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Irons for fixing the ends of the saw,
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Rag wheel iron, 2 staples, 6 spikes and pawl,
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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS WHO LIVED IN RYEGATE.
The following came before the war. (Those marked with a star are buried here.)
Major James Witherspoon
David Reid*
Bartholemew Somers
John Hyndman*
John Orr
Hugh Gammell
Patrick Lang
John Waddell
John Wilson
These lived here after the war:
Er Chamberlin*
Allan Stewart*
Jesse Heath
Sylvanus Learned*
Abiel Learned
Moses Moore
Elihu Johnson*
Samuel Johnson
Ezra Gates
Abraham Alexander
Thomas Mellen
John Slye*
William Tice
Josiah Page*
Jacob Page*
Daniel Hunt*
Joshua Hunt*
To the war of 1812 there went from Ryegate:
Wells Goodwin John O. Page
William Thomas John Thomas
Stephen Meader, and probably others.
To the Mexican war:
John Merrill Goodwin
Moses Roben
Adam Craig
* In answer to inquiries: Nahum Powers who was taken prisoner at Greens- boro during the Revolutionary War, was a brother of Rev. Peter Powers of Newbury ; (b. April 11, 1741); was at Lexington and Bunker Hill; Grantee of Plymouth, N. H., where he lived; removed to Newbury and served 8 months in Capt. Lovewell's Co; taken prisoner Aug. 10, 1781, and carried to Canada; ex- changed May 17, 1782; removed to New York State where he died .- [ His. of Plymouth, N. H.
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RYEGATE IN THE CIVIL WAR.
In the following list are given the names of natives of the town who served in the Civil War, with the company and regiment in which each was enrolled. There must be others, not known to us. With these are given the names of a few who were not born here, but who either enlisted from Ryegate or were long resident here. A star indicates death in ser- vice. This list has been prepared under the supervision of Messrs. A. M. Whitelaw and Robert G. Brock.
NAME
COMPANY
REGIMENT
Abbott, Amos W.,
Abbott, Peter M.,
15th Vt. 3d Vt. 15th Vt.
Barden, John T.,
Batchelder, Nathaniel,
11 th Vt.
Batchelder, James N.,*
15th Vt.
Beattie, Alexander M.,
3d Vt.
Bigelow, Alexander T.,
15th Vt.
Brock, Robert G.,
15th Vt.
Brown, Thomas H.,*
1st U. S. S. S.
Cameron, John S.,
K
R. I. Cav. 15th Vt. 2d Bat.
Carbee, Henry C.,
F
15th Vt.
Chamberlin, James A.,
4th Vt.
Craig, Albert E.,
G
6th Vt.
Craig, Daniel R.,*
G
6th Vt.
Craig William Parker,*
G
6th Vt.
Currier, Henry M.,
H
4th Vt. 8th Vt.
Dickson, George,
Western Reg.
Dickson James,
A
Western Reg. 11th Vt. 37th Mass. 10th Vt.
Gates, Calvin K.,
G
9th Vt. 15th Vt.
Gates, Nehemiah,*
F Chaplain
45th Penn.
Gibson, John,
Chaplain
Iowa Reg.
Gibson, Charles,*
Iowa Reg.
Gibson, Robert M .*
Iowa Reg.
Gibson, Henry T.,*
Iowa Reg.
Gibson, Edwin Z.,*
15th Vt.
Gilkerson, Thomas G.,*
15th Vt. 6th Vt.
Guthrie, James H.,
1st U. S. S. S.
Guthrie, Thomas H.,*
4th Vt.
Hayward, George W.
K
Henderson, William,*
D
Henderson, William J.,
G
Holmes, Edwin C.,
B
Holmes, John K.,*
Iowa Reg.
Hunter, James R.,
2d Col. Cav.
Hunter, Moses R.,
F
15th Vt. 3d Vt.
Kennedy, Ronald A.,
I
Knight, Samuel P.,
Cal. Cav.
Dickey, Albert,
Donaldson, David M.,
Folger, William S.,
Gibson, William J.,
Guthrie, Archibald,*
Henderson, John,*
9thı Vt. 3d \'t. 3d Vt. 9th Vt. 6th N. H.
Daniels, Oscar B.,
D
Carbee, John F.,
Cassady, William,
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NAME
COMPANY
REGIMENT
Langmaid, Solomon Sias,
Langmaid, Albert H.
F
3d Vt. 3d Vt.
Lamphere, Charles E.,
D
15th Vt.
Laughlin, Andrew S.
F
15th Vt.
Lumsden, Erastus C.,*
Learned, Benj. F.,
G
Learned, Selden F.,
G
Learned, W'm. A.
G
9tlı Vt.
McCole, Archibald,*
H
4th Vt.
McCole, Henry,
H
4th Vt.
McLure, James T. H.,
G
9th Vt.
Mc Lam, James,
D
15th Vt.
McLam, Robert G.,*
6th Vt.
Meader, Charles H.,
U. S. N.
Meader, John H .*
8th Vt.
Miller, Andrew J.
1st U. S. S. S.
Miller, Henry C . *
15th Vt.
Miller, Thomas J
3d Vt.
Miller, Archibald J.,
3d Vt.
Miller, David
15th Vt.
Morse, Henry E.,*
9th Vt.
McQueen, Alexander,
15th Vt.
Nelson, Thomas,
3d Vt.
Nelson, Thomas Jr.,
L
11th Vt.
Nelson, Wm. H.,*
H
4th Vt.
Page, Charles A.,
2d U. S. S. S.
Page, Francis A.,
H
4th Vt.
Page, John C.,
1st U. S. S. S.
Page, John W.,
3d Vt
Page, Oscar,
6th Vt.
Peters, Henry N.,
8th Vt.
Pollard, Milo C.,
15 N. H.
Powers, Harvey S.,
9th Vt.
Roben Moses,
11th Vt.
Somers, Claudius B.,
11th Vt.
Scott, Samuel W .*
D
8th Vt.
Scott, David,*
D
8th Vt.
Symes, Albert C.,*
I
3d Vt.
Symes, John H.,
I Chaplain
3d Maryland
Symes, John H ,
H
45th Mass.
Symes, Wm. H.,
45th Mass. 3d Vt .. 7th Vt.
Thomas, Palmer,
20th Wis.
Vance, David,
F
15th Vt.
Vance. David Elmore
9th Vt ..
Wallace, Charles M.,
17th Vt.
Whitcher, John,
9th Vt.
Whitehill, Calvin C.,*
E
7th Vt.
Lamb Charles S.,*
D
Sth Vt.
McCole, Robert,*
A
11th Vt.
McLam, Robert,
Orr, Chester,
1st Cav.
Page, Horace H.,
1st U. S. S. S.
Page, Josiah W.,*
4th Ill.
Pringle, Alexander B.,
Ill. Cav.
Sargent. Phineas L.,
1st Vt. Cav.
Slye, Wm. J.,
4th Vt.
Symes, James R.,
3d Vt.
Thomas, Frank,
Thomas, Lewis,
Lumsden, Calvin E.,
4th Vt.
4th Vt.
9th Vt.
91h Vt.
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NAME.
COMPANY
REGIMENT
Whitehill, Matthew,
15th Vt.
Whitehill, Moses, *
10th Vt.
Whitehill, Peden C.,*
7th Vt.
Whitehill, Wm. H. H, A
10th Vt.
Whitehill, George W.,* B
6th Vt.
Whitehill, Walter,
7th Vt.
Whitelaw, Albert M.,
15th Vt.
Whitelaw, Oscar H.,
15th Vt.
Whitelaw, William
Wright, David,
19th Conn. 6th Vt.
Wright, David, Jr.,
35th Mass.
Wright, Henry C.,*
6th Vt.
Wright, James S.,
1st Vt. Cav.
Welch, Ira L.
7th Vt.
A.M. WHITELAW
GEORGE COCHRAN
QUINCY A. WHITEHILL
F. P. WELLS EDITOR
HERMON MILLER CHAIRMAN
W.N. GILFILLAN
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ASTON INDEX ANTE TILDEN COLINDET INE.
PART II
FAMILY RECORDS
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND FAMILY RECORDS.
T HE town of Ryegate owes to Mr. George Mason the inception of the work of which this volume is the final outcome. Himself a native of Scotland, and connected there with many of the older families of Ryegate and Barnet, his tastes found their employment in collecting from the oldest people fifty years and more ago, the incidents of their lives, and the records of their families. He thus gathered a great amount of information about the early years and first settlers of both towns. From these he prepared a few family sketches, which he contrib- uted to different newspapers of his time. He contemplated a volume of sketches of the early residents of these towns. But Mr. Mason's means were very limited and his leisure also; he died without having even begun the compilation of his work, and some of the data, written upon loose and unattached slips of paper, was scattered and lost.
Fortunately, however, most of them came into the hands of Mr. Edward Miller, who was well fitted in every way to take up the work which Mr. Mason had begun, to enlarge its scope in many directions, and to consider his subject from a more philosophic point of view. With the end always in mind of preparing a history of the town, he spent all the time he could spare from his business and his farm in collecting every bit of local information which he could gather, and committing the re- sults to paper. Mr. Miller loved his native town-its noble hills, its deep winding valleys, its fertile upland farms, the solitary ponds which reflect the sky and the hills, and the vast prospect which rewards one who has ascended Blue Mountain in a clear day.
But more than these he loved the people whom he knew so well; he knew their family traits and inherited peculiarities. In his mind there were always present several generations of the same family and he was fond of those curious inquiries concerning the modifications which suc- essive generations of the same families receive through marriage with others of different traits. In the course of years he probably acquired a more accurate knowledge of its people and its families than was possessed by any man in any other town in Vermont.
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He knew the history of all the farms and their successive owners; who had built the houses, and whose hands had altered or enlarged them; he knew, too, the sites of former dwellings, some of which are completely obliterated, the cellars and mounds which mark where people once lived, where children played, where old people died. He made, also, careful abstracts of town and session records, and collected a vast amount of data for his work.
Unfortunately for us all, Mr. Miller was so much absorbed in collect- ing the materials for his history of Ryegate, that he deferred the compila- tion of his work until he found his failing strength was no longer equal to the task. He had contributed much local history to the newspapers of the county, but these can only be considered as studies for the crowning work of his life, which at his death was yet to be begun.
Unfortunately, also, he put into writing very few of the incidents with which his mind was stored, but, carefully recording names and dates, depended upon his ready memory to furnish, as he went along, the cir- cumstances which should embellish and add interest to his narrative.
To complete Mr. Miller's work in the form presented here, has been no light task. Some of his records were written thirty years ago, and none later than 1898. To bring these records down to present time, to add a new generation and new families has required the cooperation of many persons in nearly every state in the Union, and in the Canadian provinces, wherever Ryegate people have wandered. Records have been hunted up, and the memories of aged people taxed to make the result as complete as possible. That errors of statement and of omission will be found is inevitable. But these pages will preserve the names and the memories of many worthy men and women who might otherwise be for- gotten, and make clear the intricate relationships which inter-marriages among old families always produce in long settled communities.
Mr. Miller's records contain also those of many Barnet families which have been drawn upon only to show their connection with those of Ryegate. As far as possible proofs of all records have been sent to those who furnished them.
F. P. W.
ABBREVIATIONS-ab., about ; b., born; m., married; d., died; res., residence ; rem., removed ; q. v., whom see; ch., child or children ; U. P., or the Un. Pres. Ch., United Presbyterian Church; Ref. Pres. Ch., Reformed Presbyterian Church ; Asso. Pres. Ch., Associate Presbyterian Church; 1st Pres. Ch., General Assembly Church at South Ryegate.
As the ecclesiastical body known as the United Presbyterian Church, which
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embraces the churches at Ryegate Corner and at South Ryegate which were formerly known as the Associate Presbyterian, and the Reformed Presbyterian (New School) respectively, was not formed till 1858, a little explanation is neces- sary. It would be obviously incorrect to say that members of the church which was called the Associate Church for eighty years, whose membership terminated before 1858, were members of the United Presbyterian church, which was un- known to them, therefore, in these records, this church, before 1858, will be spoken of as the Associate Church. And as nearly all the members of the United Presbyterian Church at South Ryegate became members of it before its change of name, it will be mentioned here by its former title, it being understood that its membership remained the same under the new title.
In the records of the larger families where the descendants of acommon ances- tor number several families in each generation, a system by means of a combina- tion of Roman and Arabic numerals gives each member his proper place in the family and connects him with the common ancestor.
ABBOTT.
George Abbott from Andover, Eng., 1640, in 1643 became one of the first settlers of Andover, Mass., where he d. Dec. 24, 1681, O. S. He m. Hannah Chandler ; 13 ch.
From two of their sons-William, (b. Nov. 18, 1657, ) and Benjamin, (b. Dec. 20, 1661), nearly all the Abbott kindred in this vicinity are descended. The earlier records which follow are from the Abbott Register, pub. 1847.
First, the descendants of William :
II. WILLIAM,2 b. Andover, Nov. 18, 1657; d. there, Oct. 21, 1713; m. Elizabeth Grav.
III. JAMES,3 b. Feb. 12, 1675. Rem. to Concord, N. H., 1737 ; d. Dec. 27, 1787. He m. Abigail Farnum : 15 ch.
IV. JAMES,4 b. Andover, Mass., Jan. 12, 1717; m. Sarah Bancroft of Reading. In Nov., 1763, they rem. from Concord, N. H., to Newbury, Vt., one of the earliest families in that town. Rem. to Haverhill, but ret. in 1783, and settled at So. N., where Irving W. Abbott now lives. He d. 1803. Of their 10 ch. Bancroft lived at So. Newbury ; Judith m. Dea. Thomas Brock, and from them came the Brock families of West and So. Newbury, and William, from whom many Ryegate people are descended.
The genealogy following is reckoned from James4.
WILLIAM5 (James+). (James3), (Wm.2), (George1), b. Concord, N. H., April 24. 1755. Came to Newbury with his parents in 1763. Served in the revolutionary war; m. 1777, Mabel Whittlesey of Newbury, (b. E. Guilford, Ct.); rem. to Haverhill, but settled at Bath, where he d. June 14, 1807.
Children :
i. Moses, 6 b. June 16, 1778; m. 1st Lucy Willis. Lived in Bath, N. H.
ii. Lois, 6 b. Dec. 11, 1779; m. Silas Buck of Bath.
1 iii. Jacob 6 b. Dec. 15, 1781; lived in Groton; m. Nancy, dau. of Capt. Ephraim Wesson.
iv. Elizabeth,6 b. June 18, 1783; d. Sept. 30, 1840; m. Stephen Sly of Ryegate, q. v.
v. Mehitabel,6 b. Jan. 9, 1785; m. Horatio Buck of Bath.
vi. Sarah,6 b. Oct. 25, 1786; m. Benjamin Fuller of Barnet.
vii. William, 6 b. Aug. 19, 1788; m. Patience Burbank of Peacham. V
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2 viii. Amos,6 b. Sept. 3, 1790.
ix. Ann, 6 b. July 30, 1792 ; m. Samuel Knight, q. v.
x. Abigail,6 b. Aug. 20, 1794; m. 1st, Nathan Culver of Bath.
xi. Mary,6 b. Nov. 23, 1802; m. Rev. William Hutchinson.
1 JACOB,6 (William5), James,4 b. Dec. 15 1781. Lived in the N. E. part of Groton; was a prominent man and Justice of the Peace. He m. Nov. 10, 1808, Nancy, dau. Capt. Ephraim Wesson. Bur. in Groton- Peacham cemetery.
Children (from Groton town record).
i. Priscilla,7 b. Aug. 29, 1809, Haverhill, N. H .; m. June 6, 1842, Capt. Leonard Martin, Barford, P. O.
ii. Patty Eliza,7 b. Aug. 29, 1811; m. Oct. 24, 1843, Dea. Manda T. Cushion, Barnston, P. Q.
3 iii. Jacob Jackson,7 b. July 17, 1813.
iv. Emily,7 b. Nov. 23, 1815; m. Oct. 24, 1838, William Brooks, Esq., Sherbrooke, P. Q.
v. George Bancroft,7 b. Oct. 21, 1817.
vi. Sally Ann,7 b. Nov. 9, 1819, (Oct. Ab. Reg.) ; m. Charles Brooks, Len- oxville, P. Q.
2 AMOS,6 (William,5 James,+) J., b. Haverhill, N. H., Sept. 3, 1790; m. Feb. 17, 1814, by Rev. L. Worcester, Betsy, dau. Nathaniel Knight of Ryegate. Lived in Haverhill and Bath 2 yrs .; came to R., 1818, and bought land of Nathaniel Knight, where they lived 20 yrs; then of Moses Hadley, where they lived till death. He d. at East Cabot, Dec. 19, 1875; she d. at Barnet Apr. 26, 1874. Bur. Walter Harvey Cem. Members of Barnet Centre Ch.
Children :
i. Dau. b. and d. March 25, 1815.
ii. Nathaniel K.,7 b. Nov. 12, 1816; d. Feb. 14, 1818.
iii. Mary Jane,7 b. July 26, 1818; d. June 24, 1833.
iv. William G.,7 b. Sept. 27, 1820; m. Luella F. Austin of Landaff, N. H., two daus. All family dead.
v. Lucy K.,4 b. Nov. 24, 1822; d. Aug. 26, 1823.
Nathaniel K.," b. March 11, 1825; m. Sarah C. Johnson of Peacham ;
vi.
2 7 ch., 5 lived in Washington Co.
vii. Lucy K.,7 b. July 11, 1827.
viii. Julia A.,7 b. July 11, 1829 ; d. July 13, 1833.
ix. Amos W.,7 b. June 18, 1831 ; d. July 16, 1833.
4 x. Amos W., 7 b. Nov. 24, 1833.
xi. Julia A.,7 b. Dec. 7, 1835.
xii. Betsey Jane,7 b. Sept. 22, 1837; m. July 2, 1872, as 2d w. John Gibson, q. v.
3 JACOB JACKSON,7 (Jacob,6 William,5 James,+) b. Groton, July 17, 1813. Fitted for college at Peacham Acad., Grad. Dartmouth College 1839; tutor there 1841-3; Grad. Union Theo. Sem. 1845; Ord. Bennington, Vt .. Aug. 27, 1845; dis. 1847; agent of Am. Tract Soc. in the South 1847-8; pastor Cong. ch. Walbridge, Mass., 1850-62; Yarmouth, 1865-75; served on the Christian Commission in the army 1864-5; Res. New Haven, Conn., 1876 till death, Dec. 3, 1878. He m. 1845 Margaret Fletcher, Whitinsville, Me., D. D. from Bowdoin, Coll., 1874.
4 AMOS W., 7 (Amos,6 William,5 James,4) b. Ryegate, Nov. 4, 1833; carpenter and farmer. He m. Sept., 1857, Elizabeth A. Livingston of Peacham, (b. Oct., 1839). Served in 15th Vt. in Civil War. He d. Feb. 18, 1882. Bur. Walter Harvey Cem. Members of U. P. ch. Ryegate. Children :
i. Eugene S.,8 b. Peacham, May 5, 1858. Res. Montana; carpenter and 1 bridge-builder ; foreman No. Pacific R. R. Not. m.
ii. R. Burns, 8 b. Feb. 4, 1860. Res. Peacham, Vt .; carpenter. He m. Dec. 11, 1890, Georgiana, dau. Isaac P. Dunn of R., (b. March 24, 1863; d. Oct. 14, 1898.)
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iii. Emily Annette,8 b. Dec. 23, 1861; m. Apr. 22, 1885, John H. Nelson, q. v.
iv. Alice,8 b. Apr. 23, 1864; d. Sept. 16, 1865.
v. Milo H.,8 b. March 23, 1866. Res. Atlanta, Ga.,; furniture dealer. He m. March 23, 1892, Rebecca Mackey, who d. Jan., 1899. He m. 2d, July, 1900, Isabella Mackey ; 3 ch.
vi. Addie F., 8 b. May 12, 1868; m. W. H. Dopp of St. Regis Falls, N. Y.
vii. Clara B.,8 b. July 26, 1870; d. Feb. 12, 1892.
viii. Charles A ,8 b. Nov. 18, 1872; d. Billings, Montana, Dec. 18, 1898.
ix. Mark H.,8 b. May 12, 1875. Res. St. Johnsbury; carpenter at Fair- banks Scale Works. He m. Dec. 2, 1903, Meroe Way of St. J .; one son.
x. Owen G.,8 b. Oct. 9, 1876. Farmer on homestead ; un-m.
xi. Arlie B.,8 b. Dec. 3, 1878; m. Mar. 21, 1900, C. W. Goss of Barnet, farmer ; 5 ch.
xii. Lewis E., 8 b. June 19, 1881. Res. Peacham; carpenter. He. m. June 27, 1906, Susie Blanchard of Peacham.
The second branch of the Abbott family is descended from the emigrant ancestor as follows :
I. GEORGE,1 of England and Andover, Mass.
II. BENJAMIN,2 b. Dec. 20, 1661; d. March 30, 1703; m. Sarah Farnum, and lived in Andover.
III. JONATHAN,3 b. Sept., 1687; d. March, 1770; m. Zervia Holt.
IV. DAVID,+ b .-; lived in Pembroke, N. H. ; m. 1741, Hannah Chandler.
V. JOB,5 of Andover, Pembroke, N. H., and Barnet.
JOB,5 (David,+ Jonathan,3 Benjamin,2 George,1) b. Andover, Mass .; m. Phebe Farnum, and about 1783 rem. to Barnet and settled where- Melville lived in 1860.
Children :
i. Sarah,6 b. March 21, 1772; m. Alexander Stuart, q. v.
ii. Hannah,6 b. Dec., 1773; m. Jonathan Darling, q. v.
iii. Phebe,6 b. Feb. 28, 1774; m. John Brock of Barnet.
iv. Susanna,6 b. Dec, 1778; m. Josiah Darling, q. v .; 2d- Laird; 3d Anthony Perry.
1 v. John,6 b. Aug. 26, 1780; m. Ann Brock of Barnet.
vi. Mary,6 b. 1782; m. James Brock of Barnet.
Mr. Mason gives the following-not in the Abbott Register :
vii. Jerome Jeremiah,6 b. 1785: d. 1802.
viii. Priscilla,6 b. 1786 ; d. y.
ix. Job,6 b. 1788; went west.
x. Janet,6 b. 1789; d. y.
1 JOHN,6 (Job,5) b. Aug. 26, 1780; m. March, 1804, Ann, dau. Walter Brock. He d. Sept. 5, 1854 ; she d. Nov. 24, 1870.
Children :
i. Janet,7 b. 1805; m. Moses Hadley.
ii. John,7 b. 1807; m. Louisa Lee, who m. 2d Claudius Somers as 2d wife. iii. Job.7 b. 1809 ; never m.
2 iv. Walter,7 b. 1811; m. Janet McPhee.
v. Jeremiah,7 b. 1813; m. Jane Lee.
vi. Alexander Harvey,7 b. 1814; m. Lucinda West.
vii. Phebe Farnum,7 b. 1817; m. Nov. 13, 1841, Alonzo Fife.
viii. Martha,7 b. 1819; m. Dec. 17, 1845, Wm. Keenan q. v .; d. March 2, 1948.
ix. Jonathan D.,7 b. 1822; m. Sarah Stevens.
3 PETER M.,8 (Walter7 and Janet, John,6 Job,5) b. Barnet, May 27, 1843, ed. district school and Peacham Acad. Enlisted as a recruit Aug. 13, 1862, into Co. K, 3d Vt. Vols., which formed part of the Vermont Brigade. Was with the reg. till the close of the Shenandoah cam-
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paign. Detailed on extra duty till the close of the war. Prom. corporal, then sergeant. Mustered out June, 1865. At home two years. Peddled goods for Crampton & Dunn, Rutland, 2 years. In California a while. In the White Mts. in livery work several yrs. Bought the Wm. Hunter farm. In partnership with Ned Abbott and W. H. Johnson of Barnet, dealing in horses, some years. Bought the John Hunter farm. He m. Apr. 5, 1869, Marian, dau. Wm. Hunter, b. Dec. 6, 1844. Ch., Kate W., b. Apr. 2, 1890; grad. Peacham Acad. 1908; m. Feb. 12, 1910, Clinton Keith Page.
MOSES COLBY,1 b. Ryegate, Apr. 2, 1833. Blacksmith, also Methodist preacher and exhorter. He m. 1st March 3, 1855, Mary A. Reagan of Rumney, N. H., (b. Boston, Aug. 11, 1811 ; d. Tilton, June 10, 1885.) 2d Mrs. Mary Palmer Browne of Newbury ; 3 ch.
The last record is from the History of Littleton, N. H., and is inserted as given. Whether related to the other Abbott families does not appear.
ADAMS.
ELIJAH H., m. Luthera Hawes. Came from Troy, N. H., to South Newbury in 1865; in lumber business there till 1867; farmer in Topsham some years ; ret. to Troy and d. 1902 ; she d. 1907.
Child :
CHARLES LUTHER,2 b. Swansey, N. H., Dec. 15, 1851; farmer in Topsham ; m. by Rev. D. C. Faris, Dec. 15, 1880, to Julia Etta, dau. of Wm. Cald- well; they settled on the Wm. Caldwell farm in November, 1882,- which they sold in May, 1910; asst. superintendent and superintend- ent of M. E. Sunday school, Groton, Vt., many years to present time, also recording steward. Res. at Ryegate Corner.
Children :
1 LUTHER EUGENE,3 b. Topsham, Oct. 9, 1881 ; d. March 10, 1908.
2 CHARLES LEON,3 b. Ryegate, May 8, 1883; chaffeur at Warren, R. I .; m. June 30, 1908, Jessie S. Tucker of Richmond, Vt .; c , Frank Eu- gene, b. April 11, 1909.
3 CLARENCE HARRISON.3 b. June 16, 1888; graduated Peacham Academy 1908; entered Vt. Univ. 1909. All members of Groton M. E. Church.
AKIN.
JAMES,1 b. Kilmalcolm, Scotland, 1773, came to R. 1796, after staying in New York one year, and bought land covered with woods except a small clearing. Original owner was Matthew Park. He m. March 9, 1801, Margaret, dau. Alexander Miller. She d. in R. Sept. 11, 1829. After living in Ryegate 59 years he removed to Greensborough in 1854 and d. May 1, 1862; bur. West cemetery.
Children :
i. James,2 b. 1804; d. Jan. 14, 1878; not m.
ii. John,2 b. 1806; d. Greensborough, Jan. 7, 1879; not m.
iii. Jane,2 b. July 26, 1808, d. Apr. 20, 1875 ; m. James Hall q. v.
iv. Alexander,2 b. 1812 ; d. at 41/2 years.
v. Janet,2 b. March 1, 1813; m. James Smith, q. v.
vi. Margaret, b. Apr. 17, 1815, Miller record ; m. John Miller of Newbury ; as 2d w .; d. March 2, 1883.
vii. Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1817; d. at 2 years.
ALLAN.
DAVID, b. Inchinnan, Scotland, 1740; m. 1759, Margaret Willison of that place. He was one of the two commissioners chosen by the Scotch American Co., to go to America and select a place for settlement. (See Chaps. II and IV. He returned to Scotland intending to go back to
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America, but was unable to leave his leased farm till 1801, when he was taken sick, and died. He was buried on the very day he was to have taken passage for America, exactly 28 years from the day of his first setting out in 1773. His children, William and Margaret, went directly from the grave to the ship. This name has often been spelled Allen, but his signature, clearly attached to several papers, is David Allan. Mrs. Allan, with her chil. Mary and Elizabeth, and her grand- sons. Robert and David White, came in 1802. None of the sons set- tled in Ryegate.
Children all b. in Scotland.
i. Jean, b. 1760; m. Alexander Miller, q. v.
ii. Janet, b. 1762; m. William White, q. v.
iii. Margaret, b. 1764; d. un-m.
iv. John b. 1765 ; settled in "York State."
v. David, b. 1767.
vi. James, b. 1769. vii. William, b. 1771.
viii. Robert, b. 1772.
ix. Mary, b. 1776; d. in Scotland.
x. Peter, b. 1778.
xi. Mary, b, 1781 ; m. Thomas Nelson, q. v.
xii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1782; m. Allan Stewart, q. V.
ALLEN.
SAMUEL, b. Temple Patrick, Ireland, Jan. 12, 1776. He was implicated in the Irish rebellion of 1798, and was at one time under arrest for trea- son. He m. about 1799, Jane, dau. Stafford Brown (b. Ballybally, An- trim Co., Ire., 1777; d. Nov. 17, 1858). In 1821 they decided to come to America, coming by way of Montreal and Lake Champlain, where his oldest son was taken sick, and d. at Missisquoi Bay ; worked one year at Paterson, N. J., came to Rregate and bought a small farm which he cleared, built a four-room log house, and sent for his family. The above by Mason. Mr. Miller says that in 1844-5, their house was standing near the end of the Carpenter farm, a few rods from the road. He was a great reader and self taught mathematician. He d. Feb. 12, 1862.
Children all b. in Ireland.
i. Robert2, b. 1800; d. near Missisquoi Bay, 1821.
ii. Stafford John2, b. 1803; m. Rosanna Bickerstaft, rem. in Ireland.
iii. Mary2, b. May 7, 1807 ; m. John Smith. q. v.
iv. Eleanor2, b. June 12, 1813; m. Wm. N. Gibson, q. v.
v. Agnes2, b. 1817 ; d. at Burlington while on their way here.
*ALLEN.
WILLIAM, Robert G., and James were brothers ; a sister, Mary, m. Eben Bick- ford. Robert G., m. 1805, Phebe, dau. Josiah Page (b. R. Nov. 23, 1786). He d. 1854.
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