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32 NELSON, + (Abner,3 Jacob,2 Jacob1) b. Jan. 6, 1822; m. Oct. 29, 1861, Eliza A., dau. of Gilman Barnett; d. July 19, 1881. Farmer on homestead with his brother George.
Children :
i. Martha Frances, b. Aug. 29, 1862; m. June 12, 1894, Frederic Hodgdon of Rumford Point, Me., merchant.
ii. Abner, b. Sept. 30, 1864. Merchant at Lancaster, N. H., with his brother Louis, since April, 1892. They have been twice burned out, and are now located in a fine brick block built by themselves in 1899, on corner of Main and Middle streets.
iii. Louis Gilman, b. Sept. 18, 1866; m. June 24, 1896, Clara W. Jacobs of L. Res. Lancaster, N. H.
iv. William Nelson, b. June 17, 1870; d. Jan. 17, 1890.
v. Florence V., b. March 30, 1872; d. Sept. 26, 1888.
vi. Helen M., b. Feb. 8, 1875; d. Apr. 15, 1877.
vii. Mabel Louise, b. June 28, 1878; d. Oct. 21, 1888.
viii. Albert Edward, b. May 18, 1880; d. Apr. 3, 1882.
33 MILO,4 (Abner, 3 Jacob,2 Jacob1) b. Feb. 4, 1824; m. Ellen, dau. Samuel Page. Merchant at Haverhill Corner many years and res. there.
Children :
i. Anna Gertrude.
ii. Maud Edith, m. Ned Barber of Haverhill.
4 JAMES,2 (Jacob1) b. Oct. 1, 1757; d. April 19, 1784. "Killed by an accident," his grave stone says. Old people used to say that he came to his death by foul means. Served in the revolutionary war, and was taken prisoner on the evening of June 15, 1782 by the party which had just failed in their attempt to capture his father. He was returning from the sawmill, bareheaded and barefooted, and was carried to Canada in that condition and held a prisoner for several months. He m. Sarah, dau. Capt. John G. Bayley, (b. Nov. 25, 1765). After his death she m. Otho Stevens, q. v. C., Lydia, who m. a Mr. Cunningham of Bradford and went West. 2d, James A., b. Jan. 23, 1784; m. Mary Christie, who d. Dec. 16, 1854. He d. Dec. 14, 1866.
Children :
i. Abigail L., b. Dec. 14, 1809; m. Oct. 22, 1838, Joseph Chamberlin, (Joseph, 3 Joseph,2 Richard1) q. v.
ii. Mary Ann, b. July 4, 1812; m., March 1, 1854, James Gage; d. July 28, 1896.
iii. Sophronia, b. May 18, 1815; m. Feb. 4, 1848, Charles J. Scott ; d. Feb. 20, 1888.
iv. Thomas C., b. Nov. 11, 1817 ; d. Nov. 27, 1842.
v. Josiah L., b. Aug. 15, 1820; d. Aug. 21, 1839.
vi. Richard, b. Feb. 8, 1824. Res. Lancaster, N. H.
vii. Harriet. b. May 15, 1829; m. Cyrus son of James Gage. He d. at Sherbrooke, P. Q., Jan. 28, 1899. She d. at Sherbrooke, Oct. 17, 1898; buried at Newbury.
5 COL. JOHN BAYLEY,3 (John,2 Jacob1) b. Newbury, May 20, 1765; m. May 5, 1785, Betsey, dau. of Capt. John G. Bayley, q. v., (b. Jan. 29, 1770; d. Dec. 24, 1788) ; one c .. Prudence, b. Apr. 28, 1786; m. Dea. John Buxton, q. v .; m. 2d, Nov. 19, 1789, Hannah, dau. of Ezekiel and Ruth (Hutchins)
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Ladd; (b. Haverhill, May 13, 1772) ; served a short time in guarding and scouting, ncar the end of the revolutionary war; Lieut .- Col. in the war of 1812; Colonel in the militia ; lived some years at West Newbury on the "Atwood place"; returned to the Ox-bow, and lived in a two-story house opposite the cemetery, where he d. July 26, 1839. His family was very prominent in the Meth. ch.
Children by 2d marriage:
ii. Betsey, b. Oct. 30, 1790; m. Dr. Samuel Putnam, q. v.
iii. George W., b. June 15, 1792.
34 35 iv. Jeffrey A., b. Feb. 21, 1794.
v. Hannah, b June 10, 1796; m. Dr. John Stevens, q. v.
vi. Lucia, b. June 8, 1798; m. Tappan Stevens, q. v.
vii. Adaline, b. Apr. 25, 1800 ; d. Apr. 20, 1803.
36 viii. John H., b. Feb. 25, 1802.
ix. Adaline, b. July 10, 1804; m. Dec. 11, 1828, Moses Rogers, q. v.
x. Jane, b. Oct. 15, 1806; m. Arnold Johnson of Barnet.
xi. Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1808; m. Thomas Thornton.
34 GEORGE WASHINGTON,3 (John,2 Jacob1) b. June 15, 1792; m. May 25, 1820, at Rutland, Lucia M. Reed. Res. Saratoga, N. Y., where their three c. were b. Removed to Baton Rouge, La., 1830. Carpenter. His wife returning from a visit to New York, with her youngest child and sister was ship wrecked. She and her sister were drowned, but the child was picked up on the beach and saved.
35 JEFFREY AMHERST,3 (John,2 Jacob1) b. Feb. 22, 1794. Served in the war of 1812. Colonel in militia. Lived in Newbury, then in Stanstead, P. Q., (1830-34) and Newbury. where Rev. G. N. Bryant nowlives. Wheelwright. He m. Dec. 2, 1819, Melissa, dau. of Col, Simeon Stevens, q. v., (b. Oct. 3, 1798; d. Sept. 9, 1885 at Evanston, Ill., buried in Newbury). He d. Oct. 12, 1858.
Children :
i. Hannah Stevens, b Sept. 6, 1820; m. Oct. 26, 1842, John Alonzo, son of John and Hannah (Putnam) Pearsons, (b. Bradford, Sept. 8, 1818; rem. to Evanston, Ill., and built in 1853, the first house in that place. Mr. and Mrs. Pearsons have been intimately connected with the development and growth of Northwestern University from its beginning, and their house has been the home of many students who were preparing for the ministry. C., (1) Henry Alonzo, b. Aug. 14, 1843; enlisted in the 8th Ill. Cav .; pro. to Lieut .; served four years, 1861-65; m. Jan. 3, 1867, Catharine J. West ; one son, Henry Putnam, b. Jan. 15, 1873. (2) Lucy Isabella, b. Mar. 9, 1848; m. Rev. Wilbur F. Mappin : c., Alice and Lillian M. (3) Charles Edward, b. May 6; d. Oct. 15, 1862, (4) Helen M., b. Dec. 4, 1865; m. July 8, 1890, Rev. Harvey R. Calkins; d. Mar. 27, 1893.
ii. Betsey, b. Dcc. 2, 1822; d. Dee. 11, same year.
iii. Marian Wallace. b. Oct. 12, 1824; m. Jan. 2, 1843, Rev. Zadoc Seymour Haynes (b. Guilford, Vt., May 15, 1816. In Methodist Episcopal ministry, 1842 till death. At Newbury, 1865-7. Pastor of Methodist church, 1868-71). C., (1) Emery J., b. Cabot, Feb. 6, 1846. Graduated Wesleyan University, 1867. Pastor of several prominent Methodist and Baptist churches. Now engaged in literary work. Hc m. 1st, May 6, 1869, Jennie Crowell of Norwich, Conn., who d. April 26, 1873; 2d, Grace Farley of Poughkeepsie; N. Y. 3 c. (2) Carlos J., b. June, 1849. (3) Albert, b. March 9, 1855. (4) Hattic, b. April, 1857. Graduated Wesleyan University. iv. Sarah,b . March 25, 1826; m. Dec. 13, 1848, Daniel Wooster Stevens.
v. Melissa, b. April 4, 1828; d. Oct. 16, 1887; m. July 22, 1850, Rev. Joseph Elijah King. q. v.
vi. William Little Stevens, b. Mareh 5, 1830; teaeher; m. 1st, Aug. 15, 1854, Maria Louise, dau. of David Goodall of Bath; 2d, Ellen Hewes; d.
vii. Harriet Amelia, b. July 3, 1833; m. Nov. 1868, George Shuttleworth ; d. Oct. 14, 1898.
viii. Ellen Augusta, b. Aug. 22, 1836; m. Oet. 15, 1857, George Batchelder.
ix. Charles Francis, b. Sept. 12, 1839; soldier in the civil war; d. Sept. 19, 1874, unm.
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x. Sophia Louise, b. Oct. 14, 1843; m. Jan. 31, 1867, Ezekiel T. Johnson of Buffalo, N. Y .; d. B. May 17, 1870.
36 JOHN H.,3 (John,2 Jacob1) b. Feb. 26, 1802; m. Feb. 27, 1823, Harriet, dau. of Samuel Rogers, and removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where she is living (1901) at the age of 97.
Children :
i. John, d. y.
11. Charles, lives in Canada.
iii. Elizabeth, m. a Mr. Savage; res. Penn Yan, N. Y. C. living, (1) John of Illinois. (2) Helen, a teacher of Brooklyn, N. Y.
6 ISAAC,2 (Jacob1) b. June 29, 1767. Farmer on the Ox-bow, built the house in which his grandson, Henry W. Bailey, now lives. Was justice of the peace many years, and generally known as "Esq. Isaac." Town clerk 19 years. County clerk, 1801-12. Representative, 1805, 1815, 1825. Member of a council of censors; m. March 25, 1788, Betsey, dau. of Col. Thomas Johnson, (b. Feb. 28, 1770; d. March 13, 1844). He d. August 30, 1850. Children :
i. Amelia, b. Aug. 5, 1788; m. Sept. 26, 1810, Col. William Barron of Bradford; d. April 6, 1816. C., (1) Elizabeth, m. Joseph M. Bean of Lyme. N. H. (2) Mary, m. Silas Burbank of Montpelier.
ii. Betsey L., b. Jan. 26, 1790; m. Simeon Stevens, q. v.
111. Clarissa, b. Feb. 4, 1792; m. John Chamberlain, q. v .; d. Dec. 27, 1819.
37 Thomas J., b. Nov. 30, 1793; d. 1868.
iv.
38 Isaac A., b. Oct. 17, 1795.
39 vi. Richard W., b. Nov. 20, 1797; d. July 31, 1848.
vii. Abigail J., b. Dec. 20, 1799; d. Sept. 5, 1830.
viii. Nancy D., b. Dec. 6. 1801; d. Aug. 8, 1810.
40 ix. Harry C., b. Feb. 10, 1804.
x. Susan W., b. Aug. 30, 1806; d. July 24, 1810.
xi. Horatio N., b. Oct. 1, 1808; d. Aug. 5, 1810.
xii. Susan, b. July 25, 1810; d. Nov. 2, 1815.
xiii. Nancy, b. Dec. 29, 1812; d. Nov. 12, 1834.
37 THOMAS J., 3 (Isaac,2 Jacob1) b. Nov. 30, 1793; merchant at Boston; m. 1st, July, 1819, Eliza Handley, (b. Acton, Mass., 1791; d. 1854) ; 2nd, Sophia Williams, (d. 1859) ; 3d, Augusta Foster, (who m. 2d, Prof. Stems of Harvard College; d. 1873). He d. 1869.
Children :
i. William B., b. 1819; d. 1894.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 1821; m. George Bemis of Boston; d. 1859.
iii. Amelia, b. 1823; d. 1837.
41 iv. Thomas, b. 1827.
v. Horace, b. 1829; enlisted in 22d Mass .; d. in Boston, from wounds received at the battle of the Wilderness, 1864.
vi. Henrietta, m. Charles M. White, who d. 1889; res. Winthrop, Mass.
vii. Mary E., m. George E. Carbee of Newbury; res. Burlington.
viii. Charles H., emigrated to the island of Ceylon in 1857 and d. from sunstroke.
38 ISAAC ALPHA,3 (Isaac,2 Jacob1) b. Oct. 17, 1795; m. Feb. 2, 1826, Ruth. dau. Raymond Chamberlin, (d. April 7, 1854) ; farmer on homestead ; d. July 7, 1880.
Children :
i. Jacob, b. Dec. 24, 1826; d. Feb. 10, 1827.
ii. Harvey W., b June 7, 1828; m. Nov. 20, 1856, Hannah Jane Bailey, who d. Nov. 2, 1863. He d. Jan. 15, 1901, at Chattanooga, Tenn. C., (1) Gertrude M., b. June 16, 1858. (2) Frederick, b. July 7, 1859.
iii. Amelia, b. July 12, 1833 ; d. June 6, 1896.
iv. Martha H., b. July 8, 1835; d. July 19, 1838.
v. Henry Ward, b. Feb. 10, 1839; farmer on homestead, also musician. See p. 345 and war record; m. Jan. 26, 1865, Julia Ellen, dau. of Jacob G. and Abigail (Hazen) Dutton of Hartford, Vt. C., (1) Agnes Ellen, b. Dec. 3, 1865. (2) Frank Dutton, b. Dec. 15, 1867. (3) William Henry, b. Aug. 4, 1871.
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39 RICHARD W,3 (Isaac,2 Jacob1) b. Nov. 20, 1797; merchant in Boston; m. Martha Bates; d. Troy, N. Y., July 31, 1848.
Children :
i. Henry, disappeared and never heard from.
ii. James, merchant in Boston; d. there leaving a widow and children.
iii. Ellen, m. Dec. 2, 1847, Joseph C. Bayley ; three sons.
iv. George, m.
v. Martha, unm.
40 HARRY CROSWELL, 3 (Isaac,2 Jacob1) b. Feb. 10, 1804; m. 1st, May 26, 1828, Lucy Ann, dau. of Capt. Uriah Ward of Haverhill, (b. Aug. 10, 1808; d. March 22, 1841); 2d, Nov. 18, 1841, Maria, dau. of Joseph Herbert of Haverhill, who d. Oct. 27, 1858; 3d, 1860, Sarah, dau. of Calvin Jewett, (b. St. Johnsbury, Sept. 30, 1815). Farmer on the Ox-bow; lived where Mrs. E. E. Miller now lives; a quiet, industrious, unassuming man, and a faithful member of the Cong. ch., from March 6, 1842, till death, Aug. 5, 1879.
Children, three by 1st and three by 2nd marriage :
i. Harriet Elizabeth, b. 1830; m. Nov. 25, 1852, Ezra B. Chamberlain, q. v.
ii. Sarah Ward, b. April 9, 1834; d. 1856.
iii. Mary Belle, b. Feb. 2, 1839; d. 1841.
iv. Harriet, b. 1843; d. 1859.
Susan M., b. 1845; m. George Carbee; d. 1878.
vi. Charles H., b. 1847.
41 THOMAS,4 (Thomas J.,3 Isaac,2 Jacob1) b. Boston, Apr. 10, 1827. Educated at the Boston Latin School. Organized and drilled the 116th Ill. Vols. in the civil war, and was appointed by President Lincoln colonel of the 9th regiment U. S. colored troops, and participated in some of the battles before Richmond. After the close of the war he was ordered to service on the Rio Grande and was not mustered out till 1867. Now Notary Public at St. Louis, Mo .; m. 1864, Lizzie Thomas of Belleville, Ill., who d. 1869. Children :
i. Clara, d. Decatur, Ill., Sept. 10, 1880.
ii. Mary Isabelle, d. Belleville, Ill., Jan. 4, 1884.
BAYLEY.
ENOCH, son of Joshua Bayley, and brother of Gen. Jacob Bayley, was born in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 20, 1719. He graduated at Harvard College, and entered the ministry, and, according to generally accepted accounts. became a chaplain to the Massachusetts troops in the old French war, and d. at Crown Point in 1757. He m. Priscilla Frye, and their children were Frye, who settled in this town, Sarah, Elizabeth and Enoch. Sarah m. Farnum Hall of Methuen, Mass. Elizabeth m. George Smith, a Scotchman, and settled at Nassau, New Providence. Enoch was a shipmaster and lived in Baltimore. He m. Dorothea Gardner, a German woman. Frye, the oldest of the family, b. Newbury, Mass., Jan. 1, 1749, O. S. Hc was induced by his uncle, Col. (afterwards General) Jacob Bayley, to come to Newbury at the age of fourtcen, and was made a grantee of the town. He settled on a farm which included the two northerly rights on Cow meadow. He built a log house at the foot of the hill, at the north end of the meadow, and in 1775 dug the cellar and began the house in which J. G. Learned, the present owner of the farm now lives. The frame was not raised till two years later, and the house was not completed till after the war. In March, 1776, he was one of the four men employed by Col. Thomas Johnson to go with him, and mark out a road for the passage of troops to St. Johns. In the spring he joined the army in Canada as an ensign. A fragment of his diary, kept during the retreat, is elsewhere given. In October, 1777, he commanded a company which went from Newbury to Saratoga, which rendered valuable service, and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. In December, 1777, he was sent to Canada by order of Maj. General Gates, with a flag, to escort a British officer; Nehemiah Lovewell of Newbury, and John Powell of Strafford, were the others of the party. They were overtaken by a severe storm, their
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provisions were exhausted, and they came near starving. On arriving in Canada their flag was disregarded, and they were thrown into prison where he remained a year, returning to Boston by way of Halifax, after being exchanged, Oct. 8, 1778. He was captain of a company attached to Col. Peter Olcott's regiment, in guarding and scouting till May, 1781. Captain also of a company under Col. Robert Johnston, from that date till the end of the war, in similar duty. He was often dispatched by Gen. Bayley on important service. After the war he settled on his farm, and was engaged in a great amount of town and county business, and was colonel in the militia. He also accumulated an extensive library, for those days, and many of the books are still preserved in this town. Being appointed sheriff of the county, he rem. to Chelsea, where he spent his last years, receiving in old age a pension of $250 per annum. In his prime he was one of the most prominent men in the county; his acquaintance was very extensive; and the services rendered, and hardships undergone by him in the service of the country were excelled by very few in the Coos region. Yet, from the fact that he is mentioned only once, casually, by Rev. Grant Powers, his memory has been neglected, and his services are forgotten. He was very hospitable and many noted men gathered under his roof. The members of this family were buried in the garden of the house in which Mr. Learned now lives, but when the farm was sold in 1863, their remains were removed to the cemetery at the Ox-bow. He m., 1st, Deborah, dau. of Daniel Tillotson, q. v., (b. 1748; d. Jan. 30, 1772.) Her funeral sermon, by Rev. Peter Powers, was printed, and is supposed to be the first publication in this town. He m. 2d, Mary Porter, (b. 1753; d. Jan. 15, 1807). She was a member of the Congregational church. He m. 3d, Mrs. Eddy of Chelsea. He d. Jan. 11, 1827; buried at Newbury. Children, one by 1st and twelve by 2d marriage:
i. Abigail, b. March 25, 1770; in. Daniel Tillotson of Orford; d. September, 1848. Their son, B. F. Tillotson was prominent in Orford.
ii. Deborah, b. Nov. 24, 1773; d. Sept. 10, 1777.
iii. Anne, b. Sept. 14, 1775; d. July 19, 1776. (See diary.)
iv. Mary, b. Nov. 7, 1777 ; d. Nov. 18, 1778.
vi.
V. Enoch, b. Sept. 20, 1779. Thrown from a horse and killed, Aug. 16, 1792. Sarah, b. Aug. 19, 1781; d. Aug. 23, 1863.
vii. Lavinia, b. Nov. 24, 1783; d. June 18, 1817.
viii. Frye, b. March 21, 1786. Farmer on homestead. Was a man of great intelligence. Many of the incidents related in the earlier part of this volume came through him. He d. June 30. 1837.
ix. Gardner, b. Feb. 3, 1789. Settled on the eastern shore of Maryland and m. in Baltimore, Elizabeth Howard, by whom he had one son, James, who d. y., and m. 2d, a Mrs. Goldsboro. Res. where he d. about 1850, at Cambridge, Md.
x. Hannah, b. March 5, 1791. She lived on the homestead with her sister after the death of their brother Frye, until her death, the last of the family here. She d. Oct. 18, 1863.
xi. Elizabeth, b. June, 1793; d. June 26, 1812.
xii. John Morris, b. Oct. 13, 1795. Grad. at Harvard College. Settled in Baltimore where he was a lawyer; m. Elizabeth Evans; d. 1823. Three c. xiii. Enoch, b. Jan. 29, 1800. Episcopal clergyman in Maryland, where he m. Gertrude Travers. Three c. Died in Vienna, Dorchester county.
BAYLEY.
JOHN G. This family, having a common ancestor with that of General Jacob Bayley is related to it in many ways. The early ancestry is the same. John1 the emigrant; John2 (1615-1691); Joseph,3 (brother of Isaac, the grandfather of Gen. Jacob Bayley), was killed by the Indians in 1723, near Portland, Me .; m. 1st, a Miss Putnam of Danvers and 2d, "Widow Sarah Giddings." By the latter he had a son Daniel,4 who had several sons, one of whom, known as John Gideon Bayley,5 was somewhat prominent in his time. He m. in 1764 Abigail, dau. of Col. Moses and Abigail (Bayley) Little, a niece of Gen. Jacob Bayley. The marriage was opposed by her parents and they came to Newbury, and settled on Musquash meadow, on
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part of what is now F. E. Kimball's farm. Some time subsequent to the revolution they removed to West Newbury and settled where William Carleton now lives, where he d. in the winter of 1816-17. Abigail Bayley Little was b. Apr. 2, 1749. She was a woman of remarkable strength of character, and showed great bravery during many emergencies of the revolutionary war. She d. Sept. 23. 1838, having, says Mrs. J. D. Martin, 250 descendants at the time of her death. Capt. John G. Bayley commanded a company in Col. Peter Olcott's regiment, from April, 1777, to May, 1779. This company only served during several alarms in guarding and scouting, few of the men serving more than two months. He commanded a company in 1780, and seems to have had the general oversight of affairs in the abscences of Gen. Bayley, and was several times sent by him as bearer of important messages. He represented the town (says Deming's catalogue) in the convention at Cornish, 1778, Town Representative 1781, 1785, also delegate to the convention which met at Windsor June 4, 1777. (See Town Officers). On account of his opposition to Rev. Peter Powers during the last years of his ministry, he is not mentioned by Rev. Grant Powers.
Children :
i. Sarah, b. Nov. 25, 1765; m. 1st, James, son of Gen. Jacob Bayley, q. v. 2d, Otho Stevens, q. v.
1 ii. James, b. Aug. 1767.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1770; d. December, 1788.
2 iv. Moses L., b. 1772.
v. Abigail L., b. June 23, 1774; m. 1st, Phinehas Stone, 1 dau., and 2d, Hon. F. A. Summer of Claremont, N. H. Six c. One of their sons graduated at Harvard, 1823, and was a physician; d. Feb. 23, 1850.
vi. Anna, b. May 12, 1776; m. Isaac Duffs. She has many notable descendants in Maine.
vii. John, b. July 17, 1778. Rem. to Ohio.
viii. Prudence, b. Nov. 18, 1780; m. Zebedee Briggs, a tailor of Wells River. Eight c. No record.
ix. Daniel, b. Sept. 27, 1782; m. Nov. 13, 1804, Hannah Hibbard. Soldier in the war of 1812. and d. at New Orleans near its close. Thirteen c.
3 x. Josiah L., b. May 28, 1786.
xi. William W., b. May 12, 1788. Served in war of 1812. Settled in Maine.
xii. Elizabeth M., b. Nov. 26, 1789; m. Simon Blake, who succeeded his father-in-law on the homestead at West Newbury. He built a tannery there, which he conducted successfully several years. He was a very active business man. He d. October, 1838. Their c. were Royal, Betsey, who m. a Mr. Gould, and Oscar, who became a merchant at Chicago.
xiii. Mary F., b. Jan. 28, 1793; m. 1st, Ebenezer S. McIllvaine, 2d, Charles K. Merrill.
1 JAMES,2 (JOHN G.1) b. Newbury, Mass., Aug. 17, 1767. Farmer in this town; . m. 1st, Sarah Stevens; 2d a Mrs. Heath. He d. 1847.
Children :
i. Anna, m. Reuben Batchelder of Bradford; d. Burlington. One son, Carlos.
ii. Betsey!
iii. Tristram, b. May 1, 1805; m. Eunice, dau. John Strong of Orford, N. H. Physician and farmer at Adrian, Mich .; d. July 1, 1863. Ten c.
iv. Robert, lived in Boston.
v. Jackson, lived in Boston.
vi. Henry, in Newbury.
2 MOSES LITTLE, b. 1772; m. Elizabeth Dennis of Marblehead, Mass., sister of the wife of Rasmus Jonson.
Children :
i. Michael, b. Feb. 5, 1792. Soldier for 32 years in the regular army. Was in the war of 1812, and the Seminole war. He spent his last years with his sister Alice; d. Nov. 7, 1862.
ii. Laura M., b. Oct. 17, 1794; m. Dec. 4, 1817, Enoch P. Chase, nine c.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 23, 1796; m. Isaac Wilkins.
iv. Erasmus J., b. July 15, 1798.
v. John D., b. Oct. 10, 1802.
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vi. Sarah M., d. y.
vii. Alice J., b. March 28, 1811. She never m. and lived in the house built [by Rasmus Jonson, where she d. suddenly, December, 1874.
viii. Sarah M., b. Feb. 20, 1813; m. Wyatt Osgood of Amesbury, Mass.
3 JOSIAH LITTLE,2 (John G.1) b. May 28, 1786; m. Anna, dau. Dea. William Carter. He d. Feb.6, 1835. She m. 2d, John Peach, Sr., and d. Aug. 1877, aged 83.
Children :
i. Mary Ann, b. July 29, 1812 m. Burke Tyler, of Keene, N. H.
ii. William H., b. July 13, 1813. Lived in Waterford.
iii. John G., b. April 23, 1815. Lived in New York.
iv. Betsey M, b. Dec. 29, 1816; m. John Peach, Jr., q. v.
v. Fred, b. May 22, 1818. Lived in West Virginia. Served in the Union army.
vii. George, b. Feb. 11, 1821; d. un-m. July, 1877.
viii. Jasper, b. Dec. 5, 1823; d. July, 1854, leaving one son, William H. Bailey of Whitefield.
BAILEY.
This family was descended from James Bailey, who came to Rowley, Mass., about 1640, and d. 1677.
II. JOHN, of Rowley, (1642-1790) m. Mary Mighill. He perished in the expedition to Canada.
III. JAMES, of Bradford, Mass., (1680-1769) m. Hannah Wood.
IV. STEPHEN, of Bradford, (1715- £ ) m. 2d Judith Varnum. (A Stephen Bailey, who d. March 3, 1777, in his 65th year, is buried at the Ox-bow, near the c. of Charles Bayley).
V. CHARLES, b. Bradford, Mass., Aug. 27, 1744. He came to Newbury as early as 1774, as he is mentioned in Dr. Samuel White's account book at that time, and rem. to Hardwick about 1790. He was a potter by trade, and had a shop where he made earthern ware, which was at the brick yard on the Ox-bow. He also owned land on Musquash meadow. He served in the revolutionary war. His wife was Abigail Safford of Harvard, Mass., whom he m. in 1767. She d. at Hardwick, Feb. 15, 1828. They were members of the church and were well esteemed in town. He d. at Hardwick, May 15, 1835.
Children :
i. Charles, b. Brookfield, Mass., Nov. 24, 1768. He settled on land which afterward became the farm of Capt. James Wallace, but rem. to Hardwick about 1797. He d. at Hardwick, Aug. 31, 1839.
ii. Kiah, b. Newbury, Mass., March 11, 1770. Graduated at Dartmouth College, 1793, and was a Congregational minister from 1797 to 1829. Lecturer and writer. Settled finally in Hardwick, where he d. Aug. 17, 1857, and his wife, March 18, 1846. His younger days were spent here. Kiah Bailey and Jonathan Powers were the first students who went to college from this town.
iii. Enoch, b. Oct. 1, 1771. Farmer in Hardwick, and after 1839, in Delevan, Wis., where he d. April 8, 1866. Twice married. Thirteen c.
iv. William, b. Haverhill, Jan. 13, 1773; d. Newbury, Aug. 24, 1774.
v. Whitefield, b. Newbury, Dec. 8, 1775; m., 1st Aug. 30, 1799, Sally, dau. of Webster Bailey, q. v. She d. May 15, 1828. He m. 2d, Fanny Graves. He d. at Hardwick, March 8, 1847.
vi. William, b. March 11, 1777 ; d. Aug. 1, 1779.
vii. Martha, b. Feb. 29, 1780; m. Dr. Huntington of Greensboro; d. Sept. 13, 1850.
viii. Abigail, b. March 2, 1782; m. John Cobb, and lived in Brookfield and Peacham. He d. Sept. 19, 1855.
ix. Ward, b. April 27, 1784; rem. to Hardwick and was a farmer there; m. Judith Hall; d. March 8, 1847. Seven c.
x. Calvin Porter, b. June 11, 1792 ; rem. to Perry, N. Y .; d. Sept. 8, 1860.
JAMES BAILEY, brother of Stephen, the father of Charles Bailey, was one of the first settlers of Haverhill, and a prominent man, living on what was afterward called the Dow farm, and now the Keyes farm. He seems to have lived in Newbury at one time, and with his wife and one or two sons,
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was a member of the 1st ch. He was b. at or near Newbury, Mass., Feb. 11, 1721-22, served in the French war. Was a ship carpenter, and was employed in building boats while in service. He was taken prisoner on Lake George, and carried to France where he was confined 19 mos. in Donan Castle. He came to Haverhill before 1770, and later bought land in Peacham, where he died about 1807. A small copy of Ralph Erskine's Gospel Sonnets, printed in Edinburgh, nearly 200 years ago and carried by him through the French war, and his imprisonment in France, to the end of his life, is now owned by his descendant, Mrs. Elkins of North Troy. He was twice married, 1st to Rachel Berry, and 2d to Mary Kincaid; by the first he had seven children, and by the latter three. His sons were, James, b. 1750, member of 1st ch. in Newbury, became a Baptist minister ; Joshua, Abigail, Benjamin, b. May 25, 1760, m. Polly McCawber, and settled in Groton; Luther, who m. Anna Kincaid, and settled in Peacham; and Charles, and five daughters. James, Benjamin and Luther served in the revolutionary war and were carried to Canada. Anna, dau. of Benjamin Bailey, m. John Renfrew of Newbury. Other descendants of James Bailey have lived in Newbury, and the Kincaid family into which James and Luther married is the same to which the wives of Col. John Smith, Joseph Smith and Moses Clark, Sr., belonged.
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