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C'JTILDREN.
1. Isabella-S.A, b. Dec. 23, 1795; m. James West.
2. Edward3, b. Nov. 14, 1797; d. Feb. 21, 1799.
3. Alice8, b. Feb. 28, 1800; m. Kendall-O. Peabody ; three children.
1. Ebenezer-K.3, b. July 4, 1802; d. Feb. 28, 1828.
5. Cynthia-P.3. b. July 17, 1804; d. June 27, 1838.
6. ('larissa-A.8, b. Oct. 7, 1815; m. Stephen Kenrick, of Franklin, N. II. ; children : Ebenezer-B.3, b. March 3, 1837 ; d. Ang. 6, 1858. Eben- ezer-B.', b. Nov. 6, 1838 ; d. Feb. 9, 1839. Stephen-B.+, b. April 9, 1842; supt. of Fort Madison & Northwestern R. R. ; res. Fort Madison, Ia. Charles-C.4, b. April 8, 1841; res. Franklin Falls, N. Il ; lumber, wood, and coal dealer. John-P.4, b. Oct. 28, 1846; d Ang. 10, 1847. Timothy-F.4, b. July 8, 1849; d. at Naples, Italy, Jan. 29, 1879; physician, Clarissa', b. Nov. 8, 1852; d. Aug. 11, 1853.
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GENEALOGIES : JAMES-WASON SMITH2.
24. Robert2, b. Feb. 21, 1775; in. Jane, sister of Dr. Scobey, of Windham ; he d. Oct. 4, 1825. He lived with his brother, on the farm now owned by E .- B. Smith, in Windham.
CHILDREN.
1. Susan-Jane3, b. Feb. 10, 1822.
Francis3, b. April 10. 1824; m. Mrs. Gile; Post-office, North Andover, Mass.
25. Isabela, b. Feb. 25, 1777 ; lived and d. on the homestea .
26. Molly2, b. May 10, 1779; m. William Smith; d. Dec., 18, 1854.
27. Joseph2, b. Dec. 27, 1780; d. June 14, 1834. He lived on the Diekey farm, lately sold by his son. He moved there in March, 1821, and d. there. He m. Dec. 19, 1816, Sarah- Wason, b. Hudson, May 2, 1783; d. Oct. 16, 1860.
CHILDREN.
1. Ira3, b. Jan. 26, 1819: d. April 15, 1841.
2. James-W.3, b. March 24, 1821 ; lived upon a farm in the north part of the town near the Derry line; sold Dec. 1872, and now res. in Lawrence. He m. Sept. 4, 1851, Apphia-Jane, dau. of Reuben Kimball, of Concord, N. HI., b June 6, 1824; d. Sept. 9, 1875; children, b. Windham : Apphia-Janet, b. Sept. 1, 1852; d. Sept. 9, 1877 ; m. Mr. Young ; Horace-Franklin4, b. Nov. 4, 1857; car- penter; res. New York City ; Sarah-Harriet+, b. June 28, 1864.
3. Mary-Boyd-Wason3, b. Dec. 8, 1824; d. Oct. 27, 1829.
28. Peggy2, b. Oct. 24, 1783 ; m. - McCoy, of Goffstown; d. March 14, 1820.
29. James-Wason2, b. May 10, 1788; d. Nov. 13, 1865. He lived in the home of his father in the Range, near Cemetery Hill, and now occupied by his son, E .- B. Smith. Like most of his race, he was very tall, and not over fleshy. He m. Mary, dau. of Moses Noyes, b. April 13, 1791; d. Oct. 22, 1871.
CHILDREN, BORN IN WINDHAM.
1. Harriet-F.3, b. Nov. 13, 1819; d. Feb. 20, 1879.
James-W.3, b. Dec. 27, 1822; d. Dec. 9, 1825.
3. Mary3, b. Jan. 5, 1827; m. Nov. 9, 1848, Daniel-W. Horne, b. Roches- ter, N. II., May 4, 1823; res. Lowell, Mass. ; children : Mary- Ella+, b. Oct. 18, 1849; m. Nov. 8, 1871, W .- E. Murkland, b. Dec. 27, 1847; one child, Bertha-F.5, b. Worcester, Mass., Jan. 15, 1874. Francest, b. March 21, 1852; m. Jan. 5, 1876, Almy-J. Flint, b. Sept. 21, 1850, in Lowell; one child, Edith-F.5, b. Jan. 10, 1879. Flora4, b. Oct. 26, 1853; res. Lowell. Fred+, b. Nov. 2, 1856: m. April 24. 1878, Abbie-E. Frye. b. Groton, Mass., Aug. 18, 1855; d. Sept. 1, 1878. Clara-Bell4, b. Sept. 26, 1858. Kate- Wingate+, b. Aug. 12, 1860.
4. Catherine3, b. Jan. 7, 1829; lives in Lowell, Mass.
5. James-W.3, b. Dec. 20, 1830; carpenter and builder; res. Salem Depot, N. H .; was a soldier, and aided in the overthrow of the Rebellion ; was a member of Co. K, Fifteenth Regt. N. H. Vols., and did effective service ; he participated in the siege of Port Hudson. He was much respected by his acquaintances, and d. at Salem, Dec. 11, 1870. He m. Nov. 18, 1863, Frances-M. Web-
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GENEALOGIES : DAVID-P. SNELLING2.
ster, b. Nov. 2, 1843; now res. Methuen, Mass. ; children : Mary- A.4. b. Ang. 28, 1864; d. Jan. 15, 1866; Addie-Francest, h Dec. 1, 1866; Emma-E.+, b. June 9, 1869.
G. Ebenezer-B.3, b. July 3, 1834; carpenter and farmer; owns and occu - pies the homestead. He m Feb. 21, 1876, Mrs. Elizabeth-A. (Em - ery) Coan, of Lawrence, Mass., b. South Berwick, Me. She has one daughter by first husband, Flora-M. Coan, b. July 13, 1866.
CHARLES SMITH'S FAMILY.
1. Charles Smith3, son of Samuel2 and Sophia (Dow) Smith, and grandson of Samuel Smith, of Londonderry; was b. there Nov. 22, 1832. In Nov. 1870, he bought the store in West Wind- ham, of James Nichols, and moved to town April, 1871; served as seleetman 1880, '81, '82, '83; he m. 1859, Mary Brown, of Cole- brook, who was b. in England, and d. Aug. 1866; he m. 2d, 1869, Sarah, dan. of Clement and Sarah (Thomas) Goodwin, of Hartland, Me .; b. there May 3, 1847. Children : -
2. Mary-Abbie1, b. Nov. 24, 1870.
3. Loren-Milton4, b. July 22, 1871.
4. Hattie-Maria4, b. Sept. 16, 1872.
5. Luther-Francis4, b. Feb. 2, 1874.
6. Orren-Andrew4, b. Aug. 21, 1875.
Bertha-Anna4, Sept. 6, 1877.
S. Charles-P.4, b. Dec. 12, 1878.
9. Amy-Evelyn4, b. Feb. 1881; d. July, 1882.
SNELLING FAMILY.
1. David-P. Snelling2, son of Aaron1, was b. in Livermore, Me., Dec. 1, 1820; came to Windham, Dec. 10, 1839; m. Dec. 3, 1846, Hannah, dau. of David Alexander; owned the farm now owned by Horace Berry ; took the California gold fever, and left for the mines Oct. 13, 1849; returned in 1851; later, he was in Kansas when that State was overrun by the "Border Ruffians." Was selectman in 1854; he sold his farm to Joseph-B. Proctor, and rem. to Nashua in the spring of 1856; moved to Illinois in April, 1858, and now resides in Kinmundy, Marion County; real estate broker and farmer; served four years as judge of Marion County. Children: -
2. Albert-A.8, b. Windham, Feb. 7, 1849; d. Oet. 10, 1871.
3. Mary-Abbie?, b. Nashna, Feb. 20, 1852.
4. Frank-M.8, b. Windham, July 21, 1854.
5. Elroy-A.3, b. Nashna, July 12, 1856.
6. Nellie-E.", b. Kimmundy, March 21, 1859.
. George-W.3, b. Kinmundy, Feb. 22, 1862.
8. Lettic-O.3, b. Kinmundy, Feb. 6, 1866; d. March 25, 1869.
9. Fred-D .- P.3, b. Kinmundy, Oct. 11, 1869.
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GENEALOGIES : STEELE ; STICKNEY.
STEELE FAMILY.
1. James-C. Steele", son of David' and Mary (Clendenin) Steele, was b. in Derry, Oct. 24, 1814 ; in. Mary-J. Anderson, of London- derry, b. Nov. 25, 1817; d. March 3, 1850. He was a carpen- penter and farmer. About 1851 he bought the farm now owned by his nephew, H .- B. Johnson, where he spent the remainder of his life; d. 1864. He was selectman in 1859 and '62; was a kind neighbor, a good citizen, and an upright man. His mother was active and vigorous till a year or two before her death. She d. in Windham, Sept. 30, 1582, at the advanced age of 94 yrs. 6 mos. 10 days.
2. Hiram Steele2, brother of James, came to town with his mother, when twelve years of age. About 1850, he built the house on the Turnpike, near the Derry line, occupied by Charles- F. Davis, where he lived till his removal to Lawrence, Mass., a few years ago. He was a carpenter and builder; a fine workman ; carried on business in Lawrence, and d. Jan. 12, 1879. He was b. Sept. 18, 1820; he m. Nov. 23, 1848, Affaette-A. Armor, dau. of John Armor, b. Jan. 20, 1831. Children, b. in Windham : -
3. Ellsworth-Franklin3, b. June 23, 1850; d. Nov. 8, 1854.
4. Francella-Ann3, b. Jan. 16, 1852; m. Feb. 15, 1871, Charles-A. Nowell; res. Lawrence, Mass .; children : Etta-Bell4, b. Jan. 12, 1872; Herbert E.4, b. March 30, 1875.
5. Walter-Irving4, b. Aug. 20, 1878.
6. Lisette-May3, b. Dec. 29, 1854; m. Feb. 26, 1880, Walter-E. Field; res. Lawrence.
7. Herbert-James3, b. Oet. 30, 1857; res. Lawrence.
STICKNEY FAMILY.
This family is of English orgin.
1. Robert Stickney1, of Trampton, Lincoln Co., England, was buried Oct. 18, 1582. His son,
2. William2, of Trampton, was baptized Dec. 1558; m. Mar- garet Peirson, June 16, 1585.
3. William3, was baptized Sept. 1592, and was the emigrant ancestor of the Stickney family. He came in 1637, and settled in Rowley, Mass. His son,
4. Samuel4, was b. in England in 1633, and res. in Rowley and Bradford, Mass.
5. Samuel, was b. in Rowley, Feb. 5, 1663; m. Mary Hasel- tine; lived and d. in Bradford, Mass.
6. Jonathan6, b. Bradford, Jan. 19, 1707 ; m. Alice Symonds ; resided in Boxford and Tewksbury, Mass., and d. in Pelham, N. H.
7. Asa, b. Dec. 10, 1742; m. Mary Richardson, and d. in Pelham, Jan. 18, 1826.
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GENEALOGIES : STICKNEY ; STUART.
8. Jonathan", b. Pelham, Aug. 27, 1771 : m. Alice Webster ; res. Atkinson.
9. Jonathan-P.9, of Windham ; b. Atkinson, Oct. 18, 1801 ; m. Dec. 17, 1829, Dorcas-S., dau. of Frye and Mary (Tenney) Gage, of Pelham; b. Nov. 9, 1808, He lived in Atkinson, Salem, Me- thuen, Pelham, Derry, and Lowell ; came from Lowell to Wind- ham, Dec. 7, 1854, and bought the farm upon which he lives, near Neal's Mills, of William Simpson. Children : -
10. Jonathan-Frye10. b. Atkinson, Dec. 12, 1830 ; d. June 27, 1833.
11. Edmund-Dole10. b. Methuen, Mass., Sept. 13, 1832; d. Jan. 17, 1833.
12 Infant10, b. Methuen, Mass., Feb. 11, 1834; d. Feb. 16, 1884.
13. Mary-Tenney10. b. Methuen, Mass., Nov. 2, 1835; res. Windham.
14. Emma-Jane10, b. Salem, N. II., Aug. 27, 1837; m. Dec. 13, 1860, Olinthus-A. Simpson. (See Simpson family.)
15. Edwin-Noves19, b. Derry, March 31, 1839; trader at Windham Junction; was the first to open a store at that place, and commenced business Sept. 21, 1861. Sold the store to J .- S. Kidder, of Manchester, in summer of 1862, and goods were sold on commission by Charles Gilmore. He bought the store back in April of 1863. Bought the real estate of Augustus Wilbur, of Nashua, Jan. 5, 1869; sold the stock of goods to James Bartley in spring of 1870, and went to Washington. Bought the stock again in the fall of 1870, and has carried on trade since that date. The building was erected in the spring of 1861, by Frank Wilbur, of New Salem, Mass.
STUART, OR STEWART, FAMILY.
" Fleanchus, son of Banquo, on the murder of his father by Macbeth, fed into Wales in 1055, where he married a daughter of a chief named Griffithar Llewellyn. The son of Fleanchns, or Walter I, d. 1113, returned to Scotland, and became steward of the House of Malcolm III, which offler was made hereditary in his family, and from which the surname Stewart was derived."
1. Robert Stuart1, was of royal blood, and a landed proprietor or laird, in Scotland. He is said to have been one of the Cove nanters, and to have taken part in the battle of Bothwell Brigg ( Bridge) in 1679, between the troops of Charles II and the Cove- nanters, led by their ministers, in which the Covenanters were defeated with great loss. He subsequently fled to Londonderry, Ireland. He had been recently married, and his wife was sent to Edinburgh, where their eldest son John2 (afterwards one of the first sixteen settlers of Londonderry, N. II., in 1719) was born in
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GENEALOGIES : JOHN STUART'.
1682. They had other children in the following order : Robert", Julia2, Ann2, and Samuel -. The father, Robert1, and the family settled in Londonderry, Ireland, and soon after the siege returned to Edinburgh, where he died previous to 1719, leaving a widow and several children. After his death, his widow and family came and settled in Londonderry, N. H., in 1719. Mrs. Stuart lived to be very aged, and often related to her descendants the thrilling incidents of her life, in connection with the cruel persecutions of the Covenanters in Scotland, by James II.
2. Charter John2, was b. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1682; came to Londonderry, N. H., with his own and his father's family, in 1719, with the first sixteen settlers of the town. He was one of the grantees of the town. His farm was called the "precept " farm, or lot; was of sixty aeres, near Derry East meeting-house, and is now included in the farm of George-W. Lane. In 1728, he was one of the fourteen dissatisfied men who had additional land laid out to them in Windham Range (see page 41), which fur- nished a home to his descendants for two generations. This land lay between Robert Armstrong's and J .- W. Dinsmoor's, running from Policy to Cobbett's Pond, and is included in the pastures of A .- A. Morison and George-F. Armstrong. He was a carpenter by trade. His wife was Elizabeth
He made his will April 3, 1741 ; proved June 24; estate, £1,259 6s. 2d. Executors, Samuel Stuart, of Andover, and Charles Stuart, probably his sons ; witnesses to the will, John Weir, Jonathan Morison, and Samuel Allison, Jr. He is buried in the ancient cemetery in Derry.
INSCRIPTIONS FROM TOMBSTONE. Memento Mori Nam sito labitur hora. Here lyes the intered body of Mary Stuard the danghter of John Stuard and Eliz his wife who departed this life November the 7 1738 and in the 22 year of her age.
Here lyeth also the body of John Stuart father to the aforesaid Mary who departed this mortal life about the 60 year of his age and on the 6 day of April Anno Domini 1741.
Children, some of them b. in Scotland or Ireland : -
3. Charles3, lived in Londonderry ; m. Mary Probably one of the executors of his father's will.
CHILDREN, AS APPEARS ON LONDONDERRY RECORDS.
1. Elizabeth+, b. Jan. 11, 1729. 3. Margaret4, b. Oct. 4, 1731.
2. Mary+, b. May 5, 1730. 4. William+, b. Feb. 12, 1733.
4. Roberts, no record.
5. James8, no record.
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GENEALOGIES : JOHN STUART3.
6. John3 [11], settled in Windham Range.
7. Samuels; he was without much doubt the resident of Andover, and one of the executors of his father's will.
8. Mary3, b. 1716; d. æ. 22.
9. Joseph3, b. Londonderry, N. H., 1721; settled in Coleraine, Mass .; his son Joseph4, b. there 1753; his son Joseph5, b. same place, 1778; his son Joseph-D. Stewart6, b. Hartford, N. Y., 1811.
10. Margaret3; no record.
11. John3 [6], came early to Windham, and was the first occupant upon the land of his father. He was b. in Scotland, probably about 1715; was invoice taker in 1743; one of the " Howards" in 1744, '45; selectman in 1745; surveyor in 1748; tithing-man in 1747, '58, '59. In early times the travelling pub- lic were entertained at private houses, and John Stuart entertained the ministers who officiated here; Feb. 17, 1755, the town voted him "fifty shillings, old tenor, per week, for entertaining the ministers " (413 ets.). Jan. 10, 1758, it was voted to allow him four pounds, old tenor, per week (663 cts.). He protested against this pittance, and March 27, 1759, in answer to his demands, it was voted to pay "one dollar, or £6 per week." The Rev. Mr. Hus- tone and Rev. Mr. McClintock were entertained nine weeks and one day, while they were preaching in the parish. He m. Mrs. Rebecca (Costa) Patten; she was b. in Edinburgh, and m. there Robert Patten, who d. on the passage to America, and was buried in the ocean. She subsequently m. John Stuart2. In her old Bible is written : -
" Rebecca Stuart is my name, Scotland is my nation, Windham is my dwelling-place, And Christ is my salvation."
He d. March 29, 1761; she rem. to Shelburne, Mass., with her son John4, and d. æ. 95 yrs. The estate remained undivided, till April 11, 1770, when Lieut. Samuel Morison3, John Cochran1, William Thom1, and JJohn Morrow1 were dividers, and their return made at that date .* His farm is now a pasture, and covered with wood ; ministers are entertained there no more ; the Stuarts are gone ; the buildings disappeared nearly one hundred years ago ; the cellar is still there, and from its crumbling and tumble-down walls has grown a birch tree, on which a grape-vine has thrown its clinging tendrils, -these, with a black currant bush which yearly blossoms and yields its fruit, are all that remains to mark the home of one of the earliest settlers of Windham. Children, b. in Windham : -
12. John4 [18], b.jSept. 22, 1743; d. Shelburne, Mass., 1815, :0. 72 years.
13. Robert4, b. Sept. 15, 1748; m. Sarah Woodward ; “314 acres of his father's land were laid off to him, in Halifax, County
* MS. of Lient. Samuel Morison.
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GENEALOGIES : JOHN STUART4.
of Cumberland, on the west side of the Connecticut River, being No. 21." He removed to Salem, and lived on Policy Street, at the junction of that road and the cross-road to the Turnpike, running by the Israel Woodbury farm. The old cellar still re- mains. Hle m. 2d, Sarah Smith, of Salem, and there he died.
CHILDREN, BORN IN WINDHAM.
1. 1 Rebecca5, b. Oct. 16, 1782.
2. \ Sarah5, b. Oct. 16, 1782; drowned July 31, 1787.
3. Abraham-Woodwards, b. Ang. 4, 1786.
14. Rebecca4, b. Dec. 20, 1750; d. Feb. 26, 1757, æ. 6 years, 2 months.
15. Mary4, b. May 2, 1753; d. March 8, 1757, æ. 3 yrs. 10 months.
16. Hannah4, b. Nov. 1755; d. March 15, 1757, æ. 1 year, 4 months.
17. Adam4, b. 1758. To him was laid out a tract of land southwest of Cobbett's Pond, which John Stuart3 bought of a son of John Archibald, then a resident of Boston. Ile d. April 24, 1777, æ. 19 years.
18. John+ [12] (John8, John2, Robert1), b. Sept. 22, 1743. He received a double share on the division of his father's prop- erty, and retained the old home in the Range. He also had land set off to him "in Halifax, County Cumberland, west of the Con- necticut River, No. 21"; was last taxed in Windham in 1775. He m. Dec. 31, 1765, his cousin, Rebecca Stuart, of Colerain, Mass., and removed to that vicinity, Shelburne, about 1780. There being four John Stuarts in Coleraine at that time, he was known as " Windham John."
Became a prominent man; was selectman in 1806 and '07 ; d. 1815, x. 72 years. Children : -
19. Mary5, b. Windham, Oct. 7, 1766; m. Ephraim Cady ; one son, Jesse6, who lived and died in Northfield, Mass.
20. Rebecca5, b. Windham, Dec. 8, 1767; single. Lived in Shelburne, Mass .; d. æ. 93 yrs.
21. Lydia5, b. Windham, Dec. 16, 1768; single ; d. in North- field, Mass., æ. 50 yrs.
22. Elizabeth5, b. Windham, June 8, 1770; m. Thos. Fowler, farmer; res. Vernon, Vt.
CHILDREN.
1. John6, lived at Brattleboro', Vt., and died, a. 82 years.
2. Elias6, went West.
3. Lewis6, d. Greentleld, Mass., æ. about 70.
4. Thomas6, d. in Missouri.
5. Betsey6, m. Nathan Prindle, and d. in Northfield, Mass.
6. Lydia6, m. Ebenezer Howe, and lives in Vernon, Vt.
23. Agnes5, b. Windham, Aug. 4, 1771 ; m. Dr. Daniel Allen, of Colerain, and went West.
24. John, Jr.5, b. April 27, 1773; m. Charlotte Flagg, of Brookfield, Mass. He res. on homestead in Shelburne; d. æ. 68 yrs. Five children, who grew up.
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GENEALOGIES : ALEXANDER STUART1.
CHILDREN.
1. Catharine6, m. W .- B. Clark ; res. Bernardston, Mass .; d. æ. 85.
2. Amanda6. m. Lorenzo Severance, a very intelligent citizen of Shel- burne. They live on the Stuart homestead; she is 73 yrs. of age.
3. Eliza6, m. D. Daniels, and lives in Colerain.
4. Samuel6, was a farmer, and d. in Wisconsin, æ. 75 yrs.
5. Iras, blacksmith ; d. in Shelburne.
25. Catharine5, b. July 27, 1775; m. William Anderson, of Colerain, and rem. to Kingsbury, N. Y .; eight children : Rebecca6, Betsey6, William6, Harvey6, Catharine6, Orrilla6, Octavia6, Eliza6.
26. Margaret5, b. Oct. 1, 1776; d. young.
27. Jane5, b. Nov. 29, 1778; m. Clark Fowler ; lived in North- field, Mass .; five children : William6, Charles6, Electa6, Julian6, Rebecca6.
28. Martha5, b. May 30, 1780; m. John Fowler; res. North- field ; two children : Lucinda6 and Martha6.
29. Adam5, b. March 22, 1784; was a feeble man, and fol- lowed school-teaching for a livelihood; lived and d. in Shelburne ; m. Judith Phinney, of that town. No children grew up.
ALEXANDER STUART'S FAMILY.
1. Alexander Stuart1, lived abont 1760, nearly one quarter of a mile east of No. 7 school-house, in the woods. He had a son Alexander, who was a fine fiddler, and in the long winter evenings, and at summer twilight, the young people would gather at his house and listen to the music. The old cellar can still be seen, and the woods now cover what were once well cultivated fields. Alexander became one of the proprietors of Belfast, Me., at the time of the emigration from Windham and Londonderry, about 1769.
TAYLOR FAMILY.
Joseph Taylor1, taken prisoner in the French and Indian war; afterwards settled on the hill, on or near the road leading from the James Noyes place to C .- W. Campbell's; d. unm .; was b. in Londonderry, and his sister Susan was the mother of Major Asa Senter, of Windham.
1. Matthew Taylor1, and his wife Janet, came from vicinity of Londonderry, Ireland, and settled on the farm in Londonderry (now Derry), now owned by his great-grandson, James-Calvin Taylor. He had eight children : John2, Matthew2, William", David2, Adam2, Samuel2, Sarah2, and Janet2. Matthew? went to Nova Scotia about 1760, and his descendants are living in vicinity of Londonderry and Truro.
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GENEALOGIES : REUBEN-P. TAYLORS.
2. John', eldest son of Matthew1, b. Sept. 22, 1721, on the pas- sage to America ; m. Margaret Dickey, and had five children.
3. Matthews, his eldest son, m. Hannah Knight, of Atkinson,
N. II. Ch. : Sarah4, Joseph, James4, and Olivers.
4. Oliver4, the youngest son, was b. in Salem, N. H .; m. Lettice, dan. of Jonathan Page, of Atkinson ; eight children ; 2d w. Phebe White ; two children.
CHILDREN.
I. Otis3, b. Sept. 3. 1811 ; m. Martha Nelson ; d. Atkinson, N. H. ; farmer. Hannah-Knights, b. May 7, 1817 : in. Matthew Panl; rem. to West Newbury, Mass.
3. Jonathan-P.6, b. April 28. 1819 ; m. Charlotte Goodhne ; res. Atkinson.
4. Reuben-P.3. b. June 19, 1821; res. Haverhill; m. Susan. II. Gordon.
5. Levis, b. Jan. 13, 1824; m. Elizabeth Currier; m. 2d, Franees Sar-
gent ; of the firm of Three Taylors, clothiers, Haverhill, Mass.
6. Oliver, b. June 12, 1826 ; m. Lucy Fellows ; clothier in Haverhill, Mass. 7. ( Sarah, b. April 1, 1829; m. J .- R. Farrington : res. Holyoke, Mass.
8. ( Lattices, b April 1, 1829; m. Matthew Paul; res. Haverhill, Mass. 9. Asa-Hall, b Feb. 22, 1833.
10. Carolines, b. Aug. 11, 1836 ; lives in Haverhill.
5. Reuben-Peasley6 [55] (Oliver4, Matthew3, John", Matthew1). the third son of Oliver, and fifth generation from the emigrant, was b. June 19, 1821, in Atkinson, N. H. He m. Susan-H., dan. of Alexander Gordon, May 8, 1845; rem. to Windham in 1847, and occupied the farm with his wife's father. He sold his farm, and rem. to Wilton, Me., in 1855, then to Airenna, Grundy Co. Ill., in 1856, and farmed extensively and successfully. He sold, his farm and rem. to Haverhill, Mass., in 1866, where he now resides: farmer and wood dealer.
CHILDREN.
1. Milton-Estes5, b. Atkinson, Nov. 17, 1846. He enlisted May 17, 1864, in Co. G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regt. III. Vols., and d. Nov. 16, 1864, while in service.
2. Hannah-Adas, b. Windham. June 10, 1852. She graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in 1876; m. George-H. Wells, of Middletown, in 1876; one son. Henry-Gordon, b. Oct. 12. 1880.
Daniel Taylor was here a short time ; his wife was Nancy ---.
CHILDREN, BORN IN WINDHAM.
1. Harriet2, b. April 11, 1824.
2. Henry2, b. April 7, 1826. 3. Mary2, b. May 11, 1828.
TEMPLETON FAMILY.
1. Adam Templeton1. of Scottish lineage, came from Ireland to Windham with his brother-in-law, Alexander Simpson1, about 1735, or a little later. Hle bought nine and three quarters aeres of land of James Wilson for $110, old tenor, Nov. 24, 1747, and located with him in the meadow southeast of Robert Simpson's
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GENEALOGIES : MATTHEW TEMPLETON2.
house, where each built a log-cabin. He afterwards built a house in which he lived, on a more healthy location, near the spot where Robert Simpson's house now stands. He was a wheelwright, a maker of spinning-wheels used by all the early settlers. These wheels he carried on horseback, and sold through the settlement. While making these wheels, he was still rescuing his farm from the primeval forest. His name appears upon the records in 1753, and as late as 1776. His wife was Margaret Lindsay, who d. April 5, 1784, æ. 65. He went to Antrim with his son Matthew2, and d. there in 1795, æ. 84. Children, as far as known, were: -
2. John2, m. Mary Mahew, and lived in town, whose son, Isaac3, b. in Windham, 1795; m. Mary Ross, March 15, 1814; lived in Hillsborough, then Antrim and Deering; d. in Ilills- borough, April 19, 1869. His wife d. 1874. They left thirteen children.
3. Daniel2, lived in Hillsborough.
4. James2, lived in Peterborough ; rem. to Montpelier in 1800, and d. there in 1807 ; m. Jennet -. Children : Agnes3, Mary3, William3, John3, Jenny3.
5. Matthew2, b. in Ireland, came to Windham when young, with his parents; was a soldier from Windham, in the French and Indian war, and was discharged Oct. 27, 1758. He served as constable, and removed to Peterborough as early as 1770; to Antrim, in 1775, where his wife died in 1780, æ. 43. Her name was Jennie Harkness. He returned to Peterborough in 1784, where he died, May 30, 1809, æ. 73. Ile was one of the most eccentric characters that ever trod the soil of Windham, - stiff, stern, uncompromising. He thought no one could be right except himself. His mode of worship was right-anything different from his way was not to be tolerated for a moment. Ile was very unfortunate in being born into the age in which he lived ; he ought to have lived two centuries earlier. And had he lived in Scotland, in the age of the Covenanters, he would have made a noble, heroic, Christian martyr. He was a rigid Presby- terian, and strictly pious. He was bitter against innovations, for the old ways were best. He helped along what he opposed, by bitter invective, and the sharp words of his limber tongue. Instrumental music in the house of worship was an invention of Satan in his eyes, and when a bass-viol was first introduced, he left the church in indignation. When a resident of Peterborough, one Sabbath he rode to Greenfield to church, to get rid of the offensive music. He said, " When I got in sight of the meeting- house, there was a man with a goon (bassoon) and dagon (bass- viol) was there too, and I jist got onto me ould meer and cum home." So necessary an instrument as the pitch-pipe was the object of his spite. On one occasion the singers did not get the correct key ; he spoke out to the chorister, so as to be heard in all parts of the house, " Ah! Johnny Smith, ye maun blaw your whostle again !"
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