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I. ASA, b. Feb. 11, 1761, m. May 25, 1779, Bridget Pearsons of Duxbury School Farm.
2. MARY, b. Oct. 5, 1763, m. Nov. 16, 1786, Noah Lawrence of Lyndeborough.
3. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 22, 1766, m. June 4, 1785, Jesse Wood- bury of Weare.
4. JUDITH, b. March 9, 1769, m. April 26, 1787, Moulton Bachelder.
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5. JAMES, b. Sept. 29, 1772, m. March 16, 1790, Deborah Haggett.
6. NEHEMIAH, +
7. ALICE, b. June 25, 1776, m. Jan. 28, 1796, Joseph Bachel- der of St. Andrews Grove.
NEHEMIAH BOUTWELL, son of James and Mary (Johnson) Boutwell, born Nov. 20, 1774; married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones of Lyndeborough, June 28, 1796. She was born Dec. 18, 1776 ; died July 3, 1856. He died Oct. 3, 1855. He was an ener- getic, stirring, business man, and in addition to carrying on his large farm had a potash factory, which stood west of the house, which he operated for many years. He must have been something of a mechanic, withal, for he made the nails with which to build a new house. He owned and operated a tannery, and by strict integrity and attention to business acquired a competence. He was moderator of the town meet- ings for many years, representative to the general court in 1821 and again in 1828 and town treasurer for 19 years. He was drum major in the state militia. In the later years of his life he resigned the care of the farm to his son, Rodney C. His wife had the misfortune to be nearly or quite blind the last years of her life. Children : -
I. NEHEMIAH, b. May 19, 1797, m. Mary Johnson of Hollis.
2. BETSEY, b. Feb. 8, 1799, m. Jesse Pearsons of Francestown, d. Aug. 4, 1873.
3. BENJAMIN J., b. Feb. 9, 1801, d. May 19, 1807.
4. WILLIAM THURSTON, +
5. CLARK CROMBIE, +
9. NEWTON, +
7. BENJAMIN JONES, b. Jan. 12, 1809, m. Mary Fisher, d. Aug. 14, 1836.
8. RODNEY CLEAVES, +
9. JAMES, +
IO. MARY ANN, b. April 7, 1816, m. James H. Hall of Brook- line, N. H., d. May 8, 1852.
II. SARAH JONES, b. July 15, 1818, m. Eben Palmer, d. Jan. 30, 1841. (See Palmer gen.)
REV. WILLIAM THURSTON BOUTWELL. (See p. 566.) Son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell; born Feb. 4, 1803; married Oct. 11, 1834, Hester Crooks of Fond du Lac, Wis. She died at Still- water, Minn., Oct. 15, 1853. He died Oct. 11, 1890, at Stillwater, Minn. He prepared for college at Hancock and Exeter Academies. Graduated at Dartmouth in 1828, and from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1831. He was ordained at Woburn in 1831, and was sent by the American Board as a missionary to the Chippewa Indians at Mackinaw and vicinity. He remained with them until 1845, teaching and preaching, and enduring the discomforts and privations of a life among such surroundings. He
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removed to Stillwater, Minn., where he was the pioneer home missionary . of the state, preaching the first sermon ever preached in the state of Min- nesota. Most of his children were born in Minnesota, but one, Mary Louise, was born at Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. ELIZABETH A., b. August 4, 1835, d. Jan. 17, 1900, m. Rollins Parkhurst, 1860. He died May 25, 1879. Chil- dren : Leforest, Marie Antoinette.
2. RAMSEY C., b. May 16, 1837, m. Nov. 20, 1872, Lucy A. Clark of Lyndeborough, d. April 24, 1898.
3. MARY LOUISE, b. Jan. 10, 1840.
4. WILLIAM T., b. Feb. 6, 1842.
5. RODNEY C., b. Feb. 26, 1844.
6. KATHARINE A., b. Oct. 23, 1846.
7. HESTER C., b. Jan. 2, 1848.
8. BASIL E., b. Nov. 16, 1850.
9. CORNELIUS L., b. Nov. 2. 1852.
CLARK CROMBIE BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell, born April 22, 1805; married Asenath Bradford of Hancock. He early removed to Nashua and soon became prominent in the business circles of that city. He was president and director of the Wilton railroad corporation, and largely interested in the railroads of the state. He was prominent in financial circles and influential in the city of his adoption. Children :-
I. HENRY THATCHER, b. Aug. 20, 1844, m. 1872, Helen G. Willis of St. Louis. He is a graduate of Harvard, 1866, M. D., 1870, and is a physician in Manchester. His chil- dren are : John Mason, b. 1874, who is a graduate of Harvard, 1897, and is in the government service, U. S., Geological Survey, Washington, D. C .; Alice Bradford, b. 1882.
2. ELLENA FRANCES, b. March 14, 1847, m. June, 1870, Rev. Minot Gage of Cambridge, Mass. Children : Walter Bout- well, b. 1872 ; Harold Minot, b. 1874.
3. LIZZIE MARCIA, b. Oct. 5, 1851, d. at High Point, N. C., April 26, 1880.
4. IDA BRADFORD, b. Jan. 8, 1854, d. April 7, 1882.
NEWTON BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell, born July 19, 1807; married first, Jan. 12, 1830, Mary Ann Merrill of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 24, 1807 ; died May 5, 1852 ; married second, Feb. 6, 1853, Deborah A. Davis of East Montpelier, Vt. She was born Dec. 23, 1813; died Oct. 15, 1882. Children born in N. Craftsbury, Vt., except the first two :-
I. ELIZABETH A., b. at Lyndeborough, May 1, 1831.
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2. WILLIAM C., b. at Lyndeborough, July 28, 1832.
3. HARRIET, b. Nov. 15, 1833.
4. FRANCIS N., b. July 30, 1835.
5. ROBERT T., b. Feb. 6, 1837.
6. MARY J., b. Nov. 27, 1838.
7. THOMAS N., b. Dec. 30, 1839.
8. RODNEY M., b. Dec. 17, 1841.
9. JAMES B., b. Nov. 19, 1843.
IO. MARY Ella, b. July 9, 1856, m. Carl Benedict of Barre, Vt. Children : Nathan B., Emily M.
REV. JAMES BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell, born May 14, 1814; married April 10, 1837, Mary P. Abbott of Andover, Mass. She died Sept. 9, 1868. He died April 21, 1865. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1836 and from Andover Theologi- cal Seminary in 1840. About the time of his marriage he removed to Dunkirk, N. Y., and later to Sanbornton, N. H., where he died. They had a family of ten children, none of them born in Lyndeborough. Children :---
I. MARY L., b. March 8, 1838, m. Nathaniel B. Plummer.
2. JAMES P., b. Feb. 6, 1840, d. Oct. 31, 1844.
3. GEORGE C., b. Feb. 8, 1842, d. 1892.
4. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 29, m. Helen M. Abbott.
5. HANNAH E., b. March 11, 1846, m. C. L. Davis, d. April, 1892.
6. JAMES P., b. Jan. 4, 1848, m. Hannah Huntington. Child : Mary Abbott, b. March 29, 1875.
7. EMMA C., b. Dec. 22, 1849, m. Virgil K. Curd.
8. EDWARD PARSONS, b. Feb. 19, 1852, graduate of Dartmouth, 1876, d. March 4, 1878.
9. ARTHUR A., b. March 22, 1854, d. June 17, 1878.
IO. WILLIS M., b. April 8, 1857, m. Ella Watson.
RODNEY CLEAVES BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell, born July 14, 1811 ; married Jan. 31, 1833, Nancy J., daughter of Nathan and Ann (Remick) Barnes of Bedford. She was born Oct. 23, 1811; died Apr. 19, 1892, at Medford, Mass. He died at Medford, Aug. 1, 1891. When Nehemiah,his father, retired from the active duties of farm life he took the farm and cultivated it until the infirmities of age com- pelled him in turn to transfer it to one of his children. He was a man who shunned public office and his whole time and attention was given to the tilling of his land and the management of his farm work. His wife was a woman of stately presence, of great refinement and of much intellectual power. She came of a family noted for its ability and influence. Her teachings and impress remain with their children and they revere her memory. Twelve children were born to them, and in many respects they were a remarkable family. Remarkable from the fact that they all grew
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to manhood and womanhood, Sarah's death, aged twenty years, being the first break in the family; remarkable that they were, all twelve, nien and women of fine physique, rugged specimens of New England stock. Their father and mother were consistent members of the Congre- gational Church and constant church attendance was a part of their creed, so these boys and girls were marshalled into the sanctuary every Sunday, sometimes filling more than one pew. They all received a good educa- tion in the schools of the town supplemented in most cases by terms at some academy. Abby J. was a teacher in Boston for some years. Clarissa married and removed to the West. Her husband was a sheriff and jailor at one time and once when a break was attempted she held the inob of desperate prisoners at bay with a revolver until help arrived. Of these twelve children Ann E. (Whittemore) is the only one remaining a resident of Lyndeborough. Children :-
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I. CLARISSA BARNES, b. Nov. 20, 1833, m. Samuel G. Colley and rem. to Beloit, Wis. He d. Oct. 21, 1890.
2. NATHAN BARNES, +
3. ANN ELIZABETH, b. May 4, 1837, m. Daniel B. Whittemore. (See Whittemore gen.)
4. ABIGAIL JANE, b. Dec. 13, 1838, m. Jan. 1, 1878, Robert Hawthorne, of Newton Centre, Mass. He d. April 1, 1892.
5. BENJAMIN JONES, +
6. WILLIAM THURSTON, ++
7. SARAH JONES, b. Sept. 9, 1844, d. Jan. 12, 1864.
8. CHARLES RODNEY, +
9. HENRY WINSLOW, ++
10. GEORGE SUMNER, +
II. ROLAND HILL, +
12. ROSWELL MURRAY, +
NATHAN BARNES BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell; born July 31, 1835; married Nov. 25, 1858, Lizzie, daughter of Oliver and Susan (Foster) Hawkins of Troy, N. H. She was born June 13, 1836; died Nov. 3, 1865 ; second, Emily, daughter of Luke and Hannah W. (Perkins) Beard of Wilton. She was born July 20, 1846. At the close of the war he became connected with the whole- sale house of E. C. Hazard & Co. of New York. In 1876 he removed to Cambridge, Mass., and in 1880 accepted a position in the Boston custom house where he has been ever since and where he is now in charge of the Appraisers' Stores. He was a soldier during the Civil War. For his military record see chapter X. Resides at Winchester, Mass. Child by first wife : -
I. LESLIE BARNES, b. July 28, 1860, m. Sept. 9, 1903, Made- laine Endicott Giddings of Beverly, Mass. He is a gradu- ate of Harvard Dental School. Child : Madelaine Giddings, b. Sept. 15, 1905.
Child by second wife : -
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I. HORACE KEITH, b. Dec. 4, 1876. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School.
BENJAMIN JONES BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell; born Dec. 25, 1840; married April, 1882, Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Keeley) Knight of Milford. She was born June 16, 1854, and died at Amherst, Feb. 2, 1890. He died at Medford, Mass., Jan. 1, 1896. He was engaged in the grocery business in Boston for a number of years and afterwards at Worcester, Mass. In 1882 he returned to the homestead farm which he had owned for a num- ber of years. He was the postmaster at the "Centre " for a while, a member of the board of selectmen and of the board of education. He was a leader in the work of the Congregational Church, conducting the services for the better part of a year, while the church edifice was being remodeled. He was a soldier in the Civil war. See chapter X. Children :-
I. MARY ELIZABETH, b. March 14, 1883, d. June 30, 1898.
2. ROSWELL KNIGHT, b. March 16, 1885.
3. PAUL W., b. Feb. 6, 1888.
WILLIAM THURSTON BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell; born Sept. 13, 1842 ; married first, Eliza J. Com- ings of West Lebanon, N. H. She died March 24, 1883. He married second, Mary E. Haskell of Afton, Minn., April 12, 1884. She was born May 3, 1851, and died May 28, 1895. Mr. Boutwell lived on the home farm some years and was active in church work and in town affairs. In 1880 he removed to Minn. He was a soldier in the Civil War. See Chap. X. He died at Guffy, Col., Aug. 2, 1904. Children :--
I. SARAH KIMBALL, b. in Boston, Mass., June 3, 1867. She is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, 1890.
2. WILLIAM R., b. in W. Lebanon, N. H., Nov. 25, 1868, d. June 14, 1871.
3. GEORGE B., b. in Medford, Mass., Nov. 8, 1870, m. first, Florence Rogers, second, Clara Corbett. Children by first wife : Roland C., b. Sept. 12, 1892, Edna, b. Sept. 18, 1893, Florence M., b. Dec. 5, 1894.
4. HOWARD P., b. in Wilton, N. H., Sept. 30, 1872, m. Grace R. Dow. Children : William D., b. Feb. 6, 1900, Helen I.
. b. Oct. 5, 1902.
5. EDWARD B., b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 14, 1878, m. Nov. 26, 1901, Martha Ashworth of Chelsea, Mass. Children by second wife :-
6. JOSEPH H., b. Oct. 4, 1885, at Cottage Grove, Minn.
7. MARY J., b. Sept. 5, 1887, at Afton, Minn.
8. PHILLIP K., b. Nov. 29, 1890, at Afton, Minn.
CHARLES RODNEY BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J.
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(Barnes) Boutwell; born Aug. 1, 1846 ; married Oct. 23, 1867, Lucy S., daughter of Leonard M. and Abigail (Kendall) Kimball of Hillsboro. She was born June 4, 1839. He was one of the staff of inspectors in the Boston custom house for fifteen years. For some years previous he had been in the produce business in Charlestown, Mass. In 1888 he bought the homestead farm of his brother Benjamin and came back to his native town where he died Jan. 18, 1904.
DR. HENRY WINSLOW BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell ; born Aug. 2, 1848; married first, Clara Gerrish of Franklin, N. H .; second, Mary Stanton of Sandwich. Clara (Gerrish) Boutwell died in 1894. He is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School and is a prominent physician in Manchester, N. H., being surgeon for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company and the Manchester Mills ; also presi- dent of the staff of the Sacred Heart Hospital. He is a trustee of the New Hampshire State Industrial School and of the Manchester Public Library ; and was surgeon-general on the staff of Governor N. J. Bachel- der. Child :-
I. EDITH GERRISH, b. July 16, 1875, m. Selwyn B. Clark of Worcester, Mass,, July 2, 1901.
GEORGE SUMNER BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell; born Aug. 22, 1850 ; married, May 21, 1872, Sophia McIver of Worcester, Mass. She was a daughter of Charles Chamberlain. He is with Boutwell Bros. Resides in Worcester, Mass.
ROLAND HILL BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes ) Boutwell ; born May 2, 1853 ; married Oct. 29, 1879, Minnie E., daughter of Albert H. and Ann (Ager) Butters of Medford, Mass .; born Nov. I, 1853. She died Oct. 1, 1883. Married second, Oct. 28, 1885, Sarah, daughter of George S. and Jane (Skinner) Blake of Belmont, Mass. She died Feb. 27, 1891. Married, third, Nov. 16, 1904, Jennie (Crosbie) Gil- man of Exeter. He established with his brother, Roswell M., Sept. 15, 1876, the firm of Boutwell Bros., incorporated, Lowell, Mass., dealers in iron and steel. He is president of the Portland Iron and Steel Com- pany, Portland, Me., manufacturers of iron and steel, and president of the Standard Horse Shoe Co., So. Wareham, Mass., manufacturers of horse shoes. Residence, The Westminster, Boston. Child : -
I. ROLAND A., b. Oct. 1, 1883, d. Oct. 1, 1883.
ROSWELL MURRAY BOUTWELL. son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell ; born May 22, 1855; married May 22, 1883, Jeannie C. Russell of Louisville, Ky. She was born Feb. 28, 1859. He is a member of the firm of Boutwell Bros., incorporated, Lowell, Mass., dealers in iron and steel, and is treasurer of the Portland Iron and Steel Co., Port- land, Me., manufacturers of iron and steel. He is also treasurer of the Standard Horse Shoe Co., of So. Wareham, Mass., manufacturers of horse shoes. While a resident of Lowell he was a member of the city council from 1886 to 1889 and was chairman of the board of aldermen during the year 1889. Residence, 300 Newbury Street, Boston. Children : - I. ELSIE RUSSELL, b. July 24, 1884.
Rowref A Boutwell.
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2. ROSWELL MURRAY, JR., b. Jan. 19, 1888.
3. ROLAND HILL, second, b. Oct. 10, 1889.
BOUTWELL.
ABRAM E. BOUTWELL was born at Amherst; married Nancy Brown of Amherst, Dec.31, 1816; died June 25, 1835. His widow and children removed to Lyndeborough. Children : --
I. NAOMI ANN, m. William B. Raymond.
2. JAMES, +
3. ABRAM, +
4. NANCY, m. Benjamin B. Miller.
5. SARAH, m. Warren Ames.
6. MARY J., first, d. in infancy.
7. MARY J., second, m. Calvin .A. Abbott. (See respective gen.)
JAMES BOUTWELL, son of Abram E. and ;Nancy (Brown) Bout- well; born April 16, 1820 ; married Ellen O'Donnell; born in Ireland. James Boutwell was a soldier in the Civil War and died Aug. 15, 1863, the day after he returned from the army. (See chap. X.) Their two oldest children were born at Lyndeborough. Children :--
I. MARY A., b. Dec. 5, 1852.
2. JAMES C., b. March 31, 1854.
3. ELLEN M., b. at Wilton.
4. ANGELINE, b. at Temple.
5. GEORGE, b. at Temple.
ABRAM BOUTWELL was born Feb. 28, 1822 ; married Mary Badger, a daughter of Stephen Badger. She was born Oct. 21, 1821, and died March 30, 1900. He was a soldier in the Civil War and died Dec. 27, 1893. (See chap. X.) Children all born in Lyndeborough :-
I. CHARLES F., b. July 19, 1853.
2. SARAH, b. June 8, 1855, d. June 18, 1859.
3. IDA M., b. May 1, 1858, m. Peter King.
4. HARVEY, b. Feb. 19, 1860.
5. STILLMAN, b. Feb. 17, 1862.
BOWEN
WILLIAM H. BOWEN, son of Guy and Mary ( Richardson) Bowen ; born in Corinth, Vt., Nov. 6, 1847; married April 19, 1869, Estella E., daughter of George B. and Mary J. (Clark) Woodward of Francestown. She was born Nov. 1I, 1848. Mr. Bowen resides in "Johnson Corner" and is a prosperous and enterprising farmer. He has enlarged and re- modeled the farm buildings. The production of milk for Boston is the leading branch of his farming. Child :--
I. WILLIAM T., +
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WILLIAM T. BOWEN was born in Francestown, Dec. 11, 1869; mar- ried Aug. 30, 1892, Susan, daughter of James and Susan (Beaman) Walch. She was born Oct. 10, 1867. Mr. Bowen's failing health compelled him to seek the warmer climate of California, but receiving but little benefit from the change he returned to Lyndeborough and died the afternoon of his arrival, March 17, 1904.
BRADFORD.
THOMAS BRADFORD, born June 4, 1776; married first, Abigail She died Jan. 14, 1797; second, Oct. 2, 1799, Patty Coburn. She was born Oct. 31, 1769; died Oct. 15, 1849. He died Sept. 14, 1852. Child by first wife : -
I. SARAH, b. Sept. 6, 1795, m. Oct. 31, 1833, Elijah Upton. He d. Feb. 4, 1835. She m., second, Loammi Eaton.
Children by second wife : -
2. ABIGAIL, b. July 7, 1800, m. Dec. 23, 1830, Reuben Bald- win. He d. Nov. 2, 1831.
3. PATTY, b. Feb. 7, 1802, m. Daniel Fish. (See Fish gen.)
4. MARY, b. Feb. 17, 1803, m. March 20, 1828, James Parker. She d. Oct. 21, 1847.
5. CHARLOTTE, b. Sept. 27, 1805, m. Dec. 23, 1830, Loammi Baldwin of Wilton. She d. May 27, 1882.
6. HANNAH, b. Nov. 7, 1807, m. Feb. 18, 1845, Lyman Parker. She d. Feb. 19, 1892.
7. REBECCA, b. Oct. 3, 1810, m. Albert Hardy of Greenfield. He d. Oct. 16, 1853.
8. JAMES C., +
9. JANE, b. Nov. 1, 1817, m. June 6, 1844, Horace Cudworth. She d. March 9, 1892.
JAMES C. BRADFORD, son of Thomas and Patty (Coburn) Bradford, born Sept. 2, 1813; married June, 1837, Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah and - Brown of Mont Vernon. She was born Jan. 24, 1806; died Sept. 15, 1888. He died May 28, 1860. Children born in Lyndeborough :- I. ANN M., b. July 24, 1841, m. John M. Emery. (See Emery gen.)
2. JOHN A., b. May 22, 1843, d. July 1, 1896.
3. SARAH C., b. Aug. 28, 1845, d. Sept. 14, 1848.
4. HARLAN P., +
HARLAN PAGE BRADFORD, son of James C. and Sarah (Brown) Bradford, born April 20, 1848 ; married Oct. 25, 1870, Georgianna, daugh- ter of Harvey and Lois (Cram) Holt of Lyndeborough. She was born March 17, 1851 ; died Sept. 27, 1871. Child : -
I. GEORGE P., b. Sept. 26, 1871, m. Agnes C., dau. of Wil- liam E. and Phebe"(Cutler) Fiske. One child : Harlan F.
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BROOKS.
CAPT. WILLIAM BROOKS came to Lyndeborough soon after the Revolutionary War. He was born at Woburn, Mass., March 3, 1737, and was twice married. First, March 29, 1759, Abigail Kemp of Hollis, N. H .; second, Sept. 20, 1787, Hepsibah Powers of Hollis. By his first marriage he had a large family, none of the children probably born at Lyndeborough. Whether they came to Lyndeborough with him is un- known. It is supposed some of them did. He died at Lyndeborough Oct. 1I, 1804. He enlisted in 1778 in Capt. Emerson's Co., Rhode Island Regiment, and was a second lieutenant. He again enlisted in Capt. John Mills' company in 1781. This company is supposed to be from Londonderry, N. H. In the town records is the record of the birth of Nathan, born Sept. 10, 1800, and John Boffee, born Dec. 12, 1802, children of William and Rebecca Brooks. It is not known if this William was the son of Capt. William or not. Children : -
I. WILLIAM, b. May 1, 1760.
2. ABIGAIL, b. July 19. 1762.
3. BETSEY, b. July 23, 1764.
4. SARAH, b. July 6, 1766.
5. ISAAC, b. Oct. 28, 1768.
6. MARAH, b. Feb. 15, 1771.
7. SAMUEL, b. March 3, 1774.
8. MARTHA, b. Aug. 23, 1776.
9. LEONARD, b. Jan. 29, 1779.
IO. JOHN, b. Nov. 11, 1781.
II. SUSANNA, b. Feb. 12, 1783.
BROWN.
In the interval between the French and Indian war and the war of Independence, many deserters from the British army and navy found refuge in New Hampshire where opportunities were good for escape from capture. Prior to the year 1770, a young English soldier, named Hodgeman, came with two fellow deserters to the vicinity of Lynde- borough Centre, and were hidden and befriended by John Stephenson and others. One of the men died while here and was buried in the woods. Hodgeman learning that scouts were on his track sought con- cealment in the neighborhood of Purgatory Falls, then known as Wain- wright's brook. . Stephen Peabody, who had built a house on top of Strawberry Hill, here befriended the refugee. He made for him a hid- ing place in the ravine during the day. Hodgeman received his food from his protector's table, and at night stole up to Peabody's house for lodging. He afterward married and settled in Amherst, served in the Revolutionary Army, and abandoning the name of Hodgeman was known as William Brown. It is an interesting coincidence that nearly eighty years after this deserter found refuge at Purgatory Falls during troub- lous times, his son, Robert Brown, should become the owner of the land which includes this upper fall. Some of this land was sold to Mr. Hutchinson but the descendants of William Brown still own the adjoin-
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ing farm. This William Brown married Tabitha Boutwell, of Amherst, and twelve children were born to them, one of whom, Robert, came to Lyndeborough.
ROBERT BROWN, son of William Brown and Tabitha (Boutwell) Brown, born at Amherst Dec. 14, 1800; married Mary Ann Erving of Amherst. She was born May 18, 1807; died July 9, 1866, at Jaffrey. He died Nov. 27, 1873, at Jaffrey. He came to Lyndeborough from Merri- mack in 1839 and lived on the Lucas place (now so called) for a few years, then moved to the farm where Leonard G. now lives in the spring of 1844. His son, Leonard G., says of him " he was a moving planet ; when he had been married twenty years, he had moved twenty-one times." Children : -
I. LEONARD G., ++
2. SILAS L., b. at Lowell, Vt., 1828.
3. JOHN M., b. at Amherst, 1830. Went to sea and died there.
4. MARY E., b. April 23, 1832, d. October 18, 1895, in Mont Vernon.
Then there were four children who died very young of which there is no record.
9. SARAH A., b. at Lyndeborough, Jan. 6, 1844, d. Sept. 6, 1849.
IO. GEORGE A., b. at Lyndeborough, 1846, died Sept. 13, 1849. II. JAMES T., b. at Lyndeborough, May 5, 18-
12. MELISSA A., b. at Lyndeborough, July 1, 1848. Res. at Manchester.
LEONARD G. BROWN, son of Robert and Mary (Erving) Brown, born May 28, 1826 ; married Sept. 18, 1855, Nancy, daughter of Nathaniel C. and Betsey (Odell) Carkin. She was born May 27, 1837. In the fall of 1854 he went to the west and taught school in Missouri and Kansas. He taught seven months in an old log school house in Harrisonville, Mo. He returned to Lyndeborough in 1855 and settled on the Brown homestead near the celebrated Purgatory picnic grounds. He and young David Carkin found evidence that Purgatory was used as a picnic ground as early as 1839. He is a farmer, gardener and fruit grower. He has been superintendent of schools and a teacher; is much interested in temperance reform and has written for the agricultural papers. Of strict integrity of character, he has the respect of his fellow towns- people. Children : -
I. MINA A., b. Aug. 9, 1856, m. 1875, Edwin O. Butler.
2. LEONARD E., b. Sept. 27, 1858.
3. EFFIE M., b. Jan. 25, 1863, m. Andrew J. Marshall. (See Marshall gen.)
4. IDA B., b. July 25, 1865, m. April 17, 1886, Miles B. Wal- lace of Mont Vernon. Child : Maud E., b. April 21, 1890. 5. IRA R., b. Jan. 6, 1874, m. Nov. 25, 1896, Minnie O.,
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daughter of Milton W. and Margaret (Mears) Wallace of Mont Vernon. She was b. July 19, 1871. One child, Ray W., b. Feb. 7, 1903.
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SEWELL M. BUCK, son of Austin and Sarah (Coburn) Buck, born April 16, 1839, at Norway, Me; married Oct. 24, 1860, Sarah F., daughter of Ephraim T. and Mary A. (Shaw) Putnam. She was born Jan. 16, 1841. He came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1870 and settled on the Israel Cram place in the westerly part of the town. He enlisted from Nashua in Co. F, Ist N. H. Vol., and served three months during the Civil War. Is a painter by trade. Children : -
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