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v. Cynthia, b. March 4, 1799; m. Robert G. Nelson; d. April 9, 1883.
vi. Laura, b. April 13, 1802; unm .; d. Jan. 13, 1872.
1 vii. John, b. Dec. 28, 1803.
viii. Mary, b. March 20, 1807; d. April 1, 1811.
ix. Anna, b. July 24, 1809; d. Oct. 1, 1811.
1 JOHN, b. Ryegate, Dec. 28, 1803; farmer and in other business, a prominent man in Ryegate; member of Wells River Congregational church; m. Dec. 26, 1836, Mary Catherine, dau. of Dea. Daniel Thompson, (b. Corinth, May 21, 1821; res. St. Paul, Minn.) He d. at Ryegate, April 12, 1891.
Children, all b. in Ryegate:
i. Emily Adelaide, b. Sept. 10, 1838; d. Aug. 19, 1839.
ii. Alexander Thompson, b. April 5, 1841; res. St. Paul, Minn .; physician; m. Nov. 26, 1883, Edna A. Kelley.
iii. Sarah Arabella, b. Sept. 6, 1843; m., Aug. 11, 1870, Prof. Horace Goodhue, of Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.
iv. William Ladd, b. Aug. 31, 1846 ; d. Feb. 22, 1860.
v. Francis Hallan, b. Jan. 16, 1850; m., May 26, 1880, Adeline H. Kent; res. Ryegate, till April, 1896, when they moved to Wells River, where he d. Feb. 18, 1898.
BLAIR.
MRS. ELIZA (FARNUM), widow of Hon. Walter Blair, came here from Plymouth, N. H., in 1851, and bought the house in which Mrs. Nelson Bailey now lives. She was the dau. of Haines and Betsey (Whitehouse) Farnum, b. Pembroke, N. H., Nov. 25, 1809; m. as 2d wife to Mr. Blair in 1835; d. Newbury, 1881.
Children all b. in Plymouth:
i. Sarah Eliza, b. March 23, 1837; graduated Newbury Seminary, 1858; teacher in district schools and for twelve years 1st assistant at Concord, N. H., High School; m. Moses C. Dole, Campton Village, N. H.
ii. Frances Maria, b. April 25, 1839; graduated Newbury Seminary, 1860; teacher; preceptress of Macedon, N. Y., Academy; m. Jan. 25, 1864, Capt. Harris B. Mitchell; d. Newbury, December, 1896. C., Harry W., b. Newbury, 1867; graduated at the medical college, Burlington. Now assistant superintendent at Danvers Asylum, Mass.
iii. Millie M., b. Jan. 24, 1841; graduated Newbury Seminary, 1862; teacher in district schools, and at Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Mass .; m. Jan. 14. 1866, Dr. E. Mellen Wight, and has since lived in Chattanooga, Tenn. Dr. Wight d. 1880. C., living: (1) Mellen B., b. 1873; in business at Chattanooga. (2) Walter B., b. 1875; in business at Chattanooga.
iv. Flora Adelaide, b. Sept. 9, 1846; graduated Newbury Seminary, 1867; m. at Chattanooga, Tenn., April 7, 1870, to Charles H. Peabody, who d. Oct. 31, 1900. No c.
v. Arthur W., b. May 22, 1848; fitted for college at Newbury Seminary ; graduated Dartmouth, 1872-5; taught in Middleboro, Mass., High School; Northfield Graded School; Washington Co. and Montpelier High School; studied 11/2 years at Hartford Theological Seminary; studied medicine and graduated from the medical department of Vermont University; practiced at Orford, N. H., five years, where he was superin- tendent of schools one year, and president of White Mountain Medical Society one year. Rem. to Dorchester, Mass., 1886, and has since been in practice there. Surgeon-in-chief of Commercial Travelers Eastern Accident Association; member of Massachusetts Medical Society, and New Hampshire Medical Society ; m. July 25, 1877, Ellen S. Chamberlin of St. Johnsbury. C., (1) Walter, b. Montpelier, Aug. 12, 1878; fitted for
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college at Boston Latin School; graduated Dartmouth, 1900. (2) Hugh, b. Orford, N. H., Aug. 31, 1882; fitted for college at Boston Latin School; now in Dartmouth College, class of 1904.
BLISS.
This family name has long been extinct in Newbury, but a memorial of them is here preserved through the kindness of Mr. S. E. Bliss of Chicago. The Bliss family of Newbury has the same ancestry as those of Bradford and Haverhill, but were not nearly connected with them. The ancestry is as follows :
I. THOMAS, of Belstone, Devonshire, Eng.
II. THOMAS, (1580-1640) of England, Braintree, Mass., and Hartford, Conn.
III. JOHN, (1640-1702) of Hartford and Longmeadow.
IV. NATHANIEL, (1671-1751) of Springfield, Mass., and Lebanon, Conn.
V. HENRY, (1701-1761) of Lebanon, Conn.
VI. PELETIAH, (1725-1808) of Lebanon and Bolton, Conn., m. Hepzibah Goodwin.
VII. PELETIAH, b. April 3, 1749. He came to Newbury before 1770, and settled at the Ox-bow. Minuteman in 1775. He served in the revolutionary war as private in Capt. Simeon Stevens' Co. of Olcott regiment, 1779-81. In same, under Col. Bedel, May 4, Nov. 10, 1778, 127 d. In Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., rangers, April 1777-1779. In Capt. Frye Bayley's Co., guarding and scouting, 1781, till the end of the war. After the war he rem. to Bradford, and represented that town in the General Assembly, 1787. In 1791, he was living at West Newbury, where he was a blacksmith, and had a shop near the present Rogers Hill schoolhouse. Later, one of his sons had a shop near the sawmill, where J. C. Johnston now lives. Notice of administration was given upon his estate, Jan. 17, 1798. William Wallace, Isaac Bayley and Asa Tenney were commissioners and Thomas Johnson and Ruth Bliss, administrators. He appears to have been a man of substance and good standing in town. He was m. by Rev. Peter Powers, Aug. 22, 1772, to Ruth, dau. of George Lowell, and sister of the 1st wife of Col. Thomas Johnson. He d. 1797 or 1798. Children :
i. Betty, b. Aug. 2, 1775; d. July 28, 1791.
ii. Polly, b. Jan. 13, 1777 ; m. Jonathan Ring of Corinth.
iii. Davenport, b. Dec. 27, 1779; Blacksmith and wheelwright of Newbury and Haverhill. He m. Oct. 13, 1800, Ruth, dau. of Thos. Hibbard, (b. May 3, 1781 ; d. June 5, 1857). He died at Concord, Vt., Nov. 23, 1856. C., (1) Peletiah, b. June 24, 1801; blacksmith; d. at 24. (2) Betsey, b. Aug. 4, 1803; d. Dec. 27, 1860; m. Bailey White, q. v. (3) Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1810; m. Harry Smith of Canton, N. Y. (4) Hannah, b. April 18, 1813; m. John R. Stevens of Haverhill. (5) William, b. April 1, 1817. (6) Alden E., b. Sept. 7, 1821; hardware dealer in Lowell, Mass. (7) Lucy A., b. May 2, 1824; m. Thaddeus B. Dowse of Concord; d. 1899.
iv. Ruth, b. Aug 31, 1782; m. John Brown of Williston.
v. Hannah, b. Sept. 6, 1784; d. Sept. 13, same year.
vi. Henry, b. Newbury, Nov. 5, 1785; lived in Essex, but rem. to Hartford, Licking County, Ohio; m. Dec. 6. 1810, Sybil F. Butler. He had seven c., of whom Samuel B., b. Essex, June 8, 1816; m. Jan. 28, 1841, Sally C. Cadwell, of Salisbury; d. Underhill, May 1, 1895, and had c., (1) George H., b. March 23, 1844; teacher and bookkeeper of Burlington and Chicago. (2) Samuel Eugene, b. Jan. 31, 1846 ; hardware and commission merchant at Chicago. (3) Edmund A., b. Aug. 18, 1848 ; farmer in Jericho. (4) Sybil F., b. April 30, 1850; m. Geo. L. Wells of Chicago.
vii. Peletiah, b. March 12, 1787; lived in Essex; d. Sept. 20, 1870. Eight children.
viii. John, b. 1795; d. Monkton, 1807.
ix. Hannah, m. Samuel Smith of Essex and rem. to Iowa.
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BOLTON.
I. WILLIAM, of Reading, Mass., m. Jan. 5, 1720, Elizabeth White of Andover; d. Sept. 10, 1725. A genealogy of their descendants was prepared and published by Charles K. Bolton.
II. WILLIAM, b. Reading, Oct. 25, 1721. Rem. to Shirley, Mass., where he d. April 30, 1804; m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin Nurse. Ten c.
III. WILLIAM, b. Reading, Jan. 21, 1744; m. at Reading, March 28, 1765, Mrs. Abigail Sheldon; d. May 7, 1780. Revolutionary soldier.
IV. JOHN, b. Shirley, Mass., Oct. 24, 1774. Rem. to Danville where he built a sawmill and a fulling mill, at Greenbank's Hollow; m. 1st, 1798, Betsey Tilton, b. June 30, 1783; 2d, Sept. 6, 1806, Cynthia Chamberlin, (b. Dec. 30, 1782) ; 3d, March 4, 1830, Abigail Wesson, (b. Jan. 26, 1790). He d. March 28, 1843. Of the c. of John and Betsey Bolton:
1 i. William, lived in Newbury.
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ii. Luther C., lived in Newbury.
1 WILLIAM b. Loudon, N. H., May 8, 1799. Rem. with his parents to Dan- ville while a child, and there learned the trade of coloring and cloth dressing; m. 1st, June 18, 1818, Alma Hooker of Danville. They lived one year in Barnet, and in 1820, came to Newbury and settled at "Brock's Falls," since called Boltonville, where he was a miller; postmaster at Boltonville, 1831; was an anti-mason, whig and republican; retired from active business in 1854. His wife d. Feb. 9, 1840, and he m. 2d, Jan. 1, 1846, Lydia (Aldrich) widow of Josiah W. Rogers, (b. April 29, 1804; d. Jan. 7, 1892). He d. Oct. 27, 1883.
Children, all b. in Newbury, (Boltonville) except the eldest:
i. Mary, b. Danville, June 7, 1819; m. Hector M. Page; res. New York City; d. Jan. 15, 1889.
ii. John, b. July 30, 1820; m. Matilda Reed and went to Wisconsin; res. Big Springs, Wis.
iii. Alden, b. Jan, 11, 1822; m. Aug. 27, 1849, Sarah Cole; rem. to Malabar, Fla .; in hotel and orange grove business; one son, Charles, unm; d, at Malabar, Jan. 27, 1891.
iv. Harriet, b. Nov. 23, 1823; m. A. J. Bailey, q. v .; d. May 1, 1851.
v. Cynthia, b. March 3, 1826; m. Amplias Chamberlin and lives at Kilbourne City, Wis.
vi. Carlos Edson, b. April 3, 1847. Enlisted June, 1862, into Co. C, 9th Vt., and was considered the youngest private soldier Vt. sent into the civil war. He was one of the first to enter Richmond, April 3, 1865; afterward employed in the Boston post office; went to California, 1876, then to Idaho, and was postmaster at Bolton, a place named for him; res. since 1898, Gibbonsville, Idaho; m. Oct. 26, 1869, Augusta H. Somes of Charlestown, Mass., who d. Jan. 28, 1895. C., Frederica Gladys, b. Bolton, Idaho.
vii. Arabelle F., b. Jan. 15, 1849; m. April 26, 1870, Nathaniel Robinson, (b. of Scotch parents at Rockport, Ireland, April 26, 1849; came to America when a child, and has been engaged in various business; res. Boltonville). C., adopted, Florence Shaw, b. Benton, N. H., Nov. 4, 1882.
2 LUTHER CHAMBERLIN, b. Danville, Feb. 19, 1801; m. 1st, Julia, dau. Thomas Hooker and 2d, Elizabeth Emerson Page of New Sharon, Me .; d. Oct. 25, 1873.
Children :
3 i. Charles Sargent, b. Sept. 4, 1822.
ii. Plynn, b. Barnet, Sept. 16, 1824. Twice m. Four c.
iii. Lucy, b. Newbury, Sept. 6, 1826; m. Dec. 21, 1846, James Whittemore of Leicester, Mass. Five c.
iv. Nathan P., b. Newbury, June 16, 1830; m. March 31, 1858, Agnes N. Paddleford of North Monroe, N. H., where he res. Five c.
v. Milo, b. Newbury, Aug. 2, 1832; m. 1st, Sept. 10, 1856, Ann J. Woodward; 2d, March 27, 1864, Mary A. Loring; res. Leicester, Mass. Eight c.
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3 CHARLES SARGENT, b. Sept. 4, 1822; m. June, 1846, Lydia Norris, of Glenns Falls, N. Y. Lived in Greenbank's Hollow, Danville, and Passumpsic. Came to Boltonville, 1870, to carry on the carding and cloth dressing business, which his mother received by the will of John Bolton, and in which he was succeeded by his son, Francis ; d. Jan. 11, 1901.
Children :
i. Julia A., b. April 26, 1847; m. April 18, 1876, Ira W. Cunningham of Lyndonville.
ii. Lucy L., b. July 18, 1848; m. Aug. 10, 1874, Bina L. Hastings of St. Johnsbury.
iii. Martha Y .. b. Dec. 23, 1853; m. Apr. 3, 1876, Edwin Sly of Boltonville.
iv. Francis Charles, b. April 8, 1857; m. Nov. 16, 1881, Kate L. Bullard of Lyndonville. One dau. Jessie, b. April 7, 1882.
BONE.
DAVID, b. in Scotland, 1804; m. Margaret, dau. William and Margaret (Winnie) Buchanan, (b. in Scotland, 1802). They came to America, October, 1835, and, 1838, settled in what is now the village of South Ryegate. He. d. Jan. 17, 1846. She d. March 4, 1953.
Children :
i. William.
ii. David.
iii. Margaret.
iv. Jean.
v. Mary.
vi. James Beattie.
WILLIAM, b. Glasgow, Scotland, May 6, 1834. Rem. to Newbury April 1, 1865, and bought of Plato Eames the large farm which he still owns, on the north side of the river, between Boltonville and Wells River. Member, since 1849, of the Ref. Pres. (Covenanter) ch., Ryegate; m. 1st, Dec. 5, 1866, Jane, dau. Archibald Ritchie; she d. Jan. 28, 1875; m. 2d, in Ryegate, March 16, 1877, Ellen, dau. Dea. John Smith, (Dea. Smith was b. at Amenia, N. Y., May 23, 1800; d. Newbury, March 20, 1894). Five children, besides three who d. in infancy.
i. William, b. June 4, 1868; res. South Berwick, Me .. blacksmith and machinist ; m. Aug. 8, 1899, Mabel Louis Davis.
ii. Archie Ritchie, b. Nov. 22, 1871; farmer in Barnet; m. Dec. 1, 1899, Edith Plummer.
iii. Herman David, b. March 14, 1878, now in Vermont University, Burlington. iv. John Smith, b. Dec. 1, 1879; at home.
v. Ellen Jane, b. Aug. 26, 1884. At school.
BOWEN.
WILLIAM BOWEN, one of the first settlers of Grafton, N. H., came there from Connecticut when the country was a wilderness, guided by spotted trees. After clearing some land, and building a log house he went back after his wife, who came on horseback, bringing her linen wheel on the horse behind her. They reared a large family. He served in the revolutionary war, and d. in Grafton, aged 94.
His son, Beneiah Bowen, a captain in the militia, b. Grafton, March 29, 1785, came to live with his son in Piermont in 1857, and in 1870, to the home of his grandson, A. A. Bowen in Newbury, and d. Sept. 23, 1877.
AUGUSTUS B .. son of the latter, b. Grafton, Sept. 7, 1813; m. Oct. 9, 1842, Sybil V. Bliffin of Freetown, Mass. Helped build the old B. C. & M. R. R .; settled on a farm in Piermont, and d. there March 19, 1860.
ALBERT A., son of Augustus, b. Grafton, N. H., Aug. 3, 1843. Came with his parents to Piermont in 1857; enlisted in 1862 in Co. B, 15th N. H., and was mustered out with the regiment in 1863; came to Newbury in March, 1875, to the farm formerly owned by Thomas Abbott, and later by Charles Lect; m. July 3, 1865, Rachael A., dau. Jobn Dean of Haverhill.
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Three children, all b. in Piermont :
i. John A., b. June 29, 1866. Res. Newbury; m. Jan. 15, 1890, Augusta Newbauer, (b. Nuremburg, Germany, dau. John Newbauer, a pencil maker) ; d. Aug. 2, 1900. C., (1) Ina H., b. Newbury, Dec. 31, 1891. (2) Arthur, b. Newbury, Aug. 25, 1893. (3) Marion, b. Haverhill, July 7, 1895. (4) Bertram K., b. Haverhill, May 25, 1897.
ii. Nellie M., b. Dec. 20, 1868; m. W. H. Kendrick, q. v.
iii. Charles B., b. March 15, 1871. Became blind at the age of seven, in consequence of having a knife thrown at him while at school, by a playmate, in sport. The sight of one eye was destroyed, and that of the other was soon lost. At the age of eleven he was admitted to the Perkins Institution for the blind at South Boston and graduated there at the age of nineteen. There he learned music and the trade of tuning pianos, and is now tuner in the factory of George P. Bent, Chicago. Like many other blind men, he has developed considerable skill in the management of horses and the estimation of their value. He m. in Chicago, Feb. 15, 1900, Anna W. James, her mother being Rachel Lother, formerly of Newbury.
BOYCE.
This family originally came from Newburyport, Mass. Capt. William Boyce, the first of whom there is record, met his death by falling from a load of hay, while coming up from the meadow, on the farm now owned by W. W. Brock.
CAPT. WILLIAM and Sarah Anderson were m. about 1760.
Children :
i. Hugh, b. Aug. 19, 1764.
ii. Joseph, b. May 17, 1766.
iii. James, b. March 22, 1768; d. May 13, 1849.
1 iv. Sarah, b. Sept. 14, 1770; m. Capt. Gideon Tewksbury; d. Dec. 26, 1854.
v. Robert, b. 1772. Studied medicine and settled in Chautauqua County, N. Y .; d. about 1852.
vi. William, b. Nov. 20, 1774.
vii. Labella, b. June 29, 1777.
viii. Margaret, b. Dec. 2, 1779; d. Feb. 27, 1841.
2 ix. Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1782; d. Sept. 14, 1863.
x. John, b. Oct. 16, 1786; d. in Kansas.
1 JAMES,2 (William1) b. New Boston, N. H., March 22, 1768. When seventeen years of age he came to Newbury, in 1785, and found a desirable location, on an elevated, hard-wood, south-east slope, in what is now Topsham. This farm is now owned by Alexander Eastman. After two years he returned home with such a favorable report that his parents persuaded him, as he was young, to let them have his place. They came north the next year with several of their children. James settled at West Newbury, south of the Daniel Eastman farm, near Wright's Mountain. In 1842, he rem. to Guildhall, where he d. May 13, 1849. He was m. three times: 1st, Abigail, dau. of John Haseltine; 2d, Miriam Titcomb, who d. Aug. 29, 1820; 3d, in 1823, Miriam, dau. Mark Banfield.
Children, all b. in Newbury :
i. John Haseltine, b. 1793.
ii. William Anderson, b. 1795. Lived at West Newbury, till 1835, when he rem. to Albany; m. 1st, Martha, dau. David Haseltine, who d. July 25, 1834; 2d, Sept. 7, 1835, Judith, dau. Robinson Brock. He d. Dec. 20, 1854; buried at West Newbury.
iii. Sarah. m. Alva Eastman. C., living, Mrs. David Moore of Barre; Mrs. Bisnette of Bellows Falls.
3 iv. Richard T., b. June 24, 1808; d. about 1896.
v. James Madison, b. 1809; d. Sept. 14, 1833.
vi. Elizabeth H., b. September, 1811; m. Sept. 22, 1835, Joshua Glover; one dau. survives, Mrs. Johannett of Burlington; d. December, 1849.
vii. Abigail H., b. May 3, 1815; d. July 24, 1860.
viii. John H., b. April 9, 1824. Was prominent in Guildhall; d. Jan. 20, 1874.
4 ix. George S., b. Aug. 11, 1827; d. Feb. 4, 1899. 5 x. Nathaniel S., b. May 24, 1829.
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6 xi. Miriam T., b. May 20, 1832.
4 GEORGE SULLIVAN,3 (James,2 William1) b. Aug. 11, 1827; m. 1854, Fannie S., dau. Joshua B. and Sallie (Schoft) Lamkin; d. Feb. 4, 1899.
Children :
i. Guy L., b. 1856. In the boot and shoe business at Boston, with his uncle, Guy Lamkin, from March, 1873, and after 1885, in the shoe trade with his brother, John, having branches in other cities; m. March 13, 1884, Ida Florence Baker of Lincoln, Mass; d. Feb. 4, 1899. Two c.
ii. John W., b. May 20, 1862. In business with his brother, then retired to a farm in Guildhall; m. July 4, 1825, Ella M. Hunter of Somerville, Mass.
iii. Sadie, b. Dec. 25, 1870; m. May 31, 1894, Henry S. Smith of Lancaster, N. H.
5 NATHANIEL S.,3 (James,2 William1) b. May 24, 1829. Fitted for college at Guildhall and Newbury; graduated Michigan University, 1854; studied medicine with Dr. J. D. Folsom of Guildhall; in practice Guildhall, Colebrook, N. H., and North Stratford; three years in Boston City Dispensary; Guildhall since 1861; m. July 11, 1878, Mary B., dau. Ebenezer Abbott of Newbury. C., Helen M., a teacher; and Angie C., who d. in her third year.
6 MIRIAM T.,3 (James,2 William1) b. May 20, 1832; teacher; m. 1856, M. A. W. Grow, who d. 1886. She d. March 22, 1879.
Children :
i. Emma, a teacher; m. A. A. Potter of Stark, N. H .; d. about 1887.
ii. Sherlie, m. Rev. Elwin L. Houseman, of Lebanon, N. H., a graduate of Harvard University; chaplain of 5th Mass. in Spanish-American war. Two c.
iii. Walter A., res. in Massachusetts. Two c.
iv. Alystyne, res. Providence, R. I. Jeweler.
v. Eliza A., b. Feb. 10, 1840; m. Julius T. Grow, a wood engraver, but now a paper box manufacturer, Lebanon, N. H. C., (1) Eugene, b. October, 1874; graduated Dartmouth, 1894; medical college, 1897; post graduate Cornell University; surgeon in the navy ; medical officer on the "Dixie" 1898.
3 RICHARD TITCOMB,3 (James,2 William1) b. June 24, 1808. Farmer, also hunter and fishermen; rem. 1843 to Guildhall; in 1864 to Granby; lived some years with his dau., Mary A., in Stark, N. H .; served in the Union army, 1861-65; was in the battle of Gettysburg, in Col. Proctor's regiment; m. at Topsham, Dec. 2, 1830, Joanna Banfield, (b. Corinth, Oct. 1, 1808, d. Aug. 2, 1865), a woman of noble christian character. He d. Oct. 5, 1896. Eleven children; the first seven'b. in Newbury; the rest in Guildhall:
i. Allen R., b. June 30, 1832; farmer and teacher; lived in Guildhall, Granby and West Burke; representative from Granby, 1861; assistant judge of Essex County court, 1882-84 ; gave up farming because of failing health; in insurance and other business at West Burke several years; res. in Barre till Jan. 20, 1899; m. 1st, June 20, 1860, Sarah D. House of Lowell, Mass., 2d, Helen M. Howard of Barre. Three c. survive him; (1) Alma. (2) James W. (3) Alfred A.
ii. Caroline, b. Dec. 3, 1833; d. June 23, 1834.
iii. Elizabeth A., b. March 25, 1835; m. 1st, April 16, 1857, Abel Carpenter of Granby, who d. 1860; 2d, 1864, Charles Damon of Victory who is dead ; now res. Barre. One dau. Mrs. Lillian A. Mills.
iv. Mary A., b. Sept. 16, 1836; m. Jan. 2, 1864, Nehemiah Cole of Stark, N. H .; d. there Aug. 16, 1893.
v. James M., b. May 9, 1838; enlisted May, 1862, in 10th Vermont regiment ; d. at Culpepper, Va., Oct. 6, 1863.
7 vi. William A., b. Dec. 3, 1839.
8 vii. Osman B .. b. Nov, 24, 1841; d. June 1, 1895.
viii. John Wesley, b. Guildhall, Sept. 10, 1843; a young man of fine talent; enlisted 1861 in Co. K., 8th Vermont; d. in service at Brattleboro, Feb. 28,1862.
ix. Martha J., b. Oct. 28, 1845; teacher; m. July 23, 1870, Charles E. White of Deerfield, N. H .; res. Barre. C., (1) Carrie M. (2) Mary E. (3) Elizabeth G. (4) Fred L. (5) Priscilla G.
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x. Caroline A., b. Aug. 16, 1847; teacher; d. Aug. 17, 1869.
vi. George P., b. July 12, 1849; educated Montpelier seminary; clothing merchant, Barre; steward in Meth. ch .; m. Dec. 10, 1874, Cora A. Hutchinson. No c.
7 WILLIAM A.,4 (Richard T.,3 James,2 William1) b. Newbury, Dec. 3, 1839. Educated at Barre Academy; principal for two years of Cabot High School; studied law and admitted to Washington Co. bar, 1869; in practice at Barre; judge of the city court Dec. 1, 1898-Dec. 1, 1890, and has been town representative and held other offices; is also a director and vice president in the Barre Savings Bank and Trust Co .; member of Meth. ch .; delegate, 1888 to General Conference; superintendent of Sunday School about twenty years; is an active citizen of Barre; has never m.
8 OSMAN C. B.,4 (Richard T.,3 James,2 William1) b. Newbury, Nov. 24, 1841. Educated at Barre Academy; read law with his brother; graduated at Albany, N. Y., Law School 1871; in practice at Guildhall and editor there one year of the Essex County Herald; rem. to Barre 1874, and partner with his brother till death; states attorney, Essex County, 1872; state senator from Washington County, 1892 ; m. 1st, June, 11, 1871, Amelia A. French of Northumberland who d. September, 1877, leaving one child, Edith A. 2d, Jan. 15, 1881, Louisa L. Dodge of Barre; in failing health 1894; d. suddenly while in his garden, June 1, 1895.
2 SAMUEL,2 (William1) b. Oct. 10, 1782. Farmer near Boltonville; m. Cynthia, dau. Horace Stebbins (b. April 12, 1797; d. Jan. 12, 1884). He d. Sept. 14, 1862.
Children, (not in regular order. Information received by W. N. Gilfilan).
i. Henry. Farmer on the "Avery Place" some years; m. June 14, 1864, Harriet N., dau. George W. Avery, (b. May 20, 1830; d. Jan. 26, 1890). He d. March 31, 1897, aged 77.
ii. George, res. White River Junction.
iii. James M., in employ of the Passumpsic railroad for about 40 years, as conductor, etc., now yardmaster at St. Johnsbury ; m. 1st, Jan. 1, 1867, Harriet, dau. William Gardner, who d. June 27, 1877; m. 2d, Dec. 24, 1878, Augusta P. Towne.
iv. Samuel, res. Newbury.
9 V . Alonzo.
vi. Adeline, m. John Roberts of Groton.
vii. Caroline, m. Thomas Quimby.
viii. Sarah, m. Charles Bartlett.
9 ALONZO. Farmer on homestead; m. Dec. 24, 1872, Abbie M., dau. William Gardner. Children :
i. Harry, d. Feb. 23, 1878, in his third year.
ii. Hugh G., b. July 25, 1877.
iii. Myrtilla, b. Aug. 14, 1878.
iv. Martena, b. Aug. 14, 1878.
v. Bertie, b. Sept. 9, 1881.
vi. Bertha, b. Sept. 9, 1881.
vii. Agnes, b. July 25, 1883.
BOYNTON.
DAVID S., of Richard and Rebecca (Abbott) Boynton, b. March 7, 1776; m. June 1, 1804, Lydia, dau. of Peter, and sister of Jeremiah Nourse; lived in Newbury and Rockingham; d. December, 1813.
Children :
1 i. Jeremiah, b. Sept. 29, 1805.
ii. Elvira, b. Dec. 4, 1806; m. Sept. 1, 1829, Daniel B. Lake.
iii. Clarissa, b. June 28, 1808; m. June, 1836, Freeman Lake.
iv. David, b. Feb. 28, 1810; m. Lydia Roberts; lived some years where Orrin W. Brock now does, but rem. to the north part of the state.
1 JEREMIAH, b. Newbury, Sept. 29, 1805; was brought up by his uncle, Mr. Nourse; farmer and stone cutter; lived some years where Daniel Taisey
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now does, then on one of the farms now owned by the Chalmers brothers m. 1st, Sept. 26, 1831, Deborah C., dau. of Capt. Jacob Bayley (b. June 2, 1803; d. Nov. 28, 1863) ; she was an invalid all her married life. (See p. 238). 2d, June, 1865, Mrs. Jane (Renfrew) Haseltine. Members of 1st ch. He was a man of phenomenal industry, who never accepted office of any kind, or any position of public trust, but whose opinions and advice were held in great regard. His excellent Christian character led the church to desire him for a deacon, but he declined, on the ground that he was not good enough to be one. He told the minister that he had a bad temper, and often said things which a deacon ought not to say. He said that the Sunday before a neighbor's cow got into his corn while he was gone to meeting and was there all day, and his neighbor knew it. "I drove the cow home," said he, "and I was mad, and told John Messer that he was worse than a heathen. Do you think that a man who would talk like that is good enough for a deacon ?" His first wife was bed-ridden for thirty-two years. After her death he spent a year in the west. He d. March 1, 1876.
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