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lle m. Dec. 5, 1851, Laura Ann Mower. b. Westminster. Vt., Oct. 31, 1831. d. July 2. 1902 : he res. B. F.
Children :
i. GERTRUDE IDELE, 8 b. Wardsboro, Vt., Oct. 12, 1852; m. in B. F .. Oct. 17, 1887, Nelson W. Dawes who d. May 13, 1894; she res. B. F. ; no children.
ii. ROWE EDWARD, b. Wardsboro, Vt., July 23, 1854; m. in Topeka, Kan., July 28, 1884, Austa Elizabeth Wintrode ; owns and operates an extensive flouring mill: res. Kansas City, Mo. Children : I. Edward Wintrode,9 b. Sept. 6, 18S5. 2. Laura Katherine, b. May 21, ISSS. 3. Alusta Gertrude, b. Feb. 8, 1891. 4. Ruth Elizabeth. b. Mar. 15, 1896.
iii. ANNIE LAURA, b. Westminster, Vt., June 23, 1857; m. Sept. 15, ISS2, Warren H. Clark of Marlboro, N. H. ; res. Marlboro. Child : I. Maurice Chester,9 b. Apr. 13, 1SSS.
iv. HELEN FRANCES, b. Westminster, Vt .. Nov. 5, 1859; d. Aug. 6, 1 878.
V. GRACE ANTIIA. b. B. F., Mar. 23, 1866: compositor in the office of the Bellows Falls Times ; unm.
vi. CHARLIE MOORE, b. B. F., July 17. 1874 ; d. Jan. 14, 1891.
KIMBALL
EZRA F.7 ( Francis H.,6 Ezra,5 Jonathan,4 Jonathan,3 Samuch " Kem- bolde," Richard! "Kimbolde "), b. Brattleboro. Vt., Apr. 17, ISII ; came to B. F. from Haverhill, N. H .. in 1837; many years a merchant tailor here. In 1857, he sold his business and became mail agent between Springfield, Mass. and Barton, Vt., then the northern point of the Passumpsic R. R. ; retired in 1861. Ezra,5 served in the Revolutionary war for three yrs. in Capt. White's company, Putnam's regiment, enlisting from New Ipswich, N. H. The emi- grant ancestor, Richard,I came from Rattesden, county of Suffolk, Eng., to America in 1634, in the ship " Elizabeth " and settled in Watertown, Mass.
Ile m. May 1, 1834, Maddalena Olcott, dau. of Capt. Billy Dodge, b. on the ship " Maddalena," at sea, off Cape of Good Hope, May 30, 1816: d. Montpelier, Vt., Apr. 16, 1890; he d. Montpelier, July 7. ISSS.
Children :
i. GEORGE WILLIAM,& b. Haverhill, N. 1I., Apr. 17, 1836; m. May 17, 1860. Esther Elmira Butterfield of B. F., b. Sept. 26, 1835 ; they res. B. F. Children : 1. Frederic Henry,9 b. St. Johns, P. Q., Jan. 22, 1864; now cashier Rut. R. R. freight office at B. F. ; m. Aug. 4, 1886, Emily Orinda, dau. of Henry W. Sabin. Children all b. in B. F. i. Hugh Sabin.1. b. June 5, 1887. ii. Gladys Elea- nor, b. June 24, 1890. iii. Helen Esther, b. Aug. 3, 1892. iv. Maddalena Olcott, b. Apr. 6. 1894. 2. George William, b. Ben- nington, Vt., Mar. 23, 1870: now travelling auditor B. & M. R. R. ; m. Mar. 23, 1896, Frances Adams; res. St. Johnsbury, Vt .; no children.
ii. JULIA MARIA. b. Haverhill, N. H., May 11. 1837 ; m. June 27, 1864,
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Hiram Atkins, a well known editor of B. F., and Montpelier, Vt. ; she d. Montpelier, Vt., May 5, 1892 ; no children.
iii. HENRY MORTIMER. b. B. F., Mar. 2. 1843; res. B. F. and Boston, Mass. ; unm.
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DR. EDWARD? ( Edward, Samuel,5 John,4 Daniel,3 John,2 John,1 emi- grated from London to Saybrook, Conn., in 1635), b. Brattleboro, Vt., Mar. 31, 1861 ; grad. Hahnemann Medical college, Philadelphia, in '86; came to B. F. from Brattleboro in 1888; has practised his profession here since that time.
He m. Sept. 4, 1888, Mary Chase, b. Acton, Mass., Aug. 12, 1863 ; res. B. F.
Children :
i. EDWARD CHASE, 8 b. May 24, 1894.
ii. ISABELLE MAY, b. Apr. 24, 1900.
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SIMEONI (s. of Benjamin and Esther [ Burt] ), b. Northfield. Mass .. May 23, 1725 ; one of the " grantees" of the town of R. in 1752 ; one of the first three settlers here in 1753, and closely identified with the " proprietors " management of its affairs ; prominent in all military affairs of this vicinity from 1748 to 1759; a soldier in the garrison at Fort Dummer, 1748; a gran- tee of Westmoreland, N. H., 1752; in the Crown Point expedition from Northfield, Mass., with Moses Wright, 1755; in Capt. Burk's company at ยท Crown Point, 1756; did "ranging service" in 1757; at the capitulation of Fort William Henry, Aug. 9, 1757; was a captive in Canada, Sept. 20, 1758, but d. before Apr. 15, 1759, probably while in captivity.
He m. Sarah, dau. of John Harwood of Ware River, Mass. A stone in the old cemetery at R. states that " Widow Sarah Roundy, formerly wife of Simeon Knight, d. May 12, 1812, ae. 84."
Children :
i. EUNICE,2 b. July 24, 1751 ; m. Jan. 30, 1772, Joseph Nash of Hadley, Mass.
ii. Lois, b. Feb. 4, 1753.
iii. ELISHA, b. Northfield, Dec. 29, 1754; brought to R. as an infant by his parents and later took a prominent part in early affairs of the town ; was one of the company that "marcht to Ticonderogue " in 1777; he m. in R., June 16, 1782, Phoebe Stowell. Children : I. Asahel,3 bap. at R., Aug. 1, 1784. 2. Amanda, bap. at R., June 19, 1785. 3. Phoebe Root, bap. at R., Aug. 5, 1787. 4. Amasa. bap. at R., Oct. 25, 1790.
iv. ELIJANI, b. Northfield, Dec. 27, 1756; came to R. with his parents upon the organization of the town in 1761; was prominent in all military affairs in the Connecticut valley while Vermont was an independent republic, 1777 to 1791 ; was lieut. and captain of the R. company, and major and lieut. col. of the regt. ; was in com- mand of the state troops in the expedition to Guilford, 1784; town clerk, 1786-7; admitted to Windham county bar June, 1796, and was the first lawyer of this town ; admitted to Supreme court, Aug., 1803; judge of probate for the District of Westminster, 1815 to 1820 and his office was in R. village ; m. at R., Sept. 5, 1779, Mercy Fuller. Child : Simeon,3 bap. at R., Feb. 17. 1782.
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LAKE
HENRY+ ( Daniel3 Eleazer2 Henry,1 emigrated from Eng., and d. Topsfield, Mass .. 1733), b. Topsfield, Mass., Sept. 19, 1759; came from Rindge, N. H. to Walpole 1791 and to R., 1795, locating on a farm 2 miles west of S. R. village which for over 100 yrs. was owned and occupied by his descendants, six generations, now occupied by Emery Vancor. This farm was purchased of Peter Bellows, and when Mr. Lake came there were but few neighbors, and only two houses in what is now S. R. village. He found two " squatters " on his farm, one being a man named Crow who had twenty- . one children. There was then no school in S. R., or in all that neighbor- hood. Mr. Lake soon built a corn barn. 18 x 24 ft. which is still standing upon the premises, and in connection with the squatters, hired Phoebe Bemis to teach the children in that building. The three families made a much larger school than has been known in that neighborhood for many years, even with the larger population of later generations. Here Mr. Lake raised his family of twelve children.
Among his children were nine brothers, eight of whom became school teachers. The whole family were musical, and has so continued to the pres- ent generation. Each played one or more instruments and the "Lake Band " was a musical organization noted in its day. It was in great demand for mili- tia musters, Fourth of July celebrations and all similar occasions. The instru- ments were much different from those of present day bands, and included 2 fifes, 3 drums, I each clarinet, bugle, haut-boy (tenor ), and bassoon (base ).
During his long residence in R., Henry Lake held many offices of trust and responsibility. He represented the town in the legislature of 1812, and again in 1814. When he came to R. in 1795 he brought with him his father Daniel, than aged 71, who lived with him until his death, Sept. 28, 1810. Daniel and his sons, Henry and Enos, were soldiers of the Revolution, and all went to Ticonderoga to help head off Gen. Burgoyne, but Burgoyne's army had got by before they reached there. Daniel and Enos went to their home in Rindge, N. H., but Henry, the subject of this sketch, went with Stark's army to Bennington and took part in the battle. Clark S. Lake, a grandson of Henry, still living in S. R., has the knapsack which was carried by Ilenry on the famous march across the mountains, and during the battle. The command camped the first night from Rindge at Charlestown, N. II., and the second night at Peru, Vt., and in after years both Daniel and Henry enter- tained many of R.'s early settlers with narrations of incidents of the march and battle.
Daniel, previous to coming to R., had been prominent in the early his- tory of the town of Rindge, and frequently chosen to office. He was select- man and town clerk there in 1771, and in 1777 he was appointed justice of the peace. Four of his sons served with him in the Revolution.
Henry,+ the first of the name to settle in this town, m., 1782, Prudence Lovejoy, b. Rindge, N. H., Apr, 22. 1762 ; he d. Aug. 29, 1845, ae. 86.
Children :
i. SYLVANUS.5 b. Rindge, Jan. 26, 1783; went to Mount Clemens, Mich. ; was a farmer ; d. Howell, Mich. ; unm.
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ii. SARAH, b. Rindge, Nov. 29, 1784; m. Jonas Clark of S. R .; no children.
I. iii. HENRY, b. Rindge, Apr. 27, 1786; m. Abigail Stevens.
iv. LEONARD, b. Rindge, Feb. 21, 17SS; d. on the old farm Sept. 7, 1814 : no children.
V. LUTHER, b. Rindge, Nov. 28, 1790; m. Lucina Walker of Grafton ; rem. to Charlotte, N. Y., and d. there Aug. 27, 1851. llad two daughters, one named Loantha.6
vi. CALVIN, b. Walpole, N. H., Nov. 5, 1792; rem. to Charlotte ; in. Aug. 12, 1822, Sarah Mather, a descendant of Cotton Mather; d. there Sept. 6, 1852. Children : 1. Henry C.6 b. Charlotte Center, N. Y., May 30, 1823 ; m. July 4. 1847, Margaret M. Ames, d. Fre- donia, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1896; he d. Fredonia, Sept. 15, 1901. Child- ren : i. Clarence II., b. Charlotte Center, Nov. 20, 1853; m. at Fredonia, June 22, 1873, Belle E. Webster. Children : 1. Francis Webster,8 b. Fredonia, Apr. 30, 1876; grad. Leland Stanford Jr. university, Cal., May, 1897; d. Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 16, 1897. 2. Howard Clarence, b. Fredonia, Apr. 3, ISSI : grad. Cornell university, June 1904 ; admitted to the practice of law, Nov., 1904. ii. Nellie C.,7 b. Charlotte Center, Oct. 21, 1854; m. Apr. 10, 1904, Lorenzo C. Graves. iii. Mary M., b. Charlotte Center, May 16, 1859; m. at Fredonia, Oct. 12, 18SI, Frank H. Edmunds ; she d. Ashville, N. C., May 5, 1898. Children : 1. Louis Lake, 8 b. Aug. 30, 1882. 2. Clarence Frank, b. Aug. 22, ISS4. 3.
Margaret Miami, b. Mar. 19, 1887. 4. Isabel Lake, b. Feb. 15, 1890. 5. Arthur John, b. Jan. 31, 1893. iv. Norman Francis,7 h. Charlotte Center, Mar. IS, 1864; d. Fredonia, July, 1865. 2. Frances N.6 3. Cornelia S., b. Charlotte Center, Feb. 15, 1835 ; m. Daniel S. Woodward ; d. Fredonia, July 5, 1871. Children : i. Charles Daniel,7 b. Sept. 20, 1857; m. Harriet M. Minton ; no children. ii. John, b. Aug. 19, 1859; is Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, serving on the Appellate Division in Brook- lyn ; m. at Fredonia, May 26, 1886, Mary Barker. Children : I. Elizabeth,8 b. Oct. 20, 1887. 2. Frances, b. Apr. 27, 1894. iii. Florence,7 b. Apr. 6, 1866; m. July, 1901, Eugene Butler ; res. Washburn, N. Dak. Child : Carrol Eugene,8 b. 1902. iv. Henry Lake,7 b. Apr. 2, 1868; m. Cora Strannahan ; he d. Mar. 28, 1905 ; no children. 4. Ellen.6
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vii. ESTHER, b. Walpole, Oct. 17, 1794: m. Sabin Clark of R .; rem. to Hancock, Vt. ; d. July 23, 1845. Children : 1. Henry.6 2. Lucius. viii. NATHAN, b. in R., Nov. 29, 1796; m. Elvira Nourse of R. : rem. to Charlotte ; d. there Oct. 29, 1877. Had one son.
ix. RIAL, b. in R., Oct. 31, 1799; enlisted as drummer in War of 1812, marched to Plattsburg but was in the service only a short time ; grad. Middlebury college, 1824; taught school in Phila. and later was a farmer : rem. to Howell, Mich. ; m. Aug. 14, 1833, Mary Frances, dau. of Jonathan Burt of R., d. Howell, Feb. 20, 1896; he d. Howell, Dec. 30, 1851. Children : 1. Mary Campbell,6 b. Phila., Pa., Jan. 26, 1835 ; d. Howell, Oct. 5, 1840. 2. Rial Frank- lin, b. Phila., July 1, 1837 ; d. Phila., Aug. 17, 1837. 3. Rebecca Frances, b. Phila., July 1, 1837: m. Sept. 6, 1858, Ferdinand Walker Munson. Children : i. Rial Lake,7 b. Howell, Oct. 20, 1860; d. Topeka, Kan., Sept. 19, 1882. ii. Melvin Henry, b. Howell, Nov. 18, 1864; d. Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 10, 1893. iii. Welton Marks, b. Howell, Apr. 8, 1866, a prof. in Orono, Me., college ; m. at Orono, Dec. 26, 1901, Mattie Allen. Child : Bar- bara Allen,8 b. Orono, June 2, 1903. iv. Infant, b. Howell, May 11, 1877 ; d. Howell, May 16, 1877. 4. Flora, b. Howell, May 9, 1839; d. Howell, Oct. 21, 1840. 5. Harriet Lavinia, b. Howell. July 30, 1841 ; d. Howell, July 28, 1851. 6. Ilelen Eliza, (twin
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sister of Harriet Lavinia), b. Howell, July 30, 1841 ; d. Marion, Mich., June 29, 1870 : 11nm. 7. Henry Freeman, b. Howell, Nov. 1, 1843 : a soldier in the Civil war ; m. Ist at Brighton, Mich., May 14, 1872, Mary L. Tork; d. June 26 1874; m. 2d, at Howell, Mich., Mar. 15, 1892, Francis A. Norton. ; res. Gunnison, Colo. Children : i. Henry Freeman,7 b. Marion, Mich., Mar. 19, 1873 ; m. Nov. 26, 1902, Ruth Rebecca Allen. Children : i. Henry Alan,8 b. Gunnison, Feb. 12, 1904. ii. Mary Frances, b. Gunni- son, June 21, 1905. S. George Burt, b. Howell, Dec. 9, 1845; a civil engineer ; m. at Big Rapids, Mich., Dec. 25, 1878, Helen L. Marsh, d. Topeka, Kan., Apr. 27, 1SS4. Children : 1. George Burt,7 b. Topeka, Kan .. Nov. 26, 1880; grad. Rush Medical col- lege, practising at Wolcottville, Ind. ; m. Dec. 25, 1902, at El Paso, Tex., Mary Lee Blossom, b. at Poultney, Vt. 2. Mary Helen, b. Howell, Sept. 22, 1882 ; m. Sept. 2, 1903, Mansel B. Greene ; res. Chicago.
x. DANIEL BIXBY, b. in R., Sept. 9, 1So2 ; m. Elvira Boynton of R. ; rem. to Charlotte and d. there July 4, 1879. Children : 1. Ellen,6 m. E. C. Kimball; res. Charlotte. 2. Edwin Freeman, m. Mary Elizabeth Brooks, and res. in Charlotte.
xi. MERIEL, b. in R., Nov. 11, 1804; m. Amos Eaton of R .; rem. to Iowa, and d. there in 1877.
xii. FREEMAN, b. in R., July 11, ISOS; m. Clarissa Boynton of R. ; rem. to Charlotte ; he d. Oct. 12, 1881 ; no children.
1. HENRY5 ( Henry,4 Daniel,3 Eleazer,2 Henry1), b. Rindge, N. H., Apr. 27, 1786 ; always res. on the old farm of his father 2 miles west of S. R. ; early a teacher of district schools, and taught singing schools and band music; prominent in town affairs and representative to the legislature 1820 and 1821 ; m. June 25, 1817, Abigail Stevens, b. Greenwich, N. Y., June 26, 1796, d. Jan. 3, 1875 ; he d. Jan. 18, 1846.
Children all b. in R. :
i. ANN ELIZA,6 b. Oct. 24, ISIS; d. Dec. 11, 1819.
ii. ELVIRA, b. June 3, 1821 ; was early a successful school teacher ; m. John S. Slack of Plymouth, Vt. ; res. and d. there Aug. 26, 1850. Child: 1. Henry Levi,7 b. Plymouth, Aug. 30, 1847: attended Kimball Union academy ; grad. Dartmouth college, [872, and Yale Theo'l seminary, 1877; pastor Chester, Vt. Cong. chh. until 1883 ; pastor 22 yrs. of First Cong. chh. of Bethel, Conn .; 18 yrs. chair- man of the school board ; held many offices among the chh. organ- izations of that state ; m. Fannie Phelps, b. Pawlet, Vt., Jan. 29, 1856, a grad. of St. Johnsbury, Vt., academy. He d. Bethel, Conn., Mar. 25, 1905. Children : i. Elvira Jennie,8 b. Chester, Vt., Nov. 1, 1880; grad. Wellesley college, 1902 ; M. A. Wellesley, 1905. ii. John Phelps, b. Bethel, Conn., June 30, ISS4; grad. Dartmouth college. iii. Helen Louise, b. Bethel, Dec. 27, 1887 ; grad. Wellesley college. iv. Grace Fannie, b. Bethel, Nov. 15, 1890; grad. Bethel high school.
iii. HENRY STEVENS, b. Nov. 11, 1824; d. Sept. 1, 1832.
2. iv. CLARK SYLVANUS, b. Nov. 7, 1829; m. Mary Campbell ; res. S, R. V. RIAL, b. Oct. 1, 1832 ; rem. to Cambridge, Ill., later to Blue Springs, Neb; now res. there ; m. Ist Fanny Buck. Children by Ist wife : I. Ellen,7 m. Charles Obear and has a son and daughter. res. with their gr. father, Rial Lake, at Blue Springs. 2. Henry, is a rail- road man ; res. Lincoln, Neb. ; unm.
vi. EDWIN STEVENS, b. May 16, 1836; res. in Galesburg, Ill. ; returned to R., and d. here in 1872 ; unm.
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2. CLARK SYLVANUS6 (Henry,5 Henry,4 Daniel,3 Eleazer ,2 Henry1), b, Nov. 7, 1829; m. Aug. 26, 1851, Mary, dan. of Edward Raymond Campbell of Westminster, Vt. ; they now res. in S. R. village both having spent their whole lives in that vicinity where they happily celebrated their golden wed- ding in 1901.
Children :
i. HENRY EDWARD,7 b. Dec. 11, 1852: dealer in musical instruments and a well known musician ; res. Keene, N. H. ; m. Sept. 14, 1876, Jennie, dau. of Matthew Wilkins of Londonderry, Vt. Children : 1. Henry Clark,8 b. Feb. 20, 1883. 2. Clarence Ray- mond, b. July 20, 1886. 3. Christine Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1895.
ii. EDWIN RAYMOND, b. May 11, 1857; m. Ist Dec. 31, 1881, Annah Isabel Dodge of Athens, Vt. ; m. 2d Aug. 25, 1904, Corinne, dau. of Milton W. Wiley of S. R. ; res. S. R. ; she d. Jan. 10, 1907. Chil- dren : 1. Maud M.,8 b. Sept. 23, 1884; m. Robert May ; res. Union City, Conn. 2. Corinne Wiley, b. Jan. 10, 1907.
iii. COLIN CAMPBELL, b. Nov. 19, 1859; m. Ist Abbie Holbrook, who d. in Texas, Mar. 3, 1888: m. 2d Apr. 15, 1890, Lizzie Denio Wilber ; res. S. R. Children : 1. Clara L.,8 b. Oct. 31, 1883. 2. Bessie L., b. in Texas, Jan. 25, 1888. 3. Ruth A., b. Apr. 15, 1891. 4 Dean H., b. Oct. 23, 1894. 5. Gordon C., b. Sept. 18, 1899.
iv. CLARA ABBIE, b. July 20, 1866; m. Charles F. Simonds, a mer- chant ; res. S. R. Children : 1. Harry L.,8 b. Dec. 13, 1886. 2. Raymond C., b. Jan. 11, 1890. 3. Guy M., b. Aug. 4, 1892. 4. Clark C., b. June 18, 1894. 5. Roland F., b. Apr. 11, 1896. 6. Philip D., b. July 26, 1898. 7. Charles E., b. Feb. 29, 1904.
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MARTIN R.1 (s. of Rufus and Minerva [ French ] Lawrence), b. Wind- ham, Vt., Mar. 14, 1836; came to R. 1863; in '71 bought an interest in the mills of Nourse, Cogswell & Co., now known as " Lawrence Mills," and later became sole owner of them ; was selectman 27 years ; member of committee for building present high school building in B. F. ; senator from Windham county 1902-3 ; m. Jan. 20, 1861, Laurenza E. Davis, b. Oct. 6, 1836; he d. at Lawrence Mills, Oct. 17, 1904.
Children :
i. NORA E.,2 b. Mar. 11, 1864; m. Dec. 20, 1883, Fred O. Smalley ; res. Walpole, N. H. Children : 1. Dean F.,3 b. July 22, 1885, now a student in N. H. college, Durham. 2. Lee L., b. Apr. 23, 1887 ; now a student in N. H. college, Durham.
ii. CORINTHIA A., b. Apr. 7, 1866; m. William G. Smalley, July 22, I. Gertrude,3 b. May II, 1886, res. Marlboro, N. H. Children : 1889; d. July 3, 1899. 2. Maxwell IV., b. May 15, 1897.
iii ROLON M., b. Aug. 26, 1868; m. Sept. 2, 1892, Kate Gates of Marl- boro, N. H. ; res. Marlboro ; no children.
iv. NELSON R., b. Nov. 6, 1870: d. Sept. 25, 1899; m. Sept. 19, 1896, Belle M. Brown : lived in Springfield, Vt. Child: 1. Norman Adna, b. Oct. 12, 1897 : d. Apr. 16, 1900.
v. JOHN P., b. June 1, 1873; hardware merchant B. F .; lieut. of local militia Co .; m. Jan. 8, 1902, Charlotte G. Banyea ; res. B. F. Child : 1. Marteil,3 b. Sept. 25, 1904.
vi. JAY II., b. Jan. 9, 1882 ; m. Aug. 26,1903, Lena Miller of Westmin- ster, Vt .; res. Lawrence Mills. Child : 1. Martin J.,3 b. Jan. 29, 1905.
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JOHNI(s. of Joseph. a sca captain in the India trade who settled at New Boston, N. H .. and had five brothers who were sea captains, four of them privateersmen : ancestry traced to Lawrence of Salem, Mass. ), came to R. previous to 1797 and settled on " Leach Hill." two miles north of S. R., on a road between S. R. and R. village that is now unused, where he and his descendants have since lived and taken active part in town matters. He and his wife joined the Ist chh of R. in 1797.
He m. Susannah - : he d. Oct. 13, 1829, leaving an estate of $30,000. Children :
i. JOHN,2 b. Sept. 28, 1796; bap. at R., May 14, 1797.
ii. EMILY, b. June 14, 1799: bap. at R., Oct. 6, 1799, under name of " Mela."
iii. JOSEPHI, b. Oct. 27, 1801 ; bap. in R., June 13, 1802 ; m. Jerusha Allen of Hopkinton, N. 11., and had a son, John Allen.3
REV. JOIIN ALLEN3 (Joseph,2 JohnI), b. in R. Apr., 1836; grad. Amherst college and Andover Theological seminary ; pastor 2d Cong. chh. of Keene, N. H., in 1865, and res. Keene. 20 yrs. ; later rem. to the ances- tral farm in R., where he spent the remainder of his life. He m. in 1865, Stella E. Ranney, gr. dau. of Lieut. Gov. Waitstill R. Ranney of Vt. Rev. John Allen3 d. on the ancestral farm in R., May 12, 1906, and his widow still res. there ; no children except an adopted son, but they educated in whole or in part 31 children. of whom one was U. S. Senator A. G. Kittredge of Dakota.
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SPENCER II.1 (son of Shepard. who came from Foxboro, Mass., to Andover, Vt .. 1808). b. Andover, Vt., Aug. S, 1822; m. Hannah, dau. of Oren Locke of Chester, Vt., b. Rockingham, Aug. 6, 1828; he d. Chester, Apr. 18, 1877 : she res. B. F.
Children all b. Chester :
i. EUGENE SPENCER,2 b. Jan. 19. 1854 ; came to B. F. from Chester in 1877 ; clerk in R. R. and paper mill offices until 1887, since then in the insurance business : m. Dec. 14. 1893, Addie P. Stone, b. B. F., Feb. 6, 1858; res. B. F. Children all b. B. F ; 1. Richard Spen- cer,3 b. June 7, 1896. 2. Eugene Stone, b. June 24, 1898. 3. Law- rence Coy. b. Dec. 27, 1900.
ii. IDA F., b. Aug. 20. 1857 ; res. B. F. ; unm.
iii. ABBIE T., b. July 15, 1861 ; res. B. F. ; unm.
iv. GEORGE L .. b. Sept. 17. 1863 ; a secretary in the International Com- mittee of Y. M. C. A .. N. Y. city : m. Anna R. Stegeman ; res. Brooklyn, N. Y. : no children.
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ADAM,I b. in Scotland, 1793 ; emigrated to R .. Vt., and spent the later years of his life in La Grange and Bartonsville : was a carpenter and joiner ; m. in Scotland in 1816. Betsey Jackson, b. in Scotland in 1793, d. Nov. 3, 1866: he d. Bartonsville. Vt., Apr. 26, 1862.
Children :
i. HELEN,2 b. 1817: m. Jehiel Damon in 1842; she d. in 1903 : he d. about 1896. Children : 1. Betsey Helen,3 b. July 20, 1843; d.
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Nov. 25, 1847. 2. William Jackson, b. Jan. 21, 1844; d. Oct. 25, 1848. 3. Francis Lafayette, b. Jan. 11, 1845 ; d. Aug. 10, 1849. 4. Mary Anna, deceased. 5. George, m. and res. in Neb. 6. Frank, m. and res. in Neb. 7. Josie, m. - Gaddis; res. Okla- homa.
ji. MARY, b. Sept. 30, 1820; m. July 7, 1862, Benjamin F. Winchester, d. Bartonsville, Sept. 4, 1897 ; she d. Jan. 12, 1904.
iii. GEORGE T., b. Aug., 1824; m. in 1848, Jemima Madison ; he d. West Rupert, Vt., Sept., 1852. Children : 1. Julia,3 d. West Rupert, Vt. 2. George, d. West Rupert.
iv. EBENEZER W., b. Jan. 28, 1828; m. in 1860, Ann E. Gorham ; he d. Castleton, Vt., Aug. 18, 1894. Child : 1. Mattie C.,3 b. Sept. 10, 1862 ; d. Rutland, Vt., Apr. 29, 1884.
v. JOHN A., b. Chester, Vt., June 2, 1831 ; a farmer ; has always res. in the vicinity of Bartonsville; m. Sept. 15, 1857, Laura H., dau. of Samuel Allbee of R., b. May 24, 1832. Children : 1. Laura Lil- lian,3 b. Apr. 26, 1859; d. May 16, 1859. 2. Martha Helen, b. Aug. 29, 1865 ; m. June 15, 1887, James W. Persons ; she d. Mar. 30, 1897; he res. Bartonsville. Children : i. Carroll James,4 b. Feb. 21, 1890; d. Nov. 4, 1893. ii. Flora Eloine Helen, b. Apr. 19. 1895 ; d. Feb. 23, 1904. 3. Flora Jane, b. Jan. 9, 1868; m. Dec. 28, 1892, Charles W. Parker ; res. Bartonsville. Child: i. Helen Liddle,+ b. Aug. 26, 1895. 4. Mary Eloine, b. July 2, 1870 ; m. Oct. 1, 1890, Orlo D. Fisk ; she d. Aug. 16, 1904; he res. Bartonsville.
vi. WILLIAM O., b. Aug., 1833; d. Melbourne, Aus., 1852; unm.
vii. ANDREW J., b. Jan. 1, 1837 ; d. Bartonsville, June, 1865 ; unm.
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EBENEZER5 (Ebenezer,4 Joshua,3 Ebenezer,2 William,1 who came to America in the "Planter" in 1634), b. Ervingshire, Mass., Aug. 6, 1763 ; was a Revolutionary soldier, and lived for a year in Deering, N. H .; when a young man came to R. where he lived until his death ; a farmer, cleared and settled on the farm now known as the " Patrick O'Brien place," a mile north of Rockingham P. O .; was prominent in town affairs, constable many yrs. : his descendants were numerous, it being said that at one time there were 52 of the name residing in town.
/ He m. Ist Feb. 6. 1783, Hannah Gustin, b. July 21, 1764, d. in R., Apr. 17, 1833 ; m. 2d in 1835, Mrs. Susan Campbell ; he d. Nov. 12, 1856.
Children all b. in R. :
i. JOHN,6 b. July 26, 1784; m. Hannah Clark.
ii. PHOEBE, b. Mar. 31. 1787 ; m. Ist John Goldsbury Whiting of R. ; ( See Whiting. ) : m. 2d John Fay.
I. iii. CYRUS, b. Apr. 14, 1789; m. Randilla Thayer.
iv. ASA, b. Feb. 3, 1792 ; m. Ist Fanny Prentiss, d. June 5, 1850; m. 2d Hannah Prentiss.
v. ALBERT, b. Dec. 20, 1795 ; m. Phebe Chapin ; d. May 17, 1880.
vi. RANDILLA, b. May 14, 1794 ; m. Nathaniel Walker.
2. vii. OREN, b. Dec. 9, 1798; m. Ist Catharine B. Tyler ; m. 2d Nancy Williams.
viii. LEWIS, b. Jan. 31, 1802 ; m. Laura Darby.
ix. HENRY, b. July 31, 1804 ; m. Eliza Prentiss.
1. CYRUS6 (Ebenezer,5 Ebenezer,4 Joshua,3 Ebenezer,2 William1), b. in R., Apr. 14, 1789; was prominent in town affairs during his whole business life ; selectman many yrs. ; m. Jan. 14, 1812, Randilla, dau. of Capt. William
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Thayer of R., b. in. R., Sept. 20. 1796, d. in B. F., Oct. 5. 1867 ; he d. July 18. 1864 at Kane, Pa., while on a journey.
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