History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coos country to present time, Part 93

Author: Wells, Frederic Palmer, 1850- ed
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian company
Number of Pages: 935

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ii. Nancy, b. Nov. 28, 1801.

iii. Moses W., b. Aug. 1, 1803.

12 iv. William J., b. Dec. 25, 1804.

v. Abigail, b. April 20, 1806.

vi. Asa.

vii. Jane.

viii. Abner B., b. Feb. 1, 1812; lived at Wells River. Mrs. White is still living.

9 BAILEY,4 (Samuel,3 Ebenezer,2 Nicholas,1) b. Newbury, Nov. 30, 1807. Most of his life was spent in this town, but not many years in one place. He built the house where John Buchanan lives, and that of Orrin W. Brock. Farmer. He m. 1st, in Danvers, Mass., 1831, Rebecca Mayhew, who d. the same year. He m. 2d, Dec. 5, 1833, Almira, dau. of John Atwood, who d. April 7, 1839, aged 33. He m. 3d, 1840, Betsey, dau. of Davenport Bliss, (b. Aug. 4, 1803; d. Dec. 27, 1860). He m. 4th, in Ryegate, April 16, 1862, Mrs. Emeline Scott, (b. Oct. 14, 1812. She was a daughter of Samuel Whitaker, and granddaughter of Jacob Page of Newbury.) He d. Feb. 9, 1892.

Children, two by 2d marriage, and one by 3d :

i. Mary Ann, b. July 31, 1833; m. and d., leaving three children.

ii. Almira, d. 1839.

iii. Charles, b. March 22, 1841; res. Hudson, N. H.

10 AMOS,4 (Jesse,3 Ebenezer,2 Nicholas,1) b. Oct. 2, 1801; farmer in Topsham; m. Jan. 31, 1828, Eliza N., dau. of Hale Grow, (b. April 8, 1810; d. Nov. 20, 1829). He m. 2d, March 15, 1832, Melissa M., dau. of Samuel Greenleaf of Bradford, who d. Nov. 30, 1880. He d. May 1, 1868.

Children, one by 1st and four by 2d marriage, all b. in Topsham: i. Amos G., b. Nov. 10, 1829; d. Nov. 26, 1846.

ii. Lydia Eliza, b. Jan. 15, 1834; teacher and authoress. (See Bibliography of Newbury).

iii. Hannah G., b. Sept. 25, 1836; m. James L. Woodward of Chicago.

iv. Carlos, b. June 9, 1842; graduated Dartmouth College, 1868. In newspaper business in California. The last years of his life were spent in Great Britain. He d. at Cardiff, Wales, Jan. 20, 1901.

v. Noel Byron, b. Nov. 10, 1844; two years in Dartmouth College; farming and literary work in Wisconsin; m. Mary E. Penney ; three c.

11 EZEKIEL,4 (Jesse,3 Ebenezer,2 Nicholas,1) b. Topsham, Oct. 1, 1808; farmer of Topsham; captain in the militia; member of Cong. Ch. about 65 years. He m. Feb. 14, 1832, Laura, dau. of John K. Dustin, b. Scpt. 15, 1813. Their married life was 67 ycars, 5 months, 17 days. Mr. and Mrs. White gave many interesting particulars for this volume. Hc d. July 31, 1899. Children :

i. Horacc, b. Feb. 14, 1833; m. Dcc. 4, 1863, Abbic A., dau. Bernard Eastman, (b. Dcc. 2, 1839). Six c. Rcs. at West Topsham.

ii. Sally, b. Sept. 4, 1834 ; d. April, 1843.

iii. Laura, b. July 24, 1836; d. March 26, 1861.

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iv. Thomas H., b. Feb. 15, 1838; served in the Union army; m. 1867, Winnie Clabank. One c. Res. California.

v. Lois D., b. Aug. 12, 1839; m. December, 1862, Allen F. Eastman, son of Bernard, q. v .; d. Aug. 13, 1899.

vi. Henry B., b. Nov. 1, 1844; m. July 4, 1865, Hattie G., dau. of Bernard Eastman, (b. March 26, 1847; d. March 4, 1897). Six c. Res. Topsham. vii. George, b. Feb. 9, 1848; m. June 18, 1875, Amanda E. Taplin, (b. Aug. 7, 1845). Three c.

viii. Hattie B., b. Nov. 21, 1851, d. June 4, 1863.

ix. Fred H., b. July 30, 1856; m. October, 1889, Sarah A. McLam; res. Ryegate.

12 WILLIAM JOHNSON,4 (Nicholas,3 William,2 Nicholas,1) b. Dec. 25, 1804; m. Sept. 8, 1834, Abigail, dau. of Robert and Mehetabel (Barron) Whitelaw, (b. Ryegate, June 11, 1811; d. St. Johnsbury, July 5, 1895). He d. Sept. 4, 1887.

Children :

i. Susan J., b. Nov. 0, 1837; m. Z. A. Richardson of St. Johnsbury.

ii. Sophia H., b. May 20, 1844; m. Henry W. Hill.

WHITE.

JOHN GILMAN, youngest son of Jacob March and Fanny (Cook) White, b. Lebanon, N. H., Oct. 20, 1810; rem. in 1814, with his parents, to "Briar Hill," in Haverhill; educated in the district school and Bradford Academy ; became a teacher. He m. March 1, 1837, Susan, dau. John and Clarissa Sanborn of North Haverhill. Farmer on homestead, but rem. to Bath, and to Wells River about 1851, and engaged in the meat and provision business, and the purchase and sale of cattle and produce in Boston. He lived some ten years in what was then called the Abbott house, built by Charles Brigham, which then stood on Main street, but which, removed, is the residence of Hon. John Bailey. He lived, later, in the "old McLaren house," which, much altered, was that of the late Hon. C. B. Leslie. He was Justice of the Peace, and held other offices. He d. April 30, 1890. Mrs. White d. Sept. 30, 1882.

Children, all b. in Haverhill :

i. Ella A., b. Jan. 18, 1838; m. Oct. 7, 1863, Alexander H. Burton, then of Newbury, and brother of Rev. H. N. Burton, D. D. (Mr. Burton owned the John Johnson farm on the Ox-bow a few years, but later was a merchant at Woodsville, and after some time bought the Moses Abbott farm in Bath. He d. Aug. 30, 1898).

ii. Clara A., b. March 23, 1840; m. Dec. 24, 1863, Moody C. Marston; res. in Bath.

iii. Melissa W .; b. Jan. 14, 1842; m. Dec. 7, 1869, B. Morrill Blake; res. Woodsville.

iv. Harriet F., b. Feb. 6, 1845; m. July 16, 1867, George F. Smith; res. Woodsville.

v. Mary Bell, b. May 19, 1847; m. Sept. 20, 1876, William B. Goodwin, q. v.

WHITELAW.

GEN. JAMES, although never a resident of Newbury, was so intimately connected with the earlier events of its history as to merit the special notice which is desired to be given him in its annals. He was b. Feb. 11, 1748, in a house which stood till 1896, in the parish of Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He came to America in 1773, as agent for the Scot's American Co., as related in Chapter XI. In 1790, he was appointed surveyor-general of Vermont. In 1796, he prepared the first map of the state, several editions of which, enlarged and improved, were printed. He was widely known and respected, not only in Vermont, but in other states, and his letters are those of a man of good education, even mental balance, and kindness of heart, as well as of large executive ability. In 1801, the New Hampshire legislature voted that General Whitelaw, and two other gentlemen in Vermont, should be the committee to survey and locate the fourth New Hampshire turnpike. Local jealousies, political and personal

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hostilities, were so strong in that state at the time as to prevent the choice of any three men in that state for the purpose, while all could agree to leave the matter in the hands of Gen. Whitelaw of Ryegate, Gen. Elias Stevens of Royalton, and Major Micah Barron of Bradford. He settled on the farm still called the "Whitelaw place," between Ryegate Corner and Wells River; the kitchen part of the house, built, says Mr. Edward Miller, in 1775, is the oldest building in that town. He m. 1st, March 5, 1778, Abigail, dau. of Col. Robert Johnston of Newbury, (b. April 25, 1760; d. July 11, 1790) ; m. 2d, Susannah Rogers; m. 3d, Janet (Brock), widow of Col. Alexander Harvey of Barnet. General Whitelaw d. April 29, 1829. He has been well called "The Father of Ryegate." The best account of him was prepared by Rev. Thomas Goodwillie, and published in the St. Johnsbury Caledonian, Nov. 18, 1864.

Children, all by 1st marriage :

i. Robert, b. Nov. 26, 1778; was a prominent citizen of Ryegate and Caledonia County; m. 1803, Mehetabel, dau. Col. John Barron, of Bradford. Eight c.

ii. William, b. July 14, 1781; lived in Ryegate and was prominent there; m. Helen, dau. Col. Harvey of Barnet.

iii. Abigail, b. May 23, 1783; m. Alexander Henderson. (See Henderson family).

iv. Marion, b. Jan. 31, 1787; m. William Wallace of Newbury.

General Whitelaw and his 3d wife brought up a young girl, Marion, dau. of George and Mary (Smith) Ronalds, b. Ryegate, March 18, 1803. She m. a Mr. Reid, and rem. to Ohio. Their eldest son, b. near Xenia, in 1837, was named James Whitelaw Reid. In after life he dropped the first name. Whitelaw Reid is a man of national fame. The journal of General Whitelaw containing the narrative of his travels in behalf of the Seot's American Co., and of the settlement of Ryegate is owned by the Vt. Historical Society. The spy-glass which he used in surveying is in the museum at St. Johnsbury.

WHITMAN.

A volume of 1246 pages entitled "John Whitman of Weymouth" contains the records of more than 15,200 persons, who are descended from this emigrant who came from England prior to 1638, and settled in Weymouth, Mass., where he d. Nov. 13, 1692. One family of his descendants has lived in Newbury, whose ancestry is as follows:

I. JOHN, the emigrant.

II. THOMAS, of Bridgewater, Mass., (1629-1712).

III. NICHOLAS, of Bridgewater, (1675-1746).

IV. JOHN, of Bridgewater, (1704-1792).

V. SAMUEL, of Bridgewater and Cummington, Mass., (1730-1824).

VI. DAVID, b. Bridgewater, Fcb. 22, 1762. He served several years in the Revolutionary War, after which he settled in Lymc, N. H. He m. about 1790, Abigail Howard. It is related of him that after living in Lyme for some years, he desired to return to his native town to visit his father; moncy for the journey being lacking, he took a bag of flour on his shoulder and started for Massachusetts, paying for his lodging each night in flour. Member of the Baptist church in Lyme. He d. Orford, N. H., Oet. 24, 1846. Of their eight c.,

VII. DAVID, b. Lymc, Mareh 11, 1798. He came to Newbury with seven of his eight children in 1854, and settled near Hall's Pond, where J. J. Peach had made a elearing and built a house; the farm is now owned by his son, Levi. He was a member and dcaeon of the Free Will Baptist church in Lyme, N. H., and a man of singularly quiet, industrious lifc. He was nearly blind. He m. Fcb. 7, 1833, Rebecca G., dau. of Caleb and - -- (Storrs)

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Freeman, who d. July 2, 1887. Member of the M. E. church. He d. in Newbury, Aug. 12, 1874.

Children :

i. Caleb Freeman, b. April 29, 1834; farmer at Orford; m. March 26, 1861, Mary W. Norris ; four daus. ; all m.

ii. John H., b. March 25, 1835; m. Sept. 4, 1858, Harriet E. Warren of Lyme, who d .; res. Manchester ; bobbin maker; one dau.

iii. Shepard B., b. March 10, 1838. Enlisted for three years in Co. E., 2d Vt. sharpshooters; was in nine battles; wounded at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 16, 1862; discharged 1863. He m. Aug. 10, 1863, Elvira S. Davis, adopted dau. of John Wood of Newbury, who d. Jan. 12, 1899; rem., 1866, to Fond du Lac, Wis., and in 1877, to Hastings, Adams Co., Neb. Farmer ; five c. ; three living.

iv. Monroe D., b. Oct. 8, 1839. Enlisted, Aug., 1862, in Co. H, 12th Vt .; served nine months; went west in 1866. He m. Oct. 8, 1867, Anna Bryant; res. Steele Centre, Minn. Farmer. Seven c .; one son is a Baptist minister.

v. Levi, b. Feb. 8, 1842. Farmer on homestead, and proprietor of boats on Hall's Pond. He m. 1st, Aug. 16, 1873, Ann H., dau. of Joseph Martin, a native of Bradford, (b. in Maine, June 5, 1840; d. April 2, 1890.) He m. 2d, Dec. 24, 1890, Ella F. Martin, a sister of his first wife. Four c. by 1st m., four by 2d. (1) David, b. Oct. 28, 1874; d. March, 1875. (2) Dora, twin to above, m. Feb. 28, 1901, Daniel Mace. (3) Eugene, b. May 13, 1876. (4) Fanny R., b. March 18, 1879; m. June 5, 1901, Fred R. Campbell of Lakeport, N. H. (5) Hester A., b. Dec. 26, 1892. (6) Horace N., b. June 12, 1895. (7) Ruth E., b. March 23, 1898. (8) Elfreda Josephine, b. May 15, 1901.

vi. Harriet M., b. May 8, 1844; d. Aug. 29, 1866.

vii. Nelson S., b. Aug. 23, 1846; studied medicine; druggist at Nashua, N. H. Has held various public offices and was representative in the New Hampshire legislature. He m. Feb. 8, 1874, Nettie A. Quimby.

viii. Lucy A., b. Aug. 25, 1849; teacher; m. Sept. 15, 1880, Nathaniel A. Pike of Haverhill. C., Harriet E., b. July 30, 1881.

WIGGIN.

BROADSTREET, b. Exeter, N. H .; m. Margaret Tarleton of Newmarket, N. H .; lived in Washington, Bradford and Corinth.

Children :

i. Martha, b. Newmarket, N. H. Feb. 15, 1787; m. Levi Carter, q. v .; d. Newbury, Jan. 2, 1865.

ii. Mary, b. Newmarket, N. H., July, 1792; m. David Carter; d. Newbury, Nov. 13, 1866.

iii. Hannah, m. Thomas Lowell of Piermont.

iv. John Tarleton, b. May 26, 1796; m. 1820, Nancy Plummer, (b. Washington, Nov. 4, 1803 ; d. Jan. 21, 1844). He d. Aug. 18, 1887. Nine c.

1 v. Enoch, b. Bradford, Feb. 6, 1799; d. March 10, 1865.

vi. Stillman T., b. 1801; m. Susan Merrill of Washington; d. Vershire, 1850. Two c.

1 ENOCH, b. Bradford, Feb. 6, 1799; farmer and cattle dealer ; m. 1st, 1818, Mary, dau. of Dea. William Carter, (b. Bradford, Feb. 9, 1799; d. Newbury, Jan. 9, 1833). He d. Newbury, March 10, 1865.

Children :

i. Laura Ann, b. Bradford, July 18, 1821; m. 1st, Oct. 5, 1840, Daniel Eastman; m. 2d. April 5, 1858, George L. Butler, of Bradford.

ii. Mary Carter, b. Bradford, Dec. 7, 1823; m. John Haseltine, q. v .; d. May 29, 1855.

iii. Charles Enoch, b. Newbury, 1827; d. 1828.

iv. Sarah Jane, b. Bradford, March 23, 1829; m. Henry M. Buxton, q. v.

WILLOUGHBY.

JOSIAH, b. Feb. 23, 1780. His wife, Betsey Manson, (b. Plymouth, N. H., Sept. 9, 1781; d. Newbury, July 28, 1872.) Their son, Ezra Bartlett, b. Haverhill, April 6, 1816; m. April 24, 1851, Vilera S., dau. of John and

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Lydia (Gould) Jeffers, (b. Haverhill, Sept. 10, 1817). The latter, when a young girl, went to Lowell, Mass., to work in a factory, and in the year 1838, she started the first cotton loom in what is now the city of Manchester, N. H. They came to Newbury in April, 1865, having bought the farm which had been that of William Peach, his son, and grandson, where she d. May 18, 1890, and he d. April 20, 1892. They were devout members of the Methodist church. Their only c., Mary E., b. Haverhill, Aug. 16, 1853; d. Newbury, April 25, 1865. Josiah Willoughby d. Haverhill, March 2, 1850.

WILSON.

JOHN, and two brothers came from England; the two brothers settled in the western part of this state, but, later, went west and died, and have many descendants. John settled in Corinth, and d. there. He m. Carrie Underhill, who d. at Chelsea. They had 12 c., of whom Samuel, b. 1803; lived at West Newbury and in "Goshen." He m. Mary, sister of E. C. Stocker, (b. 1814; d. 1880). He d. 1874. Thomas, son of John, b. about 1792; m. Betsey Barker; lived in Bradford, but came to West Newbury and settled where his son John long lived. That old house was built by Green Saunders. He d. March 12, 1859, aged 66. She d. Sept. 27, 1861, aged, 72. Children, besides a son who died young :

1 i. Hazen K., b. Jan. 12, 1825; d. July 5, 1892.

ii. John B., b. Sept. 12, 1828; farmer on homestead; m. Henrietta, dau. Paschal and Sally (Putnam) Raymond, b. April 7 1827. (Her parents formerly lived where Joseph Sawyer does). He d. Feb. 28, 1897.

iii. Betsey Ann, b. 1836; m. E. J. Cauley ; d. March 11, 1877.

1 HAZEN KIMBALL, b. Jan. 12, 1825; merchant at West Newbury, (page 279). In 1883, he went to Florida, but settled at Spring City, Tenn., where he d. July 5, 1892. Buried at West Newbury. He m. Harriet Merrill, (b. Oct. 5, 1833; d. at Spring City, Dec. 27, 1898).

Children :

i. Alice Jane, b. Dec. 20, 1856; d. Sept. 7, 1871.

ii. George W., b. July 11, 1858; m. Lizzie, dau. Isaac Pike; d. in Florida, Dec. 28, 1884. Two c.

iii. Thomas Franklin, b. Oct. 28, 1859; d. Sept. 29, 1873.

iv. Jasper Hazen, b. April 23, 1864. He m. Lilla, dau. Archibald Bachop, who d. in Tennessee, leaving children. Jeweler at Rockwood, Tenn., of which place he is mayor in 1901.

v. Edward E., b. Dec. 9, 1865; d. March 8, 1881.

WITHERSPOON.

I. JOHN, came from the north of Ireland and settled in Chester, N. H., about 1741.

II. DAVID, m. Agnes Linn. He was an officer in the Revolutionary War. His son John lived. in Newbury, and d. Jan. 26, 1839. He m. March 26, 1801, Ruth, dau. Raymond Chamberlin, (b. May 30, 1779; d. June 29, 1854). They had several children, of whom were;

i. Joseph, b. 1805; m. Lucy - -; d. Aug. 13, 1837.

ii. Mary, b. 1809; d. June 14, 1824.

iii. Samuel P.

iv. William, b. 1813; went to Rochester, N. Y., in 1841, and was in the grocery business many years with his brother Samuel P. Became blind in 1880. He m. a sister of E. R. Davenport. He d. Feb. 3, 1897. Four c. living in 1897.

v. Raymond C., b. July 7, 1816; lived many years at South Newbury, where A. B. Rogers lives; m. Feb. 20, 1840, Laura, dau. Nathaniel Smith, (b. March 23, 1817; d. 1900). He d. Dec. 1, 1889. Two daus., Adelaide and Hattie, were teachers, and m. Stuart and W. D. McDougal, and live in Brooklyn, N. Y.

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WORTHEN.

JACOB, son of Samuel and Susan (Owen) Worthen, grandson of Jacob Worthen, one of the first settlers of Barre, was b. in that place, Sept. 7, 1823; d. Newbury, March 9, 1890. His great grandfather, Sylvanus Owen, was a Revolutionary soldier. Jacob was a farmer for many years. He rem. to Newbury from McIndoes Falls in 1874, and was in the meat business some years. He m. Sept. 15, 1850, Irene Richardson of Topsham.

Children :

i. Leona A., b. Jan. 23, 1854; m. S. L. Swasey, q. v.

ii. Wilbert H., b. Oct. 27, 1861. In livery business; m. May 23, 1883, Jennie D. Cheever of Walden. C., Raymond A., b. Newbury, Aug. 21, 1889.

WYLIE.

ANDREW, b. in Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1804; came to Newbury and settled on Jefferson Hill. He was a man of stalwart frame, and father of stalwart sons and daughters. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, as were all his children. He m. Lillias, dau. of William Buchanan of Ryegate. Both are now dead. Seven children. Andrew, the oldest, b. in Scotland, 1829; came to America with his grandfather Buchanan; went back to Scotland in 1846, and returned a few years later; in 1853, he with his sisters, Jessie and Margaret, went to Australia. Their voyage in a sailing vessel from Boston to Melbourne occupied five months and eleven days. He engaged in the lumber business, in which he was very successful. Returned to Newbury in 1869, and settled on the home farm, with his sister Jean, and is an elder in the Presbyterian church. Margaret, the eldest daughter, m. in Australia, Robert McLeod, q. v. Jessie, m. there Mr. Cole, and now resides in Newbury. William, the 3d son, b. in Scotland; educated at Newbury Seminary, and Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, N. H .; graduated at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, at Philadelphia, in 1871; licensed to preach, 1872; pastor of the 1st Reformed Presbyterian church in New York City, 1872-85; in Paris, Ontario, Presbyterian church, 1885-94; pastor of 2d Reformed Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, 1895-99; preached in Newbury and Ryegate, summer and fall of 1899; then pastor of the 1st Presbyterian church at Quincy, Ill. He has one son, now a junior at Yale University.

INDEX

TO THE

HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THIS VOLUME.

Abbott, James, settles here, - 31

Reuben, recollections,

139

Thomas, wheelwright, - 146

Academy, Haverhill, opens, 123

Allen, Ira, at Exeter, 114

Anti-masonry,

340, 601

Army worm, visit of, -

Issues pamphlet with Payne,

Woodward, and Davenport

Phelps, 113

At Exeter, - 114

Letter to President Weare, -

117

Member of council, - 118

Bayley, Frye Col., grantee, - 25

Settles here,

In Johnson's expedition, 76

Journal of, -

77,382

Moderator of first proprie- tor's meeting, 26

Removes his family here, -

Deed to proprietors, - 40,56

Agent to procure N. Y. charter,

At Albany, 54

Biographical sketch, 448

Bayley, Harrison, Johnson vs. 56

Baker, Thos. in 1709, 10

Barnet, settlement of, 66

Bath, settlement of,

Bibliography, -

247

Binding out,

143

Bedel, Timothy, visits Coös, 16

Address to Indians, -

Surrenders at the Cedars,

respondence, - 92

Attempt to capture, 98 Pritchard's attempt to capt- 99 ure, - -

Imprudence of, -

102

Distrust of the Allens,

102

Member of Council of Safety, 108

Arden, case, an Enoch, - 338

Authorities, Revolutionary, - 71

"Aurora of the Valley," The, -

244

Banks, chapter upon,

320

Bayley, Gen. Jacob, first visit to Coös,

Visits Newbury in 1762. - 18

Statement as to Bradford claim,

In command of company at

Saratoga, 82

Capture of,

Service of company in guard- ing and scouting, - 104

Library,

254

Address to Northern Indians,

Military order, -

Letter to Provincial Congress,

At Castleton, -

Mortgages his farm to equip troops, -

Orders from Castleton, - 82

Orders to Bedel, 86

Informed of Haldimand cor-

Orders to, -

Obtains new charter,

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Bedel, Timothy, in Canada, 86

Regiment in Peacham, 87

Represents Haverhill in Vt. legislature, -

115

Bell, for old meeting house,

135, 176

Haverhill, - 177

Bennington, battle of, -

Thomas Mellen's narrative, -

393

Choristers, appointed by town, -

136

Civil war, the, 342

Clinton, Gov. George, 39

Clerks, town, 355

Clocks and watches, 149

Town, Haverhill, 150

Coleman, surveys the town, 36

Receipt for surveying, 37

Blockhouse in Corinth, 96

Bridges, -

307-312

Blanchard, Thos., claim of,

Boltonville,

65,266

242

Coös, meaning of name,

Coösuck House, proprietors of, - 158

Cornish, N. H., convention at, 113

Councillors, 354

Counties in New Hampshire, 51

Newbury in four counties,

Seat removed to Chelsea, 123

Counterfeiting,

122, 325

Conference, Methodist, sessions in

Newbury,

184

Constitution, Vt., 110

Cornet band, 345

Court and meeting house, 62

Court house, "Old,"

138

Last days of,

140

Churches, First Congregational, 171-179 Wells River, 186-188

West Newbury, -

193-194

Methodist Episcopal, 180-185

Free Christian, 195

196

Presbyterian in Ryegate, 198 Christian in "Goshen," 200

Creameries,

314

Currency, depreciation of,

120

Dark days,

264

Dartmouth College,

Origin of,

Death, first at Coös,

From New York,

Names of grantees, -

Charter, cost of,

New Hampshire, text of, 368

New York, text of, - 370

Signers for, 409

Child, first in Newbury, 32

Children, school, in 1818, 203

Christian Messenger, the, 244

Newbury men in,

Assembly at, Oct. 1778, - 111

Assembly at,

1781,

115

Blacksmith, first,

Blake, " Bill," -

164

Bliss, Constant, killed by Indians, Peletiah, capture of, 100

84 Colby, Ezekiel, settles in Corinth, Cold days, 264

Comet of 1857, 1858, -

265

Constables,

364

Books, among the settlers, Printed by Mr. Coverly, 247

Boundaries of Newbury, surveyed by Colden, 40

Bradford, claims part of New- bury, - 1 1

Brant, Jos., intercedes for Coös, -

104

Brickyard, first,

At South Newbury, - 155

Bristol Bill,

326

Buckminster, Barnes, prepares election ode, - 139

Burbank, G. A.

159

Peter, -

161

Burnham, Josiah, execution of 128

Burroughs, Wm., and sons, - 146

Burgoyne, expedition, . 79

Proclamation, - 80

Butterfield's mills, - 84

Canals, - - 302

Carriages, first whccled, 141

Carter, Ezra, prepares elcction

hymn, 139

Cemcterics,

279-285, 499

Chaises, first,

171

Charlestown, N. H., scttlement at, 9

Vt. legislature mcets at,

116

Charter, granted by Wentworth, 16

Lost, .

In Haverhill,

Conditions of, - 22

Debt, imprisonment for,

327

Deeds, first record of

Catholic,

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Deeds of land elsewhere,

Deer reeves,

Dorset, convention at,

108

Dwight, President, visits of, 2, 125, 346

Eames, William, at Wells River, -

160

Eastman, Samuel, starch factory,

146

Eaton, Mrs. Ebenezer, -

Election day, ode and hymn,

139, 411

Elkins, Dea. Jonathan comes to Haverhill, 33

Jonathan Jr., taken prisoner, 93

English officer, murder of, 44

Expenses, family, in old times, 151

Falls. at Boltonville,

At West Newbury, 5

Farms, largest in town, 344

Farr, Elijah,

163

Families, heads of, in 1770, -

Farrand, Daniel, in convention, - 118

Feud, a family,

119

Ferries,

68,306

Field driver,

Fireplaces -

147

Fleming sawmill,

146

Flax, cultivation of

143

Foreman, John,

Forts and blockhouses, -

At Ox-bow,

105

Freedom suit, -

143

French war, soldiers in, 72

Freshets, -

169,261

Gale, Emory and brothers, - 168

Goshen Meeting House,

200

Governor, votes for, 357

Grantees, in Wentworth charter, 25

In New York charter, 55

Green Mountain Boys, -

Jail built, -

Guarding and scouting, 104

Guide posts in 1799, 367

Haldimand correspondence,

Halls pond, brook and meadow,

Brook, mills on, 146

Half-mile strip, 36

Hamilton, a spy,

Hard times of 1841, 325

Harriman, Jaasiel,

First blacksmith,

Harriman's brook, mills on, - 147 Polly, dies in Haverhill, - 32,280

Harris, Jeremiah, builder of old

court house, - 139

Harvey, Col. Alexander, settles in Barnet, 66

Receipt for powder,

Hazeltine, John, arrival of,

Maxi, blacksmith,

Bill of,

134

Haverhill, sawmill built in, -

First meeting of proprietors,

First mills sold,

Action of, in 1781, -

114

Representatives to Vt. legis-

lature,

114

Action of as to preaching,

171

Newspapers published in,

245

Hicks, James, schoolmaster 1772, 201

High School, Newbury,

207

Highways,

313

Hog reeve,

Hog constable,

Hopkins, Samuel, -

202

153

Horse rakes, invented,

First trial of,

155

Horton, commands

Royalton,

Ex., -

Houses, oldest,

331

Hundred acre lots, the,

Owners of, in 1808,

412

Indian name of Waits River,

Indians, among settlers,

Brought to Newbury,

Inchinan colony,

Ingalls, Jeremiah, funeral anthem,

127

Prepares music for election

day, -

139

Biographical sketch,

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History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coos country to present time, Part 93

Author: Wells, Frederic Palmer, 1850- ed Publication date: 1902 Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian company Number of Pages: 935

Author: Wells, Frederic Palmer, 1850- ed
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian company
Number of Pages: 935