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CRAIG .*
WILLIAM,1 b. Erskine. Renfrew, Scotland, 1753; m. ab. 1771, Margaret Mc- Inlay (McKinley), half sister to James M, who settled here. Came to R. 1784, and bought 5 lots of land of the Scotch Co., which after his death was sold in 1821 to Edward Miller, Sen., where his son Hugh G., lived. He d. 1807, and she d. 1823, in Topsham, and bur. there. They joined the "Seceder," now the Uni. Pres. ch. in 1784, pre- senting the following certificate :
These do certify that William Craig, son of William Craig, late farmer in the Parish of Erskine and Shire of Renfrew, North Britain, with Margaret McInlay, his spouse, resided in the Parish of Erskine from their infancy preceding this date behaving themselves sober and inoffensively free from public scandal or Ground of Church Censure known to this Session, and having been admitted to sealing ordinances here, there is nothing known at present to hinder them from the same privilege where Providence may order their lot. Is attested at Ers- kine the 3d of May, 1784 by Walter Young, Minister.
GEORGE DEMPSTER, Sess. Clk.
+ Children : The five oldest b. Scotland and bapt. by Rev. Walter Young.
1
i. William,2 b. Feb. 1772
ii. Margaret,2 b. May 1. 1774; m. Robert Hall, q. v.
2
iii. John,2 b. Aug. 5, 1776.
3 iv. James, 2 b. May 1, 1778.
v. Janet,2 b. March 26, 1783; m. Archibald Taylor. q. v.
vi. Jean,2 b. Ryegate, June 15. 1786 : bapt. by Rev. Dr. Witherspoon ; m. 1 st James Caldwell, q. v. 2d, Robert Renfrew of Newbury.
* By Q. A. Whitehill, and others. + Dates of birth from Session Records.
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vii. Mary,2 b. July 15, 1789; bapt. by Rev. Peter Powers (Currier) ; m. June 15, 1812, Joseph Currier of Topsham and went west.
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WILLIAM,2 ( William,1) b. Erskine, Scot., Feb. 1772; bapt. by Rev. Walter Young. Came to R. with parents ; m. June 2, 1796, Mary, dau. Allan Stewart; owned the George Nelson farm which he sold, and went west. The following record by Mr. Miller is given for its preservation. Children :
i. William,3 b. April 30, 1797.
ii. John,3 b. March 18, 1800.
iii. Allan,3 b. March 21, 1802.
iv. James,3 b. April 26, 1804.
v. Mary,3 b. Aug. 1, 1807.
vi. Margaret McInlay,3 b. April, 1809.
vii. Robert,3 b. Aug. 7, 1811.
viii. Francis Stewart,3 b. June 23, 1813.
2 JOHN,2 (William,1) b. "the last week in August, 1776."-Mason. Bapt. by Rev. Walter Young; came with parents to R .; was employed two years'in getting out stone for the state prison at Windsor. He m. 1st, March 2 1806, Jean, dau. Alex. Miller (b. April 1, 1787 ; d. Jan. 17, 1819). 2d, Dec. 30, 1819, Mary Dickey of Topsham (b. April 1, 1787). He settled at So Ryegate, where he built a saw mill and a grist mill before he was m. Mr. Mason says, and the place was called Craig's Mills for some years. Hed. while in Corinth, 1859; she d. at Topsham, 1853.
Children :
i. Jean,3 b. Jan. 30, 1809; m. June, 1844, John McClaren of Barnet. Chil. (1) Mary Helen,+ b. March 25, 1845; m. Scott L. Gates ; res. Barre, Vt. (2) Alexander Peden.+ b. July 5, 1846; lived near Barnet Ctr. church. (3) William John,+ b. Nov. 23. 1847; d. in California.
ii. Mary, 3 b. June 12, 1810; m. William Whitehill, q. v.
iii. Isabel.3 b. Dec. 17, 1811; m. Andrew Whitehill, q. v.
iv. Eliza,3 (twin to Isabel) ; m. ab. 1837, Thomas Brock of Barnet (b. Jan 2, 1809; d. May 13, 1894). Chil. (1) Albert,+ [Brock] b. March 2, 1838; d. March 7, 1896; m. 1st, Hattie Bomier (b. July 14, 1845; d. Feb. 6, 1872). 2d, Mary E. Harriman (b. July 13, 1843; d. Nov. 13, 1894). (2) Robert M.,4 [Brock] b. July 12, 1839; d. May 5, 1887 ; m. Dec. 12, 1867, Elvira E. Gilfillan. No ch. (3) Mary Jane,+ [Brock,] b. 1842; d. Nov. 7, 1881; m. Robert Stevenson of Barnet. No ch. (4) James A.,4 [Brock] b. Aug. 15, 1848 ; d. March 15, 1868. Mrs. Brock d. July 3, 1862.
4 v. Robert M., 3 b. Dec. 17, 1813. By 2d marriage :
vi. John,3 b. Nov. 7, 1820, tended grist mills in Hardwick and Corinth, later for some years, Peckett's mill in Bradford. Twice m .; 3 ch.
vii. Susanna,3 b. Topsham, Dec. 1, 1821 ; m. Fuller; no ch .; d. at Wm. Craig's Brookline, Mass.
viii. Edward,3 b. July 1, 1823 ; m. Muella Tabor of Topsham; dep. sheriff there 1852. Went to Missouri, became wealthy ; d. in Cal. 1897; one dau.
ix. Adam Dickey, 3 b. Nov. 24, 1824; went to the Mexican war and d. at Vera Cruz.
X. Annis.3 b. July 11, 1826; m. - - Wilson of Topsham.
xi. Julia, 3. b. Oct. 25, 1827 ; d. un-m. at John Craig's, Bradford, 1870.
xii. Thomas G.,3 b. Peacham; d. at 4 yrs.
3 JAMES,2 (William,1) b. Scotland, May 1, 1778; came to R. with parents ; farmer and blacksmith; m. Margaret Nesmith (b. July 3, 1776) ; rem. to Topsham or Groton about 1821, and with their son, James, rem. to Ill. ab. 1852, where he d. ten yrs. later.
Children :
i. Janet Nesmith,3 b. Jan. 17, 1809 ; m. James Caldwell, q. v.
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ii. Margaret McInlay,3 b. April 10, 1810; m. April 2, 1820, Hale G. Wright ; d. Jan. 9, 1885.
iii. Adam Dickey, 3 b. Nov. 8, 1812; m. Jan. 25, 1864, Belle Mcclintock.
iv. Esther,3 b. May 26, 1814; d. May 18, 1898; m. June 19, 1833, John Lyle
v. Mary Jane,3 b. Oct. 1, 1816 ; d. July 23, 1855; m. Feb. 19, 1837, Thomas Lyle.
vi. Agnes 3 b. March 18, 1818; d. March 28, 1876; m. Jan. 11, 1844, Moody Grow; rem. 1850 to Neponset, Ill., where she d.
vii. Betsey. 3 b. July 18, 1820; d. 1868; m. Dec. 16, 1857, Isaac B. Blake.
viii. Lucinda,3 b July 18. 1822 ; d. un-m. Jan. 17, 1901.
ix. William G., 3 b. July 7, 1824 ; m. July 7, 1855; Nancy Lester.
x. Robert H.,3 b. Jan. 1. 1826; m. March 23, 1848, Mary Fellows. Cele- brated their 60th anniversary, 1908.
xi. James C.,3 b. Jan. 1, 1828; m. Oct. 29, 1855, Eliza I. Jones. Was prom- inent in business and socially, and held many offices ; d. in Ill. May 25, 1900.
4 ROBERT MILLER,3 (John,2 William,1) b. Dec. 17, 1813; m. Jan. 24, 1839, Nancy, dan. Daniel Keenan (b. Ireland, Nov. 7, 1717; d. Topsham, Jan. 4, 1878) ; he d. May 10, 1855.
Children all b. in Ryegate :
i. Daniel Robert,+ b. March 27, 1841; en. Co. G. 6th Vt., in the Civil War, taken prisoner in the Battle of the Wilderness, conf. in Andersonville prison, exchanged, and d. at Washington six days later, and bur. there.
ii. William Parker,4 b. Sept. 6, 1842; d. March 7, 1843.
iii. Albert Edward,4 b. Apr. 10, 1844; enlisted Aug. 15, 1862 in Co. G, 6th Vt .; served through the war; he m. Oct. 18, 1870, Katherine Haslett (b. St. Gila, Quebec; d. Dec. 28. 1905). Chil. (1) Ernest E.,5 b. Tops- ham, Sept. 21, 1871; m. Feb. 17, 1892, Della Sly. (2) Etta E.,5 b. Dec. 17, 1895; m. Elmer Brown.
iv. William Parker,+ b. Dec. 28, 1845; mem. Co. G. 6th Vt , in Civil War, killed at Funkstown. Md., July 10, 1863; bur. W. Ryegate.
v. Martha Leila,+ b. Nov. 8. 1847; d. Topsham, June 15, 1872.
vi. Margaret Jane.+ b. May 27. 1850; d. May 10. 1905.
vii. Rockwell Frank, + b. April 30, 1852 ; m July, 1875, Lizzie Buswell; res. Marlow, N. H. Ch. Willis and Jennie.
viii. Mary Ella, 4 b. Nov. 20, 1853; m. Oct. 13, 1875, Forest Mills.
CRAIGIE.
JAMES,1 b. Leeds, P. Q., Oct. 20, 1865; came to St. Johnsbury, 1890, and to So. R. 1894; granite cutter ; enlisted March, 1899, in Battery N, 6th U. S. Art., served 7th mo. at Honolulu, Hawaii; and nearly two years in the Philippine Islands. Was in several expeditions against insur- gents in Bataan Prov., which culminated in the surrender of insurgent forces under Gen. Mascardo, ap. Sergeant, 1901. Ret. to R., and en- gaged in granite manufacturing since. He m. July 29, 1903, Leola M., dau. Lafayette and Jane ( Dunnett) Carpenter. Members of 1st Pres. ch. Chil. Wendell C., b. June 12, 1904.
CROWE.
GEORGE,1 (Wm. and Janet [Arthur,]) b. Scotland, Apr. 3, 1847; came to America, 1851 ; in teaming and livery bus. So. R. He m. Concord, N. H., March 2, 1871, Helen L. dau. Dr. Eli Perry, (b R. 1844). Mem- bers of 1st Pres. ch.
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Children :
i. Luther L.,2 b. March 27, 1872; in. March 29, 1894, Hattie, dau. Geo. R. Brown. Chil. (1) Frank Burton, 3 b. Apr. 13, 1900. (2) Margaurett, 3 b Jan. 12, 1902. (3) Helen Estelle,3 b. June 28, 1903. (4) Rodney E.,3 b. March 17. 1908.
ii. Burton Perry,2 b. June 17, 1874; m. July 30, 1907, Charlotte, dau. Os- good and Eliza (Bailey) Wheeler. Ch. Marion Evangeline,3 b. May 25, 1908. William Nelson,3 b. Dec. 20, 1810.
iii. Lottie J.,2 b. Apr. 26, 1880; grad. Normal Department, Goddard Semin- ary. 1905; taught in Spaulding High School, Barre, Vt. she m. Nov. 7, 1910, Norman Morrison, Barre, Vt.
iv. George H.,2 b. May 3, 1882. In charge of creamery at Swiftwater, N. H. CROWN.
MOSES WESSON,1 s. of Ebenezer and Nancy [Clark] Crown; b. Topsham, Apr. 17, 1824; he m. 1st, March 23, 1854, Margaret Ann., dau. James,2 Whitehill (b. July 21, 1833; d. June 2, 1867.) 2d, June 3, 1869, Mary (Orr), widow of David Whitehill. He d. Dec. 20, 1901.
Children by 1st marriage:
i. James E ,2 b. Groton, Apr. 23, 1855; farmer after 1882, at N. Ryegate, the farm formerly that of John,2 (James,1) Whitehill. He m. at No. Greensboro, Oct. 28, 1882, Margaret, dau. Wm. and Margaret [Cuth- bertson] Wilson. Elder in Un. Pres. ch. many years; d. June 30, 1909. Ch. (1) Harry,3 m. June 29, 1909, Winnifred, dau. Lyman B. Swan of Newbury. Ch. James Wendell,+ b. Apr. 9, 1911. (2) William.3
ii. Nettie J.,2 b. Oct. 12, 1856.
iii. Jennie,2 b. Dec. 5, 1858; m. Cyrus B. Page; d. Apr. 20, 1898.
iv. William,2 b. May, 1861; d. June, 1862.
v. John Nelson,2 b. July 12, 1865; m. July 4, 1894, Jennie L., dau. Alex. W. Eastman of Topsham ; he d. Sept. 23, 1899.
By 2d marriage :
vi. Wesley,2 b Sept. 20, 1871.
CROZIER.
OLIVER DEXTER 2 (William L.,1) b. Halifax, Vt., Sept. 3, 1835; mechanic and very ingenious; d. No. Adams, Mass., May, 1901; he m. Nov. 1863, Meroe Angelette, dau. Wm. Miller, (b. May 6, 1845).
Children :
i. Alice E.,3 b. April 21, 1865 ; m. Eugene Nutting of Woodsville.
ii. Fred D.,3 b. April 23, 1868.
iii. Ida Estella,3 b. June 17, 1869 at W. Concord, Vt .; m. at E. Peacham, May 1, 1900. by Rev. J. K. Williams, Lewis G. Dowse (b. Peacham, Nov. 4, 1873.) Ch. Flora Hazel,4 b. at P., April 12, 1901.
iv. John A.,3 b. Concord, Vt., 1871.
v. Mabel Jennie,3 b. No. Adams, Mass., Dec. 27, 1875 ; m.
JOHN AIKEN,3 (Oliver D.,2 William,1) b. W. Concord, Vt., Nov. 29, 1871 ; he m. Nov. 9, 1892, by Rev. John J. Hall, Nancy Jane, dau. Wm. J. Nelson (b Sept. 9, 1864) ; rem. to Glover, Vt., purchasing the farm on which he lives.
Children b. at Glover :
i. Lula May, b. June 30, 1895.
ii. Lilla Nancy, b. Oct. 15, 1898; d. Oct. 16, 1893.
iii. John Aiken, b. Sept. 8, 1902.
MABEL JENNIE,3 b. No. Adams, Mass., Dec. 27, 1875; m. 1st, Barton, Vt., March 22, 1894, Wm. John Leonard (b. Canada, Oct. 20, 1873).
Children :
i. Eva Meroa,4 [Leonard] b. So. Ryegate, Sept. 29, 1894.
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ii. Lena Adaline,4 [Leonard] b. Glover, Vt., Dec. 9, 1896.
iii. Norman Alton,4 [Leonard] b. Barnet, March 10, 1898.
William J., and Mabel J. Leonard were divorced June 14, 1907 and she 111. 2d, Oct. 16, 1907, at Peacham, Kenneth McCondach, b. Aberdeen, Scotland, June, 1862; res. Hardwick, Vt.
CURRIER. *
EZRA CURRIER was born in Amesbury, Mass., June 25, 1749. He was a son of Gideon and Mary (Brown) Currier. He descended from Richard Currier, one of the very earliest settlers of Salisbury, Mass., in 1640.
In 1638 the General Court of Massachusetts granted to Simon Bradstreet and others, leave for a plantation at Merrimac on the north side of the river. Settlers soon came and secured lots, taking up nearly all the land east of the Powow River eastward to the At- lantic. September 4, 1639, the General Court named the plantation, Colchester. This name did not seem to have pleased the settlers, and on the 7th of July, 1640, the General Court changed the name Col- chester to Salisbury. The first settlements were made in the east part of the town, bordering on the Atlantic on the east, and on the Merri- mac on the south. Settlers continued to come in, and settlements were made in the wilderness on the west side of the Powow River.
In 1654 the citizens of the plantation, both sides of the Powow River voted to divide the town. Those on the east side of the river retained the name of Salisbury, and those on the west side called their town New Salisbury. In 1666 the General Court granted the inhabi- tants of New Salisbury "the liberty of a township." On or previous to 1654 Richard Currier had moved over the Powow River into New Salisbury, and in 1666 he was chosen a delegate to the General Court to secure a charter for the new township, which was forthwith granted. In the early part of 1667 a town meeting was held in New Salisbury when it was voted to change the name of the town to Amesbury. This change was confirmed by the General Court in 1668, since which time that portion of the original Salisbury west of the Powow river has borne that name with the exception of the west end of the town. In 1876 the west end of Amesbury was incorporated by the name of Merrimac by the Massachusetts Legislature.
Richard Currier died in Amesbury on February 22nd 1686-7. He had been a very prominent business man in the early history of Ames- bury as well as of Salisbury, before the town was divided. Ezra Cur- rier, son of Gideon of Chester, N. H., one of the early settlers of Rye- gate, descended from Richard through the following line: Richard, b. 1617; Dea. Thomas, b. in Salisbury, Mass., March 8, 1646; d. in Amesbury, Mass., September 27, 1712; Benjamin, b. in Amesbury, Mass., March 27. 1688; Gideon, b. in Amesbury, Mass., February 21, 1712. Ezra, subject of this sketch, was born in Amesbury, Mass., June 25, 1749. When Ezra was about two years of age his father moved from Amesbury up into Chester, N. H. But few facts can now be gathered of his youth and early manhood. It is known how- ever that previous to 1773 he married Ruth Cassidy, and after- wards moved up into the "Coos Country," living at various times in several towns of that section. He was a miller and farmer, and did considerable lumbering in these new settlements. When in Ryegate he was much in the employ of William Nelson, either lumbering or work- ing in the mills at Dodge's Falls, now called East Ryegate. He and his three sons were employed by Mr. Nelson in building the mills at the Falls, and the dam across the Connecticut River. Ezra and his family were very much attached to Mr. Nelson while residing in Rye- gate. His daughter Polly, who married Aaron Hand, named her old-
* By Dr. J. M. Currier.
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est son William Nelson, after the much respected early settler of Rye- gate. Ezra went to Ryegate in 1795 or 6. In 1807 or 8 he left there and moved over into Bath and lived with his son-in-law, Joseph Annis, where he died March 23, 1825. His wife, Ruth, died September 25, 1834. They were both buried in a plat of ground south of a rugged ledge below the "Narrows," in Bath. Their graves were unmarked.
Ezra had the following children : Benjamin, Gideon, Samuel, Sally, Polly, and Betsey.
i. Benjamin, b. 1773; m. 1st, Eleanor Howard; she d. leaving no chil .; 2d, Elizabeth Vining. They had one child, Anne C .; she d. in Winthrop, Me., June 7, 1843, aged 12 years. He d. in Wales, Me., in 1836. His second wife died in Litchfield, Me.
ii. Gideon, b. 1778; was drowned in the Connecticut River, opposite Rye- gate, June 9, 1800. At the same time a boy was drowned ten years of age, by the name of John Townsend, son of Timothy Townsend of Groton, and an adopted son of Ezra Currier. They were both buried in unmarked graves, on the bluff east of Dodge's Falls in Bath. Gid- eon was 22 yrs. of age; and was going to be married in a few days at the time of his death. On the 12th day of January 1800 he had bid off a pew in the meeting house at Ryegate Corner. Thus it will be seen that he intended to become a permament citizen of Ryegate.
iii. Sally, m. Benjamin Howard and lived in Bath, N. H., and Bangor, Me. She had eight children. After the death of Mr. Howard, she married Phillip Fisher, and moved to Bath, Me. The names of six of her children were: Isaac, Polly, Betsey, Gideon, Samuel, and Joseph A.
iv. Polly, b. Sept. 25, 1780; she in. Aaron Hand, a farmer, and lived in Bath, N. H .; she d. in Monroe, N. H., Feb. 25, 1872, and was bur. in that town. Chil. William Nelson, Aaron, Abiah, Mary, Sally and Can- dace.
v. Betsey, b. Oct. 15, 1788; she d. in Stoneham, Mass., Jan. 16, 1865 and bur. in Benton, N. H. ; she m. Joseph Annis, and lived in Bath and Benton, N. H. Chil. (1) Eliza, b. Nov. 1, 1811; (2) Rachel, b. March 2, 1813; (3) Samuel C., b. May 27, 1815; (4) Cummings, b. March 6, 1819; (5) Perley Mason, b. Aug. 14, 1821; (6) Betsey J., b. July 7, 1823; (7) Gardner, b. March 2, 1825; (8) Ruth J., b. Dec. 13, 1827; (9) Mary H., b. Jan. 25, 1829; (10) William H., b. March 2, 1831.
vi. Samuel, b. Nov. 17, 1781 ; he m. 1st, Elizabeth Hand of Landaff, N. H., who d. about 1810, leaving no children. He m. 2d, Rachel (b. June 27, 1793), dau. of David and Lois [Hunt] Annis of Bath, N. H., March 7, 1816. He bought a piece of land in Bath, lying upon the Connecti- cut River, opposite Ryegate of Webster D. Annis, March 2, 1802, and commenced work upon it. Subsequently he purchased several other pieces adjoining, including Smith's Mills on Hurd's Brook west of the Island. On this large tract of land he lived the remainder of his days, dying March 20. 1849. His widow d. on the same farm April 5 1875. When the British war vessels were hovering off the coast of Ports- mouth in the War of 1812, he was drafted into the service und sta- tioned in that city a short time. He was appointed a lieutenant of the 9th Co., 32d Reg. of the New Hampshire militia, Sept. 5, 1815; was promoted captain of the same company May 4, 1816; and va- cated that command Aug. 12, 1818.
Children all born in Bath:
i. Ezra Samuel, b. Dec. 13, 1816; d April 5, 1850; un-m.
ii. Serepta Betsey, b. March 11, 1821 ; d. at Passumpsic, Vt., Jan. 21, 1864; she in. in 1848 Clovis Arius Annis of Woodsville, N. H. Chil. (1) Austin Arius, b. Jan. 4, 1849; (2) John Harvey, b. Jan. 31, 1851; (3) Frank Alphonzo, b. Dec. 26, 1852 ; (4) Jennie Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1854; (5) Erastus Leon, b. Oct. 16, 1857; (6) Flora Evelyn, b. Sept. 29, 1859; (7) Douglas LeRoy, b. Dec. 9, 1861.
iii. David Annis, b. May 10, 1823; he m. Clara P. Skinner of Potton, P. Q., Oct. 30, 1865 ; he d. June 21, 1876, leaving no children.
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iv. John McNab, b. Aug. 4, 1832; he took a classical course of study at New- bury Seminary and McIndoe Falls Academy; and studied medicine under the tuition of Dr. W. A. Weaks and Dr. Enoch Blanchard of Mc- Indoe Falls, Prof. Alpheus B. Crosby and Prof. Dixi Crosby of Han- over, N. H. He graduated at the Medical Department of Dartmouth college, May 11, 1858, and settled in Newport, Vt., July 16, 1858, and with the exception of about thirteen years his practice has been in that town. He studied law one year with Hon. A. D. Bates, then of Newport, but owing to his rapidly increasing medical practice he decided to give up his legal studies. During the War of the Rebellion he was examining surgeon of recruits at Newport. He was Surgeon- General of Vermont in 1872-3-4 on Gov. Converse's staff; Pension Surgeon at Bristol, Vt., in 1875 and 1876; president of the Board of Pension Surgeons at Newport during President Cleveland's second administration. He edited and published a scientific quarterly maga- zine, entitled the Archives of Science, in 1870 to 1874; also edited and published The Vermont Medical Journal at Burlington in 1874. He was many years a member of the following societies: The Vermont Medical Society; The American Association for the Advancement of Science; The British Association for the Advancement of Science; The Vermont Historical Society ; The New England Historic-Genealogical Society ; The Prince Society of Boston; The Appalachian Mountain Club; The Rutland County Historical Society ; the Orleans County Historical Society and Life Member of the New Hampshire Antiqual rian Society. He was elected an honorary member of the Vermont Pharmaceutical Society in 1873. He was m. to Susan Havens (b. April 3, 1838), dau. of John D. and Jane B. Powers of Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 8, 1860.
Children :
i. Linn Powers b. June 8, 1861; printer. He m. 1st, Margaret Bothwell Ellis of Cambridge, Mass .; no chil; 2d. Emma Minnie, b. Feb. 10. 1879, in Holland. Vt., dau. of Wilson M. Allchurch of Barton, Vt., Jan. 16, 1906. Chil. John Allchurch, b. Jan. 16, 1907; d. Jan. 18, 1907.
ii. Susa, b. June 7, 1867 ; she m. Oct. 19, 1893, Harold Charles, (b. in Wood- stock, Vt., Aug. 24, 1868,) son of Charles H. and Loraine French of Boston, Mass. Chil. (1) Esther Currier, Dec. 18, 1894; (2) Eleanor, Nov. 13, 1904.
CARTER .*
ELIPHALET, 1 m. Jane, dau. James Matthews, q. V.
ORLANDO B.,2 (Eliphalet,1) b. Jan. 19, 1837 ; farmer near Barnet line ; he m. July 4, 1858, Cornelia, dau. James and Sophia [Gilman] Wheeler. Children :
i. Abbie J. M.,3 b. Dec. 31, 1858; 111 April 5. 1877, James Lamphere, who d. April 16, 1888.
ii. Ella E.,3 b. Aug. 14, 1861 ; d. Feb. 7, 1865.
iii. Hattie P., 3 b. Aug. 29, 1864; m11. June 12, 1882, Frank Blain. Ch. Nel- son,+ (Blain), b. Jan. 3, 1883.
iv. Zylphia,3 b. Feb. 16, 1866; m. 1893, James Blain. No chil.
v. Ella E.,3 b. Oct. 13, 1869; m. Oct. 25, 1893, George Blain. Ch. (1) Iona, 4 [Blain] b. Sept. 10, 1894. (2) Theresa,4 [Blain] b. Dec. 3, 1898.
DARLING.
Mr. Miller says that this family came from Plaistow, N. H., to Ryegate; three brothers, Josiah and Jonathan who m. dau's of Job Abbott of Barnet, and Robards. After a few years they settled in Groton.
* This record was received too late for insertion in its proper place.
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The children of Robards Darling, as given by Mr. Miller, were:
I. DELIVERANCE. b. Nov. 16, 1785; m. David Judkins.
II. JUDITH, b. Sept. 1, 1787 ; m. 1st, Win. Taisey; 2d. Capt. Norris Marshall.
III. JOHN, b. Oct. 18, 1789.
IV. HANNAH, b. May 7, 1791 ; m. John Whitehill, q. v.
V. MEDAD, b. Aug. 5, 1794 ; lived in Groton, but rem. to Albany, Vt.
VI. DANIEL, b. Feb. 26, 1797; 11. 1st, Lizzie Taisey; 2d, Betsey, dau. Jabez Bigelow.
VII. RUTH, b. Dec. 18, 1798; m. 1st, James Taisey ; 2d, Dea. - Hodson.
VIII. SALLY, b. Sept. 23, 1800; m. Joseph Morrison, q. v.
IX. PHEBE, b. Sept. 21, 1802; m. Samuel Clark of Groton.
X. RHODA, b. July 7, 1804; m. Thomas Taisey.
XI. SUSANNA, b. Apr. 19, 1806; m. 1st, Ephraim Low; 2d, David Jones. XIF. LUCINDA, b. - -; m. Annual Vennor.
1 JOHN,2 (Robards,1) b. Oct. 18, 1789; m. Janet, dau. Robert Brock of Barnet, was a prominent man there; town clerk 1822-'37 ; town rep. 1834, '37, '38. Among his children were Dr. John B. (2) of Ryegate, and Jonathan Roberts of Groton (b. 1823), who was town representative, associate judge and state senator. The latter d. July 15, 1910.
2 JOHN BROCK,3 (John,2 Robards,1) b. Groton, Nov. 22, 1822; educated at Peacham and Phillips (Danville) Academies ; began to study medicine in 1843, with Dr. Nelson of Barnet, later with Dr. McNab of MeIndoes and Dr. Cobb of Peacham. Attended two courses of lectures at Woodstock Medical College, and two at Pittsfield, Mass., receiving diploma from the former in 1847; in New York City Hospital 1848, and had also a large experience during an epidemic of ship fever; also attended the private clinics of Drs. Mott and Willard Parker; grad. Berkshire, Mass , Medical Coll., Nov. 1847. While studying medicine he taught school winters, and did janitor work at college to pay his expenses. Began practice in Groton, and m. May 10, 1848, Margaret, dau. James Shaw (b. Barnet, June 29, 1828), a cheerfal companion to a hard working country doctor. He went to California via Panama arriving in Nov. 1854. He found the wonderful accounts of success at the mines to be fairy tales, but was able to get home with as much money as he started with, and a great deal of experience, contracting Panama fever also. In practice at So. Peacham about a year; rem. to So. Ryegate, in practice there and identified as elsewhere related, with all its business interests till his death. His practice was extensive, he was often called into consultation, and considered very skillful in diagnosis, keeping abreast of the times in his profession and gave his skill and experience alike to rich and poor. He was proficient in music and was for many years precentor in the Ref. Pres. ch. at So. Ryegate, and one of the original members with his wife and five children, of the 1st or General Assembly ch. of which he was a liberal supporter. In politics successively an Anti-Mason, Whig, Free Soiler, and Republi- can; town rep. 1859-'60. He was in Kansas when the extra session of the legislature was called after the firing on Fort Sumpter and came home in time to attend it. His professional career began about the period of some of the greatest discoveries in medical science, he lived to see many changes in the profession, and ended his honorable, useful, and busy life Feb. 13, 1905.
Children : The oldest b. Groton, the rest at So. R.
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