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136 living, 81 dead. Average age of the eleven children including the infant Tempy, 66 years, 3 months, 5 days. Average not including the infant Tempy, 73 years, 1 month, 15 days.
Dec. 1, 1899.
BALDWIN.
I. JONATHAN, came from Westminster, West Parish. He m., 1st, Sally Crawford of Westminster. 2d, Hannah Tabor of Topsham. He d. in Topsham. Children, (dates of birth from Topsham records) :
i. Sally, b. Feb. 3, 1795; m. Leverett Page of Groton.
ii. Ezra, b. Dec. 2, 1796; m. a Miss Peck; farmer in Topsham.
iii. Hannah, b. April 2, 1803; m. John Bullard of Topsham.
iv. Fanny, b. Feb. 2, 1805; m. Enoch Page of Groton.
v. Levi, b. June 5, 1807; m. Ruth White; settled in New York state.
vi. Jonathan, b. June 25, 1809; m. Elvira Hibbard ; settled in New York.
vii. Erastus, b. Nov. 6, 1811. 1
viii. Leverett, b. Feb. 19, 1814; settled in Biddeford, Me.
ix. Lydia, b. Jan. 14, 1818; m. John Romney of New York.
1 ERASTUS, b. Nov. 6, 1811, came to Wells River, 1836, and carried on the harness-making business. He also owned the farm which is now that of C. W. Eastman, and was interested in other enterprises. Member of Congregational church. He m., Nov. 13, 1831, Louisa Richardson, (b. Topsham, Sept. 6, 1812). He d. July 16, 1889.
Children :
i. Addison Ring, b. Topsham, 1832; cducated at Newbury Seminary and Norwich University. Went to South Royalton, thencc to Ogdensburg, N. Y., and settled finally in Charlotte, N. Y. In produce and shipping business; Episcopalian; m. Carric Whecler of Grecce, N. Y .; d. at Charlotte July 12, 1896. C., Charles A., Frank E., Alvi T., Carolyn L. and Daisy M.
ii. Alvi Twing, b. Topsham, 1835; educated at Newbury Seminary and St. Johnsbury Academy. Clerk in Wells River Bank, then bought the William
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ERASTUS BALDWIN.
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Webster store, which he sold to F. Deming. In wholesale boot and shoe business at St. Johnsbury with Mr. Burpee. Returned to Wells River, and was in partnership with his brother, Erastus, in the wholesale boot and shoe business, which they closed out. Then in lumber firm of Henry, Joy & Baldwin, of Zealand, N. H., selling his interest to J. E. Henry. Next he bought the Groton Pond property, which he conducted for some time and sold. Member of Wells River Congregational church, and leader of the choir for many years. He m., March 6, 1861, Mary S. Butler of Haverhill, who d. July 7, 1870, aged 30. He d. Dec. 3, 1884. C., (1) Ralph, d. Dec. 25, 1884, aged 21 years, 4 months. (2) Mary B., d. at four weeks of age. (3) Hammon T., d. at 14 years of age.
iii. Erastus, b. Newbury, August 31, 1841. In wholesale boot and shoe business with his brother. Dealer in carriages, harnesses, etc. President of Wells River Savings Bank from its formation till 1900. Director in National Bank. Proprietor of Baldwin's mineral spring. In 1892 he presented the village library association with a library building in memory of Alvi T. and Ralph Baldwin. Trustee of Tenney Memorial Library. Member of the staff of Gov. Josiah Grout, 1896, with rank of colonel. He m. Jan. 6, 1863, Ellen, dau. of William B. Abbott. Res. Wells River. C., (1) Hammon T., b. Dec. 18, 1863, who owns the Edward Hale farm on Upper Meadow, now called Baldwin's Valley Farm. Town representative, 1900. He m. Nov. 3, 1886, Hattie Cobb of Hardwick. C., a, Bernice E., b. May 29, 1890.
BANFIELD.
GEORGE, came here, it is believed, during the revolutionary war, from Newburyport, Mass. He served during several campaigns, and in old deeds is called a boat-builder. He m. Anna Sanborn, dau. of one of the first settlers of Orange, Vt. At one time he lived at Wells River, but much of his life resided in Topsham. The name is often spelled Banfill. He d. in Newbury, July, 1838, aged 92; his wife a few years later, aged 84. They are buried at the Lime Kiln, in the "Nourse burying ground."
Children :
i. Anna, m. a Mr. Sawyer of Topsham.
ii. Mark, m. Mary Banfield of Newburyport. They lived in Corinth. James Boyce of West Newbury m. their dau. Miriam.
iii. Hannah, m. John Batten of Topsham.
iv. Samuel, m. Sarah Eastman of Topsham. They d. in Nashua, N. H.
v. Betsey, m. Ephraim Bagley of Topsham.
Ivi. Benjamin, unknown.
vii. John, lived in Newbury.
viii. Reuben, m. Miss Gates in Whitefield, and had two daus. who m. John and Peter Goddard of Bethlehem, N. H.
ix. George, lived in North Haverhill but d. and buried at Wells River.
x. Abigail, m. Moses Rowell of Bath. Moses Clark of Newbury m. their dau. Martha P.
xi. Mary, m. Caleb Rowell of Walden.
BANNISTER.
WILLIAM BOSTWICK, b. Brookfield, Mass., Nov. 8, 1773. He first came to Newbury in 1796, while a student at Dartmouth College, being recommended by President Wheelock as a proper person to teach a select school. He was a young man of winsome personality, a fine musician, and very social. After graduating, in 1797, he returned and read law with Hon. Daniel Farrand, teaching meanwhile for three years. In practice here 1800-07. He was not eminent at the bar, but his skilful management of several land cases brought him a good practice and laid, it is said, the foundation of a considerable fortune. He occupied, and, it is understood, built, the house under the great elm, south of the Ox-bow cemetery. He became a merchant at Newburyport, accumulated a large estate, and at his death divided $40,000 among several benevolent and missionary
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societies. Member of the Mass. State Senate, and one of the founders of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Trustee for 16 years of Amherst College. He m. 1st, Jan. 1, 1801, Susan Upham of Brookfield, his native town, who d. after he went from Newbury and 2d, Mary Brown of Newburyport, by whom he had two daus., one of whom d. y., and the other m. Dr. Ebenezer Hale. His 3d wife, whom he m. in 1841, was Zilpha P., dau. of Joel Grant of Norfolk, Conn. She was one of the most distinguished teachers of her time, at Ipswich, Mass., and was associated with Mary Lyon in the establishment of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary. He d. Newburyport, July 1, 1853.
BARNETT.
There were several Barnett families in Newbury before 1800, whose names have come down to us, but their relation to each other, or their connection, if any, with the present family of that name is not known. Benjamin Barnet served in Capt. James Hawes Co. (N. H.) 1777. Benjamin and John Barnet in Capt. Runals's Co., John also in Capt. Simeon Stevens Co., 1777, one year, Samuel and John were in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., 1779, guarding and scouting, the former 2 mos., 7 days, and the latter one mo., Benjamin Barnate, (probably Barnet) in same Co. one mo., Hugh Barnett also served in a New Hampshire regiment, Samuel, who was one of Washington's guards eame here before 1770, as his wife is mentioned as Mrs. Samuel Barnet in that year. He rem. to Bolton about 1785, and cleared a farm. In 1814, he with other old men, formed a company called the Silver Grays which marched all night to Burlington where they took a sloop for Plattsburgh and were present at the battle. Four weeks later he d. in his 68th year. Andrew Barnett and James also lived here, the former is mentioned in a deed as from Connecticut. Some of this family rem. to Cabot. Samuel Barnet and Samuel Barnet, Jr., signed the N. Y. petition of 1770, and Samuel Barnet is given as head of a family in the eensus of 1771. Mary, w. of Hugh Barnet received a divoree from him and m. Sept. 28, 1786, Ashbell Shepard. Job Barnet and Sarah Briant were m. Aug. 17, 1787. James Blair and Molly Barnet were m. Oet. 4, 1787. The births of the following children of Job and Sarah Barnet are recorded. (1) Ann, b. June 7, 1788. (2) John, b. May 17; d. June, 1789. (3) Job, b. May 16, 1791. Samuel Barnet was one of a committee of seven chosen by the town June 3, 1783, to prevent the tories from returning to Newbury. The present family of the name are from the Scoteh-Irish colony of Londonderry, N. H., and are supposed to be deseendants of John Barnett who d., aged 86, at Londonderry, Oct. 8,1740. He served in the defence of Londonderry, Ireland, 1689.
Robert, James and David Barnett were brothers; James and David went to Topsham before 1800, where the former had nine e. b. to him between 1800 and 1811, as appears by the records of that town About 1820, he rem. to Barnet, and later, to western New York.
DAVID BARNETT is said to have opened the first store in Topsham, and built, about 1800, a large, two-story, square-roofed house, still standing near the Newbury line on Currier hill. He was a member of the first Masonic Lodge in Newbury. He m. May 8, 1800, Betsey Tenney, who d. April 7, 1813, leaving two daus., Wealthy and Betsey, and a son, John. He m. 2d, Feb. 17, 1814, Eliza Patterson, and a few years later rem. from Topsham.
ROBERT BARNETT, b. Londonderry, N. H., Sept. 14, 1772; m. Dec. 24, 1801, Betsey Varnum of Draeut, Mass., b. Jan. 8, 1777. They lived in Goffstown, N. H., till about 1808, when they rem. to Topsham, and about 1812, to Newbury, and carried on the Tenney farm. Later they lived where Charles Greenleaf now lives, and after that rem. to the Centre, where she d. Nov. 5, 1845, and he d. Nov. 22, 1847. Children, the 1st five b. in Goffstown. N. H .:
i. Eliza, b. April 28, 1802; m. July 21, 1835, Phillips Greenleaf of Bradford as 2d wife ; d. May, 1883.
1 ii. Gilman, b. Sept. 9, 1803; d. Oct. 5, 1888.
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iii. Clarissa, b. April 11, 1805; m. Charles Bryant of Sherbrooke, P. Q., and d. there.
iv. Persis, b. Feb. 15, 1807; m. May 9, 1850, Ephraim Bagley of Topsham. Member of Congregational church sixty-four years; d. May 7, 1892.
v. Hannah, b. April 3, 1808; m. Sept 20, 1832, Samuel H. Rowe of Stanstead, P. O.
2 vi. Obadiah C., b. Topsham, July 9, 1811, q. v.
vii. Anna, b. Newbury, Sept. 22, 1814 ; m. April 4, 1867, Capt. Ezekiel Johnson of Bradford, who d. Oct. 9, 1880. She d. January, 1899, at Worcester, Mass.
viii. Frye Bayley, b. Newbury, March 11, 1819; d. Methuen, Mass., 1859, leaving a son and a dau.
1 GILMAN, b. Sept. 9, 1809. Lived at the Centre; his farm is now owned by John Buchanan. Rem. to the village 1863. He m. Apr. 28, 1831, Mary, dau. Dea. William Burroughs, (b. Nov. 21, 1807; d. Jan. 14, 1877). He d. Oct. 4, 1888. Member of 1st ch., sixty years and his wife fifty years. Children :
i. Mary E., b. Apr. 14, 1835; m. John Kendrick, q. v.
ii. Emmeline B., b. May 29, 1837; m. Jan. 7, 1874, Orrin Green Page (b. Tilton, N. H., May 7, 1827; d. Newbury, Aug. 26, 1895); sailor seven years. Res. Newbury, after 1888. Ch., William Orrin. b. Jan. 7, 1876.
iii. William, b. April 21, 1839; m. Sept. 10, 1863, Lydia J. Paul. Farmer. Rem. to Groton and went into the carriage making business where he d. Sept. 20, 1876. C., (1) Alice A., b. Newbury, Aug. 25, 1863. (2) Lulu, b. Groton, June 1, 1870. Two d. in infancy.
iv. Eliza A., b. June 5, 1841; m. Nelson Bailey, q. v.
v. Harriet, b. June 24, 1843; m. July 20, 1861, David H. Blood of Bradford (b. Dec. 24, 1835; d. June 24, 1894). She d. Dec. 4, 1899. C., (1) Minnie L., b. April 12, 1862; m. Dec. 24, 1891, Frank Howard. (2) Mary L., b. Feb. 10, 1865. (3) Elijah, b. Sept. 30, 1867; merchant at Lancaster. (4) Edward S., b. Oct. 16, 1874; m. June 21, 1900, Dora Johnston of Newbury. (5) Sarah A., b. Nov. 21, 1876; m. Roger C. Eastman Sept. 14, 1898.
vi. Amanda D., b. Dec. 14, 1845.
vii. Clara A., b. July 4, 1850; m. Everett Stevens of Haverhill; d. Piermont, Sept. 27, 1899. One c.
2 OBADIAH CARLETON, b. Topsham, July 7, 1811, Bought in 1840, the farm of James Abbott, on which he spent the rest of his life excepting one year. He m., 1st, Dec. 23, 1841, Elizabeth, dau. of Jacob Bayley, (b. Feb. 1, 1817; d. Aug. 22, 1856). He m., 2d, May 5, 1859, Ruth, widow of Oliver Elkins, and dau. of John Wells, (b. Marshfield, April 25, 1824). Member of Congregational church sixty-five years. He d. May 6, 1894. Children, three by 1st m., and one by 2nd :
i. George B., b. May 1, 1844. Enlisted at Bradford, September, 1862, in Co. H, 12th Vt. Mustered into United States service, Oct. 4, 1862. Mustered out July 14, 1863. Re-enlisted Aug. 12, 1864, Vt. Vet. Battery Lt. Art. Mustered out June 16, 1865. Cabinet maker. Res. Newbury since 1890. He m. in Newbury Dec. 7, 1887, Rose E. Bancroft, (b. in Michigan, great granddaughter of John Wells of Newbury) C., (1) Harry Carleton, b. Oct. 28, 1888, Somerville, Mass. (2) Florence E., b. Aug. 1, 1890, Newbury.
ii. Persis A., b. March 23, 1846. Res. Lowell, Mass.
iii. Sarah M., b. July 9, 1848; m., March, 1875, Mark Sherman. Res. Lowell, Mass.
iv. Robert E., b. July 30, 1860; m., Nov. 19, 1890, Mima W., dau. of Daniel Eastman. C., (1) Carleton Eastman, b. June 8, 1898. (2) George Frye, b. July 8, 1900. Robert Barnett and his wife with nearly all of their descendants were members of the Congregational church.
BARKER.
Alexander Barker, James Latto, William Chalmers and Alexander Laing with their families left Leven, Scotland, in March, 1834, on the ship "Cyrus of Dundee." They sailed around the north of Scotland, after being delayed by storms at the mouth of the Moray Frith. After a rough voyage of 12 weeks, in which they saw no sail, they reached the mouth of the St.
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Lawrence, where they were detained a week by floating ice, and finally reached Montreal. They came by steamboat and canal to Burlington, thence, by teams to Newbury, where all their families settled. They were hospitably entertained by Capt. Samuel Gibson, and others of their countrymen, till they could make homes for themselves and clear land. Nearly all of their company have passed away, and the few survivors have collected such memorials as remain. All were Presbyterians.
ALEXANDER BARKER, b. in Fifeshire, Scotland, settled at West Newbury, 1834. He m. Grace Lockhart, the daughter of an officer on Lord Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar, (b. Scotland, 1786; d. Newbury March 1, 1846) ; he d. at Ryegate Nov. 28, 1859. Buried at West Newbury. Children, all b. in Scotland :
i. Isabella, b. March 9, 1804; m. William Chalmers, q. v .; d. Feb. 8, 1883.
ii. Janet, b. 1806; m. in Scotland, 1831, James Latto; they settled in Groton; d. 1861; he d. 1878. C., (1) David, in Wisconsin. (2) Grace, m. Charles Lamphear of South Ryegate and d. there. (3) Isabella m. Daniel Taisey ; d. Newbury, 1872. (4) Janet, m. James Manson of South Ryegate. (5) Alexander, un-m .; d. Ryegate. (6) John C., d. at Boston.
iii. Grace, b. about 1808; m., about 1836, Joseph Holmes of Newbury; d. about 1898; he d. about 1847. C., (1) John, m. Harriet George of Bradford; res. Fairlee. (2) Grace E., m. Ruel Mack of Orford, N. H. (3) Sarah M., m. Eben Osgood of Lawrence, Mass. (4) Laura, m. William Noyes; res. Springfield, Mass.
iv. Elsie, b. about 1811; m., about 1838, Alexander Allison ; lived in Newbury village; removed to Dodgeville, Wis., and d. there. Three c., two living in Wisconsin.
v. Alexander, b. about 1818; m., about 1838, Betsey Messer; d. about 1894; she d. about 1898 at Cornish, N. H. (1) Alexander, res. Windsor. (2) Mary, m. John Smith of Andover, Mass .; d. about 1880. (3) Grace, d. at Andover, about 1880. (4) William, res. and d. at Andover. (5) Julia, res. Windsor. .
vi. George, b. about 1820; m., about 1847, Eliza Hendry ; he d. about 1881; she res. Hartford, Conn. Five c., two live in Brandon.
vii. John Calvin, b. 1822, came to America with his parents. They lived at first in a small house that stood between Jonas Tucker's and Dudley Carleton's. He was recommended by Esq. Tucker to Col. A. B. W. Tenney, and set out on foot and alone for the latter's house. He was small of his age, and the Colonel looked at him and said, "Is this the little boy who has come to live with me?" John was a little alarmed, but spoke up manfully, "Weel sir, if ye dinna like me, ye need na keep me?" The colonel was pleased with the answer and rejoined, "No backing out, my lad!" He lived there till he was of age; was brought up as one of the family, sent to school, and trained to correct habits, taken regularly to church, and taught all the details of management of one of the largest farms in the county. When of age, with a thorough business training, he went to Hartford, Conn., and engaged in the lumber business, and dealt largely in produce. When the famous Charter Oak fell, in 1856, its wood was saved, and worked into many souvenirs in Mr. Barker's mill. He retired from business many years ago, and res. at 205 Wethersfield Avenue, where he has an estate of 25 acres. He has generously remembered the Tenney Memorial Library. He m. Jeannie W., dau. of Thomas Hendry, who came from Glasgow, Scotland, to Newbury, and removed to Forestdale, Conn., where he d. 1868. C., (1) John Tenney, dentist at Wallingford, Conn., m. Zuilee Hubbard of Fulton, N. Y. C., John Eric. (2) William Hendry, mechanical draftsman and patent lawyer, in the office of Col. Burdett of Hartford; m. Emily Woods. (3) Grace Maria, m. Dr. Frank Louis Waite of Hartford. Dr. Waite is an occulist and aurist, associated with Dr. Samuel B. St. John.
BARTLETT.
The Bartlett family is nearly extinct in Newbury, but their memorial is here preserved.
I. RICHARD of England and Newbury, Mass.
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II. RICHARD, b. 1621.
III. RICHARD, b. 1649; d. 1724.
IV. DANIEL, b. 1682; d. 1756.
V. DANIEL, b. 1706; d. 1786.
VI. DANIEL, b. June 28, 1744; d. 1818; m., 1st, Priscilla, dau. of Roger and Mary (Hale) Merrill. 2nd, Hannah Martin, sister of Peter Martin of Andover, Mass., and this town. By his first wife he had several children, among whom was James, owner of Bartlett's wharf, and other real estate in Boston, and Dea. Daniel Bartlett. The latter b. in Newbury, Mass., rem. to Bath, N. H., where he m., and where his c. were b. Later he came to Newbury, about 1835, and lived at the village where Alfred Corliss now lives. He was a blacksmith, his shop being opposite his house at the foot of the hill, the road around by the Ox-bow schoolhouse, until the railroad was built, went down the hill opposite that house. C., a, Hannah, m. Ezra Sanborn of Bath. b, Daniel, m. a Mrs. Thayer, and lived in Boston. c, Mary Ann, who m., Nov. 6, 1839, Elijah Cleveland of Coventry, long clerk of the Passumpsic railroad corporation. Daniel Bartlett and wife were admitted to the Congregational church, Jan. 3, 1836. The church records give his death as August, 1853.
NATHAN M., son of Daniel and Hannah (Martin) Bartlett, b. Methuen, Mass., Aug. 3, 1803; m. in Litchfield, N. H., in 1831, Fanny Jones, (b. in Litchfield, July 6, 1811; d. Grinnell, Iowa, Jan. 4, 1899). They lived some years in Hooksett, N. H., and came to Newbury in 1851 or 1852, and bought of William Burroughs the present town farm, and also owned the farm which is now that of John S. Burroughs, and other lands. They were members of the Methodist church, and Mr. Bartlett was quite a wealthy man for those days. He sold his farm to Porter Watson in 1865, and in the fall, rem. to Iowa. He d. at Mantour, Iowa, Nov. 27, 1876. Children were b. in Newbury :
i. Lydia, res. in Cambridge, Mass .; dressmaker.
ii. Julia A., m. Abram Mitchell of Hooksett. N. H., and d. in Newbury.
iii. Daniel S., served nine months in Co. H., 12th Vt., 1862-1863. He m. April 30, 1859, Hannah S., dau. of Ross Ford. They rem. to Iowa where she d. and he m., 2d, Kate, dau. of John Wallace of Newbury. Res., Grinnell, Iowa.
iv. John M., served with his brother in Co. H., 12th Vt. He m. Emily, dau. of Alonzo Fleming, and went to Iowa, and lives in Mantour.
v. Mary Vashti, m. Jan. 1, 1862, Ansel B. Gage, who was from Burke, and served in the army with her brothers. Res., Grinnell, Iowa. One son.
HOSEA, b. Newbury, July 23, 1795. Farmer, and long sexton at Ox-bow cemetery ; m. Dec. 20, 1819, Betsey Muliken (b. Plymouth, N. H., April 21, 1798). He d. January, 1868. Not related to the preceding family. Children :
i. Nancy, b. Aug. 27, 1820; m. Jan. 20, 1850, Luther Battles.
ii. Harriet J., b. August 6, 1822; m. March 29, 1854, Anthony B. Emery.
iii. Jarvis, b. Nov. 16, 1824; d. Sept. 7, 1826.
iv. John G., b. March 16, 1826; m. Oct. 28, 1849, Lydia A. Emery.
v. Charlotte A., b. March 15, 1828; m. March 19, 1854, Horace V. Barton.
vi. Jarvis, b. Dec. 12, 1831; d. in St. Johnsbury.
vii. Charles P., b. April 16, 1834. Res. Wells River. Served in the Union army ; m. Sarah, dau. Samuel Boyce.
BATES.
SAMUEL LYSANDER, son of Samuel and Lucina (Crane) Bates, was b. in Brookfield, Nov. 11, 1831. Preparatory studies for college were at Northfield and Barre Academies under C. C. Webster and J. S. Spaulding, LL. D .; graduated from the University of Vt., July, 1857: teacher of languages in Brandon Seminary, 1857-8; principal of Underhill Academy, 1858-61; graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, July, 1863; ordained and installed, Underhill, March 24, 1864; superintendent of
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schools there 1865-67 ; dismissed November, 1871; installed Newbury, Jan. 16, 1872; dismissed February, 1890; supplied Congregational churches in Brookfield, Manchester and Benson, 1890-93; pastor Congregational church, Winooski, 1893-7; resigned Winooski on account of ill health; supply of vacant churches since 1898. Publications, (see Bibliography of Newbury) ; secretary of the Congregational convention of Vermont since 1888; resided in Burlington since 1890; m. Sept. 27, 1871, Marion Elizabeth, dau. of Morrill J. and Jerusha (Russell) Walker, b. in Norwich, Jan. 29, 1843; educated at Thetford Academy, Thetford, under Gilbert Hood, and North Granville, N. Y. Female Seminary and Glenwood Female Seminary, West Brattleboro, under Hiram Orcutt, LL. D .; graduated from Glenwood in 1861; teacher in Chelsea Academy and other schools. Children :
i. Mary Russell; b. Newbury, Sept. 9, 1872; prepared for college in Newbury under Edwin A. Bayley and Lucia A. Watkins, and Burlington High School under S. W. Landon; graduated from the University of Vermont, 1894; principal of Shelburne High School, 1895-98; assistant librarian and cataloguer, Billings Library, University of Vermont, 1898 to date.
ii. Samuel Walker, b. in Newbury, Sept, 9, 1880; d. Burlington, April 27, 1891.
BERRY.
HON. JOSEPH, his ancestry or birthplace are unknown. Town representative from Guildhall in 1816, and was State's Attorney for Essex county for nine years, and chief judge of the county court in 1822, 1823, and a member of the Governor's Council from 1822 to 1825. He came to Newbury about 1830; his admission to the Congregational church was by letter from the church in Guildhall, Nov. 20, 1831. In the church records his age is given as 42. Register of Probate for Bradford District, 1840, and clerk of Orange County court, 1850-1852. Judge Berry built and occupied the house called the "Henry Keyes house," and an advertisement in the Democratic Republican in 1833 shows that he kept a bookstore. He was one of the prominent men of the state; was widely known. The legal papers drawn up by him are models of clearness in style, and his handwriting is a marvel of beauty and legibility. He did much for the schools in his time and with David Johnson became financially responsible for the young ladies' school established here in 1830. He m., about 1814, Betsey, dau. of Otho Stevens, (b. Feb. 16, 1789; d. March 9, 1850). In 1853 he rem. to Maquoketa, Iowa, where he died some years later. Children :
i. Betsey, m. Rev. E. E. Adams. He was a sailor's missionary during several years in Europe, and seamen's chaplain at Havre, France. During a visit to this country she d. at a hotel in New York city, Dec. 4, 1846, aged 31. Buried in Newbury.
ii. Caroline, m. Hiram Tracy of Wells River and d. there.
iii. Lucia, m., Jan. 20, 1846, Dr. J. G. Dearborn; rem. to Iowa, 1853, and d. there of cholera in the next year.
iv. William, went south and d. in Georgia in 1854.
BIGELOW.
I. JOHN, (1641-1703) of Watertown, Mass., m. Mary Warren.
II. JOSHUA, m. Elizabeth Flagg.
III. ELEAZER, b. 1705, m. Mary Fiske, or Fife, and had five c., of whom Mary, m. Dr. Gideon Smith of Newbury; Joshua was the father of Mrs. Jeremiah Ingalls ; and Jabez, who m. Deborah Knowlton.
IV. JABEZ, son of Jabcz and Deborah (Knowlton) Bigelow, b. Westminster, Mass., March 6, 1724; m. Betsey, dau. Ebenezer McIntosh, (b. Boston, Dcc. 12, 1768; d. Rycgate, Oct. 10, 1848). Hc came to Newbury about 1785, and about 1795, rem. to Ryegate where he was farmer and shoemaker, major in the militia. He d. Dcc. 31, 1851. Buried at Wells River.
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GENEALOGY-BIGELOW.
Children :
i. Elizabeth McIntosh, b. July 12, 1788, m. Daniel Darling ; d. 1863.
ii. Jabez, b. Nov. 25, 1789; farmer in Ryegate; m. Eleanor, dau. of Abial Chamberlain, (b. March 1, 1787; d. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 28, 1863). He d. Nov. 13, 1850.
iii. Roxalana, b. Oct. 15, 1794; m. John Sly ; d. Dec. 20, 1863.
iv. Sirena, b. Ryegate Dec. 19, 1796; m. James Bayley of Newbury ; d. Dec. 10, 1868, in St. Lawrence County, New York.
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