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CONANT.
ALBERT S. CONANT, son of Samuel and Abigail E. (Reynolds) Conant; born July 22, 1840, in Antrim ; married first, Almanda J., daugh- ter of Joseph and Betsey A. (Kidder) Ford of Lyndeborough, Oct. 12, 1868. She was born Jan. 27, 1851 ; died Nov. 11, 1878; married second, Oct. 11, 1879, Abbie J., daughter of John G. and Roxanna (Hutchinson) Raymond of Milford, born Aug. 29, 1848. He came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1853. Resided first at the Dolliver homestead and later removed to South Lyndeborough village. Is a carpenter, and was a soldier in the Civil War. Child by first wife : -
-
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I. CORA J., b. in Fitchburg, Mass., April 7, 1870, m. Fred T. Banks of Nashua, Nov. 28, 1889.
By second wife born in Lyndeborough :
2. SAMUEL J., b. Nov. 24, 1880, d. in infancy.
3. FLORENCE J., b. Aug. 15, 1882, m. Dec. 26, 1903, Arthur L. Burnham of Hillsboro.
CHARLES W. CONANT, son of Samuel and Abigail E. (Reynolds) Conant, born in Antrim, Nov. 27, 1843 ; married Adaline Gates of Leomin- ster, Mass. Was a soldier in the Civil War. Resides in Leominster, Mass. (See Chapter X.)
CRAM.
JOHN CRAM, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Weare) Cram, born at Hampton Falls, Mass., Jan. 12, 1685; married Feb. 18, 1707, Sarah, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Ballard) Holt of Andover, Mass. She was born at Andover, Aug. 17, 1678, and died at Lyndeborough, Oct. I, 1757. He died at Amherst, 1759. So far as authentic records show he was the first settler in Salem-Canada, now Lyndeborough.
For a biographical sketch of John Cram see chapter XXXIII.
The three older children were born at Hampton Falls. The others at Woburn, Mass. Children : -
I. JONATHAN, +
2. HUMPHREY, b. Nov. 8, 1710, m. Hannah
3. PHEBE, b. July 8, 1712, m. Moses Stiles. (See Stiles gen.)
4. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 23, 1713, d. Dec. 24, 1794.
5. HULDAH, b. May 5, 1715, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
6. JOHN, b. April 10, 1717, m. Sarah
7. SARAH, b. June 27, 1719, m. Ephraim Putnam. (See Put- nam gen.)
8. ELIZABETH, m. Jonathan Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain gen.)
9. ELI, b. March 10, 1721.
10. BENJAMIN, +
The last children were two sets of twins.
JONATHAN CRAM, son of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram; born at Hampton Falls, Feb. 21, 1708; married Dec. 1, 1732, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Mary Chamberlain of Billerica, Mass. She was born Jan. 20, 1706, and died in Lyndeborough, Jan. 5, 1770. He died Jan. 23, 1790. He was the original settler on the land where Mrs. John Putnam lives, since known as the Jonathan Cram place. The five older children were born at Wilmington, Mass., the others in Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. JONATHAN, +
2. MARY, b. June 6, 1735, d. June 5, 1738.
3. DAVID, +
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". PROUD AND TRUE.
COAT OF ARMS OF VON CRAM FAMILY OF GERMANY. FROM WHICH THE CRAMS IN AMERICA DESCENDED.
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4. JACOB, +
5. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 4, 1741, m. John Carkin. (See Carkin gen.)
6. RACHEL, b. April 16, 1744, m. Ephraim Putnam, d. April 29, 1833. (See Putnam gen.)
7. SOLOMON, +
8. URIAH, +
JONATHAN CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ; born June 8, 1733; married Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Stiles) Putnam. She was born at Salem, Mass., June 28, 1736. He settled on Abbott Hill, Wilton, and endured the privations common to the pioneers of a new country. Children, all born in Wilton : -
Sarah, Jonathan, Phillip, Susanna, Mary, Mehitable, Zeniah.
DAVID CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram, born at Wilmington, Mass., June 26, 1737; married Mary Badger, daughter of John Badger of England, who was very early a settler in Salem-Canada. She died in Lyndeborough, March 10, 1825. He died in Lyndeborough, June 25, 1825. He was the first settler on the hill, about a mile east of South Lyndeborough village, where he lived until his death. This farm has been in the posssession of his descendants ever since, and is now occupied by his grandson, Luther. His wife, Mary Badger, was one of the four children of John Badger, whose wife, Mary McFarland, went three miles one winter night to obtain help, an account of which may be found in the sketch of the Badger family. Children, all but eldest, born at Lyndeborough : -
I. MARY, b. at Wilton, Dec. 29, 1761, m. Ambrose Lakin.
2. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 2, 1764, m. Oct. 14, 1789, Isaac Lewis.
3. LOUISA, b. Sept. 14, 1765, m. Darius Jeffries.
4. DAVID, +
5. HANNAH, b. May 26, 1769, m. first, Samuel Rogers ; second, William Hastings.
6. GIDEON, +
7. DEBORAH, b. July 21, 1773, m. June 6, 1799, Ambrose Hutchinson.
8. ROBERT, +
9. JONATHAN, +
IO. REBECCA, b. Feb. 27, 1782, d. Sept. 10, 1782.
David, Deborah, Robert, and Jonathan removed to Roxbury, Vt., where they were among the earliest settlers there.
DAVID CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram, born May 26, 1767; married Oct. 25, 1792, Sarah, daughter of Ephraim and Lucy (Spaulding) Putnam. She was born at Lyndeborough, Jan. 16, 1773 ; died in Roxbury, Vt., May 5, 1813. He early removed to Roxbury, Vt., where he was one of the first settlers, and the first town treasurer, 1796.
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He also held other public office and was an influential citizen. His chil- dren were born at Roxbury, with the exception of the eldest. Some of them came to Lyndeborough : -
I. EPHRAIM, b. at Lyndeborough, Sept. 15, 1793, m. Clarinda Cram, d. near Great Salt Lake in 1852.
2. PHILIP, b. March 18, 1795, m. Dec. 27, 1821, Abigail Heath. He d. April, 1883.
3. NAOMI, b. Aug. 21, 1797, m. Nov. 3, 1818, James Grant. (See Grant gen.)
4. Lucy, b. Sept. 4, 1799, m. March 28, 1820, Joseph Grant, d. at St. Paul, Minn., October, 1873.
5. SOLOMON, +
6. HIRAM, +
7. DAVID, b. May 8, 1805, m. first, Susanna Bridges, March 29, 1842 ; second, March 24, 1855, Betsey Burt. He d. Oct. 12, 1886, at Wilton.
8. ESTHER, b. Nov. 18, 1808, m. Aug. 19, 1830, Alvin Sawyer. She d. at Boston, June 26, 1898.
9. JOHN P., b. April 19, 1810. Enlisted in the Regular Army and was last heard from in Prairie Du Chien, Wis.
Of the above children Ephraim b. Sept. 15, 1793, m. Clar- inda Cram. She d. June 1, 1842. He d. on the way to California, June 12, 1852. They had ten children : Sarah, Horace, Chauncey C., Clarinda, Laura, Ephraim, Chris- topher, David, Isaac, Mary.
SOLOMON CRAM, son of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram, born at Roxbury, Vt., Nov. 5, 1802, and died at Lyndeborough, March 11, 1863 ; married Jan. 17, 1826, Mary, daughter of James and Mary (Grant) Sar- gent. She was born at Hillsboro, Oct. 28, 1804; died April 19, 1885. He was the first man to build a shop and carry on blacksmithing in South Lyndeborough village. The two older children were born at Roxbury, the others at Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. MARY J., b. Oct. 5, 1827, m. first, Samuel Hodgeman of Francestown, Oct. 28, 1846 ; second, Alban Buttrick.
2. SUSAN B., b. Jan. II, 1829, m. John W. Sharp, Dec. 19, 1845. Res. at Boston.
3. GEORGE M., +
4. ORIN N., +
5. AZRO D., +
6. SARAH E., b. June 12, 1844, m, Nov. 28, 1867, Joseph Sharp. (See Sharp gen.)
7. EMMA F., b. Jan. 3, 1849, m. March 24, 1869, Charles B. Pinkham. Res. at Milford.
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GEORGE M. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Sargent) Cram, born June 20, 1831 ; married first, Oct. 28, 1858, Ellen E. Godding of Rindge ; second, Mrs. Louisa (Godding) Hastings. His first wife died April 9, 1865. (For George M. Cram's war record see Chapter X.) Children : -
I. GEORGE E., d. in infancy.
2. CARRIE E., d. in infancy.
3. OSCAR E., +
4. CHARLIE M., d. in infancy.
OSCAR E. CRAM, son of George M. and Louisa G. Hastings Cram ; born in Rindge, April 2, 1866; married Feb. 9, 1892, Lillian M., daughter of Edwin and Mary E. (Tarbell) Swasey ; resides in Taunton, Mass., and is a clerk in the grocery store of Cobb, Bates and Yerxa in that city.
ORIN N. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Sargent) Cram, born Jan. 25, 1836 ; married Dec. 30, 1862, Caroline M., daughter of Peter and Mary (Blunt) Shedd of Tewksbury, Mass. She was born Aug. 5, 1837 ; died April II, 1887. He died Feb. 4, 1893. Children born in Lynde- borough : -
I. NELSON S., b. July 27, 1866, d. Oct. 16, 1904.
2. CHARLES, b. July 27, 1866.
3. GEORGE W., b. Aug. 20, 1867, d. Sept. 10, 1868.
4. REBECCA W., b. Dec. 6, 1869.
5. CARRIE E., b. Feb. 18, 1872, d. Oct. 11, 1872.
AZRO D. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary S. (Sargent) Cram, born Aug. 6, 1838; married July 23, 1859, Sarah E. Young. He was a soldier in Civil War. (See Chapter X.) Children born in Lyndeborough : --
I. ANDY F., +
I. ADDIE F., b. May 7, 1866, married first, Frank A. Haley. July 3, 1882 ; second, April 3, 1889, Albert E. Burnham. Res. at Lowell, Mass.
3. MARY S., b. Aug. 30, 1869, m. Nov. 9, 1889, Willis H. Draper.
4. ANNIE M., b. March 30, 1872, m. Harry Draper.
5. CARRIE B., b. Sept. 11, 1875.
ANDY F. CRAM, son of Azro D. and Sarah (Young) Cram ; born Aug. II, 1860; married first, Mrs. Jennie S. Davidson of Manchester, Oct. 15, 1882; married second, June 13, 1900, Annie, daughter of Edward and Annie (Brady) Murphy of Durham, Canada. She was born Aug. 16, 1868. Child by first wife : -
I. ADDIE A., b. Feb. 3, 1889.
By second wife : -
2. LESTER A., b. Aug. 27, 1901.
HIRAM CRAM, son of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram; born at Windsor, Vt., Dec. 7, 1803; married Jan. 1, 1834, Harriet Tenney, daugh-
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ter of William and Mary (Butterfield) Tenney, born in Sharon, N. H., Aug, 13, 1808; died in Peterborough, March 9, 1857. He died in Shirley, Mass., Aug. 15, 1893. Children, six elder born in Sharon, four in Lynde- borough : -
I. LUCY M., b. May 3, 1834, m. Oct. 18, 1852, Samuel M. Woods of Peterborough.
2. WILLIAM H., b. May 15, 1836, m. first July 4, 1862, Ellen P. Henry, m. second, Jan. 13, 1876, Mary Rutter.
3. MOSES, b. June 10, 1839.
4. HENRY, b. April 10, 1841, d. Sept. 30, 1857, in Peterbor- ough.
5. JOHN P., b. May 3, 1842, d. June 14, 1863, at Port Hudson. 6. DAVID A., b. Aug. 10, 1844, d. Aug. 29, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.
7. HIRAM T., ++
8. AUGUSTUS B., b. March 4, 1849, m. Oct. 31, 1871, Anna L. Hastings, res. Shirley, Mass.
9. EDWARD M., b. Aug. 13, 1851, m. Nov. 28, 1878, Ida May Wilson, res. at Peterborough.
IO. EMMA B., b. Dec. 10, 1855, d. Oct. 30, 1858.
HIRAM T. CRAM, son of David and Harriet (Tenney) Cram ; born at Lyndeborough, March 5, 1847, m. Nov. 14, 1871, Sophronia R. Robinson of Jaffrey. She was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza A. (Smith) Robin- son of Rindge. She was born March 17, 1851. Children, all but Bernice born at Peterborough : -
I. ARTHUR H., b. July 23, 1874.
2. EVERETT L., b. March 11, 1877.
3. LENA B., b. April 23, 1878.
4. BERNICE C., b. at Lyndeborough, May 22, 1881.
5. FLORENCE M., b. Nov. 23, 1886.
GIDEON CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram ; born Feb. 25, 1771 ; married Amy, daughter of Ensign David and Abigail (Carleton) (Johnson) Putnam. She was born March 6, 1779; died Dec. 17, 1866. He died June 17, 1837. Children, all born at Lyndeborough : -
I. DANIEL, +
2. MARY, b. Nov. 25, 1803, m. July 30, 1850, Herman Pettin- gill, d. at Amherst, Jan. 18, 1886.
3. ABIGAIL, b. May 15, 1806, d. April 22, 1835, at Lowell, Mass.
4. LEWIS, +
5. LoIs, b. March 2, 1813, m. Harvey Holt of Lyndeborough. (See Holt gen.)
6. LUTHER, +
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Luther Gram .
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7. RHODA EMILY, b. Nov. 18, 1820, m. first, Eben Palmer, m. second, Langdon Adams. She d. April 11, 1896, at Buf- falo, N. Y.
8. AMY, b. Oct. 9, 1823, m. March 2, 1847, George W. Bos- .worth. (See Bosworth gen.)
DANIEL CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram; born April 6, 1799; married first, Sarah, daughter of Joel and Polly (Colburn) Holt, Dec. 18, 1822' She was born May 18, 1797; died Oct. 19, 1837. Married second, Oct. 13, 1853, Susan M., daughter of John Whittemore of Chester. She was born July 12, 1826; died June 8, 1855. Married third, Sarah, daughter of Abel Blood of Merrimac. She was born June 9, 1806; died Feb. 3, 1878. He was a very public spirited and useful man in the com- munity. First clerk of the Baptist church of which he was a member and deacon and a liberal supporter of preaching. He removed to Am- herst and died there Aug. 5, 1880. Children, all but youngest born in Lyndeborough : --
I. LAURA, b. July 6, 1824, m. Nov. 26, 1840, William Burtt of Brookline. She d. in Milford, Oct. 25, 1891.
2. JULIA A., b. Aug. 22, 1825, m. June 4, 1845, Samuel H. Hill, res in Milford.
3. DANIEL H., b. April 9, 1827, d. Aug. 3, 1831.
4. DAVID, b. March 20, 1830, m. June 18, 1856, Nancy A. Scales of Townsend, Mass., res. in Townsend. Two chil- dren, Charles D. and Emma M.
5. LOUISA, b. Feb. 16, 1832, m. Frank Davis. She d. in Palmer, Mass., Jan. 13, 1878.
6. EMILY, b. Dec. 24, 1836, m. May 14, 1863, Joseph G. Hol- brook. She d. in Bedford, Sept. 11, 1893.
7. DANIEL W., b. at Milford, July 25, 1854.
LEWIS CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam Crain; born Dec. 8, 1808; married Jan. 18, 1831, Anna, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Badger) Woodward of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 23, 1801 ; died in Addison, N. Y., July 21, 1874. He died at Addison, Jan. 13, 1887. He removed about 1836 to Jasper, N. Y. Children, two eldest born in Lynde- borough, the others in Jasper, N. Y .:-
I. LOUISA A. W., b. Dec. 29, 1833, d. July 13, 1841.
2. GIDEON L., b. Nov. 6, 1835, d. Nov. 22, 1835.
3. MARY A., b. Sept. 10, 1836, m. Mar. 30, 1854, Isaac June of Addison, N. Y. She died there Sept. 17, 1881.
4. AMY M., b. April 29, 1840, d. April 19, 1850.
4. PUTNAM A., b. Feb. 22, 1843, d. Nov. 26, 1843.
LUTHER CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram; born Dec. 8, 1818; married April 4, 1844, Lucy, daughter of Ephraim and Lois (Butler) Hackett, born in Lempster, Feb. 14, 1819. He inherited the
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homestead farm, and with the exception of seven years spent in New York state, has always lived there. In 1853 he went to Salamanca, N. Y., returning to Lyndeborough in 1861. While there he held some public office. In Lyndeborough he has been honored by about all the offices in the gift of the town. He was selectman for many years, and represented the town in the legislature two terms. He has always encouraged by his active work, by his presence at meetings, and in other ways, the educa- tional and temperance interests of the town. He has also been promi- nent in the local military organizations, and in early life was their drill master, and was captain of the Light Infantry Co. At this writing, 1903, his memory of the persons and events of his early days is good and has been of material benefit to this history. Children, born at Lyndebor- ough : -
I. ABBIE F., b. July 10, 1845.
2. EVERETT A., b. Jan. 10, 1848. (For military record see Chap. X.)
3. FRANK W., +
4. MYRTIE M., b. June 25, 1863, d. Dec. 19, 1879.
FRANK WILLIS CRAM, son of Luther Cram of Lyndeborough, and Lucy Almira Hackett of Lempster, N. H. He was born in Lyndebor- ough, Oct. 26, 1854; married first, at Fort Gratiot, Mich., in February, 1884, to Annie May, who died Jan. 18, 1885, in Buffalo, N. Y. He married second, at Grand Haven, Mich., Aug. 23, 1887, Fannie Hart Warren, born at Chicago, Il1., July 26, 1861, daughter of Luther Barstow Warren and Harriet Louise Woodward of New York, who reside in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Cram is a travelling salesman, and resides in St. Louis. Children : -
I. FRANK WILLIS, JR., b. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1885.
2. LOUISE ALMIRA, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 7, 1887.
3. HATTIE MYRTIE, b. at St, Louis, Mo., Nov. 28, 1892.
4. LUTHER EVERETT, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 24, 1894, d. Jan. 26, 1897.
5. AMY DEAN, b. at St. Louis, December, 1897.
ROBERT CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram; born June 27, 1776; married Jan. 19, 1801, Hannah Webster, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Webster. She was born in Hyde Park, Vt., April 5, 1775, and died there Feb. 24, 1863. He died at Roxbury Vt., Sept. 23, 1854. He went with his brother Jonathan to Plattsburg in Capt. Orcutt's Co. He was a prominent citizen of Roxbury, and held many offices. Children, born at Roxbury Vt. :
Martin, John, James, Hannah, Daniel, Anna, Elhanan W., Truman, Betsey E.
JONATHAN CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram; born March 9, 1779; married March 15, 1804, Lydia Smith of Williamstown, Vt. She was born Nov. 4, 1784, and died there Sept. 7, 1840. He died at Williamstown, March 21, 1869. According to the History of Roxbury, Vt., Jonathan Cram was a sergeant in Capt. Orcutt's Co., which marched
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to Plattsburg, Sept. 10, 1814, and returned Sept. 16, having been too late for the battle. Children, all born in Williamstown : -
Allen, Patty A., Jonathan, Lucinda, Chester, Joel, Langdon, Erastus, Truman, James R., Lydia L., Mary, Abigail, Reuben.
JACOB CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram; born at Wilmington, Mass., Oct. 5, 1739; married Isabella Hutchinson. She was born Dec., 1739, and died in Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1812. She was from Danvers, Mass. He settled on what is now known as Perham Corner, upon land that was easier to clear and more free from stone than the average wild land, and so it is said that he was able to enjoy the comforts of life a little earlier than his pioneer neighbors. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JOHN, +
2. JACOB. ++
3. OLIVE, b, Oct. 6, 1769, m. Nov. 25, 1788, John Cram. She d. March 16, 1851, at Hallowell, Me.
4. ZEBULON, +
5. RACHEL, b. July 5, 1777, m. March 30, 1799, William Fuller.
6. SARAH, b. Aug. 25, 1781, m. Dec., 1813, Jesse Fales of Litchfield, Me. She d. there Aug. 27, 1869.
7. REBECCA, b. March 9, 1784, m. Dec. 5, 1804, Andrew Har- wood of Lyndeborough. She d. Sept. 11, 1867.
JOHN CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born Nov. 4, 1763 ; married May 3, 1786, Huldah, daughter of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward of Lyndeborough. She was born June 23, 1765 ; died Jan. 14, 1853. He died Aug. 30, 1833. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ISRAEL, b. July, 1790, m. July 9, 1818, Abigail Kendall. She d. June 11, 1864. He d. Feb. 20, 1868. Israel Cram left by will four hundred dollars to the town of Lyndebor- ough, the interest of which is to be used annually as a literary fund.
2. SARAH, m. William A. Pearsons, Jan. 6, 1833. Rem. to Woburn, Mass.
3. MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 2, 1801 ; m. Oct. 23, 1823, Edgar Rand of Lyndeborough. She d. May 5, 1832. (See Rand gen.)
JACOB CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born Nov. 23, 1765 ; married Sept. 24, 1787, Martha Doak, born at Lyndebor- ough, May II, 1771, and died at Litchfield, Me., Feb. 16, 1835. He died at Litchfield, Jan. 16, 1815. He removed to Litchfield, Me., probably in 1793. The first three children were born at Lyndeborough, the others at Litchfield : -
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I. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 16, 1788, m, first, Dec. 27, 1821, Zoa Moody ; second, May 18, 1825, Lucinda White.
2. BETSEY, b. Nov. 26, 1789, m. May 7, 1813, Stephen Pills- bury. She d. at Hallowell, Me., March 2, 1856.
3. JOHN, b. Nov. 16, 1791, m. Sept. 16, 1820, Louisa Benjamin. He d. at Boston, Aug. 20, 1823.
4. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 20, 1794, d. May 27, 1805.
5. STEPHEN, b. Sept. 10, 1796, d. Oct. 24, 1885, at Topsham, Maine.
6. SARAH E., b. Jan. 4, 1799, m. first, Joseph Norris ; second, Archibald Horn.
7. NANCY, b. Dec. 26, 1801, m. Charles French.
8. FANNY, b. Nov. 23, 1804, m. James G. Judkins.
9. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 12, 1806, d. 1817.
IO. ALVIN, b. Aug. 12, 1808, d. 1810.
ZEBULON CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born March 29, 1772; married June 21, 1799, Anice Hutchinson of Lynde- borough. She was born June 19, 1775, and died in Litchfield, Me., Dec. 22, 1844. He died there Feb. 11, 1852. Children born at Lyndeborough and Litchfield : -
I. REBECCA, b. June 21, 1800, d. June 25, 1852.
2. JOHN H., b. Dec. 22, 1802, m. April 15, 1835, M. Eliza Davis.
SOLOMON CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ; born at Lyndeborough, 1744; married Mary , born at Lynde- borough, April 21, 1819. He died May 1, 1825. Children, born at Lynde- borough : -
I. MARY, b. 1772, d. Oct. 3, 1777.
2. SARAH, b. 1774, d. Sept. 23, 1777.
3. JAMES, b. Aug., 1777, d. Oct. 3, 1860.
4. MARY, b. 1779, d. Sept. 24, 1781.
URIAH CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram, born 1750; married Eunice Ellingwood. She was born 1745; died Dec. I, 1831. He died Oct. 2, 1831. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. HENRY, +
2. JOSEPH, born April 22, 1784, m. Dec. 24, 1818, Elizabeth Brown of Billerica. He died July 21, 1858.
3. EUNICE S., b. August, 1786, m. William Abbott. (See Abbott gen.)
4. JAMES, +
5. LYDIA, b. June 27, 1790, d. Aug. 3, 1794.
HENRY CRAM, son of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram, born 1780; married Rhoda, daughter of Jeremiah and Lois (Hoyt) Carleton.
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She was born June 29, 1783; died Oct. 8, 1855. He died Nov. 30, 1848. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. PETER b. July 14, 1807, d. at Ulman's Ridge, Mo., Aug. 5, 1869, m. Rebecca, K. Potter of Francestown. Peter Cram was a farmer and was once county commissioner and select- man several years. He removed to the West about 1858. Four of their children were born at Mont Vernon and three at Decatur, Ill. Their names were : Rhoda C., Moses D., Illia M., Henry L., Mark P., Virgil H., Eunice.
2. MOSES H., b. May 20, 1813, d. Aug. 27, 1848.
JAMES CRAM, son of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram, born March 13, 1788; married Lucy Brown of Billerica. She was born Feb. I, 1804 ; died Nov. 1, 1884. She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Noyes) Brown. He died June 29, 1861. With no advantages for school- ing but the winter terms of the district school of his day, and no higher text book than Pike's Arithmetic he became a good land surveyor and was much employed in running lines in the town. It is said he did very satisfactory work. With his brother Henry and nephew, Peter Cram, he started and operated an iron foundry for the manufacture of pots, kettles, andirons, boxes for wheels-hubs, etc. Children born at Lynde- borough : -
I. NANCY E., b. Feb. 21, 1832, d. April 17, 1832.
2. ALBERT, +
3. CHARLES H., b. Nov. 3, 1836, m. April 13, 1863, Sarah Van Buskirk. Rem. to Watseka, Ill.
ALBERT CRAM, son of James and Lucy (Brown) Cram, born Nov. 8, 1834 ; married May 31, 1869, Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Emerson) Brown of Wilmington, Mass. She died Nov. 14, 1897. Children : -
I. ADDIE M., b. Jan. 29, 1871, d. July 20, 1874.
BENJAMIN CRAM, son of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram; born at Woburn, Mass., March 10, 1721 ; died in 1823. His wife was Elizabeth- Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. MARGARET, m. Jonathan Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain gen.)
2. NATHAN, +
3. BENJAMIN, +
4. HULDAH, d. at Greenfield.
5. JONAH.
6. DAVID, b. 1768, d. May, 1838.
NATHAN CRAM, son of Benjamin Cram of Woburn, Mass., and Elizabeth, his wife, born in Lyndeborough, April 5, 1752; married Rachel Dutton, born at Lyndeborough, Sept. 9, 1757; died at Hancock, Aug. 15, 1835; He died at Hancock, Jan. 21, 1851. Children : -
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HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
I. NATHAN, b. 1771. Died young.
2. RACHEL, b. June 15, 1773, m. Nov. 30, 1797, William Stuart of Peterboro. She d. at Peterboro, Oct. 13, 1833.
3. NATHAN, b. Sept. 9, 1776, m. Elizabeth White, d. at Bel- fast, Me., Oct. 8, 1815.
4. JOSIAH DUTTON, +
5. HULDAH, born June 30, 1782, m. Nov. 27, 1804, Gilbert McCoy of Belfast, Me. He d. Nov. 18, 1857.
6. SALLY P., b. Sept. 12, 1783, m. May 19, 1804, Joseph Tyr- rell of Hancock. She d. at Dublin, Dec. 18, 1863.
7. BETSEY, b. March 5, 1786, d. Sept. 7, 1805.
8. POLLY, b. May 9, 1788, m. March, 18, 1806, Jonathan Barnard of Hancock, d. Sept. 11, 1801.
9. JOSEPH, b. at Greenfield, March 26, 1789, m. July 4, 1817, Sally White of Peterboro. He d. at Peterboro, Nov. 28, 1873.
IO. BENJAMIN, b. March 26, 1789, (twin with Joseph), m. first, Jane Alexander, second, Ruth Nutt, d. at Wilton, Il1.
II. ANNA H., b. June 25, 1791, m. May 29, 1810, Samuel Tyrrell of Hancock, d. at Plum Island, Il1.
12. ABIGAIL J., b. July 3, 1793, m. Dec. 1, 1836, Francis Thompson.
13. EZRA DUTTON, b. June 10, 1795, m. Lucy Cilly. He d. at Brooks, Me. Nov. 11, 1868.
14. PHEBE, b. April 21, 1797, m. first, Meshack Tenny, m. sec- ond, Gales, m. third, Black, m. fourth, Blair.
15. EPHRAIM, b. at Antrim, March 25, 1800, d. Sept. 5, 1800.
16. SAMUEL, b. at Antrim, Sept. 9, 1802, m. 1831, Sarah A. Wheeler. He d. at Bennington.
JOSIAH DUTTON CRAM, son of Nathan and Rachel (Dutton) Cram ; born March 28, 1799; married Deidamia Dutton, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Stiles) Dutton. She was born April 29, 1784; died at Han- cock, July, 1858. Children, none born at Lyndeborough :-
Deidamia, Benjamin, Josiah, Sally, Nathan, Reuben, Joseph, Sally, Rachel, Relief, Reuben D., Abigail.
BENJAMIN CRAM, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cram of Woburn, Mass., born at Lyndeborough, in 1754; died July 31, 1836. He married Olive, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain, born Aug. 16, 1750. Children : -
1. DANIEL, who died when about 17 years of age.
2. BENJAMIN, +
BENJAMIN CRAM, son of Benjamin and Olive (Chamberlain) Cram,
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GENEALOGIES
born March 8, 1774; married July 16, 1799, Sarah, daughter of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward. She was born Feb. 6, 1779. He married second, Polly Vose of Stoughton, Mass., born June 14, 1780 ; died at New Ipswich, Jan. 8, 1836. He died at New Ipswich, April 12, 1835.
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