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I. ABBIE F., b. July 10, 1845.
2. EVERETT A., b. Jan. 10, 1848. (For military record see Chap. X.)
3. FRANK W., +
4. MYRTIE M., b. June 25, 1863, d. Dec. 19, 1879.
FRANK WILLIS CRAM, son of Luther Cram of Lyndeborough, and Lucy Almira Hackett of Lempster, N. H. He was born in Lyndebor- ough, Oct. 26, 1854; married first, at Fort Gratiot, Mich., in February, 1884, to Annie May, who died Jan. 18, 1885, in Buffalo, N. Y. He married second, at Grand Haven, Mich., Aug. 23, 1887, Fannie Hart Warren, born at Chicago, Il1., July 26, 1861, daughter of Luther Barstow Warren and Harriet Louise Woodward of New York, who reside in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Cram is a travelling salesman, and resides in St. Louis. Children : -
I. FRANK WILLIS, JR., b. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1885.
2. LOUISE ALMIRA, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 7, 1887.
3. HATTIE MYRTIE, b. at St, Louis, Mo., Nov. 28, 1892.
4. LUTHER EVERETT, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 24, 1894, d. Jan. 26, 1897.
5. AMY DEAN, b. at St. Louis, December, 1897.
ROBERT CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram; born June 27, 1776; married Jan. 19, 1801, Hannah Webster, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Webster. She was born in Hyde Park, Vt., April 5, 1775, and died there Feb. 24, 1863. He died at Roxbury Vt., Sept. 23, 1854. He went with his brother Jonathan to Plattsburg in Capt. Orcutt's Co. He was a prominent citizen of Roxbury, and held many offices. Children, born at Roxbury Vt. :
Martin, John, James, Hannah, Daniel, Anna, Elhanan W., Truman, Betsey E.
JONATHAN CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram; born March 9, 1779; married March 15, 1804, Lydia Smith of Williamstown, Vt. She was born Nov. 4, 1784, and died there Sept. 7, 1840. He died at Williamstown, March 21, 1869. According to the History of Roxbury, Vt., Jonathan Cram was a sergeant in Capt. Orcutt's Co., which marched
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to Plattsburg, Sept. 10, 1814, and returned Sept. 16, having been too late for the battle. Children, all born in Williamstown : -
Allen, Patty A., Jonathan, Lucinda, Chester, Joel, Langdon, Erastus, Truman, James R., Lydia L., Mary, Abigail, Reuben.
JACOB CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ; born at Wilmington, Mass., Oct. 5, 1739; married Isabella Hutchinson. She was born Dec., 1739, and died in Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1812. She was from Danvers, Mass. He settled on what is now known as Perham Corner, upon land that was easier to clear and more free from stone than the average wild land, and so it is said that he was able to enjoy the comforts of life a little earlier than his pioneer neighbors. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JOHN, +
2. JACOB. ++
3. OLIVE, b, Oct. 6, 1769, m. Nov. 25, 1788, John Cram. She d. March 16, 1851, at Hallowell, Me.
4. ZEBULON, +
5. RACHEL, b. July 5, 1777, m. March 30, 1799, William Fuller.
6. SARAH, b. Aug. 25, 1781, m. Dec., 1813, Jesse Fales of Litchfield, Me. She d. there Aug. 27, 1869.
7. REBECCA, b. March 9, 1784, m. Dec. 5, 1804, Andrew Har- wood of Lyndeborough. She d. Sept. 11, 1867.
JOHN CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born Nov. 4, 1763 ; married May 3, 1786, Huldah, daughter of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward of Lyndeborough. She was born June 23, 1765 ; died Jan. 14, 1853. He died Aug. 30, 1833. Children born in Lyndeborough : --
I. ISRAEL, b. July, 1790, m. July 9, 1818, Abigail Kendall. She d. June II, 1864. He d. Feb. 20, 1868. Israel Cram left by will four hundred dollars to the town of Lyndebor- ough, the interest of which is to be used annually as a literary fund.
2. SARAH, m. William A. Pearsons, Jan. 6, 1833. Rem. to Woburn, Mass.
3. MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 2, 1801 ; m. Oct. 23, 1823, Edgar Rand of Lyndeborough. She d. May 5, 1832. (See Rand gen.)
JACOB CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born Nov. 23, 1765 ; married Sept. 24, 1787, Martha Doak, born at Lyndebor- ough, May II, 1771, and died at Litchfield, Me., Feb. 16, 1835. He died at Litchfield, Jan. 16, 1815. He removed to Litchfield, Me., probably in 1793. The first three children were born at Lyndeborough, the others at Litchfield : -
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I. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 16, 1788, m, first, Dec. 27, 1821, Zoa Moody ; second, May 18, 1825, Lucinda White.
2. BETSEY, b. Nov. 26, 1789, m. May 7, 1813, Stephen Pills- bury. She d. at Hallowell, Me., March 2, 1856.
3. JOHN, b. Nov. 16, 1791, m. Sept. 16, 1820, Louisa Benjamin. He d. at Boston, Aug. 20, 1823.
4. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 20, 1794, d. May 27, 1805.
5. STEPHEN, b. Sept. 10, 1796, d. Oct. 24, 1885, at Topsham, Maine.
6. SARAH E., b. Jan. 4, 1799, m. first, Joseph Norris ; second, Archibald Horn.
7. NANCY, b. Dec. 26, 1801, m. Charles French.
8. FANNY, b. Nov. 23, 1804, m. James G. Judkins.
9. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 12, 1806, d. 1817.
IO. ALVIN, b. Aug. 12, 1808, d. 1810.
ZEBULON CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born March 29, 1772 ; married June 21, 1799, Anice Hutchinson of Lynde- borough. She was born June 19, 1775, and died in Litchfield, Me., Dec. 22, 1844. He died there Feb. II, 1852. Children born at Lyndeborough and Litchfield : -
I. REBECCA, b. June 21, 1800, d. June 25, 1852.
2. JOHN H., b. Dec. 22, 1802, m. April 15, 1835, M. Eliza Davis.
SOLOMON CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ; born at Lyndeborough, 1744; married Mary , born at Lynde- borough, April 21, 1819. He died May 1, 1825. Children, born at Lynde- borough : -
I. MARY, b. 1772, d. Oct. 3, 1777.
2. SARAH, b. 1774, d. Sept. 23, 1777.
3. JAMES, b. Aug., 1777, d. Oct. 3, 1860.
4. MARY, b. 1779, d. Sept. 24, 1781.
URIAH CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram, born 1750; married Eunice Ellingwood. She was born 1745; died Dec. I, 1831. He died Oct. 2, 1831. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. HENRY, ++
2. JOSEPH, born April 22, 1784, m. Dec. 24, 1818, Elizabeth Brown of Billerica. He died July 21, 1858.
3. EUNICE S., b. August, 1786, m. William Abbott. (See Abbott gen.)
4. JAMES, +
5. LYDIA, b. June 27, 1790, d. Aug. 3, 1794.
HENRY CRAM, son of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram, born 1780; married Rhoda, daughter of Jeremiah and Lois (Hoyt) Carleton.
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She was born June 29, 1783; died Oct. 8, 1855. He died Nov. 30, 1848. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. PETER b. July 14, 1807, d. at Ulman's Ridge, Mo., Aug. 5, 1869, m. Rebecca, K. Potter of Francestown. Peter Cram was a farmer and was once county commissioner and select- man several years. He removed to the West about 1858. Four of their children were born at Mont Vernon and three at Decatur, Ill. Their names were : Rhoda C., Moses D., Illia M., Henry L., Mark P., Virgil H., Eunice.
2. MOSES H., b. May 20, 1813, d. Aug. 27, 1848.
JAMES CRAM, son of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram, born March 13, 1788; married Lucy Brown of Billerica. She was born Feb. I, 1804 ; died Nov. 1, 1884. She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Noyes) Brown. He died June 29, 1861. With no advantages for school- ing but the winter terms of the district school of his day, and no higher text book than Pike's Arithmetic he became a good land surveyor and was much employed in running lines in the town. It is said he did very satisfactory work. With his brother Henry and nephew, Peter Cram, he started and operated an iron foundry for the manufacture of pots, kettles, andirons, boxes for wheels-hubs, etc. Children born at Lynde- borough : -
I. NANCY E., b. Feb. 21, 1832, d. April 17, 1832.
2. ALBERT, +
3. CHARLES H., b. Nov. 3, 1836, m. April 13, 1863, Sarah Van Buskirk. Rem. to Watseka, Il1.
ALBERT CRAM, son of James and Lucy (Brown) Cram, born Nov. 8, 1834 ; married May 31, 1869, Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Emerson) Brown of Wilmington, Mass. She died Nov. 14, 1897. Children : -
I. ADDIE M., b. Jan. 29, 1871, d. July 20, 1874.
BENJAMIN CRAM, son of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram; born at Woburn, Mass., March 10, 1721 ; died in 1823. His wife was Elizabeth- Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
.
I. MARGARET, m. Jonathan Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain gen.)
2. NATHAN, +
3. BENJAMIN, +
4. HULDAH, d. at Greenfield.
5. JONAH.
6. DAVID, b. 1768, d. May, 1838.
NATHAN CRAM, son of Benjamin Cram of Woburn, Mass., and Elizabeth, his wife, born in Lyndeborough, April 5, 1752; married Rachel Dutton, born at Lyndeborough, Sept. 9, 1757; died at Hancock, Aug. 15, 1835. He died at Hancock, Jan. 21, 1851. Children : -
-
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I. NATHAN, b. 1771. , Died young.
2. RACHEL, b. June 15, 1773, m. Nov. 30, 1797, William Stuart of Peterboro. She d. at Peterboro, Oct. 13, 1833.
3. NATHAN, b. Sept. 9, 1776, m. Elizabeth White, d. at Bel- fast, Me., Oct. 8, 1815.
4. JOSIAH DUTTON, +
5. HULDAH, born June 30, 1782, m. Nov. 27, 1804, Gilbert McCoy of Belfast, Me. He d. Nov. 18, 1857.
6. SALLY P., b. Sept. 12, 1783, m. May 19, 1804, Joseph Tyr- rell of Hancock. She d. at Dublin, Dec. 18, 1863. . 7. BETSEY, b. March 5, 1786, d. Sept. 7, 1805.
8. POLLY, b. May 9, 1788, m. March, 18, 1806, Jonathan Barnard of Hancock, d. Sept. 1I, 1801.
9. JOSEPH, b. at Greenfield, March 26, 1789, m. July 4, 1817, Sally White of Peterboro. He d. at Peterboro, Nov. 28, 1873.
IO. BENJAMIN, b. March 26, 1789, (twin with Joseph), m. first, Jane Alexander, second, Ruth Nutt, d. at Wilton, I11.
II. ANNA H., b. June 25, 1791, m. May 29, 1810, Samuel Tyrrell of Hancock, d. at Plum Island, Il1.
12. ABIGAIL J., b. July 3, 1793, m. Dec. 1, 1836, Francis Thompson.
13. EZRA DUTTON, b. June 10, 1795, m. Lucy Cilly. He d. at Brooks, Me. Nov. 1I, 1868.
14. PHEBE, b. April 21, 1797, m. first, Meshack Tenny, m. sec- ond, Gales, m. third, Black, m. fourth, Blair.
15. EPHRAIM, b. at Antrim, March 25, 1800, d. Sept. 5, 1800. 16. SAMUEL, b. at Antrim, Sept. 9, 1802, in. 1831, Sarah A. Wheeler. He d. at Bennington.
JOSIAH DUTTON CRAM, son of Nathan and Rachel (Dutton) Cram ; born March 28, 1799; married Deidamia Dutton, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Stiles) Dutton. She was born April 29, 1784; died at Han- cock, July, 1858. Children, none born at Lyndeborough : -
-
Deidamia, Benjamin, Josiah, Sally, Nathan, Reuben, Joseph, Sally, Rachel, Relief, Reuben D., Abigail.
BENJAMIN CRAM, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cram of Woburn, Mass., born at Lyndeborough, in 1754; died July 31, 1836. He married Olive, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain, born ยท
Aug. 16, 1750. Children : -
I. DANIEL, who died when about 17 years of age.
2. BENJAMIN, +
BENJAMIN CRAM, son of Benjamin and Olive (Chamberlain) Cram,
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born March 8, 1774; married July 16, 1799, Sarah, daughter of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward. She was born Feb. 6, 1779. He married second, Polly Vose of Stoughton, Mass., born June 14, 1780 ; died at New Ipswich, Jan. 8, 1836. He died at New Ipswich, April 12, 1835.
The first two children of Benjamin Cram were by his first wife, daugh- ter of his nearest neighbor in Lyndeborough. When a young man he used to drive a double ox-team from Lyndeborough to Boston to sell the produce of the farm, and winters he lived in Boston, for the better opportunities to earn money. His first wife died in Boston, where he also met his second wife, Polly Vose, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah ( Holmes) Vose. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. ABIJAH, b, December, 1800, killed by falling at a mill rais- ing in Troupsbury, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1826.
2. SARAH, b. June 12, 1804, m. Oct. 16, 1828, Thomas Whit- ing, b. at Lyndeborough, April 30, 1802, d. at Jasper, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1878. Children, all born at Jasper, N. Y .: - I. Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1829, m. William Schenck, Dec. 25, 1849, res. at Jasper ; 2. Austis, b. March 28, 1832, res. at Jasper, d. March 12, 1855 ; 3. Oliver, b. Dec. 28, 1834, m. Martha A. Prentice, Dec. 19, 1858, res. at Jasper, N. Y .; 4. Benjamin, b. July 25, 1838, d. Feb. 11, 1850, res. Jasper ; 5. Harvey, b. May 24, 1841, d. Jan. 26, 1852, res. at Jasper ; 6. Cynthia, b. Nov. 8, 1844.
3. HANNAH V., b. Feb. 11, 1807, m. Oct. 19, 1831, Alonzo Draper. She d. Jan. 29, 1892.
4. MARY, b. Sept. 11, 1810, d. June 17, 1833.
5. LUKE, b. July 25, 1812, d. March 18, 1879, at Fitchburg, Mass., m. Nov. 29, 1840, Sarah A, Preston.
6. DANIEL, +
7. HIRAM, b. Nov. 3, 1818, d. March 2, 1854, at Yuba Co., Cal.
8. BENJAMIN H., b. March 19, 1820, m. Elizabeth Bradbury Leighton, Oct. 17, 1842.
9. JEREMIAH, b. April 11, 1822, d. Sept. 21, 1844.
DANIEL CRAM, son of Benjamin and Polly (Vose) Cram; born in Lyndeborough, Jan. 8, 1815 ; died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 10, 1898 ; occupa- tion, contractor. He married Feb. 22, 1841, Mary Ann MacNulty, born in Northumberland, Eng., June 2, 1817; died in Boston, Mass., Nov. I, 1898. He was educated in the village school. At an early age he was compelled to work, and at fifteen did a man's work in a brick yard. At the age of twenty he was a foreman in charge of railroad construction. When the Boston & Albany R.R. was in course of construction over the Berkshire hills, he had charge of some of the work. He was one of the pioneer contractors of Massachusetts, having built reservoirs, dams, sea- walls, wharves and railroad work in and around Boston. He also went
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up into New York state in the '50's and built a railroad. In 1850 he had the "gold fever," and crossed the isthmus of Panama to California, where he erected the first crushing machine put up in that country, for the Fremont Mining Co. He also had very valuable claims, but had to sell them for a small price and come away, being sick with the fever so prev- alent in those days in California.
During the Rebellion he was one of a firm which had a large govern- ment contract to supply certain regiments with beef. In 1876 he went to Canada, having a large contract on the celebrated Welland Canal at St. Catharine, Ont., remaining three years. He then came over to New York state, had contracts on the four-tracking of the N. Y. Central, and also on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. He was of an inventive turn, having invented and patented a cap for a derrick at eighty years of age. He retired from active work about his seventy-fifth year. He had always been a Baptist in faith, and at the age of seventy-seven he was baptized and taken into the church. He was a man of wonder- ful strength and fine physique, standing six feet high, weighing 250 1bs. He lifted 1, 125 lbs. dead weight, without harness, three railroad rails, in the presence of a number of people in East Boston .* Children, all born in Boston : -
I. GEORGE WASHINGTON, +
2. MARY JANE, b. June 25, 1843.
3. ELIZABETH ANN, b. Aug. 14, 1845.
4. DANIEL HENRY, b. Aug. 12, 1847, m. Alice E. Barry of Boston, Mass.
5. SARAH MELISSA, b. July 24, 1849, m. Menas Faustinode de Mena of Porto Rico.
6. JOSEPHINE LILLY, June 11, 1852, m. Eugene Francis Smith of Newark, N. J.
7. ADELINE NELDA, b. Sept. 13, 1854, m. Alva Leonard Spring, d. New York City.
8. IDA MAY, b. July 25, 1856, d. Boston, May 16, 1858.
9. BENJAMIN MANLY, b. Aug. 19, 1858, m. Olive Orinda Hunt of Bath, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1883.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CRAM, son of Daniel and Mary Ann (MacNulty) Cram, was born at East Boston, Mass., Jan. 25, 1842 ; married Lydia Ann Bartlett of Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 25, 1865, who was born July II, 1841, daughter of Horace William Bartlett of Salem, Mass., and Ann Maria Currier of Newburyport, Mass. He was by occupation a rail- road contractor. Mr. Cram, though but a grandson of Lyndeborough, with commendable loyalty to his kindred, wished to have a name and place with his worthy ancestry in our history. When he had been re- quested by a relative to give some account of what he had done in his line of work, he gave a summary of his achievements which is so re- markable as to have few parallels anywhere. He is a railroad contractor and builder and wrote, "I built the Bethel and Hawleyville Branch
* Substance of above sketch given by his son George Washington Cram.
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Road, the Peterboro R. R. from Wilton to Greenfield, N. H .; the Swampscott & Marblehead Branch road, the North Brookfield Branch road, the additional tracks from New Rochelle Junction to Mamaroneck, for the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., that portion of the Meriden, Water- bury & Cromwell R. R. through Waterbury, difficult work it was too; and the contract for the rock excavations through the Newtons in 1896- 1897, for the Boston & Albany R. R. Co., and portions of the old Boston & Hartford R. R. east of Willimantic and west of Waterbury, Conn, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. through Steuben Co., and sub- contract for sections 17 and 18, earth work and timber, do. the Welland Canal through Thorold, Canada. I have built Waterworks, Sewers in various cities and towns here in the New England States."
"I superintended and built the dam for the Borough of Norwalk, Ct., in Lewisboro, N. Y. I do not suppose every grandson of Lyndeborough has built as many miles of railroad as I have here in the New England States. I have done more large contracts than my father and brother together have done."
" The Sewer contracts, large ones, were for the city of Salem, towns of North Brookfield and Southbridge, Mass. The same for the Borough of Norwalk, Conn., in the town of New Rochelle, N. Y., New Bedford Water Works, City of Salem extensions to the Willows; So. Norwalk, Ct., Norwalk and Waterbury, Ct .; and Welland Canal." Children : -
I. ALBERT STEVENS, b. at Newburyport, Oct. 31, 1865, d. at Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 26, 1890. He studied law during the years 1884 and 1885, at the law school of Yale Uni- versity, New Haven, Conn. He had to give up studying, owing to ill health.
2. GEORGE EVERSLEIGH, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 14, 1875. He graduated from the Norwalk "Over River" school in 1892, and prepared with private tutors for the Sheffield Scientific School. He graduated from the Sheffield Scien- tific School June 28, 1898, with the degree of Ph.B. He was a member of the Freshman boat crew of 1898, which beat the Harvard and Columbia Freshmen boat crews at New London. He pulled the bow oar. He entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University in the City of New York, October, 1897. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which the entire family of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cram are members.
3. ALICE BARTLETT, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 15, 1877.
4. CLARENCE CURRIER, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 28, 1880.
JOHN CRAM, son of John and Susanna (Fuller) Cram, born in Wilton, Oct. 15, 1768; married Nov. 25, 1784, Olive, daughter of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born Oct. 6, 1769; died at Hallowell, Me., March 16, 1851. He died at Hallowell,
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Me., June 4, 1818. Two of their children born at Lyndeborough and the last two at Gardiner, Me. : -
I. DANIEL, b. July 23, 1790, m. Polly French of Jay, Me., March 20, 1813. He d. at Hallowell, Me., May 8, 1827.
2. OLIVE, b. June 14, 1792, m. Nov. 3, 1814, Jeremiah Mc- Causlin, d. Oct. 18, 1851, at West Gardiner, Me.
3. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 3, 1802, m. Sept. 30, 1824, Phebe Good- win of Hallowell, Me. He d. at New Orleans, June 4, 1829. 4. JACOB, b. Aug. 2, 1804, d. young.
CUMMINGS.
DEA. SAMUEL S. CUMMINGS came to Lyndeborough from Bed- ford, N. H., in 1850. He came on a bed, having been accidently shot at a muster, and his shoulder shattered. He lived at the Center in the house with Nathaniel Jones for a short time and then removed to a farm about a mile north of the South Village where he lived the remain- der of his days. He was made a deacon of the Baptist Church in 1881. He was born in Bedford, N. H., July 26, 1818 ; married Mary E. Dow of Wolfboro, N. H., Sept. 7, 1845. She was born Jan. 5, 1828. He died Sept. 7, 1897. Children : -
I. CHARLES P., +
2. MARY T. ELLA, b. in Bedford, N. H., July 29, 1848, m. James F. Haley of Salem, Mass., Nov. 28, 1867, d. Nov. 5, 1881.
3. LYDIA J., b. in Lyndeborough, April 18, 1850, d. Aug. 28, 1854.
4. ALFARETTA, b. in Lyndeborough, April 24, 1853, d. June 5, 1854.
5. WILLIE H., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 25, 1855, m. Minnie F. Roach of Boston, Mass., June 27, 1887. She was born March 27, 1861. Res. in Manchester, N. H.
6. SANFORD S., b. in Lyndeborough, Jan. 24, 1858, m. Jennie S. Jacobs of Lynn, Mass., April 4, 1884. She was b. Jan. 14, 1864. Res. in Lynn, Mass.
7. HARRY E., b. Nov. 24, 1860, m. Sadie E. Blake of Lynn, Mass., May 31, 1888. She was b. Feb. 5, 1868. Res. in Beverly, Mass.
8. EMMA A., b. April 7, 1853, d. Oct. 1, 1854. (Adopted)
CHARLES P. CUMMINGS, son of Samuel S. and Mary (Dow) Cum- mings, born in Bedford, N. H., April 16, 1847; married Nellie E. Wood- worth of Fayette, Me., Nov. 30, 1871. She was born July 16, 1849. He is a carpenter and resides in Manchester, N. H.
CUMMINGS.
LANGDON B. CUMMINGS. Langdon, Nathan, and Charles J. Cum-
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mings were brothers. Langdon B., born March 13, 1826 ; married Sept. 5, 1861, Sarah A. French, daughter of Sumner French of Lyndeborough. She was born Dec. 9, 1844. He removed to Milford, N. H., and died April 29, 1887. Children : -
I. MARY H., b. March 11, 1863, in Lyndeborough.
2. NELLIE M., b. Jan. 19, 1868, m. Fred N. Burnham of Mil- ford, N. H., Jan. 21, 1890.
3. CHARLES P., b. Oct. 16, 1871.
4. MARSHALL F., b. Oct. 16, 1871.
5. ABBIE B., b. Jan. 25, 1874.
NATHAN P. CUMMINGS, born in Rindge, N. H., June 29, 1828 ; married July 3, 1851, Mary A. Whitcomb of Rindge, N. H. She was born June 21, 1833. He died Sept. 3, 1883. Children : -
I. NETTIE M., m. Robert C. Mason. (See Mason gen.)
2. ELIZA J., b. Feb. 8, 1855, m. Myron E. Smith of Ashby, Mass., Feb. 22, 1882.
3. EMMA E., b. Feb. 25, 1857, m. Alton Battles of Westminster, Mass., Dec. 25, 1882.
4. GEORGE P., b. March 15, 1859, m. Myra L. Brackett of Peterboro, N. H., Jan. 16, 1889.
5. LULA E., b. Oct. 4, 1861, m. July 5, 1880, Frank O. Baxter of Boston, b. May 13, 1863.
6. HENRY A., b. Jan. 24, 1864.
7. ERNEST J., b. July 7, 1867, m. May Lynch of Lynn, Mass.
8. BURTT L., b. Aug. 15, 1871.
9. SADIE G., b. May 9, 1876.
ERNEST J., BURTT L., SADIE G. were b. in Lyndeborough.
CHARLES J. CUMMINGS came to Lyndeborough from Rindge in 1861 ; born Dec. 9, 1830 ; married Nov. 27, 1852, Sarah Eliza, daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Newell) Moore of Sharon. She was born April 25, 1834. Resides on the Chenery place. Children : -
I. WILLIAM H., b. at Rindge.
2. VIOLA E., b. at Sharon, April 7, 1856, d. May 25, 1856.
3. MYRA L., b. at Leola, Wis., May 14, 1858, m. Oct. 11, 1886, Charles A. Hibbard of Stoneham, Mass. He d. at Lynde- borough, July 4, 1891.
4. CHARLES W., b. at Lyndeborough, July 20, 1862, d. Oct. I, 1862.
5. FRANK E., +
FRANK E. CUMMINGS, son of Charles J. and Sarah E. (Moore) Cummings, born July 24, 1863; married Oct. 1, 1885, Minnie F., daughter
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HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
of Brackley and Abigail (Rutherford) Rose of Wilton. She was born May 14, 1865. Child : -
I. IRWIN E., b. Aug. 19, 1886.
CURTIS.
The name Curtis is of English origin and was first adopted by a family residing in Bucks County, England. The descendants of this family spread into Essex and Lincolnshire Counties during the reign of Edward I, and also to Cambridgeshire and Hunts.
From this line was one Israel Curtis, born in London, England, who sailed for America in 1725, bringing with him a son also named Israel. They settled in Middleton, Mass., where the younger Israel married
Abigail - in 1744. They had eight children, some of the descen- dants of whom still reside in Middleton, Mass. Eli, son of Israel and Abigail, born Jan. 18, 1754, married Susanna Wilkins and removed to Reading, Mass. They had four children and this family moved to Lyndborough May 8, 1796, and settled on what has since been known as Beech Hill, then a part of Lyndeborough, since annexed to Mt. Vernon.
ELI CURTIS, son of Israel and Abigail Curtis, born Jan. 18, 1754; died Aug. 18, 1835; married Susanna Wilkins. Children born in Reading, Mass. : -
I. ELI, ++
2. ASHER, +
3. EDITH,
4. SUSAN, m. John Hartshorn. (See Hartshorn gen.)
ELI CURTIS, son of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis, born Jan. 10, 1784 ; married Sarah Loring of New Boston, N. H. She was a daughter of William Loring and granddaughter of John Loring, who sailed from England under command of Gen. Wolf and fought at the capture of Quebec. She died Nov. 30, -. He died Aug. 7, 1876. Although Mr. Curtis owned a farm his chief occupation was lumbering, sawing the logs in his own mill which was situated east of where E. C. Curtis lives on the brook running from Badger Pond. He also teamed to Boston, carry- ing goods both ways and making the entire trip with oxen. He was firm in his religious and political beliefs. A strong Republican, he always considered it his duty to be at town meeting and cast his vote. A stanch Orthodox and member of the Congregational Church, with keen black eyes, snow-white hair, his presence at church was noticeable long after deafness prevented his hearing a word the preacher said. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JOHN L., b. July 19, 1817, d. April 16, 1834.
2. SARAH A., b. Nov. 15, 1818, d. April 30, 1894.
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