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I. JOHN, ++
2. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 3, 1769.
3. LYDIA, b. Dec. 2, 1772, m. first, John Richardson ; m. sec- ond, - Davis.
4. SARAH, b. Feb. 11, 1778, m. Supply Wilson of New Ip- swich. She d. Dec. 4, 1866.
5. WILLIAM, b. April 29, 1780, d. May 4, 1830.
6. LUCY, b. Nov. 25, 1782, d. Feb. 1, 1814.
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* JOHN STEPHENSON, JR., son of John and Abigail (Shepherd) Stephenson, born Dec. 8, 1767; married Mary Hildreth of Amherst. She died Nov. 17, 1845. He died May, 1847. Children : -
I. SARAH, b. 1792, d. May 18, 1883.
2. MARY, b. 1794, d. Dec. 8, 1881.
3. JACOB, +
4. JOHN,
5. JOTHAM, +
6. JONATHAN, +
JACOB STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephenson, born Oct. 2, 1803; married Dec. 17. 1835, Lucy Harthan of Greenfield. She died March 22, 1887. He died Feb. 17, 1867. Children : -
I. EZRA B., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 26, 1836, d. Oct. 4, 1894, at Springfield, Mass.
2. ABBY M., b. Dec. 1, 1837, in Lyndeborough, d. Dec. 2, 1837.
3. ALBE, b. June 29, 1839, in Greenfield, d. at Hillsboro Bridge.
4. LUCIA M., b. April 12, 1842, d. Nov. 8, 1844.
JOTHAM STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephen_ son, born Feb. 28, 1805 ; married July 20, 1826, Lucinda, daughter of Heman L. and Hepsibah Sargent. She was born Oct. 29. 1806; died Nov. 7, 1871. He died Oct. 14, 1883. Children : -
I. JOTHAM S., +
2. MARY L., b. March 12, 1830, m. Joseph A. Johnson. (See Johnson gen.)
3. JOHN H., b. Aug. 29, 1833, d. June 17, 1867. Was soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
4. JONATHAN H., b. Sept. 21, 1835, d. Dec. 27, 1864. Was soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
5. ELIZA A., b. March 6, 1838, m. April 20, 1865, Herbert M. Potter.
6. WILLIAM R., b. Aug. 10, 1841, m. Dec. 31, 1872, Lottie Felt.
7. LUCY A., b. June 9, 1846, d. Aug. 17, 1870.
8. SOLON A., b. Oct. 24, 1848, d. Nov. 12, 1849.
JOTHAM SUMNER STEPHENSON, son of Jotham and Lucinda (Sargent) Stephenson, born June 29, 1827; married Sarah A. Powers, Jan. 24, 1862. He died September 8, 1905. Children : -
* The Stephensons were largely interested in the mill business in Lyndeborough, Jonothan owning a saw mill near his place and formerly one above the place where the present mill stands. They owned a saw mill west of the Forest road, near where Jotham S. Stephenson lived.
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I. LILLIAN.
2. HARTWELL M.
3. CHARLES.
JONATHAN STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephenson ; born March 19, 1807 ; married Sept. 30, 1843, Emily, daugh- ter of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) Woodward. She was born April 4, 1817; died July 6, 1892. He died Nov. 16, 1903. He was a man who com- manded the respect, confidence and esteem of his neighbors and fellow- townsmen. His strict integrity and sterling sense made his advice to be sought, and placed him in many positions of trust in town affairs. For a long series of years he had charge of the town's poor, and many of the buildings at the town farm were built or improved under his supervision. He was many times one of the board of selectmen, and, in fact, he held at one time or another about all the offices the town could give him. His house was totally destroyed by fire, but was soon replaced by a new one. He died Nov. 10, 1903. Children : -
I. MARIA H., b. Sept. 26, 1845, d. Sept. 7, 1879.
2. EDWARD J., b. Jan. 15, 1850, res. in Rollinsville, Colo., where he has long time been a mining prospector.
3. WILLIS J., +
4 and 5. ETTA M. and EMMA M. (twins), b. Sept. 12, 1859. Etta M. m. Frank H. Joslin. (See Joslin gen.) Emma M. m. Perley W. Hadley and. res. in Temple.
WILLIS J. STEPHENSON, son of Jonathan and Emily (Woodward) Stephenson ; born Sept. 20, 1852 ; married Nov. 27, 1884, Frances C., daughter of Benjamin and Caroline (Andrews) Goodhue of Hancock. She was born Nov. 11, 1854. He lived in Colorado for a number of years in young manhood days, but returned to take charge of the Stephen- son homestead, which has always been owned by his ancestors since it was cleared of the virgin forest. Child : -
I. ERNEST J., b. May 8, 1893.
STEVENS.
GEORGE H. STEVENS, born at Francestown Aug. 13, 1834 ; married first, Dec. 25, 1862, Hattie S. Burnham of New Boston. She was born June 12, 1839 ; died March 30, 1872 ; married second, Sept. 24, 1872, Mary P., daughter of Dea. John C. and Pamela (Atwood) Goodrich. She was born May 1, 1839. He died Feb. 9, 1901. Children by first wife : -
I. ASAHEL D., b. at Lowell, Nov. 27, 1864.
2. ALBERT B., b. at Lyndeborough Dec. 18, 1871. Child by second wife : -
3. CHARLES E., b. at Lyndeborough April 3, 1874, d. March 14, 1878.
STILES.
MOSES STILES, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cary) Stiles ; born in
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Boxford, Mass., Feb. 11, 1704; married Oct. 17, 1737, Phebe, daughter of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram. She was born at Hampton Falls, July 8, 1712. He lived on the Lakin place. Children : -
I. MOSES, +
2. JOHN, +
3. SAMUEL, m. Sarah Dutton.
4. REUBEN, b. in Salem-Canada, June 13, 1749, was killed by the falling of the frame of the meeting house at Wilton, Sept. 7, 1773.
5. ASAHEL, +
6. AARON.
MOSES STILES, JR., son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles ; mar- ried Sarah -. Children : -
I. SARAH, b. March 24, 1762.
2. MOSES, b. June 6, 1765, m. Mary Holt.
3. AARON, b. Sept. 18, 1767, m. Abial Sadler.
4. MARY, b. June 14, 1770, d. Sept. 8, 1777.
5. PHEBE, b. June 22, 1774, d. Sept. 5, 1777 .
6. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 15, 1776, d. Sept. 9, 1777.
7. SAMUEL, b. April 19, 1779, m. Betsey Cram.
JOHN STILES, son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles; married Susanna Chamberlain. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. Oct. 22, 1778, d. April 16, 1786.
2. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 4, 1780, d. May 12, 1786.
3 and 4. MESECH W., BETTY (twins), b. Jan. 20, 1783, d. Feb. 10, 1783.
5. JOHN, b. May 17, 1786.
ASAHEL STILES, son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles ; married Sarah Dutton. Children : -
I. DANIEL, b. Oct. 21, 1768.
2. ESTHER, b. Aug. 25, 1770, d. March 27, 1785.
3. SARAH, b. March 17, 1773.
4. HANNAH, b. Feb. 27, 1775.
5. RHODA, b. Sept. 8, 1778.
6. REUBEN, b. Dec. 30, 1780.
7. ASAHEL, b. Oct. 20, 1783.
8. ESTHER, b. July 7, 1786.
STILES.
DAVID STILES, son of Asa and Huldah (Bixby) Stiles; born at Mid- dleton, Mass., Dec. 22, 1779 ; died June 25, 1870; married Betsey E., daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Clark) Mack of Londonderry, N. H.
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" Squire " Stiles was a prominent figure in the life of Lyndeborough in his day. He was the third postmaster appointed in the town, serving from April, 1835, to May, 1837. He was selectman, 1839-1841, and held other town offices. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and was much engaged in settling estates. He was a surveyor, also, and the running of lines and surveying land occupied much of his time. He was a man of much ability, quaint and original in his expressions, and his opinions were much respected. He lived where William H. Clark now lives. He was a resident at different times of Temple, Wilton, Milford and Lyndeborough. Children, born in Temple : -
I. ELIZA J., b. Aug. 10, 1809, d. Oct. 14, 1868.
2. DAVID, +
3. FRANCES, b. Sept. 12, 1814.
DAVID STILES, son of David and Betsey (Mack) Stiles, born Feb. 4, 1811; married May 13, 1841, Maria M., daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich. She was born April 23, 1810 ; died Dec. 31, 1885. He was the fourth postmaster at Lyndeborough. He was killed by being run over by a train at the railroad crossing above South Lyndeborough, Jan. 24, 1881. It was a cold winter morning and he was probably so wrapped up as to be unable to hear the engine. Children : -
I. BENJAMIN G., b. in Lyndeborough, Jan. 9, 1845, d. Jan. 28, 1845.
2. MARIA, b. in Lyndeborough, Jan. 2, 1847, d. Jan. 2, 1847.
3. DAVID A., +
4. MARIA E., b. May 11, 1861, at Mt. Vernon, d. April 5, 1868.
5. LUCY S., b. in Mt. Vernon, March 28, 1854.
DAVID A. STILES, son of David and Maria (Goodrich) Stiles, born June 24, 1849; married Eugelia J. Brooks of Greenfield, Nov. 27, 1873. He taught school in Lyndeborough for a number of terms. Children : -
I. LILLIAN, b. May 15, 1877.
. 2. EDITH M., b. Jan 23, 1879.
3. ANNABELL, b. Jan. 13, 1883.
4. LUCY, b. Nov. 21, 1886.
STRATTON.
DAVID STRATTON took a deed of part of the lot where Melchize- deck Boffee was located in 1745. This lot is now the farm of Andy Holt. The first information we have of him is that he came to Lyndeborough in company with William Holt, and built a log house about 40 rods south of where Andy Holt lives, and the two spent the first winter of their stay in hunting and trapping bears. Later William Holt bought the proprietors' rights in two lots now owned by Benjamin G. Herrick, while Stratton bought and improved the lot where he was. The farm was alternately owned by the Holt and Stratton families several times. We have made diligent search but are not sure where Stratton came
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from to Lyndeborough, but it is probable he came from Andover, Mass. Rev. Frank G. Clark says James Stratton settled on Cornelius Tarbell's right, and that David might be a son of James but it is more likely they were brothers. There is nothing in the town records to show that James had any children born in Lyndeborough, but there is the following rec- ord of the children of David Stratton and Eunice, his wife. -
I. EUNICE, b. June 13, 1774.
2. DAVID, b. Aug. 25, 1776.
3. JOHN, b. Jan. II, 1779.
4. RACHEL, b. April 24, 1781,
5. RICHARD, b. April 11, 1783.
SWASEY.
EDWIN SWASEY, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Ladd) Swasey, born May 20, 1815, at Meredith, N. H .; married. April 5, 1842, Mary E., daughter of Joel and Betsey (Shattuck) Tarbell. She was born Feb. 2, 1820. He came to Lyndeborough from Milford, Mass., in 1880, and with his wife assumed the management of the boarding house at South Lyndeborough village, owned by his brother-in-law, Joel H. Tarbell. He died June 4, 1904. Children, all but Mary E. born at Manchester : -
I. MARY E., b. at Lowell, Aug. 2, 1844, d. Aug. 24, 1853.
2. EMMA E., b. April 5, 1848, d. Oct. 18, 1849.
3. EDWIN B., b. April 21, 1851, d. Aug, 21, 1853.
3. ELLA M., b. April 20, 1853, d. July 12, 1855.
5. GEORGE E., b. July 21, 1857, m. Mary Burns of Milford, Mass., d. Aug. 26, 1904.
6. LAURA S., b. Feb. 14, 1860, d. August, 1860.
7. LILLIAN M., b. June 17, 1866, m. Feb. 9, 1892, Oscar E. Cram. (See Cram gen.)
SWINNINGTON.
ALBERT E. SWINNINGTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Farnum) Swinnington, born May 30, 1855; married S. Kate, daughter of Eli C. and Betsey Ann Curtis, June 29, 1881. He came to Lyndeborough from Mont Vernon, N. H. Child : -
I. E. CLARABEL, b. May 2, 1897.
TARBELL.
JOEL TARBELL was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Barrett) Tarbell, born July 9, 1793 ; married first, Betsey Shattuck, daughter of Jonathan Shattuck of Pepperell, Mass. She died Oct. 29, 1829, in Bolton, Mass .; married second, Mary Mansfield of Rindge, Oct. 10, 1831. She was born Nov. 8, 1807; died Dec. 6, 1873. He died Sept. 18, 1851. Children by first wife, born in Mason : -
I. JOEL H., +
faceze Tarball
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2. MARY E., b. Feb. 2, 1820, m. Edwin Swasey of Laconia. (See Swasey gen.)
3. WILLIAM, b. July 4, 1824, m. Mary A. Noyes of Amherst. He kept the hotel at South Lyndeborough for a short time. By second wife : -
4. LEVI, b. Aug. 8, 1832, d. Dec. 9, 1832.
5. CHARLES, +
6. SOLON, b. in Mason, now Greenville, Oct. 4, 1835; m. first, Jan. 1, 1863, Abigail Burton of Wilton. She was b. July 29, 1833, d. March 28, 1887; m. second, Myra Gregg of Peterboro, Jan. 1, 1894. She was b. Jan. 8, 1836. He d. in Peterboro.
7. ALONZO, m. Sarah C. Piper. Res. in Manchester.
8. HIRAM, +
9. JOSEPH, +
IO. ESTHER J., b. Oct. 2, 1846, d. Oct. 18, 1849.
II. WILLIS, b. Jan. 5, 1849, d. Oct. 14, 1849.
CAPT. JOEL H. TARBELL was descended from Thomas Tarbell, one of the original proprietors of Groton in 1661. The name is not a common one in this country. Joel H. was of the fourth generation from Thomas of Groton. His father, Joel, lived for a time in Lynde- borough. Joel Harrison Tarbell was emphatically a self-made man. He had but meagre opportunity for schooling but made the most of those chances. After the age of twelve years he was apparently thrown on his own resources, and had to fight the battle of life without much help. In 1828 he was at Bolton, Mass., caring for a stable and assisting in a drug store and the postoffice. While here he lived with Dr. Amos Parker and had five weeks of schooling at a Quaker school taught by Elder Frye in Berlin, Mass., walking to and from school morning and evening, this being the only education ever received except from the common district school. While he was here his mother died, Oct. 29, 1829, leaving him without a parental home. He returned to New Hamp- shire at the age of fourteen and went to work for Ebenezer Stiles of Temple, attending short termis of the district school in winter. He re- mained in this family until about twenty years of age, becoming ac- quainted with farm life in all its details. One year after the death of Mr. Stiles he went to Pepperell, Mass., and worked one season and then came back to Lyndeborough, where he resided until his death.
At the time of his marriage he settled in what is now called the village of South Lyndeborough, and entered into the business of hotel keeping, and also farming in a small way. He soon found his business growing. Always cheerful and urbane, he made an model landlord, and his place was popular with the traveling public and with the summer boarders that began to come to the place. After about fifteen years at this busi- ness he changed to that of the general country store, which he and his descendants have kept until the present writing. Ever courteous and
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obliging, he built up a large trade for such a place. Always helping to make the village more attractive, he interested himself in all the material things that tended to its upbuilding. He was a kind and helpful friend to the unfortunate and the poor and needy. He was honored by the town in being elected to many public offices, the duties of which he dis- charged with fidelity. He was captain of the Lafayette Artillery Co. at the time they volunteered to go into the U. S. service, and his military record may be found elsewhere.
Capt. Joel H. Tarbell, son of Joel and Betsey (Shattuck)Tarbell was born in Mason Feb. 6, 1816; married Jan. 15, 1839, Esther, daughter of Ephraim and Esther (Pearson) Putnam. She was born June 8, 1818; died Nov. 14, 1901. He died Feb. 14, 1891. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. SANFORD P., b. July 5, 1839, d. Jan. 7, 1842.
2. CHARLES F., +
3. SARAH A., b. Feb. 24, 1850, m. Byron Stacy of Windsor, N. H. (See Stacy gen.)
CHARLES F. TARBELL, son of Joel H. and Esther (Putnam) Tar- bell; born Nov. 19, 1843; married May 18, 1865, Emily, daughter of Rufus and Martha J. (Upton) Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. She was born March 3, 1844. He died Feb. 24, 1888. He was a merchant at South Lyndeborough, associated with his father in keeping the store, and in general trade. He was elected town clerk in the spring of 1871, and with the exception of 1880 held the office continuously until 1885, when he was succeeded by Edgar A. Danforth. He held other public office, and was a courteous and efficient officer. He was quiet and anassuming in manner, and had the respect and esteem of his associates and towns- people. Like his father he was interested in military matters, and was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children, born in Lyndebor- ough : -
I. WALTER S., +
2. CHARLES H., +
WALTER S. TARBELL, son of Charles F. and Emily (Chamberlain) Tarbell; born Jan. 2. 1867; married Oct. 30, 1890, Lizzie G., daughter of Isaiah B. and Mary J. (Holt) Curtis. She was born April 3, 1871. He succeeded his father and grandfather in the business at South Lyndebor- ough. He is justice of the peace and prominent in several organizations and in social circles. Child, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. GERTRUDE E., b. Sept. 30, 1898.
CHARLES H. TARBELL, son of Charles F. and Emily (Chamberlain) Tarbell; born June 28, 1874; married Oct. 20, 1897, Annie A., daughter of Harlan P. and Maria (Stevens) Downs of Francestown. She was born Nov. 11, 1871. He is town treasurer, and was for a while associated with his brother, Walter S., in the store at South Lyndeborough. Child, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. CAROLYN E., b. Nov. 26, 1898.
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Charles F Tarball
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CHARLES TARBELL, son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born in Greenville, Sept. 11, 1833; married Nov. 19, 1854, Emma F., daughter of Capt. Levi and Rhoda (Pettengill) Tyler of Wilton. She was born June 17, 1834. He died April 2, 1896. He was selectman in 1871, and represented the town in the General Court in 1880-81. He re- sided in Perham Corner, where Oliver Perham first built, Children : -
I. NELO W., +
2. FRED H., +
NELO W. TARBELL, son of Charles and Emma F. (Tyler) Tarbell ; born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1855; married first, April 9, 1879, Anna L. Kimball of Wilton. She was born March 30, 1855; died Aug. 13, 1882 ; married second, Jennie M. Whitney of Nashua ; born April 21, 1861. Re- sides in Nashua. Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : --
I. SAMUEL K., b. Jan. 2, 1880.
2. JOSEPHINE F., b. July 15, 1881.
FRED H. TARBELL, son of Charles and Emma (Tyler) Tarbell ; born at Wilton July 21, 1870; married Nov. 8, 1892, Emma C., daughter of Albert and Sarah (Davis) Foster of Lyndeborough. She was born at Brookline July 29, 1872. Children, all born at Lyndeborough : -
I. PAUL HARRISON, b. Nov. 20, 1895, d. Feb. 1, 1896.
2. MYRTLE M., b. Jan. 13, 1899, d. July 12, 1899.
3. AMY GLADYS, b. May 28, 1900.
4. DORIS E., b. May 9, 1903.
HIRAM TARBELL. son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell; born at Mason, N. H., March 7, 1840; married Feb. 22, 1865, Martha N. Murch of Portland, Me. She was born Aug. 25, 1837; died May 5, 1903. He re- sides at Manchester. Children : -
I. ALICE F., b. Jan. 2, 1867, at Lyndeborough.
2. FANNIE I., b. March 3, 1873, at Lyndeborough.
3. ARTHUR C., b. May 26, 1875, at Manchester, N. H.
4. GRACE E., b. Dec. 16, 1876, at Manchester, N. H.
JOSEPH TARBELL, son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born Feb. 22, 1844; married June 6, 1867, Amaret, daughter of Joshua S. and Sarah (Gilchrist) Lakin of Hancock. She was born June 26, 1847. Re- sides in Hancock. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SANFORD M., b. May 23, 1879.
2. EDITH E., b. Sept. 19, 1880, m. April 27, 1904, Henry E. Fiske of Dublin.
TAY.
NATHANIEL TAY was born at Reading, Mass. He came to Lynde- borouglı from Nelson, N. H., but had previously lived at Fitchburg. In 1820, in company with Elias McIntire, he bought the farm where Dea. Nathaniel T. McIntire lives, each owning an equal share. He married
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Rachel, daughter of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder. She was born March 8, 1769 ; died at Lyndeborough, Sept. 6, 1828. He died at Lynde- borough March 23, 1836. His marriage with Rachel Kidder was his sec- ond marriage ; we have no record of his first.
TAY.
FRANK B. TAY, son of Jesse and Charlotte (Duley) Tay; born in Bedford, N. H., Jan. 21, 1837; married first, Oct. 16, 1864, Elizabeth White of Middleton, Mass. She died March 9, 1865; married second, Sept. 26, 1872, Sarah J. Wright of Malden, Mass .; married third, Oct. 4, 1888, Mrs. Mary E. Goldsmith, daughter of Burnham and Mary (Sawyer) White of Andover, Mass. She was born Oct. 2, 1845. He came to Lynde- borough from Stoneham, Mass., in 1878, and bought the French place north of Badger Pond. He was a soldier in the Civil War.
BRADLEY B. TAY, son of Jesse and Charlotte (Duley) Tay, built a house on the top of the mountain, south of R. C. Mason's, and resides there summers.
TWITCHEL.
ASA TWITCHEL came to Lyndeborough from Peterborough and settled on the place now known as the Twitchel place, North Lynde- borough. It is now used as a summer home by Mrs. M. A. Sweetser of Stoneham, Mass. We have endeavored to ascertain who the first settler was on this land. It was probably one of the Lewis family but nothing definite is known. People by the name of Crosby lived on the place at one time, and later Hezekiah Duncklee lived there. Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell removed to Peterborough about 1860. Mr. Twitchell had a sister, Mary, who lived with him. We have no record of the family. Mr. Twitchell used to display a large collection of geological specimens on his front yard fence, part of which was bought by the writer, and some of which are still in his possession.
TYLER.
CAPT. LEVI TYLER, born Oct. 22, 1800; married Sept. 27, 1825, Rhoda, daughter of William and Sarah (Ballard) Pettengill of Wilton. She was born Sept. 5, 1803. He died May 26, 1870. He came to Lynde- borough in 1840 and built a mill northwest of South Lyndeborough village, afterward owned by C. Henry Holt and later by Hadley Bros. He was a millwright and carpenter. He acquired his rank as captian in the 22nd Cavalry Regt., N. H. Militia. Children, none but Erastus born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SARAH B., b. Dec. 19, 1826, m. Oct. 25, 1849, Abel S. Boynton. Res. in Wisconsin.
2. LEVI A., +
3. RHODA M., b. Nov. 29, 1829, m. Jonathan P. Richardson of Lyndeborough. (See Richardson gen.)
4. EMMA F., b. June 17, 1834, m. Charles Tarbell of Lynde- borough. (See Tarbell gen.)
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5 ERASTUS F., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 26, 1844, d. Feb. 24, 1845.
LEVI ANDREW TYLER, son of Levi and Rhoda (Pettengill) Tyler, born April 17, 1828; married Hannah, daughter of Eli and Sarah (Lor- ing) Curtis, Dec. 24, 1853. She was born June 26, 1835; died Aug. 20, 1884; married second, April 6, 1886, Mrs. Frances A. Bales of Wilton. Children : -
I. ISABELLE V., b. Jan. 27, 1855, m. Jerome B. Shedd of Peterboro.
2. ANNA V., b. May 29, 1860, d. Feb. 5, 1897.
3. OLIVA B., b. July 15, 1868, m. E. A. French of Wilton.
UPTON.
ELIJAH UPTON was a descendant of Richard and Rachel (Rich) Upton of Wilmington, Mass. Their son Paul, born at Wilmington, Aug. 12, 1751, was the father of Elijah. Elijah was born at Wilmington, Nov. 6, 1785 ; married first, April 18, 1813, Alice, daughter of Aaron and Phebe (Farnum) Putnam. She was born at Lyndeborough, Dec. 7, 1792, and died at Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1832 ; married second, Sarah, daugh- ter of Thomas and Patty (Coburn) Bradford. Elijah the son of Paul and Jerusha (Richardson) Upton, died at Lyndeborough, Feb. 4, 1835. He lived a short distance west of South Lyndeborough village, in a house built for the use of the one that tended the grist mill there. Elijah was the miller for some years. Children born at Lyndeborough :-
I. ALICE, b. Jan. 24, 1814, d. Nov. 18, 1847.
2. ELIJAH, b. May 29, 1816, d. Nov. 29, 1832.
3. JOSEPH, b. March 18, 1818, m. Eliza A. Frost, d. at Nashua, March 24, 1885.
4. MARTHA J., b. Jan. 14, 1821, in. Rufus Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain gen.)
5. NANCY A., b. May 21, 1823, d. Oct. 1, 1832.
6. MARY J., b. Sept. 27, 1826, d. Aug. 3, 1830.
7 .. ALBERT, b. Dec. 21, 1828, d. July 25, 1829.
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8. BENJAMIN F., b. Sept. 27, 1830, m. Addie Stewart of Green- field, Dec. 25, 1857.
RUSSELL UPTON, son of Paul and Jerusha (Richardson) Upton, married first, Feb. 3, 1814, * Susan Dutton of Lyndeborough, and second, Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Abbott) Gray of Wilton. She was born March 5, 1795. They were married Feb. 5, 1822. She was a sister of Dr. Israel Herrick's second wife. Hc lived where Adoniram Russell built near Buttrick's mills. By his first wife he had three children : Mary Ann, Susan and Williamı, and by the second marriage, four children : George, Russell, Lydia, Albert.
* She was the daughter of William and Susanna (Reed) Dutton, born Oct. 18, 1795 ; died Feb. 25, 1821. Russell Upton died Sept. 27, 1841.
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HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
WARREN.
EDWARD K. WARREN, son of Laban and Helen (Kibby) Warren, born Jan. 28, 1863 ; married July 9, 1892, Minnie A., daughter of Myron D. and Susan S. (Bowen) Magoon of Greenfield. She was born Jan. 25, 1873. Mr. Warren came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1896, and bought the farm of Willis C. Perham, thence he removed to the village at the center. Children : -
I. CORA M. b. Aug. 23, 1893.
2. EDWARD G., b. Aug. 23, 1895.
3. HELEN S., b. June 1, 1904.
WATKINS.
OLIVER WATKINS, son of Jacob S. and Maria (Wheelwright) Wat- kins, born October, 1823 ; married Mrs. Lois Barrett, daughter of William Meserve, and widow of Moody Barrett. She was born April 14, 1822; died April 14, 1892. He died March 16, 1891. He came to Lyndeborough from Boston about 1860, and lived on what is now known as the Watkins place, North Lyndeborough, where he kept a summer boarding house for many years. Child :-
I. - , b. July 25, 1864, m. Sept. 18, 1882, Frank Gardner of Perkinsville, Vt.
WELLMAN.
Thomas Wellman came from Wales in the early days of the Massa- chusetts Colony and settled in Lynnfield. Jacob, his descendant of the fourth generation, was the first of the family to come to Salem-Canada. Rev. Frank G. Clark says in his Historical Address, that "he bought a proprietor's right April 16, 1742, and occupied home lot No. 57, where David D. Clark afterward lived. The first house was in the field north of the present buildings. The house now occupied by Mr. Carson is probably one of the oldest in town." From the foregoing it will be seen that Mr. Wellman was one of the band of hardy pioneers, the first settlers of Salem-Canada. He was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Taylor) Wellman, born April 24, 1720, at Lynnfield, Mass. He married Jane Johnson, probably of Dunstable, Mass., and it would seem from the records at hand that he came to Salem-Canada from Dunstable. Owing to the depredations of the Indians he evidently soon returned, for Jacob, Jr., his eldest son, was born there. That he returned to Salem-Canada as soon as it was safe to do so, is evident from the fact that his second child, James, was born in Salem-Canada. He was a captain in the army. (See Chap. VII). It is said of him, "that he faithfully discharged all the duties pertaining to the many offices which were conferred upon him at Lyndeborough." He died Sept. 22, 1797, aged 78 years. Children of Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Wellman : -
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