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Children :
i. Olive Ann, b. Sept. 25, 1810; m. Johnson Chamberlain, q. v .; d. Dec. 9, 1881.
ii. George W., b. Feb. 18, 1812; m. 1837, Hannah Balch; res. Boston. He d. Aug. 27, 1864.
iii. Harriet, b. July 27: 1815; m. E. R. Aldrich of Bradford.
4 iv. John, b. Oct. 30. 1817; d. Jan. 4, 1863, q. v.
v. Hector D., b. Jan. 24, 1827; farming and insurance business; m. Nov. 20, 1860, Lucy, dau. of Hiram Smith. He d. Oct. 28, 1895. No c.
vi. Wright C., b. March 10, 1830; d. July 19, 1854.
3 EBENEZER,3 (David.2 John1,) b. March 10, 1806; m. Margaret Wilson of Bradford. They rem. to Taunton, Mass., where both d. and are buried. Children.
i. William H., killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863; was a member of Co. B, 7th Mass.
ii. Eben, res. Taunton, Mass .; d. and buried there.
iii. Hiram, served in the Union army ; sergeant of color guard ; wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks; lived in Wheeling, West Virginia; d. there and buried with his wife at Woburn, Mass. One son, Charles F., res. Boston.
iv. Charles E .. res. in Middleboro, Mass .; buried in Taunton.
v. Martha, the youngest child, only dau. and last of the family, has been a teacher for thirty-seven years at Taunton, Mass.
4 JOHN,4 (David.3 David,2 John,1) b. Oct. 30, 1817; farmer on Rogers Hill. He m. 1st, May 6, 1845, Mary C., dau. of Enoch Wiggin, who d. May 29, 1855; m. 2d, Oct. 23, 1856, Jane, dau. of James Renfrew. He d. Jan. 4, 1863.
Children :
i. Helen M., m. Milo C. Bailey.
ii. George Enoch, went to Chicago 1871, and has been in business there since.' He m. and has two daus .. Mabel and Blanche.
iii. Hattie E., b. 1853; m. 1869, Samuel Fisk of Fall River, Mass; d. Newbury, Sept. 14, 1876. C., (1) Carrie, b. Newbury, 1870. (2) Mamie, b. Newbury, October, 1871. (3) Annie, b. Fall River.
HATCH.
I. JACOB, b. Kennebunk, Me., 1765; m. - Maxwell; res. Groton, where he d. July 16, 1824 ; farmer.
II. JACOB, b. Groton, 1795; res. Groton; m. Sally Morrison (b. May, 1797; d. Dec. 9, 1875) ; d. Sept. 4, 1873.
III. GEORGE, b. Groton, April 1, 1820 ; shoemaker; also kept a small store at Wells River; m. Dec. 8, 1847, Hannah Vance (b. Groton, Aug. 9, 1824; d. Newbury, Sept. 20, 1872); d. Sept. 20, 1872.
Four children:
1 i. Oscar Cutler, b. Newbury (W. R.), Nov. 11, 1848, q. v.
11. Fred B.
iii. Martha J.
iv. Amelia B.
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1 OSCAR CUTLER, b. Nov. 11, 1848; clerk for two years with Deming & Baldwin, at Wells River; four years as general clerk in the bank; cashier Orange Co. Bank two years; cashier of Littleton (N. H.) National Bank, 1872- 1888; president of same, 1888, till date; director and treasurer of Littleton Savings Bank, 1874, till date; member of Littleton Board of Education, 1885-'87; pres. Littleton Mus. Assn., 1891-'93; is prominent in political circles in N. H .; member of the staff of governor. He m. Jan. 4, 1871, Flora Louise, dau. of Henry W. Adams of Wells River ..
Children :
i. Leslie A., b. Jan. 17, 1875; in Dartmouth College, 1894-5-6; clerk; res. Boston, Mass.
ii. Henry O., b. May 11, 1877; m. May 26, 1897, May Belle Keith; clerk in Littleton Nat. Bank.
iii. George A., b. May 12, 1882; d. Nov. 30, 1883.
iv. Marguerite Elizabeth, b. Dec. 19, 1885.
v. Oscar C., b. May 10, 1890.
HAZEN.
I. EDWARD, of England, and Rowley, Mass., where he d. 1683, was the ancestor of all the Hazen families that ever lived here. His son, Richard, of Haverhill, Mass., was father of Moses, whose sons, John and Moses, were once prominent in Newbury and Haverhill. Capt. John Hazen is often mentioned in the early chapters of this history. He d. in Haverhill, before the revolutionary war, and is understood to be buried at the Ox-bow. He had only one dau., who m. Maj. Nathaniel Merrill, q. v. John Hazen was b. Aug. 11, 1731, and is believed to have died in 1774.
His brother, Gen. Moses Hazen, b. June 1, 1733; served with his brother, John, in the old French war, and was a distinguished officer in the revolution. He cut the military road from Peacham to Hazen's Notch, still called the Hazen road. He d. at Troy, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1803.
ASA, of Hartford, in the fifth generation from the emigrant, was father of Austin Hazen, who had a remarkable family of 11 c., of whom,
i. Allen, who has recently died, was 27 years a missionary in India. He lived in Newbury a number of years, as did his children.
ii. William S., has been pastor of the 1st ch. at Northfield, since 1863.
'iii. Azel W., pastor of the 1st ch. at Middletown, Conn., since 1869. And the others were well-known.
THOMAS, brother of Asa, had ten c., of whom Lucius was the ninth. He was b. in Hartford, February, 1801 ; m. April 11, 1826, Hannah B. Downer; came to Newbury in 1857, where he bought the farm now owned by Frank E. Kimball, paying $25,000. During the war, the Hazens were said to own the largest flock of sheep in the state. He d. at Newbury, Aug. 27, 1862. His sons sold the farm in 1867, and rem. to Barnct, thence to St. Johnsbury. They were very prominent and active here, both in business and in the 1st ch.
Children :
i. Lucius Downer, b. Hartford, Jan. 19, 1834, now living in St. Johnsbury, and postmaster there. Has been member of House of Representatives twice, and of the Senate in 1894-96. Delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention in 1892. He m. in Newbury, June 12, 1861, Orinda G. Kimball. C., (1) Lucius K., b. Newbury, July 31, 1863; m. Laura K. Nelson; (2) Charles D., grad. Dartmouth College ; is at the head of history department at Smith College; m. June, 1901, Sarah S. Duryca of New York; (3) Mary L., m. Dr. N. H. Houghton of Boston; three c .; (4) Margaret E., m. W. W. Bradley, of Minneapolis, Minn; onc c.
ii. Louis Tracy, b. July 11, 1836 ; farmer in Newbury ; rem. to Barnet, then to St. Johnsbury; farmer in Whitefield, N. H., and member of the New Hampshire legislature. Now res. in Melrose, Mass. Hem. E. Frances, dau. Frank P. Johnson. C., (1) Frank Johnson, b. Newbury, May 24, 1866 ; grad. Dartmouth College; now in business in Montana. (2) Maria Frances, b. Barnet, Jan. 18, 1868; m. William D. Woolson of Springfield; she was a student at Smith College, but did not graduate. (3) John Downer, b.
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Barnet, June 15, 1870; music teacher at Tarrytown, N. Y. (4) Louis Tracy, d. in infancy. (5) Grace Stevens, b. Whitefield, N. H., Nov.5, 1875; music teacher at Melrose, Mass.
iii. Hannah Maria, b. July 31.1841 ; m. in Newbury, March 20, 1866, Dr. Henry C. Newell of St. Johnsbury. C., (1) Margaret Farrington, m. W. H. Heywood, of Holyoke, Mass., assistant treasurer of the American Writing Paper Co .; (2) Selim, in Customs dept., St. Albans; (3) Downer H., in Yale University.
HEATH.
SYLVANUS, one of the first settlers of this town, came here from Sandwich, Mass., in 1762, and settled at the north end of Upper Meadow, where he is supposed to have built the house in which Mr. McAllister lives. He did local service in the revolutionary war, held town offices, and was one of the committee that built the second meeting house in 1762. He was m. at Mooretown, (Bradford), by Rev. Peter Powers, Sept. 24, 1769, to Azubah Sawyer. He d. Feb. 26, 1787, leaving his wife with nine children, and another was born after his death. She reared this large family, surviving her husband 47 years, dying July 26, 1834, aged 81.
Children, (dates of birth taken from town records).
i. Polly. b. Dec. 24, 1769; m. Joseph Ricker, q. v .; d. Bath, N. H., Jan. 21, 1821.
1 ii. Prudence, b. Nov. 17, 1771; m. Hugh Johnson of Ryegate.
iii. Joseph, b. Aug. 19, 1773.
iv. Nathan, b. July 16, 1775; settled and d. in Bath, Several c.
v. Simon, b. June 27, 1777.
vi. James, b. April 14, 1779. He m. and d. y., leaving a dau., Azubah, b. May 21, 1809, who m. John Buxton, Jr.
vii. Isaac, b. Nov. 7, 1783; settled on the homestead, m. Anna Cutler, sister of Mrs. Joshua Hale. He d. Aug. 27, 1825, and she m. 2d, King Heaton of Thetford. No c.
viii. Azubah, b. Nov. 7, 1783; d. y.
ix. Abigail. b. Oct. 27, 1785; d. y.
x. Anna, b. Sept. 5, 1787; d. y.
1 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 19, 1773; m. Mary Kimhall; settled in Bath, where both died not many years later.
Children :
2 i. Amos K., b. Newbury, Sept. 30, 1799.
ii. Everett, lived and died on the homestead; m. Louisa Meader. C., (1) Henry, now in Australia, if living; (2) Maria S., m. Abner Webber; d. 1888, in Warren, N. H.
2 AMos K., b. Newbury, Sept. 30, 1799; lived in Bath, Newbury, and Canada till he m., 1827, Lutheria Childs of Bath. About 1830 he moved to where C. B. Rollins lives; then resided near the town house, but later settled at the Ox-bow; they were members of the Cong. ch. He d. Jan. 20, 1891; she d. March 5, 1889.
Children :
i. Dudley C., b. 1830; res. Newbury; un-m .; with Henry K. owns and occupies the farm which was the homestead of Col. Thomas Johnson on the Ox-bow.
ii. Mary, b. 1832; d. un.m., Sept., 1888.
iii. Abner T., b. 1835; res. Newbury, but now in Fairlee; m. April 5, 1870, Susan Page.
iv. Sophia T., b. 1837; m. 1860, Henry Sargent of West Wilton, N. H.
v. Everett, b. 1840; served through the civil war in 3d Vt .; m. 1st, 1872, Luella Guild. C., (1) William. He m. 2d, 1884, Lena George. C. (2) Frank, d. y. (3) Lulu, b. June 9, 1888.
vi. William W., b. 1842; served in the war, in 4th Vt. Killed at the Wilderness May 5, 1864.
vii. Henry K., b. 1845; farmer with his brother on the Ox-bow; m. March 5, 1868, Sarah C., dau. William Scales. C., (1) Nellie, b. Jan. 22, 1870. (2) Lizzie, b. Sept. 4, 1871; m. Feb. 10, 1897, Charles H. Dodge. One dau.
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viii. Willard C., b. 1846; res. Barnet; m. 1873, Imogen Guild.
ix. Edward H., b. 1849; res. Barnet; section master on railroad ; un-m
HEATH.
JOHN W., b. 1777; d. Oct. 30, 1851. Emma, his wife, b. March 24, 1781; d July 9, 1831.
Nine children, of whom Thomas, b. probably in Bradford, Sept. 3, 1810, bought the Joseph Kent farm, where his son, John T., now lives, in 1854. He m. March 1, 1855, Hannah W., dau. Levi Carter (b. June 13, 1818; d. ). He d. Jan. 23, 1881. Children :
i. Mary Ella, b. Jan. 22, 1856; m. Dec. 24, 1877, Charles C. Day, (only son of Joseph W. Day; who bought the farm south of the town house in 1863, where he d. July, 1866). Res. at Winchendon, Mass., where he is a harness maker. One c .. d. aged 11 months, 15 days.
ii. John T., b. March 29, 1858; farmer on homestead ; un-m. .
iii. Levi, b. Nov. 28, 1860; m. Nov. 12, 1885, Nellie Roby. Two c.
iv. Henry W., b. July 4, 1863 ; m. July 6, 1886, Laura C. Houghton. Three c.
* HENDERSON.
JAMES, b. Balfroune, Scotland, 1749, was one of the earliest settlers of Ryegate (see p. 65), and built most of the first buildings in that town and Barnet, and the first mills and dwellings at Boltonville. He settled near the head of Ticklenaked pond. The old homestead is now occupied by W. J. Henderson, Esq., having been in the family more than one hundred years. He m. Jan. 9, 1777, Agnes Syms, the first marriage in Ryegate. He d. Aug. 12, 1834, aged 85 years ; she d. Dec. 20, 1819, aged 60 years.
Children :
i. Jean, b. Oct. 20, 1777; m., 1801, William Nelson of Ryegate d. Oct., 1816.
1 ii. Alexander, b. Nov. 22, 1779; d. Jan. 12, 1883.
iii. William H., b. April 3, 1782; m. Sarah Learned.
2 iv. James, b. April 22, 1785; d. June 12, 1859.
v. John, b. Sept. 18, 1789 ; un-m.
vi. Nancy, b. Nov. 3, 1793; m. Benj. Folger.
1 ALEXANDER2, (James,1) lived near South Ryegate; the farm is now owned by D. B. Fisk, but was in the Henderson family over 80 years. He m. Abigail, dau. of Gen. James Whitelaw, and granddaughter of Col. Robert Johnston of Newbury, b. May 23, 1783. She was well educated for those times, and after her marriage, taught a young ladies' school in her own house.+ This was one of the earliest schools of the kind in Vermont. "One of her pupils named Slafter, painted her portrait, which shows great strength and calmness. She was a lady of the old school." He died Jan. 12, 1883. She died April 13, 1861. Both buried at South Ryegate. Of their c., John, Robert, Abigail and Jennett never marricd, but lived together on the homestcad. John was long in mercantile life. Robert was noted for his skill upon the violin, for which he composed pieces of merit.
JAMES, the cldest son, m. Mrs. John Foster, gr-dau. of Col. William Wallace of Newbury. C., (1) M. W. of Portland, Ore., president of Willamet Iron Works; (2) Eustis, d. in Washington.
ALEXANDER, b. May 20, 1818; lived in Newbury, South Hadley and Lowell, Mass .; m. Oct. 5, 1841. Sarah J., dau. David Dailey of Newbury. He d. Lowell, May 7, 1861. C., (a) Whitelaw W., d. Newbury, July 22, 1849; (b) Allen W., d. Lowell, May 31, 1868; (c) Edride L., d. Sept. 22, 1863;
* Prepard by W. N. Gilfillan.
¡Her advertisement appears several times in Spooner's Journal for 1813, by which she undertakes to teach 15 or 20 pupils at $15 per quarter. ED.
HAINES JOHNSON.
DEA. GEORGE SWASEY.
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(d) Alden W., b. July 19, 1854; music teacher at Lowell; his mother lives with him.
2 JAMES,2 (James,1) settled at Boltonville, where James Gardner now lives. A man named Mulvaire had made a small clearing there, and is said to have used a thorn tree for a harrow. When about 21 he in. Elizabeth Todd (b. Glasgow, Scotland, 1789). Her father, an Englishman, was a cotton manufacturer on the Clyde and m. Jane Scott; ten c. He took his sons into partnership and became wealthy. Elizabeth had been engaged to a young man who died in the East Indies and was sent to America with an agent of her father for the benefit of her health. They came to Ryegate Oct. 26, 1805. in the second wheeled carriage which came into that town. At the house of Gen. Whitelaw she met James Henderson, whom she married before the expiration of the year at the end of which time she was expected to return to Scotland. She was reared in a home of wealth, but adapted herself to pioneer life and became a notable housekeeper, and kind to the poor. In person she was very small. After a few years James Henderson erected the house and barns where Edwin Henderson now lives. She d. Oct. 21, 1846, aged 58. He d. June 12, 1859, aged 74. They were members of the Presbyterian church.
Children :
i. Son. d. in infancy.
ii. Susan, b. July 27, 1808; m. 1846, Moses Gilfillan of Barnet. They lived, near McIndoes 34 years, then at West Barnet, where she still lives, and recalls with wonderful exactness the events and people of an earlier day. He d. 1882.
iii. Henrietta; studied with Rev. James Milligan, the noted Covenanting minister of Ryegate; teacher; d. 1886, aged 73.
iv. Jane. b. 1812; d. June 13, 1844.
v. Agnes, b. May 25, 1815; m. Sept. 27, 1832, Hugh Gardner (q. v.). Has been blind for many years ; she has given many particulars for this volume ; res. at D. B. Reid's. Died July 28, 1901.
vi. James; res. at South Ryegate in the house now owned by John Whitehill; carpenter ; he m. Mrs. Hannah Pollard, dau. William Lindsey of Newbury; d. July 24, 1872, aged 55.
vii. Arthur (named for her aunt) ; m. William Forsyth and lived on the farm now owned by D. Ritchie. She d. April 3, 1842, aged 22 years. They had two c. One died in infancy. The other, Nelson, was a soldier in the Civil war; m. Lizzie Abbott, who has been dead several years. They had two daughters, both of whom are married.
3 viii. David T., b. Feb. 25, 1832.
4 ix. Charles, b. May 23, 1824.
x. Eliza; m. Austin Sly, a carpenter and clothier at Boltonville; both d. C., (1) Charles, a carpenter. (2) Jane; m. E. Colby. (3) Stephen; was a carpenter, and for some time in trade at South Ryegate with J. B. Darling; d. Sept. 24, 1878, aged 27. (4) Alma, m. James B. Darling, a merchant at Barre; two c.
xi. Abigail; m. Robert Bailey of Newbury ; d. Aug. 7, 1857, aged 29.
xii. Barzilla; carpenter, and in stage business in Cal., where he m. Jannett Monteith ; d. Nov. 16, 1868. aged 38.
xiii. Mary, d. Sept. 3, 1835, aged 3.
xiv. Alma; teacher; educated at Newbury Seminary ; she taught in Newbury and in Kansas, where she m. Neil Wilkie, one of the pioneers of Douglas, merchant and banker; state senator two years; in farming and grain business.
3 DAVID TODD,3 (James,2 James,1), b. Feb. 25, 1822; carpenter; ran the carding mill at Boltonville for a time; lived many years on Jefferson Hill; rem. 1875 to the homestead. He m. April 24, 1844, Mary, daughter Jacob Bayley, (b. Jan. 15, 1820) ; he d. July 23, 1893.
Children :
i. Luella and Edwin (ii.) res. on the homestead.
iii. Bailey J., d. March 5, 1873, aged 23.
iv. Henrietta, d. Feb. 12, 1871, aged 18.
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v. S. Elizabeth; m. March 14, 1877, W. N. Gilfillan; res. Ryegate, on the Walter Buchanan farm. C., (1) Irving H., b. Sept. 24, 1878. (2) Bailey H., d. Jan. 16, 1895, in his 14th year.
vi. Thomas Elmer; has been in Pray's carpet store, Boston, but in the spring of 1901 became a member of the firm of Stearns & Henderson, on Portland street, Boston; he m. June 27, 1900, Eva C. Gery of Worcester, Mass.
4 CHARLES T., 3 (James,2 James.1) b. May 23, 1824; lived in Newbury ; m. June 21, 1852, Marion T., dau. Joshua Bailey (b. Dec. 8, 1820; d. July 11, 1898); he d. May 4, 1880.
Children :
i. Eva, b. Dec. 14, 1853; m. March 25, 1879, Alexander Greer, b. Shipton, P. Q., April 29, 1849 (son of Alexander, b. England, and Mary [Hall], b. Barnet) ; res. Newbury; owns the "Colonel Stevens farm" on Kent's meadow; is also a dealer in live stock. C., (1) Charles H., b. April 18, 1882. (2) Earl B., b. May 15, 1884.
HIBBARD.
THOMAS, said to have been born in England, came to Haverhill and settled and lived in Newbury between 1770 and the war. In June, 1775, he was appointed adjutant in Bedell's regiment and accompanied it through the march to Canada, and did not return until January, 1776. In the same month was appointed adjutant in another regiment commanded by Col. Bedell, which went into Canada and was gone more than a year. In the summer of 1777 he was again in service and present at the surrender of Burgoyne. Later he was adjutant of a regiment which guarded the frontier until the end of the war. In all he saw about three years and a half of service. He was a schoolmaster, and wrote a minute but beautiful hand, and his writing may be found upon many old deeds. He taught school in Newbury, Haverhill and Bath, and in 1800 went to Cambridge, N. Y., to open an academy, where he died suddenly July 1 of that year. He m.Feb. 22, 1772, Lucy, dau. Levi Sylvester (b. 1751), who married as 2d husband, Jan. 10, 1801, Mark Sanborn of Bath, who d. July 26, 1821. The children of Thomas and Ruth Hibbard were:
i. Mary, b. Oct. 7, 1774; m. a Mr. Rider of Haverhill.
ii. Lucy, b. Feb. 26, 1776; m. Joseph Wood, and was living in Burke in 1837.
iii. Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1779.
iv. Ruth, b. May 3, 1781; m. Davenport Bliss of Haverhill.
v. Lydia, b. Sept. 11, 1783; d. 1784.
vi. Elihu, b. May 22, 1784; lived in Haverhill, 1837.
vii. Simeon, b. March 12, 1788; d. 1797.
SAMUEL, m. Mary, dau. of Webster Bailey, and an account of their descendants will be found among the annals of that family. Robert J. Hibbard is probably the only descendant of Thomas remaining in Newbury.
*HIBBARD.
I. Robert, b. Salisbury, Eng., 1612; was in Salem, Mass., 1639, and m., probably in England, to Joanna They settled in that part of Salem now called Beverly. Hc d. May 7, 1684, and his wife before 1796. They had ten children. Their youngest child, Samuel, b. April 4, 1658, died before 1702. He m. Nov. 16, 1679, Mary Band of Haverhill, Mass., who is sup- posed to have removed to Connecticut with her son, Jonathan, the youngest of six children.
JONATHAN, b. May 24, 1689. In 1718 he lived in Coventry, Conn. The name of his wife was Anna, and they had six children. He died in Dudley, Mass., 1753.
*From the pension application of Mrs. Lucy Hibbard-Sanborn, 1837, now in possession of the N. H. Historical Society.
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SETH, b. April 16, 1724. He m. March 19, 1749, Eunice, dau. of Captain Penuel and Dorothy (Dwight) Child. They settled in Woodstock, Conn. He d. Oct. 25, 1761.
They had six children :
i. Lois, b. July 18, 1750, m. 1st, a Mr. Bullard, and, 2d, Daniel Morse.
ii. Sibyl, b. Dec. 5, 1753, m. Dec. 24, 1776, Amasa Buck. They settled in Bath in 1786 on the farm now owned by Timothy Buck.
iii. Zerviah, b. April 10, 1755; m. Abner Fisher of Francestown, N. H.
iv. Timothy, b. Feb. 20, 1757; m. Sarah Chamberlain of Woodstock, Conn., and settled in Bath.
v. Elihu, b. Jan. 14, 1759; settled in St. Mary's, Ga.
vi. Aaron, b. Jan. 17, 1761.
AARON, b. Jan. 17, 1761; served in the Revolutionary war as fifer in Capt. Childs' Co., Col. Bradly's regiment from April 8, 1777, to April 18, 1780. Was also in the " Rhode Island Expedition" ten or twelve days. He was in a company of Canfield's Regiment stationed at West Point for three months in 1781. He was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth and at Valley Forge. He used to relate incidents of terrible suffering among the soldiers at Valley Forge, and of the sympathy he received because he was young and small, and how often the good dames gave him bread and butter and hominy because of his boyish appearance. He settled in Bath, N. H., in 1784, on the farm now owned by Charles Hibbard. He was a surveyor and much of the land in Bath and vicinity was surveyed by him. Colonel for many years of the 32 Reg. N. H. State Militia. Col. Hibbard m. Oct. 14, 1789, Sarah, dau. Major Nathaniel Merrill, (b. probably in Newbury, May 5, 1772; d. Feb. 24, 1842). He d. Feb. 12, 1835.
Children :
i. Betsey, b. Oct. 11, 1790; m. Abner Bayley of Newbury; d. Nov. 17, 1857.
ii. John, b. Sept. 4, 1792; lived in Bath; m. Abigail Child; d. April 22, 1883.
iii. George, b. June 16, 1794; lived in Piermont; m. Myra, dau. Nathaniel S. Runnels. Their dau. m. Dea. John Sawyer of Bradford. He d. Dec. 5, 1863. iv. Lina, b. June 11, 1796; m. 1st, William Nelson; m. 2d, William Scott; lived in Newbury.
v. William, b. April 22, 1798; m. Seraphina Learned of Littleton; lived in Littleton, and in Glover; d. Dec. 23, 1868.
vi. Moses, b. May 10, 1800; physician in Lisbon, N. H., and Townshend; m. Jane, dau. Rev. David Sutherland; d. Townshend, Vt., Sept. 29, 1863.
vii. Lucius, b. May 10, 1802; m. 1st, Fanny Harvey of Utica, N. Y .; m. 2d, Mary A. Burnett; lived in Marengo, O .; d. July 24, 1865.
viii. Nancy, b. June 27, 1804; m. Daniel S. Smith of Bristol, N. H .; d. Sept. 13, 1857.
ix. Arthur, b. June 30; d. Oct. 29, 1806.
x. Horatio, b. Oct. 9, 1807; m. Joanna M. Moulton; lived in Newbury, Lyman and Lisbon; d. Dec. 18, 1868.
xi. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1809; m. David Sutherland, Jr., of Bath; d. July 10, 1836.
1 xii. Aaron H., b. Nov. 29, 1811; d. Dec. 10, 1870.
xiii. Frederick, b. May 8, 1814; lived in Bath and in Hartland ; m. 1st, Rebecca Clough of Bath; m. 2d, Eliza A. Keith; d. Dec. 2, 1877.
xiv. Nathaniel C., b. May 12, 1817; m. Ruth F. Baldwin of Connecticut ; lived in Talahassee, Fla. Mr. Baldwin was editor of "The Floridian." Both Mr. and Mrs. Hibbard d. of yellow fever less than six months after marriage.
1 AARON HAZEN, b. Nov. 29, 1811; farmer in Bath; m. Maria, dau. Sherburne Lang; d. Dec. 10, 1870. After his death his wife made her home in Newbury with her c. till her d. Apr. 10, 1892.
Children :
i. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1839; d. Aug. 16, 1883.
ii. Louise, b. July 4, 1842 ; teacher in New England, later in California; now in Bradford.
iii. Ella M., b. Oct. 13, 1845; m. Wm. H. Atkinson of Newbury.
iv. Belle, b, May 4, 1848; teacher in Bath and this town; d. here Apr. 6, 1893. A memorial window was placed in the 1st ch. by her pupils.
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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.
v. Sherburne Lang, b. Dec. 5, 1849: res. Dixon, Kansas; surveyor; m. 1st, Helen, dau. Dea. J. P. Kimball, of Haverhill; 2d, Jennie Dixon, in Kansas.
vi. Harry Wade, b. Nov. 4, 1853; clerk several years for James B. Hale; merchant at South Ryegate till burned out Oct. 13, 1898; now merchant at Woodsville. He m. Sept. 16, 1896, Margaret, dau. James B. Lawrie.
HOISINGTON.
IN the Ox-bow cemetery lies buried in an unknown grave, Maj. Joab Hoisington, one of many non-resident soldiers who died here during the Revolutionary war. The following acccount of him was written for this volume by A. J. Hoisington of Great Bend, Kansas, who is preparing a history of his family :
JOAB HOISINGTON, 4 (John, 3 John,2 John,1 the English emigrant to Connecticut), b. Southington, Conn., Sept. 19, 1736. He m. there Jan. 14, 1759, Mary, dau. Ephraim Boardman. Their children were: Isaac, Bliss, Ozias, Verlina, Cynthia, Lavinia, Mary, Barzava and Joab, Jr. In 1763 he and two other men selected the present site of Windsor for a town, and he moved there in 1764 and was prominent in the affairs of the settlement. In 1771 he sold out and bought 1,000 acres of land where Woodstock now is, built a log house, and moved therein April 4, 1772. From that log house has grown the town of Woodstock, of which he was the first town clerk, held other civil offices, and was delegate to the first Vermont convention in 1774. He took naturally to military affairs and was captain of the first militia company in Woodstock. He was an active and zealous patriot, donating largely his time and means to raising men for military purposes at the opening of the Revolutionary war. On Nov. 21, 1775, he was elected Colonel of the "Upper " Vermont regiment, and confirmed Jan. 4, 1776. He devoted all his time to the duties of his command, and was exceedingly active in the field until his appointment as Major of the . "Vermont Rangers," July 24, 1776, a regiment which he was to recruit and organize. This he did in a few short weeks, and in September took post at Newbury, "that he might be able to watch the movements of the Indians and Tories and guard the northern frontier from their incursions." The following months were spent in scouting the frontier through Vermont and New Hampshire. The last of December he journeyed to Fishkill, N. Y., where the New York Committee of Safety was in session, to obtain settlement for his regiment, his men being in sore need of food and clothing. His mission was successful. He made the journey on horseback, stopping one night with his family at Woodstock on his return. Rejoining his command, he was, later, stricken with small-pox, and died Feb. 28, 1777, near the camp, and was buried in the cemetery at the Ox-bow. His sons, Isaac, Bliss and Verlina, were with him in the camp at the time of his death.
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