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25. iv. HENRY MARTIN, b. July 27, 1836; m. Lucy Upton [d. July 31, 1908].
26. v. MARY HELEN, b. Feb. 10, 1840; d. Mar. 4, 1842.
27. vi. EDWARD ARTHUR, b. June 30, 1843.
28. vii. EUGENE S., b. Jan. 1, 1858; d. June 23, 1865.
15. SILAS LUMAN3 (Nathan2, Joseph1), b. Oct. 16, 1834; m. Jennie Taylor. Res. Grinnell, Iowa. Children :
29. i. ELIZABETH JEWETT, b. June 5, 1865; m. Clay Gilbert. Three children.
30. ii. GEORGE LUMAN, b. July 4, 1869; d. Aug., 1892.
16. JOSEPH HOWARD3 (Nathan2, Joseph1), b. July 20, 1836; m. Betsy Taylor. Res. Grinnell, Iowa. Children :
31. i. NATHAN EDWIN, b. June 28, 1870.
32. ii. ANNIE JOSEPHINE, b. Feb. 23, 1873.
33. iii. HARRY HOWARD, b. Oct. 4, 1874; d. Dec. 12, 1879.
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17. GEORGE LUCIUS3 (Nathan2, Joseph1), b. June 18, 1838; m. Mary Steele. Res. Grinnell, Iowa. Children :
34. i. WILLIAM STEELE, b. Jan. 30, 1873; m. Della Andrews. Two sons.
35. ii. FRANK, b. about 1875; d. about 1876.
36. iii. CHARLES LUCIUS, b. July 16, 1877.
19. DAVID ALBERT3 (Nathan2, Joseph1), b. Feb. 9, 1842; m. Hester Clifford. Res. Grinnell, Iowa. Children :
37. i. HESTER ELMIRA, b. Sept. 10, 1881.
38. ii. FANNIE ELLEN, b. May 12, 1883.
39. iii. MARY CLIFFORD, b. Apr. 19, 1887.
23. GEORGE AUGUSTUS3 (George2, Joseph1), b. Apr. 23, 1829; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Narcissa M. Harvey [b. Dayton, Ohio, Apr. 29, 1841 ; d. at Holden, Mass., May 31, 1900]. Children :
40. i. GEORGE I., b. June 8, 1869; d. Mar. 29, 1870.
41. ii. EDDIE I., b. June 16, 1871; d. Mar. 19, 1872.
42. iii. ELLA LOTTA, b. Aug. 16, 1873.
43. iv. CORA NARCISSA, b. Feb. 18, 1877.
SEVERANCE.
The record of this family is very obscure, but its service in the Revolution forbids an omission from these pages. It is hoped that the statements made below are at least approximately correct.
JOHN1 SEVERANCE, d. Apr. 9, 1682; m. (1) in England, 1635, Abigail Kimball [d. June 17, 1658] ; (2) Oct. 2, 1663, Susanna, widow of Henry Ambrose. He was a freeman in Boston in 1637, and one of the first set- tlers at Salisbury, Mass. He was termed a "planter," and also a "victualler and vintner."
EPHRAIM2 (John1), b. Apr. 8, 1656; m. Nov. 9, 1682, Lydia Morrill. EPHRAIM3 (Ephraim2, John1), b. Nov. 29, 1694.
1. EPHRAIM4 (Ephraim3, Ephraim2, John1), b. Ipswich, Mass., Nov., 1723. This is believed to have been the Ephraim Severance who settled at an early date on the Mansfield farm situated on the north road to Greenville, (14, N. D.,) as early as 1754; there, however, he apparently did not remain very long, but removed to Camden, N. H. He was one of the first board of selectmen elected by the town after it changed its name and became the first to bear the name of Washington, since assumed by so many towns. In old age he removed with his son Daniel to Topsham, Vt., where he died. There is very little doubt that the New Ipswich residents bearing the family name were his descendants, but probably the list of his chil- dren here presented is not complete. Children :
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2. i. EPHRAIM, b. about 1749.+
3. ii. DANIEL, b. about 1751.+
4. iii. EBENEZER, b. about 1753.+
5. iv. ABEL, b. about 1754.+
6. v. RUFUS.
7. vi. ABIGAIL.
8. vii. POLLY.
2. EPHRAIM5 (Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Ephraim2, John1), b. about 1749. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and although it has been stated that he was killed at White Plains, the best authority seems to identify him as having enlisted from New Ipswich in the company of Capt. Isaac Farwell in 1777. He was wounded the following October, but was with his com- pany at Stillwater. His name appears on the New Ipswich records from 1765 to 1774. There is no evidence that he lived at Washington.
3. DANIEL5 (Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Ephraim2, John1), b. Gro- ton, Mass., about 1751 ; d. Washington, Mar. 10, 1817 ; m. Bet- sey Safford (4). He gave Revolutionary service in the com- panies of Capts. Towne and Smith, and on the roll of the former company he is said to have been at that time a black- smith in Washington. But if that was the case, tradition gives in detail his later experiences elsewhere. It tells that after the close of the war he went with his family to Topsham, Vt., then practically a wilderness, built a cabin, and began to clear a farm. Potatoes, being easily raised, formed a larger part of the table supplies. The table is said to have been merely a large stump left in the middle of the cabin, upon which the potatoes were emptied from the kettle, and then with addition of a little salt the meal was complete. But the hard work brought better times, until, as an old pioneer said in later years, they had "all the mush and milk they wanted." But at this period of secured affluence a near neighbor laid claim to the new farm on the grounds that Mr. Severance had an im- perfect title, as the claimant had known while he had watched the change produced by labor. The law at that time made no allowance for improvements, and the old soldier, too old to repeat the process with another farm, was made penniless. He returned to New Ipswich and a little more than a hundred years ago made his home in a house standing on the site of the Bullard house just north of the Barrett mansion, which was in so poor repair that the light of the open fire so shone
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through the crevices as to give the house the name of the "town lantern." Later he lived at some point on the old coun- try road near Kidder Mountain. The closing years of his life are said to have been passed in Washington. He had eleven children, but the names of only four are here given. Children :
9. i. DANIEL, b. about 1780; m. Aug. 23, 1815, his cousin Abigail, dau. of Rufus (5).
10. ii. BENJAMIN, b. 1782; d. Sept. 29, 1825; m. Betsey Dodge. After several years' residence in Washington he removed to Clare- mont, where he died. Very probably he was the Benjamin appearing in the New Ipswich records in 1806.
11. iii. NATHAN. He perhaps was the resident of that name shown on the New Ipswich records of 1814 and later, but this is very uncertain.
12. iv. ABIJAH. He is found upon the records of about the same date as Nathan, and is subject to the same uncertainty.
4. EBENEZER5 (Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Ephraim2, John1), b. New Ipswich about 1753. He seems to have removed to Temple in early manhood, as his name is borne on the roll of Capt. Towne's company in 1775 as a farmer in that town.
5. ABEL5 (Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Ephraim2, John1), b. about 1754; d. Bradford, N. H., Aug. 26, 1842; m. Martha Bruce. He lived only a short time in Washington, but is said to have lived a time in Temple before settling in Bradford. His name is found in the New Ipswich records from 1777 to 1791, and is on the roll of Capt. Ezra Towne's company of 1775, where he is said to have been born in Groton, Mass., and to be a farmer in New Ipswich.
The name of Abba Severance is found in the New Ipswich records from 1755 to 1784, and he enlisted from Temple in 1778.
The dates connected with members of this family in the New Ipswich and Temple records suggest that they moved very easily across the town line, and that it was sometimes almost uncertain of which town they were residents.
SHATTUCK.
WILLIAM1 SHATTUCK, b. England, 1621 or 1622; d. Watertown, Aug. 14, 1672; m. about 1642, Susanna - [m. (2) Nov. 18, 1673, Richard Norcross, teacher of the Grammar School at Watertown for thirty-five years; d. Dec. 11, 1686]. William came from England a little later than 1640, but in 1642 land was granted him at Watertown, where he was designated "a weaver," but he seems to have spent most of his time as a farmer.
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JOHN2 (William1), b. Feb. 11, 1647; was drowned at Charlestown Ferry, Sept. 14, 1675; m. June 20, 1664, Ruth, dau. of John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown [m. (2) Mar. 2, 1677, Enoch Lawrence, and re- moved to Groton]. John was a carpenter at Watertown.
PHILIP2 (William1), b. 1648; d. in the part of Watertown which is now Waltham, June 20, 1722; m. (1) Nov. 9, 1670, Deborah, dau. of William and Anna Barstow [d. Nov. 24, 1679]; (2) Feb. 11, 1680, Rebecca Chamberlain [d. 1728]. He was an able physician and, like his father, a trusted man in public places.
WILLIAM2 (William1), b. 1653; d. Oct. 19, 1732; m. about 1678, Susanna, dau. of Stephen and Susanna (Barron) Ramsdell [d. May 8, 1723]. He was a leading citizen of Watertown, holding important offices. He inherited his father's "loom and appurtenances," but was also engaged in farming and brickmaking.
JOHN3 (John2, William1), b. June 4, 1666; was killed by the Indians at Groton at the same time with his son John, May 8, 1709; m. Mary, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Longley) Blood [b. Sept. 1, 1672; d. Mar. 4, 1756]. He was a farmer at Groton on the homestead of his father-in- law, whom the Indians had killed seventeen years earlier.
SAMUEL3 (John2, William1), b. Watertown, 1673; d. Groton, July 22, 1758; m. Elizabeth, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Longley) Blood [b. Apr. 27, 1675; d. Oct. 20, 1759]. He lived at Groton.
BENJAMIN3 (William2, William1), b. July 30, 1687; d. Littleton, 1763; m. Martha, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Winship) Sherman. It has been claimed that he was not the son of William, as stated above, but of Philip2, who had a son Benjamin, b. May 15, 1685, this claim being supported by his age at death, as given upon his gravestone. But certain deeds still on record seem to constitute more firmly his descent as here stated. He graduated from Harvard College in 1709, studied divinity while teaching in the "Grammar and English School" until 1715, when he was ordained the first minister of Littleton, in which town he passed the remainder of his life, although he retained his pastorate only four- teen years.
JONATHAN4 (John3, John2, William1), b. June 29, 1693; d. Pepperell, Sept. 18, 1771; m. June 25, 1719, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Abigail (Nutting) Chamberlain [b. May 26, 1700]. At the age of sixteen the death of his father and older brother left him with his mother and six younger sisters upon the paternal farm in Groton, to which the court gave him a clear title ten years later. He removed to Pepperell in 1725.
JEREMIAH4 (Samuel3, John2, William1), b. Groton, June 11, 1703; d. Aug. 2, 1798; m. (1) July 2, 1723, Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia Parker [b. Apr. 12, 1705; d. June 8, 1789]; (2) Feb. 28, 1792, Mrs. Ruth Bixby. He was a blacksmith in -, where he was one of the selectmen, and also held office of captain.
1. WILLIAM4 (Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. Littleton, Jan. 1, 1718; d. Jaffrey, Jan., 1806; m. Nov. 20, 1750, Abigail, dau. of Peter and Abigail Reed of Littleton [b. 1733; d. Beth- lehem, N. H., Feb., 1820]. He first settled in Middletown, Conn., where he acquired a considerable property, but in 1750 he returned to his native town, where he became so valuable
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a man in town matters that upon his removal to New Ipswich in 1769 it was "Voted, That the thanks of the town be given to Mr. William Shattuck for his past services as a town officer." His official services were evidently valued in New Ipswich, as he was one of the selectmen during a considerable part of the period of the Revolution, was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, and represented the town in the fifth Pro- vincial Congress. He is said to have been the teacher of the first school in the town, but as this school was established five years before his removal from Pepperell, it seems doubtful in view of his official position in that town whether this tradition is reliable. He served in the Revolution, although his name and that of his eldest son are probably confused in the records. But as the name appears on the roll of the New Ipswich men who went to resist the raid from Canada in 1780, which was after the death of William Shattuck, Jr., there can be no doubt that this man of over sixty years had a part in that expedition. His farm was near the South burying-ground, (XI: 4, S. R.) He removed to Jaffrey about 1795. The record of his children is uncertain, but it seems to include the following:
2. i ABIGAIL, d. in infancy.
3. ii. WILLIAM, b. about 1753.+
4. iii. JOHN, b. about 1757.+
5. iv. OLIVER, d. in infancy.
6. v. PETER, b. in 1762.+
7. vi. OLIVER, d. in infancy.
8. vii. SHERMAN, b. Mar. 26, 1768.+-
9. viii. BENJAMIN, b. about 1771; m. Sally Acres of Bradford, N. H. He lived in Bradford and in Bethlehem, N. H., and then "went West."
JOHN5 (Jonathan4, John3, John2, William1), b. Groton, Mar. 12, 1724; d. Pepperell, Dec. 31, 1807; m. Aug. 18, 1750, his second cousin, Elizabeth Shattuck, dau. of Jeremiah4 [b. May 17, 1728; d. Apr. 9, 1805]. He was a farmer and leading citizen of Pepperell, being one of the selectmen and a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety in 1774. His dau. Elizabeth m. Simeon Blanchard (2).
DAVID5 (Jeremiah4, Samuel3, John2, William1), b. Pepperell, Feb. 19, 1735; d. Jan. 2, 1820; m. (1) May 20, 1756, Sarah, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Nutting) Burt [b. June 26, 1731; d. Dec. 19, 1793]; (2) Nov. 21, 1804, Lucy Sawtell of Groton. He was a farmer in his native town. His dau. Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1762, m. Daniel Butterfield, a farmer of Pepperell, and her dau. Betsey, b. Aug. 8, 1806, m. William Hassall (1) of New Ipswich.
3. WILLIAM5 (William4, Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. Littleton about 1753; d. 1777; m. Mary Dustin, a descendant of Hannah Dustin, the heroine of Haverhill, Mass., 1697 [m.
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(2) Simeon Hildreth (3)]. He served in the Revolution, but the story of his service seems to have escaped official record. His name appears on the tax-list of the town only in 1774, and he was probably absent in service from the commence- ment of hostilities until his death, which is said to have been in 1777 in the region of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. The "Shattuck Memorial" states that he was in command of a com- pany, twenty of whom were killed at the same time, but no officer bearing his name is found in the New Hampshire Revo- lutionary Rolls. He had only one child :
12. i. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 5, 1774.+
4. JOHN5 (William4, Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. Littleton about 1757; m. New Ipswich, Dec. 9, 1779, Polly Farley of Hollis. He removed to Peterboro, thence to Bakers- field, Vt., and thence to the West. Children :
13. i. JOHN, m. Polly Barnes. Lived in Bakersfield, Vt.
14. ii. NANCY, m. - Singless of Peterboro.
15. iii. SUSANNA.
16. iv. WILLIAM.
17. v. JONATHAN, m. his cousin, Sally Shattuck6 (Benjamin5, Wil- liam4).
18. vi. BROWN.
19. vii. POLLY.
20. viii. SALLY.
21. ix. BETSEY.
6. PETER5 (William4, Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. Littleton, 1762; d. Bethlehem, N. H., July 18, 1824; m. (1) Lydia, dau. of Jonathan Henney, who entered the Shaker community at Lebanon, N. H., in 1784 and soon died there ; (2) Hannah Hildreth of New Ipswich, probably dau. of Ste- phen (2) [d. Sept. 25, 1792] ; (3) Feb. 16, 1795, Rebecca Breed (6) [d. Bethlehem, Apr., 1837]. He was a farmer and carpen- ter living upon the Tenney farm, (186, N. L. O.,) for about twenty years, but in 1800 he removed to Bethlehem, N. H., where he was a prominent citizen. Children :
22. i. PETER, b. July 15, 1778.+
23. ii. LYDIA, b. Apr. 14, 1781; m. Samuel Jackman. Lived at Thet- ford, Vt. Eleven children.
24. iii. RUTH, b. Apr. 10, 1783; m. Moses Howe. Lived at Thetford, Vt. Four children.
25. iv. ABIGAIL, b. June 9, 1786; m. Samuel P. Sweet, a farmer and woodcutter at Boscawen, N. H. Twelve children.
26. v. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 27, 1788.+
27. vi. SIMEON, b. 1791; d. while young at New Ipswich.
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8. SHERMAN5 (William4, Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. Littleton, Mar. 26, 1768; d. Whitefield, Vt., Nov. 5, 1837; m. Peterboro, Feb., 1789, Hannah, dau. of Elisha and Lucy (Chamberlain) Putnam [b. Sutton, Mass., Jan. 20, 1770; d. Bethlehem, N. H., Oct. 11, 1835]. He was a carpenter, shoe- maker, and farmer. He lived at New Ipswich a few years after his marriage and then removed successively to Hancock, Bradford, Jaffrey, and Bethlehem, and Whitefield, Vt. Chil- dren :
28. i. VASHTI, b. New Ipswich, Dec. 4, 1789; m. John Nurse, a farmer.
29. ii. RICHARD PRENTICE, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 15, 1791.+
30. iii. EZRA, b. Hancock, Dec. 27, 1793; d. Bethlehem, July 23, 1829; m. Polly Whitcomb. One daughter, Lydia, who m. Ezekiel Gilbert.
31. iv. CHARLOTTE, b. Bradford, Dec. 29, 1795; m. Nov. 15, 1818, Alpheus Sawyer, a farmer in Whitefield. Four children.
32. v. OLIVER P., b. Bradford, Feb. 17, 1797.+
33. vi. SHERMAN, b. Bradford, Apr. 25, 1799; d. Bethlehem, Nov. 27, 1819.
34. vii. HANNAH, b. Bradford, Feb. 15, 1801; d. Feb., 1851, in New York state; m. William Eaton. Four children.
35. viii. WILLIAM, b. Jaffrey, Sept. 21, 1803.++-
36. ix. ELISHA, b. Jaffrey, Dec. 17, 1805; m. Emily Sawyer.
37. x. IRENA, b. Bethlehem, May 11, 1808; d. in infancy.
38. xi. CATARNA, b. Bethlehem, May 11, 1808; d. in infancy.
39. xii. MARY, b. Bethlehem, Apr. 20, 1810; m. Amasa Briggs.
10. JOHN6 (John5, Jonathan4, John3, John2, William1), b. Pepperell, July 7, 1757; d. New Ipswich, Apr. 21, 1816; m. (1) Dec. 11, 1783, Betsey Miles (3) ; m. (2) Nov. 14, 1799, Sarah Potter of Rindge [b. about 1760, who survived him and m. (2) James Sanderson of New Ipswich. She d. Feb. 11, 1851]. He was a farmer and shoemaker, and in 1783 he settled in the northwest part of Ashby, but in 1794 he removed to New Ipswich, buying the farm south of the meeting-house since known as the "Willard farm," (VII: 3, S. R.,) where he con- tinued to ply both occupations. Children :
40. i. JOHN, b. July 10, 1785.+
41. ii. ABEL, b. June 14, 1788.+
42. iii. DANIEL, b. July 10, 1790.+
43. iv. BETSEY, b. Apr. 6, 1792; d. Aug. 26, 1822, unm.
44. v. LEMUEL, b. Oct. 14, 1793.+
45. vi. REBECCA, b. July 8, 1796; d. May 4, 1817.
11. DAVID6 (David5, Jeremiah4, Samuel3, John2, William1), b. Pepperell, Jan. 5, 1765; d. New Ipswich, Mar. 22, 1826; m.
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Dec. 25, 1786, Sybil, dau. of David and Lydia Brown of Ma- son [b. about 1769; d. Lowell, May 13, 1846]. He was a mason and farmer in Pepperell, Temple, and Mason. He lived a few of his later years near Kidder Mountain, on 55, N. D. Children :
46. i. CHARLES, b. 1788; d. Woburn, Nov. 18, 1810, unm.
47. ii. JANE, b. 1789; d. New Ipswich, Feb. 22, 1820, unm.
48. iii. FRANCIS, b. Jan. 9, 1794.+
49. iv. SHEBUEL, b. June 12, 1797.+
50. v. DANIEL, b. June 15, 1801.+
51. vi. MARTHA, b. Aug. 13, 1804; m. 1822, Luke Lane of Bedford. She lived in Lowell for twenty years and afterward in Springfield, Mass.
52. vii. BROOKS, b. Dec. 5, 1805.+
53. viii. CHARLES F., b. Aug. 21, 1810.+
12. WILLIAM6 (William5, William4, Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. New Ipswich, Jan. 5, 1774; d. Meriden, N. H., Oct. 30, 1847 ; m. Apr. 10, 1799, Jane, dau. of John and Eliza- beth (Jackman) Stevens [b. Dec. 16, 1776]. He was taken with his mother and stepfather, Simeon Hildreth, to Bradford, N. H., when only five years old, and he removed with them to Meriden in 1830. He was a selectman at Bradford and a dea- con in its church. Children :
54. i. SIMEON HILDRETH, b. Apr. 9, 1800.++
55. ii. MARY, b. July 13, 1801; d. June 18, 1849, unm.
56. iii. DUSTIN, b. Feb. 7, 1803; d. Meriden, Apr. 8, 1833. He was a grocer in Boston, and afterward in New Bedford, Mass.
57. iv. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 16, 1804.+
JANE, b. Jan. 24, 1807 ; d. May 13, 1830, unm.
59. vi.
58. v. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 3, 1809; m. Feb. 12, 1832, Leonard Stearns, a scythemaker in North Enfield, N. H. Six children.
60. vii. ELVIRA, b. May 17, 1811; m. Nov. 20, 1839, Benjamin Wood, a farmer in Lebanon, N. H. Three children.
61. viii. MARIA, b. May 21, 1813; m. Jan., 1845, George W. Stearns, a farmer and mechanic at Johnson, Vt. Three children.
62. ix. HANNAH, b. Feb. 22, 1815; m. Nov. 1, 1841, Cyrus Baldwin, a graduate from Dartmouth College in 1839, and a teacher in the academies at Meriden, N. H., and Palmyra, N. Y., successively. Six children.
22. PETER6 (Peter5, William4, Benjamin3, William2, Wil- liam1), b. New Ipswich, July 15, 1778; d. Apr. 20, 1835; m. Lunenburg, Mass., Jan. 1, 1803, Ruxbey, dau. of Lemuel and Mary Whiting [b. Apr. 20, 1782 ; d. Oct. 23, 1851]. He was a farmer in Lunenburg, Canaan, N. H., and Bridgewater, Vt., successively, and was killed by a falling tree in the last-named town. Children :
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63. i. PETER, b. Lunenburg, Dec. 19, 1804; m. Ruth H., dau. of Caleb Freeman of Orford, N. H. He was a leading citizen of Bridgewater, Vt., and one of the selectmen. Four children.
64. ii. ROXEY, b. Canaan, Oct. 26, 1807; m. Sept. 1, 1835, Cyrus P. Forbes, a farmer at Lebanon, N. H. Six children.
65. iii. MARY A., b. Canaan, Sept. 24, 1810; m. Mar. 19, 1833, John, son of William and Rachel White, a farmer at Lebanon, N. H. Six children.
66. iv. LEMUEL, b. Canaan, Nov. 7, 1815; m. Mar. 8, 1840, Sarah Ann, dau. of John C. and Harriet Abbot of Hartford, Vt. [b. Feb. 3, 1819]. He was a teacher at Woodstock, Vt., but lived a part of each year at Bridgewater. Two children.
67. v. LUCINDA G., b. Jan. 30, 1822; m. Oct. 23, 1849, Charles A. Martin, a farmer at Lebanon, N. H. One child.
26. STEPHEN® (Peter5, William4, Benjamin3, William2, Wil- liam1), b. New Ipswich, Aug. 27, 1788; m. Jan., 1816, Rachel Nurse of Littleton, N. H. [b. Aug. 1, 1796]. He was a farmer at Bethlehem. Children-all born at Bethlehem:
68. i. ABIGAIL S., b. Sept. 8, 1816; m. Dec. 11, 1842, W. D. Rollins of Bath, N. H.
69. ii. PERSIS H., b. Sept. 3, 1818; d. Aug. 18, 1834; m. John Hamlin. Lived at Milan, N. H. One child.
70. iii. PETER R., b. June 8, 1820; d. Feb. 25, 1850.
71. iv. AMANDA M., b. Aug. 20, 1822; m. Jan. 17, 1847, Laban Ains- worth of Littleton, N. H.
72. v. JOHN N., b. July 2, 1824; d. Aug. 13, 1825.
73. vi. FRANCIS B., b. Mar. 14, 1827; d. Aug. 22, 1828.
74. vii. CHARLES C., b. Feb. 6, 1829. He was a farmer at Bethlehem.
75. viii. SUSANNA H., b. Sept. 1, 1831.
76. ix. MILO F., b. Sept. 11, 1834.
77. x. SABRINA H., b. Apr. 14, 1837.
78. xi. WILLIAM S., b. Feb. 15, 1840.
29. RICHARD PRENTICE6 (Sherman5, William4, Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. New Ipswich, Feb. 15, 1791; m. Abi- gail, dau. of Timothy and Elizabeth (Robb) Farnsworth of Peterboro [b. Dublin, N. H., Mar. 29, 1793]. He was a farmer and shoemaker in West Boscawen, N. H. Children :
79. i. JANE WHITE, b. Sept. 15, 1811; m. (1) Prescott Couch [b. May 17, 1809, d. Apr. 4, 1837]; (2) Oct. 23, 1838, John Simpson [b. Apr. 9, 1800]. One child of the first marriage and two of the second.
80. ii. A son, b. and d. June 30, 1815.
81. iii. SARAH DOWNING, b. July 11, 1817; m. Oct. 7, 1846, Samuel Hale, a carpenter and farmer [b. Dec. 9, 1810; d. Apr. 17, 1854]. Two children.
82. iv. MARY BRIGGS, b. June 25, 1820; m. Dec. 6, 1842, George J. Eliot, a farmer. Three children.
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83. v. TIMOTHY FARNSWORTH, b. Nov. 23, 1822; m. May 11, 1847, Permelia C. Sweatt. He was a farmer. Three children.
84. vi. WILLIAM EATON, b. Sept. 3, 1824; m. Oct. 1, 1845, Nancy A. Corser. He was a printer and a stonecutter.
85. vii. MAIAH BOYDEN, b. Apr. 3, 1835.
86. viii. A daughter, b. and d. Apr. 6, 1837.
32. OLIVER P.6 (Sherman5, William4, Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. Bradford, Feb. 17, 1797; m. 1820, Charlotte Whittier of Boscawen, N. H. Children :
87. i. OLIVER P., b. Feb. 7, 1821; m. Feb. 25, 1852, Charlotte S. Shat- tuck (97).
88. ii. JANE, d. May, 1852; m. Whitcomb Nurse.
89. iii. JOANNA.
90. iv. HULDAH.
91. v. CYRELL.
92. vi. WESSON.
93. vii. SUSAN.
94. viii. FRANKLIN, d. Feb., 1854.
35. WILLIAM6 (Sherman5, William4, Benjamin3, William2, William1), b. Jaffrey, Sept. 21, 1803; d. Dalton, May 11, 1840; m. Sept. 21, 1826, Rebecca, dau. of Josiah and Lydia (Drake) Page [d. Aug. 31, 1840]. He was a carpenter at Littleton, Whitefield, and Dalton successively. Children :
95. i. JOSIAH P., b. Dec. 10, 1827; m. May 28, 1854, Betsey C. Warner.
96. ii. LYDIA, b. June 26, 1829.
97. iii. CHARLOTTE S., b. July 22, 1831; m. Feb. 25, 1852, Oliver P. Shattuck (87).
98. iv. RICHARD P., b. Oct. 23, 1833.
99. v. HANNAH, b. Nov. 14, 1835.
100. vi. GEORGE W., b. Feb. 28, 1839; d. May 6, 1840.
40. JOHN7 (John6, John5, Jonathan4, John3, John2, Wil- liam1), b. Ashby, July 10, 1785; m. Oct. 14, 1813, Hephzibah Jones, dau. of Willoughby and Elizabeth (Heywood) Prescott [b. Sept. 20, 1784 ; d. Boston, Jan. 17, 1847]. He was a farmer and stonemason. His youth was spent in Ashby and New Ipswich, but in early manhood he spent a few years in Con- cord and Lincoln, Mass., and then returned to the home farm, where his children were born. The later years of his life were mostly spent in Lowell, Cambridge, Concord, and Marblehead. Children :
101. i. MARIANNE, b. Feb. 3, 1815; d. East Cambridge, May 28, 1848, unm.
102. ii. ELIZABETH PRESCOTT, b. Sept. 8, 1816; d. Augusta, Ga., Apr. 19, 1883, unm.
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103. iii. JOHN, b. May 28, 1818; d. Nov. 4, 1818.
104. iv. JOHN HENRY, b. Oct. 24, 1819; m. June 13, 1849, Sarah W. Shattuck (118). He was a merchant in Boston.
105. v. CALEB, b. Sept. 10, 1821; d. Mar. 13, 1825.
41. ABEL7 (John6, John5, Jonathan4, John3, John2, Wil- liam1) b. Ashby, June 14, 1788; d. June 2, 1842; m. Oct. 22, 1811, Mary, dau. of Stephen Bedlow of Ashby [d. Feb. 6, 1867]. He was a shoemaker. He passed the early years of manhood in New Ipswich, where all his children except the youngest were born. He built for his home the house after- ward occupied by Silas Cragin, being the second one from the meeting-house southward toward the family farm. But in 1826 he removed to Lowell, then hardly more than a small village, where he was actively interested in establishing prayer meetings and Sunday schools. Children :
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