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REV. DAVID SUTHERLAND OF BATH.
REV. WILLIAM WYLIE.
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McKeen of Bradford and Rev. James Milligan of Rvegate were also known by this title. In these days few ministers remain long enough, anywhere, to acquire any lasting influence. Rev. David Sutherland, b. Edinburgh, Scotland. June 19, 1777; m. in Leith, Scotland, April 29, 1803, Anna Waters. b. Dec. 22, 1774, who d. Path, Feb. 3, 1852. He d. while visiting in Bethlehem, N. H., July 25, 1855.
Children, all b. in Bath :
i. Jane E., b. Oct. 1, 1805 ; m. Sept. 20, 1827, Dr. Moses Hibbard of Lisbon, N. H., and Townshend, Vt., where he d. Sept. 29, 1863. and she spent the rest of her life with her sister, Mrs. Prichard. She d. Bradford, Nov. 27, 1881.
ii. David, b. Dec. 9, 1807; m. 1st, Sept. 16, 1830, Mary Hibbard, who d. July 10, 1838; m. 2d, June 17, 1841, Maria W. Bartlett. They rem. to Danville, thence to Iowa. He d. Grinnell, Iowa, April 12, 1890. She d. Dec. 15, 1893.
iii. William W., b. Dec. 20, 1809; d. Framingham, Mass., Nov. 22, 1828.
iv. John B., b. Feb. 3, 1812 ; farmer of Bath, excepting two years in Barnet and four in Wentworth; m. Jan. 27, 1846, Mehetable Lang of Bath, who now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Clough, at North Haverhill, and is the only one left of the original family. He d. Feb. 4, 1879.
v. Ann M., b. Oct. 1, 1813; m. Oct. 4, 1843, Frederic Morrison of Bath, a glove maker. They rem. to Grinnell, Iowa, where he d. Aug. 11, 1876. She d. Jan. 10, 1899.
vi. James, b. Nov. 26, 1816; d. Jan. 19, 1818.
vii. Mary P., b. Jan. 10, 1820; m. as 2d wife, Feb. 7, 1854, Dea. Geo. W. Prichard of Bradford, who d. Aug. 8, 1867. She d. Bradford, Feb. 8, 1879.
SWASEY.
MOSES, b. about 1735; lived in Haverhill, Mass .; m. 1st, Eunice Merchant, Sept. 25. 1755, who d. Sept. 16, 1760; m. 2d, Mehitable Page, July 20, 1761, who d. Feb. 17, 1825. He d. March 2, 1800. Three c. by 1st and nine by 2d marriage. Of the latter, two sons, Moses and Obadiah, came to Newbury.
MOSES, Jr., b. Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 5, 1768. He came to this town about 1790, and was a mechanic. Later he bought the farm of his father-in-law, Major Merrill, now owned by James Lang. He built, in 1797, the quaint looking house in which his dau., Mehitahel, lived until her death in 1896. He was captain of a troop of cavalry in the old militia. He m. March 10. 1793, Elizabeth, dau. of Major Nathaniel Merrill, (b. March 3, 1774; d. Feb. 4, 1855). Hed Newbury, Aug. 1, 1823.
Children :
i. Polly, b. Dec. 10, 1793; m. Aug. 12, 1819, John Melindy of Cincinnati, O., who d. in 1869, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She d. Feb. 15, 1821.
ii. Hazen, b. Nov. 21 1795; went to Cincinnati in 1817, and became a merchant. He m. Sophia Allen, and they had several c., who d. y. He d. Aug. 19, 1830.
iii. Eliza, b. March 5, 1798; m. March 25, 1823, as 2d wife, Samuel Page of Haverhill; d. March 27, 1876. Of their c., William H., is a merchant at Haverhill; Elizabeth, m. Jonathan S. Nichols of Haverhill; Samuel, also of Haverhill; Harriet, m. Simeon C. Senter of Thetford; Josephine, rem. to Kansas: Hannah, m. a Mr. Bowen; Ellen, m. Milo Bailey; Mary, res. in Haverhill; Emily, m. Rev. C. N. Flanders, and Moses S., is in business in Boston.
iv. Harriet, b. May 22, 1801; m. March 21, 1836, Levi P. Parks of Barnet, who d. Feb. 4. 1856, leaving a son, Levi P., Jr., whose widow and five c. live at Lamoille. Ill. She d. Aug. 9, 1868.
v. Infant son. b. April 14; d. May 2, 1802.
vi. Lucinda, b. Julv 11, 1804 ; m. Jan. 10, 1828, Ira Butterfield of Cincinnati, O .; d. Sept. 28, 1829. They had one dau., Lucinda, who m. Henry Jenkins of Ludlow, Kentucky.
vii. Sally, b June 29, 1806; d. Oct. 12, 1866.
viii. Mehitabel, b. Oct. 7, 1809: d. July 13. 1896. These two last sisters never married, and lived their entire lives in the house in which they were born.
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ix. Moses, b. Feb. 23, 1812; went to Cincinnati, O., in 1838, and became a merchant. He m. Mrs. Maria Ruth (Park) Martin. He d. Nov. 1, 1874. C., Julia, William, Edward, George, Ella.
x. Charlotte, b. June 3, 1814 ; m. Joseph Atkinson, q. v .; d. Sept. 9, 1850.
xi. George, b. Aug. 3, 1818; farmer on the Ox-bow, till 1867, when his health failed and he rem. to the village. He dealt in agricultural implements, bringing the first mowing machine into Newbury in 1854. Later he was for 14 years agent for the Vt. Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Deacon in 1st Ch. He m. 1st, Dec. 25, 1844, Louisa R., dau. of Sherburne Lang (q. v.) of Bath, (b. Sept. 23, 1818; d. Dec. 25, 1881). He m. 2d, Jan. 18, 1883, Mrs. Mary B. (Parker) Holt, who d. March 23, 1900. Dea. Swasey was still active in body, and intellectually acute at 82, and has rendered valuable service in the preparation of this history. He d. Jan. 11. 1901. C., (1) Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30, 1845; m. Jan. 16, 1873, Joseph Poor, a merchant of Haverhill. One dau., Mary Louise, b. Feb. 23, 1874; m. Sept. 30, 1897, Dr. Henry C. Stearns of Haverhill. (2) Sherburne Lang, b. March 3, 1850; jeweler; in the jewelry business in Boston two years; in Newbury, 1875 to 1897, also carried on a druggist business for 14 years. He m. Nov. 14, 1877, Leona A., dau. of Jacob Worthen. One son, Roland G., b. Nov. 18, 1880.
OBADIAH, son of Moses of Haverhill, Mass., b. March 20, 1775. He came to Newbury soon after his brother, Moses, and lived in a house which stood where that of S. C. Stebbins now stands. He rem. to Haverhill after some years and carried on a saw mill, also owned the farm on the Little Ox-bow, where his son, N. M. Swasey lived after him. and which was before the Revolutionary War the farm of Col. John Hazen. He m. - Nancy, dau. of Maj. Nathaniel Merrill, (b. Feb. 7, 1780; d. Dec. 7, 1850); both buried at Horse Meadow. He d. Haverhill, N. H., July 21, 1836.
They had 13 c. of whom the first two or three were b. in Newbury, the rest Haverhill :
i. Benjamin M., b. May 13, 1800; d. Jan. 31, 1877 ; never m.
ii. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 7, 1802; m. John L. Wood; d. June 29, 1874.
iii. Samuel, b. Feb. 22, 1804; graduated Dartmouth College. 1828; lawyer; d. June 20, 1887, at Belvidere, Ill.
iv. Nancy, b. Apr. 27, 1805; m. Dr. Henry B. Leonard of North Haverhill; d. Aug. 3, 1867.
v. John H., b. Nov. 27, 1808; d. 1890.
vi. Hannah, b. Nov. 30, 1810; d. Aug. 28, 1827.
vii. Louisa, b. March 13, 1813; m. E. S. Elkins of Kenosha, Wis .; d. Nov. 2, 1876.
viii. Nathaniel M., b. June 4, 1815; m. Mary M., dau. of Dr. Angier; farmer on the Little Ox-bow, Haverhill; d. Montpelier, June 4, 1893.
ix. Jane, b. Oct. 20, 1817 ; res. Chicago.
x. Franklin, b. Dec. 18, 1819; d. Feb. 3, 1821.
xi. Sarah L., b. Sept. 20, 1823; m. Joel M. Angier ; res. Chicago.
xii. Hetty or Mehetable, b. Aug. 6, 1824; m. Henry K. Elkins, (b. in Peacham, Nov. 2, 1818) ; res. Chicago.
xiii. Franklin, b. May 31, 1827; d. March 30, 1828.
SYLVESTER.
This family has long passed away from Newbury, but the family was quite prominent once. The following is from a record prepared by A. H. Silvester of Worcester, Mass.
I. PETER, the emigrant, settled in Weymouth, Mass., 1630; m. Naomi Torrey ; d. in Scituate, 1663.
II. ISRAEL, their 5th son, b. 1651, had 11 c., of whom
III. PETER, b. Scituate, Apr. 15, 1687; m. Marie Torrey, in 1712. They rem. to Leicester, Mass., 1730-35, where he d. early in 1745. They had seven c., of whom Levi was an early settler of Newbury, and Hannah m. Samuel Tucker, father of the Samuel who settled in Newbury.
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IV. LEVI, b. Jan. 12, 1723 ; m. Dec. 5, 1745, Ruth Merritt. He must have come to Newbury very early, as at the March meeting in 1765, he was elected a surveyor of highways. He settled on Kent's meadow, on the farm now owned by Mr. Kimball, and appears to have been a man of good standing, whose name recurs frequently in our early records. He served in the Revolutionary War, in local service, with his son, Levi, and the latter was in other service, in Bedel's regiment. During the last years of the war the son was implicated in the dealings which certain parties carried on with Canada, and acted as a messenger between the disaffected in Coös and the British in Canada. He was one of the party which captured Col. Thomas Johnson, and of that which attempted the capture of Gen. Jacob Bayley. When and where Levi Sylvester d. is unknown.
The names of the following c. are known :
i. Levi, before mentioned, served 11 months, 22 days in a New Hampshire regiment and afterward gave the authorities considerable trouble. He seems to have been a man of good standing in town long after the war. Nothing is known of his family, but he was believed by the late Dea. Swasey to have rem. to New York state.
ii. Ruth, m. 1st, Thomas Hibbard, q. v. ; m. 2d, Mark Sanborn of Haverhill.
iii. Daughter, who m. a Bailey.
iv. Peter, m. a Miss Ryder, and settled in Waterford, where he d. 1810. Most of his c. settled in that vicinity where many descendants remain. The following record of the children of Peter is given space here by request for preservation. (1) Abigail, m. John Keach. (2) Peter, m. Patience Goodell; settled in Waterford; 7 c. (3) Mary, m. Ephraim Harrington. (4) Betsey, m. Moody Beard. (5) Levi, b. Dec. 23, 1795; m. Tryphosa Harrington of Waterford; 7 c., of whom Charles A., b. Waterford, Aug. 21, 1828, was in the meat and grocery business at St. Johnsbury, 1871-95; res. at St. Johnsbury. (6) Abner, m. Thirza Park; settled in Coventry. (7) Ruth, m. Andrew Martin. (8) Anna, m. Moses Stone. (9) John, m. Abigail Bugbee; settled in Albany. (10) Lydia, m. Hibbard Quimby.
TAPLIN.
According to information and records, John Taplin was b. in Charlestown, Mass., in 1727, date uncertain, but baptized Oct. 27, 1727. His father's name is given as Mansfield Tapley. John was an officer in the Old French war. The Massachusetts records show that he was a captain from March 28, 1755, to Dec. 27, of that year; captain in Col. Jonathan Bayley's regiment, Nov. 29, 1755, to March 14, 1756. In August, 1756, he was at Fort William Henry, and a pay-roll, dated there, states that he was from Southborough, Mass. In 1758 and '59, he was again in service, this time it is said, with the rank of colonel. He was a grantee of Haverhill, his name appearing upon its charter as John Taplin, Esq. In two deeds of land in Haverhill, one in August and the other in November, 1764, recorded at Exeter, to John Taplin of Haverhill, he is spoken of as of that town. He came to Newbury very soon after that date as he was moderator of town meeting March 12, 1765, again in 1768 and 1769. He held offices under the crown; was commissioned March 17, 1770, and again 1772. Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Commissioner to administer oaths of office, and Justice of the Peace. His house stood, it would seem, not far from the Tenney Library building. He was a grantee of Corinth, and was, it is believed, the only one of the grantees of that town who settled there. He was an early settler, locating on Taplin hill, but later, settled at the present village of East Corinth. July 17, 1775, he wrote to the New York Provincial Congress, "The country seems to be very well united and firm in the cause of liberty, and will, I make no doubt, cheerfully join in whatever measures and directions the honorable Congress may point out." Thompson in his History of Montpelier says of Col. Taplin, "Declining to take up arms against the King, who had honored him, he retired into Canada during the Revolutionary War." He certainly returned to Corinth before the end of the war, whence he kept up a correspondence with Canada, as Col. Thomas Johnson expressly states
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that Col. Taplin came to Newbury in June, 1782, to warn him that Gen. Bayley was in danger. Col. Taplin m. Hepzibah Brigham, (b. 1731; d. Dec. 27, 1815), and from them are descended many of the most noted families in Vermont. He d. Nov. 9, 1803.
The children of Col. John and Hepzibah Taplin were ten. Some of them were born in Newbury, but most of them settled in Corinth.
1 i. John, b. July 17, 1748.
ii. Johnson, m. Miriam Haselton.
iii. Brigham, m. Polly Haselton.
iv. Elisha.
v. Mansfield, m. Betsey Lovewell.
vi. William, m. Martha Chamberlin; settled in Corinth. Ten c.
vii. Nathan, m. Elizabeth Taylor.
viii. Polly, m. Robert Lovewell.
ix. Hepzibah, m. Zacheus Lovewell.
x. Gouldsburn, b. Newbury, 1776; m. Susan Page; d. Nov. 16, 1862.
1 JOHN; son of C >1. John Taplin, b. Marlboro, July 14, 1748; served at the age of 12, in the Old French war with his father; came to Newbury with his father; rem. to Corinth; in 1770. '72 and '74, he was sheriff under New York, and served in the Revolutionary War. He became prominent in public affairs and was widely known. The record of his military service is in guarding and scouting in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co. and in Capt. Simeon Stevens' Co. John m. 1st. Catherine, dau. Col. Nehemiah Lovewell, (b. July 10, 1748; d. July 16, 1794). He m. 2d, Lydia Gove, (b Nov. 12, 1763; d. Feb. 11, 1849). In 1787, he rem. to Berlin, and d. at Montpelier, November, 1835.
Children, twelve by 1st and nine by 2d marriage:
i. Katy, b. Dec. 30, 1770; d. July 15, 1794.
ii. Augustus, b. June 30, 1773.
iii. Susan, b. April 8, 1775.
iv. John, b. July 31, 1777.
v. Henry, b. March 27, 1780 ; d. Sept. 6, 1843.
vi. Robert, b. Apr. 24. 1782; d. Apr. 3, 1848.
vii. Ira, b. June 14, 1784 ; d Jan. 24, 1846.
viii. Hannah, b. March 21, 1786; d. Feb. 19, 1815.
ix. Walton, b. May 14, 1788.
x. Chittenden, b. June 14, 1789; d. Jan. 10, 1791.
xi. Thomas, b. Apr. 30, 1792 ; d. Jan. 11, 1864.
xii. William, b. June 15, 1794; d. 1834.
xiii. Ebezener, b. March 2, 1796; d. Aug. 19, 1835.
xiv. Hazen, b. Apr. 5, 1797 : d. June 9, 1840.
XV. Edward L., b. May 5, 1798; d. Dec. 6, 1880.
XVI. Harriet, b. Sept. 2, 1799 ; d. March 12, 1840.
xvii. Horatio N., b. Apr. 15, 1801 ; d. Oct. 23, 1883.
xviii. Sidney Smith, b. Feb. 5, 1803 ; d. July 8. 1833.
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xix. Guy C., b. Apr. 29, 1804; d. Dec. 1, 1846.
xx. John A., b. Oct. 4, 1805 ; d. Feb. 28, 1886.
xxi. Susan, b. May 30, 1807.
TAISEY.
DANIEL, son of James and Ruth (Darling) Taisey, b. Groton, Aug. 16, 1831. His father d. in 1841. Daniel, after working for various farmers, went to Lowell, Mass, in 1848, and worked till 1850. He then started for California on foot and alone, was joined by his cousin. Cyrus Taisey. They went via Chagres, going up the river on a barge propelled by Indians with poles. Thence they crossed the isthmus on foot 28 miles to Panama, where, 19 days later, they left on a schooner for San Francisco. After leaving Acapulco. they were becalmed three weeks, then were driven out of their course 1000 miles by a storm, and finally reached San Francisco four days after their provisions were exhausted. Cyrus Taisev was killed at Mormon Island, and Daniel worked in the mines at what is now Placerville till March, 1853, when he shipped on the brig Katherine Brown
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for Australia. The brig was dismasted in a storm, and made the port of Honolulu, where it was repaired. Their voyage to Melbourne was interrupted by a severe storm of three days and nights, which drove them out of their course, so they made the port of Sydney instead, costing $100 to go from there to Melbourne. They had to change American gold for English money, and were forced to accept 40 per cent discount. Worked eight months at Bendigo, now called Sandhurst, paying seven dollars and a half a month for license to dig. Then, with a party, he went to a place called the Ovens, now called Beechwood, in Sidney colony, 280 miles on foot, through the forest, where he worked till his return to California, being away from America 26 months. Worked at Placerville till the spring of 1856, when he started for home via the Nicaraugua route, but that being the time of Walker's filibustering expedition they had to cross the isthmus to Aspinwall, whence, after 18 days, he sailed for New York, and reached home, May 20, 1857. Blacksmith, farmer and lumbering. Enlisted at East Topsham, Sept. 5, 1862. Corporal in Co. D, 15th Vt. In the Gettysburg campaign. Discharged Aug. 5, 1863. Farmer in Newbury since 1870. He m. 1st, Jan 1, 1857, Isabel J., dau. of James Latto, who d. in Newbury, Sept. 23, 1872; m. 2d, Dec. 24, 1872, Mary Belle, dau. John Laing.
Children, five by 1st marriage, six by 2d :
i. David, b. Dec. 25, 1857; d. Sept. 16, 1884.
ii. Frank, b. Oct. 14, 1860.
iii. Alick, b. June 19, 1865.
iv. Seth P., b. Nov. 23, 1867.
v. Dan, b. Sept. 23; d. Dec. 1872.
vi. Willie D., b. Sept. 7, 1875; d. Jan. 24, 1882.
vii. Katie Belle, b. April 20, 1878; m. Frank Chandler.
viii. Jessie May, b. Oct. 6, 1881.
ix. Annie L., b. Sept. 19 1883.
x. Marv F., b. June 22, 1885.
xi. Willie J., b. Sept. 16, 1890.
TEMPLE.
I. RICHARD, the earliest known ancestor of the Temple family was b. about 1668, and was killed by the Indians at Saco, Me.
II. EBENEZER, b. May 7, 1716.
III. BENJAMIN, b. July 23, 1746.
EBENEZER, son of Benjamin, b. Milford, N. H., March 4, 1770. Came to Newbury from Hillsboro, N. H., before 1798. His sister, Lucy, m. Feb. 17, 1803, Jonathan Johnson of Ryegate. Ebenezer m. April 11, 1799, Rebecca, dau. Matthew Gibson, (b. May 23, 1770; d. March 7, 1857). They settled about 1800 on wild land on Wallace hill. The buildings are gone, except the barn frame and the farm is a pasture. He d. March 21, 1858.
Children :
i. Sally, b. April 25, 1800 ; m. Benjamin Ordway of Hillsboro, N. H.
1 ii. Joel, b. July 27, 1801 ; d. June 27, 1871.
iii. Affa, b. June 12, 1803 ; m. Hiram Clark, q. v. ; d. Jan. 10, 1855.
iv. Christian, b. June 19, 1805; m. Amasa Kasson.
2 Matthew, b. Sept. 8, 1807 ; d. July 15, 1890.
v.
vi. Mark, b. June 22, 1809; d.
3 vii. Luke, b. Sept. 6, 1811.
viii. Betsev. b. Feb. 21, 1815; m. Robert Dick of Bath ; d. April, 1874.
ix. John, b. March 10, 1817; d. Bethel, Me., 1879.
x. Rebecca, b. March 21, 1820; m. Nov. 24, 1846, Truman Crosby of Bethel, Me. ; d. Dec. 27, 1847.
xi. Abigail, b. Oct. 19, 1822 ; m. Zadoc Farmer of Nashua, N. H .; d. Sept., 1874.
xii Rachel, b. Feb. 21, 1824 ; d. Sept. 14, 1859.
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1 JOEL, b. July 27, 1801; m. July 10, 1834, Hannah, dau. Choate Clark, (b. July 10, 1804 ; d. Jan. 21, 1851). He d. June 27, 1871.
Children :
i. Joel C., b. April 11, 1835. Farmer and schoolmaster; has taught 27 terms of winter school ; un-m.
ii. Ann W., b. Nov. 18, 1837; m. Nov. 27, 1880, Amos Elliott of Lisbon, and d. there Nov. 23, 1882.
iii. Orvin C., b. May 5, 1841; enlisted July 1861, Co. G, 3d Vermont; discharged Jan. 22, 1864. Painter; lived in Newbury and Haverhill. He m. April 9, 1863, Elizabeth, dau. of Wells Goodwin, (b. Oct. 1841). He d. Dec. 11, 1887. C., (1) Flora, b. July 5, 1864; m. Dec. 25, 1893, J. F. Willey of Thornton, N. H .; res. Manchester, N. H. (2) Jesse, b. June 6, 1866 ; clerk in Passumpsic railroad office, Lyndonville; d. Oct. 30, 1885. (3) Maude, b. July 14, 1868; m. Oct. 16, 1888, John W. Belcher of Chicopee Falls, Mass .; 1 c .; d. Nov., 1892. (4) Claude, (twin to Maude) ; m. Oct., 1892, Agnes Leroy of Winchester, Mass. C., Horace Austin and Gladys Maude.
MATTHEW, b. Sept. 8, 1807. Lumberman and raftsman in younger days; farmer and mechanic. He m. March 31, 1836, Malinda B., dau. David Daily, (b. Oct. 29, 1807; d. Jan. 31, 1870). He d. July 15, 1890. Children :
i. Mary H., m. Sept. 7, 1865, at Lowell, Mass., Edwin Tuttle of Newbury; d. June 26, 1882. One dau., Lulu R., who m. June 29, 1890, Melvin G. Morse. Two c., May G., and Arthur M.
ii. William, m. in St. Johnsbury, Sept. 30. 1868, to Jennie Degoosh, who d. Aug. 19, 1870. He d. Sept. 22, 1872. One son, Frank A., who m. Nov. 16, 1898, Annie, dau. John Norcross of Bradford.
iii. Ellen, d. March 13, 1874, aged 33 years.
iv. Sarah, at homestead.
v. Carrie, at homestead.
vi. Matthew G., carpenter, lives on homestead.
3 LUKE, b. Sept. 6, 1811. Farmer; m. Dec. 7, 1844, Mary Ann, dau. George Avery, (b. Dec. 30, 1817).
Children :
i. George W. B., b. Newbury, April 23, 1845; m. June, 1883; d. June 1, 1888. C., (1) Mrs. Clarence Spooner of Haverhill. (2) Wm. H., drowned in Connecticut River, 1897.
ii. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 19, 1848; d. at Lunenburg.
iii. Rebecca, b. Lunenburg ; d. at five years of age.
iv. Sidney, b. Feb. 17, 1854; m. Annie Conley. Farmer on homestead. Bought 1899, the Edwards farm on which he now lives.
v. Julia E., b. July 30, 1857 ; d. 1893.
vi. Vashti A., b. Nov. 7, 1860.
4 JULIA E., m. S. W. Durand, Piermont. Children :
i. Nellie E., m. 1896, Charles B. Cochran of Piermont, and d. Aug. 8, 1898, leaving one c., Gertrude J., b. May 12, 1898; d. Feb. 1, 1899.
ii. Mamie M., m. Henry Jacobs of Bradford ; 1 c., Fred E., b. Feb. 17, 1898.
iii. Maude V.
*TENNEY.
I. THOMAS, from Yorkshire, Eng., came to Salem, Mass., in December, 1638, settled the next April in Rowley, where he spent most of his life, but d. in Bradford, Mass., Feb. 20, 1699-1700. He m. Ann - who d. in September, 1657. They had four sons and three daus.
II. JOHN, b. Dec. 14, 1640; lived in Bradford, Mass., where he m. Feb. 26, 1663, Mercy Parrot of Rowley, who d. Nov. 27, 1667, leaving a dau. and a son. He d. April 13, 1722.
*From "The Tenney Family" and later information.
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III. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 20, 1667; lived in Bradford, Mass .; was a deacon in the church, and member of the colonial assembly. He m. as 2d wife, Dec. 18, 1690, Sarah, dau. of Capt. Joseph Boynton, who d. Oct. 29, 1745. He d. Feb. 3, 1747-8.
IV. JONATHAN, fourth son of Samuel, b. Dec. 8, 1703; lived in Bradford, Mass., where he was a farmer, and deacon in the church. He was twice m., 1st, to Rebecca, dau. of Daniel Hardy, by whom he had two sons and three daus. He d. Feb. 24, 1786.
V. JONATHAN, b. Bradford, Mass., July 25, 1736, (by town record) or Aug. 5, 1737, (Family Bible) ; captain in the militia; lived in Salem, N. H., but after 1782, rem. to Corinth. He m. Oct. 1, 1755, Mehitabel Peaslee, who d. Sept. 16, 1809. He d. in Corinth, Jan. 12, 1806.
Children :
i. Susannah, b. Nov. 30, 1756.
1 ii. Asa, b. Jan. 6, 1759; d. May 25, 1831.
iii. Mehitable, b. Dec. 6, 1761; d. Jan. 3, 1781.
iv. Joshua, b. March 31, 1764; physician at Corinth; m. Susanna Allen; d. Corinth, Feb. 10, 1844. Among their c. were: Rev. Erdix Tenney, who was father of Miss Mary E. Tenney, principal of Montebello Ladies' Institute. Another was Judge John A. Tenney, who m. for his two wives, Mary Doe and Lydia McKeen Doe, daus. of Henry Doe, of Newbury.
v. Abigail P., b. Sept. 16, 1766; m. March 15, 1798, Ebenezer White of Newbury and Corinth.
2 vi. Jonathan, b. Aug. 16, 1769, q. v.
vii. Eliphalet, b. July 31, 1771 ; lived in Corinth.
viii. Joanna, b. April 21, 1776 ; d. Jan. 10, 1781.
ix. Betty. b. Nov. 6, 1782; m. May 8, 1800, David Barnett of Topsham, q. v .; d. April 27, 1813.
1 ASA,2 (Jonathan,1) b. Salem, N. H., Jan. 6, 1759; farmer in Newbury. His home stood a little in front of the present residence of Ezra B. Chamberlain. He held many public offices, and was high sheriff in 1795. He was an active, public spirited man, holding a prominent position in town. He m. Salem, N. H., Feb. 20, 1791, Mary, dau. William White, brother of Ebenezer, Noah, Joseph and Dr. Samuel White of Newbury. Her mother was Mary, dau. Rev. Abner Bayley of Salem, N. H., brother of Gen. Jacob Bayley, (b. Plaistow, N. H., Jan. 6, 1768; d. April 6, 1825). Asa Tenney d. suddenly, May 25, 1831.
Children :
3 i. Abner B. W., b. June 10, 1795 ; d. Sept. 17, 1873.
ii. Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1802; m. Asa P. Tenney, q. v.
2 JONATHAN,2 (Jonathan,1) b. Salem, N. H., Aug. 16, 1769; farmer in Corinth, but came to Newbury, and bought the farm where his nephew, Col. Tenney long lived, on the Upper Meadow. He m. April 14, 1795, Anna, dau. of Ephraim Bayley, who d. the widow of John Ellis, at Chenango, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1832. He d. Newbury, March 19, 1813; buried at the Ox-bow. Children, ten, of whom two are of interest to Newbury people :
4 i. Jonathan, b. Aug. 18, 1796; d. June 18, 1865.
5 ii. Asa P., b. Feb. 4, 1821 ; d. March 1, 1867.
3 ÅBNER BAYLEY WHITE,3 (Asa,2 Jonathan,1) b. June 10, 1795; fitted for college at Bradford, Mass., Academy; entered Dartmouth College in 1814, but left after two years because of failing health. He bought the farm on Upper Meadow which was, formerly, Uriah Chamberlin's, and later, that of Jonathan Tenney. He was interested in the militia and rose to be captain in 1821 of a company of cavalry, major in 1823, and colonel in 1825 of the 1st regiment, 1st brigade and 4th division of the state militia. This office he held till 1827, and was, thereafter, always known by his military title. He was one of the most extensive farmers in town, and had other large interests. Town representative. 1832, '33, '34, '39, '40, '41, '49, '50, '56; state senator, 1836, '38; sheriff, 1834; presidential elector on the Harrison ticket, 1840; director in the old Wells River bank, from 1843; president, 1843-48, and director in the National bank from its
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commencement, and president, 1872, till death. He m. June 14, 1818, Sophia Cutler, a native of Rindge, N. H. They were admitted to the 1st Ch., May 6, 1829, became members of the Wells River church in 1842, in which he was elected a deacon in 1863, holding the office the rest of his life. Their home was a hospitable one, and was, says J. C. Barker, while he was an inmate of it, the meeting place of music-loving people in this region, where they rehearsed, under the leadership of E. K. Prouty and others, the best musie accessible at that time. Col. Tenney was a genial man, abounding in aneedotes and pithy sayings. He was kind to the poor and knew how tostand between a poor man and a hard ereditor. A certain poor man had ineurred the enmity of a rich but grasping merchant by making good at law the title to his own farm, to which the rich man had set up a elaim. A year or two later the former met with misfortune, and his note, for a sum very large for him, fell into the hands of his rich enemy. The times were very hard, and the ereditor demanded immediate payment, the note being on demand. The poor man appealed to Colonel Tenney for aid, having sought in vain for help elsewhere. Mr. Tenney told him that he was, himself, much embarrassed, and could not help him direetly, but would see what could be done. He called upon the creditor, and brought the conversation around to the unfortunate debtor. The ereditor produced the note, and exulted over the ruin to which he had brought his late opponent. Col. Tenney looked at the note, and merely remarking, "I guess you ean hold him," changed the conversation. While the creditor's attention was called to something else, Mr. Tenney wrote his name on the back of the note, and laid it down and his aetion was not seen. Soon after, this note, with others, was placed in the hands of a lawyer, with instructions to proceed upon them. The latter seeing Col. Tenney's signature, asked the ereditor if he had notified the endorser. The ereditor, who was taken by surprise, was furious, but helpless, as he could not proceed against the poor man without notifying Tenney, a proceeding he did not venture upon, so the debtor remained in safety until able to pay the debt. Mr. and Mrs. Tenney's married life lasted 55 years. She d. Aug. 7, 1873, and he followed her on the 13th of the next month : Children :
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