLY, b. 1778; d. unm.
5. iv. THOMASINE, b. 1782.
6. v. JULIA ANN, b. 1804; d. 1889; m. Mar., 1831, Charles Chickering (8).
7. vi. ABIGAIL JANE, b. 1806; d. Sept. 15, 1853, unm.
8. vii. CLARK HOPKINS, b. Feb. 25, 1811.+
8. CLARK HOPKINS5 (Josiah4, Josiah8, Richard2, Richard1), b. Feb. 25, 1811; d. Apr. 11, 1888; m. June, 1848, Lydia A. 537
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Swasey [b. July 7, 1820, in that part of Meredith which is now Laconia]. He passed his entire life, except a few years of his early manhood, in his native town, living in the house which was the home of his childhood until it failed to afford protec- tion from the winter. He was a public school teacher in neigh- boring towns for a considerable period, and his wife for so long a period before and after her marriage that she was known in the surrounding region as "teacher" by an entire generation. He was a farmer, but was also largely occupied in insurance business, as deputy sheriff, and as superintendent of schools. He was interested in the militia of the state and passed through the lower offices to that of lieutenant-colonel. Chil- dren :
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