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GREENWOOD6 CARPENTER (Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. March 31, 1733, in Hull, Mass. ; m., 1st, 1752, Sarah Leathers of Charlestown, Mass .; m., 2nd, Susan (bapt. July 28, 1745), daughter of Jonathan Hammond, of Swanzey; d. in Swanzey Feb. 3, 1809. Children : William, b. at Charlestown, Mass. Betsey, b. at Charlestown ; m. Sylvanus Hastings of Charlestown, N. H. ; d. in Lashute, Canada East. Olive, m. Joseph Barrows (b. in Charles- town, Mass. ; d. in Ohio) of Walpole, N. H. Children by second wife : Theodocia, b. Oct. 24, 1774, at Swanzey ; m. Dr. John Jackson, , of Lebanon, N. H. ; d. in Swanzey, Aug. 7, 1822. Hastings, b. March 22, 1776. Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1777 ; m. Eben Hubbard, of Glaston- bury, Conn. ; d. March 5, 1839, in Fulton, N. Y. Elijah, b. Dec. 23, 1779. Consider, b. Feb. 19, 1781. Dan., b. Oct. 26, 1782. Ezra,
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b. Oct. 26, 1784. Susan, b. Sept. 10, 1786. Sophronia, b. Nov. 29, 1788 ; d. Apr. 18, 1810. Preston, b. March 3, 1792 ; d. Sept. 5, 1814, in Genesee, N. Y.
WILLIAM7 CARPENTER (Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. in Charlestown, Mass., and Lucinda his wife had : Guy, b. May 7, 1782.
HASTINGS7 CARPENTER ( Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. March 22, 1776 ; m. Maria Hooppole of Schen- ectady, N. Y .; he d. in Canada, March 1, 1815.
ELIJAH7 CARPENTER (Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. Dec. 23, 1779 ; m. Dec. 11, 1815, Fanny (b. Nov. 1, 1787 ; d. March 10, 1876, at Algona, Iowa), daughter of Amariah Partridge of Chesterfield. He d. Oct. 24, 1861. Children : Thankful, b. Feb. 14, 1817 ; m., 1st, Sept. 23, 1841, Joshua Wyman of Keene; m., 2nd, Zebina Knights. Harriet R., b. May 4, 1819 ; m. Nathan Watkins of Walpole. Julia Ann, b. May 15, 1823 ; m. May 18, 1850, Cyrel Aldrich. Elizabeth G., b. Dec. 20, 1825. George, b. Sept. 13, 1828. Elijah Preston, b. April 10, 1831 ; d. in Keene, Oct. 31, 1872.
CONSIDER7 CARPENTER (Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. Feb. 19, 1781 ; m., 1st, May 17, 1812, Thank- ful (b. Nov. 4, 1782 ; d. March 26, 1815), daughter of Elijah Belding ; m., 2nd, March 31, 1818, Fanny, daughter of Jolin Leonard ; he d. Dec. 31, 1857. Children : Ezra, b. Feb. 25, 1813 ; d. May 19, 1861. Thankful Belding, b. March 2, 1815 ; m. June 6, 1836, Elbridge Fos- gate of Athol, Mass. Hastings, b. March 1, 1819. Fanny Ann, b. Sept. 15, 1821 ; m. Dec. 1, 1840, Lyman Gates of Sullivan; d. Feb. 7, 1853, at Glens Falls, N. Y. Eber H., b. Jan. 22, 1824. John L., b. Jan. 11, 1827 ; lives in Richmond.
THANKFUL GUNN8 CARPENTER (Elijah,7 Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathan- iel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. Feb. 14, 1817; m., 1st, Sept. 23, 1841, Joshua Wyman of Keene (b. Oct. 18, 1800 ; d. Dec. 29, 1858); m., 2nd, Zebina Knight. Children : Emily Frances, b. at Keene, Feb. 14, 1845 ; m. Nov. 19, 1863, Esek Buffum of Rich- mond ; d. Dec. 12, 1881, in Chicago, Ill. He d. June 24, 1882, in Chicago. Henry Joshua, b. Nov. 23, 1849 ; m. March 25, 1880,
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Katie C. of Hastings, Neb. George C., b. Nov. 14, 1853 ; d. Sept. 18, 1856.
HARRIET ROSS8 CARPENTER (Elijah7, Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathan- iel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. May 4, 1819 ; m. Aug. 29, 1837, Nathan Watkins of Walpole (b. Feb. 11, 1813 ; d. April 4, 1850, in California). Children : William Elijah, b. Jan. 22, 1839, in Hinsdale ; m. Jan. 8, 1868, Mary Ball of Montague, Mass. Ella Madora, b. Oct. 19, 1842, at Hinsdale ; m. Feb. 11, 1868, Oliver H. Phelps of Spring Prairie, Wis.
ELIZABETH GREENWOOD8 CARPENTER (Elijah,7 Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. Dec. 20, 1825 ; m. Oct. 26, 1843, Dennis Hubbard (b. April 15, 1815 ; d. Jan. 11, 1878, in Springfield, Mass.), of Middletown, Conn. ; she d. Sept. 7, 1855, in Springfield, Mass. Children : George Walton, b. in Keene, Sept. 17, 1844. Elijah C., b. in Keene, Nov. 8, 1846. Julia F., b. in Swanzey, Dec. 28, 1848.
GEORGE8 CARPENTER (Elijah,7 Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 Wil- liam,3 William,2 William1), b. Sept. 13, 1828 ; m. June 14, 1864, Lucy Jane (b. March 9, 1834), daughter of Carter Whitcomb.
HASTINGS8 CARPENTER (Consider,7- Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1) b. March 1, 1819 ; m. Sept. 14, 1847, Keziah W. (b. Jan. 1, 1829), daughter of Jotham Eames ; he d. Feb. 10, 1851.
EBER H.8 CARPENTER (Consider,7 Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. Jan. 22, 1824 ; m. Oct. 23, 1844, Mary A. Brigham of Erving, Mass. ; lives in Northfield, Mass.
JOHN L.8 CARPENTER (Consider,7 Greenwood,6 Ezra,5 Nathaniel,4 William,3 William,2 William1), b. Jan. 11, 1827; m. Oct., 1875, Al- freda (Martin) Fisher.
THOMAS CARPENTER, m. July 16, 1797, Abigail Brown.
LEWIS CARPENTER was inn-keeper at Swanzey Factory ; taxed in 1850 and 1851.
CARR.
WILLIAM CARR, m. Mary - -. Children : Sarah, d. Sept. 30, 1744. Mercy, d. Oct. 3, 1744. Abner, d. Oct. 17, 1744. Mary, bapt. Sept. 4, 1743 ; d. Oct. 17, 1744. Mary, bapt. Nov. 18, 1744 ; d. Sept. 9, 1746. Rhoda, b. about 1746 ; m. Elijah Belding.
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CARTER.
REV. THOMAS1 CARTER emigrated to Woburn, Mass.
REV. SAMUEL2 CARTER (Rev. Thomas1), b. Aug. 9, 1640; d. in Groton, Mass. ; had nine children, of whom the sixth was Thomas,3 b. April 3, 1682 ; d. March 21, 1737. He had ten children, of whom the third was Col. John,4 b. April 23, 1713 ; m. Abigail Joslin of Lan- caster ; he d. May 8, 1766. Their fourth son was Joseph,5 b. Nov. 17, 1745; came to Fitzwilliam, 1803. Had Joseph,6 b. April 19, 1777 ; m. Nov. 28, 1802 ; d. Sept. 14, 1822. Had a son Ebenezer,7 b. May 20, 1803 ; m. Jan. 31, 1833, Clarissa, daughter of Ebenezer Colburn of Rindge; d. March 21, 1871. Children, all born in Fitz- william : Elizabeth G.,8 b. Nov. 11, 1833 ; d. Oct. 1, 1847. Eben C., b. Dec. 2, 1835 ; d. Sept. 25, 1837. Margaret F., b. Feb. 22, 1838; d. Dec. 16, 1842. Henrietta C., b. Oct. 9, 1840 ; d. April 6, 1875. Martha F., b. March 12, 1843 ; m. John M. Fiske.
HERBERT E.8 CARTER (Ebenezer,7 Joseph,6 Joseph,5 John,4 Thom- as,3 Samuel,2 Thomas1 of Woburn, Mass.), b. Sept. 9, 1845 ; m. April 22, 1873, Nancie A., daughter of John Wheeler of Ashby. Child : Her- bert A., b. July 10, 1874.
NORRIS C.8 CARTER (Ebenezer,7 Joseph,6 Joseph,5 John,4 Thomas,3 Samuel,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 26, 1848; m. Feb. 23, 1871, Mary T. (b. Sept. 8, 1852), daughter of Daniel Greenleaf. Children : Flor_ ence M., b. March 8, 1872; m. Edgar C. Emery. Lillian M., b. Oct. 21, 1883.
FRED A. CARTER, b. Oct., 1856; m. Sept. 21, 1881, Lora E. (b. Sept. 29, 1860), daughter of Luther Alexander. Children : Lora E., b. April 19, 1883. Bernice L., b. Feb. 6, 1887.
CASS.
JOSIAH B.2 CASS (Martin1 of Richmond), b. March 19, 1810 ; m. March 27, 1831, Eliza S. (b. Feb. 23, 1810), daughter of Gideon Willis ; d. July 4, 1866. Children : F. Brigham, b. Feb. 21, 1832. George H., b. Dec. 23, 1833. Harriet M., b. Dec. 25, 1835 ; m. Luke Ellor. Nancy L., b. April 17, 1837; d. May 6, 1852. Ellen E., b. Oct. 19, 1841; d. Aug. 30, 1860.
F. BRIGHAM3 CASS (Josiah B.,2 Martin1 of Richmond), b. Feb. 21, 1832; m. Cynthia L., b. Nov. 29, 1837, daughter of Jesse Bolles of
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Richmond. Children : Addie E., m. A. W. Dickinson. Henry. Liz- zie ; lives in Lunenburg, Mass.
GEORGE H. CASS (Josiah B.,2 Martin1), b. Dec. 31, 1833 ; m. April 7, 1853, Helen A. Cole of Stockholm, N. Y. Children : Clarence E., b. Oct. 7, 1854, in Ill. ; d. May 13, 1859. Maria E., b. March 15, 1861 ; d. Dec. 21, 1865. Alice I., b. Oct. 9,1862 ; m. Nov. 11, 1882, Ned E. Purington. Ellen E., b. June 8, 1864 ; m. Sept. 26, 1888, Byron F. Purington. Francis B., b. June 22, 1872, in Erving, Mass.
CHAMBERLAIN.
JOHN2 CHAMBERLAIN (Elisha1 of Fitchburg, Mass.), b. Sept. 10, 1795 ; m., 1st, March 18, 1820, Nancy Stone (b. May 8, 1798 ; d. June 11, 1822) ; m., 2nd, Sept. 25, 1822, Olive H. Wyman (b. March 18, 1792 ; d. Apr. 14, 1826) ; m., 3d, - 12, 1826, Sylvia Perry (b. Sept. 14, 1797 ; d. Oct. 28, 1852) ; m., 4th, Feb. 7, 1854, Harriet, daughter of Jacob Ware of Winchester. He d. Aug. 28, 1870. Chil- dren : Nancy S., b. Oct. 22, 1820 ; m. Franklin Holman ; d. Oct. 22, 1845. Martha W., b. July 7, 1823 ; m. a Mr. Austin of Newton, Mass. William, b. Apr. 9, 1826 ; d. Apr. 15, 1826. Olive H., b. Sept. 9, 1827; m. Albert N. Chase of Worcester, Mass. John E., b. Nov. 29, 1830 ; d. Aug. 19, 1849. Sylvia, b. March 11, 1832; d. March 28, 1832. William P., b. June 2, 1833. Sylvia A., b. Oct. 5, 1835 ; m., 1st, Albert Erastus Briggs ; 2nd, Otis B. Wheeler, of Whit- ingham, Vt. Sarah J., b. Sept. 5, 1837; m. Pearl P. Briggs. Ed- mund H., b. Oct. 18, 1840. Flora E., b. Jan. 9, 1855 ; m. George F. Newell. Herbert R., b. Dec. 28, 1856. John S., b. Jan., 1864.
WILLIAM P.3 CHAMBERLAIN (John,2 Elisha1 of Fitchburg, Mass.), b. June 2, 1833 ; m. Jan. 8, 1856, Harriet E. (b. Oct. 1, 1833), daugh- ter of Samuel Persons of Reading, Vt. ; resides in Keene. Child . Berdia A.
CLARK.
TIMOTHY CLARK, b. in Billerica, Mass., with his wife Mary Laws came to this town and settled where Herbert E. Carter resides. Chil- dren : Timothy and Theodore ; went west. James. Mary, m. Sam- uel Gunn. Eliza, m. June 7, 1807, Brigham Smith of Cornish, N. H. Sarah, b. July 17, 1785 ; m. March 26, 1812, Jonathan Bailey.
JAMES2 CLARK (Timothy1), b. in 1769 ; m., 1st, May 22, 1799, Lucy, daughter of Shubael Seaver; lived in the same house in which Her-
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bert E. Carter now lives and where he d. Oct. 25, 1825 ; m., 2nd, May 27, 1806, Hannah Mears. Children by Lucy : William and James. Children by Hannah : Lucy, who d. young. Hester, m., Nov. 18, 1830, Russell F. Thompson. Hannah, d. in youth. Levi, went to Canada and never returned. Thomas, b. Aug., 1818; went to Illinois.
WILLIAM3 CLARK (James,2 Timothy1), b. in the year 1800 ; m., 1st, Susan Starkey ; m., 2nd, Hannah (d. Feb. 14, 1872), widow of Asa Jackson. He d. July 29, 1869.
JAMES3 (James,2 Timothy1), m., June 16, 1830, Susan Morse, daughter of Capt. Henry Morse; lived in Massachusetts until his death.
JONATHAN2 CLARK (Thomas1 of Troy), b. June 3, 1788; m., 1812, Mary, daughter of Asa Brewer ; he d. Aug. 20, 1850, in Troy. Chil- dren : Asa, b. Sept. 4, 1814. Jonathan, b. April 10, 1816. Betsey, b. Sept. 20, 1820; m., 1st, Bailey Starkey of Troy ; m., 2nd, Win- throp Knights of Troy. William, b. June 8, 1825. Daniel Webster, b. Feb. 25, 1831. Henry C., b. March 8, 1838.
ASA3 CLARK (Jonathan,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 4, 1814, in Keene ; m., 1837, Martha, daughter of Zalmon How. Children : Warren H., b. June 23, 1844. Chester. Hattie E., m. Frederick L. Wise of Marl- borough.
JONATHAN3 CLARK (Jonathan,2 ThomasI), b. April 10, 1816 ; m., Hannah L., daughter of Luna Starkey of Troy ; d. Oct. 14, 1852.
WILLIAM3 CLARK (Jonathan,2 Thomas1), b. June 8, 1825 ; m. 1851, Martha Bolles.
DANIEL WEBSTER3 CLARK (Jonathan,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 25, 1831 ; m. Nov. 15, 1851, Maria Diana, daughter of Silas Whitcomb. Child : Ruby M., an adopted daughter, b. Dec. 17, 1884.
HENRY C.3 CLARK (Jonathan,2 Thomas1), b. March 8, 1838 ; m. a daughter of James Marble of Hinsdale. Children : Edward. Lona.
COBURN.
DANIEL COBURN, of Chesterfield, m., 2d, Dec. 26, 1831, Dorcas Moore ; d. June 29, 1845. Children : Prescott D., b. 1815; d. in Winchester.
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PRESCOTT D.2 COBURN (Daniel1), b. 1815 ; m. Julia Ann Snow (d. Oct. 29, 1859, aged 47 years) ; he died March 5, 1888, aged 73 years. Children : Watson B., d. June 19, 1859, aged 15 years. Larkin D., d. April 24, 1853, aged 11 years. Watson A., d. Feb. 28, 1869, aged 4 years.
COLLIER.
JAMES M. COLLIER of Chesterfield, Mass., b. July 9, 1809 ; m., 1st, March 2, 1835, Miss Dorinda Drewry ; m., 2nd, April 7, 1856, Mrs. Elijah Bullard. Children : Emerson, b. Dec. 27, 1835 ; d. March 2, 1837. Francis, b. March 25, 1838 ; d. Aug. 6, 1843. An infant, d. June 30, 1840. Julia E., b. July 26, 1842. Samantha, b. June 9, 1845 ; d. May 14, 1874. Emma, b. July, 1847 ; m. Benjamin Taylor of New York. Nelson, b. Aug. 8, 1850. Frank F., b. Aug. 1, 1852. Henry T., b. June 29, 1855 ; d. May 13, 1879.
NELSON A.2 COLLIER (James M.1), b. Aug. 8, 1850 ; m. Apr. 19, 1881, Emma L. (b. Oct. 6, 1860), daughter of Lorenzo Ballou. Chil- dren : Etta L., b. Aug. 24, 1882. Lula, b. April 9, 1884. Norman, b. Oct. 11, 1887. Son, b. 1889.
CONBOY.
JOHN CONBOY, b. in Ireland about 1840; m. Nov. 12, 1871, Jose- phine (b. Aug. 31, 1856), daughter of Michael Corkery, of Beverly, Mass. Children : Bessie Ellen, b. Sept. 15, 1872 ; d. June 1, 1887. Josephine Vivian, b. Sept. 7, 1877. Mary Jane, b. June 7, 1879. John, b. Aug. 28, 1880.
CONVERSE.
DANIEL CONVERSE, m. Feb. 24, 1795, Ruth Seaver.
COMBS.
AMOS D.2 COMBS (Anthony' of Winchester, N. H.), m. - Laws.
COOK.
FRANCIS COOK and his wife Catharine came from Winchester. Hed. Sept. 27, 1876. She d. June 27, 1887, aged 78 years. Chil- dren : Andrew B. and Etta.
ANDREW B.2 COOK (Francis1 of Winchester), b. Aug. 3, 1832 ; m. Apr. 2, 1866, Emerancy B. (b. Sept. 8, 1835), daughter of Cass Bul- lock. Child : Mary E., b. April 15, 1870.
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EVERSON2 COOK (John' of Winchester), m. Juliette B., daughter of Paul Willard ; came to this town about 1834; had Frances ; returned to Winchester, 1846.
WALTER COOK, of Weymouth, Mass., came from England to America in 1635. The line of descent from him to Caleb Cook who settled in Swanzey was, Walter, Nicholas, Ist, Nicholas, 2d, Caleb.
CALEB4 COOK (Nicholas,3 Nicholas,2 Walter!), b. Sept. 25, 1727; in. Sept. 17, 1753, Provided Gaskill (d. 1787) ; he d. Oct. 16, 1788. Children : George and Abigail, b. June 19, 1754 ; Abigail, d. in in- fancy. Olive, b. March 30, 1756 ; m. Samuel Curtis of Richmond. Patience,' b. Oct. 30, 1756 ; m. Amariah Curtis. Zuriel and Aurilla, b. Oct. 22, 1763; the daughter d. in infancy. Jemima, b. Oct. 10, 1765 ; m. Benjamin Hewes. Simeon, b. Dec. 8, 1770. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1772 ; m., 1st, Gideon Mann, of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Jere- miah Thayer, of Richmond; d. Feb. 11, 1846.
SIMEON5 COOK (Caleb,4 Nicholas,3 Nicholas,2 Walter1 from Eng- land), b. Dec. 8, 1770; m., 1st, July 26, 1791, Rhoda (b. in 1763 ; d. in July, 1815), daughter of Gideon Mann of Richmond; m., 2nd, April 19, 1816, Rachel Holman (widow Barrus, b. in 1780; d. March 2, 1839) ; m., 3d, March 22, 1840, Sarah Brown (widow Smead, b. in 1781 ; d. Nov. 4, 1861), of Swanzey. He d. March 18, 1859. Children : Caroline, b. April 16, 1792; m. James Buffum of Rich- mond ; d. Nov. 12, 1876. Candace, b. March 28, 1793; m. Amasa Aldrich. Clarinda, b. July 9, 1794; m. Oct. 22, 1812, Russell Streeter; d. in Portland, Me., Dec. 27, 1824. Caleb, b. March 12, 1796. Aquilla, b. May 11, 1797. Carlon, b. Nov. 29, 1798. Fla- villa, b. Nov. 17, 1800; m. Hubbard Church of Volney, N. Y .; d. Dec. 18, 1833. Lovanna, b. Oct. 7, 1802; m. Paul F. Aldrich. Fostina, b. Sept. 21, 1804; m. Nov. 27, 1825, Russell Streeter. George, b. Aug. 31, 1817. Simeon, b. Apr. 14, 1821. Malvina, b. June 30, 1823 ; m. Joseph B. Smead.
CALEB6 COOK (Simeon,5 Caleb,4 Nicholas,3 Nicholas,2 Walter1), b. March 12, 1796; m., 1st, 1818, Lydia Thompson (d. in 1856) ; m., 2nd, Feb. 10, 1857, Mrs. Jennings (b. 1805; d. Dec. 14, 1878), of Vermont ; he d. in January, 1877.
AQUILLA6 COOK (Simeon,5 Caleb,4 Nicholas,3 Nicholas,2 Walter1), b. May 11, 1797; m. Olive Bates (d. in 1860), of Bellingham, Mass .; he d. in Feb., 1880.
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CARLON6 COOK (Simeon,5 Caleb,4 Nicholas,3 Nicholas,2 Walter1), b. 1798; m. Cynthia (b. March 18, 1799), daughter of John Carter of Leominster, Mass. He d. about 1830. She m., 2nd, Dec. 3, 1840, George W. Daniels (d. in Winchester, Mass., in 1875), of Keene. Child : Marcus.
SIMEON6 COOK (Simeon,5 Caleb,4 Nicholas,3 Nicholas,2 Walter1), b. Apr. 14, 1821; m. Sept. 24, 1841, Patience (b. May 28, 1820), daughter of Silas Parsons. Children : Silas Parsons, b. Oct. 18, 1845. Leroy, b. Feb. 4, 1849. Solon, b. 1851 ; d. in infancy. Clara J., b. Oct. 22, 1854 ; m. Herbert Aldrich. Charles S., b. May 28, 1857.
COOPER.
HARVEY W. COOPER, m., Dec. 22, 1842, Hannalı (b. Nov. 10, 1823), daughter of Martin Thompson. They d. in Keene, leaving Willie ; and Abbie, b. Sept. 14, 1856 ; both reside in Keene.
CORLIS.
BAILEY2 CORLIS (Samuel1 of Bow), b. March 26, 1815 ; m., 1st, in 1838, Martha (b. in March, 1811 ; d. in 1845), daughter of Samuel Scribner of Salisbury; m., 2nd, May 9, 1849, Nancy S., daughter of Joseph Edmonds of Thornton. Children : Benjamin B., b. in March, 1839 ; d. in 1845. Ida G. B. V., b. May 14, 1852 ; m. George Perry. Florence A. E., b. April 9, 1854 ; m. Edgar H. Naramore, of Win- chester.
COREY.
AMOS L.2 COREY ( Abraham1 of Marlborough), b. Aug. 1, 1839 ; m. Ellen M., daughter of John G. Sparry of Cavendish, Vt. Children : Clara A., b. Dec. 8, 1863 ; m. Jesse Hall. Charles Lorenzo, b. Sept. 22, 1866. Mary Isabel, b. May 30, 1869. Francis Bryon, b. Sept. 28, 1871.
CRAM.
SYLVANUS MARTIN2 CRAM (Joseph1 of New London), b. Jan. 20, 1818; m. May 3, 1841, Charity (b. Nov. 17, 1824), daughter of John T. Ruter of Washington, Vt. Children : Sylvanus Martin, b. July 6, 1844 ; d. Oct., 1851. Julia, b. June 18, 1847 ; m. Gilman Ordway, North Randolph, Vt. Dora H., b. Aug. 14, 1851 ; m. Arza Higgins. Martin G., b. Dec. 1, 1855. Ursula V., b. May 25, 1857 ; m. Fla- vius F. Lombard. Susa, b. May 29, 1858. Walter, b. Apr. 22, 1864. Jennie M., b. Dec. 31, 1866 ; m. Ned Evans.
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CRESSON.
THOMAS CRESSON was in Swanzey as early as 1737, and was from Sunderland, Mass. ; m. Mary- ; her church relation was removed to Swanzey from Rutland, Mass., in 1741. Children : Thomas, b. in August, 1722. Mary, m. a Mr. Fish. Sarah, m. Wyot Gunn. A child d. in 1740. William, d. Nov. 23, 1754. Submit, d. Aug. 9, 1755.
THOMAS? CRESSON ( Thomas] from Sunderland) , b. in Aug., 1722 ; m. Mary - (b. in 1732 ; d. May 26, 1814) ; he d. May 8, 1821. Chil- dren : Nathan, b. Feb. 15, 1754. William, b. Feb. 8, 1756. Silas, bapt. June 18, 1758; d. Oct. 3, 1759. Silas, b. Feb. 2, 1760 ; d. Feb. 15, 1778. Thomas, b. July 1, 1762. Gaius, bapt. July 10, 1765 ; d. Oct. 7, 1765. Gains, b. May 13, 1767. Molly, b. Nov. 3, 1769 ; m. Nov. 18, 1788, Daniel Beverstock. Sarah, b. Oct. 4, 1772 ; m. James Kingsbury. Olive, bapt. Jan. 26, 1777 ; d. Aug. 27, 1777. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 23, 1778. Paul, b. Dec. 19, 1780. Catharine, b. Dec. 7, 1782.
NATHAN3 CRESSON ( Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 15, 1754 ; m. Lois Children : Chloe, b. Feb. 10, 1782 ; m. a Mr. Rawson. Si- las, b. Sept. 9, 1785. William, b. Sept. 17, 1787. Thomas, b. Aug. 14, 1789. Seth, b. March 1, 1792. Nathan, b. May 4, 1794. Elias, b. May 27, 1796. Rufus, b. Apr. 23, 1799.
GAIUS3 CRESSON (Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. May 13, 1767 ; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Mary Smith ; he d. in 1812. Children : Melinda, b. Oct. 14, 1789. Salome, b. April 21, 1791. Roxana, b. April 15, 1793. Carlos, b. May 7, 1795. Sarah, b. April 15, 1797. Olive, b. July 25, 1805. Mary, b. May 7, 1807.
CROSS.
Three brothers, JOSEPH, THOMAS and NATHAN CROSS, came to Swan- zey from Nottingham about 1760 and settled near each other in the northwest corner of the town.
JOSEPH CROSS, b. 1758 ; m. March 10, 1785, Hannah (b. 1764; d. June 27, 1817), daughter of Benjamin Olcott; lived on what was called " Pine Hill ;" he d. Oct. 21, 1815. Children : Sarah, b. Feb. 3, 1786 ; m. Oct. 8, 1806, Abijah Stearns. William, b. March 18, 1787. Otis, b. July 12, 1789. Joseph, b. March 8, 1791. Benja- min, b. June 1, 1793. Hannah, b. June 14, 1795. Levi, b. Aug.
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26, 17.97 ; went to Vermont. James, b. June 15, 1800 ; went to Ver- mont. Luther, b. Oct. 17, 1802; went to Woodstock, Vt.
THOMAS CROSS, brother of Joseph, m. Sarah Pemberton (b. 1764 ; d. Aug. 8, 1859, aged 95 years). He settled near his brother Joseph, but d. in Highgate, Vt. ; the cellar only marks the spot. Children : John, b. about 1784. Peter, b. Sept. 10, 1786. Henry, b. Nov. 22, 1788. Nathan, b. Sept. 12, 1790 ; m. Betsey Hammond and removed to Highgate, Vt., where they died. Enoch, b. May 28, 1792; m. March 15, 1821, Betsey Britton and removed to the state of New York. Lucina, b. 1794; m. April 4, 1820, Benjamin Hammond. Sarah, m. Joseph Ripley of Winchester. Lewis. Celinda lives in Boston. Charles lives in Keene.
NATHAN CROSS, brother of Joseph and Thomas, m. Betsey Law- rence (b. 1772 ; d. Dec. 13, 1854). He d. in Westport, Jan. 26, 1842. Children : Polly, b. April 5, 1793 ; m. June 3, 1818, Enos Stevenson. Otis, b. Aug. 21, 1794. Eldad, b. 1796. Betsey, b. Dec. 20, 1799 ; m. Rev. Tristan Aldrich. Matilda, m. Dec. 27, 1826, David Read. Zadock. Allen. David. Daniel, b. March 13, 1813 ; d. Jan. 13, 1890, in Fitchburg, Mass.
JOSEPH2 CROSS (Joseph1), b. March 8, 1791; m. Feb. 18, 1816, Mariam (b. Dec. 31, 1793), daughter of Jonathan Whitcomb. Chil- dren : Francis. Frederick. Horace.
BENJAMIN2 CROSS (Joseph1), b. June 1, 1793 ; m. Feb. 2, 1816, Susanna (b. 1798; d. July 21, 1878, aged 80 years), daughter of Joel Foster. He d. July 13, 1846, aged 53 years. Children : Han- nah, b. Nov. 10, 1816 ; m. Edwin Snow. Augusta, b. Oct. 15, 1820 ; m. John A. Dennis of Iowa. Levi, b. Dec. 8, 1821. Philemon W., b. Dec. 9, 1823 ; lives in Peterborough, N. H. Sarah, b. Nov. 18, 1825 ; m. John C. Young ; lives in Manchester, N. H. Benjamin, b. April 3, 1828; d. June 22, 1829. Martha J., b. March 9, 1831 ; m. George W. Perry of Malden, Mass. Ira, b. July 23, 1833 ; m. Au- gusta Sanborn of Nashua. George H., b. Feb. 9, 1835 ; m. Jane M., daughter of Jonathan Jackson and lives in Winchester.
JOHN2 CROSS ( Thomas]), b. about 1784 ; m. Feb. 18, 1816, Milla (b. about 1784) daughter of Jonathan Whitcomb. Children : Gil- bert. Levi, b. about 1819 ; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Clark Dodge ; she d. in Swanzey, Nov. 29, 1856 ; he lives in Keene.
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PETER2 CROSS (Thomas1), b. Sept. 10, 1786 ; m. Lucy (d. Aug. 15, 1844), daughter of Benjamin Hammond; he d. May 1, 1865. Chil- dren : Calista, b. Jan. 16, 1810; m. John A. Hamblet. George, b. Sept. 7, 1812. Ebenezer F., b. March 15, 1815. Azuba, b. July 1, 1819; m. Feb. 12, 1846, Ephraim P. Rixford of Winchester. Wilder, b. July 8, 1822. Ziba, b. May 30, 1825; d. June 22, 1833. Wesley, b. Sept. 14, 1827; d. Sept. 28, 1845.
HENRY2 CROSS (Thomas1), b. Nov. 22, 1788; m. Lydia Hammond of Winchester, Jan. 23, 1820.
OTIS2 CROSS (Nathan1), b. Aug. 21, 1794 ; m. Charlotte (d. Jan. 3, 1842), daughter of David Read; d. Oct. 1, 1849. Children : Sul- I'van, b. Aug. 17, 1817. Dulcy Ann, b. June 21, 1824; m. a Mr. Wells. Edwin L., b. April 7, 1833. Amy C., b. Aug. 14, 1837. ,
ELDAD2 CROSS (Nathan1), b. 1796; m., Nov. 19, 1818, Betsey Heffron (b. 1799 ; d. Sept. 1, 1869) ; d. April 16, 1878, in Worces- ter, Mass. Children : Enos H., b. Jan. 22, 1820; lives in Gilsum. Joseph, b. Oct. 25, 1824. Orrin T., b. Aug. 19, 1829; m. Sophia Verry, daughter of Horace Verry ; went to Whitehall where she died ; he is in Gilsum, N. H. ¢
GEORGE3 CROSS (Peter,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 7, 1812; m., 1st, Oct. 14, 1841, Eunice (d. Sept. 26, 1862), daughter of Joshua Snow ; m., 2d, Feb. 17, 1863, Helen, daughter of Reuben Foster of Ches- terfield ; d. Sept. 13, 1884. Children : An infant, d. Aug. 13, 1848. Irvin G., b. June 28, 1865.
EBENEZER F.3 CROSS (Peter,2 Thomas1), b. March 15, 1815; m. Helen Clark of Chesterfield (d. Jan. 4, 1858) ; d. in Andersonville, Ga. Children : Fred and Edwin who live in Winchendon and John who lives in Worcester, Mass.
SULLIVAN3 CROSS (Otis,2 Nathan1), m. a Miss Taft, daughter of Rufus Taft of Winchester. Children : Mary E., d. Sept. 24, 1849. Rufus, d. Oct. 21, 1849. The family removed from this town.
IRVIN G.4 CROSS (George,3 Peter,2 Thomas1), m., 1st, May 26, 1886, Hattie. A. Fox (b. 1864; d. Nov. 1, 1887), daughter of Joseph Ellor and adopted by Salmon H. Fox; m., 2nd, Blanche (b. April 5, 1872) daughter of Charles S. Whitcomb. Child, by Hattie : Carl F., b. Oct. 27, 1887.
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CROSSETT.
RICHARD2 CROSSETT (Robert1 of Prescott, Mass.), b. Nov. 5, 1764 ; m., Jan. 9, 1784, Olive Powers (b. 1762; d. March 10, 1835) ; d. Aug. 6, 1814. Children : Polly, b. Dec. 20, 1785 ; m. Samuel Hol- brook. Aaron, b. June 6, 1787; d. Apr. 25, 1802. Richard, b. 1789. Isaac, b. Dec. 17, 1791. John, b. 1793. Luther and Calvin, b. Jan. 21, 1795. Chester, b. about 1796. Salmon, b. July 19, 1798. Robert, b. Dec. 19, 1799. Powers, b. Oct. 17, 1802.
RICHARD3 CROSSETT (Richard,2 Robert1), b. 1789 ; m. Mrs. Olive Darling of Northfield, Mass .; d. Feb. 14, 1863. Children : Susan, b. about 1815 ; m. Frank Richardson. Louisa, b. about 1818; m. Isaac Lamson. James, d. 1823. Robert, b. Nov., 1823; d. in Michigan.
POWERS3 CROSSETT (Richard,2 Robert1), b. Oct. 17, 1802 ; m. Mary S. (b. Sept. 26, 1808), daughter of Clement A. Sumner. Child : Mary A., d. July 2, 1832.
CROUCH.
AMOS2 CROUCH (John1 of Chesterfield), b. in 1769 ; m., 1st, Lydia Brown (b. 1773, d. Jan. 3, 1812), of Brookline ; m., 2nd, Sally (b. 1778 ; d. Feb. 16, 1825), a sister of Lydia ; m., 3rd, Sept. 27, 1825, Abigail (b. 1785 ; d. 1860), daughter of Daniel Holbrook of Keene. He died Aug. 18, 1861. Children : John, b. 1796. Lydia, m. Elisha Taylor of Ashby, Mass. Amos, b. May 25, 1800. Lucy, b. 1802; m. Aaron C. Brown. Clark, b. 1804 or 5 ; d. Apr. 8, 1817. Hannah, b. May 8, 1807. Ephraim, b. Jan. 28, 1811.
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