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Children :
1 i. Esther, b. Jan. 14, 1780; d. April 14, 1867.
ii. Betsey, m. Samuel Gibson, q. v.
iii. Charles, b. Nov. 8, 1784. d. y.
2 iv. John, b. Dec. 19, 1786; d. July 17, 1881.
3 v. James, b. April 24, 1792.
vi. Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1794.
4 vii. Archibald, b. Jan. 31, 1797; d. Jan. 22, 1889.
5 viii. Robert, b. June 15, 1799.
ix. Mary, b. July 31, 1803; d. April 4, 1830.
1 ESTHER, b. Jan. 14, 1780 ; m. in 1806 or 1807, Daniel Thomas Gregg. She was one of the earliest pupils at Haverhill Academy, boarding in the family of Col. Charles Johnston She d. April 14, 1867.
Children :
i. Jane Elizabeth, b. March 31, 1808 ; d. July 26, 1883.
ii. Rowena, b. June 17, 1811; m. 1870, William Beard; d. Aug. 14, 1879.
iii. John Harrison, b. Sept. 21, 1813; d. Feb. 5, 1895.
iv. Maria Louisa, b. Nov. 25, 1815; m. in Boston, 1842, Thomas B. Delano, who d. May, 1880. She d. Aug. 5, 1884.
v. Ann B., b. Oct. 13, 1818; d. Dec. 1, 1834.
vi. Charlotte, b. June 26, 1821; teacher in the west, 1847-1884. The last 24 years she had a school for young ladies in Chicago. She has furnished most of the Mellen family records.
vii. Esther M., b. April 30, 1824; d. May 24, 1843.
2 JOHN, son of Thomas, b. Dec. 19, 1786. He went to Boston while young and learned the trade of cabinet maker. In the same business at Philadelphia. Joined a Militia Co., called the Philadelphia Blues, and served in the war of 1812 as fifer of that company. Soon after the war he went to Toronto, Canada, and worked as a builder. He m. 1831, the dau. of a friend from New York, a Mr. Hawley, who had taken up a large tract of land there. Later he returned to this country and settled at Oscoga, Mich.
Children, all b. in Branford, Ontario:
i. Nancy, b. 1836; now Mrs. Charles H. Tanner, of Aberdeen, Washington. Three sons, Eugene, Harold and Charles, the two latter in the lumber business in northern Michigan.
ii. Thomas J., b. 1838; res. Massy Station on Georgian Bay. Served in the Civil war; was at Missionary Ridge ; is m. and has five c., Edward, Walter, John, Florence and Mamie.
iii Harriet, b. 1840; now Mrs. Samuel L. Bayley, of Wyoming, Ont. ; has 12 c. One son, Thomas, in Vancouver, B. C., and John, private secretary to his uncle John at Duluth ; three c. at home and seven other daus. m.
iv. Sarah M., b. 1847; now Mrs. C. A. Fridlander, of Black River, Mich. One son, Charles M. Mr. Fridlander served in the Union army from the fall of 1861 to the end of the war.
v. John, b. 1849; res. Duluth, Minn. He is managing partner in the firm of Alger, Smith & Co., probably the largest lumbering concern in the country. operating in Michigan, Ontario and Minnesota.
3 JAMES, b. April 24, 1792; built the second house north of the town house. He m. Lucy Webber, June 2, 1819. He d. in Edgartown, Mass. Seven c., threc are living, b. in Newbury :
i. Augusta, b. 1824, now a widow; m. James Fisk; has one dau., who is m. and has three c .; res. Edgartown, Mass.
ii. Mary, also a widow; m. Frank Brow; has three sons and two daus.
iii. Amos, m. a Miss Ripley of Edgartown; both are d. ; left two sons.
iv. Helen, m. a Mr. Presby of Taunton; both d. ; left two daus.
v. Thomas, was master of a vessel during the Civil war; taken prisoner by a privateer and confined in Libby prison. When liberated he was a mere skeleton, and so broken that he has never been able to take care of himself. Is an inmate of the Sailor's Snug Harbor at Chelsea, Mass.
4 ARCHIBALD, b. Newbury, Jan. 31, 1797. He was for some ycars a teacher, then merchant, but in the latter years of his long life was trial justice at Edgartown. He was m. to Sarah -- Dec. 15, 1825, by Rev. Mr.
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Thaxter, who had been a chaplain in the Revolutionary war, and lived to offer prayer at the laying of the corner stone of Bunker Hill monument. She was b. Oct. 22, 1801; d. Nov. 5, 1852. He d. at Edgartown, Mass., Jan. 22, 1889.
Children :
i. Susan M., b. Sept. 30, 1826; m. June 13, 1853, George Mayhew, (b. Nov. 23, 1822 ; d. Dec. 1, 1861) ; two c., son and dau.
ii. Thomas, b. Sept. 7, 1827; d. March 7, 1830.
iii. Archibald, b. June 25, 1830. He became a sailor, and while still young, was first mate on a whaling voyage. In 1858, he sailed from New Bedford as master of the brig "Junior," and d. before the end of the voyage, 1858. He was a very promising young man.
iv. Jane, b. May 5, 1832.
v. Thomas, b. Oct. 8, 1834, sailor. He was m. Aug. 22, 1862, to Katherine J. Courtney ; ten weeks later he sailed as master of the ship, Levi Starbuck, of New Bedford. On the fifth day out they encountered the Confederate steamer, Alabama, Nov. 2, 1862, and after a chase of eight hours they were obliged to surrender. The officers were taken on board the Alabama and put in irons ; their ship after being plundered was burned. After 18 days of suffering they were landed at Fort de France, Island of Martinique, whence he received free passage to St. Thomas. From there he worked his passage to New York on an English brig, having been absent two months. Eight months later he sailed again and continued in the business till 1889, having followed the sea for forty-three years. He has a son and a dau.
5 ROBERT, b. June 15, 1799; farmer in Newbury; m. a dau. of John George of Topsham, who d. at Sparta, Wis. He d.
Children :
i. Martha, a teacher; m. a Mr. Newberry ; res. at Sparta, Wis., and d. before her mother.
ii. Eliza Jane, m. James Divoll of Topsham, and went to California.
MERRILL.
So many families in this vicinity are of Merrill ancestry, that the following account of early members of the family, prepared by Rev. J. L. Merrill, will be of interest :
I. NATHANIEL, with his brother John, emigrated from England as early as 1633. He first settled in Ipswich, Mass., but rem. to Newbury, in that state, in 1634, or the following year. He m., probably in England, Susanna Willerton. She d., the widow Jordan, Jan. 12, 1672. He was of Huguenot descent, and the original spelling of the name was Merle. As his ancestors fled from France because of their fidelity to the reformed faith, they naturally cast in their lot with the Puritans of England. This family in France are still Huguenots, the most distinguished member of recent years being Merle D'Aubigne, the historian. As the patronymic Merle means blackbird, the earliest generations of the family in that country, used a seal on which is displayed three blackbirds. He d. March 16, 1654-55.
II. NATHANIEL, 3d c. of the emigrant, b. 1638; m. Joan Kinney ; was left by will, heir to the farm of his father.
III. NATHANIEL, his oldest son, rem. to Haverhill, Mass.
IV. JOSEPH, b. Haverhill, July 3, 1709; m. Sept. 23, 1731, Ruth Corliss, a descendant of that George Corliss, ancestor of so many families in this valley.
Children :
i. Joseph, d. y.
ii. Mehetabel, d. un-m.
iii. Joseph, lived in Bethel, Me.
iv. Benjamin.
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v. Elizabeth.
vi. Ruth, b. March 15, 1743; m. Jesse Wilson of Pelham. Their son, Nathaniel Wilson, eame to Haverhill, N. H., in 1801.
vii. John, m. Ruth Cleveland and lived in Bath, N. H.
viii. Abigail, m. 1st, a Mr. Poole, who was drowned in the Connecticut river at the Narrows, after which she m. as 2d wife, March 26, 1772, Col. Thomas Johnson, and d. Dee. 2, 1774.
1 ix. Nathaniel, b. March 2, 1747.
1 NATHANIEL, son of Joseph and Ruth (Corliss) Merrill, b. March 2, 1747; m. Sarah, dau. Col. John Hazen, (published June 22, 1771, "Nathaniel Merrill of Bath and Sarah Hazen." Haverhill town records), b. 1754; d. Feb. 7, 1819. He was first in Bath about 1770, then in Newbury, of which he was a grantee, his farm being that one long owned by Capt. Moses Swasey, and later by his son, Dea. George Swasey, and now for many years, by James Lang. His house was near the east end of the Ox-bow, near the river. He rem. to Haverhill, and in old age to Piermont, dying in the house built by Capt. Uriah Stone on Moose Meadow, May 3, 1825, and is buried in the old burial ground on the river road, in that town. He
was in Capt. Thos. Johnson's Co. of Minute Men, 1775. First Lieutenant in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co. Guarding and scouting, April, 1777, to May, 1779, one month, 14 days. First Lieutenant in Capt. Frye Bayley's Co., which marehed to Saratoga, Sept. 23 to Oet. 27, 1777. He was also Major in the militia, and a very active and busy man of strong common sense, an invaluable man in a new community. He was noted for his strong voice, a peculiarity inherited by many of his descendants. Major Merrill and Capt. Joshua Hale eould converse when a mile apart with perfect ease. He was colleetor of taxes in Newbury in 1776, and his name is on the muster roll as of this town in 1778. Town representative from Haverhill, 1794, '95,"'96 and 1806.
Children, births of the first 8 from Haverhill town records. Deaths in part from the Hibbard family Bible.
i. Sarah, b. May 5, 1772; m. Col. Aaron Hibbard of Bath, q. v .; d. Feb. 24, 1842.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Newbury, March 3, 1774; m. Capt. Moses Swasey of Newbury, q. v .; d. Feb. 4, 1855.
iii. Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1776; d. April 2, 1778.
iv. Mary (Polly), b. March 16, 1778; m. Nathaniel Runnels of Piermont; d. Oet. 7, 1838.
v. Anna (Nancy), b. Feb. 7, 1780; m. Obadiah Swasey of Haverhill; d. Dec. 6, 1850.
vi. Abigail, b. June 16, 1782; d. April 2, 1818.
vii. Charlotte, b. July 15, 1784; m. Isaac Pearsons of Haverhill; d. Aug. 19, 1817.
viii. Lueinda, b. Jan. 20, 1787; m. Abner Bayley of Newbury; d. Dee. 15, 1809.
ix. Ruth, b. 1789; m. James Morse of Corinth; d. September, 1854.
x. Hannah, b. 1789, (twin to Ruth), m. Gov. John Page of Haverhill, and had nine e. She d. Feb. 13, 1855.
xi. Mehetabel, b. 1792; m. Thomas Morse; d. March 22, 1812.
xii. Nathaniel, b. 1795; d. April 29, 1817.
xiii. Louisa, b. 1797; m. Samuel Page of Haverhill; d. Dec. 23, 1821.
Another Merrill family has the same emigrant ancestor-Nathaniel of England and Newbury, Mass.
I. NATHANIEL.
II. ABEL, b. 1643-4.
III. ABEL, b. 1671; m. Sarah Hazzleton.
IV. ABEL, b. 1697, settled in Atkinson, N. H., where his son John became one of the earliest dcacons of the Cong. Ch. Two sons of Abel Merrill, Stevens and Joshua, settled in Warren, N. H., and three of his grandsons followed their uncles to Warren. Nathaniel and Samuel, sons of Rev. Nathaniel Merrill of Boscawen, and Abel, son of Dca. John Merrill of Atkinson. Abel m. Tamar, dau. of Benjamin Kimball, a Captain in
REV. JOHN L. MERRILL.
DEA. FREEMAN KEYES.
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the Continental army. Thirteen c. were b. to them in Warren. Joshua, son ot Dea. John Merrill of Atkinson, emigrated to Corinth. He m. Dorcas Richardson of Lyndeborough, N. H., and to them were b. 16 c. Benjamin and John, eldest sons, respectively, of Abel and Joshua, were both merchants, the first in Haverhill, N. H., and the second in Corinth. Harriet, dau. of John Merrill of Corinth, m. Hon. Henry W. Bailey of Newbury. Benjamin Merrill of Haverhill was succeeded in his business at the Corner by his eldest son, Dea. Abel Kimball Merrill; for the family of the latter, see later. George Alfred Merrill, at one time superintendent of the Passumpsic R. R., and afterward of the Rutland R. R., was a great grandson of Stevens Merrill, son of Abel, who settled in Warren. Still another numerous race claims descent from the same emigrant. Roger Merrill, a cousin of the first Abel, spoken of in this paragraph, descended from Nathaniel through his son Abel, and grandson Abel, was b. March 10, 1713, and m. Mary, dau. of Ezekiel Hale. He was a deacon in the Cong. Ch., West Newbury, Mass. His dau., Hannah, b. July 7, 1733, m. Ebenezer White, (q. v.), an early settler of this town. Dea. Abel Merrill of Haverhill, a prominent business man of that town, was twice m., his wives being sisters, daus. of John Leverett of Windsor and descendants of Gov. John Leverett of Massachusetts.
Children :
i. John Leverett, b. Haverhill, May 29, 1833; graduated Dartmouth College, 1856; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1859; ordained and installed pastor of a Presbyterian church, at Chanceford, Penn., Oct. 31, 1860; dismissed November, 1865; principal of the combined high schools of Lancaster, Penn., till April, 1866; pastor of the Cong. Ch. at Acworth, N. H., 1866-1870; Marlborough, N. H., 1871-1887; Rindge, N. H., 1887-1891; Newbury, Aug. 2, 1891, to Aug. 2, 1901; published in 1869, a History of Acworth, N. H. Mr. Merrill has also rendered most valuable assistance in the preparation of this history. He m. Sept. 11, 1860, Mary L., dau. of John A. and Nancy (Clarkson) Murphy of Chanceford, Penn. At the end of ten years of most faithful service, Mr. Merrill resigned the pastorate here, to the great regret of the entire community. Advancing years and failing health compelled the change. He was the first president of the trustees of Tenney Memorial Library, and had freely given to it the fruits of his ripe experience. The editor of this volume desires to express, in behalf of himself and the town, his sense of obligation to him for his wise assistance and patient suggestion, in his work. He was succeeded, as president of the library trustees, by T. C. Keyes. Res. at Fitchburg, Mass. C., (1) Mary L., b. June 18, 1862; teacher. (2) Annie C., b. Dec. 27, 1867; d. July 8, 1868. (3) Charles C., b. March 3, 1872; graduated Dartmouth College, 189 -; Yale Theological Seminary, 189 -; ordained pastor of Cong. Ch., Steubenville, O., 189 -.
ii. Benjamin, b. March 25, 1836; graduated Dartmouth College, (scientific department), 1858; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1864; ordained by Carlisle Presbytery, June 7, 1864; pastor, Barton, Md., 1864-66; Pembroke, N. H., 1866-70; Ausable Forks, N. Y., 1870-83; Swanzey, N. H., Oct. 1882, till d., Nov. 16, 1888. Survived by wife and a son.
iii. Charles H., b. 1845; graduated Dartmouth College, and Andover Theological Seminary; pastor at Monkato, Minn .; West Brattleboro, 14 years, now secretary of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society. He m. Laura B., dau. of Daniel Merrill of Haverhill, and Washington, D. C .; res. St. Johnsbury. He received the degree of D. D. from Dartmouth College, 1901.
MESERVE or MESERVEY.
SAMUEL, of Marblehead, Mass., m. Dec. 8, 1768, Elizabeth Bowden. He d. leaving one son, Samuel, and his widow, m. 2d, William Peach, Sr., of Marblehead and Newbury. Their son, Samuel, m. Feb. 13, 1791, Ann, dau. of Nathaniel and Anna (Larkin) Pearce, (baptized Dec. 9, 1770), his wife and the wife of William Peach, Jr., being sisters. They came to
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Newbury about 1800. He was killed in a sawmill, and she d. Jan. 15, 1854, aged 84. Buried at the town house.
Children :
i. Nancy, m. Edward Rollins, q. v .; d. Aug. 14, 1869.
ii. Samuel, drowned in Connecticut river in 1823.
iii. Betsey, m. William Lindsey ; d. Aug. 12, 1844, aged 43.
1 iv. Jonas, b. Aug. 4, 1799; d. April 7, 1869.
v. Amy, b. 1802; m. Justin Lindsey ; d. Oct. 31, 1887, aged 84.
2 vi. William, b. 1803; d. Nov. 20, 1851.
1 JONAS, b. Aug. 4, 1799; farmer in Newbury ; deacon in 1st Ch., 1853, till death ; m. in Haverhill, Jan. 19, 1825, Jane Chapman, (b. Feb. 29, 1804; d. March 9, 1865). He d. April 7, 1869.
Children :
i. Elizabeth, b. Haverhill, June 24, 1826; m. Aug. 28, 1848, Joseph Slocomb, who d. Sept. 11, 1880. C., (1) Clara J., b. April 6, 1850. (2) Louis A., b. April 24, 1853. (3) Elmer E., b. June 8, 1861.
ii. Grant Powers, b. June 29, 1829; m. 1st, May 28, 1854, Emily Martin, who d. Jan. 8, 1886, aged 54 years, 8 months. He m. 2d, Addie Hook, who d. Jan. 3, 1898. He d. March 14, 1897, at Penacook, N. H., where he had res. some years.
iii. George P., b. May 31, 1831; carpenter; deacon in 1st Ch., Easthampton, till death. He m. May 28, 1854, Laura Martin, sister to the 1st wife of his brother, Grant, b. Dec. 7, 1832. He d. Easthampton, Mass., April 25, 1895. C., (1) Henry S., b. 1855. (2) Clara A. (3) Addie, b. January, 1860; d. Jan. 1, 1861.
iv. Henry J., b. Aug. 31, 1833 ; farmer in Newbury ; m. July, 12, 1865, Mary A. Cummings, of Plymouth, N. H., (b. Plymouth, April 14, 1843). He d. Oct. 15, 1892. C., (1) Jennie May, b. Aug. 16, 1867; d. July 23, 1881. (2) William H., b. Feb. 9, 1870; station agent at Haverhill, now at Penacook, N. H .; m. April 12, 1891, - Barber. (3) George D., b. May 8, 1872.
v. William B., b. Oct. 9, 1835; d. Oct. 21, 1855.
vi. Nancy J., b. Jan. 15, 1838; m. Feb. 1, 1866, James Pride. C., Lillie Estelle, b. Dec. 23, 1866; d. June 12, 1887.
vii. Joseph Gibbs, b. April 6, 1840; m. Aug. 5, 1867, Kate J. Pray; res. in Maine. No c.
2 WILLIAM, b. 1803 ; farmer. He m. Susan C., dau. of Samuel Thompson, (b. Feb. 1813; d. Oct. 2, 1871). He d. Nov. 20, 1851.
Children :
i. Lois A., d. Dec. 21, 1846, aged 12 years, 8 months.
ii. Amos, a young man highly esteemed. He enlisted in Co. C., 3d Vt. Volunteers, for three years, and was killed in a skirmish at Lewinsville, Va., Sept. 11, 1861. His remains were brought home and buried at the town house cemetery, and he was the only soldier from Newbury killed in battle whose remains were brought back.
iii. Robert M., b. in Newbury, Jan. 16, 1839. Served in the Civil war in Co. D., 1st Vt., for three months, and as Sergeant in Co. H., 12th Vt., for nine months. He had charge of the Freeman Keyes farm in Newbury, and later the Henry Keyes farm in Haverhill, many years. He now owns and res. upon the farm which was for 112 years owned by Col. Jacob Kent, his son and grandsons. He m. 1st, March 19, 1872, Margaret G., dau. of Andrew and Christian G. Dunnett, who d. June 3, 1890, aged 39. (1) William Andrew, b. May 7, 1873; educated at Dartmouth College; now in the west. (2) Nettic May, who d. March 9, 1879, aged 2 years, 2 months. (3) Frank Robert, b. Junc 21, 1880. (4) Milo Alexander, b. Sept. 6, 1884; m. 2d, Eva Preston, dau. of Stephen and Ella Farrar, who d. Nov. 24, 1894, aged 27 years, 5 months.
iv. William A., marble worker, learning his trade of Mr. Jenkins of Bradford; rem. to New York state, and d. at Bath, N. Y., in September, 1892; wasm. v. Mary Janc, tcacher; d. in Haverhill, March 6, 1880, agcd 35 years.
vi. Wallace L., res. in Lakeville, N. Y.
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METCALF.
EPHRAIM, b. in England, in the year 1770; emigrated to America some twenty years later, and settled on a farm in Newbury, near the northwest corner of Bradford, and was one of the first settlers in that region, clearing the land and building the buildings on the farm that still bears his name. His wife, Martha, d. in 1845, and he d. in 1858, leaving two sons, John and Burgess. Burgess continued on the homestead and m. Lucy Hall of Newbury, in 1819. They had three c., Ephraim, Olive and Isaac, the two latter dying young, while Ephraim continued on the farm with his parents. Mrs. Metcalf d. in 1860, and Burgess in 1880. Ephraim B. Metcalf m. Sophronia Avery of Topsham in 1854. Their c. were, Isaac J., C. H., Lucy, Fannie, John, Mary and Sarah. All died young except Isaac J., and Sarah, who m. James Clark of Bradford, while Isaac J. continues on the old farm with his mother.
MILLS.
This family originated in Argyleshire, Scotland, and were of the Scotch colony which came from the north of Ireland about 1725, and settled in Londonderry, N. H. With them came the McDuffies, McKeens, McGregors, McAllisters, and other well-known families. John and Robert Mills, brothers, came about 1720, or the next year. John settled in Haverhill, Mass., but after a few years rem. to Coleraine, in that state, where he was killed by the Indians. Robert settled in Chester, N. H. He was m. before coming to America. John, son of Robert, m. Susan Ferrin of Chester. Their c. were, John, Thomas, James and Mary. The last named John served in the French and Indian war, came early to Coös, and was a grantee of Haverhill, but settled in Newbury, his farm being that now owned by W. W. Brock, Jr. His wife was a daughter of Archibald McDuffie. He built not far from 1780, the house now known as the Davenport house at South Newbury. This house has been greatly altered, and was, back in the early '60s, a square-roofed house of large size. John Mills and his son, John, served as scouts in Capt John G. Bayley's Co. in the Revolutionary war, one month, each. John Mills (whether father or son is unknown) served as a corporal in Capt. Ezekiel Ladd's Co. of Bedel's regiment, from April 6, 1778, 11 months, 25 days. John Mills, Sr., was a carpenter, mechanical ingenuity being hereditary in that family. The date of his death is unknown. He was a member of the Presbyterian church at Chester; as witness, this certificate in the town records :
"Chester, Nov. 25, 1787. This may certify whom it may concern, that John Mills, son of Deacon John Mills, was in full communion in the Presbyterian church of Chester, and was brought up a Presbyterian. Witness my hand. Matthew Forsyth, Ruling Elder."
Both father and son were held in respect and filled many public offices. One of them was of the committee which built the "Old Meeting House" in 1788. The names of all the c. of John Mills, Sr., are not known, but the following marriages recorded on our town records are believed to be of his family: "Josiah Pratt and Mary Mills. Oct. 13, 1785. James Kent and Tamar Mills, Jan. 31, 1793. James Caruth and Molly Mills, Oct. 20, 1800. Archibald McDuffie Mills and Anna Aikin, Dec. 4, 1800. Samuel Hall and Sally Mills, Dec. 28, 1800." Another dau. m. John Orr of Ryegate. John Mills, Jr., was admitted to the church, Dec. 2, 1791, and his wife, May 5, 1793, and the following baptism of c. are reported: Nathan, May 5, 1793; Susanne, Sept. 25, 1796; Betsey, April 29, 1798; Mindwell, Sept. 8, 1799. He is said to have become one of the first settlers of Derby, but seems to have returned here, as the following inscriptions in the cemetery at the Ox-bow seem to indicate. "John Mills, d. March 21, 1833, aged 78. Elizabeth, his first wife, d. June 5, 1796, in her 44th year. Susanna, second wife, d. March 6, 1843, aged 84." Archibald McDuffie Mills settled on the homestead, where most of his c. were b., but later, exchanged his farm with Ben Porter for wild land in Topsham, whence he rem. He built the house called the John Johnson
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house, just below the Bradford line, before he went to Topsham, and lived there some years. He was b. Sept. 13, 1775, and his wife, Anna Aikin, was b. April 16, 1780.
Children of Archibald and Anna Mills. (Dates of their births from Topsham town records).
i. William, b. Nov. 7, 1802 ; m. Aug. 27, 1829, Esther, dau. of Adam Dickey.
ii. Jacob, b. March 30, 1805; m. Jan. 22, 1829, Marion Dickey.
iii. Archibald, b. March 4, 1807; m. Jan. 8, 1832, Sarah Ann, dau. of Samuel Eastman ; d. 1894.
iv. Calvin, b. June 26, 1809; m. Mary Forsyth; d. March 22, 1891.
v. Caroline, b. June 9, 1813; m. a Mr. Dickey.
vi. Horace, b. Nov. 30, 1815; m. Jane Batchelder.
vii. Joseph, b. March 6, 1817; m. 2d, Nancy Felch.
yiii. John, b. March 5, 1820 ; d. y.
ix. Hiram, b. March 1824; m. Jane Forsyth.
The Mills brothers were all carpenters of rare skill and they probably erected more buildings in this vicinity than any equal number of men. This family has always been prominent in Topsham.
MINARD.
JOHN H., son of Amos and Betsey (Hopkins) Minard, b. Tunbridge, May 25, 1817; lived in Duxbury, Waterbury and Bradford, coming to West Newbury in 1877. He m. in Duxbury, Feb. 26, 1843, Roxalana, dau. of Amos and Mary (Fuller) Moore, (b. Andover, N. H., March 10, 1826; d. Jan. 14, 1900).
Children :
i. Edwin Abbey, b. Duxbury, Apr. 7, 1844; d. 1859.
ii. James H., b. Duxbury, Sept. 3, 1848. Was in the west several years. Came to Newbury, 1879 and m. Dec. 27, 1887, Mrs. Elizabeth (Brock) Jewell. He has a collection of rare books.
iii. Susan E., b. Duxbury, Dec. 22, 1850; d. y.
iv. Edwin Asa, b. Waterbury, June 16, 1862; laborer; res. West Newbury; m. Feb. 25, 1891, Jennie Godfrey. C., (1) Alice, b. May 21, 1892. (2) Jessie J., b. May 15, 1894.
v. Jesse, b. May 15, 1885; d. 1891.
MOORE.
SAMUEL A., b. in Dorset, N. H., Jan. 29, 1810; was in the lumber business at McIndoes for 30 years before 1873. He operated mills at McIndoes, and before the days of railroads was largely occupied in taking large quantities of lumber down the Connecticut river in rafts. He lived in Wells River after 1873, then rem. to St. Johnsbury, but returned to Wells River to engage in the lumber business again. He m. Jan. 29, 1846.
Children :
i. John A., b. Jan. 13,1847; d. Feb. 18, 1898. He was in the clothing business in St. Johnsbury, where he was succeeded by his son.
ii. Lillias B., m. Dr. James R. Nelson.
iii. Jane, m. Charles P. Joy.
MORSE.
TIMOTHY, son of Stephen and Sally (Ray) Morse, b. Haverhill, N. H., April 27, 1803. He came to Newbury about 1824, and was one of the most active business men in this region for about thirty-five years. He was in trade with several men, and erected a large building where J. B. Hale's store now stands, in which he kept storc. Mr. Stevens was his partner some years, D. N. Burnham for some time before and after 1834, and James M. Chadwick. He owned the large farm which is now that of F. E. Kimball, and built the house which was burned in 1898, also built, among others, the brick house where the Leslic family have long lived, the one in which S. L. Swascy lives, and the one now owned and occupied by C. F. Darling,
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