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4. ELIZABETH, b. March 8, 1796, m. Dudley Carleton. (See Carleton gen.)
5. JOSEPH S., b. Sept. 12, 1799, m. Lois Perry, by whom he had six children. He d. Sept. 28, 1885, in Peabody, Mass.
6. DANIEL, ++
7. SYLVESTER, +
8. HANNAH, b. Feb. 7, 1808, m. Emerson Bachelder, Novem- ber, 1837, d. January, 1886.
DANIEL PROCTOR, son of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor, born March 6, 1802; married Feb. 18, 1827, Mary Perry of Dublin. She died in Weare, Feb. 9, 1871. He died in Temple, Feb. 17, 1869. She was born April 30, 1794. Children : -
I. JOHN, +
2. MARY, b. Aug. 7, 1830, m. Sept. 27, 1853, Hiram Favor of Weare. Res. at Nashua. Children : Sidney, Nellie, Proctor.
3. LYDIA, b. June 12, 1833, m. Sept. 27, 1857, David Grant. Rem. to Goffstown. Child : Harry.
4. SUSAN, b. Sept. 9, 1838, m. Jan. 4, 1898, Franklin Jaquith of Billerica, Mass.
Of these children, only Susan was born at Lyndeborough.
JOHN PROCTOR, son of Daniel and Mary (Perry) Proctor, born Jan. 4, 1828; married Oct. 16, 1856, Martha, daughter of Levi and Nancy
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(Wilkins) Fish of Middleton, Mass. She was born June 3, 1838. He lived at Danvers, Mass., many years, and enlisted from there in the 8th Mass. Regt., serving 10 months during the Civil War. He returned to the homestead farm at Lyndeborough in 1884, and has lived there since. He is a fine mechanic and carpenter. Children : -
I. CAROLYN, b. at Danvers, Mass., April 12, 1857, m. Atkins H. Bates of Salem, Mass. Res. at Salem. Children : William Proctor, b. July 14, 1881 ; Charles Howard, b. Nov. 28, 1885.
2. JOHN P., b. at Salem, Dec. 26, 1872.
3. JAMES A., b. at Salem, Feb. 2, 1882.
SYLVESTER PROCTOR, son of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor, born Sept. 5, 1805; married Sarah Hovey of Peterborough. She was born April 12, 1814; died Nov. 20, 1879. He died Oct. 22, 1867. He bought the Whitmarsh farm, containing 17 acres, of Micajah Pope of Boston, Feb. 20, 1829, the Allen lot from the D. N. Boardman heirs, June 5, 1850, which with the 40 acres he received from his father's estate, constituted the farm on which he lived, now owned by his son, D. E. Proctor. He was superintendent of the poor farm in 1845 and 1847 and again in 1857. He served in the same capacity in Milford in 1848-1854, the only years he was not a resident of Lyndeborough. He was a man who had the respect and esteem of the community. Children : -
I. DAVID EDWIN, +
2. ABBY SARAH, b. June 16, 1848, d. Sept. 14, 1854.
3. ALMEDA A., b. Aug. 5, 1851, d. Sept. 9, 1854.
4. JOSIE ABBY, b. June 5, 1856, m. John Merrill of Wilton, May 7, 1883.
DAVID EDWIN PROCTOR, son of Sylvester and Sarah (Hovey) Proctor ; born March 5, 1843 ; married Jan. 10, 1867, Sarah M. daughter of Dea. John C. Goodrich of Lyndeborough. He was educated in the common schools of Lyndeborough and at Appleton Academy of Mont Ver. non. On Aug. 14, 1862, at the age of nineteen years, he enlisted as a pri- vate in Co. B., 13th N. H. Infantry. (For his military career see Chap. X.) He joined the Grand Army of the Republic June 28, 1868, and has held many positions of trust in the order, being department commander in 1900. He joined the Masonic Order in 1883, and the I. O. O. F. in 1900. He served as town clerk in 1867-1868, and as selectman in 1869-1870. He was also census enumerator in 1870.
In 1871, he removed to Wilton and entered the employ of D. Gregg & Co. In 1872, he was made a partner in the firm, and in 1880 become sole proprietor. He has been an honored and influential citizen in his adopted town, serving as town treasurer three years, member of the school board six years, representative to the legislature in 1881-1882, and state senator, 1899-1900. In religion he is a liberal Congregationalist, with the faith that "God careth for the least of these."
Ever since his removal to Wilton he has kept in touch with the people
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of his native town, and has manifested a warm interest in her material prosperity. He has given liberally of his means to support the social en- terprises of the town, and has always been a familiar figure at its gather- ings and celebrations. Children : -
I. FRANK EDWIN, b. in Lyndeborough Jan. 9, 1868, m. May 18, 1892, Ada R. Keyes of Wilton. Children : Robert W., Alice M., Lester G.
2. MARY EMMA, b. Aug. 7, 1872, m. Sept. 3, 1895, Fred B. Howe of Bolton, Mass. Children : Marion L., Edna L., Marjore P.
3. ARTHUR GOODRICH, b. July 13, 1877, d. April 7, 1878.
4. GEORGE SYLVESTER, b. Sept. 18, 1878, m. Sept. 2, 1903, Winifred J. French of Bedford. Child : Elizabeth F.
5. FRED WILLIS, b. July 12, 1883.
PUTNAM .*
The immigrant ancestor of probably three quarters of the Putnams of America was John Putnam, born in England about 1580. He married in England Priscilla -. His ancestry can be traced back through the Putnams and Puttenhams of County Bucks in England for many genera- tions. John Putnam's grandfather could claim relationship to the great John Hampden and other illustrious families in England. John came to these shores in 1634, and settled in Salem, Mass. The earliest record of him is in 1641, when he was granted land by the town in what is now Dan- vers,-to be a little more exact, that portion of Danvers known as Beaver Brook. Oak Knoll, the poet Whittier's home, was part of this grant, and the old well is still to be seen situated near the road and some few rods to the southeast of its present mansion. John Putnam and his sons soon had large possessions of real estate in that vicinity, and much of the land is even now in the possession of his descendants. The children of John Putnam were all born and baptized at Aston Abbotts in Bucks county, England. They were: Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 20, 1612; Thomas, bap- tized March 7, 1614 (it was a granddaughter of this Thomas, Ann by name, who made herself notorious in 1692, as one of the bewitched girls during witchcraft times); John, baptized July 24, 1617; Nathaniel, bap- tized Oct. II, 1619; Sara, baptized March 7, 1622; Phebe, baptized July 28, 1624; John, baptized May 27, 1627, known as Capt. John. Probably the most energetic and more truly of the stern Puritanical stock than either of his brothers.
Jacob, Ephraim and Nathaniel Putnam, who came to Salem-Canada were the children of Dea. Nathaniel Putnam, who lived at Danvers, Mass. It is said he also lived at North Reading for a time. If so, it was there his sons probably became acquainted with the Cram family, who were residents in that part of Reading set off to Wilmington.
DEA. NATHANIEL PUTNAM was of the fourth generation from John, the immigrant ancestor, viz., John, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Nathaniel. Children: -
*For a biographical sketch of the Putnams of Lyndeborough, see chapter XXXIII.
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I. NATHANIEL, bap. Oct. 1, 1710, d. young.
2. JACOB, b. March 9, 17II.
3. NATHANIEL, b. April 4, 1714, d. young.
4. SARAH, b. June 1, 1716.
5. DEA. ARCHELAS, b. May 29, 1718.
6. DEA. EPHRAIM, ++
7. HANNAH, b, March 4, 1721.
8. NATHANIEL, b. May 28, 1724.
9. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 26, 1726.
DEA. EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Roberts) Putnam, born in Danvers, Mass., Feb. 10, 1719; married Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born June 27, 1719 ; died Oct. 15, 1777. He died Nov. 13, 1777. Children, all born in Lyndeborough but Ephraim.
I. HANNAH, b. Feb. 26, 1742, first white child, b. in Lyndebor- ough, m. Eleazer Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
2. EPHRAIM, +
3. SARAH, b. June 8, 1746, m. John Bradford.
4. HULDAH, b. May 15, 1748, m. Nov. 26, 1768, Capt. Jonas Kidder. (See Kidder gen.)
5. JESSE, b. Sept. 21, 1750, d. in infancy.
6. DAVID, +
7. KETURAH, b. June 29, 1756, m. John Smith.
8. AARON, +
9. REBECCA, b. March 17, 1761, m. Capt. Ward Woodward of Brooklyn, Conn. (See Woodward gen.)
IO. JOHN, m. Olive Barron, Nov. 30, 1784. Child : Olive, b. May 22, 1785.
DEA. EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Put- nam ; born in Danvers, Mass., June 15, 1744 ; married Lucy Spaulding. He died March 2, 1799. No further record of Lucy Spaulding has been ob- tained. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. EPHRAIM, +
2. DANIEL, +
3. SARAH, b. Jan. 16, 1773, m. David Cram. (See Cram gen.)
4. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 4, 1775.
5. ESTHER, b. April 9, 1777.
6. JOHN, b. July 15, 1781.
EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Lucy (Spaulding) Putnam ; born Oct. 20, 1768; married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Carkin of Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 21, 1798, d. Nov. 13, 1800.
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2. ELEAZER, +
3. SOLOMON, b. March 4, 1803, d. Nov. 24, 1814.
4. PRUDENCE, b. April 22, 1809, d. May 10, 1810.
5. HIRAM, b. April 28, 1811, d. Nov. 27, 1814.
ELEAZER PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Carkin) Put- nam, born Jan. 8, 1801 ; married [April 8, 1828, Mary A. daughter of Joseph and Mary (Archer-Burton) Marshall. She was born May 22, 1805 ; died July 3, 1867. He died Dec. 27, 1866. Children, born in Lyndebor- ough : -
I. ALBERT M., b. April 25, 1829, m. Jane C. Steele.
2. ADALINE Ę., b. March 4, 1833, m. William P. Steele. (See Steele gen.)
3. ERASTUS D., b. March 17, 1836, d. March 27, 1836.
4. ELBRIDGE G., b. June 9, 1840, d. Jan. 13, 1847.
DANIEL PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Lucy (Spaulding) Putnam ; born Sept. 2, 1770; married Hannah, daughter of Adam and Abigail (Carleton) Johnson. Children : --
I. ISRAEL, +
2. LYDIA, b. Aug. 9, 1796, m. William Richardson of Lynde- borough. (See Richardson gen.)
3. BETSEY, b. Jan. 24, 1800, m. David Gage. (See Gage gen.) 4. HANNAH, b. Dec. 29, 1803, m. Robert Duren, d. Feb. 25, 1830.
5. DAVID JOHNSON, b. Oct. 9, 1808, d. March 9, 1847.
CAPT. ISRAEL PUTNAM, son of Daniel and Hannah (Johnson) Putnam, born Oct. 30, 1794; married first, Ruth, daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Ladd) Sargent of Lyndeborough. She was born Sept. 6, 1795 ; died July 21, 1845; married second, May 6, 1846, Mrs. Abigail (Abbott) Marshall, widow of James Marshall, and daughter of William and Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born Jan. 25, 1814; died Oct. 9, 1892. He died Feb, 2, 1869. Children : -
I. MARY ANGELINE, b. Oct. 1, 1818, m. Aug. 22, 1838, George Hartshorn of Lyndeborough. (See Hartshorn gen.)
2. WILLIAM R., b. Oct. 17, 1821, m. Dec. 7, 1851, Martha J., adopted dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Raymond) Hartshorn of Lyndeborough. She was b. Aug. 26, 1833. He d. Dec. 2, 1901, in Woburn, Mass.
3. DANIEL, b. Jan. 8, 1824, m. Sarah, dau. of Eli B. Smith of New Hampton. She was b. March 24, 1828. He pre- pared for college at New Hampton, graduated from Dart- mouth in 1851. Is a teacher at the State Normal School at
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Ypsilanti, Mich. Their children : Alice, Mary, Arthur, Ruth and William.
4. ISRAEL, b. Jan. 14, 1826, m. Luthera Andrews of Clare- mont.
5. HANNAH, b. Aug. 4, 1830, m. Dec. 2, 1852, A. Kneeland Lewis of Wilton. Their children are Orlina, Sargent B., and Annie S.
6. SUMNER, Aug. 4, 1833, m. Abby, dau. of Willard Pearsons of Woburn, Mass.
By second wife : -
7. ABBY, b. June 22, 1847, d. Oct. 21, 1858.
8. LETITIA, b. Jan. 13, 1850, m. Dec. 25, 1871, David Mc- Ginley of Houlton, Me. He was b. June 14, 1849. Their child : Abbie Winnifred, b. Nov. 14, 1872, m. March 29, 1892, Samuel Webster of Wilton.
DAVID PUTNAM, known as "Ensign David " and son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam, b. May 6, 1753; married Mrs. Abigail (Carle- ton) Johnson, widow of John Johnson, who was killed or died in the Revolutionary War. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. AMY, b. March 6, 1779, m. Gideon Cram. (See Cram gen.)
2. TIMOTHY, +
3. ABIGAIL, b. June 1, 1785.
4. DAVID, +
5. SARAH, b. Aug. 19, 1793, m. Jonathan Clark. (See Clark gen.)
COL. TIMOTHY PUTNAM, son of "Ensign" David and Abigail (Carleton Johnson ) Putnam, born May 20, 1782 ; married first, Rachel, daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Dale) Dascomb of Wilton, in 1807. She was born Nov. 15, 1785; died April 14, 1838; married second, Patty Cheever of Lowell, Mass. He died June II, 1847. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. LEONARD, b. Dec. 13, 1807. Rem. to the South.
2. OSGOOD CARLETON, b. Sept 30, 1810, d. Oct. 11, 1813.
3. MARIA, b. May 27, 1812, d. October, 1847.
4. SARAH, b. Nov. 23, 1815.
5. TIMOTHY THURSTON, +
6. RACHEL, b. February, 1820, d. April, 1846.
7. DAVID, +
8. ELIZABETH, b. December, 1823, m. November, 1849, Hiram Wallace of Antrim. She d. Jan. 26, 1883.
9. SOLOMON, b. June 18, 1826, d. August, 1829.
IO. JACOB D., +
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TIMOTHY T. PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Put- nam, born Jan. 30, 1818 ; married Nov. 21, 1843, Lydia Wood of Hudson. She was born Nov. 11, 1822; died Jan. 2, 1880. He died June 2, 1883. Children : -
I. ALBERT, b. in Lowell, Mass., June 9, 1846, d. Jan. 29, 1847.
2. EDWIN H., +
3. FRED W., b. March 19, 1861. Rem. to California.
EDWIN H. PUTNAM, son of Timothy T. and Lydia (Wood) Putnam, born March 26, 1848 ; married Oct. 29, 1868, Eliza A., daughter of Silas and Rebecca (Pratt) Keyes. She was born Sept. 22, 1847. Children : - I. ROY N., b. July 9, 1870, m. Dec. 19, 1894, Addie W., dau. of Harlan P. and Maria (Stevens) Downs of Francestown. She was b. Nov. 23, 1873. Child : Pauline, b. March 13, 1904.
2. LYDIA W., b. July 10, 1873.
3. CHARLES E., b. Dec. 12, 1875.
4. PERCY W., b. Dec. II, 1878, m. Aug. 27, 1902, Martha R., dau. of Dana B. and Elsie (Grant) Sargent.
5. JAMES A. G., b. Nov. 7, 1881, m. Dec. 7, 1904, K. Frances, dau. of Byron and Sarah (Carley) Putnam.
6. MARY R., b. July 4, 1885.
DAVID PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Putnam, born Feb. 23, 1822; married Sally Brown, July 1, 1847. She was born May 29, 1821. He removed to Pennacook and died Nov. 4, 1879. Chil- dren : Philip W., Mary E., Eman F., David H.
JACOB D. PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Putnam, born June 16, 1828; married June 1, 1853, Eliza (Rust) Clough. She died in Lyndeborough, Oct. 20, 1882. He died Feb. 26, 1888. His childhood days were spent in Lyndeborough, and as a youth he attended the Pem- broke Academy, boarding himself while pursuing his studies there. After graduating he found employment in a drygoods store at Laconia, and it was here he met his wife. Shortly after their marriage he removed to Lowell, Mass., where he engaged in the grocery business. He after- ward came to Lyndeborough and engaged in the manufacture of glass. While in Lowell three children were born to them : -
I. EMMA DASCOMB, b. June 2, 1854.
2. FREDERICK, b. Aug. 6, 1857.
3. GRACE E., b. Sept. 28, 1871.
DEA. DAVID PUTNAM, son of Ensign David and Abigail (Carleton- Johnson ) Putnam ; born June 19, 1790 ; married first, Tryphena, daugh- ter of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler of Lyndeborough. She was born April 27, 1787 ; died Jan. 31, 1831 ; married second, Sarah Fletcher, who died June 21, 1845; married third, Mrs. Abigail Foster ; married fourth, Mrs. Nancy P. Jewett of Wilton, who died Aug. 4, 1862; married
David Sütmarc
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fifth, Mrs. Sarah (Brown) Bradford, widow of James C. Bradford of Lynde- borough. She died Sept. 15, 1888. He died June 10, 1870. Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SUSANNA B., b. May 14, 1816, m. John Hartshorn of Lynde- borough. (See Hartshorn gen.)
2. JASON, b. Nov. 18, 1817, d. May 18, 1841.
3. TRYPHENA, b. April 25, 1822, m. Dec. 17, 1847, Benjamin F. Tenney of Antrim. He was b. Feb. 25, 1821, d. Jan. I, 1867. She d. July 31, 1900. Children : Frank, Amy.
Child by second wife, born in Lyndeborough : -
4. DAVID, +
DEA. DAVID PUTNAM, son of Dea. David and Sarah (Fletcher) Put- nam; born April 15, 1838; married Mariett D., daughter of Sumner and Polly (Dodge) Wait of Londonderry Vt., March 7, 1861. She was born Nov. 5, 1841. Children : -
I. ALGERNON W., +
2. ERWIN D., +
ALGERNON W. PUTNAM, born Feb. 26, 1866; graduate of Brown University, class of 1895 ; married Sept. 9, 1903, Lucy, daughter of John and Sarah (Harris) Daniels of Middlebury Vt. Child : -
I. PAUL S., b. June 19, 1904.
ERWIN D. PUTNAM, born Oct. 19, 1879; married Jan. 1, 1902, Alice L., daughter of James L. and Mary E. (Blanchard) Hill of Peterborough. Children : -
I. WENDELL DAVID, b, Sept. 23, 1902.
2. LESTER JAMES, b. May 15, 1905.
AARON PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam ; mar- ried Sarah -. Children : -
I. WARD, b. Dec. 4, 1781.
2. NANCY, b. June 28, 1783.
PUTNAM.
*EPHRAIM PUTNAM, known as " Danvers Ephraim," was born in Danvers, Mass., Sept. 14, 1744; died in Lyndeborough May II, 1821 ; married 1768, Rachel, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born April 16, 1746; died April 29, 1833. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JONATHAN, +
*There is a divided opinion and confusion of testimony as to which of the many Ephraim Putnams was known as " Danvers " Ephraim. From a careful sifting of evi- dence we believe it is the one designated above. If any of the descendants of the Ephraim Putnams of Lyndeborough are of a contrary opinion, the evidence may be pro- duced.
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2. MEHITABLE, b. Dec. 6, 1772, m. Feb. 20, 1801, Robert Richie. He d. Nov. 17, 1832. Child : Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1805.
3. ARCHILAS, b. March 6, 1775, d. March 4, 1839.
4. EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 7, 1778, d. Feb. 20, 1785.
5. ABIJAH, b. Nov. 30, 1780, d. Feb. 16. 1785.
6. EPHRAIM, +
7. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 22, 1788, d. March 19, 1843.
8. AMos, b. July 25, 1791, d. 1795.
JONATHAN PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Rachel (Cram) Putnam, born Sept. 14, 1769 ; married Nov. 25, 1792, Mary, daughter of -- Hil- dreth. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. RACHEL, b. Nov. 23, 1792, d. Nov. 17, 1795.
2. JONATHAN, Jr., b. April 15, 1795.
3. NATHAN, +
4. EPHRAIM HILDRETH, +
NATHAN PUTNAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Hildreth) Putnam ; born Dec. 12, 1798; married Nancy Trull Nov. 29, 1821. She died April 6, 1834. Children : -
I. NANCY, b. Feb. 28, 1823, d. April 30, 1825.
2. MARY A., b. April 17, 1826.
3. NATHAN H., b. June 13, 1828.
4. ALMIRA J., b. June 20, 1830.
5. PARKER T., b. April 6, 1834.
EPHRAIM H. PUTNAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Hildreth) Put- nam ; born July 5, 1805 ; married Susanna Ford. She died March 3, 1879. He died June 14, 1864. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ANDREW J., b. Feb. 27, 1832.
2. RACHEL S., b. Jan. 27, 1835.
3. MARY E., m. Francis A. Allen of Peterborough. She d. Sept. 22, 1886.
4 and 5. THOMAS and BYRON, twins, b. Jan. 8, 1840. Thomas res. in Virginia.
BYRON, +
6. LEVI H., +
7. DELIA A.
BYRON PUTNAM, son of Ephraim H. and Susanna (Ford ) Putnam ; born Jan. 8, 1840 ; married first, July 24, 1859, Saralı C., daughter of Asa and Sarah (Pillsbury) Carley of Peterborough. She was born May 20, 1841; died Oct. 21, 1893; married second, Mrs. Emily C. Cragin, widow of Harry Cragin of Fayette, Me., and daughter of Oliver B. and Fanny (Woodworth) Marston, of Fayette, Me., Feb. 20, 1895. She was born
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July 20, 1843. He was town treasurer one year and overseer of poor a number of years. Was a soldier in the Civil War and a prisoner at Sauls- bury, N. C., two hundred and eleven days. (See Chap. X.) He died March 24, 1903. Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. MYRTIE M., b. June 1, 1865, d. March 20, 1881.
2. K. FRANCES (adopted), b. in Troy, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1880.
LEVI H. PUTNAM, son of Ephraim H. and Susanna (Ford) Putnam ; born Nov. 19, 1841 ; married first, April 3, 1868, Lucy A., daughter of Richard and Mary A. (Grey) Emery, born in Manchester July 12, 1850 ; died in Lyndeborough Jan. 12, 1877; married second, March 15, 1878, Lydia L., widow of Azel H. Church, and daughter of Silas and Phebe F. (Hovey) Swinnington, born in Lyndeborough May 12, 1852 ; died in Mil- ford July 26, 1899. Resides in Milford. Children, all but youngest born in Lyndeborough : -
I. NELLIE J., b. May 22, 1870.
2. ROSE A., b. Jan. 13, 1873.
3. ANNA B., Dec. 31, 1874.
4. LEROY C., b. Feb. 11, 1880.
5. ALBERT B., b. Aug. 3, 1891.
EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Rachel (Cram) Putnamı, born April 30, 1785 ; married Feb. 8, 1814, Esther, daughter of Ebenezer and Esther (Holt) Pearson. She was born in Wilton, Nov. 1I, 1792 ; died March 2, 1856. He died June II, 1862. Children born in Lynde- borough : -
I. EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 17, 1815, d. Aug. 4, 1834.
2. ESTHER, b. June 8, 1818, m. Joel H. Tarbell. (See Tar- bell gen.)
3. WILLARD P., b. Sept. 4, 1820, d. June 5, 1856.
4. MARY A., b. April 17, 1823, m. Nov. 22, 1850, John Fletcher of Greenfield. She d. May 23, 1853. Child : Vilana A., b. Dec. 5, 1852, m. James F. Clark. Res. in Medford, Mass.
5. EBENEZER, b. June 26, 1826, d. Oct. 9, 1826.
RAND.
NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Jonathan and Millicent (Estabrook) Rand; born in Charlestown, Mass., in 1734. He was evidently a resident of Charlestown until 1775, for he had two houses and a hatter's shop go up in smoke when the British burned the town, leaving him homeless. It is said he had some property in Lyndeborough, where his brother John had previously been preaching,- some land partially cleared, - and the Francestown History says, "some sheep under the care" of the before mentioned John. But as the Rev. John Rand was dismissed in 1762, and soon thereafter left the town, there is some doubt as to the sheep. At any rate Nehemiah came to Lyndeborough soon after his property was
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HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
burned in Charlestown and built a house on land near what is now the middle of the town, ever since known as the " Rand place."* The house was situated at the end of the lane east of W. H. Clark's house. It is said that he built there supposing the road through the centre of the town would follow the brook from what is now known as Hardy's mill, up around Badger Pond. But those early settlers ignored the fact that the " bail of the kettle is no longer when lying down than when standing up," and built the road over the hill, leaving the Rand land quite a dis- tance off the main road.
He was a man of influence and ability, and soon made his mark in the town. He was moderator in 1787 and 1789, and represented the town in the General Court in 1787, 1788, 1789 and 1793. He married first, Nov. 24, 1757, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Carter) Rand ; married sec- ond, Mrs. Mary Prentice Frost of Cambridge, Mass., daughter of the Rev. Thomas Prentice of Charlestown, Mass. She was born in 1738; died Oct. 20, 1787 ; married third, Margaret Prentice, sister of his second wife, Oct. 21, 1791. He died at Lyndeborough July 15, 1794. By his first marriage he had two daughters. Children by second wife : -
I. IRENE, m. Nehemiah Frost, rem. to Temple, where she died.
2. NEHEMIAH, +
3. MARGARET, m. Dea. John Clark. (See Clark gen.)
NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Nehemiah and Mary (Prentice-Frost) Rand ; born Jan. 14, 1777; married Sarah, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Stylman) Batten of Lyndeborough May 1, 1811. She was born April 8, 1780; died May 4, 1870. He removed to Francestown in 1803, where he died July 13, 1850. Children, Nehemiah born in Lyndeborough, the others in Francestown : -
I. NEHEMIAH, b. Feb. 18, 1802, d. March 1, 1869, m. Harriet O., dau. of Ebenezer and Thamazan (Griffin) Hutchinson of Lyndeborough April 28, 1830. She was born Sept. 17, 1806, d. Oct. 4, 1881. He was a physician and res. at Han- cock and at Nelson. He d. in the latter place.
2. RICHARD BATTEN, b. April 11, 1804, d. Feb. 11, 1881, m. first, Mary J. Baldwin Jan. 10, 1830; m. second, Ellen . Bryant, April 10, 1837. He was a clothier, and d. at Wayne, Me.
3. JOHN, +
4 and 5. Twins, unnamed, b. April 24, 1811, d. April 24 and 25, 18II.
*While Mr. Rand was building his new house, he started into the woods east of the building to look over and explore his extensive estate. He soon got lost, and com- menced to shout, in hopes to attract the attention of some one. His carpenters heard him and started to find him. By shouting back and forth they finally came up with him, and started to pilot him home. But he insisted they were taking him the wrong way, and vigorously protested, but they got him back to his own door yard, when, looking around somewhat bewildered, he exclaimed, "What fool is building a house here?"
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GENEALOGIES
6. THOMAS PRENTICE, +
JOHN RAND, son of Nehemiah and Sarah (Batten) Rand, born in Francestown, April 22, 1807; married Fanny D., daughter of Eliphalet and Demarius (Duncklee) Simonds, Oct. 30, 1832. She was born in Milford, May 21, 1809; died June 1, 1870. He removed to Milford in 1852, and died there, March 10, 1884. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JOHN MILTON, b. Dec. 1, 1834; m. July, 1857, Orline A., dau. of Wesley and Rachel (Caldwell) Wilson of Benning- ton. He is a physician and resides in Newark, N. J.
2. STILLMAN N., b. July 2, 1837, m. Jan. 26, 1882, Belle M., dau. of William and Jane (Phillips) Cameron of Philadel- phia. Is a photographer and resides in New Haven, Conn.
DEA. THOMAS PRENTICE RAND, born in Francestown Sept. 21, 1814; married first, Lydia, daughter of Josiah and Dolly (Shattuck) Wheeler of Lyndeborough. She was born June 8, 1818; died Feb. 14, 1864; married second, Sarah Deborah, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Jones) Clark of Lyndeborough June 7, 1866. She died Nov. 14, 1904.
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