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x. Mary, b. April 29, 1809; d. Groton, March 1, 1814.
xi. Andrew, b. Feb. 10, 1810; m. Groton, Dee. 5, 1833, Ruth Bennett; d .. Forest Mills, Iowa, March 2, 1895. Two e.
xii. Betsey, b. June 8, 1812; d. Groton, May 6, 1820.
Azubah, b. Dec. 22, 1814; d. Ryegate, Jan. 13, 1884 ; un-m.
xiii. xiv. Electa, b. Dec. 19, 1821; d. Aug. 7, 1824.
xv. Louisa, b. July 2, 1823; d. Barton, Feb. 15, 1890.
xvi. Almira C., b. Dec. 1. 1827.
xvii. Allen G , b. June 4, 1829; served in Civil war; d. Baton Rouge, La.
xviii. Chester, b. Jan. 12; d. June 12, 1830.
xix. Edwin, b. March 7, 1832; d. March 11, 1834.
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2 JOSHUA, son of Joshua, b. Newbury, May 6, 1770; m. Abigail, dau. Abiel Chamberlin, (b. Newbury, Jan. 14, 1774). Lived on Ingalls hill some years ; later, rem. to the vicinity of Toronto, Canada. He d. May 27, 1813.
Children :
i. Betsey, m. a Mr. Goddard; lived in the north part of this state, later in Illinois.
ii. Louisa, m. a Mr. Eaton; lived in Canada, later in Indiana.
iii. Lois, m. a Mr. Sims; lived in Canada.
iv. Hannah.
F. Melissa, twin to Hannah. They m. brothers named Wright; settled in Toronto.
vi. David, settled in Canada, about 1840.
vii. Nathaniel, never m.
viii. Mehetabel, m. Sherburne Lang of Bath, q. v.
RITCHIE.
ARCHIBALD, came from Kilmarcome, Scotland, in 1844. His wife, Elizabeth Leitch, d. on the voyage. They had five c. One dau., Jean, m. William Bone of Newbury, and d. in 1876. Mr. Ritchie bought the John Miller farm near South Ryegate, where he lived until his death in 1885. He was a Covenanter, and many times walked from South Ryegate to the Walter Harvey meeting house in Barnet to hear what was to him sound doctrine. He m. 2d, Agnes Lumsden, whose father lived in Scotch hollow, but who d. at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Ritchie.
DUNCAN, who owned the John Randall farm near Boltonville, and was also b. in Scotland, is a son of Archibald. He m. April 1, 1852, Ann, 2d dau. of Andrew Wylie. They had four c: Elizabeth, b. 1854; Free, b. 1856; Archibald, 1859; Lilla, 1861. Elizabeth, Archibald and Lilla d. all three of diphtheria, in one week, in 1869, leaving Free, who grew up to manhood, and was one of the finest young men whom this town has ever produced. He went to New York City in April, 1883, and d. suddenly there of Bright's disease in the following July. Mr. Ritchie has been for more than fifty years a member of the Reformed Presbyterian, commonly known as the Covenanter church at Ryegate Corner, of which he was long the session clerk. He d. suddenly, June 20, 1900.
ROBINSON.
JOHN, b. Tolland, Conn., May 18, 1771. He m. Esther White; settled first in Weathersfield, but came to Newbury before 1834 and settled on a farm now owned by H. G. Rollins. He was a farmer and carpenter, also taught singing schools. He had a brother, Benjamin, and two sisters, Ruth and Lois, who lived in Barton and Brownington. The sisters never m. He d. Apr. 30, 1852.
John and Esther Robinson had 8 children:
i. John, m. Ruth Smith; res. Bath; afterwards rem. to Barton, where he reared a large family.
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ii. Harvey J., b. June 21, 1798.
iii. Lois, m. Moses Dyer, and res. at Canton, Conn.
iv. Thankful, m. Sept. 23, 1824, Holland DeWitt, who d. while she was yet young, and she lived with her sister at Canton, Conn.
T. Lavania, m. Dec. 10, 1829, Thomas Henry Carbee, q. v.
vi. Naomi, never m .; lived in Newbury.
vii. Esther, m. March 5, 1837, Benjamin Blodgett. Two sons, Edwin, a conductor for many years on the Passumpsic railroad, and Clark Perry, a resident of Newbury, who has two sons.
1 HARVEY JOHNSON, b. Wethersfield, June 21, 1798. Carpenter. He was a fine singer, as were all his family. He m. March 7, 1839, Sarah A., dau. of
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Samuel White, (b. Nov. 13, 1811 ; d. Portland, Me., Oct. 30, 1898). He d. Newbury, Jan. 1, 1863.
Children :
i. Olive W., b. April 2, 1840: m. April 18, 1871, Henry M. Parker of Putney ; rem. to Portland, Me., 1873. C., (1) Laura Ellen, b. Newbury, March 24, 1873. (2) Marion Kimball, b. Newbury, Sept. 13, 1875. (3) William Harvey, b. Portland, Me., Jan 12, 1877.
ii. Ellen S., b. June 27, 1842; m. February, 1879, N. C. Munson, a contractor on the Montpelier and Wells River R. R., who d. Sept. 16, 1894, leaving a daughter, Ada Robinson, b. Portland, Me., Feb. 9, 1881.
iii. Harvey E., b. Nov. 24, 1843; d. Dec. 10, 1844.
iv. Julia Kingsbury, b. Dec. 5, 1844; m. April 20, 1887, Capt. Pliny Crowell, who is now deceased.
v. Emma C., b. Oct. 12, 1846; m. Nov. 29, 1871, Samuel R. McCaw, of Port Perry, Ont. C., Henry Robinson, b, Newbury. Jan. 21, 1877.
vi. Emery Curtis, b. Oct. 28, 1848; m. Dec. 29, 1882, Alice Coffin of Portland, Me .; res. Deering, Me. C., (1) Agnes Almena, b. Portland, Me., March 18, 1886. (2) James Albert, b. Deering, Me., Jan 12, 1892.
vii. Albert Drake, b. Sept. 16, 1850; res. Porland, Me.
viii. Sophia Hale, b. July 29, 1852; res. Portland, Me.
*ROGERS.
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This family claim descent from Rev. John Rogers, the martyr. His widow and children rem. to Wales, from whence, a century later, Stephen Rogers, a descendant came, who settled in Newburyport, Mass., but afterward rem. to Hampton, N. H. A descendant of his, bearing the same name, m. Mary Nichols from England, whose father was high sheriff of Massachusetts colony. This Stephen d. y., leaving two c., son and dau , the latter m., it is understood, a Mr. Morrill. The son, Josiah, was the pioneer of the family in Newbury. He was b. about 1747, and m. Hannah Woodman of Hampton; her sister m. Dea. Wm. Carter. They were daus. of Hilton Woodman, b. 1712, a descendant in the 4th generation of Edward Woodman, who came over in 1635. According to family tradition Josiah Rogers came here about 1774, but the first recorded mention of him here is in 1785. He settled on what has been since called "Rogers Hill," where he cleared a fine farm with the aid of his sons. His mother came with them, and despite her dislike of the wilderness, lived to the remarkable age of 99 years, 8 months, having survived her husband nearly 80 years, dying in 1816. Josiah Rogers d. Nov. 26, 1828, in his 81st year. On his tombstone in the old burial ground on Rogers Hill he is styled "Lieutenant Josiah Rogers."
Children, most of whom came with their parents :
i. Stephen, b. Feb. 5. 1771; lived in Topsham; m. a Miss Carter; d. Newbury, Oct. 7, 1857. They had several c. One dau. m. Peter Grattan, of Bath. N. H. Another m. Stark Huntley and had a son, and a dau. who m. A. T. Clarke of Bradford, and has a dau., Maudc H.
ii. Moses, tanner and currier; rem. to Kingston. Ont., and m. a dau. of Col. O'Neil of the British army. Both d. y., leaving onc son, who, in 1876, lived at Norwalk. O., having a son and dau.
1 iii. Levi, b. Oct. 12, 1776; d. Sept. 22, 1839.
2 iv. Samuel, d. Sept. 8, 1857.
Lydia, m. John True, a plow-maker, and d. at North Haverhill.
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vi. Hannah, m. Oliver Barrett, Jr., of Windsor, and d. at Zanesville, O., about 1858. The names of five sons were John, Oliver, William, George and Charles.
vii. Mary, m. James Smith, q. v.
viii. Ruth, m. 1st a Mr. Ferrin, a schoolmaster, who came here with the Rogers family to teach the children. They had two sons, Eben and Aaron. She 111. 2d. Peter Powers, of Corinth, a son of Stephen Powers, of Newbury. Four c. She d. at the age of 98, at the home of her son, Granville Powers. 3 ix. Josiah, d.
*Communicated by Byron O. Rogers, Mrs. A. P. Webster, Mrs. N. Robinson and others.
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x. Nancy, m. 1st Bliss Corliss, of Corinth; m. 2d Eastman. Four c. One dau. m. Day Osgood. No. c. Another, Alma, m. a Mr. Craig, and had a son, Charles, of Bradford, who m. May Wright, and has one dau. xi. Robert, m. March 19. 1812, Mary, (called Kate in Rogers record), dau. John Johnson; res. in New York state, where he was a merchant, then built a stone house on the boundary line at Stanstead, P. Q. He went south, and no more is known of him.
1 LEVI,2 (Josiah,1) b. Hampton Beach, Oct. 12, 1776; m. April 24, 1800, Betsey, dau. Uriah Stone of Piermont, who was a soldier in the Old French war and in the revolution. (She d. Jan. 29, 1856). Lived in Topsham a few years, but returned to Rogers Hillabout 1807, where he built the house owned now by James Johnston. He was prominent in town affairs. Representative, 1821. He was active in the militia, and captain of a company of detached militia in Fifield's regiment, in the war of 1812, and was afterwards colonel in the militia. He d. suddenly Sept. 22, 1839. Children, two d. in infancy :
4 iii. Moses, b. March 2, 1803; d. Aug. 27, 1864.
iv. Eliza, b. Newbury, May 4, 1807 ; m. 1st, Bradley Doe ; m. 2d, John Atwood; d. Oct. 16, 1853. (See Atwood family).
Hannah H., b. Jan. 1, 1812; d. September, 1849.
5 vi. Levi, b. July 10, 1814; d. Oct. 3, 1852.
vii. Henry Edwin, b. March 6, 1819; d. in infancy.
6 viii. Angelina P., b. May 13, 1820; d. Dec. 11, 1900.
ix. Betsey M., b. March 14, 1822; went to Richmond, Ind., as a teacher in May, 1848, and m. March 3, 1850, William G. Scott. She d. Nov. 16, 1862. He d. November, 1877. C., (1) Charles Edwin, b. May 9, 1852; 111. Feb. 20, 1870, Eleanor R. Mitchell; d. Freeport, Ill., Sept. 8, 1894. (2) Clara Rogers, b. June 3, 1856; d. Dec. 25, 1876. (3) Helen Logan, b. Nov. 16, 1876, John B. Dougan of Richmond.
x. Amanda, b. Nov. 19, 1826; d. in infancy.
7 xi. Bradley Doe, b. Aug. 6, 1828; d. June 20, 1900.
2 SAMUEL, b. Hampton, N. H., (according to town record) Feb. 5, 1773; farmer on homestead, where he kept tavern for a time, and was prominent in town affairs, and belonged to the Whig party. He m. 1799, Ruth, dau. Daniel Stevens of Haverhill. (See Stevens family). He d. Sept. 8, 1857. She d. Jan. 10, 1864.
Children :
8 i. Josiah W., d. Feb. 17, 1846.
ii. George, m. Eliza Blake; had sons, Samuel and George. He d. in Boston, and has no descendants living.
iii. Harriet, m. John Bailey, of Newbury, q. v .; and rem. to Buffalo, N. Y., and lived to be 98 years of age, d. in summer of 1901.
iv. Samuel Frank, lived at West Topsham, owning a carding and cloth dressing mill. He m. Augusta Sawyer. C., (1) Ellen, m. Arad Corliss. Four c. (2) Augusta, m. a Mr. Place. No c. (3) Frank, merchant at East Corinth till burned out. He m. 1st, a lady from Chateaugay, N. Y. C., Ernest S., and Hattie R., of Milton ; 2d, Clara Austin, of Milton. He d. a few years ago.
9 v. Nancy, b. Dec. 12, 1807 ; d. Sept. 11, 1850.
10 vi. Oliver B.
vii. Horace G., m. Lucy Clapp; lived in Milton, Mass .; d. 1869. C., (1) Horace C., m. and d. No c. (2) Lucy, m. Henry C. Rogers; lives at Quincy, Mass. C., Minnie and Molly. (3) Charles H., m. Florence Merry ; lives in Buffalo, N. Y. C., Florence.
viii. Lucia, m. Michael Carleton of Haverhill; d. 1843. One c., Louise, who m., and d. without c.
11 ix. Azro B., b. March 28, 1823.
JOSIAH,2 (Josiah,1) m. Catherine Barrett of Windsor. Children :
i. William B., res. in Philadelphia, where he was the publisher of a weekly literary paper. Rem. to Bristol, Pa., where he engaged in the raising of sage, and became the largest producer of it in the world. He spent much time and research in tracing the various branches of the Rogers family and
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left a record of it which was nearly complete. He m. Rebecca Wright; 5 c .; d. Apr. 2, 1883.
ii. Catherine, m. Abel Walker of Canton, N. Y.
iii. Oliver Barrett, res. Canandaigua, N. Y .; rem. to California; twice m .; d. about 1873; 6 c.
iv. Josiah F., physician; d. about 1855; no c.
v. Robert, lived in St. Charles, Ill .; 2 c.
vi. Eleutheria, m. Oliver Grow of Lorraine, N. Y .; 4 c.
vii. Christina, m. Hiram Walker; lives near Manistee, Mich .; 3 c.
viii. Eliza, m. a Mr. Spaulding ; lives near Topeka, Kan .; 1 son.
ix. Emily, never m.
x. George W., physician at Mazalton, Mexico; is m; no c.
4 MOSES, 3 (Levi,2 Josiah,1) b. Topsham, May 2, 1803 ; m. * Dec. 12, 1829, Adeline, dau. Col. John Bailey. Lived at West Newbury ; rem. to Guildhall, then to Northumberland, N. H., where he d. Aug. 27, 1864.
Children :
i. Robert B., b. June 8, 1831 ; d. y.
ii. Adeline B., b. Newbury, June 19, 1834; m. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 10, 1857, Timothy Allen; res. at Columbus, Ohio. C., (1) Lemuel E., b. Richmond, Ind., July 1, 1858; res. Canton, Ohio. (2) Helen M., b. Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 28. 1860; d. Dec. 15, 1876. (3) Mary B., b. Feb. 16, 1863; res. Columbus, Ohio. (4) Bradley R., b. Oct. 12. 1865; res. in St. Louis; d. May 8, 1897; 1 c. (5) Estelle E., b June 12, 1867; res. Columbus, Ohio. (6) William A., b. Feb. 12, 1871; d. Feb. 18, 1874. (7) Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1870; res. Hartford, Wis. (8) Walter A., b. Jan. 18, 1872; res. Columbus, Ohio. Angeline W., b. Nov. 12, 1874 ; d. May 13, 1896.
iii. Estelle L., b. May 21, 1837; m. Sept. 22, 1857, Horace T. Adams at Guildhall. She res. in Hartford, Wis.
iv. Helen Maria, b. Guildhall, Dec. 1, 1841; m. in Buffalo, N. Y., Dwight Jackson of Hartford, Wis., where she d. Sept. 2, 1889.
v. John Bailey, b. March 24, 1847; m. Emma L. Wheelock of Hartford, Wis., where he d. May 6, 1877.
5 LEVI,3 (Levi,2 Josiah,1) b. Newbury, July 10, 1814. [This branch of the family and some others spell the name Rodgers.] He m. at Haverhill, Dec. 8, 1841, Mehetable, dau. Michael Carleton. Rem. to Guildhall where he d. Oct. 3, 1852. She returned to Haverhill and d. June 15, 1896.
Children :
i. Levi, b. Guildhall, May 9, 1843; fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy. Graduated Dartmouth College 1866; Andover Theological Seminary, 1871. Pastor Cong. Ch. at Claremont, N. H., 1871-80; 1st ch. Georgetown, Mass., 1880-89; Cong. Ch. North Greenwich, Conn., 1890. He m. 1st, Aug. 6, 1866, Mrs. Ella S. Dimmick of Quechee; she d. Oct. 1, 1883; 2d, July 5, 1894, Jessie C. Gilmorc.
ii. Harriet C., b. March 9, 1845; res. Haverhill.
iii. Michael C., b. March 7, 1847. Fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy ; graduated Dartmouth College, 1871 ; in business at Bridgeport, Conn. He m. July 25, 1872, Laura J. Chamberlain of McIndoes Falls. C., Bradley C., b. Apr. 14, 1874; graduated Dartmouth College, 1898, and took a post-graduate course.
iv. Betscy M., b. May 7, 1840; d. Nov. 5, 1867.
6 ANGELINA PUTNAM,3 (Levi,2 Josiah,1) b. Newbury, May 13, 1820; m. Oct. 6, 1844, in the Union Mceting House, Samuel Cummings Webster, a merchant of Plymouth, N. H., where she lived till her death, Dec. 11, 1900. Hc d. Jan. 23 1883. In 1894, Mrs. Webster and her brother, Bradley D. Rogers, presented a bell to the Union Meeting House in memory of their parents. Children :
i. Winnifred A., b. Apr. 19, 1851 ; res. Plymouth.
ii. Margaret C., b. July 28, 1858; m. Dcc. 3, 1879, James H. Stone of Detroit, Mich. C., (1) Samuel W., b. Oct. 24, 1881. (2) Lucile H., b. Feb. 19, 1883. (3) James B., b. March 11, 1884.
*The town and Bailey family records give the date Dec. 11, 1828.
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7 BRADLEY DOE,3 (Levi,2 Josiah,1) b. Aug. 6, 1828. He went to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1851, and engaged in the wholesale provision trade, in which he was very successful, and from which he retired leaving it to his sons. He m. April, 1855, Mary Louise Williams, of Buffalo. Mr. Rogers d. June 20, 1900. Children, all b. in Buffalo :
i. Mary Louise, b. April 6, 1856; d. May 2, 1871.
ii. Emily Williams, b. May 13, 1857; m. May 16, 1878, David Clark Ralph, of Boston. C., (1) Edmund Bradley, b. Feb. 20, 1879. (2) Roger, b. May 21, 1880.
iii. George Bradley, b. Feb. 1, 1859; d. in infancy.
iv. Charles Otis b. July 3, 1860; in the provision business at Buffalo ; m. Aug. 29, 1882, Mary Lampp.
v. Frank Albert, b. Apr. 17, 1862; in the provision business at Buffalo. He m. Apr. 23, 1884, Ella McNeal of Buffalo. C., (1) Bradley Albert, b. Dec., 1885. (2) Edith, b. Jan. 8, 1888.
vi. Clara Winifred, b. June 12, 1866; d. in infancy.
vii. Harry Edwin, b. Aug. 8, 1867; in the provision business at Buffalo; m. March 20, 1890, Rebecca Hodge of San Monica, Cal.
viii. Anna Lois, b. March 30, 1869; m. June 11, 1889, Matthew Baines of Buffalo.
ix. William Brayton, b. March 4, 1872; d. in infancy.
8 JOSIAH W., 3 (Samuel,2 Josiah,1) farmer, and major in the militia. Lived in West Newbury till 1831, when he settled a half mile west from Hall's Pond, and built in that year the house known later as the Myron Abbott house, which was burned Jan. 17, 1900. In 1841, he built a house, and, later, barns on the highest point on the road between the town farm and Newbury village where he d. Feb. 16, 1846. These buildings are also gone. He m. March 7, 1822, Lydia S., dau. of Richard and Anna (Maynard) Aldrich. After his death she m. Jan. 1, 1846, William Bolton, (q. v.), and d. Jan. 7, 1892.
Children :
i. Edwin Aldrich, b. Oct. 20, 1824. Fitted for college at Newbury Seminary ; one year at Wesleyan University, but graduated at Harvard. Studied law with Judge Underwood; admitted to the bar, Jan. 20, 1854. Went to California in that year and settled at Sonora, Tanhumine county, in the practice of law, in which he was very successful. He m. Dec. 24, 1864, Henrietta G. Morrow of Jamaica Plain., Mass .; d. Feb. 2, 1900; no c. He d. at St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, June 20, 1898.
ii. George Edson, b. Feb. 19, 1826; d. Oct. 23, 1846.
iii. Russell Kimball, b. Oct. 19, 1827; lawyer. Went to California, 1852; m. 1856, Clara Walbridge of Peacham. A son and two daus. survived their father. He d. Oct. 30, 1886.
iv. Frank S., b. Aug. 14, 1830. Went to California, 1855; m. at San Francisco, 1858, Mary Byrne; rem. to Nicasio. Marin county ; 2 sons and 3 daus.
v. Henry W., b. Aug. 28, 1832; d. Jan. 26, 1853.
vi. Nelson Josiah, b. Nov. 5, 1834. Went to Boston, 1851, and to California, 1854 ; returned to Vermont , 1862. Served during the Civil War in Co. H, 12th Vermont; m. in Boston, Oct. 3, 1865, Clara Hunkins, (b. in Haverhill, N. H.); rem. to San Francisco, 1856, where his wife d. June 6, 1875, aged 36. Two c., Elva W., d. in her 21st year, and Clarence J., who d. in his 18th. He m. 2d, June 3, 1883, D. Augusta Peer, a native of Whichchurch, Ont. She d. Aug. 26, 1890. Two c., Annie Grace, and Roswell.
vii. Eliza Lawrence, b. Sept. 13, 1836. Went to California with her brother, Edwin, in 1854, and m. in 1855, Dr. Mark T. Dodge, a native of New York City. He d. 1866, leaving two c. Mrs. Dodge resides in Stockton, Cal.
viii. Lydia Annette, b. Sept. 26, 1839; m. Aug. 10, 1862, J. Frances Jenness, a native of Beverly, Mass., a member of the 40th Massachusetts in the Civil War. Rem. to San Francisco, 1872, and later to Southern California, where he d. April 1, 1886. C., Herbert H., and Ina P., b. in Boston; Maud P., b. and d. in California. Mrs. Jenness and children now live in San Francisco.
ix. Emily Stevens, b. Jan. 2, 1842; m. March 15, 1866, Nathaniel Frances Fletcher of Wrentham, Mass .; res. in Boston ; no c.
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9 NANCY,3 (Samuel,2 Josiah,1) b. Dec. 12, 1807; m. Feb. 27, 1827, Ezekiel Johnson, (b. Sept. 26, 1803; d. Oct. 9, 1880). They settled in Bath, but rem. to Bradford about 1840. She d. Sept. 11, 1850. Children :
i. Mary E., b. Jan. 19, 1828; m. Dec. 25, 1849, Roswell Farnham, of Bradford, lawyer; colonel of the 12th Vt., in the Civil War, and governor of Vermont, 1880-82. C., (1) Charles C., a lawyer of Buffalo, N. Y. He m. Grace Hall. Two c. (2) Florence, m. Edward C. Osgood, of Bellows Falls. One dau. (3) William H., res. Buffalo, N. Y. Two c.
ii. Ruth Ann, b. Jan. 26, 1839; m. B. B. Chadwick; d. 1897.
iii. Nancy J., b. April 19, 1835; m. John H. Ruckel, of Buffalo. Five c.
iv. Harriet B., b. Dec. 19, 1837 ; m. Mortimer Bradley, of Buffalo. Both d .; 2 c.
v. Ezekiel T., b. May 1, 1839; served in the 10th Vt. in the Civil War; res. in Bradford, Penn., where he is in the oil business. He m. Sophia Louise, dau. J. Amherst Bayley, who d. at Buffalo, May 17, 1870.
vi. William Henry, b. March 7, 1840; res. in Buffalo. Thrice m., 1st, Virginia Hartley ; m. 2d, Mary Adelia Lord; 3d, Mary Hill. C., by 1st m., Evedena, m. Benjamin Love, of Buffalo; by 2d m., Harry, who is m .; by 3d m., several c., one of whom, Roswell, graduated at Harvard University.
10 OLIVER B.,3 (Samuel,2 Josiah,1) b. March 29, 1812; farmer on the homestead, after spending six years in Boston. He m. March 21, 1838, Polly Ann Woodman, dau. Dudley Carleton, (b. Feb. 6, 1818; d. Dec. 24, 1900). They were members of the Methodist church more than 60 years, of which he was a steward, and most liberal supporter, in that part of the town. Steward of Newbury Seminary, 1850-52, keeping the boarding house, and built, 1853, the house which Geo. B. Barnett owns and occupies. He built, :1838, the farmhouse in which his son lives, and in which no one died till 1894. In politics, Whig and Republican, holding town offices. He d. Aug. 1, 1900.
Children :
i. Lucia B., b. June 15, 1843; res. with her parents ; teacher ; d. Aug. 17, 1894.
ii. Lauribel, b. Jan. 4, 1848; m. Azro P. McKinistry.
iii. Byron O , b. Jan. 10, 1856 ; farmer on homestead, has held town offices, and is a trustee of the Tenney Memorial Library. He m. May 24, 1898, Ella May, dau. of B. Frank, and Alice A. (Bixby) Williams, (b. May 24, 1880). C., Hope, b. Jan. 9, 1900.
This last mentioned family is the last of the name on Rogers Hill.
11 AZRO BUCK,3 (Samuel,2 Josiah,1) b. March 22, 1823. Farmer on Rogers Hill ; was also engaged in the sale of patent rights and farm machinery. He was a large producer of maple sugar and was, for a time, in the orange business in Florida. His fine set of farm buildings on Rogers Hill was burned March 14, 1889. Res. South Newbury. He m. 1st, Sophronia Wilson, who d. 1852; 2d, March 2, 1859, Almira P., dau. Mason Randall. Children, one by 1st m., and four by 2d :
i. George H., res. Somerville, Mass .; 3 c.
ii. Hattie Francena, b. Nov. 17, 1861 ; d. Apr. 19, 1871.
iii. Mary Alice, b. July 9, 1865; m. Dec. 6, 1893, John Gardner Shepard, (b. Plainfield, Conn., Aug. 3, 1864). Is manager of Haverhill creamery. C., (1) Azro Rogers, b. Dec. 7, 1897. (2) Almira L., b. July 28, 1900.
iv. Harry Azro, b. Jan. 16, 1870; d. Jan. 31, 1889.
v. Charles Arthur, b. Oct. 17, 1873; drowned in Connecticut River, Junc 1, 1892.
Azro B. Rogers, and his nephew, Byron O. Rogers, are the last male descendants of Josiah, the pioncer, in Vermont, bearing the name of Rogers.
ROGERS.
DANIEL ALLEN, b. East Columbia, N. H., Sept. 11, 1828. He was son of Daniel and Phche (Tibbitts) Rogers, his grandfathers being Enoch Rogers and Richard Tibbits. He was educated at Farmington, Mc., studied law with Lyman T. Flint of Colebrook, N. H. ; admitted to Coos County bar, May, 1854. In practice at Colebrook, N. H., six years, St. Johnsbury one year, Wells River 20 years. He was auditor, referce, and master in chancery in
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Vermont and New Hampshire. Town representative, 1872-73. State's attorney for Orange County. (See also Judge Leslie's chapter upon Wells River). He m. Nov. 29, 1855, Sarah Amanda Cooper of Beloit, Wis. He d. July 11, 1881. Mrs. Rogers res. in Beloit.
Children :
i. Edwin Louis.
ii. Charles Herbert.
iii. Phebe Amanda.
iv. Sarah Helen.
ROLLINS.
EDWARD, b. Wolfboro, N. H., Aug. 1, 1788 came to this town about 1810; settled on a farın in the Wallace district, where his son, Samuel M., afterwards long lived. In 1831 he removed to the farm where his son Henry G .. still lives. Served in war of 1812. He m. Nancy P., dau. of Samuel Meserve, who d. Aug. 14, 1869. He d. Newbury, Oct. 16, 1864. Children :
i. Ann, b. Aug. 1, 1814; m. William Lindsey.
ii. Edward, b. 1816.
iii. Betsey, b. 1817.
1 iv. Samuel M., b. Oct. 22, 1819 ; d. Oct. 3, 1893.
v. Marion W., b. December, 1821.
vi. Mary J., b. Jan. 31, 1824; m. 1st, George Otis; m. 2d, Samuel Corliss; d. Sept. 15, 1881.
vii. William W., b. March 5, 1827; conductor on B. C. & M. R. R. many years; m. in Barnet, May 30, 1852, Olive S. Thayer; d. Dec. 4, 1873.
viii. Jonas M .. b. March 14, 1830; res. Danvers, Mass. ; served in union army ; wounded at Antietam.
2 ix. Henry G., b. July 7, 1832.
x. Justin L., b. May 14, 1834; served in an Ohio regiment during the Civil War; was in 19 battles; unharmed.
1 SAMUEL M., b. Oct. 22, 1819; farmer; m. 1st, Nov. 3, 1844, Fidelia, dau. Charles George, who d. March 20, 1850, leaving one son. He m. 2d, August, 1852, Martha Smith, who d. April 7, 1856, leaving two sons. He m. 3d, Oct. 28, 1857, Samantha, dau. of Jacob Sulham. He d. Oct. 3, 1893.
Five children by 3d marriage, eight in all:
i. George F., b. July 3, 1849; d. 1879.
ii. Charles B., b. March 12, 1854; m. 1877, Martha Stearns of Bradford. C., (1) Martha, m. Winthrop Southworth. (2) Goldie.
iii. William M., b. March 26, 1856; m. May 5, 1880, Bertha, dau. Robert Wallace; farmer on the William Wallace farm. C., (1) daughter, b. Feb. 8; d. March 10, 1883. (2) Leonard, b. May 8, 1889. (3) William, b. Jan. 14, 1895.
iv. Fidelia G., b. April 18, 1858; d. November, 1876.
T. Lilla M., b. April 9, 1866; m. Nov. 29, 1887, Eri C. George.
vi. Edwin L., b. March 21, 1868; m. and res. in Morristown, N. J
vii. Elvira L., b. March 18, 1870; m. Guy C. Howland.
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