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PATTERSON.
Walter C. Patterson, son of William and Mary L. (Smith) Patterson of Wilton ; married Nov. 24, 1886, Sylvia Irene Cram, daughter of Charles H. and Sarah (Van Buskirk) Cram. She was born at Lacon, Il1., June 28, 1864. Children born at Lyndeborough : -
I. ETHEL E., b. March 18, 1888.
2. LEON A., b. Jan. 17, 1893.
PEARSONS.
AMOS PEARSONS of Reading, Mass., married in 1758, Elizabeth Nichols of Reading. She was born 1732. Children : -
I. ABIGAIL, m. Timothy Pearsons.
2. HIRAM, m. in Vermont.
3. AMos, m. - Balch.
4. ELIZABETH, m. Micah Barron of Lyndeborough.
5. EBEN, +
6. DIDYMUS, m. Sarah Elliott in Amherst.
7. DANIEL, ++
EBEN PEARSONS, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Nichols) Pearsons ; born in Reading, Mass., June 19, 1768; married Sept. 8, 1791, Esther Holt of Wilton. She was born July 25, 1766 ; died July 15, 1839. He died May 22, 1852. Children : -
I. ESTHER, b. in Wilton, Nov. 11, 1792, m. Ephraim Putnam. (See Putnam gen.)
2. EBENEZER, +
3. ABIGAIL, b. in Wilton Aug. 16, 1800, m. Mark Hadley. (See Hadley gen.)
4. WILLARD, b. in Lyndeborough, May 21, 1806, m. Aug. 8, 1833, Ann P. Child of Medford, Mass., rem. to Woburn, Mass., d. March 31, 1841. Child : Julia A., Abbie F., Mary M.
EBENEZER PEARSONS, son of Eben and Esther (Holt) Pear- sons ; born in Lyndeborough Jan. 21, 1797; married Joanna, daughter of James and Sarah ( Huse) Karr. She was born April 6, 1803; died Aug. 5, 1874. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. EBENEZER BROOKS, +
2. JOANNA A., b. Oct. 15, 1829, m. Levi H. Carter, rem. to Lawrence, Mass.
3. SARAH A., b. March 29, 1832, m. Richard Kent of Law- rence, Mass.
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4. JAMES P., b. July 21, 1834, m. Amelia Drake of Washing- ton, D. C.
EBENEZER BROOKS PEARSONS, son of Ebenezer and Joanna (Karr) Pearsons ; born Jan. 23, 1827; married March 17, 1850, Cyrene Towns of Newfield, Me. She was born 1827; died in Hancock, Feb. 26, 1854. Children : -
I. CLARA M., b. in Lawrence, Mass,, Dec. 23, 1850.
2. ELIZA B., b. in Lyndeborough Aug. 20, 1852.
DANIEL PEARSONS, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Nichols) Pearsons ; born in Reading, Mass., 1764; married Patience Kimball, born 1763.
1 There is some question whether Daniel Pearsons was ever a resident of Lyndeborough. The writer can find no record to show that he was, but some of his descendants think he was and that some of his chil- dren were born here. Jesse, one of the sons, married Betsey, daughter of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell of Lyndeborough. Han- nah, a daughter, married Daniel Chamberlain, son of Jonathan and Eliz- abeth (Cram) Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. BETSY, m. George Reed of Woburn, Mass.
2. AMos, rem. to New York.
3. HARRIET.
4. SALLY.
5. JESSE, m. Betsey Boutwell.
6. HANNAH, m. Daniel Chamberlain, d. July 29, 1873.
7. JOHN, b. 1792, rem. to Bradford, Vt.
PERHAM.
OLIVER PERHAM was a Revolutionary soldier. (See Chap. VII.) Soon after the close of the war he came to Lyndeborough from Chelms- ford, Mass., and settled in the southeast part of the town since known as "Perham Corner." He was born in 1761 and died Dec. 5, 1846. He married first, Mary Pierce ; married second, Anna Pierce. Anna and Mary were sisters, and relatives of Gov. Pierce of New Hampshire. The dates of their birth and death are not in the records given us, nor do we know just when Oliver Perham came to Lyndeborough. Children, all by Anna ( Pierce ) Perham : -
I. OLIVER 2ND., +
2. JOHN, +
3. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 20, 1793.
4. ASA, b. Aug. 12, 1795, m. Anna A. Gray of Wilton.
5. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 17, 1802, m. Abigail Melendy of Wilton.
6. DAVID, +
7. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 30, 1808.
8. ANNA, b. May 20, 1812, m. Charles [H. Holt of Lyndebor- ough. (See;Holt gen.)
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9. & 10. POLLY and JESSIE, (twins), d. in infancy.
OLIVER PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham ; born July 9, 1788; married November, 1810, Patty, daughter of Joel and Polly (Coburn) Holt of Wilton. They had five daughters and two sons born in Wilton : Polly, Dolly, Anna, Oliver, Sarah J., Joel H. and Rachel.
OLIVER PERHAM, son of Oliver and Patty (Holt) Perham, born in Wilton, Nov. 17, 1819; died in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 24, 1879; married Jan. 5, 1847, Rebecca, daughter of James L. and Hannah (Baldwin) Clark. She was born Feb. 26, 1824; died Dec. 15, 1893. He resided part of his life in Lyndeborough on lot 60, where his son, Charles L., lives. Children : -
I. GEORGE O., b. May 12, 1848, d. Aug. 19, 1849.
2. BROOKS C., b. Oct. 24, 1851, d. Feb. 9, 1853.
3. CHARLES L., +
4. GEORGIANNA B., b. July 23, 1856, d. Sept. 30, 1871.
5. WILLIS C., +
CHARLES LINDSEY PERHAM, son of Oliver and Rebecca (Clark) Perham, born Jan. 3, 1854 ; married Feb. 16, 1878, Emma, daughter of Joseph H. and Harriet N. (Hopkins) Tarbell of Mt. Vernon. She was born Aug. 29, 1855. He is an energetic and prosperous farmer, and lives on the "Lindsey " Clark homestead, lot 60. Has been selectman a number of terms and road agent for several years. Child : -
I. BERTHA GERTRUDE, b. Oct. 20, 1884, m. L. Nute Wood- ward. (See Woodward gen.)
WILLIS CLARK PERHAM, son of Oliver and Rebecca (Clark) Per- ham, born July 18, 1859; married April 9, 1883, Annie S., daughter of Solon and Eliza (Jones) Richardson of Lyndeborough. She died Nov. 16, 1896. They spent the early part of their married life in Lyndebor- ough, but on account of Mrs. Perham's ill health removed to California, where she died. He resides in North Pomona, Cal.
JOHN PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham, born June 16, 1790; married Polly Pearsons of Milford, N. H. She was born June 3, 1792. Children : -
I. JOHN, 2ND., b. Dec. 26, 1817, in Cambridgeport, Mass .. m. Caroline P. Braman of Boston, Nov. 13, 1841. She was b. Nov. 17, 1816, d. Nov. 18, 1888. He d. Aug. 31, 1878.
2. OTIS, b. Dec. 27, 1819, d. Nov. 23, 1901.
3. EBEN, b. July 29, 1823, in Lowell, Mass., d. Oct. 23, 1849.
4. HARVEY, ++
HARVEY PERHAM, son of John and Polly (Pearsons) Perham, born Sept. 1, 1826 ; married Feb. 10, 1862, Abbie R., daughter of Josiah M.
.
Charles. L. Perham
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and Maria (Cash) Parker. She was born April 25, 1839, in Amherst, N.
H. He died Jan. 29, 1902. Children : -
I. MINNIE A., b. July 22, 1865, d. June 26, 1893.
2. WILLARD H., +
3. NETTIE A., b. Aug. 1, 1872.
4. JOHN L., b. Nov. 9, 1876.
WILLARD H. PERHAM, son of Harvey and Abbie R. (Parker) Per- ham, born Sept. 20, 1867; married V. Kate, daughter of James M. and Melissa (Lang) Jackson of Amherst, Oct. 14, 1899.
DAVID PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham, born April 28, 1805; married Lucy W. Symonds of Milford, Jan. 15, 1835. She was born Oct. 16, 1814. He died April 20, 1873. Removed to Mil- ford, April 30, 1860. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. LUCY J., b. May 9, 1836.
I. HANNAH S., b. Feb. 27, 1838, d. June 30, 1850.
3. DAVID M., b. March 10, 1844.
4. MARY A., b. June 3, 1846, d. Jan. 18, 1859.
5. J. PIERCE, b. July 30, 1848, d. Nov. 8, 1879.
PERSONS.
MOSES PERSONS was the oldest son of Moses Persons of Wilming- ton, Mass., who was a private in the company of Capt. Cadwalder Ford. Enlisted as a minute man March 9, 1775. He served twenty-one days and then re-enlisted and served to the credit of the town of Wilmington until the close of the Revolutionary War. He was a volunteer and went to Portsmouth in the War of 1812.
Moses Persons, the son, was born Aug. 22, 1782, in Wilmington, Mass .; married in 1804, Susanna Wyman, eldest daughter of Jesse Wyman of Woburn, Mass. She was born Oct. 9, 1785 in Woburn, Mass. He came to Lyndeborough from Reading, Mass., and settled on the farm since known as the Annie Fish place.
This family has a most excellent record for service in both the Revolu- tionary War and the War of the Rebellion. Three sons of Jessie W. Per- sons served in the Civil War, Captain Alonzo, Corporal Oscar and Herbert as drummer boy. Susan B. Persons married Samuel Richardson, then of Woburn, and four of their sons served long and honorably in the Civil War; Samuel, the second son, a young man of sterling character, died from sufferings in Andersonville prison. William A. Persons gave his life for his country, and rests in a lonely grave in Louisiana, Joseph Per- sons served in the Civil War, also his son Edwin, who died in camp. H. Celenda Persons married Josiah Watson and lost her only son Geranda J., who served in the Cavalry and died from exposure and hardships. This family removed to Woburn, Mass., and at this writing, Alvah A. is the only one living. Children, all but eldest born in Lyndeborough : -
I. MOSES J., b. in Reading, Mass., April 11, 1805.
2. JESSE W., b. Nov. 15, 1806.
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3. SUSAN B., b. June 7, 1808.
4. WILLIAM A., b. Feb. 18, 1810.
5. RANDOLPH, b. Dec. 22, 1811.
6. SUBMIT R., b. June 21, 1815.
7. HEPSEY C., b. June 28, 1817.
8. JOSEPH, b. June 21, 1819.
9. JAMES, b. July 31, 1821.
IO. LOIS HOLT, b. Sept. 8, 1824.
II. ALVAH A., b. Oct. 16, 1826.
PETTENGILL.
FRANK A. PETTENGILL, son of Watson and Kathleen (Hemphill) Pettengill; born Nov. 3, 1873, in Acworth; married March 31, 1897, Clara, daughter of William N. and Lois (Holt) Ryerson. She was born Nov. 5, 1878. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. EDITH E., b. July 12, 1897.
2. LOTTIE E., b. June 16, 1899.
3. CHESTER, b. June 18, 1904.
PLUMMER.
DANIEL PLUMMER came from Goffstown in 1835 and settled on the farm in North Lyndeborough, now owned by the Needham family. He remained there until 1854, when he returned to Goffstown. The child- dren born at Lyndeborough were : -
I. ABBY S.
2. PERSIS D.
3. JULIA A.
4. MARY E.
POWERS.
EDWARD POWERS, born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1836 ; married Honora Shea of County Carey, Ireland, Jan. 12, 1861. She was born Dec. 23, 1839. Lived in Perham Corner; died April 29, 1891. Chil- dren : -
I. FRANK H., b. in Milford, N. H., Jan. 7, 1862, d. March 12, 1886.
2. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, May 19, 1866.
3. JULIA H. b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 7, 1867.
4. AGNES H., b. in Lyndeborough, April 3, 1869, d. Dec. 20, 1873.
5. ANNIE M., b. in Lyndeborough, Feb. 8, 1871.
6. WILLIE E., b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 30, 1873.
7. JOHN M., b. in Lyndeborough, April 16, 1875, d. April 19, 1875.
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8. NELLIE A., b. Nov. 20, 1876.
PRATT.
AMOS PRATT, born at North Reading, Mass., July 8, 1811 ; married first, Almira Mudge of Danvers, Mass. She was born Jan. 14, 1817; died Feb. 6, 1852 ; married second, Hannah Mudge. She was born Nov. 10, 1809; died March 31, 1868. He was a man much respected in the com- munity for his sterling honesty and upright dealing. He was moder- ator of the town meetings seven years, selectman two years, and over- seer of the poor ten years. He removed to Danvers, Mass., in 1856. Children born in Lyndeborough, by first wife : --
I. FIDELIA T., b. July 12, 1840.
2. EMILY J., b. Sept. 1, 1842.
3. GEORGE, b. May 14, 1845, m. March 26, 1873, Lucy J.
. Spiller of Ipswich, Mass.
PROCTOR.
Among the English records in 1375 the Manor of Tottenham was held by George Beauchamp Proctor by bequest from his father, Sir William Beauchamp Proctor. The coat of arms was granted in 1436 and the shield is described as " Argent with two chevrons sable." The chevron is used to designate those families who came to England with William the Conqueror. The martlets without feet to show that the family had no landed estate and what they had must be won by the sword. It is claimed that John, Richard, George and Robert settled in Massachusetts between 1635 and 1643 and that they were descendants of Sir William above named, and were brothers. John, the first of this branch of the family, settled in Ipswich, coming in the ship "Susan and Ellen" in 1635, at forty years of age, with his wife Martha and two children, John three years old, and Mary, one year. This son John was afterward known as " witchcraft John," being one of the victims of the witchcraft delusion and suffered the death penalty by hanging, Aug. 19, 1692. He was married twice, his last wife being a Thorndyke. He had fifteen children, and lived at what is now known as Proctor's Crossing on the Boston & Maine R. R., in Danvers, Mass. His daughter was first ac- cused, her mother came to her defence, then she was charged with the crime, then the husband and father with the characteristic brusqueness of the race came to the defence, with the result that he was the only one of the family punished by death. His wife was condemned to die but for statutory reasons was not executed with her husband. When the time came that the law could be enforced, the delusion had passed, but by English law she was considered as dead, and consequently was not entitled to any benefit of her husband's estate until pardoned by the king four years later.
JOHN PROCTOR of the sixth generation from England was born in Danvers, Mass., Oct. 7, 1763, and was the first of the family to settle in Lyndeborough on the north side of the mountain. His father, Benja-
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min, having given to two other sons the bulk of his property, John moved to Lyndeborough in the spring of 1792. John Carleton of Am- herst, a grandson, said, "to the roughest part of Lyndeborough " and adds in parenthesis, " no wonder we are a rough set."
He married Ruth Southwick, a Quakeress, a descendant of Lawrence Southwick, and Cassandra whom Whittier has made the subject of a poem, and who was whipped and imprisoned and finally banished in 1659, dying in 1660 from starvation, privation and exposure. Crime, Quakerism.
Their first home was well up on the mountain-side, on land now owned by D. E. Proctor. The second home which he built in 1805 and occu- pied in September of that year, and where he died 30 years later is now the home of Merrill T. Spalding. He is described as a large man, very forceful. He died at the age of 72, May 1, 1836. His wife died Dec. 20, 1831. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. in Danvers, Mass., March 18, 1788, m. Betsey Putnam of Danvers, Mass. He d. 1823. Three children, John, Elizabeth and Martha A.
2. MARY, b. in Danvers, April 2, 1791, m. Abel Hill, Jan. 22, 1814. (See Hill gen.)
3. SUSAN, b. Aug. 20, 1793, d. in childhood.
4. ELIZABETH, b. March 8, 1796, m. Dudley Carleton. (See Carleton gen.)
5. JOSEPH S., b. Sept. 12, 1799, m. Lois Perry, by whom he had six children. He d. Sept. 28, 1885, in Peabody, Mass.
6. DANIEL, +
7. SYLVESTER, ++
8. HANNAH, b. Feb. 7, 1808, m. Emerson Bachelder, Novem- ber, 1837, d. January, 1886.
DANIEL PROCTOR, son of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor, born March 6, 1802; married Feb. 18, 1827, Mary Perry of Dublin. She died in Weare, Feb. 9, 1871. He died in Temple, Feb. 17, 1869. She was born April 30, 1794. Children :-
I. JOHN, +
2. MARY, b. Aug. 7, 1830, m. Sept. 27, 1853, Hiram Favor of Weare. Res. at Nashua. Children : Sidney, Nellie, Proctor.
3. LYDIA, b. June 12, 1833, m. Sept. 27, 1857, David Grant. Rem. to Goffstown. Child : Harry.
4. SUSAN, b. Sept. 9, 1838, m. Jan. 4, 1898, Franklin Jaquith of Billerica, Mass.
Of these children, only Susan was born at Lyndeborough.
JOHN PROCTOR, son of Daniel and Mary (Perry) Proctor, born Jan. 4, 1828; married Oct. 16, 1856, Martha, daughter of Levi and Nancy
rucfor
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(Wilkins) Fish of Middleton, Mass. She was born June 3, 1838. He lived at Danvers, Mass., many years, and enlisted from there in the 8th Mass. Regt., serving 10 months during the Civil War. He returned to the homestead farm at Lyndeborough in 1884, and has lived there since. He is a fine mechanic and carpenter. Children : -
I. CAROLYN, b. at Danvers, Mass., April 12, 1857, m. Atkins H. Bates of Salem, Mass. Res. at Salem. Children : William Proctor, b. July 14, 1881 ; Charles Howard, b. Nov. 28, 1885.
2. JOHN P., b. at Salem, Dec. 26, 1872.
3. JAMES A., b. at Salem, Feb. 2, 1882.
SYLVESTER PROCTOR, son of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor, born Sept. 5, 1805; married Sarah Hovey of Peterborough. She was born April 12, 1814; died Nov. 20, 1879. He died Oct. 22, 1867. He bought the Whitmarsh farm, containing 17 acres, of Micajah Pope of Boston, Feb. 20, 1829, the Allen lot from the D. N. Boardman heirs, June 5, 1850, which with the 40 acres he received from his father's estate, constituted the farm on which he lived, now owned by his son, D. E. Proctor. He was superintendent of the poor farm in 1845 and 1847 and again in 1857. He served in the same capacity in Milford in 1848-1854, the only years he was not a resident of Lyndeborough. He was a man who had the respect and esteem of the community. Children : -
I. DAVID EDWIN, ++
2. ABBY SARAH, b. June 16, 1848, d. Sept. 14, 1854.
3. ALMEDA A., b. Aug. 5, 1851, d. Sept. 9, 1854.
4. JOSIE ABBY, b. June 5, 1856, m. John Merrill of Wilton, May 7, 1883.
DAVID EDWIN PROCTOR, son of Sylvester and Sarah (Hovey) Proctor; born March 5, 1843 ; married Jan. 10, 1867, Sarah M. daughter of Dea. John C. Goodrich of Lyndeborough. He was educated in the common schools of Lyndeborough and at Appleton Academy of Mont Ver- non. On Aug. 14, 1862, at the age of nineteen years, he enlisted as a pri- vate in Co. B., 13th N. H. Infantry. (For his military career see Chap. X.) He joined the Grand Army of the Republic June 28, 1868, and has held many positions of trust in the order, being department commander in 1900. He joined the Masonic Order in 1883, and the I. O. O. F. in 1900. He served as town clerk in 1867-1868, and as selectman in 1869-1870. He was also census enumerator in 1870.
In 1871, he removed to Wilton and entered the employ of D. Gregg & Co. In 1872, he was made a partner in the firm, and in 1880 become sole proprietor. He has been an honored and influential citizen in his adopted town, serving as town treasurer three years, member of the school board six years, representative to the legislature in 1881-1882, and state senator, 1899-1900. In religion he is a liberal Congregationalist, with the faith that "God careth for the least of these."
Ever since his removal to Wilton he has kept in touch with the people
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of his native town, and has manifested a warm interest in her material prosperity. He has given liberally of his means to support the social en- terprises of the town, and has always been a familiar figure at its gather- ings and celebrations. Children : -
I. FRANK EDWIN, b. in Lyndeborough Jan. 9, 1868, m. May 18, 1892, Ada R. Keyes of Wilton. Children : Robert W., Alice M., Lester G.
2. MARY EMMA, b. Aug. 7, 1872, m. Sept. 3, 1895, Fred B. Howe of Bolton, Mass. Children : Marion L., Edna L., Marjore P.
3. ARTHUR GOODRICH, b. July 13, 1877, d. April 7, 1878.
4. GEORGE SYLVESTER, b. Sept. 18, 1878, m. Sept. 2, 1903, Winifred J. French of Bedford. Child : Elizabeth F.
5. FRED WILLIS, b. July 12, 1883.
PUTNAM .*
The immigrant ancestor of probably three quarters of the Putnams of America was John Putnam, born in England about 1580. He married in England Priscilla -. His ancestry can be traced back through the Putnams and Puttenhams of County Bucks in England for many genera- tions. John Putnam's grandfather could claim relationship to the great John Hampden and other illustrious families in England. John came to these shores in 1634, and settled in Salem, Mass. The earliest record of him is in 1641, when he was granted land by the town in what is now Dan- vers,-to be a little more exact, that portion of Danvers known as Beaver Brook. Oak Knoll, the poet Whittier's home, was part of this grant, and the old well is still to be seen situated near the road and some few rods to the southeast of its present mansion. John Putnam and his sons soon had large possessions of real estate in that vicinity, and much of the land is even now in the possession of his descendants. The children of John Putnam were all born and baptized at Aston Abbotts in Bucks county, England. They were: Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 20, 1612; Thomas, bap- tized March 7, 1614 (it was a granddaughter of this Thomas, Ann by name, who made herself notorious in 1692, as one of the bewitched girls during witchcraft times); John, baptized July 24, 1617; Nathaniel, bap- tized Oct. II, 1619; Sara, baptized March 7, 1622; Phebe, baptized July 28, 1624; John, baptized May 27, 1627, known as Capt. John. Probably the most energetic and more truly of the stern Puritanical stock than either of his brothers.
Jacob, Ephraim and Nathaniel Putnam, who came to Salem-Canada were the children of Dea. Nathaniel Putnam, who lived at Danvers, Mass. It is said he also lived at North Reading for a time. If so, it was there his sons probably became acquainted with the Cram family, who were residents in that part of Reading set off to Wilmington.
DEA. NATHANIEL PUTNAM was of the fourth generation from John, the immigrant ancestor, viz., John, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Nathaniel. Children: -
*For a biographical sketch of the Putnams of Lyndeborough, see chapter XXXIII.
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I. NATHANIEL, bap. Oct. 1, 1710, d. young.
2. JACOB, b. March 9, 1711.
3. NATHANIEL, b. April 4, 1714, d. young.
4. SARAH, b. June 1, 1716.
5. DEA. ARCHELAS, b. May 29, 1718.
6. DEA. EPHRAIM, ++
7. HANNAH, b, March 4, 1721.
8. NATHANIEL, b. May 28, 1724.
9. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 26, 1726.
DEA. EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Roberts) Putnam, born in Danvers, Mass., Feb. 10, 1719; married Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born June 27, 1719; died Oct. 15, 1777. He died Nov. 13, 1777. Children, all born in Lyndeborough but Ephraim.
I. HANNAH, b. Feb. 26, 1742, first white child, b. in Lyndebor- ough, m. Eleazer Woodward. (See Woodward gen.) .
2. EPHRAIM, +
3. SARAH, b. June 8, 1746, m. John Bradford.
4. HULDAH, b. May 15, 1748, m. Nov. 26, 1768, Capt. Jonas Kidder. (See Kidder gen.)
5. JESSE, b. Sept. 21, 1750, d. in infancy.
6. DAVID, +
7. KETURAH, b. June 29, 1756, m. John Smith.
8. AARON, +
9. REBECCA, b. March 17, 1761, m. Capt. Ward Woodward of Brooklyn, Conn. (See Woodward gen.)
IO. JOHN, m. Olive Barron, Nov. 30, 1784. Child : Olive, b. May 22, 1785.
DEA. EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Put- nam ; born in Danvers, Mass., June 15, 1744 ; married Lucy Spaulding. He died March 2, 1799. No further record of Lucy Spaulding has been ob- tained. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. EPHRAIM, +
2. DANIEL, +
3. SARAH, b. Jan. 16, 1773, m. David Cram. (See Cram gen.)
4. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 4, 1775.
5. ESTHER, b. April 9, 1777.
6. JOHN, b. July 15, 1781.
EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Lucy (Spaulding) Putnam ; born Oct. 20, 1768; married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Carkin of Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 21, 1798, d. Nov. 13, 1800.
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2. ELEAZER, +
3. SOLOMON, b. March 4, 1803, d. Nov. 24, 1814.
4. PRUDENCE, b. April 22, 1809, d. May 10, 1810.
5. HIRAM, b. April 28, 1811, d. Nov. 27, 1814.
ELEAZER PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Carkin) Put- nam, born Jan. 8, 1801 ; married [April 8, 1828, Mary A. daughter of Joseph and Mary (Archer-Burton) Marshall. She was born May 22, 1805 ; died July 3, 1867. He died Dec. 27, 1866. Children, born in Lyndebor- ough : -
I. ALBERT M., b. April 25, 1829, m. Jane C. Steele.
2. ADALINE E., b. March 4, 1833, m. William P. Steele. (See Steele gen.)
3. ERASTUS D., b. March 17, 1836, d. March 27, 1836.
4. ELBRIDGE G., b. June 9, 1840, d. Jan. 13, 1847.
DANIEL PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Lucy (Spaulding) Putnam ; born Sept. 2, 1770; married Hannah, daughter of Adam and Abigail (Carleton) Johnson. Children : -
I. ISRAEL, +
2. LYDIA, b. Aug. 9, 1796, m. William Richardson of Lynde- borough. (See Richardson gen.)
3. BETSEY, b. Jan. 24, 1800, m. David Gage. (See Gage gen.)
4. HANNAH, b. Dec. 29, 1803, m. Robert Duren, d. Feb. 25, 1830.
5. DAVID JOHNSON, b. Oct. 9, 1808, d. March 9, 1847.
CAPT. ISRAEL PUTNAM, son of Daniel and Hannah (Johnson) Putnam, born Oct. 30, 1794; married first, Ruth, daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Ladd) Sargent of Lyndeborough. She was born Sept. 6, 1795 ; died July 21, 1845; married second, May 6, 1846, Mrs. Abigail (Abbott) Marshall, widow of James Marshall, and daughter of William and Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born Jan. 25, 1814; died Oct. 9, 1892. He died Feb, 2, 1869. Children : -
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I. MARY ANGELINE, b. Oct. 1, 1818, m. Aug. 22, 1838, George Hartshorn of Lyndeborough. (See Hartshorn gen.)
2. WILLIAM R., b. Oct. 17, 1821, m. Dec. 7, 1851, Martha J., adopted dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Raymond) Hartshorn of Lyndeborough. She was b. Aug. 26, 1833. He d. Dec. 2, 1901, in Woburn, Mass.
3. DANIEL, b. Jan. 8, 1824, m. Saralı, dau. of Eli B. Smith of New Hampton. She was b. March 24, 1828. He pre- pared for college at New Hampton, graduated from Dart- mouth in 1851. Is a teacher at the State Normal School at
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Ypsilanti, Mich. Their children : Alice, Mary, Arthur, Ruth and William.
4. ISRAEL, b. Jan. 14, 1826, m. Luthera Andrews of Clare- mont.
5. HANNAH, b. Aug. 4, 1830, m. Dec. 2, 1852, A. Kneeland Lewis of Wilton. Their children are Orlina, Sargent B., and Annie S.
6. SUMNER, Aug. 4, 1833, m. Abby, dau. of Willard Pearsons of Woburn, Mass.
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