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I. JOHN W., b. Dec. 7, 1878, m. Feb. 4, 1904, Josephine E. Duncan of Antrim.
2. CLARENCE, b. June 19, 1880.
3. HAROLD F., b. Oct. 20, 1884.
4. SUSIE E., b. April 4, 1888.
5. LOUISE, b. Feb. 11, 1891.
MICAH HARTSHORN, son of John and Sarah (Bachelder) Hartshorn, born July 16, 1793; died Sept. 26, 1880; married Hannah Fletcher. She died April 13, 1885. He lived where his son, S. Newell lived. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ALMON, b. Nov. 24, 1819, d. Feb. 13, 1842.
2. ALONZO, b. Jan. 22, 1821, d. April 27, 1838.
3. FLORA A., b. March 16, 1825, m. Jacob Putnam of Wilton, Dec. 31, 1850. He d. Feb. 6, 1895. She d. Oct. 24, 1875. Children : - Flora J., b. Feb. 4, 1854, m. Herbert Wilkin- son of Herefordshire, England. Hannah A., b. May 24, 1857, m. Henry A. Proctor of Stoddard, N. H.
4. ADONIRAM J., +
5. SAMUEL, N., +
ADONIRAM J. HARTSHORN, son of Micah and Hannah (Fletcher) Hartshorn, born Nov. 10, 1827; married first, Eliza Farnsworth of Shir- ley, Mass., Sept. 21, 1854; second, Julia (Cragin) Draper of Wilton. Children : -
I. CHARLES J., b. in Lyndeborough, March 13, 1856.
2. FRANK E., b. in Mont Vernon, Nov. 17, 1862.
3. HARRY A., b. in West Groton, Mass., Aug. 16, 1866, m. Ella R. Parkhurst. Children : - Infant dau. b. May 13, 1888, Frank E., b. July 23, 1890.
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4. FLORA J., b. in West Groton, Mass., Sept. 2, 1869.
5. MAY B., b. in Shirley, Mass., Jan. 12, 1872.
SAMUEL NEWELL HARTSHORN, son of Micah and Hannah (Fletcher) Hartshorn, born June 20, 1829 ; married Jane E., daughter of Samuel and Elvira (Grey) French of Wilton, Sept. 29, 1861. She was born Dec. 2, 1834. He died July 2, 1894. He was a mechanic and farmer and operated the sawmill on his place. He was a man of many virtues and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : --
I. WILLIS N., b. March 31, 1864, m. first, M. A. Greene of Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1891. She was b. Jan. 20, 1867, d. March 22, 1895, m. second, C. B. Purdy of Brook- lyn, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1897. She was b. April 24, 1867. He is a mechanical draftsman and res. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 2. LEON E., b. Dec. 9, 1866, m. Hattie J. Kingsley of Duds- well, Province Quebec, March 23, 1892. She was b. May 16, 1867. He d. June 4, 1898.
3. MARION M., b. Sept. 21, 1872. Is a teacher of music and res. in Wilton.
SUMNER S. HARTSHORN, son of George and Mary A. (Putnam) Hartshorn ; born in Mason, Sept. 13, 1848 ; married first, March 27, 1872, Anstress A., daughter of Joel H. and Eliza A. Gutterson of Milford. She was born June 2, 1851; died March 26, 1877. Married second, May 18, 1878, Mary C., daughter of William N. and Mary L. (Smith) Patterson, born in Wentworth Nov. 23, 1856 ; died in Milford, Dec. 28, 1892. Mar- ried third, June 22, 1901, Mrs. Nellie R. Critchett of Boscawen. Resides in South Lyndeborough, and is a member of the board of education. Children, born in Milford, by second wife : -
I. SUMNER L., b. May 19, 1887.
2. BERTHA A., b. April 17, 1889.
SEWELL G. HARTSHORN, born Oct. 19, 1799; died Sept. 18, 1874 . married March 25, 1827, Harriet Safford. She was born March 2, 1811 ; died Aug. 19, 1891. Children : -
I. SARAH A., b. Aug. 14, 1829, d. April 29, 1894.
2. GEORGE P., b. June 25, 1831, m. July 3, 1853, Sarah Jack- son of Bangor, Me. She was b. Oct. 8, 1837. Res. at Newark, O.
3. DAVID, b. July 7, 1836, m. Aug. 19, 1862, Harriet Seiver. He d. July 14, 1889.
4. MARY, b. March 24, 1846, m. Sept. 10, 1875, John J. Watts.
HARWOOD.
ANDREW HARWOOD came to Lyndeborough from Mt. Vernon about 1802 and settled on the farm in "Perham Corner" since known as the
Sauel Herrick's
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"Harwood " place, now owned by A. A. Melendy. He married in 1804, Rebecca, daughter of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram. She was born March 9, 1784 ; died Sept 11, 1867. He died in 1860. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ABIGAIL, b. June 20, 1805, m. John F. Holt of Lyndebor- ough. (See Holt gen.)
2. ALICE, b. Jan. 10, 1810, m. Kendall Holt of Lyndeborough. (See Holt gen.)
3. ANDREW, b. Feb. 8, 1814, m. Jane Lewis, Goshen, N. H.
HATCH.
CHARLES G. HATCH, son of Lyman and Polly (Fay) Hatch; born in Hopkinton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1826; married Elizabeth, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Blanchard of Lyndeborough, Oct. 24, 1849. She was born Sept. 19, 1829. He removed to Milford in 1864, where he died: Children : -
I. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 31, 1850, m. first, Oct. 10, 1867, John F. Amsden of Milford ; m. second, Nov. 10, 1891, Henry A. Sheriden of Milford.
2. CHARLES A., b. in Milford, July 7, 1852, m. June 18, 1858, Annie G. Barrows of Newark, O. Is a physician and res. in Newark, Ohio.
3. GEORGE W., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 3, 1855, m. Feb. 25, 1880, Marcella Smith of Milford. Is a physician and res. in Wilton.
4. FRED S., b. in Lyndeborough March 5, 1859, m. May 22, 1883, Isabelle B. Hutchinson of Amherst. Is an attorney and res. in Larned, Kan.
5. FRANK S., b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 27, 1860, m. April 2, 1888, Josephine Dustin of Townsend, Mass.
6. ARTHUR C., b. in Milford, Sept. 27, 1863.
7. LILLA BELLE, b. in Milford, Jan. 22, 1866, d. Nov. 22, 1889.
8. BESSIE G., b. in Milford, Feb. 15, 1869.
9. ERNEST G., b. in Milford, Jan. 27, 1872.
HERRICK.
DR. ISRAEL HERRICK. The name Herrick is of Norse origin and derived from the Danish Ehric or Eric. This family came to England about the time of Alfred, and figured conspicuously in the troublous times which ruled in those days in England. After seventeen different changes in spelling this name finally became Herrick.
Henry Herrick, the Anglo-American ancestor of the Herricks of Lynde- borough, came to this country from Leicester, England, June 24, 1769, and settled at Cape Ann Side, now called Beverly. One of his descend- ants of the sixth generation, Edward Herrick, of Andover, Mass., settled
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in Wilton soon after the Revolutionary War. This Edward was born at Methuen, Mass., Oct. 9, 1754, and was by trade a cabinet maker. He built a cabinet shop and grist mill at Barnes' Falls and carried on busi- ness there until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and after his death his widow secured a pension. He married in Wilton Mary Holt, Nov. 18, 1779. She was born at Andover, Mass., Nov. 24, 1755. He died Feb. 25, 1810, aged fifty-five years. She died Oct. 24, 1844, aged eighty-nine years. They had nine children, of whom Israel, the subject of this sketch, was the seventh. He was born July 9, 1794.
. His opportunity for education up to the time he was fifteen years of age was the " district school as it was," as he has said, and then owing to the long sickness and death of his father he was deprived of this privi- lege, small as it was, until he entered upon his nineteenth year. At that time he was given an invitation by an uncle who lived at Tamworth to come and live with him, and in December, 1812, he started for his new home. He says of this change: "From uncle's family I received a hearty welcome, and they made known to me another welcome announce- ment, viz., that their district school would commence on the morrow, with the Rev. Father Hidden as teacher, and would keep three months, and that I was to go all the time, and my work would be to take care of the stable and saw the fire wood. But this I met with dread, for I was a great ignorant hoy. Ah! how I dreaded to enter that school. . .. But this teacher proved to be one of the best friends I ever had. I improved the term faithfully, so much so that Father Hidden interceded with my uncle to give me a public education, and to my joy it was announced to me that in September I should go, under the care of Father Hidden, to fit me for such an enterprise. I continued for almost two years, and had got almost prepared to enter college when he was suddenly taken down with neuralgia sciatica."
This uncle expected young Israel to become a preacher of the Gospel, which he would by no means consent to do, as he says, " without becom- ing a consummate hypocrite," and the result of this sickness and differ- ence with his uncle was his returning to his home in Wilton. In 1815 he entered into a partnership with a relative in the West India goods trade in Salem, Mass., but the venture did not prove a success. In 1817 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. John Wallace, continuing with him a little over two years, and finished his three full years with Dr. Asa Crosby of Gilmanton in September, 1820. From there he went to Hanover and attended his second course of lectures, receiving his de- gree of M.D. in December, 1820.
In 1821 he came to Lyndeborough and opened an office in the middle of the town so called. It was evidently in what was the old "store house." Dr. Daniel Wardwell was a practicing physician here then, and Dr. Herrick says, " Of course my business was small." In October that same year he bought the real estate and practice of Dr. Wardwell and soon had a good and increasing practice. Nov. 28, 1822, he married Eliza H. Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns of Milford, and located in a tenement owned by Col. Richardson in a house that was afterward re- moved to Wilton. The next summer he built the house where Herman A. Walker now lives, but did not move into it until the spring of 1824.
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In 1828 he sold this place, together with his practice, to Dr. Nathan Jones, a native of Lyndeborough, but then practicing in Temple, and removed to Milford, March 20, 1828. He remained there two years, and then removed to Mason Village, where two years was the length of his stay. From there he went to Deering and remained until 1834. Through the influence and solicitation of the Rev. Nathaniel Merrill he was in- duced to return to Lyndeborough in November, 1834, and opened an office in the house where Henry Clark afterward lived. This house was torn down in 1904.
He says in his sketch of his life, "I might here close this meagre autobiography of my changeable life but there are a number of points or circumstances, independent of my migratory course, which I wish to notice, but in the meantime humbly acknowledge the hand of God in guiding me thus far. When darkness and doubt closed me in on every side and I saw no way for escape His kind and loving hand would, in a way I thought not of, lead me out where there was relief, light, joy and hope. Blessed be His name forever." The above quotation reveals the man he was.
He purchased the place were his son, Benjamin G., now lives and passed the remainder of his days there. March 3, 1843, his buildings were destroyed by fire, but were soon rebuilt. He was educated in the "old school " of practice of medicine, but adopted the Homeopathic or new school at a time when it required considerable courage to do so. He was the fourth physician in this state to adopt this method. It was receiving at that time great ridicule and opposition from the adherents of the old way. Dr. Herrick was eminently successful as a physician and had a large practice. His skilled services were in demand, not only in his own town, but in the neighboring towns as well. He was ever ready to attend a call day or night, and he knew to the full the hardships of a country doctor. Generous to a fault he seldom pressed a debtor for a bill.
As a citizen he took great interest in the material affairs of the town and his ability and common sense made his opinions respected. He was three times elected to serve his town in the Legislature and also held the office of selectman and town clerk. He early became interested in the Anti-Slavery agitation, and cast the first abolition ballot ever offered in town. It was taken from the ballot box and passed around as a curiosity. For some reason it was not returned and was never counted. He was prominent in the crusade against rum and was a temperance speaker of some note, and a poet of no mean ability. He was one of those rare men whose presence in the sick room brings restfulness, courage and confidence to the patient. Of a stout habit with bushy eyebrows, sharp grey eyes but kindly withal, he was a man, once seen, to be remembered. Failing health compelled him to relinquish much of his practice during the last years of his life, but whenever possible he responded when his services were needed.
Dr. Israel Herrick, son of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick, born July 9, 1794; died Feb. 18, 1866; married first, Eliza H., daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Jones) Burns of Milford, N. H., Nov. 28, 1822. She was born Nov. 24, 1802, and died April 20, 1848; married second,
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Emmeline, daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Abbott) Grey of Wilton, N. H., Dec. 12, 1849. She was born Oct. 11, 1811; died June 3, 1891. Chil- dren, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ELIZA D., b. Sept. 20, 1823, d. Aug. 20, 1825.
2. LAFAYETTE, +
3. WILLIAM J., +
4. EDWARD H., b. Oct. 11, 1828, d. July 25, 1873.
5. BENJAMIN G., +
LAFAYETTE HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick, born Jan. 29, 1825 ; married first, Sarah E., daughter of Francis D. and Mehitable (Haynes) Johnson of Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1848. She was born Nov. 15, 1827 ; married second, Indianna E., daughter of Samuel and Mahali (Elliott) Wilson of Pepperell, Mass., Sept. 9, 1854. She was born April 19, 1838. He died May 30, 1888. Children, all by second wife : -
I. HENRY A., b. March 4, 1855, m. Mrs. Lizzie Wilson of Greenfield, Jan. 27, 1897. He d. June 17, 1901.
2. CARRIE D., b. Nov. 8, 1858, d. Dec. 1, 1872.
3. ANNA E., b. Aug. 7, 1860, d. Dec. 16, 1868.
4. IDA M., b. Jan. 4, 1866, d. Nov. 18, 1884.
WILLIAM J. HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick, born Jan. 15, 1827; married first, Chloe, daughter of Samuel and Olive (Clark) Jones of Lyndeborough, April 30, 1849. She was born Feb. 27, 1831 ; died Nov. 21, 1876; married second, Mrs. Mary Jane McGaskey of Plymouth, Mo., Oct. 31, 1878. He died Jan. 5, 1893. He kept the store at the "centre " for some years. He had a partner at first and the firm was known as O'Donnell & Herrick, but he was afterwards sole proprie- tor. At that time, 1860 to 1865, considerable trading was done at the old store at the " centre " and Mr. Herrick did a thriving business. He was the postmaster and during the years of the Civil War but one daily paper was taken by any patron of that office, and the neighbors used to gather at the store when Dr. Jones brought the mail to get the news from the front. The railroad then only came as far as Wilton and all merchandise was brought from there by team. Soon after the close of the war, he was taken with the " western fever " and removed to Elk Grove, Ill., where he remained until 1870 when he bought 80 acres of wild prairie land of the Hannibal and St. Joe railroad and made a new home in Missouri. He was a pioneer in the section where he settled, and became influential and prosperous. His decendants reside there now. Children by first wife, all born in Lyndeborough but two youngest : -
I. CHARLES I., b. Jan. 11, 1850, m. Oct. 29, 1874, Frances E. Lyon. Children : - Mina Belle, Chloe F. Res. in Ply- mouth, Mo., where he is a prosperous farmer and has held public office.
2. EMMA E., b. Aug. 1, 1854, m. Oct. 25, 1870, Horace Wright-
Benjamin G. Herick
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man. Children : - Florence E., Grace, Frederick, Samuel, Laura. Res. in Plymouth, Mo.
3. FRANK H., b. Oct. 30, 1855, d. June 18, 1858.
4. FRANK H., 2ND., b. Sept. 1, 1859, d. March 21, 1861.
5. SAMUEL J., b. May 2, 1862, m. Aug. 7, 1883, Emma E. Welker. Children : - Myrta L., Leah B. He is a phy- sician and res. in Everest, Kan.
6. ALICE CLARK, b. in Missouri, Oct. 5, 1869.
7. WILLIAM A., b. in Missouri, May 5, 1874, d., Oct. 6, 1878.
BENJAMIN G. HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick ; born May 1, 1836. He was educated in the common schools of Lynde- borough, and became a prominent figure in its social and political life. A lover of music, he was a long time member of the Congregational church choir, and was always ready to assist the "committee on music " at entertainments and celebrations held in town. He is a valued leader in the councils of the political party to which he belongs and unswerving in his allegiance to its principles. He early joined in the grange move- ment and was the master of the local branch of the order for several years, serving with faith and perseverance. He was nominated and elected county commissioner in the fall of 1888, having the honor of being the first Lyndeborough man to have a place on the county ticket. He was re-elected three times, serving in all, eight years. During two years of his term of office, and while chairman of the board, the county commissioners had the care and responsibility of the expenditure of nearly $400,000, taking into account expenses for the support of the county poor and the erecting of the new county buildings at Grasmere. It was during his term of office that the location of the county farm at Wilton was aban- doned and the commodious and convenient plant at Goffstown estab- lished. He was called upon to help decide many important road cases, and discharged his duties to the satisfaction and approval of his constitu- ents. He had entire charge of the county poor in the towns of the county. He was elected representative in 1900, and very naturally was made chairman of the committee on county affairs. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) He married Sarah E., daughter of Nathaniel R. and Rebecca (Palmer) Fish of Peterborough, N. H., Jan. 8, 1861. She was born July 13, 1836. Child, born in Lyndeborough : - I: WILLIE, F. + ยท
WILLIE F. HERRICK, son of Benjamin and Sarah E. (Fish) Her- rick ; born Jan. 15, 1866 ; married Nellie, daughter of Antoine and Mary ( Ross) Farnham of Lyndeborough, Jan. 28, 1891. She died May 5, 1897. He married second, Feb. 5, 1902, Lucy A., daughter of Francis J. and Catharine (O'Brien) Barrett of New Bedford, Mass., born Nov. 1, 1875. Children by first wife : -
I. HARRY B., b. Oct. 16, 1891.
2. Rov F., b. July 18, 1895.
3. BESSIE E., b. April 5, 1897.
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Child by second wife : -
4. FRANCES BARRETT, b. June 1, 1905.
EDWARD HERRICK, a brother of Dr. Israel Herrick, once lived in Lyndeborough, on the farm where E. H. Putnam lives. He was the son of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick ; born Oct. 29, 1785; married first, Nancy Barrett of Wilton, Dec. 27, 1810. She died Nov. 27, 1824. He married second, Nov. 22, 1825, Mary Andrews. The records do not show whether their children were born in Lyndeborough or not. Children : -
I. EDWARD BARRETT, b. April 11, 1812.
2. MARY J., b. Sept. 17, 1814, m. Joel Hesselton.
3. ELIZA A., b. June 2, 1816, m. Oscar Ingalls.
4. CHARLES P., b. April 27, 1818.
5. NANCY D., b. July 4, 1820, m. Silas B. Winn.
6. ALONZO, b. Dec. 9, 1827.
7. JOHN A. b. Nov. 3,
8. HARRIET J., b. Dec. 26, 1831.
9. ANDREW J., b. June 5, 1834.
IO. CLYMINIA F., b. April 5, 1838.
II. JOHN A., b. Nov. 30, 1839.
HESSELTINE.
NATHAN HESSELTINE, JR., was the son of Nathan Hesseltine, who settled in Wilton. The church records of Wilton show that the four older children were baptized in the church there, but the town records of Lyndeborough show that all the children of Nathan Hesseltine were born in Lyndeborough. He lived in a house that stood where the glass factory was built, and there is where his children were born. Nathan was a sol- dier in the Revolutionary War, according to the Wilton History. The name is spelled in different ways, and in Wilton it is usually written Hesselton. He married Phebe - and we have no further record ex- cept the births of his children : -
I. PHEBE, b. April 30, 1776.
2. JOHN, b. Jan. 24, 1779, m. April 17, 1808, Sally, dau. of John Baldwin.
3. NATHAN, b. March 24, 1781, rem. to Weston, Vt., d. Jan. 4, 1814.
4. SAMUEL, b. May 14, 1783.
5. Lors, b. Sept. 16, 1785.
SEY. b. July 9. 1788.
:KAH, b. Aug. 14. 1790, d. Feb. 14, 1795. 1) , b. Aug. 2, 1793.
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HILDRETH.
JOTHAM HILDRETH. Our record of the Hildreth family is imper-
-
Lotherm Hildreth
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fect. From what few records we are able to obtain, it would seem that Jotham Hildreth came from Amherst in 1800 and settled on land in the southwestern part of the town. He married Abigail, daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Ladd) Sargent of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 22, 1781 ; died Aug. 24, 1850. He died Dec. 8, 1850. He was evidently a man of considerable business ability and energy. He built and owned one or more sawmills in town. The farm where he settled has since been known as the Hildreth place, now owned by the heirs of Mr. Gould. Chil- dren : - .
I. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 15, 1806, m. first, Israel Putnam. (See Putnam gen.); m. second, Jacob Crosby. She d. July 8, 1888.
2. JOTHAM, b. June 25, 1807, d. July 8, 1893. He was a man possessed of considerable means for a farmer of his day, and while of a quiet, retiring nature, he was still a well known citizen, and had in a large degree the respect of the com- munity. He was a devout member of the Congregational church and a constant attendant at church services until infirmity prevented. He gave the church a sum of money the income of which was to be used in its support, and he left a bequest to be administered by trustees, the income of which was to be devoted to helping the worthy poor. He met his death by accident, falling from the railroad track at or near the so-called gulf bridge.
3. JACOB, b. Dec. 31, 1809, m. June 14, 1842, Sarah, dau. of Israel and Abigail (Lewis) Goodrich of Lyndeborough. She was b. June 24, 1821 ; d. July 5, 1844. He d. May 17, 1849.
4. MARY A., b. June 12, 1817, d. Sept. 3, 1836.
5. JULIA A., b. March 26, 1821, d. Sept. 10, 1875.
HILL.
ABEL HILL, son of Alpheus Hill of Billerica, Mass., born Aug. 22, 1787 ; married Jan. 22, 1814, Polly, daughter of John and Ruth (South- wick) "Proctor. She was born in Danvers, Mass., April 2, 1791; died Nov. 7, 1857. He died in Henniker, March 12, 1828. He was the first of this family to come to Lyndeborough. He settled on a farm situated on the old road from the Nathan Richardson place to North Lyndeborough. Daniel B. Whittemore owns the pasture where the old cellar hole is. Asa was born there. After Abel Hill's death in Henniker his wife and children came back to Lyndeborough, and lived in a house on the side of the mountain south of M. T. Spalding's place. Nothing but a cellar hole there now. Children : -
I. ASA, +
2. SYLVESTER, b. Aug. 16, 1819; d. Feb. 21, 1821.
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3. MARY P., b. Jan. 15, 1822, m. John Carleton of Lyndebor- ough. (See Carleton gen.)
4. SYLVESTER, 2ND., b. Sept. 23, 1823, d. Sept. 16, 1853.
5. MARTHA, b. Jan. 4, 1826, d. Feb. 7, 1860.
Of these children, Asa was b. in Lyndeborough, the others in Henniker.
ASA HILL, son of Abel and Polly (Proctor) Hill, born in Lyndebor- ough, May 3, 1816 ; married April 24, 1847, Julia Augusta Burgess of Maine. She was born June 10, 1824 ; died Dec. 8, 1900. He died Oct. 20, 1891. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church for many years. He always took great interest in the events of the town but never held public office of any importance. He was a long time member of the Lafayette Artillery Company. Children : -
I. FRED M., b. May 5, 1853, m. Feb. 8, 1877, Ella L., dau. of William A. and Mary (Hardy) Colburn. She was b. in Hollis, Nov. 12, 1852. They have three children : Frank A., b. June 13, 1878 ; Charles A., b. Sept. 10, 1879 ; Mary E., b. July 7, 1881, d. Feb. 28, 1891.
2. IRA B., b. May 3, 1861, m. January, 1884, Emma F., dau. of William A. and Mary (Hardy) Colburn. She was b. in Hollis, June 16, 1863. Children : - Gladys A., b. July 21, 1896.
HOLDEN.
AARON HOLDEN, born in Mason ; married Sept. 5, 1843, Julia A. Morse of Francestown. She was born Sept. 5, 1820. He died Oct. 4, 1886. Children : -
I. GEORGE H.
2. AARON A.
3. HENRY E., +
4. FLORENCE D., b. Oct. 16, 1854, m. Charles H. Pond. Children : - Edward, Della F.
5. AARON A., b. Jan. 28, 1858.
HENRY E. HOLDEN, son of Aaron and Julia (Morse) Holden, born Oct. 18, 1850; married Lizzie J. Peabody. She was born April 14, 1857. Children : -
I. PERLEY E., +
2. ADA B., b. July 20, 1876.
3. FLORENCE D., b. April 10, 1879.
4. DELLA F., b. Feb. 4, 1883.
PERLEY E. HOLDEN, son of Henry E. and Lizzie J. (Peabody) Holden, born April 3, 1875; married June 25, 1897, Myrtie C., daughter of John H. and Clintina (Carkin) Burton. Children : -
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I. VIOLA, b. May 25, 1899.
2. MARGIE C., b. Oct. 12, 1902.
HOLT.
The name Holt is of ancient origin and is applied to a number of towns and parishes in England. According to some writers on English genealogy there would appear to have been two prominent families of this name, known as the Aston family of Norwickshire and the Grizzle- hurst family of Lancaster. Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, was a descendant of the last-named family, and was a very famous man in his day. He was noted for his extensive knowledge of the common law of England and his uprightness upon the bench. Nicholas Holt, the immigrant ancestor of the Holts of New England, was a lineal descendant of Sir John. The time and place of the birth of Nicholas is unknown. The first definite information we have of him is as a passenger on the Ship James of London, William Cooper, master, which sailed from the port of Southampton, Eng., April, 1635, and of his arrival on these shores the third of June following. He was un- doubtedly accompanied by his wife and at least one child. He settled in Newbury, Mass., and lived there nine years. In 1644 he removed with his family to Andover, Mass., and was the seventh settler of that town. He was three times married. The Christian name of his first wife was Elizabeth ; his second wife was Hannah Rolfe, and his third, Mrs. Martha Preston. He died in Andover, Mass., Jan. 30, 1685. William Holt, the first of this family to come to Lyndeborough, was of the fourth generation from Nicholas of Andover as follows: Nicholas, Henry, Oliver, William.
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