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ARTEMAS, his son, b. Cornwall, Feb. 9, 1824; graduated Amherst College, 1842; one year in Auburn (N. Y.) Theological Seminary; teaching three years; graduated Andover Theological Seminary, 1848; ordained pastor of the 1st Ch., Johnson, 1848; pastor of the 1st Ch. in Newbury from July 9, 1851, to March 31, 1857. He was a very earnest and faithful preacher, and greatly beloved. His dismissal was demanded by his sudden breaking down in health. He has since filled several pastorates, and in April, 1900, was dismissed from the charge of the Reformed church at Fort Lee, N. J. Received the degree of M. A. from Vermont University, 1853, and that of D. D., from Hampden Sidney (Va.) College in 1890. He m. February, 1849, Emma Carleton of Chelsea.
Children ;
i. Charles Edward, b. Johnson, 1849; d. High Bridge, N. J., 1880.
ii. Henry Cutler, b. Newbury, April 24, 1852; now in business in London, England.
iii. Samuel Halsey, b. Newbury, July 18, 1853; studied two years in Vermont University; two years in the Normal School at Westfield, Mass .; three years in Lawrence Scientific School, Cambridge, Mass., from which he graduated; superintendent of schools at Mt. Carmel, Pa.
iv. Susan, b. Newbury, Aug. 24, 1856; studied at Lawrence Academy, Mass., d. 1886.
v. Albert C., b. Schenectady, N. Y., 1857; res. Oakland, Cal.
vi. Sara Elizabeth. b. Greenfield, Mass., 1864; educated at Westfield Normal School; teacher in New York City.
DEMING.
I. JOHN, came from England about 1632, and settled in Wethersfield, Conn. He m. in 1637, Hannah, dau. of Richard Treat.
II. EBENEZER, d. May 2, 1705. The name of his wife was Sarah.
III. JOSIAH, b. about 1688; m. Prudence, dau. of Capt. James Steele.
IV. ELISHA, mn. Elizabeth Williams.
V. BENJAMIN, baptized Sept. 24, 1758; revolutionary soldier ; m. Laura Hopkins ; settled in Danville, where he d. in 1846.
VI. BENJAMIN F., b. Bennington, May 12, 1790; m. June 6, 1816, Eunice Clark. He d. at Saratoga, N. Y., May 12, 1834. He was a prominent business man of Danville, and member of Congress, at the time of his death. After his death she m. 2d, Oct. 1, 1837, Ira Brainerd, and d. at Danville, June, 1870.
Children :
i. Harriet, b. June 3, 1817, at Lyndon, now living in Colorado.
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ii. Henry Hopkins, b. Danville, Nov. 3, 1819, q, v.
2 iii. Franklin, b. Sept. 11, 1828, q. v.
iv. William Wirt, b. Apr. 1, 1832, d. at Savanna, Ill., March 7, 1894.
1 HENRY HOPKINS, b. Danville, Nov. 3, 1819. In business at St. Johnsbury some ycars. Came to Newbury in 1862, and was a merchant here. He bought out C. M. Morse, and carried on business in that building till it was burned, Aug. 1876. In 1877 he erected the building now occupied by James B. Hale as a general store. Removed to Montpelier, 1882. Deacon in the 1st Ch. He m. Dec. 27, 1843, Laura Davis, daughter of Joshua T. and Mary (Tuthill) Vail.
Children :
i. CHARLES HENRY, b. Danville, March 27, 1851; in business with his fatherin Newbury, then in Lowell, Mass. Rem. to Montpelier, junior partner in the firm of Brooks & Deming, hardware dealers. He m. March 14,
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1878, Carrie, dau. of John B. Buxton. C., (1) Mary Vail, b. Lowell' Mass., Sept. 22, 1885. (2) Laura Ruth, b. Lowell, Apr. 22,, 1889. (3) Ben. F., b. Montpelier, Oct. 1, 1894.
ii. Benjamin Franklin, b. St. Johnsbury, Sept. 4, 1827; d. Newbury, Oct. 15, 1876.
2 FRANKLIN, b. in Danville, Sept. 11, 1824; m. in 1854 to Catherine C. Bingham, dau. of Maj. Francis Bingham, of St. Johnsbury; has two dau., Katie B., who m. Henry H. Lee, M. D .; and Alice, who m. John J. Peach, (Mrs. Lee has 3 c .; Mrs. Peach has 2 c.) Mr. Deming came to Wells River in 1857, succeeded A. T. Baldwin in the mercantile business and is now in the same business. He was for several years half owner of the paper mill at Wells River; President of the National Bank of Newbury ; represented the town of Newbury in the legislature in 1888 and 1889; has been deacon in Con. ch. at Wells River for the past six years.
DOE.
JACOB, probably of English extraction, was b. 1734; d. in the Continental army March 9, 1776. He m. Sept. 4, 1759, Sarah Neally, who was b. Sept. 11, 1744, and d. about 1841, in her 96th or 97th year. She m. 2d, John Philbrick, by whom she had a son, John; 3d, a Mr. Morrill and 4th, a Mr. Robinson.
Children :
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i. William, b. Nov. 11, 1760 ; d. Newbury, Jan. 21, 1828.
2 ii. John, b. Nov. 15, 1762.
iii. Sarah, m. a Mr. Harris.
iv. May, m. Mathew Ramsey.
v. Jacob, m. Sarah Janes.
vi. Jeremiah, captain in war of 1812; m. - Morris.
1 WILLIAM,2 (Jacob,1) b. Deerfield, Nov. 11, 1760. The name of William Doe appears in Capt. Daniel Moore's Co. of Stark's regiment from April 23d to Sept. 9th, 1775, receiving £5 2s. 10d., and his travel was 70 miles. This company served at Bunker Hill. His name also appears as a fifer in Capt. James Steven's Co. from July 27, 1777, to Jan. 9, 1778. Steven's Co. was attached to Senter's regiment for the defense of Rhode Island. Somewhere about 1780 Jacob Doe removed with his family to Rumney, N. H., and pitched land in the neighborhood of "Doetown Hill." William Doe came with his family to South Newbury in the fall or winter of 1789-'90, where they lived in a small red house, which stood on a knoll at the junction of the Topsham and river roads, on land purchased in May, 1792, of John Mills, containing about five acres, and now owned by Azro B. Rogers. He was a blacksmith and worked in a brick shop that stood just across the road from his house. In person he was tall and slight, his wife, on the contrary, being large and stout. She was Joanna Hall, of Candia, N. H., b, Jan. 24, 1764, and was married to William Doe May 30, 1781, whom she survived nearly 12 years, living with her son Henry, in the house now owned by Edwin Davenport, built by John Mills, and afterwards called the "old Porter place." She d. July 20, 1840, and is buried with her husband at the Ox-bow. He d. Jan. 21, 1828. Children, the three eldest b. in Deerfield, the rest at N.
3 i. Henry, b. Sept. 24, 1782; d. May 6, 1867.
4 Jacob, b. Dec. 17, 1785.
iii. Reuben, b. Sept 30, 1788; d. Aug. 28. 1789, at Rumney.
iv. Betsey, b. June 29, 1790; m. Mr. Mills. A daughter married Joshua Hall of Peacham.
5 v. William, b. Nov. 7, 1792; d. 1876.
6 vi. John, b. May 7, 1795; d. Feb. 17, 1866.
7 vii. Bradley, b. May 22, 1797; d. March, 1828.
8 viii. Noah, b. Sept. 3, 1799.
ix. Anna, b. Oct. 24, 1801; m. Benjamin Atwood, q. v .; d. Jan. 6, 1847.
9 x. Thomas J., b. Sept. 26, 1803; d. Nov. 21, 1878,
2 JOHN,2 (Jacob,1) m. Mary Sanborn. They had three sons and eight daughters. Several of them married and settled in Hardwick. Two of the daughters
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married men by name of Bronson of that town. Louisa m. Oct. 22, 1826, Luman Bronson, and is still living, (1899) in her 98th year. Mahala m. Timothy G. Bronson.
3 HENRY,3 (William,2 Jacob,1) b. Deerfield, N. H., Sept. 24, 1782 ; lived many years in the Porter house at South Newbury ; m. about 1805, Jane, dau. of David McKeen, and sister of Rev. Silas McKeen, D. D., b. Corinth, Feb. 28, 1786. He d. May 6, 1867, at Corinth.
Children, all b. Newbury, except the last, who was b. in Corinth:
i. Annie, b. Nov. 30, 1807; m .- Towle; res. California.
ii. Madison, b. April 3, 1809; lived in Corinth; blacksmith; d. 1898.
iii. Jane, b. Feb. 2, 1811; m. William Dera.
iv. Emaline, b. Feb. 10, 1813.
v. Henry, b. Aug. 9, 1814.
vi. John, b. Nov. 29, 1815.
vii. Mary, b. May 7, 1818; m. June 1, 1844, Hon. John A. Tenney of Corinth; d. May 5, 1847.
viii. Lydia, b. Nov. 2, 1820.
ix. Harriet, b. Dec. 3, 1822; m .- Tenfant; d. 1898, leaving a dau., Hattie.
x. William, b. Corinth, March 11, 1828; res. Brooklyn, N. Y.
4 JACOB,3 (William,2 Jacob,1) b. Dec. 17, 1785; m. in Newbury, Lydia Harding, of Corinth. This family was quite migratory, living in Newbury, Swanton, Fairfield, Highgate, and, after 1844, in Lowell, Mass.
Children :
10 i. Liberty, who m. a Fleming, and lives at Compton, P. Q.
ii. Franklin B.
iii. Richard.
iv. Hulda, m. a Mr. Reynolds of Lowell, Mass.
5 WILLIAM, 3 (William,2 Jacob,1) b. Newbury, Nov. 7, 1792; lived for some years before his death in the house at South Newbury, where the post office now is, and kept the office a long time. He m. 1833, Mrs. Phebe Brown of Haverhill. He d. 1876.
Children :
i. Abby Ann, b. Oct. 7, 1834; m. as 2d wife. Stillman Jenne, q. v .; d. April 21, 1891. One dau. m. a Mr. Chamberlain of Bradford.
ii. Josephine, m. John Hardy of Bradford. One son, Frank E., a farmer of Bradford. Four c.
iii. Frances, m. Robert G. Brock, q. v .; res. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
iv. Helen, b. Sept. 9, 1839; d. March 9, 1842.
6 JOHN,3 (William,2 Jacob,1) b. May 7, 1795; m. March 15, 1820, Lydia Ordway. They rem. to a farm in the west part of Newbury, near the Topsham line, that locality being long called the Doe neighborhood. He d. Feb. 17, 1866. Children :
i. Hilas, b. April 17, 1821; m. 1st, April 8, 1847, Annie Chapman of Corinth by whom he had a son, Alvah H .. b. April 5, 1848; d. in infancy ; m. 2d, July 8, 1851, Elizabeth Cates of Maine, who had one c., Charles Alphonso, b. Nov. 23, 1854; m. 3d, Philena C. Grant of Maine.
ii. Jefferson, b. Aug. 16, 1823; m. Emily, dau. of Thomas Kasson; d. July 20, 1865. C., Mary E., b. April 4, 1858.
11 iii. Richard, b. May 17, 1826.
iv. Alleana, b. April, 1829; m. 1st, Dec. 25, 1856, George Rowe; lived in Corinth. No c. She m. 2d, Oct. 20, 1861, George Thompson. Res. Galesburg, Illinois. C., (1) Rose Isabella, b. July 25, 1862. (2) George O., b. April 3, 1865.
v. Mahala, b. Nov. 24, 1831; m. 1st, March 28, 1850, Moses Currier, and after his death, m. his brother, Fred Currier, and res. in Michigan.
vi. George L. B., b. Sept. 4, 1837; d. April 12, 1861.
vii. Annette, b. April 14, 1841; m May 30, 1861, Alonzo Grant. One son, George R., b. May 2, 1865. Farmer of Bradford.
7 BRADLEY,1 (William,2 Jacob,3) b. May 29, 1797. Lived in the old house, now part of the Doc homestead at South Newbury. Hcm. Oct.13, 1825, Eliza, dau. of Levi Rogers, (who after his death m. John Atwood) ; d. March, 1828.
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S NOAH,3 (William,2 Jacob,1) b. Sept. 3, 1799. He m. 1st, April 19, 1827, Fanny Bailey of Piermont; 2d a Miss Mckinley. He lived several years at South Newbury, but later removed to a farm at South Ryegate; d.
Children, 3 by 1st marriage, 1 by 2d.
i. Marion, m. a Mr. Buell and went to Chicago.
ii. Bradley, b. March 13, 1828. Became a sailor, and was lost in the Philip- pines.
iii. Elizabeth, never m; met her death in a railroad accident.
iv. James M., b. Ryegate, March 20, 1837.
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9 THOMAS JEFFERSON, b. Sept. 26, 1803; lived at South Newbury in a small one-story house which stood on the Topsham road, just west of the Porter house. His last years were spent on the Doe homestead. Blacksmith and machinist, and at various times associated with his father and his brothers, Noah and William, in the manufacture of plows and cultivators. He m. Dec. 13, 1828, Lydia Cilley, of Piermont. She d. Nov. 11, 1879. He d. Nov. 21, 1878.
Children :
13 i. Freeman J., b. June 16, 1829.
ii. Jane S., b. March 14, 1831 ; m. Edwin R. Davenport; d. March 14, 1888.
14 iii. Nelson R., b. Feb. 16, 1836.
iv. Edson. b. 1840; wheelwright and painter, has taken out several valuable patents; res. on the homestead; m. December, 1879, Esther, dau. of Cyrus Howland. C., Harry Freeman, b. May 14, 1884, now at Norwich University.
V. Orlando W., b. Sept. 29, 1843; went to Boston at ten years of age; fitted for college at Boston Latin School; graduated Harvard University, 1865; Studied at Harvard Medical School. Was a physician of note in Boston, and on the staff of the City Hospital; d. un-m. Dec. 10, 1890.
10 FRANKLIN B., b. Highgate. Dec. 5, 1827. Fitted for college at Lowell, Mass .; graduated Amherst College, 1851; Bangor Theological Seminary, 1854; ordained Oct. 19, 1854, over 1st Ch. at Lancaster, Mass., Appleton, Wis., 1st Ch., 1858-68; superintendent American Home Missionary Society, for Wisconsin, 1868-83; superintendent for Missouri, Arkansas and Indiana Territory, 1883; financial agent of Ripon College, 1899. He m. 1854, Mary A. Beecroft of Bangor, Me., who d. April, 1900. He d. Ashland, Wis., May 23, 1901. Five c.
11 RICHARD, 4 (John,3 William,2 Jacob,1) m. Oct. 27, 1853, Jane H., dau. of John Wallace. They lived in the back part of the town till 1877, when he bought the south farm on the Ox-bow, which was once Gen. Jacob Bay- ley's farm, and later owned by the Littles. He owns more Newbury land than any other man, and has filled many town offices.
Children :
i. Lucia, b. Sept. 25, 1854. Teacher. She m. June 8, 1881 C. Francis Darling of Boston. Res. till 1890, Cambridge, Mass. Returned to New- bury, buying the house long owned and occupied by Hon. Edward Hale. Four children, all b. Cambridge, Mass. (1) Richard F., b. Sept. 10, 1882, now in Vt. University. (2) Mary Louise, b. June 24, 1884. (3) Jeannie Wallace, b. Feb. 21, 1886. (4) Lucia, b. Apr. 24, 1889.
12 JAMES M., b. Ryegate, March 20, 1837. Farmer of Ryegate. He m. Nov. 1, 1865 Isabel McLam; d. Jan., 1901.
Children all b. in Ryegate.
i. Frederic J., b. July 19, 1867; m. Sept. 16, 1892 Etta M. Aldrich. Res. Ryegate. C., (1) Elmer F., b. May 25, 1893. (2) Max E., b. Aug. 13, 1896. (3) Pearle E., b. May 9, 1899.
ii. Isadore A., b. June 10, 1869; m. April 24, 1894 Burton A. Hatt. C., (1) Mildred A., b. Ryegate Sept. 24, 1897.
iii. John Luther, b. Aug. 16, 1871 ; d. Nov. 14, 1874.
iv. Marion L., b. July 16, 1874; m. Feb. 28, 1900, Robert J. Miller of Ryegate.
v. George Albion, b. Aug. 15,1876; m. March 8, 1899, Abigail Armstrong. Res. (1901) Newbury. Manager of creamery.
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13 FREEMAN J., b. June 16, 1829. Went to Boston in 1847, and into the produce commission business in Faneuil Hall market. In 1850 he became a member of the firm of Chamberlin, Kimball & Doe. In 1868, Mr. Kimball died and the firm name was changed to Goss, Doe & Chapin, and later to Goss, Doe & Co. In 1899 Mr. Goss died, and a new firm was established, Doe, Sulli- van & Co., Charles C. Doe being admitted. Mr. Doe was the first presi- dent of the Boston Produce Exchange, in 1877, and connected with a num- ber of public institutions. He gave the bell to the South Newbury school- house in 1865, and, with his brother, Dr. Doe, the one to the Methodist church in 1887. He m, Oct. 14, 1852, Mary Jane Cutler of Boston. C., (1) Ellen Louise, b. Feb. 22, 1856. (2) Mary Frances, b. July 14, 1860. (3) Charles C., b. Sept. 15, 1864 ; graduate of Chauncey Hall School, 1882, and the Mass. Institute of Technology, 1886. Farmer in Newbury several years, till 1899, and still owns a large farm. He m. Jan. 15, 1889, Ruth M. Conant of Louisville, Ky. C., (a) Freeman Conant, b. Jan. 5, 1890. (b) Orlando Cutler, b. Aug. 9, 1892. (c) Janet and Whitney Goldsmith, b. Aug. 11, 1895. The latter d. Aug. 1, 1896.
14 NELSON R., b. Feb. 16, 1836. Went to Boston when a young man, and now lives in New York, where he is manager of the Porter Bros. Co. Fruit Com- mission house. He m. Sept. 26, 1860, Ellen Aurelia Chamberlain of Brad- ford C., (1) Fred Everett, b. Sept. 29, 1863. Merchant at Bradford. He m. April 10, 1888, Sadie Louise Haskins. C., (a) Nelson L., b. Nov. 23, 1889. (6) Franklin William, b. Jan. 30, 1892. (2) Lorison Wesley, b. July 10, 1865. Merchant with his brother at Bradford. He married June 1, 1887, Euphemia Annie, dau. of Thomas Wright.
*DAVENPORT.
In the first volume of town proceedings is the following record of the children of Amos Davenport :
i. Phinehas, b. July 3, 1788.
ii. Lucinda, b. May 3, 1789.
iii. Lydia, b. Jan. 14, 1792.
iv. Eli, b. March 3, 1795.
v.
1 Amos, b. June 14, 1798.
vi. Davis L., b. Sept. 14, 1800.
vii. Ruth, b. May 14, 1805.
1 AMos, m. a Miss Sinclair, of Scotch ancestry, who. d. in Lowell, Mass., about 1880; c., five daus., one son; the latter, Edwin R., b. Newbury, Dec. 27, 1820. Left home while a young man, and was for many years engaged in the hotel business in various parts of the country. About 1863 he returned to this town and remodelled the old "Porter house," at South Newbury, which he still owns. He m. Nov. 21, 1848, Jane S., dau. of Thomas J. Doe (b. March 14, 1831; d. March 14, 1888).
Children :
i. Roy, b. July 9, 1850; is dead.
ii. Nelson, b. 1855; d. in infancy.
iii. William, b. 1858; d. in infancy.
iv. Lillian J., b. June 13, 1860; m. Aug. 17, 1882, Jerome F. Hale, of Bradford. Mr. Hale has been the successful landlord of several hotels, and for the past seven years of " Hale's Tavern" at Wells River. C. (1) Adine, b. Dec. 25, 1883. (2) Cedric, b. Aug. 22, 1889; d. in infancy. (3) Kathleen, b. Nov. 9, 1894; d. in infancy.
v. William, b. July 28, 1867; studied law with Orrin Gambell of Bradford, and opened a law office at Holyoke, Mass., where he d. 1895.
DOUGLASS,
SAMUEL, a revolutionary soldier from Conn .; d. and bur. at Littleton, N. H. He had three sons, Samuel, Simon and John. The latter settled at Littleton.
*Not received in time for insertion in its proper place.
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SIMON was one of the earlier residents of Wells River, was a boat builder and river man. He built the house in which Henry W. Adams lives. He m. June 22, 1811, Euphemia Burbank. They removed to Suffield, Conn., in 1820, and d. there. Of their five children Samuel and Barton M. were b. in Wells River.
SAMUEL, b. Jan. 3. 1812. He removed to Enfield, Conn., with his father's family in 1820. Was in boating business, a member of a firm which did an extensive business between Hartford and Springfield. He was the last of the "old river pilots." Later in life he was an extensive farmer at Suffield, and a director in both Suffield and Thompsonville banks. Member Cong. ch. about forty years. He m. 1st Emeline Bronson, who d. soon after. 2nd, 1847, Caroline Abbe He d. Suffield, Conn., June, 1900, Two children, George A. of Suffield and Mrs. L. A. Upson of Thompsonville.
BARTON M., b. Wells River, March 13, 1818. In boating business until the railroad was built, then engaged in boat building, constructing steam and other boats. Went to South America in 1874, for a transportation company, thoroughly explored the Magdalena river, and crossed the border on horseback. Owner of ferry between Windsor Locks and Warehouse Point for 30 years; d. Windsor Locks, Conn., Sept. 6, 1887. Four sons.
DOW.
REV. JOHN G., b. Gilmanton, N. H., June 15, 1785. Farmer and captain in militia. Entered the Methodist ministry in 1822; joined Vermont Conference, 1844; was 36 years in the effective ministry, and 12 years presiding elder; pastor of the Methodist church, Newbury 1837-38, and again in 1854. It was through his energy and influence that the parsonage was built, in 1838. He was long a trustee of Newbury Seminary, and its general agent, 1840-43. In old age he returned to Newbury and built the house south of the "Sawyer House." Elder Dow was one of the prominent ministers of his church and time. His education was very limited, but he possessed strong power of application; he was a natural orator, a very earnest and effective speaker. He m. Betsey Lance, (b. Chester, N. H., 1796; rem. with her parents to Cabot, 1804; d. at Worcester, Mass., 1860). He d. suddenly May 18, 1858, while on a visit to his daughter at Chelsea, Mass. Buried at Mount Auburn.
Children :
i. Sarah, b. Walden, 1814; m. April, 1844, Albert H. Danforth of Montpelier,; res. in Barnard; d. Claremont, N. H., 1897.
ii. Betsey, b. Cabot, 1818; teacher and preceptress, Newbury Seminary, 1837-38; m. 1844, Rev. J. H. Twombly, (b. Rochester, N. H .; graduated Wesleyan University, 1843; teacher and clergyman; president of the University of Wisconsin some years; member, two years, of the Board of Overseers, Harvard University.) Mrs. Twombly rendered most valuable assistance in the preparation of earlier parts of the chapter upon Newbury Seminary. She d. Newtonville, Mass., Feb. 3, 1900.
iii. Lorenzo, b. Cabot, 1821; m. 1844, Mary Mills; d. Iowa City, Iowa, 1868. iv. Frances Ann, b. Dover, N. H., 1835; m. 1860, Lorin F. Kittler; d. Chicago, 1887.
*DOWSE.
This name is variously spelled Dowse, Dows and Douse.
I. LAWRENCE Dows, b. about 1613, in Broughton, Hants, England. Came to Boston before 1642. Settled in Charlestown about 1649; d. March 14, 1692.
II. SAMUEL, (1642-1735), of Charlestown, Mass.
III. EBENEZER, (1693-1777), of Billerica, Mass.
*Ancestry from "The Dowse family."
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IV. JOHN, (1717-1790), of Roxbury, Mass.
V. JOHN, (1752- ). of Dorchester, Mass., m. Harriet Morton; revolutionary soldier ; ship carpenter.
VI. JOHN,'(1783-1855), carpenter; soldierin war of 1812; m. 1st, Harriet Hibbard of Norwich; 2d, Eliza, dau. Enoch Bayley, (b. Newbury; d. April, 1898).
VII. JOHN REDING, b. April 6, 1810; farmer; m. 1st, March 6, 1833, Esther, dau. of Asa Coburn, (b. Aug. 4, 1810; d. June 10, 1878). 2d, He d. April 5, 1886.
Children :
i. Henry, b. Dec. 31, 1834; silversmith in Massachusetts; served in the Union army; mustered into Co. H, 12th Vt., Oct. 4, 1862; promoted Corporal; mustered out July 4, 1863; employed by Connecticut River R. R., 1864-75; farmer of Newbury and Landaff. He m. Dec. 10, 1868, Harriet, dau. of Uzzel Clough, (b. Bath, April 30, 1837). He d. at Landaff, N. H., Dec. 24, 1897. No c.
ii. Harriet, b. May 29, 1836; d. February, 1892.
iii. Charlotte, b. July 8, 1837; d. July 22. 1838.
iv. Almira, b. Dec. 8, 1838; d. Dec. 26, 1862.
v. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1840; d. Nov. 10, 1862.
vi. John E., b. Aug. 24, 1842; m. March 8, 1869, Janet, dau. of Gilbert Cowdry, (b. Jan. 29, 1837). No c. living. She d .-
vii. Joseph E., b. Aug. 24, 1842; d. July 6, 1846.
viii. Asa, b. April 2, 1845; enlisted Dec. 8, 1863; private in Co. G, 4th Vt. Wounded May 8. Discharged 1864. Farmer and harness maker. Res. Warren, N. H., since 1887. He m. March 13, 1873, Cynthia Bishop, b. Jan. 28, 1846. C., (1) Fred V., b. April 21, 1874. (2) J. Leonard, b. May 31, 1876; d. Oct: 19, 1882. (3) Abbie M., b. July 7, 1878; m. in Canada. (4) Edward H., b. Oct. 9, 1880. (5) Jennie R., b. March 19, 1883. (6) Ellen S., b. Jan. 2, 1885.
ix. Ellen F., b. Sept. 6, 1846; d. Dec. 2, 1862.
x. Martha, b. Feb. 20, 1848; d. Feb. 12, 1901.
xi. Harlan P., b. Sept. 2, 1850; m. Oct. 8, 1873, Anna Brooks of Haverhill; farm laborer. C., (1) Nathan W., b. Dec. 25, 1875. (2) Harvey R., b. Feb. 4, 1878. (3) Mary E., b. March 4, 1882. (4) Walter J., b. May 25, 1884. (5) Herbert D., b. Sept. 19. 1886.
xii. Newton, b. Nov. 19, 1852; d. Dec. 23, 1862.
DUNBAR.
JOHN C., b. Danville, May 16, 1788; lived in Peacham, Lowell, Mass., Newbury and Littleton, N. H .; m. Feb. 10, 1811, Sally, dau. Seth Ford; d. February, 1870. Of their eight c., (all now dead) the youngest was:
HENRY E., b. Peacham, Oct. 13, 1827; res. Newbury from about 1845 to 1867; enlisted June 1, 1861, in Co. C, 3d Vt., as a corporal; was in several severe battles; was discharged for disability May 24, 1862; enlisted for harbor defense at Boston, but as men were wanted, he went to the front, and served till the end of the war; carpenter; steward in the Methodist church here, and later at Malden, Mass., in the Central Methodist church; rem. to Reading, Mass., and later to Malden, where he d. He mn. Jan. 1, 1851, Mary R., dau. Charles George.
Children :
i. Mary Ella, b. Newbury, Oct. 25, 1851; m. at Reading, Mass., July, 1874, John H. Webb of Malden. Three c., of whom Harry L., of Malden, is the survivor.
ii. Lizzic Emma, b. Newbury, Jan. 23, 1856; m. Reading, Mass., Junc 3, 1874, Franklin I. Welch of Malden. Two c., onc, Edwin A., living.
iii. William Albert, b. Boston, Mass., March 18, 1864; m. in Pasadena, Cal., Minnie M. Canfield of Ohio; res. Lynn, Mass. Two c., one, Ramona, living.
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GENEALOGY-EASTMAN.
EASTMAN.
There are three families by the name of Eastman in Newbury and vicinity, which have the same emigrant ancestor, but whose connection with each other is not clearly understood by many of the name. By the courtesy of Mr. Guy S. Rix of Concord, N. H., the line of ancestry of each of these is here given.
I. ROGER, b. in Wales, who came to Salisbury, Mass., before 1640; m. Sarah (Smith ?) and d. 1694.
II. JOHN, b. Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 9, 1640; m. Oct. 27, 1665, Mary, dau. William Boynton; d. March 25, 1720. Eight c.
III. ROGER, b. Feb. 26, 1682; m. Hannah Kimball; lived in Amesbury, but rem. to Connecticut; d. about 1743.
IV. ROGER, b. Amesbury, Mass., April 11, 1711; settled in Newton, N. H. Children :
i. Thomas, b. 1741.
ii. Samuel, b. Oct. 3, 1746.
iii. Ichabod, b. March 17, 1749.
iv. Nicholas, b. June 16, 1751.
T. Isaac, b. Oct. 30, 1754. See third Eastman family.
V. THOMAS, b. Salisbury, Mass., or Newton, N. H., 1741; m. 1767, Sarah Jane Sargent, who d. Newbury, March 25, 1831, in her 90th year. He d. Newbury, Oct. 11, 1828. Both buried in the old cemetery on Rogers' hill. Thomas Eastman was one of the first settlers of Weare, N. H., about 1767. He served three months, eight days, in Capt. Ezra Currier's Co. of Drake's regiment, which marched to reinforce the army at Saratoga in 1777, and, perhaps, in other service. His religious views were those of Friends or Quakers.
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