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WHEELER.
JONAS WHEELER was born July 31, 1801 ; married May 6, 1822, Mary Hall of Brookline. She was born June 2, 1803 ; died Nov. 26, 1862. Chil- dren : -
I. WILLIAM GLOVER, b. July 28, 1829.
2. SALATHIEL LIDSON, +
3. MARY A., b. March 5, 1833, m. C. Henry Holt. (See Holt gen.)
4. MARTHA KARR, b. Nov. 23, 1834, in. Otis Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain gen.)
5. DUSTIN H., b. April 13, 1837, m. first, Mrs. Lucinda Hall, m. second, Mrs. Dundy.
6. MARCUS DE H., b. Dec. 13, 1839.
7. SAMANTHA A., b. Sept. 29, 1841, m. Hiram Bailey, of Peterborough, res. in Burlington, Vt.
SALATHIEL L. WHEELER, son of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Wheeler ; born Feb. 6, 1831 ; married Jan. 2, 1855, Mary J. Carpenter of Vermont. He died May 10, 1890. Children : -
I. MARY A., m. Charles O. Clement. (See Clement gen.)
2. CHARLES L., b. Nov. 5, 1866, m. Catharine Watts of Eng- land. Children : Florence, Ethel. Res. in Wilton.
3. MINNIE, b. June 2, 1874, d. Sept. 21, 1874.
4. MINNIE M., b. Oct. 23, 1875. m. George Blanchard of Greenfield, res. in Greenfield.
WHITING.
JOSEPH WHITING was born in 1727. He married when he was about thirty years of age, Abigail Chamberlain of Dunstable, Mass. She was a daughter of Thomas Chamberlain, who married a sister of Col. Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable. Joseph Whiting came to Lyndeborough in the spring of 1793 and settled on what has since been known as the Whiting
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place, in the north part of the town. The buildings have been torn down, but the site is a little way to the west of the No. 8 schoolhouse. He died in Merrimac, Feb., 1807. He had seven sons and three daughters. One of these sons, Oliver, remained in Lyndeborough.
OLIVER WHITING, son of Joseph and Abigail (Chamberlain) Whit. ing ; born Jan. 29, 1769; married 1793 Hannah Marshall of Billerica, Mass. She died Oct .. 1843. He died July 15, 1815.
The Whiting family were prominent in town and social affairs, and at the time they were living in Lyndeborough the section of the town northwest of the mountain was the most prosperous and its citizens the most influential of any. Now it is grown over with bushes, and nothing but cellar holes mark the place where once were well cultivated farms and substantial dwellings, where were raised large families of children. Not much is known of the older families of this section. They are ex- tinct in this town. Children : -
I. HANNAH, b. Oct. 6, 1793, in. Jan. 29, 1824, Enoch Ordway of Lyndeborough. They removed to Jasper. N. Y., the next spring. He was very active in church work and started the first Sunday School in Jasper. It was held in his house for some time. He was drowned while going down the Canister River with a raft of logs May 14, 1851. She d. March 14, 1851.
2. ALICE, b. May 29, 1796, m. Nov. 24, 1825, Samuel Dennis of Jasper, N. Y., formerly of Hancock, N. H. She d. Sept. 15, 1856.
3. OLIVER, +
4. OLIVE, b. Jan. 24, 1800, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Daniel Boardman of Lyndeborough. After the death of Mr. Boardman, she m. Samuel Dennis of Jasper, N. Y. She d. Sept. 16, 1860. 5. THOMAS, b. April 30, 1802, m. Oct. 16, 1828, Sarah Cram of Lyndeborough. She d. June 19, 1889. He d. Oct. 31, 1878. He traveled the entire distance from Lyndeborough to Jasper, N. Y., on foot three times. He went to Jasper and bought a farm, cleared some land, built a house, re- turned to Lyndeborough, married, and returned again to Jasper. He became very influential in church and town affairs, and was ruling elder in the Presbyterian church for many years.
6. JONATHAN, b. May 8, 1807, m. 1832, Lavisa Wilkins of Francestown. He d. Dec. 21, 1868. He was much inter- ested in temperance reform and became a very successful farmer. He removed to Jasper soon after his marriage.
7. ANSTIS, b. Aug. 30, 1809, d. 1831.
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8. CHARLES, b. July 25, 1813, m. Oct. 26, 1843, Sarah M. Wyman. He d. May 5, 1855. He graduated from Dart- mouth College in 1839 and became a Congregationalist minister.
DEA. OLIVER WHITING, son of Oliver and Hannah (Marshall) Whiting, born April 3, 1798 ; married Huldah, daughter of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Woodward, April 19, 1827. She was born Aug. 2, 1795 ; died Jan. 26, 1885. He died Oct. 10, 1886. He remained on the old Whiting homestead until 1845, when he removed to Manchester. He went to Jasper, N. Y., in 1854. He was thoroughly identified with the life of the church and town. Was deacon of the Congregational Church and selectman a number of years. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. HULDAH J., b. May. 3, 1829, m. May, 1861, J. Perkins Towns. Res. in Methuen, Mass.
2. OLIVER LYNDON, b. Nov. 23, 1830. Went to California when 19 years old. He has not been heard from for many years. Supposed to be dead.
3. CHARLES MILTON, b. July 18, 1833, m. twice. Served four years in the army during the Civil War, d. July or August, 1901.
4. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 30, 1835, m. Lucy E. Jackson of Norwalk, O. He graduated from Lima College, N. Y., in 1866, and from the Auburn Theological school in 1873. He has been a missionary in China for 30 years. In 1900, during the Boxer outbreak, he had to leave his home and go to the Methodist Mission, and when that became unsafe he went to the British Legation and was there all through the Seige of Pekin. He came to the United States and re- mained a year, then returned to Pekin, where he now is.
5. ANSTIS M., b. May 16, 1838, m. July 26, 1861, J. Susanna Sargent of Jasper, N. Y., d. Dec. 6, 1872.
6. WILLIAM H., b. Jan. 3, 1842, m. Carrie Andrews of Rochester, N. Y. Is a lawyer in Rochester.
WHITMARSH.
CHARLES WHITMARSH was born in Braintree, Mass , June 12, 1763 ; married Anna Faxon, Nov. 27, 1782. She died July 9, 1846. He died May 14, 1821. He was a blacksmith and had a shop on top of the hill west of E. D. Wilders's and a house opposite. He afterward moved to where the house owned by D. E. Proctor stands. But little can be learned about him. Children : -
I. ANNA, b. May 7, 1785.
2. SALLY, b. Nov. 12, 1787.
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3. BETSEY, b. May 17, 1789.
4. CHARLES, +
5. THOMAS, b. June 8, 1794, d. Nov. 13, 1796.
6. POLLY, b. July 23, 1796, d. Feb. 26, 1820.
7. MARGERY, b. July 24, 1798.
S. NABBY, b. Oct. 10, 1800.
9. HANNAH, b. July 22, 1803, d. Nov. 4, 1818.
IO. WILLIAM F., b. Dec. 6, 1805.
CHARLES WHITMARSH, son of Charles and Anna (Faxon) Whit- marsh, born Feb. 23, 1792 ; married Hannah Epps, Dec. 1, 1814. She was born April 15, 1796; died May 30, 1867. He died Sept. 5, 1838. Children : Mary Ann, Mary Ann, Charles E., Francis P., Joseph J., Harriet, Lewis, George L., William F. Most of the descendants of this branch of the Whitmarsh family reside in Denmark, Iowa, and in South Dakota.
WHITNEY.
MARTIN WHITNEY, born in Sherburn, Vt., July 18, 1838 ; married Nancy E., daughter of Edgar and Miranda (Dutton) Rand, March 10, 1859. She was born Jan. 6, 1834. He lived on the old town farm, which he bought soon after it was sold by the town, and he kept the store at the centre for a few years, during which time he was postmaster. He removed from town about 1880 and resides at Hillsboro. Children, all but Charles M., born in Lyndeborough : --
I. EDGAR R., b. Jan. 19, 1861, m. Dec. 5, 1885, Emma P. Harvey. Children : Frank A., Helen E., John E., Harry L. Res. in Antrim.
2. CHARLES M., b. in Mont Vernon, May 2, 1863, d. Aug. II, 1865.
3. ARTHUR M., b. Jan. 28, 1866, m. July 12, 1890, Mabel M. Cram. Child : Vona. Res. in Deering.
4. MIRANDA L. A., b. Oct. 20, 1873, m. Feb. 5, 1891, John M. Davis. Res. in Hillsboro, N. H.
WHITTEMORE.
The origin of the name Whittemore is found by tracing the genealogy of Thomas, the first American ancestor, back twelve generations to one John, upon whom Henry III. of England, about A. D. 1230, bestowed a title for heroism in battle and at the same time gave him a large tract of land called Whyte-mere, the meaning of which is white meadow or white plain. From that time John was known as John Lord de (of) Whytemere. After four generations the de was dropped and Whytemere with variations in spelling became the surname of John's descendants.
Thomas Whittemore, the common American ancestor of the Whitte- more family, came to this country from Hitchin, County of Hertford,
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England, sometime between the years 1639 and 1645. He settled in that part of Charlestown, Mass., which is now embraced within the limits of the city of Everett, Mass.
Daniel Whittemore, the first of the family to come to Lyndeborough, was of the fourth generation from Thomas, as follows : Thomas, John, Daniel, Daniel. It is claimed that he made the first permanent clearing north of the mountain ; but John Stephenson certainly started to make a "beginning " there previous to the date of Daniel's coming, but as related in another place he removed to the south of the mountain.
The log house that Daniel Whittemore built was situated in the field about 50 rods northwest of the present buildings. It is probable that he did not occupy it long, for he soon built a frame house about 25 rods southeast of the present buildings. It was in this latter that Jona- than lived and died. It was torn down and some of the material was used in building the present shed. Samuel, another son of Daniel, built a house on the hill directly east of the farm buildings now in use. Here he lived for several years. Aaron, grandfather of Daniel B., built on the present location.
DANIEL WHITTEMORE, born Jan. 16, 1717; married Sept. 10, 1739, Eleanor Osborne. He died at Lyndeborough, March 7, 1776. He was the earliest settler in that part of the town which lies north of the mountain. He took a deed of a lot of land there, April 28, 1770, and made his beginning that same year. He came from Danvers, Mass. A part of that lot of land is still occupied by his descendant, Daniel B. Whittemore. While building his log house he used to go over the moun- tain to spend the night at the house of Dea. David Badger, then the nearest neighbor to him. His way to and from the house was only a foot path and his guide boards were blazed trees. His children were probably all born at Danvers, Mass .; the four older never lived in Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. DANIEL, b. Jan. 19, 1742, d. young.
2. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 19, 1743.
3. CLARK, b. Aug. 11, 1746, d. in infancy.
4. JOHN, b. Nov. 14, 1748.
5. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 8, 1750, m. Dec. 5, 1774, Jenny Searles. He rem. to Concord between 1790 and 1795. He d. May, 1821.
6. ELEANOR, b. March 12, 1751, m. John Hutchinson. She d. May 19, 1782.
7. JONATHAN, +
8. AARON, +
9. MARY, b. March 12, 1757, m. Jan. 9, 1799, Simon Low.
IO. CLARK, b. Oct. 17, 1758.
II. DANIEL, b. Sept. 28, 1761.
12. HANNAH, b. Aug. 6, 1764, m. 1785, Amos Stoning.
JONATHAN WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel and Eleanor (Osborne)
Daniel B. Whitemore
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Whittemore, born Feb. 12, 1753 ; married Sept. 25, 1777, Elizabeth Down- ing. She died April 1, 1834. He died March 16, 1789. Children : -
I. SUSANNA, b. Aug. 3, 1778, m. 1798, Jonathan Kimball. She d. July 4, 1814.
2. CLARK, ++
3. * JAMES, b. July 4, 1787, m. Lydia Carter. Their children were James, b. April 26, 1815 ; Hannah, Charles A., Mary A.
CLARK WHITTEMORE, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Downing) Whittemore, born Aug. 21, 1782; married Sept. 10, 1810, Hannah, daughter of Amos and Hannah (Whittemore) Stoning. He died in Lyndeborough, March 25, 1826. Children : -
I. HANNAH, b. Aug. 8, 1811, m. May 19, 1841, Clark Kimball. Rem. to Pennsylvania.
2. ELIZA D., b. Feb. 27, 1813, m. Oct. 22, 1831, Alanson Burnham.
3. CLARK, b. April 24, 1815, d. July, 1817.
4. AMos S., b. Aug. 6, 1818, m. first, July 11, 1847, Caroline Griffin of Francestown. She d. June 7, 1853; m. second, Oct. 21, 1855, Eliza J. Moore of Francestown. He d. Feb. 8, 1886.
5. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 16, 1824, m. Annie A. Conchlin, Sept. 13, 1853. He rem. to Pennsylvania.
AARON WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel and Eleanor (Osborne) Whittemore, born Feb. 5, 1755; married Ruth Downing in 1786. She died June, 1834. He died Jan. 1, 1825. He was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary War and was in Capt. Peter Clark's company, Stark's Brigade, at the Battle of Bennington. Children : -
I. THOMAS, b. April, 1788, d. April, 1797.
2. AARON, +
3. CALEB, b. Jan. 22, 1792, m. March 22, 1821, Sarah Dodge. He d. August, 1879. Child : Jonathan, b. September, 1822.
4. RUTH, b. June 8, 1796, m. Feb. 29, 1820, David Smith. He d. Oct. 8, 1872. She d. Aug. 14, 1889. Children : John A. V., b. July 19, 1823 ; Aaron W., b. Sept. 24, 1829 ; David, b. Nov. 29, 1832 ; Mary A. B., b. Aug. 8, 1836, d. September, 1891.
5. and 6. SARAH and WILLIAM (twins), b. Jan. 13, 1800. Sarah, m. William Marble. William m. Jan. 21, 1829, Nancy Wilkins. He d. May 25, 1873. She d. Sept. 2,
* This family removed to Suncook, N. H.
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1887. Children : Anstis B., b. Jan. 22, 1832 ; William W., b. June 5, 1837 ; Aaron F., b. March 1, 1841 ; Sarah N., b. Oct. 29, 1845.
AARON WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Ruth (Downing) Whitte- more, born Oct. 2, 1790 ; married April 29, 1817, Betsey, daughter of James and Betsey (Hosey) Weston of Francestown. She was born Sept. 2, 1795 ; died March 30, 1858. He died Aug. 14, 1834. Children : -
I. DANIEL BOARDMAN, +
2. AARON, b, Feb. 22, 1821, d. Oct. 4, 1841.
3. JAMES, b. Jan. 4, 1823, d. Jan. 1, 1836.
4. WILLIAM LEWIS, +
5. HARRIET NEWELL, b. March 12, 1826, d. June 17, 1858.
6. JOHN WESTON, b. Feb. 23, 1828. He had a decided taste for scientific studies and the ingenuity for making appara- tus for their illustration. He gave the first of a number of scientific lectures in 1851, illustrating the facts with electri- cal and other machines of his own construction. These machines are still in existence. He d. Jan. 8, 1858.
7. ELIZA ANN, b. Jan. 24, 1830, d. Jan. 23, 1873.
DANIEL B. WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Betsey (Weston) Whittemore, born Sept. 6, 1819; married Oct. 31, 1858, Ann E., daughter of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell. She was born May 4, 1837. He lived several years in Boston and in Danvers, Mass., and returned in 1844 to the Whittemore homestead farm at North Lyndebor- ough. He is one of the few who own farms their ancestors cleared of the virgin forest. He served on the board of selectmen in 1879 and 1880 and represented the town in the Legislature in 1883. He has endeavored to apply the principles of science to his calling as a farmer and is well versed in the chemistry of fertilizers and stock foods. Of undoubted integrity of character, with a clean record, he has the confidence and good wishes of all who know him. Children : -
I. HARRY WESTON, +
2. DANA BARNES, b. March 9, 1862.
HARRY W. WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel B. and Ann E. (Bout- well) Whittemore, born Dec. 19, 1859; married July 1I, 1900, Mary B., daughter of Edward B. and Esther (Wyatt) Eastman of Amherst, Mass. She was born Oct. 2, 1872, and graduated at Smith College in 1894. He entered Tufts College in 1882 and graduated in 1886. He took a post graduate course and received the degree of A.M. in 1889. He made teaching his vocation for a number of years. In 1898, he engaged in the printing business in Malden, Mass., removing in 1901 to Tufts College, where he established The Tufts College Press. Child : - I. RODNEY EASTMAN, b. Sept. 20, 1904.
WILLIAM LEWIS WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Betsey ( Wes-
yours truly, Um. L. Whilemore.
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ton) Whittemore ; born at Francestown, Aug. 21, 1824. He received his early education in the common schools of Lyndeborough, and was a pupil at Francestown Academy for several years. He then, having deter- mined to make teaching his life work, entered Prof. William Russell's Normal Institute, where he remained about three years. He then took a special course at Amherst College and still later he entered the scien- tific department of Harvard University, completing the two-year course in 1854. He began to teach school in 1844 in the little red schoolhouse where he had been a schoolboy for a dozen years and where his father had been a pupil forty years earlier. For the first five years he taught in Lyndeborough, Greenfield and New Boston, and the next five in Wilton and Mont Vernon, coming to Milford in 1855, where he remained the principal of the high school for twelve years. He then opened a private school of his own. He spent two or three years in travel in Europe and in the United States, always with a view of studying the best educational methods employed. In 1876 he commenced teaching in Boston, where he remained twenty years. He is man of scientific attainments and of note in the educational interests of his day. He resides at Milford.
WOODS.
CHARLES E. WOODS, son of George C. and Keziah D. (Metcalf) Woods; born Sept. 7, 1856; married first, Sept. 8, 1875, Emma A. Marston of Manchester. She died Aug. 6, 1893; married second, March 17, 1897, Mrs. Stella C. Avery, daughter of Thomas L. and Mary F. (Fuller) Geer, and widow of Frank T. Avery. She was born June 21, 1853.
Mr. Woods came to Lyndeborough in 1901, and bought the place just south of where John H. Goodrich lives. A son by a former marriage of Mrs. Woods, George R. Avery, born Feb. 15, 1888, lives with them.
WOODWARD.
There are two accounts of the origin of the name Woodward. One writer says the name is a compound one, derived from the words "wood " and "ward " or woodwarden, signifying a keeper of the forest. Another writer on English genealogy traces the name to the Norman Du Boiguarde and thence to the Norse Vidavarde. One Vidavarde equipped ten ships for the service of Rollo, first duke of Normandy, and for eminent service was granted an estate in Normandy. They came to England with Wil- liam the Conqueror. Nathan Woodward was standard bearer for a troop of horse in His Majesty's service and was the founder of the Standish Hall branch of the family. The name of this family in the Anglo-Nor- man is Du Boiguarde - Anglicized it is Woodward.
Richard Woodward in the year 1415 at the battle of Agincourt so dis- tinguished himself for valor and skill as to call forth the King's heartfelt thanks before the army at Windsor. The greyhound in the coat of arms signifies alertness, vigilance and fidelity and the ermin purity in the ad- ministration of justice.
Some of the family became imbued with the Puritan belief, and they were subsequently required to make oath that they keep their teachings within their own families, and rather than submit to such tyranny and being heavily fined for contumacy they resolved to emigrate to America.
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The Woodwards of Lyndeborough are descendants of Richard Wood- ward who embarked in the ship Elizabeth, William Andrews, master, at Ipswich, April 10, 1634. He was accompanied by his wife Rose, aged fifty, and two sons, George, aged thirteen, and John, aged eleven. He first settled in Newton, but soon became one of the earliest proprietors of Watertown, Mass., owning 300 acres of land, now a part of Boston. He died Feb. 16, 1664 ; his wife died Oct. 6, 1662. He was made a freeman Sept. 2, 1635. He married second, April 18, 1663, Mrs.Ann Gates, widow of Stephen Gates of Cambridge. She died Feb. 5, 1682.
EPHRAIM WOODWARD of Brooklyn, Conn., was of the fourth gen- eration from Richard, being a descendant of his son John. Ephraim was the fourth child of John and Hannah (Hyde) Woodward, who came to Canterbury, Conn., from Watertown, Mass. He was born Jan. 8, 1710. He married first, Jan. 14, 1736, Hannah Williams of Brooklyn, Conn. She died and he married second, Huldah, daughter of John Cram of Lynde- borough July 22, 1742. By his first wife he had two children, Hannah, born 1737, and Eleazer, born January 8, 1738, both born in Brooklyn, Conn., but settled in Lyndeborough. By his second marriage he had six children. Of these Ithemer, John, David and Hannah settled in Lynde- borough. His second wife died Aug. 21, 1810. Children by second wife : -
I. ABIGAIL, b. March 24, 1743.
2. ITHEMER, +
3. WARD, +
4. JOHN, +
5. DAVID, b. 1755.
6. HANNAH, b. Jan. 24, 1757.
ITHEMER WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram) Wood- ward, born Jan. 21, 1749; married Huldah Sharp. She died in Frances- towu July 12, 1823. He died in Francestown Jan. 9, 1839. He settled in the extreme northwest part of the town, which was afterward annexed to Francestown. In the History of Francestown is the record of a petition of certain residents of Lyndeborough to be annexed to Francestown. The petition is dated Jan. 7, 1791, and Ithemer Woodward's name is at the head. This petition was granted in 1792, and that section of the town became a part of Francestown. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and his name is on the rolls of both Lyndeborough and Francestown. His wife was b. Oct. 13, 1749. Children : -
I. ELIPHALET, b. Nov. 16, 1774, m. March 4, 1802, Polly But- terfield of Francestown, rem. to Hanover, N. H.
2. DANIEL, +
3. DELIA, b. July 9, 1780, m. Nov. 17, 1808, Ephraim David- son of Landgrove Vt. The town record of births contains the following : Abigail, dau. of Ephraim Davidson and Delia his wife, b. April 3, 1815, d. Aug. 9, 1815; Almira, dau. of ditto, b. April 30, 1817, d. July 13, 1817 ; Saralı
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S., dau. of ditto, b. Dec. 28, 1818 ; Peter, son of ditto, b. Nov. 23, 1823.
4. ELIJAH, +
5. Lucy, b. Sept. 9, 1784, m. April 7, 1808, Ephraim P. Wood- ward of Brooklyn, Conn.
6. BENJAMIN, b. May 12, 1789, m. Betsey Bixby of Frances- town. He d. July 21, 1859. She d. July 19, 1862.
7. AARON, b. Dec. 19, 1793, d. Dec. 20, 1866.
8. HULDAH, b. Aug. 2, 1795, m. Oliver Whiting of Lyndebor- ough. (See Whiting gen.)
DANIEL WOODWARD, son of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Wood- ward; born Jan. 30, 1777; married first, Lucy Burnham of Essex, Mass., Dec. 29, 1803. She died Aug. 19, 1830. He married second, May 1, 1848, Hannah, daughter of John and Judith (Foster) Woodward. She was born Jan. 20, 1781 ; died Nov. 16, 1853. He married third, Hannah M., daugh- ter of Israel and Hannah (Hardy) Woodward. He died in Francestown June 25, 1867. He bought a farm in the northwest part of the town. There is said to have been a log house standing when he bought it. In 1827 he built a brick house which was later burned while occupied by Sumner French. All of his children were born there. In 1846 he moved to the "old store house " at the Centre and lived there many years. He later went to live with his son Abner B. in Francestown, where he died. He was a quiet, unassuming man, of great integrity of character, and a long time member of the Congregational church. Children : -
I. ADONIRAM, +
2. MARY, b. Sept. 7, 1806, d. Aug. 29, 1848.
3. DANIEL, +
4. JACOB ANDREWS, +
5. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 24, 1814, d. April 15, 1847.
6. CHARLES, +
7. LUCY, m. Kilburn S. Curtis. (See Curtis gen.)
8. ABNER B., +
ADONIRAM WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) Woodward, born Sept. 14, 1804; married March, 1834, Achsah Hoar of Littleton, Mass. She was born June 2, 1801; died March 28, 1866. He died July 29, 1849. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ALBERT, b, March 6, 1835, d. June 17, 1854.
2. ELLEN, b. June 26, 1841, m. John M. Robbins, Aug. 29, 1876, and res. at Leominster, Mass.
DEA. DANIEL WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) Woodward, born May 23, 1809; married Sept. 6, 1832, Cynthia S., daugh- ter of Daniel and Joanna ( Balch) Simonds of Burlington, Mass. She was born in Barnard, Vt., Oct. 20, 1811, and died in Lyndeborough, June 5, 1887. He died in Lyndeborough, April 3, 1866. He was born at the
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HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
Woodward homestead on the north side of the mountain. When a young man he removed to Lowell, Mass., and went to work in the cotton mills, where he soon became an overseer. He was married in Lowell, his wife being a descendant on the mother's side of Israel Balch of Francestown. In 1836 he removed to Newburyport, Mass., and bought a cotton mill which he operated for a few years, but failing health com- pelled him to sell out his business, and he came back to Lyndeborough and bought out the store at the " centre," and was in business there for a while, then swapped the old store house for his father's farm and moved to the old homestead. In 1851 he again removed to Lowell and entered the employ of the Tremont and Suffolk Corporation as overseer of the carding and spinning room. He was prominent in the political and business affairs of the city and was an alderman in 1854. Wherever he lived he always affiliated himself with the church and Sabbath school, and was made a deacon of the John St. Congregational Church. He was a fine teacher of singing, and taught many schools in Lowell, New- buryport, and towns adjoining Lyndeborough. He was a good mechanic, and cotton manufacturing was his favorite business, but his health was such that he could not stand the dust and confinement of the cotton mill for long at a time. In 1859, failing health again compelled him to seek the out-door life of the farm, and he removed to Francestown, and bought the Kingsbury place, near his brother Abner's farm. Here he remained until the spring of 1862, when he came back to his native town, and bought the James Grant place north of Badger Pond, where he lived until his death. He was superintendent of schools and select- man and filled other places of trust in town. He was a man of unswerv- ing integrity of character and had the confidence and esteem of every community where he lived. Children : --
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