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GENEALOGIES : PHINEAS HASELTINES.
burg, Feb. 6, 1852; d. April 16, 1852. Emeline", b. Dec. 16, 1853 ; d. April 15, 1856. Edwin", b. Nov. 11, 1855: d. Oct. 17, 1862. Frances", b. Aug. 4. 1859; d. Oct. 26. 1862.
13. Isaiah6, b. Windham, May 9, 1788; d. Nov. 6, 1816, æ. 28 yrs. 5 mos. 27 days ; single.
14. Leonard", b. Windham, April 30, 1790; m. 1821, Mary Merrifield. She was b. 1796, in Lewis, Essex Co., N. Y., and d. April 16, 1831. He d. May 29, 1838, in Independence, Allegany Co., N. Y. He lived a long time at Caldwell's Manor, P. Q., there his children were born, and there his wife and daughter died. After their decease, he, with his son, removed to New York, where he died.
CHILDREN.
1. Emily-A, b. March 8. 1823. She m. May 1. 1845, William Marshall. (See Marshall family. )
2. SamueF. b. July 22, 1826; mechanic; res. Almond, Allegany Co., N Y. ; moved there March 5, 1872. He m. March 9, 1854, Mary- G., dau. of Thomas Winslow, of Freeport, Me., b. Oct. 25, 1830; two ch. : Emma *. b. Oct. 30, 1855; Ida", b. Feb. 17, 1858.
3. Mary7, b. Feb 11, 1830; d. Ang. 10, 1831.
15. Phineas", b. Windham, April 2, 1792. He lived with his father upon the farm in the Range, now owned by his son Isaiah- W." Haseltine. He was captain in the Eighth Regt. N. H. Militia. He m. Dec. 18, 1818, Clarissa, dan. of Joseph and Phebe (Wyman) Wilson, of Hudson. He d. Jan. 27, 1825, æ. 32 yrs. She was b. Oct. 11, 1795; m. 2d, John Dinsmoor, and d. March 4, 1854. (See Dinsmoor family.).
CHILDREN BY FIRST HUSBAND.
1. Isaiah-Wymanī, b. Sept. 26. 1819; he lives happily and prosperously on the homestead in the Range; he was selectman in 1855, '56, '63, and '64. He m. June 12, 1845, Jane-Smith, dau. of John and Lillie (Morrow) Hall. She was b. in Windham, May 2, 1821. Ch. : Phineas-Walter", b. May 15, 1846; trader; res. Lawrence, Mass. ; m. June 15, 1876, Georgianna Dean, of Lawrence; one ch., Frank- 1.9, b. July 16, 1878. Isaiah-F.8, b. Feb. 27, 1848; d. Sept. 20, 1851. Clarissa-Jane", b. June 17, 1851; res. Windham. Eliza- Maria", b. Dec. 17, 1852: res. Windham. George-John", b. Dec. 23, 1855; res. Lawrence, Mass. Lillie-Anns. b. July 2, 1865.
2. Charles-Ladd7. b Nov. 26, 1820. March 21, 1845, he and his brother bought of E .- T. Abbot seventy acres, which comprised the farm on which he lived in the Range: March 23, 1848, he bought the undivided half of his brother. He erected his buildings, and on this place spent his life. Ile d. June 29, 1881. He in. Sept. 27, 1848, Catherine, dan. of Samuel and Betsey (Dinsmoor) Morrison. She was b. Dec. 21, 1818; d. July 4, 1849, leaving two ch. : Catherine", b. July 3, 1848; d. Sept. 14, 1848. Charles8, b. July 3, 1848 ; d. July 8. 1848. He in. 2d, Mary, dan. of Francis and Mar- garet (JJohnson) Sheridan: she was b. in Thetford, Vt., and re- sides upon the farm; ch. : Emily-Ann", b. Sept. 17, 1853; Mary- Jane8, b. Sept. 9, 1854; m. Andrew-M. Emery, of Glenburne, Me .; res. Lowell. Laura-Adeline", b. June 15, 1856; Charles- Francis", b. Sept. 25, 1857; dec. Kate-Edith8, b. July 30, 1859; m. Samuel-C. Emery; res. Lowell, Mass. Alice-Eliza8, b. April 14, 1861 ; dec. George-Austin", b. June 11, 1864. Alice-Frances8, b. Dec. 31, 1866.
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GENEALOGIES : ABSALOM HESELTON3.
HESELTON FAMILY.
Among the supposed descendants of Robert Haseltine, of Bradford, Mass., brother of John, of Haverhill, were, -
1. Jonathan1, of Salem, N. H., who by his wife Sarah had children : Jonathan2, b. 1777; lived in Manchester; Sarah2, b. 1779; Lydia2, b. 1782; Amos2, who lived in Ayer's Village, Haverhill, Mass .; and by second wife, Judith Clough, he had Jephthah2, b. 1798; m. Lydia Dickey, of Manchester; and Abra- ham2, b. Sept. 2, 1799.
2. Jephthah2 and Lydia (Dickey) were the parents of
3. Absalom3, of Windham. He was b. in Manchester, April 13, 1828. He in. Sept. 16, 1852, Hannah-Jane, dan. of Joseph and Hannah (Evans) Hall, of Derry, who was b. in Derry; d. in Wind- ham, May 5, 1860. He m. 2d, June 1, 1865, Eliza-Dean, dau. of Fairfield and Rebecca (Stevens) White, of Methuen, Mass., where she was b. Jan. 25, 1838. He lived in the Range, and bought his farm of John-Noyes Brown, June 30, 1852; by trade, ship-carpen- ter and wharf-builder; worked in New Orleans, Pensacola, Mobile, Boston, Portland, and Portsmouth, N. H. He d. of disease of the heart, May 6, 1882. He retired to rest on the night of May 5, 1882, in apparent health ; on the morning of May 6, he awoke, and after speaking to his wife, passed away in a moment, withont warning and without pain. Children, b. Windham : -
4. Henry-Francis+, b. Aug. 8, 1853 ; d. July 20, 1854.
5. Charles-Henry4, b. March 27, 1856, Lawrence, Mass.
6. Edwin-Dickey4, b. July 27, 1858; res. Haverhill, Mass.
7. Herbert-White+, b. April 29, 1860; res. Windham. By second wife, -
8. Fanny-White+, b. April 18, 1868; d. July 21, 1868.
HAWKINS FAMILY.
1. Jenness2 Hawkins, son of Joseph1, b. Feb. 23, 1803, North Wakefield, N. H. ; m. April 14, 1833, Susan, dan. of Caleb Green- leaf, of Haverhill, Mass. He bought in 1842, of Dea. Jacob Harris, the farm owned by Joseph-T. Hunnewell, where he lived till 1847, when he sold to James-U. Towns. He lived in the village till 1849, when he returned to Haverhill, Mass. He d. Sept. 14, 1868 ; she d. Oct. 14, 1880, both d. in Haverhill, Mass. Children : -
2. Caleb-Greenleaf3, b. Wolfboro', N. H., June 23, 1834; m. Sept. 7, 1858, Sarah-L. Boyuton ; res. Lawrence, Mass.
3. Eliza-Ann3, b. Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 14, 1836 ; d. Aug. 16, 1852.
4. Sarah-Jane3, b. Haverhill, Dee. 28, 1838; m. Nov. 23, 1859, Charles-H. Willey ; res. Haverhill, Mass.
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5. Abbie-Susan3, b. Haverhill, July 31, 1841 ; m. May 6, 1871, A .- F. Homans ; res. Farmington, N. H.
6. Sophia-Smith3, b. Windham, April 4, 1843; m. Feb. 25, 1865, Llewellyn George ; res. Haverhill, Mass.
HAYES FAMILY.
1. Patrick1 Hayes, b. in Parish Youghel, County Cork, Ire- land ; came to America in 1858; bought the Dea. Jacob Evans farm of William-HI. Butterworth, March 25, 1874. He m. 1862, Mary Farrell, of Parish of Killihe, County Cork, Ireland ; b. Aug. 14, 1839. Adopted child, -
2. Mary-Lizzie2, b. Jan. 29, 1870.
HEMPHILL FAMILY.
1. Nathaniel1 Hemphill, the emigrant ancestor, was b. in An- trim, Ireland, in the year 1700, and was of Scotch descent. He remained in Ireland till 28 years of age. His marriage was roman- tic. A man by the name of Robinson married a lady, by whom he had two daughters, and then he died. A brother of the sub- ject of this sketch was pleased with the widow, and requested Nathaniel to be an agent, and ask the widow if she would marry him. He consented, saw the widow, and propounded the im- portant question, when she naïvely replied, " Why not ask for yourself, Nathaniel?" Ile asked for himself, was accepted, and married the widow. One daughter was born to them in Ireland, when he and his wife, their daughter, and her two daughters emi- grated to America. When he landed, he had but one shilling in money. He came to Londonderry, now Derry, and hired a room in the house which stood on the farm where Alexis Proctor once lived, now owned by John Pahner. Here his family stayed while he went to Boston and let himself as an hostler, where he ac- quired money enough in a short time to buy a farm in Windham, which included the farm once owned by Isaac-P. Cochran, the Giles Merrill farm, and the farm owned by John Hughes, the emigrant ; he bought of Anne, widow of John Archibald, March 19, 1731. Hle built his first house on a knoll a few rods south of the Giles Merrill house, on the same side of the highway. Some of his children were born there. He built the second house near where the Cochran house now stands, and children were born there. Mrs. Isabella Robinson, whom he married in Ireland, d. Feb. 3, 1753, in her 60th year. He m. 2d, Feb. 10, 1755, Mrs. Mary, widow of Alexander Dunlap, of Windham. In 1747 he became an elder in the church; was elected constable in the
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GENEALOGIES : ROBERT HEMPHILL2.
first town-meeting in 1742; seleetman in 1745; moderator of a special meeting in 1747. Hed. Jan. 10, 1780. His widow lived with his son Nathaniel2 till her death. Children of his first wife, by her first husband : -
2. Mary Robinson, b. in Ireland ; m. Dea. Samnel Campbell. (See Campbell family.)
3. Sarah Robinson, b. in Ireland; m. James Dunlap. (See Dunlap family.)
Nathaniel Hemphill's children : -
4. Jane2, b. in Ireland ; m. Mr. Moore.
5. Robert2 [8], b. Windham, 1731 ; res. in town, and d. Feb. 18, 1818.
6. Isabella2, b. Windham, 1733 ; d. Aug. 9, 1764; m. John Gregg. Two daughters : Hannah8, b. Feb. 26, 1754; Mary3, b. Oct. 16, 1755. (See Gregg family.)
7. Nathaniel2 [18], b. Windham, May 10, 1737; d. Nov. 10, 1796.
S. Robert2 [5] (Nathaniel1), was b. in Windham in 1731. His life was spent on a part of the original homestead, on what is now known as the Giles Merrill farm. His name appears among the signers to the Association Test in 1776. He was a Scotch- man in all save place of birth. His speech contained all the quaintness and richness of brogue of the early Scotch settlers, and which has now, alas! almost entirely disappeared. One day Mr. Hemphill discovered a bear, drove him into his hole, then went to his neighbor, Thomas Nesmith, who lived where Horace Berry now resides, for help. Said he, "Tommy, I have a bear in his hole !" "Where is that?" "Out back of the barrn. Will ye go doon and ha' him oo't?" "Ay!" said Nesmith. Beneath the stump of a fallen tree, which had raised a great mass of earth with its roots, the bear had taken refuge, and on their approach showed fight. Then Robbin said, "Tommy, straddle the houle, and I will put the bar down and drive him off; when he comes oo't, you saddle him, take him by the ears, and hould him." This was carried out according to programme, with one exception, - Tommy Nesmith failed to " hould" the bear. The bear carried Tommy on his back at a rollicking pace, till he reached a pair of bars, underneath which he dashed, rudely seraped Tommy from his back, and escaped. Then Robbin exclaimed, " Why didn't ye hould him, Tommy ?" "And how could I honld him when he ran under a pair of bars ?" He m. Eleanor, dau. of James Clark, of Londonderry, who d. Sept. 21, 1808, 2. 78 yrs. Ile d. Feb. 17, 1818, æ. 87 yrs. Children, b. in Windham : -
9. Elizabeth8, b. Oct. 22, 1753; m. David Armstrong. (See Armstrong family.)
10. Nathaniel8, b. Oct. 11, 1755; settled in Derry ; m. Jenny Moore, and is the ancestor of the Hemphill family of that town.
11. Hannah8, b. Sept. 29, 1757; m. James Davidson. (See Davidson family.)
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GENEALOGIES : JJOHN HEMPHILL.3.
12. Margaret3, b. Oet. 12, 1759; d. Jan. 27, 1778, a. 19 yrs.
13. James8, b. Nov. 14, 1761; settled in Henniker after the Revolution : tailor ; m. Dec. 29, 1791, Abigail Joslyn, who d. March 2, 1793. lle m. 2d, Ang. 7, 1794, Ruth Harthorn, who d. Sept. 8, 1864. He d. April 15, 1816.
CHILDREN.
1. Jamest, b. Aug. 12, 1795; m. Sally Morrison, of Henniker, July 13, 1817; res in New York: d. Oct. 19, 1867.
2. Robert4, b. March 23, 1796; m. Sept. 30, 1821, Luey Kimball, of Ilen- niker; d. in New York, in 1875.
3. John4, b. Nov. 6. 1797; d. May 3, 1816.
4. Peter, b. Feb. 12, 1800; m. Abigail Green; 2d. Lucy Kirk; both of Henniker.
5. William4, b. May 7, 1801; d. Feb. 7, 1827.
Betsey!, b. Jan. 12, 1803; d. Feb. 4, 1840.
7. Edward-H.4, b. June 29, 1807; d. Nov. 8, 1825.
8. Ebenezer4. b. Feb. 15, 1810: m. Laura Warde, who d. Nov. 25, 1853; 2d wife, m. Nov. 23, 1854, Eliza-G. Pillsbury, of Henniker; five children by first wife, three children by second wife : Infants, b. 1835; d. March 21, 1835: George-W.5, b. April 16, 1838; res. Wisconsin ; Naney-A.º, b June 24, 1844 : m. J. Nichols, of llills- borough; Loring-D.5, b April 14, 1847; m. Etta-H. Cramer, of Plattsville, Wis. ; Jacob-D).6, b. June 16, 1848 ; Laura-P.5, b. JJuly 15, 1855; Capitola-B.5: Franklin-E.5, b. July 24, 1865; Eddie-A.5, b. Aug. 9. 1867
9. Joshua-D.+, b. July 22, 1812; m. Philena Dow, of New London, Feb. 12, 1843: m. 24, Susan-S. Little, of Grantham, Oct. 19, 1857 ; res. in Grantham; ch. : Sarah-J.5, b. Dec. 22, 1843; in. F .- B. Camp ; Irene-W.5, b. June 12, 1846; Aurora-A.5, b. Oct. 28, 1850; m. G .- W. Dunbar.
10. Capitola-B.3
14. Samuel3, h. Feb. 8, 1764 ; d. young.
15. John3, b. June 10, 1766; he was also a resident of the Giles Merrill farm, where he lived and d. He possessed in a marked degree all the characteristics of the Scotch race. His speech had the deep Scotch brogue. He was a fine bass singer ; his voice was strong, rich, and melodious, and could be distinctly heard in a large choir ; was a good violinist. He d. Ang. 26, 1848, æ. 82 yrs. 2 mos. 16 days, but is well remembered by many of our people. He m. Feb. 14, 1797, Lydia Merrill, b. Aug. 16, 1770, and d. Nov. 8, 1856, æ. 86 yrs.
CHILDREN, BORN IN WINDHAM.
1. Polly-Ellenwood+, b. April 16, 1800; d. March 14, 1879; m. Giles Mer- rill. (See Merrill family.)
2. Sarah+, b. Dec. 4, 1801 ; d. Aug. 26, 1804.
3. John+, b. Sept. 8, 1803; d. in Brookline, N. H., Oct. 3, 1873, where he had settled. He m. Nov. 24, 1825, Mary Gibson, of that place, b. Dec. 14, 1800; dec. Had five daughters : Eliza5, b. Ang. 29, 1826; m. Dudley Pond, of Piermont. N. II .. March 31, 1846 ; one child. Lydias, h. Sept. 26, 1828: mn. April, 1855, John Campbell, of Mason, N. H. ; d. Oct. 1, 1856. Mary5. b. Feb. 7, 1831; d. July 30, 1849. Sarah5, b. Jan. 18, 1833; m. Nov. 24, 1853. Charles- B. Powers, of Worcester, Mass. ; res. Saundersville, Mass. La-
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vinia5, b. July 4, 1835; m. (2d wife), John Campbell, of Mason, N. H., March 22, 1858.
4. Sarah-G.+, b. Nov. 26, 1805; m. May 25, 1830, Mark-W. Temple, and res. in Reading, Mass. He was b. July 21, 1801, and d. 1881; ch. : Clarissa-M.5, b. March 30, 1832; d. Sept. 24, 1841; John- Howard5, b. Sept. 24, 1842; d. Nov. 5, 1859.
5. Ruth-Barnet+, b. Feb. 5, 1808; m. Washington-W. Temple, of Orono, Me., a nephew of Mark-W. Temple; two daughters; the eldest died in infancy. Ella5, the second, m. Frederick Clark, and res. in Bangor, Me.
6. Josepht, b. Sept. 26, 1809; d. in Windham, April 3, 1833.
7. Amos-M.+, b. Dec. 8, 1811; m. Rebecca Eaton, of Deering, N. II., and lived and died in Medford, Mass. ; seven children.
8. Silas+, b. Oct. 4, 1814 ; d. Feb. 5, 1835.
16. Joseph3, b. 1770; settled in Acworth, N. H .; m. Su- sanna-B., dau. of John Rogers.
CHILDREN.
I. Aspasio+, b. 1797; m. Margaret Sawyer; removed to Sutton; ch. : Hannah5, Orsons, William-A.5
2. Ovid+, m. Cynthia Barber; removed to Michigan; ch. : Joseph5, Maria5, Hezekiah5, Cynthia5, Louisa5.
3. Orson+, died unmarried, 1826.
4. John-II.+: physician ; settled in Ohio; m. Maria Gage; ch. : Orson5, Joseph-D.5
5. Asenath+, mn. Bezaliel Fletcher, of Lempster; ch. : Harriet5, Sabina5. 6. Joseph+; Universalist minister; preached at Ludlow, Vt., and other places; m. Mary-A. Cambridge, of Saxton's River, Vt .; ch. : Marys, Joseph5, Susanna-O.5, Fannie5, William5.
7. Betsey-N.+, m. Eri Garfield, of Langdon, N. H. ; ch., Adelaide-M 5
8. Calista+ m. Gilman Bond, of Proctorsville, Vt. ; ch., Sarah5.
9. Hannah-W .4, m. Dexter Copeland.
10. Freeland+, m. Lydia McKeen in 1844; m. 2d, Henrietta Snow, of Wilmington, Vt .; ch. : Kathleen-M.5; m. Watson-G. Pettingill; Eugene-F.5, Ashton5, Julian-A.5, Clarence-O.5, Oscar-J.5. Minnie- J.5, Alger-E.5
11. Erastus+, m. Eliza-M. Brown, of Marlow; ch., Madeline-H.5
12. Sophia+, m. Daniel-L. Lillie, of Bethel, Vt .; ch. : Luella-E.5, Clinton-L.5, Ida5.
17. Mary3; m. Robert Clark. (See Clark family.)
18. Capt. Nathaniel2 [7] (Nathaniel2). He is called captain in town records; was probably captain of the training-band. His is one of the most interesting, prolific, and remarkable families in the history of the town. He succeeded his father on the place lately owned by Isaac-P. Cochran (a grandson). He was b. May 11, 1737 ; he m. Agnes, dau. of Robert Park, Dec. 28, 1764. She was b. July 9, 1746, and they were the parents of eighteen children, I believe the largest faunily ever raised in town. One child d. in youth, aged twelve ; the others arrived at maturity, and some attained great age. The aggregate of the ages of the eighteen children exceeded eleven hundred years. He was influ- ential and active in church and in the town ; was a signer of the Association Test in 1776 ; selectman in 1770, '71, '72, '73, '82, '83, '84, '85, '87, '88, '96, and died while an officer of the town ; mod-
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GENEALOGIES : CAPT. NATHANIEL HEMPHILL2.
erator in annual meetings of 1777, '83, '87, '88, '90, '94, '96, be- sides several special meetings, This good man was a slave-holder. As his family increased, he and his good wife saw the necessity of having more household assistance, so they went to Boston and pur- chased a colored girl named Dinah, paying forty dollars for her. which was probably cheap, and brought her home. She was a faith- ful friend and servant. She assisted much in taking charge of the children. Seating herself in a chair with a large dish in her lap, which held the broth or pudding, with the little ones gathered in a circle around her, she would ladle out to each the appointed share. Dinah was probably freed by the adoption of the State Constitu- tion in 1784, but remained for several years after that date with the Hemphills. The good housewife would go to market and purchase articles for the family. On one occasion the articles for each were mentioned, but Dinah's portion was not alluded to, though it was the intention to procure articles for her. She was deeply grieved to be thus neglected, and exclaimed, " Me nothing ! me nothing!" Mrs. Hemphill went to market, purchased the several articles, and Dinah's too; but when she returned, Dinah had departed, to return no more as a member of the house- hold. Sh. went to Dunstable, found some of her own people, and was married. But, like all her race, she possessed an affection- ate, confiding, trusting nature. The kind master who had gone down to the grave, the good mistress and dear little ones, were not forgotten ; and years after she returned and visited the family, bringing her own flock of little ones, a young, bluck brood of namesakes, for she had named them for the children of the Hemphill family. The older children of Mr. Hemphill left home before the birth of the younger members, so this large family of eighteen children never but once gathered together beneath the roof of the old homestead. Once they did thus meet. One of the older sons returned, bringing his wife with him, and the family circle was unbroken, and consisted of twenty-one members. It remained thus for three weeks; then they parted, to meet no more an unbroken band, till they should be reunited on the other side of the river of death.
Mr. Hemphill was an active and strong man, of probity and worth, a wise old man, and possessed in an eminent degree that rarest and most uncommon of all qualities which we call good common-sense. He was cut down in the full strength of vigorous manhood. His death was sudden. He was taken severely ill with lung fever, and in two or three days it became evident that he must die. As the hour was at hand, he called his wife and large family of children about him, and in an unfinished invocation com- mended them to the God of the widow and the fatherless, in the words of this his last prayer: " Lord, look down in mercy on this little squadron before Thee. Take them into thy heavenly care and protection ; make them to remember Thee their Crea- tor in the days of their youth. Lord, I can say
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GENEALOGIES : AGNES (PARK) HEMPHILL.
nothing -! " With this petition in his heart, and the sentence unfinished upon his lips, his soul left the earthly tabernacle, and followed the winged petition up to God. It was a prayer begun on earth, and finished in heaven. He d. Nov. 10, 1796.
By the death of her husband, a double share of responsibility and burdens fell upon his widow, but she did not shrink from them. With great mental strength and physical endurance, she managed, unaided, the affairs of her large family for eighteen years. She had ten daughters, and each had a spinning-wheel, - like all their Scotch neighbors. The flax was prepared, and she and her ten daughters in one large room, which also served as a kitchen, spun their linen thread. They would thus work for three months, when the thread would be gathered together. The webs of linen cloth, bleached and whitened, would be arranged ready for sale, and at two o'clock in the miorn- ing, on horseback and alone, Mrs. Hemphill would start for market at Salem, Mass., some thirty to forty miles distant. The children were generally alone during her absence. The journey to market took one day, - one day to trade, and one to return. While at market she would buy the articles for family use, for the succeeding three months, and then return to her family, bring- ing mementos to each, thus adding to the joys of all. In this manner she bore her burdens and managed her family, and pros- pered. When her daughters were married, each was generously provided for by the mother. Her house, from the death of Rev. Simon Williams to the settlement of Rev. Samuel Harris, was the usual place of entertainment for the ministers who preached in the parish. The large Bible, illustrated with the fine picture of Adam, with all the beasts of the earth gathered around him, which was formerly in the "Old Meeting-house " pulpit, which I have often seen "in my boyish days," and which filled my youthful heart with admiration, was her thoughtful gift to the parish. Her life was an active, and it was a useful one, almost an heroic one. She worked to its end. She spun her last skein of thread, saying that " was the last," and that her work was done. She gave up all labor, and waited for the coming of the silent messenger which should bear her forth into fairer fields, into a more glorious state of existence. He came at last; and full of virtues, of love for all, full of years and good works, she went down to her grave,
"Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, And lies down to pleasant dreams."
Honored, this mother in Israel died July 3, 1838. Children, b. in Windham : -
19. Robert3, b. Oct. 1, 1765. He m. Feb. 2, 1793, Annis Dinsmoor, who d. 1801, in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N. Y .; he res. at Malta, N. Y., and d. April 3, 1851. His second wife was Betsey Hawkins, of Ballston, N. Y .; m. March 3, 1803; d. Nov.
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10, 1852; b. Dec. 29, 1772. Two children by first wife, four by second wife.
CHILDREN.
1. Nathaniel, b. June 30, 1794; in. Jerusha Payne, and d. at Cleveland, O., June, 1839; she d. Sept 23, 1849. Children : Annisa, b Sept. 6, 1823. Elizabeth5, b. March 26, 1825. Marys, b. May 27, 1828; m. George Denton; lives near Malta ; her ch. : Floras, Libbies, Hatties, Annis-D.6, m. - Estabrook, Ypsilanti, Mich. ; Hemp- hill. Sarah5, b. July 13. 1833: Lois5, b. Oct. 13, 1835; Robert-D.5, b. Jan. 13, 1839; res. in Ypsilanti, Mich.
2. Robert4, d. at Long Island, N. Y.
3. Williams, b Feb. 1, 1806; d. May 15, 1833.
4. Henry4, b. May 25, 1809; d. July 10, 1810.
5. Augustus-11.4. b. Feb 24, 1812: res. on the homestead at Malta, N. Y. : m. Adelia Badgley. Feb. 17, 1841 ; no children.
6. Elizabeth+, b. Jan. 24. 1814 ; m. Oct. 12, 1836, Thompson-L. Hollister. of Ballston, N Y., who d. in Marshall, Mich., Sept. 27, 1840.
20. Alexander8, b. March 30, 1767; d. Aug. 26, 1835; res. Saratoga, N. Y .; married and had four children : Harriet4, m. Mr. Falconer, and they had four children, and some lived in Toronto, P. O., in 1844; Nathaniel4 had three children; Erastus+ had five children ; Zechariah+.
21. Nathaniel8, b. July 28, 1768; d. July 20, 1794, at Ballston, N. Y .; unm.
22. Isabella3, b. Dec. 20, 1769; m. John Dinsmoor, of Wind- ham, and d. Jan. 13, 1840. (See Dinsmoor family.)
23. Jane8, b. April 2, 1771 ; d. Jan. 4, 1767, in Windham, æ. 95 yrs. 8 mos. 29 days.
CHILD.
1. Achsah4, b. June 8, 1798; res. Windham.
24. Andrew3, b. July 22, 1772; settled in Troy, N. Y., and d. Feb. 17, 1844; was an early resident of Troy, living there fifty years ; he was a maker of spinning-wheels, the same as the early Scotch settlers brought to Windham : he took his Scotch trade with him to the new settlement in New York, and followed it the most of his life; was an elder in the church ; was noted for his piety and benevolence, and was ever the friend of the poor and distressed ; he was greatly beloved and respected. His wife was Lois Canfield (?), an estimable woman, who survived him.
25. Levia, b. Jan. 27, 1774; d. Nov. 6, 1841 ; res. Malta, Saratoga Co., N. Y. He m. Lucy Howland, of Stillwater, N. Y., Ja. 20, 1802. She d. March 16, 1813, æ. 29 yrs. He m. 2d, Rebecca Rice, May 3, 1818, of Northumberland. She d. Oct. 16, 1873, æ. 80 yrs.
CHILDREN.
1. Hiram+, b. Oct. 15, 1803 ; d. April 9, 1836, in New Orleans, La. ; he was a merchant there; m. March 20, 1828, Lucy-A. Davis, of Louisi- ana : left two daughters : Sarah5, m. - Keyes, of New Orleans; Elizabeth5, m. - Thomas, of New Orleans.
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