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3 JOHN WALLACE, son of James Wallace, was b. in Scotland in 1797. He m. Dec. 7, 1822, Lucia Kasson of Topsham and they lived on the same farm, in the house which they built, until their decease. These farm buildings were burned Feb. 25, 1894. He d. Aug. 12, 1861, aged 64 years. She d. Oct. 19, 1888, aged 93 years 4 months. They had ten c.
Children :
i. Mary A., m. William S. Magoon, Sept. 26, 1854; d. May 22, 1876, leaving one son, Frank P. Magoon, who is in the office of the Adams Express Company in Boston and resides in Somerville, Mass. He m. Frances Snow, and they have three c., Gladys, William L., and Frances Louise.
ii. Erastus H., m. Myra Chamberlain. C., (1) George Franklin, m. Lula Bell of Minnesota; he d. July 15, 1899 in Newbury, aged 42 years 22 days. (2) Ida, d. in 1895. (3) Eddie d. in infancy.
iii. Jane H., m. Richard Doe, q. v.
iv. Anna H., m. Sept. 26, 1854, Frank H. Pecker. She d. July 7, 1863, aged 36 years. He d. Jan. 10, 1862. C., (1) Hattie Louise, d. June 1, 1873, aged 17 years. (2) Lizzie A., d. July 16, 1863, aged 5 years. (3) Katherine Wallace, b. Aug. 10, 1861, at Rutland. She m. Colonel Frank West Rollins of Concord, N. H. They have one son. Col. Rollins is a member of the banking house of E. H. Rollins & Sons of Boston, Mass., and was elected governor of New Hampshire in 1898.
v. Lucia K., m. Samuel Danforth, who d. October, 1873. Two c. (1) John W., d. Sept. 15, 1882. (2) Frank P., m. Ina Wheaton of West Concord, and lives in Newbury.
vi. Kate N., m. Andrew Jackson Wallace of West Topsham. She d. Sept. 10, 1886, aged 53 years. He d. March 9, 1888 aged 73 years. Two c. (1) John L., now of Barre. (2) Seth E., now of Brockton, Mass.
vii. Sarah K., m. in Oregon, Joseph Sawyer, both returning to Newbury, in 1881. He d. at the Wallace homestead Sept. 13, of that year, aged 62 years.
viii. James, now resides on a farm between Wallace Hill, where his grandfather, James Wallace, settled, and the old homestead, the John Wallace farm, called the "Old Avery place." He served in the Civil War, in Co. H, 12th Vt., from Oct. 4, 1862, till March 13, 1863.
ix. Lizzie C., m. William S. Magoon, and lived in Keene, N. H., where she d. Aug. 14, 1891, aged 48. W. S. Magoon d. in Newbury, Nov. 18, 1894, aged 51 years.
x. Charles S., was a soldier in the Civil War. He d. Jan. 22, 1884, aged 38 years.
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WATKINS.
DR. EUSTACE VIRGIL, b. Stockbridge, May 11, 1823; educated at Royalton and Charleston Academies; studied medicine with Drs. Crosby and Peaslee, and graduated at Dartmouth Medical College, 1850; came to Newbury in that year, and was in practice here till near his death. He was esteemed skillful in his profession, and was frequently called to consult with leading physicians in Northern New England. His practice was not confined to this vicinity, but he was often called to distant places to render service both as physician and surgeon. His health failed some years before his death, and he spent some time in London, under the care of eminent physicians. Member of the Congregational church and of several medical associations. He m. April 14, 1851, Emily, dau. Dr. Ira and Sophia (Hazen) Tenney, of Hartford. He d. Newbury, Dec. 18, 1888.
Children :
i. George Tenney, b. Oct. 12, 1855; d. Oct. 19, 1860.
ii. Emily Sophia, b. April 30, 1858; in. Oct. 9, 1888, Albert W. Silsby ; res. Newbury. C., Emily Tenney, b. Northampton, Mass., March 28, 1890.
iii. Lucia Anna, b. Jan. 21, 1864; m. June 15, 1892, Edwin A. Bayley, q. v.
iv. Harris Ralph, b. March 8, 1866; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1888, and at Burlington Medical College; in practice at Burlington where he is city physician ; member of the medical staff of Mary Fletcher Hospital, and one of the faculty of the medical department of Vermont University. He m. Sept. 26. 1894, Nellie Elizabeth Chapman of Hartford, N. Y. C., Eustace Virgil, b. Burlington, Feb. 28, 1901.
WATSON.
DR. HENRY L. and PORTER B., brothers, lived here in the '60s. (The following dates are from Coffin's History of Boscawen and Salisbury). HENRY L., b. Salisbury, N. H , Feb. 10, 1811; educated at Salisbury and Philips Academies ; graduated Vt. Medical College, 1848; In practice, Guildhall, 1849, where he was state senator, till he came here, about 1860, and was in practice here till 1867, when he rem. to Littleton, N. H. He m. 1st, June 4, 1840, *Roxanna, dau. Jesse Hughes of Maidstone, who d. 1850. He m. 2d, Mary J. Hardy. She d. August, 1884. He d. Jan. 22, 1894. Two c., Henry Porter and Ellen. The former, b. Guildhall, Jan. 18, 1844; graduated Dartmouth Medical College, 1867; in practice several years at Haverhill, but now at Manchester, N. H. He has traveled extensively.
PORTER B., b. Corinth, during a short residence of his father's family there; came to Newbury 1865, from Salisbury, N. H., and bought the Nathan Bartlett farm; rem. to Littleton, N. H., 1869. He m. Luvia E. Ladd of Lunenburg. He d. Littleton, 1894. Several c., of whom Irving Allison, the eldest, b. Sept. 6, 1849; educated in Newbury; studied medicine with his uncle, and graduated at Vermont University, (medical department), 1871; in practice, Northumberland, N. H., 1871-81, when he was appointed secretary of the State Board of Health, which important position he still holds; res. at Concord. He m. 1872, Laura A. Farr of Littleton. Dr. Watson has written much upon medical subjects.
*NOTE. John Hugh, grandfather of Mrs. Watson, was b. in Musselburgh, Scotland, 1737; was empressed on board a British man-of-war at the age of 16. From this he escaped, and went to Hampstead, N. H., where he m. Anna Harriman. He came to Haverhill in 1762, his being the seventh family to settle in Coos. He was a grantee of Newbury and rem. here, bought a farm on the Ox-bow, which he sold, receiving his pay in Continental money, which became worthless before he could purchase other land with it. He settled In Maidstone, in 1781, where he d. Sept. 27, 181+, his wife having died the year before. They had eight c., and among their descendants are many prominent people, especially in Western New York and Cleveland and Chicago. The name is usually spelled Hughes.
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WEBBER.
I. EDWARD, of Ipswich, Mass., who m. Patience Hobbs, in 1703.
II. WILLIAM, b. Ipswich, April 22, 1711; settled Methuen, Mass., ; m. 1st, Mary Wells of Ipswich, who d. 1753; m. 2d, 1754, Lucy Kimball of Wenham. Twelve c.
III. ANDREW, b. Feb. 18, 1763, at Methuen; m. Nov. 29, 1784, Lucy Cross of Methuen, and they rem. to the vicinity of Bath, N. H. He was a stone mason. His wife d. in Bath, June 11, 1828. He m. 2d, Mrs. Mary Kincaid. He lived in Bath, Benton, Lyman and Landaff. He d. May 10, 1845, and was buried in Bath.
Children :
i. Joseph.
1 ii. Andrew, b. July 27, 1794.
iii. William, b. about September, 1797.
2 iv. Lucy, b, Feb. 3, 1799; m. Jan. 16, 1822, Sylvester Gordon of Landaff, N. H., who d. Oct. 16, 1873. She d. at North Haverhill, Jan. 19, 1890. Their daus., Martha and Lucy A., were the 1st and 2 1 wives of Caleb Wells of North Haverhill.
v. Nathaniel Peabody, b. March 3, 1801 ; m. Mary, sister of Sylvester Gordon, and lived in Landaff, where she d. 1862, and he rem. to Manchester, Iowa, and d. Aug. 16, 1878.
vi. John Cross, b. Aug. 20, 1803; preacher and farmer; d. Sanbornton, N. H., March, 1868. Eight c.
vii. Horace, b. Lyman, April 19, 1807; Free Will Baptist minister in Benton, Haverhill, and Ossipee, where he d. Dec. 30, 1889. He m. Reliet Tyler of Benton, N. H. ; five c.
1 ANDREW J., b. July 27, 1794; m. Oct. 31, 1816, Sophia Wilkins, (b. Sept. 18, 1794; d. Jan. 3, 1840). They lived in Newbury till 1828, when they settled in Monterey, Schuyler County, N. Y., where he d. June 17, 1847. She d. Jan. 3, 1840.
Twelve children, the five eldest born Newbury :
i. Lorenzo, b. Newbury, Sept. 12, 1817; settled with his parents; rem. to Elmira, N. Y., where he d. Nov. 15, 1884; representative in the New York Assembly, 1864-65. He m. Feb. 27, 1840, Jane A. Welch. Three c.
ii. Azro Buck, b. Newbury, Aug. 29, 1819; m. 1842, Hannah Lockwood, of Monterey ; d. Aug. 11, 1883, and she d. Dec. 13, 1883.
iii. Samuel Wilkins, b. Newbury, May 25, 1823; settled in Monterey, but rem. 1855, to Ionia County, Mich., where he is a farmer and banker. He m. June 27, 1846, Maryette Bowen, who d. April 8, 1859; m. 2d, June 8, 1860, Harriet Bowen. Five c. Res. Lyons, Mich.
iv. George W., b. Newbury, Nov. 25, 1825; engaged in lumbering in Manistee County, Mich., 1852-58; rem. to Ionia, Mich , where he was in banking business and president of the 2d National Bank; was also in lumber business with his brother, A. J. Webber, in Mecosta County ; twice mayor of Ionia, and member of the 47th Congress from the 5th district of Michigan. Three times m. Two c.
v. Oscar, b. Newbury, June 25, 1827; merchant at Ionia, Mich., and in banking business at Stanton, Mich.
vi. Andrew Jackson, b. Monterey, Jan. 7, 1831; in lumber and banking business with his brother, George W. Webber. These brothers had five sisters, all b. in Monterey, N. Y.
2 WILLIAM, b. about 1797; m. Mary, dau. John Tewksbury, q. v. They settled on the farm where the late William Wallace, and his son, Robert, long lived, and built the old house, now deserted of all its former inmates. She d. Jan. 17, 1846, and he m. 2d, Mrs. Louisa Hcath, and d. July 23, 1870. Children, all b. in Newbury :
i. Charles, b. Oct. 26, 1816; d, October 1, 1899. 3 ii. Harriet, b. Oct. 9, 1817; m. Rodolphus Frizzle. (He was a student at
*In part from a pamphlet prepared by Lorenzo Webber, Portland, Michigan.
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Newbury Seminary, and worked his way partly through college, and preached somewhat as a Methodist itinerant. He lost his mind, wandered off in the woods and was never found). Five c., of whom Charles H., lives in Lunenburg.
iii. Ellen, b. Jan. 27, 1820; m. Thomas Frizzle; d. Woodsville, N. H., Sept., 1892. One son.
iv. Eliza, b. April 11, 1821; m. Grove A. Frizzle. He fell in C. E. Brock's barn, and was killed, 1890. She d. March 28, 1872.
v. William, b. Dec. 14, 1823; m. Hannah Larkin; d. Lynn, Mass., long ago.
vi. Philip, b. April 7, 1825; d. Dec. 18, 1853.
vii. Mary Ann, b. April 21, 1831; m. Feb. 10, 1849, Alfred P. Webber; d. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 13, 1874. Two c.
viii. Andrew J., b. Sept. 22. 1834; has been employed in railroad construction ; m. Sept. 20, 1851, Sybil Gordon, who d. Newbury, Nov. 16, 1875. He rem. to Rockland County, N. Y., and m. again. One c.
ix. Martha, b. Sept. 31, 1836; m. Sept. 9, 1858, Winthrop Cline, an engineer on the Passumpsic railroad, who d. Oct. 23, 1890. One c. living.
x. Abner, b. May 21, 1838; section foreman on the Passumpsic railroad many years, but bought a farm near Concord, N. H., where he d. August, 1901. He m. November, 1858, Maria Heath, who d. Sept. 21, 1887. C., Henry, Frank and Ernest.
3 CHARLES, b. Oct. 26, 1816; stone mason ; m. 1835, Susan, dau. Benjamin Leet, who d. June 1886. He d. October, 1899.
Children, who survived intancy :
i. Russell, b. Nov. 24, 1838; res. Groton.
ii. Elizabeth M., b. Jan. 20, 1841; res. Thetford.
iii. Louisa, b. Aug. 4, 1842 ; res. St. Albans: m. Alvin Chamberlin.
iv. Mary E., b. Dec. 6, 1843; res. Woodsville, N. H.
4 v. Phillip, b. Aug. 11, 1845.
vi. ยท George, b. Feb. 20, 1847; res. in Groton.
vii. William, b. Oct. 11, 1850; d. Thetford, 1874.
viii. Charles, b. 1856; d. in the west, Sept. 2, 1894.
4 PHILLIP, b. Aug. 11, 1845; served in the Civil War; farmer on the "Andrew Grant place." He m. Sept. 26, 1868, Mary A. Scruton.
Children :
i. Andrew J., b. Sept. 13, 1869.
ii. Clara B., b. April 28, 1871 ; m. Fred D. White.
iii. Lillian E., b. May 17, 1873; m. Oct. 4, 1899, Herbert A. Wheeler.
iv. Grace, b. July 28, 1878.
v. Martena, b. Oct. 15, 1881.
vi. Etta M., b. May 29, 1884.
vii. Herman J., b. Oct. 24, 1886.
viii. Perley P., b. Dec. 30, 1891.
WEBSTER.
Of this family we should know little or nothing except for some facts gathered by David Johnson, and transmitted by him to Rev. Grant Powers. They are, in substance: That, in the fall of 1777, Richard Wallace of Thetford, and Ephraim Webster of Newbury, swam across Lake Champlain, between Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, bearing dispatches from General Lincoln to the commanding officer on the east side of the lake. The water was cold, the distance they had to make, about two miles. It was in the night, and the men came near perishing, but gained the shore, and delivered their dispatches. Mr. Johnson further says that Webster was residing among the Oneida Indians, who made him their chief, the last he knew of him. Our early records make mention of Asa, Lemuel, Samuel, Ephraim and Ephraim, Jr. Ephraim was here very early, as he is mentioned in 1773. He appears to have owned land on Musquash Meadow, and "Ephraim Webster's north bound" is frequently mentioned in old records. Mr. Johnson says that he came from New Chester, (now Hill), N. H., and in 1787, Ephraim Webster of New Chester sells land on Musquash Meadow, by which we may infer that he returned to that place. In the Ox-bow cemetery one of the oldest stones marks the grave of
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"Phebe, wife of Ephraim Webster, who d. May 21, 1775, in her 41st year." It was probably the son, Ephraim, who swam the lake, and afterward joined the Indians. Stearns' History of Rindge, N. H., mentions one Ebenezer Webster, b. Newbury, 1773, who afterward lived in Rindge, but d. in Piermont in 1850.
WEBSTER.
PETER, b. in Salem, N. H .; m. Mary Webster, (b. July, 1774; d. May 26, 1861). Settled in the Lime Kiln neighborhood, and their c. were b. there. He d. Newbury, Jan. 25, 1835.
Children :
i. Hannah W.
1 ii. James R.
iii. Peter, m. Mehetabel Perry.
iv. Stephen, lived in Ryegate; m. Cynthia Sly.
V. Mary, m. Randall.
vi. Anna, m. Josiah Dow; lived in Newbury. One son, Henry G., lives here.
vii. Benjamin, m. Anna Woods.
viii. Wealthy, m. Stillman Stevens.
1 JAMES R., m. 1833, Charlotte, dau. of Asa Coburn, Jr., (b. Feb. 7, 1810; d. Thetford, April 20, 1900). He d. May 5, 1871.
Children :
i. Harriet, b. Jan. 1, 1836 ; d. Aug. 24, 1841.
ii. Sarah, b. June 3, 1838; m. John Forsythe; d. Mechanics Falls, Me., May 26,1870.
iii. Albert, b. Aug. 2, 1844; d. July 30, 1852.
iv. Emery, b. Sept. 7, 1847; mustered into 17th Vt. Vols. Dec. 31, 1863; d. in hospital at Washington, Feb. 15, 1864.
v. Charlotte, b. March 11, 1849; m. Sept. 16, 1871, J. G. Lord of Thetford. Three c.
vi. Anna M., b. Dec. 11, 1851; m. Sept. 15, 1897, C. N. Balch of North Thetford.
vii. Mary Addie, b May 4,1854; m. March 4, 1874, Frank Stevens of Thetford. Three c.
viii. Hattie, b. April 10, 1858; m. Sept. 13, 1876, Charles Emerson of Thetford. Two c.
WEBSTER.
DAVID, b. Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland, 1771; he and his sons left Scotland May, 1834, were shipwrecked at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence, May 14, and reached Newbury about the middle of June with their families. He d. Nekimi, Wis., 1866. His farm is now J. M. Waldron's.
His sons were:
i. David, b. Leslie, 1796; d. Elo. Wis., August, 1879. 1
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ii. Robert, b. Leslie, 1798; d. Oskosh, Wis., October, 1884.
1 DAVID. m. Agnes Shairp, (b. Leslie, Scotland; d. Newbury, Feb. 24, 1855, aged 68. Her sister, Margaret, d. in Newbury, March 11. 1858, aged 75). This David was an iron molder and worked at Brandon some years. His farm is now M. B. Abbott's. Later he lived where Mrs. B. P. Wheeler does. Children ;
i. Marion, d. Newbury, June 20, 1834, one week after their arrival here.
ii. Isabella, b. Leslie, 1817; m. David Halley, q. v.
3 iii. David, b. Leslie, 1820.
4 iv. William, b. Nov. 9, 1823.
2 ROBERT, m. Margaret Weird, (b. Scotland, 1800; d. Oshkosh, Wis., 1870). He lived where Phillip Webber does.
Children :
i. Margaret, b. Leslie, 1822; m. W. Mackey ; d. Nekimi, Wis.
ii. David, b. 1824.
iii. John, b. 1826.
iv. Isabella, (Mrs. Cross), b. 1828.
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3 DAVID, son of David, Jr., m. Feb. 25, 1845, Ann Gilmore of Newbury, and had a son, David. In the summer of 1859, the four David Websters, father, son, grandson and great grandson hoed corn together in the same field. This family were Scotch Presbyterians. David Webster, Sr., was a very shrewd man. There was a piece of ground in this town whose ownership was disputed. A man obtained leave of one of the claimants to sow the land, which he did, to oats. Another man got leave from the other claimant to sow their newly cleared land, which he did, harrowing up the oats and sowing wheat. When the grain was ripe the men quarrelled, but were persuaded to leave the matter to David Webster. The old Scotchman heard the evidence and decided that in his view neither man had any "superior" right to the land, but that each had a right to what grain grew from his seed, he therefore decreed that the men should thresh out the grain, which Andrew Grant and William Wallace should measure into a box, and that one man should sit on one side and pick out all his oats, and that the other should sit on the other side and pick out all his wheat. This unique decision caused so much amusement that the litigants settled the matter peaceably.
4 WILLIAM, b. Leslie, Scotland, Nov. 9, 1823; m. Oct. 3, 1855, in Newbury, Judith A., dau. of John Wells; studied medicine with Dr. Poole of Bradford, and attended lectures at Dartmouth Medical College; rem. to Harmony, Vernon County, Wis., 1857; farming and in practice till death. He d. Harmony, Wis., Oct. 9, 1882. Of their five c., a son, William, and a dau., Agnes, survive. Mrs. Webster res. at La Crosse, Wis.
WEED.
CHARLES, b. Amesbury, Mass., Oct. 5, 1750. Revolutionary soldier; wounded severely at Bunker Hill and was always lame. Came to Topsham 1809, where he was farmer and blacksmith. He d. April 5, 1832, buried in a small cemetery near the road from the Lime-kiln to Topsham. Among his c., were Joseph, who d. Feb. 20, 1856, aged 80 years, 7 months. He m. Miriam Currier, who d. April 23, 1846, in her 75th year. Charles Weed, Jr., b. in Amesbury, Mass., come to Topsham in 1812 and settled where he d. Oct. 21, 1854. His wife, Abigail Colby, was b. in Amesbury and d. in Topsham, Feb. 8, 1867, at 82.
Their children were 8, the two eldest b. in Amesbury, the rest in Topsham: i. Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1810; m. Bernard Eastman q. v .; d. Sept. 4, 1897.
ii. Abigail, b. Aug. 20, 1812; m. Aug. 21, 1855, Robert Dickson; d. Oct. 27, 1887.
iii. John, b. Aug. 21, 1814, q. v.
iv. Harriet, b. Dec., 1816 ; m. Hon. Wm. T. George.
Y. Julia, b. Sept., 1818; m. Henry Whitcher, q. v.
vi. Sarah, b. Nov., 1821 ; m. June 21, 1863, Hon. Peter Buchanan, who d. Mar. 8, 1886.
vii. Volentine, b. July, 1823; m. Belle Peach; d. May 12, 1885, q. v.
viii. Elizabeth, b. Aug., 1825; m. Warren C. Meserve.
JOHN, b. Aug. 21, 1814; lived at the Lime-kiln, 1848-60, when he rem. to the Ox-bow. He m. Dec. 25, 1845, Angeline, dau. John Renfrew, (b. May 1, 1820 ; d. June 9, 1888). He d. June 9, 1897. Their son, John Renfrew, b. Newbury, Nov. 28, 1854 ; farmer on the Ox-bow, (see town officers). He m. in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 29, 1890, Della B. Orser, (b. Oct. 4, 1860).
WELLS.
I. WILLIAM, son of Rev. Wm. Wells, b. at Norwich, Eng., Feb. 10, 1604; came to Massachusetts, 1638, and in 1640, was one of the first settlers of Southold, Long Island; lawyer and recorder; deputy to the General Court at New Haven, 1657-61; member of the Council of Gov. Nichols of New York; high sheriff of Long Island; d. Nov. 13, 1671, and his wife, Mary, dau. of Rev. John Youngs. 1709. "William Wells of Southold and His Descendants," was published in 1878 by Rev. Charles Wells Haves, D. D., then of Portland, Me.
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II. JOSHUA, of Southold, (1664-1744), m. Hannah Tuthill.
III. JOSHUA, of Southold, (1691-1761), m. 1713, Mary, granddaughter of Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower.
IV. JOSHUA, of Southold, (1716 --- ), m. Mary Reeve.
V. DEA. SELAH, b. Southold, April 1, 1750; m. at Aquebogue, N. Y., Mehitabel Tuthill, (b. April, 1753; d. Newbury, May 6, 1838). They rem. to Amenia, Dutchess County, N. Y., 1780, to Marshfield, 1798, and about 1836, came to live with their son, John, on Ingalls hill, Newbury, where she d., and he d. March 3, 1842, where his grandson, David T. Wells, long lived. He was the first deacon of the Congregational church, at Marshfield.
Seven children, of whom the following settled in Vermont:
i. Joseph, b. Southold, Aug. 14, 1776; d. in Burlington, Jan., 1861. 1 ii. Ebenezer, b. July 8, 1779; lived in Marshfield, Peacham and Newbury, but d. in Michigan, Jan. 19, 1855.
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iii. John, b. Feb. 9, 1890; d. June 4, 1862.
1 EBENEZER, m. Susanna Spencer of Marshfield, and their c. were : Electa, m. B. F. Tilton of Danville; Tabitha, m. Rev. Joseph Morton of Michigan; Dea. Gideon S., d. in Michigan; George G., b. March 20, 1816, lives in St. Johnsbury; Charles K., lived in Burke, but d. in rebel prison at Andersonville, and Marvin Henry, who lived some years in Newbury, b. May 18, 1814. He m. Aug. 8, 1839, Harriet Bingham, (b. 1816; d. Newbury, May 4, 1849). C., (1) Charles, A., b. Newbury, June 6, 1841; served in Co. A, 4th Michigan Infantry; wounded at the battle of Malvern Hills, and d. in hospital July 7, 1862. (2) Roxanna, b. March 15; d. April 1, 1843. (3) John Milton, b. Newbury, April 13, 1844; served from September, 1863, to May 8, 1865, in Co. M, Michigan Eng. and Mech. Regiment. He m. Lucinda Adelaide, granddaughter of John Wells of Newbury. Three c. (4) Edwin Allen, b. Oct. 21, 1847; d. July 10, 1850. M. H. Wells m. 2d, March 26, 1850, Mrs. Phoebe Philbrick, who d. Aug. 13, 1856. He moved to Michigan in that year, and d. at Union City, Jan. 2, 1900.
2 JOHN, b. Amenia. N. Y., Feb. 9, 1790; m. Marshfield, Sept. 12, 1812, Betsev Willis, (b. Windsor, April 6, 1789; d. Oct. 5, 1878.) He served a few days as a "Plattsburg Volunteer." in the war of 1812; rem. to Bradford, 1825; to Ingalls hill, 1834, and to the center of the town, 1842. He d. June 4, 1862.
Children, all b. in Marshfield except the last :
i. Lucinda W., b. April 30, 1814; m. Dec. 5, 1833, William, son of John Moore of Bradford; rem. to Michigan, 1843; d. Union, Mich., Dec. 20, 1894. Of their c., these were b. in Vermont: (1) Harriet, b. Bradford, Sept. 11, 1835; m. Cornelius Bancroft of Michigan. Their dau., Rose E., m. George B. Barnett of Newbury, q. v., and her sister, Amelia S., has been a teacher here. (2) William Henry, b. Newbury, Jan. 26, 1842; served two and one-half years in Co. I, 9th Michigan Cavalry. Res. Elk Rapids, Mich.
ii. Jonathan, b. May 22, 1815; d. March 2, 1822.
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iii. David Tuthill, b. Jan. 18, 1817.
iv. Charlotte S., b. Feb. 12, 1819; d. June 7, 1884.
v. Hiram T., b. July 28, 1822; farmer and stone cutter; m. Nov. 30, 1854, Mary, dau. of Aaron Currier of Plymouth, N. H, where she d. Dec. 18, 1871. He d. Nov. 11, 1857. One son, Hiram F., b. Plymouth, July 8, 1857: m. Linnie A. Hunt, and lives at Plymouth ; glove manufacturer and farmer.
vi. Ruth P., b. April 25, 1824; m. Feb. 14, 1850, Oliver B. Elkins of Penacook, N. H., who d. Nov. 30, 1851 ; m. 2d, O. C. Barnett, q. v.
vii. Judith A., b. Feb. 21, 1829; m. Dr. William Webster, q. v.
viii. Catherine S., b. Bradford, June 12, 1830; d. Sept. 23, 1831.
3 DAVID TUTHILL, b. Marshfield, Jan. 18, 1817; came to Newbury, 1834; in Illinois, 1838, '39; farmer and stone cutter; bought in 1841, the farm on which he afterwards lived; member of Congregational church 67 years, and chosen deacon in 1853, holding the office 46 years. He m. at Brighton, Me., Sept. 14, 1846, Maria, dau. Dudley and Abigail (Pickering) Palmer, (b. Brighton, May 14, 1813; d. June 15, 1897). He d. May 6, 1899.
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Children :
i. Maria Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6; d. Dec. 21, 1847.
ii. Frederic Palmer, b. Nov. 14, 1850 ; farmer on homestead ; m. June 30, 1897, Katharine, dau. L. L. Tucker, C., Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1898.
WESTGATE.
HARVEY and ISAAC STRATTON, brothers, came to Newbury from Cornish, N. H., and settled where the late Milo C. Bailey lived, building that house. Later, Harvey bought the farm next south of N. C. Randall's, and lived there until a few years before his death, March 12, 1878. That house was burned March 2, 1877. Mr. Westgate was a lover of trees, and set out the trees around the Milo Bailey house and the double row of maples, now grown large, along the road between his house and S. W. Tewksbury's. He m. Sarah, dau. Samuel Tucker, (b. Nov. 8, 1805; d. April 1, 1891). One son, Thomas W., who m. Emily, dau. of Justin Lindsey ; no c. He d. Aug. 26, 1876, aged 39.
ISAAC STRATTON, b. April 9, 1803, he settled finally where George C. Tyler has lately lived, a farm cleared and buildings erected by Samuel Eastman and Nicholas White. He m. Mrs. Sarah (Kempton) Keyes, (b. Nov. 3, 1800; d. March 3, 1873). She became blind some years before her death and they were cared for by her son, William Keyes, and wife, who lived on their farm. He d. Sept. 10, 1869. Mrs. Keyes, whose maiden name was Pushee, m. 1st, a Mr Cutting, and their dau., Hattie P, mn. Sherburne S. Tucker. After the death of Mr. Keyes, Jan. 21, 1876, she m. 3d, a Mr. Kent of Orford.
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