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9. Joseph? [25], b. on the ocean, in the winter of 1729; res. Windham ; d. Dec. 7. 1762, æ. 32 yrs.
10. Dea. Robert2 [3] (Alexander1), b. Jan. 16, 1717, and d. in Windham, May 17, 1788, æ. 71 yrs. 4 mos. With him alone the Park name was perpetuated. He came to America when twelve years of age. On the 8th of Dec. 1739, he and his father, Alex- ander Park, bought of John Barr a tract of land he "holds as a part of a Charter Rite in said Londonderry." This was laid out in 1728, and is the farm now owned by John-A. Park. Robert was the first occupant, and built his new house, which he moved into Nov. 16, 1742, where he lived two years and five months be- fore marriage. He lived alone, and undoubtedly the world seemed dark and lonely to him. He probably felt a good deal as Adam did in the Garden of Eden, before our fair mother Eve appeared to grace his home. It was not really paradise till Eve appeared upon the scene, and she so managed affairs that it was paradise only a short time afterwards.
It chanced that Jane Wear, daughter of Andrew and Jane (Lintell) Wear, of Londonderry, came to visit in the family of Alexander Park, at the Armstrong place. While there, she and some of the friends thought they would call upon the lonely bachelor one evening, and see how he was getting along with his house-work. Approaching the house cautiously, she looked in at the window and saw him busily engaged in clearing up the table, wash- ing earthen milk-pans, and doing general house-work. The friends entered his home, the call was made, and an acquaintance formed which developed into a stronger regard than that of friendship. They were married April 25, 1745. She was b. March, 1726, and d. Feb. 24, 1804, æ. 77 yrs. 11 mos. They spent their lives upon that farm. He was made an elder in the church during the pas- torate of Rev. Simon Williams; was selectman in 1744-55. Children, b. in Windham : -
11. Agnes3, b. July 9, 1746; m. Nathaniel Hemphill; had eighteen children ; d. July 3, 1838. (See Hemphill family.)
12. Margaret3, b. Dec. 3, 1747; m. William Thom ; res. in Salem, N. H. (See Thom family.)
13. Andrew3 [27], b. Dec. 10, 1749; m. Mary Cochran ; d. June 7, 1820.
14. Janet3, b. Dec. 24, 1751 ; unmarried ; d. Dec. 2, 1832, a. 81 yrs. She was slightly crippled, but capable of doing her
* From notes of R .- C. Mack, Esq., of Londonderry.
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share of life's work. She would take long, lonely journeys ou horseback to Salem and Ipswich, Mass., to sell the products of her spinning-wheel and loom. A relative says : " She was a godly woman, a willing helper in many families in times of sickness, and never had an enemy."
15. Alexander8 [35], b. Nov. 27, 1753; d. March 15, 1837, æe. 83 yrs. 4 mos.
16. Sarah8, b. Sept. 4, 1757; m. May 20, 1799, Dea. Samuel Morison ; d. Dec. 27, 1789. (See Morison family.)
17. Mary8, b. July 4, 1761 ; m. Dea. Robert Dinsmoor (" Rustic Bard ") ; d. 2. 38 yrs. (See Dinsmoor family.)
18. Joseph3 [42], b. June 3, 1770; m. Mary Dinsmoor; d. May 11, 1820, pp. 49 yrs. 11 mos. 10 days.
19. Alexander? [6] (Alexander1), b. 1724; d. May 31. 1808, in Windham. Ile was a blacksmith by trade; owned and lived upon what is now the Moses Hobbs farm in Pelham. He kept honse alone. One day Sarah Maxwell, a young lady from New Bedford, Mass., was en route to Windham to visit her sister, Mrs. Thompson. Just before she reached Park's shop she was thrown from her horse and broke her arm. The blacksmith could weld pieces of iron together, but he could not repair broken bones, so he did the next best thing, -he helped her on her horse, then saddled his own, accompanied her to her sister's, and then went to Methuen for a physician, and afterwards married her. On the death of his brother Joseph, in 1762, he sold his place in Pelham, returned to the home farm in Windham, and carried on the blacksmith trade. The small brook which crossed the highway between the house of Robert Armstrong and the Sally Park house, on the other side of the highway, was once called the "shop brook," as his shop stood near it. They died on the farm ; she d. Oct. 6, 1813, æ. 83 yrs. Children : -
20. Margaret3, b. May 27, 1766; d. Sept. 27, 1768.
21. Mary3, b. Feb. 21, 1769; m. June 6, 1793, Samuel Dins- moor, of Antrim, N. H .; d. June 16, 1848. (Sce Dinsmoor family.)
22. Sarah3, b July 12, 1771; d. Feb. 28, 1867. Olive, her daughter, b. June 14, 1799, was for many years a popular teacher in Methuen, Mass., where she resides.
23. Margaret3, b. March 31, 1773.
24. Alice3, b. May 22, 1775; m. June 6, 1803, Robert Arm- strong; d. Nov. 10, 1830. (See Armstrong family.)
25. Joseph2 [9] (Alexander1). He was born on the passage to America in the winter of 1729, and was the youngest of the family. Hle occupied the homestead. After the death of his father, in 1760, the heirs of the estate quitclaimed their rights to him. He was selectman in 1759 and '60. lle m. Alice Boyd, of Londonderry, and d. Dec. 7, 1762, æ. 33 yrs. One child : -
26. Mary8, m. Eliphalet Ladd. (See Ladd family.)
27. Andrew8 [13] (Robert2, Alexander1). He was b. Dec. 10,
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1749. He lived upon the farm now occupied by Mrs. Isaiah Dins- moor, and which was purchased of Francis Smiley in 1743. He was commissioned postmaster of Windham, and also had charge of transferring the mails through several towns. He afterwards deputized his sons, who carried the mails on horseback. He owned a fine horse, employed for that purpose, which fell from under the rider and died upon the road. He was an ingenious blacksmith in ordinary branches, also a gun and lock-smith, and wood-turner. He would turn spools for warping webs of woolen and linen cloth, for at that time almost every house was a manufactory of these articles. When news of the battle of Lexington arrived, he was one of those who
" Left the plowshare in the mould, His flocks and herds without a fold, And mustered in his simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress."
And mounting his horse and seizing his gun, he with others started for the scene of conflict. They pressed rapidly forward and reached Andover, Mass., when he discovered that in the hurry of departure he had forgotten to take his powder-horn. However, their services were not needed. He m. Feb. 22, 1774, Mary, dau. of John Cochran, the emigrant. She was b. March 28, 1750; d. July 21, 1828, æ. 78 yrs. He d. June 7, 1820, æ. 72 yrs. Children, b. in Windham : -
28. John4 [51], b. Jan. 7, 1775 ; teacher and physician ; d. in Worcester, Mass., March 3, 1852, æ. 77 yrs.
29. Robert4, b. Sept. 7, 1777; m. Dec. 23, 1804, Esther Greenleaf, of Newburyport, Mass. He followed the sea for many years ; became a captain of a vessel, and d. of yellow fever at Havana, Cuba, Sept. 25, 1805, æ. 28 yrs. He left one child, Robert-John5; entered Harvard University, but left and went to sea, and d. of consumption at Framingham, Mass., Nov. 1829. She m. 2d, Dr. Flanders, and d. in Newburyport.
30. Isaac4, b. March 10, 1780; m. Dec. 1811, Eliza Miller, of Virginia. He was a sea-captain, and suffered several ship- wrecks. . He d. Oct. 7, 1821, at Gosport, Va., æ. 41 yrs.
31. Jane4, b. March 26, 1784; m. Feb. 1, 1810, Josiah Adams, an attorney, of Framingham, Mass. ; d. May 22, 1861. He d. previous to his wife ; no children.
32. Andrew-Weare+ [56], b. June 11, 1786 ; m. Nov. 10, 1823, Margaret, dan. of Dea. Samuel Morison, and d. Belfast, Me., Sept. 4, 1867, æ. 81 yrs.
33. Alexander4 [6+], b. Oct. 7, 1789; res. Windham; d. at Dracut, Mass., May, 1863.
34. Horatio4, b. March 24, 1793; a sea-faring man ; d. at Natchez, Miss., of yellow fever, Oct. 1812.
35. Alexander8 [15] (Robert2, Alexander]). He was b. March 27, 1753 ; d. March 15, 1837. He struck out for himself,
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located in the then wilderness, and started the farm which includes the places of Isaac-P. Cochran and Jacob-A. Nesmith. He built and lived in the old red house, which still stands; and about one hundred rods east, on Golden Brook, was a nail mann- factory which he built, and in which he was succeeded by his sons. He m. Martha, dan. of JJames Betton, the Scotch emigrant. She was b. Sept. 15, 1757; d. Oct. 1808. He m. 2d, Rebecca, dan. of Asa Corliss, of Salem, N. H. She was b. June 8, 1770 ; d. Aug. 30, 1864. Children, b. in Windham : -
36. Elizabeth4, b. Jan. 20, 1780; m. James Doak, of Lou- donderry, N. H. ; carpenter; lived in Belfast, and afterwards in Brewer, Me.
CHILDREN.
1. Alexander-P.3; was a sca-faring man: m. Sarah-Jane Davidson (2d w. ) ; both dec. : one dau .. Letty ..
2. Mary-Janes, m. Nathaniel Kidder, sea-captain: lived in Maine : chil- dren : Elizabeth", Mary's, Charlotte, Clara".
3. Darius5: has been a sea-captain ; res. in Belfast, Me. ; children, Liz- zies, m. Lieutenant Marthon, U. S N. ; Mary ;.
4. James', unm. ; d. at sea.
5. Martha5, m. Mr. Stearns; res. Maine: no children.
6. Horaces; overseer on Merrimack Corp., Lowell, Mass .; m. Louisa Emerson, of Lowell: children : Clara-Bells, m. James Butler ; res. Pelham. N. H .; Lillas, in. Frank Butler, of Pelham; res. Lowell : Charles", res. Lowell; Minnie".
37. Janet, b. Nov. 9, 1782; in. Benjmin Marshall, of Weare, N. H. ; farmer ; res. Unity, N. II.
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1. Lydia-Janes, m. a cousin, Benjamin Marshall; res. Unity and New- port, N. Il. : two sons, Allen-P.", Herberts; farmers; res. New- port, N. H.
38. Robert4, b. Nov. 17, 1785; lived upon and owned the farm now owned by Jacob-A. Nesmith. He built the house, and sold about 1820, and rem. to Dracut, Mass. ; carpenter ; he fell from a building and received injuries which caused his death, July 21, 1847. He m. Mary Coburn ; he m. 2d, Nov. 1811, Sarah Coburn. She was b. May 7, 1791 ; d. April 24, 1858.
CHILDREN, ELDEST THREE BORN IN WINDHAM, OTHERS IN DRACUT, MASS.
1. Isaac-C.5, b. July 19, 1810: m. Almira Ilemphill ; res. Sedalia, Mo .; one dan., m .; res. in Miss. and has a family.
2. Mary5, b. Jan. 22, 1813; m. June 4, 1844, William-P. Varnum, of Dra- eut. Ile is dec. She res. Lowell : children : William-Parkers, m. Mattie Kilburn, of Boscawen, N. II .; res. Dracut, and has two children, Mary-L.7 and Joseph-P.F Mary-Anne", mn. Lieut. J .- G. Eaton, U. S. N. ; one child, Isabel-V .?
3. Robert5, b. Nov. 2, 1814; m. 1839, Relief-A. Brown ; d. June 12, 1879. He was a stone-mason and laid the foundations of several of the Lowell mills. Served as alderman in Lowell, 1877, '78; children : Rosellas, d. young ; Orring, member of Sixth Regt. Mass. Vols. ; d. of fever in Virginia. He in. 2d, Letitia Sawyer; one son, Othniels ; res. Lowell.
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4. Sarah-R.5, b. Oct 1, 1816; m. July 4, 1844, George Marston, and d. May 30, 1847 ; children : Ellen-R.6, res. Haverhill, Mass. ; Georges, res. Lowell.
5. Clarissa5, b. Feb. 13, 1818 ; d. July 17, 1828.
6. Hannah-J.5, b. Sept. 2, 1821 ; d. July 11, 1828.
7. James-D.5, b. Oct. 3, 1824; m. April 8, 1845, Susan-M. Derby ; d. Sept. 7, 1850; children : Charles6 and Eugene6; they res. in California.
S. Parmelia5, b. Jan. 10, 1826; m. Aug. 6, 1846, John Morrison; res. Barnet, Vt .; children : Calevinas, dec .; Alva6; res. California : Sarah6; Lolas, dec. ; Alonzo5, dec .; Calevina-T.6; Herbert6, dec. ; Lola6; Elmers.
9. Francis-S.5, b. Jan. 29, 1828; m. Jan. 7, 1856, Maria-D. Castello ; res. California ; has a family.
10. Alexander5, b. Oct. 24, 1829 ; farmer; res. in Dracut, Mass.
11. Clarissa-J.5, b. July 18, 1832; m. Feb. 4, 1854, Jerome-B. Brown ; res. Lowell; ch. : George6; Clara-Agues6, d. Jan. 21, 1877.
39. Sarah4, b. Nov. 25, 1789; d. when about three years of age.
40. Mary4, b. July 26, 1792; d. aged about twelve years.
41. James+ [75], b. June 13, 1795; res. Lowell, Mass .; m. Sarah Webber.
42. Capt. Joseph3 [18] (Robert2, Alexander1) ; was b. June 3, 1770, and occupied the farm now owned by John-A. Park. He built the present farin, with a cider mill, a grain loft, and thresh- ing floor over it, and also rebuilt the house. Many of the stone- walls on the farm are the work of his hands. The chief source of money in his day was selling cord-wood, delivered in Haverhill, and also rafting it to Newburyport, a hard, slow way to procure money, for the prices were low.
On Sept. 2, 1805, he was appointed captain in the Fifth Co. of Eighth Regt. N. H. Militia, and resigned it Dec. 8, 1812. He m. Mary, dau. of William Dinsmoor, granddaughter of Robert Dinsmoor, and great-granddaughter of John Dinsmoor', the emigrant from Ireland. He d. May 11, 1820, lacking twenty days of being fifty years of age. Children, b. in Windham : -
43. Sally4, b. Dec. 10, 1796 ; she was the eldest of the family. She was watchful, careful, and vigilant in her ministrations to the younger members; but disease laid its hand upon her, and she was convinced it was her last sickness. A friend writes, "She died calmly and peacefully. in hope of a glorious immortality," April 19, 1821, æ. 24 yrs. 4 mos. 9 days.
44. William4, b. July 1, 1798; d. Jan. 10, 1800, æ. 1 yr. 5 mos. 10 days.
45. Betsey-Caroline4, b. Sept. 11, 1801; a school-teacher; in her twenty-fifth year she was taken sick with a fever. From the unwise medical treatment she received, she never fully recovered, but lingered till Oct. 21, 1833, when she died, a. 31 yrs. 11 mos.
46. Joseph4 [77], b. March 17, 1803; m. Charena Cochran ; d. Dec. 15, 1875, æ. 72 yrs. 9 mos.
47. William4 [81], b. Feb. 19, 1805; m. Sarah Allcock, Feb. 9, 1832 ; res. Boston, Mass.
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48. Mary4, b. April 24, 1806; m. Jan. 1844, James Fenner, of Rhode Island. He was b. Feb. 8, 1804 ; in early life a teacher in common schools, he rem. to Clay, N. Y., and was a farmer ; afterwards to Salina, N. Y. They adopted two children, and brought them up from infancy. He d. Nov. 15, 1877, æ. 73 yrs. 9 mos. After her husband's death she rem. to Boston, and res. with her brother.
CHILDREN.
1. Kate-1.6, b. July 24, 1852; graduated at Normal School, at Cortland, N. Y., July, 1874 : commenced teaching the following Sept. in the academy at Bay City, Mich., where she was a popular and she- cessful teacher. She m. March 22, 1876, Lucien-JJ. Whitney, the principal. In Sept. 1878, they went to Sugar Grove Centre School, Kane Co., Ill. They now (1883) teach at Chaumont, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
2. Frank5, b. July 2, 1855; printer; he m. Nov. 1877, Eva -, of Syra- ense, N. Y., where he resides.
49. Robert+ [84], b. Jan. 11, 1808; m. Mary Baker; d. in DeSoto, Mo., July 24, 1877, æ. 69 yrs. 6 mos.
50 .. Janet, b. Nov. 21, 1809; d. suddenly in Andover, Mass., Sept. 23, 1828, æ. 18 yrs. 10 mos.
51. Dr. John' [28] (Andrew3, Robert2, Alexander1). "Dr. John Park4 was born Jan. 7, 1775, in Windham, N. H. His parents were of the Scotch race, who settled in Londonderry and its neighborhood, bringing into this country so much integrity, intelligence, and industry as to make it an honor to claim descent from them. He was the eldest of seven children, all boys but one, but was so small and apparently delicate that the stalwart farmer, his father, Andrew Park, finding he loved books passion- ately, said he would be good for nothing on a farm, and sent him to college. He was fitted by the minister of the parish, Mr. Wil- liams, an eccentric man, who had buried himself with his ardent love of the classics, in this retreat, and was delighted at finding so apt a scholar. The boy had already taught himself to write with a whittled stick on birch bark, forming the beautiful chirog- raphy afterwards so much admired. At fourteen he was ad- mitted to the junior class at Dartmouth College; at sixteen he graduated, and began to teach at academies. Having been brought up under Calvinistic influences, he intended to study for the ministry under Dr. Jedediah Morse, of Charlestown, Mass. When a little over eighteen, he became preceptor of the academy in Framingham, Mass., and there, examining the doctrines he should be required to teach if he carried out his intention of en- tering the ministry, he found that he could not conscientiously do so. He remarks in his interesting journal, ' It would be disin- genuous to attempt to teach what my reason could not compre- hend ; and during all my mental embarrassment, it never ocenrred to me that the " Larger and Shorter Catechism," and the " West- minster Assembly's Confession of Faith," might contain a creed not to be found in the Scriptures. Such is the force of education.'
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" While teaching at Framingham he began to study medicine; but being engaged, at the age of nineteen, to a daughter of Rev. Moses Adams, of Acton, he was tempted to try a business life for a time, but was soon disgusted, and returned eagerly to his books. Hoping to make money more rapidly, and improve in his profes- sion, he went to the West Indies, and the journals he kept dur- ing his exile are preserved and still full of interest. He studied the yellow fever carefully, coming to the conclusion that it was not contagious. Events that are now matters of history were watched by his keen young eyes, and his political opinions slowly formed.
"On the 25th of June, 1799, Dr. Park was married to Louisa Adams, and began practice; but the fees of a country physician were so small, that in discouragement he went again twice to the West Indies. During his first absence his son was born, whom a friend named Suwarrow ! but Dr. Park declared no boy of his should bear the name of that savage, and had the child chris- tened Warren, by the Rev. James Freeman. While Dr. Park was again in the West Indies, the boy died, and his father re- solved to settle down to New England life. Some articles he" wrote for a Newburyport newspaper attracted attention, and he was induced to give up a profession which brought hard work with small pay ; he established a newspaper, which he called the ' Repertory' ; he was now a stanch Federalist in politics, and Unitarian in his theology. In 1803 he removed to Boston. Among the contributors to his paper were the leading Federalists of Massachusetts; John Lowell, Fisher Ames, George Cabot, Harrison Gray Otis, and others of ability, gave value to the paper, and became his friends. Party spirit was hot; the Bos- ton Sentinel, edited by Major Russell, had a larger circulation, but the Repertory was well supported. Engrossed as he was in politics, Dr. Park's love of literature was strong as ever ; and be- coming weary of perpetual contention, he sold his paper to Wm .- W. Clapp, who made it a daily paper, and engaged that most able editor, Nathan Hale, with whom, under the name of the Boston Daily Advertiser, it became a power in the community.
"On the first Monday in April, 1811, Dr. Park took possession of a house on Bowdoin Street, near Beacon Street, and began what was truly his life-work. He opened a school for young la- dies, and gave an impulse to female education which is felt to this day, though he has been long in his grave. His love of the clas- sics, and of all knowledge, was absolutely contagious, and he not only knew, but had the power of communicating what he knew, in a way that was sure to create interest. That was the secret of his success with nearly five hundred young ladies, who became his pupils during the twenty years he devoted to this profession ; most of them from the leading families of Boston, others from a distance, as his reputation spread. In 1819 he removed to Mount Vernon Street, for larger accommodation, and lived there till the
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first of April, 1831; when, finding his health affected by close confinement, he went to Worcester, and devoted himself to his books and his garden.
" He had been left a widower with three children, in 1813; but he married an English lady, Mrs. Agnes Major, his wife's beloved friend, and his second union proved a blessing to himself and his family.
" Dr. Park's love of music was genuine; he accompanied his wife in duets with much expression, and learned the Spanish guitar, with which to amuse himself at the twilight hour. He took les- sons in Italian from the unfortunate Perodi, and continued to read Greek and Latin all his days. A scholar and a true gentleman, he exchanged the fine society of Boston, where character is al- ways sure of cordial respect, for an agreeable circle of friends in Worcester. To that place he removed on giving up his school, on the first of April, 1831, leaving the work he loved in the able hands of the distinguished George-B. Emerson.
"His remaining years were not only peaceful, but happy; for he loved and was beloved, as well as honored. During the prime of life he often visited the home of his youth, and never ceased to take an interest in the good town of Windham. His three chil- dren being married, he went with his devoted wife to pleasant apartments in the Worcester Hotel, carrying his beloved library with him ; and there he died, on the third of March, 1852, æ. 77."
One of his most valued pupils, who wrote warmly of his tal- ents, added, in a private letter, " There was a singular union of delicacy and manliness in Dr. Park, which inspired respect and love long before we were able to analyze our feelings or appre- ciate his character." Children : -
52. Warren5, d. æ. 1 yr.
53. Louisa-Jane5, b. Feb. 7, 1802: m. Rev. E .- B. Hall, D. D. She possesses fine talents and much literary ability, and is the author of several books in poetry and prose ; res. Boston, Mass.
CHILD.
1. Harriet-Ware", b. Sept. 15, 1841.
54. John-Cochran5 [88], b. Boston, Mass., June 10, 1804; res. Newton, Mass.
55. Mary-Ann5, b. Boston, Mass., May 26, 1811; m. Oct. 1, 1835, Judge B .- F. Thomas; res. Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer of distinction, a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, judge of probate, member of congress, and a judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts. . He was eloquent, popular, and an ex- cellent man in all relations; is deceased. She res. in Boston. Children : Agnes6, m. Richard Olney, of Boston ; Pliny-Merrick6, Mary6, Augusta6, dec. ; Benjamin-F.6, dec. ; John-P.6, dec .; Wil- liam6, attorney at San Francisco, Cal. ; Isaiah6, has a stock-farm at Goffstown, N. H.
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56. Capt. Andrew-Weare+ [32] (Andrew3, Robert?, Alexan- der1). Capt. Andrew-W. Park+ was b. June 11, 1786. His first years after leaving Windham were spent in Boston. being concerned in the Boston Repertory, of which his brother. Dr. John Park, was editor. He subsequently went on East Indian voyages. Three shipwrecks, of which one was total, discouraged him, and he left the sea. and settled in Belfast. Me., on a farm where he resided until his death, Sept. 4, 1867. His wife was Margaret, dan. of Dea. Samuel and Margaret ( Dinsmoor) Morison; b. Aug. 11, 1793: m. Nov. 10, 1823 : was a person of superior endowments, refined in manners, and possessed a tine intellect. with excellent literary taste. high religions principles, and good conversational powers. She won the esteem and regard of her acquaintances ; although an invalid for many years, she was fond of society: d. April 14. 1864. Children, b. in Belfast, Me. : -
51. Agness. b. Dec. 22. 1-24: d. Dec. 29. 1824.
58. Agnes5, 2d. b. Jan. s. 1926: d. Nov. 23. 1932.
59. Margaret-Marys. b. Jan. 11, 1825 ; m. Isaiah Dinsmoor : res. in Windham. (See Dinsmoor family.)
60. Robert-John5. b. March 26. 1:30; d. Nov. 26. 1832.
61. Martha-Janes. b. May 17. 1932: res. Windham.
62. Louisas, b. Sept. 24, 1:34: res. in Windham.
63. Horace [93], b. Feb. 20. 1637 : m. M .- Lizzie Morrison ; res. in Belfast, Me.
64. Col. Alexander+ [33] (Andrew3, Robert ?. Alexander1) ; was b. Oct. 7, 1789; was a blacksmith by trade. also a farmer. He occupied the homestead now owned by Mrs. Isaiah Dinsmoor. His shop stood in close proximity to the guide-post at the corner. He worked at his trade for many years, but gave it up a number of years before he left town ; was a surveyor. and an adjutant and lieutenant-colonel of a New Hampshire regiment of militia. He was an intelligent man. and a great reader: was selectman in 1-20. '21, '22. '30. 137. '38; treasurer. 1825, '26; moderator, 1824. '25, '26; representative, 1834. His farm was sold in 1857. and he removed to Dracut. Mass. He m. Elizabeth Nesmith. Feb. 14, 1815, who d. Jan. 18, 1836 ; m. 2d. in 1837. Martha Carter, of Lancaster, Mass. : d. at Dracut, May 13, 1863 ; she d. subsequently. Children. b. in Windham : - -
65. Charles-A.ª, b. Nov. 21. 1815: d. at sea. Feb. 14, 1874. while en route to California.
66. Lucy-Ann5. b. April 23. 1-17: m. May 16, 1839, Francis- A. Marden ; res. Nashua, N. H. (See Marden family.)
61. Andrew-Horatio5 [96], b. April 11, 1>19; res. S. Chelms- ford. Mass.
68. John-Nesmith® [104], b. Feb. 10. 1821 ; res. S. Chelms- ford, Mass.
69. Josiah-Adams6, b. June 2, 1:23 ; d. Oct. 30. 1825.
70. Robert-Burns5. b. Feb. 19, 1825; d. July 14, 182 -.
71. Mary-Janes, b. Feb. 20. 1827: d. Dec. 16. 1831.
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