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Dea. Rand was never a resident of Lyndeborough, but as both of his wives were natives of the town, and as some of his children are now resi- dents his family record should appear here. He was a prominent citizen of Francestown, a man of strong religious convictions, and maintained the faith of his Puritan ancestors. He was deacon of the Congregational church for twenty-seven years, and had held public office in his town. He died June 1, 1880. Children by first wife : -
I. SARAH C., b. Nov. 30, 1843.
2. FRANCES D., b. Nov. 10, 1846, d. March 14, 1873.
3. LYDIA H., b. Dec. 31, 1850.
4. NEHEMIAH W., b. Sept. 14, 1853.
Was a successful physi- cian and d. at Monson, Mass.
5. ABBY K., b. July 31, 1855, m. W. H. Clark. (See Clark gen. )
6. JOHN P., b. Nov. 8, 1857, m. Harriet Anderson of Monson, Mass. Is a physician and res. at Worcester, Mass.
* REV. JOHN RAND was born in Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 24, 1727. He was the son of Jonathan and Millicent (Estabrook) Rand. He was graduated from Harvard in 1748 and afterward married Sarah, daughter of Capt. John Goffe of Derryfield, now Manchester. He came. to Salem-Canada in 1755 or 1756 and was the settled minister for a little more than four years. Just when he removed from the town or where he went first is not material to this record, but he lived afterward in Goffstown and Bedford and represented the latter town in the convention that formed the constitution of New Hampshire. He died Oct. 12, 1805. Children : -
I. & 2. JOHN and JONATHAN (twins), b. June 24, 1762.
* From Rev. F. G. Clark's Historical Address.
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3. MILLE, b. Feb. 5, 1764.
4. ROBERT, b. May 13, 1767.
5. SARAH, b. Jan. 20, 1774.
6. NEHEMIAH (twin), b. May 22, 1776, +
7. THOMAS (twin), b. May 22, 1776.
NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Rev. John and Sarah (Goffe) Rand, born May 22, 1776; married - Putnam. Children : -
I. EDGAR, +
2. NEHEMIAH, m. Betsey George of New Boston. Rem. to Newport, N. H.
3. MEHITABLE, m. Perkins Patterson.
4. MARY, m. - Leman. Rem. to Illinois.
5, 6 & 7. SARAH, THOMAS and JEFFERSON, d. in infancy.
8. BETSEY, m. Benjamin Dutton. (See Dutton gen.)
9. LYDIA, m. - Woodbridge. Rem. to the west.
EDGAR RAND, son of Nehemiah and - - (Putnam) Rand, born July 26, 1799; married first, Oct. 23, 1823, Mehitable Cram, daughter of John and Huldah (Woodward ) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born Nov. 2, 1801 ; died May 5, 1832; married second, Mianda, daughter of Reuben and Nancy (Clark) Dutton, March 14, 1833. She was born Dec. 2, 1806; died Dec. 15, 1870. He died Jan. 16, 1866. He bought land and built him a house in the northeast part of the town and lived there until his death. Children by first wife : -
I. M. MARIA, b. Aug. 1, 1824, m. May 1, 1849, Moses N. Emerson.
2. SARAH A., b. Dec. 17, 1825, d. Aug. 12, 1836.
3. & 4. JOHN, (twins, one d. in infancy), +
5. EDGAR J., b. Aug. 23, 1829, d. May 5, 1833.
6. & 7. NEHEMIAH, (twins, one d. in infancy), b. April 25, 1832, d. May 20, 1842.
By second wife : -
8. NANCY E., b. Jan. 6, 1834, m. Martin Whitney. (See Whitney gen.)
9. MIANDA, b. Jan. 29, 1836, d. Feb. 19, 1846.
JOHN RAND, son of Edgar and Mehitable (Cram) Rand, born July 31, 1827 ; married Dec. 4, 1856, Mrs. Lucinda Stone, widow of Sabron Stone and'daughter of Enoch Colby of New Boston. She was born April 18, 1816"; died Sept. 29, 1899. He died May 21, 1902.
RAYMOND.
WILLIAM B. RAYMOND came to Lyndeborough from Amherst in 1840. He was a shoemaker by trade, and cobbled the boots and shoes for a generation of Lyndeborough people. He was born Aug. 20, 1818 ; mar-
.
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ried Ann Boutwell of Amherst March 8, 1837 .* She was born Aug. 13, 1818. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. GEORGE B., ++
2. JOHN P., +
3. ELIZABETH A., b. March 29, 1849, d. Oct. 6, 1856.
4. ABBY L. F., b. March 3, 1852, d. Aug. 30, 1875, m. Robert W. Bell of Wilton, Sept. 17, 1870.
GEORGE B. RAYMOND, born July 25, 1845 ; died Dec. 5, 1876 ; mar- ried Addie Gould of Lyndeborough July 4, 1865. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children : -
I. ROSE, b. Nov. 12, 1869.
2. GRACE, b. Aug., 1871.
JOHN P. RAYMOND, born Nov. 28, 1846; died Dec. 19, 1873 ; married Mary Shea of Wilton Jan. 12, 1861. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children : -
I. ANNIE MAY, b. May 1, 1861.
2. BERTHA, b. Nov. 3, 1862.
3. JOHN W., b. Sept. 2, 1871.
REYNOLDS.
FRANK E. REYNOLDS, son of John Q. and Mary (Brown) Reynolds, born May 15, 1857, in Ashburnham, Mass .; married first, May 9, 1882, Flora E. Hilt. She was born in Presque Isle, Me .; died April 11, 1894 ; married second, May 8, 1895, Lizzie C. Blood, born March 15, 1868. Lives on what is known as the Annie Fish place. Children : -
I. EVA M., b. in Lyndeborough, June 10, 1883.
2. ADDIE E., b. in Benton, N. H., Sept. 15, 1884.
3. WALTER E., b. in Benton, N. H., March 17, 1886.
4. GRACE, b. in East Warren, N. H., April 6, 1888.
5. ETHEL, b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 13, 1889.
6. Guy, b. in Lyndeborough, Feb. 21, 1891.
7. GEORGE B., b. in Lyndeborough, July 17, -
RICHARDS.
FRED B. RICHARDS, adopted son of Pascal and Helen (Pascal) Richards, born June 27, 1852; married first, July 1, 1879, Emogen F., daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Gilchrist) Lakin of Hancock. She was born January, 1851 ; died Feb. 15, 1881; married second, Oct. 31, 1882, Elizabeth M., daughter of John and Susanna (Putnam) Hartshorn of Lyndeborough. She was born July 27, 1863. He came to Lyndebor- ough from Hancock in 1876 and entered the employ of Mr. Tarbell in the
*Mr. Raymond has lived in town sixty-five years, and during that time has attended every town meeting and voted. He and his wife have lived together as man and wife sixty-eight years. A very remarkable record, as very few come so near the diamond anniversary.
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manufacture and sale of extracts, etc., and afterward became the proprie- tor of the business. He has been a school teacher and has always been interested in and identified with the educational matters of the town, and has served several terms on the board of education. He represented the town in the Legislature of 1899, and is a member of and a liberal supporter of the Baptist church at South Lyndeborough. He is a whole- sale travelling merchant, visiting many towns in the southern part of the state. Children : --
I. RALPH, b. March 18, 1884.
2. MYRTIE E., b. May 21, 1886.
3. LORIN F., b. May 9, 1893.
4. SARAH C., b. Jan. 24, 1901.
RICHARDS.
DR. MARSHALL B. RICHARDS, son of John C. and Sarah F. (Flanders) Richards, b. at Boston, April 27, 1839; married Sept. 16, 1894, Addie A., daughter of William W. and Esther J. (Cragin) Burton of Lyndeborough. She was born June 3, 1871. They reside on the Russell place in the southwest part of the town. Children : -
I. WALLACE B., b. Nov. 21, 1895.
2. ESTHER G., b. July 21, 1897.
3. ORMAN M., b. Dec. 31, 1898.
4. JOHN C., b. Dec. 27, 1899.
5. RUTH G., b. Jan. 11, 1901.
6. ADDIE A., b. April 7, 1902.
7. AGNES B., b. Sept. 4, 1903.
8. DOROTHY A., b. Nov. 29, 1904.
RICHARDSON.
The Richardson family in America are descended from Ezekiel, Samuel and Thomas Richardson, brothers who came to this country from Eng- land in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony. Ezekiel came first with Winthrop in 1630 and was soon after joined by his two brothers. Ezekiel was made a freeman in 1631 and settled in Charlestown. His descendants and those of his brothers, Samuel and Thomas, soon became active in the settlement of the new towns of Woburn and what are now Malden and Billerica. George K. Wood in the History of Francestown says that Samuel paid the highest tax in Woburn in 1645. He says the name can be traced back to the Norman Conquest. Thomas was the youngest of the brothers and from him the Richardsons of Lyndebor- ough are descended as follows : Thomas, Thomas, Nathaniel, Hezekiah, Jacob, and Jacob was the first of the name to come to Lyndeborough.
Hezekiah was born in Billerica, May 8, 1715, and married Sept. 30, 1740, Elizabeth Walker of Billerica. They settled in Townsend, Mass., where he died June 17, 1795.
LIEUT. JACOB RICHARDSON, second son of Hezekiah and Eliza- beth (Walker) Richardson, born at Townsend, Mass., Dec. 13, 1742;
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married May 19, 1766, Sarah Brown of Billerica, Mass. She was born July 28, 1742 ; died March 1, 1825. He died in Lyndeborough, Sept. 5, 1817. He came to Lyndeborough from Billerica in 1805 and bought the farm at the centre owned by Daniel Gould, since known as the Richard- son farm. His descendants have owned the land ever since. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was a lieutenant in a company that went from Billerica in 1777 and assisted in the defeat and capture of Burgoyne. He was a blacksmith, as were three of his sons. His shop used to stand nearly opposite the Congregational parsonage. One of his sons, Timothy, came to Lyndeborough with him. Another, Jacob, Jr., came to Greenfield and settled.
Lieut. Jacob Richardson and Sarah (Brown) Richardson had eleven children, all born at Billerica, Mass.
I. SARAH, b. Jan. 15, 1767, d. at Billerica.
2. JACOB, b. Aug. 10, 1769.
3. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 11, 1771, d. Feb. 29, 1776.
4. & 5. JOSIAH and TIMOTHY (twins), + Josiah b. Oct. 1, 1773, m. Mary Wyman.
6. JOHN, b. June 15, 1776, m. Lydia Johnson.
7. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 20, 1778, m. Phebe Bachelder.
8. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 22, 1780.
9. ELIJAH, b. July 5, 1783, d. young.
IO. JULIA, b. Aug. 25, 1785, d. June 22, 1802.
II. ANNA, b. Aug. 19, 1788, m. Joseph Jones.
TIMOTHY RICHARDSON, son of Jacob and Sarah (Brown ) Richard- son, was born in Billerica, Oct. 1, 1773; married Judith N. Reynolds. daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pickett) Reynolds of Greenfield. She was born Nov. 10, 1780. She died Sept. 3, 1833. He died Dec. 2, 1855. Children : -
I. HARRIET, b. Oct. 5, 1806, d. Aug. 19, 1807.
2. HOOPER, b. Jan. 31, 1808, d. Aug. 6, 1839.
3. JOHN, +
4. IRA, b. March 22, 1811, m. 1839, Harriet, dau. of Patrick and Mary (Kilpatrick) Cassidy of Pennsylvania. He d. August, 1871, in Washington, D. C.
5. TIMOTHY, b. Oct. 14, 1813.
6. NATHAN, +
JOHN RICHARDSON, son of Timothy and Judith (Reynolds) Rich- ardson, was born in Lyndeborough, July 26, 1809; married Sarah Ann, daughter of Nathan and Ann (Remick) Barnes of Bedford, N. H. She died Dec. 18, 1860. He died April 7, 1876. He was a very successful farmer, and a man of marked influence in the town. He was very methodical in his habits and could never tolerate work half done. His farm implements were of the best of the kind in use at the time. His farm was well cultivated and he gradually replaced the old buildings
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with a commodious barn and modern dwelling house and ell. He loved to sing and was the leader of the Congregational church choir for years. He always performed his duties as a citizen at the town meatings and was one of the foremost in promoting the welfare of any movement that promised to be for the good of the community. For a long series of years he was the moderator of the town meetings and presided with justice and impartiality. He was one of the board of selectmen and was a member of the school committee in 1851. He represented the town in the state legislature. When a young man he resided for a short time in Lowell, Mass. With that exception he spent his whole life in Lynde- borough. His wife was a sister of Isaac O. Barnes of Boston, the noted wit and lawyer, and was a woman of refinement. Another sister married Rodney C. Boutwell of Lyndeborough. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. HARRIET, b. March 25, 1835, m. George D. Blaney of Swampscott, Mass., d. in Lyndeborough, May 5, 1871.
2. HENRY, b. Aug. 31, 1836, m. July 9, 1859, Lavina, dau. of James D. and Hannah (Davis) Harding of Swampscott, Mass. He bought a large farm in Francestown, known as the Eaton place, in 1860, and with his brother George, who was a partner in the enterprise, removed to Frances- town. Henry soon became influential in the town of his adoption and his conservatism and good judgment kept him almost continually in town office until near his death. He represented his town in the state legislature. Chil- dren : Fred, b. April 9, 1860, was drowned in Pleasant Pond, Aug. 15, 1880; Elmer F., Edith M., James H., Emma F., Ira A.
3. GEORGE H., b. June II, 1838, m. Hannah M., dau. of James D. and Hannah Davis Harding of Swampscott, Mass., April 9, 1863. She was b. Oct. 23, 1842. He re- moved to Francestown in 1860. Children : Louise, Mary A., George, Frank E.
4. SOLON B., +
5. FRED A., +
6. MARY F., b. June 5, 1851, d. July 19, 1875.
7. JOHN C., b. Dec. 27, 1852.
SOLON B. RICHARDSON, son of John and Sarah (Barnes) Richard- son, born April 16, 1840 ; married Eliza P., daughter of Dea. William and Eliza (Anderson) Jones of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 30, 1839. He died June 14, 1879. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. WILLIAM, +
2. ANNIE, m. Willis C. Perham, d. in California Nov. 16, 1896. (See Perham gen.)
NATHAN RICHARDSON.
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3. CLINTINA, d. May 6, 1886.
WILLIAM E. RICHARDSON, son of Solon B. and Eliza (Jones) Richardson; born Sept. 23, 1859; married Dec. 14, 1882, Minnie J., daughter of William R. and Ursula (Richards) Duncklee. She was born at New Boston, Feb. 16, 1866. Children, born at Lyndeborough : -
I. CORA M., b. Jan. 28, 1884, d. Nov. 26, 1892.
2. NELLIE B., b. July 15, 1885, m. Oct. 16, 1902, Fred Carson of Mont Vernon. He is the son of Frank and Edith (Car- son) Carson.
3. OLIVE U., b. July 20, 1887.
4. MAUD G., b. Feb. 25, 1889.
5. ELLA M., b. Aug. 12, 1890.
6. PEARL V., b. June 28, 1892.
7. CHESTER E., b. May 11, 1894.
8. OSCAR A., b. Aug. 10, 1896.
9. RUTH M., b. Jan. 22, 1899.
IO. Son, b. Nov. 27, 1900, d. Nov. 27, 1900.
FRED A. RICHARDSON, son of John and Sarah A. (Barnes) Rich- ardson; born Aug. 22, 1843 ; married Jan. 7, 1868, Hannah J., daughter of Loammi and Charlotte (Bradford) Baldwin of Wilton. She was born Sept. 16, 1841. He was educated in the common schools of Lyndebor- ough and at Francestown Academy. He was born on the old homestead, and with some brief exceptions has always lived there. In 1877 he bought the farm. He has made the production of milk for the Boston market the chief branch of his farming, and has been very successful in that line. He keeps his land in a high state of cultivation, and seems to have inherited his father's inclination to have his farm work thoroughly well done. He has held many offices of trust in the milk producers' as- sociation and town affairs. He has been selectman a number of terms, and represented the town in the legislature of 1891. He was in the mili- tary service during the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
I. GEORGE A., b. Dec. 30, 1868, d. April 2, 1875.
2. FRED PERLEY, +
FRED PERLEY RICHARDSON born Dec. 31, 1882 ; married May 25, 1904, Bertha E., daughter of Ellery and Mary (Griggs) Nourse. Child : - I. BLANCHE MAY, b. Aug. 5, 1905.
NATHAN RICHARDSON, son of Timothy and Judith (Reynolds) Richardson ; born Sept. 28, 1815; married May 6, 1846, Sarah, daughter of James and Sally (Parker) Bruce of Mont Vernon. She was born April 14, 1820; died Aug. 3, 1888. He died June 8, 1899. He was a man who avoided all public office and devoted his time to the management of his business affairs, to the improvement of his farm. He was a man of great industry and was a very successful farmer. Children: -
I. EDWARD B., b. Dec. 3, 1847, m. Sept. 28, 1875, Ida F., dau.
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of Calvin and Nancy (Taylor) Lord of Francestown. He d. March 12, 1889.
2. SARAH E., b. Oct. 27, 1850, m. May 21, 1874, Stephen H. Dunbar of Wilton. He was b. Feb. 20, 1836, d. June 7, 1899. Children : Effie E., Charles H.
3. ELLA F., b. March 12, 1854, m. Jan. 4, 1886, Eli J. Curtis of Wilton. She d. June 27, 1891. Children : Edward R., Sarah M.
4. HARRY J., b. April 25, 1862, m. Aug. 6, 1897, Mrs. Ida M. Minot, dau. of Solon B. and Annie (Sargent) Graves of Boston, b. May 24, 1860. She has one son by former m., Chester S. Minot, b. April 3, 1891.
RICHARDSON.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON, son of William and Mary (Pearson) Rich- ardson; born at Lyndeborough July 1, 1791; married May 21, 1814, Lydia, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Johnson) Putnam, b. Aug. 9, 1796; died in Milford Jan. 9, 1865. In 1848 he removed to Milford. He died May 20, 1858. Children, born at Lyndeborough : -
I. MARY, b. July 28, 1815, m. Nov. 3, 1839, Thomas Dunning of Nashua. She d. Feb. 25, 1841.
2. ELIZA, b. Nov. 14, 1816, m. Dec. 25, 1839, Benjamin F. Hutchinson of Milford.
3. WILLIAM P., b. Sept. 11, 1818, m. April 15, 1845, Julia A. Godkin of Haverhill, Mass. He d. at Milford Jan. 9, 1893.
4. CAROLINE, b. July 3, 1820, d. April, 1824.
5. HANNAH, b. May 6, 1822, m. June 16, 1842, Nathaniel Mar- shall of Nashua.
6. JOHN, b. July 7, 1824, m. May 1, 1854, Jane Dwinnell. He d. at Mechanics Falls, Oct. 7, 1893.
7. DAVID GAGE, b. March 30, 1826, m. Nov. 28, 1854, Susan Bancroft of Reading, Mass.
8. JONATHAN P., +
9. LYDIA A., b. Feb. 25, 1830, m. May 4, 1868, Eugene Hutchinson of Milford. d. in New Mexico Jan. 12, 1885.
IO. CHARLES A, b. Feb. 15, 1839, mn. April 16, 1865, Abbie T., dau. of Eugene, Jr., and Phebe B. (Raymond) Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 7, 1844. He is a farmer and resides near Richardson Crossing, Milford. He is a frequent visi- tor to his native town, and the musical ability and talent of his wife have contributed much to the success of our social gatherings and celebrations. They have five children, b.
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at Milford : George H., Ada M., Hattie E., Harry P., Arthur C.
JONATHAN P. RICHARDSON, son of William and Lydia (Putnam) Richardson; born April 3, 1828 ; married Rhoda M., daughter of Levi and Rhoda ( Pettingill) Tyler Dec. 14, 1852. She was born Nov. 29, 1829. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and died in Danville Prison Nov. 17, 1864. (See Chap. X.) Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ANNABEL, b. May 3, 1854, d. Oct. 14, 1854.
2. EDWIN, b. Nov. 13, 1858, d. Aug. 26, 1859.
RILEY.
CHARLES D. RILEY was born Nov. 15, 1868 ; married Abbie J. Man- zer of Stoneham, Mass., May 10, 1890. Came to Lyndeborough from Stoneham, Mass. Children : -
I. FLORENCE A., b. June 23, 1891.
2. GRACE L., b. Sept. 5, 1893.
3. ETHEL A., b. Feb. 23, 1895.
4. CHARLES D. G., b. Oct. 15, 1898.
5. OLIVE M., b. Oct. 22, 1900.
ROGERS.
EDWARD E. ROGERS, son of Harrison E. and Francelia (Shattuck ) Rogers, born Jan. 4, 1870, at Queechee, Vt .; married Dec. 25, 1890, Zephia, daughter of George and Stella (Geer) Ruggles, born May 20, 1873. He came to Lyndeborough from Bradford, N. H., in 1900, and bought the Benjamin B. Ames place, North Lyndeborough. Is employed as over- seer of the napping room, Amoskeag Mills, Manchester.
ROSE.
ABRAHAM ROSE, was born in Scituate, Mass., whence at an early age he removed to Sandwich, Mass. He was born in 1759, and came to Lyndeborough in 1787. Although a young man when he came, his life had been an eventful one. At the commencement of the Revolutionary War, when only seventeen years of age, he enlisted for three months, and at the close of his term of service re-enlisted for the war, serving seven and one-half years with the Continental Army. He endured the suffer- ings of the winter at Valley Forge and witnessed the final triumph at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the close of the war he shipped before the mast and was a sailor for three years. Tiring of the hardships and perils which were the lot of the seamen of those days, and desirous of a more quiet life, he settled on a farm, on what has since been named for him, "Rose mountain." It is said there were buildings on the land he bought, but who the former owners were is uncertain. He was tall and straight, and even at the advanced age of ninety-two years maintained an erect military carriage, the result of long years of army drill. He was positive in his opinions, blunt and direct in speech, and when he had anything to say it was expressed in no uncertain terms.
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Rev. Mr. Claggett says of him in an obituary notice published in the "Farmer's Cabinet." "The character of this remarkable man exhibited traits worthy of remark. His patriotism was firm and abiding. The 'Spirit of '76' was never eradicated. With the honor of his country he felt himself identified, and in her welfare he felt a deep interest. Like other people of great age, he remembered best the history of his early life, especially the hardships, the perils and the battles of the Revolution, and was never tired of recounting them to others with the readiness and enthusiasm of an eye witness. He was obliging as a neighbor, and more correct in his habits than would have been expected of one who had passed so much of his early life in the camp and forecastle. For several years he enjoyed the benefit of a pension, and during his days of help- lessness and infirmity received the filial attention of his only son, with whom he lived."
He married Deziah Fish of Sandwich, Mass. She was born July, 1758, and died Nov. 18, 1854. They were married before coming to Lyndebor- ough. He died Dec. 16, 1851. Seven children were born to them while residing on the mountain farm. Before his death he removed to the farm formerly owned by Solomon Cram, then owned by his son Brackley, now owned by his great-grandson, Willard Rose. ( For his military rec- ord see Chap. VII.) Children : -
I. ANNA H., b. Dec. 29, 1788, d. Nov. 2, 1807.
2. GIDEON, b. Nov. 29, 1790, d. April 16, 1814.
3. CATHERINE, b. March 30, 1792, d. Jan. 4, 1879, m. -
Forsaith.
4. PATTY, b. July 21, 1794, in. Phineas Kidder of Lyndebor- ough. (See Kidder gen.)
5. BRACKLEY, +
6. ABRAHAM, JR., b. June 11, 1800.
7. DEZIAH, b. Nov. 25, 1802.
BRACKLEY ROSE, son of Abraham and Deziah (Fish) Rose; born May 2, 1796 ; died Dec. 29, 1878; married first, Dec. 12, 1821, Sarah But- terfield of Lyndeborough; married second, Sally Chamberlain of West- ford, Mass., Feb. 15, 1835. Children by first wife : -
I. BRACKLEY, JR., +
2. SARAH A., b. May 25, 1824, d. May 13, 1850.
3. HANNAH J., b. May 31, 1827, m. first, June 15, 1869, Rufus Hardy of Greenfield, N. H. He was born June 12, 1820, d. Dec. 21, 1869 .; m. second, Charles H. Holt of Lydebor- ough. (See Holt gen.)
4. DEZIAH, b. May 28, 1832, d. Sept. 11, 1845. By second wife :
5. GEORGE, +
BRACKLEY ROSE, son of Brackley and Sarah (Butterfield) Rose, ยท born May 15, 1822; married first, Nov. 7, 1850, Abigail B. Rutherford.
George Rose
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She was born Oct. 22, 1827; died April 17, 1879; married second, Lydia Wilson. Children, all by first wife : -
I. GEORGE B .. b. March, 1853.
2. SARAH J., b. Sept. 3, 1856, m. Merrill T. Spalding. (See Spalding gen.)
3. EDWARD L., b. June, 1858, m. Abby Andrews of New Bos- ton.
4. ABBIE A., b. July 7, 1859, d. July 30, 1879.
5. MINNIE F., b. May 14, 1865, m. Frank E. Cummings of Lyndeborough. (See Cummings gen.)
GEORGE ROSE, son of Brackley and Sally (Chamberlain) Rose, born Aug. 28, 1836; married first, Hattie M., daughter of Obed and Phebe (Holt) Goldthwaite of Greenfield, Oct. 30, 1859; born 1841 ; died March 22, 1872; married second, Sarah A., daughter of Benjamin and Betsey (Hunt) Reed of Westford, Mass, Oct. 13, 1874. She was born Feb. 16, 1839. He has served the town on the board of selectmen many terms, and also on the board of education. Thoroughly conservative in all things, of sound judgment, he was a man whose services were always of value. He died Aug. 18, 1903. Children, all by first wife : -
I. JENNIE, b. June 18, 1861.
2. NELLIE F., b. June 18, 1863 ; d. Sept. 4, 1865.
3. LORA, b. Jan. 31, 1866, m. Clarence H. Leach of Rockland, Me., Oct. 21, 1896. Res. in Winthrop, Mass.
4. ALWYN, b. June 4, 1869, m. Catherine Lonegan of New York. Child : Marrienna, b. Nov. 1, 1896.
5. WILLARD, +
WILLARD ROSE, son of George and Hattie M. (Goldthwaite) Rose, born July 8, 1871; married Maggie M., daughter of James and Ellen (Banks) Chute, Nov. 20, 1894. Children : -
I. VIOLA M., b. March 26, 1896.
2. EILEEN, b. May 9, 1900.
ROSS.
SAMUEL ROSS, the father of the Ross family in Lyndeborough, was born at Glasco, Scotland, June 20, 1820. He was a glass blower by occu- pation. He came to America and on the breaking out of the Civil War enlisted as a private in Co. B, IIth Regt., Conn. Vol. He was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, and from its effects he died at Westford, Conn, July II, 1870. He married at Ellensville, N. Y., in 1839, Sarah McMullen. She was born at Sterbridge, England, Aug. 8, 1822. Soon after the death of her husband she removed with her family to Lynde- borough, coming from Ellensville, N. Y., in 1873. She died in Lynde- borough, May 2, 1901. Children : -
I. GEORGE, b. at Ellensville, N. Y., 1840, d. there in 1844.
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HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
2. JOHN, b. at Ellensville, 1842. Was a private in Co. A, 10th Regt., Conn. Vol., and was killed at Kingston, N. C., Dec. 14, 1862.
3. MARY ELLEN, b. at Ellensville, N. Y., in 1844, m. An- toine A. Farnham of Westford, Conn. He d. at Lynde- borough, April 13, 1882. Children : John H., b. at Stod- dard, April 19, 1863, d. at Lyndeborough, Feb. 25, 1886. Nellie M., b. at Lyndeborough, April 22, m. Willie F. Herrick. (See Herrick gen.)
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