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Some families now living in town depend on memory for all dates, or, in other words, they carry their family record in their heads. Sometimes the dates in the family Bible do not agree with those in the town records. In such cases the family Bible has been assumed to be correct.
Some of the family registers have been revised and rewritten a number of times. Changes had to be made each year in the progress of the work. Under such circumstances the writer is willing to confess that he expects errors will be found.
Nothing in the foregoing, however, is to be construed as an apology. Where one has done the best he could, apologies are not in order.
Some have expended time and pains in helping the writer to secure good records of their own and other families. To all such we extend our heartfelt thanks.
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As the names of families are arranged in alphabetical order, no index is necessary.
The plus sign (+) after a name indicates that the name will appear again. Other abbreviations used are : b. for born, d. for died, gen. for genealogy, m. for married, rem. for removed, and res. for resides or resided.
JACOB A. WOODWARD.
Genealogies.
ABBOTT.
JEREMIAH ABBOTT, married Susan Baldwin. They were the first of the family to come to Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. JONAS, +
2. WILLIAM, +
JONAS ABBOTT, born April 22, 1781 ; married Betsey Parker of Car- lyle, Mass., Jan. 15, 1807. She was born Sept. 27, 1781 ; died Dec. 8, 1857. He died Sept. 11, 1839. He came to Lyndeborough from Chelms- ford, Mass., in 1809, and settled on the farm where Charles Parker after- ward lived. Children, all born in Lyndeborough but eldest : --
I. ELIZA, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., May 12, 1808, m. William Terrin of Boston, March 14, 1832, res. in Francestowń, N. H., d. June 22, 1890.
2. JONAS P., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 27, 1809, m. Ann Cass of New Chester, N. H., April 9, 1837, d. July 18, 1867.
3. MARY A., b. March 30, 1811, m. Ithamar Wright of Little- ton, Mass., June 19, 1841. He was b. April 10, 1809, d. May 15, 1848.
4. RACHEL P., b. Dec. 11, 1812, m. Manley Kidder of Lynde- borough. (See Kidder gen.)
5. JEREMIAH, b. April 3, 1815, d. Oct. 30, 1820.
6. HANNAH W., b. Sept. 2, 1817, m. Sewell N. Watson of Fay- ette, Me. Nov. 24, 1858. He, was b. Aug. 8, 1808, d. Aug. 26, 1886.
7. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 2, 1819, m. Morris Frye of Landsgrove, Vt., May 23, 1842. He was b. May 21, 1818, d. April 4, 1900.
8. HEZEKIAH, b. April 26, 1822, m. Annett Robins of Milford, June 1, 1858, d. Jan. 11, 1890.
9. WILLIAM, b. June 30, 1825, d. July 30, 1858.
IO. EMILY, b. Nov. 21, 1827, m. Charles L. Avery. (See Avery gen.)
II. SUSAN, b. May 5, 1829, d. Aug. 18, 1830.
WILLIAM ABBOTT, born Nov. 3, 1787; married Eunice, daughter of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram. She was born Aug. 31, 1786; died Feb. 29, 1868. He died Jan. 14, 1824. He lived in a house that used to stand on land southeast of the Lucas place, and not far away from that farm. Nothing but a cellar hole remains there now. Children : -
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I. LYDIA C., b. June 5, 1809, m. David Carkin. (See Carkin gen.)
2. WILLIAM B., +
3. ABIGAIL C., b. Jan. 26, 1814, m. first, James Marshall, m, second, Capt. Israel Putnam.
4. CHARLES D., b. March 31, 1817, d. March 28, 1854.
5. HENRY N., b. Feb. 16, 1820, d. May 14, 1859. He was sometimes known as Major Abbott, and died of accidental gunshot wound in right arm.
6. CALVIN A., +
WILLIAM B. ABBOTT, son of William and Eunice (Cram) Abbott ; born June 28, 1811 ; married Nancy (Brown) Boutwell. He died in De- cember, 1862.
CALVIN A. ABBOTT, son of William and Eunice (Cram) Abbott; born May 5, 1824 ; married Mary J. Boutwell ; he died Oct. 23, 1868. Children :-
I. EUNICE A., b. Oct. 26, 1854.
2. FRANK D., b. Aug. 10, 1856.
3. WILLIAM H., b. Aug. 31, 1858.
AMES. 4
BENJAMIN B. AMES came to Lyndeborough from Pelham about 1865, and settled on a place just south of the Deacon Goodrich place, North Lyndeborough. The farm is on the turnpike and was purchased of a Mr. Odell. He married first, - Barker of Pelham; married second, Jane, daughter of David and Miriam (Durant) Butterfield. He died Dec. 8, 1885. She died April 22, 1900. He was born Jan. 13, 1812.
AMES.
DANIEL AMES lived for a time north of the mountain. His first wife was Betsey Jaquith of Greenfield. She died March 20, 1864. He married second, Mrs. Joanna Morgan of Wilton. He removed to Francestown in 1860, where he died June 4, 1877. At least three children were born at Lyndeborough : --
I. DANIEL, d. Dec. 26, 1856.
2. HATTIE, d. April 17, 1860.
3. GEORGE, m. in 1870 Annie Robinson, She d. August, 1873. He lived for a time in Lowell, Mass., but owing to poor health removed to Oakland, Cal., where he died. He m. a second time and left two children by second marriage.
ATWOOD.
JOHN ATWOOD, born in Boston Feb. 16, 1693, removed to Bradford, Mass., in 1716, where he died. He married Hannah Bond of Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 28, 1715; she was born 1696. Their fifth child, Joshua, born 3, 1723, married Mehitable Seavey ; she was born Feb. 1, 1727; died March 11, 1805. He died July 8, 1809.
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PAUL ATWOOD, 12th child of Joshua and Mehitable (Seavey) At- wood, born March 30, 1764; married May 22, 1786, Judith Stickney of Pelham, N. H. She was born June 25, 1764; died May 12, 1843. He died Oct. 20, 1852. He came to Lyndeborough from Pelham, N. H., and set- tled at North Lyndeborough and carried on the business of a currier in a shop opposite his house. He was also a farmer. Children :-
I, ELIPHALET, +
2. MARY, b. May 5, 1789, lived at Pelham.
3. SARAH, b. May 15, 1791, lived at Pelham.
4. JOSHUA, b. May 3, 1793, d. Sept. 27, 1841. He kept a store at North Lyndeborough, was justice of the peace and se- lectman.
5. JOHN, b, June 20, 1795.
6. DAVID, +
7. MOSES, +
8. PAMELA, b. Sept. 26, 1803, m. Dea. John C. Goodrich. (See Goodrich gen.)
9. MEHITABLE, b, Nov. 29, 1806.
ELIPHALET ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood ; born Jan. 30, 1787 ; married first, Feb. 25, 1813, Sarah Gould of Pelham. She was born 1791, died May 10, 1827. Second, Ann Kidder, Jan. 19, 1828. She was born Aug. 27, 1791 ; died Oct. 8, 1863. He died Dec. 4, 1851. He lived on the farm where Charles H. Bailey now lives, and died there. Children :-
I. AMANDA, b. Feb. 5, 1814.
2. HORATIO, b. July 4, 1816.
3. WARREN J., b, Feb. 28, 1819.
DAVID ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood, born July 22, 1798, married first, Nov. 5, 1822, Martha Campbell. She was born Dec. 10, 1800; died Sept. 14, 1853. Married second, May 5, 1856, Prudentia B. Gilman, of Lowell, Mass. She was born Feb. 8, 1821 ; died June 30, 1885. He died at Francestown Oct. 2, 1874. He carried on the Town Farm in Lyndeborough the first year after it was bought by the town. He later removed to Francestown. Child born in Lyndborough :
I. AARON HARDY, b. Dec. 2, 1823, d. Nov. 29, 1863. Was a physician at N. Lyndeborough and later at Manchester. He d. at Jetersville, Va., during the Civil War.
DR. MOSES ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood, born April 6, 1801 ; married first, Nov. 24, 1835, Mary Lewis, of Frances- town. She was born July 1, 1808; died June 21, 1844; married second, May 5, 1846, Julia Ann Chickering of Amherst. She was born August 28, 1815; died Feb. 4, 1889. He died in New Boston, April 28, 1850. Dr. Atwood studied medicine with Dr. Israel Herrick of Lyndeborough, and Dr. Luther Farley of Francestown. He began the practice of medicine
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at North Lyndeborough in 1827. Until 1841 he practiced allopathy ; in that year he commenced study with Dr. Samuel Gregg, of Boston, and was the first American to practice homeopathy in New Hampshire and the tenth in New England. As a physician he ranked high and was much esteemed for the many excellencies of his character. One son, Luther Farley Atwood of Francestown.
AVERY.
CHARLES L. AVERY, son of Solomon and Lavina (Morse) Avery, born at Lowell, Mass., April 12, 1836; m. Dec. 8, 1858, Emily, daughter of Jonas and Betsey (Parker) Abbott. She was born Nov. 21, 1827. Solo- mon D. Avery and Lavina ( Morse) Avery, his wife, were long residents of Francestown and both died there. Charles L. came to Lyndeborough about 1858 and bought the Jonas Abbott farm, North Lyndeborough, where he has since lived. Child :
I. HENRY F., b. Feb. 14, 1860, m. Jan. 15, 1891, Mrs. Etta N. Adams, daughter of George and Elvira (Hutchinson) Whitfield and widow of Henry D. Adams. She was b. April 10, 1862.
BACHELDER.
Capt. Nathaniel Bachelder was a Revolutionary soldier and was the first settler on the land since known as the Paige Spalding place, north of the mountain. But little is known of his family record. He had one son, Ward C. Bachelder, who was choked to death by a piece of meat he was trying to eat. This happened at Merrimack in March, 1795. He had gone there to bring the household goods of some one moving to Lyndeborough. The town records contain nothing about the family of Nathaniel. He was buried in the Whittemore burial place, North Lynde- borough. The headstone has been broken by vandal hands into small fragments, but by piecing them together it was learned that he was born in 1721 and died in 1784. Evidence tends to show that Joseph Bachelder, who had a large family of children born in Lyndeborough, was a brother of Capt. Nathaniel.
JOSEPH BACHELDER. Children of Joseph Bachelder and Sarah, his wife :
I. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 22, 1770.
2. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 10, 1772.
3. ISAAC, b. Oct. 8, 1774, d. Jan. II, 1775.
4. ANNA, b. Sept. 30, 1775, d. Jan. 22, 1777.
5. ISAAC2, b. March 1, 1779.
6. ALPHAS, b. Aug. 7, 1781.
7. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 2, 1783.
8. SARAH, b. Feb. 9, 1785.
9. WILLIAM, b. July 15, 1788.
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BADGER.
But little can be found of the record of the Badger family. The story of John Badger, the early settler of Salem-Canada, is pretty fully told in a preceding chapter. His son David was the first settler on the land now owned by James H. Karr, and Badger Pond received its name from him. He was a deacon in the Congregational church. Stephen Badger, his son, transferred his property to the town and made his home at the town farm, where he died. Robert Badger was the first settler on the farm now owned by Harry J. Richardson. The family has been extinct in town for some years, but they are to be noted as the first settlers on the land north of the pond. The two brothers settled here as early as 1760.
DEA. DAVID BADGER, son of John and Mary (McFarland) Badger ; married Rachel - He died May 15, 1783. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. Oct. 7, 1764.
2. DAVID, b. May 28, 1766, rem. to Conway about 1825, 11. Harriet Clemmons.
3. LYDIA, b. Sept. 3, 1767.
4. STEPHEN, b. March 20, 1769, m. -. Child : Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1821, m. Abram Boutwell.
5. HANNAH, b. Dec. 19, 1770, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
6. SARAH, b. Aug. 19, 1772, d. March 30, 1863, aged 90 years.
7. ANNA, b. Oct. 27, 1774, m. - Day, rem. to Otsego, N.Y., d. in 1857.
8. DANIEL, b. July 21, 1776.
9. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 1, 1778.
IO. RUFUS, b. July 3, 1780, m. Olive Fuller.
ROBERT BADGER, son of John and Mary (McFarland) Badger ; mar- ried Hannah -. He died March 1, 1792. Children : -
I. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 7, 1763.
2. RUTH, b. Dec. 25, 1765.
3. ELIPHALET, b. Jan. 20, 1768, m. Huldah -. One child recorded : Eliphalet, b. Oct. 23, 1796.
4. MARY, b. June 7, 1771.
5. RACHEL, b. Aug. 19, 1772.
6. ROBERT, b. April 19, 1775.
7. REBECCA, b. March 10, 1777.
8. IRENE, b. Jan. 20, 1781.
9. SAMUEL PATTEN, +
SAMUEL P. BADGER, son of Robert and Hannah, born May 26, 1783 ; married -. Children : -
I. & 2. ROXANNA and HANNAH (twins), b. Jan. 20, 1809.
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3. MARY, b. Oct. 28, 1810.
4. ROBERT, b. Oct. 25, 1812.
5. HUGH, b. Oct. 25, 1814.
6. ELIZA, b. Dec. 4, 1815.
7. SAMUEL P., b. Feb. 18, 1819.
8. SARAH J., b. Aug. 23, 1821.
BAILEY.
LEVI P. BAILEY was the son of Solomon and Betsey ( Abercrombie) Bailey of Jay, Vt. He was born Jan. 21, 1819, at Jay ; married, Dec. 18, 1840, Hannah, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Senter) Morse. She was born at Francestown, Feb. 1, 1817. He died April 1, 1895. He was a stone mason by trade and lived at times in Francestown, Mont Vernon, Wilton,- wherever his work called him. He lived on the Osborne place, North Lyndeborough, and died there. Children : -
I. WILLIAM, b. at Mason, July 4, 1841, d. at Wilton, Jan. 19, 1883. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
2. MARCUS M., b. at Bedford, Oct. 14, 1842, m. April 18, 1868, Nellie M. Thompson of Antrim. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
3. CHARLES H., +
4. AMANDA R., b. at Lowell, March 31, 1847, m. July 28, 1869, . Richard C. Woodward of Francestown.
5. ALONZO P., b. at West Newton, Mass., Feb. 15, 1849, mn. Sept. 11, 1875, Sarah J. Woodward of Francestown.
6. HIRAM S., b. at Nashua, April 15, 1851, m. March 27, 1875, Mary J. Woodward of Francestown. Children : Fred H., b. at Lyndeborough, Aug. 19, 1875, Walter S., b. at An- trim, Nov. 14, 1876.
7. LEVI E., b. at Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 3, 1855, m. Dec. 16, 1882, Mary J. Manahan of Francestown.
CHARLES H. BAILEY, son of Levi P. and Hannah (Morse) Bailey ; born at Lowell, Mass., Dec., 1844; married Sept. 18, 1869, Abby Quint of Great Falls. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving with the Lafay- ette Artillery at Portsmouth. Child : -
I. CHARLES A., +
CHARLES A. BAILEY, son of Charles H. and Abbie (Quint) Bailey ; born at Wilton, Nov. 26, 1869; married, Nov. 27, 1894, Susie, daughter of George R. and Olive M. (Lovejoy) Barnes. She was born Nov. 26, 1876. Children :-
I. GOLDIE, b. March 13, 1895, d. Sept. 29, 1895.
2. GUY B., b. March 22, 1896.
3. CHARLES A., b. June 15, 1898.
4. ELWIN G., b. April 27, 1902.
Many of the Bailey family were good musicians.
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BALCH.
JOHN J. BALCH, born June 27, 1804; married Abigail Mudgett of Weare, who was born May 14, 1810. Mr. Balch died of pneumonia, March 10, 1879. His wife, surviving a few days, died of the same disease, March 16, 1879. He came to Lyndeborough from Weare in 1862. Chil- dren : -
I. JOHN W., b. Sept. 10, 1828, d. March 4, 1879.
2. MOSES M., b. Sept. 11, 1831; m. Harriet E. Stiles, res. in New Ipswich.
3. MARY E., b. July 17, 1842, m. David G. Dickey. (See Dickey gen.)
BARDEN.
AMOS W. BARDEN, son of Jonas and Betsey (Whitney) Barden ; born Jan. 5, 1848 ; married Nov. 30, 1879, Emma S., daughter of George B. and Mary J. ( Clark ) Woodward of Francestown. She was born June 6, 1851 ; settled on the Ordway place. on the mountain ; later removed to South Lyndeborough.
BARNES.
GEORGE R. BARNES, son of Daniel H. and Sarah (Damon) Barnes ; born Dec. 12, 1837 ; married April 1, 1865, Olive, daughter of James M. and Louisa (Vanscoyt) Lovejoy. She was born Dec. 7, 1846, in Clinton, Ind. He was born at North Chelmsford, Mass., and came to Lyndebor- ough in 1875, and bought the Twitchell place, North Lyndeborough, re- moving thence in 1886 to the Parker Hotel stand on the turnpike, where he has since lived. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have been in demand as musi- cians. Children : -
I. MINNIE B., b. Jan. 3, 1866, m. Lester B. Walton of Danvers, Mass.
2. ROBERT E., b. March 15, 1867, m. Adaline Havens of Moodus, Conn., res. at Hartford, Conn.
3. GEORGE A., b. Nov. 1, 1869, m. Hattie Ardell of Wakefield, Mass., res. at Lynn, Mass.
4. SUSIE, b. Nov. 26, 1876, at Lyndeborough, m. Charles A. Bailey. (See Bailey gen.)
BARRON.
CAPT. WILLIAM BARRON. It is to be regretted that more is not known of the ancestry of Capt. William Barron. He was probably the first settler on the land now owned by Frank B. Tay. He kept a tavern there just before and during the Revolutionary War, which tavern was the meeting place of the business men of the town, where they discussed over a mug of "flip" the various enterprises and political affairs of the community. He was chosen deacon of the church, and his name appears very frequently in the old records and papers of his time. He was a Rev-
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olutionary soldier, and was much interested in the up-building of the town. His wife, Olive Johnson, may have been a relative of the John- sons of Johnson Corner ; but of that there is no record.
Capt. William Barron, born 1737; married Olive Johnson; she died May 23, 1815; he died Aug. 28, 1805. Children: -
I. OLIVE, b. Feb. 17, 1765, m. Nov. 30, 1784, John, son of Dea. Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam. (See Putnam gen.)
2. RUTH, b. May 23, 1768.
3. SARAH, b. May 24, 1771, m. Dec. 20, 1787, William Clark of Lyndeborough. (See Clark gen.)
4. JONATHAN,' b. Mar. 27, 1774, drowned in Badger Pond Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 21, 1793.
5. LUCY, b. June 23, 1781, m. Thomas Boardman.
Transcripts from town records : -
ELIZABETH, dau. of Micah Barron and Elizabeth his wife, b. Nov. 17, 1783.
WILLIAM, son of do., b. Sept. 28, 1785, d. Aug. 8, 1786.
WILLIAM, son of do., b. June 23, 1787.
ALICE, dau. of Nathan Barron and Alice his wife, b. Aug. 2, 1774, d. Aug. 18, 1777.
NATHAN, son of do., b. June 14, 1776.
NATHAN BARRON died May 12, 1777. Micah and Nathan are pre- sumably brothers of Capt. William Barron. Nathan's widow Alice afterward married Capt. Jonas Kidder.
BATCHELDER.
JACOB BATCHELDER came to Lyndeborough from Reading, Mass. His wife was Nabby Thompson of Reading. He died in 1814. Children :-
I. JACOB, +
2. EMERSON, +
JACOB BATCHELDER, son of Jacob and Nabby (Thompson) Batch- elder, born at Townsend, Mass., in 1806; married Almira Smith of Wal- tham, Mass. She was born July 28, 1807, and died Jan. 25, 1888. He died Dec. 5, 1880. Children, born at Waltham, Mass .: -
I. ELEANOR, b. 1835.
2. EMILY, b. Nov. 29, 1839.
3. ADDIE,
4. CHARLES, d. Nov. 15, 1880.
EMERSON BATCHELDER, son of Jacob and Nabby (Thompson) Batchelder, born in Townsend, Mass., March 1, 1808; married first, Cath- erine Smith of Amherst. She died Feb. 9, 1839; married second, Han- nah, daughter of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor. She was born Feb. 7, 1808 ; died Jan. 7, 1887. He died July 22, 1880. Children by first wife : -
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I. JOHN E., +
2. CATHERINE, born Oct. 17, 1838, m. Jan. 3, 1859, Alfred Sav- age of Greenfield. She died July, 1866.
Child : Emma M., b. March 14, 1860, d. Dec. 1, 1873.
Child by second wife : -
4. HENRY M., b. May 9, 1844. Disappeared, and nothing is known of him here.
JOHN E. BATCHELDER, son of Emerson and Catherine (Smith) Batchelder ; born June 14, 1836; married May 29, 1864, Lucy A. Baker of Damariscotta, Me. She was born Aug. 22, 1840 ; died Feb. 8, 1885 ; mar- ried second, Mrs. Sarah M. Moore of Warwick, Me., April 3, 1888. She was born Oct. 18, 1839. He died Aug. 1I, 1904. Mr. Batchelder resided in " Perham Corner," and was a well known fruit grower, making a spec- ialty of grapes, although he raised large quantities of berries and apples. He was an energetic, prosperous farmer. He never aspired to public office, but was highly respected and esteemed in the town. Children by first wife :
I. GEORGE E., b. in Susanville, Cal., Sept. 8, 1865.
2. CARRIE L., b. in Susanville, Cal., Sept. 20, 1867, m. Oct. 8, 1889, Edwin M. Parker of Milford.
3. CHARLES J., +
CHARLES J. BATCHELDER. son of Jonn E. and Lucy (Baker) Batchelder ; born July 17, 1877 ; married Jan. 25, 1899, Nellie M., daugh- ter of Freeman and Annie (Hutchinson) Bugbee. Children : -
I and 2. DONALD and DOROTHY F., b. Sept. 28, 1903.
BELL.
ROBERT W. BELL, married Abby L. F., daughter of William B. and Ann (Boutwell) Raymond, Sept. 17, 1870. She was born March 3, 1852 ; died Aug. 30, 1875. Children : -
I. WILLIE E., b. July 13, 1871 ; died March 4, 1884.
2. LIZZIE A., b. March 3, 1875, m. George D. Long. (See Long gen.)
BISHOP.
FRANK J. BISHOP, born in Stoddard Jan. 14, 1856; married Ida B., daughter of Joseph A. and Mary L. (Stephenson) Johnson, May 14, 1877. She was born July 4, 1859. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. CARL J., b. Aug. 4, 1884.
2. RAY P., b. April 3, 1889.
BIXBY.
OLIVER BIXBY, son of Thomas and Rebecca (Holmes) Bixby, born March 27, 1796 ; married first, Abigail, daughter of David and Mary C. (Jones) Farrington, Nov. 13, 1823. She was born March 21, 1803, and
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died Feb. 12, 1838 ; second, Huldah Farrington, Nov. 13, 1839. She was a sister of his first wife and was born Dec. 18, 1811, and died June 2, 1884. He died at Hillsborough, Feb. 27, 1879.
Thomas, the father of Oliver, was the youngest of four brothers, all of whom settled in Francestown. In the war of the Revolution he was a lieutenant in Capt. Carson's company, and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and afterward endured the suffering and privation of Valley Forge. He was twice married, and Oliver was the seventh child of the first mar- riage. He was born at Francestown, but came to Lyndeborough when quite a young man, and soon thereafter bought the place at the Centre known since as the Bixby place, where Edward Warren now lives. He was postmaster for some years, and also kept the village store. He was a farmer and general trader, and was much esteemed for his unfailing good humor and genial ways. He removed to Hillsborough, where he died. Children by first wife, all born at Lyndeborough :
I. MARY J., b. Aug. 23, 1824, d. Aug. 21, 1835, at Amherst.
2. DAVID F., b. Aug. 1, 1826, d. in 1856 at Surinam, S. A.
3. AUGUSTA, b. Sept. 30, 1827, m. Sidney Gage of Wilton, d. Nov. 17, 1890, at Nashua.
4. THOMAS, b. Dec. 14, 1829, d. Oct. 19, 1849, at New Orleans, La.
5. OLIVER H., b. June 29, 1837, m. Sarah E. Clement of War- ren, N. H., d. Dec. 19, 1897, at Boston.
Children by second wife, born in Lyndeborough : -
6. LEVI W., b. March 22, 1845, m. Lydia A. Burtt of Hillsbor- ough, Dec. 17, 1877, d. at Hillsborough, May 1, 1893. Children : Helen A. and Caroline C., b. at Hillsborough.
7. MARY C., b. June 23, 1849, res. at Hillsborough.
8. HARRY A., b. June 12, 1851, d. Feb. 26, 1852.
BLANCHARD.
LIEUT. JOTHAM BLANCHARD, the ancestor of one of the Blanchard families in Lyndeborough, came from Billerica, Mass., and settled in that part of the town now known as Perham Corner. He was born in 175I and probably came here soon after the Revolutionary War. He married Abigail - and doubtless two of his sons came here with him, Asa and Jotham, Jr. The family all owned farms in the above- named section of the town. Lieut. Jotham died Feb. 16, 1832; Abigail, his wife, died July 30, 1818. She was born in 1756.
ASA BLANCHARD, son of Lieut. Jotham and Abigail Blanchard, born 1776; married Sybil Pierce of Wilmington, Mass. She was born 1775, and died at Lyndeborough Oct. 15, 1815. He died March 17, 1810. Children born at Lyndeborough :-
I. ASA, +
2. ANN, b. April 1, 1803, m. March 29, 1825, Rufus Crosby of Billerica, Mass. They removed to Milford, where she died
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GENEALOGIES
March 19, 1879. They had seven children, the eldest of whom, Mary Ann, m. William W. Howard.
3. BRADLEY, b. May 6, 1805, m. first, Almira Stearns. She d. Feb. 28, 1827, m. second, Mary M. Bowers of Concord, Mass. He d. at Milford, Oct. 15, 1893. They had seven children.
4. MARY, b. April 15, 1807, m. Jacob Woodward. (See Wood- ward gen.)
5. SYBIL P., b. 1811, d. Oct. 8, 1884, unmarried.
ASA BLANCHARD, son of Asa and Sybil (Pierce) Blanchard, born April 3, 1801; married April 20, 1826, Elizabeth Goodwin, born March 4, 1802; died March 2, 1893. He died Sept. 6, 1845. Children born at Lyndeborough :-
I. ELMIRA, b, March 3, 1827, m. March 21, 1847, Frank Howard.
2. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 19, 1829, m. Charles G. Hatch. (See Hatch gen.)
3. ASA, b. Aug. 14, 1831, m. Mary R. Spaulding of. Wilton, He d. June 8, 1874.
4. MARY ANN, b. Jan. 5, 1835, m. Nov. 26, 1857, Rufus P. Chase of Newburyport, Mass. He was b. April 1, 1835, d. Dec. 7, 1876. Children : Lilly F., b. at Worcester, Mass., March 25, 1860, d. Dec. 9, 1864; Frank M., b. at Worcester, Mass., Jan. 25, 1862, d. Aug. 2, 1863 ; Harry R., b. at Worcester, Mass., Nov. 3, 1865 ; Homer F., b. at Worcester, Mass., Aug. 9, 1869.
5. SYBIL P., b. Oct. 6, 1838, m. George W. Parker of Lynde- borough. (See Parker gen.)
6. CAROLINE, b. Jan. 26, 1840, m. Dec. 26, 1862, George Jen- nison, of Worcester, Mass.
7. ELIZA J., b. Nov. 22, 1843, m. Feb. 26, 1878, Gilbert A. Heald of Milford.
JOTHAM BLANCHARD, son of Lieut. Jotham and Abigail Blanchard, born 1774 ; married Amy Smith, born 1784; died Feb. 21, 1868. He died Jan. 21, 1847. Children born at Lyndeborough :-
I. DANIEL, b. July 15, 1798.
2. LUCINDA, b. Sept. 11, 1800, m. Daniel Holt of Milford.
3. CHARLES, b. March 13, 1803.
4. FREDERICK, b. Oct. 8, 1805.
5 .. CYRUS, b. Nov. 3, 1808.
6. JOTHAM, b. April 19, 1811.
7. ASA, b. June 12, 1813.
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HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
BLANCHARD.
The immigrant ancestor of the Blanchard family of America was of Huguenot extraction.
Amaziah Blanchard, son of Simon and Catharine Wyman Blanchard, was born at Milford, Nov. 27, 1782; married Aug. 26, 1807, Mary Damon of Amherst. She was born Sept. 10, 1785. He came to Lyndeborough in 18II, and bought the place where Asher Curtis now lives. He ran in debt for the whole of the purchase price, which was considered in those® days a rather hazardous venture. He used to make molasses hogsheads, and haul them to Boston, sixty miles, with an ox team, sell them and re- turn, with the fear of robbers always present, if his journey kept him on the road after nightfall, especially, as the notorious Stephen Burroughs sometimes invaded the lonely road between Milford and Nashua. How- ever, the times improved after the War of 1812, and he. paid for his farm. Children : -
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