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enlisted in Capt. Emery's company, serving from March 7 to Nov. 5, and was at Fort Henry at its surrender. Capt. Webster was commanding officer of the first mili- tary company in town, Matthew Pettengill being his lieutenant, and Andrew Bohannon the ensign. At what time Capt. Webster moved to Salisbury is not known. In 1752, the proprietors voted to plow up twelve acres of land in Stevenstown, and to pay John Webster and Jonathan Greely £120 old tenor, for doing this work. In 1759, the proprietors granted him a hundred acres of land for building a saw mill. (This land began about where the South Road intersects the river road, and extending north to Chance pond brook in what is now Franklin.) After the completion of his three years' lease of the proprietor's saw mill, he came down and built a saw mill on Chance pond brook. (See saw mills.) When the inhabitants of Stevenstown wished to be incorporated they called upon Capt. John Webster, who consented to go before the General Court with the petition signed by our people for an act of incorporation. The act was granted the first day of March, 1768, and it instructed him to call the first town meeting. He served as moderator in 1770, and for the six years following. Sept. 7, 1778, Capt. John Webster and Capt. Ebenezer Webster were chosen by the town "to aid the selectmen in taking an inventory of the town, to estimate what each man hath done in this pres- ent war," "to fix the currency upon the produce of the country, and to call on those who have not done their part to come up to their duty by tax or draft," and he was on the committee in 1781, to raise men and procure beef for the army. After getting his Chance pond brook (Webster lake brook) saw mill in operation he removed to South road and built the G. F. Elliott house where he d. April 29, 1788, aged 78 years. He, or his son Ensign John, gave some land for the site of the Congre-
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gational church and the cemetery for the same. He m. Susannah Snow (?) and d. March 20, 1804, aged 91.
52. John, b. 1745. See. 53. Stephen. See.
54. Israel, resided for a long period of years near Dr. Joseph Bartlett. He rem. to Maine and returned to Salisbury, where he d. in the Josiah Hook house. He m. Nov. 25, 1773, Elizabeth Rolfe. 1. Ruth, b. May, 1773; d. in the Josiah Hook house, Sept. 17, 1859, aged 86; unm. 11. Israel, b. Oct. 10, 1775; d. June 22, 1851. III. John, b. June 20, 1777. IV. Sarah, b. Oct. 27, 1779. v. Humphrey, b. Feb. 1, 17St. VI. Samuel, b. Jan. 15, 1783; d. March 2, 1784. vti. Charlotte, b. March 4, 1785. VIII. Betsey, b. April 20, 17SS.
55. Humphrey, b. April 11, 1764. See.
56. Sarah, remained with her brother Israel; d. unm.
57. Rebecca, m. John C. Gale. See.
(52) Ensign John very strongly took after his father ; built the William H. Moulton house, and after the death of his father he owned both houses; d. Feb. 3, 1824, aged 79; m. Rebecca Dearbon of Kingston ; she d. Dec. 4, 1819, aged 69.
5S. Mary, b. Oct. 1776; d. Dec. 4. 1857 ; unm.
59. Susan W. S., b. Aug. 11, 17So; d. Sept. 4, 1849; m. Asa Shaw of Kensington.
60. Hannah W. W., b. Aug. 1781 ; d. -.
61. John Dearborn, b. May 11, 1782; m. Nov. 15, 1804, Sarah Y. West; b. at Stratford, Vt., Sept. 17, 1784, and d. at Ogden, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1862; they removed to Genesee county in N. Y., ( as it was then called ) where he d. May 9, 1865. Children b. at Ogden, N. Y .: 1. John W., b. Aug. 4, 1804 ; m. Oct. 15, 1833, Esther Arnold. 11. Persis, b. Oct. IS, 1806; m. March 2, 1835, M. P. Parker; he d. Jan. 26, ISSo; she res. at Spencerport, N. Y. III. Clarissa M., b. Aug. 27, 1810; m. June 26, 1831, W. M. Brown; she d. Nov. 26, 1879. IV. Samuel N., b. March 24, 1822; m. Feb. 15, 1844, Maria Scott.
62. Ruth, b. March 29, 1787; d. Sept. 23, 1862; unm.
63. Nancy W., b. Dec. 25, 1788 ; d. Sept. 1, ISGS; m. T. R. Little. See.
64. Nathaniel, b. Feb., 1790 ; built the brick house on Mutton road where he d. March 6, 1835; unm. He was the first introducer of the Merino sheep into Salisbury, this famous sheep being introduced into this country in ISo2 by Col. David Humphreys.
65. Samuel, b. May, 1791 ; d. Jan. 1, 1826; m. - Day ; res. in the Elliott house.
(53) £ Stephen built the first building just south of the Elm
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house, which was later made a part of the hotel. It was a long, narrow, two-story building facing the south; a door in the middle and one at each end. He used it as a "Tavern stand;" some tradition says it was the first tavern in the town. He afterwards occupied the Nicho- las Wallace house. He m. Jan. 17, 1779, Hannah, dau. of Lieut. Matthew Pettingill.
66. Stephen C., b. Nov. 29, 1779.
67. Jonathan P., b. May 20, 1782. See.
68. Sally, b. Jan. 3, 1785 ; m. Joseph Little ; d. April 8, 1828.
(66) Stephen C., by trade a carpenter ; resided in the N. Wal- lace house ; succeeded Josiah Rogers in the hotel ; moved to the Getchel house where he had a carpenter shop ; d. Oct., 1850; m. Sept. 4, 1803, Nancy Hacket ; d. Oct. 25, 1871, aged 84.
69. Harrison W., d. young. 70. Susan, m. - Tafts, of Boston, Mass.
71. Jeanette, m. - Warren, of Hanover.
72. Eliza, m. - Whipple, of Detroit, Mich.
(55) Humphrey settled on the site now occupied by Sylvanus Webster ; March 8, 1815, he rem. to Bridgewater, thence to Plymouth, where he d. Sept. 3, 1838 ; m. (1) Rhoda, (Phebe ) dau. of Lieut. Matthew Pettingill, by whom she had eleven children, five of whom d. in infancy ; m. (2) March 9, 1815, widow Eliza Pingrey, of Bridgwater ; d. Jan. 2, 1843, aged 81.
73. Matthew P., b. Sept. 27, 1787. See.
74. Humphrey, b. Dec. 12, 1789; enlisted in the war of IS12; received a bullet wound in the face; after the close of the war he returned home, remaining a year, when he removed to Virginia where he practiced law; d. IS20. (?) M. C. Webster says, " he graduated at some college." Middlebury (?)
75. Amos P., b. May 23, 1793; learned the cabinet maker's trade; rem. to Boston, Mass .; m. -; he became proprietor of a large livery stable and later of an eating house ; d. -.
76. Betsey, m. Jacob Gale.
77. Susan C., b. June 3, 1804; m. Nov. 9, 1826, Wm. W. Russell, a merchant of
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Plymouth, his son, W. W., continuing the business, which was founded by Moore Russell, in 1798; she d. Sept. 15, 1845 ; he d. Sept. 3, 1872.
78. Mary Amanda, b. Dec. 3, 1811 ; m. March 13, 1835, Hon. Peter Harvey of Bos- ton ; she d. Dec. 29, 1839 ; he d. 1878.
(67) Jonathan P., in trade first at Boscawen, and for more than forty years in trade in the house where he d. in Salisbury, Oct. 29, 1858. The following obituary was written by a former secretary of state, and an intimate friend : "Everywhere and by everybody he was esteemed a good citizen, an affectionate husband, an indulgent father, a kind neighbor aud an honest man. Every evening his books were well arranged, either for con- tinued action or for a final closing up." He m. in Bos- cawen, Jennette Wilkins, Dec. 28, 1809; b. Oct. 13, 1789, d. March 17, 1867 ; dau. of Dea. Jonathan Wilkins of Con- cord.
79. Francis Brown, b. May 27, 1816; graduated at Dartmouth college in 1841 ; read law with Ilon. Samuel B. Ruggles at New York, but did not prac- tice ; went into mercantile pursuits ; m. April 2, 1850, Martha, dau. of IIon. Robert Harry, of Barnet, Vt .; merchant at Boston and Cambridge, Mass. So. Frederick H., b. Jan. 5, 1825; d. suddenly, Nov. 11, 1832.
(73) Matthew P., remaining on the farm built the present Sylvanus Webster house. At the age of 63 he went to California, where he remained three years; returning went to Washington and visited his friend, Frank Pierce, then president; returned and began speculating in arti- ticles for California. He killed the last wild deer in town ; m. April 2, 1811, Nancy Calef ; d. -.
Sı. Moses C., b. Dec. 28, 1812. See. 82. Noyes, d. young. S3. l'hebc.
S4. Gustavus V., m. Feb. 25, 1841, Louisa Sanborn.
S5. Humphrey, b. Feb. 19, 1821; graduated at Dartmouth in 1844; became a teacher at Springfield, Mass., then at Worcester ; rem. to Maborn, N. C., where he had a plantation just previous to the war ; d. 1566; m. Nov. 29, 1853, Eliza Hamilton, dau. of Lucius A. Emery, of West Newbury, Mass.
S6. Sylvanus P. 87. Charles P'., d. young. SS. John, d. young.
S9. Amos, d. young. 90. Amanda, m. Lovell ; d. here.
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(81) Moses C., m. Priscilla P., dau. of Aldad Austin ; b. at Boscawen, (now Webster ) July 14, 1813.
91. John A., b. Nov. 9, 1835; d. June 17, 1839.
92. John A., b. Aug. 9, 1840; d. March 7, 1854.
93. Charles, b. July 27, 1843. 94. Matthew A., b. April 31, 1847; d. July 17, 1877.
95. Jennie, b. July 10, 1849; d. Aug. 28, 1871.
96. Warren C., b. Feb. 5, 1853; m. Dec. 29, 1881, Jennie Smith. I. Warren S., b. Dec. 25, 1882. II. Jennie, b. Oct. 28, 1884. III. Marion, b. March 20, 1887 ; d. Feb. 9, 1889.
[ Humphrey Webster, Jr., of Boscawen, and Clarissa Greeley's marriage was posted Feb. 16, 1804 ; m. March 20, 1804, Mary Webster of Salisbury; m. June 26, 1808, Reuben Raino of Andover.]
[ By permission of the Secretary of State we are permitted to insert on the next page a cut of the statue of Webster in the State-house yard, at Concord.]
DANIEL WEBSTER
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THE WELLS FAMILY.
I. Samuel I., Esq. See his biography in the chapter de- voted to lawyers. He m. Miss Lucy Kellogg, a most fascinat- ing and accomplished lady, possessing much literary talent in the writing of Sunday school books. He d. at Portland, Me., 1846-7. Children all b. in Salisbury :
2. Andrew J. 3. Spencer. 4. Lucy.
5. Walter, b. Oct., 1830; fitted for college at Yarmouth academy; entered Bow- doin college from which he graduated in 1852, with high honors. The subject of his oration was : "The Conflict of Great Principles." He was a teacher and lecturer on educational topics for a number of years, deliver- ing addresses on a variety of scientific subjects in several states of the Union. In 1867 he took charge of the Hydrographic survey and embodied the result of his labors in the work entitled, " Water Power of Maine." He also wrote an Elementary Physical Geography, and many pamphlets on different subjects, besides being a frequent contributor to magazines. In IS69 and '70 he was Secretary of the National Association of Cotton Man- ufacturers and Planters, located in Boston, and while in that position he wrote an elaborate and exhaustive report on the relation of the tariff to the growth and manufacture of cotton in the United States. Subsequently Mr. Wells was connected with the Fairbanks Scale Company, and later was in the employ of various railroads. He was a liberal minded, genial man, and strictly honorable in all his dealings. He d. at Portland, Me., April 21, ISS1; m. 1876, Mary Sturdivant of Cumberland, who, with one child, Theodore, are left to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband and father.
THE WEST FAMILY.
1. Nathaniel West, who married Sarah Burbank, was born in Concord and had thirteen children. His twelfth child was Edward, who settled in Salisbury; b. Dec. 30, 1762; m. at Concord Sept. 28, 1786, Miriam Badger, who was b. March 10, 1768, and d. at the home of her daughter, in Concord, Jan. 19, 1842. He d. Sept. 12, 1821, at Salisbury. When he moved to
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Salisbury in 1790 he located on the site now occupied by Mrs. Eliphalet Little. April 14, 1794, David and Nathan Currier sold to Mr. West 46 rods of land for £80 old tenor, on which he erected a blacksmith shop, which stood on land now occu- pied by Jonathan Arey, just west of the above house. On the completion of the 4th New Hampshire turnpike he built the Flanders house, lately occupied by L. A. Hawkins, his shop standing between his dwelling and that of Dr. G. P. Titcomb.
2. Noah, b. at Concord, May 1, 1787. See.
3. William, b. April 2, 1790; m. Mary Barker ; resided in Concord ; d. Nov. 7, IS55.
4. Moses B., b. Feb. 23, 1793. See.
5. Joseph C., b. April 29, 1794; m. Mary Abbott of Concord, where they resided ; d. Oct. 26, 1859.
6. Edward, b. Aug. 23, 1796; d. Aug. 29, 1796.
7 and 8. Nancy and Fanny, b. April 19, 1800; d. ISor.,
9. Nancy, b. Feb. 17, 1803; m. Peter ( S?) Cate; resided at Lowell, Mass.
10. Fanny, b. April 15, 1805; m. Peter ( S .? ) Cate of Sanbornton ; she d. Sept. 5, 1835 ; when he m. Nancy.
II. Sophia B., b. at Concord, Feb. 7, IS12 ; m. Nov. 22, 1837, Rufus Merrill, pub- lisher and bookseller, of Concord.
12. Edward, d. Jan. 18, 1831.
(2) Noah, m. July 19, 1807, Hannah, dau. of Ensign John Webster; b. 1781 ; d. Aug. 19, 1863. Resided for a time in the ell of Dr. L. A. Hawkins house, when he built the G. P. Eastman house, where he d. July 20, 1835.
13. Rebecca, b. Aug. 16, 1807 ; m. Sinkler Bean ; she d. in Mich .; he res. Spring Harbor, Mich.
14. John W., b. April 22, 1809; m. Hannah Hilton; d. at East Andover, where she res.
15. Joseph C., b. Aug. 28, 1810; m. Rebecca Pike; d. at Amherst, March 2, 1859.
16. Clarissa P., b. April 22, 1813; m. Oct. 23, 1842, Hiram Moon ; res. at Kalama- zoo, Mich.
17. Jane, b. Oct. 28, 1814; d. Sept. 21, 1820. 18. Ruth, b. March 20, 1817; she lives with her sister at East Andover.
19. Charles E., b. Jan. 29, 1819; m. (1) Ann Bickford; m. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth San- born; res. at Concord ; d -
20. Mary J., b. Sept. 2, 1820; m. July 5, 1846, Charles B. Ililton ; res. E. Andover.
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(4) Moses B. resided in the George Eastman house until 1829, when he rem. to Lowell, Mass .; returned to the William Marden house in Boscawen; d. -; m. March 14, 1823, Marinda B. Elliott, of Boscawen ; he d. Jan. 15, 1847.
21. Charlotte A., b. Dec. 28, 182 3; m. Caleb E. Smith. See.
22. Sarah F., b. July 5, 1828; m. Feb. 23, 1849, Samll E. Whitney; res. Plattsburg, N. Y. She d. Sept. 27, 1887.
23. Ellen, b. in Boscawen, Oct. 24, 1837 ; m. Joseph Morrill, of Penacook; d. Oct. IS69.
THE WHITTAKER FAMILY.
I. Robert, b. in Salem, N. H., Aug. 28, 1798; m. (1) Feb. 2, 1820, Mary A. Woodard ; b. at Jamaica Plain, Mass., March 27, 1802; she d. at Atkinson, May 15, 1838 ; m. (2) at Atkin- son, Aug. 28, 1839, Abigail M. White, of Haverhill, Mass .; d. here, March 20, 1858. Mr. Whittaker and his family removed to Salisbury, May 20, 1842, purchasing the Nathan Currier house, where he d. April 27, 1848.
Children by first wife :
2. Louisa A., b. at Salem, May 12, 1822; m. April 30, 1854, John F. Perley, of Topsfield, Mass .; d. July 3, ISSI.
3. Hannah W., b. at Salem, April 16, 1825; m. Nov., 1846, John HI. Potter, of Topsfield, where she d. Nov. 25, 1865.
4. Thomas II., b. at Salem, Oct. 6. 1827; m. Sept. 21, 1851, Abiah E. Roby, of Boscawen ; she d. Sept. 24, 1SS2. Mr. Whittaker remains on the home- stead, following the occupation of his father, that of a shoemaker, with shop adjoining the store of William B. Dunlap. He was chosen town clerk in 1868, holding the office for five successive years, and was also elected selectman, continuing until his resignation in ISSI-2. I. Olive, b. Nov. 11, 1855. 11. Alma C., b. Feb. 11, 1857; m. Feb. 10, 1878, Frank E. Baker, of Andover.
5. Susan S., b. May 2, 1830; m. Nov. 25, 1852, E. H. Locke, of Topsfield.
6. Robert M., b. Sept. 4, 1832; d. at Atkinson, March 12, 1836.
7 and S. William ()., and Mary ()., b. at Atkinson, Sept. 22, 1835; William O. d. Dec. 12, IS35; Mary O. d. Dec. 6, 1835.
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THE WHITE FAMILY.
The ancestor of this family was William, b. in Norfolk county, England, in 1610, arriving in America in 1635. He had a son John, b. in 1640, who d. at Haverhill, Mass., in 1668; he had a son John, b. 1664, who d. in 1729; he had a son Nic- odemus, b. 1698, d. in 1782; he had a son, Noah, b. in 1728, d. in 1788; he had a son, James, b. May 20, 1754; m. 1775, Eunice Kingsbury ; he d. Dec. 18, 1830. Among his numer- ous family was :
I. Thomas R., b. at Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 23, 1776. See.
2. John, b. July 19, 1783. See.
(1) Thomas R. was a clerk in Samuel Greenleaf's store, and later opened a store on Corser hill, Webster, where he m. Dec. 28, 1812, Mary H. May. Returning to Salis- bury, he opened a store in what is now Amos Chapman's house, and then he built a store between Dr. Titcomb's house and J. C. Smith's barn. He rem. to Warner, and later to Andover, being in trade at both of these places. He d. at Franklin, Aug. 24, 1857.
3. Lucy J., b. in Webster, Feb. 4, 1814; m. Joseph Clark; d. at Franklin, June 6, 1864.
4. Mary M., b. in Salisbury, Aug. 9, 1815; m. Feb. 19, 1839, C. H. Clark.
5. Sarah M., b. in Salisbury, Jan. 20, 1818; m. Dea. Moses True. See.
6. John, b. in Warner, March 4, 1821 ; m. Martha Richardson.
7. Caroline, b. in Warner, Oct. 25, 1822; m. 1851, Hon. Austin F. Pike; she res. at Franklin.
8. Harriet, b. in Andover, Dec. 30, 1825; m. John Patricks, of Canterbury ; d. in Iowa in 1873.
9. Catherine, b. in Andover, May 4, 1828. She was a successful practitioner of medicine.
IO. Francis E., b. in Andover, June 8, 1832; d. unm.
11. George F., b. in Andover, May 5, 1834; killed at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 17 1864.
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(2) John was a clerk in Greenleaf's store, and then he built the store owned by Alfred Richardsoo, in which he did a good business. April 16, 1828, he sold out to Thomas R. Greenleaf. He rem. to Andover, Mass., and later to Chester. He d. Feb. 3, 1868; m. Dec. 12, 1811, Sophia Wilkins.
12. Caroline, b. Sept. 25, IS12 ; d. Dec. 28, 1819.
13. William H., b. Sept. S, IS14; d. Nov. 23, 1843; m. -.
14. Caroline, b. Oct. 26, 1819; d. Sept. 13, 1821.
15. Ann M., b. June 6, 1823; d. July 2, 1852, unm.
16. James, b. Feb. S, IS26 ; d. July 17, 1846.
THE WHITMORE FAMILY.
This name is recognized as early as the twentieth year of the Norman conquest. It is claimed by some that Whitmore was the ancestral name, but, the family becoming more numerous, a branch of it changed their name to Whittemore. Persons posted on the families say there were two distinct families.
. (1) Anthony, b. at Newburyport, Mass., March 15, 1771, rem. to Salisbury in 1798, where he purchased the "Williams store" in which he traded several years; subsequently trading the place with Benjamin Pettingill, he came into possession of the Dr. Batchelder place. (See.) Mr. Whitmore bought the Abel Elkins tavern stand, and partly turning the building around, he put it in its pres- ent shape, and sold it to Esquire Hale Pettingill for $2,600. He then built the Jonathan P. Webster build- ings. He owned much real estate about Centre Road. In 1812 he purchased the farm recently occupied by his son, Anthony K., where he d. July 12, 1825. Sept. 6, ISO6, he was appointed justice and for some years did much of that business. He was one of those live, ener-
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getic business men, satisfactorily accomplishing what- ever he undertook. He m. Jan. 16, 1795, Priscilla, dau. of "Master" Thomas Chase, b. at Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 22, 1776; d. May 31, 1856.
2. Anthony K., b. in Newburyport, Mass., June 1, 1797. See.
3 Elizabeth H., b. in Salisbury, April 7, 1800; m. Jan. 1826, Dr. Daniel Mowe, the celebrated patent medicine proprietor, of Lowell, Mass. He d. -. She d. at Lowell, Mass., Jan. 5, 1890.
4. Ruth C., b. Nov. 1, ISO1 ; m. Dec. 28, 1823, John Calef. See.
5. Samuel K., b. April 3, 1803; d. at Haverhill, Mass., ISSo ; m. -.
6. Benjamin F., b. Dec. 24, 1802 ; m. - Whitmore, of Lebanon; d. at St. Louis, Mo.
7. Joseph W., Sept. 16, 1809; m. Mary A. Cross, of Salem, Mass. He d. at Port- land, Me., where he was engaged in the post office. He was a smart and capable business man. She res. at Portland.
8. Sarah K., b., Aug. 30, 1815; m. Nov. 23, 1837, Prof. John Butterfield, M. D., a native of Lowell, Mass. He was a professor in the medical college at Cincinnatti, Ohio, and afterwards rem. to Columbus. After settling up his affairs he returned to Salisbury, and d. at F. B. Calef's. She m. (2) Hon. Joseph H. Giger, of Cincinnati, where they reside.
(2) Anthony Knapp remained on the farm. He d. Dec. 13, 1883 ; m. April 23, 1823, Abigail Huntoon. She d. Dec. 19, 1872.
9. Susan B., b. March 9, 1834 ; m. Dudley Colley. 10. Samuel K., b. Dec. 5, 1835.
II. William W., b. Dec. 1, 1837 ; unm.
12. Emily J., b. Jan. 1, 1840 ; m. - Wallace; res. Antrim.
13. Sarah K., b. Feb. 10, 1842; m. Whitney Hill.
14. George F., b. Feb. 15, 1844; m. -. 15. Anthony, b. April 24, 1846.
16. Elizabeth M., b. April 24, 1849; m. Tristram Page ; res. Antrim.
17. Edward C., b. April 24, 1851. IS. Priscilla C., b. April 17, 1855; m. -
THE WHITTEMORE FAMILY.
THREE BRANCHES.
Rev. Aaron, b. at Concord, Mass .; graduated at Harvard college in 1737; he was ordained the first minister at Pem- broke, N. H., March 12, 1737, remaining till Nov. 16, 1767, when he was seized with paralysis while preaching and died
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the following morning, aged 55 years. Among his numerous family was :
I. Benjamin. See. 2. Ebenezer. See. 3. Peter.
(1) Capt. Benjamin, better known as "Button Whittemore," was a famous character and was always in law with some one, even if it was his own sons, one of whom put the litigious old gentleman in jail. Nov. 29, 1791, he pur- chased Daniel Brottlebank's farm, and later removed to Danbury. He d. at Concord, -. He had 16 children by one wife. He m. (1) Abigail -; m. (2) Sarah Saw- yer, (Ruth D. on gravestone) d. July 15, 1828, aged 29 years.
4. John, b. in Pembroke, Feb. 22, 1776; rem. to Salisbury in 1782, and in 1798 he rem. to Rumford, Me., where he m. (1) Jan. 1, 1799, Betsey Pillsbury ; she d. Dec. 15, 1815; m. (2) Dec. 1, 34, Olive Brainard; m. to Danbury in IS07, and June 1, 1812, he rem. to and became the first resident at Dix- ville, where he remained until his death, which occurred on Jan. 19, IS46. He went to Dixville as agent for Daniel Webster, to look after and take charge of the land in that vicinity. Children by firstwife : Benjamin, Sarah, Samuel, John, Daniel, Mary and Elizabeth ; by second wife, Octavia.
5. Ebenezeer. 6. Benjamin, d. in Danbury. 7. Amos. See.
S. Samuel, who resided in the David Bacon house, which was destroyed by fire in ISS2, m. Jan. IS21, Martha, dau. of Stephen Perrin. She had seven children, among whom were, Lucy, Mary, Martha, Harriet and Susan, who were all noted school teachers.
9. Esther, b. -; d. June 22, IS25, aged 37 years.
10. Judith, b. -; m. Aug. S, 1799, ( either this date is wrong or she was a sister to the father ) Joseph Adams, of Boscawen.
II. Susan, b. -; m. April 24, 1833, Joseph Goss, of Springfield : rem. west.
12. David. 13 Amelia, b. -; d. Feb. 27, IS33.
(7) Amos, resided in the Miss Kate Shaw house on Racoon hill. He m. (1) Nov. 28, 1821, Judith Kemp, of Salis- bury ; d. March 14, 1835, aged 39; m. (2) Aug. 22, 1841, Mrs. Mehitable Quimby, of Springfield. He d. at Princetown, Ill.
14. Deborah, b. Nov. IS24 ; d. Oct. 11, IS25.
15. Fletcher R., b. IS34; d. Oct. 10, 1837.
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(2) Ebenezer, better known as "Cane Whittemore," from his being lame and using a cane in his profession. He settled in the old school house, which stood by a large tree, south of Thomas Bruce's, at Shaw's corner. In this small room, with an L attached, he raised a large family, and followed the occupation of a shoemaker, although most of his business was "whipping the cat." In olden times, shoemakers took their tools on their back and went from house to house, making up the year's supply of boots and shoes for the family, and this was called "whipping the cat." He was b. at Pembroke, March 2, 1778; m. Feb. 2, 1800, Lydia S. Richards, of Boscawen; b. May 5, 1778; she d. July 13, 1845 ; he d. Nov. 2, 1863. Seventeen children were the fruits of their marriage. One died an infant, one at ten years, and two each at one and three years. Thirteen became men and women. The family without exception were intelligent and temperate ; each of them had a comforta- ble home and maintained a high standing in the community in which they lived, and most have been active church members. Four sons and one daughter remain.
16. Daniel B., the second son, left Wilmot some forty-five years, removing to Keene, Ohio, where he has been a farmer and merchant.
17. Albert G., b. 1806; is a successful farmer at Napoli, N. Y.
IS. Joseph, b. 1813 and was ordained a pastor of a Baptist church in Tiverton, R. I., in 1840, but for twenty years has practiced medicine, and now res. at Osage, Iowa.
19. Daniel R. The following extract from the "Biographical Cyclopedia of Rep- resentative Men of Rhode Island, 18SI," gives a very good sketch of the remaining son : "Whittemore, Daniel Richards, was b. in Salisbury, N. H., July 31, 1819. He was the sixteenth child of Ebenezer and Lydia ( Richards ) Whittemore, of a well-known New Hampshire family. *
* In March, 1835, Mr. Whittemore left the employment of the farm, to which his earlier years had been devoted, and went to Lowell, Mass., where he was a mechanics' apprentice, a student at Dracut academy, and the publishing agent of Zion's Banner," a weekly religious newspaper. During this period he was actively engaged in religious work. Early in IS42 he removed to Rhode Island, and in October of that year was
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