The history of Swanzey, New Hampshire, from 1734 to 1890, Part 34

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


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LUTHER N.3 HILL (Joseph,2 Jonathan1), b. Feb. 18, 1825 ; m.


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March 22, 1848; Lucretia N., daughter of David Read ; he d. March 31, 1867. Children : Fred. Charles. Waldo. Wilfred A. The family resides in Waltham, Mass.


JOHN P.3 HILL (Joseph,2 Jonathan1), b. Ang. 13, 1832 ; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Olive A. (b. Ang. 24, 1835 ; d. Feb. 28, 1872), daughter of Luther Lawrence ; m., 2d, July 17, 1873, Relief (b. Aug. 17, 1851) ; daughter of Barton Grant of Fitzwilliam. Children : John M., b. April 29, 1853; d. Sept. 16, 1864. Lillias, b. March 26, 1856. Russell C., b. Dec. 19, 1858. Evie A., b. Aug. 1, 1862; d. March 2, 1888. Amos M., b. May 24, 1864.


RUSSELL C.4 HILL (John P.,3 Joseph,2 Jonathan1), b. Dec. 19, 1858; m. Nov. 26, 1884, Annis M. (b. Sept. 16, 1860), daughter of Jolın R. Brown.


AMOS M.4 HILL (John P.,3 Joseph,2 Jonathan1), b. May 24, 1864 ; m. Oct. 15, 1888, Janett A. (b. Nov. 21, 1864), daughter of Barret Fosgate of Winchester.


BRADLEY3 HILL. (Jonathan,2 Jonathan1), b. Sept. 22, 1820 ; m. Oct. 14, 1844, Prussia (b. 1823 ; d. Oct. 14, 1848), daughter of Reu- ben Willard of Chesterfield; m., 2d, Susan (b. 1837; d. Aug. 18, 1858), daughter of James Remington of Deerfield, Mass. Children : Bradley W., b. March 4, 1845. Angelina, b. Oct. 14, 1847 ; m. Ed- ward P. Sebastian.


ABRAHAM T.3 HILL (David,2 Jonathan1), b. in Winchester, Jan. 9, 1819 ; m. in South Vernon, Vt., June 4, 1850, Sarah B. Gary (b. in Westmoreland, Jan. 25, 1835) ; he d. Sept. 11, 1890. Children : Charles W., b. April 24, 1851 ; lives in Alstead. Jennie L., b. Sept. 11, 1856 ; d. Oct. 9, 1865. Eliza I., b. July, 1857.


EDWIN3 HILL (David,2 Jonathan1), b. Oct. 31, 1829 ; d. Jan. 28, 1884; m. May 22, 1854, Martha J. (b. Aug. 28, 1834), daughter of David Whitcomb. Children : Mary R., b. Oct. 6, 1854 ; m. Wyman Goodell. Ada E., b. May 30, 1857 ; m. Elmer J. Bullard. Adella W., b. June 26, 1861 ; m. Edward P. Sebastian. Edwin A., b. Apr. 6,1865.


HENRY3 HILL (David,2 Jonathan1), b. Apr. 16, 1832 ; m. June 19, 1855, Sarah C. (b. Aug., 1836), daughter of David Whitcomb. Chil- dren : Ciara A., b. Jan. 27, 1860 ; m. William Edgar Handy. Mar-


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shall H., b. Oct. 16, 1862. Jolin H., b. March 28, 1865. Infant, b. Aug. 25, 1868. Clara M., b. July 2, 1871.


DANIEL B. C.3 HILL (David,2 Jonathan1), b. Feb. 4, 1836 ; m. Feb. 4, 1861, Lizzie Ann (b. Nov. 7, 1839 ; d. Dec. 23, 1887), daugh- ter of George Leonard ; m., 2d, May 25, 1889, widow E. L. Carpen- ter of Surry. Children : Dan Leonard, b. Apr. 30, 1864. Lizzie Eva, b. May 27, 1866. Earl George Burdin, b. May 27, 1869.


DAVID3 HILL (David,2 Jonathan1), m. Harriet Lane. Child : George, b. Jan. 22, 1863. This family removed from town.


BRADLEY W.4 HILL (Bradley,3 Jonathan,2 Jonathan1), b. March 4, 1845 ; m. Feb. 27, 1864, Filly White of Walpole.


JOHN2 HILL (Elihu1 of Hinsdale), b. June, 1832 ; m. Sept., 1854, Calista L. (b. Nov. 30, 1834), daughter of Darius E. Wright. They have an adopted son, Fred J., b. Feb. 22, 1857.


HILLS.


SAMUEL HILLS from Massachusetts had three sons : Nathaniel, b. 1728. Samuel. Ebenezer, b. in Swanzey, 1738.


NATHANIEL2 HILLS (Samuel1), b. in 1728 ; m. Meletiah · who d. May 14, 1765 ; m., 2d, Sarah -, who d. Feb. 13, 1781 ; m., 3d, Hannah - - (b. 1741 ; d. 1812) ; he d. Feb. 1807. Children : Samuel, b. March 4, 1754. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 4, 1755. William, b. Feb. 26, 1758 ; m. a Miss Randall from Richmond and moved to Vermont. John, bapt. July 13, 1760 ; d. Sept. 21, 1763. Reuben, bapt. Apr. 24, 1763 ; removed to Hancock. Meletiah, bapt. Aug. 12, 1770 ; d. June, 1773. Sarah, bapt. May 30, 1773.


SAMUEL2 HILLS (Samuel1), b. about 1730 ; d. about 1800 ; m. June 27, 1758, Sarah, daughter of Abraham Graves. Children : Asa, bapt. Apr. 22, 1759 ; d. young. Asa, b. Apr. 20, 1761; d. young. Elisha, b. March 15, 1763 ; d. July 24, 1772. Esther, b. Jan. 23, 1765; d. young. Moses, b. March 19, 1767. Asa, bapt. March 20, 1770. Esther, b. May 31, 1772 ; m. Ezekiel Osgood.


EBENEZER2 HILLS (Samuel1), b. in Swanzey, 1738; m., 1st, Abigail -; m., 2d, June 30, 1795, Abigail, daughter of Elkanah Lane. - Children : Abigail, b. June 25, 1767. Calvin, b. Apr. 12, 1769. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 16, 1771. Gaius, b. July 7, 1773.


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SAMUEL3 HILLS ( Nathaniel,2 Samuel1), b. March 4, 1754 ; m. May 31, 1780, Asenath (b. Dec. 4, 1761 ; d. Dec. 14, 1820), daughter of Elisha Scott ; m., 2d, Mrs. Hannah Healey of Winchester ; d. May 28, 1832. Children : Asenath, b. Feb. 24, 1781 ; m. Davis Healey. Sally, b. Aug. 17, 1783 ; d. May 7, 1800. Melatiah, b. May 17, 1787 ; d. Jan. 7, 1811. Polly, b. Apr. 13, 1789 ; m. Joshua Parker ; In., 2d, Joseph Kimball. Rachel, b. June 2, 1791 ; m., in 1819, Jo- seph Stickney of N. Y. John, b. June 28, 1793. Samuel, b. May 31, 1795. Prudence, b. Sept. 18, 1796 ; m. Hubbard Mason of Brook- line, Vt. Reuben, b. Dec. 23, 1798. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 25, 1801; d. Feb. 25, 1804. Georgiana, m. - Fosgate of Webster.


NATHANIEL3 HILLS (Nathaniel2, Samuel1), b. Nov. 14, 1755; m. Patty, daughter of Shubael5 Seaver ; d. Dec. 22, 1845.


WILLIAM3 HILLS (Nathaniel,2 Samuel1), b. Feb. 26, 1758 ; m. Aug. 8, 1782, Abigail (b. Feb. 10, 1761; d. Jan. 3, 1850), daughter of John Frary ; he d. Oct. 18, 1859. Children : Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 1782. Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1784. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 14, 1787. Sarah, b. Apr. 7, 1789.


MOSES3 HILLS (Samuel,2 Samuel1), b. March 19, 1767 ; m. June 23, 1796, Mary (b. Apr. 17, 1772 ; d. Oct. 20, 1850), daughter of Elijah Belding ; he d. Dec. 3, 1842. Children : Prudence, b. Feb. 8, 1797 ; m. Reuben Porter. Esther, b. July 14, 1799 ; m. Erastus Dickinson. Silas, b. June 6, 1801. Samuel, b. Sept. 12, 1803, at Newfane, Vt. Rhoda, b. March 6, 1806, at Newfane, Vt. Elijah, b. May 3, 1808. Elisha, b. Oct. 20, 1810. Chauncey.


ASA3 HILLS (Samuel,2 Samuel1), bapt. March 20, 1770; m., Jan. 31, 1793, Rachel (b. May 25, 1769), daughter of Timothy Read.


CALVIN3 HILLS (Ebenezer,2 Samuel1), b. April 12, 1769 ; m. Feb. 12, 1804, Sarah (b. Feb. 18, 1780), daughter of Elijah Belding ; he d. Nov. 23, 1819. Child : Charles Nicholas.


EBENEZER3 HILLS (Ebenezer,2 Samuel1), b. Aug. 16, 1771 ; m. June 8, 1796, Lydia Chamberlain (b. in Washington, Aug. 15, 1775; d. June 24, 1840) ; d. Sept., 1847, Gainesville, N. Y. Children : Sylvia, b. Apr. 6, 1797 ; m. Nathaniel Stanley. Calvin, b. Sept. 16, 1799, in Windsor, Vt. Sidney, b. Dec. 23, 1801, in Bernardston, Mass. James M., b. in Bernardston, Feb. 14, 1804. Henry L., b. in Bernardston, June 25, 1806. William G., b. in Marlborough, June 23, 1808. Fran- cis D., b. in Marlborough, Oct. 15, 1810.


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GAIUS3 HILLS (Ebenezer,2 Samuel]), b. July 7, 1773 ; m. Priscilla (b. in 1774 ; d. Feb. 3, 1815) ; d. June 1, 1804. Children : Luther, b. June 2, 1800. Clarissa, b. Apr. 17, 1802. Albert, b. March 22, 1804.


JOHN4 HILLS (Samuel,3 Nathaniel,2 Samuel1), b. June 18, 1793 ; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Hill, Chesterfield. Children : Charles Bradley, b. Aug. 10, 1826. George Harvey, b. July 6, 1828. Francis, b. Jan. 2, 1831. Eliza, b. Feb. 2, 1833. Henry, b. March 30, 1837.


SAMUEL4 HILLS (Samuel,3 Nathaniel,2 Samuel1), b. May 31, 1795. m. Miss Washburn of Peterboro'; d. in Canada. Children : Samuel. Frederick. William.


SILAS+ HILLS (Moses,3 Samuel,2 Samuel1), b. June 6, 1801 ; m., in 1832, Emeline Walker.


ELIJAH4 HILLS ( Moses,3 .Samuel,2 Samuel1), b., May 3, 1808 ; m. May 10, 1836, Jemima Darling (b. Nov. 15, 1815 ; d. Feb. 26, 1883), of Winchester; d. Feb. 16, 1874. Children : Isaac A., b. Aug. 10, 1838. Charles M., b. Jan. 12, 1841; d. Feb. 1, 1862. Sarah B., b. July 13, 1843 ; m. George A. Pottle of Boston, Mass. Calvin E., b. Sept. 11, 1846. Hiram G., b. May 16, 1848. Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1850 ; m. Phinehas Gay. Nancy P., b. May 1, 1853 ; m. Charles R. Worcester. William B., b. June 6, 1855. Mary J., b. May 30, 1858 ; m. Fred M. Farr.


GEORGE HARVEY5 HILLS (John,4 Samuel,3 Nathaniel,2 Samuel1), b. July 6, 1828 ; m., 2nd, Mary E. Aldrich from Westmoreland. Children : George. Sherman. Stella.


CALVIN E.5 HILLS (Elijah,4 Moses,3 Samuel,2 Samuel1), b. Sept. 11, 1846 ; m. April 3, 1878, Anna G., daughter of Willard Gay. Child : Gay E., b. Sept. 5, 1882.


HOLBROOK.


PETER6 HOLBROOK (Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet4 of Bellingham,3 Peter of Mendon, Thomas2 of Braintree, Thomas1 settled in Weymouth about 1635), b. Nov. 23, 1762 ; m. Mary Bates of Mendon, Mass. (b. 1767 ; d. April 19, 1850) ; he d. Dec. 3, 1837. Children : Elkanah, b. Jan. 21, 1788, in Bellingham, Mass. Julia, b. Nov. 21, 1789 ; d. July 19, 1845. Isaac B., b. Jan. 21, 1792 ; d. in 1875. Clark B.,


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b. April 11, 1794. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1797; d. Sept. 23, 1854. Peter, b. July 28, 1799 ; d. July 30, 1819. Olive, b. Jan. 26, 1804 ; d. April 7, 1849. Helon, b. Aug. 27, 1807. Sophia, b. May 12, 1812; m. William W. Goodnow.


SETH6 HOLBROOK (Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,3 Thomas,2 Thom- as1), b. July 19, 1765 ; m. Hannah Bates (b. in Apr., 1776 ; d. Nov. 19, 1868) of Mendon, a sister of Mrs. Peter Holbrook ; settled in Swanzey in 1800 ; d. Dec. 11, 1833. Children : Lucretia, b. Apr. 14, 1800; m. James Whittaker of New York State. Chiron, b. Apr. 11, 1803.


ELKANAH7 HOLBROOK (Peter,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,3 Thom- as,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 21, 1788 ; m. March 26, 1812, Diana Wade. Children : Elkanah. Sally, m. Daniel Starkey of Troy. Isaac W., b. in Nov., 1818.


CLARK B.7 HOLBROOK (Peter,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,3 Thom- as,2 ThomasI), b. in Bellingham, Mass., April 11, 1794 ; m., 1st, Dec. 26, 1817, Abigail (b. in Fitzwilliam, May 30, 1793 ; d. Apr. 12, 1855), daughter of Joel Mellen ; m., 2nd, widow of Joseph Wood- ward of Marlborough, who d. Aug. 15, 1870; he d. May 2, 1879. Children : Mellen Robert, b. Feb. 7, 1819. Lyman, b. Apr. 18, 1821. Mary Alzina, b. Aug. 12, 1823 ; ; m. Chiron Holbrook. Cyrus Foote, b. Feb. 13, 1825 ; d. July 29, 1876. Betsey Maria, b. March 15, 1827; m. Oct. 20, 1846, Nathaniel B. Fisher of Fitzwilliam. Olive Priscilla, b. Oct. 25, 1828 ; m. Thayer Thompson. Charles, b. Aug. 31, 1830. Clark Bates, b. Aug. 22, 1834. Henry, b. March 9, 1837 ; d. Aug. 22, 1837.


HELON7 HOLBROOK (Peter,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter.3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 27, 1807; m. Sept. 8, 1835, Polly (b. 1809 ; d. Feb. 11, 1837), daughter of Thomas Applin, Chelsea, Vt.


CHIRON7 HOLBROOK (Seth,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,3 Thom- as,2 Thomas1), b. April 11, 1803; m. May 26, 1844, Mary A. (b. Aug. 12, 1823), daughter of Clark Bates Holbrook ; he d. Oct. 18, 1872. Children : Lucretia, m. Harvey M. Carlton. Lovilla R., m. George W. Taft. Nancy M., m. A. Woodward.


MELLEN R.8 HOLBROOK (Clark B.,7 Peter,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet, 4 Peter,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 7, 1819 ; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 1857, Emily E. Smith of Volney, N. Y., who d. May 5, 1857 ; m., 2nd,


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May 8, 1861, Mary J. Lobdell of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., who d. in 1863 ; he d. June 6, 1881.


LYMANS HOLBROOK (Clark B.,7 Peter,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. April 18, 1821 ; m. May 15, 1849, Morandy (b. Apr. 14, 1817), daughter of Levin Aldrich of Richmond.


CHARLESS HOLBROOK (Clark B.,7 Peter,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet, 4 Peter,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 31, 1830 ; m. Jan. 29, 1866, Su- san M., daughter of M. S. Hurd of Sacramento, California. Chil- dren : Henry Morgan. Mary Hurd. Susan Maria. Olive Mellen. All born in California.


CLARK B.8 HOLBROOK (Clark B.," Peter,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Pet- er,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1). b. Aug. 22, 1834 ; m. Jan. 1, 1862, Mary L. Parker of Springfield, Mass.


ISAAC W.8 HOLBROOK (Elkanah,7 Peter,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Pet- er,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Nov., 1818 ; m. May 23, 1841, Sarah M. (b. Oct. 23, 1819), daughter of Luke Harris of Troy ; he d. in Marl- borough. Children : Ellen Maria, b. June 15, 1842 ; m. Nov. 3, 1864, George G. Newcomb of Roxbury. Susan L., b. Nov. 10, 1844 ; m. Fred C. Lang. Mary C., b. July 27, 1847 ; m. May 23, 1875, Charles Phillips of Keene. John H., b. May 23, 1853. Ida L., b. Jan. 24, 1855.


JOHN5 HOLBROOK (John4 of Uxbridge, John3 of Uxbridge, John2 of Weymouth, John1 came to Weymouth 1640), b. 1747 ; came to Swanzey about 1796 ; m., 1st, Rhoda Thayer, of Mendon, Mass .; m., 2nd, June 1, 1797, widow of Josiah Prime (d. March 31, 1857) ; he d. July 27, 1817. Children : Moses. Ezra. John, b. 1778. Catharine or Cata, m. George Brown of Richmond. Thayer. Rhoda, b. June, 1798. Eber, b. April 8, 1800. Aaron, b. March 8, 1802; d. Oct. 18, 1889. Joshua, b. March 12, 1804 ; d. Dec. 2, 1878. Peter R., b. July, 1806.


EZRA6 HOLBROOK (John,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 John,1 of Weymouth, Mass.), m. Sally (b. June 13, 1782 ; d. in Roxbury, Mass., 1827), daugh- ter of Joshua Prime.


JOHN6 HOLBROOK (John,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. in Ux- bridge, Mass., 1778; m. 1802, Mercy (b. 1780; d. Dec. 2, 1856), daughter of Daniel Hill, of Mendon, Mass. ; he d. in Swanzey, May


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7, 1838. Children : Infant, d. unnamed. Rhoda, b. Apr. 26, 1804 ; m. Nathan Cheney of Orange, Mass. Daniel H., b. Jan. 8, 1806. Infant. Abida, b. Oct. 11, 1809 ; m. Hiram Bolles, and d. in Wisconsin, Dec. 15, 1881. Sophia, b. June 3, 1811 ; m. Carlostine Blake of Weare. Susan Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1814; m. Randall Bolles. Chloe, b. March 20, 1816 ; m. James Pierce. John, b. July 22, 1818. Mercy H., b. Sept. 3, 1821 ; m. July 8, 1849, Ebenezer Flanders of Weare.


THAYER6 HOLBROOK (John,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. about 1785 in Uxbridge, Mass. ; m. June 13, 1811, Sally Lawrence of Win- chester ; he d. in Pennsylvania.


DANIEL H.7 HOLBROOK (John,6 John,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Jan. 8, 1806 ; m. Sept. 5, 1837, Caroline (d. Dec. 5, 1880), daugh- ter of Josiah Prime. Children : Ellen S., d. young. Chloe P. John J., b. Dec. 10, 1844; d. March 24, 1884. Frances V., m. D. M. Nichols of Keene; d. there 1890.


JOHN7 HOLBROOK (John,6 John,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. July 22, 1818 ; m. Lydia Flanders of Hopkinton where he now lives.


PETER2 HOLBROOK (Samuel1 of Uxbridge, Mass.), b. 1740 ; m. Ly- dia -; d. July 12, 1807, in Swanzey. Children : Stephen, m. Mary, daughter of Elisha Whitcomb. Joseph, m. Lucina Cook. Peter, m. Amy Read. Henry, m. Joanna Taft. Samuel, m. Polly Crossett. Eunice, m. Ivory Snow. Mary, m. Nathan Ballou. Lydia, m. James Olcott. Abigail, m. Nathan Hix. Rachel, m. Thomas Prime.


PETER3 HOLBROOK (Peter2, Samuel1), m. Nov. 16, 1797, Amy (d. April 14, 1851), daughter of David Read. Children : Malinda, b. May 6, 1799 ; m. James Olcott. Lucina, b. about 1801; d. about 1815. Peter, b. Nov. 9, 1807. David R., b. in 1814.


SAMUEL3 HOLBROOK (Peter2, Samuel1), b. Oct. 16, 1784 ; m. Nov. 17, 1806, Polly (b. Dec. 20, 1785; d. Feb. 18, 1848), daughter of Richard Crossett ; he d. Sept. 15, 1860. Children : Olive, b. Feb. 25, 1816 ; m. Elisha Hutchins of Winchester, who d. Sept. 2, 1852. Henry, b. Aug. 19, 1819. Joseph, d. Feb. 18, 1825.


PETER4 HOLBROOK ( Peter3, Peter2, Samuel1), b. Nov. 9, 1807 ; m. Oct. 25, 1831, Joanna (b. Apr. 5, 1811), daughter of Samuel Hol- brook; d. Aug. 15, 1849. She m., 2nd, June 22, 1859, David Ballou. Children : Malinda Jane, b. Dec. 17, 1832; d. Aug. 11, 1849. Jonas Whitcomb, b. Jan. 29, 1834; d. Aug. 19, 1849.


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DAVID R.4 HOLBROOK (Peter,3 Peter,2 Samuel1), m., 1st, Tammy Perry ; m , 2d, Olive Todd, of Charlemont. Child by Tammy : John.


HENRY4 HOLBROOK (Samuel,3 Peter,2 Samuel1), b. Aug. 19, 1819 ; m. Nov. 25, 1841, Maria P. (b. Mar. 8, 1821), daughter of Samuel Holbrook, 3rd. Children : Charles H., b. Nov. 22, 1843. Herbert H., b. June 29, 1855 ; d. Aug. 9, 1856.


CHARLES H.5 HOLBROOK (Henry,4 Samuel,3 Peter,2 Samuel1), b. Nov. 22, 1843 ; m., 1st, Lucy Jane (b. May 24, 1846 ; d. Jan. 27, 1870), daughter of John A. Hamblet ; m., 2d, Oct. 2, 1872, Julia M. daughter of James Atkinson, N. Y. city. Child : Emily, b. Aug. 29, 1873.


JONATHAN1 HOLBROOK, b. in Uxbridge, Mass. ; settled in Swanzey in 1793 ; m. Abigail Benson; d. there in 1796. Children : Samuel, b. in Uxbridge, Sept. 4, 1784. Joanna, m. Abijah Whitcomb. Chloe. Jonathan, b. Jan. 2, 1797.


SAMUEL2 HOLBROOK (Jonathan1), b. Sept. 4, 1784 ; m. June 8, 1809, Hannah (b. Sept. 14, 1788; d. Nov. 18, 1863), daughter of Simeon Howes ; he d. Apr. 17, 1853. Children : Benson, b. Nov. 9, 1809. Joanna, b. Apr. 5, 1811 ; m. Peter Holbrook, 4th. Edward, b. Feb. 17, 1813. Leonard W., b. Jan. 6, 1816. Henry, b. Sept. 20, 1818. Maria P., b. March 8, 1821 ; m. Henry Holbrook, 2nd. Everett S., b. May 17, 1824. Adeline T., b. March 28, 1826 ; m. Stephen Faulkner. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 28, 1828 ; m. Marshal Rixford. Simeon H., b. Sept. 12, 1832.


JONATHAN2 HOLBROOK (Jonathan1), b. Jan. 2, 1797 ; m. Jan. 31, 1819, Roxey (b. Nov. 9, 1799 ; d. in Peterborough, Dec. 30, 1879), daughter of Jotham Whitcomb ; he d. March 29, 1838. Children : Jotham W., b. May 16, 1819. Chloe Ann, b. June 8, 1823 ; d. May 9, 1845, in Peterborough. Harriet A., b. July 10, 1825. Nancy L., b. Aug. 1, 1827 ; m. Jan. 23, 1851, Charles D. French of Peterbor- ough. Emilyette, b. Sept. 1, 1829 ; m. April 19, 1855, Aaron S. Da- mon of Cochituate. Arvilla, b. Aug. 11, 1831; m. June 8, 1858, George Bruce of Peterborough. James W., b. Apr. 29, 1834. Fan- nie D., b. Feb. 12, 1837; m. John A. Taggart of Waukon, Ia.


EDWARD3 HOLBROOK (Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. Feb. 17, 1813 ; m. Emily, daughter of James Snow of Winchester ; d. in Winchester, April, 1884. Children : Emily Eldora, b. Oct. 28, 1843 ; d. Aug. 1, 1849. Fannie Abbie, d. Aug. 6, 1849. George.


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LEONARD W.3 HOLBROOK (Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. Jan. 16, 1816 ; m. Jan. 25, 1844, Permelia (b. Oct. 12, 1818), daughter of Abijah Whitcomb; he d. Dec. 23, 1884. Children : Abijah W., b. Nov. 5, 1844. Elbridge L., b. Aug. 11, 1846. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1850; d. May 6. 1854. Two infants d. young.


HENRY3 HOLBROOK (Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. Sept. 20, 1818; m. Sarah A. Watkins of Winchester; he d. Dec. 29, 1872. She m., 2nd, Russell B. Hall. Children : Frank F., b. May 22, 1845. A child d. Aug. 9, 1857.


EVERETT S.3 HOLBROOK (Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. May 17, 1824 ; m., 1st, 1856, Eliza D. (b. 1833; d. Apr. 26, 1857), daughter of Artemas Richardson of Keene; m., 2nd, Dec., 1880, widow of Charles Dwinell of Alstead. Child : Samuel Everett, b. Apr. 17, 1857.


SIMEON H.3 HOLBROOK (Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. Sept. 12, 1832 ; m. Nov. 21, 1854, Mary L. (b. Aug. 2, 1837), daughter of Aaron Ballou of Richmond. Children : Jonas S., b. Jan. 27, 1856 ; d. July 4, 1864. Jennie M., b. Dec. 7, 1857 ; m. Arthur Davison. Edward B., b. Dec. 8, 1859. Mary J., b. Dec. 6, 1861 ; m. Walter Perry. Fanny E., b. May 23, 1863 ; m. Manson Fowler ; reside in Keene. Helen E., b. April 19, 1865 ; m. George W. Ward. Alice L., b. May 15, 1870 ; m. Elmer Simonds. Fred E., b. Nov. 10, 1875. Bertha L., b. Sept. 25, 1880.


ABIJAH4 W. HOLBROOK (Leonard W.,3 Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. 1844 ; m. Sept. 17, 1872, Abida Ann, daughter of Randall Bolles. Children : Charles F., b. Dec. 6, 1872. George E., b. Dec. 28, 1874. Lee, b. Nov. 27, 1877. Susie P., b. Nov. 19, 1881. Emery, b. April 29,1886.


FRANK F.4 HOLBROOK (Henry,3 Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. May 22, 1845 ; m. July 5, 1870, Louisa, daughter of George Winslow of Dana, Mass. Children : Frank B., b. March 11, 1872. Fred H., b. Dec. 19, 1873. Louis M., b. Sept. 11, 1875. Bertha S., b. Jan. 30, 1878. Christie B., b. Oct. 21, 1879.


SAMUEL E.4 HOLBROOK (Everett S.,3 Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. Apr. 17, 1857 ; m. Sept. 23, 1878, Etta Emily, daughter of Jonathan Hill of Winchester. Children : Alma Etta, b. May 28, 1879. Emily Eliza, b. May 27, 1881. Sanford Samuel, b. Jan 11, 1883. Herbert E., b. May 11, 1885. Edna F., b. Aug. 22, 1887. Edith J., b. Sept. 29,1889.


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EDWARD B.4 HOLBROOK (Simeon H.,3 Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. Dec. 8, 1859 ; m. Aug. 1, 1881, Anna L., daughter of Allen Read. Children : Royden E., b. Apr. 17, 1883 ; d. June 17, 1883. Ernest E., b. March 5, 1887.


DAVID2 HOLBROOK (Michael of Smithfield, R. I.), b. Sept. 4, 1765 ; m. March 4, 1786, at Gloucester, R. I., Sarah (b. Sept. 1, 1770 ; d. Dec. 22, 1850), daugliter of Noah Arnold of Gloucester, R. I. ; he d. Jan. 17, 1852. Children : Ann A., b. at Uxbridge, Mass., May 19, 1791 ; m. Ira Aldrich of Richmond ; d. Nov. 26, 1877. Rhoda, b. March 4, 1793, at Uxbridge ; m. Benjamin Kelton of Richmond. Sarah B., b. May 13, 1795, in Richmond ; m. James Harris of Bur- rillville, R. I. Mary, b. July 14, 1797 ; m. Josepli Randall of Rich- mond; d. in the state of New York. David A., b. -. Olive W., b. Apr. 16, 1804; m. David Aldrich. Betsey R., b. Jan. 6, 1807; m. Charles C. Pratt. Virgil A., b. Oct. 19, 1809. Lorenzo R., b. Oct. 9, 1813. Aurilla T., b. Sept. 9, 1817 ; m. Nov. 9, 1845, Horace T. Slade ; d. Nov. 27, 1881, at East Saginaw, Mich.


VIRGIL A.3 HOLBROOK (David,2 Michael1), b. Oct. 19, 1809 ; m. Jan. 23, 1839, Rowena T. (b. Sept. 13, 1816; d. Oct. 12, 1884), daughter of Moses T. Thompson ; he d. Oct. 2, 1877.


LORENZO R.3 Holbrook (David,2 Michael1), b. Oct. 9, 1813 ; m. March 20, 1842, Electa E. (b. June 21, 1824; d. Oct. 24, 1887), daughter of Amasa S. Rogers. Children : Walter S., b. Feb. 26, 1843. Dorr R, b. Dec. 27, 1844. Ozro R., b. Feb. 18, 1847 ; d. Feb. 21, 1847. Elmy E., b. Oct. 12, 1848 ; d. Jan. 18, 1849. Flora I., b. July 16, 1850. Amasa S., b. Aug. 9, 1853 ; d. Aug. 28, 1853. Henry A., b. Nov. 2, 1855 ; d. Jan. 4, 1856. Adella J., b. July 5, 1857; d. Aug. 22, 1857. Ozro H., b. Dec. 14, 1860. Lorenzo R., b. Apr. 13, 1862 ; d. Apr. 24, 1862. Arthur M., b. March 29, 1863. Frank D. L., b. Sept. 7, 1866 ; d. Feb. 2, 1869.


OZRO H.4 HOLBROOK (Lorenzo R.,3 David,2 Michael1), b. Dec. 14, 1860; m. May 3, 1883, Lillean Britton of Keene.


MILLINS2 HOLBROOK (Daniel1 of Keene), b. March 27, 1808 ; m. Apr. 6, 1834, Laura (b. May 5, 1808 ; d. Sept., 1864), daughter of Benjamin Temple; he d. Aug., 1863. Children : Hattie E., b. Jan. 14, 1835 ; m. Feb. 13, 1853, Levi W. Wellington. Henry D., b. Aug. 16, 1838. Fanny M., b. Dec. 24, 1841 ; m. Royal Flint. George B., b. Sept. 13, 1846.


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HISTORY OF SWANZEY.


HENRY D.3 HOLBROOK ( Millins,2 Daniel1), b. Aug. 16, 1838; m. Jan. 1, 1868, Frances L. Smith (b. Aug. 1, 1846), of New York State.


HOLMAN.


ALVIN2 HOLMAN (Charles1 of Marlborough) , b. Oct. 13, 1798 ; m. Lu- cretia Nye of Roxbury ; he d. in Winchester, March 1, 1869.


FRANKLIN2 HOLMAN (Charles' of Marlborough), b. Dec. 31, 1812 ; m. Nov. 17, 1836, Nancy S., daugliter of Jolin Chamberlain.


HOSLEY.


MR. and MRS. DAVID HOSLEY had John, b. May 2, 1814.


SALLY HOSLEY m. March 9, 1816, Nathaniel Kingsbury of Ja- maica, Vt.


HENRY HOSLEY m. March 11, 1824, Abigail Carpenter.


JAMES HOSLEY m. Lydia (b. July 31, 1804 ; d. Feb. 6, 1881), daugh- ter of Abijah Sawyer.


HOLDEN.


SAMUEL HOLDEN and Rhoda Holden his wife became members of the Baptist church 1810. He d. Nov., 1833; she d. Oct. 1, 1839. They came from Bernardston, Mass.


HOUGHTON.


AMOS2 HOUGHTON (- Houghton,1 of Putney, Vt.), b. Apr. 22, 1800; m. June 19, 1822, Almira (b. June 19, 1802), daughter of Da- vid Page ; d. Oct. 6, 1889. Children : Charles A., b. Dec. 2, 1822. George W., b. Aug. 27, 1824. Curtis E., b. Aug. 14, 1827. Dian- thy H., b. Jan. 11, 1831 ; m. W. B. Forbes of Cambridge, Mass. ; d. Jan. 20, 1872. Esther E., b. Oct. 31, 1836 ; m. Russell O. Forbush of Westborough, Mass. ; d. March 17, 1883. Joseph J., b. Oct. 31, 1836, twin to Esther E. Clark H., b. July 29, 1839. Alvin W., b. May 5, 1842. Jennie M., b. June 22, 1844 ; m. William Tabor of New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 11, 1864 ; d. Jan. 17, 1870.


HOVEY.


ROBERT2 HOVEY (Richard1 of Peterborough), b. May 17, 1807 ; m. Dec. 4, 1833, Elizabeth (b. May 22, 1813), daughter of - Smiley. Children : Lucinda Melissa, b. Oct. 29, 1834 ; m. David Allen Pratt ; d. Aug. 17, 1858. Francis Alonzo, b. Oct. 20, 1836. Sarah Eliza- beth, b. Aug. 11, 1838 ; d. Aug. 9, 1864. Ellen Victoria, b. Apr. 17, 1840; m. J. E. Long ; d. June 14, 1864. Theodore, b. Aug. 7, 1842 ;


ENOCH HOWES,


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d. June 16, 1864. Sylvander, b. June 4, 1844; d. Apr. 27, 1866. Fernando Smiley, b. Aug. 27, 1846 ; d. March 3, 1866. Ruth Clem- entine, b. Aug. 4, 1848. Harriet Asenath, b. Dec. 22, 1849 ; d. Sept. 1, 1866. Flora, b. Nov. 28, 1852 ; d. Jan. 8, 1867. Emma Jenette, b. Nov. 18, 1854. Ida I., b. Nov. 23, 1857 ; m. Frank E. Handy.


FRANCIS ALONZO3 HOVEY (Robert,2 Richard'), b. Oct. 20, 1836 ; m. 1st, Helen S. (b. in 1839 ; d. Jan. 6, 1863), daughter of Jonathan W. Capron ; m., 2nd, Lucina, daughter of John H. Matthews ; d. Feb. 9, 1868. Children : Frank Edrick, b. July 21, 1860; d. Oct. 10, 1866. Herbert, b. Dec. 22, 1862 ; d. Aug. 4, 1887.


RUTH CLEMENTINE HOVEY, daughter of Robert Hovey, b. Aug. 4, 1848 ; m. Willard I. Thomas (b. Sept. 3, 1844 ; d. May 13, 1873).


EMMA JENETTE HOVEY, daughter of Robert Hovey, b. Nov. 18, 1854 ; m. Nov. 19, 1878, George H. Taylor of Richmond. Child : Blanche E., b. May 30, 1880.




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