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i. Asa, b. Mareh 31, 1819; d. July 29, 1829.
ii. Mary, b. April 2, 1821; d. Feb. 11, 1858.
iii. Sophia C., b. April 4, 1824 : m. Joshua Hale, q. v .; d. Jan. 19, 1901.
iv. Hepzibah Ann, b. Oet. 12, 1826; m. Jan. 29, 1851, James D. White of Haverhill, Mass .; d. Feb. 14, 1893. C., (1) Elizabeth P., b. July 27, 1856 ; m. Mareh 25, 1885, Nathaniel Stevens of North Andover, Mass. (2) Sophia T., b. Mareh 31, 1889; d. July 22, 1861. (3) Abner Tenney, b. July 29, 1862 ; educated at Institute of Technology, Boston; res. Manville, R. I.
v. Asa A., b. Sept. 29, 1829 ; d. Dec. 23, 1851.
vi. Martha Jane, b. July 23, 1832; res. Haverhill, Mass. In addition to many other services for the public, she compiled and published in 1891, "The Tenney Family" which contains the annals of 4044 descendants of Thomas Tenney. In 1896, she ereeted the Tenney Memorial Library building for the use of the citizens of this town. Miss Tenney has taken a deep interest in this history of Newbury and has aided the editor in every way which she could devise. She needs no eneonium from the editor's hand.
4 JONATHAN,3 (Jonathan,2 Jonathan,1) b. Corinth, Aug. 18, 1796; farmer in Corinth and Newbury; m. Nov. 21, 1816, Lydia Owen Crane, (b. Bradford, Dec. 8, 1795; d. West Coneord, N. H., aged 103). He d. Boscawen, N. H., June 19, 1865.
Children, all lived in Newbury in youth :
i. Jonathan, b. Corinth, Sept. 14. 1817; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1843; taught school in Newbury several winters before his graduation, where he is well remembered as a model teacher; principal of Newbury High School, 1844, '45; Pembroke Academy, five years; inaster of South Grammar School at Lawrence, Mass .; principal of Pittsfield High School, 1850-53; editor in Manchester; secretary of the state board of education ; originated the New Hampshire state teachers association, 1854; editor of New Hampshire Journal of Education; principal of Elmwood Institute
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nine years, and from 1869 to 1874, principal of Oswego Free Academy ; appointed, 1874, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of New York; he rem. to Albany; author of "New England in Albany," "History of Albany City and County," and author and editor of a great number of other works; he also lectured much; was a member of many learned societies, and was licensed to preach by the Susquehanna Association. He was twice m., and was survived by four of his eight c. He d. at Albany, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1888.
ii. Daniel C., b. Corinth, Nov. 9, 1819; farmer and mechanic; was twice m., and had two c .; d. West Concord, N. H.
iii. Asa P., b. Bradford, Dec. 14, 1821; lived at Wentworth, N. H .; m. Louisa F. Gove; d. Dec. 15 1885. Three c.
iv. John E., b. April 22, 1824; m. Sept. 10. 1850, Sarah J., dau. of Charles Story of Newbury. He d. Concord, N. H., April 6, 1858. Five others d. y.
5 ASA P.,3 (Jonathan,2 Jonathan,1) b. Corinth, Feb. 4, 1801 ; pastor for 35 years of Congregational church at West Concord, N. H; m. May 22, 1829, Mary, dau. of Asa Tenney of Newbury, (b. Newbury, Dec. 14, 1802; d. Concord, N. H., Nov. 17, 1869). He d. March 1, 1867.
Children :
i. Mary, b. Groton, N. H., Aug. 21, 1831 ; in. Aug. 25, 1857, to W. M. Hatch ; lawyer at Bloomington, Ill., now res. at Colorado Springs, Col. Mrs. Hatch has been of much assistance to the editor of this volume.
ii. Dr. Asa P., b. Concord, N. H., Sept. 21, 1833. In charge many years of the insane asylum at Topeka, Kan. Now in practice at Kansas City. He m. his cousin, Minerva Tenney. Two c. living.
iii. Edward Payson, b. Concord, N. H., Sept. 29, 1835; pastor of several churches, among others the Congregational church at Orford, where he now res., engaged in literary work. Twice m. and has two c.
iv. Helen A., b. Sept. 9, 1837; d. Sept. 29, 1854.
Abner B., b. Aug. 28, 1841; d. April 3, 1862.
vi. Elizabeth M., b. Aug. 11, 1843; d. March 17, 1863.
TERRY.
WILLIAM, son of Armigal and Sarah Terry, b. Lewes, County Sussex, England, June 23, 1848. Landed in Portland. Me., in Jan., 1867, after a voyage of 23 days, penniless and without friends in America. Worked one year at Melburne, P. Q., for $3.00 per month. Came to Newbury in 1868, worked three years for R. G. Lang, going to school winters; drove a peddlar's cart for L. K. Quimby & Co., of Lyndon, 7 years, then in the same line for himself until that business became no longer profitable. In trade with others under the firm name of Terry, George and Gay, later Terry and George, general merchants, at South Ryegate, about nine years until now, residing on a small place he bought of John A. Miller on the Newbury side of the line. His mother for whom he sent in 1872, d. at the home built of her own savings from her work in service, in April, 1893, in her 60th year. He also sent for his two brothers and one sister, who lived in Newbury. Thomas lived here three years or more, and d. March, 1873. George went to Chicago and became a baker. Lizzie is m. and lives at South Duxbury, Mass .; 3 c. William Terry m. March, 1874, Mary A., dau. of William Lindsey.
Children :
i. Alice L., b. Nov. 29, 1874, (Mrs. Whitcher) ; m. Oct. 13, 1898, A. C. Moore, of Woodsville, N. H.
ii. William Wallace, b. July 9, 1877; m. Sept. 21, 1899, Delia, dau. of Austin Hatch of Groton; res. Hartford, Conn.
iii. Burnest Lewes, b. Aug. 23, 1879; m. July 19, 1899, Mabel Nelson of Ryegate.
iv. Mertie Estel, b. Jan. 2, 1882 ; d. July 17, 1883.
v. Adna M., b. March 1, 1885.
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TEWKSBURY or TUXBURY.
PHILIP, Jacob and Thomas were brothers. Philip and Jacob lived in Newbury and Thomas settled and d. in Maine. They had two sisters, one m. Elijah Rowe, and settled in Washington, Vt. The other m. a Mr. Colby of Canaan, N. H. Philip, b. 1768; m. Elizabeth, dau. Jonathan Goodwin, (b. 1773; d. Oct. 3, 1841). They lived at South Newbury on her father's farm, but rem. three years before he d. to South Ryegate. Philip d. Sept. 24, 1813.
Children :
i. Hannah, d. July 23, 1836, aged 41.
1 ii. Jeremiah B. W., b. July 16, 1800; d. Nov. 21, 1866.
iii. Mary, m. William Webber, q. v .; d. Jan. 18, 1849.
iv. Eliza, m. William Hills.
v. Martha. m. Albert Buell; d. Sept, 22, 1843.
vi. Almira, d. Oct. 10, 1845, aged 35.
2 vii. Philip Currier, b. March 1, 1815; d. Feb. 18, 1899.
1 JEREMIAH B. W., b. July 16, 1800. His father lived on the farm of his wife's father, Jonathan Goodwin on Hall's Meadow, but after the death of the latter in 1811, his widow exchanged that farm for one lying between S. W. Tewksbury's and S. S. Tucker's, to which the widow of Philip Tewksbury rem. after the death of her husband in 1813. Jeremiah settled where his son Stratton lives, and built that house in 1832, where he d. Nov. 21, 1866. He m. Aug. 13, 1833, Harriet, dau. of Robert McAllister, b. Feb. 9, 1811.
Children :
i. Amplias, b. Nov. 18, d. Nov. 26, 1834.
ii. Sarah, b. Feb. 21, 1836; m. R. G. Lang, q. v.
iii. William Allen, b. Nov. 18, 1837. Fitted for college at Newbury Seminary, and Barre Academy. Graduated Middlebury College, 1865. Read law with Dickey and Worthen of Bradford, and C. W. Clarke of Chelsea. Admitted to the bar, Jan., 1867; in practice at Belle Plain, and, later, at Vinton, Iowa, till his death, Jan. 7, 1884. He m. Nov., 1868, Lizzie Douglas, who d. May 6, 1882. C., (1) Allen D., b. July 28, 1869 ; engineer in Texas. (2) Fred, b. Sept. 28, 1871; dentist at South Ryegate. (3) Jerry, b. July 22, 1876.
iv. Harriet Luella, b. July 12. 1840; m. Dec. 29, 1869, her cousin, Otis Hills of Waterloo, P. Q. He d. there Oct. 13, 1898; no c. She d. Newbury, Aug. 28, 1899.
v. Nelson Bailey, b. April 4, 1842. Served in Co. H, 12th Vermont, nine months in the Civil War; farmer. Began trade at the Centre in 1870, building a store and dwelling the next year. Postmaster there since the office was established in 1871. He m. May 24, 1864, Julia E., dau. of Nathan E. Corliss, (d. July, 1891). One son, Algernon B., b. July, 1869, m. Aug. 7, 1895, Mabel Hackett of Haverhill.
vi. Stratton Westgate, b. Aug. 30, 1844; farmer on homestead. He m. Sept., 1881, Eliza Bailey of Waterloo, P. Q. C., (1) Luella, b. March 30, 1884. (2) Julia, b. April 14, 1893.
vii. d. in infancy.
viii. d. in infancy.
PHILIP C., b. March 1, 1815; farmer; m. Nov. 3, 1847, Christian, dau. George Chalmers, (b. Scotland, July 27. 1824). He d. Feb. 18, 1899.
Children :
i. Elizabeth E., b. Aug. 28, 1848; m. March 20, 1872, James Miller of Ryegate, (b. Junc 10, 1831; d. Feb. 13, 1890). After his death she rem. to Newbury. C., (1) Clarence E., b. Jan. 10, 1873; m. March 6, 1894, Alma J., dau. Moses Randall; 2 c. (2) John H., b. Fcb. 23, 1879. (3) James C., b. Feb. 8, 1881. (4) George H., b. Junc 1, 1882. (5) Christina J., b. Nov. .
14, 1886; d. Sept., 1887.
ii. George P., b. Jan. 8, 1850, res. Virginia City, Nev. ; carpenter ; un-m.
iii. Twins, b. May 22, 1851 ; d. y.
iv. Anna, b. March 11, 1853; m. Dca. Archibald McAllister, q. v.
v. Mary, b. July 31, 1857; m. John B. Brock, q. v.
vi. Henry W., b. Sept. 27, 1860; m. April 12, 1884, Martha B. Brock. C., (1)
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Raymond C., b. Dec. 21, 1884. (2) Francis V., b. June 29, 1886. (3) Christian Bell, b. Dec. 28, 1889. (4) Henry W., b. Feb. 1, 1893. (5) Abbie M., b. July 24, 1895. (6) Minnie L., b. Sept. 22, 1897. (7) Martha E., b. July 14, 1899.
vii. Allen G., b. June 12, 1867; farmer on homestead; m. June 25, 1896, Susie E., dau. of Charles H. Thompson. C., (1) Susie Pearl, b. Nov. 29, 1897. (2) Elsie E., b. Sept. 15, 1900.
THOMAS.
JOHN, son of Abraham and Rebecca (Barker) Thomas from Andover, Mass., b. Bath, N. H., 1817 ; m. Jan. 11, 1843, Mary, dau. of John Peach ; d. May 2, 1849. After the death of John Thomas, his widow with her two children, rem. to West Newbury, where she d. March 22, 1857. The c. were Peach and Lydia. The latter, who lived with her aunt Amy, m. C. A. Newman of Lunenburg ; res. Austin, Minn. Three sons and two daus.
PEACH, m. July 15, 1868, Mary Jane, dau. of Alden Tucker; res. Newbury and South Ryegate.
Children :
i. John, b. Feb. 28, 1872; graduated March 25, 1897, from the American Veterinary College, New York City; veterinary surgeon at Wells River; m. Oct. 25, 1898, Annie Grant of Barre, a native of Scotland.
ii. Horace T., b. Aug. 9, 1874; graduated in a chemical engineers' course at State Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich., 1901.
iii. Jessie Irena, b. Nov. 18, 1877 ; d. July 20, 1879.
iv. Son, b. April 28; d. May 20, 1881.
v. Daughter, (twin to above), d. May 14, 1881.
vi. Charles P., b. Oct. 5, 1886 ; at home.
THOMPSON.
ALEXANDER, b. Perth, Scotland, 1761; settled in Antrim, N. H., and m. Elizabeth Nutt. He d. 1827. She d. May 27, 1840, aged 78. They had eight c., of whom Alexander, the 2d, and Daniel, the 5th, lived in Newbury.
ALEXANDER, b. 1792; m. Matilda Richardson; lived in the west part of the town, near Topsham line. They had several c., of whom no record is available.
DANIEL, b. Antrim, N. H., Feb. 9, 1794; m. Sept. 3, 1818, Persis Matilda, dau. Joseph Ladd of Haverhill, (b. Jan. 11, 1793). They settled in Corinth, but came to Newbury, 1822, where he was a blacksmith, and lived in the house opposite the one in which the late P. W. Ladd so long lived. He rem. to Topsham, 1831, to Francestown, N. H., 1834, where he was a deacon in the Congregational church. They rem. to West Newbury, Mass., but passed their last years in Lancaster, N. H., where he d. December, 1878. She d. April 1, 1879.
Children :
1 i. Alexander, b. July 11, 1819; d. Sept. 9, 1882.
ii. Mary Charlotte, b. Corinth, May 21, 1821; m. Hon. John Bigelow, q. v.
2 iii. William Ladd, b. June 6, 1823; d. Sept. 30, 1894.
iv. John Buxton, b. Dec. 14, 1824; res. Boston, Mass.
v. Sarah Arabella, b. Dec. 19, 1826; d. Newburyport, Mass., September, 1872. vi. Daniel, b. Oct. 25, 1828; d. June 26, 1395, at St. Johnsbury, where he owned and operated a machine shop.
vii. Warren Ives, b. May, 1830; d. October, 1831.
viii. Warren, b. Topsham, Jan. 5, 1832; d. Augusta, Me., Sept. 28, 1867.
ix. Augusta Lavinia, b. April 24, 1834; res. Lynn, Mass.
x. Persis Serena, b. Francestown, N. H., February, 1838 ; d. there July 4, 1872.
1 ALEXANDER,3 (Daniel,2 Alexander,1) b. Corinth, July 11, 1819; m. 1st, Anna Reid Tyler, who d .; m. 2d, Ellen Armington, who d .; m. 3d, Dec. 25, 1866,
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Alice Twitchell. He d. Lancaster, N. H., Sept. 3, 1882. Children, one by 2d marriage, and five by 3d :
i. Ellen A., b. Aug. 10, 1865.
ii. Mary, b. May 1, 1868.
iii. Mabel Chase, b. Aug. 7, 1872.
iv. Grace, b. April 21, 1876.
v. Agnes Sarah, b. March 23, 1878.
vi. Persis Alexandrina, b. April 19, 1881.
2 WILLIAM LADD, b. Newbury, June 26, 1823. He obtained his education by hard labor. Studied medicine, attended Dartmouth Medical College and Hahnemann College, Philadelphia. Began practice. 1857, at Newburyport, Mass., but rem. to Dover, N. H , where he remained 9 years. In Augusta, Me., 1866, till death, Sept. 30, 1894. He was a prominent physician there, and twice president of the Maine Homeopathic Society and a beloved member of the Cong. church. Buried in Dover, N. H. He m. 1st, Susan Emeline Cummins, (b. Boxford, Mass., Jan. 15, 1830; d. Georgetown, Mass , Dec. 25, 1858) ; m. 2d, Sarah Bickford Varney.
Children, three by 1st marriage; eight by the 2d, of whom three areliving :
i. William Sylvester, b. Newburyport, April 10, 1853; physician, in practice at Augusta, succeeding his father.
ii. George Ladd, (Col.), b. Newburyport, April 15, 1855; res. Brunswick, Me.
iii. Charles Cummins, b. Dover, Jan. 7, 1857; d. there March 29, 1862.
vii. Daniel V., b. May 10, 1867.
viii. Frederick L., b. April 12. 1869.
x. Mary E., b. July 14, 1874.
TUCKER.
I. ROBERT, Was in Weymouth, Mass., as early as 1635, rem. to Gloucester, where he was recorder, but returned to Weymouth, whence he went to Milton, of which he was the first town clerk. Town representative, and member of the 1st ch. in Milton. He m. Elizabeth Allen.
II. BENJAMIN, (1646-Feb. 27, 1713-14), 3d son and 9th c. of Robert; m. Ann, dau. Edward and Mary (Eliot) Payson. The latter was sister of the Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians. In 1684 he and others purchased of the Indians the township now called Spencer, Mass.
III. BENJAMIN, (March 8, 1670-1728) ; m. as 2d wife, Elizabeth Williams of Roxbury.
IV. SAMUEL, b. July 5, 1696 ; m. June 19, 1740, Hannah, dau. Peter and Sarah Sylvester, (b. April 2, 1716, at Scituate, Mass). She was sister of Levi Sylvester, one of the first settlers of Newbury, q. v. They lived in Leicester, but rem. to Spencer about 1752.
V. SAMUEL, b. Leicester, Mass., Jan. 8, 1749, m. 1768, Elizabeth Livermore of Lincoln, a descendant of John Livermore of England and Watertown, Mass. Lived in Oxford and Spencer; came to Newbury about 1787, and bought several lots and parts of lots, about 500 acres, between the main road at West Newbury and Hall's Pond. His house stood where E. E. Putnam's now stands, which was taken down by Robert Nelson, and the present house built from its material. It was a large square roofed house. They were admitted to the 1st ch. by letter, July 1, 1803. He d. June 10, 1813, and his wife in 1826.
Children :
i. Anna, b. Oxford, Junc 28, 1769; m. Dr. Samuel White, q. v .; d. March 26, 1845.
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ii. Samuel, b. Oxford, Oct. 26, 1770 ; d. April 14 1825.
2 iii. Jonas, b. Spencer, May 24, 1775; d. March 23, 1855.
iv. Betsey, d. when about 20 years of age.
v. Elijah, b. Spencer, 1781. Very deaf from childhood ; lived with his brother, David. He was remarkably tall, being 6 ft. 7 in. in height; un-m. He d. in Kansas, 1858.
vi. Lucinda, d. Aug. 4, 1821.
3 vii. Levi Livermore, d. 1815.
viii. David, b. Newbury, June 2, 1791 ; d. Nov. 3, 1869.
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The Tuckers were substantial men, and of marked individuality. In person they were above the usual size, and it used to be said, sixty years ago, that "ninety lineal feet of Tuckers go into the Union Meeting House every Sunday."
1 SAMUEL,2 (Samuel.1) b. Oxford, Mass., Oct 26, 1770. He m. Aug. 30, 1796, Mary, dau. Thomas Brock, (b. Dec. 28, 1773 ; d. Jan. 10, 1840). Settled where his son Thomas lived after him; built that house in 1807. Members of the 1st ch. He d. April 14, 1825, from injuries received by a log falling upon him at his mill on Hall's Pond. They are both buried in a small disused grave yard on the "Putnam place."
Children :
i. Mary, b. July 1, 1797 ; m. Roger Eastman, q. v.
ii. Mindwell, b. July 9, 1799 ; m. Joel Putnam, q. v.
iii. Elizabeth, b. March 30, 1801 ; m. David McAllister, q. v.
iv. Judith, b. Aug. 5, 1803; m. Samuel Eastman, q. V.
v. Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1805; m. Harvey Westgate, q. v. vi. Jonas L., b. Dec. 5, 1807 ; d. April, 1809.
4 vii. Samuel A., b. Feb. 4, 1810.
5 viii. Thomas L., b. Aug. 7, 1814.
2 JONAS,2 (Samuel,1) b Spencer, Mass., May 24, 1775; m. 1st, Nov. 23, 1809, Nancy, dau. Col. Robert Johnston, (b May 26, 1785; d. Nov. 30, 1830) ; m. 2d, in 1840, Mrs. Abigail Morse of Ryegate, (b. Oct. 15. 1789; d. Dec. 14, 1881). Settled where his grandson, Jonas Tucker now lives, and built that house about 1812. Member of the 1st ch. with most of his c. Was known as Esquire Tucker, being Justice of the Peace 28 years. (See town officers). Farmer and mason. He was one of the substantial men in that part of the town. He d. March 23, 1856. An account book in which he noted many interesting matters has been of much service in the preparation of this work.
Children :
i. Hepzi Eliza, b. July 4, 1811; m. Oct. 13, 1844, Wm. R. Austin, q. v .; d. April 3, 1890.
6 ii. Myra Jane, b. Nov. 12, 1812 ; d. Jan. 28, 1845.
7 iii. Levi Livermore, b. Nov. 17, 1814; d. Jan. 22, 1883.
iv. Abi Johnston, b. Dec. 24, 1816; m. July 18, 1853, William T. Bailey, q. v .; d. May 4, 1893.
8"v. Lucinda Ann. b. Nov. 10, 1818; d. March, 1900.
9 %vi. Nancy Johnston, b. Nov. 27, 1821; d. Feb. 4, 1896.
103vii. Lydia Johnston, b. June 14, 1824.
11 viii. Mary White, b. May 8, 1826.
ix. Hannah Bell, b. July 26, 1828. Teacher and contributor to various periodicals ; m. July 19, 1857, Willis Palmer; d. Apr. 18, 1863. C., Mary Bell, b. July 13, 1858; d. March 21, 1872.
3 DAVID,2 (Samuel,1) b. Newbury, June 2, 1791; m. 1st, Nov. 1, 1824, Lydia Barker, (b. Bradford, April 7, 1795; d. Maidstone, Dec. 28, 1842) ; m. 2d, Mrs. Eunice Perkins. who d. Eureka, Kan., Feb. 20. 1863. Rem. to Maidstone about 1838, to St. Johnsbury, about 1845, to Beloit, Wis., 1846, to Kansas, 1857. He d. Eureka, Kan., Nov. 3, 1869. Children. all b. Newbury :
i. George Livermore, b. Sept. 19, 1825. Graduated Beloit College, 1853; Union Theological Seminary, 1856; ordained Congregational minister, April 2, 1856; pastor Madison Street church, New York City, 1856-57. Was obliged to suspend preaching one year because of a throat trouble. Fox Lake, Wis., Cong. ch., 1857-60; Trempleau, Wis., 1860-65; Brighton, Ill., Pres. ch., 1865-68; Quindora, Kan., since. Farming and real estate, occasionally preaching. He m. June 26, 1858, Isabella Randall ; no c.
ii. Elizabeth L., b. May 5, 1830; teacher many years ; res. Eureka, Kan.
4 iii. Edwin, b. Dec. 23, 1835.
4 SAMUEL ALDEN,3 (Samuel,2 Samuel,1) b. Feb. 10, 1810; farmer on homestead ; rem. to Jefferson Hill, 1861; m. Feb. 15, 1843, Irene, dau. of Sherburne
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Prescott of Vershire, (b. Feb. 15, 1818; d. Feb. 15, 1888). He d. March 8, 1886.
Children :
i. Horace, b. Dec. 9, 1843; d. April 1, 1863.
ii. Mary Jane, b. April 10, 1846; m. Peach Thomas, q. v.
iii. Clara R., b. Oct. 4, 1848; m. Henry Randall, q. v.
iv. Emma, b. March 28, 1852; m. Nov. 17, 1892, Pringle Gibson of Ryegate. v. Freeman P., b. July 4, 1854; attendant at Insane Asylum, Concord, N. H .; miller and postmaster at Boltonville, till death, April 4, 1895; m. Sadie Lane, who, after his death, m. Arthur Reid. C., Leon L., b. July 22, 1892.
vi. Samuel A., b. March 4, 1858; m. Nov. 17, 1892, Lois, dau. James E. Currier ; farmer; miller at Boltonville since his brother's death. C., (1) Emma C., b. Feb. 20, 1896. (2) Clara L., b. Aug. 21, 1898.
5 THOMAS LIVERMORE,3 (Samuel,2 Samuel,1) b. Aug. 7, 1814. Farmer on homestead and lumberman. Teacher of vocal and instrumental music. Taught singing school for more than thirty years. Fifer at fourteen in the old militia, drum major at thirty. Drummer in Co. D, 1st Vermont regiment in the Civil War. Led the choir in the Union Meeting House many years. He m. June 18, 1839, Mary, dau. Sherburne Prescott of Vershire, b. July 16, 1814. He d. Nov. 19, 1887.
Children :
i. Sherburne S., b. May 13, 1840; farmer on homestead; m. Nov. 28, 1872, Hattie P., dau. Amos Cutting of Lyme, (b. Sept. 26, 1849). C., (1) Nettie E., b. June 24, 1875; teacher. (2) Sherburne S., b. June 14, 1881.
ii. Lucinda, b. Jan. 9, 1844 ; m. Newell C. Randall, q. v.
iii. Annette J., b. April 8, 1849; m. Feb. 18, 1874, Rev. Wm. S. Jenne of New York; d. Corinth, Aug. 8, 1874.
iv. Franklin H., b. May 5, 1854; d. Jan. 19, 1855.
6 MYRA JANE,3 (Jonas,2 Samuel,1) b. Nov. 12, 1812; m. Nov. 12, 1835, Jonathan J. Peck of Groton, (b. Montpelier, Aug. 29, 1808; d. Barre, June 1, 1884). She d. Groton, Jan. 28, 1845.
Children :
i. Jonas Oramel, b. Groton, Sept. 4, 1836; stage driver four years between Groton and Wells River; fitted for college at Newbury Seminary; graduated Amherst College, 1862; entered New Hampshire Conference, 1860; pastor of prominent churches in Lowell, Worcester, Springfield, Chicago, Brooklyn, Baltimore and New Haven; prominent in the lecture field; published sermons and essays; appointed, 1888, missionary secretary of the Methodist church, and held the position till death; received degree of D. D. from Wesleyan University. He m. 1862, Susan Robinson of Amherst, Mass , who d. January, 1888. He d. Brooklyn, N. Y,, May 17, 1894. C., (1) George C .. b. September, 1865; graduated Yale University ; now in the ministry and has published sermons. (2) Carl R., b. February, 1871; graduated Yale University ; res. New York City.
ii. Abbie J., b. Feb. 12, 1838; m. 1862, Dr. J. L. Perkins of St. Johnsbury ; associated with Miss Frances Willard in temperance work as lecturer; secretary of Vt. W. C. T. U. Two c., Isabel and Karl.
iii. Eugene C., b. May 29, 1841; served in 3d Vt. Regiment in Civil War; studied medicine at Burlington Medical College and Bellevue Hospital; physician at Walpole, Mass.
3 LEVI LIVERMORE,3 (Jonas,2 Samucl,1) b. Nov. 17, 1814; farmer on homestead and mason; built many fine brick buildings in this state and elsewhere. He was a man of sterling worth, of fine literary taste, kindly and generous. Town representative, 1878, (scc town officers). He m. Dec. 11, 1851, Betscy P., dau. of Dudley Carleton, b. April 22, 1824. He d. Jan. 22, 1883.
Children:
i. Levi L., b. Dec. 10, 1853 graduated at Troy Business College, New York, in 1876; teacher in Schofield's Business College, Providence, R. I., 1880-82; Miller's Business College, Newark, N. J., 1883-98; principal Wood's Business College, 1898, and also engaged in real estate business; 1901, superintendent commercial department of Mount Union College, Alliance,
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Ohio. He m. May 7, 1877, Nettie L., dau. of Rev. George Bryant of Lisbon, N. H. C., (1) Lulu N., b. Newbury, March 3, 1878; d. Newark, N. J., May 13, 1885. (2) Aurora Mildred, b. Providence, R. I., April 17, 1882; d. Sept. 22, 1882. (3) Mildred Livermore, b. Newbury, Aug. 19, 1883. (4) Marjorie Hope, b. Newark, N. J., July 15, 1886; d. April 11, 1894. (5) Livermore Bryant, b. Feb. 15, 1888; d. Jan. 19, 1889. (6) Bryant Carleton, b. Aug. 26, 1890. (7) Joyce Jobnston, b. Jan. 13, 1892. (8) Lee Parker, b. Oct. 11, 1896.
ii. Katharine, b. July 24, 1858; m. June 30, 1897, F. P. Wells, q. v.
iii. Jonas, b. May 8, 1860; farmer on homestead; m. Aug. 2, 1898, Hattie, dau. of William Putnam. C., Eva Lucinda, b. Feb. 25, 1900.
8 LUCINDA ANN,3 (Jonas,2 Samuel,1) b. Nov. 10, 1818; m. May 3, 1838, Aaron Vance, of Groton, (b. Groton, Oct. 14, 1812); rem. to Barnet, 1840; Ryegate, 1848; Minnesota, 1866; res. Houston, Minn. She d. March, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Vance were not separated more than one month, altogether, in the 61 years of their married life.
Children :
i. George L., b. Groton, March 16, 1839; m. April 29, 1868, Betty K. Fowler of New York, (d. Nov. 6, 1872); m. 2d, July 19, 1876, Jennie Lewis; clerk in Treasury Department, Washington, 1864-72; in Europe and Asia, 1894; res. Joliet, Ill .; furniture dealer, and vice president of Mill County National Bank; lay preacher and in charge of several missions in and near Joliet. Three c. His son, George A., is cashier of Mill County National Bank. Two daus., Grace and Beulah.
ii. David E., b. Barnet, Jan. 6, 1841; served in Co. G, 9th Vt. Regiment, from June 13, 1862, till June 13, 1865; went to Minnesota, 1866; teaching and studying law; admitted to the bar, 1879; lawyer at Winona, Minn. He m. Nov. 20, 1879, Alice I. Maybury. Four c.
iii. William A., b. April 5. 1843; farmer at Houston, Minn .; m. 1st, March 13, 1872, Mary Gray, who d. November, 1872; m. 2d, Jan. 12, 1875, Abigail, dau. of Robert Sims of Ryegate. Three daus.
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