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Children :
i. Roger, b. Jan. 2, 1769; clerk in a store in Weare several years; d. un-m. in 1790.
ii. David, m. Susan Ordway, and settled in Topsham, and had three sons and five daus.
iii. Isaac, b. April 13, 1775; m. Nov. 21, 1796, Mehetabel George and settled in Wendell, (now Sunapee) N. H., about 1795. She was b. April 13, 1773; d. about 1813. He m. 2d, Mary Conant. He d. June 16, 1856.
1 iv. Daniel, b. Feb. 25, 1777.
1 DANIEL, b. Feb. 25, 1777. He m. March 6, 1797, Mina Worthley, (b. Feb. 15, 1775) He was a man of middle size and height in his prime, but afterwards grew very corpulent and weighed about 400 pounds when he died. She d. June 14, 1852. They started for Newbury the day they were married, his father driving a four-ox team with their goods, Daniel driving cattle and sheep, and his wife on horseback. They settled at West Newbury, where Warren Carleton now lives, his farm including also a large part of what is now that of W. C. and D. Carleton. They carried on a large farming business, also a cider mill and distillery. He d. March 22, 1840. Mr. David Eastman gives some particulars regarding his father and grandfather which give some idea of what farming was in the earlier part of the 19th century. "Thomas Eastman, like most farmers in those days, went barefooted in summer. Thomas and Daniel Eastman had a large farm, raising about 150 tons of hay, 100 bu. of corn, 300 bu. of grain, 1200 bu. of apples, most of which were made into cider. They owned a distillery, making 25 or 30 barrels of cider brandy, and potato whiskey, at 35 cts. per gallon. They raised about 1/2 acre of flax each year, which the girls of the family made into cloth. From 1800, to 1825, oxen were worth $40 to $60 per pair, cows $8 to $14. Butter brought from 8 to 12 cts. and 125 lbs. was thought a good annual yield for a cow. The staple product of the farm was wheat, usually worth $1.50 per bu. Labor by the month was $8 to $10: in haying a man received one dollar for mowing two acres."
Children all b. in N.
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i. Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1798; d. Sept. 30, 1804.
2 ii. Roger, b. Aug. 16, 1800; d. May 25, 1883.
3 iii. Samuel, b. March 11, 1803; d. May 6, 1885.
iv. Mary, b. March 23, 1805; d. Aug. 23, 1821.
v. Fanny, b. Apr. 16, 1807; m. Sept. 2, 1834 Thomas Eastman of Sunapee, N. H .; d. April 7, 1859. 2 c.
vi. Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 24, 1809; d. Jan. 7, 1869 (?).
vii. Louisa, b. Dec. 10, 1811; m. Jan. 25, 1836, Isaac Eastman of Sunapee, N. H. d. Aug. 15, 1875.
4 viii. David, b. Apr. 2, 1814, q. v.
ix. Daniel, b. Feb. 23, 1816. Farmer on homestead ; m. July 18, 1821 Laura A. dau. of Enoch Wiggin, q. v. One c. which lived but a short time. He d. Dec. 2, 1856.
x. Susan, b. March 9, 1819 ; d. Nov. 9, 1820.
2 ROGER,3 (Daniel,2 Thomas1) b. Aug. 16, 1800. Was employed on the river in rafting and boating. Later, farmer and mechanic. Lived at West Newbury ; m. 1st. Feb. 1, 1826, Mary, dau. of Samuel Tucker, (b. July 1, 1797; d. March 8, 1864) 2d, Betsey (Jewell) widow of Daniel Lindsey, (b. Aug. 28, 1800; d. June 19, 1868) 3d, Dec. 17, 1868, Lucy Ruggles, who d. Oct. 1883.
Children :
5 i. Daniel, b. Jan. 30, 1827.
ii. Samuel A., b. April 30, 1828. Farmer in Newbury. Served in the Union army in the Civil war. m. 1st, Emily Ladd, from whom he was divorced. 2d, March 17, 1870, Augusta, dau. of Thomas Burroughs. (b. March 1, 1837; d. Aug. 3, 1891). No children. He owned and occupied for several years the farm on the river road now owned by C. C. Doe, where he d. Jan. 7,1890.
iii. Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1830 ; d. Dec. 12, 1832.
iv. Judith T., b. Sept. 14, 1831; d. Nov. 22, 1833.
v. Duncan M., b. May 22, 1836; m. Feb. 16, 1865 Lizzie L. Tebbetts. Two c. in Claremont, N. H.
3 SAMUEL,3 (Daniel,2 Thomas1) b. March 11, 1803. In company with Nicholas White, in 1833, they contracted to build the Union Meeting House. He was a farmer some years on the farm where George C. Tyler lately lived, which, with Mr. White, he cleared, and erected the buildings. He went, in 1841, into the mercantile business at West Newbury, and carried on a large trade for some years and built the store where John B. C. Tyler now trades. He also built a starch factory in 1847, at the falls near the Union Meeting House, which he conducted two years. He became embarrassed in business and failed. Later he went into the business again with the same result. He carried on the town farm several years. Captain in the old militia three years, and usually known by his military title. He m. Sept 12, 1826, Judith, dau. of Samuel Tucker. (b. Aug. 5, 1803; d. July 6, 1887) He d. May 6, 1885. C., Mary, b. Feb. 18; d. March 3, 1828.
4 DAVID,3 )Daniel,2 Thomas1) b. April 2, 1814. Farmer on homestead where Warren Carleton now lives; also a blacksmith. He sold that farm when advanced in years, and has since lived near the Union Meeting House. He m. Nov. 10, 1835, Susan, dau. of John Corliss. He is the last survivor of the children of Daniel Eastman. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman have lived together longer than any other couple in town. Mr. Eastman has communicated many facts for this volume. C., Susan, b. Jan. 12, 1837 ; m. Jan. 12, 1864, Lowell F. Greenleaf. She d. May 31, 1888. No c.
5 DANIEL,4 (Roger,3 Daniel,2 Thomas,1) b. Jan. 30, 1827; m. in Newbury, Aug. 29, 1854, Sophronia Ann Chase, (b. Bradford, Nov. 9, 1833). Carpenter and builder. Res. West Newbury, in the house which Dr. Carter built, 1854-66; Barnet, 1866-72; Bradford till his death, March 28, 1887. Children, the first six, b. in Newbury :
i. Celia Celeste, m. August, 1872. Ellis Norcross of Bradford.
ii. Roger Carroll, farmer in Bradford, (Goshen). He m. Sept. 14, 1898, Sarah, dau. of David Blood.
iii. Emma V., graduated Johnson Normal School, 1884 ; teacher.
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iv. Daniel J., res. Worcester, Mass. He m. at Worcester, August 10, 18SS, Marion Emily Stone.
v. Horace Tucker, graduated at Vermont University, 1891, with degree of C. E. He m. June 18, 1894, at Springfield, Cora Lowell.
vi. Sophronia, d. Sept. 20, 1883.
vii. Mima Worthley, b. Barnet; m. Robert E. Barnett, q. v.
viii. Fannie b. Barnet; graduated at Vermont Universisy, 1896, with degree of A. B .; teacher; now (1899) principal of Randolph Academy.
ix. Mary Abigail, b. Bradford, June 17, 1874; graduated at Randolph Normal School, 1895; teacher.
*EASTMAN.
ISACC EASTMAN, the son of Roger and brother of Thomas of Newbury, b. Newton, N. H., Oct. 30, 1754; m. Hannah George, b. March 3, 1759. She came to Newbury with her son, Samuel, and d. June 16, 1838. Buried in Topsham, west of the Lime-Kiln. He d. suddenly at Newton July 8, 1792. Children :
i. Roger, b. July 13, 1776; settled in Lisbon, N. H., (Sugar Hill).
1 ii. Timothy, b. Aug. 16, 1778; settled in Walden.
iii. Thomas, b. Feb. 11, 1779; settled in Dennysville, Me.
iv. Betsey, b. July 2, 1783; m. Richard Currier.
v. William, b. April 1, 1785; settled in Newburyport ; lost at sea.
2 Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1787; settled in Newbury.
vii. Nicholas, b. Sept. 8, 1789; settled in Landaff, N. H.
viii. Isaac, b. April 22, 1792; settled in Chichester, N. H .; came to Topsham, 1838.
1 TIMOTHY,2 (Isaac1) b. Newton, N. H., Aug. 16, 1778. Settled in Walden, Vt., where he had four c., Olive, Hannah, (3) Thomas and Isaac.
2 SAMUEL, b. Newton, N. H., Sept. 19, 1787 ; m. Nancy, dau. of Bernard Eastman, of Kingston, N. H., b. July 30, 1788, and lived on the homestead till 1826, when they came to Newbury, and settled at the Lime Kiln, where C. B. Fisk now lives. She d. Sept. 21, 1846. He d. Aug. 4, 1855. Both buried in a cemetery west of the Lime Kiln, in Topsham. He m. 2d, Emeline, dau. of Jacob Bayley, (b. June 30, 1802; d. Jan. 30, 1869), who after his death m. Abial Chamberlin.
Nine children, the seven oldest b. in Newton, the two youngest in Newbury.
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i. Bernard, b. March 19, 1809; d. Nov. 18, 1889.
5 ii. Isaac, b. Jan. 11, 1812.
iii. Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 5, 1814; m. Archibald Mills, of Topsham ; d. 1896, at Chelsea.
iv. Harriet, b. March 3, 1816; m. Nelson Whitcher of Groton.
v. Emily, b. May 6,1818; m. William Randall of Topsham. Rem. to Loveland, Col., and thered., aged about 76.
vi. Betsey, b. May 30 1821; d. Aug. 25, 1846.
vii. Alvira b. Oct. 20, 1823; m 1st Wyatt Perkins, a Methodist minister. He enlisted in the Civil war and d. in hospital, leaving a son and daughter, who m. aud are all dead. She m. 2d, a Mr. Whitehead and 3d, a Mr. Hume.
viii. Samuel, b. Sept. 11, 1827; d. Aug., 1829.
6 ix. Samuel L., b. Feb. 11, 1830. .
3 THOMAS, 3 (Timothy,2 Isaac,1) b. in Walden in 1800, m. Sylvia Burbank of that town in 1822. Children:
i. Loren.
ii. Martha; m. Mr. Young; d. in Iowa in 1866.
iii. John, d. in Cabot, 1870.
iv. Curtis, served in the Union army and was severely wounded.
*For ancestry see the preceding family.
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v. Horace, served in the army, wounded in the Wilderness. Lived several years in Newbury. He m. Sophronia, dau. of Isaac Eastman, q. v; d. Groton, Vt., 1876.
vi. Merrill, served in the army, was sent home ill and d. in nine days, in the winter of 1863.
vii. Gideon, served in the army, d. 1862, near Washington, D. C.
7 viii. Dennison H.
ix. Ann.
x. Lettie.
xi. Carlie, (Mrs. Colburne) d. Nashua, N. H., 1891.
xii. Eliza, (Mrs. Martin) d. Calais, Vt., 1880.
4 BERNARD,2 (Samuel,1) b. Newton, N. H., March 19, 1809. Came to Newbury with his parents. Settled in Topsham where Henry B. White now lives. He m. Nov. 25, 1831, Hannah J., dau. of Charles Weed, (b. Topsham, Aug. 10, 1810 ; d. Sept. 4, 1897.) He d. Nov. 18, 1889.
Children:
i. Abigail W., b. Oct., 1832; d. June 16, 1838.
ii. Jane, b. Sept. 16, 1834; d. Oet. 14, 1856.
iii. Allen F., b. Aug. 2. 1836; m. Dec. 26, 1861, Lois D. White, dau. of Ezekiel White, who d. Aug. 13, 1899. He d. Blue Earth, Minn., Jan. 17, 1894. Four children.
iv. Charles W., b. March 31, 1838; m. Emma Gray. Two children. Res. Bethlehem, N. H.
v. Abbie A., b. Dec. 2, 1839; m. Nov. 29, 1863, Horace White. Five c.
vi. Infant, b. Nov. 4; d. Nov. 25, 1841.
vii. Seth N., b. Aug. 4, 1843; physician at Groton; served in the Union army, and was a prisoner at Andersonville and elsewhere.
viii. Harriet G., b. March 26, 1847; m. July 4, 1865, Henry B. White; d. March 4, 1897. ; Five c.
ix. Ruth, b. Aug. 12, 1849; d. Aug. 19, 1853.
5 ISAAC,3 Samuel,2 Isaac.1) b. Newton, Jan. 11, 1812; rem. to Newbury, 1825, and settled at the Lime Kiln, where his son, James W., now lives. In 1887, he rem. to South Ryegate. His farm was one of the largest in that part of the town. He also conducted the burning of lime, which had been carried on upon that farm by former owners; m. Jan. 1, 1835, Sophronia B., dau. Oliver Smith, b. Gifford, N. H., Jan. 10, 1817. He d. Jan. 5, 1898.
Children, all b. in Newbury.
i. Emily R., b. Oct. 25, 1835; m. Feb. 2, 1857, Oliver S. Davis of Sonora, Cal., Her son, Oliver D. Eastman, b. in Sonora, Cal., July 8, 1858, is a physician at Woodsville, N. H. He m. Dec. 14, 1882, Addie Davis, and has c .: (1) D. K., b. Jan. 8, 1884. (2) Ollie N., b. Aug. 13, 1885. (3) Burns R., b. Aug. 22, 1887. (4) Abel E., b. May 15, 1890, (dead). (5) Milo D., b. Feb. 22, 1895.
ii. Newel B., b. Oct. 24, 1837; d. Lundy, Cal., May 21, 1883.
8 iii. Alexander W., b. Feb. 17, 1842, q. v.
iv. Sophronia J., b. June 10, 1844; m. in Topsham, Jan. 30, 1867, Horace D. Eastman of Cabot; farmer of Newbury and Groton; served in the Union army; d. Groton, July 24, 1876. C., Addie J., b. Newbury, April 26, 1868; d. May 30, 1893. Buried at the town house.
v. Elvira P., b. Jan. 13, 1849; m. 1st, May 15, 1878, Daniel S. Corliss, M. D., who d. at Springfield, Vt., Feb. 13, 1879; m. 2d, May 4, 1882, Elliott E. Johnson of Bradford, who d. May 6, 1895. She d. at Bradford, Dec. 25, 1895. C., Louise M. Johnson, b. Dee. 6, 1885.
vi. Bell, b. Nov. 11, 1851; m. Boston, Sept. 10, 1881, Edward M. Carter, of Wilmington, Mass. C., Ethelyn E., b. Oet. 3, 1882.
vii. Daughter, b. July 19; d. July 21, 1855.
viii. Evelyn R., b. Jan. 27, 1857; m. Sept! 20, 1881, Sumner E. Darling, M. D. C., Sumner E., b. Hardwick, Nov. 12, 1886.
ix. James W., b. March 16, 1860; farmer on homestead; m. in Ryegatc, June 4, 1884, Maryctt S. Clark. C., Isaac W., b. April 12, 1885. (2) Margaret E., b. Nov. 10, 1887. (3) James W., b. Aug. 22, 1893. (4) Infant son, b. March 6, 1896; d. March 18, 1896.
6 SAMUEL L.,3 (Samucl,2 Isaac,1) b, Newbury, Feb. 11, 1830; fitted for college at
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Newbury Seminary; graduated Northwestern University, 1857; teacher; while in charge of an academy at Wabash, Ind., he m. Jan. 3, 1860, Emily, dau. of Ellis Colburn of Newbury. She d. Erie, Mich., Aug. 5, 1862. He m. 2d, April 10, 1867, Emilie Batchelder of Montpelier. He joined the Vermont conference of the Methodist church, 1866. In 1871, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman took charge of the Newbury Seminary property and opened a school which they conducted till 1887. In 1889, he went west, joined the Iowa conference, and was in the ministry till a short time before his death. Mrs. Eastman d. at Buffalo Center, Iowa, March 22, 1895. He d. Kansas City, Mo., March 10, 1899.
Children, one by first, and one by second marriage:
i. Ellen C., b. Toledo, O .. Jan. 21, 1861; d. Newbury, March 31, 1863.
ii. Ada, m. W. A. Settle of Kansas City.
7 DENNISON H., b. Woodbury, Vt., 1844; m. 1868 Anna Whitcher of Groton, Vt. They settled on the "Oliver Smith place,' in the lime-kiln neighborhood, near the Topsham line. She d. in Boston in 1890. C., (1) Hattie B., (Mrs. Lord, of Orange.) (2) Nathan T. )3) Albert E. He m. 2d, 1891, Leila Currier of Topsham. 1 c., Harold D., b. 1895.
8 ALEXANDER W,4 (Isaac, 3 Samuel,2 Isaac,1) b. Feb. 17, 1842 ; farmer of Topsham ; m. Feb. 14, 1864, Lucy A. Caldwell.
Children, all b. in Topsham :
i. David C., b. Aug. 6, 1865; m. Jan. 1, 1891, Grace A. Grimes of Indianapolis, Ind. C., Harold W., b. Sept. 13, 1895.
ii. Isaac N., b. July 25, 1866; physician at Woodsville; ed. at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore; graduated at Kentucky Medical College, 1893. He m. Nov. 28, 1895, Fannie M., dau. of David C. White. She d. April 19, 1899.
iii. May N., b. Nov. 30, 1867; m. June 30, 1896, B. Frank Ricker of Groton. C., Nelson C., b. May 16, 1899.
iv. Jennie L., b. April 11, 1871; m. July 4, 1894, John N. Crown of Groton, who d. Sept. 23, 1899.
v. Infant, b. March 12, d. July 6, 1879.
vi. Alexander W., b. May 31, 1883.
vii Anna B., b. Oct. 17, 1884.
viii. Alice M., b. May 20, 1886.
EASTMAN.
I. ROGER, b. Wales, 1611. Sailed from Southampton, Eng., 1638, and settled in Salisbury, Mass., 1640. He m. in 1639 Sarah Smith.
II. THOMAS, 4th son of Roger, b. 1646; m. 1679 Deborah Corliss, dau. of George Corliss, a sister of the nurse of Hannah Dustin during her captivity. Thomas was killed by the Indians, as was also his dau. Sarah, at the time Hannah Dustin was captured.
III. JONATHAN, only son of Thomas, b. 1680; m. Hannah Greene, who was captured by the Indians Feb. 8, 1704, taken to Canada, and rescued a year later by Jonathan. The late Eber Eastman of Haverhill, N. H., published some years ago, a narative of her captivity.
IV. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 3, 1715; m. 2d, 1748, Rebecca Jewett.
V. OBADIAH, b. Hampstead, N. H., Jan. 26, 1749. He m. Feb. 8, 1774 Elizabeth Searle of Hollis. They settled in Bath, where he built the first mill. Late in life they removed to North Littleton, where she d. Jan. 30, 1830, and he d. Nov. 13, 1831. He served in the Revolutionary war. They were the parents of eight children, of whom Seaborn was the 6th. He was b. in Bath, Aug. 27, 1787. He m. Ruth, dau. of Nathaniel and Esther (Clark) Rix, b. Landaff, Aug. 8, 1791. She d. in Newbury, Jan. 19, 1838. Her father was b. in Boscawen, N. H., in April 1753. Rem. to Landaff while yet a young man, and served four different terms in Col. Bedel's regiment in the Revolutionary war. He d. in North Littleton, 1828, Seaborn Eastman was a brick maker and mason, and was reputed to build the best fire-place of any man in this part of the country. He came to Newbury in 1828, and lived at South Newbury till a short time before his death. He d. in Brad ord, Feb. 13, 1862.
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Children :
i. George Rix, b. Bath, Nov. 19, 1812. Brickmaker at South Newbury, at first for Benjamin Atwood, and then on his own account, his father working with him. He m. Hannah, dau. of David Young of Landaff, who d. Nov. 1884. He d. at Newbury, Nov. 4, 1889. C., (1) Ruth Rix. b. Feb. 14, 1840. She graduated at Newbury Seminary. Teacher. She m. Feb. 12, 1868 James Smith, a farmer of Danbury, N. H .; d. at Manchester, N. H., Nov. 1, 1891. Two daughters, Emma and Estella. (2) Jane, b. 1842. A brilliant scholar ; d. Feb. 1859. (3) George, b. May, 1848; d. Feb. 1850.
ii. Esther Rix, b. Bath, Jan. 20, 1815; m. David Greene, a printer of Concord. She d. at Concord, N. H., Jan. 24, 1876.
iii. Lucretia Hutchinson, b. Bath, Sept. 21, 1817. She m. Ezekiel R. James, for forty years superintendent of the eastern division of the Boston water works; d. in Boston, July 11, 1875.
iv. William, b. Bath, Oct. 21, 1820. He learned the trades of brick maker and mason of his father, worked in Boston some years. He became a master mason and had charge of some fine buildings. Among them were the hotel at Claremont; the public school house, and one of the paper mills at Bellows Falls; the depot at White River Junction, and buildings in Cambridge and Boston. With L. L. Tucker he built the schoolhouse at Wells River of brick made by his brother George, and had entire charge of the construction of St. Johnsbury Atheneum. He m. March 20, 1853, Mary E., dau. of Daniel Farr of Bradford. He d. at Bradford, May 31, 1892.
v* Searle, b. Bath, Jan. 25, 1823; m. Mary Ann Lother of Newbury. He d. at Boston, Aug. 30, 1854.
vi. Jason, b. Bath, Jan. 20, 1826; d. Newbury, Oct. 1, 1851.
vii. Charles Wesley, b. Newbury, Nov. 22, 1830. Lived with John B. Carleton of West Newbury from the age of seven till he was twenty-one. He went to New York, then to Georgia, where he worked in an iron mill. Returned to Newbury 1853, and m. July 4, 1855, Elizabeth C., dau. of James Abbott of South Newbury. Farmer with his father-in-law till 1869, when he bought the Baldwin place at Wells River. Trustee of Wells River village 1892-'99. Steward in M. E. church at Woodsville. C., (I) Clara, b. June 7, 1856. Graduate of Montebello Ladies' Institute, 1877, Teacher. In 1881 and '82, teacher in the Avery Normal Institute at Charleston, S. C. She m. June 20, 1888, S. I. Smith of Lyndonville, Vt. Oneson, Wendell P., b. Sept. 17, 1892. (2) William, b. Sept. 10, 1858. Farmer with his father. (3) Helen, b. March 22. 1863. Teacher of drawing and painting several years until her health failed.
EDWARDS.
DAVID, b. at Gilmanton, N. H., Aug. 2, 1796; m. in Gilmanton, Feb. 21, 1819, Alcemena Frishee, (b. Fryeburg, Me; d. Newbury, Sept. 3, 1875). They came to Newbury with their c. March 6, 1843, and lived on Wallace hill. He d. at Newbury, Oct. 13, 1883. On July 4, 1849, John and James, their sons, bought wild land adjoining Harriman's pond, which they cleared and erected the buildings now occupied by Sidney Temple, and where their parents d.
Children :
i. Eliza, b. Gilmanton, Dec. 20, 1819; m. July 7, 1844, Park, son of George Avery, q. v.
ii. James, b. Gilmanton, Feb. 17, 1822; farmer with his brother, John; m. Oct. 25, 1854, Jane W., dau. of Geo. Avery. He d. Oct. 31, 1893.
iii. John, b. Gilmanton, Jan. 31, 1824, q. v.
iv. Statirah F., b. Gilmanton, July 9, 1827; m. Dcc. 30, 1847, Warren K. Chamberlin.
v. Alcemena F., b. Gilmanton, May 23, 1830; m. in Cincinnati, O., July 4, 1857, Joseph F. Bell.
vi. Almira A., b. Bristol, N. H., April 10, 1834; m. April 13, 1854, William W. Brownhill.
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JOHN, b. Jan. 31, 1824; m. July 20, 1848, Margaret, dau. of George W. Avery. Children, all b. in Newbury:
i. Lewis H., b. Nov. 30, 1848; d. June 24, 1900.
ii. Belle H., b. May 22. 1850; m. at Wakefield, Mass., July 18, 1874, Henry Kimball; d. Newbury, Dec. 10, 1896.
iii. Jennie W., b, May 8, 1854.
iv. F. Eugene, b. Feb. 29, 1856; m. at Haverhill, Mass., May 26, 1890, Etta L. Emerson.
V. George G., b. May 8, 1864.
vi. Nellie M., b. July 22, 1866.
EMERSON.
JOHN, came from Haverhill, Mass., and settled in the Grow neighborhood, east of the Metcalf place, on the road that runs past the burying ground. The buildings are all gone, no trace of them is left. The maiden name of his wife was Abigail Duty. . He d. Feb. 18, 1861, aged 84 years, 8 days. They had 12 children of whom :
i. John, m. Ruth Taplin, and lived in Newbury next to John Wilson's, which is in Bradford. He d. at about 90. Three c. One dead. Annie and John Plummer live on the farm.
ii. Charles, bought the Moody Grow farm and lived there nearly all the rest of his life. He m. Sept. 7, 1828, Dorothea, dau. of Rev. Isaac Hall, a Christian Baptist minister. C., 11, of whom, Julia, m. Abner Flanders. Olive, d. un-m. Nancy, m. Samuel Stevens, probably of Corinth. May, m. a Mr. Rowe, of Corinth. Martha, m. James Mckinley. Lucy, m. a Mr. Parker of Boston, and d. there. Ida, d. in Boston. Harriet, m. and lives in Lancaster, N. H. Horace, is a section master near Lyndonville. Isaiah lives in New Hampshire. Charles is a farmer in Lancaster, N. H.
iii. Ephraim, m. Betsey Hall, lived near East Corinth, where his son, Arthur D., now lives. He d. April 4, 1868, aged 58 years.
iv. Mary, m. Jesse Hall. C., Mahala, who m. and d. in Haverhill, Mass., and Oscar, who lives in Newbury.
v. Relief, m. Samuel Grow, q. V.
vi. Daniel, m. and reared a large family. His son, Daniel, lives on the "Mountain Carter place."
ENGLISH.
JOHN, b. Lyme, N. H. Sept. 1. 1809. He was the son of Andrew and Mary (Godell) English, and grandson of James English, a Revolutionary soldier, and an early settler of Lyme. Learned the printer's trade at Haverhill, joined the M. E. church, 1832; attended Newbury Seminary; admitted to N. H. Methodist Episcopal conference 1838; ordained deacon 1840, and elder at Newbury in 1842. In the active ministry about 30 years. Came to Newbury to live, 1866, purchasing what had been called the Hemen way house, on the west side of the common. He m. June 10, 1843, Ellen M. Drake, of Windsor, Vt., a descendant of George Drake of Westerly, R. I., and of Benjamin Drake, a revolutionary soldier, and early settler of Windsor. She removed 1896, to Claremont, N. H. He d. of heart disease in J. B. Hale's store, Newbury, March 26, 1884. Buried Brownsville, Vt. Children :
i. Grace, b. Deering, N. H., Oct. 31, 1851. Educated at Newbury and Tilton Seminaries; m. May 15, 1872, Albert Hale. Two children. Res. Claremont. N. H.
ii. William F., b. Tuftonboro, N. H., Feb. 6, 1863. Reared in Newbury ; united with 1st Cong. Ch., 1875. Graduated Newbury Seminary, 1878, Dartmouth College, 1882, Hartford Theo. Sem., 1885. Pastor of Cong. Ch. at Essex Junction, 1885-'87. Ordained, July 2, 1885. Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M., at Sivas, Turkey, 1887-'92. Pastor of 1st Cong. Ch., East Windsor, Conn., since 1892. Published, 1895, "Evolution and the Immanent God." He m. May 19, 1889, Janet S. McCrone of Hartford, Conn. Five children.
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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.
FARNHAM.
EVELYN H., b. in Hardwick, was son of Aaron Farnham, of Killingsworth, Conn., and his wife, Florilla, dau. of Rev. Cyprian Strong of Farmington, Conn. He m. in 1824, Martha, dau. of John Ellsworth of Windsor, Conn., a lineal descendant of Rev. Timothy Edwards, of East Windsor, Conn., her mother being also dau. of Rev. Cyprian Strong of Farmington. The family came to Newbury in 1848 and have since owned and occupied the same house, one of the oldest in town. Mr. Farnham d. 1889, and she d. 1892.
Eight children:
i. Martha E., m. S. N. Plumer of Boston.
ii. Flora S., d. 1889.
iii. Julia M., of Newbury.
iv. Evelyn H., cabinet maker of Newbury, and with his sister, occupies the homestead; served as sergeant in Co. C, 3d Vt., from July 16, 1861, to Nov. 4, 1862. He m. Mrs. Rachel Mains of New York, who d. 1892.
V. William D., d. 1854.
vi. Amelia A., d. in infancy.
vii. Frederick E., private in Co. C, 3d Vt .; mustered into service, July 16, 1861; d. in hospital April 10, 1862.
viii. Frank E., private in 3d Vt. Battery; mustered into service Sept. 3, 1864; mustered out June 15, 1865; res. Florence, Mass. He m. Emma Hazen of Hartford, who d. 1897. A son of his was with the 2d Mass., during the siege of Santiago, Cuba, 1898, and d. of typhoid fever at Montauk Point, N. Y.
FARRAND.
NATHANIEL FARRAND, of French extraction was living in Milford, Conn. in 1645. In the fourth generation from him was Rev. Daniel Farrand, whose biography fills several pages of Sprague's "Annals of the American Pulpit." He was minister at Canaan, Conn., 1752, till death in 1803. His oldest son, Daniel, b. about 1760, graduated at Yale College, 178 -; studied law with Judge Jacobs. Came to Newbury about 1787, taught school and opened a law office. He lived where the late Harry C. Bailey so long lived. His office was a small building which stood in front of the house, and was afterwards Benjamin Porter's law office, and later, was used for a young ladies' school. It is now the kitchen part of Silas Leighton's house. Esq. Farrand was one of the most prominent men in the town and state, an eminent lawyer, a man of wide reading and mental culture. He held many town offices and was member from Newbury in the Constitutional convention at Bennington in 1791. Register of probate, 1788-'90, town representative in 1792, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, in the latter year being speaker of the House, the only speaker Newbury has ever furnished. Removed to Bellows Falls 1800, and to Burlington in 1804, where he built in 1809 the house now owned and occupied by Hon. George G. Benedict, editor of the Free Press. He was chosen assistant judge of the supreme court in 1813. In politics Judge Farrand was a federalist, and when the war of 1812 broke out he opposed it with remarkable force. "He presided at a public meeting held in Williston, which denounced the administration, and passed a series of resolutions in which the graphic language and stubborn intellect of Daniel Farrand are plainly seen." Although a Unitarian, he seems to have been a strong supporter of the 1st church while in Newbury. He was a member of the corporation of Vt. University after 1798. Mr. Farrand was married at Haverhill, May 1, 1794, to Mary, dau. of Col. Asa Asa Porter, b. Aug. 23, 1773 and d. March 24, 1812. He d. at Burlington, Oct. 13, 1825. They had nine daughters, all handsome and accomplished women.
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