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JAMES ORDWAY, son of John and Mary Ordway; born Sept. 27, 1769; married Dec. 22, 1791, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich. She was born Jan. 18, 1772 ; died July 9, 1852. He died Sept. 13, 1804. Children : -
I. SEWALL G., b. Dec. 28, 1796.
2. JOHN, b. Jan. 22, 1800.
OSGOOD.
ROBERT B. OSGOOD, born April 13, 1792; married Aug. 24, 1814, Susannah Senter of Lyndeborough. She was born June 29, 1792 ; died March II, 1883. He died Sept. 28, 1870. Mr. Osgood lived for many years on a small farm a few rods west of the Nathan Richardson place. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a one-armed man, and much given to fishing the trout brooks of the town. He was an expert in that sport and was successful where others failed. Children : -
I. DAVID W., b. June 12, 1818, d. Feb. 6, 1891.
2. ELIZABETH A., b. Sept. 4, 1822, d. Nov. 21, 1844.
3. MARY A., b. April 16, 1826, m. Edwin Willoby of Milford, d. Aug. 16, 1882.
4. SUSAN M., b. May 2, 1828, m. Gardner Bowen.
5. ANSON A., b. Sept. 20, 1831. Was a soldier in the Civil War. Res. in Hudson, N. H.
PALMER.
CAPT. ASA PALMER came from Pelham, N. H., in 1812, and settled on a farm at North Lyndeborough. He was born Aug. 2, 1773; died Aug. 24, 1851 ; married Mary Fletcher of Pelham, May 12, 1802. She was born Sept. 20, 1780; died July 25, 1857. Children : -
I. DAVID F., b. in Pelham, Feb. 27, 1803, d. June 30, 1868. He was pastor of Royal Oak Presbyterian Church in Marion, Va., for twenty-four years.
2. ASA, b. in Pelham, Oct. 22, 1804, m. Mary A. Dow.
3. EBEN, +
4. THERON, +
5. WILLIAM H., b. in Pelham, m. Eliza Newhall.
6. JOSEPH B., b. in Lyndeborough, June 12, 1813, d. Oct. I, 1860.
7. MOSES, b. in Lyndeborough, Nov. 28, 1815, d. in infancy.
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8. CHARLES, b. in Lyndeborough, April 7, 1817, m. Caroline Newhall.
9. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, April 15, 1820, m. John McLaughlin. Res. in Claremont.
IO. MOSES, b. in Lyndeborough, March 21, 1826, d. in infancy.
EBEN PALMER, son of Asa and Mary (Fletcher) Palmer, born in Pelham, N. H., Feb. 7, 1807; married Sarah J., daughter of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell of Lyndeborough, Jan. 31, 1839. She was born July 15, 1818; died Jan. 30, 1841. He died March 16, 1849. Child : -
I. EBEN J., b. in Lyndeborough. Was a soldier in the Civil War and d. at Baton Rogue, La., June 30, 1863. (See Chap. X.)
THERON PALMER, son of Asa and Mary (Fletcher) Palmer, born in Pelham, Feb. 25, 1809; died March 12, 1879; married Nov. 21, 1837, Hannah, daughter of Isaiah and Deborah (Clark) Parker. She was born in Lyndeborough, July 4, 1813; died Feb. 20, 1841. They removed to Salem, Mass. Child : -
I. THERON, b. in Lyndeborough, d. April 1, 1841.
PARKER.
JONATHAN PARKER settled at North Lyndeborough on what is known as the "tavern stand," where George Barnes now lives. He married Hannah Clark, daughter of Maj. Peter Clark of Revolutionary fame. Little can be learned about him. There were several children born to them but there is record of only one, Willard, who was born in Lyndeborough, Sept. 2, 1800. He became a very noted surgeon, was graduated at Harvard College in 1826, commenced the study of medi- cine under John C. Warren in Harvard University, and received the degree of M.D. in 1830. He was appointed professor of anatomy in the Vermont Medical College. In 1836 he was appointed professor of sur- gery in the Cincinnati Medical College, and afterward spent some time in the hospitals of London and Paris. In 1839, he became professor of surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, which place he resigned after a service of 30 years. In 1865, he was elected president of the New York State Inebriate Asylum at Binghamton, succeeding the celebrated Dr. Valentine Mott. In 1870 he received the degree of LL. D. from Princeton College. He died April 25, 1884.
ISAIAH PARKER, born in Chelmsford, Mass., March 31, 1778. Came to Lyndeborough in 1807; married Deborah Clark, daughter of Maj. Peter Clark, Dec. 2, 1801. She was born May 30, 1782; died Nov. 2, 1857. He died June 22, 1859. Children : -
I. DEBORAH, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., April 11, 1803. Thrown from a wagon and killed Dec. 13, 1827.
2. CHARLES, +
"ORCHARD FARM, " RESIDENCE OF G. W. PARKER.
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3. ELMIRA, b. in Lyndeborough, July 17, 1808, d. Feb. 4, 1809.
4. HANNAH, b. in Lyndeborough, July 4, 1813, m. Theron Palmer of Lyndeborough, Nov. 21, 1837. Rem. to Salem, Mass., d. Feb. 20, 1841.
5. ANNA, b. in Lyndeborough, March 15, 1816, d. April 4, 1816.
CHARLES PARKER, son of Isaiah and Deborah (Clark) Parker, was born May 24, 1805 ; married first, Abigail W. Jones, daughter of Benja- min and Chloe (Farrington ) Jones, Oct. 18, 1827. She was born Aug. 15, 1804 ; died Sept. 8, 1846. Married second, Eliza A. Fuller, daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Chenery) Fuller, Feb. 10, 1848. She was born Dec. 7, 1825 ; died July 19, 1900, at Manchester, N. H. He lived on the turnpike road where H. D. Gage now lives. He was representative to the General Court in 1855. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 15, 1829, d. Sept. 1, 1853.
2. ISAIAH C., b. March 25, 1832. Was in U. S. Navy during the Civil War. Res. in the west.
3. HANNAH D., b. Dec. 1, 1834, m. William W. Curtis of Lyndeborough. (See Curtis gen.)
4. ANN M., b. Feb. 21, 1843, d. Nov. 12, 1843. Children by second wife : -
5. MINA M., b. Dec. 16, 1850, d. March 22, 1853.
6. GEORGE H., b. Aug. 10, 1854. Res. in Manchester, N. H.
PARKER. .
JOSIAH M. PARKER came to Lyndeborough from Amherst, N. H., in 1856, and settled on the farm Lot 19 in "Perham Corner." He was born in Hollis, Sept. 20, 1804; died Aug. 10, 1885 ; married Maria Cash of Amherst. She was born Oct. 9, 1809. Children, all born in Am- herst : -
I. SARAH M., b. October, 1834.
2. EDMUND J., +
3. ABBIE R., b. April 25, 1839, m. Harvey Perham. (See Perham gen.)
4. JOHN T., +
5. ADDIE M., b. August, 1841.
6. GEORGE W., +
7. AMELIA L., b. April, 1844, d. Dec. 6, 1859.
EDMUND J. PARKER, son of Josiah and Maria (Cash) Parker, born Jan. 16, 1834 ; married first, Lizzie Howe of Nashua, Jan. 20, 1869. She was born Dec. 23, 1846 ; died July 26, 1872 ; married second, Lydia Coffin of Nashua, N. H., May 6, 1873. She was born Aug. 26, 1845. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children : Myrtie A., Cary E.
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JOHN T. PARKER, son of Josiah and Maria (Cash) Parker, born June 29, 1837 ; married first, Rhoda Brown of Auburn, N. H., Nov. 28, 1867. She was born Dec. 6, 1840; died Jan. 3, 1869; married second, Sarah Smith of Milford, N. H., June 2, 1869. She was born June 26, 1849. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. GRACE E., b. June 14, 1874.
2. CORA L., b. Nov. 13, 1876.
GEORGE W. PARKER, son of Josiah M. and Maria (Cash) Parker, b. Dec. 25, 1843 ; married Sybil P., daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Good- win) Blanchard of Lyndeborough, Dec. 7, 1867. She was born Oct. 6, 1838. What is known as "Perham Corner " is the largest fruit-growing section of the town. Nearly every farmer there is more or less engaged in it, and Mr. Parker has as extensive orchards as any if not the most extensive. His trees are carefully cultivated and fertilized and when the winters are favorable has immense crops of peaches, plums, etc. There is a spring on his farm, the waters of which are said to be medicinal to a considerable extent. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children : -
I. WALTER G., +
2. ELMER B., +
3. FRED B., b. Feb. 20, 1875.
WALTER G. PARKER, son of George W. and Sybil (Blanchard) Parker, born April 21, 1867; married Alice M., daughter of George M. and Maria (Colburn) Bradley, June 4, 1895. Child : -
I. EDITH LOUISE, b. Aug. 16, 1901.
ELMER B. PARKER, son of George W. and Sybil (Blanchard) Parker, born Jan. 19, 1872; married April 19, 1893, Lulu E., daughter of George S. and Ellen Pollard McAllister of Lyndeborough. She was born Sept. 6, 1874. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. CLARA LOUISE, b. Jan. 20, 1896, d, July 14, 1896.
2. HAROLD POLLARD, b. July 22, 1897.
3. ROLAND ELMER, b. Sept. 4, 1900.
4. GEORGE A., b. April 9, 1904.
PARRY.
EDWARD PARRY, born Dec. 20, 1827 ; married Nov. 26, 1855, Sarah E., daughter of Aran and Betsey (Loring) Youlen. She was born April II, 1837, in Boston. He came to Lyndeborough from Boston in 1887 and settled on the E. P. Spalding place. He died Jan. 27, 1905. Children : -
I. HENRIETTA G., b. Dec. II, 1859, d. July 30, 1867.
2. EDITH F., b. Jan. 16, 1861.
3. JAMES E., b. Aug. 20, 1863.
4. LOIS M., b. March 13, 1869, d. May 4, 1875.
G. W. Parker .
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PATCH.
DEA. ABRAM PATCH, b. April 3, 1798 ; married first, Dec. 2, 1819, Sally Dodge of Wenham, Mass. She was born March 15, 1800 ; died Oct. 27, 1863; married second, Oct. 27, 1864, Phebe, daughter of Dea. Benja- min and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich. She was born Dec. 24, 1818, and died May 10, 1904. He died Aug. 8, 1880, at Danvers, Mass. He lived on the Edward Page Spalding place north of the mountain. He came to Lyndeborough from Beverly, Mass., about 1824. He was probably the third owner of the above-mentioned farm, E. P. Spalding being the fourth. Mr. Patch was a quiet, retiring man, of a deeply religious nature, and was esteemed and respected in the community. Of his chil- dren, all by his first wife, the four younger were born in Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. ANNA D., b. in Wenham, Mass., March 17, 1820, m. Dec. 22, 1842, William Peabody of Wenham, Mass. She d. Dec. 5, 1861.
2. ABRAM, b. Jan. 2, 1822, at Beverly, Mass., m. June 7, 1843, Harriet N. Kimball of Hamilton, Mass. He d. Sept. 4, 1900.
3. JOSEPH, b. April 16, 1823, at Beverly, Mass., d. June 17, 1851.
4. SARAH, b. May 30, 1825, d. Oct. 11, 1841.
5. MARY C., b. June 25, 1827, m. Aug. 5, 1858, Thomas Hoyt of Beverly, Mass. She d. Nov. 28, 1877.
6. ELIZABETH M., b. Nov. 7, 1828, m. March 14, 1848, Enoch F. Knowlton of Hamilton, Mass.
7. MARTHA, b. June 27, 1831, m. March 20, 1849, George W. Parsons of Gloucester, Mass., d. Sept. 14, 1885.
PATCH.
EDWIN N. PATCH, born in Hollis, N. H., July 15, 1824; married Olive, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Abbott) Chamberlain of Lynde- borough, Sept. 23, 1847. She was born Jan. 20, 1828; died Oct. 9, 1898. He died June 9, 1892. Mr. Patch was a quiet, unassuming man, highly respected by all who knew him. He came to Lyndeborough from Hollis, N. H., in 1845, and bought the farm where Joseph Chamberlain first built. He was a very industrious man and much improved the property. Children : -
I. MILDRED, b. Sept. 9, 1848, d. Sept. 18, 1848.
2. EDWIN O., +
3. IDA B., b. May 28, 1857.
4. AMELIA O., b. April 29, 1860.
EDWIN ORLANDO PATCH, son of Edwin and Olive (Chamberlain) Patch, born Aug. 11, 1851 ; married first, Lizzie P., daughter of Rev.
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Erastus B. Claggett ; married second, Augusta S. Trundy of Addison, Me, Nov. 8, 1887. She was born Dec. 12, 1858.
PATTERSON.
Walter C. Patterson, son of William and Mary L. (Smith) Patterson of Wilton ; married Nov. 24, 1886, Sylvia Irene Cram, daughter of Charles H. and Sarah (Van Buskirk) Cram. She was born at Lacon, Il1., June 28, 1864. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. ETHEL E., b. March 18, 1888.
2. LEON A., b. Jan. 17, 1893.
PEARSONS.
AMOS PEARSONS of Reading, Mass., married in 1758, Elizabeth Nichols of Reading. She was born 1732. Children : -
I. ABIGAIL, m. Timothy Pearsons.
2. HIRAM, m. in Vermont.
3. AMos, m. - Balch.
4. ELIZABETH, m. Micah Barron of Lyndeborough.
5. EBEN, +
6. DIDYMUS, m. Sarah Elliott in Amherst.
7. DANIEL, +
EBEN PEARSONS, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Nichols) Pearsons ; born in Reading, Mass., June 19, 1768 ; married Sept. 8, 1791, Esther Holt of Wilton. She was born July 25, 1766 ; died July 15, 1839. He died May 22, 1852. Children : -
I. ESTHER, b. in Wilton, Nov. 1I, 1792, m. Ephraim Putnam. (See Putnam gen.)
2. EBENEZER, +
3. ABIGAIL, b. in Wilton Aug. 16, 1800, m. Mark Hadley. (See Hadley gen.)
4. WILLARD, b. in (Lyndeborough, May 21, 1806, m. Aug. 8, 1833, Ann P. Child of Medford, Mass., rem. to Woburn, Mass., d. March 31, 1841. Child : Julia A., Abbie F., Mary M.
EBENEZER PEARSONS, son of Eben and Esther (Holt) Pear- sons; born in Lyndeborough Jan. 21, 1797; married Joanna, daughter of James and Sarah ( Huse) Karr. She was born April 6, 1803; died Aug. 5, 1874. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. EBENEZER BROOKS, +
2. JOANNA A., b. Oct. 15, 1829, m. Levi H. Carter, rem. to Lawrence, Mass.
3. SARAH A., b. March 29, 1832, m. Richard Kent of Law- rence, Mass.
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4. JAMES P., b. July 21, 1834, m. Amelia Drake of Washing- ton, D. C.
EBENEZER BROOKS PEARSONS, son of Ebenezer and Joanna (Karr) Pearsons; born Jan. 23, 1827 ; married March 17, 1850, Cyrene Towns of Newfield, Me. She was born 1827; died in Hancock, Feb. 26, 1854. Children : -
I. CLARA M., b. in Lawrence, Mass,, Dec. 23, 1850.
2. ELIZA B., b. in Lyndeborough Aug. 20, 1852.
DANIEL PEARSONS, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Nichols) Pearsons ; born in Reading, Mass., 1764; married Patience Kimball, born 1763.
There is some question whether Daniel Pearsons was ever a resident of Lyndeborough. The writer can find no record to show that he was, but some of his descendants think he was and that some of his chil- dren were born here. Jesse, one of the sons, married Betsey, daughter of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell of Lyndeborough. Han- nah, a daughter, married Daniel Chamberlain, son of Jonathan and Eliz- abeth (Cram) Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. BETSY, m. George Reed of Woburn, Mass.
2. AMos, rem. to New York.
3. HARRIET.
4. SALLY.
5. JESSE, m. Betsey Boutwell.
6. HANNAH, m. Daniel Chamberlain, d. July 29, 1873.
7. JOHN, b. 1792, rem. to Bradford, Vt.
PERHAM.
OLIVER PERHAM was a Revolutionary soldier. (See Chap. VII.) Soon after the close of the war he came to Lyndeborough from Chelms- ford, Mass., and settled in the southeast part of the town since known as "Perham Corner." He was born in 1761 and died Dec. 5, 1846. He married first, Mary Pierce ; married second, Anna Pierce. Anna and Mary were sisters, and relatives of Gov. Pierce of New Hampshire. The dates of their birth and death are not in the records given us, nor do we know just when Oliver Perham came to Lyndeborough. Children, all by Anna ( Pierce ) Perham : -
I. OLIVER 2ND., +
2. JOHN, +
3. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 20, 1793.
4. ASA, b. Aug. 12, 1795, m. Anna A. Gray of Wilton.
5. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 17, 1802, m. Abigail Melendy of Wilton.
6. DAVID, +
7. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 30, 1808.
8. ANNA, b. May 20, 1812, m. Charles H. Holt of Lyndebor- ough. (See Holt gen.)
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9. & 10. POLLY and JESSIE, (twins), d. in infancy.
OLIVER PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham ; born July 9, 1788; married November, 1810, Patty, daughter of Joel and Polly (Coburn) Holt of Wilton. They had five daughters and two sons born in Wilton : Polly, Dolly, Anna, Oliver, Sarah J., Joel H. and Rachel.
OLIVER PERHAM, son of Oliver and Patty (Holt) Perham, born in Wilton, Nov. 17, 1819; died in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 24, 1879; married Jan. 5, 1847, Rebecca, daughter of James L. and Hannah (Baldwin) Clark. She was born Feb. 26, 1824; died Dec. 15, 1893. He resided part of his life in Lyndeborough on lot 60, where his son, Charles L., lives. Children : -
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I. GEORGE O., b. May 12, 1848, d. Aug. 19, 1849.
2. BROOKS C., b. Oct. 24, 1851, d. Feb. 9, 1853.
3. CHARLES L., +
4. GEORGIANNA B., b. July 23, 1856, d. Sept. 30, 1871.
5. WILLIS C., +
CHARLES LINDSEY PERHAM, son of Oliver and Rebecca (Clark) Perham, born Jan. 3, 1854 ; married Feb. 16, 1878, Emma, daughter of Joseph H. and Harriet N. (Hopkins) Tarbell of Mt. Vernon. She was born Aug. 29, 1855. He is an energetic and prosperous farmer, and lives on the "Lindsey" Clark homestead, lot 60. Has been selectman a number of terms and road agent for several years. Child : -
I. BERTHA GERTRUDE, b. Oct. 20, 1884, m. L. Nute Wood- ward. (See Woodward gen.)
WILLIS CLARK PERHAM, son of Oliver and Rebecca (Clark) Per- ham, born July 18, 1859 ; married April 9, 1883, Annie S., daughter of Solon and Eliza (Jones) Richardson of Lyndeborough. She died Nov. 16, 1896. They spent the early part of their married life in Lyndebor- ough, but on account of Mrs. Perham's ill health removed to California, where she died. He resides in North Pomona, Cal.
JOHN PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham, born June 16, 1790 ; married Polly Pearsons of Milford, N. H. She was born June 3, 1792. Children : -
I. JOHN, 2ND., b. Dec. 26, 1817, in Cambridgeport, Mass .. m. Caroline P. Braman of Boston, Nov. 13, 1841. She was b. Nov. 17, 1816, d. Nov. 18, 1888. He d. Aug. 31, 1878.
2. OTIS, b. Dec. 27, 1819, d. Nov. 23, 1901.
3. EBEN, b. July 29, 1823, in Lowell, Mass., d. Oct. 23, 1849.
4. HARVEY, ++
HARVEY PERHAM, son of John and Polly (Pearsons) Perham, born Sept. 1, 1826 ; married Feb. 10, 1862, Abbie R., daughter of Josiah M.
Charles. L. Perham
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and Maria (Cash) Parker. She was born April 25, 1839, in Amherst, N.
H. He died Jan. 29, 1902. Children : -
I. MINNIE A., b. July 22, 1865, d. June 26, 1893.
2. WILLARD H., +
3. NETTIE A., b. Aug. 1, 1872.
4. JOHN L., b. Nov. 9, 1876.
WILLARD H. PERHAM, son of Harvey and Abbie R. (Parker) Per- ham, born Sept. 20, 1867; married V. Kate, daughter of James M. and Melissa (Lang) Jackson of Amherst, Oct. 14, 1899.
DAVID PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham, born April 28, 1805; married Lucy W. Symonds of Milford, Jan. 15, 1835. She was born Oct. 16, 1814. He died April 20, 1873. Removed to Mil- ford, April 30, 1860. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. LUCY J., b. May 9, 1836.
I. HANNAH S., b. Feb. 27, 1838, d. June 30, 1850.
3. DAVID M., b. March 10, 1844.
4. MARY A., b. June 3, 1846, d. Jan. 18, 1859.
5. J. PIERCE, b. July 30, 1848, d. Nov. 8, 1879.
PERSONS.
MOSES PERSONS was the oldest son of Moses Persons of Wilming- ton, Mass., who was a private in the company of Capt. Cadwalder Ford. Enlisted as a minute man March 9, 1775. He served twenty-one days and then re-enlisted and served to the credit of the town of Wilmington until the close of the Revolutionary War. He was a volunteer and went to Portsmouth in the War of 1812.
Moses Persons, the son, was born Aug. 22, 1782, in Wilmington, Mass .; married in 1804, Susanna Wyman, eldest daughter of Jesse Wyman of Woburn, Mass. She was born Oct. 9, 1785 in Woburn, Mass. He came to Lyndeborough from Reading, Mass., and settled on the farm since known as the Annie Fish place.
This family has a most excellent record for service in both the Revolu- tionary War and the War of the Rebellion. Three sons of Jessie W. Per- sons served in the Civil War, Captain Alonzo, Corporal Oscar and Herbert as drummer boy. Susan B. Persons married Samuel Richardson, then of Woburn, and four of their sons served long and honorably in the Civil War; Samuel, the second son, a young man of sterling character, died from sufferings in Andersonville prison. William A. Persons gave his life for his country, and rests in a lonely grave in Louisiana, Joseph Per- sons served in the Civil War, also his son Edwin, who died in camp. H. Celenda Persons married Josiah Watson and lost her only son Geranda J., who served in the Cavalry and died from exposure and hardships. This family removed to Woburn, Mass., and at this writing, Alvah A. is the only one living. Children, all but eldest born in Lyndeborough : -
I. MOSES J., b. in Reading, Mass., April 11, 1805.
2. JESSE W., b. Nov. 15, 1806.
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3. SUSAN B., b. June 7, 1808.
4. WILLIAM A., b. Feb. 18, 1810.
5. RANDOLPH, b. Dec. 22, 1811.
6. SUBMIT R., b. June 21, 1815.
7. HEPSEY C., b. June 28, 1817.
8. JOSEPH, b. June 21, 1819.
9. JAMES, b. July 31, 1821.
IO. LOIS HOLT, b. Sept. 8, 1824.
II. ALVAH A., b. Oct. 16, 1826.
PETTENGILL.
FRANK A. PETTENGILL, son of Watson and Kathleen (Hemphill) Pettengill; born Nov. 3, 1873, in Acworth ; married March 31, 1897, Clara, daughter of William N. and Lois (Holt) Ryerson. She was born Nov. 5, 1878. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. EDITH E., b. July 12, 1897.
2. LOTTIE E., b. June 16, 1899.
3. CHESTER, b. June 18, 1904.
PLUMMER.
DANIEL PLUMMER came from Goffstown in 1835 and settled on the farm in North Lyndeborough, now owned by the Needham family. He remained there until 1854, when he returned to Goffstown. The child- dren born at Lyndeborough were : -
I. ABBY S.
2. PERSIS D.
3. JULIA A.
4. MARY E.
POWERS.
EDWARD POWERS, born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1836 ; married Honora Shea of County Carey, Ireland, Jan. 12, 1861. She was born Dec. 23, 1839. Lived in Perham Corner; died April 29, 1891. Chil- dren : -
I. FRANK H., b. in Milford, N. H., Jan. 7, 1862, d. March 12, 1886.
2. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, May 19, 1866.
3. JULIA H. b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 7, 1867.
4. AGNES H., b. in Lyndeborough, April 3, 1869, d. Dec. 20, 1873.
5. ANNIE M., b. in Lyndeborough, Feb. 8, 1871.
6. WILLIE E., b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 30, 1873.
7. JOHN M., b. in Lyndeborough, April 16, 1875, d. April 19, 1875.
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8. NELLIE A., b. Nov. 20, 1876.
PRATT.
AMOS PRATT, born at North Reading, Mass., July 8, 1811 ; married first, Almira Mudge of Danvers, Mass. She was born Jan. 14, 1817; died Feb. 6, 1852 ; married second, Hannah Mudge. She was born Nov. 10, 1809 ; died March 31, 1868. He was a man much respected in the com- munity for his sterling honesty and upright dealing. He was moder- ator of the town meetings seven years, selectman two years, and over- seer of the poor ten years. He removed to Danvers, Mass., in 1856. Children born in Lyndeborough, by first wife : -
I. FIDELIA T., b. July 12, 1840.
2. EMILY J., b. Sept. 1, 1842.
3. GEORGE, b. May 14, 1845, m. March 26, 1873, Lucy J. Spiller of Ipswich, Mass.
PROCTOR.
Among the English records in 1375 the Manor of Tottenham was held by George Beauchamp Proctor by bequest from his father, Sir William Beauchamp Proctor. The coat of arms was granted in 1436 and the shield is described as " Argent with two chevrons sable." The chevron is used to designate those families who came to England with William the Conqueror. The martlets without feet to show that the family had no landed estate and what they had must be won by the sword. It is claimed that John, Richard, George and Robert settled in Massachusetts between 1635 and 1643 and that they were descendants of Sir William above named, and were brothers. John, the first of this branch of the family, settled in Ipswich, coming in the ship "Susan and Ellen" in 1635, at forty years of age, with his wife Martha and two children, John - three years old, and Mary, one year. This son John was afterward
known as " witchcraft John," being one of the victims of the witchcraft delusion and suffered the death penalty by hanging, Aug. 19, 1692. He was married twice, his last wife being a Thorndyke. He had fifteen children, and lived at what is now known as Proctor's Crossing on the Boston & Maine R. R., in Danvers, Mass. His daughter was first ac- cused, her mother came to her defence, then she was charged with the crime, then the husband and father with the characteristic brusqueness of the race came to the defence, with the result that he was the only one of the family punished by death. His wife was condemned to die but for statutory reasons was not executed with her husband. When the time came that the law could be enforced, the delusion had passed, but by English law she was considered as dead, and consequently was not entitled to any benefit of her husband's estate until pardoned by the king four years later.
JOHN PROCTOR of the sixth generation from England was born in Danvers, Mass., Oct. 7, 1763, and was the first of the family to settle in Lyndeborough on the north side of the mountain. His father, Benja-
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min, having given to two other sons the bulk of his property, John moved to Lyndeborough in the spring of 1792. John Carleton of Am- herst, a grandson, said, "to the roughest part of Lyndeborough " and adds in parenthesis, " no wonder we are a rough set."
He married Ruth' Southwick, a Quakeress, a descendant of Lawrence Southwick, and Cassandra whom Whittier has made the subject of a poem, and who was whipped and imprisoned and finally banished in 1659, dying in 1660 from starvation, privation and exposure. Crime, Quakerism.
Their first home was well up on the mountain-side, on land now owned by D. E. Proctor. The second home which he built in 1805 and occu- pied in September of that year, and where he died 30 years later is now the home of Merrill T. Spalding. He is described as a large man, very forceful. He died at the age of 72, May 1, 1836. His wife died Dec. 20, 1831. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. in Danvers, Mass., March 18, 1788, m. Betsey Putnam of Danvers, Mass. He d. 1823. Three children, John, Elizabeth and Martha A.
2. MARY, b. in Danvers, April 2. 1791, m. Abel Hill, Jan. 22, 1814. (See Hill gen.)
3. SUSAN, b. Aug. 20, 1793, d. in childhood.
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