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BELA NETTLETON, S. of Aaron, and grandson of Jeremiah ; b. July 5, 1801 ; d. Nov. 13, 1860. He was a merchant, a teacher, a post-master, a sheriff, and a selectman ; was a repre- sentative in 1850 and 1851, and was a member of the state con- stitutional convention in 1850. He took a lively interest in ed- ucation-was several times superintendent ; was the recipient of military honors. He had special talent as a presiding offi- cer, and was often a moderator. M., Jan. 1, 1835, Sarah Lou- isa Boynton, of Windsor, Vt.
George, b. Dec. 29, 1835 ; d. Nov. 13, 1841.
Bela, b. Aug. 15, 1837; was in the army under Gen. Banks.
Edward, b. July 29, 1839; was the second man who enlisted for the war of the Rebellion in town; reenlisted in a nine months regiment, and again in the 18th Regt. ; was a lieutenant in Gen. Banks's Red River expedition ; travelled in Europe after the war.
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JEREMIAH NETTLETON, S. of Jeremiah ; went to Sunapee, where he died. He was much given to hunting and fishing, and was the most noted hunter of his day ; captured large num- bers of bears, deer, and moose ; travelling on snow-shoes, he was often obliged to bring home his tired dogs in his arms. He was a deacon in the Baptist church. M., April 2, 1795, Lydia, dau. of Rev. Bial Ledoyt.
Love, m. John Ryant, of Ohio.
Lydia, m. Herman Howlett, a teacher at Columbus, Ohio; returned to N. H., and is now wife of Dea. Parmenas Whitcomb.
Hiram, m. Lavina James; went to Ohio. Ch., Alvord, a general in the army.
Sarah, m. and went to Canada.
Jeremiah, m. Susan Bockoven, and went to Illinois.
Roxanna, m. Nathan Smith, of Unity.
Perlena, m. Miner Permort, of Plainfield.
Harriet B., a teacher; m. William Spaulding, a Congregational clergy- man of New Ipswich.
Charity Ann, m. Zenas Bowman, of Columbus, Ohio.
Loanda, m. Peter Fitzgerald; r. in Cheshire, Ohio.
Abial, went to Salisbury, where he d.
NATHAN NETTLETON, S. of Jeremiah ; came to town with his father in 1779 ; m. Hannah, dau. of Dea. Nathaniel Wheeler, of Croydon ; was for a few years on the Griffin farm, and also in the village grist-mill, but emigrated to Delaware county, Ohio, where he died.
John, b. March 13, 1797; m. Louisa Dobson; r. at Orange, Ohio. Nathan, b. Jan. 8, 1799; m. Lucy Buell ; r. at Berkshire, Ohio.
Delia, b. June 14, 1801 ; unmarried; r. at Orange, Ohio.
Hannah, b. Dec. 2, 1804; m. Samuel Patterson; r. at Orange, Ohio. Alexcy, b. Feb. 22, 1807 ; m. Rev. Eli Frey, of Fallsburg, Ohio.
William, b. June 25, 1809; m. Lucy Thompson; r. in California. Abiel, b. Jan. 10, 1815.
Nathaniel, b. April 6, 1817; m. Rebecca Fanchard; r. at Orange, Ohio. James Albert, b. Oct. 9, 1822; educated at Central college; is a clergy- man at Oberlin, Ohio; m. Frances Hodges.
JOEL NETTLETON, S. of Jeremiah ; b. Feb. 6, 1778 ; settled on the O. Whipple farm, in the north-east part of the town, but carly purchased the Newport House, which he greatly enlarged, and where he was for the most part of his life a landlord ; was also stage proprietor. M., March 5, 1805, Elizabeth Dow.
Foel Parker, b. Aug. 21, 1806; succeeded his father at the Newport
House ; d. in Conn. ; m. Charlotte Lyon, of Conn. Ch., Rolon, Gilbert, Therese, Abby.
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Mary Hendrick, b. April 9, 1810; m. Cyrus Walker, of Patoka, Ill. Ch., George, Parker, Mary, Henry.
t Gilbert, b. March 24, 1808.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1814; m. Zepheniah Hutchinson, one of the fa- mous singers, and went to Illinois. Ch., Mary.
Persis D., b. July 27, 1818; second wife of Cyrus Walker, who lived at Patoka, Ill. Ch., Lillie N.
t Daniel, b. Feb. 6, 1821.
GILBERT NETTLETON, s. of Joel Nettleton ; b. March 24, ISOS ; in boyhood he was a clerk in the office of his father in the Newport House ; was a clerk at Washington during the administration of President Polk, after which he removed to Missouri, where he remained a few years; he then went to Illinois, where he spent the remainder of his life. Married Julia E. Pratt, a French lady, belonging to a wealthy family.
Mary Celeste, m. a Mr. Wall, a prominent man at Duquoin, Ill. Emma. Charles. Pratt. Valle.
DANIEL NETTLETON, S. of Joel Nettleton ; b. Feb. 6, 1821 ; spent his minority with his father in the Newport House ; was twelve years at Wilmot, engaged in the tanning business, after which he returned to this town and purchased the village saw-mill, where he remained until his death, Oct. 1, 1875. While at Wilmot he was a selectman in 1860-62, and a repre- sentative from the same town in 1865 and 1866. After his re- turn, he was a selectman in 1873 and 1874. He had a taste for the military, in which he was a colonel. He was frank and outspoken, and given to generous hospitality. M., July, 1850 , Ellen C., dau. of Jonathan M. Wilmarth.
Lucy E., b. May 27, 1851; a leading alto singer.
Fred H., b. Feb. 12, 1861 ; a graduate of the Newport high school in 1878.
DANIEL NETTLETON, s. of Jeremiah ; settled on the C. Chase farm, but afterwards removed to Delaware county, Ohio ; m. Esther Peck ; m., 2d, Rhoda Ryant.
Esther P., m. David S. Hoadly, of Cheshire, Ohio.
Daniel, m. Sarah E. Thompson ; r. at Cheshire, Ohio.
Orsilla R., m. Jesse Fry; r. in Ohio.
Rhoda, m. Shadrach Rundell.
Deborah S., b. April 17, 1820; r. in Cheshire, Ohio.
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NEWELL.
The Newells came from Croydon, and were sons of Jere- miah, an enterprising farmer, and one of the early settlers at Ryder Corner.
DAVID S. NEWELL, S. of Jeremiah Newell, of Croydon ; b. Jan. 2, ISO1 ; d. Jan. 12, 1848 ; was a farmer ; lived on the H. E. Hanson place, in the north part of the town ; m., Jan. 12, IS25, Paulina Hurd, dau. of Samuel Hurd, Jr.
Thankful M., b. Oct. 3. 1827 ; m., Sept. 29, 1859, Shepherd L. Bow- ers ; d., April 28, 1861 ; had one child.
Samuel H., b. Oct. 8, 1829; d. Sept. 23, 1843.
David B., b. Aug. 5, 1831; was killed at the Norwalk (Conn.) railroad disaster, May 6, 1853, on his return from the South.
A. Elbra, b. Aug. 13, 1833; d. March 24, 1860.
Marion, b. Aug. 16, 1841 ; a musician; d. Oct. 13, 1868.
JEREMIAHI NEWELL, s. of Jeremiah ; a sheriff; built the resi- dence now occupied by Matthew Harvey ; m. Sarah, dan. of Andrew Aiken, who d. Aug. 15, 1842, aged 39 years. He d. Feb. 15, 1838, aged 35 years.
Martha A., b. Apr. 14, 1833; d. y. Sarah, b. Apr. 12, 1835. Josephine, b. Apr. 4, 1838 ; m. Levi Walbridge, a merchant in Boston.
PARKER N. NEWELL, S. of Jeremiah ; b. Jan. 29, 1816 ; was a merchant and town-clerk; m., Jan. 20, 1842, Caroline L. Forsaith, a niece of Josiah Forsaith ; went to Princeton, Ill., where he is now engaged in trade.
ELIZABETH G. NEWELL, dau. of Jeremiah ; m., Dec. 11, IS31, Adams Dickey.
NEWTON.
CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, b. at Groton, Conn., Feb. 26, 1738 ; d. Feb. 19, 1834 ; came to this town about 1779, and settled on the farm on the Unity road, afterwards the homestead of Eras- tus Newton, where he died ; was a moderator some nine years, and a selectman twice. M., Feb. 26, 1766, Mary Giles, of Groton, b. Nov. 12, 1745, d. May 14, 1821, dau. of Hon. Benj. Giles.
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Martha, b. April 9. 1768 ; m. Aaron Mack.
Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1770; m. Lemuel Church, a tailor.
Margery, b. Nov. 2, 1772 ; m. Dea. Jesse Fay, of Alstead.
Abigail, b. March 13, 1775 ; m. Rev. Orlando Bliss.
¡Erastus, b. April 4, 1777. +Hubbard, b. Jan. 1, 1780.
ERASTUS NEWTON, S. of Christopher ; b. April 4, 1777 ; d. Jan. 4, 1852 ; remained on the old homestead. He was a ma- jor in the militia. M., Nov. 22, 1801, Betsey Beckwith.
Christopher G., b. Jan. 15, 1803; graduated at Middlebury college ; studied law at Newport and at Washington, and, after practising a while at Washington, moved to Lawrence, Mass., where he died in 1871 ; m., June 9, 1835, Harriet Hubbard, of Washington. Ch., George A., Erastus N., Ellen L.
Harry H., b. Oct. 19, 1804; m. Angeline Beckwith. Ch., Erastus, Austin.
Elizabeth, b. 1806; m. Milton Wyman, of Cornish. Ch., Arthur, George, Newton, Frances, Anna.
¡Erastus, b. Sept. 10, 1810.
Louisa, b. Feb. 7, 1812; m., Feb. 10, 1840, Joseph Barrett.
tAustin, b. Aug. 23, 1814.
ERASTUS NEWTON, S. of Erastus ; b. Sept. 10, 1810; spent most of his minority in this town at farming ; was graduated at Schenectady, N. Y .; studied law in the office of Judge Gard- ner, of Geneva, N. Y .; after being admitted to the bar, spent two years at Burlington, when he removed to Lockport, N. Y., where he had a wide practice, and became prominent in his profession, and where he died. Married Caroline Zeley.
Erastus, graduated at Yale college in 1874.
AUSTIN NEWTON, S. of Erastus ; b. Aug. 23, 1814 ; turned his attention to medicine, and studied his profession with Dr. David McQuestion, at Washington, and with Prof. Dixi Cros- by, at Hanover; graduated at the Dart. Med. Coll. in 1840, and commenced practice at Washington, where he remained until his death. M., Dec., 1844, Julia, dau. of David McQues- tion, M. D., of Washington, b. April 22, 1825.
+David A., b. Aug. 3, 1845.
Dixi Crosby, b. Oct. 3, 1848 ; d. April 13, 1866; a merchant in New York.
DAVID A. NEWTON, S. of Austin ; b. Aug. 3, 1845, at Wash- ington ; is an active farmer, and occupies the Frederick Chapin
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farm, in the west part of the town. Married Marion L., dau. of T. Stillman Fletcher.
Frederick Chapin, b. Aug. 28, 1870.
Mary P., b. Feb. 26, 1876.
Willie A., b. Nov. 30, 1878.
HUBBARD NEWTON, S. of Christopher (see Lawyers) ; m., Nov. 25, 1802, Abigail Lyon, b. July 4, 1779, who d. Jan. 21, 1843.
Henrietta M., b. April 7, 1806; was finely educated ; d. Sept. 3, 1876. tCharles H. E., b. April 10, 1808.
James H., b. Aug. 12, 1811 ; d. in Michigan, Jan. 2, 1847 ; he was a teacher ; prepared for college at Newport academy.
Mary G., b. Nov. 14, 1813 ; a fine singer ; d. April 12, 1868. Catherine M., b. Dec. 25, 1816; d. June 25, 1825.
William F., b. Nov. 23, 1818 (see Lawyers).
Adelia M., b. Feb. 1, 1821.
Arthur W., b. May 10, 1823 ; d. May 16, 1824.
CHARLES H. E. NEWTON, S. of Hubbard Newton ; b. April 10, ISOS ; was bred a printer ; he had an office in town, and printed the Farmers' Advocate and Political Adventurer, and afterwards the Northern Farmer and Horticulturist, both edited by his father ; went to Mobile, Ala., where he was en- gaged in his profession, and from thence removed to California ; afterwards became a clergyman in Oregon, and was there a presiding elder.
ISAAC NEWTON, cousin of Christopher ; was among the early settlers ; lived on the M. Hurd farm, on the Unity road ; was a sheriff. Married Hannah, dau. of Hon. Benjamin Giles.
Deborah, b. May 16, 1778. Annis, b. July 5, 1780.
Samuel, b. Sept. 13, 1782. Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1784. Nancy, b. July 10, 1789. Isaac, b. Feb. 10, 1792.
JOIIN NEWTON, a farmer ; a native of Henniker ; settled here in ISIo; d. April 3, 1870, aged 84 years. Married Lydia Brown, who d. Aug. 6, 1870, aged 90 years.
Hiram, b. April 11, 1808; m. Mary Cheney, who d. Aug. 10, 1854, aged 38 years; m., 2d, Sally C. Bly; r. at Sunapee. Ch., Mary J., m. Andrew J. Bohonan, of Sutton.
PHINEAS NEWTON, a grandson of Phineas, who built the " stone house" on the H. Jacobs farm in Croydon ; lived on the D. C. Story place. M., Sept. 24, 1805, Sabra Buell.
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NICHOLS.
ISAAC GIRARD NICHOLS, S. of Luther and Tryphena Nichols, of Peterborough ; b. Oct. 27, 1848; studied dentistry with Messrs. Howe & Haywood, of Peterborough ; came to this town, and commenced practice in 1872. M., June 12, 1871, Mary Emily, dau. of Daniel Felch, of Greenville, b. April 2, 1850.
Nellie Gertrude, b. April 16, 1873.
FRANK T. NICHOLS is a horse-trainer ; came from Newbury.
NOURSE.
The Nourses came from Acworth, and were children of DANIEL NOURSE, a native of Westborough, Mass., who came to Acworth in 1785.
+ William, b. May 10, 1822.
Nancy, b. Oct. 9, 1824 ; m. Joel Hubbard; r. Mount Pleasant, Mo.
Julia A., b. Sept. 18, 1826; m. Samuel H. Edes.
Helen Marr, b. Aug. 18, 1829; m. Geo. H. Fairbanks.
¡George W., b. Aug. 19, 1831.
Freeman W., b. July 7, 1838 ; m. Mary Peck ; r. at Fox Lake, Wis.
WILLIAM NOURSE, s. of Daniel Nourse ; b. May 10, 1822 ; came to this town in 1846. He was in trade several years at the Fairbanks & Royce store. He soon, however, turned his attention to manufacturing, and was engaged in the Eagle Mills. After a few years' experience he went to Pennsylvania, where he had charge of a woollen mill, but shortly returned to this town and purchased the Eagle Mills, and had there a suc- cessful business until the close of the war, when he sold the establishment to S. H. Edes and Amos O. Woodbury, and retired from business. Subsequently, in connection with Perley S. Coffin, he erected the Granite Mills at East Newport, to which he has since devoted his attention, and where he em- ploys one hundred hands. [See Granite Mills.] He was town-clerk in 1856 and 1857, and was a representative in 1861 and 1862. Married Ellen M., dau. of Mason Hatch, M. D., who was b. Sept. 19, 1832, and d. February 27, 1872 ; m., 2d, Jan. 15, 1874, Mrs. Mary E. Jones, of Wilton, b. May 17, 1839.
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Mary E., b. June 13, 1856; d. Aug. 6, 1874.
Emma L., b. Nov. 6, 1860. Marcia B., b. Oct. 12, 1864.
Willie H., b. April 20, 1867. Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1875.
GEORGE W. NOURSE, son of Daniel Nourse ; b. Aug. 19, 1831 ; came to this town in 1859, and went into trade with his brother William. The previous seven years of his life were spent in mining operations in California. He has been an active politician. He was town-clerk in 1863 and 1864, was first selectman eight years, from 1865 to 1872, was moderator from 1868 to 1872, and has been post-master twelve years. M., May 2, 1861, Juliette E. Woodward, b. May 2, 1842.
Gracie L., b. June 12, 1865.
NOYES.
CUTTING NOYES, S. of Isaac, and in the fifth generation a de- scendant of Nicholas Noyes, who came from Wiltshire, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., in 1638; was b. in Newbury, Mass., June 2, 1745 ; came to this town from Boscawen in 1794. While at B. he was a selectman some five years, and was an efficient deacon of the church. He lived on East mountain. Married Molly Burbank.
Isaac, b. Aug. 15, 1772; m. Pamelia Bascom; m., 2d, Martha Smith; went to Maine.
+Moses, b. Dec. 21, 1774.
Sarah, b. Oct. 8, 1776; m. Chalker Buell.
t Samuel Muzzey, b. Aug. 21, 1778.
Judith, b. March 16, 1780; d. unmarried.
Dorcas, b. Feb. 17, 1782; m. John Hurd.
Amos, b. Dec. 19, 1783 ; lived on the R. Cutts farm ; m. Aseneth Bas- com.
Enoch, b. Nov. 16, 1785; m. Mehitable Muzzey. They adopted Amos, son of Benj., who m. Jane West, of Claremont. Ch. of Amos,-Ed- win, Abby.
Benjamin, b. June 9, 1787; a blacksmith ; lived at the Granite Mills ; m. Mehitable Flanders.
Abigail, b. Jan. 20, 1793; m. Nathan Wilmarth; m., 2d, Darius Hall ; m., 3d, Benj. Gunnison.
MOSES NOYES, s. of Dea. Cutting Noyes ; b. Dec. 21, 1774 ; lived on the D. Hutchinson farm ; m., July 10, 1803, Lucy Wil- cox, b. April 21, 1779.
Judith, b. July 27, 1804. John M., b. Feb. 28, 1806.
Walter H., b. Sept. 21, 1810. Lucy C., b. Aug. 27, 1813.
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SAMUEL NOYES, a brick-mason ; s. of Dea. Cutting Noyes ; lived on the C. C. Winter place, in the south part of the vil- lage ; was fond of good-natured jokes. While building the Congregational church, which originally had a very large orna- mental window at the rear of the pulpit, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Wheelock, remarked that it seemed very large ; whereupon Mr. Noyes, looking on the assembled crowd, with a knowing wink, retorted,-" Pretty much all the light we get from the pulpit we expect will come through that window." He m., Sept. 30, 1804, Jane Buell, b. April 25, 1778.
Adaline, b. June 16, 1805. Cynthia M., b. Feb. 20, 1807.
Elial C., b. May 18, 1809. Abijah C., b. Dec. 31, 1810.
Barber G., b. Dec. 20, 1812.
ISAAC NOYES, b. June, 1763, at Goffstown ; came here in 1786 ; m., Sept. 12, 1784, Phebe Goodwin, of Concord, b. Oct. 24, 1765.
James, b. July 11, 1785.
Elijah, b. Nov. 13, 1786.
Daniel, b. Dec. 6, 1788.
CHASE NOYES, s. of Tristram ; b. Feb. S, 1792 ; a shoe- maker ; came from Boscawen. He was Free Soil candidate for road commissioner in 1851. Married Nancy Kempton, of Croydon. He d. May, 1862.
Esther. William. Silas E.
Harriet N., m. Ichabod Hitchcock, of Claremont.
Merriam E. Henry. Baron Stow, m. Anna Stone. Ann Fane, m. Ira P. Kempton.
TRISTRAM NOYES, b. Oct. 17, 1785 ; m., Nov. 29, 1807, Thankful Hurd ; went West.
Caroline, b. Aug. 22, 1808.
NUTTING.
JOSEPH NUTTING, a cabinet-maker ; came from Massachu- setts, and, in connection with a Mr. Buxton, manufactured a large number of bedsteads for the Boston market. Married Caroline L. Reed. He d. Feb. 8, 1858, aged 47 years.
Louisa, was for several years the leading milliner in town; m. Warren Fellows, a merchant in Boston ; ch., Warren.
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William Henry, was bred a merchant in the store of Mudget & Higbee, and was for a while clerk in the Sugar River Bank, after which he went to Boston, and engaged in mercantile business, where he had a successful trade until his early death.
OSGOOD.
WILLIAM OSGOOD came from Massachusetts to Claremont, and from thence to this place ; settled in the west part of the town. Married Priscilla Stone.
Susannah. William, m. Susan Fields.
James, m. Sophia Young. tLemuel, b. Jan. 31, 1789.
Priscilla, m. James Baker. Matthias, m. Almira Fields.
Lydia, m. Phineas Chapin.
LEMUEL OSGOOD, s. of William Osgood ; b. Jan. 31, 1789 ; r. in the west part of the town, where he has been a prosperous farmer. Married Hannah Baker ; m., 2d, Hannah Spaulding. Hannah, b. Feb. 1, 1816; m. Bigsby Johnson. Ch., Edward. Oren, b. June 22, 1818 ; a farmer ; occupies the homestead ; was a rep- resentative in 1870 and 1871.
Lucy, b. Oct. 25, 1823.
ROBERT C. OSGOOD, an insurance agent ; b. Nov. 16, 1821, at Salem, Mass. ; came to this town from Concord in 1871. Married Ellen A. Gibson, of Francestown, dau. of the popular landlord at that place, and afterwards of the Eagle hotel, Con- cord.
Elizabeth S., b. Feb. 4, 1848. Eugene R., b. April 22, 1850.
Charles F., b. July 2, 1851. Nathaniel, b. March 29, 1857.
Herbert S., b. June 22, 1860.
OSMER.
NATHAN R. OSMER came from Sharon, Vt., in 1861 ; lived at Kelleyville ; was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. Married Parmelia R. Burnham. Ch., William C., George R.
PAGE.
JOHN PAGE, b. Dec. 25, 1800, at Salem ; came here from New London in the fall of 1850, and settled in the south part of the town, where he was an enterprising and prosperous farmer until his death, which occurred Feb. 25, 1859. M., Dec. 30,
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1823, Mariam Sargent, who d. Oct. 5, 1841 ; m., 2d, Mar. 28, 1843, Lucy Jewett.
Harriet N., m. J. M. Jewett, of New London.
Anthony S., b. Sept. 17, 1826. Susan F.
Rosaline G., m. Chas. P. Everett. John G., m. Mary Butterfield.
Emily, m. Rial Hurd. Fames E., m. Catherine Morey.
Delina M., m. a Mr. Thompson.
Maroa H., b. March 20, 1844; m., Oct. 28, 1861, Daniel W. Howe; r. at Marlow.
George B., b. Sept. 23, 1845; m., June 12, 1873, Julia A. Mead, of Corinth, Vt.
Alice }., b. Nov. 23, 1847; m., Jan. 27, 1869, Arvin S. Roundy, of Unity.
Mary E., b. June 17, 1850 ; m. Aug. 30, 1873, Elbridge N. Howe; r. at Marlow.
ANTHONY S. PAGE, s. of John Page ; b. Sept. 17, 1826 ; lived for several years at the homestead on the Goshen road; is a prosperous farmer ; now r. on the O. Whitney farm on Thatch- er hill. M., March 18, 1851, Roxana Cross, b. Sept. 23, 1832. Orison W., b. May 15, 1852 ; m., Sept. 5, 1877, Jael M. Fletcher, of Cornish.
John M., b. May 25, 1855.
NATHANIEL O. PAGE, a rake manufacturer ; b. Feb. 23, 1807, at Wentworth ; came here when nine years of age ; was a selectman in 1844. He is public spirited, takes a lively inter- est in the cause of education, and was one of the founders of the M. E. church in this town. He belonged to a patriotic or fighting family ;- his grandfather was killed at Bunker Hill ; his father died at Plattsburg, in the War of 1812 ; his brother was in the Florida war ; and he had two sons and one son-in-law in the Union army. M., April 27, 1829, Louisa Booth, of Enfield, b. Sept. 5, 1805.
tWilliam W., b. Feb. 24, 1831.
Harriet E., b. Feb. 4, 1833; m., June 29, 1853, Jonathan Crowell. t John M., b. March, 4, 1835.
Hannah L., b. Sept. 25, 1840; m., Jan. 9, 1861, Samuel M. Rockwell.
WILLIAM W. PAGE, s. of Nathaniel O. Page ; b. Feb. 24, 1831 ; was first sergeant in Co. I, 14th Regt., during the civil war, and died in the service. M., June 25, 1851; Harriet A., dau. of Erastus Huntoon.
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Rosa L., b. July 4, 1853; m., Nov. 28, 1871, Ira W. Hillard, a carpen- ter ; r. at Langdon.
Arthur L., b. April 18, 1859; a carriage-painter at Lebanon.
JOIIN M. PAGE, s. of Nathaniel O. Page ; b. Nov. 4, 1835 ; a rake-maker at Northville ; m., July 18, 1859, Mary J. Stock- well, b. Oct. 3, IS41.
Ida L., b. Dec. 4, 1860. Elmer F., b. Oct. 30, 1861.
William W., b. Nov. 26, 1864. Cora L., b. Jan. 9, 1866.
Stella V., b. Jan. 29, 1868. Bertha M., b. Jan. 5, 1872.
Charles E., b. Sept. 10, 1874; d. young.
PARKER.
OLIVER PARKER, S. of Jonas Parker, of Goshen ; b. Oct. 22, IS35 ; came to this town in 1863, and settled on the M. Gove farm, in the south-east part of the town ; m., Oct. 1, 1857, El- len C., dau. of Uriah Sawyer.
Marilla Z., b. March 5, 1861.
Arthur C., b. Feb. 18, 1866.
STEPHEN PARKER, a carpenter ; came from New Boston ; d. in 1852, aged 60 years. He was a representative in 1847, and was one of the originators and proprietors of the Independent Democrat. Married Betsey Millen.
Stephen C., m. Angeline Lockwood, and went to Vermont. Henry, went West.
David, m. Diantha Wilcox. Alfred, m. Emma J. Wilcox.
Charles, m. a Miss Powers, of Croydon.
Mary, m. Elijah George.
PARKHURST.
EBENEZER N. PARKHURST, a farmer; b. Feb. 11, IS22 ; came from Lowell, Mass., in 1874, and settled on the F. Dud- ley farm ; m. Paulina Breed.
George N., b. Nov. 9, 1856. Mira E., b. Feb. 6, 1859.
PARTRIDGE.
SYLVESTER PARTRIDGE, a merchant ; was for some time con- nected with Col. Wm. Cheney in trade in this town. He had an active temperament ; was a member of the Baptist church, and a devoted Christian. He was also a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. He removed to Potsdam, N. Y., where
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he became a deacon, and where he died. He m. Judith H. Stow, a sister of the Rev. Baron Stow, D. D., of Boston.
CHARLES S. PARTRIDGE is a joiner, and a leading singer ; came from Croydon in 1868; m. Mary E. Goodwin ; m., 2d, Clara M. Shepherd, of Concord ; m., 3d, Aug. 27, 1878, Emma H., dau. of Samuel C. Baldwin.
Ellen G., b. Aug. 18, 1870.
Carl S., b. Aug. 26, 1874.
DANIEL F. PATCH, a shoe-trader and manufacturer ; b. at Wakefield, Mass., March 2, 1825 ; came to this town in 1841 ; m. Sarah F. Hopkins, of Francestown; m., 2d, Sirena P. Thompson, of Newburyport, Mass .; m., 3d, Margarette P. Buell.
Willie E., Aug. 25, 1852.
PARMELEE.
BY JOSEPH WARREN PARMELEE.
With the first party of settlers from the old colony of Con- necticut, that one day in the pleasant month of June, in the year of our Lord 1766, made their camp in the woods on a rise of land overlooking the valley of Sugar river, and who had come to occupy lands in the township of Newport in the then royal province of New Hampshire, came Ezra Parmelee, then in the twenty-first year of his age. He was a descendant, in the fifth generation, from John Parmelee, who came to this country, as we are informed in the old colonial chronicles, in the good ship "Elizabeth and Ann," Roger Cooper, master, from London, Eng., in the year 1635, and settled in Guilford, Conn. The family were afterwards at New Haven, Killing- worth, and other places in Connecticut ; and in their genera- tions bore an active part in fighting the savages, clearing the lands, and otherwise establishing the foundations of our New England civilization and culture.
EZRA PARMELEE was the third son and fourth child of Ezra and Jemima (Bushnell) Parmelee,* and was b. Aug. 25,
* Ezra Parmelee and Jemima Bushnell were m. Feb. 10, 1737. Their children were as fol- lows : Daniel, b. June 22, 1739 ; Jerusha, b. May 23, 1741 ; Samuel, b. April 6, 1743; Ezra, b. Aug. 25, 1745; Oliver, b. March 19, 1747; Jemima, b. Aug. 8, 1750; Elias, b. March 29, 1752; Hial, b. Jan. 23, 1755.
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1745. He grew up to manhood at the homestead of the family in Killingworth, participating in the labors of the farm, and en- joying such means of education as the place and period afford- ed. He was approaching that interesting period in the life of a young man, when he goes forth from his father's house and control to assume the duties and responsibilities of citizenship on his own account. In view of this important event, the father had acquired the lands in Newport, as has been described on other pages of this book, that were to be the heritage of the son.
In the original surveys of the valley of Newport, tracts or parcels of land were laid out, extending from the high lands on either side, across the intervale, in such manner as to afford each proprietor a variety of soils in upland and meadow, and also in timber and woodland. The Parmelee lot answering to this general description was located on the Goshen Branch of Sugar river, about a mile south of the four-corners at the foot of Clare- mont hill ; and it was here that our young settler, axe in hand, commenced the work entrusted to his care.
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