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I. NEIL J., b. Dec. 14, 1871, d. Feb. 13, 1883.
DINSMORE.
ABRAHAM DINSMORE and Love, his wife, were evidently among the earliest settlers in the territory of Lyndeborough that was used to form a part of Temple. Abraham, Abraham, Jr., and Zebadiah Dins- more were Revolutionary soldiers and when the alarm came from Ticon- deroga marched in company with 34 others to the front. Abraham and Zebadiah were of those who marched to Cambridge from Temple on the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, as related in the History of Temple. The older children of Abraham, Jr., are recorded as born at Temple, but he must have removed to Lyndeborough for children are also recorded as born there. Record of the children of Abraham and Love Dins- more : -
I. ABRAHAM L., b. at Temple, Oct. 12, 1777.
5. SAMUEL, b. at Temple, June 24, 1779.
3. LOVE, b. at Temple, May 26, 1781.
4. SARAH, b. at Temple, March 22, 1783.
5. EPHRAIM, b. at Lyndeborough, March 21, 1785.
6. GEORGE, b. at Lyndeborough, Dec. 21, 1787.
DOLLIVER.
CAPT. JOHN B. DOLLIVER was born in Marblehead, Mass, April 22, 1810. His father was in the U. S. Naval Service during the War of 1812. His grandfather came to Lyndeborough about 1775 and purchased a lot of wild land of Jesse Putnam, the deed bearing date November, 1775. When a lad of four years, John came to live with his grand- parents, and after their death he inherited the homestead property. He was a large and powerfully built man, broad-shouldered and strong, of great endurance, and of great industry withal. He was genial and fond of company, enjoying a laugh or a joke, even if it was at his own ex- pense. He took great interest in military matters and in military exer- cises and was captain of the Lafayette Artillery at one time. He married
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first, Lucetta P. Draper of Greenfield, June 3, 1836. She was born April 27, 1816; died April 9, 1852 ; married second, Mrs. Abbie E. Conant of Greenfield, N. H., Feb. 3, 1853. She was born July 21, 1819; died Dec. 29, 1897. He died Sept. 30, 1887. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
By first wife : -
I. LUCETTA J., b. March 5, 1837.
2. SARAH R., b. Oct. 9, 1839, m. Henry Holt of Greenfield
3. BENTON J., b. Jan. 15, 1841.
4. LYDIA E., b. Nov. 13, 1843.
5. PERSIS B., b. Nov. 30, 1845, m. Frank Brook of Green- field, d. Nov. 28, 1889.
6. GEORGIANNA M., born March 9, 1847, d. July 6, 1870.
7. WILLIAM H., + By second wife : -
8. FRANK P., born June 24, 1853. Res. in San Francisco.
9. GEORGE S., born Nov. 20, 1854, d. Feb. 5, 1887.
IO. EDWARD W., +
II. ABBIE A. G., b. July 13, 1858, m. Fred S. Pickett, Nov. 14, 1882, d. Feb. 11, 1895.
12. SAMUEL A., ++
13. CARRIE E., b. Nov. 13, 1862, m. Warren C. Ordway of Francestown, d. Nov. 26, 1888.
14. LOUIS E., b. Feb. 24, 1864. Res. in San Francisco.
WILLIAM H. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Lucetta (Draper) Dolliver, born Dec. 26, 1849; married Emma J., daughter of Joseph and Mary J. (Putnam) Blanchard of Greenfield. She was born July 8, 1852. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. FLOSSIE L., b. Jan. 16, 1879.
2' GRACE M., b. Oct. 17, 1883.
Two of their children, both boys, d. young.
EDWARD W. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Abbie (Conant) Dol- liver, born Oct. 1, 1856; married Sarah (Wilson) Temple of Frances- town, March 18, 1877. She was born March 16, 1856. He is a black- smith and farmer and has a residence and shop on the Forest road near the intersection of the road to the centre. Children : -
I. JOHN E., b. Feb. 22, 1878, at Francestown, m. Edith I. Smith, Nov. 2, 1898. She was b. March 16, 1879. Child : Dorothy, b. Nov. 19, 1904.
2. BESSIE C., b. Jan. 31, 1884, at Lyndeborough.
3. LILLIAN W., b. Oct. 19, 1888, at Lyndeborough.
SAMUEL A. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Abbie (Conant) Dol- liver, born Feb. 28, 1860; married Jan. 1, 1884, Carrie M., daughter of Sewell M. and Sarah F. (Putnam) Buck. She was born Aug. 30, 1866.
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DONOVAN.
The Donovan family is a very ancient one, whether Irish or English history is to be credited. Its age antedates the Danish invasion of England. We shall not attempt to trace the current to its source, how- ever, but shall give instead, a brief account of Rev. Mr. Donovan and of his family. He was born, April 8, 1837, in the parish of Myross, County of Cork, Ireland, and came to America with his parents in 1847. He lived several years in Nova Scotia, then came to Fitchburg, Mass., where he went to school a short time. He went into Vermont in 1857, and began preparation for college; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1864, and at The Newton Theological Institution in 1867 ; was ordained at Belchertown, Mass., in 1867, pastor there till 1869. He also had one pastorate in Rhode Island, two in New York State, and also two in New Hampshire, at Cornish, and at Lyndeborough since 1886.
He was married in Baldwinsville, Mass., Nov. 28, 1867, to Miss E. M., daughter of the late Joseph Nichols, M. D., of Springfield, New Hamp- shire. She was born April 20, 1838. Child : -
I. WINFRED NICHOLS DONOVAN, b. Jan. 24, 1869, in Belcher- town, Mass. He was graduated at Colby College in 1892, and after teaching a short time entered The Newton Theo- logical Institution, graduating in 1898. He is now assis- tant professor of Biblical Interpretation at The Newton Theological Institution, and resides at Newton Centre. Mr. Donovan married, Dec. 23, 1895, Miss Nellie Stuart, born Oct. 27, 1870, daughter of Francis W. Bakeman, D.D., and Ellen (Stuart) Bakeman. Children: Francis Bakeman and Elizabeth Nichols.
DUNCKLEE.
The Duncklee family of Lyndeborough is of Scotch descent. The first to come to Lyndeborough, of which any record can be found, was Hezekiah, who came from Danvers, Mass., and settled in that part of Lyndeborough which was afterwards made the town of Greenfield. He was of the fourth generation from Elnathan, who came to America from England and settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1651. It is not known just when he came to Lyndeborough, but he was a soldier in Capt. Peter Clark's company in 1777. (See Chapter X.) His wife was Mehitable White, a sister of Mrs. Aaron Lewis, also of Moses White of Lynde- borough. They were children of Benjamin and Mary White of Dedham, Mass. Hezekiah Duncklee had at least three sons of record. He died in Greenfield, March 10, 1827. Children : -
I. EBENEZER, +
2. HEZEKIAH, ++
3. LEONARD, +
EBENEZER DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (White) Duncklee ; born Sept. 3, 1781 ; married Lucy Morgan of New Boston.
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She was born 1794; died Aug. 19, 1856. He died Dec. 22, 1864. He set- tled on a farm near the Nathan Richardson place. Children : -
I. ISAAC L., +
2. LUCY, b. July 25, 1827, d. July 29, 1858.
3. WILLIAM R., +
ISAAC L. DUNCKLEE, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Morgan) Dunck- lee; born Sept. 21, 1824; married first, June 17, 1852, Elizabeth H., daughter of Williams and Hannah (Lewis) Woodward, born Feb. 13, 1830; died Feb. 7, 1855. Married second, Jan. 8, 1857, Minerva H. Cud- worth of Greenfield. She was born Feb. 21, 1826; died June 20, 1904. Child by first wife : -
I. CHARLES M. b. April 4, 1854, d. Oct. 21, 1858. Children by second wife : --
2. LIZZIE A, b. Dec. 7, 1857, d. Sept. 14, 1858.
3. CLINTIE M., b. July 3, 1862.
4. MINNIE A., b. May 6, 1865, d. June 18, 1867.
WILLIAM R. DUNCKLEE, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Morgan) Duncklee ; born Oct. 22, 1831; married May 4, 1862, Ursula J. Richards of Goffstown, born June 29, 1845 ; died April 15, 1899, at Lyndeborough. He died June 2, 1898. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children : -
I. WILLIE A., b. Jan. 11, 1863, rem. to New York.
2. MINNIE J., b. Feb. 16, 1866, m. William E. Richardson. (See Richardson gen.)
3. ANDY U., b. May 14, 1868, rem. to California.
HEZEKIAH DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (White) Duncklee, born Feb. 17, 1784; married Feb. 25, 1812, Anna Bachelder of Greenfield. She was born April 2, 1782; died Aug. 10, 1857. He died Nov. 16, 1863. Children : --
I. JULIA ANN, m. Sherebiah Manning. (See Manning gen.) 2. JOHN J., b. May 12, 1817, m. Sarah J. Page, Oct. 19, 1843, rem. to Pennsylvania, d. May 13, 1891.
3. LUCY M., b. Feb. 27, 1819, d. Feb. 2, 1888, m. Stephen Carleton of Nashua.
4. JOSEPH FLAVEL, b. May 21, 1822, m. Julia M. Patch, Nov. 22, 1857, rem. to Francestown, d. April 3, 1894.
5. HENRY H., b. Sept. 23, 1825, m. Nov. 22, 1849, Cornelia E. Whittemore. He d. May 20, 1888.
LEONARD DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitabel (White) Duncklee; born Jan. 10, 1794; married March 28, 1839, Elizabeth B., daughter of Aaron Lewis, born May 2, 1816; died Dec. 19, 1896. He died April 19, 1863. Child, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. DANIEL WEBSTER, b. March 10, 1841, rem. to Francestown.
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DUNCKLEE.
EDWARD P. DUNCKLEE, son of John M. and Cynthia (Center) Duncklee; born in Greenfield, Jan. 21, 1832; married Dec. 17, 1857, Amanda O., daughter of John M. Follansbee. She was born at Andover, Mass., March 13, 1837; died at Boston Aug. 18, 1895. He came to Lynde- borough in 1876 from Stoneham, Mass., where he had been extensively engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He bought the Gage place on the mountain, and remodeled and enlarged the buildings, bought land and established the now well known Pinnacle House, a resort for summer boarders. Children, born at Stoneham, Mass .: -
I. EMMA A., b. June 26, 1859, m. Oct. 25, 1876, Charles A. Moody of Lowell, Mass. Of their children, one, Zetta A., was born in Lyndeborough.
2. EDWARD A., b. July 27, 1871.
DUREN.
ROBERT DUREN married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Putnam, and lived where the Baptist parsonage is. One child, recorded as born at Lyndeborough : -
I. OSGOOD JOHNSON, b. May 13, 1829.
DUTTON.
The immigrant ancestor of the Dutton families of Lyndeborough was John Dutton, who came to America in 1630 and settled in Reading, Mass. His son Thomas, with his wife Susanna, lived in Woburn and Reading, Mass., where their children, nine in number, were born. Thomas died Jan. 22, 1667, and his wife died Aug. 27, 1684. They had a son, Thomas, who married Rebecca Draper. By this marriage he had five children. Their son Thomas married Harriet Burge, and thirteen children were the result of this marriage, all born in Billerica, Mass. Josiah, their fourth son, was born Feb. 21, 1716, and he married Sarah Parker, April 6, 1743. They had eleven children, and were the parents of Benjamin, Jacob, Ezra and William Dutton, who came to Lyndeborough in the early days of its settlement. Jacob and Ezra settled in that part of the town which was an- nexed to Francestown in 1792. William settled on the land now owned by Sewell M. Buck, and Benjamin on the Dutton homestead farm north of the mountain. Reuben inherited the farm from his father, Benjamin, and raised a large family there, and then Benjamin, son of Reuben, occu- pied the farm. It is abandoned now, nothing but a cellar hole and lilac bushes to mark the site. Jacob Dutton married Rhoda Dix. She died in Francestown Feb. 6, 1807. They had nine children. Five of them are recorded as born in Lyndeborough : Jacob, born Dec. 20, 1781; Joel, born April 24, 1784; Sara, born Feb. 10, 1786; Olive, born Feb. 5, 1788; An- drew, born May 21, 1789. Their father died in Francestown Nov. 8, 1803.
The four brothers who helped settle the town were all born in Notting- ham West, now Hudson, and came to Lyndeborough some time previous to 1780. They served in the Revolutionary army, and their service is de- scribed in another chapter. Benjamin was here as early as 1769, for his
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name is on a petition to have Amherst made the Shire town, dated April 5, 1769. The other three brothers probably came a little later.
There is a record of Asa Dutton and Phene, his wife. Child : Phene, born Feb. 24, 1776.
BENJAMIN DUTTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Dutton ; born April 27, 1746; married Sarah Stiles. He died Sept. 3, 1803. Chil- dren : -
I. BENJAMIN, b. July 17, 1770.
2. SARAH, b. May 15, 1772.
3. REUBEN S. +
4. JACOB, b. Sept. 26, 1776, d. Dec. 2, 1779. ,
5. SARAH, b. March 19, 1779.
6. AMY, b. July 24, 1781, d. July 6, 1782.
7. DEIDAMIA, b. April 29, 1784.
8. LoIs, b. Sept. 10, 1786, d. Dec. 1, 1803.
9. MOSES, b. Mar. 24, 1789.
REUBEN S. DUTTON, son of Benjamin and Sarah Dutton, born Aug. 26, 1774. He married first, Nancy Clark; second, Lydia Hyde. He lived on the Dutton farm north of the mountain. Children by first wife :
I. LEAFE, b. July 22, 1798.
2. BENJAMIN, +
3. REUBEN, b. May 18, 1804, m. Arethusa Evans of Peterboro. He d. at Milford, March 8, 1889.
4. MYNARD and MIANDA (Twins), b. Dec. 2, 1806. Mynard m. Susan Stevens of Andover, Mass. She was b. at An- dover, March 23, 1814, d. at Ayer, Mass., Dec. 29, 1891. Of their two children Eliza J. was b. at Lyndeborough, Aug. 18, 1834, d. at Nashua, July 10, 1849. Philena A. was b. at Francestown, July 12, 1847, m. Charles W. Ather- ton of Greenfield.
5. LOIs, b. Aug. 17, 1809.
6. ROXANNA, b. April 11, 1813, m. John Balch of Francestown. Children by second wife : -
7. SAMUEL, b. June 13, 1824. Rem. to the west.
8. WILLIAM, b. May 27, 1825. Rem. to the west.
BENJAMIN DUTTON, son of Reuben and Nancy (Clark) Dutton, born June 24, 1801 ; married Jan. 27, 1835, Betsey E., daughter of Nehe- miah and - (Putnam) Rand. She was born Aug. 21, 1814. He died Oct. 27, 1869. He lived on the farm his father owned in the northwest part of the town, nothing but the cellar hole to mark the site. Children : -
I. ANN E., b. Jan. 5, 1838, m. June 3, 1857, John Gage.
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2. MARY J., b. July 7, 1839, m. Edward Kidder of Wilton.
3. BENJAMIN W., b. April 13, 1847, d. March 22, 1866.
EZRA DUTTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Dutton, born Aug. 30, 1755 ; married Phebe -; died Feb. 4, 1794. Children : -
I. RICHARD, b. Aug. 11, 1779.
2. THOMAS, b, Dec. 14, 1783.
3. PHEBE, b. Aug. 22, 1786.
4. MARY, b. Sept. 19, 1788.
5. ELIZABETH, b. May 19, 1791.
CAPT. WILLIAM DUTTON. Among the early settlers of Lynde- borough was William Dutton, who was born May 23, 1760, at Notting- ham West. He came from Westford, Mass., probably. He married Susanna Reed of that town. He lived where Sewell M. Buck now lives. He died Oct. 9, 1807, aged 48 years. His wife died in 1841, aged 83 years. Their children are all recorded as born in Lyndeborough. He was a captain in the Continental Army. (See Chapter VII.) Children : -
I. REBECCA, b. April 20, 1782, m. John Beasom. (See Bea- som gen.)
2. JOHN, b. Jan. 19, 1784, d. Jan. 21, 1784.
3. WILLIAM, +
4. HILDRETH, b. Sept. 1, 1787, m. Sally Putnam of Lynde- borough.
5. SALLY, b. Oct. 20, 1789, m. - Stearns.
6. PERLEY, b. July 21, 1792, m. Fanny Wilkins.
7. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 18, 1795, m. Russell Upton.
8. WARREN, b. Jan. 1, 1798.
9. LUCINDA, d. unm.
IO. REED, b. April 10, 1803, m. first, Oct. 26, 1828, Betsey Burnap, m. second, Betsey Wheeler.
WILLIAM Dutton, son of William and Susannah (Reed) Dutton, born April 20, 1785 ; married Sarah Beasom. He died April 26, 1828. Sarah (Beasom) Dutton died in Michigan, Jan. 24, 1857. He early re- moved to Michigan, and was in the banking business there. His descen- dants live at Adrian, Mich. Children :-
i. WILLIAM, b. March 8, 1813, d. Oct. 30, 1884.
2. JANE P., b. March 7, 1816, m. a Robbins and rem. to Vine- land, N. J.
3. JOHN A., b. April, 1817, d. Oct. 27, 1861.
4. RODNEY T., b. Sept. 30, 1819, d. June 2, 1855.
5. HILDRETH, b. June 10, 1821, d. Nov. 5, 1846.
6. SARAH A., b. July 24, 1824, d. April, 1852.
7. ANTHONY T., b. April 22, 1826, d. March 22, 1870.
8. LUCINDA, b. Feb. 26, 1828, d. Sept. 23, 1851.
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EASTMAN.
GEORGE W. EASTMAN, son of Enoch S. and Sarah E. (Blanchard) Eastman, born at South Tamworth, N. H., Jan. 26, 1858; married Annie E., daughter of George W. and Martha L. Hildrup Musso. She was born at Lynn, Mass. They were married June 29, 1877. He came to Lyndeborough from Lynn, Mass., in 1893, and settled on the Adoniram Russell place. He is a watchmaker and jeweler by trade, and has the distinction of having the only greenhouse in Lyndeborough. Children :-
I. MABEL L., b. at Lynn, April 15, 1878.
2. HERBERT W., b. at Lynn, Aug. 15, 1882.
3. CLARENCE A., b. at Foxboro, Mass., Aug. 18, 1884.
4. HAROLD, b. at Franklin, Mass., Aug. 3, 1886.
5. EDITH G., b. at Franklin, April 22, 1888.
6. EDGAR L., b. at Lynn, May 10, 1890.
7. ROLAND W., b. at Lynn, March 11, 1892.
8. ARTHUR G., b. at Lyndeborough, Nov. 3, 1895.
EATON.
WARREN A. EATON, born at East Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1843; married July 9, 1865, C. Annie Nichols of Nova Scotia. She was born July 19, 1841. He came to Lyndeborough from Cambridge in May, 1886, and bought the water power known as Buttrick's Mills. Here he oper- ated a saw and grist mill and carried on a small farm until October, 1900, when he removed to Somerville, Mass. He early won the esteem of the people of Lyndeborough, and was a member of the board of selectmen. Children :-
I. CARL A., b. Dec. 29, 1880, d. in Lyndeborough, Feb. 2, 1894.
Charles R. Carter, a nephew of Mr. Eaton, lived in his family, born Aug. 10, 1878.
FRANK H. EATON, son of George D. and Eliza (Southwick) Eaton; born Feb. 1, 1855; married April 10, 1886, Georgia Landers of Yarmouth, N. S. She was born March 13, 1856. He is a brother of Warren A., and came to Lyndeborough from Somerville, Mass., in 1884. He bought a farm on the Forest road above Joseph Blanchard's place, and lived there until 1899, when he returned to Somerville. He was one of the board of selectmen, and took an active part in the social affairs of South Lynde- borough. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. BERTHA A., b. Oct. 24, 1888. -
2. CHESTER E., b. March 28, 1890.
3. LEWIS J., b. Jan. 4, 1892.
4. LOTTIE M., b. April 2, 1895.
5. LENA A., b. Jan. 3, 1898.
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ELLINGWOOD.
SAMUEL ELLINGWOOD came to Lyndeborough from Amherst in 1810 and lived on a place now owned by E. C. Curtis in the south part of the town. There is a record in the town book of births of Ebenezer, son of Joseph and Sarah Ellingwood, born Dec. 31, 1774. Joseph may have been the father of Samuel, also. Jacob, one of the sons died at the town farm. One of the daughters married Uriah Cram. (See Cram gen.) We have no further record of this family.
EMERY.
ENVILLE J. EMERY was the pastor of the Baptist church at South Lyndeborough for a number of years. He came to Lyndeborough about 1855 from Nashua, N. H. Child : -
I. MADALON, m. Albert Wheeler, res. at East Jaffrey.
JOHN M. EMERY, son of Jacob and Betsey (March) Emery ; born July II, 1829; died Sept. 6, 1891 ; married Ann M., daughter of James and Sarah (Brown) Bradford, April 26, 1857. She was born July 21, 1841. John was a brother of Enville, and came to Lyndeborough from Nashua about the same time. He was a fine singer and taught singing school in the winter season, and his services were in request as a musician. He re- sided in South Lyndeborough. Children, born in Lyndeborough: -
I. HARLAN E., +
2. CLINTIE A., b. Sept. 13, 1871. Is a teacher and res. at Winthrop, Mass.
HARLAN E. EMERY, son of John M. and Ann M. (Bradford) Emery; born Jan. 14, 1868; married June 20, 1900, May B., daughter of Hubert M. and Eliza A. (Stephenson) Potter of Lowell, Mass. She was born July II, 1871. Child, born in Lyndeborough : --
I. GLADYS E., b. June 27, 1901.
MORRIS M. EMERY, son of Jacob and Betsey (March) Emery; born March 23, 1821 ; married Lois Heath of Henniker. She was born Sept. 13, 1818; died Jan. 2, 1887. He died March II, 1886. He was a seaman, and during the spring and summer months pursued his calling on the water, but generally spent his winters in Lyndeborough. Child, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ALICE, b. Feb. II.
EPES .*
Daniel Epes in the county of Kent, England, left a widow, who mar- ried Gov. Symonds and came to Ipswich, Mass., bringing with her a son by her former husband named Daniel, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Gov. Symonds, by whom he had a number of children. One of them, Daniel, married Martha Boardman of Cambridge, April 17, 1672. Francis, Joseph and Benjamin Epes were children of Daniel and Hannah (Pres- cott) Epes, and were among the early settlers of Lyndeborough. They were of the fourth generation from Daniel, the immigrant ancestor.
* This name is now spelled Epps.
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FRANCIS EPES. The name of Francis Epes appears as one of the early settlers of Lyndeborough. He was the second son of Daniel and Hannah (Prescott) Epes, and settled north of the mountain. He was born Oct. 19, 1740, and married Mary Frost, a daughter of Gen. Frost of Kittery, Me. Their first child is recorded as born July 24, 1768. He was evidently much respected in the town, and entrusted with much of the town business in those early days. He died in Francestown in 1802. He removed to that place in 1790 and settled on the old Fairbanks place south of Driscoll Hill .* His wife died in Lyndeborough. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. MARY, b. July 24, 1768, m. Joseph Kidder of Lyndeborough.
2. HANNAH, b. Jan 11, 1770, d. in Francestown in 1797.
3. SARAH, b. April 6, 1772, m. Samuel Stevens of Francestown, d. Aug. 8, 1796.
4. ELIZABETH, b. May 26, 1773, m. Israel Balch of Frances- town, d. Dec. 14, 1846.
5. ABIGAIL, b. June 23, 1775, m. Samuel Stevens of Frances- town, d. May 17, 1825.
JOSEPH EPES, a younger brother of Francis, also settled in Lynde- borough. He was born March 24, 1763, and married Elizabeth Rand of Lyndeborough. They lived at one time on the place now owned by Mr. Bailey, north of the mountain. He removed to Orleans, N. Y., where he died Nov. 22, 1831. She died at the same place June 24, 1849. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 17, 1787.
2. ELIZABETH, b. April 3, 1791.
3. HANNAH, b. April 15, 1796.
4. LEWIS, b. July 17, 1798.
5. NEHEMIAH, b. April 9, 1801.
6. DANIEL, b. Oct. 27, 1793.
There is also a record of Polly and Dolly, twin daughters of Benjamin Epes and Anna his wife, b. Nov. 24, 1787. Henry, son of the same, b. Aug. 10, 1789.
FARRINGTON.
DAVID FARRINGTON came to Lyndeborough some time previous to 1800, probably in 1790, though the exact date is not known. He married Mary C., daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones. She was born Jan. 20, 1781. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. MARY, b. Nov. 12, 1800, m. Caleb Leonard and rem. to Stockbridge, Vt.
2. ABIGAIL, b. March 21, 1803, m. Oliver Bixby. (See Bixby gen.)
* Francestown History.
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3. ELIZA, b. Feb. 24, 1807, m. Nov. 6, 1828, Nehemiah Epps of Francestown.
4. HULDAH, b. Dec. 18, 18II, m. Nov. 13, 1839, Oliver Bixby. (See Bixby gen.)
5. SARAH, m. Royal Tupper.
FISH.
NATHAN FISH, born in Mason, Nov. 9, 1771 ; married 1795, Hannah E. Russell of Wilmington, Mass. She was born July 9, 1778. In early life he was indentured to Samuel Stiles of Lyndeborough and Susanna his wife to dwell with them and serve them until he should reach the age of twenty-one years. In return he was to be taught the "art and mys- tery of husbandry." Among the old papers which he left is his commis- sion as 4th sergeant in the 3rd company of the 26th Regt., S. M., signed by Lieut. Col. Benj. Pierce of Hillsborough, the father of Gen. Franklin Pierce, president of the United States. He was sworn in by Capt. Peter Clark, Justice of the Peace. Children : -
I. NATHAN, JR., +
2. NATHANIEL R., +
3. DANIEL, b. May 1, 1800, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Patty, dau. of Thomas and Patty .(Coburn) Bradford of Lyndeborough. She was b. Feb. 7, 1802. He d. April 16, 1886 in Temple.
4. HANNAH, b. Sept. 17, 1803, d. Jan. 12, 1883.
5. ANNA, b. Feb. 11, 1805, d. Aug. 27, 1884.
6. MARY ANN, b. March 27, 1808, m. Dec. 29, 1826, Dr. Co- burn of Wilton.
7. SARAH S., b. Oct. 12, 1810, d. Oct. 28, 1886.
8. RUSSELL, b. May II, 1812, d. June 4, 1812.
9. JOHN R., b. Oct. 13, 1814, d. May 4, 1846. He was driving a team down the hill near Buttrick's mill when one of the oxen became unyoked, and in endeavoring to keep the yoke off the ground he was run over and killed. .
IO. NEHEMIAH, +
II. MARTHA, b. Sept. 6, 1818, d. April 15, 1844.
12. CAROLINE M., b. May 8, 1820, m. Levi H. Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
NATHAN FISH, JR. Son of Nathan and Harriet E. (Russell) Fish ; born in Wilton, Dec. 2, 1795; married April 4, 1834, Sally, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Parker) Draper, born Aug. 30, 1810; died Feb. 23, 1856. He died Sept. 27, 1886. Children : -
I. RHODA, m. Joseph Blanchard. (See Blanchard gen.)
2. NATHAN A., m. Mary Young.
3. JOSEPH D.
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4. GEORGE L. H., d. in the army.
Of these children one, Rhoda, was born at Lyndeborough, the other three at Temple.
NATHANIEL R. FISH, son of Nathan and Hannah E. (Russell) Fish; born in Temple, Nov. 11, 1796; married Sept. 19, 1820, Rebecca Palmer of Methuen, Mass. She died Oct. 3, 1882. He resided in Peter- borough for many years, but died in Lyndeborough Feb. 7, 1889. Chil- dren : -
I. REBECCA, b. April 2, 1822, m. David C. Grant of Lyndebor- ough. (See Grant gen.)
2. ASCENETH, b. July 10, 1823, d. Oct. 14, 1839.
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