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Salisbury Bros.' furniture manufactory is located at West Randolph. "Their buildings were burned in 1880, and in 1881 the present commodious structure was erected. They do an extensive business, giving employment to about fifty men.
Samuel H. Brooks does a prosperous business in the manufacture of Brooks's patent hand force and suction pumps. He is located at West Ran- dolph.
Eli Camp's saw, planing and cider-mill is located on a branch of White river, one mile north of East Randolph. He does considerable business.
Other business enterprises are noticed in the general directory and also in the classified business list.
On account of the unsettled and disturbed state of the country, in conse- quence of the war with Great Britain, the quarrel with New York, and claims of New Hampshire, there was a manifest reluctance, on the part of the proprietors, to settling upon their lands, so that, in order to induce settlers to locate upon, and cultivate the soil, it was found necessary to offer pre- miums or bounties, the first of which was prepared at a meeting held May 13, 1779, as follows :---
" Voted, that for the encouragement of a speedy settlement of said Town- ship, those Proprietors who shall first enter upon and cultivate and continue to cultivate the lands in the town, shall have the privilege of pitching forty acres of intervale in Sd. Town, and also two hundred acres of upland, laying out the same in a regular form, and in such manner as not to make waste of land: reserving the privilege of Mills and Highways in the Town."
At the same meeting, and for the same object, this action was taken :--
" Voted, that for the encouragement of building a Grist Mill and a Saw Mill in said Township,-that Capn. Aaron Storrs have the privilege of pitch- ing the Mill Spot and one hundred acres of land, to include the Mill Spot, which is to be the first pitch, and to be purchased and Made Sure to him by the Proprietors-also one hundred acres more, to be pitched by said Storrs in any other part of the Township, not infringing on any other pitch previously made by any other Proprietor, and to be purchased and made sure to him by the Proprietors, as aforesaid ; said Saw Mill to be completed by the first day of April next, and the Grist Mill to be completed by the first day of April after,-Provided nothing interferes to obstruct the settlement of the town."
It was also voted at different meetings "That any person who will intro- duce two settlers on a right shall have the right of pitching a third hundred acres of upland in the township, after the first two hundred acres are pitched," and "to give the first woman that settles in Middlesex with a family, one hundred acres of Land."
The settlement of the town was commenced three or four years before the town was chartered, as near as can be ascertained. William Evans, John Parks, and Experience Davis were the first persons who wintered in the town- ship. Experience Davis, of Dresden, N. H., (now Hanover,) and who was one of the early settlers there, hearing from certain of the St. Regis Indians from the state of New York, who were at his place, of a very desirable tract
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of land upon " the Branches of the Three Rivers," accompanied them on their return, resolved if he was pleased with the land to commence a settle- ment there under the "Squatter law,"-an old English law that secured to- settlers in a new country the land they might fence and build a tenement on. The Indians guided him to the spot, and it appears he was pleased with the prospects, but he did nothing at this time more than to look over the ground; his affairs requiring him to return immediately to Dresden. 'This was in the summer of 1775. The next summer, 1776, he went up and appropriated to himself what of the land he could fence in three days. As he inclosed 1,533 acres, it is to be inferred he fenced according to law, " so brush would touch." He also chopped according to law, " a little," and " built a tenement"-a shanty-and returned to Dresden. The next year, 1777, Mr. Davis came on and took up his residence on his enclosed possessions ; but as he was an un- married man and not yet ready to marry, he soon found the solitary condition of being the only person in town so lonely, after a short time he went back to Dresden, and offered William Evans, one of his old neighbors, a farm off from his tract if he would make an immediate settlement. Mr. Evans ac- cepted the offer, brought on his family and built a house at a mile distant front Davis. Both parties had progressed somewhat with the clearing of their farms, when the burning of Royalton occurred and the capture of prisoners and taking of scalps by the Indians in their return to Canada in the towns through which they passed. Randolph was one of the towns which suffered. The Indians came up the Second branch of the river, near the clearing of Davis. They discovered him seated at his door mending a basket. He made no resistance, for he was surrounded before he saw them and knew too well the temper of his captors. They took him as their prisoner and what effects they coveted about his shanty, and then burned his hut to the ground. The Indians, taking with them their new prisoner, proceeded to the house of Mr. Evans. The family had either seen the smoke of Mr. Davis's house, or received the alarm in some other way and had escaped. The Indians not finding the family, burned the house and proceeded on their way about three miles further and encamped for the night.
The early settlers were mostly from Connecticut and Massachusetts. At just what time they were sufficiently numerous to form a regular town organ- ization is not known, or at what time the organization was effected cannot be determined with certainty, on account of the loss of the records concerning it ; but it seems probable that it was previous to March 31, 1783, as the records of that date show the organization to be in regular running order, with no allusion to a recent organization. Thompson's Vermont, gives the date of organization as March 31, 1783, and names Jehiel Woodward as the first town clerk.
Samuel Pember came from Ellington, Conn., about 1778, and located on the place now occupied by J. M. Pember. He was captured by the Indians at the time of the burning of Royalton, and taken to Canada, where he
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remained in captivity two years. After his release he brought his family to this town. He married Esther Read, by whom he had three sons and four daughters, viz .: Elijah, Samuel, Jacob R., Achsah, Lucy, Esther and Sophronia. Samuel, Jr., was born in this town in 1795, married Marilla Has- kell, and had born to him three sons and five daughters, viz .: Samuel H., of Bethel ; Esther, who died young ; Frances (Mrs. David S. Washburn), of this town ; Ellen, who was twice married, her second husband being William B. Paine, of Marblehead, Mass., where she died September 3, 1873 ; Ange- line, who died in 1852, aged eighteen years; Andrew J., now a resident of Bethel ; Esther M., of Massachusetts; and James M., who resides in this town on the old homestead. Thomas Pember, a brother of Samuel, Sr., was present at the burning of Royalton, where he was killed and scalped by the Indians. Tradition says that he had a double crown, and that the Indians received pay for two scalps.
Simeon and Moses Belknap, brothers, came from Connecticut to Randolph in 1779 or 1780. Simeon was captured by the Indians and taken to Canada. Moses located on the farm now occupied by George C. Brigham, reared three sons and seven daughters, of whom two daughters are now living - Sophronia, widow of Walter Perrin, of Hardwick, Caledonia county, aged ninety-five, and Susan B., widow of John Miles, aged eighty-eight, now living on a part of the Belknap homestead at East Randolph.
Zebulon Hebard, one of the first settlers of Randolph, came from Con- necticut and located on the place now occupied by W. I. Hebard. His son Enoch, born in this town, reared two children-Asa and Lovina (Mrs. Morse Flint). Asa, also born here, was reared on a farm, married a daugh- ter of Simeon Putnam, by whom he had one son and two daughters, viz .: William L., Lovina M. (Mrs. L. B. Atwood), of St. Johnsbury, and Olivia P. (Mrs. R. F. Tilson). W. L. Hebard, born in 1846, was reared on a farm, married, first, Mary Virgent, in 1872, who bore him two children, Maud M. and Asa B., dying in 1878; and second, Elizabeth, daughter of Addison and Susan (Powers) Way, in 1885, and they have one son, Guy A., born in 1886. Mr. Hebard occupies a part of the farm on which his great-grandfather first settled, and which has never been owned out of the Hebard family.
Aaron Storrs, from Hanover, N. H., with his wife, Rebecca Woodward, located on the " Gallup farm," where he built the first frame house in town, about 1782. He had a family of two sons and three daughters, viz .: David, who studied law and died in the prime of life; Rebecca (Mrs. French) ; Lydia (Mrs. Larned) ; Lucy (Mrs. Josiah Washburn), who died in this town ; and Aaron, 2d. The latter, born in this town in 1796, was reared on a farm, married, first, Betsey Smith, who bore him one daughter, Elizabeth (Mrs. Abel Kent), and second, Eliza, daughter of Wolcott and Agnes (Griswold) Allen, in 1838, who was born on the "Storrs place " in 1800, and by whom he had a daughter and a son, Delia Ann and Aaron Allen, the latter born in
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1843. Mr. Storrs is a farmer, and owns and occupies the Wolcott Allen farm. of 185 acres.
Lois Griswold, born in 1779, died in Hadley, Mass., in 1870. She was a daughter of Joseph and Margery (Dogall) Griswold, and came to Randolph at the age of five years. She married Barney Bigelow, in 1808, and reared one daughter and two sons, viz .: Abbie, Frederick and Samuel. Abbie was born in Brookfield in 1809, married Joseph Partridge in 1829, and had born to her six sons, as follows : Joseph G., of Montana; Charles M., a civil engineer, of Buffalo, N. Y .; Edwin E., of Pennsylvania; Frederick, a soldier, who died in the army in 1863 ; George B., killed in battle in 1864; and John J., who died in 1860, aged fourteen years. Mr. Partridge died in 1873. Mrs. Partridge survives him.
Jonathan Carpenter, with his wife, Olive Sessions, from Rehoboth, Mass., came to Randolph previous to 1785, and located on the Bailey Adams farm, where he kept hotel. He had a family of five sons and two daughters, viz .: Fanny, Marshall, Chester, Elias, George and Orinda, all deceased, and Dan- ford, a resident of Grand Rapids, Mich. Elias was born in this town in 1792, married Orinda, daughter of Sylvanus and Lefe (Edson) Blodgett, in 1818, and had born to him three sons and four daughters, as follows: Augus- tus B., Orpha, Elias D., Lefe Lucina, Sylvanus B., Orpha O. (Mrs. John B. Mead, who died May 6, 1877), and Ellen O. Sylvanus B., born in 1828, was reared upon a farm, married, first, Laura, daughter of Luther and Lydia (Read) Adams, in 1854, by whom he had one daughter, Mary Ellen, who died in 1857, aged two years. His wife died in 1857, and in 1862 he married Ellen A., daughter of Alden S. and Betsey (Kendall) Loomis, and they have an adopted son, George Walter, and an adopted daughter, Jennella Marie. Mr. Carpenter owns and occupies the old John Perrin homestead of sixty acres, on road 83. He kept the "Students' Home," a boarding-house, in Randolph, from April, 1879, to May, 1884.
Isaac Thayer came from Massachusetts with his wife, Abby Lamson, and located in this town about 1785. They had five sons and two daughters, of whom William H. H., born in this town in 1812, was reared upon a farm, married, first, Sarah Lewis, who bore him one son, Lewis P., born in 1854. His wife died in 1862, and in 1863 he wedded with Abbie E. Jones. Lewis P. married Alice, daughter of A. A. and Betsey (Loomis) Smith, in 1878, and they have one daughter, Maurine L. Mr. L. P. Thayer is editor of the Herald and News, and resides on Highland avenue, West Randolph.
Nathaniel Moulton, from Munson, Mass., came with his wife to this town about 1787. They had three sons and four daughters. One son, Howard Lewis, (born in 1793, died in 1858,) married, first, Harty King, by whom he had one son and three daughters, viz .: Nathaniel L., who died in infancy ;. Eliza K. (Mrs. Lewis Spencer), of Lebanon, N. H .; Nancy K. (Mrs. John Huntington), who resides on the homestead; and Lydia (Mrs. Jonas G. Sar- gent), of Warren, Washington county. Mrs. Moulton died in 1834, and he
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married, second, Laura Ann Craig, in 1847, who bore him one daughter, Jen- nie A. (Mrs. Harvey Cutting), of Michigan.
Elisha Lillie and wife, Lavina Story, came from Windham, Conn., to Ran- dolph, about 1789, and located on the farm now occupied by George L. Howard. They had three sons and four daughters, viz .: Huldah, born in 1790; Lovinia, born in 1792 ; Amanda, in 1794; Elisha, Jr., in 1795 ; Orra, in 1797 ; Horatio, in 1799; Ludovicus, in 1809. Elijah, Jr., married Han- nah, daughter of Oliver and Mary (Story) Booth, in 1822, who bore him four sons and one daughter, viz .: Orra A. (Mrs. O. Tyler), of East Randolph ; Elhanan T., of West Randolph; Oliver C., who died in 1880; Carlos M., of California ; and Horatio, who died young. Elhanan T., born in 1824, married, first, Eliza Burt, and second, Charlotte A., daughter of Samuel and Lucinda Belcher, in 1859, who bore him one son and four daughters, viz .: Cora E., who married George S. Jones, and died in 1886; Alice H. (Mrs. J. Samuel Pressy); Bertha O. and Bessie O., twins, who died in infancy ; and Charles H., who died young. In 1863 Mr. Lillie enlisted in Co. G, 9th Vt. Vols, and served about two years. He resides on School street in West Randolph village.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Heath, brothers, came from Connecticut and located in Randolph previous to 1790,-Abraham where J. R. Burrage now lives, Isaac where Ethan Godfrey now lives, and Jacob on the farm now occupied by J. C. Flint. Isaac married Sarah Tiffany, and reared one son and two daughters-Rebecca, Otis H. and Sarah. Otis H. was born in a floorless shanty in 1796, and died in 1866. He married Betsey, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Mann) Riford, in 1823, and their children were Betsey R., Lavina H., Aurilla M., Sarah (Mrs. J. C. Flint), born in 1830, Alzina R .. Olivia (Mrs. J. R. Burrage), Octavia J., and Ruth E. (Mrs. Ethan Godfrey). Otis Heath was crushed under a load of logs and instantly killed. Three granddaughters of Isaac Heath-Mrs. Flint, Mrs. Burrage, and Mrs. God- frey-reside on the farms first settled by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and which have always been in the possession of some member of the Heath family.
John Morrill, with his wife, Mariann Abbott, came to Randolph about 1790. They had four sons and five daughters, of whom Gilbert, born in 1813, married Sally, daughter of John and Sally (Story) Sprague, in 1837, and their children were Mary M. (Mrs. John H. Blaisdell), Olivia (Mrs. Jasper H. Wood), and an adopted son, William S. Morrill. Gilbert Morrill's wife died in 1886. He resides with his daughter, Mrs. J. H. Blaisdell.
Dea. Abner Morse, of Fitzwilliam, N. H., with his wife, Betsey Byam, located on the farm where their grandson, C. Nelson Morse, now lives, in 1790. They had five sons and one daughter, viz .: Luther, Gracie, Calvin, Coburn, Ira, and Abiel. Ira, born in 1805, married Loretta, daughter of Holly and Betsey (Moody) Jones, in 1831, and reared seven sons and two daughters, of whom C. Nelson and Dana H. reside in this town. Dana H.
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married Emma C., daughter of Ephraim and Abigail (Spear) Thayer, in 1864, and they have one son and two daughters, Cassius T., Belle T., and Mary E. Cassius T., aged twenty years, who was unfortunately insane, having been confined at the asylums of Brattleboro and Concord, was brought home in March, 1886, by Frank Davis, a keeper at the asylum. At the expiration of Davis's term of service, and on the morning he was to leave, October 25, while seated at the breakfast table, Cassius T. came stealthily behind Davis and struck him with an axe. The axe cleft the skull and buried itself deeply in the brain of the unsuspecting victim. C. Nelson Morse was born in 1835 on the old homestead which he now owns and occupies, and which has never been owned outside of the Morse family.
Phineas Moulton, with his wife, Molly Blodgett, from Munson, Mass., located in this town about 1791, and built a house near what is now the old homestead. They had eight sons and two daughters, of whom Phineas lived on the Kelley farm, where he died in 1856; Stillman lived on the place now occupied by Silas Chadwick, where he died in 1878; Molly (Mrs. David Davis) lived and died in this town; Nellie married Joseph Morton ; the other children were Jude, James, Daniel, Freeman, John, and Horace. The latter was born in Randolph in 1794, and in 1826 married Lucy, daugh- ter of Rev. Samuel and Lucy (Patch) Smith, and their children were: Lucia S., now living on the homestead ; Justin H., born in 1830; Celia L. (Mrs. Theodore Chamberlain), of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Gilman S., born in 1834 ; Clar- ence F., born in 1837 ; and Adeline L., who lives at home with her sister Lucia. Horace Moulton died August 21, 1862, and his wife November 12, 1 885.
Elijah Pember, son of Samuel and Esther (Read) Pember, was born in this town in 1791. He married Sylvia, daughter of Israel and Ruth (Wood) Kiblee, and their children were Lucia (Mrs. George Wilbur), of Brookfield ; Maria (Mrs. Ezra Joslyn), of Illinois ; Elijah, Jr., of Hartford, Conn. ; Harvey C. and Thomas, of Randolph ; Sophronia R. (Mrs. L. Chadwick), of Bethel ; Sylvia, who died at the age of three years ; George R., who died in infancy ; and George R., 2d. The latter was born in 1834, married, first, Augusta O., daughter of Squire and Tryphena (Bailey) Claflin, in 1870, by whom he had one daughter, Nettie M., born in 1872. His wife died in 1874, and in 1876 Mr. Pember married Sarah M., daughter of Stephen J. and Olive H. (Hodges) George, of Barnard, Windsor county, who bore him one son, Frankie E., who died in 1882, aged four years. Mr. Pember is a pros- perous farmer, owns the farm of 120 acres upon which he was born, and which has always been owned by the Pember family.
Thomas Lamson, from Brookfield, Conn., located in this town about 1792. He married Anna, daughter of Gideon and Rachel (Heath) Martin, in 1785, and located on the place now occupied by Irvin Lamson. They had five sons and nine daughters, as follows: Ira, born in 1786, (killed by a falling tree, and the first person buried in the cemetery,) Achsah (Mrs. Grainger),
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Nancy (Mrs. Belcher Salisbury), Catharine (Mrs. Richard Lyman), Harvey (deceased), Foster (deceased), Sabrina, Lucinda and Anna (twins), born in 1803, Annie (Mrs. Earl C. DuBois), Thomas, who resides in this town, Ira (deceased), and Eliza (Mrs. Samuel Mann). Thomas married Esther, daugh- ter of Elisha Mann, and has had born to him four sons and one daughter, viz .: Irvin, Mary H. (deceased), Jasper H. and Whitcomb E. Mr. Lam- son resides in West Randolph.
John Gifford, from Ellington, Conn., with his wife, Cynthia Kimball, came to Randolph on horseback about 1792 and located on Gifford hill, on the farm now occupied by H. R. Wright. They had a family of five sons and four daughters, of whom Friend, born in 1802, married Armida, daughter of Gil- bert and Sabra (Graves) Smith, in 1827, by whom he had three sons and two daughters -- John, Horace, Henry, Charlott and Cynthia (Mrs. H. T. Smith). John, born in 1828, married, first, Eliza Allen, in 1857, who died in 1858, and second, Celia A., daughter of J. S. and Celia (Cushing) Allen, in 1858, who bore him three sons and two daughters, viz .: Emma E., Charles C., Myrtie M. (died in 1872, aged three years), Perley J. and Walter A. Mr. John Gifford is a farmer, and owns and occupies the old Keith farm of 250 acres on road 55.
Milan Hebard, born in Windham, Conn., in 1762, married Betsey Burn- ham in 1793, and in 1794 located in this town on the farm now occupied by Harris Holman. They reared a family of two sons and three daughters, of whom Salima (deceased) married Enoch Hebard ; Merina (deceased) mar- ried John Sessions; Lucius died in this town in 1875; Eliza (Mrs. John Sessions) died here October 21, 1886; Erastus, born here in ISoo, is the old- est native resident of the town. He married Nancy, daughter of Comfort and Susan (Austin) Carpenter, in 1827, and they reared two sons and three daughters, viz .: Susan C., born in 1828; Marshall died young ; Marcia, born in 1835, married J. E. Briggs, and died in Newark, N. Y., in 1884; Dr. Charles Tilson, born in 1838, resides in Mondovi, Wis .; and Mary mar- ried Rev. J. R. Cushing, of Westboro, Mass. Erastus Hebard's wife died March 18, 1886; he resides on South Main street, West Randolph village. Lucius Hebard married Irene, daughter of Joseph and Polly (Parmly) Butts, by whom he had children as follows: William B., of Braintree ; Joseph B., of Washington Territory ; George L., Jane E. (Mrs. Kellogg), Milan, Eras- tus, James H. and Ludolph P., of this town ; Julius H., who died in 1856, aged twenty-five years ; and Laura I. (Mrs. Charles Wyman), of Brookfield. Ludolph P. was born in 1836. In 1857 he married Roxana W., daughter of Ezra and Sophia (Leonard) West, and widow of Julius H. Hebard, who had one daughter, Irene, who died in 1874, aged twenty years. He has one daughter, Louisa P. (Mrs. Albert T. Morse), who has a daughter, Stella S., born in 1886. Mr. Hebard owns and occupies the Judge J. K. Parish farm of 105 acres on road 1.
Abial and Simeon Edson came from Connecticut and settled in this town
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in 1795. Abial located on the farm where Loren A. and Lucien A. Edson now reside. He married Sarah Kibbee, by whom he had two sons and three daughters, of whom Loren A. is the only one now living. Loren A. was born in 1803, married Harriet Story in 1840, who bore him one son, Lucien A, born in 1843. She died in 1854. Loren A. and Lucien A. own and occupy the homestead where they were born, on road 21, and the place has never been owned outside the Edson family.
Asahel Brainerd, son of Elijah and Lucy (Smith) Brainerd, was born in Haddam, Conn., in 1771, and died in this town in 1865. He married Lydia, daughter of Titus and Lydia (Chapman) Loveland, in 1796, and came to Randolph in December of the same year, with an ox-team and sled, and was several weeks performing the journey. He first located on the farm now occupied by James Welch, where he remained about five years, when he sold out and bought the farm on road 61 now occupied by his daughters Orpha and Lydia. He had one son, Asaliel, (born in 1797, died in 1851,) and two daughters, named above. Asahel married, first, Mary Ann Morrill, in 1824, and they had one son and two daughters, Mary Ann, Ezra and Louisa. His wife died in 1833, and in 1837 he wedded with Sarah Wright, widow of WV. Flagg. Of his children, Louisa married Dr. William B. Chamberlain, of Worcester, Mass .; Mary Ann married N. L. Sheldon, also of Worcester ; and Ezra A. wedded with Mary Sanborn, who bore him three sons-Charles, who was drowned in 1866 at the age of twelve years, Walter and Frederick.
William Osgood, son of Abijah and Elizabeth (Sprague) Osgood, was born on Osgood hill in 1798. He first united in marriage with Almira Dibble, who bore him four sons and two daughters, when she died. He next mar- ried Dolly, daughter of Timothy Higgins, (widow, first, of R. C. Stevens, and second of W. Smith,) in 1855, who bore him one son, Arthur G., born in 1857. Arthur G. married Annie H., daughter of George and Nellie (Smith) Davenport, in 1883, and they have one daughter, Ina Adaline. He is a mer- chant, a member of the firm of Carter & Osgood, and also a farmer. His store and residence are in East Randolph. William Osgood died in 1884.
Joseph Griswold, the first man by the name that settled in Randolph, was born in 1728, in the southern part of England. He, with two brothers older than himself, emigrated to America about the year 1750. The two brothers being married, they settled. Some two years after their arrival, Joseph was swimming in the Connecticut river, and was seized with cramp-and a young man in company with him dragged him to the shore. All his efforts to restore him were fruitless, and he hastily covered him with his clothes and ran to the wigwam of an Indian medicine-man for aid. The Indian was not at home ; but his daughter, Margery ,returned with him, and after a long time succeeded in resuscitating the drowned man. He was so helpless and weak that it was many days before he was able to leave the wigwam. Margery had been his constant and attentive nurse and companion. Her father was skilled in all the lore of a learned Indian, and being the younger brother of a powerful
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