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Some families left Sunapee, in toto, others in part, and per- haps one or two were wholly in Sunapee as long as the name survived.
We should explain that the registration of births in the rec- ords is very incomplete, due to no law at first, or lax habits of parents later. Many births were recorded as "male child," but no name. Then, too, some of our earliest record books are not very legible.
From the standpoint of an expert genealogist our work might be classed as "unsatisfactory," but we would answer that, as our good old Uncle Healey, the tinsmith, once an- swered my mother who sent a teapot to him to have the holes in it soldered. He returned it with much solder clumsily daubed all over many holes, saying, "I don't know
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whether I've stopped it leaking or not, but I must have done it some good." So we submit the following for the good it may do.
CHAPTER XL
THE ANGELL FAMILY
An Angell family with its eight original settlers in Suna- pee appears to have taken root here shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War, for we do not find their names in Town records prior to the Wendell census of 1791, but we do find four of them, Gideon, Eber, Noel and Stukley Angell in that census, and so John, David, Esek and Smith Angell, whose names were not in the census of 1790, must have come thereafter, and prior to 1800, for we find that children were born to them in Wendell around the year 1800. These eight Angell families, presumably relatives, and of the same gen- eration, all settled in Wendell near one another in the fer- tile valley southwest of Young's Hill, or in the depot valley.
From pension claim evidence we learn that the large Angell family came from Smithfield, Rhode Island, and that John Angell, ancestor of Hattie Angell a present day resi- dent, was a Captain in that War.
The Angell family were not only in Wendell comparatively early, but continued numerous and active for many years. They have, at least, two or three members in Sunapee to-day. The one we knew is Miss Hattie Angell, who still resides on the old John Angell place, in the original house, which has not been changed much, and is well kept up. She was in- terested and helpful to us,-told of the first Angell log cabin, of the different Angell families, of the old cemetery and the vanished Church at South Sunapee.
Recently Miss Angell buried her brother, John Henry Angell, born January 7, 1877.
Children of the First John Angell and Rebeccah Angell:
Lydia Angell, born February 20, 1807
John Angell, June 15, 1809
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Children of the Second John Angell, Son of the First John Angell:
Henry Martin Angell, born April 2, 1837
Almon Angell, May 31, 1839
Ellen H. Angell, February 27, 1844
Lizzie M. Angell, February 17, 1853
Miss Angell said her father's name was Almon Angell, and that his father's name was John Angell. And likewise her grandfather's father was John Angell. Thus we go back to one of the seven settlers first named, whose line has been un- broken in Sunapee.
Another branch of the Angell family that settled in Wen- dell was headed by Smith Angell. The record:
Smith Angell's and Betsey Angell's Children:
Sally Angell, born August 19, 1802
George Angell, June 8, 1805
Gideon Angell, April 27, 1807 Rachel Angell, July 24, 1809 Irene Angell, July 5, 1813 Richmond C. Angell, April 26, 1920
Said Gideon Angell lived to be 89 years old, deceased March 14, 1896.
There was an Esek Angell who had a son, Robert Angell, born March 9, 1793.
One of Smith Angell's sons, said George Angell, continued in Sunapee and had the following on record:
Children of George Angell by His Wife, Betsey:
William Dodge Angell, born February 23, 1834 Betsey Clapp Angell, October 21, 1835 Almira Rowell Angell, July 28, 1837 Harriet Chandler Angell, December 22, 1840 Abigail Dodge Angell, May 29, 1843
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Also, Miriam C. Angell, born September 5, 1830, by his wife, Hepsibah. And said Smith Angell had another son, said Gideon Angell, who had a Sunapee record.
Children of Gideon Angell, and His Wife, Mary M. Angell:
Sophronia E. Angell, born July 20, 1829
Calvin B. Angell, November 7, 1831
Mary A. Angell, Docember 10, 1833 John F. Angell, February 22, 1836
Another branch that settled in Sunapee was led by David Angell. The town record shows this:
Children of David Angell and His Wife, Debby Angell:
Welcome Angell, born October 4, 1798 Horace Angell, December 6, 1801
Levina Angell, February 13, 1807 Celia Angell, August 10, 1811 in Wendell Lorenzo Angell, September 6, 1816
Of this family, Lorenzo Angell is recorded as follows. Wife Charlotte. Children:
Amanda Angell, born October 6, 1835 David Angell, June 2, 1837 Charles L. Angell, December 2, 1839
Now the Town record shows that Stukley Angell had a family in Sunapee,-he and his wife, Sarah, as follows:
Eddie Angell, born August 28, 1788 Daniel Angell, December 15, 1790 Jerusha Angell, November 10, 1792 Eber Angell, September 5, 1795 Stukley Angell, September 20, 1797 Elizabeth Angell, December 29, 1799 Arustus Angell, August 9, 1806
There were four of the Angell family in the census of 1790, as stated above. We find no record of children to Gideon
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Angell, Eber Angell and Noel Angell, three of those four, although we do find children of Stukley.
The Gideon Angell shown as the son of Smith Angell, was born in 1807, so he could not be the Gideon Angell in the census of 1790. Moreover, the Gideon Angell of 1790 became very prominent at that time and after. He was a Selectman and a co-worker in Town affairs with Abiather Young, who was in the War. In short, he was the most prominent, at the early period, of any of the family. The natural inference is that he had no children.
Perhaps the same is true of Eber and Noel.
In the 1930 census there were four Angells: John, Smith, Gideon, 2nd, and George, also widow Deborah. Who could they be?
Gideon, 2nd, son of Smith Angell, would be twenty-three years old,-probably a nephew of the older Gideon, for a nephew of the same name as an uncle is called "second" and not "Junior." Smith Angell was probably the settler, was living. George Angell, son of Smith, would be twenty-five years old. John, Hattie's grandfather, was then twenty-one years old and may be the John of 1830, and her great grand- father, John Angell, may have been living and reckoned as the "head of the family," instead of his twenty-one year old son, John. We have not the data as to widow Deborah.
Now, Calvin B. Angell, son of Gideon, 2nd, had two sons, Roy Angell and Hervey Angell who were merchants in New- port in recent years and, we are told, both are now living.
Richmond C. Angell, son of Smith Angell, had a son, Will Angell, whom we knew well. He had a son, David Angell, now a preacher in Massachusetts, with children.
In conclusion, we may not have very fully exhausted the research, but many of the Angell name must have gone away from Sunapee. In 1870 there were only William A., John, Calvin B., Gideon and Richmond.
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CHAPTER XLI THE FAMILY OF YOUNGS
The name of Young has always been prominent in Suna- pee. It has been continuous for one hundred and sixty years, for several of its descendants are living in town to-day. None of the Youngs were among the very first eighteen arrivals. The very first available list of Saville immigrants did not contain this name. We refer to the Association Test list of 1776.
The first Youngs we find in Sunapee are among the peti- tioners to incorporate Wendell. That was April 4th, 1781. At that time there were four Youngs,-Abiather Young, Rob- ert Young, Edward Young and James Young. (These four may have arrived any time between 1776 and 1781 for there were no lists of Saville arrivals between these dates.)
The next place where we can locate more of the Youngs is in the census of 1790. There, in addition to the foregoing names, we find two,-Cornelius Young and Esek Young. All Saville Youngs come from these six.
The six Youngs were brothers (we believe) and came from Smithfield, R. I., when the War was nearing an end. For their War service, see Chapter "Saville in the War."
The children of Captain Abiather Young (a settler):
Abiather Young was married to Mary Lang of Portsmouth by the Rev. Samuel Haven in 1783.
John Young, born August 24, 1784
Sally Young, December 20, 1785 Hannah Young, December 30, 1787
Abiather Young, November 1, 1789
William Young, June 29, 1797
Andrew Young, November 5, 1799
Death Data:
Capt. Abiather Young died January 14, 1827, at the age of seventy-five.
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Sally Young, died September 14, 1836, in the 51st year of her age.
Mary Young, widow, died May 10, 1941, in the 85th year of her age.
Capt. Abiather Young is buried in the old Colby Cemetery.
Abiather's Grandchildren-children of one son, Andrew Young, and his wife Lydia Ferrin Young:
Hannah Young, born July 25, 1825
Abiather Young, July 17, 1827
Guy Beckley Young, July 2, 1829
Elvira Young, December 23, 1832 (died 1844)
George Almon Young, November 28, 1834
Lydia Emily Young, October 16, 1836
Data about the children of Andrew Young, the son of Abia- ther Young:
Hannah Young married Alonzo Muzzey (See Muzzey Family).
Abiather Young, son of Andrew, married Alzina Lear (see Lears). He was the Peg-Shop manufacturer (see portrait) and died very soon after his shop was destroyed by fire, leaving a large family of minor children. John V. Sargent, whose wife was Lydia Emily Young, a sister of the deceased, "took to bring up" Alvah and Beulah Young. Martin went with his uncle, Dr. George A. Young of Concord, and learned the dentist profession. Eddie lived for a time with Joseph Bartlett of Claremont, and Lucien went with Harrison Cowles (Hame Shop man). Alvah lives in Sunapee to-day with his wife and family, on the John V. Sargent place in the village, and has been an active and respected business man, conducting a saw-mill and contracting business. He is now over seventy, and active. His children are: Waldo Abiather, who married Margaret E. MacKay, Beulah E. who married J. D. Ludlow, and Anna L. Young, unmarried.
Dr. George A. Young, Dentist, in Concord. He left a son, Dr. William A. Young, Dentist, and a daughter, Nellie Young French, both of Concord. Dr. William A. has a son.
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Another family of Abiather's Grandchildren, children of his son, Lieutenant John Young (wife Mehitable):
Mary Young, born July 15, 1810 Mehitable Young, June 19, 1812 and died August 17, 1815 John Young, Jr., July 28, 1816 Charles S. Young Moses A. Young, July 19, 1818 Joseph Young, January 16, 1821 Mehitable B. Young, September 8, 1823 Benjamin F. Young, May 26, 1826 Henry E. Young, November 30, 1831 Pauline A. Young, July 25, 1833
John Young, Jr. (the son of John Young, the son of Abia- ther Young) was known as Elder John Young, a lay preacher, whom I remember. His wife was Sarah Thompson (married February 8, 1841). Their children were: Jabe, George E., Alvin, Elvira (Stocker), Anna, Jessie (Woodsum), Emma, Lucy (Bean) and Villa. Jabe had a son, John W., and a daughter, Ethel. George E. had two sons, Arthur and Ralph. Alvin had one son, Hugh C. (Postmaster). Anna married Dr. E. C. Fisher (first wife) and had one daughter, Mabel. Lucy Bean had one son, Shirley.
Another Family of Abiather Young's Grandchildren, children of his son, William Young (wife Sally W.). He died August 20, 1874, buried near Crowther farm.
Hannah Perkins Young, born April 7, 1827 Mary Partridge Young, April 14, 1830 Sarah Perkins Young, December 13, 1832 William Penn Young, April 21, 1834
Great Grandchildren of Abiather Young, or children of Henry E. Young, a grandson:
Children of Henry E. and Clarisa Young:
Charles H. Young, born September 5, 1854 George D. Young, August 4, 1856
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Harvey D. Young, January 16, 1858 Joseph H. Young, November 9, 1860 Evie P. Young, October 9, 1862 Nellie B. Young, July 18, 1865
Charles H. Young had a son, Irving C. Young, who was in the World War.
We present his portrait herein. He had a good record.
Other great grandchildren of Abiather Young, children of said Moses A. Young (and Elizabeth L. Young) a grandson:
Wilbur Augustus Young, born June 10, 1844
Frederick Arthur Young, June 17, 1849 Elvin Henry Young, October 6, 1851 Charles Samuel Young, April 9, 1854
Said Wilbur A. Young had a son Frank, now the "stage" driver and a son Dana. Wilbur was a Civil War veteran.
Said Charles S. Young married Flora Colby, had two sons, Francis and Aston. Said Frederick A. Young was a skilled Hame Shop employee, a member of the Legislature, and an active citizen.
James Young (a settler) and brother of the first Abiather:
Nathan P. Young distinguished the family by putting on Sunapee Lake the first steamboat which he purchased and carted here, named it "Pennacook," and made it all over, by changing its side-wheel power to a screw propeller, and then renaming her "Mountain Maid." I can just remember this craft, and her maker, for he had personal eccentricities. His line runs back to James Young, his grandfather, his father being Oliver Young.
The first generation of children in Sunapee of James and Hannah Young were:
Elizabeth Young, daughter, born October 28, 1782 Esek Young, February 10, 1787 Lydia Young, February 10, 1787
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Oliver Young, January 3, 1789 Rebeckah Young, May 27, 1791 Mary Young, November 30, 1794 Naomi Young, June 1, 1797 (James Young died December 28, 1833)
The next generation in Sunapee were children of said Oliver and Ruth Young.
Children of Oliver and Ruth Young, his 1st wife:
Mary Young, born September 3, 1815 Esek Young July 30, 1817 Abigail Young, January 1, 1821 William G. Young, August 20, 1824 Rebecca Young, March 22, 1826
Children of Oliver Young and Lydia Young (2nd wife):
John P. Young, born December 15, 1831
Nathan P. Young, February 20, 1834 Sarah Jane Young, September 15, 1836 Oliver Young, Jr., April 4, 1839
Esek, son of Oliver, was the "stage" driver and Nathan, the man who built the "Mountain Maid."
Cornelius Young was a settler in Wendell in 1790 and had children. One child was Cornelius B. Young. He and Lucy Ann P. Young had these children in Wendell and Su- napee:
Sabrisa Cornelia Young, born June 10, 1844 Frances Lavinia Young, February 11, 1846 Abby Ann Young, February 18, 1848 Ella Marrion Young, December 13, 1851 (see Smith) Carry Bell Young, September 23, 1864
Sabrisa married Isaac Colby; Frances married John M. Runals; Abby married Bela Pike; Carrie married Timothy Quimby; and Ella married Nathan A. Smith. The latter had a daughter, Marion L. who married William E. Sleeper and their children are, Dorothy E., Mildred L. and Ralph W.
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Another family from a Sunapee first settler by the name of Young is that of Robert and Polly Getchell Young. Rob- ert is a brother of the first Abiather, James and Cornelius (four of the six brothers).
Children of Robert Young (a settler) and Polly Young:
Samuel Young, born January 1, 1786 Polly Young, June 20, 1787. Died July 10, 1787. James Young, June 20, 1788 Caleb Young, February 20, 1789 Zebulon Young, January 9, 1791 Daniel Young, December 24, 1793 Robert Young, September 20, 1795. Died October 23, 1803 Polly Young, November 18, 1797 Olive Young, March 12, 1799 Abiather Young, April 18, 1801 Edward Young, born and died February 6, 1803 Richard Young, March 16, 1804 Almira Young, September 20, 1806
Cornelius Young, a settler:
Through data furnished by George E. Gardner, Cornelius Young was a Revolutionary War soldier, married Sarah Hunttoon and had a daughter Betsey Young who married David Gardner, the father of John Young Gardner who mi- grated from Portsmouth to Sunapee. He was the father of Charles Gardner, the father of said George, who furnished the data. The 1790 census of Wendell indicates that Cor- nelius had one minor son, sixteen, and a wife and daughter. Children of Esek Young (a settler) and his wife, Harriet Woodward Young:
Betty Young, born November 3, 1787 Dorothy Young, May 20, 1789 Abigail Young, May 7, 1792 Aaron Young, January 24, 1796 Lydia Young, April 26, 1799.
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Esek evidently married Elder Woodward's daughter. No further descendants are found. We find no record of children in Sunapee of Edward, one of the six brothers, having a family, except the census of 1790 gives him one son under sixteen and a wife and two daughters.
CHAPTER XLII THE MUZZEY FAMILY
McClellan Q. Muzzey lives in Sunapee to-day with his daughter, Miss Iola, "Clel," as we know him, being seventy- six years old. But "Clel" can certainly remember old Suna- pee folks, who and where and when, about the best ever, really most remarkably. Well, "Clel's" mother was Hannah Young, which fact makes him a direct descendant of the pioneer, Captain Abiather Young, of Revolutionary War fame. Here we state his line of succession, namely: 1. Abia- ther; 2. Andrew; 3. Hannah (Young); 4. "Clel"; 5. Iola. The mother, Hannah Young, was born July 25. 1825. Hannah married Alonzo Muzzey, a son of Moses Muzzey, who with his father, Moses Muzzey, had a blacksmith shop on "Muzzey Hill," near "Sleepy Hollow." The shop was moved later to the lower village. "Clel," an admirable character, spent his life as a machinist, and an expert and inventor in the Smith Shops, this until he became nearly blind. His home has al- ways been in Smithville, next door to the writer's old home. "Clel" married Josephine Barton and has three children, viz., Harrison Muzzey (wife Gladys Brown), who has a son, Lieut. Worthen Muzzey in the United States Army, also a son, Richard. "Clel" also has a daughter, Hannie Wing, who has children. "Clel's" wife is deceased, but his daughter, Iola, has kept his home alone for many years. "Clel" once played bass horn in the old band.
"Clel's" great grandfather was the first Moses Muzzey. He had these children, born in Sunapee; viz: Hadley Pillsbury Muzzey, born 1812; Marthe Muzzey, born 1817; Moses Collins Muzzey, born 1819; James Riley Muzzey, born 1822; Sally
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Muzzey, born 1824. "Clel's" father, Alonzo Muzzey, was the son of the second Moses Muzzey.
Eugene Muzzey, now living in town, is sixty-eight years old, has lived in the Lower Village all his life and worked in the Hame Shop and Woolen Mill. His grandfather was the same as "Clel's" namely, the second Moses Muzzey, his father "Din" (Dinsmore Muzzey) being a brother to "Clel's" father, the said Alonzo Muzzey, making Eugene and "Clel" cousins, and both descendants of the pioneer, the first Moses Muzzey, the great grandfather of both. Eugene had a brother Mott, deceased. His wife was Hattie Abbott, daughter of Solon Abbott.
Ernest Muzzey (called "Pete") was likewise a cousin to "Clel." His father was Reuben Muzzey,-a brother to Alonzo and Dinsmore, and his grandfather the second Moses Muzzey. Ernest Muzzey married Minnie Abbott, daughter of Solon Abbott. Ernest Muzzey has a son who is an engineer, em- ployed in the South. Ernest's brother, Langdon, and sisters, Etta, Hattie and Addie, did not remain in Sunapee.
All the Sunapee Muzzeys have been of a mechanical turn of occupation. Harrison, son of "Clel," is a very superior machinist and tool maker in Concord. Arch Muzzey, a son of said James Riley Muzzey, another cousin. was known as the best penman in the State.
CHAPTER XLIII THE GEORGE FAMILY
Not all of the extensive George family settled at George's Mills. One branch opened a grist mill there which fact was enough to give fame to any place or any man in those days, for a gristmill was indispensable.
The first "settlers" of the George family were: Lieutenant Samuel George, Joseph George, Daniel George, Elijah George and Benjamin George,-five in all, who came at about the same time or around 1800. Each branch had children re- corded as born in Sunapee. The names of none of these five Georges appeared in the census of 1790.
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Lieutenant Samuel George's children born to him by his wife, Elizabeth George, were:
Amos George, born May 18, 1784, Weare Jesse George, August 6, 1785, at New Boston Elijah George, February 15, 1787, New Boston Hildah George, January 29, 1788, New Boston Samuel George, September 9, 1789, New Boston Eunice George, September 30, 1790, New Boston John George, March 7, 1792, New Boston Hannah George, October 18, 1794, Wendell Owen George, March 3, 1807, Wendell
Lieut. Samuel George died May 4, 1845. Aged 83 years, 6 months and 3 days.
Joseph George was a settler and had children born to him by Nabby George, viz .:
Rodney George, born October 31, 1804
Roxana George, June 22, 1806
William Watson George, January 11, 1808 Jason George, August 23, 1809
Eliza Gile George, April 14, 1811
Anna Conant George, June 12, 1816
(See Rodney George's children below and also Jason George's children.)
Said Captain Rodney George and Mrs. Achsa George had these children, viz:
Abigail Amanda George, born November 21, 1832 John Atwood George, April 3, 1834 Amos Dodge George, January 25, 1836 Marcia Ann George, November 24, 1837
Said Jason George and Polly George, his wife, had these children, viz:
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Wilson Shannon George, born February 15, 1829 Clarisa Paulina George, September 10, 1831 Joseph Warren George, May 20, 1833 Harmon Sylvester George, November 7, 1834 Roxana Emerett George, October 7, 1837 Arabell Ann George, November 11, 1839 Meroa Almarine George, March 15, 1841 Rosett Polk George, March 6, 1845
Walter Haraman George, February 8, 1847 Freeman N. George, August 31, 1849
Arabell Ann George married Moses Sargent, father of Fred M. Sargent and Annie Sargent.
Meroa Almarine George married Sumner Sargent who has one son, Harry, living in Mansfield, Massachusetts. He has children.
Children of Daniel George (a settler) and Ruth, his wife:
Betsey George, born April 6, 1796, at Weare
Nancy George, April 15, 1799
Rhoda George, January 11, 1801 Mary Perkins George, February 26, 1806
Daniel George, February 6, 1808 Laizon George, August 6, 1810
Albert Bailey George, February 1, 1812
Emela Abigail George, April 27, 1813 Erastus George, July 4, 1815
Daniel George, wife Mahala, had a son Daniel Ackley George, born November 27, 1834, who lives in the writer's memory as the "gristmill George," commonly called "Ack George." He was moderator at Town Meetings for many years. He had a daughter, Harriet G., who married Dura A. Chase, They had two sons,-Maurice and Harold, and the latter had two sons,-Dura and William (see Bartlett family).
Elijah George (a settler) had children born to him by his wife, Polly George, as follows:
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Currier George, born March 15, 1790 at Weare Polly George, December 13, 1793 at Weare Worthing George, January 22, 1795 at Wendell Betsey George, May 19, 1797, Wendell Samuel George, January 13, 1800, Wendell Sally George, November 1, 1802, Wendell Charles George, May 8, 1805, Wendell Elijah George, September 4, 1808, Wendell
One of these sons was Elijah and he and his wife, Caroline M. George, had the following children:
Hannah Louisa George, born June 22, 1837 Moses Eastman George, August 30, 1838 Selenda Ann George, February 22, 1840 Mehitable Mersaline George, December 19, 1844 Lucy Almira George, September 7, 1843 Charles Edwin George, March 12, 1845
Children of James E. George and Belinda George:
Christopher J. George, born April 14, 1846 Harriet Ann George, September 3, 1847 Albert W. George, November 8, 1849 Lovell B. George, October 10, 1853
We do not go back farther on this branch of the family as we found no Sunapee record.
Children of Benjamin George (settler) and Elizabeth George (Benjamin George was a son of Joseph George and his wife, Anna):
Barnard George, born June 11, 1804 Thomas Jefferson George, February 24, 1806 Joseph George, February 3, 1810 Mary George, December 23, 1812 Putnam George, February 5, 1817 Fanny George, May 11, 1819
Charles George, August 22, 1821. Had a son, Almon C. George and lived near J. Bartlett.
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The census of 1830 showed Samuel George, Elijah George, Daniel George, Joseph George, Benjamin George, and Elijah George 2nd, as heads of families. The census of 1870 showed Daniel Ackley and Mary M., Walter H., Almon C., Worthen, Wilson S., Owen, Moses, Charles, Polly F.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This family was very numerous for years, and had eight families in 1870, but now it has only three voters in town.
CHAPTER XLIV THE SARGENT FAMILY
Enoch Sargent, coming to Sunapee from Amesbury in about 1776, built a log cabin, and lived in it with his family. Later he erected a two story frame house and large barns. He also raised a large family on a good farm located on the hill about a mile due north over the hill from the Central School. In fact, his pasture included my home place and the then wilderness clear through to the river. Enoch Sargent signed the Association Test in Dunbarton, N. H. just before he came to Saville (1775). He went to Dunbarton from Amesbury, married Sarah Hoyt, but, from his many chil- dren, we select one of his sons, Moses Sargent, in order to keep our line mostly in Sunapee. This son, Moses Sargent, married a distant cousin, Betsey Sargent, and remained on the old farm. He, too, was blessed with a family of ten children, one of whom was Moses Sargent. Said second Moses Sargent in his time produced a third Moses Sargent, the wallet-maker, whom we remember as the father of Fred M. Sargent, now living in Sunapee.
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