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iv. Adriel, b. Aug. 29, 1813; m. Candace Mason, who d. at Alton, Ill., Oct. 21, 1859. He d. Burlington, Kansas Oct. 24, 1861.
T. Lucia, b. Oct. 15, 1815; d. July 16, 1826.
8 vi. Nelson, b. Dec. 30, 1818; d. Lancaster, Feb. 1, 1899.
4 JOSEPH, b. Dec. 29, 1773 ; farmer, where John T. Heath now lives; m. April 3, 1800, Elizabeth, dau. Remembrance Chamberlain, (b. Dec. 19, 1781; d. Feb. 26, 1837). He d. July 20, 1859.
Children :
i. Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1800; m. Jehial Downer, and was the last of Kent family in Newbury; d. May 28, 1889. No c.
9 ii. Arad S., b. March 27, 1802; d. Feb. 1, 1871.
iii. Eliza, b. March 15, 1804; in. William Johnson, q. v.
iv. Remembrance C., b. June 11, 1806; d. in Texas.
v. Lucinda, b. Aug. 22, 1808; d. Dec. 17, 1876.
vi. Moody, b. Sept. 13, 1812; d. Oct. 8, 1838.
vii. Martha, b. Jan. 20, 1815; d. Sept. 17, 1857.
ix. Joseph, b. June 22, 1815; served in the Union army; came home and d. Jan. 8, 1865.
x. George W., b. March 23, 1821. He lived in the house under the great elm at the Ox-bow, and was sexton of the cemetery. He m. Nov. 30, 1854, Anna E. Tyrrell of Berlin. She d. April 16, 1867. He d. July 4, 1887. Three c., who went west.
xi. Marion W., b. Nov. 8, 1825; m. a Mr. Farmer of Chicago. Two daus. 5 *COLONEL JACOB, third in lineal descent of the name and title, was b. on the homestead April 23, 1800, and there passed from life March 13, 1886. His long life was eventful and for many years he was a prominent figure in the public affairs of Vermont. Possessed of great courtesy, dignity and
*By Henry O. Kent.
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integrity he had many friends in all walks of life. His earlier years were spent in Newbury and for nearly 20 years he was landlord of the popular Coosuck Hotel at Wells River. From there he went to Chicago in the early fifties, being connected with many enterprises in the development of that city, returning to Newbury on the death of his sister, Anna, 1866, whose property he inherited. On the decease of his elder brother, Captain Clark Kent, in 1884, he came into possession of the home farm, where he lived during his declining years, preserving great mental and physical vigor to the last. He was United States Deputy Marshal, taking the census of Orange County in 1830, 1840 and 1850, and was United States Marshal for the District of Vermont, during the administration of President Pierce. He was Sheriff of the county in 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844. Was for years an active trustee of Norwich University to which institution he introduced as a cadet his young kinsman, Henry O. Kent, of Lancaster. His tastes inclined him to a military life, and he was a superb horseman. He passed through all the grades, from private to Colonel of the local Militia Regiment, that his father and grandfather, (who led it to Saratoga in 1777) commanded before him. Until a late year he preserved its colors, now unfortunately lost. Later in life he accompanied the Illinois Volunteer Regiment, of which his young kinsman, Loren Kent, (afterwards Brigadier General, and who died of yellow fever, as collector of the Port of Galveston, Texas), was colonel, being present at the battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing. He was a faithful Mason, having been made in 1826, and bringing down the gavel as Master of the Newbury Lodge, to close its work in 1834, consequent upon the Morgan excitement. He was much interested in the Royal Arch degrees, frequently walking from preference, when much above 80, to the meeting at Bradford. He was contemporary with Alden Partridge and Truman B. Ransom of Norwich University, and like them was a stout believer in physical exercise and pedestrianism. His obsequies were attended by the Masonic fraternity of the region, and he is interred in the original lot of this ancient family in the old cemetery at the Ox-bow. His love for Newbury was deep and abiding, and his ability and worth become more apparent as the years go by.
6 RICHARD PEABODY, b. Newbury, Dec. 21, 1805; settled at Lancaster, N. H., where he was a merchant nearly 60 years. He m. at Littleton, N. H., June 5, 1832, Emily Mann Oakes, (b. Barnet, May 31, 1814 ; d. July 30, 1888). He d. March 30, 1885.
Children :
10 i. Henry O., b. Feb. 7, 1834.
ii. Edward R., b. Feb. 1, 1840; m. Jan. 16, 1862, Adeline D. Burton of Guildhall; six c. ; res. Lancaster ; merchant.
iii. Charles N., b. May 14, 1843; m. June 2, 1868, Julia A. Draper ; seven c. ; res. Merrick, Long Island, N. Y.
7 JOHN CHILDS, b. Newbury, April 19, 1808; lived in Lyman, Barnet and Monroe. He m. Dec. 20, 1837, Jannette S. Shaw, who d. at Clinton, Mass., May 6, 1897. Of their children the oldest son was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. He m. Angie Day of Littleton. Lucia, the oldest dau., and Emily J., who m. Daniel Maynard, live at Clinton, Mass. The second dau., Adaline, m. Frederic W. Wheeler, and d. in Bolton, Mass., 1898, leaving two sons and a dau. The youngest son, John W., m. Flora Dutton of North Monroe and lives in Muskegon Mich. ; d. Jan. 2, 1878.
8 NELSON, b. Dec. 30, 1818; came to Lancaster as clerk for his brother, Richard Peabody, afterwards his partner, and head of other firms. He m. July 16, 1850, Debby Ann Spaulding.
Children :
i. Sarah E., b. Aug. 13, 1852; m. Charles L. Griswold. One c., Anna.
ii. George Nelson, b. July 15, 1857; m. Dora La Rue of Burlington, Kansas. She d. Hcm. 2d, Sept. 25, 1889, Mary N. Riec. One c., Harold Wceks, b. Sept. 30, 1890.
9 ARAD STEBBINS, b. March 27, 1802; farmer on the John Kent farm. He m. in
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Boston, Mass., May 3, 1828. Mary Ann Griffin, (b. Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 19, 1806 ; d. Jan 2, 1885). He d. Feb. 1, 1871.
Children :
i. George F., b. June 4, 1829; d. Nov. 7, 1849.
ii. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 28, 1830; d. Aug. 31, 1849.
iii. Harriott, b. Apr. 1833; m. W. K. Wallace, q. v.
iv. Joseph F., b. March 13, 1836; d. April 4, 1837.
v. Joseph F., b. Feb. 13, 1845; res. Derby. Two c.
vi. William H., b. March 16, 1848; res. Piermont; m. June 13, 1878, Eda E., dau. Col. Isaiah and Elizabeth Emerson. She d. Jan. 23, 1896. C., Elizabeth B., b. July 23, 1884.
7 HENRY OAKES, b. Feb. 7, 1834; fitted for college at Lancaster Academy; graduated Norwich University, 1854; studied law and admitted to the bar, 1858; editor and business manager of the Coös Republican, 1858-70; clerk of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1855-59; commissioner, 1858, on the part of New Hampshire, "to ascertain, survey and mark" the boundary line between that state and Maine. In 1860, alternate delegate-at-large to the convention at Chicago which nominated Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. When the rebellion broke out in 1861, he was put in charge of recruiting, and commissioned Assistant Adjutant General of the state, with rank of Colonel. Commissioned Colonel of the 17th N. H., 1862. Town Representative from Lancaster, 1862, '68, '69, '83. Presidential elector on the Republican ticket, 1864. Member of the bank commission, 1866-68. In 1872, he engaged in the liberal movement which resulted in the nomination of Horace Greeley for the presidency. Three times candidate for Congress. President of the Democratic state convention, 1877 and 1884. In the latter year, State Senator, and delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago, seconding the nomination of Mr. Cleveland. Naval officer for the port of Boston, 1886-90. Candidate for Governor, 1894 and 1896. Governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire, and member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Senior of the board of trustees of Norwich University from which he received the degree of A. M. in 1863, and LL. D., in 1895. At the laying of the corner stone of Dewey hall, in October, 1899, he delivered the address of welcome to Admiral Dewey. President of the Lancaster Trust Co. since 1891, and senior warden of St. Paul's Episcopal church. He m. Jan. 11, 1859, Berenice A. Rowell; res. Lancaster, N. H., at "Indian Brook." C., Henry Percy, and Berenice Emily, both of Lancaster. Col. Kent has taken a deep interest in this history of Newbury; was one of the first to urge the present editor to undertake the work; and has prepared copious extracts from the papers of the first Colonel Kent for this volume. Col. Kent was offered the portfolio of Assistant Secretary of War under the second Cleveland administration. He is a 33 degree mason.
Job, brother of Col. Jacob Kent, lived in Hampstead, N. H. His son, James, m. Apr. 4, 1792, Tamar Mills and lived here a few years, then rem. to Piermont, where many decendants now live; ten c., of whom Miriam, the oldest was b. here. James, son of James, lived in Piermont ; his house was burned Apr. 3, 1832, and three daus. were burned to death. The following is from the first volume of Newbury records :-
"Jacob Kent Richard, the son of Bradley Richards and Judith Kent, his wife, was b. Oct. 8, 1784. Betsey Richards, their dau., b. Oct. 18, 1786. Joseph, their son, b. Jan. 21, 1789, at St. Johnsborough." This is the 1st recorded birth in St. Johnsbury.
KEYES.
The original spelling of the name appears to have been Keies, and the first mention of the family is the marriage of Solomon Keies and Frances Grant at Newbury, Mass., Oct. 2, 1653. In 1664 and 1665, Solomon and Joseph Keies took up land in Chelmsford; the house built by Solomon about 1675, is still standing in that part of Chelmsford now called Westford. Solomon and Joseph are believed to have been brothers. An
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old town book of Chelmsford has the following: "Sargent Solomon Keys dyed March 28, 1702." Frances, his wife d. 1708. Eleven c. of whom the 5th and 1st son was:
II. SOLOMON, b. June 24, 1665; was twice m., his first wife's name being Mary and the second, Priscilla.
III. SOLOMON, third son of Solomon and Mary, b. May 11, 1701; was in Capt. Lovewell's Co. in the fight at Fryeburgh, Me., April 18, 1725. He received three bullet wounds and was believed to be dying. He rolled himself down the beach, and into a canoe, to prevent his body from being mangled by the Indians. The canoe was blown across the pond, and he escaped. He rem. to Warren, Mass., served in the Old French War, and was killed at Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755. His oldest son was wounded in the same battle, and d. at Fort Edward, Oct. 1, 1755. Solomon Keyes m. Sarah Eight c.
IV. DANFORTH, b. Warren, Mass., 1740; soldier in the Old French war; was in the same battle in which his father was killed, but escaped unharmed. Served through the war, and saw the surrender of Montreal. He also served in the Revolutionary war, in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. During the whole war he was at home but twice. The town of Hardwick was granted to Danforth Keyes and associates. He m. Dec. 6, 1764, Sarah Cutler of Warren, Mass., (b. April 2, 1745; d. Aug. 19, 1831). Eight c., several of whom settled in Vermont. Their third son and fourth c. was:
V. THOMAS, b. Warren, Mass., Nov. 3, 1774; settled in Vershire, about 1800, where he was a farmer. He m. in Chelsea, Margaretta McArthur. (b. Thornton, N. H .; d. Newbury, Aug. 15, 1853). He d. Vershire, March 26, 1850. Thomas Keyes was State Senator for some years.
Children :
1 i. Freeman, b. Oct. 3, 1807; d. June 10, 1871.
2 ii. Henry, b. Jan. 3, 1810; d. Sept. 24, 1870.
iii. Sally, b. July 5, 1812; d. July 13, 1812.
3 iv. Horace T., b. Nov. 14, 1813; d. Jan. 4, 1883.
v. Harriet N., b. May 4, 1816; d. March 10, 1832.
vi. John D. W., b. Jan. 19, 1823; d. Feb. 22, 1848.
1 FREEMAN, b. Vershire, Oct. 3, 1807; merchant at Newbury village, in partnership with his brothers, Henry and Horace T., and with his son, Thomas C., (see pages 277, 278). In addition to their mercantile business, they were interested in a great variety of enterprises, both in and out of Newbury, and later in life, in western land. He m. Nov. 1, 1831, Emeline C., dau. Dr. Calvin and Sallie (Parker) Jewett of St. Johnsbury. They united with the 1st ch. Nov. 20, 1831, of which he was chosen a deacon in 1853; superintendent of Sunday school about 25 years, and a constant and generous giver to all the benevolent and religious enterprises of his day, and active in the temperance reform. He was also greatly interested in all those benevolent societies which aim to provide homes for friendless children. In politics, Whig, and later, Republican. He d. Chicago, Ill., June 10, 1871, while on a business trip. She d. June 20, 1878.
Children :
i. Edward P., b. Feb. 1, 1836; clerk in the store; was also at one time in business in Boston; member of Co. H, 12th Vt., in the Civil war. He m. Nov. 3, 1863, Anna, dau. Joshua T. Atkinson, q. v., (b. Nov. 26, 1836 ; d. April 15, 1900). He d. Aug. 28, 1881. No c.
ii. Charles, b. March 28, 1839; d. Jan. 21, 1840.
iii. Harriet, E., b. Sept. 14, 1841; res. Newbury, occupies the house built by her father in 1833, and interests herself in the benevolent enterprises which employed so much of her father's time and care.
iv. Thomas C., b. Jan. 1, 1844; educated at Newbury Seminary and the Commercial and Collegiate Institute of New Haven, Conn .; has been in mercantile business in Newbury since 1864; postmaster, 10 years; town representative, 1886. He m. at Chicago, Ill., Nov. 24, 1881, Martha P., dau. John and Elizabeth (Hosmer) Morse of St. Johnsbury.
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To Mr. Keyes more, perhaps, in some respects, than to any other person, the completeness of this history of Newbury is due, as he has spared no pains to secure for the editor everything written or printed which he could obtain relating to its history. As he is the present owner of large quantities of the Johnson papers, his aid has been invaluable.
Y. Ellen M., b. April 13, 1846; d. Aug. 27, 1847.
vi. John F., b. May 14, 1849; d. Jan. 10, 1851.
vii. Emeline A., b. May 27, 1851; m. June 23, 1875, Mahew P. Aiken of Milwaukee, Wis .; d. suddenly Aug. 3, 1886, at the old homestead, while on a visit. C., all b. in Milwaukee: (1) Helen Rocelia, (2) Gertrude Emeline, both b. Sept. 11, 1877. (3) Margaret Harriet, b. Sept. 21, 1885.
2 HENRY, b. Jan. 3, 1810; came to Newbury in 1825, and was in the mercantile business till 1854, the firm name being F. & H. Keyes. He was one of the original proprietors of the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers R. R .; was one of the first directors. In 1854 he succeeded Gov. Erastus Fairbanks as President of the road, and devoted all his energies to pushing the enterprise through to a connection with the Grand Trunk R. R. in Canada. This seemed a hopeless undertaking, and for a long time shares sold as low as $5.00 each. But Mr. Keyes had faith in the road, and under his management the stock rose to par. The road was opened to Barton in 1857, to Newport in 1863, to Derby in 1867, and to Lennoxville in 1870. He was also one of the proprietors and a director in the Mt. Washington R. R. He was also interested in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R., in which he was a large stockholder, and became its president in 1869. Under his administration about 160 miles were completed. He was, also, interested in the United States Hotel in Boston, and in several stage and steamboat lines. President of the Vermont State Agricultural Society. He was a practical farmer, owning and conducting the great "Dow farm" in Haverhill. Town representative in 1855; state senator in 1847-48; candidate for Governor, 1856, '57 and '58. Delegate to several successive National Conventions of the Democratic party, and chairman of the Vermont delegation at the Baltimore convention which nominated Stephen A. Douglass for President in 1860. Member, and for some years chairman of the First Congregational Society. He lived in the house south of the 1st ch. As a business man he had few equals. "The entire detail, however minute, or apparently unimportant, in matters of business, was ever in his mind, and never forgotten, and all so regulated by system that he always seemed to have time for everything. He could attend to the wants of a child, or the demands of a railroad with like facility, promptitude and good nature, and the little courtesies which other men so absorbed would forget, never escaped him." His honesty and intregrity were never questioned ; he was scrupulous in the smallest details of business; he never forgot a promise, even to a child. Mr. Keyes was offered the presidency of one of the largest railroads in Massachusetts, but this he declined, as it would necessitate his living in Boston, and he always wanted Newbury for his home. He m. 1st, May 2, 1838, Sarah A. Pierce of Stanstead, P. Q., who d. Dec. 8, 1853 ; no c .; 2d, May 6, 1856, Emma F. Pierce, sister of 1st wife; she res. in Boston. He d. Sept. 24, 1870, after an illness of ten days.
Children :
i. Isabella F., b. June 21, 1859, at Newbury; res. Boston with her mother.
ii. Henry W., b. May 23, 1862, at Newbury; graduated from Harvard University, 1887; res. on the farm in Haverhill, formerly owned by his father. The farm is one of the largest in the state and well-known for its fine stock. Represented Haverhill in the Legislature, 1889 to 1893; president Woodsville National Bank; director Connecticut & Passumpsic railroad; vice president Nashua River Paper Co., and has other large business interests.
iii. Martha G., b. April 26, 1864, at Newbury; m. at Boston, Nov. 16, 1892, to Ezra Henry Baker; d. June 16, 1896.
iv. George T., b. Sept. 7, 1867, at Newbury; graduated Harvard University, 1889, and after studying law at Harvard Law School, entered the paper business and at present is president and treasurer of the Nashua River Paper Co., of Pepperell, Mass.
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v. Charles W., b. Jan. 16, 1871, at Newton, Mass .; graduated from Harvard University 1893, and at once became identified with the Nashua River Paper Co., of which he is secretary ; res. at Pepperell, Mass.
3 HORACE T., b. Nov. 14, 1813; in business at Vershire; came to Newbury, 1854; was partner in the firm till 1872; m. 1st, May 17, 1842, Sarah, dau. of Peter Powers of Vershire. She d. April 9, 1852. He m. 2d, May 18, 1863, Lucy E. Rhodes of St. Johnsbury. He d. Jan. 4, 1883. C., John L., b. Sept. 5, 1866; in business in the west.
*KIMBALL.
I. RICHARD, the ancestor of most of the Kimballs in this country, came with his family in the ship Elizabeth, leaving Ipswich, Suffolk, England, Apr. 10, 1634; settled in Watertown, Mass., but rem. to Ipswich, where he d. June 22, 1675, aged 80 years.
II. BENJAMIN, b. Ipswich, 1637; lived many years in Bradford, Mass .; m. in Salisbury, Apr. 1661, Mercy, dau. Robert and Ann Haseltine. He d. June 11, 1695.
III. EBENEZER, b. Bradford, Mass., June 20, 1684; m. Ruth Eaton; d. Jan. 23, 1715. IV. ABRAHAM, b. Jan. 3, 1713-14; lived in Bradford and Haverhill, Mass .; m. as 2d wife, Apr. 36, 1747, Mary Pike.
V. AMos, b, Bradford, Mass., Aug. 31, 1750; res. there till about 1772, when he became one of the first settlers of Barnet, but rem. to Haverhill, some time later. The family record gives his son, John, as b. in Haverhill, June 4, 1775; but in the muster roll of Capt. Thomas Johnson's Co. of Minute Men, Aug. 1775, Amos is credited to Barnet. He also saw other service. Colonel in the militia. He m. Feb. 20, 1774, Abigail Corliss of Bradford, Mass., who d. Oct. 11, 1803. He d. Sept. 20, 1820; 13 c., of whom the eldest was John.
JOHN,2 (Amos,1) b. Haverhill, Jan. 4, 1775; farmer on Horse Meadow; Colonel in the militia; town representative from Haverhill, 1813-14; deacon in ch. at Horse Meadow; rem. to Newbury with his son, Dudley C., in 1866. He m. Mehitable, dau. of Dudley Carleton, (b. Newbury, Nov. 2, 1776; d. Nov. 11, 1839). He d. in Newbury, May 4, 1869, in his 95th year. Buried at Horse Meadow.
Children :
i. John, b. Sept. 30, 1796; graduated Dartmouth College 1822; lawyer at Claremont, N. H., and Putney.
ii. Dudley C., b. 1800; d. Sept. 11, 1887.
iii. Benjamin F., b. 1810; lived some years in Newbury with his brother.
iv. Isaac B., b. 1818; lived in St. Johnsbury and Concord. N. H. v. Harriet C.
1 DUDLEY CARLETON,3 (John,2 Amos,1) b. Haverhill, 1800; armer on Horse Meadow till 1866, when he came to Newbury with his son Daniel P., and bought the Hazen farm on Musquash Meadow; Town Representative from Haverhill, 1851; deacon in Cong. ch. at Wells River. He m. Aug. 27, 1823, Sally, dau. Daniel Putnam of Newbury, (b. March 17, 1800; d. Dec. 8, 1866). He d. Sept. 11, 1887. Buried at Horse Meadow. Children :
2 i. Daniel P., b. July, 1824; d. Oct. 14, 1895.
ii. Joseph Porter, farmer on the homestead at Horse Meadow. (His name as deacon in the ch. at Wells River was accidentally omitted in the list of deacons of that church given the editor of this volume).
iii. Mchitabel, mn. Lyman Southard, of North Haverhill.
2 DANIEL PUTNAM, 4 (Dudley C., 3 John,2 Amos,1) b. Haverhill, N. H., July, 1824; farmer on Horse Meadow till 1866, when he rem. to Newbury; Town Representative, 1880; deacon in 1st ch., 1883, till death; he held nearly every town office. He m. 1856, Melissa A., dau. Phineas D. Kcycs, b.
"Early dates from "Kimball family."
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Putney, January, 1835. He d. Oct. 14, 1895. Children :
i. Carrie M., b. May 18, 1858; m. James B. Hale.
ii. Frank E., b. January, 1861; farmer on the homestead, which is one of the largest farms in the state, also deals extensively in western horses; Town Representative, 1898. He m. 1887, Emma Clark, of Janesville, Wis.
KING.
REV. JOSEPH ELIJAH, son of Rev. Elijah King, b. Laurens, Otsego County, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1823; graduated Wesleyan University, 1847; came to Newbury in the same year as teacher in Newbury Seminary ; principal, 1848-1853, (See chapter XXIX) ; principal of Fort Plain (N. Y.) Institute, 1853-54; became principal of Fort Edward Institute, 1854, which position he still holds. He is widely known as teacher, preacher and lecturer. Trustee for 51 years of Wesleyan University. Visited Europe 1867 and 1889. Received degree of D. D., from Union College, 1862. He m. in Newbury, July 22, 1850, Melissa, dau. J. Amherst Bayley (b. April 4, 1828; d. Oct. 16, 1887.)
Children :
i. Mary Ellen, b. Newbury, July 20, 1852; m. Dec. 12, 1872, Dr. Marvin Van Denbury ; d. Feb. 14, 1879; 2c.
ii. Charles J., b. Dec. 27, 1855; d. March 25, 1858.
iii. Alice Eliza, b. Fort Edward, Sept. 10, 1859; m. July 2, 1881, William McGilton. He was for several years vice principal of Fort Edward Institute, but is now professor of Chemistry at Middlebury College.
iv. Helen Melissa, b. April 2, 1863; m. Dec. 2, 1871, James E. Cheeseman. Two c., both b. at Cleveland, Ohio.
KING.
GEORGE W., b. Bristol, Eng., June 18, 1833. He enlisted in the British army when 13 years of age as a drummer boy, and served three years. In 1849, he enlisted as a soldier, serving nine years and six months. He saw service and hard fighting in the Crimean war, after which, his regiment being ordered to Quebec, he and Owen O'Malley deserted, and both settled in Newbury. He came here in April, 1859, and m. Nov. 8, of that year, Elizabeth Ann Bowen, b. Grafton, N. H., March 15, 1837. He d. Newbury, Aug. 19, 1895.
Children :
i. Annie E., b. Jan. 7, 1861; m. Edward C. Johnson, q. v.
ii. George H., b. Dec. 2, 1862; m. Jan. 27, 1887, Jennie T., dau. of L. D. Leighton. C .. (1) Charles R., b. March 20, 1887. (2) Georgia L., b. Oct. 24,1897.
iii. Mary Jane, b. March 17, 1864; m. June 16, 1885, George H. Page of Topsham.
iv. Charles R., b. June 21, 1869; d. March 7, 1887.
KNIGHT.
DR. JONATHAN, of Westmoreland, N. H., b. Jan. 21, 1761; m. as 2d wife, Betsey, dau. of John Dudley, of Acton, Mass., and his wife, Sybil Russell, of Groton, Mass., b. Acton, Oct. 31, 1763; d. Piermont, N. H., April 30, 1866, aged 102 years and 6 months, in full possession of her faculties. She is remembered by many people in this town, as giving interesting details of the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, which fell under her observation, after she had passed her century. He d. Dec. 15, 1836. Among their c. were Josiah, who m. as 2d wife Mrs. Elinor (Cochrane), widow of Simeon Avery. who is still living here; Dr. Jonathan Knight of Piermont; Curtis of Piermont and South Bend, Ind., and Prentiss of Newbury. The latter b. Westmoreland, N. H., Jan. 21, 1797; rem. to Haverhill and about 1830 to Newbury, where he built the brick house north of the old Newbury House, and was postmaster there many years in
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the old stage days when mail would arrive in the night, and the stage driver waited while the mail for Newbury was taken from the bag. Secretary of the trustees of Newbury Seminary, 1844-68. Prominent in the Methodist church and in the Masonic Lodge. Lived some years where J. C. Leavitt now does. He was a tailor by trade. He m. Jan 2, 1822, Melinda Gould, (b. Hanover, N. H., Nov. 7, 1800; d. Bradford, Dec. 5, 1872). She was dau. of Ralph Wait Gould, (b. Hollis, N. H., June 19, 1767; d. Hanover, Oct. 20, 1825.) and Annie Smith, his wife. His father, James Gould, (b. Groton, Mass., Feb. 22,1743; d. Oct. 11, 1822), m. Mary Lovejoy of Hollis. The father of James Gould was killed in the massacre at Fort William Henry, July 22, 1758. Other c. of Ralph W. Gould were Mrs. Bacon, who lived many years in Bradford, and Mrs. Simeon Stafford, whose husband was long toll keeper at Haverhill bridge. The rest settled in New York. Prentiss d. at Medina, N. Y., March 25, 1874. Children, of Prentiss Knight:
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