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iii. ROBERT HALL, b. Apr. 5, 1832 ; a physician ; m. May 29, 1860, Margaret Andrews, and res. West Troy, N. Y. ; he d. Dec. 4, ISSS. Child : 1. William B.9 a physician ; res. West Troy, N. Y. ; m. and has children.
iv. LUCINDA DICKERMAN, b. Aug. 1, 1834; m. Asa Cowdrey; res. in Illinois. Child : 1. George Sabin,9 res. in Denver, Col .; has children.
V. ALBERT ROBBINS, b. Sept. 30, 1837, was in Middlebury college, class of '63; enlisted in '62 as capt. Co. C, 9th Vt. Vol .; is an eminent educator in Chicago ; m. Ist July 11, 1862, Mary Barber of Middlebury, Vt., d. 1891; m. 2d in 1893, Helen Mackey of Fredonia. N. Y. Children : 1. Stewart Barber,9 b. June 26, 1869 ; Williams college, A. B. ; m. 1891, Evelyn Coleman of Chi- cago ; res. Rochester, N. Y. Children : i. Mary Dorothy, 10 b. Chicago, May 2, 1893. ii. George Howland, b. Chicago, Feb. S, 1895. iii. Walter Carter, b. Chicago, Sept. 4, 1897. iv. Helen, b. Rochester, 1902. 2. Albert R., b. Nov. S, 1896.
vi. MARY SOPHIA, b. Dec. 13, 1840; m. May 20, 1868, James Jacobs ; d. Mar. 30, 1870; no children.
vii. WILLIAM HENRY, b. May 27, 1846; d. Mar. 30, 1870: unm.
SAFFORD
LIEUT. PHILIPS (Joseph.+ Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas,1 emigrated from Eng., settled in Ipswich, Mass .. as early as 1641), b. Ipswich, Mass., 1736; took part in the French and Indian war 1755-1759, first as drummer, then as drum-major, and in 1759 he was a lieut. His company took part in the sanguinary conflict on the shores of Lake George. Soon after the Peace of Paris, or about 1763, he rem. to R. and took an active part in shaping the civil policy of the town, and was also often chosen as a militia officer. In various deeds on record he is described as " house-joiner," and he was also a farmer.
lle was one of the first and most ardent agitators of resistance to the rule of the King's courts which culminated in the Westminster massacre, Mar. 13, 1775, and he took a prominent part in that affair in connection with the large number who were present from this town. In addition to the details given on page 208, Hall's History of Eastern Vt. states that Lieut. Safford, as he fought his way out of the building, taunted the king's minions, saying " he could lick the whole of the king's army if he only had his company of Rockingham militia with him." Still another expression, which comes down in well authenticated history, of the sayings of this bold
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man of that time is, " Come on, if you dare, you miserable cowards of King George, come on if you want to fight, we can whip the whole posse of you time-serving rascals." To his comrades, he said. " Don't run, boys, don't run, we'll go out the same way we came in," as he was successfully fighting his way out of the front door of the court house, while some were disposed to break their way out at the side door.
His name appears among the company of Rockingham men that " Marcht for Ticonderogue," and also "of Those that Marcht to Man- chester" in 1777, and in Capt. Jonathan Holton's company Oct. 17, 1780. He was chosen a member of the town committee of safety in 1778; was one of the organizers of the Ist Bap. chh. in R. about 1789. and was a brother- in-law of Azariah Wright of Westminster.
He spent the last years of his life on a rough farm on Parker hill. He died April 14. 1814, ae. 74, according to inscription on the stone, and his body, with some members of his family, is interred in a little cemetery near his old farm.
He m. Elizabeth Bigelow, probably b. in Lancaster, Mass., July 3, 1743 and d. in Springfield, Feb., 1825, ae. 83, probably dan. of Jonathan Bigelow of Lancaster and Harvard, Mass., one of the first three settlers of R. A list of their children b. in this town and recorded upon the town records is as follows : i. SALLY, b. Sept. 11, 1769; m. Ichabod Closson. (See Closson.) ii. REBECCA, b. Apr. 18, 1774. iii. PHILIP, b. Feb. 2, 1781. iv. MERCY. b. May 9, 1788. 1. v. NOAH, b. Oct. 9, 1790.
A descendant of the family states there were two more children : Olive, who m. Nathan Eddy and rem. to Ohio, and Betsey.
Phillip, Jr.6 and Noah6 remained residents of the locality in which their father d.
I. v. NOAH,6 b. Oct. 9, 1790; m. Betsey Tower, a lady of great energy of character. Children : 1. Noah B.,7 in comparatively recent yrs. was a prominent resident of White River Junction, Vt., and has a dan., Mrs. E. J. Wallace, 8 and also a gr. dau. still res. there. 2. Henry, was a contracting carpenter in Springfield, Vt. many years, representing his town in the legislature twice; rem. to Hartford, Vt., in 1871. 3. Charles H., was a noted musician and res. in Boston where he d. in 1873. 4. Isaac P., went to Chicago and engaged in piano manufacturing. 5. Rebecca, mn. the late John C. Holmes of Springfield, Vt. and had one son, Henry Bigelow,8 a prominent resident of Springfield.
SAKER
JOIIN FRENCHI (s. of William and Elizabeth Saker). b. London, Eng., June 10, 1822. His ancestors held high positions with the nobility of England. He learned the tailor's trade in London and moved to Halifax, N. S., in 1849; to B. F. early in 1853 ; employed by various tradesmen in B. F. ; began business for himself at the close of the Civil war, and retired from business in 1876; a member of the ist lodge of Odd Fellows in B. F. and a member of the local band several years ; member of chh. of England but attended Bap. chh. of B. F., of which his wife was a member.
He m. June 20, 1846, Phebe Slade, b. London, Oct. 30. 1823; d. B. F., Feb. 26, 1863. He d. in Windham, Vt., where he was visiting Aug. 10, 1884.
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Children :
i. JOHN CHARLES,2 b. London, june 24, 1847: d. Oct. 26. 1847.
ii. PHEBE ELIZABETH, b. London, Nov. 22, 1848; d. in B. F., Oct. 7, 1 864.
iii. WILLIAM, b. Halifax, N. S., Dec. 1, 1850: d. Halifax, Feb. 10, 1852. iv. FRED, b Dartmouth, N. S., Feb. 2, 1853: m. Carrie C. Otto, May 20, 1878. They res. at B. F. Children : 1. John Edgar,3 b. Conway, Mass., Jan. 14, 1880; m. Nov. 14, 1905, Mrs. Minnie (Keep) Barker of Westfield, Mass .; res. Lynn, Mass. 2. Grace Myrtle, b. Proctorsville, Vt., Aug. 27, 1883; m. Guy E. Crosier, June 30, 1903; res. Greenfield, Mass. Child : Muriel Saker, 4 b. June 8, 1904.
V. ALICE, b. B. F., Aug. 19, 1856; d. Dec. 19. 1856.
vi. ANNIE, b. Feb. 23, 1859; d. B. F. Oct. 16, 1865.
SANDERSON
DAVID, came to B. F., from Petersham, Mass., in 1789. Mar. 10th of that year he received from Lemuel Sargeant, a deed of the most of the land now covered by the village of B. F. and its mills. He was evidently a citizen of the town but a few years. Ile served as selectman 1794-5. Hle sold the land to different parties, including a tract on the island adjoining that owned by Col. Enoch Hale, who had erected the toll bridge.
Nov. 7, 1792, Mr. Sanderson was granted by the Vt. legislature the exclusive right to cart freight between the upper and lower boat landings on the Connecticut until the canal, which was commenced that year, was ready for use. Ilis fees were to be the same as the tolls had been fixed by law for the later use of the canal. Should he cause any unnecessary delay in the transportation of the freight he was to be fined £5 for each case, and if any other party should transport freight by the falls to interfere with his exclusive right they were to be fined 5 shillings per ton for all freight so transported.
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REV. DAVID LEWIS? ( Rev. David Platt.8 Lemuel,7 James,6 John,5 Ephraim,4 Ezekiel,? Ezekiel,2 Thomas1), b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1857 ; grad., 1876, St. Stephen's college, Annandale, N. Y. : 1879 Berkeley Divinity school, Middletown, Conn. ; assistant rector Thompsonville, Conn., 2 years ; rector Stafford Springs, Conn .. 1881 to 1883 and Thompsonville, Conn., 1883 to 1889; came to B. F., in 1889 and has been rector of Immanuel church since.
He m. in Thompsonville. Conn .. Apr. 20, 1822, Anna Traver Briscoe, b. Thompsonville, Conn., Dec. 5, 1858.
Children :
i. HELEN TRAVER, 10 b. Thompsonville, Conn., Mar. 21, 1883.
ii. ALICE AMELIA, b. Thomaston, Conn., Sept. 4, 1884.
iii. CHARLES BRISCOE, b. Thomaston. Conn., Jan. 10, 1887.
iv. EDGAR LEWIS, b. B. F., Oct. 31. 1889.
JOHN BEACH, b. B. F., June 22, 1891.
vi. ARTHUR HALL, b. B. F., Mar. 15, 1895.
vii. DAVID PLATT, b. B. F., Sept. 20. 1896.
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CAPT. LEMUEL,1 was of Scotch ancestry, supposed to have been son of a well known Boston Scotchman named Daniel, who with his brother, Joseph, emigrated from Scotland to that city in 1730. Daniel lived on Frank- lin street, and Joseph res. on Oliver street. Capt. Lemuel came to B. F. during the Revolution, probably about 1778, and soon came into possession of nearly all the land now covered by the village of B. F. .
The history of Winchendon, Mass., shows his family to have been new- comers in that town in 1769. In 1776 he bought of Benjamin Bellows, 51 acres of land " on the road to Keene," and in frequent transfers of land is always recorded as " Lemuel Sargeant, Gentlemen." His father-in-law, Pelatiah Hall, also came into the vicinity of Westmoreland at about this time, possibly the two families residing together. During his residence there, and while in R., he was in the service of his country the most of the time; ist lieut. in Capt. Jason Wait's company in Col. Bedell's Regt. in 1776; adju- tant in Col. Bellows' Regt. of militia, and a member of his staff with the N. H. forces that reinforced the garrison at Ticonderoga in June, 1777; first referred to as " Capt. Lemuel Sargeant of Rockingham " in 1779, although he was named among the privates of Capt. William Simonds' company of this town in 1782 ; sometimes referred to as " Major Lemnel Sargeant " in the town records, and it is a tradition in the family that he was at one time a drum-major in some of the military organizations.
He was a shrewd, frugal and determined representative of the Scotch settlers of his day, and accumulated wealth which his will divided between his wife and children.
March 10, 1789, he deeded to David Sanderson the most of the land covered by the present village and mills of B. F., and during the same year rem. to Jaffrey, N. H.
The records of Rockingham show the following deed :
"I, Lemuel Sargents of Jaffrey, Gentleman, for the sum of 12 pounds paid by Enoch Hale, Esq., and Adam Brown, Gentlemen, both of Rocking- ham, do give (etc) a Certain pew in the meeting-house in Rockingham that I purchased of the town committee in Rockingham adjoining the Broad Alleyway at the left hand from the front door, to have during the standing of this meetinghouse, - in witness hereof of (etc. ) have set my hand and scal this 24th day of February 1790.
(Signed) LEM'L SARGENTS.
Winess
Pelatiah Sargents D. Sanderson
After living in Jaffrey for some years, Capt. Sargeant rem. to Edson's Corners, N. Y., where he purchased large tracts of land in 1804, and again in 1813. He d. there in Sept. 1823, at an advanced age, and was buried on the hill west of that village, no stone marking his grave.
He m. Dec. 12, 1765, Sarah, dau. of Pelatiah and Sarah (Paul) Hall of Milton, Mass.
Children :
i. BETSEY2 (or Elizabeth), bap. R., Aug. 14, 1783 ; m. Clinton.
ii. LEMUEL, b. about 1769; in. Tamer Bates of Connecticut. Children
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both b. Milford, N. Y. : 1. Joseph3 2. Job, b. Dec. 9. 1804 ; d. Milford, Sept. S, 1877. Child: Solomon.+
I iii. PELATIANI, b. 1771 : m. 1792, Deborah -
iv. POLLY, m. - Mack.
v. SALLY AVERY.
I. PELATIAH2 (Capt. Lemuel1), b. 1771; was prominent in town and village affairs from 1790 until his death in 1824; lived in a small house just north of Frost's stable on the west side of Rockingham street ; owned oxen and drew freight around the falls ; an expert swimmer and diver and did much work on the first dam built across the Connecticut river at B. F. com- menced in 1792.
He m. May 9, 1792, Deborah -; he d. Oct. 26, 1824 and is interred in Immanuel cemetery.
Children :
i. AZUBAH,3 b. Nov. 27, 1792 ; d. May 13, 1799.
ii. MARIA11, b. May 4, 1794 ; m. Jan. 18, 1818, Amos Fairbrother of West- minster, Vt .: d. Sept. 18, 1852 ; she d. at S. R., Feb. 28, 1873. Children . 1. Horace,+ b. Jan. 9. 1819 : d. July 18. ISS5. 2. Merub Ann, b. Mar. 1, 1820; m. Jacob Hunt of B. F. ; d. Mar. S. 1858. Children : i. Lewis Henry,5 b. Oct. 9, 1844: d. Feb. 24, 1873 ;
unm. ii. John N., b. Oct. 20, 1848; res. Putney, Vt. ; unm. iii. Edward F., b. May 9, 1850: m. and res. Fitchburg, Mass. iv. Jacob A .. b. Jan. 16, 1852: m. and res. Fitchburg, Mass. ; v. David F., b. Feb. 5, 1854 ; m. and res. in Wisconsin. vi. Hannah Maria, b. July 14, 1856; m. and res. in Wisconsin. 3. Richard, b. Sept. 27, 1821; m. Thankful Merchant : res. Yarmouth. Mass. 4. Fanny Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1823; d. Apr. 11, 1899; unm. 5. Nelson, b. Mar. 25, 1824; supposed to have d. in So. America. 6. Almeda. b. May 14, 1826: m. Jan. 13, 1849, Lines Tower of West- minster. Vt., who d. in R., Nov. 11. 1887; she res. Fitchburg, Mass. Children : i. Azubah Jane,5 b. Apr. 13, 1850; m. Henry A. Wood of Waltham, Mass., who d. at Kearney. Neb., Nov. 28, ISS5. ii. Frank E., b. Nov, 22, 1854; m. and res. Fitchburg, Mass. 7. Azubah Sargeant. b. Feb. 10, 1828; m. May 31, 1855, George C. Kimball of Dover, N. H., who d. Dec. 21. 1901 ; she res. Grand Rapids, Mich. Children : i. Carrie Helen,5 b. Dover, N. H., June 14, 1857: d. Dover, Nov. 12, 1863. ii. Annie Maria, b. Dover, N. H., Feb. 29. 1860: m. George H. Fletcher ; res. Los Angeles, Cal. iii. George Walter, b. Dover, N. H., Dec. 13, 1863; res. Springfield, Mass .; unm. iv. Lizzie Manning, b. Flint, Mich .. Feb. 9, 1867: d. Flint, July 31, 1867. v. Charles Hill, b. Flint, Nov. 26, 1868; m. and res. Muskegon, Mich. vi. Harry Spofford, b. Saginaw, Mich., June 13, 1872: m. and res. Detroit. Mich. S. Earl Ransom, b. Apr. 30. 1829; res, Terre Haute. Ind .: d. Dec. 16, 1866: unm. o. Albert, b. Mar. 14, 1831 : res. Minneapolis, Minn. ; d. Jan. 4, 1897; unm. 10. Frank Morse. b. July 1, 1833 ; res. Cambridgeport, Vt. ; unm. 11. Jane Maria, b. May 11, 1835; d. May 2, 1842. 12. Eveline Rice, b. Nov. 20, 1838; res. Cambridgeport ; unm. 13. Dorr Edward, b. Dec. 22, 1840; in. Jan., 1871, Hannah Etherington : res. Ticon- deroga, N. Y. Children : i. Inez Maria.5 b. at S. R., Jan. 21, 1872: d. at S. R .. Apr. 10. 1890. ii. Ella Maude, b. Province Que., May 9, 1878: m. and res. Ticonderoga, N. Y. iii. Stella Azubah, b. Province Que., Feb. 2. 1880; res. Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; unm.
iii. FANNY, b. Oct. 2, 1796; m. Albert March of Westminster, Vt. ; d.
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Sept. 26, 1819. Child : 1. Albertina Georgiana,4 b. Feb. 12, 1817; m. Edward Gerald of Waltham, Mass. Child : Abby,5 in. Col. Charles E. Wheldon, a veteran of the Civil war.
iv. SOLOMON, b. May 17, 1801 ; m. Oct. 13, 1831, Persis, dau. of William and Bethiah (Howard) Child of Templeton, Mass .; rem. to Cambridge, Mass. ; was prominent and served as mayor of that city ; he d. Sept. 8, 1864. Child : 1. Elizabeth,4 b. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 9, 1834; m. Oct. 16, 1855, George Marion, son of Benjamin F. Osgood of Manchester, N. H. ; she d. Mar. 3, 1897. Children, all b. in Cambridge, Mass .: i. Fanny Azubah.5 ii. Benjamin Sargeant. iii. Elizabeth Violet.
v. AZUBAH, b. Aug. 4, 1804 ; d. Mar. 11, 1843; unm.
SCOFIELD
BENJAMIN1 (s. of Benjamin), b. Saddleworth, Yorkshire, Eng., July 21, 1824 ; apprenticed as wool sorter ; came to Boston July 3, 1845, reaching there with but one silver dollar in his pocket ; worked at his trade in Vassel- boro, Me., and Milton, N. II. ; then with George Perry & Co. at S. R. until 1857, when he purchased an interest in the mills of John A. Farnsworth & Co., at Cambridgeport ; continued manufacture of woolens in various firms, principally at S. R., during remainder of his business life and amassed a competence ; always a broad-minded and liberal citizen.
lle m. in 1851, Alice B. Thompson of Grafton, Vt., who d. in 1869; he d. at S. R., Dec. 5. 1891. Child :
i. FRANK B.,2 b. at S. R. June 17, 1855 ; many years in the wool trade, and for 20 years in the firm of Barry & Scofield, wool-pullery and tannery at S. R. He m. Oct. 20, 1880, at Leominster, Mass., Nellie C., dau. of Solon Perry, b. at B. F. Apr. 17, 1856 ; he d. S. R. July 26, 1898; she res. S. R. Child : 1. Alice P.,3 b. at S. R. Feb. 26, 1891.
SIMONDS
CAPT. WILLIAM,I one of the few original grantees of the township of Rockingham, who actually became residents of the town; prominent and influential in organizing the town government; had previously lived in Charlestown N. H. ; rem. here as early as 1761 ; chosen constable, hog-rieve and town surveyor at the first town meeting held the last Wednesday of March, 1761, and until his death, in 1817, hardly a record of a town meeting is found that does not show him as a town official ; town clerk 1769 to 1784 ; member of Rockingham committee of safety during the Revolution and while Vt. was an independent republic, and captain of the town military company during those years ; member of the Cumberland county committee of safety and by them authorized to organize and arm "minute men," an arbitrator of disputes for this committee, and member of a committee to appraise the grand list ; was foreman of the grand jury that tried the Guil- ford Tories in '1782.
Capt. Simonds evidently became a wealthy man for his day and owned, in addition to his original grants of land, other large tracts in different parts of the town. Ilis residence, during practically all of his life here, was upon the home farm located on the hill above the Jonas Aldrich place, a mile or so
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above R. village. The cellar hole of the old house can still be seen. It was here that the town elerk's office was kept during the years mentioned, and here a large part of the public business of the town was transacted.
All traditions, as well as town and other records, indicate Capt. Simonds to have been of strong, independent and sturdy character, honest and aggres- sive in carrying out his ideas of what was just and right.
The ancestry of Capt. Simonds has not been ascertained but he was probably a descendant of William Simonds who settled in Woburn, Mass. early in the 17th century. Capt. Simonds was an early settler of Charles- town, N. H. and took an active part in the organization and defense of that town.
His first three children were b. there between 1752 and 1757. In receiving title to his first land he is described as " William Simonds, Cooper " but he is usually referred to as " Yeoman." It was stated at the time of his death that " he planted the first orchard in town." The home farm remained in possession of his descendants through a number of generations, passing into other hands only a few years ago.
The following are the inscriptions upon grave stones in the old cemetery at R. :
"Capt. Wm. Simonds, Died June 2, IS17. In the 94th year of his age.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."
" In memory of Mrs. Susanah Symonds, Wife of Capt. Wm. Simonds, Who died Dec. 12, 1812, in the S3rd year of her age. As I am now so you must be, From death's arest no age is free."
He m. Susanna, dan. of Rev. Andrew Gardner of Winchester, N. HI .. and R .. d. Dec. 12, 1812, ae. 83 ; he d. in R., June 2, 1817, ae. 94 yrs.
Children :
i. SUSANNA,2 b. Charlestown, N. H., July 31, 1752 ; m. Dec. 25, 1781, Josiah Griswold of Walpole, N. HI.
ii. GARDNER, b. Charlestown, Jan. IS, 1755: m. Sept. 26, 1776. Naney Titus ; settled in Elizabethtown, N. Y .; became a noted hunter and Indian trader.
iii. HIANNAN. b. Charlestown, June 14, 1757.
iv. LYNDS, b. in R., Nov. 16, 1772; m. Feb. 6, 1792. Mary, dau. of Ebenezer Allbee of R., b. Feb. 7, 1774, d. Apr. 12, 1847 ; he d. Jan. 3, 1847. Children : 1. Hannah,3 b. in R., Apr. 1, 1793 ; d. Jan. 24, 1796. 2. Lynds, h. in R., Jan. 30, 1795 ; d. Mar. 3. 1795. 3. Mary, b. in R., June 25, 1796; m. Jedediah Davis. ( See Davis. ) 4. Betsey. b. in R., July 15. 1798 ; d. Apr. 5. 1812. 5. Laura, b. Dec. 11, ISO0; m. John Roundy. ( See Roundy.) 6. Jchiel, b. Apr. 4, 1803 ; m. Dec. 5, 1822, Betsey dau. of Isaac Minard of R., h. Mar. 12, 1Soo, d. Apr. 7, IS58; he d. Nov. 7. 1857. Children : i. Mary M.,+ b. Jan. 6, 1824; m. John Veazey. ii. Lynds W., b. Aug. 28, 1826; d. Apr. S, ISS9. iii. Betsey Helen, b. June 2, IS28; m. John Dorand. (Sce Dorand.) iv. Jehiel, b. Apr. 12,
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1831, in R., on the old homestead; was many yrs. a well known locomotive engineer on the Rutland R. R .; is now proprietor of a livery stable at Ludlow, Vt. v. Lucy, b. Apr. 20, 1836; unm. vi. Martha P., b. Jan. 8, 1840; m. Jan. 23, 1865, John Barrett ; res. Ludlow, Vt. vii. John V., b. Aug. 28, 1844. 7. Willard, b. Apr. 1, 1806; d. Apr. 12, 1858.
v. MARY, bap. in R., Oct. 26, 1783 ; m. Dec. 27, 1801, Edmund Cham- berlain, Jr., of R.
ELIJAHI (perhaps sou of Capt. William and Susannah ), was a black- smith by trade, res. in R., Charlestown, N. H., and in 1847 rem. to Penn Yan, N. Y. where he d. ; was a great wit and story teller ; in. Ist Sept. 4, 1792, Mary Stearns Campbell of R. ; m. 2d Mrs. Mitty Tufts.
Children by Ist wife :
i. SUSANNAII,2 b. July 1, 1793.
ii. ANDREW, b. Mar. 17, 1795.
iii. LYDIA, b. May 12, 1797.
iv. WILLIAM (twin brother of Lydia), b. May 12, 1797; m. Leafy Blood and settled in Walpole. N. H. Children : 1. Abigail,3 b. Walpole, N. II., Jan. 31, 1822. 2. Edward. b. Walpole, Apr. 7, 1824. 3. Bela, b. Walpole, July 2, 1826. 4. Eli, b. Walpole. Nov. 16, 1828. 5. Eliza, b. Walpole, June 6, 1836.
v. ELIJANI, b. Charlestown, N. H. July 28. 1799; m. and rem. to Penn Yan, N. Y.
vi. EDWARD R., b. Charlestown, Sept. 14, 1801; m. and lived in Swansey, N. H.
SKINNER
REV. WARREN,1 b. Brookfield, Mass., June 2, 1791 ; learned clothier's trade in Westmoreland, N. H. ; ordained Univer. minister 1825 ; held various pastorates including Proctorsville, Vt., from 1828 to 1845, preaching in many nearby towns ; supplied Univer. chh. at S. R., being one of its two pastors ; "of distinguished ability as a writer and preacher, a clear thinker, a logical reasoner, a man mighty in the Scriptures, a forcible and fluent speaker, an upright and honest man." He d. Proctorsville, Vt., Oct. 6, 1874.
He m. Ist. Mar. 5, 1815, Nancy Farnsworth of Stoddard, N. H .; m. 2d Nov, 24, 1831, Mrs. Lucretia (Slapp) Redington of Lebanon, N. H. His son Charles A. Skinner, D. D., was an able preacher in the Univer. chh., res. at No. Cambridge, Mass., recently deceased.
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GEORGE5 ( Obed,4 Capt. Jonathan,3 Daniel,2 Daniel1), b. Hinsdale, N. H., Aug. 15, 1814; came to B. F., Oct. 8, 1841 ; grocer ; constable ; deputy sheriff, and in 1858 elected high sheriff of the county ; treasurer of Conn. River Mutual Fire Ins. Co .; director of the National bank, and trustec of the B. F. Savings Institution ; assignee of bankruptcy many years ; U. S. district assessor four years during the Civil war; a leading spirit in many public enterprises, among them manager twenty years of the first village water works from Minard's pond ; m. in 1844, Frances A. Griswold, b. Nov. 1818, d. Dec. 3, 1879 ; he d. B. F., June 7, 1898.
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Children all b. B. F. :
i. CHARLES,6 d. in infancy.
ii. MARTHA A., b. July. 1849; d. B. F., Jan., 1878; m. in 1871, Dr. Frank Whitman, a physician of B. F. prominent as an army surgeon dining the Civil war. Children all b. B. F. : 1. Dan.,7 d. in infancy. 2. Robert : d. ae. S yrs. 3. Walter.
iii. WILLIAM W., b. Aug. 11, 1854; in. Dec. 23, 1884, Ida L. Ileywood of Springfield, Vt. ; res. B. F. ; no children.
SMITH
AMMI (s. of David), b. Acworth, N. H., Aug., 1800; in 1833 or 1834 rem. from Hillsboro, N. H. to S. R., and in connection with his wife's brother, Thomas J. Butler, bought the woolen mill property on the lower falls : Mr. Butler remained with him less than a year, from which time until 1845, Mr. Smith conducted it alone. It was a satinet mill, cotton warp and woolen filling ; warps were purchased elsewhere but filling made in the mill ; leased the mill in 1845 to Prosper Merrill, and it was destroyed by fire in Apr., 1847. During that summer he sold the water power and land to George Perry, John A. Farnsworth and Theophilus Hoit who erected the mill now standing there. Mr. Smith accumulated some property in operating the mills, and hore the reputation of an honest man whose word could always be relied upon : descended from Scotch-Irish stock. with Presbyterian heritage of faith : ancestors noted for strength of body, purity of life and character, and were severely Puritanical.
He m. in 1825. Lydia P. Butler, b. Weare, N. H., 1802, d. Hillsboro Bridge, N. H., Apr., 1865 ; he d. Hillsboro Bridge, Dec. 24, 1887.
Children :
i. JAMES BUTLER,2 b. 1826 ; d. 1831.
ii. ELIZABETH, d. in infancy.
iii. ELIZA A., b. 1831 ; m. Fred W. Gould ; res. Hillsboro Bridge ; she d. Sept., 1891. Child : 1. George Edward,8 is engaged in woolen manufacture in connection with his uncle. Ex .- Gov. John Butler Smith, at Hillsboro Bridge.
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