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I. ANNIE M., b. Jan. 31, 1882, m. Feb. 11, 1903, Fred A. Holt. (See Holt gen.)
2. FRANK H., b. May 31, 1883. Was drowned in the river at Paper Mill Village, New Boston, June 27, 1896.
3 and 4. INFANT CHILDREN, unnamed, b. Sept. 11, 1886, d. Sept. 11, 1886.
SHARP.
JOSEPH SHARP, son of John and Harriet (Wilcox) Sharp, born in Boston, June 14, 1834; married Nov. 26, 1866, Sarah, daughter of Solo- mon and Mary (Sargent) Cram. She was born June 12, 1844. He came to Lyndeborough in 1872 from Boston and settled in the south village, where he died May 26, 1903. Child : -
I. RACHEL A., b. March 31, 1881.
SHEPARD.
ROBERT T. S. SHEPARD, son of Robert and Eunice (Scott) Shep- ard, born at Amherst, March 2, 1832; married first, May II, 1853, Irene B. Powers of Pittsfield, Me. She was born April 11, 1834; died April 9, 1865 ; married second, Nov. 24, 1869, Charlotte S. Kaime of Lowell, Mass. She was born June 9, 1836, at Barnstead, N. H. She was the daughter of John and Pamelia E. (Rand) Kaime. He came to Lynde- borough from Goffstown and bought the Edwin N. Patch place, where he has since resided. He died in 1905. Children by first wife : -
I. WALTER S., +
2. JAMES F., b. July 30, 1859.
3. AUGUSTA M., b. Jan. 21, 1860, d. June 26, 1863.
4. AUGUSTA M., b. Jan. 30, 1864.
By second wife : -
5. ALFRED K., b. Sept. 28, 1870.
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6. GERTRUDE M., b. Oct. 27, 1872, m. May 14, 1896, Ralph L. Combs of Derry. She d. Aug. 17, 1898.
WALTER S. SHEPARD, son of Robert T. S. and Irene B. (Powers) Shepard, born Jan. 9, 1855 ; married Elizabeth M., daughter of Harry A. and Mary (Harmond) Baker. She was born Sept. 1, 1868, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He came to Lyndeborough from Camas Creek, Fre- mont County, Idaho, in 1902, and bought the farm in Johnson's Corner, known as the Willis C. Perham place. He was born at Lowell, Mass., and went west in 1876 and entered into the ranching 'and cattle raising business, returning east in 1902. Children, all born in Idaho : -
I. WALTER T., b. at Clear Creek, Aug. 4, 1885.
2. CHARLOTTE M., b. at Dry Creek, Jan. 19, 1888.
3. FREDERICK J., b. at Sand Creek, May 29, 1890.
4. ETHEL M., b. at Sand Creek, Aug. 24, 1892.
5. ROBERT Q., b. at Sand Creek, Oct. 30, 1895.
6. NELLIE I., b. at Camas Creek, March 11, 1902, d. June 14, 1903.
SIMONDS.
JESSE SIMONDS came to Lyndeborough from Burlington, Mass. He was born in Barnard, Vt., December, 1809. His mother died when he was young, and he was brought up by an uncle in Burlington, Mass. He was never married and spent most of his time in the autumn and winter months in hunting and trapping No man in the state knew more of the homes and habits of the fur-bearing animals than he. He lived close to nature and the ways of birds, more especially game birds were an open book to him. Possessing an iron constitution he performed feats of endurance that were the wonder of the town. He lived where Robert C. Mason now lives and built the house occupied by him. He died June 20, 1885. He was the son of Daniel and Joanna (Balch) Simonds.
SMITH.
JOHN SMITH married Keturah, daughter of Dea. Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam of Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. BENJAMIN, b. July 3, 1777.
2. JOHN, b. June 20, 1779.
3. SARAH, b. Aug. 9, 1781.
4. HULDAH, b. Oct. 12, 1784.
5. KATURAH, b. Feb. 3, 1787.
6. EPHRAIM, b. April 18, 1789.
7. PAMELA, b. May 21, 1791.
8. and 9. JACOB and RACHEL (twins), b. May 5, 1794.
SMITH.
JACOB SMITH married Emma E., daughter of Joseph A. and Mary
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L. (Stephenson) Johnson. She was born Oct. 14, 1850; died Aug. 4, 1879. Children : -
I. ADA G., b. July 4, 1870, in Westford, Conn.
2. EDITH I., b. in Lyndeborough, March 16, 1879, m. Nov. 2, 1898, John Dolliver. (See Dolliver gen.)
SOUTHWICK.
JOHN SOUTHWICK was born in Danvers, Mass., Sept. 18, 1788; died in Danvers, Mass., April 19, 1847; married May 14, 1815, Elizabeth Rus- sell of Ipswich, Mass. She was born Dec. 3, 1792; died Oct. 14, 1877. They came to North Lyndeborough soon after their marriage, in the spring of 1815. He bought a potter's shop and a house nearly opposite the house of John H. Goodrich and carried on the potter's business for several years. The shop and house are both gone now. For eight years he drove a six-horse team from Francestown to Boston and carried all the merchandise sold at the stores. He loaded with country produce for the down trip and with groceries, etc., back. In 1841 he removed to Danvers and died there. Children, all but one born in Lyndeborough : -
I, JOHN RUSSELL, b. July 19, 1816, m. Sophia L., daughter of Asa and Alice (Nutting) Kemp of Francestown Sept. 2, 1842. She was born Aug. 26, 1821. He removed to Lowell, Mass., soon after his marriage and for forty years was an overseer of the " dressing" room of the Tremont and Suffolk Corporation. He was elected councilman in 1865, and alderman in 1866 and 1867. He was a member of the Mass. legislature in 1876. In 1879 he bought a farm in Groton, Mass., and d. there Jan. 12, 1888.
2. WILLIAM, b. July 14, 1818, d. Dec. 3, 1818.
3. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 1, 1819, d. Jan. 26, 1875, m. Marinda E. Parker of Salem, Mass., Jan. 26, 1844. She was b. May 18, 1825, d. Nov. 12, 1881.
4. ELIZABETH S., b. Dec. 6, 1821, res. at Peabody, Mass.
5. STEPHEN A., b. March 31, 1824, m. Lydia E. Daniels of Salem, Mass., June 15, 1859. She was b. June 10, 1828, res. at Peabody, Mass.
6. DAVID H., b. June 25, 1827, m. Harriet Lord of Salem, Mass., Sept. 24, 1868. She was b. Jan. 9, 1838, res. at Peabody, Mass.
7. EDWIN, b. July 30, 1829, rem. to Colo. in 1849, d. Jan. 13, 1895.
8 and 9. Twins, b. May 7, 1832, d. in infancy.
IO. BENJAMIN F., b. July 5, 1835, m. Oct. 20, 1868, Mary A. Osborne of Peabody, Mass. She was b. July 17, 1839. He was a soldier in the Civil War, with the rank of lieutenant.
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He was a member of the General Court of Mass. in 1888 and councillor in 1895.
II. A son, b. in Francestown, March 20, 1838.
SPAULDING .*
Edward, Stephen and Capt. Levi were the first of the Spauldings to come to Lyndeborough. Henry came a little later. Edward and Stephen were brothers, sons of Ebenezer and Anna Spaulding of Nottingham West, now Hudson, and they were probably born there. Edward was the father of Capt. Levi of Revolutionary fame. Stephen married Martha Foster, and Edward married Elizabeth. He bought lots 113 and 122 north of the mountain. The former lot is just east of where Robert C. Mason lives, and the old cellar hole may still be seen. Aaron Woodward lived there later.
Stephen bought seventy acres of lot 112 May 30, 1765, east of his brothers', the same year that his brother bought. It is said that Reuben, another brother of Edward, came from Hudson and settled on part of Edward's lot. It will be seen that they all settled on the north side of the mountain, and that the farm of the late Levi Spalding was the west part of their large holding of land. June 15, 1771, Rachel, a daughter of Stephen and Martha, his wife, was baptized, and it is probable that they all came to Lyndeborough about the year 1768, perhaps a year or two earlier. July, 1772, they are recorded as members of the church. Ed- ward and Elizabeth had five children, none of them born in Lyndebor ough. Capt. Levi was their only son. Stephen and Martha had ten- children, none of them born in Lyndeborough, but it would appear that none of these children settled in the town. Edward, Stephen and Reu- ben were of the fourth generation from Edward, the immigrant ancestor. Nathaniel, the son of Stephen and Martha Spaulding, was baptized Sept. 8, 1768.
CAPT. LEVI SPAULDING was of the fifth generation from Edward, who came to this country in the earliest years of the Massachusetts Colony, probably between 1630 and 1633. The first records of Edward make it appear that he settled in Braintree, Mass.
Capt. Levi was born in Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H., Oct. 23, 1737. Just when he came to Lyndeborough is not known. He was se- lectman in 1768 and again in 1774. He was moderator in 1781, 1782, 1784, 1786 and 1791. He was chosen representative to the General Court in 1784, and was the second to fill that office in town. (For his military history see Chap. VII.) He married first, Anna Burns; married second, Lois Goodrich, Dec. 30, 1778. She was born Dec. 17, 1744. In 1800 he removed to Plainfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., where he died March 1, 1825. Children by first wife : -
I. BETSEY, b. Nov. 18, 1759, m. - Holt.
2. OLIVE, b. April 8, 1762, m. Lovell Lewis, rem. to N. Y.
3. EDWARD, +
*Some members of this family spell the name Spalding.
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4. GEORGE, b. Sept. 14, 1766, was drowned when a young man.
5. MARTHA, b. April 6, 1768, m. Joseph Knights of New Ip- swich, N. H., rem. to Ohio.
6. ESTHER, b. July 7, 1770,
7. LEVI, +
8. JOHN, b. Sept. 1, 1774.
Children by second wife : -
9. BENJAMIN G., b. Sept. 9, 1779.
IO. SEWALL, b. March 1, 1782.
II. LOIS G., b. Feb. 16, 1784, m. Stephen Abbott, rem. to Nashville, N. Y.
EDWARD SPAULDING, son of Capt. Levi, was born Nov. 19, 1764 ; married Mehitable Goodrich, daughter of the Rev. Sewall Goodrich of Lyndeborough, Oct. 30, 1788. She was born Sept. 25, 1770; died July 30, 1838. He early removed to Plainfield, N. Y., thence to Alexander, N. Y., where he and his wife died. Children, four older born in Lyndebor- ough : -
I. ANNA B., b. Sept. 15, 1789, m. first, George Grey, m. sec- ond, Loren Hodges.
2. PHEBE P., b. Sept. 1, 1791, m. Sheffield Burdick.
3. MEHITABLE. b. Nov. 16, 1793, m. Samuel Crosby.
4. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 28, 1795.
5. GEORGE, b. Nov. 1, 1797, in Plainfield, N. Y.
6. ELBRIDGE G., b. 1802.
7. LUCY, b. May 20, 1804.
8. WARREN, b. Nov. 10, 1806.
9. ELBRIDGE GERRY, +
ELBRIDGE GERRY SPAULDING, born Feb. 24, 1809. Was a very wealthy and influential man in the financial circles of New York state and the nation. He was state treasurer of New York, member of con- gress six years and the author of the " legal tender" act passed by congress during the Civil War.
LEVI SPAULDING, son of Capt. Levi, was born Jan. 25, 1772; killed by falling from a high load of boxes, the sleigh running over him and breaking his neck. He married Clara Goddard and had several children.
HENRY SPAULDING was born in Merrimack, N. H., Nov. 3, 1760. He was of the sixth generation from Edward Spaulding of Braintree, Mass. He came to Lyndeborough and settled on the farm where Mrs. Ann Cummings now lives. He married Joanna Russell of Dunbarton, N. H., Feb. 11, 1787. She was born June 21, 1766; died Nov. 1, 1853, aged 87. He died May 31, 1857, aged 96 years, 6 months and 28 days.
Mr. Spaulding was highly esteemed by all who knew him for his many
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virtues. He was a genial, kindly man, fond of a story or a jest. It is said that he never had a sick day until his final illness, and that he rode four miles to vote for Fremont and freedom, when in his 96th year. He voted for Washington and at each successive presidential election after- ward. He used to say he never had but two serious complaints " lame- ness and laziness." The former he thought might have been cured, had it been taken in season, but the latter defied all prescriptions. Chil- dren : -
I. ACHSAH, b. Feb. 1, 1788, m. Levi Holt, 1811, d. June 2, 1841.
2. HENRY, +
3. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 8, 1792, d. Dec. 6, 1798.
4. HANNAH, b. Dec. 21, 1794, m. first, Stephen Chapman of Windsor, N. H .; m. second, Elijah Gould of Antrim, N. H.
5. ELIZABETH, b. April 9, 1796, m. James L. Morrison of Washington, N. H. He d. Dec. 25, 1840. She d. April 1, 1851.
6. LUCINDA, b. Aug. 23, 1798, d. Sept. 11, 1853.
7. MARY, b. Sept. 20, 1800, m. Franklin Hadley of Lyndebor- ough. (See Hadley gen.)
8. LEONARD, +
9. EDWARD PAGE, ++
IO. SAMUEL, +
II. LEVI, +
HENRY SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spauld- ing, born Nov. 17, 1790; married Lucy Duncklee of Greenfield, N. H., March 23, 1819. She was born Aug. 16, 1797. He removed to Greenfield and died Jan. 21, 1868. Child : Sarah.
LEONARD SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spaulding, born Oct. 2, 1802; married first, Ede Farrington of Green- field, N. H., Sept. 15, 1831. She was born Aug. 4, 1800 ; died Jan. 26, 1856 ; married second, Elizabeth A. Fairbanks of Francestown, N. H., Dec. 8, 1856. She was born Nov. 23, 1813. He died January, 1890. Children : Leonard, Ebenezer F., Henry B., Isaac N., Augusta C., Sarah M.
EDWARD PAGE SPALDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russel1) Spaulding, born July 19, 1805; married Mary Dodge of Francestown, N. H., April 11, 1833. She was born June 23, 1812; died July 22, 1877. He died Jan. 20, 1887. He was a farmer and drover and for many years did a large business in the buying and selling of cattle. He settled on the farm where Mrs. Edward Parry now lives. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : --
I. MARY E., b. Jan. 15, 1834, d. Feb. 19, 1834.
2. LEVI PAGE, +
EDWARD PAIGE SPALDING.
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3. GEORGE E., +
4. MERRILL T., +
5. HENRY E., +
6. ALFRED B., b. Aug. 16, 1849. He entered Dartmouth College in 1868. After leaving college he made teaching his vocation. He d. Nov. 9, 1881.
7. SAMUEL A., b. June 14, 1856.
LEVI P. SPALDING. son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) Spald- ing, born Dec. 25, 1835; married July 1, 1863, Frances M., daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) Fiske. She was born March 30, 1836. Children : -
I. FRED W., b. April 25, 1864, m. Oct. 17, 1901, Harriet M. Douglas of Brighton, Mass.
2. MARY LIZZIE, b. July 23, 1865, m. April 18, 1889, Clifton Broad of Reading, Mass. Mr. Broad was thrown from a wagon on the road north of where R. C. Mason lives, and so badly injured that he died a few days later, Dec. 5, 1892.
3. HENRY E., b. March 8, 1868, m. Florence Dolliver. m. second, Mrs. Fannie Smith. Child : Harriet.
4. HERBERT F., b. Feb. 25, 1870, d. Jan. 31, 1904.
5. SADIE M., b. Dec. 7, 1874, m. Sept. 14, 1899, Perley P. Ray of Brighton, Mass.
6. JENNIE A., b. April 11, 1879.
GEORGE E. SPALDING, son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) Spalding, born April 8, 1838; married June 12, 1866, Abbie J., daughter of Dea. William and Eliza (Anderson) Jones. She was born Dec. 23, 1842; died Nov. 24, 1883; married second, Nov. 30, 1887, Mrs. Eliza P. Richardson, widow of Solon Richardson and daughter of Dea. William and Eliza (Anderson) Jones. She was born Aug. 30, 1839; died Feb. 19, 1905. Mr. Spalding purchased the Jones homestead farm at the centre and has lived there for many years. He is extensively engaged in the breeding and sale of cattle, the Ayrshire breed being his favorite stock. Children by first wife : -
I. WILLIAM P., b. March 17, 1867; d. July 16, 1879.
2. JOHN A., b. Nov. 30, 1872.
MERRILL T. SPALDING, son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) Spalding, born April 15, 1840; married first, Mrs. Martha Snow; second, Sarah J., daughter of Brackley and Abigail (Rutherford) Rose of Wil- ton, Nov. 20, 1895. She was born Sept. 3, 1856. Was a soldier in Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
DR. HENRY E. SPALDING, son of Edward Page and Mary (Dodge)
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Spalding; born Sept. 24, 1843; married June 1, 1870, Annie Osgood, daughter of James and Lydia (Hersey) Frye.
His boyhood was spent on the farm and was uneventful as were the lives of average farmer's boys at that time. Since he was not especially robust his parents encouraged his inclination to study. At the early age of two and one-half years he found his way into the nearby district school and from that time he was a regular attendant during the short summer and winter terms which made up the school year. Some years the win- ter term was supplemented by a few additional weeks of instruction at home, his father employing a teacher for him and his older brothers. At the age of fourteen he left home for a student's life at Appleton Academy (later McCollom Institute), Mt. Vernon. Here and a short time ta Francestown Academy he pursued a course of study preparatory to enter- ing college. During the winter months he taught school as a means of earning money toward paying his expenses the remainder of the year.
The breaking out of the Civil War found him just completing his col- lege preparatory course of study, and with it came the question of duty that so deeply stirred the hearts of millions. Responding to his coun- try's call, not mentioning all other possible sacrifices and losses, meant for him the giving up of the long coveted collegiate course of study, for which he had been working. The decision was soon made to offer all for the defence of the flag.
Making his personal decision he found but a short step toward enter- ing the army service. No one under twenty years of age could be ac- cepted without the written consent of his father or guardian. This his father refused to give, not from lack of patriotism, for, according to his ability, he contributed liberally in aid of the cause, but from belief that lack of physical vigor unfitted the boy for the hardships of army life. Subsequent events and the fact that his regimental nickname was "little fellow " would indicate that this opinion was not groundless. The matter was earnestly discussed at home, but the coveted consent was not ob- tained.
A war meeting was held at the town hall. Several spoke, urging the young men to enlist, among them his father, closing his remarks with the offer of an extra bounty for each of the first four who would enlist. To the surprise of all Henry sprang to his feet and offered himself as the first of the four. The effect on the audience can readily be imagined. As the cheering subsided enlistments followed each other in rapid succes- sion. Together with about twenty of his classmates and friends he en- tered camp with the 13th Regt. N. H. Volunteers. His father used every argument that words or money could offer to induce him to return to his home and books, but finally yielded and gave unwilling consent, when convinced that otherwise the boy would follow the regiment as a hanger- on, without pay or rations. The papers were signed and he was mustered into the United States service only the day before the regiment was to leave camp at Concord and start for the seat of war. Soon after reaching Virginia he contracted typhoid fever. He recovered, however, sufficiently to march with the regiment to Fredericksburg and take part in that fear- ful battle. As spring came on he again became ill, this time with inalaria. From this there seemed little prospect of his recovering, and
H& Spalding. M.S.
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his parents were notified that he would be discharged if they would come for him, he being too ill to make the journey alone. They sent their family physician for him, and this ended his career as a soldier.
His early ambition had been to fit himself for a teacher. What he saw of the inefficiency of medical treatment in the army hospitals led him to abandon that and study medicine, for he wished to learn from personal investigation if there was not something of real value in the science of healing. Accordingly, as soon as his health had been sufficiently re- stored, he commenced the study of medicine under the tutorship of J. H. Woodbury, M. D., of Boston. He attended lectures at Harvard Medical School, and afterwards at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, from which latter he graduated in 1866. He immediately located in Hingham, Mass., where he soon built up a large practice, and where he still has a summer residence. In 1888, after several months of observation and study in the hospitals of Europe he opened an office in Boston, where he is now located at 535 Beacon St.
He has been a prolific writer for medical journals and for national, state and local medical societies. He is rectal surgeon for the Boston Homeopathic Dispensary, physician to the Burrage Hospital, physician and obstetrician to the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital. He has been lecturer at the Boston University School of Medicine and at the Training School for Nurses. The profession has honored him with the presidency of the Boston Homeopathic Medical Society, of the Massachu- setts Surgical and Gynecological Society and of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, and also with various positions of honor and responsibility in several national medical and surgical societies.
At the age of fourteen he became a member of the Congregational Church at Lyndeborough, and has maintained an active membership in that denomination since. His wife is a native of Haverhill, Mass. Chil- dren : -
I. HARRY OSGOOD, b. May 4, 1871. He was educated in the public schools and at Derby Academy, Hingham; gradu- ated from Williams College in 1894 and from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1897. He afterward lo- cated at Jamaica Plain, in the meantime making a special study of nervous diseases. He is now on the staff of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at Norwich.
2. LOUISE MARIE, b. May 23, 1877.
3. BERNICE, b. Jan. 27, 1885.
SAMUEL SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spauld- ing, born April 6, 1808; married Ellen Shaw of Wells, England, March 14, 1836. She was born May 13, 1819. He removed to Green Bay, Mich., and afterward to Waterville, Wis. Children: Annie M., Mary E., Christopher H., Emmeline, Joanna, Charlotte B., Lucinda, Olive J., Samuel E., Violet M.
LEVI SPALDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spaulding, was born Oct. 3, 1809; married Caroline Prince of Amherst, N. H., Dec.
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3, 1839. She was born June 17, 1819, and died Aug. 20, 1894. He died June 28, 1891. He settled on the Spaulding homestead, and was a quaint and kindly man. A prominent trait of both his and of his brother Edward Page's character was a generous hospitality. If anyone was near them at meal times he was always pressed to stay and eat. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. EMMELINE, b. Aug. 31, 1840, d. Aug. 3, 1878.
2. CHARLES, b. May 10, 1846, m. Emma W. Follansbee of Andover, Mass., July 24, 1876. She was b. July 24, 1855. Res. in Ashburnham, Mass. Children : Roy F., Helen L.
BYRON STACY, son of David and Louisa (Curtis) Stacy, born in Windsor, N. H., Nov. 18, 1837; married June 29, 1869, Sarah A., daughter of Joel H. and Esther (Putnam) Tarbell of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 24, 1850; died Sept. 11, 1882. He died June 3, 1875. He came to Lyndeborough about 1866 and was a mechanic employed at the glass factory. Child born in Lyndeborough : -
I. MINNIE E., b. Oct. 12, 1872, m. April 26, 1899, George W. Hadley, son of Levi P. and Minerva (Stevens) Hadley of Lyndeborough.
STANDLEY.
GEORGE A. STANDLEY, son of Robert and Mary E. Standley, born March 3, 1871 ; married June 22, 1893, Myra, daughter of William D. and Ellen ( Hammond) Cloutman. She was born Sept. 24, 1871, in Marblehead, Mass. He was born in Danvers, Mass., and came to Lynde- borough in 1902 from Lynn, Mass., and bought the place known as the Hildreth cottage. Child : -
I. GEORGE R., b. Dec. 28, 1900, in Lynn.
STAYNER.
HENRY M. STAYNER come to Lyndeborough from Amherst about 1840. He lived where William B. Raymond now lives and died there May 16, 1843. His wife, Abigail D., died Jan. 11, 1842. Of his children, Augusta married David Day of Gloucester, Mass .; Ellen married Capt. John Trevitt of Mont Vernon; Josephine married Dea. Boylston of Amherst.
STEELE.
WILLIAM P. STEELE came to Lyndeborough from Lawrence, Mass., December, 1857; born Nov. 22, 1826; married Adaline E., daughter of Eleazer and Mary A. (Marshall) Putnam. She was born March 4, 1833. He was born in Sebec, Me. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Was in the employ of the Boston & Maine R. R. for many years. Children, all but eldest born in Lyndeborough : -
I. NELLIE A., b. in Lawrence, Mass., March 24, 1853, m. Joseph E. Foster. He d. June 13, 1903.
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2. FRANK A., b. July 10, 1856.
3. GEORGE W., b. Nov. 10, 1858.
4. MARY A., b. Aug. 24, 1860, d. June 6, 1863.
5. ARTHUR L., b. May 11, 1866, d. June 1, 1867.
6. EVA B., d. Sept. 24, 1872.
7. MAUD, b. Aug. 7, 1869, m. Feb. 18, 1892, Charles E. Phil- lips of Swampscott, Mass.
8. HATTIE D., b. Aug. 7, 1873, m. Jan. 18, 1900, Walter H. Murdo of Peterboro. She d. Aug. 8, 1902.
STEPHENSON.
JOHN STEPHENSON was the first of the name to come to Salem- Canada. He is said to have come from Jersey, England. He first settled north of the mountain in 1740, but evidently remained there but a short time, for hearing that there was grass over the other side and as grass was a prime necessity to those first settlers, he promptly moved over the other side of the mountain. The grass referred to grew in those meadows east of where W. J. Stephenson lives. Those meadows were undoubt- edly caused by beavers damming the streams. The resulting flowage killed the trees, and when the dams were destroyed and the land drained wild grasses grew in abundance. He bought two lots of land which in- cluded most of those meadows, and that land has remained in the posses- sion of the Stephenson family ever since. When the charter of the town of Lyndeborough was granted, April 23, 1764, he was appointed a committee to obtain the said charter March 5, 1764, and he was author- ized to call the first meeting of the new town. At this meeting he was chosen town clerk, thus being the first person to hold the office in Lyndeborough. He was continued in office several years. Most of the family papers were destroyed when Jonathan Stephenson's house was burned, and therefore the record is necessarily imperfect. Among the treasured possessions of his descendants is his commission to be a captain in Tenth Co. of the Sixth Regt. of Militia. This commission is dated Oct. 4, 1764, and signed by B. Wentworth, governor, and by I. Atkinson, Jr., Sec'y. Also a copy of the province laws of His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, printed in 1771, and presented to John Stephenson by his friend, Benjamin Lynde, Oct. 28, 1773. He married Abigail Shepherd of Amherst. They had six children : -
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