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Children of Maj. Peter Clark and Hannah (Eppes) Clark, five younger born in Lyndeborough : -
I. PETER, ++
2. WILLIAM, +
3. DANIEL, +
4. BENJAMIN, +
5. FRANCIS, b. Feb. 25, 1772, d. July 14, 1773. .
6. FRANCIS, +
7. HANNAH, b. March 14, 1776, d. April 3, 1776.
8. SAMUEL, +
9. HANNAH, b. May 8, 1780, m. Jonathan Parker of Chelms- ford, Mass.
IO. DEBORAH, m. Isaiah Parker of Chelmsford, Mass. (See Parker gen.)
II. JOHN, +
PETER CLARK, son of Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, was born Sept. 27, 1764 ; married Elizabeth Punchard of Salem, Mass., July, 1783. He removed to Brownington, Vt., but returned to Lyndeborough, where he died Feb. 3, 1851. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. PETER, b. Aug. 13, 1784, m. Jane Aiken, who was b. March 10, 1785. He d. Dec. 25, 1853. He lived in Fran- cestown and Nashua, ultimately removing to Boston. He
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was a man of much enterprise, had large business inter- ests and was closely connected with the railroad interests of New England. Children : Peter, John L., Benjamin, Jane M., James G.
2. BENJAMIN, b. July 1, 1787, d. Jan. 5, 1806.
WILLIAM CLARK, son of Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, was born May 18, 1766; married Dec. 20, 1787, Sarah Barron of Lyndeborough. She was born 1771; died March 14, 1855. He died Nov. 11, 1855. He was a farmer and drover, and was selectman in 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SARAH, b. Sept. 8, 1788, m. Daniel Gould of Lyndeborough, and rem. to Illinois.
2. WILLIAM, +
3. HANNAH, b. Feb. 13, 1793, m. Alfred Killam of Lyndebor- ough, d. Feb. 19, 1812, of spotted fever.
4. JONATHAN, +
5. PETER, +
6. Lucy, b. Aug. 3, 1800, m. John Caryl of Lyndeborough. (See Caryl gen.)
7. DEBORAH, b. May 3, 1803, d. Feb. 19, 1812, of spotted fever. . 8. OLIVE, b. Aug. 5, 1805, m. Samuel Jones of Lyndeborough. (See Jones gen.)
9. BENJAMIN F., +
IO. MICAH, B., b. Dec. 19, 1810, d. July 30, 1811.
II. HANNAH D., b. Oct. 12, 1812, d. Feb. 13, 1865, m. George F. Gilmore of Pittsburg, Pa.
12. BARRON, b. Sept. 8, 1815, d. April 18, 1826.
REV. WILLIAM CLARK, son of Wm. and Sarah (Barron) Clark ; born Jan. 31, 1791 ; died June 25, 1853; married Nancy Herrick of Green- field, N. H., May, 1814. She was born March 1, 1788; died July 4, 1850. He was licensed to preach Sept., 1832; removed to Carlyle, N. Y., where he was for many years pastor of a Presbyterian church. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. HANNAH E., b. Feb. 16, 1815; m. Dr. J. H. Ells, Nov. 27, 1839.
2. MARY H., b. Dec. 11, 1816, d. April, 1855.
3. NANCY D., b. Aug. 13, 1818, d. Dec., 1884.
JONATHAN CLARK, born July 4, 1795; married Sarah Putnam of Lyndeborough, Dec. 16, 1817. She was born Aug. 19, 1793; died May 30, 1890. He died Oct. 23, 1879. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JONATHAN, b. March 8, 1819, d. Aug. 8, 1822. .
2. JONATHAN B., b. June 7, 1822, rem. to California, d. Dec. 24, 1876.
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William Hallark
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3. DAVID P., +
4. SARAH M., b. June 26, 1825, m. C. A. Blood of North Chelmsford, Mass., d. Dec. 24, 1894.
5. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 3, 1827, d. Feb. 6, 1831.
6. ABBY A., b. Oct. 3, 1830, m. Hiram Cummings of Lowell, Mass., Feb. 11, 1849, d. Nov. 16, 1889.
7. HANNAH D., b. April 3, 1834, res. in Methuen, Mass.
DAVID P. CLARK, born Nov. 14, 1823; removed to North Chelms- ford, Mass .; married Jan. 31, 1848, Eliza J. Blood of North Chelmsford, Mass. She was born Oct. 26, 1825. Children : -
I. ABBY F.
2. FRANK H.
3. LAURA E.
4. EMMA A.
5. MARY G.
CAPT. PETER CLARK, son of William and Sarah (Barron) Clark ; born Oct. 12, 1797; married first, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Chloe (Farrington) Jones of Lyndeborough, Nov. 20, 1823. She was born Dec. 21, 1798; died Feb. 16, 1839; married second, Lucy, daughter of Benja- min and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich of Lyndeborough, Feb. 19, 1840. She was born Jan. 13, 1808 ; died July 6, 1878. He died Sept. 25, 1879.
He received his education in the common schools of the town, and when a young man learned the potter's trade, at which he worked for several years. He took great interest in military affairs, and joined a cavalry company attached to the 22nd Regiment, N. H. Militia, which was composed of men from Lyndeborough and adjoining towns, and rose to the rank of captain, and by this title he was ever afterward known. He united with the Congregational church in early life, and was a con- stant attendant at church and served as warden many years. In 1842 he removed to North Chelmsford, Mass., where he lived five years, return- ing to North Lyndeborough in 1847. In 1854 he purchased the farm at the "Centre" known as the "Squire" Stiles place, where the remainder of his life was passed. He was a genial man, fond of a song or story, a kind, helpful neighbor and hospitable to all.
He was the hero of an incident that was much talked of at the time : While travelling alone about two miles south of Amherst village on the afternoon of July 18, 1850, he was attacked by two highwaymen, who sprang from the woods a little in advance of his team. One seized his horse by the bit, while the other presented a pistol at his head and de- manded " his money or his life." But they were mistaken in their man. Capt. Clark had the courage and grit of his Revolutionary ancestors, and did not propose to surrender valuables without a struggle. His only weapon was a heavily loaded whip in the wagon. Seizing this he sprang upon his assailant, dealing him a blow that felled him to the ground. At the same instant the other man fired point blank at Mr. Clark's head, the pistol being held so close that his face was filled with powder ; then ensued a hand to hand struggle, the frightened horse meanwhile turning
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around in the road. His assailants getting the worst of the encounter, jumped into the wagon and drove rapidly away, leaving Mr. Clark niaster of the situation, but minus his team. He walked to Amherst village, where his burned and blood-stained face created much excitement. His horse was driven to Boston that night. It was subsequently recovered, but that ninety-mile drive practically ruined it. The town of Amherst offered a reward of two hundred dollars for the capture of the footpads, but they were never found. Children, all born in Lyndeborough but William H .:
By first wife : -
I. BENJAMIN JONES, b. Dec. 26, 1824, d. Jan. 23, 1899. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
2. SARAH DEBORAH, b. Dec. 27, 1827, m. Thomas P. Rand of Francestown, d. Nov. 14, 1904. (See Rand gen.)
By second wife : -
3. WILLIAM H., b. Nov. 16, 1844, in North Chelmsford, Mass., m. Abby K., dau. of Thomas P. and Lydia (Wheeler) Rand of Francestown, Dec. 15, 1875. She was born July 31, 1855. Res. on Clark homestead, and is an enterprising and prosperous farmer.
4. LUCY ARABELLA, b. March 10, 1848, m. Ramsey C. Bout- well, Nov. 20, 1872. He was a son of the Rev. Thurston Boutwell, b. in Minnesota, May 16, 1837, d. April 24, 1898.
REV. BENJAMIN F. CLARK, born Feb. 23, 1808; married Mehitable Atwood of Lyndeborough, Nov. 23, 1837. She was born Nov. 29, 1806 ; died June 6, 1853. He died May 28, 1879, at North Chelmsford, Mass. In his youth he learned the potter's trade. In 1826 he united with the Congregational Church at Lyndeborough, He soon felt himself called to preach the gospel, but pecuniary disaster rendered his father unable to help him to an education. Hearing of special facilities in Tennessee for those who were willing to carve out their own fortunes, in April, 1827, he set out for that distant region and found his way to Boston with a bundle of clothing and twenty-five dollars in his pocket. Thence with two companions he took a packet to Baltimore. Resting here a short time, he set out on foot with one of his companions for Marysville, East Tennessee, 500 miles. Reaching his destination in June he connected himself with the literary department of the Southwestern Theological Seminary. He was not long satisfied with the instruction here, and in March, 1829, he found his way 350 miles, again on foot, to Oxford, Ohio. To defray the expense of this journey, he sold his watch and overcoat. At Oxford he completed his preparatory studies and entered Miami University, graduating with high honor in 1833. By acting as private tutor in mathematics and teaching singing, with the economy taught by necessity, he was able to support and educate himself.
He was principal of Rising Sun Seminary, in Rising Sun, Indiana, from October, 1833, to October, 1834; studied theology at Lane Semi- nary two years and a half, commencing in the autumn of 1834. Here,
B. 7 black
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among other eminent teachers he enjoyed the instruction of Lyman Beecher. Licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Oxford, Ohio, in October, 1837, he returned to his home in Lyndeborough. He married first, Mehitable, daughter of Paul and Judith Atwood of Lyndeborough. Three children were the result of this union. She died June 16, 1853, and he married second, Mrs. Julia Ann Atwood of Amherst, N. H., widow of the late Dr. Moses Atwood of New Boston, N. H. She died at North Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 4, 1889.
The pastor of the church in Lyndeborough being ill, Mr. Clark sup- . plied his pulpit the first seven months in 1838, also Mt. Vernon and Francestown pulpits three months of the same year.
From January, 1839, until August, 1839, he was at Andover Theologi- cal Seminary. In August, 1839, he was ordained pastor of the Congregat- ional Church at North Chelmsford, Mass. At this time this church had been without a pastor seven years and was greatly reduced, but with his accustomed heartiness and energy, he entered into the work of building up the village, schools and church, and was eminently successful, retain- ing his interest in them all through life.
During his ministry there were received by profession, 105; by letter, 77; total, 182. His salary all through his pastorate was $600. He never had a vacation. He preached three times each Sabbath .. A good singer, he was instrumental in improving the singing of the Sabbath School and choir.
He was genial and companionable, of a very social disposition, fond of a story, apt at a joke and as ready to take as to give a pleasantry. He was quite popular in his vicinity as a lyceum lecturer. One of his best lectures was entitled "Changes in New England manners and customs . during the last 70 years," illustrated by old folks in costume singing songs" of Ye olden time " carding and spinning on the large and small wheels etc. This led the way for the old folks' concerts so popular for a time.
Mr. Clark was on the school committee of Chelmsford for 20 years and for many years and up to the time of his death a director in the Stony Brook Railroad Corporation. He died at North Chelmsford, Mass., May 28, 1879 .* Children, all by first wife : -
I. JOHN H., b. Dec. 25, 1838, m. Marion, dau. of Neil Mc- Lane of New Boston.
2. FRANCELIA, Feb. 1, 1844, d. April 15, 1858.
3. MARY E., b. Nov. 11, 1847, d. July 17, 1849.
DANIEL CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, born March 14, 1768; married Mary Whitmarsh of Lyndeborough, Nov. 25, 1790. She was born Sept. 20, 1768; died April 3, 1852. He died Aug. II, 1828. Children : -
I. MARY, b. Sept. 27, 1791, d. May 9, 1841.
2. DANIEL, b. March 26, 1793, m. Sally Hall. He d. 1863.
* The facts, and often the exact language of this sketch are taken from the Memorial Address at the funeral of Rev. Benj. F. Clark, May 31, 1879, by Wm. P. Alcott, acting pastor.
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3. PETER, b. Aug. 11, 1794, m. Betsey Whitmarsh, Dec. 22, 1817, d. Oct. 18, 1855. She was b. May 17, 1789, d. Aug. 5, 1849.
BENJAMIN CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; born Feb. 26, 1770'; married Susanna Bass of Braintree, Mass., Feb. 7. 1793. She was born May 16, 1768; died Nov. 3, 1824. He died Aug. II, 1844. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. HANNAH, b. Dec. 3, 1793.
2. SUSANNA, b. Jan. 29, 1795, d. Dec. 29, 1796.
3. FRANCIS, b. May 1, 1796, m. Julia Liscomb, June 5, 1821.
4. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 23, 1798, m. Sophie Knight, May 21, 1823.
5. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 25, 1800, d. Jan. 4, 1889, m. Hannah Cross.
6. PETER, b. Jan. 24, 1802, m. Philena Mann, Sept. 12, 1827. 7. DR. HOWARD, b. Jan. 31, 1804, m. Gilty Letson, July 13, 1834.
8. SUSANNA, b. Dec. 12, 1805, d. Dec. 15, 1805.
9. DANIEL, b. Nov. 11, 1806, m. Elizabeth Avery, Mar. 6, 1827.
IO. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 2, 1808, d. Nov. 19, 1808.
II. WILLIAM, b. March 19, 1811, m. Fanny H. Silver, Oct. 4, 1837.
12. HENRY, b. Sept. 15, 1815, m. Harriet D. Badger, March 22, 1838.
FRANCIS CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; born April 14, 1774; married Mehitable Gould of Lyndeborough, Dec. 24, 1795. He died Oct. 21, 1824. Children : -
I. DORCAS, b. Nov. 25, 1796.
2. MEHITABLE, b. Oct. 31, 1798.
3. DEBORAH, b. May 16, 1801, d. Oct. 29. 1812.
4. POLLY, b. April 21, 1803, m. Jonathan Dodge, Jan. 1, 1824.
5. FRANCIS, b. June 16, 1805.
6. Harriet, b. Aug. 27, 1808.
7. PAULINA, b. Sept. 6, 1811, d. March 2, 1843.
8. DEBORAH, b. Sept. 21, 1813, d. July, 1834.
9. CHARLES L., b. Dec. 2, 1816.
IO. WILLIAM, b. July 6, 1819.
SAMUEL CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; born March 19, 1777; married first, Betsey Cleaves; she died Oct. 1, 1825 ; married second, Abigail Currier. He died April 17, 1857. Children : -
I. BETSEY, b. 1795.
2. HENRY, b. 1798, d, 1802.
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3. MARY, b. 1802, m. Trueworthy Gilman, d. Nov. 15, 1843.
4. CLARISSA, b. 1805, m. Franklin Rand, Oct. 16, 1839.
5. EMILY, b. 1807, m. Capt. Richard Hall.
6. PAULINA, b. 1809, m. Robert Webb.
DEA. JOHN CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; born Jan. 4, 1785 ; married first, Margaret Rand of Lyndeborough, Nov. 18, 1806. She was born June 15, 1782 ; died Aug. 31, 1846. Married sec- ond, Nancy Patterson of Greenfield, N. H., Dec. 9, 1847. He died March 19, 1855. He removed to New Ipswich, N. H., and became a prominent and influential citizen. Children : -
I. MARY, b. Oct. 4, 1807, in Lyndeborough.
2. HANNAH, b. June 16, 1809, in Lyndeborough.
3. DEBORAH, b. Oct. 12, 1811, in Lyndeborough.
4. JOHN PRESCOTT, b. April 11, 1814, in Lyndeborough.
5. PETER H., b. in New Ipswich, Dec. 11, 1816.
6. JAMES R., b. in New Ipswich, Nov. 27, 1822.
JOHN CLARK came to Lyndeborough from Braintree, Mass., in 1775. He settled on lot 126, second division, near the North Lyndeborough schoolhouse. He married Margery Hayward, April 24, 1777. She died Nov. 26, 1808. He died March 19, 1814. Child, born in Lyndeborough :-
I. SALLY, b. Nov. 19, 1778, m. Benjamin Goodrich, son of Rev. Sewell and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich. (See Goodrich gen.)
CLARK.
MATTHEW CLARK was descended from Dea. James Clark, one of the sixteen proprietors who settled Londonderry in 1719. James Clark mar- ried Mrs. Elizabeth (Fulton) Wilson, May 22, 1722. Her interesting ex- perience is mentioned in the history of Londonderry. Their eldest son, John, born March 31, 1723, married Margaret, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Lindsey) Clark. Matthew, son of John and Margaret (Clark) Clark, born 1762, married Nancy, daughter of John and Janet (McClintock) Dickey of Derryfield, N. H. in 1783. He removed to Wil- ton, N. H., in 1798, and with his son, James L., came to Lyndeborough in 1815, where he died Oct. 23, 1827. Children : -
I. JAMES L., +
2. NANCY, b. March 30, 1795, m. Henry Clark.
JAMES LINDSEY CLARK, son of Matthew and Nancy (McClintock) Clark, came to Lyndeborough from Wilton, N. H., in 1815, and settled on the farm where Chas. L. Perham now lives. (Home lot No. 60.) This farm was one of the first occupied in the history of the town. July IO, 1736, John Hutchinson of Litchfield gave a bond to Jonathan Peal of Salem, Mass., one of the original proprietors, that he would have within four years a dwelling house on home lot No. 60, "twenty feet by eighteen," and twelve acres cleared, broken up and brought to and fenced
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in. In the deed given Sept. 27, 1760, the statement is made that these conditions were fulfilled. The farm was occupied by the James Hutchin- son family until Feb. 19, 1794. Later owners were Samuel Butterfield, David Butterfield and Abel Hill.
James Lindsey Clark was born in Londonderry, N. H., May 15, 1790 ; married June 27, 1815, Rebecca, daughter of Timothy and Prudence (Chapman) Baldwin of Wilton, a descendant of John of England, who came to Billerica, Mass., in 1655. She was born April 11, 1793; died Oct. 18, 1820. He married second, in 1823, Hannah Baldwin, sister of Re- becca, born Feb. 23, 1795; died March 13, 1860.
Children of James L. and Rebecca (Baldwin) Clark : -
I DAVID DICKEY, +
2. ELIZABETH, b. Dec., 1819; died Oct. 9, 1828.
Children of James L. and Hannah (Baldwin) Clark : -
I. REBECCA B., married Oliver Perham. (See Perham gen.)
2. HANNAH JANE, b. July 2, 1825, m. William S. Treadwell of Peterborough, N. H., May 1, 1849, res. in Peterbor- ough.
3. WILLIAM HENRY, b. April 28, 1827,, m. Theresa A., dau. of William H. and Sarah Morrill Heath of Deering, N. H., April 2, 1858, res. in West Medford, Mass. Children : Walter G., Evelyn T.
4. JAMES BROOKS, b. Oct. 15, 1828, d. Nov. 4, 1850. .
5. ASA BALDWIN, b. Oct. 17, 1831, m. Jan. 1, 1861, Mary E., dau. of Samuel and Mary Cutter McCoy of Peterborough. Was a grocer in Wilton for several years, now a resident of Wellesley, Mass. Child : Alice B.
6. ELIZABETH, b 1835, d. Sept. 13, 1837.
7. FRANK GREY, +
DAVID DICKEY CLARK, born Sept. 18, 1817; married April 22, 1842, Sophronia, daughter of John and Mary (Chandler) Dickinson of Weathersfield, Vt. She was born Jan. 26, 1816; died May 13, 1872. He was a resident of the town for many years; died March 1, 1890. Chil- dren : -
I. WILLIAM T., b. May 7, 1843, m. Sept. 3, 1867, L. Jennie, dau. of Isaac and Lydia (Thompson) Richards of East Monmouth, Me. Is a photographer and res. in Boston, Mass. Children : Mary A., Waldo D.
2. MARY JANE, b. March 25, 1845, d. Nov. 24, 1864.
3. GORHAM B., b. April 18, 1847, d. July 24, 1865. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
4. EDNA A., b. April 7, 1849, d. Oct. 26, 1870, m. Jan. 4, 1869, 2 Wallace Clark of Peterborough. Child : Harry B.
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5. LAURA A., b. March 7, 1852, m. George J. Carson. (See Carson gen.)
6. JAMES L., JR., b. May 25, 1856, m. Dec. 30, 1885, Lizzie C., dau. of David and Mary (Mitchell) Wallace of Nashua, N. H. Children : Wallace B., Marion F.
7. SARAH MELISSA, b. Nov. 17, 1859, m. May 1, 1888, Alonzo J. Gove of Alexandria, where they reside. Children : Grace E. G., Ethel B.
REV. FRANK GREY CLARK, born Feb. 22, 1838. He prepared for college at Appleton Academy, Mont Vernon, N. H. and was graduated from Amherst College in 1862. He became the principal of Francestown Academy in August of the same year, and resigned that position in the summer of 1867. He was eminently successful as a teacher, and brought the old "Academy " into a high state of efficiency. Probably it was never more prosperous during any period of its history. He married Charlotte, daughter of Samuel and Mary Cutter McCoy of Peterborough, Aug. II, 1864. She was assistant teacher at the Academy, faithful and competent, and their many pupils, scattered now all over the country, regard them with loving esteem. Graduating in the special course at Andover Theological Seminary in 1869, he was ordained at Francestown, Sept. 2 of that same year, and served as city missionary at Manchester, N. H., until April 1, 1873. He was installed over the Congregational church, Rindge, N. H., June 3, 1873, and after a pastorate of five years was dismissed Dec. 31, 1878. He was installed over the church at Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 28, 1879, and dismissed April 4, 1888. He resided at West Medford, Mass., 1888 and 1889, and was acting pastor over a church at Arlington, Mass., for eight months in 1889. Installed at Ply- mouth, N. H., Jan. 2, 1890. He was a delegate in the Christian Commis- sion in front of Petersburg, Va., in 1864. Was superintending school com- mittee in Francestown, 1864 and 1865, and a member of the school board in Manchester in 1873. He has published a number of sermons, and compiled and edited pamphlets of value to the Congregational denomina- tion. He delivered the historical address at the anniversary of the set- tlement of Lyndeborough, Sept. 4, 1889, and published the same in pam- plilet form. This address was the result of much research among old records, and has been largely incorporated in this history.
CLARK
HENRY CLARK, born in Chester, Oct. 25, 1788; married Nov. 7, 1816, Nancy, daughter of Matthew and Nancy (Dickey) Clark of Lyndebor- ough. She was born in Derry, March 30, 1795, and died in Medford, Mass., March 10, 1873. Her father removed from Derry to Wilton in 1798, and thence to Lyndeborough in 1815. He lived on the place where Chas. L. Perham now lives, and was the father of James Lindsey Clark, whose family register may be found in another place.
Henry Clark bought a farm in New Boston and lived there until 1850, when he removed to Lyndeborough, where he died Apr. II, 1867. He had charge of the town farm for one year, and then bought the place at the Centre now best known as the Fowler place. Henry Clark's father,
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John Clark, was a soldier in the Revolution. Children, all born in New Boston : -
I. GEORGE, b. Aug. 1, 1817, m. Cynthia L. Davis of Unadilla, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1842. He d. in Medford, Mass., Jan. I, 1880. She d. Nov. 9, 1883.
2. CHARLES F., b. April 19, 1819, m. April 24, 1842, Lydia M. Rines of Wilton. He d. in Boston, May 25, 1893. She d. March 17, 1860.
3. JAMES L., born April 3, 1821, m. Nov. 8, 1841, Sarah A. Phelps of Andover, N. H. He d. in Yarmouth, Mass., Dec. 12, 1864. She d. 1898.
4. HEPZIBAH H., b. Sept. 23, 1823, m. May 21, 1843, Gilman Griffin. He d. in Somerville, Mass., Sept. 18, 1856. She d. Jan. 17, 1894.
5. NANCY M., b. Jan. 22, 1826, m. Sept. 6, 1849, Orvid M. Fowler of Johnson, Vt. He d. in Medford, Mass., May 20, 1899. She res. in Medford, Mass.
6. HENRY, b. May II, 1828, m. Oct. 20, 1852, Julia M. Tayler of Chelsea, Mass. She d. Nov. 26, 1866. He m. second, Nancy J. Dennison of Hampton, Ill., July 30, 1868, where they are still living.
7. WILLIAM D., b. Dec. 19, 1831, m. Mary B. Snell of Lud- low, Vt., July 1, 1855. He d. in Chicago, Ill., Aug. 17, 1900.
8. ELEANOR J., b. Aug. 12, 1834, m. March 30, 1856, Stephen Crocker of Halifax, Mass., m. second, Isaac H. Locke of Alexander, N. H., June 8, 1867. He d. in Whitman, Mass., July 23, 1903. She res. at Whitman.
9. FRANKLIN AUSTIN, b. Apr. 13, 1837, m. Oct. 28, 1862, Amelia Cook of Medford, Mass. Res. in Ossipee, N. H.
IO. DUDLEY H., b. Sept. 2, 1838, m. July 25, 1861, Eldora Butterfield of Wayland, Mass. He d. in Medford, Mass., Nov. 12, 1865. She d. Aug., 1873.
CLEMENT.
CHARLES O. CLEMENT, son of Archibald and Margaret (Sylvester) Clement ; born in Warren, Me., Nov. 3, 1851; married June 28, 1873, Mary A., daughter of Salathiel L. and Mary J. (Carpenter) Wheeler of Windsor. She was born June 14, 1856. He came to Lyndeborough in 1873 and built a house in South Lyndeborough. He is a carpenter by trade, and is in the employ of the New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R .; resides in Dedham, Mass. Children, all born in Lyndeborough :---
I. BERTIE L., b. April 2, 1874, m. Oct. 3, 1896, Mrs. Emma J.
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Farnum. Children : Charles W., Anna L. Res. in Ded- ham, Mass.
2. MABEL M., b. April 9, 1877, mn. Arthur E. Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
3. PERLEY E., b. Sept. 6, 1882. 1
COCHRANE.
WILLIAM K. COCHRANE purchased the Boardman place in North Lyndeborough in 1856 and lived there until 1860, when he removed to Goffstown, N. H. He married Lydia Swasey. She died March 17, 1879. He died April 27, 1878. Children : -
I. ELLEN L., b. in Newbury, Vt., Nov. 22, 1832.
2. WILLIAM H. D., b. in North Chelmsford, Mass., Dec. 29, 1838, m. Irene A. Stokes of Manchester, N. H., April 12, 1870. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and was pro- moted to the rank of Lieut. Col.
COLBURN.
JAMES L. COLBURN, son of Leonard and Mary T. (Livingston) Col- burn; born in New Boston, July 8, 1842 ; married June 7, 1865, Nancy J., daughter of William and Lois (Carson) Hopkins. He lived for a while after his marriage in Francestown, then in Revere, Mass., removing thence to Medford, Mass. He came to Lyndeborough in 1900 and bought the mill known as Buttrick's, or the Eaton mill. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and was for a long time in the rebel prison at Danville. Child, born in Francestown : -
* I. BERTRAND W., b. July 17, 1869.
COLSON.
JAMES COLSON, born in Monroe, Me., Sept. 25, 1834 ; married first, Tamson Steele of Sebec, Me. She was born June 17, 1840; died March 15, 1866; married second, July 3, 1869, Dorcas Libby of Lawrenceville, Canada. She was born Dec. 26, 1843. He was an employee of the Elgin Watch Co., Elgin, Ill. for many years. Came to Lyndeborough in 1893. Resides on the Nelson Cram place, South Lyndeborough.
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