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Children :
i. Percy G., graduated Norwich University ; civil engineer at Worcester, Mass.
ii. Raymond U., b. Newbury; graduated Norwich, 1894; in partnership with his father, under the firm name of Smith & Smith, since May 1, 1899.
STEBBINS.
HORACE, b. Newbury, 1773; was a blacksmith, and built the house in which W. H. Atkinson lives, his shop being near that place. He m Hannah , (b. Newbury, 1774 ; d. July 21, 1847). He d. Jan. 31, 1842. Children, all b. here:
i. Gustavus, b. April 7, 1795.
ii. Cynthia, b. April 12, 1797; m. Samuel Boyce, q. v .; d. Jan. 12, 1884.
iii. Mindwell, b. June 10, 1799.
iv. Benjamin, b. Oct. 24, 1801.
1 v. John, b. Jan. 30, 1804.
vi. Horace, b. March 14, 1807.
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vii. Chastinc, b. Dcc. 3, 1809.
viii. Amity, b. Aug. 6, 1811.
ix. Hannah, b. Feb. 26, 1813.
2 x. Horatio N., b. June 2, 1816; d. Nov. 20, 1863.
1 JOHN,2 (Horace,1) b. May 30, 1804; lived in Newbury; m. Oct. 9, 1825, Caroline Bartlett.
Children :
3 i. John.
ii. Mary, m. Sylvester McKellup. C., Ella, Ellen, Kate, Charlotte.
4 iii. Schuyler.
iv. Milo, d.
v. Amanda, m. Everett Martin, and is d. C., Carrie and Stephen.
vi. George, served and d. in the Union Army during the Rebellion.
5 vii. Edward.
viii. Alice, d. y.
2 HORATIO NELSON,2 (Horace,1) b. June 2, 1816; lived south of Boltonville; m. Margaret, dau. Capt. John Miller of Ryegate, (b. April 18, 1811; d. March 16, 1861). They had several sons, all but one of whom are d. He m. 2d, Jan. 30, 1862, Mrs. Philaura B. (Corliss) Lord, who d. May 21, 1896. He enlisted Sept. 22, 1862, in Co. C, 3d Vt., and d. Nov. 20, 1863.
3 JOHN, 3 (John,2 Horace,1) lived and d. in Newbury; was long employed on the Passumpsic R. R. ; m. Betsey Manning. No record received.
Children :
i. Ella.
ii. Ellen, m. Elmer Wallace.
iii. Kate.
iv. Charlotte.
4 SCHUYLER C.,3 (John,2 Horace,1) Res. Newbury. Served in Co. H, 12th Vt., in the Civil War. Farmer, and sexton of Ox-bow cemetery. He m. June 27, 1856, Joanna Tuma.
Children :
i. Frances, b. Sept. 5, 1858; m. 1st, Dec. 31, 1894, George A. Mitchell of Philadelphia, who d. 1895; 2d, Robert A. Crunden of London, Eng. C. Schuyler William, b. Nov. 6, 1900.
ii. Harry, b. Aug. 29, 1861; m. Effie Perkins of Haverhill. C., Clarence, b. April 14, 1892. .
iii. Alice, b. Feb. 25, 1863; m. May 1, 1888, Van H. Dodge of Whitefield, N. H., C., Frank Schuyler, b. Jan. 5, 1889.
5 EDWARD HALE,3 (John,2 Horace,1) b. Jan. 27, 1843; res. Newbury; teamster. He m. in Ryegate, July 14, 1865, Martha Ann Spaulding, (b. Bethel, Jan. 27, 1843).
Children :
i. Caroline Alice, b. Jan. 9, 1868; d. Jan. 4, 1881.
ii. Ida May. b. Dec. 22, 1869; m. March 14, 1890, Fred S. Barrie.
iii. Martha Ann, b. May 5, 1872; m. Oct. 27, 1892. John E. Avery.
iv. Minnie Estelle, b. May 30, 1874; m. Oct. 9, 1892, Charles W. Hartwell of Newbury.
v. Edward Richard, b. June 7, 1876; m. Jan. 29, 1896, Lucy Benton.
vi. Lena Isabellc, b. Oct. 23, 1879.
vii Frederick Bernard, b. Aug. 4, 1881; d. Oct. 24, 1882.
viii. Herbert James, b. March 5, 1883.
ix. Jesse Albert, b. March 25, 1886.
STEVENS.
OTHO and SIMEON, brothers, came from Wales about 1710-15 to Plymouth, Mass. Simeon is believed to have settled on Hudson river, and to have many descendants. Otho settled in Hampstead, N. H., and was a farmer, constable, etc. He there m. a woman of one-fourth Indian blood named Susan Kent. (The Kent record states that Abigail, dau. of Josiah Kent, and aunt of the 1st Col. Jacob Kent of Newbury, b. July 9, 1697; m.
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March 21, 1723, Otho Stevens). Their c. were, Samuel, Levi, Otho, Archaleus, Simeon, Josiah, Daniel, Susan and Abigail. Archaleus and Josiah settled in Enfield, N. H., and d. there. Simeon in Newbury, and Daniel in Haverhill. Otho, Ephraim, Simeon. Daniel and Samuel Stevens were in Capt. Jacob Bayley's Co. in Goff's Regiment of Amherst's expedition in 1759. The following extract from Capt. Bayley's journal will preserve the name of one of them. They were at Oswego. "Friday, Sept. 21, 1759. Cool morning, but pleasant. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon dies Otho Stevens of a long and tedious illness of 22 days, much lamented by his relations and friends, he being a loving brother and a faithful friend. He was sensible to the last breath he drew, and sensible of his approaching near another world, which did not, in the least ruffle his spirits. But he seemed to have his hope firmly placed in God."
SIMEON, b. 1736, served with several brothers in the Old French war, and was one of the first settlers of this town, coming here in the spring of 1762. He was a grantee of both Newbury and Haverhill, by which it is certain that he stood high in the estimation of Bayley and Hazen. He settled on Kent's Meadow, where he built the large house now standing, owned by Mr. Greer. He was lieutenant in the 1st company of minutemen organized here, who were in service 20 days. Captain also of a company in Bedel's regiment "Raised for the Defense of the Frontier," from April 1, 1778, to Nov. 30, 1779. Served also, several short terms in various alarms. He m. 1st in 1752, Sarah Hadley, who d. 1779; m. 2d, Mrs. Susanna Shepard, dau. of Dea. Moses Chamberlain, who, after his death, in. James Corliss of Greensboro, and lived to be over 100 years old. Capt. Simeon Stevens d. July 6. 1788, aged 52. On his gravestone his name is spelled Stephens, and he sometimes wrote it that way.
Children of Capt. Simeon and Sarah Stevens, all b. here :
i. Abigail, b. Oct. 8, 1763; d. April 22, 1839.
1 ii. Otho, b. July 5, 1765; d. Aug. 26, 1821.
2 iii. Simeon, b. May 15, 1767; d. May 8, 1858.
iv. Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1768; d. Jan. 15, 1813, or Jan. 13, 1806.
V. Levi, b. Jan. 22, 1770; m. Susan Shepard; rem. to Greensboro and d. there colonel in the militia.
3 vi. Judith, b. Oct. 26, 1771; d. Dec. 28, 1855.
vii. Ruth, b. May 26, 1773; m. a Mr. Ingalls; d. Jan 28, 1820, (another record says 1836).
4 viii. Samuel, b. May 11, 1775; d. April 22. 1838, q. v.
ix. Moses, b. May 31, 1776; d. March 25, 1778.
Two younger who d. in infancy.
1 OTHO,1 (Simeon,2) b. July 15, 1765 ; lived in Newbury, Chelsea, Northumberland, Maidstone, but d. in Waterford, Aug. 26, 1821. He m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. John G. Bayley, and widow of James, son of Gen. Jacob Bayley, (b. Nov. 3, 1765 ; d. June 1, 1840).
Children :
i. Abigail, b. Newbury, March 25, 1787; m. Thomas Tillotson of Orford. Five c.
ii. Betsey B., b. Newbury, Feb. 16, 1789; m. Hon. Joseph Berry, q. v .; d. March 9, 1850.
iii. John G. B., b. May 4, 1791; m. Sophia Sawyer of Waterford; d. Franconia, N. H. 11 c.
iv. Otho, b. 1793, d. y.
v. Tabitha, b. April 9, 1794; m. William, brother of Hon. Joseph Berry, and had a son, William. Mr. Berry d. in Kansas, and she m. 2d, Nathan Carter of Littleton, N. H. Two c.
vi. Otho, b. Dec. 20, 1797; m. Mary Gordon of Bath; lived in Waterford.
vii. Simeon, b. Dec. 30, 1799; m. Zeora Bennet, and lived in Waterford. Several c.
viii. Moses, b. and d. April 11, 1802.
ix. Thomas J., b. March 15, 1803; m. Maria Stoddard of Waterford, where he lived and d.
x. Eleanor F., b. March 18, 1806; m. 1st, Frank P. Johnson, q. v .; m. 2d, Duncan McKeith, q. v., both of Newbury.
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2 SIMEON,2 (Simeon,1) b. May 15, 1767; farmer on the homestead; colonel in the militia; prominent in town affairs, and in the Methodist church of which he was an early member. He m. 1st, Hannah, dau. Ephraim Bayley, (b. 1772; d. April 21, 1817) ; m. 2d, March 26, 1818, Mrs. Lucy Smith, (d. April 12, 1850). He d. May 15, 1858.
Children, all b. in Newbury :
5 i. Simeon, b. March 24, 1789; d. March 22, 1862.
6 ii. Ephraim B., b. April 13, 1790; d. June 22, 1867.
7 iii. John, b. Oct. 10, 1793; d. May 3, 1860.
8 iv. Tappan, b. April 11, 1795; d. Dec. 18, 1878.
v. William T., 6. Jan. 10, 1797; rem. about 1820 to Cincinnati, O., and d. there.
vi. Melissa, b. Oct. 3, 1798; m. J. Amherst Bayley, q. v .; d. Dec. 9, 1885.
9 vii. Thomas J., b. May 3, 1801; d. 1860.
viii. Hannah, b. April 29, 1805; m. Rev. Haynes Johnson, q. v.
ix. Amanda. b. March 11, 1808; d. y.
x. Nelson, b. July 31, 1812; d. y.
3 JUDITH,2 (Simeon,1) b. Oct. 26, 1771; m. March 23, 1800, George Washington, son of Capt. Uriah Stone of Piermont. They lived on his father's farm, now called the "Old Hibbard place," in Piermont, and had several c. She d. Dec. 28, 1865. One dau. m. Col. Levi Rogers of Newbury, q. v. Another was named Malvina, whose feet when an infant were placed against some damp plastering in her father's house, and the impression of the little feet remained there until the house was repaired, about thirty years ago. She m. Rev. William Arthur, and their son, Chester A., became the 18th president of the United States.
4 SAMUEL,2 (Simeon,1) b. May 11, 1775; m. at Hardwick, 1797, Puah Mellen, (b. March 4, 1774; d. Nov. 1, 1845) ; rem. to Hardwick, 1798, where he built the first saw and grist mills at Stevens Village, now East Hardwick. He d. April 22, 1838. They had 11 c., of whom, Simeon Hadley Stevens, the youngest, b. March 19, 1811, was a graduate of Vermont University, and studied at Bangor Theological Seminary, but failing in health, settled on a farm. He afterwards was principal of Lamoille County Grammar School at Johnson, where he d. April 30, 1842. He m. Augusta Young. One son.
5 SIMEON,3 (Simeon,2 Simeon,1) b. March 24, 1789; m. Feb. 19, 1817, Betsey, dau. of Isaac Bayley, (b. Jan. 26, 1790; d.); lived in Newbury, near the Ox-bow cemetery; town representative, 1817, '19, '36, '37, '43. He d. March 22, 1862. Merchant and farmer.
Children :
i. William Barron, b. Dec. 21, 1816.
ii. Harry Bayley, b. Aug. 22, 1818; m. Mary, dau. of Jacob Leighton of Newbury; res. Bradford; was long in the stage business as driver and proprietor.
iii. Anson Morrill, b. Rumney, N. H., where his parents kept tavern, Oct. 19, 1830. In partnership with C. M. Morse, two years; hotel and stage business. He m. Elizabeth, dau. Timothy Morse.
iv. Martha Jane, b. Feb. 22, 1835; m. James Carter Stevens of Corinth. No c.
6 EPHRAIM BAYLEY,3 (Simeon,2 Simeon,1) b. April 13, 1790; lived in Newbury; farmer and mechanic; was many years steward of the seminary, and known to all the students as "Father Stevens." The last years of his life were spent in the large house at the north end of the common, formerly known as the "Yellow Boarding House." He m. Feb. 21, 1816, Olive, dau. of Remembrance Chamberlain, (b. Feb. 4, 1792; d. March 17, 1876). Hc d. June 22, 1867. Ephraim Stevens and his family were very prominent in the Methodist church.
Children :
i. Simeon, b. July 28, 1811; lived in St. Louis, Mo., where he m. Nov. 1, 1837, Clara Hidden, (b. Sept. 8, 1810; d. -). He d. July 12, 1849. C., (1) George W., b. July 22, 1838; d. April 21, 1842. (2) Martha O., b. Dec. 11, 1839; d. July 9, 1841. (3) Charles W., b. Nov. 16, 1841; d. March 22. 1843. (4) Edwin T., b. Dec. 6, 1843; d. Aug. 11, 1844. (5) Ella M., b. May 31, 1845; d. Aug. 25, 1847. (6) Alice C., b. Sept. 25, 1847; d. Nov. 26, 1848.
JOHN ELLIOTT STEVENS.
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ii. Amanda, b. March 6, 1814; m. May 25, 1846, Rev. Warren Weymouth. He is still living, and in the ministry. She d. June 29, 1848. C., (1) Amanda Olive, b. June 4, 1848; m. March 17, 1869, George A. Pearson ; res. Newburyport, Mass. C., a, Charles W., b Jan. 8, 1871; d .; b, Hattie O., b. Jan. 30, 1872; c, Helen F., b. Dec. 13. 1880.
iii. George N., b. Oct. 18, 1816; res. St. Louis, Mo .; m. April 14, 1842, Martha A. F. Hidden d. Jan. 25, 1885. C., (1) Clara I .. , b. April 15, 1842 ; m. Dr. C. M. Wright of Cincinnati, O .; d. Sept. 21, 1865. (2) Martha O., b. May 25, 1845; d. Nov. 27, 1848. (3) Charles H., b. Aug. 2, 1847; res. St. Louis, Mo .; m. June 26, 1876, Jennie O'Mara, who d. Feb. 16, 1897. C., a, Martha R. A., b. Nov. 3, 1886. (4) Olive B., b. Sept. 15, 1849; d. Nov. 6, 1850. (5) Abbie Elliott, b. Oct. 4, 1851; d. July 30, 1854.
iv. Charles E., b. Jan. 1, 1822; went to California; m. June 13, 1877, Clara L. Mason; d. Dec. 30, 1896. Noc. Mrs. Stevens res. at San Jose, Cal.
v. John Eliot, b. July 27. 1831; educated at Newbury Seminary; entered the Methodist Book Concern in New York City, as a clerk, while a young man, was connected with it till death, and had charge of one of its departments. His acquaintance was wide and he was influential in many ways. He m. in Newbury, Sept. 5, 1867, Harriet E. Foster, and d. at his home in Elizabeth, N. J., March 16, 1895. C .. (1) Arthur F .. b. Nov. 1, 1869; m. Sept. 10, 1895, Carolyn Hartley, (b. Nov. 10, 1869). (2) Clara, b. March 26, 1874.
7 JOHN,3 (Simeon,2 Simeon,1) b. Oct. 10, 1793; m. 1st, Feb. 21, 1816, Hannah, dau. of Col. John Bayley, (b. June 10, 1796; d. Dec. 20, 1847) ; m. 2d, Lucinda, widow of Alden Sprague. Studied medicine with Dr. Mckinstry and practiced in Newbury about thirty years. He long led the choir in the Methodist church. He d. May 3, 1860.
Children :
i. Infant, b. and d. Jan. 17, 1817.
ii. Charles E., b. May 18, 1818; d. 1819.
iii. Helen M., b. March 18, 1820; m. 1st, Sept. 5, 1837, Wm. G. Turner of Winchester, N. H .; m. 2d, Feb. 28, 1849, Rev. Thomas Carlton of the Methodist Book Concern, N. Y .; 4 c., 3 now living; d. Nov. 16, 1884.
iv. Emily S., b. June 18, 1822 ; d. June 15, 1865.
V. John. b. Aug. 24, 1824 ; d. Dec. 30, same year.
vi. Harriet H., b. Sept. 2. 1826; m. Nov. 20, 1849, Charles E. Dennison of Woodstock, and Peoria, Ill .; (educated at Norwich University, civil engineer. Captain in regular army; served in the U. S. Infantry and killed at the battle of Stone River). She d. Sept. 21, 1852; one dau. living.
vii. Hannah B., b. May 18, 1829; m. May 18, 1848, William A. Wells of Franconia, now living in Mooers, N. Y. ; one son living.
viii. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 16, 1831; m. 1st, March 29, 1854, Charles E. Denison, as 2d wife ; m. 2d, Franklin Farrington of Brandon, where she res. Two sons, Charles lives in Boston ; John, d. 1890.
ix. John E., b. Feb. 13, 1836; d. Feb. 18, 1864.
x. Lucy Ann, b. June 8, 1838; m. Dec. 22, 1864, Daniel Denham of New York; res. Elizabeth, N. J.
8 TAPPAN, 3 (Simeon.2 Simeon,1) b. Apr. 11, 1795. Proprietor of the Spring Hotel for many years ; sheriff, 1829 ; associate judge several years, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1836. He m. May 6. 1819, Lucia K., dau. of Col. John Bayley, (b. June 8, 1798; d. Aug. 28, 1864). He d. Dec. 18, 1878.
Children :
i. Infant, b. and d. June 11, 1821.
ii. Elizabeth, d. y.
iii. Sophia. b. Sept. 28, 1862 ; d. y.
iv. Lucia M. B., b. Jan. 10, 1826. Teacher of music at Newbury Seminary several years. She m. July 25, 1849, Daniel Peaslee, who d. March 4, 1854, leaving one son, Edward Stevens, b. Sept. 7, 1850. He m. and went into business in Chicago, where he d. 1901, leaving one son.
v. Sophia W., b. Apr. 8, 1828; m. John J. Ladd, q. v. ; d. Jan. 1882.
9 THOMAS JEFFERSON,3 (Simeon,2 Simeon,1) b. May 3, 1801; farmer on homestead. He m. Dec. 24, 1821, Emily, dau. Joseph Smith, (b. Nov. 11,
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1801; d. May 1, 1871). One son, Nelson Burnham, b. Feb. 3, 1828; d. in Boston, Mass., 1881. Student at Newbury Seminary ; clerk in the store of Morse and Stevens in 1842, and in a store till 1857, when he entered the hotel business. Proprietor of the "Spring Hotel" and the "Newbury House," also was owner of stage lines in the White Mountains. Proprietor of the "Stevens House" at Rutland. the "Trotter House" at Bradford, the. "Marlboro Hotel," and the "Washington House" at Boston, and the "Ross House" at Cambridgeport, Mass. In the hotel business till 1880. At the time of his death he was in the livery stable business in Boston. He m. Dec. 23, 1847, Harriet, dau. of Prentiss Knight, who d. Sept. 28, 1870. Thomas Jefferson d. March 22, 1872.
Children :
i. Charles Nelson, b. Newbury, Apr. 2, 1849. Received his education in Newbury and graduated at the Hahneman Medical College; now in practice at Somersworth, N. H. He m., 1889, Helen B. Potter. One c., Margaret M., b. Dover, N. H., 1891.
ii. Emma Frances, b. Newbury, Sept. 6. 1854; d. 1860.
iii. Frank S., b. Newbury, Apr. 16, 1857; educated in Newbury and Bradford; m. 1881, Hattie Chandler of Boston. C., Emma Pearl, b. Boston, 1884.
iv. Emma A., b. Newbury, May 10, 1863; educated in Boston and Somerville; d. in Boston, 1883.
v. Harry E., b. Rutland, 1869; educated in Boston ; m. in 1898
Nelson B. Stevens m. 2d, Semantha M. Baleh of Rutland; no c.
*STEVENS.
DANIEL, son of Otho the emigrant, and brother of Simeon of Newbury, b. Hampstead, N. H., 1740; m. about 1762, Hannah Hill of Hampstead. They rem. to Haverhill, N. H., in March, 1773. In 1805, they rem. to Enosburg, where Daniel d. 1810, and his wife d. in 1828.
They had five c., b. in Hampstead-Hannah, Daniel, Eliphalet, Betsey and Otho, and eight in Haverhill, Arehelaus, Abigail, Lydia, Caleb, Ruth, Charles and Johnson, (twins), and Polly :
i. Hannah, m. John Lawrence of Haverhill and had 14 c.
ii. Eliphalet, m. Betsey Bedel of Bath ; lived in Corinth and had 12 c., five of whom were by a second wife, Dolly Flanders.
iii. Betsey, m. Reuben Page, and lived in Corinth, just across the Newbury line. They are buried in the cemetery near D. S. Fulton's.
iv. Otho, m. Elizabeth Hastings ; lived in Bradford where 10 e. were b. to them. They rem. to Berkshire and d.
V. Abigail, d. in childhood at Haverhill.
vi. Lydia, m. James Woodward of Bradford; 14 c.
vii. Caleb, a physician; m. Sarah Austin of Enosburg, and settled there. C., Rosina, Elvira, Caleb A., and Sarah Luthera, who m. Wmn. C. Carleton of Newbury.
viii. Ruth, m. Samuel Rogers of Newbury, q. v.
ix. Charles, m. Miranda Fuller of Hardwick and lived in Enosburg.
x. Johnson, m. Saga House; lived at Enosburg ; 6 c.
xi. Polly, m. George Woodworth and lived at Berkshire, Bakersfield, Fairfield and Sheldon, Saratoga, N. Y., and Northampton, Mass. Three c. of whom Laura R., m. Charles Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury and Nice, France.
STEVENS.
CALEB, son of Caleb of Haverhill; m. Jan. 27, 1819, Mary Matthews, and lived at South Newbury, where he built in 1854, the house where W. W. Brock, Jr., nowlives. Farmer and auctioncer; d. Feb., 1868, aged 77 years; she d. Children :
i. George Shubael Blanding, b. 1820; res. in Newbury and Bradford. Taught singing sehool and was in various other business ; d. 1900.
ii. William Barron, b. Apr. 9, 1822 ; clerk for F. & H. Keycs, having for some time the charge of the store in "Goshen." In 1851, with his brother Charles, he opened a store in Bradford, in which he carried on the mercantile
*Partly from a record prepared by Albert G. Stevens.
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business till his death, as the head of a firm with several partners. These brothers were also engaged in other transactions, owning several mills and dealing largely in farm produce. He m. Sept. 17, 1856, Harriet, dau. of Austin Ladd of Haverhill. Mr. Stevens. d. March 2, 1893. C., (1) Helen Luella, d. in infancy. (2) Carrie B., res. Bradford. (3) Anna E., m. A. W. Porter of Brooklyn, N. Y. C., William S., b. Oct. 20, 1887. (4) Mary L., m. Oliver S. Baker of Bradford C., Katharine S., b. June 4, 1889.
iii. Charles S., b. 1824; in partnership with his brother 1851 till death, November, 1872. He m 1st, 1856, Harriet Brown of Boston. Two c., both d. He m. 2d, Martha Brown of Canada. One c.
STEVENS.
WILLIAM B., b. Topsham, April 4, 1809. He was a carpenter and cooper by trade when young. He m. Hannah, dau. of Stephen Chase, and moved to the Lime-kiln neighborhood in Newbury. They were members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Stevens d. January, 1849, aged 38 He m. 2d, in Barnet, Mary Etta Chamberlin. He lived some years in Topsham, but returned to Newbury, and bought a small place outside of the village. He m. 3d, the widow of William Brown, and sister of James Aytoun. These and Mrs. Aytoun were English people. William Brown froze to death, Dec. 24, 1860, on the stone bridge south of Hale Bailey's. She d. July, 1894, and he was cared for by his dau., Mary. He d. Dec. 2, 1897.
Children :
i. Sarah A., now Mrs. Vermouth of Bradford.
ii. Samuel C., served in a Vermont regiment during the Civil War. He m. 1st, Etta Ring of Topsham; m. 2d, Mrs. Randall of Groton.
iii. Mary C., res. in Newbury ; un-m.
iv. Daniel J , served in the Union army ; d. in service, 1861.
v. Hannah Jane, now Mrs. Hannaford of Bradford.
vi. Alversa, d. y.
vii. Alex T., res. Topsham.
viii. John C., res. Providence, R. I.
ix. Ellen J., now Mrs Granger of Walden.
x. William S., d. un-m. 1889.
STOCKER.
EBENEZER, m. Sarah Carleton of Bath.
Children :
i. Mary S., b. 1814; m. Samuel Wilson of West Newbury, (b. 1803; d. 1874) ; d. 1880.
ii. Abigail Newell. m. 1st, George W. Boynton; m. 2d, Theodore C. Elliott, both of Georgetown, Mass.
iii. Rebecca, m. William Kendall of Georgetown.
iv. Ebenezer Carleton, b. Bath, N. H., April 19, 1821. He came to Newbury as apprentice to Dea. John Buxton in the harness business, afterwards entering into partnership with him, and, later, conducted the same business until his death; town representative. 1874, and held other offices ; member of the Methodist church from 1843 till death; steward, 30 years; class leader, 26 years, and Sunday school superintendent about 20 years. He m. 1st in Lowell, Mass , Jan. 16, 1851, Laura, dau. of Rev. Orange Scott. who d. 1856; m. 2d, December, 1856, Mary M. Parker, (b. Jan. 4, 1832; d. April 23, 1881); m. 3d, Nov. 25, 1890, Annette Carleton of Haverhill. He d. Newbury, Feb. 3, 1892. C., both by 2d m., (1) Laura Rebecca, b. Oct. 3. 1857; m. Abner Allyn Olmsted, q. v. (2) Harriet Newell. b. Dec. 25, 1859; m. March 8, 1898, James H. Fuller of Georgetown, Mass.
SULHAM.
JACOB, son of William and Betsey (Bryant) Sulham, b. Woodstock. N. H., May 24, 1804; rem. to Danville while young, and came to Boltonville in 1830, and was a shoemaker on the upper floor of the gristmill. After some years he bought a farm and also worked as a mason. He was a fine tenor
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singer, and a skillful performer upon the violin. He m. 1st, Dee. 23, 1832, Betsey Selingham of Woodstock. She d. March 1, 1876, in her 67th year. He m. 2d, February, 1877, Mrs. Ann (Smith) Niles of Haverhill, who d. September, 1895. He d. Nov. 28, 1896, aged 91 years, six months.
Children :
i. Semantha L., b. Jan. 27. 1834; m. Samuel M. Rollins, q. v.
ii. Jacob B., b. Oet. 29, 1835; res. in Massachusetts.
iii. William B., b. Nov. 27, 1837; d. July 7, 1846.
iv. Mary E., b. Feb. 10, 1840; m. William Cunningham; d. May 22, 1868. Abbie C., b. Sept. 18, 1842; d. April 4, 1846.
vi. Martha C., (twin to above), d. March 25, 1846.
vii. Leander Q., b. Dec. 27, 1845; res. Massachusetts.
viii. Emily C., b Dee. 17, 1850; m. Dee. 17, 1874, Horaee E. Brown, farmer on the "Old Nourse place."
ix. Olive V., b. May 19, 1863; m. Aug. 10, 1883, Oliver E. Barber; d. Aug. 27, 1885.
SUTHERLAND.
No man, not a resident of Newbury, ever held here, during such a long period of years, the influence and acquaintance of Rev. David Sutherland of Bath. At the request of many of the older people in town, who wish to preserve some memorial here of this remarkable man, the following account is prepared, to accompany his portrait, presented by John Smith of West Newbury. He was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at a theologieal seminary there. He came to Barnet in 1803, and in January, 1804, began his labors in Bath, where he was pastor of the Congregational church till 1843, but continued in the ministry until near his death. At the time of his settlement in Bath, that town had rather a hard name, but a great change followed his eomning, which was due says President Dwight, to the example and faithful preaching of Mr. Sutherland. He was, probably, the most noted minister who ever lived in this vieinity, and he was well known, not only here. but throughout New England and the Middle States. often preaching in the most noted churches of New York and Philadelphia. He was called upon to deliver addresses upon publie occasions, several of which were in this town. A number of these were printed, as were also several funeral discourses. He delivered a remarkable sermon at the execution of Josiah Burnham at Haverhill, in 1806, before an assembly of 10,000 people. He was moderator of the Congregational church at Newbury at several periods when it had no settled minister, and often preached in the Union Meeting house at West Newbury. In 1805, he organized a Sunday school in Bath which is believed to have been the first of the kind in the United States His personal appearance was attractive, and in speaking he possessed a graceful delivery, earnest, animated and impressive. He seldom used any notes to aid his discourse ; was able to adapt himself to every occasion, and having stored his memory with many faets and anccdotes he employed them freely. and with great effeet in his sermons. He contributed to the press a great number of papers, many of them upon subjeets of local history. His last appearance in public was on the evening of Jan. 23, 1854, when he delivered an historical diseourse upon the fiftieth anniversary of his coming to Bath. After his death this was published, with an appendix prepared by Rev. Thomas Boutelle, and is one of the most valuable productions upon local history we have. One sentence must be quoted here : After speaking of his inadequate salary he says, "Were it not for handsome presents I occasionally received, and some property by my most beloved wife, I must have been reduced to absolute poverty. But now that I am very aged, having entered my seventy-seventh year, to my Lord and Master, when he may ask me, 'Laekcd ye anything ? I ean truly answer, Nothing.'" Mr. Sutherland spoke with a broad Scotch acecnt. In his old age he was known as "Father Sutherland," and is often spoken of as "Priest Sutherland." This latter adjective was formerly applied occasionally to some Protestant minister of eminent ability, whose long and effective ser viee in one place gave him a sort of intellectual dictatorship. Rev. Silas
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