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in which he d. He also owned other houses and farms, dealing, later in life, largely in western lands. Mr. Morse was prominent in the Meth. Ch., was one of the first trustees of Newbury Seminary, and treasurer from 1833 to 1845. He was, probably, more influential than any other man in securing the establishment of the institution here, and had the oversight of the erection of the building. It is probable also that had Mr. Morse been living here in 1866, and in the full enjoyment of his health and energies, Newbury Seminary would not have been moved away. He gave largely of his money and time, and helped carry the institution through more than one financial strait. He m. Jan. 27, 1822, Parmelia, dau. of Colton Haines, of Rumney, and granddaughter of Rev. Cotton Haines. She d. Sept. 9, 1863. He d. Sept. 7, 1862.
Children :
i. Martha H., b. Oct. 2, 1824; m. Aug. 8, 1841, Rev. Clark T. Hinman. (see Newbury Seminary chapter), who d. at Troy, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1854. She d. February, 1858. One son and two daus., now in the west.
ii.
1 Horace B., b. Aug. 13, 1826.
iii. Carlos M., b. Jan. 19, 1829; res. Plymouth, N. H. Succeeded his father in trade after 1862, rem. to Plymouth, and for many years was proprietor of the Pemmigewassett House; now retired. He m. April 19, 1853, Sarah R., dau. of Emory Gale of Wells River. Of their c. a son is living and dau. d. iv. Sarah K., b. Feb. 15, 1832 ; m. George E. Scott of Chicago. C., one son and two daus. are living. She d. May 28, 1888.
v. Elizabeth N., b. May 2, 1834; m. May 5, 1853, Anson M. Stevens. C., two sons who are d .; 2 daus. living. She d. Aberdeen, Mass., July 14, 1901.
vi. Helen M., b. Aug. 29, 1837 ; m. George L. Seaver of Boston ; two c., both d. She d. April 1895.
vii. Henry C., b. June 8, 1846. In business in Jersey City, N. J., some years ; m. Sept. 9,1865, Laura J., dau. of David Felker of Newbury, who d. March 20, 1894; buried at Wells River. He d. in Jersey City, N. J., March 16, 1894. C., two sons; one m. Elsie, dau. of David R. Allison of Wells River.
1 HORACE B., b. Aug. 13, 1826. In business with his father, and later was postmaster till about 1871. He afterward was in business in Boston. He m. 1st, Sept. 27, 1851, Elizabeth, dau. of William Page, (b. Aug. 8, 1825; d. Jan. 20, 1868). He m. 2d, Feb. 19, 1871, Sarah E. Page, sister of 1st wife, (b. Oct. 29, 1823; d. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 13, 1878). He m. 3d, July 26, 1875, Mrs. Martha A. (Knight) Mahurin. He d. Boston, Mass., Jan. 13, 1894.
Children, by 1st marriage, b. in Newbury :
i. Edwin T., b. Nov. 25, 1856; studied medicine at Rochester, N. Y., four years ; in the druggist business in Boston till 1885, when he was appointed an officer in the medical department of the United States Navy, and ordered for duty on board the United States Steamer Essex, which was going to China via Europe. Remained in China and Japan waters till May, 1889, when he was at home two months. Three years on board the training ship Portsmouth, crusing during the summer in European waters and spending the winter in the West Indies. One year, from July 1st, 1892, on board the receiving ship, Wabash, at the Boston navy yard. Since that time assistant medical officer at the navy yard, Boston. He m. June 3, 1879, Minnie E., dau. of Hon. Frank Smith of Lancaster, N. H. C., Frank S., b. Boston, April 4, 1880.
ii. William H., b. Dec. 2, 1859; d. at sea on board the steamer, Grace M. Parker, June 9, 1879, and buried at sea.
MOULTON.
HARRIET, dau. of John Kent, b. Lyman, N. H., Oct. 11, 1811; m. Rinaldo Moulton of Lyman. They later rem. to Haverhill where Mr. Moulton d. in 1849, leaving six c. After his death the oldest son, William O., and 2d dau., Harriet F., came to live with Clark and Relief Kent in Newbury. William enlisted in Co. H., 12th Vt., and d. in hospital, April 7, 1863, and buried at the Ox-bow. Harriet, m. Henry Dame of Orford, N. H .; they lived in the house now owned by Dr. Hatch, in Newbury, some years before Mr.
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Dame's death in 1879. Mrs. Dame with her son, Arthur K., and William M., are now living in Fremont, Neb. Lucia Moulton, the eldest dau., m. in St. Johnsbury, where the family then lived, Elmer C. Bacon, formerly of Haverhill; their home was in Cleveland, Ohio, where she d. in 1891, leaving three c. Emily Oakes and Hurd Rinaldo Moulton, d. in Monroe, N. H., and are buried in Newbury. Mrs. Harriet (Kent) Moulton d. in Muskegon, Mich., in 1895 and is buried in Newbury. Her son, Charles Carroll, now lives in Anderson, Indiana.
MUNSELL.
WILLIAM HENRY, son of John and Eliza C. (Wingate) Munsell, b. Swanton, Dec. 9, 1843; served in the Civil war, in Co. L, 1st Vt. Cavalry, from Sept. 29, 1862, till mustered out, May 17, 1865; studied dentistry with Dr. L. Gilman of Swanton, and opened an office in that place in 1871. In practice there till April, 1880, when he came to Wells River and has continued in practice here till the present time. He m. June 14, 1870, Antha Myra Warren, of St. Albans.
Children :
i. Ella E., b. Swanton, May 17, 1872.
ii. Lottie, b. Swanton, July 8, 1874; graduated 1898 at Ripon (Wis.) College; teacher in the grammar school at Wells River; now in Wisconsin.
iii. Hattie C., b Swanton, Jan. 8, 1877 ; graduated 1894 at the conservatory of music connected with Ripon College ; music teacher. She m. July 20, 1898, J. Edwin Worthen, of Bradford, clerk for Clark & Gage, Bradford. C., Harold M., b. Newbury, June 7, 1899.
iv. John Wingate, b. Swanton, June 26, 1879.
v. William Warren, b. Newbury, Jan. 21, 1883; d. Sept. 18, 1885.
vi. Antha Warren, b. Newbury, July 22, 1884.
vii. William Henry, b. Newbury, Feb. 2, 1891.
*NELSON.
WILLIAM, Sr., b. Erskine parish, Scotland, 1742, and his wife, Jean Stuart, were among the first settlers of Ryegate. They came with their three c., William, Robert and Mary, landing in Portland, Maine, and reached Ryegate, Oct. 9, 1774. They settled about a mile east of the Corner, where four c. were b. to them. They lived to be very old, and accumulated a large property for those times. Of their c .: William and Robert settled in that part of Lyman, now called Monroe, and reared large families. Their sister, Mary, m. Hugh Gardner Esq., of Ryegate, and were ancestors of the Gardner families of Ryegate and Newbury. His farm was the one now owned by John W. Nelson. John, son of William, b. Ryegate, Feb. 5, 1776; d. 1865; was a very prominent man in that town, representative, etc. Most of his c. went west, but his son. John F., lived and d. in Ryegate, a good farmer and citizen. Sophia, dau. of John Nelson, b. April 15, 1830; m. Dec. 24, 1856, Rev. James M. Beattie, who was pastor, for nearly 38 years, of the Covenanter church. Their living c. are Dr. Beattie of Littleton, N. H., Mary and Wilson of South Ryegate.
JAMES, son of William, Sr., b. 1778; town representative from Ryegate, several years. He m. 1808, Agnes Gibson, who d. 1838, aged 51. She was from Scotland. He d. 1840.
Children, all b. in Ryegate:
i. William Gibson, b. March 27, 1809; educated at Peacham Academy, and studied medicine under Prof. R. D. Mussey, of Hanover; was then in the Marine Hospital at Chelsea, Mass .; physician in Barnet several years, then in Cambridge, N. Y., where he became noted. He m. Eliza Mary, dau. of Rev. Alexander Bullions, D. D., of Cambridge, N. Y. He d. suddenly Feb. 7, 1852. Their c. were: (1) Alexander B., and (2) William H., d. in
*By Robert Nelson.
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the Union army, in Virginia. (3) Mary E., of Cambridge. N. Y. (4) Seraph, d. 1899. at Cambridge. (5) James Robert who studied medicine in New York, and was in practice several years at Wells River, then at St. Johnsbury, and is a resident of Flushing, N. Y. He m. Lillias A., dau. of Samuel A. Moore, of Wells River, and has a son and a dau.
ii. Jean S., b. Aug. 28, 1810; m. 1834, Nathaniel Batchelder of Barnet, and had seven c. Both are d. at 89 and 82 years.
iii. Margaret, b. April 28, 1812; m. about 1832, William S. Holt. He was a blacksmith at Wells River, owning the brick shop, where he made axes and other edge tools. He built and occupied the house where H. T. Baldwin now lives. About 1848, they rem. to Iowa, where both d. Of their eight c., two or three are living.
iv. John, b. April 26, 1814; major in the militia; res. in Ryegate; d. Nov. 27, 1838.
Mary, b. May 21, 1816 ; d. Wells River, Nov. 13, 1893.
vi. Elizabeth, b. May 19, 1818; d. Nov. 15, 1838.
vii. Robert, b. Feb. 24, 1820; farmer in Ryegate till March, 1890, when he retired from business and rem. to Wells River; town representative from Ryegate, 1862-63; justice 30 years. He m. Dec. 20, 1849, Isabel R., dau. of Andrew Buchanan, (b. Ryegate, May 21, 1819.) He d. Oct. 25, 1900. C., (1) Robert B., b. May 15, 1851 : res. Wells River. (2) Ibbie Jean, m. Archibald A. Miller, of Rvegate, a farmer on the "Old Warden Place," or "Longmeadow Farm." Two c., son and dau. (3) Martha A., m. O. H. Renfrew of Ryegate. Two c., son and dau. Robert Nelson and wife celebrated their golden wedding in Ryegate, Dec. 20, 1899.
viii. James, b. July 12, 1821; farmer in Ryegate; town representative, etc. He m. Dec. 23, 1852, Mary L. Gray. He d. 1891. Four c.
ix. Peter, b. June 27, 1823; d. May, 1839.
THOMAS, son of William, Sr., b. 1780; was a farmer in Ryegate and town representative. One of his sons, Major Thomas Nelson, was an officer in the Union army.
William Nelson, the emigrant, was half brother of James Nelson, the two being ancestors of nearly all the Nelson families in this vicinity.
NELSON.
ROBERT, son of George and Margaret (Gardner) b. Ryegate, Sept. 4, 1824; attended Peacham Academy and Newbury Seminary, and taught eight terms of school. In 1849, he went to California, via Cape Horn, time 130 days. Returned 1853 via Panama, in one month. He m. April. 5, 1855, Judith, dau. of John and Judith (Brock) Darling, (b. Jan. 16, 1825). Lived where E. E. Putnam lives, at West Newbury, then bought the Col. Thos. Johnson farm on the Ox-bow, living there four years. He bought, in 1869, the John Randall farm on Jefferson Hill, which was once that of Merrill Bayley. He d. Newbury, Feb. 22, 1895. Children :
i. George Darling, b. Ryegate, May 1, 1856; res. Davenport, Iowa. He m. Dec. 3, 1879. Clara Matilda Karl, (b. Jan. 2, 1866; d. Sept. 9, 1894). C., (1) George William, b. Nov. 3, 1880 (2) Robert John, b. Nov. 6, 1881; d. Nov. 27, 1881. (3) John Andrew, b. Nov. 27, 1882; d. May 18, 1883. (4) Judith M., b. May 21, 1886. (5) Robert H., b. June 18, 1887. (6) James D., b. July 4, 1888; d. Aug. 7, 1890.
ii. Hannah F., b. Newbury, Aug. 21, 1858; m. Sept. 8, 1887, Owen E. Kingsbury, b. Sept. 23, 1851. C., Bertha A., b. Jan. 2, 1891.
iii. John, b. Newbury, Aug. 9, 1860; m. June 7, 1895, Mamie Louise Smith.
iv. Jennie Richardson, b. Newbury, Nov. 15, 1865; m. Jan. 27, 1886, Albert Wright, and lives on the homestead. C., Ben Harrison, b. Oct. 6, 1888.
NELSON.
WILLIAM, came from Bothwell, Scotland, in 1836, and bought the farm called "The Hermitage," where Hon. Peter Burbank had lately d., and which before was called "The Scott place," near South Ryegate. He was called "Scotch Nelson," and "Scotch Willie," to distinguish him from the other
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William Nelsons in this vicinity. Mr. Nelson was a good farmer, who made the barren knolls blossom like the rose. He m. Mary, dau. of William Buchanan, of Ryegate. They were members of the Covenanter church at Ryegate Corner, and never failed to be in their places, rain or shine on the Sabbath.
Children :
i. Margaret B., b. July 29, 1836; m. Robert James Nelson, and rem. to Iowa. Three c.
ii. Isabel A., b. 1838; graduated Newbury Seminary, 1865; m. Alexander Davidson; d. in Ryegate, 1879, on the Whitelaw farm. Four e.
iii. Agnes C., b. July 26, 1846; m, Oct. 25, 1876, Henry E. Whitehill, and lived on her father's farm. She d. Feb. 19, 1885. Five c.
iv. Annie, d. of diphtheria while attending Newbury Seminary.
v. Son, who d. at 18 years of age.
NELSON.
ENOCH and STEPHEN, brothers, came here not far from 1804, from Salisbury, N. H., and settled south of Boltonville. They have long been dead, and none of their name live here now. The following records were prepared by Edward Miller, and corrected by Mrs. Agnes Gardner, both now deceased. Enoch Nelson settled on what is now called the "John Miller place," below Boltonville, and built the large house still standing there. He m. 1st, a Miss Pike; m. 2d, Lydia (Alexander), widow of James Taylor; m. 3d, Mrs. Wheeler. He d. Jan. 29, 1863.
Children :
i. Polly, b. Jan. 22, 1807; m. Mason Randall; d. March 26, 1875.
ii. Hannah, m. Paul Wheeler.
iii. Sarah, m. Dennis Wheeler.
iv. Eliza, b. April 22, 1812; m. William Gardner, q. v.
v. Lydia, m. Dec. 26, 1839, Jacob F. Page of Groton.
vi. Rebecca, d. un-m. May 1, 1842.
vii. Abigail, m. March 8, 1838, Lewis Page of Groton.
viii. Alice, or Elsie, m. Reuben Pike.
ix. Naney, b. June 26, 1821 ; m. John Miller and settled on her father's farm; d. Jan. 21, 1866. Mr. Miller was b. in Ryegate, April 7, 1814, and d. at Woodsville, a few years ago. 12 c.
STEPHEN, was a large farmer and a substantial citizen. He owned four or five hundred acres of land on "Nelson Hill," one mile south of Boltonville. The buildings are all gone, and most of the farm is pasture now. He m. Rachel, dau. Ezra Gates.
Children :
i. Betsey, m. Timothy Hinman, and rem. to Derby.
ii. Major, m. Mehetable Deming of Bath.
iii. Stephen, m. 1st, Emerenza Allis; m. 2d, Sally Johnson.
iv. Finette, mn. William Grant, Jr.
v. Oswell, went west.
vi. Rachel.
vii. John, d. y.
viii. Effie, m. Franklin Learned.
ix. Robert, went west.
x. Charles, m. Caroline Wesson, of Corinth.
xi. Marion.
xii. Mary, m. a Mr. Williams.
NILES.
NATHANIEL, b. Orford, N. H., Nov. 30, 1793; m. about 1817, Silence Sawyer, who d. in Newbury, Nov. 23, 1854, aged 57. They came to West Newbury 1823, and bought the farm where Charles Corliss now lives. Their house was burned, and he built the present house. He was a very industrious man, a soldier in the war of 1812. member of the Cong. Ch., nearly 60
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years, and long superintendent of the Sunday school at West Newbury. He sold his farm about 1863, lived in Orford some years, then with his dau. in Maidstone, till death, Dec. 28, 1885. Buried at West Newbury. Children :
i. John Sawyer, b. Orford, April 25, 1820; went to Wisconsin in 1849; was a traveling salesman, and later a farmer, holding many public offices ; member of the Disciples Ch. He m. 1854, Sarah H. Carpenter. He d. Monroe, Wis., Sept. 13, 1896. C., Rev. C. F. Niles, of Menominee, and T. W. Niles of Monroe.
ii. George A., b. Newbury, 1825; carpenter in Boston; killed by falling from the roof of a house, Jan. 14, 1863; buried at West Newbury. He left a wife and dau.
iii. Tabitha Maria, became a dressmaker in Boston; m. a Mr. Lemont, and · rem. to Wisconsin, where she d., leaving a daughter.
iv. Nathaniel Lewis, went west and lives in Iowa where he has two sons who are educated men.
v. Harriet Buxton, m. J. H. Benton, then of Bradford, afterward of Maidstone, and now of Lancaster, N. H. C., (1) Samuel, b. Bradford, Jan. 10, 1858; farmer in Guildhall. (2) Hattie M., b. Bradford, Feb. 3, 1859; m. George Balch of Lunenburg. (3) Benjamin B., b. Bradford, June 24, 1863; res. Lancaster. N. H. (4) Joseph, b. Maidstone, Dec. 7, 1866; res. Concord, N. H. (5) Caroline E., b. June 7, 1870; res. Portland, Me. (6) Hugh H., b. Jan. 19, 1872; graduate Boston University ; lawyer. (7) John E., b. May 14, 1875; graduated Boston University; lawyer. (8) Mary E., b. Sept. 3, 1878. J. H. Benton, Jr., a well-known lawyer of Boston, is half-brother of these.
vi. Henry Wallace, m. 1st, Helen, dau. Ross Ford; went west, and lives in Wisconsin. Four c. One dead.
vii. Edwin Carter, enlisted in Co. H, 11th N. H., in the Civil war, and d. while serving as a nurse in a hospital at Newport News, March 16, 1863, aged 24. Buried at West Newbury.
viii. Adeline Silence, m. Luther Gage of Orford, N. H., and d. about 1883, leaving five c.
NOURSE.
PETER, lived in Danvers, Mass., and m. Lydia Low. Rem. to Rockingham where both d. at nearly 100 years of age. They had 11 c. of whom 10 lived until the youngest was 60 years old. Of their c., Lydia m. David Boynton, (q. v.)
JEREMIAH, b. probably in Danvers, Nov. 26, 1777 ; m. Dec. 25, 1806, Ruth, dau. of Jacob Bayley, (b. Apr. 28, 1790; d. Dec., 1862). They settled in Newbury where he owned a farm of about 500 acres at the Lime-Kiln, living where Horace Brown now does. Rem. to Bradford about 1850, where both d. He d. Jan. 21, 1857.
Children :
i. Maria, b. Feb. 25, 1809 ; m. James George, q. v.
ii. Sophila, b. June 14, 1811; m. March 4, 1830, Dr. Israel Huntley of Topsham ; two c .; d. Sept. 26, 1841.
iii. Ruth, b. Sept. 4, 1813; m. Aug., 1836, Rev. James H. Patterson ; d. Dec. 31, 1836.
iv. Alonzo, b. May 20, 1816; d. March 31, 1817.
v. Alonzo W., b. March 23, 1818. m. March 18, 1841, Isabel Renfrew; three c .; d. He lived where Mr. Kasson now does.
vi. William Harvey, b. July 4, 1821 ; m. May 22, 1844, Lydia Renfrew, dau. of Robert Renfrew ; rem. to Bradford ; 3 c .; all d. y. ; d.
Jeremiah Nourse was a fine man and a sterling citizen, whose opinions were held in high esteem. He was not a professor of religion, but was a serious thoughtful man. The following anecdote is worthy of preservation. "Many years ago he, with others, was on his way to Salem, Mass., with wheat, and the party stopped for the night at a tavern, and in the course of the evening the conversation turned upon religious subjects, the topic of discussion being the relative value of religious denominations. Mr
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Nourse listened to the conversation without taking part in it, when one of the company turned to him and asked, 'Mr. Nourse, what do you think of these things ?' He replied. 'Sir, when we come to Salem they will not ask us 'Did you come by the turnpike?' or 'Did you come by the river road ?' or 'Did you come over the hill ?' but they will ask us 'Is your wheat good ?' It is not our profession but our character which will entitle us to acceptance or rejection in the great day.'" The part of the town now known as the "Lime-Klin" was long known as the "Nourse neighborhood."
*OLMSTED.
JAMES, with nephews, Richard and John, and niece, Rebecca, came from London in the ship, "Lion," to Cambridge, Mass., in 1632. John had no .c., and it it believed that all of the name in this country are descended from Richard or James. The Newbury branch can trace its connection back to Jabez Olmsted, who was b. about 60 years after the coming of Richard and John. Thomas' Olmsted Genealogy says that John, son of Richard, had ten c., but does not give the name of the 10th, who may have been Jabez. Richard, the emigrant, settled in Hartford, Conn., in 1636, but rem. in . 1650 to Norwalk, where the name is still common.
I. JABEZ, of Deerfield, Mass., b. about 1690, appears as a scout in Capt. Benjamin Wright's expedition (Chapter II. this volume) up the Connecticut and White rivers in May, 1709. He was one of ten men who passed down "French or Onion river," went out upon Lake Champlain, where they routed a party of Indians aud killed four of them. For this exploit each man of the company was granted £6 by the General Court of that year. He settled in Brookfield, and several purchases of land are recorded by him in what is now Ware. He was a prominent citizen, owning a large farm and mills, captain in the militia, and of the 10th Co. in Capt. Samuel Willard's regiment (4th Mass.) in the expedition against Louisburg in 1745. He m. 1712, Thankful, dau. Thomas Barnes of Brookfield, (b. Marlborough, May 1, 1695, who d. after January, 1736). He m. a 2d wife and d. in 1752 or 1753. Eleven c., of whom Israel, third c. and second son, was b. in Brookfield, Mass.
II. ISRAEL, b. Mareh 24, 1716. In business with his father; soldier in the Old Freneh war; sergeant of a company which marehed in 1757, for the relief of Fort William Henry, and probably saw other service. Settled in Hardwick, but rem. to Lyman, (now Monroe), N. H, about 1771, to take charge of the lands of Col. John Hurd of Haverhill. No trace of him is found after 1789, except a tradition that he d. at about 90, not far from 1806. He m. 1st, May 12, 1737, Sarah, dau. Joseph Bannister, who d., and he m. 2d, Anna Safford. Seven c. by 1st m. and four by 2d, of whom, Timothy. b. 1744, m. Susan Killam, and settled in Monroe, N. H .; d. 1812. John lived in Hanover, N. H., Joseph, who lived in Newbury, and Sarah m. Daniel Hall of Burke.
III. JOSEPH, b. Brookfield, Mass., 1745; lived in Brookfield, and marehed from there in Capt. John Wolcott's company in the "Lexington alarm." Served 8 months in Capt. John Cowles' Co. of Woodbridge's regiment, being stationed at Cambridge. This regiment served at Bunker Hill. He is supposed to have re-enlisted at the expiration of his term, about Jan. 1, 1776, as he was in service in August of that year, at Ticonderoga and Fort Edward, as a corporal in Hamilton's Co. of Brewer's regiment. In Feb., 1777, he was at Brookfield as a member of the 1st Co. of "Matross" (artillery), at which time he enlisted for three years in Capt. Noah Nichol's Co. of Gen. Knox's artillery, in which he was commissioned 2d Lieut., June 11, 1778, having before that date served 162/3 months in the army. In Jan. and in Feb., 1779, he was in command at Brookfield of a company of volunteers guarding military stores. Soon after this he resigned from the serviee. He rem. to Hartland; in 1792 to Lyman, N. H., and eame to this town about 1780. He was a carpenter and was employed on the "old
*From a manuscript prepared by Anson Titus of Somerville, Mass.
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court house" in 1801, as appears by Col. Johnson's account. He is said to have used the "square rule" in framing the timber. the first time it was used here. He m. June 11, 1774, Sarah Wood. Hed. in 1804, at the house of Joseph Prescott; buried in Rogers Hill cemetery. His descendants were usually connected with the M. E. church.
Children :
i. Sarah, b. Brookfield, Mass., March 16, 1775; m. Ebin Hidden; 11 c.
ii. Sophia, b. Oct. 4, 1776; m. - Irwin.
iii. Simeon, b. Oct. 31, 1778, m. Susan Ladd; res. Haverhill where the births of 7 c. are recorded. He was b. in Hartland.
iv. Serepta, b. Jan. 3, 1780 ; m. Joseph Prescott, q. v.
v. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1783 ; m. 1822, Betsey Noyes.
1 vi. John, b. Sept. 30, 1785.
vii. Mary, m. Charles Harding of Haverhill; two daus.
1 JOHN, b. Hartland, Sept. 30, 1785; rem. to Haverhill, where he was a carpenter and built the house near the cemetery, long occupied by Rev. Grant Powers; rem. to Methuen, Mass. In October, 1818, he enlisted at Boston, in Co. E, 6th U. S. Infantry, under Capt. W. S. Foster. After a brief service at Plattsburg the company was sent to St. Louis, thence to the Missouri river, where he d. at Fort Martin, after 10 months army life, Aug. 30, 1819. He m. Feb. 9, 1806, in Salem, N. H., Sarah Ayer. Children :
2 i. Isaac H., b. Jan. 27, 1808; d. Aug. 30. 1878.
ii. Lois Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1809; m. Feb. 10, 1842, Rev. James Madison Eaton; d. Williamsburg, Mass., Oct. 2, 1899.
iii. Adeline Melissa, b. Aug. 29, 1814; m. May 3, 1837, Charles Gordon of Hampstead, N. H .; d. Worcester, Mass., Jan. 2, 1892.
2 ISAAC HOWE, b. Haverhill, N. H., Jan. 27, 1808; worked in Boston and vicinity a few years; learned the chair making trade of Charles Harding of Haverhill; came to Newbury in 1828-9, and made chairs in the shop of Israel Prescott. In the same business in the Nourse neighborhood 1830-33; from 1833 to 1840, on the Westgate place; rem. to South Newbury, 1840, where he built a chair factory and continued in business till death, Aug. 30, 1878. He m. 1st, May 27, 1830, Eliza, dau. Joseph Prescott, (b. Oct. 24, 1812; d. Oct. 20, 1840). Five c. He m. 2d, April 29, 1841, Mary, dau. John Atwood She d. Nov. 10, 1842. One c. He m. 3d, June 7, 1843, at Irasburg, Sarah Ann Allyn. She d. April 3, 1861, aged 48 years, 6 months. Four c. He m. 4th, Oct. 5, 1863, Mrs. Susan C. (Fuller) widow of John Thompson, now (Mrs. Jones). Res. at South Newbury.
Children :
i. Sophila A., b. Sept. 28, 1831; m. George G. Dimick of Chicago; d. 1875.
ii. Infant, b. March 8; d. March 19, 1834.
iii. George Stowers, b. Aug. 21, 1835; d. March 7, 1842.
iv. Mary H., b. Nov. 9, 1837; m. July, 1863, Elijah Cook; lived in Newbury, but rem. to Meriden, N. H., where she d. Five c. Four living.
v. Infant, b. Oct. 12, 1840; d. aged one month.
vi. Almira Atwood, b. Oct. 20, 1842; m. William W. Chalmers, q. v .; d. July 14, 1893.
vii. Laura Eliza, b. May 20, 1844; d. March 8, 1862.
3 viii. Perley Ayer, b. July 22, 1848; d. Aug. 10, 1896.
4 ix. Abner Allyn, b. June 15, 1850.
x. Frank E., b. May 11, 1856; d. March 25, 1861.
3 PERLEY AYER, b. July 22, 1848. Fitted for college at Newbury and Montpelier Seminaries; graduated Vermont University 1877; teaching and other business in Colorado, 1878-82; took post graduate course at Northwestern University; returned to Newbury and was in business with his brother. Railway mail clerk for some time after 1887, receiving 981/2 per cent at the civil service examination. Member of the Methodist church, and connected with the Sunday School at West Newbury. He was a fine scholar, of quiet retiring manners; loved the society of books and had his life been spared might have produced something well worth doing. In Aug., 1896 he went to New York to work for the National Democratic committee. He was taken ill and d. at the city hospital Aug. 10, 1896; buried at West New-
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