The history of Swanzey, New Hampshire, from 1734 to 1890, Part 28

Author: Read, Benjamin. cn
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Salem, Mass., Salem Press
Number of Pages: 718


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BLISS.


ANDREW J.2 BLISS (Benjamin1 from Royalston, Mass.), b. April 8, 1820; m. Oct. 9, 1850, Phebe A. (b. June 9, 1829), daughter of Jo- seph Streeter of Concord, Vt .; d. Oct. 6, 1887. Children : Ella M., d. in Minnesota. Adaline P., b. Sept. 20, 1853 ; m. J. S. C. Beal. Amanda I., b. May 22, 1856; m. George R. Putnam of Keene. Sophia L., b. July 27, 1859 ; m. Walter Davis. Andrew E., b. July 4, 1864 ; m. Alice Haskins of Orange, Mass. Ora D., b. Feb. 3, 1871.


BLODGETT.


JONAS BLODGETT, b. Aug. 4, 1757; m. Sarah Fletcher (b. Jan. 1, 1753 ; d. Jan. 19, 1833) ; d. Aug. 19, 1826. Children : John, b. Jan. 12, 1782. Amma, b. Feb. 23, 1784; d. June 9, 1819. Joshua, b. April 27, 1785. Jonas, b. May 18, 1787. Jesse, b. July 21, 1789. Mittie, b. July 29, 1791 ; d. May 29, 1811. Sally, b. March 21, 1793; d. March 29, 1816. Hannah, b. March 20, 1795; m. Lawson Moore.


CHARLES BLODGETT, b. July 7, 1847; m. Dec. 19, 1867, Ida So- phia (b. July 2, 1853), daughter of Sanford Bowles. Children : Nettie E., b. June 17, 1868. Minnie F., b. May 22, 1870.


BOLLES.


BARNEY2 BOLLES (Elijah1 of Richmond), m. Emily (b. May 30, 1811), daughter of James Olcott. Children : Emily Maria, b. Dec. 24, 1833 ; m. Mr. Chatterton. Hiram O. James E., m. Cora, daugh- ter of Nelson and Huldah Nash (a daughter of Joseph Hammond). Sarah E. and Marah M. (twins). Marah M., d. June 14, 1859. Flora J. The entire family, removed to Springfield, Ill.


RANDALL2 BOLLES (John1), b. Sept. 22, 1807; m. Susan Ann (b. Jan. 11, 1814; d. Feb. 12, 1879), daughter of John Holbrook; d.


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Feb. 7, 1879, aged 73. Children : Hiram HI., b. Jan. 19, 1837. Maria M., b. March 11, 1841 ; m. Reuben L. Angier of Fitzwilliam. Abida Ann, b. May 1, 1850. Ellen E., b. Jan. 29, 1855; m. Fred W. Farr.


HIRAM H.3 BOLLES (Randall,2 John1), b. Jan. 19, 1837; m. Sept. 8, 1868, Celeste J. (b. July 14, 1839), daughter of Henry R. Bennett of Glen Soutton, P. Q. Children : John, b. July 14, 1869. Henry R., b. Nov. 7, 1872. Lydia M., b. Feb. 7, 1879 ; d. Aug. 17, 1881. Hiram H., b. Aug. 20, 1883.


BOURN.


NATHANIEL3 BOURN ( William,2 Amos1 of Richmond), b. March 3, 1791 ; m. March 1, 1812, Mary (b. Oct. 13, 1790; d. May 7, 1863) , daughter of John Cass, jr., of Richmond; d. Feb. 17, 1875. Chil- dren : Asahel B., b. May 30, 1813. Ansel, b. Aug. 15, 1814. Wil- liam, b. Apr. 2, 1817; d. Aug. 26, 1838. Selina, b. June 13, 1821 ; m. Moses Garfield of Royalston, Mass. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 8, 1826. John C., b. Oct. 8, 1829.


ANSEL 4 BOURN (Nathaniel,3 William,2 Amos] of Richmond), b. Aug. 15, 1814 ; m. March 19, 1832, Laura Ann (d. Sept. 14, 1872), daugh- ter of Silas Ballou. He d. Aug. 1, 1848. Children : Amos W., b. June 11, 1832. Almanza C., b. June 21, 1834; d. Sept. 26, 1838. Albert A., b. Oct. 21, 1835 ; d. Sept. 13, 1838. Amasa W., b. June 11, 1837; d. July 29, 1869. Selina A., b. Aug. 31, 1839 ; m. Charles R. Applin ; d. May 4, 1887. Silas, b. Dec. 26, 1840; d. young. Martha L., b. May 20, 1842 ; m. Charles P. Lawrence of Winchester. William J., b. June 10, 1844 ; d. Nov. 16, 1850. Ansel E., b. Jan. 27, 1846. Laura A. M., b. April 12, 1848 ; d. Nov. 4, 1848.


NATHANIEL4 BOURN (Nathaniel,3 William,2 Amos1 of Richmond), b. Jan. 8, 1826 ; m. Aug. 20, 1851, Mary Butler of Troy, N. H .; re- sides in Illinois ; had three children.


JOHN C.4 BOURN (Nathaniel,3 William,2 Amos1), b. Oct. 8, 1829 ; m. Nov. 24, 1853, Esther (b. April 12, 1834), daughter of Asa E. Emerson. Children : Eda May, b. Nov. 4, 1859; d. Nov. 16, 1877. Edmund A., an adopted son.


ANSEL E.5 BOURN ( Ansel,4 Nathaniel,3 William,2 Amos1), b. Jan. 27, 1846 ; m. May 1, 1867, Hattie E. (b. June 24, 1847), daughter


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of Albert A. Fassett, of Winchester. Children : Lizzie Maria, b. June 17, 1868 ; d. Sept. 11, 1869. Nellie E., b. Jan. 9, 1870; m. Archie Thompson, 1887. Edgar Earl, b. May 20, 1872. Oscar E., b. April 28, 1874. Grace E., b. Oct. 3, 1876.


EDMUND A.5 BOURN (John C.,4 Nathaniel,3 William,2 Amos1), b. May 29, 1852 ; m. March 11, 1882, Flora A. (b. Sept. 5, 1860), daughter of Lucius Whitcomb. Children : Ella Agnes, b. March 3, 1883, in Fitzwilliam. Esther Maria, b. Nov. 27, 1887, in Swanzey.


BOUVIER.


CHARLES A.2 BOUVIER (Charles1 of Keene), b. March 18, 1861; m. June 18, 1883, Emma M., daughter of Thomas Naylon. Child : J. Edward, b. March 18, 1884.


BOWEN.


RUFUS3 BOWEN (Reuben,2 Thomas' of Richmond), b. Oct. 8, 1800 ; m. March 2, 1826, Alona (d. Jan. 13, 1866), daughter of Rhoda Al- drich of Richmond. He d. Oct. 6, 1866.


HENRY R.4 BOWEN ( Uberto,3 James,2 Nathaniel1 of Richmond, N. H.), b. June 13, 1840 ; m. Jennie C. (b. Dec., 1848), daughter of Jerrel A. Curtis of Richmond, N. H.


BENJAMIN F.2 BOWEN (Zimri of Richmond), b. July 12, 1851 ; m. June 9, 1886, Mary M. L. (b. Jan. 21, 1857), daughter of Schuyler Seaver. Child : Alice M., b. Nov. 22, 1887.


BOWLES.


SANFORD2 BOWLES (Elijah1 of Landaff ), b. June 9, 1825 ; m. April 21. 1850, Sylvia S. (b. April 21, 1820), daughter of Peter Starkey ; d. June 7, 1863. Children : Eddie Sanford, b. Sept. 21, 1851 ; d. March 21, 1852. Ida Sophia, b. July 2, 1853 ; m., 1st, Charles Blodg- ett ; 2nd, George Laden. Marcus Elijah, b. Sept. 30, 1855 ; m. Sept. 19, 1883, Mabel R. Raymond.


BOYCE.


FRANCIS R.2 BOYCE (Jacob1 of Richmond), b. May 26, 1831 ; m., 1st, Nov. 29, 1851, Nancy S. (b. Feb. 16, 1827 ; d. April 6, 1861), daughter of Kendall Fisher of Richmond; m., 2nd, Lona A. (b. 1839 ; d. Jan. 12, 1871), daughter of Silas White of Fitzwilliam ; m., 3d, Mrs. Lydia A. Tubbs (b. April 6, 1836; d. May 20, 1888),


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daughter of John Thompson. Children : Elwin F., b. Feb. 17, 1853. Emma F., b. March 8, 1855, in Winchester ; m. Arthur Hastings of Berlin, Mass. Edgar C., b. Oct., 1856; d. 1857.


BRAGG.


ROSWELL BRAGG and his wife Rachel had children : Alba M. Lucy, m. Bezaleel Taft. Sarah A., b. 1825; d. July 29, 1846. Justus E., b. 1832 ; d. March 11, 1852. Willard S.


ALBA2 M. (Roswell1), m. Nov. 14, 1844, Susan D. Allen of Keene.


BREED.


JOHN A.2 BREED ( Moses1 of Brattleborough, Vt.), b. Feb. 28, 1824 ; m. July 26, 1846, Lucy (b. Oct. 27, 1828 ; d. April 10, 1869), daugh- ter of Ebenezer Nash of Chesterfield. Children : Lucinda E., h. July 7, 1847 ; m. Alonzo Lewis of Chesterfield. Martha L., b. Feb. 20, 1849 ; m. Timothy Lewis of Chesterfield. John J., b. May 10, 1852. Lucius F., b. July 7, 1854. Henrietta L., b. June 5, 1858. Henry E., b. Nov. 14, 1866. Fanny M., b. April 5, 1869 ; d. Aug. 22, 1869.


BREWER.


JAMES BREWER came to Swanzey. He d. Nov. 21, 1832. Mary, his wife, d. Feb. 27, 1826, both buried in Swanzey. Children : Asa, b. July 24, 1767. Persis, b. July 22, 1771; m. Silas Wheeler. James, b. June 10, 1780. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1782 ; m. Charles Jack- son of Mount Holly, Vt.


ASA2 BREWER (James1), b. July 21, 1767 ; m. Aug. 25, 1794, Deb- orah (b. 1772; d. Aug. 2, 1845), daughter of Samuel Sargent of Marlborough. He d. March 11, 1836. Children : Polly, m. Jonathan Clark. Asa. Deborah, m. Calvin Bemis. Silas. Betsey, m. Benj- amin Garey of Jaffrey. Persis, m. Samuel Cross of Salem, Mass.


SILAS3 BREWER (Asa,2 James1), m. Lovina (d. Feb. 1884), daugh- ter of Josiah Woodward. He d. Nov. 27, 1880.


BRIDGE.


WILLIAM BRIDGE m., 2nd, Jan. 3, 1816, Mrs. Elkanah Lane. Child- ren : Samuel, b. 1817. Solomon. John. Joseph.


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BRYANT.


CHAUNCEY2 BRYANT (Daniel C.1 of Richmond, N. H.), b. 1795 ; m. Harriet (b. 1798 ; d. March 23, 1836), daughter of James Un- derwood. He d. Jan., 1861. Children : James U. William C. Eliza, m. Joseph S. Garner, of Gardner, Mass.


CALVIN2 BRYANT (Daniel C.1 of Richmond), m. Feb. 27, 1812, Susanna (d. June 15, 1880), daughter of Ananias Aldrich of Rich- mond. He d. June 5, 1864. Children : Hiram, b. Aug. 3, 1813. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 13, 1817. Diancy, b. Nov. 18, 1818 ; m. John W. Starkey. Calvin, b. July 4, 1821. Luther, b. Oct. 2, 1823 ; d. Dec. 29, 1838. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 10, 1826 ; m. Samuel Willard. Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1828 ; m. John Scott. Angela, b. Dec. 1, 1830 ; m. N. G. Woodbury. Alphreda, b. May 6, 1833 ; m. H. Foster Thayer. Almarinda, b. June 21, 1835 ; m. Samuel Ball.


HIRAM3 BRYANT (Calvin,2 Daniel C.1 of Richmond), b. Aug. 3, 1813 ; m., 1st, March 16, 1845, Sarah M., daughter of Nathan Bul- lock ; m., 2nd, April 23, 1857, Azubah, daughter of John Martin ; m., 3d, Mrs. Dexter Palmer. Had by Sarah M. : Henry L. Susan L. Albert. Had by Mrs. Palmer: Calvin. Sarah M., d. March 9, 1854. Azubah, d. May 19, 1862.


BRITTON.


REUBEN BRITTON, of Westmoreland, m. Nancy, daughter of Benja- min Howard of Mendon, Mass. Children : Laura and Aurilla (twins), b. Oct. 10, 1797 ; Laura, m. April 20, 1817, Samuel Read of New York ; Aurilla, m. Jan. 26, 1819, Josiah Hamblet. Loron. Betsey, m. March 15, 1821, Enoch Cross. Alfred, b. Oct. 15, 1806.


ALFRED2 BRITTON (Reuben1 of Westmoreland), b. Oct. 15, 1806 ; m. Oct. 11, 1829, Alice S. (b. March 12, 1811 ; d. Aug. 6, 1885), daughter of Tristan Aldrich ; he d. April 23, 1871. She m., 2nd, Mil- lens Taft of Mendon, Mass. Children : Loron A., b. Oct. 2, 1831 ; d. 1862. Eleanor M., b. April 29, 1835 ; m. Rufus Taft. Mary L., b. Nov. 21, 1837; m. Nov. 7, 1855, Henry C. Earl of Keene. Nancy A., b. Sept. 17, 1840 ; m., 1st, Sept. 19, 1855, Harry A. Stoddard of Brattleborough, Vt. ; m., 2nd, Oct. 30, 1872, C. Frank Woodward. Dennison D., b. April 7, 1843 ; d. April 10, 1844. Dennison D., b. Oct. 9, 1846. Charles F., b. June 14, 1849. Alice S., b. July 24, 1855 ; d. Jan. 5, 1872.


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DENNISON D.3 BRITTON (Alfred,2 Reuben1), b. Oct. 9, 1846 ; m. March, 1868, Elizabeth Waldron of De Soto, Wis. Resides in Pet- erborough, N. H., and is a conductor on the Monadnock R. R. Children : Fred A. Lottie A.


BROOKS.


GEORGE W.2 BROOKS (Dea. Oren Brooks' of Fitzwilliam), b. May 23, 1831 ; m. Sept. 8, 1853, Fanny A. (b. March 17, 1830), daughter of Dea. Clark Mason of Marlborough. She m., 2nd, Rev. Enville J. Emery of Greenville. Child: Grace Estelle, b. Aug. 2, 1858; d. Dec. 2, 1879.


BROWN.


BENJAMIN2 BROWN (Eleazer1 of Concord, Mass.), b. April 14, 1713 ; m. June 22, 1741, Submit (b. 1719 ; d. March 14, 1805), daughter of Oliver Ward, of Westborough, Mass. He d. May 6, 1797. Chil- dren : Rhoda, b. Nov. 4, 1742 ; m. Mr. Soper of Boscawen. Oliver, b. Nov. 6, 1743. Hannah, b. Sept. 5, 1745, in the fort on Meeting House Hill ; m., 1st, John Farrer of Shrewsbury, Mass. ; m., 2nd, Rev. Joseph Lee, of Royalston, Mass. Hephzibah, b. Feb. 5, 1747, in Rutland, Mass. Eleazer, b. Dec. 17, 1748, in Rutland, Mass. Lucy, b. Jan. 4, 1750, in Rutland ; m., 1st, John Rugg; m., 2nd, Mr. Has- kins of Springfield, Vt. Submit, b. Dec. 30, 1751, in Concord, Mass. ; m. Samuel Jackman of Boscawen, N. H. Simeon, b. July, 1756, in Concord, Mass. Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1757, in Concord, Mass. ; m. Mr. Wyman, of Shrewsbury, Mass. Abigail, b. May 15, 1759, in Con- cord, Mass. ; m. Dec. 11, 1781, Nicholas Bragg, of Springfield, Vt. Benjamin, b. March 12, 1761, in Concord, Mass. Simeon, b. Oct. 18, 1762, in Concord, Mass.


ELEAZER3 BROWN (Benjamin,2 Eleazer1), b. Dec. 17, 1748, in Sul- livan ; m. Lucy Rugg. He d. in Sullivan in 1798. Children : John, b. March 12, 1777; d. Apr. 3, 1777. Lucy, b. March 22, 1778 ; m. Matthew Nims of Roxbury. Lydia, b. June 7, 1779. Oliver, b. June 18, 1782. John, b. Feb. 29, 1788. Cephas, b. Aug. 9, 1791.


BENJAMIN3 BROWN (Benjamin,2 Eleazer1), b. March 12, 1761; m., 1st, Lydia Bartlett (d. soon after marriage) of New Ipswich ; m., 2d, June 3, 1802, Sally Stimson (widow of Bemsley Lord) of Winchen- don, Mass. . Children : Lydia Bartlett, b. Nov. 29, 1802; m. June 10, 1829, Rev. Otis Whiting. Maria, b. June 2, 1804; m. Oct. 8, 1835, Sumner Putnam of Winchester. Benjamin B., b. Dec. 31, 1805. Lucy, b. July 22, 1807. Luther, b. Sept. 26, 1810.


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DEA. TIMOTHY BROWN, m., 1st, Thankful -- (d. Oct. 6, 1743) ; m., 2d, Kezia - - (d. Sept. 15, 1744) ; m., 3d, Feb. 27, 1745, widow Hannah Wright (d. Aug. 18, 1776). He d. Jan. 3, 1770. Children : Thankful, bapt. Jan. 10, 1746. Timothy, bapt. Jan. 10, 1746.


WRIGHT2 BROWN (Timothy1) had : Child d. March 4, 1780. Joel, d. March 21, 1780.


ABIJAH BROWN and his wife Phebe had : Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1779 ; m. Stephen Green of Leicester, Mass. Phebe, b. July 14, 1781. Sarah, b. Nov. 17, 1783 ; m. Philemon Whitcomb, 2nd. Solomon, b. July, 23, 1785. David, b. May 18, 1789 ; d. June 1, 1789. Brigham, b. May 31, 1790. Jerusha, b. March 19, 1792. Harriet, b. June 21, 1794. Orrin, b. Aug. 3, 1796. Jonathan Hubbard, b. June 8, 1798 ; resided where Darius E. Wright now lives.


DAVID2 BROWN (Abijah1) and Lois his wife had : Belinda, b. March 27, 1814. Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1817.


ORRIN2 BROWN (Abijah1), b. Aug. 3, 1796 ; m. Dec. 25, 1817, Me- hitable Balch, daughter of William Balch.


JONATHAN H.2 BROWN (Abijah1), b. June 8, 1798; m. Feb. 21, 1821, Emma Jones.


SAMUEL B. BROWN, m. Feb. 21, 1812, Sylvia (b. Sept. 21, 1792), daughter of Elijah Belding.


JOHN R.2 BROWN (Guyl of Stow, Mass.), b. July 2, 1829 ; m. Nov. 10, 1851, Ellen M. (b. Jan. 24, 1830 ; d. July 7, 1866), daughter of William Sebastian ; d. Aug. 9, 1863. Children : Henrietta A., b. Sept. 13, 1852 ; d. Dec. 12, 1853. Henrietta A., b. June 3, 1854 ; m. Charles R. Ballou. Nellie S., b. Nov. 13, 1855 ; m. John E. Belcher of Cam- bridge, Mass. Walter. Annis M., b. Sept. 16, 1860 ; m. Russell C. Hill.


ยท BUCKLIN.


GEORGE BUCKLIN, of Wallingford, Vt., was married and resided there until after the death of his first wife. He m., 2nd, Apr. 3, 1829, Mary (b. Aug. 30, 1806 ; d. Oct. 1, 1849), daughter of Joel Mellen ; m., 3d, about 1850, Althusa Winch (d. in the West), of Troy. After the third wife's death in the West, he married once or twice more there.


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Children : Darius, b. 1826. Horace, b. 1827. An infant, d. 1828. George F., b. 1830. A child, b. 1831. Harvey, b. 1832; d. a young man. Elizabeth, b. 1833 ; m. Edmund Smith ; d. Sept. 9, 1852. Dolly, b. 1835 ; m. Alonzo Mason; d. May 8, 1852. Sarah Jane, b. 1836 ; d. Aug. 4, 1851. Lydia A., b. 1839 ; d. Feb. 12, 1854. Adelia, b. 1842 ; d. Feb. 16, 1845. Hliram, b. 1843; d. young. Nathaniel, b. 1845 ; d. Dec. 20, 1852.


GEORGE F.2 BUCKLIN (George1), b. 1830; m. Esther Jane (b. March 17, 1836), daughter of Allen Hammond. Child : Edgar.


BUCKMAN.


ASA BUCKMAN, m. July 23, 1811, Mary Franklin.


BUFFUM.


ESEK4 BUFFUM (James,3 Esek,2 Jedediah1 of Richmond), b. June 14, 1829 ; m. Nov. 19, 1863, Emily Frances (b. Feb. 14, 1845; d. Dec. 12, 1881) ; d. June 3, 1882.


BULLARD.


FISHER6 BULLARD (Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Malachi,3 Benjamin,2 Benja- min1 of Uxbridge, Mass.), b. March 24, 1782 ; m. April, 1805, Rho- da Clark (d. Jan. 7, 1865), of Sharon, Mass .; d. March 4, 1866. Children : Mary, b. Jan. 22, 1806; d. Dec. 24, 1809. Selina, b. Dec. 7, 1807 ; d. June 6, 1814. Lewis Clark, b. Oct. 6, 1809; d. Aug. 19, 1884, in Sharon, Mass. Elijah, b. Aug., 1811. Rhoda, b. May 4, 1815 ; m. Roswell Whitcomb. Susan, b. Apr. 28, 1816 ; m., 1st, Silas Parsons ; m., 2nd, Levi Davis of Acworth. Mary Ann, b. June 25, 1818 ; d. July 17, 1832. Marcus, b. Nov. 10, 1820. Edwin Mason, b. March 30, 1823.


ELIJAH7 BULLARD (Fisher,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Malachi,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1 of Uxbridge, Mass.), b. Aug. 15, 1811 ; m. April 7, 1856, Mehita (b. Jan. 28, 1817), daughter of Nathan Bullock of Richmond ; d. Dec. 11, 1862.


MARCUS7 BULLARD (Fisher,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Malachi,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1), b. Nov. 10, 1820 ; m. Dec. 12, 1847, Elizabeth A. (b. Sept. 2, 1826 ; d. Nov. 21, 1887), daughter of Silas Jillson of Rich- mond. Children : Edward M., b. Oct. 18, 1848. Emily A., b. June 2, 1851 ; m. J. H. Howard of Hatfield, Mass. Elmer J., b. April 30, 1855. Ervin M., b. Nov. 11, 1858. Herbert Francis, b. June 14, 1862.


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EDWIN M.7 BULLARD (Fisher,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Malachi,3 Benja- min,2 Benjamin1), b. March 30, 1823 ; m. Nov., 1849, Sarah (d. Aug. 20. 1876), daughter of Thomas Marble, of Winchester. Children : Wallace Justin, b. Sept. 22, 1856; d. May 4, 1861. Jesse E., b. Sept. 13, 1862 ; d. in Michigan ; lives in Grand Rapids, Mich.


EDWARD M.8 BULLARD (Marcus,7 Fisher,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Mala- chi,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1), b. Oct. 18, 1848 ; m. Lizzie R. Blanch- ard of Concord, June 27, 1872 ; d. Dec. 10, 1873 ; m., 2nd, H. Cora, Dec. 23, 1877, daughter of Francis Phillips of Keene. Children : Wal- ter E., b. Dec. 8, 1873. Helen P., b. Sept. 14, 1878. Arthur H., b. April 9, 1883.


ELMER J.8 BULLARD (Marcus,7 Fisher,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Malachi,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1), b. April 30, 1855 ; m. Aug. 15, 1875, Ida E., (b. May 30, 1857), daughter of Edwin Hill. Children : Marcus E., b. Aug. 14, 1877. Myron H., b. July 8, 1880.


ERVIN M.8 BULLARD (Marcus,7 Fisher,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Malachi,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1), b. Nov. 11, 1858 ; m. March 16, 1879, Lu- ella, daughter of Roswell Stowell. Children : John Ervin, b. May 10, 1880. Mary Emma, b. Oct. 3, 1881. Blanche Susan, b. Dec. 29, 1882. Bertha J., b. April 9, 1884. Ressie Juliette, b. Dec. 2, 1885.


HERBERT F.8 BULLARD (Marcus,7 Fisher,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Mala- chi,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1), b. June 14, 1862; m. March 1, 1883, Louise Frances Alzingre (b. Dec. 6, 1857). Child : Barbara Emma, b. Jan. 26, 1889.


BULLOCK.


CASS4 BULLOCK (Cass,3 Jeremiah,2 Christopher1 `of Richmond), b. Sept. 3, 1803 ; m. Candace (b. April 1, 1805), daughter of Martin Ellis, of Richmond ; d. Sept. 22, 1875. Child : Emma E., b. Sept. 8, 1835 ; m. Andrew B. Cook.


BUMP.


JACOB BUMP, b. 1738, in Mendon, Mass. ; m. Sept. 29, 1760, Di- nah Slew (b. 1741 ; d. Nov. 25, 1818 in Richmond), of Smithfield, R. I. ; d. Sept. 17, 1829, in Richmond. Children : Stephen, b. Jan. 30, 1761. Asa, b. Jan. 29, 1763. Laban, b. Aug. 29, 1765. La- vina, b. May, 1767 ; m., 1st, Richard Sweet ; m., 2nd, Nathan Bowen.


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Wanton, b. July 9, 1769. Rhoda, b. Apr. 25, 1771; m., 1st, Jacob Boyce; m., 2nd, Philemon Parker. Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1775 ; m. David Martin. Barnet, b. June 27, 1779. Jacob, b. May 12, 1783. Sylvia.


BURKE.


PATRICK BURKE, b. in Ireland, 1824 ; m. Feb. 10, 1855, Joanna To- bin (b. 1833), in Royalston, Mass .; d. Dec. 22, 1885. Children : John, b. Nov. 23, 1855. Michael, b. Apr. 6, 1857. Mary, b. March 26, 1859. Maggie, b. Feb. 20, 1861. Ellen, b. Apr. 6, 1863 ; d. in July, 1865. Jennie, b. March 6, 1865. Annie, b. Feb. 22, 1868 ; m. Herbert A. Foster. Nellie, b. March 5, 1870 ; m. June 6, 1888, Frank H. Taft.


MICHAEL2 BURKE (Patrick1), b. Apr. 6, 1857; m. Sept. 7, 1881, Julia E. (b. Aug. 10, 1862), daughter of Henry W. Leonard. Chil- dren : Lee W., b. June 22, 1882. Clayton Lester, b. Sept. 17, 1888.


BURNHAM.


CHARLES BURNHAM m. Sarah C. Johnson (b. May 3, 1825). Chil- dren : C. Allen, b. Aug. 13, 1848. Henrietta E., b. July 23, 1850. George W., b. Nov. 11, 1852. Mary C., b. Dec. 9, 1854 ; m. John S: Rice. Leonard H., b. Feb. 13, 1858. Lizzie E., b. Aug. 3, 1861. Edna R., b. July 11, 1864. Frank W., b. Oct. 12, 1869.


BYAM.


BENJAMIN WILLARD2 BYAM (Benjamin1 of Fitzwilliam), b. Feb. 21, 1826; m. March 17, 1853, Martha A. (b. Aug. 28, 1832 ; d. Aug. 18, 1887), daughter of Joel Saunders of Keene, N. H. Children : Clara N., b. March 18, 1854 ; d. April 7, 1854. Herbert, b. Aug. 13, 1855 ; d. Aug. 14, 1855. Edgar, b. July 5, 1856 ; d. July 6, 1856. Milton, b. June 26, 1857 ; d. June 27, 1857. Oscar L., b. June 14, 1858. All born in Fitzwilliam. Walter H., b. Dec. 24, 1859 ; d. Sept. 26, 1860. Madella, b. Sept. 14, 1861. Fred H., b. March 8, 1864; d. Jan. 13, 1866. Frank L., b. Sept. 12, 1865; d. Sept. 12, 1866. Eddie, b. June 22, 1868 ; d. July 28, 1868. Willie A., b. May 12, 1870.


CALKINS.


WILLIAM H. CALKINS, b. Aug. 13, 1813; m. Sept. 16, 1835, Eliza S. (b. Oct. 25, 1817) daughter of Joseph Hill; he died Oct. 9, 1841. Children : William H., b. March 8, 1837, in Winchester. Mary E., b. Dec. 9, 1838; d. Nov. 13, 1840. Lorenzo W., b. Nov. 1, 1840.


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WILLIAM H.2 CALKINS ( William H.1), b. March 8, 1837; m., 1st, Nov., 1864, Emeline Morey (d. 1873) ; m., 2nd, Feb. 7, 1874, Ellen A. Pratt. Children : William H., b. Feb. 28, 1868. Edward F., b. May 22, 1870, in Winchester. Nahum, b. April 1, 1872. Katy Belle, b. Oct. 20, 1873 ; d. March 25, 1874. Christie C., b. April 6, 1876. Irez L., b. Oct. 14, 1878. Charles, b. June 30, 1880. Addie J., b. March 15, 1884 ; d. Sept 22, 1884. Horace, b. April 11, 1886. Roy, b. Sept. 8, 1888.


LORENZO W.2 CALKINS ( William H.1), b. Nov. 1, 1840; m. Jan. 14, 1860, Ruth A. Stephens. Children : Forest H., b. Feb. 23, 1861 ; d. Nov. 14, 1862. Lizzie E., b. Oct. 23, 1865 ; d. Jan. 28, 1886. Edward L., b. March 16, 1868 ; d. Apr. 20, 1868. Dora M., b. July 16, 1869 ; d. Nov. 21, 1886. Gertie C., b. Oct. 6, 1872; d. March 2, 1890. Eugenia I., b. April 23, 1874. Children all born in Win- chester.


CAPRON.


OLIVER2 CAPRON (Banfield1 of Cumberland), b. July 1, 1736; d. 1816. Children : Nathan, b. Apr. 24, 1758. Otis. Thaddeus, b. Dec. 6, 1764. Hannah, b. Apr. 6, 1767. Alpheus, b. July 21, 1770. Elizabeth. Oliver.


NATHAN3 CAPRON (Oliver,2 Banfield1), b. Apr. 24, 1758 ; m. Apr. 2, 1783, Dorothy (b. March 23, 1765; d. May 2, 1825), daughter of Jonathan Whitcomb. Children : Dorothy, b. Aug. 19, 1783. Anna, b. Sept. 1, 1785. Betsey, b. Jan. 30, 1788. Damaris, b. June 3, 1791. Jonathan W., b. Jan. 29, 1804.


OTIS3 CAPRON (Oliver,2 Banfield1), m., 1st, Judith Gale ; m., 2nd, Polly King. Children by first wife : Alpha. Luther M. Polly. Edmund. Martha. By second wife : Gilbert. Sarah. Judith, b. Dec. 13, 1801 ; m. Nicholas Cook of Richmond.


ALPHEUS3 CAPRON (Oliver,2 Banfield1), b. July 21, 1770 ; d. 1822; m. Sept. 17, 1809, Lucy (b. 1781 ; d. 1866), daughter of Pentecost Stanley. Children : Elon, b. June 18, 1810. Irene, b. 1812. Al- mena, b. 1814.


OLIVER3 CAPRON (Oliver,2 Banfield1), b. Dec. 11, 1791 ; m. March 29, 1816, Lois (b. Apr. 9, 1794 ; d. Aug. 31, 1852), daughter of Abel Wilson ; he d. March 4, 1875. Children : Adeline, b. Oct. 8, 1818; d.


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HISTORY OF SWANZEY.


Nov. 6, 1836. Lucy, b. Nov. 29, 1819 ; d. Sept., 1824. Hannah S., b. Sept. 14, 1821 ; d. Oct. 20, 1843. Augusta W., b. July 16, 1823 ; m. Franklin Wheelock of Winchester; d. Feb. 6, 1874. Lucy, b. Apr. 14, 1826 ; m. Oliver S. Lakin of Springfield, Mass. ; d. Aug. 25, 1887. Alzina, b. May 26, 1828; d. Aug. 12, 1851 .. Sarah W., b. Aug. 17, 1830; d. Oct. 12, 1833. Martha A., b. Apr. 18, 1833 ; d. May 22, 1850. George O., b. May 4, 1835.


JONATHAN W.4 CAPRON (Nathan,3 Oliver,2 Banfield1), b. Jan. 29, 1804 ; m., 1st, 1833, Susan (b. March 9, 1815; d. Sept. 18, 1837), daughter of John Stratton; m., 2nd, May 10, 1838, Belinda B. (b. March 11, 1815), daughter of Dr. Henry Baxter. He d. March 14, 1878. Children : Helen S., b. Dec., 1835 ; d. May, 1837. Henry W., b. Feb. 11, 1845. John W., b. June 24, 1847; d. Jan. 10, 1863. Charles H., b. Dec. 11, 1853 ; d. Jan. 17, 1863.


GEORGE O.4 CAPRON (Oliver,3 Oliver,2 Banfield1), b. May 4, 1835 ; m., 1st, Nov. 5, 1856, Roselle B. Francis (b. Oct. 9, 1836), of New- ington, Conn. Children : Carroll F., b. Jan. 29, 1860. Oliver W., b. June 11, 1862. Annie L., b. April 25, 1872. Lyle H., b. Oct. 30, 1876.


HENRY W.5 CAPRON (Jonathan W.,4 Nathan,3 Oliver,2 Banfield1), b. Feb. 11, 1845; m. Dec. 22, 1881, Ida M. (b. Sept. 24. 1858), daughter of Rufus Taft. Children : Earl, b. July 5, 1884. Clyde, b. July 23, 1889 ; d. Oct. 1, 1890.


CARROLL F.5 CAPRON (George O.,4 Oliver,3 Oliver,2 Banfield1), b. Jan. 29, 1860 ; m. Oct. 8, 1885, May F., daughter of Arvin Aldrich of Westmoreland ; reside in Westmoreland.


OLIVER W.5 GAPRON (George O.,4 Oliver,3 Oliver,2 Banfield!), b. June 11, 1862; m. Mrs. Fanny B. Beverstock (d. Oct. 19, 1890), daughter of Philip D. Angier.


CARLTON.


PHILIP P.2 CARLTON (David1 of Hancock), b. Sept. 4, 1814; m. Sept. 4, 1837, Olive M. (b. April 11, 1812 ; d. Aug. 17, 1890), daugh- ter of Solomon Matthews. He d. Feb. 26, 1890. Child : Harvey W., b. Aug. 22, 1844.


HARVEY W.3 CARLTON (Philip P.,2 David]), b. Aug. 22, 1844 ; m.


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Nov. 25, 1868, Lucretia Ann (b. May 19, 1846), daughter of Chiron Holbrook. Children : Eva, b. Feb. 22, 1873. Katie L., b. March 10, 1874. Mark H., b. July 14, 1876. Charles, b. Dec. 29, 1882.


CARPENTER.


WILLIAM1 CARPENTER, b. in England 1576, came to America in 1638, settled in Weymouth, Mass., and later returned to England. His son, William,2 b. 1605, with wife Abigail and four sons, came and settled in Rehoboth, Mass., in 1638, with his father. William,3 b. 1631, came with his father and grandfather; m., 1st, Priscilla Bonet and had four children ; m., 2nd, Marriam Saile ; he d. Jan. 26, 1703. Nathaniel,4 b. May 4, 1667 ; m., 1st, Rachel Cooper (d. July 9, 1694) ; m., 2d, Mary Preston ; m., 3rd, Mary Cooper.


EZRA5 CARPENTER (Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1 of England), b. March 20, 1698 ; m. Nov. 28, 1723, Elizabeth (b. April 5, 1704, at Rehoboth ; d. March 19, 1766), daughter of Rev. Thomas Greenwood ; he d. Aug. 26, 1785, at Walpole, N. H. Children : Eliz- abeth, b. Jan. 13, 1724, at Hull, Mass. ; m. Samuel Trott of Wal- pole, N. H. ; d. Sept. 20, 1796. Elijah, b. Oct. 26, 1727, at Hull ; d. Oct. 7, 1755, in Swanzey. Theodocia, b. June 6, 1730 ; m. Mr. Bax- ter of Boston, Mass. ; d. Aug. 14, 1756. Greenwood, b. March 31, 1733. Preston, b. March 17, 1736; d. April 5, 1736. Olive, b. July 24, 1738 ; d. June 30, 1755, in Swanzey. Content, b. Sept. 6, 1740 ; m. John Kilborn, of Walpole; d. Oct. 22, 1810, in Shrews- bury, Vt. Rachel, b. in Hull, May 12, 1743 ; m. Dr. David Taylor, of Charlestown, N. H. ; d. March 30, 1796.




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