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25 v. Seth, b. March 8, 1781; d. Bath, Oct. 24, 1843, q. v.
vi. Zibbie, b. Oct. 15, 1784.
vii. Elinor, b. March 1, 1787; m. Jabez Bigelow of Ryegate.
22 MARTIN,3 (Abiel,2 Richard,1) b. Jan. 12, 1771; m. Feb. 15, 1792; Mary, dau. Joshua Ricker, (b. Aug. 3, 1772; d. 1862). Rem. to Bath. He was drowned in Connecticut river, Aug. 24, 1820.
Children :
i. Abiel, b. April 1, 1794 ; d. June 21, 1797.
ii. Eunice, b. Jan. 14, 1796; m. Joshua Hunt of Bath.
iii. Matilda, b. March 25, 1798; m. Jan. 9, 1827, Samuel Thompson; d. Nov. 23, 1827.
iv. Joshua R., b. March 8, 1802; m. Sophia Smith; settled in Jay; d. July 23, 1874.
V. John D., b. June 23, 1806; d. July 23, 1814.
vi. Charles, b. Feb. 6, 1809; m. July 15, 1838, Rosan Hoskins; d. Aug. 17, 1878. Mrs. Arthur W. Blair of Dorchester, Mass., and Miss Emma Chamberlin of St. Johnsbury are the only ones living of their seven daus. vii. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 27, 1811; d. Nov. 2, 1813.
viii. Walter P., b. Nov. 15, 1814; m. Sophia Utley; lived in Hartford, Conn .; d. May, 1890.
23 CHARLES, 3 (Abiel,2 Richard,1) b. Jan. 7, 1772; farmer on his father's homestead on upper meadow; m. Mrs. Rachel Varnum McDole, who d. April 13, 1840, aged 74. He d. Dec. 5, 1834.
Children :
26 i. Abiel, b. May 5, 1800.
ii. Betsey V., b. Jan. 8, 1803 ; d. Sept. 11, 1872.
27 iii. Diodama, (twin to Betsey), m. William Scales; d. June 1, 1875.
iv. Clarissa, b. Nov. 2, 1804; d. Oct. 1, 1864.
v. Sally, b. March 3, 1808; d. Feb. 13, 1892.
vi. John Varnum, b. May 19, 1810; m. July 29, 1838, Sarah L., dau. of Barnard Brickett, who d. January, 1895. He d. December, 1839. One son, John.
26 ABIAL,4 (Charles,3 Abiel,2 Richard1) b. May 5, 1800; farmer on upper meadow. His buildings were far out on the meadow, and were burned a few years ago; m. 1st, March 17, 1823, Eunice P., dau. Hezekiah Weatherbee, (b. Grafton, Vt., Jan. 27, 1805; d. Sept. 6, 1852) ; m. 2d, Emmeline, widow of Samuel Eastman and dau. Jacob and Hannah Bayley, (b. Junc 30, 1802; d. Jan. 30, 1869). Hc d. Feb. 5, 1882. Children, all by 1st marriage:
i. Lucy, m. Danicl F. Wood of Boston. No c.
ii. Rachel, m. Dec. 22, 1857, Dan Y. Bailey, q. v.
iii. Charles, m. Ruth Eastman of Haverhill.
28 iv. John V., b. 1832; d. January, 1891, q. v.
v. Elizabeth, never m.
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vi. Sarah, m. William Rockwood.
vii. Clara.
viii. Abigail.
28 JOHN V.,5 (Abial,4 Charles, 3 Abial,2 Richard,1) b. Newbury, 1832; left Newbury when a young man; entered railroad business; was senior partner of Chamberlin, Gibbs & Co., railroad contractors and bridge builders ; among other large undertakings they built the Maysville and Lexington Railroad in Kentucky ; did all the lumber work on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, and the great inclined plane for elevating street cars at Cincinnati. He m. 1st, July 27, 1852, Louisa A., dau. Alanson Work of Hartford, Conn., and sister of the composer, Henry C. Work, author of "Marching through Georgia" and many other well known pieces. She was b. Middletown, Conn., and d. at Delhi, O., Sept. 6, 1877. He m. 2d, Sept. 6, 1883, Mrs. C. H. Fishback who d. Hickerson, Tenn., 1888. He d. at Hickerson, January, 1891.
Children, four by 1st, and one by 2d marriage:
i. Frederick A., b. Lebanon, N. H., Jan. 21, 1855; m. at Delhi, O., 1876, Hattie Baker. Three c.
ii. E. Helen, b. Bath, N. H., March 20, 1856; m. at Delhi, O., 1879, George S. Mayhew of Cincinnati, O .; res. at Minneapolis Minn., where she d. March, 1889. Four c.
26 iii. Edwin A., b. Lebanon, N. H., Sept. 11, 1859, q. v.
iv. Charles, b. 1862; d. at 12 days.
v. John V., b. Delhi, O., Dec. 12, 1884.
29 EDWIN A., 6 (John V.,5 Abiel,4 Charles,3 Abiel,2 Richard1) b. Lebanon, N. H., Sept. 11, 1859; graduated Cincinnati Law School, May 14, 1879; on survey of Texas Pacific railroad, 1880; in business till 1887, when he spent two years in exploring the continent of South America, ascended the Amazon to its source and crossed the Andes ; has crossed the Atlantic fifteen times and the Pacific once, as United States Sea Post official; res. Trenton, N. J .; m. at South Williamport, Penn., Dec. 31, 1883, Eva Rupert, dau. Hon. Daniel Steck of Lycoming County, Penn.
Children :
i. Helen, b. Oct. 4, 1884.
ii. Edwin A., b. May 31, 1886.
27 DIODAMA,4 (Charles,3 Abiel2, Richard,1) b. Jan. 8, 1803; m. 1840, William Scales, (b. Lisbon, N. H., Aug. 7, 1812; d. June 13, 1885). She d. Sept. 11, 1872.
Children :
i. Raehel C., b. Feb. 13, 1841.
ii. Sarah C., b. Jan. 13, 1844; m. March 5, 1868, Henry K. Heath, q. v.
iii. Charles C., b. Nov. 23, 1847; farmer on upper meadow, living in the house built by his grandfather.
24 PHINEAS,3 (Abial,2 Richard,1) b. Newbury, Dec. 6, 1778; settling with his brothers, Seth and Martin, on adjoining farms in Bath. Farmer. He m. Betsey Downs, (b. Aug. 20, 1783; d. Sept. 7, 1861). He d. Bath, April 14, 1859.
Children :
i. Eleanor, b. April 21, 1803.
ii. Abigail, b. May 11, 1805.
iii. Sibyl, b. April 6, 1807.
iv. Abial, b. June 12, 1809.
v. Sybil, b. July 16, 1811.
vi. Mary Ann, b. July 16, 1813; m. Wm. B. Abbott, q. v.
vii. Isaac, b. June 1, 1815 ; m. Jane Lang. 7 c.
viii. George, b. June 24, 1817.
ix. Betsey, b. Feb. 10, 1819.
25 SETH,3 (Abiel,2 Richard,1) b. Newbury, March 8, 1781; m. Sarah Harris; d. Bath, Oct. 24, 1843.
Children :
i. James, b. Newbury, Dec. 3, 1808; m. Elizabeth Whiting; d. Bath, Feb. 27, 1889.
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ii. Julia Ann, b. Bath, Jan. 12, 1813.
iii. Phineas, b. Oct. 15, 1810; m. Susan Powers.
iv. Jane E., b. Nov. 15, 1817.
v. Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1819.
vi. Martin P., b. April 5, 1822.
vii. Seth J., b. Troy, July 25, 1834.
viii. Roxana, b. Canada, Feb. 13, 1818.
4 URIAH,2 (Richard,1) b. Feb. 24, 1742. Very little is known about him. His "pitch" was Lot 9, on Musquash Meadow. He served during a large part of the revolutionary war, and is said to have settled in the northeast part of Ryegate, at least to have lived there several years, after 1785. Of the family very little is known. He is given as head of a family in the census of 1771, and the church records mention the baptism of a son, James, Feb. 20, 1785. The Ephraim Bayley family records say that Jacob, son of Ephraim, m. Hannah, dau. Uriah and Rachel (Colby) Chamberlin. Some of the numerous Chamberlin families in the northern part of the state are probably descended from him.
5 ER,2 (Richard)1 b. June 24, 1744; came to Newbury in the fall of 1762, he, with others, making their way by spotted trees; served in the revolutionary war, in local service. About 1770, he moved to Wells River, and was the first settler there, where he built a sawmill, a grist-mill, and a blacksmith shop. He began to keep a ferry across Connecticut river about 1778, and kept it till the bridge was built in 1803. Of this he was one of the incorporators. He bought, of the widow of Governor Wentworth, her share in the "Governor's Farm." His first house stood a little above the mouth of Wells River, and, later, built one which seems to have stood about where Mr. Deming's now does, and which, later, was occupied by Josiah Marsh, and by John L. Woods. About 1808, he rem. to Ryegate, and bought a farm in the east part of the town, where he lived till his death; m. twice; was head of a family in 1771; his second wife was a Wright. He d. about 1830, and with his second wife, is buried in the "Whitelaw cemetery," Ryegate. The names of his c. are not all known. Children, nine by each marriage:
Nicholas, m. Widow Sarah Gates, March 15, 1791.
Stephen, m. Prudence Poor from Massachusetts; d. in Ryegate, aged about eighty. She d. in Iowa.
Eri.
Sophila, never m.
Elsie, m. Peter Gilchrist, a Scotchman of Ryegate. Both lived to old age. John Gilchrist of Leighton Hill is their son.
Dudley.
30 Hardy, b. March 23, 1777; d. May 26, 1850.
Adolphus or Rodolphus, lived in Newbury ; m. Betsey Grant, 1794.
Phila.
Electa.
Fanny, baptized Nov. 12, 1786. (Church record).
Reuben, m. Martha Sanborn of Lyman; lived in Barnet many years where she d. He d. in Ryegate in his ninety-first year. Solomon Chamberlin, a well known citizen of Ryegate, is their son.
30 HARDY,3 (Er,2 Richard,1) b. March 23, 1777. Farmer. Kept the toll bridge at Wells River for many years. He m. Nov. 9, 1800, Lucretia, dau. John Clark, who d. April 26, 1842, aged 68 years. He d. while asleep in the . afternoon, May 26, 1850, and his daughters, Melinda and Sarah, kept the toll bridge till the former d.
Children :
i. John Clark, b. Aug. 23, 1801.
ii. Lowell, b. April 10, 1803; d. Feb. 9, 1805.
iii. Melinda, b. Feb. 24, 1805; d. Aug. 27, 1868.
iv. Friend, b. Jan. 21, 1807; farmer of Newbury; d. at Woodsville, Dec. 23, 1883. His wife, Hannah Woods, d. Dec. 30, 1868, aged 60 years, 5 months. C., Lucretia S., b. 1845; m. April 19, 1866, Alvah C. Haynes of Rumney, N. H. Res. Lancaster, N. H. Seven c., three living.
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v. Mahala, b. Jan. 10, 1809; m. William Pool. He lived at Charlestown, Mass. Was city treasurer many yaers.
vi. Sarah, b. March 14, 1813.
vii. Lowell W., b. Jan. 15, 1818; lived at Windsor Locks, Conn .; d. many years ago. One son, John, living there.
6 NATHANIEL,2 (Richard,1) b. May 5, 1746. Very little can be learned about him or his descendants. He settled on the farm now known as the Col. Tenney farm, on the upper meadow, and may have built the present house. The buildings stood on the "old road," and were moved to their present location about 1800. Revolutionary soldier. Owned land in Grafton County, and probably rem. there. Administrators of Nathaniel Chamberlin's estate were appointed in 1802. He is believed to have had several c. One dau. is known, Elizabeth, b. 1794, m. a Mr. Johnson, an Englishman, and rem. to Canada in 1824, where he d. leaving several c. She returned to Newbury, and educated her c. In 1852 she went south to live with them, and d. at Belleville, Ala., June 21, 1859. One son, William, became a teacher, then a merchant, and is now retired at Pensacola, Fla. One dau., Sophia, m. Dr. S. S. Forbes of Pensacola.
7 BENJAMIN,2 (Richard1) b. Northfield, Mass., Dec. 15, 1847; came to Newbury with his parents; farmer on Musquash meadow and carpenter (see chapter on bridges) ; served a short time in the revolutionary war; after 1800, he moved to the farm still called the "Ben Chamberlin place," on what was once called "the back road," southwest of Wells River .; m. the Widow Eaton, who had three daughters by her former marriage, one of whom m. Horace Stebbins, another m. as 2d wife, John Johnson, and a third m. a Mr. Webb. Her name was Hannah. She d. May 10, 1833, in her 85th year. He d. June 11, 1832, or 1833; buried at the Ox-bow. The account of this family is but fragmentary at the best, and is made from such records as remain, and the recollections of older people.
Children :
i. Polly, b. Nov. 8, 1774; m. Willoughby Corliss, of Corinth, q. v; d. April 30, 1841.
ii. Mindwell, b. Dec. 20, 1781; never m .; d. Dec. 21, 1847.
iii. Sarah (or Sabra) b. 1783; m. Thomas Eames of Northumberland, N. H., but when a widow returned to Newbury ; d. Jan. 10, 1851.
31 iv. Benjamin, b. October, 1784; d. Dec. 3, 1872. T. Wright, lived in Corinth.
vi. Amity, b. March 2, 1788; . m. William Page, q. v .; d. Oct. 19, 1860.
32 vii. Tural Tufts.
viii. Abigail, m. Joseph Kimball Page of Ryegate.
31 BENJAMIN, 3 (Benjamin,2 Richard,1) b. October, 1784; farmer on homestead; m. Sally, dau. Thomas Kasson, (b. February, 1787; d. April 15, 1868). He d. Dec. 3, 1872; buried at Boltonville.
Children :
i. Julia Ann, b. 1808; m. Dec. 4, 1828, Ezra W. Smith of Bath, who d. May 10, 1875. She d. Aug. 26, 1889.
ii. Chester, lived in Monroe, N. H .; m. a Miss Johnson of Ryegate.
33 iii. Warren K. b. May 6, 1815.
iv. Wright, m. 1st, Abigail Taylor.
33 WARREN K,1 (Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard,1) b. May 6, 1815; farmer in Newbury; m. Dec. 26, 1847, Statira F., dau. of David Edwards; d. at Bethlehem, N. H., at the home of his daughter, July 30, 1894.
Children :
i. Helen M., m. Geo. Hutchins.
ii. Mary Ann, d. Sept. 20, 1869.
iii. William H., m. Alice Kinney ; d. June 12, 1889.
iv. George A., m. Hattie Weare.
v. Flora J., m. Frank W. George.
vi. Velma J., m. W. D. Leighton, was divorced from him, and became a trained nurse at the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington.
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vii. Herbert D.
viii. Hermon D., m. Nellie Gilchrist.
32 TURAL TUFTS,3 (Benjamin,2 Richard,1) b. 1794; farmer near the homestead; m. March 14, 1816, Betsey Martha, dau. Thomas Kasson, who d. Nov. 24, 1889, aged 80 yrs. 9 mos. 13 days. He d. in 1870.
Children :
34 Helen S., m. Charles Rumsey of Woodsville.
35 Alvin, m. Jan. 16, 1863, Louisa Webber, dau. Charles Webber. Several c.
Alfred.
Ann, m. George Hayward.
Alden.
Alonzo Gale, b. March 18, 1832; lived in Boston; d. Newbury, 1892. Frank, m. Sophronia Frost of Groton; served in the army; d. in the civil war.
36 Azro B.
34 HELEN L,4 (Tural T.,3 Benjamin,2 Richard,1) b. Aug. 12, 1827; m. July 26, 1852, Charles E. Rumsey, (b. Dec. 22, 1834). Res. Wells River.
Children :
i. Addie J., b. Nov. 18, 1854; m. Warren S. Davis of Montpelier.
ii. Genevieve E., b. Sept. 18, 1857.
iii. Franklin, b. Aug. 5, 1859.
iv. Maude, b. May 18, 1866.
35 ALFRED,4 (Tural T.,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) b. March 19, 1821; farmer on upper meadow; m. March 17, 1850, Lucy Adeline Hayward, who d. Oct. 10, 1896.
Children :
i. Harriet, N., b. Aug. 13, 1851; m. Nov. 18, 1877, David Harlow.
ii. Eva, b. Nov. 15, 1853; m. April 1, 1882, Nathaniel Eastman.
iii. Lucy A., b. Sept. 16, 1855; m. June 24, 1880, Hiram Merrill.
iv. Emma V., b. Feb. 24, 1860; m. Jan. 11, 1901, Albert Hood.
v. Jessie F., b. Oct. 16, 1861 ; m. October, 1891, Guy Roby.
vi. Clara F., b. Oct. 26, 1864; m. June, 1893, Clarence H. McAllister. vii. Mary Lizzie, b. July 20, 1868.
36 AZRO B.,4 (T. Tufts,3 Benjamin,2 Richard,1) b. Newbury, Oct. 6, 1829. Res. Newbury till 1867, then in Boston, being part of the time on the police force. Return to Newbury, 1877; farmer at Newbury village. He m. 1st, 1853, Jennette Dick, dau. Marvin Kasson, who d. in Boston, July 1, 1871. One son. He m. 2d, July 4, 1877, Elvira Stone of Salem. He d. Feb. 10, 1901.
Children :
i. Henry, b. 1854. Res. at Northumberland, N. H.
ii. Louis F., b. Aug. 17, 1878, now at Norwich University.
iii. Rosamond Jeanette, b. May 5, 1883.
8 SILAS,2 (Richard1) b. Jan. 19,1754. Of him all that is known is that he was one of the three young men who started for Cambridge, Mass., in the night that the news of the battle of Lexington reached Newbury, and served in the battle of Bunker Hill. He also served during most of the war. His after history connot be traced. He later settled at Wells River, where he built in 1792, the "old parsonage" now Dr. Munsell's house.
9 RICHARD,2 (Richard1). Of him nothing whatever is known, save the date of his baptism, Nov. 2, 1755, his record of service in the revolutionary war, and the fact stated by Mr. Perry, that at a training held at Col. Robert Johnston's he shot a man who tried to take a gun away from him, and was branded "M." on the forehead.
CHAMBERLAIN.
The third family bearing this name, was that of Dea. Moses Chamberlain, who is believed to have been a brother of Richard Chamberlin. This seems as certain as anything can be which depends on family traditions, in lack of written statements to that effect. He was, then, the 2d son and child of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hunkins) Chamberlain, b. at Oxford, Mass.,
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March 30, 1716. His after history for more than thirty years is unknown, but in 1748, he bought land in Litchfield, Conn., and is described in the deed as of Litchfield, and his name is on the book of the Congregational ch. at South Farms, in 1787. The older records have been destroyed. He m. Jemima, dau. Remembrance Wright, who is believed to have been a sister of the wife of Richard. This Remembrance Wright was the son of that Capt. Benjamin Wright, who is mentioned on page 8 of this volume, as visiting the Coös county in 1725. This was not his first visit, as he was here as early as 1708, at the head of a scout and later. In the spring of 1709, the governor of Massachusetts, issuing an order for scouting parties to hold themselves in readiness to invade Canada, Captain Wright sent to him the following letter:
"May it please your excellency :-
Northampton, Sept. 19, 1709.
With submission and under correction I offer my services to ye Excellency, if that in wisdom you send forces to Canada from our posts by land that, 'Here am I, send me.' This year I have done service, and hope I may again, not that I would trouble your Excellency, but am willing to go. Not else, but in Duty I subscribe myself:
Ye Excellencys most Humble sevt, BENJAMIN WRIGHT."
His grandfather, Dea. Samuel Wright, was one of the prominent men of Northampton, and his father, Sergeant Samuel Wright, was killed by the Indians while guarding Northfield, Mass., in 1675. The name "Wright" has been borne by several members of both Chamberlain families, while "Remembrance" is a common name among the Chamberlain, Johnson and Sawyer families, who have a common ancestor in Remembrance Wright. This family came here as early as 1772, as on Nov. 20 of that year, Remembrance Chamberlain received from Jacob Bayley, a deed of Lot No. 2 in Sleeper's Meadow, with the house lot belonging to it, one 50 acre, and two 100 acre lots. The names of Asher and Moses Chamberlain are on the roll of minute-men in 1775, and in Capt. John G. Bayley's company, guarding and scouting. Remembrance and Moses were in Capt. Steven's company, serving nineteen days between May, 1779, and May, 1881. Remembrance was 2d Lieutenant in Capt. Frye Bayley's company, guarding and scouting, and Moses a private in the same company in 1781-2. Moses' name is in Capt. Samuel Young's company of Haverhill, in Bedel's regiment from December, 1777, to March, 1778, also in a "Company raised for the Defense of the Frontier." He was 2d Lieutenant from June 1, 1778, for 138 days, and 1st Lieutenant from Dec. 1, 1778, 121 days. In Capt. Simeon Steven's company "for the Defense of the Frontier" Asher Chamberlain served in 1778 and 1779. Moses was Sergeant Major in Young's company of Bedel's regiment from Feb. 12, to March 31, 1778, "a Company raised for the Expedition against Canada." It is understood that both Dea. Moses and his son Moses served in the war, but which of the foregoing records of service was that of the father, and which of the son, cannot now be distinguished. Moses and his wife were members of the Congregational ch, but his title of Deacon was held by him before he came here. He d. June 25, 1796. His gravestone states that he was b. Litchfield. Conn., 1715, but Litchfield was not settled till 1724. She d. July 30, 1801. Her mother's name was Elizabeth. Children :
. Susanna, b. Winchester, N. H., Aug. 29, 1740; m. 1st, as second wife, a Mr. Shepard, whose sons, Aaron, Ashbel and Horace, settled here, but rem. to Greensboro. 2d, Nov. 25, 1784, Capt. Ephraim Stevens, of Newbury, and 3d, October, 1789, James Corliss, then of Haverhill, but later of Greensboro, where she d. Oct. 4, 1840, aged 100 years, 25 days. Buried in the Lincoln graveyard at Greensboro.
ii. Azubah, b. Nov. 2, 1741; m. a Mr. Muncy of Litchfield, Conn., where she d. Her husband settled in Orwell, and was the man who gave the woman a dollar, about which Rev. Silas McKeen wrote a tract, entitled "The Worth of a Dollar."
iii. Jemima, b. Aug. 25, 1743; m. Johnson of Connecticut. Revolutionary soldier.
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iv. Lydia, b. Jan. 30, 1746; m., as 2d wife, Capt. Robert Hunkins, q. v., of Newbury and Bradford ; d. January, 1831.
1 v. Remembrance, b. Dec. 19, 1747; d. Jan. 10, 1813.
vi. Moses, b. Litchfield, Dec. 10, 1794; revolutionary soldier; m. Abigail, sister of Col. Simeon Stevens; settled in Bradford, and town clerk there, 1794-97. He sold his farm to his nephew, Moses Chamberlain, and rem. to Pennsylvania.
2 vii.' Asher, b. Litchfield, April 14, 1751.
viii. Wright, b. Litchfield, June 14, 1757; m. in Connecticut, and lived next to his father's; rem. later to Pennsylvania. He is said to have been m. four times and had 21 c.
1 COL. REMEMBRANCE,2 (Moses,1) b. Dec. 19, 1747. He owned the farm long known as the Chamberlain Farm, north of Bedel's bridge, where he kept tavern many years. This farm remained in the family for three generations. He served in the revolutionary war in several campaigns, and was made 1st Lieutenant by Gov. Chittenden. The original commission is owned by a descendant. He was made, successively, Captain, Major, and Colonel in the militia. In town he was prominent, holding offices, and was a substantial citizen. He and his wife were, probably, members of the church, joining it before the present records began. He was very particular to keep the Sabbath, and brought up his family in strict Puritan principles. He was a kind and generous man. He m. Elizabeth Elliott, widow of Haynes Johnson, q. v., and dau. of Edmund and Mehetable (Worthen) Elliott, descendants of Amesbury, (Mass.,) families. After the death of Mr. Johnson she returned to Chester, for fear of the Indians and tories, but came back to Newbury bringing her 1 three c. with her on the horse, fording streams and sometimes compelled to lodge in the woods. She was b. at Chester, 1751; d. Feb. 8, 1829.
Children, all b. here.
3 i.
Moses, b. Nov. 25, 1777; d. November, 1854.
ii. Azubah, b. Nov. 6, 1779; m. Joseph Sawyer, q. v.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 19, 1781; m. Joseph Kent, q. v.
iv. Mehetable, b. Dec. 3, 1783, m. 1st, (Pub. in Haverhill, May 1, 1806,) Green Saunders. He lived at West Newbury on the farm where the late John Wilson lived, building that house. She m. 2d, as second wife, Oct. 6, 1831, Israel Willard, of Bradford; d. March 13, 1849.
v. Rembrance, b. July 12, 1785; d. Sept. 4, 1789.
4 vi. Moody, b. Sept. 12, 1787; d. July 12, 1863.
vii. Remembrance, b. Dec. 2, 1789. Graduated at Middlebury College, 1814; became a Presbyterian minister in Georgia. He rode to Georgia on horseback, afterward returning to Newbury, and going back to Georgia, using the same horse for each trip. He was a tall, slender man, and always rode standing in the stirrups, with one hand resting on the saddle. At the time of his visit here, the feeling against slavery was intense, and because he held slaves, it was not thought best to permit him to preach in the church, so services at which he presided were held elsewhere. He m. Mrs. Mehetable Peoples, of Shady Side, Jasper County, Ga. He d. in Decatur County, March 4, 1855. Two sons, Elliott and Benjamin.
viii. Olive, b. Feb. 4, 1792; m. Ephraim B. Stevens, q. v.
3 MOSES,3 (Remembrance,2 Moses1) b. Newbury, Nov. 25, 1777; farmer at Bradford, on the upper plain, where he bought out his uncle Moses; m. 1st Martha, dau. Cephas and Martha Child of Woodstock, Conn., and West Fairlee. She d. 1839, and he m. 2d, Mrs. Jemima Pcckett. He d. November, 1854, and she m. 3d, a Mr. Morris of Bradford.
5 Children, all by 1st marriage :
i. John Elliott, b. Nov. 4, 1806; d. Oct. 7, 1886.
ii. Cephas Child, b. Jan. 21, 1809; m. June 3, 1835; lived in Boston ; d. there Feb. 1, 1876.
iii. Martha E., b. April 10, 1811; m. John V. Cross of Bradford.
iv. Mary C., b. Aug. 9, 1813; m. Benjamin Chamberlain of Bradford.
v. Moses Remembrance, b. April 20, 1816; farmer on homestead at Bradford; in. Scpt. 24, 1840, Ruby S. Johnson. Five c.
vi. Elizabeth A., b. Aug. 1, 1818; d. y.
JOHN ELLIOTT CHAMBERLAIN.
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GENEALOGY-CHAMBERLAIN.
vii. Benjamin F., b. Dec. 21, 1821; d. un-m.
viii. Elizabeth E., b. Aug. 16, 1823; m. Jaret M. Haseltine of Newbury. Lived at Janesville, Wis., where he was at one time city treasurer.
ix. Amanda N., b. May 21, 1826; m. Henry E. Sawyer; rem. to Chicago.
x. Azubah A., b. Sept. 2, 1831; m. Lutha S. Grover; lived at White River Junction.
5 JOHN ELLIOTT,+ (Moses, Remembrance,2 Moses1) b. Bradford, Nov. 4, 1806; farmer at South Newbury; member of Constitutional Convention, 1843; held most of the town offices; railroad contractor, and with Robert Morse built the White Mountain railroad from Woodsville to Littleton, and later, with Joseph A. Dodge, built the Boston, Concord and Montreal railroad extension from Littleton to Fabyan House; was also interested in other enterprises; m. March, 1831, Laura, dau. Israel Willard of Bradford, (b. Feb. 5, 1807; d. May 16, 1864). He d. Oct. 7, 1886. Children ;
6 i. George Willard, b. March 15, 1832.
7 ii. Horace Elliott, b. Nov. 30, 1834.
iii. Remembrance Wright, b. March 21, 1836.
S iv. Leona Eveline, b. April 9, 1842; m. Nov. 9, 1865, John W. Currier of Newbury, now of North Troy. She d. April 27, 1896. One c., d. y.
T. Ella Amanda, b. Aug. 1, 1845; m. Sept., 1867 George B. Harriman of Bradford and settled there. One c., d. y. She d. June 25, 1901.
vi. Charles Wesley, b. Nov. 4, 1849; lives on homestead.
6 GEORGE WILLARD,5 (John E.,4 Moses,3 Remembrance,2 Moses1) b. March 15, 1832; in Boston, 1853-58, in produce commission business; in Kansas, 1858-62; farming, trade and hotel business; farmer on homestead, town and other business, 1862, till death; m. 1873, Mrs. Eliza (Woolley) Harrison, who d. 1876. One c., d. at birth. He d. April 3, 1897.
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