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5. LORENZO B., b. Nov. 10, 1854, m. Jan. 3, 1880, Mathilda Fessenfeld of Anahien, Cal. She was b. Nov. 2, 1863. Res. in Minneapolis, Minn. Children : - Sarah F., Arthur W., Norman P.
6. BENJAMIN ASBURY, b. Oct. 5, 1857, m. Nov. 30, 1882, Julia A. Wiggin of Bucksport, Me. She was b. Aug. 6, 1858. Is a minister and res. in Santa Barbara, California. Child : - Elaine, b. Sept. 14, 1884. (See Page 621.)
DR. STEPHEN WARDWELL GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Irene (Wardwell ) Goodrich, born March 20, 1847; married May 15, 1873, Georgianna Henderson of New York. She was born May 11, 1850.
John R. Goodrich
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Children : Fred W., Amy I., Edith. Stephen W. Goodrich enlisted at Lawrence, Mass., March 24, 1862, in Co. F., Ist Mass. Heavy Artillery stationed at Arlington Heights. They were ordered to the front May, 1864, and assigned 2d. Brigade 3d. Division 2d. Army Corps. He was in the battles of Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. Was taken prisoner at Petersburg and confined in the Pemberton at Richmond, also at Andersonville and other southern prisons. Was paroled at Savannah, Dec. 10, 1864. He returned to duty, however, and was at the surrender of Lee at Appomatox, and mustered out of the ser- vice Aug. 16, 1865. He studied medicine with Dr. J. Heber Smith of Boston, graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College, March, 1871. Since then practiced medicine in New York City.
ISRAEL H. GOODRICH, son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich, born Jan. 20, 1783; married first, April 6, 1809, Abigail, daughter of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis. She was born Jan. 24, 1787; died June 30, 1821; second, June 10, 1823, Hannah French, born Feb. 28, 1786; died Feb. 9, 1859. He died May 15, 1853. Children : -
I. A son b. Aug. 14, 1810, d. Aug. 22, 1810.
2. A daughter, b. Sept. 10, 1811, d. Sept. 10, 1811.
3. SEWALL, b. Oct. 20, 1813, d. Jan. 18, 1869.
4. ABIGAIL, b. April 10, 1816, d. May 4, 1840.
5. NATHANIEL, b. July 30, 1818, d. Aug. 28, 1820.
6. SARAH, b. June 24, 1821, m. June 14, 1842, Jacob Hildreth. She d. July 5, 1844. (See Hildreth gen.)
By second wife : -
7. ANSON, b. March 18, 1824, d. April 12, 1824.
8. ISRAEL H., JR., b. Dec. 28, 1827, d. Oct. 6, 1846.
9. JAMES, b. Aug. 6, 1830, m. first, April 5, 1853, -. She was b. Dec. 29, 1829, d. June 2, 1866 ; second, April 28, 1868, Mary A. Ross of No. Brookfield, Mass. She was b. July 16, 1835. Child : - Charles E.
GOULD.
GEORGE GOULD, son of Thomas and Abigail (Needham) Gould, born at Salem, Mass., in 1706; married April 20, 1732, Mary Giles, proba- bly of Salem. She was born in 1710, and died March 2, 1797, at Lynde- borough. He died in Lyndeborough, April 29, 1783. They had eight children, all born at Salem, Mass., of these John and Daniel came to Lyndeborough with their father. George was a descendant of Zaccheus Gould, who came to this country from England some time previous to 1638. George Gould is recorded as having bought, Jan. 25, 1739, part of home lot 46 and lots 74 and 27, second division, making him one of the earliest settlers in Salem-Canada. In 1768 they were living on lot 70, opposite where the town house now stands, and it is probable that he and his sons, John and Daniel, owned pretty much all of the land that is now the farms of Fred A. Richardson and William H. Clark.
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JOHN GOULD, son of George and Mary (Giles) Gould, born Oct. 6, 1744; married Oct. 31, 1769, Susanna (Marsh, Kidder) Chase of Sutton, Mass. They had one son recorded as born in Lyndeborough : -
I. JOHN, b. Dec. 31, 1770.
MAJ. DANIEL GOULD, son of George and Mary (Giles) Gould, born at Salem, Mass., Nov. 26, 1749 ; married first, Dorcas Phelps. She was born 1749; died, April 6, 1797 ; married second, Mary, daughter of Jacob Hook of Kingston, N. H. He died March 5, 1804. He owned the farm now known as the Richardson place at the center. He kept a tavern there for many years, and all the children were born there. We have no further record of this family except the dates of births of their children : -
I. SUSANNA, b. April 17, 1766.
2. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 25, 1778.
3. EDY, b. Dec. 29, 1779.
4. JARED, b. March 16, 1782.
5. DANIEL, b. March 19, 1784.
6. GEORGE, b. Jan. 22, 1788, d. Nov. 17, 1804.
7. JACOB S., b. Aug. 21, 1793.
GOULD.
HUMPHRY N. GOULD, son of John and Ruth (Nichols) Gould, born at Weare, June 13, 1827; married Sept. 20, 1857, Ellen R,, daughter of William B. and Sarah A. (Thompson) Gove, born at Lynn, Mass., Oct. 10, 1837. He died at Lyndeborough, Nov. 24, 1901. He came to Lyndeborough from Weare and settled on the Jotham Hildreth place in 1898. Child : -
I. CARRIE M., b. at Weare, May 18, 1867, m. Nov. 30, 1887, Daniel A. Johnson, b. at Weare, February, 1860. Is a travelling salesman.
GRANT.
JAMES GRANT, son of John and Margaret (Beasom) Grant; born Sept. 22, 1790; married Nov. 3, 1818, Naomi, daughter of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram. He died Nov. 24, 1860. She was born Aug. 21, 1797 ; died April 6, 1860. Children : --
I. JAMES HARVEY, b. Feb. 29, 1820, m. first, April 17, 1842, Olive C. Hill of Berwick, Me. She d. at Marquande, Mo., Dec. 24, 1877 ; m. second, Dec. 24, 1878, Elizabeth Myers. He d. at Jackson, Mo., March 9, 1897. Children : Albert Harvey, b. at Lyndeborough May 23, 1848; Annie Frances, b. at Andover, Mass., Jan. 30, 1859.
2. I)AVID CRAM, +
3. SARAH M., b. May 23, 1825, d. Aug. 3, 1829.
4. WILLIAM H., +
HARVEY GRANT.
WM. H. GRANT.
DAVID C. GRANT.
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DAVID C. GRANT, son of James and Naomi (Cram) Grant; born June 17, 1823 ; married Sept. 30, 1845, Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel R. and Rebecca (Palmer) Fish of Peterborough. She was born April 2, 1822; died Oct. 31, 1896. He died Jan. 24, 1900.
Probably no one else had such an abiding interest in the town his- tory, or such a fund of information in regard to the people and events of the town as he. He was chairman of the history committee at the time of his death. Most of his life was spent in his native town, as farmer, lumberman and carpenter. From 1860 until 1866, he was largely engaged in the pressing and shipping of hay and in lumbering. From 1866 until 1869 he lived in Boston. In October, 1869, he removed to Minnesota, and remained there three years in the lumber business. He returned to Lyndeborough in the spring of 1873, and lived here until his death. He served his town in the board of selectmen, board of education, building committees and in other offices. He was a ready debater and talker, and was much called for to preside at public meetings and to speak at town celebrations. From the days of the old Lyndeborough lyceum he was prominent in everything that related to the educational advancement of the town. Children : -
I. ELSIE M., b. Aug. 24, 1847, m. Dana B. Sargent. (See Sargent gen.)
2. DAVID WALTER, b. Dec. 24, 1849, m. Oct. 29, 1872, Alice E. Cassidy of Boston. Children : Fred T., Mabel A., Nellie E. Fred T., m. Nov. 3, 1898, Olive H. Dyer of Marlboro, Mass.
3. JAMES ARTHUR, +
JAMES ARTHUR GRANT, son of David C. and Rebecca (Fish) Grant; born Dec. 20, 1859; m. Feb. 19, 1881, Nellie F., daughter of John and Harriet (Glinds) Blanchard. She was born at Wilton, June 1, 1862. He lived for a time on the homestead farm, and removed to Milford in April, 1901. Children, born at Lyndeborough : -
I. CHARLES K., b. June 28, 1882.
2. GEORGE L., b. May 2, 1884.
3. PERLEY A., b. July 19, 1891.
4. HAROLD W., b. Aug 12, 1895.
WILLIAM HENRY GRANT, son of James and Naomi (Cram) Grant; born Dec. 23, 1829; married Jan. 4, 1855, Martha, daughter of David and Mary (Bickford) McCaine of Francestown. She was born Dec. 15, 1832. He died Aug. 8, 1901, at Sandstone, Minn. His early education was de- rived from the district schools, and as he says, " from such books as he could borrow." At the age of fifteen he engaged himself as an appren- tice to the harness making trade, but after serving for nearly two years he determined to become a lawyer. He attended school at Nashua, at the academy at Hancock, at the Yatcs academy at Orleans, N. Y., and re- ceived private instruction from the Rev. Mr. Claggett, at Lyndeborough, then taught school two winters. In 1852 he entered the law office of Stephen P. Crosby, Esq., at Francestowu, and remained a few months.
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After recovering from an attack of typhoid fever he entered the office of Samuel M. Wilcox of Francestown, where he remained until 1853. He then removed to Manchester, and entered the law office of Benjamin F. Ayer, and was admitted to the bar of Hillsborough Co. in 1854. He was a deputy sheriff in 1853, and was the representative to the General Court from Lyndeborough in 1853 and 1854. He opened a law office in Wilton in 1854 and remained there until 1859, when he removed to St. Paul, Minn., where he resided until his death. In 1868 he retired from the practice of law and devoted his time to private business.
In the West he did not seek political preferment, but was the candi- date of his party for office with, as he says, " no hope of election." He has received high honors in the Masonic fraternity, and was for two years the registrar of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was also a life member of the Minnesota Historical Society. Child : -
I. WILLIAM H., b. Dec. 2, 1857.
HACKETT.
CHARLES HACKETT lived in that part of Lyndeborough, now Greenfield, where the John Fletcher place is situated. He was a civil engineer and removed to Maine. One child, at least, was born in Lynde- borough, Ephraim, born July 6, 1791. Charles Hackett married Susanna Burnham of Lyndeborough in November, 1789. She was probably a daughter of Stephen Burnham, who settled in that part of the town.
EPHRAIM HACKETT, son of Charles and Susanna (Burnham) Hackett; born July 6, 1791 ; married Nov. 21, 1811, Lois, daughter of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler. She was born April 29, 1787. He removed from Greenfield to Lempster, and lived there for a number of years, coming from there to Lyndeborough about 1828. He died in Lyndeborough. The three older children were born in Greenfield, five in Lempster and the two younger in Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. SUSAN, b. Oct. 25, 1812, d. Dec. 17, 1829.
2. HANNAH BUTLER, b. Feb. 17, 1814, m. June 7, 1841, Jacob Wright of Woburn, Mass.
3. LOIS MARIA, b. Nov. 21, 1815, m. Sept. 2, 1841, William Jewett.
4. LUCY ALMIRA, b. Feb. 13, 1819, m. April 4, 1844, Luther Cram. (See Cram gen.)
5. TRYPHENA PUTMAN, b. Oct. 18, 1820, m. Oct. 24, 1844, Abijah Thompson of Woburn, Mass.
6. EPHRAIM, b. April. 12, 1822, m. 1852, Harriet G. Pillsbury. He was a member of the 22nd Mass. Regt. in the Civil War, and died in Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 25, 1887.
7. RACHEL ROXANNA, b. Jan. 25, 1824, m. May 23, 1844, Daniel R. Marshall.
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8. SARAH SOPHRONIA, b. May 18, 1825, m. Sept. 9, 1848, Ed- · ward C. Thompson of Woburn, Mass.
9. WILBUR FISKE, b. May 3, 1830.
IO. CHARLES WESLEY, +
CHARLES WESLEY HACKETT, son of Ephraim and Lois (Butler) Hackett, born July 23, 1831 ; married Dec. 12, 1853, Myra J. Holt of Fitchburg, Mass. He died in St. Paul, Minn., March 21, 1903. He was a captain in the 10th Regt. Minn. Vol. In the summer of 1862 about forty-five men from the farming district adjacent to the town of Lake City, Minn., where he was then living, came to Mr. Hackett and offered to enlist if he would serve as their captain which he consented to do. On the very day of the Sioux Indian outbreak, Aug. 18, 1862, he was taking these men to St. Paul to be sworn into service. As a consequence of this massacre Capt. Hackett's company was put into immediate ser- vice on the frontier. In 1863, in command of his company, he marched with the Ioth Regiment against the Sioux Indians, with the column under Gen. Sibley to the Missouri river and was in the various actions of that arduous expedition. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and was among the older settlers of the state of Minnesota. His character is summed up best perhaps in the resolutions passed by the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, of which he was a member. "During his entire life he was a citizen without reproach, and his character and repu- tation for uprightness and integrity in all his dealings was as firm and unyielding as is the granite in the mountains of his native state. He was a gallant soldier, who did not hesitate to show his patriotism by his works. He discharged every duty devolving upon him in peace and in war, as citizen, soldier, merchant and neighbor without hesitation and without stain or dishonor."
HADLEY.
JOSHUA HADLEY settled on the farm owned by the late Levi P. Hadley, on the mountain. It is probable that he bought it as wild land and made the first clearing there. The land has been in the possession of the Hadley family ever since. Joshua Hadley died March 8, 1802. Mary, his wife, died May II, 1802. Little can be learned about him, but in the town records of births the following appears : -
I. JUDAH (probably Judith), dau. of Joshua and Mary Had- ley, b. Dec. 4, 1762.
2. JOSHUA, son of do. b. Aug. 22, 1764.++
3. ELIZABETH, dau. of do. b. March 22, 1766.
4. CHASE, son of do. b. June 29, 1769.+
5. HUMPHREY, son of do. b. Feb. 10, 1771.
JOSHUA HADLEY, son of Joshua and Mary Hadley, born Aug. 22, 1764; married Betsey (Williams) Giddings, b. 1768; died March 8, 1854. He died Dec. 19, 1847. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. NANCY, b. July 23, 1788.
2. WILLIAM, b. April 19, 1790, d. May 5, 1790.
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3. FANNY, b. Oct. 30, 1791, d. March 15, 1792.
4. MARK, +
5. IRA, b. Sept. 21, 1795, d. Jan. 11, 1849.
6. CHARLES, b. Feb. 12, 1798, d. Sept. 22, 1825.
7. ALLEN, b. April 2, 1800, d. Sept. 16, 1802.
8. ALFRED, b. Sept. 19, 1802. Rem. to Jasper, N. Y.
9. JENNISON, b. Oct. 15, 1805, d. Oct. 21, 1805.
IO. BENJAMIN F., b. July 23, 1807.
II. ETHAN A., b. Nov. 13, 1809.
MARK HADLEY, son of Joshua and Betsey (Giddings) Hadley, born April 19, 1793 ; married first, Elizabeth Herrick of Greenfield. She died Oct. 9, 1832. He died March 26, 1858; second, Abigail, daughter of Eben and Esther (Holt) Pearsons Nov. 10, 1844. She was born in Wil- ton, Aug. 16, 1800; died June 26, 1879. Children : -
I. WILKES H., +
2. ELIZABETH A., m. Eli Jeffs of Wilton.
3. NANCY E., m. Moses C. Burnham of Milford.
WILKES H. HADLEY, born May 4, 1821 ; died Feb. 14, 1900; mar- ried Betsey F. Richardson of Wilton, April 15, 1847. She was born Sept. 13, 1823 ; died Oct. 29, 1899. Children : -
I. ELIZABETH B., b. May 29, 1848, m. Henry E. Martin of Greenfield, Sept. 11, 1869. Child : - Minnie E., b. Jan. 23, 1871.
2. RUTH A., b. Sept. 17, 1850, m. Joseph F. Avery of Temple, Dec. 25, 1871, d. March 17, 1883.
3. JOHN F., +
4. MAY B., b. Aug 17, 1865.
JOHN F. HADLEY, b. June 26, 1854; married Emogen Heald of Temple, N. H., May 18, 1876. Resides in Peterboro, N. H. Child : - I. FRANK H., b. May 2, 1877.
CHASE HADLEY, b. June 29, 1769 ; married Hannah Smith of Pep- perell, Mass., March 24, 1796. She was born March 22, 1772, and died Oct. 31, 1869. He died June 26, 1851. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. DANIEL, b. Jan. 7, 1797, d. March 29, 1798.
2. FRANKLIN, +
3. HANNAH, b. Feb. 11, 1801, d. July 26, 1820.
4. SIDNEY, b. March 21, 1803. Rem. to New York.
5. ISRAEL G., b. Jan. 27, 1805. Rem. to New York.
6. WILLIAM, b. April 3, 1807. Rem. to the west.
7. MARY C., b. Feb. 21, 1809. Rem. to New York.
8. ALBA, b. Nov. 27, 1811. Rem. to New York.
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9. RICHARD C., b. April 3, 1816, d. March 31, 1817. .
FRANKLIN HADLEY, born Dec. 15, 1798; married Mary Spaulding of Lyndeborough, Sept. 25, 1828. She was born Dec. 15, 1798, and died April 28, 1881. He died July 15, 1871. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. JOANN, b. June 20, 1831, m. Stephen D. Holt of Frances- town, Nov. 29, 1849.
2. LEVI P., +
LEVI P. HADLEY, son of Franklin and Mary (Spaulding) Hadley, was born April 10, 1837. He has held various town offices and in 1901 was town treasurer. He owned the homestead farm on the mountain, but for a time resided at South Lyndeborough village, having bought the old Tarbell tavern stand. He married Minerva L. Stevens of Frances- town. She was born Feb. 14, 1845. He died Dec. 28, 1902. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : - ·
I. FRANK P., b. March 20, 1868, d. Aug. 13, 1897.
2. DANA P., b. July 5, 1869, m. Sarah E. Edwards of Temple, June 7, 1898.
3. GEORGE W., Sept. 18, 1873, m. Minnie E. Stacy of Lynde- borough, April 26, 1899.
4. LEVI W., b. Dec. 28, 1874.
5. ETHEL M., b. March 11, 1879.
6. WINFIELD S., b. Oct. 17, 1883.
HAGGETT.
JOHN HAGGETT, born 1766. He was a blacksmith by trade and a farmer as well. He married Annis Searle and lived on the farm in John- son's Corner since known as the Haggett place, now owned by E. C. Curtis. She died March 15, 1855, aged eighty-seven years; he died Jan. 26, 1835, aged sixty-nine. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. Jan 26, 1790, d. Nov. 7, 1820, m. Dec. 4, 1817, Charlotte Merrill of Portland, Me.
2. AMos, b. Aug. 18, 1791.
3. RACHEL, b. May 28, 1793, m. Simeon McGilvrey of Merri- mac June 11, 1814.
4. WILLIAM, b. March 7, 1796.
5. JOSEPH, +
6. SALLY, b. June 17, 1803.
7. ELIZA, b. Sept. 25, 1805.
8. ANNIS, b. Mar. 18, 1808.
JOSEPH HAGGETT, son of John and Anuis (Searle) Haggett; born . in Lyndeborough Dec. 19, 1800; married Oct. 4, 1824, Mrs. Charlotte (Merrill) Haggett, born Jan. 22, 1800; died April 19, 1884. She was of
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Portland, Me. He died Feb. 14, 1884. He lived most of his life in Lynde- borough, but the infirmities of age caused him to abandon the farm and seek a village life in Wilton, where he died. He was quiet and retiring in disposition and much respected by his fellow townsmen. Children : -
I. JOHN M., b. Sept. 30, 1827, m. Nov. 11, 1851, Samantha A. Colby. She d. April 26, 1884.
2. MARY ANN, b. July 11, 1829, m. Nov. 11, 1851, Dr. D. C. Hadley. He d. Feb. 1859.
3. HARRIET, b. March 27, 1831, m. Oct. 3, 1856, George D. Livermore. He d. Oct., 1859 ; she d. Dec. 21, 1859.
4. SARAH, b. Aug. 16, 1833, m. Nov. 28, 1850, Israel W. Cur- tis. (See Curtis gen.)
5. JENNIE C., b. July 26, 1835, m. May, 1867, John Upton. He d. July, 1892; she d. Dec., 1895.
6, JULIETT, b. Nov. 30, 1840, m. July, 1867, George H. Jones.
HARDY.
ELIPHALET J. HARDY, son of Isaac and Polly (Jennings) Hardy ; born in North Anson, Me., June 3, 1829 ; married April 3, 1860, Sabrina, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gould) Jennings of Farmington, Me. She was born March 17, 1832. He d. March 2, 1904. He came to Lynde- borough from Colorado in 1896, and bought the farm where Samuel N. Hartshorn lived. Children : -
I. HANNABAL, b. Dec. 26, 1860.
2. OWEN E., ++
3. ELIZABETH B., b. July 13, 1866, m. Dec. 25, 1892, Elbert Barrow of Lindon, Col. He was born Jan. 19, 1857. Chil- dren: Owen E., b. Sept. 18, 1893; Elberta, b. Sept. 9, 1897.
4. ALBERT J., b. March 16, 1869, m. Feb., 5, 1894, Carrie M. Clarkston. Child : Homer C., b. June 8, 1901.
REV. OWEN E. HARDY, son of Eliphalet and Sabrina (Jennings) Hardy ; born July 13, 1862 ; married June 28, 1894, Eva B., daughter of Walter and Azubalı (Davis) Bates of Alexandria, S. D. She was born Sept. 24, 1868. (For biographical sketch see p. 305.) Child : - I. AMY, b. at Lyndeborough, March 21, 1895.
HARRIS.
OLIVER HARRIS was born in Abington, Mass., Aug. 23, 1791 ; died Sept. 20, 1870 ; married Sally Savage of Francestown Feb. 3, 1835. She was born March 2, 1779; died Sept. 19, 1867. Lived on the Brown place, North Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. NATHAN S., +
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2. SARAH E., b. in Francestown, Aug. 3, 1840, m. Mark E. Morse. (See Morse gen.)
NATHAN S. HARRIS was born in Francestown June 17, 1836; mar- ried Martha A. Trafton of Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 9, 1856. She was born Jan. 8, 1836; died Oct. 24, 1857. He was a soldier in the Civil War and was drowned in the Mississippi River, Aug. 6, 1863. (See Chap. X.) Child :
I. GEORGE T., b. in Rye, N. H., March 11, 1857.
HARTSHORN.
JOHN HARTSHORN was one of the early settlers of Lyndeborough. He came from Reading, Mass., some time previous to 1785; the exact date is not known. He settled on the farm now owned by Everett E. Lowe in "Perham Corner "; he married Sarah Bachelder, probably of Reading, Mass., April II, 1782. She was born June 22, 1763; died Jan. 1843. He was born March 7, 1756, and died March 26, 1805.
But little can be learned of the early life of Mr. Hartshorn. He and his wife probably suffered the privations of those early times, and like most of the sturdy pioneers was strong and energetic. It is related of his wife that during some absence of her husband the cow wandered away into the almost unbroken forest and she started off to find it. Hunting until after dark she became lost herself and, managing to climb a large boulder to be out of the way of the wolves, she prepared to spend the night there, when to her great joy she saw the light from the open fire in her home, the door having been left open. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. Feb. 14, 1784, in Reading, Mass., m. first, Susanna, dau. of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis. She was b. in Reading, Mass .; m. second, Mehitable Carkin of Lynde- borough. He appears to have removed from Lyndebor- ongh soon after his marriage, for the older children were b. in Hancock, Vt., whence he removed to Mont Vernon. Children : Curtis, Susan, Mary O., Serepta J., John H. Serepta J. was b. in Lyndeborough and m. Rodney K. Hutchinson of Milford.
2. JONATHAN, m. Alice Odell of Mt. Vernon, rem. to Nashua. Children : Daniel, Eben, Jonathan, Abigail.
3. SAMUEL, +
4. SALLY, d. March 8, 1850.
5. MICAH, +
6. SEWELL, rem. to the West.
. 7. DAVID, rem. to the West.
8. PUTNAM, rem. to Wilton.
9. ANN, m. William Holt.
IO. POLLY, b. 1795, m. Samuel Butterfield.
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DEA. SAMUEL HARTSHORN, son of John and Sarah (Bachelder) Hartshorn, born in Lyndeborough, Dec. 17, 1785; married Sally, daugh- ter of Nathaniel and Phebe (Dodge) Raymond of Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 17, 1808. She was born Jan. 26, 1791 ; died Nov. 24, 1868. He died in Mason, N. H., Sept. 16, 1861. He inherited the homestead farm and lived there until about 1843, when he removed to Mason, N. H., where he died. Children : -
I. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 25, 1810, m. April 7, 1835, Lucinda, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Blanchard) Woodward of Lyndeborough. Like his father he was a deacon in the church, and always identified with its interests. Soon after his marriage he had a store in Wilton for a short time. He afterward bought a farm in Mason, whither his father had gone, and removed there but died about a week after- ward. He died Nov. 18, 1846. She d. September, 1888. Children : - Samuel G., res. in Milford, Persis.
2. JOHN, +
3. GEORGE, b. April 16, 1814, m. Mary A., dau. of Israel and Ruth (Sargent) Putnam, Aug. 23, 1838. She was born Oct. 1, 1818, d. Jan. 22, 1882, in Milford. He removed to Mason soon after his marriage and thence to Milford, where he died January, 1880. Children : - George R. and Dodge G., twins; William N., Mary A.
4. MARY G., b. Jan. 6, 1816, d. in infancy.
5. SARAH, b. April 25, 1818, m. William A. Chase of Groton, Mass., Oct. 8, 1846. Children : - Mary, George, Fanny, John, Maria, Walter.
6. HANNAH, b. June 26, 1822, m. first, George L. Adams of Northwood, N. H., Sept. 7, 1848 ; second, Eben Tilton. She d. April 5, 1892.
7. MARTHA J., (adopted), b. Aug. 26, 1833, m. Wm. R. Put- nam of Woburn, Mass., Dec. 7, 1851. (See Putnam gen.)
DEA. JOHN HARTSHORN, son of Dea. Samuel and Phebe (Ray- mond) Hartshorn, born Dec. 31, 1811 ; died Feb. 10, 1878 ; married Susan- na B., daughter of Dea. David and Tryphena (Butler) Putnam, April 13, 1837. She was born May 14, 1816, and died March 1, 1903. Dea. John Hartshorn was a man of many sterling qualities. He was of a gener- tion most of whom have passed away, but those of his associates still living in town speak of him with respect. One of his daughters told the writer that when he died it was a common remark that "he had not an enemy in the world." Belonging to the minority political party in the section of the town where he lived he was always "true to his colors," and seldom failed to be present at town meeting and faithfully discharge his duties as a citizen. His interest in town affairs never failed. He was said to have been exceptionally genial and kind in his home life. He
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was a deacon in the Baptist church. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. JOHN ALONZO, b. July 14, 1840. Killed in the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. (See Chapter X.)
2. CHARLES JASON, b. July 12, 1843, d. Sept. 11, 1861.
3. DAVID P., +
4. SARAH T., b. Sept. 26, 1853, m. George W. Moulton of Old Orchard, Me., Oct. 2, 1869. He was born May, 1853.
5. ELIZABETH M., b. July 27, 1863, m. Fred B. Richards. (See Richards gen.)
DAVID P. HARTSHORN, son of John and Susanna (Putnam) Harts- horn, born June 30, 1851 ; married Mary Boutelle of Antrim, N. H., June 8, 1878. She was born Oct. 4, 1854. Res. on the homestead farm at So. Lyndeborough. Children : -
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