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- Austin. (8) Archibald, b. - -; un-m .; d. (9) Betsey, b. d. at 22. He mn. 2d, Rebecca Waddell; 3d, Mrs. Betscy Eastman of Landaff. Hc d. July 17, 1862, in the house now owned by Miss Julia Goddard at Newbury villagc.
ix. Thomas, d. un-m. at Great Valley, N. Y.
x. Betscy, m. a Mr. Farrington of Great Valley, N. Y.
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GIBSON.
HUGH GARDNER, son of Alexander and Jean (Gardner) Gibson; b. Ryegate, May 29, 1815; farmer near Ryegate Corner till 1881, when he bought the Capt. John Miller farm in Newbury; the buildings, which are in South Ryegate village, are on the Newbury side of the line. The house and barns were burned in the spring of 1895, at a loss of about $6,000, and he had a new set of buildings nearly completed at the time of his death. He m. April 4, 1839, Abigail, dau. William Nelson 2d; six c., four living. Mr. Nelson was a prominent man in Ryegate and a member of the Ref. Pres. ch. about 67 years. He d. Jan. 14, 1896.
GODDARD.
NATHAN, b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Aug. 4, 1746; grad. Harvard College, 1770; came to Newbury not far from 1783; was a member and clerk of the church, and seems to have occasionally preached, as there are accounts preserved of sums "paid Mr. Goddard for supplying the pulpit at sundry times." He was Register of Probate in 1786, '87; whether he ever practiced law here or not is uncertain, but there are legal papers extant drawn up by him. He seems to have lived near where Mr. James Lawrie now does, and was very highly esteemed. He left Newbury before 1792. Mr. Goddard m. Dec. 15, 1772, Martha Nichols (b. Oct. 31, 1746; d. Gerry, Mass., 1814); d. Framingham, Mass., July 24, 1795.
Children :
i. Nichols, b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Oct. 4, 1773; d. Rutland, Vt., Sept. 29, 1823; he m. Charity, dau. of Job White of Northampton, Mass.
ii. Grace, b. April 12, 1775; m. Ephraim Drury.
iii. Nathan, b. Dec. 15, 1777; m. Prudence Hemenway; 2d, Polly Bacon; d. Framingham, Mass., July 4, 1832.
Rev. Edward N. Goddard, an Episcopal clergyman of Windsor, Vt., is a gr. gr. son of Nathan Goddard of Newbury.
GOODWIN.
SIMEON, JOHN and SAMUEL were brothers. Simeon was private in Capt. Jacob Bayley's Co., which marched to Oswego from Albany in 1759. He was also adjutant in Col. Israel Morey's regiment from Sept. 25 to Oct. 26, 1777, and was especially recommended for fidelity and bravery. He was a grantee of Newbury, and came here as early as 1763. He rem. about 1802 to Marietta, O., where he d.
Children :
i. Jonathan.
ii. Nathaniel.
iii. Simeon.
iv. Asa.
v. Mary, m. her cousin, Willoughby Goodwin.
vi. Harriet, m. John Merrill.
JONATHAN's name is given as head of a family in the New York census of 1771, and he signed the New York petition of 1773. He served one month, 29 days, in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., guarding and scouting in the revolutionary war and perhaps in other service. He settled on Hall's Meadow, Lot 9, his house standing a little below the South Newbury schoolhouse on the other side of the road. This land he bought of Thomas Shirley of Chester, N. H., in 1768. The deed was not acknowledged, but the title was comfirmed by a special act of the General Assembly in 1785. Jonathan Goodwin d. Oct. 28, 1811, aged 71, and Elizabeth, his wife, d. Oct. 8, 1813, aged 73.
Among their children were:
i. Phebe, b. in Newbury, 1780, and d. June, 1881, at the home of Dea. George
* By the late Edward Miller.
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Burroughs, in her 101st year, preserving her mental and physical faculties to the end.
ii. Elizabeth, m. Philip Tewksbury, and d. Oct. 3, 1841. And perhaps Isaae, b. Newbury, 1783; m. Jemima Ford.
NATHANIEL, aeeording to town record, m. Mareh 27, 1789, Elizabeth Marsh, and had, at least, the following e .:
i. Martha, b. Nov. 8, 1787.
ii. Moses, b. June 28, 1789.
iii. Nathaniel, b. June 8, 1791.
iv. Aaron, b. Feb. 2, 1794. The youngest son of Aaron, J. W. Goodwin, was long editor of the Sedalia, Mo., Bazoo.
SIMEON, m., and had four daus., Susan, Margaret, Sarah and Roxanna.
ASA, rem. to Marietta, O., thence to St. Louis where he d. He had eight c.
JOHN, the second of the three brothers, was also a grantee of Newbury and a signer of the New York petition of 1773. He served one month in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., guarding and scouting, also 40 days of similar serviee in Capt. Simeon Stevens' Co.
Children :
i. Moses, q. v.
ii. Willoughby, who m. April 10, 1781, his cousin, Mary Goodwin.
iii. Daniel, lived in Cambridge.
iv. James, lived in Grafton.
v. Judith, m. John Thomas. And another m. Dunbar.
SAMUEL lived in Newbury at one time.
1 MOSES, 2 (John,1) lived in Newbury, Ryegate and Haverhill; m. Tryphena, dau. James Ladd of Haverhill.
Children (order of birth not known) :
2 Wells, b. Nov. 9, 1784; d. Dee. 11, 1894.
3 Moses, b. Feb. 14, 1798 ; d. March 28, 1865.
Timothy. George.
Hannah; m. Geo. Chapman of Haverhill.
Abigail; m. - Fisher of N. Haverhill.
Dau., m. - Kelsea.
Dau., m. 1811, Daniel Heath of Piermont.
WELLS,3 (Moses,2 John,1), born on the Gray farm in Ryegate, Nov. 9, 1894. He enlisted Feb. 14, 1813, for 18 months, in the 11th U. S. infantry, commanded by Col. Moody Bedel of Haverhill. He served in the battles of Chippewa and Prescott, and was wounded in the leg at the battle of Lundy's Lane, July 25, 1814. In 1818 he received a pension of $4 per month, dating baek to his discharge from the army. This was inereased to $8 in 1852, and later to $12. He was m. in Haverhill, by Rev. Grant Powers, Oet. 3, 1819, to Lydia, dau. of Daniel and Martha (Merrill) Heath (b. New Salem, N. H., Nov. 8, 1794; d. Newbury, Dee. 27, 1887), their married life being 68 years, 1 month, 19 days. They lived in Ryegate till 1847, where he was farmer and shoemaker; since in Newbury, excepting a few years in Corinth and Haverhill. He voted at every presidential election, from that of James Monroe, in 1816, to that of Grover Cleveland, in 1892. He drew pay and pension for military serviec rendered the United States nearly 82 years, and was the last enlisted soldier of the war of 1812 in Vermont. His last years were spent with his daughter, Mrs. Leavitt, his mind having given way before his death, Dec. 11, 1894, aged 100 years, 2 months, 2 days. Children, all born in Ryegate:
4 i. John Merrill, b. July 17, 1820.
ii. Helen, b. Oct. 19, 1821; m. George Rhodes of Rycgate; d. Dec. 30, 1891.
iii. Jane, b. June 18, 1823; d. Dec. 1, 1834.
iv. Austin, b. May 22, 1825; d. Dec. 18, 1854.
v. Timothy, b. Sept. 24, 1827; was last heard of in New York.
vi. Lavinia, b. April 5, 1829; d. Dec. 18, 1854.
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5 vii. William, b. April 16, 1831.
viii. Daniel W., b. Dec. 1, 1832; d. May 25, 1856.
ix. Annette, b. Feb. 7, 1834.
x. Jane, b. Oct. 30, 1835 ; m. J. C. Leavitt, q. v.
xi. Edwin, b. July 7, 1838; d. March 12, 1839.
xii. Elizabeth, b. July 7, 1841; m. Orvin C. Temple, q. v.
4 JOHN MERRILL, b. July 17, 1820; served in the Mexican war; enlisted at Manchester, N. H., in April, 1847, in Co. C, 9th U. S. Infantry ; transferred to Co. H. They arrived at Vera Cruz in June, marched to Pueblo under Gen. Pierce, joining Gen. Winfield Scott's army there and had a few skirmishes before reaching the city of Mexico. The first great battle was that of Cantreras, a volcanic mountain, Aug. 19 and 20, 1847. The Mexicans were defeated, and driven to Churubusco, which surrendered. After an armistice which lasted about two weeks, the battle of Malino del Rey was fought on the 8th of September. The American army was driven back twice, but at the third charge they drove the Mexicans before them. Mr. Goodwin was twice promoted for good conduct, first made a Corporal, then Sergeant, and during the last part of the war was acting Orderly Sergeant. Discharged at Newport, R. I., Aug. 23, 1848. Farmer in Newbury and near-by towns. He m. March 28, 1849, dau. of Moses Clark. She d. June 11, 1898. He res. with his son in Piermont. Children :
i. John Merrill, b. Boston, Mass., July 9, 1857; m. Sept. 17, 1884, Cora Ada, dau. of Horace N. Abbott, b. Jan. 3, 1864; res. Piermont; in creamery. C., (1) Lois M., b. Nov. 7, 1886. (2) Horace M., b. May 3, 1888.
5 WILLIAM,2 (Wells,1) b. April 16, 1831; m. Mary Ann, dau. of Alonzo Fleming, who d. June, 1901.
Children :
i. Elizabeth, b. 1856; m. 1878, James Ryle; res. Chicopee, Mass.
ii. Charles, b. Jan. 18, 1888.
iii. Herbert, b. Nov. 24, 1871.
iv. Blanche, b. Oct. 30, 1878.
MOSES,3 (Moses,2 John,1) b. - Feb. 14, 1798; lived in Ryegate, and for some years in Newbury, in what is now called Montebello House, then in South Newbury ; he m. Feb. 13, 1823, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy Clark (b. Nov. 9, 1800) ; d. Lisbon, N. H., March 28, 1865.
Children :
i. Charles, b. Ryegate, March 22, 1827; served in the Civil war in Co. A. 20th Mass. Vols .; killed in the first day's battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864 : he m. June 8, 1853, Christina Schaffer. C., (a) Ellen, (6) Frank, (c) William.
ii. Elizabeth Ann, b. Ryegate, Aug. 24, 1829; m. Sept. 5, 1850, Charles Page, of Lisbon, N. H .; res. Waterford, N. Y. C., Nellie, Frank and William.
iii. Frank F., b. Newbury, July 23, 1834 ; res. St. Johnsbury.
iv. Henry S., b. Newbury, July 23, 1836; d. St. Johnsbury, Feb. 26, 1894; machinist 24 years in Fairbanks' scale manufactory, St. Johnsbury, and member for many years of the M. E. church choir. He m. Sept. 24, 1861 Carrie A. Aldrich, (b. Littleton, N. H., Sept. 12, 1841. ) C., Karl H., b. Lisbon, N. H., May 19, 1864; res. Chicago; Mabel E., b. St. Johns- bury, Aug. 28, 1870; music teacher; member of the Cecilian quartette of St. Johnsbury; teacher in conservatory of music connected with Knox college, Galesburg, Ill., and one year in the Chicago Conservatory of Music; res. Chicago.
V. William H., b. Newbury, Oct. 25, 1840; enlisted April 20, 1861, in Co. G, 2d N. H. Vols., for three months; mustered out July 20, 1861; enlisted 2d, Aug. 5, 1861, in Co. H, 3d N. H., for three years; wounded at the battle of James Island, June 16, 1862; discharged for wounds, Sept. 11, 1862. He m. 1st, Nov. 1. 1866, Eva M. Dexter; 2d. Sept. 20, 1876, Mary B., dau. of John G. White. C., Muriel E., b. June 17, 1887.
vi. Ellen A., b. Newbury, April 16, 1843; d. Nov., 1887.
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GOULD.
STEVENS, b. Feb. 1, 1769; m. Sept. 14, 1798, Lydia Titeomb (b. Dec. 20, 1778; d. Feb. 10, 1871) ; d. Jan. 26, 1839. They had eight children, of whom Allen is the only one on record as having remained in Newbury.
ALLEN, b. Thetford, Aug. 10, 1812; d. Newbury, Oct. 10, 1865. Resided in Newbury many years; station agent 1858 till death. He m. 1st, Jan. 10, 1843, Harriet Newell Keyes (b. Cambridge, Feb. 17, 1815; d. Nov. 8, 1856) ; 2d, Nov. 22, 1858, Adeline A. Hurlburtt.
Four children, all by 1st m. and all born in Newbury:
i. Charles Stevens, b. Oct. 23, 1844; res. Kansas City, Mo .; he m. April 4, 1872, C. Irene Bangs.
ii. Mary Louise, b. July 27, 1846; res. Kansas City.
iii. Emma Newell, b. June 10, 1849; res. Detroit, Mich .; she m. Jan. 30, 1872, George A. Ellis.
iv. William Allen. b. Sept. 22, 1851; res. Kansas City; he m. Dec. 12, 1883, Della C. Early.
GRANT.
WILLIAM was b. at Burrahan Mills, Scotland, 1774; came to America about 1800, and was m. to Marv, dau. of Dea. Andrew Brock, Feb. 9, 1804, the first marriage solemnized in America by Rev. David Sutherland. They lived some years in Cambridge, N. Y., but returned to Ryegate. William Grant was of a roving nature, and late in life went to California, remaining some time. He d. Nov. 8, 1860. His wife, b. July 26, 1785, d. at the home of her son, Andrew, May 12, 1865. Both buried at Ryegate Corner.
Children :
i. Jane, b. Aug. 2, 1804 ; d. June 7, 1889. 1
2 ii. William, b. 1806; d. Nov. 17, 1873.
3 iii. Andrew, b. May 14, 1808; d. March 10, 1889.
iv. Mary, b. May 12, 1800; m. George R. Leslie, q. v .; d. Jan. 30, 1895.
v. Nancy, b. Oct. 18, 1812; m. a Mr. Matthews; settled at Akron, O .; dead many years.
vi. Alexander, b. Nov. 8, 1814.
vii. Janet, b. Aug. 22, 1819.
1 JANE, b. Charlestown, N. H., Aug. 2, 1804; m. April 26, 1829, Robert Hall, Jr., farmer, of Ryegate, who d, April 17, 1868; d. Ryegate June 7, 1889. Children :
i. Albert.
ii. T. Jefferson, m. Margaret, dau. George Chalmers; lived on her father's farm many years; then on the Upper Meadow; now in Topsham. She d. Sept. 14, 1890. C., George C., Louis (dead).
iii. Lucinda.
iv. Alexander.
v. Edward.
2 WILLIAM, b. Charlestown, N. Y .; farmer in Newbury ; lived where John Allison now lives; rem. to East Corinth, 1845, where he carried on the carriage making business; m. March 17, 1831, Finett, dau. of Stephen P. Nelson, who d. July 14, 1877, aged 66. He d. East Corinth, Nov. 17, 1873. Children :
i. Oscar F., b. Newbury, Dee. 30, 1832; was employed many years in one of the large flouring mills at Akron, O .; m. at Middleburg, O., Jan. 5, 1859, Anna E. Potter; d. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 13, 1896.
ii. James W., b. Newbury, March 14, 1834; res. Rome, Ga .; he has been employed by E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. for more than 40 years; in. 1st, Jan. 15, 1859, Ada J. Powers of Barnet, who d. Nov. 19, 1860; m. 2d, Diodama N. Smalley of Troy.
iii. Amanda M., b. Newbury, Oct. 30, 1835; m. Sept. 27, 1876, Wilson Chapman of Corinth.
iv. George A., b. Newbury, Aug. 25, 1837; m. Dec. 29, 1859, at St. Johhsbury, Hannah Walter, who d. March 17, 1885.
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v. Alonzo B., b. Newbury, May 27, 1840; m. June 12, 1861, Annette S. Doe. vi. Edwin R., b. Newbury, Sept. 15, 1842; m. July 14, 1868, Ella Vansickle of Akron, O.
vii. Augusta A., b. Corinth, Aug. 10, 1847; d. Dec. 1, 1862.
viii. Emma G., b. Corinth, Nov. 17, 1850; m. Oct. 30, 1879, J. Frank Fulton, q. v.
3 ANDREW, b. Newbury or Ryegate, May 14, 1808; was "bound out" to James Wallace, and later was a porter at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary when that institution first opened, under Mary Lyon; farmer and carpenter; lived about 40 years where Philip Webber now lives; was a member of the Methodist church about 50 years, and a most worthy man. "I have never known a better man than Andrew Grant." In person he was said to bear a considerable resemblance to Sir Walter Scott. He m. Philena, dau. of David Daily, (d. May, 1888). No c.
GREIG.
ROBERT and CHRISTIAN (Wallace) of Fifeshire, Scotland, had among their children James, Robert and May. Robert, May (who m. Alexander Laing) and Robert. son of James, came to America and settled in Newbury, and of these two Roberts, and their descendants, is the following account :
ROBERT, b. Weymes, Fifeshire, Scotland, Sept. 1, 1795; farmer. He m. Nov. 12, 1824, Euphemia Mackie of Markinch, Fifeshire. They came to America and Newbury in 1850 and settled on Leighton Hill, west of the Laing place ; Presbyterians. He d. Dec. 2, 1858, and she d. in Brattleboro, June 30, 1878.
Children :
i. Nancy, b. Aug. 14, 1825; m. March 16, 1858, Thomas Wright (b. Grism, Norfolk, England, Aug. 10, 1812; d. Bradford, April 29, 1892). They lived in "Goshen," just over the Bradford line. C., (1) Robert A., b. May 7, 1859; d. Nov. 22, 1897. (2) Euphemia A., b. May 13, 1861; m. June 1, 1887, Louison W. Doe of Bradford; merchant. (3) Emma A., b. March 5, 1863 ; d. Aug. 21, 1883. (4) Julia E., b. Oct. 8, 1865; m. 1st, May 10, 1883, Stephen P. Scales, who d. July 23, 1898; two c .; 2d, April 3, 1901, Seneca Dickey of Bradford.
ii. Robert, b. May 11, 1828; d. Nov., 1845.
iii. Andrew R., b. July 5, 1834; in foundry at Bradford 1851-'59; in California 1859-'61. During the civil war was employed making gun machinery ; in business till 1884; res. Brattleboro. He m. Nov. 14, 1861, Clara Powers ; one dau., Jessie L. He d. Brattleboro, Nov. 7, 1900.
iv. James W., b. March 20, 1843. Lived on his father's farm during his father's long illness, attending school a very little. Began to teach in Newbury before he was 18; taught some years; student at Newbury seminary and teacher of penmanship, having taken a course in Eastman's Business college. Studied medicine with Dr. Watson of Newbury and Dr. Flanders of E. Corinth; attended a course of lectures at Burlington and graduated at Dartmouth Medical college 1866; in practice at E. Corinth one year ; Ryegate, 1867-'75, where he was four years superintendent of schools; in practice and druggist at Brattleboro, 1875-'84; took a post graduate course in medicine at New York; in practice at Brattleboro since. He m. April 30, 1867, Lutheria H. Cochran of Ryegate. C., (1) Emma J., b. Ryegate, Nov. 14, 1868; teacher of vocal music in the public schools of Brattleboro and member of church choirs twelve years. (2) Lewis A., b. Ryegate, Dec. 2, 1870; junior partner of the firm of Morris & Greig, Brattleboro; m. Oct. 21, 1896, Eleanor Burke of Brooklyn, N. Y. (3) Maddie A., b. Ryegate, Aug. 22, 1872; teacher in Springfield. Mass. (4) Robert C., b. Brattleboro, Feb. 24, 1877; clerk.
ROBERT, son of James and Elizabeth Greig, b. Weymess, Fifeshire, Scotland, Aug. 27, 1815; m. Auchtermuchty, Scotland, Feb. 6, 1840, to Helen, dau. Thomas and Janet Arthur, (b. Dunshalt, Scotland, Nov. 14, 1816) ; linen weaver and station agent; came to America and Newbury in 1855, being two months and ten days on the voyage from Scotland to New York;
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settled on a farm between the Center and the Lime-kiln. He was a machinist seven years in the scale works at St. Johnsbury. He. d. May 29, 1879, and she d. May 2, 1881.
Children :
i. James, b. Jan. 22, 1841, Drumsholt, Scotland; enlisted July 16, 1861, Co. C, 3d Vt .; killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864.
ii. Thomas, b. Auchtermuchty, Scotland, Feb. 22, 1843; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Vt .; mustered in Oct. 4, 1862; mustered out July 14, 1863 ; in 2d Vt. Battery, Jan. 13, 1864 ; d. April 11, 1864, in service, at Port Hudson, La.
iii. Janet, b. Feb. 28, 1845; m. Feb. 4, 1873, William, son of John Laing, formerly of Newbury, at Otisville, Mich. Five c.
iv. Robert, b. Feb. 10. 1848; d. March 20, 1852.
v. Lizzie, b. Dec. 9, 1851; res. Flint, Mich.
vi. Ellen, b. June 17, 1854; d. Newbury, May 4, 1875.
vii. Agnes, b. Aug. 6, 1858, Newbury; d. Feb. 17, 1877.
viii. Christena, (adopted) b. June 27, 1865.
*GROW.
I. JOHN, came from Wales, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1664. He m. in 1669, and had one dau. and six sons.
II. THOMAS, b. 1684, m. and rem. to Andover, Mass .; had five sons, and in 1730, rem. to Pomfret, Conn., with his family.
III. JOSEPH, his 3d son, was m. in Connecticut, in 1747, to Abigail Dana and had 13 c.
JOSEPH and ABIGAIL (Dana) Grow were residents of Pomfret, Conn., until about the end of the revolutionary war, when they rem. to Hartland. They had eight c., who survived infancy ; Joseph and John, who settled in Hartland ; Ambrose, who m. a Miss Parsons of Springfield, Mass., and rem. to New York, where he d. in 1845, aged 89; Tirzah, who m. a Mr. Royce, and settled in Western New York; (1) Samuel, who m. Damaris Powers; Polly, who m. Stephen Powers, and Anna, who m. Samuel Powers, two brothers and their sister, children of Rev. Peter Powers. Abigail, wife of Joseph Grow, died in Newbury, April 2, 1808.
1 SAMUEL, b. Pomfret, Conn., Jan. 19, 1755; m. 1785, in Haverhill, Damaris Powers, (b. Newent, Conn., Jan. 8, 1761; d. Aug. 22, 1836). They lived in Hartland till 1794, when they came to Newbury, and settled on Lot No. 23, in the southwest part of the town, their house being the first framed house in that locality, their lot being the site granted to the first settled minister of the town, and still owned by his descendants. They were members of the 1st church. He d. May 18, 1842.
Children all born in Hartland except the last :
2
i. Hale, b. Aug. 8, 1786; d. March 8, 1865.
3
ii. Moody, b. Nov. 1, 1787 ; d. April 10, 1871.
4 iii. Charles, b. May 12, 1790; d. Junc 16, 1886.
iv. Eliza, b. June 17, 1794; m. Jesse Putnam, q. v .; d. July 23, 1872.
5 v. Samucl, b. Oct. 20, 1799; d. Nov. 28, 1883.
2 HALE, b. Aug. 8, 1786; d. March 8, 1865; farmer in Newbury, Corinth and Topsham; he m. - -, Judith, dau. of Nathaniel Dustin. She was in the fourth generation from Hannah Dustin, " who killed the Indians;" (b. Atkinson, N. H., April 15, 1789; d. Newbury, March 29, 1886). Children :
i. Eliza Nancy, b. Newbury, April 8, 1810; m. Jan. 31, 1828, Amos White of Topsham; d. Nov. 20, 1829.
ii. Clarissa Parsons, b. Corinth, Dcc. 27, 1813; d. July 12, 1821.
iii. Judith Ann, b. Corinth, Sept. 7, 1816; m. Junc 10, 1851, Joseph H. Bailey, q. v.
iv. Samuel Hale, b. Corinth, Oct. 29, 1819; d. July 22, 1821.
v. Alonzo Dustin, b. Topsham, May 10, 1822; m. June 16, 1870, Adaliza Smith. Res. Newbury, with his sister, Mrs. Bailey.
*By Mrs. H. L. Tower.
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vi. Clara Demaris, b. July 26, 1825; m. 1st, Dec. 15, 1861, Harmon D. Eastman; 2d, Nov. 19, 1871, Abram A. Chase of Stoneham, Mass.
vii. Harriet Atwood, b. Topsham, March 30, 1827; m. June 4, 1857, Abram A. Chase; d. Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 28, 1868.
viii. Eliza Nancy, b. Topsham, Nov. 15, 1831; m. as 2d wife, May 7, 1861, John P. Garland of Topsham and Newbury, q. v .; d. Newbury, Jan. 31, 1899.
ix. Electa Dustin, b. Topsham, July 13, 1834; m. June 14, 1870, Rev. C. D. R. Meacham, now pastor of the Baptist church at Passumpsic.
3 MOODY, s. of Samuel, b. Nov. 1st, 1787 ; m. 1st, Clarissa Parsons of Springfield, Mass., (b July 9, 1790; d. Dec. 17, 1813). They had one son, Daniel Putnam, b. Feb. 27, 1813; m., about 1837, Comfort Highlands of Bradford, and lived in West Newbury, then in Maidstone, till 1848; in Bradford till 1850, when he removed to Prairie du Sac, Wis., where she died Feb. 22, 1892, and he died Sept. 29, 1896. They had four children, of whom George was b. in Newbury, Aug. 24, 1841, and d. near Seattle, Wash., in 1896; and Martha E., Mary and Charles, b. elsewhere, and settled in the west. He m. 2d, Hannah Parker of Newbury and lived about 20 years in a house north of his father's, not now standing. He rem. to Bradford, and in 1867 to Prairie du Sac, Wis., where she d. Oct., 1867, and he d. April 10, 1871.
Children of Moody and Hannah Grow (2d w.) :
i. Eliza Ann, b. Nov. 22, 1815; m. Thomas Highlands of Bradford, where they lived until about 1865, when they removed to Wisconsin, and later to Sac City, Iowa; two sons, John M. and Walter T.
ii. Jesse Putnam, b. Aug. 15, 1817 ; d. Feb. 25, 1819.
iii. Damaris, b. July 12, d. July 20, 1819.
iv. Hale P., b. March 3, 1823; m. 1850, Julia A. Davis, of Bradford, where they lived until 1871, when they removed to Stoneham, Mass., where she d. in May, 1876, and he d. Feb. 14, 1892, at Prairie du Sac, Wis. One dau., now Mrs. Davis of Brighton, Mass.
V. Olive, b. Feb. 22, 1825; d. Aug. 1, 1826.
vi. Olive R., b. Jan. 26, 1827; d. June 14, 1832.
vii. John G., b. Feb. 24, 1829; d. Aug. 28, 1875, in Iowa.
viii. Hannah R., b. Sept. 1, 1832; m. Holmes Drew of Prairie du Sac, Wis .; no children.
ix. Carlos M., b. Oct. 26, 1834; m. 1860, Harriet M. Getchell of Bradford, and rem. 1867 to Prairie du Sac, Wis., where he d. March 9, 1885. No children.
4 CHARLES, son of Samuel, b. May 12. 1790. He m. July 4, 1816, Lydia Sawyer. He lived on the opposite side of the road from his father's house, but removed to Topsham about 1828 and in 1865 to Bradford; d. June 16, 1886; his wife d. in Neponset, Ill., Jan. 9, 1876.
Children ; the three younger were born in Topsham :
i. Hale, b. March 27, 1817; d. Feb. 12, 1821.
ii. Moody, b. 1818; m. Agnes Craig of Topsham, and lived there until 1850, when he removed to Neponset, Ill. Four children.
iii. John, b. 1820; d. 1822.
iv. Ann M., born Aug. 17, 1822; d. Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 13, 1867.
v. John Hale, b. Jan. 5, 1825; m. 1852, Amanda Johnson of Bradford, where they lived a short time and where he was associated with A. C. Brown in the publication of the "Northern Inquirer." They removed to Topsham, where Mrs. Grow d. in 1856, leaving a son, Warren. He m. 2d, 1860, Angie Ropes of Topsham and rem. to Neponset, Ill., where he d. in 1876, leaving four children.
vi. Mary S., b. June 6, 1826; m. Nov. 25, 1847, William Merrill of Haverhill, Mass. They rem. to Illinois, and later to Fayette, Iowa, where he d. January, 1879. Six c.
vii. Mahala O., b. October, 1827; m. Percy M. Batchelder ; d. Haverhill, Mass., December, 1851.
viii. Nancy, b. Oct. 11, 1829 ; d. 1846.
ix. Lucinda S., (twin to above), m. Gilbert A. Sargent of Haverhill, Mass.
x. Charles, b. July 16, 1835.
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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.
5 SAMUEL, son of Samuel, b. Newbury, Oct. 20, 1799; lived on his father's farm; was called Esq. Grow; held many town offices and was town representative 1847-48. He m. Relief, dau. of John Emerson, (b. Jan. 14, 1804; d. March 10, 1859). He d. Nov. 28, 1883.
Children :
i. Samuel Hale, b. Feb, 6, 1830; m. Susan J., dau. of Peletiah Corliss, who d. Oct. 2, 1896.
ii. Melissa Diantha, b. May 11, 1838; m. Sept. 15, 1863, Francis M. Corliss, (b. Haverhill, Mass., September 17, 1839). They own and occupy the "old Grow place" which was her grandfather's, and have one son, Irving L., b. July 26, 1867.
*HALE.
There have always been Hales in Newbury, and there have been four different families having a common emigrant ancestor, but whose connection with each other is very slight. They are presented in the order of their coming to this town.
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