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I. THOMAS, b. Watton, Hertfordshire, Eng., June, 1606, (another account has it, King's Walden, Hertfordshire, May 15, 1606). Hecame to Newbury, Mass., about 1635; was a glover; d. Nov. 9, 1682, (by another record, Dec. 21, 1682). His wife, Tamosin, d. Jan. 30, 1683. Four c.
II. THOMAS, b. England, Nov. 18, 1633; came to New England with his parents; res. Newbury, Mass .; m. May 26, 1657, Mary, dau. Richard Hutchinson, of Salem; d. Oct. 22, 1688. She m. 2d, William Watson, of Boxford; d. Dec. 8, 1715.
III. SAMUEL, b. June 6, 1674; m. Nov. 3, 1698, Martha Palmer; res. Bradford, Mass .; d. Dec. 13, 1745. She d. June 14, 1723.
IV. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 9, 1701-02; m. Nov. 10, 1729, Susannah Tuttle of Ipswich, N. H., and rem. to Sutton, Mass., about 1747; d. before 1777.
Children :
i. Dr. John, (1731-1791), physician at Hollis, N. H .; surgeon in the Old French war and in the Revolutionary war.
ii. Abigail, (1733-1821), m. Col. William Prescott of Pepperell, Mass., commander of the Massachusetts troops at Bunker Hill. The historian Prescott was their grandson.
iii. Dr. Samuel, b. Bradford, Mass .; came to this town before 1770, and was in practice here for several years; rem. to Orford, N. H .; lived at the Ox-bow; m. Mindwell, dau. Daniel Tillotson.
iv. Jonathan, b. Bradford, Mass .; lived in Sutton, Mass., Concord and Haverhill, N. H., and this town; member of Congregational church ; served in the Revolutionary war, and was a prominent man; maker of wool cards; rem. to Benton, N. H .; d. 1837.
v. Martha, m. Rev. Peter Powers, q. V.
HALE.
The second Hale family to come here is descended from Thomas, the emigrant, through I Thomas, II Thomas.
III. THOMAS, b. Feb. 11, 1658-59; m. May 16, 1682, Sarah, daughter Ezekiel Northend. Hc was a magistrate and a man of distinction in Newbury, Mass. He was a man of immense size, weighing nearly 500 pounds.
IV. MOSES, b. Newbury, Mass., 1702, or 1703; m. Dec. 4, 1727, Elizabeth, dau. Jethro Wheeler; lived in Rowley, Mass .; rem. to Rindge, N. H., about 1740; d. Junc 19, 1762 ; she d. Jan. 9, 1780.
V. COL. ENOCH, b. Rowley, Mass., Nov. 28, 1733; res. (1760-1784) Rindge, N. H., then at Walpole, and at Grafton. He was one of the prominent men in N. H. in his day. Served in the old French war; was at the
*Early dates from "Descendants of Thomas Hale," and other sources.
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massacre of Fort William Henry ; colonel in the revolutionary war; built the first bridge over the Connecticut river in 1785. He m. in Rindge, N. H., Dec. 22, 1763, Abigail, dau. Jonathan Stanley ; d. Grafton, April 7, 1813. Seven children, of whom we have occasion to mention only two-Lucy and Joshua.
1 Lucy, m. Hezekiah Weatherbee of Grafton, and of their eleven children, (1) Lucy m. Ellis Colburne of Newbury; (2) Azubah, m. Dr. Eli Perry of Ryegate, and (3) Eunice, m. Abial Chamberlin.
2 JOSHUA, b. Rindge, Aug. 24, 1764 ; served in the revolutionary war at the age of 16; was in Col. Nichols' regiment at West Point. Res. Walpole, N. H., 1785-94 : Rindge, 1794-98. Came to Wells River about 1804 (see Chapter XXIV); was very prominent in town and military affairs and in the Ist church at Newbury. In his latter years he became very fleshy, weighing nearly 400 pounds. He m. April 23, 1787, Sarah, dau. Capt. Solomon Cutler of Rindge, half sister of Mrs. Col. Tenney (b. Bedford, Mass., Oct. 7, 1767). He d. July 22, 1825, from the effects of the heat on returning from church at Horse Meadow. She d. June 10, 1853; buried at Wells River.
Children :
3 i. Charles, b. Oct. 30, 1788; d. May 21, 1862.
ii. Sally, b. June 9, 1796; m. Thomas Barstow of Piermont; both dead. Nine c.
3 CHARLES,2 (Joshua,1) b. Rindge, N. H., Oct. 30, 1788; res. Wells River; was Justice of the Peace for 30 years, and served as captain of militia in the war of 1812; held many positions of trust; was director in the bank 11 years, and one of the prominent men of the town and county. He m. Dec. 30, 1813, Mary Ann, dau. Stephen Reed, (q. v.) Rem. to Concord, N. H., about 1860, where he d. May 21, 1862. She d. Dec. 14, 1854. Buried at Wells River.
Children :
i. Thomas A., b. Nov. 18, 1814 ; d. Jan. 26, 1815.
4 ii. Oscar C., b. July 26, 1816 ; d. May 30, 1880.
iii. Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 11, 1819; m. Col. James Buchanan, q. v .; d. March 21, 1843.
iv. Charles Albert, b. Nov. 27, 1821; d. June 17, 1847.
v. John Reed, b. June 23, 1824; d. July 3, 1826.
vi. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 23, 1826; d. Jan. 24, 1857.
vii. Horace Reed, b. Feb. 3. 1828; m. Feb. 14, 1855, Julia H. Hutchins; d. March 16, 1859.
5 viii. Martha Ann, b. Feb. 8, 1831.
ix. William Henry, b. July 30, 1853; d. July 12, 1858.
4 OSCAR CUTLER, 3 (Charles,2 Joshua,1) b. Newbury, July 26, 1816; educated at Kimball Union Academy; in trade at Wells River six years; cashier of Wells River Bank, 1841-58, (chapter XLI.) ; Aid, 1843. to Gov. Mattocks, with rank of Colonel; Town Representative, 1852-53; rem. 1858 to Keokuk, Iowa, and engaged in banking business; cashier of the Keokuk branch of the Iowa State Bank from 1862, and of its successor, the State National Bank, till his death; city treasurer, and a trustee of Grinnell College. He m. June 26, 1844, Susan D. Rix, sister of Mrs. Abel Underwood. She res. at Keokuk, Iowa. He d. May 30, 1880. No c.
5 MARTHA ANN, b. Feb. 8, 1831; m. Sept. 1, 1856, George W. Hoyt; d. March 14, 1870. Children :
i. Kate, b. March 4, 1857.
6 ii. Charles Hale, b. March 8, 1859.
6 CHARLES HALE HOYT,4 (Martha Ann [Hale, ]3 Charles, 2 Joshua,1) b. Concord, N. H., March 8, 1859; began his career as a writer for the Boston Post, where his papers began to attract attention. He was the author of several of the most brilliant, popular and successful plays ever produced in this country, which brought him both fame and fortune. The first of these was "Gifford's Luck," followed by "A Bunch of Keys." Then came "A Parlor Match." Then there were "A Rag Baby," "A Tin Soldier," "A
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Hole in the Ground," "A Brass Monkey," "A Midnight Bell," "A Texas Steer," and "A Trip to Chinatown," which had a run of 656 performances at Hoyt's Theater, the largest consecutive run on record in New York City. After this were "A Temperance Town," for which certain persons at Wells River are said to have sat for their portraits, "A Milk White Flag," a satire upon the Vt. Militia system, "A Black Sheep," "A Contented Woman," "A Stranger in New York," "A Day and Night," and "A Dog in the Manger." He was also connected with several theatres as manager or proprietor. He owned an estate at Charlestown, N. H., and was for several years a member of the New Hampshire legislature. He m. 1st, Flora Walsh, an actress, who d. 1893. 2d, 1894, Caroline Scales, known to the stage as Caroline Miskel, who d. October, 1898. He never recovered from the loss of the latter, and remained in broken mental and physical health till he d. at Charlestown Nov. 20, 1900. No c.
HALE.
A third Hale family was that of Benjamin, in the sixth generation from the emigrant, his ancestors for five generations bearing the name of Thomas Hale.
VI. BENJAMIN, b. Plaistow, N. H., April 30, 1735; served in the Revolutionary war; m. Dec. 6, 1762, Lydia, dau. Nicholas White (q. v.). He d. Dec. 4, 1781, and a few years later his widow came here to live with her brother, Dr. Samuel White, till her death, Nov. 14, 1791.
Children :
i. Joshua came to Newbury at the age of 25 ; rem. to Corinth; d. un-m.
ii. Nicholas came here at the age of 22, and four years later rem. to Corinth, where he d., 1847, in his 81st year.
iii. Lydia G., m. James Meserve of Corinth.
iv. Mary, d. 1803; un-m.
1 v. Thomas, b. Jan. 23, 1773.
vi. Col. Ebenezer, merchant and shipowner at Newburyport; colonel in the war of 1812; his dau., Lucy B., m. Hon. Benjamin Hale ; d. Aug. 19, 1848. .
vii. Hannah, m. Joseph Knight of Corinth; d. 1839; 12 c. They have many well known descendants.
viii. Benjamin, d. y.
1 THOMAS, b. Jan. 23, 1773. He lived for some years in Newbury, on the Upper Meadow, owning what is now Baldwin's meadow farm, and built the house which was burned, 1898. He m. 1797, Alice, dau. Josiah Little, q. v. She d. July 27, 1819, and he m. 2d, Sept. 27, 1822, her sister, Mary. She d. Jan. 26, 1871. He d. Aug. 14, 1836.
Eleven children all b. Newburyport, some of whom lived here, and all were well-known here:
2 i. Rev. Benjamin, D. D., b. Nov. 30, 1797.
ii. Moses L., b. 1797; was in the insurance business in Boston; d 1874.
iii. Thomas, b. 1800; was in the insurance business in New York; d. 1854.
iv. Sarah, b. 1802; d. un-m. 1834.
v. Josiah L., b. 1803; was in the insurance business in New York City, where he was very prominent.
vi. Edward, b. Nov. 8, 1805; merchant some years at Saco, Me .; came to Newbury about 1832, and lived on the Upper Meadow, the farm which had been his father's. He was a large land owner, a wealthy and benevolent man. Rem. to Newbury village 1864, to the house where Mr. Darling now lives. He was lame all his life. The Hale family was very prominent in society, and in the Congregational church. He m. Jan. 30, 1837, Mrs. Elizabeth (Wigglesworth) Brown. She d. May 19, 1884. He d. Oct. 3, 1886. Buried at Newburyport. No e.
vii. Mary, b. 1807; d. 1859.
viii. Ebenezer, b. 1809; graduated Dartmouth Medical College, 1829; in practice here a year or two; in practice and in the insurance business at Newburyport and Boston. He m. June 13, 1844, Sarah W., dau. William B. Bannister, (q. v.), who. d. Feb. 29, 1880. He d. 1847.
Edward Aftale
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ix. Alice L., b. 1811; m. Rev. John C. March of Newburyport ; d. 1889.
x. Joshua, b. Dec. 14, 1812; was in the insurance business many years; sea captain 15 years ; vice president of the Union Marine Insurance Co., and in other business; res. after 1846, Newburyport. He m. in Newbury, Jan. 4, 1844, Sophia C., dau. Col. A. B. W. Tenney, (b. Newbury, April 4, 1824; d. Jan. 19, 1901). He d. C., Alice Little, b. Newburyport, Mass., Aug. 27, 1845; m. 1st, May 9, 1866, Cyrus K. Hale, a graduate of Hobart College and Harvard Law School. He was in the insurance business. He d. June 5, 1874. C., a, Cyrus K., b. Jan. 24, 1867; b, Joshua, b. May 8, 1869; c, Josiah L., b. Nov. 24, 1870; d, Benjamin, b. May 6, 1873. She m. 2d, Nov. 5, 1885, Charles H. Atkinson, q. v.
xi. James W., b. 1827; d. 1832.
2 REV. BENJAMIN, D. D., b. Nov. 30, 1797; graduated Bowdoin College, 1818; professor in Dartmouth College, 1827-35; president of Geneva, now Hobart College, 1836-58; m. Mary, dau. of Hon. Cyrus King, of Saco, Me., who d. Jan. 22, 1867. He d. Newburyport, July 15, 1863. Of their children, one lived here, viz :
3
i. Benjamin, b. Oct. 31, 1827.
3 BENJAMIN,3 (Benjamin,2 Thomas,1) b. Oct. 31, 1827; graduated Hobart College, 1848. He lived many years in Newbury, on the farm now that of Richard Doe, at the Ox-bow. That house was built by his grandfather, Josiah Little, in 1820. Mr. Hale was prominent in society, and had a large library. He neither held nor desired office, but was a valued citizen. Removed to Newburyport, of which he was mayor a year or two. He furnished extracts from the Litttle papers for this volume. He m. Oct. 29, 1855, Lucy B., dau. Col. Ebenezer Hale.
One child :
i. James W., b. June 12, 1858; graduated Dartmouth College, 1881.
HALE.
The fourth family by this name is descended from Thomas, the emigrant, in this wise :
I. THOMAS, of Walton, England, the ancestor of the family in America came here with his wife, Thomasin, about 1637, and settled in Newbury, Mass. He was the son of Thomas and Joan Hale, of the parish of Walton, Hert- fordshire, England. His baptism is recorded in Parish church of Walton, on the 15th of June, 1606, as son of Thomas and Joan Hale.
II. THOMAS,2 (Thomas,1) b. in England, 1633; came with his father and mother to America probably in 1637; lived in Newbury, Mass .; m. at Salem, May 26, 1657, Mary, dau. of Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson. Nine c., of whom Joseph, b. Feb. 20, 1670, was third son and eighth child.
III. JOSEPH,3 (Thomas,2 Thomas,1) of Newbury, Mass., b. at Newbury, Feb. 20, 1670; m. November 1693, Mary, dau. of William and Sarah Watson of Boxford; m. 2d, Jourma Dodge. Joseph Hale was called Captain and a man of substance and local standing. He had seven children by his first wife and also seven by second wife. Abner was the fourth son by his first wife.
IV. Abner,4 (Joseph,3 Thomas2, Thomas1,) b. in Boxford, Aug. 2, 1700; m. 1st, Sept. 5, 1734, Ruth Perkins; m. 2d, Nov. 28, 1738, R. Smith. By that marriage, Jacob was 2d son. He m. 3d, Eunice Kimball. He was father of 11 children by this marriage.
V. JACOB, (Abner,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas,1) of Boxford and Winchendon, b. in Boxford, Dec. 8, 1744, m. in Boxford, Dec. 7, 1767, Ruth Towne; rem. to Winchendon, 1770; was a soldier in Revolutionary war; marched to Lexington alone as far as Cambridge; again in battle of Bennington, 1777. He had eleven children ; Joseph, seventh son.
VI. JOSEPH,6 (Jacob,5 Abner,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas,1) of Winchendon, Mass., and Waterford; b. in Winchendon, Feb. 21, 1787; m. Mary Hall; rem. to Waterford, afterward to Whitefield, N. H., where he died. He was father of eight children; John was fourth son.
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JOHN, b. in Waterford, Aug. 25, 1817, clerk, merchant and traveling salesman; m. Laura (Burns) Hutchins. Her lineage is of the Scottish family of Burnes. About the time which brought William of Orange and Mary to the throne, more than one hundred families of Scotch Presbyterians settled in Londonderry, Ireland, then under Protestant rule. Among them were the Burns family, who came early in the seventeenth century, with others, and founded Londonderry, N. H. The town of New Boston became the home of John Burns, of which he was one of the first settlers, and here was born John Burns, his son, known later as Major John Burns, who was born in 1755, and died in Whitefield, N. H., May 6, 1852. He married Susan (Smith) McMaster, widow of William McMaster, and dau. of Deacon John Smith, son of Deacon Thomas Smith, the first settler in New Boston. John Burnes, Sr., was active in service in the Colonial wars, and also, at the age of 50 years, he enlisted on the first call for troops in the same company with his son, John Burns, Jr., aged 20, in Col. John Stark's Regiment, and both did valiant fighting at the battle of Bunker Hill. Major John Burns was in service and marched to Canada at the invasion of Quebec. He was also at Bennington under General Stark, and in the war of 1812. He was remarkable for mental and physical vigor, and celebrated his 90th birthday by walking upon Mt. Washington and returning to Fabyans the same day. In 1802 he built the first house in Whitefield and moved there with his family (the first settlers), with his son, David Burns, who was born in New Boston, July 31st, 1782, died in Whitefield, N. H., April 30th, 1864. David Burns married Susannah Knight, daughter of Thomas Knight of Worcester, Mass., and early settlers of Bethlehem, N. H. They were a family of local standing and highly esteemed. David Burns had much influence in the community in which he lived. The Burns homestead still stands, facing the highway, between Littleton and one-half mile from Whitefield village, the highway first built by Major John Burns, and near the beautiful sheet of water bearing the name of Burns Pond. David and Susannah (Knight) Burns had nine children, of whom Laura Burns, born September 23d, 1828, is the youngest and only living one. Laura Burns married, 1st, Jeremiah Hutchins, who started for California among the gold-seekers of 1849, and died before reaching there, leaving one son, Nathaniel, now living in Newbury. She m., 2d, John Hale. John Burns, oldest son of David, born August 19, 1808, lived at the Burns homestead during his life. He died Sept. 20th, 1890. Calvin W. Burns, second son of David and Susannah Burns, born in Whitefield, March, 4th, 1811, died in Lancaster, N. H., April 20th, 1897.
Children :
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ii. Susie, b. Oct. 8, 1853.
2 i. James B., b. Haverhill, N. H., July 13, 1855.
1 SUSIE, b. Oct. 8, 1853 ; m. July 9, 1879, James F. McElroy, a graduate of Dart- mouth College, and for some years principal of the Michigan School for the Blind. He is widely known as the inventor and patentee of steam and electric car heating apparatus; res., Albany, N. Y.
Children :
i. John Hale, b. May 1, 1880; now in Dartmouth College.
ii. Edith, b. 1883.
iii. Alice, b. 1885.
2 JAMES B., b. in Haverhill, N. H. His parents moved to Littleton, 1858, and from there to Newbury, February, 1867. In 1871, he commenced work in F. & H. T. Keyes' store as clerk, remaining with that firm until August, 1882, when he purchased the store of H. H. Deming, where he is now in tradc. Became a trustce of Bradford Savings Bank and Trust Co., and its president. Upon the failure of the bank in 1898, he was appointed receiver and has been since engaged in liquidating the assets of that institution. He m. Dcc. 7, 1880, Carric M., dau. Daniel P. Kimball. Children.
i. Mary K., b. Dec. 27, 1885.
ii. Harold B., b. Oct. 23, 1890.
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HALLEY.
JOHN and WILLIAM were brothers in Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland, and both had children who came to Newbury.
JOHN, b. Sept. 10, 1769; m. Elizabeth Henderson (b. Aug., 1776; d. March 9, 1850) ; d. July 4, 1854. Of their seven children, John and James came here.
1 JOHN, b. Aug. 3, 1808, who was lame, was a schoolmaster and lived on Rogers hill at West Newbury. He was a fine teacher, but unduly severe. His wife died of ship fever on the voyage to America; he d. Aug. 4, 1852.
Children :
5 i. John.
ii. Mary Ann and, iii., Lizzie were teachers, who went west and became the first and second wives of Samuel Newton.
6 iv. William.
2 DAVID, b. Dec. 25, 1815, m. April 20, 1841, Isabella, dau. David Webster (b. Leslie, Scotland, 1817). They settled in "Scotch Hollow" on the farm where William Halley had lived, and on which they remained until 1866, when they removed to Winnebago county, Ill., where Mr. Halley died May 2, 1886.
Children, all born in Newbury and m. in Ill .:
i. William, b. June 29, 1843.
ii. Marian, b. Aug. 11, 1844; m. a Mr. Faulkner of Iowa.
iii. David, b. Oct. 17, 1847.
iv. Robert, b. Sept. 11, 1851.
v. Agnes, b. April 27, 1856; m. John P. McNeilage; d. Owen, Ill.
vi. Edwin R., b. Oct. 29, 1860.
3 JAMES, b. in Markinch, May 13, 1817, came to America in 1842 and lived at West Newbury and the Centre until 1895, when he removed to South Ryegate; shoemaker and farmer; elder in Presbyterian church, South Ryegate. He revisited Scotland in 1868. He m. 1st, in Scotland, Euphemia Skinner, who d. in Newbury, Oct. 7, 1847, aged 28; 2d, May 22, 1848, Janet, dau. John Waddell, who d. in Newbury, July 9, 1877, aged 68 y., 11 mo., 6 d .; 3d, Jan. 21, 1879, Mary Lumsden.
Children :
i. John, b. Scotland, March 2, 1838; went west when a young man and became a steamboat captain; d. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 25, 1897. One son.
ii. Margaret, b. Dec. 28, 1839; d. Jan. 22, 1840.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1842; m. Dr. Erdix T. Smith of Corinth.
iv. Ann. b. Feb. 19, 1844; m. R. R. Fulton, q. v.
v. Euphemia, b. Nov. 4, 1849; m James R. Laing, son of John, who became a lawyer, and died in Michigan.
vi. Jean, b. June 3, 1851; m. Charles Gould of Malden, Mass.
WILLIAM, brother of John, Sr., had three children who came to Newbury: William, Ann, who m. William Gilmore (q. v.), and David, the latter being a half brother to the other two.
4 WILLIAM settled in "Scotch Hollow" and built a stone house where Allen Tewksbury's house now stands. He went west.
5 JOHN lived many years with Jeremiah Boynton; served three years in the 4th Vermont during the civil war, and m. Evaline, dau. of Daniel Richardson (b. in Embden, Me.) and d. in Iowa, where they removed, about 1866, leaving a daughter, Mabel, who was brought up by Mr. and Mrs. Peach.
6 WILLIAM m. March 24, 1870, Agnes Arthur of Ryegate and lived a few years at the Centre, where Allen Tewksbury lives, but rem. in 1874 to Mass.
HASELTINE.
This name is variously spelled, but the pioneer of this family, John, of Hampstead and Newbury, followed an early spelling, which is as above. This John was, without doubt, a descendant of John Haseltine, who came from England, with his brother, Robert, to Rowley, Mass., where Robert died,
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and John bought in Haverhill. He was made freeman May 13, 1640. He m. Joan Auter of Biddeford, Devonshire, Eng., who d. July 17, 1698. He d. in Haverhill, Dec. 23, 1690. Their children were Samuel, Mary, John and Nathaniel.
In 1690, John Haseltine, Jr., had a garrison house in Haverhill, with seven men under his command. In the list of polls and ratable estate in the west parish of Haverhill in 1745 are the names of Philip, Samuel, Joseph, Jeremiah, James, Nathaniel and John Haseltine. Hampstead, N. H., was made up of two segments, one from Haverhill, the other from Amesbury, cut from those towns by the state line in 1741, and some of the Haseltine families were included in that town.
JOHN, of Newbury, served in the old French and Indian war, and probably passed through the Coos County, as he was one of the very first settlers here. Having a wife and children, he would hardly have come so far into the wilderness on the mere hazard of finding a suitable place to settle in. He came in the summer of 1762 and remained some time at the Ox-bow. but later, settled on Kent's meadow, just above Bedell's bridge. In his old age he lived with his son, David, at West Newbury, and probably died there, and is supposed to be buried in the old burying ground near the Rogers hill schoolhouse. In September, 1788, he filed a certificate with the town clerk stating that he was a member of the Baptist church in Bradford, thus elaiming exemption from minister's rate in Newbury. Jan. 23, 1797, "Widow Sarah Haseltine," filed a similar certificate, so it is probable that he died not long before the latter date. He served one month in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., guarding and scouting 1781, and also in other service. His record has been confounded with that of John Hazelton of Haverhill.
JOHN and SARAH (Beadle) HASELTINE had a large family, but the names of several of their children are not known. There is said to have been a John, who settled in Canada. The following can be given :
ii.
i. Sarah, b. 1756; m. Dea. Thomas McKeith, q. v. d. Jan. 12, 1825.
1 David, b. April 17, 1759; d. Feb. 26, 1824.
iii. Betsey. b. Newbury, May 4, 1763; m. Nehemiah Lovewell, q. v .; d. Nov. 19, 1850.
iv. Martha.
v. Abigail, m. James Boyee, q. v.
1 DAVID2, (John,1) b. probably in Hampstead, N. H., April 17, 1759; eame to Newbury with his parents in 1762; served one month, twenty-nine days, in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., guarding and seouting; was also in Capt. Frye Bayley's Co., which went to Saratoga in 1777; also in Capt. Simeon Stevens' Co. of Bedell's Regiment, from May 9, 1778, 10 months, 22 days. He settled at West Newbury, on the farm still called the "Old Haseltine place," where he built the large, square-roofed house, at the top of the hill, in which Joseph Hutton lives, that road being then the main thoroughfare from Concord and Haverhill, N. H., to Montpelier and Burlington. Captain in the militia, etc. He m. at Landaff, N. H., Dee. 9, 1786, Anna, sister of Dea. William Carter, (b. Sept. 9, 1765: d. Dec. 26, 1821). He d. Feb. 26, 1824. Both buried at Roger Hill. The Haseltine family was very prominent at West Newbury, David was a large farmer and quite a wealthy man for those times.
Children.
2 i. David, b. Dee. 2, 1787; d. Feb. 1, 1860.
ii. John, b. Dee. 31, 1789; d. June 3, 1817.
iii. Samuel, b. May 3, 1792. He was a remarkable young man, possessing much literary, musical and mechanical ability. Taught sehool in Newbury, Bradford and in New York. He prepared a pamphlet which was published after his death. entitled "The Religious Experience of Samuel Haseltine, with Fragments of the Exereises of his Mind, to which is prefixed a Sketeh of his Life, with an Elegy on the Death of his Brother." A few copies of this little work are extant, and are highly valued by their owners. He d. April 10, 1819. Buried in Rogers Hill cemetery.
iv. Anna, b. March 21, 1794; m. William Wilson of Bradford.
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GENEALOGY-HASELTINE.
v. Martha, b. Nov. 30, 1796; m. William Boyce, q. v .; d. July 25, 1834.
vi. Elijah, b. Feb. 1, 1797; settled on part of the homestead, which is now the farm of Harry B. Hoyt. He was quite a character, and possessed some literary ability. On the back of his grave stone are some curious verses which were written by him near the end of his life, when somewhat deranged. He m. Elizabeth, dau. Col. John Smith, (b. Aug. 31, 1802; d. March 4, 1861). He d. Aug. 8, 1852.
vii. Sally, b. March 30. 1801.
viii. Levi, b. Oct. 19. 1803.
3 ix. Ebenezer, b. March 10, 1806.
x. May, b. May 1, 1808; m. Abner Chamberlin ; d. Nov. 19, 1877.
2 DAVID,3 (David.2 John,1) b. Dec. 2, 1787; farmer on homestead: served in the war of 1812. He m. Feb., 1810, Olive Chamberlain (d. Sept. 30, 1863). He d. Feb. 1, 1860.
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