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A few rods up the road from the Benj. Kendrick homestead was erected, about 1824, the successor to the school-house on the ledge near the grange. This was burnt, and the old red school-house across the road appeared, in which all the Eaton brothers and sisters went to school. In 1884 this was changed into a new and more com- modious white house. But it in no longer crowded as were the older ones with hearty children. The few who attend of another genera- tion still play in the sand, build their miniature stone walls around their miniature farms, houses, and barns, roll up the big snow-balls, slide gaily down the hill, and have their childish quarrels as those before them.
The next house below the Kendricks on the south side was the home of Edward Ordway, father of Samuel Ordway and ancestor of all our Ordways. It is now occupied by the widow and children of Daniel Ordway. Of the next house on the same side of the road, Joseph Johnson's, nothing remains to mark the site but the orchard.
Nearly opposite stands the mansion, built in 1814 by John Adams, who married Sally Kimball. They first settled and lived on the summit of Adams hill near by. His son John Adams afterwards occupied the homestead now owned by Highgate Jordan. On the other side, at the corner of the Waterloo road, stands the house built by Edward Ordway, the son of the Edward above mentioned. It
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is now the home of Hon. Jacob K. Adams, who represented Sutton in the state legislature, as it was of his father, B. F. Adams. Across the Waterloo road from here was the home of John Kezar, 1814-'20, which long since disappeared.
On the north side farther down stands the mansion, built in 1814, of Nathaniel Eaton, who lived to celebrate, in the possession of all his faculties to a remarkable degree, his hundredth birthday. It is now occupied by his son, Hon. Geo. C. Eaton. The next house, and the last before passing from Sutton into Warner, was the home of Jonathan Rowell and his sons Ira and Silas Rowell, later of George and Charles Rowell, the sons of Silas, and now of James B. Sawyer.
Passing westerly from Eaton Grange, the first house was that of Peter Peaslee, son of David, of which only the cellar remains in what has ever since been known as the "Peter orchard." At the foot of the hill, near the corner of the road leading to North Sutton, lived the Taylors. Here at one time was a busy centre,-a tavern, a store, a potash, a tannery, and a cooper shop. All traces of this home and these activities have disappeared excepting the cellar, the vat-holes of the tannery, and the orchard of the old Taylor home- stead. Several of the Taylor sons became clergymen ;- one, Rev. Wm. Taylor, organized many Baptist churches, among them those in Bradford and Concord, N. H. He was one if not the chief of the founders of the academy at New Hampton, N. H., and of the college at Kalamazoo, Mich.
In this Taylor homestead also afterward resided Mr. Silsby, a. clergyman, who carried the mail on horseback through a considera- ble region of this county, and announced his approach by a blast from his tin horn.
Down the roadway towards North Sutton is the steep hill known as Potash hill.
Rising the Downing hill on the road towards South Sutton, on the north side, is the cellar which marks the site of the old home of Seth Downing, afterward occupied by Joseph Peaslee.
About an eighth of a mile up the South Sutton road from its junction with the North Sutton road on the north side, David Peas- lee, above mentioned, made the first settlement in the town of Sut- ton. The site is now covered with forest, and is marked only by a few surviving apple-trees. All these places named, westwardly from the Grange, are now included in the Eaton estate.
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John Eaton succeeded his grandfather, Caleb Kimball, in the ownership of Eaton Grange. He was a conquering farmer, who by indomitable energy and unceasing industry added farm to farm, until he was said to own "all the land adjoining him." His chil- dren retain about one thousand acres, perhaps one half of what be- longed at one time to their father. They have removed the barns from the south side of the road and remodelled the other buildings, retaining the old two-story house with its massive frame of oak and pine, so firmly put together that it has been said it could be rolled down the hillside to Stevens's brook without breaking to pieces.
The sons and daughters of John Eaton, who are the present proprietors, have all resided beyond the limits of the state of New Hampshire for over twenty-five years; but hither they come with their families as opportunity permits for their summer rest and recreation. They are John Eaton of Marietta, Ohio, Mrs. S. M. Pennock of Winter Hill, Somerville, Mass., Nathan A. Eaton of Encinitas, San Diego Co., Cal., Frederick Eaton of Toledo, Ohio, Lucien B. Eaton of Memphis, Tenn., Christina L. Eaton of Mem- phis, Tenn., James A. Eaton of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Charles Eaton of Memphis, Tenn. These Eaton brothers and sisters have restored and beautified their old home, and, as they could, have made an annual pilgrimage to it, not simply for their own pleasure, but as some expression of the tender affection which they cherish for the father whom they honor and for the mother whose memory they idolize. It is a matter of great thankfulness to them that the ranks of this band of six brothers and two sisters had not been broken by death up to the close of 1889. During the first days of Sept., 1889, these brothers and sisters were all together at the old homestead, the first time for forty years.
Gen. John Eaton, the oldest, has always been the executive in charge of the affairs of Eaton Grange, and Miss Christina L. Eaton, its matron and hostess. To the devotion and admirable manage- ment of Miss Christie are due in the largest degree the pleasures of the delightful family reunions at the Grange.
Here have gathered every summer, without interruption for over fifteen years, some of them with their friends and their kindred scat- tered from Maine to California. The latch-string hangs out to all, with a warmer welcome to any of the Kimball, Eaton, Andrews, or Gregg lineage. All mere formal restraint is laid aside. All are children again. The old mansion resounds with laughter and frolic,
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song, music, and the dance, and in turn come earnest discus- sions and tearful memories. As Dr. Jacob S. Eaton, the brother of John Eaton, was wont to remark, "Perfect order and perfect freedom reign."
Sometimes large parties of friends arrive, lunch is served, toasts given, speeches made, side-splitting stories told, the old familiar songs are sung, and then perhaps visits to the spring, and music and dance and round and round of jollity.
On Sabbaths, in the days of Rev. Horace Eaton, D. D., came friends from the neighborhood, and sometimes from more distant villages, to hear his thoughtful, eloquent, and sometimes very touch- ing discourses. One of these sermons, upon the text II Samuel 23 : 15, " And David longed and said, 'O that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate,'" will never be forgotten by those who heard him. He dwelt upon the heart's yearning for the old scenes and hearthstones, and the beauty of children's restoring the old dwelling, and gathering as here in the home of their parents and their childhood.
It was the delight of the Eaton brothers and sisters to see how dear the old place was to their uncles, Dr. Jacob S. Eaton of Har- vard, Mass., and of Rev. Dr. Horace Eaton of Palmyra, N. Y., and to their aunts, the sisters of their father, Mrs. Ruth K. Sherburne, Mrs. Sally Dresser, and Miss Lucretia K. Eaton. Here they found the fountain of youth, and revelled in the scenes of their childhood. Dr. Horace wandered over the fields and climbed the hills as one in a trance, possessed of a heavenly vision. Dr. Jacob and " Aunt Ruth " referred to it to the last with the enthusiasm and rapture of a Mohammedan saint to the Mecca of his joy. " A charm from the skies seemed to hallow them " here.
An instance of the gay humor of Dr. Jacob S. Eaton when here, even in his old age, must be perpetuated. At eighty-two years of age, he sat at the table with aunt Christina (Andrews) Callan, of Washington, D. C., then seventy years of age. As he met her at the breakfast table his first morning, taking her hand warmly and drawing her slightly and gently aside, he said to her with the grace of a cavalier, " Madam, I dreamed of you last night."
Among the most interesting incidents of the reunions at the Grange was the golden wedding of " Aunt and Uncle Sherburne," Sept. 6, 1875, of which a contemporary newspaper gave the follow- ing account :
EATON FAMILY GROUP.
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One of the most delightful social gatherings which has taken place in this neighborhood for many a day was that at the old ' Kimball mansion ' otherwise known as ' Eaton Grange,' on the occa- sion of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Sherburne, of Concord, on Monday, the 6th inst. The ancient mansion in Sutton, from which the bride was married fifty years ago, is now the sum- mer home of the Eaton brothers and sisters, the eldest of whom is Gen. John Eaton, Commissioner of the Educational Bureau, Wash- ington, D. C. Thither they come with kith and kin to forget business cares for a few weeks, and to refresh their hearts and health in that high place among the hills and mountains. It was very appropriate that the venerable couple around whom the chief inter- est centred should have complied with the wishes of their nieces and nephews at the Grange, and come back to the old homestead to celebrate their golden nuptials, bringing with them their children and children's children.
The weather was everything that could be wished, the company numerous and in a mood to enjoy themselves, and the reception most hospitable and gracious. Of the immediate relatives present, there were Gen. John Eaton, wife and three children ; Judge and Mrs. S. M. Pennock, of Somerville, Mass .; Col. Lucien B. Eaton, U. S. Marshal of Memphis, Tenn., his wife and son ; Miss Christina L. Eaton, of Memphis, Tenn .; James A. Eaton and wife, of Adrian, Mich. ; and Charles Eaton and wife, of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Sherburne have four children, twelve grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Of their family present there were Joseph Sherburne, Mrs. Rolfe and husband, Hon. Henry P. Rolfe and two children, Mrs. Col. Jesse A. Gove and her daughter Jessie. The younger son, Robert H. Sherburne, Jr., a resident of McHenry, Ill., was unable to be present. A sister of Mrs. Sherburne, the wife of the late Samuel Dresser, of Sutton, and her son, Mr. Leonard Dresser, were guests,-also her brother, Rev. Horace Eaton, D. D., of Palmyra, N. Y., and Mrs. Frederick Eaton, of Warner. Of the cousins and more distant relatives who came up to greet the happy couple, may be mentioned Geo. C. Eaton and lady, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Eaton, Moses Hazen and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Adams of Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Allen of Fisherville, Mrs. Wadleigh of Manchester, Dr. and Mrs. Rix, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Adams of Warner, Mrs. J. Y. Mugridge of Con- cord, and Mrs. John Andrews of Melrose, Mass. Besides these were present, Rev. Dr. Eames, Hon. Geo. G. Fogg, Mrs. ex-Gov. Harriman, Concord, N. H., Enoch Page and daughter, James Saw- yer and wife, Rev. Mr. Moody, wife and daughter, Mrs. Dr. Smiley and daughter, of Sutton, Col. N. G. Ordway, Rev. Wm. H. Walk- er and wife, Rev. M. A. Gates, Robert Thompson and daughter, Hiram Buswell and daughter, Henry L. Harris, Misses Amanda B. and Mary Harris, Dr. Cogswell and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Harvey, Mrs. Dr. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harriman, Willard Graves,
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Mrs. Dr. Frank W. Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Ager, Levi Bart- lett, Mrs. Lavinia K. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. K. Bartlett, Alfred W. Sargent, Geo. Barnard, Mrs. Julia A. Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Heath, P. S. H. Wadleigh, all of Warner, and Rev. and Mrs. John C. Ager, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The religious exercises were conducted by Rev. Dr. Eames, the pastor of the Sherburne family, in the same room in which, fifty years before, the marriage ceremony had been solemnized. First, " Praise God from whom all blessings flow " was sung. Then fol- lowed a most impressive prayer and benediction upon the venerable pair, this part closing with " Blest be the tie that binds," which was sung by all present.
Gen. Eaton, in behalf of the brothers and sisters, made an in- formal address, tenderly welcoming the bride and bridegroom, refer- ring to the past history of the old mansion and those who had dwelt under its roof-tree-a touching, eloquent memorial, coupled with words of cheer and gratitude.
Hon. H. P. Rolfe followed with feeling remarks, alluding in pleas- ant terms to the relationship which existed between himself and the family and to the member of it who for more than a score of years had walked life's uneven road by his side.
Letters from friends who were unable to be present were read by Col. Lucien B. Eaton, among them a charming, gossipy one, full of reminiscences, from Dr. Jacob S. Eaton, of Harvard, Mass., a brother of the bride, and an off-hand and very felicitous one from Hon. Wm. E. Chandler. Most kindly congratulatory letters were also read from kindred in distant states, from Rev. Dr. N. Bouton, Rev. Dr. Cummings, and many others. Dr. Bouton's letter, coming from one who was married the same day, and who for a long time lived a near neighbor to Mr. and Mrs. Sherburne, was particularly interesting. Levi Bartlett gave some genealogical data and facts concerning the ancestry of the family, who were of the right blue and the right true blood. Hon. Geo. G. Fogg, a classmate of Dr. Horace Eaton, responded to a call on him in a few fitting words, in which he eulogized the spirit of young men who, having left the pa- ternal roof in New Hampshire and gone out into the world to meet wealth and fame, are not ashamed of the old homestead, but return to beautify it as the boys of that sturdy old farmer, the late John Eaton, are doing to-day. Hon. N. G. Ordway, like the late Mr. Lincoln, was reminded of " a little story, " and so told it. Rev. Dr. Horace Eaton was the last to give one of those informal addresses, in which there had been such a mingling of the joyful, the grave, and the gay, of the memorial and the congratulatory. His happy little speech combined the facetious, the tender, and the religious. The benediction was pronounced by Elder Moody, of Sutton, form- erly pastor of the Eaton family.
All through these pleasing exercises, music had come in at inter- vals to do its part toward the entertainment. In addition to the
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two hymns sung at the earlier stages of the exercises, many ballads followed that are dear to our common humanity, the sweet familiar words of "John Anderson my Jo, John," " The Last Rose of Sum- mer," "The Land o' the Leal," "Oft in the Stilly Night," conclud- ing with " Home, Sweet Home." Miss Jessie Gove rendered them with good effect, being accompanied on the violin by Mrs. John Eaton.
Refreshments were most generously served by many kind hands, grace having been said by Rev. Mr. Walker, after which many of the party retired to the pleasant grounds just west of the house. Here the inspiring strains from the violin recalled the gay scenes of former years to some who had long been unused to the mazy dance, and Mr. and Mrs. Sherburne lead the dance on the greensward in the old orchard. In the same set danced Levi Bartlett, having for a partner Mrs. Dr. Frank Graves. Col. Ordway was especially jolly, and did all he could by precept and example to keep up the fun. Valuable presents were made, among them a handsome gold-headed cane to Mr. Sherburne. And now guest after guest departs, leaving the happy old couple to the enjoyment of the present hour, and grateful to the proprietors of "the Grange " for a day of pleasure.
But the glad faces of these gray-haired children of that genera- tion of Eatons, that of the former John Eaton, will probably never more be seen at the Grange. There were in all seven brothers and five sisters. The last survivor of the generation, Lucien B. Eaton, never visited the old hive after 1837.
Of the descendants of Caleb Kimball beside the Eatons, who have shared largely and successfully in the activities of life, may be men- tioned his son, Jacob Sawyer Kimball, the jeweller, of Montpelier, Vt., his grandsons, Edwin H. and Franklin Haddock, capitalists, of Chicago, Ill., Lorenzo K. Haddock, a lawyer, of Buffalo, N. Y., Lemuel Adams, a large farmer, of Sheldon, Vt., Caleb Kimball Adams, the prosperous farmer, of Ogden, N. Y., Hon. Wm. Henry McCrillis, lawyer and capitalist, of Bangor, Me., Mrs. Harriet (McCrillis) Griswold, widow of the author, Dr. Griswold, Hon. Jacob Kimball Moore, merchant and farmer, of Griggsville, Ill. ; his great-grandsons, Dr. J. S. Adams, an eminent physician and sur- geon, of Oakland, Cal., Edward Payson Adams, a manufacturer and large farmer, of Swanton, Vt., John Adams Andrews, a leading merchant, of Boston, Mass., Rev. John Q. Adams, of San Francisco, Cal., and Miss Harriet Andrews, the artist, in Boston.
To one raised on the farms among the New Hampshire hills who returns to the scenes of his childhood, one of the most striking feat- ures is the number of homesteads, as shown in the above sketch, of
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which nothing remains except the cellar, the old well, the orchard with trees full of dead branches or decrepit and broken down with age, and perhaps the tansy patch, or the lilac- or rose-bush. These are touchingly and mournfully suggestive of the hardy pioneers who drove out the wild beasts, cleared the forests, so thoughtfully planted these apple-trees, and with lofty cheer heroically wrestled with these rocky soils for a livelihood, and who here sheltered their loved ones from the wintry storms around these once blazing hearth-stones. These fires which lighted up the faces of soberer age and of the children, who frolicked and laughed as others of a softer fortune, have long since died out, and the paths to these thresholds long since ceased to be frequented. All have gone. The weary pioneers rest from their labors ; and if their children survive, they are scattered, gray-haired and feeble with age, through the great West.
CALEB KIMBALL,
AND HIS DESCENDANTS, EATON, HADDOCK, ADAMS (JOHN), ADAMS (LEMUEL), KIMBALL, MOORE, PINKERTON, MOCRILLIS.
Caleb Kimball was one of the earliest selectmen of the town, and one of the largest tax-payers. He was one of a committee in 1784 to locate a meeting-house, and served his fellow-citizens at various times. He was one of those who built the first saw-mill, at the foot of Jones's hill on Lane's brook. Tradition says that he spent one year in town preparing his farm, camping in the forest, before bring- ing his family. Benjamin and Asa Kimball appear as proprietors of Perrystown or Sutton. Caleb Kimball was born Sept. 25, 1748, in Hampstead, N. H., originally a part of Haverhill, Mass. He married, Feb. 8, 1769, Sarah, daughter of Edmund and Sarah (Rowell) Sawyer, of Hampstead. They lived two years in Hamp- stead, then moved to Goffstown, remaining there eleven years, when he removed his family to Sutton. Mr. Kimball was a prominent contributor to the early development of the town. In his later years he suffered from paralysis agitans, or shaking palsy. His wife was characterized by strength of intellect and high purpose, and heartily seconded her husband in his endeavors for advancement. No efforts were spared for their children.
We are indebted to S. P. Sharpley, Esq., of Boston, for the fol- lowing succinct account of the ancestors of Caleb Kimball.
A. Richard Kimball, b. 1593; d. June 22, 1675 : m. Ursula Scott. He came from Ipswich, England, on the ship Elizabeth, Capt. Andrews, master, which sailed April, 1634. He first took up land in Watertown, afterwards, about 1637, moved to Ipswich, Mass., where he died.
B. Benjamin Kimball, b. 1637 ; d. June 11, 1696 : m. April 16, 1661, Mercy Hazeltine, b. Oct. 16, 1642 ; d. Jan. 5, 1707. Benja- min and Mercy lived the most of their lives in Bradford, near Ha- verhill. Their wills are on record at Salem, Mass. Mercy was the daughter of Robert Hazeltine and Ann, his wife.
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C. Jonathan Kimball, b. Nov. 26, 1673; d. Sept. 30, 1749 : m. July 15, 1696, Lydia Day, b. Mar. 18, 1676; d. Sept. 16, 1739. Lydia was the daughter of John Day and Sarah Pingry, of Ipswich. John was the son of Robert Day. Sarah was the daughter of Moses Pingry, of Ipswich.
D. Benjamin Kimball, b. in Bradford, May 16, 1697 ; d. Aug. 5,1741 : m. Mary Emerson, b. 1697. Mary was the daughter of Martha Toothaker and Joseph Emerson, and was a first cousin to Hannah Dustin. Mary, the mother of Martha, was killed by the Indians. Benjamin moved, soon after his marriage, over the river to Haverhill, and settled in that part of the town which is now Hampstead, N. H. Although he was a young man when he died, he left a large famliy. Six children, Jonathan, Benjamin, Lydia, Hannah, Moses, and Mehitable survived him, four having died young, three dying in 1737, the year of the "throat distemper " in Essex Co.
E: Benjamin, 2d, b. May 3, 1722, was his second son, and m. Dec. 28, 1842, Mary Eaton, of Salisbury, b. Mar. 27, 1723 ; d. Aug. 29, 1757. He m., 2d, Mary Hoyt, Feb. 28, 1758.
Children by first wife,-
Joseph, b. Oct. 22, 1743. Settled in Wentworth, N. H.
Mary, b. Mar. 12, 1745 ; m. Dec. 27, 1764, Obededon Hall, of Candia.
Benjamin, b. Sept. 8, 1747 ; d. 1747.
Caleb, b. Sept. 24, 1748 ; m. Sarah Sawyer.
Andrew, b. Sept. 27, 1750 ; finally settled in Cincinnati, O.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 19, 1752.
Nicholas, b. Mar. 8, 1754.
Children by the second wife,-
Moses, b. Mar. 3, 1756. Settled in Winsted, Me.
Ebenezer, b. Feb. 17, 1759.
Ruth, b. Nov. 9, 1761.
Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1760 ; m. (probably) Dec. 15, 1784, Stephen Jaffers.
Lydia, b. Mar. 15, 1768.
Isaac, b. Jan. 1, 1769.
Jacob, b. May 20, 1770 ; lived in the homestead in Hamp- stead. He made a donation to the N. H. Asylum for the Insane. Jabez, b. Jan. 20, 1772 ; d. Mar. 19, 1805. He was a graduate and
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tutor at Harvard ; never married. The sermon preached at his funeral was published and is preserved.
Naunl, b. Mar. 16, 1775.
Mrs. Sarah (Sawyer) Kimball d. Feb. 22, 1822, aged 77 years. As nearly as can be ascertained at present, Mrs. Kimball's ances- tors in America were as follows :
A. William and Ruth Sawyer, Newburyport, Mass.
B. Samuel and Mary (Emery) Sawyer.
C. Samuel and Abigail (Goodridge) Sawyer.
D. Edmund and Sarah (Rowell) Sawyer lived in Hampstead and Sutton. Joseph Sawyer of Warner was his brother.
Edmund Sawyer, a man of devout piety, passed his last days at the Sutton home of his daughter, Mrs. Kimball, where he died Feb. 18, 1807. Mr. Caleb Kimball d. Dec. 19, 1825, aged 77 years. Their graves can be seen in the South Sutton graveyard.
Children of Caleb and Sarah (Sawyer) Kimball, --
I. Mary, b. Dec. 11, 1770; d. Sept. 20, 1848.
II. Lucretia, b. May 7, 1772 ; d. June 10, 1852.
III. Caleb, b. Dec. 12, 1773 ; d. May 16, 1856. 2
IV. Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1775; d. Oct. 17, 1839 ..
V. Betsey, b. Aug. 29, 1777 ; d. Sept. 22, 1833. VI. Jacob Sawyer, b. April 21, 1779 ; d. June 23, 1827.
VII. Phoebe, b. Jan. 21, 1781 ; d. May 30, 1862.
VIII. Lavinia, b. Feb. 26, 1783 ; d. April 21, 1863.
IX. Abigail, b. Feb. 10, 1785; d. Sept., 1822.
X. Ruth, b. Feb. 4, 1787 ; d. Feb 12, 1791.
XI. Susan, b. Feb. 26, 1789; d. Feb. 2, 1791.
I. Mary Kimball, b. in Hampstead, N. H .; m. in Sutton, Dec. 20, 1792, John Eaton, of Haverhill, Mass., and d. in Bristol, N. H. (See Eaton genealogy.)
II. Lucretia Kimball, m. Feb. 26, 1807, William Haddock of Salisbury, now Franklin. Children,-
1. George W., b. Feb. 29, 1808. He was drowned May 18, 1819.
2. Benjamin Franklin, b. Aug. 10, 1809 ; d. Dec. 23, 1871.
3. Edward Hiram, b. April 2, 1811 ; d. May 30, 1882.
4. Roswell Shurtliff, b. Feb. 22, 1813; d. June 22, 1884.
5. Lorenzo Kimball, b. May 12, 1815 ; d. April 26, 1871.
William Haddock was a man of great energy, a farmer, trader, tan- ner, and hotel-keeper. He married for his first wife, Abigail, sister of Daniel Webster. She d. Dec. 13, 1805, aged 27. Two sons, Charles
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and William, survived her and were educated. Charles became the eminent professor at Dartmouth, and was minister to Portugal. He d. Jan. 15, 1861. Mr. Haddock owned what is now known as Elins farm, and sold it to Judge Ebenezer Webster. Mr. Haddock d. June 8, 1828, aged 57. His wife, Lucretia, d. June 10, 1852, aged 79.
2. Benj. F. and Edward HI. early went to Chicago, and had to do with many of the early enterprises centring in that city. Benjamin F. m., in 1835, Abigail M. Wadsworth, who died soon after. He m. Oct. 16, 1856, Sarah Day Van Valkenburg, of Albany, N. Y. He died Dec. 23, 1871. Children,-
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