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(3) Frederick A., b. March 13, 1848.
(4) Asa B., b. Sept. 11, 1851 ; d. Feb. 24, 1858.
(5) Edward C., b. March 15, 1854.
2. Sophia Carleton m. Sept 20, 1845, Lewis A. W. Heath, of New London. Children,-
(1) Isabelle Adelaide, m. Nathaniel Moulton.
(2) Bessie.
(3) Frank.
(4) Nellie.
4 Charles E. Carleton m. Dec. 25, 1857, at Manchester, Frances Gilman, of Gilmanton, dau. of John M. and Mary. J. (Smart) Gilman. No children. Mrs. Carleton m., 2d, March 21, 1882, in Peterborough, Ralph Sawyer (his 2d wife). Residence, Norwich, Vt.
5. Theresa E. Carleton m. 1857, John Chamberlin, of Charlestown, Mass. Children,-
(1) John.
(2) Edward, d. a young man.
(3) Willie, b. and d. 1862.
(4) Minnie, b. July 4, 1864 ; m. - Leonard, in Minneapolis.
IV. Sophia Greeley, b. Nov. 7, 1798; d. Aug. 20, 1872, in Bristol : m. April 16, 1818, in Haverhill, Mass., Samuel Walker Gardner, b. April 14, 1797, in Bradford, Mass. He d. in Great Falls Feb. 28, 1884. After their marriage they resided some years in Sutton. Children,-
1. Dolly Sargent, b. in Sutton, June 14, 1819; d. in Danbury, Jan. 26, 1854.
2. Joseph Greeley, b. in Sutton, Dec. 20, 1822; d. in Haverhill, Mass., July 9, 1842.
3. Sophia Greeley, b. in Troy, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1825.
4. George Warren, b. in Pomfret, Vt., Oct. 8, 1828.
5. Christopher Columbus, b. in Hudson, May 8, 1833.
1. Dorothy Sargent Gardner m. Jan. 6, 1839, Hezekiah Chase, of Danbury. Children,-
(1) George Warren, b. Sept., 1839. He now resides in Canaan.
(2) Dorothy Ann, b. June, 1841.
(3) Joseph G., b. Aug., 1843. He now resides in Concord.
(4) Sarah Josephine, b. Aug., 1847; m. Rev. E. C. Spinney, D. D., formerly pastor of the Pleasant Street Baptist Church, of Concord, now resident in Des Moines, Iowa.
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3. Sophia Greeley Gardner m. March 5, 1846, Asa Randlett, of Canaan. Children,-
(1) Angeline, b. May 19, 1847 ; m. George E. Stevens, of Boston.
(2) Emma Sophia, b. Jan. 14, 1850; m. Rev. J. R. Stubbert, pastor of Baptist church in Putnam, Conn.
(3) Warren Gardner, b. July 12, 1852. Resides in Shirley, Mass.
(4) Nellie, b. Oct. 24, 1854; m. George W. Dickerman, of Boston.
(5) Ida Grace, b. Feb. 11, 1859. Resides at Boston Highlands.
(6) Fred Asa, b. Oct. 8, 1862. Resides at North Woodstock, Conn.
(7) Josephine Gertrude, b. June, 1866.
(8) Minnie, b. -
4. George Warren Gardner m. Nov. 18, 1852, Celia Lull Hubbard, in Windsor, Vt. Children,-
(1) Guy Hubbard, b. March 7, 1856. He is M. D. (Harvard, 1879). He m. Cora Cutler, dau. of Charles Cutler, M. D.
(2) Clarence, b. Dec. 12, 1858. Graduated M. A. at Brown Univer- sity in 1883. He is professor in the Central University of Iowa.
(3) Ada Grant, b. May 8, 1860. Graduated B. A. from Smith Col- lege, 1882. She m. Rev. Joseph Fielden, pastor of the Baptist church in Winchester, Mass.
(4) George Frank, b. at Winchester, Mass., 1875. Resides at home with his parents.
The following brief sketch of the life and work of Rev. George W. Gardner as a clergyman and educator, is taken from Appleton's Cyclo- pedia of American Biography :
Born in Pomfret, Vt., Oct. 8, 1828, graduated at Dartmouth 1852, and in 1853 became principal of the New London (N. H.) Institu- tion, continuing in that position till 1861. He was ordained as a min- ister of the gospel in 1858, and in November, 1861, installed pastor of the First Baptist church in Charlestown, Mass. He left this place in 1872 to become corresponding secretary of the American Baptist Mis- sionary Union. From 1876 to 1878 he was pastor of the First Baptist church in Cleveland, O., and from 1881 till 1885, when his health broke down, he was president of the Central University in Iowa. Dur- ing the year 1870 he visited Europe, extending his travels to Egypt, Palestine, and Greece. He has performed editorial service in connec- tion with the Baptist Missionary Magazine and the Watchman news- paper of Boston, besides writing many tracts and review articles. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Dartmouth in 1867."
During the last few years Dr. Gardner has been in impaired health, and has been engaged only in partial public service, but is at present so far recovered as to become pastor of the young and flourishing Beth Eden Baptist church in Waltham, Mass., where he now resides. He also has a beautiful summer home in New London, where with his family he spends several months in the year amid the scenes of his early educational work.
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5. Christopher C. Gardner m. April 13, 1859, Susan E. Bartlett, in Concord. Children,-
(1) Joseph Greeley, b. March 11, 1860. Graduated at Dartmouth college, class of 1883; a lawyer and real estate dealer in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
(2) Charles Christopher, b. Feb. 28, 1866. Graduated at Dartmouth college, class of 1888, and is now a banker in Sargent, Neb.
(3) George Warren, b. Nov. 5, 1872. Entered Brown University June, 1890.
Christopher C. Gardner, now resident in Biddeford, Me., has been engaged in the photographic and picture business with success, and is an able and careful business man. He is interested quite extensively in real estate in the West.
V. Joseph Greeley m. 1825, Hannah, dau. of John and Ellinor (Whitcomb) Kezar, b. Nov. 23, 1808 ; d. Dec. 11, 1847. He m., 2d, April 3, 1851, Mrs. Lydia (Merrill) Ambrose, widow of David Ambrose, of Sutton. She survived Mr. Greeley several years, and spent the last of her life in Maryland, with her children by her 1st marriage. Children, all by 1st wife, b. in Sutton,-
1. Marian Harvey, b. Sept. 16, 1825; d. May 15, 1865 : m. Nov. 26, 1857, Newell J. Nye, of New London, his 2d wife. Child,-
(1) Minnie H., b. Aug. 13, 1860.
Newell J. Nye was a harness-maker, doing business for some years in Mill Village. He enlisted in the autumn of 1862, and served till the close of the war. He m., 1st, Margaret Clark, of New London. Their children were William, now living, with a family, in Scytheville, and Ellen, who d. Sept. 7, 1865, aged about 14 years, in Sutton. Mr. Nye m., 3d, Mrs. Sarah (Ensworth) Carleton, who survives him.
2. Joseph, b. Dec. 24, 1828; m. Dec. 24, 1856, L. Maria Snow, of Dublin. No children.
Joseph Greeley has spent most of his life in North Sutton, where he is known to possess the universal confidence and esteem of the people. He has been post-master there some thirty years, holding the office through all changes of administration, irrespective of political ascend- ency, and without any manœuvring beyond the endeavor to accom- modate to the best of his ability the people whose mails pass through his hands. He has also during these years kept a store for general merchandise. It will be seen that with all this he must have been brought into official and business, as well as social, relations with a great number of people. To say that he has made no enemies among them all is to say much, but to go farther and venture the assertion that, though a successful merchant, he has made friends of all those he has dealt with, is to credit him with the possession of qualities such
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as fall to the lot of very few men. And yet it is believed that all will agree in the opinion that he is the fortunate possessor of those very qualities, and that the same figures which would express the number of his aquaintances would indicate exactly the number of his friends. In the busy life that Mr. Greeley has led he has found it necessary to steadily decline all political preferment.
VI. Gilman Greeley m. Oct. 11, 1828, Hannah Fifield, b. July 1, 1813; d. April 28, 1887. Children,-
1. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1830 ; d. May 15, 1855, in Manches- ter.
2. Dorothy Sargent, b. July 4, 1835; d. May 13, 1855, in Sutton, of consumption.
3. Frank Gilman, b. June 18, 1847, in Sutton ; d. Sept. 11, 1879, in Haverhill. He m. July 4, 1870, Alzina Eaton. They had no children.
1. Sarah Elizabeth Greeley m. about 1852, William Hoyt, of Sutton, who d. in Haverhill about 1886. He m., 2d, Fanny -, who d. some years before he did. No children. Child of 1st wife,-
(1) Sarah D., b. May 7, 1855, in Manchester.
Her mother dying when she was only one week old, she was brought up by her grandparents in Sutton, and was usually called by their name, Greeley instead of Hoyt.
(1) Sarah D. Hoyt Greeley m. 1872 Thomas Keith of Haverhill, Mass. Children, b. in Haverhill,-
Mabel, b. 1873. Mary, b. 1874.
Mrs. Keith m., 2d, George S. Covell, of Portland, Me., now resident, in Lynn, where he has been for many years agent for Wheeler & Wil- son Sewing Machine Co., besides other business of his own. They have a daughter,-
Ada S., b. 1877.
George S. Covell is son of Stanley and Phebe Jane (Sawyer) Covell, of Portland, Me.
In looking at the record of deaths of the daughters of Gilman Greeley, it will be seen that it shows the somewhat remarkable cir- cumstance of two sisters dying within thirty-six hours of each other, though in different places and not of the same sickness.
Dea. Joseph Greeley removed to Warner, and located on Tory hill, where his two oldest daughters were born. In 1792 he purchased of Samuel Andrew the estate in Sutton known in later years as the Nathan Burpee place, and moved into a log house. He built, in the course of a few years, a. 47
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large dwelling-house, which he opened as a tavern, and also kept a store on the premises, as well as a blacksmith- shop, where he did more or less work on iron, having learned the trade from his father while a boy.
Dea. Greeley was also for the long period of forty years of his life engaged in the business of buying cattle and sheep in the country, and driving them for sale to the city markets. Twenty years ago those were living who could well remember him in the character of a drover, often asso- ciated in the business with bluff Col. Flint, of Brentwood, sometimes also with Capt. Bela Nettleton, of Newport. In his sheep-gathering expeditions and consequent frequent transits between city and country, he was always attended by his factotum, faithful Cesar Lewis.
Dea. Greeley served the town as selectman, committee- man, &c., as the records show. He was a deacon of the early Baptist church in the later years of its existence.
He was a man of much enterprise, and for several years -more than twenty-was successful in his various branches of business. But the opening of another road, which drew the travel away from the road that passed his house, closed up his tavern : this was his first business reverse of much account. Becoming reduced in circumstances, he sold his property in the south part of Sutton and purchased a smaller place near Kezar's pond, lately the George French place, and there resided till his death.
He was a man of refined and gentlemanly manners, gen- ial, hospitable, and kind as a friend and neighbor. The reverses of his later years did not in the least affect the uniform cheerfulness and politeness of his demeanor. At eighty years of age he was as straight and nimble as a boy. The writer remembers to have seen him, when past that age, make a very rapid descent down a flight of outside stairs. The steps were eight or ten in number, worn smooth and round on their edges, and made more treacher- ous by recent rain. He chanced to slip on the edge of the first stair, but, not in the least disconcerted, he never lost
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his balance, allowing himself to continue to slide down on the edges of the stairs from one to another, and so reached the ground in safety, and passed on his way without even stopping to look back or comment on his adventure.
The most faithful and minute descriptions of the customs and condition of the people of those early days which the writer has been able to obtain have come from the recollec- tions of aged women. A daughter of Dea. Greeley, Mrs. Col. John Harvey, furnished the following :
"I was born in Warner. When I was four years old I came to Sutton with my parents and sister Polly [after- wards the wife of Henry Carleton] in an ox-cart, in which were also some of our household goods. We reached the neighborhood of our new home after dark, went into the last house on the road and lighted our lantern, and then went on through pastures one half or three quarters of a mile to our log house. My mother used to make our house warm for winter by calking the fissures and cracks with tow. She would get a quantity of tow, and with a case-knife crowd it in between the logs. At first our floor was neither boards nor split logs, but simply strips of bark laid over the bare earth. The trees in the woods being of great size, however, strips of bark of great length and width could be procured without much trouble, which, being laid down with the smooth side uppermost, made a clean, comforta- ble flooring for our log-house."
GILLINGHAM.
Hiram Gillingham drove the stage from Bradford to New London twenty-one years, thus passing through the whole length of the town of Sutton every day, carrying the mail and doing no small amount of express business besides. In this way he became acquainted with almost every person in town, and by his unfailing kindness, faithfulness, and liberal dealing, secured the confidence, good will, and es- teem of all.
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When he had been driving on this route many years the Sutton people, wishing to manifest their appreciation of the handsome manner in which he had treated them, invited him to meet them socially at the town hall in North Sut- ton. At this reception, which was very fully attended, many pleasant things were said, and the occasion was much enjoyed by all present.
Mr. Gillingham commenced driving on this route in June, 1853, and continued on the same till 1874.
HART.
Charles Hart, b. June 1, 1791; d. Feb. 24, 1876 : m. 1816, Polly Sargent, b. March 17, 1795; d. Oct. 9, 1880. Children,-
I. David, b. May 17, 1817.
II. William S., b. April 8, 1819.
III. Benjamin W. P., b. June 21, 1821; d. July, 1856.
IV. Martha Jane, b. June 18, 1823; d. July 19, 1826.
V. Joseph, b. April 26, 1825; d. July 16, 1831.
VI. Daniel H., b. June 14, 1827 ; d. 1850.
VII. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 28, 1829; d. Dec. 31, 1830.
VIII. Charles, b. Nov. 18, 1831.
IX. Clarissa, b. March 10, 1835; d. Jan., 1865.
X. Stillman B., b. April 15, 1637; d. 1865.
I. David Hart m. April 6, 1842, Caroline. Morse. Children,-
1. Betsey J., b. Feb. 6, 1844.
2. Mary, b. April 23, 1846; d. Jan. 1, 1854.
3. Benjamin A., b. April 16, 1848.
4. Cassilda, b. May 8, 1850 ; d. Dec. 4, 1853.
5. George W., b. April 13, 1854 ; d. Feb. 21, 1865.
6. Mark L., b. July 16, 1856; d. June 9, 1886.
7. Howard E., b. Jan. 23, 1859 ; d. March 5, 1865.
8. Carrie L., b. April 20, 1862 ; d. Feb. 21, 1865.
9. Clara M., b. June 22, 1863 ; d. Sept. 24, 1884.
10. Lizzie A., b. July 6, 1864; d. March 11, 1865.
11. Frank A., b. April 14, 1868.
II. William S. Hart m. Jan. 29, 1846, Mary Merrill, b. May 20, 1829. Children,-
1. Sarah J., b. March 24, 1848 ; d. Dec. 31, 1874.
2. Martha A., b. Jan. 25, 1850 ; d. May 11, 1886.
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3. Mary L., b. May 22, 1852 ; d. Dec. 11, 1864.
4. Frank W., b. May, 31, 1855 ; d. Dec. 26, 1864.
5. Emma L., b. April 23, 1866; d. July 25, 1886.
VIII. Charles Hart m. Jan. 6, 1852, Helen M. Bingham, b. Jan. 17, 1832. Children,-
1. Grace E., b. Nov. 8, 1852.
2. Sarah M., b. Sept. 4, 1859; d. Feb., 1865.
3. Effie M., b. 1869.
IX. Clarissa J. Hart m. 1855, Carlos S. Bingham. Children,-
1. Mary J., b. Nov., 1856 ; d. 1865.
2. Lora A., b. May, 1859 ; d. 1865.
3. Clara B., b. March 23, 1861.
X. Stillman B. Hart m. 1860, Angeline Blodgett. Children,-
1. Etta M., b. Nov., 1860 ; d. 1865.
2. John B., b. April, 1862 ; d. 1865.
3. Fred S., b. April, 1864.
The many deaths in these Hart families in 1864-5 were caused by diphtheria.
WILLIAM HART
was b. in Weare, Jan. 27, 1788 ; m. Feb. 13, 1814, Sarah Gould, b. Feb. 7, 1795, in Dunbarton, who is still living. He d. in 1857, in Sutton, of blood poisoning, induced by freezing his feet while working in a saw-mill. This family came to Sutton in 1840, and among this town's adopted citizens none were ever more respected than Mr. and Mrs. Hart. Mr. Hart was a miller and wheelwright, and assisted in building most of the mills and shops in the then grow- ing part of the town where they lived, the Mill Village. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Hart has lived with her daughter, Mrs. William H. Marshall. She retains her mental and bodily faculties to an extent and degree which at her great age is considered very wonderful. Children,-
I. Sarah, d. in infancy.
II. Mary G., b. March 17, 1817.
III. Eben G., b. March 23, 1819 ; d. Nov. 30, 1823.
IV. John G., b. July 15, 1827 ; d. Feb. 25, 1867.
V. William Henry, b. April 27, 1830; d. Nov. 4, 1864.
II. Mary G. Hart m. William H. Marshall. Children,-
1. Mary F., b. Nov. 19, 1837. [For descendants see Knowlton.]
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2. Ellen L., b. Dec. 3, 1840; m. Westley J. Robinson, July 1, 1867. Child,-
(1) Elmer D., b. Aug. 12, 1868.
3. Charles C., b. May 29, 1844. He was sergeant in Co. H, 1st N. H. Vol. Cavalry, in the War of the Rebellion. He m., 1st, Lizzie M. Evans, Jan. 1, 1872 ; m., 2d, Fannie J. Marshall, Jan. 23, 1884. Chil- dren, by 1st wife,-
(1) Grace E., b. May 12, 1873; d. in infancy.
(2) Mabelle A., b. Nov. 9, 1875.
4. Sarah G., b. Nov. 3, 1847 ; d. April 27, 1861.
5. Frederick H., b. Sept. 11, 1851 ; d. July 1, 1880.
IV. John G. Hart m. Oct. 10, 1853, Addie M. Richardson. Child,-
1. George F., b. Nov. 8, 1860; m. Nov. 17, 1887, E. Josie Burnett.
V. William H. Hart m. Nov. 1, 1852, Eliza L. Nelson. Chil- dren,-
1. Selwyn Van Ness, b. Dec. 23, 1853 ; m. Nov. 26, 1879, Louisa Hutchinson. Child,-
(1) Walter S., b. April 18, 1881.
2. Estelle A., b. Sept. 6, 1859 ; m. Nov. 8, 1877, Fred P. Harvey. Children,-
(1) Albert W., b. March 10, 1878.
(2) Edwin H., b. Oct. 10, 1887.
Among the citizens of Sutton who acquired a reputation for abilities of a high order displayed in the various walks of life, was William Harrison Marshall. He was b. at Brad- ford, Oct. 26, 1811, and was the third of seven children born to Walker and Dorcas (Presby) Marshall.
The Marshall family is of English origin, and the grand- father of the subject of this sketch, Joseph Marshall, the founder of the Marshall family in this section, was born at Chelmsford, Mass., where he was living at the breaking out of the American Revolution. He was of that patriotic mould which spurned with indignation the oppression of the mother country, and, attaching himself to the minute men of the period, he took an active part in the memorable Concord fight in 1775, and was also among the patriot band who fought at Bunker Hill and Bennington.
The year after the breaking out of the Revolution he re- moved to Weare, where he purchased a farm of 175 acres, and engaged in agricultural pursuits when not in the army.
yours Truly
WH6. Marshall
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He raised a family of fifteen children, the result of two marriages, and Walker Marshall, the father of William H., was the youngest son save one. In 1817 Walker Marshall removed to Tunbridge, Vt., where, shortly afterwards, his wife died, and the children were at once separated and put out among families wherever a place could be found for them. As the result of this they enjoyed very meagre educational facilities, and the most of the knowledge they obtained, aside from the rough experiences of life which were their portion, was the result of their own persistent inquiry and research during intervals when they could command their own time.
Young Marshall remained at Tunbridge until attaining his majority, when he proceeded to northern New York, and, while employed in the iron mines of that locality, nar- rowly escaped death from an explosion, pieces of rock and other matter being blown into his side. When able to be about he left for East Weare, which he made his home for a time, finding employment as a carpenter at Concord. At Weare he became acquainted with Miss Mary G. Hart, whom he married at Hopkinton, January 25, 1837, and from that time till the close of his career was blessed with a helpmate who was rarely endowed with all the kindly and self-reliant qualities which are characteristic of the true New England woman, and proved a most loving wife and affectionate mother. Shortly after their marriage they re- moved to Manchester, where Mr. Marshall, following the vocation of millwright, assisted in placing in position the first wheels run by the great Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, now the most important cotton manufacturing corporation in the world. After the completion of his work at Manchester he removed to Hopkinton, and while there learned of the manufacturing interests then being centred at Sutton, and on Aug. 8, 1840, arrived there, and from that date to the time of his death, which occurred April 18, 1887, from pneumonia, made Sutton his home.
On January 25, 1887, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall celebrated
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their golden wedding anniversary, it being an event of much importance in the social history of the town. The exercises pertaining to the affair took place in Nelson's hall, and were generally attended by the town's people. Many handsome gifts were bestowed, and all of the worthy couple's descendants were represented in some way.
Following Mr. Marshall's arrival in Sutton he assisted in the building of several mills, and thereafter devoted him- self to the calling of a wheelwright, the excellence of his workmanship bringing him patronage from a wide area of country, and "as good as Marshall's wheels " became pro- verbial. He was likewise an enthusiast in the cultivation of the soil, and originated several varieties of fruits and vegetables, which have enjoyed a wide popularity. In both politics and religion he was of the progressive mould, and took advanced ground. He was well informed upon all topics, a ready talker and debater, and whatever party, question, or idea had him as an exponent possessed a cham- pion whose arguments were supported by reasoning which was both lucid and incontrovertible. Coupled with his power in this direction was a nature as kindly and genial as the sunlight, a disposition so generous and charitable as to place self in the background, and those in want and affliction ever found in him a sympathizing heart and help- ing hand. He was tolerant of the opinion of others, and never discriminated in the performance of a good deed. It was but natural that a man of his make-up should exercise a commanding influence upon the community, and no man in Sutton was more sought after for advice in the direction of town and individual affairs. He possessed a symmetry of character, a directness of method, which made and re- tained friends, and when his obsequies were held the whole town, seemingly, paid tribute to his memory. It is recalled of him that as the infirmities of old age approached he felt that his life-work was done, and manifested a desire for the speedy coming of the time when his soul should throw off the mortal and be clothed in immortality.
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HARDY.
Daniel Hardy, b. March 14, 1824, in Pelham, son of Dud- ley and Sophia (Barker) Hardy; m. March 31, 1859, Zoe Marshall, b. April 6, 1830, in Hudson. No children. They came to North Sutton to live April 6, 1879, having pur- chased the Reuben Porter farm, where they still reside, being a very useful and agreeable addition to the society of the town and neighborhood.
HARVEY.
Thomas and William Harvey, brothers, were in this country previous to 1640. Thomas m. 1643, Elizabeth, dau. of James Wall, of Hampton, and resided in Hampton and Amesbury.
William m. Joan -, and in 1639 was living in Ply- mouth. He removed to Taunton, where he was elected several times (1644 to 1657) a representative to the Mas- sachusetts General Court. Children by first wife,-
I. Abigail, b. April 25, 1640.
II. Thomas, b. Dec. 18, 1641; d. -.
III. Experience, b. March 10, 1644.
IV. Joseph, b. Dec. 14, 1645.
His wife Joan d. 1649, and he m., 2d, Martha Slocum, sister to Anthony Slocum, one of the first settlers at Taun- ton, from Somersetshire, Eng. Children by 2d wife,-
V. William, b. Aug. 27, 1651.
VI. Thomas, b. Aug. 16, 1652.
VII. John, b. Feb. 5, 1655.
William Harvey, the father, d. Aug. 15, 1658, and his widow m. Nov. 10, 1659, Henry Tewksbury.
It is believed that (VI) Thomas and (VII) John are the Thomas and John Harvey found on the early Amesbury records.
Thomas first appears as one of a committee on highways in 1689, and from that date till 1714 he was constantly in
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office as selectman and representative for many years, and held other offices. He m. Oct. 26, 1676, Sarah -. Their first child, found on Amesbury records, is William, b. March 9, 1687, d. -. Another William, b. Jan. 15, 1689, m. Sept. 25, 1714, Abigail Martin, and had a son, Thomas, b. April 30, 1716. Thomas and Sarah might have had children born earlier than those named, but Amesbury's record of births does not begin till 1686. Thomas Harvey died 1714.
From (VII) John Harvey the descent is clearly traced to the Harveys of Nottingham, Northwood, Warner, and Sutton.
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