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I. GEORGIA A., b. Feb. 14, 1864.
2. CARRIE B., b. Aug. 30, 1866, m. first, Samuel Dolliver. (See Doliver gen.), m. second, Roy E. Burton. (See Bur- ton gen.)
BULLARD.
JOHN A. BULLARD, son of Nahanı and Keziah (Peabody) Bullard, born at Amherst, June 26, 1851, m. Nov. 23, 1875, Ida B., daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Farnum) Swinnington. She was born at Mont Ver- non, May 25, 1860. Mr. Bullard resides on the Charles Tarbell farm, Perham Corner. Children : - ·
I. HARRY O., b. July 17, 1877.
2. WINFIELD S., b. Sept. 5, 1880.
3. ARTHUR B., b. June 26. 1885, m. Aug. 21, 1904, Alice M. Dicey.
4. INFANT CHILD, b. July 31, 1890, d. Aug. 3, 1890.
BURNHAM.
The Burnham family here recorded came from Ipswich, Mass., some- time before the Revolution and settled in that part of Lyndeborough which was made the town of Greenfield. The farm is now owned by John Fletcher or is known as the Fletcher place. Col. Joshua Burnham, probably a brother of Stephen (the first to come to Lyndeborough), set- tled in Milford. Stephen, Nathaniel and James came to Lyndeborough. Mrs. Luther Cram is a grand-daughter of one of them. They all had a Revolutionary war record. Children of Stephen and Lucy Burnham: -
I. SARAH, b. May 18, 1777.
2. LOUISE, b. Sept. 6, 1778.
Children of Nathaniel and Mary Burnham : -
I. LUCY, b. Oct. 14, 1774.
2. CALEB, b. Nov. 23, 1776.
3. NATHANIEL, b. March 19, 1779.
4. EPES, b. Aug. 17, 1771.
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Children of James and Ruampa Burnham : -
I. RUTH, b. Sept. 2, 1775. -
2. MARY, b. Feb. 14, 1777.
3. JAMES, b. April 9, 1779.
4. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 10, 1782.
JOHN W. BURNHAM, born at Greenfield Dec. 18, 1822; married March 17, 1846, Ruth A., daughter of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage. She was born June 9, 1826; died Sept. 16, 1874. He lived for some years on the John Gage place, then removed to Francestown where he died Nov. 10, 1888. Children : -
I, JOHN A., b. at New Boston, Sept. 21, 1847, m. April 5, 1877, Almira A. Powers of Washington.
2. MARY A., b. at Francestown, April 20, 1850, m. Nov. 16, 1868, Frank E. Lee of Greenfield. Res. at Cambridge, Mass.
3. SARAH G., b. at Lyndeborough, Jan. 6, 1854, m. Nov. 16, 1880, John K. Jones of East Cambridge, Mass. .
4. CHARLES F., b. at Lyndeborough Jan. 16, 1859, m. March 22, 1877, Lenora E. Dodge of Bennington.
5. EDWARD W., b. at Lyndeborough, May 4, 1860, m. Oct. 18, 1885, Mary E. Mulhall of Hancock.
6. EMMA A., b. at Lyndeborough, Aug. 31, 1863, m. July II, 1892, George O. Joslin of Bennington. Res. at Bennington.
BURTON.
DEXTER BURTON, born at Wilton, Oct. 16, 1802; married April 20, 1824, Clarissa O. Spofford of Temple. She was born June 12, 1803 ; died Oct. 15, 1886. He died June 3, 1855. Children : -
I. DEXTER L., b. April 10, 1825, m. Nov., 1853, Emily F. Ward of Chelmsford, Mass. He rem. to Temple, d. May 3, 1896.
2. CLARISSA I., b. July 2, 1827, m. Jan. 1854, Nathan Holt of Temple.
3. JAMES E., b. Nov. 18, 1828, m. Nov. 18, 1852, Olive A. Robinson of Bennington. He d. March 11, 1897.
4. HELEN M., b. Feb. 24, 1831, m. May 18, 1853, George H. Blood of Temple. He was b. Oct. 17, 1826, d. Feb. 5, 1897. She d. April 8, 1900.
5. ELIZA J., b. Dec. 6, 1834, m. May 17, 1857, George W. Boynton of Wilton. He d. Nov. 1, 1900, in Oregon.
6. WILLIAM W., +
7. SARAH A., b. Aug. 28, 1838, d. in infancy.
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WILLIAM W. BURTON, born Nov. 14, 1836; married June 20, 1861, Esther, daughter of Augustus and Almira ( Boynton) Cragin of Temple. He has been and is a man of much influence in town affairs. Has been selectman many years. Was representative to the General Court in 1874- 1875, 1895-1896. Road agent in 1892 and has held other public office. He makes the raising of milk for the Boston market a specialty and for 40 years has run a milk route to Wilton, taking the route of D. Whiting. His farm is large and well cultivated, with a fine set of farm buildings, situated in the extreme southwest part of the town. Children : -
I. CLARA J., b. April 17, 1862, m. March 27, 1889, George E. May of Wilton. Res. in Wilton.
2. ELMER W., b. Oct. 21, m. Oct. 25, 1892, Cora Lane of Stoddard. Res. in Wilton.
3. ADDIE A., b. June 3, 1871, m. Dr. M. B. Richards. (See Richards gen.)
JOHN HALE BURTON, son of John and Anna (Kidder) Burton, born at Wilton, Oct. 2, 1843; married March 11, 1871, Clintina, daughter of David J. and Elizabeth (Salter) Carkin. She was born in Peterbor- ough Oct. 27, 1853. Children : -
I. JOHN MILO, b. Oct. 1, 1871, m. Nov. 27, 1895, Florence E. Jaquith.
2. CORA A., b. May 23, 1873, m. August, 1888, Charles Green.
3. ROY E., b. April 25, 1875, m. August, 1896, Carrie, daugh- ter of Sewell M. and Sarah (Putnam) Buck. She was b. Aug. 30, 1866.
4. EDDA F., b. Nov. 2, 1877, m. Nov. 20, 1897, Clarence Lowe. Children : Lester, Hazel, Harold, Forest.
5. MYRTIE C., b. March 9, 1881, m. Perley Holden. (See Holden gen.)
6. JOSIE E., b. May 9, 1887.
BUTLER.
WILLIAM BUTLER, the ancestor of the Butler family of Lyndebor- ough, lived at one time in Gloucester, Mass. While there he married Sarah Perkins. They afterward removed to Ipswich, Mass. Just how many children they had we do not know, but there were three sons of whom there is some record. The dates of his birth and death are un- known. His wife died in Lyndeborough in 1821. The above mentioned three sons were : -
I. JONATHAN, +
2. WILLIAM, who entered the Continental Army, and is sup- posed to have died of disease or to have been killed, for he never was heard from.
3. JACOB, also enlisted in the Continental Army, was taken
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prisoner, sent to Halifax, N. S., where he died of small pox.
JONATHAN BUTLER, son of William and Sarah (Perkins) Butler; born 1758 ; married Aug. 17, 1778, Lois, daughter of John and Tryphena (Powers) Kidder. She was born July 10, 1760; died 1846; He died Dec. 5, 1844. He was a soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and in the retreat from that engagement was taken with cramps and fell out of the ranks ; after much suffering he crawled into a swamp, where he was con- cealed, and later joined his company again. He came to Lyndeborough in 1777, and settled on land in the westerly part of the town. He was a blacksmith by trade, and his daughter used to say that the sound of his hammer on the anvil was the first thing she heard in the morning and the last thing at night. He was a man of retiring manners, and much re- spected. He was a constant attendant at church and Sunday School. He sang and took part in all the services the Sunday but one before he died. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SARAH, b. Jan. II, 1779, m. first, Asa Burroughs, second, Samuel Rogers, five children.
2. HANNAH, b. Oct. 27, 1780, m. Douglass Robinson, four chil- dren.
3. JACOB, b. Dec. 30, 1782, d. June 1, 1785.
4. JONATHAN, b. March 1, 1785, m. Patty Russell, nine chil- dren.
5. LoIs, b. April 27, 1787, m. Ephraim Hackett, eleven chil- dren.
6. RACHEL, b. July 4, 1789, m. James Cavendish, nine chil- dren.
7. TRYPHENA, b. April 2, 1792, m. David Putnam. (See Put- nam gen.)
8. JACOB, 2nd, +
9. MARY, b. Sept. 4, 1796, m. James White, twelve children.
IO. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 23, 1798, d. aged sixteen years.
II. LUCY, b. Jan. 21, 1802, m. Nathaniel Burnham, one child. 12. WILLIAM, +
JACOB BUTLER, son of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler ; born June 7, 1794 ; married Jan. 22, 1818, Sarah, daughter of - Blanchard of Lynde- borough. She was born May 29, 1793 ; died April, 1869. He died April 16, 1882. He was a man who stood high in the estimation of his townsmen and in church circles. His name frequently occurs in the records of his day, and he evidently was a man of influence. When the old church at the Centre was sold, lie bought the historic structure, and taking it down used the material in making him a new barn. He served in the War of 1812, and after his return from the army became an energetic and thrifty farmer. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JACOB NEWTON, b. Aug. 21, 1819, d. Oct. 13, 1819.
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2. JACOB N., 2nd, +
3. JONATHAN, b. June 16, 1823, rem. to Nebraska.
4. WILLIAM H., b. Oct. 28, 1825.
5. CHARLES M., +
6. OLNEY P., +
DR. WILLIAM BUTLER, son of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler ; born April 21, 1805 ; married first, March 30, 1830, Nancy Smith. She died April 11, 1850, and he married second, Oct. 22, 1850, Mrs. Ximenia P. King. By his first wife he liad four children, one of whom was Dr. William Morris Butler of Brooklyn, N. Y. He took the full course at Dartmouth Medical College, taking his degree in 1830. He removed to Maine, Broom Co., N. Y. For a period of fifty-five years he diligently followed his profession, his practice covering a vast extent of territory, and in common with all doctors in the early settlements, he made his visits on horseback. At 80 years of age he was still strong and vigorous, the oldest member of the Broom County Medical Society. He was for more than forty years a member and official of the Presbyterian Church.
DR. JACOB NEWTON BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard) Butler, born Feb. 6, 1821; married Harriet Moore of Lempster, N. H., June 22, 1846. She was born Feb. 10, 1827. He was educated at the New Ipswich and Hancock Academies and at a preparatory school at Union, New York. Read medicine first under the direction of Dr. John Ramsey of Greenfield and afterwards at Peterboro under Doctors Follansbee and Smith. He then studied with Dr. Joseph Parsons of Bennington, and after attending several courses of lectures, graduated at Pittsfield, Mass., in 1843, before lie was twenty-three years of age. In December of that year he located at Lempster, N. H., where he resided until his death which occured Feb. 16, 1903. Child :-
I. GEORGE ARTHUR, b. May 23, 1850. Is a civil engineer and res. in Chicago, Il1.
CHARLES M. BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard) Butler, born Aug. 7, 1827 ; married Martha M. Weston of Newton, Ohio, June 21, 1855. She was born July 18, 1839. He died May 11, 1903.
I. Lu A., b. April 6, 1871, m. Charles W. White of Wilton, June 29, 1893.
2. LILLIE M., b. July 14, 1874, m. Charles G. Carleton of Mt. Vernon, Oct. 11, 1894.
OLNEY P. BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard) Butler, born April 22, 1835 ; married Hannah W. Langdell. He died May 1, 1880. Olney P. Butler, together with four of his children, died of diphtheria in 1880, within the space of five weeks.
I. SARAH A., b. at Lyndeborough, Aug. 27, 1856, m. 1874, Joseph H. Stickney of Tyson, Vt.
2. GEORGE H., +
3. CARRIE L., b. at Lyndeborough, July 7, 1861, m. Dec. 20,
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1884, Edward H. Spofford of Greenfield. She d. March 28, 1890.
4. NELLIE P., b. at Greenfield, June 10, 1863, m. Nov. 30, 1882, Charles H. Scott of Tyson, Vt. She d. May 30, 1883.
5. WILLIAM L., b. at Lyndeborough, March 5, 1865, d. April 29, 1880.
6. LIZZIE H., b. at Lyndeborough, Jan. 28, 1870, d. April 20, 1880.
7. WALTER S., b. at Lyndeborough, Oct, 19, 1876, d. March 30, 1880.
8. MARK W., b. at Lyndeborough, Feb. 17, 1878, d. April 5, 1880.
GEORGE H. BUTLER, son of Olney P. and Hannah (Langdell) Butler, born at Lyndeborough, March 19, 1858 ; married Sept. 15, 1881, Myra A. Carpenter of Surrey, Vt. Children born at Lyndcborough :-
I. HERVEY L., b. Dec. 22, 1885.
2. HAROLD A., b. Feb. 14, 1890.
BUTTERFIELD.
DAVID BUTTERFIELD lived in town at one time and his children were born here. He married Miriam Durant. She was born in 1775; died in Francestown, Feb. 2, 1848. He was born 1775 and died at Lynde- borough, Feb. 18, 1812, of spotted fever. He was the grandfather of David " Newton " Butterfield of New Boston. Children born at Lynde- borough :-
I. SARAH, m. Brackley Rose (See Rose gen.)
2. HANNAH.
3. JANE, m. Benjamin Ames.
4. LUCY, m. Nathaniel Bruce.
5. OLIVE, m. Hiram Dodge.
CARKIN.
The first record of the Carkin family in Lyndeborough is the birth of John, son of John and Elizabeth his wife, Sept. 9, 1765. Elizabeth Carkin died Nov. 10, 1829, in the eighty-eighth year of her age. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary Chamberlain Cram. John Carkin died March 2, 1799, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. John and his wife, Elizabeth, appear to have been the first of the family to settle in town. John and Isaac Carkin are credited to Lyndeborough, as Revolutionary soldiers. Isaac was probably a brother of John. Among the older mem- bers of the family, there is a story current of the origin of the namc Carkin, whether true or not it is quaint and interesting. It is said that two little boys were secretly placed on board a ship bound for America. They were not discovered until too late to put back. These young stowa- ways were unable to give much of an account of themselves or tell their
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names, and were made to carry water to the sailors and in other ways to work their passage. They carried the liquid in tin cans, and soon were known as the little "carrycans" and from thence the name Carkin. Isaac and John were said to be sons or grandsons of one of the little " carrycans." There are four children of John and Elizabeth recorded : -
I. JOHN, b. Sept. 9, 1765, drowned July 9, 1777.
2. AARON, +
3. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 2, 1774.
4. ELIZABETH. The marriage intention of Ephraim Putnam, third, and Elizabeth Carkin is recorded Nov. 6, 1794.
AARON CARKIN, son of John and Elizabeth Carkin, born Nov. 13, 1767; married Dec. 15, 1791, Betsey Duncklee of Amherst. She died Nov. 30, 1845. He died Feb. 19, 1852. Children :-
I. JOHN, b. Oct. 19, 1792, m. Betsey Smith. Rem. to Benning- ton where he was extensively engaged in the manufacture of gunpowder. He d. Oct. 25, 1883.
2. ELIZABETH, b. May 6, 1794, d. June 4, 1794.
3. BETSEY, b. Jan. 30, 1796, m. Oliver Fales. Rem. to Ded- ham, Mass., d. Dec. 30, 1820.
4. CLARISSA, b. Nov. 13, 1797, m. Asher Curtis, d. Dec. 8, 1880. (See Curtis gen.)
5. MEHITABLE, b. Aug. 14, 1799, m. John Hartshorn, d. Feb. 19, 1881. (See Hartshorn gen.)
6. AARON, b. July 22, 1801. Was badly burned by an explos- ion of gun powder at Bennington and died ten days later, Oct. 13, 1828.
7. NATHANIEL C., +
8. DAVID, +
9. JESSE D., b. Nov. 20, 1807, m. Sarah Hutchinson of Wilton.
IO. CLEMENT, b. Oct., 1808, d. Nov, 20, 1808.
II. CHARLES, b. March 12, 1811, d. April 8, 1888.
NATHANIEL C. CARKIN, son of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee) Carkin, born Oct. 28, 1803 ; married Feb. 23, 1830, Betsey T. Odell of Mont Vernon; second, Elizabeth Brown of Amherst. Betsey (Odell) Carkin died Feb. 27, 1864. Children by first wife :-
I. AARON, b. Dec. 31, 1831, d. Jan. 9, 1832.
2. SOPHRONIA, b. June 27, 1833, m. March 9, 1864, Ezra M. Farnum.
3. NANCY, b. May 27, 1837, m. Leonard G. Brown. (See Brown gen.)
DAVID CARKIN, son of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee) Carkin, born Jan. 1, 1806 ; 'married Dec. 27, 1827, Lydia, daughter of William and
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Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born June 5, 1809 ; died Sept. 15, 1895. He died July 6, 1892. Children :-
I. DAVID J., +
2. LYDIA J., b. June 27, 1831, m., first, Oct. 27, 1851, Franklin Towns of Milford ; second, Jerome Weston of Mason.
3. JOHN C., +
DAVID J. CARKIN, son of David and Lydia (Abbott) Carkin, born July 17, 1827 ; married Elizabeth Salter of Mount Holley, Vt. He died Nov. 16, 1878, in Louisiana. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children :-
I. CLINTINA, b. in Peterborough, Oct 27, 1853, m. John H. Burton of Lyndeborough. (See Burton gen.)
2. GEORGE, b. April 24, 1857, m. Hattie M. Stone of Royal- ston, Mass. She was b. Oct. 15, 1862, m. July 4, 1882.
JOHN C. CARKIN, son of David and Lydia C. (Abbott) Carkin, born March 7, 1844 ; married Dee. 30, 1866, Ellen E., daughter of Zadoc and Ellinor (Sanborn) Jones of Milford. She was born Oct. 29, 1846. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Was ;moderator of the town meetings for many years. Resides at So. Lyndeborough. Chil- dren :-
I. MEDIE A., b. Oct. 12, 1867, m. first, John L. Trask of Marrons, Conn. ; second, Bradley L. Hayward of Brockton, Mass. ; third, Fred Waterhouse of Brockton, Mass.
2. JOHN A .. +
3. MERRILL F., b. Nov. 25, 1869, m. Aug. 16, 1894, Jennie, daughter of William H. and Eliza A. (Dale) Doe of Read- ing, Mass. Child : Evelyn G.
4. FRED E. ++
5. WILLIE C., ++
JOHN A. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin, born Sept. 10, 1868 ; married Minnie R., daughter of John H. and Sabra Anna (Lewis) Day of Greenfield, June 23, 1889. She was born Sept. 20, 1872. Children all born in Lyndeborough :-
I. HENRY A., b. Nov. 7, 1892.
2. BELLE E., b. Oct. 23, 1894.
3. CARROLL C., b. March 30, 1897.
4. EDGAR L., b. Feb. 12, 1899.
5. SABRA E., b. April 13, 1901.
6. LYDIA R., b. at Greenland, N. H., Aug. 31, 1903.
FRED E. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin, born Jan. 25, 1871 ; married Mareh 31, 1894, Mary E., daughter of Edwin and Emmeline (Wilkins) Kinney of Peterborough. Children :-
I. NELLIE E., b. at Lyndeborough, Feb. 27, 1895.
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2. GEORGE, b. at Lyndeborough, April 20, 1897.
3. ISAAC B., b. at Harrisville, April 24, 1899, d. Sept. 4, 1899.
4. Annie R., b. at Harrisville, June 13, 1900.
5. EDITH M., b. at Harrisville, Oct. 15, 1901.
6. KATHLEEN E., b. at Harrisville, Feb. 20, 1903.
7. JOHN R., b. at Lyndeborough, April 27, 1904.
WILLIE C. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin, born Oct. 7, 1873 ; married Dec. 19, 1893, Anna E., daughter of Charles A. and Ann B. (Butler) Barrett of Antrim. She was born June 4, 1871. Children : -
I. ROBERT C., b. Sept. 16, 1894.
2. GERALD, b. Oct. 2, 1901.
CARLETON.
One of the most notable families among the early settlers of Salem- Canada was the Carleton family. Joseph Carleton, their immigrant ances- tor, came to this country from England and settled in Newburyport, Mass. He married Abigail Osgood and they had six children born to them, David, Jonathan, Moses, Jeremiah, Mary and Abigail. It is sup- posed that these children were born in Newburyport, Mass.
JEREMIAH CARLETON, son of Joseph and Abigail (Osgood) Carle- ton, born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1715; married Eunice Taylor, who was born in 1717. They lived in Newtown, now Amesbury, Mass., where part of his children were born. His business was that of a carpenter, millwright and lumber dealer. About the year 1750, he removed to Litchfield, N. H., and six years later in the fall he came to Salem-Canada and pitched his camp on land now owned by E. C. Curtis. It was built beside a big rock situated about 30 rods from the northeast corner of said land. The remains of the stone fire dogs and cellar hole may still be seen. He began his clearing among the big hemlocks on the flat the other side of the brook and worked at it during the fall and winter, and in the spring went back to his family presumably at Litchfield. While he was in camp that winter some hunters drove a lot of deer into the big brook near by and getting fire from his camp they killed a num- ber. They stayed with him all night, and in the morning took the hides of the deer, leaving him with a plentiful supply of venison. He re- turned with his family that year and is supposed to have built him a cabin, but Indians killed his stock and burned his cabin and he was forced to leave and did not return until two years later in 1760. When he returned, if he cleared 20 acres of land and built a framed house of certain dimensions he was to have 60 acres of land, and if he built a saw-mill he was to have 60 acres more for that. He built his house about 100 rods northeast of E. C. Curtis's brick house, and near the brook. He hewed all the timber for his house from oak logs and those timbers are sound to-day.
He built the saw-mill in 1761 and 1762. It was situated about 30 rods below the bridge on the road from Johnson's Corner to Wilton. In this mill the boards were sawed to finish his house. The mill did a good
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business as long as he was able to run it. He cleared the land and had 8 acres of corn planted among the stumps the first year. The bears were numerous and took toll of the corn and live stock. The Carletons were at work among the corn one day, when they heard the hog squeal. The old man ran to the rescue but too late to save the hog, but the women folks had run with their hemlock brooms and had scared a bear away from the carcass. Jeremiah was indignant that he should lose the, chance to shoot the bear, but they had fresh pork for awhile. He died in 1769. His wife survived him about 25 years. She was a very religious woman and used to walk to Amherst, 6 miles, to attend church, guiding her way by marked trees. They had seven children : -
I. OSGOOD, +
2. JEREMIAH, +
3. MARY, m. Reuben Bachelder and rem. to Warren, N. H., where they lived and died.
4. ABIGAIL, m. first, Adam Johnson, second, "Ensign "David Putnam. Mr. Johnson died or was killed while in the army. during the Revolutionary War.
5. TIMOTHY. Was killed by the accident at the raising of the Wilton church in 1774.
6. DAVID. Killed in the army during the Revolutionary War. (See Chapter VII.)
7. EBENEZER. After the close of the Revolutionary War, in which he took part (See Chapter VII), he came home and settled in Chester, N. H., and d. in 1840.
OSGOOD CARLETON, son of Jeremiah and Eunice (Taylor) Carleton born in Newtown, or Amesbury, Mass., in 1741, and came to Lyndeborough with his father. He was a fine mechanic and a great mathematician. He cleared a piece of land about half a mile south of the old meeting house and built a house and lived in it some years. The site is grown up to wood now. He did a large business in surveying, laying out the towns around in lots, both in New Hampshire and Vermont. He published some works on navigation and made almanacs. He taught a select school of high order and once when the committee visited it they found every- thing satisfactory, but said they wished to ask him one question. They said they had been told that he never went to school a day in his life and wished to know if it was true. He said that it was so. He surveyed and drew the plans for the forts to protect Boston harbor and did other surveying for the government. One of his pupils in Boston was Robert B. Thomas of " Farmers' Almanac " fame. Mr. Carleton taught him how make almanacs and indeed made the calculations for the first "Farmers' Almanac " himself. The story is told that everything was finished and ready for the printer but the weather predictions, and Mr. Carleton told his daughter, a lively girl of sixteen, that she might add them. In a spirit of mischief she predicted a thunder storm in January and a snowstorm in June. When the book was printed Mr. Carleton reproached his daughter for having ruined the venture, but as it hap-
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pened, a thunder storm did come in January, and one morning in June the girl arose and found flakes of snow falling. She called her father to see. The reputation of the "Farmers' Almanac " was made for all time. He was also a cunning hunter and trapper. (See p. 118.)
Osgood had two sons and one or more daughters. His wife died in Lyndeborough. After his wife's death he went to live with his son in Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. (See Chap. VII.)
JEREMIAH CARLETON, second son of Jeremiah and Eunice (Taylor) Carleton, was born in Newtown in 1743; married Lois Hoyt, born in New- buryport in 1746. He lived with his father until he was sixteen, and then enlisted in the army. The year after his discharge, 1760, he went to work as an apprentice to learn the ship carpenters' trade, presumably in Newburyport, and stayed there until 1771, when he removed with his family to the farm left by his father in Lyndeborough, but in a year or two went back to Newburyport, Mass. When the Revolutionary War came on, there being no work at ship carpentering, he again returned to the farm. After the war he lived the remainder of his life on the farm. (For military record see Chap. VII.) They had eleven children: -
I. SARAH, b. in Newburyport, Mass., 1768, came with her father to Lyndeborough when three years old, m. 1795, William Richardson, and removed to Barre, Vt .; two children.
2. JEREMIAH, b. 1770, in Newburyport, d. an infant.
3. JEREMIAH, 2nd, b. in Lyndeborough May 10, 1772, m. 1798, Deborah Edwards, and removed to Barre, Vt .; nine chil- dren.
3. TIMOTHY, b. June 1, 1774, m. 1801, Miss Huzza, and re- moved to Barre, Vt .; seven children.
5. LOIS, b. Mar. 2, 1776, m. Caleb Taft and removed to Barre, Vt .; six children.
6. MARY, b. Aug. 3, 1779, m. 1799, John Harwood ; removed to Mont Vernon ; six children.
7. BETTY, b. Apr. 19, 1781.
8. RHODA, b. June 27, 1783, m. 1806, Henry Cram.
9. HANNAH, b. Sept. 16, 1785.
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II. MOSES, b. Sept. 7, 1792, m. 1818, Chloe Batchelder, lived at Amherst and New Ipswich, and 1832 removed to Os- wego, N. Y.
DUDLEY CARLETON, son of Jeremiah and Lois (Hoyt) Carleton ; born June 23, 1788; married Dec. 24, 1817, Eliza, daughter of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor of Lyndeborough. She was born Mar. 8, 1796 ; died at Amherst, June 9, 1867. He died Nov. 19, 1873. He settled on the old homestead farm to take care of his parents. He built the brick house now owned and occupied by E. C. Curtis. (Mr. Curtis owns prac-
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