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BROCK.
JAMES, of Barnet, m. Mary, dau. of Job Abbott, and their son, Alexander Harvey
*Prepared by Edward Miller, Esq.
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Brock, (b. Barnet, Jan. 7, 1811; d. Ryegate, May 3, 1890) m. Janet, dau. Robert Gibson. Of their five c. two have lived in Newbury.
i. Robert G., b. Ryegate, June 11, 1843; served in the Union army ; res. Wells River; carpenter and manufacturer of watering tubs, etc .; m. 1st, Oct. 2, 1867. Martha Helen, dau. George and Helen (Goodwin) Rhodes, who d. Sept. 2, 1872. Two c., (1) Flora Emily, b. Sept. 28, 1868; at home. (2) Alice Jennett, b. Nov. 13, 1871 ; m. J. H. Morrill of Ashland, N. H .; studied some years at the Boston Conservatory of Music. He m. 2d, Nov. 2, 1875, Addie Dorrilla Jay, who d. Nov. 19, 1883. C., (3) Fred Harvey, b. April 3, 1880. (4) Herbert Jay, b. Nov. 6, 1883.
ii. David, b. March 5, 1847; carpenter at Wells River; m. May 2, 1871, Emily Annette Rhodes, sister of the first wife of Robert G. Brock. C., Cora Annette, b. Ryegate, Nov. 13, 1872; graduate of Middlebury College; preceptress of Lyndon Academy for several years. (2) George Harvey, b. March 24, 1878.
BROWN.
ABRAHAM, b. Strafford, Aug. 29, 1793; m. Feb. 1, 1813, Polly, dau. Jotham Tuttle, (b. Andover, Mass., May 6, 1796; d. Jan. 11, 1879). They came to Newbury in 1824; carried on the place which had been Rev. Mr. Lambert's two years, then rem. to Leighton hill, where they cleared the farm which is now owned by John Reid, where they built a house and barn. They were members of the Meth. ch. About 1863, they sold their farm and rem. from Newbury. He d. Lebanon, N. H., May 12, 1870.
Children :
i. Mary A., b. Sept. 7, 1822 ; m. Albert G. Page, q. v.
ii. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 23, 1824; d. Oct. 21, 1826.
iii. Lorenza, b. Dec. 7, 1827; m. Sept. 29, 1852, Philetus Bliss, (b. Compton, Conn., 1818; served three years in Co. C., 3d Vt. in the civil war).
iv. Moses T., b. Oct. 31, 1829; m. 1st, Sept. 3, 1853, Lavinia V. Crown, who d. July 15, 1857; 2d, May 1, 1859, Lizzie Hazeltine, who d. Feb. 24, 1880; 3d, September, 1883, Helen Merritt.
v. John L. T., b. May 8, 1832; m. 1st, Dec. 6, 1855, Mary J. Page, 2d, Aug. 21, 1878, Annie Belle Weston.
1 vi. Wells B., b. March 31, 1835.
vii. Harvey B., b. April 19, 1837 ; d. March 4, 1841.
1 WELLS B., b. Newbury, March 31, 1835; m. May 25, 1857, Sarah Jane, dau. Thomas Smith of Newbury, (b. Sept. 15, 1837). Res. Vergennes.
Children :
i. Harrie W., b. Feb. 9, 1860; d. July 20, 1878.
ii. Frank B., b. Sept. 25, 1863 ; d. June 4, 1873.
iii. Jennie A., b. Oct. 28, 1865.
iv. Carrie D., b. May 21, 1868; m. Silas Page.
v. John L. T., b. Sept. 26, 1875; d. April 25, 1877.
BROWN.
DR. IRA, son of Josiah and Susannah (Wilmarth) Brown, b. Kirby, Sept. 20, 1818. (Descended from William and Mary (Murdock) Brown, who came from England to Plymouth, Mass., before 1656; rem. to Seekouk, R. I.). Studied medicine with his brother, Dr. Abel Brown of Burke, who d. lately, aged 92; graduated, Castleton Medical School, 1845; in practice Northumberland, three years; Burke, 1849-64; Wells River, 1864-81; in broken health at Lyndon two years; rem. to Minneapolis, Minn .; in practice forty-two years, till within two weeks of death; m. June 6, 1848, Emily, dau. Rev. John Clark, Congregational minister at Burke; she d. Wells River, 1877. He d. Jan. 6, 1887.
Children, all b. at Burke, but lived at Wells River:
i. Edward J., b. Jan. 14, 1851; graduate Kimball Union Academy, 1870, Dartmouth College, 1874, Dartmouth Medical College, 1879; in practice at Littleton, N. H., 1879-80; Haverhill, 1880-82; Minneapolis, 1882 to date; m. April 23, 1890, K. Mary Fullerton. Five c.
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ii. Abby Ann, b. Nov. 23, 1852; educated at St. Johnsbury Academy and Mt. Holyoke Seminary; m. Henry K. White of Newbury, son of Ebenezer T. White; rcs. Washington, D. C .; one dau.
iii. Esther Myanda, b. Dec. 19, 1855; educated St. Johnsbury Academy and Norwich, Conn., Free Academy; res. Escondido, Cal.
iv. John Clark, b. April 4, 1859; studied Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; druggist in Washington, D. C., about fourteen years; graduate 1900, at National Medical College; in study in New York City, intending to locate with his brother at Minneapolis.
BUCK.
CAPT. WILLIAM, of Connecticut ancestry, was a native of, and farmer in Waterford. Of his c., William H., b. in Waterford, 1847; educated at McIndoe Falls Academy and a graduate of Randolph Normal School; teacher and clerk; came to Wells River, 1876, as principal of the village school; entered the druggist business, 1881, which he has since conducted in that place; superintendent of schools five years; Mason and Odd Fellow and has been representative in both grand bodies; m. Aug. 27, 1876, Mary, dau. Gawn and Sarah J. Dunlap, a teacher, who d. March 17, 1890, leaving an infant son, Malcolm Fletcher.
BUELL.
WILLIAM, came from England to Dorchester, Mass., about 1630, and in 1635, became one of the original proprietors of Windsor, Conn. From him are descended many notable men and women. From him in the sixth generation was ;-
ASHBEL, b. Litchfield, Conn., Jan. 12, 1765. It has been claimed that he was a revolutionary soldier, but there is no record of his service, and his grandson, the late Ashbel C. Buell, had never heard of his being such. He moved his family to Newbury with an ox team in the winter of 1796, and settled on what was then called the Charles Bayley farm, on the hill southwest of Wells River. This he sold in 1801, to James Wallace, from Scotland, and, in 1802 bought the John Brown place, now called the "old Buell place" at West Newbury. He m. Nov. 1, 1787, Huldah Webster of Litchfield, (b. Feb. 22, 1767; d. Oct. 10, 1856). He d. Nov. 3, 1853; buried at West Newbury. They had six c., the two younger b. in Newbury the elder ones in Litchfield.
i. Ward, b. Sept. 4, 1788; m. Dec. 5, 1811, Theodotia, dau. David Ladd of Haverhill, (b. Feb. 15, 1786; d. April 1, 1852). He d. Newbury, March 6, 1874. They had six c., who are all dead, or rem. from here.
ii. Candace, b. April 1, 1791; m. 1st, Jan. 18, 1821, John E. Tuxbury; 2d, Dec. 9, 1836, Capt. Elijah Rowe of Bradford, (b. Nottingham, N. H., March 9, 1769 ; d. Bradford, Jan. 26, 1858). She d. Bradford, Oct. 19, 1870.
iii. Loveman, b. April 22, 1794; m. Hannah Willey; d. Charlestown, Mass., Aug. 25, 1852. Three c.
iv. Elnathan, b. Jan. 4, 1797; d. Bradford, Penn., April 20, 1887.
v. Ashbel, b. July 23, 1799; settled on the homestead, but rem. later to "Goshen"; m. Jan. 20, 1822, Sarah Cochran, (b. Londonderry, N. H., April 11, 1784; d. March 30, 1861). He d. Oct. 12, 1884. C., (1) Mary H., b. April 18, 1823; res. Newbury. (2) William, b. Junc 11, 1825; d. March 25, 1865. (3) Ashbel C., b. Sept. 3, 1827; farmer and cooper; prepared, some years before his death, a careful record of the Buell and Cochrane families of Newbury and Bradford; m. in Brownington, March 31, 1867, Sabrina L. Burroughs (b. Coventry, Oct. 26, 1822). He d. July 2. 1899.
vi. Albert, b. May 20, 1803; m. August, 1829, Martha, dau. Philip Tuxbury, who d. Sept. 22, 1843; d. Feb. 1, 1891. C., (1) William H., b. Jan. 24, 1830; m. 1855, Hannah Wallace of Haverhill; four c. (2) Hannah L., b. Oct. 13, 1837; m. 1862, Amos L. Bowen; rem. to Canada.
BUCHANAN.
MATTHEW ROBEN came to this country from Scotland in 1801, with the
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Wallaces, Robert Fulton, the Allens, Andrew Buchanan and Jean Arbuckle. He had two sons and two daughters.
i. Walter, the elder, lived in Ryegate and d. there.
ii. John, went to New York and d. ; both of them old men.
iii. Jean, b. Scotland Yocker, 1785; m. Andrew Buchanan, q. v .; d. Jan. 18, 1863, aged 77 years, 8 months. Eleven c.
iv. Isabel, m. William Gray of Ryegate and also had eleven c.
ANDREW BUCHANAN, b. Barritan, Scotland, 1770; m. Jean, dau. Matthew Roben; d. Nov. 19, 1839, aged 67 years, 8 months, 8 days). Farmer in Ryegate.
Children :
i. Moses, at the age of twenty-one, came to Wells River and worked for Timothy Shedd one year, 1830, then went into company with Samuel Hutchins, the firm name being Hutchins, Buchanan & Co .; d. July 1, 1859, aged fifty-four.
ii. Andrew, went into business in Philadelphia, where he continued for about twenty years ; d. June 25, 1863, aged 54 years, 4 months.
iii. James, came to Wells River, 1834, and went into company with Hutchins, Buchanan & Co., and continued in that company until 1851, when he bought out Mr. Hutchins and William G. Buchanan bought out Moses; then the firm name was J. & W. G. Buchanan, which continued until 1867, when Col. James Buchanan d. He m. 1st, Sarah Jane, dau. Charles Hale, (d. March 27, 1843); 2d, a Mrs. Mansfield. His title of Colonel came from his connection with the old militia; town representative, 1845-46; d. June 24, 1867.
iv. Willliam G., b. Jan. 21, 1828, being the surviving partner of the firm, settled the estate. He came to Wells River in 1848; clerk for Hutchins, Buchanan & Co., until he bought into the firm with his brother James; m. Oct. 11, 1854, Helen, dau. Ira White; res. at Wells River; d. June 14, 1855, aged 26 years. One c., Kate, who m. F. L. Mace.
v. Matthew, d. July 19, 1854.
vi. John, d. July 3, 1897, aged 82 years.
vii. Walter R., b. Feb. 26, 1824; d. Oct. 30, 1873.
viii. Jean, living in Kentucky.
ix. Lillian, m. S. A. Moore, q. V.
x. Isabella, m. Robert Nelson, q. V.
xi. Margaret, b. May 21, 1821; m. Archibald Bachop; is dead.
BUCHANAN.
WALTER, b. Baldornoc Parish, near Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. 28, 1789; farmer in Scotland; Presbyterian; m. in Glasgow, Dec. 7, 1825, by Rev. Michael Willies, Mary Buchanan, (b. Stirling, Scotland, Nov. 13, 1802; d. Newbury, March 26, 1876). The Buchanans rented the same farm for 400 years, but the rent being raised, they resolved to emigrate. They came to Canada in 1832; lived in Montreal four years; in Broome one year; in Craftsbury one year; in Barnet two years and in Ryegate five, coming to Newbury in 1847; d. April 14, 1870.
Children :
1 i. John, b. Scotland, Nov. 12, 1826.
ii. William, b. Scotland, Nov. 29, 1828; d. March 13, 1830.
2 iii. Walter, b. Glasgow, Scotland, June 25, 1831.
3 iv. William, b. Broome, P. Q., April 5, 1834.
v. Mary, b. Craftsbury, Dec. 31, 1836; d. Dec. 31, 1853.
4 vi. Jane, b. Aug. 19, 1839; m. D. J. Walker, see below.
5 vii. George W., b. Ryegate, Nov. 1, 1841.
viii. Isabella, b. Ryegate, Nov. 23, 1843; m. George A. Johnson, q. v.
6 ix. Robert, b. Ryegate, Feb. 18, 1846.
1 JOHN, b. Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 12, 1826; farmer at Centre; m. April 8, 1858, Ellen D., dau. Richard Patterson.
Children :
i. Richard, b. June 4, 1859; carpenter.
ii. Frank J., b. Nov. 25, 1860; farmer.
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2 WALTER, b. Glasgow, Scotland, June 25, 1831; res. Newbury till 1881, when he rem. to Antrim, N. H .; farmer; m. Nov. 30, 1858, Susan D., dau. Jonas Tuttle, (b. Antrim, N. H., Dec. 19, 1839; d. there Dec. 10, 1894).
Children :
i. Mary Eva, b. Feb. 27, 1860; m. Edson S. Corliss, q. v.
ii. E. Elmer, b. March 28, 1861; res. Henniker, N. H .; m. 1st, Nov. 4, 1885, Mary A. C. Jameson of Antrim, who d. Feb. 19, 1893; 2d, Nov. 24, 1894, Mary M. Davis, who d. June 17, 1897. C., (1) Nanabell, b. Oct. 13, 1886. (2) Eva E., b. Dec. 11, 1887; d. Aug. 23, 1897. (3) Amanda M., b. Feb. 9. 9, 1893; d. Sept. 3, 1897.
iii. Henry F., b. Jan. 20, 1863; res. Peterboro, N. H .; superintendent Cotton Bleachery some years; farmer; m. Annie J. Blair, May 2, 1888. C., Waldo K., b. July 30, 1891 ; d. same day.
iv. Ansel E., b. Jan. 19, 1866; res. Winchester, N. H., farmer; m. Oct. 1, 1890, Mabel Cochrane of Antrim. C., (1) Arthur P., b. May 10, 1892. (2) Agnes M., b. Oct. 13, 1893. (3) Clarence B., b. Sept. 30, 1898. v. Elsie, b. Aug. 28, 1867; d. Sept. 18, 1885, at Antrim.
vi. Olive P., b. May 15, 1870; m. Nov. 25, 1891, Herman W. Matthews; res. Peterboro, N. H. C., Ellen R., b. March 1, 1895.
vii. Susie L., b. April 13, 1873; m. Sept. 13, 1892, John M. Dodge; res. Arlington, Mass. C., (1) Ethel B., b. March 9, 1893. (2) Warren C., b. April 14, 1897.
viii. Stella M., b. Nov. 29, 1875; d. March 9, 1876.
ix. Nellie L., b. May 5, 1877; m. Nov. 11, 1896, William C. White; res. Arlington, Mass. C., (1) Chauncey W., b. Feb. 7, 1897. (2) Isabelle Beatrice, b. Sept. 19, 1898.
3 WILLIAM, b. Broome, P. Q., April 5, 1834; res. Boston, 1859-82; Antrim, N. H., 1882-93; Rockingham till death; represented Antrim in legislature, 1889-90 ; held many town and society offices; m. March 12, 1857, Mary E., dau. Jonas Tuttle, (b. Jan 22, 1838). He d. Rockingham, May 18, 1897. Children :
i. Charles H., b. April 11, 1862; m. Oct. 21, 1883, Eliza J. Godfrey. C., Helen and Edith.
ii. Vienna H., b. Sept. 23, 1864; d. Sept. 20, 1865.
iii. George T., b. May 18, 1867.
iv. William M., b. Aug. 27, 1875.
4 JANE, b. Aug. 18, 1839; m. Oct. 3, 1867, D. G. Walker. Children :
i. Walter B., b. Feb. 24, 1869.
ii. Robert W., b. Aug. 24, 1871.
5 GEORGE T., b. Nov. 1, 1841; served in Union army in a Massachusetts regiment; m. 1870, Annie Moody; d. at Soldiers' Home, Augusta, Me., Nov. 18, 1872.
6 ROBERT, b. Feb. 18, 1846; m. Annie Moody, widow of his brother, George T. Res. Boston.
Children :
i. George W., b. Feb. 6, 1874.
BURBANK.
This family, long extinet here, was once very prominent. John Burbank came from England in 1640, settled in Haverhill, Mass., rem. to Suffield, Conn., in 1674, and bought land. He had two sons, John and Ebenezer. The latter had a son, named also Ebenezer, a revolutionary soldicr. Ebenezer, son of the latter, was an carly settler of Wells River, where four sons and four daughters were b. to him :- Lester, Ebenczer, Alanson S., and a fourth who d. in infancy ; Harriet S., Sophronia, Eunice and one who d. y. They returned to Suffield about 1828, as Ebenczer, and Sarah, his wife, werc dismissed to the church at Enfield Centre in that year. W. E. Burbank of Suffield, is a son of Lester, and res. on the estate which has been in the family since 1674. Sophronia, sister of Ebenezer, m. Simon Douglass, q. v.
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GEORGE A., and HON. PETER, long prominent at Wells River, were cousins of Ebenezer. The former was a merchant, and m. Polly Maxwell, Dec. 27, 1815.
GUSTAVUS, their son, was adopted by Hon. Peter Burbank, and lived with him at the "Hermitage." After the latter's death, he went into the stage business a few years, then read law with George B. Chandler, was admitted to the bar, and after three years was made clerk of Caledonia County Courts. Cashier of Danville bank some years, then in banking business at Kenosha, Wis., Winona, Minneapolis, and Hastings, Minn. In 1875, he went into private banking in Chicago, with an individual capital of $90,000. In 1889, he joined with three others, all from Caledonia County, in establishing the Market Street bank, at San Francisco, and d. since 1897, leaving several c.
PETER, was one of the most remarkable men who ever lived in Newbury. He has been dead so long, that few remember him personally, and little but tradition remains of him. In addition to the account given of him elsewhere, by Mr. Leslie, some particulars are worth preserving. He was influential in securing the charter of Wells River bank, and was its first president. It was through his adroitness that the bank was located at Wells River, instead of at Newbury Street. The business men of the latter place were confident of having it placed there, and Mr. Burbank assumed an air of indifference as to its location. But before the time came for the decision, he had, by great energy, and rapid driving, secured proxies in favor of Wells River, which he produced at the meeting, to the consternation of the "Street" men, some of whom refused all business dealings with the institution, or to take its bills for several years. Mr. Burbank contemptuously referred to Newbury Village as "good for nothing but to raise white beans in," and the name of "Beanfield" clung to the place for many a year. Many anecdotes have been told of his peculiarities, his absent-mindedness, his fits of parsimony, and seasons of unbounded generosity. He was very eccentric, and those who estimated the man by his outward appearance, were often bewildered by the sudden transformations in his manner. He delighted in a long coat which came nearly to the ground, a ruffled shirt, stained with tobacco juice, and a broad-brimmed Quaker hat. In this garb, with a boot on one foot and a shoe on the other, he would come to court followed by a crowd of men and boys, whom he entertained by telling stories, by quirks and gibes, keeping them in a roar of laughter. Those who judged him from his manner alone in these moments, rated his abilities but meanly, and were astonished when he shook off the clown and resumed the gentleman. In society where he desired to please, no man could be more brilliant or more entertaining. At the bar he was almost irresistible, and some of the most eminent lawyers of his time were chagrined at the ease with which he would "walk off with the jury." He had an intuitive perception of the weak point in his opponent's case, and directed all his attention to it. He was so successful at the bar that at his death he had amassed a fortune estimated at $30,000. His handwriting is a marvel of illegibility. The letters look as if they were made with the end of a poker. He was once asked why he wrote such a wretched hand and replied, gravely: "If I write better, people will find out how I spell!" He once indorsed a man's note, which, in the end, he was obliged to pay. Contemplating the recovered document he was heard to remark: "People say they can't read my writing, but they can read it well enough on the back of another man's note!" Judge Leslie says in "Bench and Bar of Orleans County" of him: "His style of oratory was not scholarly or grammatical, but his arguments to court and jurors were full of strong common sense logic, going right to the point. He was a very rapid speaker when he became excited. He was of the Gov. Mattocks school of oratory, and was the peer of such men as Mattocks, Collamer, Marsh, Fletcher, Bell, and other members of the bar of Vermont in his day." When he found himself seized by an incurable disease he retired to the "Hermitage" to die. His death was hastened, it is said, by his persistence in sitting by an open window, in a strong draft of air. He was
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buried in the old cemetery at Wells River, a long procession accompanying his remains, by way of Newbury Village to the burial ground. His epitaph reads :
Hon. Peter Burbank, Counsellor at Law, Obit. Jan. 16, 1836, Aged 55 years.
ANDREW JACKSON, son of Gustavus A. Burbank and Mary, sister of the late E. C. Stocker, was b. at "The Hermitage," July 25, 1833. He was adopted by Hon. Peter Burbank and was one of the three residuary legatees named in the latter's will, but never received anything from the estate. Educated at the academies at Danville and St. Johnsbury and at Newbury Seminary. Machinist in the Amoskeag Locomotive Works at Manchester and had the charge of setting up the machinery for the Jackson Manufacturing Co. at Nashua. Located in Minnesota in 1855, and lost all he invested there by the panic of 1857. In lumber business at Hannibal and at St. Joseph, Mo. but at the outbreak of the civil war, holding Union sentiments, he had to leave the place. Returned to Newbury and was in business a short time, but went to Pittsburgh, Pa., and was employed in the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue. He was soon afterward appointed United States Inspector and Gauger of distilled spirits and coal oil for the 22d District of Pennsylvania. This office was abolished at the close of the war, when he engaged in steam-boating on the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi rivers, as first clerk and quarter owner of a boat. Then in the oil and real estate business at Pittsburgh where he has represented his ward as Councellor. In Masonry has reached the 32d degree and has been connected with other fraternal and temperance orders. Mr. Burbank has contributed many volumes to the Tenney Memorial Library; m. 1st, Haverhill, N. H., Aug. 26, 1862, Mrs. Esther Eaton, who d. Nov. 28, 1886; 2d, April 29, 1891, at Sharpsburg, Pa., Mrs. Sarah M. Gercke. Children, all by 1st marriage:
i. Andrew C.
ii. Mary E.
iii. Cora E.
*BURNHAM.
DENISON R., b. Rumney, N. H., Jan. 2, 1799; m. in Rumney June 21, 1824, Abigail Hopkinson Carlton, (b. Goffstown, N. H., Jan. 18, 1803; d. Plymouth, N. H., Sept. 26, 1864). They moved to Groton in 1824, where he was a merchant and came to Newbury, 1830, where he was in business till 1841, (see p. 276) when here m. to Plymouth, and kept the Pemige- wasset House until it was burned in 1862. He built the house in which Mrs. C. C. Wallace lives.
Children :
i. Thomas J., b. Groton, June 29; d. November, 1829.
ii. Garaphelia M., b. Newbury, Sept. 13, 1831; m. at Plymouth, March 30, 1854, Joseph F. Merrill, and rem. to Ottumwa, Iowa, where they still live. iii. Desevignia S., b. Newbury, April 25. 1834; m. December, 1858, Lura E. Marston, who d. February, 1893; d. August, 1893.
iv. Sarah Aspasiah, b. Newbury, Dec. 3, 1838: m. Jan. 1, 1863, Charles B. Pope, who d. Aug. 31, 1885. Lived in Chicago.
v. Abby F., b. Newbury, Jan. 18, 1841; m. May 2 1867, Charles H. Greenleaf of the Hotel Brunswick, Boston; and the Profile House.
BURROUGHS.
THOMAS and WILLIAM, brothers, came from Marblehead, Mass., before 1790. .
*NOTE. On page 275 it is stated that Timothy Morse, Seth Greenleaf and W. W. Simpson married sisters, who were daughters of Cotton Haines of Rumney. This not correct. W. W. Simpson, Seth Greenleaf, Robert Morse and Capt. Moses Sinclair m. sisters of Denison Burnham. Information by Rev. J. L. Merrill.
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I. THOMAS, b. March 17, 1767; m. 1st, May 29, 1791, Amy, dau. John and Elizabeth (Conant) Peach of Marblehead, (b. Jan 25, 1768; d. Sept. 23, 1828) ; 2d, Feb. 15, 1830, Persis (Goodall), widow of Ebenezer Ruggles, who d. May 2, 1854. He d. June 16, 1852.
Children :
i. John, b. Dec. 13, 1791; d. Dec. 20, 1791.
ii. Amy, b. June 29, 1793 ; d. April 2, 1840.
iii. John, b. Feb. 16, 1795; d. March 29, 1795.
iv. Rebecca, b. March 10, 1796; m. July 27, 1815, Guy C. Taplin; d. Jan. 9, 1858.
v. Eliza, b. April 24, 1798; m. Dec. 21, 1821, Philarmon Ruggles, q. v .; d. Dec. 21, 1862.
vi. Sally, b. May 10, 1800; m. Aug. 30, 1821, William Bagley of Corinth; d. Jan. 31, 1843.
vii. Thomas, b. Sept. 5, 1802; m. Nov. 29, 1829, Louisa Ruggles, dau. Ebenezer, (b. April 30, 1805; d. March 31, 1882); d. Feb. 14, 1870. C., (1) Allen, b. May 18, 1831; railroad engineer; m. 1st, Nov. 16, 1856, Mary A. Crane of Greensboro, (b. 1834; d. Jan. 19, 1878); 2d, Dec. 25, 1883, Catherine Ward of Swanton; d. St. Johnsbury, Oct. 9, 1894. (2) Harriet, b. Sept. 5, 1834; m. Feb. 22, 1859, John P. Eaton of Wentworth, N. H .; d. Oct. 10, 1900. (3) Augusta, b. March 1, 1837; m. March 17, 1870, Samuel Eastman 2d, q. v. (4) Laura C., b. Sept. 26, 1842; m. 1st, Sept. 3, 1861, Alvin Mckinstry, q. v. ; one dau .; m. 2d, Dec. 18, 1867, Cornelius L. Babcock of Rutland, b. Poultney, March 4, 1833; res. Woburn, Mass .; insurance agent. C., a, Helen, b. Fairhaven, Jan. 29, 1870; m. Samuel W. Merrill of Woburn; b, Mary, b. Rutland, March 27, 1873; m. Nathaniel Currier of Reading, Mass.
viii. Nancy, b. Aug. 5, 1805; m. a Mr. Crockett; d. Nov. 26, 1859.
ix. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 13, 1808; m. as 2d wife, Philaman Ruggles; d. June 27,
1864.
x. Allen D., b. Feb. 14, 1811 ; d. Aug. 24, 1828.
II. WILLIAM, b. Marblehead, Mass., Feb. 24, 1777 ; farmer and carpenter; built the house called the Spear Johnston house, where A. B. Chamberlin now lives. About 1810, he rem. to the farm still owned by his descendants, south of the present town farm, where he built house, barns and sawmill; chosen deacon in 1st ch., September, 1812; m. March 28, 1799, Elizabeth (Betsey) dau. William Peach, (b. July, 1781 ; d. July 25, 1856). He d. June 12, 1835. Children :
i. Betsey, b. April 1, 1800; m. Perley Ruggles, q. v.
ii. Anna, b. July 27, 1802 ; m. Samuel Martin, q. v.
iii. William, b. May 16, 1805; carpenter and bridge builder for the Passumpsic railroad; m. Jan. 17. 1833, Anna, dau. Jacob Kent, (b. Aug. 10, 1805; d. Nov. 1, 1866). He lived for some years on what is now the town farm, and built the older part of the house; d. Feb. 7, 1861. No c.
iv. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1807 ; m. Gilman Barnett, q. v.
v. George, b. May 9, 1812; d. April 13, 1887.
vi. Martha, b. Dec. 16, 1817; d. Jan. 31, 1818.
vii. Samuel E., b. July 16, 1820 ; d. April, 1821.
GEORGE, b. May 9, 1812; settled on his father's farm; chosen deacon in 1st ch. in 1871; m. Feb. 9, 1843, Mary D., dau. John Sawyer of Bradford, (b. Feb. 27, 1817; d. June 21, 1897). He d. April 13, 1887.
Children :
i. Frances, b. July 27, 1844; m. March 5, 1891, Horace Everett McDuffee of Bradford.
ii. William Henry, b. Nov. 4, 1846; m. May 30, 1877, Mary Lavender; res. Somerville, Mass. C., (1) Carl E., b. May 11, 1878, Blue Hill, Maine. (2) Ethel, b. Feb. 7, 1885, Somerville, Mass.
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