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3. ELI C., +
4. ISRAEL W., +
5. WILLIAM, b. April 17, 1826, d. May 31, 1836.
6. BETSEY A., b. May 5, 1827, m. Robert K. Lynch. (See Lynch gen.)
Eli le Curtis
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7. WILLIAM W., +
8. ISAIAH B., +
9. ASHER, +
IO. HANNAH D., b. June 27, 1835, m. Levi A. Tyler. (See Tyler gen.)
II. HIRAM F., b. Oct. 7, 1837, d. Mar. 19, 1896.
12. OLIVA J., b. May 23, 1842, m. John Baldwin of Wilton, N. H., d. Sept. 19, 1866.
ELI CLARK CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) [Curtis; born May 3, 1821 ; married Betsey A., daughter of Asher and Clarissa (Carkin) Curtis, Nov. 14, 1844. She was born May 21, 1827. In his boyhood days he worked in his father's mill and in the timber districts, excepting the few weeks that was then considered necessary for school purposes. But, nevertheless, he improved the spare moments in reading and study, and being an earnest student, succeeded in gaining a good education. He possessed great musical ability, and devoted much time and money to gaining a thorough knowledge of the art. Probably no one in the state has a better technical knowledge of the science of music than he. For many years he taught singing classes in adjoining towns, driving there and returning home the same night after a hard day's work in the woods. He was a member of the Philharmonic Institute of Boston, and a leader of church choirs for many years.
He was largely engaged in lumbering operations, owning and running a saw mill on his farm. For the last twenty years farming and. raising milk for the Boston market has been his business. He is a Republican in politics and a strong supporter of the Congregational church, of which he is a member and a deacon. He was a member of the Lafayette Artillery Co., serving as captain at one time. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) He was a charter member of Pinnacle Grange, and also a charter member of Hillsborough County Pomona Grange. He has served on the board of selectmen, and represented his town in the legis- lature in 1872 and 1873. His wife, Betsey Ann Curtis, is a woman of marked individuality, and leaves an impress upon all with whom she be- comes associated. With a good musical education and a magnificent voice she was indeed a noted singer in her day. In the social life of Lyndeborough, in the grange that was dear to her heart, she has been a helper of ability and influence. Their daughters, Clara and S. Kate, were educated as teachers. Children : -
I. ISAIAH B., b. Oct. 10, 1849.
2. CLARA A., b. Aug. 6, 1863, m. first, Everett A. Cram of Lyndeborough ; second, Samuel J., son of James and Nancy (Morse) Sheldon of Wilton, N. H., d. May 19, 1884. 3. S. KATE, b. March 4, 1858. m. Albert E. Swinnington. (See Swinnington gen.)
ISRAEL W. CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis, born Dec. 21, 1823 ; married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Charlotte (Merrill)
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Haggett, Nov. 28, 1850. She was born Aug. 16, 1833. He removed to Wilton, N. H., and died Oct. 8, 1889. Children : -
I. ELI J., b. Dec. 29, 1851, m. first, Elsie Daniels ; second, Jan. 4, 1886, Ella, dau. of Nathan and Sarah (Bruce) Richardson. She was b. March 12, 1854, d. June 27, 1891. He d. Aug. 31, 1891.
2. CLINTINA S., b. Dec. 28, 1854, m. Dr. A. A. Whitney of Adrian, Mich.
3. HATTIE L., b. Dec. 16, 1859, d. March 28, 1866.
4. NETTIE C., b. March 11, 1862, d. Sept. 13, 1878.
5. WALTER J., b. March 3, 1867.
WILLIAM W. CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis, born June 28, 1829; married Oct. 23, 1851, Hannah D., daughter of Charles and Abigail (Jones) Parker. She was born Dec. 1, 1834. He received his education in the schools of Lyndeborough, at Mont Vernon academy and had private instruction by Rev. E. B. Claggett. He taught school for a number of years, and was superintendent of schools for seven years. He then turned his attention to farming and lumbering. Always on the alert for business, he bought many wood lots and had the wood cut and shipped from Wilton. He also kept a general store at the "centre " for a number of years.
He packed and sealed the first fruit ever sold on the market in glass cans. They were sold by J. W. Tufts of Boston, pharmacist. He was the first to ship a lading of apples from this country to England to be sold by auction. The undertaking was a success and he followed the business of buying apples for twelve years, shipping about four hundred thousand barrels. For sending a most excellent package to Queen Victoria he was made a purveyor to her majesty. The apples were selected and packed by Oliver Perham of Lyndeborough. The queen accepted the fruit and acknowledged its receipt by a letter written by her private secretary and sealed by her own hand. He made a study of music, and was a member of the Congregational Church choir for many years. He was active and energetic in all that he undertook to do. He was connected with many business enterprises. He died at Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 24, 1904. Children : -
I. ABBIE F., b. June 10, 1856, m. Luke Beard of Wilton, d. Dec. 23, 1899. Children : Elmer, Gertrude, Florence.
2. CHARLES P., b. Oct. 4, 1858, d. Jan. 23, 1882.
3. WILLIS C., b. June 26, 1860, m. Feb. 9, 1891, Carrie Trow- bridge.
4. GEORGE B., b. Sept. 29, 1862, d. Oct. 16, 1862.
ISAIAH B. CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis, born July 23, 1831; married June 6, 1655, Mary J., daughter of David and Bethiah (Wilson) Holt of Lyndeborough. She was born Jan. 20, 1833. Chil- dren : -
I. ASHER B., b. April 8, 1856, d. July 19, 1862.
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2. LIZZIE B., b. Jan, II, 1859, d. Sept. 19, 1862.
3. IDA B., b. Sept. 22, 1860, d. July 4, 1886.
4. LAVADE, b. June 20, 1863, d. Jan. 19, 1884.
5. DELBERT W., b. Oct. 6, 1864, d. Oct. 24, 1867.
6. LIZZIE G., b. April 3, 1870, m. Walter S. Tarbell. (See Tarbell gen.)
7. AGNES C., b. April 5, 1875.
ASHER CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis, born Aug. 9, 1833 ; married Clara, daughter of Albert and Reliance (Reed) Farns- worth of Wilton, N. H., April 28, 1864. She was born Feb. 24, 1849. He resides on the Amaziah Blanchard place. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chapter X.) Children : -
I. ETTA J., b. Aug. 25, 1865, m. George P. Chandler of Wil- ton, N. H., Sept. 15, 1885. Children : Eva, Carl L., Lora A., Grace E.
2. EDWARD L., b. Dec. 8, 1867, m. Ella, dau. of John and Martha (Blodgett) Hall of South Dudswell, Canada. She was b. March 28, 1867. They were m. Sept. 13, 1893. She d. March 4, 1905.
3. ALICE C., b. Nov. 19, 1874, d. April 9, 1898.
ASHER CURTIS, son of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis; born July 14, 1786 ; married Clarissa A., daughter of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee) Carkin of Lyndeborough, Dec. 22, 1818. She was born Nov. 13, 1797; died Dec. 8, 1880. He lived on one of the best farms in Johnson's Corner. He was an extensive farmer and his wife an expert in the converting of wool into yarn and cloth, and flax into a great variety of table linen. This old-fashioned way of carding, spinning and weaving, by which our ancestors were clothed, and the skill and labor of the mothers of those days in making their families comfortable is worthy of mention', for it is almost a "lost art."
Mr. Curtis used to burn quantities of charcoal and carry it to market. He was an old-fashioned Whig and Republican in politics and a Congre- gationalist in religious belief, and a noted singer in his day. He died April 21, 1876. Children : -
I. KILBURN S., +
2. BETSEY ANN, b. May 21, 1827, m. Eli Clark Curtis.
KILBURN S. CURTIS, son of Asher and Clarissa (Carkin) Curtis, born July 6, 1821 ; died Sept. 5, 1893 ; married first, Lucy, daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) Woodward, November, 1850. She was born -; d. May 19, 1853 ; second, Frances A., daughter of David and Ann (Cochran) Holt, Oct. 9, 1861. She was born Feb. 16, 1840. He was a very active, energetic man, widely known. At one time he was largely interested in the buying of wood lots and the cutting and sale of wood. Like all the Curtis family he was a great lover of music and a member of the church choir for years. He had the misfortune to become almost
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wholly blind the last year or two of his life. Children, all by second wife : -
I. ALLISON W., b. Nov. 3., 1862, d. Aug. 29, 1863.
2. ANNIE M., b. Dec. 19, 1864.
3. ELTON G., b. Oct. 26, 1867.
4. JOHN M., b. Sept. 3, 1869, m. Rosie E., dau. of Jason and Rosie (Young) Holt, Sept. 11, 1894. Child : Frances A., b. April 5, 1904.
5. ALFRED L., b. July 23, 1875. Educated at Harvard College.
DANFORTH.
EDGAR A. DANFORTH, son of Capt. George and Sarah (Melzer) Danforth, born May 12, 1846; married first, Oct. 1, 1867, Susie A., daugh- ter of John and Sophia (Ober) Marvell of Milford. She was born 1847; died Aug. 28, 1869 ; second, Jennie, daughter of Stephen and Caroline (Austin) Clay of Lowell, Mass, Aug. 13, 1870. She was born Jan. 10, 1853 ; died Sept. 3, 1898; third, March 9, 1904, Lizzie M., daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Kenson) Eaton, and widow of Frank Lovejoy. She was born Nov. 14, 1853, at Amherst.
In 1868 he owned and operated the stage line from Francestown to Milford. He disposed of this May 1, 1874, and in 1875 came to Lynde- borough and entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Company as station agent, which position he has held ever since. He is the present efficient town clerk and has held that office 18 years. He was tax collector 14 years. To all the various duties of his positions he brings fidelity and courtesy.
DASCOMB.
JACOB DASCOMB, son of James and Elizabeth (Farrington) Das- comb, born Aug. 15, 1760; married Aug. 11, 1785, Rachel, daughter of John and Mary (Ellingwood) Dale. She was born July 24, 1762; died July 1, 1827. He died July 4, 1827. He was a soldier in the Revolution- ary army. In 1809 he removed to Wilton. While in Lyndeborough, he was for several years town clerk and selectman. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. RACHEL, b. Nov. 15, 1745, m. Timothy Putnam. (See Putnam gen.)
2. SARAH, b. Aug. 12, 1787, m. October, 1809. Archelaus Ful- ler. (See Fuller gen.)
3. JACOB, b. May 5, 1789, d. Dec. 17, 1789.
4. CALVIN, b. Oct. 29, 1790, in. Rachel Putnam, July 23, 1820. She d. Oct. 10, 1856. He d. Oct. 13, 1859.
5. BETSEY, b. Aug. 14, 1792, m. 1816, John Thurston.
6. LUTHER, b. March 15, 1795, d. Feb. 28, 1797.
7. MARY, b. June 3, 1797, m. Dec. 3, 1835, Samuel W. Dutton of Northfield, Mass.
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8. JACOB, 2ND., b. Aug. 13, 1799. Rem. to Andover, Mass., Nov. 30, 1875. Twice married.
9. LUTHER, b. Dec. 20, 1801.
IO. JAMES, b. June 1, 1805.
DICKEY.
DAVID G. DICKEY, son of Adam and Keziah (Clement) Dickey, born Oct. 24, 1836; married first, Oct. 16, 1864, Mary E., daughter of John J. and Abby (Mudgett) Balch. She was born July 17, 1842 ; died March 26, 1900; second, Aug. 28, 1900, Mrs. Nellie E. Kenniston of Andover, Mass. She was born March 1, 1867. He came to Lyndebor- ough from Deering in 1864. Was superintendent of the town farm for a number of years; was selectman and held other town offices; was a soldier in the Civil War. Child, by first wife : -
I. NEIL J., b. Dec. 14, 1871, d. Feb. 13, 1883.
DINSMORE.
ABRAHAM DINSMORE and Love, his wife, were evidently among the earliest settlers in the territory of Lyndeborough that was used to form a part of Temple. Abraham, Abraham, Jr., and Zebadiah Dins- more were Revolutionary soldiers and when the alarm came from Ticon- deroga marched in company with 34 others to the front. Abraham and Zebadiah were of those who marched to Cambridge from Temple on the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, as related in the History of Temple. The older children of Abraham, Jr., are recorded as born at Temple, but he must have removed to Lyndeborough for children are also recorded as born there. Record of the children of Abraham and Love Dins- more : -
I. ABRAHAM L., b. at Temple, Oct. 12, 1777.
5. SAMUEL, b. at Temple, June 24, 1779.
3. LOVE, b. at Temple, May 26, 1781.
4. SARAH, b. at Temple, March 22, 1783.
5. EPHRAIM, b. at Lyndeborough, March 21, 1785.
6. GEORGE, b. at Lyndeborough, Dec. 21, 1787.
DOLLIVER.
CAPT. JOHN B. DOLLIVER was born in Marblehead, Mass, April 22, 1810. His father was in the U. S. Naval Service during the War of 1812. His grandfather came to Lyndeborough about 1775 and purchased a lot of wild land of Jesse Putnam, the deed bearing date November, 1775. When a lad of four years, John came to live with his grand- parents, and after their death he inherited the homestead property. He was a large and powerfully built man, broad-shouldered and strong, of great endurance, and of great industry withal. He was genial and fond of company, enjoying a laugh or a joke, even if it was at his own ex- pense. He took great interest in military matters and in military exer- cises and was captain of the Lafayette Artillery at one time. He married
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first, Lucetta P. Draper of Greenfield, June 3, 1836. She was born April 27, 1816; died April 9, 1852 ; married second, Mrs. Abbie E. Conant of Greenfield, N. H., Feb. 3, 1853. She was born July 21, 1819; died Dec. 29, 1897. He died Sept. 30, 1887. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
By first wife : -
I. LUCETTA J., b. March 5, 1837.
2. SARAH R., b. Oct. 9, 1839, m. Henry Holt of Greenfield
3. BENTON J., b. Jan. 15, 1841.
4. LYDIA E., b. Nov. 13, 1843.
5. PERSIS B., b. Nov. 30, 1845, m. Frank Brook of Green- field, d. Nov. 28, 1889.
6. GEORGIANNA M., born March 9, 1847, d. July 6, 1870.
7. WILLIAM H., + By second wife : -
8. FRANK P., born June 24, 1853. Res. in San Francisco.
9. GEORGE S., born Nov. 20, 1854, d. Feb. 5, 1887.
IO. EDWARD W., +
II. ABBIE A. G., b. July 13, 1858, .m. Fred S. Pickett, Nov. 14, 1882, d. Feb. 1I, 1895.
12. SAMUEL A., +
13. CARRIE E., b. Nov. 13, 1862, m. Warren C. Ordway of Francestown, d. Nov. 26, 1888.
14. LOUIS E., b. Feb. 24, 1864. Res. in San Francisco.
WILLIAM H. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Lucetta (Draper) Dolliver, born Dec. 26, 1849; married Emma J., daughter of Joseph and Mary J. (Putnam) Blanchard of Greenfield. She was born July 8, 1852. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. FLOSSIE L., b. Jan. 16, 1879.
2° GRACE M., b. Oct. 17, 1883.
Two of their children, both boys, d. young.
EDWARD W. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Abbie (Conant) Dol- liver, born Oct. 1, 1856; married Sarah (Wilson) Temple of Frances- town, March 18, 1877. She was born March 16, 1856. He is a black- smith and farmer and has a residence and shop on the Forest road near the intersection of the road to the centre. Children : -
I. JOHN E., b. Feb. 22, 1878, at Francestown, m. Edith I. Smith, Nov. 2, 1898. She was b. March 16, 1879. Child : Dorothy, b. Nov. 19, 1904.
2. BESSIE C., b. Jan. 31, 1884, at Lyndeborough.
3. LILLIAN W., b. Oct. 19, 1888, at Lyndeborough.
SAMUEL A. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Abbie (Conant) Dol- liver, born Feb. 28, 1860; married Jan. 1, 1884, Carrie M., daughter of Sewell M. and Sarah F. (Putnam) Buck. She was born Aug. 30, 1866.
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DONOVAN.
The Donovan family is a very ancient one, whether Irish or English history is to be credited. Its age antedates the Danish invasion of England. We shall not attempt to trace the current to its source, how- ever, but shall give instead, a brief account of Rev. Mr. Donovan and of his family. He was born, April 8, 1837, in the parish of Myross, County of Cork, Ireland, and came to America with his parents in 1847. He lived several years in Nova Scotia, then came to Fitchburg, Mass., where he went to school a short time. He went into Vermont in 1857, and began preparation for college; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1864, and at The Newton Theological Institution in 1867 ; was ordained at Belchertown, Mass., in 1867, pastor there till 1869. He also had one pastorate in Rhode Island, two in New York State, and also two in New Hampshire, at Cornish, and at Lyndeborough since 1886.
He was married in Baldwinsville, Mass., Nov. 28, 1867, to Miss E. M., daughter of the late Joseph Nichols, M. D., of Springfield, New Hamp- shire. She was born April 20, 1838. Child : -
I. WINFRED NICHOLS DONOVAN, b. Jan. 24, 1869, in Belcher- town, Mass. He was graduated at Colby College in 1892, and after teaching a short time entered The Newton Theo- logical Institution, graduating in 1898. He is now assis- tant professor of Biblical Interpretation at The Newton Theological Institution, and resides at Newton Centre. Mr. Donovan married, Dec. 23, 1895, Miss Nellie Stuart, born Oct. 27, 1870, daughter of Francis W. Bakeman, D.D., and Ellen (Stuart) Bakeman. Children: Francis Bakeman and Elizabeth Nichols.
DUNCKLEE.
The Duncklee family of Lyndeborough is of Scotch descent. The first to come to Lyndeborough, of which any record can be found, was Hezekiah, who came from Danvers, Mass., and settled in that part of Lyndeborough which was afterwards made the town of Greenfield. He was of the fourth generation from Elnathan, who came to America from England and settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1651. It is not known just when he came to Lyndeborough, but he was a soldier in Capt. Peter Clark's company in 1777. (See Chapter X.) His wife was Mehitable White, a sister of Mrs. Aaron Lewis, also of Moses White of Lynde- borough. They were children of Benjamin and Mary White of Dedham, Mass. Hezekiah Duncklee had at least three sons of record. He died in Greenfield, March 10, 1827. Children : -
I. EBENEZER, +
2. HEZEKIAH, ++
3. LEONARD, +
EBENEZER DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (White) Duncklee; born Sept. 3, 1781 ; married Lucy Morgan of New Boston.
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She was born 1794; died Aug. 19, 1856. He died Dec. 22, 1864. He set- tled on a farm near the Nathan Richardson place. Children : -
I. ISAAC L., +
2. Lucy, b. July 25, 1827, d. July 29, 1858.
3. WILLIAM R., +
ISAAC L. DUNCKLEE, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Morgan) Dunck- lee; born Sept. 21, 1824; married first, June 17, 1852, Elizabeth H., daughter of Williams and Hannah (Lewis) Woodward, born Feb. 13, 1830; died Feb. 7, 1855. Married second, Jan. 8, 1857, Minerva H. Cud- worth of Greenfield. She was born Feb. 21, 1826; died June 20, 1904. Child by first wife : -
I. CHARLES M. b. April 4, 1854, d. Oct. 21, 1858. Children by second wife : -
2. LIZZIE A, b. Dec. 7, 1857, d. Sept. 14, 1858.
3. CLINTIE M., b. July 3, 1862.
4. MINNIE A., b. May 6, 1865, d. June 18, 1867.
WILLIAM R. DUNCKLEE, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Morgan) Duncklee; born Oct. 22, 1831; married May 4, 1862, Ursula J. Richards of Goffstown, born June 29, 1845 ; died April 15, 1899, at Lyndeborough. He died June 2, 1898. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children : -
I. WILLIE A., b. Jan. II, 1863, rem. to New York.
2. MINNIE J., b. Feb. 16, 1866, m. William E. Richardson. (See Richardson gen.)
3. ANDY U., b. May 14, 1868, rem. to California.
HEZEKIAH DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (White) Duncklee, born Feb. 17, 1784; married Feb. 25, 1812, Anna Bachelder of Greenfield. She was born April 2, 1782; died Aug. 10, 1857. He died Nov. 16, 1863. Children : -
I. JULIA ANN, m. Sherebiah Manning. (See Manning gen.)
2. JOHN J., b. May 12, 1817, m. Sarah J. Page, Oct. 19, 1843, rem. to Pennsylvania, d. May 13, 1891.
3. LUCY M., b. Feb. 27, 1819, d. Feb. 2, 1888, m. Stephen Carleton of Nashua.
4. JOSEPH FLAVEL, b. May 21, 1822, m. Julia M. Patch, Nov. 22, 1857, rem. to Francestown, d. April 3, 1894.
5. HENRY H., b. Sept. 23, 1825, m. Nov. 22, 1849, Cornelia E. Whittemore. He d. May 20, 1888.
LEONARD DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitabel (White) Duncklee; born Jan. 10, 1794; married March 28, 1839, Elizabeth B., daughter of Aaron Lewis, born May 2, 1816; died Dec. 19, 1896. He died April 19, 1863. Child, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. DANIEL WEBSTER, b. March 10, 1841, rem. to Francestown.
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DUNCKLEE.
EDWARD P. DUNCKLEE, son of John M. and Cynthia (Center) Duncklee; born in Greenfield, Jan. 21, 1832; married Dec. 17, 1857, Amanda O., daughter of John M. Follansbee. She was born at Andover, Mass., March 13, 1837 ; died at Boston Aug. 18, 1895. He came to Lynde- borough in 1876 from Stoneham, Mass., where he had been extensively engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He bought the Gage place on the mountain, and remodeled and enlarged the buildings, bought land and established the now well known Pinnacle House, a resort for summer boarders. Children, born at Stoneham, Mass .: -
I. EMMA A., b. June 26, 1859, m. Oct. 25, 1876, Charles A. Moody of Lowell, Mass. Of their children, one, Zetta A., was born in Lyndeborough.
2. EDWARD A., b. July 27, 1871.
DUREN.
ROBERT DUREN married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Putnam, and lived where the Baptist parsonage is. One child, recorded as born at Lyndeborough : -
I. OSGOOD JOHNSON, b. May 13, 1829.
DUTTON.
The immigrant ancestor of the Dutton families of Lyndeborough was John Dutton, who came to America in 1630 and settled in Reading, Mass. His son Thomas, with his wife Susanna, lived in Woburn and Reading, Mass., where their children, nine in number, were born. Thomas died Jan. 22, 1667, and his wife died Aug. 27, 1684. They had a son, Thomas, who married Rebecca Draper. By this marriage he had five children. Their son Thomas married Harriet Burge, and thirteen children were the result of this marriage, all born in Billerica, Mass. Josiah, their fourth son, was born Feb. 21, 1716, and he married Sarah Parker, April 6, 1743. They had eleven children, and were the parents of Benjamin, Jacob, Ezra and William Dutton, who came to Lyndeborough in the early days of its settlement. Jacob and Ezra settled in that part of the town which was an- nexed to Francestown in 1792. William settled on the land now owned by Sewell M. Buck, and Benjamin on the Dutton homestead farm north of the mountain. Reuben inherited the farm from his father, Benjamin, and raised a large family there, and then Benjamin, son of Reuben, occu- pied the farm. It is abandoned now, nothing but a cellar hole and lilac bushes to mark the site. Jacob Dutton married Rhoda Dix. She died in Francestown Feb. 6, 1807. They had nine children. Five of theni are recorded as born in Lyndeborough : Jacob, born Dec. 20, 1781 ; Joel, born April 24, 1784 ; Sara, born Feb. 10, 1786; Olive, born Feb. 5, 1788; An- drew, born May 21, 1789. Their father died in Francestown Nov. 8, 1803.
The four brothers who helped settle the town were all born in Notting- ham West, now Hudson, and came to Lyndeborough some time previous to 1780. They served in the Revolutionary army, and their service is de- scribed in another chapter. Benjamin was here as early as 1769, for his
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name is on a petition to have Amherst made the Shire town, dated April 5, 1769. The other three brothers probably came a little later.
There is a record of Asa Dutton and Phene, his wife. Child : Phene, born Feb. 24, 1776.
BENJAMIN DUTTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Dutton ; born April 27, 1746 ; married Sarah Stiles. He died Sept. 3, 1803. Chil- dren : -
I. BENJAMIN, b. July 17, 1770.
2. SARAH, b. May 15, 1772.
: 3. REUBEN S. +
4. JACOB, b. Sept. 26, 1776, d. Dec. 2, 1779.
5. SARAH, b. March 19, 1779.
6. AMY, b. July 24, 1781, d. July 6, 1782.
7. DEIDAMIA, b. April 29, 1784.
8. LoIs, b. Sept. 10, 1786, d. Dec. 1, 1803.
9. MOSES, b. Mar. 24, 1789.
REUBEN S. DUTTON, son of Benjamin and Sarah Dutton, born Aug. 26, 1774. He married first, Nancy Clark; second, Lydia Hyde. He lived on the Dutton farm north of the mountain. Children by first wife :
I. LEAFE, b. July 22, 1798.
2. BENJAMIN, +
3. REUBEN, b. May 18, 1804, m. Arethusa Evans of Peterboro. He d. at Milford, March 8, 1889.
4. MYNARD and MIANDA (Twins), b. Dec. 2, 1806. Mynard m. Susan Stevens of Andover, Mass. She was b. at An- dover, March 23, 1814, d. at Ayer, Mass., Dec. 29, 1891. Of their two children Eliza J. was b. at Lyndeborough, Aug. 18, 1834, d. at Nashua, July 10, 1849. Philena A. was b. at Francestown, July 12, 1847, m. Charles W. Ather- ton of Greenfield.
5. LoIs, b. Aug. 17, 1809.
6. ROXANNA, b. April 11, 1813, m. John Balch of Francestown. Children by second wife : -
7. SAMUEL, b. June 13, 1824. Rem. to the west.
8. WILLIAM, b. May 27, 1825. Rem. to the west.
BENJAMIN DUTTON, son of Reuben and Nancy (Clark) Dutton, born June 24, 1801 ; married Jan. 27, 1835, Betsey E., daughter of Nehe- miah and - (Putnam) Rand. She was born Aug. 21, 1814. He died Oct. 27, 1869. He lived on the farm his father owned in the northwest part of the town, nothing but the cellar hole to mark the site. Children : -
I. ANN E., b. Jan. 5, 1838, in. June 3, 1857, John Gage.
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2. MARY J., b. July 7, 1839, m. Edward Kidder of Wilton.
3. BENJAMIN W., b. April 13, 1847, d. March 22, 1866.
EZRA DUTTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Dutton, born Aug. 30, 1755 ; married Phebe -; died Feb. 4, 1794. Children : -
I. RICHARD, b. Aug. 11, 1779.
2. THOMAS, b, Dec. 14, 1783.
3. PHEBE, b. Aug. 22, 1786.
4. MARY, b. Sept. 19, 1788.
5. ELIZABETH, b. May 19, 1791.
CAPT. WILLIAM DUTTON. Among the early settlers of Lynde- borough was William Dutton, who was born May 23, 1760, at Notting- ham West. He came from Westford, Mass., probably. He married Susanna Reed of that town. He lived where Sewell M. Buck now lives. He died Oct. 9, 1807, aged 48 years. His wife died in 1841, aged 83 years. Their children are all recorded as born in Lyndeborough. He was a captain in the Continental Army. (See Chapter VII.) Children : -
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