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*In the old records of Lyndeborough, both town and church, this name is spelled Goodridge. In the preceding chapters of this history the old fashioned way of spelling the name was retained so far as it related to the Rev. Sewall. It was probably about the time of Dea. Benjamin that the spelling was changed to Goodrich. For convenience the modern spelling of the name is used in this genealogy.
John@ Goodrich
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bury, Mass., where she removed with her children. She died Feb. 3, 1683.
Jeremiah, son of William and Margaret, born March 6, 1638; married Nov. 15, 1660, Mary E. Adams.
Philip, son of Jeremiah and Mary E. (Adams) Goodrich, born Nov. 23, 1669; married April 16, 1700, Mehitable Woodman. She was born Sept. 20, 1677 ; died Feb. 24, 1755. He died Jan. 16, 1729. He was one of the first settlers of Lunenburg, Mass., and built the third house in the place in 1724. He was a deacon of the church and was the first person buried in Lunenburg.
Benjamin, son of Philip and Mehitable (Woodman) Goodrich, born Feb. 3, 1701 ; married April 8, 1730, Sarah Phelps of Lancaster, Mass. She was born in 1700; died June 19, 1776. He died April 19, 1773.
REV. SEWALL GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Phelps) Goodrich; born in Lunenburg, Mass., July 7, 1747; m. Feb. 7, 1769, Phebe Putnam of Danvers, Mass. She was born Nov. 26, 1752 ; died June 23, 1832. He died March 14, 1809. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1764. Dec. 24, 1767, the inhabitants of Lyndeborough voted to give him a call to settle in town in the work of the ministry. The proprietors of the township had previously voted the sum of £33, 6s, 8d., annnally for a term of five years to encourage a minister to settle there, and in addition made a grant of two hundred acres of land to such person his heirs and assigns forever.
At the meeting, Dec. 24, 1767, it was voted to Mr. Sewall Goodrich for his encouragement to settle in town in the work of the ministry the sum of fifty pounds, sterling money of Great Britain, twenty-five pounds to be paid within one year from his settlement, the other twenty-five pounds within two years from his settlement. It would seem that they recon- sidered this offer and made him another as follows : -
"Voted to Mr. Sewall Goodrich forty Pounds sterling money of great Britain yearly for his support in the work of the Gospel ministry in this town until there shall be Seventy families in the town and after that forty five Pounds yearly until there shall be one hundred families in town, afterward fifty Pounds annually said money to be paid in the money as aforesaid or Province currency as equivalent."
"They voted Jonathan Cram Ephraim Putnam and Benjamin Crani a committee to present their call." Mr. Goodrich accepted this call on condition that he should be allowed to choose the two hundred acres which the " proprietors " had granted, and should have the sum of about one hundred and twenty-eight dollars as as an addition to his settlement. The proprietors complied with his proposal and he selected the place north of Badger Pond now owned by William C. Wilder. He was or- dained Sept. 7, 1768, and commenced the work of his ministry. He was married the following year, and the bringing of his wife to town was evi- dently an interesting event for his people. They came in a two-wheeled chaise, a vehicle that had hardly been seen in town at that early period. The roads were very rough and Mr. Jacob Wellman was decidedly of the opinion that they would not be able to come through with the carriage,
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or at least that the lady would not have the courage to ride in it. It is said that he saddled and pillioned his horse, hoping, no doubt, that he would have the honor of bringing the bride himself. But it was finally decided that the minister and his wife should both keep their seats while six strong men followed behind to keep the chaise right side up. Mr. Goodrich was then twenty-five years of age and his bride seventeen.
In these days of one sermon a Sunday of a half or three-quarter hour length, it is interesting to reflect upon what this young man had to do. He must prepare two sermons for each Sunday and deliver them in a church where there was no fire in winter, and each sermon was from one and one-half to two hours long. It required courage and devotion to duty to do it, and it must be said that it aslo took courage, devotion and strong constitutions to sit through those long sermons in a cold house in winter. The minister had a little advantage - he could warm up to his theme.
In addition to these duties he was a prominent and successful business man, long one of the proprietors of the town, and probably wrote and witnessed more deeds than any other man in town since his day. It was his custom to commence the Sabbath at sundown on Saturday night. All labor and business must be stopped as far as possible. Mrs. Good- rich was a busy, thrifty housewife, and had a task appointed for each of her household. There were no drones in that hive during the long sum- mer days. The busy wheels were kept flying by each girl who was old enough to turn them, spinning the wool and flax for the family use. But at sundown Saturday the command was given and all work ceased. He continued to be the pastor of the church until his connection was dis- solved by death, a pastorate of forty-one years. His death occurred town meeting day, and Dea. Peter Clark announced the news of his death. The meeting voted unanimously to assist the bereaved family at the funeral, to invite all the ministers of the vicinity to attend, and to pro- vide for their entertainment and to pay all funeral charges. The com- mittee was Nathan Wheeler, Capt. Peter Clark, Dr. Benjamin Jones, Jacob Richardson, Dea. Aaron Lewis, Peter Clark, 2nd, and Samuel Houston. Among those charges was a bill for ten gallons of genuine West India rum. That was the custom of that day. Children : -
I. MEHITABLE, b. Sept. 25, 1770, m. Oct. 30, 1788, Edward Spaulding, d. July 30, 1838. (See Spalding gen.)
2. SARAH, b. Jan. 18, 1772, m. first, Dec. 22. 1791, James Ord- way. He was b. Sept. 27, 1769, d. Sept. 13, 1804. She d. July 9, 1852. (See Ordway gen.) M. second, Robert Christie of New Boston.
3. BENJAMIN, +
4. LOIS, b. March 23, 1775, m. Dea. Samuel Burnap of Fitch- burg, Mass. He was b. May 28, 1801, d. Jan. 18, 1842. She d. May 2, 1847' Children : Sewall G., Israel H., Samuel, Charles C. P.
5. LUCY, b. Jan. 13, 1777.
6. SEWALL, b. Dec. 30, 1778, d. Dec. 7, 1799.
John He. Goodrich.
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7. PHEBE, b. Dec. 13, 1780, m. June 15, 1807, John Mack of Wilton. He was b. Aug. 7, 1780, d. July 16, 1854. She d. Sept. 16, 1815. Children : Andrew M., Sewall G., John, Sewall G., 2nd, Benjamin.
8. ISRAEL H., +
9. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 28, 1784, d. March 23, 1798.
IO. E. PUTNAM, b. Feb. 8, 1787.
II. PRISCILLA, b. Aug. 24, 1789, m. June 4, 1815, Dea. Wm. Jones. (See Jones gen.)
12. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 26, 1791, m, Jan. 18, 1820, Asa Lewis. (See Lewis gen.)
DEA. BENJAMIN GOODRICH, son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Put- nam) Goodrich, born July 9, 1773 ; married Nov. 4, 1802, Sarah, daughter of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epes) Clark. She was born Nov. 19, 1778; died Feb. 16, 1873. He died April 10, 1842. He served as selectman, and was deacon of the Congregational church for over thirty years. Chil- dren : -
I. JOHN C., +
2. SARAH, b. Nov. 24, 1805, m. Samuel Jones. (See Jones gen.)
3. Lucy, b. Jan. 13, 1808, m. Capt. Peter Clark. (See Clark gen. )
4. MARGERY M., b. April 23, 1810, m. David Stiles. (See Stiles gen.)
5. LoIs, b. Feb. 18, 1812, d. July 27, 1840.
6. BENJAMIN, +
7. SEWALL P., b. July 22, 1816, m. first, Hannah B. McCrillis of Amesbury, Mass. She was b. March 1, 1818, d. May 9, 1852. Children : Ella M., Mary H .; m. second, Nov. 15, 1855, Isabelle L. Adams of Milford, Mass. She was b. July 30, 1830. Child : Jennie L. He d. Jan. 20, 1888.
8. PHEBE M., b. Dec. 24, 1818, m. Oct. 27, 1864, Dea. Abram Patch of Wenham, Mass. He was. b. April 3, 1798, d. Aug. 8, 1880, at Danvers, Mass.
DEA. JOHN C. GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich, born Aug. 15, 1803; married Dec. 4. 1833, Pamela, daughter of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood. She was born Sept. 26, 1803 ; died Dec. 11, 1887. He died Jan. 30, 1882. He represented the town in the General Court in 1864-1865, and was deacon in the Congregational church thirty-six years. Children : -
I. JOHN H., +
2. MARY P., b. May 1, 1839, m. Geo. H. Stevens. (See Stevens gen. )
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3. SARAH M., b. Aug. 7, 1843, m. Jan. 10, 1867, David E. Proctor. (See Proctor gen.)
JOHN H. GOODRICH, son of John C. and Pamela (Atwood) Good- rich, born March 28, 1835; married Jan. 15, 1874, Addie R., daughter of Joseph and Susan (Hobart) Rowe of Boston. She was born Nov. 6, 1836. He was the postmaster at North Lyndeborough and, together with his wife, held the office 44 years, until its discontinuance June 29, 1901. He represented the town in the general court in 1879-1880, justice of the peace 35 years, selectman one year, census enumerator in 1890, master of the grange in 1896. Soldier in the Civil War. (See Chapter X.) Was a member of the school board for a number of years, and is a useful and much respected citizen. Children : -
I. JOHN R., b. Oct. 31, 1874.
2. MILLIE A., b. Sept. 9, 1876, m. Oct. 15, 1895, Louis A. Trow of Mt. Vernon. He was born Nov. 19, 1873. Chil- dren : - Harold A., b. Jan. 10, 1897 ; Stuart A., b. Feb. 2, 1898; Amy I., b. June 26, 1899; Jesse E., b. Dec. 27, I90I.
3. JOSIE A., b. Sept. 17, 1878, d. Sept. 18, 1878.
BENJAMIN GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Clark) Good- rich, born March 27, 1814; married June 20, 1843, Irene Wardwell, daughter of Rev. Stephen Wardwell of Penobscot, Me. She was born June 24, 1823 ; died July 7, 1870. He died Nov. 27, 1857. Children : -
I. SARAH C., b. at Eddengton, Me., Sept. 17, 1844, m. Jan. 19, 1878, Retyre M. Couch of Warner. He was b. April 5, 1839. Res. at Southern Pines, N. C. Children : - Ever- ett, Albert, Saran and Lewellyn.
2. Stephen WARDWELL,, +
3. FRANCES I., b. March 17, 1850, m. May 9, 1879, Samuel W. Pond of Minneapolis, Minn. He was b. April 1, 1850. Children ; - Francis E., Irving J., Samuel B.
4. JOHN A., b. Dec. 1, 1853.
5. LORENZO B., b. Nov. 10, 1854, m. Jan. 3, 1880, Mathilda Fessenfeld of Anahien, Cal. She was b. Nov. 2, 1863. Res. in Minneapolis, Minn. Children : - Sarah F., Arthur W., Norman P.
6. BENJAMIN ASBURY, b. Oct. 5, 1857, m. Nov. 30, 1882, Julia A. Wiggin of Bucksport, Me. She was b. Aug. 6, 1858. Is a minister and res. in Santa Barbara, California. Child : - Elaine, b. Sept. 14, 1884. (See Page 621.)
DR. STEPHEN WARDWELL GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Irene (Wardwell ) Goodrich, born March 20, 1847; married May 15, 1873, Georgianna Henderson of New York. She was born May 11, 1850.
John R. Goodrich
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Children : Fred W., Amy I., Edith. Stephen W. Goodrich enlisted at Lawrence, Mass., March 24, 1862, in Co. F., Ist Mass. Heavy Artillery stationed at Arlington Heights. They were ordered to the front May, 1864, and assigned 2d. Brigade 3d. Division 2d. Army Corps. He was in the battles of Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. Was taken prisoner at Petersburg and confined in the Pemberton at Richmond, also at Andersonville and other southern prisons. Was paroled at Savannah, Dec. 10, 1864. He returned to duty, however, and was at the surrender of Lee at Appomatox, and mustered out of the ser- vice Aug. 16, 1865. He studied medicine with Dr. J. Heber Smith of Boston, graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College, March, 1871. Since then practiced medicine in New York City.
ISRAEL H. GOODRICH, son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich, born Jan. 20, 1783; married first, April 6, 1809, Abigail, daughter of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis. She was born Jan. 24, 1787; died June 30, 1821; second, June 10, 1823, Hannah French, born Feb. 28, 1786; died Feb. 9, 1859. He died May 15, 1853. Children : -
I. A son b. Aug. 14, 1810, d. Aug. 22, 1810.
2. A daughter, b. Sept. 10, 1811, d. Sept. 10, 1811.
3. SEWALL, b. Oct. 20, 1813, d. Jan. 18, 1869.
4. ABIGAIL, b. April 10, 1816, d. May 4, 1840.
5. NATHANIEL, b. July 30, 1818, d. Aug. 28, 1820.
6. SARAH, b. June 24, 1821, m. June 14, 1842, Jacob Hildreth. She d. July 5, 1844. (See Hildreth gen.)
By second wife : -
7. ANSON, b. March 18, 1824, d. April 12, 1824.
8. ISRAEL H., JR., b. Dec. 28, 1827, d. Oct. 6, 1846.
9. JAMES, b. Aug. 6, 1830, m. first, April 5, 1853, -. She was b. Dec. 29, 1829, d. June 2, 1866 ; second, April 28, 1868, Mary A. Ross of No. Brookfield, Mass. She was b. July 16, 1835. Child : - Charles E.
GOULD.
GEORGE GOULD, son of Thomas and Abigail (Needham) Gould, born at Salem, Mass., in 1706; married April 20, 1732, Mary Giles, proba- bly of Salem. She was born in 1710, and died March 2, 1797, at Lynde- borough. He died in Lyndeborough, April 29, 1783. They had eight children, all born at Salem, Mass., of these John and Daniel came to Lyndeborough with their father. George was a descendant of Zaccheus Gould, who came to this country from England some time previous to 1638. George Gould is recorded as having bought, Jan. 25, 1739, part of home lot 46 and lots 74 and 27, second division, making him one of the earliest settlers in Salem-Canada. In 1768 they were living on"lot [70, opposite where the town house now stands, and it isťprobable that he and his sons, John and Daniel, owned pretty much all of the land that is now the farms of Fred A. Richardson and William H. Clark.
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JOHN GOULD, son of George and Mary (Giles) Gould, born Oct. 6, 1744; married Oct. 31, 1769, Susanna ( Marsh, Kidder) Chase of Sutton, Mass. They had one son recorded as born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JOHN, b. Dec. 31, 1770.
MAJ. DANIEL GOULD, son of George and Mary (Giles) Gould, born at Salem, Mass., Nov. 26, 1749 ; married first, Dorcas Phelps. She was born 1749; died, April 6, 1797 ; married second, Mary, daughter of Jacob Hook of Kingston, N. H. He died March 5, 1804. He owned the farm now known as the Richardson place at the center. He kept a tavern there for many years, and all the children were born there. We have no further record of this family except the dates of births of their children : -
I. SUSANNA, b. April 17, 1766.
2. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 25, 1778.
3. EDY, b. Dec. 29, 1779.
4. JARED, b. March 16, 1782.
5. DANIEL, b. March 19, 1784.
6. GEORGE, b. Jan. 22, 1788, d. Nov. 17, 1804.
7. JACOB S., b. Aug. 21, 1793.
GOULD.
HUMPHRY N. GOULD, son of John and Ruth (Nichols) Gould, born at Weare, June 13, 1827; married Sept. 20, 1857, Ellen R,, daughter of William B. and Sarah A. (Thompson) Gove, born at Lynn, Mass., Oct. 10, 1837. He died at Lyndeborough, Nov. 24, 1901. He came to Lyndeborough from Weare and settled on the Jotham Hildreth place in 1898. Child : -
I. CARRIE M., b. at Weare, May 18, 1867, m. Nov. 30, 1887, Daniel A. Johnson, b. at Weare, February, 1860. Is a travelling salesman.
GRANT.
JAMES GRANT, son of John and Margaret (Beasom) Grant; born Sept. 22, 1790; married Nov. 3, 1818, Naomi, daughter of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram. He died Nov. 24, 1860. She was born Aug. 21, 1797 ; died April 6, 1860. Children : --
I. JAMES HARVEY, b. Feb. 29, 1820, m. first, April 17, 1842, Olive C. Hill of Berwick, Me. She d. at Marquande, Mo., Dec. 24, 1877 ; m. second, Dec. 24, 1878, Elizabeth Myers. He d. at Jackson, Mo., March 9, 1897. Children : Albert Harvey, b. at Lyndeborough May 23, 1848; Annie Frances, b. at Andover, Mass., Jan. 30, 1859.
2. I)AVID CRAM, +
3. SARAH M., b. May 23, 1825, d. Aug. 3, 1829.
4. WILLIAM H., +
HARVEY GRANT.
WM. H. GRANT.
DAVID C. GRANT.
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DAVID C. GRANT, son of James and Naomi (Cram) Grant; born June 17, 1823 ; married Sept. 30, 1845, Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel R. and Rebecca (Palmer) Fish of Peterborough. She was born April 2, 1822; died Oct. 31, 1896. He died Jan. 24, 1900.
Probably no one else had such an abiding interest in the town his- tory, or such a fund of information in regard to the people and events of the town as he. He was chairman of the history committee at the time of his death. Most of his life was spent in his native town, as farmer, lumberman and carpenter. From 1860 until 1866, he was largely engaged in the pressing and shipping of hay and in lumbering. From 1866 until 1869 he lived in Boston. In October, 1869, he removed to Minnesota, and remained there three years in the lumber business. He returned to Lyndeborough in the spring of 1873, and lived here until his death. He served his town in the board of selectmen, board of education, building committees and in other offices. He was a ready debater and talker, and was much called for to preside at public meetings and to speak at town celebrations. From the days of the old Lyndeborough lyceum he was prominent in everything that related to the educational advancement of the town. Children : -
I. ELSIE M., b. Aug. 24, 1847, m. Dana B. Sargent. (See Sargent gen.)
2. DAVID WALTER, b. Dec. 24, 1849, m. Oct. 29, 1872, Alice E. Cassidy of Boston. Children : Fred T., Mabel A., Nellie E. Fred T., m. Nov. 3, 1898, Olive H. Dyer of Marlboro, Mass.
3. JAMES ARTHUR, +
JAMES ARTHUR GRANT, son of David C. and Rebecca (Fish) Grant ; born Dec. 20, 1859; m. Feb. 19, 1881, Nellie F., daughter of John and Harriet (Glinds) Blanchard. She was born at Wilton, June 1, 1862. He lived for a time on the homestead farm, and removed to Milford in April, 1901. Children, born at Lyndeborough : -
I. CHARLES K., b. June 28, 1882.
2. GEORGE L., b. May 2, 1884.
3. PERLEY A., b. July 19, 1891.
4. HAROLD W., b. Aug 12, 1895.
WILLIAM HENRY GRANT, son of James and Naomi (Cram) Grant; born Dec. 23, 1829; married Jan. 4, 1855, Martha, daughter of David and Mary (Bickford) McCaine of Francestown. She was born Dec. 15, 1832. He died Aug. 8, 1901, at Sandstone, Minn. His early education was de- rived from the district schools, and as he says, " from such books as he could borrow." At the age of fifteen he engaged himself as an appren- tice to the harness making trade, but after serving for nearly two years he determined to become a lawyer. He attended school at Nashua, at the academy at Hancock, at the Yates academy at Orleans, N. Y., and re- ceived private instruction from the Rev. Mr. Claggett, at Lyndeborough, then taught school two winters. In 1852 he entered the law office of Stephen P. Crosby, Esq., at Francestown, and remained a few months.
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After recovering from an attack of typhoid fever he entered the office of Samuel M. Wilcox of Francestown, where he remained until 1853. He then removed to Manchester, and entered the law office of Benjamin F. Ayer, and was admitted to the bar of Hillsborough Co. in 1854. He was a deputy sheriff in 1853, and was the representative to the General Court from Lyndeborough in 1853 and 1854. He opened a law office in Wilton in 1854 and remained there until 1859, when he removed to St. Paul, Minn., where he resided until his death. In 1868 he retired from the practice of law and devoted his time to private business.
In the West he did not seek political preferment, but was the candi- date of his party for office with, as he says, " no hope of election." He has received high honors in the Masonic fraternity, and was for two years the registrar of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was also a life member of the Minnesota Historical Society. Child : -
I. WILLIAM H., b. Dec. 2, 1857.
HACKETT.
CHARLES HACKETT lived in that part of Lyndeborough, now Greenfield, where the John Fletcher place is situated. He was a civil engineer and removed to Maine. One child, at least, was born in Lynde- borough, Ephraim, born July 6, 1791. Charles Hackett married Susanna Burnham of Lyndeborough in November, 1789. She was probably a daughter of Stephen Burnham, who settled in that part of the town.
EPHRAIM HACKETT, son of Charles and Susanna (Burnham) Hackett; born July 6, 1791 ; married Nov. 21, 1811, Lois, daughter of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler. She was born April 29, 1787. He removed from Greenfield to Lempster, and lived there for a number of years, coming from there to Lyndeborough about 1828. He died in Lyndeborough. The three older children were born in Greenfield, five in Lempster and the two younger in Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. SUSAN, b. Oct. 25, 1812, d. Dec. 17, 1829.
2. HANNAH BUTLER, b. Feb. 17, 1814, m. June 7, 1841, Jacob Wright of Woburn, Mass.
3. LOIS MARIA, b. Nov. 21, 1815, m. Sept. 2, 1841, William Jewett.
4. LUCY ALMIRA, b. Feb. 13, 1819, m. April 4, 1844, Luther Cram. (See Cram gen.)
5. TRYPHENA PUTMAN, b. Oct. 18, 1820, m. Oct. 24, 1844, Abijah Thompson of Woburn, Mass.
6. EPHRAIM, b. April 12, 1822, m. 1852, Harriet G. Pillsbury. He was a member of the 22nd Mass. Regt. in the Civil War, and died in Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 25, 1887.
7. RACHEL ROXANNA, b. Jan. 25, 1824, m. May 23, 1844, Daniel R. Marshall.
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8. SARAH SOPHRONIA, b. May 18, 1825, m. Sept. 9, 1848, Ed- ward C. Thompson of Woburn, Mass.
9. WILBUR FISKE, b. May 3, 1830.
IO. CHARLES WESLEY, +
CHARLES WESLEY HACKETT, son of Ephraim and Lois (Butler) Hackett, born July 23, 1831; married Dec. 12, 1853, Myra J. Holt of Fitchburg, Mass. He died in St. Paul, Minn., March 21, 1903. He was a captain in the Ioth Regt. Minn. Vol. In the summer of 1862 about forty-five men from the farming district adjacent to the town of Lake City, Minn., where he was then living, came to Mr. Hackett and offered to enlist if he would serve as their captain which he consented to do. On the very day of the Sioux Indian outbreak, Aug. 18, 1862, he was taking these men to St. Paul to be sworn into service. As a consequence of this massacre Capt. Hackett's company was put into immediate ser- vice on the frontier. In 1863, in command of his company, he marched with the roth Regiment against the Sioux Indians, with the column under Gen. Sibley to the Missouri river and was in the various actions of that arduous expedition. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and was among the older settlers of the state of Minnesota. His character is summed up best perhaps in the resolutions passed by the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, of which he was a member. "During his entire life he was a citizen without reproach, and his character and repu- tation for uprightness and integrity in all his dealings was as firm and unyielding as is the granite in the mountains of his native state. He was a gallant soldier, who did not hesitate to show his patriotism by his works. He discharged every duty devolving upon him in peace and in war, as citizen, soldier, merchant and neighbor without hesitation and without stain or dishonor."
HADLEY.
JOSHUA HADLEY settled on the farm owned by the late Levi P. Hadley, on the mountain. It is probable that he bought it as wild land and made the first clearing there. The land has been in the possession of the Hadley family ever since. Joshua Hadley died March 8, 1802. Mary, his wife, died May II, 1802. Little can be learned about him, but in the town records of births the following appears : -
I. JUDAH (probably Judith), dau. of Joshua and Mary Had- ley, b. Dec. 4, 1762.
2. JOSHUA, son of do. b. Aug. 22, 1764.++
3. ELIZABETH, dau. of do. b. March 22, 1766.
4. CHASE, son of do. b. June 29, 1769.++
5. HUMPHREY, son of do. b. Feb. 10, 1771.
JOSHUA HADLEY, son of Joshua and Mary Hadley, born Aug. 22, 1764; married Betsey (Williams) Giddings, b. 1768; died March 8, 1854. He died Dec. 19, 1847. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. NANCY, b. July 23, 1788.
2. WILLIAM, b. April 19, 1790, d. May 5, 1790.
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3. FANNY, b. Oct. 30, 1791, d. March 15, 1792.
4. MARK, +
5. IRA, b. Sept. 21, 1795, d. Jan. II, 1849.
6. CHARLES, b. Feb. 12, 1798, d. Sept. 22, 1825.
7. ALLEN, b. April 2, 1800, d. Sept. 16, 1802.
8. ALFRED, b. Sept. 19, 1802. Rem. to Jasper, N. Y.
9. JENNISON, b. Oct. 15, 1805, d. Oct. 21, 1805.
IO. BENJAMIN F., b. July 23, 1807.
II. ETHAN A., b. Nov. 13, 1809.
MARK HADLEY, son of Joshua and Betsey (Giddings) Hadley, born April 19, 1793 ; married first, Elizabeth Herrick of Greenfield. She died Oct. 9, 1832. He died March 26, 1858; second, Abigail, daughter of Eben and Esther (Holt) Pearsons Nov. 10, 1844. She was born in Wil- ton, Aug. 16, 1800; died June 26, 1879. Children : -
I. WILKES H., ++
2. ELIZABETH A., m. Eli Jeffs of Wilton.
3. NANCY E., m. Moses C. Burnham of Milford.
WILKES H. HADLEY, born May 4, 1821 ; died Feb. 14, 1900; mar- ried Betsey F. Richardson of Wilton, April 15, 1847. She was born Sept. 13, 1823; died Oct. 29, 1899. Children : -
I. ELIZABETH B., b. May 29, 1848, m. Henry E. Martin of Greenfield, Sept. 11, 1869. Child : - Minnie E., b. Jan. 23, 1871.
2. RUTH A., b. Sept. 17, 1850, m. Joseph F. Avery of Temple, Dec. 25, 1871, d. March 17, 1883.
3. JOHN F., +
4. MAY B., b. Aug 17, 1865.
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