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the school went into successful operation, under Mr. Tylor. The school was maintained for some five years, the old homestead having been converted into a board- ing house. In 1828 his son Joseph had succeeded in breaking the will, on the plea of insanity, and came into possession ; the schoolhouse was sold, moved to the vil- lage, (now Franklin ) and located on the corner opposite Judge Nesmith's. The store was bought by James Gar- land, removed to the same village and converted into a cooper's shop.
5. Thomas Jefferson, b. Nov. 20, 1805; he studied medicine.
6. Joseph, b. Jan. 10, 1807; m. Susan Tucker, of Andover; he d. March 13, 1870 ; she d. July 30, 1861, aged 51.
7. James, b. Oct. 19, 1808; d. May 26, 1810. S. Lucy R., b. Oct. 9, ISII.
THE OSGOOD FAMILY.
I. Enoch was born at old Salisbury, Mass., June 13, 1773. Removing to Salisbury in the spring of 1791, he cleared up the land and built the house now occupied by Elbridge Shaw, and remained on the farm during his residence here. In the spring of 1834 the family removed to East Andover, where he died June 19, 1835. Mr. Osgood was a good farmer and a man uni- versally esteemed by his townsmen. He was one of the most firm and staunch friends of the Rev. Mr. Worcester, and after the latter's severance from the Congregational church he fre- quently held Sabbath services at Mr. Osgood's, to large and christian audiences. He married, July 22, 1807, Dorcas Brown, of Northfield, who was b. April 5, 1785, and d. Nov. 9, 1861.
2. Benjamin, b. Aug. 6, 1808 ; d. in September, ISI0.
2. Benjamin, b. Sept. 21, ISIo; d. Sept. 12, 1839, unm. He learned the cabinet maker's trade of John Rowell, at Franklin.
4. Joseph, b. May S, IS12; removed to East Andover and d. Nov. 2, 1872.
5. Enoch M., b. Dec. 1, 1815; he was one of the first settlers at Oakland, Cal., where he d. Nov. 1, 1853.
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6. Hannah R., b. Dec. 17, 1817 ; m. (1) Jan. 2, 1840, Caleb P. Marston, a native of Andover, who d. June 27, 1858 ; m. (2) Sept. IS, IS59, John Fellows, of Andover, who d. Nov. 23, IS68 ; she resides at Andover.
7. Mary B., b. May 7, 1820 : d. Nov. 5, 1848.
S. Dorcas B., b. March 5, 1822 ; d. in September, 1826.
THE PAGE FAMILY.
THREE BRANCHES.
I. Onesiphorus Page removed from South Hampton to Sal- isbury about 1790, purchasing the land, clearing up the farm and building the house now occupied by Caleb T. Roby. He was a man of good education and ability and frequently taught school winters. Mrs. Mchitable Doty (Hannah Page, of Til- ton,) says : "My father (John 4) had four brothers, Robert, Joseph, Orlando and Capt. Samuel, also two sisters, one of whom married a Pingrey and lived at Danbury." The record, gathered from numerous sources, is as follows :
2. Moses, b. July 1, 1769. ( See.)
3. Mehitable, b. Sept. 1, 1771 ; m. May 10, 1722, Dea. Benjamin Huntoon. ( See.) She d. Sept. 9, 1804.
4. John, b. in 1773; m. Jan. 24, 1799, Hannah Batchelder ; removed to Vermont and thence to that part of Sanbornton now Tilton, where he d. June 9, IS52, aged 79; she d. Sept. 6, 1863, aged 91.
5. Onesiphorus, b. - Ile was a successful school teacher.
6. Samuel, ( Capt.) remained on the farm until 1832, when he removed to Maine ; he d. in 1873; m. (1) Sept. 6, 1807, Rhoda, dau. of Rev. Jonathan Searles ; m. (2) Feb. 19, IS11, Dolly Sargent, of Boscawen.
7. David, b. - He was a physician located at Meredith.
(2) Moses resided at the foot of the hill, south of J. W. Fi- field's. His death occurred from an accident, Nov. 12, 1835 ; he m. (1) Joanna, dau. of Jacob Bohonnon, who d. Oct. 4, ISII ; m. (2) . March 12, 1812, Judith, dau. of Phineas Bean.
S. Moses, b. April 21, 1797 ; m. March 12, 1812, (?) Susan, dau. of Sinkler Bean.
9. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1799 ; m. April S, IS19, Abel Tandy.
10. Mehitable, b. Oct. 7, 1803 ; m. in 1829, Nathan Johnson ; she d. Sept. 16, ISSO.
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II. Mary, b. March 8, 1813; m. Nov. 14, 1843, Israel Palmer and resides at Gar- land, Me.
12. John B., b. April 17, 1815; d. in April, 1851, unm.
13. David, b. Dec. 7, 1816; m. Elizabeth Atkinson, of Alexandria.
14. Moses, b. Oct. 22, 1818; m. in 1845, Hannah Walker, of Salisbury ; resides at Garland, Me.
1 5. Joshua B., b. April 26, 1822; m. in 1850, Jane Phelps, of Wilmot ; he d. April 25, 1863.
16. Benjamin F., b. May 24, 1825; m. in 1848, Harriet A. Danforth, of Salisbury ; they reside at Manchester.
SECOND BRANCH.
Rev. Christopher Paige, (so spelled ) A. M., son of William and Nancy (Aiken) Paige, was b. at Harwich, Mass., June 12, 1762 ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1784; studied di- vinity and was ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Pittsfield, in 1789, and was dismissed Jan. 7, 1796; supplied at Deering and Washington; was in- stalled pastor at Roxbury, Nov. 21, 1816, and was dis- missed March 2, 1819; removed to Salisbury, where he d. Oct. 12, 1822. He m. Rebecca, relict of Elijah Fletcher, of Hopkinton ; she d. July 9, 1821.
THIRD BRANCH.
Ebenezer Page, settled east of South Road village. (?) In 1765 it was voted, "To lay out to Ebenezer Page what is due him to make up his right in sd. town."
THE PALMER FAMILY.
Dudley Palmer settled on the east side of Searles hill ; he married, March 27, 1777, Rebecca Pingrey. Children :
I. Dudley, b. July IS, 1778. 2. Rebecca. b. March 15, 17So.
3. Hannah, b. June 1, 1782; d. Feb. 22, 1784; she was the first person buried in the graveyard at Shaw's corner.
4. John, b. Dec. 26, 1783.
5. Hannah, b. Oct. 9, 1785 ; m. July 5, 1805, John Colby, of Concord.
6. Phebe, b. July 9, 1787.
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THE PARKER FAMILY.
TWO BRANCHES.
I. Daniel, (Deacon) b. at Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 27, 1762. To escape the threatened war his mother left there April 19, 1775, fleeing to Medford, thence to Haverhill. He was bound out to his uncle, E. Townsend, at Chester, to learn the saddler's trade, remaining during his minority ; m. Oct. 27, 1784, Nancy Healey, who was b. at Chester, Sept. 6, 1763 ; he removed to Salisbury, March 3, 1786, building the one-story part of the S. W. Green house, the front room of which he used for his trade. On the completion of the 4th New Hampshire turnpike he was appointed gate-keeper, his house standing opposite the road leading from the turnpike to East Andover, his shop standing south from the house. He became converted to the Baptist faith, and was church clerk and deacon for a number of years ; d. April 22, 1842 ; she d. Sept. 16, 1839.
2. Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1785; m. March 4, 1813, Jonathan Sleeper, of Andover ; she d. in Maine, Dec. 13, IS4S : he d. in 186S. They left four children ; the youngest, Rev. William F., b. Feb. 9, 1819, graduated at the University of Vermont in IS50, and at the Andover Theological Seminary in IS53; is pastor of the Summer St. Congregational church, at Worcester, Mass.
3. John, b. May 31, 1787 ; d. May 27, 1825; m. Rachel Carter, of Wellington, Mass., who d. at Athens, Iowa, in IS26. (?)
4. Mary, b. June S, 1789; m. Jacob Smith, of Sanbornton ; d. Nov. 13, IS49.
5. Abigail G., b. Jan. S, 1792; m. (1) July 1, IS17, William True, of Andover ; m. (2) Osgood Pingrey; d. in Maine in IS69. (?)
6. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1794; m. Mary, dau. of Judge Whittemore, of Pembroke ; d. at Lowell, Mass.
7. Elizabeth, b. March 10, 1797; m. Amos Garland and removed to Topsham, Vt. ; d. April 3, 1872.
S. Hannah T., b. April 30, 1799; m. Feb. 10, 1823, Samuel Cilley, of Andover ; d. July 2, 1849.
9. Isaac T., b. March 18, 1804; m. Sarah Moore, of Amherst, where she d. April 13, 1834; he removed to Hill in 1835, where he m. (2) March 8, 1837, Mary M. Fowler, and where he has since been engaged in mercantile pursuits.
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He represented that town in the state legislature, in 1847-8, and served as postmaster under presidents Pierce and Buchanan ; he was a member of the constitu- tional convention in 1876; d. at Hill, March 2, 1883.
IO. Nathaniel (Hon.) was b. Jan. 31, 1807 ; removed to Willis- ton, Vt., in September, 1826, which town he represented in the legislature in 1839-42 ; removed to Burlington in March, 1845. He was appointed deputy collector and inspector in 1843, holding the position for six years. For a number of years he held the position of director in the Merchants and Commercial banks, and was an active director in the Vermont Life Insurance Co. from the date of its incorporation. In past years he has been and is at present president of the Burlington Glass Co., of which his son Frank H. is superintendent, as also superintend- ent of the city water works. In 1870 he was appointed Assistant Judge of the County Court, holding the office for six years. Since his residence in Burlington he has in various ways identified himself with the interests of the city. Judge Parker superintended the building of the first court house in the state, the noble and charita- ble Fletcher Free Hospital, and an Art Gallery. He m. (1) May 24, 1828, Cynthia L. Haines, of Williston, who d. Feb. 19, 1845 ; m. (2) Jan. 15, 1846, Julia, dau. of Nathan B. Hoswell.
II. Edwin R., b. Dec. 17, 1830; d. Nov. 11, 1848.
12. George H., b. May 22, 1834; d. Sept. 14, 1836.
13. Sarah A., b. Sept. 2, 1838; m. Jan. 22, 1862, Clark Willis.
1.4. Frank H., b. Sept. 11, 1853; m. July 4, 1871, Carrie Root.
SECOND BRANCH.
1 5. Nathan Parker is supposed to have resided in the one-story part of the Sylvester W. Green house, although his name may have been confounded with that of Deacon Daniel Parker. He m. June 29, 1786, Hannah, dau. of Shubael Greeley ; he d. -; she m. (2) Dec. 6, 1792, Daniel Flanders, of Boscawen ; she d. at Dorchester. (?)
16. Edward Pettengill, b. Oct. 1, 1786.
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THE PARSONS FAMILY.
The ancestor of the New England family bearing this name was Joseph, who was born in England. He married Mary Bliss and emigrated to this country in July, 1636, settling at North Hampton.
I. William, (Deacon) son of Ebenezer and - (Potter) Par- sons, was a grandson of Rev. William Parsons, the first ordained minister and one of the proprietors of Gilman- ton, to which place he removed, Aug. 1, 1763, from South Hampton. He was an excellent minister of the Congregational faith ; two of his brothers were ministers and an only sister married a minister. Dea. William was b. at Gilmanton, Dec. 10, 1791 ; m. Feb. 16, 1815, Sally, dau. of Dea. Hubbard Stevens. (See.) She d. in Salisbury, Feb. 13, 1865. Shortly after marriage he removed to Pittsfield, remaining one year, when he re- moved to Salisbury and purchased and put into its pres- ent shape the E. H. K. Gilbert house. By trade a car- penter and cabinet maker, in order to carry on the latter business he built a large two-story shop, which stood in Mr. Gilbert's garden ; the shop was eventually moved to its present location by Rev. Mr. Coombs, where the lat- ter resided, and is the house east of Stephen B. Sweatt's shop. The handiwork of Mr. Parsons is seen in the res- idences of our older families, and shows serviceable wear. He altered over, moved back and put the steeple on the Baptist church. Soon after removing here he united with the Congregational church, under the pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Worcester, was made a deacon and held the office until his death, July 31, 1869.
2. Lucy B., b. June 15, 1817 ; m. April 3, 1852, Arthur L. Graves. ( See.)
3 . William B., b. Oct. S, IS19. ( Sec.)
4. Sarah J., b. Aug. 20, 1823; m. in IS48, Rev. Enoch H. Caswell, who was b. at Middleton, Vt., in ISIS; graduated from Middlebury College and Andover Theological Seminary ; preached in this state and Vermont some eighteen
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years ; he d. while preaching at Bennington, Vt., Nov. 11, 1853. Child- ren : 1. George B., b. in Salisbury, Dec. 16, 1850; m. Oct. 13, 1881, Sophia A. Chamberlain, of Cambridgeport, Mass.
5. Andrew H., b. Feb. 17, 1831. ( See.)
(3.) William Brown m. Dec. 22, 1842, Elizabeth H. George ; he built the house occupied by Mrs. Tenney. In 1874 he removed to the Andrew Bowers house, (Congrega- tional church parsonage) and opened the old Greenough store, doing a general mercantile business until April I, 1879, when he removed to the Samuel Greenleaf store. He was appointed postmaster in the fall of 1878, and continued in trade until he sold out, Jan. 19, 1882, to A. E. Quimby ; removed to Concord, where he d. Jan. 15, 1885.
6. Clara J., b. April 29, 1845; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Dr. G. P. Titcomb. ( See Physi- cians.)
7. Mary E., b. Nov. 24, 1848; m. July 6, 1871, Edwin B., son of Hiram and Lydia K. Emerson, a grandson of Jonathan and Polly Emerson, who were early settlers in Weare. He was b. at Littleton, May 22, 1849, and educated at Colby Academy and at St. Johnsbury, Vt. He was three years with E. T. Fairbanks & Co., having charge of their small ware department at their retail store. For a time he was with the "Nashua Shirt Co.," at Nashua, and afterwards for nine years with H. M. Burr & Co., at Boston. When his father-in-law removed to the Greenleaf store he joined in partnership, selling out to Charles P. Smith.
S. Ann Ella, b. Feb. 21, 1853; m. Dec. 15, 1881, Charles P. Smith.
(5.) Andrew Hubbard m. Sept. 11, 1856, Carrie D., dau. of Alonzo R. and Louisa ( Rogers) Dinsmore, of Auburn.
9. Lilla A., b. Feb. 4, 1859. 10. Walter E., b. June 22, 1861.
II. Frank W., b. Aug. 11, 1870. 12. Helen D., b. Jan. 31, 1875.
THE PEARSON FAMILY.
I. Moses, son of Moses, b. at Newburyport, Mass., removed to Hopkinton, thence to Salisbury, settling in the old- Robert Barber house, near George W. Wells; he died in 1818; mar- ried Lois Rogers, of Newburyport, who died in October, 1842.
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2. Lois, b. July 12, 1796; d. unm.
3. Moses, b. April 16, 1798; m. Dec. 17, 1820, Sally Ladd ; removed to Lowel!, Mass.
4. Samuel, b. March 19, ISoo. ( See.)
5. Susan, b. Feb. 15, 1803; m. Feb. 26, 1S28, Caleb, son of Caleb Bean, who was b. at Gilmanton, Feb. 16, 1806; he resided on the south side of the south rangeway, opposite Charles Holmes; he d. Feb. 12, 1865; she d. Jan. 12, 1873. Children : 1. Susan P., b. March 6, 1829; m. Dec. S, 1847, I. R Gale ; he d. in November, ISSS. II. Moses C., b. July 17, 1831 ; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1855, Lydia M. Cram, who d. Dec. 27, IS58; m. (2) Jan. 22, 1862, IIelen M. Smith ; resides at Haverhill, Mass. III. Julia F., b. July 29, IS34. Iv. George W., b. Dec. 5, 1839; m. Oct. 27, 1866, Hannah Hilton ; resides at Haverhill.
(4.) Samuel resided for a time at the top of the hill, west of William Holmes, where he carried on a brick yard, and removed thence to the Charles Holmes house. In 1835 he removed to the William Calef house, on Searles hill, which was destroyed by fire in 1879; he d. there Dec. 15, 1871 ; m. Oct. 21, 1824, Hannah, dau. of William and Hannah (Eastman) Calef.
6. Hannah I., b. April 19, IS26; m. Oct. 24, IS63, A. E. Pierson and resides at Franklin.
7. William F., b. Apr. 2, 1828; he purchased the John Calef farm, opposite his father's ; m. Jan. 1, 1857, Mary J. Hancock, who was b. at Franklin, Dec. 10, 1834. Children : I. Mary Lizzie, b. Nov. IS, 1857. II. Clara A., b. April 11, 1859. III. Sammie, b. Jan. 30, 1861. IV. Willie .A., b. April 1, 1863. v. Neddie F., b. Oct. 26, 1864. VI. Alice, b. Nov. 3, ISGS. VII. Car- rie G., b. Aug. 11, 1870, VIII. John B., b. Dec. 10, IS72. IX. Ella, b. July 15, 1876. X. Anna, b. Sept. 23, ISSI.
THE PEASLEY FAMILY.
I. John married Oct. 2, 1820, Ruth Stevens, an adopted daughter of Joseph Meloon, and carried on the Meloon farm ; he was by trade a shoemaker, the shop standing at the foot of the hill, cast of the house. Children so far as known :
2. Nancy, d. young.
3. Haven, m. Lucinda Johnson and resided on Cash street in the Adams house.
4. Daniel. m. - French. 5. Ira, m. Louisa Eastman ; resides at Prescott, Minn.
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6. Lyman. 7. Gideon. S. Eliza A., m. William Hunt ; d. at Woburn, Mass.
9. Mary, m. Frank Busiel, of Concord; resides at Nashua. (?)
IO. Helen, d. young. 11. Julia, m. Montresser Allen ; resides at Woburn, Mass.
THE PECKER FAMILY.
Jonathan E. Pecker was for several years a resident taxpayer and school teacher in Salisbury. Born in Concord, May 28, 1838; graduated from the Chandler Scientific Department, Dartmouth College, in 1858; taught school and read law for several years. In 1862 he was a member of the staff of corres- pondents of the Boston Journal and since 1872 has been mana- ger of the New Hampshire News Bureau of this paper, in Con- cord. Was in Virginia in 1861 as a newspaper correspondent, and as such has traveled extensively in Canada, the West, and Mexico. Was present at the banquet given in honor of the late Major-Gen. Ord, U. S. A., in the City of Mexico, and at the grand review of the troops of the Valley of Mexico, at Tacu- baya, in 1881 ; was a guest of Ex-President Diaz in an official excursion in southern Mexico. On the staffs of Govs. Prescott and Head ; was an aide-de-camp with the rank of Colonel and chief of the honorary staff of the 3d Regiment, State National Guard. He is chairman of the library committee of the New Hampshire Historical Society ; member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, of Boston, and biographical sec- retary of the Chandler Alumni Association ; honorary member of the New Hampshire Press Association, and of the Kansas State Historical Society. In 1865 he was State Military His- torian. He is unmarried and makes his home in Concord.
THE PERRIN FAMILY.
I. Stephen, of whom very little is known, settled at Shaw's corner on land originally laid out to Henry Morrill and Ebene- zer Lang, and was probably the first settler at the corner ; his dwelling was small, part of which he used as a hatter's shop ;
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he sold out to Edward Quimby, who tore down the old house and built another; the property then came into the possession of Benjamin Shaw. When Perrin sold out he removed to near the top of Searles hill, on the castern slope, the place afterwards owned by Mr. Guilford.
2. Caleb, had a son True. 3. Polly.
4. Sally, m. Aug. 28, 1821, Samuel Ordway, of Greenfield, 5. Stephen.
6. Amos. 7. Martha, m. Jan. 10, 1821, Samuel Whittemore.
THE PETERS FAMILY.
TWO BRANCHES.
James, the ancestor of this family, came from Europe, bring- ing seven sons. Cogswell's History of Henniker. p. 55, says : "In the spring of 1761 Mr. James Peters and his family moved into town from Hopkinton. * He was one of the grant- ees of Henniker, but born in Europe. The town was an un- broken forest ; his nearest neighbors on the east were at Putney hill, Hopkinton, and there was no mill or store nearer than Penacook, (Concord.) His wife did not see a white woman for eighteen months after reaching town, except a hired girl she had brought with her. He resided there for several years, then returned to Hopkinton with his family and afterwards removed to Vermont, where he spent the remainder of his days." His great-grandchildren, who reside at Danbury, say their great- grandfather James did not reside in Vermont, but moved from Henniker to Salisbury, clearing up the land on which he resid- ed, known as the Morrill farm, now occupied by Moses Colby, at the southwest part of the town. His genealogy gives him three sons : 1. William, who m. Sarah Peters, (see History of Henniker, p. 391,) settled in Henniker in 1763, upon the farm known as the Jacob Peters place, and was killed by the falling of a tree, July 5, 1775. 11. Sibbons, d. prior to 1772. III. Jo- seph, b. in 1768; m. Nov. 29, 1791, Sarah Peters. He had an- other son, John, (Iv.) My impression is that this is the one
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who settled on the Morrill farm instead of his father, James, and that his son (John 2) was the one who settled by Peters bridge, when his father went to live with him, and after the death of his father John (Iv) went to Danbury. I have made my sketch of the family to coincide with this view.
I. John (Iv, see above,) settled on the Morrill farm early in 1796; he went to live with his son John and d. there. In the revolutionary war he served in Stark's brigade, at the battle of Bennington, where he was wounded in the shoulder by a musket ball ; he was also with Washington at the time Arnold's treason was discovered. He m. (1) Hannah Usher, of Dracut, Mass. ; m. (2) widow Bet- sey Stanley, of Hopkinton.
2. John. ( See.) 3. Sally, m. Joseph Farnum.
(2.) John was the first settler by Peters bridge, which was named for him ; his house stood on the south side of the bridge, on land now owned by Charles C. Rogers ; when his parents got old they came to live with him, and after their death, in 1818, he removed to Danbury, where he died. He m. Sally Peasley, of Sutton, who was b. Sept. 29, 1791, and d. Sept. 16, 1869.
4. John, b. Dec. 25, 1813; m. (1) Laura Williams, of Grafton ; m. (2) Eleanor E. Whitney, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. (3) widow Mary A. Titus, of Hill ; he resides at Danbury.
5. Susan, b. Dec. 26, 1815; resides at Danbury.
6. Hannah, b. March 20, 1818; d. Jan. 15, 1836.
7. Nancy, b. April 24, 1820; m. Joseph Sanborn; resides at Tama City, Iowa.
8. William D., b. Oct. 10, 1822; d. Sept. 20, 1832.
9. Drucilla J., b. Aug. 31, 1825; resides at Danbury.
IO. Mary A., b. July 19, 1829; d. May 23, 1863; m. James G. Tenney; resides at Alexandria.
II. Ruth M., b. Jan. 15, 1832 ; m. Sanford Kimdall ; resides at Columba, Iowa.
SECOND BRANCH.
12. William, eldest child of Jacob Peters, who m. Dec. 3, 1793 Sarah Wood Eager, of Henniker, whose father was Wil- liam, who m. Sarah Peters, whose father was James, one
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of the grantees of Henniker, was b. at Henniker, Sept. 10, 1794; m. Jan. 23, 1822, Fanny Hadley ; she d. -; he d. in Salisbury.
13. John, b. Dec. 2, 1822. ( See.) 14. Obediah, b. April 4, 1825. ( See.)
15. Hannah, b. Jan. 9, 1827 ; m. Peabody Davis.
16. Sarah, b. Oct. 22, 1828 ; m. Willard Richardson.
17. Drucilla, b. Aug. 23, 1833; d. in June, 1869; m. -
(13.) John m. (1) Jan. 16, 1842, Hannah Taplin, who d. Jan. 29, 1856 ; m. (2) Rosannah Hadley. Children by his first wife :
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IS. Drucilla, b. Sept. 20, 1851 ; d. April 10, 1858. Children by second wife :
19. William F., Oct. 10, 1857 ; m. March 3, IS79, Emily F. Brown.
(14.) Obediah H. was b. at Bradford, April 4, 1825 ; he resid- ed for a time at Newport, then at Nashua, and in 1878 removed to Salisbury ; m. (1) in Newport, Lydia Hurd, who d. April 9, 1862 ; m. (2) July 26, 1863, Hattie Hutch- inson. Children by first wife :
20. Sarah E., m. J. R. Hutchinson. 21. Fannie, m. Alfred Kelly, of Warner.
22. William H. 23. Josie, m. Henry K. White, of Enfield. Children by second wife :
24. Emma L., b. March 5, 1868.
THE PETTENGILL FAMILY.
FOUR BRANCHES.
The family emigrated from Yorkshire, England, purchasing a large tract of land in what is now Newburyport, Mass., in 1640. A portion of this land remained in the family until 1875, when it passed into the hands of the gold speculators. From this land considerable of the precious metal has been taken. The family in all its branches has been enterprising, hospitable, given to social enjoyment, moral and conscientious, positive in their opinions, faithful to their engagements, and universally respected. The brothers and sisters who settled in Salisbury
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were: I. Matthew, (see.) 2. David, (see.) 3. Andrew, (see.) 4. Benjamin, (see.) 5. Betsey, who married Jacob Garland, (see.) 6. Hannah, who married Joseph Calef, (see.)
FIRST BRANCH.
(1.) Lieut. Matthew removed to Salisbury from Plaistow, as early as 1764. He was one of the proprietors' selectmen in 1767, and his registered sheep-mark is dated 1768. He resided in the house with his brother Andrew, after whose death he succeeded to the farm and kept the tav- ern. What became of him is not known. Hon. Moses Pettengill says: "His son Matthew (13) I remember seeing about 1812 ; he settled in Springfield or Enfield, had a family, and some promising sons." He m. (1) Sarah Carlton, who d. in 1767; m. (2) Sarah Colby. Children by first wife :
7. Sarah, b. Dec. 1, 1759.
S. Susannah, b. Oct. 16, 1761 ; m. Jan. 17, 1779, Stephen Webster. ( See.)
9. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17, 1763. 10. Phebe, ( Rhoda ) b. April 2, 1765.
II. Jonathan Carlton, b. Feb. 17, 1767. ( See.)
12. Molly, b. Feb. 19, 1769; d. - Children by second wife :
13. Matthew, b. Dec. 3, 1770; settled at Springfield or Enfield.
14. Mary, b. Sept. IS, 1772. 15. Zaccheus, b. April 24, 1774; removed to Enfield.
16. Hannah, b. April 7, 1776; d. unm.
17. Andrew, b. April 6, 1778; removed to Enfield.
18. Sarah, b. June 5, 1780. 19. James, b. Nov. 10, 1782 ; removed to Enfield.
(II.) Jonathan Carlton, familiarly known as Carlton, sold out the estate to William C. Little, (see) in April, ISoo, for $4500, and removed to Enfield. He m. Sept. 22, 1791, Mary Hall.
20. Sukey, b. May 26, 1792; m. Nov. 15, 1812, Nathaniel Dow. (?)
21. Phebe, b. Jan. 25, 1794; d. Sept. 4, 1795.
22. John, b. Jan. 10, 1796; m. Nov. 11, IS24, Mahala Kimball. (?)
23. Phebe, b. Feb. 22, 1798. 24. Daniel McDaniel, b. Nov. 21, 1799.
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