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xiii. Robert M., b. Sept. 6, 1895.
xiv. Eri Mckinley, b. July 8, 1897.
4 WILLIAM H., m. July 31, 1883, Minnie J. Buxton of Brookfield. Children, all b. West Topsham :
i. Fannie A., b. March 2, 1884.
ii. James R., b. Sept. 7, 1885.
iii. Mary P., b. Sept. 30, 1886.
iv. Benjamin, b. March 17, 1889.
v. Rebecca R., b. Aug. 15, 1891.
vi. Ella M., b. June 7, 1893.
vii. Carl A., b. Sept. 12, 1894.
viii. Carrie A., b. Sept. 12, 1894.
ix. Margaret Hall, b. Oct. 17, 1896.
x. Dorothy Fairfull, b. Jan. 7, 1898.
xi. Ruth W., b. March 3, 1899.
5 ELLA M., m. Feb. 22, 1883, George H. Pillsbury of Topsham. Children :
i. Charles J., b. Dec. 6, 1883.
ii. Wilson William, b. Aug. 9, 1885.
iii. Ralph E., b. May 23, 1887.
iv. G. Waldo, b. Feb. 27, 1889.
6 CLARA B., m. Dr. E. J. L. Robinson of Denver, Colorado, Feb. 15, 1893.
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MARTHA A., m. Newton Hall of Groton, Feb. 22, 1893.
Children :
i. Mary E., b. Sept. 27, 1895.
8 MARY E., m. Aug. 30, 1888, Eugene Charles Wilson of Pueblo, Colorado. Children :
i. Martha May, b. June 19, 1890.
ii. Joe Ketchel, b. Sept. 5, 1891.
iii. Clara Margaret, b. July 11, 1893; d. Oct. 17, 1894.
iv. Clara, d. Oct. 17, 1894 in Seattle, Wash.
9 H. WALLACE, m. Anna Colby of Corinth, October, 1892. Children :
i. Anna Belle, b. Aug. 15, 1893.
ii. Clifford Wallace, b. Aug. 30, 1895.
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10 LIZZIE E., m. Dec. 31, 1893, Herbert L. Avery of Campton, N. H. Children :
i. Zilpha, b. October, 1896.
ii. Frank L. H., b. December, 1898.
11 ANNA A., m. Dec. 30, 1893, Fenton Miles of Topsham. Children :
i. Beatrice Florence, b. June 7, 1898.
CARLETON.
The Carletons in America are descended from an English family of the name, whose seat for about seven hundred years was called Carleton Hall, near Corrinth, in the county of Cumberland. Branches of this family settled in Lincolnshire, and from these came the Carletons of London and Surrey. Edward, son of Erastus Carleton, a mercer of London, was one of the company of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, who came to America in 1639, and settled in Rowley, Mass., where he d. in 1678. His wife was named Eleanor.
II. LIEUT. JOHN CARLETON, son of the emigrant, m. Hannah Jewett, and d. in Bradford, Mass., Jan. 22, 1668. They had four sons.
1II. EDWARD, b. March 22, 1664; m. Elizabeth Kimball; d. at Bradford, Mass., 1711. They had six sons and three daughters.
IV. BENJAMIN, b. 1693; m. Elizabeth Dolton; d. 1772.
V. DUDLEY, b. Jan. 5, 1722; m. Abigail Wilson, (b. Nov. 25, 1725; d. Oct. 23, 1799.) They lived in Haverhill, Mass. He d. Sept. 15, 1801. The Newbury families are reckoned from him in these annals.
Children. (From the Family Bible of Dudley Carleton1).
i. Rebecca, b. May 26, 1746.
ii. Dudley, b. May 16, 1748, q. v.
iii. Abigail, b. March 30, 1750; m. Col. Thos. Johnson, q. v.
iv. David, b. Dec. 7, 1751.
v. Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1754; m. Col. William Wallace, q. v.
vi. Michael, b. May 23, 1757.
vii. Moses, b. Feb. 17, 1759.
viii. Marah, b. Sept. 17, 1760.
ix. Edward, b. July 2, 1762.
x. William, b. June 1, 1764; d. May 19, 1794.
xi. Ebenezer, b. April 4, 1766.
xii. Phebe, b. March 4, 1768.
I. DUDLEY,2 (Dudley,1) b. May 16, 1748; he m. in Boxford, Mass., Feb. 10, 1776, Mehetabel Barker of Andover, Mass., and settled in Newbury, on land owned by his father, the same year, his home being at the foot of the hill, on the road that runs through the Ox-bow. The first mention of him on record here, is May 28, 1776, when the town voted "to lay a rode to the river, nigh the potash, or through Dudley Carleton's land." His skill as a cabinet-maker is attested by the fact that articles of furniture, made by him 120 years ago, have been in constant use and are still in good condition. He made clocks, cider mills, etc., and was one of the committee to build the "old meeting house," in 1787. Served during the revolutionary war in several alarms, and in Capt. Frye Bayley's Co. which went to Saratoga. Justice of the Peace after 1786. Admitted to 1st church, May, 1813, and his wife in July, 1816. Captain in the militia and held town offices. Bought in 1798, parts of lots 121 and 122 at West Newbury, on which he settled, and on which George W. Carleton now lives. The house which he built is still standing, and used as an out-building by the present owner. He d. there April 21, 1835, and his wife, Nov. 13, 1842, aged 90.
Children, all b. in Newbury.
i. Mehetabel, b. Nov. 2, 1776; m. Col. John Kimball, q. v.
ii. Moses, b. and d. 1778.
iii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 1, 1779; m. John Calvin Johnson ; d. 1850.
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iv. Susanna, b. Sept. 6, 1781; m. 1st, Dudley Brown of Topsham. 2d, Blanchard Chamberlain, q. v.
V. Abigail, b. July 9, 1783 ; d. May 21, 1785.
vi. Sally, b. Jan. 24, 1785; m. July 22, 1802, Joseph Spencer, Indian Stream, N. Y.
2 vii. Dudley, b. Sept. 11, 1787, q. v.
viii. Abigail b. July 12, 1789; d. May 8, 1802.
3 ix. John B., b. Sept. 19, 1791,
x. Michael, b. Nov. 4, 1793; rem. to Haverhill; m. Oct. 10, 1816, Betsey, dau. of Daniel Putnam; both d. 1875-76.
xi. Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1798; d. May 25, 1838; un-m.
2 DUDLEY,3 (Dudley,2 Dudley,1) b. Sept. 11, 1787; m. June 26, 1814, Sarah Rogers, dau. Dea. William Carter, (b. May 15, 1796; d. June 15, 1871). Lived at West Newbury, on part of homestead. Members of Methodist church for many years, devout people, industrious and frugal. He d. April 11, 1879.
There were no deaths in this family till the youngest son had reached his fifty-sixth year.
Children:
4 i. William C., b. March 31, 1815.
ii. Sally Spencer, b. Sept. 11, 1816; m. 1st, L. D. Prescott. 2d, Israel Prescott, q. v .; d. July 3, 1893.
iii. Polly Ann Woodman, b. Feb. 6, 1818; m. Oliver B. Rogers, q. v .; d. Dec. 24, 1900.
5 iv. Dudley B., b. June 10, 1820.
6 v. George, W. K., b. Oct. 15, 1822.
vi. Betsey P., b. April 22, 1824; m. L. L. Tucker, q. v.
7 vii. Laura Bell, b. Feb. 17, 1827; m. Jan. 14, 1849, Horace Sanborn, of Tilton, N. H.
8 viii. John N., b. Oct. 23, 1829.
ix. Luthera M., b. April 4, 1831; m. Oct. 18, 1854, Kimball K. Wilson, (b. Oct. 15, 1822 ; d. June 29, 1893). No c.
9 x. Henry K. W., b. Nov. 29, 1837.
3 JOHN BARKER,3 (Dudley2, Dudley,1) b. Sept. 19, 1791. Farmer on homestead at West Newbury. (See Town Officers). Member of Methodist church. He In. May 26, 1814, Betsey, dau. Israel Putnam, (b. July 15, 1789; d. Dec. 5, 1849). He m. 2d, October, 1850, Mrs. Elizabeth (Powers) Tyler (b. St. Stephen, N. B., Aug. 12, 1805; d. June 8, 1878). A man of worth and intelligence. He d. April 7, 1873.
Child, by 1st marriage :
i. Horatio Nelson, b. May 15, 1815. Merchant at West Newbury, with H. K. Wilson many years. He m. March 17, 1842, Sarah J., dau. of Joseph Prescott, (b. October, 1828; d. Dec. 24, 1882). He d. Nov. 17,1895. No c.
4 WILLIAM CARTER,3 (Dudley.2 Dudley,1) b. March 31, 1815. Farmer at West Newbury, where George Putnam lives, till 1866 when he bought the "Old Town Farm," now called "Maplewood Farm," to which large additions have been made. He m. Jan. 29, 1840, Sarah Luthera, dau. of Dr. Caleb Stevens, of Enosburg, Vt., (b. Jan. 4, 1819; d. Aug. 29, 1891).
Children :
i. Dudley, b. Aug. 13, 1845. Farmer on "Maplewood Farm." Has held town offices; m. Oct. 5, 1869, Martha, dau. Solomon Jewell. C., (1) William Everett, b. Dec. 17, 1870; d. September, 1875. (2) Arthur A., b. Oct. 26, 1873; m. Aug. 18, 1897, Sarah E., dau. of John Norcross of Bradford, (b. Feb. 5, 1873). C., a, Harold Arthur, b. Scpt. 9, 1898. 6, Marion Estelle, b. Aug. 31, 1900. (3) Luthera M., b. Dec. 3, 1880. Teacher. Four generations of this family are now living in the same housc.
ii. Hattie, b. June 25, 1850; m. Aug. 25, 1875, John N. Brock, who d. Aug. 27, 1881.
5 DUDLEY B.,3 (Dudley,2 Dudley,1) b. Junc 10, 1820. Went to California in 1849. In boot and shoe business at Davenport, Iowa, many years. Res. Des Moines, Iowa. He m. Jan. 21, 1844, Ruth D. Huckins, (b. May 10, 1819; d. Sept. 11, 1891).
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CARLETON HALL, CUMBERLAND, ENGLAND.
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BIRTHPLACE OF ROBERT FULTON IN SCOTLAND.
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Children :
i. Carlotta D., b. 1844; m. Warren Huckins. Res. Appleton, Wis.
ii. Frank P., b. 1857. Res. Des Moines, Iowa.
iii. Harriet P., b. 1859; m. Robert Willerton, Rock Island, Il1.
6 GEORGE WASHINGTON KIMBALL,3 (Dudley,2 Dudley,1) b. Oct. 15, 1822; farmer on the old Carleton homestead at West Newbury; m. April 7, 1847, Deborah Huckins, (b. Strafford, N. H., Aug. 20, 1822.)
Children :
i. Luella C., b. Feb. 19, 1850; m. Dec. 25, 1873, Edward C. Burbeck of Haverhill. (b. Hanover, July 18, 1846. Graduated Dartmouth College, 1871. Principal of high schools at East Arlington and Winchendon, Mass., Nashua, N. H., and Danvers, Mass .; d. Denver, Col., March 27, 1897: buried Bradford). C., (1) Myra, m. Herbert T. Johnson of Bradford. (2) Edward, now in Dartmouth College.
ii. Ida M., b. Jan. 15, 1856 ; m. April 7, 1875, Arthur F. Johnson of Bradford. C., Haynes E., George C., Edith B., Arthur F.
iii. George Warren, b. April 25, 1864; farmer at West Newbury on the old Thos. Eastman farm; m. April 17, 1889, Abbie, dau. Charles Leet, (d. November, 1889). One c., Harvey W., b. Nov. 12, 1889; m 2d. Feb. 10, 1892, Alice, dau. of Hiram Kimball of Bradford. C., a, Mary Louise, b. Feb. 6, 1896 ; d. July 3, 1896. 6, Esther Martha, b. Oct. 11, 1898. c., Ruby Alice, b. Nov. 3, 1899.
iv. Carrie Campbell, b. Jan. 24, 1862; m. Geo. W. Putnam, q. v.
7 LAURA BELL,3 (Dudley,2 Dudley,1) b. Feb. 17, 1827; m. Jan. 14, 1849, Horace Sanborn, of Lowell, Mass., now of Tilton, N. H.
Children :
i. Luthera Wilson, b. Sept. 24, 1857; m. Dr. Edward Abbott of Tilton, (dea.) Two c.
ii. Carlotta, b. Dec. 28, 1859. Teacher at Tilton.
iii. H. Herbert, b. July 19, 1861; d. 1882.
8 JOHN N.,3 (Dudley,2 Dudley,1) b. Oct. 23. 1829. Fitted for college at Newbury Seminary. In Wesleyan University one year. Went to Chattanooga, Tenn., 1852, or 1853, as clerk, then telegraph operator, at Wilmington, N. C., in the last named occupation, then in Augusta, Ga., sending the first message from Augusta to Washington, D. C. Located at Mountville, Ga., in the carriage making business till the war broke out. Teacher, 1861-62. Then three months in the Confederate Army, as distributor of clothing to the troops. Teacher, 1862-63. Then in the Georgia state cavalry. Was in Atlanta till the city was taken. Teacher at Mountville, 1865, and 1875-76. Member of school board 25 years. Justice of the Peace, 20 years. Representative in the Georgia legislature, 1888-89. Prominent in the Methodist church and in Masonry. He m. Dec. 31, 1857, Angelet M. Evans. He d. at Mountville, Ga., April 6, 1898.
Children :
i. Olin, b. Feb. 14, 1859. In milling and ginning business at Mountville. He m. April 6, 1893, Ada M. Strosin. Two c., Ruby and Sarah.
9 HENRY K. W., (Dudley,2 Dudley,1) b. Nov. 29, 1837; m. 1st. Jan. 27, 1858, Lizzie M. Winship; 2d, Carrie Usher ; d. Groton, July 10, 1894. Children, two by 1st, and one by 2d :
i. Fred Elmer, b. Bradford, Nov. 23, 1859. Res. Boston, Mass. Machinist. He m. Clara Champney. C., (1) Edith Norma, b. June 16, 1887. (2) Elmer Champany, b. June 16, 1892. (3) Dudley Barker, b. May 1, 1889. ii. Leonora M., b April 21, 1864.
iii. Harry, b. July 27, 1884; res. Bradford."
CARTER.
One of the families which has disappeared from Newbury, is the Carter family. During the first sixty years of the ninteenth century they were numerous and influential, substantial farmers, around West Newbury, people of decided convictions, always to be counted on the side of good order, men and women of much more than average intelligence. The daughters m.
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into other families, their neighbors, and reared sons and daughters, who possess many of the Carter traits. As no attempt was made in the life-times of the older ones to collect the records of these families, only scanty memorials can be gathered now. Several families bearing this name settled in the southwest part of Newbury, and the vicinity in Bradford, Topsham and Corinth, between 1775 and 1815. They originated near Hampton, N. H. Of these, the following were c. of the same father.
I. DEA. WILLIAM, was a native of Kingston, N. H., and came to Topsham very soon after the close of the revolutionary war, and was the third settler in that town, residing there a few years. During this time he cleared a field, and sowed wheat, covering it with a hoe. From this he harvested a crop of eighty bushels. He carried his grain to South Newbury to mill, on horseback, guided by marked trees. He next moved to the place now owned by N. W. Cunningham in the west part of Newbury, moving later about a quarter of a mile across the line into Bradford, where he remained until his death. He was a deacon in the Christian church at Goshen. He m. 1st, at South Hampton, N. H., Jan. 29, 1788, Anna, dau. Hilton Woodman, (b. 1767; d. Dec. 18, 1797) ; 2d, Polly or Mary Hale, who d. Jan. 21, 1850, aged 83. They are buried in the Rogers hill cemetery. He d. Sept. 21, 1837, in his 73d year.
Children, five by 1st and two by 2d marriage:
2 i. Levi, b. Nov. 9, 1788; d. March 9, 1873.
ii. Anna, b. May 24, 1790; m. Josiah L. Bailey, q. v.
iii. Hannah, b. March 23, 1792; m. Ayer White.
iv. David, b. May 22, 1794; m. Mary Wiggin.
v. Sarah Rogers, b. May 15, 1796; m. Dudley Carleton, q. v.
vi. Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1799; m. Enoch Wiggin; d. Jan. 9, 1833.
3 vii. William H., b. May 28, 1801 ; d. Dec. 10, 1886.
II. NOAH, m. Abigail, dau. John Johnson. Children :
i. Betsey, m. Bethuel Welton and their dau. m. James Stevens.
ii. Dolly, m. Frank Martin and d. in Bradford.
iii. Sally, m. Rufus Taplin.
iv. Anne, m. Nov. 10, 1806, Silas Aldrich and rem. to Compton, P. Q., where both d. Several c.
III. JOHN.
Children :
i. Eunice, m. Richard Miller and d. in Topsham, leaving a son John, who has since d. leaving several children.
ii. Benjamin, settled and d. in Piermont.
iii. Eliza, m. Ware McConnell, who lived at West Newbury. He served in the war of 1812; was badly wounded in the face and mouth; d. June 28, 1853. She d. Jan. 23, 1861.
iv. Laura Maud, who moved to the north part of the state.
IV. MOSES, m. Sally Rowe.
Children :
i. Lentura.
ii. Cynthia.
iii. Moses.
iv. A dau., who m. a Mr. Merrill and lived in Landaff, N. H.
2 LEVI,2 (William1) b. Topsham, Nov. 9, 1787; m. Dec. 8, 1808, Martha Wiggin, who d. Jan. 2, 1865, aged 76 years, ten months; farmer, near "Goshen," and held various town offices; d. March 9, 1873.
Children :
i. Laura J., b. Nov. 24, 1811 ; m. Jan. 14, 1836, William McDuffee, who d. July 12, 1865; d. Jan. 14, 1888. C., (1) Louise, m. Clement S. Worthen, of Enfield, N. H. (2) George, m. 1st, Sadie Getchell; 2d, Jennie Woodman and lives in Topsham. (3) Etta S., m. Nathaniel Cunningham, who is engaged with his son in the drug business at Bradford, and owns the farm first settled in Newbury, by Dea. William Carter.
ii. William Tarleton, b. April 23, 1815; farmer at West Newbury; m. Oct. 4, 1855, Submit Waterman; rem. to St. Johnsbury in old age and d. there,
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Nov. 15, 1894. C., (1) Fred A., in business at St. Johnsbury; m. Jennie, dau. C. C. Doty of Bradford. (2) William H., res. St. Johnsbury ; m. Minnie Bisnet.
iii. Hannah W., b. June 13, 1818; m. March 1, 1855, Thomas Heath of Newbury; farmer on the Joseph Kent farm; d. November, 1874. C., (1) John T., on the homestead. (2) Mary Ella, m. Charles C. Day of Winchendon, Mass. (3) Levi L., m. Nellie Robie; lives in Concord, N. H. (4) Henry W., m. Laura Houghton; lives also in Concord.
iv. Martha W., b. Nov. 7, 1821; m. Feb. 14, 1844, Moses S. Rowe of Bradford, (b. Sept. 5, 1811; d. March 2, 1901; blacksmith) ; d. November, 1874. C., (1) Lizzie A., m. John Norcross of Bradford. (2) Leroy L., and (3) Thomas H., associated in business in Boston. (4) Moses E., in Chicago.
v. Mary W., b. April 19, 1827; m. July 6, 1854, Nicholas Greenleaf; d. May 11, 1882. C., Viola C., m. Elroy Davis of Bradford.
3 WILLIAM H.,2 (William)1 b. Newbury, May 28, 1801; educated at Bradford Academy; studied medicine with Dr. Petrie of Topsham and Dr. Jewett of Newbury and attended lectures at Dartmouth Medical College; in practice at West Newbury, where he built the house opposite the parsonage, 1827-1853; in Bradford, 1853, until he retired from practice, in all, over fifty years. He was considered especially skillful in fevers, and was a man of great intelligence and esteemed for his kindliness and worth, and for the extent and variety of topics upon which he could converse. Town Representative, 1842,. He was a member of the Congregational ch. fifty-seven years; was the originator of a compound called "Carter's Pulmonary Balsam"; m. Nov. 25, 1824, Hannah, dau. David Eastman of Topsham, (b. 1799; d. Oct. 13, 1881). He d. Bradford, Dec. 10, 1886. Children :
i. Susan E., m. Dr. A. A. Doty, (b. Elmore, March 15, 1828; d. Bradford, Feb. 17, 1882). She d.Bradford, Sept. 18, 1874.
ii. Jennie A., m. Dr. Eugene L. Boothby of Fairlee.
CARTER.
JAMES, son of John, is understood to have been a native of Kingston, N. H., and came to Newbury about 1808, and settled on the highest cultivated land in town, on the hill formerly called "Carter's mountain," but now sometimes called "Tucker's mountain," from John Tucker and John W. Tucker, his son, who afterward owned a part of the Carter farm. He was a man of affairs, often being selectman, lister, etc. He built about 1810, a two story house, still standing on the mountain. He was known as "Mountain Carter," and was a man of great size, and his wife, who was his cousin, was also very large, both weighing, it is said 700 lbs. Later he rem. to East Topsham, where he built the two story house, which stands on the corner of the road which comes over the hills from the Lime kiln, in which he kept tavern, and where he d. April 4, 1852, aged 68 years, 6 mos., and his wife Oct. 23, 1859, aged 77 years, 1 mo. He m. a Miss Edmunds. Children :
1 i. Mary Jane.
ii. Mehetable, who d. at six years of age.
iii. James, who was not a year old when he d.
1 MARY JANE, b. Salisbury, Mass., July 4, 1867; m. in Newbury, March 28, 1823, Jacob B. Stevens, (b. Corinth, Feb. 8, 1797; d. Topsham, Sept. 29, 1874) ; farmer of Newbury and Corinth, where she d. Feb. 19, 1852.
Children, all b. in Newbury, but the last:
i. Roxanna, b. July 22, 1824; d. Aug. 14, 1826.
ii. James C., b. June 20, 1827; m. Topsham, May 17, 1853; d. Nov. 11, 1889. iii. Mehetable C., b. Nov. 19, 1828; m. Feb. 10, 1848, J. P. Tabor; res. Topsham where he d. 1899.
iv. Mary Ann, b. May 19, 1830; d. Sept. 19, 1875.
v. Hannah E., b. March 26, 1832; m. Sept. 20, 1853; d. Corinth, Dec. 6, 1887.
vi. Curtis S., b. Corinth, April 25, 1835; d. Oct. 21, 1888.
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MARY, sister of James Carter, b. Aug. 13, 1787; m. Moses Currier, q. v .; d. May 24, 1875.
There was also another Carter, believed to be Samuel, who lived on Carter's Mountain, and afterward joined the Shakers and with his wife, became meinbers of the Community at Enfield, N. H. Mention is also asked for Simon Carter of Topsham, whose connection with the other Carters is unknown. The mention of his death in Topsham town records says that he was son of Samuel and Abigail Carter. He lived on the homestead, near the Newbury line, and was noted for his skill in mathematics, being often appealed to for the solution of hard problems. He was also a musician. He m. Lorenza Cross. They had one dau., Belinda, who survived her mother, but d. in her 15th year, June 5, 1850. Her father never recovered the shock which her death caused him, but became somewhat eccentric and lived alone, on his large farm. He sometimes made his appearance at the village in a vehicle which the boys styled "Uncle Simon's whirligig." He kept a drum suspended over the head of his bed, and said that if he was ill he would beat upon it, and the first person who came should receive a dollar: One night he beat upon it, and a little
boy, the first comer, received a dollar. He d. Jan. 24, 1868, aged 70 years. All the above mentioned Carter families are understood to have a common ancestry and originated near Kingston and Hampton, N. H. There was an Edmund Carter, who lived in Bradford and Newbury, and who m. February, 1814, Fanny, sister of Robert McAllister, Sr. Their son, Ira, a native of Newbury, was a student at Newbury Biblical Institute and a member of Vermont Conference some years. Now retired, at Wahpeton, N. D.
CHADWICK.
JOHN of New Bedford, Mass., was 1st Lieutenant in Capt. Nathan Peters' Co. in the 3d regiment of foot, commanded by Col. Ebenezer Larned in the armies of the United Colonies.
Children :
i. John, m. Mary Stevens and lived in Bradford, in the Goshen neighborhood. Their c. were, (1) Nicholas, who became a minister and lived in Maine. (2) James Madison. (3) Mary Jane, (Mrs. Severance, now living in Bradford). (4) John. (5) Thomas, who m. Chloe, dau. of Ebenezer Abbott. (6) Benjamin, now living in Georgia. .
JAMES M., b. May 13, 1809; was a merchant here, coming from Haverhill. He was in partnership with Timothy Morse and others, and for several years carried on a branch store at South Newbury, in the house A. B. Rogers now lives in. Later he removed to the Street, and was in business with the Morses, and afterwards alone, till a year or two before his death. Town representative, 1854. He m. 1st, May 9, 1836, Harriott, dau. of Col. Moody Chamberlain, (b. July 19, 1816; d. May 1, 1840). 2d, Jan. 17, 1850, Charlotte, dau, of Maj. Isaac Pearson, of Haverhill, (b there March 26, 1819; d. East Saginaw, Michigan, April 28, 1895. Buried at Newbury). He d. June 7, 1873.
Children, one by 1st, and three by 2d, two of whom are living.
i. Ellen F., b. Jan. 11, 1839; d. Feb. 24, 1841.
ii. Harriott Frances, m. Farnham C. Stone of Saginaw, Mich.
iii. Elizabeth, m. Thomas A. Harvey, of Saginaw.
CHAMBERLAIN.
If the Bayleys were numerous in Newbury, the Chamberlains were also many, and there went a saying that "you couldn't turn up a stone in the pasturc, without finding a Bayley or a Chamberlain under it!" The pioneers of the Chamberlain families werc: Thomas, who came in March, 1762; Richard who came in June of the same year; and Moses, whose oldest son came as early as 1770. The two last are understood to have been brothers. The descendants of Thomas usually spell their name with an a, in the final syllable, those of Richard without it, etc., and those
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GENEALOGY-CHAMBERLAIN.
of Moses either way. Such records of the descendants of Thomas, Richard and Moses, as can be gathered, are given in the order of the advent to Newbury of the pioneers. The Thomas Chamberlain family is understood to be descended from Thomas Chamberlain of Dunstable, N. H., 1714, but there is some uncertainty about the intermediate generations.
THOMAS, b. Dunstable, now Nashua, N. H., Aug. 10, 1735; served in the old French war, in Capt. Joseph Blanchard's company; came first to Coös in 1760, as chain-bearer for this same Joseph Blanchard, when he fixed the boundaries of the towns along the river ; in the next summer he came again, hunting, with Abiel Chamberlin, son of Richard; in the early spring of 1762, he came to Newbury, in the interest of Blanchard, and settled on Musquash Meadow, near the river, but afterward built a house whose site is marked by a depression in the ground, in the newer part of the cemetery on the Ox-bow; he held town offices, and was Justice of the Peace under the crown and held the office for several years; served in the revolutionary war in local service, but near its close was involved with those who carried on a correspondence with Canada; in 1780, he took up land in what is now Topsham, with his sons, Jacob and Blanchard, and cleared the first land in that town, on the farm which he continued to occupy till his death, on Chamberlain Hill, now generally known as Currier Hill. His house was burned about 1854, with the other farm buildings. Esquire Chamberlain, as he was generally called, was a man of very high standing in the community, in Newbury and afterward in Topsham; was admitted to the 1st ch., Jan. 22, 1792, and his wife about the same time. The late Ezekiel White of Topsham, who d. 1900, remembered him well, and was present at his funeral. His first wife d. about 1784, and was buried in a small, unfenced burying place, on the John Renfrew farm, in Newbury, adjoining the Topsham line. There are about twenty-five unmarked graves and she is the only occupant whose name is known. It is believed that no one has been buried there for more than a hundred years. He m. 2d, Margaret Spear of Newbury. She d. June 4, 1835, in her 90th year. He d. March 22, 1818, and is buried on Currier Hill.
"Beneath this stone I turn to dust But I hereafter shall arise When He in whom I put my trust Shall call me upward to the skies."
Children, two by 1st, (whose names are known) and two by 2d marriage:
i. Jacob Bayley, b. Newbury, May, 1763, the first male child. He settled in Canada, revisited Topsham about 1835.
1 ii. Blanchard, b. Newbury, 1769; d. Sept. 24, 1843.
iii. Susan, b. Oct. 19, 1787; d. May 28, 1811.
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