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HOLMES.
HON. LEMUEL HOLMES, b. about 1737; served in the French and Indian war. In the war of independence he was lieutenant in a company of Rangers from Jan. 1, 1776, and was for bravery promoted to be captain by special order of General Washington, Sept. 1, 1776. He was captured at Fort Washington, Nov. 16 in the same year, and kept prisoner till Sept. 20, 1778. After his release he was detained five weeks in New York. In 1780 he petitioned Congress for relief on account of his sufferings and obtained from that body a grant of £80. He settled in Surry, N. H., where he was deacon in the Congregational church and town clerk. Town representative for Gilsum and Surry several years between 1764 and 1786, 1790-1792. Councillor, 1790-94; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Cheshire County until 1808, when he became incapacitated by reaching the age of 70 years. Some years later, about 1814, he came to Newbury to live with his son, Asa, who carried on the farm now owned by F. E. Kimball, where he closed his long, eventful and useful life, Nov. 2, 1822, aged 85. Hc was buried at the Ox-bow, where his gravestone may still be seen. He was
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very prominent in New Hampshire in his day. Abigail, his wife, d. May 15, 1817, aged 75. Seventy years ago the name was very common in Newbury, but has long been extinct. The Cong. ch. records give the names of the following, and about all that is now known of them here. William, Edmund Eliza, and Ruth Holmes, admitted July 19, 1819. Edmund was dis. to Dalton, N. H., church, April, 1830; Eliza, (Mrs. Fogg) to ch. in Alexandria, N. H., Sept. 30, 1831. Dea. Lemuel Holmes, ad. May 6, 1821.
Rev. William E. Holmes, son of Asa and Joanna Holmes, b. Burke, March 23, 1805, came here with his parents; educated for the ministry; minister in northern Vermont, New York and Pennsylvania; d. Newton, Pa., May 5, 1867.
*HOWLAND.
CYRUS, b. Lisbon, N. H., Dec. 25, 1816; captain in the 32d Regiment of the old N. H. Militia, 1839-43; m. in Lisbon, Sept. 13, 1840, Evelina Bishop, (b. Lisbon, April 17, 1824; d. Newbury, Oct. 12, 1898). They came to Newbury about 1845. He was foreman for Hon. Benjamin Hale many years. He d. Newbury Feb. 23, 1892.
Children, the three eldest b. in Lisbon:
i. Duaine, b. Nov. 22, 1841; d. Oct. 12, 1850.
ii. Levi Parker, b. July 2, 1843; served in the Union army, has not been heard from since July, 1864.
iii. Lucy Bishop, b. Feb. 25, 1845 ; m. in Lynn, Mass., to James Parker Mudge ; 3 c. iv. Elizabeth Hale, b. March 10, 1847; d. Sept. 6, 1848.
v. Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1849; m. Frank Benton of Wells River; 2 c. vi. Edward Hale, b. Newbury Dec. 13, 1851; m. Nellie Dutton of Brandon; 2 c. vii. Moses Hale, b. Nov. 19, 1854. In California some years. He m. in Newbury April 15, 1899, Ellen S. Barber, b. London, Eng., 1869.
viii. Esther B., b. Aug. 23, 1856; m. Edson Doe, q. v.
ix. Hiram Bishop, b. June 20, 1858; m. Bertha Somers of Jefferson, N. H .; 1 c.
X . Cyrus Guy, b. April 29, 1860; farmer, owning and occupying the William Peach farm. He m. Dec. 20, 1892, Elvira L., dau. of Samuel Rollins, (b. March 18, 1870). C., Edna May, b. Oct. 22, 1897.
xi. Scott Morris, b. Sept. 25, 1862; d. March 22, 1863.
xii. Josiah Hale, b. Dec. 4, 1863; m. Zaidee Bernard, of Concord, N. H .; res. Concord; brass founder.
xiii. Evalina Grace, b. Sept. 19, 1866.
+HOYT.
REV. BENJAMIN RAY, b. Jan. 6, 1789, at New Braintree, Mass. ; removed with his parents to Craftsbury, 1795; m. Dec. 1, 1812, Lucinda Freeman, of Barnard. Ordained deacon in the M. E. ch., 1811; elder, 1815; presiding elder, 20 years. His early advantages were very small, but by application he became proficient in both Hebrew and Greek languages. Came to Newbury, 1838, and bought the house in which Rev. Mr. Temple lives; rem. to Claremont, N. H., about 1844.
Several children, of whom:
i. Benjamin Thomas, b. Boston, Oct. 18, 1820; grad. Wesleyan University, 1846; teacher; pres. Indiana Female College, 1856-58; prof. of Latin at Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind., 1858 till death. He mr. Emeline Lewis of Boston.
ii. Francis Southack, b. Lyndon, Nov. 5, 1822. Fitted for college at Newbury Seminary; grad. Wesleyan University, 1844 ; principal Newbury Seminary, 1847. From 1850 to 1861 principal of Oregon Institute, which, in 1856, developed into Willamette University. In 1861 he became a member of the faculty of Ohio Wesleyan University. In 1872 he became editor of the
*By Mrs. E. Doe.
+In part from "Hoyt Family."
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Western Christian Advocate, holding the position 12 years. Presiding Elder in the Northern Ohio Conference, 1884-96; is now connected with Baldwin University at Berea, O. He m. Dec. 24, 1848, Phebe M. Dyar of Phillips, Me., who was, 1847-48, preceptress of Newbury Seminary. Six children, all living in 1898.
iii. Albert H., b. Dec. 6, 1826; fitted for college at Newbury Seminary ; graduated Wesleyan University, 1850; lawyer at Portsmouth, N. H .; was colonel in the army during the civil war. He has been engaged in literary work, and was editor, 1868-70, of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
HUNTER.
ARCHIBALD, b. in Scotland; m. in Scotland, June 11, 1812, Ann Stevenson. She was taken sick on the passage to America, and d. at Montreal in 1819. Mr. Hunter settled on the east side of Jefferson hill, where Andrew Arthur now lives. He d. Newbury, Jan. 5, 1857, aged 84.
Children, all b. in Scotland:
i. Eliza, b. June 12, 1813.
ii. Thomas, b. May 8, 1815; lived on the homestead, which he sold in 1876, and bought a farm in the place where he died. He m. May 22, 1838, Sally, dau. of Nathan Avery, b. Aug. 12, 1815; d. May 10, 1865. He d. Ellington, Conn., 1876. C., (1) Archibald, b. July 15, 1841; d. June 28, 1872. (2) Nathan A., b. May 6, 1843; served in the civil war nine months; in Co. D, 15th Vt .; res. Wells River; mechanic. He m. Clarissa Tuttle, who d. 1878. One son, William A. (3) William J., b. Nov. 2, 1845; d. Blackfoot. Idaho, Dec. 29, 1892. (4) Mary Eliza, b. Oct. 20, 1852; m. 1st, May 2, 1872, Frederic Claffee, who d. 1884; m. 2d. Dec. 2, 1890, Wilbur F. Chapman of Ellington, Conn. (5) Henrietta Ella, b. March 26, 1859; m. Nov. 3, 1877, J. Henry White, Clinton, Mass.
iii. William, b. February, 1817; was long a blacksmith and mill owner at East Topsham. He m. Jan. 8, 1845, Susannah, dau. of Blanchard Chamberlain, (b. Topsham, July 20, 1820; d. Newbury, Aug. 17, 1898). He d. August, 1900. C., (1) Archibald B., b. Nov. 8, 1845; d. March 6, 1871. (2) William C., b. June 15, 1847; d. Sept. 8, 1847. (3) Ann E., b. June 26, 1848; m. Geo. B. Palmer, Aug. 24, 1872; d. Dover, N. H., Nov. 11, 1895. (4) Betsey J., b. Nov. 23, 1849; d. April 17, 1864. (5) William T., b. Oct. 23, 1851; m. March 29, 1877, Betsey Philbrick. (6) John C., b. Sept. 8, 1853; d. Feb. 24, 1855. (7) Elizabeth C., b. July 14, 1855; photographer at Newbury; m. Sept. 1, 1886, Alfred Corliss, a carpenter and painter of Newbury. C., Roy C., b. Aug. 11, 1889. (8) James Hale, b. July 14, 1857; m. Jan. 14, 1888, Mary E. Corliss, who d. at Denver, Col., May 11, 1896.
INGALLS.
JEREMIAH,6 cldest son of Abijah,5 and Eliza (Hutchinson) in the sixth generation from Edmund 1 ( Henry,2 Henry,3 Francis,4), was born at Andover, Mass., March 1, 1764. He was a cooper by trade and a singing master by profession. Hc was mainly self-taught, possessed a sweet and powerful tenor voice and great aptness in teaching vocal music, as it was taught in those days. His skill as a composer was in demand to furnish music for public occasions, to which he often added hymns and songs of his own composition. Hecomposed the music for the " Election Ode" and "Election Hymn," which were sung at the meeting of the General Assembly in 1801, when the election sermon was preached in the old mceting house. He is also said to have been the author of the musie to the "Ode on Seience," a production onec very famous. In 1805 he gathered these compositions into a volume of two hundred pages, entitled "The Christian Harmony," which was printed by Henry Ranlet, at Exeter, N. H. These tunes arc of unequal merit. Some of them were in their time very popular at camp meetings and other religious gatherings. Several of his tunes are still sung, of which "Northfield" is immortal. "New Jerusalem," "Exhortation," "Iowa," "Kentucky," and a few
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others, still find a place in modern collections, while later composers have not scrupled to appropriate his finest strains to their own use. Concerning the production of "Northfield," the following anecdote is preserved : Returning from fishing one rainy day, he laid down before the fire to get dry, and impatient at the slow progress of dinner began to sing a parody to a well-known hymn:
" How long, my people, Oh ! how long Shall dinner hour delay ? Fly swifter round, ye idle maids, And bring a dish of tea."
"Why, Jerry," said his wife, "that's a grand tune." "So it is," replied the man of song; "I'll write it down." And dinner waited the completion of "Northfield."
Mr. Ingalls came to Newbury about 1787, and m. April 29, 1791, Mary (Polly) Bigelow, dau. of Joshua and Majora (Knowlton) Bigelow, and adopted dau. of Dr. Gideon and Mary (Bigelow) Smith of Newbury. She was b. March 16, 1768.
Mr. Ingalls was chosen by the town to lead the singing on the Sabbath, in 1791, and was also a deacon in the 1st church from from 1803 to 1810. He succeeded to the farm of Dr. Smith after the death of the latter in 1799 and built at the top of the hill, south from the Upper Meadow, in 1800, a large house, which was taken down in 1886, in which he kept tavern several years. He was rather unfortunate in business, and about 1810 sold his farm and removed to Hancock. Mr. Ingalls has been pronounced by eminent musical authority as one of the best musicians of his age. His children were proficient in music and were people of standing wherever they went. He d. - - April 6, 1838, and his wife d. April 14, 1848.
* Children all born in Newbury but the last:
i. Smith, b. Feb. 10, 1792; settled in Berea, Ohio; had a son, who was a physician, and a daughter.
ii. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 3, 1794; d. Feb. 24, 1794.
iii. Joshua, b. Jan. 13, 1795; removed to Ohio in 1840, and thence to Wisconsin, where he died, leaving four children.
iv. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 17, 1796; went west; lived near Cleveland, Ohio, and died Feb. 2, 1858.
v. Polly, b. March 30, 1798; m. Page Chaplin. Twelve children of whom nine lived to maturity. Her husband d. while the children were young. She d. in Rochester, Jan. 1, 1875. Daniel C. Clafflin, a prominent merchant in Boston, senior partner of the firm of Clafflin, Young & Stanley, 77 Bedford street, who d. February, 1901, was their son.
vi. Moses, b. Feb. 15, 1800; settled in Hancock; shoemaker; inn-keeper, and town representative; rem. to Bethel; m. Eliza Alden; d. at Bethel, June 1885. They had a son and daughter.
vii. Betsey, b. March 9, 1802; many years a teacher; went to Berea, O., about 1840; m. Daniel Clafflin; d. at Berea, O., about 1880 ..
viii. John, b. April 22, 1804; settled in Cornwall; rem. to Peoria, Ill., about 1835, and to Indianola, Iowa; was a Free Soiler; m. Susan Foster; d. at ix. Indianola, Iowa, Aug. 9, 1887. They had four sons and four daughters. Myra, b. Jan. 1, 1806; m. Josiah McWain; lived in Salisbury and Ripton, but rem. to Rochester some time before her death, Aug. 5, 1886. They had three sons who served in the Union army, and three daughters.
x. Isaac, b. June 7, 1809; d. Nov. 10, 1812.
xi. Hannah, b. Aug. 2, 1811; m. March 7, 1830, Holland W. Everts of Salisbury, where she d. Sept. 4, 1886. Two sons and two daughters.
Copies of the Christian Harmony, very much dilapidated, are owned by Joseph C. Johnston and by Mrs. E. J. L. Clark. A perfect copy is owned by Charles Graves of Littleton, N. H.
The following critical paper upon Mr. Ingalls' production was prepared by Rev. S. L. Bates of Burlington :
Newbury has one distinction which few if any other towns can claim. It was for many years the home of Jeremiah Ingalls, who was a composer and
* Records given by A. W. Everts, Salisbury
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compiler of sacred music of no mean ability. On "Ingalls Hill," so named from his family, he revelled in the art of music, and prepared the singing book, "Christian Harmony," which was truly a unique production. This book, though limited in its sale and use, served important ends without any apparent design on the part of its author. It contributed indirectly to the peaceful issue of a long continued controversy over singing in public worship, and gave to the public a style of music, at that time needed by the New England churches. For a large part of the eighteenth century many churches had been rent asunder and whole communities set ablaze by heated discussions on the subject of singing in the worship of God. Conscientious Christian people not a few, considered it a positive sin to sing by rule or even to attempt any adequate expression of the words employed in song. Naturally the singing in the churches became distracting and subversive of spiritual religion, and at last provoked measures for reform in its character. Hence the protracted controversy which extended through so many years and ended only as a better style of singing prevailed. One of the important means by which the reform in singing in worship in those days was rendered permanent and peace restored in the churches was the publication of numerous collections of church music. In the space of about 30 years beginning with 1770, the average issue of tune books was at least one for each year. Mr. Ingalls' book did not appear until 1805, but much of the music of his own composition, which it contained, had found its way into collections. previously made by others, and had taken part in elevating the public taste and meeting the public want. For this reason it cannot be known how far the Christian Harmony of itself, added to the permanency of the great reform. That it did much in this respect is evident from the fact that many of Mr. Ingalls' choicest compositions have been in constant use in the churches to the present day. The tunes Northfield, Delay, Unity, Jerusalem, and others of like character, are standing proofs of its influence upon the musical taste of Mr. Ingalls' time. Some of the tunes are of such rare excellence that they have been appropriated by other composers and with slight alterations, sent forth as their own. By many it is believed that this is the case with the tune, "New Jerusalem," and the tunes commonly sung to the hymns, "A charge to keep I have," and "The day is past and gone." Every lover of sacred music uses these tunes with reverent affection and delight. That Mr. Ingalls' book is open to serious criticism no one can deny. Many of its so called hymns are mere snatches of rhyme on local incidents and themes. Instead of using the grand hymns which, even in his day, were the possession of the churches, he seems to have entertained himself by depicting in verse the character and death of some personal friends, and thus composing tunes for his weak productions. The acrostic on the name of Judith Brock is one instance of this freak, and others are lines on the death of Judith Brock and Polly Gould, each numbering eighteen stanzas, with accompanying tunes. Evidently these persons were very excellent young women, but it is absurd to suppose that any one should receive a spiritual uplift by rehearsing in song the harrowing incidents of their sickness and death. Such machine work in a singing book naturally rendered much of its music weak and evanescent. It seems, however, that Mr. Ingalls had no thought of the needs of the churches in preparing his work, but rather designed it as a sort of musical treasury for his townspeople. That it was such is beyond question. What one old lady said to her pastor on her death bed, was probably true of many people, "I have had no end of comfort," said she, "in repeating the hymns and singing the tunes in Mr. Ingalls' singing book." "Christian Harmony" never had a wide circulation and never came into competition with other musical works. Still it did unquestionably exert a positive influence in the New England congregations, and the name of its author will be spoken with reverent gratitude, by the generations to come, because of the spiritual vitality of many of his tunes.
JAMES.
JABEZ AND LEVI, brothers; came here about 1813, and settled in the Lime Kiln neighborhood, ncar Topsham line. Jabez d. Nov. 4, 1855, aged 76.
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Some of his children were:
i. William, m. Apr. 9, 1840, Charlotte, dau. Thomas Corliss, of Newbury, and rem. to Granby.
ii. Elsie, b. Apr. 3, 1807 ; d. Jan. 26, 1887; never m., but lived with her brother, Levi, on the homestead.
iii. Mary Ann, m. Roswell Leighton; d. March 24, 1887.
iv. Levi, never m .; lived on the homestead and was quite wealthy, but was defrauded of all his property, and, broken in mind and body, was taken to the town farm where he d. Oct. 4, 1875.
LEVI, m. 1st, Rhuamah, dau. Elder Daniel Batchelder, of Corinth, who d. Oct. 27, 1827, aged 34; 2d, Serena, sister of his 1st wife.
Children :
i. Alvah C., b. Dec. 1817, d. Apr. 11, 1898.
ii. Daniel B., m. Ann George, of Topsham; rem. to Sycamore, Ill., where he became a lawyer, city judge and postmaster.
iii. Ransom, d. in Union army ; and others whose names are not given.
1 ALVAH C., b. Dec. 1817; farmer on Jefferson Hill; m. March 27, 1845, Nancy W. Peach; d. Apr. 11, 1898.
Children :
i. Althea M., b. July 27, 1847; d. Sept. 27, 1882.
ii. Adelaide. b. Sept. 6, 1850; res. with her mother.
iii. Rhuamah B., b. May 29, 1856; m. H. E. Cobleigh ; q. v.
JENNE.
STILLMAN, seventh child of James and Betsey (Carey) Jenne, b. in Derby, Feb. 21, 1820; m. July 4, 1841, Miranda Jane, dau. of Asa and Sarah (Burns) King, b. April 28, 1820, in Whitefield, N. H. Mrs. Jenne d. in Whitefield, N. H., July 20, 1870. He m. the second time Abbie A., dau. of William and Phebe Doe. Mr. Jenne enlisted in the 6th Vt. Regt., in 1861. In 1862, he was detailed to take charge of the supply train, a duty which he performed until the close of the war. He was some years engaged in mechanical business at South Newbury. He afterwards bought the Ebenezer Abbott farm on Rogers hill, where he d. suddenly July 11, 1892. His wife d. April 12, 1891.
Children, five by 1st, and one by 2d marriage:
i. Sarah E., b. in Whitefield, N. H., May 15, 1842; m. Andrew J. Knight of South Newbury, May 16, 1859. They have seven c.
ii. Roswell C., b. in Whitefield, N. H., June 9, 1844; m. Lestina E., dau. of Roswell George of East Corinth, 1869. He enlisted in the 6th Vt. Regt., October, 1861; served three years, was wounded once in the arm. He re-enlisted in 1864 in the 17th Vt. Regt., and was severely wounded in April, 1865, by a shell; he lost a leg and was otherwise badly hurt. He afterwards studied medicine and settled in East Corinth, where he practiced for several years, but about six years before his death his health failed, he sold out his practice and moved to Lowell, Mass. He d. in East Corinth, April 15, 1894, of heart disease contracted in the war.
iii. William S., b. in Derby. Nov. 25, 1845; m. Nettie, dau. of Thomas L. Tucker, Feb. 18, 1874; she d. Aug. 8, 1874. In October, 1878, he was m. to Emma Hoagland of New York City. She d. at Peacham, in September, 1879. He m. April 18, 1881, Ida May, dau. of John Young, of South Troy, where they now reside. He enlisted with his brother in the same regiment, 6th Vt. Regt., being a little less than 16 years old. In 1863, he was wounded by a minie ball which entered his right lung, where it remained nine days. Before the wound was fully healed he re-enlisted; he next lost a finger in the battle of the Wilderness, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. A few years later he studied for the ministry and entered the Methodist Episcopal church.
iv. Viola M., b. Sept. 6, 1847; m. October, 1866, Charles M. Andross. They have one child, Ella J., the wife of Oscar Course of Vershire.
v. Cora S., b. in Newbury, Jan. 20, 1861; m. March 20, 1880, Fred W. Stevenson, of Barnet. They had two c., Harry M., and M. Genevieve.
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vi. Mary Louise, b. June 20, 1876; m. William Chamberlain of Bradford. They have two c., Anna and Frances L.
JEWELL.
SOLOMON, came to Newbury from Rockingham about 1790; bought one of the "Porter lots" of Mills Olcott; cleared a farm, where he died. He m. Abigail, dau. of Samuel Corliss.
Children :
1 i. Solomon, b. Sept. 1, 1798 ; d. June 9, 1868.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 1800; m. 1st, March 26, 1834, Daniel Lindsey ; 2d, Wright Chamberlin; 3d, Roger Eastman. She d. June 19, 1868.
iii. Fanny, b. July 26, 1802; m. Dec. 18, 1826, Enoch Bagley of Topsham. iv. Hiram, b. Sept. 11, 1805.
2 v. David, b. Sept. 27, 1807; d. Jan. 4, 1892.
vi. Charlotte, b. Aug. 27, 1810; m. Jan. 1, 1835, William Sanborn of Topsham ; d. March 23, 1884.
vii. Lydia, b. Sept. 12, 1812.
viii. Jane, b. March 25, 1814; m. George R. Sly of Ryegate, Nov. 21, 1839.
1 SOLOMON, b. Sept. 1, 1798; m. April, 1835, Anna, dau. of John Peach (b. Feb. 9, 1807; d. Oct. 12, 1859) ; farmer on homestead; d. June 9, 1868. Children :
i. Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1836.
ii. Nancy, died in infancy, March 17, 1838.
iii. Nancy, b. Feb. 12, 1839; m. Leonard W. McAllister ; q. v.
iv. George, b. April 10, 1840; farmer on the homestead, where W. H. Tewksbury now lives; m. April 8, 1869, Elizabeth L., dau. of John N. Brock; he d. June 25, 1882. C., (1) Lillian C., b. Feb. 19, 1870; m. Horace Washburn; c., (a) Mildred E., (b) Arlene E., b. Aug. 30, 1899. (2) Ellen L., b. Sept. 4, 1875; d. July 31, 1884. (3) Mina L., b. Oct. 19, 1877; m. Sept. 29, 1897, Harry B. Hoyt. (4) Addie V., b. Dec. 10, 1879, teacher ; grad. N. H. Normal School, 1898.
v. Martha A., b. Dec. 24, 1849; m. Dudley Carleton ; q. v.
2 DAVID, b. Sept. 27, 1807; lived near Jefferson Hill; m. Christian, daughter of John Peach; he d. Jan. 4, 1892.
Children :
i. Amy, m. Robert Arthur of South Ryegate.
ii. Abbie, m. May 2, 1868, Charles Leet. C., (1) Abbie; m. G. Warren Carleton; d. Nov. 22, 1889. (2) Edgar B. of Keene, N. H.
JEWETT.
I. EDWARD, b. about 1580, at Bradford, Yorkshire, Eng .; m. Oct. 1, 1604, Mary Taylor of Bradford. He d. 1616. Three sons, William, Maxmilian and Joseph. The two latter, with about twenty other Puritans and their families, sailed from Hull, Eng., and landed in Boston, Dec. 1, 1638. In the following year they founded Rowley, Mass.
II. JOSEPH, b. Bradford, Eng., 1609; m. 1st, Mary Mollinson. Settled in Rowley, Mass., where he was a prominent and wealthy citizen. He d. 1661. Nine c.
III. NEHEMIAH, b. Rowley, Mass., 1643; m. Exercise Pierce of Lynn; d. Jan. 1, 1720. Ten c.
IV. BENJAMIN, b. Ipswich, Mass., probably 1691; in. Dec. 12, 1714, Rcform Trescott of Milton ; d. Jan. 22, 1716. One c.
V. BENJAMIN, b. Ipswich, 1716; m. Hannah Butler; settled finally at Windham, Conn. He d. Sept. 19, 1801. Ten c.
DANIEL, b. Manchester, Mass., Feb. 24, 1744; blacksmith; m. 1769, Zilpha Hibbard of Windham, Conn., and rem. to Canterbury, Conn. In 1774, he moved to Putney; served through the revolutionary war; town representative 16 or 17 years; d. March 30, 1829. His wife d. 11 days carlier.
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Ten children, of whom the following lived in Newbury :
1 ii. Luther, b. Canterbury, Conn., Dec. 24, 1772.
2 vii. Calvin, b. Putney, Sept. 16, 1782.
1 LUTHER, b. Canterbury, Conn., Dec. 24, 1772; grad. Dartmouth College, 1795; studied medicine and began practice at Putney. He m. Feb. 7, 1799, Betsey Adams of New Ipswich, N. H. She died in April, 1816. Removed to St. Johnsbury, 1800, and practiced medicine. Elected Representative to Congress in 1815. He m., 2d, Nancy Chamberlain ; licensed to preach May 27, 1818; rem. to Newbury, 1821; ordained and installed as pastor of 1st Congregational church, Feb. 28, 1881. He lived in the house under the great elm south of the Ox-bow cemetery. Resigned and rem. to St. Johnsbury, 1825, but was not dismissed till February, 1828; published 1828-32, "The Farmers' Herald" at "St. Johnsbury. William T. Porter of Newbury was associated with him one year. He d. March 8, 1860, leaving ten children, of whom Ephraim (b. 1811, d. 1865) and Samuel (b. 1819, d. 1879) were merchants at St. Johnsbury. .
MIRA, sixth child of Rev. Luther Jewett, b. St. Johnsbury, Nov. 1, 1809, m. there, Aug. 12, 1829, Dr. Nicholas, son of Bancroft Abbott of Newbury. Dr. Abbott practiced at Blue Hill, Me., till 1834; Troy, O., till 1871; res. in Lafayette, Ind., till his death, Sept. 29, 1871; she d. Fremont, Neb., April 23, 1890.
Children :
i. Luther J., b. Blue Hill, Me., Sept. 19, 1831; physician, and in 1895, became Superintendent of Nebraska Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln ; m. Sept. 12, 1854, Clara Culbertson of Troy, Ohio.
ii. Ephraim A., b. Blue Hill, Me., June 9, 1833; m. 1870, Mary J. Dorsey of Virginia ; res. San Jose, Cal .; in fruit culture.
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