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I. MARY, b. Oct. 4, 1807, in Lyndeborough.
2. HANNAH, b. June 16, 1809, in Lyndeborough.
3. DEBORAH, b. Oct. 12, 1811, in Lyndeborough.
4. JOHN PRESCOTT, b. April 11, 1814, in Lyndeborough.
5. PETER H., b. in New Ipswich, Dec. 11, 1816.
6. JAMES R., b. in New Ipswich, Nov. 27, 1822.
JOHN CLARK came to Lyndeborough from Braintree, Mass., in 1775. He settled on lot 126, second division, near the North Lyndeborough schoolhouse. He married Margery Hayward, April 24, 1777. She died Nov. 26, 1808. He died March 19, 1814. Child, born in Lyndeborough :- I. SALLY, b. Nov. 19, 1778, m. Benjamin Goodrich, son of Rev. Sewell and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich. (See Goodrich gen.)
CLARK.
MATTHEW CLARK was descended from Dea. James Clark, one of the sixteen proprietors who settled Londonderry in 1719. James Clark mar- ried Mrs. Elizabeth (Fulton) Wilson, May 22, 1722. Her interesting ex- perience is mentioned in the history of Londonderry. Their eldest son, John, born March 31, 1723, married Margaret, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Lindsey) Clark. Matthew, son of John and Margaret (Clark) Clark, born 1762, married Nancy, daughter of John and Janet (McClintock) Dickey of Derryfield, N. H. in 1783. He removed to Wil- ton, N. H., in 1798, and with his son, James L., came to Lyndeborough in 1815, where he died Oct. 23, 1827. Children : -
I. JAMES L., +
2. NANCY, b. March 30, 1795, m. Henry Clark.
JAMES LINDSEY CLARK, son of Matthew and Nancy (Mcclintock) Clark, came to Lyndeborough from Wilton, N. H., in 1815, and settled on the farm where Chas. L. Perham now lives. (Home lot No. 60.) This farm was one of the first occupied in the history of the town. July Io, 1736, John Hutchinson of Litchfield gave a bond to Jonathan Peal of Salem, Mass., one of the original proprietors, that he would have within four years a dwelling house on home lot No. 60, "twenty feet by eighteen," and twelve acres cleared, broken up and brought to and fenced
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in. In the deed given Sept. 27, 1760, the statement is made that these conditions were fulfilled. The farm was occupied by the James Hutchin- son family until Feb. 19, 1794. Later owners were Samuel Butterfield, David Butterfield and Abel Hill.
James Lindsey Clark was born in Londonderry, N. H., May 15, 1790 ; married June 27, 1815, Rebecca, daughter of Timothy and Prudence (Chapman) Baldwin of Wilton, a descendant of John of England, who came to Billerica, Mass., in 1655. She was born April 1I, 1793 ; died Oct. 18, 1820. He married second, in 1823, Hannah Baldwin, sister of Re- becca, born Feb. 23, 1795 ; died March 13, 1860.
Children of James L. and Rebecca (Baldwin) Clark : -
I DAVID' DICKEY, +
2. ELIZABETH, b. Dec., 1819; died Oct. 9, 1828. Children of James L. and Hannah (Baldwin) Clark : -
I. REBECCA B., married Oliver Perham. (See Perham gen.)
2. HANNAH JANE, b. July 2, 1825, m. William S. Treadwell of Peterborough, N. H., May 1, 1849, res. in Peterbor- ough.
3. WILLIAM HENRY, b. April 28, 1827,, m. Theresa A., dau. of William H. and Sarah Morrill Heath of Deering, N. H., April 2, 1858, res. in West Medford, Mass. Children : Walter G., Evelyn T.
4. JAMES BROOKS, b. Oct. 15, 1828, d. Nov. 4, 1850.
5. ASA BALDWIN, b. Oct. 17, 1831, m. Jan. 1, 1861, Mary E., dau. of Samuel and Mary Cutter McCoy of Peterborough. Was a grocer in Wilton for several years, now a resident of Wellesley, Mass. Child : Alice B.
6. ELIZABETH, b 1835, d. Sept. 13, 1837.
7. FRANK GREY, +
DAVID DICKEY CLARK, born Sept. 18, 1817; married April 22, 1842, Sophronia, daughter of John and Mary (Chandler) Dickinson of Weathersfield, Vt. She was born Jan. 26, 1816; died May 13, 1872. He was a resident of the town for many years; died March 1, 1890. Chil- dren : -
I. WILLIAM T., b. May 7, 1843, m. Sept. 3, 1867, L. Jennie, dau. of Isaac and Lydia (Thompson) Richards of East Monmouth, Me. Is a photographer and res. in Boston, Mass. Children : Mary A., Waldo D.
2. MARY JANE, b. March 25, 1845, d. Nov. 24, 1864.
3. GORHAM B., b. April 18, 1847, d. July 24, 1865. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
4. EDNA A., b. April 7, 1849, d. Oct. 26, 1870, m. Jan. 4, 1869, Wallace Clark of Peterborough. Child : Harry B.
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5. LAURA A., b. March 7, 1852, m. George J. Carson. (See Carson gen.)
6. JAMES L., JR., b. May 25, 1856, m. Dec. 30, 1885, Lizzie C., dau. of David and Mary (Mitchell) Wallace of Nashua, N. H. Children : Wallace B., Marion F.
7. SARAH MELISSA, b. Nov. 17, 1859, m. May 1, 1888, Alonzo J. Gove of Alexandria, where they reside. Children : Grace E. G., Ethel B.
REV. FRANK GREY CLARK, born Feb. 22, 1838. He prepared for college at Appleton Academy, Mont Vernon, N. H. and was graduated from Amherst College in 1862. He became the principal of Francestown Academy in August of the same year, and resigned that position in the summer of 1867. He was eminently successful as a teacher, and brought the old "Academy " into a high state of efficiency. Probably it was never more prosperous during any period of its history. He married Charlotte, daughter of Samuel and Mary Cutter McCoy of Peterborough, Aug. 11, 1864. She was assistant teacher at the Academy, faithful and competent, and their many pupils, scattered now all over the country, regard them with loving esteem. Graduating in the special course at Andover Theological Seminary in 1869, he was ordained at Francestown, Sept. 2 of that same year, and served as city missionary at Manchester, N. H., until April 1, 1873. He was installed over the Congregational church, Rindge, N. H., June 3, 1873, and after a pastorate of five years was dismissed Dec. 31, 1878. He was installed over the church at Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 28, 1879, and dismissed April 4, 1888. He resided at West Medford, Mass., 1888 and 1889, and was acting pastor over a church at Arlington, Mass., for eight months in 1889. Installed at Ply- mouth, N. H., Jan. 2, 1890. He was a delegate in the Christian Commis- sion in front of Petersburg, Va., in 1864. Was superintending school com- mittee in Francestown, 1864 and 1865, and a member of the school board in Manchester in 1873. He has published a number of sermons, and compiled and edited pamphlets of value to the Congregational denomina- tion. He delivered the historical address at the anniversary of the set- tlement of Lyndeborough, Sept. 4, 1889, and published the same in pam- phlet form. This address was the result of much research among old records, and has been largely incorporated in this history.
CLARK
HENRY CLARK, born in Chester, Oct. 25, 1788; married Nov. 7, 1816, Nancy, daughter of Matthew and Nancy (Dickey) Clark of Lyndebor- ough. She was born in Derry, March 30, 1795, and died in Medford, Mass., March 10, 1873. Her father removed from Derry to Wilton in 1798, and thence to Lyndeborough in 1815. He lived on the place where Chas. L. Perham now lives, and was the father of James Lindsey Clark, whose family register may be found in another place.
Henry Clark bought a farm in New Boston and lived there until 1850, when he removed to Lyndeborough, where he died Apr. 11, 1867. He had charge of the town farm for one year, and then bought the place at the Centre now best known as the Fowler place. Henry Clark's father,
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John Clark, was a soldier in the Revolution. Children, all born in New Boston : -
I. GEORGE, b. Aug. 1, 1817, m. Cynthia L. Davis of Unadilla, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1842. He d. in Medford, Mass., Jan. I, 1880. She d. Nov. 9, 1883.
2. CHARLES F., b. April 19, 1819, m. April 24, 1842, Lydia M. Rines of Wilton." He d. in Boston, May 25, 1893. She d. March 17, 1860.
3. JAMES L., born April 3, 1821, m. Nov. 8, 1841, Sarah A. Phelps of Andover, N. H. He d. in Yarmouth, Mass., Dec. 12, 1864. She d. 1898.
4. HEPZIBAH H., b. Sept. 23, 1823, m. May 21, 1843, Gilman Griffin. He d. in Somerville, Mass., Sept. 18, 1856. She d. Jan. 17, 1894.
5. NANCY M., b. Jan. 22, 1826, m. Sept. 6, 1849, Orvid M. Fowler of Johnson, Vt. He d. in Medford, Mass., May 20, 1899. She res. in Medford, Mass.
6. HENRY, b. May II, 1828, m. Oct. 20, 1852, Julia M. Tayler of Chelsea, Mass. She d. Nov. 26, 1866. He m. second, Nancy J. Dennison of Hampton, Ill., July 30, 1868, where they are still living.
7. WILLIAM D., b. Dec. 19, 1831, m. Mary B. Snell of Lud- low, Vt., July 1, 1855. He d. in Chicago, Il1., Aug. 17, I 900.
8. ELEANOR J., b. Aug. 12, 1834, m. March 30, 1856, Stephen Crocker of Halifax, Mass., m. second, Isaac H. Locke of Alexander, N. H., June 8, 1867. He d. in Whitman, Mass., July 23, 1903. She res. at Whitman.
9. FRANKLIN AUSTIN, b. Apr. 13, 1837, m. Oct. 28, 1862, Amelia Cook of Medford, Mass. Res. in Ossipee, N. H.
IO. DUDLEY H., b. Sept. 2, 1838, m. July 25, 1861, Eldora Butterfield of Wayland, Mass. He d. in Medford, Mass., Nov. 12, 1865. She d. Aug., 1873.
CLEMENT.
CHARLES O. CLEMENT, son of Archibald and Margaret (Sylvester) Clement ; born in Warren, Me., Nov. 3, 1851; married June 28, 1873, Mary A., daughter of Salathiel L. and Mary J. (Carpenter) Wheeler of Windsor. She was born June 14, 1856. He came to Lyndeborough in 1873 and built a house in South Lyndeborough. He is a carpenter by trade, and is in the employ of the New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R .; resides in Dedham, Mass. Children, all born in Lyndeborough :-
I. BERTIE L., b. April 2, 1874, m. Oct. 3, 1896, Mrs. Emma J.
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Farnum. Children : Charles W., Anna L. Res. in Ded- ham, Mass.
2. MABEL M., b. April 9, 1877, m. Arthur E. Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
3. PERLEY E., b. Sept. 6, 1882.
COCHRANE.
WILLIAM K. COCHRANE purchased the Boardman place in North Lyndeborough in 1856 and lived there until 1860, when he removed to Goffstown, N. H. He married Lydia Swasey. She died March 17, 1879. He died April 27, 1878. Children : -
I. ELLEN L., b. in Newbury, Vt., Nov. 22, 1832.
2. WILLIAM H. D., b. in North Chelmsford, Mass., Dec. 29, 1838, m. Irene A. Stokes of Manchester, N. H., April 12, 1870. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and was pro- moted to the rank of Lieut. Col.
COLBURN.
JAMES L. COLBURN, son of Leonard and Mary T. (Livingston ) Col- burn; born in New Boston, July 8, 1842 ; married June 7, 1865, Nancy J., daughter of William and Lois (Carson) Hopkins. He lived for a while after his marriage in Francestown, then in Revere, Mass., removing thence to Medford, Mass. He came to Lyndeborough in 1900 and bought the mill known as Buttrick's, or the Eaton mill. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and was for a long time in the rebel prison at Danville. Child, born in Francestown : -
I. BERTRAND W., b. July 17, 1869.
COLSON.
JAMES COLSON, born in Monroe, Me., Sept. 25, 1834 ; married first, Tamson Steele of Sebec, Me. She was born June 17, 1840; died March 15, 1866; married second, July 3, 1869, Dorcas Libby of Lawrenceville, Canada. She was born Dec. 26, 1843. He was an employee of the Elgin Watch Co., Elgin, Il1. for many years. Came to Lyndeborough in 1893. Resides on the Nelson Cram place, South Lyndeborough.
CONANT.
ALBERT S. CONANT, son of Samuel and Abigail E. (Reynolds) Conant; born July 22, 1840, in Antrim ; married first, Almanda J., daugh- ter of Joseph and Betsey A. (Kidder) Ford of Lyndeborough, Oct. 12, 1868. She was born Jan. 27, 1851 ; died Nov. 11, 1878 ; married second, Oct. II, 1879, Abbie J., daughter of John G. and Roxanna (Hutchinson) Raymond of Milford, born Aug. 29, 1848. He came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1853. Resided first at the Dolliver homestead and later removed to South Lyndeborough village. Is a carpenter, and was a soldier in the Civil War. Child by first wife : -
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I. CORA J., b. in Fitchburg, Mass., April 7, 1870, m. Fred T. Banks of Nashua, Nov. 28, 1889.
By second wife born in Lyndeborough :
2. SAMUEL J., b. Nov. 24, 1880, d. in infancy.
3. FLORENCE J., b. Aug. 15, 1882, m. Dec. 26, 1903, Arthur L. Burnham of Hillsboro.
CHARLES W. CONANT, son of Samuel and Abigail E. (Reynolds) Conant, born in Antrim, Nov. 27, 1843 ; married Adaline Gates of Leomin- ster, Mass. Was a soldier in the Civil War. Resides in Leominster, Mass. (See Chapter X.)
CRAM.
JOHN CRAM, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Weare) Cram, born at Hampton Falls, Mass., Jan. 12, 1685; married Feb. 18, 1707, Sarah, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Ballard) Holt of Andover, Mass. She was born at Andover, Aug. 17, 1678, and died at Lyndeborough, Oct. I, 1757. He died at Amherst, 1759. So far as authentic records show he was the first settler in Salem-Canada, now Lyndeborough.
For a biographical sketch of John Cram see chapter XXXIII.
The three older children were born at Hampton Falls. The others at Woburn, Mass. Children : -
I. JONATHAN, +
2. HUMPHREY, b. Nov. 8, 1710, m. Hannah
3. PHEBE, b. July 8, 1712, m. Moses Stiles. (See Stiles gen.)
4. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 23, 1713, d. Dec. 24, 1794.
5. HULDAH, b. May 5, 1715, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
6. JOHN, b. April 10, 1717, m. Sarah -.
7. SARAH, b. June 27, 1719, m. Ephraim Putnam. (See Put- nam gen.)
8. ELIZABETH, m. Jonathan Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain gen.)
9. ELI, b. March 10, 1721.
IO. BENJAMIN, +
The last children were two sets of twins.
JONATHAN CRAM, son of John and Sarah. (Holt) Cram; born at Hampton Falls, Feb. 21, 1708; married Dec. 1, 1732, Mary, daugliter of Daniel and Mary Chamberlain of Billerica, Mass. She was born Jan. 20, 1706, and died in Lyndeborough, Jan. 5, 1770. He died Jan. 23, 1790. He was the original settler on the land where Mrs. John Putnam lives, since known as the Jonathan Cram place. The five older children were born at Wilmington, Mass., the others in Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. JONATHAN, +
2. MARY, b. June 6, 1735, d. June 5, 1738.
3. DAVID, +
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4. JACOB, +
5. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 4, 1741, m. John Carkin. (See Carkin gen.)
6. RACHEL, b. April 16, 1744, m. Ephraim Putnam, d. April 29, 1833. (See Putnam gen.)
7. SOLOMON, +
8. URIAH, +
JONATHAN CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ; born June 8, 1733 ; married Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Stiles) Putnam. She was born at Salem, Mass., June 28, 1736. He settled on Abbott Hill, Wilton, and endured the privations common to the pioneers of a new country. Children, all born in Wilton : - .
Sarah, Jonathan, Phillip, Susanna, Mary, Mehitable, Zeniah.
DAVID CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram, born at Wilmington, Mass., June 26, 1737 ; married Mary Badger, daughter of John Badger of England, who was very early a settler in Salem-Canada. She died in Lyndeborough, March 10, 1825. He died in Lyndeborough, June 25, 1825. He was the first settler on the hill, about a mile east of South Lyndeborough village, where he lived until his death. This farm has been in the posssession of his descendants ever since, and is now occupied by his grandson, Luther. His wife, Mary Badger, was one of the four children of John Badger, whose wife, Mary McFarland, went three miles one winter night to obtain help, an account of which may be found in the sketch of the Badger family. Children, all but eldest, born at Lyndeborough : -
I. MARY, b. at Wilton, Dec. 29, 1761, m. Ambrose Lakin.
2. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 2, 1764, m. Oct. 14, 1789, Isaac Lewis.
3. LOUISA, b. Sept. 14, 1765, m. Darius Jeffries.
4. DAVID, +
5. HANNAH, b. May 26, 1769, m. first, Samuel Rogers ; second, William Hastings.
6. GIDEON, +
7. DEBORAH, b. July 21, 1773, m. June 6, 1799, Ambrose Hutchinson.
8. ROBERT, +
9. JONATHAN, +
IO. REBECCA, b. Feb. 27, 1782, d. Sept. 10, 1782.
David, Deborah, Robert, and Jonathan removed to Roxbury, Vt., where they were among the earliest settlers there.
DAVID CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram, born May 26, 1767; married Oct. 25, 1792, Sarah, daughter of Ephraim and Lucy (Spaulding) Putnam. She was born at Lyndeborough, Jan. 16, 1773 ; died in Roxbury, Vt., May 5, 1813. He early removed to Roxbury, Vt., where he was one of the first settlers, and the first town treasurer, 1796.
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He also held other public office and was an influential citizen. His chil- dren were born at Roxbury, with the exception of the eldest. Some of them came to Lyndeborough : -
I. EPHRAIM, b. at Lyndeborough, Sept. 15, 1793, m. Clarinda Cram, d. near Great Salt Lake in 1852.
2. PHILIP, b. March 18, 1795, m. Dec. 27, 1821, Abigail Heath. He d. April, 1883.
3. NAOMI, b. Aug. 21, 1797, m, Nov. 3, 1818, James Grant. (See Grant gen.)
4. Lucy, b. Sept. 4, 1799, m. March 28, 1820, Joseph Grant, d. at St. Paul, Minn., October, 1873.
5. SOLOMON, +
6. HIRAM, +
7. DAVID, b. May 8, 1805, m. first, Susanna Bridges, March 29, 1842 ; second, March 24, 1855, Betsey Burt. He d. Oct. 12, 1886, at Wilton.
8. ESTHER, b. Nov. 18, 1808, m. Aug. 19, 1830, Alvin Sawyer. She d. at Boston, June 26, 1898.
9. JOHN P., b. April 19, 1810. Enlisted in the Regular Army and was last heard from in Prairie Du Chien, Wis.
Of the above children Ephraim b. Sept. 15, 1793, m. Clar- inda Cram. She d. June 1, 1842. He d. on the way to California, June 12, 1852. They had ten children : Sarah, Horace, Chauncey C., Clarinda, Laura, Ephraim, Chris- topher, David, Isaac, Mary.
SOLOMON CRAM, son of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram, born at Roxbury, Vt., Nov. 5, 1802, and died at Lyndeborough, March II, 1863 ; married Jan. 17, 1826, Mary, daughter of James and Mary (Grant) Sar- gent. She was born at Hillsboro, Oct. 28, 1804 ; died April 19, 1885. He was the first man to build a shop and carry on blacksmithing in South Lyndeborough village. The two older children were born at Roxbury, the others at Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. MARY J., b. Oct. 5, 1827, m. first, Samuel Hodgeman of Francestown, Oct. 28, 1846 ; second, Alban Buttrick.
2. SUSAN B., b. Jan. II, 1829, m. John W. Sharp, Dec. 19, 1845. Res. at Boston.
3. GEORGE M., +
4. ORIN N., +
5. AZRO D., +
6. SARAH E., b. June 12, 1844, m, Nov. 28, 1867, Joseph Sharp. (See Sharp gen.)
7. EMMA F., b. Jan. 3, 1849, m. March 24, 1869, Charles B. Pinkham. Res. at Milford.
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GEORGE M. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Sargent) Cram, born June 20, 1831 ; married first, Oct. 28, 1858, Ellen E. Godding of Rindge ; second, Mrs. Louisa (Godding) Hastings. His first wife died April 9, 1865. (For George M. Cram's war record see Chapter X.) Children : -
I. GEORGE E., d. in infancy.
2. CARRIE E., d. in infancy.
3. OSCAR E., +
4. CHARLIE M., d. in infancy.
OSCAR E. CRAM, son of George M. and Louisa G. Hastings Cram; born in Rindge, April 2, 1866; married Feb. 9, 1892, Lillian M., daughter of Edwin and Mary E. (Tarbell) Swasey ; resides in Taunton, Mass., and is a clerk in the grocery store of Cobb, Bates and Yerxa in that city.
ORIN N. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Sargent) Cram, born Jan. 25, 1836 ; married Dec. 30, 1862, Caroline M., daughter of Peter and Mary (Blunt) Shedd of Tewksbury, Mass. She was born Aug. 5, 1837 ; died April II, 1887. He died Feb. 4, 1893. Children born in Lynde- borough : -
I. NELSON S., b. July 27, 1866, d. Oct. 16, 1904.
2. CHARLES, b. July 27, 1866.
3. GEORGE W., b. Aug. 20, 1867, d. Sept. 10, 1868.
4. REBECCA W., b. Dec. 6, 1869.
5. CARRIE E., b. Feb. 18, 1872, d. Oct. 11, 1872.
AZRO D. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary S. (Sargent) Cram, born Aug. 6, 1838; married July 23, 1859, Saralı E. Young. He was a soldier in Civil War. (See Chapter X.) Children born in Lyndeborough : --
I. ANDY F., +
I. ADDIE F., b. May 7, 1866, married first, Frank A. Haley. July 3, 1882 ; second, April 3, 1889, Albert E. Burnham. Res. at Lowell, Mass.
3. MARY S., b. Aug. 30, 1869, m. Nov. 9, 1889, Willis H. Draper.
4. ANNIE M., b. March 30, 1872, m. Harry Draper.
5. CARRIE B., b. Sept. 11, 1875.
ANDY F. CRAM, son of Azro D. and Sarah (Young) Cram ; born Aug. II, 1860; married first, Mrs. Jennie S. Davidson of Manchester, Oct. 15, 1882; married second, June 13, 1900, Annie, daughter of Edward and Annie (Brady) Murphy of Durham, Canada. She was born Aug. 16, 1868. Child by first wife : -
I. ADDIE A., b. Feb. 3, 1889.
By second wife : -
2. LESTER A., b. Aug. 27, 1901.
HIRAM CRAM, son of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram; born at Windsor, Vt., Dec. 7, 1803; married Jan. 1, 1834, Harriet Tenney, daugh-
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ter of William and Mary (Butterfield) Tenney, born in Sharon, N. H., Aug, 13, 1808; died in Peterborough, March 9, 1857. He died in Shirley, Mass., Aug. 15, 1893. Children, six elder born in Sharon, four in Lynde- borough :-
I. LUCY M., b. May 3, 1834, m. Oct. 18, 1852, Samuel M. Woods of Peterborough.
2. WILLIAM H., b. May 15, 1836, m. first July 4, 1862, Ellen P. Henry, m. second, Jan. 13, 1876, Mary Rutter.
3. MOSES, b. June 10, 1839.
4. HENRY, b. April 10, 1841, d. Sept. 30, 1857, in Peterbor- ough. :
5. JOHN P., b. May 3, 1842, d. June 14, 1863, at Port Hudson. 6. DAVID A., b. Aug. 10, 1844, d. Aug. 29, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.
7. HIRAM T., +
8. AUGUSTUS B., b. March 4, 1849, m. Oct. 31, 1871, Anna L. Hastings, res. Shirley, Mass.
9. EDWARD M., b. Aug. 13, 1851, m. Nov. 28, 1878, Ida May Wilson, res. at Peterborough.
IO. EMMA B., b. Dec. 10, 1855, d. Oct. 30, 1858.
HIRAM T. CRAM, son of David and Harriet (Tenney) Cram ; born at Lyndeborough, March 5, 1847, m. Nov. 14, 1871, Sophronia R. Robinson of Jaffrey. She was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza A. (Smith) Robin- son of Rindge. She was born March 17, 1851. Children, all but Bernice born at Peterborough : -
I. ARTHUR H., b. July 23, 1874.
2. EVERETT L., b. March 11, 1877.
3. LENA B., b. April 23, 1878.
4. BERNICE C., b. at Lyndeborough, May 22, 1881.
5. FLORENCE M., b. Nov. 23, 1886.
GIDEON CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram ; born Feb. 25, 1771 ; married Amy, daughter of Ensign David and Abigail (Carleton) (Johnson) Putnam. She was born March 6, 1779; died Dec. 17, 1866. He died June 17, 1837. Children, all born at Lyndeborough : -
I. DANIEL, +
2. MARY, b. Nov. 25, 1803, m. July 30, 1850, Herman Pettin- gill, d. at Amherst, Jan. 18, 1886.
3. ABIGAIL, b. May 15, 1806, d. April 22, 1835, at Lowell, Mass.
4. LEWIS, +
5. LOIS, b. March 2, 1813, m. Harvey Holt of Lyndeborough. (See Holt gen.)
6. LUTHER, +
Luther Gram.
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7. RHODA EMILY, b. Nov. 18, 1820, m. first, Eben Palmer, m. second, Langdon Adams. She d. April 11, 1896, at Buf- falo, N. Y.
8. AMY, b. Oct. 9, 1823, m. March 2, 1847, George W. Bos- worth. (See Bosworth gen.)
DANIEL CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram; born April 6, 1799; married first, Sarah, daughter of Joel and Polly (Colburn) Holt, Dec. 18, 1822* She was born May 18, 1797; died Oct. 19, 1837. Married second, Oct. 13, 1853, Susan M., daughter of John Whittemore of Chester. She was born July 12, 1826; died June 8, 1855. Married third, Sarah, daughter of Abel Blood of Merrimac. She was born June 9, 1806; died Feb. 3, 1878. He was a very public spirited and useful man in the com- munity. First clerk of the Baptist church of which he was a member and deacon and a liberal supporter of preaching. He removed to Am- herst and died there Aug. 5, 1880. Children, all but youngest born in Lyndeborough : -
I. LAURA, b. July 6, 1824, m. Nov. 26, 1840, William Burtt of Brookline. She d. in Milford, Oct. 25, 1891.
2. JULIA A., b. Aug. 22, 1825, m. June 4, 1845, Samuel H. Hill, res in Milford.
3. DANIEL H., b. April 9, 1827, d. Aug. 3, 1831.
4. DAVID, b. March 20, 1830, m. June 18, 1856, Nancy A. Scales of Townsend, Mass., res. in Townsend. Two chil- dren, Charles D. and Emma M.
5. LOUISA, b. Feb. 16, 1832, m. Frank Davis. She d. in Palmer, Mass., Jan. 13, 1878.
6. EMILY, b. Dec. 24, 1836, m. May 14, 1863, Joseph G. Hol- brook. She d. in Bedford, Sept. 11, 1893.
7. DANIEL W., b. at Milford, July 25, 1854.
LEWIS CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam Crain ; born Dec. 8, 1808; married Jan. 18, 1831, Anna, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Badger) Woodward of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 23, 1801 ; died in Addison, N. Y., July 21, 1874. He died at Addison, Jan. 13, 1887. He removed about 1836 to Jasper, N. Y. Children, two eldest born in Lynde- borough, the others in Jasper, N. Y .:-
I. LOUISA A. W., b. Dec. 29, 1833, d. July 13, 1841.
2. GIDEON L., b. Nov. 6, 1835, d. Nov. 22, 1835.
3. MARY A., b. Sept. 10, 1836, m. Mar. 30, 1854, Isaac June of Addison, N. Y. She died there Sept. 17, 1881.
4. AMY M., b. April 29, 1840, d. April 19, 1850.
4. PUTNAM A., b. Feb. 22, 1843, d. Nov. 26, 1843.
LUTHER CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram ; born Dec. 8, 1818; married April 4, 1844, Lucy, daughter of Ephraim and Lois (Butler) Hackett, born in Lempster, Feb. 14, 1819. He inherited the
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homestead farm, and with the exception of seven years spent in New York state, has always lived there. In 1853 he went to Salamanca, N. Y., . returning to Lyndeborough in 1861. While there he held some public office. In Lyndeborough he has been honored by about all the offices in the gift of the town. He was selectman for many years, and represented the town in the legislature two terms. He has always encouraged by his active work, by his presence at meetings, and in other ways, the educa- tional and temperance interests of the town. He has also been promi- nent in the local military organizations, and in early life was their drill master, and was captain of the Light Infantry Co. At this writing, 1903, his memory of the persons and events of his early days is good and has been of material benefit to this history. Children, born at Lyndebor- ough : -
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