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WHEELER.
NATHANIEL, understood to have been b. in England, Feb. 5, 1765, came when a child with his parents to Canada where he m., his wife being Olive -- a native of Ireland, (b. Aug. 10, 1770).
The following list of their children is given here for preservation. Nearly all lived and died in Canada :
i. Eben, b. June 1, 1791
ii. Lucy, b. March 18, 1793.
1 iii. Jabez, b. Jan. 30, 1796.
iv. Malinda, b. April 13, 1798.
v. Lucinda, b. Nov., 1800. vi. John, b. March 25, 1805.
vii. Ira, b. April 20, 1807.
viii. Lavinia, b. Nov. 20, 1810.
ix. Phias, b. Jan. 24, 1813.
1 JABEZ, b. Capleton, P. Q, Jan. 30, 1796. He m. March 1, 1818, Lois Canfield, (b. Charleston, Feb. 14, 1796; d. Newbury, July 4, 1882). Miller and wheelwright. Was in the mill at Rock Island, P. Q., 20 years, when people would come twenty miles to mill with a huge grist, staying over night with the miller. They rem. to Manchester, N. H., and in old age to Newbury, where two of their sons had settled. He d. in Newbury, April 27, 1887. Children :
2 i. Benjamin P., b. Dec. 8, 1818; d. July 2, 1893.
ii. Asenath C., b. July 2, 1820 ; d. May 8, 1843.
iii. Alonzo. b. Aug. 23, 1822; d. Dec. 14, 1897.
iv. Randall, b. July 4, 1824 ; d. Aug. 23 1849.
v. Lois L., b. Nov. 26, 1826; d. March 18, 1851.
vi. Mortimer, b. March 17, 1833; lived some years at South Newbury; mechanic.
vii. Lucy Ann, b. April 15, 1835; d. Oct. 12, 1879.
viii. Homer, b. May 4, 1838. Four who d. in childhood.
2 BENJAMIN P., b. Brownington, Dec. 8, 1818; wheelwright by trade, but farmer by choice. Settled on Leighton Hill, in April, 1861. He taught singing school at different times. Was one year in California. Member and class
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leader of the Methodist church. He m. 1st, Amy Burroughs of Stanstead, P. Q., who d. two years later; m. 2d, Sept. 17, 1847, Esther Sly of Ryegate, from whom he was divoreed. One e., Estella, who m. Charles Reed of Auburn, N. H., and d. Nov. 2, 1888. Three e., Benjamin, Ira and Mabel, the last d. Oet., 1898; m. 3d, Angeline, dau. Dan G., and Charlotte (Woodbury) Ford. He d. Newbury, July 2, 1893.
Children, by 3d marriage:
3 i. Osgood P., b. Sept. 21, 1858.
ii. Willimina, b. Aug. 21, 1862; d. Sept. 29, 1890.
iii. Charlien W., b. Mareh 28, 1867; m. John F. George, q. v.
3 OSGOOD P., b. Sept. 4, 1858; m. June, 1880, Eliza S., dau. Azro J. Bailey ; res. Laneaster, N. H. Salesman for Grand Union Tea Co.
Children :
i. Beatrice H., b. May 26, 1881.
ii. Charlotte A., b. Oet. 13, 1882.
iii. Infant, b. May 24, d. July 5, 1884.
iv. B. Clinton, b. July 30, 1885.
v. Errol, b. Dee. 25, 1887.
vi. J. Elwyn, b. April 20, 1892.
WHEELOCK.
PETER, b. Lancaster, Mass., 1766; d. Newbury, Sept. 9, 1851.
PETER, Jr., b. Royalton, Oet. 10, 1802; eame to Newbury in 1833, and kept the Spring Hotel 1833-36; was also steward at the seminary, and kept the boarding house; in the hardware business in the "old depot building," and bought the "Old Bliss house" at the south end, next to the "Buxton house." He afterward became traveling agent for the Fairbanks Seale company, and, in 1853, rem. to Milwaukee, to which place his wife's father and brother had rem. He m. a dau. of Prof. Amasa Buek of Bath, (b. Lyman, N. H., Mareh 18, 1811; d. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 30, 1886). He d. Sioux Falls, April 8, 1880.
Children :
i. Martha R., b. Rochester, Oet. 6, 1830; graduated Newbury Seminary, (Institute), November, 1851; music teacher. She m. Wm. S. Trowbridge, a civil engineer of Milwaukee.
ii. Arthur Buek, b. Royalton, April 19, 1832; served three months in Co. A, 1st Wiseonsin. 1861; mustered out August, 1861; re-enlisted, Sept. 17, 1861; 2d lieutenant, 7th Wisconsin Light Artillery ; was in the Mississippi campaign; taken prisoner, Aug. 21, 1864; Ex. Oct. 27, 1864; pro. captain, April 18, 1865; mustered out July 20, 1865; service four years, 5 months; eity justice of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Newbury, Nov. 29, 1834; d. Milwaukee, Jan. 13, 1865.
iv. Sarah Franees, b. Newbury, May 11, 1839; m. Henry E. Southwell of Chicago.
v. William Henry, b. Newbury, Dee. 11, 1841. While the family lived in Mil- waukee he, then a school boy, went out to walk one evening, and was never seen or heard of afterwards.
*WHITTIER-WHITCHER.
" I THOMAS, b. Millehill, Wiltshire, Eng., 1622; came to America in the ship, Confidenee, which sailed from Northampton, April 24, 1638. They settled first in Salisbury, Mass., afterwards lived a short time in Newbury, where he m. 1646, Widow Ruth Green, a sister of Henry Rolfe, with whom he had come from England. About ten years later he rem. to Haverhill, where he lived on what has sinee been ealled the Whittier homestcad, until his death, Nov. 28, 1696. In 1688, he built the large two-story house still standing, and used for memorials, relics, ctc., by the John G. Whittier
* Ancestry by W. F. Whitcher, Esq., Woodsville.
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Memorial Society. In was in this house that the poet was born, and it was this house which was the scene of his immortal New England epic, "Snow Bound." The fact that the name, Whittier, was originally pronounced as of two syllables, Whit-tier, (Whitcher or Whicher) fully accounts for the corruption of the spelling on the part of some of the descendants of Thomas Whittier.
II. THOMAS and Ruth had 10 c., of whom Nathaniel, b. Aug. 11, 1658, m. Aug. 26, 1685, Mary, dau. of William Osgood of Salisbury. They had a son and a daughter.
III. REUBEN, their one son, b. May 17, 1686; m. Dec. 19, 1708, Deborah Pillsbury of Newbury, and lived in Salisbury where their seven c. were b.
IV. RICHARD, 4th son, b. 1717; was twice m .; his first wife d. in Stratham, April 10, 1750. He m. 2d, Mary Chase, by whom he had :
V. * PERLEY FOXWELL WHITCHER (Whittier), b. Berwick, Me., March, 1757, (or 1758); m. Ruth Hill of Kittery, Me., (b. 1760), in 1779. He was, while in Maine, a buyer of pine lumber, for one Paul Lord, a ship contractor. For this buying of lumber and delivering it he received one dollar a day, boarding himself. In March, 1800, he came to Vermont with his family, consisting of a wife and eight c., and settled in Ryegate, on the farm now owned by Lester Low. Their team was six cows shod like oxen, drawing the family and furniture; they were seven days on the road, bringing $800 in silver. In Ryegate he engaged in lumbering, and in clearing land for the Scotch settlers, receiving from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre, for this work. In
1815, he sold in Ryegate and bought a farm in Groton, where he remained until his death. He was a very active man, being also a great reader, especially of the Bible, and having a very retentive memory, it was said by Rev. William Gibson of Ryegate that if the Scriptures were struck out of existence, Foxwell Whitcher, and one more like him, could reproduce the whole. He d. June 6, 1842. The c. of Perley F., and Ruth Whitcher were, Richard, Reuben, John, Perley F., Hiram, Joseph, Lucinda, Lavinia, who m. James Allen, Abner, and Ruth, who d. at the age of 17, at the home of her aunt, Mrs. John Hall. The two youngest were b. in Ryegate, the others in Maine.
HIRAM, son of Perley F., b. in South Berwick, Me., Dec. 15, 1790; came to Ryegate in 1800; in 1817, he settled on the southeast corner lot in Groton, and m. April 1, 1818, Margaret, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Miller) Nelson, (b. Dec. 26, 1794; d. Oct. 14, 1880). He afterwards bought 100 acres in the northeast corner of Topsham, and 200 of lease land in the northwest corner of Newbury. In March, 1838, he sold his farm and bought the Robert Johnston farm, where his son, Henry, now lives. He was a hard working man, a Bible scholar, and constant at church. His mother being of the Quaker persuasion, he was taught that taking Freeman's oath was of doubtful legality. He took the oath for the first time, and voted in September, 1840, and never afterwards. In 1828 or '29, he and his wife united with the Methodist church in Groton, being the first members of the church in that town, under the charge of Revs. Paul C. Richmond and W. Peck. A class of about 14 was formed which included Mrs. Burnham, mother of Rev. Benjamin Burnham, Mrs. Hall, Job Welton and wife, and Miss Polly Low. Hiram Whitcher d. Aug. 17, 1852.
Children, all born in Groton, except the last :
1 i. Henry, b. May 2, 1819.
2 ii. Abner, b. Oct. 9, 1820; d. Sept. 16, 1893.
iii. Alexander N., b. February, 1822; d. November, 1827.
iv. Eliza Jare, b. March, 1825; d. September, 1830.
v. Almira, b. Dec. 14, 1827; d. March 8, 1848.
vi. Lavinia, b. Nov. 3, 1830; m. Andrew Renfrew, q. v.
vii. Naomi, b. Feb. 3, 1833; m. Thomas Kasson of Topsham and Newbury.
viii. Ruth, b. Sept. 4, 1834; m. March 12, 1857, Edwin Tuttle; d. Boston, Mass., March 26, 1861.
*By Henry Whitcher.
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ix. Julia, b. March 14, 1837; m. Nov. 3, 1861, N. H. Richardson of Topsham ; res. Lancaster, N. H.
x. Lois Jane, b. 1840; m. Henry C. Richardson; d. Lancaster, N. H., Sept. 6, 1867.
1 HENRY, b. Groton, May 2, 1819; received a common school education, as such was in his younger days, with one term at Newbury Seminary, the winter of 1838. The same year he rem. with his parents to the farm on which he still resides, teaching school winters, and working on the farm summers. To this farm he lias added greatly by purchase has always been one of the most progressive farmers in town, and in the breeding of fine blood stock and the introduction of farm machinery and appliances, has been one of the foremost. Mr. Whitcher has rendered valuable aid in the preparation of that portion of this history which relates to the section of the town in which he res. He m. Jan. 19, 1844, Julia, dau. of Charles and Abigail (Colby) Weed of Topsham.
Children :
i. Infant son, b. and d. July 17, 1846.
ii. Abner John, b. June 28, 1847; farmer on homestead; member of school board, etc. He m. Dec. 9, 1869, Ella M., dau. of John R. McAllister. C., (1) Fred J., b. June 29, 1870; res. Auburn, Me. (2) Frank E., b. May 6, 1872. (3) Edna Maud, b. Jan. 18, 1881. (4) Perley H., b. April 5, 1889.
2 ABNER, son of Hiram, b. Oct. 9, 1820. Went to California in July, 1850, and remained about eleven years, being most of the time engaged in mining, on the north fork of American river at a place called Beal's bar. High sheriff for three years of Sacramento County, living at Folsom. Returned from California in 1861, and went into business in Boston as a dealer in country produce, for about three years having a stall in Quincy Market. In 1864, he returned to Newbury, and in 1866 bought the home farm on which he afterwards lived. He m. 1st, Jan. 12, 1854, Mary Jane Thorne of Boston, who went out to him from Boston in a clipper ship around Cape Horn, the voyage lasting nine months, being twice wrecked. She d. Jan. 26, 1862, aged 36 years. One dau., Mary Louise b. in California, Feb. 26, 1860; graduated Tilden Female Seminary, now librarian of San Francisco Public Library. He m. 2d, April 19, 1866, Grace Crawford, b. Erskine Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland, March 1, 1831, came to America in 1853. Abner Whitcher d. Sept. 16. 1893. C., (1) Florence Isabella, b. Feb. 23, 1867; d. Oct. 22, 1869. (2) James Roger, b. Oct. 3, 1869; farmer on the homestead; selectman 1901. A twin brother d. at birth. (4) Eliza Jane, b. April 23, 1872; d Oct. 6, 1892. Twins, b. and d. Oct. 10, 1875. Infant, b. and d., 1877.
(The following record is inserted here for the sake of its preservation).
SUSANNA, dau. Richard Whitcher, brother of Hiram; m. Joseph Hill.
Children, all of whom but one settled in Sanford. Me :
i. Polly, m. Col. Ebenezer Norwell; 10 c., of whom Eben S., of Salmon Falls, N. H., Mrs. Theodate S. Haines, and her sister, Anna, of Somersworth, N. H., and Mrs. Phebe, widow of Capt. Nicholas Varnia of Newburyport, Mass., arc living.
ii. Ruth, m. Nathaniel Chadburn; 11 c. living; four of their sons were in the banking business; two at Columbus, Wis., one at Minneapolis and one at Blue Earth City, Minn.
iii. Joseph, m. Olivia Beal. Mrs. Frances Pease of Newburyport is living.
iv. Abner, m. Mercy Norwell; 7 c., 2 living.
v. John, m. Lydia Butler; 4 c., all d.
vi. Reuben W., was a physician at Montpelier where he practiced till 75 years of age; m. Lydia Hill of Groton; 3 c., of whom Emma A., of Barton is living.
vii. Theodate, m. Ichabod Frost ; 7 c., 2 living.
WHITE.
IRA, b. Swanscy, N. H., March 22, 1789. In 1801, he went to Surry, N. H., to live with Hon. Lemuel Holmes, and in 1810, went to Bellows Falls to learn the paper business. He came first to Wells River, when there were
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but seven houses in the place. In 1814, he took a load of naval officers from Bellows Falls to Vergennes, who took part in the battle of Lake Champlain. After 1816, he resided in Wells River, permanently, where he built the house still called by his name. (See further, Judge Leslie's paper upon Wells River). He m. 1823, Eliza, dau. of Stephen Reed. She d. March 21, 1869. He d. Newbury, Nov. 17, 1886, in his 98th year. Children :
i. Henry K., b. 1825. In the paper business at Wells River, but rem. to Toronto, Ont., where he d., leaving a wife and dau.
ii. * Helen, b. 1830; m. Wm. G. Buchanan, q. v.
iii. Sarah, b. 1838; m. George H. Fay, a jeweler of Boston; d. Nov. 10, 1884.
WHITE.
I. WILLIAM, b. in England, 1610; came to Ipswich, Mass., 1635, and in 1640, with eleven others, made the first settlement in Haverhill, Mass., where he d. Sept. 28, 1690. He m. Mary -- , who d. Feb. 22, 1681.
II. JOHN, b. March 8, 1639-40; m. in Salem, Nov. 25, 1662, Hannah, dau. of Edward French ; one son. He d. Jan. 1, 1668-9.
III. JOHN, b. March 8, 1663-4; m. Oct. 24, 1687, Lydia, dau. of Hon. John Gilman of Exeter. They had 14 c., of whom Nicholas was the ancestor of the Whites in Newbury, and his sister, Abigail, who m. Moses Hazen, was the ancestress of hundreds of people in this town and Haverhill. This John White represented Haverhill in the General Court many years, and was a captain in the Indian wars. He d. Nov. 20, 1727.
IV. NICHOLAS, b. Dec. 4, 1698. He m. 1st, Nov. 6, 1722, Hannah Ayer, who d. Jan. 25, 1732, having had five c., and m. 2d, Mary Calfe or Calef of Ipswich, by whom he had 10 c. He d. Plaistow, N. H., April 7, 1782. For the sake of convenience the descent of the Newbury Whites will be reckoned back only to Nicholas, seven of whose c. settled in Newbury and there are descendants of others.
Children, five by 1st m., ten by 2d m :
i. Mary, b. and d. April, 1725.
ii. Hannah, b. Sept. 8. 1726; d. Aug., 1803.
1 iii. Noah, b. Feb. 15, 1788.
iv. Abigail, b. March 29, 1730 ; m. John Cogswell, Jr.
2 Ebenezer, b. Dec. 2, 1731; d. July 24, 1807.
3 vi. Joseph, b. Dec. 14, 1734.
vii. Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1736; m. Col. Jacob Kent, q. v .; d. June 17, 1834.
viii. Lydia, b. July 2, 1738 ; m. Dea. Benjamin Hale, q. v .; d. Nov. 11, 1791.
4 ix. William, b. March 19, 1740.
x. John, b. March 21, 1742; d. Oct. 29, 1808.
xi. Sarah, b. Aug. 17, 1744 ; d. June 10, 1745.
xii. Elizabeth, b. May 31. 1746; m. Timothy Ayer, of Haverhill, Mass.
xiii. Martha, b. Aug. 9, 1748 ; m. James Dodge of Haverhill, Mass.
5 xiv. Samuel, b. Nov. 6, 1750 ; d. Jan. 25, 1848.
xv. Abigail, b. May 14, 1757 ; m. James Davis of Haverhill, Mass.
1 NOAH,2 (Nicholas,1) b. Feb. 18, 1728; m. Sept. 18, 1751, Sarah Sweet. They came to Newbury in the fall of 1763, bringing their infant, Sarah, in their arms. camping out at night without shelter. They rem. to Bradford a few years later where he became a Judge of Orange County Court.
Their c. were, (from Bradford town records) :
i. Nathaniel, b. April 10, 1752.
ii. James, b. May 26, 1754.
iii. Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1756.
iv. Nicholas, b. May 2, 1759 ; m. Deborah Ford.
v. Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1761; m. Dea. Reuben Martin of Bradford ; d. June 7, 1840.
*NOTE. On page 481, the record of William G. Buchanan is made to read that he d. June 14, 1855. It should have read Kate m. F. L. Moore and d. June 14, 1885. Mr. Buchanan is still living at Wells River.
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vi. Anna, b. in Newbury, Oct. 30, 1764; d. Feb. 24, 1788.
vii. John, b. in Newbury, Jan. 1, 1768.
viii. Hannah, b. Dec. 30, 1772.
ix. William, b. May 1, 1777.
2 EBENEZER,2 (Nicholas,1) b. Plaistow, Dec. 2, 1731; m. 1st, April 14, 1757, Hannah Merrill, (b. July 7, 1733; d. Nov. 11, 1767); m. 2d, Ruth Emerson, (b. Sept. 23, 1746; d. Oct. 10, 1815). Came to Newbury, 1763 ; farmer and shoemaker; settled on Hall's meadow and later where Wm. U. Bailey has long lived. Town representative 1785, (see town officers). In their old age they went to Topsham to live with their son, Moses H., where they d. and are buried on Currier Hill. Served 23 days guarding and scouting in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., 1779, and perhaps in other alarms. He d. July 24, 1807.
Children :
i. Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1758 ; d. Jan. 1, 1778.
ii. Roger Merrill, b. Nov. 26, 1759; d. Dec. 12, 1776, at Albany, N. Y., in the Continental army, from the accidental discharge of a musket.
iii. Mary, b. March 23, 1761; in. Samuel Powers, q. v .; d. Feb. 16, 1849.
iv. Lydia, b. Jan. 1, 1763; m. Bancroft Abbott, q. v .; d. June 25, 1853.
v. Nicholas, b. in Newbury, Feb. 11. 1765; m. at Hampstead, N. H., Nov. 14, 1793, Sally Kent.
vi. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 21, d. Dec. 17, 1766.
vii, Ebenezer, b. Nov. 8, 1767; m. Abigail, dau. Jonathan Tenney; lived in Corinth; two sons; d. June 11, 1820.
viii. Timothy, b. Jan. 29, 1769.
6 ix. Jesse, b. Feb. 4, 1771; d. May 12, 1851.
x. Ruth, b. Nov. 20, 1772; m. a Mr. Sawyer, it is thought.
7 xi. Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1774 : d. Sept. 15, 1846.
xii. Roger M., b. May 27, 1777; d. Aug. 24, 1779.
xiii. Hannah, b. June 30, 1779; m. Abner Bayley, son of Ephraim, q. v.
xiv. Ayer, b. Feb. 26, 1781; m. Hannah, dau. Dea. William Carter, (b. March 23, 1792). C., Ayer and Spencer, perhaps others.
XV. Gilman, b. June 21, 1783. He had a son, Rev. John White.
xvi. Abigail, b. June 2, 1785; m. Dec. 27, 1804, Edmund Brown of Topsham.
Dea. Moses Hazen, b. Nov. 14, 1787; m. July 11, 1816, Mary Dickey ; lived
xvii. in Topsham; d. April 24, 1857. C., (1) Mary J., b. Aug. 22, 1820. (2) Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1822; d. May 6, 1823. (3) Julia K., b. Nov. 29, 1824; res. Lowell, Mass. (4) Moses B., b. Dec. 30, 1826.
xviii. Noah, b. May 13, 1792.
3 JOSEPH,2 (Nicholas,1) b. Dec. 11, 1734. Came to Newbury in 1763, and settled on Kent's meadow. Served with his son, Joseph, in several short campaigns of the Revolution, but they turned tories and both were of the party which tried to capture Gen. Jacob Bayley, June 15, 1782. Later, Joseph, Jr., was taken prisoner and carried to Canada on the charge of having betrayed certain plans. The father entreated Gen. Bayley to use his influence to have his son exchanged, but he refused, saying that those who had done all they could to ruin others, had no right to beg them for help when their own turn came. Joseph, Jr., was forbidden to return to Newbury, and the family soon after the war rem. to Canada.
4 WILLIAM,2 (Nicholas,1) b. March 27, 1740; m. Mary, dau. of Rev. Abner and Elizabeth (Baldwin) Bayley of Salem, N. H. He lived in Plaistow, N. H., but was in Newbury a good deal, and owned mueh land herc. In his will dated Jan. 7, 1775, on record here, he gives 3/8 of his land in this town to his son, Abner Bayley White, 2/8 to his daughter, Mary White, and 3/s to his son, Nicholas White. He d.
Their c. werc:
i. Abner Bayley.
ii. Mary, b. Jan. 4, 1768; m. Asa Tenney of Newbury, q. v .; d. April, 1823.
8 iii. Nicholas, b. 1770; d. Dec. 23, 1831.
5 DR. SAMUEL, 2 (Nicholas,1) b. Plaistow, N. H., Nov. 6, 1750. He came here first in 1763, but returned to Plaistow, and afterward studied medicine with Dr. Brickett of Haverhill, Mass. He located permanently in Newbury in 1773, and was, for many years, the principal physician in this part of the
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country. His practice extended all through the settlements on the river, his account books showing visits to Guildhall and Northumberland. He had the confidence of people, and was esteemed very skillful. Many of his journeys were on foot, and, in the winter, on snow shoes. He was surgeon to the troops stationed in Coos, and accompanied the soldiers who went to Saratoga. He reached Bennington the day after the battle, and helped care for the wounded. Two account books kept by him are now owned by Mrs. Z. A. Richardson at St. Johnsbury, and are in a beautiful handwriting, each entry being clear and exact, and the ink as fresh as if just written. These accounts begin in 1773 and end in 1790. For an ordinary visit the charge was one shilling here in Newbury; to Haverhill, from two to six shillings; to Bath the charge was from three to seven shillings; a visit to Capt. Ward Bayley at Upper Coös, April 5, 1782, is charged at forty shillings. Medicine was always extra. In these books about one hundred and fifty remedial agents are mentioned. Physic stands first, some sort being used over fifteen hundred times. Bleeding was common. Surgical operations were few, scarcely a dozen are mentioned in these volumes, and these were simple fractures of arms or legs. Dr. White lived, at first at Col. Kent's, or with one of his brothers; later, about 1785, probably, he built the large house now owned by C. C. Doe, that being his farm. In 1806, he rem. to Jefferson Hill, and lived in a house which stood a little north of the schoolhouse. Later, he lived a few years at West Newbury, but returned to Jefferson Hill, where he spent his last days. In person Dr. White was tall and large in frame, capable of great endurance, and of strong constitution as his great age testified. He was fond of anecdote, and abounded in wit and humor. He used to say that he was "apt to have poor luck with his patients in their last illness." He was generous to a fault, somewhat slack in business, and would take notes from people whose financial ability he knew nothing about. For some years he drank heavily, but afterwards discontinued the use of spirits. Late in life he made a profession of religion, and was admitted to the Congregational church at a special service held at his house Sept. 19, 1844. The date of his death is often given as Feb. 20, 1847, but is, as previously stated, Jan. 25, 1848, in his 98th year, as attested by his grave stone and by the church and town records. Many articles owned by Dr. White are carefully preserved in this town. He m. March 26, 1793, Anna, dau. of Samuel Tucker, (b. Oxford, Mass., June 28, 1769; d. Newbury, March 26, 1845). They had a large family of children, none of whom ever married, and the family is now extinct. Dr. White and his wife and nine children are buried in the cemetery on Jefferson hill under a long row of white grave stones. Three others are buried elsewhere.
Children, (those buried on Jefferson hill) :
i. William, b. March 26, 1794; served two months, 18 days, in Capt. Levi Rogers Co. of Fifield's regiment in the war of 1812; farmer on Jefferson hill; d. June 1, 1878.
ii. Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1795; d. June 28, 1833.
iii. John, b. July 15, 1797; d. April 13, 1839.
iv. Eliza, b. 1799; d. June 17, 1827.
v. Mary, b. 1800; d. Nov. 26, 1823.
vi. Nicholas, b. 1804; in business with Samuel Eastman, for some years. They were the contractors who built the Union Meeting House. He d. June 27, 1846.
vii. Nancy, b. 1809; d. Dec. 22, 1823.
viii. Elijah, b. Aug. 29, 1815; d. Jan. 23, 1864.
ix. Lucinda, b. Aug. 29, 1815; d. April 5, 1887.
"The last of the Dr. White family," says her gravestone.
6 JESSE,3 (Ebenezer,2 Nicholas,1) b. Newbury, Feb. 4, 1771; settled in Topsham about 1795, clearing the farm afterward owned by his son, Amos; m. Dec. 4, 1800, Lydia, dau. of Webster Bailey, (b. May 19, 1774; d. Feb. 1, 1833). He d. Topsham, May 12, 1851. Children :
10 i. Amos, b. Oct. 2, 1801 ; d. May 1, 1868.
ii. Jesse, b. Jan. 28, 1803; d. Feb. 23, 1886.
iii. Son, b. June 28, 1804 : lived 12 hours.
11 iv. Ezekiel, b. Oct. 1, 1808; d. July 30, 1899.
v. Phebe, b. June 3, 1811; m. Gilman Brown; d. March 26, 1876.
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7 SAMUEL,3 (Ebenezer,2 Nicholas,1) b. Newbury, Dec. 12, 1774; farmer; lived some years at West Newbury; then on the farm now owned by Wm. U. Bailey ; m. Sept. 18, 1806, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Brock, (b. Sept. 27, 1777; d. Aug. 2, 1841). He d. Sept. 15, 1846.
Children :
9 i. Bailey, b. Nov. 30, 1807; d. Feb. 9, 1892.
ii. Olive, b. Nov. 3, 1809; d. Sept. 9, 1822.
iii. Sarah Almena, b. Nov. 13, 1811; m. Harvey Robinson, q. v .; d. Oct. 30, 1898.
iv. Samuel Leonard, b. Oct. 10, 1813; d. Jan. 12, 1821.
v. Abia, b. April 13, 1815; m. Charles Severance of Windsor; lived also in Burlington and Montpelier, where she d., leaving a son and a dau.
vi. George W., b. April 20, 1822; res. Ryegate; m. Lois Carbee.
8 NICHOLAS,3 (William,2 Nicholas,1) b. Plaistow, 1770; m. March 22, 1799, Eunice, dau. of William and Rachel (Tewksbury) Johnson, who d. in Bradford, March, 1856, aged 80. He d. Ryegate, December, 1831.
Children:
i. Mary, b. March 4, 1800; m. 1st, Mr. Hoyt; m. 2d, Mr. Morse.
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