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I. CHARLES HENRY, b. in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 16, 1833, d. April 25, 1835.
2. HENRY MARTIN, b. in Newburyport, Mass., July 15, 1836, m. first, Sept. 9, 1857, Belinda A. Robbins of Lowell, Mass. She was a dau. of Luther and Belinda (Sumner) Robbins. She was b. Sept. 9, 1838, d. June 5, 1892 ; m. second, Oct. 3, 1895, Lora, dau. of Samuel and Phebe (Noyes) Marden of New Boston. She was b. Aug. 11, 1843. He was a soldier in the 6th Mass. Regt. with the rank of ser- geant and participated in the celebrated march through Baltimore, April 19, 1861. Res. in Rindge, N. H. Chil- dren : Cora B., Mary E., Emma B., Milo R., Luetta.
3. WILLIAM BIXBY, b. in Newburyport, Mass., April 8, 1838, d. in Lowell, March 4, 1859.
4. JACOB ANDREWS, +
5. EDWARD PAYSON, b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 8, 1851, m. first, Dora Shaw of Norton, Mass .; m. second, Carrie Tyler of Hyde Park, Mass .; third, Hattie, dau. of Joseph
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Popple of Rindge, N. H., b. Nov. 12, 1872. Res. in Rindge, N. H. Children by first wife : Mabel L., Ina, Grace ; by third wife : Gladys H.
JACOB ANDREWS WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Cynthia (Simonds) Woodward, born in Lyndeborough, Sept. 28, 1845; married Sept. 26, 1872, Lena E., daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (McCol- lister) Sheldon of Derby, Vt. She was born Aug. 18, 1848. Children : -
I. ARTHUR EASTMAN, +
2. LINCOLN NUTE, ++
ARTHUR EASTMAN WOODWARD, son of Jacob A. and Lena (Shel- don) Woodward, born in Lowell, Mass., Aug. 18, 1874; married Sept. 26, 1899, Mabel M., daughter of Charles O. and Mary A. (Wheeler) Clement of Lyndeborough. She was born April 9, 1877. Resides at Boston, Mass. Children : -
I. BEATRICE, b. Jan. 1, 1901.
2. CLEMENT A., b. Sept. 9, 1904.
LINCOLN NUTE WOODWARD, son of Jacob A. and Lena (Sheldon) Woodward, born May 16, 1878, in Lowell, Mass; married June 29, 1904, Bertha G., daughter of Charles L. and Emma (Tarbell) Perham.
JACOB ANDREWS WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burn- ham) Woodward, born in Lyndeborough, April 10, 1811 ; married Julia Bowen of Holderness. She was born April 2, 1809; died Nov. 27, 1878. He died in Francestown July 20, 1846. He removed to Francestown and built the house where Moses Jellison now lives. Children : -
I. GEORGIANNA A., b. Dec. 16, 1842, m. March 28, 1865, at Lowell, Mass., Edward J. Cobleigh of Northfield, Vt., b. March 22, 1837. Child : Lillian Gertrude, b. Dec. 19, 1867.
CHARLES WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) Woodward, born March 28, 1817; married first, Phebe Jane, daughter of Timothy and Susanna (McAlvin) Ordway. She was born May 28, 1826; died April 30, 1852; married second, Mary Henderson of Newton, Iowa. She died March 29, 1865. He died at Grinnell, Iowa, Aug. 11, 1874. He removed to Iowa after the death of his first wife and was one of the pioneers of that state, and was one of those who crossed the plains to Pike's Peak during the gold excitement. Children born at Newton Iowa : Charles, Ella.
ABNER B. WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) Wood- ward, born in Lyndeborough, April 30, 1822; married March 30, 1859, Caroline M., daughter of Lyman and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Perkins of Lyme. She was born March 10, 1836. He died in Stoneham, Mass., June 14, 1899. When a young man he removed to Francestown and entered the employ of Col. Daniel Fuller and after the death of the widow of Daniel in 1858, received by bequest a large part of the Fuller
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estate. He was largely interested in the material prosperity of Frances- town, and was selectman, president of the savings bank and filled other positions of trust. In 1883, he removed to Stoneham, Mass., where he died. Children born in Francestown: Will A., Mary P., Carrie P., Abner L., Fred F., Albert S., Herbert F.
ELIJAH WOODWARD, son of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Wood- ward, born Feb. 21, 1782; married Nov. 17, 1808, Rhoda Austin of Francestown. She died Feb. 18, 1863. He died Jan. 25, 1852. This family removed to Landgrove, Vt. Children : -
I. AMBROSE, b. March 10, 1811, m. Hannah L. Bixby, Sept. 6, 1835.
2. RHODA, b. Sept. 9, 1812, m. Amos H. Jenkins, May 5, 1836. She d. Feb. 7, 1899.
3. LEWIS E., b. Dec. 14, 1815, m. Mary D. Mack, Nov. 28, 1839, d. March 12, 1876.
4. LAURA M., b. Jan. 10, 1819, m. Jotham Swallow, April 15, 1841, d. Nov. 29, 1859.
5. MARANDA, b. July 6, 1822, m. Reuben Lampson, May 24, 1845, d. May 31, 1863.
6. HULDAH, b. July 16, 1824, m. Amasa Richardson, Nov. 21, 1842.
7. CHARLES W., b. July 13, 1827, m. first, Lucy Pease, Jan. I, 1850 ; m. second, Laura V. Holman, Oct. 31, 1864. Res. in West Acton, Mass.
ELEAZER WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Williams) Woodward; born in Brooklyn, Conn., Jan. 8, 1738; married in 1764 Hannah, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam. She was born March 9, 1743; died Oct. 5, 1811. She was the first white child born in Salem-Canada, and became a professional midwife. She was often car- ried in a large basket to her destination when the snow was too deep for a horse to travel, two men furnishing the motive power. He was one of the first settlers of Salem-Canada, and made a farm where Jacob A. Wood- ward now lives. This place he sold to the town for a poor farm. He died Dec. 19, 1815. Children : -
I. HULDAH, b. June 23, 1765, m. John Cram. (See Cram gen.)
2. HANNAH, b. Feb. 1, 1767, d. July 15, 1788.
3. EPHRAIM, +
4. ELEAZER, ++
5. ISRAEL, +
6. WARD, +
7. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1779, m. Benjamin Cram. (See Cram gen.)
8. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 31, 1781, m. Aaron Woodward.
9. DAVID, +
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EPHRAIM WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward; born March 18, 1769 ; married first, Nov. 17, 1791, Hannah, daughter of Dea. David and Rachel Badger. She was born Dec. 19, 1770; died Feb. 22, 1830. He married second, Mrs. Jane, widow of Oliver Bar- rett of Wilton. He married third, Widow Hyde. He died Feb. 8, 1850. Children : -
I. EPHRAIM, +
2. HANNAH, m. David, son of Capt. Ward Woodward, rem. to Brooklyn, Conn.
3. BENJAMIN, d. in Canada.
4. JACOB, +
5. ANNA, m. Lewis Cram. (See Cram gen.)
6. PUTNAM, m. Susan Grey, rem. to Wilton.
7. LOUISA, d. June 21, 1830.
8. LUCINDA, m. Samuel Hartshorn. (See Hartshorn gen.)
EPHRAIM WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Badger) Woodward ; born Nov. 25, 1792; married Sept. 25, 1817, Olive, daughter of Jonathan Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 4, 1788 ; died March 25, 1865. He died Sept. 23, 1879. Children : -
I. OLIVE, b. Dec. 17, 1818.
2. EPHRAIM, b. July 13, 1820.
3. RACHEL A., b. Oct. 4, 1821.
JACOB WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Badger) Wood- ward; born May 9, 1806 ; married April 26, 1827, Mary, daughter of Asa and Sybil (Pierce) Blanchard of Lyndeborough. She was born April 15, 1807; died June 6, 1886. He died Aug. 17, 1867. Children : -
I. JACOB NEWTON, +
2. EPHRAIM W., b. Aug. 21, 1829, m. Dec. 29, 1852, Ann E. Webster of Hampstead, Mass., rem. to Concord, where he d. Sept., 1889.
3. MARY E., b. June 30, 1831, m. Jan. 1, 1860, Joshua Shirley of Conway, d. Jan., 1892.
4. BRADLEY B., b. Feb. 28, 1834, m. first, April 5, 1858, Frances E. Lang of Conway, m, second, Lizzie C. Page of Conway, Jan. 2, 1866. He is a prosperous and influential citizen of Conway ; representative to the General Court in * 1889, and has held many positions of trust in the town; has a fine farm nearly opposite the town of Fryeburg, Me. Children : Hattie, Howard, Mary.
5. DAVID RUFUS, b. in Conway, Nov. 28, 1843, res. in South Framingham, Mass.
JACOB NEWTON WOODWARD, son of Jacob and Mary (Blanchard)
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Woodward; born March 4, 1828; married Oct. 8, 1857, Almira L. Ordway of West Fairlee, Vt. She was born Feb. II, 1833. Children : -
I. EDWARD N., b. July 1, 1862, d. Dec. 2, 1862.
2. GEORGE N., b. May 21, 1869, res. in Concord.
3. ETTA MAY, b. May 14, 1872, res. in Concord.
ELEAZER WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward; born Oct. 5, 1771 ; married Nov. 15, 1797, Rachel, daughter of Samuel and Mary Houston of Lyndeborough. She was born Oct. 22, 1779 ; died April 2, 1843. He d. Jan. 4, 1855. Children : -
I. SAMUEL, b. July 5, 1800, d. July 20, 1821.
2. PUTNAM, b. June II, 1802, rem. to New York.
3. WILLIAMS, +
4. IRA H., b. June 13, 18II. Prepared for the ministry and rem. to one of the southern states, where he d. Jan. 1830.
5. LEVI HOUSTON, +
6. EMILY, m. Jonathan Stephenson. (See Stephenson gen.)
WILLIAMS WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) Woodward; born Aug. 13, 1804; married April 21, 1829, Hannah, daugh- ter of Aaron and Hannah (Boardman) Lewis of Francestown. She was born Aug. 19, 1800; died Aug. 17, 1863. He died Dec. 24, 1859. Chil dren : -
I. HANNAH ELIZABETH, m. Isaac L. Duncklee. (See Dunck- lee gen. )
2. ABIGAIL P., b. Jan. 29. 1839, d. Oct. 23, 1855.
LEVI HOUSTON WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) Woodward; born Jan. 5, 1815; married first, March 30, 1843, Caroline, daughter of Nathan and Hannah E. (Russell) Fish of Lyndeborough. She was born May 8, 1820 ; died Oct. 5, 1878. He married second, Han- nah J. Wellman of Dublin. He removed to East Jaffrey, where he died Jan. 10, 1888. Children by first wife : -
I. ADALINA R., b. Oct. 31, 1839, m. John H. Lynch.
2. RACHEL A., b. Sept. 1, 1850. Child by second wife : -
3. ANNIE MAY.
ISRAEL WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood- ward; born May 17, 1773; married Hannah Hardy of Lyndeborough, Nov. 18, 1804. She was born Nov. 24, 1781; died July 6, 1845. He died March 29, 1858. Children :-
I. HANNAH W., b. July II, m. Daniel Woodward. (See Daniel Woodward gen.), d. Jan. 12, 1894,
2. ABIGAIL H., b. Jan. 27, 1814, d. Oct. 31, 1854.
3. JESSIE H., b. July 16, 1817, m. Dolly J. Pierce of Nashua, d. Jan., 1894.
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WARD WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood- ward, born Aug. 31, 1776; married Nov. 16, 1797, Elizabeth Day. He died Oct. 24, 1850. He removed to New York, where his descendants now reside. They had twelve children, some of whom were born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ELEAZER, b. Aug. 22, 1798, m. May 4, 1820, Hannah Mears.
2. WARD, b. March 8, 1800, m. Nov. 25, 1822, Hannah Cresy. He d. Jan. 16, 1861.
3. ISAAC D., b. Feb. 28, 1802, m. June 18, 1827, Althea Sum- ner, d. April 3, 1877.
4. ABRAHAM, b. Aug. 22, 1804, m. Jan. 18, 1823, Margaret Moore.
5. ELIZABETH, b. July 25, 1806, m. September, 1829, Thomas Earle.
6. WILLIAM C., b. Aug. 22, 1808, m. January, 1837, Harriet Pierce ; m. second, Nancy Hardy. He d. May 4, 1877.
7. SUSANNA S., b. Dec. 25, 1810, d. Sept. 21, 1813.
8. SYLVANUS N., b. April 17, 1813, d. Oct. 5, 1834.
9. LYDIA A., b. October, 1815, m. June 6, 1833, John Pierce, Jr.
IO. ALPHEUS G., b. April 19, 1818, m. March 10, 1843, Hannah A. Loring. He d. March 30, 1877.
II. GEORGE N., b. Aug. 13, 1820, m. March 10, 1847, Emily Goodyear. He d. Jan. 22, 1856.
12. SAVIA S., b. Nov. 5, 1825, d. May 13, 1842.
DAVID WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood- ward, born Jan. 18, 1787; married first, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Polly (Epps) Kidder; married second, Elizabeth Danforth of Hillsboro, March 20, 1819. She was born Dec. 15, 1794; died in Jasper, N. Y., May 28, 1870. He died March 15, 1852. David Woodward removed to Jasper, N. Y., soon after his second marriage. Of the children by his second wife, George D. was born in Lyndeborough. He built the brick house, which Edward Duncklee has remodeled into the Pinnacle House. Chil- dren by first wife : -
I. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 20, 1811, m. Betsey Jones. (See Jones gen.) He d. in Oregon in 1889.
2. MARY, b. Feb. 1, 1813, m. Leonard Marshall of Boston, Sept. 8, 1835. He d. July 1, 1880. She d. Jan. 30, 1881.
3. SARAH S., b. Nov. 25, 1814, m. Sept. 27, 1838, S. F. Den- nis. She d. Feb. 21, 1880.
4. DAVID F., b. Oct. 20, 1816, m. in 1839, Phebe Webster of Bath, N. Y. He d. April 21, 1888. She d. Feb. 8, 1865.
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5. CALVIN, b. 1818, m. in 1842, Jane Porter of Homer, N. Y. He d. in August, 1844.
Children by second wife : -
6. GEORGE D., b. Oct. 5, 1823, m. Oct. 30, 1850, Mary E. Prentice of Jasper, N. Y. She was b. July 24, 1832.
7: WILLIAM T., b. Oct. 19, 1827, m. Jan. 13, 1857, Sarah C. Everest. She was b. Nov. 11, 1834. He d. June 25, 1864.
8. ELIZA J., b. July 19, 1832, m. April 23, 1847, David C. Hollenbeck. He was b. at Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1826, d. Feb. 5, 1865, at City Point, Va.
* CAPT. WARD WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram) Woodward, born in Canterbury, Conn., April 16, 1751 ; married Oct. 19, 1780, Rebecca, daughter of Dea. Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam of Lyndeborough. She was born March 17, 1761; died Oct. 18, 1848. He died April 12, 1810. He was a soldier in the Continental Army with the rank of captain. Children : -
I. AARON, +
2. SEWELL, b. Feb. 8, 1783.
3. EPHRAIM P., +
4. WARD, b. Sept. 12, 1785, m. Sarah York of Brooklyn, Conn.
5. DEIDAMIA, b. Oct. 8, 1787.
6. ELEAZER, b. July II, 1790, m. Henrietta Ingraham.
7. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. II, 1792, m. Joseph Austin of Brooklyn, Conn.
8. DAVID, b. Nov, 12, 1793, m. first, Hannah P. Woodward of Lyndeborough; m. second, Nancy Littlehale of Brooklyn, Conn.
9. SALLY, b. April 1, 1796, d. Sept. 8, 1797.
IO. ARTEMAS, b. Feb. 19, 1800, d. November, 1810.
II. AUGUSTUS, b. June 25, 1804. . .
AARON WOODWARD, son of Capt. Ward and Rebecca (Putnam) Woodward, "was born at Canterbury, Conn., Sept. 20, 1781; married Elizabeth Woodward of Lyndeborough, Oct. 15, 1807. She was the daughter of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward, born Aug. 31, 1781; died Jan. 27, 1879. He settled on a farm east of where R. C. Mason now lives. There is nothing but a cellar hole to mark the site. The children were born there. He died July 16, 1845. Children : -
I. REBECCA, b. Feb. 19, 1809, 111. Josiah Colburn of Hollis, N. H., Dec. 29, 1856. She d. Feb. 20, 1889.
2. ARTEMAS, +
3. CORDELIA, b. May 2, 1815, d. Aug. 31, 1821.
4. HULDAH, b. June 1, 1817, d. Aug. 10, 1881.
* Bond's History of Watertown gives the date of his birth as April 5, 1751.
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5. HENRIETTA, b. April 19, 1820, m. Col. William Cross of Litchfield, N. H., April 9, 1839, d. Aug. 13, 1854.
6. AARON BURLEIGH, b. March 18, 1822, m. first, Hannah Cross of Litchfield, N. H., May 4, 1847; m. second, Susan Howard of Amherst, N. H., Dec. 14, 1853.
7. SEWELL, b. Dec. 3, 1823, d. Feb. 2, 1847.
8. ELIZABETH A., b. Dec. 14, 1826, m. Benj. K. Jones ; m. sec- ond, Walter Blake.
9. CALISTA D., b. Aug. 29, 1829, d. Feb. 7, 1856.
ARTEMAS WOODWARD, son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Woodward) Woodward, born Nov. 17, 1811; married first, Christianna Gibson of Windsor. She was born Jan. 18, 1819, and was instantly killed by being thrown from a wagon on the road from the centre to South Lyndebor- ough, May 8, 1852. A granite monument marks the spot; married sec- ond, Nancy E. Savage of Greenfield, Oct. 28, 1852. She was born Aug. 2, 1828. He died March 31, 1884. He was a genial, kindly man whom every one liked and respected. Children by first wife : -
I. ALFRED C., b. Aug. 14, 1842, m. Hattie F. Lakin of Greenville. She was murdered and the murderer was never apprehended.
2, ALBERT C., b. Dec. 21, 1847, d. Sept. 19, 1858. By second wife : -
3. ETHAN A., +
4. WILLIAM A., b. Dec. 24, 1859, m. March 16, 1882, Ella J. Needham of Irisburg, Vt.
5. CHRISTIANNA E., b. Feb. 23, 1863, m. March 7, 1882, Ed- ward E. Weston. Res. in Amherst.
6. HARVEY E., b. Dec. 9, 1868, m. Sept. 1, 1889, Emma F. Giddings of Wilton.
ETHAN A. WOODWARD, son of Artemas and Nancy E. (Savage) Woodward, born May 12, 1858; married Nov. 14, 1882, Lizzie R., daughter of Franklin H. and Elsey (Fish) Kidder. She was born June 15, 1859 ; died July 20, 1904. He resides on the Kidder homestead.
EPHRAIM PUTMAN WOODWARD, son of Capt. Ward and Rebecca (Putnam) Woodward; born June 2, 1784; married Lucy, daughter of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Woodward, April 7, 1808. She was born Sept. 9, 1784. He was born in Brooklyn, Conn., and after his marriage evidently returned there with his bride, for the three older children were born in Connecticut. He came back to Lyndeborough in 1814, but soon thereafter moved to New York to make a new home, his family remain- ing here until he should provide it, but he lived but a short time after his arrival there, and died about 1822. His wife died in 1836 or 1837. Children : -
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I & 2. JARED and LUCITTY (twins), b. at Pomfret, Conn., d. in infancy.
3. ASHER, b. at Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 6, 1811, d. young.
4. BENJAMIN F., b. in Francestown, April 11, 1813, m. Sarah, Bradford.
5. ANSON W., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 1, 1815, m. Ann Richardson. Rem. to Boston, where he died. They had one child, a son, who died many years ago, and of whom I have no record.
6. JAMES G., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 13, 1817; m. Phebe, dau. of Capt. Nathan and Abigail (Abbott) Culver of Lowell, Mass., May 16, 1848. She was b. May 16, 1823. He rem. to Henry Co., Ill., in 1854, and in 1868, sold his Illinois farm and rem. to Kellogg, Jasper Co., Iowa, where he d. Nov. 25, 1899. He was a jovial man, always liked by all with whom he came in contact. He bought a wild prairie farm, but before his death had it nicely improved. Children : Abby Frances, James Edwin, Lucy Annett, Martha Elmira, Mary Emma, Frederick Newton, Charles, Warren. Frederic Newton Woodward rem. to Kansas, where he is an influential citizen, at one time a member of the Kansas Legislature.
7. EPHRAIM WARD, b. Aug. 12, 1820, m. Lydia, dau. of Asa and Olive (Spaulding) Manning of Lyndeborough. They rem. to Michigan, where he became a prosperous farmer, and at the time of his death, in October, 1880, was county supervisor. His widow survived him many years, and was always a liberal contributor to the Congregational Church at Lyndeborough. They had at least one child, who died young.
JOHN WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram) Woodward, born Jan. 19, 1753, in Canterbury, Conn. He came to Lyndeborough and married Judith Foster of Temple, but evidently returned with his wife to Connecticut, for Samuel, his eldest child, was an infant when they again came to Lyndeborough. They came on horseback all the way, and Samuel was brough in his mother's arms. He settled on land and built a house north of No. 9 schoolhouse. He also owned a large lot of land west of the John Dolliver place. His wife was born Nov. 13, 1753. Children : -
I. SAMUEL, ++
2. DANIEL, b. March 26, 1781, 111. Hannah Putnam and rem. to Ohio.
3. JOHN, +
MEHITABLE TRASK WOODWARD. BORN AUGUST 27, 1803.
Half-tone from Photograph taken August 27, 1903.
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4. LUCY, b. March 26, 1784, m. June 29, 1818, Daniel Mason of Otsego Co., N. Y.
5. ABIGAIL, b. March 17, 1786, m. - Barker. Rem. to Ohio.
6. EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 9, 1788, m. Sept. 25, 1817, Olive Cham- berlain. Rem. to New York.
7. HANNAH, b. Jan. 20, 1781, in. Daniel, son of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Woodward.
8. JUDITH, b. March 18, 1793, m. first, Charles Hadley, April 26, 1821 ; m. second, Samuel Ferson, March 1, 1838.
SAMUEL WOODWARD, son of John and Juditli ( Foster) Wood- ward, born Nov. 9, 1778; married Elizabetlı, daughter of Jonathan and Margaret Chamberlain, born June 3, 1776. Children : -
I. DANIEL, b. July 24, 1803, m. Abigail Barker and rem. to the west, d. Feb. 22, 1888.
2. SAMUEL, +
3. ISAIAH, d. Jan. 4, 1836.
4. FOSTER, +
DEA. SAMUEL WOODWARD, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cham- berlain) Woodward; married Eunice Clark of Lyndeborough, and re- moved to Amherst. In March, 1854, they removed to Illinois and settled in Brenton, Ford Co. They had eight children born to them, only one, Mary A., born in Lyndeborough, the others were born in Amherst. He was active in church and was made a deacon, and was useful in the de- velopment of the new country where he made his home. He died at Lyman, Ford Co., Illinois, June 24, 1882. His wife, Eunice (Clark) Woodward, died at the same place, Aug. 30, 1885, aged 82 years and 19 days.
FOSTER WOODWARD, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Woodward, born Oct. 18, 1809; married May 30, 1828, Mrs. Mehitable (Trask) Hildreth, widow of Charles Hildreth. She was born Aug. 27, 1803. At this writing (1905) she is living in her Io3rd year, and retains a very good memory of the early days of Lyndeborough. He died Dec. 14, 1884. Children : -
I. GEORGE T., +
2. ELIZA A., b. May 30, 1841.
3. MARTHA E., b. May 25, 1843, d. Oct. 11, 1846.
4. ISAIAH F., +
5. JOSEPHINE M., b. April 20, 1848.
GEORGE TRASK WOODWARD, son of Foster aud Mehitable (Hil- dreth) Woodward; born Oct. 4, 1839; married Nov. 13, 1866, Susan Odell. She died Oct. 18, 1870; married second, Dec. 25, 1873, Abby F. Morrison of Lowell, Mass. She died in 1896. He died at the Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, Mass., July 2, 1904.
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Besides the district schools of his native town he attended several terms at the Appleton Academy, Mont Vernon, then under the charge of Prof. Bancroft. On the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he en- listed in the company of which George A. Bruce was first lieutenant and Charles M. Kittredge second lieutenant, and was mustered in as a private on Sept. 18, 1862. This was in the 13th Regt., N. H. Vol. He was sub- sequently promoted to corporal and then to sergeant. Later he went be- fore Casey's examining board at Washington and was commissioned cap- tain in the 30th U. S. Colored Troops by President Lincoln. This regiment was commanded by Col. Delevan Bates, who was formerly an officer in the 12Ist New York.
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Capt. Woodward was without question one of the best company com- manders. He was wounded in the battle of the Crater in the arm but not so seriously but that he extracted the bullet himself and threw it away, much to his regret afterwards. At Fort Fisher he had charge of Gen. Paine's courier line, and so well did he do his work that the general named him for promotion. In accordance therewith he was brevetted major. He was discharged at Roanoke Island, N. C., Dec. 10, 1865.
Susan Odell, who became his wife, he first met at Roanoke Island, where she was a teacher in a colored school. Her northern home was in Saco, Me. At the close of the war he bought the farm in Lyndeborough where Frank B. Tay now lives, and here his two daughters were born. After three years he sold this farm to try his fortune in Virginia, and bought a farm on the James River of 225 acres, about twenty miles below City Point. His land was fertile and produced good crops, but the bitter- ness of defeat which rankled in the hearts of his neighbors made it un- pleasant for a man of his positive convictions, and one morning he found a rope with hangman's knot dangling from one of his trees with a placard attached saying that unless he was out of those parts within a specified time he would be hung. His wife had died leaving him alone in a hostile community with his two little daughters, and he sold his land at a sacri- fice and came back to New England.
He settled in Lowell, Mass., where in 1873 he married Abbie F. Morri- son. He became a carpenter by trade, and was contractor for building many of Lowell's business blocks. He was superintendent of public buildings for three years, and was much respected in his adopted home. He was prominent in Grand Army circles, and was commander of Ladd and Whitney Post, Lowell, Mass., in 1891. He joined the Congregational Church, Lyndeborough, in 1857. Children : -
I. MABEL T., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 3, 1867.
2. GEORGIA E., b. July 2, 1869 in Biddeford, Me. Is a gradu- ate of the Lowell Normal School and makes teaching her vocation.
ISAIAH F. WOODWARD, son of Foster and Mehitable (Hildreth) Woodward ; born July 21, 1846 ; married May 31, 1870, Addie E. Pearsons of Amherst; removed to Wilton ; died Feb. 5, 1887. Children : -
I. IDA B.
2. ELIZABETH.
George J. Woodward.
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3. ALICE M.
JOHN WOODWARD, son of John and Judith (Foster) Woodward ; born Jan. 10, 1782 ; married Anna Thompson of Lyndeborough. She died July 18, 1829. He died Aug. 21, 1858. Children : -
I. JOHN THOMPSON, b. Feb. 29, 1808.
2. ESTHER, b. Sept. 19, 1809.
3. ANNA, b. June 2, 18II.
4. ELIJAH, b. March 21, 1813.
5. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 26, 1814.
6. MARY, b. May 2, 1819, d. May 29, 1848.
7. JUDITH, b. July 28, 1821.
WRIGHT.
JULIEN E. WRIGHT was born Oct. 7, 1825; married Aug. 15, 1861, Abby S. Bridge of Dexter, Me. She was born Dec. 16, 1835; died March 12, 1903. He died April 30, 1896. He lived on the farm formerly owned by Samuel Jones. Children : -
I. HATTIE E., b. Feb. 27, 1863 ; married Jan. 4, 1881, Charles H. Goss of Dunstable, Mass.
2. SARAH A., b. April 15, 1865 ; married June 4, 1889, Herman A. Walker of Kittery, Me.
YOUNG.
RICHARD YOUNG was born May 15, 1796 at Derryfield, now Man- chester ; married Sarah Stevens. She was born at Manchester, April I, 1807; died May 28, 1880. He died March 13, 1877. He came to Lynde- borough from Manchester in 1858, and settled in the southwest part of the town. There were born to them seventeen children, nine boys and eight girls. Of these children, born at Manchester, the following came to Lyndeborough : -
CHARLES, b. - , d. Jan. 6, 1898.
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