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I. SARAH A., b. in Boston, July 2, 1843, m. Feb. 7, 1865, Joseph Richard of Sudbury, Mass.
2. MARY E., b. in Boston, Oct. 12, 1847, m. Dec. 22, 1869, John D. Wade of Natick, Mass.
3. EDWARD B., b. in Lyndeborough July 12, 1850, m. in 1872, Nellie Childs at Woonsocket, R. I.
4. FANNIE B., b. in Lyndeborough Oct. 14, 1853, m. Dec. 20, 1875, Charles A. Goodnow of Natick, Mass.
5. JAMES C., b. in Lyndeborough March 21, 1856, d. in La Salle, Ill., Sept. 7, 1881, from injuries received in trying to prevent a team from running away.
JOSEPH JONES, son of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones ; born March 29, 1785 ; married Sept. 11, 1811, Ann Richardson. She was born Aug. 19, 1788; died May 19, 1827 ; married second, Sept. 18, 1827, Mrs. Clarissa W. Page. She d. Feb. 16, 1844. Children by first wife : -
I. JOHN, b. Sept. 8, 1812, d. June 22, 1889.
2. ELIZA, b. May 14, 1815, d. March 26, 1819.
3. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 2, 1818, d. July 1884.
4. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 24, 1821, d. July 5, 1824.
5. BENJAMIN CLEAVES, +
6. SARAH A., b. May 4, 1827, d. June 18, 1827. Children by second wife : -
7. CLARISSA A., b. Nov. 9, 1828.
8. ISAIAH W., b. Nov. 24, 1830, d. 1882.
BENJAMIN CLEAVES JONES, son of Joseph and Ann (Richardson) Jones; born March 30, 1824; married June 14, 1860, Augusta L. Cleaves of Mont Vernon. He removed to Chicago, Il1., in 1855, and died April 23, 1885. Children : Frank C., Alfred L., Clarissa A.
DEA. WILLIAM JONES, son of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones ; born July 14, 1789; married first, June 4, 1815, Priscilla, daughter of Rev. Sewall Goodrich. She died Jan. 2, 1837; married second, Nov.
William, Lanes
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20, 1838, Eliza N. Anderson of Londonderry. She was born Feb. 9, 1802 ; died April 12, 1876. He died March 23, 1865.
Dea. Jones was one of the notable men of Lyndeborough. He was tall and of a stalwart frame, and but few men could accomplish as much farm work in a day as he. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., for teaching, which vocation he followed for a number of years, but the active years of his life were passed in his native town on the homestead farm, where Geo. E. Spalding now lives. For nearly fifty years he was a deacon of the Congregational church and a liberal con- tributor to its support. He was a man of great energy in his business of farming. He used to raise hops extensively, and there was a hop press and a storage room on his premises, something not seen in Lyndebor- ough now, and only remembered by the older generation. He rather avoided holding public office but his influence was felt in all the affairs of town and church.
Dea. Jones opened a store in New Ipswich which he kept for a few years, but on the death of his father he returned to Lyndeborough. His second wife was the daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Nesmith) Ander son of Londonderry. Children by second wife : -
I. ELIZA P., b. Aug. 30, 1839, m. Solon B. Richardson. (See Richardson gen.)
2. MARY A., b. March 22, 1841, m. William R. Blaney of Swampscott, Mass., res. in Swampscott. Children : George, Joanna.
3. ABBY J., b. Dec. 23, 1842, m. George E. Spalding. (See Spalding gen.)
4. JOANNA C., b. Sept. 26, 1845, m. James E. Philips of Swampscott, Mass., Jan. 25, 1869, res. in Swampscott. Children : Edward James, Mary Anderson.
JOSLIN.
TIMOTHY JOSLIN. In 1854, Timothy Joslin and his son, Henry H., bought a farm on the road leading from the Pinnacle House to Green- field, known as the Marsh place. Nothing but a cellar hole marks the spot. Timothy was a son of William Joslin of Leominster, Mass. He was born there in 1796. He married Mary Ann Lese, born in Byfield, Mass., in 1805. She died Nov. 22, 1863. She was the daughter of Samuel and Eliza Saunderson Lese of New Ipswich. Timothy afterward re- moved to the place where Mrs. Ann Cummings lives now, and died there Oct. 30, 1863. Children : -
I. SAMUEL L., d. in infancy.
2. MARY ANN, d. of accidental burning, aged 8 years.
3. SAMUEL O., b. May 20, 1831, m. Bethiah U. Swinnington of Greenfield. He d. Nov. 9, 1874. She d. in Greenfield, Dec. 2, 1890.
4. HENRY H., +
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5. OTIS, b. August, 1835, m. Sarah J. Libby of Saco, Me., is a lumberman and resides in Saganaw, Mich. Children : Bertha A., Otis W., Clarence and Fred.
6. ISABELLA C., b. February, 1838, m. William Lewis of Wabash Co., Ind.
7. HARRIETT J., b. November, 1839, m. Wyman W. Ryan of Jaffrey, N. H.
8. WILLIAM P., b. November, 1843, m. Georgianna More- house of Osseo, Minn.
9. LEVI N., b. Oct. 14, 1847, d. April, 1862. Fatally burned by gunpowder.
HENRY H. JOSLIN, son of Timothy and Mary A. (Lese) Joslin, born May 7, 1833 ; married Jan. 3, 1856, Deborah J. Smith of Francestown. She was born Oct. 3, 1843. He bought the Harvey Holt place and has lived there ever since. Both he and his wife have been persons of un- tiring industry. In recent years, owing to impaired health, they have spent some of the winters in the south. Mr. Joslin has always taken a proper interest in the affairs of the town and has faithfully discharged his duties as a citizen. He is a prosperous and well-to-do farmer. Children, all but the eldest born in Lyndeborough : -
I. FRANK H .; +
2. ALLEN B., b. Aug. 14, 1860, m. Sept. 23, 1885, Rose Stevens of Port Huron, Mich. Res. in Port Huron, Mich. Five children.
3, HARRY A., b. July 19, 1862, m. Sept. 19, 1889, Marion G. Burnham of Abilene, Kansas. Res. at Milford. Chil- dren : Bessie J., b. at Milford; Henry J., b. at Hartford ; Ruth, b. at Lyndeborough ; Emily S., b. at Milford.
4. OTIS W., b. June 22, 1864. Res. at Amherst.
5. WINFRED, b. Aug. 2, 1867. Res. in Alaska.
6. JENNIE, M., b. July 24, 1869. Graduated from McCullom Institute and from a special course at Harvard Annex.
7. BENJAMIN H., +
8. PERRY E., b. Jan. 10, 1873. Graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1898. Res. at Milford.
9. GRACE B., b. Dec. 4, 1875.
IO. SAMUEL L., b. March 21, 1878. Graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1900.
II. BESSIE E., b. Nov. 24, 1881, d. Sept. 23, 1882.
12. FLORENCE A., b. March 18, 1883, m. William Nichols. (See Nichols gen.)
FRANK H. JOSLIN, son of Henry and Deborah J. (Smith) Joslin, born Aug. 3, 1858 ; married Jan. 8, 1885, Etta M., daughter of Jonathan
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and Emily (Woodward) Stephenson. She was born Sept. 12, 1859, Children : -
I. ELMER F., b. July 30, 1886.
2. EMMA F., b. Oct. 10, 1887.
3. EVERETT H., b. April 23, 1889.
4. LEVI H., b. Dec. 24, 1890.
BENJAMIN H. JOSLIN, son of Henry H. and Deborah J. (Smith) Joslin, born Sept. 14, 1871 ; married Oct. 18, 1894, Mary A., daughter of John and Ann (Cassidy) Cain of Greenfield. She was born Dec. 21, 1869. Children : -
I. ALBERT B., b. Sept. 24, 1897.
2. PERRY E., b. April 30, 1901.
KARR.
JAMES KARR, b. at Goffstown, Jan. 1, 1767 ; married Nov. 13, 1794, Sarah, daughter of Carr and and Joanna Huse of New Chester, now Hill. She died Feb. 21, 1844. At the time of his marriage he removed to New Chester, where he taught school, and held many offices of trust. In 182I he removed to Lyndeborough and settled on the Creecy place, south of Edward Duncklee's. He afterward lived at several places in the town. It is said of him that " he was a quiet, unassuming man, but possessed of considerable ability, and amply qualified to fill a high posi- tion in the community, that he was ever ready to weep with those that weep and rejoice with those that rejoice, that he was a consistent Chris- tian, and that both he and his wife were members of the Congregational Church at Andover, N. H., at the time of their deaths." He died Oct. 3, 1845. Children : -
I. THOMAS, b. Nov. 19, 1795, d. Oct. 25, 1851.
2. HUSE, +
3. JOHN, b. Nov. 21, 1800, d. Jan. 25, 1877, m. Hannah Parker.
4. JOANNA, b. April 6, 1803, d. Aug. 5, 1874, m. Ebenezer Pearson.
5. JAMES, b. Nov. 5, 1805, d. May 23, 1887, m. Harriet P. Cunningham.
6. JOSEPH, b. March 13, 1808, d. July 22, 1869.
7. MARTHA, b. July 21, 1810, d. Feb. 15, 1857.
8. SARAH, b. Dec. 23, 1813, d. Aug. 2, 1891, m. James M. Floyd.
9. SAMUEL, b. May 2, 1816, d. June 3, 1884.
IO. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 5, 1819, d. Oct. 11, 1883.
II. MARY, b. March 8, 1822. Res. at Wilson's Crossing, N. H.
HUSE KARR, son of James and Sarah (Huse) Karr, born March 28, 1798; married Dec. 27, 1821, Sally Ordway of Lyndeborough. She died May 18, 1826; second, June 24, 1832, Susanna Pickle. He died April 5, 1879. Children by first wife : -
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I. SARAH, b. Oct. 25, 1822. d. March 17, 1824.
2. SARAH MARIA, b. Aug. 21, 1824, d. Oct. 31, 1824.
3. JAMES H., + By second wife : -
4. MARY J., b. Sept. 13, 1836, m. Edward Lambert of Nashua.
5. JOHN H., b. Sept. 6, 1838, d. Aug. 10, 1863. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
6. FRANCES A., b. Jan. 9, 1841, d. Feb. 6, 1852.
7. HARRIET S., b. April 13, 1844, m. Levi Brooks of Green- field.
8. ELLEN C., b. Sept. 13, 1847, m. William Duncklee of Greenfield.
9. THOMAS E., b. July 31, 1849, m. Lizzie Ford.
IO. JOANNA, b. Aug. 12, 1853, m. Morris Edmands.
II. EMMA E., b. March 21, 1857, m. William Felton.
JAMES H. KARR, son of Huse and Sally (Ordway) Karr; born Feb. 26, 1826; married May 6, 1857, Clarinda F., daughter of James and Sally (Parker) Bruce of Mont Vernon. She was born Jan. 10, 1831; died Feb. 28, 1901. Child : -
I. FRED B., b. Feb. 21, 1868.
KIDDER.
The Kidder family had much to do with the early settlement of Lynde- borough, but the records are very meagre. John Kidder was probably the first of the name to come, and he probably came when the grant was called Salem-Canada. He was of the fourth generation from James Kidder, the immigrant ancestor of the Kidders of America. He was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Proctor) Kidder, and was born in Sutton, Mass., June 3, 1727. Just when he came to Lyndeborough is unknown. Tracing back the ownership of farms in Lyndeborough, we find many of them were owned by Kidders in the early days of the town. On which one John settled is not known. He married Triphena, daughter of Ephraim Powers. She was born April 20, 1731. He died Jan. 14, 1810. · Children : -
I. TRIPHENA, b. May 4, 1755.
2. JOHN, b. March 4, 1757, m. Molly Chamberlain, probably a daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain. He removed to Maine.
3. LOIS, b. July 10, 1760, m. Jonathan Butler.
4. EPHRAIM, +
5. JOSEPH, +
6. RACHEL, b. March 8, 1769, m. Nathaniel Tay.
EPHRAIM KIDDER, son of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder ; born Oct. 12, 1761; married Martha Karr of New Boston. He died in
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Lyndeborough in January, 1841. He lived on the farm where the late Franklin H. Kidder lived. Children : -
I. THOMAS, +
2. MARTHA, b. April 2, 1788.
3. EPHRAIM, +
4. LUCY P., b. Aug. 25, 1793.
5. JAMES, b. Aug. 21, 1798, m. Betsey Kidder, daughter of Joseph and Polly (Epps) Kidder, rem. to Westfield, O.
THOMAS KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Martha (Karr) Kidder; born Nov. 24, 1786; married Aug. 11, 1811, Elizabeth Holt. She was born June 5, 1788; died Nov. 9, 1856. He died Sept. 5, 1854. Children : -
I. THOMAS J., b. May 31, 1812, d. Dec. 18, 1812.
2. BETSEY A., b. March 6, 1814, m. Joseph H. Ford. (See Ford gen.)
3. FRANKLIN H., +
4. MARTHA H., b. Aug. 11, 1821, m. Cyrus Moors of Sharon.
5. CYNTHIA J., b. June 21, 1824, m. Dea. Oliver Barrett of Wilton. She d. May 5, 1881.
6. ALMANDER A., b. Oct. 26, 1827, d. May 20, 1861.
7. LUCY A., b. Dec. 13, 1832, m. Isaac Lowe. (See Lowe gen. )
FRANKLIN H. KIDDER, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Holt) Kidder; born Oct. 18, 1818; married Feb. 22, 1853, Elsey M. Fish of Peterborough. She was born March 24, 1826; died Sept. 5, 1899. He died April 27, 1899. He was a quiet, unassuming man, and much respected in the community. He lived on the farm his father and grandfather owned before him. Children : -
I. CHARLES F., b. May 21, 1857, d. May 29, 1857.
2. ELIZABETH R., b. June 15, 1859, m. Nov. 14, 1882, Ethan A. Woodward.
EPHRAIM KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Martha (Karr) Kidder; born Jan. 3, 1791; married Betsey, daughter of John and Anna Bofee. She was born July 28, 1792; died in Wilton, May 14, 1878. He lived in Lyndeborough until after the youngest child was born, then removed to Wilton, where he died Aug 3, 1858.
I. JOHN BOFEE, +
2. THOMAS K., b. June 9, 1817, rem. to Milford.
3. ELIZA, m. Burnham Russell. (See Russell gen.)
4. ANNA, b. Sept. 16, 1822, d. May 15, 1868, m. John Burton of Wilton.
5. MARTHA, b. Aug. 14, 1828, d. July 2, 1832.
JOHN BOFEE KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Betsey (Bofee) Kidder ;
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born Aug. 16, 1811; married April, 1834, Mary Russell. She died Oct. 22, 1879. He died at Milford, May 2, 1892. Children : -
I. MARY O., b. Oct. 15, 1835, m. May 2, 1854, Artemas Put- nam of Wilton.
2. JOHN P., b. July 1, 1838, was soldier in Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
3. DIANA, b. Nov. 7, 1841, m. Oct. 10, 1865, Horace W. Rice of Leominster, Mass.
JOSEPH KIDDER, son of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder; born Nov. 30, 1763 ; married Polly Epps. A short time after his marriage he removed to Westfield, O. Children : -
I. FRANCES E.
2. JOSEPH.
3. BENJAMIN.
4. JOHN.
5. EPPS.
6. SARAH, m. David Woodward.
7. HANNAH, m. Daniel Love.
8. BETSEY, m. James Kidder.
CAPT. JONAS KIDDER, son of Joseph and Hannah (Proctor) Kidder ; born in Hudson, N. H., Nov. 16, 1743. Removed to Lyndeborough probably when a young man, for he was living here when the Revolutionary War broke out, in which he served as captain. (See P. 190.) He removed to Hudson and died there. The inscription on his headstone reads as follows : -
" In memory of Capt. Jonas Kidder who died Nov. 1, 1837, aged 94. Formerly of Linesborough."
Capt. Jonas Kidder was the first settler on the farm now owned by Robert C. Mason, on the mountain. The house, which was a tavern stand built by him, was torn down by Jesse Simonds to make way for the present house. The old house had a hall up stairs in which were held singing schools and various gatherings. This hall contained probably the largest fireplace in town. He married Huldah, daughter of Dea. Ephraim and Sarah Cram) Putnam, Nov. 26, 1768. She died Jan. 13, 1778. He married second, Widow Alice Barron May 20, 1779. She was a daughter of Amos Taylor. Children by first wife : -
I. AARON, b. May 8, 1769, m. Pamelia, dau. of Andrew and Mary (Putnam) Fuller of Lyndeborough. She was b. March 12, 1770.
2. JONAS, b. Jan. 8, 1771, d. Aug. 17, 1817.
3. HANNAH, b. March 21, 1773, m. Levi Cross.
4. DAVID, b. Jan. 16, 1775, m. Betsey, dau. of Andrew and Mary (Putnam) Fuller. She was b. Feb. 6, 1776.
5. EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 19, 1777, d. April 6, 1778.
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6. NATHAN, b. June 14, -, supposed to have died very young.
Children by second wife : -
7. JOSEPH, b. April 7, 1780, m. Sarah Souther.
8. PUTNAM, b. June 23, 1782, d. May 22, 1783.
9. WILLIAM, +
IO. BENJAMIN, b. July 4, 1786, d. Jan. 16, 1808.
WILLIAM KIDDER. son of Capt. Jonas and Alice (Barron ) Kidder, was born in Lyndeborough May 7, 1784; died in Irasburgh, Vt., Jan. 2, 1863. William Kidder lived in Lyndeborough until the year 1820, when he removed to Irasburgh, Vt. He married Anna, daughter of Charles and Anna (Faxon) Whitmarsh of Lyndeborough. She was born at Braintree, Mass., May 7, 1784; died Dec. 28, 1868. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SARAH, died in infancy.
2. CHARLES W., b. Dec. 8, 1809, d. May 28, 1886.
3. WILLIAM W., b. Nov. 17, 1811, d. Aug. 22, 1886.
4. ALICE, b. Nov. 18, 1813, mn. James Hancock.
5. BENJAMIN A., b. Feb. 12, 1816, m. Elvira Langdon.
6. MARY A., b. March 11, 1818, d. Nov. 21, 1869.
7. JOSIAH C., b. Jan. 12, 1820, m. Eliza Michell. Children, b. in Irasburgh.
8. BETSEY, b, Aug. 12, 1823.
9. FAXON, b. Sept. 13, 1826.
IO. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 12, 1828.
KIDDER.
PHINEAS KIDDER came to Lyndeborough from Chelmsford, Mass., in 1786, or 1787 and settled on what is now known as the Watkins place. He married Hannah Crosby of Westfield, Mass. He died Jan. 20, 1846. She died June 13, 1850. Children, born at North Lyndeborough . -
I. SAMUEL, +
2. PHINEAS, +
3. ANN, b. Aug. 27, 1791, m. Jan. 19, 1828, Eliphalet Atwood. (See Atwood gen.)
4. HANNAH, b. July 30, 1793, m. Luke Giddings of New Boston.
SAMUEL KIDDER, son of Phineas and Hannah (Crosby ) Kidder, born March 13, 1787; married Oct. 12, 1812, Hannah Brown of Lynde- borough. She died in Francestown Feb. 28, 1864. He died March 6, 1866. Removed to Francestown.
PHINEAS KIDDER,* son of Phineas and Hannah (Crosby) Kidder,
* The Francestown History records Phineas Kidder as coming to Lyndeborough about 1797. If this is correct, his children, Samuel, Phineas, Jr., Ann and Hannah were born in Chelmsford, Mass. The record furnished us gives their birthplace at Lyndebor- ough.
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born Dec. 5, 1789; married Oct. 12, 1812, Patty, daughter of Abraham and Deziah (Fish) Rose of Lyndeborough. She was born July 1, 1794; died April 30, 1882. He died Jan. 20, 1864. Children : -
I. CATHERINE, b. March 9, 1813, m. Warner Clark, d. Jan. 20, 1848.
2. ANN, b. Aug. 9, 1815, d. Oct. 7, 1815.
3. PHINEAS C., b. Jan. 12, 1817, in. Emily Hardy of Green- field, Oct. 13, 1842. He d. March 29, 1892. She d. March 31, 1899. Children : Emily, b., Nov. 14, 1843, m. Charles A. Rogers of Boston, Mass., res. in Windham, Me .; Merrill H., b. April 17, 1847, m. April 25, 1875, Ida Patch of Francestown; Abbie J., b. Dec. 16, 1852, m. Aug. 31, 1873, David A. Starrett of Hillsboro.
KIDDER.
MANLEY KIDDER, born July 24, 1810; married first, Rachel P. Abbott; married second, Rachel P. Buswell. She died Oct. 29, 1872. He married third, Sarah H. Proctor, who died Nov. 20, 1879.
KIDDER.
NELSON KIDDER came to Lyndeborough from Jaffrey in 1837. He was a blacksmith by trade, and it is said that he could hammer iron as "smooth " as any craftsman of his day. He lived in the Manahan house at the centre and had a shop nearby, where he worked up to within a few years of his death. He was born May 14, 1809; died Jan. 31, 1892; mar- ried Lucy P. Barnes of Dublin, N. H., Nov. 29, 1838. She was born Oct. 1, 1807 ; died April 8, 1898. Children : -
I. ALBERT J., b. July 18, 1840, d. Sept. 21, 1872. Was in the U. S. service at Portsmouth, N. H. (See Chap. X.)
2. LUCY E., b. Aug. 10, 1842, d. Ma7 19, 1864.
LAKIN.
THOMAS LAKIN came from Groton, Mass., and settled on land east of South Lyndeborough village. This land is now owned by Ward N. Cheever. Thomas married Lucy, daughter of John and Rebecca Burton of Wilton. She was born Feb. 18, 1778. Their children born at Lynde- borough were : -
I. WILLIAM G., +
2. LUCY.
3. AMBROSE.
4. BETSEY, m. Amos Herrick.
5. MARY A., m. - Billings.
6. CYRENA, 111 - Rogers.
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WILLIAM G. LAKIN, son of Thomas and Lucy (Burton) Lakin, married Harriet Carleton. Their children born at Lyndeborough were :
I. WILLIAM A., b. Nov. 23, 1844.
2. HARRIET F., b. April 5, 1846.
LANGDELL.
NATHAN LANGDELL, born in New Boston, N. H., Nov. 22, 1822 ; married first, Ann F. Smith of New Boston, Dec. 14, 1854. She was born May 26, 1830 ; died Aug. 15, 1856; married second, Hannah A. Lateren of Deering, N. H., May 14, 1857. She was born May 5, 1831. Children by first wife : -
I. ANN F., b. in New Boston, Feb. 3, 1859.
2. HILLIARD L., b. in New Boston, March 22, 1861, d. April 4, 1882.
3. JULIA L., b. in Lyndeborough, May 17, 1866. Graduated from Francestown Academy in 1886. She is a teacher.
LEWIS.
William Lewis came to Roxbury, Mass., in 1630. He returned to England, where he married Amy Wells. He was a brother of Edmond Lewis, who came over in the ship Elizabeth in 1634 and settled in Watertown and removed to Lynn, Mass. He was from Lynn Regis, England. William came to this country again and settled in Roxbury, where he and his wife were attendants of the Rev. John Elliott's church in 1640. He was admitted freeman in 1642. He was a friend and asso- ciate of Gov. Bellingham. In May, 1653, he sold his house lot and re- moved to Lancaster, Mass. Here he carried on the business of weaving. Here he remained and endured the trials and hardships of a frontier life until 1671, when he secured land in the limits of Boston to build upon, but was prostrated by sickness and died Dec. 3, 1671. He left a widow and sons, John, Christopher and Isaac ; daughters, Lydia, Mary and Hannah. After his death the household was broken up by an attack of the Indians under John Monico, a one-eyed chief of the Nipmucks, who killed several of the family and burned their goods.
Jonathan Lewis, of the fourth generation from William, was born Dec. 6, 1708, in Dorchester, Mass., and married first, April 19, 1733, Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Fisher) Hunting of Dedham, by whom he had six children. He married second, Mrs. Abigail (Clapp) Everett of Walpole, by whom he had six children. In 1771, early in the spring, Moses and Aaron Lewis, sons of Jonathan, went to New Boston and bought a farm of John Dickey. This farm was alongside of the farm reserved by the grantors for Col. Blanchard, and adjoining the Haunted Pond, now occupied by Geo. Shattuck. That year they made a clearing and built a log house. Sept. 24, 1772, Aaron Lewis married Sarah White at Stoughtonham, now Sharon, Mass. Mrs. Hezekiah Duncklee was Mehitable White, a sister of Mrs. Aaron Lewis, also of Moses White of Lyndeborough, and also of Benjamin White of Frances- town. They were children of Benjamin and Mary White of Dedham,
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HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
Mass. Dec. 12, 1772, he sold his half interest in this farm to Moses Lewis for £63. On May 24, 1774, Moses Lewis sold his farm to Enoch Holmes of Walpole, Mass. On June 1, 1774, Joseph Stiles of Lyndebor- ough for £45 paid by Moses Lewis sells his part of the lot the proprie- tors of Lyndeborough laid out to Rev. Sewall Goodrich, in the north- west part of the town. Dec. 28, 1791, Greenfield was incorporated and this farm became a part of that town, and was occupied for over 100 years by three generations of this family. On May 6, 1780, Aaron Lewis bought lands in Lyndeborough, in the northwest part of the town, one lot of which is still known as the old Lewis place.
DEA. AARON LEWIS was selectman in 1793 and 1794, and town clerk in 1809 and 1810, a deacon in the church, a man of great piety and a citizen honored for his integrity and uprightness of character. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (See Chap. VII), and was some- times called Col. Lewis. In the records of the church is this record : "Voted that as there is not found any record of the vote of the church, whereas they made choice of Brothers Samuel Houston and Aaron Lewis as deacons, that the present clerk record the same." Aaron was deacon from the election there recorded until 1830, when he removed to the home of his son, Amasa, in New Boston. He was the son of Jona- than and Abigail (Clapp Everett) Lewis, born July 3, 1750 ; died in New Boston, May 20, 1833 ; married Sept. 24, 1772, at Sharon, Mass., Sarah White, daughter of Benjamin and Mary White. She was born Feb. 8, 1750, and died May 16, 1804. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. AARON, +
2. SARAH, b. April 24, 1777, m. Ichabod Holmes and rem. to Francestown.
3. AMASA, b. May 14, 1780, d. April 11, 1849, in Medford, Mass., m. April 16, 1807, Polly Dane of New Boston. Rem. to New Boston.
4. NANCY, b. April 28, 1783, d. Aug. 1, 1853, m. first, May 22, 1806, John Elliott, by whom she had two children, John and Nancy.
5. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 4, 1787, m. April 6, 1809, Israel H. Good- rich, a son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich. She d. June 30, 1821. (See Goodrich gen.)
6. PARMELIA, b. July 7, 1789, d. Dec. 24, 1851, m. May 5, 1819, Samuel Cressey of Lyndeborough.
7. ASA, +
AARON LEWIS, son of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis, born March 19, 1775; died June 21, 1855; married in 1798, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Boardman of Lyndeborough. She was born June 29, 1776; died Nov. 20, 1865. Removed to Francestown and settled on a farm near the Lyndeborough line. Children born in Francestown : -
I. HANNAH, b. Aug. 19, 1800, d. Aug. 17, 1863, m. Williams Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
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2. NANCY, b. Aug. 21, 1802, m. Thomas Gorton of Eastford, Conn., d. May 19, 1866.
3. ISAAC, b. July 31, 1805, m. Emily Deans of Eastford, Conn.
4. ELIZABETH B., b. May 2, 1816, m. Leonard Duncklee of Greenfield.
ASA LEWIS, son of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis, born Dec. 7, 1792; died in 1831, in Baltimore, Md .; married Jan. 18, 1820, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich of Lyndebor- ough. She was born Nov. 26, 1791, and died Jan. 14, 1866. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 27, 1820, m. Sept. 11, 1865, Louisa Worthley of Nashua. He d. Jan. 5, 1890.
2. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 11, 1826, m. Sept. 17, 1850, Francis F. Kimball of Nashua.
3. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 27, 1829, d. April 30, 1832.
MOSES LEWIS, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Hunting) Lewis, born Sept. 27, 1743; died March 3, 1829; married Rebecca, daughter of William and Rebecca (Parker) Butterfield of Francestown, born April 6, 1744; died April 29, 1830. Moses was a very pious man and always had family worship up to his last illness. Children born in Lyndebor- ough : -
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