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iii. John Sawyer, b. Nov. 30, 1848; farmer in Newbury; m. Feb. 21, 1878, Hattie E., dau. Robert Laing. C., (1) Ralph, b. Aug. 28, 1881. (2) Ray, b. Dec. 17, 1882; (3) Elsie, b. March 1, 1885.
iv. Martha, b. May 28, 1854; d. April 2, 1898.
v. George Edward, b. Jan. 11, 1858; d. Nov. 2, 1890; unm.
vi. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 10, 1861; m. Frank P. Leighton, q. v.
Nearly all the members of these Burroughs families belonged to the 1st ch.
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BURTON.
[ I. ISRAEL, of Voluntown, R. I .; m. June 23, 1748, Silena Herrick of Preston. Ten c.
II. JACOB, b. 1761-2, Rev. Sol .; m. Katura Palmer, and rem. to Washington. Six c.
III. STEPHEN, b. probably in Stonington, Conn., Sept. 23, 1796; m. Dec. 12, 1821, Judith Noyes Peaslee ; lived in Washington till 1864, then in Newbury with their youngest son, A. H. Burton, where she d. Jan. 3, 1865. He d. at the home of his eldest dau., Mrs. Marcia B. Emory, Woodsville, Sept. 13, 1896, aged 90. Both buried in Newbury. Eight c., of whom Horatio Nelson and Alexander Hamilton lived in Newbury.
i. Horatio Nelson, b. Washington, Dec, 17, 1826; on farm till 1844; went to Beloit, Wis., with his brother James, and rem. one year; fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy; graduated Dartmouth College 1853, teaching in the meanwhile; two years at the Theological Seminary at East Windsor Hill, Conn .; graduated Andover Theological Seminary, 1856; supplied South Congregational church, St. Johnsbury, 1857, a few months, then came to Newbury; ordained pastor of 1st ch., Dec. 31, 1857; dismissed, 1869; was Superintendent of schools two years and was often called upon to deliver addresses upon public occasions, both in and out of Newbury; pastor of Pres. ch., Sandusky, Ohio, 1869-75; Plymouth Cong. ch., 1876-79 Kalamazoo, Mich .; then four months in Europe; Cong. ch., Sycamore, Ill., 1880-83; farming in Jackson County, Mo., two years; then with improved health, pastor of Cong. ch., Union City, Mich., April, 1885-January, 1888; in East Burke, 1888-August, 1890; rem. to Minnea- polis, Minn., in broken health. D. D. from Dartmouth College, 1875; published occasional sermons and addresses, and was a man of great intellectual force; m. May 18, 1858, Amelia, dau. Charles C. and Florilla (White) Newell of East Burke; d. March 5, 1893; buried in Lakewood cemetery, Minneapolis. C., (1) son, d. in infancy. (2) Charlotte Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1860; two years at Oberlin College; res. Minneapolis. (3) Stephen E., b. Nov. 8, 1862; two years at Oberlin College; two years at Chicago Theological Seminary; in business at Minneapolis, since 1867; m. Dec. 31, 1895, Mary E. Lee of Minneapolis. C., Horatio Lee, b. July 14, 1898. (4) Charles Newell, b. March 20, 1866; graduated Michigan University, medical department, 1889; in practice East Burke, one year ; in Minneapolis five years; now at Elmore, Minn .; m. Dec. 24, 1894, Gertrude G. Bell of Minneapolis. C., a, Hervey N., b. March 24, 1884; b, Marion G., b. Dec. 16, 1898.
ii. Alexander Hamilton, came to Newbury about 1862; farmer on Ox-bow; superintendent of schools; in trade at Woodsville; farmer in Bath; m. Oct. 7, 1863, Ella A., dau. John G. White; d. Woodsville.
BUTLER.
The residence of Rev. James Davie Butler in Newbury was brief, as he was pastor of the Wells River Congregational church only three years, but he is too well known to allow his sojourn here to pass without notice. He was b. in Rutland, March 15, 1815; graduated Middlebury, 1836, Andover Theological Seminary, 1840; in Europe 1842-43, as a student and traveler; professor in Norwich University, 1845-47; pastor at Wells River, 1847-49'; professor of Greek in Wabash College, four years, and in the University of Wisconsin, nine years. The years 1867-68 were spent in travel in Europe and Asia; 1869-70 in exploration in California and Oregon; in 1890, he traveled in Asia, exploring China and Japan, and ended by visiting the North Cape. Dr. Butler has been a voluminous writer, his best known works being "Prehistoric Wisconsin," and "Words Used Once for All by Shakespearc". Hc delivered before the Vermont legislature, while living at Wells River an address upon the "Battle of Bennington" elsewhere referred to. He also delivered the historical address at the centennial of Rutland in 1870; res. since 1858, Madison, Wis., where he is vice president of the State Historical Society, and, in his 85th year, 1899, chaplain of the Minnesota senatc. Dr. Butler has interested himself in this history of Newbury, and some of the historical
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data in the early part of this volume, were collected by him. His handwriting at 85 has a boldness and vigor, which might be envied by young men ; m. 1845, Anna, dau. Joshua Bates, president of Middlebury College. Two of their c., who were b. at Wells River, d. y.
BUTTERFIELD.
JONATHAN, is understood to have come here from near Dunstable, N. H., and was b. about 1713. He is said to have held a commission of Captain under the crown, and was always known by his military title. He served in the French and Indian war as a scout, under Putnam, and was a member of Rogers' expedition. He came to Newbury before 1768, and in 1773, signed the New York petition. He built a grist-mill at South Newbury, on same privilege where Mr. Runnels' mill is now, but on the other side of the brook, also a sawmill, and the place was called "Butterfields Mills," for some years and is so mentioned in old deeds. In 1785, he rem. to Topsham and settled. He served in the revolutionary war, in several "alarms." He d. at Topsham, May 17, 1804, aged 91. Samuel and Welbe were his sons and there may have been other children.
SAMUEL, b. Dunstable, Mass., April 17, 1765 ; served in the revolution in several "alarms." In 1785, he rem. to Topsham, settling at "Butterfields Corner" ; town representative, etc .; m. a Miss Leach; d. Topsham, Aug. 15, 1835.
Children :
i. Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1792.
ii. Jonathan, b. May 27, 1794.
iii. Prudence, b. Feb, 4, 1796; m. Benjamin Scribner.
iv. Ira, b. Dec. 16, 1798.
v. Welbe, b. Aug. 15, 1800; m. Eliza, dau. of Dudley Brown, and granddaughter of Dudley Carleton of Newbury. She d. Dec. 9, 1884, aged 83 years, 9 months, 24 days. C., (1) Eliza, d. y. (2) Ira A. (3) Welbe J., merchant at Dover, N. H., and captain in a New Hampshire regiment in the civil war. (4) Eliza, who m. Eri Chamberlin of Ryegate. (5) Dudley, d. y. (6) Susanna. (7) Diodama, m. James W. George of Newbury. (8) Prudence. (9) Charles.
vi. James, b. April 26, 1802.
vii. Mannessah, b. May 15, 1804.
viii. Polly, b. June 12, 1806; m. Nathan Parker.
ix. Henry, b. July 24, 1808. Lived in Topsham; major in the militia.
x. Laura, b. Oct. 9, 1809.
Many of the descendants of Jonathan Butterfield and his son Samuel intermarried with Newbury families.
BUXTON.
This family is of English origin. Daniel Buxton of Barre, Mass., m. in 1772, Lucy Allen, and d. at the age of 56. His widow m. 2d. in 1790, Joseph Bacon, and d. in her 97th year. The c. of Daniel and Lucy Buxton were: John; Daniel, who settled in Jericho; Anna, who m. in 1798, Manassah Osgood, and lived in Westford, and another dau., who m. a Mr. Bullard, settled in Shrewsbury, Mass. One of her sons was a missionary in Burmah, India.
JOHN, b. Barre, Mass., Nov. 5, 1779. He came here before 1804, and built about 1822, the large house at the south end of the village, still called by his name. He was a harness maker, his shop being that owned by the late E. C. Stocker, which in his time stood a little farther south. Mr. Stocker was his partner during the last years of his active life. He was also in mercantile and other business with William Bailey, in what is now the Sawyer House. He joined the Cong. ch. July 24, 1819, and was chosen a deacon in 1819. He m. 1st, Sept. 24, 1804, Prudence, dau. Col. John Bayley. Her mother was a dau. of Capt. John G. Bayley. She was b. April 18, 1786, and d. Dec. 18, 1811, at Newburyport, Mass., while on a visit there.
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Children :
i. Betsey, b. June 20, 1805; d. Oct. 14, 1825.
ii. John B., b. May 4, 1807, q. v.
1 iii. Emeline, b. March 17, 1809; m. July 24, 1834, Wright Saunders, of Macon, Ga., and d. at Macon, Nov. 6, 1834.
iv. Lucy Ann, b. April 6, 1811; d. June 10, 1834. Dea. Buxton m. 2d, 1814, Lavinia, dau. Joseph Ladd of Haverhill, (b. Sept. 18, 1787; d. Sept. 6, 1855).
v. Prudence, b. Feb. 26, 1815; d. April 11, 1816.
vi. Harriet, m. Aug. 10, 1841, Daniel P. Bassett of Albany, N. Y .; d. at Providence, R. I., March 1, 1895. C., (1) Frederic, an Episcopal clergyman, and D. D. Rector of the Church of the Redeemer at Providence. (2) Harriet. (3) Daniel. (4) Nellie. (5) Leonora. (6) Lillian.
vii. Charlotte A., m. Sept. 1, 1842, Rev. Emery M. Porter, then of Litchfield, Conn .; d. Newbury, Aug. 31, 1844. One son, Rev. Emery H. Porter, Rector of Emanuel ch., Newport, R. I.
viii. Mary F., m. in 1850, Addison W. Eastman, of Warren, N. H .; d. Feb. 8, 1886.
ix. Sarah Louise, m. Dec. 8, 1842, William D. Atwood, q. v., and had three c. (1) Mary Louise, who m. Rev. D. C. Bixby of Warren, N. H., and d. Oct 9, 1875, leaving three c., a, Ella M., who m. April 4, 1899, Rev. G. H. Credeford of Wells River; 6, Charlotte B., and c, Francis L. (2) John B., who d. Aug. 18, 1867. (3) Henry B., d. July 2, 1865. Mrs. Atwood studied medicine in Boston and Philadelphia; graduated at Boston Female College, Feb. 28, 1872; practiced in Watertown, Mass., fifteen years; in Wilbraham, Mass., while educating her grandchildren, three years; returned to Newbury, 1889.
x. Lavinia, b. 1825; m. Simeon Shephardson; d. May 6, 1872, in Chester, Pa. Two sons, Franklin P., an engineer on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and Edward E., a grocer in Boston.
xi. Henry Martyn, b. Aug. 5, 1827; farmer of Newbury and Fairlee; later in insurance business in Boston; m. May 15, 1849, Sarah Jane, dau. Enoch Wiggin; d. Bradford, Dec. 17, 1897. C., all b. in Newbury: (1) Charles Henry, b. May 23, 1851; salesman; res. Bradford. (2) Lillian, b. April 19, 1859; m. Frederick Lawrence Brainerd of Boston, (b. St. Albans). C., a, Lillian S .; b, Helen Katherine. (3) Luella Ladd, b. Jan. 29, 1863 ; m. William S. Wells of Boston, (b. Deerfield, Mass).
1 JOHN, b. May 4, 1807; in trade at Topsham; studied law with Philip H. Tabor ; went to New York City and engaged in furniture, paints and varnishes; m. 1st, Azubah, dau. James Heath; 2d, Myra Blake of Topsham; d. April 28,1855.
Children, two by 1st, and one by 2d marriage :
2 i. John Bayley, b. April 4, 1831.
ii. James Heath, became an officer in the navy.
iii. William Blake, thrown from a carriage in Topsham and killed, Aug. 19, 1867, aged 17.
2 JOHN BAYLEY, b. April 4, 1831; res. New York City and Newbury; dealer in furniture and real estate; m. Sept. 14, 1852, Lucinda, dau. Abner Bailey, (b. Feb. 5, 1833; d. Sept. 9, 1892). He d. Newbury, Aug. 16, 1877. Children, the four eldest b. Morrisana, N. Y.
i. Jonn Francis, b. Nov. 24, 1855; dentist at Paola, Kansas; m. at Paola, May 6, 1891, Bertha McLaughlin.
ii. Carrie, b. June 27, 1858; m. March 14, 1878, Charles H. Deming, q. v.
iii. Mary Belle, b. Nov. 15, 1859; d. Oct. 31, 1885.
iv. Clarance Bayley, b. Jan. 19, 1867; in grocery business at Lowell, Mass., where he d. 1890.
v. Ralph Hibbard, b. Newbury, March 11, 1872; cashier of bank, Blue Mound, Kansas; m. there Jan. 1, 1901.
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CARBEE.
JOEL, a revolutionary soldier, came to Newbury before 1790, and in 1795, bought of James Andrew, lot No. 156 where he cleared a farm. This farm was the one where George Chalmers, and after him, Jefferson Hall, long lived. He was a very powerful man, large, muscular and fine looking, physical characteristics inherited by all his sons, and many of his grandsons, who are all remarkably tall, large men. He never received a pension, but his widow obtained one; m. Louis Downer, who d. April 11, 1844, aged 83. He d. Feb. 19, 1834, in his 71st year. In "Massachusetts Men in the Revolution" the following record of service is given. "Carbee, Joel of Dedham, Priv. Capt. Abel Richards Co., Col. McIntosh's reg. March 23-Apr. 6, 1778, at Roxbury and Boston." "Carby, Joel, of Dedham, served 5 mo. 25 d., 1780; also enlisted for 3 yrs. March 29, 1781 and served till the end of the war." These are believed to be one and the same person, with Joel Carbee of Dedham and Newbury.
Children. all b. in Newbury :
1 i. John H., b. June 1, 1791, q. v.
ii. Moses P., b. May 18, 1793. He was a farmer in Bath; m. 1822, Marcia Kasson of Topsham. who d. June 4, 1863. He d. June 19, 1869. Seven c. iii. Joel, b. April 24, 1795; lived in Ryegate and m. there Aug. 24, 1823, (Rvegate record says Aug. 26, 1824) Dorcas Johnson, who d. Jan. 23, 1874. He d. April 18, 1865. Nine c.
iv. William, b. Nov. 3, 1798; lived in Bath; m. Feb. 1, 1827, Euseba Smith. She d. June 10, 1887. He d. July 9, 1876. Eight c.
v. Andrew, b. Aug. 16,1802. Settled in Canada, where he m. Martha Powers; d. 1855. They had four c. She d. and he had four more by a second m.
vi. Thomas Henry, b. Dec. 23, 1804. He lived in Newbury, but later in Bath; m. Dec. 10, 1829, Olive L., dau. John Robinson. She d. Newbury, Jan 7, 1881. He d. Lancaster, N. H., Nov. 2, 1874. Nine c., of whom Moses Dyer, b. Newbury, May 13, 1847, was a physician; graduated at the Medical College at Burlington; in practice at Haverhill, in partnership with Dr. Samuel P. Carbee, and then alone, till his sudden death from diphtheria, Oct. 23, 1889; m. Haverhill, Oct. 23, 1879, Mary Dexter.
vii. Sarah, b. July 15, 1807; m. March 5, 1829, Stephen D. Leighton of Bath, where he d. Sept. 4, 1870 ; d. Haverhill, Feb. 5, 1885. Twelve c.
1 JOHN H., b. Newbury, June 1, 1791; rem. to Bath after marriage, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his son, Henry C. Carbee; town representative from Bath eight or ten years, holding other offices. In his younger days he was a river man piloting boats down the river, returning with flat-boats laden with merchandise, which he poled up the stream; m. March 4, 1819, Anna, dau. Samuel Powers, (b. Newbury, Feb. 14, 1797; d. Bath, Dec. 20, 1884) ; d. Bath, June 25, 1877.
Children :
i. Lois, b. Newbury, Oct. 24, 1819, m. March 15, 1848, Moses Kelsey of Derby. One c.
ii. Sarah, b. April 5, 1821 ; d. Aug. 1, 1823.
iii. John Powers, b. May 3, 1823; rem. to Springville, Iowa, where he m. June 12, 1853, Sarah G. Hampton, who is living; d. Springville, Oct. 20, 1893. Six c.
iv. William Peach, b. Apr. 20, 1825; served in the Union army and was killed at the battle of Champion Hill, Miss., May 16, 1863; m. Oct. 6, 1851, Harriet Smith of Haverhill, who d. at Springville, Iowa, Nov. 30, 1879. Three c., living in Iowa.
F. Sarah, b. April 22. 1827; m. Nov. 18, 1851, Daniel Quimby, who d. March 21, 1862; d. April 25, 1882. Two c.
vi. Henry C., b. Aug. 31, 1829; farmer in Bath; town representative, 1897-8; m. April 21, 1858, Phidelia E. Clark. Six c., of whom only the eldest, Jennie, and the youngest, Ellen, survive.
vii. Milo, b. Dec. 4, 1831; res. East Boston, Mass; m. Sarah E. Leavitt of Exeter, N. H., who d. Jan, 17, 1891. Three c., one living.
viii. Mary P., b. Dec. 23, 1833; m. March 17, 1858, John Morrill of Derby, who d. Nov. 20, 1873 ; d. Jan. 16, 1898. One dau. lives in Chelsea, Mass.
ix. Samuel Powers, b. June 14, 1836; teaching and in the next two years
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studied medicine with Dr. Dixi Crosby ; enlisted as a private in Co. D, 12th N. H., and later was appointed assistant surgeon of the regiment, which position he held till the close of the war. He was in several battles, and was the first surgeon of the Union army to enter Richmond after its surrender; graduated Dartinouth Medical College 1865; physician at Haverhill Corner till death, having a very extensive practice on both sides of the river; town representative two years, and was surgeon-general on the staff of Governor Busiel; m. Sept. 30, 1885, Della, dau. Lyman Buek of Haverhill: d. Haverhill, Jan 31, 1900.
x. Ann P., b. March 6, 1840; m. Oet. 15, 1861, Edward H. Johnson Littleton.
CHALMERS.
WILLIAM and GEORGE were two of the four sons of George and Christian (Wilson) Chalmers. One of their two sisters m. Alexander Blackie and came to America, but returned to Scotland. This family were Scotch Presbyterians, and connected with that of Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers. The father of William and George, a devout man, often conducted the services at the kirk in the absence of the minister, and delivered the sermon. These two brothers settled in Newbury, and reared large families.
I. WILLIAM, b. Church Calder, Fife, Scotland, March 10, 1801 ; m. in 1822, Isabella, dau. Alexander and Grace (Lockhart) Barker, (b. Mathel, Fife, Scotland, March 8, 1804; d. Newbury, Feb. 8, 1883). William, with his wife and five c., and Alexander Barker and family, came to America in the ship "Cyrus of Glasgow," 1834. They came via Montreal to Burlington, thence to Newbury in June and three years later settled on what was then called the Benjamin Leet place, where William and Henry, their sons now live and there spent the remainder of their industrious lives. He was a linen dresser and spinner. He started a mill for the manufacture of thread and cordage at Corinth, in company with Dr. Hinckley of that place, and conducted the business many years. The machinery for the mill was imported by Mr. Chalmers from Scotland, and was detained ten years in transit, on account of difficulties in relation to the tariff; d. Oct. 7, 1865. Children :
i. Grace, b. Church Calder, Scotland, Jan. 9, 1824; m. March 18, 1847, George D. Roberts. They lived on and owned the farm long known as the Jeremiah Boynton place, now part of the Chalmers farm. They rem. to Wisconsin in 1853, where he was a farmer and butcher, holding public office. She d. Fox Lake, Wis., Jan. 6, 1860. C., (1) Isabella. (2) Anna. (3) William. The former spent several years of her girlhood in Newbury.
ii. George, b. Church Calder, Scotland, March 10, 1826; carpenter and builder, working in Boston; went to California 1850, during the gold excitement ; carpenters were so searce that he received ten dollars per day; later he owned and operated a ferry. In 1854, he went into partnership with his brother Alexander, in cattle-raising, buying a traet of land ten miles square rearing thousands of cattle, and cultivating land on a large seale. He also designed and built many buildings; m. about 1854, a Miss Smith, who survived him with one dau .; d. San Juan, Cal., in the fall of 1898.
iii. Christian R., b. Scotland Feb. 6, 1828; m. about 1848, Dennis Crowley, who d. about 1870. C., (1) John. (2) Ella. (3) Isabelle. (4) Mary; all d. She m. 2d, John Forsyth, who was killed by falling from a building in Lowell, 1877; 3d, William Rand, who d. 1893; lives in Lowell, Mass.
iv. Alexander, b. Scotland, Feb. 26, 1830; carpenter and builder; went to California in 1853, and into partnership with his brother George which they dissolved in 1870. He erected a mill for getting out and finishing lumber, and as contractor and builder. President and director of a bank at Watsonville, Cal. His wife was from New York. They have five e.
v. William, b. Church Calder, Scotland, March 8, 1832; farmer on the homestead; in the lumber business with his brother Robert several years, and now with his brother Henry; owns the mill and several farms; has never m.
vi. Robert M., b. Newbury, June 22, 1834, on the farm where Hale G. Bailey now lives; carpenter and architcet; began as a builder with hisb rother,
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Alexander, at the age of fifteen, building two houses in Fairlee. In 1852, they built the house on the homestead, and after that one for O. B. Rogers, now owned and occupied by George B. Barnett. He had the entire charge of a sawmill in Lawrence, Mass., before he was twenty. In 1854, William and Robert went to Jackson, Miss., where they designed and erected the buildings on a plantation, and a church. Returning to Newbury they engaged in the lumber business, erecting a sawmill, putting in the first circular saw in town, and in the raising of fine horses. In 1872, they dissolved partnership: Robert went to California, and in 1874, was in business as an architect and builder at Lowell, Mass, designing and erecting several blocks and residences. From 1879 till death, on the homestead, in business, and drafting plans and preparing specifications for public and private buildings. As a worker in wood he had few equals. Published one or two pamphlets, giving his views upon scientific subjects. He never m; d. at the homestead Feb. 4, 1892.
vii. John, b. April 12, 1837; carpenter and builder; built several houses in Newbury; in 1864, John and James Chalmers had charge of a gang of men erecting a hospital at Washington, D. C. They also built houses in Springfield and Lowell, Mass., and business blocks and the high school building in the latter place; in 1879, he returned to Newbury, broken in health and mind; m. Miss Ella Blood of Lowell, who survived him but a few months; d. on the homestead in December, 1881. No c.
viii. Isabella, b. May 15, 1840. She possessed much of the ingenuity of the family, but was attacked by consumption and d. y., Feb. 28, 1869.
ix. James, b. June 12, 1842; carpenter with his brother John in many places, and for himself in Springfield. He inherited the mechanical skill of the family, but d. before he could display his ability ; d. Feb. 27, 1866.
x. Albert B .. b. Oct. 12, 1845. Like his brothers he was skillful with hand and pen, and excelled in the training of horses; carpenter in Lowell with his brother John, but his mind became clouded, and his last years were spent in the Insane Asylum at Brattleboro, where he d. in the fall of 1884.
ix. Henry K., b. March 9, 1848; carpenter and farmer on the homestead, with his brother William; he prepared an account of the family which is here somewhat condensed.
II. GEORGE, b. at Church Calder, Fifeshire, Scotland, September, 1803; m. Nov. 3, 1821, Euphemia, dau. James and Annie (Eddy) Fairfull, (b. Feb. 23, 1805, in Dumbarton Castle, her father being a soldier of the garrison; d. July 31, 1895). He was a weaver and they lived in Kinross, Auchtermuchty, and Cupar, coming to America in 1838; settled on a farm lying between the present residence of William and Henry Chalmers, and Hall's pond, and now owned by them; became a molder and worked some years for Horace Strickland, in Bradford; later he bought the "old Carbee place" and lived there till death, Jan. 8, 1875.
Children :
i. Ann, b. Aug. 25, 1822; d. in Scotland.
ii. Christian, b. July 27, 1824; m. P. C. Tewksbury, q. v.
iii. Janet, b. Dec. 28, 1827; d. in Scotland.
iv. Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1829; d. in Scotland.
v. George, b. Dec. 27, 1832; d. in Scotland.
vi. George, b. June, 1835; served in the Union army. (See record). Farmer and carpenter; m. July 1, 1858, Isabel P., dau. James Ross; d. Oct. 15, 1865. One son, Edmund E., b. Newbury, July 22, 1861; fitted for college in Boston; graduated Dartmouth College, 1887; now in successful practice of law at Blackfoot, Idaho; m. 1889, Rosabel Watson of Leverett, Mass. C., a, Maurine; b, George W .; c, James Ross.
vii. Margaret, b. May 3, 1837; m. T. Jefferson Hall and lived on the homestead ; d. Sept. 14, 1890.
3 viii. William W., b. Newbury, May 2, 1839.
ix. Mary L., b. Dec. 12, 1842; m. Andrew Aitkin, q. v .; d. July 7, 1867.
x. John Robinson, b. Aug. 3, 1845; fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy; in Dartmouth College, 1870-71; graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary, 1874; ordained pastor of Congregational ch. at Wilton, Me., July 7, 1874; dismissed Sept. 14, 1875; acting pastor, Pavillion ch., Biddeford, Me., September, 1875 to June, 1876; Fairhaven,
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1876-77; Albert Lea, Minn., 1878-9; Sioux City, Iowa, 1879-82; Norwood, N. Y., 1883-85; without charge at St. Johnsbury till death; July 12, 1885; m. April 11, 1871, Ella, dau. William Ward of Rutland. Two c. After his death she m. Alexander Dunnett, lawyer of St. Johnsbury. xi. James H., b. Jan. 20, 1848; studied for the ministry with Rev. W. S. Palmer and was a student at Bangor Theological Seminary, when his health failed ; d. Aug. 26, 1873.
3 WILLIAM WALLACE, b. Newbury, May 2, 1839; served in Co. D, 15th Vt; mustered in Oct. 22, 1862; mustered out Aug. 5, 1863; m. Nov. 28, 1861, Almira A., dau. Isaac Olmsted, who d. July 14, 1893; m. 2d, Nov. 20, 1894, Laura J. Mills of Topsham. Blacksmith at Topsham, where he d. Jan. 6, 1897.
Children, twelve by 1st, and two by 2d:
4 i. William Herbert, b. May 28, 1862.
5 ii. Ella M., b. May 15, 1864.
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iii. Clara B., b. Oct. 4, 1865.
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iv. Martha A., b. May 2, 1868.
8 v. Mary E., b. May 2, 1868.
9 vi. H. Wallace, b. Jan. 18, 1871.
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Lizzie E., b. May 25, 1873.
11 viii. Anna A., b. July 23, 1876.
ix. Florence E., b. July 2, 1880.
x. John A., b. July 8, 1882.
xi. George I., b. Nov. 22, 1884.
xii. Nancy J., b. Nov. 8, 1886.
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